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1 gt i VaAPfMy 3oiiy Paper tn IXloriCi ijGdirqfBdn That Mao If 1 t- r- Tnt3 WEATBEII TO-DA Partly cloud jr. and warm-i Wednesday: Thursday 1 TTTJ5 TTOAT TO-DAT. HO I I Partly cloudy and warmer Wcdnesila 11 1 rla lirobhbljr rain ivith. colder in wetj portion. probably rain colder ln-j west portion.

4- rr Volume LX. No. 112i Price Five Cents. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY I MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1907. I.

I i VJ: I I 1-1 ILLW1L lit 'lit I I 1 i I 'I i i fct-: .9 .71 I I. wis -iiitfflaic: '7 North (Qapltaa lilies I if i it j'-'-S li ii i Ml i i St jl I Si SHj: AS YET BUT NINE HARD BAPS FOR 1UR BIG TYRANT rrij i.ir "fflSWIl II TIMET Expected Reply; to Committee f'Sarchirig" tions as to Amounts fluenco1 and Subsidy. ME A ce H00J.I.ULIIU Graham Footstool Dill i i 1 Revived. ii At iif" irif- tnrrc inc vmluc ur uuuuo Stubbs Wants Tliese Jfixcd as Limit In Penally Delay Suits; Against Rall- road -Tlie Ijaaghingliousc i i FfohjBill In IIuusc Back to Committee. The -fool stool" bill of Senator Graham, of! Orange, is; to have another chance at lec-iomine ia law.

and make It obligatory in rAilroad companies to sh that passengers da not nave 10 iryri viimofup 10 inai arc too higji, or step; ilown too far to 1 1 -j i I. i which urns sent to the "ilnqay, prMidesin Its first section that rjallroada may require passengei-a ito enter i coaches by one SEXATORj JOHN; 1 1). DAWXS. Successful ilan or Wilson, and Member cf Board of Directors stated fTlson who ll-prectus Seventh Senatorial hi door and leavf by another, and la it-second that railroad companies thall have foot stools for paf sensors so that passengers may not have to step over eighteen inches In getting on or leaving the trains! Among the Senators who voted jto table ion Monday was Senator Kluttx. yterday moved to reconsider the vote.

He stated! that he did not think requiring ptv.sst ngers to enter or leave Tby a certain door wns and. this, but raw merit in the proposition to have foot stools to mak comfttable access to and egress i frlnm the coaches. His motion to reecjnsIder ia-H't with nearly a unanimous vote, anditht bill was -referred tofthje Comrhluee on Jlr.il-roads. i. Sj Ueutenanit-oovern6rf slated that replies! had been; received from four Judicial districts ii as- to amount of fee reeeivbd by Solicitnis in thej fi-nrcs being: First ri--trict.

H. S. Ward, In fees. J4v from Stated (approximately '2. Second District, Ileriot -n I4.10J.S4.

of which wa for leaving X3.909.j54. frerh which Solicitor Clarkson deducted; as expense on milioads. or board, and $250 ok anproximitt pro rata 4Yr ofltce rent and clerk hire, that! nqt ihc Hinount as Thirteenth District. M. K.

Harshaw. eppitoximattily M. tt. YOtTJT. Representative from Catauba.

who r. Member (of Snb-Comvjittce Fatorable? Reixn mnvuz to Hcquire IiOc-ai aiut l.t'iiz Di-t Telephone teenth- District Mark iW. Frown, -proximately J2.S73. The letters filed with the clerk so that they niSl.t be available to th members. To.

Rctlaccj IlailrtKid. Icr.alty. A bill1 was Introduced during t' session bv Senator SttiM', of Maiti 1 which proposes thnt. In i-Iace of (Continued on Pa rs 1 mm CHfii: i ing. 5lr.

Caldwell had brimmed their tups to over-flowing, MrA Caldwell is a tali gentleman of a dark complexion and a mildly Shrinking manner. He has a student a loose! anatomy and bosy poet's eyes. Not for moment would he be picked out for an extemioran-eous tieaker. So much the worse for appearance. Mr.

Caldwell started off and quickly went up. He continued t- go up. As he rose circled and, a.s hei circled, ho soared. Under him his audience stood Ini open-mouthed amaiej and watched his flight. When he came down, he lit without the rumple of I a feather.

He preened himself and 'hilled at the committee. The committee smiled at Mr. Caldwell; it was sii palpable a stunt and so gracefully performed, that there was nothing etne do. i To have aked a question would have been ns bad as to rock a 1 1 The Itoad to Carthage. Mr, Caldwell stated that he was the vice-president of the jllnndolph and Cumberland Railroad.

There was a sense of relief when he explained that in former times this was called the Carthage road. On June 18th, Mr. Caldwell and his associates had bought Into the property. The speaker watoted it understood in the beginning that he was not a practical railroad man. He was.

however, here to enlighten the committee, nay to demonstrate to the mind of the committee that what it was wasi contemplatlna was a fearful thin, i Mr. faldwell's voice fell to the' whisper of the confessional. Fourteen yin ajto he ht.d been an advocate of the Government ownership of railroads. Ten years ago. and there could not be a member of this committee who had a greater sal against the railroads than he.

Hut, now, Mr. cairtweii a.imiuea mat had seen a light And he wanted the committee to we it. The committee represented a great people. When Governor 01ennvas inaugurated the (Continued on Page Five.) PULLED UP STAKES I I Woman Objected to Build-I ing a Fence. Her Neiglibor Had Her.

Arretted fcr TreMpaAMl(iceman; Sued for llreakliig a Prloner Arm Hotel be a Sdtool. (Special to News and Observer.) Ash evil le. N. Jan. Z9 MlssLine-baun.

a highly respected maiden lady of thisj county, residing near ArhevlUe was given a hearing before a magistrate here this afternoon dialed with trespassing. It is alleged that Miss Llnebaun and a Mr. Mitchell are that Mr. Mitchell desired to build a fence and -staked oft the boundary. MIhm Llnebaun 1 did not want the fence at that point! and proceeded to pult up the stakes, Mitchell again staked! oft the line.

Once more Miss Llnebaun nulled up the stakex. and ttu-second; time he carried a Kun. Slie forbade the building of the fence and Mitchell, in the face of the gun delist ed, tie then had Mix Llnebaun arrested I for trespasJing In a magistrate's court the lady was convlted. R. li Laughter, of thbi city, has instituted a tuit against Patrolman T.

T. Roger of the city police force, demanding damages. Laughter alleges! that recently he was arrtsted for bejng "tight" and locked up by Rogers the police officer In putting the plaintiff in a cell slarned the door shut and brpke Laughter's right arm. The policeman says that Laughter previous to his iarrest and broke his arm. The plaintiff's attorneys however, claim; that they will prove otherwise.

Plans are on foot here to convert Kenilwnrth Inn, located! bet wen Ashe-vllle niid Biltmore. into! a preparatory school for young women. Mrs. Joseph Ouzzara. of Philadelphia, owner of the property here with a lady principal jof very auccesKful girl school In! the north and it is said that the probability is.

the hotel will go for school purposes. T11RTY YEARS PRIKOX. Clirale Smith Sentenced for the Mnr- iler of 3Illton JtunnelL 1 1 I (Special to News and Observer.) Tro N. Jan. 28.

Charles Smith; jthe confessed murderer of Milton Bujn net 11, has been convicted of murder in the second degree and sen- tenced to thirty years in the State prison; aimon uunneu was the night of January body was placed on the murdered on 10th and his railroad track In thej expectation that it would be mangled by the train and the crime concealed. An examination of the body made out a clear case of murder. In a few days suspicion pointed to Charles! Smith, a youth; of seventeen years, who. upon being arrei-d. confessed (the crime and implicated his father! In On Ihe trial of Smith the confession i wai admitted after obiection.

After aj number of witnesses had been examined the defendant was put on the stapd. He made a jcomnlete exculpating hla father. He said that he killed Bunnell with an axe ibecjause he saw htm exhibit some money, that he took all he could find In the pockets of the deceased, placed the body on the railroad track and threw jthe axe away, He said his father was not 1 present! and had no participation the crime. The. defense attempted to work out a theory that the prisoner was of unsound mind, but the itirv evidently.

was not impressed with argument. The prisoner Is of limited Intelligence. never havine been to school as much as twoijweeks and having no recollec tion or having attended a church more than three tlmeti The Jury. doubtless, took the urisbner'B confes sion -ino consideration In rendering a verdict of guilty of murder In th second iklegreo when tho evidence In- had not been' -He denied that he had "given Bailey -anything as a fee. loan, or gift In this connection.

He said he had tried to pay Bailey's expenses, but Bailey would sent to it. not com BLAST DELAYKD. Four Men Killed When Charge of Dynamite Went Off! (By the Associated Press.) Bristol, Jan. 29. At camp" No.

4. of the Walton Contracting Company, on the South -ahd Western Railway, near Moccasin Gap, a few miles west of Bristol, four Italians whose names are unobtainable, were killed today by a delayed blast. The force was working In a cut on the South and Western's right of way and had prepared three blasts in a massive rock. The fuses were lighted and the retired to a safe distance until the explosion came. The men then returned to work, when one of the charges that had failed to explode went off.

killing four Italians and injuring several others. The bodies of the victims were terribly .1 i FlilK DIED HARD. Flame Finally Extinguished In the Hold of the Inkula. i i (By the Associated Press.) Newport News. Jan- 29r The fire in the cotton cargo in the forward hold of the British; steamer Inkula anchored, in the harbor here, was extinguished this, morning and a survey of the burned compartment will be held tomorrow.

The total damage to the cargo In placed at $60,000. The cotton that) has been! taken from the ship will be reloaded Thursday and the Inkula will put to sea Friday for Liverpool. Is not thought that the vessel's hull was- injured by the flames.) i- A -i r- LOSS 1 Fire in Baldwin Loco- j- motive Works. mr Story Building In Which' a I. Thousand' 3Icn "Were at Work Was.

Bnrccd Down fa an (By the Press.) Philadelphia. Jan. Jatw Fire wutcn started with an explosion in tne paint shop, I destroyed one entire sec- tion -of thej big Baldwin Locomotive works tonight, entailing a loss of The destroyed building is about ITS feet long by 160 deep facing on Spring Garden street and imme- I dlately adjoining; the main toffice at the corner or tsroaa ana spring uar-den and the erecting shops, smith shops and foundries on the South. These buildings were threatened with destruction as were others in the rear jof the destroyed building along Spring Garden; street, The entire fire department was called out to fight the About. 1.000 men were' employed In" the burned building which was five stories high.

The fire Mas discovered In the east end of thej, building adjoining 'the main office building, p-hen the workers were preparing to leave, and though the flames spread quickly all were able to get out safely. Shortly after the fire started the upper of the wall on i Spring Garden street fell Into the street and one fireman and three workmen were caught by the falling bricks, but fortunately received only slight injuries. The firemen with the assistance of the! fire patrol from the plant succeeded In getting the flames under control within an hour uf ter the fire was discovered. I The Baldwin Locomotive Works Is the largest Industrial plant in the United States and employs men in this city and nearly 10.000 i men In departments; at Lewistown and other places. John H.

president of Burnham. Williams Company, which operates-the-Baldwin' plant, said that 4 the loss would reach probably 11.009.000. fully by.Insurance. The 1.000 men employed in the burned building, hei said, would be Immediately put to work In- other departments. The; fire, he would not greatly htnder work i-as the; departments destroyed are' 'duplicated In other; parts or the boy; JfataxjjV snor, Xassie Strickland Killed Accidentally By Ills Twin i Brother, (Special to News and.

Observer.) Four Oaks, Jan. 29 On Jan uary ilth. Nassde Strickland, the fifteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. N.

B. Strickland, died as a result of accidentally shot by his twin brother eight days prior to this time. and his brother, Lassie; went Off hunting1 and sat down a fence to rest with their guns across their laps. While sitting there the gun, of Lassie went off. the load taking effect under the left shoulder of Kassle.

After- the accident the wounded boy walked to his a mile distant Every effort was mad 3 to save himi but the shot took effect Ip th lungs; and proved fatal. PEBJLVPS A CRLMIXAU i Negro Arrested, on Suspicion AroaeI byImpTOdent Talking. (Special to News Observer.) High Point, NV Jan; Memory Fullmore. alias. Dud eoloreuj was arrested here last night as a "probable -escaped convict and murderer." He; told a mauYvfhat If his whereabouts were known, he would likely ibe hanged, and upon his were? round letters irom a negro woman telling move further on and asking the nature of his crime, Letters were round aa-dressel to him at Red Springs and i IN THE JURY i Two Men ProDDed Un- ceremoniously; AfiD TV0 HOnE TAKEN Relieving Two of the Juror In Sensa tionnl Incident---Ojne of the New Men Knew Stanford I and Had I Fbrmctl an Opinion Case.

By the Associated Preis.) Nw York. Jan; Thc big surprise of the triail Harry K. Thaw cam- today wheni Jitico Fijtzgerald, on the motion o. Jlstrict Attorney Jerome and with consent of the attorneys for the mapi accuseid of the murder of Stanford IVhlte, announced thai two of the Juro selected In the! nny oays or me would be excused from (further i service. "Without any inflection on the Jury men whatsoever." said the presiding juage.

-juror-H and 6 will be excused. The men In quest; S. Campbell, a super! on werri Arthur ntendend of tele- phone construction, and Harold it. Kaire. a printer and publisher of a pamphlet circulated in Wall street.

he court room was crowded! for the opening the afternoon session When the announcement was made. "liy agreement." iaid District Attorney Jerome, -the reasons I for this aetlon will not be. made public, but i hey are of a business naturei t'oun- representing the people an the defendant have conferred with the court in regard to the matter and a unanimous decision was Arrived Whf the excused Uurymen h-rt the court room they wefe heftlrtged by questioners. Mr. Fair created a mild sensation In the rorridors hen he aiserted with poslti thess, that he was utterly in ignorancetof any Teni why he should be strn.dtLwn.

Jle I "The announcement In court wss the first knowledge had of the intended action. In pacing through he court house corridorf this mbrnlng 1 ntara a man remarry that two of the maw jurors were to be exejused uay. nod no ideajthat thej remark count inciune me. About three year ago. wnen I was connected with a nrokerage concern two detectives from the District Attornevls offli-e.

who said they visitei th places whioh sell unlisted securities dropned In on me. asked some impertinent duenionx ana wanted to.anow ir i would be willing to go un to; the District At torney's ofiice any Ime I might be wanttd. I said that wais the last time ever heard of the matter Mr. Campbell, the second of th excused declared he thad' uo much respect for th! court to give an Interview. "i It was generally Reported that Mr.

Campbell had n-keri to be He begged to be exeupcd when first placed on the Jury. Two New JiiroTH. One new Juror had been qddd to the trial pinit-l when; the excusing of ifaire and! CampbelU was announced and a second one was subeauentlv thu offsetting the loss of tlv ftwo previously swofu Juront Wht'i adjourned there were nine; men In the Jury ox and three vacant cnairs. Frty-six talesmen woe iealled before the fwo satisfactory ijurors tvere obtalnedj This. xhaustt the original panel 200 men and usel up 17 of the panel 101.

I summoned yesterday and in ourr Uoday for the first tirpe. The two nv "jurors sworn In today were; No. Hi. John s. Iennee, travelling freight agent.

38 years of hge and unmarried, of New Orleans; No. 4, Davis jwaiker, real estate proker, 34 yearj wtt age and -unmarried, a son pf John Hrlsbert Walker. He was chosv-n fduring the af ternoort session tmd replaced Juror Camohell. Thaw seemed to Ibe nartjlcularly swel plea-sed with thefselectlon of both Dennee and Walker and smiled when the prosecution withdrew all pending Challenges against the talesmen As poon as Mr. Dennee ald he was iLouieiana.

Thaw was seen in earnest consultation with ibis lawyers. Mr. M'alker was accepte 'by the defense In spite of the fact thpt he knekv Stanford White and man of the dead architect' friends. He al.o had I formed an opinion In the case and expressed It many times. Trtese factjs.

I Mr. Walker declared, however, would not prevent him rendering an entirely fair and impartial verdict- lle had i not ieen White for a year pefe his Thaw's attorpeys set la high Water mark for tnJi-emntorvl chal lenges today when jhey summarily from sevn tslesnrieri Livho had been declareil legally com petent by the court, 1 he State challenged peremptorily but onck The defense now has thirteen of its peremptory challenges lof: and the State has seventeen. The Thaw Social Circlel I The numbers of the Thaw family Were all in i court todpy and for once disarmed those who had circulated I reports of a serious break in the family relations. MrA William! Thaw, mother of the prisoner, converged and chatted with Mrs. Harry Thaw con-f tantly.

The Counters of Yarmouth Also talked freely with young Mrs. Thaw at Intervals during the day. Miss Mae McKenxle was a participant In several of the famlli" chats, potably during the luncheon jjrecess wljien the party for a tlmej in a Circular group and carried general i-onver- satlon. i The prisoner seeimfd to bo in high iplrits and the fact jthat the I actual BOX dn jhe Resolution for Buncombe Has Its! Effect. THE SPEAKER SCORED MysteriouH Power Tnat Thwarts the Will of the People A Bill With All Kinds of Support Never Permitted to Come Up for Conbleratlon.

By THOMAS J. PPNCli Washington. D. i C. Jan.

29 One man authority which thwarts the will of the House, as well as thewlll of, the people of the country, was scored today by Representative Lever, of South f'arolinaj who made a futile effort to have inserted in the: Agricultural appropriation bill the; provisions of tne measures for the establishemnt of. for- e.t reserves in the: Appalaclan and While Mountains. When the amendemtn read. Chairman Wadsworth of the Agricultural committee promptly raised a point of and the provision was finally ruled out. but not until l.ever had scored Speaker Cannon for his arbitrary action jih preventing consideration of the measure.

The South Carolinian frankly admit, ted that the Introduction of the provision was pure buncombe, but he said that It would afford! the opportunity ot calling uttentlon to! the Speakers unjust and: mysterious power. This onslaught on the speaker great power silrred the lemocrjuts und they frequently interrupted: Lever with applause. I Afterwards Representative of oNrth Carolina offered an amendment providing for survey of the two reserves. This! too- was ruled out on a tio'nt of order. Mr.

Thomas spoke of the merits of the I bill, but raid he had disposition to improperly or unjustly1 criticix9 'Speaker for liom he expressed thegreatest re-pect. ft1" "Why is it that cannot get this bill before the House nt least for consideration" asked Mrj. Lever as he recited Its favorable legislative history. He reeal.ed that it had passed the Senate three times, had "been endorsed by tw- Presidents, favorably reported in the House! and had been urged for passage by twelve State legislatures. There Is a mysterious power that prevents the eonileration of this bill, and a paper; that I hold my hand puts It up to thei Speaker.

If there Is a mysterious power In this body thwarting the will of the lieuple. It Is in that room over yonder where the Speaker Iever Down. Jiutj RIea Again. At this moment Leever's time expired, and his request for five minutes more met with objection from Chairman Tawney, of the Appropriation committee, one of the Republican leaders, who Kaid. tl dn't think any member; Is Justified in making a personal assault; on the Speaker.

At thin point Haugen. of Iowa, questioned Leever's statement that a unanimous report was made In favor of the bill in the House. Wadsworth, of the! ommittee. cor roborated Leever and; the South Caro nnian snoulej across the aisle to Haugen. "I know you would vote against this measure.

You have always v.ed against four-fifths of the good propositions that come before this House." Leeveri was: then permitted to go on. He said jhe always jhad and always wouia oppose a situation which per mits one; man to thwart the will of the House and the people. He said the House ought to have some way to register its will and that his only object Is to put. the responsibility where it belongs. I Mann, of Illinois) taunted Leever with the i statement that the minority could not expect to run the He said that the Democrats must get a majority they Can expect to do i Leever isald men parties favor this measure and all that Is asked Is consideration for it on Its merits.

He declared that; the advocates of the measure were not before Congress as beggars and mendicants. SHOULD WEAR STRIPES. Archbokl and Other Oil Trust Men Denounced by Senator Bailey. I i AustinJ Tex. Jan.

J. D. Johnson, of St. Louis, attorney for the Waters-Pierce OH Company. In his testimony before the Legislative committee which is Investigating the charges aganat Senator.

Bailey, gave an account of a conference between Waters-Pierce i Company ahd Standard Oil Company officials. 'which was held at Standard Oil headquarters. 2C Broadway, i New York, last fall, at which Mr. Bailey-was present. Mr.

Johnson said that Mr. Bailey was informed at that conference for the first itlme that he had been deceived Into believing that the Standard Oil Company owned none of the stock of thej Waters-Pierce Company, i i I Mr. Bailey! became very Indignant at the deception which -had been practiced upon him, "and he arose and left the conference, telling J. D. Arch-bold and other Standard Oil men who were present that they ought to all oe in the penitentiary.

and he would heln to; put them there. F. J. Hall, sheriff of El Paso county, referred to in one of the charges made, by i Representative Cocke, saij that he ihad sold the Federal government heifers to the value of about 240.000! and! that life money was not promptly paid: that he had askci Expended for In- HI til ttferej not able to bear either the feet of iltarsh statutes at the larger rbads or the reductions which wereldefmed feasible for roads which had jlarger revenues; they were mote cheaply constructed frbm necesrfty and the cosr of their leperation was proportionately more heavy than In the -case of the larger roads. As to the penalty statutes, Mr.

Page could find In whlchisto adequately scorn of the principle underlying them. He tried to do so, but give It up. There wefre a class pf merchants and gentry of the black flg In trade who; were absolutely running their busihesses through penalties exacted the rallroatis on account of slov deliveries pf freights The statutes! as at present ffamedlie declared. wejr0 such as sim-1 pty to put a premium Jon dlshonesuy and to ereate a discrimination against nen -who; refused to descend to the mcral level of the claim collector If every man in the State who would nt have aritobjection to taking somethfitg for nothing knew of the statute on said r. Page! there isjaot Is jDOt iJfud- tv-smail road in the Ktate wnicn earn a net; and vertlsemeht the matter ihad receWed at; this Ijegislature, he feared that thiy would all ibe put -next! and that, un-leas something 'were done, bankruptcy would follow.

if- ii Page was in deep earnest about penalties and devoted iiimost of his sspeech to -that subject pausing to gHfe right and left 'handed slap as he iassed tbjthe billa providing the "no seat no i pay" "remedy, the "electric head-light' etc. I iheasures, hei Stated satirically. were certainly not good for i a classtof iraitroaLda' In thS State which a- complete imrr unity from head-on collisions through the simple device of maintaining ii locd- UlUUfVt I Havd to Have -Old Reliable." 5 In answer to a question from' Mr iMr. Page undertook to say that. while the ews ami ObHcrver; hud stafed that railroads should be treated differently from! other corpor ations because they had; the right Of eminent! domain and because they were I in their, nature the Aberdeen land.

Asheboro! was no mol'e of a monopoly than the -Netvs and people haul to have the 3ew arid Observer, said Mr. whether they wanted it or not be-t cause itjnad the neid of news in tne; State Icuftltal. There wefite at least Ave thousand of its over ten thousand sub-scriberisf he ttstimated. who could not get along' without it although they didn't want to take It. As to tho methods lot the large roads; Page stated hat they had at wicrlfice to themsetfes furnished accommodations to hls and othr; small! rotids and that he d4d not believe that; the characterjof their officers va.

such as to permit them to adopt: tne! policies Involving studied -disregard iof: the convenience of the puuuc wpicn were suggewea Dy ques-tins sasked by Mr. Justice. a of 'TIms GlWlng West.h I ilFdllowpng Mr. Page, il-he committee heard! at! considerable length from Mr. Nichols, I of the Carolina and North Western 3i nd the Caldwell and Northern Railroads who confined himself folr the most part to a discussion of th effecj of a reduced passenger fare upon hN iawn lines.

His roads now have iv first-class fare of three and half and a. of three cents and iMr. Nichols was quite cef-taln thaC a reduction would decrease hii revenues greatly. Nislther road Is paying si dividend and the passenger operatioii of the Carolina and North western showed a small; pront for the flrtt time In 104. Mr.

i Nichols took the opportunity so handed him on fa platter-' patriotically boost the mountain; section and to declare that his railroad was doing 'everything in iti powei to develop the country arid was I developing it regardless of the question-pf whether Its operation was or; was not; for the moment prontabie. He was examined closely; as to the ef fect of excursion rates ahd, while ad mitting xnat a -tow rate; would on a special occasion tend ie stimulate travel denied that It would have that general result, citing In support Of his contention the fact that he had last snmmer tried a double passenger traiq serv ice at a loss of In operation; which 'had not; succeeded Iti fiiigmentlhg the traffic 1 1 a. I Comes an Orator nleel. I 'pt wasi In the last fifteen minutes of-thd -discussion, however, that the committee most enjoyed Itself. Mr.

Pftgethajdj been critical, biting, sometimes Wiiastic and always earnest; Mr. Nichols has been matter of fact with Justl a human-hearted touch of Wstern now: there came the auee Of oratory in the person of Mfi jCaadweU.i When he -had finished, the cdmmlttee sighed to think that It had nearly) adjourned Without him. Mt. Caldwell-was the stun. He redeemed the -day.

The committees heads had been busting with figures; their sciences had been stinging with the thrusts tf Mr. Page satire. Mr. Cald well i brought them (he i charm of breee and offered them 'the drink of humour. Nobody had noticed Mr.

Caldwell and they were about to adjourn without him, whett! he arose. To ay that, he held things spell-bound would Inputting it mildly. Under Mr. Caldwell we thrilled. When he paused, he: wanted to know what the commII4 tee had ask.

They could ask noting MR. PAGE HAS SAID if i Hcciares Tliat Five TtKusand Pfeople In North Carolina, Wlo Don't tVn to do so. Take llie News and, Ob- i 8 i server Because it Prints the Neyislat 1 the State Capital ami They', llaveito -v-rv I I Have It fr. Pago Satirical and i 1 Vehement on the Subject of Penal. i- ties Mr, Xicliols SpeakC of the "-r lVi Carolina Xorthcrn and 3ir.

MorrlNon Caldwell Injects a Flight of Oratory 1 I hfi for the Preservation off Carthag Tlilrtl' 1 roaring for ftailroad Que 'j i I Another long hearing, by the fjotht Senate and House Cmmltteechareii lth examining' i into the abjet ojt railroad legislation, yesterday brought out one salient fact Which, -Vhil iot news in the sense of the is of State-wide Interest- I ii i The three railway systems, s4uhj ern. Seaboard vand Coast Line reply hit the committee that it "will be utiLefly Impossible for thm to anKwer the question by the lioxise Committee: relative to y'fL' numbejr jof mooted pAnts, among" them the amounts epentl-ri' theubsldiiingbf The railroads sent word that; the committee possibly inadvertent the ucope at tleir own interrogatprles and that it JAvould be impossible or the railroads to, prepare the informtA-f tion under two, or three months, ppsi-f bly not within six months. i i liy that time the Legislature a wtU have been far away over the hi Us, mother, and what railroads have, been doing-, what constitutes operating penses, what various sums and imto whose hands they gj to make the Etnand total which absolutely prevents duetion in passenger fares, will re main untold except In the soothing terms of Mr. Flnleya explanation fat and Mr. oratorical frenry of Industry throwing Its praiys of sweetness and light Into the dark corners of Southern savagery.

opment. and the cdramittee smiled blandly and passed to other- things Immediately at T1k. ItlgorouM 3Ir. Page. Stepped forth MrL Henry A.

and he was known well enough to get along without Mr. Pou's introduction. It is not so long ago' that Mr. page hit suddenly upon the discovery that he could make a speech. Therefore what he has to say is In no set pattern of talk.

Rather it la In Mr. Pig' own pattern. Mr. Page's role is tho earnest role, lie has an ascetic faee and a rigorous manner. What he sairs has Just the added frankness of ip-tent; has Just the right degre bf pathos which is to be found a man who cannot himself do wrong, but nature of whose work has put him'into an understanding attitude towards One feels that Mr.

Page should have had his lines so cast as to hate lighted a sinless sphere, but that it is good that the world should: hate; been -favored with his- example, Page does not say all thisr he convera' it. He takes a sad. outlook on things without being sad. When he tells i a Jcke. it is a good one because it Isa condescension from his mood.

When he Is humorous and he has-lt In him -t-it Is of a' sub-acid sort. Mr. Page 'not only carries conviction: he. convicts. One Is rather glad' that he cannot also sentence.

In the meanwhile, Mr. Page tells you Just how bad lyou are and let's it rankle. It is nofci Ids I Little Itoads Forgotten. I In his speech yesterday, he told 1 the committee very frankly that the acts which had been Introduced in-! the Legislature, he was convinced that they had forgotten that there were a gireat many small roads- In the State or jtbat It had been overlooked that they could not stand the same treatment as the the committee that he would be glad to answer any questions put to him as best he could for the several roads for whom "he spoke and as forfmy with full exactness. He lex-plained that, while he granted the fact that the State had shown its ability to regulate his business, the Aberdeen and- Asheboro was a close corporation, with all the stock owned In his family and that his idea that It wasi ht property died hard.

He begged' ttf be excused If in his habit he should happen to imply that it was his- road Sand not somebody else's. f1 For the rest, Mr. Page argued that the small roads were now the only means which were left for the development of the territory- ini the. State which was not included in the direqt spheres of influence of the three Iargr roads. The policy of the large fy tems.

he declared, where it had form- i erly been to push the development of branch lines had ceased. Such ener-; prlw now devolved upon the 1 small! roads run and capitalized by independ- (Continued on Page six!) lea ted 3 premeditated killing. to find outlawry payment Bailey 1 Iff .4 A A I I.