North Carolina Newspapers

T71 3VENING TIM i JI JL lM ,L .1. f bale: 3 u, K. c, n:r::i :?iy, deceives is, jcs L. D. BVNU'il EXPIRES IN - TRIAL OhEi- FEDERAL COURT ROO'il; YORK LAWYER FiGiin:;ac!iANCE 'money record ;lamar renews r;:::: FQRCQUNTViinE OF PRllDM OiN MINOIUTV f " X 4 4 . 71 ' r : !:kItJ cf Ctathia. Frczlncnt b Stale .Affairs 5HE1 OEATH FBOM ' - 'HEART DISEASE fc, "BBBBBIBal Mr. Heasa, LrMtteg Mas la Hie V Ike, IHnrtor Mat law .llwe) m4 ! Metlsudtst Oqnpv KaAevew (tsar, tm Teeilfy mm tlr wtfT IllUera a4 iHr la rkair.' Lather B. ttyaum. mmxtimM mt ilysmm, Chatham eotiaty.' ntere4 lae FVdrlrourt roam thl awnilif wit at Mm yar old oo. Jeff. a4 half aa hoar later, died la. bis chair whU waiting ta be called aa a character eea. - - . .' Mr. Bymire was seated wllhtat th bar. Mar hi trims R. H.Hav. Kej . of rittabora. Mr. Hay observed aia ; head alnk upon hla breast ana uppo ; d that Mr. Bjrour had bee Ukn UL With tb aid of other la the court a area Immediately taken Into tba Judge'a privet room, which adjoin tha court, ana placed npoa a ofa. . Hut hi had already passed away.' : , Court Profoundly Moved. Tba aad event mada u profound lm preaalon on tba court and th pecta- . tor. Court proceeding were Immedi ately suspended by Judge Purnell aad not resumed until half an "hour later. Mr. Bynum" wa well known to many paraon present and hi audden .death waa a great abode The tragto ead of a uuful lire wu tha- more nathetlc he- caaaa of the presence beaida the father 'Vf the nu'i youngest child, 'a' little hoy, when tba eummona tarn 'Without a moment warning. - , Body Conveyed to Chatham. The body waa taken to Brown' . tabllahment and prepared for. burial. ' Thle, afternoon It will be conveyed- to ' tba home, five mile from PKtaboro and Interred there to-morrow, A. T. Lam '. be til, of Chatham, a kinsman 'of the de , ccaaed, U here and be and -other rela .Uvea and friend Will accompany the body to Chatham county. y. ' , . Waa Kn Route to Goldsboro. Mr. Bynum came to Raleigh yester day morning ,nd be (pent last night at the home Of Rev; J. W. . Jenkins, ., since Mrs, Jenkins is hla niece. He ' vm director of the State Hospital at . dolasboro and Intended goinr to Golds boro thl afternoon to attend a meeting . of the board. Mr, Bynum was appoint ed to thl position by Governor Ay cock. ' He had been summoned as a character 4 witness In the Federal court and his presence there this morning was for - the purpose of giving his testimony. ; - 'Director lit Methodist Orphanage ' In th North Carolina. Methodist . Conference Mr. Bynum was on of the most " cealoua and active laymen. He attended nearly all sessions of the con ference and was serving a a. director In the Methodist Orphanage her at th time of his death; He took a keen interest in the work of this Institution, t ; - A Leader In HI County. C Mr. Bynum waa In his , alxty-thlrd year; and ' nearly all his life has been spent In Chatham. He owns ' one of -tha prettiest country vplaoes In-, the county, A man of the highest charac ter "he wielded a wide . influence and for a number of year served, on- the board of county commissioners,-being chairman of that body.. ' He waa twice married. One survlv v : Ing child by the first union, O. 1. By num, I now practicing lawin "Califor nia. . Ten years Blnce he rnarrled Mrs, , Nora Creel, ' ho survive him,,, and they have two children," Jeff Davht By' - num and Mary Bynum. The i deceased was a second cousin of A, J. Bynum, a merchant of this city. , . WASP'S MEN. ..' . WERE DONE UP ti! Wtfi'Wfi ' , t """ -' :''i;.ij-;i (By. the Associated .Press.) ' ' wt Newport, R. f. Dec. ; 13. -An of '.Aciat Investigation was ordered rto- " dhy in the case of the gunboat Wasp. which was dispatched to assist the of Ig Harry Smith, The Wasp was 'driven far out of her course by the ' storm and returned fco port yesterday - damaged. . - , , -.. t i Several of. the apprentices oh ' board, who -had labored so hard to bail out the Wasp when heavy seas poured Into the little warship were ,.', removed to jthe Naval Medical Hos- pttal for treatment , to-day. Boat . swafn Shapley was also taken to the hospital. ' The Wasp will be put into drydook so that the leak In her hull may be repaired. rLlEODY ELECTLD B, THE fmui ()ir ta 4Bt4 r I V lass. Use 1 1 . I fc A rv4y M a.it4 prslAt m4 tk Melaal Lit taBraes) Oopaay at a MsUag 4 tke board of trust s to day. Mr. NiMii Joo aaalsjM), Mr. reabudy' aalary Is4 at l( e( a Hia iwd or, HeCmrtj, msl IM o a yaac Mr. rvsbodjr will Uk oS oa J ary 1. kea a will r4r) rrdeit Croiw4t. trai orery praaideaL Tk tord of traateaai adoptesl a rwaolstkMi of thank ta Mr. CrosB rall for hi rvkr 'a traipawary praaMeal. Char) A. remUAly aoialaated lor trestr to uord Jaetir Rafa W. Peckham. aad . Emory Media tor k was aomtaatAd to eaorewd Ellk Root as triste. Both of tbaa Bonl aatlODa. ander the hy-law. wt over aalll Lk aeit BMUng. Mr. Prabody I a lawyer and I Ike America rrpreBUllv of William Wldorf Astor. He Is a director I several basks aad other corpora tion, among them btn the Illinois Central Railroad Company. MINERS' CONVENTION OPENS TOMORROW (By the Associated Pre.) Bhamokln, P Dec II. A lrg number of delegatea from the, Boran ten. Wllkaabarra, and Haaalton . eoal regions arrived her to-dsy ma that thry might caucu with ta delegatea from the ecbuylkllt region with refer enoe ta the dtmaad which are to be formulated at the miners 'oonventloa which, open here to-morrow. . . , y v The bdegate - who , hare arrived aeam to be wnanlanou In their demand for an eight hour workday and tn re cognition of th union. ' ' Secretary HarUela of thi district said: ' t , s .- , "Ther will nvr b a permanent peace In tha hard eoal dlntrlots until the operator consent to enter Into a business agreement witn th miner' organisation. We are her, to get re cognition of the union, an eight hour day and a different sort of conciliation. We desire to get them by peaceful means, but we are very much In earn est"' . V,. . his Auto fell . ON TOP OP HIM. ' (By the Associated Pre.) San .Francisco, Cal.,- Dec. 13. John R. Balrd, a capitalist and club man of this city, was killed last night In an automobile accident ' Mr. Balrd had started on a trip to San Mateo, accompanied by Mlas Ruby Nell', the adopted daughter of John Nell, of Sonora. When near the Twin Peaks - something went wrong with the automobile, and Miss Nell got. out of the machine to fix It, when, it overturned And fell over a cliff,' landing, at the bottom with Mr. Balrd beneath' It. , When relief ar rived he was taken from tinder the machine dead. .' , ' i , . ' ALEX. L ORR SUCCEEDS PERKINS '(By the Associated Press.) i New York, ' Dec. 13-. George W. Perkins tendered his: resignation as vice-president and chairman of the finance committee of the New York Life Insurance Company, at a meet ing of the board of trustees to-day and it was accepted. ' Alexander K. Orr was elected to succeed Mr. Perkins as tanking' vice president and ? chairman f the finance committee, , , ' - Mr. Orr is a retired merchant of this city, a former president of the chamher of commerce and vlce-ureal dnt 'of thevRapid Transit Commis sion. . o Gunboat Hist Bate. , - (By the Associated Press.) Newport;, R. L, Deo. 1 3. -The gun boat ' Hist. in to-day. sustained no damage of any kind, although she had a hard battle with the gale ana neavv seas. esneciauy as oniy one oi her boilers was in working condi tion when she started out. : JL H. l:zzd Qirjtl 11:. rrr '- W GODGOTSE CASE sUtf Mare fcwa AaataHra la OroVr laeaUdWk Halms wad MarrUc m taskle rtsresl ta Marry t'hky Calhidl I UM af Uu t tBy th Aeaw-Uled rVsMs Kew York. Iisr. It-Tke trtai Abrakani H. Mammst. mt Krav ImI i amasi a kaoara U . mm tit eharge of pmmtimry, mmm tm the f leader swfnre JaMKs Hosttts la Um auiirwa court to-ar. Tn charge agaMsst Hummet grew ssjt of lb eaaatlona Dodge-Morse dl Torre tttlgsrkiei. tn vhtra It waa alh-g-d that HtmiMt Into a onaaolr- ary te piorars prured evtoeaoe. ror ener fupreme Omrt Justice Edgar U rvramaa also was Indtrted ' ew ths charge at conspiracy la the saan rase The 'conspiracy and perjury charg were anade after aa lnTestltlna by Distrtrt Attnrny Jenune of allegations that th roans had been made ase of la aa improper manner In aa effort to procure an annulment of th decree of divorce obtained by Mrs. , Clemeae: Dudge agaUist Chart P. Didge. After this divorce Mrs. Dodge waa married to- Charlea W. Morse, a capitalist of thl city, who la very prominent In banking ana steamship affaire. The real object f the deair to ob tain an annulment of the Dodge dl- rorc waa said to be to thereby Invali date the marriage of Mrs. Dodre and Mors. Why It wa sought to Hivall dt thl marrlag has never been def initely learned, but th most persist ant reasons aaslgnsd were that a de claration of Invalidity Instead of a dl- ore waa desired la order that another marring might take place with a wealthy member of the Koman Cath olic rhurch under th lite of that church.' '' ' ' Hummel appeared In the proceeding A attorney for Charlea P. Dodge, and presented a claim by Dodge that h never waa properly served with the summons In Mrs. Dodge's suit; that he was not represented by counsel at th trial, and that he knew nothing of the matter until he wa served with a cor Uflcat of th decree. Former Justice Fursman then came (Continued on Page Seven.) TILLMAN BUBBLE BURST Only One or Two Small Banks Contributed ' - Comptroller of Currency Says lie ports of Examiners Kltow no Con- tributlous for. Political Purposes Since 1801, Gaccpt In One or Two Minor Instances. ,'. (By th Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 13. The Senate to-day received from Secretary Shaw the reply of Hhe Comptroller of the Currency to Senator Tillman's reso lutlon calling for Information as to th revelations of bank inspectors regarding - contributions made by national banks for campaign pur poses. " - ' 1 - The , Comptroller says that there are about -100,000 such reports on file, and that while he cannot, with out inspecting, all of them, state their, character.-he is confident that except in one or two Instances they show no contributions for political purposes since" 1891. 'i The exceptional reports Bhowlng contributions cover transactions of 1200 or 1300 In small banks and do not go Into detaiL ,. .. ,y The Comptroller s&jf tha.when an examiner's report shews any unlaw ful use of the funds of a bank by its officers. It" is the practice Of the Comptroller to call the attention Of the directors of the bank to the mat ter and to require them to cause a restoration to be made of the amount Unlawfully used. '. i - . . The names or locations of tho one or two banks whose officers r were called upon to make good the sums contributed' to campaigns were not recalled bv the Socretarv. and to find I them would take many days, he said. U Tt!;;nji Strlt b Kti Citr let EOVHOTS POLICY ml Utters tlas- Isreif TsmsI ii aaeis s mm lata mi U ! Mlassery sal mu iimp a Trmaafrr the fVsire lata lUada W Xe-tl Aral4y. (y die AaMrssini r-rMs ) Hi. rwtersbarg. Turvds, Dm 1J (MoralBg). rta. Kdtk,eba-a. Xs4 rraassa. Isae. I , The mtoratlua of rabl cHniaaieail elth polat abroad yaaterday Ustnt oat) a few hoar. Befor. BldBifht It n ported that th cab) wa cut sod that dla- patcn DM agals be forsardod by com Her Via th Oermsu frontier. Neverthelee th outlook Is clear ing. Th govern m tut is breathing freer with .fifbUac rhanc that Premier Witt wUI yit be able to atrer bla way through the rocks which beeet hi path. The threat of A general trtk la the Immediate future ha disappeared and th tele graph trik. not being supported. Is going to piece la spite of the wild appeal of the union to stand Arm. At Moscow th Ue-np remains com plete, bnt at assay other places com munication ha been reoponed, al though In a precarious fashion, as th employe of both the telegraph and postal service who were dis charged by wholeeale for refusing to work Are cutting the wire wherever It 1 possibl to do so. lb real loaders of the workmen aad other proletariat organisations. realising fnlljt tr,rtrs, alraa aad lack of preparation for a declalv truggle, have csrrjod the day over th hot-headed striker, and have easily coovincod the majority that It would be An irretrievable blunder to prostitute what they regard as the supreme Instrument for forging a free nation by using It for a minor Issue 'like redressing the grievances! of prlvat individuals,--1 In registering this - decision they placed themselves on record "to con tinue the organization and equiiv ment of the fighting legions which the old president (Krustaleff) be gan,", thus virtually furnishing the government with evidence confirming ita charges that articles 102 and 126 Of the criminal code, prohibiting par ticipation in associations, the object of which is armed revolt and the punishment of which is death, hnvo been violated by the strikers' head organization. It is likely, however that the gov ernment, In order to discount at tempts to heroize M. Krustaleff, will simply charge him with the misap propriation of the funds of the work men in using them In founding a socialist paper, which the govern ment claims can be substantiated. The Workmen's Council yesterday sent demand 10 Count Witte for the release of M. Krustaleff. Later the workmen'? delegates called on Procurator Kamispansky and de manded his release, but the procura tor refused bluntly, saying that the case must be tried in court. To this the spokesman of the delegation re plied:' ' i'v w "Then we will declare a general strike." ' "I Will not release him If the whole world strikes," answered .the procura tor, v. V. ; . . '"' 'V ' ; M. Krustaleff Is understood to be Im prisoned In the St. Peter' and Bt. Paul fortress. . In order. It is . explained, to prevent any possible Attempt at rescue which would only lead to bloodshed. - The disappearance of the danger of a general strike seems to insure the government a certain period in which f to - vindicate itself and , demonstrate that it is striving to release the new order of things, and If, as its friends hope. It will be able to .show this by deeds It will cut away public sympathy from the :i proletariat and- place , the Workmen's1 organizations,; when the time comes tor a strike, In the atti tude of deliberately provoking a strug gle to overthrow the government and establish a Democratic republic. . .- t-J The members of Count Wllte's cabi-r net distinctly deny tha t the government has entered , on the path of reaction, but they say that the present state of anarchy cannot go on. v People amen able to- the laws Will be arrested and tried bV the courts.- '' v .-t.," ' "It the' government really enters on the path of reaction," said on of the minister to-tay, "it must end in (Concluded on Second Page.) f ' Acturj E:rt Tt t decij t;J thlzi I MUSI HOLD BIO FUNDS le - sri IMissn a rkts (tovMry. Me sWja. Is la aa Kai iilanslil rwa4a Wa Ar)r4 Uert Hnsty ieaissi Test Iss I M4 tUhtimmm tm rstfstriej sH (Hr the AmWiH I1 ) New Tl l 11 J . K i..rs, riaaiy oi the rVsMtonttal laaurama ('oiniianv uf Amerke. sa trat call ta iw wltaeas aland ta the lira lasvr- an- tnvaaiiratkMi o-dy He b-! milted a 1.t-ml of dtvtdatds M un InduetrUI Inraaca kr hla com-1, (sti y ii snoas ine paymeai ta ivv. or SH.eti Pr "addliXMial eaaem sr- i ahle In raa. of teath rf tha lneurdifr Bvs years after the laaue uf the ncy. I'loy uch methods aad to Hi sarh The total Industrial death claims salaries as he may deem proper, sub raid In 101 were M ATI .OK aad theiject ooly to control by Congress rash dividends credited to poUcyhnld- era m um I noun rial aepanasem ui ism amounted to tUl.aue A statement Mr Hughe read ahowed that In the last five year the record of the company's Industrial department as: Received In premiums, I110.M. 171. paid out to policyholder. MI.J4. . IJt.r,Con of this was for death claims. :.M4.TJt In cash surrender value and tZ.K.&Tl In dividends. Of the amount of rash surrender values psld. Mr. (Jure said ILtOO.OM waa In paid up Insurance. The amount paid Into the Pruden tial Company In premiums since Its or ganisation, witness aald. Is about $2(7, 000,000. In th aame time Its earnings apart from premiums, he aald, are tit.-. 00.000. It paid to policyholders In that time about $81,000,000 and Its expenses apart from the amount patds to pol icyholders have been $110,000,000. The assets of the company at the end' of 1S04 were $8$.U1.5S, and Ita liabili ties. Including reserve, $7S,1S7,10S, Of the present surplus of $11,121,147, wit ness said $2,000,000 Is capital stock. He said that over ninety per cent, of the remainder Is held to pay dividends to policyholders. Mr. Gore said Industrial Insurance In this company Is still In the expert mental stage and that the company re- : garded It necessary to nold large runas , to meet possible heavy demands. LOAN SHARKS GOT IT Confidential Book - Keeper Forged and Stole Borrowed $200 from Money Lenders to Invest in Candy Slot Machine and Signed Note for Friend At Mercy of Sharks for Three Years. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, Dec. 13. William J. Smith, for 12 years confidential book keeper for the Robert Stevenson Drug Company, was arrested here to-day for forgery. Although it Is alleged he had taken almost $3,000 from the funds of the cerapany in lesB than a year, little or none of it was spent on him self, as was evinced by his appear ance when arrested. His clothing was old and worn The money all went to the loan sharks," he said. "They, kept threatening to garnishee my wages, and I knew it that happened I would lose my Job and be able to do nothing for the children." . Smith lived with his wife and two children in a cottage. "My first false step was taken about three years ago When a frjnd of mine' invented a candy Blot ma chine," 1 8mtth said. '""I borrowed 1200. from the; money lenders and signed a note for $350, which he bor rowed . to put the machine on the market. Well, it fell through. I lost my $200, my friend .disappeared and I was at the mercy of the money lenders. , All the money I took was paid to them. I did not get any of it, neither did my Wife and children. "I shall make a clean'breast of It," said Smith. "I guess I can do my family as much good while In the penitentiary , as I have In the laBt year, - - Cjil-.fJAKN EILL LSTENDS iTOAtOUSUCGilMlSSia.N 1 KUU ta A tt atnY. Dae It A mill ba IsA tag tb lathatte, CJ tksfes- Meei a Uirum4 te-Aay ;reawatatte Mssa. ml IlltsvsH Aawretlsei Is r th Free A sal t F iwt ml belldiag ta canal "" eascUe mm- rtBs.s aa ale i ewrte the faaasn Hallrwad tkrwsss tba eaasa I aa It reslree aa ltsaUrd e- ' tlai of all eiMdttaree I s ! laid aaaaallj ttrfore r,f rro that fetare ipedltre may be amade ;oly la MTordaair th S1S sP , , propristloaa Bisdr sja drtall eatl . mate su'itiilttod ta lb seaie Bisaaar as from othw dapartBaeats of the1 govern mert It repasts so muck of gKKMirr ,rt prtiaa for the appolatamfll of th Isthmian Caaal Bmol of ,h ,hmUk Comnilsaloa and leasee the Frealdeat V" aojl em COMMITTEE ADOPTS HOUSE AMENDMENT tlty the AsKM-iated lrese) Washington. Iter. 11.-Mi Alltsm, from the committee on appropriations, reported to the Sedate to-day the bill making an appropriation for the Pan ama Canal work, and gave notice that he would ask the Senate to take It up to-morrow. He aald that the commit tee mas of the opinion that' $11.0M.0 would be sufficient for present pur poses, and that the amount had beea left aa fixed by the House. The ftenate at 12.46 went into execu tive Pcritarlng -for the Trip. (By the Associated Pre.) Washington. Dec. 13. The col lier Brutus and Caesar have sailed respectively from Bradford and Nor folk for Solomon's Island prepara tory to sailing In a few days with the steel floating drydock Dewey from that point for Olongapo. The Giaceri wnlcn tg t0 iead the towlnir smmdron l. bimih ..n to-day from New York for Solomon's Island, in Chesapeake Bay, and the tug Potomac, which Is the fourth ves sel of this unusual towing squadron,' wll sail from Norfolk for the same point to-day or to-morrow. RAILROAD MEN ARE INDICTED. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, Dec. 13. The Federal grand Jury has returned Indictments against the Chicago & Alton Rail road Company; John M. Falthorn, former vice president of the com pany, and J. A. Wann, former gen eral freight agent, for alleged grant ing of rebates to the packing firm of Schwarzschild & Sulzberger, and giving free transportation to ployes of the same company. em- DEMOCRAT TO SUCCEED MITCHELL (By the Associated Press.) Salem, Ore., Dec. 13. Governor George E. Chamberlain to-day an- M. Gearin, of Portland, to succeed the late John H. fllilchell as United States Senator from Oregon. The Governor's appointee will be the first Democratic senator Oregon has had since 187S. ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER. (bpeclal to The Evening Times.) Warrenton. N. C, Dec. 13. In the Superior Court to-day, Sam Star, col ored, submitted to a verdict of man slaughter for killing Joe Stearns. Sen tence has not been pronounced. Garfield Hicks and Burton Garrell were arraigned for the murder of Mr. W. O. King. The greater part of tho das was passed in securing a Jury. It will be remembered that Bicks and Garrell were sent to Raleigh soon after the killing to save them from being lynched. There Is no danger how. Sajs ir$ C::: C.: Hi la ...S I v t T . Earst.".:: KIM ft;.:. .1 si i is ml I t aU-lvaa , t fsja Ir ii mm orta la mm Art 1 areat Is aad aa y ta A r talis rreaavl Waaklngtam. Dae. U- C'sw't'-e rsfeceac af Us aaaaal issaaa af ' ln Blast HaoaavaM wa Bssaa By the Huuee to-day awcayrdtag ta atscts 1 treated. The qaaaUoa mt Federal control af Is i surance waa asata-eed tm ta Commit ta i on War and Mean. I "What waa oa with that wwtgbty I subject of alanine) f iBaaeea"' e.ulai1l ! lit Cochran. CN. I I I It went te ha encaBslUee mm the ele-iln of Pre el it sat. Vlo-Preetdnt and member of Coagreea," replied Mr, Payne. ' Mr. Lamar, (fla.), waa raeogalsed and revetted t the quaatloa af com mittee appointment be had referred to on Monday. Mr. William, th minority leader, at once left hla aat and took, ap a plsc near Mr. Lamar. II peeking of the lead ership f Mr. Williams, Mr. Lamar;, aald he would rtooguls him aa th -party leader, but not personally, "un til he relieves iu of aa unjust chaise oa hla part.- i . He staled that b did not agree wkh Mr. William that Republican would en)oy neraonaJillea between Demo crats, - Emphasising ;tht referred -' to the aereoaal debet of last sassloa between Mr. CuTllvaa, ' (Mass ), and Mr. Heaiwt. N. T.) , At that tlm, charged, th minority leader had mad no objection to th procedur. Mr. Lamar reverted to th great 'm" portanoe of railroad rat legislation and reviewed th action of th House at iheMast session, which Included vot ing down th Davey bill, proposed by the minority. Th Davty bill, he aald. had first been adopted by a Democratic caucus. The bill than contained but two sections. The committee added flv sections w. ..,"' ;t j.- ' '"t -' Even after the aactlon had been added, ha still thought and would con tinue to think the Hearst bill superior. . The minority leader, he said, waa forced to amend th Davey bill on the . floor of the House or e It o out to the country In an Imperfect condition, if that caucus waa binding, then he he challenged the, minority leader to deny the fact that no on could have amended It. ; . , . He conceded that th minority leader should have power, to mak commute : removals as well as appointment, but he must exercise that power in th face of moral obligation and a reasonable-. ncss. He reviewed the fact that he had voted for Mr. . illlams as leader, "and sustained htm When" his party turned him down on the Miles amend ment." "' -!-'. ;.'viA'j-V-';v.,;V': Mr. Lamar concluded with the state- ment that he considered hi removal from the Commerc Commission ap act untenable and an aspersion upon hi private character. H secured the read ing of correspondeno on th matter between himself and Mr. William. Mr. Lamar said It had gone to the country through the pre that the ml- norlty leader would not tolerate fellow- . era of Mr. Hearst. " Mr. Williams' Reply. "' Mr. Williams was. at Once recognised to reply. "I am," h . said, "about to perform a very unpleasant duty,, and -one the wiwdom of which I hive serious doubts. ry,:i..:.,'j.t;f"s!f:'' "The gentleman take it himself . too , seriously. He thinks he can make a national Issue out of a .Mtnmttte as- '; signment, but he ban't do It, He think ' ho was removed but he was hot1 Thar was ro committee.'-.' ' . ;.. ' -Mr. Williams asked if . he would not have been lacking In moral courage and in every essential of a floor leader . if he had made up a minority member ship of the, commerc commission which would have been , divided four to two on the question of railroad rate. Long applause followed th statement of Mr. WUlla.mrthat he should ignore, (Concluded on Third Page.) - - - STRUCK TO DEATH ' BY FREIGHT TRAIN. High Point, N. , C, Dec. 13.--. Bruton Green, of ' Pilot , Mountain,' riding on A local freight, was struck and Instantly kilted here this after-, noon by NO. SO. ' He was struck on the head and knocked several feet. 'ft