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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
1
In New York Feb 6 dissension among Thaw case defense counsel culminated in a heated conference and threats of withdrawal. Delmas demanded lead role while others protested. Testimony over collateral Thaw issues sparked a crisis with judges allowing limited hearings as several ladies withdrew from the gallery.
In Wadestoro North Carolina on February 6 prominent farmer Mr Mills of Jurnville township was drowned in Lanes Creek yesterday. The body had not yet been recovered.
Raleigh February 16 legislative committee of the North Carolina Retail Merchants Association announced support for the Doughton bulk sale bill now in the Senate after passing the House. The committee urged enforcement against orders out of reeds on approval intended to defraud merchants and protested freight discrimination, seeking passage of Graham bill to give the governor authority to oppose such practices before the Interstate Commerce Commission. They also urged expanding powers of the Corporation Commission and noted opposition to current penalty laws as too harsh, recommending modifications. Claude E. Matthews, longtime Seaboard Air Line passenger conductor, promoted to assistant train master of the first division Raleigh headquarters, after six years in service between Richmond and Columbia.
A elderly man named M.A. King of Roanoke was arrested in Jonesville on Feb 6 and committed to jail. He reportedly hid his identity as he faced charges tied to a robbery in New York years ago. The report notes his age about 80, with a description of auburn hair and height and weight details used for identification.
London February 5 Florence Cecelia Paget Marchioness of Hastings dies after a romantic escapade at Windsor. Once famed as a beauty she was engaged to Henry Chaplin before a runaway marriage to the Marquis of Hastings, who later faced losses and tragedy. Her later years included a second marriage to Sir George Whetwynd and ties to the Angelesey family. an American connection through Rosamund Secor. In Baton Rouge an inquiry began into the shooting of Congressman Ned Favrot by Hart Aldrich.
Feb 6 Raleigh report shows the joint legislative committee on hospitals for the insane favoring the Bickett bill with amendments. It creates a state hospital commission to oversee state hospitals for the insane, authorize expansion of Kategia Morganton and Galesboro facilities, and establish white and colored colonies if needed. Bond issue up to 500000 if funds exist. not more than 250000 bonds issued per year. Also committees back two cent passenger rate and abolish second class fare. Chairman Graham opposed second class fare. Executive session described. Also a Philippine expenditure statement requested and Cotton Manufacturers Insurance Commission activity noted.
A dispatch from Cape Hatteras reports an unknown three masted schooner driven ashore on the Diamond Shoals during the night. Crews from Hatteras and Creeds Hill life saving stations have gone to investigate the scene.
A February 6 Tremont Street blaze killed one man and injured at least 18 as it leveled the Hunt Brothers department store and several tenements. Fire losses exceed $100,000. The disaster prompted emergency responses from life saving stations as crews battled the flames amid severe cold and high seas. Also noted: unrelated ship dispatch from Norfolk to Boston and the Alabama wreck story context.
Sutton Mills of Georgia and South Carolina sue various railroads and steamship lines in a Interstate Commerce Commission complaint. They allege higher charges for shipping cotton goods and cotton waste from Georgia and South Carolina to Pacific coast terminals compared with longer hauls from New York area. A second filing targets the same railroads plus Great Northern and Occidental lines over shipments to the Pacific coast, noting higher charges from Georgia and South Carolina than from Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts origins.
Bartlett of Jeorsia seeks a River Harbor bill amendment to require engineers to determine if wharfage owners at Brunswick Georgia discriminate against freight transport. He cites Southern Railway denial to land a boat to restore a Brunswick landing and seeks equitable access to river navigation between Macon and Brunswick.
New York February 6 The Thaw case hinges on testimony from his wife and mother as the defense prepares to present the hereditary insanity plea. Dr. Wiley, Thaw’s Pittsburgh physician, testifies Thaw was insane the night of the tragedy, while the defense seeks to show a social leader’s sacrifice and maternal influence shaping the case.
Foes of liquor gather in Atlanta to organize the Georgia Anti Saloon League and plan to push an anti liquor measure through the legislature. The call cites 120 dry counties and 26 wet counties, urging strong action to halt temperance opponents and curb the demon rum to save the state.
Former Sergeant J D Fraser of Company D 25th Infantry testified before a Senate military affairs committee that all men were accounted for two days after an incident. He denied involvement in trouble, disputed a conspiracy of silence, and said citizens could not have supplied ammunition or prompted the town’s outbreak. Overman questioned whether locals would kill to remove troops. Fraser said he did not know if anyone was killed and noted hats are worn by all men of the 25th.
In Torter inople February 6 George Christich son of the late King Milan and Mme Christich had a narrow escape from assassination. An unknown man attacked Christich and tried to stab him in the chest. The weapon struck a thick pocketbook and caused only a scratch.
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