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mm. Three Cents ttfe Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, SLOP Per Yw in VOL XV. No.ie. .nnTiicinni ii ii'iii i r mi i sum N K hUflKULINAOntlULHnd frracted at the Recent Session of the Legislature. ELECTROCUTION - NOT HANGING Epitome of Most Important Laws of General Interest to the people of North Made. Carolina Many Changes ffitom the Charlotte Observer.) Ihe Observer has the satisfaction of presenting a lucid review of the last Legislature 's work by Mr. Thom as W. Alexander, of the Charlotte bar. Mr. Alexander, writing very attractively, gives information other wise unavailable to the general pub lic. His readers are fortunate in the trained ability which he combines with appreciation of their require ments. There will be surprise at some almost overlooked, legislative acts, here pointed out and shown in the proper perspective. The volume contains 1440 pages, or 925 saparate enactments, together with 54 resolutions. Chap. 18 authorizes count com missioners to establish and maintain "tuberculosis dispensaries, or sana toria. Chap. 32 changes time for filing material man's lien. Chap. 49 affects the sale of prop erty under mortgage. The boundaries of our State wherever disputed are to he fixed by authority of Chap. 51. Guardians are permitted to culti vate the lands of their wards by Chap. 57 A caveat need -not be published longer than four weeks, instead of six, as formerly, by Chap. 74. By Chap. 97 the test farms of the State ar to be sold. An act to ' regulate the registra tion and sale of concentrated com mercial feeding stuffs" will give deal ers and manufacturers some whole some reading. By Chap. 150 every city and town is required to appoint inspectors of electric, gas and water metres. The bonds of tax collectors are governed by an amendment in Chap. There is a change and enlargement of licensing physicians by Chap. 218. "An act to facilitate the release of mortgages and deeds of trust" is of some convenience, but you have to liquidate just as before. Solid, through freight trains may be operated on Sunday if they are careful not to stop too long at any -station, Chap. 285. That the Baptist are alive to the situation is foretold by Chap. 294, which declares it a misdemeanor to "'offer for sale within 1 1-2 miles f any meeting of the Lower County Line Primitive Baptist Association, at any time during the three days and nights of the meeting, any confection aries, candies, lemonade, coca-cola, pepsi-cola, soda water, ginger ale, or any cold or soft drinks or concoc tions of any kind, whatsoever, of any kind." The State board of health is auth orized by Chapter 389 to furnish diptheria antitoxin under certain con ditions. Hanging as a mode of capital pun ishment is abolished and hereafter all convicts in capital cases will be sent to the State's prison in Raleigh and electrocuted. The practice of optometry will hereafter be under a board of exam iners, whose duty it is to license prac titioners. The general school law was chang ed in several respects. The "Daniel Boone Association" to pepetuate the memory of that grand old North Carolinian was created by Chapter 496. Chapter 555, an act to provide for standard weight packages, of meal and flour and to prevent short eights is another wholesome piece of literature, while "Stock or poul try tonic" is thoroughly regulated. Chapter 628 allows the registers of feeds of the several counties of the State to appoint deputies. Hotels, stools, hospitals, etc., are admon to have fire escapes by Chapter 'ounty commissioners may now reward for the apprehension of rs iis attempting arson. Chapter provides for the register of deeds to dark the index "satisfied" in re jafd to mortgages and other encum ttices when same are paid and thus SjJ result in the saving of a great deal of time in title searching, i n act to regulate the 'packing of sh and the sale thereof will be read rnK the coast with some interest. apter 677 authorizes clerks of lo ircrease allowance from $20 u ren, Chap. 42 raises salary of .Commis sioner of Labor and Printing to $2,000. By Chap. 83 the sura of $68,056.70 is returned to the State's prison de partment out of its former earnings. Judges of Superior Courts now get $100 per week extra for holding spe cial terms, to be paid by the county in which same are held. Chap. 83 is very comprehensive in attempting to render secure from fires woodland's above the contour line of 2,000 feet. By Chap. 176 the property of peo ple discharged from insane asylums is to be governed. The assistant State Librarian gets a raise to $900. The oath of road overseer is affect ed by Chap. 110. Marriage may now be performed by a "minister authorized by his Church" in addition to being ordain ed." Real estate sold under execution deed of trust or motgage will have to be advertised only ''once a week." Chapter 709 requires clerks of court to make entries descriptive of land where judgment affects same, s Druggists will have to refrain from selling cocaine indiscriminately. This amendment is a very worthy and im portant one as police claim that the habit is growing among the negroes and is responsible for much crime, the effect being to give the user a great deal of "nerve." Chapter 722 provides for the "reg istration of deaths in municipalities" and is very exacting in details. The militia of the State will read with great interest Chapter 745, where many innovations appear. It is now unlawful to manufacture, sell or give away duplicate switch lock keys. Funeral directors and embalmers are hereafter exempt from jury duty, especially in capital cases. A parent guilty of abandonment of his children will hereafter forfeit custody of same. The law of general assignment for benefit of creditors is materially changed. Banks are granted immunity on forged checks unless notified . in six months. "An act regarding corporations" is one relating to corporations selling securities. An act of great impor tance is Chapter 504 which is design ed to protect employes of corpora tions engaged in industrial commerce and to allow them the exemptions al lowed by law. An act which overrules the case of H. M. Victor vs. Louise Mills, et al., 148 N. C, 107, is Chapter 507 by which a corporation may insure the life of any officer or agent for its own benefit. An act to 1 ' require all employers of female employes to provide seats therefor" will be appreciated by clerks and others who are now com pelled to stand all day. The giving of worthless checks, drafts or orders is declared to be prima facie evidence of fraud by Chapter 647. Another law in regard to corpora tions is one making stockholders per sonally liable for costs of dissolution. All dealers in seed or grain should not fail to read the law on "impure or misbranded agricultural and vege table seed." Chapter 858 goes after employers who blacklist discharged employes. Express companies will have to make prompt settlement of cash on delivery shipments hereafter. The "State Association of County Commissioners" is incorporated. Life insurance companies are pre vented from forfeiting life policies without, notice in the future, while domestic insurance companies should read Chapter 9220. V A new legal holiday, April 12, is es tablished in commemoration of the "Halifax Resolutions." The 20th of May is of course one already. Building and loan associations will be interested in reading Chapter 898. A proviso that no bank shall com mence business with less than $5,000 capital is provided for in Chapter 911. Fire insurance companies are re quired to make deposits with the State to protect their contracts, etc. Taxation. The objects for which' the State taxes are levied are declared to be for the expenses of the government, support of charitable and penal in stitutions and specific appropriations and interest on State debt. The poll tax is fixed at $1.29 while the ad valorem tax is 43 cents on the $100 valuation; corporations to make pay ment to the State Treasurer of cer tain taxes. All exemptions granted are repealed except where the pro ceeds go to charity, etc. A graduated inheritance tax is prescribed, ranging from 75 cents on the $100 valuation to $5 on the same, depen dent upon the degree of kinship, "Was your gross income from salar ies, fees, trades, professions, and property not taxed, in excess of $1, 000 f " is a stiff Question to answer at the rate of $1 per $100. Theatres have a graduate tax along with theatrical companies, circuses, etc. Attorneys, physicians and denists are charged $5. Real estate, coal dealers, undertakers, horse dealers, fortune-tellers, gift enterprises, deal ers in futures, druggists selling liq uor, and so on through the list of oc cupations. The revenue act is very similar to the former act and pre sents no novel features. The general law in regard to motor vehicles (with exception of New Hanover- county) provides for a $5' regis tration fee payable to the Secretary of State, $3 of which is refunded to the county in which' the motor ve hicle is operated, and for $1 annual renewal fee. All motor vehicles must bear a designated number and dis play the same in front and rear. There are many provisions in regard to operating and using motor, ve hicles, such as requiring all male oc cupants over 15 years old of an auto to get out and help hold a refractory horse when encountered on the high way, etc. TROUBLE IN SOUTH AMERICA Bolivia is Disquieted Mobs Attack Peruvian and Argentine Legations Minister From the Argentine With His Wife Run For Their Lives. LaPaz, Bolivia, Special. The guards protecting the Peruvian and Argentine legations were suddenly withdrawn Saturday evening, for tome unknown reason. When this be came known, street mobs renewd their attacks on the legations, caus-v nig serious damage. The Argentine minister, Senor Fen seca, and his wife, had a narrow es cape from injury. They made their way out of the legation and ran a dis tance of eight blocks, finally seeking protection in the home of the Presi dent of Bolivia. No explanation has been made as to why the strict measures ordered by the authorities at the first sign of trouble have not been enforced. Man ifestations have been numerous in public places, and at a meeting held Saturday, a portrait of Figueroa Al- corta, President of Argentina, was placed head downwards on a pole and stoned to pieces. It is reported here that consider able excitement prevails at Lima and Buenos Ayres, and the Argentine government's silence in the face of Bolivian protests is regarded as ominious. La Paz was given over Sunday night to riot. The people swarmed in to the streets and did much damage. The electric wires were cut and pil laging was begun on all sides. Shots" were heard in every direction. The situation for foreigners, especially Peruvian and Argentine residents, is extremely serious. Hurricane Sweeps Panama. Panama, Special. A hurricane of unusual severity occurred Saturday night, doing much damage to prop erty. The electric plant in Panama was put out of commission and the city was left in darkness, which serv ed to increase the alarm. At the time there was a great crowd at the Na tional theatre. The performance came to an end but the audience re mained comparatively quiet. Many of the residents, who were unaccustomed to such violent storms left their houses, seeking safety with in the churches, the doors of whieh were thrown open to shelter the crowds. It is feared that the interior and coast towns have suffered consider ably. The government has dispatch ed two steamers. Gets a life Sentence. Marianna, Fla., Special. His wife '8 story that Dr. H. Alexander had kissed her while she was a pa tient in his chair caused J. V. White to kill the dentist several months ago and Saturday the resulting trial ended with the jury's cerdict of sec ond degree murder, which carries with it a sentence of life imprison ment. White's plea was that of self defense, he asserting that after the trouble had been "patched up" he met Dr. Alexander in a dark street and believed that he was about to be attacked. The dentist was armed only with an umbrella and five bullets were fired at him byWhite. Witness es, however testified that White had threatened to kill Dr. Alexander. Tornado Kills Six. Ortonville, Minnl, Special. Six people were killed, fifteen were in jured and much property was de stroyed Sunday by a tornado which passed over this section. The tornado demolished two dwell ing houses, the round house, coal sheds and five boarding cars of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail road. About 40 Italian laborers were in the cars and of these, five were killed and 15 injured. Phillip de Griff, a bus driver, was killed by being hurled against a tree when his vehicle was blown over and crushed. The tor nado was accompanied by a heavy rain and hail storm. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON Notwithstanding the fact that Monday was a legal holiday the Sen ate put in a full day's time, and busi ness proceeded from 10 o'clock in the morning until 5:35 o'clock in the afternoon with punctilious regularity and exceptional celerity. The result was marvelous. Not since the tariff bill has come into the Senate has so much been accomplished within a day. 1 Indeed, when the sitting came to an end a summary of the proceed ings showed that there was very lit tle left to be done. The principal item still to be considered was the tobacco tax, the figures on which had not been mpleted by the committee when the oenate adjourned. There was only a small part of the memjef s present when the House met. Chaplain Couden offered a prayer expressing patriotism appro priate to the day. A message from the President rec ommending an appropriation to pay the claim of a subject of Montenegro for the loss of certain property in Texas in 1865 was read and referred to the committee on appropriations. Completing the tariff bill in the committee of the whole, that measure was Tuesday reported to the Senate, so that legislation providing for cus toms duties is now regarded as on the home stretch. The question was brought to a close temporarily by a motion to adjourn for the day to af ford Senators an opportunity to look over the reprint of the bill before tak ing further action. The adjournment was with the understanding that when the body reconvenes all sections of the bill that Senators do not desire to reserve for further amendment shall be agreed to en bloc. The Sen ate will then consider the tobacco tax, the only amendment not adopted in the committee of the whole. The Senate jogged along in uneventful fashion, until Senator Smoot stated that he had an amendment recom mended by the committee on finance, fixing duties on tobacco. He sent it to the desk to be read. This preliminary procedure Conclud ed, Senator Daniel, of Virginia, rank ing minority member of the commit tee on finance, disputed the state ment of the Senator from Utah that provision had been recommended by the committee. He characterized it as another "bogus committee amend ment," stating that the minority members of the committee had never seerLiit .until it had been completed. j . Senator Bailey moved his income tax amendment Wednesday as a sub stitute for the finance commitee's provision.. A vote was taken upon it and it 'was rejected by a majority of 19, the ballot being 28 to- 47. With the corporation.4-provision thus established as a par&.of, the tar iff bill, there was considerable effort to amend it. In one notable case this effort was successful. Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, who has been a severe critic of the provision ever since its introduction because it excluded "holding" companies, renewed his criticism and was supported by other Senators. The result was the accep tance of an amendment by Mr. Clapp striking out the exemption of -such companies. Assurance was also given that every effort would be made to retain the amendment in conference. Senator Daniel offered a new plan for taxing corporations with gross in comes above $300,000 at the rate of 1-4 of 1 per cent, upon their gross incomes. Refering lightly to the "pretended weariness" of the Rhode Island Sen ator, he described him as "a wizard" at , whose sign "insurgents marched with tread of Roman soldiers to bring him victory." No time was lost Friday by the conferees of the House and Senate in getting together to map out the program for the many sessions that must be held for the purpose of put ting the finishing touches upon the tariff legislation. Chairman Aldrich, of the Senate ffinance committee, and chairman Payne of the House ways and means committee, agree that is may be pos sible to reach an agreement within 10 days, but are not sanguine of their ability of getting the conference re ports adopted speedily after they have been presented to the House and the Senate. An amendment by Senator John son, of Alabama, declaring the fnten tion of the United States eventually to grant independence to the Philip pines was opposed as being out of place and was rejected. By the adoption of a House resolu tion, an invitation was accepted by Congress to be represented at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Before adjoining the Senate re ceived official announcement of the death of Representative Cushman of Washington, and adjourned out of respect to his memory. TARIFF BILL PASSES SENATE BY 45 TO 34 Ten Insurgents Against One Dem ocrat For Measure. TOBACCO GROWERS' TAX LIFTED Committee Named and the Plan is to Have Bill Bent to Conference Im mediately Senate Removes To bacco Tax. Washington, D. C. The Senate passed the Tariff bill by a vote of 45 to 34. Ten Republican votes were re corded against the bill and one Demo cratic vote for it. The Republicans voting in the negative were: Bever idge, Indiana; Bristow, Kansas; Brown, Nebraska; Burkett, Nebras ka; Clapp, Minnesota; Crawford, South Dakota; Cummins, Iowa; Dolli ver, Iowa; La Follette, Wisconsin, and Nelson, Minnesota. McEnery, of Louisiana, was the single Democrat recorded in the affirmative. The vote in detail was as follows: Yeas Senators Aldrich, Borah, Bourne, Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs, Bulkeley, Burnham, Burrows, Bur ton, Carter, Clark (Wyoming), Crane, Depew, Dick, Dixon, Dupont, Elkins, Flint, Frye, Galiinger, Gamble, Gug genheim, Hale, Heyburn, Johnson (North Dakota), Kean, Lorlmer, Jones, McCumber, McEnery, Nixon, Oliver, Page, Penrose, Perkins, Piles, Scott, Smith (Michigan), Smoot, Ste phenson, Sutherland, Warner, War ren and Wetmore 45. Nays Senators Bacon, Bailey, Bankhead, Beveridge, Bristow, Brown, Burkett, Chamberlain, Clapp, Craw ford, Culberson, Cummins, Daniel, Dollivec. Fletcher, Foster, Frazier, Gore, Hughes, Johnston (Alabama), La Follette, McLaurin, Martin, Money, Nelson, Newlands, Overman, Owen, Shively, Simmons, Smith (South Car olina), Stone, Taliaferro and Taylor 34. The vote came after a continuous session of more than fifteen hours, in which amendment after amendment was defeated by being laid on the ta ble. Immediately after the announce ment of the vote the Vice-President announced that the conferees would be Senators Aldrich, Hale, Burrows, Penrose and Cullom for the Republi cans, and Bailey, Money and Daniel for the Democrats. Two important amendments were included in the measure in the day, and a number of minor changes were wrought at the night session. Chief of the amendments was that offered by Senator Bradley, of Kentucky, to remove the tax of six cents a pound on tobacco "in the hand," to relieve the growers of a burden blamed for the "night rider" outrages. The ac ceptance of the amendment came as a distinct surprise, the Senate fre quently having refused to remove the duty. The other Important amendment was offered by Mr. Curtis, of Kansas. It places a countervailing duty on crude oil. The last hours of the debate were exciting. The galleries were crowded to witness the end of the first stage of the big Senatorial fight and members from the House crowded the rail of the Senate chamber from one side of the President's desk all around to the other, and they stood patiently through the speeches waiting for the end. When all was over, before the Senate adjourned the Republicans crowded up around Mr. Aldrich to congratulate him on his success, and it "was several minutesbefore order . cnnld bft restored and the motion to aujourn be put. By a vote of 178 to 151 the House non-concurred in the Senate's 847 amendments to its Tariff bill and agreed to send the bill to conference, eighteen Republicans voting against it and one Democrat for it. TWO DIE IN A WHISKY WAR. North Carolina's Attempt to Enforce Law Leads to Bloodshed. Raleigh, N. C Two officers killed by manufacturers of illicit whisky and the arrest of J. Dannenberg, a representative of New York, Balti more, Richmond and other brewers, are part of the day's record in the at tempt being made in North Carolina to enforce, by State and municipal officers, the new State prohibition laws. Persons whom Dannenberg repre sented are said to have attempted to f defy the new city license on "near beer," an alleged "prohibition drink, which has had a large sale for months In North Carolina. Pro hibitionists charge the decoction will Intoxicate, and in one town an ordi nance Imposing a fine of $50 for every hottle sold wa3 passed. ROCKEFELLER GIVES $10,OCO,0fo His Benefactions Now Amount to $112,655,000. New York City. The General Ed ucation Board announced that John D. Rockefeller had contributed 1Q, 000,MM more to carry forward the general, e duration plan for the endow ment of colleges and universities throughout tH TTo-y states. This additional giit Lnigs the total sum contributed by Mr. Rockefeller to tbia special education f unci to $53,000,000. IJea new given away $112,655, 000, more thafKninety-five per cent, of which has gone to the genera' cause of education. M SHOT DEAD AS SDN FIGHTS TlEF irfrs. George Staber, of Flatbush, Killed by Burglar. FIERCE BATTLE FOR PISTOL iToung Staber Wins and Wounds Bur glar as He Flees With Pal Traces of Blood Revealed Their Hiding Place. Flatbush, L. I. A shot fired by ne of two yeggmen, with whom Ed fvard A. Staber, of No. 455 East Eighteenth street, was fighting for tils life, killed the young man's mother, Mrs. Sophie L. Hjousberg Staber, who stood in the doorway of tier room, on the second floor of the lome about 3 o'clock a. m., when the iwo men entered the home of George R. Staber, the father, a paper im porter, of No. 127 Duane street, New Fork City, and awakened the family. Edward Staber, who is only twenty two years old, grappled with one of the men, although he was unarmed, md the two men had a revolver a ad in ammonia pistol. Three shots ware 9red by the man with whom young Staber was wrestling, and the fiird shot, which burned Staber's sid3, is the one which killed his mother. The man then dropped the revolver ind young Staber picked it up and fired twice at him as he fled, hitting aim in the arm and in the side. Six hours later, through the assistance of citizens, who traced the wounded man by blood stains and the visits of hie companion, the police got both men, who admitted that they had been in the house, but denied having fired the shot which killed Mrs. Staber. One of them, a Hungarian, calling himself John Smith, was found in -miserable plight in some woods more than a mile away from the house. lodged in the bone at his elbow. The other buried Itself in his abdomen. The other man, an Austrian, who said he was Carlo Grio, was captured by a Sicilian cobbler from whom he had The entrance of the men Into the Staber home, one of several detached frame houses in the neighborhood, the murder and the quiet flight of the men occupied only a few mo ments. The entire family was asleep on the second floor. Jimmy marks on the cellar door and the jamb of the kitchen door showed that the men had first tried to enter that way, but later they forced the kitchen window instead. The men went immediately to the southeast bedroom on the second floor, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Sta ber. In the adjoining room were their two daughters, the Misses Marie and Emily Staber, the latter being ill. Two doors down the hall is the guest chamber, which was oc cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Franz Khorn, relatives of Mrs. Staber, who were to have sailed next day for Germany. The son's room was across the hall from this one. One of the men carried an electric flashlight. The ray from this, hitting Mr. Staber's face, awakened him. "Who's there?" he cried. "What la the matter?" "Keep still and nothing will hap pen to you," a strange voice reolied. "All we want is the money. If you give that tip, you won't get hurt." The voice awakened Mrs. Staber. Her screams alarmed the two daugh ters in the next room, and they be gan to scream loudly, arousing the son. who rn from his room to Inter cept the jobbers. BUMPER CORN CROP . FOR 10OO. Government Report Indicates a Har vest of Over 3,000,000,000 Bushels. Washington, D. C. An enormous crop of corn, probably for the first time in the history of the country ex ceeding 3,000,000,000 bushels, is in dicated by the monthly report of the Agricultural Department. Expecta tions had been, in view of June's very favorable weather, for a good report; and. although it failed entirely to meet all that had been predicted for it, the report was considered as gen erally fulfilling expectations. The report on corn had been awaited with most Interest, recent predictions of an enormous crop hav ing given rise to much speculation as to the actual outlook for the 190 harvest. From the Government's fig ures it Is figured that a crop of 161.174,000 bushels is in sight. The nearest approach to this figure in any other year was in 1906, when 2.927, 000,000 bushels were harvested. BLACK HAND AGENTS SHOT. Carlo Taresi, a Barber, at New Brigh ton, Says They Demanded Money. New Brighton, Staten Island. Car lo Taresi, a barber, shot and killed Joseph Zena and seriously wounded Espesto Parenta near his shop at No. 242 Broadway. He was arrested on a charge of homicide. He eays the two men wer e Black Hand agents to whom he -f?fused longer to pay blood money. rr shoot4g vmz attended by a thrilling chase down the.min street of West New Brizhtou. Scores of persons who saw Taresi kill his man and bowl over the second with a charge of lead slugs, which screamed close to the heads of a crowd of chil dren, threatened to lynch him. Tare si's version of the tragedy, told hurri edly, checked the demonstration.