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i;fc .: TISUVIDS IS BE5!0N,F.DBt ' ; PEOPLE PRAY tA ANONIGHT Historic, Volcano -Wears n Awful Rose of name, 'the Earth Tremble W ViolpntiT From ' SuceesMvo Ex- plosions, u aa jfiooa w, 4 iwt uma Threatens Large Cbm- 'W -m ' a ' . .-a . 'St.. W I' AAA " munlties With. Fate'ot. PompeU weeping Women t:arry statue 01 - fit. Anne to- the Lava, Imploring , 1 MlrnoJe .Observatory Director - Holds Out Hope,: : . -. f i- Naples, ; April fc-tThe Inhabitant of - the villages in' the- vicinity of Mount yuvhi re to condition - bordering on-panic. Many - hornet , have been V' abandoned for the open air, although ; there has .been ,afthlek" fog all' day V and the- atmosphere, ' has been dens ' - -with .volcanic ashes and the 'fumes of ' , subterranean Urea, The churches are crowded day and night with. people praying for deliverance- from an , In pending peril, manifestations of which if, are beard and felt In explosions which resemble a heavy cannonading and. in the tremblings of the earth which are constantly recurring..,? ' , '. The main stream of lava proceeding . ,jfrom Vesuvius is 200 feet 'wide, an ' It advances at time at the rate of 21 v feet In a minute, the fn tense heat 0- - stroping vegetation be fere the stream t reaches It The 'peasanls of' ; Portlcf. . at the west foot of Vesuvius, cleared 7 'their grounds, of-vineyards and trees In the effort to lessen the danger from , fire, , and resisted the progress of the lava to their utmost. The population of Bascotrecas, on. the southern "de- clivity of the mountain,' have sought safety in flight, and Bosco Real, to the eastward, is also threatened. Wo : men of this .village, . weeping ; with fright, carried a statute of St Anne - ;aa far a they could go, to the flowing lava, imploring a miracle to stay the advance of the consuming stream. 4 - The cemetery at Boecotrecas ha been envaded by lava. - The scene at night Is one of mingled grandeur and horror as from the sum mit of Vesuvius there leaps a column . of fire fully a thousand feet in height, the glare lighting the sky for many . miles. Occasionally great masses of molten stone, wo me weighing as much -as a ton, are ejected from the crater. The village of Torre dr Greco, which has been eight times destroyed and as Often rebuilt. Is again threatened and the inhabitants are in extreme terror. :, Slgnor Matteuccl. director of the ob eervetory, is working indefatigably, He has had military engineers estab- - llsh telephonic connection between thu observatory and points within range, ot the volcanic activity. The director ; said to the Associated Press this .evening that although eruption pr- , sented a grave menace, he did not be lieve it would reach the villages. In , deed. he aid, the present volcan to ae- - tlvUyrwas nor-altogether unmixed with good; for if it had not come to - .pass,' a violent and-sodden eruption, having a far wider J radius, might have occurred. OFFER MINERS SAME MEDICINE. Soft Coal Operators West of Penn ' sylvania Alake Arbitration lro posal Identical With That Offered by Miners to Hard Coal Operators. ; New Tork, April a Interest in ' the - labor In the anthracite region was over- ' shadowed to-day by the , proposition that came out of the West for the ar- - nitration of the differences existing be- tween the soft coal operators who have not' yet agreed to the 1003 scale, and their miners. The offer of the soft coal operators Is Identical, word for word, except where the term bitumin ous is substituted .for anthracite, with -.. the one President Mitchell presented to the hard coal operators here yes terday, xnere was considerate spec -ulatlon as to how. the miners' leader . would receive his own arbitration plan or another field, - Leaders of the miners' union who Z ere at headquarters to-day did not , lnk the International executive board y aTould favor the proposition. Jt was dented by those in authority ' that final decision -on the arbitration ; offer had been reached. It was re- ported that the operators may accept v. arbitration, . but with a different sort , of tribunal. .President Mitchell to-day 'concerned himself almost - exclusively With business connected. with the soft r-r- coal situation. It has practically1 been 1 Mj settled that if the operators refuse the ' arbitration offer a call will go out at - once for a convention. " ' Remaining 'Western Pennsylvania operator xiew. , t Pittsburg, April .1Peace Is now as ' .." aured in the miners' situation so far aa v the soft coal fields of western Pennsyl- vanla are concerned. ; The organisation of the Independent operators who were holding out against granting the ad vance demand by the miners, at a ; - meeting -to-night decided to give up ;, the struggle and will sign the scale. ! All those at the meeting were represen ; tatives of Operators Who had bound . themselves not to sign the scale. A i nurobar of other members were waver " ing as to entering 'the agreement These latter were not-present but it is assured that they, too, would sign ;' : upon learning , of th action of' tb meeting te-nlght ' -" , V I HELD FOR GREENSBORO WRECK former cjagman weiaer vnararu yj? , , With Manslaughter , In Conneotlon wiut ueatn of ftive Trauunen reb. v Greensboro,-1 April ' , 1 C Turner Welker, a flagman formerly In the Vl- employ of th Southern Railway, was M1 arrested early this evening : charged WS', wMhv manslaughter. 4 t i He -.was Immediately ; taken: before . , Judge Ferguaon, wha fixed his ball at , 11,000. This, Walker was unable to furntoh and h , was f incarcerated In ' ' the county Jail pending a hearing. - Welker" arrest grew out of an In V dlctment found by the ertminal grand I Jury of tha gQperlor t Court, which ... charged him with direct responsibility ? for th early Sunday morning wreck - of Feb. U on the Southern. Railway, v j near this city in which five trainmen wi lnmt thlr Uvea. ' s ", " - Trial ' ot Alleged ' Counterfeiters , To ' . "i: Bay. iff' .'- 4 " ; Special to "the Observsr. " j'1 Oreensboro, April C Th . trial of Mrs. Alice Smoot ahd her husband, , George L. SmootV and' her , father, -1 Jessie Fruett charged with passing v, . counterfeit money, will be. started in . Federal Court to-morrow morning, and will ' probably b concluded to 4 morrow, -- - , -,..' 44 - .' !..' J i.i ii .if mm. in... ii i I. ii ' .ii '. 1.. ' ... . r'L I 1. ,..T FOB STRONGER RATE BILL SENATOR JPLKJNS wllitW ROLE AddreMlng the Senate, West Virginian IHflarea j'-That His Interest on r' .SIiippers' Side Is Ten Times Greater ' inan on Railroads' and Declare That Pending Bill Does JVot , Oo ' Far Enough to Suit Htntr Braneli . Coal and Tlmbt Roads Throttled at Will by --Through lines ' Qulztcally 4 Acchses Mr. Ttllman of .' Kallroad Leantnirs. ,.f - .Washington, -April In making' an effort to-day to get the 6snate to agree upon a data for taking a vote on the rate bill, 1 Mr- TBlman made, the im portant statement that one week more probably' -would exhaust the general debate on -.. the ; measure. r He failed. however,; to secure the content ot Mr. AMrich, who said that he would not be willing to ' agree - to vote -on the' bill untQ it wag mora nearjy perfected than it npw i.? ; " t . , ' . ,14 ; , Mr. Elklns addressed the Senate up- oath rat bill, and said that while he favors -the pending bill he -wanted to make v-lt "better and stronger." He continued: - 1 "Because of my supposed Interest In railroads, -it: is charged and believed that I flavor the railroad aide of this question. My Interest on the' one side of th shipper Is ten' .times greater than on the side of the railroads, and tny interest In ths railroader la -confined to those in my owi state." - SOME EVILS LEFT UNTOUCHED. . He declared bis principal objection to the House bill to be that it does not go far enough in remedying evils. He indicated the respects in i which, t ac cording to' his opinion, the bill falls short of accomplishing all that -should, be accomplished by railroad legislation. Among these were the jfollo wing: A prohibition against railroads -produc ing, .selling and shipping, their own coal and other Ilka article in compe tition with other owners, a require ment' that switcher shall be built where needed to accommodate busi ness; a requirement compelling inter State roads to mak connections with connecting lines,' -and a - requirement for the fair and. Just distribution of cars among shippers.' Commenting on the omissions, Mr. Elklns - said, that a shipper, single- handed and alone, cannot afford to aue a great inter-8tate railroad; in doing so he is bound to Incur large expense, great delay, and the hostility of the great through linear , , - THROUGH LINES DESPOTIC. He had, he said, Introduced amend ments covering these defects. Mr. El klns said: "In West Virginia and the other States there are many- -men who have made large investment In agrl cultural, coal, timber,' iron ore and other lends who are able and desirous of building short lines' from . 10 to ,100 miles- long to reach these lands and find a market for their products, but. they wilt not build them under present conditions," i He added: Ut 4s in the power of the great through lines to largely pre vent the building of branch or lateral lines,, or to utterly crush them out when built, or make them ; unprofit able," y- Mr. Elldne said that any legislation attempting to confer upon-the inter- State commerce commission the power to fix rates will be unconsitutional un Jess tt prescribes "the standard of charges which shall control ' and. that any legislation attempting to nx rates would be unconstitutional whose prac tical effect is to deny to common car riers th right to Invoke and' obtain, tn due time, the , protection of ittie courts from being compelled to trans port persons or property at rates which violate the carrier's constitu tional rights. ' STIRS UP MR. TILLMAN. Mr. Tillman made Inquiry concern ing railroad regulation, and Mr. Elklns replied that the South Carolina Sena tor was showing a tendency to friends ship for the railroads, and declined to yield further, which elicited from Mr. Tillman th remark that he xnoan't throw rocks" without giving an' op portunity to the man that Is struck to retaliate. --v vy-v-' During v general discussion which followed later, Mr, Elklns referred t the vending bill aa Mr. Tillman'' bill. Mr.' Tillman earnestly disavowed' re sponsibility for the -measure and Mr. Elklna rescinded: "You have got it fastened on you with, all the disgrace attending1 it"' V ': "1 repudiate the intimation that tner is any disgrace attaching to an effort to secure a reasonable rate bill," re sponded Mr? Tillman. : Mr. Elklns'; re oiled that Mr. Tillman had an undue Idea of his responsibility to the public, 'I hone the Senator is not disgruntled because some petitions have been sent men- from tils State concerning rail road condition there, -Mr. Tillman re WAS ONLY 'JOLLYING. ;; Later Mr. Elklns took occasion to say that he had meant merely as a jest his remark of on hour before to the ef fect that the handling of the rate bill was a disgrace to anyone, ' . I accept the apology," said Mr, Till man. -. ;';, , w ' , Mr. Gamble andJMr. Kean also epoke. Mr. Kean declared that the pending bin transcends the authority ar ranted by th constitution, i 1 - - - Authorising m canie rrora Key, west Fla., to Ouantanamo, Cuba,' and thence to th Istbmus of Panama for" govern mental se and commercial business at a- cost of i2T.000; -authorising aot peal to Circuit Court of Appeals from interlocutory oroenr ot circuit couru In oases involving constitutional ques tions, were among the bills passed. - At p. m. in enau aojournea un til Monday.- , Dead Body of Wegro Found floating in weea. v - ,t - Special to Th Observer, ',t Washington. N. : C, , April, 6.-Th dead bodv of Ruf us Butts a colored man, -of thl city was found about I o'clOt this afternoon floating in Jack son creek under the bridge at th foot of Main street He, was tying - face downward - when found. - The coronor was immediately notified and held an Inquest over the body. ! The-Jury, re turned a verdict -of death from drown Ing. Butt was about M years of age. He had been missing for several weeks and no trace of bun could be found until to-day. c i ', 'A'f si-"!.. l w- $U,ooa Fir t Butler,. Cm.':?l. Maeon. Oa.. Aorft . The business nor- t Inn of the town of Biitlwr. Oa.. was practically destroyed by Are to-day. Fif teen store noiHw una ouine eniaDiisn ments were eonmimed. - The lo asgre gates '.), with a. total insurance f only fROuO... ' - i-'v ...4 ! ! Th' fire -originated-' In. a cotton war bouse. Th Masonlo Hall was burned. : i BBC ItUAMS ! TO HA'6 MOORE AND BURCHrACQUITTED ' ; 'v.i' 'i .'V4 Ben .and - Garfield : WUIIsma Found Guilty - of Murder in 4 Wak . Court. wihe Former Betng Sentenced-to be : Hanged and -the Latter to Serve .IS Years Alleged 'Slayers of Night watcninsn at standard Oil riant - Found Not Guilty Hearing in ' Goldsboro Depot' Case New , Cliac--ten GrantedNews Note of State . s . Observer Bureau, "'' , 122 South Dawson Street' ... Raleigh,4 April . -4 Wake county Superior Court for th trial of criminal case adjourned to day, and - Judge Council, who sat for the first,, time in thi court-left on the afternoon train. -.Heiwllf-alap4 sit at GoMeboro. The Jury rendered .a verdict of not guilty in the cases against Frank Moore and Buncfc'urch,for the al leged 'murder of th night watchman at tne Standard Oil Co', plant ' in Ral eigh. Ben William and Garfield Wil liams, two negroes, Who were tried, for muraer, were sentenced, the on to be hanged In May and the other to serve 12 years at hard labor. An appeal' was taken. - . - ' ' ' , The case against Moore and Bunk Huron occasioned great interest The Jury listened to a sDlendid rfianra from Judge Counclll last evening, but " veraict was rendered until tnts morning. Comment has been made on the fact that the State did not Drove the existence of one George Williams. Commissioner' Toung says the man Is In no wise, a -myth. He was an' asso ciate of Earl Jones and Frank. Moore in tne city or ttaietgti. He bad fig ured in the Raleigh police courts and had been arrested in Henderson, "wjier ne was eno oy a policeman wtien re sisting arrest. Later he was turned over to the United States authorities. being wanted for desertion from the United States Army. The man was a native of, Brunswick county. Vs.. and hadr lost himself from public notice by going West When the Jury re- turnea tn veraict Judge Council! call ed Frank ' Moore ud. and commented on hi past conduct, telling him that he supposed "there was nothing he could say to him that could be of any possible benefit to him." Moore Seeme to have been what the world usually designate a degenerate. He has not been a hardened criminal' in the mis deeds committed by him, but he has a aetm-vtcioua turn of mind and has figured in the police courts for the greater part of his life. - The State charters the New Co-operative System, Incorporated, High Point: incorporators, A. Moffltt, R. M. CSiapman and T. J. Gold, all of High Point; authorized capital 15,000, with $1,000 paid in; the company will con duct an agency for the employment and placing of agents, clerks, stenog raphers and book-keepers and will also handle real estate: an amendment to the charter of the Orevellng-Van Wyck Company, Wilmington, is also granted by which the capital stock of the com pany is increased to $100,000; J. L. G reveling Is president and F. C. Van Wyck Is secretary. f. United ' States y Marsfiar - Claudius Deckery announces the appointment of J. H. House, at Wilson, as a deputy. The Seaboard Air Line will Sunday discontinue the handsome" Palm Lim ited train which has been eo .success fully used in handling Flordla'a travel from the North and East All Ralegih ia congratulating- itself over the fact that there is an even greater likelihood, of the establishment here of the offices of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company. - George P. Folk, of Morganton, has resigned as referee In bankruptcy, and will leave that place May 1. A. J. and T. J. Boyd, of Washington, N. C, have been discharged' in bank ruptcy. An, order was made allowing $800 each to the receivers and. 1200 each to the attorney, E. L. Travers and Col. W. H. 8. Burgwyn, In the case of the American Box Company, H. O. Chatham, president of the North Carolina Railroad, of Elkin, was In the city to-day to confer with Governor Glonft a to the rebuilding of the hotel owned by that road, at Burlington. The .members of the North Carolina corporation commission have returned from Washington City, where they at tended the session of the National As sociation of Railroad Commissioners. The members are already pleasureably looking forward to the next annual meeting which -will be held in Se attle, Waeh. About the first matter reviewed by the commissioner on their return was the agreement between the Atlantic Coast Line, Southern and A. A N. C. railroads a to the location of a depot at Goldsboro. This -will be passed on by the commission, The final actio? has been pending for .80 days, and the conclusion And con summation will be hailed with delight by countless travelers, ; h u v ; A .hearing has been ordered -before Judge Purnell In chamber April 10th, In Raleigh, in the matter ot the Taft Waller Co., and others against the Can Fear Dry Goods Co- f Fayette- vitle, praying adjustment of bankrapt-4 or. - ' x ' CARNEGIE PARTY IX ATLANTA. Retnrnlng From 4 Tuskegee, New , Yorkers Are Entertained In Georgia Capital and the Donor of Libraries FulnUs Hi Desire ; to; Meet Joel Chandler Harris. - - t ' , Atlanta. Ga. April- .rThe ' visit of Ahdrew Carnegie to Atlanta, tour "of whose Institution bave been- the ben eficiaries of his generosity to the e4 tent -of more than : (200,000, tw4 mem orable in mora, way ; than on to-day. Returning from the Tuekegee annlr versa ry. ha mad a stop of about Mi hour, with the avowed ' purpose of meeting Joel Chandler Harris, "Unci Remus. ' Mr. carnegi was accompa nied by -a -party -of conslderab) sls including Rev." and Mrs. Lyman Ab bott Robert C Ogden, Isaao N, Sel Igman, George A, Plimpton, Drr H. B. FrisselL president of ; Hampton t in stltute,1 and - Mrv Frlssellj Wallace Buttrlckt Mr, and Mrs. J. G. - Phelpa Stoke. Mr. and Mrs. Oswold Vlllard of New York, and several other,4, a Th party were escorted to th Car negie1 Library, where they were- wel comed by Governor Terrell-. and th trustee or tM library, and after an Inspection of the building an informal luncheon was served. - Later - - brief v tails were made to the Atlanta Col lege r- of ; Physician i and 'Burgeons, where Mr. Carogl took part fin th laying : ot ; the orner: stone of a new building to th erection -of which he haa made recent Contribution. 4 to th Georgia;., School of Technology,aIs) a beneficiary of Air,- Carnegie' bounty. and thenfJiwhile ;the remainder of th party wa taken for a drive about the city; Mr, Carnegie made his promised visit to Mr. Harris. The party .left br epeclal train for - Nw York early- ia th evening. . . , 11 HBe'ttOK PTERSPROTT AGAINST TILLMAN'S MANIFESTO - , (U -,.. -v" - r 'V First7 Official Protest Against ' South, Carolina Senator's Address - to the People on JDIspenmry ' . Question ; Com ' From Mr, Frailer vLyonr of - Invwrtiaaiing tJominittee ys De 44 lay is Caused by Search After Facts , in Suspicion Canes, in Some of , ViTilPht Mr. Tillman Is Named ' . ' uu mncipai. , rZ'':;i'l?. '::' 'Observer Bureau,- , 1S0 Main Street ;"-.-',-' Columhla, S. c, April V.; The first official protest against the address' of Senator Tillman ha been made by?'Mrv Fraaler Lyon, of the in vestigating committee, it is a Lrather lively letter and reads as follows: -' "Tour two letters of recent" date were received by me upon my return home Yesterday "after an absence Of about two -week, you will therefore understand why you have not bad en earlier yeplyj While it is true that' I do not think there is any good reason for withholding payment of tha claim of the - Cook aV Bernheimer Co,,, ot New York,' still, as I have said here tofore. t will not give my consent to the payment .'Of this or any other dispensary claim now held- up -until the matter4' of ' euch payment Is" dlt cussed at a public session of our com mittee. I if eel. ure that you will ap preciate tny, position in this matter, Senator ' Tillman' 'Address to Un people of South Carolina.' in which he says, 'la there not plenty of opportu nity for-more graft and secret trans actions in regard to the scttlemeht of these accounts? Will not the legisla tive committee- be suspected ot. cor ruption if It doe not get in the mid dle of the. road and stay there, obey the law Itself and require other to do a Why- j much delay." rr y SHRBWT- ATTEMPT TO SHAKE PXJBUO CONFIDENCE. ; , "Tou see this additional reason for my position, . It Is unfortunate - for your clients to, have dealings with an Institution which no one can even in vestlgate without having it suggested or Insinuated that he may be a graft er, or at ieast ha & good opportunity to steal. While I regard this- conren. ettrce to our committee as only a shrewd attempt to shake public con fidence in us and intended to obstruct and Interfere with our work, which Is evidently '- becoming ; distasteful to many of those who: are irrevocably wedded to the dispensary, still, when I see this" proneness to criticise us, I wish, to- be especially careful not to nut myself in a position that could, with even a color of Justice, be criti cised. - ' ' ' - i In your letter of March 26 you prac tically exsked the question, and sin cerely, 'Why so much delay?' I know no fact that I have -learned in the dis pensary investigation that I shall in tentionally' withhold from the public. Some times' I do not think it best tor the4 success of the investigation to re veal facta and suspicion a soon as they corns to tn. or to disclose our plani y-lfbr"'tili":1ru4ura.'-So,. hu this case, I will answer your ' question only so far as l think the: present status of the Investigation Justifies. ONE CAUSE OF DELAY. We are trylriar to aret the facts In regard to several suspicious matters which we think should be investigat ed. Among this is the statement, as I recall it, of Senator Ttllman that he returned certain, rebates to a distill ery. We wish tb find the credits on the books of the distiller showing th amount of rebates which Senator Tilt- man said he returned as a gift for the gratitude he felt to the liquor con cern crediting the State of South Car olina. Besides this there has come tu my ear a rumor, the source of which I do not now recall but. which I think should be looked into,'' that Senator Ttllman, when' Governor, was present ed with ; a piano by" v' liquor concern. it may oe mat-receipts may be shown for the rebates, which , may have been returned, and for payment ot this piano, which may have been received. a was rumored to be the satisfac tory explanation in the case of the Towlll Jiorie matter. , Still, we do not know the facts, " la regard to thesw things and, think the Legislature in tended for us to Investigate such transactions as these, as well as other vague ana uncertain matters to which common rumor give : currency. We must do our duty ia looking Into thesa thing and you may. Judge by the above - sample that we must have much time In doing iff. Furthermorv, it ia hot expedltltlou and would not be approved if th eorfimittee held a public session every -time. MAT BE CHASING WlLL-0- THE-WISPS, "Senator Chrlateasen and I have done all we can in examining . eacn claim. I recognise the fact that ww may be chasing ..wlll-o-the-wlsps In All of these matters and that your clt ents may suffer tn ths meantime, but whether our effort be such a chase or not It seems certain that. In all events, our committee must walk through the mire. The opinion-is so prevalent mat . tn dispensary has been a breeder of so much corruption that no one can touch, it without 11m suspicion of someone being aroused. Unfortunately, m the case of our com mittee, the Insinuation, of this suspi cion , 1 cast upon , us in- the public prints by one wno, above au other, may know of ths innermost affairs of the dispensary a transacted by Its officers sine its 'inception, i r trust, however, that ws- wlll finally- smergs from our distasteful :! task meriting the confidence and approval of all honest dtlsens. Believing that this will satisfactorily explain our delay, I am. Vours Vry Truly, , - J. S-KAZ1KK LION.". v First Game of Bascbstt of the Season. ?The first match game of baseball of rite season was played at Latta Park yesterday afternoon between teams from tn wariotte umvereuy scnooi and Catawba College, of Newton,, The C, U.xS. was defeated by the Catawba (Mr bv a score of 29 to 2.The same at times was snappy and Interesting. Tha following was the. line-up: For the C Ui faMcmure - catcuer; -dsvis, J rVtlt Mnl m Said tock, third base; Pbarr, left field; Wis? hart, right field; Moors, Hunter, pitch ers; t Page, first .baa. CatawbaBar- ringer,' mi noiu.-uruvn, vivir,. ma dia. nHcher: Toung. C third, base: West, first base; 4 Steele,' right field; Barrier, short stop; Toung, M., center field: More, eecona Ja. . ' . A neeord Dreakev for Flrrs."--'" Yesterday was a'record breaking day In. fire in the city. In 14 hours, be ginning t 1:19 o'clock, there were five fires, but the total los old not amount to but 1200. WATCH TBUST AN EXAMPtE ILUNOISrON .TARIFF EA'ILS Rept-esentatlve '- Ralney, Displays Amerlcanr Avatclies' Bought Abroad for Re-Selling irt the United States and Predicts That Next House Will be Democratic Because of Such Conditions, - Receiving Ovation From Colleagues on- Concluding- Kansan Urges Denaturiaed Alco hol as Regulator of Kerosene and Gasoline - Prices- Mr. HUtcfiln As f sails Fast Mail Subsidy. ' vp'A: Washington, April t-Tarlft, rHway mail subsidy, denatured aloohol, were features of the de-bat in the House to day,"' " s ' The alleged Iniquities of the Dlngley tariff law, so far as the ma-fiufJacture of watches is tconcemed, was illumi nated by Mr. Rainey, of Illtnoisv whose tariff .revision speech was listened to with much interest, the "stand-patters," so-called, making copious notes for discussion on protection, which is foreshadowed. ' Using tha watch trust as an ob ject lesson to show how protection works . In behalf of monopolies, Mr. Rainey set up a "kindergarten school for stand -pat Republicans." He displayed a number of watches of American make which he said had been bought abroad and are now be ing re-sold In the United States. - "Why does the gentleman continue to speak of the watch trust?" asked Mr. Gardner, of Massachusetts. "I am a stockholder in the WaHhem Company and I have no knowledge that they are in a trust" "You may have to show that before the ways and means committee," re torted Mr. . Rainey. PREDICTS DEMOCRATIC HOUSE Mr. Rainey read a letter from the Speaker to a friend in the West,: in which he stated that "tariff revision would come in- the not distant future." "How can it come if the Speaker doesn't want it?" asked Mr. Sulser, Of New York. "It will come because the next House will be Democratic," responded Mr. Ramey," which brought a round of applause from the Democratic side. Mr. Rainey charged Mr. Payne, of New York, with having gone about t!he chamber yesterday and advised the Republicans not to ask and questions. "You must have been a mind read er," replied Mr. Payne. "There are no leaders on the ma jority side of this House." continued Mr Rainey "The real leaders of the Re publican party are the McCurdya the MoCalls, the Hamilton the Rockefel ler -who sulk behind stone walls to resist service they are the real lead ers of. the Republican party. "The Democratic party needs no leader," Mr. Rainey explained, "for ev ery-platform of the Democratic party mean Thou Shalt not steal,' and as long as that sentence is emblasoned on tb party escutcheon no leader is ne cessary.'' Mr. Rainey was accorded an ovation by his colleagues on concluding. Speaking for the bill denaturizing alcohol. Mr. Murdqck. of Kansas, said: "Tha most lmporant effect- of re moving the tax on denatured alcohol would b Its regulation of the pres ent 'erratic price of kerosene and gas olene, Gasolene sells . In some of the Eastern cities at nine cents per gauon and n? some of the Western States at 30 cent per gallon. Kerosene has a similar range. The price of both la arbitrarily fixed." Mr.' W. W. Kltchln, of North Caro lina, opposed the special subsidy for railway mall facilities from Washing ton, to' Atlanta and New Orleans and from Kansas City, Mo., to Newton, ICfUlNUsk ' Without touching the merits of the postofflc.' appropriation bill, which nominally was under discussion, the House at 8:10 adjourned until to-mor- AN ENJOYABLE PERFORMANCE. "We of Spice" Pleases a Good House The . Production "Spicy" and Lively. . The performance t "The Isle of Spice" at -the Academy" of Music last night was enjoyable. The play is a "apicy," humorous production and was put on with the proper spirit, there be ing plenty of life and'-glnger through out The music was Of the catchy, rhythmic sort that pleases everyone. The play ha a very tangible plot for a musical production, Bompopka, king ot Nicobar, "The Isle of Spice." is about to have his ward, Teresa, con signed to the Tomb of Silence, where she will remain for seven years pre paratory, to her marriage to himself. Lieut Katchall. a United States naval officer, Arrived at the island In search of two deserters and discovers Teresa, with whom h had fallen In love In the State, where she had been to school. By -threats and schemes he suc ceeds hv thwarting the king and mar rying Teresa. Charles Furselt, In the role of the lieutenant, is young nd new to the stage, but h ha a splendid voice that makes up for ths little display of aelf oonsclousness. Leslie? Leigh, In tb role of Teresa, wa good. Her vote lacks volume, but it ia unusually sweet. On of th hit of. th play was the rtn- et, "Tou and J." by Mr. Pursell and Miss . Leigh. Th . ooraedy work of Messrs. Hawthorne and Watson, in ths roles of-the deserters, was not at alt bad. Th 'chorus was" wtll costumed, well trained, good to look at, and eould sing, v . - i. - . ; ' -. - MOTHER OF BEAD BABE. M.v'':.r-A --'"" :f -'.-;, 'v';;. Infant Whoso Bead .Body, Was Found 4 In Concord Street Thai of 17-Year-Old GlrL ;, Whom the Officers Are Unable t;I4so.ViV?- V.; Special id The Observer., ' V '. Concord, April .ft. The Investigation by-the coroner Jury, which has been in 'progress for several days, his re sulted in revealing the identity of ,the mother of the Infant, the 'dead body of which was found in the street hers a few days ago. The mother of the Child,- it is learned,4 is- the 17-year-old daughter of E.' M Saggett, a respect able farmer .living 'about nine miles from' Concord, In this county. The of ficers have been Unable, however, up to-the present trme to locate the girt or others Implicated In the s alleged murder :pf'U..l)BfcTlley;4 sMlt at work on this feature of the case. Th Jury has ascertained that the young girl came to Concord several days be for the birth of the child and put up at the house of Dell Kvans. a negress of - alleged notorious reputation; where the 'child was bom It la th firm ha lief of the officer end physician that th infant was murdered end they will leav no atone unturned to bring th perpetrator ot the crime to Juatlce. tfr I 1 1; frisbeo Defeats Cohen. -Ct Special f 6 Tb Obssrver. t.;"-i "AShevlllWt April Big Tom Frlsbee, ef Madlwin 4 county, ..defeated - Julius Cohn. the Hebrew, wrestler, In an unin teresting rent ,oontet 'to-nlghu1 Frlwbe won both falls. Only a fair-siaed. crowd witnessed tb bout. , ,.,. MUTlAL TBUSTKES' TUBS FIELDS TAKEN LIKE MASULTON - i.. ...... . .... tr-W Former Legislative Agent, Said to be Seriowdy HI at HI Home, Issues Statement Ssvsgely Arraigning Of ficials for Attempts to Vindicate Themselves at His sad Ex-President McCurdys Expense Knew Everything He Bid and Their Talk Of Missing Records Makes Him . Laugh Never Gave a Bribe. ; New York, April 6. Charges similar to-those recently made against the di rectors of the New York Life Insu rance Company by Andrew Hamilton were made to-day against the trustees of - the Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, by Andrew C. Fields. The for mer., legislative agent of the Mutual Is now , In seclusion at his home at Dobbs Ferry. He Is said to be seri ously 111 and ' has dented himself to all callers. The charges against ' the Mutual trustees were made In a formal-statement, which Fields Issued through . his physician. Mr. Fields says that in all his career at Albany he never had - any personal dealings with Andrew Hamilton, long the leg islative agent for the New York Life Insurance Company. This sUtement, in which. Mr. Fields savagely arraigns the officers of the -.Mutual with whom he had dealings, follows: "In the first place, I never gave a bribe to any one In the whole course of my career. I have come home pre pared to vindicate myself completely. In doing o I shall let - - the truth, which I shall speak, fall upon whom it may. All of those trustees of the Mu tual who are now pointing the fin ger of ecorn at me were aware of all I was doing In connection With legis lative work for the Mutual, and when they say that they were ignorant of the character of my work they are saying what is untrue. I am here to challenge them in every such state ment they may make or have made, I am not an old man like Mr. Richard A. ' McCUrdy, whose age Is so great that he could not defend himself. While my bodily strength is not what H might be, I am mentally as strong as ever I was, and I am determined to vindicate myself In the eyes of the public., I have to laugh when I read the statements of the trustees to the effect that a portion of he records of the supply department of the Mutual Is mlsMng, or was destroyed. I will say now that It is absurd to say that a single book .or record In the sup ply department of which. I was held responsible has been taken from the company's office. The story simply amuses me nournig more, men trus tees will have all the records of the supply department when they want them. They are not missing. 'As to the payments by Robert' Oly phant, chairman of the expenditure committee, of amounts ranging from 125,000 upwards, and aggregating In all about 1600,000 paid to me, I will say that I can furnish a full and complete explanation of exactly what was done with this money, and can show that every payment was fully authorised. I saved for the Mutual by my work at Albany hundreds of thousands of dollars and In doing so never commit ted a dishonest act. I do not propose that the men associated with me in the Mutual shall destroy my reputa tion to further their own private ends. Tha story about, i the so-called .house or mirth in Albany was a gross uoei. No thine- ever took place m that house. which was simply my Albany resi dence, of which I or any other uoo f carina- man need be ashamed. I am prepared to tell the truth, no matter whom it may nuri, De nis position high or low." William H. Truesdale, chairman of the Mutual's International investigating committee, said to-day: "It would not be proper for me to state that Fields will be called upon to make a statement tp this commit tee. That such a course Is likely, how ever, is a probability. "There Is no power vested in the committee that eould be exercised to compel Field to give It an explana tion, and any that he does make will be purely volutary." INJUNCTION SUIT. Judge Ferguson Hearing Argument on iiestraimng unrcr oiwm of Greensboro. Special to The Observer. i. i. ..in. mt o-an nVlnk. tiAfora JtidES 111, HuMM . ' - - ( , G. S. Ferguson at the court houae here. granted two weeks ago m Asheville by Judge W. . R. Alien wracn enjoineu m Oily irom maRiiiK nnn,t f J . - cL..t.-M Pnulntf Jk frnnatrufttlon Company, of Chattanooga, Tenn.. the firm having the contract to repave Elm with lrlAut hrlnU (ho affidavit of Messrs. Benbow-and Morrlmon alleg ing tnt tne wora wm nui m . .n u- .n-lfli-a tinna In tha contract. Th entire day hns been spent in reaoing aniaaviiB on uukj : the argument will probably last air day . - itaj..-. nwiiAM(nn n.vM been uninteresting and not more than 10 or 16 Spectators were preirc-ni. tin vu- come'of the controversy, however, will be awaited with keen Interest. 5 ts. . j. .. a 1 1 ! 1 " 1 m "f- ' ENGLISH SPINNERS IN TEXAS. ,, V - f. ' - Have Jot Decided Wirtlier ; to- In vest In Cotton Lands Day Spent in Houston. Houston, Tx.. April .-H. W, MeAlls ter and party of Manchester spinners ar rived her to-day to look Into the Texas ootton trade snd were cordially received. Asked as to whether it was "proposed a Invut in Southern cotton binds as had been suggested. Mr. MeAllster stated tnat mere was now unr;wr mimw of the American alien land laws but he oould not go further than that, . - .The party will leave here to-morrow to make a trip Into- th Texas eottton belt snd afterwards will return to New Tork to- attend several -meetings of Americas cotton goods associations Jo that city, - r . I II T I ' " v - Mr. CK Barrlngcr and Mia Flyer.,, In trying to keep uti with th many Ares yesterday, an Observsr reporter called upon Mr. Osmond L. Barrlngcr and his "Franklin Flyer" twice. - Th first run' down North' TTyon through Sixth to College with several sweep ing turns, waa a' most enjoyable Ona But when, two hour later, a call cam from. East Hill street, and the news paper man Jumped In, the tFiyer" en the ' square.; the- trip - down tb , long reach of -South Tryon street, at a 0 mlle oUp, was enough to last ths ordi nary mortal a year. ' For-a -quick trip to a lire, a Franklin Flyer, driven by Mr. Barrtnger, 1 bard to beat. J"n ,,i.i ii.. mini, in,, if,'.,- Cajroltos-Oeorgis Debate) Won- by Tar w v4;:, Mowr--'-: ;r Speelal to Th Observer. . , ?..- Chanel hiil-April . in tne oeuat her to-night between representatives of the University f North Carolina and ' the University of Oedrgla, the Tar -Heels won the decision.. Of nine contests between - these .;, institutions, Carolina has won six. . .' l u ,-r -r--i-. i . i n i1 : .-.)..- i . 4. Knoxvlllo Presbytery I avors "Union. Knox vlll. Tenn., April t. The Knox- vlll Presbytery of the-Southern J-Ye-byterian Church, In session here to-day adopted' a- resolution favoring- Church unioO. . ' , ' . v KITCIIiN, AGAINST SO.: 17 .V j -V llMMIiml ill I i . 4 !' OPPOSES : THE APPROPRIATION , urn ' - . , Southern : Railway Fast Mall Fcatre . of Poetofflce . Appropriation 1 - !1 Subject of - OiMlanght by I- r . ' sentstlvflf W. Wv Kltchln In s ti ! of More Than an Hoor, W lik ., , -crives Applause of Roth lie, cans and Democrats Arbitrary A -tion of Department 'In Cai. Postmaster Btroup, of Lucia, Clia -actertied as' Shabbiest Sort c partisan Polities,- '1'. BY W. A. HTLBEBRANP, J ; v 'A Observer' .Bureau, ' 17 O Street -N. W".,' . . , Washington, April 1 Senator Overman was to-day notified by the Attorney General that th re quest of Lawrence Pulliam, the de- faulting bank cashier of Asheville, for pardon had been denied. This came aa a surprise as the impression had pre- vailed that both the President, andvth ' ... Department of Justice looked with fa-' vor, on this position, Pulliam Is In tha-. ' ..II.II,IUJ fc 4 IMIIUh i"'1.ii..' ".jo'.." i '" .' ii- it.".',l - ARBITRARY ACTION IN POST OFFICE CASE. ; , 4 1 ,-, f . " According to the way some folks feel x there have been some developments at- V the Postofflc Department the past few 4 days that go a long way toward dls-.. . pelting any illusions about thl counx v try being a land of the free and homa of the brave. What they relate, they H say, would hardly have . happened ia 5? autocrauc Russia. A. W. Stroup is) ' , postmaster at Lucia, Gaston county . Recently he was notified to post In his - ntfi a. riAtlA ,,tlh- AUm ... m.m.IL i '" be removed "for caue" In 15 Uy n& t eaylnff patron of the oltlce ehould pe v Htlrm sthA TAdrssa. -mskri f sTass onAtKaa aasi ' -m-m.- swaaw VI VUVVUSI yVS- . v. master or the office would be abolish--- ed. Mr. Stroup, according to Chaii-matt- " Holland, of th Gaston county Republi v - looking into the matter, was both dls- . . tressed and astonished. Only a, few4 , weeka ago an Inspector reported the aTAir tn twk In ma, llttn, MHttlntt - .... wv ... -v.....w vw.n.vir . ,v of having done anything to warrant s this step by the Department. Congress- man Webb, who knows Mr. Btroup- . the man has done anything wrong, and 'went to hn nmnrtmAni ' tn ua vi about the matter.' Mr. Hitchcock said, the situation was peculiar, as, aoeord-.;. ing to the regulations, an inspector '' ' must notify a postmaster whenever "' anything Is wrong. The first intlma-, . tion mat Mr. mroup had that his ad-f rniniHtmiion was not satisractory was1 a. the extraordinary notice to which al ' luslon has been made. Of - coursev'v -i anyone reading this notlee which Mr.. . & Stroup-has been compelled to tack up'-' for public perusal in his own office .' can Infer anything they want to from ' the Infraction of a postal regulation to the stealing of a sheep. , ,r v ' PARTISAN POLITICS. ' t " ) A few weeks ago this administration; ' -did a lot of talking about removing ; postoffioa appointments, little and big. ' from the rearm of partisan politics, but" ' the truth about the matter Is they are -runnlna-evervtbln Into th riuhhtait-.I mttt of pontics, even to the Jourth-' class offices. And the beaurocratlo ineinuus avuuna 01 iaie in ooDaunuir t the business of this country has grown : . very onensive to some people, even to- i f some members of Congresa The wrl-, ter knows of one Southern member,-' who has about quit visiting the-Departments because he does not like the. . red tape, and Is offended by th Bight', of Republican member by th sight- -. ahead of htm whenever he ha oeoa sion to seek an audience with the head of a Department. ,- ? ' .v'-,?" PRAISB FOR MR. WEBB'S MEDI- -ClNE BILL. ' . i. The Druggist Circular and Chemical Gazette, the largest paper published ln4 the Interest of the druggists of th - United . States says of Congressman Webb's medicine bill: . ' "However much opposttion ' may be- . raised by pharmacist to certain feat-. ' urea of some state bills, an Inter-Stats medicine labeling bill, which. Represen-; . tatlve E. Y. Webb, of North Carolina. ha introduced In Congress should meet ' their simmvaL Then does nne swmi to b, a feature or that bill that is not distinctly In the interests of ''very pharmaclsLJtf ths United States. The ' measure is conservative, it Is fair. It can harm no worthy? medicine, tt is -certain to remove competition of un- worthy -onea giving the entire mar- ket to the better class of preparations. Should this trill become a law, drug-. gists who put up goods of their own - to supply their store customers would 4 not even nave the trouble of altering.'''' their labels while they will be relieved-r vT of much of the competition 'of goods from abroad. Through his bill. Mb. -Webb asks that proprietary medicines -carried from one Stat to another shall the quantities,? except when the lat ter are poisonous substances or alco hol, of their oonstituanta" 5 , , AMENDMENTS TO BATTLEFIELD4 - BILLirs Vf5 In the course ot his report on tha ' Moore's creek battlefield hill. ;Mr 1 Thomas, of North Carolina, say: Ths committee on the library, to whom . was refetred the bill (H. R.' 1458m ta appropriate-121,000 to Inclose and beau tify the ground ana repair the monu ment on ; Moor' Creek battlefield. North Carolina, beg leav to submit ths 1 following -report arid recommend that aid bill do pass with amendments: "Strike out 4; In the . caption '.of ths : bill Ah words-twenty-fivs- -thousand " dollars' and Insert In lieu thereof nvs '. thousand dollars:' and in line - J. on - page 1. trlka out ,th words "twenty- five tnousaml aouars' ana insert - in -lieu thereof, the, words'five' thousand dollars,' and tn line 11, page ot the, bill.-between, the word the end. th word care,,r Insert th word 'respon sibility, fottb,' and. after th word. WuUU'. in. Vthey '-.sam 'Una,,; Insert the - wofd'id.-v--yi": . ; MThls .4llt,as amended la to ap-. Sroprlata fS.000, tor. the repair' of the loors Creek, monument' and to im prove Its ? grounds. - This monument ' waa erected by private eubocrlnt ton tn the tear 1857 .by thejcltlsens ol Wl-, mington. v. (J ana tne vicinity, i -land- la -owned hy the; Moore s C's Monumental i Aasoclatlon4, tncorpor under the tawst of North Car. .. which has undertaken the task en t l c v as a labor of love and patriot., i t rescue from decay the m--!Hi-. which3 is crumibling, and c: r f beautify the .grounOs, w' v i 4 grown un In tres nni -r- the. eoene'of the - t 1 served and that t an altar of frv i v kindle the ot thev ever be, m to "What the t -.ttle. : to the Nt v .'ve4s t'rf t v s 1 colini. - 1 . . a i . . to invaJe tae rriv' ' ' - - t-f'
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