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TO KILL rD.'IiyCQ TREATY EEXATE . DEMOCRATS - ORGANIZE y vote or 21 to 1, caucus ueciares Against ' One . or Administration ".let ;.enm.t and by 20 to 4 Do c.Vrcs It to be Every Democratic 1 1- utor'H Duty to Abide by Caucus -1 iftcron,' "White House Demo crat," Withdrew 'Before Vote ' Cnmns Action 1 a - Sten to Draw Party Une as Republicans Do. Washington, ,' Feb, . 3.-Democratlc Senator, perfected to-day what they cejievai i,9 oe a compact organization to defeat the- Santo -''Domingo ' treaty and place the minority lit a position compel 1 a Strict party vote1 on other auesttons , likely to arise during the present, session. ' Two resolutions, were adopted at a caucus continuing . Ave hours', which the Democrats assert not only will dispose , of . the Dimtnlean 'treaty, but will furnish the precedent lor demanding a united party vote on all questions that may be considered partisan in their character, when two- thirds, of the Democratic. Senators -mo decide - The resolutions, -both of which carried -by more than two-thirds 5f .. . those, present, follow: .i -v '. v. v "tesorvea. .xnat -. tne Kenata on?ht , not to advise and consent to the treaty . between the United States" and the re s' public of Santo Domlnjro. now pend ' lnr- before the Senate. ,.. . .. .,-'.' '.Resolved. .That If two-tblrds of this ' caucus'shall vote in favor of the fore going resolution It shall be the duty -"'of every Democratic Senator to. vote i agalnBt ' the ratification of the,, aid . '(rent. , . ' - , ' '','- Represented la the caucus1 were 2S of had the S3 minority "members.. Those woo were absent were Berry," Clark (Mon 1 tanaj Gear In, , McLaurln and ' stone. - tait-Tjut of tne -city, fatterson with y V drew before the vote was taken. Teller TV voted. for the first resolution, and was :,';'-excused, from voting -on-:, the second and McEnery and Taliaferro, absented t tnemseives wunoui explanation. t f ' - - Gormurr s 11 r and Carmack was ; " ;-ut,of , the "city,, but both ' authorised their votes to be cast, uearin was can 'V . d t -NewVTork, and" telegraphed In '.ij. stmctlons to be counted: as present, ,. nis dispatch' was not sarrictentiy ex , -- pllclt to have bis' vote recorded. The ; first resolution waa adopted by a vote i :,ot n to 1.. Clarke Arkansas) voting la the .negative, The second was adopted. 20 to ' . Clark (Arkansas), Daniel Foster and , vMallory voting In- the negative. - -The .position of , the absentees on the yr treaty, as represented to the, caucus. i?'-.,fa1ves 2$ against the treaty,, with, the J : ' position of Clarkel (Arkansas). Mc 'vvAlinery, Patterson and Taliaferro' not : known Save for Jthfr puWks expression ' 1 of" faUereon in the Senate, 4n favor ' , of the administration poHey4 Whether !f the other three Senators will be bound " i, .' by the action of the caucus, remains 3 -.C' 1 ,to b determined, either by some ex ' T-41 , presslon of their own or when tha vote f.Vf taken? V JtJX, "y : - Mri"Pattrson'aecitrted to make any ? C' explanation of hie leaving the caucus beyond the bare statement that be did '.v not-want to participate In "the vote 4 '' -1 that wa then kbrfvifc ibbe' taken. - ' . . ' i Ifc l supposed giat.atl fqt the -RepuV , llcans . 111 ' vote lor. inn vncaiy , cm - that f our Democratic "vote are necee' :l ary to secure Ita ratlflcatton. - Eem J' ocrallc leaders do not believe "these - -our. votes , will b" forthcomings and "-..'.express the hope, .that Senators who , way be lavorsniyisposea. ipwara in treaty will ;leel.Jbountf ,b,it, the .cadcus .,' action to-dayf x V; a,";;. -1 '.. Neariy every. feenatpf tR attendance ; - had something to. ay pt the subject " ' t of making treaties uestjona ot party ' ''policy. BeveraL Benators. jdeciared that ' " ; the-Republicans already had made",. the , " Dominican treaty a party Question y unitlna- ..-for" Its- support. AOq this i " " r round the -arguments were made that tf the minority hoped "to ; accompusn anything as a party . It behooved-them ,o l emulate Mh i KepubUcana;; and re- J..8tabUali oarty. discipline. , Senator 'a VV-sBalley was one of the ohlet epeakara, 4 ? voicing thla sentiment. Senattr Oaxke, - ' mt arkftrmatL'-aald. that . he- .wanted - more inf ormauorr . conjeenun tne .V'Vtreaty and what It Will d before he '. xnmmitted himself to vote on It At all. I j .RMtatora Culberson. Daniel; Dubois and . " ' Yitrson anoke at length, the last " earned, taking-thfc. of ai that treaties ' Sftould not be eensinerea in tne vhuv. , , MR.' PAGE WGES HATE . Bill' ,- vtr -r . - . mini i rtj.jjL'i- " Xlepreeentatlve" .From ; the i Seventh V.7 North -CaroUna-District . Among .j .",Mno Speakers ,n. Pending fttcan- S..v. .... j!,. sims Complaint of Man e la) AVblcb Press llandled Cotton , ..!-;'-npaTs. "ffrvr V?i'V " - Wiuihlnston-. Feb. 8. Various phas 1 es of tha railroad rate .question were i threshed over In the House to-day .In the course of nine apeechca which oe- . -. cupled six and . a nait nours. urns , ; ' concludes- the .Jlfth. day of the'dis - cusslon but the end 1s not yet, Many '- members "on both aides of the House v , desire to tecord their vleWt, and gen ' ', ral debate 'Will bo allowed, to. -con- tlnue. i a-.;'- ' Mr.. Clayton, of Alabama, said' that the legislation, fh prlfcclple was .as v -'old as the common Jaw. - Mr.- Henry, . v . of Texas, showed how It was support ' ed by the- oonstitution and -the courts. ' - Mr Eclvof Wisconsin,, explained how , the bill was-1 broad enougn to.include ; ' J the regulation of express Companies. ""' Mr. Kennedy, of Ohio -presented an ' argument to contradict the- claim. that u the ontrol of railways wae- tnterfer- ence with private property. Mr, Crum ' ;'s -' packers of Indiana, bellved- economic ; conditions would still control In .rate :s .matters, as they should uotwlthstand 5 . :v ltig the ? g.ated autnonty " in tne oin; 1 which he approved. Mr:' E1Us,"of Hlf ' ' ' sourl, saw In the bill What he . re- i . - rarded a -a conaervatlvo move in I ' ' right direction.) Mr. Hogg,""- of Colorado, opposed "granting lettislatlve , and Judicial functions to the some liody, which he said would result from t he enactment of the pending bill lnt law Mr. Floyd, ot ' Mhiourl, said it was a saving of the country from -So-.- ciallam 'and radicalism rather than a step in that direction. Ur. Page, ot Noi-tb Carolina, endorsed the bill in all .Its features. - - A complaint' regarding ' the--manner .' In which the newspapers handled -the , cotton , tatls tkr , ypster.ln y u wan made by Mr. Bims, of Tennessee. Mr; Sims complained ot what he termed an ef fort on the part. of certain rewsnaprs 10 billttlO tv, itirpln' , I , flarf I ft : iy, , , , i,v the f nr A o, , . . .,, ' kc I U l, Infm in utiiui l. ,j not ar f"cied the marlk t ia (lit ('ii'-i ; on. It had gone up end t!u-ii down and tlvn up as i in, nnRcrr'l ."r. ' . ,. The .Houaj sn:.,,u; ;.i. J i, ...i ..j.,.' .... day. ' .' . . . 'The Gem T.t-! i.iuraiit ut In an e'-'i-trlc p!;ino yr , v. nr i it al ls r Mrii- to t..e t;..'., j it tvie Y. GLT CUAELCTT tlGKT AIITILLEKT BATTER Battery v of Itlachlno Guns Which Konator Mniiuona is i.naeavoniig w ,t iTocm-c for fcnte Jfot let Ixcat(Hl. . j. but S.ny be 1'lHcrd in Hands of ' C'l.nrlotto Company Proceedings of Mnto (icoloKK! Boanl uiarters Giomcd Governor Glenn Delivers A.':.s to Convention of ' Wake t'oimiy Cotton . Growers Kalelgli " . , ' Observer bureau, '122 South Dawson Street,' ; - ' -r Raleigh. Feb, S. tJ and.' others stockholders'" to mamifac t.ure all'-kinds of wood works' ' 'Mention has, teen wade'ot.tne fact - A .charter. Is grapto1. tW Woodland neiore n ana nnas ,iueii. last ; ap- mg the excellent memory of the,vlt Manutacturlng Company,' - Albemarle, proachmg , the . graver Issue which ness. - ' x . ' .' f ; tioooo oflDitfli tock,'- lr.' P. Broome heretofore caused the serjdus strain in teryof' light artillery' " Stnator 'SiroH mons, who ia so aealous aj friend the National Guard. .having, urged fiecrefarv of War o make such an is but h maybe Jhat iftwIB be placed iny tne nanus 01 uir umimw lery. - Soma suggestun has been made that the three tiattling guns now held , hlAnt t inihin tranniferrpd "to the infantry regiments, -as this would efrort8:to secure an accord be- alve a machine gun fc'atoon to eaoni. r " " , fegimentTnhus fole excellent P h , iiuesUon - reaches thepen system In use ;n, England and on the continent,, . tWWWM r PTOOOWU. Mt.' v ; -j. l-Avrun3 'jiiio' wivvwuwa omw ,wwv Pratt. The foUjwing resolutions were! adopted":'. 'T'. A, . :;i-v;- y1 lTSC'J Oil wore' oe auuveur prow VUltJU UL VVIIUCUUUtt ,CPH gallon and survey of the State swamp lands,-as to timber and agricultural valueth boaid of educaUon being renupmii . fa withhold these lands fpomeale .until the survey aa , been made;. : ' the 4low of streams and available mrat - erTowers . we-: coniiuuea ...... . . .- r.; - i.UUT,- mill, la U - tborized -and requested, to continue his verv able ofrartu in behalf of the es - tabt'shmant of the 5" Appalachian ; fpr - geological , board Md yesterday. were An iit WV- ih H CiT, 1 Panama Canal. t for pub lc build" made T public tne proceedings 'having! und witt.be foupd tbst-wlll be ac-jlnKg, , tw ,.w-t ! aorti at Tub rinird v anectal nreDaratlon ; by On 1 ceptable to both "countries: , but f they 1 Hn imnmveminM.' ' v" i.. MCV'TCBevav.na'toft;'::unmealal(yuull:u!:AaualW''',',ul .viuy, voruri MnvpntiAHi i- tit.lxi held In the eltv of 5,uijmui;fiii,'ii.)i. i n- -w.f Charlotte the' latter part of February, Which Is- to discuss this question. The geological board, believes tn to ue subject i in ' whivh . all. the commercial as well ear agricultural Interests of the State are 'vitally .Interested WFourth. that the State geologist en deavor to. have completed, as soon as possible..; the: topographical, maps of Mecklengburg and Gaston counties. , ITil'th. hnt a. marniillo mirvKV )u made to deterinlnov the .rata of varla - Iipnpot tpe magnetic, peeqie in. various counties throushout- the 5tato - where th marlAnn. Tw Jf fi mm - MtahltnfiAd five years ago. a ;it ""Jia been i orougnt to me attention ot inis .ooarq that . the1 fishing h industry of .North Carolina la bfig"ee'rlous!y' injured by the Htbstruotion- ol water-ways, through which ''the shad and "' herrinr make their'"" progress ?to Uief" spawning growias,;na war iib maa ciear further that this Industry is One of 12S!v - 15h?l - - &Ml&i&?fflJ& iifcwuiiiw "11 Jn" Sixth, - that. Whereas J It ha beanir-ouierioraion to waynesviue, , to tni 'it an ui .WMMiTvito. I Wteynesvllie. N.'C:, On each occasion ing to aavaace miss wenster transpor thf iSment o? aThCT Suth party, has been drtven aom. , dls- 'J?5! AtlnnVIn mim la n1 AM ta I tance roi too civy ana uss apparently DHdiet ? m notnda tetac 4slUMh" inspecting routes of entrance, If ." ,?f .Ll.wl7, o!'.!:: " I the Seaboard is Interred th. road y.rtvir V Vnrtii 'rmiitiB as i last essloh.passed such laws wl. ltanrorced, duatry, the- Governor prompt action u Is. In his onlnlon nATNjiai v '.'trt . r.fniwlil : iflM..1dwi" The geological s irve shall, in connecUon with good roads, o operate as axtetf-l slve'y aa poaslMe with, the different members of the survey with their com- ," ,. :"" " . n,,iiw 97n., n, miasloners and, by 'delivering, lectuws er,LS tMi,.i.t MM'infik fni- 'i h,.rnMlcur"AJnT" .lh1" afternoon. The Ztvtnk- itMmZn r;iTih: value of good roads to a county, and the stulng of- bond for. this purpose. The ipad engineer ? of the geological -H'.rT;r.:tr "rrlf?;J: of building' good roada', ,- i"Seventii,- in considering t the quetr: uon or ine importance oi -a pure- water ..u.M-i..ut.:i iir.i further investia-aUoa Into thV condi-J i"YcC--X r T " Aft" iiwiiB tiiiucr ivuil-ii auuauie artesian water supply, might , be obtained In tnis region should br: made, and i the mil Krt l.a ranMlv . am .aai. sible. both in si.ecur nuhiipatlona tiut in tne press of the State, '-v -, "Eishth. hat the work centinivn' nn the general mineral resources of the uutre, particularly in the piedmont .., j ... j.vly..: . . ried in connexion, with the gold de-1 posits of the state) towards the oreo- Aflr mont i-' vT - r4 lna ti..,.; be4a n.ada "V 'S' Urno UMlme -t-- siuoy the conditions, the food supply fo the oyster,;-and the condition of the. bottoms. ,-!- -fit Is with' prof oud regret that we nave to announcu he death " of Gen'. James D. "Glenn . former- secretary to I the board and Drivat aaorfar V kl Governor, which occurrprt in ha m of Raleigh, October 18th. 1905, It is tnereiore resolved that tills board ex- tend to the family of the deoart their sincere sympathy - and that a copy, ot this resolution be sent to the ramiiy.oi tne atceaseovrand.be spread upon h minutes of this meeting. Mr. A...n,'.Jirni;eyon was linan mmit. iy cienru Beci;-.ary 10 im tne vacancy -. . . , . . .... .. caused by the death of General yunrui. ' The secretary of f tate to-day grant ed a charter to the Lfvln Stream Kir terpriRlng Rroth-i-hnod.- Itncky 'Mount, There I r, c 1 ! r ihe-corn-r"" 1 - .ulv mut il lnM't- ' -', MINTING OH CGT'ir'I 'Pie metlPT ' rounly C" . ' to-r v a:i 1 uji 1 . .y . . .. . . t Hoiir, Col. il. C. 1 !. iy, chulv , of tne mwbIivi eoiti;,;,i .t! Cf f :;it - Bsor'-u ,on, j J others t - in- -.' y lie .. .i I t:,u i. wfi j ia etf " ...mce. C. j cf t. on : iHmrii' in.ipiifu.i rn ntbt. . .i..,di i . ' l.. . .. made, the su.t of such Investigation . ' . -ttament I Part uj follows: "I have lu ,u ii mil m ii 11 i it n im ran niT, hi iTvai vniiir vimiinoi w. . ' uu. lu i.. -A ill R i IT I AL(3ECIB AS " OUTLOOK. BAD V PKANCOJGEnJI APT STRAIN GROWS Moroccan Conference' Finds -Itself on tha Verse of" the Real IsAue In, - Volved, Tliat of Control Of " Mo roccan VnUcv. and All Kfforts to ' recure Acvord Have Falled-IJttle Cliance Tov to Avert tJpen tn - - trovers ' and Possible Deadlock- Hestrlctlona on tonntrya Imports ThlB was Ji f o Sterley, whose fa . t be Done Away. With.; , ., f millarlty with tfates and other inform Algeclras, Teb, , - 3.The conference on Moroccan reforms Tas , now. been , . ' . 1l,r..i freed of, most of the minor questions the - relations between - France and Germany, Thts , Issue hinges s on ; who shaU control the police, c, Morocco,, as ever tSohtrots.'thW". seml-mllltary vor of ganisation will control Morocco itself. jthej 'The'- delegates -to'- the conference - 1 have shewn: increasing anxiety at the ! aonroach nf this tlagu. Vnowliia : the intense, feeling It has aroused between, I PVmtim and Vrmnnv '.rtdv dcrnrdn4 I fnce ana Germany, ana, , according 17. represeniauves 01 me - w I Intaraotml ' nvtuMI i-- rfidnilhTlna' j conference ana tnereny avert an open - controversy an a possible deadlock. Varlou. compromlae -ptan. , areMol i. aiscusseo. une amoassaqora wsay ie.i iht fitav aM HAnam r xx. n dd admit the extreme difficulty of find- lnr auch, "ground owing to the. firmr! i now wiui rmuw iiu;j mnuirni i I , . w .wa.w.n., pp-iu. V"W cessions. "'-The conference to-day definitely re- Jected the plan proposed by the Moors for the reform of 'the Moroccan tariff J and tha determination' to frame a cus-1 season of the year. If it hard on all toma system more, in, accord with thefof us.. You .must, however, think of 1 The conference further decided,, to i yivumm, vivj-.i,w vtivui,ww 1 vv MIH'W ;r ri.,,- I ... ... - " ' in , i, i ing xporU." The latter . project wlll 'y . ATTOR?nET INDIGNANT 1 reduce the export taxes on many ' al.l,r.v,;f, i,...i1j: J cles-and do awa)r with. the. rule by I - The conference 1A hus : eeeldnsr Vv. v,.i,.;v,r to make the open door awing1 botft 'ways, for exports and for import. WoiMJV Cause War.' Says der - . ! - . mM. - V1 ' Dciuii, oi), iiio niuuuo-vi. French press toward Germany on the Moroccan question has induced - the uennaii (vrminicnL w wivir: rn phatlcalF-tbat? 'falhira'r-- C:ttaa Algeclras conference would not lead, to 1 war .with Franca. t v, jvw I . ' 5, " J " - " '" Talk of ' Planajfw BuOdina From lonnen ,- mm t c-(vj-ru jauo . Thence to Newport, TennBasls for Reports; -. ' v Webster nor ditf he care to. He fur KnoxvllI, .Tenn.. Feb. .tri inner ther "staled 'that i he did not go after railroad circles it: i believed that thai s..iu.il it, T in U ui,in lnt9 Knoxvtlte. In the oast two I ..i. . u. : lta,t th1 wctfon- in chsrge of the superintendent. ; ot,-the Tennessee , A I worth .Carolina Kaiireaa, av projected ne which extend, from Newport to could use the Tennessee ft NorthCar ollna'a tracks. A purvey haa . . GUILFORD COURT ADJOURNS." Mistrial Ordered- In Casa'bf Mltclicll vs. . Southern Railway,,.' caseot Mary, m tciiea va the-southern Railway Compahy was given to .the I Jury at , noon, and. after deliberating i for, five hour, oney announced that they , could not' agree. Judge Cooke i.nII a .fnlriil 'TThe r,llnlfr - mam - ordered, a. mlstri;, The plaintiff war givvn luaginens ;.in- ine 'caae ot -xne Southern Xdfe JL Trust Company; v. C D.. Benhow.er the amount nf a note":ior ejusuv. mt - oexenaanc -. ap - note for tUCO. The ' defendant , ap-1 8ouhem Kallway; Company and Olenn I Have vas. th Southern Rail wav Com j .,.. ii.,. ... u,u ..1. , pany. the plaintiffs in both cases- ha v-1 ing been awarded Carnages. f; ". I Rennabaum. ; of Middlesboro. ' ICv. aresssea in maie autre,-, was arrested 1 here to-day and lodged m Jail at East. viUe,iVa., to await the arrival of her I husband,' A, u.' Kennabaum, -who H.' Rennabaum. wlm la 1' . ; " say she escaped from the - Central 1 State -Asylum at Lakeland. ' Ky.. -In I . . .. - -' features of the meeting was a spirited and enlivening address by Governor Glenn. ' 11 . - - His friends overi the State will be Interested; to know that Mr. Grahmn K.nnn. a npnhew of Col. Thomas ICe- nan of Raleixh. ant Mf. Robert W. J Herring, of Duplin county, have form- partnersnip ana openea an o-.ice , Pcttc e 01 law in tne city or ,?'"""r f. ' " W4 Kenan -ft umin. - . L .overn2! " m?. wLt!.cf 1, if'" I "Z Vii tl-ui-- VS ! r"TiTkr".i.Ti nn t. iS." IT, nlU ""' '.. " ' r 1 ,mm4 Ih.l f hi.,' IhAII lf;' ra riV in. miw I , -u. t -7. 71-.;..- - ir pIe 1' Di!n'i,je1wluIT:'' ra- v- in.iMf i. w- t .!;r '.V...... .-i.-.;1" " "I1'.! n " 1 iiii iiii . -r-;':.! . "1 -ZZTa ,11.. i o..-lpea HIUIl ailU ftfcll VtH . . ... vULn1 to vote for such amemlmr-nt of the constitution a wlr provide for the election of enattu by t!,e ) arid that he hpartlly approve t action. n he thlnlvM thi ji-o:') o: t tj have th'' power to elei I. Theie was a pillaring of somfihing more than iM Waka 'oi'niv. I rrncis loiliiy in MMmpnlitan 1 lie v-n j 'irixiFf t r .ictiii4 en e- , -j ,f t..e cutiiin amwrra . as a l'in.i .of (he ' ii.iiheni (.tlon Af"i)rliitloii, T' e rft r ci n of tne nornlii? wss r 1 It f I ! t. J. n. ( '-i I vie. ivmor nn ... i , i-.j 1 1 ... .-It j -: f.j 1 ..... ?Rraw cnr; j Im)ior a nee . or Trial ' to j the : Public Mclfare In .Those Days of Loot ia romteit unt as fifftiet to Uoreuora i Fornirr Chief Clerk ,Cndcr Carter . Savannah, Feb. 8, But One wit- ness occupied, !th stand, during - to 1 day's session of tbe" FederaTjCourt ba I .h. r. ... J matlon - regarding , - river and - harbor contracts ano improvements -, was I shown to be :so, Intimate as to call fortn acon!ment from the that were followed bv Cat. tain carter. ine witness - wis ch ef . clerk under irT. ;7r"r;UrT.:S r w, . w.. . w. v wj,,iv ,MfV VD H 111) ., der eucceeding heads of the Savannah jin.i & - , " On ad journlruf until Mondav.' Judm Uentlemen of- the Jury: It Is most Important that both VOll anil T ahniiM every day, strlvel fullv to realize the ISK. "ih trduo labJf ,n 1 " J i s . .-x .s I , "PYomgacy In the misuse or unlaw- truriversion oi'.puou. funds, as much I Perhaps S ftny -Other one cause, has S'fS ,downtal1 of "a tlons, evefl the most' ptosperous. Es- peolally important '!n those days when i uvh ti-rxpBirutures are Deing made 1 .",:"r!; J' l"8 u.a"M CJ Sto treasury" TnlnkX a moment .of jtne. enormous sums ao- i ft vwi iaicu iuir inn TTtiiiHrrnnT irtn Vha )S fOVK protecUon of the accused In their -consUtutlonal rights to a thor- f ouan investiaat!0n. ?anil an Imn.Ml.' I U litu j' .s. ..'.2 '"il't.. '. . , ' " "New I know rials taak which has fallen to your lot la la borous and miln- fut. t is particularly hard for vou to be nun v ter of the service to the entire ooun- ujr we are cailea upon to nerfnrm ' jGaffney taiwyer Denies Tliat He Com municated With Ml TPaniin i( ncuMiT nnnuxiinir Her Pmnort lolui. ,. 11 .. .. J a,..!!; -L f i' 1? T2 b8rc.r' ""imi 1 n:' XL ""' nt - rescue ot Miss Pauline Webster by inn iwnreiiitn n litnsaa Ulty caused I some excitement in Oafrncv. ThA I statement that two of Gaffncy's at-' i ivruvi) jinnra j w. JcfTcrlos and J I C.-Otts,v bad communicated with Miss J Webster', bys long- distance telephone iiu reuor was aiso a matter of inter est 4n. sianvj i.Xf , .T , . rt. i.tr.i, nm umpaicn statea. told Miss Web 1 Ster Over the '&hnn in hnM if, rwrnn. erty,,as -was wocjih futly tujm waa i seen this morning. He? was Indignant iai ine report ana eaye that it is false, He 'says lie 'did' not telephone Miss any .business In , such ,a manner., It I was lmDosslble to -wet a. rtnfaiisd utatn. nv rrom , Mr,f jerferles; as he was I lust on rh ev of ioavim ih. - ' Miv C Otts. tha other attorney ?ntIoned n they Ispatch a. having I iaggn, me pouco matron,' in- Kansas City, a letter otter- i .o representative from Cherokee In the ! Legislature and is absent from the I servers correspondent wired him to- JW tanourg nrougnt tne - ioiiowing repiy "Received letter from -Mrs. Taggart aiklnx me to take charge of case and auvance- man ,.tu onni -nr iiuiiib, Aaree to 'do so on conditions. Mrs Taggart'a letters to me au i know, ex cept press reports.".. m ' (Signed) ' J, c. un ti. Jnda' Webster was seen to-day and was Informed of' the lurtner turn at- fairs had taken, but had, nothing to say for publication.! j s j . wt-rrnv 1 TYi RAFFNCTV l WILL RETURN TO OA rA,C. . . -.-v : . . i Attorneys -teer to Ala eiiw rimo icr "wirocus 1 ;-.r Webster to-day announced; mat ano Would, return to aaffney. , S, . C, as soon as she recovers from' her, Illness 1 , lv. m.mm. r-r. ..- n I caused by -her lecent exciting experi ences. She is now unoer a pnysician s emploved no- lawyer In Kansas City to look after my interest and I have not authorised any one to; employ an at torney for me. Any person or persons who may be- tiaimiiir to act a at " 7 iT,.'- tornevs ior me are uoing m nnsoiicit n J,5ra twn J C OttV ?Ml:'e.. J)tl, costing ' me a" - cenV, other : lawyers there have volur.tarl. made tha same offers, consequently v X ' need no legal counsel here.!" BOTH WERE SHOT. - Two ConcorAr Boyt Injured by-AccI- dental Dlscharg -or I'lstok sD.clal to The Observr. '' concord. Feb. .-Thls evenln Masters Ernest and Clarence Norman, gon. 04 Mr. V. U Norman, of, the Normandy, HoteU Were , handling a "-call bra platol -In the hotel office, " "WM accidentally dlaoharged. ba ln Ernest In the arm: Tha hu lnt n avtliil In av ihmil T fl r ' '". " a foot 'down the arm and r"-". ---- - - . earn-; Ernest was hit by the ball., he drop tne pmtoi, wiucn was a train d is i,.. J , iL. ,l. Lj,l,nA . . . , " lZ Ur .V. V .u- " . ..vin" m the cair 01 tne leg, inflicting a painful ' wound.- It U remarkable that one : or both w re not killed. Their wounds wero dres-od by a Ihyelcliin,' ' r ' , , Iloi-ton Conrcru Vi T.i.tcl Mexican B:...e. V. !ci City, Feb 2 -The United t :u .".lining ard cijieHin tJompsny, of I ''ion, hns put i -tM .l the Ke.'il t I I 1 i ? i ine, ct fat-huca, . paying f -r It II f ;.u 0. : - 1 H',.o'i.'' t r"''iof pally by ; ., "r of 1 i..3nce IA. .tour. JAMES' COMBS ' AERESTED WITNESS HAS BEEN, -IN HIDING Alleged Notorions Distiller; ' Wanted as important - Witness ' In Saroud Trial, Caught at Wllkewboro and Released, on $5,000- Bond Has Been in , Hiding Since Court Cou- vencd ltctlinder-Serlons Jndtot ; mente -Wltuess TcHtlHes That U V Was ' Generally Understood That ' DlHtUIer - A'lio - Voted RcirabUcnn s ticket operated W Ithoot Molcata Special ;t' The Observer..- ' " "-Oreensborof.Feb, 3. The defense Jn troducea eight character witnesses tu ths ft. W. Samuel trial in Federal Cqnrt'thU morning a follows: 0.rH Blevlna," G. O, Anderson, John Glassr DMjr. .,Myrea.; David Minks, "H. C. SJHerw , Jr and'Charlea H. Cowles. The most Important of these was, Cowles) who, 'said he had heard frequently -of- tne illicit, distilling la Wilkes county before tthe distilleries Were destroyed. but that .his information came more freely because he came In contact with a great f many people,-. all over-' the county, a Republican chairman of the eighth congressional? district and as a candidate tor a eeat in the Legis lature. ,The witness also testified that it seemed to be generally understood that all a man would have to do in order- to operate - an ' .Illicit distlllerv without ' being molested was to vote the' Republican ticket. He statea mat Samuel's - character as an official was good, aa far en he knew. - Court remained In session only about one hour, adjournment being - taken until Monday - morning at ,10 o'clock. James Combs, who Is reported td be one of the most notorious Illicit dis tillers In Wilkes. , was arrested in Wllkesboro at 8:30 o'clock last night while lit consultation with his uncle and his counsel, W. W. Barber, Ksq. Combs- has been In hiding, since the bills of Indictment were found against him by the grand Jury of the special term of Federal Court here last Sep tember. The arfest was made - by Deputy Sheriff George P. Crutchfleld, of f Greinsboro, ' who went to-,Wllkes- boro yesterday as a special govern ment officer. -Combs was arrested on an Instanter capias, 'issued during the Present special term of court ." Rufus Combs, his uncle, became surety on his bond of $5,000 and he was released. Ha arrived hero ..at noon to-day,., ac companied by his counsel. Combs is under Indictment -charged with illicit dlstllllnsr. coneolracy. etc.. and It IS understood that he wilt bo an Important ; w)tneBS for the defense in the Samuel trial, which has been In progress nearly three weeks, in the course of the trial it has developed haf Tombs name has appeared as in former of more than 30 Illicit distil leries, for which i a check or iv was Issued lit-each Instance. Shortly after h was indicted last fall, the govern ment offered a reward or ii tor jus capture, Which reward was later in creased to 1200. . This amount "will be Vsid-tQ-the officers making the arres; hope: tq avert mine strike. f, " ' i I" I i y n ' -i Moire " Optimistic Feeling s on Both Sldeavuerore leaving incuMunpoiis Mine Workers to Ralne $2,R00, 000. Strike Fund by $ i ,, ; Week Levy on Cach Member. - Indianapolis, Feb. a. Th?. national executive board of the Unlte- Mine Workers it Amftrlca met behind clos ed doors this morning and 1 remained In session until this evening.- Koutine business was transacted, A special levy of f 1 a week on each member of the organisation to create a striae fund waa discussed Informally and no action waa taken. There Is an Intima tion that pressure has been exerted on some of the board members to cut the -: proposed, : assessment in' two. There is little .likelihood that this will be done. Secretary W. B. Wilson Is especially determined that the funds thus raised shall be at least I2.6O0.0OO and the other national officers and a -majority-, of the board members are of -the opinion that this aunr will not be' found too large If a strike Is declared on "April 1. According to the figures at the headquarters of the Mine Workers, a general strike on April 1 would bring out of&the mines 30,000 men, If the non-union - miners of went Virginia, numbering v 150,000, could , bo - induced to strike Wilth the union men of the other aistncts. The last of the operators and miners left for their homes to-day, . leaving oniy tna memoers or tne nation n ex ecutive board of the Mine Workers here., There was a feeling of optimism among both operators - and . miners when they left. Few expressed a be lief ' that ' there would she a strike, though no one ventured to predict the means by which a strike, would . be averted, , , - :;yK is pouce circles. Joe Owene. Wanted for an - Assault j Commltteil J8 ,Mootli -Ago,' In r ; Iilmbo Simp Iinder and ; Charles ? Miller In Quarters, - , . Palrofmen Mack : Earnhardt and Summerrow last evening arrested Joe Owens, who l charged with a deadly assault on Llllle- Orler and an assault on Frank .Davis. .Tha assault n the drier woman wag committed in Oc tober, 1S04, and sines that time Owens had made himself scarce In these re glons. A- few days - ago,, however, thinking the matter had been - forgot ten, be returned to- the elty, wlth the result that he waa nabbed last night. He wilt receive a hearing before Re corder Shannonhouse to-morrow morn Inff. a - t a- - - An occupant of a cell at the police station last night was Simp Under, one of the oldest- and moat persistant patrons of the police departmen t,v In the cell next to Under waa Charles Miller. Under waa drunk and he and Miller had "mixed." And Under got the , worst ,ot the , "mrxmg," having been knocked down and out, ,- .. , Joe Hoy le. a white mail, waa sleep ing , off the effects ot an overdose of the coox s medicine, tne, iron cage be ing' the same to him as a handsomely furnished chamber. - m ;.FIRE AT GEORGIA NORJIAL. V3 tin phi an.llt , 4 Nearly Conipietcd f 30,000 Rulldln I ;Icstrojra Ty I lames Oriflnntliig From stove yed to Iry flustwlny. Athens, Ga Feb, 3tWlence Rail. at the State Ntnn:il .w, )iool, was com- plnt"ly dfrtroy-u liy Hi ? at & o clock this morning. ..The. IwlMinsc wiur the contribution ot Jatur M, hmlth, Geo, Foster. Pea boil y .and tlie Ktate.ond wns to eot aD'i'it I .".Oi.'O. U was Just bout Totnpl' t 1 tij rii!?ht from a stove, in the strnnd sto'-y being' used to- 1ry the iiln, r-lnx. T'.ie fl.-if mal -Krhool fire brlg ' j end t -I'l -emmipted to . check tr,e i, unes, t i Lii.iaiiiy being beyond, the city llrr.Ua, MILLIOX " BUSnELS vBUBN BIG. 'WME.1T EliEVATOR'S 'FATE Mighty Pillar of Fir by Night at East St., IjouIs, Entailing Jjoss "of -V Over - $1,000,000. ltmldea, Destruc tion of Near-By Stablca.sWlth 200 .Jlorses and Wreaking Otber Havoo - i-ilrcmen'. ITorta Dbjectd To ward Preventing Spread of Flames Engine House Origin ot Fire. , ''East St, JUoular IlL-Feb. i The Un ion Elevator, containing a million bu shels of wheat, vu destroyed, by hy to-night, entaUIng a loss of, more, than tl.OOO.hOO.'The Are apfead to" the staples of, the ' 6t, , Louis Transfer Company, and ?00, horses and 200, wajrons, were burned, as well as the stables. The, fire started In a brick engine house SO feet from the elevator. Before the ar- rlval of the fire department the flame had spread to the elevator.- Assistance was aent from .SL -Louis andv the ef forts of the firemen -were principally directed toward preventing' the fire spreading, to adjoining elevators and warehouses, ' the Union Elevator hav Ing been converted Into a furnace within a few minutes after it caught fire. , , ' Seven dwelling houses were destroy ed, being covered with burning oil by the explosion ot four tanks. The occu pants of the houses escaped unhurt. The oil tanks which exploded were etandlng nearly 400 yards north of the elevator. They belonged to the Waters Pierce Oil Company.' - AN INFURIATED COW. , She inflicts Painful Injuries on KallMbnry Child Increase In Post' office Receipts. Special to The Observer. - Salisbury, Feb. 8.--An infuriated cow yesterday Inflicted severe Injuries upon little Eva, the nlx-year-old daughter ot Mr, George Jones, of Chestnut ' HU1, suburb, ot Salisbury. The child was walk Ing In a path when attacked, by the animal and fearful marks' were' made. on her face. Mrs. Jones fought the, beast oft and bad immediate medical , attention given the injured, little one, ;She will wear marks for life, but her Injuries will not bo worse than this. Dave Oestrirher, one of the city's most progressive young business men,: has rent ed the store-room, formerly occupied by Mrs. It. Fink, as a millinery store, and enlarge his quarter. He will greatly Increase tbe stock,- dealing wholly lnr dry goods. . . The substantial growth of iQallsbury is stu at ter tea m -. tne. ooetonice recipts. which, have, throughout the year, been In a 6i per cent, excess of previous years, January, 190fi, passes the $2,000 mark, the nignest yet readied, since gaitsuury oe- same a city, iw yaarw ago. in clerical torce is Being constantly enlarged. , , .....i.pplllirin,. 111, jiiTOIiiiiiifc, II liiiml, Inn iliiiifiii.,stf.,fraavj $140,000 HUE AT VALDOSTA, OA. , V J.-. -I.....H, 1 -. 1 Buggy Plant, Railroad Freight Depot ana - IB MHtages Are ueatroypfl..' Valdasta." 64.. Fob:, 1 A fire - start Ing shortly after noon to-day In the paint shop of the Henderson-Cranford I Hyggy Company caused la loss of $no.000. The property destroyed, be sides the plant of. the buggy company, included the Oeorgia Southern ' Rail road freight depot, eight' loaded cars, .16 cottages, the Vildosta Laundry, and Armour company's warehouse. The heaviest losers-are, the Hender son-Cranford Buggy Company, which curried a stock valued at Jtto.ooo and occupied a buflldlng worth 130,000, The 'company carried Insurance for about two-thirds of this loss. The railroad losses were from $15,000 to 120,000 Much of the merchandise In the depot ! was carried out. though considerably damaged. MR. CliARKSON SPEAKS. The SoUcltor Addresaea Gathering of tot ton u rower, at cwicora. Stieclal to The Observer, n j . Conoord, Kb, g.At the cotton growers meettng 1 here to-dny, Solicitor Horlot Clnrkson made a splendid speech to the farmers. H atronaiv UDlield tne onrani sation and made a masterly pk'ft for King ixiuon. : i ns association estenaeo nun a unanimous vote of thanks tor the sneech. A resolution waa " adopted to the effect that the acreane be reduced a per cent. from that of 1904. Mr. 8. S. McWhirtef was re-elected county organiser and' will proceea wun ine auues ot ms onica, 11," ,-i . . -1111.1. .jB'-.-jy.1,!)- Big Vanderbllt Auto to Have) Special ' v Trial. . v Daytona, Fla., Feb ' t. -Z Alfred Gwynne Vanderbllt's 950 horse-power automobile, which was not gotten lri condition for racing in time to par ticipate in tne urmona-paytona races, has been put in perfect condition and will be taken to At antic Beach, Fla., where it will be run at an early date. not yet fixed,- in an effort to lower tne world s record that, waa made last week on the beach here. . An official timer will be sent - down - from New Ticket Scalper Gets $100 Flno and in ways in Jail. TJttcksonvilIe," - Fla., Feb.- J. Frank Menng, a lionet Broker. -who was taut Wednesday adjudged In contempt of court for Violating the-order of. tha United States District Court enjoining turn irom ouying. or selling : contract railroad tickets or the return counons of such tickets, was to-day fined 1100 and cbsta and aentenced td imprison ment in uuvai county Jail for ten days by Judge Boardman. presiding over the , United State District Court. .. , CH6 ncmanded to Stat Courts, ,1 Special to Ths Observer., - , "ii-' - AshevUle. Feb- 2. Judge : Pritchard late yesterday afternoon rendered his decision in the cso of Mary Si. Pen land aral nut the j. 8, Kent Company and Kopev Kllaa. - Th case came be fore Judge Pritchard on a motion to remand to the State courts. His honor ordered that the case go back to the Stat courts and : the litigation will be thrashed out In tho Superior Coui of Tancey county. - ' . . , - . Verdict for 3.000. I , Special o The Observer.- ' -' Conrora., Feb. a. In tti of John H. - Jfciv-cncr, ailnilnlstrntfir. ot ' WulttT HftVfiicr. who w,s KLintly hill' d the Bouthorn I?'illriy, win, m mjln the' road -ir d:in m- , tha imy i--iitii W verulct for $J,oi, '1 In ri r : t f preheat term oC Cabarrus t i t nu t St "t Ffiffl'il lo Tt O Vir. V Inaloii-Suli 111. I' in, 1. ' ;!t ln- mitulr,! t, -"limit f triiiuv 1 himbtiK, linirt, iim n r"--i r- nrntsi tim i I i I i 1 iini'h co.ti'ii Hi 1 t 1 t h lwen 1 aiJ'T'l d I v I to TiiETioT. has xiiici:i:::. THIRDvrERMERS 31 AY EE t ' ; ".''i ; KTHibllcan ' Leaders ' of Rot It i ,; Answer Rurry-l p Call I'nun t.a .- Ineton Frouient on I'olnt Sending' in Nomlnatlona of ' Holton, UUlkau and llrklw Eeappolntnient-.WtMt Will l.e : , About Dvflnito PromlM) to Ap2 t Wagney? Manila? Both Slth s I -.pleased --The. Situation Cos. BV vAJh Hn,DEBRANI). -J " ?A S ? Observer Bureau, ; '. 17 O -street, N W , " . 1 JVashington,- Feb. S. Senator, Bimmons, apeaking' of the press reports in The Post fof yesterday of his speech at; the b'anduet in Wil mington, on the' evening of the 4ist ult.. said hat he wa not .reported with ; entire I accuracy,-:, arid that this inaccuracy was doubtlesa due- to. the attempt to . abrevlata Taud generalize certain speclflo statements made by the phase of th subject - covered bv amffi.' W!i ln that his i !f toTard th, reat, enterprise rumors and atatementa wnfch tiad found their way into tha press of the H?ZbalOM him to fear the conditions In the Isthmus were bad and that he was glad to be able to say as tha result ve t,Do.i - -.. w lilt before the committee on inter-oceanlc v-..ai inciuaing mucn evidence irow the chief officials in harg of the work on the Isthmus, ha had been led to believe that, while mistakes had been made and error committed and some things done there that were sub ject to Just criticism, upon the whole, taking everything into consideration. we were getting on fairly well on the isthmus, and that, speaking generally, the present conditions down there-wera-all right.. He said that he confidently expressed the .opinion that all doubt aa to the feasibility of the successful con struction - of the , canal had been re moved and that, m that connection he complimented veryjilghiy the compet ency and efficiency of , the chief en gineer, Mr. Stevens,, and commended in terms of congratulation the -seal and energy of the President in . behalf of this great undertaking. r . fonticians representing every Shade of Tar Heel Republican thouirht. fnro- gathered here to-day.,.. The Raleigh Hotel was made th stamping ground for, both day and night confer ences. There was Chairman Rollins. National Committeeman Duncan, - A. T. Grant. . envoy .extraordinary ; from Davie county in chara-e vof G fl. Bailey's candidacy , for , the Coflector Bhip, and H., S."Harkins, the - present collector,' who is' shifting for himself. On the other hand, there waa Con gressman Blackburn 1 and ' hla chief lieutenants, O.'Bam Bradsbaw. editor of The Sar.Heak and Clljit Wagener, ! it Became apparent, very early m the day, that something decidedly . out of th ordinary waa impending, for It was a hurry-up -call that brought the clans together. -They had made th discov ery - that President Roosevelt, , taking his cue from the Department; of Jus tice and tho .' Treasury-, Department. mi tin pnu ui acnuing lit tn - nominations of District Attorney Hol ton and Marshal Mlllikan and had about concluded. , to teayo Collector Harkins undisturbed' -', ' Friend of the present, office holder hav represented to Department offt-. clals that much confusion V would ' necessarily follow, should any changes be made at this time, and the Presi dent is , inclined to the opinion that the public service would suffer, "should there be any swapping ot horses in the luiuuie ot ine aircam, tw in me f veni new men are appointed: white the rev , enue officers are on trial at'.Oreena boro.. It. t understood.- that; the De partment, of Justice has also been led to 1 believe , that there: may be still other Indictments if present officers - ara not molested and that,' ths govern ment has much to gain in- a financial , way. -'The -outa"'' laugh cynically at thta proposition and say. the govern- . ment la notLoverly consistent in talk ing about pttHfymg"Th'' revenue ser vice, with a collector who commission ed ' the ,men who hav been guilty ot afl th rascality thusv far unearthed, and . with a district attorney, who did not discover- Anything - wrong until hear the close of his terro,;when he frahted "a - reappointment, and.- after the friction - arose between hint and Cpagressman Blackburn and then oth ers, declares that Rollins : has thrown fat into tb Are. Those , taking thta totnt of view say that not only Collec or1 Harkins but . Messrs. : Holton and. MflUkan expressed a. wllUngueas to re , tire from service If the rest Of the third-termer were .- to, "go. but Mr.' Rollins refused td accept any rewlgna- -tlorts until after' he got hla father ap pointed postmaater at Aahevllle. .- and now Harkins and ? the reat of them, braced, up by tha news regarding the attitude ot the' President and Attorney General- say -to-night' that they hava 1 no notion of resigning. In this way. the plot has - thickened.', Moreover, several of -the "ins,. while the Ashe VUl jpostoSic" content wa . pendin went ahead and subscribed for stoi . In Th Industrial News and this w 1 slderation, they"" feel, ahould their 'calling and election sure." ; fact; thia was part of tha game. T desiring change now say Kollins 1 come around to their way of thio' but thetr fear is that has Is even Ingly too late, vile went to the . House twice to-day. . - The 1 first t the President waa too busy to tal.t. ; him but ' made 'a 'hight .engagenn . and Mr Rollln wa given an audi-n. of an hour's duration tc-nlKht. It i said that he called the Presiuent'a in tention to the resolution passed by t: Republicans . ot tha ' last . L,egls!.nu!---. protesting -.against . "third-termers." but, aa stated at the eutft. It H lleTed the President is still Inclined t renew the commissions of present of fice holders, for the pies' nt at lea This applies to' Marshal MUhkan 1. well to District Attorney iioiton a . some ! are wondering what tho ' -dent Will do with hla detlnits rrv to give the .marshalahlp to Va At the present, wrltinsr. It looks : thlURs are not moving to mil t the State chairman or f- I: '?u: Cone-re' -"' i. . ., !"-' 1 t
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