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n xitp. m . i it.n t'S, ft '? , i, t SUBSCRIPTION IRICE; 7 $ 8 . 00 PEB . YEAR ; ?, ; CIURLtarH,- ct ' & a Tram a v rnprma -r a toptt in ionR 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS, BATTtE ON SlILO VOLCftHO 15 AMERICANS KILLED; 600 MDROS v ; r i ft - TWO DAYS , OF FIERCE GUAPPLE Sforce of Vroopa, Together With Naval a IeUudlinrnt BId Moro Cbnetabnlary, v V'-Witefly terminate Neat' of Dea- T prate Outlaws 'Who" Had tong ? : Baldea With Impunity From Their ' Stronghold on the Cret of a" Iva -.' Cone Besides the Dead, Wounded V, dumber 1 Pour Ofljeers, Including v r j Lieutenant Johnston, of;' Binning- i "s bam.- Ala.; a Native North - Car- h ' linlan. and S3 Enlisted j Men C T .CaauaMies of Moro ' Constabulary, ' - Who. Did Good Work," IT Artll- s , Ierjr Hoisted by plock and Tacklo to Crater's lip General Wood r i Present. 4- Manila, March 9. An important ac tion between American forces and hos is tile Moros has taken Ilac near Jolo. Fifteen enlisted men were killed, four commissioned officers and 30 enlisted tnen were Wounded and a naval con , tlngent operating with the militant ' sustained S2 casualties. ; The Moro ; lott 600 men killed. N . ' Major General Leonard Wood, com- mander of the division of the Philip pines, reports as follows from Jolo, capital of the Sulu Islands: "A, severe action between troops, a naval detachment and constabulary and hostile Moros has taken place, at Mount Dajo, near Jolo. The engage , ment opened during the afternoon of March and ended in the morning of March 8. The action involved the capture of Mount Dajo, a lava cone 2,100 feet high, with a crater at its summit 'and extremely steep. The last 400. feet were at an angle of 60 degrees and there were 60 perpendlcu : lar ridges covered with a growth of X Umber and strongly fortified and de fended by an Invisible force of Moros. LIST OF CASUALTIES. s "The army casualties were 15 enlisted men killed, four commissioned officers and SO -enlisted men wounded. The naval casualties numbered 32. En sign H. D. Cooke, Jr., commanding the United States steamer Pampanga, was severely wounded and Coxswain Gil , more was severely wounded in the ei bow. "The constabulary casualties were: Captain John R. White, wound ed in the thigh, severely; three enllst--" ed men killed and thirteen wounded; s Captain Tyree Rivers sustained a llght flesh wound lh the thigh; Lieu ' tenant Gordon Johnston was slightly . wounded in the right hand; Lieuten . ant W. T. Conway, of the Sixth Infant ry, was slightly wounded in the left eye, - All the wounded are doing well. "Colonel Joseph W. Duncan, of the Sixth Infantry, directed the opera tions. All the defenders of the Moro stronghold were killed. Six hundred bodies were found on the field. FOE3 MASTERLESS OUTLAWS. -. ; "The action resulted in the exterml- ' nation of a band of outlaws who, rec ognlslng no ohlef, had been raiding friendly Moros. and owing to their de. fiance of the American authorities. had stirred up a dangerous condition - of affairs. "The artillery was lifted by block ; and tackle a distance ot 300 reet, into a position on the lip of the crater. "Brigadier General Bliss and my self were present - throughout the ae- - (ion. "The attacking columns were com manded by Major Omar Bundy, Cap tain K. P. Law ton. Captain Rivers. Captain L. M. Koehler, Captain Mc- Qlachlln and Lieutenant Johnson. , "The officers and men engaged highly commend the Mora constabu lary, who did. excellent work, , their f casualties numbering 17 out of the force of 44 enga;oJ. v. - "It is Impossible to conceive a strong er natural position than that at tacked." The fighting lasted two days among the . lava ridges, which had a, been strongly fortified by the Moros. "'Ar- tlllery b?d to bo hoisted by means of ropts up the last 00 feet at an angle of 60 degrees. ' THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. Washington, March 9. The official ; stecount of the fight near Jolo is con v tained in the following cablegram re ;, - celved at the War Department: i'-. ; '.'Following Is condensed from Major General Wood's dispatch from Cam :.; , 'boango March 9: "Trooos. naval detachment, constah fi lary, Colonel Joseph W. Duncan com- ' roanaiaffi- attacked Moro fortinrations In crater on Mount Dajo near Jolo. Action lasted afternoon March 6 until ; morning March 8. Mount Dajo; 2,100 feet high, last 400 feet anglo 50 degrees, j lava ridges, heavy timber. Artillery Y lifted by block and tackle 800 feet. ' ' Moros depredated from stronghold for A .,- past eight months and resisted to the , death. About 600 killed. Major Gen ' , era! Wood and Brigadier General ; Tasker H. Bliss were present through- , out the action.', - ' ' ? -Killed, arsW,' 15 . enlisted. Captain Tyree R. Rivters wounded . In thigh, A slight. First Veutenant Gordon John- ?; aton wounded In- shoulder, serious; . First Ueutenant . Ernest H. Agnew, 'f wounded In hand, slight: first Lieuten , s-nt Wiley T. Conway, eye, slight; 32 .-"Misted men.- Names : enlisted men l killed and wounded will be reported k Water Navy wounded: Ensign H- & Cooke, wound In foot, serious; Cox ?!, swain GUmore, elbow,' slight! one sea- - - tnan, slight, - - K , "Constabulary, killed: Three enllst- - ; cd. John R. White wounded In thigh, aertout. ' Total killed, 18; wounded, 62. ', Troops,, naval detachments and con , stabulnry oil highly commended. -v. i THEi WQUNDED OFFICERS. ' - Captain Tyree B Rivers, who was , slightly wounded In the thigh was born .. May 10, 1862, In Mississippi, nd was appointed a cadet in the Military Acad emy from Tennessee, - ,. , ... . . First Lieutenant Gordon Johnston Who was seriously wounded , in the shoulder, "was bom in North Carolina in 1874. -He first entered the army at , the outbreak of the Apanlsh war and was sppointed from Alabama va -'--a sergeant in Company M, Second Mis sissippi Infantry, ' ' , - - -i First Ueutenaot Ernest It,'. Agnew was appointed to Iha army from Kan- sas.' ' c 'i v i '-f ; First Lieutenant Wylle T. Conway Is native of Illinois. , , . OFFICIALS KEENLY INTERESTED Extraordinary v slaughter ot ' Natives, as Weil as ' Comparatively "Heavy - American Casualties, Made War and c fvary juepanments onacr weerc- tary Tatt Does Not Think Trouble r Will (spread. - , - ' Washington, March , S. Not because of the, casualties among the American forces .engaged, ,' though they were more numerous than in any battle in the Philippines for' several years past. but rather because ' of the extraordi narily? large, number of the natives killed, the news ot the battle of Mount Dajo was received at the War De partment -Cand the Navy Department as well, ror the blue jackets were in the thick of the fighting) With intense Interest. .The first authentio news of the battle came through . tho Associa ted Press reports, though at the same tinte the cipher . experts of the War Department were busily engaged -in trying to unravel a long report which had come direct from Manila by cable, This message was from Colonel An drews, the military secretary of , army headquarters at Manila, who had re ceived his data by inter-island cable from-Zamboango. -where the commas der-in-chief of the Philippine division, Major General Leonard Wood, hap pened to toe. The official dispatch does not en able the authorities here to place ex actlx the scene of the combat The only crater known on the Island of Jolo is well toward the center of the Island and some distance removed from the capital, which Is on the sea coast. There Is, however, near the city of Jolo, distant only five miles, mountain answering closely save for the crater, the description of that in the official dispatch. This mountain was controlled by two Dattos-CalW and Joaklnlne, the latter one of the chieftains who signed the famous Bates treaty. The mountain is very steep and at its apex is a Moro for tress which had never been taken by white troops. Lieutenant General Bates, chief of staff, who had extensive service In the southern islands- of the Philippine archipelago, and is as well acquainted with the Jolo country, probably, as any officer here, has no fear that this last treble will extend throughout the group. - Secretary Taft expressed a similar opinion, saying: "I have not the least fear that this movement will extend to the other islands, and, in fact, I think that the heavy blow struck the Moros will have a strongly deterrent effect upon them." ' No further reports of the fighting In Jolo reached the officials here to night. In addition to the advices to the War Department today, it had been expected, in view ot the par ticipation of the blue Jackets, that some message In the way of an official rtport from that source also would be forthcoming, but up to midnight no report had reached the Iivy Depart ment officials. LIFXT. JOHNSTON AliABAMIAN. One of Wounded Officers Is Son of Gen. K. D. Johnston, Formerly of North Carolina wounds Not Hein ous. ' ' t Birmingham, Ala., March 9. Lieu tenant Gordon Johnston, Jr., who is reported to have been wounded in the fights with Moros at Jolo, is a son of General Robert D. Johnston, of Bir mingham, recently appointed commis sioner of the Federal land office at Montgomery- He Is also a nephew of former Governor Joseph F. Johnston, of this State. Lieutenant Johnston was a member of Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Spanish-American war and is a per sonal friend of the President. General and Mrs. Johnston received a cablegram to-night through the War Department stating that the young man's wounds are not considered se rkms. - - - Captain Rivera a Tennessean. Nashville, Tenn., March 9. Captain Tyree Rivers, mentioned in the As sociated Press dispatch as having been wounded In a fight with the Mo ros -4 n the Philippines, is a native of Tennessee, his home being Pulaski. He Is a graduate of West Point and a member of one of the most prom inent families of the State. AUDUBON SOCIETY. Annual Business Meeting Held at Greensboro Much Accomplished . During Past Year. Special to The Observer. Greensboro, March 9. The annual business meeting of the Audubon So ciety of North Carolina was held this afternoon at the Benbow, There was a good attendance and much enthusiasm was displayed. The report of the sec retary. Prof. T. Gilbert Pearson, show'- ed great Increase in interest in the work of bird protection throughout the State. During the year 43 game ward ens were employed and 84 convictions were secured in the courts for viola tions of the game laws. Sea bifds In protected colonies along the coast more than doubled in numbers. The mem bership of the society has Increased very satisfactory and is growing rapid ly In ail sections of the State. Interesting and encourarinr address es were made by Dr. R. H. Lewis, ot Raleigh ; J. Van Lindiey, , of Pomona; Dr. C. D. Mclver and Miss Viola Bod die, of Oreensboro, and others. The following officers and directors , were elected : President, Dr. R. H, Lewis; vice president, J. Y. Joyner; secre tary, Prof. T. Gilbert -Pearson; treas urer, Dr.- E. W. Gudger; board - Of directors. P. D. Gold, Jr., of Greens boro; Dr. C. P. Ambler, of AshevUle; 8. M. Beasley. of Poular Branch; J. L Foust, ot Greensboro; a. I Patterson, of Raleigh. . . , . DR. KILGO IMPROVES. President of Trinity Cblleg Attended py Dr. w. till Wiley, Physician to the Dukes Condition Not Serious. Special to The Observer.1 ' Durham, March The condition of Dr. J. C Kllgo was greatly improved to-day? It was reported .that ha was able to smoke a cigar and was get ting along" very .well . Indeed. Lat bights Just before midnight Dr. Gil Wiley, or now roric physician and surgeon for the .Duke , family, 'ar rived here on. a special train.- com. ing from Greensboro. On the same train were Mr. B. NDuka and Mr. J. B. Duke. They were nit down. In this section of the South and decided to come hew and Tlsit c Mr, Kilgo. The arrival of ins noted surgeon end phy sician on a special train caused the Veports that Df, Kllgs was "worse. His condition, to-day, however, does not near oui'Wiis rumor,- , , i 20YEABS FOR MATTHIYSf OKUUOJIA' IS ADMITTED THE VERDICT MEETS' APPROVAL wreensDoro raysician Hentcncei to Long Term at Hard Labor In State Prison for the Murder of His' Wife! , Motion for New Trial t Denied I His Counsel Givd Notice of Appeal and. In Default of 95,000 Bond, Condemned Man Is, Remanded ' to Jail to Await Hearing Verdict and Sentence Meets -With Approval 'of Public Opinion End of Noted case. Special to The Observer, i - i Greensboro, March. 9. "Guilty f of murder in the second degree," was the verdict rendered, this .morning at 0:50 o'clock toy the Jury in the case against Dr. J.-B; ' Matthews,-; whose trial for wife murder started in Guilford Su periors-Court a week ago last Wednes day. The jury took the case at O'clock last night but retired before an agreement was reached. They re turned to the Jury room at 8 o'clock this morning and, ' after deliberating for one and a half hours, announced to the deputy sheriff in charge that they had agreed. It, waa deemed best pot to ring the court bouse bell, as it would draw such a la'rge crowd and Judge Ferguson and the attorneys on both sides were notified y 'phone. They came into the court room. After the prisoner had been brought, in, he was directed by the clerk to stand up and the verdict was then received. Al though the bell did not ring, an im mense crowd assembled and the court room was packed to the doors, MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL DENIED Maj. W. A. Guthrie, of counsel for the defense, lodged, In ah Informal way, a motion for a new trial, which was denied. Maj. Guthrie then made a motion in arrest of judgement be cause of errors in the record alleging that, under the bill of Indictment, it was not competent to find the prisoner guilty of murder in the second degree, that it was either murder in first de gree or acpuital. Ex-Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr., representing Solicitor Brooks, who had gone to Alamance Superior Court, then prayed Judge ment. Maj. C. M. Stedman made a short talk acquiescing In what Maj Guthrie had said, saying that he hoped the sentence would be merciful. Judge Ferguson, in passing sentence, stated that he had avoided the expression of any opinion and would do so now, Turning to the cleric he said it is the judgement of the court that the pris oner be confined at hard labor in the State's prison for the term of 20 years, FORMAL NOTICE OF APPEAL. Mai. Guthrie then gave formal no tice of appeal, 30 days being allowed for perfecting It and 30 days more for the State to prepare Its case. The appeal bond was fixed at 850. Pending the appeal, can was fixed at 5,ooo justified, which the defendant did not give and was remanded to jail. VERDICT, MEETS GENERAL AP . jPROyALV, ' The verdict 'and sentence meets with general approval and the opinion Is freely expressed that the appeal will never be perfected, out tnat the prjs oner will serve his time, the reason being that he could not hope to gain anything by a new trial OAK RIDGE CHOSEN. Methodist Protestant College Will be Located There- Consideration to the Holts $30,000 Plans for Fu ture. Special to The Observer. Greensboro, March 9. The local com mittee of the board of education ot the Methodist Protestant Conference Anally decided to establish the proposed Metho dist Protestant College at Oak "Ridge. This deoision was reached this morning at 8 o'clock after deliberating ' several hours. The plant ot Oak Ridge Institute will be utilized and Messrs. M. H. and J, Allen Holt, the principals, will be at the head of the college. Special to The Observer. Oak Ridge, March 9. The action of the Methodist Protestant board of education in selecting Oak Ridge as the site of the Methodist Protestant College Is very irratlfyina to all friends ot Oak Rldare In. stltute. It is understood that the- con sideration to Messrs. Holt i (30.000 with a further option on tneir private holdings. The .principals tioir win continue lor the Dresent to manage the institution on the same plans as heretofore as a pre. paratory school of high grade, pending such time in me iuiure as me pians may be perfected for college classes. This In. sures the expenditure, within the near future, of a large sum in further equip ment, oestoes me consiaerauon mention - aDove. wo present cnange in raeuity methods or curriculum are In contem plation. Every energy of the church will Immediately by brought to bear to raise a larger sum for buildings, 'equip. ment ana lor u rawnuwui, .-: STORY OF THE MURDER, Sallle Stewart Offers to Ten Police About Killing of Henry Kobre on Promise of Release. Special to The Observer,-, Winston-wlem, March 9. A report was current here to-day that Sallle Stewart, who is perhaps h State's most Important . witness in the Kobre murder case," had -confessed to an of ficer that she was aft -eye-witness to the Willing, 'me -igiri was removed from the lock-up ln-lhe, municipal building to the jail 'last night. She occupied a cell upstairs, above the one In nrhlith Rum HAhPA.U'lnMnMKalid, This morning the girl stated to an of ficer that she ana m had a conver sation shortly after- ah was trans ferred. One of the other . prisoners says that Sallle called, to Kobre-last taieht-and told him not. to have on fear, as she had no ideaof telling any thing on him. This morning the sin informed an officer -that she would agree; to tell the: whole story, "all about ' how Henry Kobre was killed, it the authorities would agree to re lease her. : An"fflcer .was asked this afternoon about the report that Bai lie Stewart bad admitted to him- that she was 'In Henry Kobre" room on Sunday night,; January 21, and, saw him murdered. "Well,. I'll' tell you this much," ald this officer, "she asked me not to talk about It' when I auestloned hr about It," -,' ,. I, - - - - L 4 Englishwoman Found : in the " Seine locntinca oy i-arenta. . , r "Purls. ' March Mr. J a nit 'Mm Brown, of London.' arrived hers last night from -England and recognised the body of , Ethel A. Brown, which was found reoehtly.tn the river Seine, as" their daughter, thus terminating the police inquiries aa to the Identity of the deceased, who was erroneously supposed 10 oe: an, American gin,-. - - ; " I; ' ) - r i 1 ' i ii f ' The fiaht between Jack -Twin'' Sullivan and Iluao Kelly was dcMed a- draw at the end of the 20th round at Los Angelesl last night, 5 j w ifn - ' Tft C) 'I BlffilTORlES IN, TWO OUT iuyv li . M Fitraker Amendment to Prevent raw vwupimg oi Arizona and W Mexico Had Carried hy -.Vote 4X In4il Knn,tn. juneti to srrlke Out Everytlilng -,..unS w xik-so, Motion Carrying, ,i!tl tO 35 EUmlllalloil Vnmlmllv tH"ti ;ia Prevalence of Polygamy tlie Two- Territories New State mv vo :ive .iteprcaenutlves. j s,tjW'ton, march 9. To-day at E.xrS p. ti the Senate passed a bill ro- -iuie-. amission or a new State to yayea -1 wianoma and to he com inn 'it of tK Territory of Oklahoma ami Vrlian Territory, it was the HnU"- jint statehqod bill with, ail tne j- 1 1 isfftnw relating to Arizona end Now Mj;ieu stricken out. The motion tOABtriKeput was made by Mr. Bur rows -an' t'U "was carried by the close voto" of iS7 tip S6 after having been lost by 'the st' 11 1 cloter vote of 35 to 86. lh nnat vi' on Mr. Burrows mo tion v i'a VuI.uii-b: Yea -A.gtiv Jkacon, Blackburn, BuIk)oy, Burrow,1? . i lark (Mon riftnlel, Du- tana; JayyuwwT bolsr F; J5Ss? Foker, Gallinger, Gealf.n, B burn, Latimer, -. Mc Martin, Morgan, Ne Patterson, Perkins. Scott, Simmons, Spo ferro. Teller, Tillma Nays Alle, Alliso) . Idge, Brandegee, 1 (Wyoming) : Crane, llngham, DbMlver, Gamble, Hale, He Kean, Knox, LaFol McCumber, Mlllare ti-r Frasier, jioih, Hey ryi, iMallory : ue,: a 1 ayner, Btor4, Talla- ikenv'.i Bever Olapp : -llt'arii.' lok, DH- Fulton, vaj,iv ''Jopkins, e, i-fn.p. Long, .wisfcfii. jiPenrose, Piles, Proctor, Sm.-ot, . eutherlajhd, Nixon, Warner, W; nor-e 88. ' The bill aa-amended v'a passed liy unanimous vote. , 4 Immediately ''after th'e u; i sal 'of the statehood bill tl. jfi.. , -aiiroad rate bill, on moti-i, . i'illman, was made the unflnis;:pj i : t-ss. but as the Senate adj-mrnec; Satur day and Sunday riv formal consideration of tho nie-i will not begin until Mond FORCED UNION N(c ' :r OUT. The vote on stau-liv .-I as the climax of a day -u v t . -lusively to that bill. Mop me was given to discusslo'i. nn - utlng on the bill and amenc-u' n umed an hour and a half. Th- - i-maklng excited comparative j ii Interest, but there was pronoun- scltenient throughout the -votimr ) -. d and It culminated wheh I ' t ss of the motion to eliminate Ai . und New Mexico was annouricr-i - the sec ond -vote on tht.t sy " Ion. The test vote, upon wtiH-h , jpponents of joint statehoo-1 show ,i elr great est strength, was w i1,. Poraker amendment which provjin-rt that Ari sona and New Mexico vmd have an opportunity to vote ej.) - ?ly on the proposition of joint si nood. This was carried by e vote of t ! o 29. Pre vious to this action, prr. i-'on for In creased appropriations in i'm bills was stricken out In orffer to n'-.jrd an op poftunity for a rnotk a ' . concur in the Senate amendi!le is . on the bill isf Sent to the J-'ouso. ne speech maklng began at. i3 e'e'- t and was under the ten-niirt.f m ,- after the first hour. About a dozen speeches were made, (but the notable ones were made- by Messrs, Dubois and Burrows Inf denunciation of polygamy in Ari zona ana jvew Mexico, Mr. Dubois secured the incorporation of an anti- PQlygamy amendment, but the elimi nation of Arizona front the measure detracted somewhat froim the impor tance of the accomplishment. POLYGAMY IN ARIZONA AND T NEW MEXICO. Hr. Dubois made a speech in suppoit of 'an amendment offered by him, pro hibiting polygamtsts and Mormons from voting In the prtoposed Htatc of Arizona as was originally provided by th Idaho test oath. He said that he had seen a list ot front 60 to loo poly- gamlste living in Ailzona and that there are also many 'in New Mexico. Mr. Burrows advocated the elimina tion of Arizona and New Mexico from the bill and presented an amendment to that end. He based his opposition on the ground that there were many polygamtsts in the two Territories and spoke of polygamy as "an offense against the civilization of the age." He said the real offrhse was not In plural marriages, but the polygamous cohabitation practiced after marriage elsewhere. He quoted from letters to show that there were many Mormons living' in polygamy In both Arizona and New Mexico and said that there had been 31 conviction under the Ed munds act, a majority of which were for unlawful cohabitation. As amended by the Senate, the. bill provides for the creation of the State ot Oklahoma out of' Oklahoma and Indian Territories upon the adoption ot a constitution. The State Is al lowed the usual quota of executive, judicial and legislative officers, two TTnitnrt States Senators and five mem bers of the national House of Repre- untalvns. A constitutional convention with 110 members. 66 of whom are to be chosen by each of the Territories Mtntnrlalnr the Hiaxe, is provioea lor The sale of Intoxicating liquors In what la now Indian Territory Is pro hibited for U years, ana longer un less the constitution is changed, NATURALIZATION BILL DEBATEDJ X-IV " , 1 rht.A nAnresentatlve Seeks to In creaso lteauirenieoie iw aunuwn of Aliens to athtenshlp 408 Pri- vate Pension mum nunea. Washington, March .-The House to-day passed 408 private pension bills and devoted three hours to the con sideration of a bill providing a uni form system of naturalisation, the chief features of which require an alien to. write either his own or the English language tnd to speak and read the. latter and to declare his in tention to reside permanently in the United' States, before he can become an American citizen. The bin Is to be the continuing order when appropria tion bill are not under consideration. It met many objection ana will prove a fruitful topic ot discussion, Mr. Bonynge, of Colorado, Is In charge of the measure and occupied most of the time tat explaining - Its provisions and In answering objections. .The House adjourned until Monday. Statesvllle - Fwstinastier's . Reappoint- ' V ment ' tnnrmed.- v ' Washington. March . The (foiiat to-day confirmed- the nomination of John W." C-Long" -postmaster at Ststesvilley N-C. :-' -, , ' j , Archbisliop O'Brien Dies Suddenly," "Halifax, N. 8., t March Arch bishop O'Brien," of the Roman Cat ho llo diocese of Noa , HcoMa, Prince Edward Island, and Bermuda, died suddenly- her to-night, ,,-,' ', OPPOSING LEADERS PLAN v.. -.j.- . ....- !,.., .,,.,. : -.. ...ft'.- , WHY v PRESIDENT STEPPED IN Meeting of Coal Operators of Pitts- .burg District Hear Fcoiu CliairnuUt : Robhlns Rather Sensational Ex planatlon of President's Intervention to. Prevent Strike President JMit chell, of Mine Workers, Called Up White House by Long Distance ' Tele-phone and He and Mr, Robbins Made Arrangement With President for Letter Urging Second Confer ence. Pittsburg, March 9. When the coal operators of the Pltaburg district go to the general conference at Indianapolis on March 19 with the operators of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, they will take a stand as a body. This action was detewnined at the meeting called by Francis L. Robbins, and which was held . in this city. The wage schedule was not discussed. To-night, however, it was learned that there was somewhat of a sensa elon sprung during the meeting. From a source that Is regarded as trustworty It is learned that a demand was made of Mr. Robbins, who was presiding, that an explanation be made of how President Roosevelt came to enlist In the pending controversy between the miners and operators. Mr. Robbins said the whole matter was accomplished as a result of a conference with John Mitchell, while they were in New York. The sltua tion was serious and both agreed that It was necessary to get another meet ing of the inter-State conference. Mr. Robbins, explaining further, said that Mr. Mitchell went to the long distance telephone and called up the President at the White House. After explaining the status of the matter to him he suggested that he white a letter to Mr. Robbins urging that a new con ference be called. He also asked the President to talk the matter over with Robbins. and without changing the call Mr. Robbins went on the line and ar ranged for the letter to be written which would be on the basis of the sec ond call of the general conference. This way on Monday, Feb. 24, and the following day, Feb. 25. Mr. Robbins received the letter from President Rosevelt and the call of another con vention followed. $15,000 FIRE IN GREENSBORO. Odell Hardware Company's Building Badly Damaged Flames Confined to Basement and Offices Upper Floors Contained $75,000 Stock of Goods. Special to The Observer.' Greensboro, March 9. Within two hours this afternoon fire destroyed $10,- 000 or $15,000 worth of property for the Odell Hardware Company and smoke damaged goods in the store to the amount of several more thousand dollar3. A clerk in the store went Into the basement of the company's handsome office building about 1:30 o'clock and discovered a large pile of okrum to be on fire. How it started is a mystery. The alarm was Bounded from box No. 32 at once and the firemen responded with their usual promptness. They had considerable difficulty in reaching the blaze, which was near the cen ter, of the basement, where there was stored two car loads of axe handles, two carloads of rope, one carload .of glass, two or three wagon toads of okrum and a quantity of carriage ma terials packed almost to the ceiling, several streams of water were direct ed Into the basement, but the fire burn ed through the ceiling and the offices located on the first floor were soon a seething mass of flames. The company's most valuable books were stored away In the vault, but the office furniture and fixtures, Including a recently Installed $5,000 Index ing system and a large number of papers and documents of various kinds were consumed. The steel ceiling and nre wans and double fire doors con nectlng the offices with the main store building made it possible for the firemen to keep the flames confined to the basement and offices. On the ucc ond and third floors there were $50,000 or &,vw worth or nne cutlery and other hardware and this was damaged greatly Dy smoke. The company will have temporary offices fitted up by to morrow morning and there will toe no interruption of business, except, ot course, so far as re-arranging the dam aged stock and fixtures. A squad of firemen will be stationed in the store to watch the smouldering pile of rote during me nignt. J. A. Udell, ores! dent of the company, sent Fire Chief xayior a check for $200 to-night as mark or appreciation for the splendid worn 01 ine nremen. TO BE TRIED FOR MURDER. iicquisitlon Made on Governor of Georgia ror W. A. Gautler, Now Serving Term in Penitentiary Will be Tried In Tills State for Killing It. ii. E. IJUughtry Raleigh News Hoie. Observer Bureau, 122 South Dawson Street, Raleigh, March 9. Governor Glenn to-day made reaulsl tlon on the Governor of Georgia for one W. A. Gautler,, whb is serving a tnreo years- sentence in the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, hav ing oeen placed mere after trial in North Carolina and sentenced for vi olation of the United States Postal law. This requisition will bring Gau- tin back to North Carolina and he wlll.be tried for hi life on a true bill found by the grand jury of Samson county for the murder of B. G. K. Daughtry, a deputy United States marsnai, wnom ne aiiiea while resist ing arrest. This bill was found In February. 1904. The murder with which Gautler is charged was com mitted December 17th, 1903. ' The State charters the Manufactu rers' 4k Merchants'. Co-operative Mer cantile Agency, at . High Point, the enter feature 01 wnicn win be for the collection of claims. The total author ised stock IS $100,000. H. A. Mtllls, O. T. -Penny and J. 8. Griffin, - of High Point, are incorporators, subscribing $300 of the capital stock.- The charter of the Jenkins Bros. Shoe Company, at Winston, la amended, changing vot ing privilege. Charlie Cook and Mack Covington, negroes; from Craven county, serving seven and three years, respectively, in the State penitentiary, escaped from the camp at Wendell, on the Raleigh ft Pamlico Sound Railroad to-dav. Rewards of 826 each are offered for their apprehension. ! n The Raleigh Woman's Club to-day voted for alliance with Federation of Clubs, There was one dissenting vote; The Raleigh board of aldermen, at a special meeting to-day, voted $2,000 for an inspection of the plant of the-Wake Water Company with e "View to munic ipal ownership. .Expert win toe em ployed. The matter of Ry lighting was also discussed. 1 , - , t ,t; 1 1 "ni1 1 1 mi r 1 11,'iinn 11 1 1 n 1 i i ' 'ti'Y Cornell University won- th annual triangular debate with th University of Pennsylvania . and Columbia Uni versity In New York las night JEALOUS WOMAN KILLS SISTER. Mrs. Edward Statulifer, of Atlanta, Shoots Miss Cbappel Whlsenant in Letter's Sleeping Room ion Account of Husband's y Attentions Dead Girl Was to Have Starried Young south Carolinian Wednesday. Atlanta, Ga., March 9. Mrs. Edward M. Stand Iter, aged 25 years, to-day shot and killed hef sister; Miss Chap pel Whlsenant, aged 18, alleging that she committed the deed because of her husband's attentions to her victim, The dead girl was to have been mar ried next Wednesday to '.si young 'busi ness man of Seneca, S. C., and all plans for the marriage had been prac tically completed. Mrs. Standifer went eftrly to-day to the home of her brother-in-law, D. P. Dunham, with whose family Miss Whlsenant made her home, and entered, the sleeping room of her sister. What words pass ed between the two were known only to the two, but soon four shot rang out and Miss Whisnant fell, wounded In the breast Just above the heart. and in other vital parts. She died half an hour later without having spoken. Mrs. Standifer went to her home, and telephoned to her brother-in-law's home asking it Miss Whlsenant was dead. Being informed that she had died, Mrs. Standifer expressed no re gret for her act and said she would follow Mr. Dunham's advice and sur render to the police. She was ar rested later. During the day she con versed freely with the police officials, declaring that she had "avenged her outraged womanhood." E. M. Standifer came to Atlanta two years ago from Gadsden, Ala., where he married his wife. His father, he says, Is W. S. - Standifer, United States marshal at Gadsden, and his uncle, W. H. Standifer, he asserted, Is assistant United States district at torney at that place. He was detained at the police station after his wife was arrested, on the suspicion that he may have had some guilty knowieage or the crime. The dead girl is said to have been engaged to be married to John Sltton, of Seneca. S. C. South Carolinian Denies Any Engage ment. Columbia. S. C, March 9. A special to The State from Seneca, S. C, says: J. K Sltton is a clerk for the firm of J.-W. Bird & Co. He is a widower. 33 years old, and has two children. He denies that he was engaged to Miss' Whlsenant, though he was ac quainted with her. It is known that he haa recently been paying frequent visits to Atlanta, Sltton is a son of Mr. Frank Sltton, one of the most prominent citizens of Seneca, and the family is well known in that section of the State. MME, BERN HARDT AT ASHEVILLE Wreck Delays Special and Curtain Did Not Rise Till 9,30 2,500 Peo ple Saw and Cheered the Great Actress Theatre Presented Bril liant Scene. AshevUle, March 9. Some seven miles from AshevUle down the French Broad a wreck imposed Itself between the Sarah Bernhardt special and this city. er troupe was delayed some five and a half hours, and the rumor got out In the city that there would be no "Camllle" to-night. Neverthe less, the curtain rose at 9:30 o'clock. and the big theatre was said to con tain 2,500 people. Most of the men were In evening dress and most of the ladies carried flowers, so that the the atre was a brilliant scene Indeed. The curtain had hardly been up five min utes when Bernhardt entered and a great round of applause greeted her. Holding a hand each of .Nanlne and De Arvllle, she graciously bowed her acknowledgement to the audience and went Into her. work. The play kept her almost constantly on the stage and almost constantly talking throughout its five acts. The Inten sity of attention with which the house followed her was palpable. Perhaps not one In a hundred was able to fol low her French, but ihe acting of all the dramatic personnel, to say nothing of her own, was so perfect that a deaf man might have trans lated It. It made little difference about the foreign tongue; the tone did It all, and the eyes. Whatever age may have stolen from her, surely her voice and eyes must be as sweet and expressive as at 18. Never was seen such art when. In the last act, ahe turns sud denly, sees ner lover in the room, runs and flings her arms about him with a wild cry, half delerlum, when she is led by him fainting to a seat and strokes his cheeks till she dies. When the first curtain went down, it rose Immediately, In response to a thunder ot applause, upon Mme. Bern hardt and two of her colleagues. But the crowd would not have It so. They persisted until she stood alono and held In. her arms, bowing and smil ing, the tribute of roses which bad been thrown at her feet. M. Deneu- bourg, who played lover, responded with her at an the other act-end en cores (for the people hadn't the heart to eliminate him) except the last, when the greatest actress In the world stood, it being her first appearance In North Carolina, and stretched out her arms to the cheering multitude, happy and graceful as a girl. Without ac tually seeing her, one can never im agine the deep appeal of this story lived out in a strange language. Few will claim greatness for the play it self, but for the playing no words could bestow : too much praise. By special invitation Mr. Frank M. Caldwell and The Observer's corres pondent will go , on the - Bernhardt pedal from here to Salisbury to-mor row and will interview Mme. Sarah to finish, . J. C M. "WHITE SLAVERY" IN FLORIDA. Arrival at Boston by Schooner Puts Up a Tale of 4.000 Men Kept at Work by Railroad Contractors Through Armed Guards. Boston. March 9.A fugitive from what he calls white slavery, to, which. he says, men have been drawn under false pretenses, John B. Harle. of Philadelphia, landed here to-day on the schooner Theollne, from Jacksonville, Fla., with a tale that 4,000 men-are subjected to hardship and Indignities. Harle say I he went to work last yea on a railroad which ,1s being construct d In Florida, but received only sMia , week Instead of 84 a day, which he wa-promiseo;"is -marges tnat 4,000 men art kept at work against their of armed guards. He alleges that the mn are underfed and otherwise Ill treated. Maries says he had much dif ficulty III escaping and charges certain Florida officials with aiding the, rail road contractor to keep the workmen Jn that State. t - 'V ' ' , - BEVERSES FOB PRESIDENT , ' I " . . T HIS STATEHOOD BILL KILLED Administration's Statehood Bill to All Intents and Purposes Killed. Every Amendment Offered by Mr. Rev erklgo Voted Down Seriotin Bet back for Sir. Roosevelt's Reform Campaign Butler Bubble Bursts No Confirmation for ' Mr. Helton Till After Blackbnrn Trial For estry Preservation Matter of Com mon Interest Between South mod New England. ' BY W. A. HHiDEBRAND. Observer Bureau, ! ', , 1417 G Street N. W , -' -Washington, March With the admittedly paramount la' , sue, the rate bill, still In nebulous' state, In so far as actual legislation Is' concerned, and the future filled with doubt, the President has already met ' with two serious reverses in his re form campaign. His Philippine tariff ' ' bill was done to death in committee under circumstances which, it haa been declared, would have caused the British ministry to resign, whtu t- - day his statehood bill, whose passage in me nuue cost so many slices of pork in the shape of private bills, and so many postofflce Jobs, was, to all In- " tents and purposes, killed In the Sen ate, while a great crowd, including half the House membership, looked on and perhaps marveled not a little. " The real test came on' the Foraker' ', amendment designed to give the pee- iib 01 Arizona ana xvew Mexico an op- " portunity to vote on, the aueatlnn nf " joint statehood, and this amendment was aaoptea. wot only so, tout every other amendment of anv conattniMme - favored by Mr. Beveridge, the spoke- ' man 01 ine administration in thia matter, was cheerfully- killed off 1unt as fast as they were read. It was a bad day for Beveridge and It has only " been a little while since he got worst- ed in a contest with the Fairbanks "' -forces before the Indiana Republican State committee. The North Carolina,. Senators assisted in nutting Mr. Rev- " erldge out of business. It is now pre- ' dieted that the statehood bill is dead. ior a. season at least, as Mr. Cannon has been heard to assert that the ' House will never concur in the Senate amendments, and if a maiorltsr of the , House membership, who would oar-' haps approve the bill In its present emasculated form, should go ahead and agree to the amended hill despite the committee on rules, there tnfeht not be any putollc buildings built. , BUTLER BUBBLES BURST. , -While a few believe, and others fear there may be something in the ntnrv ' about the President favoring Marion ' Butler for a cabinet position, the toe-.': ilef obtains among a majority or those ' who have been heard to diseusa th ' subject that the story was aired by friends of the former Populist Senator for the purpose of promoting his news- paper and political Interests in North ' Carolina. That It was. in short, aired x purely lor home consumption. Only ' once in the history of the governments has the Secretary of the Interior com from an section other than the West, " because his dealings are almost ex elusive with Western interests. Presi- dent Cleveland disregarded the rule and gave the position to Hoke Smith, and was as severely criticised for this act as he was for anything that hap pened during his administration. " t The assertion Is being made her to-night that two members of the Sen ate Judiciary committee to-day stated positively that they would not per v mlt the confirmation of District Attor-i ney Holton's nomination until after ' the Blackburn trial. ,f r Th people of New England and of -the South have now. If never before,' discovered a common interest In s matter of national legislation. Refer-,.' ence is made to the matter of for- ; est pres?rvatlon. Several days ago 1 the White Mountain and Appalachian. ' forest reserve -bills were referred to 3 Senator Overman as a sub-commtttee. The North Carolina Senator, who ha devoted much attention to this suh' ' Ject, combined the two bills, reported t the combined bill to the whole, com. ' mltte, and now the full committee has ' favorably reported the bill to the Sen-' - ate. The bill contemplates ah imme diate expenditure ot $3,000,009 and with , all hands pulling toward the same " highly meritorious goal it Is predicted .f that the bill will pass both the Sen- ate and House at this session. The proponements of the Joint measure are- ' equally convinced that a much larger,"'" sum will be made available at th proper time, when the government ' shall have become finally and definite- ' ly committed to the project. ' HORSEWHIPPED AT GAFFNEY, Tramp Who Attempted to Assault g White Woman Beaten by Mob and' Turned LooseConfessed to the Deed. ?j Special to The Observer. Gaffney, a C March 9. News Das Just reached this city of what wag1' probably a fiendish attempt to com-'j mlt a brutal crime at Thtcketty, a small -' station about six miles from Gaffney. P, Details are very meagre and almost ' unobtainable. From what can be learned It seems that an attempt was ' made late thia afternoon to assault t " Mrs. Mosa Pinson, wife of Section ;t Master Plnson at that place. A middle-aged man, having all ; the ear- 1 marks of a tramp, came to Mr. Pine '. son's home and asked for a cup of coffee. When Mra Plnson brought It he grabbed her roughly but , was , frightened away. The section gang was engaged near the house and at once responded to her cries. Almost the entire corps Is now in Gaffney, making diligent search, for the man. They say that he passed, lrt a few ' feet of where they . were working, seemingly unconcerned and apparent-' ly very calm. When the- alarm was given they came to Gaffney fully arm ed and are making a search for the culprit. It will doubtless, go bard with ' . him if. caught. - . They describe the man as a middle- aged man, probably 40 or 45 years of age. His ciotbcw were very ragged and his general appearance was de cidedly trampish, lie wore- a shoit iron srey -beard. He wore two pairs ot trousers, the outer ones being bad ly torn. Jh men In search express It as their opinion that they win cap ture the man- to-night, a ne yya eea to com in is way. i Th man who aitemptea to crim inally assault Mrs. FInsoa was eati. by the mob on the edge of town, a new rawnwe curvy wnto was v out on htm and he was told to t move on himself and not to go t Gaffney or Blat:kburg or they finish him.1 The mob wantei t . him but the father of Mr. I ins Jesse Plnson, prevented th-" carrying out their plan. T. h. 1 1 let loose he left in a run foe tn . Carolina line..; He owned that 1 the man that made the asaau 't.
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