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PRESIDENT, TO IABQB MEN " VIEWS ON ALLEGED GRIEVANCES "Commiuee CompoMd of i0O Members - f - 'of Anit-rlcart IVUorattou ef Labor' V Executive Coanctl end Reprceenta-a5- jtlvee ot Nearly All Important La lor .OrganiiatlonB Present Memorial , Vanu Receive ' Detailed Response ". ix-cent Treatment ror iotempt i m ; I- - nese .No- Ground , for Scaro -De : -i- , maud for -Honr - Day oil - Panama v . Canal v Abaurd--Strlcter Immlgra rj '.v.' tloa Iws lavored Cant Tolerate -.. Petitioning by , Government . ESm- V ' Washington,". March 2L President Roosevelt received a large, body of the 'representatives of organised labor this -'. afternoon at the "White House m.nA , talked to them about their urgent re ! ' quest for the 1 enactment ot labor . - measuree novv, pending before ' Con ' N Samuel Gompers, president. and frank Morrison, .secretary, of the i s" ; American Federation of Labor, bead I1 J (i ad the delegations which consisted of : about a hundred members ot the ex m A- ecutlve council of the American ; Fed- j0'eraUon of Labor and officials of prac -, tleally all the Important labor organ! aatlona of the country. f i - Secretary iMorrl eon read to the Pre ' ' ' Meat a memorial of . the , executive f sj council of the American Federation, urging action on. tha various demands cor legislation Doing maoe oy toe or gunlsed labor lrvtereets ot the country, The. memorial dwelt 'particularly on tha' eight-hour law ::'andt It enforce? went on government wdrlt; including the Panama Canal; and the immigra tion laws, especially in Chinese ex ? ''elusion la wa President 'Roosevelt re- piled in an extended : addreaer The i- president said; $xff.- ' ' "AJm-INJUNCTIONr BILL "STRONG! ' ENOUGH. V' '""Mr, Gompers: If your body objects J , to the passage of the proposed antl .',wlh junction bill, 1 ' have bo question &. that you can atop' It, for there is not r m capitalist concerned who, simply as .x capitalist, is not ajrainat it. thouirh believe that, a goodly number of cap . ltaiist and wage-workers-, who ; are -V concerned primarily aa-citizens favor ' It. The raw was worked and substan ' ' tlally whipped into Us present shape v at a number of conferencee between representatives of the railroad orgao- ; - Isauons, of the Jjepartment of Jus - tica, and of the Bureau of Corpora- v , tlon, with me. It goes a far as ' personally think it should go, In limit - ing the Tight of injunction; at any ' , rate. no argument have hitherto been - advanced which make me think it 4 alMmld go further, I do -not belle v it , " has- any chance of passing because there tiaa been great criticism In both ,r hounes of .Oongreaa agalnat the at ( I tltude of the administration In going ' co tar as we have gone; and It you uink It Is not far enough, why. you win iiave no eartnly difficulty in k.Ts Ing the bill. Personally, I think the propoaed law a moat admirable -one. and I very sincerely wish It would be put tnrougn., has KNJo6rBm;:l"oNi4r''Mii Aa for the right of injunction. It la ..'absolutely necessary to have this J power lodged In the courts, though of - ' course , ahv. abuse . ot tha nower, 1 strongly to be reprobated. Curing the i.: Tour and a haJf years that I have been neatdent, i do not remember an in , - stance where the government haa i , Invoked the right of Injunction I against combination or laborers. W hava invoked it certainly a scoro f r or times against combinations of oap- " , itaj; i tninK possibly ortener. Thus, , though we have secured the Issuance ' of Injunctions in a,, number of cases against capitalistic combinations, 'it naa nappeneo that we hav never , ) tried to secure an injunction against . a -eornrrasston of labor. But under . atana me, gentlemen: If I ever thought it necessary, if I ever thought a combination of laborers were doing 4 wrong, a wouia apply lor an injunc riiviv ainat tnem just as-qmeK as traiaat so many capitalists." . t-HOUR LAW FOR CANAL WOULD ' r , BE OBSERVED. - -Referring to its legislative referen J1 cea, the President said be would : not , receive the petition but for Its affecting the Executive. .Regarding their crltl ; dsn, of his signing the Panama, canal .appropriation bill containing the pro - vision for non-application ot the eight . li our law, tha President said that if their statenient meant that, no oppor- , tunity was given tor a hearing before him, that statement is not In accord- anc,.with th facta. He say there , ' was ,no request to mm for. a hearing. Ha announced his emphatic belief in ,the eight-hour law 'for our own peo- t pis in our own country," nut that an eight-hour law for the Panama canal "la, an absurdity,- a the conditions y or labor are so different. The Presl iV, dent said that "wa are driven to ex- tromltles in the1 effort to get any kind, of labor at all" m Panama and , that the government la working chief - ly with negro labor from the West In- dies, and he commented on their habit -! ual' dropping off from work, "7fott hamper me," he said, -in the effort to " get for you what I think .mm. ouoht , to haver In connection irU-h the elght , hour law, -when you make a request coat is waetensiDie, ana to grant such V , would mean indefinite delay and Injury -to the work on the isthmus,. ; I, ' WA; tb the" Violations of the "eight hour law, Mr. Morrison, could you give hie no specifications? At your earliest , conVentenos please' lay before me in detail any complaints 'you. have 'Ji of v . violations of tha eight-hour law.' Where ,1 hava power I wUl see that the law ;, Is obeyed. -All 'I ask Is that you give -Vtna vtha.j amea T wltl ttb. 4hHi : .and If they prove to be sustained, by ! . vno lacia, i anau see mat tne law. is v' enforced." r :- ' J- , . , Regarding . Chinese ' exclusion, ' tha , President said that . the ' tinmbtr. nt Chinese - in tha country - had, steadily - decreased end that there, are fewer In , this country,; than thirty years ago. . CHINESE, ' INFLUX'-A' v CHIMERA. V "Unquestionably, " some .scores . of aaea occur each year whore Chinese J laborers get in either "by being smug gled over the Mexican and "Canadian borders,, or by coming in- under' faiea , certificate; but . the. steps we have " taken, th changes ln the consuls have ' beert made Within the last few, years In tha Orient, and the effort to conduct ' examinations In China, before the im mHrrants are allowed to come here, are tnaterlally reducing evem the-; small number of cases that do oocur, But even as it la uhe number of r these cases Is Insignificant Thert Is no ap preciable influx of IChlnesa f laborers, and there Is not the slightest or most remote danger of, any: the whole scare that has been worked p on the. sub ; ject la a pure chimera. It is my deep conviction that we cnust keep out of this oonntry " every Chinese laborer, skilled or upklllod every Chinaman of the coolie class. -This Is what the proposed law .will do; it 'will be done as effectively ; as under th pre-erjt beat:motiier;to. deatii , , l H t" , n, .,,h.' (tf i M. PEED OF VUlGLMA' EX.CONVICT Aged: Woman 5 Dead Vat Her Home Nea Ianvllla as Kesult of Injuries u Inflicted v Ten Days AffOi' by the ' Fists of Her Unspeakable Son Be i tore Neighbors Could .Come to Her VAld-rFleild Now - In - Jalt -MotivO Assigned la That He Wished to Get a His Feeble Mother' Out of the Way Danville,. .Va.; March ' ZLr-Mra : Susan Dooley, aii'aged woman,-U dead, at her home at Fallereek, neai1 this city as the result Of injuries alleged to", have been inflicted by -fames pooler, her son, who Is now in the county Jail' at Chatham, awaiting trial -by the grand jury, on. the charge ot matricide. Oooley la an ex- convict npd once served, a term . In the penitentiary' for robbery. For t the past several years he baa been living with his mother, and it Is said, about ten days ago came home drunk and started to abuse her, She had been In feeble health and was at the time bed.rldden, The in human son, it "is charged, brutally at tacked bar with his fist, beating her until she became onoonscious. Neighbors, came to the' aid ot ' the unfortunate woman and Dooley made good an escape at the time.' A few days later he was arrestfed and remanded to Jail without bond. Since the assault .he woman has been hovering between- life and death. - and on yester. day afternoon succumbed to her Injurtea The motive assigned for the deed is that Dooley had grown tired of his feeble mother and 4 wished -to get--, her out of tha:;way.s,;vv!,i;:;! 7V'i.v Got Divorce From Husband Because . -ot His Disgrace. - Er Paso. ;xex.i March 21. On the ground that . her husband's confession tos complicity in the murder -of two men, t to swindle art Insurance com pany, had brought disgrace upon her, Mrs, Nora W. Harle, received a dl- vorcp o-day ! sVom, n uharlee 0. Harle, who, with C; F. Richardson and William - Mason, alleged .. Insurance swindlers, Is , now under death sen tence In Chihuahua, Mexico. law, and the .present' law is being handled ; with,. .. the utmost efficiency. But I will do everything In my power to make it easy and . desirable for the Chinese of the business and profession al classes, the Chinese travelers and students to coma here and I will do all I can to secure their good treatment when they come; and no laboring man has anything whatever to fear from that policy... I hava a right to chal lenge you as good American citisems to support that policy; and in any event. I shall stand unflinchingly for It; and no man can say with sincerity that on this, or Indeed on any other point, he has any excuse for misun derstanding my policy. " FOR STRICTOK IMMIGRATION LAWS. "You have epoken of 'immigration lawa I believe not merely that all possible steps should be taken, to pre vent the importation of laborers un der any form, but I believe nether that this country ought to make a resolute effort from now on to prevent the coming to the country -of men, with standard ot living so low that they tend, by entering Into unfair compe tition with, to reduce the etandard of living of our own people. Not one ot you can go further than I will go in the effort eteaoily to raise the status of the American wage-worker, so .long while doing it, I can retain a clear conscience and, the certainty that 1 am doing whal; is right. I will do all in my power for the laboring man ex cept to do what is wrong, and I will do that for him or for any one else." "We must not let our natural senti ment for succoring the oppressed and unfortunate of other- lands lead us Into that warped moral and mental at tltude or trying v to suocor . them at the expense of pulling down our own people. Laws should be -, enacted to keep out all immigrants who do 'not show , that they have the right stuff in them to enter into our life on terms Of decent equality with our own citl sens. This is needed first in the in terests ot the Mborlng man, but fur. ther more In the Interests ot all ot us aa American cltlsens; ton gentlemen, the. bonds that unite all good Amerl can citlMne are stronger by far than tne differences, which I think you ac centuate altogether too 'much, between the, men who do one kind of labor and the men who do another. As for Immigrants, we cannot have too many of the right kind; and we should have none at air of-the wrong kindand thoyirare of the right kind if we can be fairly sure, that their children and grandchildren can meet on terme' of equality our children and grandchil dren, so as to try to be decent citl sens together and to work toaether; for the uplifting or the republic. Now a word as to the petition Ing ot employe to Congress. That stands In no.' shape or way on a par witn tne petitioning or men not em ployed by the government. I cannot have and will not have, when T fan prevent 'It,' men who are concerned In the. administration of government af fairs, going to Congress1 and asking for increased pay, without the permis sion of the (heads of Departments. This applies to postmasters, to army and navy. Noincers, to clerks in the government Departments, to laborers; it auDiies to eacn and an. ana must app'ly, as a matter f simple discip line." - - . , i V GIST OF THE MEMORIAL:" The memorial 'referred to grievances of the worklngmen ot the country for which they said redress had been sough in vain. It declared that the-eight-hour law has been freauently violated,, but that heads of "departments ' have -refused to . take steps lor its entorcemenc, it reierrea to the competition .of eonvict labor; unde. Irnhla Immlrration: Oharaed flajrrant violations of tho , Chinese exclusion law and- reversal ot government policy, on that subject;. a dlspotlton toward oom oulsonr . labor! ' naval consclmtlon leeis- latton in the guise of ship subsidy: vain efforts to suard aaulnat undermannlnc and unskilled -manning of vessels in view ot recent aisasters;' perversion ot anti trust and inter-State commerce laws so Its to violate personal liberty;) perversion of .Injunction so aa to attack personal freedom and serious threats of "statu, tory 1 authority :." for existing judicial usurptloni"' make-up Of the House com mittee on labor In the past two 'Con gresses hostile to labor) surrender of the coostitirtioaal rigbts of goverhment em ployes to obtain or retain -employment! and asked r wires sof all these grievances, failing which, the 'memorial ays, "We ball appeal to the conscience and sup port of our fetlow-cltlsena" i PRESENTED TO MR. CANNON. Sneaker ' Cannon ' resented the chares or nnfalrnesS scalnst the House -eommittea on labor." Mr. 'Cannon characterised ' as unjust i Prenldent Oompers statement that the '"general policy ot Congress has been to Ignore tha requests ot labor," and added, '."You are not ' the whole shooting match, but a good share of 1U" He urged the delegation to remember that all men should be at liberty to join their organisations and that alt present members should he at; liberty to discon tinue their membership.- He expresiwd syrr.pnthy with organised labor for better condition, v " . ' W i,. , " ' ' , frwiator. Frve made no donunent.in re ceiving the memorial,; . t V COk Or HDOCKIJBy DEAD IXNG AND VSEFUL CAREER ENDS t Dratli : Oomrs r Pr-arefHlIy at J. inhns. . , - Hopkins ', - Hospital-- - Baltimore, Whither He Had Been Carried tor 1, TrcatmenwDlreet Descendant of - tlie Old School of WhijWv He Was Prominent In Ills Paiiv Councils ;.and Was Many Times Honorwl. , Serving Two Terms in ' congress -and Fonr Years as Consnl General 1 to , Brasilr-Ia , Survived by Tlireo r Daughters and Three Sons, Special to The Observer. ' Baltimore, March X.--Col. Oliver H, pockery; ex-Congressman, former con sul general to.BrasH and one ot tha rrst promlneni Republicans In the Boutn, died here late, tuts atternoon. Col. Dockery was brought to 'Johns Hopkins Hospital a fV - days ago, toy his son,' Marshal Dockery, of Raleigh, and son-in-law, Mr. Frank O. Landl,. of Charlotte, for an operation whlch,flt was hoped, would relieve him of ' a complication of diseases from-' which he had been, a great sufferer for tw yeans. The operation was ' performed yesterday, and successfully. The pa tient rallied well and there was some hope of timely recovery, , despite .his advanced age. During the night, bow ever, there was a change for the worse, and he sank gradually until this after noon at 6:30 o'clock, when he breathed his ' last. The remains, accompanied bjf Ills son. Marshal Dockery, and daughter, Mrs. W. T. Jones, of Mangum, will leave here to-morrow morning for Richmond county, N. C, where the fu neral and Interment will take , place Friday, Col. Oliver Hart Dockerv. a direct descendant of the bid school ot Whigs, was born in Richmond ennntv, August U, 1828. His father. Col. Alfred Dock ery, was the most prominent Whig in this sactlon, active -In politics; served several terms in Confess and was In other ways honored by bis party. Ol iver Dockery was aiven a liberal edu cation and in 1848 graduated from the University of North Carolina - He took an active interest in nolitica and at the early age of 30 was elected to the State Legislature, serving One term. Upon the outbreak o the civil war,- though, like his father, an antj secesstonist. he ioined the. Thirty- eighth North Carolina Regiment , and served the Confederacy valiantly throughout the struawle. At the close of the war he became a staunch sup porter of the Union and bent bis ef forts toward the re-establlshment of the Federa government in th State, though he was a bitter opponent-, of Governor Holden and his methods. In 1868 Col. Dockery was elected on a Republican ticket to twa Fortieth Congress, and two years later waa r elected to the Forty-first Congress. In 1888 he Waa appointed by President Harrison consul general to. Brain, serving with distinction in that post until 1892-In" tmbe-8.1ceAbe5 fore, the .Republican. State' convention for the gubernatorial nomination,' but waa defeated by Daniel L. Russell by half -vote. His last appearance in the , political arena was in 1900 when, very much against his will. Col. Dock ery was nominated by his party in the sixth, the old "shoe-string -district," for Congress. His opponent, was Hon. John D. Bellamy, ot Wilmington,' who was elected and, in the contest which was afterward brought by Col. Dock ery," wa sustained. After' that me morable campaign Col. Dockery - re tired to his old home at Mangum, in Richmond county, his, abode for 60 years, taking "therearwr no active in terest in pontics. . Ot splendid physique and patriar chal presence, he was ajtowoallg.; ure tin party councils and ever a leader. His will was Indomitable, his energy tireless, but withal he had'the great, tender heart of a woman. " A devoted husband and father, his home Ufa is said to have been' most beau tKul " - . ' i, v y i Col. Dockery was married . three- times. His first wife waa, Mlsa , Jane Stanback, bis second Miss Bailie Du mas and the third Mrs. Fannie Settle povington. who preceded htm to the grave. ix children survive him. They m.ro. mi, rr r. jones, or carthage; Mrs, Stephen Wall, of Rockingham j Franks O. Landis, of ClMtrlotte? Lieut- O. H. Dockery. Jr.. now at nl luth, Minn.; Marshal Claude Dockery mm mi-. mur uocKery, or ttaielgh Mra Piatt D. Walker, of Oharlotte; Is Funeral and Interment at Mangum a ' Friday. SpecyaJ to The Observer, i . - . .wadesboro. March 21. A telegram received here this afternoon ahnoun ces we aeatn or coi. Oliver H. Dock ery, of Richmond county, at the ,vanced age of 78. His remains will be urvusm uvi-e u-n furrow mgnt en route to Mangumv his home, where he will be buried on Friday; CSol. .' Dockery bad bean In poor health for some time and had gone for treatment to John's . Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, t .' i 1 ; ,a ff IlBJB-AT--8TATESVTLLE.-:;: v. 4 ' .i -3.' J. . V rtealdenre , -of W. E. - Anderson --De. ' stroyed Oth-f a Reeldences - Saved pr Heroic Work A Snowfall, ' Special to Tha Observer, t X"f " "-t f Statesville, Marcb iL Fir waa'dls. covered yesterday in tha residence of Mr.- W. E. - Anderson, on West Broad street, and completely destroyed the ell part of the house, entailing a- loss of about $500. Tha fire was first' bo tlced by tha occupants tf 'the house between tbe celling ; and roof .and is apposed tt hava caught from, a de fective flue. By the good work ot tha Statesvllle fire company several other residences were saved from destruction high wind was' bio wins- at th. time. -Only $1,000 Insurance, written! vr -tne .nwraoni jfire insurance 'Co., of Charlottes war carried. SUtesville Is in the. dutches' of .a cold wave. now fell here for a short while yeeterCay and early .this morn ing the thermometer registered as low as 'it-- degree Feare1 are 'entertained for the early fruit which waa already In baaV' ..f" ' tirtf-f f-'' - ; ' n i i ; Virginia Gets 461, 86 on Spanish War i" f Washington, , March - Jl. The Comp. t roller of tha Treasury, has rend'ered A aadslon In J the matter . of the : claim of the, StAtev of, Virginia : for reim bursmant of funds disbursed by the fltate in aiding- tha aovernmcnt. to raise a volunteer arrpv . in the' war withv Spain', r The Com ot roller allows a total payment to the State of 1C1,- COUBTFBEES THE PACKERS i ,f i - WIU,TRir ONLY OOUPOnATIONS Federal Judge Humphrey Snstalna 'if Pleas Filed by Imlivkliials for Im munity Because ot Testimony Given ' by Tbem.Agalnat Themselves X'n , ' der a Sense of Compulsion, but Ex ' ,' cepts - Parking Coinpaniin Crowd 'of Defendants in High GleeDate J' of vCrporatlomr Trial, for Which ; 1,800 Wltpesaea Are Expected, la s Left Open, - ChicagOi March v 21. All the meat packers who - were Indicted by a Federal grand jury last summer on charges of conspiracy In restraint-of Inter-State - trade, and commerce - to day . were granted immunity from criminal .prosecution under indictment While the Individuals are to go free. tha- Indictments ' found against the corporations, of .which some of the Indicted packers are members and, otners are empioyeu uie 10 Bianq. Tba Jury r returned a verdict In ac cordance With the direction of tho court. A decision to this effect was handed ' "dowfl : .thls afternoon by Judge J. Otis Humphrey, in the Unit ed States District Court The court reviewed-the case In all Its bearings, and all the essential facts which hao been brought out, and concluded as follows: . "Under the law In this State, the Immunity pleas filed by the defen dants .will be' sustained aa to the In dividuals 'and -denied to the corpora tions, and the Jury will find in fa vor of thevgovernment as far as the corporations "are concerned, and against, the government as far as the individuals are-concerned.-' . BUBBLE OVER WITH JOY. During the,' rendition of the decision the court waS crowded by defendants and numerous- ; spectators. Edward Morris and Edward Swift were in court, and both swilled happily when the decision wasiannuonced. J. Og- den Armour was. not present, but some men prominent in the employ of 'Armour & Co., who were under Indictment, were .there and their Joy wasgreat. When the Judge announc ed that the indictments would not be against them, the defendants crowded together and shook hand s. Immediately following the dismissal ot- the Jury, District Attorney Mor rison raised the question of the date tor the trial of the corporations. He asked that the case be set for trial. and that it commence within two weeks. This met with a storm of pro test from the attorney of the pack ers, who insisted that th.ey would be unable to -prepare for the case before fall, pleading the' number of witnes-es wb.ioh.-lt would be necessary to bring to Chicago, thOjStrain of the present trial, and various otier reasons. After omA jTlncilRfrion .Tiuiire Hum phrey directed that the lawyers agree among themselve on a date and no tify him of their decision next week. I&t is expected that the total number of Witnesses in. this trial when it be gins will number at least 1.600. Judge Humphrey, lii his decision, said in part: THXT OF DKUlSrO.N. "The defendants are Indicted under .the.Eherrnan. act. charged with a conspiracy in restraint oi irsue. -rney have leaded that as to them that act should be suspended because they were compelled -to furnish evidence concerning the matter in the indict ment and under tha law such furnish ing of evidence aives them Immunity. The law under consideration, for the construction of which the court Is called, upon to decide, Is the com merce' and labor act. It Is clear that the primary purpose of this act was to enable Congress to provide, through the channel of officials charged with the execution ot the law, remedial leg islation. 1 "Tha act Is a substitute for one of the . most cherished rights of the American citizen, which Is the right to remain silent when questioned about any subject the answer to wWchTmlght incriminate them. It Is conceded that the privilege amend ment, to the constitution -cannot be taken from the citizens without giv ing to him something equally valu able in return. The privilege of the amendment permits a refusal to an swer a question relating to the of fense. The privilege must be claim ed by the witness at the time. Tho Immunity flows to the witness without any claim on his part. - It is conceded that the defendants in this case were volunteers because they bagged with Garfield at times, debated, resisted. gave less- than he asked, and.wltheld some thlnga Th record does not ehow that, but the fact remains that very approach tas made by the gov ernment. Garneld made his demands, and It does not, to my mind, destroy tha character of the compulsion under which they acted. The defendants, after having considered tha-law, and after having decided that they hao no legal right to resist, still debated wltb the Commissioner in'vthe hope of Inducing him to take something less than he originally demanded. GROUND OF IMiMUNITTY. u' 'Garflcld cam to the defendants and held up before them the powers of his office. They did not go to him and volunteer anything. Now. since the defendants volunteered nothing but gave only what was demanded by an officer who had the right to make tha demand, and gave in good fat to under a sense of legal compulsion. I. am of the opinion-thati they were entitled to immunity." immediately following the decision, District Attorney - Morrison said : - ."I wilt not make any v request now In regard to motions for . flaw trials or an appeal,' I do not, know whether I am entitled to an appeal or hot. I shall hava tv ask time to look It up." We ask for Judgment' for the ver dict.", said Attorney Miller, and I make a formal motion that th defen dants, the' individuals, be' discharged." "That is allowed," said Judge Hum phrey, 'They are discharged' That goes in the verdict" : .Th Individuals who go free under the decision are: J. Ogden Armour. Edward Morris, Charles W. Armour, Ira N. .Morris, Louis F. Swift,' Ed want F. Swift, Charles N. : Swift, Edward Cudahy, - Arthur Meeker, T. J, Con nors, P. " A. Valentine, A. H. Veeder, Arthur F. Evans, I A. Carton, .Rob ert McManus and II Hartwell. The corporations which must stand trial are: Armour Packing Company, Armour sV Company, Cudahy Pack ing Company, Fairbanks ,! Canning Company and Swift at Company, r - Greene and Gaynor Reek to Disprove w .vsrf.-Fraudi';a; Savannah, Oa., March ,51. The tea ttmony In tha Greene and Gaynor trial to-day was a continuation of that re lating to tha relative cost of the work done by the defendant and that ddna by other- contractors Vat many polntsJ on tne oum Atiamto, ana uuir coasts. This, was Intended by the defense fo show that Only air compensation for the. work done under Greene and Ctty no was sacurad, - j?H0F.;HPME TO CANADA SPITES WORK, SAYS MU. NOBRIS Prof, Harold JT llume Itewlgng Po sition at A. and BL College and Accents Call to Head , of Denart- luent of McDonald College, Canada Man Held for Arson Says Insur ance - Company, la Retaliating for Libel Knit Instituted by His Wife Gov, Glenn" Asks - War Department ror Jtegtment or cavalry for Char lotte's Big Celebration. ' ' Observer Bureau, i 122 South, Dawson Street, Ralelah. March 21. ' Excitement and comment was occa sioned this evening because of a fistic affair between William B. Snow, city attorney of Raleigh, and Robert L. Gray, of The Raleigh 'News and Ob server staff. The meeting took place on. Fayetteville street m front or the office of the paper. As the gentlemen met and were about to engage Jose- phus Daniels, editor of The News and Observer, Intervened. Mr. Snow fell and Gray followed him. They were parted without serious blows. The trouble grew out of aspersions uttered by Gray regarding the city attorney lit tne sensational cases from the reo light section. ..The city attorney re sented such and so stated. Both aeri tlemen will be beard to-morrow for an affray. In the Supreme Court appeals from the eighth district Will be called in the following order: State vs. Perkins, State vs. McWhlrter, State vs, Thomas State va Melton, State va Bafrington, Johnson va Johnson, Poe vs. Railroad, Garter vs. Telephone Co., Miller vs, Railroad, Bynum vs. Wicker, Ray vs. Railroad, Halre vs. Halre, Malrt vs. Griffin, Buchanan va Harrington. The sensational cause aa alleged for the arrest of M. T. Norrls, of Raleurh has caused no end of conversation. Mr. Norrls last night stated, in an Inter. view with a newspaper reporter, that he believed, and thought be had suf ficient evidence to support such a be lief, that the prosecution lor the ai leged burning of a house, which was the property of bis wife, was instigate eo oy tne jxontn vjaronna nm insur ance Company, of Raleigh, as an en deavor to offset the opln4on engend ered by the charges against himself. This refers to the fact that Mrs. Nor rls has Instituted a suit for the recov ery of $50,000 for libel. Commissioner Young, of the State insurance depart ment, talked with The Observer's correspondent and. In bespeaking the earnest wishes of the department to serve the State and the public, said, "You may state this as a positive fact This Investigation was begun by the department through Deputy commwi sioner W. A.. Scott, on the 8th day of last December, and the depositions are under that date. Link by link has been followed and it was the duty of the department to proceed on such premise" Dr. Samuel Chadiwlck, the d 1st In gulshed English divine and Bible scholar. Breached his , Initial sermon last night In Raleigh. He was heard by a closely attentive audience which sat spell-bound wider the direct earnestness and fervor of a natural deep belief Intensified by the actuality of a strongly characterised experience rn tne ways ana moo grit or eoe worwu The programme for the commence- ment exercises at Shaw University is announced for April 8. Dr. D. J. San ders, of Bid die University, Charlotte, will preach the baccalaureate sermon Rev. J. H. Harris, D. D.. of Bucknell University. Pennsylvania, will deliver the annual address. E . O. Silver, of New York city, will present the di plomas. This will be to the jueonara Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy and the department Of law. PROF. HUME ACCEPTS POSITION IN, CANADA. An announcement that will carrv with It the regret of the entire State, the officers of the, Department of State, and the private cltlsens of Raleigh, Is that of the resignation of Prof. Harold H. Hume, who, for the last two years, has been associated with the depart ment of agriculture of North Carolina. Prof. Hume tendered his resignation March 1, and tt will be effective Sep tember 1, when be will go to Canada to accept an offer that carries with it what is more than flattery the valu ation and acceptation of his varied talents and the ability that has char acterised his work professionally. The call comes from the McDonald College of St Anne de Bellevue, near Montreal, and the acceptance of such a call Is to the bead of the department of horti culture in that Institution. The open ing of the college will be observed In the fail of 1907, and Prof. Hume will be occupied with the duties incident to installation of equipment and the necessary parts thereto. It Is worthy of more than usual note that the college calling this able professional man and specialist has spent up into the million mark for buildings and equipment, and furthermore there Is added an endowment which rune up into figures that count as high as seven, multiplied.' The Institution was founded and so endowed by Sir WU ram Mac Dona Id, - wlvo Is one of the most considerable tobacconists la Eng lish possessions. CHARTERS GRANTED. The State has granted the following charters: The Reed Brick Co.. Dur ham, with a 'capital stock of 126,000, and $10,000 subscribed by N. Under wood, E. J. Panisb. and C. A. Owens, all of Durham; the Jefferson Literary and Pleasure tab, Hamlet, for the es tablishment of a reading room, roller rink, pool .and billiard rooms; there baa been paid in $900 of en authorised capital of $10,000. Charlotte , estab lishes a general merchand tee. stare to be operated by negroes, under the name of the Peoples' Progressive Mercantile Co., with $U0 paid In and an authorised- capital ' of $26,600; In, corporators O. Wi Ciintoni J. T. Wll Uame, A J, Warner Oscar Craln, O. C. Clement, S. B. Pride, W. P. Moore, and I. B. Bensombe: ; the Grlffln-Har roll Co.. MarshvWe, with $8,000 paM In, J. W, and R C. Griffin, and T. L. and W. ,0. Harrell. incorporators; tho Mtlls-Devane Supply Co., Brevard, an other general merchandising company, with $16,000 paid in of a total capital stock of $100,000, J.' A. Miller." Sr., and 4,r.and f, I Devane stockholder L T$ Secuaity Fire Insurance Co., New Htwem ..'Conn., filed 1 1 with' Insurance Commissioner Young paners of ad mission to the State from the home of fice. The State agent of tha company wast ''BOtnaraedjsf'Vfr feM-;. CAVALRY ' FOR - TWENTIETH OF ; Governor t Glenn to-day applied to the .War Department, at Washington, for a regiment of cavalry or not less than a battalion to assist In the great celebration which will - be held In Charlotte for the - observance , of the Twentieth of 'May. ' a A meeting of the executive council of the American Bankers' Association l called for May J, in-New. York city. In the rooms, of the Lawyers' Club; Joseph Q. Brown, president of the Clt lsens' National Bank. , of Raleigh, is a member of the councils and- will be prvecnt. ' , - ' 1 ' SIX SPEAK ON BATE BILL BAILEY AMENDMENTS AT LAST Texan Senator" Iiesenw " FrovWona Long Promised by Him and Takes Mr. Dolllver to Task for Having liAvmlMl Their Substance in an IntArvlmv OiticiHliuc Tlen Is In ternipted In Middle of Speech by News of atlier's DeathMr. Dan iels Contends for Antliorliatlon of Writs of Certiorari in lUto Cases. Washington. March 21.-rThe - entire day in the Senate was devoted to the consideration of the railroad rate bllu Mr. Culberson began the proceedings by presenting an amendment proniDit In cornorations coming Under the op eration of the Drooosed law from meklnr camnoien contributions, and he waa immediately followed by his colleague, Mr. Bailey, who ottered tno amendments so long promised oy nim, and followed his action with a speech In which he explained that he would not present the amendments but tor the fact that Mr. Dolllver had refer red to and criticised them In an In. tervlaw. He Indicated some dlspleaa ure over the Interview, but exonerat ed Mr. Dolllver from discourtesy In the matter. The Iowa Senator dis avowed any Intention to reveal a Sen ate secret and the Incident was closed Dleasantlv. Both Mr. Bailey and Mr. Dolllver made spsecheB reiterating their views on the rate question and thev were followed by more or less extended remarks by Messrs. Till man. Patterson, Hepburn and Knox. Mr. Bailey was inter runted lii the middle of his speech bv the announcement of his father's death and Immediately left the Senata chamber. Mr. Bailey referred especially to Mr. Dolllver's declaration that the Bailey nrovlslon would deny a Just compen satlon, and replied to the criticism by saying he had copied the language of the constitution in his proposed amendment. Conceding that the courts must In evitably deal with the rates fixed by the commission. Mr. Daniel asked whether It was not possible that cases could be taken to the courts on writs of certiorari. Mr. Bailey admitted that for ex pedition this means might be the best, but expressed doubt as to the method of procedure between a court and commission. Mr. Ravner said that the decisions of the Supreme Court are to the effect that the writ of certiorari cannot be used to take a case from an adminis trative to a. Judicial body, but Mr. Daniel contended that such authority could be conferred by legislation. While Mr. Hepburn was speaking. Mr. Tillman suggested that he present an amendment covering the question of over-capitalization, saying that he. for one, would be pleased to vote ror It. "vllve us something concret so that we can vote on It," he added. Mr. Hepburn intimated that he might act upon the suggestion later. Mr. Bacon was appointed a memoer ot the committee to attend the Patter son funeral and then tne senate ad journed as' a mark of respect. House Adjourns Out of Respect to Mr. ranereon. Washington. .March 21. The House adjourned immediately "after 'It. was called to order to-dav out or respect for the late George R. Patterson, a Pennsylvania member of the House, who died In Washington this -morning. Usual resolution exoresalnsr the sor row of -the House, were adopted and Speaker Cannon appointed a com mit tet? to attend the funeral. Repre sentative Aiken, of South Carolina, was named as one of the committee. Confirmed as Territorial Governor of Alaska. , Washington, March 21. The Senate to-day confirmed the following nomi nations: Wilford B. Hogatt, to be Governor of Alaska. Postmasters Tennessee A. M. Hughes, Colum-- bia; A. L. Scott, Dickson; C. 8. Moss, Franklin: H. Swaney, Gallatin; A- Ragan, Newport; Z. Roby Erin. Named for Southern Prmtofiloes. Washington, March 21. The Presi dent to-day sent the following nomi nations to the Senate tor postmasters: FlorldaJ. Nlsell, Punta Gorda. Georgia W. E. Burch, Hawklns- Vllle. Virginia J. H. Furr, Waynesboro. BLOW TO GEORGIA TRUCKERS. Fall of Thermometer to 80 Degrees Did firave Damage in Vicinity of Savannah. Savannah, Oa., March 21. The ex tensive trucking interests In the vicin ity of Savannah received a serious blow last night. The thermometer fell to 30 degress and the growers report grave damage to the growing crops. Warnings bad been Issued and some ot the growers had covered their crops of beans and peas, partially. Upon thffse the loss was not so heavy, but these vegetables were wined out for those who had failed to Adoot the pre caution a . v ;.F Decided damage waa done, too, to potatoes, but the growers sav that the plants were only nipped and that the effect will be only to delav the po tato croo. ' f.., : : .: : - Strawberries - sustained namags. Be cause of high winds vesterday the vinea could hot be kept covered. GEORGIA PKACII CnOPUAItD HIT Reports Indicate Average Damage of iM iw traw nnira nonia Mean pro be Die ajoss or a,ouv,ouu. Atlanta, Gsw March : 21. Reports received from many of the peach growing sections of the State Indi cate an average loss of 50 per cent. from the cold of Monday and Tues day nighta Commissioner of Agriculture Hud son stated to-day that he believed tho damage will reach 40 per cent, at-the lowest estimate, but a week or ten days will be required to determine with any accuracy the Injury that has been dona Fifty per. cent, damages to the crop would mean -. a p robs bis loss tot two mil Ion dollars to Georgia growers. ' DEATH SENTENCE IN, GEORGIA. In Trial at CorUrlle, O. W. Bundrtek la Convicted of Ju artier by Lying la Wlt.:-,'-H : Cdrdelie, Gav, ' March -1 l.--Tha Jury In the' case against George Wr Bund rlok, charged with murder,; returned a verdict of ''guilty this afternoon. and be will be sentenced to death, by Judga Llttlejohn to-morrow. iBundricx ana nis nrotner. Andrew. In September. 1901, waylaid 'and shot to. death John Bhrouder and wounded his . wife. George escaped and An drew was tried and sentenced to life Imprisonment. . Oeorae was , recently captured In Louisiana , and brought back Here ror trial. ' , ... Much Interest was felt m the trial and a great crowd was In town, ' 1 ATTACKS! ON; EU(?KBUN THEY EMANATE., FROM YIpGm Fkdk.-1 Dlspatrttes Sent to Wash ington Papers) From Norfolk, Con taining Criticisms of Mr. Blackburn. Suggests PowlblUty That North Carolina Republican Organization Maintains Press Burean ta Virgin! . Town Mr. Webb and Edward -Boi-Confer on Pure Medicine Bill Mr, Hmall'a Dismal Swamp Bill 'Xar Heels at the Capital. ' BY W. A. HILDEBRAND. Observer Bureau,1 " 1417 G Street- N. W.. Washlnaton. March 21, Messrs. Oliver. MeMltcheli and 'Glad-. ' will arrived here to-day from Rock- lmzbam countv. ' Theut rntumin ri ' urging voters of their-couiy to ap prove of the proposed bond Issue .lit -the Interest of good roads, and to-5 day visited several Departments, ac companied by Senator Overman, 1 search of literature bearing upon' the subject of good roads to be used in ' t Ha ai nnrna nhltM KamjI stantUH TkAxn v, o to Charlotte to the end that a dele- ' gation of prominent cltixens of Rock- -Ingham county may see what Meck-J'-f v lenourg county has done in the way) oi ouuaing gooa roaas. -tne KOCking u ham people feel that, with an object" -lesson such as may be found In that '" Mecklenburg road work, they - may' 1 find It easier to carry their election llt AFTER BLACKBURN'S SCALP, There is some man out In VlrglnSsVV who is exceedingly active in his ef- ' forts to increase the embarrassment , Of OnnirrpRlmBTl PttanlrKitm h .M. l-m ! . Washington over his Indictment. Pa- ; nodicaiiy The star gets dispatches from some Virginia town relating to ,: the Republican row in North Carolina, and invariably Mr. Blackburn , gets) r; the worst of it. To-day the pa peer ' mentioned published the following! dispatch, dated iNorfolk: "The action of the judiciary committee ot the Sen-'' . ate in confirming District Attorney Hoi ton for another term in the west-? ern district of North Carolina Is re i garded as a severe blow to Represent ' tatlve Blackburn, who had endeavor-f ed to persuade members of the com-i mlttee that Mr. Holton was taking ado "V ' vantage of his official position to per secvite rather than prosecute a poMP cal enemy. Not only Is the dlstrloh- attrrney vindicated and his official ne'.B approved, but leading men iTtr ' Mr. Blackburn's party have sided nyalnst him." Friends of Blackburn say the organisation folks have estabi j lU'hed a sort of literary bureau in Vir ginia, and whenever they wish any.. ideas iairea in wasmngton, tney iet; them emanate from some point .ln-' Virginia, Instead of having It come ' from Greensboro or Ashevllle, as lie -. this way neither the publishers ef the Washington papers nor the publics win get the Idea that the dispatches are "loaded." .. , DISMAL SWAMP LAND VALUABLE Reference has heretofore been made iw inw iniroauciloa or a old IB Con gress by Representative Small, -mak Ing an appropriation out 'of the-pre- ' ceede of the sale of public land! foe ' the drainage of Dismal swamp. - Sen ator Hansbrousb. of North Dakota,1, introduced a bill . in the Senate di- ' verting $1,000,000 of this money and appropriating the same for the mir ' pose of draining the lands of Ave coun ties in North Dakota. Mr. Small stat- ' ed that tho Dismal swamn lands were " Infinitely more valuable and entirely . capable of being drained, and hence ' introduced his bill. Surveva have a-, - tabllshed the fact that the surface of Dismal swamp is bieber than the sur face of Elisabeth river, which flows by ' Norfolk, and it is betleved that the' -swamp can be entire! v drained and -maintained In a good state of cultlva- t tlon. No lands anvwhere could be ' more fertile. This bill baa created'' much comment and Interest. The pa-' pers of the Western States havt V ouch for Informal tan Miniwrnhw AM- ' and many of the re o return tmt Ives of these papers in this eltr bave Inter-, viewed Mr. Small upon- the subject! . As before stated, if anv swamp land " are to be drained bv the nsiionai gov- opnm,nt Tl imol - -vtjnn rtfTavna k , ' moat attractive oooortunltv for an in- ' ' vestment - of this character. -Tha , swamp is aDout sa-ov a mues in ez tent. ' MR. WEBB AND MR. BOK CONFEBj - A recent caller on Reoreeentatve-' Webb was Edward Bok. editor of Tha, iv Ladles' Home Journal. Mr. tjok cama ' to talk to the North Carolina mem-, bar about tne Dure meoicine Mil. . . which was recently Incorporated In the,.. pure food bill. Mr. Bok ovnressed tha ' -T opinion that the bill Introduced by; ' Mr. Wbb would do Infinite good, and he eald that Interest In the, measure . ,,o lilABn,u W .Vih Inf wwliirtAut the noted publisher te several of, bis ' colleagues. .(','.- NAVAL ACADEMY STUDENT BE-.' SIGNS. . v s,),- H. S. Richardson, tho Greensboro J young man who -tias vumuhated more than bis share of demerHs - as " -the Naval Academy, has restgned -without watting for the terminatloqi of his case, which waa several' day . ago placed in the bands ot. the a?vl retary of the Navy Cnnrreeaman W, ' W. Kttchln says be will not bave an other vacancy to fill i k C. J. Harris, of Dlllshow. la spend) ing a few days with frienda In Wash ington. Mr. Harris is freouently set. v with Congresmatt Blackburn, a whose bond he signed at - AsheviUe. , " STORY WAS FALSErr.! : Report of Killing of Seven Italians by Boss on S. A X Near Marlon , Without Foundation. , Special to ..Tbe--Observerii , f- iV'' Marlon, March ' ; IT The Observer's correspondent has found, upon invest!. tlon, that the report sent out from tin, tol to the effect that a boss of eonstmc. tlon in the employment ot the Carolina. Construction Co.. , builders of the Bout a ss western. Ksuway. bad kUJui -.v- ' Italians in self-defense, with - a cro bar, Is absolutely false. Not being kuih. fled with a telehone communication lu each of I lie camps, all of which were an swered by the denial of any such .oct'ur ranca. the eorreepondent saw Mr.' f'lm l Gardner, right-of-way matt tor the gmu i at Westers, who has lust come from t . camps north of Marion and . he s.. there ia notning in ma report. Third Recent Jail DeUvery at T - eon, ua. Dasoh,1 Ga." - March ' 21. For third time In the oast few n ,v Dawson bad a jail delivcrv 1 i-t i Fletcher Murphy. Frank OlHtk . der Brown, negro's, get tin r i dom. Clark, a one-aruu J r Charged - with assault t: to murder -W. II. Ci 1 . merchant.- a few ' . Oxford . has ofTere I i , i for . tin capture cr 1'
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