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3 :f$$MKl WAY aA1 AX;j 'SUBSCRIPTION PRICE;; $8.00 PER .YEAR; "J; ;CIURLOTTE,K. 0,, FRIDAY, MORNING, MARCH 16, :imJ JPHICE HVE CENTS. i 1 . ; . I 1 . . 1 X FLAYS I UIFE TRUSTEES ' , DRAMATIC i SCENE AT ". ALBANY Breaking Silence at hunt, Legislative , Agent for the Big Insurance Com s panics , Appears t Unexpectedly ', Be j joro investigating committee ana ' 'rf- Pours 1 Flood' of , Dennnciatlon r- . " rpon Officiate "Who Drove BlcCi , . ; to Ilia Grave" - and Professed Ig. r : noranee of Methods ftt'lthV Which , :; Tliey Were as Familiar 'Himself V "; Traitors, Pecksniff" Anions 4ltheu Hurled at Trustees Sev t ," , - eral rWiom, Were Present and None ot .Whom Attempted fa Reply ' 7 red to' Pat Him on' the Back ; ,v for poinar Things for Which They . . - Do"--Vrges That They he Onsted .vPm' the Company ao SobunOreK - ; . Albany, N. T., March 13. 'Andrew i Hamilton, appeared before the inur- ance ,Jlnvetlatlng committee this af- wraoon and broke the alienee'- which t haa fltatnlaliied, except for' his eutement brought from Paris by John 'C, -McCall. ever alnce hla name was 4lrat mentioned la the investigation In connection1 with the great aums tf money shown to have been paid him "-''during the past 10 years on account , , of hla legal and legislative work lor "x h b New Tork 3Ufe and other insurance " companies. , ' - . ' i "Would be dlfficnlt'to 'exaggerate ' - the sensation produced by his unex t i -pected appearance and by the v speech 'C-..which he made or, the"1 Intensely dra t,T matto' character of .the whole episode. , Hla" face was. flushed and his voice - , (trembling with paasion. h Is arms up k4 raised and hla fists clenched; Judge ' - Hamilton poured forth a' flood of de n" nunclatloa and invective upon the ,' '-members of the board of trustees of -x i' the New Tork' 'Life Insurance Com- , pany, several of whom were present. , , designating them "curs and traitors, vnd paying special attention to one unnamed, whom he described as "the . , 1 Pecksniff of , three , administrations. ', i the confidant of the Beers scandal and " author of the Beera pension who ro v, tatee through one administration and Another, and thinks that be is going to . toe an Indispensable member of yet an- "' other.", , ; . , . a'.'' 4' RETORTS "YELLOW .DOO." ' . "And do you think," he demanded, "that the wan who- held the same re- 'latWtif t& Vt. Beer that I did to Mr. i McCall could ai for the 13 years since; and not know how the expenditures that were made were to 'be, and were, disbursed T Yet. he and such like him alt, not Judging me as peerat but ' judging me ,a conquerors, talking -fioout yeiiow aogs.-" . ; ' Judge . Hamilton's attack upon the , trustees of the (New York Life "waa nade the more dramatic by the fact , that; he immediately . followed J. H , Mcintosh, general solicitor of that V oorrrpany, who had been eulogizing the inemoera or mat- Board and chalieni- f Ing any man to give reasons why they . snouia oe removed irom of nee a con templated by 4he pendinar lesrlslatlon. The only name he mentioned was that i or t ne late President .McCall. in the . t reference to whom, and to whose death uinpiaycu mnriKa emotion. tie epoko of Mr. MoCall as. a . victim, as - having been shouldered with thb blame f-'uhe only one. the dead man, Jellied, i rthK. theydrover.to hlaravejand le . P eerteo," ana declared that the mem j. ory -or tnw man had appealed to ' ' him "to come down here and sav some- - thftog for him and just a word for my- "CXTRS AND 1 TRAITORS. - 3 udge Hamilton after ataUng that he would confine his remarks entirely, to tne New zorK ure, insurance Com- any, aaia.be nad high and loyal re- t i pedt for the other- companies because i have not yet found - amongst them curs and traitors." , 'Continuing he said: "I address you upon- and In advo cacy, or one bill solely, which I have -- not read, but the purport of which:-ap-spears in the papers and I fay that it . is your duty to report in favor or the V measure that will remove the trustees ,,r the New York Xife Insurance Com -. pany upon Nov.; 21 4Vext, arbitrarily, ' '"I look round this court and I see here many members of that board of . trustees. I see amongst them men who have .sat and listened to the stories r- of my vtctoriea lit their behaW, and ap plauded, and I wonder whether It was like that line In- Goldsmith, whether It was 'counterfeited glee,' or whether the attitude that , they have since tak en has . been one of t counterfeited honesty.'1. , ', -. .- KNEW ALL- HB DID.'; ' " ."One, of the features that' has been -!'"h' important event in the lnvestlga ; tions of your committee, Mr Chair ' . ntan, - baa been the . question . of - mr 1 .transactions, and of my vouchers, and ' when you have heard all the aweet - protestations on? innocence that' have come along and how the only one was , the dead man killed, Ithat they drove into nia grave and deserted, ana the "yellow-dog,'- that made an appeal to ma to come down here and say aomcw ' 'thing for him and Just that word for myseif nor. mat we are asserting any , unwH or waning-, any apologies - or asamg any immunity, .tut because . -what I &y is aid In support of this measure, which you 4 gentlemen r have - ,proposed- - - ... 'I -"Why, when they say they did liot ' C know what waa going on, it excites my - fin every administration at a'rroa.t : public concern, there are many things io oe- none, .wnica, in tna hurried line or. amy. ana in the desire for,vlc- iary, cannot aiwaya be delayed. But there never waa a line or a thing that . -was done in the New, York Uf. in my administration of my.department.' but the executive sflof fleers, . one 7 and 'all, i were , conscious 'of ,5 what the purpose , waa. or what the object and of what . the expense was..' I aay this how and , ; when look around I see their faces , ' before me, and.: I challenge eontra-i"dlctloii,r,;"-'i?P.i - , HTPOCRICT ASTOUNDING.. , ' Referring -to the expenses incurred by him and the vouchers -which were .approved bx the - eommJttcfe, Judge Hamilton said that no objeetlonliad been made to them during his 10 years of service, but '"when th cry came out, they sty 'Well, wet did hot know anything about It. This 1s the fellow, S this im th man thaf tun, Ann It atL' ' "If they had ; etoppet, if they had performed their, duty when ihey should nave done it, jf it was a duty- but mark,-1 am not assuming pt as serting or' acoeptlng-. that it , was a dnty-but If It was a duty, they should hove 'stepped in at. its inception. And when ' they , -continued, and continued by me, the faults, the blame, - the re. sDonslbllltv. are their and not mine." ' ''And let - me- say further,", added. mat never -donor or me new xorx Life's money passed through my hands to wnicn i aid not. pat by Monn Han COCfc ' ' ' 3 i . ' "It simply excltee my laughter when I hear the gentlemen assert, those wholyelt suggested should be given the in tm hr. anit In m. hMrlnt. iinil nth drew Hamilton was defending the New York Life and the Insurance Interests generally throughout the United States on behalf of the' prlnetple'-rrwlilCBT' tn otneers or the tnsurance companies believed -to be necessary fori their suc cess- and for the benefit Of . the policy-. noiaers." -i , .''WOULD PAsT'SIS ' BACKI ''B created laughter and ppto IJZ upyn .sesnsf-w wroun. teg terests, which needed to be looked af ter. They would say, he said, " 'Well, send for- the Judge.' - All right, the judge will come. 'Bit down.' 'Wfcll, what Is the trouble T 'Heavens, if this urn passes,- we, might as wen get out of that State.' "All right, , we will have to see what : the objections are to it; we will have to agitate; we will have the press do something; we will have the politicians do something;' we will have the agents do something: we will have the policy-holders do something; we - will get men . ' or tnnuence to go "ahead' and see 11 we cannot beat It.' , ' ' And we would beat It. Then the word would come Is Is beaten.' And they would come in and pat me on the back, these men that' would not know me now. would come in and pat me on the back and say, 'You did It. After denying that . he ever saw tne Inside of the comnanv's books and therefore did not know how the money given him- was charged up. Judge Hamilton declared that "if there were errors and wrong in that, it lays right down at the administration, and It comes right back to the board of trus tees of the New York Life and to nobody else.," SHOULD BE OUSTED FROM COJtf- ' -,-;,2;j:-PANYVy;s.-;-, , -s If he said,!! the board did not ap prove hie -vouchers, "then they failed to perform their duty. And the rea son I came forward now is not to say, or not to apologise for these vouchers, but to say this, that these men with their responsibilities upon their shoulders and upon mine, they have somelhlnsr to account for. , "They may talk about the 'yellow dog,' but the 'yellow dog Is a dog of courage and of loyalty, but the curs who stood . around this funeral that has -occurred, and the curs who know of these transactions and shrunk Into their shoes they are the cure and that in the reason that X come to speak iwfntw tvnit . and sav that tha - great 7 Interest tff twd'irflHon A dollars- of life insurance and four nunarea mu Won nt dollars of assets can never be -safely entrusted to the hands and aaminisirauou m. m "" MCRDEB-SUICJDK IN NEW YORK. Wife in Bath Room, Shoot Actress Who Was Visiting the Couple and : Ttiiia Himself Was - Sequence of .Stormy Scenev; . , New Tork, March 15. Louis- Nos- ser, a irace track man, locked his wife hi a bath room to-day .and while she was a prisoner, there, shot and killed Stella Reynolds, of New Orleans, an actress, who was a visitor at their home, and then killed nimseir. miss Revnnids. it was said, was formerly an intimate friend ot Nosser. The murder and suicide was tne seouence . of ' a stormy scene . last evenings when Miss Reynolds called at the Nosser home. .. Mrs. Nosser, it was reDorted. oblectsd to tne call and during the argument Vhich followed, her husband swallowed a small quan tity ' of laudanum. Both women, by united efforts, forced .him to take an emetic immediately and the poison did - him no apparent ' harm. Miss Dl.' ,k.. n,.i nr Reynolds then remained with Mrs. Nosser all night.- To-day while -his In that hath 1 riwm i Nnmr V ui iicju utv n-vsji ww .wvf,v. i protestations to be let out, he went to Miss Reynolds' room. A maid. wbo - ... Nosser saying to ierwoman : '"rnere la-no use for you and I to live any longer. The best thing I can do Is to hill you and' kill myself," -- Nosser then Bhot .Mlss Reynolds In tne temple ana jnmseix in tne lore head, both - dying almost instantly. Miss Reynolds' stage name was Estelle Young. Nosser was 40 years eld and Miss Reynolds about 25. - $23,000 'FIRE AT MILTON. MQton Roller Mills, Owned by Dan :; vllle Mao, Are Destroyed Partially ; covered oy insuranoe., , t , Danville, ,Va;, March. 15, Tha Irg plant of the Milton Roller Mills, local- Za '.h..,,.bf.t. .. iti,M r ., t . 1 Jl:.l"Zjr.i..T.y2l were destroyed 'brnrt rmiMW2 JSn"7 irtJS wai Vslx-Vory-frame .i ,thn..u.' weV AmmtfmnA h th. names, -me pra- was nrsi uiscoverea In the wheel room. and. the orWtr is unknown.' The mills were built about I VZL9 l,m!5 rrZl B., Lww. ot anviiio. The total loss i JrK.fA pr wv eredby insurance, ... ; minvrs v isuvtnr.tir npniov - i. ... a -'' . -" -. rZzTr.. L . 1 rnpienuM nwju.u, r vuiony - ot several Hundred I Announced 'Will Engage in Sheep Raisins and ,xsnnini , , ' v AnhAvlll . March IK. A atatrkunt ASOevine, Marcn . as. a , statement issued by the .AshevIHS hoard: ot trade to-night ahnounce. the completion; of negotutlana-whereby., thrse.; or 'four hundred Swedish colonists Will be brought from the East to settle In thisiwas the first European to- visit the sect ion. of the State, colonists , belong I to the Swedish Lutheran denomination, . v.fiL 1 .L iZiSift th tJT. fJ mT preparations for the coming lof his countrymen. The colonists will engage principally In sheep raising and agrl cultural pursuits. , . I . v , - - --! v.im.1 ...m,,,,, --!. t.-:;;r.:' i Heavy SnoW Falls jn the East. , ' WTashlngton, March 15. The rain which feli Intermittently during' the day at night turned Into enow and by midnight there was a' considerable fall on the ground. Baltimore, Phila delphia and New. York report heavy snow, -i in most places it ..was much the severest storm of the winter. QEX. WOOD-HAPPJE3 N HOUSE i'k i-; t (..' .., , f 1 ,. , v rat4 Severe Oltldsnj .of Recent Battle Is ; aiaae By Mr. Jones, of Virginia, and the Wood Brigade" Mr. Williams uvea tlw "Grand Old Prm-rastl- no tor" Arivi rat Slat alifuKlMnnt v, Power Given Commiwdon In Coal tp Jtoaus inquiry,' aa . Suggested . by rreaiuent. , , v , , , . ! Washington! " Mil wK . 1Th ' "aXt ttonal POWer'whirh Pntalilont tlnotom - 1 ler-RtatQ .com merer . eommlBtAin " in making the soenial invest lea t Inn 4ntj(k. ii.n ? v.. .. the coal and oil industry as related t transportation- was given by the House to-day Jn - the passage , of the . Town- Mnd-reyoiUttott.ot.Uiat; -.aubJect.TR "', wuicn was enaea ai o ciock if ibat; the Republican caucus might e neia was devoted to general debate i 'wuc um. :'-eT"c-Pf .tna -recent wtuatH wa-rrated as a suspect and itt.?.. ZVL Jk? to answer for to some extent i -dtarae)to the nation, v.. Mr. Xnu Instructed" the Republicans on their 1 caucus action, and Mr. Keifer, of Ohio, delivered a speech In. favor of reduc ing Southern representation . In . Con gress. When the legislative blH was taken up Mr. Keifer took the floor In ad vocacy of his re-apportionment bill re ducing the Southern representation In Congress. Both the white' and colored population In these States, be said, had neen anridged. : .-;.,..; t-. Brief comment on the recent battle In the Philippines was made by Mr. Jones, who said that, making every allowance for the personal relations known to exist between the President and. General Wood, he was unable to understand how the President could endorse srhe killing of women and children. It had shocked the whole nation. "In my Judgment," he continued, 'this action on the part of the com manding general of our forces In the Moro provinces cannot be condoned or excused." " : . He retarded as highly improbable that the Moros took their children In their arms as shields and charged the American troops. The Moros could not fight in that manner. . . Mr. Williams followed to give tne Republican party "a little advice on statehood," -but prefaced this by read ina a Doem written, he said, by a member and entitled. "'The Charge of the Wood Brigade (What the Heathen Call the Massacre of Mount oajo).7 - It was a parody on the "Charge of the Llaht Brigade." and contamed ref erences to the killing of woman and children. " 'The Oi O. P. the grand old tpro- crastinator is going to hold a. caucus at i o'clock," was the;opening of Mr, Williams' advice. . "It's chief purpose," he said, "is to determine whether you will allow yourselves to vote on the statehood duestion." continued Mr. wiiuams. "whether you w.111 vote on the Senate nuMiaUiM i a nA .nihthe..vou : will ad- i7ftUIr? nnt ' - v ..... ".." " --' " " . . nower of the Speaker to sena tne Dili to committee, out i njiu w ""i it, he did d.uestion. PARKHURST PLOT A HOAX. j Man Who Told Story of Meditated Assassination, . Slaking r Affidavit Thereto. Says it Was All a - Joke I and is -Indicted for Perjury. ( New York. March 15. The alleged plot to assassinate Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst waa all a noax. accora-i ine to a confession made to-day by Lawrence Rodgers, the man. who told the story upon which the Investigation of the alleged plot was based. Rogers' confession was made before Magis trate Wahle in police court this after noon while he was being examined in John Doe proceedings , in connection -with the affair-.- He-waa-promptty-ar-1 rested on the motion or District At torney Jerome and held, for the grand Jury on a charge of perjury, i When Rogers was taken intp court to-day to testify against two police men, who had been . named "in this Wrr rtrnfession H waa nrr - e they got pressing me t mMUni torn, so I could hard I kepi smauia uiBMi, "'"l I hold m? ; t ZnA I anv Innocent P'nd who have been work- i n1 ? t-fc ?enars S ,n the case are 'puaaled to dis to JalU PH.take ten years myseii coyef the moUve only had for firing right. . .. i Lrt irvoirv mnrAniRIl DEAD. niuurnnvw," - . . . Rev. William v. norm, ""T dirt ' Minister, ra Aw lanta Waa Attendant at ireaiaent s i AtiO.. Marcn'lS.-Rev. -Will.sm I known ministers "In the Methodist Church i. . v. Dnnth AoA at. hla home here to II. 'Mil- nnfl OI 'HIH IUT milM wn. day, aged 77 years. enea, wno in i his early Ufa was .t fW W'JiKh oa was an attenoanv WBV"' v'l for IS years president of the Homer Fe-j male College, Iuistana. ovlngafter-1 war a tn Tniis. where ne attained pro-1 mlnence as a Methodist minister. He was iSi--M-timMA totUnta" where the remainder of bis life, waa passed. ! ' ' 1 Death of Prominent Methodist Church, - i ' ;-:;-mn.v--w:v:'t I YWhmitf . - March lS.-Mrs. John L. know5 rt-Vl LSSSS M&n2!!Z fT nineM of several months. . Vu.l n was '",Ar " f "i bureau of supphei of ?? 'choo JacknvUle.. FU. . , , , , . , - 1 URisiiiiEREBEt - OUE COliVMBUlMonton. j, F, BeU0n. Mt.'Alry;,D - . , ; . t . . : J ',- , j g Hauser,- Panther CreeK; C. M. iw " -" . - 1 Ms-nfrysin mmttin: niwiinsii in . jtiiiim. i ac raaw. i1 -riier ' affTraey - irwi jtivwiw - Palnta America a Vivid Green. ,.., M.rch dB.-The Most Rev: Rob. lTotliuW I Rrchb!nhop of Hetiopolls, delivered a lee- Iture, to-oay . tne, r"""t""lT" v-aroinai . juicnaei ijuuv, nrrnunnup , or i Cardinal Micnaei lgue, arenmsnop or ArmaB0 nd primate of aU Ireland, and a distinguished ; audience. His - subject 7? ItiPtoSJSX powVtif lxtr3, there. -intimating that BBren. rtn. of Clonfert in the sixth entury American, - cent men no rncamng ;toi jfhe moalu liley, who landed w'" Cr Cardinal Logue warmly congratulated th gtrer. - - -; - v , - 1 Greene-Gaynor Case Drags Ita Slow jjengtn Along, -v . I Savannah. Oa., March IS. This was I 'another day In the Federal Court that waa given -up to the testimony of . : J, Johnson, national bank examiner and -expert accountant.-and not even then, was the. end reached.. - When the bour. for' - closing this - evening 'was reached Mr. Johnson was still on the stand and it-is expected that this! cross-examination by the defense will be contlpuea to-morrow, - -; . . Leading Merchant of Virginia Village iUUuunit and Kkmd-tstalned Clotlung Pointed to . Horrible Crime Only Clever ' Ruse, However, for Illicit Elopement North Carolinian- Ar rested and Released. Special to The Observer.' - f Roanoke, va., March 15. A great sensation wae created at Rugby. Oray. son county, to-day when it waa dis covered that Calvin Young, the leading merchant of -the4 Village, wis missing and it was believed Iro had bseu murdred during the night. Young epent the night at his store. When the bed ' room la the building was broken open to-day blood was found on but iUortfari vot his blood-stained clothing vwasv left behind. Messages were senfipVer' th . telephones In. alt directions and John Mark, a c:lsen of i Anne county, N. C, was arrested at j Troutdaie,1 eight , miles from Rugby, I -while driving to ft wagon. Mark amldl ne passe a tnrougn Kugoy last nignt. UuT. Tk-.i en wctR its throat cut was found in the store.Thle discovery, caupled wkh the disappearance-two days ago of 'a young woman named Ollle Stringer, with whom, It'.-ia alleged. Young had been on familiar relations. r?sultel in the verdict that Young and the String- er woman formed a plot and that be had gone to join her. Besides his mercantile business, Young had a farm. ,"He Is 55 years old and haa a wife. The North Car ollnlan arrested f Troutdale was re leased on ofder of Commonwealth's at torney J. JU, Parsons and has remimed hla Jourwey, . - fn I !rn" 'Hill.''!'!,'! I 1 g50,000 SLAKBEK SUIT. Mrs. U. A.-3forrla;of Raleigh. Brings Action Again North Carolina Uonte Insnrancv Company liertle Comity Flrni Vln I "resident Moore's Bate. . f Observer Bureau. 152 .-South Dawson street, , i Raleigh, March IS. A letter to vour - corresijondent from President C.-C, Moore, of the North Carolina division ;-of the Southern Cot ton Association, tellH of the wonderful success and advancement of the organi sation In the eastern part of the State, and' also' announces the moven for the western section. " President Moore will speak at Monroe, March 20, at 11 a. m., and the same evening at 7 o'clock at Matthews. - After a. short stuv in Char lotte he will follow these dates: Shelby, March 22: Llncolnton. March 23: Stntes- Yille. March 26: Newton, March 27; Salls- I uvli ft waxvu mvcuianr, ... i . . . wv, J concord, March 3ii unere will oe an examination ror ap. Slicants for the service of the rural free ellvery carriers from Raleigh April 21. It Is supposed that there will at this time be more than 20 applicants. The ex. aminations will be, conducted In Raleigh. Danoy, White & Bre., Askewvllle, Ber tie county, to-dav ftted a Detltion In voluntary bankruptcy, liabilities $5,213.M, and assets t4,303.lO.' Mrs. tv.A. Norris, or Raleigh, wire or M. T. Norrls, instituted suit this after. noon to recover ImMMO- from the North Carolina Home 'Insurance Company, of Raleigh, for libel and slander, which has grown '4edtohsF-4-SstM- 1 Hon, nnmnunti In uo.ai. n .nit m. icoverv or low insurance - monev on a i y.n.,M nuipicrh HmvvH hv nr i,i.t rwovemoer. Mr. jn orris is a kinman of County Attorney Herbert K. Norrls and Is well-known all through North Car olina. ' , , HOMICIDE IN COLUMBIA. Ed Tully, an Innocent Byntandcr, Shot and Killed by Jim Only in Sbeppard's Store Only and J. T. -Boatwright Arrested. Observer Bureau, 1209 Main Street. Columbia. S. C. March 15. Ed Tully. a moulder at the Glhbes Machinery Works, was shot in Fred Sheppard's store early to-night by Jim Only, a tough and brother-in-law of Sheppard, who' was shooting at J. T. Boatwright. Tully appears to have been, concerned in the affair In no way. being an innocent bv-stander. Oniv had fired several times at Boatwright Who ran into the store and took refuge behind the counter. Boatwright was begging for his life at the time Tully waa shot. Tully died half ait hour af- ter reaching the hospital, without re- IT r "? "f "ol" T -.arrestea out ?nly disposed of hla -weapon he- fore the Dol ce arrived. The coroner. cover the motive Only had for firing upon-Boatwright. .The ecene of the k""n' .ta a PrtlcularIy :tough section .. r0wn ana tne teaainr witnesses of the town and the leading witnesses Inauest wHI be held to.mortaw mom- terribly slashed up a fellow - nam0 unnn on iirh about a year ago, JURY DRAWN. en selected to Hit on xnar or itcure- sentaUve Blackburn at Greensboro Next Month Special to The Observer. . Greensboro. March 15.The following j ,. . j... w" ui, .1 U. . V Clerk of the United States Court S. L. Trogdon and the clerk of. Guilford Su- perior vourt, as junor commissioners, to c" dglftr"?!i B. , Spencer Blackburn hv the aoaclal term ot the United states Court, which wilt eonvene here, Judge Nathan Ooff P-W'". April 17tht Ellis Norman. 3UbM. Mi: Holt,-Loy ; Xe Anthony, Footvllle: D. E. Waroner. GibsonTllla; r ,i . Wii-Ari ahi. vtum tr-..- S chle y , Ell Pcett, gomery, Montgomery; P, M. Michael. Brown Summit: William Cummins. inuk .BkAnAi,,; ni.it- th jtnonuisun, iiu oiii, nuivign uit lard,' Leaksvllie; J. D. Hunt. Prlond ship; J.-Wm. 1 Morefleld, Walnut Cove; S. E. Tate,, gtanback; J. -R. Coletrane, New Market: W. M. Roberts. Ston- Vllle; J. W. Cook, Buck Shoals;, H.-B. Jarnea. Yadkinvllle. 7, --r"? " ... f : BROUGHT 22,000, Winston Famlture CovnfMiny'a Plant Hold at Auction furtfiissiM by htock Cotnpony, Which Will Operate Specfal to The Observer. - " , ftlture plant In North Winston, owned by theVinston rufnltur . Company, wam ...ction fowls meg lL m b. Huntley for I22" ooo.' - The Sale Includes besides tha fae. tor, machinery and site, all the-lure, ber In stock. ;Mr. Huntley says' that he and his associates In the deal -will renovate the;, plant '.and v , put . itMn oraklon - f"aatearjra'f - practlcsA!e. Huntley. Hill Stockton and Mri R. J. Reynolds, wfll compose the stock holders of the new concern, which will be Incorporated. The name, chosen 1 the R. P, Huntley Furniture , Com pany. .r t TILLMAN ;3fAKS BEPOBT RATE BILL .WEAK IX SPOTS Ploor Manager of llouse. Measure in Senate Gives First Clear Statement of' Differences in Committee Con- - cerning Court Review and - Other - l'eaturen and Namea Amendments Which He Deems Necessary Pinal . Determination is With Supremo Court, but Circuit Courts Can be .Made to Behave Words "Fairly Remunerative Rate" a Trap Op ponents Warned 'of Public Wrath. Washington, March -10. The Senate to-day continued consideration ' of the railroad rate question . by listening to tho reading of a report on the House bill by Mr. Tillman and to a speech on that measure by Mr. Nelson. -Mr. Tillman's report was read at the request of. Mr., Aldrtch,; who said that he was curkusto hear the opinion of the South Carolina Senator. Brief attention was given to the mes sage of the President transmitting the letter of-the Secretary of War, rela tive to the recent Moro battle. MV. Bacon apoke of the killing of . . the Moros as . "slaughter" and Mr. Lodge aeprocaiea criticism until me racis should be known. The House resolution giving the in ter-State commerce commission au thority to administer oaths In connec tion with Its Investigation of charges of discrimination made against rail roads was adopted without re sorting to the formality of requiring its reference to committee Mr. stone s . resolution directing an inquiry into the Postofflce Department rulings on. the admission of college publications to the malls as second class matter also Was adopted. A large number of private pension bills and some other semi-private bills were passed. The Senate adjourned until Monday MR. TILLMAN'S REPORT. The report of Mr, Tillman embodied the , first clear - and concise statement of the differences concernlng court re view features and other proposed amendments that had made a unani mous report from the committee im possibler Without hesltancythe Senator de clared It to be hisbelief that the bill should be amended, but that amend ments should not be of a character to Impair or prevent-the accomplishment of the objects of the legislation, which are set forth beat, he says, In the President's .-message to Congress. He emphasised the need of regarding tho measure as non-partisan, but predicted that the issue created will be para mount In the next presidential election. Mr. Tillman prefaced his report by speaking of the peculiar circumstances ruling . the committee's actions on the House bill, - which made it an em barrassing task to submit views that would be concurred in by the com mittee aa a whole. AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUA- TIQN. 'instead of being amended in 'com mittee as is usual," the report said, "so as to command as a whole the endorsement and support' of a majority of ita members, the bill was brought Into the Senate .(.n a form not entirely satisfactory to more than two mem bers.:" "This , lack of, harmony amohg tho ,r-c supporters of the bill It would be speaking wkh more accuracy to say the supporters of the policy Involved in the bill brings about , the anomalous situation In which a member of the minority party InrCongress Is put in charge in the Senate of proposed leg islation which Is generally regarded throughout the country as the cherish ed scheme of the - President, with whose general policy and principles that member Is not in accord. At the same time the bill Is designed to carry Into effect his own long- cherished convictions and the thrice- reiterated demands of the party to which he belongs." Emphasising the, claim that this condition is without precedent In leg islative history. Mr. Tillman says It brings Into prominence the fact that the legislation' is non-partisan and Is so recognised as a result of tha unan imous support given it by the minority in tne House and the few opposing oniy seven in mat entire ooav PUBLIC DEMAND PASSIONATE. There would follow a "cyclone of pas sionate resentment," said Mr.TIHman, In predicting what would be the re sult of failure, on the part of Congress to meet - the widespread demand, for railroad rate legislation. He : de clared that "woe will be the harvest" of any member of the Senate or House whose work In formulating a- bill to regulate railroads lacks earnestness or honesty of purpose and who shall seek to belittle the. question Or kill the bill by subterfuge and deception. The con stitution gives to Congress the -power to regulate the railroads, he -contend. ed and there arc manv wrongs to risht.. . -. -The bill as it comes from the House Mr. Tillman characterised as loose! worded and capable of different Inter pretatlons. , Mr. Tillman pointed out that It Is generally supposed that the pending measure embodies the "welj-dlgested views of the Executive and those of his party whose advice he consents to take." After enumerating the essen tial changes from tha existing laws reaulatlnr Inter-State - commerce, he (stated AheSt the most Important, 1 found in section 15. in .which sower la sought to be vested in the- inter-State commerce commission "after full hear ing upon a complaint, made to deter mine and prescribe what will In Ms judgement be "the just and reasonable and fairly remunerative) rate to he thereafter, observed Jn such case as the maximum to be charged,' and to make an order that tha same shall ro Into, effect-and remain. In force for three years, which order shall ''go in to effect thirty days after notice to the carrier, .and' shall remain In force and be observed by-the carrier, unless the same shall be suspended or modi fled or set aside by the -commission, 'or he aiianended "'Or set'iaslda - hv . court of competent authority.", Concerning tnts section jar,-Tinman siiai-i-j , SUPREME COURTS MUST DECIDE: "Around the flrst provision the most 'earnest and' exciting, contention has arisen and there is great difference -of opinion' as to the scope of this clause and the .executive powers of the Com mission under It On, the other .band. It Is-vlalmed -most : i poaltrvely thai Congress cannot delegate Its . powers to the commission and thus authorise It .to fix a -rate, while on the other hand it Is asserted with equal earnest ness and force that thla power is in disputable. Whatever may. be .the -re suits-of this discussion in the State, If the bill .becomes a law the final dev termination of the question at Issue must be made by the Supreme- Court.; There la, he said, '"even - greater solici tude upon, the question of judicial re- Mr. Tillman added that at the same time the crimes of the people are de manding relief for producers and ship-: peri. 'Ha declared that if Is the duty of . Congress, to hold -an even balsnne between .these conflicting and contend ing: Interests.' '',' CAN JBINBr THE CIRCUIT COURTS. ' Mr. . Tillman inclined to , the view, and aald he had not the slightest doubt that It is possible' to properly amend the bill So as to prohibit, the Circuit Courts from Interfering with the or ders of the inter-State commerce com mission by any interlocutory order. "The Senate must determine by its vote what shall be Its attitude upon the questions of court review and in terlocutory suspensions. ' The whole question at issue as to- riving, relief to the. producing interests of the coun try revolves around this feature of the bill. If any decision of the Supreme Court ) shall declare that Congress Is powerless to grant speedy relief through a commission, -i.lt . needs re prophet to tell that: an' outburst of surprise and-- indignation-- will sweep over the country." '.: .. : . "it Is impossible to deny that this great -accumulation of - wealth In the hands of a few Is such. a menace. to liberty that the honest patriot stands appalled by the outlook." After commenting at length .5.-Upon what he declared to be the existing system of juggling with railroad prop erties "for the robbery of the masses," Mr. Tillman said: ; DIVIDENDS ON WATER. ; "There is a dangerous provision In this bill which, In my judgment ought to be stricken out, and, that is in sec tion 15, wehere the Inter-State com merce commission is told "to determine and prescribe what will. In its judg ment, be the Just and reasonable and fairly remunerative rate." etc. The last words are too elastic, and am biguous and can be construed to mean too much that It would he harmful and dangerous for Congress to enact Into a law. 'Fairly remunerative rate," on what Is the actual value or the fictitious value of the properties," . Mr. Tillman declared there can be po Justice In- compelling the .people as a whole to pay dividends on watered stock primarily to increase the for tunes of men already .too .rich. "Whatever else Congress does 'or falls to do," he added, ''the producers Of the. country should be relieved from such danger of being compelled to make good the values of over-capitalized railroads as lurks in this Innocent looking and plausible provision about 'fairly remunerative rates.' " Mr. Tillman recommended that the amendments to the bill be adopted which would give relief to "the anom alous and outrageous , conditions of affairs disclosed as existing in West Virginia." SIMS OF THE COAL ROADS. Continuing, he said: "Vested with the rights of eminent domain to cOnl struct their lines and granted liberal franchise and charters, the railroads, designed to be public carriers for the benefit of the whole people. In the last few years have become rapidly transformed Into the. veriest band of robbers highwaymenwho do riot thrust their pistols In the faces of their victims and demand money or their lives, but who levy-tribute , in frelghttment which the country has ceased rates which are as high aa the traffic will bear, deny access to market, mo nopolize with bra sen effrontery one of the prime necessities, of llfecoalrrand In every way ahow their aUSolute con tempt for the people and the people's rigma." Mr. Tillman concluded -with "a word of caution to the, friends of the pro posed legislation.'. He said: "Our full expectations may not be realised at the present session'1 of Congress. The opponents of effective legislation are alert, have had large experience, and are thoroughly organ ised. WARNING TO OBSTRUCTIONISTS. "The demand of the people for re lief from the oppression . and wrongs they now endure may be thwarted by the great influence of ' the rallrosd corpofatlons. This - influence has hitherto been paramount, and its rep resentatives In the two. houses may feel It Is safe to refuse to redress the grievances and to continue, the policy of non-interference. They may -ignore popular clamor and either pass no bill at all or enact one that wilt prove wholly Inadequate. They may palter with us In a double sense: "Keep the word of promise to the ear, Anit hrnk It tn the hone." "Such action, on Their partrwlll. In my Judgment, be very unwise and will only dam up the water. The Issue will be made the paramount one in the -next election, and those who ere responsible for delay or Inadequate legislation will find that when at last the flood gates of popular wrath and.; indignation are hoisted there will be ' some grinding done." ;;-,;:;,' . ' YOUNG LADY, st'lCIDES. Miss Tice Huntley, a Weaver In-the , COroleen Cotton; Mills, Jumped Into i Mill' Pond -Was Missing for Three T Days Temporary Insanity the .Probable Cause. ; ',.".,', i Special to .!'heObserveT; , Caroleen, March 15. After a search of nearly three days 'the dead body of Miss Tlce Huntley; who mysterious ly disappeared Tuesday mornlngt was found this afternoon In the mill pond here after It had been let . off. The dead girl waa 21 years of age, a daugh ter of Lorenxo Dow Huntley, and waa employed as a weaver in the Caroleen Cotton Mills. Miss , Tlce. whose - pa rents live In the country, hoarded with her grandmother, Mrs.; Rebecca Mode, near, the mllL . She worked in the mill against the wishes of her - oarenta Tuesday morning, about daylight, she left .tne nonse wiu ner ainnsr basket. ostensibly tor ; the ,m,UU She returned to her room and went across the long bridge which spends the. pond, to the home of a Mrs. Hay. where she asked tor a, nre in wnicn, to oesirov soma letters : and . pictures.- She threw the bundle of letters and pictures tn the stove and, left, the house. Mrs. Hay, suspicious of her actions, watched her tilt - she - waa. half-way across 1 the hrldire. : A rtar that aha , was not seen alive again ' The river near the bridge waa draised in -vain, . This, afternoon the mitt waa stopped and the pond let offC, A - thousand , -or more . ' people Watched while the bottom of the pond was-; seacned for her body,- which waa found.'.' r ,-'C " ,V'J ' '" ".Tne- young laoy a reasons-.: ior seii destructlon are not' known, though it Is probable ' that - she was rsuffsrtna from.' temporary men ta( a berra t km, 'the result of brooding ever religion, f.3; Norfolk ' Man Acquitted ; of -' Young - - Woman a Death. " . -(-. Norfolk'. Va March .l8.4.rh', ease"' of ames Franklin, formerly - of : Bedford City.. vs., Indicted Jointly with Dr. L. R: Chiles for the murder of Miss Sarah Atkinson,, whose death followed an al leged eiimlnHl : Operation. ' has been -; mil Brassed and Franklin la now a free man. Ir. Chiles, the principal tn the case, was tried and acquitted last month, ; vv Ito : Warning for Tlirce ..Istateai Washington, March : 11 The- Weather Bureau to.nl 1 lit Issued warnings of fliirxls lit the rivers of Georgia, boutli Carolina and Alabama. , 5-;: . 1 j MAY, NOT :jm BUILDING LEXINGTON'S PROSPECTS POO;; Speaker Cannon Trlla Lexington Cltl sens, Wl.v, Visit Washington to Urge Appropriation for Public ' Building for Tliat Town, That They Should- Not be Disappointed If Their Request Fails Mr. Keifer Rants on Hla Representation Bill, but l Ignored Mr, Kltchin Replies to Those Who Criticised Ills Oppo sition to Railway Subsidy. e ,,: BY W. A. HILDEBRAXD. ' Observer Bureau.' . ' 1417 Q Street. N. W., " "' Washington, Maijch ll.,v Hon. Zeb Vance Walser and Labor Commissioner . Varner 1 called ; , on rr Speaker Cannon to-day, accompanied by Representatives Page and Thomas. The' visiting ; North Carolinians 'are - urging "that something be done ' to-' " wards the erection, af a public- build- ' ing at Aextngton. ' The -visitors are noticeably enthusiastic In the cause, , and they started to tell the Speaker.', about the marvelous increase In popu lation enjoyed : by their aggressive " little city; how only about' 1200.000 '" was Invested in mills and factories " five years ago, while at this time there Is Invested more - than $1,000,000; " how thousands have been voted ln bonds "lor permanent ' improvement, and what a matchless artesian water , 1 system they had, and how the Peo- pie could make jeans suits for Ameri- can statesmen, and about this time I, Uncle Joe held up his hand to 'stay' these running remarks. He said be did not doubt that Lexington waa a very wonderful place and was grow- " . Ing at an astonishing rate, bub that ' this was just the trouble, ' He -'aald that this whole country was growing at such an embarrassing rate , that, the United States Treasury could not ' keep up with It. ,. The Speaker did not talk in an encouraging strain.- In' fact, he said that the visitors must roast Congressman Page If they, did not get what they wanted, as the bill had already grown to alarming , pro- ' portions, but. the friends -of the bill are not cast down. Particularly did they feel encouraged when they re flected that the . Speaker ' practically i -said that the House would pass some ' sort of a bill, a matter on which there has been much doubt Messrs. v Walser and Varner will remain here for a few days. , t MR. KEIFER AND HIS BILI Southerners were Interested in an ! Incident tha. occurred In the House to-day. Representative Keifer,- of ' Ohio, the former Speaker, spoke In advocacy of his bill to restrict tha '1 representation of Southern States. ' Minority Leader Williams and the other Democrats decided to Ignore ' the old gentleman, who ranted away , for a long while without attracting -the slightest attention. The Demo-' cratlc membera thought It was about, ' time to quit talking about a move- to regard seriously, and now that tha Republicans see that their opponents decline to become agitated It la thought that they,. , too, will agree to . let the matter rest in future. Some Democrats were very much tempted, however, to ask Mr. Keifer " about thoae Springfield riots, and the , attempt of a lot of his Ohio people -to kill off the Inoffensive negroes. -gbout whose welfare he appears , so solicitous. Representatives Oudger and Page returned to-day after a short stay In the Sf.tte. w Representative W. W. Kltchin, ; touching the Reidsville correspondence In The Charlotte Observer, which , , states that hla opposition to train No." . 97 was causing great comment m ' Reidsville, -and predicting that he will have opposition In the next corurres- ' atonal convention, ssld: "The corres-fi. pondent labors under a mistake In, ' thinking -that I am opposed to No. 07. " I do not oppose any train. Every road ought to run every train that is neces ? sary for lta freight, express, mall and passenger traffic, and I feel sure that -the Southern Is running no unneces-' sary train. I do oppose,' aa I have al ways opposed, the Special appropiia- ' tlon usually known as the subsidy ' which -la Dart of their re- eelpts and la dlvrdad between trains '' Noa. si7 .and n rrom Washington- to New Orleans, but I do not oppose tha K existence of either of those trains. If -opportunity presents itself I will dl- ' cuss the matter fully in order that the " people may not misunderstand my po -sltlon, and I think I can show that tha appropriation la unwise, unnecessary,- -unjust and undemocratic." As to the predicted opposition to him Mr. Klthin said: "The nomina tion is a matter for the people to de ' clde. My district , is full of good ma- terlal, and when there are so many , ' men of ability,, integrity and popd- j' larlty. I would never be surprised it'' another 's candidacy. However, I have gone to no effort to ascertain the present sentiment of the district,, 1 have received many assurances 'fa vorable to my renomination. and until ; the recent agitation over-the opposi tion to the so-called subsidy, I had heard of no opposition to -myself."":, i- If it is desired, said he, to make-an Issue aaralnst him on account of tb Special appropriation mentioned, -be would gladly - meet such - issue, ' and -challenge hla assailants for. a discus sion of It. - and cheerfully abide ; the people's decision, . - - J1 v'1--' - SAFE ROBBERS' GET 9300..". They' RoU Safe. Front Flour 31111 of A. W; KUIm, ' at Farmingtott. Into Yard -and Blow It Open No C'luo te Guilty PPartietk r , ,:t;-- Special ,to' The Observer. i ..f, '" -Mocksville. March' IS. News has' Just reached here of a safe robbery at Farpiington, this county, . Safe crackers went to the flour mill of A, W. Ellis Tuesday night, rolled the f safe outdoors, blew it open and so- - cured 1300 In cash.' The burglars took '4. home from-a near-by stable and went In the direction of Winsviii Salem. . No farther clue has been se cured. The flour', mill la located some distance from the little village. f vapy-r-'iUMi . ' lii'K'H 'nil, i mn -i-.:;.: , Musi Serve 30 Da ya for Contempt cf "S' --,, ?, tourt-; lf. Special to The' Observer " Winston-Salem. March ' IS. Thnm.n Venable,, a well-known cltlsen of Flint Mountain, was arrested last Situr. on ' a bench . warrant . charging t with contempt of court and l-' 1 i Dobson county jail,-where l.i- serve a sentence of thirty d iys. time ago-he was convicted ' pass, but was allowed to go f seems that be "paid no at; the order of the court. -and to cut timber on the land of parity. At last term of co' : t ' to, appear, and trie c.t-i v- Juilje IeeMfS. lnt .we- s 1 : ham rnurt, where a f . . s r- 1: , dref dollars and t.lrty wa Impwi'iJ.- - ' . .-. nV;