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Lunacy Commiss
Resumes Investigation
As to Tha
Dr. McGuire was tailed '
to Testify as to Thaw's
Mental Condition while
in the Tombs. He De- 
clared Him Sane. I
i
. (
A Number of Persons, In- I
eluding Prison Chap-, 1
lain Testified Thaw Con- \
versed in Rational Man- 1
ner Since Trial Began. J
Xew York, April 2. —The Thaw 
lunacy commission resumes today.
Justice Fitzgerald's instructions to J
the jury to report Thursday morning (
are taken to mean that the justice c
expects the commission to conclude 1
by Wednesday evening.
It is reasoned, therefore, that the ' ?
commission will not spend mucn 1
time hearing the State's alienists. I.
Evelyn Thaw was perturbed over j
being subpoenaed to appear today, ■
fearing she would have to testify
against her husband. v ig
Dr. McGuire Testified. c
Dr. McGuire, the Tombs physician I
was the first witness before the Thaw t
commission. i f
They Think Thaw Sane. 1
Dr. McGuire was asked about the (
look in which he kept the record of t
the prisoner and which Jerome pro- *
duced before the commission Satur- (
oav. He said the book contained
mostly hearsay matter and but few
original entries by himself.
Dr. McGuire said on cross-exami
nation he had never made any special
examination of Thaw to determine
his sanity. He had been refused per
mission to be present at Thaw's ex- f
animation bv the alienists for the
cefense on June 28th.
Dr. McGuire said he had not talk- 1
ed with Thaw regarding his trial or
his mental condition. Their conver-
sations had been confined to current
topics. Michael J. Delhanty, the ]
prison guard, who attended Thaw at
his trial, said Thaw always talked in
an understandable way and appeared .
rational. ■ . - fr
Chairman McClure wanted—to know
ii the witness thought Thaw had had
a good day when he used the expres- j
sion he had a good day.
"Yes, sir, it impressed me that
way."
Frank J. Sheridan anothe rof 1
Thaw's guards, said he had never; ]
seen Thaw do anything irrational. j i
Cross examined by the district at-!
orney, the witness said he had never
discussed White with the prisoner.
"Did you ever hear him say any- '
thing about being St. .George rescu- j
ing Virgins from the red dragons?'
asked Jerome. i
"No, sir."
Mrs. Emily S. Walker, probational j
officer of the court of special ses- j
sions, and a constant visitor to the j
Tombs, said she had talked with;
Thaw many times prior to and during
the trial. His talk and manner of
speech were always rational.
Rev. John Armstrong Wade, chap-;
lain in the Tombs, never noticed any- j
thing in Thaw's facial expression l ;
which suggests irrationality. Thaw's
conversations were rational and at
tome times r:eenied unusually keen.
Jerome asked Mr. Wade if the first
eon vei sat ion he had with Thaw af
ter his arrest was rational or irra
tional.
Thaw tugged at Hartridge's coat
sleeve and said in an audible whis
per: "Object to that." Hartridge
did so, but the question was alloweu.
"His conversation at that time,"
said the chaplain, "was irrational."
Rev. Luke J. Evers, who conducts
the Roman Catholic services in the
Tombs, declared he had discussed
many topics with Thaw, including
religion, and always found him ra
tional.
Dr. Hamilton Called
Jerome then called Dr. Hamilton, j
who was Hlowed to testify.
p.'. Hamilton testified that in his j
opinien, Thaw is not capable today of j
understanding the nature of the charg-1
es against him or of rationally advis
ing his counsel.
Di. Hamilton said that Thaw suffers
iieni chtoric delusional insanity —oth-
erwise known as paranoia.
Identification bv Palate.
Vienna, April 2. —Dr. Drager, an
army surgeon, who has made a spe
cial study of methods of identification
recommends identification by the.
shape of the palate.
He maintains that it is far more
( Tuient than finger print identifica
tion.
Two of Winston Salem's
Banks Consolidated
Winston-Salem, N. C., April 2.—An
nouncement has just been made public
today of the consolidation of the Peo
ple's National Bank and the Piedmont
Savings Bank, of this city.
The latter bank is merged with the
People's National Bank, makings its
assets $2,000,000.
Women of temperament are often
women of temper.
AND PRESS
Educational Conference j
Being Planned For i
Raldigh, N. C., April 2. —Henry E.
Fries, of Winston-Salem, spent the day
conferring with Governor denn ZTA
State Superintendent J. Y. Jcync-r with
reference to an educational campaign
and preliminary arrangements lor a
conference on education in the South,
to be held at Southern Pines beginn
ning April 9th, under the direction of
the Southern Education Board.
Governor Glenn, Mr. Fryes and State
Superintendent Joyner are the cam
paign committee of the board for North
Carolina.
They declare the outlook is especially
bright, both for the Southern Pines
conference and the general education
campaign work in the State.
Superintendent W. O. Buckner, of
the Southern Express Company, and
General Manager Jno. Blue, of the Ab
erdeen and Rockfish Railroad Com
pany, held a conference with the cor
poration commission today with re
sult that the express service will be
inaugurated on the Aberdeen and
Rockfish Railroad at once, to include
the whole system.
The road has been without
service in the past.
Governor Glenn went to Holly!
Springs today to deliver an address in
connection with an educational rally.
He left before the council of State had
time to present the report on the ap
plication for the pardon of the White
brothers, slayers of Russell Sherrill.
Council agreed on the case last night,
but decided to make no announcement
until the report was submitted to the
Governor.
KILLED WIFE AND BABE.
Young Man Murdered His Younc Wife
and Baby, Then Biew Out His Own
Brains.
Winchester, Va., April 2. —Details of
a shocking tragedy which occurred at
Flint Hill on Saturday, reached here
today. Henry Foster, a young farm
er, while out walking with his wife and
their two-months-old baby suddenly
drew his revolver and shot and almojst
instantly killed both of them.
Foster then turned the weapon upon '
himself and blew out his own brains.
No reason for the deed is known.
blcor of Church Fell
During Futieral Service
Spartanburg, S. C., April 2. —The
floor of the Macedonia church fell
through with a crash during the fune
ral services of the Rev. J. M. Brown,
former pastor of the church.
Men, women and children rushed for
the doors, praying and shouting and
causing a stampede among the congre
gation.
Several women fainted and were
trampled upon, sustaining painful in
juries, although no fatalities have been
j reported.
PETITION FOR REMOVAL.
•
Asks That Dispensary Board of Rich
land County Be Removed —Grounds
for Petition.
Columbia. S. C., April 1. —A petition
! has been filed with Governor Ansel,
I asking him to remove from office the
! Richland county dispensary board of,
control on the ground that they have j
violated the law in permitting Charles
Narey to operate a bottling establish-1
1 ment. The petitioners are Messrs. J. |
i B. Letton and H. E. Watts, who also |
held bottling permits from the board.)
The Richland board is composed of;
John J. Cain, contractor; B. M. Eng
lish, farmer; and George W. Taylor,
country merchant.
Under the Carey-Cothran act all bot
tling establishments in operation
when that act went into effect on Feb
ruary 16th, 1907, holding a license from
the State dispensary board of directors
were continued as bottling plants upon
the payment of a license set forth in
the act.
At that time Letton and Watts were
1 running bottling establishments in
| Columbia, but neither bad ever ob
i tained a license from the State board j
|or directors. Charles Narey, a former
j bottler, had a license but his establish
ment was not in operation. Ke bad
resigned as beer dispenser about ten
months or more ago and ha:l sold, it.
is alleged, his plant. However, he put
in his application to the board, alleging
that he held the license and was entitl
ed under the law to operate his plant
as a beer bottler. The board recoguiz
; ed the right of Narey as well as of
t Letton and Watts, and all three of
, them have since begun operations as
I beer bottlers. Now Letton and Watts,
, through their attorneys, Bellinger &
' Welch, bring this action before Gover
nor Ansel to have the county board re
moved for the alleged violation of law
in permitting Narey to operate his
plant.
. Governor Ansel has taken no action
'on the petition, of course, and if he
'does act he will doubtless give the
- county board the right to be first
r heard. The attorney for the county
h ! board is Mr 7 John P. Thomas, Jr.
t j
One of the privileges of being ricn
3 is not being afraid to carry an old
s cotton umbrella that bulges in the
middle like a sack of flour.
I
I' There is more or less gas about
J a legal light.
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Case of Greene
And Gaynor
Argument of Appeal Be
fore U, S. Circuit Court
Resumed. Council claim
Public Opinion had Been
Injected into Trial.
New Orleans, La., April 2. —The ar
gument of the Greene and Gaynor ap
peal before the United States Circuit]
Court of Appeals was resumed by A. j
A. Lawrence, for the defense, who con
tinued his speech.
Lawrence argued first that public
opinion had been injected into the trial
of this case in Savannah by the trial
judge in his address to the jury.
Exception was taken to this address.
The trial judge was said to have told
the jury that this was a case in which
• :ie wYicle people, and among them the
jurors themselves were directly con
cerned, and that the people of the Unit-;
ed States were as much interested as
would be the people of the counties,
where the jurors resided if an indict-j
ment were pending charging some one ;
with the embezzlement of all the taxes!
raised in those counties, for a particu
lar year.
This address, the counsel said, was|
calculated to inflame the minds of the!
jury against the defendants.
In Another exception it was claimed
that tho court in its charge, argued to j
the jury, took the facts from jury, pre
judiced the jury against Greene and:
Gaynor, coerced the jury and abridged j
the right of the defendants to have the,
counsel argue their case.
The closing sentence of the courf's
charge was excepted to. The court
was said to have told the jury that the
defendants were at no disadvantage;;
that if the court or jury-made any mis
takes of law or facts the errors could j
be corrected readily upon appeal. It
was argued that this gave the jury the j
fit of the doubt of law or facts to the;
I government.
Discussing the statute of limitations, I
!counsel claimed the indictments were'
| found more than three years after the 1
] latest acts charged against Greene and
|Gaynor, and that indictment for these;
j offenses were barred at tho end of j
three years.
During these three years, it was |
argued, the defendants were at their
well-known domiciles without conceal
ment, were in the jurisdiction of the
court which had jurisdiction in these
offenses, and could have been arrested
by the government at any time.
WARSHIPS PASS STRAITS.
Japanese Warships Bound for Hamp
tpn Roads Passed Straits.
Aden, Arabia, April 2. —A dispatch
! received from the Island of Perim in
the Strait of Bab-El-Maneb, (at the
entrance to the Red Sea), announced
that two Japanese warships, uound
for Hampton ltoads, passed there
this morning.
New Teller at M. & F. Bark.
Mr. Harvey Moore, formerly/ of the
Southern Cotton Oil Company, of this
city, who resigned his position about
six months ago to accept the manager
ship of the company's branch office at
Concord, has been elected teller of the
Merchants' and Farmers' National
Bank.
Fifty Peasants Killed in
Encounter With Troops
I
i Nizhui-Novgerod, Russia, April 2. —
s The Agrarian disorders have broken
:!out in Sergachevek district.
' In au encounter with the troops yes-
I terday fifty peasants were wounded
-and a rural guard was killed.
L :
II Somehow there is more fun in an
i old pipe and a pair of slippers your
wife* won't let you wear except when
she is away and don't know it, than
; in deaming you are floating around in
' heaven.
HICKORY, N. C.. THURSDAY APRIL 4, 1907,
To Begin Prosecutions
Under Pure Food Law
Washington, April 2. —The Depart
ment of Agriculture is making pre
parations to begin prosecutions un
der the pure food law at an early
day, and Dr. Wiley, under whose di
rections as chief of the bureau of
chemistry the work will be conduct
ed, has given instructions to his in
spectors to secure as soon as possi
ble samples on which the accusations
will be based.
The offending establishments have
generally been located and nothing i
remains to prepare a basis for the J
proceeding except to obtain speci- j
mens of the articles alleged to be |
adulterated or impure.
DAVIDSON NEWS.
Ball Team Defeated Lenoir College
Saturday—Will Play University To
day.
i Davidson College, April 1. —Davidson
defeated Lenoir College Saturday eve
ning in a slow game of baseball by a
score of 12 to 2. Walker pitched for
the home team and kept the visitors
down to a very few hits.
The home team got fifteen hits. Um
pire. S. Landford.
Misses Fanny Bland Graham, Grace
Cranford, Irving Harding and Marie
Sloan of the Presbyterian College are
spending the Easter holidays at
home.
Miss Maude Vinson, of Converse Col
lege, is also spending the Easter holi
days *at home.
Miss Gladys Summers, who has been
teaching in Chattanooga, Tenn., is vis
iting her parents at this place.
Davidson plays the University of
North Carolina today and the boys on
the campus that did not go to Winston
to see the game are very anxious to |
hear what the score will be. Both i
teams are confident of victory and the
game is expected to be one of the best
ever played on North Carolina terri-
I tory.
In the Philanthropic Society Satur
day night the following were elected
on the magazine staff for 1907-' OB.
R. A. McLeod, assistant business
! manager; associate editors, L. R.
1 Scott and H. S. Shaw, of class 1908,
Dixon and W. W. Martin, of class
1 1909.
Elections
Many Cities
! Great Interest
Result of Chicago Mun -
■ icipal Election. Elec
tions Being Held in 'Ne
braska and Wisconsin.
Chicago, April 2—Not in many
years has there been held in Chicago
a municipal election more important
or far-reached than that begun today.
Besides the election of city officers
the people will decide the street car
question which has kept the city in
agitation for ten years.
The Democrats assert the belief that
Dunne will be elected mayor, while the
Republicans claim Busse will have a
large plurality.
The polls clcse this afternoon at 4
o'clock.
!n Nebraksa Cities.
Omaha, Nc'o., April 2.—Outside of
Omaha and Lincoln, all the cities and
towns in Nebraska are holding muni
cipal elections. .
Elections in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wis., April 2. —An elec
tion is being held here for the election
of a Supreme Court Justice.
Municipal elections are being held
in a number of cities through the
State.
A Democratic Landslide.
Winona, Minn., April 2. —Yesterday's
municipal election proved a landslide
for the Democrats, who elected the
mavcr and all the Democratic candi
dates, excepting ene alderman.
Letter Ca
Big Sensation
Letter of Harriman, in
Which he Says Presid
ent Asked Him frr Cam
paign Funds Stirs Sen
sation.
New York, April 2. —A sensation
was created by the publication of a
letter written in December and ad
dressed to Sidney WasSter of New
York, and signed "E. H. Harriman."
Following is tne letter:
"About a week before the election
in autumn in 1904, when it looked
certain that thd State ticket woulu
go Democratic, doubtful as
to Roosevelt himself, he, the presi
dent, sent me a request to go to 1
Washington to confer Upon the polit
ical conditions in New York..
"I complied and he told me he un
derstood campaign could not be
successfully carried on without suffi
cient money, and asked if I would
help them in raising the necessary
tunds, as the national committee,
under control of Chairman Cortel
you, had utterly failed in obtaining
them.
''l explained to him that I under
stood the difficulty here was mainly
caused by the up-State leaders be
ing unwilling to support Depew for
re-election to the United States
Senate; that if he, Depew, could be
taken care of in some other way 1
thought the matters could be ad
justed and the different contending
elements in the party brought into
alliance again. We talked over what
could be done for Depew, and, final
ly, he agreed if found necessary he
would appoint him Ambassador to
Paris.
"With the full belief that the presi
dent would keep this agreement, 1
came back to New York, sent for
Treasurer Bliss, who told me that
I was their last hope and that they
had exhausted every other resource.
In his presence I called up an inti
mate friend of Depew; told him it
was necessary in order to carry New
York State that *200,000 should be
raised at once, and if he would help
I would subscribe $50,000. After a
few words over the telephone the
gentleman said he would let me
know, which he did probably in
three of four hours, with , the result
that the whole amount including my
subscription had been raised."
Harriman's letter said in conclu
sion:
"Ryan's success in all his manipu
lations has been Gone by the adroit
mind of Elihu Root and this present
situation has been brought about by
a combination of circumstances which
has brought together the Ryan, Root,
Roosevelt element."
President Gives it the Lie.
President' Roosevelt gave out a
statement in reference to the letter
of E. H. Harriman. He character
izes the statements made in the let
ter, that the President requested
Harriman to raise a fund for the xte
lublican campaign, as a "deliberate
and wilful untruth —by rights it
should be characterized by even
shorter and more ugly words."
President's Statement.
The President's denial was contin-
A Tremendous wave was
Encountered by Neptune
By Associated Press.
New York, April 2. —A tremendous
wave, which the captain believes re
sulted from an earthquake under the
bed of the ocean, was encountered
about three hundred miles off the At
lantic coast of South America Febru
ary 26 by the steamer Planet Nep
tune.
During the few moments when the
Neptune was struggling with the great
wave the sea in all directions was
covered with foam, and the water
whirled and dashed in all directions.
Fire Destroyed Entire
• Manufacturing
Near Salisb
Ned in a brief statement and copies
of letters to representatives Sherman,
in which reference is made to a conver
sation between Harriman and Sher
man, repeated to the President, in
which Harriman is said to have giv
en as his reason for his personal dis
like for the President partly the latter's
determination to have the railroads
supervised. In the letter to Sherman
the President says:
"You will see that this letter is ab
solutely incompatible with any theory
that I was asking Harriman to come
down to see me in my own interest."
The President enclosed another let
ter from Harriman in his communica
tion to Sherman which he says shows
Harriman did not have in his mind
"any idea of my asking him to collect
money."
Then follows some correspondence
betweeu Harrimap and the President,
touching among other things on the
question of railroad matters and what
the President might have to say to
Congress on the subject of the inter
state commerce commission. The
President said he was'unable to agree
with Harriman's views on the matter
and left his message to Congress un
changed as regards the interstate com
merce law.
President Talkc More.
Washington, April E. —"So much
for what Harriman said about me
personally," says the President, in
concluding his first letter to Sher
man. Far more important, the Presi
dent regards the additional remarks
which Sherman said Harriman made
to him when he asked him if he
thought it was well to see "Hearst
ism and the like" triumphant over
the Republican party.
"You," says the President, "inform
me that he told you that he did not
care in the least because those peo
ple were crooks and he could buy
them," and other similar remarks.
This the President says was doubt
less partly in boastful, cynicism and
partly in the burst of bad temper, but
it showed in the President's opinion
cynicism and deepseated corruption
which he denounces in strong words.
Mother, Children Were
Probably Burned Alive
Morganton, April 2 —A strange story
has just reached here in connection
with the fires that have raged on the
South Mountains, near Burkemont,
about eight miles from Morganton.
Last Saturday a number of lumbermen
who had been into the mountains and
were on their return, came to the
home of Mr. Singerfelt, a cripple, liv
ing several miles from town. The lum
bermen were in formed by the wife
of Singerfelt that her husband had
mysteriously disappeared and could
not be found.
As the fires in the mountains were
drawing near the Singlefelt house the
men advised Mrs. Singlefelt to take
her children and flee for safety, but
all in vain.
Following this, news has just been
received that the Singlefelt home was
destroyed by Are f»nd that no trace can
be found of either Mrs. Singlefelt, chil
dren or her missing husband.
The supposition is that the mother
and children were burned to death
while they slept.
CONGRESSMAN GROW DEAD.
Spent Many Years in the House and
Was Prominent in All Public Mat
ters.
Binghamton, N. Y., April 1. —For-
mer Congressman Galusha A. Grow
died at his home at Glenwood, Pa.,
yesterday afternoon as a result of the
general breakdown, attributed to old
age.
Mr. Grow was elected to Congress
from the Wilmot district of Pennsyl
vania as the youngest member of that
body in 1851, and after retirement
from public life for nearly fort 7 years
he re-entered the House of Represen
tatives as Congressman-at-large from
Pennsylvania fourteen years ago.
When he retired four Years ago, his
public service in the House extended
over the longest period, although not
continuous service, of any man who
ever sat in that body.
During the ante-bellum days he was
one of the best known in the United
States and in 18G4 he came within one
vote of being nominated for Vice-Pres
ident in place of Andrew Johnson, who
became President on the death of
Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. Grow was elected Speaker of the
House of Representatives in 1861 and
occupied that position during the first
two years of the war, until ,his retire
ment from Congress in 1863.
Mr. Grow's greatest public service
was as the "father" of the Homestead
act, through which measure many
acres of Western farm lands were op
ened up for settlement by homestead
ers, an act which has been credited
with doing more than and other one
thing for the development of the great
West.
Grow was the last surviving member
of a family of six children. He was
never married.
BIG HOTEL ON FIRE.
Guests of Saranac Hotel, New York,
Forced to Flee Down Fire Es
capes. ' •
t New York, April 2. —The Saranac
. Hotel, at Broadway, near 42nd street,
i is on fire.
The guests are climbing down the
escapes.
THE BEST JOB PRINTING OP
ALU K!NDB AT THIS OFFICE.
One of Most Spectacular
Fires in History of City
visited Salisbury, Wip
ing Out Five Manufac-»
turitig Plants.
The Loss is Roughly Esti
mated at $25,000. All
7 rains Were Blocked
For an Hour. The
Principal Losers.
Salisbury, N. C., April 2. —One of the
most dangerous fires in the history of
this city broke out this morning at
7:45 o'clock, and raged until 9:30, de
stroying the entire manufacturing
block just east of the passenger de
pot, located on the old Lanier lot.
The fire originated in the wood-work-
plant of Hartman & Gaither, start-,
ing from the engine, and being first
discovered in the roof, and in a short
space of time the flames had spread
the entire block.
Five manufacturing plants were com
pletely destroyed, entailing a loss,
roughly estimated, at between $25,000
and $50,000. The buildings were not
expensively built and the loss in the
destruction of the buildings will prob
ably not.amount to over $12,000.
V. Wallace & Sons, owners of the
buildings, are the principal losers,
along with George R. Bartin, contrac
tor, whose supplies were burned, and
the Barber Buggy and Wagon Manufac
turing Company.
The fire was exceedingly hard to
check on account of the low water
pressure, the lack of sufficient hose
and the strong wind. At one time
there were as many as six buildings
burning.
It was thought the fire was under '
control at 8:30, but it soon broke out
anew.
All trains here were held up for an
hour on account of the fire.
A Later Report.
Salisbury was visited this morning
at 8:30 o'clock by one of the most
disastrous fires that has occurred in
several years. Property estimated to
be worth $30,000 or $40,000 went up in
the flames, including five buildings
and almost their entire contents.
The origin of the fire is thought to
have been in the cabinet and repair /
shop of Hartman and Gaither, in one
end of the big three-story frame build
ing used as the Barber Buggy and
Wagon Company's store room. From
there the flames spread rapidly to the
adjoining building occupied by the
Lanier distillery, immediately opposite
the Southern passenger depot, thence
to that of George li. Martin, contrac
tor; next to a two-story dwelling and
then to another small building, mak
ing five in all.
Tatum's livery stable caught fire
twice but the blaze was put out each '
time.
The flames got beyond control of the
Salisbury fire department and Spencer
was called upon for aid. The two de
partments soon got the fire under con
trol.
The lines of hose running across the
railroad tracks tied up the passenger
trains for several hours.
Mr. Preston Swink, of the Salisbury
fire department was overcome by the
heat and had to be removed to his
home.
The buildings were owned by
Messrs B. Wallace and Sons. The in
surance on the property will not near
cover the'loss.
CHINESE STUDENTS COMING.
Will Visit Jamestown Exposition and
Study Military Affairs.
San Francisco, Cal., April 2.-»-On the
liner Siberia, due here about May 3,
are coming a number of Chinese mili
tary officers who have been detailed
by their government to attend the
Jamestown Exposition, for the purpose
of studying military and naval affairs.
The delegation will include Colonel
Li Ting Hain, Major Heiae Koing Chen
and Captain Wang Yem Him.
St. Louis Automobile Show.
St. Louis Mo., April 1. —A monster
parade of motor vehicles was held to
day to mark the opening of the St.
Louis automobile show, which is to
(hold forth all the week in the big Jai
Alai building.
The success of the exhibition is al
ready assured as the exhibitors in
clude all the prominent motor car
manufacturers of America and also a
number of European firms. Besides
the automobiles and auto accessories,
there are exhibits of motor boats, mo
tor cycles, motor buggies and motor
commercial vehicles.
San Fiancisco, April 2. —The board
of superivisors removed it's secretary,
Senator Keane A. Reuf, the appointee.
A Heavy Freeze In
The Trucking Belt
Norfolk, Va., April 2. —There was a
heavy freeze in the Norfolk County
| trucking belt last night.
The damage to early potatoes, peas
j and beans is said to be very great.
The fruit crop has also suffered to
I a considerable extent.