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THE A. Ss N. C. LEASE CASE f "A JUDGE RESERVES HIS DECISION1 '," Tl" rnMi oid Mullet1 Rd II8 T ? -. Its Iav in Court Again, the Ac-H S ;tkn .This HwI Being Brought by . v .-'' stockljoVIfi" to Secure Annulment . or .tease to uowuna improverm-m '" '-Co. Judee B. F. Lonsr bits With. - out Jury end Reserves Decision tor r . Thirty iMys .acn mug wpre a ,w gp,, by Able, Counsel Previous r j , Litigation. -v ? - '.; ;-, . L'"T Special to The .Observer." i - Newbern. March-, 17. The . unit ' C brought Mr.' Hill to effect the an ulment:,et the lease of the -Atlantic ''-VA Korth'CaroHni.BalJroad to the 7" Howland Jlmprovetnent Company was ;', L Board here to-day before Judge a. Jtr. V f. long, of StatesviHe. ' . The.jalnUff ;,'"wa represented by Owen , ByGulon, r ? William , A. Clarke arid Larry I. Moore. Jfhe Atlantfo'A .TNorth. Carolina Ra.ll- A Toad was represented1 by ColJ M, - 'V PearsalL us -general ; counsel. Ap i fpearlng for the leasee; the.Howland ' Improvement , Company, '" Governor C. B. Ayoock, former State , '-i senator . a. ijanieis, neumur r . a V,, Simmons and A. X. Ward. The bear- tag waa concluded, but no decision fwas announced. Judge Long stated "i'.Wthatf he ' twould defer the announce- W f ment of his decision for 30 days. The 'famous "Old 'Mullet" rpad again -ia-laa Its aay in court, Judge rurneu, bf the United States Court, put the road ' in -the hands of a receiver twice during ', 190t The State authorities arrested his first 'receiver ;for conspiracy, and. It was the sensation of the hour. A few months "later another suit was brought, and he ,y : appointed other receivers. Chief Justice -'fuller granted 'm supersedeas, and Ttbese :' receivers were discharged, Then Governor Aycock, at-the request 4-" ' Jof practically all the stockholders, and with almost the universal approval of :. the !0tater announced a purpose to lease the road. He called tor propositions, and several of them were made. By -all odds 'the best one made was by Mr. K. S. Rowland, of Ashevflle. The most public notice was given and a special meeting , f the- stockholders was held for the ex press purpose of making a lease . at Morehead City on Sept. 1st, 1904. A spe. "clat train' was run, and the largest at tendance ever known of stockholders was present No one -opposed the. lease ex cept, Mr, Claude Foy and the county of Pamlico. The lease was Overwhelmingly approved by the stockholders,- and the officers and directors" were ordered to .execute the same, They .met, .agreed Won the lease, but, before signing' it, .the lease itself, ready for. execution, was - , . .. U I.... .1 . presented' to the stockholders, they ap proved it again, and it was executed by the officers of the two companies, in the presence of the stockholders, and in their meeting !'''".; ... " ; - ; The lessees took charge of the road 'and deposited bonds h of . the State to the amount ef $100,000 in value In the 'Wachovia Loan ft Trust Company to se cure their, performance of all the agree ments contained in the lease." The bonds are there , yet They have bought the Norfolk & Southern Railroad, and,: If the lease 'stands, will 'connect the two by buiMlnor from either Wnnhina'tnn K f? ."Tto Newbern or- Kinston, They have ' bought the lines of steamers running from Elisabeth City to Newbern and ? Wasinjrton. They are building a bridge tioarly three miles long- across the sound T et Beaufort,' and contemplate building to Cape Lookout They have already spent more than 1360,000, in addition to the Ky earnings of the road, and in addition to f 1 1 tbeir purchase of the properties afore . said Tbey nave entered into other obi i ' gatlons- of a like character." All the stockholders, except the county of Cray . ft en. Which, voted for the lease when it was made, and Mr. Claude Foy, who has ',5 always opposed it, and Mr.'HUl, are now it- earnestly fighting to sustain the' lease. - tt Mrs,: Florence P, -Tucker, of Raleigh, is the largest private stockholder, owning tibout 136.COO of the stock. Collector E. C. Duncan is the next largest. Mr. -Charles M, Busbee ewns quite a block, . . ' There is a mortgage on this road for X - quite a sum. The stockholders feel that , if the lease Is declared Invalid, the road '-4"' will have to repay to the leasees what j money the lessees have paid out. The i V road cannot pay' this sum, and the State, k would never issue bonds to save it. ' Therefore,, if the lease fails, the road Will It again be placed in the hands of re I? celver, and this time, without hope, It vsA will be foreclosed and . sold, the stock. Holders getting but Uttle. Mr. HlU,-the man who brought the Jivf suit, had at the time of the lease Only ,;f one share of stock, for which he gave S9. i While the whole -State Waa turitaiitHr the lease subject and the papers full of s- ji, ana m met uai a, meeting was to ' s be held OH the lgt .of Hcntnmhn- tn mm j, aider a lease, was published in all et the .. jo,uj vnya iw uuuee was sent "2; !?. elm, and, that he did not know any- thing about It until a few minutes before , the train left) thnt he hurried to the r , depot to take the train, so as to go down and vote his one share, out of 'the eigh--r teen thousand shares, aealnst the lease. f But It was the 1st of September, o euiky . hot day, and he waa a very fat moa, and -i he got to the depot Just as the train pulled out, and therefore he missed at v" ;?-tending the meeting. However, shortly -.' '. after the lease was effected, instead of , . selling his share- of stock, 'which he could have sold for tflC.00, be bought "an Xf'x Other, at current prices, and not tor mbre v.-- than a year after the lease, was -eflfeoted ' - did he think of btinKing a suit Ms ad. (A.s',?'wittedou cross-exam I nation that he was &'.. it paying any of the expenses of the suit,- employing, lawyers, or anything, but that the expenses were being paid by : ;$ ether people. ; .tv-:-,t, :- ;ti'-i The State claims that 'there was full . authority to leans the read, and that it -' would be an act of -the rankest Injustice t" annul he lease-after the lessees have Y St done so rtUch and spent so wnoh money. - raying upon the sarao as a valid con. DimCUIP TO PROTECT . JEWS. 5fX Vtto'g Efforts Said ' to " lis vt Been Vdeewnatea liy ;, ltnsslan Reaction. ?; t ry Clique Reported Shooting of .1 . a5 k s- -srw '. , . " t': PartiaUy, OpnOrtned. r tT v ' St. Petersfiurjr, ' March IT-Thers Is f already evidence that only a eheck and yt defeat has been administered to the raactionlsts .who, are .condud W the antl-aemltiC' agitation... Pretnier v.; Wltle, aXtsr he had forced a decision f' - of the cabinet to suppress .the egita '4-,,'th,n!'li;nolns'.the''audacltrt his oi ? i : pohents, took the precaution privately .1 ;1;to ask JewUh leaders to notify him in--t'.stantly whenever the Jewish Inhabl j tants at any locality were threatened, j. ;-in order to place him. in a position , 1 to insist 'that Measures be taken to S protect them. ; The -Jewish- leaders. . however, -now charge-that the reac - tlonary clique, with the connivan r i". sympathetic, local Governor Generals, f . are boldly arranging . to block such " , warnings, . . y , i- In spite of the efflclal denial ef - the shooting of undesirable r refugees v pnt nacK to Kussia :rom Kninnd, prl- vxte lntonnation nas f 4 fending partially to support 1 the : " charge, f J .!", v - BV KIPPJEK ItKPEALEB'IfOW LAW. I A . w " I. " MVamir Ites'toHnjf- to rhiladeiplil Vail i liocnl Seif-tiovermMein.' xmj. mmM Uir bi Default Oov Penny. ' - packer ltefnslng ta Sign tt.for ?iake of vonsmtency. , . r f , ,'Harrlbur. -pa., J- March 17.The 'Phihtdelphla rlppef repealerf passed at the recent extra session of the leg islature becomes & law at midnight to 'nlghty iJlit It annot be announced or made a matter oiv recoxa unvu , maw day. iGovemor Pentiypacker failed -to act iiponi the bill, . which -becomes, a law, by-default.,: 's v . - The "ripper"; took from the mayor or f nuaoeipnm un jpirwer o iFiwiiir Ing the director of pucblto Wfety and the director of -public - works. , The hill ss orlsinallr nassod also took from the mayor the power or appqiniimgne director of public health. ana -ennn-ties and the - dlrertors of supplies. Governor Pennvwickcr - vetoed the sections of the law which disturbed tne mtter two orncere,' out 'approveaj the sections which related, to the ae- pnrtments'ef public safety and worwe. He ave as the reason for slgnlnc the original bill that the people would voice their sentiment at the i polls. After thb recent November election. at which the Republicans, were defeat ed In city and State, Governor Penny- packer called a special session or tne Legislature to pass reform measures. Included among these ,were, the "rip per" bills. The Governor,, flowever, re mseA tn reverse nrmseir ana re neal of the "ripper" becomes a law without bis signature, v . v RECEIVER FOR. IROX COMPANY. Federal Judge) .Appoints- BirmlnRbani Man to iHiarge oi jjxikow moun tain Company's Assets, Vslned at $1,300,000. . , , Montgomery, "Ala,!; March 17. Up on a bill filed in the united states Circuit Court to-day from the south era division of the northern district of Alabama by Col. J. Ratelle, of New Tork city,, and J. H. Fronts, of Columbus, , O., both of whom are largely interested in the affairs of the company, Judge Thdmas G. Jones appointed Charles A. Stillman, of Birmingham, receiver of the property and assets oi tne j-ookoui Mountain Iron Company.' This property is valued at il.soo,- 000. The debts of . the company are said to amount to one-half of this sum. ; . ' Bateller and Frants are bondhold ers and - stockholders or tne com- pany. The receiver gave oona in tne sum of 175,000. TO SELL BAY SHORE RAILROAD. Federal Judge Waddlll Orders Prop erty, Kow .v Keceiversiup, to oe Sold at Auction in , Norfolk Must Bring Over $S50,000. Norfolk,' Va: March 17. The- Bay Shore Railroad, wblch has been in re oelver's hands for two years or more. was to-day "ordered sold by Federal Judsre.Waddilt the property to be put un at auction In Norfolk KfTftltne and place to be designated ty the spe cial commissioners of sale, after thirty days, twblic notice. The purchasers or tne miiroaa are to nay down at the time of the sale i$0,- 000 in cash and the remainder on the nurchaseorice within thirty days-un less the time la extenoea oy tne court for erood cause. The purchase price for the sale to be confirmed must b somethine over 1350,000. The commissioners mimea to maice the sale of the road are Thomas H. Wilcox. Floyd Hughes, MUton C El liott and Tazewell Taylor. SAVANNAH RIOTER ACQUnTED. In Second Murder Trial Growing Out et Pistol' Battle Between Political Factions Jury is Out Only 20 Minutes. Savannah. Ga.7 March 17. George H. Dver was to-niarht found not iruilty of the murder of Policeman Patrick Kear ney. The trial had lasted four days. The Jury required but a minutes to reach Its verdict and many of the Jtirors shook hands with the defendant after the an nouncement of the result. His friends gave him a great demonstration of their delight. . . .. .. . The trial was me -second lor muraer arowinsr out of the general elstol battle in which partisans ef the two local poll. ttcai tactions engagea m irom or tne city hall on Feb. 9 last. Kearney and "Babe"' Dyer were killed in the affray and of the murder of Dyer. Tint locBride waa ac quitted last week. McBride was a mem ber oi one lacuon ana tne jjyer Drotner acquitted to-day was a member of the other. ' . . ; , PREACateR. WIFE-MtJRDERER? In Trial. oH Indiana Minister witness Teetlflea to Seeing; II im Leave Bam Before Body Wat Found Hanging In It. . , . . : New Albany. Ind.; March 17. In the trial to-day of Rev. U.. Sutherlln. charged' with wife-murder,: Mrs. LAura.Whittingiu testined to seeing Sutherlln drive away from his barn twp hours before Mrs. v Sutherlln's body was 'found. Lee ' Pennington testified to. Ending.' the body of Mrs. Hutnerun in tne nouse-witn a rope tied around her neck and the other end tied to a transom. There was no evidence of a struggle. - A rope swing had: been taken from - the barn .and It was this rone that was tied around tne dead woraan-a neckv i HERIs MOSTt ANARCHIST,, DEAD. - fJ- -,ii i n ni , , , t . fK firotorlons Avowed Enemy of - Society Boouuinm w Boauen tuness in vva ...Cinnatu " M" A Cincinnati. , March 17. Horr Johann Mostfthe .anarchist, died , to-day" of erysipelas. i v i . , Her Most came to this city on Mon day on the invitation of. friends and has been the guest of Adolph Kraus, of Cutter street- , He was to have de livered a lecture in Chicago-on Wed nesday night, bo t on account of , an attack of erysipelas ' was obliged to cancel - his .engagement, although tho attack w not. regarded as 'serious. Up to a few hours before Moat's death hi physicians expressed confl denc that the patient would recover, . fmei4 ." "vu1" ''.'I".'.. . 1 '"'.i.n'v.aiv.-,.,!,.-.-. 1 Former College .Profeseon Convicted r n :? of Connterfeittns;, ' , Tantpa, Fla.,- March 17.The Jury! ;ln the Federal Court to-hlgh't convicted George H. Stephens, a Princeton grad uate, and former professor in Lafay ette College, Pemw and former con Vict in the penitentiary of the latter State; on the charge of counterfeiting, Stephens made an impAsstonat plea to the Jury In his own -.behalf. Judge Bcmrman reserved sentence until Mon- Rnsslan Socialists Not Afttatlnj; An- , v , ' otlier Strike.; v , v ? Moscow. Msrch r, 17-Th committee been obtatnedrtf the Social Democrats denies that it Is participating An efforts to. provoke new general apd political strike. (AERATOR f ELt AAStEEP WRECK'S fcAUSK; DEATH MST, . n ' . , rl , i n ' AVI Railroad i Telegrapher at w Swallows, !v CoL, -Admits Being Asleep Wlen 1 One of the Trains to W'hlcli - lie Should Have Delivered Orders Went "by to ' Its Doom Had Worked ' Night Before for Night Xrperator iJotn juon lHCtutrgtHi ' and xmuct- menta Are - Expected All ' of $3 injured JUxnected to Recover. , v t ' Pueblo, Col., March 17, Twenty-two dead and 23 . Injured to-night make , hp the latest estimate of the oasualtiesHn the s vwreclc i of two ' Denver ft Bio Grande passenger trains at Adobe, Col.,, Friday ,mornIn. : Only several of the dead bodies have been positively identified, on account of the mutilation oi victims roy ore, Two telegraph Operators are - now held chlefly?'re8ponsibIe for the dw aster. A coroner's Jury will begin. 1KB investigation of the accident on Men day. The following namea have been added to the list Of known dead: 3s , ; RAT FIELDS, aged . 10, Keystone, Wya .' ' ' '.-"V 4, ' MHS. BEdai, WEBB, Keystone, wye. 'MR& GRACE CRQWIY'3 BABY, Emporia, Kan. . . . 3 Mrs. William Burnslde, her daughter and grandchild, said to he from Kan. wis.' were-erroneously included in the death list last night . . Ail the injured, it is believed wins re cover. - It la not likely that the ;re maine of any of the other victims ban be identified. 8. F. Uveiy the ortera- tor whose ftallure to deliver the train order resulted m the "cplltsion. has not been arrested and it lis .ottstdd probable that no action airainst him will be taken until after the coroner's Inquest. Lively says of tils) failure , to deliver the train order: --' ; t - : -I waa asleep; that's -all. V , J ... It developed to-day that Uvely, "who was "the reguler day Operator at Swal- lowswhad, toeaides nerformineT his other duties, worked Oh Thursday night for William, van ueusenr trie night opera. tor. Van Dettsen-' 1 mid to have" ab sented himself from the tatlon on Thuredav without obtaining tha ? p- proyai or tils supervisors. . i Both men have been discharged; Denver, Col. ; March 17,At the of fice of the i general manager of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad to-day the announcement was made that S. F. Lively, night operator art Swallows. was wholly Tespomjible,for the; Col lision at Adobe yesterday.! He1 was asleep at his post, it is staid, when train No. 3. to which he was tovhave delivered an order, went by. Later he reported to the tram dispatcher at Pueblo that train No. 8 had not pass ed wallows. 1 Two operators are employed at Bwal Iowa The regular shift was rrpm 7 o'clock in the evening until 7 o'clock in the morning, when he was regularly reueveo, oy tne day operator. Officials of the Rto Grande deny that Wvely had, been required to work overtime, and way if he had done so his ac .tlPJLJfas vototary. . ... ... Train on the Monon Derailed and V Several Hurt. Louisville, Ky., March 17. Train No. 6, on the Monon, which left Louisville for Chlcage thta morning, wag de railed at Horseshoe Bend shortly; after 11 o'clock' this morning. Five passen gers and i the baggageman were in jured,: according to the report given out by the Monon officials here, but nobody-was killed. The engine 4 ten der Jumped the track while the train was rounding- a curve, and all the cart went off the rails. The baggageman's leg was broken and four or five pas sengers were slightly, hurt Attempt to Wreck .Pennsylvania Train Barely Averted. i Greensburg. Pa, March 17. An at tempt to wreck east-bound limited train No. 6. on the Pennsylvania Rail road near .here last higrfi was frus trated by a shifting crew finding- .a switch and frog . spliced . near ?Gu" tower. The-discovery waa made-Just two minutes before the limited' was due. '.;.. -.;?:'.n- r Detective are working an Investiga tion. 1 v -' , . a , B. -A O. Train Runs , Into Open Switch. :: I Washington, Ind.) March 17.Pas scnger train No. 18 on the Baltimore ft Ohio Southwestern ran Into aniopen switch here to-day. badly damaging the engine, wrecking several car and Injuring three persona. . ; 4t . The railroad detectives claim that the switch was purposely thrown, and, are working on the case, . JlA.! CARS DERAILED. ' , :. Wrack Near New London ; Blocks Traill c, Necessitating Annulment of Trains on Yadkin DWltdon None Injured Accident In Salisbury... Special to The Observer i J " ' - ; -Salisbury, March 17. The Tadkin passenger train, due here to-night af 7:15 o'clock, was annulled owing to a wreck below New London this after noon. The mixed train waa headed to wards -Norwood, the turmlnus of the road, when a spread in the rails threw one passenger and two frelgh 'oars off the track. No one was hurt, but traffic is completely demoralised. -The Whitney train has a Juncture with the main line a mile above the wreck and came in on time. The Yadkin Sj will -4-run On regular, schedule to-morrow, provided the wrecking crew Which ha not -vet s-one out, can get to work, on the-debris. The Whitney, train : ia-uns Sunday and carries mail. v. A - This afternoon Robert Cauble, ; a young 'man employed as brakOman on the Southern, had .his ,apkl brpken In an accident on the yard. He was oft a car which was under-the sheds when' an engine backed up from Spen cer and ran Into his car. In -his ef fort to Jump and" save himself," b broke bis leg and skinned up his face badly. The young fellow ' was taken to the Whitehead-Stokes ; (Sanitarium and treated.- No one else was hurt -, Dave Colter, a young white man em ployed by M, I Wyatt at hi quarry; four miles' from the city, was thrown to the ground by the derrick, his leg brine- broken below, the knee. The young fellow was given medical atten tion arm is neuer to-uay"i-i Bsveuue Of Acer Banks,'; Who ? has been doing such fine service, has quit this feature -and is bow superintend ing Bailey's distillery. , He is the Offl eer who recently raided the stilt near Hickory i and destroyed a -whole' lake of prospective Two y.'ytt v j, $100,000 for - stetson - Vnlvemlty , If , ? , Present Trustees ,Hrlgn; , ? Deland, Fl March 17. Mrs. John B. Stetson ha, offered to the trp. tees of 'the Stetson University at-De-land, to make good the offer of f 100, 00.' if the entire board would resign according to the offer as made by Mr. Stetson before tils recent -death. The trustees adjourned until April 19 ttr furVier consUcr the proposal. HOtSE: BALKS AT AGREEMENT i . , V.' ! i i. ' ; . . Representative Hepburn's Reported Ktatement ,Tnat ills committee . Won't ; Let Senate Heartnes De ,; termlne Type of Canal Cause Ml- (Tivings Ttt no Agreement n ui ue Reached Appropriations for Vnr- ' ryiug; on Work Are Certain to he 1 Reported. However, -and it is As ' sumed That , the President Will Pufth ft in Accordance With Lock " Plan. t Washington,. March 17. The Senate committee on ; lnter-oceanlo canals heard with many misgivings the re ported statements by Representative Hepburn that the House committee would , not be willing to accept the Senate hearing to determine the type of canal to be constructed across the Isthmus of Panama. This Is taken as an? indication that . Congress will not be able to agree upon a bill deciding the type of the waterway unless the session of Congress Is long continued. In the event that' no bin Is passed. the appropriation xommlttee undoubt edly would report the amounts neces sary to carry on the work until u-exi session and the canal commission would proceed with the construction of a. local canal, under tne piano advo cated by the minority of the board or consulting engineers. President Roose velt, in his message transmitting to Congress the reports of the majority and the minority of the boaru. -saia that he favored the latter, which was for a lock canaL end that if the ques tion was not determined by Congress that type would toe constructed. This offers a solution is opposing tactions should be unable to agree. CNITINO IN JAPAN. Representatives of Southern and Northern Cburcnes vcciae to unite Their Forces In the Mikado's King dom. Special to The Observer. Greensboro. March 17. Bishop C. ,E Galloway, of Jackson, Miss., and Rev. Dr. James Atkins, of Nashville, Ten., Sunday school editor of the M. E. church South, will arrive here to-morrow morning. The former will occupy the pulpit of West Market Street M. E. church, South, at the morning ser vice, while the latter will preach there to-morrow night. During their stay in Greensboro they, will be guests of Mr. Charles H. Ireland. They are en route home from Philadelphia, where they attended a joint meeting of com mittees (from the M. E. church. South. with reference to uniting their mis sionary work in Japan. They agreed Upon a basis of union and formed what will be known as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Japan. They spent to-day in Washington in con sultation with the Chinese minister and President Roosevelt regarding thu safety of missionaries in China. BANK OFFICIALS PLEAD GUILTY Fonner President and Cashier of .-jas. National Jlauk oi t onncaut. v., net six sears . juacn lor Mis applying Funds. Cleveland, O., March 17. Charles M. Traver, former president of the First National Bank of Connaut, O., and O. C. Little, cashier of the same institu tion, pleaded guilty before Judge Tay lor, of the United States Circuit Court here to-day to one of the indictments charging them with misapplying the funds of the bank, y They were then sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary to six years' imprisonment each. Traver and Llllie were indicted last October of 60 counts, in which they were charg ed with making false entries in the books of the bank, perjury (which con sisted in swearing to the false en tries) and misapplication of the bank's funds. Travers and Llllle's operations re sulted in' the closing of the bank Just previous to their arrest by the United State authorities. MANCHESTER CLOTH MARKET.' Makers Were Not Disposed to Seek Orders Against Easier Tendency of Cotton and Week's Business Rather Decreased. i, Manchester, Eng., March 17. With makers deeply sold and not seeking cotton, Inducting-caution bn the part cotton, inducting caution on the part of buyers, business for the week rather decreased. Low shirtings were taken for India, principally Calcutta, when delivery is not protracted, but the fine Qualities were quiet, cnina aosorpea cocaslonal - odd descriptions, while South America and the Levant again provided fair-sized orders tor Mexican and T cloths. Prices generally were unaltered, wtth sellers steady. Tarns were quiet, apinners ot Ameri can crops required ' full rates despite the reduction of cotton. Consequently the transactions in anything bu t . the finest sorts were on a smaii scaie. FREIGHTS IN FATAL COLLISION. One Trainman Killed and Two-Mor tally injured in aamisiana. Shrevenort. La. -March 17. In a head-on collision; between two freight trains of the Louisiana Arkansas Railroad at Long Springs, La., this mornings one trainman wa kUled,,and four others injured, two fatally. An order had been Issued for one of the trains to take a stain, wnicn-order. It 1 said, wa overlooked, resulting tn the collision. The dead man I Frank Giles, fireman. . ' . . The following were fatally ; Injured : ' H. 8. .Morgan, conductor, -body crushed; W. L Winchester, fireman, right arm cTusnea ana 4 internal in jured. - - Horn engines r ueiuuusueu. uni a number of car derailed. . , ALL TO- WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE. i . , - , 11. WW of Susan B. Anthony So . Disposes -of Estate Amounting to About 910,. , 000.. ' ' , , , Rochester. N; Y, March 17. The will of Mis Susan B. Anthony wa offered for . probate to-day. . The "estate amount to about $10,000, all of - which Is left to the women' suffrage cause. Rev. Dr. Anna Shaw, of Philadelphia, and Lcy B. Anthony of Philadelphia, and Mary g. Antnony v or tni r city. are named a the trust esa The An thony homesteaa is in Mary Anthony name. By the term of the . will, Mary Anthony wllfc not receive," anything from her later' estate. . C 1100,000 Fire in New Yorl.';, . New York, March 17. A ilr In th ftve-atory building at 68 Wellar street iiwntviii nannA . lUnuum nt linn nmi Levy V'- Kadan,' manufacturers of hosiery and underwear, the Columbu Austin Underwear Company, the Piov neer Shirt Company, the Star Suspen. der: f andi Neckwer Comany, and . Ilosefvfleld. - manufacturer oi ttJider weat pccupiea tne -ouudinaTt WILL , DEAL BY DISTRICTS 5HNE ' WORKERS YIELD POINT -. ...,-.:;.. ' General Strike is Made nighly Im , probable by Decision of Union Of ficials to" Regard Resolution of ' Former Convention as Eliminated From Consideration by Present One Operators- Greatly Pleased Con- ' vention? Votes $5,000 for Defense of Alleged Assassins of Ex-Oov. -, Stennenberg Favor Woman Suft. rage and Kill Resolution for Gov eminent Mine Ownership. Indianapolis, March 17. It can be stated authorattvely that the officials of the United Mine Workers of Ameri ca have decided to allow the Ryan resolution to be eliminated from con- slderation and will act upon ' the as sumption that the adoption of the re port of the scale committee has vir tually repealed tne resolution wnicn prevented one district from signing an agreement with the operators until all districts had' come to an agreement. All resolutions offered to the miners' convention to-day which endeavored to effect.-' action upon the scale or the Ryan resolution were quietly sent to the resolution committee without com ment. The position of the miners' leaders with reference to the Ryan resolution will enable the operators and miner to deal by districts if there is a failure to make an agreement for the entire bituminous field. Mr. F. L, Robbina and other operators who favor signing by districts even if an advance in wages is given are greatly pleased over the position by the leaders of the mine worker. The convention to-day voted S5.0CO for the legal defense of C. H. Moyer, W. i. Haywood and PettlDone, or flcer of the Western Federation of Miners, who are under indictment in Idaho, charged with conspiracy. The convention adopted a resolution favor ing woman suffrage and defeated a resolution declaring in favor of the government ownership of mines. The resolution to vote aid to the of ficers of the Western Federation wa offered toy Frank HayeaV a delegate from Illinois. The resolution was sup ported on the floor by President Mit chell and Vice President Lewis. The executive board was authorised to spend additional funds for the defense of the men if more money should, be needed. The convention then adjourned until Monday morning in honor of St. Pat rick. Nearly 1,000 of the delegates later marched tn the St. Patricks Day parade. NEW CONCERN FOR LENOIR, Lenoir Realty and Insurance Com- pany luurvreu. witn aoo.ouu apl tal Wake County Teachers' STeet Ing a Sncceas. Observer Bureau, 123 South Dawson Street, Raleigh, March 17. The closing session of the Wake County Teachers' Association was held to-day; adjourning about l o'clock af ter a: remarkably successful initial convention of three "days, permanent organisation : was effected to-day by 5Pf rftMMJauntx Superintendent Z. V, Judd president and the ertrbTTi ment of more than 100 members. The Wake County Association for the bet terment of Public School Houses and Grounds also perfected its organize tlon during the session with Miss Edith Royster as president and over 160 member, including ladies of Ral elgh. State Sueprintendent J. Y. Joy ner delivered a comprehensive address on ' the "Privileges and Opportunities of School Committeemen," and Dr. F. P. Venable, president of the Univer sity, treated in a most Interesting and masterly manner, "The Place of Public Schools in Our Educational System," declaring that they should be a direct stepping stone to the colleges and then to .the university. Last evening, In the course of an address by Prof. C, L. Coon, of the Stat department of education, on "Hot to Teach Reading," he declared that the beginners' readers in use In the publio schools of this States "are uncommon rot" and that is waa a shame to tolerate them, "for they lead the children not to the light, but to the darkness;" that "there Is nothing in them that will lift, the children above the dirt and the only good thing about them is the pictures." A charter was Issued this inornln for the Lenoir Realty ft Insurance Company, of Lenoir, capital 50,000 au thorised and 110,000 subscribed by J. H. Beall, T. B. Lenoir and others. Many friends throughout me state will learn with deep regret of the se rious sickness of Mr. R. H. Bradley, marshal of the Supreme Court and Brand tiler of the Norm Carolina grand lodge or Masons. Dr. P. E. Hines, one ot uaieign a oldest and most honored physicians, who suffered a serious stroke of par alysis two weeks ago, Is considerably improved; so mucn so tnai ne is uie tn alt un a little while every day. However, be has not regained the use of his left side. ' - TO MEET IN CHARLOTTE. North Carolina Trained Nurses' Asso ciation Will Hold Session itcre in May c Specfal to The Observer. , Greensboro, March 17. A meet-Ino- of the executive committee of the North Carolina Trained Nurses' Association was held at the Ben bow this .afternoon for the purpose of arranging" for the annual examination and annual meeting to be held In Charlotte the same time that the North-Carolina Medical-society con venes there in May. The executive committee is composed of 'Miss Mary Wyche. president of Watts Hospital, Durham? Miss Cleone Hobbs, resident nurse at the State, Normal College here,' and Miss Constance E. Pfohl. of the Twin-CHy Hospital, , Winston -Salem.', m , Portofllce Inspector C. B. Keene, of Washington, arrived here yester day on an investigating trip regarding the charge Which have been- pre. ferred, ..against Mr. c. P. Fraaler. whose nomination as postmaster .her Is still hanging fire. , Irish In Rome Honor tlie Day. M Romefi Marchr JJ. There were abuni daht shamrock decorations to-day in three Irish' Catholic churches, here. In honor of St Patrick's , Day. Cardinal Logue, archbishop of Armagh and pri mate of all Ireland, celebrated pontifi cal) mui, - He also delivered, a -short address and sent nis greetings not on ly to the Irish tn Ireland, but to thorn across the seas. v Well Know Agricultural Writer , , . Deed. s ' i , , - NashVilW Tenn., March if. Col. Jo aeph B. KllUbrew,' aged 7S, died: here to-day. Col. XIHebrew -we secretary of Agriculture of Tennessee . for a number ot years and.. was. widely known as a writer. on agricultural and industrial sttbjccitju : ,,- ROWAN POLITICS, " ' ...'.'V.T,,'.iV . Lin.". Hemts. WWteliead Klutts and J If.. liorah Candidates ' for Senatorial Honors An EaHy; Primary sails . bury News Notes. ?; v rf Special to The Observer. Salisbury, Marcn 17. The 8tate sena torial enigma, along with ther esaterlc political problems, la clarified, by the de. clsion of Senator Wrlght not, to enter the contest. The nominations will' be be tween Whitehead Klutts and Ja. H. Horah, -young lawyers who seek the hon or in the most dignified : manner. It seem now -that Bilitor John M. Julian and Major Walter Murphy will go to the lower House and it Is also known that many ot Mr, Murphy's friends will press mm ror ine speaicernip. n wouui nm have a superior anywhere. No man can surpass him as a parliamentarian and as a speaKf r ot tne jemgusn. lie u an orator of the first order and' a .tornado on the stump. So Is Julian, whose party service would still be good it he did nothing more for 25 years. Young Klutts is Just old enough to be eligible for the Senate. He can outsoeaK anything in the State near his age. is a scholar and so Is Horah. Rowan will send three of these men to Raleigh. They will meas ure up to uny county s representation that ever went to the State cupitol pro vided, ot course. Rowan doesn't go Re- rublican, as our neighbor, Stanly, did. tln worthy of remark in panning that as men are not to hunt for legislative lumber, so Is no other office a mendicant for an occupant. Chairman Boyden is going to end the agony early by having the primary and the-convention early- He will next week call the executive committer together for the purpose of determining a date tor the primary election.. The committee will re port three weeks from to-dy, April 7. Mrs. Mary Wyatt, wir of C. C. Wyatt, who lives at Fnlth died this morning at 3:30 o'clock. She lesvew a husband, fath er, mother, three slstera and two broth ers and one infant daughter. Rev. . Mr. Davis will conduct the funeral to-morrow from the Baptist church. News was received hue to-day of the death of Mr. Ooleniau Karris, who dtod Thursday at Cooleemoe. He was 70 years old and had been afflicted with palsy for 28. tie was a good citizen and was known well here. .The Mutual Investment Company, a corporation for the most part composed Of young men, hna almost completed two pretty new residences on North Main street, between Salisbury and Spenoer. This organisation was designed by the young men as a savings Institution and their surplus they Invest in real estate ana improvements. They huy, hold and rent property. It Is proving a splendid thing and Is on Incentive to th young men to put their money In trust rather than trust in money. Saleeby. the candy man, to-day Bold more than 4.000 pounds of his own man 11 factttred candy. All tho room behind his counters was taken up with sales girl and the store wa aswarm with people iargely from the country. He is prepar ing to enlarge on account of the grent wholesale trade that he has built up. lie has as pretty store as there is in the State. REV. A. It. BERKLEY CALLED. Talented Young Episcopal Minister Asked to Become Rector of St, Barnabas, at tireensboro, Succeed ing Dr. Dean. Special to The Observer. Greensboro, Marrh 17. The vestry of St. Barnabas Episcopal church, held a meeting last night and ex tended a call to Rev. Alfred Xt Berkeley to become rector filling 1me place made vacant by the resignation of Rev. Dr. H. Baldwin Dean, on ac oun -of - declining health. . Bey.;. Mr. Berkeley is considered one of the brightest young men in the Episcopal ministry. He Is at present serving the churches at Mayodan and Madi son, having been ordained last fall. He resided here several years ago with his father, who is a well-known Southern Railway official, now sta tioned in Atlanta, (la. There was a report In circulation of the probable consolidation of St. Barnabas and 9L Andrew's Episcopal churches and It Is learned from a reliable source that the likelihood of this combination Is very remote, an members of both congregations anil Bishop Joseph Blount ChcHhlre oppose it. GEORGIA PEACHES NOT H17RT. Weather Predictions Alarm Growers, However, ami lo-uay will Tell the luie. Atlanta, da., March 17. Reports from piomlnent fruit growers In this immediate section say no damage was done to the peach crop by last night's cold. The local weather bureau pre dicts frost and freezing weather to night, in winch event, fruit growers say, tne peach crop will be materially damaged. Rome, Qa., March 17. The fruit croo was not injured by the cold snap yes- teraay. tr frost ians to-night, dam. age will be done. Adalrsville, Qa.. March 17. It Is es timated that peach buds In this section were damaged 25 per cent, last night. Peach growers say, however, that the trees will stand a loss, of 60 per cent, of the buds. Macon, da., March 17. The fruit crop was not damaged In southern or central Georgia, last night. Fears are entertained for to-night. OX JAMESTOWN APPROPRIATION Bouse Committee Hold Hearing and Fixes Friday as. Date for Vote on Bills Representative Lamb Argues ror jz.zao.uuw Measure. Washington, March 17. The House committee on Industrial arts and ex position held' an executive session to day on Jamestown Exposition appro priations, and after two hours of dis cussion,' fixed Friday, Maivh 23, as the time for a vote on the Jamestown bills, Representative Lamb, of Virginia, addressed' the committee urging the appropriation of $2,250,000 for government- participation and assistance In the general expenditures of the expo sition. He also advocated, at the re. quest of patriotic women of Virginia, that. 130,000 be appropriated to pre serve historic relics on Jamestown Island and to build a suitable wharf for the landlna- of tourists. ' Representative. Maynard also ad-1 dressed the committee and at the con clusion J of the meeting, said ' he was hopeful of favorable action of the ex position bills. Myfe!'' , ' . Boilermakers' Vnlon Declines to En. t,f dorse Ship Subsidies, Kansaa- City. Mo.. March J7.-The Consolidated Brotherhood of Boiler, maker and Iron Shipbuilders of Amer ica, at. their annual convention al Kansaa City. Kan., to-day declined t endorse the? ship subsidy bill now up In Congress, George - F i -Dun n, of Indianapolis, was . elected , grand president. Orsn Kuefly, of Roanoke. Vs., was elected vice president for the Quit and the South 'Atlantic district. ; vl Wealthy KnoxvlIHan Found, Dead to f v v v.ijiMi.jf-IleA fci.vJ. ' - ?-'j-.!f Knox villa, -Tenn!,' March 17. TO Pt MoCheli. prominent and wealthy cltl ten of KnexvtUe. was Jtound dead In bed to-day. Heart-failuie is supposed to have been the cause of death , HOLTON BjLCKBPBN CASE ANTAGONISTS FACE TO FACE The Two Tae Heels Appear Before, Suh-Consmlttee to' ' Hearing - ot Charges ' Bfroqght by the Kepre sentative Against the District At torney an Head Oft Confirmation-- ' Former Hurls Denial at Latter No Decision .'Reached by Committee jtoiton vacuon File Affidavit - to Effect Tiiat Blackburn Tokt Whls- key Maw That $5,000 Would Defeat 1 District , Attorney. r f- 't , BY W. A. HILDEBRAXIvi' A ' Observer Bureau. r? -Ull Q Street N. W., , i Washington, March 17 The matter of the , con- flrmatton of Wsirict Attorney Hoi ton was given, careful, if not an-tf' uBub-comraittee of the Senate judiciary ' oomminee. xne committee, which W , comprised of Senator Foraker. chair-. men, and SenaAons Kltridee. of South ; r Dakota, and Blackburn, of Kentucky, X began Its labors about 10 o'clock and 1 , did not leave the committee room until 4 , aout 1 o'clock. Mr. Holton bad noC ' ' , 1 bewn summoned but he came to "look after mutters and he was one of the , first to arrive at the committee room. ' He was told that his presence would not oe needed for awhile, but that he mUcht be called In later. . MR. BLACKBURN ADDRESSES COMMITTEE. f " . Shortly after Mr. Uolton left. Mr.-, Blackburn went to the committee) 1 room and was heard in opposition to tho proposed confirmation of the dls. , rt-lct attorney. In dispassionate apdt deliberate words Mr. Blackburn re' " tw counted the things which, in his opln. 1 ' Ion, unfitted Mr. Holton for the OfflceJ , He alluded to the numerous chanres' 4, many of whtuh he said could be - tabllshed by court records, , she Win aj - that Mr. Holfon had een remiss hi the-,. , discharge of his official duties, while rt other che.Ta8 could be proven if the committee, cared to exercise its privM ' lege of summoning witnesses. OC course, reporters were not allowed to attend tiie hearing, but, from the go,,--i lp lloartng about to-night, it is under-" , " stood Ahat Mr. Blackburn's remarka.-' . bore chiefly on the charge that. Mr.' t Hoitdn had used his office to promote , his private political fortunes and hadyr' re'.-THlned from bringing tndlctmentsr ' I'.t casea wherein his political friends !.? -wore involved. Mr. Blackburn men- lloned the Green case, which figured','; in the charges which H. S. Anderson,'',''' has made nerninst Mr. Holton. Oreert' is a son-ln-lnw of W. 8. H yams, and-" lhe claims made that Mr. Holton re fused to hwbet him. TV' MR. HOLTON CALLED IN. ' ' Mr. Holton was, about this tlme,1 - ealhl into the commtttee room and then only a small table stood between' . the Tsr Heel antagonlets. Mr. Holton, , in reply to a question by a member of ," the committee, said that Mr. Black-; burn was assistant attorney at th,; time he complained that Green had been indicted, and that Blackburn hadr ' ' charge of the grand Jury. Member ot the committee aueaUooed Mr- Holton ' particuiarry- with- reference to the in. , diet merit of Mr. Blackburn, askins; when the district attorney first came into possession of the Information that ' 'i'. Mr. Blackburn had accepted a fee for t practicing before the Deportment Mr, J Holton replied "".hat it was only a few ' months ago that he learned that Mr.. Blackburn ihd accepted money for hi ' - , services for appearing before the Del V partment. v, 1 A TINGE OF THE DRAMATIC, ' At this Interestrng Juncture ihe eighth district Congressman gave the'., proceedings a tinge of the dramatic H i by hurling across the table, "Yes, and ' you know now that I never got a dol- lar for such service." Of course. JUr- Holton did not pursue this line of ar- , . gument any further, because If he had been able to prove then and there that Mr. Blackburn had profited by such. practice, he could ivot have 'done' soTt without giving away the hand that he , will play when the case come to trial next month. '.: - NO DECISION REACHED, Ji vi The Blackburn people are claiming; ' that they have won the first touch down because, after reviewing the evt dence and charges, the committee de. ;. elded that no decision would be ' ar , '' rived at for the' present. It is thotighli . another meeting of the committee will be held in about a week. - '-,, ta" A SENSATIONAL, CHARGE. ; J The Holton people varied the pro-' ceedings In the matter of bringlnjfW charges by filing an affidavit which). - they expect to go a long way towards iv queering the eighth district Congress- ' " man. John L. Casper, president of the - Casper Rectifying Co.. of Wineton-8a- ifs" torn, affirm that, while he was In -Greensboro recently, he was approach- ; -ed by Congressman Blackburn who ' aald that. If he, Casper, could induce 4; those engaged in the distilling and rec ' -tifylng business to raise a fund of 15,- , 000 to be used In opposing the conflr- Vj ma tlon of Mr. Holton. he. Blackburn , would guara-ntee that Mr. Holton would never be district attorney. No allusion 1 was made to this rsthr sensatkmat, -affidavit during the hearing and it waa stated that Mr. Blackburn' attention was not called to tha document. - , - Mr. Holton expects to remain hem until Monday and will reply to soma new charges which Mr. Blaekburnr left with the committee to-day. t v. AXOTUKR ALLEGED ASSASSIN. . Member . of Western tlemtkH . ot Miners' E seen live Committee 'Ar rested for Complicity In Slennen btrg Murder AllegaUons Against ! Vorrman of Grand Jnry Fall Down. Early Crop of Baseball Games. -Caldwell. Idaho,' March 17. A tele gram received f rent Oakley; Idaho, states that J. I Slmpkln. member of the executive committee ot tne west ern Federation of Miners. had been arrested near1 there, AO v officer wiil be aent to Oakley : tr ldetiry ani bring back the prisoner.- sirapains t wanted in connection with the assas sination ot ex-Governor Frank Steun enberg. i ' -J ' The - sensational allegation . . mad a against A. B. Moss, former foreman of . the grand Jury which Indicted Charlea H. Moyer. William, Haywood ant George A;' Pettlbone,' were not en tained when testimony: In the matt was taken to-day before District Jud - Frank Smith. . Affidavits of Govern r Frank Ri Gooding and Attorney j mr- - H. Hawlev. denying- that they haJ t conversation' with Foreman M--4 regard to the evidence in me tie bent- case.as anegeo. y tne c also were Introduced.- '- The motion of the flerense to the Indictment wa denied. The question raised cy t on demurrer ' -were - rgu en : and were taken un.ier e v Judge Smith until 1 ues.i v as Was the quotum of a . defendant to balk. ' it ' 1 1 ' .
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