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1 of ANTHRACITE MIHERS TO QUIT (1RBERED OUT PERDUE LAST TRY COAL strike also due Anthracite Mine Worker' Committee Decrees Total SuspensJon Begin nlng "Monday Pendliir Reanit of Final Conference Tuesday While ' Bituminous Conference Breaks Vp Without Agreeing and Strike Is Ex J twM-ted To-Morrow Meeting .of Miners' National Convention To Bar Will Decide Whether Strike Shall Include Pennsylvania Bitn .' mluous Operators, Who Are Willing to Grant Demand 884,500 Soft Coal Miners Directly or Indirectly ,' Affected, Including All the Regions .-, East of the Rockies Except Ten nessee and Alabama Operators Opposing Wage Increase Adopt - Resolutions Asking President Roose velt to Appoint Investigating Com' - mission. ' , Indianapolis. March 29, The anthra cite miners' ecale committee to-night v issued orders for a total suspension of mining in the three anthracite districts beginning- Monday morning, April -2. The committee Informed "President Baer that the miners' scale committee will meet the operators scale commit tee In New York city on Tuesday; April 3. At the close of a meeting of the- committee to-night President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers Of America, Issued the following signed statement 'The committee appointed by the Shamokln convention of Dec. 14. met to-night and had under consideration the letter 'signed by Mr. Baer, dated March 20, and wired him the follow lng: " 'If agreeable to you, a meeting of the joint sub-committees will be held In (New Tork at 10 o'clock Tuesday, April 3, for the purpose of further con slderlng the wage scale in the an thraclte field.' "The committee having the matter In charge instructed the anthracite miners, except the men necessary to run the pumps and preserve the prop erties, to suspend work on Monday morning, April 2, pending further in etructlons from the committte appoint ed by the Shamokln convention. "The entire miners' committee will meet In New Tork at 8 o'clock Tues day night to hear the report of the Joint sub-committee. : JOHN MITCHELL, Chairman. . 'TVIJWeHOLSr' "W. U. PETTERY. "JOHN FAHY. . "Presidents Districts Nos. 1, 7 and 8." ;. The committee which met to-night consisted of three executive boards, members from the anthracite districts the three national board members from those districts, and President Mitchell. This committee had been given power to formulate the demands . of the mine workers. There were also present the members of the sub-committee to which had been delegated the power to formulate the demands in detail and present them. This con sisted of the president and secretary of each of the three anthracite dis tricts. President Mitchell was also a mem ber of the sub-committee. ' BOTH COAL BREAK COMPLETE. Without agreement on a wage scale the joint conference of bituminous coal operators and miners of the Cen tral competitive district to-day ad journed sine die, leavlag affairs in such a condition that a strike of from 178,000 to 384,500 soft coal miners, be sides 150,000 anthracite miners ordered out, . seems Inevitable on April 1, the present wage scale expiring, on March 81. The mines directly affected are In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and western Pennsylvania1 , Miners and operators of the south western district comprised of Missouri, . Kansas. Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma ana Indian Territory, have decided So report a disagreement to-morrow. . Iowa miners have agreed with the operators to suspend work for 60 days. Michigan, West Virginia, and Ken- lucky miners, it is said, will follow the lead of the central district . The disagreement came after a strug gle lasting 10 days and disrupts the , inter-State agreement which has exist ed since 1898 between operators and miners .through which wage scales and other differences have been'' ad Justed. " The final vote In the conference of Ihs central competitive field, on which the other districts base their settle ments, was on a motion offered by ; president Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, to restore for two years the wage scale of 1903, which would have been an Increase in wages of 6.55 per , MAT EXCEPT PENNSYLVANIA. , The -operators of. Illinois, Indiana and Ohio voted against the proposl K "Jon 'and defeated it- The disruption x -fr tne 'conference followed, Operators western - Pennsylvania and the ters of the four States voted for the sironosal. . Frillnwln ri1nnrnmnt Mi. ' Mine Workers, said: - - mere is tin nicnnhnrui nr nthin further being done towards a settle - went. This means suspension of. work. Ths national convention of the miners will meet to-morrow' morning. The principal business will be to determine a general policy. The question espe cially to be considered Is whether ths , organisation, will permit miners to work in districts and mines where the advance demanded la. offered." - - F. I Bobbins and other operators . representing about one-third of the coal production of western Pennsylva- nla, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, offered ,te pay the dvano and urged the miners to accept this advance and con- tinue worn in tneir mines even though the other mines , in the four States .stkhiui dc idle. The -convention -of miners to-morrow will decide whether t permit this or to demand that aUWeparUnburg; 8.- C 'March 29-A j miners suspend,"-work until H - have . President Mitchell and' Mr. Winder v. . mKpaiucu .K iup .Mtii&cruiico mat the union miners of -Wert Virginia ksl laSssslTfc-f l'MMMnia.il .'V ILs . A ft. . ja s. ' ;had fcesn Informed that tbey might, work pending, the i result,' of the 'con ference. The joint State convention of , operator and miners wilj be held at Charlestons W, Va on .Monday, Mr, Mitchell explained, however,- that bis ad vice to the men- to continue worn did not contemplate any extended pa- MITCHELL ROUSED BY CHARGE. During- the discussion ' to-day Mr. Mitchell' asked' Mr Parker if he was not president' of the Madison . Coal Company : and : purohaslng . fuel agent of the Illinois Central Railroad com pany. ....- - Mr. Parker said that while he held both positions, there was no relation between them. Turning to Mr. Mitchell he said; - - , "There was a time when you were glad was an officer of the railroad." f What do you man toy 'that state ment?' demanded Mr. Mitchell. . Mr- Parker; "I have issued free transportation xn your account," " Mr. Mitchell strenuously denied this charge and demanded i that the state ment be Withdrawn, . He said It was untrue and defied hinj to. prove It, say ing he had never been under obliga tlon to any railroad.- ' - Mr. Parker said that so far as he knew Mr. Mitctoelt had " never been granted any personal favors. William D. Ryan : explained that a -young wo man who lived with Mrs. Mitchell, at Spring Valley,-111., had teen given transportation and that Mr. Mitchell knew nothing of it. Mr. Parket then withdrew tils remark. , Mr. Mitchell referred to Mr! Wl ders statement, made yesterday, that the Madison Coal Company was owned by the Hocking1 Valley Railroad Com pany, and charged that 'this made it possible for a loss to be shown on the books of the coal company when in reality profit htad been . absorbed by 'the owning- railroad. ' D. C. Thomas, an independent opera tor. Appealed to the operators to pay the advance. - OPERATORS TO ROOSEVELT. The coal operators of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and those of western Penn sylvania who have opposed the pay ment of any increase wages to the bit uminous miners, to-night adopted res olutions) calling upon President Roose velt to appoint a commission xo in vestigate all matters which In the judgment of such committion have any bearing upon, or relating to the scale of wages of labor in and about the coal mines of the territory involved and other conditions now Imposed and insisted upon toy the United Mine Workers of America," A copy of the resolution was sent by telegraph to the President. The wage scale of all miners, both anthracite and bituminous, will expire on Saturday except those in Tennessee and Alabama, where the scale will expire in September. A national of ficial of the United Mine Workers to night said: 'It is a foregone conclusion that all he miners whose scale expire on. Saturday will ceese work until of ficially notified by the national and district officers that contract arrange ments have been made governing their scales." , The (bituminous miners affected dl rectly and Indirectly 'by the disruption of the conferences number 384,500, aia- trrouted as follows: Pennsylvania, 160,000: Maryland. 5. 000: West Virginia. 35.000: Virginia, 15.000; Ohio, 40.000; Indiana, 15,000; Il linois. 53.000; Iowa, 14,000; Michigan, 8,500; Kentuoky, 4,000; the Southwest em States, 40,000. Of these, 120,000 are unorganised. v . "' DROWNED IS TUB. Thrce-Year-Old Son of Mr. Claud Transou, of Elkin, Meets Death in Small Quantity of Water. Special to The Observer. Elkin, March 29. -The little three- year-old boy of Mr. and Mrs.' Claud Transou, who live at the shoe fac tory, was accidentally drowned yester day evening at 6 o'clock. The mother was busy , preparing the evening meal and the little fellow-was playing on the porch. When she-called him and got no response she commenced a search. Going to the spring near by, then to the creek, and returning again to the -house he was found to have fallen headforemost Into a tub of wa- ,' Dr. Reece was called Immediate ly and did 'everything possible to re store life but it Was Impossible. Rain Prevents Game at Trinity. Special to The Observer. Durham, March 29. The ball game scheduled to be played this afternoon between the LaFayette College team and the Trinity ball team was called on account of . the - very r inclement weather and the muddy conditions of the grounds. The Pennsylvania play- rers reached here' this morning and went out to the Haynei athletic field but conditions were sucn mat tns same had to be called off. The sec ond of the series of games arranged between these teams is scheduled for to-morrow afternoon. -' - - ' Conductor Parnell Injured. Special to The Observer. ' Spartanburg, S. C, March 29. Con ductor Parnell, yard conductor of the Southern Railway nere, was severely Injured at an early hour this morn inar. sa. the . result of a fall from the engine as it "was passing Main street crossing. Mr.. Parnell was riding on the front part of the engine and his foo slipped, causing him to fall to the" ground, and strike a cross tie. His Injury consists of a painful con tusion of the hip. KngTish Spinners Arrive, Boston. March 29. A committee repre senting a federation of English cotton spinners and manufacturers, arrived hers tc-dav on bom H the- steamer . Baxonla. The committee, is visiting- this country for the purpose or investigating the growth 'of cotton and Its use by the man ufacturers, and it will attend the annual convention of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association here April 26 and 26. The visitors win attend later a conference of growers and manufacturers Of cotton to be held at Washington, D. C. and also propose, to vmjt the cotton fields Of the South.- , . , Collector Stuart Finally Confirmed. Washington,'- March 29. The Sen ate to-day confirmed the nomination of James E. B. Stuart as collector of customs, district of Newport News, Va. . His nomination had been held up for a long time on several charges, among them being one that Stuart had done a number of things that tended to disrupt the Republican pany. ;-.-!; . . ... - (.Preparing Manifesto, on ' Dispensary ) - , ion. Special to Th OhserVer.- special to The Journal from Washing-- ton; says: senator uirman is prepar ing a manifesto t on the ' dispensary question for tne people or eoutn Car t'olln and It will be rsady in day l - a .. .' --j or .two, - ( 4 - RATE "BILLS Ait HONEST NO GOLD BRICKS., SAYS CLAY Junior Georgia Senator Refers to . Cluurges That Both House ed Knox Bills Were Drawn In Itail - roads' Interest and Declares Evi v dence to be Convincing That Such Is Not the Case rlnlnks Provision lor Court iteview of txmotitution allty of Conunlsalon's Orders Should he . Made Mr. Carmack Also Speaks for Bill Sir. Hale Scolds Nary. v- ' . Washington, March 29. Wheft the Senate met to-day Mr. Culberson pre sented and had the clerk read a me mortal from the Cattle Raisers' As sociation, of Texas, urging the pas sage of the railroad rate bill as It came from the House. "The letter was accompanied by a letter from S. "H. Cowan, attorney for the association. In which he said that the railroads have in the past six years Increased rates on cattle shipments to the ex tent of $18 a car, causing a total out lay of $10,000,000 aboye the amount that It would have been necessary to pay under the old prices. The petition urged the Senate to resist efforts to seriously amend the bill as mere sub terfuges on part of opponents of the Mil. The following bills were passed: Amending the law requiring lights on rafts so as to make It apply to rafts In tow. Authorizing the erection f a dam across the Choctaw Hatche river, - in Dale county, Ala. The conference report on the consu lar reorganisation bill was agreed to without discussion. - ALL IN PUBLICS INTEREST. When the railroad rate bill was taken up, Mr. Clay addressed the Senate. saying that he did not consider the principal point of controversy a seri ous- one. He had heard charges that both the House and the Knox bills were drawn in the interest of the railroad, but the facts, he declared, were convincing that such was not the case. He then traced the history of the House bill, saying that it owed its origin to the Inter-State commerce commission and- had been accepted "by the entire membership of the House committee. Republican and Democrats alike, and had passed the House with practical unanimity. The bill might not be perfect, hut he Was satisfied that k had received only honeet con sideratlon. So, too, he was satisfied that the Knox, the Tillman and Cul nertson bills hal all 'been drawn in the Interest of the people. He dis-l cussed the question of a court re view of the orders of the inter-State commerce commission, saying that if under the House bill the regularity of the commission s orders only was con tested, the carrier would be deprived or the right to contesting a rate fixed. SHOULD CONCEDE REVIEW. Mr. Clay declared that if it was the Intention to permit a review of the commission's finding, the right should do conceded in the bill. "Why not say so directly In the bill and get over the"contivrwvw he said. I believe that review ' ought to be permitted, but I believe that the re view ought to be confined to the ques tion as to whether the . rate fixed la constitutional.' The court should not be authorized to go Into the whole caee. Mr. Tillman and Mr. Fulton Asked why, ir the review privilege was to be confined to the constitutional privi lege, any provision of the kind. was necessary, and Mr. Clay replied that he would agree with them 11 there were nothing in the bill as it- stands on the subject of review, but that in view of the text of the bill he thought It snouia te amended so as to. author ize the courts to say whether the rates fixed were confiscatory. Mr. Clay referred to the differences of opinion between eminent , lawyers when the income tax measure was be fore Congress. Mr. Tillman said it was no wonder lawyers were "befuddled" on that measure, because the Supreme Court naa Been on both sides. ; . . HAS FAITH IN COURTS; Mr., Clay said that he did not a) ways agree with Mr. Tillman concern lng the courts; that he had faith in their integrity. v "But not always in their lnfalllbll ItyT" . asked Mr. Tillman. "No, not always," eald Mr. Clay. "U nave not connaence always in my own inramDiiicy." ; Mr. Clay took the position that Con giress had tne power to fix a stand ard of rates giving just compensa tion; that both the carrier and the shipper should have authority to go into the courts to determine the ques tion of Just compensation; that the power to issue injunctions should be neagea anout with all proper restric tions, and that carriers should ba oon- flned ,to their own bug4nesaW.-;!r:.' . CARMACK SPEAKS FOR BILI "When the big stick keep com na n -r witJi the pitchfork, surely the hatavnn aays pi pounce nave come," said Mr. Carmack, of Tennessee,, when he took the floor to epeak on the rate bill. He declared that the fclll wa the legiti mate outcome of Democratic demauds, and calling attention to the fact that the Republican platform siad made jio demand for legislation, said thiDem. ocratlc party ha, triumphed even In aereac, Aa ror nimseir, he was con tent to stand feeslde the Senator from South Carolina as 'the guide: selor and friend of the administra tion." - Ms argued to show the necessity for railroad legislation and said he knew of no letter war of. providing the ne cessary' re si roams upon the roads than through a commission, - jterernng to the lack of aarreanutn in the pending bill. Mr. Carmafk . pressed the opinion that It is better man k win oe arter amendment. , He did twt consider court review pro Vision eeseiKlal. ' . . -. HALH SCOLDS THE , KAVT, The bill tor the" organisation of the medical corps of the navy was men taaen up. Mr, iiaie'of Maine, v6toed his opposition to an Increasa in ; the army, saying ' the army and navy men go en ths theory that the government Is run fop their benefit. Branching off Into a discussion of the navy, he said he would pit It against any navy in the world except Great Britain's, and that It would be folly to attempt to equal the naval estab lishment of tnat insular, power l He expressed the belief thar with thf ves sels now authorised . completed the American navy would be the second In th world. He further .expressed tbe opinion that an increase was unneces sary in the future and that nothing more was necessary Man to replace vessels : as the ' existing ones became useless.! The bill was passed ty a vote or n to a. At iMpm. the 8aaU adjourned adjourned- DESPITE HOUSE MAGNATES $20,000 TO NAB LAND THIEVES Continuing Resentment of Parlia mentary Gag la Evidenced by Two ' Defeats for Appropriations Com-y 1 mlttec's Recoinniendatlons- Hecrc :j; tary Hitchcock-Gets Twice as Much , ror-IW'-Jit'-Jferretlng Public. Land , Prauds as He Had Ventured to Ask Committee Scored by Mr. Ovcr- ; street Conference Report on Con-,-' snlar Bill Adopted. 'Washlngtoh. 'March 29. The House to-day adopted the conference report on the consular reform bill. ' April 10 was agreed upon as the date when debate oa the pure food bill shall commence, to continue at least two da vs. . ,v- Consideration of the legislative, ex ecutive and" judicial bill was resumed. and when an amendment was offered to. the amount appropriated for travel lng and other expenses of confidential agents of the Department of the In terlor, Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, said he was opposed to creating a secret service bureau for the Interior Depart ment. Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee, said It was an outrage on the part of the appro priations committee not to give the Secretary of the Interior what he need ed to carry on the work of "running down the wilderness of land thieves in the West." . Mr. Mann, of Illinois, said that the Secretary of the Interior had been most active In ferreting land frauds. He said (replying to an Intimation of Mr. Tawney that Secretary Hitchcock had "Impulsively" asked for J10.000 when he needed J20.000): 'Impulsive ly! With his blood as cold as a fish he could not impulsively reduce his Just needs. The Secretary Is a cold blooded man and It Is through this very nature, of, his that he has kept the- public domain from being robbed outright. No, It was the ice water that was poured down his back by the ap proprlatlons committee that kept him from telling the rear needs or tne ser vice. It would be a crime not to sup port the ' Secretary of the Interior In his rave fight against powerful in fluences, and we will be held respon sible if we do not give him what he needs " Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, who had offered the amendment increasing the amount appropriated for confidential agents of the Interior Department from $10,000 to 120,000, said the Secre tary of the Interior had stated that his a rents had "run down" a man in California who had "gobbled" up 265, 000 acres of the public domain, and it was for the purpose of looking after this case, as well as others, that the additional amount was needed. Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, offered a substitute for Mr. Williams' amend ment appropriating $20,000 for the protection of public lands for illegal and fraudulent entry or appropria tion," which was adopted. The appropriations committee was given another defeat when the para- sranh relating to the division of the railway mail service was voted out of the 'bill on motion raiirr oversiresi, of. Indiana, who said It properly be longed to the postofnee appropriation bill. He said that ir usurpation oi committee rights continued without protest' the appropriations committee would do all the legislating. At 5 p. m. the House adjourned. -"DON PASQUALE." The Play a Pretty One and the Plot Easily roiioweu. woiwunsuniuing the Italian, but the' Charm of the Performance the Singing of Alice Neilson. "Don Pasauale," as . presented at the Academy of Music last night by Alice Nielsen and company, thorough ly delighted a good audience, which showed its appreciation by liberal ap plause. The play lias a pretty piot, wnicn wae easily loliowea noiwiuisianaing the fact that Italian, Instead of Eng lish, was used. But it was not the play, the mere pretty plot, that made the audience glad that it was mere. It was the singing. Anyone who hears Alice Nielsen sing once will have the desire to hear her again. Her voice has wonderful sweetness and range and is so thoroughly under control that no effort Is apparent in her sing- In. And what if the winsome little woman does sing In Italian? As she sings, , It Is the notes, the sweetness, the singing that enter the soul. It matters not if the words are English or Italian, so she sings. Miss Nielsen Is supported hy artists of a high class. Francesco Patrl, who played the role of Ernesto, has a tenor voice of fine quality and wonderful range. Next to the star, he received the heartiest plaudits of the audience. Alfonso Rosa, in the title role, has a fine voice also and was always good. The members of the cast acted as well as they sang. After the last act, after two or three curtain oalls. Miss Nielsen sang, in English, "Way Down Upon the Sew-anee- River." and again, "Home, Sweet Home." And here is where she got very near the audience. All the tenderness, the longing, the sweet memories of the songs were brought out in the voice of the singer, while the audience breathed softly for fear of missing one sighing note. A. C. L. TELEGRAPHERS' RAISE. Wage Scale increased About Eight Per Cent, as ttesuit or conference at Wilmington. Wilmington, March 29. Satisfactory conferences between the management and -a committee representing the tel egraphers and agent-telegraphers of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company, were completed here to-day, the result of which new rules and regulations and a new wage scale were agreed upon, effective April!. and affecting about 900 men. The In crease In the wage scale is estimated by. the committee at about eight per cent. This, however, does not cover a general increase of pay at each sta tion, but a re-adjustment to meet the existing conditions at each place. TROLLEY ACCIDENT AT MACON. i. - ' - . - Suburban Car Plunges Over Ten-Toot Embankment, injuring BU Passengers,- Kone Seriously. - , , Macon. Oa.r March JS.-r-A big subur ban) trolley ear' on the Vtneviiia line plunged over a; ten-fool embankment here this afternoon, injuring six pas- eengersv---'! ---v The . injured were; Mrs. chart Woodruff, Mrs. J. T-ePennelon, Mr. S. G. Scoven, v rs, T. H, Shlnbolser. and young son of Dr.-J. -L. rw. berry, all of Macon,: and ' Mrs. Sarah FollletU, of New Tork. None of the Injuries, are thought to be . serious. The rauia of the accident 1 Is 1 not MR. SHERMAN TO RETURN BECOMES STATE ENTOMOLOGIST Franklin Sherman Will Return to North Carolina and Asuume His Old Position After Spending-a Year in Canada Greensboro Case In volving Certain Powers of Corpora tion Commission Will be Heard Monday by United States Supreme Court Organised Band of Thieves at Goldsboro Funeral of Late R. Douglas Olds- To-Day News of State Capital. ) Observer Bureau, 122 8outti Dawson Street. RaleiKh. March 29. North Carolina again comes to the front with an Industry that adds to the diversity and wider ex change of labor interests. This time the fact lies In a charter to-day grunted to the O. W. Slane Glass Co.. at Statesvllle, for the wholesale handling of plate glass and their home manufacture Into mir rors, and the general utilisation of the by-products. The new company is au thorised with $50,000 capital stock, of which there has been subscribed $20,000. The incorporators are O. W. Slane, K. M. Purdy, D. A. Miller. 3. G. Shelton. T. L. Green, W. A. Thomas, G. II. Brown and a number of others, who represent Statesvllle capital and the spirit of thrift and Industry. - A second charter was granted by the secretary of 8tate to the Bank of Kenly, Johnston county, for the conduct of a commercial and savings In stitution, with T. W. Tighlman, Wilson, C. W. and H. F. Edgerton and J. H. Klrby. of Kenly, -as Incorporators. The authorised capital stock Is $50,000, with $10,000 paid in. MR. FRANKLIN SHERMAN TO RE TURN TO STATE. A great many people In the State will be Interested in the announcement that Franklin Sherman, former State entn molyglst, will return to North Carolina and will resume the duties of his old po sition which he held for about six years. Mr. Sherman has been more recently con nected with the agricultural department in a like capacity In the notewortny an nrilnn Pnlles-A Bt Guelnh. Ontario. A Raleigh visitor from Goldsboro tells a tale to the effect that there Is a regularly and thoroughly organised gnng In that place which seems to be bent on wholesale robbery of all sorts and con ditions. The crowd is also recognised by a certain name, that of the "Dirty Nine," and the developments an recalled seem equal to the adaption of such a cogno men. Within a few days two naraware stores and others in the same place have been entered and the contents of such places have been "lifted." There have been certain and unmistakable clues to such misdoings and so hotly have the of ficers been on the trail of the offenders that two of the number are reported to have gone off to other pnrts. GREENSBORO CASE IN UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Attorney General Gilmer and R. H. Battle, counsel for the North Carolina corporation commission, have been in formed that the case of the appeal by that body will be called at the head of the docket of the United States Supreme Court next Monday, April 2. E. J. Justice, of Greensboro, will also appear for the Greensboro lee & Coal Co., of that city. He Is also'of counsel for the corpora tion commlsion. It will bo remembered that this appeal Involves the power of the North Carolina corporation commis sion to order the nlaelDK of four certain cars of coal upon a private siding of the Greensboro Ice & Coal Co., at Greens boro. The case Is of considerable impor tance to Individual concerns as it in volves the rights of private consignees to have carload shipments placed upon side tracks or switches which have been placed and built for the mutual conven ience of both the railroad companies and th rtspsoMv satpperwj.aa. nuuei jviiL excite more than tne normal anoreoiaiion of Interest throughout the State and sec tion as well. There is anown a particular notice of the work and actions of' the attorney general at present, as this fol lows so closelyupon the heels of his en deavors with the Selma connection case, and his friends throughout the entire State are on the alert to witness unothiT signal and decided sustaining by the Su preme Court. of the United States. FUNERAL, OF I.ATB It. DOUGLAS OLDS. The funeral services of the late R. Douglas Olds, younger son of Col. Fred A. Olds, will be conducted to-morrow at It o'clock from the Churcn of the Good Shepherd. In this city. ur, Bamuei unaawicK, tne aistinguisneci English divine and preacher of great great force, has completed hln term of special sermons In the city of Raleigh, where he has held vast audiences with great power and Interest for nearly two weeks. . The delays of trains of the Seaboard system to-day occasioned much comment, and It was even rumored that another and bad accident had taken place on the jine the other side of Hamlet. The truth was brought out In the statement that some coal cars had been overturned which accounted for the "belatedness." GEN. JT. 8. CARR COMMANDER. Blue and Gray Form .Permanent Na- iiuium urgsniiwiuu ; snu tutcvt, wi - fleers, Alternating Between North ern and Southern Veterans and Headed by North Carolinian. Atlanta, Oa., March 29. Formal organisation of the veterans' associa tion of the Blue and the Gray. and their sons, was effected to-day at the second day e sessions of the Stats organisation of the civil war veter ans. The officers elected, alternating between Northern and Southern veter ans, were the following: Gen. Julian S. Carr, Durham, N. C, commander-in-chief; vice commander-in-chief. Dr. W. H. Cyrus. Palatka, Fla.;. Junior vice commander-in-chief, D. B. Mull. Fittgerald, Oa.; chaplain, Rev. E. Henry Byrona, New Haven, Conn.; surgeon general, Dr. H, A. Murphy. St. Petersburg, Fla.; Judge advocate general, W. H. Williams, Abbeville, Ga.j. adjutant genera,l, Cap tain A. M. Clarke, Southern Pines. N. C. 1 Members of the commit te on consti tution And 'by-laws were appointed as follows: E. Henry Byrona, New Haven, Conn.; W. H. Marston, Fitzgerald, Oa., and L. P. French, Southern Pines, N. C. Tbe following representing the sever al camps were elected a council of administration: ' Captain William "Friend, of Fittgerald, ' G.; Harry Burns, of Macon; J. E. Buchau, Man ley, N. C; John W. Woodruff, Atlan ta, Ga.; Judge J, Meuse, Port Arthur, Tex., and Gen, 3. F. Chase, of St. Pet oiwburg, Fla. , The afternoon seslon waa given to brief addressee by veterans from var ious section of the country. North and South, and final adjournment was reached with the close of the session,1 I'" linli. p. Ill .Illi, ,.,. , Tomenllnl Ilalns In Northern Loulsi , ana, Shreveport. La . March 29. Rain has fallen continuously for three days in central and northern Louisiana. ' At Colfax last night a severe storm prevailed and the entire town was In undated, the water standing several feet deep fn the business portion. Alt the lowland In the vklnlty ot Ruston are everflo wad. Rain, Is gtlll v falling to-nlghL n "' , .' "'4 v ,' j j nt l 4 ' i"-? ) Uaaeball Yeakwdgy. . ' At Columbia, A C.1 Philadelphia N. tkmalsY ft; Columbia South Atlantic, I At Savannah: savannah Couth At lantic, : Brooklyn! Nationals, t x , At Jacksonville. Fla.; Boston Na tionals, 4; Jacksonville Couth J Atlan tic, . - f . , " , ' a 'r At Atlanta Atlanta, ; Macon South Atlantic League 4 . f . ( J ... , . ,1 f I" h 5- ARKAXSAS SENATOfcSHIP CLOSE. Freakish ' Gov. Davis la Running Barely a Nose Behind Senator Ber ry and Winner Will Have Narrow Margin Little Safe for Governor Other Nominations. Little Rock, Ark., March 29. Incom plete returns from a majority of the 75 counties in the Democrat State pri mary yesterday show a lead of 1,000 for Senator James H. Berry over Governor Jefferson Davis In the con test for the United States senatorshlp. Additional returns are awaited with great Interest, as both sides are claim ing a victory. Heavy rains continued throughout the State to-day and re tarded the collecting of returns in the country precincts. It appears that the final figures In the race for the senatorial nomination will show a narrow margin for the winner. The nomination of the following State ticket is assured: Governor, John S. Little; Secretary of State, O. D. Ludwlg; General At torney, O. X. Pindall; State Auditor, A. E. Moore; State Treasurer, J. L. Yates; State Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. J. Doyne; Land Com missioner, L. I,. Coffman; Agricultu ral Commissioner, Guy B. Tucktr; Su preme Judge, close between Wm. L. Moose and J. E. Mddlck. The nominations in the Congression al districts are: First, It. B. Macon; Second. S. Brun didge, Jr.; third, J. C. Floyd; fourth, close between W. B. Cravens and L. A. Byrne; fifth, C. C. Reid; sixth, J. T. Robinson; seventh. R. M. Wallace. SPECIAL GRAND Jl'RY ASKED. Jeromo Finally Get on Trail In surance Offender) Judge to An noiinoc Decision To-Day. New York, March 29. District At torney Jerome to-day requested Su premc Court Justice Dowllng to call a special grand Jury In May to Invest! gate the. life Insurance matters de veloped by the legislative investigating committee. Mr. Jerome said that he did not want to ask an ordinary grand Jury to examine the testimony of the legislative Investigation' in addition to its usual work. Justice Dowllng took the matter under consideration until to-morrow. Mr. Jerome stated to the court that he had been somewhat uncertain as to the proper procedure in insurance matters, but that after consulting with the Justices In the criminal branch of the Supreme Court he irod decided up on the special grand Jury. Justice Dowllng asked Mr. Jerome whether he would lay before the Jury any mat ters other than those relating to In surance. The district attorney replied that he. could assure the court that nothing except insurance matters would bo presented to the Jury. NEAR UNANIMITY AT ALGECIRAS Delegates Confer Privately on Mat ters Not Yet Entirely . Settled White Repudiates Alleged Inter views. Algeclras, Spain, March 29. The plenary sitting of the conference on Moroccan reforms to-day discussed customs tariffs and public Works ' and agreed regarding a number of details, the remainder going over until Satur day. The delegates conferred privately relative to the police and bank ques tions in order to reach absolute una nimity In those subjects before they come up In the conference for ratifi cation. Mr. White, the senior American del egate, detUes the authenticity of alleg ed Interviews with him which have been published In London and Paris' newspapers stating that the delegates foresee the probability 'that the next meeting of the conference will be Its last. TEST IN PATRICK'S BEHALF. Bodies to lie Emtialmed as Rice's Was to Show Wliethcr C hloroform Caused Condition of Millionaire's Body Autopsies to follow. New York. March 29 Four years after the date on which he was convicted of the murder of William Marsh Riee, the Texas millionaire, Albert T. Patrick's olea that an actual test be made to prove or disprove his contention that embalm ing fluid, ana not cioroiorm, was tne cause of the condition of Rice's body, was granted to-day. It Is the office of District Attorney Jerome, and not the defense of Patrick, however, which has undertaken the Investigation. It was an nounced from District Attorney Jeroms's office to-day that the experiments to test Patrick's theory have been begun under the direction of that office upon the rxidles of two patients who died In the Metropolitan Hospital. One waa older and the other younger than Rice. Their bodies will be embalmed with the same sort of fluid which was used In Rice's case. After a suitable time has elapsed, autopsies will be performed. WOMAN PRISONER KILLED. Was Apparently Trying to Escape From Train at Lovett, Ga., When Slain by Accidental Disci targe of Officer's Weapon. Dublin, Ga., March 29. The sheriff of Laurens county received a warrant for the arrest of Mrs, Lena Crabb, charged with abandoning her children. Deputy J. A. Walton arrested Mrs. Crabb yesterday. While returning to Johnson county with the prisoner, E. M. Joiner caught up the luggage of Mrs. Crabb as the train slowed up at Lovett and she arose from her seat as though she Intended leaving the train. n a scuffle over the luggage, Depu Sherlff Walton's pistol fell from nis pocKst, utscnargtng the weapon. The bait struck Mrs. Crabb in the eye and killed" her . Instantly. No blame is attached to Walton. South Carolina Republican will Put put No Ticket. , j Observer Bureau, 1209 Main Street, y Columbia, 8. C, March 29. The Republican State executive committee held a long-drawn-out meeting to-night, after -which the an nouncement was given out that a State convention had been called for khe second week In August. No Stat ticket will be put out. It Is believed that some action was taken In execu tive session with regard to Referee Capers, but nothing was given out for publication along this line. So far as known Mr. Capers has not been hare to-day. . V v . - - WeU-Knovm , New Orleans Citisen " jkV Killed by, Car. ; f - wi r. ' New Orleans, March 29. Major J. O. Hawks,; former Commissioner of ,Im migration Louisiana, was run over by tret "car todayvand s wiled. Major Hawkes distinguished :4 himself with th.. Virginia, cavalry during the civil war and was one of ths principal- leaders,. , In Northern ! . Louisiana during the reconstruction day. He 'was district attorney; and a member ot tha Legislature alter th .war,, v - U.S.TK00PSF0BMAY20TH MIL M'NINCH SECURES SOLDIERS 1 , 1 1 1 i i mil, - ( ' ' t liyi Secretary Of- War t Taft ' Promise Cavlry and Infantry Troops for'; Mecklenburg Big Celebration Secretary Bonaparte Indicates That lam one Marine Band May Also be-' 1 senired Greensboro - soul . ' Golds - boro PoHtoffloe Matters May Soon be Settled Advocate ' of Appa lachlan Forest Reserve to be Heard uerore Congress Adjourns. - BY W. A. IULDEBRAXD. Observer Bureau, 1 1417 a Street N.,W.r- . . Washington, March 21 The mission of the mayor of Chaff lotte has been altogether succesafuL ', This morning Mayor McNlnch ; -and v- Senator Simmons called at the War Department to take up the matter Of the Twentieth of May celebration. At ; the conclusion of the conference Secre tary Taft not only agreed tp send ths , . best cavalry troop stationed at Fort Meyer to Charlotte, but said he would ?-. send some infantry troops from -At-''? mum. iw conference wun trecreiary, . mav likewise bear frnlr Rerervi ' Bonaparte said he would take under-; advisement the request to endi,ij the Marine Band to . Char- ; lotte and he thought It might . oe arranged, mis is tne famous nana ; i of which Lieutenant Santleman Is the f ' uuctior, ami wnicn rurnisnes musiOj- .i, for all the large White House social ' . functions. , -t , Congressman Blackburn said to- V day he expected to go to Greensboro1', to-morrow, but he now thinks he w$ll return here soon for a. short stay be-'y fore going to the State to remain. un, I - tu arter tne trail, senator Simmon will go to his home In the State SaturV; ;? day for a short stay. r ' j POSTOFFICE CONTESTS NEAR - V S--r , :..-.' v- It begins to appear that, after alL. V" the contests over the postotfice at Greeensooro and Goldeooroy where uiacKourn men were nominated, may , have an ending. At a meeting- of th , . .. . . I i . . c. . wimio inmiuune commute aennvri Tom Carter, of Montana, .brought to s tne attention or tne commute tne lace that these North Carolina appoint, mervts had never been confirmed, and " said that he had been told that no ' ' further apparent reasons exlstedk ' 1 for failure to dispose of the cases one way or another. Sen-, ator Simmons then supplemented this! - " in n r nrTWn r nr r nA iu Ant a na Mana.fn nv ..; ?, telling how he had declined to have any further connection with the Golds boro nomination, after former Senator-' Marlon Butler .'had asked him to hold) the nomination up, on the ground that -a delegation of citisen wished to . come here to make some objection. but had never put in appearance. Mr.,. Butler had made a similar request second time, but feeling that an In. - Justice was being done Mr. Grant in holding his nomination up for two month without ny charge to war rant suoh actlon, he had refused U comply with the request. It was.them decided to call un the Foatofflc . De partment and aapertain th status o tne case, 'ine cierx or tne commniea went to the "phone and was told by Department official that the inspector who had been sent to both Greenbom and Goldsboro had submitted their' , reports, and that the inspector ' who went to aoidaboro took :the position , that no reason obtained for further de lay In the matter - of confirming tha ' nomination ot Mr. Grant.- In the case of Mr. Frailer at Greensboro, it wa ' stated, there "might be om.e trouble, but ot what nature It was not vouch safed. Senator Simmons has - received! from citisen of Greensboro a protest against the character of the fight . which the Douglasses and other hava ' made against Mr. Frasler. It seems, uncertain what will be done In the Greensboro case, but the nomination : of Mr. Grant will, it is assumed, b connrmea at an eariy aate. FRIENDS OF THE APPALACHIAN. The numerous and sealou friends of . ' the Appalachian forest reserve bill propose to be heard from before th , adjournment of the present session.. -. Senator Overman Is , now engaged in ,'; putting the finishing touches on tha, favorable .report which he has been) 4 -authorised to male to th Senate com-, ' ; ' mlttee, while the chairman ot th , ; House committee on agriculture . ha . , agreed to give the advocate of th , l bill a hearing early next month. Prof Holmes, who has been here several y J days loaklng after the matter, said to ' ' day that a number of representative citisen from a number of States af-. 1, ., footed by the bill would be her for this meeting, when it Is hoped that 4 ' ' th committee will promptly agree ta'-, favorably report the bill. Some go a far as to express the belief that th , bill, as revised by Senator Overman, . will be passed during the present se4 ion. . PROSECUTOR IN BLACKBURN TRIAL. J F-p There appears to be little doubt that Judge Lewis, of Virginia, will be a signed to the duty of chief prosecuting' t r officer in the Blackburn case. One of i . the Virginia Senators is quoted a saying that it I his understanding that the Department haa virtual ty l. agreed to pursue this course. . One ,oC the correspondent here, who i per so nelly acquainted with the Virginia! district attorney.; says that he Is not an especially agreasiv prosecuting of ficer, but that he may be depended- - upon to dispassionately advance ait. , the point in the case and let it go at that. Judge iewis served on the court f Appeals in Virginia, 12 years; andl It was reported to-day that he would be a candidate for the position Should -th bill of Senator Simmon creatlnsr the proposed new ' circuit be passed during th present session, Walter E. Moore' and T, C. Pickleet mer, of Jackson county, are her for a .short stay, .vf-s -; . y-'t f . State Senator Odell, of Concord, ar rived here yesterday. ' - . i 1 . - Dr. Fallsv of King Mdurttaln, wai at the capltol yesterday to see Con gressman Webb, u, " MRS, RQOSKVEIT BEGINS TRir. Accompanied : by Younger Children. the President Wife Rtarw f : Florida .to Cruise in .West- Ir ,' Water. ..-.-- , . Washington'' March 29. Mrs. P elt, accompanied by her c, Ethel. Archl and Quentlt. the . dren'a governess and Mrs. Roos maid, lift Washington for Ferr s Fs.,''.,,th,'Florldsji llmIie-1 ov. Southern Otailway , this r -Femandina they will b i t Bower, for a cruise ot e t ' In West Indian watery , . is taking the trip tot t securing a -Test- and d . to-, be entertained by the j in Cub, or Porto IUs t
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