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SUBSCRIPTION: $8.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1904. THE HOUSE AJX ABLOOM. A MOD IN A FLORIST'S shop: Speaker Cannon Comments Tritely Upon the Showing of Flowers . ITefc . low tlie Color Scheme of Mr. Hearst's Desk Peooruoti--a;pectUon of a ; Demonstration When Heflln ta Sworn in Doe Not Materialise The Oues- Uoa of Reduction of Southern Ken resentatioa Is Discussed -Two After Dsmu'i Job. . B y W. A. HILDEBRAND. Special to The Observer. Washington,, Dec. B. "A howling mob In a florist's shop" was the way Speaker Cannon said it looked te him just before he let the ravel fall to day. Certainly the scene was as anl mated as the times would permit, and the floral display was well worth see ing;. The Republican side of the House blossomed as the American Beauty rose.' On the minority side, the floral pieces were hardly so numerous, nor pretentious, always that exception, of course, the desk of William Randolph Hearst, which was banked high with flowers, ."fellow was the color scheme of the Hearst chrysanthemums. On the Senate side, the floral honors were more evenly divided. Conspicuous for their size and exceptional beauty were the decorations on the desk of Sena tor Latimer, of South Carolina. Three North Carolinians were not in their ' seats when Congress convened Sena tor Simmons and Representatives Small and Rou. While nere recently, Senator Simmons expressed a fear that be. would not be. able to reach Wash ington before Tuesday or Wednesday, while Mr. Small la' detained at his home by the Illness of Mrs. Small. It was said Mr. Pou was In the city, but was not feeling very well, and did not go to the capltol. An Interesting moment was when the time arrived for administering the oath of oflice to several new members, NO NOTICE OF HEFLIN It was thought that objection might be made to the admission of J. Thomas Heflln. or, at least, that a few hisses might follow mention of his name. but members apparently took no no tice when his name was called. Hef lln is the Alabama member who made the offensive remark to the effect that some anarchist might have done the country service by throwing a bomb under the table when President Roose velt and Booker Washington took lunch. Incidentally, It might be re marked that Heflln was the best-look ine of the new members, and It was remarked by several persons that the vouna man bore an easily noticeable resemblance to William J- Bryan. Those who were sworn in to-day took place, of deceased members or of mem bers who have resigned. ' Miss Eva Chalmers, of Charlotte, was among the North Carolinians who Witnessed We opening sccnea inim gallery.-" " ' ' - QUESTION OF REDUCTION. The suggested reduction of represen tation In the Southern States was un der discussion to some extent at the capltol. Crumpaeker, of Indiana, said he would announce no policy until he had had the opportunity to discuss the matter with his colleiKues. The writ er did not notice anything of the kind but It was asserted ir some quarters that the pendency of this problem served to leasen somewhat the free dom of Intercourse between the fac tions, which la usual at the beginning of the session, and that a certain air of reserve was noticed between men who had heretofore been good politi cal friends. Tn attitude of Republi cans is described as that of men who Relieve that a thin will ultimately he done, but are not convinced that the time Is rlie to do It. AFTER DUNCAN'S JOB. It Is a far cry to the time when Col lector Duncan's term will expire, but the contest will open UP at oive over his place. If developments of th next few davs point to the removal of the would-be third-term office-holders. It ihecamc known to-day that Zeb Vance Walser and Isaac My Meekins would be candidates for the office of dls tclct attorney. From a source which is looked upon as reliable, the Information was given to-day that Judge Tlmberdake Is get ting ready to enter the lists as an act Ive and formidable candidate. In fact. Judge Timberlake is expected in Washington to-morrow. Of course it all rests with the President. If he recognises the organization In Xtorth Carolina, and does not make any Iron clad rule that would operate against the men who desire to- serve a thir.l term, the chances would all favor the present collector. Mr. Duncan, as the national committeeman, is a good part of, the organization himself, and with the circumstances anything like fav orable, would be able to hold on to what he has bv proper observance of the first law of nature. Judge Pritchard spent -Sunday In Washington, returning to Richmond last night. JAPS FALL INTO AMBUSCADE? Flanking Force Reported to Have Been Driven Back From a Mountain Pass With Great Loss. Mukden, - Dec. 5. There is a persis tent rumor-that the" force of Japanese sent to turn General Rennenkamff's flank has been repulsed With great loss. The story is not yet officially confirm ed, but details are given with great circumstantiality. It is stated that General Rennenkampff, who knew the movement was maturing, awaited the Japanese at the mouth of one of the raptured passes, and that the Japanese turning .force threw, themselves un- suspeetlngly Into the ambuscade where. 1 after- the fight, the Russians collected GOO Japanese corpses which .It has been 'Impossible to collect, owing to the Are of . the Japanese. This does not In clude the Japanese. loss An abounded. Schooner and Crew Probably Lost." " New York; ';Dec. 8. A report from Rockland, Maine, that the four-masted schooner Quinebaugh, from- Savannah for New York, has probably been lost at sea with all on board is confirmed. -The Quinebaugh left Savannah early In November with a cargo of tiling, and nothing , has been heard of her toe. , johnuenrt boneivs remains. All That Is' Mortal of the Tar lied Man of Letters to be Transferred to Salem and Burled In the Moravian Church Yard The Sordea Sunday Moraine. Special, to The Observer. Winston-Salem," Dec. 6. The remains of the late John Henry Boner, a natl ,a of Salem and North Carolina's mar. of letters, will be brought here from Washington and be Interred In the Mo ravian grave yard. The body will Nave Washington Saturday night and arrive here Sunday morning. Aft appropriate service will be held In the graveyard conducted by Bishop Rondthaier of the Moravian church. Mr. Boner d'J in Washington In .March, 1908, anl war burled In the Contrresslonal Cemetery. Last spring there appeared in The South Atlantic Quarterly, publisnea at uur- hum. in unnreetatlon of Mr. Boner s career. A meeting of his friends and associates was held In Washington, the past summer and they organised a John Henry Boner Memorial, having as u e chief object the removal of Mr. floii-r's remains to the Moravian church .yard here and the placing of a tablet over his grave. The consent tor the re moval of the remains of Mr. Boner wus obtained from his widow. The burial only of members of the Moriviwi Church is allowed in tnts cemetery aim in accordance with the ume-nnrmw custom of the Moravian Church no monument other than a simple siut or prescribed Rise Is permitted. . - .. . TYNER DIES OF PARALYSIS. Postal Official Who was Triea ior Alleged Participation tn i-Tauu suc cumbs to After-Effects of the Strain and Advanced Years. Washington, Dec. 6. James Noble Tvner. of Indiana, once Postmaster General and at various times secretary of thhe Indiana Senate, Representative In Congress, First and seconu Assis tant Postmaster General, and assis tant attorney general fur the Postofflce Department, died of paralysis ai nis home In this city to-aay. lie " o years old. Mr. Tyner was stricken with paralysis In July, 1902, and was never ufter that able to actively dis charge his official duties. He was In a very enfeebled condition mrougnoui the postal investigation, during which his name conspicuously figured, und which finally resulted in his Indictment by the grand Jury. His trial last May, at whfh he was acquitted, was a heavy strain upon his weakened vitality- The sensational climax to Mr. Ty ner b official career occurred in April 1903, when he was summarily removed by Postmaster General Payne, follow ing the taking by Mrs. Tyner and Mrs. Barrett of papers from the safe in the office of the assistant attorney gen eral, of which Mr. Tyner was then the head. Mr. Tyner was 111 at home, and the offices were under. Investigation by postofftce Inspectors. NO OLD MEN FOR HER JURORS. Nan Patterson Suggests Questions for Her Counsel to Propound Three Jurors Secured the First Day. New York, Dec. 5. The second trial of Nan Patterson, accused of the mur der of Caesar Young", a wealthy book maker, in a cab on West Broadway, six months ago, commenced to-day in the criminal branch of the Supreme Court, and when adjournment was taken for the day three Jurors had been chosen. iMiss Patterson, who ,hasl been ill with tonsilltis for several days, ap peared in. excellent spirits. Her manner was very vivacious, and the nervous ness noticed during the progress of the first trial had entirely disappeared. She was seated by her aged father. After nine talesmen had been exam ined and refused, Justice Davis, who will preside at the trial, Intervened and assumed the role of examiner. Miss Patterson carefully considered the capabilities of each talesman, and frequently suggested questions for her counsel to propound. She expressed a desire that no old men be accepted. KILLED BY DRUNKEN MAN. Prominent (Georgia Naval Stores. Op erator Shot by a leading Fanner. Macon, Ga., Dec. 5. A special from Edith, Ga., In Clinch county, says that Walter Smith, a prominent naval stores operator, was shot and killed last night by Walter Foreacre, a lead ing farmer of that section. It is said that Foreacre, who was under the In fluence of liquor, was brandishing his gun, and Smith endeavored to quiet him. Finally mith tnied to take the gun from Foreacre, when the latter suddenly shot the former, the charge from one barrel of the gun entering his stomach. .Sheriff Sweat went to the scene of the killing, but the slayer had hidden out. His friends say he will give himself up later. A. C. L. Railroad Seeks to Restrain a Bond Sale. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 5. Papers were served to-day on Goodwin Stod dard, of Bridgeport, by Deputy Uni ted States Marshal I'armelee, of this city, In a suit brought In the United States Court restraining the sale of bonds of the Macon, Dublin & Savannah-Railroad Company, pf Georgia, by the Atlantic Coast Line Company, one the mortgagees of the road. Mr. Stod dard Is assistantfsecretary of the At lantic Coast Line' Company. Batting Average of American League. Washington, Dec. 6. The official bat ting averages of the American League for the season of 1904 show the follow ing for the. ten highest players: La Joie, Cleveland, 381; Keeler. New York, 343; Deavis, Philadelphia, 308; Holmes, Chicago, 308; Hoffman, Philadelphia, 805; Mullen, Detroit, 305; Flick, Cleve land, 303; Bradley, Cleveland, 300; Stah!, Boston, 297; Stovall, Cleveland, 297. In club batting averages, Cleve land comes first with 263; New York second with 268. Investigation of Lynching Directed. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 6. A special from Huntsviile, Ala., says Judge Speake charged the special grand Jury of the Circuit Court to-day to make a full investigation of' the lynching of Horace 1 Maples, a negro, some months ago, and to indict the sruflty parties, if possible. . , , FiAt Freight Train Over S. A. L, Ex- ;...;'. tension. - v ,v. .Birmingham. Ala.. Dec. 5.WTh Sea board Air Una Railway Inaugurated a regular freight train service over its new extension, between Atlanta and Birmingham.; to-day. The; -passenger service will begin within a few week, OFFICIAL VOTE COMPLETE. PAKKEItH MVJOU1TY IS 41,083. Tlte Penitentiary Directors INwtpone Action for a Month on the Reforma tory Matter Tlie Power, Light and Heating Plants at the A. & M. Onl- .lege I iisoctetl Federal Court in "tte-ilon thpciUs From the Fifteenth District News Note of the State Capital. Observer Bureau, 17 West Cabarrus street. Raleigh, Dec. At 1:30 o'clock this afternoon State canvassing hour J completed S. the its work, having received the missing electoral you- from Cherokee county, which was 980 for Roosevelt, and 6K3 for Parker. The board certified the to tal vote for Parker as 124.124, and that for Hoosevdt as 8J.f,42, the ma jority for Parker being 41,682. The board received the missing returns iroin Unman county. In the vote for solicitor of the first district. The total vole there was as follows: Ward. Democrat, T.yfi-j. and U-nry, Republi can, 2.997. IMPORTANT ACTION DEFKlt UKD. At to-day's meeting of the peniten tiary directors, a movement was begun for the establishment of a State re formatory for young criminals. Dliector John P. Kerr, spoke In favor of taking $50,0000 of the penitentiary's surplus for this purpose. Some of the directors urged postponement of action, saying that while the penitentiary was now a money making Institution. It would very probably cease K be so In a few years, owing to the fact tint the counties are rapidly taking able bodied convicts for public road work, and leaving only feeble Ones for the penitentiary. Action was deferred for a month. it Is said IS companies of the State National Guard have asked the Gov ernor to appoint Col. Thomas It. Robertson, adjutant general, and 21 have asked the appointment of Joseph F. Ainin.-ht. Spencer Blackburn this afternoon got his1 commission as Congressman from the eighth district. It being de livered to Postmaster B-lley. Black burn said he wanted to be the first to get a commission and he has that honor. A charter is granted the Wolverine Lumber Company, of Noland, Swalp county, In operate lumber mills, and also mines of any kind, the capital stock being $25,000, and the principal owner Charles D. Fuller, of Lalazao, and J. Combes, of Noland. The Supreme Court Is devoting this week to the appeals from the fifteenth d.striit. only one more district coming on the regular rail. The docket Is licht. FEDERAL COURT. The term of the Federal Court he Kan lii-re to-day. Judge Purnell presid ing, abV.i t 1!W cases being on the dock et. The most interesting cose Is that against J. D. Powell, of Norfolk, charged with swindling merchants by means of the mails. A court official said he did not anew wnemer t-oweu oi ld Ik here or not; that the latter had put up $1,000 cash bond-, and that he had had three or four of the United States witnesses arrested at Norfolk on charges of f ntfe prptenweretf,, ' the onjeiture being that these were put on the stand and emieivor would ne made lo break down their testimony. The Slate Agricultural Department has urrauged for a series of farmers' Institutes in the northwestern counties, to h( Kin January 1.1th and to run for a mouth. There will In all be ahout Z of these. The Secretary of Slate finds that dining the liscul year ended Novem ber 3H. r,4 1 corporations were chartered, against .1.14 the year before. The authorized capital is also less. Almost at the close of the fiscal year ending November 30, VMKi, wane corporations, with a capital of $7'.uc,i,0.'). were char- te.-e-'. Attorney Ceneral Cilmer left yesterday for Washington, D. C, to appear before the Cnited States Su preme Court, to make a. new motion In tlie Smith Dakota rajie. This year the annim! report of the State Labor Commissioner will have an appendix containing the fellow servant law. aiei also all th" compul sory education law enacted in various comities in tie- Stale. T-iere Is a great demand ni the put of laboring men for the publication of all these laws, and hence they are printed. Over 80 per cent, of I he w ag-earnen; favor compulsory education, and say so de cidedly. The county superintendents of public instruction, at their conven tion here last week, were by no moans so positive. The lirst volv me of The Code Is printed, and to-day the first bound copies were sent to the three Code commissioners. The second volume will soon he r ailv. a Kood deal of it hav-l ing been printed, and the proof-reader halving the remainder In hand. Postmaster Bailey is advised that a new rural free delivery route has been established from Cora Peake, with Joseph A. Kills as esirler. COMPI'I.S'IRY K.DrCATIO.V It is learned fnnn Kelt or 'A. P. 'Smith, of the national organ of the Junior Or der of I nlted American Mechanics, that a bill will be Intr. winced In the North Carolina legislature, providing for compulsory education. He says the order is back of this, the matter being one of its cardinal principles. He says the sentiment among the laboring men is In favor of such a lav. and that the Legislature will be giver: a chance to put Itself on record In the matter. The order Is absolutely non-partisan. He says a bill will also ne Introduced, placing the American flag over every school house. Such bills will also be introduced in the Tennessee Legisla ture and other States, where the order has strength. As he puis It, "The or der is behind these measures. It getting together." Messrs. D. A. Tompkins and David Clark, of Charlotte; W. H. Ragan. of High Point, and J. C. McRae. of Laurinburg, were here to-day. They devoted the day to work as a com mittee, inspecting tho electric lights, power and heating plants at the Agri cultural & Mechanical College, Com missioner of Agriculture Samuel L. Patterson being an ex-offielo member of the committee. The latter will ar range for the consolidation of all these plants Into a central one. which is to be entirely modern, and Just what the. $5,000,000 Asked for Jamestown Tri iollege roulres. The Legislature will - Cntnnlal. be asked to make provision for such' a plant, There will be such an. 'cal eouipment as will enable students-sj lln the electrical deDartment to get the (advantages of the best Instruction, j OPENING DAY IX :0NfiRE$S. i VISUAL OHMAMl'lKH OBSERVED. Tlie Senate In .Scwdon Only IS Minutes ami the House 53 Minute (ireot lugs Between Members, tlie threat Floral Display and Numbers of Beau tifully Gowned Women Among the Visitors Made a Familiar but Al ways Interesting Scene Resolutions of Respect for Deceased Senators. Washington, Dec. 5. With the Senate In session 11 minutes and the House 53 minutes, the last session of the fxth Congress was assembled to-day. Tho time of both bodies was devoted en tirely to the usual formalities attended by scenes, familKr, but always Inter esting. There were the greetings be tween members, the great Moral display and the hundreds of visitors, with beau tifully gowned women predominating Corridors, committee rooms and cloak rooms wire thronged. The bustle ex tended even to the floors of the cham bers, although no weighty legislative problems awaited solution. The gavels of Senator Frye. President Pro Tern of the Senate and Speaker Cannon, of the House, fell exactly at 12 o'clock. The opening prayers were made by the chaplains. Rev. Edward Kverett Hale, D. D., In the Keiuite. and Rev. H. N. Counden, In the House. In both the Senate ami the House the committee werw appointed to wait on the President and-Inform him thit Con gress was ready to revelve any corn munb-atton he had to send. Resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Senators Hour, of Massachusetts, an l Quay, of Pennsylvania, were adople) by both houses, and the adjournment W ere further tributes to I heir incnuiiy The only business .ciutslde of the usual first-day routine was the adoption of a resolution In the House extending un til January 5. 1905, the lime in which the merchant marine commission may make lis rciwirt. 1IOUKE MINOHITY TWITTED. Democrats Take the Friendly tallow of Their Victorious Opinciits (iood Namredly llellln mid t roll Sworn In Without Opposition Floral Dis play Beautiful. W:if hlfiglon, Dec. !. The House of Re reseclatlves convened to-d.iv at noon. The gallery doors thrown open al half-past 10 o'clock, and In a very short time every seat was taken. The diplomatic corps was wcM repre sented In the section set apart for t In-1 : especial use. The spectators evinced the greatest interest tn the happenings on the floor below, and kept up an incessant conversation. Now and then as some favorite entered the chamber, he was liberally applauded. For an hour or more preceding the rilling of the body lo order by Speak er Cannon, the members slowly filed into toe chamber, and exchanged greet ings. The Republicans, fresh from their r.'icnt victory, gathered In groups ami talked over the late campaign, while their Democratic brethren g.iV" no outward sign of having suffered de feat. Men of both parties freely Inter mingled and discussed the IsMies of the last election and Its results, the Demo crats good-naturedly taking Hi" thrusts and gibes heaped upon them In friendly conversation by their victo rious opponents. (3ood fellowship pre vailed throughout. In his private room for some time before the Mouse met. Speaker Cannon HMd nn 4nforml reception to "th boys," as he Is wont to call his as sociates In the House. Without dis tinction as to party, the members dropped Into pay ti.,-ir respects, and for each he had a plensant word. The Moral display was beautiful In tho extreme. There was hardly a desk that was Hot banked with floral pjoccs of some kind. Speker Cannon ordered that no flowers be -put upon his desk. Ills private room serving as a resposliory for them. Speaker Cannon, atUred In a black frock coat and wearing a carnation, mounted tin- rostrum promptly at 12 o'clock. After prayer and roll call, new members w i re sworn in. I he um ber Iik hiding F. (J. Croft, of Souih I Carolina, and J. Thomas-Hcllln. of Ala here,bama. A resolution was adopted ap pointing the usual committee to wall upon the President. The Speaker nninprl the following to represent the House: Messrs. Burton, Ohio; Tawuey. Reimh 'lerot.i. und Williams. Republican, of can. of Min Demorrat, of Mississippi. The House adopted resolutions of respect lo tlv- nicinorv of the I He Senators (Juav iiml Hoar, ami adjourn ed. SKXATOKK' DF.NKS OVKIFMVIN' Largest Single Floral Tribute IteoHv ed by Senator Til I man Two Now .SVnalor Present Applause for Ken ator Fairbanks. Washington. Dec. .I.-The Senate con vened promptly at noon .to-day. The first Senator in his seat was Piatt, of New York. Long before i'2 o'cl.r k. the galleries were filled, but the buzz of conversation censed abruptly when Rev. Kdward Kverett Hale, I), f).. chap lain of the Senate, offered priyer. which was listened to by nearly every Sen ator. Two seals had been vacated by death, those of Senators Hoar, of Mas sachusetts, and (Juay. of Pennsylvania. Their successors, Senators-elect Crane, of Massachusetts, arid Knox, of Penn sylvania, attended the session. The floral decorations were eoual lo those of any session In. the history of; the Senate. Many desks were over-' flowing with the offerings, and the! Senate force was oia upled from 11 unlil 12 o'clock In arranging them so Sena- lors could take their seats. The largest drew Carnegie' single tribute was placed on thp devklthe president of Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, ittonal bank. It was a, huge basket of American it he note were Beauty roses and chrysanthemums 'Cashier Spear. The largest collection of flowers was.tloual Hank, of Oberlin. Ohio. sent to Senator Dryden, of New Helatlng to this matter. Banker that Jersey When Senator Fairbanks, the Vice President-elect, entered the chamber he was greeted warmly by many of his colleagues. The visitors applauded his entrance with cheers arid hand clapplng. Senator Allison made the usual for mal motion that a committee be named to inform the President that the Senate was ready to receive, any messaga he had to communicate. President Fro Tem Frye appointed Messrs. Allison and Cockrell for this duty. The death of the late Senator Quay was announced by Mr. Penrose, and Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, announc ed, the death' of his late colleague, Mr. Hoar. The Senate then adjourned. Washington. Dec. 5. Representative electrl-fMaynard. of Virginia, to-day Introduced i bill providing for the celebration of the founding "of Jamestown. Va.. and appropriating $5,000,000. TARNE01EM NOTES FOUND. NEW TANGLE IN CHADWICK CASK President and Cashier of the Oherlln Hank, Now Hound Over to Court, lU-ally lOMNHad Notes for J5U,UUti and $500,000. ItesptHtlvely, With Carnegie's Name Signed 'lucre to (eiiuliiciiesa of Signature an Open Vucsi ion Bank Oiitcers lOach Givo 1 10,000 Ball Young Chadwit-k Ar rives in Cleveland. CUvelund, O., Dec. 5. There were numerous new tunnies developed lo cuy in connection with the affalra of Mrs. Cussie L. Ohadwick and the trou bles of the closed Clttaens' National Hunk, of obcrlln, O. President C. T. iieckwltri und Cushlur Kiunk H.ieitr, of the latter Institution were brought here finiu dbeilln by I'nlted States tau,rshal Chandler and a deputy, short ly la-lore noon, 'I ho bunk ollli luls w ere later arraigned beforu Cnited Htaies Commissioner Wtarek. Both pleaded not guilty and waived preliminary Inuring. Commissioner Stujek flxcj the ball at $ti.niiu In each case and bound the two men over to the grand Jury, which mcda In February next. s.pear was shoitly afterward released on a lioinl. Late tins evening, I'l-esldeiil Hockwith se, ureil Ixinosui. ti. and the ugcil banker was given his freedom. That the llbci lin Hank, or President llcckwlth, really possessed notes for Jariti.tmo and $uoo,uuo, respectively, with the name of Andrew Carnegie signed I hereto. Is now know n its a definite lint. Whither tjiese notes lire lOI'ge iicm Is yet to be shown. Tills Is slated on the authority of t'niled Stales lhs liic t Attorney Si lllvun ahd a very prominent banker of Cleveland. Dls ulcl Attorney Sullivan declared to day that he hod the tvKv for $2f0,il0, Willi Mr. Carnegie's, Hignslmo In his possession, ami that It here the name of Andrew Carnegie, and II was en dorsed by C. L. Chadwlck. A widely known hunker, who requested that his name he not used, stilled positively lahl he lu.d seen the f(KI,lHHl note, signed "Andrew Carnegie." This bunk er said In- was not familiar enough with Mr. Carnegli H signature In slate positively whether the nigiiatur" was genuine or a foigeiy. Receiver Nathan leser llieil Ills bond to-day, thus making him Die legal custodian of all property owned by .Mrs. Chadwlck. It Is slated that the approval of Mr. I joeser's bond lies up absolutely all of Mrs. CliadwIck'H propniy, und not a dollar oi her debts can lie pal I out of the proceeds o) her estate. All ereillt ois. it Is said, must snare alike. This is supposed lo apply lo the Newton claim, if there Is an attempt to pay It out of any money thai may be due t,o the estate. lOnill Ciliidwick. son of Mrs. C. L. Chadwlck. arrived hero from New York to-day, and at oncb wciil to his mother's !:omc, at I In comer of ICuolId ami Ceiicssee ave nues. The young man was deeply de pressed, lie refused lo talk for publi cation. The two notes bearing the signature, of Andrew Carnegie were found among the assets of the Citizens' Na tional Ilanlt, ul (iherllii. According lo IV bent obtainable Information, the notes tire for $2&0,0'K) and $500,000, re spectively. The note for 1200,000. It Is stated, bears the date of January 7, 1U04, and reads as follows: "One year after dale I promise to pay to t. L. Chadwlck, or order, $J50, im)0, with Interest al .1 vcr cent. "A ND11KW CA I'.N Kill H." This note Is oiidor.-ic,i1 on the back by C. L. Chadwlck. The note for JilOO.OflO Is said to he In the wale deposit box of 'President Hockwith. at (ibeiliu, and the key Is In his possession. Subpoenas were Issued to-day against Beckwltli and Spear and also Receiver Lyons, of the oherlln Bank, by Commissioner Starek, directing them to produce at the hearing be fore the grand Jury all notes and collaterals In their possession or be longing lo the bank, "that purport lo be signed by Andrew Carnegie, and especially notes for 2.ri0.U0l anil 00,00(). respectively." They are also ordered to bring Into court "all checks und notes that hear the name of C L. Chadwlck or Cussle L. Chadwlck, either as payee, maker or endorser." BANK OFFICIAL COM'lvSSFS. Prif-lilenl Bcckuilb Says He Was As sured of (.cniilnencss of Signatures by a Mao Claiming to Im Carnegie's Attorney Notes Totalled 1 1,250,000. Cb-vilancl. Dec. 5. Seated In the of fice of the Culled Slates district attor ney this afieriMMin in this cllv. Presi dent C. T. Beckwith, of the failed Citi zens' National a,hnk. of ilheilin. made, a confession regarding the banks transactions with Mrs. Cussle L. Chad wlck. Mr. Hockwith said: "I am eith er an awful dupe or a t rrlble fool. I guess there In no doubt about my be ing a f(Ml. I know 1 heve done wron?, and, although crushed to Ih earth myself. I do not propose to be made a sea) -goat lo shield the sins of oth ers. The truth is that others also must be called lo Ih'- bar to answer lor their part In this terrible affair. Jam! one of those whose answer must be had is Mrs. Casslo L. Chadwlck." The banker spok" In broken sen lencis. and I' us were ."l i ami ng from his eyes. His ai - ua in I am with Mrs. Chadwi'-k began three years agm. The attorneys for Herbert l. Newton, the Brookllnc that th'-h Mass.. banker, have staled client loaned Mrs. Chadwlck iri'oiey only after a note signed "An- ' had been endorsed by n ml ca siller of n mi The mi'ti ho endorsed President Hockwith and of the citizens' Nit- Beckwith continued his story of the bank's transactions with Mrs. Chad wick, as follows: "Yes, we endorsed the note In addition to one other note for I'iOO.OOO; hut never for the purpose for which they were used. "One of them is In the hands of the receiver and the other ought to he in the hands of Mrs. Chadwlck. If she has disposed of it she has done some thing which she swore she would not do. So please make It plain that a solemn oath was taken that the notes which bear our endorsement were never to be used by Mrs. Chadwlck for the purpose of raising money, and she knew It." "Mr. Beckwith, ti correct any wrong impression would it not be wise for you to state how Mrs. Chadwlck In duced you to place your signature up on the notes?" My Ood, I would like to If I thought it would make it clear. To tell the story would be to tell the tale of tor- ture and transactions rlod of over a year. I covering a pe cannot tell the slory before I go on the witness stand. I must seek advloe," "Did we havt the slightest suspicion that the notes carrying the nam of Andrew Carnegie were not genuine? "In heaven's namt, how could ws have had suspicion T Mrs, Chadwlck swore to both of us and one or mora w Ituesses that she personalty saw Mr; Carnegie sign his name to the nnttrs she placed before us. But we said that : w must be sur. How are we to ! know? The answer cam In less than i two days, when a New Tork attorney appealed In oherlln who said he was i tho attorney of Mr. Camegte his spe cial agent. H vouched for the cor rectness of the claims mads by Mrs. Chadwlck. In every wsy ws attempt ed to make certain that we were en guged In a legitimate business thans acllon," NOT ;F..NI F, SAYS CAHNKUIR. Neer Knew Mrs. Chudwlck or Klgned PiiHt In Question Angry Over I'erslsieiit l so of Ills Name. Ni w York. Dee. 6. A Cnited States 8-rel Service officer was at the hotel to-day, and had a room on the same floor us Mrs. Chadwlck' apartments. He would not explain for what purose he was stationed there-, Andrew Car negie's secretary gave out the follow ing statement to-day: "Mr. Carnegie wants me to sny that he doe not want to he bothered any nvre ahout this Chadwlck woman, lie Is ouile angry over this perM'.sletit use of his name, and wishes It to cense at once. Dure for nil. he never knew Mrs. Chadwlck or any other woman, and he never rlgi'i'd any such paper us the reports credit him with. That's Is aJI." EX I'ltKKM MI-XKICNOEH SHOT. Negro Tramp Secure tilMI From a Wells-Cargo Car. Failing to sk-cure $200,000 Sold to be In Main Safe. I n Angeles, Ciil., Dee &.--A Wells King i i-xpi. sn , in on an Atchison. Topeka - Haula Co over hind panxnhger trillll. , est i mind, -van em rcd early to-day Mini, where b t w,mi Needles und Daggett, cud 'Villi Ih. S-lff H vii ii itoherls, express messenger, shot and iiro'.uilitv falullv woumi' d way sal,- was rltleil. lull the mil In said lo contain fcur.nm In pension unmet Oflli -l II to - I colli The the II W;i- not robbed, so fur iih known of th.- express company say the -si-Cur d uIm ul .tun anil that ill. it- was uol oiieiied. obi,, ry was not (llseovered until III reached IHiggetl Conductor liiivtc:' open, ii me Hour or the express ear ill Dangeii and found Messenger Roberts i.vuiit on (he Hour semi -conscious. Th unii-nts f tho rltleil sufe were scattered n I" ni I the cur. RohcrtM was srj seriously wounded that he was unable to tell much ul out the robbery. He said that he had illr.eov, ed snrnc one on the blind baggage car Mborlly af'er (be train left Needles and hurl been about to open thn duor. when the man. whom lie took to be a iicsro, broke open the door and entered. 1 i fori- the lllct'setiger could ilriiw his re t ilver tie buinlll op.-m-d lire, wounding Robert, pr ibahly mortnlly, The bandit Is believed to lie one of a n umber of colored I ramps who have risen around Dag-tetl's since the eiinmruetlon feik of the Hall Bake road reached that pla.-e. Wont was received Into to-day that a colored Hump hud been nrnstcil ui (jar vl'iw, ch-irg' d with the- robbery. 10 IIl'HT; AiriX8 lit IN ED. Hark U'"ling tom a Uasollite Ma chine Causes Explosions Followed by Fire in a Garage In Now York. New York, Dec, 5. Ten persons wore Injured and a quarter of million dol lars' worth of proiiony destroyed as tho result of explosions caused by a spark leaping from a gasoline nia i nine, on which u. chuffeur whs work ing In an automobile garage, on West Thirty-ninth street, to-day. Forty automobiles were destroyed or badly damaged, and so rapid was the prog ress of I he Hie that men working In the kci-dihI story of the building hud no opportunity lo escup by way of the jsulrwiiys, und were forced to leap from I the windows. i The spark which starlnd the Are communicated with u lank holding KM) i gallons of gasoline. Tlirre were 45 uu jlomoblles In the building, but tho i dense smoke prevented the rescue of a majority of them. i Tin lOtl-g-n Hon tank exploded soon j aft or the fin- started, and spread thn planes to other tanks, and In a short time t beer were ten distinct explosions, ; lllling the bullditiK with fire and smoke. I In- garage was practically destroyed. NO PLANS VET EOII TIIIP MOCTII. An Answer Kecelvod to Danville's In vitation to the President. I Danville. Vu Dec. S. Col. Alexander I Helper, secretary-t reusurr r, of the i Danville t oinmerclul Association, is In receipt of tht following cotninunl , cation from William Doeb, Jr., Secre tary to the President, in answer lo an invitation extended the President by : Ihe Association to visit the city dur ing his contemplated Southern tour: 1 "Willie House, Washington, I Dec. 3. 1901. "My f.ir Hlr: Your favor of the ! 2nd Instant Is received, and the Pres! i dent thanks you cordially for the In I vltatlon you extended to him As yet. however, no plans have been made for a Southern trip. I Very truly vimra. I WILLIAM MiKIt, J It." I SPANISH IAMI ;iANT VALID. Court Directs I idled StateK to Issue Patent i for 3, 100.000 Acres In Florida. , Jacksonville. 1'la.. Dec. ft. An Im portant decision ending a suit pending In Ihe t'nltid .States Court for ten years past was made by Judge Locke to-day, when h decree was entered in the case of Theodore Dalcour, ft. al. Vs. the ('nlted State.". The suit Is for 3.1000,000 acres of land In Franklin and Washington counties, known as the Forbes Purchase. The clfuim of com plainants was based on an old Hpanlsh grant, and the decree entered to-day Is in their favor and establishes their patent as valid. The Dnlted States is directed to issue patents to complainants for all said lands. An appeal In the case will be taken by the United States. , ANNEXATION OF SUBURB HOLDS. Vlneland IiosesIts Case Against Macon Before the United States Supreme Court. Washington, Doc. 6, The Supreme Court of the United States to-dajr dls missed for want of Jurisdiction the writ of error Jn the case of Toner va. the City of Macon, Ga. This ease em bodied the opposition of the suburh of Vlneland to annexation, to the city am' der an act of the Georgia Legislature. The Supreme Court of that State up held the law, and to-day's decision has the effect of aiflrramg the Stats Court. STEWART TO BE MANAGI ynhh LKA.t'SIVEllSITV i:U,V; r " ' , ill trill ... - At Mass Meeting In Gerard Ha 1 i Douglity Fi'Captalii and uu r Presented With a Ctoiri VVt bv i fStudcntCarpm Ih First hoi. erner to be lHclaWI an AI1-m can Star Nine lig-hkln Cbu Ara Presented .ith Mom.;, ' Sweaters., m . r . Special to The Observer. - ' Chapel Hill. Dec. I. The last m.r meeting tf th 1904 . football sens---waa held to-night In Oerrard 11 The meetln aa mainly for the ob ject presenting, -university mo ., gram sweaters to the new men. It following wera the grateful recipient Messrs. Carpenter, Manass, en Htory. Itnberson, VVlfl borne, Bear, Jmr ry and- Webber, . .y,. v i " Captain Httaeh NtlnejT -Stewart -.- presented with ' a beautiful open-f i -gold wnjtch. gotten up by th unii- i efforts of all th student of the uni versity, because of th great work did as captain of this season's football aggregation. Mr. Stewart delivered a touching speech In response to th a lovely tribute of erteem from the stu dents. , , j - - ' The advisory corn mutes : announce t that after much discussion they hid decided to change the- style of sweat, n worn by the different teams of t'" university. The new style to; Footb! players will bear a blu sweater, wf : white North Carolina monotrram ovi r breast: baseball, whit sweater. !"i blun monogram over breast, a m track, white sweater, ' with- very small Mjo monogram over heart..' -' This ;:i brought about in order-I tl!ln - it ci the players of different Tesms. i. erto, a football player couldn't be c. from a rmmber of the track tm. The committee announced- also that they had unanimously treeted ex -Ca re tain Stewart as manager Of the foot ball aggregation for 1IM0. This selec tion was enthusiastically received lv the student body. With Stewart Sgti'i at renter next fall. It will mean much towards Carolina's herculean effort to regHln the championship of the South. It Is with great pleasure the uni versity learns that the leading athletic editors of the most prominent Journal 1 In the country, nsmaly, Th Hetr Tork Hun, Herald and Tribune havw united ly conceded C. Houston Carpenter tha Tar Heel next captain, and gr.t right-hrtlf-buck, efiuat w v any hnlf burk in the republic, o- Carolliia rightly lays claim t Us first all American star. This should be grati fying1 not only to everybody In this State, but In the ftouth, as It Is thn first nil-American football player the South has produced, t After paying all expense for the season. Manager Benjamin K.' Lassi- jter, of Oxford, turned wtr t tho ad visory committee nearly xz-uoo. - COTTOX CROP BT STATES. iJovermnrni's Report Estimates 609, 000 Bales for North Carolina an t 1,090,700 for Soath Carolina, Washington, Dee. fc-Tha report of the Department of Agriculture to-dny Indicates at total production of cotton In the United States for MOt-OT amount ing to 12.18J.709 bales. : ,' The area picked or to b picked is estimated at 80.051,709 acres. The re port says that from present indications the average weight of bales Is not likely to fall below tOO pounds net. Round bales have been Included In this estimate and reduced to their equivalent in square bales. The es timate does not Include (inters. Tho estimated production In bales, by States, is as follows; Vlrtrlnln. 15. 300; North Carolina. 609.000;. South Carolina. 1.099,700; Georgia"- l,74,Soo; Florida. 77,?00; Alabama, l,27S.00r Mis sissippi. 1.539.800; Loulsann. - 917.9j0; Texas, 2.992.300; Arkansas, MZ.700; Ten nessee, 343.000; Missouri. 43.900; Okla homa. 246,000; Indian Territory, 398, 100. i, ' it Cotton Exchange Holidays. .' New York. Dec. 6. The eottnn ex change will be closed Dec. 24. 28 and 31, and Jan 2. V , PUTNEY'S DISCHARGE; GRANTED. Uicliiiioiul Hoy Whose Adventure in Hi. Iiouls Terminated In Ills Enlist ment In the Army la ' Released "Wltliout Honor." - Washington. Dec. fi. The War De partment has directed that Recruit Stephen Putney, Jr., of the general ser vice, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, be discharged without honor from the army, on the ground that he enlisted under fall.' pretenses. Putney Is a young Virginian who recently got Into trouble at Si. Louis, resulting in tho loss of all his money. One of tho stories was that he had been kid napped and robbed of soma valuable family jewels snd that ha enlisted In the army while suffering : from the effects of a drug given him by the kld- -i n-pers. ; f , I. lent. VVInt's Resignation Accepted. Washington, Dec 6. The President today accepted the resignation of Second Lieutenant Jennings C Wise, of the Ninth Infantry, stitioned t Madison Barrack Js'ew York,, to take effect Jan. 1. Lieutenant Wise is a son of ex -Governor John 8. Wire,, of Vir ginia, and a brother of Captain. Hugh D. Wise, of the Ninth Infantry. ;'.,- DELAY OP BONI SALE ASKED. A I torney General Cillnier Files Mo tion in United States Supreme Court to (irant North Carolina Legislature Opportunity to. Consider Payment , Washington, Dec? 5. Attorney Gen eral Gilmer, of North Carolina, to-day filed n motion In the Supreme Court of the United States in. the case of South Dakota va.; the State of North Carolina, involving bonds of the North Carolina Railroad Company i held ... bv the former 6tate and for the payment of which t he latter " State was held t be responsible providing for a rost ponment of the sale of the bonds i question from .Jan. I to April 1. J! i Gilmer stated the object of his moti -to be to - afford opportunity to t: North Carolina v Legislature to t ! action for the payment of the claim so disposed. The court took the i tlon under advisement ; ItterS; ;;ri;"'Slway tift'; rCs6;''Re,iTcr. ? Washlhgton4i':.Dec?;." iS.j-.The' .'Boone I ters, y-a-hlch "a oras'; introdeed h s prosecution i against uJudge cii Swayne and mysteriously dls i r nsve.been' r'vovered by ; the Judiciary committee, throusb t It was stated by a member of t mlttee that the letters hod i vertently-mixed with some pers, and when discovert-1 turned. , t
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