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' i ' I ' . V - - Vl:. Weather. , Washlntgon, March 1 2-Forecast for North Carolina for tonight and Saturday: Rain tonight and aStur-, day; moderate easterly winds. ESTABLISHED 1871. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1909. PRICE f CENTS 8EC0ND. 1 EDITION LAWYERS STILL TALKING IN THE MURDER TRIAL Argument Has Dissolved Itself Into a Marathon Long STATE GETS ATTENTION Speeches Are Viipreeedentexlly Lone. General Washington Spoke Fart of Wednesday, Ail Day Thursday and Wus Still Talking This Moni in: l'i to the rrescnt Time the lawyers For the State Have Been A eoorded the "Better Attention by Both Jury and Spectators Gen eral Washington Being Criticised For Talking Too IjOiig. ( Hy Leased Wire to The Times) Criminal.- Court Room, Nashville, Term., March- i2:r'Argunient in the Cooper-Sharp. case seems to have re solved itseir Into a Marathon long distance talking match. There have been four speeches up to dale, or three, one being still incomplete and it Is manifest that the jury Js bored. Captain" Fitzhugu opened with a rapid-lire speech Monday which con sumed four hours and forty minutes. General Meeks spoke all of Tuesday, General .lob Garner spoke four hours and ten infinites Wednesday and was followed by General Washington, who spoke more than one hour Wednes day aft einoon. General Washington spoke all day Thursday and at ad journment had not finished. He re sumed this morning at 9 o'clock, hav ing already talked for nearly eight hours. In fact -the 'arguments' - have been of unprecedented length. Cp to the present time the lawyers for the state have been accorded the better attention by both jury and .spectators. Their speakers have been jipparently in better form. General Meeks, for the defense, was a disap pointment in that his voice was not in good condition and General Wash ington is being criticised for talking too long and injecting loo much poli tics into his address. The friends of the defense are hop ing that Judge J. M. Anderson, lead ing counsel for the defense, will save the day for them in a masterly ef fort. General McCain will close for the state probably-tomorrow. After having, spoken one entire day and parts of two others. General Washington cldscd at 11 o'clock this morning. He consumed nearly ten hours, altogether. In his final pero ration and conclusion he made an elo quent appeal in behalf of Robin Cooper, but made no reference to either Colonel Cooper or John D. Sharp. He had previously argued for Bonie time that Colonel Cooper had a right to go across and talk to Car- mack and that Robin Cooper had a right to follow If he thought his fa ther would be placed in any sort of danger. He declared Robin had a right to draw his revolver and have Bhot Carmack as soon as he saw the latter, drawing one on his father. General Washington, in his concclus- inn seemed to assume that Robin was the only one Involved In the lnwnult.- He asked the jurors to let the sunshine in their hearts, restore Robin to his foster mother, Mrs. nrnrt ford, and to'Uncle Jim" Brad ford, that they could then return to their homos with a satisfaction ot duty well done, no matter who ap proved or disapproved. General Washington, before he reached the concluding portion of his ; nddress. had likened Carmack s pis tol and scabbard to the Bible story or Ruth and Naomi and said each were the compliment of the other; that nch went through the smoke and fire of battle together and thej be longed toeether in the overcoat nncket. . At 11 o'clock Judge Hart took an adjournment until 1 o'clockr at which hour Judge J. M. Anderson was 10 ue. rtn the closing sneech for the de. tAnae. It is assured he will occupy , the entire afternoon and possibly more and that General Jeff McCarn will speak tomorrow. The case will probably go to the Jury on Monday, If not, certainly by Tuesday. Bon ling Team Record Broken. I Rv Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg. March 12 The world's record for two men bowling teams was broken today by A. TSchwegler and Tony Schwegler, or Madison, . nihnn thev rolled 1.304. i The previous record was 1,254, ne1d by ChnTmers and Kiene, or BRYAN ON THE CABINET ' Makes Caustic Criticism of Says It Doesn'a Look Like a Reform Cabinet Past Connection of Those Who Form the Xew Official Fam ilyThe Interests Represented. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Lincoln, Neb., March 12 In to day's Commoner Mr. nryan makes some caustic criticisms of Mr. Tal't's cabinet. He says: 'Does the-president's cabinet strike you as a relorm cabinet? "Secretary of State Knox, ox-at torney of the steel trust., after a con ference with Mr. Krick, as attorney- general, advises the killing of the only anti-trust bill passed by the house in recent years. Is he likely to encourage the president to attack the trusts? 'Secretary of War Dickinson, at torney for the Illinois Central Rail way, an ex-democrat, drawn away from his party, by -his corporate con nections. 'Secretary of the agh, ex-democrat Treasury Mac wlio left, the party when the parly .separated from Wall street. "Attorney-General Wiikershaiii, not known for an v activity la eounee- iiui with regulal ion of railroads or the prosecution of mouopoliea of a national character. -, 'When lias a chief cxei'ttiive se: lorted a more conservative cabinet? There are no reformers in it:. The progressive element of the rep'tbli- in parly is as coniplctclr ignored as was l lie progressive clement, ny mi. Cleveland during his second adminis tration. Will the result he the same? 'Mr. .Tuft's secretary 'of commerce ind hibor, the official who will be in hief charge of the work of gathor- tng liilormulioii concerning tlie trusts, Is Mi": Charles Nagel, of St. lOuis. Mr. Nagel was at the time of selection for the cabinet attorney for the Standard Oil trust." After quoting a newspaper predic tion of isomn months aa ns to Nagel's oming appoiiitnient, .Mr. Bryan con tinues: "It Is plain that all that, was neces sary to secure for this Standard Oil trust, lawyer a place in Mr. Taft's ibinel. was dignified presentation of his name from the right, quarters. 'Can it he possible that the Nagel appointment was one of the subjects inder discussion when Messrs. Taft Hid Rockefeller met in Georgia dur ing the mouth of January?" WILL FIGHT WILI Boston, Mass., March 12 Madame Gillian Noordica, of New York, with others, filed a notice today In the probate court at Cambridge of con test of the will of her aunt, Mrs. V. P. Allen, who died In Maiden on Feb ruary 21, leaving an estate of $100,- 000.. and nothing to Mndame Nordica or other blood relatives ""on the ground that they had enough: The hearing will be held on March 23. Treasury Statement. Washington, March 12 oTtal re ceipts, 1,890,649; total expenditures. $2,510,000; excess expenditures over receipts, $619,350; available cash balance, $135,397,895. MADAMENORDICA ' Theae nli tiires. which have and on the right picture of the beard to grow ftt will while on OIVEN PORTRAIT ' IIP IUVITI PATfliM m unnu i niuii THE ARCHITECT His Portrait Presented to the State of N. i:. Today by Captain S. A. Ashe BUILDER OF CAPiTOL Tin- Life History of the Remarkable Man , Told by Captain S. A. .slu-, Xi iih Carolina's I'roniiiicnt ami i'cilished Man of Letters David l'aton at. the .Age of Dcsi.ane; the Capitol Modeled' After the .Most Famous of Greek Structures. .Mr. l'aton Was Architect I'.uilili'i' anil SupcriiilciiilenP of Constric tion. The lil'i':.'i'llt:itiim of the pnitiail of David Pal oil. uiehitoel 'if III-' ' a . it a I. took place this morning in I he Senate chamber. '.. A .-mall ho.ie of. I i-; l--ir).' bt st people were ill ii 1 1 -i 11 n in -i . ' (Jiiv crnor W. W. I-!il-Jiiii . ( 'iii'il.iiii '.-'.' .. .'..' i" 1 1 i : t I the !:' seiilat ion s! .'cli. II,- discussed I lie beginning, ef tiio .' Stall' s.ovorniiient with (he-capital at. Kdcnloif.-'. 'i'ale'igh was later se'ect'd fur the capital am! mi Union Square, amid groat oaks tlu'ii well-grown lljo first capita! building ennst l ni'leil of "rough' brick 'ii.ule near the ripiare was constructed... II was later hm "i d dnu v.. Tin a came a light between the east and. the west. K"n itor 'Sea well, of Wake, iininedia.tol'. introduced a. bill to rebuild. Ilis Ijill v.as killed In lNoIt it Was lleei.leil In lelmilil (ill tile old situ anil ?".n, mill was appr ipi iateil for (lie building. Ily I lie I inn- the finiii datkms weic laiil this app'rop'rla-tlim was exhausted. The next teni.-.i:'.tiire Incieased tla' appreprlalinn. by '..$Tfi,i.uii.' In tliK. following veal' 1 iavi'1 l'aton.. an etlneated nichitoet , from Scotland.' ':w employed hv the eoniniissioiiei :j. Al this time he was thiiiv-thive years of ane. lie came to Raleigh, took. active charge of the work, lie became build er., arehileet. superintendent, book keeper and general manager of work, having entire charge, ite dow n expenses . mid pushed the rapidly. In ls"i the federal go' incut .'tried . to secure, his .services the cnl but. he refused to leave his work. The capital was' modeled on the lines developed in -'ancient.' lireck architec ture, tile porticos and wings being copied after the Parthenon of Athens, the most beautiful piece ol architec ture or the ages. The work was iinished in the mill iner of IN to, alter seven years of.W'oik. anil a total expenditure of $r,:,,(l,iiiii. Mr. l'aton then left (or New York and later went back to Scotland.. He re turned to America in IMii. and became a professor -of architecture ill a great New York school, com inning bis whi k for over thirty years. lb- died in 1SS2 and was buried in P.rooklvn, New York. I'.y Ilis lirsl wife he had one daughter, wild --married a banker i!" lilasgow. Scotland. his North Carolina wife, who was Miss I'"arrar, of Washington. North Caro lina, he had eight children, of whom Mrs. ('. K. Koy. of New iierti. is 111.' only one living in Ninth Carolina. lioveriior Kitchin made a short speech of acceptance, thanking .gra ciously the donors of the portrait ami thanking Captain Ashe for his speech, assuring him that the portrait was ap preciated and would be given a promi nent place in the great building that he designed and constructed. The portrait is a fine piece of paint lug and was dune bv that talented young Tur-Hcel artist, Mr. Hushce. just arrived from London," nhw tlieTaniit e(Hilpnieiit"of l'resldent KooHcvelt on his African trip. On the left is (lining lent. The medallion at tlie top the treck, the picture in the medallion on STATETREASURER iANElEZZER (Ry Leased Wire to The Times) Salf Lajte City, Utah, March -12 James H. Christianson, former state treasurer p Utah, is under arrest, a self-confessed embezzler of over $70, UiM) from v the state treasury. Mr. Christiansthr speat the night at the Hotel Cullon in the custody of a dep uty sheriff. An attempt is being made r.o secure Bondsmen for liim today, A clumsy .attempt to tamper with the books Jn the state audii.or's office led to tile discovery of the embezzle ment. .Mf:., ChriKl.ianson was out of the stale at the lime, hut upon word from a S;iSt. Lake friend he 'hurried back I'o'SsHt take, lie gave himself intn cnslodfy shortly after arrival here and followed that 'sliorlly afterward Willi it corjfossioa of puilly. Christ iaiisqn's boiuismen will -'make good the amount of the 'Shortage;''.'. TAKES CHARGE illy l.eau'd Wire In Til" Times.) . V.'a: iiiugton, Maicii li. - Secretary of War" Idckinson. arrived here al in ii'elo. k this lnoriiiiiB and wi-nt direct ly to liie white .house' v. lure lie paid bis le.'-perls to 'President Taft. . Secretary n!' Vy Wriglil. who retired" today was also at the -white- house wailing for lihn. I -pdir leaving tlie white hotisc the new and the retiring si eielaries. went to tile war. -depart meat where .Secre la'ry Ciekinson was introduced to. the varii'.us chiefs and head - of depart ments. Coiiera! Yri;dil is tA leave (.., night - for" Memphis, where be ox peels to resume the practice of law. It is reported (hat -Assistant.. Secretary diver wilt be retained in. his present position although this lias not been Hil ly decided. mm BMT SAVED New York. March 12. - Tlie re: cue of the scliooiii r Ann J. Trainer,-: wlih li dismasted and Willi wreckage trailing at her sti'i'ii. is b.-ing iiyed northward today by a seagoing lug after a nar row escape from destruction in a storm is. the latest deinonst rat ion of tlie im mense value of wireless telegraphy- at sea. The flashing of C. Q. 1). messages from shore In sea, -which were picked up by, two steamers, established Hi; lot'alion of the schooner about " mil- ; off Little Kgg llalhor on file Jersey coast, and witliiu a couple of hours aid was near at hand. . Captain I e'' i icksou. skipper of the Ann ,1. Trainer and bis crew refused, however, to leave the ship and liie captain's only rciiiosi was that, a In;: lie sent as soon as ns- Sih'le; ' . ' '-'.-.' :,-' ai:ki:sti:i fok thki t. riiglit of ll Noted Soiitiicrn Woman of Lexington. Lexington,- Ky.. Match 12. Mrs. lOliza Hell Collins, member of a. noted southern' luniilv. prominent in society in Lexington and St. "Louis, where -she lived for years, has. been placed utuier arrest her en a charge of .thefts com mitted in Cincinnati and taken there to answer. irs, Collins was reared by Iut aunt, Mrs. Mary Wetzel, a wealthy St. Louis woman, and married Wiliuini Collins, son of a :. Wealthy druggist shows ex-l'reiriileiit ltooscvclt as he NFWm IIFTARV if ULUIsiLl fill I the right shown vx-l'icsiucnt ltoohevelt as he probably will be wheu lie comes back from the hunting trip. RECEPTION TO MR. ROOSEVELT ( I!y Leased Wire to Tlie Times) 'Pittsburg, Pa., .March 1 2 --it, has been arranged with Theodore Roose velt, private citizen, that one of the last .things lie will do on March 23, before ' ailing on the Hamburg line to kill lions anil things will be to shake hands wit h about I On representative men' of Pit O'iiuTg, who will leave here on I lie evening of March i'l, by spec ial I rain, and meet Hiircx-presldonl at. the. iiiibol.cn' docks. : Oysier liay. N. Y.,' March 1 2 The citizens of (L' sier liay have -arranged to give -ev-Presidenl lioosevelt and .Mrs. I'loosevC'lf a public reception in liie loiva liali this evening from X::i(i to' Mi : :', (I. The gnosis are resl ricted o ri si lis of i lie- village. . .Ml .MMI ItKV. 0 wm i Mnudji l!ey, the Turkish Consul (Jcneral, . may lose bis job, charges having Ih-cii made against him by (lie Turkish residents. REI : ( i:y teased Wire to The Time's.) charlotte. . c., March 12, While running thirty '.miles an hour lliis morning eight miles'., west of lliekoiy. I'.'isl Height No. VI mi Hie Western North I 'a I olina branch nf the Soullu'rii ;;. wrecked and lifteen curs reduced to splinters. Three cars of call)" ami horses uvi.i In the wreck. Scores of horses and many head of cattle were .killed, their llesli being lorn; and scat tered along the track for 2iie feet, pre senting a most . sickening sight. Through traffic will be interrupted for six . or eight hours. Tin' train crew escaped injury. .' Chill' Justice of Porto liico Head. (Ily teased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 12 President Ta ft was today advised by cable of Ihe death, of. chief justice. -of the su preme court of Porto Kieo, Jose Cer vero (Jiiinones, .whose death took place at San Juan, Porto Uno, last Saturday. t-:'f''V-l;5-" :.'--':,-' .- .'" i . :-. " c--!; ' S..-T : FREIGHT WRECK EAR HICKORY Is, Inasmuch as It In the custom according to African travelers to allow the BRITISHER TO FIGHT JOE GANS (By teased Wire to The Times) .'New York, March 12. Jabes! White, British scrapper, siient all of today resting, up for his bunt tonight with Joe Cans, of KilUinore. Jabcz has two bugs. by. which hi; alailes,.na:nely, nev er over train and never go into the ring tired .from exercise. . "Cans i tlie'. chap who ought to be doing the worrying,'" said the English man today al the National dub,, where tlie light will lake place'. ''"The people seem to think that tin1 negro .will have it easy,' bill they will learn-differently. I've'-studied Cans and his method ' of fighting' and I aiu iilile prepared for him. I'll be bloomm' careful about him,' though." Cans trained hut. little- Tor. 'the bout, but seems in fine fiM tie While' is dowii In 131 Hounds' and Cans is a few p-mnds lighter. There was some light .belting with Joe the favorite. ARRESTED FOR KILLING PRIEST l!v Leased Wire to the Times.) Newark, " N. March 12:- Aif she was staiitiing beside (he bier of the liey. Father Ai'.sion, the .'sialic. pastor of SI. Stanislaus Catliolie church, Jiisephliie Walzwiska, . his former linn..'. keeper, was arrested today. Soon al'leruard her brother, Wladyslav, was also ai rested. lirotlier and sister were locked up in cells at opposite sides of the city pris on and iiuestioned separately. According to a story fold the police by Ihe Key. Father Maznickl. of Fliza lieth, the woinan had annoyed Father Ansion until he was compelled to dis- barge her. STATE IS TRYING TO BUY REtLFOOT LAKE (llv Leased Wire to the Times.) I'nion City, Tenii., March 12. Three .members of the West Tennessee Land Company. Colonel 1:. ',. Taylor, Seid Wadded and J. ..It. tleasow are in lie goliation Willi a legislative committee relative to the purchase of Keelfoot l-akc by the state to prevent a recur rence of night rider troubles. It Is rumored' the company will ask a quar ter million dollars. The 'committee w ill go to the lake today to investigate the surroundings. People of the coun ty are opposed to purchase if fishing for protn is not ..allowed, otherwise ninety-nine per cent indorse the pur chase. Tin' company owns,. Including the ground covered by the lake, 'twenty-live thousand acres rich' in fine umber and large canebrakes. KOI! Alv Fit FOK TIIK SKXATK. Will Succeed Dick if Plans of Ilis Friends (io Through. (Hy Leased Wire to The Times) Coolunibus, ()., March 12 Friends of former Senator Koraker are to start a movement today for his re turn to the senate In .place of Sena, tor Dick two years hence. Until last fall Koraker and Dick were close political associates, but it is stated that Foraker will not let old friendship interfere with his ambi tion to return to the senate. show n n bathiiMun in the sleeping tent L GETS EIGHTEEN YEAR SENTENCE Will be Sent to Sing Sing and Will Not Appeal From Sentence KILLED CURB BROKER John C. Liimsden, the Young In ventor, from Italeigh Who Killed Harry B. Suydam, a Curb Broker, Last December, and Who Was Con victed of Manslaughter in the Fim Degree, Was Today Sentenced by Judge Malone to Not "Less Than 18 Years Nor More Than Nineteen Years, Six Months in Sing Sing Prison Will Not Apiteol. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, March 12 John C. Lumsden, the young inventor of Ral eigh, N. C, who killed Harry B. Suy dam, a curb broker, last December, and who was convicted of manslaugh ter in the first degree,' was sentenced today by Judge Malone, to not less than eighteen years or not more than nineteen years, six months, in Sing Sing prison. There will be no ap peal... Lumsden's conviction and heavy sentence came as a surprise to hia relatives and friends in this city. From all accounts of the killing and the reassuring messages that reached Raleigh, they had been led to believe that his acquittal was almost a cer tainty. His attorneys, relatives and friends have done everything in their power for him, but the fate of a stranger in a strange land is hard. John Lumsden was regarded as a quiet and peaceable man, and those who knew him intimately say that there is no doubt about his having sufficient provocation to commit such a deed... '":'?' ' '': " John C. Lumsden was born and reared In Raleigh, and his parents, several uncles and cousins, reside In this city. His father, Mr. Charles F. Lumsden, who lives at 216 north Harrington street, was for a long time city tax collector and Is well known here. Although John Lumsden has been away from Raleigh for about six years, there are many people here who remember him and he has a great many friends in the city, who regret to learn of. the unfortunate oc currence and the heavy penalty im posed therefor. After leaving Raleigh he went to Birmingham, Ala., where he made hosts of friends, his magnificent voice gaining for him many admirers. He sang in the choir of one of the most prominent churches of the Alabama city. While In Birmingham he in vented an electrical hair brush and massage machine that is said to have been a great success, but from which he received little or no remunera tion on account of the crooked deal ings of the deceased Suydam and his associates. He was about thirty years years of age and married, his wife being Miss Miller, of Spartanburg, S. C. His wife has been with him dur ing his terrible ordeal and was al ways hopeful of his acquittal, basing her hope on her implicit faith in his great desire to do no man an injury. After his arrest Lumsden made a statement, in which he said he was attacked by Suydam, Downs and Col lins before he drew his revolver. He said: "I am an Inventor of an electrical vibratory massage device and last April I was Introduced to Suydam and told that he would be a good man to promote the invention. I turned over my patents and papers and plans to him and received notes in return. A company was incorpor ated and a man named Jenkins was put in as president. I never received any dividends from the Invention and was put off from time to time when I asked for money. I had been promised $650 at his office this morning and I went there to get It. When Suydam came in we went over to the window to talk about the matter, and he called the other man over. The first, thing I knew, the three men jumped on me and began to beat me and throw me about the room. I don't know how I happened to get my revolvur out and shoot. I did not go to his office with any Idea of shooting him. His testimony of Wednesday Is sadi to have complied with the above, but between times he made state ments in which he denied having fired the fatal shot. His conflicting statements aro thought to be partly responsible (or his conviction. , JOHN DEN
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