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VOL. II. NO. 7
LAST EDITION.
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GBEENSBOBO, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1906
LAST EDITION.
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, THE
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DIES ON TRAIN
Succumbs to Heart Disease on
Sleeper Near Perry.
Arkansas
ON WAY TO ATTEND
. A FAMILY REUNION
Today Being the Fifty-Ninth Anniver
sary of the Birth of the Famous
Preacher, He Was Returning to His
Home in Georgia.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 15. The Rev.
Sam P. Jonos. Hie well known -'evangelist,
of Cartcrsville, t!a., died early today
of henrt disease in a sleeping car on a
train of the Rock Island railroad, near
Perry, Ark.
.Mi, .loncs had been conducting a most
Successful revival at Oklahoma City,
mid left there last night for his home
in (leorgin. He desired to attend a
family reunion tomorrow, it being the
iifty-iiinth anniversary of his birth.
Mrs. Jones and his two daughters,
Airs. Annie Pyron and Miss Julia Junes,
were with him when he died.
Mr. Jones arose from his berth in
the sleeper about " o'eloek this morning
and complained of nausea, tie drank a
glass of hot water and immediately af
terward collapsed.
The Rev. Walt. Holeomb, who had
beeii associated with Mr. Jones for a
number of 'years, took the dying man
in his Jarnis, and in a few minutes the
evangelist breathed ..his last. The body
wan embalmed ami was sent to Cartcrs
ville this afternoon. The funeral ser
vices will lie conducted .'by the Rev.
Ocoige Stuart, the Rev; J. A. Bowe, of
Mississippi, and the Rev. Walt. Holeomb.
The death of the Rev. Samuel Porter
Join's near Perry, Ark., yesterday re
moves one of the most unique and inter-
(Coneludoil on page 'l, column 2.)
PtflJRS. JEFFERSOM DAVIS
DYING OF PNEUMONIA
: AT NEWY0RK HOTEL
Widow of President of Confed
eracy Succumbing After
Long Illness
RELAT1NES ARE AROUND HER
New York. Oct. 10. Mis. Jefferson
Davis, widow of the president of the
Confederate states, is dying of pneu
monia in the Hotel Majestic here. It
is believed that she cannot survive more
than a few hours.
.Mrs. Davis has been ill several days,
hut it had been believed that she would
recover up to last night.
Mrs. Davis went to the Majestic a
short -'time ago on her return from the
Adirondack, where she spent most of
the summer. The day she reached town
she was stricken with a cold, which pro
duced pneumonia. Her marvelous vi
tality, however, gave hope of ultimate
recovery until last evening, -.when her
physicians an noimeed that death was
near.
Nearby relatives were at once sum
moned to the hotel, and those at a dis
tance wore notified.
.'-..Mrs. .T. Addison Hayes, the only sur
viviiiE daughter -of Mrs. Davis, .T. Addi
son Hayes, W. D. Hayes,- a grandson, of
olorado Springs, Col., Dr. and Mrs.
AVobb, and Dr. Robert Wylie were pres
ent at the bedside throughout the night.
Mrs. Davis had her eightieth birthday
on May 7 last. The late years of her
life have been saddened by the loss of
Jier daughter, Winnie, who died in Sep
tember, 18!8, at Xarragansett Pier.
TRAGI; TWO MEN KILLED
Fatal Accident on the C. & O. at
Ivy. Va.. Near Charlottes
ville. Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 15. A Chesa
peako and Ohio passenger train bound
frojn Richmond, Va., to Huntington, V
V., jumped tho track at Ivy, seven
miles west of this city, shortly after
5 o'clock this afternoon and Fireman
William Carper, of Clifton Forve, Va.,
was instantly killed ; Engineer Henry
Johnson, of Charlottesville, fatally in
jured, and Engineer William Jones, of
Charlottesville, badly injured, but will
recover. .. -
Both engines rolled down high em
bankment, i
Si JONES
NOTED EMEUS
TRANSPORTATION
RULE MODIFIED
Serler o Orders Issued As to Re
.itly Enacted Railroad
V Rate Law,
EXEMPTIONS PROVIDED
IN CASES OF MINISTERS
Act is Not Construed To Affect Persons
Traveling Over the Lines of Common
Carriers Engaged in Business of These
Carriers, Declares the Commission.
Washington, Oct. I.5. A series of or
ders was issued today by the interstate
commerce commission relating chielly to
the construction of the recently enacted
raliroad rate law. In substance the rul
ing follows:
"A contract, agreement or arrangement
between common carriers governing a
division between them of joint rates on
interstate business in a contract, agree
ment or arrangement in relation to traf
fic, and a copy thereof must be filed with
the commission.
"Where a joint rate is in effect by a
given route which is higher between any
points than the sum of locals between
the same points by the same or another
route, such higher joint rate may, until
December 31, 1906, be changed by re
ducing the same to the sum of such lo
cals, but not otherwise, upon posting
one day in advance a tarfill' of such re
uueed rate and mailing a copy thereof
to the commission. Rates for a series
of daily excursions, such series covering
a period not exceeding thirty days, 'may
be established upon notice of three days
as to entire series and separate notice
of the excursion on each day covered by
the series need not lie given.
"Rounp trip tickets on the certificate
plan may be issued at reduced rates and
their use bo confined to the delegates to
(Continued on page 2, column 5.)
LIBERAL LEADERS
NOT QEFICE-GRADBING,
SAySJLIIIIABOBN
Governor In Considering Appoint
ment of Commission on
New Laws.
DISTRIBUTE TROOPS SLOWLY
.- Havana, Oct. 1 ". '! . have thus far
seen no reason whatever to believe that
the Liberal lenders are other than sin
cere in their declarations that thy are
not seeking olliee,"' said Governor Ma
goon in an interview this evening. He
added that the representations made to
day and -previously by Liberals concern
ing olhces all referred to local posts.
There had been many complaints re
r.r,liniT muvors .mil reuuests that these
I officials be ousted on account of their
misdoing-,. The complaints, however,
(had been simply presented to the gov
lernur for investigation.'. Mr. Magoon re
iterated that he had seen no signs ot
attempts at office-grabbing.
In addition to the question of appoint
ing cabinet ministers, which is held in
abeyance for the time being, Governor
Magoon is considering the appointment
of a commission on new laws, another
on civil service, and a third to hear the
claims for damages arising from the in-
jsurrection.
The commission on laws probably will
I be composed equallv of Americans and
i .-. . 1 .. , ,'. i i ...:o.
t Ulians. 10 w ill oc ciiHigeu nu n tin-,
preparations 'of recommendation for gen
eral election and municipal laws and cer
tain other laws which arc considered
(Concluded on page 2, column 2.)
LAY CORNERSTONE OF
Will Have New Episcopal Church
Which Will Cost
$15,000.
Special to Daily Industrial News. - ."
Wilson, X. C, Oct. 13. The corner
stone of the Xcvv Episcopal church was
laid this afternoon with appropriate ser
vices. The rector, tho Rev. T. A. Chat
ham," officiated. The church will cost
fifteen thousand dollars.
66 j.oqo Register in New York
New York, Oct. 15. This . was the
last of the four days' registration in
Greater New York, and the grand total
is 662,000, as compared with 643,744 in
1905.
OMISSION
25 KILLED; 200
El
E
E
Fearful DIsa ter at Wingate Col
liery Probably Due to
Fire-Damp.
HA'F-CLAD CROWDS RUSH
TO SCENE OF NIGHT HORROR
Eighty Brought Alive from Bottom
Seam of Mine Only Small Portion of
Miners Employed in Workings At
Time of the Explosion.
Durham, England. Oct. 15.- As a re
sult of an explosion in the Wingate col
liery near here atuibout midnight last
night, twenty-five .miners Were killed
and two hundred are temporarily en
tombed. It is fortunate that only a
small portion of the thousand employed
in the mine were down when the explo
sion took place, '.' .- .
The cause is supposed to have been
fiire-tlamp. The explosion was one of
terrific force, and in Wingate town
many windows were broken. Soon af
ter the news of the disaster became
known crowds of half-clad people were
rushing toward the mine and there were
heartrending scenes.
By daylight signals had been ex
changed with the bottom seam, where
a majority, of the men were entombed,
to the effect thnt they were safe, and
with this message came a sense of great
relief. Eighty men were brought out
alive. Many of these, however, were in
a critical condition, being unconscious.
Later supplies of coffee and sandwiches
were passed in to those still entombed.
At a late hour tonight four men were
brought up from the lower seam, where
the deaths occurred. These men had
been reckoned among the dead. It is
hoped that all the entombed men will
be rescued during the night.
BURTON MUST GO TO
JAIL DECLARES THE
U. S. SUPREME COURT
Former U. S. Senator Falls to Get
Decision of Lower Courts
Reversed.
ANXIOUS TO BEGIN SENTENCE
-'."Washington,". Oct. 15. The supreme
court of the United States today denied
the petition of former United States
Senator Burton, of Kansas, for a rehear
ing in the case in which he Is under
sentence of imprisonment and fine on
the charge of accepting an attorney's
fee in a ease in which the government
was interested when he was serving as a
senator.
The case of Senator Burton has been
before the court since 190S, when he was
indicted in St. Louis on the charge of
accepting a fee for representing the
llialto Crain Company of that city in an
effort to debar it from the use of the
United States ''mails. He was found
guilty and sentenced to serve six months
in jail and pay a tine of $2,500.
Abilene, Kans.. Oct. 15. Former Sen
ator Burton when spcii at his home here
today regarding the action of the
United States supreme court in refusing
him a rehearing, said:
"This is not my time to talk."
Mr. Burton ' absolutely declined to
talk of the ease. If. is stated that he
! has .'already communicated with his at
torneys asking that his term of impris
I onment be arranged to begin at the
I earliest possible moment.
BEAUFORT LISTENS
TO PART! ORATORS
Republic, r. and Democrats Ar
gue Political Quejtlons
At Washing'on, N. C.
Special to Daily Industrial News.
Washington, N. C, Oct. 1"). Senator
Lee S. Overman, of Salisbury, spoke at
the courthouse here at 12 o'clock today,
his speeach dealing with .the political is
sues of North Carolina.
II. S. Ward, solicitor for this judicial
district, and William J. Leary, of Eden
ton, X. C, Republican candidate for so
licitor, also addressed th audience, both
making strong speeches for their respec
tive parties and wltmina great applause.
TOMBED N
NbLISR IAIN
CASE AGAINST
STANDARD
HEARING END
State Precluded From Offering
Evidence to Prove
Rebating
CASE W'LL BE CLOSED
IN TEN MINUTES TODAY
Argument Probably Will Be Completed
by Wednesday Possibly in Time for
Case to Be Given to the Jury No
Rockefeller Trial Now.
Findlay, Ohio, Oct. l.". -The end of the
trial of the Standard Oil Company of
Ohio, for alleged ' conspiracy against
trade, came suddenly in sight at the
conclusion of the session of the court
today. -
The state was precluded by the rul
ing of Judge Banker from offering- a
line of evidence intended to -how that
the Standard gave secret rebates to re
tail dealers in oil. Mr. Phelps,-for the
prosecution, admitted the state had no
means of showing that the Standard
company authorized its agents to offer
or give rebates. The. court said that
it was a fundamental rule, ot evidence!
that the authority of the agent must be
established.
"The state will close its case in ten
minutes tomorrow," remarked Attorney
Phelps, and the jury, which had been
excused for this argument of counsel,
was called and court adjourned. A. few
witnesses for the defense will be called,
but it is stated that the testimony will
be all in on both sides before 'Court, ad
journs tomorrow, that the argument of
counsel to the jury can be completed
Wednesday, perhaps in time for Judge
Banker to make his charge to the jury
and place the case in its hands.
An agreement Was reached between
Prosecutor David and the attorneys for
the Standard company -whereby the case
against John D. Rockefeller will not be
set for trial until after the present case
has been finally disposed Of, whether
this is in the probate court, now con
ducting the trial or before the supreme
court of tile state after all appeals have
been taken.
Until today's agreement the Rocke
feller case had simply been postponed
until after the present trial of the com
pany in the probate court.
John O'lirien, superintendent of the
Buckeye Pipe Line Company, - and K.- It.
Curtain, superintendent of the Manhat
tan Oil Company, both took tne "im
munity bath" before testifying. With
the exception of this witness the evi
dence put in by the state was from of-1
llcers ot the alleged constituent, compa
nies of the Standard, including the
Buckeye Pipe Line, the Manhattan Oil
Company,' the-. Ohio Oil Company and
the Solar Refining Company.
It irns testilied to bv the officers of
the Buckeye Pipe Line Company and
Ohio Oil .-.Company that the Standard
Oil Company of Nv Jersey owned
practically all of the stock of these com
panies. The last witness, Willis 15. Ulsh,
a local grocer, was proceeding to tell tin
jury that when be went into business
several years ago he purchased oil from
the National Refining Company, a local
independent concern, but that two or
three years ago he Was visited by an
agent of the Standard, since which time
he had bought oil of that company.
heuatngCv.Ii ff-
He had no means of knowing the sup
posed agent of the Standard was such
rfcent. and while Attorney Phelps stated
that he wished to. show that this agent
had offered and paid-a secret rebate to
the witness since his: visit, and that the
witness had bough I all his oil of the'
Standard since that time, he said the
f.tato could' no) prove t int the Standard
had given the agent authority to offer
the rebate, and the evidence was thereby
cut short, It was understood to have
been the intention of the prosecution to
place before the jury considerable testi
mony of the same nature.
When Judge Banker excluded it the
prosecution announced that W. L. Fin
ley, state inspector of refined oils. Would
be their only other witness, and that his
testimony '.would -lake but ten minutes
lomorow.
FLORIDA PEONAGE CASES
BEFORE THEJRESIDENT
Brought to Mr. Roosevelts At
tentlon By the state
Humane society
'....Washington, ' Oct. 15. The cases of
alleged peonage in the regions south of !
Tampa, Florida, were brought to the at-f
tenlion of. President Roosevelt today by j
Miss Emma Stirling, an agent of tiiej
State of Florida humane society. .'.' I
The department of justice has decided
to make a thorough investigation of
these cases, and bring criminal proceed
ings if warranted by the facts devel
oped. Assistant Attorney-General Russell
will go' to Florida and. other points in
the south to look after the various pros
ecutions and other matters connected
with cnmmilorv lahor.
The Minority Leader in Congress
il " .M'l? . 5i ll
rgmm&m MmmmM h
III $ i J
. JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS.
Minority Leader in the Lower House of Congress, Who Yesterday Spoke to a
Small Audience in the Grand Opera House, Replying to Secretary Shaw's
Statesville Speech.
SMALL PIECE OF PAPER
HALTS FIGHT BETWEEN
Dramatic Pause In the Celebrated
Welghtman Will Contest
In Philadelphia
CAUSED A BIG SENSATION
: Philadelphia, Oct. lo. The fight be
tween two women over the distribution
,,r Stiinonfl.lHM) estate of the late
Williu'm" WViolitiiian. the chemist, whol
abruptly halted today by the production officials of the iederal service in North
of a small piece of note paper that had , Carolina, alleging iernic nus political at
turned yellow with age. What the pieie , ( v ll4(-amvPl.-tl, Hl,1(.p willmut
of papeiveoutained was n..t made pub u i .
and the less than a dozen persons whoi "(,i" " "' -
have seen it have pledged themselves i It is the decision of the 'commission;
never to reveal its contents. ! utter considering the lung-drawn-out
The halt in the proceedings was made j shlUMm.lt s,miU(Ml bv ..,,,,
at the suggestion of cnuiisel ot ; t.hainn:iii. that not a single officer had
I'm i.ii iini:i. n i-ii 1 1 11 n-.i . , -i
Jones' U lster, who is acme.; n
for her daughter, Jiartna. ine iniiinuin,
and the sudden turn in the case nas
made the beneficiaries of the will jubi
lant Tliev freelv nrediit that the case
l.n lioen eiided forever. William Weight
man in 1884 made a will h nnu' lm a-
estate e(uallv U'lween Anne M. .Weight
man Walker," his daughter, and two soils.
William and .lohn. I
T,.,i i h .iter he niaile another win
lno.inir' hi entire estate to the dan
tor, the two suns having died, leaving i
eight children. "'-The widow ot William .
Weight man. ihe mother of tn e of tlnJ i
children, married .lohn W ister and when ,
Mr. WV'ightmait, her father-in-liuv, -died.;
.ihe contested the will on bcnall of h'- j
minor dauuhtfr. .Maltha, on the ground
that, he left a codicil in 'which he. pro
vided for the grandchildren. ' j
The other seven '-grandchildren, who ,
had reached their majority were satis-;
fled with the sums the wealthy chemist
had during his life left -1 hem. in trust.:
Mrs. Walker, the sole heir to the tor
tune,: denied that, her lather had made!
a: codicil.. The c-'ntcsf was begun near -Iv
two years ao and was called fm ,
t'ri;il before ''.ludge s!mi.ui iir the or;;
plian's court: today, who a great, --iirray
of Coiinser on ("J''!! side. .
The niorning vsi-sion was taken npi
with the examinat ion of three wii.ne-scs, j
(Concluded on "page -column I.)
Ei
THREEENAOE DEAD
When Last Seen Victims were
Thaw.ng Explosive fit Quarry
Near Roanoke
Roanoke, Va., Oct. 15. 1 hree work
men employed by the Roanoke Stone
and Lime company at a quarry near
Roanoke were killed today by the pre
mature explosion of a quantity of dyna
mite. . .
"When last seen the men were thra vy
ing the dynamiteed in front of a lire on
the ground, and it is thought one of the
trio kicked a stick of the explosive. Tho
bodies were horribly mangled.
Other men at the works wero not injured.
ICM CHARGES WILL
BE ALLQJAOTfl SLEEP
Allegations Against Federal Ser
vice Lapse Into Innocuous
-Desuitude
NOTHING ELSE EXPECTED
BY JOHN E. MONK.
Washington, I). ('..- Oct. 15.
I
The!
barges preferred bv .Senator Simmon
Uvith l lie civil service commission against
, vil,.l(
ivl anv civil service' reyulat ion or
No other decision was to-, be ex
i. J lie charges liled bv the sena
j rule.
I peclei
tor chairman were trull, ig. lo sav the
:l 11.. . a ' ... i' i.....
least. lit: hh.i piaxut a pilule til liiiii-
j coinoc irom nisi, ui iai. .
No man realiV's tins inure than Mr.
I Simmons himself. In Waslunioii it is
Licnerally understood -tlial tne senati'r-
I
(Concluded on
pa ge
column 1.)
Thousands of Teutons Celebrate
With Sonqs (umes and
AddrehCs.
Atlanta. .;i., M.
tierinan l):i y . al the
(today . Was lite ad.i
. . H.-sa-ner. of Phi!
A feature", of
L'ia state fair
t Dr. Charles
ihia, president
!of; the Amerii'an Ant imial Societies if
'C.'rm.iM- in the Paiii'd States. Thou-
sanrls
in in
l-l'l lill
;it l.erni.ins. nere . -present, der
uigs wcu'e rendered bv a trained
or live hundred, voices, and dor-
in.in -'lines ami -snorts - were indulged
iiitcs and simrts were
in
Dr. llev.inier's aildrcss dwelt largclv w Inch was lollo ping closely, became uii
with uie interests l ".the south and ot ' controllable and dashing down the. lull,
ierman-Anieriean citizens. I lie oilier I crashed into the ear in front,
sneakers included (iovernor Terrell and! I luce men whose legs were cut off
Alavor iioodward.
EIGHT TO ONE SHOT WINS
AND SMASHES TRACK RECORD.
New York. Oct. la.--Oxford. S to 1,
won the Westchester high weight, han
ilirn siv nnd .a luilt fnrlolO'S. at, Hcl.
iinont park tndav, and in doing so made
a new world's record lor the distance bv
stepping it in 1.18 l-.i. which is one-tilth
ol a second faster than the ls-st previous
time on a circular track, held jointly bv
I Flip Map, Mmeola ami Mai-tinnis.
. Oloroso, even monev favonte, won the
I Autumn 'Mendowhrook steeplechase in a
drive bv halt n lioigtn troni vrtnouox.
Engaged Man a Suicide.
Atlanta. On., Oct. 15,-Taplain W. IT.
Vnnenmcher. manager of the Rlosser
IViuting ( ompniiy, was found dead to-
Idav with his throat cut. Ihe circum
stances indicated suicide. Captain Nune
macher was to have been married within
p. wrrtfr.
WILLIAMS MAKES
REPLY TO SHAW'S
The Minority Leader In Congress
Addresses Small Audience
in This City
ABOUT 500 IN HALL AT
FIRST, BUT MANY LEAVE
Mississippi Congressman, Undaunted By
the Ever-Decreasing Audience, Speaks
for Two Hours and a Half in Grand
Opera House.
If the cinnmittce on ararngenents for
Iho visit i.f .ongressnian John Sharp
Williams to (ircensboro yesterday ever
doubted that the opera house would be
largo enough to hold the audience, their
fears were promptly dispelled -when tho
hour set for the speaking arrived. Not
withstanding the fact that the audicnco
at no time numbered more than 300 peo
ple, and dwindled down to about 250 bc
lore he finished, the Democratic leader m
the lower house of congress spoke for
two hours and thirl v-fivc minutes, and a
part ot the Democrats who heard him do
say it Was a line speech. Hie effort was
largclv devoted to replvmg lo Secretary
Shaw's Salisbury speech.
few minutes alter 2 o'clock, Mr.
Williams, accompanied by A. M. Scales
and Ma. (.has. M. Stedman, arrived and
came upon the stage. I he distinguished
guest was greeted bv applause from Iho
audience, then numbering less than oOO
people. A lew minutes- later tne band
came into the opera house and took seats
in gallery, llther men and a lew women
followed! and when Mr. Williams began
shaking there were probably 500 people
in the hall, though it is doubtful it the
audience ever numbered that many..
Before the end ot Mr. . W illiams'
speech,, .many- people who were in the
audience arose ami left not altogether,
but a few at a time. Once the. speaker
paused and said, "Now. lets go on with
Shaw-' Kleven men arose in ililfererit
parts of the hall, and went on not with
Shaw, but to 'their respective places of
labor. 1 lie scakiT noticed it and re
marked, ' "There'-is not much more of
'the audience included a number of
ladies, who occupied seats in the boxes..
I uuuig thou" who 'occupied scats upon
I the sliiiie -were a milliner ot newspape:
men and l'-eal Democrats.
Introduced By Mr. Scales,
state senator All red M. Scales made
tlie sncei'li of introduction, lie relerred
to the great political issues now claini
ling the attention ! .the people of (he
U nited Slates, and said that the fight
now being waged bet ween the pcopie
I .mil the inoiii-veil interests had devel
oped maiiv able leaders. He said, among
these was the speaker ot the afternoon,
whose grainlsire was a North ( arolimnii.
The father ol Mr. W illiams. he said,
yave his lite tit Sliiloh tor the cause of
the t ontederacv. .
'Mr. illiams was received with ap
plause when he arose to speak, lie be
gan bv '-addressing .himself to '"Ladies,
(icntleiiiau and I'ellow North (.arolm-
(Concluded on page 2, column 4.)
THREE LOSE LEGS IN
TRHLLEHAR CRASH
Eight Hurt In Accident At Union
town. Pa Cars Beyond
Control
I nionfnwn. Va., Oct. -15.--Eight
per-
sons were injured, three seriously.
in a
rear-end- collision ol trolley, cars
here
lodav- those serioltslv hurt lost
their
legs and inn v die. ..
The cars were bound tor laircliance
and Connellsvillr, and the Inst one had
stojijted at the llaliiinore and Ohio rail-
road crossiiiL'. east Main street, tor sonui
! reason not vet known, the second ear,
had their legs caught between the buinn-
ers.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
MEET IN NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, Oct. .". Nearly every
state in the I nion was represented to
dav bv iinilornied companies when tho
Knights of I'ythins biennial encamped
with the formal transler of Camp James
It. t arnahan.
Ihe transfer' was made bv J. Zach
Spearing on behalf of the encampment
association to t harles K. Muvelv, su
preme chancellor,. K. of l, who in turn
transferred it to Alajor-ficneral Uniform
Rank Arthur J. Stobbart. Uniformed
companies were still coming tonight.
Alleged Murderer Weeps.
Toms River, N. ,T., Oct. 15. Dr. Frank
L. Brouvvcr. on trial for the murder of
his wife, took the witness stand todav
and broke down and sobbed while testf-
SALISBURY SPEECH