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-r 1 I '1 C'l IN 1 .'...'-. if" iT. SIIBS0BimON;PRIOEir$8;0p.PER YEAR., . CHARLOTTE, N. 0.r:TttESPAY MORNING, APBTL 10, 1906. . riUCE FIVE CE2IT, ,f AX f ! I I V v liiiimi i i in "f "' i i 'j 3r at- 4 a. " LULfi AFTER TEBEIBLE DAY V ,,00 DEAD AX1 150,000 PCGltiVJS . BUaw o( lava Prom VemHw Aw ? t V ,.-l-Now Almost Sttionry. butjinn r f v Utjr of Axhea and Clndeu Tlwowo ' , Ui Is Unprecedented nd - JUs i' Cauaed Comoleto or Ptrtlal ; I- structlon of Nambera of Towns and "ntM Hear Rain Affords Great ' Relief SoTerdgns Arrive and Be' ; oeTY Heartfelt ; vreeunga-nwioo , ' Naplea,'' April .-Beport o aUll , tie consequent- upon the eruption of r Mount Vesuvius arc coming In. ' Ac 1 cordJnjf to Information received late 1 tcnjght, more than 500 perished In the , ' district ot Ban Qulseppe, while from the- ruins of a church which collapsed owing to the weight of .ashes on the ; roof. 44 corpses were? extricated, and . it la asserted that at Corrento, 87 per sona , wei killed h , ralllasr houses. Carlry iyoceding to the succor of ; tne tnnabiiftnu ot the devastated sec' ' tkn Jiave been unable to make pro ree the rain falllnr on the ashes a ' toot deep having made It impossible zor toe horses to- travel. The sea is greatly agitated. The Bkr ha cleared, but " heavy clouds - , hang over the east, threatening a fur- i uier downpour. The streams of lava are almost eta tlonaryj Troops are erecting toarriers In the direction -of Pompeii to prevent , t lurtner. danger in that quarter. j SITUATION MORE IfOPEPUI Thls has been, a day; of terror for the cities, towns and country about ' Blount 'Vesuvius. At midnight - the situation appears more assuring, : the lava .streams having diminished In volume, and In some directions having Stopped altogether, while a coplus . rainfall la cooling the lava where lies stationary. Almost equal with the devastation wrought '.by the lava Is the damage -. done by cinders and ashes, which in considerable quantities have been car ried great distances. This has caused the practical destruction of San Ouies eppe, a place of (,000 inhabitants. All but 200 of the people had fled from San Gulesppe, and these 200 assemb led in the church to attend mass, while the priest was performing his sacred office the roof fell In, and about 60 persons were badly Injured These unfortunates were for hours without food or medical attention. The only thing left standing In the church was a statue of St. Anne, the preservation of which the poor, home less people accepted as a miracle and promise of deliverance: from their peril. DEVASTATION . WIDESPREAD. At Ottajana, Ave churches and ten bouse fell under the weight of ashes and cinders, which lie four feet deep " on the ground. in -the fall of the 'buildings about IS persons were killed and many .were Injured The village Is completely deserted by peo ple, After the evacuation- of the- place he barracks and prisons fell - w, ,.' , y 1 . . . . Reports .from coast and inland . towns depict terrible devastation. Ban CUdrglav Cremona, Portid, Rest- na and Torre del Greco have been al tnost completely abandoned. The Inhabitants of Torre Annunxl ata are prepared to leave at a mo ment's warning. Although the eruption of the volcano Is less violent than It was 24 hours ago, the ashes are still falling In great quantities. Refugees from the threatened or de stroyed villages are pouring into Na ples by the thousands, .arriving m every description of conveyance and on foot. The roads are crowded with processions of men and women carry tog crosses ana crying iteousiy. ; : SITUATION SUMMARIZED. ' The situation to-day could be sum' tnarised as follows: The conditions at Torre Annunsiata ana Pompeii nad yn proved, owing to xue cnan&e in vne direction uuten oy the flowing lava. On the other hand, the conditions at Ottajano were worse. Ashes and cinders had - fallen there four feet deep and frequent earth shocks were felt.- Ten , - houses ' and five churches had fallen, five ocrsons had been killed and an unknown num ber of persons wounded Serious apprehension was 'felt for the Inhabitant of 'the country in the -vicinity of the town of Caserts. term ed tho. Versailles of Naples,' ' place ei aoout 85,qgv innanuants, in wnoso direction the lava, is flowing. The town Of Nola, an old place of jfi.ooo mnaoitants, zz miles from Na- pies, was being burled under the show ers of ashes coming from the crater, nblch were carried by the wind as far as the Adriatic Sea. ' San Qlorgo and Torre del Greco were half-burledr in ashes and sand, and the rosfs of , many houses had fallen In or were collapsing, ' . r , 160,000 HAVE FLED. . ' Abont 150,000 refugees from Venuvi- , ana had sought shelter here and else where. Four thousand were lodged in ths oarracks In this city ' . - All the trains were delayed owing ' to tne iracas oeing coverea wttn cin ders, and telegraphic communication with- all points was badly, congested. : r The stream of lava which had been threatening Torre Annunsiata, a town of 28,000. inhablUnts, U miles from Naples,, on the road to .CasteJIamare. had remained stationary since Sunday , evening so mat tne danger tnat the - place would be overwhelmed appeared . to have passed. ". P ' " The- action of Mount1 Vesuvius had perceptibly diminished and the shower of ashes ceased to fall over Naples for a time this morning,, But ashes ;and sand began- falling again later In - the day - - ,,. , Wttten the last train -t Was; leaving J- ' lvii"-'ew saw t i satu WW mm : wmw 5- XBocotrtcft yesterday a, frwh crater t Vl 'An excursion steamer, attempting to ' to-dar. had to - return, as the naa. isengers Were being suffocated by the .AMOUNT OF-ASHES UNEQUALED. The quantity or' asnes and cinders thrown up by Mount Vesuvius within the last 24 hours is unprecedented. An analysis showed sthls discharge to be chiefly composed of iron, sulphur and magnesia, When dry, the whole re gion, seemed to ,be under a gray sheet, but now, after a .fall of rain. It ap peared to have been transformed Into an 'Immense lake of chocolate. The evacuation" of the threatened C ; villages and towns continued during N ' ; ths dsy, but adequate means to trans t - port 'the Inhabitants were lacking, at- , though thousands of soldiers with ar titlery carts bad been sent te the places " where the sufferers were most in need ; " - of SJMrtsUnce'---.uiv't,';ih.4-i?' J ' RELY ON PICTURES , OV SAINTS. V v, At many places ths people were suf ' ' fertng from paic. and a state- of gen- - r,eral confusion existed, which was sd- ' '.-ded to by superstition. Some of the parisb priejt refused to t open their TWO USD THEIB 0WK LIVES RVNCOMtlErSl' SUICIDE ItECOUD Serena XT Parks.' a Barber.' and Wil - Ham Qulnn, a - farmer,, Both, Aged Abont -r 50, the. one Driven to Desperation by Domestic Inf ellei i ties, . the Other to Escape Clutches of Imaginary Encraleo, Employ tiio Itopo to Accomplish 8clf-Istruc- l... tlon Parks' Body ftound Hanging , . in ixmejy Moanuin CaDin or ,'j."wo -uuiaren at wajv-i'. , , '- Special to ,Th Observer.' - 1 ' - - Ashevllle, April tSerene E. Parks, a white barber, so years of age. com mitted suicide on the mountain east of Ashevllle ' Saturday 'night William Qulnn, living six miles from Ashevllle. white and also SO years of age, sulcid ea at nis nome between 4 and s o clock yesterday afternoon. This Is the sul clde record in Ashevllle for two days. Qulnn had been partially demented for several years. Joe Qulnn, a brother of the- suicide, stated this afternoon that his brother, asked for strychnine yes terday -morning wKh which to end his Ufa "He declared,"" continued the brother, "that the offlcera Were' going to arrest mm; that ' he would Be brought to Ashevllle and' lynched. Sev eral times lately he has believed that men were after him with guns to kill mm." To end this torment. "Bin Qulnn,. selecting a time when - his brother was absent, possessed himself of a towel and making a rope hanged himself.' " v. '.T'HH' - tr . The suicide of Parks was not dlst covered until 6 o'clock .this afternoon. Two children, while wandertng about on the mountain-side near an old de serted Shanty, espied a man - through the half-open door. One of the chil dren, drawing nigh, saw that the, man was standing up and that he Had rope about his neck. .The children fled and told their story. Sheriff Reed was notified and went to tne scene wnere he. found Parks hanging1 by a wire from, one of the rafters in the desert ed building. The man was dead, his body being .stiff and. cold. The body was out down and turned over to an undertaker. An inquest will be held to-morrow. Parks was a well-known barber here. It is said that Saturday night he and his wife had a quarrel at Park's shop. Parks was not seen again alive. Domestic troubles, it Is said, drove the man to his death. On the floor near where the body was found this afternoon was also found a bottle of whiskey; Parks selected a piece of wire with which to end his life. The wire was fastened about his neck and then fas tened to the rafter. The man's feet touched the floor and, In order to choke himself to death, he was com pelled to bend his knees. Parka leaves a wife and several children. THREW HERSELF IN ...RIVER. Wife of Wealthy Hotel Owner Sui cides at Elicabethton. Tenn. Child Drinks Whiskey and Dies. Special to The Observer." ' ' t ' Roanoke. Va.. Aoril .-At Ellxabethton. Tt nn., last-mld-nlght, H. H. Snyder, a wealthy hotel owner and merchant. awoke to find his wife missing from the chamber. . A search was instituted and resulted this morning in the rindtna- of Mrs, Snyder's body In the Watauga river near town. Bne had committed suicide, self-destruction being attributed to men tal derangement.. She was TO years old. After drinking half a pint of whiskey, flve-year-old Howard Goodwin, son of a Washlnarton- county farmer, died to-day of convulsions. , The child procured The intoxicant during the absence ot : bis parents from the house. churches to people who, tried to ob tain admittance, fearing that an earth-, quake would destroy the building when full of people , and thus increase the list of , disasters. Crowds of woman thereupon attacked the churches, pull ed down the doors and took possession of the, Pictures and statute of the saints, -which they carried about aa a protection against death. Many people camped along the roads and In the fields outside of Torre An nunsiata and Ottajano, where they thought they would be safer than in the towns, defying the elements though nearly blinded by ashes, wet to the skin by the rain and terrorised by the gigantic,' curved flaming mass above. resembling a scimitar ready to fall up on, them. - Only about 2.000 of the 32.000 Inhab itants of . Torre Annunsiata , dared, to remain In -the town, which was Da- trolled by soldiers. y ROTAL COUPLB , ARRIVE. f King . Victor Emanuel' and Queen Helena, and their suites, arrived here ims morning from Roma, and entering autoOTobUfca, , ivialted the towns and villages In the path of the lava stream pouring down the sides of Mount Ve suvius. When the train which brought their majesties here arrived at the sta tion the eruption, of the volcano was most violent But both the King and Queen,- although greatly fatigued, In sisted Upon leaving Immediately for Torre " Annunsiata, his majesty re marking, "If Torre Annunsiata la in danger, It Is my duty to be there. Vv Tbe xuge ox Duchess of Aosta and the Princess ; of Schlesswlg-Holsteln. who Is - thehv guest soon afterwards Joined gthe King and Queen In their visit! to the afflicted districts. The roy al party; was received with, the most touching ' manifestations of -gratitude. amidst cheent. and . weeping expres sions or 'thanks and f rantio gesticula tions of Joy. The' King forbade the police and carbineers to keep the peo ple away from him, so that all could approach htm. The Women kissed the King's hand and the Queen's gown, ex claiming, "uoa sent you to us." - one of the women addressing' the King, cried: "If thou1 art ou -King, 'order he volcano to stop." The sovereigns visited Santa Anstsla, vCercote. Som- ma and Vevuslana, arousing the same enthusiasm among the people at those places, as when they: first reached the scene of the disaster. . r ;;,THE KING IN DANGEa .; ' At a certaid point the King and his suite. Awhoi occupied several ; automo biles, were struck by a small .cyclone of ashes and 'cinders, which partly bllndeoV choked and stopped .them. As the King's motor car was the. first snd was sdme distance ahead of 'the cars in which the members " of his suite were riding t it , was lost .sight of for some time In the clouds of whirl Ing ashea . and considerable anxiety was felt for hi majesty's safety. But It was' discovered that the .King had ordered his automobile-, to be driven at iuii specs na ana w crosseo the'' path of the , cyclone with great rapidity, i A short, distance further on, however, the ashes were f ou r, v feet deep, making it impossible for f the royal party toe continue their routs in the motor cars -Cosequently. the King and his suite descended and continued their, way on foot !-:;;''-y Later In the afternoon the royal Par ty returned to Naples and visited the temporary lodging places prepared for the tua-iuvea from the esuvlan towns and vlUgaes. , IJLLE8T0N APPEAL TO-DAY ' W ii i " - '. ,a-.i , . JIEARIXO BT.SUPR3ttE COURT Man Sentenced : to 1 4 -i-Tears' tor KllUng of Charles Smith Will L f Likely lUve His Appeal Heard by T oiaie supreme tjourt, 'io-jusy jNe c 'grof Sentenced tOT be Hanged An peals Carpenter Crushed by Train "Gov. Glenn Goes ta Washington A(r - Look r After Adjustment of State's Quota of National Guards ' -'-"' '' . Observer ; Bureau, ' 122 South Dawson Street, - ' - I Raleigh, Apr" . : Last night John Price, a white car penter.at the Seaboard Air Line shops here, . while looking !fter some cars, was caught and- crushed in the chest- his injuries being 1 very serious. hs is a native of Raleigh. " Charters are granted to the Dunns Rock Building Co.,, of Brevard; the North. Carolina Distilling Co. - Sails bury to make com whiskey, capiUI $20,000.1 Q.s A, Leaf, H. O. Mclnturff and J. J. Cudlhy. stockholders: the J. D. . Frix Company, i Statesvllle. 226.000 capnai, to manufacture organr and Governor Glenn goes to Washington Wednesday .to look after the adjust ment of North ; Carolina's nuota for me axionai uuaras ana will endeav or to obtain "extra aid, He was asked about the date of 'the encampment and said it would be In July but as yet naa , not . fixed the date. The mayor of Morehead City wrote him to-day that: good, progress was being maae in preparing the grounds there and that they would soon be ready. xne1 governor returned this morning from concord where he spoke yester day. -f . i-L On May.Srd, at Birmingham. Ala..' the Southern Methodist Episcopal church will hold its general confer ence. To this will go eight delegates from. North Carolina, these being Revs. John C- Kllgo, T. N. Ivey. J. N. Cole, and J. D. Pegram. and Messrs. ' Joseoh G. Brown. Thnmaa J. JSrvls, John F. Bruton and Henry A. Page. SPECIAL TERM FOR YANCEY. The Governor orders a special term of court for Yancey county. Judge Justice to preside, because the regu lar two weens term being recently continued on account of his sickness. It is expected that to-morrow in the Supreme Court there wilUbe argu ment In the case ot Bob Lileston, who last fair week, it Is said, shot and killed Charles G. Smith in the Union station here and who was sen tenced to 14 years in the penitentiary. Ben Williams, the negro sentenced to be hanged April 25th at Raleigh. upon conviction of the murder of. an other negro, has appealed on - the ground that the jury took a vote this being that whoever was In the minor ity would be subject to the Judgment of the majority. About half the room on -the second floor of the new dormitory at the Southern Home, la now occupied, oc cupants 'gdtnBr-tn as tapldly as - 'the United Daughters of the Confederacy equip tne rooms, me . plastering Of tne Elks., Temple here is nearly com pleted and It Is expected that' the building will be ready foy use by June 1st. .' ? . ' '',,.' , : To show the very great extent and growth of traffic in North Carolina it may be stated that the 'returns to the North Carolina Car Service Associa tion show that the number of. freight cars checked by It In North Carolina reached the large figure last year of 320,000, which Is 37,000 more than that the year before., , : J The cornerstone of ,the Masonic Temple here was expected to have been laid In May of this year, but it does not now seem ' at all . probable that It will be done before the meet-; lng of the Grand Lodge next January, it having been decided to raise 1175,000 for the construction and the equip ment of the great building. f - Work is soon to begin on tbe new dormitory which is to take the place of the one burned at the Catholic Or phanage at Nasarath at Raleigh. It will be only two stories in height Improvements at the Methodist Or phanage continue.. An - enlarged photograph of tne copy of The Newbern Gasette, - containing the Mecklenburg Resolutions of May 21, 1775, Is to be made from the photo-, graphs taken by The Observers cor respondent at "Hays," of the original paper, which was in the Johnson col lection and which Is now the proper ty of Mr. John E. wood. The en largement will give a picture the ex act slse ot the paper. . There is also a photograph of the letter fronTDan-, lei Cogdell, of the Newbern committee of safety, transmitting the,paper. PURCHASES ATLANTA MAGAZINE As already has been , announced iln this correspondence Mr; Norman H. Johnson, attorney general of the .Re tall Merchants' Association of 4 North Carolina and - Virginia: hsdS received and was considering a splendid propo sition from a large publishing concern In. Atlanta, Ga. Mr Johnson to-day announced that ho had made such disposition of these offers as will -sot only; allow - his continued residence bere, but would- even further develop and broaden bis aotlvlty -among Uhe merchant class rff the .States mention edrand of 'the South - as welt 'Mr. Johnson, Joslah William ; Bailey, ed itor of The Biblical Recorder, Clarence H. Poe,' editor of The Progressive Farmer, snd J. F. Pearson, manager of the Mutual Publishing Co., all of Raleigh, have bought , direct the , At lanta paper, widely and favorably known in the ; South.; ;as ; Com merce,,, jand y which 'v' hai"-- 'a wide snd T active ' 'Circulation throughout - Georgia, , Alabama-' and Florida, ihls paper WUK be combined, or rather .will tssoVslmultaneoos with The Merchants' Journal, of ,n Raleigh, the' first appearance being May L Ths corporation t Commisslon "makes a cell for a statement' from "all tho State.- private and saving bank in North Carolina, at the close of busl-nlsa,-Frlday, April tth. - -f NEW SHIP , FOB OCEAN t LINE.' Diwvtors .- Meet , at -Savannah - and Close Option ; st 5OO,0O0 , With , ' Roach Vards-WU1 Ply Between Savannah and New York. '",', , Savannah Gs,. -April ". The direc tors of the Ocean Steamship. Company met to-day snd authorised the officers to buy a new steamer from, the Roach yards at Chester, Pa. A vessel Is now in' process of construction at ths Roach yards foe. the company., When the contract tor this vessel was let a 2600,000 ths company reserved tbe privilege of an option noon a itr ship at the same price. It wss. this option tnat was closed by to-day's ac tlon.;y?v-5''te-i;-: yJ-,;.. Both'the new vessels' will be" put on the compsnys line between- this uort and New, Xorlw - -v THE :6TOCjYAB0 HEAB1N6 WILTj BE-. CONCLUDED TO-NIGHT Three Hours of Last Night Wss De . . voted , to Taking Evidence tor and ; . Against the Yards The Catholic Church Represented by Rev.- Fs thor Joseph A. w. Wbltaker st Bpewus for IlimsclfMr. - Win. Chester Thinks the City's Dump Hole tne Most Unsanitary Spot In the Section of tho Whitaker Barns. The board of aldermen were In ses sion - tnree hours . last night -listen lng to the evidence, pro and con, whether or not stock yards and barns snau ds allowed to remain within the corporate , limits of the city, - Several petitions were presented, a number oi letters were read and a half dbaen citizens were called upon to testify, juessra, v. , w. -xiiiett and T. C. Guth rie appeared -in ' behalf ot thnaa on. posing 'the maintenance of the Stock yards, and :-Mr. F. R. McNlnch, and Judge Armdstead Burwell for Mr. A W. Wbltaker. There were present, in aaaition to tne aldermen, some 60Lcltl sens, who were Interested In the outf come of the stock yard agitation. They stood about the walls, at upon the noor, , and. made themselves as com fortable as possible in ithe narrow oonflnes of the room. After a prolongs ed discussion, all the avldence. hav ing been Introduced, Mr. M. P. Klrby moved that the meeting adjourn until to-night, when the attor neys on either side may make their speeches, and the whole matter be settled for once and all. This motion carried by a vote of six to Ave. A second meeting will be held to-night, the session to be called at 8 o'clock. v:Hy At the beginning of the session last night. Dr. L W. Falaon suggested that the meeting adjourn to the recorder's court room beneath the city hall, in view of the fact that there were a number of cltlxens who desired to hear the discussion. No action was taken and Mayor McNlnch called upon Chief Irwin to invite those who were In -the anteroom to enter. Judge Burwell came first being follow by Mr. Frank R. McNlnch. both of whom aDDeared In Mr. Will taker's behalf. ' Then cams Mr. Tlllett and Mr. -Guthrie, attorneys for the opposition. These were- fol lowed by a crowd of interested cltl zens, who filled the small room to Its fullest capacity. . Prominent among the number was Father Joseph, pastor of St Peter's Catholic church and one of the strongest oppoeers of the stock yards. All Having secured places. Mayor Mc Nlnch called for the petitions. Mr. F.R. McNlnch arose and read two petitions, one from a. number of citizens in the city, aftd the other from residents of tbe neighborhood in whose immedi ate vicinity the stock barns were lo cated. The .first petition was signed by 110 citizens, the second by 49 resi dents of Ward 2. The petitions having been presented, Mr. McNlnch called up on several citizens to testify. Mr. H. G. Link was the first sitlzen called. In reply to Judge Burwell, Mr. Link stated that he considered Mr. Wlii taker's stock barn sanitary; and that he, as a resident of the vicinity, had no complaint. to make and would make none. If It were kept as. It is at present. . He added that the tradTffr m cattle was a necessary business and should be operated in the city limits "How would you' like to have a stock yard or barn next to your house," was the first question Mr. Tll lett fired at Mr. Link on the cross examination. " "One was kept seven years within a short distance or my premises ana made no complaint, ' replied Mr. Link. 'Was the yard that you refer to not filthy?" After some sparring Mr. Link aa- mltted that it was. "Then you' don't object to a filthy place within a few feet of you prem ises," asked Mr, Tlllett. "Do you stand up there -, and tell the board that?" he asked. Mr. Tlllett and Mr. Link had a few words as to the question at issue. "You Speak only of the , wnitake place, declared Mr. Tlllett. "1 want you to i consider the question In Its general application, for if Mr. Whitaker is permitted to do business In the city. then any otner man must oe accora ed the same privilege." Mr. Link re ferred-again to Mr. Whltake's place as nerfectlv sanitary. "When were you aown tnerer- ssx- ed Mr. Tlllett. "Two months ago." replied Mr. Link. '8tep aside," exclaimed Mr. Tlllett. Mr. S. A. Anderson wasTnext called. Ho stated that he had been living near the stock barn for a week and had heard no complaints; had detected no bad odors; and believed tnat the place could be kept sanitary. In reply to Mr. nuett Mr Anderson stated that to his knowledge, Mr. Whitaker had had no . cattle In his barn since he came to live near by. "He has been on dress parade since vou have been there." said Mr. Tll lett. "Ho has been Inviting peophvtn visit his place and bad had his best foot forward, etep asiae." , Mr. J. R. Winchester, formerly of the sanitary force, now city food in spector, was then called. He stated that he had visited Mr. Wb'.taker's barn repeatedly and that he had al ways found It in a sanitary condition. To Mr. Tlllett Mr. Winchester stated that he had not seen more than two cows in the barn at, one time since Christmas, .when "he thought that he had observed more but was not cer tain'.'1 -He curthertetlned that Mr. Whttaker's old : yard wag filthy and that while H was being used, many complaints had been lodged against it He added that he had notified : Mr. Whitaker that the yard must be rem edied and that Mrt .Whitaker had prom ised to better Ify , This... however ha had never done, (Mr. Winchester testi fied that tho tendency of the 'stock yards and bams was to, become more and more unhealthy, that they . were nstursl breeding places for files, fleas, etc To. Mr. McNlnch, Mr. Winchester stated that while the tendency was contrary, still with sufficient care and attention a place could be'metntglned in A sanitary condition, , .Judge Burwell created-quite laugh by asking-, Mr. Winchester the ques tion as to -which of the three places was ths worst 'smelling, . Mr. C. A. Black's stable, Mr, Whttaker's stock barn or 'the city's' garbage dumping place, the rock quarry, " Mr. Winchester hesitated about ah awering, but finally admitted that the quarry -was tbe worst - M . Mr. Tlllett asked him why he didn't stop the city from dumping Into the quarry Mr. Winchester,; replied that he thought the city had supreme Juris diction and If she , wanted' to flU 'ths big hole -'with paper, etc.. that he had no right to Interfere. - . . Mr. W. M. Thomas,' a recent addition lo .the' sanitary force, testified stbat the present condition of MrWhltaker't banrwas -sanitary.:?-" fe-'af Mr, , Whitaker himself wss then ask edto take the stand- in reply to Mr McNlnch its- Stated "that- he had been ht the cattle business for yea m-nd believed that he knew someth,.,g of the business. ," His new beam had Continued pa Page JTen-X 4 M0J1GAN, FIGHTS ALL SUCH Wtb!, BILI ITIGED M'LAUniN Taking His Stand oar States; Rights, Alabama senator speaas Against Any , Rate Regulation, Advocating . Improvement ; of Waterways In - stead, While Mteslseippian Strongly Supports "Pending . McasBreRate Policy Not Coorrhtlited by Prosl dent, Says MoLaurln Who duirgoa That Bailey's First Amendnient , Wss Stolen for Republican Thnn- , dcr - Kmbodled in Long - Anicmi . ment. . 4 , -i . Washington, April 0. Mr. McLaurln and Mr. Morgan addressed the' Senate to-day. on the railroad rate question, the former advocating legislation and the latter opposing. ?s . , The Mississippi Senator announced his intention to support an amendment providing fo a court review of the decisions of tbe Inter-State commerce commission and also stated his ad her ence to the Bailey amendment pro hibiting the temporary suspension of the commission's orders by the inferior courts. He criticised what he charac terized as. an effort to inject politics- into the consideration of the bill. - He referred to the Long amendment as along the lines of the amendments first proposed by Mr. Bailey, but now spok en of as an amendment prepared by the President which the Democrats are asked to help adopt. NO COPYRIGHT BY PRESIDENT. "It this is non-political legislation," continued the Senator, "what good rea son can be given for ignoring the amendment offered by the Senator from Texas? It is far more explicit and better adapted to do justice and reach the Just end sought to be at tained. This Is - not a policy dis covered and copyrighted or patented by the President. It is a policy pro claimed and advocated by the Demo cratic party long since, and opposed by the President and Republican party until less than a year and a half ago, when the President seems to have first seen its beneficence. "Now, assuming that the President and the faction in his party who are willing to follow him on this -measure are sincere and earnestly desire legis lation here in the interest of the great mass, of plain people of the country, let him and them come over and help US enact a law that will be a sure- enough law. Let us give the small fanner who ships his cotton or flour or Corn or meat a fair rate, and lift the hand of extortion for him. Let us re duce any exhorbltant rate on the food and fuel that feeds'and warms the la boring man In the cities and towns and villages." Mr. McLaurln advocated the removal of the duty on steel rails In order to reduce , the cost of railroad construction- also the removal of the duty on Iron, , .. MORGAN TALKS STATE RIGHTS. Mr: Morgan took the position that the proposed legislation was an Inter ference with the rights of the States to control the corporations created ty themselves and said that the best way to check exorbitant railroad rates was to keep the waterways In euch condition as to insure competition. "If.', he said. "Congress would do its duty In the improvements of the water courses and place the river and harbor bill on some footing as the postofflee bill, then the railroad would cease to do evil and learn to do good, and the' people could snap their fingers at them." Mr. Morgan spoke of the dangers of the management of the railroad sys tem of the United States by nrty mag nates and predicted "a cyclone of So cialism," With consequent wreckage of values as the result of their unbrid- dled control of this great power. He believed the' States could control the roads einglehanded, but If aid from the national government was neces sary It .could . be granted by a few simple enactments without entering upon an effort to regulate rates. Outlining the congressional legisla tion he would support, he said he would deny to any railroad, the ma jority of whose stock was controlled by another company or held in another State than that In which the road was organised, the privilege of doing an Inter-State . buslnesa He said also that be should not favor a policy that would prevent a Judicial review of the findings of a railroad commission. The Senate adjourned until to-morrow. , Cliange In Tennessee Federal Court. Washington, April 9. The Senate to-day passed a bill changing terms of the Circuit and District Courts for the middle district of Tennessee. LAWS FOR DISTRICT COLUMBIA. House Passes Bills Requiring Non Rrshlent Pupils to Pay Tuition and Regulating Employment of Child labor -Self-Gocrnment for Dis trict Debated. Washington, April . Notwithstand ing that this was District day in the House snd that the body resolv ed itself Into a common council for the purpose of making laws for the District of Columbia, general Interest was shown in the pills requiring non resident pupils to pay tuition and reg ulating the employment of child labor, both of which were passed. Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, replying to a long speech of Mr. 81ms, ot Tennessee, in which he advocated self-sovesn- ment for the peopls of , the District of Columbia, made a defense of the form of government, but criticised. -Its ad ministration. ':, yW; if' V Mr, Stephens, of , Texas, .' severely criticised ; the Secretary of ; the In terior, saying he had refused to obey a plain law ana- naa arbitrarily an nulled statutes that displeased him. The House adjourned until to-mor- row-'y,yt:;yt.y " . GEORGIA MAN RUNS AMUCK. Filling Vp on Whiskey s PreUml - nary; He Goes Gunning for Hi " Neighborly Killing . Own Nephew and Wounding Man and boy Be fore' Being lUnMcIf Killed. . - Brooks,' GsW Aprrf I.A. Ii McKneely of this -place, last night shotand, kill ed his own nephew, Robert Morrow, seriously .wounded jS. A. Putnam, a neighbor ; and i l2-yei boy and Was killed :;'byRj.T4:-Htasont.whll,e-'i'':,.'the act of aiming a gun at Mrs. Hinson. The amputadon of , Mry Putnam's left arm became , necessary." although - it is not ' believed rhat -,; the result $:il;ba fatal.'ksi McKneely, It Is. said, wsi Intoxicat ed r end started out to; avenge Soms differences that had : arisen between him and his neighbors. . Hs shot- his nephew, evidently beUeving him to be J.Tf Hinson. Home, ; 8 weet ?tHon ' ',fos RockefellfT. New 'Yoi,f April t. John D. Rocke feller passed through this city to-day on his way from Lakewood. N. J to hi hums near Taxrytown, N. JZ CULBERSON TAKES .HARD - -ii . - V; . :; SEEKS JUSTICE FOR FKAZIEH Member of Postofflee Sub-Committee Writes Formal Letter to Chairman Penrose Suggesting That Any Sort , of Sense of Fairness Demands . Action In Case of Greeiixboro Post office Appointee Mr. Webb Thinks Department's Action In Case . I of Postmaster Ktroup Rather High Handed Piece of Buslttets--Charged That Mr. Stroun Shielded Boys ( From Arrest Mr. Webb's Kings Mcnntain Monument mil. BY W. A. UILDEBRAND. Observer Bureau, 1417 G Street. N. W., Washington, April 9. At a meeting of the Senate commit tee on rnilitary affairs to-day the mat ter of. ' excess mileage drawn by Gen era! Leoriard Wood was again consid ered. ' fiecretary'Taft said toe had found many, abuses in the system of issuing transportation and traveling expenses to officers generally and a ainerent practice, he said, would be Inaugu rated. Secretary Taft said Senator Overman had rendered the Department a service by directing attention to these abuses. . ''.. NOMINATIONS STILL HANO FIRE. The usual inquiry v. web made to-day at the rnnmi at thA Senate DOStOfflCe committee relative to the Grant ano Frasler nominations. In fact this hab it of making a trip to this committee the first of each week4s now second nature with certain reporters and If, in the fullness of time, these cases should be disposed of, 1f the members of the committee should ever take a notion to Insist upon these men be ing treated aa free-born American cit izens, the reporters will miss the peri odical glance into the smiling counte nance of Ool. Andrews, cleric oi tne committee. Moreover, there Is a chance that the Senators may yet be seized with such a notion for Senator Culberson has written a formal let ter to Senator Penrose, chairman of the committee, suggesting that Just any sort of a sense of fairness de mands that these nominations shall be dlsDosed of. one way or another, and asking the chairman to call on the Postofflee Department tor tne reports said to have been made a good many days ago by Inspectors sent to Greens boro and Goldsboro. senator uuioer son was a member of the sub-commit tee to which these nominations were referred some time ago, and ne was greatly surprised on being told that the cases were still hung up In some mysterious manner. Everybody wno has taken any Interest Is convinced that It has been the purpose, rrom the beginning, to frame up sometning against Mr. Frazler. but men like sen ator Culberson propose to see that Jus tice Is done the Greensboro man. A HIGH-HANDED PIECE OF BUSI NESS. Officials of the Postofflee Department have at last concluded to answer the civil question of Congressman Webb concerning the alleged charges against L. U. Stroup, the postmaster at Lucia, a fourth class office in Gaston county. A weeV has elapsed since Mr, Stroup was curtly instructed by the Depart ment to post up in his office the no tice that within IS days the postmaster would be removed "for cause," and that patrons should petition the De partment for another postmaster, else the office would be abolished. That was all there was to It. Patrons of the office were left to infer anything they cared to respecting the crime that Mr. Stroup had committed. The postmas ter himself was more In the dark than anybody else, for; being somewhat fa miliar with the regulations, he knew that the Inspectors were required to notify a postmaster of any Complaint whereas. In his case, there had not only been no complaint but a couple of months previous an Inspector had reported his office to be in first-class condition. Congressman Webb Inter ested himself In the matter at the re quest, of Chairman Holland, of the Gaston county Republican executive committee, and a week ago applied to the Department for Information, ex plaining that Mr. Stroup was unaware that his administration had not been satisfactory, and that members of his family were distressed at the charac ter of the notice he had been compelled to display In his office. The usual promise of prompt attention was of course given, but of course Mr. Webb heard .nothing, and he made another trip to the Department, after his sec retary had failed in an attempt to ap proach the august presence of the high officials. The promise at first given was repeated, and now, a week after the first visit to the Department was made, a reply has been received saying an Inspector reports that the condition of the office at Lucia is not satisfactory, and that Mr. Ktroup is sus pected of having shielded from arrest Some boys who destroyed some tetter boxes. Some time after he Is removed "for cause," it Is assured that the De partment will notify Mr. Stroup what It is all about, and give him a chance to explain. Mr. Webb, regards It as a rather high-handed prece of business, and he has a notion of treating some offloials to a roast on the House floor while the postofflee appropriation bill is under consideration. MR. WEBB'S KING'S MOUNTAIN BILL. I .'As heretofore stated the committee on library has reported favorably the bill for the erection of a monument on King's Mountain battleground. Mr, Webb, In speaking of the matter to day said: "The bill carries $20,000. Mr. Thomas, who has greatly aided me in this matter before tbe committee as he Is a member of the committee, was au thorized to report the bill. There are before this committee more than 100 bills asking for the appropriation of money for various monuments on va rious battlefields; the committee will report but three or four of these bills, among them being the one for King's Mountain. The appropriation for King's Mountain is the largest that any simi lar bill carries. '. , , "Of course I am ve ry much grati fied at the success which has attended my efforts In this direction. Never, until I Introduced this bill in the fifty elgbOl Congress, had there been a bill presented to Congress looking toward the recognition by the national govern ment of this famous - battle field, - It will be ' remembered that " King's Mountain - was ? ths turning point 'ot the Revolutionary war in the South." Charleston had fall en, .the battle of Camden bad been lost by the patriots, Georgia had been prac tically uken -over by the British, and a" portion of, North Carolina was oe cupted by;Britlsh troopa lt looked as It the eaure of freedom In the South were doomed, until the U00 brave he roes collected by the efforts of Shelby, Cleveland, - Campbell McDowell, and others, determined tn repulse the in vading foe. . Major ' Ferguson ono of the bravest men Jn. the British army, had marched to a point In, Rutherford prophetwashex-pec::::: MRS. D, MADE .LIFE A, BURD: f' ft' -ft'iW'P in . " r - two Deacons. Accompanying' Doul 3 tourney to combat Mebcllioti Flock say. That for Years Their Leader Hss Shielded His : Domestic Misery Prom the: Public, but Feels Further Forbearance Impossible. Will Neves Live4 With Her Again If Reports; Are True, iSsys Dowle Himself May Stop Over - in Chicago. . . i'uj'if jf i Poplar Bluff, Mo., April .-. It is true that Mrs. Dowle said the' things reported of her, then I shall never live with her again," said John Alex ander Dowle to-day to a . representa tive of the Associated Press. In ths private car lrt which he is hurrying to Zion City to combat his followers s WE. have rebelled against his rule. There was a, grimness of expression on the first apostle's face which mads . it evident that he believed that 'the ' mother of his children had much to do ? with inciting the rebellion In Zion. ' This climax in the domestic affairs of Dowie caused little surprise to Dea cons Lewis and Peters, both of whom were present during the interview, v They nodded approval to the eentl- , ments expressed by their leader and ' Deacon Lewis added that the world little knew of the trials through which Dowie has passed in recent years be" B cause of domestic Infelicity. ' "For years Dowle has shielded his wife," said Deacon Lewis, "but re cently her conduct has been such as to render further forbearance a hu man Impossibility." ' 'To-morrow I shall be ready to make a more complete statement to the pub' -. He." said Dowle. "I will say now that, ' owing to the delays Incident to this trip I may be a little later in arriving -in Zion than I had first expected. There will be no turning back, but t' think It will be advisable tor me to j stop In Chicago and consult legal ta enu" Then Dowle took up again the charg- em which are hurled at him by his ene- mles, and reiterated, "I am innocent ' I am innocent; but only God knows this now. At the proper time the world shall know for I wllj prove It to them; let my friends be patient, for my time' is coming. - "wny, if I were guilty or these things which they charge I should be taken out and shot lige a dog." A small bridge fire at the Saline river crossing was the only incident which disturbed the equanimity of the party on their Journey to-day. As the ' train passed over the bridge Deacon Lewis noticed one of the ties bias ing. The conducter was Informed and; " the train was backed to the bridge. The first was soon extinguished by the , trainmen. . HAD AN IRON-BARRED ROOM. s Mysterious Apartment In Dowie S - - " House Forcibly Kntered by the in - surgents Will Permit Kx -Leader' ' to Go to His Home, but Ignore Him ; I as Far ss Possible. , Zlon City, III., April 9. Zkm City is'.'' aleeDina on Its arms" to-nlaht. to ouots tone of the erstwhile followers of John v Alexander Dowie. awaiting the bOming -of the "first apostle." There is but one , subject of conversation and that It is ths ; i possible eventualities of to-morretv, which is expected to see Dowte-sgam set -foot ln the community he founded.'- A miss meeting, was held to-night In H - 1 Shiloh tabernacle and final Instructions ; , were given by : Overseer Wilbur Glenn . Vollva, the - new -manager of Zlon's af- lairs, for the conduct of loyal followers,, ot the new regime, when Dowie ar- .J rives. j With Vollva In the center ot the stage, k overseers and deacons of the Christian v Catholic Church in Zion to-nlgbt urged members of the congregation to shear , Dowie's return of any dramatic tinge by ' , remaining away from the railway - sta .V tlon, busying themselves ss Usual; with 7 the commercial affairs of life aa though,, there had never been an "Elijah" HI.' " A carriage will be' allowed to meet Dowle under the assumption that he Is a sick. x man. Dowle will be driven directly to '7 si Shlloh House and taken to appartments -i an far as possible from Mrs. Dowie's. " "Jf?', Overseer Voliva at to-ntght's meeting , said Dowle had a secret, iron-barredl , s room In his home which was for ths, first tihie entered by an out-slder to-day. v, ' "It will surprise you to learn." i said "7 Vollva. "that In Shlloh House there was thf most curious room In America The 'i Csar of Russia may have one. and need one; but who-- would thtntc tnere was onm In the peaceful city of ZionT We knew t there was a room kept always locked and-. 'J 4 Into which Dowie himself went seldom. - v. v We entered It to-dayt but to do so wa . The room was like vault except that .'t the bolts and bars ware mostly on the tn side. Light came Into the room thrwegh -. a bull's-eye window, the outside of whten. ' was protected by heavy Iron shutter. A , j ' Air was admitted through a fonnet There was a bed Inside, a bed so curious .!' ' that I cannot attempt to describe It,-An , this room, this cell, was built by anav'' for a man who used to stand before you and ask you to tell him what fear waft ,t like." - I' ,tK Baptist Women of . Stale Durham. ' Meet Special to The Observer. . Durham, April . . i TomorrO wr f afternoon the annual session ot the Woman's Missionary Society , ot the Baptist Church of North Carolina , will be called to order In the audi , torlum of the First Baptist church, i Few of the delegates have- reached here, but the great majority v will ! arrive here to-morrow morning. Tha- -first session will be held at o'clock,- ,.' this being for the purpose, of organ. , . Islng and getting ready for, business. , Ths final adjournment of the session'' wilt be Thursday night; Homes have ; been provided for tbe. 200 delegates , r , who are expected to be here In at u tendance upon the .t deliberations 'of, . -this body ,.v. Uf -'-tj j .- f 'l county wkh bis well-disciplined troops, At this point he heard that, the Loyal-- , ' lets from North Carolina were gath-'.' ering their forces to assault him Ha -began to fall back, ufatu finally he es tablished himself on the historic spot " -now known as the King's Mountain battleground, where he declared that. ' . the Almighty himself eould sot dislodge ' , him. But the patriots followed him. ' with the- faithfulness of1 bloodhounds and finally came upon him 'at King's Mountain, where they surrounded the ' British major, and In one of the most -decisive and sanguinary battles of ths whole ' Revolutionary r war they killed , 600 British soldiers,' and among them, fell the gallant Major Ferguson. The remainder of his army was capturetl, i ' "Many historian have declared that this.. Is one of the decisive battles of the world,' and- most certainly one ot the most decisive In the Revolutionary' war, it will be remembered that th cause of the American Patriots bii t ascend from the data of this ttt: and grew strong and eucces-f ut t the surrenden of Cornwall! mt i afterward at Torktown.- It f , , i t general to fall back ' from t which was.deciarpa W l a hornet's nest. - Thiic i -. British cause . ' ' f -fabric of this gre-n r . , not only a r" ";v- ! I ' feet "like c: it State of North (.:aro v ; ttonsi recu' "iuoa oi . , i
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