North Carolina Newspapers

pope Leo's Successor r Guiseppe Sarto of Venice i Mini of Simple Origin and Great Friend or lung v leior Aug. 4 The conclave, after session for four days, today Home. .wtod Cuiseppe Sarto, patriarch of to succeed !Leo XIII., v. rice, as i up- i HOW lClglJ u viio vnuuu the Catholic world as .Piua X over . - :ll..;nnto) in lila J honor. is oloolion anu tu suuijimvm ,4,lv ollice were marked by a strik ' 'demonstration and impressive monies at the Vatican: which only rr I. his 1 inr cfite this evening. lounuruw mr clad in his full ponunciai with all tho ritualistic cer- robes am wift receivo thcj mpmbers or emony the diplomatic 1 the bishops, corps, me ca.ru iuu is who will then offer heir offic ial liomage, this notwith- stand linir the fact that twice uxiay tne cardinals and many high officials or tho Vatican went througn a similar ceremony. : , . The date upon which the coronation of Pins X will occur has not yet been ofhVif ally decided, mil uiy - iiupir&aivu nrevails that it will occur August U. I .i.i ,i, n option was over ai n AlUHUl-ii o'clock this morning and was an nounced to the world forty-five min ute later by the appearance of the v Pope at the window of bt. reter s new the con ci lave was not formally ais- til 5:30 this afternoon. The .sol Vi td un animals then returned to their va with the vim nimrtments in Rome, exception .of Cardinals Rampolla and Oreglia, who temporarily retain tneir nftictal suites in the Vatican and Car dinal Herrero Espinosa, who. is too ill to he moved for several . cflajjs . H was tothe sick cardinal that the ntfw:Fepe V8k4 his first visit after iomo(l VVmfciff. being prc- The cardinals will remain in Rome for tomorrow's ceremonies should tho coronation he fixed for next Sunday, they are not likely tt return to their respective homes until after that ceremony. With the excep Coronation of Hew Pope. Preparation in Progress. Rome, Au. 6. Rome is now centered on the solemn coronation ceremonif3 which will occur on Sunday and for which preparations are making. The throne of St, Peter, which Pius X. w ill occupy, will be surmounted by a can" opy forty feet high. The function will consume five hours. The Pope has in formed the. Vatican officers that he wishes to be received un the threshold otthft basil iea by Cardinal Rampolla, ho, as -archbishop prie6t of the church, will addrehrt the formal greetings to Mai. "I At the conclusion of -the ceremony tft-jope will corner his blessings L upon lhe ijftonle. but it has not yet been de" Kir . . hpthpr be will do so inside rbfi olmrch or from the balcony looking out on the piazza where many where many hoped he would bestow his benediction on tne day of his election. It is said that Pius is favorable to the latter plan but that the influence of the Vatican officers is .against it on the grouid that it might H;int,erpreted as a recognition of the jto'itical j-tate of affairs in Italy. The 3;ldiijr of the coronation ceremonies in St. Peters itself represents a concession in the .case of Leoit occurred in the istine chapel. It is expected that tffl.W) tickets will be issued for the event. ' . ' . Prominent Citizen " Dies Suddenly. AshevMleAug. 5T. J. Ileed, one of" the best known citizens of Buncombe county, died today, -Death came swift y, Mr. Llecd having been strlckep with ViiraTyafc-onfy a day Or so ago and many eve,lbbtb'sui'pcised and pained, when 1 ;W that the eod had come. Mr. Reed asat one time tax collector of the . county and is a brother of M. L Reel, nairman of the county commissioners. Mr. Ke.ed lived near Biltmore. The Maouic bodies of Asheville and Bilt- nore met to-night to arrange for the iunei-al, which will be held tomorrow Emmanuel. tion of the Spanish cardinal, T Herrero, ail others are now. fin fairly good health. - r The election of the patriarch of Ve nice this morning was unanimous. Af ter Monday's ballots it was a foregone conclusion that he was the only candi date sufficiently acceptable to all to secure the necessary two-thirds, which the laws of the church require. One of the cardinals said to the representative ot the Associated Press tonight that he helieved Pius X would follow the broad lines of Leo's policy, although not likely to accentuate it. This voices the gen eral feeling here, which is one of satis faction; . , The new Pontiff is a man of simple origin, and although not a very promi nent candidate, he had been frequently mentioned as one of the many cardinals who might be taken up as a compro mise. In several respects he resembles his venerable predecessor, notably in his reputation for culture and piety. Having been associated with no fac tion? this fact alone won him much favor of the foreign cardinals who were without an especial candidate. PiusX. was humorously described as ;,a coun try mouse who could not possihly find his way about Rome." Venetians who know the Pope well, say that he will soon be as much be loved as Pontiff aa he was yesterday as the beloved patriarch of the poor of the Adriatic, In appearance, Pius X. Is a very handsome man. He. has a fine erect 'figure . despite , hs sixty-eight years His face greatly. .rjenibling that of the late Phillips Brooks, the eminent Boston "divine. :iWbQ; he pronounced his first bene diction today at St. Peters his voice rang out with splendid resonance. In every way today he showed beyond a doubt that he has dignity and personal ity in keeping with the best- traditions issociated with the famous pontiffs who for centuries have ruled the Vati can. Roadroad Protest Against Tax Valuation. To-day the Seaboard Air Line, South ern and Atlantic Coast Lino Railways, through their attorney, filed exceptions to the corporation commission's assess- These exceDtions are of w ' J the same general tone. That of the Southern, for examples, sets forth that it is filed because the assessments are believed to be greater than the proper ty's true value, calculated upon any lawful and just method applicable to such values, and disproportionately trfAfttar than nersonal .property valua' tions; that it is admitted that in certain townships or tax districts in some cou- tles there U a full valuation of real estate, but that this is the exception tWi nnt t.hfi rule that the law under which the assessments are made is void, nA in t.h ftonflict with the fourteenth amendment of the United States con stitution.becase it prescribes amnerent rule for assessing railway property from that of all other kinds of property, and thus denies to railways equal protection of law.. ... Greensboro College Safe. More Raised than Needed. Greensboro, Aug. 5. At a meeting of the Alumnae Association, incorporated, ' liVl olrxwn ffnmula f!nl1ftTft laSt OI II1B VJieCUBUUH' Vt-'M"!" , "- - night the following officers were eject ed: President, Mrs. Lucy A. Cunnlng- gira; treasurer, Mrs. E. L. Sides; sec retary, Miss Nanpie Lee Smith. The following were elected directors: Mrs. Lucy A. Cunningglm, WW. C. H. THAian Mm. R. T. Sides. Mrs. B. A. x ft vim f - Cunningham, Miss Nannie Lee Smith, Other directors will be added later, in- oinriir.fr rpmresentativen from, all over the State- The above named officers were d ig nated as a committee to go before the meeting of the stockholders of Greens boro Female College Association this afternoon and endeavor to reach an agreement whereby the Alumnae Asso ciation will take possession or tne pro Derty and run the college. Tbearaoun subscribed for paving the college up to the time for the meeting of the stock hnlders - was' $20,172.60, or $1,722.60 more than was needed: ' ; 1 Cleveland win t t : not Talk Politics. , i : t Chicago, Aug. 3. James ;H. Eckels, who extended the invitation to Former President Cleveland, on behalf of the Commercial club to be the club's guest next October has received a letter from Mr. Cleveland definitely fixing the date . ... rx i l ""-! - . - - ' ws wciooer i. in tne course of the letter, alludiug to the report that had been spread that Air. Cleveland was go ing to discuss politics in his; speech he says: -v :.vr- ; V?.--7;v.y- UI wonder whether it cannot lb some way be given out emphatically that in what I sayAat the club dinner not a sin I gle word of politics will cross -my lips5 and that my so-called address' will be simply an after-dinner talk of 'probably a half hour. ! j I .; Rice Fonnd Not Gniity, ; . Doane Was Convicted.' At 9 o'clock last night the jury reacts ed ao agreement in the Doane-Rice mur-; der case and so notified the jury officer I Judge Jones, Prank Carter, one o Doane's attorneys, W P. Brpwn at torney for Rice and Solicitor Brown, were summoned to the court 'house by Deputy Sheriff R- M. Jarvis. Clerk Marcus Erwin was also sent for and when all were assembled they entered the court room where" the jury was The clerk asked the jury if they had agreed on a verdict and the response through Foreman T. R Harrison was that they had. Side by side j and' apart rom any one else Doane and Rice sat awaiting their fate. Rice was greatly r rturbed evidently, while Doane, puli ng bis moustache, was expressionless. The foreman said, "We, the jury, find the defendant, Henry Rice, . not, guilty; Defendant Doane, guilty of manslaught er. me lury recommends tne mercy of the court and asks for a flight sen tence." Citizen. ,;. To Oppose John- i , . son For Congress. Pparnburg, S. C. August 6. It is political chat that Hon. Jos. T. Johnson will be opposed by Hon'. A. H Dean, of Greenville, for re-election to the House of Representatives from the fourth district. The friends of Solicitor . : .... Sease are urging that gentleman to en ter the list, but it is the general opin ion that he will seek re-election as so licitor and not enter the field of na tional politics. Another interesting bit of rumor is that H. L. Bomar, now a member of the General Assembly , from this county, . will oppose the present Senator, P. E. Hydrick. The friends of Hon. I. C, Blackwood are likewise urg ing him to become a candidate Jfor the place. Thus early in the game political matters are assuming tangible shape in preparation for the contest that is a year off yet. j . . " The Cherokee Indian Matter to be Heecrd. Hon. demerit Manly, standing master in chancery of the United States Circuit court, will return here on the 25tb, to bear a matter of great importance in connection with tne . Eastern band of Cheroke Indians. .. . m ij ; These Indians are wards of the United State? government which protects their n prts. and there is a large sum of money in the treasury to their credit. To many of them money will come on account of the sale of Indian lands in be 1 Indian Territory. A large tract of their land was sold years ago to Mason and liixon, and there was a long diawn n; lawsuit to determine if tbete Indians could j legally sell the land. At any ra there , is money due these people and te phase of the case which "will be considered by Mr. MaD'y, and on which he will he evidence is the right of some throe hundred persons in this nart of the state to share In the fund. v It in claimed bv these people through Craig, Whiison And Martin, their attorneys, that some hundred years ago their ancestor, Martin Maney, married an. Indian woman named Keziah Vann and that they are the descendants of this unions The attorneys state that this can : be proved -and if so their clients u'.ll be entitled to large sums of monev from several sources. It is . Baid that several yeais ao the Eastern bnd met in council and formally decided that the c aim was well founded. George H. Sroatuers, the government's representative in the'ma.tjr pertaining to the Indian ds clined, bo wevrr, lo mobilize it ai'd this suit ( n 1 hcarirg is to est ,b'sh t? o clam Citizen, ... ' - ' Fined $400 for Cow-hiding Holton. - Winston-Salem, Aug. 3. District At torney Holton went to Ashe bo ro to- lay. . His suit, in which, a part of the town of Ramseur is. involved, is to be beard in Randolph county this week. rhe contest is. over 30O or 409 acres of land. Mr. Holton has instituted a civil ac tion In Yadkin coubty against Mr. N. Glenn Williams for damages growing 3ut of the assault made upon M r. Hol too by Mr. Williams in this city, a few months ago, and for which the latter was fined $400 and costs; last week, the whole aggregating $530. ' It is reported that Mr. Holton will ask for damages in the sum of $10,000. The complaint has hot yet been filed, but will be at an early date. Papers have been placed in the hands of the sheriff of Yadkin county toserye on Mr. W illiams, notifying him of the proposed suit. Mr. E. J. Justice, of I Greensboro, who represented the dis trict attorney in t the suit here last Weekv will be one of his counsel in the action brought in Yadkin county. An effort will be made on the part of the plaintiff to get the case tried at the next term of Yadkin court, which will be held in October.1 Judge Allen will j preside. . The Shake-up - In Wall Street. " . , i j New York, Ang. 5. Two more stock exchange failures, making a total of six in the last 11 business days, were recorded to day when Sharp & Bryan and Hurlbutt, Hatch & Company an nounced their, inability to meet their obligations. . Neither failure occasioned the slightest surprise; in fact, both had beendlscbunfed far a" week or mora. The failure of Sharp & Bryan came during the morning session shortly af ter the market had recovered from its demoralized opening. That of Hurlbutt, Hatch & . Company was announced in he afternoon just : as prices' through- l . ! I out the list were tumbling lower than at any time before.: The day's bubiness can best be sum- marlzed by the statement that, fully vo-thirds of the active list touched he lowest record reached during the present movement, which had its in ception last September. . At the close of the day some of the solid interests and it is significant that.these interests have" been "out of the market" for weeks past, save here ...... . i and there, when support was most necessary spoke reassuringly. They declared that the financial atmosphere was being clarified, but for all that Wall street as a whole could see no silver lining in the clouds, much less a golden one. Other failures were con fidentlv predicted and the names of several important firms were men tioned as amopg those in financial straits. A sharp break in sterling exchange during the day f was .coupled, with the suggestion that at least one interna tional banking house had been making desperate efforts . to - borrow mon ev. Officers of, leading local banks and the trust companies declined to di cess " the situation except to express as to the sound condition of the finan cial institutions. The day began omir ousfy. Opening prices on the exchange were decidedly lower almost ail through the list, but the breale was checked by supportingjorders. In fact veteran observers were heard to de clare that but for this support a panic would certainly have occurred. Lawyers Want to :. Accept Compromise. There was a plan on foot yesterday to have lawyers and others interested in t.hA Western' Carolina bank's affairs sign a petition asking the " court to di rect the receiver to accept the proposi tion made by Madison county. This proposition made by the commissioners was that they would pay in full settle ment of all claims against the county including the $20,000 or so owed to the bank. 90 cents on the dollar if the new bond eold for par. and !f not, then - 90 per cent of the amount realized. Tf is is the proposition which Receiver Jon . s, declined to the county's attorneys " l e cently. I The Madison County Compromise. Asheville. Aug. 4. In ! legal circles interest is being taken in the proposi tion of the i commissioners of Madison county, made this .afternoon, to com promise with the 'holders of Madison bonds on the basis of 90 cents on the. dollar. Col. W. W. Jones; as receiver of the Western Carolina) Bank, an in stitution that' held the bonds, replied that he would never recommend the acceptance of any compromise propos al,' and that , Madison would have, to is sue new bonds with a view to liouida- ting the full amount of the indebted ness. Otherwise, Receiver Jones de clared, the commissioners would be personally liable for indictment and consequent payment of a heavy fine. District Confer ence in Sesson. Asheville, Aug. 6. The Asheville District conference, Methodist, con vened at Mt. Pleasant church, near Grace, today. The Mt. Pleasant church is about three-quarters of a mile distant from the terminus of the 1 North Main street car line. The Asheville district includes churches in i Ashevillej Hen- dersonville, Brevard, JBurnsville, Hot Springs, Marshall and Weaverville. A 'irge .-Utendance is expeod, including many ministers of note. The Brief is Completed, The brief of the contestants in the con gressional elec: i m : case has been sent to the clerk of the house of representatives, and the contents have been madft punlic. Me haa ben long . surmised the - CQMest- atit3 wish to exclude the election returns at Tryon, Shields and . South Wayuesville. This is by reason of the wholesale fraud allege I to have been; practised at those boxes. Excluding these boxes, the attor neys claim the election of the contestant 435 majorityT-Evening New. r ViolLting New Liquor Law. Asheville, Aug. 6.--The dispatch sent rom Raleiffh to the effect that a man bv . . ,. he name of Evans was operating a dis- tillery in Boone township, Davidson county, and that people were ridiculing the State authorities for failure to act, did not surprise anybody here, the. head- quarters of the fifth,; internal revenue district. In fact, the same statement could have been sent out several days ago with the same degree of accuracy, One revenue officer to-day said that there were at least five distilleries In a single county that were being operated without regam to the provisions of the Watts law. r One significant remark was heard in revenue circles to-day. It was that judges generally had been singularly silent on this law, if any;of tnem, naving reierreo to tne law from tbe bench, and this led many distiller- iea to believe tnat tnere, was doubt con- cerning the constitutionality of the act. The particular distillery referred to in the Raleigh dispatch, that owned by. ILvans, h:s just been closed, owing, 11 wa.s staled, to some accident abbut the plant. It was added, however, that Evans would probably " resume opera tions in the near future. V Conference in Session. Bishop V. W. Duncan, ! of Spartan- burg presided at yesterday's session of the Asheville District Conference; The Rev. W. M. Curtis, of Hendersonville, opened the morning session with ,devo- j and had no significance whatever ex tional exercises. Dr. J. A. 'Reaffaa. of cent the fulfilling of a promise I had . Weaverville, presented Bibhop Duncan with a chair, which was at once used by Bishop Asbury, and asked that the bisb- op use it during the conference. After the reports of the Rev. J.- A. Fry," of Burnsville, and the Rev. Frank Siler had been read.. Dr. J.' Hammond,, the ed uca tit el secretary, delivered an ; ad adrefs on education: He said he had re cently sent out circulars u all the Methodist teachers in public schools, whose names he had been able to s' to Albany, for three or four months Curr, urging them to" put religion into during the wintert and when it is neces their t saching. : He said that one of the sary forvme to be away during the other great needs of the church was; to have religion in education. ,.'There are twenty-five; millions " of; children of school age in . this counti y, " said Dr. Harrmond. "and onlv twelve millions in Sunday school, which shows b"bw many of our young people are ' growiner . tf . ., up without any - kind of religious ' in structHi. 'J f r r State Depart ment PnWed, It is said that the State Departmsnt at Washington was a good deal puzzled last week to account for Consul Geneial Gud-gc-'s disquieting dispatch indicating great political upheaval in Panama ; be cause General Cobos had filled up on Scotch highballs and summoned ten com panions to help him seize the government. The Detroit Journal explains the dispatch satisfactory. It days that General Gobos no donbt blew his breath in the face of the consul general, and the latter, being a ; tota.1 abstainer and hence susceptible, fell under the influence of the highballs. "The fact,' it continnes, "that Consul Gudger now pleads for oue ' of the 60-day vaca- ' tion, of which he has betrayed a vast fond- ness heretofore, shows that he realizes that will be necessary to effect a complete cure. , His vacation be longer, and some consul ' less susceptible to Scotch at second hand should take his place." This is no more nor less than a suggestion that our Ki. be relieved of his job and we object to this upon the ground given. If he is to be left jobless because he is Pure : in Heart and tumbles to the mere odor of a highball, his only logical successor would come from -the ranks of the Morally Stunted, who is accustomed to both the smell and taste, and .this would be a horrible precedent for the administration to set. Let Ki Jiave his sixty days Vacation ami 6o bact by t.n& end of that time both he and General f Cobos will have shaped up. Charlotte Observer. Judge Parker Not a Candidate. New York, July 30. have had nothing to do with politics, except to vote since 1884. The party has not needed-me."- " -' - - " " : This' was said by Chief Justice Alton B. Parker to a correspondent xf the Newark Evening News, who visited him at his home, at Eaopus-on-ths-Hudson, and called his attention to the statement that he was a presidential possibility on the democratic ticket. Continuing Judge Parker said: ; ' I take it that this is an Interview we are now having. I want to I say I frankly, so there will be no nkisunder- I standing, that I cannot be interviewed I on the subject of whether or not I am J J i. u nt consideration in the political condition of my party, nor upon any political I question whatever." I . The" iudge (was then asked if - (here j was any phase of modern presidential I campaigning he would care to talk I nbnut. i don't object to saying that I believe j the time between the nominating con- nt.inn and election cnems ton 1onor.hft I replied. "It keeps the . country dis- turbed for too long a period; Before the j advent of the telegraph, the newspapers 1 nnd hn railroads in their rrftnt mt.rn 0f development, it required time to pre- sent to the people the great questions 0f the day, and issues si to men and measures.- In the days of our' fore- fat.hr. nm.tirs and nnlitW t.nmn speakers traveled on : horse or on foot. and the newspapers when compared with those of today, were slow mediums for dissemination of news.,' Even the farmers in v these days are reading the daily newspapers to large extent, In stead of the weeklies of former days and of former generations. It might a rnti.inc ' down ' if r t.hfi MmhilAn period, . "Your southern trip, iudge. centered a arre&t deal of interest upon veurself as I a presidential candidate,' the corres- Ipondent said. ' ' : i 1 "That trip was planned a year before made to ray friend, the chief justice of I the supreme court of Georgia," was his response! V ". I l will explain my position to you," continued the judge, "so you canunder- stand why I cannot talk upon the gnb- I ject you have mentioned. I went on the j bench to make it my life work. It It congenial to me, and I am very happy and contented. I am with my family i here in jny home. I usually take them months Of the year I can run down frpmi I Albany every week. f - ' "If I bebave myself I can remain on I the bench for life. The salary is ample. i The New York state court of appeals ff 9 I pays its judges larger salaries than the ! United States supreme court. ; t shall - remain on the bench. It is my ideal " Boston Herald. " " - , aorning ... . 'f . .