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1. SOUTH DELUGED BY STORM RIVERS BOOM; SNOW W IN N0RTO i"- .- -. ' a. j All of the, United States East of the) - Mississippi to; Grasp of a "Storm, -T" ; With 1 Heavy - Hains in the South ,-, , ana enowi in iw narut nou vu ... ! . seasonably IiOw Temrratiires in , f Both SectionsMost Rivera From North Carolina? to : Mississippi Ex ,.; f tMctd to- pass Dancer Banger Liu iTo-imr- worst -m uuir;states, ; lyasnington, March .-rTfce wnoie er me country east oi me Mississippi river, according, to reports to uiei Weather Bureau,, la experiencing ,M fects of, the prevailing storm,, with temperatures ,below the average, Wifrom sHyepton to help dig the victims this time or the year. There ihave been heavy rains In the South and snow In the North, The storm began Sunday night In the -South and ex: tended into 'New England, ' Kew York ind tho lower Lake region and the, up - per Ohio valley, where ihe ralff turned Into mow to-day. The rivers in . the States of Mississippi, Alabama, oeor- g!a and the Carollnas are bank-full ana stages above the danger line are ex - peeted to-morrow in a majority of the big .waterways, ' The storm Is expected to pass down the St Lawrence valley during the next 24 hours. .Montgomery, Ala., March a9.0wlng - to incessant rains, the Coosa,.' Talla- f"1.'1?"!:? rise, and the. predictions are that the . waters will go over the danger line at .Wetumpka, Montgomery and Selma. Owing to warnings, it Is believed that comparatively small damages will re suit. Railroad traffic has been disarrang ed by washouts, and at Oxmoor, on the Louisville & Nashville Railroads, 100 feet of trestle are reported wash ed away. At Bletsher this morning a freight -engine of the Mobile & Ohio was overturned because of the weak- enlng of the road bed by water. State Commissioner of Agriculture B. R. Poole said to-day that crops In Alabama are at least two weeks be hind as a reeu.lt of the heavy rains. Meridian.. Miss., March 19. During the past 24 hours. Meridian and vicin ity has experienced the heaviest rain fall In many years, the total for the period being 6.78 inches, at Shubuta it reached 6.50 Inches and at Enterprise! 7.54 inches. Sowashee creek bounding toe cuy on tne soutn, is a raging tor- rent and spreads half a mile beyond Its banks. Stock and cattle are re- ported as drowned m several places, ana lences ana out nouses wasned away, no nves are reponeu lost as yet, - - Jackson, tMlss., March 19. Railroad traffic has been paralysed tor the last! 18 hours as .a, result of heavy rains.. I (Many trains aretrroni flvd tt ten hours late, while .othfJEa-bave been annulled. The main line of the Illinois Central south of here is tied up with lnnu- jnerable' washouts. Trafno has been suspended on the entire line of the Gulf and Ship Island road, Jackson to uulfport, Miss., and the various branches are also tied up. The Ala bama, Vlcksburg road Is open, but trains are far behind schedule. Five inches o.f rains fell In 24 hours, end- Rev. E. E. , Williamson, pastor, Is Ing at 1 a. m. to-day, the fall being arranging to begin a protracted meet thaxheavlest In six years. inK at Burkhead M. B. church April Atlanta, Ua marcn IS. AS a reUUIt r tne neavy ana almost unpreceoeniea lain Storm which visited the - South feunaav msrnt ana mm mornmjr itiei .rsnttjid system In this section arc .n a bad tangle and In some places cam -p'ou-ly paralysed. iCo,lt,d5a?.Le-id,tmi8r.Vtl 51?" .aBl5 . .any wiros oi wawouw, ueoi- l h'Sf' "S5r S5MP.!! La 'tlit ir household goods to higher ground r' iii nd I vfer f-afety. Stock and cattle are t.v sorted drowned in many places, t V.. far- sr a Aaai Kv (ha alnran Sdd . been leported. w. H. Armstrong, au h. engineer on the Mobile ft Ohto.Kill- ,Jt&n& was killed near Tuecalola. AU., : l.r ii m enaine turnlna over, caused bv a ' ' ..... .1.. I Vif P trains are running on time in this - Yuwesfcsa. Ala.. March 19 -Vt. ' H. , UtmrtriMii. an gn9inMin thn.Mniiii. , Ohio Railroad as killed early this Of . . i.. . . I ..' mn.ff rr n i nnir.nn ran. irtt inrniri" i ; over. The accident was caused by a I Msh-buL Armstrons- and his Rim. r man were pinloneu under the enxiifi. unn he lived several hours in this yi- l diUon. His home is In Greshamvlllo, jkv j ft -Macon, Ga., March 19. The Ocmul gee river Is rising rapidly and warn i inn hv hnen fl-lvcn tn all nnlnts be, -5 low Macon. Reports are, to the effect ha tho Hvpr will he above the dan. I -I ger line, by 7 o'clock to-morrow morn-1 lng. - PARTIAL TIE-UP IN NEW YORK. - Sub-Way's Capacity Morff soveraly i axoa nan at invar ". ' Since It Opening; Trolley Sclied- . uIch Pernornllied , ' New York; March 19. Six inches of Visnow felt here to-day and for a. time ..w ifiA ... w - kon all surface roads. The subway to- ' 4 night was taxed more severely than, Vat ny time snce the tunnel was f Pt, t opened. The, snow storm of rtact Thursday had left most of the down 1 , added fall to-day made heavy trucks V Ing' an Impossibility. Only a' few ot i the more Important throughfares had I j- been cleared when to-day's storm set I , ;in. To-night it Is raining hard, withl' ,1 rair ana cower weather predicted for j ' Trolley schedules ud town' and' tn f , S.'JSBS-1 Z"-:: Z" ' ainin- Tn .ho k.,. J, . ' .of VaJdoeta, Ga-i against . Lyman D. :. r. a BnlDDlna in the harbor mad (ntrln... ' - km a.' 7j. Mini, ui -uun. iwtnw ou- LS'- -?in.onJy ,ic.e,d'nt J?" funct First National Bank, ot FarU - -wL Ju V"' ult' n ctl0T brought to compel a West Snore K a M road terry, Rochester receiver list as creditor $7S7S In fa--' J .f Erie Railroad ferry Passlc. Vor of tha Georgia bank,; the-amount ' k'w wM.iuiw sonoiuiyi oamagea. Aitnougn, - tne passengers ' , ..iuiiw, mo on was in i company st eashed.;- by the Oeorgfa v4urc ' " ' 'A,- . . ".i"-' '.Lbank, but refused by the Faribault ' , winter k Heaviest In CWcaga Cfhlcago, March 19 The u heaviest a gnow storm ox ins winter nas been In- srarreei here since last, nirhr t it I ours four inches of ! snow fn .-, I velng driven- by a high wind from the rthwest. It drifted badly and mlde jperatlon of street r. dlffleult. W.nv trains jwtre, reported from two to, U hours tats,' BIG, SLIDE KILLS 12 MEN RECORD SNOW 1 THE ROCKIES t a to . . m j. '"i.'M . -. v . . m . .(- .. ? . Avalaiwhe Strikes Boarding House While Colorado Miners Are at Bin ner. and Nine el at Dig ThetavWajr Out Conditions M'orrt Since Her-'- rlMe . Snour Slide and Blockade of 18SI, Tops, of Tall Trees ; Being : iiareijr vistoie m me canyons we Trains at Durango for Seven- Days, Sllverton. CoV... March 19. Twelve I miners employed at he Shenandoah i MJw . were aU4fht by, a great snow ttda to-day and swept to their death. Their bodies have Hot vet fceen reeov- J wa Assistance toe . been Gammoned I from beneath the snow According to a report received from BowardsvUIe, the 13 men were killed by a, snow slide: which struck ' the I boarding house at (he . Shenandoah 1 Mine white they were at dlnneT. It Is reported that 21 men were caught in I tb9 ana fj,at nlnfl U!f their way OBt. ; . j Not since the terrible snow slide and 1 blockade of the winter of 1884 when j the Denver & Rio Grande branch road I between Alamosa, and Duranso was impassible lor weeks, has there been mich trouble experienced in this region ae at present. No trains have arrived at Durango for seven days and every available man Is being taken to the t,.Mm inntfr .lis, a m tnttmihtaoat HIT! NIT dee engine, are anowed to between this place and Durango, also one of the -big rotary snow pow. A rotary snow plow was sent from Sallda to day, pushed by three engines. It has been snowing continuously for seven -days In the mountains west and south of AVamosa and the can yons aire full of snow and in many places the tops of tall trees are Just visible. Coal and eatables have been sent I rom Alamosa to the working crews and goods -eire feeing taken to the anowed-ln trains on Cumbres Hill to keep the people there from starving, SALEM COMMENCEMENT. Exercises Begin May 19, Programme Continuing Through the 22nl- Ilcn Dies at the Age of 22 Twln- c-ity news . .Notes, I Special to The Observer. Winston-Salem, March 19. A freight car Jumped the track on the Wllkes- Doro road ' Saturday afternoon, de- laying the passenger train Hve hours. I Captain Guthrie, who was In charge. got back from Greensboro after 2 I o 'clock Sunday morning. A special was made up here Saturday evening. I leaving for Greensboro on schedule time. I William Thomas, of Belews Creelt street, -SalenC had an old hen to die last week at the age of 22 years. . The chicken was formerly the property of ur, xnomas' parents ana it is -estimated that she had laid more than 7,000 eggs, notwithstanding the al leged claim that the hen would never lay on Sunday. Captain Charles Buford, who has been In Baltimore for a month or more receiving treatment In a hospital, ar rlved home Saturday Improved In health. Hamlif Tnrnw. nf r!rMihAm and Rev. J. F. Kirk, pastor of Grace M, p t mAtMM to begin at Calvary Moravian church yesterday-was postponed one week on account of the death of the mother of Rev- J- F. McCuIston. The latter is Mr- mflwln Wmimnn OvArmnn rtf Salisbury, who came here last week to see her daughter, a pupil of the S- . : ". - r During her stay here Mrs. Overman was the guest of Mrs. W. N. Reynolds at the Phoenix. The programme for the annual com mencement exercises of Salem Female College has been practically, completed. I The dates and . occasions are as fol lows: Saturday evening, May 19, se- t ..-I. l W .Un . ",ur . ; .n V , ate sermon, . in iu nurxuia ounw church; 1 Monday evening. May 21, ex erclses of the senior class, on the col "re campus; 'Monday afternoon, May t-t . a 1 KAnUW tnaaflnsi Is nnllnn'A i. kiuiuhud buuivu uiwiiiik aia vunwo chapel; Monday night. May 21. grand concert oy uiepwnuTacu no - cutlon departments, In the college cnanei: -luesaay morning, may zx. commencement exercises in Moravian Home church, literary address by Hon. I N. Jfage.' memoer ot congress irora North Carolina, and the presentation of diplomas. MONEY WENT UP IN SMOKE. " Pay Roll of $1400 Destroyed In Fire at W. 9. Oliver's Commissary Near BushnclL Special to The Observer. here to-day from Bushnell tells o( the burning of the W. J. Oliver commls- ary , at . that place Saturday morn- tng.Tbe commissary was-completely destroyed and, in addition to the burn- thi '!u?p,wt" ,h..alL!!., cmP operated by the, Oliver com- pany,- a payroll amounting to oetween 800 and $1,000 was also destroyed. A considerable portion of this money was n fter'lR "hhai tlally cooled a d sh-pan full of the money WM np t It Bald that the fire caught from stove OEORGIA BANK LOSES SUIT. Federal ! Judjre ; Refuses t Compel Minnesota Bank's Ileceiver to I4et M Crrdlts Checks on It Cashed Be. fore Ita Failure." IT?. XTa"""?? ho - W filed aa order -dlnllng the itmn or the Merchants- national Bahk, 0r . rtttrnber-of checks on the- Fart' bault bank by. the. Minnesota Lumber past ea pto the receivers nanqs. L.. T ,., i rMrs. Thomas nUL 4f Cullford, Dead. Sneclal to The Oberver. ! -'-h; i. ."re-nsboro March .lt..-M. Thomas, ""LS' gSM-Sf TCA'Sl .&? 'hUind diM ' f-VeV wo from on attar of pneumonia. , Thsy are ' survived by several chlldrta. MEXDS CONSULAR SEBYlCE HOUSE " PASSES' SENATE BILL First step Toward .Reorganisation of Unt ie - Sam's ' " Commercial llepre tsenUtives' Work ls Made by Ile - Classifying the Service and. lUising . cMiiarios i:o,utw a: xear iiieuten ant Generalship of the Army ADoiisned, Kffectlve i Oct, . 12, se . curing Promotion to Gens. .Corbin ; and McArthur First Mr. Gros yenor Defends Army.'s Moro Cam- t paign. Washington, March . J9. The House to-day reached a oonnpromitae on the question of alioltehtng the grade vt lieutenant general in the army, by pro- vming that It shau not become effec tive until, Oct W fnext, in order, that Generals Corb In and MoArthur mav be promoted before their retirement, An important bill declared to be the first etep towards & re-organizatlon ot the consular service. wa passed. The bill already has been acted upon, by tne senate. It re-daestnes the service and dnoeases salaries its the extent of $170,000 a year. During the completion of the gener oA debate on the legislative bill,. Mr, Groavenor, of Ohio, came to the d 6- fenee of the army hi the Mount Dalo battle and was repied to briefly by Mr. Wallianw, the minority leader, who asserted- that all criticism was based on the official reports so far received. Mr. Groavenor defended the army. "The gang of Moros," he said, "belong to a class of ol rates and professional thieves. They were an organised band of murderers who never surrender, but fight until tine last one ot them h dead." In answer to the recent criticism of Mr. Jones, of Virginia, that the moun tain should have been surrounded and the Moros starved Into surrender, .Mr.. Groavenor remarked that Mr. Jonas was a farmer by profession; thafc-the mountain was 15 miles around, mak ing this sort of a siege Impossible. 'There was but one way to get tnem out, and that was exactlv the plan the American soldiers executed." The retirement of aed clerks 're ceived the attention of the House for more than aa hour, during which the debate was general, while Mr. Tawney, chairman of the appropriations com. mittee, held the floor in advocacy of the 70-year retirement provision in the bill. ' The House adjourned Until to-mor row. Named for Ambassador to Austrla- Utingary. Washington, March 19. The Presi dent to-day sent to the Senate th nomination of Charles S. Francta. Ot Troy, N. Y., former American minis ter to Greece., as ambassBr to Aus tria-Hungary, to succeed Bellamy Storer. Mr. Francfla' father wa for- mnerly ambassador to Austria. For $2,000 Monument to Gen.' Pick- . ens at Clemson, 8. c. -Washington. March 19 Representa tive Aiken, of South OaroMwa. Intro duced a bill to-day, appropriating $25, 000 for the erection at Clemson College, South, Carolina, of a monument to GenVr&l Andrew Pickens DURHAM SUPERIOR COURT. : -iiJ--J---7ilifiiliiiill;ii..ir''''iiii' ! rj- -f nil ii,.if'" n'i One Divorce Granted and Many Small Cases Disposed Or-Witnesses in Stein Case Leave for Charlotte New $20,000 Episcopal Church. Special to The Observer. r Durham, March 19. Superior Court convened here this morning with. Judge Furgerson on the bench. It is a - two- weeks term of court and the docket Is very light. Most of the lawyers believe that the docket will be cleared by the end of this week. There are several damage Suits for trial, but none of a very Important nature. The largest suit Is one in which Ike Cooley, of this eity. Is suing the Ourbam Traction Company. Last year Cooley was struck by a street car and alleges that be was damaged In the sum of 15,000. Several small suits were disposed of to day, one ot these being a divorce granted Mrs. C. F. Vlckers from her husband, 1. P. Vlckers. The suit was not contested, the Darties having come to aa aareement that the divorce from bed and board should be granted. In the complaint the plaintiff told of cruel and brutal treat ment on the part ot the husband until life was made such that she could not live with him. There were fourteen Is sues, all answered In favor of the olaln. tiff. The Vlckers, both husband and wife, are well-to-do and at the last term of court the wife sued-ber husband and secured judgment for about $2,000 for ad vances she had made him. - Mr. Delos W. Sorrell. a vounr lawver who secured bis license from the Su preme Court at the recent session, was to-day sworn in as a lawyer and admit ted to practice in the eourts of the State. Mr, Frank L. Fuller, a member of the law firm ot Fuller ft Fuller of this elty, stood sponsor for' him and' Judge- Pur gerson, in welcoming mm as a member of the profession of the State, welcomed him to a "life of hard work and honor.". The new lawyer is a member of the firm of Unsteod & Sorrell. The conareaatlon of the St. Phltln'a church has decided that the new church, to cost about 120,000 In to be bulft at once. The vestry has awarded the con tract to tho Central Carolina Construe Hon Comnanv. of Greensboro and It la expected that the contracts will an : be signed to-night or to-morrow. After H wius aeciurcu to uuuu mis cnurcn tne .ad vance In the price of building materials caused the vestry to bait In the negotla tlons. It was finally decided to go ahead with the work and it will be push ed until the new church, to be erected on tne site ot tne out cnurcn, is completed. GREENE-GAYNOR WORK GOOD. General Cralghill So Testifies, Baslng upimon upon urowin or Havan. nan' Commerce as Alleecd Resnlt ot , iinroor improvements. , Savannah. Ga.. March 19.---Interest ing testimony was brought ouk to-day In the Greene and Gaynor trial. W. W. Osborne conducted the examina tion of the witnesses for the defense In the absence of Colonel P, W, Met drlm; leading counsel, who was un able to attend because of Illness in his. family, but who-was represented by William Garrard, his law partner. One of the features of the, evidence was the statement -of Brigadier Gen eral W, P. Cralghill,. U. 8. "A., re tired, who was formerly In charge of the river and harbor work of this dis trict ' He said he regarded the Work done under Carter's administration a successful. This belief he based upon the growth of . com meres of - the port of Savannah, considering that this would not have been brought . about had there not been merit in the work done by Greene and Gaynor. . The defense is devoting Ha efforts to tb establishing, In 'so far as may be possible by - the. evidence of engin eering experts, that the river, and har bor contracts secured by Greene and Gaynor were carried out honestly and faithfully and In accordance with' the specifications. This is the line ot tes timony that Is now being Introduced. fx-,; i'ifM, .:. Russia' largest Tea Merchants Fall , for I,00,000 , - Moftfow,' March 19.IJ. ft A Rasstor. seueff Brothers, the , lr(ret ta mr- eants in Russia, -have t failed for 1$13,&w),900t..! SEVEN CHABOTS GRAFTED ' y ; - BUSY DAY FOR THE SECRETARY n.i, ii Wilmington, Palestine. Alt. Airy, Ox-i- ford,' Swannanoal and Keniersvillc - Get New Concerns Spet lal Term of CoArt. Ordered for Surry Cm v barrus Negro Begins Ten Years Sentence, in Penitentiary Governor Returns After Three Days' Abwnce -Still ? Captured Raleigh News Notes. , ' Observer Bureau, '122 South Dawson Street. . ,,. Raleigh, March 19. Governor1 Glenn returned thts morn ing to the executive of Hce after an ab sence ef three days, which were spent profitably to'4ils constituency. At Charlotte the Governor was pleased to be in company with the Governor ot South Carolina - and Hon. Alton B. Parker! together with whom h par ticipated In. the Special programme as arranged and olwerved bv the Greater Charlotte Cli b. The Gover nor expresses' particular appreciation i as to the cordial courtesies extended to him. He Will remain 1n Raleieti for a number ot days, and has announced that hereafter he will, at no time, un less It be specific and urgent business. be away from the office more than three days at a time, S. H. Buck, one. of the clevorest and moot efficient inspectors in the emolov of the Poetofflce Departmejit, will, at an eary day, move "his family from Ait lanta, Ga., to GoWSboro. Mr. Buck has Just returned from Tecumeeh. Ala where he was called by the sudden and serious illness of his aged father. C. M. Buck, w?io is now 79 years old. This seams to mean that Mr. S. H. Buck will be transferred in the Denart- ment eervlce. and the demands In the State have called for the appointment of another Inspector, which now gives lour to this division. Mr. v. E. Ai bertle, who haa been in the Indian Territory, will work In this part of the State In a like capacity. SPECIAL TERM OF COURT FOR 8JURRY. governor uienn nae ordered a spe cial term of court In: Surry county for tne trial or cases, both civil and crim lnal, beginning AprH 30, and lasting one week. Judge R. B. Peebles will sreslda. Letters from Mr. B. R. Lacy. State treasurer, are to the effect that he will return to hte office within a few da vs. as he will leave solonumville, Ariz.. March 21. It Is suppo.d that he will come straight home. Mr. Lacy's let tens would seem to indicate that he is homesick for Carolina, though the benefit to his asthmatic trouble has been wonderful. Deputies Adams and Downing, of the Revenue Department. Have returned from Johnson county, where they ef fected the capture. of a 4.i-g-allon still. with worm and cap, together with 400 gallons of beer and 14 fermenters. Those playing with the law escaped, although the still was operating when the officers airrlved. They evidently had the first peep through the wood land. The affair was located four miles east of Denson. MANY CHARTERS GRANTED. The Secretary of State to-day made ridh issuance of -charters, having furihexedLthe State! advaaca. with the COllowing: Palestine. Roller Mill Co., at Palestine, for the cotton, jtraln and woodworking ladustrles combined; capital etock $25,000, with $3,000 paid; inoorpora'tore, W. A. Marks, of Albe marle; Henry Blalock and W. L. Har ris, both Of Palestine: the (Wolina. Apartment Co., Wilmington, to build and develop that city, with T. H. Wright and W. Taylor, Wilmington a.nd W. B. Keenan, Lockport, N. Y.. as in corporators, and $150,000 authorized and $15,000 padd In; the F. L.. Smitti Hardware Co., Mt. Airy; stockholdei-s F. L. Smith, J. B. and G. W. .Sparse, R N. Payne. O. H. Qulncy. of Mt. Ary, and C. H. Haynes, Dobson; capi tal $50,000, of which $22,000 i fa id in. A second Mt. Airy company Is that ot the Spargo Orchard Co., to conduct or- Chairds, canneries and evaporating plants; there has been strbecrlbed $5,- suo, in a total siock ot vw.wv: incor porators J. B., G. W E3. A., B. F.. and J. A. Sparger, all of Mt. Airy; the Oxford Buggy Co., Oxford, will maiuu faoture buggies, carriages and wagons of different styles; capital stock $100, 000, of which J. H. Long. R. L. Green, B. F. Taylor and W. J. Long sub scribed $40,000; the Mount Mitchell Lumber Co., at Swannanoa, with $10,- 000 paid In by John Morrow, Marshall: M. Mell and L. m. LeUrhton. or Kane. Penn.; the Forsyth Bank ft Trust Co., at Kermereville, capitalized at $50,000, with $6,000 paid In by M. Ouyer, J. M. Hester. and a number of others of Greensboro, Advance, Winston Oak Ridge, Kernersvllle. Sheriff Harris, of Oaharrua countv, brought to the penitentiary a negro (man by the name of Ernest Scott, who will serve 10 years and two months for attempted assault. This Is the nesrro who last fall made his escape from the sheriff, when the officer assured th State tha he would, be recant u red. SPONSORS FOR REUNION. Gen. Leo Names Louisiana. Missis- slppt and Tennessee Young Ludies . tor new oricans juveni. New Orleans, March 19. By direc tlonof General Stephen D, Lee, com' mandlng the United Confederate Vet' rans, Adjutant General Wm. E. Mlckle haa issued a general order which he ays: .t . "The general commanding Is much gratified to announce the following ap pointments for the New Orleans re union: - 'Sponsor for the South, Miss Jose phine Hamilton NichoUs, of New Orleans; maids of honor. Miss Mary Sharp Askew, of Columbus, MIks.; Mlsa Sarah Ruth Frailer, of . Chatta nooga, Tenn. These young ladles can boast Confederacy ancestry equal to any in the South. "The general commends these ladles to the good graces of his beloved as sociates and feels that every honor and courtesy Mfflll be showered on them by the gallant remnant of our armies. " J ,- PREMIER WITTE TO. RETIRE? Rumor is Current in High Circle of St. Petersburg -Stateiuent by Pre. ' nUer Himself Interpreted An-'- notift cement, , St. i Petersburg. March ai In high circles to-night the rumor ' was cur rent that Count Witts had- tndeflnltelr decided to retire . from the premier ship. The Associated iTess is unable to confirm h rumor, as Count Witts ad retired and the chancellery was closed when the correspondent called shortly after, midnight- From an ab solutely authentic source, however, It, can be stated that Count Wilts, at a session of the eoufictr of the empire this afternoon, , made . an enigmatical statement which - is Interpreted r by many members of the council as a vir tual declaration that his career as Premier Is ended and that he will be succeeded by Privy Counsellor' Kok- i'ovaolt, former Minister of Finance,, BAILEY ON BATE MEASUBE WANTS LOWER COURTS TIED Anxiously Awaited Speech of Senate's Foremost Constitutional Lawyer Reveals Basis of His Contentiou for Amendment to Prevent Inter ference by Courts Below Supreme . Court Contends That Coijgrcss Has Absolute Power to Prescribe Limitations for Courts Created by It Favors Final Review, but Wants Arbitrary Suspension by Judges Prevented Messrs. McCrcary and Heyburn Also Speak. Washington, jMarc1! 19. There were three speeches on the ralilroad rate WU In the Senate to-dav, Messrs. Mo Creary, Bailey and Heybum being the orators. Mr. McCreary announced his determination to vote for the bill whether amended or not hut said that he. would not object to a reasonable provision for the review of the Inter state commerce eomimlssion'e findings. Mr. Bailey replied to criticism of ills suggestion for a prohibition in the Mil against the suspension of the commis sion's orders by courts below the 8u peme Court. He contended that Con gress had the absolute power to pre scribe limitations for the courts, which it creates, and cited a large number of decisions in support of hta position. Mr. Bailey said that all he was con tending for was to Ih-ave the rates fixed by the commission, stand until finally adjudicated by the court, because he believed It might be assumed that any rate established bv that body would be more just than the rates of the railroad companies, the one disinterested and the other- inter ested. "I appeal to you to say which Is more apt to be right. If you give your voice to that fixed by the com mission. I demand in the Interest of the people that It stand until a final decree to the contrary Is recorded." He read a letter from an etitornev in Florida reciting Judge Pardee's course In enjotnlrwr that State from Instituting a eult to compel the reduc tion of passenger rates, a proceeding, he said, which shows how tar "these teamed and upright judges" may go In the use of their cowers. He declared that even If he stood alon he would submit to the Senate the Question as to whether the courts mar exercise arbitrary power like that assumed by Judge Pardee. "Are we to understand that the Sen ator favors a final review by the courts?" Mr. Aldrlch asked. "I do," replied Mr. Bailey. "I have never seen the day when I would fa vox the closing of the doors of the courts to any person, corporate or otherwise. I faivor a fair and impar tial proceeding1. What I contend for is that the courts should not have the power to set aside findings without thorough inquiry. Mr. Heyburn advocated a review provision, but expressed the opinion that even If it were omitted no pnnon could be deprived of his right of ad mission to tlve courts. The Senate adjourned until to-mor row. BY THE COUNTY BOARDS. South Carolina Dispensary Board of Control Decides That Kacli County Board Must i'urniHli Assistance for Handling Request Blanks Confcd crate Veterans Invited to Meet In Columbia. Observer Bureau, 1209 Main Street. Columbia, S. C. March 19. The matter of request books has given considerable concern to the dispensary authorities. Tho situation was brought to a focus by County Auditor Gibbes in sisting tliut. if he had to give out the request books and check them up aa re quired by law, ho would insist upon as sistance, ns it would be utterly Impos sible to do the work of his office and eheck up the permit books. Governor Heyward to-nhrht had a conference with Commissioner Tatum, Messrs. Rawlin- Bon, vvyiie ana mack, or tne siato Doaru of control, and Assistant Attorney Gen eral Youmans, regarding tho situation. The letter of Auditor Gibbes was read and tlio members of the boHid of control took the position that, under the law, It was not tneir province to proviae assist. nnce for the cnecking up or request blanks by the county auditor, but that It was a ouestion for the county boards. Governor Heyward. with the board of control, wishes to see the law enforced. and. In Governor Hcyward's opinion, ItJ is tne province or me couiuy Duaras to furnish to the auditor. such assistance us the county boards may deem necessary to carry out the law in reference to re quest books. Governor Heyward will re fer the letter of Auditor Gibbes to the county board of Richland and each board will have to arrange this matter to suit itself. At the quarterly meeting of the Colum bia chamber of commerce to-night a unanimous and warm Invitation was ex tended the State Confederate Veterans' Association to hold Its next annual con vention here. The Invitation was placed In the hands of a committee of Ave, ot which W. I). Starling will bo chairman, the other members to be appointed later by the president. The convention went by default last year, so this year's meet ing will likely be held early, probably In May. Columbia will arrange for such a splendid reception of the veterans as was given them here a few years ago. A fonturs of tn-niaht's meetina was the projection and perfection of plans out lined by Secretary Clark to publish a monthly Journal of Illustrated matter about the city. The first Issue will ap pear In. modem Y size in about a month. THE BLOCK SYSTEM. It Will be Installed on Ashevlllo Di vision of Southern, Orders Having Been Placed for Material Will Re quire 100 Extra Operators, OnaWtlal ta IftiB nh.A,V J a . a-w a. a. a wnv. .wa. , . Ashsville. Mnroh l.-The bleck system on the Ashe vllle division of "thai South ern Railway Is now an assured fact. It was learned from a 'high authority this morning that .the officials of the road have determined to install this modern method of more - safely operating its trains and that the' order for more than 100 miles of wire and other material to f Into the equipment has been placed, his material is expected here within the next 30 dans and the worg of installing the system with a number of construc tion gangs will be Immediately under, taken. It Is the purpose of tne officials to nut In operation the block a.vstem be tween Ashevllte . and Spartanburg; be tween Ashevllla end Salisbury and be tween Ashevllle and Morris town. . On the Ashevllle division mere will be a block ; every tour- muss, luach block will - have a day and night ' telegraph operator, and no-two trains, when the system Is working, csn run on the same block at once. ' The block system on the Asneviue division win mean uie employ ment et ruuy iw aooitmnai operators ana this Item of expenditure alons will In. crease the payroll of .this division more aa .P .va -'. aV.-"'-- I. I 1 ' I I I i 1 I I I I I ll . l-.gJ ----- V WEW BREEDS OP; COTTON. Bnrean of ' Plant ' Industry Promises That , They i will ' Almost Double 0 Value of Crop Wherever ?Uaed. ; Washington,' March 19. Following ex periments over several years, the Bureau of Plant ' Industry. IMpurtment of -Agrt-cclture, has developed a number ot new breeds of cotym,- which the bureau says f romtse to aimoet double the Value of he eottoa crop wherever they-are used. These new "cottons have been bred from the native sad short, staple upland va riety and ere from -a bHl to three-quar. ten ot an inch longer, lit fibre than cot ton gniwu from the parent seeds. . LYKCIIED IN CIJATTAKOQGA JOIT TO U. 8. SUPREME COURT Negro Assailant Who Had Been Granted Stay of Execution on Eve of Day fur Hanging is Taken From Jail in Tennesseei diy by 75 Men, Hanged to River Bridge, Rope HreaKing, ana nwitiiea uiet t n broken in the City at laarge Court's Action Hail Angered Cltl zens and Lynching Is No Surprise, Ctittanooga Tenn, March 19. rj. .io'inson, colored, was taken, from tii ja'; at 10:45 by a mob f 75 men an hanged o a beam of the county brldta over the Tennessee river. The rope broke and the nefcro's body fell and tin mob quickly riddled him with bullets. Shcuff Shlpp and tlie Jailor were lock, td in a bath room while the mob se cured the prls'-ac.-. Vhe negro was to have been hangeu to-morrow under sentence for criminal Assault, but the United States Supremo t'j-t to-day granved a stay of exs- cutirn and this ao'ion served to angsr citizens ot U.c city and all day there was great excitement and It wn 1r tly talked on the streets that vio lence would result to-night. Early In the evtuiug the inob began to lorm and it was all done so. quietly that only those in the Immediat lclnity of tho jail knew when tiny Ttit ready for anion. At 10:45, 73 determined men aciembled at the jah and at once gained admission. Over powering the sheriff and his deputies. they secured the prisoner and quietly led him to the bridge where the hanging was carried out In the most orderly manner, the mob Immediately dispersing. There was not the slight est attempt at rowdyism and the mob was composed of men of mature years. The negro Is said to have confessed when first taken by the mob. but when the rope was placed about his neck ho stoutly maintained his Innocence. It is declared the victim was aeau oi strangulation before the rope broke, but the mob, to be sure of him, filled his body with bullets. The city was as quiet at the hour of hanging and afterwards as tnougn nothing unusual had occurred. The crime for which Ed Johnson was lynched to-night was an assault on a prominent white girl at St. Elmo, a suburb, which occurred some weeks ago. Immediately after the crime a mob made an unsuccessful attempt, to get the prisoner but Sheriff Shlpp had taken him away. At that time the Jail was attacked and almost torn down and during the excitement several per sons were seriously Injured. STAYS TENNESSEE EXECUTION. United States Supreme Court Grants Appeal to Negro Under Sentence to bo Hanged at cnatianooga iin-wi Washington, March 19. The Supreme Court of the United states arantea an aooeal to-day In the ease of a negro named Ed Johnson, under sentence to h hanaed to-morrow in Hamilton county, Teivnessee, on the charsre of assault. Justice Harlan c ran ted the appeal last Saturday, but feeling doubt of his right as boi moiviuuai rafraunr of tho -ourt to take this action, ad vised that formal application be made to the whole court. The order ot the court operates as a stay of proceed I nas. No reasons nre assigned for the in tervention and the action to-day will serve to bring the case before the Supreime Court f'u- investigation. OPERATORS TO MEET MINERS. Second Joint Convention for Dltrc Comprising Ohio. Indiana, Illinois and Western Pennsylvania is Ar ranged Bobbins Quits Leadership of Operators. Tnrfiuriainr.il M.inli U That there Will tin a second lolnt convention of coal operators and miners of the central com petitive aisirici, cnmpnnins mi. in Illinois and western Pennsylvania, was definitely determined this afternoon li.n the onerntors of the four Btates met In convention and adopted a lesolu- tinn aottlna- for tn tnetr wiiunarness to meet the represents tlves of the United Mine Workers. Subsequently, nrrango- men-hi lvptKven J. H. Winder, chairman of Ihe operators, and President Mitchell, of the mine worsers, nieo m urni . sion of tho joint conference tor to-mor, Fo lowing the retirement or r: ij. jkoo- bins. president of the Pittsburg Coal Comnnnv. ns chairman of the operators and the election of J. H. Winder, of Ohio, as his successor, a resolution was adopted providing that the operators of tha four states should elect their own spokesman and that there be no official representative oi uie tout mum einioc. tlvelv. olther In joint convention or In Joint scale committee. F. I.. Rohblns to-night refused to make a statement regarding his reasons for re llnqulshing the leadership of the opera tors. His successor. Mr. Winder, was equally reticent, and neither would ' dis cuss tne uuiiunn no win bjwuiiib on m" floor of the Joint committee. In antlci. nation of the action taken oV the opera tors this afternoon looking to another Joint session, the miners announced the appointment of members of. the Joint scale committeo who will act for the miners' organisation. . : . MANUAL TRAINING FEATURE. It Will Probably be Introduced Into tlie Public Schools of Spartanburg. Special to The Observer. Spartanburg. S. Ci' March 19. Su perintendent Frank Evans, of the cltv schools, and H. E. RaVenel, chairman of the &oard ot trueteea. have returned from Cohimbu, Ga,, where they in spected the pubUo schools. While In terested tn general school work the Spartanburg ;vleltors to Columbus were particularly .concerned In the workings ot the manual tralnlna de partments In operation In the Georgia town, for the puwic trustees nere are comnderbig tfte practkrabimy. of Intro ducing the system into the school They wilt make a report ot their ob eervatkm to the board and It Is then expected that plana for an Industrial department will be discussed. Super intendent Evahs and Mr, Ravenel were Shown every courtesy and ' attention toy the authorities of the Coiumbos schools and they feel that they came upon information that will be of great assistance to them when the- proposed plans relative to the- publta schools of Spartanburg are ready -to toe put in effect. -y u ' , ir." y V - Oeiecr W1u Commanded Mutldoua , - ' ifleet Sliot.. . ; Sti'-Pelersburgi March: !. Former Lieutenant Schmidt, who commanded the -vessels of the- Black Sea Fleet. whicb. mutinied la November of last year, was shot to-day at otonaKoit, With thref of his sailors. - v , e r'.n. ' iiiilllii.,ii,ila.ii..i I'.. , .y 1( At Chicago Ihst night the national amateur-billiard championship -was won by eiiwtra Wv Gardner. oi A TlCTOaHY FOB MB-HOLTON SUB-COMMITTEE UPHOLDS IIIM By Unanimous Vote "of Full Judiciary : Committee Nomination of Mr. Hoi ton is Reported Favorably 'to Senate Mr. Blackburn Denies That Casper Affidavit Was Prtented Senator Simmons I.wnes Call for Meeting of State Democratic Ex ecntlve Committee 'Senator Slm mons Commended for Speed on Rate RcgulaUon BUI. BY W. A. HILDEBRaiND. 1 V . a I I I.I,..';: ( , Obsen'er Bureau. ' ' $ 1417 O Street K. it ' Washington, March 19. ' Senator Simmons issued n. rati to day for a meetina it th Tiemooratia ' State commt-ttee to be held hi Raleigh April otn, wnen tne date of the Dem ocratlc State convention will 'be e-" lected for the transaction of such' other business as may come before it- ' The nomination of District Attorney! Holton was reported to the Senate to-, ' ' day by a unanimous vote of th full judiciary committee. This action was - taken after a meeting of the sub-Ju- ' dlciary committee when it was de-t " cided to stand by Mr. Holton. The n r r ar'nmaav'a final a n- M- v Blax-kburn's charges was considered! 'J ample. Mr. Holton returned home to1"- night. stw t DEIN1ES THAT A1FFIDAVIT WA8!'V PRESENTED. i . Representative Blackburn said toJ1 " night: "The statement that an afflda ' vlt was presented before the Senate tub-Judirlary committee from ana' Casper is a falsehood upon Its face.'' No such affidavit was mentioned. v ' will refer you to all the members a ' Mvd.nia,, cam aiiu uiriy iiiiiiuer '- -V- - of the sub-committee. Solicitor of In-V tcrnal Revenue Hayes and Asslstatw ! 1 Attorney General Robb. Whose work 1 ... - - . -. v..a ."v., ca n.u-v.. I.I.V I this. I do not know. If Mr, Holton is Bcvmiii; io use tasper as nis tool Il :V' prosecuting me. the matter will de ' velop in due time." 1 COMMENDATION FOR SENATOR SIMMONS. ", oince a large number of senators have expressed their opinions on thw' ' pending rate bill, in charge of Senator 1 , Tillman, many have been heard- to al- '''.. lude, in complimentary terms, to tbsfc... effort of Senator Simmons. Some oIm." the colleagues of the senior Nortl Carolina. Senator have expressed th-- belief that his speech will con tribute-! J-r very materially to a solution of tha- ? vexed question. Senator Simmons la receiving numerous requests for copietr 4 of the speech. A letter received by a", I gentleman here from one of the moss ; prominent lawyers the State haa ". produced, now living In New York, ' contains theso laudltory references. to the remarks of the Senator: ts "Whatever may be his views on tha 1 " great questions Involved in the debate f , upon regulation of railroad rates, any candid reader of his argument muse '' conclude that It was the speech of , -statesman. Its matter was excellent, 't its temper admirable. I would hava been much struck with It If it had been the speech of a stranger. As it was v made by e. friend and my State Sena tor, I am proud of It. I think It OI 1 trh t t ,a hn ffFABtlo Ka I tfl! 1 a t Knaaai ? In proving that intemperance of tlan- ' guage Is not proof ot correctness ot thought. A reputation made by such speeches will bring all pleasure and no regret, while the too common form of i political oratory Is tinged demagog-, . " " ey and to a sensible man must bring only remorse." 1 I", Senator Overman will. In - all prob' k ability address the Senate on this par-' amount issue during the present week, ' ' From the beginning of this agitation ' Senator Overman has been convinced-,-that conditions demand some form of i medical legislation as that proposed. , Hon. Zrb Vance Walser and Labor ' Commlsslorfer Varner have returned ' ' ' to their home in Lexington. Messrs. -Walser and Varner have done yoeman VI service in behalf of the bill designed to appropriate funds for the erection ot a public building tn their thriving lit tie city. Congressman page will make - a special plea In behalf of this bill and there is a distinctive hope tn many , quarters that hia activity will provw eixet'iive. inn nrinffn in ininii Ala. " -, . tressing error that crept Into the cor- 1 respondepce recently when an attempt ' was made to tell about the Lexlncton situation. It was stated that Speak- er- Cannon told the delegation; "It- ". you don't get what you want roast ' - page." when the Speaker's little pleas-. antry obviously: "If you don't gag what you want dont roast Page." , . - THE AFFIDAVIT. Special to The Observer. Winston-Salem. March 19. Tha . friends here of District Attornev A E. Holton expressed surprise when told' this afternoon by The Observer's cor respondent that the Senate Judiciary . committee had reported his notnlna , tion favorably. The action of tha committee was expressed by those ac- qualnted with the situation. To-day a " copy of the affidavit given Mr. Holton by (Mr. J. L. Casper, of thia cltv. waa secured for publication. It read aw iohows: ' v "State of North Carolina. Forsyth' county: John L. Casper, being dulr r sworn, states that he is a citizen and resident or tne city of Winston; is a ' member of the board of aldermen of the city of Winston, and that he haa been a resident of this cltv for fin- yearsi that he Is engaged in business In the city of Winatopn, being vita president of the King Printing Com pany, president of the Southern Pub- t lishing Company, and president of the' Casper Company, the latter -com-' pany being engaged In tha business ot1 rectifiers and wholesale liquor dealers. That on March 2, 190a. In, the city of Greensboro, at (he Southern. Rallwavt depot, he met the Hon. .Spencer Black burn member of Congress, who ai- proached affiant and asked him, How much will you give to defeat Mr. Hot ton s confirmation as United States district attorney? Affiant told hlt:' Mr. Blackburn. 1 am practically out or tho whiskey business and have macs nothing for the last two ye- and I am not In a position to pay anything.. Mr, Blackburn then asked affiant If ke could not 1 see,; the- other people now fHaged and who had been enrntrca In the business : of distilling, rectify ing ' and wholesaling . whiskies an.l loarn If they wqutd not make u, a pure of $5,000 to defeat the confirm 1 tion of Mr. Holton, and if they won'.t for this he would guarantee that . H-iitrn would never; be district n; -tiey To this, affiant replied thst would see him later. Mr. Bl r,, said he was going fo Sullsbuicr. train bemg about ready to move. fant asked Mr. Blacklturn if lie 1 t!"t Mr. Holton had Indicted J. C. W. V. Somers," liquor dealers t 1 bury, at the-recent term of th? . at Ashevllle.' Mr.- Blackburn r 'The thunder yoa-sav, I ! ' he would htve to tai wlui 1 - " JOHN L. C ' - Subscribed and sworn t l this 7th day 3 of , M irt h, 1 . iCmi f u. I- rt 1.:
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