North Carolina Newspapers

1 ' : ; w .r t i fr. Year, In Advance FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." Single Copy 5 CmtK VOL. XVIII. PLYMOUTH, K O., FRIDAY, MAY 8, L908. 1 NO. 49. i J" r HARRY THAW IS Oltf Gets at Least Temporary Re lease From Asylum FURTHER EFFORTS ARE PLANNED As a Result of .Monday's Proceed ings on a Writ of Habeas Corpus Sued Out in an Effort to Have Him Declared Legally Sane, He is Transferred to Jail to Await Final Decision on the Writ. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Special Tem porarily at least, Harry K. Thaw is out of the Matteawan Hospital for tli Criminal Insane. As a result of the proceedings on the writ of ha beas corpus sued out in an effort to have him legally declared sane he will remain in the Dutchess county .jail until the final decision on the writ is handed down. The formal hearing in the case will come beiore the Supreme Court here next Mon day. The adjournment was taken upon request ef a representative of the district attorney of New York coun ty to give District Attorney Jerome an opportunity to appear in person to oppose Thaw's releasa from the asylum. Thaw appeared to be in excellent healths-having gained fully 20 pounds in weight since his transfer to iiio asylum from the Tombs. Evelyn Still True. Oue of the interesting feature of the proceedings was an announcemJnt tfat Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, although she hai brought suit for annulment of her marriage will appear, if nec essary, as a witness in her husband's behalf. ' That he himself undoubtedly will go on the stand in his own behalf. A Russell Peabody one of Thaw's coun sel, declared that the prisoner is will ing to submit to any examination the court or the district attorney may desire as proof of his sanity. The opening of the hearing was de layed by a conference between Dis trict Attorney Mack, of Duchess county, and Assistant District Attor ney Garvin, of New York. The Merger Suit. Salt "Lake City, Utah., Special. II. II. Rogers and James Stillman, nam ed as defendants with the Harriman and other railroads in the merger suit of the government, filed their answers in the Federal Court. They, with E. II. Harriman. Jacob Schiff and others and the Union Pacific, the Atchison, Topeka & Sonta Fe, the Southern Pacific and other railroads are charg ed with unlawful conspiracy in at tempting to gain control of other railroads and restrain and control commerce between the States. Mr. Rogers makes a sweeping deni al of every allegation and demands that the case against him be dismiss ed because he is not a resident of Ulan district and therefore not with in the jurisdiction of the court. He also asks that costs be granted him and also damages" for injury to his character by reason of the allegations v :cic against him. Application Fcr Re-Hearing of Shipp Case. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. For mal Application was made to the United States Supreme Court in Washington for the re-opening of the contempt hearing of Sheriff J. F. Shipp in the Johnson lynching case. The court is asked to re-appoint James D. Maher as special commis sioner and to authorize him to pro ceed to this city to take the testi mony of the two newlv discovered eye witnesses of the lynching, this com pleting the government's case. The petition had been taken under ad visement, by the court, which will not re-convene until May ISth. Negro Boy Instantly Killed. Spartanburg, S. C. Special. Ros coe Hill, colored, aged 15 years, a de livery boy at the meat market, was billed Monday afternoon while rid ing a bicycle on South Church street. The boy collided with a colored woman and fell, Ins head striking the bitulithic paving villi great force, killing hirn instantly. The woman was not injured. Lynchburg Man Indicted For Alleged Embezzlement. Lynchburg, Ya., Special. Samuel H., Taylor, until two months ago Cashier of the American National ' Hank of this city, was indicted in the corporation court on the charge of embezzling $4:3"0 from the Bonsaek Marline f 'oiutkv.iv. a local concern. It is charged that Tayh.r extricated a certificate of stock lrom tne sioik book and sold it nt the figure named. t ioim,l flmt. he mid the divi- JLl Xp VittiJJV ........ I dends onJH shaves for two years, lie has not' ,1 arrested. THE WORK OF CONGRESS Doings ef Our National Law-Makers Day by Day. House Bununary. Ostensibly considering the sundry civil appropriation bill the House de voted most of its time to speeches covering a . wide . range of subjects and concluded the session by giv ing an attentive hearing to the Pres ident's special message. When the portion of the message referring to the multi-millionaire "whose son is a fool and his daughter a foreign princess" was reached there wa.s a storm of applause equally prominent on both sidtes of the House. Mr. , Leake, of New Jersey, gave some caustic remarks on the Presi dent, evoking appicuse on the Dem ocratic side. . Sumptuary laws and especially the shutting out from army posts of the canteen were the subjects of remarks by Mr. Boebel, of Ohio. Predicting that "Roosevelt poli cies" would prevail at the next nat ional Republican convention. Mr. Madison, of Kansas, paid a glowing tribute to tbe President, declaring that his forestry achievements alone had realized "the dream of the ages." The great advantage the country would reap from the manufacture of all of its cotton instead of sending two-thirds of that product abroad was the subject of a stirring speech by Mr. Byrd, of Mississippi. By abandoning protective tariff princi ples Mr. Byrd believed that result would be achieved. Need for further educational re striction in immigration "was discuss ed by Mr. Burnett, of Alabama, who deprecated the condition of immi grants from Southern Italy. Mr. Aiken of South Carolina, ad vocated the passage of his bill to limit the jurisdiction of Federal" con trol over inter-State commerce to per mit States to control the liquor traf fice within their borders. Representative Keifer discussed pension legislation and directed caus tic criticism towards bills introduced by his collegue. General Sltfrwood. Latter Mr. Ansberry, of Ohio, in a brief speeeh defended pension meas ures presented by General Sherwood and expressed regret that two vet erans of the war should be at odds over pension legislation. Other speeches were made by Rep resentatives Hitchcock, of Nebraska; Vreeland, of New York, and Hamlin, of Missouri. Sonate Summary. The pension and the District of Co lumbia appropriation bills were pass ed by the Senate. In addition the special message of the President urg ing a legislative programme Avas read and another chapter of Senator War ner's speech on the Brownsville af fray was read. Several measures of minor importance and the resolution of the House to give government aid to cyclone sufferers in the South were passed. The resolution to extend the time when the commodity clause of the railroad rate law shall become operative was called before the Sen ate by Mr. Elkins, but went over under objection from Mr. Culberson The Senate at 5:27 p. m. adjourned. The Appropriation Bill. The sundry civil appropriation bill was under consideration in the House of Representatives and the greater part of the time Avas consumed in general debate and discussion until the five-minute rule, which will ba resumed. Mr. Fowler ,of New Jersev. de nounced the Aldrich currency bill and pleaded for the passage of his bill to create a currency commission. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, pre sented a petition signed by 104 of the 166 Democrats composing the minor ity, asking the Speaker to recognize some member of the House to move the discharge of the ways and means committee from further consideration of the Stephens bill for the removal of the duty on wood pulp and print paper and to pa's that bill or a simi lar one. , Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, offer ed an amendment to the sundry civil bill appropriating $60,000 for the es tablishment of a national art gallery in the Smithsonian Institution. The amendment was defeated on a point of order. The House disagreed to the Senate amendments to the naval appropria tion bill and the bill was sent to conferrenee. Jeff Bavis Speech. Senator Jeff Davis, of Ankansas, created a mild sensation in the Sen ate when, in discussing his resolu tion palling on the Secretary of the Interior for information about the tribal rolls of the Choctaw and Chic kasaw Indians of Oklahoma, he de clared that 10.000 names were being kept off the' rolls by the Secretary and instanced a case in which hesaid niiu. mpmliprs of a family were rated n5 negroes and onlv one as an Indian. Advancing toward Mr. Foraker, of Ohio, his voice thundered throughout fhi rbamber and adiarent halls as m i nckrd if the Senator "loved niggers" 'co well, why did not he como forward and defend these members of that race. Only laughter greeted this, and Mr. Foraker requested in a mild tone that the Senator speak louder. Later 2fr. Davis' resolution was passed. Ah the pension bills on the calen dar, and many other measures of minor importance were passed during the day. Senator Warner, of Missouri, being ill with a cold, an agreement was reached to permit other Senators to read for him the remainder, of his Brownsville speech. Heflin's Victim Will Live. Washington, Special Thomas Me Creary, the New York turfman, who was recently accidentally shot by Representative J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, has so far recovered that he will leave the hospital next Fri day. A. conference was held between the latter's attorney, snd Mr. Heflin voluntarily offered to recompense McGVeary for all expense and losses incident to- his disability. The agree ment, it was learusd. was satisfactory to all parties. Tragedy in Georgia. Eastman, Ga., Special Tom Spiers shot and killed Oscar and Walter Stuckey Monday afternoon about G o'clock. It seems from reports that an altercation arose over some work, on the farm of Mr. J. S. Stuckey, which resulted in Spiers shooting and killing the young men. The Stuckeys are among the best families in Dodge county, being highly respected and esteemed as quiet and law abiding citizens. A. M. E. Conference. Norfolk, Va., Special. The open ing session of the third quadrennial conference of the A. M. E. Church Bishop Wesley C. Gaines, of Atlanta presiding, held Mxmday in St. John's church, was given over almost entire ly to the preliminaries of organization and resolutions of condolence for tin sick among the .college of bishops Bishop Evans Tyree, I). D., M. I)., ol Nashvile, preached the opening ser mon from John 1.3:19. Big Generator Bursts at Niagara Falls. '" Niagara Falls, Special. The great ten-thousand horsepower generator weighing 75 tons in power house No. 3 of the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company which has been undergoing a test for the last week, preparatory to being placed in commission, burst under great strain and went all to pieces, injuring three men and causing eighty thousand dollars damages. Cars Resume Night Service. Pensaeola, Fla., Special With new police officers sworn in and riding on the cars to protect the non-union men, cars of the Pensaeola Electrio Company continued to run at night instead of stopping at 7 o'clock as heretofore. The only attempt at vio lence occurred late when some one hurled a brick into a car as it was passing along East Government street Work Horse Parade. New York, Special. For the sec ond annual New York work horse pa rade, to be held on Memorial Day entries are closed and, competition for oil prizes will be limited to horses named before midnight. The parade, which promises to be the greatest of its kind ever held in this part of the country, will be held under the auspi ces of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. News of the Day. The. peace of Central America is again gravely endangered by a crisis in Guatemala. Funeral services over the body ol Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the British Premier, were held in West minster Abbey. A landslide in Lebelle county. Pro vince of Quebec, buried more than a score of houses and cost 30 lives. Mme. Anrn Gould is reported tc have said there is no refinement ir America. The dead and missing from the British cruiser Gladiator, sunk ic collision with the American liner St. Paul, number 2S. General Wonlford declares that Hughes is gaining and that it will not" be Taft en the first ballot. Representative Lilley asserted bis belief that tho investigators had not secured all the important facts from 6Bbmarine-boat officials. wnrtHIBITlVE HANDICAP. "I can't get a pair of shoes to fit me "That is strange, considering iuej are made in such, variety." "I knew they are, but what good j An fallow when he hasn't . . . ii, -.. got the price!" Nashville American. ROADS WANT TIME Have Not Had Opportunity to Get Rid of Mines COMMODITIES LAW SUSPENDED Senator Elkina Asks For tho Suspen sion of tha Operations of the Com modity Clause of the Railroad Bate Law. Washington, Special. Late in the session of the Senate Senator Elkins succeeded in getting consideration for his resolution to suspend the opera tion of the commodity clause of the railroad rate law, which clause be came effective May 1. Under the operation of this clause railroads would be liable to heavy nes if they undertook to haul iu inter-State com merce any articles or commodities produced from the manufactories or mines in which the railroads have an interest. The railroads contend that they have insufficient time to divorce themselves from the owAer ship of such properties, or to test the constitutionality of a law compelling them to dispose of such property in terests. The resolution originally proposed to extend the time for the commencement of the operation of the commodity clause until May 1st, 1910, but the Senate inter-State com merce committee changed the day to January 1st, 1910. Culberson Opposes Resolution. When the measure was called up several days ago it went over under objection from Mr. Culberson, the mi nority leader of the Senate, but it was taken up by a vote of the don ate. Mr. Culberson had refused uu animous consent and he was first re eogHized to speak against the reso lution. He said that the committee had given no reasons why the exten sion should be made and he called up on Chairman Elkins for an explana tion. Mr. Elkins answered that the condition of the country demands a delay in the operation of the law.; that the railroads have been unable to find capitalists to take ever the coal lands owned by the roads. For this situation he blamed the recent panic and he said that had it not been for this money shortage and business depression the railroads would have been able to comply with the law. He called attention to the fact that the bill did not repeal the law. but only suspended it tempo rarily. The Lackawanna and the Reading Railroads were specially chartered by States to own coal lands the Senator said and he showed that the properties were mortgaged and re-mortgaged and that difficulty had been experienced in separating these obligations. Other railroads owning coal lands were in the same position he declared. Mr. Nelson said it appeared that the attitude of the railroads was against compliance with the law and to litigate as to the power of Con gress to enact such legislation. He expressed the opinion that the rail roads were not entitled to any special consideration. Amendments to Resolution. Mr. McCumber construed the com modity clause as not preventing the railroads from owning coal mines, from mining the coal, or selling tho product of the mines. He said that the coal could be sold at the mine to independent dealers who could ship the coal over the railroad wherever they pleased, and there would be no violation of the law. .Mr, Warren said that such a transaction would be a perfectly patent evasion of the law. Mr. McCumber admitted that a deal of this character might be open to suspicion but he believed there would be no technical violation of the law. Socialists Celebrate in New York. New York, Special.'--Socialists will celebrate by a parade of ten thousand men and women to Union Square Park where SeLig Silverstein threw a bomb on March 23th that may yet kill him. Police Inspector Cot right agrees to permit tho parade if no red flags are carried. Other demonstra tions are planned all over the city. Fraternity Convention. Iowa City, la., Special. Represen tatives from every chapter of the Delta Sigma Rho Fraternity are here for a meeting of the general coun cil of the society, which is being held at the University of Iowa. Delta Ri'trma l?!in i an honor fraternitv. I founded in" 1905, and has had rapid ' .i y-ii i l. U ...-.Vi. growl H. tnapicis uavw ut-i-n i;mo lished at the Universities of Michi gan Wineonsin. Minnesota, Nebras ka, Chicago. Northewestern, Illinois and Iowa. The Northern Oratorical Leame's annual contest will be held ! here. BOSTON TO KEY WEST Congressman Small Takes Another Step in the Proposed Inland Wa terway Project His Resolution Carries $100,000 For Survey of Route. Washington, Special. Another step in the Atlantic deep waterways project was taken when, as the result of a conference with the congression al sub-committee that has been look ing after the matter. Congressman Small, of North Carolina, introduced in the House a concurrent resolution carrying the Boston to Beaufort proposition south from Beaufort to Key West. Mr. Small's resolution is the result of an understanding in be half of the Atlantic deeper water ways association and is in harmony with the oi-iginal Boston to Beaufort bill introduced by Representative J. Hampton Moore, president of that association. The Small resolution authorizes the Secretary of War to cause a survey to be made for a continuous waterway, by the route or routes deemed most available, from Beaufort, N. C, to the Cape Fey.r riv er, or the northeast branch of the Cape Fear river, and at such point on either river as may be deemed ad visable, thence to Winyah bay, South Carolina, thence to Saint John's riv er, Florida, at or near Jacksonville, thence by some route or routes to Key West, Fla., if it shall be deemed advisable to extend the said water way south of the Saint John's river, with a report of plans and specifica tions and estimate of cost ; such sur vey to be for a minimum depth along the entire route of nine, ten and twelve feet: respectively, with a recommendation as to the most ap propriate depth; such survey shall in clude a report upon the desirability of utilizing as a part of such water way any existing public or private canal, or any part thereof and the probable cost of acquiring same. The bill earries an appropriation of $100, 000 to make its provisions effective. Since the passage by the Senate of the Moore bill as reintroduced by Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, public interest in the Atlantic wa terways project has been heightened and those in a position to know are inclined to believe that if the House refuses to make an appropriation for the survey this session the chances of having it included in the next rivers and harbors bill will be materially advanced. DR. MORGAN DIX DEAD. Rector of Trinity Church, New York, Passes Away at the Age of 81 Death Due to Heart Failure. New York, Special Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, rector of Trinity Pro testant Episcopal parish since 1SG2 and tno'of the city's most prominent clergymen, died at Trinity rectory ii Wcsi. Twenty-first street. Death was due to heart failu'-e and followed a bruf illness which look a serious turn three days ago. Dr. Dix was SI is of age and was bo1 n in this cty. He was a son of General John A. Dix; author ot the famous des nahh "If anv one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the .pot." The elder Dix was tt one hiYi Seeretarv of the Treasury and on January 29th, 1861, directed the message quoted to Lieutenant caia well at New Orleans. Caldwell had been instructed to supercede the cap tain of a United States revenue cut ter who refused to bring the vessel, as ordered, to New York. IiOuisiana Bank Cashier Indicted. Baton Rouge, Special. An indict ment charging the embezzlement of $97,000 of -the funds of the First National Bank of Baton Rouge, was returned by a Federal grand jury against Oscar Kondert, former cash ier of tte bank. William Schroeder, book-keeper, was indicted for aiding and abetting in the embezzlement. Both are under arrest here. Librarians Meet. ' Atlanta, Ga., Special. Every city in Georgia, together with a number of cities in neighboring States, is rep resented at tho seventh annual in vention ef the Georgia Library Asso ciation opened here. Among the speakers will be E. IT. Legler, of the Wiscor.sin Library Commission, and Miss Mary W. Plummer, librarian of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. Town Dry; Mayor Quits. Mattoon, 111., Special. Because Mattoon was voted "dry" in the re cent local option election, Mayor Lewis Lehman resigned from tho office. The retiring mayor is a bank president.- He is a believer in tem perance, but declares that he cannot consistently continue to head the city government because of the4 al leged' fact that the Ins.? of the $1,000 yearly revenue from the 19 ousted saloons will so cr'pple the municipal (inancics as to render tho city bankrupt. 12 -BE IN FUMES A Fatal Hctel fire of Unknown FORT WAYNE HOTEL BURNED New Aveline Hotel at Fort .Wayne Destroyed by Fire Early Sunday Morning and at Least Twelve Per sons Iiost TJieir Lives. Fort Wayne, Ind., Special. At icuai iweive persons lost tneir lives in a fire which destroyed the new Aveline Hotel here early Sunday. The entire interior of tbe building is ... . . . a smouldering heap of ruins and how many diead are concealed by the de bris can only be conjectured. The hotel register was consumed by the fire and there is no accurate means of determining who is miss ing. The known dead are: R. S. Johnson, Pana, III. -M. Hirsch, New York. J. B. Miller, Sheboygan, Wiscon sin. J. Ellis, salesman for . Carson,. Pierce, Scott & Co., Chicago.. W. A. Pitcher, Fort Wayne, sales man for S. F. Boyster & Co., Fctt Wayne. J. W. Devincy, salesman for Detroit Neckwear Company, Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Sarah Hathaway, Mishawaka, Ind. - Unknown woman, companion of Mrs. Hathaway. The complete destruction of the in terior of the hotel makes the work of recovering of bodies. . difficult. Charred wood, bricks and twisted girders are piled up between tli walls to the second story. Piece by piece this must be removed before the roll of the dead con be complet ed. Some of the bodies taken out are mangled ad charred beyond recog nition. Entire Family Lost. New 'York, Special. An early morning fire in a four-story brick tenement at No. 17 Humbold street, a thickly populated section of Brook lyn, caused the death of six persons and the serious injury of four oth ers. Every member of one family, consisting of a mother and four children, are among the dead. There were many thrilling rescues by po lice and firemen and it was due to their brave work that the death list was not larger. A half dozen or more persons who were, trapped in the upper stories were saved by jump ing into life nets; The financial loss caused by the fire is: estimated at $10,000. The dead: Mrs. Dora Abrams and Sadie, Carrie, Anna and -Charles Abrams; and Mrs. Jennia Cohen. The injured are: Mrs. May Noble, Mrs. Amelia Ilirschhorn, Fan nie Hirschhorui and Anna Ilirsch horn. . May Stop at N:w Orleans. New Orleans Special. One of the most important concessions ever made by the railroads to a Southern City becomes effective whereby ten day stopovers will be allowed by all east and west lines at New Orleans. Near ly 100,000 people pass through "New Orleans ' annually and it is believed that a large majority will take ad vantage of the stop-over privilege. The concession is due to a total eli mination of ticket sealpers from thp city. Town Half Buried in Landslide. Montreal, Special. The little vil lage of Notre Dame de Salctte, about IS miles from Buckingham, is report ed to have been half buried in a land slide. Details ure very meagre. About 25 lives are reported lost;- There is neither telephone nor telegraph ia Notro Dame. Bailey's Majority May Ba Reduced. Dallas, Tex., Special. Additional returns from the Democratic primary election are scattering. Several coun ties not reported cast majorities for Johnson, and it is probable that Sen ator Bailey's majority for delegate-at-Iarge to the Denver convention will be below 23,000. . Mill Operaiiva Shoots Painter. Atlanta, Ga., Special. James Huff, of Portcrdale, Ga., was shot , and in stantly killed by Jack Pierce, a cot ton mill operative of this city neat the corner of Decatur and North Boulevard. Pierce made his escape. The cause ef tho shooting is not known, but persons in the vicinity heard rieree say to Huff: "Jack, don't come any further, or I'll kill you." A moment later a shot was heard and Huff fell. Huff was a painter and bore a good reputation.