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) A -. 'V it v , SUBSCRIPTION: 13.00 PER YEAR, CHARLOTTE, N. C, SAT : UDAY KOONING, JULY 25, 1903. I Y A GREAT CRUSH AT ST. PETER'S! PEOPLE FLOCK TO IKE POPE'S BOOT. "port That Dacota position Had Sat la . ;- aad That the Burial Woald be Haakenad V. " mcion U iHvwviiiimiMUNimH a sewipeopie passed : fterore the catafalque ttLP BanpotunasSS Veta,n.t t be during the day. With, Impressive oere- IW.ttairt a WUl Ha (o Seen' Over monies the body will be interred to-P..-La pMtt . tnti km - 1 morrow evenlna In a sarcoDhasua at at . w Dlatrtbated Assoag the Poor's the . P.Ni iu-iik. Win iMiT ?roiU.i"; i r"" - TT urouoa t (, i. , i , ,,, ' Rome;vuy, 24. The report generally ' circulated that the body of Popd Leo : was beginning to show signs of di co,n- .position caused great excUemeh. but It la now contradicted py the doctors. , Many, people ;whq had decided ' ;i Visit the chapel rof ; tha Badrament, m . Bt. reter n. on the last day of the Mng in state, ana thus avoiding the trawd, ; hurried there to-day.; fearln: ?0iat it would, be, buried to-night whlWmany persons In the provinces took tAe first trtalns to Rome, which resultsd" In Ktienns ac bu f eter s Jarttf tnan that of yesterday.-Unless thd unex. pected occurs, the Interment 1U take ptace Saturday .evening, as originally arrnnared. . - The nearer the conclave a,proahes iitou tu ununci wnuencies rerne camernngo am not appear to be shown In the Sacred CoDea. eaneelally among the cardinals of the curia, that Is to say, those living to Rome, but In n Mv., wo Miiuiuaia -iiufii iuq iruv.ikvca as well as the foreign cardinals cannot help participating. These two 'tended- .... .V- ik. .... .y. ...B;..v.H .Ts;4nHW,H.Mijr, v eema practically Impossible, or aoceot Cardlnal Rampolla as the great struggling, would "refuse to be the voluntaiy. Ete'-ontmM,4o' '-Ib4 h'l-r' Cavor -for amsthim,K RampoiU finds that in the first baUot he has a considerable number of rotes he will try astamIf he has few' votes and one of his oppo nents ha many, he whl renounce his chance and he and alt his friends will support prst, Cardinal Oottl, with whom he now has come to some such agreement, and attempt to raise Gottl d. ya . aaaH.M. JB , . uvmo wuue, WIU namponai - .u iuu. nuutu wean un Diwn-iue lanan n. r t tA T u . 1 1 . 4."b same jines ana entrusted t the same men. But Oottl Inspires gre distrust, because as he belongs to rellrlous orders, he would render tlfe situation of the papacy extremely dif ficult at the present moment, consider log the conditions prevailing In France, Spain and the Philippines. It seems liicicioro aimosi sure tnat jr at the first ballot It is not probable that Oot tl can be successful, this section of the Sacred College will decide on Cardi nal. jJiepro, one or Rampolla's mcst faltattl followersTRamnolta. belnr k ainats. une or them, however. Cardinal CMa,'aK!hWshop of. Palermo, is to I old he ls;aJ.most $v),that his reiaUons strongly oppose his going to Rome to attend the conclave. For political rea- sns all'Snanlah ra.rrilnula an. to Rampolla, hes.de. a dozen ItaUan,. tuZ 5lar, a 01 But t be .r?A ? necesary to et aitogethar v thick, am vi me preaeni m car dinals not more than two of three will or aDsent irom the concove. . It is understood that the Prussian minister accredited to the Vatican na. reoeivea instructions to favor the elec tion of Cardinal Zeraflno Vannutelll, or Cardinal Agllardl. Cardinal Kopp, Miauup ui omiau, wno arnvea nsra yesterday, has been approached to the same enect. cardinal Celesia, In an In terview on the snirit whkh ihmiiH in k spire the concKive In the election of a new rope, said: v "Now more than ever, we need an energetic pontir; but at the same time he must be prudent. With extreme measures one cannot rule. With a mid dlejeourse there Is always sometnlng This was the inrv of Pn T w.VL v aacsrsisa a sai an inn am"i"r r sit axiior'ssaai i vun new vi uuu ii wm oe tnat or tii successor." ' im uuimon la reneranv nnmuii Zl. w , - Cardinal Oreglia, dean of the College &C"n.,lta' "Pwed.the inten- iwu w .uiraiiunuii me relatives or tne late rope to attend the congregation's meeung en Sunday, to read to them Popa Leo's, will. ii - a J .Sraas J A. At... a x A . I , w auunnn to im oeauests aireaav n:!heTl Provision for ,the distribution of about $20,000 among the Door .of Rome. Pnnirl. wlun I,. . '"" i trniteni 4hVk mil iZZ. " decided to ask Monslgnor Galll to de- llvee tha f,,nani .m, " ..17. iu V iT. I ri" the duties of the college In connection wu. vLvuii un i wun Tnff selection or Leo's successor. These appointments, however, are df a M-niauve nature and have not yet officially communicated to the n i t) I polntees. Monslgnor Tarossl was in maily Bked to pronounce the fun' r. i all that tha :!... .v hi;r ,r,r.l""u wner 'S PPt. tmat a rev oration, but declined owing to ' health. For a similar reason Mrr. d I feri, the confessor of the late Pope, dk- . vimva itmiuiiiicui. hm comessor ' . the conclave. The congregation has n SSSStELSX yet accepted tne offering to appoint Mar. tpalmleri his JilUnVM'Tt ln Jils declination to 1 serve, the apA polntment, will probibiy be given to q IK'Pttoifl.,!;:,,i.t,UvV., Vsta Is IJw Bssaaof tawa , ',.' ' .Pose.,-;.;.":'. Rome.' July; 24.' Solemn funeral mass es for; the repose of the soul et the Pope were celebrated to-day in the CTi ohufches of Saint Vincent and Saint VtAnastias, the choir chapel of St. Pe 'V iaclng the chapel where the body tot Pope Leo lies la state. In the Church Jeeus, and in the royal chapel. The most significant mass was that ceie. - - - i brated in the latter Dlaca known ea - the Church of the Sudario, by the court fn chapraln, by . order of the King and ' vi imiy. wnen nus ix died, .four days after his death, as -.this is four days after the death of Pope Leo, -mass was celebrated In the Sudario .church for the repose of the soul of Victor Emmanuel, . then lately . de ceased. -The day it was celebrated for the repose of. the soul of Leo 3CIII. " OoaeCass QaUapa Brlsgs Salt for Ub4. i Rome,;; July , i-The Socialist paper $ A van 1 1, having published a story to the ( effect, that Leo XIU, whUe. archblshop ' of Perugia, had had too Intimate relai i.ttons with the Countess Gallapa, a mar rled woman, the latter has brought suit against the paper for libel, . chance improved. Cardinal OregllalUn Up the Workers to to Vatican 3rde-PrepereUoa forwo FAILURES CAESE EXCITEMENT. , Mm Meeting of th Coaelave ea Aogntt t. i ciuiue. juiy . Aiam irhiuv . th oooy or uto ,iu lay In state in the wiuasinca of Bt. Feter's, and about 20.000 fS? " will remain until taken to. J flnRl resting place In the Church or m. Jonn LAteran. Italian soldiers aw,n to-day preserved order inside St Peter', where there wa a repetition of aoena an crowd which occrrred yesterday. I Intaireat t nnw latalv intiwu m.i.i. the comlna- conclave and lUre.uit. Th J gossip of the day may he summed up Dnen. 0Y syin nat tjaramai oottl's chances of election seem to have im proved in comparison with those of oth- I p cardinals wh have beeti mentinn i J as likely to succeed; the dead Pontiff ,tftuKn the exists a strong feel tfv nf fhT tu T Miirh .t . h7a ti.. alvatlcan by a drive which Caiinal v,t" wu imvusn auwtu car nCn X ZZL: "rir :"! I were startled when they saw the well- known papal carriage approaching, eur- rounoeu oy bwiss ana WODie uuards. satisfied with what he saw. He shook 1,t?c!!S2'H,li5! Thttt SnZl np in 2 1'melaThtly pla it snouia aie wiuiin a year. I The gossips of the Vatican now wish 10 k"?w tnl man' that he cardinal would not accept the papacy, whlrn I traditional'. Vatlca prisoner. It seem I JBJJwiTO Pope, he would institute great olutiiKt " niavt tvvmiu w .aSV ILi SllU'tvJ in tne mrcens. . ; - The congregation of cardinals has not v.t h.th th. nnt. hii, .h Sacred College Intends to address to tho powers concerning the situation of the papacy at Rome shall be presented to- morrow when the reception of the dlplo- Vtr',"1";: "' "T"V80.JM iC ,Jllg,l vAllUl J a VM UHISI E31" tolll aaknl when the ranolnv wnul.1 opened. - caruinai uregua' repn a mm am inougni cnat on me evening or Friday, the 31st, all the cardinals mixht enter their cells and be ready for tin first meeting ot the conclave, August , a week from to-morrow. The congregation to-day ' also heari the secret representatives received from the nuncios at Vienna, Paris, Munich an-Madrid. It approved the charity bequeathed by Leo to the poor, dividing it as follows: $10,000 for Rome, $44,000 for Perugia, where Leo was for many years arcnDisnop, ana sz.uw ror carpeu- teno, where the late foirtin was born. lnsue tne Vatican tne work of ar ranging the aDartmenta for tha con clave has been begun. The court yards L""" "c" ? D'a: are choked with carts, bricks and build- etc. The palatine Guards and sen- rmen wlu transferred elsewhere as S escorted by the Swiss Guards, inspected the work, observing everything mt- nutely. IrStiHg! 2$ 'SfigSSlSSi cles, where It is remembered that it was through his efforts that the propa- ganda of the Vatican adhered to the request of the Italian government to establish an apostolic prefecture n Erithrea. PRINCE PEBDHtAKDm JOCRHEt. Annual Pilgrimage to tha Crave af Bit Fathei at Cobara He Truth la Bis Re ported Flight. . 1 Vienna. July 24. So far as it can be um erimiieu nere iw repwri ot rnnre Ferdinand's flight from Bulgaria is unfounded, and the reason given here for his lournev. is correct. The BuW garlan agent In Vienna said to the cor- a respondent or tne Associated rrtss tnis "The storr published bv The Stamns a . loluuon has broken out in Bulgaria, that Prince Ferdinand Is about to flee or has fled to Belgrade and that theto ,.. v, ii. , """wr "" "" lv"- soiuiers on amy, at Prince Ferdinand's palace at 43ofla), is ' . m.t...i. ..mi j... Te wmpromlse . Bulgaria and her punce and to direct public attention ""7" "... "..VUU1 . """"V"' iron ine present conamons in Stervls. ' I " " xPl at July Zl Is the an Lbiect of his nresent tournev t tn vtait uujcuv vi uu jii-ctwih journey 15 TO VIS t Cobuni. which is Prime v.Mfn.nil'1 annual MMtnm -partes Throngs, Balgrada. 1 Belgrade, July 24. Prince Ferdinand. ui ouiiuiui ttvwiupttuitu oy nia cnu- iwhku uuvuu kirn taijy ,B,t. 4 v i;iut;l vu un j io viennu. Eadofsad by CalUd Brotherhood v.,'-. Prlosdahlp St Louis, July 24. At the final sea. slon to-day of the national conventloi rf. United. Brotherhood of Friend: f. TO,reaWn'at,on. resolu- ?."-a?Pt.e.d .aedarlng.' - . rh,Dnan "n, f S? l"!.". r4' and hlSoTnV rlshts of Afro-Americans under 3 Federal institution, and hU declara- vtitnsr w m L uii sais niini mni m it ot isi es inai uuu uMk inc uuor oi vDDortunitr 1 should be closed against no man on wiKt nt him i I condition." . s -,v7. 1 ' VarrMa Caadana tha w.t.. U.-.!,!. Tl, , I Memphis, July t4,The fourth annual . - " mwwmi jneeting or tne industrial Conference, lT",av (organisation, convened here to-day, with reports of 34 States in attendance. Resolutions were passed condemning tbAptortherp, press for Its attitude cn the - negro . question and extending a vote of thanks to the oouctiern press tor their stand in re- card to the . recent ivnrhinM - ;.! I EN'orthern States, ... ,, - "-,, in i .I.. A Birmingham dignatch sat.- members of the arbitration ci'T"' -i"?. ?'"eiont1v?r?.he,d con- 1 PTVIH'H 1 llallH w . nil P aa i vla HSkVai a.iu. . . m until tnts aon li noo minena arm i main idia. Tha iris ni. I.wi..l T I h o.m;,;""r,VM"4"'. : r - - i'. -V i; 1 be nr ihie to ieW hVtTiJ,in.0,n Tl national Bank, said: "The fail ??,n .tdw. lo. "iwt the fifth; member, urea wera atwoniativa nian4M .n m STOCK UXCnANGE SHAKEN- UP. V Taylor A Company Otr Estimated Their Strength t Their right With the Celoa raeine-gtakt Company Carried Dawn by Maxleaa Ceatrl--rrobl et a More seriaoaCheesotor let t be Intnoadlsg Three er Wore Caaaleiloa : gawaee BqDMied E(lt ea Keeaa'a Fortaae Halter af Conleetara. ''. S v ; iNewXorki'lulytho announce ment on .the stock exchange late to: day of the euspemtonlof the firms 'of Talbot J. Taylor ft Company, and Of X L, stowo Company, was the se quel to it perlo of excited selling of stocks nnd ld cuts hi prices which has not 'been ( ualed before or since the present' mov ment to liquidate set In. There is -no ting in either failure that in ,b troi fd to,lUlneiw or 1n- " condltlina outside, the e cnanfe We; case lying (Close to dlag nM,s ' of PcuPtlv collapse. Both uun imvv ureu inryviy, cunuernvu , in 'cuwMV-;ocM market pools formed iw me purpose ti laaing on a une oi stockj, sustalnlnr their prices by sup porting orderB, teal or manipulative, and seeking to rlalixe profits by selling out to outsiders' at tha'huth nrlces such operations lave suffered from In casing dlfflculti 'h "trlngency -of i with the growth In money, the solid tuae of bankers over loans employed in sueh projects and the laded appetite of the publla tor pecurltiea. The operations of the firm of W. I Stowe & Cmpany were oh a large soecu. I r - I t&te) on them are understood by the-, price 0f 11 touched by Mexican Central ..... ... ... """ '""en seinng io-aay. ana u, 've w last year. ine ur ot Talbot J.. Taylor & Company will lnevltahlv ha mnnoA with the rat marl nn.Mnna Jamt. R. Ken. hv oaon nfw. fitv I . I connection with an funn..! .nn ment nt the Arm Mr. Keene's operations In stocks are too, inumerous to detail, and much mystery usually attaches to them nee essaflly from .their nature. But the market management of the United Statta Steel stocks on behalf or the eynicate and the conduct df a South ern Pacific pool are the ODeratlons with whldh his Arm wag most notably con- necfed. Talbot J. Taylor & Company, as rep- resehUtlves of the dooI. felt them selves powerful enough to challenge the Union Pacific party's refusal to aaopt their policy and to carry the resentments engendered by that quarrel are supposed to have added to tne weight of the firm's difficulties and to have aided in bringing It down. It was a veritable "black Friday" and although the market rallied very suddenly at the close and the general situation in the minds of some was much Improved, a great many persons having Interests In the "street" went home In anything but a cheerful frame of mind. It was freely predicted that trouble even more serious wa lmnend. Ing. From trustworthy sources it was learned that three or more commission houses had been "squeezed" almost to the bursting point. Contracts made to-day hold over until Monday, which may enable embarrassed Individuals to get their "second wind." The stock exchange was crowded, am it had been all day. with brokers, manv of whom in recent months had been more oonsplcuouit by their absence from in board, but who were regular In their attendance because of the gather ing financial' storm. rne board -oom was the snene of wild excitement all day. A "tip", that someming would "drop" before the ciose oi tne market had gone all around. The hush that fell, as the of ficial announcements were made, was broken only by the lll-suDDressed buza of brokers who gathered In groups and listened Intently to the words of the chairman, perched In his little white SS?1" T,hen '"""wed another i.."" u-r me room, a inousand telephone bells rang and al I most as many unuormed messenger P08 seemed to leap out on the floor I J a mi ana scurry in an airections. tha - c'tement Uo8ldel with the clang of tne on- whlcn marked the closing Inf .ho m.rbm Wkn. of relief went up there was also dread of the morrow. . . ,c aiajn The effect of the Taylor fall lire nnnn James It. Keene's fortune Is largely a matter oi conjecture. According- to. n-)i me veteran operator is neaviiy involved, and according1 to oth ers, scarcely at all. t At most. 76,000 shares of Mexican Central stock were dealt In to-day, the stock selling down violently from 19 to 11 and ClOSlna at 12 a net loan of tt points. The first income bends de clined morfe than 6 nolnts. Durlna last year's bull movement Mexican Central siock sold as high as 311-8. The ap pended statement was Issued at the office of Talbot J. TwIoT Comoan'; this evening; "Talbot Taylor Comoanv hav. oay executed a general assign- ment for the benefit of credltora to 5,l,llp Brltt, and he1 has accepted assignment and has taken chrire n - ri"' property Ma tnf " M.ilrnnMmt nt Lm flrm . ; 1 aw r .r,... .7 ir hKlr.LnaUt? jMate the stocks which the banks he s' their unmi. A.bankg having loens with them are ri P1601601' out the Inability to 11- huw me blocks 0 neld has caused irne luaiuni nn wMw l - i- u.. ...m on:aiwil, Wllicn, II 18 ROpeO, Will be temDorarv. lfrtha hank, takl h reasonaoie view that by waiting grad- nal liquidation cun he rrerti withnnt disturbance to jthe stock market. The largest unsecured member of the firm Is Mr. James JR. Keene." iDftortS to Ascertain the amount of the firm's Indebtedness to Mr. Keene were unsu6essfuL The amlroM is a prominentTammany politician and Is e" Mown as a personal friend ot Mr. Keene. o-dav's falluroa in th n. lf were ; the first since May 6th, ' - "I". r. ; Ka tail aay inree arms, .11 Af IkfiM I .... MT.I.L m - X - ZLZ'X. '1!,. , ".T ZZZU XZZZS? WB"1 ""uer' rv' - Francis U.HIne. vice nresident nf the m ft i. a. a - - " :r.""'.v r .. 7. .!. !. vl tne ousiness situation. w9,cn.: believe to ' be thoroughly auuna. ' MILLER WU J : TCRft TOQUES. The Prealdeat' ' "' WUl As Obeyed ' Book-Bladar " eatsa to, Walk Oak, Washington. J .:y 2.W. A.t Miller, the foreman of division. D. In the Oov emment Prlntltij, pflloi against Whose re-instatementtna Book.blnders'.tJnlon Is fighting, ap'pWred at the Qovernmen Printing Ofila Jtty; artd o-morrow Wornlng.wiil -'repoVi; for duty under In. trwctlons pf Publfe Printed? Palmer, The book-.bindT"rti have posJUvely' an nounced that they Will walk but If Mil ler goes o Work! aha fhs-t' the allied trade llt take sympathcllo lactlon. The ClvH SMVIcti ponmilsslon tosued a certlflcate V of re-lhstatemnt " which reached ths Publ?0 Ivinter about noon to-day, and Mv fainter announced po. itively thai !, aooHlance' with the or den: Miller wou return ?t- work to. morrow Jnornlngunlewt there was In the meantime some, executive 6rdr to the oontrary. - He declined to discuss his policy further, and said that he did not believe the book-binders would walk out. i "s ,' f t . . Secretary Cort'Iytu; bos advised the Book-Binders I'fvion that the -chargei against Miller ar igattem for" the con sideration of the PublU Printer, as they Involve an employee of the latter ser vice, vh also advfce. them that the question settled hy lb President's or. der of re-lntatemeit and the charges of unfitness as an employe now pend ing are separate and Ostlnct subjects, the former being regarded an a closel Incident. v:" l '', The local branch the Intimation il Book-Binders' Union hold a Urgely at tended meeting at 04d Fellows' halt to-night to consider wat action should be taken In the vent (that Wv A. Mil ler returns to duty as he. has expresi ed the intention of doing to-morrow morning. The meeting discussed the matter for three-, heurs and then ad journed subject to the call of the ar bitration committee of the union. It la understood that the union de elded to take no definite action onS way or the Other oc nr loo. t ih days. It Is said atstrtkat this is partly due to the prospective visit of the ex ecutive committee of the International Union, -which ha svught to adjust the matter. - v- ' ;wu ' Q RAMP JCRT OlVKf IT IP. InUmldatloa of Wltasos Ma km Isvostl- gauoa CMlaat-areea Palls to Identify HisMoa. .'f.K- ., Jackson, Ky.r July J4.-Chas. Green. who testified that he saw the men with Curtlss Jett. when; 4he latter Is allege 1 to nave shot Cockrllf. and that he could identify them "if he saw them, was taken again before the grand Jury to day. Splcer and BrlUon were present ed to him, He said they were not the men he saw with JeU. 'It lu atated' to-night that tiireaU have been mads jijraUuit Oreen. and that ha was tntlmliUted, so that he fail ed to Identify the aarniaxtnii at fturr It Is now charged that the pending ln vraugation or me grand lut v haa he. u uiw-iTupwu oy iDiimiduting some witnesses and preventing the appear ance of others that It Is deemed uoelees to continue the Investigation. By a vote on i i tne errand lurv refnaoH tn in. diet Deputy Sheriff Wm. Brltton on the cnarge or Deing an accessory to ths murder or cockrlll. The jury also failed to 4ndlft Aahuru n i . - - . . y apu.rr on me aroumi or insunic ent av dence. The grand Jury will finally ad journ to-morrow. 700 FACTORIES 0 HURT TIME. Uaestlen cf Cotton U rawing la the British Empire Again Being Dlseoesed. Lond in, July 24. Replying to a ques tion in the Houce of Commons to-duy, Qeneral Italfour, r resident of the board of trade, said 700 cotton factories in Lancashire wrre wo'klng on short time and 30,000 operhtives were affected. This. .was due to the deficiency in raw cotton. The question of cotton growing in the British Empire, In order to create a supply outside ot the Southern State of America, wan receiving considera tion and the board of trade was pre pared to give any practicable help to those interested In the matter. Tne rraaldent Batons to Sagamore Hill. Oyster Bay, July 24. President Roosevelt arrived at Sagamore Hill from Sayville, at 11:36 o'clock, to-day. He left Lotus Lake, the country home of his uncle, Robert 0. Roosevelt, at 4 o'clock this morning, accompanied by his eldest son, Theodore, Jr and his two nephews. Their trip consumed seven hours and a half. The President uijd his young companions arrived at Saga more Hilt somewhat at Irued hn 1 otherwise In excellent condition. This afternoon the President received a call from General Bel. F. Tracy, for mer secretary ot me wavy, accompa nied by the Rev. Thomas Augustine Henrlck. of Rochester, N. .. who re cently was appointed a bishop of tha Catholic Church, and who has been or dered to proceed to the Philippine Isl ands, where he will assume the dutl.s of the bishopric of Cebu. He dlacusse l wit the President conditions In the Inl ands and especially those directly af fecting the Catholic church. He told the President that would be the par ticular effort of the four American bishops appointed recently 'for service In the Philippines to build up In the archipelago a high class natlve'priest hood. The Beats! Exsmlaors la AshevUla Asheville, July 24.i-The opening ses sion of the National Association of Dental Examiners was held here to day, being attended by representative! of State examinins boards from - all quarters of the United States,- Only or ganization work was taken up. .The National Association of Dental Facul ties also held (he first session of Its an nual meeting to-day. The National Dental vAssoctatlonal will meet here next week.,,''-: :'.Jk;-. Oatdea Party alBldgeway. r Correspondence of The Observer. Rldgeway. July 23. The youn ladles of Rldgeway gave an Informal garden party Wednesday , evening, compli mentary v to Misses Pattle Alston, ot Henderson, and Mary Parker, of Ral eigh, meats of the Misses Fleming and Lee. 1 .uuncneon was served on the lawn, after which the most delightful music was rendered by some of the young men.' PLEASED WITH THE MEETING. FARMERS' CONVENTION A ftGCCEsg. The Mass ttete Dameoralie Convention May be Bold la Pauea Memorial Ball at ; UIA.gR, CeUage-.Tfce Tewa ef Casa.. . Clsvelaad Caaaty, Totes a iBeelalTss for Sehoola-A prsdeel Passssgwr-steopsrs et Disorderly Booses hi Raleigh Take ut veitea states Uqaot tleease. . , I -a t ' 1 Observer' . Bureau,' Room 2, Park Hotel Annex, .Ralela-h. Julv tL The officials are greatly pleased at the success of the farmers' educational convention which ended yesterday nt the Agricultural A Mechanical Co.lege nre- -ne speecnes ana, in fact, ail the work, were f the high order, and in terest was unabated. These conventions are to oe mnae annual features. It, is said thttt there Is a movsmnnt to have the next Democratic Btate con vention, which require so large a building, held In the large auditorium In Pullen Memorial Hull at the Agri cultural and Mechanical Cnllee-e! a flite and breesy place, with treat window and plenty of air space all around. i n? pwrease in the value of plne.tim ber lands Is so great as to be unex plained in North Carolina. Such lands in the; vicinity of Fayettevllie, whioh five or six years ago were he!d at t an acre 'Cannot now be bought for $30. ; The dlabandment of the Elisabeth City Division of Naval Reserves will leave only four divisions, but there will soon too one at Beaufort, for which equipments are ready, lt Is expected at the Raleigh Cops Fear Railway will before long connect with the railway whrlch Is being con structed through Robeson county and which comes ud from South Carolina The Rulelsh A Cape Fear has now leached a point in half a mile of LlUlngton. It is said that another rail way, omlng across Harnett couniy, wilt soon reach LlUlngton also. -r State Auditor Dixon to-day complet ed the work of assessing all the banks of, which the State has control!. He now takes up the work of assessing do mestic corporations. ''. i ? , It Is expected by members of the State tax commission that In a week It will be able to give to the DUbllo its assessment of the property and fran chises of common carriers, r s The Ktate Superintendent of Public Instruct ten is notified that ths town uf Casar, Cleveland county,, has voted a special tax for the publ school, and that seversl school districts In Cleve land will within the next three months vote for such a tax. The State Huoaiv intendent Is also ndvlsVd that Within the next 60 days CastaUa andlGrlffln townships, In Nash county. wlH vote such a tax. The free libraries for . rural public schools are again becoming very nu merous. Yesterday and to-day no lets than 26 such libraries were aided by the State out ot the annual approorla- lion. Borne persona here have taken j out Federal liquor licenses and have paid no attention to the State and city li cences, these being the keepers of dis orderly houses. An Investigation may be made. These people have claimed for years that they did not have to pay any tag but Jhe. Fedeii,.ta.Two.pf them had previously been arrested anil fined for this. H. S. Leard, for several Yeats pas senger agent of the Seaboard Air Line for this division, goes to Richmond, being promoted, snd Z. P. Smith is transferred from Kkcbmond here. The railway collision at Aubern, 8 miles, from here, yesterday, on the Southern Railway, which will probably result In the death of Brakeman E. J. Sowers, was due, it is said, to misread ing of orders. Masons are greatly pleased at the success which Frsncls D. Winston Is meetine- with in his canvass of tho State to secure funds for the Masonlo Temple here, only $1000 of the entire amount required being yet to be raised. Rain Is greatly needed in all this part of the Htata, and not a few farms apd gardens are suffering, 1 The work of the Teachers' 8ummr iSvhool at the Agricultural and Me chanical College here continues to be most successful. Next week will mark the end of It,' and one of the closinc features Is to he tfte concert which will be given next Tuesday and In which 2M persons will tnke part. '. , . one of the funniest things Imaginable occurred on the Raleigh ft Cape Fear tiauway yesterday on a trip to LlUlng ton. on the edge of Harnett county a tall countryman appeared when the train stopped and before boarding It said to President John A. Mills: "When It comes back will It come the same way?" Upon Mr. Mills giving him a very positive assurance that it .would return exactly the same way he bourd ed the train and went on his way re joicing to LlUlngton, to the scene or the day's festivities. He was a green horn but a mlxhty prudent one. TWO HOTS HANGED. Met Their Pate Calmly, and Bald Tbay Wore Beady to tio-KlUod a Wealthy Merchant. Lexl ngton, Ky . July . 24rClaude O'Brien and Earl Whitney, boys In years, whose faces Indicate nothing of the criminal, were hanged here at 8 o'clock this morning for the murder of A. B, Chtnn, who was a wealthy merchant and an ex-Confederate sol dier. ' The boys, who were but 17 years old, met their fate calmly and said they were ady to die. Chinn .was killed during a pistol fieht between Asa Chinn, son ot the murdered man, and O'Brien and Whitney, while the latter were attempting to rob the Ch nn house last October. Asa Chinn was wounded, but recovered. TWO DEADt ONE DYING. Besslts of a right Over a Mltandan tend ing Aboot Baslaos Matter. Knoxvllle, Tenn.. July 21 Perry Jarnagltv, a collector for a brewery company of this city, was shot and In. stantly killed at Lafayette, Tenn., this afternoon, by John L. Smith, who was shot by Jarnagln and Is now dying. Taylor Smith, a son of John L. Smith, was also killed. The start of the trouble was a misunderstanding about business matters, which developed Into a quar rel. Jarnagln shot at Smith and fled. Smith, with bis son, followed. When they overtook Jarnagln, the father was fatally wounded by Jarnagln and Smith shot and instantly killed Jarnagln. The younger Smith was killed by Deputy Sheriff Peterson, .who, tried to arrest aim. i v . : .':M:- -if. A Orsad AtsayTeteraa Ban god. Washington, July 24. Benjamin O. Hill, white, who kUled his write, last November, at their home In this city, was hanged at the United States lall here to-dav. Hill was a native of Vir ginia ana a urana Army veteran. 1 TOCB MEM RKZAE JAIL. waits naa two (.uiorea Fr!' sre KarsnsPrans the Prlt at I.aili,ktoS, rrobably With Outside Aid. , ; Special to The Observer. 1 Lexington, July 14, Four prUoners In the Dayldson county Jail were re leased,1 Is thought, by outaidb as slstawcs some time to-night betwVen 1 and :80 o'clock, They are BurWelj Hot. land and Glass ;Oates,;whli indf John Barber and Henry ThornwKn, ;cfo,et Holland was In.iall charged wits try. Ing to burn ths town, the other pr.'s- oners were held for petty,: larceny, There Js no clue as to the direction the prisoners went after leaving the Jail and there Is nothing to show how they , made their, espon.' The sher lit Is making every effort to recapture tne.menv,' 3 .... ,s ,, ' EN0APED PRISONER CAUGHT. " 0. M. Oweaeby, Whs Broke Jail at Bother. fordlo,ArrMtadatDarham, Special Id The Observer. Durham, July 24. C. M. Owenahv. a young white man. was arrested to.dav at Owen Mills. West Durham, hv Her. f esjit Cagle, t the Dyrham police force. m neia at the instance of Sheriff Martin, of Rutherford county, who notified the authorities here sev eral days ago to be on the lookout. He submitted quietly to the arrest and hd mils thut he Is the ronn wanted. ;Ha states that he was placed In Rutherford Jail some time ago on tha charge of fighting and beoomlng tired of prsion life ho succeeded In niaklnr his eacana a few weeks sgo. He says this) is ths third time he has been arrested for fighting and that he expects to receive at least six months on the roads for the hurt offence, put the proKnects of a term on the county road does not distress nun nair a much as having to remain in jail until court, which will be. sev eral months hencav and forced to eat caooage and red meat. Sheriff Martin Is expected to-morrow to convey the prisoner to BuUierfardton,, c ,; ... 1 CHALLENGES gQVAREI ACCO0MTS, TheCsp-BsBterRestethe Old Boot la s Viewless Bss, ' Atlantic Highlands. N., J.. Julv 14.- Shnmrock III more than sauared ac counts with her pace-maker Shamrock 1, ,io-aay, ror tne beating the challeng es, suffered yesterday. Salting over a 2mlle course ths cud hunter beat the old boat s minutes 11 seconds, running w mites to leewaro, 0 minutes. 10 sec onds, beatlna 10 miles to windward and 7 minutes 19 seconds In a reach or miles. 20 minutes. 40 seconds in slL The challenger's victory running to leeward was flawless. Beating - back, Shamrock I suffered a little of her lest in a calm streak, and In reaching more heavily from the same tauee. Never theless, the victory was falrh. earned. except that the difference between the two boats was exaggerated toy the die. advantages the old boat suffered. : MM OP -A TRRATsV--.t Thai Frortdlag fot the AeqaUltloa ef tfS Dsalsh West ladle lalaads OmelaUy Ex. Ire. , , ' 'l-K:r- : , I ; Washington, July 24. The treaty pfo- vldlng for the acquisition by the Untied States of the Danish West India fU ands, officially died to-dsy. If Denmark should conclude to sell the Islands to the United States It will be posalbU to revive the . provisions of the trfaty which hoa just failed. 1 Meantime the oosltlon of the State Department Is comfortable, for having done Us part toward cotnpletlg the bar gain, the American government of course could not sanction the sate of th ) islands by Denmark to any other gov ernment. . A PAMOl'S VOLUNTEER. An laeldant ef th Battl of Fori Fisher Recalled by the Daath of Zaobarlah Noshr. Amsterdam, N. Y., July J4. Zacha- rlah Neahr, who was burled at Canajo harle, this afternoon, wan the last to die of the three survivors of 12 men who volunteered to General Terry to destroy the Confederate stockade during rthJ battle af Fort Fisher, and whose ac complishment of the deed, In the face of a rain of .sharpshooters' bullet which killed nine of their number, was one of the most heroic acts of the civil war. ; y". Neahr died of consumption at the age of 72. 'Congress had remembered him with a medal for herolam, Foiling Ont From tha Central Union. Philadelphia, July 24. A serious blow huh dealt to-night to the Central Union of textTleWorkerr wMch lsdlrectiiig the textile strike, when the' Loom Fit erx' Protective and Beneficial Associa tion withdrew from that organization. Slmllur action is said to be contem plated by the Beamers' and Twisters' Union, the Warpers' and Warp Dress ers' Union and the Power Loom Fixers' Beneficial Union, all ot which met to night to consider the matter. The Mc Grann Mill granted the demands of ths strikers to-day. ' Closing Diversion of tho Elks. Baltimore. July 24vwAltbough the na tional convention of Elks formally closed last night, with the final ad journment of the grand lodge, the pro gramme of entertainment will continue until to-morrow night To-day large numbers of Elks went on excursions to Gettysburg battlefield and Penn Mar. To-morrow's : closing diversions wilt consist of excursions to Washington. Annapolis, Ocean City and Old Point Comfort.,'.' , Son thorn Ponndry and fetaoala Campaay'a 'M;w:iW: Plant Bemad. :,4''i Knoxvllle. Tenn., July 24. The South ern Foundry A Machine Co'a. plant wss destroyed this morning at 2:80, by a blase which started in a working room. The total loss-is $60,000. rwlth $34,000 Insurance. It Is thought that the fire started m a live furnace working- men left upon going off duty. - v The Central Yellow Pine Association yesterday filed with the Inter-State Commerce Commission a complaint against a number of rallrc jg in the South, alleging that the rat 1 on yellow pine, according to their exl: ting tariff. la discriminative and a viol t ion of the inter-State commerce law, . r" JAPAS1X3. X, loipotmlbla to I 1 ' 't 1 1 a . I.uiMialu, Mi. porlFroacie 1 1 . it J SUM I Doubt - ( , Baad, B4 Every K Hi; -Japaa Will De Nu'.Lisg 1 Whas the Ersenatlua of ; Oeear, London, July. 21. Japan I observe the policy of v . tchlng Russia, ad vociit s lOaln, In the tneantlms r. , ilna to carry "out the a ven to the United States r anchurfct and Will endeavor t (he opening of additional 1 he Japanese legation here th ? . rut statement was made by &,t - ;d the Associated Pressr' ' j "I can assure you ' that the t 'war. between Russia a nd Japan : invention 'Japan has not the lea; 1 tentiott pt tkUlnf that course, Ene j jpose 'to Walt and maintain h.r t tude ' Of (watchfulness. Ja im a 1 America are acting on the game I and it would be difficult for any c power to withstand the pre sure t and Great Britftln could apply." c It Is said that Japan intends to nothing till October, when the : f evacuation 'of Manchurut tnust -W The, failure of Russia to withdraw f r Manchuria would be followed by a 1 -rlous move on the part ot Japan. The Russian s embassy here reci the confusion which has arisen in c sequence of the jubHttion of the 1 port that' Prince Chlng.' head of t Chines Foreign Office, had written t . Minister Conger, refusing to ooen r in Manchuria, The Russian officials 1 lleve with Washington that the r, was sent before China gave her as,; r- ances and they asserted positively ti.u Russia intends to carry out to the I. . !- ter the assurances she has given o ! that she will not interpose obstach i t the way of China observing her pie ; to Seeretarjr;- Hay, . A dlanatnh .' .' rian.. . nrotn. ... Cwnpony from St Petersburg, d it i -uiji v, nays, -rne amtuae or j and the warlike tone of the majority t ; the Japanese press have .ettra ; 1 much attention In official circles 1, It Is declared by the best mrormed j Die that there la no lllrallk,.A r.t .. certainly not tinon Ttaa.,a It is sUted that Russia has every n.o tlve for desiring f peace, "chlesty t r financial ' reasons, ! with which p , wound up a desire4 for extensive mastic reforms which the governs considers to. be the most , eftkac. i manner of dlsarmlne- internal dia -t, ,.- tent and nlnnlnv 4h. ,,.nhiilnr, propaganda In the bud. u ' J. it is oeuevea to Be impossible fro . the RussiaaView, point, for Japan 1 emliark In a. enn flint Ht Du.i ,w,. gle-handed, and it- is thoucht rii vi l secure the material support of Oh t Britain and of tha ITnltad Btntaa K. t-. ertheless, Russia is taking every precau tion to strengthen her military a 1 naval position In the Orient, beilevi r this to be the surest means of discour aging Japanese aggression. -jo. xiessars rort Artnur eonrerence Is said to have dealt chiefly with ttu ss measures, though they are declared ta ha entlrelv . nrMniit(inarv - mu hlr r the furthest thing from the wishes of tne government or itussia.-, , , . . TBE MANCB0RIAX QCEITION. lltaatws Bstag CeMptleatoa by Dlffleel- us is tne oaMMt r,v : Tokln JulV 11 Via Vl.nrln Tt t July 24. The difficulty of the-diplomatic situation with regard; to "the Manchurlan question Is now being com plicated by serious difficulties In the 1-u.otnet. 1 no rremier, uount Kaizuria, has asked to be relieved ot his position, but-the Kmperor has declined to en tertain the proposition, and suggesi '. innr ins rremier taae a vacation 1 ! latter, accordingly, retired to his vliU at HnVkmL . Th. o.hln.l n-lul. , ,j had some effect In Increasing the dip lomatic aimcuities. rne t-mperor Bent for Marquis Ito and received him iu private audience. Nothing Is known ot what the Imperial commands werp. The highest opinion states the cr Ik ' 4 may reach a momentous stage In the history ot Japan's constitutional a-ov- ernment , It is said that the Ernnernp hi deal p. ous of Increasing the dignity of Mar 'lllls Ito by drawlnr him elnoee tn hi. s'da and entirely , away from ? party management." ine aimperors proposal has been matured by the growing ditll cul lies from Manchurlan and Korean questions, '--a. It Is not known what Maronta Tt. will do. He is the founder and un- huldr--Ot oartv a-avernmen In Jnn-in If he withdraws, his work of years may toiupse ror no other leader has shown the same measeure of control over the factlonarles. On the other hand, he te urgently wanted In a higher sphere. out nis unseinsn aevouon to party leaders has impaired his Influence with the House ot Peers and elder states men, who regard his efforts to popular ise government as treachery to them and a cabinet formed by him might not be able to make it n ir. - h-wk vyi,vj iill,LI i. ive In the House..? :k BoMbw Troop Crowding latepoctArt:. r. London. Julv JS. Tha Rta morning prints a TlenTaln tiispati -Ii which ' says that the New-Chwar : train are, crowded with Russian tro going la the direction of Port ami that these trains are taking prejdenc over, normal traffic and that heavy gr ana otser artillery is also being sent. Dooldel 1' Ageuwt th Orra-C: 1 ? ii taaisa.,,;,.. London, July 21 The committee , prjvteges of the House ot Lords t -( decided against the claim of Willi. jTurnour .Thomas Poulett, tha forn organ-grinder In the streets of Lorn? to the earldom of Pouietf. 1 in f of the late Karl's Bon, Wi :m . Lydson Poulett, bT a later 1 , . rri Death of a Noted , hi a. Detroit. July 24. Dr. Pm! 1 Lean, one of the most 1 I v In the SUte. died to-day .- 1 In this city, from rraNtiw- had been in pood heal: it yeurs. ... Billy Uaysnrd Ev Philadelphia, Ju!y Toung Corbett Y 1 nard after two r : first rots Cf HT f 'S 1 ," "" "'"'. "."1 ininwmi. 1 a
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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