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I 1 ForN. C. : Fair, -; for Raleigh : Fair, colder. Temperature for the past 2i hours: Max.42;Min.l6. Vol. XIII RAXiEIG-H, IT. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1904. No. 57 .Post. - H '1 :W 1 'RY'-S TQaMMTEEi The Murderer Throat in JaiU-Eleven Jurors for His Trial Had Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 3. Special, c. Hill Terry, the murderer of George Tate Bland, his son-in-law,, committed suicide in his cell in the county jail at 1 o'clock todayvs The weapon used was pn ordinary steel case knife, which pent in to him with his food. He iv tide a deep, gush in the right side of his neck, large enough to admit a man's ft. Within twenty minutes he bled to iath. His gasping was heard by two c-her prisoners in the adjoining- cage p.:vi they called Jailer Capps, who ar rived to find Terry lying on his-cot, knife in hand and bleeding terribly from the ghastly wound. Four doctors rnrived before he died, but they could 'So nothing as the wound was fatal. The news of Terry's self destruction spread over the city like wild fire, and in le?s than an hour the streets about th-? jail were crowded with people who were inquiring with anxious curiosity for any facts in the tragedy. The rreet was thronged with people until Sa:e this afternoon when the body was removed from the jail to his .home. Terry was on trial for his life. One week had been spent in selecting a jury and two venires of 500 men were exhausted with only eleven jurors de cided upon. Another venire was drawn last night and court took a recess un til this afternoon, hoping to get juror Xo. 12 before tonight. It was dur ing this recess that the murderer took his own life rather than go further in the trial. It told on his nerves to hear man after man, yes, ninety-nine out oi every hundred stand up In court R 111 s ) J d l r& . s " at iyiU 1 r miim An Item of $4,600,000 in Favor of the St. Louis Exposition Stirs up Debate in the Senate. Point of Order Under Discussion All Day' Without Result Washington. Feb. 3. The urgent de ficiency bill was laid before the Senate this morning. The principal amend ment made by the Senate committee appropriations is that providing for the loan of $4,600,000 to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. An amendment to this amendment was of 'ered by Mr. Culberson of Texas, and as agreed to providing that range -at tie and halter-broke cattle, whether i hove or belew the quarantine line, may be exhibited at the exposition un rir regulations to be issued by the cretary of agriculture. . The proposed loan of $4,600,000 to the t. Louis Exposition led to much de h;,t Mr. Bailey of Texas made a P' int of order against the appropria-'-n. which is in the form of an amend sit to the urgent deficiency bill, on '' sround that it was new legislation vnd a vicious violation bf the stand ii rules of the Senate. Mr. Hale justified the committee's ac (;on by stating that.the loan was hedg H about with the strictest safeguards fr repayment and that it was to late or the government to refuse aid to the ?eat enterprise. Mr. Bailey did. not care to debate the Tie?tion, merely submitting the point 5f order. " s ' Mr. Tillman How long is this thing :r so on? ' ;' : " ; ' - ' ' .; Mr. Bailev Oh. it will ffO on for Not a Loan, But a Steal Mr. Tillman The Buffalo Exposition peopjA came here with a pitiful story, ni we gave them half a million or hereabouts. The Charleston Exposi fion ran into debt arid we had to help heir, out. Is this a loan, or a gift? Irw far are we to .travel" on this bad a 3 0 Of course 1 got : my shared Tou v rnember that I said that if there was CO -t. e a steal I wanted my share of Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin Do you -aIi H a steal? , a Mr. Tillman Yes, it is iridirectly a, H is contrary to law, and we y know it. Senators' ease their CQn Srncf.s by saying. "We've got o lend n" "Why not lend this money to 1a uoa mill?" : ;'" CMEiMOVED of George T. Been Secured Out of Five Hundred and express the ofdnion that he was' guilty of murder. ..- Terry, even in the last few minutes of his life, never intimated what he was going to do. After he had made the deadly gash he never-- spoke a word to his fellow prisoners. The only indication of his purpose to end his Jife was ' expressed in a conversation wjth his son. William Terry, yester day morning. He asked his son to secrete some opium and send it to him in the jail, and a few minutes later said he preferred death to imprison ment in the pnltentiary. Terry killed Bland last October in the front yard of Bland's home. From the published evidence it appeared that Terry waited -across the street until Bland came home, and then crossed over to him" and opened fire, killing him in his tracks. The case from be ginning to end has no parallel In this county. Terry has always been a conspicuous figure here since his. early manhood. He was 62 years of age. He was an iex-policeman. At one time he was keeper of the county home , and was door-keeper of the state Senate of the- last general assembly. He had amassed considerable property. After his death a note was found un der his pillow. It gave a history of his life and referred to the crime for which he was being tried; but he made no reference to suicidal intention: The coroner found the facts as they are given above. Judge Ferguson dismissed the uncompleted jury and adjourned the present session of court. Mr. SDOoner took further exception to the use of the wcrd 'steal'by Mr. Till- - man, and the latter replied: "My mean - - ing is that when Congress takes money v.o ie -n in tnTM hv the Deoole and ia-ai . - nnnrnnriatea it for such purposes as J this It is a steal. If this money is not 1 returned, it is a steal Mr. Bailey remarked sarcastically v.n th discussion revealed that his . .1 "Like the brook, tnese appropnaiiuns ; .will go on forever, continued Mr. Bailey. ''There is no stopping place. Even the senator from South Carolina was brought to vote for them all be cause they included one of his." Mr. Tillman corrected this by say ing that the Charleston Exposition did ,- not get an appropriation iui Caiuhiu purposes. "We did not get a dollar of money" he shouted. "We only got our debts paid." (Laughter.) Mr. Bailey thought it was no part of the government's business to act as a money lender and to station agents at the exposition doors. He preferred to give them money outright. That .might be a wrong" against the people hv misappropriating their substance, 'but the . proposed loan might do in calculable injury, 10 our sysieui ui e"v ernment. Alluding to a remark by Mr. Elkins, Mr. Bailey remarked that "the commercial instinct of the senator from West Virginia is almost as highly de veloped as his patriotism." (Laughter.) Loan Business Going Too Fr Mr. Lodge thought the loaning of government money to a corporation was going pretty far. , He preferred to give the money outright. The security of fered was poor. If it had been good there were plenty of moneyed men who would be glad to lend the amount re quired.. The business of ge tting up ex positions had grown info a regular In dustry. but- the profits of expositions were decliningbecause the people were sated with- therm The tendency was Continued on page 2.) point of order was well taken, . out adoption of laws tor tne exiruiuoni that the matter was to be disposed of persons charged with bribery. He rid on the merits of the loan, and not oniCUed the recommendations and de tbe law Involved." I'was green enough ' dared they must have been submitted to think that I could invoke the law j in humorous vein. This led to a char in this matter," observed Mr. Bailey. ; acterization of , the president -by the B. IS Men PRESIDENT land Cut 1 WILL NOT INVITE ERY AN He Believed It Bad Policy to, Invite Politicians to the Vniversity-nut Students May Do as They Please Chapel Hill. X. C.r Feb. 3. Special The statement in a Raleigh afternoon paper in regard to Dr. Venable refusing to extend an invitation to "William J. Bryan was a misrepresentation. Dr. "Venable, in a personal conversation with a member of , one of the literary societies, expressed himself as think ing it a matter of bad policy to extend such an invitation. He told this mem ber that he would not extend such an invitation as coming from the president of the university, but saidhe would npt oppose any action of the societies in regard to their asking Mr. Bryan to speak. Dr. "Venable was not ap- proached by committees from the so- odseyeltan o'asted.; A : ' . vvf noU miiiiivci sxy ui me Moaurut Goebel the Occasion of Warm Debate in the , House Kentucky Eloquence at Fever Heat- Washington, Feb. 3. The: House of. Representatives was stirred today by one of the most impassioned addresses delivered in the historic chamber in recent years. Representative Olli James of Kentucky, calling attention to the fact that today is the fourth anni versary of the death of William Goebel in the Blue Grass State at the hands of an assassin, spoke on the subject of the proposed regulation of extraditions between the states. Mr. James bitter ly denounced Governor Durbin of Indi ana for his refusal to honor extradi tion papers for William S. Taylor, who was indicted for complicity in the mur- der of Goebel. Mr. James went fdrther. He denounced the' president as "the distinguished Rough Rider "vho, as tmvbmor of the state of New York, e i - violated all precedents by saying to Taylor. 'Cbme to New York and you shall be immune.' Mr. James quoted from the pres ident's message to congress urging the - . A Jli! .If speaser as una 4-.mi uj-wv. ditjor.. isforv of interference on ISie Isthmus of Pgnaiiija The President Transmits Pa- persand Documents in Response to the Gor man Resolution Adopted by the Senate -4- Washlngton, Feb. 3. The president today sent to the Senate a reply to. the resolution offered by Mr. Gorman in quiring for the correspondence in the cases in which United States forces had been used in maintaining transit on the isthmus of Panama, and at whose initiative, particularly with reference to the landing last year, to gether with the orders issued to mili tary or naval commanders. The president's letter , of transmittal states that the correspondence there with includes all called for by the reso lution except some dealing with mili tary movements, which "it is "for rea son deemed incompatible with the iub- CRUSHED BY A TREE -Goldsboro, N. C, Feb. 3. Special. Buck Hill, who lived near Mt. Olive, went squirrel hunting yesterday morn ing. After hunting for about an hour his dog treed a squirrel up a large oak. .Mr. ; Hill had his axe with him and he cut down the tree. The tree fell upon Mr. Hill, mashing him so badly that he died before medical aid could arrive. Took It the Wrong Way Mobile, Ala., Feb. 3. Lizzie Pfeil. a resident of Baltimore; employed "in an oyster cannery near here, is dead from the results of . using medicine in the wfong way. Physicians prescribed a wash for a sore limb and the Jwoman took it" Internally. She lived two hours. cietTes at any time in regard to this matter. Dr. Venable tonight gave your representative the following statement for , publication : "Ii have made no public utterance what ever on the subject The com mittee of the literary societies never saw, me. I told one student it was bad policy for the university to invito any prominent politician or candidate in an election year, but I would not oppose tneir invitation. At tne time i would not sign it. The invitation went as coming from the literary societies and not from the president of the uni versity My private opinions have nothing to do with the matter." Fts ; At -thV conclusion of Mr. James' rws lvs nao "" fellow-Demons. The Wtuse c- tinned ?at great length ajxd idfne; spite tol officer's, gavel the Democratic members crowded about Mr. James and shook him by the hand. The speech by the gentleman from Kentucky precipitated the liveliest de bate of the session. Mr. Crumpacker arose to defend the governor of Indi ana. He denounced the courts of Ken- ( tucky as unfair and said the juries :in j th cases growing out of the assassi- j nation of Mr; Goebel were packed. Mr. Crumpaek'er was' assailed by the Dem- j ocrats at times, being, the target for ; half a. score of questions at once. Mr. James pictured the state of Ken tucky ,in a spirit of retaliation, pro tecting from extradition the assassin of President McKinley. ' He declared that- if Czolgosz had fled to Kentucky and the governor of that state had been so flagrantly lawless as to decline to consider the requisition papers, was done by the governor of Indiana In the Taylor case, it would ce possiDie for the perpetrator of the heinous crime at Buffalo to be walking the blue grass and breathing the free air of that state. Turning to the Republicans, Mr.-James dramatically asked if they wanted such a condition to exist in this country, j Referring to the president's message ; asldng for laws reaching bribery giv- j ers and takers. Mr. James denounced j the attitutde of the chief executive for condoning the protection of Taylor, saying that when Govex-nor Durbin comes to town he is wined and dined at the "White' House. Mr. James recall- 1 ed the fa.ct that it was four years ago that Governor uoewiu suit of a bullet fireti oy a mrea assas- sin who was to receive $2,500 and a par- (Continued on page 2.) lie interest to make time." Acting Secretary or states that the correspondence includes ad- all on record in that department re- :ter Telegram Company send the fol--arding the landing of United States losing extraordinary dispatch: - -forces on the isthmus. He gives a list) "The general staff has authorized Ad etting forth' the landing of marines 'miral Alexleff to declare war and to on the isthmus ten times, beginning open hostilities on his own "sponslbll with 1856 down to the present time, and ity if circumstances appear to him to rt whose initiative the several' land-.render such an act necessary. An im a wn " rri?i manifesto declaring war is ex ings were made. - '"I, Hntlv if Japan does not ac- ttt- T,nnm s snvs tne corrcsDonaence - , forces of the United shows that the States have never been employed in the internal affairs of rsew wanaaa, or Colombia, other wise than to protect - United States property, and maintain - Most Df the news fields In the far order and the freedom of transit on the!eagt are stoppea by the censorship, and Isthmian territory under the provisions Russian newspapers are thus pre of the treaty of '1846. vented from publishing the real state The documents begin with October, 'of the Situation. The result is that an 3856, and end with October 16, 1902, immenFe majority of the Russian public comprising thirty-six separate papers, ls deiuded into a false sense of secuxi eivinff the correspondence between this tv Military circles, however, are be- -government and the governments of New Granada, Colombia and Panama yje commercial, nnanciai ana niuuain with regard to the landing of armed ai communities, which are kept better forces on the isthmus during the vari- posted by private information.' ous revolutions which have occurred, between those dates. W 1SB1TM WW 1! BDHD DEtBlON Compromise With Private Bondholders Suggested. Chairman Burton Will Visit Wilmington in the Interest of Cape Fear River Improvement By THOMAS Washington, Feb. 3. Special. There i3 much interest here, in the probable course North Carolina will pursue with reference to the second mortgage bonds held by the Schafers and others in New York, which the United States supreme court has declared valid. The mem bers of the state delegation, who have discussed the subject, think that the state officials will soon be approached with an offer of compromise. There have been many efforts to se cure a copy of the dissenting opinion in the South Dakota case, but it has not yet come from the printers. Sever al members of the delegation called at the court today . and were disappointed when they learned that it is not yet .. .. Speaking of the decision In thIs case Senator Simmons said today: "While the decision is in favor of South Dakota it Is against the private bondholders. It is true that by giving their bonds to a state or by selling them, collection might be made out of the state , under the decision, but the holders could not sell them to a state for anything like their value, and If they should donate them with the res ervation of interest that fact would oust the jurisdiction of the court. Un der these circumstances I should say that the bondholders would be very glad to settle with the state at a very large discount. I do not suppose the state would think of making any settle ment of these bonds, which was not a large discount on the principal of the bonds without interest." One North Carolinian expressed the ( tht the attA'R thm millions ; North Carolina-. BaU- ad could be sold for six million dol- - u.tie stock is now worth 175, and , . th mwst would - " - V'.: '.. . carry cuiiuw. Nobody favors such a sale, arid all of the North Carolina col ony here were very muchgratified with Governor Aycock's declaration that the state's ' interest in the road would be maintained. .-''k: Chairman Burton Will Visit Wilmington v The North Carolina, delegation in con- War:Sitaation. More , , ? pQri. j RUSS 1 21 S nepiy to Japan Is StiH Delayed Its Delivery j . May Precipitate a Con flict Sensational Reports From St. Petersburg London, Feb. 4.-4 a. m. So far as known no Russian reply to Japan has Vicvan sent, although it is unofficially . tntort tb.t ie3 have been already r- - r sent to Baron De Roson, th Russian '. minister at Tokio, and Admiral Aiex- ieff, Russian viceroy of the far east. On the -whole the tenor of the news i3 less hopeful. Barcn Ilayashl, the Ja panese minister here, is quoted as hav ing said to an interviewer last evening that the outlook was certainly threat ening. It was rumored in the lobbies late tonight that Russia had actually rwinred war. A member questioned public at this;tne government in the House of Com mons as to whether the government State Loomis had reCeived such information. rthe st. Petersburg agent of the Reu- t - i ntr.t th terrs proposed by Russia in cept tne terms . T? her - rep.y, which i matcu sia's last word. It is- rumored that sev- - have already taken ginning to awaken to the truth, as are Inquiries failed to elicit me leasi rar- roboration of the forgoinsr statements J. PENCE gress. headed by the two senators, called on Chairman Burton of the House committee on rlvrs and hirfcor this afternoon, and extended f to him an invitation on behalf of the 'Wilming ton chamber of commerce to visit that city in the near future. Mr. Burton, who' is the all-powerful member of con gress in framing river and harbor leg islation, expressed himself as greatly pleased with the invitation and prom ised to visit the North Carolina seaport before another "pork" bill is passed by congress. "Wilmington Is the only important port in this country that I have not visited," was Mr. Burton's agreeable introduction In response, "and I intend to take advantage of your kind invi tation before the next congress meets. I regard" Wilmington as the most im portant port between' Norfolk end New I Orleans, and I shall be . glad to visit the jcity and the surrounding water wavs." J ', ' . , Representative Patterson explained that there Is only $40,000 now available for the continuation of the improve ments undertaken, and he thought it necessary "to continue these Improve ments until completed, for unless this . is done the work accomplished so far will be destroyed. Mr. Burton said that there would be no river and har bor bill at this session, but he ex pressed the opinion that the work al ready undertaken would not be neglect- " ed. He Informed the delegation that he would call on the engineer in charge 'of .the Wilmington project to report on the emergency of a needed appropria tion for 'continuing the improvement!! in progress. , Chairman Burton will no tify Mr. Patterson of the date of his trip to WWmlngtom whioli-wili- be. undertakenprobabiy until the fall, it is Mr. Patterson's intention to take the chairman up the Cape Fear to Fay etteville. Simmons Immigration Bill Senator Simmons will tomorrow in (Continued on page 2.) at the foreign office and Japanese le gation, and- skepticism is expressed. Other reports from St. Petersburg con cur in stating that the anxiety of the commercial and financial men Is grow ing, but officially belief in a peaceful outcome continues to be encouraged. Russians See American Spooks St. Petersburg, Feb. 3. The anti American feeling, which was consider- jably intensified by the nppointment of consuls in Manchuria, does' not abate. The Novoe Vremya bitterly declares that war is being brought on, not by any Russian greed for territory, but by the antagonism of the new world to the old. It adds that the United States aims at the hegemony of the entire globe. It began the anti-Russian cam paign by sending George Kennan, the writer, to Siberia to discredit the Rus sian government and people. It then resolved to transform China irto an American India, exploiting cheap labor and flooding the far east with 1U In dustrial products. If there ls war its Instigators will be the Yankees with their utilitarian views and mechanical modes of thought. Their first' victims will be China and Japan. Afterwards they hope to devour Russik also. DR. EDWARD THOMAS -. Supposed New Bern Man Died Penniless in Niw York New York, Feb. 3. Dr.- Edward Thomas, 65 years old, whose homo 1 said to be at Now Bern, N. CV disd in the cigar store of N. Welsberg, at 2:2 Pearl street, late this afternoon. Dr. Thomas had no money In his pockets, and a ticket for a ten cent meal was all of value that he carried. Eugen Plnkner of 18 Fulton street, identified the body. He said he had known Thomas for a Ion time, though not very well, and had occasionally helped him. Thomas' family, he said. w well known In Nw Bern. Returns of the' revenues from Indirect taxes In France In 1S03 show that re ceipts amounted to $c63,3SO,2S0, an in crease of $26,657,5SO over the estimates, and over 1902. Is
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