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News. IIMlf WEATHER Fair, much colder today, with a cold wave and high northwest winds; Monday fair and cold. The News 'A paper for all the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. VOL. HI. ISO. 102 LAST EDITION. GKEEXSBORO, N. C. S UXDAY, FEBRUARY 2 , 1908 LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS J RATE BILL PASSED BY LEGISLATURE WHICH ADJOURNS Senate Measure Is Agreed Upon, Mileage book Question Left to Railroads THAT $17,500 FUND IS FLATLY REJECTED Both the House and Senate Adopt Reso lution of Grant, of Davie, Directing State Treasurer to Refuse Any Part of the Money. Raleigh, N. C, February 1. The extraordinary session of the leg islature adjourned this afternoon at 2.30, amid customary scenes, such us t lie singing of the Doxology and a num ber of popular songs. . The closing scenes of this special ses sion, held at a cust of many thousands of dollars, to rectify, if possible, the transgressions of the last regular session, were not without an element of humor. Governor Glenn at the psychological moment, as it were, came forward and thanked the statesmen for tlheir hearty "indorsement" of his recommendations. The humor of the situation, of course, lies in the fact that the governor was all but lost sight of in the Senate, and it was the Senate bill that was finally agreed upon, as a result of the diplo macy of Doughton, of Alleghany. In a word, the legislature established flat rate of 2 1-2 ecnts, and left the public to the tender mercies of the rail- (Continued on Pago Six.) FIVE BURNED TO DEATH, FIVE IflJiEO IN FIRE -ITHISB CiTVMO. Three-Story Roomlng-House De- stroyed Victims Asleep at the Time. NATURAL CASWAS THE CAUSE Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 1. Five per sons were burned to death and five oth ers were injured in a fire in a t)hree tory rooming-house, at 1116 Wyandotte street, near the business section, this morning. The dead: Mrs. Jennie Bert, aged twenty-nine, Harrisonville, Mo., waitress. Mabel E. Porter, aged eighteen, wait . res. , . ' ' " . Nina Graves, aged eighteen, waitress. Peter Rooney, aged thirty-four, porter. Charles Johnson, aged twenty-eight, eook. ' -. The injured received slight burns and cuts and none is believed to be in a dan gerous condition. All the dead, except Mrs. Bert, lived in Kansas City. The fire started from an explosion of natural gas in the basement. The flames and dense smoke spread quickly throughout the building, and before an alarm could be given all means of escape by the ordinary exits had been shut off. Four of the five persons who lost their lives were asleep on the third floor and .u ,..-. v,urnwi in Hnnth in their rooms. Before the firemen arrived the building was a mass of flames ana we rooms oi tho upper floors could not be entered. Mnbel Porter and Nina Graves, two of the dead, occupied a room together. The injured slept on the lower flnors and in the basement. Most of these escaped without aid. fighting their way through the flames and smoke. Tho fire men were able to rescue others from the burning building. Y , TH- p.iri inat lhr liff in trvinu to rouse the inmates. The dense smoke pouring up the stairway soon filled the (Continued on Page Two.) TEN DISMISSED FROM 1 PJJOR BA7I PRESIDENT BARRINGER DETER MINED TO , STAMP OUT THE PRACTICE AT BLACKSBURG. j Blacksburg, Va., Feb. 1. Ten cadets were expelled from the Virgin Poly technic Institute today for hazing. The faculty, after careful consideration of the case of each man before them, de cided upon this course and informed the students that their decision was positive and flnaL . t To the forgeolng official statement to day, President Barringer said that he was determined to abolish all forms of : hazing at the V. P. I., and that the prac tice will not be toleratid. In this he ha the cooperation of the commandant and members of the faculty. ' The cadets , dismissed today left tonight for their ' 'home, ' $17,500 FUND WAS FOR THE EXPENSES : .CO - OF LEGISLAT URE In Letter to Preside Emerson op Coast Line That Contribution Ask ed for Was "Caused by the Fact That Legislature of North Caro lina Has to Be Called Together. " BY JOHN CROUCH. ' Kulcigh, N. C, Feb. 1 A number of all set the benefit and should pa v their Blaiounmn avn .:il ; i. .... i. I a; i. . i 1 ' . and one hears a lot of aftermath talk iW0.uin ic Dim iu niu cicj luimiu, j relative to the extra session and the" events leading up to the meeting of the legislature. - It will be recalled that it was denied by Governor Glenn, both 'through the col umns of the News and Observer and in his message to the legislature, th:it the now famous fund of f 17,."i)0 was to be employed in defraying any part of the expense of convening the legislature. In view of these denials, which were repeated with each outburst of criticism of the reputed intentions of the gov ernor, the News has been permitted to give publicity to a letter which the gov ernor, on December 20, addressed to President Emerson, of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. In this letter the governor says in so in my words that 'the railroads were to pay an amount not exceeding .$17,500, "this caused by the fact that the legislature of North Carolina has to be called to gether." -. The governor goes on further to ex plain (and the explanation .-confirms a story which we published sever il days since on this subject) that "heretofore I have put it on the basis of court cost, but this is not entirely reasonable, as EVEH WORSE THAN WAS TT FIRST REPORTED Eight Certainly Dead and May Finally Reach Fllteen. List DAMAGE IS HALF A MILLION Wesson, Miss., Feb. 1. Extending forty miles from west to cast is the path of destruction made by yesterday's tornado, just north of Wesson. Today it was found tliat it had been a worse disaster than was at first reported. In the tornado zone today the dead num bered eight and the fatally injured four, while at least one hundred other persons were hurt. The death 15 'nay re-ieh fif teen. The damage may reach $500,000. In the wreckage lie four churches and several country stores. This tornado is the fourth in this region in twenty-five years. It mowed down trees and razed houses and mills in a nearly straight line across a large portion of Copiih county. Starting near Caseyville in a narrow path, the tornado broadened out until at Mie end of its forty-mile course, it was sweeping a path about a mile wide. The greatest loss of life wan near Martinsville, where Ben Martin lost every member of his family including his wife" and four children, and where David Martin, a relative, was killed. Ben Mar tin may die of injuries. A BURLINGTON COMPANY IS GUARANTEED A CHARTER Raleigh, N. C. Feb. 1. -A charter is granted to the Carolina Erection Com pany, at Burlington. The objects of the corporation are to do a general survey ing and draughing business and to build, construct railroads, tunnels, electric works, etc. The authorized capital stock, is $125,000, divided into shares of the value of $10, and tho company may begin business on $220, which is sub scribed for by W. K. Scott, E. E. Hanks and L. C. Carter. CROSSING A STREAM HACK IN WHICH SHE WAS BEING DRIVEN UPSETS IN QUICK ;'.'' -;,'-..-'( SAND. Macon, Ga, Feb. 1. Mrs. Walter Byrd, of Texas, was drowned in Town creek in Jones county, five miles from Macon, laste yesterday evening. She was on her way to visit her sister, Mrs. J. J. Jones, near here, and arrived in Macon in a storm in the afternoon and started to drive in a hack to her sister's home. At Town creek, which was ! swollen, the hack sank in quicksand, careened and threw her out . She 'was heard to scream three times before disappearing down the stream into the river. .' . The haclcman, John Jones, i clung to the limb of a tree and was rescued, Mrs. Byrd's body has not yet been recovered. prupoi uouhic part. Following is the letter: State of North Carolina. Executive De partment, Raleigh, Dee. 20, 1!H)7. Mr. T. M. Emerson, President Atlantic Coast Line, Wilmington, N. C.: My Dear Sir: The following terms submitted by me in order to try and settle the r.iilrond dill'erenco in North Carolina have been agreed upon by the Southern railway and the state, subject, of course, to the approval of the legislature, and I here with ask your opinion in regard to it and ask you to definitely state in writ ing whether your road will abide bv tin terms -as I desire; if "you do. to call the legislature together at once. I am to il.-. 1 :. !.. I IKMIIllltllll IU I.IU" it-Lniji Llll r Mil llllcirr nf tha nnunnt flnf rata r,f O 1.1 In O 1.9 cents; also the repeal of the old law of 1907, doing away with the penalty suits and indictments heretofore incurred: also to recommend that if, after a rea son:! ble trial the rate is found confisca- j tory the corporation commission given power to regulate the rates jn i j no rase to be more than 2 3-4 cents, The railroads on their part agree to give an interstate rate of 2 1-2 cents, (Continued on Page Two.) JUDGE PRITCKARD IS DEFENDED BY THE BSRJFJSHEIIILLE Attack of Lockhart Is Declared Wholly Unwarranted and Unjustifiable. TELECRRAMS TO MR. WEAVER Asbeville. N. C, Feb. l.-The follow ing resolutions - were telegraphed to Representative Weaver today, and arc self-explanatory: Whereas, the attention of the Ashe ville Bar Association has been called to an attack upon the personal character Land ollicial conduct of Hon. J. C. Pritch- nrd, Vnited States circuit judge, made upon the floor of the House of Repre sentatives of the North Carolina legis lature, by Representative Lockhart; and Whereas, the members of this associa- (Continued on Page Two.) PORTUGUESE MONARCH AND CROWN PRINCE ARE SLAIN BY ASSASSIN BAND AS THEY RETURN FROM DRIVE King Carlos and His Royal Family Seated in the Royal Carriage When Volley Is Fired Second Son of the King Also Is Wounded Police Fire on Regicides Killing Three of Them Lisbon, Scene of Crime, in Uproar. Lisbon. Feb. 1. King Carlos, of Por tugal, and tho Crown Prince Luiz Phil ippe, were assassinated today and the city is in a state of uproar. The King's second son, the Infantu Manuel,-, was sliTll'lv notindid. but Oneeri Nmrlie, 'who strove to save the Crown Prince's life by throwing herself upon him, was unhurt..'.- .''.-!-.- , - X band of men, waiting at the corner of the Braco Do t'ommercio and the Rua Do Arsenal, suddenly sprang to ward the open carriage, in which the family were driving to the palace, and levelling carbines which they had con cealed upon them, fired. The King and the Crown Prince, upon whom the at tack was directed, were each shot three times, and they lived only long enough to he. carried to the Slarine , Arsenal nearby, -where they expired. Almost at the first shot the King fell back on the cushions dying, and at the same moment the Crown Prince was seen to half arise and then sink back on the seat. Queen Amelie : jumped up and threw herself toward the Crown Prince in an apparent effort to save his life at the cost of her own, but the Prince. had received his death wound. The police guard fired upon the assassins and killed three of them. Were Heavily Guarded. The royal family, were returning from Villa Vicosa, where they had been so journing, and were on thior way from the railroad station to the palace. A strong guard was in attendance because of the recent unrisini in the city and the dis covery of a plot to assassinate Premier Franco and overthrow the monarchy, but the band of murderers had selected the most advantageous spot for the com mission of their crime, as they were THAW ACQUITTED SENTTO HOSPITAL FORMIiSiE From Cell In the Tombs to Mat.' teawan Within four brief i Hours. I PROTESTS HIS SAITY ALL WAY TO HOSPITAL! Court Orders His Commital on the ' Ground That Release Would Endanger the Public Safety Jury Was Out for i Twenty-five Hours. I .ew loik, r eb. I. .diiJgcI not guilty ot the murder of Staiil'urd White, by reason of insanity at the time the fatal shots were bred. IIhitv Kendall Thaw today whs held bv the court to be n dangerous lunatic and was hurried aviy to. the state hospital Jor the eriiu inil insane at Matteawan. It was a (iiii-k transit inn froni the dingy little cell in the tombs, which hail j been t lie young man s home tor more (than eighteen- months, to the white-bed- j i i. !.'"'" winds of the big asylum tucked away on the snow-covered, sloping banks of the Hudson river, lifty miles above the city. The verdict" came after twenty-five hours of wiiting ami when veryone conncc aco wim i ue case na, aoanuonen an nope oi tin agreement ever being reachel in this or any other trial, Four hours after the foreman's lips had framed the words not guilty. With the accompanying insanity clause. Thaw, protesting he was sine, was on his way to Mat.teawan. A little after nightfail he had been received in The '-institution under commitment papers which directed his detention "until discharged by due'! course of law." No more unwilling patient ever made a journey to n state institution. Thaw's train on its way to Fislikill Landing, whero a carriage was taken to Mattea wan, -passed beneath the. 'very walls of grim Sing Sing, but at no time since lii arrest on the night of .luce 2."i, lIHVi, bad the young Pittsburg millionaire, ever held the thought, that he would see the inside of that famous prison, and he heeded it not. ' - -'. . - Thaw In Rebellion. The first, thrill of 'words of "acquittal" brought Thaw to Ms feet in the court room, and with' that lack of grace of action which always has characterized his movements, be awkwardly, almost haughtily bowed his acknowledgments to the twelve jurymen as they were dis charged by the court. A smile played about his pallid features and thero was every reason to lielieve that he was en tirely pleased with the outcome. It was "after he bad heard the words of Justice Dowling committing him to Matteawan on the ground that his re lease, in the opinion of the court, would endanger the public safety, and after the elation of the verdict had died away, that Thaw rebelled. He Commanded his attorneys imme diately to sue out a writ of habeas corpus to have bis sanity tested liefore he was sent away to the up-state insti- ! (Continued on page Six.) concealed from the eyes of the police until the carriage had wheeled into the Praco Do Cominercio. a large square. Before any of the guards were awa- of what had happened the asssassnis leaped toward the carriage and instant ly a fusillade of shots rang out. In a moment all was terrible confusion, the King and Crown Prince being shot down without the slightest chances to save themselves. Police guards sprang upon the regicides, the number of whom is somewhat uncertain, and killed three of them and captured three others. One of these committed suicide after being placed in prison. It is charged that one of the murderers was a Spaniard named Cardova. The bodies of the King and the Crown Prince were removed from the Marine Arsenal in two closed carriages to the royal palace, the Paco Das Neeessi mades, the former residence of the King, escorted by municipal guards mounted. Nation Is Alarmed. The news of the assassination swept through the city like fire through dry grass, and tonight the populace is panic stricken, not knowing where the next blow may fall. There is the greatest dead for the future of the country, which seems on the verge of being plunged into the awful throeB of a- revolution with all the attendant horrors and bloodshed. Throughout the city consternation reigns, and all the houses and business places are barricaded. An examination of the wounds of the King, who was already dead when he reached the arsenal, showed that three bullets had found their mark. One wound was situated at the nape of the neck, a second in the shoulder and the third, which wsa the fatal wound, sev Mr. Roosevelt May Succeed Him 11 (' 'Iff " X 1 4 MSSSSWmmm :::: UNITED STATES SENATOR THOMAS COLLIER PLATT, OF NEW YORK. Washington, D. C. Feb. 1. Senator press Company in 1870 and in 18S0 wms Piatt, of New York, has just paid l.Irf l-tol president of this great corpora first visit to the White Mouse since t oe I t,on , : - ' ' ' .'"' ' assembling of Congress. Lven this visit was brief and -'unimportant, according to Mr. Piatt's reports. It renews interest, however, in the suggestion that it is the scat of Senator Piatt that President I Roosevelt is talked ' of as occunvin" I jpy should he care to keep in the political a.ena. by way of Senate membership. The term of Senator Plaft will expire a year from next March, and it is his in tention not to ask for another election. The legislature that will choose a suc cessor to Piatt will be chosen in Novem ber and the prospects of an election of President Roosevelt to the vacant place will depend upon happenings between now and then. ,!;..,! Senator Piatt is one of the veteran Republicans of the upper house. He is 3. New Yorker born nnd bred, and is seventy-five years of age. He entered mercantil life soon after leaving school and has been in : active business ever since. His present home is Oswego, N Y., -the city of his. birth. He was pres ident of the Tioga National Bank at its organization. The foundation of his for tune was ljid in the lumbering business in Michigan, lie was elected to the Forty-thii-d and Forty-fourth Congresses as representative and was chosen United States senator for the first time Janu ary 18, -1881. He was chosen secretary and director of the United. States Ex". ered the carotid artery. The crown prince, who' was still breathing, but who died almost immedately after admission to the arsenal, had suffered three wound in the head and chest. Two bullets bad struck Prince 3fanuel, one in the lower jaw and the other in the abdomen. King Carlos' mother, the Duke of Oporto, bis brother, and a number of ministers and court officials fastened at once to the arsenal when the news reached them of the nttaek upon the royal family. The cold-blooded murder has sent a thrill of horror throughout the country. Part of Gigantic Plot. At the first blush it would seem as though the assassination was the work of Anarchists. Neverthlcss, the stirring events of the last few weeks has pre pared the people for some startling cul mination. The discovery of plot after plot, as well as the discovery of many secret stores of weapons and ammuni tion, had demonstrated the existence of a determination on the pirt of a large body of the Portugese to overthrow the present conditions and proclaim a re public. The tragedy occurred at 5.30 in the afternoon, but the panic which instant ly stirred the city and all its activities prostrated the lines of communication, and it was not for some hours that the news of the assassination was permit ted to be sent broadcast. Lisbon to night wears an air of utter desolation. The theaters and cafes are closed, the streets are almost deserted and the elec tric cars are moving without passengers. The minds of all the faithful monarch ists have turned to the thought that the wounded Infanta Manuel is now King .(Continued on Page Two.)j STRUCK WITH A BRICK, . i' CHARLES REAVIS MAY DIE ' , Wmston-fealem, N. C, Feb. 1 Charles ilcavia, a young winte man, was 4l.ruLlv 0n the head wit h a brick noiir tho union . passenger station here tonight, lie was removed to tlie nospnai ana aiT.enui"K physicians say Renvis will probably die. Pe'arl Sanders, a negro with a bad repu tation, charged with the assault, was ar rested and committed to jail. ; PREACHER, AS ALLEGED FORAKEB ATTACKS THE SWINDLER, WANTED IN PRESIDENT AND HEAVILY ASHEVILLE, IS ARRESTED SCORES KRAKERS Charged With Using the United States Malls With Intent to Defraud. OLD HEIR-TO-FORTUNE CAME Springfield, O., Feb. 1. The Rev. Wil liam U. Whitaker, civing his homo as i!.xeier, ivan., is in . jan nere ennrgeu m -New oik city, atteiuliil (lie twentv with usiug the United' States mails to . second annual biinquet if 1 ho Ohio Sn defraud. - Ho was arraigned before j ciety of New York tonight, in t'he gr ind United States Commissioner William 31, Uockle, nnd Was committed in default of $5,000 bail. The affidavit on which Whitaker was arrested was sworn out by the post master of Asbeville, N. C., and avers that Whitaker claimed to represent an estate in England which he said was worth from $200,000,000 to 000,000,000 belonging to the heirs of John Whitaker j and Jane Scott Parker. Ho communicated with a number of j people in this country and claimed that for the small fee of $10. bo would look! after their interests. Whitaker was ar-' resttd in Dayton Friday evening and brought here today. vj Asbeville, N. C, -. Feb. ; I. The; Rev. ' (Continued on Pago Two.) BRYAN SATISFIED TO BI DS PRINCIPLES SAYS HE WILL BE EXCEEDINGLY HAPPY IF HE FURNISHES ROOSE VELT WITH THOUGHTS. Dover. Del., Feb. . William Jen nings Bryan arrived herp today from Wilmington, Del., and this afternoon ad dressed a mass-meeting in the Dover operahouse. Mr. Bryan followed the ideas he ad vanced in his Wilmington speech, and said that if he could live for nothing else than to furnish ' principles for President Roosevelt and the American j nation ho would be exceedingly happy. Mr. Br Van said "I have stood for certain principles of government and I appreciate these ef forts of you who have been fighting for these in and out of season. Roosevelt has rendered a service to his country that no Republican appreciates as I do. His service to his party is. of incal culable good, for he has played the part of an honest reformer, and the reformer is the salt that seasons and saves his i party, MESSAGE MEANS TAPT IN A SAY SENATORS His Candidacy Is Immeasurably Strengthened by Last Utter ance From White House. BOURNE RAISES THE THIRD TERM DEMAND Oregon Man Only. One of Those Inter viewed Who Sees in Message Reason For the Renomination and Reelection of Mr. RoRosevelt. BY JOHN E. MONK. " Washington, D. C, Feb. 1. That the candidacy of W illiam H. Taft for tha Republican presidential nomination has been immeasurably- strengthened if i.ot I absolutely assured by the message of i President :' ltoowvelt ' sent to .Congress yesterday, was the sentiment expressed i bj nearly all the senators and repre sentatives who discussed it today. . Only one senator of all those inter ieved expressed the opinion that it meant t lie .renomination of Roosevelt Senator Bourne, of Oregon, and ho is a i well-known advocate of the "second elec tive term" for Roosevelt.: His colleague, Senator Fulton, did not care to discus the -message or its effect upon prcsideu i lial candidacies, but declared himself un equivocally for Tii ft and predicted that j-Tnft would be nominated I A few of the senators interviewed praise the message, but preferred not to express an opinion as to tlie eflect it nii"ht have upon the nresidertial nomi- nation .Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, for example, said: "It's a grand message and was fully .justified by the conditions in t ho country'" .Senator Olipp, of the S.1I11P 8t,ite, lerlared : "It means tlie jjominat ion of T tit't nt CIiiortTOi fintl tlio indorsement of t)w Roosevelt policies." Senator Curtis, of Kansas, when a-ke.? if the message. eliminated Taft anl suh stitiited Roosevelt, replied: "tlmt Taftt (Continued on Page Two.) Archbold Praises Kockefeller and Defends Oil Trust Urges Na tlonal Corporation Law. AT OHIO SOCIETY'S BANQUET New York. Feb. T. Nearly six hun dred sons of the UucUeve Slate, residents ballroom of the -Waldorf-Astoria, anil listened to addresses by.. several of Ohio' most distinguished sons. The speakers; wore United States Senator!. Joseph' 15. Forakcr. Leroy 1). Thoman, -president of the Society of Chicago; lion. Judsnn Marmon, of Cincinnati: John D. .Areb- bold, .vice-president of the Standard Oil Company, and Judge Elbert- II. Oarv, (hninmn of the 1 nited States (Steel Corporation. Senator Foraker openly declared tii.nt "muckraking" was chiefly 'responsible-' for the industrial and financial condition in which the country now finds itself. Ho 'decried. - the -.at lacks of magazines and newspapers' and investigations into th aiiairs of tho railroads and : industrial (Continued on Page Two.) BLIND TIGER PATRON IS A LAW VIQLATE3 AND WHEN FOUND GUILTY SHOULD BE PUNISHED, DECLARSA . , JUDGE BOYD. , ' Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 1. Judge Boyd, of Greensboro, who is holding the special term of tho L'nited .States District Court here in the stead of Judge Pur noil, has intimated from the bench that it parties who buy liquor from blind- tiger are brought before him under in . dictment from the grand jury,' he will nquire verdicts of guilty if the purchase is proven, and will impose sentences in kctpip;? with tho sentences meted out to. the blind-tiger men themselves. The losition of Judgo lioyd is that one who y buying a drink procures, the break ing of the law is himself guilty of brenk in,' tho law. District Attorney Skinner expressed regret to the judge that th grand biry ior this term had already been discharged, and it would therefor be impossible to act on the suggestion from the beiich at this time, '7
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