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'I HEADY A T WHITE ; HOUSE. -, PLANS ion: HANDLING. MOBS , " nmnnd and Executive Offices Will , ' '! be Closed All pay and Adjoining . t (streets w oe jsubtjoiw-wv llced to Permit Access Rehearsal - 4 Id. Held, With Wedding Musical and .PV GJfte Stm Arriving From Al- ", XJ6t AW Quarter of the Globe ' ;, -. Guests, Estimated at 950, May Over - flow into tureen Koom. Washington, Feh. 16. In the East ' , Room oFthe White House to-morrow 'Mls Alice Roosevelt,, "daughter of Mie , President, and JRepresentatlve Sfleho- J lan Longworth, of Ohio, will be" unltsd 'In marriage.' The nlstorlo roomtn I, which the ceremony will be performed s'!., nd which, ban been that scene of no ay , i-: brilliant events, will, be decorated pjore , ' elaborately than .upon any'prevlAti cftslon. yet with extreme taste,.-; Th y V work of preparing to East Room, lor "? Whe wedding continued throughout, to- , '.V day and waa practically complex? by r 5 to-night. - jLate tn the day, the-wedding -wan rehearsed Jtt the East .Room. -Norte ' but the wedding ' party waa ' present. The President waa engaged at the time In- conference rWltb " Secretary Bona' ; parte and Admiral Sand at the exe- ' cutlve-offices and waa not at the re- ;' bearsal nor "Was Bishop Henry fx". , Satterlee, who will officiate to-morrow ;."-Mr, Longworth, accompanied by bis best man and the ushers, walked from J his home to the White House, Whore , they Joined Miss Kooseveu , ana ine i other members of the wedding parry A larre section of the United States '-Marine Band, under the direction of .Lieutenant Santelman, was in attend ' ance - playing the musio for the re- hearsals . Throughout the day, express wagons and private messengers were continu- ally arriving at the White House with -j wedding gifts for the bridal couple. Presents have . been pouring in con 'stantly for pome time from all ; uons of 'the country and from almost . every quarter of the globe. For two days the presents have been on. ex blbltton to Immediate personal friends . . of the bride and groom who have come to attend the wedding. It Is estimated that there will he about 950 guests present and It is pos : stble that some' of the number maw have to be placed In the Green Room, ' although it Is believed by 'those ac .. qualnted with, the capacity of the houae that the East Room will be suf ficiently large to hold all the guests. After the ceremony, and the reception ' of the guests by the bride and groom has been concluded, a buffet wedding breakfast will be served In the .state v dining room. , The White House grounds will be ' closed throughout to-morrow and none except those who-have been in vited wilt be permitted to enter. It Is realised that If the grounds were open ed during the -earlier part of the day they would be tilted early and difficul ty would be encountered In getting the crowd out.; The executive pfTices will also be closed throughout, the day and ait work Will be suspended. ; Major Richard Sylvester, superinten dent of the metropolitan police de partment,, has perfected arrangements for keeping tbo streets adjoining' the White House open so that carriages will be permitted free access to the gates, and congestion prevented. Photographers and special news ; paper writers have been arriving from all over the country, some coming to the American capital from European countries. However, only a limited number of newspaper men have been Invited and these are either personally known to, or are personal friends of '. the family. GXILTY OP PERJURY, Jury's Verdict tn Can-others Case Charles and Will Carruthers to b Put w Trial 1 Itowan Court To Day for Secret Assault. Gpclal to The Observer, r Salisbury, Feb, 16. Almost the whole day has been consumed In the trial of Sam Carruthers for perjury. The false' swearing came from the old man's testimony that his son Jim is not a bigamist. , Jim is serving, with his two brothers, Charles and Will, two years . for conspiracy against Walter Crump To-morrow morning, the two latter-will be tried for secret assault, , The jury this attrenoon re turned, after deliberating nearly two hours, a verdict of guilty, but no sen tence " had been made. To-morrow morning- Crawford Bennett, Esq., of . Charlotte,, will make a motion for a -,, "new trial, on the ground of tnsuffl cieney of evidence for conviction. Mr, Bennett made a most adroit defense i"," for Carruthers, but evidence was decidedly unfortunate for his client 'f, - d W. Lane, of the firm of Lano Brothers, of Roanoke, Va., one of the largest contracting firms in the coun try, yesterday submitted to an Indict ' ' firtent for acting as labor agent with "'"; out license and, by recommendation of the prosecution and agreement with the defense ..was allowed to go ' with wimple payment , of costs. On' ';. the charge of enticing away servants, ; - Mr. Lane also pleaded guilty and went V ,1, with the same Judgment s in the first casev J. H. Carter, of the same firm, , . wiia also in d feted for the- same of- V fensei He refused to enter a plea Of ' Guilty until certain conditions were cumpuea .wiin, , jie was.cnargea wim ';, '-consplmcy,, too. , He -consented to tuo plfia of guilty when these words were "-1 wi itteh on. the back of the bill of In- j dlctmentr "Nol pross as to an counts Kiccept first count and all the words t said first -count relating to . way laying and to beat and, kill are strie . ittn .out and afterthey, are Btrtoken out tho defendant enters a plea of' guilty." Mr, -Carter was then taxed with 'the costs, as Mr, Lane waa. Not- TFithstandlng the absence of criminal rases of serious nature, the week wifl , hot see the close of the Stat docket And.lt wl!$ go into, next week. J JR. ; I-eo Wrlgrht secured A divorce this af ternoon, for O. ,WtIll lard against JcioHsle.OMard and with this chapter , enUo4 the erier erlad, ."Ood sny the fetote and the honorabe eourt,. v,- " : Mr. J." M.- Fllppln,- was" hostess Wednesday night to fen couples, five ' tables playttlg bridge.. At the close of the same, Miss Bunlah Barker was de clared winner of the lady's prise and J. Allen , Wheat of the arentleman'B . prise.. A" dellr loua collatn tut ealads, olives, crackers, cakes an eram waa i4rved at ll:Su o'clack and the party . tiisperea at mwnignt, it was given In . honor of-'-Mlscet " Anderson Mli Wilson, who are' visiting Mrs. M. E. the committee that he saw no reason Harper.- It much enjoyed card (why Director "'North should ' regard party an! Mis.. Frpnlo. -proved a fiimffny Of the information upon 'Which hst?s. -i . 1 i the r.eport a based as secret. COTTON HEAKINCr IS HELD JORDAX FOB TAB OX CONSt3Hai Among Speakers Representing Varl ous Interests Before House Coin mltte In President i of .Cotton AS' , K'iatlon. Who t'raeS That EstU . mates on Probabie Consuinptioii bo ;Made With Aid of Consular Service e -Assistant Secretary Hajca Bo ' scribes Departments nan- far le t , onent and Accurate Reports -resiaent or xvew .Kngiana Mann. racturers' Assotiatton wants V'ni form Bate. , ; Wasblngton, Feb i6 "Oenaemen, cotton ia. king, to-day. Cotton statls tica are now on trial.". With these words Chairman . Wadsworth, of the House committee -on agriculture, opened the general hearing on crop statistics before his committee to day, ' Assistant Secretary Hayes,; of the Department of Agriculture; Presi dent -Harvie Jordan,, of the Southern Cotton Association, Atlanta, Ga.; J. A. Taylor, president of the National Din ners', Association, Dallas, Tex., and many Southern members off Congress, representing planters. Were at the hearing. ; -. , Assistant Secretary Hayes was the first speaker. He gave detail the plan of tho Department of Agricul ture for gathering statistics and change recently made in the system of the Bureau of Statistics. He said the Department purposed to retain the crop reporting board; to have 2, 800 county reporting agents, 41 dis trict agents and several supervising inspectors who shall travel and in struct district agents. Different codes re u, furh'ohel dch district agent monthly and. the agents' re ports are to be given to computers in sections, to avoid the possibility of leakage. With perfected reports, Mr. Hayes said - the markets would be lests affected. Frequent and accurate reports would work .against the speculator, he said, and the Weather Bureau reports will furnish a guide as to conditions for the time between reports. HATES FOR ACREAGE CENSUS. Mr. Hayes said the Department of Agriculture, would be benefited great ly by having more agricultural sta tistics at its command.. He said an acreage census should be taken every five years and would be of great as sistance to the crop estimating board. When asked about the accuracy of the cotton estimates for last year, Mr. Hayes said that, judged by sta tlstlcts on ginning, the cotton report was within 2 per - cent, of the actual production. Mr. Jordan said he believed the Reports of the .Bureau of Statistics had been fairly accurate, and he said that he believed that If the Informa tion gathered by the Department could be- safeguarded Its reports would be generally considered satis factory so far as they go. In the opinion of Mr. Jordan, the government was doing only one-half of Its duty to cotton interests. He satd the reports were all' Tor the use. of the consumer and' of little value to producers. He urged that esti mates on the probable consumption of cotton should be made by Federal authorities. Through American con suls, he said, statistics could be gath ered abroad. Of the Census Bureau, Mr. Jordan said it should not attempt to deal In facts concerning crops un less it be equipped to handle facta. WHAT NEW ENGLAND WANTS. James R. MoccolL president of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, said a uniform bale should be agreed upon for use In com putations, as the various bales con fuse reports and encourage wild spec ulation. He urged that In giving out condition reports figures should not be given, but the crop should be de scribed merely as "fair," "poor," etc. As condition reports are speculations rather than positive facts, he said It Is wrong for the Department to .name a fixed amount. Mr. Maccoll. said he favored a cotton estimate about De cember 1 to come out on the same day with the glnners, report, but de nounced the Keep commission plan to have seven reports a year, and said a multiplicity of reports would encour age speculation and keep the market constantly disturbed. GINNERS' ASSOCIATION VIEW. .President Taylor, of the National Glnners' -Association, 'congratulated the Department of Agriculture on Its cotton reports and said the totals-had been quite accurate, but the reports on separate States had varied greatly and. consequently the speculators had availed themselves of these discrep ancies. ' Mr. Taylor said the Depart ment admitted that It takes the re tort'of four or five correspondents In the South', in preference to the re ports of all' other correspondents. Ho' urged that the ginning report of the Census Bureau and the cotton pro duction report of the, Department. of Agriculture should be combined un der, one head. This; he said, would simplify the 'compilation of both re port's and lessen their cost. He fa vored .a uniformity of terms in re port ' and ' said it was desirable to have-the annual report of cotton ginned. and that of cotton produced by the Census Bureau and the. De partment of Agriculture on the same day. ... - s CENSUS ENUMERATORS' GRAFT. ' Mr. Jordan stated that It has been reported to .hint from time to time that census, enumerators engaged in collecting statistics for the Cotton gln ners' report are acting as correspon dents for New Torlt;otton brokers, and " asked for information as to whether any. law was contemplated which would , prevent the setting of information by government agents, - Representative Burleson, or Texas, rei lied that a bill Is now pending providing a-fteavy penalty for tha dls clJKUre of secret Information . fton eernlng, eropa , by government em ployes, and he assured Mr.. Jordan that ihla bill wM probably become a law In a short time. Mr., Taylor ompIatned to th eom mittoe that at the Census Bureau he vns unable to get permission to look at-the" glnners". report for 21 counties in whith he. was especially Interested. tho -total differed radically from figures the National Glnners Associ ation had ompHed.4 He said he waa permitted to look at 'cards fof. eight of the counties, but eould not get tho others. , As the - glnners" report had dccb nraa puomt ho expiameo to JIOUSE FALLS, KlUlNG.ONjE ASHEVILLE MERCHANT YICXIM J Thomas J. -Hercll Killed and Three uuiers injured ,One l"atauy, in tna Collapse of ReveU'a ' Building .. Order Given by Owner lied to Ae- ,; cldi-nt Mrs. Thomas A. Jones ' Leads the Work of the Rescuers irlef of Mrs. RevelL Who Watched Work of Rescuers, Pitiful. 1 Special to 'The Observer. v . - ," Asheviil. Feb. W.-Thomaa, J. Revell, a merchant and highly respected citi zen of Asheviile waa hilled and three other persons injured In theeollapse of a. frame building on Central Avenue this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Injur ed tt T. J. Wilson, Gus Williams, and Jv F.' Prescott, all white. The collapsed building belonged to Mr. "jRevell and Jt was an order given by him that sent the building to the ground resulting in death and injury. The building was being raised for tho purpose of' building higher the brick foundation. It was an old structure and was held up by "jacks." The four men, were at work beneath the struc ture when Mr. Revell, gave instruc tions to loosen one of the Jacks to let the building down on supports. The Jack In the center of jthe building was loosed, the building came down; the other supports gave way and' the crash followed. The falling building made a great noise. The crash and the cloud of dust attracted nearby neighbors and these went to the rescue. i WOMAN LED RESCUERS. i Mrs. Thomas A. Jones, wife of police Judge Jones, of this city, led the res cuers. She grasped an axe and went to chopping away the debris. A corps of rescuers was formed and Prescott, Wilson and Williams were soon taken out. Only Williams Is badly hurt. His injuries are serious and may prove fatal. The rescuers' did not reach Mr. Revell for half an hour after the acci dent. Mrs. Revell had reached the scene and watched the work. Her agony was pitiful. With clenched hands she prayed that her husband, might be found alive. When found he was dead. His face and the upper portions of the body were crushed and mutilated. He could scarcely be see- ognlzed. Mr. Revell had .not been at the building 10 minutes when the acci dent occurred. The building belonged to Mr. Revell and was being repaired for his use. SPRPVG TRADE EXPANDING. Bradstroet's Finds That Winter Con ditions Have Not Caused Much In terruption Holding of Cotton Drawback to Collections in South. New York, Feb. 16. Bradstreet's to morrow will say; 'Siprlng trade In dry goods, clothing, shoes and millinery continues to show expansion, despite the presence of win ter conditions. Interrpution from this source, in fact, has been less than an ticipated and shipments of goods on old orders and preparations for house trade at leading centers go on un checked. Retail trade has been ap preciably helped by the weather, but considerable stocks will unquestionably be carried over. The effect of this carry-over on next fall and winter de mands remains to be seen. Other de velopments nave been generally favor able. Concessions in pig iron prices have brought out some new business West and South. Collections are fair to good except in the South, where holding of cotton Is a drawback as for some time past. Business failures for the. week num ber 204, against 24S in d90S. VIRGINIA LEAGUE ADVANCED. NationaLBonrd of Minor League Base ball CI u 18 Completes Its Work Action Taken in Cases of Various Players. New York. Feb. 16. The National Board of Minor League-Baseball Clubs completed its three days' session to day.. The cases disposed of to-day In clude the following: Player A. D.' Sla ter was awarded to Galveston, Player Robert Tarleton to Baton Rouge anj George Friskie to Jackson Miss. The petition of the Jackson, Miss., club to have Players -Better and Schaffer declared ineligible waa de nted. The charges against E. J. Ran slck, manager of the Augusta, Ga., club, were dismissed. W. D. Gaston was awarded to New Orleans and L. C. Hall to Jackson, Miss. Walter Sa il n was awarded to Temple, Tex., and H. D. King to Montgomery, Ala. The petition of the Virginia State League to be advanced to class C waa granted. The claim of Mobile, Ala., to Edward Walker, drafted to Jackson ville, Fla,, ' was referred to- Secretary Farrell. ,. , - - CROWE ACQUITTED OF ROBBERY Jury Finds One of Alleged Kidnapper of Eddie Cttdahy Not Guilty on Charge of Robbing Omaha Packer of $25,000. Omaha, Neb.. Feb. 16. Pat Crowe. charged with the robbery from Ed ward A. Cudahy, the Omaha packer, of $25,000 in connection with the kid napping of Mr. Cudahy'a son, Ave years ago, was acquitted this afternoon-. The Jury was out 15 hours. The kidnapping of - . Eddie Cudahy, Doceniber 19, 1900, and his release upon payment by his father of I2S.0O0 ran som,' created a great sensation and the search far the kidnapper was stimu lated at the time by, the offer of a reward of 50,O0 by Mr; Cudahy. 1 . Last October Crowe -was arrestednin Butte, 1 Mont. He waa . put on . trial February, 7, There was no evidence positively to identify Crowe as one of the, kidnappers. ' y . (J, J; , ,j t i-.y- - i. . jYir .j in -i amft.mni.iiuinttii'-ir ""si Hi. ii-JfLii't'"r-i .imjirtr i (njn'1 f . WILL LAST THREE DATS. 1 Anniiat Convention of Juniors at Sails, bury Will bo Largely Attended. SjwciAl to The Observer., ', Salisbury. Feb. 16.-The State Council of the Junior Order will open its annual convention here next week. The buslneos wilt be transacted In the Wachovia Bank building and the public meeting will be held Tuesday In Meronry's theatre. The convention tasts three days and from to W visitors are expected. Salisbury has more than 400 nwmbers of th order and -a number -over the county, i Tw..Mh..r. ..tivwM ..,.,; '-..Georgia Has a Legal Hanging, --' Dawson, Ga, Feb. lf.sala John son, a. negro, was hanged In the l.!I here- to-day for . tho murder o Ellx Banks, an old negro woman, -several months ago. . His neck was brokt'n bv the fall of ver seven feet ' Johnson mounted the scaffold without tremor, and after the .noose waa placed, asked the sheriff to tighten it tittle In or der that his neck mirbt b krokrio bv the falL He stoutly maintain d nnotehc until only a few minutes be. fore h execution, when he confsjed that he committed the crime, ' P TOL SEBYE 25 YEARS officer's ; Plater in prison Jerry Cobb, a Negro, Convicted of Slaying .-Pitt'. County Constable, Placed in Penitentiary to Serve fxmg Term Mr. Geo. C, I'pehurch, Wake's Oldest Citizen, Dies In 5th Year Masonic Deputy Cirand Mas , ters - Appointed Charters Granted and Amended Reward for Es--, caped Convict Raleigh News. ' Observer Bureau, i2t South Dawson street, , , .Raleigh. Feb. 18. Mr. T. K, Bjruner, secretary of the North Carolina State board of ag riculture, has just received a letter confirming another of his endeavors to attract, outside capital to the State. This time the' satisfaction lies In the fact that George B. Smibh, of Can ton, Ohio, has sold "his possessions- in that State 'and has purchased a farm near Chapel HIU. Mr. Smith writes Secretary Bruner that, at the occasion of his sale In Ohio, he displayed ie maps and plcturea representing North Carolina scenes which were Krcatly ap preciated by those In attendance. Deputy Sheriff S. I. Dudley, of Pitt county, to-day brought to the peniten tiary at Raleigh Perry Cobb, a nego who will aerve 25 years for his connec tion with the killing of a constable in that county. Cebb first gave no tice of appeal but withdrew it. Commissioner of Agricultui-e S. L. Patterson is again able to be at his officer after an absence of three weeks which was occasioned by indisposition. NSecretary T, K. Bruner, of the agri cultural board, will leave next Monday for the eastern part of the State for a ten days' trip, when he will gather btatlstica pertaining to northeastern trucking field, fisheries, hunting grounds and kindred matters. Me will also carry along a fine photographic outfit as a series of pictures will be embodied in the final report to the de partment. ...;(?;,". . The State charters the Auroi-a, Hard ware Company;, at Aurora, Heaufort county, to conduct a wholesale and re tail business; authorized capital stock $10,000, of which amount $1,000 is paid In, W. A. Thompson, Si. Thompson, W. L. Bonner, J. B. Whiteliurst and J. R. Boyd are 'incorporators; the Southern Laundering Company. Max ton, $2,650 subscribed in a total stock of $25,000, P. E. Llnnell. J. K. Weath erly, A. J. McKlnnon and T. others are stockholders; the charter of the Heath Lee Hardware Company, Monroe, is amended by changing the name to the Heath Hardware Company, and by In creasing the capital Rtock to $2.r)0,0OO, W, C. Heath Is president and J. A. Stewart is secretary and treasurer; tho charter of Jenkins Brothers Hhoe Com pany, Winston-Salem, Is also amended, the capital stock being increased from $120,000 to $126,000, With $50,000 preferi- ed; officers, R; J. Jenkins president and H. E. Jenkins secretary. A charter was granted to the Keima Knitting Mill Company at Selma. with authorised capital stock of $25,000 and $10,000 subscribed by M. C. Winston, I,. H. Allred, C, W. Richardson, and a number of others ,v; REWARD FOR' JARRgf.L. Governor Glenn to-day' offered a re ward of $250 for the capture and de-. livery of Burton Jarre! 1. the escaped convict, to the sheriff of either Wake or Warren county. This', in addition to the reward yesterday from the nher- iff's office, brings the total up to $300. i Last night telephone calls were re-1 ceived stating that the prisoner had I been seen hiding in a ditch near the city of Raleigh. Officers went in pur suit but found it to be only a false alarm. The report of building and orna mental stones of the State is now ready to be sent to the State print ers. This report discusses the various deposits and their economic import ance. It shows the State Is well stored with stones of the granite type, and is probably better supplied than any other Appalachian State south of New England. Attention is also called to undeveloped deposits that are so well worth quarrying, and reference Is made to the beautiful- samples dis played at the St. Louis Exposition. PRISONER'S PLOT FRUSTRPTED. Through careful watchfulness by the nffliwra nf Wake emintv 4at1 It Htivolmiu that ihfi tiara nt h a nAll Aftminla Ht. I Robert LJUingston. convicted in (he last term of the Superior Court and given a sentence of 14 years in the penltnttary, has been tampered with, There are four bars of Iron, 8 inches by about that have. In places, been partially sawed through. The openings were carefully filled with soap and other substances of a grdasy nature and It Is not possible to tell the term of operations. The effects were found out by a careful survey by deputy sheriffs and were seemingly beyond de tection. DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. A petition is being circulated by the mends of J. w. Harden, of Raleigh, setting forth that, in the event T. C. Bailey, the present postmaster, is not again appointed, he might have their endorsement. While Mr. Harden has many friends In the city, the thought 1 not entertained that Mr. Bailey's re-appointment will be Questioned. Hon. Francis D. Winston, grand master of the North' Carolina Lodge Of Masons, , has sent out commissions to the following named deputy grand masters: W. T. Cross, of Gaitsvttle for Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank and perquimmons; T. W. Blpunt, of Roper, Beaufort. Dare, Hyde, r Tyrrell and Washington counties; W. B. Vaughan, Halifax, Northampton and Warren counties; CV I Pridgen, of Kinston, Greene. Lenoir And Pitt counties; R, M. Koonce, of -Jacksonville, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico and Onslow counties;' F. M. Moye, Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson counties A. J. Har rts, Henderson, Franklin and Vtiuee counties; W. B. McMUlian, Wilming ton, Brunswick. New Hanover and Co lumbus counties; A, B. 'Andrews, Jr., of Raleigh, Harnett and Vance coun Ites; A, c. Davis, of Goldsboro, John vtotf And Wayne counties; H. L. Hpence. of Carthage, "Chatham and Moore counties; M. C 8. Noble, of Chapel HU1, Alamance, Guilford ' and Orange counties; T. H. Bailey Mocksvilte, Da vis, Iredell and Rowan counties; R. E, Austin, v of Albemarle, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly, Salem,' Caswell, For syth and Rockingham; C B, Flournoy, or Charlotte, Mecklenburg and Cabar rus; , J. Durham, ef Bessemer City,' Cleveland; Lincoln and Gaston; J L. Banner, of Morttesuma, Caldwell, Mit chell,. Wautauga and Yancey; - R, . F. Edwards, of Topla, Wllkea, Alleghaney and Ashej JI Gwaltnoyj of Taylors ville, Alexander, Burke and Catawba: Sol Gatlert, of Rutherfordtori, Hender son, McDowell. Polk and Rutherford: Dr, J. IV A belt, of Waynesvllle. Hay wood, 'Macon and Jackson; Marshall Bell, of Murpby,, Cherokee, Clay, Gra ham .and Swain. 'Deputies will be an nounced later for the third, ' tenth, SAMUELS 1 FOUND GUILTY CONSPIRACY COUNT HANGS JURY, Judge Boyd DeR rs Sentence Until tho , , Situation is More Fully Developed by Other Trials Hearings Will be ltesumed March I3th Jury Stood 5 for Guilty and 7 for Acquittal on the Conspiracy Count and tho Verdict is Recorded as Made- Judge Boyd Holds That Defendant Can be Brought to Trial Again on the Charge of Conspiracy. Special to The Observer. Greensboro. Feb. 16. At 11:50 this morning the jury In the G. W. Samuel trial in the Federal Court, tied Into the court room and rendered a verdict of guilty, as follows, after' deliberating alnce 6:40 last evening: . "We And him guilty as to making false reports as a deputy collector, of aiding and abetting, under that count, and we cannot agere as to the count Charging conspiracy." Ex-Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr., of counsel for the defense; arose and asked this question: "Then It will be a verdict of not guilty as to the charge of conspiracy?" Replying, Juror D. F. Morrow, who was, the spokesman, said: "I can tell you how we stood on that five for guilty and seven for not guilty." The verdict was ordered recorded as made and Judge Boyd announced that It was'hla opinion that the counts charging conspiracy still stood against the defendant, and that he could be tried upon them. Addressing the Jury he satd: ''Gentlemen of the Jury, the court feels It ought to thank you for the very patient and considerate manner in whloh you have dealt with this case. It has been a long and tedious trial, covering a great field of evidence, and a learned and exhaustive discus sion by the attorneys for the defense, and you have listened to it all, and you have no doubt given this matter a careful and conscientious considera tion, and the court feels constrained to thank you. ' JUDGMENT DEFERRED. The court then took a recess for din ner and upon reconvening this after noon District Attorney Hoiton prayed Judgment. Rx-Judg Hyuum stated that be had filed with the clerk a for mal motion for arrest of Judgment. upon errors appearing upon the face of tho verdict. He then discussed the verdilct, declaring that he challenged the counsel for the prosecution to point out a single line In the, statutes regulr ing a special employe of the govern ment to make any returns or reports, and that If there swas no law to this effect the court could not proceed to pronounce judgment. He aserted that Samuel did not make any returns, that his diaries were merely letters to the revenue agent and that it would be far better to stop the matter right here and let the district attorney try hi client on the other counts If he wanted to do so. Judge Boyd announced that It. was the purpose of the court to defer pro nouncing Judgment in any case until the situation was more fully developed by the other trials and that his term would adjourn to Tuesday; March 13th for a resumption of the hearings. He said he did not believe In the severity of punishment, but rather In the cer tainty of punishment, and preferred to watt until it is ascertained who is the guiltier party or parties and then pun ish them accordingly. He expressed ills regret that his position .required that he should preside over this trial, for no one sympathized with the de fendant more than he. He spoke of the strenuous work connected with tho long and tedious trial Just ended and complimented the counsel on both sides for the seal they had displayed. DISTRICT ATTORNEY PLEASED. District Attorney Hoiton was seen this afternoon by The Observer's cor respondent and he expressed himself as greatly pleased over the verdict, which he claimed covered 11 of the 33 counts in the bill of Indictment. The penalty Is from 11,000 to $5,000 fine and Im prisonment from 6 months to S years on each count. It is said that the Jury stood eleven to one for conviction on all the counts from the start, but that one man Insisted on his position and finally agreed to return a verdict of guilty, provided the other eleven would consent to say they could not agree on the conspiracy count. District Attorney Hoiton will go to Asheviile next week to prosecute at the special term lasting one week, to be presided over by Judge Edmund Wad dill, of Richmond. Va. Solicitor A. B. Hayes, who has been assisting In the prosecution of the Samuel case, re turned to Washington to-night. Fall River Cloth Market Firm. Fall River. Mass.. Feb. 18. The weekly sales In the print cloth mar ket are estimated at io,oou pieces Apart from the trading done by brok ers for tne American ranting com pany, who purchased about 70.000 pieces, genera business In the print in goods for the week has been on ly of fair character. AH classes of odds are firm, prices for wide styles hnwintf continued strength, with an advance in $9-lnch 68 by 72 of over last week's quotations.' thirteenth, sixteenth and twenty-eighth districts. WAKE'S OLDEST CITIZEN DEAD. : Mr.. George C. Upchurch, the oldest citizen of Wake county, and during his lifetime a resident of Raleigh, pass ed hie nlnety-fourtn oirtnaay Wednes day last and Is dead at his home on Wilmington street. He ,lw survived by a large family of children and grand children. i A meeting wilt be held at Manteo. February 21. at which representatives from the government and members of the North Carolina . ooard of survey Will co-operate id staking ef tba boun daries of the open way for the shad and -other fish coming from the At-1 lantlc ocean into and through Albe marle ' . sound . to their spawning grounds. This cooperation also mean that tne aepartmeni at wasnington will assist tha State in .maintenance and crotectlort. .By this means the In dustries so named will be .very ma terially increased. , ' There lurks . little story of certain tenderness-sin a letter that has just been wrltterhby Garfield Hicks to his mother,. who Ulved at . Frankllnton. Hicks Is the Megro who was brought to Raleigh and placed in Wake county Jull and who did not leave the jail when his companion. Burton) Jarrolk escaped Thursday morning. In. this tetter .' which - passed through - the - of ficers hand to-day the negro tells his mother that the one reason why he did not flee waa lot fear of the fact that the law would accuse her of helping In his escape, because she had recently visited him, . , SIIUH YOTJB ON BATE BILL SENATE COMMITTEE GUESSING Attitude of Certain Democratic Mera - bers in Not Disclosing Position on ' Court Review Feature Leads to Ad journment Without Action on Main Issue, Each Side Fearing a Vote Mr. Tillman 111 and Mr. Cnlloin in Florida Amendment Are Adopted Increasing Inter-State Commission to Nine Members and Fixing Lia bility of Common Carriers. Washington. Feb. 16. "We have heard as many opinions on the railroad rate question as there are members of the committee and each man is afraid to bring the court review fea ture to a vote, ' said Chairman Elklns to-day, when the Senate committee on inter-State commerce adjourned until next Thursday without having taken a vote on a bill or considering an amendment for judicial review of or ders of the inter-State commerce com mission. This statement was made in the presence of Senators Dolllver and Clapp, who are contending for the Hepburn bill in the form that it came from the House. It was said in Jest, but it is believed that It more nearly expressed the situation than any pre vious alleged authoritative announce ment. The committee agreed that im portant amendments will not be voted on until Friday of next week. Ostensibly, the committee adjourned because Senator Tillman was sudden ly taken 111 with pneumonia and could not be present, and because Senator Cullom will return from Florida some time next week and cast his vote In the committee. The real reason for ad journment is believed to be the atti tude of certain Democratic members in riot disclosing their positions on the court review feature. Neither Re publican faction in the committee was certain of the outcome and a vote therefore was not insisted on to-day. Supporters of the House bill were en couraged, however, by a telegram re ceived to-day by Chairman Elklns from Senator Cullom asking to be cpunted against amendment to the Hepburn-Dolliver bill If a vote were taken to-day. Without taking up the question of judicial review of orders of the com mission the committee con cidered many amendments of fered to other sections of the House bill. Senator Carmack. who had been absent during the former deliberations this week, offered an amendment, In creasing the inter-State commerce commission from five to nine mem bers. This amendment was adopted by a vote of six to five, as follows: Af firmative Elklns, Aldrich, Kean. Car mack, Foster and Crane; negative Foraker, Dolllver Clapp, McLaurin and i Newlands. It was agreed, however, that Messrs. Cullom and Tillman may have their votes recorded on this amendment and this may change the result, though this is not believed like' ly. Another amendment offered by Sena' tor Carmaek to fix the liabilities of common carriers, railroad and trans portation companies for negligence, wan adopted unanimously and will be Incorporated in or added to the bill an a new section. For Uniform Divorce Laws. Washington, Feb. 18. Delegates ap pointed by the Governors of every State in the Union met here to-day at the request of Governor Pennypacker. of Pennsylvania, to discuss the question of divorce laws and the best methods of bringing about uniformity tn the di vorce laws In all the States. Governor Pennypacker has always taken great Interest in the matter and personally requested the Governors of the dif ferent .States to appoint delegates and send them to this conference in this city. At different times in the past efforts have Deen made to get tne va rious State governments Interested In Die matter of unlformlzlng the divorce laws, but nothing was ever accom pllshed. Cloning Navy Powder Mill. Newport, R. I., Feb. H6. The Navy powder factory located In this Vicinity will shortly be closed indefinitely. It is a rather small plant of no great pro ducing capactity, ana tne other sources of supply, governmental and by con trvit, are considered as , sufficient for meeting the needs of the navy In this respect. Berides cost of production of the small amount or gun powder mads at the Newport plant is greater than It should be, according to the recent calculations made by the Bureau of Ordnance. The machinery will be kept in good condition, so as to be ready for use at any future time, should it be necessary to haves an additional source of supply. , Dodged the Ponca Indians." Washington. Fob. 18. Ten Ponca Indians who cHme from Oklahoma to Representative Longworth with a buf falo skin vest were much disappointed not to And Mr. Longworth In the House when they vinlted the capltol to-day. The Indians were especially painted and dressed In beaded buckskin cloth ing in anticipation of an elaborate presentation ceremony. The Indians later called on President Roosevelt and gave him the vest for Mr. Longworth. President Roosevelt accepted it on behalf of Mr. Long worth, promising to see that he should get it. , " , Virginia to Kxtabllsli Epileptic Asylum Wirhmnrul. Va.. Feb. W.Th flennt day passed the House bill providing for the establishment of a home for epi leptics. The hospital Is to be located near Lyncbarg. It is understood that tba Governor will approve the measure. A bill was Introduced in the House of Delegates to.day providing for the estab. lishmrot of a banking department and creating lue on ice oi . i-'ommisslon of Banking ior-tne commonwealth, of Vir ginia. , , " , f , ; . , , Will Increase Capital Stock. Jersey City, N. J Feb. 16.-A meet ing of the stockholders of the recently Incorporated Corn Product Refining Company has been called for the pur pose to vote on proposition of in tton of the company is practically the formation of a big trust, which will control theCorn Products Co., the N. .Y." Glucose. Co., the Warner Glucose Co., and another starch concern. ... . Senator :, Tillman ' Threatened ' With Pneumonia. Washington. Feb Senator Tillman, Of South Carolina, who is ill at bis hotel In this city with . a severs .cold, which threatens to develop Into pneumonia, was reported to be quietly sleeping to night. The Senator returned to Wash ington this morning from Columbia. S. C. 't' '--v'" nu'J'i VV'1iViinu-HW,i'liifii''i ri),TtiiisiisfBiiiiit"iit1iiM,iiiiirTa' ' Etf-Jodge Graham Improving. . Special to The Observer, v . , ' .. ,.- Oxford, Feb.' M.-Ex-Judgs Air- ,W. Graham, who has bwi rrtticnlly fll fur a week, la now decidedly bettor. Mis. arahnm is slowly Improving . after - a reount severe, illueiiS. , -iui'j $20,000 South Carolina Exhibit for , n Jamestown." , Columbia, . :., Feb. 1.-Th General Assembly of South Cnrollna to-d.iv pnn-v-d a hilt apH-milHt!ng $.0,000 for Ui Jamestown Exposition , '! - T ' 1 T pi . 1 . $ BBADLEY MAY LAUD JOB GASTONIA POSTOFFICB UP AGAIN" It Is Assumed That the. Nomination, of the Organization Candidate Will be Very, Soon Confirmed The Salisbury PostmasteralUp Promises to Make an Interesting Situation A Cousin of the Present Incumbent . Applies, Backed by the County Or ganization No Action la tlie Pul- . Ham Case Yet A Bill Appropriating Money to Drain a State St amp. BY W. A. HILDEBRAXD. Observer Bureau, Ml? O Street. N. W.," ,v,.r Washington, Feb. 16. At a recent meeting of the SenaM ; "' . postofflce committee. Senator Scott,' 8 ' West Virginia, was asked to Invest!- ' gate the papers bearing upon the Oas tonla postofflce contest. Numerous al legations were made to the effect that Mr. Bradley, the organliation candi date, was a" resident of 8outh Caro-"' ''. ,. iina, and numerous patrons of the ofl v ; flee, including -member of the Repubt . lloan county executive committee, ask , ed that Mrs. Holland be allowed to ',.- succeed her husband, against whom the Department made some complaint. After fully Investigating the matter j ' Senator Bcott has reported that. In his Judgement, there can be ho "reas" 4 -onable objection" to the appointment of Mr. Bradley and It Is assumed that his nomination will very soon be con-t firmed. Congressman Blackburn ha taken a hand in this contest to the ex- j ' tent of calling at the Department seW , .'. era! times and asking that the wlahee of the local Republican organization be followed. SALISBURY POSTMAjSTERSHIP. This question of county organization! . endorsement and "third termers" will, , it seems, rise up to annoy the Con--' - gressman from the eighth very soon. The term of the present postmaster at Salibury will expire in a. few days) when Mr. Blackburn will be called on to make an endorsement, this of flea being in his district. An overwhelming V. majority of the patrons of the of- flee have asked for the retention of tho present Incumbents James H. Ramsay, who has held the position many years.. John A. Ramsay, a relative of the present postmaster, arrived here to- day and l seeking the appointment. Moreover, he has the endorsement of ' the Republican county organization.' , " .", Mr. Ramsay called upon Congressman Blackburn to-day at his hotel. It waa stated that Mr. Blackburn has not, a , ';' . yet, committed himself with respect to this appointment. NO ACTION IN PULLIAM CASE. Senator Overman received a ' tehr phone message to-day from the De partment of Justice saying that no act 1 -, tlon had as yet been taken in the matter of the pardon of Lawrence Pul 11am. The Attorney General has not ') had an opportunity to go over the pa-r ', pers. Miss Pulllam, who arrived here recently from Asheviile, discussed the , matter with some of the Department -. officials. s- T WOULD DRAIN 8TATE SWAMpI : Having in mind the problem wbichtj' ha frequently received the anxious attention of statesmen from the moun tain districts, Mr. Gudger has V 're duced a bill appropriating fundi for t draining Mud Creek swamp In Tran- J sylvanla and Henderson counties. 1 GLASS COMPANY WEAKENS. Carolina Glna Co. Makes Proposition to Investigating Committee to Re'1, lease Claim on SOO-Car Order If Committee Will Make Certain Re ' IHt-t to Senate. Observer Bureau, 12t Main street. . ' " Columbia, 8. C, Feb. U. At a special meeting this afternoon of the ilspnnaarv Investigating committee.';.', the ('(irolliia Glass Company submitted a proposition where by It released all claim on the K cars of orders It has ahead with the State board to defraud the Stale. Into competition for the busmesx- on-'a--1"""" cull for bids, furnishing what the dls- :' pensnry needs for immediate use at tttn reduced prices, on condition tlmt the . committee, would report to the assembly that the committee does not believe the company, has entered Into any collusion with the Slate board to defraud,tfie Stat ? -' To-night Chairman Hay, of the commit. ' tee, received the company's proposition , -In writing. Hh reply was the commutes could not agree to it. that It did not de.iii-o to express Itself on the question of collusion or fraud. The committee simply does not wish to be placed In the pom. -tlon of committing itself. QUICK WORK, ' 1 ' Young Man Arrested, Tried. Fouu.it .Guilty and Sentenced Within 3$ -Hours at Salisbury Charge Waa ' , Larceny. '-"' - Special to The Observer. . Salisbury. Veh lMa E. Heilig. this afternoon bound over t court G. C. Mills, on a charge of larcenv of overcoats. The young white man had '" ucti. or-iuiiH w aiiu men nave lost them, but only one owner of a lost coat; Z has turned up. Thl w Cpt. L. A. Frasler, of the Southern Railway,, who' ': -lost from his train a rain real some 7 time ago. Later the roat wue sold to' Thomas Hiigiws and it has been Iden tided . ' by Mrs. Frasler. It was a cravanetto style and easily described. It was a, quick piece, of work. Chief Miller ar i i-efcttd his man yesterduy, at '1:30 o'clock.- This afternoon lie was bound ver to- ' court and at 4 o'clock he was tried: and -' ' found milltY. Judm Council nfM ih. goud-louking young fellow had been con. victed, gav him six months -, on the roads. It -took less, than H hour to do ' everything, .? - w,? vV- ? n , -,, , , 1 . , , i Charged With Beating Hubaml, , Special to The Observer. Durham.' Feb. 18. The - trial .of ' Mrs. Fannie Goldstein, rharred with iir,r.;.,.. her husband. Abe Goldstein, waa set for trlul but the hearinar was nntimat tha nfternuon. This afternoon the matter, was further delayed. It la said that there are efforts beine mads to mnnimmiu ti.. difference between the retired merchant, and his new wife by means of which ' there, will be an agreed Separation and she will probably go back to Mew -York. , Nothing is certain about this as yet. as tha negotiations are. still on 4 t". ,. Low Price of Ieat Tobacco to be tn- t vesugateu. r , Washington. Feb. 1.-Rer,resnt. , ttve Trlmble.vof Kentucky, introduced a resolution yesterday requesting the secretary ox commerce and. Labor to investigate the low price of leaf to- oaecv auu vermin wnetner x It Is caused by a "combination in the form of a trust, or otherwise or eonsplra -tn restraint of trade and comrre., among the several States or wiih f ; -elgn countries' ; - ' '' Deserter Captured. Special to Ths Observer. Sallsburv. Feb. m-JCIi' f Fmr't - has in ciit-toily V r t ms" t j delphui." wn is - -Hiited ! l Mu1'Ihi-mmi. 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