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! VOTE WEATHER: . FAIR.; VOL. XXV. NO. 282. flinT TH REPORT RESULT Majority Members Reach A- v grcement And Take Re sult to President DEMOCRATS MAY NOW PEEP INTO THE ROOM Lumber Barons Have no Need to Complain of What They dot Out of It f (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 28. After working (or nearly three weeks at jWhat proved to be one of the longest and moat anxious tasks ever experi enced in tariff building, the majority member! of the conference committee on the Payne-Aldrich bill brought their labors to a sudden close at six o'clock tonight Without a moment's delay, the sen ate and .house leaders, whose names are carried by the bill, started away by automobile with the intention of laying their report before President Tatt who had gone to Fort Myer to see what had been Intended to be the hut official aeroplane flight of the .Wright brothers. ' All day long the conferees had struggled with the question of bring ing down the house rates on gloves and the senate rates on lumber to figures they felt would meet with exe cutive approval. In this effort they (ailed. Put It up to Taft, Lumber was made dutiable at rates Only a little below those named by th senate bill, and there was a very light shading from the house rates on gloves of good quality. Although It was not admttttd by the conferees, the general Impression drawn from the hurried trip to Fort Meyer was that Messrs. Aldrich and Payne had - baep authorized by their colleagues 'Incorporate In the conference re port tort figures -as could 'be- agreed tlpOB-wltlj the president. In ao far as ,,the,y. came within range ,f what the ' leaders HvevwHi.' be acceptable' in tit. house and senate. , Returning from the conference at Fort Meyer. Messrs. Aldrich and Payne seemed to be entirely satisfied with the outcome of their mission, al- r (Continued on page four.) L TO SET RESULT ASIDE Depositions Taken in Be ginning of Contest on ' Recent Election. WITNESS WAS CHARY (By Associated Press.) BRISTOL, Va , July C8. Taking of depositions in the local option contest case was begun today. S. J. Cornell, a magistrate and Lindsay Bunting, secretary of the business nrn'i league which was organized to influence the election in favor of the saloons oc cupied the time of the hearing with their depositions. Cornett testified to having witnessed activity on the part of men in sympathy with the cause of saloons in qualifying persons to vote. He observed the frequenting of Bunting's office by these, people and inferred they were going there to, receive money, since Bunting was supposed to be handling the funds of he "wets." Cormctt admitted that he himself had sought money from Judge William F. Rhea, of the Vir ginia corporation commission for use In paying poll taxes in the interest of Judge Mann for governor. Bunting admitted that as secretary of the "wets'" organization he hand led a part of their funds. Under ad vice of counsel he claimed his priv ilege not to answer many of the Questions. He declined to show hia bank book as evidence of how the "wets' " funds were spent and rcfus ed to say how the money was spent aside from that portion that went for printing. He denied having paid poll taxes for anybody besides himself. Counsel for the "wets" sprung a sensation by filing Instead of an an swer to the petition of the drys. a .demurer to the petition by which they hope to throw the case out of court- CARRIED OIT THREAT. MACON. Ga., July 28 The body of Lottie F'airchild. the young woman who disappeared from her home here Sunday leaving a note saying she was going to drown herself because Ix?n Levar, of this city, would not marrv her. was found by fishermen this morning In the Ocmulgee river, a tnUe below this city. 1 THEIR LABORS ON NEGRO'S CHARGE PE ALWAYS HAD THE .S Pullman Porter Had Him Tak en From Train For Slapping His Face RODE TO STATION IN THE BLACK MARIA Justice Dismissed Charge And Complimented Senator For His Act (By Associated Press.) BALTIMORE, July 28 Declaring that In the circumstances the assault was justifiable. Police Magistrate Eu gene Urannan. of the central district, this afternoon, dismissed the charge against Senator William J. Stone, of Missouri of having assaulted Law rence O. Brown, a waiter on a Penn sylvania railroad train. Justice Grannan said: "Senator Stone, I have traveled a great deal In my time. I can fully appreciate the treatment that you received at the hands of Brown, who It has been shown was discourteous In the ex treme. 1 feci that you had sufficient provocation and that you were abso lutely justified in reprimanding and striking Brown. I dismiss you." Itodo In Patrol. The case which brought to the bar of the Central station, perhaps Its most distinguished prisoner, grew out of an incident of the trip yestorday of Senator Stone from Philadelphia to Washington and which was Inter rupted at Union station this city last night when a policeman of the Penn sylvania railroad entered his car and, placing him under arrest, accompan ied by Brown, who charged the sen ator with having assaulted him. Senator Stone and his counsel took their places in the ordinary prisoner's dock when the case was called. At this point, an attorney for the Penn sylvania railroad and the Pullman company requested that the case be dismissed saying that neither of the companies he represented desired to press the charge." Segro Pressed Carte. mv w.; neins- ra com p IB i nan i was asked by the magistrate whether he desired to prosecute the case and he replied: "I do. I Insist upon his being tried." Col. C. D. Foster, counsel for Mr. Stone, who pleaded the Immunity of (Continued on page three.) T TO EXTREME MEASURES TO AVOID GOING BROKE Proposed Tax on Soda Wat er Will Drive People to Buttermilk. WATER STILL FREE (By Associated Press.) ATLANTA, Ga., July 28. If the Georgia legislature incorporates into the general tax bill all the provisions introduced by members, it soon win he nearly as hard to get a drink of soda water In the state as it Is now to get a drink of whiskey. Ka.io to face with a deficit and with salaries and bills unpaid the solons are grubbing desperately to find rev enue producers. Since the advent of prohibition, the soft drink Industry has become the, biggest thing In the statu". Hence, It offered the easiest so lution of the problem. Here are tome of the tax clauses already passed by the house: 15 a year upon each faucet of a soda wa ter fountain 1500 per year for each manufacturer of carbonated water; J25 per year upon each bottling ma chine in the state; a revenue stamp rostlng five cents for each gallon of syrup or tincture or extract manu factured or sold. All of these taxes are In addition to thie tax levied by the cities, towns and villages in which the dealer re sides and these towns have not over looked the soft drink doalera n their plans for raising revenue. These levies, too, are in addition to certain specific taxes wrfi'h have been di rected against certain big manufac turers of well known bottled drinks. Several ambitious members say they have measures being drawn which will help to Increase the funds. Conservative members arc alarmed and declare that unless the asw-mbly goes slow it will cut off nearly all the states revenue instead of increas ing it. WANT MORE LAWS. ATLANTA. Ga.. July 28. A bill providing for biennial sessions of six ty days duration of the Georgia legis lature passed the senate today by a nhmantial majority, it Is said that Governor Brown win sign me bill should It also pass the nousw. SEN TONE HALED TO POLICE COURT THATMANYRTHFRR M ASIIKVILLE, N. THAW HAS BELEIF Says He Is Not Insane And Never Was Except Per haps For Few Minutes PROVES HE IS NOT RAVING ON STAND Discusses White And His Wife Without Any Show of Excitement (By Associated Press.) WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.. Juiv 28. Harry K. Thaw's fate lay in his own hands today. Kor six hours he occu pied the witness stand while District Attorney Jerome, the man who twice tried to send him to prison, and who once already has thwarted an effort to release him from a criminal Insane asylum, delved Into his life history. Thaw emerged creditably from the ordeal. Whatvere Jerome and his alienists may make of the examina tion, to the eye and oar of the lay man Stanford White's slayer showed no signs of insanity on the stand to day. Tonight Thaw, the members of his family and his retinue of attorneys and experts were unanimous In their opinion that he has proved his fit ness to be at large. His friends be lieve that If ho acquits himself In the future as well as today, Justice Mills will have no choice but to grant his application for release from Mattea- wun. Iloth Good-Natured. But Thaw's ordeal is not over. He will remain on the witness stand to morrow and perhaps a day loniger. The state's alienists believe if he Is in sane he will be more likely to betray himself toward tho end, when wearied by Jerome's contlnutd hammering. Neither Thaw nor the New York district attorney displayed anything but the utmost good, nature Joday, 'TWaBWaiyeollalogue resembled the chat of friends at an afternoon tea. Sometimes Thaw thought he had scored a polnit and smiled with tho keenest enjoyment. The smile was always rellcctcd on the face of his hlte-hnired mother who sat in court (Continued on page six.) PUILIAM, PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL LEAGUE PUTS BULLET THROUGH HEAD Destroyed Sight of Both Eyes and Will Probably, Prove Fatal in the End. HAD BEEN DEPRESSED NEW YORK. July 28. Harry C. Pulllam, president of the National League of Baseball clubs, attempt"'! suicide tonight In his rooms on th third floor of tho New York Athlclic luh. Standing in the center of the room. Mr. Pulllam held a revolver to his right temple. He fired only one shot. The bullet destroyed the right eye and passed through the upper part of the left. It Is not believed that he Cm ii re cwver. although be continued con scious for some time after the snoot ing. The sound of the pistol wiui nt heard In any other part of the club house but Mr. T'nlllam In falling to the (yior apparently lodged the receiver of a telephone which wai standing on a table nearby, so that help was soon at hand His wounds were carefully dressed but tho physician had little hopes of saving Mr Pulliam's life Coroner's T'hiynician Shrady, who srrlwd a'lsiut half an hour after the shooting, assisted Dr. Hlgglns In at tending the wounded man's needs. Both of thorn attempted to gl some explanation of the baseball president'"! attempt to kill himself, but he wa ) flazedj 'to feivte ilntelllglMIe an swer. ' The sight of both eve were de stroked by the bullet, the physician said. Although the course of the bullet was not traced. If appeared evident that it had entered at loast the cov ering of the brain, and It f med more than likely that the Injury to the t rain itself was enough to can death. Although Mr. Pulliam's act at this time was entir-lv unexpected. som of his friends said that at the time of his recent Illness It was known that he was subject to attacks of melan cholia. Blnoe his retnrn to New Tork jun he apparently bad been In excellent spirits. Li V 1 H II IL C, THUKSDAV MORNING, JULY 2!), 1!HK). DANK ASE wfclLE MEN TELL SAME OLD TALES Star Witness of More Than a Decade Agone Makes Second Appearance Tells of Various Transactions in Which He Played a Leading Role Was Willing to Put His Name to Any Old Thing. ' It was the "short and simple an nals of the poor" which District At torney llolton had related to tho Jury in Oi Hreeae-Dlckcrson case yester day by men who said that while they had no appreciable property they had prior to the failure of the First Na tional bank. In 1897 pennod their aam is to notes representing niary thousands of dollars of which they re ceived not a penny, all for the ac commodation of the then president ol the bank, Major W; B. lirccsc. It would have proved a sensational tale In the collective it It had not been one oft told In Jrie past ten years a, that it wtMi ot ---tack 'WmmMMm-- nMw and atnjtjtjj;fi there was added to H tho statement of three men that their names had not been signed by them to notes, however, many others there might be of tho same name. One wllnefs was a colored man not much over ao j at the time, who In 1897. while coach- j man fr Major Hnese at a salary of $17.50 akmonth attached his name to othliganins f'ir r-omo thousands, he said, whin; ollirr witnesses who frankly admitted empty pockets in by gone years related with circumstantial detail the consumption of much Ink In inscribing their nomenclatures to blank notes for still other thousands, one of them Inducing a d ir.cn of s'. men to sign In blank, all for the se WHITE MAN ACCUSED OE People in Mtcklenburg May Mete Usual Punishment if He Is Caiitflit. (Special to The Otlen. CHARLOTTK. ' C, July 38 Telephone minMUfi from C'herryvillo In northern Kedimi of the countv to night, tells of a .erloun crime cm mltted late Hut u i 1 1 y afternoon two mlh-s from lliat imn In a secluded epot when. It I n ported, a ahlle man named ll nrv Iteynolds. attacked and criminally b .mlted a MIkh Di I llnger, aged al'"i t iwcrily, daughter of W, p. Itelluii" r, a well-to-do farmer. Details im meagre, toil In formation la t" !' effect that Rey nolds came open tii'" girl a.a kIm; vva;i nroute to town in a atre.lcb of wood land, and there n rnltled tin crime, using force. Tic uirl with clothing badly torn cue i I told her Htor.v lived near, and He idly through tin ' ' Into the road and i Mr. IIovik, vvlin news spread rap "imunlty. ' seen at t 'ronM . . yesterday. Ili.i i nown. The p'dl' " is notllled- tod ,v ' red for hi.- i-n p - Ii Indlgnatl'oi on Should I'.cyn dd. ild doubtless e , at their handi. Rcynold.4 w.i- a small town n- ni whereabouts in department hen that a reward i , ' ture. There in nr: the. part of eitl. n be captured b ceive rough handi i WASHINGTON for North Carolina Fair and some what warmer Thursday, Friday fair and warm, light to moderate south to iKiutt west wind:) . Inly 28. Forecast Stung! DRONES TTS LAZY WA V commodatlnn of the bank's president Tho audience In tho court room shows no disposition to Increase, and It seems that tho oft-told stnrlea of the previous trials have thrown a wet blanket on tho present proceed ings. Only one man fell asleep yes aerday while District Attorney llolton was droning along, but the sleeper suddenly woke up when the district attorney "hollered" for Holler. Col. W. II. 8. Iturgwyn, the na tional bank examiner who had tes tified the day before, told vcstm'dity morning; of the overdrafts found on the v'Mfc x imfiim' vTtenm- for which they were llalilo were un follows; Hreese and I'enlund, lllfl. 117; Caro lina Woodworking company $ fi , 7 f ; J K. Dlckerson l,2l.'l.fi7, Dlikersori niiil company $1.7.r 9!l; another Dlckerson company llf.lt 27. Note not overdue found In the bank, Ik i said, amounted to $.V. 1 fU.O, tills In cluding two notes each for 110,00(1 given by Hreese and I'enland. A Star Witness. C. H. Leonard, formerly well known here 'but who Is now living In Chat tanooga, had something to tell and quickly told it. In 18 I. he said, he was building the Hreese house In Vic toria, the same by (lie way now or- OLD MALE GOSSIP GETS A YEAR ON THE ROADS Was Father of' Family, .Jus tice of Peace, ami Other wise Eminent Citizen. WAUKKNSVILLK, July J.-A:Im I (IAHTu.MA, July 28. No little ex tfiiiiepir ( ourt has been In session lor ' Itejnent and resentment has been the pa:,t lo woikn. Judge Jones pre- . I siaing. iiu...... ... ...... ,;, ,.1,,y , ,,.,. ft ro,,y ,lt tne I,. . n diitpoaed '.I nod two m.-n s. iii r( t!i .(ration books or Oaatonla for the lo the roads and a number lined lu av- ,,,, hlng election which Is to de ny cldu whether the new court house and The criminal cae ex HIiik lb" m-st Jit( ..,,, Pmlt,,y snat hall ho local tnterest was against Alex Dam y for (,( ,(1 ,lfllm,tt r r(,nl Dallas. ' "" """ '" ,nu '"' Mr A U Hulwlnkle. of Dallas. Mon- 1Z inontliK. day came to Oastnnla and demand- This .ase waa stubbornly fought by f ,l((ll(lrar K ,,, lhllt hl: the attorneys on both H .rid pub- ,.,.,(,, , , rKl))l rutl((ll lie sentiment was ..b'-ul evenly .11-, Mr. Hankln refused and cufi- yid.,1. Dancv ,s proonoent in b, uh(1 innnllv, I, a JUMP u ol the ' v,(,r ,)f (illl(1,la v,wllM has .r large faim.v. Il.a . had the right lo see the registration III) . fforl Just before .'.ml closed I'm ..... ... .1 , . . II,, s. nt. me ' hang' d to a ,), """ '"it that no outsider could forcB but fa.bd. Mr Howie. I on.ey. ' h'w lh names mad- ,ho most forceful appeal eve, ! '"" ''Vcnlng Khcriff I', h. rlhuford h.-.,rd her.- for l.i client, but Hie " l'l'"ared wllh a petition signed by judge Informed him when he ,-losed '' "' voter, requesting thai the books that it b. es.ap.-d impiisonment that1"' produced for Inspection. Only otia the go. rn.r would hate to pardon;"' "be petitioners from Mastonla bun. that he should ' ih-.iote. H.!;'"i"hi. '. D. Holland if. glatrar stated that If Hi- phvHl'iaiui t bought , Kank lu refused to produce the list that it would Injur, his health lo hat f"r the seven, but agreed to make a htm w ork on Ho roads that ho would ' Mat of the registered voters for Mr. let Ii i ni Ma-, in Jail Tie. malt, r Ij the more regreled Iron. Hie 1 .' I that the young lady hist. ! I' d did not pro. nr.- (be Indict ment, bul it wa.l made by orn; par ty wli j had a si"1' at Irani y. WOMAN MOONSHINE ! ARTIST CAUGHT i MA' 'ON. July 28 - Surrounded by NKW YORK, July 28. Tho prlc.i a rod. noil. I, with beer in tho tub of wheat wa advatioed morn than and the ripple .1 ,i little stream III k- nine cents per bushel today on a Pig ling among the Hake stands, near the ..rouii demand by the traders on the prosperous town of Sparta, in Han- short side, of the market. They finally . .. k ...iiniv. t mt.d .Stales Deputy paid I .1 4 per bushel, which equalled Marshal I rank It l-y today arrest- Itx. high point of th season. The ed I'earl fjor lon. on a charge of run- price of the crop of late, months ad ning a blo kade distillery. In all hi can. d two cents per bushel on re long experience In the service this Is : p. Ms of black rust in tho northwest. the frrst woman ths officer has ever captured In a "moouuliinu" plauL, cu-pled by Mr. Hoes, and when hs went for his pay Major Breese told him he wanted to iborrow some money from his hank and not being, able to rtjo It under hla town name askd Leonard If he would not lend tha use of his name on notes which, the lat ter did, although he had no property save 1300 or $400 In personalty. In 1881 ho signed aevsn notes In blank for the amounts or $771. $190, $800, $noo, $800, $800. Ha paid nothing on the notes and whs never-' asked t pay anything until after tha ' bank failed, , and not no 'money on - the nte. fine Vie did borrow 1100 tot hi wit"fi luTtls wife's" name. Tho tllstrlct attorney produced two letters allgefl to haws hnen wrlttn by Major Breeso to B. N. Kaln, as slrrtmit cashier, In which It was stated that Irfionard asked for the renewal of Urn notes and had paid $800 on account of them. Witness said he never paid any $300 or asked any renewal. Witness then launched Into an In' (creeling narratlvn of Show at Breesn's request ho had gotten other people of no means to sign notes which h delivered In blank to Hreese. Ha said he got W. H. Bradley to sign two blank notes, one for $860, and identl- Continued on page four.) CITIZENS ARE EMBROILED No AlfoUHc aiitl (Jaston Bus iness Hetweeu Dallas and (Jastouia. canned here by the attempts of III p ople of Dallas and other scclUins of Holland This lie Is doing today. The light iiv r the locution of tho . .unity seal Is "plrlted and the Inci dent d"Mcrilxd above has Injected con hldenil.le r senlmont and bitterness into the situation. SHORTS IN SQUEEZE FORCE WHEAT UP Upwards- of 130 loads wcro taken for 'export toda. ..4 Associated Press. Leased Wire Reports. PHIGE FIVE CENTS. .TOTTERING THROnE ITU llll III Outbreak In, Barcelona Part of Goneral Plan For Revolution PREM1EK ADMITS THE SITUATION IS GRAVE j Lower Classes Bitter Against King For Rushing Na tion into War (By Associated Pirns.)' 1 M Aim ID, July . Tha rsvoliM lion In Calalonla has reached a acrt ous stage. Thers la much bloodshs and artillery has boon smployed la) tho streets of Barcelona, to quell tha) outbreaks. The city la tsrror-ettok en. The revolutionists are reported to be fighting dnsperately behind barricade. , King Alfonso hastened back to Ma drld from San Sebastian today ana) Issued a decree proclaiming martial law and the suspension of const Him tlonal guarantees throughout Ppaln. orders nave 'been given to the cove ernors of the province to crush tha revolution at any cost without hslt lion and without pity. ? ! Today marks a black chanter In Spain's history, for there was traced nottt at home and abroad. The klnfl reached here In time to leant that part of hut army at MeiiHa had had bloody battle with the Moors. which, though llnally a vlotory for tha rtpsniards, cost the Uvea of twelve of. iia m tow oi irni ounareig Spaniard kilted or wounded. ' ' An exact estimate of the dead and! wounded In the clash between tha troops and rebel In Calalonla I ltn possible, owing to the field senior hip, 'The center of the rMielllon' Is Bare cetnna, to which plae tha fovsru ntfihi rtwhlng extra troopf.' Madrid la Anxlnus, The frestwrt In mil etude risfan la Madrid. King Alfonso was ckiseleA until a lata hour with prsmler Maura and an official not wss issued fay ing the ltnation was exceedingly grave and that the rebellion must ba repressed with an Iron hand, a tha Calalnnlan were struggling to an gull all Hpain In a revolution. The hostility of tho people against tho Moroccan campaign la baaed oa resentment that the nation ha beet Plunged In a foreign war and thai the nation's Mm m 1. -i im m - " - ".us wjriuwws mer.ely because of opposition to prlvato mining undertaking. y The poorer class from which tha, regiments are chiefly drawn are poelally bitter, The greatest antagonism ha beean roused by the mobilisation of tha reserve. Many of the men In tha ra-'" serve forces havo large famine. Advices from the front slate thai the holy war sentiment I spreading; among the Interior trlhe who. symn as their crop are gathered. r rxpecien to Hock to the Coast n loin th,. riitA.ii. NODODT VERY EAGER TO EVIRCII In Spito of BoaKts 0. O. Ps Jicatiers All Shy the Act ual Nomination. (My Asmsdalml Press.) NKWI'OItT NMWB. Va., July Tariff speeches by representatives la" congress from the Kat and from the West, Hlmup, of Vliginla, and McKin. y, of California and a talk on lm migration by Assistant Secretary ot ornmercn mid Jjrtlior Mcilarg. dlvld- -.1 Interest at Ih.i Unit day's session here of Iho Virginia state republican convention, with the gubernatorial! onlest ami differences over state is- sucs, foremost of which la state-wide prohibition. r At a lute hour tonight It was un! certain whether the nominee for gov. rnor would be Keprrsenlallvo C, Bas orn Hl"tnp, state halrman of the ninth district, or William I. Kent, ol Wythe. Whon Mr. Hl. tnps name wss men' tloned at tonight s r,csstun by Assl. ant Hecretary M llarg, as th strong st man the party could put up. It was gTeeted wllh salvos of applause. and afterward the leaders stated that Mr. Kl.-mp could have the nomination if he wanted It. Mr. Klemp ssld h did not rare for tho nomination, but strong efforts are being made to In dure him lo accept It. If Mr. Klemp declines the honor. William P. Kent, of Wythe. It I stated, uii'iursiionahly will be tha, nominee, with fleorge Netms Wis. of Newport News, as candidate for, lieutenant governor. A telegrasa came from A. P. Olllespie, of Taswell, late this evening saying that owlntg ta his health he could not possibly ao - ul't lna nomiuatloo, , r t. ,J ALFONSO WITH MARTIAL LAW