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uirrtipnoN jiicj:: .ooter-yjar. CHARLOTTE, N0., FRIDAY MOANING, FEBRUARY ,9, 1906 tr price five c:;:a, Si t ATE BILL PASSES, 340-7 :iO OF IMPORTANT MEASURES C rop Report Leak and Pension Rills Vtto Ho . "Through the " House- Votes Amilnt lM-Partisan itall roml liatii Measure Were All Re : publican, One Democrat Answering "Present": and; 28 Members-- Being Palied lit ticneral 5139,000,000 for Pensions and $1,245,000' for iU!.tn Bureau -85,000 Fine and - Ten Years' Imprisonment for Crop! jiejwrf v.raners.. 1 v w b r, Washington, Feb.- 8. The House to day passed the Hepburn railroad rate mil, am memoers voting tor the bill. , Seven.', alt Republicans, voted against : it. Applause greeted the announce' ment of the result ' byv. the' Speaker. : Those who voted against the bill were Littlefleld, xt - Maine; McCall 'and ' WeekSr" of ; Massachusets; Perkins, flouthwick : and Vreeland. of New york.'" and Sibley, of Pennsylvania.' ' Mr. Sullivan,- of Massachusets, voted "present,"- and was not paired.' mere were, 28 members paired, but these ' pairs were general -' political ones None of them vai made on the blU and ronsequently did not Indicate Opposi tion, s" 4 ?"s, i t . .The pension 'appropriation .bill, oar rylng 189,000,000 forr pension, and $1-. Z4i,uuu jcor pension aaminisiration, waa taken an. debated and passed without amendments " The - feature of tha bill. .; aside from the anoropriatlon made, a provision making statute law of the famous order of the Presiaent aeciar In age conclusive evidence of dia- JlhillfV, ' ' " " "-.i ' Mr.l Garrett; Tena.) advocated' high- 1 er nenslona for Mexican war veterans. It 'would be a most graceful" act, toe said, to increase these pensions to $20 . m month, i Thia would entau an, aaaea annual nost of but 1415.000. r . -,"' 5 A number, of bill were passed at the - close of the day, including- one provid- lna A tenalty oi f5,000 ana ten yeara- imprlsonment for the premature reve itinn nf ' : government - Information :5 v.io-V.t- ha n hearlnr . on the , market prfce of commodities, the same JT- penalty betas; provided against gov- -ernment employe who apeculate in v commodltie regardlng'wnico the gov T1 M,.& ,.. w i." - . v cm men t furnishes statistic. The H6us adjourned ,wiiu io-mur- 't-. Washington, Feb.4 8, The House to- f i . ,vday. passed a-v senate -mil aainorum .: m' the" National BankiOt Orahatn. VJr 0 Rinla, to change.it location to. Blue--a ,f ; field. W. Ya, . 'hr- Jr i ' Hons to Adjourn in lTnaowed Honor i , - -i - of Wedding. l ' Washington, Peb. &-lthoua1t the V Jlrpuse of Representatives will not take t ' A-fficiut recogniUon of" the wedding of Jiiiw Roosevelt and Kepresentatlve Ung- worth on Saturday. Feb. 17. adjournment 1 -will be taken on Friday, reb, 1, ntu ,'fw MinBinv Mnm1T without avowlnK - the purpose. In thie manner the House! will avoid -establishing a. preceoent X Articles of Agreement for Match at V Aslievllto March it Slaed-rLlnk-a Itc-ord HlfK KxlUbltlona mth , ' , 'ABhevine.- Feb,'; 8. The article r ' ; agreement for the Olsen-Unk wrestling contest here March. 1 have' been return ; ' ed,-from 'Baltimore, .'where they Were signed W Charles J,- Weiss, manager " and trainer- for "aiad" - Idnfc. Every - thing Is now read, for the big;"mur ' , next roontb.', Link will be here about i . February IS and those having charge ot the contest are- endeavoring; o se 'V cure two or more bulls with horns for 1 1 Unk, to i train with. Thy' desire bull .' active and fierce. and Link1 exhtbl-".tlon- wltn- - the. ull la .expected to '" Manager Weiss in his letter or y eater ; - - day, says tbat Link was never thrown . iV by ' Frank' Gotch,.- one of the great - American , Wrestlers.' Gotch and Link ' - wrestled to a draw after over an hour's " - work ott the mat." He says that Link ' "has. offered to wrestle Qotcb. ; since . that time but that Ootch had been un " ' - willing to . meet the Baltimore man. -r-:f Wels says1 that hi man -ba thrown : i; "Farmer? Burns and wrestled Tom - Jenkins to a draw. Link has also ' thrown Joe Grant, the bbjr .Washington H wrestler; George Burtlngame, cham ' . , Jilon of the South; Sebastian Miller, of ,, Brooklyn .-and 'mora than a hundred Other well known mat artist. Weiss, ., , in nis letter, says tnax unx waa ' ,'tbat at the--time Link . was sick and -.wa advised' bv his chvsiclan not to ' wrestle, that night. S A great deal of ' . Interest Is manifest . in. the com-,-' ,, ins match .-and this Interest has ' in- creasea since oisetrs victory over w i timer at Cincinnati yii week,, 'f 'u V.j-l-i ,. r,ii?t. i . i, , 'M ,' H , PISGRACEP PASTOR " SUICIDES. " Conretratlonal Minister Arrested lot - Kendlnfc -Obseene - Letters - Throws " .Himself Before Train "In - Presence . of Crowd v and Incurs ' Fatal In ; Chicago. - Feb. - 8. -Rev. . Justin G. ' Wade, pastor of the First: Congrega - tionai cnuTcn, waukegan,' ill., who ;: was yesterday arrested iby- postofflce i inspectors for sending obscene -letters ...tnrougn the- tnaiw, attempted .to eom , jnlt sutclda to-day by . throwing him " self In front of a train on the Chicago st, northwestern Hallway, ;.h His . In juries are fatal. , . . . i - ThjB minister rushed upon the track ana wncn tne engine 'was, aoout 2) , feet distant', threw himself flat upon - bis face. . Ho was struck by tho pilot of the engine and was .hurled many feet to one Bide -of the track, v A larae ; crowd of people waiting for the .train aaw the attempt-at suiddei iV. ROOSEVELT NOT VOTED UOWV. Commander ' of Atlanta ' Camp of , Ulioelcr's Cavalry Issue Jlfclalmor Mcmloa of , Name Merely Brought ' ,j Out Fact Tlwit Jlonomry Members Are Barrat, : if:-V slcA ''Atlanta, Ga.( Fob.' ' .-Ool. John A Pmther, commandnr of Camp A, Wheel er's Confederate Cavalry,- ha, issued Hatement In" Uetnil of stories ' that a renolutioti was offered to elect Preoldent Koosevelt an honorary hiember of Csmp A, end th.it the resolution 'met with Bplrltcd epjiooUlon and was voted down." "The puuiicntlun eferred' to 1' a - fla- frant mlirpre!oiitatlon of fnets," cutd ol. Prather. ;i presided nt the meeting, hud when the. resolution vat offered, at tintlon wa himply railed - to the tact that the by-lnwn of our nniwiofatlon ' pro Mliltd any honorary mombors and the rcpolufton was : withdrawn. It was not ,v n. debated or. .voted on. nor 'was any opposition voiced -aguinst it." , - . ritlStpplne v Tohaeco Not ''!. Menace; a . . Trade WflHliliKjton. ,! F-h. g. The tobneco In dusirv lo tho Philippines w.ia clinr.uafod hy gcreta ry Tuft to-dav tefore.- the f-inate committee on ttux 1'hllif'iMriM, Ha b.iiiI tha rntire ammtit',of I'hwcco- nt- -it(l hy tin) iHliimU niimi:i1iy yvnt ,-tn t nfMl th tlnfl If,t,!ir(iitii itf J.;'nr;,H- tr. ri. ri'i-rearv-i'iiit iiill ,ii,. im- ri'iiniiiir id i- ;ir f I . I', A il U li!f I ' , IJ.'- u 4 it 5 " r i. en I i.i . i .-ia t' ' ' 1 j "I, a i f J . I -1 A RAILROAD TRUST'S, PBEY W,' VIIIGIMA'S TLIA TO. SENATE Letter From Gov. I!iwon Complain . if Ine - StroiiRly of Policy of Three Trunk. Lint; an Itesult of Pennsyl. :i vanln ItaUroiid's Control':. Is ; Head 'by Senator Tillman -Interests of imilnatoil to 'l'lioso of Pennsyl' vanUvIiivehtlgation - to - le 'Afiked ' lrnlcH House Acta Like '. ConUI - tlons AH Over ,tho -, Country, Say ''Mr. Foraker.v YliS'.H.V : Washington, Feb. 8.There ' was - a general expectation that to-day would witness a. revival Kjf yesterday's excit ing occurrences in tne seriate over un Patterson's caucus resolution but It was not realized and the 4arge crowd attracted to the . galleries wa- .disap pointed; : Mr, Scott spoke on hi cblll giving telegraph-operator of the, civil war a pensionable status, and?1 the bill was passed, ,. ' r,s' t l-i i- . Mr. Tillman again to-day made refer ence- to the charge that the railroads In wees v Virginia - were discriminating against, 'the private coal-mines, and bad - read, abetter from the Governor of that State charging that the Penn sylvania Company controls - all i. the trunk..: lines In West Virginia,, to the disadvantage of the State. y'r K . Governor Dawson's letter- says: :.-,vt "lt may. be that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company does not legally own a coatrolllnir part of the Baltimore A Ohio Railway Company, ! or. the KOi- roik & i tWettera Hallway. Company. but I have no doubt that an JnveatlKS tlon will show that the Pennsylvania Kauroaa company j practically con trols these three great' 'trunk j lines which traverse West Virginia and which ; are the only means 'toy wh ten the products -of this State ' including coal, can he shipped either to the lakes m the west;; or other market in the East. Hence it is a fact that West Virginia to-day. .Is In- the grasp of a railroad trust which practically ears what part of -the State shall ib dever- opedr how much coal shall be shipped out or tne tstate, to wnat point - or port itr snail be snipped, and when shall ba shipped.- Of bourse.- it makes ns ' own - rates and we are - helpless. uoe Pennsylvania Kanroad . is verv largely. Interested in the production of shipment - of bituminous coU it .WtU naturally look after ltar own Mhterest and the. interest of the people- along Its line In Pennsylvania and .elsewhere first of all and therefore theN interest of West. Virginia. are subordinated to the Interests of these others, and our railroads upon -which we are depend ent, are controlled by a.n alien corpora tion practically in t competition with The Governor Concluded by reauest lng an official Investigation into the state of affaire, and Mr. Tillman said that he would move -for such an invest ligation but -for: the fact that the House was moving in that direction tieaaid that 'a the letter came from the Republican Governor or the Statu It wa of transcendent Importance and h did - not see t how an investiaation couia D refused, and, unless the Hoimn ehouid move in the matter he would ask toe senate to order an Inquiry. - uir.i. juiiuna saiu oat . mere was a 8tatelaw aftordlnfir ait adeatinta wtn- edy by mandamus for such conditions a those s represented, but that ship per nesuatea to employ lt.' He sug- swiea nat tne -uovernors letter be re ferred to the committee en inter-State commerce, and it waa so referred.. ar. -roraiter expressed the hope that there would be an Invstigatlon albng the lines suggested , by Governor Diw- son,V He said that tlie Governor's com-r piamc went to tne heart of the railroad troable all over, the countrvjand h. pressed the opinion that, a remedy for the. evil complained of would do more to solve the , problem . than anything ine railroad rate bill waa receives from the-House. and referred to the committee on inter-fltatft mmmi.- The, Sepate adjourned until to-mor- ANranAcrrE Mtyims' mtMASD.s Intimations Are ITnofflcisUy Given at .v., unOTuarro ni-jionr iwy and .Slight '. Wage, Increase in Pro -t.W1Ih'baiT' V- - The1 ant thracite acale eommlttee of the United Mine Worker went Into session here -aayP -An agreement having - bee n made at the Shamokln convention that Mr. Mitchell should act a -the press committee; nothing definite was given out, It s inUmated, , however, that sixl requests are to-be- rnade-when the miner' delegates and - railroad - and mine officials meet. rThey are as f ol lows;'..-, . fr , '. " ' . (1 -An elght-haur" day for the company- hands. ,' k , (!) A trade agreement - wjth the operator. - 'M' ? 'i ' 'i ( . . (3) .Slight Increase 'in, wage for all classes Mn and about the mines. 4) .Uniform , scale -for rock, slate, water and ati other dead work, 1,000 Pennsylvania Mhiers" Strike. runaisutanwey, pa a ' Feb. 8. At a mass meetlpg here to-day of miners employed v by the Buffalo, ; Koehestae and Pittsburg .Coat and Iroh Company; the Jefferson and Clearfield Coal and Iron Company, and allied " concerns with headquarters here, it wa decided unanimously not to go to 'work again until all grievances between , the men and , the companies have beeH "adjust ed, , It is alleged by the miner that the Altpona-scale . ie being, violated. About 1.000 men are affected,, , Vc i . ;t ' 't . . . - . , ' ) caLl extended,--' fy" Marion" PresbyterlaA' Chnrch" - Asks Rev. ' C, F. Myers to Beome Its . Pastor -Washont on 8. A -W. Re paired." - vi-7' - 'h!'t Special to The Observer,'. V-. ,"'' - Marion. ' Feb. At . ' cona-rMrntlnnal meetlntr at the Presbyterian ohureh last niaht the. eonn-eeutlon ovtnndml a nnantmous call to pew C, F, Mvers, now nillna- a charao in West- Vlralnln.' i Th4 meeting was prealded over by Rev, Mr; Trey wick, -of Hickory. . . - , The South & Western Railroad has re paired . the wash-out below. 8pro.ee 'Pine and the trains are running rea-ularlv be tween Johnston Cltv and Snrtioe fint Juat as soon as the weather will permit they Will besin work In earnest -here. Thy have Juat . received two car of mules, this week and -one steam . shdvtl mat noiu two Taras ot earin, which thy will soon begin opwatlna;. . Iminn Hl(lsoot. a. nenaiimer, . hnu ir is 104 years, this week rode four mils to town to have bis voucher ens lied. Further Delay In Opening Buncombe Special to The' Observer. r.- ' Ashevllie, - jh eii. Neither i Sheriff Rwii or Solleltor -hrown hove had In formation from Judwe W. R. Allen. lnr the receipt of hla honor's telerrm Won riy t ting that bs was too 111 to reach AKheviiie f nu prrsme-- ot the -term of Knp'rioc .Court ;(.;liedulrd to , convene MowIhv. jmiite Allen mIhipI that'. h liotmd to-be weil enough to ronie lo Ashe. vIDa the latter, part of this - we-k ami , - nover I' ii lie lil.lt t ri invent - coiivt tsiiturday. it icunmit n t whewier court will- ennvenw at time or not. SHOOT CASJE KOT UNENDING INQCntY.TP EXIT T1US SESSION Chairman Barrows Announce ' -That He Will 'Insist That the Committee , Conclude Its Work Before Congresa - Adjourns Introduction of -? Testi- mony 'for Acensera Likely- to Close , To-Day Prof, Wolfe is Again Jfcx amlned and Testlftes to Mormon . Belief in, Iolijaramy as a Plvlne Institution Not Allowed to Com T peto With ICI'wch lit Baslueas. . Washington, ' Feb.' 8.The' Senator Smoot case, so far as introduction of testimony by tho- protestants .is con cerned, probably will be closed to-mor row. , Chairman j Burrows v announced to-day that he would Insist on. con-r eluding' the Investigation' and. making; a report at this session.- The - defense has. not announced the . number of wit nesses it expects to call nor when it will be ready to proceed. - The hearing to-day dealt wrth alleged Mormon in terference in. bosines affairs and with the endowment boUsoeremony.' ''Three witnesses testified that they had taken the obligation administered, and - a they recalled it there was - variance in the form as it rehfted to an agree ment to avenge xne oiooa ot tne pro phets. 1 Henry iW. Lawrence, - of I Salt Lake, said be had been called upon to promlee - to.1 - avengre Joseph ; Smith, Wr-,,vk fim4t ' Tn trt A Ofl.t.n tin. ley P, Pratt, 'aN Church leaders,', who met death at - the hands of mobs, Thl witness declared that no Mormon could go through the endowment house without taking the oath. - r i Professor Walter M. Wolfe was to day subjected to a severe cross ex aroination by A. , 8. , Worthlngton, counsel- for the Senator. - He denied charges by counsel that he had- been rintoxtcated in several public, places and that he had r, expresed - contrition be- eausef his refusal to pay tithing, " . iWolf e said that In Brlgham Tonqg College Oven . Jorgensen : and v Flor ence Reynolds were the- only student whom be knew, to nave become plural wives. He thought that children ef polygamous ; relation looked ;tipon polygamy as a divine institution. -' A number of songs, alleged to be hostile to - the government, : of the . United states, were put into the record, and Wolf 2 said ' these - songs were, sung irequentiy, j ' ; v ' ' Charles A. Smurthwalte. of 0den. Utah, testified that-be had been ex communicated by the Mormon Church In April, j 1905,. He I - a director lit the Beck Salt Works and told of hav ing been called to Salt' Lake City to see-x-reaiaeni, joaepn - v ; emitn ana, members ; of the flret Presidency. Which held the controlling interest in the -Inland Crystal Salt Company. Mr. "Smurthwalte was told bv Presi dent Smith that if he remained In the salt-business In competition with the Church he would be ruined. 1 No agree ment waa reached and he was ex communicated, he said, in consequence. r-inatiy, ne eaid, he publicly dis claimed: Smith's authority as -a -prophet, and spoke against bis testimony on the subject of polygamous -cohabitation, and was tried on charges of apostesy and unchristian-like con duct and found guilty, -' uring his testimony Mr, Lawrence referred frequently tothe tyranny of the priesthood' that' existed during hie membership in the Church and Chair man Burrows . asked if that tvrannv exlBted to-day. The witness Said that there wa more liberality shown, but that a man who desired- to continue In good StandlnK in the Church must obey the leader in all things. He said that the revelation of polygamy must be believed by a good Church mem ber whether he practiced It or not, for to suspend one revelation would be to ouayviiu tllQUL ail, , --"--. ' v TOOLE BILL KILLED. ; " South Carolina. House - Vote Down -ien-iior jusbor Hill Morgan Lo cal OpUon BUI Made Special Order for To-Day in the Senate. x ' " L' "Observer Bureau, , -...!-. 1A Main street,' L ' Columbia, S.i C, Feb. 8. The hoiua to-riav kflla fh rni. . hour .labor bill.. ffaoUnar nnttnn niilk.ku. St.Jpt.ri ?' 7 tgaln of seven votes since last session, when the measure wa put to sleep by a vote of l to a. Ses sion before last, when the bill earn over from, the orooedlnar wuuinn. It wa y k..;i.. v.7. - 2 -. ..v w, , iiunuw, T ' tk VVIQ - PX W lO , uw uiM iiopes pi Dsssina tha hill next session. He also has hopes of going to Consreaa from thn Tfnraa rn,lr ,n.u mill sccUon. - V V , The biennial sessions boat Came near iuj upiet an tn jnouse within a few minutes of the dinner hour. There were four bills under consideration as recom mended by . the biennial .sessions com mittee as being - necessary to - pass In order to cet tha matte hAfni- th in proper shape. The first bill was put to a vote. The friends of the measures proposing to put the matter, before the people -discovered; before the vote- was announced, that thev lacltmt -th. eary etfhatttatlonal S3 - votes, ' the , vote stanaing w to M., Mr Herbert changed his vote and then moved to reconsider, which waa carried, hnfc hn v bii- ...... . , mi, vuimi. voted down. Debate was then adjeorhed till to-merrow morning in order to secure it vote wiin a. ' iuii aouan preient. The Columbia and Richland dele against the resolution, But this vote of SO to 18 should not be considered a test vote of the House on the. question" of biennial sessions,-- The House -merely de sires to place-1 be matter before the peo ple In such shape as to give them tin opportunity to vote Anally, the first amendment,-which they favorably voted upon, not having , been submitted in proper shape, -i'- - , . , The House killed Mr. Fraser' resotu, tlon to submit an amendment to Thn mn. stltution to the people so eg to add a fifth member to, the Supreme ' 'Court bench.. It passed Mr. Pucker's bill- to allow an llligltlmate child to - Inherit irom its motner, emenaea wttn the addi tion of a proviso that It ehail .not so inherit if there are any legitimate child ren surviving..' , - - . -' In the Semite the Morgan, local option bill waa made a- Special order , for to morrow, when It Is expected that debate on me otoer aispensary Dins eenaing be fore that- body will beeln. 1"he Heiuitn killed the bill to reduce the fertiliser tag nu vi wun-u niuiiitj- Koes to v iem son College. A ' motion to Indefinitely pontpone the bill providing for the estab lishment of a reformatory for youthful criminals was rejected -JB, to JT, ,. .. . , i , i, i, i i I. tm i, i. ii i, , ,i iANTI-PASS BILL INTRODUCED; Senator ;- LaFoIlette Would " rohiblt - Granting - of Such - Favor 5 to All f Federal Omrtals, Candldnte fori Federal Ofllce and Political Com- ', mittees,'. . tvu v- ' ,j..a - Washington, Feb 1 Senator ' La . Toi lette to-day Introduced a bill prohibit ing Federal officials front asking or. ac cepting railroad Or other passe and-pro-hlbttinll railroad from granting them. It Impose penalties for Violation of the la, law - , , The bill forhlds all persons end Cor porations slvlng free passes or franks to sny political committee or- its employes, to any candidate .for an office unilr trie eonstuutioii or-laws of the Unttml lMntes, or to "any holder-of such an oihcw. The bill forbids passes, frank or prtvil.-srns peine Issued to anv person vvhleli r wlidiu'M from any other per son for '"the traveling HceonimiHlutloii or lri ortBiion of nny pi-rsoii or niwneitv or I Cull. ti-.., ,rm"sjLn ol any rmtrtMim or : ( t .it i , .":,::,'., : ., , .: .. ?,Tm uHJ$L iihw..,c,Ln.chw'.'. which the Southern; aid thla morning that vX'd tek&tte9wba1i tWMth instituting of the. suit was the HAILROAD VORK TO CONTINCE. Injunction "Ajgralnst Raleigh & South : port Dissolved The Much Ex. t ploitcd E. II. - Weed Fa yet t evil le Special to The ObserverT . ' : Fayettevllle, J'eb. 8. Judge Justice having on Tuesday, at Xumberton, dia-, soivea tne injunction against the JUU eign & southport Railroad Comnanv prohibiting if from the construction' of Its line through "Myrtle Hill," the estate of Mrs. Eva Cochran, th work pwm proceea at. once. The company is required to give a lustined bond of tl. 000, to protect he property of Mrs. "The late' E. ! H. Weed has filled so large a space - in.; public- print in the last- ten days that doubtless the read ers of The Observer would like to know something ebonf the personality pf tha man. E.- B, Weed came here several years ao, and first established a pine product, plant in, the northeast ern outskirts ot the- city, and he then moved into the country. At the time of his death "he did not look to be more than 40 or, 45 year old. with dark hair," close-cropped moustache, etrona- race ana expressive-eyes; figure a lit tle under.: middle 1 height, shoulders square and a little-stooped, and he walked with a-very "long stride. He seemed to be all business, and never appeared to think of anything else He was regarded here as a shrewd, calcu- rating man,--and ' was personally i well liked.- Mr. J. R. Boyd, manager of the Postal Telegraph - Company's office in. this city; said or, -him a day or two agoi "Weed was a fine customer of this office, paid his bills promptly add was; very - generous":, to the messenger boys." - ..." - - Tha correspondent spoke to E. B Weed only once during' all his resi dence . her 'and " that was over the telephone, with rather singular ending. He called Mr.-Weed up and stated that be would like to" ride out to his plant with a photographer, take some pic tures and write any article on his ope rations etc. "-''Ah,' said Weed, inquir Ingly, "you 'are 'a newspaper man?" ye." was .the reply. "Well," came the rejoinder, ."I don't want to se any newspaper man," very wen." said the correspondent, "or course I won't go." 'Then he 'added jocularly: "Til WTit you p 'when you die." The cor respondent did 'not then know that he was prophecy Ingv T - -- The engine" room or the eniaraed city electric light plant is about com pleted, and work on tne foundation tor the new engine?-began to-day. Super intendent Jones Informs the corres pondent that the' Improved light ser vice will go Into effect about the 1st of March. 1 - - Mr. John Ledbetter, of the Ledbet- ter Steam Laundry Company, has been carried to the Hlghemith Hospi tal for treatment. . . The remain of Mrs. Mary L.ee car ver, .widow -of ' the late W. H. Carver, who died' in " Charlotte on Tuesday night, were: brought -to this city this morning, and the interment took place in the Gee famUy burying ground, two miles west of thelty. She was a daughter -of the late James Gee. First Lieutenant E. T. Watson, hav fhte 'resigned ' : onwiaeeount of his de parture from the State, Mr. B. R. Mc Kethan haa been elected first lieuten ant 'et Company"',- -Second Regimrat Of the State -Gtiarflr JA'Brown has heen elected second lieutenant, and Ruffin Power ha been promoted to first sergeant. i - , The late E..B. weed has been usual ly spoken ef hare a manager of the wmA rMstiillna- Comnanv; but, as a matter of fact, ne had no position in the company for som time Deiore nis death.- having resigned as stock holder and director early In 1905. As soon' as - legal requirements are com plied with the name of the company will bo; changed to Standard Turpen tine uetnoany. . , v . SENSATIONAL CHARGES. Ashevllle Woman Sues Southern and 4' Pullman Car Company lor Aiiegea insult ana Jianratnucui, Special to The Observer Ashevllle.- Feb. 8. Summonses have been served on officials of the Southern Railway Company nd , the Pullman Car Company in a suit Instituted in Superior Court of Buncombe county by Julia Wilkinson- in piaintin is rep resented by Martin A Craig, of Ashe villa, and although the . complaint has not yet been filed. It is understood that damage in the sum of $30,000 or $40,000 will be demanded.- it is said tnat tne complaint will contain . some ; sensa tional chargea It will be alleged by the palntlff that. aDout a ' year ago, sne was a jmaaeiiKer iiwih t niuuiu; ut Ashevllle and that ah rode in a Pull man car; that she wa grossly Insulted by some man In the car and maltreat ed; that this insult was due to the negligence of the Pulman Car Com pany .In not properly separating, the berths and protecting the passengers. e District Passenger Agent vWood, of first that he had heard-of the com plaint. -In answer to a question as to the Southern Railway Company's re sponsibility in the matter he said: The Pullman Car -Company has a conductor and one or. two porters on each oar.' Tho duties of these servants are to properly prepare all berths for passengers ana one er.tnem is sup posed to be on duty and on watch niaht and dav to seethat no rxissena-er l annoyed or suDjeetea to insult by anyone. This Is , a case where the Pullman Car Company alone la respon sible and not the Southern Railway." . - i , , t - V BIGAMIST HOCH MUST HANG. Professional Wlfe-Mnrderer is Dented Rehearing ; by Illinois Snpreme 4 Court Receives 'New With .. Iirni n ess. , if i f. t , - s,, v Springfield, JUL,' Fb,-t,r-The Supreme Court to-day denied A rehearing In the case of Johann Hoch. Sentenced' to be banged in Chicago, Feb., It, for . wife murder, , , ' t J - "i'V, tS'i h -I Chicago, Feb.' .When new of the denial of Hoch'e petition for a rehear ing by the Supreme Court, wa con veyed to Hoch at the jail here he wa apparently - unmoved, simply saying: "Oh, that I all right." -' ,.- -- His vole waa steady and bis feat ures firm, He thought for a few sec onds, and then, remarked quietly t 1 suppose that settle it," Decision Reserved ' in . Case, of Two L? Washington, Feb, l-Secretary Bonaparte ha reserved his decision In the cases of Midshipmen. Charles M. James, of Iowa, and Willlnm T, Boyd, jr., oi, juinois, memoers or tne second class, both of whom are under sen tence of dismissal for basing. The an nouncement regarding , Slldshlnman Jult-s James, Of Virginia, who was im plicated m. basing, was found to ba Incnrrwt. The latter bun not been re potted for hiiKliiK, ' and the tnlslake vss due to a cojitac-iou of liULiuia, A VERY REMARKABLE ;CASE ITWILL RE ARGUED NEXT WEEK ' V V Case Of Hicks and Jarrell, In Which -. Principal la Murder Trial Escaped . Punhdiment - While , Ilia Accomplice Was t!onvictedr Haa No ParrllcJ ,,To .be Argucd', Before Snpreme ; Court Historical Commission Pre- , paring Letters of '(Jovernor "toe , uvuiituon itennion ot Mexican . "War Veteran ' February , 22-23 coi. uide' Son, HI In Texae Raleigh New.- ... i , . ff . , . ' Observer Bureau, ' ' VIZ South Dawson street, . ' f' ' Raleigh, Feb. 8. in tne SQDreme Court- mnt'viwlt : A t. torney General Gilmer wiU make ar. gurnent for the State in a very Inter Mick and Jarrell. of Warren .countv. SIe.!lile.'l11nt8 iNu?.h cae c&n .,..,.-.,iJnira, , m, uuun, ituji LVHwiB ui.- ii iwmr- ram&run n a. - --rnii chief peculiarity is .that there wag a ttuetriai as - to tha' man- wha' killed King, a whit farmer, when be was on hi way home with hla team, while as to the man Jarrell, who was convicted of being an accesory to. the crime,' there was a verdict of 2S years in the peniteritlary, - xnere was no - argument In the Su preme: Court to-day, the . first district appeal havinff-'been dlanneed of i ves - terday. . - -: ine - insurance commissioner ." savs there, are about 80 or "90 lodges of the I .lor-?5aerw of 9t Gwdeon ln iLu!?.t,ie,:!ile!,S.h,avlntr an 7era.8 SmtiiZl do of Good Samaritans, which I also i Under Investigation so far as Its lnsur ance feature, is concerned, is of course much larger, being the most powerful of the negro orders with an insurance or aid feature. - State Veterinarian Tait Butler left to-day for Columbia, S. C, to deliver an address before the Live-Stock As sociation of that State. Governor Glenn, it is announced. Will be, absent from Raleigh until next Monday, when be will be again at his i oesk. ' : s - COPYING GOVERNORS' LETTERS, By direction of; the historical com-1 mission, the letter books of ail the Governors are being copied for . pub- neaiion, - two typewriters are at work, The first of the letter books Is that or Governor Pollock, which is private property,' - Quite a heavy sleet began falling last night and the telegraph and tele phone people, as well as tree owners. gave a great many looks at the fast i garnering ice, - rememoerinr tne ex perience of ten day ago, when a sleet did so much -damaae in this section. That sleet only extended a. few miles south of Raleigh, not so far as Fuquay Springs. ; Yesterday there ware merely lew flakes or snow, here, while at Fuquay , Springs, - which is 22 miles from here, there was a fall of 22 in ches. This afternoon, about 2:30, near ly all the sleet fell, from the trees In a few minutes. : REUNION 'OF' MEXICAN WAR ' VETERANS. ., In a letter from' Miss Jessica Smith, of Henderson, she sends a programme payment ot theae notes by the com ot the reunion ot the National Asso- i fany was nnwarranted. It is only elation of Mexican .War Veterans, I which wlU be held at WaUnet6n, PehrnArv S2-2S. Headnuarters will be at the National Hotel. The pestdent is Colonel Louis F. Beeler; Jurs. Moore Murdock is the secretary. Mr, Orren Smith Is secretary of tbe North Carolina association of these veterana The Dame of 1818 will hold their re union at the, same time and place. Mrs. Moore Murdock is tne national com mandant of this order. Mrs. Stort' wall Jackson, of Charlotte, is one or Its members, i There was quite an In teresting reunion of the North - Car olina Mexican Veteran at the last state fair on the day when Mr. Roose velt wa here. He paid these veteran special attention. Quite a party of Pennsylvania capi talists ; were : here to-day and .? spent mosf of their time wttn secretary ,t. K. Bruner," of the agricultural depart ment, who gave them much of his store-of . valuable . Inlorraatlon. The rmouSt. of " work which Mr." Brunei general publie has little idea or the has done in Interesting capitalist ana I In bringing their money to thla State j in the ehape of vestments. Ont 'of these Pennsylvanians here to-day a mr. ' iuuiuku, " , T ,. L. h..,. '..' 1. over tne wor i . vestment ,m North Carolina and is looking at some oUher proper- ' . . .. ,m I , wever. was so mwu -. to nortn groans . , vestments,. The number of charter JSSSSLJ vif"1"? "i a,: :" . iAr nneovard"bv'enw of the State I ev" terpnse, anu m v... .v- y ttJLa a" mas left this" afternoon Cowf,lan.A: w h- JaaSlta2 lW tfJXXt W? vounes? on R by the Illness Is youngMt on. R. PIaiS,ar.h0H :,-freWidn X,Z ZZk. im ...Ae i a ted with hi broth-1 ttD0Ut 7K feet aee0 and unfortun !lBw?W iS"Sth couon1 busmess ace of escape. v - ..-..-i,,- - i I an enjoys a iu h- - 'evAtVT ORDER "BIG 'NIGHT." I SECRET UIUir-1 . , si. I rrtvln-Citr Lodge to torn Dine in -.i reiehrntion v iivnnnri w -n tldan Putting Their Head -To- ,?geUev, i'f - v1 fipeclal to The Obser yer.. . Wtnston-Salem, Feb, T. Representa tive of Damon, sai em ana wacnovia lodges,. Knight ot Pptbians, met' .last lY-fci niMit to hoW a. "hlB- nlht" I issued by the State frand .chancellor: requesting ail of tne lodge tnrougnout i North Carolina to hold a "big might". n?' FChubVr r?v TVB H'-i'J 5Sf a""--' 1, ' den of this city, during which time bel wa connected with the Journal,' but t who ha been living In Columbia. B, C. t for some time; arrived in th city this monlng.. He will probably accent a do gltloiv-wltb th King .printing com- Whether the activity o? th." SocIaUst Is responsible for it or not, politic and MiitiiiiniM.inn ntf mil; - politicians are creeping out -here . and it's no-unusual thing to see helf - a doten Democrats or a like. number of Republicans with their "heads togeth er," ..giving their view on thla and that fellow's candidacy for such, and such a position the people-will have at .their disposal this year, in Forsyth, . - - ovrrnor RIonn at AihevIHe,.. Special to Observer. . . Ashevflle. Feb, . Oovemer Robert a. Olenft-wnrbs tn g"t of honor at the T.. M, a- A.. New .Year's reception to-1 morrow evening..;. The Governor, f ex-i pectea , to arrive here to-morrow .-.afterw i noon snn eettver an oiJilres during the evening ins uovernor s truhject has not botn staU-d, ! OK HAMILTON AKDALL SCATHING REPORT IS . MADE "M'- , g-'V m 'P - - Committee of Trnsteee of New York Lire Gives Directors Partial Result f of It' Labors, . Passing Severe " Strictures' Upon1 the Former Lcgls- Jative Agent and the President of tho ; Com pan y I tecom mends : That .4; Hamilton htt Proceeded Against for ia0.500 Believed - to Have Gone Into Hla Pocket His Dlnees a Sliain - i -Met 'ail AJeo Severely Blamed. "'New York, Feb C The special committee appointed by the trustee or the New , York XJf e Insurance Company, to investigate the affairs of toe -company to-day made a partial report or its laoora tq. the erirectora f This report deals only with the rela- I tativ aMni"in h Mn.r,.-i I a are arraignment ot his meth- I am ,i t. ji John" A.: McCall, late' president of tne new - York- Life, also comes in for a share of the committee's eritt clam. He is blamed for his methods In connection ' with " "the : bureau of taxation and legislation" during the last ten year and for allowing Ham- f Uton to pay out vast sums without a proper accounting. Special attention ( t called to remittances of $10,000 to 1 Mr. McCall In Tjindnn rniil 1114 Knn Ito Hamilton In Paris in 1800. . The t mimosas r ihmu:nimiiiiiiMi ih. ascertain and recommend that pro- ceedlngs be iivsrtltuted against Hamll- and McCa11 for an accounting or ritnllvmnr.t av an annual average sum. of $81,000 .was paid to Hamilton from 1896 to 1905. The committee adds that applica- : tlon has beer made to, Mr. McCall I for Information regarding the trans- actions, but that it is Informed by Mr. McCall's family that hky physical and nervous condition is such that the subject cannot be taken up at pres ent. As to Hamilton' health, which has been - represented as being ; bad, the committee says it hjjis. beeti in formed that he was physically- able J to travel and has exerted every effort to induce him to return to make a full, disclosure 'of his payments, dis bursements and transactions, but without success. ,.- ; ' The committe also holds both Mc Call and Hamilton responsible tor $75,000 advanced to Hamilton to pay the State tax. and which the commit tee declares was uBed by Hamilton for his own purposes. The1 commit tee Is advised that both are liable for this sum, The committee maintains also that tt is a matter for legal ad judication as to whether George W. Perklna. of the firm Of J. P-.-Morgan & Co., Is, not liable for the payment of Hamilton's notes for 59,SlO. . Mr. Perkins paid this account, the com mittee holds, out of the New Yory Life Insurance Company share of profits in its participation in a United States Steel Corporation syndicate. The committee hold also that the- Just to Mr. Perkins to say, tne report. tftd;dr,nhafr he -aeted m the. wauer .ir I nntlra irood faith that he derived no benefit from the transaction, and that I his liability, If any, is a technical one. 1 The committee recommend that f the law department of the company institute appropriate, legal proceed inas to carry into effect the finding and conclusion of this report. The report W signed by T. P..' Fow ler. Norman B. Ream. Hiram B Steele, Augustus G: Paine and Cla rence H. Mackay and was unanimous ly adopted., ,. . ' 28 DIE IN MINE EXPLOSION. Exploding Pocket of Gas Wreck Fan System and Ixsevee nearly ah who Escaped Instant Death to Die of Suffocation Entombed Men Prin cipally Hungarian and Negroes. Charleston, W.. Va.,' Feb. 8,-At. least e supposed to( have met death in a lernoie wnw iinraiun. w w Parall Mine of the Stewart Collier" company, near" Oak Hill. Thirty-nine etnpioyed in the mine and ftnlv, it have ascaneA alive. Villi mn.w mmKiu-y:vt - :'- night six bodle had been recovered h mouth of tne mme nd , certalft tnat aU tne othr , the mln6 are dead. ' The explosion occurred at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon and-wa caused b k t f fl,ch ,t k In a fault in the mine. Th explosion wa "rrifio and It is thought that many 0f the miner were klUed Outright by tne exp,08i0n. The syem of fan wa completely wrecked by the explosion ud'il) air was hut oft from the n,W. ,eavn th men naQ " explosion to .mother to death. The mine I. a .hafter mine Atost or tne miner caugnt m tne -im,n, Hunaarlan or neirro..' who bsa Httle experience tn mining. They ,fnt nt (r)4.r.tin th noeket nt-mt which i nearly always discovered fh nuns lauua in . me - jvaiiawna region; "AL MIDNIGHT ULALkl, Two Houses Darned to the Ground at villa tieignts a ucauttrm Sccue From the City. - nint farx Vh VTtlZ ;ni v. g(Xr, M:;:.;.m iA.i"k .'Ji. z2LJ?L Th rnnt in Mr. Jertt's bouse The or4gla of the Are V not "known. hni, i. ..uVki, m-ir- kj,rrtM W T i Si - 'Ll.rA J??- if"?! ' "i fi" UXWSS5 IS1 n,a ' Ta" aMna -te V'Jtr ' :toad2 j. uUtut' itotL '"2 2M.JFJS SS. 5vred hnuwind tr wrv VwttV lco"'ea. "o"" ana. trees .very-pretty. : The hills, ice-covered and white, had i the appearance of mountains and alto ' gethcr the effect was like a mirage, Charleston Bank Fall, - ; , Charleston," 8. C Feb. !. After a run which is said to have been pre cipitated by. the anxiety of several Greek - fruiter - with " ain&ll deposits, the Columbian i Banking and .Trust Company, ot : Charleston, closed its doors, to-days and to-night the dlreo tors made a general atmignment of property and ; assets for tha benefit of - creditors, naming Edward W. Hugnea csmlgneev -.w A no ' quart erly statement bud been marie smee No I'Vetnuer, isuj. ine ngures of 1 ' t and assets could not be glut ... PUBLIC BUILDINGS , IV. ABOUT ' $1 J.000,000 , availa: Senator Simmons, Who 14 a Met.. of . the Senate Committee, Snvs i Outlook for the Bill is Cikxi . porta Favorably Senator Overn f Bill Appropriating $75 000 l .' Salisbury BnlkllngMr. lilackl. and the ' Holton Appointmei,! , , Congressman Claud KJtelUii to I Guest of -Honor at aianqnet North Carolina Society of N. -York. i'f "jjt i i v k , . BY W, A, HILDEBRAXD. , i - ' :i . Observer; Bureau. . 7, Ol G street, N. W, c r " Wa'h'ngton, . Fe b. 9. ..Senator Simmons,' a a member of the committee on public buildings an i grounds to-day reported , favorably ?-.na,or. Overman's - bill appropriatn $75,000 for the ' erection -of a pubHi; building at Salisbury., Very few blhs of this character are receiving favor able attention these days, but when one does run the gauntlet of the' coai- mittee. it is regarded with interest, since the .- impressions. nrevaflM i that those bill favorably reported will be passed. , ; r . . . THE OUTLOOK GOOD FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS BILL'i Senator Overman said "tha- nnfloolr for the -public building bill la good, al beit it may not make available trmr man io,ooo,ooo - or $11,000,000. ,. The Salisbury and some other North Car olina bill will, in all probability!, pass the House as well as the Senate, as the bill received the favorable atten tion of both the House and - Henata committees last year."- There will be no river and harbor bill, but Speaker Cannon, needed statehood votes and. in the face of this grim necessity. Uncle Joe promised the boys a small Vpork barrel' A sub-committee of the House committee 1 on public building - and grounds has already held several ses sions, v which Indicate - that House leaders, have yielded to pressure from' those members who did not rerard the statehood bill with favor. Mr. Thomas, a member of the committee, say that several North Carolina project will be taken care of. ' - " srwuiiAnow as : to MOiyru.N h - CONFIRMATION,- -There wa revival of talk to-dav re garding the probability of , opposition to the confirmation of tbe nomination ' of District Attorney Holton. That a Democrat of prominence will -- come nero t.ij touge an oiyeciion is nrmjy oe tleved by those who have looked into the matter to-day. Just what action ' has been taken by Congressman Blackburn along this line is still not known, but the statement waa made to-day that he has more than once been seen to enter jthe' room of the Senate Judiciary committee, where tho was- closeted for some ;tlme with th ' chairman, Senator Clark, Of Wyoming,, and the chairman is reputed to hava said that the papers would not be re ported to the Senate tor the present. . TO ADDRESS NORTH CAROLINA .SOCIKTT OF lEW. XURKK - ' - Congressman Claud Kitchin " has been Invited to attend the banquet ot ' the - North Carolina Society. Of, New Sork on the $Tth instant, as the guest Of honor. f-e idelivsrthe nrinclnal speech of the evening,-. Mr, Kitchin. who will respond to the toast '"North : Carolina," has written his acceptance of the-lnvitailon. 'ft"-- - . Judge Timberlak arrived here, to day. - , " '.t : : ; THERE ARE BUT TWO.' V , , - , ,i, - . ' " V A f TliU Uie Number of Patients to be DlsclMied ' From the . State Hue pltal at Morganton. - ','' Special to The Observer. ' " ' Morganton. Feb. $. A special 'meet ing of the board of directors of th. State Hospital here was held at -that Institution to-day. It was a meeting adjourned from, the- regular meeting in December in order to complete the in vestigation then begun to ascertalu how many of the patient hava estates which would support them In private hospitals, or : how " mart "having ho " estates of tbelr own, could be-o sup ported by those legally responsible for , their care. , . 'y m , , , Governor Glenn and Mr. B. C Reck- wtth. ot the State Board of Internal Improvement, were present to-day ns they were at the December meeting.' Anterior to -the meeting in' December, and since, these gentlemen have prose cuted diligent Inquiry as to the status of patients -whoso ' flnanciat ctreum- -stance were : regarded - as doubtful, . these investigations - being ( -conducted v though eheriffs and clerks ot - the Su perior Court, by correspondence- with ' private individuals and in eome crfsea by personal visit by Mr. Beck with. It wa found, as a result, that there is one male patient In ' th Hospital -who haa no dependent and -s whose estate l amply able to support him l:i a private sanitarium, onq one remaie patient whose husband is able to sup port her elsewhere. The cost or sup port In a private Institution run from . $800 to $1,500 a year, thia-taking no account of - clothing, which ..must - be furnished In addition.-; Those respon sible for these two patients will: be at once notified to remove , tbem. The guardian of one and the husband of the other are of course now paying the State Hospital's charge for their care -in one ease $900 a year, because tw patient Is so dangerous that he mn have the attention of two attendant -. and in tbe other the regular charge ot $160 a year assessed against patienta who are able to par. i ' In addition to the above there svh two . patients i who have - kindred or friend who, are able to pay for their keep elsewhere, and a third of who; i thl. 1' probably true. But in none of those cases 'are the kindred or frlemH legally bound and.it is optional w u r them whether they remove ' the p-i-tlenta or not.. ha These were the net result of the iu- vestlgatlori. '--Th-Governor. Board of Internal, Improvements, Superinten dent and director co-operated in a snlrlt -of the utmost Oiarmony in th purpose to make It thorough and all united in the opinion that thla end b.a been accomplished and that the fin.l- tng were" Just, ; - NOT MANN'S HANDWRITING. Expert Catted 'by Prosecntlon . . Perjury Case licstllle in Ivvor Editor of Town Topics. , New York. Feb. a-Edwln B. H.i- handwrtttng eipert. was the first w. to-day In the' trial' of Col. WlUii i Mann, editor of . Town Topk-s. rharg of perjury. The wline eil by the prosecution. I!..t w - ed about the charncirr-i "O. M.," which It U ii" 'I Col. ; on a letter ti"m Count T" Answering q-n : lit 1 1. .ti'i.m, C. I. ? -ti iv (1 ,
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