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Delaney, ... taken to the ho i ,f PitI hu' aeriotu condition aa . r- ; , ault of a. riot at Wlndber. among the , ?; ; etrlidng coal . miner to-nlgt, - 'The ; ; place la; In a state of terror,, Sheriff - Begley haa -been, summoned and an -1 appeal baa been made to Governor t Pennybaoier for troops. - There are " jt several others of the rioters who have . t sustained' slight Injuries.' The dead men and most of the Injured are for -elgners and. their names cannot be 'i' obtained. The bodies are lying In the '. , street to-nieht where ttiey fell, the strikers refusing to allow-the under , takers to remove mem. The foreign element have been cele brating Eaeter Monday in the mining district and much liquor has been used. The1 streets have been thronged all day with a boisterous crowd, but no sign, of trouble appeared until to flight." A body of strikers were as sembled In front of Wlndber Jail die cussing the mass meeting that s had 'been held during the afternoon and Which had been addressed by three Catholic priests. The discussion grew Into argument and soon there was a iree-for-ail tight. Deputies that had ibeen sworn in when the strike In the coal mines was Brst Inaugurated made their appear nee and a number of arrests were made. .All of the arrested men were anion men and their colleagues set up ft cry "that they were being discrimi nated against and were. Imposed upon The arrested men were marched to the lock-up door. but there a mob had formed and an attempt was -made to take the men from the officers. Forced back from the Jail door, the mob, growing more violent every min ute, threatened the deputies until the officers fired. The mob hesitated, ap parently not exnecting that the depu ties would resort to firearms. When the smoke had cleared away and the victims of the shots were viewed by the crowd there were cries of anger and soon miners that were armed re turned the fire of the deputies. The Bring ceased as soon as It began, how ever, and the crowd filed away from the Jail. A state of terror exists to-night be? cause of liquor and the angered min ers. There is much dynamite - stored here and it is feared the strikers will resor to the explosive In revenge. TEXTILE EXCELSIOR LEASED. Mr. W. G Dowd. Editor of The News, Leases Hug Desirable Property for Terra or Years xo Take pn . . mediate '. Possession. - m HQ uvuutciii miu iicpwiii jLvfc.av Excelsior, of this city, the oldest and one of the Best -known trade journals in the . South has been leased for term of years, by Mr. W. C. Dowd, editor of The Evening News. The deal whereby. Mr. Dowd secures the control of this very desirable property has been pending for some weeks. On , ly yesterday did the negotiation reach a satisfactory basis and the papers --were signed. Mr.' Dowd has already taken possession of the new property, He states that there are to be no changes whatever in-the paper except in management. Mr. J. A. Sharpe, -who for the past several months has been, acting as editor, will continue with the paper in the same capacity. The present quarters will be occupied until some other changes may be made. f ""The Textile Excelsior was established by the late Mr. John Cuthbertson, in 1893. By extraordinary effort he built ' it Into a fine trade journal at once. At his death, some seven years ago. his daughter, Miss M. Victoria Cuth bertson, assumed control of the paper and has been managing it ever since. The Textile Excelsior is a 20-page, 4- column sheet, with a good line of ad' vertlsements and subscribers. Miss Cuthbertson's health has been such lately as to compel her to relinquish the active control of the property. GEORGIA BLUE LAW STANDS. United States Supreme Court Dis misses for Want of Jurisdiction Case Involving Validity of Statute j ' Prohibiting Sunday FrelKht Trains. Washington, April 16. Th 9 Supreme Court of the United States to-day dls m'ssed for want of Jurisdiction the Case of J. N. Searle vs. the State of ' v Georgia, Involving the validity of the. V Georgia state law prohibiting the : running of freight trains of Sunday. Searle Is the superintendent of the Southern Railway Company and as , such was Indicated, tried, and found guilty in Habersham county In 1903, on the charge of violating the law. - , Be took the case to the Supreme Court of Georgia, which sustained the ' .law. and affirmed .'the sentence of the ' trial court. He then sued out a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States on the ground that tht law la repugnant t the Federal con ' - stltutlon, but that ' court refused - to take cognisance .of it. The effect is to leave: In force the finding of the i. Georgia court. . . 'The Doable Wedding Last Night. - "7" The I much-Ulked-of double wedding took place at the Salvation Army Hall, - v'on South College street, last night. - - Four of the younger members of the . '. local post, Mr. 1 Henderson D. Satter- j,Z field and -Miss Vtolav Bloom, and Mr. , Walter . P. - Phillips and Miss Addle , s s Porter were married beneath Ameri can and Salvation Army flan the atrlir U :ohn ' Berryman. of Atlanta, Qa. The oau was fined witn interested specta- " tors., even the-standing room being o ; cuotod, 1 Major ahd Mr. Berryman will re , main In Charlotte until 'to-morrow. To ' night they are to .conduct, a special " service on the square, and later In the halt, , , -" Typical Georgia Homicide Affair. u 'Augusta, Oa,, April It-A' special to ' Th Chronicle from Gibson,' Qa.. says that John- Carroll was to-day shot and killed and his brother seriously woundr ed by Thomas IL Huff. -All are farm era and well known. The trouble was ' of long standing and consisted of a : personal feud. Huff claims to have been attacked with knives by the two 1 ' Carrots and - he also received several : - tab wounds, none- of which axe so : WAKE FOBEfcT THE YICTOB INTERESTING EVENT IN RALEIGH Embryo Statesmen of Geonria - and Carolina Discuss the Question of Itn- ueiuvM-urai vruwa xnrongs Acaaemy: or Mnslo " and CoUege Yells Break the Silence at Intervals The ; Debate Marks the Begin x nlng of a Series Between the Two insutnuons -uietory . of Inter-Col-. leglate Debates In North Carouna, Special to The' Observer. 'Raleigh, April M.-In the first of fhe series of Intercollegiate debates here to-night, "between ; Wake . Forest Col lege and Mercer, of Georgia, the North Carolina ; debaters won a signal vie tory, WeathersDOon. of Wake Wnramt. proveo ine , strongest speaker of the quartette. The debate to-night marked the be ginning of -a aeries of debates between North Carolina and Georgia which will ba ; of . interest to a greats many people, The interest in to-ntght'a de bate was manifested by an unusually large crowa coming to Raleigh to at tend the debntA. KapIv Avarv. Waba Forest student was here and a great many ciusens of Wake Forest and. ad joining townv- The Academy of Muslo began to fill early, though there was not so IfsVge a crowd as usual. The students ' of the Baptist university for Women, Peace Institute, St. Mary's, Mercer, and Wake Forest were admitted free. The debate Was formally opened by State Auditor B. F. DIxpn, who made a few pleasing remarks. Mr. Liston Jackson, of Dillon, S. C, represeptlng Wake Forest, alternate and secretary read the question for discussion: "Resolved: That the Southern States should encourage im migrants admitted into this country to settle within their borders." The first speaker on the affirmative was Mr. O. C. Griner, of Nashville, Ga., representing Mercer. He was re plied to by Mr. Thomas R., Ashcraft, of - Monroe, for Wake Forest, in the negative. Mr. C. A. Wells,' of Cornelius. Ga., was the second speaker on the af firmative. Mr. Jesse B. Weather spoon, of Durham, representing Wake Forest replied in the negative. Each man bad twenty minutes for the first speech. Between these and the flve- mlnute rejolners there was an Inter mission of five minutes. COULECE YELLS IN EVIDENCE. During the entire discussion when the Wake Forest boys could get a chance they would- give college yells and sing college songs to support their speakers. The Mercer men In the audience also supported their speakers with college yells, but of course there were not many represen tatives from Mrcer, owing to the dis tance they had to come. Mr. G. T. Lee, . of Parrott, Ga., was alternate and time-keeper for Mercer. When the sepakers had finished their rejoinders, as was specified in the regulations, each judge wrote out his decision without consultation With the other Judges, and submitted It to the president, who gave the decision. The Judges were Chief Justice Walter Clark, Associate Justice W, A. .Hoke and Hon. Jos. G. Brown. .The marshals, all of whom, , were from Wake Forest this year, were Messrs. Jesse Gardner, of Warrenton; V. O. Weat,hers, of Raleigh; I B. Weathers, of Shelby, and O. R. Man- gum, of Durham, MATTHEWS TO A SANITARIUM. Greensboro Wife-Slayer Released on S5.000 Bond and Is Taken to Kich mond Bla ck tu rn Trial Begins To- Day Linemen on Strike. Special to The Observer. Greensboro. April 16. Dr. J. B. Mat thews was released from Guilford county Jail .to-day and his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. B. w. Matthews. of Durham, accompanied blm to Bleu mond, Vs., this afternoon for a stay of a few -days.' with Mrs., J. N. Gor man, a sister of Dr. Matthews, before taking him to Mount Hope Sanitarium, near Baltimore, Md. His father went on his bond of $5,000, under which he was placed pending his appeal when ne was convicted of second degree murder a month or more ago and sentenced by Judge G. S. Ferguson to ZO years in-lbe State penitentiary At first Dr. Matthews thought It was best for him to remain In .jail where he could, with the treatment of the county physician, be broken from his habit of taking morphine. On account of his health, however, they decided to give tne Dona and send him to some sanitarium. The trial of Congressman E. Spencer Blackburn will commence in Federal court to-morrow morning with Judge Nathan GoflT, of Clarksburg, W. Va., presiding r and V ex-Judge Lewis, of pichmond, Vac prosecuting. District Attorney a. iu. Jioiton and Assistant District Attorney J. J. Brltt will bo present to act as promoters for ex- Judge Lewis. Congressman Blackburn is represented ny ex-Judae W. P. Bv unm, Jr., Solicitor A. U Brooks, G. 8. Braasnaw ana E. J. Justice, and the case wilt be nard , fought from start Five of the six linemen emoloved by the Southern Bell Teleohone and Telegraph Company here are out on strike on account of the disagreement Between tne bosses or the union and the company's head offices in Atlanta over tne question of a raise in wages and reduction in hours. Local Man ager Boyd a 5 . states that the service her, will not e crippled by the strike and he expects to replace the men with non-union linemen in a few days. .The new Camelge Library was thrown open to visitors to-day and it started oft 4 with a liberal patronage during- the day. The formal oneninr. however, will not take place until April 30. The regular two Weeks dvfl term of Guilford Superior Court convened this morning with Jurge G. 8. Ferguson presiding. No Important cases wens disposed of to-day. , GIVEN UP BY RIVER AT LAST. , Body of Wealthy Young Pransylvanlft LaimtHrman onna in tne Watauga After Three Months of - Drsgglng and Dynamiting. ' - 1 Bristol," Tenn., April 11 The body of George C Luppert, the wealthy young Pennsylvania .lumberman, who was drowned In the Watauga river near the Luppert lumber operations at Butler, Tenn,, three months ago. was-1 0-0 ay recovered from the river by Mrs. Isaac Estep, who, It Is, said, wont to the spot where his body had bee -washed to the. shore upon th impulse of dream of the night be fore .and found; the body .almost en tirely covered with sand. . , Heavy rewards were put out for the discovery of x the body and a large amount of y money was spent by the wealthy parents lif a futile attfttnnt tn rfsrue the body, the river belns draa ged and dyjiaralted totH nllea, CONCEMKO BELL STRIKE USUAL OPPOSING CLAIMS MADE jrfp Official of .Linemen's Union Asserts That 80 Per Cent, of 1,200 to 1,400 dent Gentry, v of 1leplnno Com- parar, puts Strikers at Only 400 auiwn npresentaaves tauc or Wage Increase, While Company De ' Clares Waaa Alreadv Oior as.7& , Donanded and Says Closed Shop Is ', Real Issue. . : --v; -' 'Atlanta, Ga., April li(.I;Itrike of iav ouuioern jtjeii Telephone and. Tele graph Company linemen, ' which was announced In the Monday morning pa pers, was Inaugurated to-day, -It is understood that only the linemen are Involved In the strike. i,- JThe state menu 1 as to the number of i men who actually quit work to-day vary; Col W.: T. Gentry, vice '. preaident , of the company, declaring that only about 400 of 1,000 men employed In the territory affected are out, while Dale Smith, of Washington, prejdent of district coun cils l and 2, International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker asserted 'that 80 pec-cenr. or the 1,200 to 1,00 men In the territory are out. Mr Smith based his assertion on Incomplete tele graphic reports and says the exact numoer out wm foe knowjef tO-mor row morning. . The contest, which will be fourht out in Atlanta, covers the States of West Virginia, Virginia, Norlh Cero- una, soutn Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. The linemen state their claims to be a nine-hour day, time arid a half for over-time, double time for Sundays and holidays, and increase In wages for linemen, apprentices and in strument men. Mr. Smith said to-day that negotiations for adjusting these matter -have been . under way for more than a year. STATEMENT FOR STRIKERS. The position of the strlklna- linemen was outlined to-dav bv Mr. Smith and James Nk Noonan, vice president of me Boumeasiern aivision, as follows: 'The matter of Increased wares and other grievances was taken up at a meeting In Atlanta one year ago this monm, ana a committee was named to confer with the Bell officials. "Negotiations were opened Immedi ately with Col. Gentry, but he refused to treat or make any concessions., A referendum vote was then ordead for 'strike' or 'no strike,' which resulted In a practically unanimous vote for strike. We earnestly desired to avoid the strike and another district council again conferred with Mr. Gentry, but with no tangible results. Finally, last December, Mr. Gentry agreed to in crease in wages for linemen In certain towns. These promises were never ful filled. At the same time Mr. Gentry agreed to take up the question of $2.76 for the linemen and over-pay 'for. iper tain duties. We met him last month,' and he then stated that he had not and would not take up the matter. This brought us down to last r Satur day, when Mr. Gentry finally htd he would not agree to anything, d w Issued orders for the men hvfpe ter ritory to go out Monday morning. . BELL COMPANY'S POSmOfoS "The men who. struck," said Col. Gentry, vice president of the Company, "were receiving more money than was demanded by the union. The highest dally wage demanded by union offi cials was J2.75 per day of . hours. 'We are paying our first-class linemen $2.70 per day of 9 hours, giving them two hours off on Saturday, for which they receive full pay, making their total wages average $2.80 per day. Numbers of our linemen hqve stated that they, have no grievance against the 'com pany. The 'wages, the' hours and the treatment they received were satisfac tory. The union wished us to sign an agreement to pay the present scale ior a definite period, to employ only union men and to let the complaints or. our men come to us through a grievance commute composed of union men or officials. We declined to sign mis agreement, preferring to- deal di rectly with the men, believing that our Interests and the Interests of the men, as experience has demonstrated. wouia oe nest subserved by the method now in vogue. SALISBURY LINEMEN STRIKE. Cause of Their DIsMtlsfactloa, Not anown oy tseu Telephone Com pany 'Squire Miller Resents In suit to Womanhood. Special to, The Observer, r.ii.- . i, . .. . - EMiwuury, Apru rouowmg a general order for a strike among the Southern Bell Telephone Constructing department, four men In the Salis bury division quit work this mornlnar ana are out yet. to this hour It has been impossible to see any of the strikers, who seem, to be In the coun try for the day. The Atlanta papers are full of the strike but do not seem to. be able to find out the exact cause of the dissatisfaction which seems to have arisen out of long hours and smaller pay than the men ,' thought they are entitled to have. The.Bell people here say that no. formal de mands have been made upon , -them and. they do not know the nature of the changes and concessions asked. The general understanding Is that the - men wish 8 hours and v $2.71 or $3. This ts not an absolute certain ty but It la so understood by the rep manilttlni Kf h iinn.i,i,h. .. -.rn- 1 1, ' ...I 1 1 1 I uii v-; NEGRO KILLED IN RACIAIi FIGHT ).. ..v,-. .: ' '. ... .': v.v,,-., Military Company Ordered Oul at Mt. Airy to Preserve the Peace--- victim Shot y one -of His Own Color. 1 Special to The Observer. , . - f Mt. Aalry, April 11, As a result of a negro by the name of Walter Penn resisting arrest and ether negroes over, powering ami disarming Deputy Sher iff U. Q. Bel ton and Officer John Sam uels, a negro by th name of "George Long is dead, and the local, military company-was ordered to the "scene of what was almost a riot The nesroes succeeded In securing the pistol of the officer and. fired about, twenty shot at them and they only saved them selves by holding negro women between them end th attacking party. .. Th dead negro was shot by on of hi own race In the attempt to shoot the orncers. ine snooting- occurred out side of th city limits and before the soldiers arrived the guilty parties had escaped to the woods. Th officers know the negroes and' ft posse of cltl seats and soldier ar searching for mem o ciock lo-nignt." ' ' - 1 ' 'ii. 1 y in' r n - m, Ml Bl, "1 u-t:- M0.000 lire at Petros, Tenn, i y Knoxvllle. . Tentk.April 11 Fir- at Petros, Tena, destroyed nearly the en ure Business section to-nignt,' causing a loss , estimated .; at cke to $wKX). The fir surted in th William ren- rsl store end within one hour, eltrht fAmMiags,, aU fraxas, war oft fire, -v JOSEPIiri. ORR 18 DEAD AN INTERESTING CAR EER ENDED V v i my rt- t The Call Came Last Evening at S.&0 v 0Ctock---The- Funeral To-Morrow ;? Attrnott--The Surviving Relative ,-, was i-mear uia ana Haa Served Honorably In the Civil War, ;IiCng-n iT'Arm at the Bat -v tie - of C Clianoellorsvllle Served en . the City Police Force 40 Years. 'Assistant (Chief of Police Joseph' I. Orr died. at. his home at No. 310 South Poplar J street last evening at 6:50 o clock, death resulting from slow pa ralysis. He had been in declining health for more than a year, but had been confined to his bed only about tnree,weeke,; The-funeral services will be conducted at the residence to-mor row, afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. ur, jaartm Li. Harain, pastor of the Second Presbyterian chunh, assisted by Rev. William Duncan, pastor of the JHrst f Associate Reformed Presbyter! an church. The funeral will be attend ed by Mecklenburg camp "of Confeder ate veteran,, which will march to the arrave as an escort of honor Th ok. ttve pall-bearers will be members of the city police force. Joseph L. Orr Was bom March 13th. 1835, In Sugar Creek township, this county. His father was Mr. Mason Orr. At the time of his death he was slightly more than 7i years old. A wiaow, wno wtr miss Margaret Wil son, survive him at the age of 62 years. Other Immediate relatives sur viving are: Three brothers, Messrs. C. M S. G. and J. L. V. Orr; two sisters. Misses Jenni. and Susan Orr; six daughters, Mesdames R. J. Porter, J. H. Wents, G. A. Link, L. R. Good man, C. W. Cooke and Miss Grace Orr: and three sons, Messrs. Joe B., Walter B. and James H. Orr. Two brothers died last year, Messrs. J. G. A. and Robert Orr. The death of Joseph L. Orr marks the close of ft long, useful and Inter esting career. Growing Into sturdy young manhood In the country, he moved to the city shortly before the breaking out of the civil war, volun teering for service among the first He, with his five brothers, were members of Company I Thirty-Seventh North Carolina Regiment, which was a part of Lane's brigade, in JackRon's crops. He was a brave soldier. He was ap pointed corporal of the color guard and always he was at the front with the stars and bars. Twice he was wound ed, but not until the last time, when his arm was - splintered, did he leave his post. It was remarkable also that four of his five brothers In the same company were wounded once or more. but not one was killed. At the battle of Chancellorsville he was wounded the second time, his arm being splintered by a shot. The limb was amputated by Dr. J. B. Alexander, of Charlotte, Who was surgeon In the army. The loss of his arm Incapaci tated Mr. Orr fo further service and he was sent home with an honorable discharge. ; In the year ISM the one-armed vet eran was selected a member of the nolle tnrr nt rhalntt. h town mar shal at that time belna Cant. W. B. Taylor, .the presenfc -City tax collector. Ftom the time of his first election as a ponceman ne served continuously until his death, with the exception of one year. Notwithstanding the fact that he had only one arm Mr. Orr made a most excellent officer, arrest ing all offenders without regard to class or condition, He was always fair and fearless. Every .person he arrest ed was sure of being treated with any consideration they, deserved and equal ly scire of having full Justice done them In th court so far as the evidence of the policeman went. He was an ex pert with a revolver and Jn times of riots, which were not infrequent In re construction days, he never hesitated to use his gun when It was necessary. His term of service on the police force was probably the longest ever served by one man. A part of the time he served as a. sergeant ot the police and, four years ago. In consideration for his long term of service, he was made assistant chief, the duties of which office were practically nominal. As a mark of esteem and respect a guard of honor was established at the door of the Orr home, last night by the chief of police, and a policeman will be kept on duty at the house until the funeral. : - y It was a pretty custom of Assistant Chief Orr for more tha three decades. at mionignt or tne sist of December every year, to ring out the old year ana in tne new year. The bell he used was the old fire bell, ' which could be heard all over the clty.i and which is now at the North Graded school. He is gone, and hi comrades and friends will say: "May his reward in the eternity be in proportion to his de votion to his duty and his seal in its execution." Cottage Goes. Up m Flames. ' Shortly before 10 o'clock last night a cottage on Templeton avenue, owned by Mr. W. D. McCorkle and occupied by Mr. . Martin Moore, was discovered on nre. The alarm was turwd in lmme dlately, but before th firemen could reach the scene and before any consid erable part of the house furnishing could be gotten out, the house was a mass of flames, beyond . hope. The firemen did good work after they nacnea tne piece ana: succeeded In saving the adjoining houses. The lnea. Including house and furnishing, was aoout i,mw. witn very little Insur ance.:'- ' '"' '' ;":'?,..-' : .. Th fire department was called out aoout 1 o'clock by an alarm: from No. 38. A chimney at the home of 'Squire a,. tir Hilton was Darning, nut no dam age was none. ' ,M:;- Inspector Rogers In New Role. Inspector W. B. Rogers, of th 4Cs. Was seen by his friends in ft new role yesterday. Ed. Morrison, a colored ettlsen, between baseball and boose, became too boisterous on a ear snd was promptly taken, la chara-e bv Mr. Rogers, who landed htm In the city police station, jinv Harris, a negro youth-' Insisted In riding on a fender of a street car, In violation of a city ordinance ana tne ruw or the company- Mr. Rogers again assumed th role of: policeman and tookThls second contribution to the station, - , Mr, J. 3, Williams Goes to Spartftn- v f mirg, Mr. 3. 3. Williams left a few days JTO for Spartanburg, S. C to accent position with The Herald. A foreman- of the -composing room of The News, ahd ft "prominent union printer, Mr, Williams played a very conspicuous part In the activities of Charlotte for a i season. He , is weii-known as -?a member of that non-political municipal body, th police, fir and health com mission." Mr, William ha gone, or more properr "he ha went,, to Spar- nhurg where he will sojourn for a ' x ''W A ' - f " ' IMPORTANT BILLS PASSED FREE ALCOHOL MEASURE ONE Hoiiho Also Votes Amendment to Trade Mark Law; Prohibition of Falsely Stamped Article of Gold or silver in Commerce: postpone ment of Application of Shipping Laws to Philippines, and Per mission to. National Banks to In crease .Loan Limit Vote on De natured Alcohol Bill 224 to 7 . Speaker Announces New Quorum Kuie. ; , r wasnington. April 16. This was "suspension day" In the House and a number of important measures were passed, notable among them being the bill permitting, the withdrawal from bond, tax free, of domestic alcohol when rendered unfit for a beverage or liquid mediclal uses by mixture with suitable denaturing materials; the bill amending the national trade mark law. and the bill forbidding the im portation carriage In Inter-State com merce of falsely stamped articles of gold, etc. Bills passed Included one to extend the time when the coastwise ship ping laws shall go Into effect in the Philippines and another to increase the limit of loans by national banks, allowing national surplus to loai ten per cent, of their capital and ten; per cent, of their surplus to any petson. firm, or corporation. . BANKING LEGISLATION. Mr. Gillespie, of. Texas, a member of the committee on banking and cur rency, said the bill was In the Interest of the large borrower and against the small borrower, thereby lessening th cost of administration. It was his opinion that the bill inimical to the broad theory of the national banking act. Mr. Pujo, of Louisiana, said that 'should this legislation be enacted U woufd add to the legal lending volume about $44,000,000, as the surplus Is now some $442,000,000." FOR DENATURED ALCOHOL. Speaking on the bill to remov the tax from denatured alcohol, Mr. Clark, of 'Missouri, said the proposition was the only one of which history fur nishes an authentic record on which distillers 'and prohibitionists manufac tures and farmers, capitalists and the Federation of Labor, producers and consumers, all agree. "If the roseate predictions of Its most enthusiastic advocates are ful filled," he said, "we will witness a veritable. Aladdin's lamp working Its myriad wonders before our eyes In this prosaic age. If even half of them are realised, we will see a revolution In lighting, heating and motor power." The bill was passed, 224 to 7. BARS FALSELY STAMPED GOLD. Mr. Adamson, of Georgia, opposed the bill forbidding the "carriage of falsely stamped articles of gold or silver, contending that It placed on the general government the burden of performing police duty. Mr. Adam son said the bill brought the Postof fire Department In direct competition with the express companies, which never was contemplated by the con stitution. This bill was also passed. Mr. Davey, of Louisiana, called up the national quarantine bill, seeking to substitute the Senate bltl for the measure which recently passed the House tn order to get the measure In to conference. . iMr. Bartlett, of Georgia, began a mild filibuster against the bill by de manding that It be read, which was done. Seeing that debate was Inevitable, Mr. Payne, of New York, In order to continue the suspension day over to another day, moved that the House take a recess until 11:80 a. m to-mor row. On a vote, the absence of a quorum was disclosed. NEW RULE AS TO QUORUM. For an hour or more the wheels of legislation were at a standstill. Fi nally, after sending for members at their hotels and apartment houses, a auorum was secured. Speaker Cannon surprised the House by holding that 191 members constituted a quorum and had read a prepared statement in which he took the ground that after the House is organized a quorum consists of a majority of those" members, cnosen, sworn and living, whose membership has not been terminated by 'resign tion or by the action of the House. Tills ruling, the Speaker said, was Justified by the fact that two members have died ana two, Messrs. i-aiierson, of Tennessee and Williamson, of Ore gon, have not been sworn, and Mr. Swanson, of Virginia, has resigned. He reasoned that If members not qualified are not to be counted as part of the House then the total member ship Is reduced to 381 and the quorum Is 191. A majority -having voted In the af firmative, the .House took a recess until to-morrow at 11:80. NATIONAL BANKS AND POLITICS. Tillman Introduce Exhaustive Reso lution of inquiry Kegaraing cam paign Contribution and SnchLIke, and Encounters Failure to Gain Immediate Consideration. Washington, April W. Mr. Tillman Introduced In the Senate a resolution directing the commute on finance to Inquire Into alleged contributions-to campaign committee and why : facts concerning them had hot been dis closed by the Comptroller of the Cur rency. Mrt: Tillman asked for Imme diate consideration of the resolution, but upon objection It went over. The resolution follows: - "Resolved, That the committee on finance be directed to Inquire whether or not the 'national banks have made contributions In aid of political com mittees, and if so, to what extent, and why the facts have not been-dlscover- ed by tne Comptroller , of the Cur rency; and whether or not such sub scriptions have - been embeaslements. abstractions or wilful misapplications of the funds of the banks which call for restitution and criminal prosecu tions. Said committee Is also directed to inquire whether or not the national banks or Chicago nave recently en gaged tn transactions beyond their lawful powers In connection with the recent failure of a bank in that city and whether such failure Involved Il legalities and crimes! and also to In quire whether th national bank in Ohio have been in tn nabit of paying targe sums of money In secret and il licit manner to the county treasurer of Ohio as a. compensation to. said treasurer for making deposit -of pub lic money with such banks; and to re port the fact to th Senate and th opinion of the committee whether any legal proceeding should be Instituted on account f of th transactions dls closed; nd .whether the public, inter- eat requires any amendment of th xuung national paniuiig law,- ' . ; NEW RAILWAY-CHARTEREI) . S " GREENSBORO, TO HIGH POINT Mr. James Sprunt Makes an "inter esting Addition to the Hall of His tory Improvements to the Gov ernor's Office Laying Off Perma nent Encampment Grounds at Morchcad City Two Minor Con cerns Chartered- News Notes of the State Capitol. Observer Bureau, 122 South Dawson Street. Raleigh, Apral IS. Mr. James Sprunt, of Wilmington, one of the most public-spirited of North Carolinians makes a gift to the Hall of History of a set of photo graphs of his collection of the por trait of the lords proprietors. The photographs were taken by a very capable artist at Wilmington. To each portrait Mr. Sprunt has attached a description giving the name of the original painter. The portraits, he in forms your .correspondent, may be re lied upon as genuine, representing only the first lords proprietors appointed by the king. The Supreme Court will to-morrow take up the docket of appeals from the eleventh district It is a light one. Supreme Court Marshal Robert H. Bradley ha been removed from the hospital to his home and there Is a very marked, and gratifying improve ment In hfS condition. State Superintendent Joyner left to day for the mountain , region to make a series of educational talks in. the counties of Buncombe, Watauga and McDowell. These speeches will cover the time from the 20th to the 27th. NEW ENTERPRISES CHARTERED. Charters are granted the Granite Overall Company, of Mount Airy, to make overalls, shirts, trousers ana un derwear, capital stock 350.000, 8. V, Pace and others stockholders; the Am algamated Construction and Supply Company, of Lexington, - capital stock 325,000, to erect buildings and do var lous othert lines of work. The office of the Governor In the capital Is being refitted. Some of the sills of the floor have dry-rot ana will have to be replaced. The new mantel which la of wood, of colonial de. sign, very simple and yet striking, and bearing In the center the seal ot tne State, carved In high relief replaces the old mantel of metal slate. The tiling Is of a very delicate shade of green. The hearthstone is tne gigantic slab of North Carolina soapstone, which has been In the capital since about 1857. GOVERNOR ON GOOD ROADS. Governor Glenn speaks to-morrow and next day In Rockingham county on the subject of good roads. He was specially Invited there to talk on this subject. He says he Is extremely anx ious to Inaugurate such a movement for good highways in all the counties where they are not constructed and that he knows of nothing which will help the State more. The Governor was asked about his visit to the War Department at Wash Ington last week and said It was made In an effort to arrange for the settle- men of an account. The War Depart ment Is trying to deduct from the present appropriation to the National Guard of this State some money paia out in 1903. The Stat claims that the payments were made entirely under the direction of the War Department ana that hence the State Is not responsible. Adjutant General Robertson and Capt. Schley, who Is a son of the noted naval officer of that name, went to More head City to-day to lay off the permanent camp grounds there and also the rifle range, both of which are to be .prepared in the very best style. An Important charter is granted to the - Greensboro & High Point Inter-Urban Rail way. The company is given power to build a line or lines between 'Greens boro and High Point; High Point and Thomasvllle; Greensboro, Kernersvtlle and Winston-Salem or between High Point and Winston-Salem; Greensboro, Gllbsonvllle and Burlington, or be tween Greensboro and any other town in fifty miles thereof. Power is given to use any kind of motive power. The capital stock Is $300,000. The stock holders are W. B. Pender, E. W. Tal cott. Henry. W. Talcott and J. W, Perry, all of Norfolk; James H. Dawes and H. B. Hodge, or Philadelphia, K J. Justice, ot Greehsboro. PROF. DOWD AT ELIZABETH. Deliver Lecture on "Ancient Art". First of Series to be Delivered st the Institution A Synopsis of the Address. Professor Jerome Dowd, professor of sociology in the University of Wlsqon sin, and regularly engaged, lecturer on sociology In Elisabeth College, dellv ered the first ot the series of Ids lec tures last night In the college auditori um on the subject. "Ancient Art." to a fair slsed audience. There were, a number of prominent people present from the city. Professor Dowd ts al ways Interesting and Instructive. A brief notice or review of his lecture. as delivered last night does not do the professor justice yet it may serve to give the reader some Idea of the -breadth and Importance of the subject as treat Mr "Art has so long been considered a mere frill or ornament to civilisation that'lt Is difficult to pursuad people that It has any practical value, or has exercised any great part In the devel opment of civilisation or that It has power to Influence foe good or evil In the development of character. ; "Art Is, perhaps, second only to re ligion, as a potent factor In. determin ing the character and destiny of races and nations, and It I' also a means of interpreting the character of a people or epoch. , ; "Art Is the communicating of feel ings, and io a limited extent Ideas, from an Individual to another through the medium of beauty. AH of th feel ings may be. and ar, communicated In art, some times In th form of ora tory, sometime in poems and words, and aaraln in the form of oalnttn. sculpture,- architecture, music and the drama, . ' "The predominant feelings and Ideas of a race or people will be stamped upon all of It art. Certain kinds of art are used to express certain kinds of feel ings. For example th most powerful feeling of th savage r fear and sen sibility. What kind of art 1 best to give' play, to th savage feelings T I would any, the carving of hldiou Idols and - Image 1 the beat ' mean of ex pressing ot fear: and that of dancing, and tatoolng of the body are the forms best ' 'suited " to . express ' sensibility. Thee are the art for which aavases e very w her ar celebrated.' - v The' ? speaker a development or the point a Indicated above, was. main ; portion of tn lecture, w men was both fascinating and instructive. Th proresaor second lecture will U oa th tubject ot "Modern Art. : TOH0yOBCIlAS-BAYC.: SLATED FOR IMPORTANT K The President. It 1 Said, t"i:i -point Former Governor to Mem!, - ship on ' the Commission , to t . Pan-American Conference Coi i mlssioner ' Yerkes is - Called Greensboro v; to TesUfy ' for ; t;.a Government to the Blackburn Cat s. BY W. A. HILDEBRAND. V. -"" 'K-'i t Observer Bureau,' ' 1417 G Street N. W . Washington,1 April Ul. The report Is being circulated her -, to-night to the effect that President ' Roosevelt ha about concluded to be- , stow very high honor , upon former Governor Charles B. Aycock. As the " story goes. Representative Living- stone, of Georgia called upon Secre- .' tary Root this afternoon to urge, toe " appointment of a prominent Georgian ' to membership . on 'a commission . which Is to attend the Pan-American conference at Rio De Janerio Br-. -zll. Several days ago Senator Daniels, of Virginia, made a speech on th floor or the Senate in which be said that some Southern men should be; given recognition on .this important' commission, and since It became known that the President looked With . - favor upon the suggestion, the name , - or numerous Southerners of promi- -nence have received mention" In thl , connection. However, Mr. Living- , , stone did not progress very far In i his talk to-day with Secretary. Root,! , when he was told that President -Roosevelt had practically decided to " -appoint two Southern men and that 'v - one of these would be former Gov- . ernor Aycock. or North Carolina.,- Th other name mentioned In thi , conference wan that of Mr. Van Leer, v J;, of Tennessee, altfraugh the nam of ' Hon. Hannls Taylor is being per- r ' slstently coupled with the report' If " " anybody presented the name of Gov ernor Aycock to the President, no' body knows anything about it at thl' end ot the line, but the President la known to hold North Carolina's fori mer Chief Elective In very htgh re- '" gard. and furthermore It Is known ' that the name of Governor Aysock has been mentioned to callers at th White House several times of late, . but It Is understood that no -on 1 knew what was on the President -, mind. There will be seven commls sloners appointed to attend this con-1 l ference. which will be of great lm- . '' portance. Secretary Root will him- , self head the delegation from th ' States, and the trip to Brazil will b , v " made in one of the war vessels. ' ' v Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes left this morning for Greens- ' boro, where he was summoned to " appear as a witness for the govern ment In the Blackburn case. Mr. Yerkes will, it Is assumed, be asked " ' ' whether Mr, Blackburn appeared be..V fore his Department for men under indictment. . ,C SIMMONS FOR STRICTER TEST. Senior North Carolina Senator Intra duces Amendment to Pending Im migration Bill. V Washington, April 16. Senator Sim J. mons to-day introduced an amendment to the bill for the revision of th pending laws In relation to the admis sion of aliens. The amendment pro-1 vldes for the exclusion of adult male Who cannot read and write In th lan- ! guage of their nationality and kn. have not at the time of landing at feast $25 and In addition thereto $10 ror eacn remaie member of his fam ily and every male member thereof : not 21 years of age. EMERSON-VAN LKVYEX. Danghter of President Emermn, of me Atlantic coast Line. Weds ft ,' New Yorker simple hut Pretty Ceremony In St. John's Church, Special to The Observer. Wilmington. April 11 The marries -. 7 of Miss Eleanor Chase Emerson and Mr. Cornelius Van Leuven was sol emnised at 6:30 o'clock this evening in St. John's Episcopal church, Rev. ' , James Carmlcbael, D. D.. rector of -the parish, officiating. On account of r' a recent bereavement In the family of . ' the bride, the ceremony was simple -and unostentlous, but withal beautiful for its simplicity and the quiet pre-'' t. clslon with which, every detail wa, carried out. The decoration consist-, ed 'merely of white, the aisles and al- ".'. tar being coveted according to thl - . scheme with no floral decorations whatever, a charming arrangement of ' a myriad of wax tapers from very hand- " some candiebra gave to the marriage -seen a beauty of environment seldom , witnessed at a Wilmington wedding, . The church waa well filled with a , fashionable assemblage of relative v and admiring friends. The wedding '' marches were played with beautiful effect by Mr. E. H. Munson and the' beautiful service of the Episcopal - Church was Impressively spoken by - -Dr. carmlcbael. Miss Elliott Emmer- ' son, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and the only other . attendant . of the bride was Miss Mildred Davis, ,' bridesmaid. The groom was attended -as best man by his college classmate, Mr. Herbert Dew Rapalj. The ush- ' ' ers Included Mr. Raymond Hunt, Mr. Nell D. Emerson, brother of th-bride; -Mr. Wilson Cary Nichols and Mr. Ed win R, Carpenter, ot New-Brunswick, N. J.; Mr. Ernest H, Rapalje and Mr. Champ McD. Davis. f Wilmington. , The ceremony waa not followed by a reception on account . of th recent death of th bride uncle. The bride' , and groom left on ft special train, at v 9:30 o'clock for a wedding- trip which will Include visit to New York and to. th family home of the groom at King- ", ston, N. Y. The bride I a daughter t of Thomas M. Emerson, president of-' the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Com pany and Mr. Van Leuven Is a son of" Mr, and Mrs. James K. Van Leuven, of Kingston.,- Both are' among- th most popular young members ot Wil mington society and hav .. host of friends her and elsewhere, who. wilt be interested In the, announcement of their marriage. .. ,' . . A PRIZE LOT TO' BK GIVEN, But Two More Sale of Lots In Cra'- . ( bead Irk-The Big Gift. There ar to be but two more auc tion sales of lot In Craighead Patk. At 1:30 o'clock thl afternoon, the V t- ropoUtan Land Company will pl.ue a number of verjr aesirani sites on r which may be 'bought at re- prices.. To-morrow afternoon ft. i t same hour, th final sale w , . t Viae. i - i To-morrow artemoon tne if " be-th drawing of a I . who attend the sale t secur ticket .will r big gtft, Th resu! - ' tlnue Just the same free lot will be the c t - The hoKW of the I k. i Indeed be fortunate, l
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