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VOL. LXXXVI KO. 40.
WILMINGTON, UST. C, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1910.
WHOLE NUMBER 13,i88.
ALL
OVER DEATH OF
King Edward Passed Away at 11:45 Last Night After
Acute Illness Prince of Wales Succeeds to Crown
Without Ceremony Loved and Admired '
by United Kingdom.
London, May 6. King Edward VII
died at 11:45 o'clock tonight. The
Prince of Wales is King, assuming tne
title of King George V., and will take
the oath before the Privy Council at 2
o'clock this afternoon.
Coming so suddenly the death of the
King cannot but bring the greatest
sorrow to the nation, in wuose hearts
Edward, first as Prince of Walse an
afterwards .as' ' sovereign, held first
place. His short reign of nine years
has been a history of stirring times. It
opened with the conclusion of peace
after a long and trying campaign in
South Africa, and concluded at the
crucial moment of one of the most
momentous political struggles of mod
ern times, between the Peers and Com
mons. In a day the political outlook
of Great Britain has been revolution
ized. Throughout the Empire the word
was flashed and today flags are floating
fat half mast the world over. Besides
the social gloom which the King's
death casts" over England, several im
portant and long planned official events
must bo: abandoned. Tne Prince and
Princess of Wales were to go South
Africa with the squadron and the
squadron and the Prince was to open
the first parliament of tne new con-
federation, but his accession to the;ng
thronc will now prevent this. ! , '
The death oi his majesty will alsoi v?e Dr ; st- p1 Thomson, the
mean the abandonment of the principal j ref throat specialist, was called in
functions of ex-President Roosevelt's yesterday morning, it was expected
tour. , '
The Lord Mayor replied to Prince
George's telegram as follows:
"I tender your Royal Highness an ex
pression of most true sympathy and
condolence from the citizens of Lon
don. May God in His loving mercy
comfort you and the Princess. The
prayers of the . nation aro - with you
and thpy keenly -ehmryfyaur tortow;"
The Lovd Mayor sent a message to
Queen Alexandra "The. city of on
don hears with profound emotion that
God has called to himself your august
husband, our gracious and . beloved
King and desires, to lay at your feet
its loyal devotion and deep sympathy,
praying that his .ov.ng hand may bless
and comfort you and those so dear to
you in this your hour of need and sor
row." London, May 6. King Edward VII ,
who returned to England from a va
cation ten days ago in the best of
health, died at 11:45 o'clock tonight
in the presence of his family after an
illness of less than a week, which
wa.j serious hardly more than three
days.
The Prince of Wales succeeded to
ihe. crown immediately, according to
the laws of the Kingdom, without of
ficial ceremony. His first official act
was to dispatch to the Lord Mayor
the announcement of his father's
leath, in pursuance of custom.' His
telegram read:
"I am deeply grieved to Inform you
that my beloved father, the King,
passed away peacefully at 11:4.5 to
night. (Signed)-' "GEORGE."
The physicians soon afterwards is
nued" their official bulletin, which was
its follows:
"May 6th. 11:50 P. M. His Majesty.,
the King, 'breathed his last at 11:45
tonight, in the presence' of Her Maj
esty. Queen Alexandra, the Prince and
Princess of Wiales, Princess Royal, the
Duohess of Fife, Princess Victoria and
Princess Louise, the Duchess of Ar
gyll. (Signed) "LAKING,
"REID.
"POWEL.
"DAWSON."
, Pneumonia, following bronchitis, is i
ten even to nave oeen tne cause or
denth, but the doctors thus far have
re-fused to maVe a statemnt. Some
of the King's friends are convinced
that worry over the critical political
situation which confronted him. wltn
s-leepless nights, aggravated, if it did
not cause the fatal illness.
Besides the nearest relatives in Eng
land, the Duke of Fife and the Arch
hishop of Canterbury were in the
-death chamber. The King's brother,
the Duke of Connaught, with his fam
ily is at Suez, hastening home from
Africa. The King's daughter. Queen
Maud, of Norway, will start for Eng.
land tomorrow.
The intelligence that the end of
King Edward's reign had come was
Tiot a surprise at the last. The people
liiiij been expecting to hear it at any
hour since the evening bulletin wafc
posted at BuoMna:ham Palace and
Hashed throughout the Kingdom. Tha
'npitol received it without excitement,
hut sadly, for the King with his own
People was unquestionably one of the
"lost popular rulers in the world.
They regarded him as ; one of the
strongest forces making foe the sta
bility of the peace of the Empire.
The fashionable restaurant's were
just emptying and a few groups of
late theatre goers were making their
'way homeward through the rain, -while
a small I crowd still hung about the
1'alHce. when the streets were fillet
suddenly with newsboys shrilly crylns
'TiAath of the King."
The papers were quickly seized an3
GiSf
II
the people discussed the momentous
event quietly and soon dispersed. The
struts were deserted by 1 o'clock.
death of the King, the Home Offics
telegraphed the intelligence to the
heads of other governments and the
British diplomats and Colonial offices
throughout the world. 1
All who knew the Kfng anticipated
that his death would be sudden, and
it would not. have occasioned great
surprise if it had occurred witnout
warning at some social function, as a
result of heart trouble. Almost to tha
end he refused to take to his bed, and
was sitting up yesterday in a largo
chair, so the palace stories go, cor
roborating the description of him as
an unruly patient, which Dr. Ott gave
to a Vienna interviewer last evening.
. One of .the last utterances attribut
ed to King Edward was: "Well, It
is all over, but I think I have done
my duty." He seemed then to have
reached a full realization that his end
was fast approaching. The Queen and
others of the Royal Family and four
doctors has been ' constantly in the
sick room throughout the day. Sever
al hours before his death the King
was in ,a comatcse condition, but he
rallied slightly between 9 and 10
o'clock and appeared to recognize his
! fatnllv Then ha lartaeul irtr mionn
Rrlnn ' a whlr.h pnrtp1 n h, nns
mat an operation on xne mroat wouia
be necessary, but after consultation
it was decided that the' lungs were
the seat of the most serious symptoms.
Experts were held In readiness to ad
minister an anaesthetic, but there was
fear that the weakness of the King's
heart might result In a fatal issue,
and an -operation was set aside as - a
last freswt,-". .- ; -3t--4
The body lies in the King's chain-,
ber in the northwest wing of Buck
ingham Palace, which Is 'brilliantly
I'tfited. while the rest of the great
gloomv building, with the exception of
Lord Knolly's office is entirely darken
ed. It was. nearly half an hour after
the King breathed hi last, when Lord
Knolly walked into the office and said
to the waiting reporters: "Gentlemen,
His Majesty is dead."
The people outside the palace only
learned the news when boys appeared
with papers. In the meantime, the
Prince and Princess of Wales had tak
en leave of the other members of the
Royal Family at the main entrance,
soon after midnight. They drove di
rect to Marlborough house. Princess
Victoria, who is her mother's constant
companion, remained with the Queen.
The others of the family followed the
Prince and Princess of) Wales.
A summons to the privy counci
lor's, has been issued by S!r Almeric
Fitzroy, clerk, of the council, conven
ing the council in the throne room
of St. James' Palace at 2 o'clock this
afternoon "when the councillors will
"with one voice and the consent of
tongue and heart publish and proclaim
that the high and mighty Prince
George is now, by the death of our
late sovere'gn of happy memory, be
come our only lawful and rightful
lelge lcrd. George V.. by the grace of
God, King of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, Defend
er of the Faith and Emperor of India,
to whom we do acknowledge all faith
and constant obedience, with all hear
ty and humble affection beseeching
God by whom kings and queens do
reign, to bless the Roval Prince,
George, V., with long and happy years
to reign over us.'
The. new King, after this proclama
tion. will address the council and
promise to reign as constitutional sov
ereign. At the conclusion of the meer
ing King George will issue-his first
proclamat'on, requiring all officials to
proceed -with their duties.
The aldermen of the city of London
will attend the council and swear al
legiance. A proclamation has already
been issued by the home office, requir
ing theatres to close today.
The court will go. into mourning for
six-months, and the Lord Mayor has
ordered that the great bell of St.
Paul's shall be tolled throughout the
dav.
!So sudden was,, the King's death
that most of the government officials
were absent. Premier Asquith, who is
in Spain, cannot reach London before
Monday. It is "the .duty of the mem
bers of both house of Parliament to
meet as soon as they can assemble
to take the oath of . allegiance and
receive the message of the King.
Speaker' Lowther, of the House of
Commons, however, is in constant at
tendance. ' . ' 1
Personality of King Edward.
When Edward VII. breathed his last
there came to a close the life of a
unique personality. He was loved al
most universally, first of all as a man
whose natural attributes made him
dear to the hearts of his subjects and
next as a monarch whose ability to
fulfill the role which he was called
on to assume was demonstrated con
spicuously. . v
"Edward VII. by the Grace of God
(Continued on Page Eight);
King Edward,
at Buckingham
N- ''it.J
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PALACBl j ) ))
ENTOMBED MINERS ALL DEAD
Hope of Finding Men Alive at Palos,
Ala., Practically Abandoned
Estimate Victims Between
120 arid 135.
Palos. Ala., May 6. Fourteen hun
dred feet and more below the .earth's
surface lay tonight all but 17 of the
more than 100 miners whose lives
were snuffed out yesterday in the ex
plosion in No. 3 mine of the Palos Coal
& Coke Company on the outskirts of
this little town. Hope of finding of
any of the entombed men alive was
practically abandoned this afternoon,
although there are about the entrance
to the mine tonight mothers, wives
and other relatives who still cling to
an almost hopeless hope that their lov
ed ones will be 'brought out with a
spark of life yet remaining.
Identification df the .bodies ' brought
to the surface was possible by means
of the little brass checks' which they.
.Foul air in 'the mine today caused J
by decomposing bodies of moles ana
the miners themselves as well as the
continued presence of after-damp, in-
terrerea witn tne work of rescue.
Already the work of succoring the
families deprived of their money is
in progress. Besides the relief extend
ed by the officials of the mine the Red
Cross is supplying the necessaries of
life to the families of the victims?
many of whom were left almost nen-
niless.
All day crowds of 3.000 thronged the
mine hole and at times it was with
difficulty that the 100 officers k'eot
them from hampering the work of
rescue.
What is considered a conservative
estimate tonight places the number of
men entombed at between 120 and 135.
That all are dead is not doubted. Ed
Flynn, mine inspector of the Tennes
see Coal & Iron Company; is in charere
of the rescue work tonight. He ex
pressed the belief that the bodies of
every one , of the entombed men will
be brought to the surface by Saturday
night.
SCHOOL FOR HOTEL MEN.
Young Men to be Trained in the Ar
of Management.
rans, may o. tiotet manageme
is to De raised to the status of an
exact science at a school to be open
ed here next Fall. Young men will
receive thorough education in all that
a modern hotel manager ought to
know. The course will extend over"
two years, the first being spent at
the school, 'and the second in getting
experience at a leading hotel. Diplo
mas will be issued to those students
who qualify as .efficient managers.
The course will cover not only the
kitchen, wine cellar, and apartment
economy, but also foreign languages,
the elements- of architecture, elec
tricity and sanitary engineering.
BUILDINQ IN SOUTH.
Compilation: Made in Chicago Shows
an Increase.
Chicago, May 6. Building opera
tions throughout the United States
during AptiJ showed an increase of
per cent, over tho corresponding
month a year ago.
According to official reports from
47 cities to the Construction News,
permits were taken out for 19 311
buildings to cost $69,301,489.
The figures give evidence of a de
cided revival in tho South, notably
San Antonio, with an increase of 168
per cent.; Richmond 148; New Orleans
28; Birmingham 34; Dallas, 28; Mem
phis 12; and Louisville 8 per cent
THESE DOCTORS ADJOURN
Medico-Psychological Society
Has
uompietea its Business.
Washington, May 6. The American
Medico-Psychological Society, a com
ponent" society of the Congress of
American Physicians and Surgeons,
closed its, conrerence nere today.
An interesting paper was read by
Dr. Arthur S, Hamilton, of Minneap
olis, on the subject of progressive my
asthenia with tae pathology of the
spinal cord in olu age. '
Dr. Graeme M. Hammond, of New
Yprkvdiscussed the prognosism in par
Seventh
Pala
ce
CAROLINA LUTHERAN SYNOD
Mt. Pleasant Institute to be Removed
Animated Discussion Lasting
Ail Day Able Address at
Night Sess:on Other Notes.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Albemarle, X. C. May C. Nearly
the entire day was spent by the North
Carolina 'Synod on the question of re
moving Mount Pleasant Collegiate In
stitute. . A committee which had been
appointed to consider that matter and
report this afternoon, adopted a reso
lution recommending that the Synod
appoint to negotiate with the Tennes
see Synod as to' consolidation of the
Mount Pleasant Institute with Lenoir
College at Hickory. .
This resolution provided that if af
ter 60 days the committee should fay
to come . to satisfactory, terms with
the Tennessee Synod in .regard to the
consolidation of the twa institutions,
they wereLD-.give all and. towns
within the jurisdiction- of the North
Carolina Synod a chance to make of
fers and that the. place making the
best bid. all other things being equal,
would get the new college.
It provided, however, for the run
ning of another term at Mount Pleas
ant but the adoption meant a remov
al from Mount Pleasant. '
When the report was read by Rev
W. A. .Suyder; quite as interesting
discussion immediately tools place; Mr.
J. W. Cook, of Concord, made a touch
ing' plea for Mount Pleasant. "I love
old North Carolina College," he said,
'she is as a mother to me; she has
made it possible for me td grow three
blades of grass where only I could
grow but one for her." He objected
to consolidation with Lenoir College
stating that the Tennessee Synod had
not a fee simple title to the college
property.
He said this was not mere hearsay,
but that he had investigated the mat
ter and positively knew that their title
was invalid. He said Mount Pleasant
was as good a site as was necessary,
citing the State university and other
institutions in the woods as he said,
as examples proving that it was not
necessary for an educational institu
tion to be in a large place. He closed
by stating that if the college "must
be moved, in the name of God and in
the name of justice, do not throw
off on Mount Pleasant." His fight was
a gallant one. The majority was
against him. however, and the .resolu
tion was adopted and North Carolina
niirt.-, wiu shortly be a matter or
history. ..
Rev. W. A. Lutz, of the jTennessee
Synod, differed with Mr. Cook as to
the title of the Lenior college prop
erts'. causing quite a heated discus
sion. The programme for the evening .con
sisted of very strong addresses by
Rev. R. L. Patterson, of Charlotte,
and Rev. A. G.' Voight, D. D., of Char
leston, on education of the ministry.
Under this subfject Rev. Mr. Patterson
spoke on the imperative demand. Rev.
Dr. Voight spoke on the inadequate
demand. Beth addresses were strong
and impressive.
HOUSE AND RAILROAD BILL.
Argued to Vote on ' Measure Tuesday
Postcffice Bill.
Washington, May 6. The House
practicallv concluded with the. consid
eration of the administration railorad
bill for the adoption of amendments
before adjournment today and agreed
that a final vote would be taken next
Tuesday. The action authorizing mer
gers between railroads was struck out
by a vote of, 131 to 128. Efforts' 'of
Democrats to 'strike out the sections
relating to the capitalization of rail
rad?. were ineffectual. 1
The postoffice appropriation bill,
carrying about $240,000,000 was pass
ed by the Senate without amendment.
As the result of. this action no con
ference will be required upon this bill.
- A large number of bills were passed
including one granting pensions of $12
a month to nurses who served in the
Civil War.
The Senate adjourned until Monday,
hut the House will be in session to
morrow. First dance at Lumina tonight
FEARFUL DEATH
T0LL0F 'QUAKE
Whole City of Cartago, Cos
ta Rico, Completely
Laid Waste.
SORE THAN 500 WERE KILLED
Clouds of Dust Turned City Into Dark
ness and Pa-iis Ensued Hun
dreds of Survivors Flee From '
City Details.
San Jose, Costa Rica, May 6 The
?arthquake which lafd waste the town
of Cartago occurred at 6:50 o'clock on
Wednesday night. It came without
warning and continued about 18 sec
onds. In that brief space of time the
buildings, of the place collapsed, bury
ing hundreds of persons. The dead
were first estimated at 500 but it is be
lieved tonight that the fatalities were
much greater. Many hundreds more
were injured, up to a late hour today
400 bodies had been recovered.
Following the shock the twilight was
turned to the darkness of midnight by
clouds of dust that rose from the ruins.
Panic ensued and the cries of the in
jured and neeing survivors filled air.
Cooler heads hurried to tne telegraph
office to summon help from this city,
only to find the operators dead, the
wires downv and the railroad traffic
baaly impeded. As soon as the news
reached San Jose, President Gonzales
Vicquez, accompanied by President
elect Ricaud Jiminez and many doctors
and nurses and a supply of medicines,
started on a special train for the scene
of the disaster to lend first aid to the
survivors. Upon the President's arrival
at Cartago martial law was proclaim
ed in order to' facilitate the mainten
ance of order. 1-rovisions and clothing
were also dispatched from here
Throughout tne day special trains
arrived nere bringing the wounded
who have filled the hospitals and many
private houses wtych nad been sur
rendered for the "purpose.
Hundreds of survivors are camped
outside the ruirod city awaiting trans-port'dtion'tO"oth:iiptlnts.-Theyre
be
ing fed at the public expense. ' Several
qarloads of provisions have been, dis
patched from here and A. LaJuela. ,
The beautiful Peace Palace erected
at a cost of $100,000 through the gen
erosity of Andrew Carnegie was con
verted into a pile of debris. Other pub
lic buildings met the same fate. Many
students at the college of the Silician
fathers were kmed. Only three of
them escaped uninjured.
The work of rescue was greatly im
peded by falling walls which blocked
the narrow streets.
The tremors continue tonight and
the terror of th people increase as
time passes, ihe popular fear of fur
ther shocks of a severe character has
extended to the neighboring towns.
Oniy the early hour of the evening
at which the disaster occurred prevent
ed a much greater loss of numan life.
At the time many people were in the
open. So far no deaths have been re
ported among the American colony.
The uisaster was not proceeded by
any activity of the volcano Poaz or of
other volcanic vents. The snock was
fet throughout Costa Rica and in
many parts of Nicaragua. Great As
sures opened at many piaces in the vol
canic zone.
The ministers here of i. anama, Mex
ico and other Central American coun
tries have asked their governmnets -to i
contribute ' to the aid of their sister
republic. Several . prominent Spanish
and Americans are among the dead.
These include the wife of Dr. Becane
gra, the Guatemalan magistrate to the
Central American arbitration court,
and Senor Trejos.
President Taft and Secretary Knox
this afternoon wired their condolences
to the President. Owing to the Inter
ruption of the telegraphic service, the)
news of the disaster was slow in reacn
ing outside points.
Two Towns Destroyed.
Boston, Mass., May 6. That the
towns of Cartago and Paraiso, adjoin
ing eacn other in the center of Costa
Rica were both totally destroyed In
the earthquake of Wednesday night
and that several hundred persons were
killed are facts contained in the latest
dispatch received tonight at the head
quarters of the United Fruit Company.
This dispatch dates San Jose, May 6th
and forwarded by wireless to Colon
said: .
"Everything quiet today. Railroad
traffic resumed. Cartago and Paraiso
totally destroyed. Casualties wnl reach
several hundred."
Carnegie to Rebuild Palace ,;
New York, May 6 Andrew Car
negie will reconstruct the Peace Pal
ace destroyed at Cartago by the eartn
quake" according to a message receiv
ed from him in New York tonight
Mr. Carnegie is on board the steam
ship Adriatic en route to England but
he sent the following message, by
wireless to the New York Times to
night: "I deeply regret misfortune
but this palace shall be reconstruct
ed and I trust fulfill its holy mission."
With the approach of the biennial
session of the Louisiana Legislature,
questions of proposed legislation have
been brought to the stage of active
discussion in the State. The Federal
income tax will be one of the subjects
brought to the attention of the Gene
eral Assembly soon after it is conven.
ed next Monday, but the matter oi tne
measure's passage is problematical,
THE ILLINOIS BRIBERY GASES
Minority Leader of House Indicted
Yesterday and Others Are Involv
ed Likely Future of the In
vestigation. ' Chicago, May 6. Lee O'Nel Borwne,
of Ottawa, ,111., Democratic minority
leader , of the Illinois House of Rep
resentatives, was indicted today on a
charge of bribery and Representative
Robert E. Wilson, of Chicago ,and
Representative Michael S. Link, of
Mitchell, 111., were indicted on charg
es . of . perjury . by the special grand
jury which for a week has been in
vestigating the election on May IGth.
1909, of William Lorimer, of Chicago,
to the United States Senate and othc$
alleged doings of the Illinois Legij
lature". The evidence on which the
indictments were returned in Judge
Kersteer's court was supplied by Rep
resentative Charles A. White, of
O'Fallen, 111., and Representative H.
J. C. Beokmeyer, of Carlyle. Wilson
and Link, as well as White and Beck
meyer are Democratic members' or
the Legislature.
Specifically, the bribery charge
against Browne is based on the charge
that he gave Representative White
$850 at a hotel in Chicago late (m
May. 1909, as alleged compensation
for White's vote for Lorimer for Sen
ator. The perjury charge against Link Is
based on his testimony given before
the present grand jury yesterday. In
this testimony Link is alleged to have
sworn that he was not in St. Louis,
Mo., on July 15th, 1909, and that he
did not there meet Representative
Robert E. Wilson, of Chicago. The
grand jury declares that it finds on
investigation that Link was in St.
Louis on that date and did meet Wil
son. The jury further declares that
Link.wi,ll further perjure himself af
ter realization of the value of his
statements in the investigation.
The perjury charge against Wilson
Is based on his testimony given be
fore the grand jury. The indictment
alleges that Wilson testified that' ne
did not hand sums of money to Rep
resentative White and Representative
Beckmeyer in the Southern Hotel, fit.
Louis, on July 15th, 1909. The grand
jury states in its bill against Wilson
that it -finds that Wilson .dUi hand
money to both White and Beckmeyer
at Rt TMiutj on- that date
Tmme"dfateiiy upon the return uf tha
thTee indictments Judge Kersten fix
ed Browne's and Wilson's hail at $15,
000 and that of L.ihk at $5,000.
Another indictment not bearing on
the Lorimer investigation but con
nected with another case of alleged
legislative bribery was returned by the
grand jury against William J. Henley,
formerly president of the Chicago and
Western, Indian railroad.
This indictment charges Henley
with embezzlement of the railroad's
funds. It is a direct outcome of
charges made by John C. Fetzer, who
declared that a "slush fund" had been
used in the legislature to procure the
passage of a bill validating a $50.
000,000 bond issue made by the Chi
cago and Western Indiana Railroad.
Fetzer said .that1 a "slush fund" of
$212,000 was distributed among legis
lators by agents of the railroad.
The State's attorney announced to
night that' there is another week"s
work ahead of the grand jury. Many
other witnesses nearly all of them
State representatives will be called
before the Jury.
Representative Link was allowed to
spend the night in a down town hotel
in custody of a detective. Robert E.
Wilson was not arrested tonight.
The special charge in the Henley
indictment' is that he embezzled $28.
000 on May 9th. 1907, $23,000 of it
in the form of checks for $20,000 and
$3,000 and $5,000 in currency.
FREEDMAN'S SAVINGS.
Bill to Satisfy Remaining Depositors
of Bank Reported Favorably.
Washington. May 5. The bill to pay
deoositors of the Freedman's Bank
carrying an appropriation of $1,291,000
was reported In the House today.
The Freedman's Bank was organiz
ed in 1865 as a philanthropic Institu
tion. Many millions in deposits were
received from ' former slaves. The
panic of 1873 drove the institution to
the wall. Only 62 per cent, of the de
posits were paid, and bills have been
pending for years to reimburse the
OUTLINES.
The death of the King of England
occurred last night; at Buckingham
Palace following a serious Illness of
three days. His death was unexpect
ed. The Prince of Wales succeeded
to the crown Leo O'Neil Brown,
t3mocratilc minority leader in the
Illinois Legislature, and William J.
Henley, railroad attorney, cnarged
with legislative bribery, were indicted
yesterday The whole city of Car
tago, Costa Rica, was laid waste by
the earthquake of Wednesday night
and more than 500 people were killed
The postoffice appropriation bill
was passed in the House yesterday
It is believed that the miners en
tombed by an explosion in a mine at
Palos, Ala..' yesterday were all killed.
New York markets:' Money on
call easy 2 1-2 to 4 per cent., ruling
rate 3 3-4, closing bid 3 1-2. offer?!
at 3 3-4. Spot cotton closed quiet,
middling uplands 15.25, middling gulf
15.50. Flour steady with a small lo
cal trade. Wheat, No. 2 red 1.16 nom
inal, No. 1 northern 1.21 nominal f.o.b.
opening navigation. Corn: spot firm,
mixed nominal No. 2, 69 domestic ba
sis. Oats spot firm, mixed nominal.
Rosin quiet Turpentine steady;.
METHODIST HOSTS
AT ASHEVILLE, H. G.
Unprecedented Number of
Petitions and Memorials
Presented,
MAY LAST OVER SIX WEEKS
Committees Overwhelmed With Busi
nessPosition of Bishops on
Many Important Questions j
Presented at Session. !
Asheville, N. C, May 6. With an al
most unprecedented number of peti
tions and memorials filed and with
the expiring of the time for asking
new ones still afar off, those who have
attended many general Methodist con
ferences predict that the one which
opened Wednesday will last for a
month or six weeks. The committees
are already almost snowed under with
work and at least two believe that
they cannot make reports on all mat
ters referred to them inside of four
weeks.
And in spite of all this work ahead
of the committees, it is just as freely
predicted that the 16th quadrennial
conference will be known In history
for what it refused to do, rather than
for what it did. That the effort to
secure for women the right to be rep
resented in the conference by dele
gates of their own sex will be a
strenuous one, is admitted.
That the older men in the confer
ence are against the innovation is
equally apparent. The Episcopal op
position to the Idea is strong and open.
The Bishops and older men are like
wise opposed to any change in the
name of the church, although the sup
porters of the name "American Meth
odist church" are leaving nothing un
done to have that' appellation adopted.
Those who want the administration of
Vanderbilt University at Nashville.
Tenn., turned over , to the trustees and
taken from under the control of the
college of bishops do not hope to win
all they ask and the strong pronuncia
tion in theEpiscopaI address that "the
University- is ther church's? and must
remain .the church's" Ax regarded aa
indicative of what the conference will
do. The selection of the Six or! eight
new bishops also promises a long and
bitterly contested struggle.
Then too, there is the question of
the four year limit on pastors, the cre
ation of new conferences and the
change in the boundaries of others,
the proposition to divide the mission- .
ary field in foreign countries with the
Northern Methodist church and the
revision of the discipline. All these
momentous questions will require time
to decide, even though the church, as
now seems most likely, will make no
radical changes:
Morning Session.
Asheville, May 6. The usual devo
tional exercises marked the opening
of the third day of the General Con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
The roll call of conference resuTtefl
in a flood of memorials' and petitions.
When Arkansas was reached the call,
resulted in 20 petitions from women
for laymen's rights. Each of these
petitions brought forth laughter from
the conference. A delegate from Ar
kansas protested against the "unseem
ly levity," and the protest brought
more laughter.
Bishop Hoss, of Nashville, read
the report of the bishops on church
federation with the Northern Metho
dist church. Bishop Hobs told of a
conference with the brethren of the
North. The main feature of the re-,
port was a recommendation that both
churches combine and appoint a fed
eral council which shall decide all
disputed points and be a court of last,
resort without appeal. The report
was received with ' applause and re
ferred to the committee on Church re
lations. A resolution setting aside Sunday,
as a day of prayer for divine guidance
in the selection of bishops was Intro
duced. From 4 to 5 P. M. Sunday was
decided upon as a special hour of
prayer. A delegate wanted to amend
the resolution to read that there be
no electioneering that day but the
chairman, Bishop, Key, ignored the
amendment and the resolution was
adopted by a standing vote.
Dr. W. L. Haven, general secretary
of the American Bible (Society, who
was to have addressed the Conference
next week, was introduced today be
cause he planned to sail for Spain
Monday to direct a campaign of tne
society there. He recently outlined
the society's work and urged -continued
support . for it. He announced
that last Monday Mm Russell Sage
sent the society her check for $500.
000, the society having arranged the
same amount as stipulated.
RALEIGH REDUCES TAX.
Decreased Amount to $160 Upon Pe
tion of Druggists.
(Special Star Telegram.) '
Raleigh, N. C, May 6. 8Ince none
of the drug stores would pay the $500
license tax imposed by the Aldermen
two weeks ago for filling alcoholic
whiskey prescriptions and they were
threatening, to contend for their rights
in the courts to fill such prescriptions
without license; the Aldermen last
night restored the old $125 tax. The
near-beer tax remains at $500.
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