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' ' ' "f t ' ' 'V : '.V ;i' 'V"v . '. , '' ''' "' I i . SUBSCRIPTION PBICE: $8.00 PER. YI . ; 1 ! L VI '3 i !i 1.' '.'i.'-v r v BEY0I1IN CUBA iUMOBEU PRESIDENT JSAID TO BE HIDING Ker Sl'frt Receives Alarming Tie , porta That Strike Agitator Leal 11m - . Organised Involution- m .' Kastern U T - 11 ot Island and One Humor ? I -J1 Even llaa It That President Falma , Mas Sought Safety In Moro Caatle ) t I ' ' N Nothing; to Corroborate . Any Of . I He itrporta and Cuban Consuls axe ;: turnout information. ir ; ,, Jacksonville,' MajTl.t A special to :,The Tlmes-Unlon from Key West to- 1 night u)i ' there were alarming re - porta at Key. Wert tnat a revolution , had broken out In the eastern nd of Cuba, under the leadership of Modes- to Leal, an agitator, of the cigar strike In Key West last November. but the rumors lacked verification. The special says the Cuban consul ' wired Havana for the truth concern trig the reports, which were also to the affect that Leal had organised a strike of 1. 0e men la Santiago and ,' that reports had . even reached Key ' West " asserting that preesident Pal ma had sought safety at Morro Cas que. There was nothing to corrobo rate any of these reports. -' ' 1 Tha Interception of ' tha crusler .; Columbia, by wireless telegraphy . caused excitement at Key Wert, but tha interception was merely to.de ,V : liver orders, for tha cruiser to pro ;. ceed to Hampton Roads. .;. Investiga tion failed to trace the source of tha , ', rumors and . the answer to the - ln ; qurly of the Cuban consul at. Key Wast, cabled to Havanna was that .; thera was no" Information . what aver,-. 5 , x, . - '' Dr. J. V. Romero, Cuban consul' at , -. Jaekeonvllle, had heard nothing r v carding, the reported revolution until ,. shewn the telegram from Key West. He at once , proceeded to discuss the - matter witn. captain Ouerlno Lander, - ' of the Cuban Rural . Guard." who Is Here on a vUlU- Captain Lander ex ' pressed the ' pinion - that there" was no revolution bur that Modesto LeaL i ' the well-known agitator of Santiago, ;V'had merely headed a party of mal contents and was making a manlfes " tatlon to show their disapproval of the administration. He eald that the Inauguration of President Palma was . arhiwl uliuf tft fair nliM trkAmv ft nrl whlleiome had ' predicted an out- break. : tha . authorities . had taken 1 every precaution and he did not be- lieve that President Palm a had taken refuge In .Morro. Castle. Captain Lander expects to leave for Havana Sunday. He says that he Is satis- . . fled that If there was any "serious V trouble be would have been notified - and recalled. . . , ... (WASHINOTOK HAS NO ALARM- ' . 4 r..v ...lNO 'ADVICES.- . , "1; 'Washington,' May 4. Neither the vuoan legation nor tne etaee or isa " : vy Departments have any advices In dicating any -trouble 'in Cuba. ' RE-ELECTION OF" P ALMA , PRO '? '-:: CLAIMED.. . ...) ' f" Washington, ; May 4. Following the counting of tne electoral vote of . cub by the Cuban congress to-day, . Benor Quesada the minister here. has received a cablegram announcing . that President Palms, and Senor Cn- ; pote lad been proclaimed- elected v President and Vice President of the republic . respectively. . ,; HIGHWAY ROBBERS. ;" Track-Walker Held P and Robbed i- Near Greensboro by Three Negroes , .v- who are capturea .Alter (me is i Shot by Ofncer. . , . , . Special to: The Observer.. " , ,.v , Greensboro, May 4. Highway rob- rry la the charge that stares Tom "' Whitfield. Charles Cecil and Will ' Stewart' in the face. - Alt 'three de- eadanta are colored and were ar retted thla morning by. Deputy Sher , ' IS 8eymoor Jeffreys at a point on the y: main line of the Southern - Railway, near Brown's Summit They . were brought to Greensboro and placed in ' jail to await a hearing to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock before Justice ( Collins. ' 7 A negro named DonhelL employed ... as track-walker for the Southern, reported to the ofncer that the three : Snen held htm np early thla morning and, at the point of a pistol, robbed hlra of Ms watch. ; Mr. Jeffreys boarded a- hand car In pursuit of the ' men and when he overtook them or dered them to surrender. Whltfle'.d . and Cecil obeyed but Stewart darted into clump of bushes in an effort to escape. Officer Jeffreys fired . at . him,' the - first bullet shattering his ' v left arm, the second gracing his side . andV the third' entering - the a fleshy gart of his left leg above the knee, tewart then halted and, when plac ed Jn Jail, was attended by county . physician Harrison. who extracted ' the bullets and dressed his - wounds ' which, though serious, will not prove J- tataW-ir -!-(--.'r - --- 1 ' RELIEVED OF. RECEIVERSUIP. . Capt. V. E. McBee, Receiver of Cairo ; :i Una Northern, Sucreodod by Cape . ' ''i Turner petition tot Allow if, '':. nee Denied. f v Special. to;The Obeerven'S ,- f-'" -W' i' V Wi:mln;ton. Jday .Capt, V. E. y , McBoo, .' receiver of the Carolina h ', ' Northern Railroad, having filed" his i ., f ' account' and" paid ' over the - balanco ' v shown by- his statement,, Judge Pur- '. : nell, by order slrnod here to-day, re lieved hlm of the receivership and ' ' substituted Capt J. M Turner, as receiver since,, being superintendent of the reorganised road, the Raleigh " . ' A Charleston, he can administer the oods and ends of the assets more economically and conveniently. Capt ; McBee's petition ; for allowance was v - refused since, when he was appointed, ' 't was understood rth at the bondhold trs' committee would compensate hlra ' 7nd has done so,' excepting for April . r salary. Mr. R. T. Gray, of Ralela-h. .woe here and had the order aimed f MRS. DUKE WILL APPEAL. - .. . .'; . . - ; " : ,'v'. . SIe Will Astc Court of Errors to Set Adldfl Verdict Granting Dhtirre to ;v Mr. Dnko MaJ. Huntoon Will Also ' Ariet.. . y ;;;; vt, l ;s : Sreclol , lo The Observer. ' ;";.-.'.'- , ' " Newark N. J May 4. Mrs. James I fB. Duke,' through her. attorney, Sam uel Kattsch, has announced that she will appeal to the Court of Errors . ...... airalnrt a decision of Vice Chancellor - Pitney,; divorcing her from her huif ; bsml. It was also stated 'that Alan ,H, Strong, counsel for MaJ. Frank T. . Huntoon, the co-respondent, would go to the higher court In an endeavor to have set aside the order requiring his counsel to pay the f 1,000 counsel 'fee for the- petitioner's lawyers, In the appeal It will be . alleged that . Vice Chancellor Pitney made many orrors in his rulings as to the admin sablllty of evidence and thst the court's decisions, showed .bias - and, ' prejudice.'; u --,. ' ' - ."X-V DAVIS AN OirrLAW.:' Governor Imnee Proclamation Offld . ally Dedarlnsr Ware of W. A. Wiggins an Outlaw Reward for ilia capture; J&xpectea to-slteacn Special. to The ObsenreK"? - ' . SaUsbury, May t.-Sherllt Julian this morning received Governor Glenna' proclamation 'declaring' Ed, Davis, i alias Ed. Rose atlas , Jdhn Klackan. an outlaw and adding 1109 to the reward for his capture.-. Chief of Police J. Prank Miller has now in hand 1509 for Davis, dead or alive, and he thinks the amount will seach 1100 by to-morrow night' Much of the money offered for the slayer of Conductor W. A. 3 Wiggins has. been raised by private subscriptions and the people are greatly wrought up over, the matter. Davis la described as a man feet and 10 or 11 .inches In height weight about US or 170. He la of dark ginger. color and has a scar ton 'one wrist between the wrist and the1 elbow, re. wears a No. 11 shoe ' and his- front teeth are White .with space between-them. He walks with. a stooped swing- . ana a lazy drag. His former home was In MU1 Creek, a C. He came here from Ca tawba, where he had xo leave on ae count of some trouble.. He left with a woman by the name of Cornelia Reed and her home la in Charlotte? She is now In latl here. ' One of the 'Whitney .foremen is out after the negro who tried to kill him., Wednesday before the mur der, this foreman, . Charles - Moore, drove the' woman from the grounds and thla angered the negro who arm ed himself and laid for tha foreman: He swore vengeance against Mr. Moore and had- It not been for the watchfulness of - that roffclal Davis would have tried to murder him Sat urday. He came on to Salisbury with the woman and killed the con ductor with the pistol that he had planned to' nse en Mr, Moore. - Not a word, has been heard from -'hlra sine he left the car on Sunday, FATAL WRECK CAUSED BY COW. Nearly the Wkole of. Texas V Pa ct no rassenger Tram u iferaiioa and - the ..Knglneer and Fireman Scalded to Death. Shreveport. La,, May 4. North bound Texas ' 4k - Pacific- - passenger train No. II has been wrecked t Sod us. 10 miles south of Shreveport as tha result of a collision with a cow and calf.' The engine and all coaches, except the chair car and sleeper were thrown from -the t track down an embankment. The engineer and fireman were killed, two pas sengers seriously Injured and several others slightly hurt Tha dead: W. P. HAOGEBTT. enslneer. . of Marshall, Tex. DALLAS CURRY; fireman. of'Maf- shall. Tex. Beriouly Injured: W. H. Thompson, assistant road- master Texaa 4c Pacific; of Marshall. Ten,;, unknown negro woman, of Pell- Haggerty and 'his fireman were caught under the engine end scalded to death in sight of the train crew, wne were unable to render aid.. "... ; Knglneer. Haggerty was f S years of age and had been In the service of the Texas 4k Paclno ever since ' the construction of the road.. ' . .TRAGEDT IN ORWGE. ' . Andrew Pool and ' John Moss Qnar- m uw isiocKaae whiskey, Vsmc Shotguns Pool KUled InsUnUy .ana stoss n u uie. Special to The Observer. Durham, May' 4. Meager details of a double tragedy that was enacted late thla afternoon Just over the Dur ham: county line In Orane-e countv were received here late to-night As a result of this tragedy one man was aeaa a few minutes after the shooting oegan and another will die. eo it la said, and is now probably dead. An drew Pool, a married man who has a wife and several children, and John Moss, both white, engaged In a dis pute. : The affair ended by the two men using shotguns on esch other. Pool was ' killed dulMnt an6TMos1 waa still living when last heard from but it was aald that he could not re cover. ' , Prom what can be learned the two men quarreled over the-ownership of some blockade whiskey and the argu ment Drought about the nsht and tragedy. ' . Further- particulars can not be secured to-night as the scene of tho tragedy is 11 miles from Dur ham In an Isolated section. LOTTERY RAID IN NEW ORLEANS Large Quantities of Tickets and Con. siderablo Bum of Money Intended for Mexican Concern Captured by Federal Agents. . . , . (. ' New Orleans, May 4. A successful raid of the local express offoee here was made to-day by Postofflce -Inspector Emmons Rolfe - and United States Marshal Lolsct Large quan tities of tickets and a considerable sura of money Intended for the Bene- nclenca rubiica, . the lottery whose headquarters are at Pueblo, Mexico, were obtained. Several days ago tbs postofflco Inspector caused the arrest of Harry Da ponta. of New Orleans, said to represent this lottery, for send ing tickets-' and lists . through ths United States. Hs was arraigned be fore the United States Commissioner and to-days raid was mads with ths object, of obtaining further evidence of the operation of his company, ; ' -: .'Deadly Duel Over 10 Cents.1 V "Roanoke, Va ' May 4. Pasauats Paris and Rocko Coronto, the former an Italian laborer, and the latter an Italian baker, v both employed at the Tidewnter Railroad camp near Oak vale, W. V. fought a deadly duel- to day over 10 cents.' Paris died .white being carried to a hospital at Rad ford, Vs., and his antagonist cannot recover. - Pistols were the . weapons Used. -t'i, f i. , .-, ,. 1 ',.j.-, Georgia Manslsyer Surrenders, " ' 1 Oalnsvllle. ' Ga . 4 May '4.-John T. Dorsey, who is. charged with, killing Curtis Twltty, this, morning volun tarily, surrendered . to Sheriff Brown and waa tolaced In lalL It la tinitur. stood that a preliminary hearing will son be asked- for by his attorney. Dorscy Is himself rather badly hurt and n plea of self-defense will prob ably oe men in ma penair. ... ' ; D. J. Carpenter Nominated' for May or oi Newton. . Special te The ' Observer. ' , : ' Newton, May 4. At a large atUnd- ed- nrn-psrtln mass meetina' last night Mr. I. J, Carpenter was named lor mayor,, end the following for commllonrs: Geo. A. Weriick. Ter ry K. Fry. It. B. Knox and A. D. fald-1 ell. .. . j . , P3ESIDE.NT, ON BATE JJJU TALKS TO 80 NEWKPAPEIt MEX. ':; First Stating That He Did Not Wisli to be Quoted Verbatim, tlie Cltlef Executive Discusses Court' .Review , Amendments and Expresses' Adhere . ence to Tnat of Senator Allison. Up- , on Whlcli Senate Republicans Have . Arrerd Mr. . Lont'i Pmimaltlnii ,) Ills Personal Preference, However vtoniii ne auanoa witn uio ep' burn JUU1 In Its Original Form., , Washington, . May ., 4. Thirty-six members of the corps ,of Washing ton correspondent, representing , the leaaing newspapers and press as so daUons In the - United 1 States, - met President Roosevelt by Invitation, t in tne cam net room of ths executive of flees this afternoon, to .discuss with him . the status of railroad rate ler UUtlon-. and., to. learn tire President's views as to certain pending amend ments to 'ths HeDburn bill. ':- While the President made It clear at tne outset tnat je desired not to be quoted directly as to views he mignt express, he said that he was perfectly -wllUng that his views - be known and be stated In the lanrnasra oc Tne memoers ox tns press who were The ' President talked i with f rankl ness In the - expression of his views, In answering questions which -were propouaea to him' from all sides and In explaining the attltnde at him. sen - ana the advocates of tha mum gested legislation, v . V ns .discussion i dealt chiefly with ths - various proposition for a court review, from the broad - amendment proposed by enstor Bailey, of .Texas. to ths restricted amendment offered by senator ong of Kansas. The Pres ident in beginning, indicated clearly and positively that he would be sat isfied .with the enactmentfof the Hep burn bill as It was resorted to the senate from the committee on Inter state commerce. -v He pointed out however, that some advocates of rail road - rate . legislation as sincere friends r the legislation as he him self waa,' believed . It would bo wise to 'so amend the measure as to pro vide specifically for a review of the decision of the Inter-State commerce commission by the courts. To this end. the nroDOsltion evolv. ed by Senator Allison, of lows,' which now practically has been arreed nn- on by the Republicans of the Sen ate, waa offered, and, after consider ation, was accepted by the friends of ths measure. Including the Presi dent The President expressed the opinion that the eCect of the Allison proposition already Is embodied in the Hepburn bllvbut it also is his opinion that if there si the slight est doubt that the Hepburn bill, by implication, does not carry the ef fect .of the Allison rrooosi'tlon. It ought to be Incorporated explicitly In Uie measure before its enactment Into iw. personally, , ne favors the nar rower, restriction . of the amendment of Senator ong. He made It clear that the Judgment of the friends of ths measure was so evenly balanced on the question -of the Load amend ment that It wae scarcely worth while to make. a. contest for It. as a rear Or two. of ths law's oneralion wauM demonstrate clearly whether1 it would be . necessary further to." amend the act, In the way proposed by Senator Long, v , . . . . .v ; . . 1 i - SUMMONS WAS SUDDEN. . . i I,- . . Mr. W. Oehorne Drown. Weil-Known ; ireoeii utisen, Krpirm Very IJnex pcotedly Was Interested In Char lotte Concern. . Special to The Observer. ' .; Mooresvllle.- Mav 4. Mr. W. " Os borne Brown .' died suddenly at his home a little- Dsst 4 o'clock this morning.- - - He retired - at the - usual hour last night and was apparently in good health. At-4 o'clock he and hla wife had rotten out of bed but on account of the early hour, they decided to He down a short while. When Mrs. Brown called -him there waa no response end, upon trying to arouse him, she found that he was dead.- Testerdsy Mr. Brown spent with his sged father.' Mr. David Brown. In the Sunnyalde neighbor hood of Rowan county. Who- Is very Unwell at the age of V . Mr. Brown was in bis sixty-sixth year.- He -leaves' a wife and five sons; Messrs. J. W. Brown. M. . D. Brown, J. B. Brown. Allen F. Brown and Marvin Brown. Two sisters and one brother survive also, Mrs. L. A, Coburn, of Salisbury: Mrs. H. N. Ed wards, of Rowan, and Mr. James M. Brown, of Mount Ullu. , He waa probably one of the -most widely - known men in this - section, having for' a number of years" in earlier '. Ufa - traveled . through the country representing a muslo house. Ho was for some years a merchant here. For the past aeveral years hs has been shipping logs and lumber and was interested In a wdbd'yard at Charlotte. Tha remains -will be burled - to-morrow morning, . the fu neral to be conducted by Rev. T. J. Rogers, of the Methodist church. Mr. Brown was an Odd Tellow-and the lodge here will assist, in the usual manner In tha funeral ceremonies.' ' WIXIV RUN FOR OOVERNOn. Mr. It. U Smith, of Camden, Win be a Candidate lor the ailef Kxeru . tire's Place la South Carolina Mr. A. C. Jones Withdraws Irons the , Bace-4.j-! , . -tn . ; , l'. Observer Bureau, i-'T,-. V. ' HOO.Maln Street, i r ;. Oolambla, H. C Mar 4. Speaker of the House of Represen tatives M. L. Smith, of Camden, an nounces that he Is a candidate tot Oovernor end. that he is In the race to the finish. For soms time there has been a suggestion that Mr. Smith would not run and that some of his friends have ben trying, to hold him back for other thlnrs or that he had not been able to. make-up hla mind to make the race. This afternoon positive and direct Information had been secured from Mr. Smith that he will make the race for Governor and that he will be in at the finish. There can be no question as -to the force and strength of Mr". Smith and the posibllltles of his campaign. Hs Is a man of wonderful mind And pro nounced ability. . 4) f . .v ., What Mr, Bmlth'a attitude on va rious publte ouestlona will be is not He haa heretofore been recognised as, friendly to tho dispensary system. .What his sttltude now is, as a result of tha sentiment In the Slate and of the Investigating, committee's work, is not known. He will make his po sition perfectly .plain - when he gets into the frsy., , .. , ' , Mr. .Smiths Is Very, welt known throughout ths State snd hi csndl dsey has been generally accepted. Mr, A. C. Jones, of Newberry, soms time sgo snnounced with poltlven-s that he would make .the raoe for Governor, lit now gnds -thst cir cumstances will' not permit him to mike the race. . There were few who ever, thought ho would make tho race. DECISION AT EABLY-JUTE IN GOLDSBORO DEPOT SIATTEIt. l.-'.',:'.. . " "1 1 " ' .'. '' Corporation Now Has Testimony Ta- ken at Goldsboro- Under Consldera tlon and Will Render ' Decision in ; Few Days Atkinson Drug Com - : pany, of Charlotte, Capital $25,000, i Chartered European Slug : Pest Appears in Alamance Extensive '' Improvementa on - Raleigh Baptist f Church Land Company ' JrlghtS Condomnstlon of Property News ftoua oi uto vapitai., . Observer Bureau,: "' . IIS South. Dawson Street V .'.'. ; 'v - '.- - Raleigh;. May . l. v The 'corporation, commission Is ex pected In a tew days to make ita or der In the matter of the location of the Union passenger station at Golds- boro, after looking .carefully Into the matter and weighing all the state ments made- by -' the conflicting . in teresU." . , .y- ,'v.. 'v. -..' The work of . the remodellnt; the, rirsi DSDiin cnurcu nr iaa uoguu. The church; was built in 185S, wii 11am Perclval being the architect The very large portion of the funds were a. contribution by the wealthy - Mr. Skinner, father of the late "Dr. Thoa. E. Skinner. " About 117,000 was ex pended on the improvements. rCHARLOTTB. CONCERN CHARTER . '.' ED. A charter la granted the Newborn Swansboro Transportation Co. to op erate launches or Other vessels be tween those points, capital stock 115.000. J. 8. Basnignt or NewDern, and Mrs. H. R. Moore, of Swansboro, being .among ..ths stockholders; the Atkinson Drug Company, of Char lotte, is. also chartered witn izs.oou cenltal stock.-J. M. ; Atkinson, w. k, Atkinson, J. M. Hunter ana otners belno- ths stockholders. Governor Glenn expects to oe aoie to occupy his remodeled office next Monday. ' .' ? . - Since thO ftm eiT Apru tne insur ance department has Issued (,8ZS li censes for ; sub-agents of Insurance companies In this Stste. The com missioner of Insurance signing large numbers of registered life Insurance ooliclea Of these a record Is kept so that he is as well Informed about their status as is the company which issued them. The Glenwood Land Company here will make the strongest fight possible eo-alnst ths condemnation of tne right of way of the Raleigh A Pamlico sound Railway tr.rougn its nuuaing lots, thla ' proceeding being now In progress. . EUROPEAN SLUG' PEST 'IN ALA- mance; 'State Bacteriologist Gerald Mc Carthy haa received from a lady at Burlington a specimen1 of the Euro pean slug, which hs was simply as tonished to see anywhere In the In terior, this pest . not having yet ap peared so far as known anywhere In the United States except at .a few of the seaports. - It is one of the most notorious pests In Eunope and has been so since the days of the Ro mans. In olden times people used to offer prayers . In the . churches sgalnst It It specially Infests' moist places and Is apt to. fall Into wells and also milk crocks, spoiling both the wateiand the milk." The executive . committee of the University of North Carolina , was In session to-day, Oovernor Glenn presid ing, the matter, berore ft being the sale of -some University lends. It Is understood that Mr. Nelson, who. was tha assistant to Mr. Wilson the pro fessor of the textile industry at the Agricultural A Mechanical College here will succeed the latter Mr. Wil son having gone to Greenville, S. C. .. .KILLED BT TRAIN. D. ' P. Meachem was run over by a train In the Seaboard Air Line freight yards late this afternoon and instantly killed. His body was hor rlbly mangled. He was' about 70 years old, and waa for. many years a farmer In this countyv Hs was a well-known Populist speaker In fusion days. He was ones a -nominee for Con gtess. The petition for an election en prohibition In Raleigh was not pre sented to the aldermen to-nlrht. 'it msy be presented next week.- It waa nrst maqa "for or against . nrohihi. tlon," then chsnged to "for or against dispensary," but now Is made as It was at first,' that is on prohl- ' -. A THOUSAND .CARS, aaaBSBBBnssa " 1 Shipments of Strawberries iVmi Wilmington Belt for U'Mk win Reach That Number Yesterday's Special to The Observer. - . ' Wilmington. May 4. Dni m la the strawberry belt yesterday and to-day 1(1 solid carloads of ths fruit, exclusive of express shipments, ; pass ed through South Rocky Mount Tor the Northern markets to-day. It Is expected thst the shipments for the week will reach quite . a thousand oars, breaking all records. - or tha shipments to-day 'Boston received -41 cars, New Tone ii. uutiaio II, Provi dence eight Pittsburg 13, while-It ether markets received consignments of from one to four carloads, - prices continue to 'range from 10 to 10 .cents. . . -tf. ". ; S'. x v .. ( SHORTAGE OF ICE CaW" Situation at Chadbourn , Becoming nenoirs ana axnpornuon commis sion Has Been Wired For Berries Stacked on- Ground. i. . Speenlt to Ths Observer. . ; v ' Lhadbourn. av on aocount of Iced ears not reaching - Chadbourn the situation here is growing serious. Plantere . are being forced to eell at reduced , prices. The corporation comlsslon has been wired to come here at once to taks steps to relieve the situation. Berries are coming In freely and are being placed on - the ground. .) i v'v' v,.f 'v.. ., . ii i ,ii , i p , Attempted Hhlhway Robbery. , . ' Special to The Observer. , ' ,, . o , Salisbury. May 4, Tuesday nlsht of thlaweek a colored man working for Capt, J. A. Fisher, who lives six mites from Sallebury. was held ' up and an attempt at robbery wae made. The fellow was coming from Balls- bury and had among several" things on hla wagon, a quantity of flour. When the Intruder came up, he ask ed the driver whose team It, was and was answered very politely. ' He then told the tesmster that he would have to extract a tribute of II Bounds of flour.. The driver would not agree and the thief made a vicious slash at htm with a . knife. : ' Capt Fisher's servant was frightened out - of his wits but picked up a persimmon club and. with a blow, shut off the sun shine from the robber. ' He .did not stop to see the extent of the damage and, driving home, related a story of bow he had been cut all to nieces. There was not a mark on him save an incision in his "overhauls. MB.i?ENE6SBESP6XSlBtE? L.' ST. ' GRANTS APPOINTMENT, VP Senate Committee Takes . Up Matter ' : of Goklsboro ' Postmasterslilp and 'Indications point to Chairman Pen- " rose ss Caue of Long Delay In ,' specter's Report Wae Favorable to :t ursnt senator ' Simmons' vtanta - Itural Carriers Included in" Vaca- ; tlon Clause Postmaster -General J Cortelyou Says There Is No Danger ,; oi tjunaiunent . ox . . turui tou , bervice. .. .. . . j. BY W. A. HILDEBRAND. V', Observer Bureau, Y-;-J i 'J4IT O Street N. Wv ' m , . , . Washington, May. 4. - The matter of Louis N. Grant's ap polntment as postmaster at Goldsboro received rather elaborate attention to day during the session of the Senate committee. jrrom an outward inai cations the responsibility for ths con tinued hold-up of the v nomination may now be laid at the door of Chairman Penrose. ' Senator ' Sim mono told the committee that he had been Instructed . by Senator Culber son to say that he had returned the papers s In the case to ths committee V. with "recommendation mat tns nomination be connrmed. as there were no charges against Mr. Grant. Senator Carter then aald an Inspector hsd been sent to Golds boro and he supposed that the De partment was waiting for this report Senator Simmons corrected the Mon Una Senator by saying that the re port of the inspector .had been made two months ago. and that it was fa vorable to Mr. Grant but without riv ing any reason for so doing, ths De partment had wltheld this report from .the committee. Chairman Penrose suggested that the ' sub-committee should then bs discharged and that he himself would call the. matter to ths attention of .1 . . ... . . . H . a. . in commute later, eenator Dim- mons told the committee thst this ap pointment had been made at the In stance of Congressman Blackburn and that outside Influences seemed to be at work against Mr: Grant He meant Butler. ' - . . - . LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR LETTER CARRIERS. When . the provision In the post- office appropriation bill waa reach ed to-day allowing city letter car riers IS days leave of absence each year, exclusive of Sunday and holi days. Senator Simmons offered an amendment including rural free de livery carriers in the provision. The amendment was referred to the Post- office Department with instructions to make ta estimate of the probable cost to the, government In event of tne passage -or the bill. LITTLE DANGER OF LOSING RU- ' RAL ROUTES. -In his examination of the Postmas ter General before the committee on postornces and post roods, on Wed nesaay, senator Simmons called the Postmaster General's attention to the rumors of a movement on the Part of tne postornce department to discon tinue certain free rural routes ever which there 'did not pass ,a certain number .et pieces of mall -within a given time, apd inquired of him as to the policy of the Department in this regard. The Postmaster General aald: There Is no ground whatever for apprehension as to the Department's attitude regarding the rural delivery service. We have had some criticism or what was supposed to be the De partment's . policy, but waa not our policy, from some portions of the South. - . He said the Department desired simply to bring some economies into operation In thst service and get the best service possible. ' He said the at titude of the Department In trying to get these economies had been abso lutely misunderstood. That the In tention of the Department was to make It more efficient I Senator Simmons mads this state ment: 'The statement has been made that every route would be dis continued unless there were 1,009 piec es or man matter passing over that route within a given time, and It is said If these rules or regulations sre adopted It would resurt In the dis continuance of nearly one-half of tha rural routes In North .Carolina To this ststement Of Senator Simmons Postmaster General Cortelyou replied: "There Is. not ths . slightest danger of anything of the kind. Therehas been very little so fsr In the way of discontinuing routes.". . In renlv to another Question of Sen ator Simmons hs said In parti "We are readjusting routes In certain parts of the country so as not to curtail tho service, but to Increase palronage on the routes and Increase ths use of mail for the benefit' of the rural service. ; - - - - :;f - l DEADLY MFXKK IN BIRMINGHAM One Desd, Another Fatally ffnrt and Two More Wounded, sn Result of Shooting Affair In a Saloon. Birmingham, Ala.,. May 4. As the result of a general shooting affair to night In a saloon, Thomas O. Hewlett Is dead. John T. Shugart Is expected to die ' any- moment, Frank Lee Is shot through the knuckle and Leon ard potta through the ankle. The fatal shooting was done by Harry Haynes, who claims that Hew lett opened - fire on him and that Shugart Immediately ' took nip Hew lett's fight ana tnat ns nsa to snoot them both, The other two men were bystanders. All tha men ars well known and Hewlett and Shugart have been prominent bere for years. '"The quarrel resulted from : alleged dis crimination by the police In closing gambling houses here not long ago. , Usual Lack . of Result In Florida , . m Lynching- Inquiry. .. , , Tamna. Fla,, May 4, The .. grand Jury twhlch was charged by . Clroult judge wan to return indictments against persons Implicated ' In , ths lynching of Lawrence Thomas, a ne gro, who - murdered Captain J. J. Mitchell." 'at St ; Petersburg. ... tost Christmas , Day, reported to-day that It was unabie te find any evidence connecting." any person with the lynching. , Judgs Wall discharged the Jury, expressing his regret a( the failure of Its Investigation. . , , y Alleged . Embessler-1' StVohbar Waives - . .,. . . Anamination. . t -' Gainesville, Fla.; May 4 4. J. N. Strohbar waived examination v to-day before Justice coieman on the charge of embessling money, from the At- isntle coast Line end wss bound over in the sum of 11,000 for his smear. ance at the spring term of the Circuit i:ouri...'.wnim tonnm in mis city Monday.) The preliminary trial was originally set for Thursday, but was postponed to to-day owing to the fact that Important witnesses would not reach here before then. , ' " OIL' MAGNATES DENY CHARGES. Rogers and Archbold Issue Statement t Decisrtns; That the - NMndard - Oil Co. Has- Done Nothing Unlawful y and , Is Being Unjustly Assailed . Kates Complained of Were lied 'With , Inter-State Commission. - -y New Tork. May 4. In reply , to President . Rosevelt's message and the report of Commissioner Garfield, Messrs. H. H. Rogers and John D. Archbold, of the Standard Olt Com pany made a long statement to the Associated , Press, v Among other things, the statement says: "We say flatly any assertion' that he Standard Oil Company has been or Is now , knowingly engaged ' In prac tices which are unlawful, is alike un truthful and 'unjust' ; ' ... : 'The , Commissioner la peculiarly unfortunate on the subject of 're bates.' t -'..,v'- '.;-.. 'S- ,t -.V ,, "He says the Standard Oil Company- has habitually received from the railroads and is now receiving 'secret' rates and other unjust and illegal discriminations. ;It is hardly fair -and manly for him to add the sentence: 'Of course, : there may be other secret rates which-the Bureau has not discovered.' . . ' : .-- . . "It is sssertsd over and over again In the report that the Standard Oil Company profited by 'secret' and "un lawful freight rates. Ye. In . the soms connection it Is admitted In the resort that all of these . rstes are covered by tariffs filed with .the Inter- State commerce commission precisely as the law provides and therefore! cannot be either, 'secret' or 'unlaw ful.' .-I'-'. The statement that the 'Standard Oil Company has largely, by. unfair and 'unlawful - methods crusneaout home competition.' is fully answered by . the fact that heme competition has always existed, Is steadlry grow- Ing. and that there are now at least 111 competitive renneries - in- tne, United States. - "As to ths claims that changes, in rstes have been made sines the com missioner's efficient work oegan. an tha Standard. OH Company has to u la thst any sucn cnanaes nm-rv been made witnout its suggestion viw effort "The arlef which the president. ex in hla message over the ina bility of the railroads to combine and protect themselves irom mt suippaiai will proDaDiy arouse m ubihc,,. . The Standard uu company nw hn tnvesttcated over ana over again at the investigation of Ita : ri vals and It always welcomes sjach invMtiritiMii when conauctea in good faith and fairly. We are en gaged In a large and honorable bus inms. Wo are conducting It honor ably and we sincerely believe In con formity to law." INDICT IN SUGAR REBATE' CASE. Sugar Trust, Two Railroads and Of- fi,-lalk iintrt OI lite in uu u itaiiMiauia Named In Sealed Indict menu Handed Down by Grand Jury In New York. New Terk. May t.-The April federal grand Jury In concluding- Its labors to day, handed down several eeaied tnaict- mants In the eugar rebating eases. - The inrtiMmmrts are aralnit the following: The New Tork Central Railway, .the American Sugar Refining Company, the Naw Tork Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, and Nathan Guilford, vies president of the company. The American Sugar Refining company, of New Tork, and C. Ooodloe, Edgar and Esrle, the latter two being wholesale su- aar dealers of Detroit Mich. . The New York Central Hudson Riv er Railroad Company and Nathan' Outl- ford, vice president, and F, I Pomeroy, general trafTlo manaier. . The American Bussr Refining Company and the American Sugar Refining Com pany, of New York, and C Ooodloe Ed' ear and Edwin Eerie. Nathan Oullford. F. I Pomeroy, C. Qoodloe Edgar and Edwin Earle, These are the first Indictments for an alleged violation of the antl-trust law round In this district -Sixteen sessions of the April grand Jury were devoted ex riuaiveiv to the consideration Of these cases, but It 'is evident from ths present ment which the Jury handed In with the Indictments, that It deems the situation hut hurriedly canvassed.- It recommends thst ths invesilgsiion wm mnunim ij nosalnlilty tnai oinr cmn mav be eeuslly culpable with the indicted roads. LIMESTONE COMMENCI3IENT. Dr. It J. Wllllngham to rreacn ihc calanrrate. BVormou .in niiru.ii lng Marriage. Special to - The . Observer. t Oaffnev. S. C. May . Dr. it. J. Wllllngham. corresponding secretary of tha forelsn mission board of the Southern Baptist Convention,- will de liver the baccalaureate sermon -a Limeflone College. -'" Mr. c. T. Clary, freight agent for the Southern Railway here, and Miss Lillian Jones Westbrook will be wed ded at the home of the bride's pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. West- brook, at Blacksburg. on Juns nn. Mr. Clary Is one of the mou success ful young business men of the city, while'. Miss .Westbrook is, numbered among the most -popular and at. tractive young ladles across ''the Broad. ; i ;' . ,'... 'j . . Colored ; .Methndlst ' Conference fit . . Memphis. ,;" Memphis, Ternl.,'. tsy 4. Dele gates, to the General Conference ef the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church In session here Were. . wel comed on behalf of the city to-day by Mayor J,; H. uaione ' and - Judge J. M. Steen. ; Rev, R. A. Carter, of Augusta, , Qa.. responded. , The dis cussion ot routine matters occupied the remainder of to-day's session. The Conference will probably be In session for aeveral, weeks. , y' Fire Raglnf in Knoxvllle Wholesale v; - ,.. Jfisirtct, ' i i 1 'i Knoxvllle. Tenn., May.. I. Fire which broke Out at 11.01 a. m. In ths five-story Littlsfield A Steers building, wholesale confectioners, rsges - un checked. Building next souta Is Mo- Mtllen, Ifasen A Co., wholesale shoes. Is now afire., .The loss at present Is I1SO.0OO. The Are Is on North Osy street and Vine avenue..- , ; . " ,,',,. ! i Ten Reported Killed In Pennsylvania Harrlsbarg,. Pa., May 4. Two pas senger trains collided head-on In cut off near Williamsburg, on the Pen sylvanla Railroad at 10.40 to-night It Is reported that jo. people were killed and many ' injured. Eight physicians - from Huntington -' have been sent to the scene of the wreck. The House yeeterdsy spent another dny In eonldeistlh of the naval appropiin- lon bill, the speM-ntt in larse nicanr being in support or the Mil and the naval programme therein, outlined, n IIOI OX OIL TBUSrS TBAIL GARFIELD'S REPORT SUBMTTTED An Array of Facts and Figures Trans . ": mltted to CongreM by the ' Presi dent Which Convict the Standard Oil Company of llagrant Vlola v ttons of the Law' and Accuses lu Officials of Deliberate Lying 1 Trust Has Received, and la Still . ltecelvlng. Rebates From Railroads The Message of the President - and the Report In DeMlL t . - . t Washington, May 4".-The ,JPresl- dent to-day . transmitted; to . both houses of the Congress the report of Corporation , Commissioner Garfield, conveying the long-expected X revela-1 r tlons regarding . the ..methods H and ( praatlces. of . the Standard OH Com- pany and accompanying the report, fat, '7 a special message from the President . la which he urges upon Congress the necessity of remedial legislation.' The ' ,' message and report foliowt ' ' THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. V; ' The Senate and House of Represents- '; tives: ( - .-r. .- :V. . I transmit herewith a report by th Commissioner of the Bureau of Cor , po ration in the Department ot Com- ' merce and Labor on the subject ot, -transportation and freight rates ) In v connection with the oil industry. The - Igyestlgatlon, jthe results of part of which are summarized In this report. was undertaken in accordance with House. resolution 4, passed, Febru- ' ary IS,' IIOI, but for the reasons gtv- en .In the report it has been more general and extensive than was call- . ed for In the resolution itself. ,s . X call your especial attention to the L . letter of transmittal accompanying and summarising ths report; for the report Is of capital Importance ' In view of the effort now being made to secure such enlargement f the y powers of the inter-State commerce' commission as will confer upon the ' , commission power In some measure adequately to meet the clearly dem- onstrated needs of the situation. The -facts set forth In this report are for the most part not' disputed. It la ealy the Inferences from them that are disputed, and even in this respect the ; -dispute la practically limited te ' the question as to whether the - transac tions are or are not technically legaU, The report shows that. the Standard OH Company haa benefited enormous- :. -ly up almost to the present moment . by secret rates, many ot these secret ratea being clearly unlawful. . This ' ' benefit amounts to at least - three-. quarters of a million a year. This i i thrse-qusrters ot a million represents -ths proftu thst the Standard . Oil Company obtains .at the expense of -the railroads: but of course the ultl- - mate result is that it obtalna a much ; larger profit at the expense of the , public. -A very striking result ot the . investigation has been that shortly - . sfter the discovery that these secret ' ' rates by the Commissioner of Corpor ations, the major portion of thera were promptly corrected by the rait- , roads, so that most of them have now , ; been done away with. The Immediate correction, partial or complete, ot the -evil of the secret .rates Is ot course ; on the one hsnd an acknowledgement . that they were wrong, and yet were -persevered In until exposed; and on. the other hsnd a proof of the effici ency ot the work thst has been done , by the Bureau of Corporations. The Department of Justice will take up,4 the question ot Instituting prosecu- . tlons in st least certain ot ths cases. '' But It is moat desirable to enarct In- , to law the bill introduced "by Senator Knox to correct the Interpretation ot . the immunity provision rendered In . Judge Humphrey's . decision. The . hands ot the government have been . greatly strengthened In securing an effective remedy by. the recent de- , clslon ot the Supreme Court In the esse Instituted by the government .. sgalnst ths tobacoo trust which de- ' clslon permits the government to examine the books and records of , any corporation engaged In inter- State commerce; and by the recent conviction ' and punishment, of the Chicago, Burlington A Qulney Rail road and certain of ita officers., .' j PROFITS BT OPEN RATES. ' But In addition to these secret rates the Standard Oil profits Immen sely by open ratea, which are so sr- , ranged as to give it an overwhelming , advantage over lie Independent com petitors. The refusal ot the railroads in certain cases to prorate produces snalogoue effect Thus In New Eng- . land the refusal ot certain railway .- systems to prorate has . resulted In keeping tbe Standard Oil in absolute monopolistic control or tbe neid. en- -. abllng It to charge from three to . four thousand dollars a year more to the consumers of oil in New Eng land that they would have had to pay had the price paid been that obtain ing In the competitive fields. This Is a character let lo sxampls of the nu merous evils which are Inevitable un- 1 der a system In which the big ship- per and the railroad are left free to crush out all individual Initiative and all power of Independent action be- , cause of the absence of adequate and thorough-going ...governmental con' ' troti Uxaotiy simwer comnnoni od tain In a Urgs part of the West and ' ' Southwest. Thla particular instance exemplifies the fact that ths granting to tha government, of the. power to substitute a proper for an improper rats is In very msay instsnces the . only, effective way In which to pre- .. vent improper . discriminations - in - rates, v ' - .1 -." It Is not possible to put Into figures , ths exact amount by which the Stand-. ard profits through the gross favor itism shown it by railroads in con nection with the opart ratea The profit of course com n"t merely i-v the saving In ths rale lualf ss cor -psred with its competitors, but. 1 - the higher prices It is s le to chnrg. and (even' with 'refrent o to tho higher price's) by the complete' ron- . trol of the market whlrh it -ur, thereby getting -the profit on it, whole consumption" Here sRUin th only way by which the dlwrimiim tlona ran be cured Is by conforn r upon the inter-State commerce i. -m Initios the powr to tak qui, k I effective sction In regarding the t . UNDER JNTK R-STATE CO.,"n ' One featnre of the report ! ' , u eepeclally srl! y of s((-nHi.r . , showing made - t the ' r h the lw l.i evix i I l" trt -common' vhi'i H In r-. a part of I" i- " '"" - tlcurl f,hovvn. fur In?;' ' . t t XCoin: 1 ci 1 ;''- ,;'
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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