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ALL THE NEWS WHILE IT 13 NEWS. VOL 9 Thaw Pleased at The Choice of Southern Man to Pl At Opening of Trial To day the 100 New 1 ales men Were Present. Tenth Man is From New Orleans. Prisoner Seems Glad Southern Man is to be Juror. All of Family Attend Trial To-day, About the Rumors. Xew York, Jan. 29. —Despite the great care and deliberation being shown by District Attorney Jerome and C. \V. Hartridge, leading coun-i sel for Thaw, in the selection of jur-1 ors. the progress made has been grati fying. in the opinion of both sides. But for the personal direction of the prisoner in challenging talesmen the jury would have been completed yes terday. An interested spectator in the court yesterday was Jack Barrvmore, an ac tor. In a certain contingency he will te a witness for the prosecution. A Southern Juror James D. Dennee, a travelling freight j agent was the tenth juror secured He is married and came to this city | from New Orleans. He declares that he has formed no : opinion. Thaw seems especially pleased to I have a Southern man on the jury. When the talesman said he was! from Louisiana the defendant imme diately engaged his consel in conver sation. % Jerome noted this, but interposed no obpection to the Louisianan. 100 New Talesmen. One hundred new talesmen were present when the Thaw trial was re sumed. It was agreed that the old panel of which 35 remained should first be exhausted before calling upon I the nfwly summoned talesVnen. * All the members of the Thaw family were again present. Mrs. Evelyn Nes-! bit Thaw and May McKenzie entered j the court room with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Carnegie. As stated the priconer's wife and j mother were thrown side by side again j and it seemed as though this arrange-: mcnt was designed in advance furth- 1 er to discredit the stories as to the dissensions in the family. The Thaws often meet in one of the anti-rooms of the court and consult with the counsel for the defendant, j This accounts for the fact that they ; sometimes do not greet each other i when taking their places in the court room. Another Delay. The excuse of two jurors in the Thaw case leaves four vacant chairs in the jury box and ras recently de layed the beginning of the .taking of testimony. The reasons for the step are not made public. They are said to have been of a busi ness nature. Many Called, Few Chosen. When the morning session of the Thaw trial ended there remained but two vacant seats in the jury box. Out of 18 talesmen originally of the panel of 200 men who were examined this morning only one proved accept able. The defendant's attorneys set a new high record for the right of peremp tory challenges during the morning session, bringing this privilege to bear five times in excusing from service talesman who did not impress them satisfactorily. . . Tragedies at D i Eight-Year Old Boy Shot by Young Companion Yesterdav, Died Today. Death of an Aged Lady. Other Nevus. Durham, IN. C., Jan. 29.—An acci dental shooting several miles from the city yesterday resulted in the death of Allie Barbee, a small eiglit-year-old boy. The gun was fired by his cousin and companion, Marvin Barbee. The relatives of the youth are liv ing, and the shooting occurred at the home of Air. George Barbee. They were playing with the gun when Marvin pulled the trigger and sent a ball crashing through the brain °f hig cousin. The boy was brought to the city where an operation was performed. Death followed shortly afterwards this morning. Mrs. Mary Langley, aged 67 years, died this morning from the result Of being badly burned several days ago. She resided with her son, Robert Langley who survies her. When the accident occurred she was standing near the fire-place and her clothing caught on fire. At the time they thought that she would recover. She suffered intense pain until she died. CHURCH AND STATE. First Ray of Hope For Adjustment Of Diferencee Between State and the Church. Paris, France, January 29.—The proposition which the French bishops, with the approval of the Pope, have submitted to the government, seems to offer the first real prospect of an adjustment of the conflict between the Church and the State. ' A model contract which the bishops have submitted provides for the virtu al lease of churches in perpetuity to parish priests by the mayors. FOR A REFORMATORY. Public Meeting to be Held Tomorrow Night in the Interest of the Re formatory Question. N Raleigh, N. C. 4 Jan. 29. —A public meeting of the committees, having in charge the reformatory legislation, | will be held in the senate chamber ! tomorrow night. It is expected that | a large number of the friends of the i movement will be present to discuss the measure. CHILDREN IN MILLS. Senator Beveridge Says More Children Under 12 Work in Southern Mills. Washington, D. C., Jan. 29. —Contin- uing his speech on child labor, Senator Beveridge presented a number of affi davits, setting forth conditions in the Southern cotton mills, and asserting | that ms.ny under 12 were working in | these mills. Free Seed Distribution. Washington, D. C., Jan. 29. —The i House committee of the whole revers i ed the ruling of the chair on the ques tion of free seeds for Congressional distribution and adopted the amend ment as contained in the agricultural appropriation bill of last year, contin uing the free distribution of seeds- Steamer Launched. Quincy, Mass.. Jan. 25. —The steam er Ocmulgee, cf the fleet to ply be tween Brunswick, Ga., and New York, was successfully launched at Fore River by the ship building company. Pay Advanced. Fall River, Mass., January 29. —The New York, New Haven and Hartford I has advanced the pay of captains, pi- I lets and mates of the Fall Rived line ! Steamers. Many Question For Rai Joint Committee on Rail roads and Public Service Corporations of House and Senate Forward Many Questions. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 29.—The joint committee on railroads and public ser vice corporations cf the Senate and House cf Representatives forwarded today to the Southern, the Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line rail road companies 27 questions they de sire the railroad companies to answer within three day 3. Especially notable among the ques tions are: . Value of tangible property in ana out of State; itemized salaries of officials receiving $2,000 a year and more; itemized accounts of private car ex penses; list of persons who received free transportation during 1906, exclu sive of operatives but including at torneys; special trains operated with out revenue; proportion of inter and intra-State business; number of through and local trains in North Car olina ; produce before the committee jthe books of the company with proper 'person to swear to same; give termi nal expenses in detail for North Caro lina; give attorneys fees in North |Carolina other than regular attorneys; J give amounts paid in connection with (•legislatures and paid in any way for :newspapers; amount of money raised iin five years by sale of stocks and bonds outside of regular earnings; de tailed statement of money spent for five years in North Carolina for main tenance of ways, shops and how much for 1906; amounts charged to cross ties since 1900 and amounts actually spent; questions as to distinguishing : between inter and intra-State expens es in operating trains; mortgage bonds outstanding and present value; com mon and preferred stock and value; questions as to the tax assessment . and net earnings. The Atlantic Coast Line is asked as to the issuance of additional stock to holders of original Wilmington and [ Weldon stock and the value of all such distributions to these stockholders, 1 together with reasons for them. ! The House of Representatives has just pased the bill for the appropria • tion of $20,000 additional for the State ' i representation at the Jamestown E?:- ! position, the Senate having passed it ' Saturday. So that there is nothing left but for the bills to be enrolled • for ratification before it will be in full force and effect. This will be done within the next day or two. 3 Curator H. H. Brimley of the State r museum has just returned from Nor j folk and the exposition grounds, where . he was making preliminary arrange j ments for the -State exhibit, which aside from the North Carolina build ■ffElE £ £ %%■. (V i ra.@Kii&Btf | tfi V - J I 1 ing, will require over 15,000 square! feet of space in the various buildings. | He is much g-atified at the outlook both for the State exhibit and the ex " position in general. "The Young Folk's History cf North ' Carolina" by Prcf. D. H. Hill of the A. & M. College has been adopted by the State board of education as the text l ook on Notth Carolina history to be used in the public schools. Also Peele's Civil Government has been adopted as the text book on civics, this being by W. J. Peele, of Raleigh. The board ; recommends for supplimentary read-J ing R. D. W. Connor's new boon, "Sto-j, ries of the Old North State" and "Child's History of North Carolina," bi'! vv. C. Allan, of Waynesville. Mr. Con-i nor is connected with the State De partment of Education. The bill introduced in the House j by Koonce, of Onslow, to relieve the people from unreasonable restrictions , in fire insurance policies prescribes that it shall be unlawful to include in such policies the oo«insurance-clause or , any restriction that would prevent the insured in case of loss by fire from re covering the full amount of the insur ance for which premiums were paid. The penalty is $25. The first of what are known as the 1 principal railroad bills pending in the general assembly was tabled in the Senate by a vote of nineteen to six teen. It was Senator Graham's bill to define the rights of pasengers ' tering and leav'ng trains in that they should enter at the rear of the coaches and leave thropgh doors next toward : the locomotives. An amendment by! ' Graham that the bill go into effect j April first did not eliminate the dis- j ' favor of the majority of the Senate. ROCK HILL MATTERS. f Rock Hiii, S. C., Jan. 29.—Capt. Bcxtell, who is well known here as one of the popular conductors on the ; Charleston division, has mo'-ed his: . family from Blacksburg to this city, [ they now occupy their handsome I cottage on Caldwell street. I Mr. S. M. Barnett, who has been • with the Rock Hill Bottling Works ■ for the past year, met with a bad ac-; ' cident Saturday while standing near ■ the machine a bottle exploded split " ting open his right ear. Dr. Massey ; dressed the wound. Mr. Barnett is suffering a great deal. Mrs. Harry Dixon and little son of Charlotte, are here the guests of the I former's mother, Mrs. R. F. Tomp kins. Mr. and Mrs. Heyman of Camden, . are spending a few days at the home i of Mrs. Heyman's parents, Mr. and I Mrs. A. Friedham. Miss Irine Cunningham of Lancas i ter, was the guest of Mrs. W. J. • Roddey last week. Chapel Hill News. i Chapel Hill, Jan. ZD.— Mr. J. M. Ne : \ille received a very painfifl, though 1 not a serious injury, last Saturday r morning in the University Athletic 1 ' Store. One of the clerks in the store 1 attempted to fill a cigar lighter from ; u can of gasoline while the cigar [ lighter was burning. The gasoline can caught on fire and for several , minutes fjreat excitement prevailed. | Mr. Robert Mac Arthur seized the ,iran and in attempting to throw it cut lof the door splashed some of the 3 burning gasoline in face of Mr. Ne ville. Had it not been for the pres ; 6 nee of mind of some one who threw t a- blanket over Mr. Neville's head and smothered the flames, Mr. Ne -3 ville would very probably have been 3 very seriously injured. Mr. Neville's i store is within two doors of the post 1 efflce and as the incident occurred while the mail was being put up, a good many students were in the store 3 at the time. The burning gasoline l " llames were quickly smothered and 0 very little damage was done to the 1 store. The Vflesh on Mr. Neville's » face was very badly burned but he is getting along as well as could be 1 expected, though it will take some e time for the burns to heal. e Washington, Jan. 2D—The Presi •- dent sent to the Senate the following e nominations: Postmasters, North »- j Carolina—Estelle Csmercn, Rcc'. i.ig- L, j ham; Virginia—O." L. James, Abing l- j don. HICKORY, n. C. THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 1907. Fluctuations Gotton Market I Representative Livingston Urges Favorable Action on Resolution Providing for Investigation. More , About Exchange. I Washington, D. C., January 29. — Representative Livingstone, of Geor gia, appeared before the House Com mittee'on Interstate and Foreign Com merce and urged favorable action on I his resolution, providing for an inves tigation by the Department of Com > meref»> and Labor of the fluctuations in the cotton market, with the particu lar object of ascertaining whether ! such fluctuations have resulted from i the character of the contracts of the alleged sales and deliveries made on I the New York Cotton Exchange. Extensive dealings in futures was denounced by Livingston, who said that cotton growers and cotton spin j ners of the United States are absolute ly at' the mercy of the speculators. He mentioned 30 classifications of i cotton which formerly existed and called attention to the fact that 11 of fhese classes have been dropped re cently. Livingston spoke of his attempt to have cotton manipulators barred from the mails and said he was threatened with a libel suit because of his action, but advised the representatives of the cotton operators that he would fur nish $5OO to assist in the prosecution of the suit against himself and had heard no more of the threat. FOUR KILLED IN WRECK. in Collision Between Express and A Freight Four Are Killed and Sev i eral Severely Injured Shelburne Falls, Mas.. In a collis ion between an express and an i freight train at South River four em : ployees were killed and several were : injured. 7,000 MEN STRIKE Employes Of Naptha Works Strike. Baku, Transcaucasia, Jan. 29. — 7,000 employes of the Four Naptha Works here have struck. The demands include a bonus .for 1906, when the general strike was be ing planned. Cause of Mr. ' Fife's Death Coroner's Inquest This Morning at St. Louis Decides that Fatty De generation of the Heart is Responsible. St. Louis, Mo., January 29.—The coroner's inquest over the body of W. P. Fife, the Denver mining broker who dropped dead at the St. James Hotel Sunday, developed the fact that death was caused by fatty degenera tion of the heart. The remains are held at an under takers establishment pending word from relatives concerning the final dis position of the body. The dispatch seems to indicate that Mrs. Fife and Dr. W. P. Fife, 1 Jr., of Denver; have not yet reached St. Louis, though they had wired that they desired to attend the in ouest. One of Mr. Fife's associates in busi ness said he was worth $350,000, the larger part of it coming from the rise in Goldfleld stocks. AND PRESS TO VOTE ON BOND ISSUE. Election Will be Held in Gastonia for Bond Issue —Position for Postoffice Building Offered. Gastcnia, Jan. 29. —The citizens of ; Gastonia met last evening in the city j hall to consider the matter of asking the legislature* to pass an permit • ting the town to issue bonds for itreet and other improvements. For some time a citizens' executive committee has been in existence with ; Messrs. A. M. Smyre as president i and J. Lee Robinson as secretary. In response to a petition signed by a large number of the business men of Gastonia, they called this meeting. Mr. Robinson called ~ the body to older and Mayor J. K. Dixon was elected chairman who appointed Messrs. Hugh Long and Jas. W. At kins secretaries. A large and thor oughly representative assembly gath ered and the Business from begin ning to end was conducted in a way which showed that the matters un der discussioE had been well con sidered and that all were in agree ment as to the necessity of providing for the needs of the town. In fact, so large and enthusiastic a body of citizens has not aesembled here for some time. After some discussion of v hat must be done byway of pro viding increased facilities for the schools of the town, improving the itreets, and extending the light, water and sewerage systems, a reso lution was offered requesting the legislature to authorize the citizens to hold an election for the purpose of voting on a bond issue, not to ex ceed $lOO,OOO, to provide for needed improvements. These bonds to be voted upon in such amounts as may be required. The chairman asked all who favored the resolution to rise and all present, so far as your cor respondent saw,rose to their feet. Es quires G. W. Wilson, Hugh Long and W. T. Love were appointed a com mittee to present this matter to the legislature in proper form to ex press the wishes of the people. After this matter was disposed of Mayor Dixon asked the sense of the meeting as to what offer should be ' wade to the Federal government with regard to a site for a posit office. The | post office officials aesire a price on ' the property commonly known as city park/ apparently the most avail able site. It was the unanimous opinion of those present that $lO,OOO ! -would be a proper sum to ask prc i vided a suitable building be erected. This is much less than the market value of the property if it were sold to individuals as sites for business j houses. _ j 14 MEN ADRIFT. ' Fishermen Drifting On Ice Floe In Gulf. Riga, January 29.—Fourteen fisher men are adrift on an ice floe in. the Gulf of Riga. The men were fishing when the ice f broke and they were blown out to sea. New Canal Officers. Washington, Jan. 29.—The plan for • the reorganization of th elstnimian Ca nal Commission was considered by the • Senate committee on inter-oceanic ca nals. It was backed by Senator Mor gan and provided for the creation of the post director general, to be filled | by the chief engineer in charge of the construction. The canal commis ' sion, in addition to the director gen i eral, is to consist of the heads of the various department under the chief | engineer. , The Block System. I Washington, Jan. 29. —The Senate • agreed to a resolution, presented by Senator Clav of Georgia, calling on the interstate commtft-ce commission ! for the result of the investigation of j the block signal system on railroads. ' The Talkative Senate. Washington, Jan. 29. —Senator Hale took the Senate to task because of its " disposition to talk instead of pass ! appropriation bills. He said he would i move for night sessions if the necessa ry business was further delayed. Drummer in Charge is Greenville, S. C, Girl TOBACCO PRICES KEEP UP. | Petersburg, Va., January 29. —The 5 sales of loose tobacco at;the several warehouses for the past week have been quite large and the prices have kept up well. The "weed" is beginning to come to market in large quantities and the buyers are bidding with more spirit. The highest price obtained the past week was $27 per 100 lb. The sales for the week were 356,7151b. Total sales to date, 2,974,435 lb. Lynchburg, Va., January 29. —Sales of tobacco the pveek continued quite heavy and were very largely of the common and medium grades. The color and size of the leaf faii*y good but the quality and texture, were considerably off. The trade dur ing the week was not so active week, J and prices on all grades were rather lower. Indications are that it would be best for the planters to check up from bringing their tobacco to market for a time. Anti-Jug Bill Passed Bill to Put Catawba and Lincoln Counties Under Law Passed. A Great Number of Bills Were Introduced To-day. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. Z9. —The House ind Senate each passed a great many local bills this morning Perhaps as many as 50 were passed in the House Among the important bills introduc ed in the House this morning, was one by Manning to require insurance companies to deposit with the proper authorities cash equivalent as securi ties equivalent to 30 per cent of their gross earnings, and also $2,000 on receiving their State license. Manning, by request, to adjust and settle the estate of Governor Swain and the obligation of the State Uni versity to the said estate. Of the important bills passed by the House was one to require a cer tificate of good character for appli cants to practice law. The Senate bill allowing extra pen sions to veterans who have lost both arms or both legs, was amended so as to apply to those who have lost either one • arm or one leg. The House re-referred the Laughinghouse bill to the fisheries committee. The bill passed its second reading yester day but created considerable discus sion. Its being sent back to the committee today is a victory for the opposition of the bill. In the Senate. A bill was introduced by Mr. Holt, to provide fireproof buildings for the State library and hall of history. By Breece, to erect on the present site of the Supreme Court and Agri cultural building a building for a State museum, agricultural building, hall for records, etc. This bill car ries with it an appropriation of $250,- GOO and is in opposition to the bill now pending for an enlargement of the State capitol building. A bill was passed to amend the charter of the town of Burlington. Also one to put Lincoln and Ca tawba counties under the anti-jug law. A bill to require all schools hav ing an attendance of as many as 50 students to provide a night watchman was held up at the request of Sena tor Pharr for futher investigation. Serious ■i Broken Out i I Several Hundred Natives of Island of West Indies in Arms. Many Dutch , i Officials and Adherents , Have Been Killed. i Amsterdam, Holland, Jan. 29. —A ' jSflrious revolt has broken out in the " j province of Kediri, on the island of ! ! Java, Dutch East Indies, according to - a despatch from Batavia. - It is stated that 300 natives have ' taken up arms and that /nany Dutch I officials and their adherents have tyeen ! killed or wounded. -1 The vice-governor of the province • is said to be among the wounded and J the chief of police is reported to nave f! been killed. Troops have been despatched to the : scene. Two Companies Chartered. i Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 29. —A charter r was issued today to the Lassiter L. i and L. Company, of Greensboro, at i a capital of $25,000 by W. L. Grissom f end others. Also one, to the Asheville Realty and Insurance Company at a capital cf $25,000, by J. M. Gudger and i others. 3 « 5 Norfolk, Jan. 29. —The ocean barge 1 John A. Briggs passed in the capes r with her bow staved in evidently from a collision. THE BEST JOB PRINTING OP ALL KINDB AT THIS OFFICE. Pretty Miss May Foster Came in with John M. Dempster Last Night and Both Took Rooms at Central. Arrest This Morning on Information of Detec tive Rager, of Whom m Dempster Made a Con fident. | Charlotte News, 29th. A young traveling man by the name of John M. Dempster, who represents a New York shoe firm was locked up at the police station this morning on a charge of abducting Miss May Fos ter, a 16-year-old school girl of Green ville, S. C. The manner of escape ( from friends at Greenville, the journey to this city and subsequent happen ings, together with the betrayal of Dempster by a supposes Iriend, who, f in reality declares that he is a police officer and railroad detective at Green , ville, gives the story a touch of ro manticism and a flovar of fiction-read >• ing. Story of the Arrest. I The party of, three. Miss Foster, Dempster and J. C. Rager came in last night from Greenville and registered at the Central, being assigned rooms Nos. 27 and 28, the girl registering under the - name of "Annie Evans, Greensboro, N. C."ln the early hours of the morning Rager, who claims to be the depot policeman and a rail road detective of Greenville, arose from his bed, telling Dempster that he was going tp see the station agent at the railroad. He was gone a few minutes, came back with a policeman who arrested Dempster and took him to the station. The girl was also taken and placed at the Charlotte hotel to await further instructions. The police department at Greenville was notified at once and orders hastened back to hold the couple at all hazards*. Take Train For Charlotte. Dempster declares that when he came to the depoE at Greenville last night, Rager was there awaiting a ■ train to come to Charlotte. The two got together and talked some until the train came and the party got on. Demp ster and the girl bought tickets from station to station, Rager buying a ticket straight through. In tne con versation along the way Dempster al leges that they both agreed that the girl was doing wrong in leaving home, and should be cared for or induced to go back to Greenville. Rager made himself very friendly and seemed to be deeply interested in the welfare of ' the couple. Not until three o'clock this morning did''Dimpster ascertain that he had placed confidence in thw. v wrong man and that tfie intimacy meant his own undoing. Dempster's Story of the Affair. Dempster declares that he left Greenville with the girl with the inten tion of both befriending her and a friend of his with whom she had been associating for several weeks. He strongly denies any intentional wrong, asserting that the girl came to him yesterday in Greenville and told him that she would have to leave, as her family were about to become acquaint ed with her mode of living. In order to save her from the humiliation to which she was about to be subjected, and also to save the reputation of his friend, who was also deeply involved in the trouble, he undertook to take the girl away. He is well known here, having represented O. P. Heath and company on the road some years ago. In his manner there is a straightfor wardness that creates » sympathetic : credence of his story. The Girl's Story. • May Foster declares that Dempster is in no way responsible for her leav ' ing Greenville and is not guilty oi | the grave charge of abduction. She - says she wanted to leave home and i when she came to the depot at Green ville last night, Dempster volunteered to care for her until they arrived it ' Charlotte. | "Aren't you afraid to meet your fath , er?" she was asked. "No, I am not scared of any body I • | ever saw," was the prompt reply. In ! | stature May Foster is small, stoutly ■! built, with eyes and facial features ' i that are rather striking. She claims i ' that she is a senior in one of the col : leges at Greenville; that she has two 1 sisters on the faculty of the institution, 1 j and one brother in the ministry—her i i standing high in the social scale of her ' j home city. PLANNING REVOLUTION. Willemstad, Island of Curacoa, Jan. 29. —According to advices from Cara cas Governor Mata, at the head of a . body of armed troops, surprised a secret political meeting in the yard ! of the Vice President Gomez at Cara ' cas, Venezuela, during the night of 1 January 27th, and in the fighting which followed Governor Mata and several ' others were killed and a large num -1 ber, including the commander of the troops were wounded. • # Washington, D. C., January 29. — J The comptroller of currency issued s a call for a statement of the conditio! i of all national banks at the close oJ business January 26.
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