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-( 1 ul( ,'." - I VP , , -i .11,- v I I . SECTION 01TET-Pasc3-1 to512-T-22 Pages. ;CURIiOTTB;'N.' 0.,; SUNDAY MORNING, APRL 8, 1906. SECTION OlIE-Pct-es I to 1! '4 V Town oa Volcano's : Southern . Slopes Has Been Made a Gray Waste by . ' Ashes, While. Amia - Thunderous . - , ' Detonations and Karth Shocks Tor , ' Tent of IJauld Fire Destroy Peas i nt' Homes and All Vegetation , , Grief - of -the - Wretched X'eopie - Pitiful i to Witness i Cardinal - and ' , 4.' Royal Duke Actively at Work. ' t; .'-j . Naples, f April ; 7,--Mount frfrwmbn ."is a collosaal brasher and (he (ova , of V Coecatrecaa, ,onts southern declivity. y., ', , baa, been transformed IBsto a gray is land of ruin, the ashes from the J. '..crater of 'tb& ,vo1canol Torrents of 'Vv, . Uuld Are, resembling in the distance ' serpent with s glifterfng -yellow . and black scale,, are coursing In. all . dt . .tectlons, amid' rumbling detonations . and 'earth tremblings, , while a- pall of 4 sautphorus' smoke that hovers over atl ,; ' 'snakes breathing difficult, . ? ; f The streams of lava are resistless. - A ! Hbey; snap like pips stems the trunks " "-f chestnut trees hundreds of V?ar " -"v;old and bright with Jhelr torld breath -, ' tfie blooRis on the peach trees before ' , " the trees themselves have been reach' , ' - d, The molteiv stifeams do not spars . she-homes of the. peasants," and when these have been rased they dash In ' ; to, wells as though seeking to slake (, their thirst, and, having filled them - epnunue their course down the mountain side. ' PITIFUL SCENES WITNESSEp, Everywhere in the vicinity of the Volcano pitiful scenes are witnessed- women tearing their hair :, in their . : grief and old men crying aloud at the ? : loss . of , their beloved ; homesteads, .. while In the distance. 4i striking cos. trast, lie the sapphire-colored Medt terranean, the vMet-hued mountains Of the Sorrento , peninsula, and ,th Island of Capri In the tranquil sea. ' -Artillery carts have been sent to the assistance of the fleeing peasants. and the Duke of Aosta. Cardinal Jo aeph Prisoo and all the authorMJen, In the rain to-day went to the nor- sions of the mountain most 'threatened la order to succor or comfort the peo- pie. t-reviousiy uuxunai Frisco order- ed special prayers to toe said for those . In danger. Bosco Beale, the village which is most to danger of destruc- - uon, is tne urtnpuce of the cardinal and the home of most of his relatives. ,5 ' 6EK TO CALM PEJASANTa " trhese personages - talked wKh the ; , . peasants In endeavors to pacify -them v and the Duke of Aosta was especially active. He explained the means he - thoM-ht best o save Urea and oroo T erty and had the engineers and soldo ";t iers erect parapets and dig trenches in. order t charucs-tne course oc the - Java, streams ... aad .atimes jgrave an ,' i example, of his energy by working ., Thimseltr Cardinal v Prloo distributed 'tiecessarles of life to the peasants, and even went so far as to give away the " rings tie wore on tus ringer. - Kepeatr r edly exclaimed to the frightened 1 neaantt4 J'Pray, my children,' you. may oe sure uoa win not aesert you. - - The statue of St. Anrie which was ta- - ken to the mountain side to confront . ' the lava is frequently moved back- . ward as tne tide advances. - , EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS WORSE. ;. CorarideraUe apprehension' is felt be . cause of the earthquake shocks which are a-rowin stronger and are felt even at castellammare, 15 miles southeast 1 of ttila cltr Each -shock Is accom . ponied by deep iand prolonged "detona- .!' - .ttona s c ' .. Ottajano, at the northeast, foot of i the mountain, is threatened by a V stream of lava and the people are be- '': ginning to desert tie town. r- The DODulaee-rf -.Torre- Annunslata. - at the south foot, have hequested that Inlght trains" be run o the town. This 'request has been granted and trains . 4 are now reaay to prooeea tnitner in ;case .of need. , J" .-' 81gnor Matteuccl, director of the ; ' observatory on Vesuvius, still continues to occupy a most oangerous position. 'With him Is an Aemrlcan engineer ..named Ferret. - ' ifnt points on the mountain,' but It is -. rmpossible to ascertal-n their n-amber ;or where they are situatea, ' - ;t I" ItOOSKVEIr OV RETCKSL fartrrl land ' at Savannah rAmld . I' '8creaniing Whistles and Display of . nags. Taking iraia for washing , v.., ton After Drive Over thef City. Savannah, Ga- April 7.-r-Mrs. Roose ' Velt and party left the' presidential ' 'yacht Mayflower at Tvbee this morn- 1 Ing, changing to the U. S. buoy tender if wistaria. As the steamer passed rap .the river to the city, whistles tolew an4 A people waved at the pearty; who w- 1 turned : the salutes . standing on the deck of the boat. The nags of an the ' 5 consulates and of many business hous x ,es on. the river were flying, as well . . f as those of all the crafts on the barber. ' .When the boat landed. It . was met by Geheral "ThOmas F.-Barr, XJ. S. A a - personal friend of tho Roosevelts. and "r Major -Char lee McClure, In attendance u- liere on the Greene and . Gaynor trial, ,-...'rln full uniform, and.George. F. White, ,, I "United SUtes tnarshal. . . -. ' t The party was driven about the city, , ' Jthe drive terminating-:. at the "Union v-iv - etatlon, where a private car was board ; ,'ed. Theu Roosevelt; party left :v at : v ; o'clock this afternoon for Washington. - Mrs. -Roosevelt -wss accompanied by her three children, Ethel,. Archie and f -Quentlnv the governess of the onworen ... maa. aeieru rieuu , f ; - Young Woman Bojrned, to Death. i i JSpeclaf to The Observer. V " .11- ReldsvlIIe, April T. Miss Mary Har Vj) rls, who lived .near Groom's school - , ' house, about sight -miles east of Relds " I vllle, .was burned to death Wednesday " ' ' while engaged in burning trash in her F yard at home. Her dress, caught firs ""and, becoming frightened, ehe ran in the direction of the residence. A -creek was as near to her as the house, and - . had she' reached the stream she could " easily; have saved her life."1 She lin gered -ntll Wednesday night, when she ' ' pasced "i Sway. The . remains '.Were ,' '; fcurled at Groom's Thursday afternoon. ; Miss Harris was tt years old. V , i-'3'' . , I, mi I, i iiiihi i II--' ' r- i L Tsmpa Union Csrpraters Strike , hi Sympathy With Painters.,; ' ' - Tlmpa, Fla. April T.Two hundred , union carpente-rs, ,; the " total force ,- of " the stton-Dekls Lumber- Company, - -went on a strike to-day in sympathy with the union painters now on strike. The specific ground for the strike Is t stated to be that the "company, was ; employing non-union' painters. onT -ons contract.; The master painters .. now .Jiave'over 10 non-union painters em- ployed on. various contracts, 1 PBOF; BUBKETT TO LEAVE RJETURXS TO OHIO KUflVERSriT . i.- , i ' m ..I i . f,. i Head of Department , of - Agriculture or A. a M, collere Decides t He turn to HIS Old .Posltlou, Much to jMKrcs oi naajr n ma. uirouniavns Has Done Much for AgrlcdltursI -a -, Coaoord - To-Dsy Charters . GrantedNews-1 Notes-' of. State ,:sPitai. , t- , , , ' - Observer Bureau, . ;j.,133 South Dawson Street, v ; v.;,-. ', Raleigh. April U The secretary of State to-day char tered the '.People's , Investment' Pro tectivs, Company, - Washington, rN'C. aathorised caplUl 150,000 and $5,600 paid in; incorporators, C. E. Askew, D. 'H Price and A. J. Brown, all of Washing ton;.an amendment was granted to the charter "of the People's Bank & Trust Company,?- Salisbury, and the capital stock was Increased from J60.000 to 75,0OOr D.- R, Julian Is president and J. . Norwood cashier, both being res idents of Salisbury. , Interest in the cotton 'movement among the farmers was shown in Raleigh to-day at a largely attended meeting of the Wake county division o (the Southern Cotton Association President C C Moore, of the ' State association," will come to Raleigh. Men day and will -ape ivd several days here looking Into office affairs and. to get into better touch with the county offi cers and korkera. The board of aldermen of the city of Raleigh last nleht authorised the school eommititea of Ratelch townshiD to borrow 116,000 and the issue of that amount In bonds, at; six per cent, for tne erection of anotner-ana commo dious school building on their lot on west .Morgan street. Tne matter ox the purchase by the lty of the prop erties of the Wake ', Water Company was also brought up. bat action will, of 'necessity, be postponed; until the values can fee nxed by tne city ex pert engineers. The general committee of the Associated Charities of Raleigh recommended compulsory education among-the children of the city, and event suggest the employment or truant officer to enforce such. It Is understood that this would apply to the opening period of the schools next fail. v PROF. C. W. BURKETT RESIGNS After deliberation! of several months and the consideration by a number of personal friends of the -North Caro Una Agricultural St Mechanical College, Prof. C W. Burkett has decided to leave the institution, and return to his old college, that of the University of Ohio. : where he will ' be prominently connected with an institution that has taken high rank -. In the educational matters of the country's It is announc ed that Prof. Burkett will leave May 29. It has been a matter of specula tive doubt as to Whether or not the regime tort tended last winter would be accented (by the- State board. There were many of. the student body who so desired" his cSirtimjafifirthat petltlbna-i advocating the retention of. rrof Bnr kett were widely circulated.' Other Offers had come to the man" who. tor nearly five years, .has done -much to advance the .methods and alms of the iNOrcn varouna aeparimeiw. tjcui.- tare.-' ; - -j in addition to fats Drofessionai wont at the college. Prof. Burkett Will also be missed in the pages of The Pro gr motive Farmer., with whloh most ex cellent paper, he has been assooiated as an agricultural eamor. . Governor Glenn went to-day to Con cord,' where he will to-morrow deliver two addresses before the people -of that -nlace. neaklna- morning and even ing. One of . the addresses will be for tenmerance. The Governor will be In the executive office as usual Monday morning. t Secretary Connor announces mat ur. C. D. . Mclver has scceptea an invi tiiiit tA Introduce Hon. N. C. Schaef fer. president of the National Educa tional Annotation, who will sddi the teachers' assembly the opening night, June 13. ' interact in , the matter of local tax. attorn for schools is demonstrated In the -number- of towns .,, ana schools - that are caning , jor publicity through speeches. .John v. t?v at KiiiUfh. will soeak in MooresvlUe, April 12; Brevard: April tt; J. I. Foust, at Pinnacle, buncos codnty,.April 20: Supt. Judd, of 'Wake iwmtT. iLt stanhooe Acadamy. Nash county. Ma H, and State Auditor B. F. Dickson- will speak at Wise, Warren county, April 2. . , , f , ARGUMENT CONCLUDED.,,, ima tWmun will Render Decision in injanouon wu Greensttovot as hood as jrowuuic. - Special ,t) The Observer. , . ' Greensboro, April was axter u o'clock to-night ' when the argument wm t-ohctuded before -Judge Perguson on the restraining order granted two weeks sso vr Judge w. b. ahsa at Aaheviiis. ttnioining tne city ox vrene Lboro from making further payments to the Southern paving construe Uon Company, of Chattanooga, Tenh4 the. firm, having-the contract to re pave EHn' street - with' vitrified brick. Jti hearing started ybstsrday morning and about 60 affidavits wars read, the argument . beginning this . morning at 11 Vclock.V' All seven of the attorneys appearing in the ease, made speeches'. Jude-e Fentuson took the papers under enumeration and akl he. would ren- der Ills decisions warly ai possible, . COA& STIUKE SITUATION QUIET. Ohio Operators Decide a SUnd Firm Waiting Atutuoe yi Auinraciic Fields a A"" 5? -NewTork.f Aprll - With Presi dent Mitchell and the seal committee awaiting the reply of the operators to the proposition 1 to arbitrate their differences,- an is quiet . in - tne an thracite coal -strike situation. - The end of the first week of sus pension of operation in. the anthrax cite' field -found the miners staunch la their sunnort of Mitchell. -In the western Pennsylvania bituminous dis tricts reports .indicate, tnai .' ss.uew men, or over S per cent of the miners,' will be at work Monday. A develonment of interest in the bi tuminous regions was the action of the Ohio operatprs In. resolving to re fuse to granfthe scale of 103. From various other sections cam reports of operators signing the DOS scale. I i. ..mm .'mil v i, Railroad Contractor Killed by xegto. Battlmors, April 7. Thomas - M. Rtnehattof Huntington, Va.,- a mem ber of a firm of contractors ensared in constructing - two - tunnels on the Baltimore Ohio Railroad .near Al berton, Howard county. Was shot and killed to-day at the ' laborers' camp nesr Alberton. 'Albert Carter, a ne gro laborer, who in aald to have done the shootlnr, Is still at large. FJRIGUTENEU BY U WOK MEN POUCK; PROTECT FpREIGXERS Italian '1 laborers, - Returning North from itailroaa camps at Marion, '.. Surrounded by Union Bfen at High . Point and Are . Plscedt In Mayor's j J Office by Police for Protection- , - Idle Men Visit Depot, Attend Meet 4 lngs and ' Walk the Streets-t-Manu- . ractarers Add to Their . Xroes and All Factories Are ttunnlng Cltl :- sens Go About Work a Usual, Special to, ThS Observer,' , f, High "Point, April 7.-Another hand of "Italians, four in number, arrived here thla afternoon, walking. Word bad been sent ahead from TomasvUl that the dagoes were bound, this way. Arriving, here, they 'were 'surrounded by Va, crowd of ' union. ' men, who thought ' the Italians f had ;' come . to work 4n the factories. , The foreigners were severely frightened by their presence. The of fleers took r them In charge and are giving them rooms at the-, mayor's office: as protection, The men had been subsisting on grass for the past three days and had A plentl ful supply in their pockets., Some of the Frenchmen and' one Italian1 work ing In the glass factories' here be. friended them, .furnishing them with substantial things to eat and making up money to pay the fare of one of the number to New York city. He, in turn, will send money hack for the others. They are part of the squaa worklag on the railroad, near Marlon, large numbers of whom are returning dally to the North, Some of them are due their employers money ' ad vanced for transportation. .' The greatest excitement here sines the so-called. lock-out resulted 'When the 18 Italian laborers landed , here yesterday, as told in this correspond er.ee. It was first thought by, some of the union men that they had been sent ljer' to take the places vacated by union:, laborers an tne furniture ana glass factories. It was later ascer tained that they stopped here, simply because they did not have money with which to pay railroad fare fur ther. It was learned to-day that thase Italians are wanted at Marion, this information being conveyed in a tel egram to i the chief of police of. this place. It seems they were furnished trans portation by a railroad contractor to Marlon and they left there before the obligation waa met ana oniy naa enough money to pay their way , to High Point, where they were put off by the conductor, who probably was under tbe erroneus impression -that this Was a good place to land them at the present time. However, such was not the case, and the people of High Point are glad that they departed as soon as they did. They left here, go ing in the direction of Greensboro. NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS. There Is practically no new develop ment in the situation. The llde men attend meetings of the union, visit thA dnnnt-und walk the' utreets. Mr. P. C. Roberts, representing,, the American Federation of Labor, and other labor leaders are here. They have tried to get an audience with the manufacturers but I am reliably in formed have been unsuccessful so far. the manufacturers saying tney nave nothing to discuss or arbitrate; .that they have done what any man has a right to do and can see no need, tor a conference as they do not Intend to employ union workmen if they, know It. It has been called a "lock-out," a "strike," and many other names hut none of these seem to fit the case as no demand was made to quit -the union. I am told, nor is any man bar red from work if he does not belong to the union. The manifesto of tne manufacturers was "that on and af ter April 2nd. no union men Would b employed." .This Is a lock-out if , the union men refuse to work as nont union men, but not a lock-out If they Will. - --. ; MANUFACTURERS ADD TO . . ..- FORCES. . ..-v , .-'.i The people here have already pass ed the matter over and very little en thusiasm or excitement Is occasioned over the matter. People go about their work as usual, whether tney sympathise with the union or with the manufacturers. , In fact, the "lock-; out" -ceases to create any. excitement here. I am told that, in Greensboro and surrounding towns, tne matter, as discussed more and the people seem to know snore about the situation than is known here. There have been several additions to the working force of the factories the past two days, so I am informed from a reliable source. DURHAM MERCHANT. SKIPS, XV' B. dements leaves Stock to His Creditors Domcrtio ; infelicity ai- leged Cause of Unceremonious De parture, . ' :. Special to The Observer.' Durham, April z TOaay several cases in- attachment - were heard by Justice of ' the .v' Peace r.J. E. Owena The cases were. - all against W, : E. , Clemepts, who ' did small mercantile business .in. tne southern part .of the city. . A fw nights ero he disappeared, leaving a not to B. Tyree A Co., telling the firm to take charge or nis stocs, seu tbs goods and pay his .-claims pro rata. In the meantime. - there was. a rush of thoss who wanted to securs their claims and these . attachments resulted,' Clements left town. It is re ported, on -account of domestlj rela tives that were nov pleasant. : Noth ing has been, heard from him sines he left the town, , ' . ri - i ji -i "- ' ! -- r ? .r--. Clmrtcr :' Granted for JjoulsvUIe-Blr - mlngham Koaa. .- f . Nashvlll. Tehn.',' April 7. The secre tary of State to-day granted a charter to -the .Louisville. 'South Pittsburg tk Birmingham Railroad Company, tneor norated. for the purpose of construct ing a line of railroad from Louisville,' Kyv to , Birmingnam, ais, capital, $100,000. Incorporators: C, O. Glatsan and Edwin Ripley, of Pittsburg, Pa.; J. W. Davis, of Fajkjloner, N. T. Karl Rloler. of Xhtaulon. 111.: v, IL waugh. of Greenville, Paand J. A, Shlluto, of Crossytlle, Tenn.tlf', , Jay Gould Wins Court Tennis Cham- New York. Acrll 7-Jay Gould, reo. resenting the nsttonat -Racquet and Tennis Club, won the national court tennis championshlp'tltte to-day by de feating Charles E. Sands, of the New Tork Racquet ana Tennis Club. Sands ' won the honor twelve months ago., - - - Gould, who Is oniy IT years of ?, to-day won from Sands in ' three stralsht sets 1-2, f-3, . blLWOETfl'S ' THIBD .MB PITE 'FOUNDRTf PLANT BURNS Lowi $40,000, ' Insurance ' 4i,000- - Ttvo Ijarge Buildings Go ' Up , in : : Flames Majority of Patterns Saved , Mr. . W. . Bond, President, la Brevard Fire Department Re ? sponds and Does Fine Work Dll- V. worth's Third Big Mre, With Losses v. Aggregating. 9200,000. , c:With ;the -..exception of the ? small brick, of flee building -and the pattern machine shops, '.the big plant of. the Charlotte Pipe A Foundry Company was' totally destroyed by fire last night, The alu Of the foundry is ghren at 1100,000;' the loss will approximate $40 000, while -the insurance on the burned portion is but $13,000. While-the tm- mediate loss Is heavy, by far the great-. er joss to? tne concern will be In, time, f allure to fill eontracts. and the d fii culty In 1 geUing started again.' Tfc Charlotte Pipe ft Foundry Company Is one of the most successful of ths many new enterprises of the city' A large force of workmen is employed, and the men receive goo dsalarles ana are excellent citizens. The fact is noteworthy that' this Is the third big fire which has occurred In Dilworth within the past few months. First came the 130,000 firs at the gas works, which was soon fol lowed by the $140,000 fire at the South ern Cotton Oil factory, the bisrsttst that has Happened in or about Charlotte in years. The third was that last night The loss from the three will aggregate $200,000. About :?0 o'clock last night, Super' In tendent ? Robert Beggs observed ' a small blase horning vigorously - near th ecupola in the rear of the building used In the making of eoll pipe. He rushed -in . and tried to set the pumps going. ' ;xney, wouia not worn, proo sblyably owing to the fact that 'the flames had : interfered in some way with - the' electrlo motor connections., Mr. Beggs . had been joined by the night watchman and they together turned about to summon aid. The building, a large frame struc ture, was as dry as tinder. During the afternoon, the blasts had been go ing and a quantity of pipe had been moulded. The heat from the molten metal rising against the wood had made it very inflamable. The fire started from the cupola and. in a few minutes, wide expanse of roof was one mass of flames., The Dieat was such that no one could etand near the building. ' The flames then croosed to the hew water pipe building, which was located between the eoll pipe building and the Cs gas plant. Like a flash Is enveloped, the elevator-shaped build ing and the whole pipe plant was afire. In the meantime, several had ob served the fire and the city fire depart ment was , immediately notified by 'phone. The chemical engine and hose wagon responded, making the long run In fine style. Fortunately Chief W. 8. Orr and Mr, O. L. Barringer were Jo the tatter's automobile when they herad of the-fire. They put on full speed, and arrived at the scene before the department. Connection was made withl thecity's .water, but the pressure was such hat very jutie could be done. The steamer, which had been sent for, soon arrived: It had been fired up en route, and In a few minutes. a lull stream 01 water was piaymg about the edges of the flames. It was impossible to save either burning building. Hence all efforts were di rected to preventing the spread of the fire. The wooden building used for the making of the 'patterns was saved. The flames never came near the brick office building. - The brick and frame structure In-which , the reserve pat terns were stored, .was never In any great - danger. The three tmuaings saved were the most valuable parts of the plant.. The loss is - variously estimated. Some say $36,000 others $50,000. $40,- 000 Is believed to be a conservative es timate exclusive of the loss that must necessarily follow,- TheT insurance 1 $13,000. the majority of It being with the insurance ' department 01 tne Southern States Trust Company. The loss la-largely j in patterns, cu pola and electric equipment and ma chines on hand.. Included in the equip ment burned were six electric motors, ranging from 1$ to tOT horse-power each, connection being made with the Catawba Power current, v The heaviest loss was the new water pipe building, - and fixtures. .The big building was finished but a few months ago. - Since then experts have been en- gagea jn installing - jmaenmery ana making reaay tor the casting of tne heavy water pipe, which was to have been started thiswkV:.'iTlM' cupola was finished a few days ago and it Was to have been:4 operated for the first time this week. The entire build- ins was burned to the - ground and there Is nothing now to mark the place but a few heap of ashes and rubbish. The Charlotte Pips ft Foundry Com pany operated one of the largest plants of its kind in ths State. Soil pipe has been the only article manufactured, the output being 40 tons per day. This figure would have been increased to 100 tons per day when the making of water pipe began Mr. W. F. Dowd, president and chelf stockholder of the company, - spent yesterday -in Brevard on business. He was notified of the fire last night ,and 4s expected horns to-day. V , . '"'.v'",H' " Although: the firs was a -half mils beyond the cHy, limits, Chief W. 8. Orr and the firs department responded and did great Work Inpreventing the spreaot the flames. ',m i VOIDS ;MJJDWON8 XX NOTES. Kansas' Supreme Comt Holds Kansas City Uve Stock Exchange a Trust 4 and All Cattle Paper If ado Through i u Unvslkt. : ,t ; t, - Topeka, ' Kan' XDrU nv doi clslon rendered here to-day the Kan sas ; Supreme Court held that the" Kansas City live stock' exchange is a trust, and - thac all . cattle mortgages mads through members of, that ex change are Invalid. . Millions of dol lars' worth of cattle paper will doubt less be affected by the decision.-1' ,.' '- Ths far-reaching effect tot this de cision are beyond estimation. Nearly alf the chattel" mortgages Issued through ths members of ths exchange contain ths provision that a com mission of at least $0 cents a head shall bs charged. Under ths holding of the court this Is sufficient to con stitute a trust, and all the notes and mortgages ,are -.absolutely -'void .' and cannot, he enforced. , ; 'f Gov. Glenn at COncord To-Pay.4 Special o The Observer.' 1 " Concord,'. April lJvfnor Olenn Will be here to-morrow and will ' deliver two addrenneaAt 11 o'clock In , the morning be Will speak' to ; the Sitndny :schonl of Forest- Hill church and at 7.M o'clock In the evening he will speak on temperance ttt the snsdud school bulldins.,- A clmir of 100 voices will assist ' at both -Ovcas-luna , ih, ' 1 -' !.'' ' THE LAUKEKS MjlLIt FIGHT IT IS- PR ACTTCALLY SETTLED Articles of Agreement' in Xong-Stsnd v Ing Lucas-MlUllaen Figlit f or Control of Laurens Couon Mills Drawn Up by Representatives vof : Both Jrac' .' torlea Will be: Ratified at Laurens Nest Thursday 'Twms- of " Agree meat No Made PabUc. but ' Be- ,i: lleved Mr. Iincas Will Remain at Read of Mill and Mffllken W1U Continue as Agent. Special to The Observer. " : ' - Spartanburg, 8. C, April - 7. The kng-standlng fight between W. Liu- tas, of Laurens, and the MilUkens, for control of the Laurens Cotton Mills, has been practically settled, articles of agreement having been drafted by representatives of both sides at a meet ing tms afternoon.. The terms reached are being witheld and it is Impossible to. ascertain much Information relative to , the trasaction. One of the inter ested parties said to-night that the terms were such as to make both Mr. Lucas and .Mr. MlUiken - very happy. Mr. G. H. Milllken, a son of Mr. Seth Mnlllken, who is opposing Lucas for control of the mill: Mr. G. A, Hatch, a member of the firm of the Deerlng-Milllken Company; Mr. Feath' erstono Richey, of Laurens,, represent ing Mr. Lucaa, met In conference at the office of Bomar & Simpson here to day and the differences were practi cally settled. A meeting will be held at Laurens Thursday at which all in terested will be present and the ar ticles drawn up .to-day will be ratified. It Mr. Lucas wins he will remain at the head of the Laurens Mill. If Mr. Milllken obtains control, Mr. Walter Montgomery, of this city, is understood to be slated for the presidency of the mill. " Mr. Lucas to-day sent out notices calling a meeting of stockholders for Thursday, but later the notices were withdrawn. What is given by an outsider as a possible agreement Is that Mr. Lucas may remain, at the head of the mill and Its product continue to be sold by the MilUkens as agents, this point haying been the origin of the tangle, MILLIKENTO BUT LUCAS INTER- . -r; ESTS? It Is learned from a reliable source that the Milllken people have effered to buy the Lucas Interests In the Lauren and Darlington mills and Similar stock held by Mr. Lucas' friends. For the Laurens stock 170 is to b paid and for the Darlington, 65. The- former Is worth 160-166 and the latter. 60, , M w DOWIE IN SAN ANTONIO. Repudiated Apostle is a Feeble, Ail ing Old Man, but Buoyed Up by Excitement as He Meets Local Dowieltes fiays the Lord Will Give aim victory. San AnionW Tex., " April "" T. John Alexander Dowle arrived her at 1 p. m. to-day, over the International ft Great .Northern Kallway from Laredo, and the entire local membership met the apostle at the station when he arrived, Apparently, to a man they are In ac cordance , with the apostle, and the meeting was impressive. The feeble old man. tottered off the steps of the Pullman car. ana waa received bv a. hundred of his own people with bared heads and outstretched hands. He has apartments In the leading hotel of this city, .and he has so far declined to see anybody' but his immedate party No representative of tne press was granted an interview during the after noon, hut the apostle authorised Mex lean manager John A. Lewis to speak for falral .'Dowle will spend Sunday here and should his physician permit, it Is announced, he will speak at the Zionist tempi atr the regular after noon meeting. Dowle is In feeble health and seems to be buoyed up only by the mental excitement or tne pres ent situation. He expresses confidence that he will .be the victor In the Zlon City controversy. In his remarks to his oeoote-to-day. Dowle said The Lord has given me etrengtn to Ulrica UNION - MILL ASSETS 91,737,489. Appraisers 'of Bankrupt Corporation file Iteport Him iteieree- inner of Sale by Federal Court to bo Next Stop. Charleston, 8, C, April T. The ap pralsment of the Union Cotton Mills, Union 8. C adjudged bankrupt on Feb. 14. was filed to-day with E. W. Hughes,; referee, by L. W. Parker, of Greenville, W. J. Brltton, of Spartan burg, and J. E. Slrrine, of Greenville, annralaera. , r.'t.-v The total value , of the plant, real estate, accounts due, stock of goods, etc.. is appraised at $1,727,489.68, In the scheduler of assets and Habillies filed some weeks ago, the liabilities were stated to be $$,$44,871.72. The appraisements, summed up, are as follows: ' riant 01 tne union Cot ton Mill, including real estate, $1.250.. 000; accounts due, $466,839,682 hills re ceivable, $900:- stock of goods, $1,000 live stock and vehicles, $650. Total, $l,7l7,48i.6. j. - . ' - Ths next step In ths Union Cotton Mill ease will be the setting of a date of sale by the United States Court and the fixing of an upset pries. , KAWLIXG8E8 NEARLY ESCAPED. Notorious v Georgia : Clilld-Mufderrrs ; and a Gang of Pickpockets Had All bnt Sawed Their Way Out. , , ', Vldosts Ga., April 7 -An attempt to escape from ths county jail by ths pickpockets who were convicted some tlms ago, and the famous Rawllngece, father and sons, under death sentence for ths murder of the Carter children, was discovered ' and k frustrated this morning. " The prisoners had sawsd the bolts "in two which' held 4n place a patch In the cell and In a few hours longer would have effected their es cape from the jatu :- - ' t :'iThe -prisoners -'claim ''that they se cured the saws from a tool kit of a plumber who ha been working In ths Jail, but It is believed -that they were furnished .- them In some manner1' by parties on tha outside, Two saws were found in the'cella. , ' , ' '"w" . ..''.i.i ifViliHi 11V111 rjmii itiiiiiil, .11,11 111 0ti null ttl .iiil'lklinX'A.if .:j..&.-" 15,000 Mors for Winston's Public ' Building. Special to Ths Observer.' J' j -'' Winston-Salem April , 7.A letter received, here yesterday from Repre sentative ,W. W. Kltchln says ths ap propriation . for the Wlnston-Satem public building would" be Increased from $60,000 to $66,000, upon the recotn mendatton of Acting: Secretary Ta. lor. An effort was made .to get the appwprlaUon Increased tto $30,000 but this failed..- ...-'- - Ts. BIttS BEING SMOTHERED MR. POU'S SPEECH IN THE HOUSE The North Carolina Congrewansn En gages Attention of the Members by Rapping Committee for Its Insc tivity in Considering Bills Looking -. to the Elimination of . Campaign Contributions -by Corporations No . Hope for Relief Until it is Made a Crlmeto Buy Elections Favor able Report on' Mr. Webb's Bill Appropriating 930,000 for Monu- . ment on Kings Mountain. x . BY W. A. HILDEBRAND, . ....t --. ... .-1,'f. . ' Observer Bureau,..; ' . 1417 Q Street N. W., Washington, April 7." - Representative Pou to-day took ad van Uge of the latitude allowed in de bate on the postof flee aproprlatlon bill to make a brief excursion into the field of national politics, submitting some observations rendered doubly interest' ing and pertinent In light of recent in surance:: company revelations. Mem bers gave their undivided attention to the North' Carolina member, and ques tions were asked htm by Minority Leader Williams, Judge Rucker, Con gressman Burm and others. While Mr. Pou was engaged in taking Kepubll cans to task for failure to heed the recommendations of the President and other Republicans of national promi nence who had urged legislation to put an end to the evjl and dangerous practice of corporations in contrtout ing to campaign committee. Judge Rucker said that all minority mem bers, and some of the Republicans on the House committee on." privileges and elections, had advised prompt ac tion on the numerous bills designed to correct this evil, which brought Mr. Williams forward with the suggestion that, where the demand was so : In sistent for action, it might be in order for the committee. to depose Its chair man and get a man in his place who would call the meeting of the commit tee. Mr. Gains, of West Virginia, Is chairman of the committee. ; TIME FOR ACTION. ' Mr. Pou said In part: "Presldsnt Roosevelt, in his last two messages. recommended the . passage of some law which will prevent the corrupt uee of money In elections and which win prevent contributions for political pur poses by corporations. Secretary Root, before the New Tork convention, made practically the eame recommendation. :now tnis session is nearina in ciuue and. If the majority In this chamber and in the other end of the capltoi, in tend doing anything. It Is time they were up and doing. I sent to the com mittee having these bills In charge and asked for copies of all bills framed with a view to carrying out the Presi dent's recommendations. I find there are nine of these bills, some drastic. some moderate, some mtroauoea oy Republicans and some Introduced by Democrats. COMMITTEE SMOTHERING BILLS, "I rise in my seat to sound the alarm. I charge that tha majority in that committee intend to smother those bills if possible. Why. let some nrenroww no tnutjorir. jiwh.' ub wujr, if you favor a continuance of the cor rupt practices this, year then you will refuse to act. If the Republican party has been using money contributed by corporations, which expect special ra vors, then you will refuse to act Judge Rucker, who has Just interrupted me, says that his Democratic colleagues on the committee favor speedy action, but that the chairman would, not call the committee together. I am glad to know that my Democratic colleagues stand for purity In elections and I am glad my friend from Missouri has put the responsibility where It belongs. ROBS INSURANCE OFFICIALS. "Here are Insurance officials steal ing money which belongs to you and me and other policy-holders, and giving it away to help elect Roosevelt Pres! dent. They stole this money, which is part of a great trust fund to keep poverty out of our homes when we are gone, and gave it to the chairman of tne Republican party, and about as mild a thing as I can- aay of him Is thst hS ought to give this money back to the rightful owners. Mr. Chairman, there is trouble somewhere. Why can't w get an effective rate bill passed? 1 Why are not our anti-trust laws made mors effective? Why don't we have a law that will prevent trusts from selling their goods cheaper to foreigners than to you and me THE ONLY REMEDY. '1 charge that ths Republican party has used money contributed by men who represent these great interests, and I never expect to see any law passed which brings general relief to the masses until you make it a crime for great corporations to buy un elec tions.-' The House committee on library to. day reported favorably Mr. Webb's bin appropriating $30,000 for the erec tion of a monument on King's Moun tain battle ground. Mr. Thomas, -who is a -member of the committee, lent effective aid in securing favorable ac tion. . . : ;!;.:.; '.v v BUTLER BENT ON DEFEATING GRANT AND FRAZIER., , Without a doubt Mr. Butler is bent on keeping Messrs. Fraaler and .Grant away from those postof Acs Jobs, He recently called up Senator Overman by .telephone and asked that the nom inations be delayed Just a little longer. saymg the situation was developing lowly, but that charges would be forthcoming in time for ths committee to act intelligently, f But It is a fact that Senators are no longer impressed with the activity of Mr; Butler. .Tbey are .waiting for one thing, and one thing only, ana that la. th reports from the Inspectors who were sent to oreensooro ana uoidsboro. inquiry at ths committee rooms to-dmr re vealed the fact that' the Department had not yet 'forwarded ths reports of the inspectors,' and friends of the gen tlemen In question Seem confident somi form, of development Is brewing. They nave aoouc conciuoea ina Mr. nutier and Ms coadjutors are, working on postmaster. uenerat'Corteiyou, tn the hope .that tha Postmaster General will renew, tha matter with the President, and recommend-' the' appointment ,of Vu-cranliuiHnn" ruumia ' .' vr,.i.y,;,DATB MOVED VVJ It ' Was ' recently stated that : those who desire to pV heard on the Apds. lachlan Forest Reserve bill would be given -an. audience by the House ag ricultural committee on tn 11th,. but a subsequent 1 announcement is to the effect "that the hearing can hardly be arranged for. before the 18th,, or pos sibly the K&th. Instant. Prof. Holmes and others feared the advocates of the bill would not - be able to', secure . a good attendance by the 11th, and sug gested a later date, although this date had been, tentatively agreed upon by the chairman or tne committee con gressman Johnson said to-day a num ber of cotton v mill owners would be here from South Carolina to put In a word lor the put whenever the bear- HOUSE TAKES TOEEAKC.:: if" i, n . .j ,. " MR, POU AMONG the spi;.:;r.:. - Instead 'of Taking Usual 'fet Half.IIolliisy. Law-Makers 1 ! -, itauwsy Msil pay, More : Pa v r i Rural, Carriers, ' the Smelter '1 1 Election Boodle and Naturaffzai , Laws Bill ' to Prevent ; 1 lxu Taxstlon of Distilled Spoils "So; age" 1 Pamed Mr. Pou Dcnoun. Corrupt Use of Money j in Elect!" Washington,' . April. 7. The Hoi did not indulge ' itself -in the usn Saturday half-holiday is . to-day, b continued the-:- considerkUrtn tof s: t: postofflce . appropriation & bill ? And in the latitude accorded - under ; genenu debate tha discussion took on a :.wid range, Including raUway mail pay. Increase psy for rural letter carriers, the American Smelter trust, and the corrupt use of .money n-; election with, side-lights "on naturalization laws. 1 , . ' , " j - . - Mr. Dalsell, of Peonsylvahia, . when , the House convened called up the bill amending the Internal revenue-laws to prevent the double taxation of certain distilled spirits, the 'distilledj spirits" in this case having reference- , to "soakage" which exists in , the, staves of wood of any cask or pack-' age at the time of its withdrawal , ; from a distillery or bonded warehouse ( and making these "spirits" subject t no tax should such "soakage" be re-' -covered from the ,wood of sueh park age by any process. The bill -was' passed. , i ! Consideration of the postofflce appre- :',. prlatlon bill was then resumed. Mr. Macon, of Arkansas, declared,' that he was opposed to the postofflce appropriation bill because of the'-', abuses it contained, which were well known to the members of the commit- tee on postof flees and post roads. " ATTACKS SMELTER TBUT, ' There Is dessentlon among the mem- bers bf the New Tork delegation tn'i.; the lower House regarding tariff re- t vision, judged by the remarks of Mr., . , Perkins of New York. - -.--.. i ."Good friends of the tariff havo- al- -'. ways desired that any changes in It ,-' should be made by "the Republican' party,' he said, "but it. needs' no " prophet to see that If the Republican party will not -make, any change V they will some day be made bv those : - whose action will be less considerate,-:!' .' less friendly and less wise." He made J,. the charge that the hundred millions , of common stock of the American:" -SmeifTng Company was Issued drigt-, nally not to represent any money that -" had gone Into purchase of plants but to capitalise future profits that werw to be made out of the purchased .. . , plants. "The millions of dollars this , corporation makes as a result of the,' , operation of the Dlngley law would - alone pay 7 per cent upon a hundred - , millions of Imaginary stock," he salo.' MR. POU ON CAMPAIGN BOODLE. Mr. PoU, of North Carolina, in dls- v. cussing the corrupt use of money In - elections, said that life insurance of- flclals had stolen the money which really belonged to widows and or phans snd had given It to Mr. Cor telyou. the chairman of the Republic can national committee. ' "' y-- "Could there be anything worse?" , he asked. "The , taking of this money - was morally stealing. It ought to be , given back. Certaihly In 1904 4 Mr. - Cortelyou did not need it." Mr. Pou charged that great corpora- tlontf and trusts contributed money J during the campaign and then expect ed a guarantee that no law hurtful to their interests should be passed. "Why don't you revise the tariff T- - i he asked. "Why don't you pass a railroad rate bill worth something. 4 Why don't you strike at the trusts, I believe these Interests have contribute t " ed money snd hope for protection," I .' Mr. Kelt her. of ' Massachusetts, . poke in favor of a less rigorous ra- -turalisation law and urged a " reduc- ' tton in fees for naturalisation papers The following bills were passed: -. , House bllt granting to the .,- Corinth and Shiloh electric rstlway company authority to construct n' electrlo '; railway through shiloh national park. Without touching any paragraph of ths bill under., consideration, -thw House at 4:46 adjourned until . Mon , . .- ' ' . ' ' ' ' . 1 .. . , , Woman Suicides, la Yadkin. , . , Special to The Observer. - Wlnston-SJuem, April 7. Mews has . been received hero that 'Fannie Rob- -bins, living near Shiloh church., Yad- kin county, committsd.' suicide a few . days ago. She went to a field some. , distance from the house and, when her . body was found, her throat was 'cut ; from ear to ear, A table knife, was found by her side. No inquest v was heia as it was eviaent tnat sno turn. -taken her own life. - i, ; v Ing was arranged, - , -i ... . no Action yet on barnes ap- JTU17ITMJ5NT. ",- " . , The Star says"of the Barnes noarlna- tion; c-. " - - ' 'No action was taken by thesub- commtttee of the Seante' oommttte on . postof flees and post roads looking to an investigation of the case of Mn B. F. Barnes, nominated hy the Presi dent to be postmaster of the city of Washington. Senators Borrows, -Carter and Culbertson, members of -this sub-committee, havV not yet held a meeting, as they re waiting for fur- t ther information as to the general charges against Mr. Barnes,' it . la recognised by the members of the com mittee that there is no necessity for hasty action. .-,,-,, v -, . jrMany ot the- Senators, especially -those' from Southern State,' are in re-v ceipt of letters from their constitutents ; protesting againwt the confirmation or Mr. Barnes' nomination, on the ground that he has violated the laws of chiv alry, which. -especially in the South, . are declared to be essential on "the part of any man who has aspirations for public office. A number of the south ern Senators , have received very ,ur - gent letters along this line, their con stltuent instating that the nomination should ' be , turned down . on that ground." : " - ' MR, HEFFLIN'S 3Ui CROW, BILL. 'Representative Hefflin, Of Alabama, who recently Introduced in tho Housa a bill to compel street car lines in th Dietrtbt of'OolunVbla to -operate - called "Jim crow" cars, la in dai'v 1 -eelpt of doxens of letter frin r- i of Washington and cttlxens o! s . ing State endorsing his mi .niir-. Some of Mr. Hefflln's wn- lat'gely for the ressttn 41' it ' leargely for the rwm tr t .. compel local railway furnish more street cars t 1 Ats '""Thiai It .urged. ' 1 flclent to make the 1 of earnest -coniidr." lett-r .received written : by 1 i I national Cif both rn.'es v ms fvf t n . pperatum tl
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