I ALL THE NEWO i
WHILE IT IS NEWS. |
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VP- 9
The Famine Stricken
Chinese Forced to
Feed On
C 0 in Central
China are Growing
Rapidly Worse. Wo
men and Children are 1
Being Sold.
Famine-Sufferers Trap]
and Eat Dogs. State of \
Lawlessness Prevails. '
Supplies are Delayed by I
Officials.
Victoria, D. C., March 5. —Advices t
from CVr.cral China report the famine |
cenditions are becoming worse.
Middle aged women are being gold |
for ton or fifteen dollars and children , f
tor three to four.
Complaints are made that the offi
cials r.i'O delaying the shipments of *
iloar sent by the foreign relief com- |
mittee. I f
Correspondent who toured the fam- j
ine district reports it denuded of ani-1 j
reals, and the lawlessness is growing. 1
In seme places dogs are being caught
by the starving people by means of *
traps and hooks, and are eaten as scon c
as capture;!. j
MEV.' L'JILDiNG.
Matthews Will Have Fine New School 1
Euilciir.g—To Ccst $3,500 —News
Notes And Personals.
Matthews. X. C.. March 5. —The most c
progressive stop that our town has tak- c
en in many years is the recent under- i
taking of a new school building to cost \
not less than thirty five hundred dol- ?
lars. The town is stirred from center f
to circumference over the school ques- i
tion an 1 our people are determined t
to have the best school and school 1
building in the county. I
It is the hope of the building com- I
mittee to have the new house ready £
for occupancy by next fall and be re- i
Moved cf the further embarrassment c
of occupying the eld "barn" that has i
long been an eve-sore to the people of I
the whole community. The school at £
present is geulng on nicely under the' 1
management cr P:cf. Cline from Hick-, t
ory.
Rev. Mr. Harris, pastor of the Pres
lyterian church, with Mrs. Harris, will j
scon be in comfortable quarters in
the new manse. The work on the
building is progressing rapidly under
the supervision cf Mr. W. H. Freeman
the contractor. The mause is located ■
hard by the church and adds much to '
the appearance of the tew a out cn 1
West Main street.
Every thing was a stir in the village j
Saturday. The people from the coun- ■
try had been kept at home during the j
preceding rainy days and flocked in t
until the streets were literally crowd
ed and enough real estate was carried
into town on the feet of pedestrians to j
justify taxation.
Esquire J. Watt Kocd, who has been ;
ccnfincd to his home for two weeks
with grippe, is out on the war path 1,
again with ii's tax bocks.
ARMY IS MOBILIZED.
Honduras Army Now on Frontier —A ]
Fi«ht Occurred Yesterday
Tec;;liL-;.*:a, Ilor.uurcs, March 5. —
The r.rmy cf Honduras is mobilized on
the front!-. • under the personal com-1
mend of President Manuel Bcnills,
whose arrival at the front has inspir- j
ed ti:'. troo; ;s with enthusiasm for ac
tive f virions against Nicaragua. j
The fir:;- fight since February 18th ,
occur;, d March 3rd, when General •
C3i. morvo the Nicaraguan
loadf - ' hi, ig s-rving with Honduras ;
attacked {.nd defeated -100 Nicaraguan;
troci ~ ;;t old Do;;ilto.
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General C-.rant Arrives.
Norfolk, Va., March 5. —Gen. Grant \
who i> ,:; been designated commander I
in chi' f of the military forces, fed-1
end, foreign and the national guard,
attending the Jamestown exposition,i
arri v here from Nov/ York and spent
mn.it of the day with President Tuck
er, ;nd the board of governors, go
to-' over and working out detailed
plans in connection with the military
ffc?.'iu'cs of the exposition.
Douma Was
Opened
I
Lozver House of Russian
Parliament was Form
ally Opened To-day at
Noon. Many High in
Authority were Present.
St. Petersburg, Mar. 5. —The Douma
f ''' lower house of parliament formal
-1 opened at noon in the presence of
aH the ministers and many high func
tionaries.
-\'o member of the parliament house
hold was present.
The first ceremony was a religious
service in which the metropolitan an
toirins, the higher clergy of the dio
cese and full choir participated.
Limited Fast Mail
Dashes From Track
Tivoli, N. Y., March s.—The limited
:ast mail train frfcm Chicago for New
i'ork was partially derailed while
passing througn Tivoli and tea per
sons injured.
The train was a limited fast mail
md consisted of the locomotive, bag
jage car, four sleeping cars and
lining car. The locomotive and bag
jage broke away from '.he rest of the
rain and continued on the rails. The
•leepers and dining car were derailed
• t an interlocking switch and crashed
nto a signal tower.
DORMITORY BURNED.
3oys at Crescent School H*ve Narrow
Escape from Fire—Sad Cnse.
Salisbury, N. C., March 4.—There
vas a fire at Crescent, five miles
southeast of this city yesterday morn
ng at three o'clock. The eight room
lormitory for boys at the Cresent
Icaderay and Business College was
>urned to the ground. There were six
een students in the building at the
ime and some of them had narrow
iscapes, young Charles Coughemcur
tarely getting out before the flames
Lad enveloped the entire structure. A
mmber of the students lost all their
lothing and one young man lost about
>ne hundred dollars in money. Rev.
r . M. L. Lyerly is principal of the
ichcol. The loss is partially covered
>y irsurance. The dormitory will be
ebnil.. The lire is supposed to have
iriginrted from a defective flue.
Miss Lillie Weant, a young white
;iil of Spencer, who gave birth to a
hild several weeks ago and who, ac
ording to her story, recently buried
t, the child only living for a short
srhile, was placed in custody Friday
nd Saturday was given a hearing be
ore Esnuire Thomas M. Kearns, hav
ng first been held on what seemed
o be a case of infanticide, and there
icing very little evidence she was only
ilaced under a bond of $2OO for her ap
learance at the next term of Rowan
Superior Court. She admits ccnceal
oent of the child bat protests innc
ience of fcul play. The young woman
s 20 years of age and was betrayed
»y a young man who has fled. It is
i* sad case and the young woman's
ather has much sympathy in his trou
bles.
Editor Simpson
Resigns
Rather Than Print Ap
ology for Criticisms of
Legislative * Committee
For Being Unduly Influ
enced he Quits.
Raleigh, N. C., March 3.—Sensation
al developments in the Winbourn Ev
ening Times controversy over the
1 statement of the editor of the Times,
i printed regarding the joint conference
; committees, charging that the com
mittee had allowed the editor of the
i News and Observer, to have a 60 mile
: limit for 2 1-4 cent rate, to spite Henry
! a. Page, brought about today the res
ignation of Editor It. W. Simpson from
the Times, effective at once.
Editor Simpson gives cut this state
ment:
"The members of the conference
committee on railroads, with tha ex-
I cepticn of Mr. Winbourn, in a lette; -
i demanded the name of my informant
as to the statements concerning the
! committee and the Aberdeen an'l
Asheboro Railroad. I declined4.o ccrr
: ply. John C. Drewery president of
i the Evening Times Company, sent
: down an editorial for me to print, also
! giving a copy to the committee. I de
| clined to print that. When Mr. Drew
ry insisted I simply stated that if it,
did appear in editorial columns it
, must be done so over my protest,
along with a signed statement from
me that 1 did not write the editorial
I in question, that I had no apologies
to make and that I had resigned at
that minute."
"I have therefore severed my con
nection with the Evening Times, this
day and want it understood that I am
not responsible for the apology to tho i
conference committee. I simply state,
this in justice to myself."
It is understood that the written de
mand cn Editor Simpson for the name
II of his informant was that he appear
' before the committee and make the
S statement. The Evening Times this
! afternoon publishes the apology to the
[ | committee and it is not expected that
I the committee will insist on any fur
■ ther pressing of the matter, as to Mr.
i Simpson's informant.
POLICE CHIEF DEAD.
t
One of the Mer. Shot by the Negro
at Fayetteville, Died Last Night.
t Fayetteville, N. C., March 5.
. Chief Cliasin died at 3 o'clock this
f morning. Buckingham is not expect
. Ed to live.
Court convenes on the 25th at
- which time the trial of the murderer
will take place,
s There are no further developments.
i- It was all right to lop some of the
days off the end of February.
TRIAL OF MILL MEN.
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Prcmient Manufacturer Testified To-j
day as to Scarcity of Labor —Many j
More Witnesses.
Greensboro, N. C., March 5. —Sumner
. Sargent, one of the defendants in the
; immigration suit, finished his testi
mony at noon and B. J. Dobbins was
the second witness examined.
Dobbins is superintendent of the
Loray Mills at Gastonia and he testified
that the mill was badly hampered and
inconveniencel for the want of labor
last year, 200 looms and 5,000 spindles
being idle all the time.
District Attorney Holton gave Sar
gent a very severe cross examination,
but he did not suffer by it, his answers
being straightforward and clear. He
gave full details. The defense has fif
ty or more witnesses, and the end of
the trial is not in sight.
•ANOTHER PANAMA JUNKET.
About Fifty Members of the Senate and
House Will Make the Trip.
Washington, D. C., March s.—lt
seems to be quite the proper thing now
adays for every one in public life, from
the President down through an in
terminable list of officeholders, to run
down to Panama on a little jaunt just
to see if the work on the isthmian ca
nal is progressing satisfactorily. If
there is anyone in Washington who
has not received an invitation to one
of these official junkets it must have, 1
been through an oversight. Not only
have a legion of public officials already
taken the trip or are preparing for it, j
but members of their families and
numerous friends have shared in the
pleasures of the excursions at U Uncle
Sam's expense.
The latest party to make the trip
is scheduled to sail from New York
tomorrow on the steamer Alliance. It
will be made up of about fift ymem
bcrs of the Senate and House, with a
number of guests. The party will be
gone about a mouth and probably will
touch at several of the West Indian
ports en route. During their stay in
the canal zone the Congressmen in
tend to make a thorough inspection of
conditions there with a view to being
better prepared to deal with any meas
ures that may come before them in the
future in relation to the construction
of the canal.
BURNED BY EXPLOSION.
Thirty-Six Burned Fcurten of the
Victims of Disaster Are Reported
Ncsr to Death. **
Scranton, Pa., March 4. —Fear torn
men are near death in Taylor hospi'
tal and twelve others suffering slight
ly fiom burns through a terrible ex
plosion of gas that swept through a
portion of the Clark vein of tii3 Hoi den
mine of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Company, at North Tay
lor.
Whether thirty ether miners at
work in the affected section escaped
was in doubt up to ten o'clock last
night when Mine Inspector David
Williams felt safe in saying they were
all out of the mine and alive.
This statement he made only after
it was possible for searching parties to
make a tour of the affected parts cf
the mine and who returned with the
report that they could find no men in
the workings who had been reported
missing.
Still this news was not reassuring
to hundreds who still gather about the
shaft's head for the doubt and fears of
the afternoon and evening were not
removed and they felt certain that
there were yet others whose lifeless
bodies would be found later.
NEGRO SENTENCED TO DIE.
Owing to Certain Testimony, Howev
er, His punishment May Be Commut
ed tc Life imprisonment.
Gafiney, March 4. —Upon the open
ing cf court this morning Judge Al
clrich sentenced Ed. F.ainey, colored, to
be hanged on April 12 next. Rainey
was convicted last June cf having car
nal knowledge of and abusing a child
under fourteen years of age, so severe
ly that she afterward died.
Mr. Hardin of this bar who was ap
pointed by the court cf defend Rainey,
gave notice of intention to appeal, but
the same was abandoned.
Owing to certain testimony which
came out during the trial, a large ma
jority of the people do not believe that
he should be hanged and it is very
probable that the trial judge and So
licitor Sease will both recommend that
his punishment be commuted to life
imprisonment.
Troley Dodgers go South.
New York, March 5. —When the play
ers of the Brooklyn baseball club board
the Clyde line steamer Comanche,
scheduled to sail today for Jacksonville
Fla., it will mark the start on the best
I and most expensive trip over planned
jby the Brooklyn Club. The team will
j remain in the South just one month
and will play exhibition games with
several of the clubs of the Southern
and South Atlantic leagues.
Nine Men Buried in
Mine From Explosion
El Passo, Texas, March 5. —Two
explosions in the quarry of the Chi
huahua and the Pacific Railroad at
i Sandoval, Chihuahua, killed and
buried nine men and seriously injur
| ed nine others.
Join Against Nicaragua.
Washington, D. C., March 5. —The
; news received here is disquieting to
' | the cccicials. It is stated that there
I is every indication that Salvado, Gua
■ | telala, and Costa Rica will join forces
! with Honduras, making a combination
i | of all other Central American republics
I v. gainst the single state of Nicaragua.
HICKORY, N. C„ THURSDAY MARCH 7, 1907,
10-DAY WAS BUSY
DM THITIL
THE PROCEEDINGS
The Defense is Making a
Desperate Effort to Prove
Thaw Sane Now, but In
sane at Time the Murder
Was Committed.
Nature 'of Testimony of
Harry Thaw's Mother.
Another Expert was Cross,
Examined by Jerome at t
To-day's Session.
New York, March 5. —It is probable
Mrs. William Thaw mother of Harry
Thaw will take the stand in the Thaw
trial today, for the purpose of doing
what she can to save her son from the
consequences of the killing of Stanford
White.
She i§ expected to testify that in his
youth her son was of a very nervous
temperament and that as a child he
suffered from various nervous diseas
es.
It has been said that she will also
testify as to the strain of insanity in
her family.
Dr. Wagner is expected to be on the
stand a part of the day.
So far as one can follow his object
Jerome seems to be trying to show
by Dr. Wagner's admissions that Thaw
never was insane. (
Delmas made a few objection to
Jerome's questions to Dr. Wagner
and many are of the opinion that the
defense will rot object to this line of
questioning, while they will resist very
strenuously any attempt to show that
Thaw is now insane, preferring to take
their chances with the jury rather
than with a lunacy commission.
A point being discussed is the legal
standing of the marriage between H.
K. Thaw and Evel>n Nesbit.
Dr. Evans and Dr. Wagner have tes
tified they belie v. Thaw of unsound
mind wher. ho sigied the will and the
codicil on the night cf April 4, 1903.
This was the day of the marriage.
If Thaw was insane at that time h3
was, under the law of Pennsylvania,
incompetent to enter into a contract.
Dr. Wagner Questioned.
Dr. Wagner was recalled to the
stand for his cross-examination.
I Jerome began reading the latter part
of Dr. Wagner'p testimony yester
day, regarding the characteristics of
brain storms.
Jerome asked Wagner if he could
cite a brain storm in which the
onset took place in ten minutes.
The doctor could not.
"Does the calmness and delibera
tion with which Thaw walked down
the aisle cf the Roof Garden and
thot White indicate anything about
his mental condition? Is it natural
lor a person suffering from brain
storm to act in this manner?" askea
Jerome.
"I have already told you that I can-1
•:ot lay down any rule as to the con
duct in insanity," replied the witness.
"There is no natural way in which
things are done. Insanity in ilseli
is unnatural. I remember one case
in which the patient was out with
a walking party and suddenly jumped
into a canal, climbed under a cul
vert and was drowned. , I remember
another case of a patient who took
off his necktie, tied it to the bed, and
lying down on the floor, rested his
Deck in the loop he made in the tie
lintil he was choked to death."
"Have ycir ever known a pfson
to commit an act of homicide in a
brain storm by going about it with
calmness and coolness?"
"There are no two cases of in
sanity, or even of sanity for that
matter, which are exactly similar."
''Since you will not answer my
' question directly, am I right in as
suming that you have never observ
ed a case of brain storm or n#ntal
Instructions
To the Jury
The Chief Interest in the
Strothers Case To-day
Centers in Instructions
of The Judge to 7he
Jury. s
Culpeper, Va., March 5. —Judge
Harrison's instructions to the jury
will hold the greatest interest of to
day's session of the trial of James
A. and Philip Strother.
• These have been completed and
will be given to the jury after the
summing up by the counsel.
While the judge made no specific
reference to the "unwritten law," his
instructions covered the plea ol
"emotional insanity," entered by the
defence and regarded as of vital im
poitance as to the outcome of tne
trial.
He warned the jury not_ to be pre
judiced against the possibility of this
plea representing the defendant's
condition at the time of the tragedy.
AND PRESS
fulmination in which a person com
mitted acts of violence with calm
ness?" j
"I prefer to answer as I have, 'cool
ress and deliberation,' does not ac
curately fit any case I have ever
known."
"You couldn't tell what was going
on in the defendant's brain except
what was apparent to the eye, could
you?" ,
\ "No."
Jerome questioned Wagner about
the various forms of insanity, in
cluding paranoia.
"Dr. Evans has testified that the
defendant was suffering from para
noia, a form of adolescent insanity,"
said Jerome. "Do you subscribe to
that?"
"Paranoia," replied the witness,
"may mean a dozen different forms.
Paranoia means 'like in character' '
and that is all. It does not mean
specifically delusions of persecu
lions."
"Do you think this defendant ever
bad delusions of persecution?"
"Yes."
The witness said Thaw, wnen he
saw him in the Tombs, had an abnor
mal flow of words.
Jerome asked if the ability of Thaw
to smell correctly was of importance
ps testifying that the had recently
passed through a brain storm.
"I don't know as that proved any
thing ope way or the other," replied
Wagner.
The witness was questioned about
the tests of the cranial nerves, ana
said Dr. Evans came to the conclu
sion that Thaw did not suffer from
general paresis.
Hot Time in Court.
Dr. Wagner went into a long explana
tion of the nature of the illusions, de
lusions and halucinations of taste and
smell, which he followed with techni
cal descriptions of the nerves, nervous
diseases and affections and tests used
in examining them. One of the diseas
es he names had a name consisting of
five complicated Latin words which
caused a laugh in the court room.
"Is it contagicyus?" asked Mr. Je
rome.
The witness laughed with the others
and said he did not think it was.
"In all the evidence submitted to me
and on which I based my opinion."
said the witness, "there was not the
slightest suggestion of epilepsy."
Jerome pressed for an answer to the
question if there was anything in
Thaw's actions on the night he shot
t White. Dr. Wagner said he knew of
nothing "necessarily" suggesting epi-,
lepsy. _
At this point there begun one of the
most spirited incidents of the trial
with Jerome, Delmas, Justice, Fitz
gerald and the witness, all
part. )
"Don't duck by using 'necessarily'
commanded the District Attorney.
"I am not ducking," replied Dr. Wag
ner, with spirit. "I am telling the
truth."
Justice Fitzgerald rapped with his
gavel and ordered all remarks stricken
from the records.
"An epileptic may have done these
things," continued Dr. Wagner, "but no
single thing points to epilepsy."
Attorneys Clash.
Jerome asked the witness to tell all
that the defendant said to him in the
tombs, regarding the subject of epi
lepsy in the family.
Delmas objected on the grounds that
the question was too broad.
"This is a most unusual thing," said
Jerome, "for a scientific witness to try
have sold for §3.500 the tract of city
ask broad questions to test the credi
bility of this witness as an honest
man."
Delmas declared Jerome's questions
were too broad.
During the debate Delmas, character
ized Jeiome's remarks as "offensive"
and said that they tended to lower the
standaids and dignity of the court.
A clash between Jerome and Justice
Fitzgeiald followed. Justice Fitzger
ald asied if the jury had been empan
nelled in to try anything except the is
sue that the defendant was insane on
the nisht he shot and killed White.
Jerome srid he wculd not reply to the
proposition so elemental. He also re
fused poirt blank to submit any au
thorities on the subject, saying his
respect for the court was •so high he
would not presume to submit authori
ties on the question so elemental.
"If you do not submit authorities,"
said Justice Fitzgerald, "I will assume
that you do not know any."
Justice Fitzgerald ended by sustain
ing the objection by the defense that
District Attorney Jerome's questions
to Dr. Wagner were too broad.
Michigan Growers.
Farmington, Mich., March 5. —Many
prominent fruit growers exchanged
views and experiences today at the
opening of a two-days' convention un
der the auspices of the Michigan State
Horticultural Society. Sessions were
held both morning and afternoon- and
a wide variety of topics discussed. Gov
ernor Warner has accepted an invita
tion to address the fruit growers this
evening^
Young Woman Ended
Her Life With Gun
Salisbury, N. C., March s.—Delia C.
Everhadt, a young woman, aged 20,
living at Chestnut Hill, shot and kill
ed herself this morning at 6:30 o'-
clock. The weapon she used was a
shot gun, the entire load lodging in her
stomach.
After having prepared breakfast for
her father and brother she went into
the room where they were sleeping
and suicided there.
The girl's mother is dead.
There is no reason assigned for her
rash deed.
Very Strenuous Season
For The Le
Much Business Done
Forty Passengers are
Marooned on Island
By Assiociated Press.
Charlottetown, P. E. 1., March 5. —
forty passengers of the government
steamer Stanley are marooned on
Pictou Island where they have been
"since last Friday.
The people include members of a
theatrical company and the Abeg
weit Hockey Team.
The government steamer Stanley,
which is used in the winter to keep
up communication between Prince
Edward Island and the mainland,
got caught in a dangerous ice field
about a mile off Pictou Island Friday.
The vessel was helplessly locked in
(he floe. The passengers clammered
over the ice to Pictou Island.
SCOTLAND NECK TO VOTE.
Is Placed Under Watts Law and Will
Vote on Prohibition or Saloons —
Normal for Eastern Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C., Rrarch 5. —The Senate
passed the bill to allow Scotland Neck i
to vote on prohibition, saloons and dis
pensary, by a vote of 31 to 16.
This bill puts Scotland Neck under
the Watts law, instead of the present
legislative prohibition.
The House passed the bill to estab
lish a teachers' normal school for,
Eastern Carolina.
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TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES.
.Commissioner Greer to Look Into
I Charges of Political Activity of Fed
eral Employes i-" 1 - N. C.
Washington, D. C., March 5. —)
Henry F. Green, civil service com
missioner, will begin next week an
extended investigation of thee harges
filed by Senator Simmons of North
Carolina, respecting political activity
of Federal employes in his state. j
Mr. Greene will begin the invesiga-;
•tion at Raleigh.
Government cf Porto Rico.
Washington, March 5. —Regis H.
Post, of Bayport, L. 1., has been se
lected by the President as governor
of Porto Rico. Mtf. Post is now secre
tary of the insular government.
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Case of Green
And Gaynor
•
Far-famed Case was
Called To-day for Argu
ment Before the U, S.
Court of Appeals> His
tory of Noted Case.
New Orleans, La., March 5. —The
case of Benjamin B. Green and John
F. Gaynor, charged with conspiracy i
against the United States govern-!
nient was called for argument today j
in the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals.
This case has been pending for
more than seven years in one form
or another, involving arguments be
fore the judicial authorities of this
country, Canada and England.
After the original indictment had
been found in Savannah in 1899,
there followed about two years of
preliminary examination in New
York, where the defendants resided.
Then, following a brief hearing in
Savannah.
They were for more than three
years fugitives in Canada while the
United States government carried
incir cases to the Privy Council in
England, before finally securing their
extradition. •
In January, 1906, at their trial in
Savannah they were declared guilty
on charges of conspiracy, embezzle
ment and presenting false claims.
They were sentenced to four years
imprisonment each and topay a fine
of $575,000 which equals the entire
amount paid them by the government
lor the Savannah work.
They are now in jail at Macon
pending the result of the appeal now
being argued.
Before the case was called the
attorneys for Green and Gaynor an
l ounced that the appeal is based on
nearly 200 assignments of error,
classified under 15 subjects including
ixtradition proceedings, statutes ot
limitations, question of whether
New York or Georgia courts had jur
isdiction, and the claim that the jury
which convicted was not legally
qualified.
Case Postponed.
The Greene-Gaynor case was post
poned until the iirst Monday in
April.
Case Goes Over.
When the case was called Marion
[Erwin, of the counsel for the govern
ment moved for a postponement, on
the ground that the government's at
torneys have not had time properly to
read the brief of the defense.
P. W. Maldrin, for the defense, ob
» jected.
; The court after recess announced
that the motion of the government at
torneys had been granted.
The case now goes over until the
first Monday in April.
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THE BEST JOB PRINTING OF
ALL KINDS AT THIS OFFICE.
A Great Number of Bills
Were Introduced and
■Many Were Passed in
The Rouse and Senate
T o-day.
Dowd Introduces Bill to
Regulate Prescription
' Writing by Doctors.
Other Matters of Gen
eral Interest.
Raleigh, N. C., March 5. —The legis
lature passed a great many bills this
morning. Among them were the fol
lowing: to order an election in ter
ritory of the proposed new county of
Lee from parts of Chatham and Moore
counties, or> the question of establish
ing the county; to extend the corporate
limits of Trvon; to amend the charter
of Fayetteville.
To authorize Charlotte to issue
bonds; to amend the charter of
Waynesville Railroad and Power Com
pany; to incorporate Kinston and the
Carolina Railway Company; to permit
railways to acquire lands for double
tracking.
The - anti-trust bill was made a sps*-
cial order for tomorrow at noon.
The Senate this afternoon was dis
cussing the bill, to bring Scotland
Neck under the Watts law.
In the House the following bills were
introduced; by Royster, to authorize
the governor to appoint a board of au
ditors and treasurer for the colored
Masonic orphanage at Oxford.
By Gallert, to amend the charter
of Rutherfordton; to amend the char
ter of Hampton; to drain parts of San
dy Run, in Rutherford and Cleveland
counties.
By SLevens to enforce the payment
of taxes in Union county.
By Pickett, to improve live stock
in North Carolina.
A bill with no name attached was in
troduced. to require solicitors to pro
' cure the names of all persons licens-s,
ed by the United States government
to sell liquor in their respective dis
tricts.
By Dowd, to regulate the writing or
prescriptions by physicians.
By Lockhart, to regulate the invest'
raent of funds lbv insurance companies.
By Grier, by request, to amend the
ditors and treasurer from the colored
act, authorizing the Mecklenburg board
of education to contribute to a free
library.
By Mull, to provide public school
I buildings, in Cleveland county.
By Crawford, to allow Marion to
issue bonds for water works and sew
erage.
By Weaver, *to allow townships in
Buncombe county to subscribe to the
stock of a railroad company building
a road from Rutherfordton to Ashe
ville.
By Doughton, for the finance commit
tee, to regulate the compensation of
state department clerks, the idea of
increasing the salaries of state offi
cers has been abandoned. But, this
bill proposes to increase the pay of
clerks and laborers with the depart
ment.
A bill passed the House to incorpo
rate the Southern Baptist Convention;
to incorporate the Raleigh and Win
ston Railway company; to establish
graded schools at Lilesville.
To establish public schools for Gas
ton..
To incorporate East King's Moun
tain.
Nenross Confessed
Norfolk, Va. s March 5. —Frank Mar
shall and Charles W. Evans negroes
arrested in Norflok county for murder
committed at Rocky Mount, N. C., have
confessed but each places the crime
on the other. Marshall declares the
"Razor jumped clean out of its handle"
from the force used by Evans.
Kicking over the loss of $173,000
£rom the Chicago sub-treasury is pal
try in view of the chunks Congress is
legislating to carry away from the
. main source of supply.
Thirty Inj
In Explosion
By Explosion of Powder
in Colliery Thirty Per
sons were Injured, some
Probably Fatally. Much
Damage Done.
Pottsville, Pa., March s—By an
explosion of powder at the Richard's
colliery at Mount Carmel, about 30
persons were injured, several prob
ably fatally.
The business street of Mount Car
lr.ei was badly damaged and in the
vicinity of the colliery the houses
vere badly wrecked.
Window panes were broken for 9
distance of 15 miles.