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5I.C Chatham TRecorb. Zbe Chatham "Record. H.A. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: St. 50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE jw mm r - if RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one Insertion ...... $i.o One Square two Insertions.... i.s One Square, one month........ 3.09 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. rSAYSJDRYla Thaw Not Responsible When He Killed White. SENT TO AN INSANE ASYLUM . Justice Dowling Declines to Release prisoner, But Commits Him to the jtfat'eawan Asylum For the Crimin al luiane. . ' " York. Special. Adjudged not guilty White time i''. 01 lie murder of Stanford v reason of insanity at the fatal shots Were fired, Harry Thaw Saturday was told by Ketuia . the .''.:'. to be a dangerous lunatic v,.i whirled away to the State and v.- Ihp JiatTc; 1 for the Criminal Insane at an. was whirled away from tho la his wife's automobile. A in was attached to the regu express over the New Yorlf Thaw smoked and talked is counsel throughout the Tha-v Tom' special lar 4 : Cenrta with JOtllEt'.. . Tiiaw va:; xsot Prepared. Thavv was not prepared for the climax . a his case, and he was eom to stand and face the jurors, turn were called to their feet, is. look upon the defendant; t. look upon the jurors," they i:i -Ju-.. Jtfeiiua called ierk Penny, "Gentlemen of the jur. . have you agreed upon a ver- i dii-tr We Lave," said Foreman Great- lueii. Wi: it sa. you Is the defendant r not guilty f" uuilty, on the ground that he u:e at the time of the com of the act charged in the in- guilty ( was in; mission dietmeiir. After t hanking the jury, Justice DowliLg turned to Thaw and his at tornevs and said: The only testimony in this case nj.-c.ii wiiic-li a verdict of insanity couid be based was to the effect that LiJ-nae depressive fonn of mental de- luiemenr. mis testimony and the diaauusis of the form of insanity was based iivu prior outbreaks of the de fendant as testified to by " witnesses from London. Montreal, Paris and Albany. r also appears from tho te:iimiiy. ani the court was eareful to inquire as to this, that recurrences of these attacks are reasonably cer tain. There has been no testimony adduced here to show, that a psrsou suffering from this form of insanity ever can be permanently cured. It appear-, however, that during the maniacal form of the disease, the per son sufteiinir therefrom is likely to commit dangerous assaults ' or mur der. TLere is danger also of suicide. Dangerous to Public. ''TLerci' ne upon all the testimony in this ease, the court deems that to allow the defendant to go at largo would be dangerous to the public safety. The decision of the court is that the defendant shall not now bo discharged, but being in custody, shall be so held, and committed with aii dispatch to the State hospital for Hie criminal insane at Matteawan. The sheriff of the county is directed to take custody of the defendant and deliver him to the State authorities at Matteawan.'' Mrs. Evelyn Thaw and Joshua Thaw were the only members of the prisoner's family in court when the verdict was announced. The young Ionian thanked individually each member of the jury and followed Mr. Littleton's example in shaking hands counsel were elated with the verdict. District Attorney Jerome was almost a well pk-ased himself. He has con tended from the first that Thaw was yedieally, if not legally insane. Mr. Jerome congratulates Mr. Littleton aM both counsel and jury joined in congratulating Justice Victor J. Wing, v.,,, presided at the trial Wlh so much satisfaction to both sides. The jurymen expressed their thanks to the -judge for his .kindly interest in all matters affecting their comfort. So far as lies within his power, Dis trict Attorney Jerome will resist any effort to have Thaw liberated at'anv "me m the near future. Neither will Je ;vilbrjgy consent to his transfer 10 a sanitarium. Thaw Rebek. He commanded his attorneys, im mediately t0 sue out a writ of habeas corpus to have his sanity tested be ii'e he was sent away to tho up- .at? institution where the insane of "iimnal tendencies are: confined. Mrs. WJiiam Thaw, from her hotel, , e v;';' had received over the tele pnonf, news o the trialfa end Pined :n ,j.0 demand of hei. son AUrtin W. Littleton, chief council for. e ftef..:n;se. finally prevailed against nt;i- Ti,;.f ho believed it would ht bettc r for tl.P "date of the court. w V Ll,T-leton informed Thaw, it jas stated, that "there is -such a vff .as publie sentiment in New Yrk City." i3tT?Eha?not g t0 Iatte.a' w' , iaaw !s reported to have re fcjted -aay times np Prmise that some action tho y 'ould be teken looking Jo .J appointment of a commission to' kff f: lnt0 present sanity or for transfer to a private institution VOL. XXX. .. xx where his wife and other members of his family might reside with him, . vU.v,intu iu go wimout pro test. " I -am perfectly sane now, but I am going to Matteawan on the advice of my counsel, who thought it unwise to sue for a writ of habeas corpus at this time. Council will proceed in the matter of my release just as soon as they can get together the proofs'" hey ,vill vit-Etnt that I am at present 1 am confident that my slay at .arte'awan iil be for a sioi t period f tints on KING OF PORTUGAL SLAIN Carloa I and the Crown Prince Shot to Death While Seated in the Rjoyal Carriage at Lisbon by a Band of Men Who Fired a Volley From carbines. .Lisbon, By Cable King Carlos, of Portugal, and the Crown Prince. Luiz Philippe, were assassinated Saturday and the city is in a state of uproar. The King's second son, the Infanta Manuel, was slightly wounded, but Queen Amelie, who strove to save the Crown Prince's life by throwing her self upon him, was unhurt. A band of men, waiting at the cor ner, suddenly sprang toward the open carriage, in which the family were driving to the palace and level ing carbines which they had conceal ed upon them, fired. The King and the Crown Prince, upon whom the at tack was directed, were each shot thee times and they lived only long enough to be carried to the marine arsenal, nearby, where they expired. lhe royal family were returning from Villa Vicose. where they had been sojourning and wereA. on their way from the railroad station to the palace. s The cold-blooded murder has sent a thrill of horror throughout the coun try. At the first blush it would seem as though the assassination was the work of anarchists. Nevertheless, the stirring events of the past few weeks has prepared the people for some startling culmination. The dis covery of plot after plot, as well S3 the discovery of many secret stories of weapons and ammunition, had de monstrated the existence of a deter mination on the part of a large body of the Portugese to overthrow the present condition and proclaim a . re public. Premier Franco, the dictator of trie Kingdom, hastened to the palace, pro tected by a squadron of cavalrymen, and there he conferred with , the. Queen and high officials of State on what immediate action should be tack-" en. It is understood that Queen Ame lie will be regent during the minor ity of Prince Manuel, who is now in his 19th year. The only striking sequence to the tragedy was the complete and bewil dering silence m which Lisbon is ea wappedr HAVOC BY FIRE AND WATER Loss of Approximately $40,000 Wrought "by Fire "Charlotte, N. C Special. A fierce and persistent fire broke out Monday morning, in the rsoutheast corner of the third floor of the old Johnston building, situated on the corner of South Tryon and Fourth streets, oc cupied by the plant of the Charlotte Clothings Manufacturing Company. Strengthened by a start which gave it . a . dangerous headway before the fire department arrived, it command ed for more than an hour the com bined efforts of the entire city de partments to -subdue it and wrought a total damage of perhaps $40,000. Partially insured. Buroughs & Dials, the Long-Tate Clothing. Co., also suffered heavy loss. Five Burned to Death. Kansas City, Mo., Special. Five persons were1 burned to: death and five others were injured in a fire, in a three-story rooming house at 1116 Wyandotte street, Saturday morning. The dead: Mrs. Jennie Bert, aged 29, Harrasohville, Mo., waitress. Mabel E. Porter, aged 18, waitress, ma Graves, aged 18, waitress. Peter Rooney, aged 64, cook. Charles Johnson, aged 28, cook. All the dead except Mrs. Bert lived in Kansas City. The fire started from an ex plosion of natural, gas in the base ment. . ' - - Looking For Missing Passengers. Rotterdam, By TCable.-Lif esavers are scouring the coast of Holland for a missing boatload of passengers who li-ar,r,flnred when the - steamship ' ' Amsterday ' ' as beached neai Massluis after a collision with the steamer "AxministeiV"- The "Am sterdam's" passeger list is lost, bu. it-is believed that she earned sixty people and the missing boat twenty, several being women and children. Hoke Smith Not in Race. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Governor Hoke Smith issued a formal state ment late Tuesday announcing that he would notAbe a candidate for the United States - Senate to sacked Senator A. S. Clay. . fatemenl also declared that he would run foi a second term for Governor-in ordei to finish the work which he pledged in his platform. .;.::;....;:-...;.-'.- ioDn. yjLAXjiAja rtlE N. C. LEGISLATURE lhe State Legislature Adinnrnml Sine Lie, Saturday. The compromise of Governor Glenn S now a. law, the House amendments io the Senate passenger rate bill hav- ng been concurred in by the Senate without - debate Saturday morning, The Legislature in extraordinary ses sion enacted several important laws sesioe tne rate bill and the prohibi :icn bill, and in addition to these a arge number of local bills were pissed for the benefit of many coun id ana towns, The House and Senate adjourned z o eiocK Saturday afternoon by :he Legislature clocks. There- was :ood feeling and mutual congratula ion among the members, and all go tome welJ satisfied with what has jeen accomplished During the session 205 bills and 10 itsolutions were passed. ifce Governor transmitted to the Legislature a farewell message. The Famous Passenger Rate Bill. The bill as finally passed by both louses, provides for a 2 1-2 cent rate tor passenger fare in this State and relies upon the railroad companies to Luinn meir promises in letter to Gov. j uu wmcn liovernor (ilenn . recom jlenn offering a 2 1-2 cent interstate J mended should be paid by the rail- cate of mileage books of 2,000 miles :o firms, heads of families and four ither members at 2 cents : of 1.000 nile books at 2 cents a mile to indivi- luals and of intrastate mileage books Co 500 miles at 2 1-2 cents, good foi the heads of families and deoendenL nembers not to exceed , four. This bill is in harmony with the rates of- fered by Gov. Glenn to the railroads The House by a vote of 59 to 50 svhieh fought the 2 1-4 cent rate, ex- passed the Senate compromise pas eept that reference is made to an ad- senger rate bill after striking out the justment of the rate in January, 1908, by the corporation commission if the rate is found confiscatory or exees- sive, a provision which the railroads have agreed to forego. The general State election on the prohibition question, as provided in the prohibition bill, will occur on May 26th. - The following bills passed: To incorporate the Hiwassee Rail way Company; to amend the -charter of Murphy; to allow Stateville to issue bonds without submitting the cuiestion to a popular vat e, the bonds being to pay off a floating debt; also a billl to allow Lumberton to issue bonds to pay oti a floating debt. At noon the consideration of the pasenger rate bills was begun. Roy ster, of Granville, taking" the chair and it being announced that all bills before the House would be considered together. The House held a three hours' af ternoon session Thursday, adjourn ing then until 10 o'clock Friday. Many local bills found final reading. The most important action was the concurrence m the Senate amendment fixing May 26th the date of the State prohibition election. The bili creating a new judicial district oul of Guilford and New Hanover coun-1 ties was referred to committee. Important bills relating to rail roads which passed final readim were : To limit the issuance of bonds and stocks by roads in North Caro- j Una; 'to regulate and facilitate the trial of criminal cases in which the question of confiscating property is made an issue; to enable representa tives of the State to obtain informa tion from books of railroads; pro hibiting railroads from charging oi j.- 1a.. naMlinmir tmins fl.ot rtr,a0nf nf the . The Senate convened at 11 o'eiocK Thursday. . Lieutenant' Governoi Winston presiding and Kev. Dr. vann leading in prayer, ' Mr. Harnngton and Mr. Brown, who were absent Wednesday nigh I when the vote was taken on the rate bill, obtained permission to have their votes recorded in the negative. The vote was taken, 32 to 13. With the unanimous consent of the Senate the following bills were introduced : By Seawell : Regarding public school funds in Lee county; .(this bill was' passed imediately and senl to the House). By Klutz: To authorize the Gover nor to appoint ten commissioners te represent North Carolina at the ex position at Seattle. in 1909, the ef fort being to improve the trade oi North Carolina with Oriental coun tries. This was also adopted .and sent to the House. J .... -1 rt 1 readin- To allow Onslow to issue Tha fnllnwinsr bills passed nna; 1.. v, v.sm-Hc low a rnv tor in- terest on them and provide a sinking fund; t allow High Point to issue bonds; to aid in the construction oJ new raiiroaus . iu auvm umwiu S! j r,L '.w bonds: to -an- ;f .ttM in Pender: to ex- taA iht timfi to three years withir pVXUV , . which railways chartered may begir. contsruction ; to "appoint magistrates in Wilkes, Robeson and Watauga ; tc amend the charter of Kenilworth; tc amend New Hanover's primary elec tion Haw; to appoint magistrates ir Beaufort and Northampton ; to amend the laws as to Cherokee Indians, com pelling them to attend school; to reg ulate speed of .automobiles in Scot land' cbiinty ; to change tha jurisdic tion of the spring term of Eifihmon3 Suoeriof Court ; to prescribe the time in 'which veterinary surgeons must register before the clerks of court. Prohibition Bill Amended. The prohibition bill, which had aajuin ii. rn. v., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1908. NO. 26. passed the House, was read, this be ing the Long-Dowd bill, with-, the minor House amendments affecting cider and the date of the election Long offered an' amendment-"regard ing cider allowing ; persons to ; make and sell as much as they pleased from fruits grown on their own Jarm; alsc I one changing: the date of the eleetior to Mav 26th. The other amendments having been adopted by the 'Senate when the bill originally passed thai body, it was not necessary ... to ' taki them up." The " amendments wen adopted as offered by Long and th bill passed and was sent back to th louse for concurrence. v The session of the House began at iO o'clock Thursday, an hour earlier than , heretofore during the extra ses- uon. Kev. Ur. Tyree, of the first 3aptist - church, Raleigh, offering jrayer. During the session dozens of peti- ;ions from railway men asking the repeal of the present railway rate law - have been received and Repre sentative Julian, of Rowan,. ; pre sented several more . of these, signed by railroad men of Salisbury and spencer I Cowles, Republican, of Wilkes, in- Produced a resolution that the $17,- ays under the terms . of the ; rate Jompromise, be not accepted.. This resolution was immediately tabled. I Dther resolutions - introduced were I iy Fordon, providing for publishing ibe laws enacted at this extra ses sion one volume, and by Harris, of Wake, to pay the actual railway tare I f the pages one way. I Buxton amendment which placed the rate-fixing in the hands of tho corporation commission after Jann- ary. lotn, iuuy. mis - vote was on he second reading, Friday the vote in its final passage being unanimous. At the afternoon session of the House, debate, Avhich was limited to ten minutes, was continued from 3 antil 6 o'clock. The Manning stand- pat bill first voted on, was defeated by a. vote of 92 to 16. Tho Senate. The Senate convened at 10 o'clock Saturday." Lieut-Gov Winston pre- The bill to amend Section 1635 of the Revisal, allowing married women to testify . against their husbands in slander suits, was passed on its final reading". , ' The senate passenger rate bill came from the house with the house amend ment?. The president announced that the senate, having concurred hi tne amendments of the house, the bill i Would be enrolled for ratification. The following bills passed their third reading: -. To amend Sections 2567, -lo 4 of the Revisal, to prevent railroad com panies from merging, cousoiutatin and disintegrating. To prevent traveling salesmen from soliciting" orders tor intoxicating liouors in North Carolina. The sen ate concurred in tho house amend ment. To amend secton 3444 of the Revis al, in reference to the use of sacchar- inC' To amend section 308 of the Re visal. relative to the allotment oi dower. The resolution with respect to the agreement between the Governor and the railroads, which President Win Uton announced as the "Public ton science Bill," authorizing the Gover w ""P4"' j.., 7-- ga, - "i' ing the expense of conveying the leg islature, was killed. ; - A resolution was oftered. by Mr Daniel and unanimously carriec thanking the Lieutenant-Governor foi the faithful and impartial manner k which he had presided . over the ses sions of the Senate. At 2 :42 the President declared the house and , senate adjourned " without day. - ' . The House. Speaker Justice convened - the House at 10 o'clock. . -; The following bills- to incorporate the town of Westray, Nash county. passed final reading: " r--A message was read from Governoi Gienn, highly complimentary of the General Assembly. A senate bill to amend Section 163c of the Revisal. so as to permit a, wife to testy against her husband in slan- u omio - - tabled by a roll call vote of 46 to 3S the result being greeted with ap plause. A resolution offered by Mr. Mor- . . ton, of New '.Hanover, directing the Governor not to accept any part oJ the $17,500 offered by the railroads was tabled by a vote of 60 to 15. A resolution offered by Mr . Mc Neill, thanking Governor Glenn foi his paptriotic course, was unanimous ly adopted, excepting one "no" from Mr. Grant, of Davie. . Bills Passed. ' To require blind children, to attend the State School at Raleigh. Senate resolution in response to pe titions of railway employes for in creased passenger rates.; ' ' To extend the time ia which rail-1 tion after securing charter, from two years, to three years. : " ' Mr.' Grant of Davie, offered resolu tion directing vthe State Treasurer to reject the payment , of $17,500 by the raihoads for the payment of the -expenses of the legislature. The reso lution was adopted by a vote of 95 tc 1. ,.; --- . .. ... . The house ' acted on 303 bills and resolutions, . about two hundred of .these being houso bills. The message from the , Governoi congratulating 4he legislature upon its work, was as follows: To the Honorable,, the . General As r sembly" of North Carolina : Gentlemen:: I have nothing furth er to transmit to your honorable body. ' Your work is done, and. well done, : and you deserve,7 and will re ceive the plaudits of a grateful peo ple -In settling the rate question on a basis just to the State and equi table to the railroads, you have re stored harmony, protected all - busi-N ness interests and demonstrated the fact that the sovereign can compel obedience from ats creaters that dis obey its laws, and also extend its hand in helpfulness when the subject. acknowledging . its allegience, asks foi needed ' assistance. Tho State has ratified the agreement made with the railroads and I feel assured that liid railf oadSi will in good : faith fully iarry . out their contract made with aie, thus showing by their acts the Verity of their words when they pro- ess a desire for kindly relations be tween all classes and conditions. You likewise acted wisely in appropriat ing funds needed for litigation be fore the-inter state commerce com nission, to prevent discriminations against our State as well as in pass ing other laws much needed for thJ State 'shipbuilding, but in all ''you lid, protecting the small roads against burdens that , they could not bear, thus encouraging the building ?f . new lines , into undeveloped terri tory, Asked by the Anti-Saloon League, ind believing myself that, since over 30 per cent of the entire territory of the State had already endorsed , pro hibition, it would be too costly and only engender strife to have a gen-.'-al election throughout the State. .1, n my message, favored State prohi bition by the legislature. In my judgment, however, you thought it D6st io submit -the question to the vote of the State, and I cheerfully approve jou course, and now offer my servicer, ar. c. volunteer 10 carrj your law before the people and ask tl.Pta by their ' votes to ra'ify what vim have enacted. In my judgment, State prohibition will win. by an im nciii. majority,-and will prove the greatest blessing that has ever bee2 ?iven our people. - No legislature in the history of the State, in so short a time and in extra session, ever did. so much for the peo ple as you have done, and while at 'irst a few may doubt the wisdom of some laws passed, yet I believe that very toon all will see the good senso and patriotism that has marked your entire course and will heartily ap piY'VO and ratify your legislation. I thank you most sincerely ' for your endorsement of my course in trying to settle this complex rate question "as well as' for the considera' tion in debate, even bjr those who did not agree with my views. I wish for each of you a safe and pleasant journey homeward, express ing the hope that you- will find your loved ones well and happy, and that you . will receive, as you deserve, not only the approval of your own 'cop. science, but also the commendation of the people whom you have so faithfully served. ' With good will toward all, I bid each a kind good-bye. The Work Accomplished. Following is a summary of the most important laws of general interest, outside of the famous rate bill, pass ed by the extra session of the State Legislature, which body adjourned sine die Saturday last: Liquor ir. Prohibition Territory. The act to prevent traveling sales men from soliciting orders' or pro posals for the purchase, of intoxicat ing liquors in prohibition territory in North Carolina, provides that it shall be unlawful for any person for him self or as anagent or traveling sales man for any person, firm or corpora tion, to solicit orders or proposals of purchase by the jug or bottle or oth erwise of intoxicating liquors within the borders' of any or all counties, townships,' precincts, towns and cities in the State of North Carolina when ever prohibition prevails or the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by law. Provided, that this law shali not be construed to prevent' the sals of intoxicating liquors in not less thali five gallon packages to all part ies or persons who are duly authoriz ed by law to sell intoxicating liquors. Prevent Railroad Mergers. The act amending sections- 2567 and 2574 of the Revisal, preventing rail roads from merging with or securing. 1 . 1 1 viAf)virtO stock in competing lines, prescribes that no . railroad or other transporta tion company, or its officers shall ac quire, hold or guarantee the stock for, or lease or be leased to, or purchased by or consolidate ""with or b merged into any parallel or compet ing railroad or transportation com pany, nor. shall any railroad or other transportation company or its officers sell any" of -its stock or bonds to any holding or voting company or. its' of ficers," whereby such consolidation, or merger may be effected, and any.6uch purchase, contract, merger or sale shall be void; - And that no rilroad or transportation company, or its of ficers, "now or hereafter doing busi ness in this State, shall - purchase, lease, absorb, take over, buy stock in, merge with, or m any way secure an interest in a competing line of rail road or transportation company, nor shall - any ; railroad or transportation company or its officers enter into any contract, agreement or understanding with a competing line of railroad or transportation company calculated to defeat, or which may defeat or lessen competition in the State.- This act shall not prevent railroads independ ently owned and operated in this State not exceeding 100 miles . in length from selling its road and prop erty. - - - Freight Rates. Chapter 217 of the Public Laws of 1907 was. amended by adding to sec tion l'j," thereof the following: ; Pro vided, further, that the Corporation Commission' shall have power, when it is made to appear that it is just to do so, to exempt from the operation of section of chapter 217 that part of the-charges of a joint haul which is over the line or lines of a railroad company, which company now owns, leases or operates not more than 125 miles of railroad in or out of this State. - H. B. 195, S. B. 172 : An act to pro-. vide for the payment ; of burial ex penses of Confederate pensioners. Twenty dollars to be appropriatea from general county fund upon rec ommendation of chairman of pension board. - . H. B. 19, S. B. 95: An act to. amend j sections 20S1 and 2039 of the Revisal of 1905, relating to marriage ' cere . , i 1 1 1 moiry. JViaj'" do saiemnizcu ui warn ed or authorized ministers.- H. B. 156, S. B. 177: An act to amend section 63, sub-section 5, chap ter 258 of the Public Laws of 1907. Rents and profits of real estate used exclusively for charitable, religious or educational purposes exempt from tax. H. B. 211, S. B. 3: An act to au thorize the Governors to employ coun sel before Interstate Commerce Com mission. Governor is authorized to pay counsel not exceeding" $5,000. H. B. 178, S. B. 83: An act to amend chapter 612. Public Laws of 1907, relating, to the regulation o speed of automobiles and other ve hicles in Rockingham county. Law regulating running of automobiles ex tended to Rockingham, " Caswell arid Orange counties. - H. B. 53, S. B. 109: A act to amend section 2448 of the Revisal of 1905, relating to putting net "stakes. Broken, decayed-and abandoned net stakes to be removed. Does not apply to Currituck eounay. No Friend of Liquor Traffic. If this special session of the Legis- Mature had not already been styled a railway rato, session, it should be known "as the anti-booze session. At evciv turn and on every occasion, the liquoi interests were given the black eve. Not content v.ith paving the way for State prohibition the House and Senate both passed bills the sole pur pose and intent of which were to cut off or. restrict the sale of liquor in the State. A bill which excited consider able, talk at the time of its introduc-. tion and subsequent ratification was that of Senator Reece Blair, of Mont gomery, relative to drumming for in toxicating liquors. This bill is of in terest and follows; "That it shall be unlawful for any person, for himself or as agent . or traveling salesman for any person, firm or corporation, to solicit orders or proposals of purchase by the jug or bottle or otherwise in lots of less than five gallons of intoxicating li quors within the borders of any and all counties, townships, precincts, towns and cities in the State of North Carolina wherein prohibition prevails or the sale of .intoxicating liquors is prohibited by law." As stated at the time of its intro duction, this bill is almost identical with the one in f orcein South Da kota. "The law there is said to be giving very general satisfaction. - Another Fire at Monroe. Monroe, Special. Fire broke out in the livery stable of Mr. John S. Williams at 8 o'clock Friday morn ing supposed to have been starteo by a match thrown into tho. hay. About ten horses and. mules that Avere in the stable were got out unharmed, and nearly . all the damage suffered was. the destruction of tho hay and feed, and the' burning of the wood work in the brick office next to the stable. This office is a back exten sion of the Fitzgerald Building, but the firemen put the flames out before anyharm was done to main building. No Joint. Reunion to Bo Held. New Orleans, Special. An official statement that there will be no joint reunion of Confederate and G. A. R veterans at the next annual Confed erate reunion in June at Birmingham. Ala., was issued here Friday by Ad jutant General William E. Mickle, ol the Confederate - Veterans. General Mickle said that the proposed joint reunion - is impossible under th t'erms of the Confederate Veterans" constitution. - ' ' A man who when" asked what pro fession or "business he followed gava his occupation as a bookworm was sentenced at Chicago, declares the Milwaukee Evenin?"Wisoonsin to six months'. Imprisonment for stealing volumes from the nubile library. . FLEET ENTERS STRAIT Battleships Steam Into Punt Arenas and Drop Anchor. Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan, By Cable. The American battleship fleet steamed into Punta Arenas har . bor Saturday. The American ships were sighted at 11 a. m., steaming in double col umn. They came up slowly from Possession bay, where' they had an- IchofeU the night before. ;;. The run from Rio Janerio, whence the start -was made on January 22d. was made With favorable weather and without accident. EXPELLED FOR HAZING. Ten Cadets Expelled From Virginia Polytechnic Institute,- 1 -Roanoke, Va., ; Special. A Times . special from Blacksburg, Va;, says ten cadets were expelled from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Sat urday for hazing. The faculty after a careful consileration of the case of each man, before them, decided upon this course and informed the students that their decision was posi tive and final. . To the foregoing official statement, President Barringer announced that he is determined to abolish all form of hazing at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and that it "will not be toler ated. In this- he has the co-operation of the commandant and members of tho faculty. Severe Storm Sweeps Nova Scotia. Halifax, N. S., Special. Extensive damage was caused throughout the provinces Sunday morning by a wild southeast storm, accompanied by rain, hail and lightning. The wind" at tained a velocity of 60 miles an hour. Georgia Woman Drowned. Macon, Ga., Special. Mrs. Walter Byrd, of Texas, was drowned in Town creek in Jones county, 5 miles from Macon late Saturday evening. She was on her way to visit her sister, Mrs. J. J. Jones, near here, and ar rived in Macon in a storm and start- " ed to drive in a hack to her sister home. At Town creek, which was swollen, the hack sank in quicksand, careened and threw her out. She Avas heard to scream three times before disappearing down the stream into the river. The hackman, John Jones, clung to the limb of . a tree and Avas rescued. Mrs. By id's body has. not yea been recovered. -Murderer Shot to Death. Quitman, Ga., Special. Charley Pittman, the negro barber who Avas arrested on suspicion of being the murderer of Miss Lorena Ailen at Greenville, Fla., Avas shot to dvat'i Sunday night. The negro was shot by a deputy and the mob hearing the shots ran up and finished killing the ueiG. The eA'idence against the ne gro tas strong. A horrible feature of the sad tragedy is that the young lady, was criminally assaulted before Lei ig murdered. Brave Soldier Dies at His Post. Nev York, Special. Captain RaAV son J. Post, whose 67 years had been filled with adventures and marked by several heroic deeds, died aboard his ship, the South Pacific liner "Comus," Avhile the steamer was tied to her pier Sunday, Death was due to heart failure. Twenty-five years ago Captain Post rescued some 40 passengers and the members of a crew of a British vessel and for this he Avas given a medal of honor by tho Biitish government. Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Dead. . Nashville, Tenn., Special. Judge John S. Wilkes, associate justice of the Supremo Court of Tennessee died Sunday at his home in Pulaski, aged 67 years. . Telegrapher Found Dead. Washington, Special. John S. Bland, a well known telegrapher, Avas found dead in bed at his board ing house in this city Sunday, death having resulted from cerebral hemor rhage. Mr. Bland had been em ployed by The Associated Press in several eities. His home .... Avas in Augusta, Ga., where the body will be sent for burial. . Cotton Compress ouxm. Americus, Ga., Special. The plaut or the Atlantic Compress Company, Avlth between 2,000 and 2,"i'0 bales of co' ton. was totally ''destroyed hero Sunday "night by fire. Three hundred bales of cotton were saved in damaged condition, ' Six freight cars loaded with cotton and merchandise Avere de, stroyed in the Central of Georgia yards. The total loss is estimated at between $140,000 and $150,000. Ev erything is covered by insurance. Fire Burns West Virginia Hotel. Buehannon, W. Va., Special. A fire which started in the Morrison Hotel here early Sunday was onJy brought under control Sunday nighi afterrall bad been received from Weston, W. Va. The po tofjjee, .four other buildings and one" residence were, completely destroyed. The loss is," estimated at $100,000. v
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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