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THE OLPH BULLETIN VOL. II. 1 WO OFFICERS SHOT fatal Ending of a Raid on a BH.nd Tiger MURDERER IS LANDED IN JAIL Desperado, Whom the Police Weic Attempting to Arrest, Kills Two and Fatally Wounds a Third. Fayetteville, X. t '.. Siv.'i.Vi aiiu day nijiht at 7 o'clock. Chief of Po lice C'hason and two pi-tuvai-n. l.ock amy and Bucki:is;li:nii. while r.':ii:;g a blind tiger, were .-li"t 1 wn tiy a negro. Tom Walker, the j.rojni-'ti'i- of the blind tiger. Policeman Loekamy was instantly killed. Chief of Police rhas.n was shot through the head vnd mortally W'ujiidi'd. and I'-'liivman leiiking liam was shot in the r-k"::lcr ami side. There are litlle r.ojvs of his recovery. The negro has so tar ehided oap t;:re. The murderer U a weii-kvwn and desi'arate character. With him ar the time of the sh!i::i: was a white num. a stranger in the city, who has been qi eueijleu :ir.-I is r.'iw in the lomity jail. Tho wit'o of "Walker has h. en locked i;p for sate keening. He i- 3 ri:jger-e:i::o mu latto, about .".tl years of aire: live feet ehdit inches tall: weighs about ISO pounds, wears a light hat has a habit ually scowling faee arsd w,.-i!d be rec ognized as a "bad negro" by any one. Intense Excitement. Tntene exei:eirpnt prevails throughout the eity. the -s are ihronged with ;i ansrry. Saturday night throng, searching' parties are being- organized and de'ah-iied to watch ail country r"aiis and to search ail passing trains. The sher ilf has wired Wilmington to send bloodhounds by a special train. The local company of miiiiia is now tin ker arms aiu a .j.j.Oijij reward has been offered by the city and comity for the body of Walker dead or alive. The arrest of Walker, the murder er, at Dunn Sunday innht about mid night was affected by Howard Smith. I. K. Taylor and 11. I,. Lamb, ne groes vt the posse who had gone up on train S2 of the Atlantic Coast Line in search of him. Walker had beat Lis way to Dunn on a freight traia and bought there a ticket for Wash ington. He then boarded train S2 and Mr. Smith recognized him and covered him with a revolver. Walker had shaved off hisUIStaciii and had bis face blacked. '11c was taken in charge by Sheriff Watson of this fount y. and Mr. J. B. Tillingham, of Fnyetteville. and taken to Raleigh foi safe keeping. Resolution on 1C07 Cotton Acreage. The following resolution was pass ed by the great convention of the Southern Cotton Association held in Birmingham. "In view of the fact that a great many farmers have adopted the in tensive system of farming:, increas ing the yield per acre and new terri tory each year is being; planted in cotton that heretofore has not grown cotton, thereby increasing the pro duction, therefore in order to main tain satisfactory and remunerative rices. we urge and recommend a full reduction of 10 per cent of cot ton acreage for the year 1!)07." ''We f mther recommend that tht acreage so i educed be planted in food crops." 'We ate sure that unless the farmers unitedly reduce their acre age of cotton that they will be con fronted at the end of ft he season with tonally bad, if not worse condi tions than they were in 1004, when cot ton went down to G cents per pound. " Respectfully submitted by the Committee on acreage." F. (r. Hudson, Chairman. W. H. Pharr, Secretary. The executive committee of North Carolina Division of the Southern Cotton Association earnestly solicit the aid of every farmer, merchant, hanker and all men of the state, who are interested in maintaining a fair price for cotton, to use their influ ence to reduce the acreage for 1907 full 10 per cent from the acreage planted in l!0(j. We also call for help in our effort to produce on every farm in the state sufficient food and feed crops for the needs of man and beast on our farms. Respectfully, C. C. Moore, Pres. X. C. Div. C. S. A. Executive Committee: A. J. McKinnon, T. J. W. Broom, J. II. Cmrie. Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 1st, 1907. Enraged Farmer Kills Two Per son?. Bloomington, 111., Special Thom as Baldwin, a rich farmer and form er merchant or Colfax, 111., shot and killed Charles Kennedy and wife, and Mrs. Sim Eisman, and daughter Cora. Baldwin was arrested. Bald win, who is GS years old and a wid ower, is under bond charged with criminal assault on Cora Eisman, who is but 14 years of age. Short Order News. Wendell I'liillius Garrison, for more than 40 years editor of the Nation, is dead. Paul Moiison was reelected pres ident f the Equitable Life Assur ance Society. Thirty-two eases of typhoid fever developed on the . battleship Connec ticut. Pennslyvania railroad emplojes counted the ballots cast on the propo sition to strike for an increase in pay and a reduction in hours. THAW ISSUES STATEMENT Defendant Declares Some of Jerome's Unprofessional Remarks in Court Indicate Clearly That the Natural and Real Goodness of Mrs. Thaw is Above His Comprehension. New York, Special-Harry K. Thaw enlivened an extremely dull session of his trial in the Supreme Court Thursday by giving out to newspaper men a brie statement in which he accused District Attorney Jerome of having made unprofession al remarks in court, asserting that nis wite B testimony was absolute truth and in conclusion declared that Mr Thaw's natural and "real good ness" was above the comprehension of the prosecuting officer. It was just before adjournment was taken for the day and after many hours of expert testimony as to what was the meaning 0f extracts from eight letters written by the defen dant with their relation to the sanity or insanity of the writer that Thaw gave out his statement in court. The circumstances attending the delivery of the statement to the newspaper men were about as interesting as the statement itself, which reads: "This is Mr. Thaw's second state met "nee August 10. "With chances millions to one Sist. hei' after the catastrophe in J- u 1S wonderful that Mrs. II. iv. Thaw prevailed in the cross-examination against the prosecution, backed by black legs. ' Her test imony was absolute truth. 'Our evidence was of conversa tions. The cross-examination has proved the exact facts under oath. "Mr. Jerome finding his inform ants in certain lines falsifiers, con cluded by more usual methods, which is to his credit. "However, from some of his ques tions and some of his unprofessional remarks in court, it appeared clearly that the natural ::id real goodness of the witness is above his compre hension." Dr. Evans and Mr. Jerome spent the entire day in going over the eight letters written by Thaw and culling out of them excerpts on wibch Dr. Evans based his expressed belief that i lie j were written Dy a person of un sound mind. "Do vou mean an insane person?" aske4 Mr. Jerome. "Yes," replied the witness, "but not in the sense that the person might always remain insane." This wis the essence of the day's work. Mr. Jerome seemed as inter ested as the expert in searching out the phrases in the letters which might be construed as the -writings of an insane man and for the first time the jurors were permitted thoroughly to examine photographic copies of the letter. As the witness and the prosecutor pored tediously over the documents, the jurors were enabled to follow them closely. The district attorney apparently "wanted the letters to be thoroughly scrutiniz ed and understood by tho jury. Dr. Evans went into a long ex planation of the reasons for his theory that the letter showed mental instability. A letter written with a lead pencil by Thaw to Evelyn Nes bit, he said, showed lack of a sense of the proprieties, a loss of the aesthetic sense and various other things which the doctor believed showed the writer was of unsound mind, in view of the environment of wealth and luxury in which he had been reared. Dispensary Auditor Appointed. Columbia, S. C, Special. The much-sought position of dispensary auditor falls U Prof. W. B. West, superintendent of the Gaffaey grad ed schools. There have been a large number of applications for this po sition filed with Governor Ansel and numerous recommendations have ac companied the applications, and tho Governor thinks that of this large number he lias secured a man who is in every way competent and worthy. The position is not given to any po litician or to any one who has had any connection with politics or the dispensary, although there were more than one of this sort who applied. Car Crashes into Store. Pittsburg. Pa., Special. Two per sons were seriously injured, several slight Ly hurt, a two-story frame build ing and a street car demolished when an empty car on the Wylie and Bed ford avenue branch of the Pittsburg Railway Company got boyond control of the motorman on a steep grade, and after running wild for two squares, left the rails and crashed into Reinc, ker's confectionery store. All of the injured except the motor man of the street car were in the store at the time. Briefs of General News. The mortgaging of a line of rail road which had not been built and for which no funds had been pro vided was told of in the Harriman in vestigation by the Interstate Com merce commission. District Attorney Jerome's line of questioning i the Thaw case seemed to indicate that he was continuing to pave the way for an application for a lunacy commission. The Mayflower Delayed hy Fog. Savannah, Ga., Special.-Thursday night the wireless station here was in communication with the yacht May flower, lying at Port Royal naval sta tion and having aboard Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newburry and party. The departure of the yacht was delayed by a heavy fo which made it inadvUnblo to put out during the night. The yacht will leave at dayhebt Friday morning for Charleston for coal and will like ly then proceed to Washington TRIAL OF MILL MEN General Belief That They Will Be Acquitted PROSECUTION SEEMS WEAKENED The Government Rested its Case at 4 O'Clcock Monday Afternoon and There Was no Hint of Any Motion Tor Non-Suit on the Fart of De fendants' Counsel. Greensboro, N. C, Special. The case of the government against Messrs. Smith and Sargent, cotton mill owners of Charlotte, for viola tion of the contract labor law was begun here early last week. On ac count of the illness of a juror the case was suspended Friday, but was reopened Monday. When court convened J. II. Hib bert, who was on the stand when court adjourned Friday afternoon on account of the illness of Juror Ilearne was recalled and the cross-examination by Mr. Cansler continued.- Mr. Hibbert is the general secretary of the American Textile I'nion and re sides in Fall River, Mass. Under the rapid-fire cross-exeamination of Mr. Cansler the union man became some what heated and made some state ments that he tried to correct before leaving the stand. Jno. Golden, of Fall River, Mass., general president of the American Textile Union, was the next witness. He was much fairer than Mr. Hib bert and stood up under cross-ex amination very well. lie said he could give the names of several good mule spinners who' were out of employment last year. - He also testi fied that it was hard to get men work ing in New England to eme South. The reasons he said were that the hours are longer down here, the scale of wages less and the climate different from that in New England, lie ad mitted that living expenses were less in the South. He did not agree with Mr. Hibbert that there should be two jobs for every man. lie would like for it to be so that the operatives could raise to that place where be can sit dwn at his employer's table and talk business with him as he would any one else. He expressed the opinion that members of the Ameri can Textile Union are better quali fied to run cotton mills than are some of the mill owners. Mr. Golden said that the duties of his office made it necessary for him to travel around a great deal among the mill people. While conditions for laboring people were better last year than for several years previous, he found a great many competent employes, out of work. Mc thought that there were enough operatives in this eountry to supply every demand. The defense will probably introduce fifty or more witnesses and the caso will hardly reach the jury before some time next week. The attorneys for the defense are determined to fight out the ense be fore the jury, and feel confident that their clients will be acquitted. Will Be a $20,000,000 Surplus. Washington, Special. Represen tative Tawney, off MinneJa, chair man of the committee on appropria tions, announced in the House that instead of facing a deficit in the Treasury at the close of the fiscal year of 1908 as seemed imminent at one time, there would be a surplus of $20,000,000 at that time. The total appropriaitinns made at the present session of Congress, he said, aggregate apparently .S.GTO.O:'.. Senator Allison, chairman of the Senate com mittee on appropriations, also made a statement to the Senate along the line of Mr. Tawney's presentation. His estimate of the aggregate appro priation agreed with that of Mr, Tawney, ... 11 Per Cent Increase. Roanoke, Va., Special.' The Nor folk & Western Railway Company granted its telegraph operators an increase in wages of 11 per cent, and an eight-hour day at 88 additional offices. The increase in pay applies to the entire system. The raise and shorter hours came as tke result of conferences between the railroad of ficials and representatives of the Or der of Railway Telegraphers. Road Held Responsible. New York, Special The jury in the coroner's inouiry into the New York Central wreck in the Bronx on February 1G, when 23 persons were killed, brought in a verdict holding the operating and construction de partments of the railroad responsible. The eoroner endeavored to get a re commendation as to individuals, but did not succeed. He then declared he would hold the entire board of di rectors and the president of the Cen tral and parole them until 10 o'clcok Tuesday morning. Infantry Officers Leave for Washing ton Wednesday. San Antonio, Tex., Social Offi cers and men of the Twenty-sixth In fantry who have been subpoenaed to appear before the Senate committee to testify in the Brownsville inquiry, will leave for Washington Wednes day. They include Captain Dan A. Ki'lburn, Benj. F. Edgar, Jr., and Second Lieutenant Edwin P. Thomp son. ' Thierry to Command French Ships. Paris, Special. Admiral Thierry has been designated to command the squadron of French warships which is to take part in the naval review in honor of the inauguration of the Jamestown Exposition. It will con sist of the armored cruisers Kleber and Victor Hugo and a cruiser not yet selected. The : arrival . of the French ships at Hampton Roads will be timed so as to concide with the visit of President Roosevlt o the exposition. ASHEBORO. N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, THE N. C.1EGISLATURE What Our State Lawmakers are Do ing Raleigh. ' " " Tho Anti-Trust Bill. On Thursday the anti-trust bill 1 as a special order. . Price of Rockingham led off in support of the committee bill and in opposition to Manning's substi tute. He made a terrific arraignment of the tobacco trust relating his own experience as a once prosperous to bacco dealer, farmer and mauufact uref. Laiighinghouse, wh-i said he had never mad.; a dollar except from fa ming and for the past fifteen year9 had not -htnted less than a hundred acres of tobacco and one yea supported the Manning substi tute. He said no one hated a trust worse than he, but unless the tobacco trust could be curbed in Virginia and South Carolina, the only effect of the committee bill would be to drive the American Tobacco Company out of North .Carolina, and literally destroy the tobacco agricultural and manu facturing industries. Avery, supporting the commitee bill, said if Durham and Winston were getting rich by harboring finan cial pirates and violating the laws at the expense of other towns and other businesses of the State, they ought not wish to continue in such career, or complain at being compelled to stop. Oppose Manning Bill. Justice said lie thoroughly respect ed the position of Manning atd had such high regard for his legal ability and civic integrity he had carefully and seriously studied his flubtitute. hoping to be able to reconcile it with his sense of duty to the people ami pledges made to them. But he could come to but one conclusion and that was, the. Manning substitute would not accomplish the end sought. The Manning substitute was fin ally voted down without opposition and the committee bill with t h- agreed amendment jfassed its second reading, the vote being ayes 83; noes 5 those so voting being Bailey, Grant, Pickett, Pugh, Republicans; Morgan, Democrat. The bill then passed its third reading and the House at 12 o'clock adjourned, Tho Governor's Message. Governor Glenn, in his message to the Legislature, says only seven more working days remain before the end of the session and. a great deal yet remains to be none to keep the Demo cratic pledges to the people, the do minant party, through its platform. J naving promised uneonuiiiouuiiy i do seven things: To givo four months school term to all children; enlarge hospitals for the insane until all indigent insane are eared for; make substantial aiid ma terial induction of " pass?"g and telephone nij prevent unjust discrimination by railways against North Carolina towns in favor of other points with no greater natural advantages; enlarge the power of tho corporation commission, to enablo it to remedy many existing evils, and lastly to restrict all inordinate and dangerous combinations and trusts and combines which illegally and wrongfully oppress tho people. Tho Governor congraulates tho Legislature on the passage of the bill enlarging and supporting hospitals for the insane and upon the certainty of the passage of the Lill reducing passenger rates, which ,vi!i give great relit f. lis learns that bills to carry out other pledges arc before the Leg islature and fej.j lie woald r.ot be dis charging his .lu'.y it' he di.t 'iot again ;;k en.-.ctment of a 'tw s ibstautially reducing freigh: rates at.J righting any wrongs commile-l by telephone companies. He says while dninr any thing possible to liiCL-urage all legiti mate enterprises, acts should be pass ed to prevent unlawful and unholy combines which tetm to destroy busi ness, T.ievrnt Fontciiiion and reduce priers. Ccrrorations should be en couraged, but wh:i by combination or agreement they act" illegally thev must be treated like oilier viola'.ow oc the law. Great injury is indict ?d r.pon jobbers, merchants and oilier bi--incss men of Nn'h Carolina when they cannot get the Same railway fa cilities given to other States with no greater natural advantages than ours. Insurance companies should bo re quired to invest or deposit a certain per cent, of the amount of their earn ings in North Carolina, and not allow ed to carry over nine million dollars annually out of the State. Ho re grets that the Legislature failed to amend criminal laws, but says it is now too lato for this. Regarding increase of salaries, he says the Legislateure should give preference to employees and clerks as with the increased cost of living, he cannot see how they can do ef ficient work upon what they now re ceive. He asks tbe Legislature to vigorously push these matters-, so ''We may go before the people of the State and say we have kept faith." To Increase Salaries. Graham, by leave, introduced a bill amending the constitution bv giving the members of the Legislature an annual salary of $500 and mileage at 10 cents per mile and allowing the presiding officers of the Senate and House $10 per day and mileage. If a special session shall be called mem bers are to receive $100 additional. The Senate next took up the bill to fix the salaries of State officers and departmental employes as a special order, the committee's substitute be ing the subject under discussion. Ay cock offered a substitute for the sub stitute. Aycock said there was necessity for an increase of the salary of State officers. and knowing there was great inequality in the salaries received by several of them, he had begun early in the session to prepare a bill to equalize salaries. He thought the State ought to increase the bond of the State treasurer. He could not se why the secretary of State should receive $1,000 more than the Gover nor, lie mentioned many other in equalities. He said the State was not paying to its officers what they ought to rfceive. CONGRESS IS OVER Short Session of Lawmakers Expires By Limitation SPENT A BILLION OF DOLLARS Senator Galliger Surrenders Fight for Ship Subsidy Long Before Noon, Surrendering Floor to Dis appointment of Gallaries. Washington, Special. With a new record for large appropriations and fo.r reaching legislation the fiOth Congress was brought to a close shortly after noon Monday. The last few hours were calm, in fact tame, by comparison with what had been expected. Long before noon Senator Galligher's fight for the passage of the ship subsidy bill bad been aban doned and the" filibuster against it conducted by Senator Carmack being no longer necessary, be surrendered the floor, much to the disappoint ment of tbe gallaries. Before with drawing the bill. Senator Galliger ex pressed the belief that with the sup port of Democratic members which he had been assured of he would get action on a measure practically along the lines of the present bill at the next session of Congress. A Billion Dollar Session. More money has been appropriated during the short session of tbe Fifty ninth congress than during any pre vious session. The amount ,as near as can be estimated, approximates $1,000,000,000. Two big battleships were author ized for the navy, and the artillery corps of the army were reorganized and enlarged, A general service pro vision was granted to veterans of the Mexican and Civil wars and like pro vision was made for army nurses. For river and harbor improvements, the appropriation aggregates $33, OOiLOOO. Increased salaries were given to cabinet officers, the vice president and senators, the speaker of the house of representatives and its members, to ambassadors, ministers and consuls; to postofiiee clerks and letter carriers. The immigration bill, one of the measures brought over from the long session, was completed under the spur of the president, that he might meet the Cailforuia-Japanese situation by giving the administration control of coolie importation through passports. The biil furtiiPr restricts the idmis sioii of aliens to this coulilrv. A bill was passed for the estab lishment of an agricultural bank in tho Philippine islands. The free alcohol law of last session was modified that farmers may dis till the waste product of the farm to be denatured and used in the arts and The right of appeal in criminal eases was granted tbe government, a measure intended to strengthen the anti-trufit legislation by affording a means whereby the supreme court may priss upon the constitutionality and construction of such law's. An investigation was authorized regarding tbe condition of women and children workers. The interstate commerce commis sion was authorized to ascertain if the express companies of the country are- evading fhe railroad rate law of last session, by buying, -selling And handling on consignment fruit, vege tables and oysters. Reed Smoot was retained by the senate as a senator from Utah, end )'! i four years' controversy. The senate ratified trwitics with Santo Domingo and Algeria. The president was authorized to .use his office to prevent atrocities in the Congo. The senate also launched an ex haustive investigation of the Brown villa affair. A Sunday Session. Beginning at 11 o'clock Sunday, bv far the larger part of the session of the senate Was devoted to a fili buster by the Democratic senators against a ship subsidy bill as it pass ed Ihe house, and when the senate adjourned a few minutes before mid lilsrht. the 1)111 Wft still pending, but it was facing the absolute uncer- j tainty of failure with the close of ' I ho ertiigress a t noon Monday. ' Speeches "intended for tio other pur pose than to kill time were made by Senators Carmack, DuBois, Overman. Newlands and others, who frankly eonfoesSd their intention of defeat ing consideration of the objection-! Able measure. When the recess was taken at .11.40 the friends of the bill had given up all hope of securing any shipping legislation during the, presont session. To Limit Hours of Labor. Conferees no the part of the sen ate and house Sunday night reported an agreement on the bill limiting the hours of labor for railway employes, the portion affecting telegraph oper ators, being as follows: "That no operator, train dis patcher or other employe who by the use of the telegraph or the telephone dispatches trains, transmits, receives or delivers orders appertaining to or affecting train movements shall be required or permitted to be or re main on duty a longer period than 9 hours in any 24 hour period in all ;towers, offices, places and stations continuously operated night and day, nor for a longer period than 13 hours in all towels', offices, places and sta tions operated only during the day time except in cases of emergency when employes named in this provis ion may be" permitted to be and re main on duty for four additional hours in the 24 hour period for not exceeding three consecutive clays in anv week. Provided further, the in- tn,.c(.,t nnmmprpp. commission may. after a full hearing in a particular case, and for good cause shown, ex inA ravind within which a com mon carrier shall eomrjv with the f ihi nroitSon as to such case." senator Snooner Besigns. Ken.il or Snooner has written a let ter to Gov. Davidson, of Wisconsin, tnn,i;,,rr in resignation as a senator i,T TT;tP1 utntes. to take effect 1907. 2 1-4 Cents the Rate. The Senate, after prolonged dis cussion, adopted the report of ihe conference committee reducing pas senger rates to 2 1-4 cents per mile on roads of more than 60 miles in length, and abolishing first and second-class fares. Opponents of the bill tested the strength of the Senate on appeal on the ruling f the Pres ident of the Senate that the report had to be rejected or adopted, and amendments were not possible. The ruling was sustained by a vote of 18 to 28, and the report was adopted by a vote of 3S to "8. The House had previously adopted the report by a vote of 95 to 4, and the action of the Senate makes the bill a law, to be come operative July 1st, 1907. FEMININE NEWS NOTES. Miss Freda Meyer, an English lawn tennis expert, was beaten by Miss Louise Hammond on the Seventh Regiment courts, New York City. Mrs. Humphrey Ward's first serioiis work was "Robert JHsmere," a book so successful that a publisher offered her $62,000 to write a novel for him. Miss Winifred Holt recently said that if two-fifths of the blind in the United States had been properly treated they would have their sight to-day. Marie Corelll has never had a line rejected. Her first book, "A Romance of Two Words," was a great success, and all her other books have been gr.eat successes. The library of Yale University has received from Miss Marie E. Peck, of Pittsfield, Mass., four volumes once the property of Israel Dickinson, of the class of 175S. Teresa Billington, one of the bold est and most aggressive of London's "suffragettes," has married a Glas gow Scot named Frederick Greig, who is manager of a billiard saloon. Miss Margaret Foerderer, a pretty girl, who was Mayor Weaver's steno grapher, is now acting as his secre tary. It is the first time that a wom an has appeared in this capacity in Philadelphia's history. Mrs. Britannia W. Kennon, great granddaughter of Martha Washing ton and a descendant of the last Lord Baltimore, celebrated her eighty-second birthday a few days ago at her home in Georgetown, D. C. Mine. Isabella Massian, the explor er, is to have the Cross of the Legion of Honor bestowed upon her by the French Government. She has recent ly traveled 2500 miles in a Chinese cart through the Desert of Gobi. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote her first story at the ass of fifteen. It was accepted and she re ceived for it a check for $17. PKOJITNTEXT PEOPLE. The Sultan of Turkey is a two- meal-a-day man. President Roosevelt thinks the gold coins now in use are inartistic. Whitelaw Reid, American Ambas sador In London. i f pillar with all classep. Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, recently celebrated his seventy-sixth birthday. James M. Barrie played cabman In "Peter Pan" when the children gave his play in London. The Gaekwar of Baroda is reported to be thinking of hiring an American as his personal adviser. Lieutenant Peary saj-s it is as much our privilege and duty to discover the north and south poles as to dig the Panama Canal. Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, co founder with the late Mme. Blavat sky of the Theosophical Society, died at Adyar, India. Archibald Clavering Gunter, pub lisher, novelist and playwright, died suddenly from apoplexy in his home in New York City. Charles 'Dana Gibson's first pub lished drawing made his reputation, and before he was twenty-one he was earning $400 a month. Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian author, has bought Wandrinne Ab bey, the 1100-year-old monastery on the banks of the Seine, between Rouen and Caudebec. Two of the greatest pedestrians In Washington are Associate Justices Harlan and White. They walk every day from the Capitol to their homes in northwest Washington, a distance of nearly five miles. "Field Marshal" Tom Thumb (Richard Garnsey), who attracted large audiences by his diminutive stature fifty years ago, has just died at Wellington, Somerset, England, at the age of seventy-three. HALLS OP CONGRESS. Senator Depew, of New York; up held the Government's forestry policy in his first speech in the Senate this session. In seventy-five minutes the Senate passed the Naval Appropriation and River and Harbor bills, aggregating $194,000,000. Mr. Tawney estimated that the ap propriations made by this Congress would exceed those of any previous one by many millions. The Postoffice Appropriation bill w-as taken up, the chief feature of the debate being an attack on the press-.by Chairman Overstreet. District of Columbia bills were con sidered, the committee of the whole voting in favor of eight fares for quarter on a new electric line. The Oklahoma Constitutional Con vention wants Congress to appropri ate another $100,000 "to defray the expenses of establishing Statehood." The Administration's plan to settle the Japanese school question was ap proved by the adoption of the con ference report on the Immigration bill". The Army Appropriates bill was passed,' Mr. Spooner saying in the debate on it that he favored the re duction of many of the Dingley sched ules. Representative Sulzer, of New York, blocked progress in the House for four hours because a member from Florida was denied a half hour's speech. The Senate Committee on Judic iary authorized favorable reports on the House bill incorporating the Na tional German Alliance and the Hun garian Reformed Federation ot America. The object of both organ izations is announced to be patriotic. Mr. Lqwden, of Illinois, spoke on publicity "as a remedy for corporation evils. Rome has a water supply of 200,000, 000 gallons a day; London, only 1C0, 000 000 and Taris SO.000.000. THE STROTHER TRIAL The Brothers of Mrs. Bywaters Before the Court YOUNG WIDOW TELLS OF KILLING Although Pale and Wan Wife of Mur dered Man, after Being Boiled In to Court in Invalid's Chair Com pletss Direct and Cross-Examina-tion. Culpepper, 'a., Special Mrs. Wil liam Bywaters, whose husband was killed by her brothers, James and Fhilip Strother, on the night of De cember 15 last, a few moments after his marriage to their sister, was the principal witness in their trial. She was placed on the stand by counsel for the defense and, although pale and wan and being compelled to come into court in an invalid's chair, she maintained her composure and when court adjourned for luncheon, had completed her direct and cross- examination. Beginning with her early association with the dead man and with her love for him she told the jury of her betrayal under prom ise of marriage, of her pleading's with Bywaters to make reparation, of By waters' insistence upon a criminal operation, of her refusal at first and then her agreement and visit to Washington in company with By- waters where two operations were performed. She described how, when her condition became known to her brothers and she broke down and confessed, they demanded of her be trayer that he immediately marry hr. In answer to a question she said that she did not think Bywaters at first intended to marry her. She de scribed the restless desire of By- waters to leave her within a short time after the ceremony and then of her brother's opening fire upon him. She was unable to give minute de tail.; of the shooting as she was too overcome by the excitement of the moment. Mrs. Bywaters' story was supple mented by the testimony of Mrs. George L. Gaines and George French Strolheis, sister and brother of the defendant. President Asks Statements. Washington, Special. President Roosevelt has taken up with Secre tary Shaw the matter of the shortage of $173,000, recently discovered in the Chicago sub-Treasury. He asked the Secretary for the statement as to the shortage and the facts. The President also asked the secretary for statement of the shortage recently discovered in the Kt. Louis sub-Treas ury, which amounts to JfG3,000. Pool Selling on Horse-Races Pre vented. Little Rock, Ark., Special. Acting Governor John I. Moors signed the bill introduced by Senator Amis and recently passed by both houses of the pool selling on horse races in Arkan sas. Inasmuch as the mil becomes 'ective immediately, it may have the effect of closing the race meeting now in progress at Oakland track, Hot Springs. Chemist Found Dead in Eoom. Pittsburg, Pa., Special Prof. T. M. Taylor, of the tmistrv depart ment of the Carnegie Technical School, was found dead in his room at the residence of Mrs. W. II. Hart zell, of No. 229 Haulke strait. There was a bullet wound behind his left ear, and a new revolver was lying on the fioov. Nervous break down, fol lowing overwork, is said to have been the cause of the suicide. He was 33 years old, single and formerly lived at Oberlin, Ohio. News in Brief. The House spent the day in debate on the Ship Subsidy bill. On Monday the Texas legislature passed a resolution fully exonerating Senator Bailey from all charges pend ing against him. The Red Cross has issued an appeal for American contributions to the 20,000,000 people who are on the point of starvation in Russia. Attorney Edgar II. Gans, of Balti more, urged the case of certain In dians who seek to annul a Govern ment contract for the instruction of Indians in certain Catholic schools. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, United States Army, visited Jamestown fair grounds and inspected the site on which the Government troops will be encamped. The secret report of Lieutenant General Smirofr, which serves as the basis for the court-martial of Gener al Stoessel and other commanders on charges of treason and cowardice and which has been published, makes the gravest charges against the accused. Three Balled hy Passenger Train. Baltimore, Special. Failing to hear warnings while at work on the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road at Camden station, WTilliam Snvder, Frank Zinka and Carlo Salli- doni were struck by a passenger en gine being backed to a waning train. Snyder and Zinka were instantly l-;ilp,l nnl Sallidoiii died half an hour after being taken to a hospital Nominations Sent to the Senate. Washington, Special. The Presi dent has sent to the Senate the fol lowing nominations: United States district judge, eastern district of Mis souri, David Patterson Dyer, post master. North Carolina, S. M. Ham brick. Hickorv: W. Jones, North Wilkesboro; C. A. Johns, Lincolton; F. Roberts, Marshall; I. M. Meek- ins, Elizabeth City; South Carolina, C. J. shannon, Camden. NO. 40. : Late ffctv In 'Brief 1 1 I ; MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST : : Eighteen persons were buried under avalanches in Norwav. Tho Wtst Virginia Senate passed the General Appropriation bill. Dr. Goldsmith, husband of Jenny Lind, the famous singer, is dead. James T. Powell ; 43 years old, tailor, committed suicide at Peter burg. Chancellor von Buelow attacked the Centrists in the German Reich stag. Miss Mae Cathrine Wood has again sued Senator Piatt, this time for di vorce. A provision adopted by the Senate providing for the dating of meat products. Thirty-five cases of typhoid fever are reported aboard the battleship Connecticut. President Roosevelt cordially re ceived James Brycc, the new British Ambassador. The anthracite coal roads show a disposition to defy the Interstate Commerce act. Edward F. Drurawright of Dan ville, was found dead in his room at a Norfolk hotel. It is expected that Mr. W. A. Gar rett will be elected president of the Seaboard Air Line. Archabald Clavering Gunter, author of "Mr. Barnes of New York" and other novels, is dead. Sixteen pupils and the principal were asphyxiated hy smoke - in a school tire at Montreal. Mrs. William F. Lambert, vice president of the Citizens' National Bank of Alexandria. i? !ad. A special rule was forced through the House to compel a vote Friday on the Ship Subsidy bill. The jury in the Strother case at Culpepper visited Rotherwood, where . Bywaters was shot to death. It is likely that the efforts to de feat S. B. Barney lor postmaster at Norfolk will prove unavailing. Church vessels of great historio and intrinsic value were stolen from the church at Treves, Prussia. A filver service of 58 pieces is to be presented to the battleship Geor gia by the State of the same name. A fire in the stable of Judge Har rison, at Winchester, caused a panic at a theatrical performance near by. Confrees agreed on the River and Harbor bill, including all the appro priations f o Baltimore and Mary land. Mrsf Evelyn Ncsbit Thaw had a much easier day on the witness stand, and her cross-examination is over. The California Legislature is ex pected to pass a bill specifically ex cluding Japanese from the white schools. Nine men were scalded, three fa tally, by an explosion in the boiler room of a French torpedo boat de stroyer. H. U. Mudge, Sr., "ic -president of the Rock Island Railroad, says or ganized lubor is largely to blame foi accidents. The Civil Appeals bill was reported by the confrees, and the reports on the Fortifications and Revenue bills were agreed to. Seceretary of War Haldane has submitted his plan for the organiza tion of the Britiesh Army to the House of Commons. E. H. Harriman testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission re garding his transactions in the Chica go and Alton deal. Tl, fifnnte nassed the Aldrich currency bill and tbe Ciyil Sundray bill, the latter containing a nnmoer i Maryland and Virgini items. Stanford "White's friends assert iViat ttipv ran nrove an alibi for him on the night of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's alleged experience with him. rriio tnn fprpps iifrreed to retain the &utf.nnn itpm in the River and Har bor bill for building the southern sec tion of the inland waterway. TTpit Tlnhel. the Socialist leader, made a fierce attack upon Chancellor . . .. - . i n . von Buelow in the Keiensiag, ana im Chancellor replied with much spirit. t Rnospvelt directed the re jection of the bids for Panama canal construction, accepted ine resigna tion of Chief Engineer Stevens and has Dut Maior Geo. W. Geothals in charge of the work. the Postoffice Appropriation bill, carrying $210, 000,000, including pneumauc-iuoc mail service for Baltimore; tne Agri culture bill and the Pension bill, the latter bill carrying appropriations of $145,000,000. The Mini of $173,000, presumably in arge bills, was stolen from the Unit 1 States sub-ireasury in Chicago, an J so far no liace of tin missing money h. been f'und. E. H. Harriman testified that Stuy vesant Fsh was deposed from the Illinois Central presidency for mis conduct in the use of the company's funds. The Senate passed the Philippine Bank bill. The Administration is delighted at the ratification of the new Santo Domingo treaty by the Senate, which action was taken at a special execu tive session. A number of Republicans in the West Virginia Legislature are angry with Governor Dawson for his veto of the bill which practically wipei out tax on leaseholds. The Supreme Court - decided that complaint of raikroad discriminations cannot be remedied in the courts, but must be presented to the '.Interstate Commerce Commission. May 1 next. i J J
The Randolph Bulletin (Asheboro, N.C.)
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