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"I unll'llil'' '"f'lLlu' HI.ILH.il I 'ini'l i.-.i. i i h. it.'i Pr r l' J '-( Vi Ji-m iLf f -.H--,f-.-rif-..''ii r "i :' il'i . ''' " -- - i m,! i" 'n rrt ft.!.'.'-' m" 1 ' 1 n .'f i.'r linn ' ..V -...-in .iin.rii'n -sf"W -m- ? ri"-f T- -Tf-U" rl-r -'-) rT4-;r,'JiklL'"Br'Ja" --m-jf "rr'-"'1 '''" "'' 1 t' 111 1 " '" fl 1 '' """"' ia.mi'ii''l i hi W mummtiim . .Uffin,M m,,, im t fll ' n il.sn .1 n miatoiMnmi. i itaiJ ..a fc ii-n Inn. ... ,.., -., . ..,l,l.,,ll,l.IJ.l,iJilf ,iM!,g'.n; , , t m.iii if vug...... .iiu,,,,,..,, i, .j,iu.'fiuiii.ij'.i,)M',a j.iM.i.wi.ipiMi ift . m V'"..1 "'J.H' .jfJl'llriXTl ! "" W''IJ- '" '"'"'' ' ' '' 1 " :'J:-::uKXCPRLOTTE, WEDNESDAY , MORNING ; JAKUABylOOe ;li Vtf , - .p' Pff ICE CTTiJ CIUx, SUBSCRIPTION PJiXCE: $8.00 PER YEAR. 3r it 'I' 17 . BUBIEU INViANDSLIDE houses topple into clay pit Fire Ilescucrs .Believed to Have Met Death Alone With, . Twelve Occu pant of the Homos at Haverstraw, N. Y.. s Which ' Were iPwsclpltated - Into1 Sixty Foot 1 Clum Tlio Wreckage Takes Fire and the Un ' sfortuntcs Were -Either Burned or Crushed to , PeatB e Thirteen fousc In the Pit and Grave Feara vEmeriainea or Another Cave-ln. Haverstraw, N, Y., Jtn 9.cnlgH 17 personi ar miastng, . and - aro Ueved to 1iav oi to tnelr deatn I, , when IS houea on Rockland treet.Mn " tlaverstraw,,, toppeld over last , night -, Into a iillt t (W teet floep, wblch had ' hoen cut by elayd!ger In connection ; - wUh the brick-makhtg1 Industry here. ' Twelvei of the persona rftiSBlni were . : occupant; of the fallen houses; vllvs ' ' were anions the reacuere who went to . ' " airt at ftirhbor ' after ' the k first I honsfr fell, and were jcarrled dwn wbea the 13 ether housea ven crash- A'.' In over the .precipice. - The wreckage ,, Immeolately caught fire and those who were In the mass were cither crush! or burned to death. :To'-oight there la t grave ; fear of another cave In alone; ;the same street and the occupants of aeveo; or eight housea have moved , away. pthers are keeping an,, all-night v vlglV, ready to alarm their neighbors ' t' l& Case of unpenduig' danger.1' 'f The missing to-night; all u of whom are helleved to be dead, are as fol ' lows: ,i . n " Occupants of houses; ,. ' ' , " HARRIS NELSON, m, merchant. BENJAMIN NELSON. MS son. MRS. SILVERMAN , AND TOUNO SON. A- CHARLES OOHEN AND WIFE. P. MANNJMA AND WIFE, y' , . " JOHN B. BBAUCHAMF. . ' A. PROVITCH AND DAUGHTER. ABRAHAM DIAS. In the rescuing party: " , v JOSEPH ALBERT. 1 ,." JOHN M'GOVERN. ' . , " MRS. M. JOSEPH DAILY. : TREV. ALDEN. A Jewish rabbi. The landslide which carried away the 13 houses was caused by the fall-. t'.iAg In of the bank under which the Excavators of the brick manufacturers . had been working for "a number of years 'The ground began cracking and ? showing seams at- noon yesterday and r antnA nf the nncnnnntii hf' hmiBee alonff 1 -,' the brink took warning and left. Oth. i-rjera believed that nothing serious y v would, happen and remained. : v , When the breakage occurred in" the long line of land which formed the I ragged edge of Rockland street, one -,- house toppled over Into the pit .with rv all who were living within its walla. ; : The other occupants of the housea pre--pared to leave homes In the face of .a ;l blinding snow storm. A number of ' . v people"who 41ved jnearby . rushed: to v.- their aid and were assistmg them In 't getting, out when 12 more heuses went , 1 down, carrylhff with them1 not onlv . ;' the families who occupied them, j but i also several of those ho, had gone to f!i-their assistance. Overturned etoves set flre to the bulldlnas and firemen ?v-.came from miles around but when " the landslide occurred It broke to the '' water main, thus cutting oft the en- tire supply. To-night relatives and ' friends of those buried in the. ruins I:' are still watching: as they have- been all day for the bodies of the dead ,to . -.. be brought out. 4 INVESTIGATING COTTON RATES. The'; Alabama Railroad Commission Kxamlttcs Nino Railroad Corn s'" - panic and .Takes tho Findings ' -. r Under AUMscpicnt. . j v. :: Montgomery. Ala.. Jan. 9.-TUe Ala- c 1 bama ;ra!)rcnd commission to-day ended it r aa inaulrv Into intra-State cotton, rate. Thetntttter wai taken linder advisement, la order that tho members might fully eenaldev the max of testimony submitted Nine railroad were under examination at follows Southern Railway.. Alabama ' Great Southern, Louisville Nashville, Atlantic vCeaat Line, Central of Georgia, Seaboard Air Line; Frisco. Mibile & Ohio, - and i jVestera Railway of Alabama. . . eerned with the rate of the Alabama XUD ... IIIVGIUfiBUUU WCUi OBVOVW" J -J - VVM' 'mpit irtth th mt of tn Alabamo .. rumen m miu poinu oil me..,rw. uyuun rurrlers to mill point oil the raw option : ' - ihinnttd from ooinu wiinin xna Biaio. A.n y ,v icxhaiutlve comparison . was made of the -ates applying on the several railroad In V.-fi Alabama, with each other -and with the tanat or other states, xne : commmion out power to compel the Una within the Him m iinifi.ii.iKU u unuiuuu luai i& Willi ' tttate to maae. pnyuctu cunneouon.j - - ' , MtST PAY. OA. BACK TAXES. ' v -a ...... ..I ' ' ' s : of Georgia and Georgia ; Railroad . i Company. (l .Atlanta, Ga., Jan. The suit of the . Central of Georgia Railroad Company , ; and of the Georgia Railroad Company again. Comptroller '.General William A V Wright to enjoin him from the collection of taxes alleged - to have been due; the 1;. State from these rallroadi :on ownership ; 'v - - of stock In the Westera of Alabama RalU. v--' road,-' Was' decided In 'favor' of - the Stato :to-.day by the Supreme Court ofr Georgia. ' ' The State asked, in the case against the , Georgia' Railroad, that it -be -compelled1, to - pay back takes from tne year out ," the decision bar the collection of taxes prior to 189$ br the statute-of limitation seven yearsthe suit having, been com - . i menced In I90i. - The road therefore, will . ie compelled to pay sdoiii on' ns ;v;; el ueorgta road wilt pay tnese nacK taxes of XSOQ, the only year involved., . , , " CAN'T SHUT OCT LIQVOB SUPPLY --5 Georgia Conrt Ilokla Tluil Southern i ' " K'P188 Company: Cannot be Sie- cwuy - -xaxea aor vrryui)i .uiMKeyf ;'. V to LawrencevlUo, - and Must .Take - snipmenta wien Onerea. ;, X' ' , Atlanta, 1 Oa.l Jan. ' . The Supreme V Court to-dar decided In the case 'of the .' Southern ' Express Company, "against' a prominent wholesale liquor firm, of At ' " . lanta, holding that tle. letter may compel the express company to carry llauor Into . . ? Lawrencevflle, On., despite the" town's ordinance prohibiting it,. nd imposing ,f license of llKi on such Carrier,, The de- r clslon holds, In' effect that a 'common ' earrier must carry ail rihkI it hat been ti'-J accustomed to carry, and .that the- town . , of Lawrencevuie had ho authority, under . tts charter, to pam an ortlnance impotlng a special license for the carrying of liquor. ' i t .m ,"r'rini' "jmnr-iT-. -i n j r v . j , .Oslen Dcfeet Danelson.'; r ? " . AlwiHi Jan. 8. In th presence : of .:v nearly M spectators at the Opera .House --.to-night Chnrles'OUen, now of ' this city, - defeated ' Ollle Ianelon, a Bwediah wrestler, in a mixed .match. OUen won the first' and - third fall, catch-as-catcn-can, while lnnelson (-aptiireri the wi-oml fpll. under Urneco-Roman ruls. Tho " time of the -three bout were IS, !J and , 1 minute. . - , l .TO. All PAXA5IA AFJPA1RS. Senate Adopts Resolution Authorising ' an Investigation into the uenerai Coiiduct of Canal Matters .Sir. j Morgan Dtacussca ; Railroad Rate ' Leeiulatiou, . J&..t Waahlngton 3&iC ' 9.r-The'. Senate to day," adopted j two resolutions of Inquiry."- One pi them authorised an' In vestigation by the pommlttee on Inter-, oooanlc canals. Into' the general coit dBCt'of the, .affairs of, the1., Panama canal and the other an lnaulrV by1 the finance committee into-' the-question of the exchange rate'ort, money on the iethmuB, v The first resoludott, was t poriea .; rrom tne ' carier -commjicee, oy Its chairman, , , Mr, i Mallard and the second Is the' resolution presented yes terday "by . Mr.-, Bailey' ,wtth te oro vlsloit relative to the sale of Panama railway bonds omitted.- v'v' . . The remainder of the open- sesslo was -devoted to a speech by. Mr. Mor gan on the railroad rate Question. He advocated the settlement of all differ encea over rates n the courts Accord- log' to common law, methods as cal culated to do away with, much", awls ward machinery . $Ytiki-J&" V-'"..'-i':' : Mr. Bacon's resolution calling upon the President for Information regard ing the attitude of the United State government on the Moroccan question was then: laid 'before the Senate and Mr., Bacon took the floor to-advocate Ita adoption. .-He was., however, - ut short by a suggestion from -Mr. Lodge that the doora ehould be closed. v,"If eald - the Massaohusetu t Senator; "the're is to be a motion to, -rater ta resolution to the committee . on for eign relatione I ehall make .no object tion to that proceeding, out n il is to be discussed- I ' shall - move - that; the doors be closed." t V". , . .a '..1 - rrhat, said Mr.' Bacon, "Is the rlgh't1 and privilege of the senator, but t am at a loss to know why .he exercises It at thle -time. There is no treaty ' bef ot. the .Senate." '- Mr. Lodge eald he wouldexplain. but Mr. Bacon held the floor.' j i Mr. Lodge then -.made a point of or der against the proceeding, and moved the closing of the doors,, but the chair held that under the' rales no motion was necessary and ordered -the closlne; of the doors. " - ' . ' -"- '"" :' -.After an executive session the Sew, ate : adjourned wi til .to-morrow. 4- IIE.VR1XG BEGINS TTESDAY. ; Senate CommHted ' on Inter-Oceanic Canals to Get Down to wore on Matters In the Canal Zone Wltll out . Delay. - f r 'f- ' Washlngton.i Jan.5? J.-erAll smattera relating to ' the Panama .canal and, the government ot 'the canal sona and the management of the Panama, railroad will be1 investigated by the Senate committee ;. on Inter-oceanic canals. Thla was decided" ' to-day at the first'meetlng of -the commlttee. The Investigation will begin on Tues day next, although there may be a speoiat meeting .-In the- interim - -- to. take up the . nominations of canal commlssionere; " .',' Senator 'Gorman t said - he believed an Investigation of x canal matters should be entered upon at once, es pecially , as ' an V Inquiiy ,a-a been: "courted" ; by- the - President ' AH members' of the committee agreed that "there should be an lhaulry and the 'Scope was considered ' at ' length. There seemed 'to be 'a sentiment in favor of reviewing the work of the canal commission from its inception. Senator Gorman.; drafted ;a resolu tion, -which was adopted by the com mittee, and subsequently passed by tne senate, aa follows; t. - - ' "Kesoivea, ;tnat tneu committee -on Inter-oceanic canals or any sub committee .thereof, be and. are hereby authorized to investigate all .matters relating to the Panama JjalSnd the flmvnrnmnnr nf tha Me' . j-anha mA the management of t'anama Rail road Company, : to 4feend - for persona and papers and to administer oaths and employ a atenograoher to re JiSlAi mlttee be authorized tax sit , during the session or recess of 'the Senate and that all expenses thereof be paidout of the' contingent,. lund of t BASEBALL QUARRELS ADJUSTED Aaraciatlon -of, Minor Leagues He , Elects i President Power- Southern - Leaguea Represented ,at the Meet- ins.. ' .'i. vi:- Chicago, Jan. , fl,Any differences that may have existed aniohg the va rious minor 'baseball leagues; which compose 'the National Association of Professional ; Baseball ')' CI ufbs were amicauy adjusted at tne annual meet ganizatlon.' George ' Teoeau, of the AmerlcanAssoclattoiiiif'and .? Griffiths, of the Eastern League,' were only able to muster two half -votes out of the 18 cast and. their places on the executive board , were filled , by new members. Tebeau and' Griffiths, who It was de cede - from the organization, ehould they be defeated, after -the meeting had adjourned to-night expressed their entire satisfaction wlth . tho ?make-nn At the committee, and that they would aoiae y its aecisiona. , , . ' President ' -Powers- "and . " Secretary Farrell were j:eelected and,-;WHHam KavanaugiUfV president ot, tne Souths era . League,. - Wae - retained en the boards .. Among the : associations repre sented ,were - the Southern, South At lantic, yirjlnla'1' a.odi Cotton ' States League. u , "? ; ? ' ' . V , , ,;,' .l.f....l,rr.1J nsi fS; i j RETAIL VcmSER DEALERS. -.. , 4v' ft Association ot Alabama and Tennea m Klaria Ofl1rm at Its ' Anntuil . Meeting. i f - Birmingham.' Ala,. Jan. .-At the -meeting of tne Retail- Lumber Dealer .Asso ciation of 'Alabama . and Tennessee - held berer to-day the fullowlng eltlcers - were elected-.s' " - , . - , w - Richard' Randolph.. Birmingham, prel dent) . W. M., French,' Knox vllle, Tenn., vice president, and W,. K.' Wailes,. Hirm Injrheun; tecretarv-treasurer. , ' . , t .The new bonrd 4f director it made' ub of W. J, Wallaces NnshvllWi W,. J. Mc Broom,- - Cha ttanooga; A. ' M. ' Bixti, Huntavllle,' "Ala. ; A. t W. Nehotc r vBirm H. 8cruirR, BlrmlnBham; J. ,,H, Cnll, Northifilrnilnghnm; N, P. "VaUplisn, Co. lumbta. Tonn. U,J Crawford, JSew De catur, Aia mi - Dr. Stcger, Filicide, Dead. New York, Jan. . S.Dr., Robert W, Stpfrer, .who was-found last rttirht unmn rloue in his room at the Audubon Hotel, died "to-day at Beilevue llpltal. . lie diank" a mixture of chloroform 'And morplilne. 1 lie - rn he rave for wlf dtru(?tlirn whs tlnii he had had freqaent attacks of hntnli i.i 'I mania, and that 'he feared In -the i ne would kill tom. .... a tint tl i r. f ..tin m t n mi i v nMMU.nl In.NathviUe, .'Xeiut f ) - ; , FEDERAL C0lt '.DJ0UBSS SAMUELS ' CASE IS 'J POSTPONED On Account, of Illnew of Datls and .Bryan, Two Material. Witneeses in . Case of Government .Against G. W. Samuels, ' Kx - Revenue ' Offlrer, "Clutrged With. Making j. False Re porta, Judge Bo)-d Orders Adjourn " mens or Special Term Till Tuesday, r, the ieth-C-jso Will Consume Two or - Tlireol Week--Cases Against . Uare, Uardin and Pails Continued to Next 1 tegular .Term of 1 Oonrt, Pending Decision In Patterson Case, Bpeoial "to 1 The Observer.. jUTOJiBiwro,, janv s.-rnerei naa oeen another postponement in the trial of 0 W. Samuels,, the ex-revenue officer charged, with making false, reports of the, destruction of : distilleries, collus ion, etc.-; When Federal Court convened this 4 morning, -couneel .for the- defense Offered n afCidavtt Of Samuels,! asking for & 'continuance -upon . the", ground that 'in. E, Davis, A,C- Bryan and James Combs, three of hla material witnesses, were "unable 4S be- presents Davis has typhoid .fever and Bryan la sick with pneumonia.' District Attor ney Holton asked for. time, to prepare and offer counter affidavits and, after a recees of two. hour,? court reconven ed and Judge Boyd announced that,' after considering the affidavit of Sam uels ' and a consultation .with hla at torneys and the district attorney, he would order' an adjournment of court until Tuesday, January 16th, at which time 'he said "the trial would certainly bfcgin. His Honor- suted that he ap preciated the. position- of the accused, and; It being specifically stated in rthe' affidavit that Davis and Bryan would give material testimony - aa to the dis tilleries reported by, Samuels .as hav ing .been destroyed, by him, the court felt that' it .would not be treating Samuels exactly right to force him Into the. trial just at this time and for this reason he i would order a oost ponement of -one week.' He cautioned tbeJurors not to discuss these revenue casea with their neighbors and: urged them to permit no one to express an opinion one way or the. other In their presence, and if anyone should be guilty;, of .sucli Impropriety to report the matter to the court next Tuesday. The s wltnesaea for the' defense were notified, that; they would not be needed before i Friday, the 19th. . There are about "136 witnesses In this case and it will probably take two or three week to trv it. , ' V The case charging Starkey Hare and R.' H. Hardin with making false claims and the ene against L, E, Davis alleging the same offense, have both been "continued to the next regular term pending the decision of the Cir cuit 3Court of Appeals in - the case against A. S, Patterson,, the exj revenue officer who was convicted of these charges .here last week. '" t's."",lT. RAILWAY. Spartanburg & Northern Will be Btult JWC worm ijaroiuw aiiue 10 Connect With South St Western- Capltar ' aw,W-enart'r" -to be Applied for at Once. Special to -The Observer, , Spartanburg, -!. C, Jan. It was officially announced : this morning that the Spartanburg Northern Railway will be constructed from thU city to the North Carolina line;, where it will connect with jthe South & Western, the new road which it now being built from the coal fields of Kentucky; .Tennessee and Virginia, The announcement was made by Ralph K. Carhn,':attorneyUor the Spartanburg & Northern-who ha' for teveral week past been engaged f in drawing up the neces sary papess for-the-rlhu of -wayc He hat gone vto-Columbia, where he - will, secure a charter for the railway company. . The - Spartanburg A '' Northern., was organised In this city several day ago with the following directors:-' J., L. Car ter. J .N.PewelL J.-B. Cleveland, G. W. Nlcholls, and R. K. Carton. O L. Car son Is presldefit and "J. Norman Powell I secretary and treasurer. ' The capital vatock . of the company 1 800,090 with privilege to increase to 11,000, M). The route ha already been surveyed from7 apoint'vn 'Lawson'r Fork to tho North Carolina line though,, as yet, the 't t decided at what point .the line win enter the offy. The route from Lawson'a. Fork strike the Bute line on the-; Cowpen ridge between Poor't ora roaa ana Jiig isiana roao, ;anout si muer norm- 01 partanourg. -. ,i Work on the new-road will begin in the near future and will be pushed aa rapidly Bt possible. When acUva work I com menced It I expected that, a large force of laborers will be put to work at both end of tha-Une. (. .' , ' 1 IV W.-i PRIOR'A SUIdDfil " ' Prominent Financier ; Shoota . Himself His Firm Said to be Involved In they StockJfarketv-:., ir..;...f - - , Cleveland, if Oti ' Jan.- J.Leland W. Prion one of the beat known men In financial circles In Cleveland, and 5un- of;- member ot the stock ..brokerage firm of Denison,' Prior and Company, shoj-'and killed himself In a room at the Hollenden Hotol this afternoon. ' All a this morning. , according to the attaches of the hotel j "Prior paced rest lessly up and down the lobby. He ap peared to.be worrying about eorne thlngr. Shortly after noon N. B. Has broucK, i Of the; tlrttu called- to, see Prior.. They bad a long walk.. A letter to hie -eon, E. C.,Prlot, was found In Prlor'a pocket. . ... ..j .v 1 . j George -BADennlsonrbrother"nf the senior member of ' the Arm. . said that he could not understand .Mr. , Prlor'a desire Ho- end hi life. Mr." pj-lor was about 45 years of ager married and had two children. ( i . . - - . ;: , Mr. Prior, wat-, preslttent 'of "the Cleveland ' Stock - Exchange. ;? He wag also a member of the "New York Stock Exchange,, having paid !-160,000 - for a seat two years ago, ga well as a mem ber ' of the Chicago Stock Exchange, and the Chicago. Board of Trade. It I 4 understood ' by persona acc;uJnted with . the amount of -business bv the firm -of Deftnison, prior and Company, that it is Involved In .the stock market to the extent of mt least half a million aoHars, ; A committee ftas; been ; at pointed to take pver the firm' affairs. . . ii ,x A' ,n. MRS. 1JZ7.IE J-ANpiqnSON S)CW, -f j'v " " ; A.i : 1 PastsMt,. Away. Last, Xlglu. 'at ' Mid . ulglit Iincrs. Arrangements Not , Made.,' ''.'".' - v j:.Mra Llzxle; Ji? Anderson;' relict ol the late Air. George M. Anderson, died last night at 13 o'clock at-ihe-hom of her brotherrMT.- if J.-A dams, at -No.-t97 Cast Sixth atreefc ilrs. Anderson was 50 years -old and Is eurvlved by three sons: Mr, '.William' II.' Anderson, of San Antonio. Tex.; Mr, ' John A. An dereon, of Chicago.! Ill,; and Mr. Archie L. Anderson, of St.t Ixiuls, Ma, 8he Is also'survired hy a brother, Mr. i Adams, Mlh wham she lived, and sis ter, Mrs. A, M. Hill, of Greenville, s. c. ' - .. - - ' -fH j- . The funeral arrancrments .t will be tnada to-day k ,v k . i KOMINATION" h HELli" Ui HITCJI IN ROLLINS APPOINTS CENT LENGTHY LEGAL BATTLE LIKELY At ' Instance of Congresnnan Black The - First ' Day In - Georgia Federal ; hum Mat. Itolllna Nomination ear rvn AmmmNi a tn- lrellmlnarr r; Thlrd-Tenn postmaster at "Asho - villei8 Held, Up. n,-Cobamittce--i.';'pie1i Deaden . af ' " Opposing ' Factions Smoked Pipe of Peace- at . Greens- - bom and -Thla Action 'May Reopen ' Breach-f-Two Other -Nominations Als j-Held" UpInvestigation of , I'anama Aiattera to. he Made by .Inter-Oceanic, Canal Committee. w J ' - -. ; . V BY' W.; A. HILDEtHAND. ,r Observer Bureau,' V.f i. illt..JVF. Street. N. W.. T"!' "-.-v- Washington, Jan.,'9.c - for a third term as - postmaster at Aaheville has , been ' held,' np. ' The ' po-' litlcally Inclined show a dlaposttion to ascribe to 'thla, development af signifi cance that can scarcely, e accounted. for" upon' the, mere fact that an Import' tant office, is at stake. The two prin cipals of the two warring - Republican? factions, Congressman 'Blackburn' and Chairman Rollins,, recently held 'what some regard as. a :"peerconferencet at Greensboro, and now, following cloee uoon the heels of this announce ment cornea xne news tnactne nomine-, . . .... . - tion ot Postmaster Rollins, fathers of the State chairman,' has not only been held tip hut ' that it was done at the instance of Congressman - Blackburn When : Senator Simmons returned to day from New York he found a tele gram ' from 'State Senator Anderson, whose contributions: to political litera ture of the State have attracted much attenion of' late, suggesting that the Senate postofflce . committee summon Mr, Herren, who' was postmaster at the West Aaheville postofflce, and give) him an opportunity v to testify a to whether ' Postmaster Rollins had any part In the appointment of Jacob Ray aa clerk in the West Aaheville office,. Senator Simmons walked. down to tha committee rooms and waa told by the clerk that ho "action . had been - taken upon ' his nomination for i the present aa Congressman, Blackburn - has told Senator- Penrose, chairman- of the committee, that he desired to be heard before - the matter waa .disposed of. Senator Simmons then -delivered the nomination papers to . the ' committee, without any recommendation one way or another. It ... Is reported tot night that two other nominations have been held up, that of Mr. Bradley at Oaatonla a.id Willis, at -Morehead aty. . " All matters relating to the Panama: -canal and tha-government of the ca- nal xone and management, of the Pan ama Railroad will be investigated by the Senate committee on niter-oceanic canals. This was decided ' to-day at the first meeting of the committee. ; TO INVESTIGATE PANAMA .MAT- : TE-RSv --S'; v -r At the beginning of to-day's session. Senator Simmons presented a reeolu- tfoti 'SSiaile "th PresiaeutTto Trwid -te the Senate the names or ait onicers, agenta and other , employes of the Panama, canal commission, whose sal-, atien are more than W,000. giving the amount paid toeachi, He gave notice that he would 'call the 'resolntJon up to-morrow It was '- endeavored to frame the language of this resolution so broadly that there can be no doubt that the utmost, investigation may - ne conducted. It is expected at this time that the resolution wnl be adopted by a unanimous vote in the; Senate, sen ator Simmon may speak to-morrow briefly in support ot hla resolution. He win, perhaps take occasion to di rect attention to the testimony, Of Sec retary Taft, who does not 'agree with the President that all is well respect ing canal matters. ';' - Representative Thomas Introduced a bill to-day which seek to Increase the salaries of rural free delivery carriers to $840. with two weeks' vacation an nually. - 1 Poet master Dorset t, of Spencer, la here. . '"'., ' MAY MAKE ROGERS ANSWER. Questions. Evaded . by the Standard , Oil vice rreeiden rut to tne -ew York Supreme Court, and the' wit X nese Ordered to Show Cause Why lie Should Tfot be Heluttforv Con tempt. . . tfiii, : New Tork, .Jan. J. the- L question whether Henry H. Roger can,' be. compell ed to teU Attorney General, Herbert g Hadley. of Missouri, whether; the,. Stand ard oil Company, of New jerteyr own or control the oil companies which are tell ing oil in Missouri, at separate companies,' will be. placed before the: Supreme Court of New Tork State .to-morrow. All "the important question which Mr. 'Rogers haa declined to- answer by advice.-of counsel in the last three day ot-the hearing in this cltv. were Dresented to tha Surireme Court to-day by counsel acting in behalf or Attorney ueaerat tiauiey ana tne oouri was asked -to order Mr. Roger to show aue why he should not answer them, 'he (Court Issued the order .and It wat served on William V. Rowe. cynnsei' for Mr. Rogers, While the heaxinlf ' w(utlll in -progress late to-day. Mr. Hadley eald after consultation with oounset that he understood that he would have to? be reprewnted by counsel tn the argument but that he hoped to .get in a few words before the court. - , The iutlon are In a dlversliye form but in substance they all are: ''Does the Standard OH Company of New Jersey, either-through itself or any other person or corporation; ' own. bold or control a majority of the ttock of,7 the - Waters Pierce Oil Company of Missouri,- , the Standard Oil' Company, of Indlana and the i Republic OU , Company,, of v New YorkH n. -t , i No matter In, what form the' question hat iheen put Mr. Rogers, hat declined, to answer It, The commissioner before whom the evidence Is being taken , I without power to eoii.pel aa answer, but the Bu pteme Court possesset -. the authority u to Order Mr. Roger to be punished for . cOn tempt -of court if he declines to answer after being ordered to do so. . . ? a Tlioa. W. Lawfton Koowtt Nothing. Boston,. Jan.' S.-In' reply tor a. tele gram from .Attorney, uenerat aiaaiey, Thomas-W, Lawnon, ot thla city, iiisni. aeni muuif idimu m tr Hadley. Mr. Lawson Informs the 'At torney Genera! that he peraoaaJJ knows nothing, of the relations, bo-i tween -tha standard 'OIL Company o of inaiana, an . iwptoiw vii company i anA Vva Watn.Plaw hnmnint; inA i thai whlle.';h i war awar of certain act Of the - Standard Oll foionopoly,' he could not,; "fairly com within th wise ' restrictions'' ;"of -Mr., Ifadley' telegram, u" ; ". . A .-'--- f tJi. ' .mi H ; a .-,-r j New t, Aaelttant Secretary. ; v,l 1 Richmond, "i VaJ' Jan.-f.-VThe Rev. William H. Smith D.' pt, of Columbus, Ga.k-'. has' been, elected ., by the tnvn mission board of the ,$outhern BuptlNt (Convention ' to ,"be , astlxtant secretory of th board(: has accepted the po-fitlon and will move to Richmond Wfirthwith, Ji succeeds Dr. K. E. Romur wlu,no health necessltitea his taking a reut.. GBEESE-GA YftOR ylRlAlJ OK lrellmlnary i, - Skirmtehea j Between Counsel in Abatement and Demurrers, to Hill of .Indictment wui . serve : to Block Progre9--CoL Meiurim, :for the Defense, Declares Indict ment Waa- Based on Conspiracy, Not - on Extraditable Offense, and Aeks for the Dbtcharg of the De fendanta,';: ' -y ''. '(4', Savannah Ga., Jan. .-The first day of the Greenland Gaynor case In the United States Court for the south ern district of Georgia waa consumed in if preliminary aklrmlahea between counsel,. with the issue upon the con tention advanced still undecided when' adjournment until to-morrow, morn ing at '9,30 - o'clock was 'taken. .'It seemed quite possible, a one, ob served the slow progress of , the case that it might be day herore tne point of drawing -the Jury .for the actual trial would be reached,', aa there ' are , a . number of pleas s in abatement and demurrers to -the bllla. of indictment yet to be pre sented to the court and argued. , , , After, four ;yearaJ spent- In exile aa fugitives from the law, Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor appeared this morning 'In thi Federav Court for' the southern r district of Georgia before. Judge Emory, Speer, to answer to 'several .Indictments charging them with '-conspiracy to defraud .,the government, 'with : embesalement and with' receiving money-known to have been embezxled from the -. United Statea . . ? . MUCH . INTEREST. SHOWN.' i The f attendance ' In the court room was 'large, the interest among the members, ot- the; bar being- particu larly intense.' A.. number ot visiting attorneys were present. . - - With the two. defendants appeared Peter W. Meldrim. as leading counsel and Osborne ft Lawrence, as associate counsel. Sitting , With the defendants, too. though not .engaged In, the case, was James Gaynor, ot New York. a' brother of John T. Gaynor. ' For the ' government appeared . Special United ; States Attorney . General Marlon Erwln, assisted by Samuel B. Adams and General Thomas F. Barr, V. . 8. A retired, and formerly ' Judge Advocate. General, whom Mr. Erwln introduced, to the court aa assigned by tthe? Attorney General to assist In the- prosecution. '" Shortly after the convening of court Mr. Erwln announced, that, at this time he desired to call. only the cases of Benjamin D. Greene and John XV Gaynor, making no allusion to " the, indictments standing against the- co- defendants. Wm. T. and Edward H Gaynor,', brothers ot John F., Michael A. -Connolly and former Captain Ober- Hh -M. Carter, none of whom were in tne -city. s Upon, the request of Col. , Meldrlm, Mr. Erwln outlined the method of pro cedure he would adopt In the trial of the cases. He will ask that the de fendants, plead KUlly,vto the several Indictments- agalnsC tHetffTrf "belhg then hi purpose to consolidate all the charges and try . the, accused upon the combination. To one of the indictments the. defendants pleaded guilty .'.bv. 1902 before they irt for ,juebeo,' forfeiting 1 . - -A AAA t. .1. ... , ' ''PLEA IN ABATEMENT. 1 . The plea in abatement was read by Colonel Meldrlm, holding that , the court was without Jurisdiction because of - conspiracy upon- which .- the. first bill of Indictment had been found,-was rtot an extraditable offense under the treaty, , obtaining with Canada. He ked . the court to discharge the de- uutwia uvo.winuiuy. -, .'MjwErwln expreafed a- desire to file an answer to, the Dies, later, sur gesilng that' the case might proceed in. the meantime., The court tentative ly took . the same , view. , .Counsel for the defense objected, however, claim ing .that tha question of tha, plea was one . of -vast importance and that it should be determined forthwith. - The indictment, said Colonel -'- Mel drlm,' was found upon a charge of con spiracy. The British privy council has found 'that conspiracy is ..hot an' ex traditable offense between the "United States and the Dominion' of Canada, Hence? as the defendant ' "were 'extra- aitea, 'tney cannot we mwi upon an- Indictment ' alleging conspiracy xnis, according to the defense, should quash the two old indictments.'' ; Mr; Erwln replied that ho Would re quire time In which to formulate, his ariawr J to the plea,';. He- etated that pleas In abatement had also been filed last November,1 which were not based tupon the charge of conspiracy but .up on the charges of embesslement and receiving money of the United States that the defendants knew to have been embesaled. He f waa- granted a recess of two hours inwhjoh to prepare bis answers - ' t 1 a .VvitP ARGUMENT BEGUN. ., 5 xtrtiA im nhnrt r.fnnvMi1 irm- meJhTWa begun on .the plea,: after the coflrtthad over-ruled an objection of the - defense to nhe introduction ef documentary evidence. - . j.lrrthe subsnlssion of ' further Can ad lan records by the'goivernmenW Col onel Meldrlm asked It a warrangof ex-, trad It Ion v existed iu should not be in eluded.. It, developed i there .was no .such warmnt,-whereupon, theucourt asked;- "You have the prisoners, have yod notrr? i ; f-Kit rr --.-The , President's commission to the marsh! on ' which the prtoners were delivered ;jn Canada; was submitted, and argument Jn support ot the plea, In abatement waa -begun by A A. Lawrence, counsel r for the defense. He? had not completed -his argument when', adjournment . forj the .day vwa -.'.'"-. itmiii .ii i Mi i "Jit, i' ""' , M KVJ.y--' Naval. Board Inqahres Into? Sunday's ui "A Colllidon. - 1. "J A -f h Kewnort i (Nw,Jf - Va.,";- Jan $.-j naval board 'of InOjUlry, composed of olncers of theAtlantfc fleet,, was con - winSiliahniril-thA Kattlaahin lawtr.vnff to-loid Point to-dajr by Rear Admiral jtobley IJ. juvans ana an investigation Imto the collslon of the battleships Kentucky and,.- Alabama,', off Five Fathom -Bankv New, York, Sunday waa Uguri. Captain Barry -and hi executive hfflcer. Wv B.' Fletcher,': of the Kentucky, and Captain,. Comley, pf. the Alabama, were the principal witnesses before tb board to-day. .'; Charged With TklntIoaof, Elktn 4 r.-y Amendment i A Waahliuiton. Jan. $j-Th- Federal grand Jifry ,for the eetert) dintrlct Of- Virgin, titling nt Alexandria, to day returned in dkxtmentt charglrig the Oay Manufacture Ing CompiKiv, of guholkv V a lumber (niop.j tua . fliiff'ilk ft Cnrollna ruilrond (,'nmpnny and Win., Ar. tfcMlev,- president of both rout pa n let. which violation of the L.ikiru uiiMtiiomeut to the aft tor rejptlnte 0tt)ineri'c. air. lloley renhle in i..ilt. mure end Is prnriun,titlv litcntlild with ruiniiR-rclul and banking, Intuitu In.- that el'. , . , SMITH'S ' ALLEGED , SLAYERS! t LUleston; and 'aark, to be- Put" on ,- Trial t at Raleigh Friday r Ex , Policeman JtoRere', Trial Tcnder ; loin Houses -.May . be Abolished - .Capital News Notes, , ,j- ' ' ' i ; '. observer Bureau, -" .-,:'j.,t -t ui S. Dawsoa St; --: - ; . ,.Aw.- -; Raleigh, Jan., t., ' " president ; Winston, rof the Agricul tural and Mechanical College, feals much pride In the fact .that Mr, J. P. McNeil, of Jonesboro,'. superintendent of the Clark -Manufacturing Company, has registered at the College as a tex tile student , for the '' special course" in design . ' ' and -fancy iweav.ng.- He ; will spend .five days in the .week at the col lege, returning one day to , the mill for more - practical application. Th s is the. first mlU man to avail. himself of this special ' course, which cover period of ten weeks. ,v ' - The State charters to-day the Sew-' ers ' Distilling Company, at- Milton, with 110.000 caoltar stock!:; J. :WSi Sew ers, of Milton, and : other parties of Salisbury are stockholder. . The Bank rot Pender Is also chartered at Burgaw, with a capital stoc,k ot 126,000, of which 10,0CO is paid In: A. B. Croon,' Jr.; J, H. Moore and others are Incorporators. The bank will, conduct a commercial and savings business. - Jane Beasley,' the negro woman con nected with Sunday's double autcldei was arrested and placed In the city prison to-day. This arrest it is uP" posed, will lead to the abolishment os such resorts In the city, as a spirit of Indignation seems to possess most of the citisens who are informed as to the tragedy. . - v 'Raleigh banks, except the Mechanics Dime and Savings, held their annual meeting to-day, with election of offic ers, who succeeded themselves, except In the Mechanics, the post of cashier which was made vacant by the dr-ath of J. O. Lltchford. whose successor will be named in a few day, and the CttKi sen' national, wnion aoaea to it tit rectorship S. C. Vann. ot Frankllnton. Thee banks represent a, capital of $445,000, with profits and surplus at 1300,000 and assets ot 14,500.000. More than gratifying reports were made to the stockholders and depositors. , Rogers and Sorrell were to-day re leased from the, county Jail after n six months'; term for embracery In the Gattls-Kllgo .case. . At the, first session of the com munication of the North Carolina Grand Lodge ot Masons to-night, Grand Master W.-S. Liddell, of Char lotte.' presided and addressed . the as semblage. After giving a resume of the work of the lodge, he spoke -of the importance of building a temple for permancy and utility. - He advocated the expenditure by the committee that Would yield a. revenue, and be worthv ot such a great brotherhood.- The ses sion was devoted to reports and the announcement ot committees. . The re ports of the- grand secretary and treas urer was the most satisfactory ever made.' The grand treasurer dhow col lections amounting to (13,072.80 which exceeds all former collections., The Oxford orphan asylum matters were shown to be in better condition than ever before In Us history. It 1 beirhnttng. to--reat.Aa . endowment fund, with' a nucleus of (8,000, recently received. Memorial resolutions to the late 'Past Grand "Treasurer .William Simpson were introduced by M. D. Haywood. 'Alt., grand - offJcersHwere present, except Junior Grand Warden R. Hackett. .H, A.' Gudger and Col. Robert Bingham were the only two absentees . among all the living past grand , masters. The attendance Is more, than 400, with 134 lodge repre sented of the 138 In, North Carolina. The' second session will tie held to morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The election of officers Is the special or der for Wednesday nlsht, ,. , ; PHILIPriNE TAIIIFF SOLE TOPIC , . Speeches In tho House Yesterday, 'Uniformly In OpposlUon to the ' Measure Leader wiuiam - uenne , the Position of the Minority. Washington, Jan. The Philippine tariff measure was the tingle topic of conversatloii'ln lhs,IJouse to-day. The speeches-were uniformly against the measure-' and were 'allowed to go In general without , answer. Digression In 4he' form; of tariff revision discus sion' was made in a brief speech by Mr. Glllett, of Massachusetts, -who fa vored Canadian teclproclty. Mr. Bonynge, of .Colorado, discussca the. bill' from the' standpoint of the beet sugar - industry. Mr. Bonynge caused amusement ' by - quoting from the speeches of Messrs, Payne and Balsell on the Porto jKlcan tariff bill wherein Mr. Payne" declared sit wasi the duty of Congress -to levy a tariff aa-aliMt the PhlUoplne and Mr. Dai-Jar: sell had opposed admitting PblllppktS Droducts and placing our labor tn competition with a horde of .balt-clvl- llsed savages. ' - Mr. Burgess, -ef Texas, ' opposed It on. constitutional' grounds and had "a lively colloquy with the minority -leader,-: Mr. Williams, on-this point. He charged that Democrats, to be consis tent, should oppose anything but free trade with the (Philippines "'on 'the ground that -it waa an American pos- minority posiUon by ataUng that he i nte . schedule betwen the two towns wit up6rting th bill because It waa :7no tance.i somhinr more than anarfre tradea It was rVosslble' two miles. tThe car hav not run reg te'obtaln? from the majority. 1 Th .-j-wlrljr,; one being all that the demln sua. was drawn sharp between th two; ned power- could- operate, but the r.v., '4 minrtw nit scrvlc ha 1 been greatly strengthened JIlvUI W Sg i tjiiw .aaa.w Ktr '.vssits am ittwttt" ' . i 1 , ed th interesting Situation ef the day.iand J"nrlD J2.ute" Jr eSc Mr. Caett of, Fennsyivania,- spoke. In opposltlonin behalf of the tobacco m L.i.-u. u i vrss&szfis rtffLXS5&? for .hi. constituents,. Mr. Goulden.:of day with a brief reference to the need of j making protection vot the Dingley rate from the "giant trusts? of , the country- "The House at' ( o'clock , ad journed until- -to-morrow 'whan- the discussion will b resumed. -? --s , vBHAKEM AN KILLED. t K;- W; Employ Fall Vdn Wheel i 1 ot Freight e .Wlnat-Cvev Va una is , Crushed to itrato. " i Special o The pbServer. Maallle-ft h7re .11 " yi08ton;aiem, : 4an.- .-. wmte vvuueu u . , mmt is x-nrheiL' a'brakaman 01 not only as able a puiplt speaker as the TvSSjSS. V&S&X-2& ThefmHrhaveWvueV had both legs cut alt at Walnut Cov Lm ! Z'fn' TVTil or J o'clock last nighty with a frolghtl , slKty.sU men are laia off the Slll . v train,, bound tor Bmnok, Va. When, Jon,e in tUe vari0UB dapart. . 4 It stopped at yanut Cove for orders r tne mn lt 0 ,, ... en ot tho-ciew found th brake-'. m tllt ri, ... vr ( , r man lying sunder - a , f ar In a dying Uie oay XVi:i i.P re i v condition- ; It-la presumed that he no,,rs rhn i-o' u t : c t- . lost hla balance and tel. from the top f ,n'.e'ris, l s j ., t v of :;car befnr the tralnyBtoppea.fviii'h ahvjv ! Deceased was about 2S years' old-and a ir?o a was highly esteemed by ''.his- employers' : n t' r an l axHOclatea The body was sent I hii s n a v to the home ot the ; widowed mother j 1 t r i m i at Roanoke to-aay,;for iuterment- ma i i i - j IWQAKS.OFKEW CAI V A. . u i j 1 1 1 i , i ii i , ' INSTALLED. BY SALISBURY I Erected in 18SS SaUbnry J.-l I Been Successful 'rom J- irt ai. 1 ; no: stock Is.-for Sale inentict.i Anniversary j Founding ; of Kind's . Daughters ami Sons to IevObMcrved t Jan. ISthTwo ' Dcatha SaliNhury Boy's . Success ; a Railroad -'- M.m . Bank Oflicerc Elected -Horws Per form Remarkable , Feat-Eugeae V, , Debs to Speak Jan. 2 itlt Im provement in Streets Railway Ser vice Southern May be Sned-ias Result ot Bridge Ac4dtent--Other j News Note,'w', -J ft ,i'v- It r' v ' ' . Salisbury. -Jan.'iltj January 13th ha ' been set for the observance of ' the twentieth anniversary ot th founding of the King's Daughters and Sons. . Th local chapter of the First Presby terian church wIlL-hold its meeting' in the infant das room of this place at o'clock Saturday afternoon. -A snlendld nrosramme ' has been i ar- , 'ranged and' tha meeting will undoubt edly, be an' interesting one.,,'"" (.' ' .Two deaths --occurred in Salisbury, last night- Mrs. L. A. Plyler, IT years ; old and a. resident - of ifls-nhelmer Springs, died at 10 o'clock following a disease long-lived.-She was brought here some time ago for treatment but Tcvelved .but small hope of benefit at, any time. The funeral will take place ? .; .to-morrow from her home. - ' Mr, John Lanta, known to all Sails bury people and to many travelers as' a cabman always on duty at th .sta tion, died last night at his home after an illness of several weeks. He waa the father of five ' children' and. hut- -band to a faithful wife.-' Th funeral-' waa held from hi home this afternoon at 3 o'clock -SUCCESS , OF SALISBURY -BOY, The Montgomery (Ala.,) Times, in a?-' recent issue, tells of a great railroad , project In which a former Sa'lsburiah is a moving spirit, It is the tnaugura-. tion of a fast train, the one run by the . Mobile ft Ohio Railway. This train Is r to accommodate, the trayel from' the ' North to the South and Cuba and is said to be excelled nowhere Jn, Amerl- . ca. The Times ascribes the genius ot - th project to Mr.' John M. Beall. a Salisbury boy.- the son of Capt.,. and Mrs. - J. B., BeaU, - and . the youngest general passenger agent' in the United States. A beautiful steamer will carry, the passengers to Cuba and make one.' of the most attractive routes In the '' country.' Mr. Beall has seen th road over which he presides, grow in wealth from $4,000,000) to $10,000,000 wtthln;ilv years At the annual meeting of the stockholders In the First national bank' yesterday Messrs. W. C. Coughenam.; John S. Henderson. W, S. Bluckburn, H. N. Woodson. A. H; Price, T C. v . Linn, D, A Atwelt. W. B. Strachan Burton Craig and Wr H. Woodson ' were elected directora Capt. Cough- , -nam was chosen president; T. C. Linn.' Esq.. vice president: W. H. White, cashier; E. 'H. Woodson, teller: J. F.. Ptummer and J. L. Fisher, bookkeep ers. Mr. E. Walter Tatum, . representing v Smoot Brothers ft Rogers, a branch . : house of the big Rogers' syndicate.? left last night for Northern market to " purchase good for the 'spring' "trade'. The 'Tinyenr -froTnr-,the cities-"-CharW , Iotte, Winston, Rockingham, Fayette- -vllle, .Yorkville, (Salisbury and Spencer , are making the first semi-annual trios' ' ;t. the'North, ' They gp.m.a body and" h secure nne a oargains ' in their great ,: quantity of purchases. The men will be gone two op more weeks. - -The - report that ' Mr. Burgess 'H' -Owens had died yesterday from- a -paralytic stroke had but a half found--- , atlon In fact. :Th pld gentleman, who "', Is well known here, , live six miles . In the country and is a farmer of means' and prominence.-' Yesterday morning 4 he attempted, to lift the' bed from his f wagon and fell .unconscloua after. walklnr a few feet. ' He waa than pri rled to his home and Salisbury phy- . aiviiun . bbiii iur iiicy xouiia , '. mm . paralyxed on one side, speechless and., unconscious and up to 11 .o'clock, to-; ' oay nao. not visioiy improves mis not condition is regarded as very, serious and nis recovery is hardly looked for. despite his vigorous health and youth fulness for his year. , -! A horse ' belonging t"t'Mf.Jgm' Trextler yesterday performed a feat In ' crossing a bridge that would have done' credit to' a ropewalker. The animal'' first distinguished Itself by. stripping' the harness and buggy In an effort to' go between two. buildings; Then It ran' straight to the Innlss Street bridge which has not nearly reached comple-" tion and Is - a parti to th . man who' tries to climb across it, A little negro boy was run over as the hort made one step and Jumped across th bridge. The boy was not hurt and the horse -was caught after running until it was tired, v, - , I? -' . . DEBS TO SPEAK. ' ' - , Eugene V.- Debs is to be, here Janu ' ary 24 and will speak In the court !ho use. The labor people , will turnout - to hear htm And big preparations are being made. There are also many so cialists in, Spencer and a few in Sails-' bury who will turn out to hear thelr" champion, a brilliant man and one of the. Teal political forces Of. the day.' : MrDeba as Socialistic candidate for' President, polled $0b,0C ; votes In the election of 1904. . ' ' .Beginning with to-day th - Sails-;' bury-Spencet Electric Light and Rail- ' way-Company inaugurate the twenty ,i ; 1 v , V been-tplend Idly patronised and the nnsrs hit bssn much nlasjntd. . Th fre-v mns P1 place on th most important squar and are quit as ' fine as the electric area1. Yesterday the first one was tried and It works splendidly. ' i " INSTALLING NEW CARDS. - The - Salisbury. Cotton TMills are In-" stalling 10 car loads ot cards, the most ' UnDroved stvle of mill machinery, -use received here. ': It I ' from- the Saco- rfaSnSS' & "Jto, "n ?r: Their erection , In 18 followed the re vival work Of Evangelist R. G. Per son and their' building was superin- rur,ha,e stock from t, . I. I. ... ...... .'.T-h l......t. . .... ...
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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