Weather,
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emu
( Washington, D. C, Feb. 25 Pore
cast lor North Carolina for tonight
and, 'Friday: Fair tonight; Friday,
fair; warmer In west portion.
ESTABLISHED 1871
RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1909.
PRICE 5 CENTS
SECOND.
EDITION
DISCUSSION OF
BILL TO ISSUE
CERTAIN BONDS
Bill. Calls for Ad Issue
Bonds to Provide fur
the Insane
of
A LIVELY
Representative .Cox, of Wake,. Intro
duced Bill This Morning Providing
For the Proper Checking of the Ac
counts of the State Departments
mid Institutions Many Other Bills
Introduced, Majority of Them of a
Local Nature- Wilson Wants Re
corder's Court Rascoe Wants to
Enforce .the Game Law and In
crease School Fund Firemen's Re
lief Fund.
The forty-fourth day of the house
of representatives, general assembly
of North Carolina was called to or
der at 10:60 o'clock this morning by
Speaker Graham, who presented, to
conduct the morning prayer, Mr. F.
W. Hancock, of Granville county.
The journal was reported as cor
rectly recorded by the journal com
mittee, through Clerk Lasslter.
The call of the- committees for the
tisitul roports was made and a num
ber reported, showing committees
had not been idle. . The mileage-book
bill of Mr. Connor was favorably re
ported, The pension committee je
ported all the bills providing for in
crease in pensions by special act un
favorably, every one of them save
one, and there were GO of them. In
fact only two blllp before-that com
mittee were reported favorably. They
propose to take care of these, It is
supposed, by an increase In the appro
priation. -; v';."
Mr. , Rhodes sent forward a peti
tion on constitutional amendment.
Bills Introduced.
By Rod well: To Incorporate graded
schools in Littleton.
By Connor: "To allow Commission
ers of Wilson to establish a recorder's
court.
By Rascoe: . To enforce the game
law and help the school fund.
By Hooker: To create a recorder's
court at Aurora.
By Gordon: To change time of an
nual meeting of directors of Tubercu
losis Sanltorlum.
By McLeod: To amend the prim
ary law of Robeson.
To appoint J. A. McAllister and
Lester B. Townsend Justices.
By Morgan: To allow Elizabeth
City and Albemarle to use bridges.
By Braswell : To increase county
commissioners of Nash to five.
By McDonald of Moore: To abolish
school tax district at Cumnock.
By Murphy: To protect consignees.
By Bowie, by request: To allow
Wilkes county to erect a bridge
across the Yadkin at Elkln.
By Barnes of Hertford: To amend
the law as to hunting, squirrels in
Hertford. To amend the charter of
Murfresboro. To protect property
owners on Ahoskle Swamp.
By Coxe of Wake: To provide for
proper examination and checking ac
counts of the state departments and
institutions.
By Smith, of Harnett: To regulate
hunting In Harnett.
By Rose: To prevent non-residents
owning no land from grazing In Gra
ham county.
By Flogle: To amend law as to
making and selling brandy In Frank
lin county. .
By Llvlngstoil: For relief of v citi
zens of Henderson county, In Saluda.
By Cox of Pitt, by request: To pro
tect' sanitary conditions of certain
schools.
By Wooten: To prevent stock run
ning at large outside stock, law In
Lenoir. ; 1
By Wilson: To allow Brevard to
issue light bonds. i
By Doughton: For relief of S.
Choate, ex-sheriff of Alleghany.
' By Campbell: To protect birds In
Stanley. --. ;,. ' .'
By Hayes: To protect birds In
North Carolina. ,.'
By Smith of Durham: To allow
board of education to provide funds.
To regulate pay of board of education;-
By Latham: For cleaning out
Fungo River.
. By Morton: To Incorporate The
Carolina Bonding Company. To in
corporate free library at Wllmlng
tod. -:
By Williams of Dare: To regulate
pay of Jurors In Dare. -,
ry Candlll: To make J. A. Stamp
a citizen of Wilkes.
By Butler: Concerning drawing
jurors In Columbus.
By Jarrett: To appoint justices In
Jackson. - ' .
By Grant: To amend law as to
hunting, on lands of another.
By Wallace: To incorporate R. E.
Lee Fire Company, at Beaufort.
By Taylor: To provide for a trav
eling auditor. I
To Incorporate Shallatte Council'
Junior Order. j
By Hinsdale: As to advertising
public sales.
The morning hour having expired
Mr. Dowd moved that the further con-'
sideratlon of the revenue and ma-1
chlnery act be made a special order
for Friday at expiration of morning
hour. ' j
The special order, the medical bill,
was deferred and the calendar was'
taken up and the bill to issue bonds
to amount of $250,000 for 4aking.care
of the work, laid out for the insane.
There was a shower of questions !
put to Dr. Gordon, as to what the
money was for and to find If there was
no other' way and some politics" got
unto it, of course, and Mr, Doughton
filing hot shot into Mr. Linney, who
intimated that the state was' waste-j
ful, and Dr. Campbell, who said the
uuiveisny uau u pioiessors 10 leacn
600 students.
Mr. Doughton told them to make
all the political capital fhey denlred
out of it, but as patriotic citizen this
legislature was going to take care of
the unfortunates of the state for years
to come. Mr. Doughton warmed up
and was cheered many times. His
speech was on- a high plane arfd he
closed by saying the best politics in!
North Cal-olina was to do right (by
the unfortunates). . -
Mr. Henderson followed by saying
the people would stand for bonds or
finvltilnpr elan Hint the nn fnli.nitAi
and: old soldiers can be the better!
served. (A page carried Mr. Hender
son a glass of water; when he paused
to say: "I don't want water." (Loud
laughter.)
Mr. Graham said he never saw a
perfect law, especially a revenue bill.
He, In a wide experience", had 'seen
many places where money could be
raised. He was opposed to a bond :
issue for current exnenaea. Hnd ha
wanted the deficits In the state instl-, amend law relative pensions. -en-tutlons
paid out of the proposed Hjous and Soldiers' Home.
250:000 bond issue. He wanted the! S. B. 1232. Senator Sherrill. For
nlH sniff f fir a hplnori nt nnt Kv an la-
sue of bonds. He would Include im-' soldier. Pensions ' and Soldiers'
provements at Soldiers Home In the! Homo-
$500,000 that Is to be expended. s- B- 1233- Senator McCall. To
Mr. Taylor said he hated to know, appoint Justice of the peace in Burke
that a bond Issue was necessary, but,"""11- Justice of the Peace,
when he went back to the county jails I s- B- 1234- Benati" Latham. An
and saw the unfortunates there he act for the better enforcement of the
felt North Carolina could not do other
than help these, and should have to ,
favor the issuance of bonds.
Dr. Gordon called the previous
nnestlon nd Tumor nctoH to or-
mtn hon hi. ,.n !
he said he thought the country gen
erally had gone wild on bonds, but he
would vote for the bill for the sake
of the unfortunates.
The bill passed second reading by
a vote of 12 to 90. Those voting In
the negative were: Campbell, Crump-
(va, umiu, nail,- iiaiiuviQ, uiuucv,
. ' , , . .
jviurion, mcurary, jncuonaia 01 uner-
okee. Sparrow, Stimpson, Williams of
Cabarrus.
Passed Third Reading.
The bill to allow Rutherford to
levy road tax.
For maintenance of roads In Beaver
Dam, Brunswick.
To amend charter of Bryson City.
To allow Southern Pines to Issue 1
bonds.
To allow Graham to issue bonds.
To amend the charter of Shelby.
To allow Cleveland to Issue road
bonds.
To Incorporate
Walstonburg, In
Greene county. ,
To allow Cumberland to issue road
and bridge bonds.
To allow Comstock to levy special
tax.
To extend corporate limits of Ben -
son. . .:. ' :
To provide for laying out and work
ing roads In Guilford.
To allow Hertford to levy special
tax.
To amend law as to bond Issue In
Raleigh.
To build bridges In Haywood.
To authorize Rowland to fund Its
debt.
To establish tax In part of Warsaw
township. '
To amend and consolidate the char
ter of Marion.
For bettor roads in Catawba.
To amend the charter of Warsaw.
To work roads of Hertford.
To amend charter of Four Oaks. '
To allow Clay to vote railroad
bonds.
To establish a graded school. Hood-
er Creek. Henderson.
To allow Onslow to Issue refund -
tmr bonds. -
To allow a graded school In Stony
Mountaln. Henderson.
To renea! la is to worklmr roads
In Transvlvi-nla countv.
To amend the charter of Loulsburg. I . B. To amend law Incorporat
To establish Keynoldson . graded ing Eallsbury and Fayettevitle Coast
' (Continu4 on fleoond Page.)
SENATE KILLS
LOCKHART BILL
BY BIG MAJORITY
(i
The Blow-Bassetl Subslitute
Bill Then Passes iTIiird
Reading
HOW THEY Alt VOTED
Senator Kluttz Presides Over Senate
" niid - Senaitor ; CJark Lends the
Prayer Bills Still Come in in a
Steady Stream (Jaston County to
Hold Election Concerning the Mov
ing of the County Seat From Dal
las to Ga.stonia Hill to.. Fix 1'r
" ., Diem of Board 'of Kducatioii Of
Guilford County Passes Third
. Reading Salisbnry and Fayette
ville Coast Line Railway.
. The senate met at 10 o'clock with
Hon. Whitehead Kluttz in the chair.
Senator Clark, of Bladen, 4ed in
prayer.
New Dills Today.
New-bills were introduced today
as follows:
S. B. 1220. Senator Bat-ham.' An '
act ,0 nrotect the eood uame of wo"
men. ' Revlsal.
S. B. 1228. Senator Mills. To al
low sheriff of Rutherford county to
collect back taxes. Propositions and
Grievances.
- S. B. 1229. Senator Holden. To !
regulate practice before justice of
peace. Judiciary.
S. B. ; 12U0. Senator Clark. To
authorize a bond issue In Bladenboro
for good roads. Calendar.
S. B. ,ai. Senator fiherrlll. To
relief of Van Teague, ex-Confederate ;
Kum law r Beautort county, uame
l'aw- ,
o. izoo. senator uawes. iu
create a new townsnipjn man coun-
counues, values aim lowua.
S. B. 1236. Senator Dawes,
To
regulate sale of loose leaf tobacco by
warehouse men. Counties, Cities and
Towns.
S. B. 1237. Senator Bassett. To
amend law relative to public roads of
Edgecombe county. Judiciary.
8. B. 1238. Senator Bassett. To
authorize commissioners of Edge-
. - . , , , , ...
combe to fund its indebtedness. Ju-
" -
diciary.
S. B. 1239. Senator Means. To
revise charter of trustees of North
Carolina College at Mt. Pleasant.
Corporations.
S. B. 1240. Senator Wray. To
protect birds in breeding season In
Rockingham county. Game Law.
S B. 1241. Senator Wray. To de-
clare r. p. d. routes in Rockingham
public roads. Public Roads.
S. B. 1242. Senator Holden. To
prevent sale of near-beer, etc., in
Bally's, Nash county. Propositions
and Grievances.
Passed TlUrd Reading.
S. B. To authorize E. Spencer to
Issue bonds for waterworks system.
H.B. To amend charter of Car-
thage
H. B
To amend charter of Tar-
.Doro.
S. B. To Incorporate
Yadkin
River Railway Company,
3. B. To authorize commissioners
of Mecklenburg to change location of
county Jail.
H. B. To Incorporate Icemorelee.
H. B. To amend charter of Spen
cer.. :. ' .';';
H. B. To aflow commissioners of
Gates to issue bonds.
S. B. ' To allow commissioners of
Greene to levy tx.
H. B. To establish graded school
In Beaufort. '
8. B. To allow Klnston to Issue
bonds for improvements.
B. B. For relief of Mary A. Mc-
Duiffy.
H. B. To change boundary line
of a special tax district Buncombe
county.
H. B. To promote education in
. Stokes county.
H. B. To encourage high school
Instruction In Graham and Claycoun-
Hies.
8. B. To re-establish ' office Of
I treasurer of Wilkes county.
(Continued on Page Two.) ,
COLONEL COOPER
PROVES A MOST
FIERY WITNESS
Cross-Examination Interest
ing and Spectacular But
He Never Loses Temper
BIG CROWD IN COURT
Colonel Thanks God That He Was
Not a Subscriber to The Temies
scan When Attorneys Asked
Questions to Which Defense Ob
jected Colonel Cooper Would Per
sist in Answering Them, Saying He
Liked For Matter to Come Out
Many of His Answers Sharp and
Pointed and Many Humorous
Said He Took Notice of All Mean
' Things Said About, him.
. (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Nashville, Tenn... Feb. 25 By far
the most interesting and spectacular
event of the Cooper-Sharp trial thus
far Is the cross-examination of Col
onel Duncan B. Cooper proving to be.
The fiery old gentleman was on the
stand again this morning ami another
rapid fire series of. questions, many
was latent and subtle'. meaning were
tired at him.' -'He answered each with
avidity and in no instance would he
allow himself to be stopped ""t'l ,ie
had said just What he wantf d to.
Colonel Cooper's attorneys can do
nothing with him. The same domi
nant spirit that has characterized hts
movements throughout his entire life
is in evidence with him as a wUnesaJ
in his own behalf and swearn to
save his life. Time and again as the
state's attorumCfaiK4ta FUzh ugh,
fired some questions at him to' which
his counsel artiki' to object, Colonel
Cooper would wave his attorneys to
their seat with grandiloquent gesture
in the direction of the jury and would
say:
"Let it come out; I like that; 1
want to answer that."
At times when counsel for defense
would object to the state's attorney
pressing the witness, Colonel Cooper
would again answer, saying: .
"That's all right; I encourage
that."
Many of Colonel Cooper's answers
were sharp and pointed; many were
humorous and frequently his sharp
repartee would have the court room
convulsed with laughter. He was
proving a witness, the like of which
had never been seen before on the
stand In Tennessee. Frequently he
used gestures first with one hand
then with the other. At times with
both, and when he became vehement
he leaned forward toward Captain
Fltzhugh and hurled back his
answers. He was nettiea at. times Dy
the questions of the state but was too
much the diplomat to ever lose his
temper or his head. Colonel Coop
er's examination was the first of the
morning. It was on a line to ascer
tain if he had taken notice of any
other mean things anybody else had
said about him suve Senator Car-
mack; If he had resented any others.
He said he took notice of them all
and tne meaner they were, the more
notice he took.
He denied that he controlled the
democratic state committee or that
he was a powerful political factor in
the state.
When asked If he was a subscriber
of the Tennessean, Colonel Cooper
exclained: :
' 1 was not, thank God."
The cross-examination of Colonel
Cooper continued Upon other and
varied lines and was still on the
rapid fire order, both In the questions
asked and the answers given. Col
onel Cooper was asked if he did not
give out a statement at the police sta
tion on the night of the killing In the
presence of W. E. Ewlng, of the Nash
ville Amerlcun; James C. Bradford
K. T. McConlco, and others, if this
statement was not prepared in the
third person, to be used In the Ameri
can news columns the next morning
and to be sent to the Associated Press
that night. He denied this, saying he
gave no statement save a brief one to
his counsel. Other questions regard
ing what appeared In the American
news columns the following morning
and to effect that they were attrib
utable to him were asked but finally
Colonel Cooper claimed his right of
privileged communication made to
counsel and refused to answer fur
ther. When asked If (he sent any
threats to those who charged him
with being a lobbyist, he declared he
had never sent a threat to anyone In
(Continued on Page Two.)
Prominent Woman
Ml ll!''?mM' I
In This Picture Are Shown Col.
a uughtcr of Mrs. John A. Logan. S
ration.
STOP SPREAD 0FJ00T
AND MOUTH DISEASE
(fiy I.tascil Wire to The Times.)
WushiiiKtuii, Feb. "-25. In 'order ti !
prevent liiruiei- sprenu 01 ine uu ami
inoutli ilisi :i.si' Hie sia relary nf HKi irul
ture !l:is iiar.-i ntltu'il the fullnwing
tuwiisliiiis in lVnnsylvaiiia':...' l'hilsidel--phhi,
Hei-efurd. Milfurd-, Marion, Walk
er, Pino Creek, Dunstable, Woodward,
Allison.
In Maryland district, 6; Carroll and
Baltimore counties; hi Michigan the.
townships of Washington, Shelby,
Sterling, AVarrcri, Oakland, Avon, Troy,
Royal Oak,. Sauthlleld. Fai-mington,
Novia, Northville, Plymouth, Livonia,
Bedford, and the city of Detroit.
In New York, ortions of the county
of Krie, Cli-nesi e. Monroe, Niagara and
Orleans. All other portions of .New ,
lf.,,nUi'l,.. .!, Mi. .1,1, mil i n,l Mm. 1
I ''l tt i Liin.-'.i Jiiijiiu, ...... .
rvland other than the area above men
tioned are released entirely from fed-
eral quurantlne and shipments may be
made without restrictions except such
as may be imposed uy mate nuuiomie
at destinations.
MR. TAFT SPENDS
Fl
(Uy Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York. Feb. 25. President-elect
Taft spent a busy forenoon today re
ceiving callers at t lie home of his
brother, Henry, W. Taft, 3 west 4Sth
itreet. He chatted a few minutes w ith
i number of newspaper reporters but
Ipi'lured lie hnd no news and no selec
tion for: the treasury portfolio would
be announced until his return to Wash-
nglon.
Mr. Taft declined to discuss the re
port that lie hud. . selected -Franklin
MiicVeigh, of Chicago, as secretary of
the treasury. The president-elect' will
speuk tomorrow night nt tin" peace
committee dinner tendered to Kllllil
Itoot at the Hotel Aster and will re
turn to Washington on Saturday.
A NEW WIRELESS
PLANT FOR NORFOLK
Norfolk, Feb. 25. Kdwnrd Canniaii
has entered Into an agreement '.with the
superintendent of the board of trade
building for the erection of a new
fwlrelcss telegraph and telephone sta
tion on the roof of the building. A
tower and a pole running to an extreme
height of 3(10 feet will be placed on the
building. The first telephonic conver
sation through the station will be be
tween Mayor Rlddlck, of Norloli;, and
Mayor McClellan, of New York.
BUSY
jllflON
Suing For Divorce
and Mrs. William F. Tucker, Who is
he is Sul Her lluslmml For a Sepn-
TILLMAN SAYS CRUM
WILL LOSE HIS PLACE
(I'.y "teased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Feb. 25 It Is safe to
sav thai V.: n. i-rum will not be re
appointed collector of the yort of
Cliaileslon, S. C, This was the state
ment made by Senator Tillman today.
He says he will fight the appointment
us long as ho is senator.
"It is but the reward offhe president
for the part the negro played in get
ting political votes," said the senator.
"If he must have a political job, why
let the president shift him up to New
Hampshire' -or Maine. They are just
as much entitled to him up there as
we are in the south. There are two
more of ..them down there too; one at
Beaufort and the other at Georgetown.
I am going to make iv good fight to
get them out of there when the time
Comes." ''.'-...
When asked it he thought Crum
would be re-appointed. , Mr. Tillman
said: ''".
I do not believe Mr. Taft will fol
low the example of President Roose
velt and give the negro the position
again. He will probably refer to the
matter in his inaugural speech."
The '(mention of the re-appointment
of crum has worried congress a great
d.-iil. ....
AUSTRIA'S IMPERIAL
ARMY'S COST HEAVY
(liy Cable to The Times.)
Vienna, Feb. 25. It is estimated that
Austria's martial lneiiarat Ions are eost-
lup- j'nnnno dnilv. n eiiranliu sum
which, it Is believed will not be reim
bursed In any way. The burden Is in
creasing as the imperial army is mo
bilizi-d in Inaccessible spots on the
Sci'Vi.'in f mill icr.
Kci-vi.-i lui'"ilii-lilci1 to "refer" her case
to the Knropiaii powers for ''.adjust-
'government that it will abide by any
nicnr nno i ssu ranees are kivcii uy utw
ruling. , . f-iaienieili iswueu in uipiu-
malie circles, louay coniains inis in
formation,;:
A
FROM CHINESE EMPIRE
(l'.y Leased Wire to The Times.)
Peekin, Feb. 25,-With the attitude
and the Idcus of the regent of the
Chinese Empire set forth In it, a com
munlcallon has bepn forwarded to
President-elect Taft of the United
States. The communication comes In
the form of a private letter. It Is the
first direct expression of the regent's
views and each question ibefore the
Chinese government Is set forth at
length
SECOND PART OF
SMITH'S REPORT
IS
Report Sbows Dow Ibe To
bacco Combinations Now
Control toe Industry
THE POWER OFTEN MEN
Today's Report Contains What I
Termed Sub-divisions 2 and 3 of
Part 1 of the Report on the To
bacco Industry Subsequent Re
ports Are to Deal With Prices,
Profits, and Competitive Methods.
Those in the Combination Repre
sent a Net Capitalization of Over
$:! 10,000,000 A Small Group of
Ten Stockholders Controls 60 Per
Cent, of the Voting Stock.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, Feb. 25 The report
Commissioner of Corporations
of
Herbert Knox Smith on the tobacco
ndustry made to the president and
showing the con.tr.ol of the industry
which the existing tobacco combina
tion now exercises was made public
today. The report contains what Is
termed sub-divisions 2 and 3 of part
of the report on the tobacco Indus
try. Subsequent reports are to deal
ith prices, profits, and competitive
methods.
It is asserted by the commissioner
that in the tobacco combination are
the American Tobacco Company and
its three great subsidiary , combina
tions, the American Snuff Company,
lie American Cigar Company, and
he Uritish-American Com Dan v.' he-
Ides 82 other subsidiary concerns do
ing business in the United States;- Por
to Rico, and Cuba. The combination
represents a total net capitalization-.
excluding Inter-corporate holding, rt . ."
over 1316,000,000. A. very small
group of 10 stockholders controls HO
per cent, of the outstanding voting
stock of the American Tobacco Com
pany, through which company he en-
ire combination is controlled.
STOCK TRAIN IN
WRECK AND FIRE
(Uy Leased Wire to The Times.)
Chicago, Feb. 25. One man Instantly
killed and many head of live stock
were endangered by flames in a rail
road wreck at 18th street and Marshall
boulevard early today, when the rear
end of an Incoming Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincey stock train crashed
Into the one ahead. The wreckage
caught fire and the city fire department
was called out to extinguish the
flames.
The dead: .
Charles Curtis, 35 years old, of Galea-
burg, III., brakeman, crushed to death
between locomotive and first section,
which ploughed Its way through the
caboose In which he was sleeping.
G. D. Johnson, engineer on the sec
ond section, and his fireman, were
compelled to leap from the cab to Bave
their lives. Their locomotive was
badly damaged. The caboose of the
first section, into which It crashed,
was split in two. The stove was over
turned and set fire to the wreckage.
Traffic was tied up for several hours
until the tracks could be cleared of the
debris.
SUFFRAGETTES GET
JAIL SENTENCES
(By Cable to The Times)
London, Feb. 25 Sentences of
from one to two months were meted
out in police court tody to the suf
fragettes who rioted through the
streets yesterday In their attempt to
secure an interview with Premier
Asqulth. Among those who engaged
In the panicky scenes about the prime
minister's residence were women of
wealth - and : title who excitedly
screamed and fought as strenuously
as their humble sisters from the
slums. Lady ,i Constance Lyttou.
daughter of the former secretary Of
India; Daisy Lawrence, daughter ot
the ex-premler ot South Africa, a&4
others equally prominent took part
In the demonstrations and Were Im
prisoned today.
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