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- i ' Via" " ' j, I ' k , " 1 i, -a ? J 1 Nf-, ',",",. V- ;simscBipno pbioe; ; $8.00 per year- ; : charlottk, nr.. Saturday iiorkikg; march 3i,-1900: -: -Vv-'i-c'PRICE-IlTB-CENTg.. 1 1 MINERS RESTRICT BATTLEFIELD rnkn lions i Convention Almoirt v Vnantmowsly , Avthorlsea Official to V for Two Years Reducing X timber f oi Prospective strikers oy tnroMDiy r coal Allners convention cost . $100,000 ' ' Indianapolis, March J0.Amellora Ion of the threatened strike of oitum lnoua coal miners on April X was as cured to-day by tha United 'Mine . Workera of AmeWca who, bsfore adjourning- without day,; authorised na tional and district officers .to sign wag agreements with any coal oper ' at or who would aree to pay the scale of 190J or Hs equivalent for '. period of two' years. This is an advance of 6.S5 per cent, in wages in Illinois, ' In diana. Ohto and western Pennsylva nia and all other district except the southwest, where an advance of J cents a ton is demanded. - As many operators have signified a willingness to pay the advance, the number of miners that Intend to strike on April 1 will probably be ultimately reduced by many thousands. It is probable that moat soft coal miners : will cease work on April 1, a'. though tbe cessation Of labor will be tempo rary in those districts where ' the In crease In wages can. be obtained. ; ARBITRATION DTCUNED. , The convention declined an offer made by the operators of Indiana, Illi nois and Ohio to submit the wage dif ferences to arbitration Where a coal operator owns mines In different dis tricts the scale must be signed for all the properties at the same time be fore any of his mines will be allowed to run. , -s, ' j The action of the convention prob ably will bring out of.the mines of the country some 500,000 miners from too anthracite and the bituminous field. These will remain on strike, it Is said,! until 'settlements have been signed by j districts with individual operators. The only miners It Is said, that will! go to work on Monday will be 25,000 In West Virginia, where a truce has been signed temporarily. v The Joint State convention of the outlying districts, which will be held next week, were empowered under, the action of the convention to-day to sign agreements with the operators of these Bute if they agree to pay tbe U03 sea le. f " ,". "SITUATION BT STATES. ; The men will return to work s soon as the scale 1a signed. If there is a disagreement In these State conven tidns, any of the miners can sign the Scale and resume work Where individ ual operators pay the advanced scale. It Is anticipated that the scale will be signed in a few days toy employers of 75,000 miners. The Pittsburg . , Coal Company and F. I. Robblns, of west ern Pennsylvania, who also own mines In Ohio. Illinois and West Virginia, will. It is expected, sign at once, W- gethec-wltti the independent operators. The miners expect to get .the advance in alt th Indiana mines south of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, In num ber of central Indiana mines, in one' naif . of tbe Illinois mines, and In a large percentage of the mines In Ohio. Tbe duration of the strike In Michigan, Kentucky, central Pennsylvania, Iowa .and West Virginia cannot be deter mined until the State conventions meet next week. . president Mitchell said to-day he be lieved- one-half of the tonnage of Illi nois, Indiana, Ohio and western Penn sylvania, would sign soon. The miners expect few operators In the southwest district to sign at once. TO NRiRANGB STRIKE DETAILS The - national . executive board will meet to-morrow to take up the details OI .managing the strike. It was em powered to decide as to what employes will be allowed to continue work at the mines to ' prevent the destruction of property during the suspension. iThe convention cost the .miners' or ganisation $105,000 for expenses of delegates.- There Is in the notional dis trict and local treasuries of the miners 2,&00,i00, of Which $400,000 Is In the na tional treasury. President Mitchell expects to leave Sunday for New Tork to meet in Joint conference with the anthracite operators, National Sec retary Wilson will leave at the same time to attend the central Pennsyl vania convention at Clearfield. , Tbe vote on the resolution permitting the miners to sign wax almost unani mous, although Vice President Lewis took a vigorous position against 1C PRESIDENT IS NON-COMMITTAL. Aftr Cabinet Discussion of Coal Situation Statement Is Withheld May Not Decide for some Days.-; Washington, March ' $0. President Roosevelt is non-committal as to what action, if any, he will take re garding the coal strike. It is known, fiowever, that his replies to the- tele gram received from Indianapolis will be to the effect that he ' has the whole matter under consideration and ft may be some . days yet before he decides what, if anything can be done. i -& The cabinet had the coal situa tion , under consideration , to-day. Telegrams from Indianapolis of John H. Winder, on one side, and John Mitchell and Francis Lv -Robblns on the other, were discussed. At the conclusion of the meeting the Presi dent made the announcement through Secretary Loeb that there was . noth ing to say at this time. It was added that he had not as yet replied to either of the telegrams, , r -" s Grants Spccij) Insurance Grand fury, New Torsr March W. Justice Dow- Ung, in .the Supreme .Court to-day, .' granted the application made yester- day by District Attorney. Jerome for : : a special grand jury to Investigate in euraace matters. Justice Dowllng . ; 7 aad he. had consulted . hi - associate Justices ami that they were agreed as - . to the advisability f of granting , Mr. Jerome request. i . ,V; s ' liiyernooi Grand SteeplechaM Run, Liverpool. March SO. The grand na i , tlonal steeplechase of t750 rovereigns, f a baadlcap ? for ft-year-olds and up V.ward,! about 4 miles and K0 yards, Was fun ' to-day., at Liverpool spring : meeting and was won by Prince Hats : t ,t Seldt's Ascetttcs Stiver. Red Lad was second v! Aunt May third. Twenty . three horses started, ' . - 4 - -1 Thousaads Wltaem Hanging in Texas. ' - ' Waxhtchle, Tex.,.; March 10. AI 4, , bert Johnson, colored, was executed ; i this aftarnon for the murder of J. H. 7 'J Taylorw awhiu man, near this city . last July. The execution was public - j,. and was witnessed by svvtral thousand r peonJe. , w. mKlNS.CASMEWimU QUESTION OP LARCENV ARGUED Habeas Cornus Hearing Obtained by . New .-. Yorkr - Life's ' Former Vice President Against Warrant Charg Wag Larceny for Transmitting Cam d'oaleii. Contribntion. - Jerome Ad r mlts Lac 'of Precodent, bnt Urges Inherent Wrona Gave Money of " Democratlo PolicyHolders to Aid Republicans in ot larceny unaer New York . Code, Says .Perkins' i Counsel., . - " - NewTork, March 30. Arguments on the babeas corpus proceedings In the case : of ..-.George. -W.- Perkins, former vice president Of the '"JNew vTork Life Insurance Company, who- la oharged In a warrant issued by Magistrate Moss with the largenv of S48.703 be longing to the ! policy-holders of the New Tork- Life Insurance Company, which he advanced to Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the Republican na tional committee, were made to-day before Justice Greenbaum in the State Supreme Court. Decision wae reserv ed. Briefs will be filed Monday by contending counsel and then Justice Greenbaum will take, the -matter of the legality of MnPerkin's arrest un der advisement. District Attorney Jerome, arguing for the prosecution, said: "The question here is as to the right of Mr. Perkins to pay the money of the policy-holders to a political or ganisation for the purpose or innuenc Ing the results of certain political mat' ters at the polls. Shall the officers of a corporation or a single of fleer, -say, take the money of the policy holders and give it to a pilltlcal party?" DEMOCRATS' , MONET TO FOES. He said such an act is Inherently wrong, contrary to public policy,; to public morality, and to common de cency. "Half of the policy-holders may have been Democrats, and to take their money to assist the Re publican party certainly goes to tho establishment or teionious in ten v pe said. Judge " Cohen .said that President John A. (McCall, of the New York Life Insurance . Company, had at different times directed the payment of large sums of money for the relief of the Johnstown flood sufferers and in a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans. He said that Mr. McCall believed sin cerely that when.be directed the pay ment of this money to Mr. Perkins he was acting- for the best interests of tbe policy-holders, and said that while outside of his vested authority, per haps It was not illegal; certainly not criminal. It was then explained to the court that Mr. Perkins had advanced his personal funds to Mr. Bliss and had beea repaid months afterwards by the NoW York Idfe. Mr. Perkins, ne- said believed he was doing the best thing for bis company. PLEA OF PERKINS' ' COUNSEL. Judge Cohen argued that none of the Code's definitions of larceny ap plied to Mr. Perkins' case. Justice Greenbaum asked, "Do you mean to calm that a vice president of a cor poration cannot be said to be an of ficer having control of funds within tha. meaning of the statute that only the officers so included are tnose wno actually draw the checks?" "I think that is the meaning of the law," replied Judge Cohen. - "So narrow as that?" commented Justice Greenbaum. " Replying to a inquiry by Justice Greenbaum, Justice Cohen maintained that it would not be larceny under the Code. Justice Greenbaum- later said: "A man's motive may be perfectly good, and yet he may be guilty of crime." NO PRECEDENT. SAYS JEROME, During Mr. Jerome's reply to the arguments for Mr. Perkins, Justice Greenbaum asked: "Do you maintain that it is unlawful to contribute the funds of a company for such a pur pose as Is covered by this case?" "The money of the policy-holders? yes," replied the district attorney. "But do you say that of contrlbu Hons from any sort of " a company?" "With any great corporation or trust company I say It is immoral in the highest degree to divert its funds without the consent of every party In Interest." "Have you any authorities to sub mit?" asked Justice Greenbaum. Mr. Jerome replied: "We have searched . diligently, but this appears to be the first Instance ef such an Issue having arisen. It would appear that your honor will' have to pass upon the question as to whether there was a felonious attempt, without the assistance of such authorities." THREE SHOT; ONE WILL DIE. In Drunken Melee at Gairney Jim Blanton Shoots Rums Ray and Hose and Bod Bright, the Latter of Whom Will Probably Die Blanton Arrested. Special to The Observer. Gaffney, a C March 30. In a drunken row at the Globe Manufactur ing Company't plant near the city at s o'clock to-nighv Jim Blanton, a white mans J5 ears old, shot Hose Bright, his son, Bod Bright," a young, man, and Rufus Ray. " The youngest of the three Injured men, Bod Bright, Is the most seriously wounded and it Is probable that' he will die. The injuries of the other twio men are not serious. Blanton was arrested and locked up. The particulars can not he secured ' to-night but from all in formation obtainable i seems that the tragedy was the result of a , general Ldrunken row. The principals are op eratives a.t vn uioue jnanuiaciunng Company's plane ; ;! - . , Guards Being ; Strength ened. ' . ' " ' etersburg. March M.A. special commission under tne presidency of Premier Wltte has been" created to co ordinate the work ef troops and police In ' handling revolution . and agrarian outbreaks.- The police and rural guard are being everywhere1 strengthened. ; Attempt to Commit Safcule. New York, March $0.-Mra. Mav Kav. a widow 2S years of age, -who came to this cltr from nsw orleana threa months ago. attempted to- commit sui cide last night in her apartments at the Albama Hotel. She probably will dls.,;'.t'k',;! i ' " Collision on a Bridge. 1 1 ' New: York. March $0. Two street cars collided to-day on the Williams burg bridge over the East' river, in juring about a score of , f passengers. Miss Fannie rerguson, et Brooklyn, was seriously hurt In tbe panlo that followed s h , ' - Baseball Yesterday. 1 At Jacksonville, Fla.: Jacksonville. fi Boston Nationals, f. J At Augusta, Oa.j Detroit American. I; Augusta, 0. V; - At Charleston." 8. C.t Brooklyn, f: vnarieston, .-.'.--. , Police and r8t P 13 VAIIYB "AFTER 20 DAYS PRENCBj MINERS'' GHASTI-Y TALE . J " . i .mix .f. After Living on Putrid Horses Heat Amid Total usrkness ana ' in- vr- cinity i of Scores" of Decaying Corpses, Party la Taken Out Iiong After Hone of tinains: More ur- viroin Had Been Abandoneti All Emaciated, Exhausted and Nearly Blind Would Have Resorted to Human Flesh Soon Touching scenes : witnessed. v - Lens, France, March 80. The disas ter at the Courrleres coal mines had a startling ' sequel to-day when is miners were taken out alive after hav ing endured unspeakable horrors- dur ing twenty days of entombment. The story of the. survivors discloses that Miey lived for many days on putrid horsemeat amid total darkness and in the stench from scores of decay ing corpses. The presence . Of human nesh would, speedily , have forced the starving men to resort to the last desperate extremity- tf they had not been rescued. The survivors were sturdy young miners from 17 to 25 years of age, except their leader, Hen ri Nemy, who is 38 years old. All show the terrible effects of their ex periences, being emaclatel, exhausted and blinded. Their rescue caused a temporary nervous lucidity during which they greeted their relatives and graphically related their sufferings. The doctors then enforced quiet upon them, fearing the results of fever.-. arid poisoning from their having eaten de cayed horse flesh. There were touching scenes, as wives and mothers greeted those whom they had long given up as dead. Crowds besieged the hospitals to which tbe men were taken, cheering the surviv ors and- imprecating the ineffective nature of the salvage work that fol lowed Immediately after the disaster. The rescue of these 13 men revived the hope in many families that others are alive and the relatives of those whose bodies have not been recovered clamorously demanded that efforts be redoubled to bring out any possible survivors. There is a report that In addition to the 13 men who were brought up out of the mine to-day there were five others who came with them almost to the bottom of the pit, but were un able o come further on account of the exhaustion. The total number of men missing af ter the catastrophe was 1,212. The bodies recovered approximately num bered 600 and there are still unac counted for approximately 700. The engineers explain that smoul dering fires prevent them from ex ploring remote passages of the mine, where it was thought that there could be no survivors. The mine owners also claim that the strike of miners reduced the number of rescuers avail able. Many engineers and scientists agreed that all in the mine must have died lone ago. Engineer Laur, how ever, dissents, asserting that the sal vage work has been- deplorably Inef ficient, and he believes that scores died of exhaustion owing to the poor worK or tne salvage companies. shot two officers: Drunken Negro Fires on Chief Keener and Deputy Cooper, of Iinoolnton Negro's Arm Shattered by Re turn Fire. Special to The Observer. LIncolnton, March 30. The town was excited yesterday when the news spread that there had been a shooting between Chief of Police Keener And Deputy William Cooper on ,one Bide, and a negro, Ira Johnson, on the other. It sems that the negro had been drunk for several days and was out looking. ror trouble. He had a difficulty with the pastor of the negro Methodist church. Thursday mo.-nlng he came up street and rented a gun from ono of the hardware stores and started out looking for the negro preacher. The officers were 'phoned for. Chief Keen er and upty Cooper got m a carriage and went to arrest him. As they were approaching the colored. Methodist church, Johnson was seen standing on a ridge about 35 steps -from the road. The officers got out of the carriage. Just as soon as they aliighted the ne gro raised a shotgun, taking aim at air. cooper nred, one shot taking ef fect above the right eye. Chief Keen er then fired, and the negro turned and fired at him, one shot striking above the right eye, one in the' toft arm and one in the hand. Both officers then fired and the negro fell, saying he was Kined. An examination showed that neither of the officers were seriously hurt. The negro was struck twice, his left leg being shattered about alt inch es above the knee. The restraining order Issued by Judge Bryan at the last term of Meck lenburg court, In behalf of W. W. Mots and other cltlsens of the town of LIncolnton against A. G. Bagley, J. A. Abernethy and Sumniy Alexander, members of the water committee, which; was to have been heard this week, has been continued until April 11. This Is to prevent the water com mittee from tearing up water main in certain portions of the town a num ber of attorneys have been employed by both sides and the case will be bit terly fought . w 10,000 TEXAN8 AT HANGING.. Great Crowd From ' Radius of 60 Miles Come to Revel in Hideous '3ufc..sU I-- :v'.'' .t-- Austin: Tex&' March i;0.-Fuli 10.600 persons witnessed the public hanging of Tom. Young, In Williamson county. 80 miles north of this city, torday. The hanging occurred on tbe open' prairie ami spectators .came from a radius of 60 mlles.:f Kir-y'y.?.'i iAr':f':'i:, x Toung was a white man about so years ot age and was convicted, of assaulting and murdering a 18-year-old gin wnom ne adopted. - i .. Smoot Hearing Tills Morning, i Special to The Observer. , -. , , Greensboro, March 30. O. L Hmoot was - arraigned before United ' States Commissioner Wolfe this' afternoon for a- preliminary : hearing on the-' vbargs of being an accomplice of :hls wife, Mrs. Alice Smoot who Is In jail await ing trial at tbe next term of Fed eral Court on the charge of passlnr counterfeit money. The hearing was postponed tut to-morrow snornlng-at 10 o'clock because of government's witnesses. ' . , f .- v One ,if Georgia - Psrrlrfdes Get' Off " wnn Tnree Year. .-.' Nashvllls. GaT, ' March '' 20. Bart Bryant." welthy farmer of this coun ty, was found guilty of - Involuntary manslaughter, having killed his father, Jonathan E. Bryant, was i sentenced to the penitentiary for. three years by Judge R, G. Mitchell this mornlne. Judge Mitchell gave Bryant to un derstand that hs had got off too light and told him that If hs were permitted tinder the law to do so he would send him up for longer period of time, . THE CASH OF, ETHEE WHITE STILL IS COLUMBIA .44. ASYLUM South Carolina Authorities Say De ' . mented Woman Came to Columbia '- From Raleigh and Should he Cared for In Insane Hospital of This State Knort to Locate itciatives rauie " Interesting Matters to be Con sidered by ' Presbyterian General Assembly ; In May- Messrs. Dosler and Terry, Partners, Reconciled. 1 Observer Bureau, , ''!' '1209 Main Street, ' Columbia, S. C, March 30. The General Assembly of the Presby terian Church ' of ' the South, which meets at Greenville in May, will be characterised by highly Interesting sessions extending over several days. during which the ecclesiastical giants Of the Presbyterian persuasion of this section of the country will be heard on various' topics of vital interest and Im portance to the denomination, which has done so much in the line of character-building for the South gener ally and for this State In particular, An Interesting appeal case, in many respect strikingly similar to the Miss Means, case which was appealed from this city a few days ago, is to come up from Texas, involving a clergyman who has been preaching in that State, but who recently removed from the JIorth. The case has attracted a deal of attention and has aroused much feeling in that State. Another im portant subject to be dealt with will be the proposed union with the- North ern Church. The young white woman, Ethel Kathertne White, who was sent here by the Raleigh police, apparently to get rid of her on account of her de mented condition after she had been arrested for trying to cash forged checks, . is still in the hands of. the authorities at the State Hospital for the Insane, the superintendent having refused to allow the police here to send her back to North Carolina unat tended. Chief Daly decided to-day. after consultation with the mayor, not to send her back to North Carolina with an attendant but to allow her to remain in this State's care until a rel ative could be located or until the North Carolina authorities could be Induced or forced to take her and care for her there. The chief has been telegraphing to day to various parts of the country in the hope of locating relatives, but so far he has received no replies. The young woman first applied for accom modation at a hotel, but was refused admission on account of her peculiar behavior. Then she went to a house in the red light district, where she had been a short time on the occasion of a previous visit to Columbia, but her conduct there was such as to lead the other occupants of the house to call in the police, who turned the stranger, who was well dressed and pretty, over to the authorities at the Hospital for the Insane. She Is only 24 years old and is said to be a native of Summer set, Bourbon county, Ky. She told the Columbia police that she had been living in Lynchburg six year when she went to Raleigh on the 9th of this month. What difference existed between Messrs. L. B. Dosler and Frank 8. Terry, both large stockholders in the L. B. Dosler concern, have been ami cably adjusted and both are good friends. The trouble was all du to a misunderstanding on the part of Mr. Terry, who says to-day that he does not believe Mr. Dosler did him any wrong or Intended to do so, that Mr. Dozler is his best friend. Both are prominently Identified with the busi ness growth and development, of . tne city and it is a relief to then friends to know that there is no rapture be tween them. DAVIS IN LEAD OVER BERRY. Arkansas' Plctnresque Governor 2.073 Ahead So Far as Senatorial Con test Returns Are In Mr. Berry Not Talking. Little Rock. Ark., March 80. With practically complete returns from 62 out of 75 counties. Governor Jefferson Davis has a majority of 2,072 over Senator James H. Berry, foa the Dem ocratic nomination for United States Senator. Senator Berry, at his home in Bentonville, again declined to-day to express an opinion as to the prob able result, saying that he preferred to await further returns. In many of the counties the official count will be made to-morrow. Returns from the fourth congres sional district Indicate the nomina tion of W. B. Cravens, of Fort 8mith, for Representative In Congress to suc ceed John S. Little, nominated for Governor. rt CREDITORS GET 23 PER CENT. Winding Up Affairs of D. P. Dsy vault A Bro., Bankrupts, of Con cordLargest Failure in State. Special to The Observer. Concord, March 80. The final meet ing of the attorneys, creditors, trus tee and referee in the D. P. Day vault & Bro. bankruptcy proceedings was here this week, Mr. L. M. Monhelmer, the trustee, will be discharged In a few days. The liabilities of this firm amounted to about 1175,000, and the asset to about $42,000, or about 22 per cent. Twenty per cent, has al l-ready been paid the creditors and the two per cent, will be mailed them to-day and to-morrow. Messrs. W. C. Maxwell, T. D. Maners and Hwlnk Swlnk, attorneys for the trustee, were allowed altogether 11,000 a their fees. This was the largest failure that ever occurred In North Carolina. Texas Legislature Opposes National ,..," Quarantine, v ;c . Austin, Tex., March 20. The Senate and House to-day adopted a concur rent resolution endorsing the attitude of Opposition to the proposed national quarantine bill maintained by the Tex as delegation In Congress. The reso lution sets forth tbat the proposed bill would cast a baleful Influence on the Gulf ports and that the enactment of such a law would . -infringe upon State right. , .., Trinity-LaFayette Game Prevented , by Rain. 8pecial to The Observer, ' . Durham, March 30. The game ef baseball between the Trinity and La Fayette College team was again called off this afternoon on account of rain. The Fennsyivanlans left Durham to night for Raleigh, where to-morrow they : will meet the A-; e M. College team r 1 -v ( a "ft f & ":tii;.l, 'I iv.imi i ii 111 m - ,ii Mtm-A Drowned tat Effort to Save White , - - j , Companion.' , ' Vlekeburg, Mis., March $0. While duck shooting In Greasy Lake, 20 miles north1 of Vicksburg, this afternoon, Alex Grant, white, and Alexander Clsl borne, colored, wars drowned, the lat ter losing hie life In aa attempt to save his white companion.' Mn Grant was a wealthy cotton planter and merchant of Hardlo. Isslquepa county. ' t Oil) BONDS WEBE BEFUSED I GOV, WARREN GIVES REASONS Michigan's Chief Executive Declined Offer of Old North Carolina Bonds, ' Believing That Nothing Could be v Gained and 'Long Litigation Would Result Correspondence on the k Subject--Funeral of Late R. Doug las Olds-wNew' Charters Granted Final Hearing, In Morris Arson Case , Set for April 4 News Notes From tbe Capital. . : - s Observer Bureau, ,- 122 South Dawson Street, .Raleigh, March 29. The, State charters tbe J. F. Alex ander Lumber Co., at Cliffslde, Ruth erford county, with $10,000 capital paid in and the right to increase to $40,000; Incorporators. J. T. Alexander, Forest City; B. B. Haynes, Cliffslde; T. B. Lovelace, Henrietta; G. E. Young, Forest City; the company will manu facture sash, doors and blinds; the Crest Southern Benevolent & Realty Co., Charlotte, will conduct a real es tate and brokerage business, together with Insurance and mercantile branch es; the company is composed of ne groes and they are of business ability; capital $50,000; there has been sub scribed $1,000 by E. J. Young, A. A. Wyche, S. H. Witherspoon, George Bul lock, J. W. Perry and W. B. Norrls, Charlotte; Britton Pearce, Raleigh; J. E. Shepard, Durham, and several oth ers; the' Dunbar Co., at Tarboro, will handle real estate and farming imple ments; capital $100,000, of which amount $25,000 has been subscribed by George Howard, G. A. Holdernesa, S. R. Gamra, James H. Ruffln and W. S. Howard; the Morgan ton Commission and Bottling Co., at Morganton, to do a commission business and prepare car bonated drinks, ciders and vinegars: paid in $10,000 of, an authorized capital stock of $20,000. THE NORTH CAROLINA BOND JN ( CIDENT. -Governor Glenn is in receipt of let ters from the Governor of Michigan to himself and to the committee of North Carolina bondholders tn regard to the bond matter for proposed litigation against the State of North Carolina. The letter which Governor Warren sent to this committee is as follows: "I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of March 10. My reply to your communication has been delayed as I desired to secure some Information from the Governor of North Carolina before accepting the offer made by your committee. From the report made to me toy Governor Glenn, I am convinced that our Acceptance of the bonds Would serve no other purpose than Involving the State in protracted litigation. That course would have to be taken If anything was realized from the bonds. After carefully considering the matter, I have decided to decline your offer. My refusal to do so Is based upon my belief that the State would have nothing to gain by Its ac ceptance of a gift that simply paves the way for a law suit. The State of Michigan does not care to be placed In a position where It ean be that It Is being used to involve another State In litigation. - For the reason given your offer is respectfully declined." The matter from Governor Warren to Governor Glenn is as follows: "I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of March 20. I have carefully noted the contents of your letter, as well as the one you wrote to Governor Hig gins under date of July Srd, 1905. I herewith enclose copy of letter writ ten to Louis M. Ogden, secretary of the committee of North Carolina bond holders, dated March 24, 1906. My let ter to Mr. Ogden states my position In this matter. I have as yet received no reply from the committee, but you may rest assured that no action will be taken by this 8tate that will caust your State embarrassment or litiga tion," In connection with the same matter, the letter of Governor Glenn follows: "My Dear Governor: Your letter en closing one to Mr. Ogden, stating that you 'would not, accept a gift of the bonds tendered by his committee, as the State of Michigan did not care to be placed in the position where it could be said that it was being used to in volve another State In litigation,' was received by me this morning, and It Is needless for me to say that Its contents gave me great pleasure. If placed in a similar position, I would have done as you have done, and would never al low North Carolina to be used as a cats-paw to Involve a sister -Stats In needless litigation, especially when the effort was to enforce the payment of bonds which were fraudulent and worthless, and from which the State had received no benefit. Our people wHl greatly appreciate the honorable course you have taken. It Is similar to that taken by other Governors, and entitles you and your people to the respect of the cltlsens of our Stato. Assuring you of my personal appreci ation of the position you have taken, and trusting that the time may come when I can show to you by act as well as word how I regard your course in this matter, I am, with great respect, "R. B. GLENN, Governor of North Carolina." FUNERAL OF R. DOUGLAS OLDS. Beneath ii profusion of flowers from all parts of the State, as well as from tha, city of Raleigh . and tbe county, as expression of tender regard and mem ory, R. Douglas Olds, the younger son of Col. F. A. Olds, -was thl morning laid to rest 'In Oakwood Cemetery. There was such an attendance aa must have 'expressed : to the father of so well-beloved ' a ' child the spirit of mourning that has pervaded the entire community since the saddening' news of the boy' condition first reached the city, v '"-: . 1 ---:. , The burial services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Plttlnger, of the church of ths Good Shepherd, assisted by Dr. Marshall, of Christ church, The for mal services were read at the church with the soulful rendering of several hymns,' and amid, the sough -of tha wind and the beat of the tain drops the young body was borne to It last resting place In the mound-filled Oak wood Cemetery, where He the remains of the beloved mother gone before, The pall-bearer were chosen, from among the rank of the former associates of the fine and manly young fellow, who had. left the Stat and gone 'to. the West there to - win place and honors, for homsetf a the-more near Intimate of an elder brother Fred Olds, Jr.. to whom great success ha come in that section. One of tbe most ' beautiful and conspicuous ' floral, offering was that of the Band of Sunshlners, - with which body of young philanthropists Col. Olds ha been so closely Kenttfled, The afternoon session of Wake Coun ty Superior Court Is devoted to the hearing of the ease of the State vs. Ben Williams, a negro, for the alleged murder of Alex Clarke. 'Whieh took place her the" 10th of February. It is not expected that the case . will .con- ,,,'.' 'Jt"-V "0SLER" SECTION OMITTED HOUSE PASSES OMNIBUS' BILL Provision Classifying Department Em ployes Over OS Years Old and Mak ing Reductions In Salaries After ' That Age Dies on Only Point; of Order Permitted by RuUng Povrtrs EiTort to Discontinue Services of Special Trade Investigating Agents Abroad Falls Mr. Mann Declares Standard Oil Co. is Trying to De feat Him. i v Washington. March 80. The -House to-day passed the legislative, execu tive and Judicial appropriation bill, carrying thirty millions of dollars, af ter considering the measure two weeks. The bill as passed carries nearly $700,000 less than the last ap propriation bill for similar purposes. An effort to discontinue the ser vices of special agents to investigate trade conditions abroad, the bill car rying an appropriation of $30,000 to pay salaries and actual traveling expenses, failed. During the consideration of the bill the Bureau of Standards was severe ly criticised by Mr. Slayden, of Texas, and Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee. They contended that for a bureau which was but five years old It had grown to giant proportions. It started with 12 officers and the present bill carried an appropriation for 87 officers and em ployes. Mr. Slayden said It required two Departments of the government, the Navy Department and the Naval Observatory to tell the Bureau of Standards when it was noon and tbat information having been given by the Dcparments, the Bureau of Standards was ready to standardise chronometers. The Item, however, carried by the bill was allowed to stand. A point of order was sustained against the sec tion classifying persons over 65 years and making a horlsontal re duction In salaries after that age, and it went out of the bill. The committee, having completed the reading of the bill, proceeded to Insert the several items against which points had been made previous to the passage of the rule prohibiting points of order. Criticism of the Standard Oil Com pany, for participation in politics was made by Mr. Mann, of Illinois. He recited the fact that he had made reports and had had charge of sev eral bills In the- past aimed at this company and that now the company was endeavoring to retaliate by ac tivity against him In his district. At 8 o'clock the House adjourned. FRANCHISE GRANTED. High Point-Greensboro Inter-Urban Trolley Syndicate Given Permission to Enter Gate City. Special to The Observer. Greensboro, March 30. The board of aldermen, in special session to-night, granted a franchise to the Philadel phia and Norfolk syndicate represent ed by E. J. Justice to entv the city with a trolley line in conwectlon witn the inter-urban line which they pro pose building between Greensboro and High Point. Mr. Justice deposited a cashier's check for $1,000 to be forfeit ed If the line Is not started In good faith and completed within 18 months. The franchise, as originally introduc ed, contained a clause agreeing to fur nish light end power to Greensboro and vicinity, but this clause was eli minated upon objection made by Z. V. Taylor, counsel for the Greensboro Electric Company. The franchise granted designates that the line shall enter by either West Market of West Lee streets and thence across to Walker avenue to the terminal. CAPT. W. B. HART DEAD. Well-Known Montgomery County Mine Owner Expires Suddenly Katlve of Rhode island. Special to The Observer. Thomasvllle, March 30. A message has just been received here that Capt. W. B. Hart dropped dead to-day at noon at the loin, mine, Montgomery county. Mr. Hart came here with his family several years ago from Provi dence, R. I., and resided here in a suburb of the city. He was engaged in mining enterprises. His death is quite a shock to bis family, for whom much sympathy Is felt. Mrs. Hart will accompany the remains North for burial. MRS. ROOSEVELT ARRIVES. Nearly Entire Town of Fernandlne at station too stormy tor Aiaynower to sail.. iFernandlna, Fla., March $0, Mr. Roosevelt and party arrived -here on, the train from Jacksonville this af ternoon and were met at the station by nearly the entire town. The ladles of the Episcopal Guild sent Mrs, Roosevelt a magnificent tray of. flow ers. The party immediately went aboard the yatch Mayflower, which left the docks at 4 o'clock prepara tory to sailing, but did not go to sea, owing to the high wind that pre vailed. sume much time by reason of the di rectness of the testimony. NORRI8 CASE FURTHER POST PONED. Before Justice of the Peace Seapark, the case of the State vs. M. T, Norrls, for the alleged burning of a house near Raleigh, was again this afternoon heard In the re-opening of tbe testi mony of one J. J. Tnoines. who con fessed to false swearing in - evidence and presented such through affidavit made last Sunday. Mr. Thomas : was not, however, present and after a hearing of contentions through attor neys, the magistrate allowed the mat ter to be turtner re-opened for a final hearing Wednesday, April . In this hearing the character of the witness for the State will be attacked and there are expected also additional sen sational developments. " '.Judge Purnell to-dsy set April 1J for the final hearing in the matter of the Atlantic at Seaboard Co., aud Guaran ty Safe Deposit Co.. vs. Carolina.-A Northern Railroad Co., as decreed and entered August is, lsofi. This will be hsard In chambers by Judge Purnell a provided m the decree,1 " ' President Winston, of the North Car ollna., College of Agriculture and Me chanic Arts, to-night announced the commencement programme of that In stitution. Bishop Robert Strange,, of Wilmington; will preach the bacca laureate sermon. May- 31 at 11 o'clock. Doctor H. VT. Wiley,, of the chemical division: of the ,1 Department of Agri culture, Washington, win deliver th cenuneneement oration? May s9,&: O: Max Gardner wilt deliver :th alumni address May t$. Governor Glenn will address the graduates on May 10 and battalion drill, drese prarade and pub Moat km of promotions will be observ ed .and degrees will be conferred on graduetesv , K'' v . i MAJtltfE : BASD, SEOUBED - , i , f ' M. t FEATURE OF BIG CELEBRATION - Famous Musical Organization Will be : - a Drawing Card the ? Twentieth -' President Granted Mayor McNlncb's Requests Fraud rs'Otxler;; Issued Agalnat .Cencoi . CtonoeTn Uncer- tainty mn to Meeting Place of Demo cratic State CcHBvenUonk Discussion .,, as to Powers of Federal Courts, ta I Injunction Case. , , ' ( I -i f - V BY W. A. IUXDEBRAXD. UUH1IH OUI CU, :,...'-::VV;.' ... , 1U( M OUflC, A ' I, i' I v Washington, March 3d. , The Star this, afternoon said la It White House column: "Mayors JR. -Sr'' MaNlnch, of Charlotte, N. C.,' aecom- f , panied by Walter' G. Coleman,' of the -" Seaboard Air Line Railroad, discussed w ' ' with the President to-day the celebra- '' tlon of the Mecklenburg Declaration of ;jx independence to, ne field at cnanoite ...,s on (May 21, 22 and 2$ next. They told , the President that the celebration had ", been an annual affair at Charlotte for many years and that the Mecklenburg ; ; Declaration antedated the declaration ? ' of the 4th of July, 1770, by several weeks. They asked the President tbat :t V official recognition of the celebration, which is to be made Bartlculatly not- able this year, be artven by the national . - government, ipe jrreviuCTifc yivuiwoi. v. to direct the proper authorities to send ' to Charlotte, on the occasion of tha '- celebration. Troop E of the Thirteenth i . Cavalry, one of the crack drill organ--,. . izations of the army; a company of marines and the Marine Band front Washington, and two companies of In- fantry from Fort McPhereon, at At- -) lanta, Ga. In addition to the United f States forces. State troops from North Carolina and other Southern States) a-! will participate In the celebration. AVj feature of the event will be a prise-'" drill between Confederate veterans and members of the Grand Army of the y . Republic under the tactics prevailing,-, during tne civil : war. -v., n"- FRAUD ORDER AGAINST -CON-V'"' CORD CONCERN. .v. A fraud order was this afternoon is- r sued against the Reece F. Soger Spe j? clalty Company, of Concord. It ' hv 1 charged that the Boger Concern ad-'- . vertlsed that It would give $20 forpen- ' nies of the coinage of 180 and that,!, , , when people answered the advertise- . t ment, they were told to send ten cents v for a guide book. When this was ans-i wered they were told to send 60 cent for further information was sought, so the story goes, those seeking the $20f;( were told they would get tbelr money when they sent on 1,880 pennies. Thie " , case will be taken up at the next term -of Charlotte Federal Court. j WHERE WILL STATE DEMOCRAT IC CONVENTION BE HELD? t J There Is seemingly a large element' . . of uncertainty as to the place of hold- ' t lng the approaching Democratic, ') , State convention, the matter which will chiefly occupy the attention ot the ,-1 State committee In a few days. If ' Raleigh makes a serious effort to je - , cure the convention the contest bj''f tween the Capital City and Greens ooro wui, wiinou a uowdv, . un viwe, In fact, when two or three of the po . litically inclined were gathered to, g ether recently, and began to figure . little, they gave the two places men- t , Uoned a tie vote 4$ and 41. and on , who Is In position to express expert opinion on all questions pertaining to, Democratlo party affairs, said thatv , -tf Raleigh really wanted the convea-i tlon, her people had better get hot , - on the trail of the members of the , committee from New Hanover and Cumberland counties, as it may be ' . ' found . that these members will hold , the balance of - power. t There was some surprise expressed r".' when the opinion was advanced that - , Asheville could get a State conven tion aa well aa not While - usually S. after everything in the convention Una -, the mountain metropolis has never put ' l forward any great effort In this di ' tection. Of course the , convention this year will be held either In Greens- boro or Raleigh) but a politician who i is In position to speak -advisedly ex-' -pressed the belief that Asheville,, could get the convention) two years hence, when the candidate for Gover nor Is to be nominated, rf the elty will go about It in the right way. " and get some sort of- special train service from Greensboro west. It hf all wrong, said the gentleman In quae- '' " tlon, to assume that the delegates' ' from the east would not want to go . to Asheville. On the contrary,' he t said, these eastern people would ber' glad of the opportunity to get the trip. If It could be made without too great ' , expense. 1 FEDERAL COURT INJUNCTION , !, POWERS. - Yesterday, while the ubiquitous rate . hill ' was under consideration to the Senate, Mr. Clay voiced the doubt " t which has filled the minds ot so many Senators on both sides of the cham bers, regarding the legality , of tha proposal to limit, in any way, the power of the Federal Court in tha -matter of issuing temporary or any other sort of Injunctions, Senator Overman rose and remarked that, on this question where so much doubt existed, and so many conflicting, views r were entertained by lawyers of em!-'-' nence, it was possible the court It ' self might entertain some doubts, but he did believe that, ' whenever; such doubt arose, the Supreme Court of the United State woukt give the benefit of any such doubt to the act of Con- gross. Tbe Supreme Court 1 haa done this, said the North Carolina Sena tor, from tta when the mentor of man runneth' not' to the contrary; Mr. Clay assented to this, and he , also took oooaston to say that h did not regard aa obnoxious to the constitu tion of! the United State the amend, ments which have1 teen proposed by the 8enatore from- North Carolina, it wae while Senator- Clay' was speaking , that Senator THrman raised a : rlaugn by saying the Supreme Court had dis tinguished Itself once by getting on both sides of the income tax- ques tion. - . S i Representative Patterson expects to go to Fayettevllle to be present at the opening of court Monday, but will resume his (duties here Tuesday. , GEN, ; WOOD MUST' REFUND. A a result of fact brought; out by Senator Overman, - while the matter was under Inveetlgatlon by the mili tary affaire., committee. Secretary Taft has Instructed . Major Gent i. l Wood, commanding ; the PhlUrrimi division, to file with the quarte mas ter' department an itemized (mnt Of ht traveling expenses from I to Hong Kong and thenre vl n to San Francifco on the occas! visit to the Unltel t i mer to undergo a sur Gefti Wood made the ti on a mall steamship i-1 ,1 r 1 army transwrt. and v regulation' tnilear-of 7 Gen. Wood H now timtrnr the payments ma. la to tr.. his actual expenses. i i i 1.1 t V- 1 if 1 4.,-
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