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ir:c-jjnT es .tee flea -made ::y At -'ASEiAYEQ iOF : STAMFORD . WHITE - v ' BSIO LIQUOR DUNN IKQUIRY INTO FLUCTUATIONS INSPECT L ... - - .. w AGITATES HOUSE 111 UlUl Lit. -4k. 1 l Tfce Stats Ecsts lis te.?t ft r t. . .' : ' ,- !i. vj i fe a:: o : m other ; o f? 'Till' M EXCLUDED - " v ' '' t 1" ' Tills Means That They Ar to Ap- - - pear Later o the. Stand as Wit- nrsaes for th DofencoThe ' i Tragedy, of :, tJie Boot Garden as -', Unfolded ,in - the . Testimony of ! Those Called for the State "Ho Vftolncd My Wife," Bald Thaw to One of the Witnesses, According to the Lattcr's Stah-ment-t-Tliaw Gave the Witness "':, This - Eiplana- tion of the Shooting illicit Had ' Tiieu Just Occurred -Tho Prose" cntion Bests." '' . , ' ' ' By the 'Associated Prcs$.) v i New Tork,Feh. 4. The Case of the people against Harry K. Thaw, charged with the murder of Stanford White, was presented to tho Jury to ' day in less than two hours of -the morning session of the trial, and this ' 'afternoon Attorney John. B. Gloason began thq opening address, for the do- - tense. . ' v ' , ' - v Attorney .Gleason. began"" hia .ad- . ' dress to the Jury by .saying tho do fenee would -bo based upon ''the con- . stitutlon and the law of the Imperial V state of New York." ' He. said Thaw rUs, suffering from ' ,. hereditary Insanity-- when -bes&at , White. , - , Mr. Glenson elated the defense '- would he one of Insanity.-. ; He, de :v dared Thaw belloved he was acting npon the word of providence when he killed Stanford White; that he acted : without malice and did not know th3 ; nature or quality of his act. "a: V: -'; ' ' New York,? Feb. 4.--Thero was a delay in resuming the trial of Harry ' K.v Thaw before Justice Fitzgerald today, owing to w the formalities at; tending the postponing of the Feb- ruary term of court which was sched-- tiled to begin this morning. The reg ; ular panel -of 1Q0 Febrnary Jurors . added to he last of the special Jurors in the Thaw case. Some 12 if in num- , . bor, crowded the court room to over i. "flowing. - Thaw's 'trial having been v begua in the January term, that teriu will hold until the case Is disposed of. v,:, During the wait for Thaw's trial to go on, rumors continued to circulate 7 - as to v the possibility of two more Jurors being removed before District Attorney Jerome, woald bo content to - have the case pi'oceed. - No confirma- ', tion of' the reports was possible be- ' fore court convened. .. . - wnen ine r eDruary jurors nnu "' been, dismissed and Justice Fitzgerald had taken the bench, there at once ,, w?,-t)eKan a conference "of attorneys 'at jthe Judge's desk. . 4; , ' . ; Thaw appeared a trifle flushed as ' jh'q look his place at the end of the tnYilA nuntfrnrl to Mr cminapl. . . Back of him sat his mother, Mrs. . William Thaw; his sister, Mrs. Car-."- -ncgle; -Evelyn Nesblt Thaw and Mfcy ' " MacKenElo. Edward and Joslah Thaw also- were present the only family 'absentee being tho Countess of Yar mouth. i '- "'':' All the witnesses' for the prosefcn ' ' tion wore in1' 'court thli .''toornrns. They -were only the eye-witnesses of the tragedy on the Madison Square roof garden. Some witnesses said ty . have been 'summoned by the. defense ? also, were In court, although th list . ,.Of, those who are to appear for Thaw lias not boon made p.ubllc - : - . , -. (:irvnii rresrnts State's Case. .. : ' Whatsver pressure District Attor- . ' ney Jerome brought to bear on i any as to the movement of Thaw's "Thaw's attorney .for the release of t arms, a particular effort being- made" to additional jurors, it was in vain. ' At bring-out the point that the barrel of tho ond of the last conference on th3 the pistol - was pointed upward. Tha i subject held at Justice Fitzgerald's! witness affirmed the students mad desk, Assistant District Attorney Gar-1 ln , lrect examination that the bar , ., . , , ! rel of the run was pointed upward, and van arose quietly and. ln voice so when B9kgd by Mr Dclmas ,f d,a low that his first sentence could ; not wave wlldly repiud that hardly be heard, began the openIn3)ne did Wt. address of .the prosecution, and the. The pistol with which White was actual hearing of the famous case' lrllled was brought Into the case during was on; . . i the testimony of Paul Brudl, the- fire- Mr. Garvan congratulated the ju-'mnn 'no disarmed Thaw after-thi rors on their body having been com-, fata shots wero fll?dv Br"dl- 'h0 aP" , . , a it. i, peured on tho stand in uniform Wenti- pleted. and then ouUined the purport ft gho w of the law, which was not seeking h,m fvnd flaia that Bfter ,aklnff u from for vensoance, but to uphold the so- the prisoner he turned it over to the po.- riniiy of (lie state. , He urged the ii0(.. . . - I (:: 1 of tho casie and a strict' "I ivf!n-mi r hearing only two shots," observance of the law in order hat a fair verdict mlghf be' reached, v It was the claim of tho people, he said, tht on the night, of June 85, 1906, the defendant shot and killed, with - "premeditation - and - intent r to kill," one Stanford-White. ' He then briefly eatllned the movements of Mr. White, beginning with the Saturday preceding the trial and ending- with the actual scene of the shooting do the Madison Square Parden. Mr. (iarvan told lhow,"SUihfa(rd White had on the 25th of June last taken, . his son, : Lawrence and a school m4t of the lattef to dinner at the Cafe Martin. . The boys had bought tickets' to.;" the New Yprk theatre Voof garden and declined an invitation f Stanford White to c- jtany htm to the Madison Square roof garden. , t , ; - x .-"."Stanford White,", said 'Mr. Oaf van,, "went to Madison Square roof garden and sat alone at one end of the small tables there, watching the first production of a play called 'Mamselle, Champaghe. . i - The i . de fendant was there with his wife and two- friends, . Truxton -? Boalo and Thomas McCaleb. - The ' defendant walked constantly about ' the : placo. In the middle, of the second aot the defendant's .party started to .leave the roof ; The defendant let ; his party go ahead and Ije lagged .be hind. Passing the table where Stan ford , White ;was sitting this defend ant wheoledJ suddenly, faced ' Mr, Whits and deliberately Bhot him through the brain, the bullet "enter ing the eye. , '. , ? ' "Mr. -White was 'dead. '." ; "The defendant did not know this. He feared he had not completed his work, and he fired again the bullet entering ' White's chest Still, , to make sure, he fired & third time. f "Mr. Whiter or. rather the body 6f Mr, . White, tumbled te the floor. Tho defendant, turned,, andi facing' aloft with. -the 'barrel upside , do wa to indicate that he had completed what b.e bad Intended to do. The big audience understood.. There was no panic."- , , - , t Mr. Garvan concluded by' giving the details, of ThaWs arrest and in dictment by the prosecution. .. Mr. - Garvan spoke less . than ten minutes, ' always in a conversational tone. , Thaw sat with head downr cast and faee flushed. ' -1 . Mother and Wife to Testify. . AS' Mr. Garvan took his seat, Dis trict Attorney Jerome sprang a de cided surprise, by asking the court to exclude all witnesses in the case ex cept the experts. By doing this Mr. Jerome at one blow' disclosed that Mrs.. William Thaw and Mrs, Harry Thaw are both to take the stand for the defense On advice of Thaw's counsel they left the court toom with al) other witnesses. May Mao Kenzle was Included in the list and accompanied Mrs. Thaw into the court clerk's office. Mrs. , William Thaw, who does not expect to take the stand for several days, went at once to her hotel. Thaw's mother Is expected "to testify to the prison er's eccentricities as a youth. . The prisoner seemed greatly, down cast at, t,he exclusion of his mother and wife. 'His only relatives left in the room were his brothers and bis sister, Mrs. Carnegia. ' v ,l - ' , Henry S. Plolse. superintendent of the publishing company that owned tho rights of "Mamselle Champagne".', tho next witness saw the defendant ; the night of tho kllllnar in the rear of the garden, opposite tho centra alslfe . After the first act he next saw Tliaw Just previous to the Bhootlng. White was seated faclnrr the stage. Thero was no conversation, when Thaw op pi-oached White and tho farrow Jmmed lately bosan flrlns. : . - -; ,i ' . Thaw then retreated toward tho rear of the garden' with his right hand eler vnted "the barrel of' the pistol being- pointed upward. " r . . Thd witnese then described the arrest of Thaw. t , , - Cross-E.vaniliiation by Delinas. Taken in hand by Dolmas, . the wit ness was searchingly questioned as to tho facts following the tragedy, epeet said Brudi, ln relating:; the events of the evening of the- traced 1 "when I rushed up andVgrabbed,ktliaw who bad his arms uplifted." . ' , "Did you hear the defendant say any thing after the shooting?," asked As sistant Attorney Garvan. -ij --' ' "Yes,"' the witness replied, 'He said? 'He ruined my wife.'- . ' ' Mr, Dclmas took up tho cross-examination. ' ' -1 - ' "What did Thaw do when he left White's side?" ' ' - ' ' 1 "fie. looked back over his left shoutd ef . ' It was a staring look.'' " ' i t'A staring look, you .SRy?" ' ' ' "Yeft, sir." I ."Was be paloT" . I : , "Ho looked nice ,a man . who j was frightened." , , "I did hot nsk you that," quickly in terrupted Mr.' Dclmas. "I asked yon it he was pale. , Was ho palo or was ho flushed?" , " . v"H rs pale." . , ' "And h's eyes appeared to bo star lntr?" . , "Yes.". i " ' 2 i"That is all." , ; Pollcomsn Anthony I Dfbss,. who ar rested Thaw Identified this pistol, bul lets and empty 1 shells introdiKcd as exhibits. v h ' j -. .f : "D4d you hive any conversation, with Thaw?" asked Mr. Garvin"; -: . ,i , . "I did," he replied. "I asked the pris oner if he bad shot Stanford White, and he said '1 did I tht a aiked him why ho shot him, and bo snld 'Because hq ruined ml' wife or life." ; ."You couldn't distinguish w bother he sold wlto t life?"' 1 . ' -v'N0,V ' . The defense did not cross-examlno, At the conluslon of Pollcoman Do bes' testimony It was ordered by i the court that all witnesses who had boon examined must also remain out of the court room because of the likelihood that they might again be called to the stand. . ' ; Coroners Physician Timothy Lehane, who performed the autopsy on Stanford Whit'e body dcscilbed the wounds made by three pistol shots, ' The flrsta bullet, be mild, entered, the tight eye,, passing downward and ertn(f -the-brairiiP th second entered on the light side of the upper-lip and- the thtrtf- woun "waaroa the right arm. 41 " The witnese thtn Identified the var ious bullets, which were then marked and entered as evidence. ; .1 "lit your opinion, Doctor, what causd the death of Stanford White?", asked Mr.' Garvin.' . . . ;t , "t-: "Death was due ttf cerebral hemorr hafre, the result of the -pistol shot wounds I have desoribod.", , ' r ; .w -! There was no cross examination . , Dr. Sylvester Pcchner, who- was ritH a party on: the Mauison epuara roor garden the night of the tragedy, next was Introduced as a witness for the presecutiom ; . Dr. Pechner examined White soon after he fell and pronounc ed blm dead. - The architect's death must, have been Instantaneous, the wit ness declared. : - , ' , , : Dr.. Pechner said that when his at tention' was attracted by the firing of the three shots, he saw Thaw standing over Mr. White.. ; ' . - 'He then saw - tho defendant "break his gun" or put' It out of firing ton ditlon, - and- hold It aloft. . Just after this . fireman . Brudi took the man in charge. ' -Police officer Debes was recalled and was asked by Mr. Garvin: "Did. you hear any remark credited to the de fendant's wife that night?" '. "Yes." - - -, "What did she sayr; . ' '""Horry, why' did you do it?" and he replied Jt wilt be all right" " The .prosecution, rested at -12:45 p. m., and a recess then was taken ttil 9 p. m., when Attorney John B. Glessoif opened for the defense. 'Son of White First fitness. , . The prosecution gave the court room another ' surprise when Lawrence White, the son of the dead architect, was eaUed as the first witness. Thaw again fastened his eyes On the table before him and did not once look at the witness, - ; , .: Young , White- said he was nineteen years of age and a student at Harvard University. His mother, he said, now resides at Cambridge, Mass. C''IT'" White was on the stand but a fevs minutes. He told of accompanying his father to the Cafe Martin for dint ner and said that when ha left him to go with his chum,! a boy named King, to the New York roof garden, it was the lar.t time he saw his father alive' Thaw's attorneys did not desire ti cross examine the witness and he was allowed to leave the stand. - . "He Ruined My Wife." . . The second witness was . Warner Paxton, the engineer - of Madison Square Garden. He was an eye-witness of the shooting and the arrester of Thaw. He , said that when ; ho reached Thaw's side he had been de tained by a fireman and an employe of the garden, who asked him to hold Thaw while they searched fqr a po liceman. . .', '' : ,, . , They were then In front of an ele vator and Thaw said to him: "We've got to ro down in- the elevator. - Why can't we go now?" 1 ' ' Paxton said he replied that It was a Kond idea and they started down. ' We went into the elevator," tho (Continued on Fago Five.) Negrp Severs Eefoilia iptfesT epp SmiUoe FornU.-y ' twites Charge' of tho 6uHin'Jilii2 ofthp WltTfcsses ' to; tlio tKantt-Wl'ho. St nVTl'oW by .the ' Negroid of tlie, 'ShoOtInjHJp" . of Brownsville., "j, ' -v 4 ', ' , ' r(By thji' Associated Press.) y Woshingtop, Feb.,, The Investiga tion by thefsf-.ite committeo on mili tary affalrs o? the rjiownsvllle, Texas, affray was bsgun today. A score of negro ' soldh rs of iths ?fith fpfantry, discharged ' from the army without honor because f their alleged 'partic ipation In the shooting up of the Texas town, "were.-, inr attendance when the committeo bfigair its first sitting. They were not Invited Into tho committee room as a whole, but were assigned to an unused- end of a corridor, near the room and only a limited number wero pprmifVd toslt in tho room dur ing the proceedings. Tliere was 'only one white ttioal In the group of wit nesses. . r " . The attondarice vof members . of ths committee at ,'the hearing today was larg. but it is expected that, after tho Investigation is'well under way It will be necessary for. the chairman to ap point -a etib-comnlttee to take, testi mony.' .fAtorney were barred from the commutes room, the legro soldiers Under investigation having no repre sentatives at the., hearing other than, members of the- commlttee.Y It is un derstood thotVlSenator Foraker, - au thor of the resolution of inquiry, will look after tho 'interests of, the. men It they are placed fat Jeopardyt " . ' :. Before the. proceedings joponed there reported, in 'g -spopsiSMo -Cubpoenas th followiagL foiVJuMnemhevs f , the flist charged bottslion ci the a&tn uirantry: Mingo Bsndors, wheal! 26 years service has ;been talkod'ot in. debate in the senate; W, H. MilfefT ft I Daniels, I T. Thornton. C H' Madison, Israel Haiis, A. H. Roland, T. I Altman, Walllngton, Elmer . Brown. Franklin, Deaeauro, Jackson, and Winter Wasli lngton. . v .', , Senator Foraker took -charEe of the calling of witnesses and first summon ed Harris to to stand, , ; In reply to questioaa be said: ."On that nltsht we had some distur bance. ' Some ' shooting - I- mean. I was asleep in D barracks, and at 12 o'clock ! was aroused by the noise of guns, - t put on my trousers ana snoos, but no blouse or leggings. 'Then thero was the sound to arms, and D com pany got diessed and.;we started for our guns. ;"';;...'.'' '. "The witness then told of getting guns in the dark, after the racks had been opened. He described the racks, end showed that there Is but one key to a rack and that this key will unlock only one rack, and that the keys are In pos sesion of hon commissioned officers. -, Said None Were Absent. The witness said that when the com pany formed outside .Captain. Iyon of D Company was present and Imme diately called the roll and personally oounted bis men, and that none were absent. He declared that . no men could have fired from D barracks, without having been detected, add told of the return from the patrol and the surrender of arms and the locking of the arms In the racks. - It was found, he said, that none of the guns had been , used, pr If they had been they had been cleaned overnight. - Rifles were exhibited, and witness said that they could not be cleaned without the regulation rod and that onlv fou rods are furnished each com pany, He also said. It would be im possible to clean A gun in the dark. It developed thai the Krag was fur nished with a cleaning rod, the Spring field not.' ii ; ' " : Senator Warner developed the fact that trouble had. previously occurred btweeen the negro troops and people in ; Texas,', and, that Harris, when, he heard the shooting feared that mem bers of his coniipany might be involved. Harris stated that he had talked with soldiers who had claimed to have been insulted and piwhed off the sidewalks by Brownsville citteius and he thought trouble might ensue In consequence thereof. i ' - ' Sergeant Harris testified that J the only discussion he heard among-the men after- the' affray was "what TviU be the'outcorne of It?" the guilt tr Innocence of sny particular individual was never discussed by the men.' HEARING OOMnilNTS . - ... OF SOME SHUTER3. (Ry ths Associated Press.) Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 4. Commis sioner Edgar 8. Clark of the Interstate commerce conmlssion began a hearing here today of complaints of shippers against certah railroads. The first case taken up is ht of the reducers Pipe Line Company of I-i .in Territory pgninst the Mlssouii 1 ific, Texas ft Pacific. Houktrwi T I'ott.in IlelV and fssouri kans? - .is i ai rorhlA BilLEor Yole ton Dispensary Passes 3 24 : . FOR k. & (I. COLLEGE Bill Calling for $150,000 for Hat . and Tower I'lant Plan for Bormi- v torics In Moasnre by Mr. Yonnt. , Wke County Commisslonprs' Bill it Faswtl Terms to Vary in.liongtlj .- Tho twenty-second day's session of tho 'house was called to order Oils morning at 10:30 o'clock by Speaker Justice, and prayer was offered by Rer..J. C. Masaoe, pastof of the Tab ernacle Btiptist Church, this city. Messrs. Julian, 1 Fark ' ahd' Rector erc named as the journal committee for this weok. , ' . : Bills Introduced. ;y Amend charter of,:, Canton, Hay wood county. Boyd.; .. T " :, ' ' , - Regulate pay of regular jurors ln Haywood county. Boyd. -.; .' . .' To enable citizens engaged In fish ing shad and other migratory fish to sue for damages incurred by build ing' bridges And other obstructions cjver streams. , Winborne. - Amena uevisat, ail, relative to shipping -wild fowl out of.the state. Billing. . , f Provide adequate power, light and water plant at the A. & Id. College. Davidson of ; Iredell., .,' (Appropriates $160,000 for Installation and mainte nance for next two years.) ' vt Provide dormitories at A. - M. College. -.Yount. , ' . Incorpofate Virginia and East Car olina JtaUroad,CompanytSIortoii,.e. 1 Protect game in, Union.' Prlce ; "fthTcnd ch,nTter',of . HendersonvlIIe. Rector, " 1 " . Amend- McDowfeJI road Jaw; Craw ford. 'S "', . -" ' '. '' Prevent public drunkenness and profanity on public . highways .and lands of another. Avery. ' Regulate primaries and other" elec tions in Mitchell. Bowman, Authorise payment to Miss Myrtle Pope of Craven amount due her late fathor, oyster inspector for port of New Bern. Brewer. (About J600.) Amend constitution of state so as to extend limit of "grandfather" clause from 1908 to 1820. Hat- shaw. o- A. & M. Dormitory Bill Mr. Yount's bill providing for dor mitories at the A. & M. College does not carry any . appropriation)' bat merely provides that if any cOn'tractbr may enter agreement with the college to erect dormitories, the same to be paid for out of the rente that may be charged the occupants of them. tion Liquor Talk. Mr. Clifford's bill to authorize the town of Dunn to establish a dispen sary by a majority vote started some discussion,, as usual with liquor mat ters of this kind. Mr. Clifford ex plained that Harnett .was under a special act, that it ,now .had, prohibi tion and "blind tigers." ' -t . Mr, Douglass said he would vote against the bill, and called, for the ayes and rioes. He took the ground that this would be a backward step, and the platform had pledged that the party would take no backward step, , , , Mr. Stevens could not understand the attitude of some of the members of this house on these local questions. The only guide the house had was the position of the representative duly elected by the majority of, his county. ' Dr. McNeill declared' nothing had been heard from the country people outside of the town of Dunn. : ... . Mr. Stevens wanted to know If the house should go to the county on each, of these questions and investi gate as to how everybody stood On It. Mr. Clifford explained that Har nett was prohibition by legislative enactment, and not by 'vote of the people. i r The bill was put on third reading, and a number of gentlemen explained their votes, among them being ' Mr. Douglass. , : - i Mr. Boyd Caused a laugh by ask ing Mr Douglass . if . the people of Wake county were; allowed to vote. Mr. Douglass said they were not In the localities where there was prohi bition. - Mr. Harshaw did not believe that on a moral question the People should be allowed to, vote as to their govern ment ' ' " '..". .; ; ? Mr. Boyd stated thnt he did aot wish to, explain his vote. The bill was passed by a vote ot dollars. The record goes to the fed (Contlnued on Second Page.), " era! court, r - ' , ;'.' .. To Probe the Klelkssls of Cotton Exctajes RESOLTUION BY HOUSE This Resolution Calls Cpon the Sec :, rctary of Oomhierce and Labor to Investigate the t Causes ; of tftd Chunjfes In tho Price of the Great Southern' Staple. 1 : ' ' (By the Associated Press.) - Washington, Feb. 4. The house today passed a resolution calling upon the -secretary of commerce and labor, through the bureau of corporations, to investigate the causes of the fluc tuations (n the price of cotton and the difference in the market price of the various classes of cotton;,, The Inves tigation is to-be conducted with the particular. object . of v ascertaining whether or not the fluctuations in the prices have: resulted lA whole or in part from the character of contracts and deliveries thereon made on the .cotton-exchanges dealing in futures. ob is the result of any combination or conspiracy which- Interferes with or hinders commerce among the several states and territories or with foreign countries. -' . ' Mr. Burleson of Texas, in explain ing the purpose of the resolution; said ,it was to ascertain -whether the contract sold o the Now York. and New Orleans exchanges brings about a violent fluctuation in the price of cotton and . whether or not the con tract sold .enables the members of the exchanges by combination among themselves to bring about-a depres sion by reason, of the fact that un der the ierma jot the contract, ihav- would be authorized to deliver any One of thirty grades of cotton. It la', claimed that the 'difference 'be tween the price of spots and futures at New Orleans at this time is more than $7.60 per hale and that this difference exerts an injurious Influ ence op the price paid for cotton. FINANCE OLIVER'S CANAL CONTRACT Albany, N. ST., Feb. 6.--The Pana ma Constructing Company, Incorpor ated to finance the "Panama contract bid for by William J. Oliver of Knox-ville,- Tenn., filed articles of incorpor ation today with the secretary of 8tate 'The capital authorized Is J5, 000.000;. the company will begin busi ness with $1,500,000. ' ' :!. The company's ' principal office will be in New York City. The directors named are: John, B. McDonald, John Pelrce, Robert A. -C,-Smith, William H. Sayre, George F. Harrlman, all d? New York City; William J. Oliver, of Knoxvllle, Tenn. : Charles H. Ackert, Robert A. Chester, Patrick J. Bren nan of Washington; George PeircCi of Frankfort, Me.; Patrick T. 'Walsh, of Davenport, Iowa; and Robert Russell, of Lynchburg, Va. .- ' - : ' , , CRITICISM OF , : THE PRESIDENT. San Francisco, Cal., Feb.,. 4. At the convention of the Japan and Korean . Exclusion League j yesterday resolutions adopted by the' executive board of the league-, on Saturday night,- demanding . that ' the United States and the state of California maintain the right to exclude Jap anese .from "public schools used by white . children, were v unanimously adoptod, after much spirited dlscus sion. The pith of theresoltttlons, wbich declared that the yielding, of the1 United States, to Japan 'on the school question . was tantamount to taking vassalage was dwelt upon by several of the speakers. 1 ; President Roosevelt was severely criticized. ANSWER FILED ' . . IN BIG LAND SUIT. . ' Mr. o Joseph A. McCulIough, t ot Greenville, 8. C, was In the city to day to confer with Messrs. Shepherd & Shepherd and Major Pruden, of Edpnton, with reference" to filing the aDswer of R. B. Johnstofi tet ai. and the East Lake Lumber Cqmpany in the suit instituted. Jiy fcdwards and others. ; , The. suit tnvpives f ertaln timber land transactions in eastern Carolina the amount at Issue being in the neighborhood ot half a million ILLICIT ' UTJ I :". For the Elevation of Dentistry IV titions fof Compulsory Edurnti 1 " Law Pure Food and Drugs I I ' FroTiding ;j for- - Inspection f Liquor in Dispensaries Comes Up Tomorrow Again. ,,. 1 1t was noon Aoday when- the lieuten ant governor called the state senate to order, and the proceedings were Open ed with prayer by Rev. Dr. It. F. Bumpas, pastor of the Edenton Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Ral eigh. 1 f - The journal of Saturday stood ap proved on the certification of the com mittee on the journal. 1 P , The lean calendar did -not grow to undue proportions after . the standing committees had reported, for they did not do a great deal of work Saturday afternoon, the day of the week when some. of. the senator go home to spend the Sabbath with their families. The chair , announced the following appointments on the committee on the state university: Senators Webb, Broese, Buxton and Howard. , New Bills Introduced. In the regular order, the following bills were introduced: By Mr. Etherldge: To amend sec tion IMS of the revisal, relative to the payment of fees of -register of deeds for canceling mortgages, etc Salaries and Fees Committee. By Mr. Blair: To amend the char ter of Greensboro Female College. Committee on Education. . . By Mr. Blair: To permit trustees of Methodist church at Greensboro to re move and reinter certain remains of dead people Judiciary Committee. By Mr.. Turner: : To repeal section . 2767 of the revisal in relation to solic itors. , Revisal committee,, , : By Mr. Lovell: To appoint tax col- , lectors In -certain school districts In Watauga county. Counties, Cities and Towns Committee. ': . .. . , , -By Mr. Eflrd: To amend road law of : Stanly county. Calendar by request. By Mr. .Howard:' To . amend the oharter of Conetoe, Edgecombe county.- Counties, Cities and Towns' Com- ' tnlttee. t i' , By Mr. Buxton:,,' To amend section 8846 ,of the revisal relating to tele phone lines. Committee on Railroads. By Mr. Relnhardt: A petition, from citizens of Uncoln county for ah- act authorizing county to vote on bond is sue of 1200,000 to macadamize roads. -Public Roads Committee. : By Mr. Webb: To amend the char ter, of the Citizens Trust and Saving Bank of Ashevllle. Banking and Cur rency Committee. v .,".'-, By Mr. Eflrd: To amend charter of s the town of Albemarle. Stanly county. Counties, Cities and Towns Commit-' tee. - - - . By Mr. McLaughlin: To ' appoint certain . magistrates In ' Cumberland county. Calendar, by request. By Mr. Buxton: Relatlnsr to the State Normal and Industrial Schools for negroes in North Carolina (with By Mr. Thornel To restore the pro- . fesston of dentistry to it former po- . Sition as a branch, of medicine and surgery. Public Health Committee. By Mr. Fleming: S Authorising Pitt county, to levy special tax and issue bonds for bridge building purposes. Calender, by request. - By Mr. Ballinger: To improve pub lic toads of Henderson cpunty. Calendar,- by request ; By Mr. Brown: To protect quail in Yadkin county. . Game Laws Commit tee. :; " ' ' ;,- : ' :' -'.-..' By Mr. Brown: To regulate , con struction of public. roads in Yadkin county. Public Roads Committee. ' By Mr.- Dickey::- To prevent public drunkenness in Cherokee county. Proposition and Grievance Committee. By Mr. Dickey; . To amend section 1726; of the revisal, relative to time surveys, of lands shall be recorded in Cherokee county. ' Judiciary: Commit tee. , . - - , " , By Mr. Turner: To establish graded schools In Elizabeth, Ctty, Committee on Education. 1 . .- A petition from Elkin Council Jr. O. U. A. M asking for the enactment of a compulsory education law was presented and referred to the Commit tee on Education. if: ;-'.'.","; Calendar Bills Passed. ' H, B. S98. 8. B. 76-rSenator Drew ry's bill to regulate insurance (com panies and prohibit the diversion of funds for political purposes. The ques tion was on the adoption of an amend-: ment - by the house, giving the insur ance commissioner power to annul the license of aay company Violating; the provisions of the act Mr. Drcwry moved that the amendment be con curred in. Enrolled for ratification. S. B. 455 Amending the charter cf the town of Clinton, Sampnn en,; -, Bent to hri!?e. H. B. 1"S. S. B. S "'-T:i ! ICf I I s i .
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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