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v. v." SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: : $8.00 PER YEAR. CIIARLOTTE, 'N; 0 SATURDAY MORNlNO, tAY) 12; i906, PRICE FIVE-CENTS. ; v BIO STICK KILLS A TBUST WESTERN FAPER COMBINE'S END ' Government Secure Abject Surrender ; In Suit Before Inderal Court at St. Paul to Dissolve Combination of r.'. General Puper Company With 2S ' v,' Other Concerns, and Dissolution of - : lle Nrrtif U Ui Follow Iteluetant Witnesses Agree to iwmr -wnoi J oil go Orders Supreme Court Man ' date Filed, But Completeness of i Surrender Renders .This Unneces- . sary. ' -' '. ' ' 1 St. Paul. MlnnJ May 11. The Unit ed States government 'to-day secured 'an unconditional aurwnder lo the Unitod BttfofCircult Court.' before Judge Banborn, In the "suit which the -"Attorney General began on December 27. i04. o dissolve a, combination between the General Paper Company 'and IS other defendants on me ground that an arreement had been, entered Into by the defendant In restrain of inter-state commerce. ; -' . ; Attorney Kellog. for the " govern ment, and Attorney Flanders, tor the '; defendants, appeared before Judge .' Sanborn aittlng aa a circuit Judge and . Mr. Kollog moved' that the mandate from the United State Supreme Court affirming the order that the. reluctant ' . witnesses must testify be filed. Judge ' Banborn ordered the-mandate filed. The witnesses then appeared before the United States examiner and oN - :. fered to testify.', The defendants then v withdrew their answers. Mr. Kellog announced that the government did '-.not care to examine the witnesses and ' moved for a decree In - favor of the -government.'.; Judge Banborn ordered ..'that the decree be entered for the government for the' relief prayed and ,v t. the decree, be settled on June : N." .'- :''i-f-: ' ' -,v t ' ; The three witnesses who had re- t ued to testify, namely, C I. McNair, f-" of the Northwestern Paper Company; ,,A, C Bossard. of the-Itasca Paper , Company; and F. B. Nelson. Of the Hennepin Paper Company, paid 1100 fine assessed against them for con , ' tempt of court for refusing to an swer the questions put to them at ; , torner hearlnr- 1 r- i I-,- : Z ,; '- Says' Publishers nave Killed Golden- . ',:; -J EgS'CkMse. v:'. 'Menasha, Wis.. May 11. George . A Whiting, first -vice president of the v .General Paper Company, to-day said )'' that the company will now dissolve. ' ."The newspaper publishers will find to their cost that they have killed ' " the goose that laid the golden egg," ' "declared Mr. WhIUng. "The General -; Paper Company was an organisation : formed legitimately as a natural ' " means for properly conducting the ' . business of the companies comprU- '.'.lng It,, . -j--.Mt , "Ton "will doubtless hear a good - many rumors about what we are likely to -do., I do not know at this time whether one company will be formed ' or not to combine all the mills under one management. There have been v - m great many plans suggested." . J GCILTT O IIOBBXXO HAILS. . ; ' Buncombe Connry Assistant Postmas ter Convicted by Federal Jury Sen- " tcnoe to be Passed To-Day. . ; Special to The-Observer." . ? - i 'AhevlHe. .May 11. VT. B.1 Smith. assistant postmaster at ; Homersvllle, - this county, was convicted In United ; Btatea Court this afternoon charged . with opening mall and with abstract ; Ing t lo. from a letter written by B. Ji. Kirk, of -Raleigh. September 17. 1105.4 The prisoner was ordered Into the custody of an officer and ts now " In . JalL Sentence will probably be v passed l. to-morrow. , It seema - that , Smith's talk got him Into the trouble. After being accused of taking the .110 and before any of - the govern V.ment'g officers knew of the, occur- renoe. Smith paid back the money, denying his guilt., ' Among those Interested against " Smith were Miss Bessie Keith and r.ber father. After paying back the .-money with the tacit .understanding that no action would follow. Smith rot mad and made accusations against ..Miss Keith, saying, she stole a ring. Then the Keith's got mad. with ihe ; result thst the Postofflce Department -was Informed of the affair and now the assistant postmaster will spend time In a Federal prison. - . , " GEORGIA.FIX)Rn)A , T11AVELER8. ' Grand Council of Two States Meets At Jacksonville Banquet For To- Night, :y ;. Jacksonville. Fla.,' May ' ll.-i-The Georgia nd - Florida' grand ' council -. of United Commercial Travelers met ' here In annual session to-day. The 'meeting "was opened with 'prayer 'by Bev. V. W. Shields, rector of the . i Episcopal church, and the members ,v address from Captain. C E. Garner, , chairman. of the Jacksonville board ' 'of 'trade. - The response was . by , ' Crand Council C. D. Montgomery, of Atlanta. H, D. Derrick, of Jnckson ' vllle, spoke for the local conncll nnd Josse Bates, of Macon, Oft., made the response. , Several members were In itiated te-nlght. : ; .-.;?. v-r-i - After an executive session to-morrow, the delegates will attend , the - : baseball game, and m banquet will be ;, tendered . to them to-night . r- . ; ' citAND jntV CLK.RS STUOBJlAn ' . , I,.-- fV-. ' ' mil" ni iAlleccrt' EmhoMlcy ' From Atlantic Coaxt Line Exonerated In FlprkU '4', as Well as Georgia. . .. . -.' Gainesville, Fla., May 11. After a " thorough Investigation of the . cases ' of the . Atlnntla Coast Line - against "James N.. Strobhar, Its former agent , hare, the grand Jury to-day vtndlcat" . ed Rtrobhar of all charges of em besxlement from the railroad. - Btrob ' bar. after aoqulttal In a Georgia court on a similar charge and on the rrfus "al of Governor Terrell, of that Btate, to honor the requisition of Governor .'Broward, returned - voluntarily and demanded ' Investigation of the charges against him, with the, result , that he was exonerated.' - : Ilciurns of tlorlda Blato Censusv' Tallahassee, Fla.J - May -11. The 'census returns for 1 SOS, which were riven out to-day for all counties of Florida,, excepting Dade, Escambia und Orange, show a white population - In the Btate of IM.IS5; black,' 241. 170; other rares, 1J5, making a total of (14,1111. This Is an Increase of 72. Bye over the Federal census of J 00. ' The populntlon of Jaoksonvlllo Is given as 1.1.101 ; of Key West, 10.' 4l. and of Tampa, exclusive of su burb", at 11,123. . ' . ' ' ; Ttireo Bnrgea Cut Ixkwo u Storm. West Talm Beach, Fla. May 11. Thi lug Sibyl, with threw barer in tow for the Key West ' Railroad ex t nxlon, was , ronipcllel by rotuh r-enther to cut thom loose last nltcht. The barges were tiHhore at lloynlon this morning, one poundln lo pieces end the others In danger.' No lives were lost fsr as can be learned. ' The ing 1s anchored ouulde waiting lor fair weather. REQUEST OFFEIt l'BOM BELL CO. IrHl-lI Telephone Company Addresses , IiCttrr to HpIL Company Asking or atona two oner ol (Sale,- v, Special to The Observer.- ,- . Statesvllle, May H. The directors or tne Iredell Telephone Company, on neanng tnat tne Beit Telephone Com pany had offered to- sell . their ex. change here, called, a meeting Tues day afternoon and .-a committee was appointed to confer with the Bell eo Die. . The followlno- ,lAttr . was- for. "Mr. Z.. V. Croom, Manager Bell Telo u rhono Co.. Butosviiie. n. c. ' "bear Sir: Representatives ot the boh Telephone Co. have stated to the board of aldermen and to citizens of piaiesviue tnat tney have been de ceived as to the situation' here: that. had.thev known that they, were not wanted here, they would - not have bought the local exchange and fran chise, and that as an e.vldence otthelr good faith thsy would sell the same and quit the city, provided a pur chaser could ' be fould- who - would take the exchange and franchise off their hands at the price paid for it It this Is true, kindly have the proper officials of your company make a di rect and bona fide offer and the same I will be - promptly . considered by us. v tease tec us nave your, answer' not later than the 14th. Inst., as we ex pect to place orders for material for. our exchange by that .date. "h: p. grier. .t.. .' .. ..' ,. "Committee Board Directors Iredell ' Telephone Company." ... .. , . . The r Bell people have not yet re piled to. the aaovek , ;'.-,';, v. N' MW MILL DEMOLISHED." ! Boiler Explodes at Hamlet Wrecking , Plant Lumber " Company , Suffers : ' jom by lre iltmarjes Meld. . Special to. The Observer..' v ' 'Hamlet, May ll.-The boiler at Mr. I W. Page's saw mill," four miles north of here, exploded Wednesday afternoon and demolished the entire plant. - There were eight men at work under the shed at the time, but no one was hurt. ' Pieces of the boiler weighing 1,000 pounds were thrown 200 yards. Mr. Page says he will have to sell the boiler and engine for scrap Iron. The damage amounted to about 11,000. - The boiler room -of the Apex Lum ber Company her was burned this morning at o'clock.-, The origin of the fire Is unknown.- The. room was some distance from the main plant. consequently , no other building caught.'. The loss ls .ttOO, fully cov ered by Insurance. ' ' A ' . The Democratic ' primary to elect delegates to the county convention was held nere in is anernoon. -1 m following were elected: ' M.- C. Free man. A. 8. Cowan. W. A- Cauble.-. A. Lackey, and W. M. 8mlth, Mr. L. D. Robinson was Indorsed for so licitor. .' :' V, COTTOX KILLED' IN .MtEDELLv' Cotton OU Mfn nose Down nd WU1 - Nell Seed o liana 10 farmers ior Replanting.- --.vv-ivv-v.t'H;. Special W Th Observer. - j V ' r SUtesvllle, May; ll.i-The Indica tions here now are that the unusual cool spell this 'week has resulted in much damage to crops, especially cot ton and 'Yegetsblee. 7 There was frost Tuesday and Wednesday : mornings, but yesterday morning there was a killing frost and from all over the county ' where eotton la; grown came reports that all cotton up had been killed by the frost., In addition, to the damage to cotton the frost yester day also hurt early vegetables and It Is probable also that the cool spell will affect the fruit that was not far enough advanced to withstand It. The lowest the thermometer' registered was tl. but farmers coming In from north Iredell report some ice. The farmers-in this section are all short on cotton seed and ' the SUtesvllle Cotton Oil Mill has closed down and will sell its seed , to the farmers In order that they may replant. , - v . . . : 1 . u MIL BltYAX NOT SEEKING IT. ' In .Letter From Egypt to St' Louis Friend, Former Candidate Define 1 Attitude Toward Presidential A'ora v'lnatlon. v . $ , . Chlcage. May 11. A dispatch from St Louis 'says: .;r.X-?:.VnVV.' W. C. Wetmore, of this city, a per sonal friend of . W. - J... Byran, yester day received from Mr. Bryan, who Is in Egypt, a letter In which he says: . "I am satisfied that the things I have been fighting for are growing, but who will be most avallablo . In 1001 Is a question that cannot be an swered now. I shall not do anything to secure another nomination and do not want It unless circumstances seem to demand It time alone can deters mine that" . -. " - This is the first authoritative state ment of Mr. Bryan's attitude toward the presldsncy In. 1901. The letter is personal and his comment on the national situation Is the more Inter esting to the publio from the act that It is the frank utterance of a party leader to -a confidential friend. MADE ; "COLUMBIA DIVISION.". v .' ' - k..'.' ;-- : ,' Soutlirrn Hallway Ctisnges Deslgna- tlon of Territory Illtlicrto Known as Savannah . Division, ; ' ; . Columbia, S S. 1 C .-May' 11; Tho seven lines of the Southern Railway running into Columbia known as the Bavsnnah division will hereafter be designated as the "Columbia divis ion." : .. -.' ' " The above announcement Is made In a letter 'from President 1 Samuel Spencer to Captain. W.. E. Gonrales, editor of The Btate Captain Oonxales some time ago called Mr. Spencer's' attention to the fact that the bulk of the business of the Bavsnnah division originated In Ihe capital of South Carolina and It Was no more than just. that this division should bear the name of Co lumbia."''" .".',;-- ' .?-",'. ' Strike. Tics Vp New York Undertak ing UuHlness. -New York. Msy 11-The strike of 1,500 funeral drivers, ordered last night, tied up the undertaking busi ness In New Yorkclty to-dsy so com pletely that about 130 bodlca remain unburled Hearses . and carriages were driven sway from churches, mnnrners . were kept waiting all day In homes of the dead and In several Instances non-union drivers of hears es and earrtsges were attacked In the streets and police protection had to' be railed. , ;' . ... ; , ' . Tlirco killed by Boiler Explosion. - Shreveport, 1., May 11. The boll era of the l!lg Pins Lumber ' Com pany's plant at C'olfnx,. la., explode to-duy, killing Hires men and parti ally wrecking the lniU. ' The dead: VV. A. Pfrtor, Louis Uca dcraon, James C- Jl r, ' v. BAPTISTS IN CONVENTION PRESIDENT. nE'UEWS PROGRESS . . -' i ' With About 5.000 Delegates and VIs- llors I"re(tent. fSoutlu-rn Body Con : venea ' at Chattanooga and Hears : Annual Address of -PresUlent Me' pliens. Who lexisres Past Tear the Church's Greatest Remarks That Delegates Represent 3,000,000 Bap tistsBoard of. Foreign - Mlssinns Reports Girts Largest 011 Record ; ; lresldcm , otephens , Ile-uocteo. Chattanooga. Tenn.. May . 11. The Southern Baptist convention met here to-day for its 14th annual session. About ' five - thousand . delegatea and vtsitors are present , v ' PRESIDENT STEPHEN'S ADDRESS ; President E. Vf. Stephens.' In . his annual, address, declared ' that the f ast year had been the greatest In he history of the Baptists, and that the prospects of the denomination were never so bright' lie suggested the name of Lookout Mountain as the keynote of the Convention. . He re ferred in warm terms to the principle of soul liberty for .which Baptist stand, and claimed that denomination to havo . been the nloneer of that principle In America. He said the number of Baptists in the world is 1,000,000, of whom 5,000,000 ars In America. 4.000.000 of them In the South. The number of white Bap tists represented by tne convention was - nearly 1.000,000, ; The whit Baptists of the South' own lU.OOO, 000 of church property, and ; have 110,000,000 invested In . education. There are .10,000 churches. - -" Special attention was called to the Baptist gatherings of this year, the Baptist General Convention of North America, organised In -St- Louis '" In May. 1005, and the World's Congress held ' in London, In August, last and also to the unusually large conven tions in the various States ' during the year. ' This all indicates, he said growth in numbers .and organisations and fretsraallstn.--- - The Convention comprised Baptists from .fourteen Southern States, cov ering, an ' area of a million ' square miles, with a population of over 10,. 000,000. .When the convention was organised in 1145. the population was 1,000,000 and the denomination ISO, 000. The population is four '. times what It was then and the member ship of the denomination eight times, or double the ratio of the population, CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ' MIBSI0N8. The contributions to foreign mis sions during the (1 years by ths churches represented In the conven tion have1 been over 14,(50,000, and to home missions over 11,150,000. The contributions to missions and the value of church property are ' four times what they were forty years aro and twice what they- Were-twenty years ago. As much has been con tributed to missions witnin tne psst fifteen years as for the whole forty five years preceding, and the receipts for the past year 1115,000, were more than they were from 1850 to -11(0. There are now 117 missionaries - in the employ of the foreign board, over 700 In' the employ of the home board and about 1.000 engaged In tne Bute, district and .city mission work. The. foreign mission work Is tn Jae pan, China, Mexico, Brasil. Argentine, Italy and Africa. The domestic mis sion work is alt over the South and Southwest; He recommended special attention to China and Japan, and that half a million dollars be raised for foreign missions next year. - Mis sion work in the large manufactru Ing centers, in the mountain districts and- among - the Immigrants was strongly urged, and also that vigor ous work be done among the negroes by, the .improvement . of their minis, try. and a general evangelical work among .them. " " RAPID GROWTH OF TH?I SOUTH. Attention was called to the -rapid growth of the South and to the ur gent necessity of a strong evangelical movement in that section, i To this end it was suggested that an evange lical . fund be provided for the sup. port of an array of evangelists to go out, Among-the people. It was also recommended- that a missionary en. ilstment fund be established where by missionaries may ? be recruited from . the - churches and : more churches msy be- brought Into " co operation with missionary work. ''.','' EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. . There are In the Bouth. he said. 101 Institutions under' the control of white Baptists. - Of them 51 are unl. versitles snd colleges and 51 acade mies and Institutions. 'Twenty-nine are endowed In the total sum of II, Oil. Oil. . The total value of build ings and grounds and equipment IS .o,4ti. . over - i.ovo teacners snd about 10,000 - students attend these institutions. - He recommended thst an educational commission be organised to strengthed weak colleges and establish others, urging, that Baptists Institutions teach Baptist principles and be distinctively Bap. tlstio in their influence, t The federa tlon of colleres was recommended as feasible in many States. 1 Tne southern uapust Tneoiogicai Seminary at Louisville has an endow. ment ol mo.ooo, ana attendance or 261 student, and an income of f 14, 000. - It was suggested that this en-. dowment be Increased to 11,000,000 br the - time of the celebration of the Seminary's - Semi-Centennlal " In 1I0. ' It was urged that - all . col leges claiming to be Baptist be care ful to eliminate all of the heretical tendencies of ths times and that the Bible be taught In Its purity. .' Special attention was directed to the Sunday school board located at Nashville, established In 111 2, and doing an annusl business of nearly 1160,000. Its patronage, was warm ly urged. A chair of Sunday School Pedagogy In the Seminary was re commended and that vigorous meas ures be tadopted for the establishment of more Sunday schools, snd the Im provement of existing method. Mince iiii, wnen tne - woman s Missionary Union was organised. It has contributed f 1,000,000 to mis. sionk, -equally mvlded between horns and foreign minions, and It was urg ed that chniiM for the training of women In rlnflan service be estab lished In Bui'tlMt colleges." . " ' , INCREASE IN PASTOR'S SALARIES Art Increase tn the salaries of pss- tors Of churches was urged, as also that there be more ' system benefi cence among the church members, that laymen's conferences to consid er and promote Christian Steward hip be organised. - and that every thing be done to secure an enlarged benevolence. Tho importance or chonn archi tecture snd of more eligible loca tions for churches wss suggested, snd good road mentioned s bear ing most closely, upon the rrooper Ity of churches In the rursl districts. A Vigorous work was advised n the great cities, and -It was also urged that more .attention be psid to tne development of country churches to the end that they may hsvs presch Ing oftener and mors vigilant pas toral service, - baptists wore url FOB CIIUECII IN CAPITAL METHODISTS PLAN $375,000 ONE General Conference of the Southern . Ikxly "Hears Favorable Report on ProtKMillJoii lor Representative fclruot "re in Washington Itineracy Committee on-concurs jn Memo. ' rials Asking Time Limit's Removal. ; Hut ltecoiumeruls Extension to KU ;;. Years Kissing Georgia Pastor He- instated Address . . by Delegate from ioigiisu AieURKUst Church, v Birmingham. Ala., "May. 11. The venerable Bishop jonn c uranberry. of Richmond, Va occupied a seat on the rostrum ' to-day when -the eighth - day's session ot the General Conference of the Methodist Eplsco pal Church, South, began. Dr. John S. Hutchinson, of the Baltimore Con ference, , conducted the opening de votional services.: After the anDrov- kl oj the minutes, Vilshop Granberry was introuucea ana ' spoxe onexiy. He was given a cordial reception. A motion was -unanimously adopted 'to send a telegram of greeting to the Southern Baptist Convention, which met at Chattanooga to-day. ' The tel egram reads; , v;. , "The General 'Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, sends greeting to the, Southern Bap tist convention. The- grace or our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." -. A committee of physicians submit ted to the Conference, a resolution adopted by the Medical Association of Alabama, opposing the insertion of certain medical advertisements in religious papers. The itineracy com mittee made a ndn-cohourrent report on several memorials asking the re moval of the time limit from the pas torate of a church. 'However, It ap proved a -memorial ; recommending that six years bo the', time limit and reported an amendment to that effect . A non-current report was made on a memorial from Virginia requesting bishops to appoint no preschers as presiding elders -more - than -eight year eoaseeatively unless there sre extraordinary conditions requiring such appointment The cnurch- extension committee reported favorably on the proposition to erect a v- representative church building -In Washington. D. C and reported a resolution calling on the Church at large to "raise 1100,000, If Mount Vernon church, Washing ton, . would become ' responsible for S75.000 additional for that purpose. A plan of'Campalgd for the raising of the 1100,000 was. also submitted. The committee on appeals reversed the decision ot. the North Georgia Conference : suspending Rev. W. W. Wadsworth on the charge of Immor ality, the specific chsrge being "kiss ing a woman. ' Air. wadswortn was pastor of the Hartwell, Oa church, and -was suspended (or a year-. 1 Dtnsdale T Young, fraternal dele gate from the Wealeyan Methodist Church .of Enaiand to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, delivered his fratern al address to an immense audience at the First M. E. church to-night He was warmly received ann great in terest was manifested in his account ot the , work- being - done by the Church .In... England. w. '. '.; , . .,. . ' -f k, t but Fon tao.oop. Mall Agent' Bring Action . Against Souther s sou ireoeu voters rrnnrulsrd. ."':'" '. - , -. . '. . Spcial to, The Observer. .'. .... , Statesvllle,. Mayll Mr. Wlllam C. Moore, of Statesvltle, the mall agent who suffered severe injuries in the head-on collision near Swanna noa last February, has entered suit against ths Southern Railway for ISO.- 000. damages. Mr. juoore is repre sented by McLaughlin - A Nicholson, Armfield Turner, and H. P. Qrler, all of the Statesvllle bar.' The case will be returnable at the way , term of Iredell Superior Court". .. .' ' ' The returns from the defferent townships of Iredell county show that about 000 voters in Iredell will not be able to vote this year by reason or their failure to pay-their poll tax. There are about 4,500 In the county who. will have the ngnt or surrrago. -' -' -' - Cxar and Parliamentary Leader nave . 4 v 1 Amicable Talk. St Petersburg, May 11 The Hope of. the eatabllahment of friendly re latlons between the 'Emperor and the national Parliament ? was further strengthened 'to-day by the 'audience granted by , Emperor Nicholas at Peterhof to Prot Mouromtseff, the president. of the lower house.- Prof. Mouromtseff returned to Bt Peter, bnrg from the audience apparently much Impressed by the JSmperor's earnest . Interest in the problems of tho country. - ,s ;j . ' y, ',.-. ' nil- T. Hesul-On Collision Between Southern '., Freiffhta, . , Special to The Observer. . v;. AsheviUe. Msy 11 .Two , freights on the Knoxvllle division of . the Southern hit head-on this -morning' near . Olivette, seven miles from Aahevllle. . Only one person,- a negro flremaff.was Injured. There was con siderable property damage and- the tracks were . blocked for- several hours. ' ... v. ' . ;'....,.. v to stand everywhere for clvlo right eousness, for the -sanctity . of -the home, for . temperance, for - the en forcement or, the law, and agalnat the growing tide . of Sabbath a.m. crstion." . . .-. The president closed hla address with . a glowing reference to the prospects ef the Bouth and . its op portunities for religious work. The Inflow of immigration, the ' opening of the Panama Canal. -the deep wa terways, and the splendid resources 01 tne Boutn, ne said, afforded rea son for the prophesy thst at no dis tant date the Bouth Is to bn a'areat renter of Influence, and that the work of the Convention, was to bear an Important relation 1 to the prog- tvnn Ul mil wi'lion. -.... T , Rev. Dr. Wllllnghatrt read the m. port of the board of foreign missions. REPORT ON FOREIQN MISSIONS. The report stated that the churches have contributed more than ever be. fore, the aggregate of Ihe gifts being 1116, J4, ssstnst 111,416 last, year and I47.(2 the year before. "We are-receiving from a number of young men and women applications for appointment to tne roreign field," he said. . "we greatly . need more workers.' u .; "We sre Impressed with the ad vance which has been made along all lines, Tne ponrd has become more thorounhly convinced of tho Importance of schools in connection with our mlsnion work." K. W, Htephens, of Columbia, Mo.. wss uniinlmMjsly re-elected proldcnt. If. Jt. Poliiird. ot Klcbmond, Vs.. snl Charle A. Smith, of South Carolina, were iiihi! Vic J r.'irtl. Ir. Ijnulng llurrows snd O. T. f!reory were re-elected scrrtsrlrs. Oert W. Norton was made eaitor, and . I', Harvey, treasurer. BAILEV AMENDMENT LOST ANTI-PASS FEATURE TO SOFTEN By Practically m Party Vote, Texas Benator'a ivovlalon ' Forbidding in .terferenee With Commission's Or ders by Lower Federal Courts Is Adversely Disposed - Of Phrase i-airiy - ltemuneratlve" Ktncaen From the Bill Antl-Psss Provision is Discussed and Will Evidently be Modiiied UiPOUette Votes :Wn '' Democrats and Morgan and; ilc . isnery Wltn Jlepubucsns. , . v Washington, 'i May ; 11. Senator Bailey's non-suspension amendment applying to orders of the inter-State commerce commission as covered. by the' railroad rate bill which has oo cupled so. much of .the attention of the Senate in connection with "that bill, was to-day adversely disposed of oy tne aecisive vote or si to 64. prac tlcally a party' vote. . The debate on the provision was limited to a brief political speech by Senator Bailey, in which he said the President has changed his attitude on the question of maintaining the rates fixed by the commission until the courts reach a final decision. An amendment offered by Senator Raynor, confirming 'the ' court review to constitutional questions, was also voted down, but not until after speech es had been made by Messrs. Raynor and Bailey In advocacy and Messrs. Allison. Fulton and Cullom in oppo sition. The debate Was In anticipa tion of the discussion that la expected to occur upon .the Allison court re view provision - to-morrow. Messrs. Baynor and Bailey contended that the Allison amendment authorises ths broadest possible court review and the Maryland senator' urged tnat in It ' Senator Aldtich . had achieved a slarnal victory. Senator Fulton stat ed thst he - had first : suggested the language of the Allison provision. LAFOLLETTE WITH DEMOCRATS . A 1 number of other amendments. offered in the main by Democrats and bv Senator LaFollette, were rejected The votes were generally along par ty lines during the entire day, but the Wisconsin Senator . voted with the Democrats In all. propositions, and Messrs. McEnery and Morgan, Demo crats, voted with the Republicans on moat of them. . The only amendment accepted during the day , were those offered by Senator - Allison striking . .w -. k. ... mlwv MmimAratlva" VUfc W1V . ..... in ths nrovlsion allowing the inter Btate commerce commission to fix rates; limiting tne operationa 01 or dera of the commission to two years; nd makina- the inter-8Ute commerce commission the defendant- In sulta challenging the, rates fixed Dy 11. Th. .ntuniM orovlslon heretofore adopted-was again discussed. It Is vtdent that u-wiu. oe .mouiHcuv-. . The Benate began at 11 a. m. and closed at 6:60 p. -in. .The Senate will meet at 11 again to-morrow. u..., i.aBViiietta offered an amendment providing for sending back to the inter-State commerce commission for its consideration any case in which new evtdenoe is pre sented to the . court reviewing: the rau th eourt staying It action while th commission is considering this testimony; Tho, -Amendment. was voted down, tl to 41, the Democrats generally voting with Mr- jajroueus In the affirmation and the , Republi cans In the negative. . '; A substitute tor the entire section 4 was offered by Mr. LaFollette. J In addition to giving authority to fix, a minimum rate the provision autnor ised ths fixing of a minimum rate and also gave the commission . authority over the classincauon 01 rreignis. It wss rejected after a debate on the maximum rate question, ln which Senators LaFollette, - Dolliver and Bailey oartletpated. ., Mr. LaFollette and Mr. Bailey - agreed on the wis dom of an absolute rate. BAILEY AND DOLUVER TILT. . ' There was a sharp oontroversy be tween Mr. Bailey and Mr. . Dplllver as to whether the latter had not originally favored the fixing of a minimum rate.-. The - Texas Benator contended that the Iowan had said that he agreed with the position taken by him -in his four-hour speech, and Mr. Dolllver . replied that It. he had attempted to agree with that en. tire delivery ho . would be "greatly bewildered, to which- Mr, Bailey responded that thgt was his an tagonist's "usual condition." - . section s, tne eourt section or tne bill, wss then read, and tho. amend menta of Mr. Allison striking out the provision regarding the . time when orders of the commission shall taks effect and providing that the inter. State commerce commission shall be made the defendant In suits brought to set aside the orders, of that 'body, were offered by Mr. Cullom and adopted without . discussion, ' The amendment conferring .' Jurisdiction upon the circuit courts to hear and determine suits brought Sgalnst .the commission was read, and that with an amendment " which Mr. - Raynor offered to the amendment will be considered when Ihe bill Is taken up tomorrowt; "; .; ,.....';. u , FOUR N. W. TB.UNMEX KILLED Freight Crashes Into Hear of Anoth , er wioi rwo iHHiteri on Bad Grado Near iynoiiburg and- notli Knginee are Derailed Four Others Injured. : -y --.Iv Lynchburg, ;Vi May 11A freight train crashed Into the rear of another with two pushers to-day on the Norfolk A Western road, a short distance east of the city, derailing two engines ana xining rour train man and Injuring four others. The deed aret ' ;: ' ' ;-,-t. J, A.WAuDON. fireman, Roanoke, J. F. CARROLL, fireman, - Lynch burg, y ;-' ''::.:. r HARRY '. BONDURANT. ' appren tice fireman, Clays. Vs. WM. LANOHORNU. ' ; negro brakoman, of Roanoke, : . C. A. Wygal, of Lynchburg, and A. B. Wood, of Lynchburg, engineers on the pushers, and Engineer Farley, of Rice's Va on the second section, each having dislocated shoulders, and James Hart who was learning the duties of fireman and Who wss on the second section, sustained . a broken leg. ?. - ..- . The accident occurred on the worst grade on the Norfolk A Western east of the Blue Ridge, where a "" block telegraph station, It Is said,' has not been located because of , the .. steep hill. The train follow, each other In plain view for several miles, but In this Instance the train In front could not be seen on account of the fog. . J . '. ;. j y ,' lUntiop I'.lcnk KuHve1s .Archbishop ' : "" ' CliNltcIle. J, . ,". ' Waxhlngton, My llltlsht Rev. James II. lllerik. tilnhop of i'orto lil co, has heen appointed srchblnhop of New Orleans, to fill the vacancy ere. sted by the ilesth of Archbishop Chappell. ' Archlildhop IHenK left here this afternoon for Baltimore for a conference with CaVdlnal Gitbona, REFORMED tHURCII, HISTOKYV, Blanusrrlpt About Heady for' Print ers North Carolina. Classls Hear ' llcports of Committees and Trans. nets Much,' lioaincss,': .. . -yy ,$K;y- ' Bpeclal" to The Observer. y ' 8 f.V; Mt Pleasant. May 11 After hear, ing two most excellent addresses yes terday by Rev, Messrs. Leonard and Yundt Classls settled down to routine work to-day. 1 The treasurer, .mad his report to the stated clerk..-. Bev. 'J., L.' Murphy read the report of the trustees of Catawba College. The report show? ed that more than $11,000 had been spent for Improvements during , the past year, l' :'' ' i"" Classls took ' action looking to the raising of the. church-building- fund. The committee on the minutes ot the Potomso Synod reported to the. chair man, . Rev. Dr. fcyeriy. ana ; report was - conaedered by items and ; con sumed much of , the afternoon. - W. & Clapp-and A.; B. Peeler, of tho School. ot Theology, at Philadel phia, appeared before the Classls and requested examination for. license to preach. An interesting meeting ' of the board ot managers of the Nasa reth Ornhan Home was held. Steps wilt be taken to begin erecting build ings at an early date, . The question of rearranging .the charges In Catawba county was call ed up and provoked a lengthy discussion.-. . ':"-. ' " .' V ' j ReV. Anthony Bhulenberger. of the Virginia Claaaia, was recognised ' and Invited to a seat with the Classls. - u The committee on minutes report. ed by the chairman. Rev, J. C Leon ard.. Rev. W. W. Rowe reported a new congregation organised in Cabar rus county, the name being the Bo- ger Reformed church. The nam is In. honor of . Rev. George soger, . tne pioneer minister of the Reformed Church In North Carolina, - - . Tha MnmmlrtASi si nnntnl shif nMa . a sa v vvMiuititwe vyyvn , a'" " pare a history of the Reformed Church In North Carolina reported tnat tne work war nesting completion.-Snd that tha committee hope to-put the manuscript In the hands of the print, er at an early date. - Rev. W. H. Caus ey reported a new congregation or ganised at Waughton. This church was committed to the care of Rev. Mr, Caueey. v -' Rev. c. B. Heiier mane tne report on the Lincolnton mission and the ac tion of Classls was to place th mat. ter in the hands ot the ., mission board. . Classls renorta a fund for the edu cation of young - men studying for tho ministry to the amount of f 10.0.00, only the Interest on which is used for educational purpose." The centennial services proper were held to-day, the attendance being very large. Rev. Dr. Duttera presided and tha nastor. Rev. W. W. -Itowe. read a historical sketch' of the Con gregation. - . Rev. Dr. J.---L. Mur phy took the place of V . ReV, Dr. Clapp. who wae called 1 home on account or atckness. , vjaost interesting letters were read from for mer pastors who are living In distant States, Interesting addresses were made by Rev. Messrs. Heller, McNary and Barrlnger and Mr. Robert Crooks, former pastors. These addresses were listened to with marked interest ; The) epoctar committee -on the re. construction of charges In Rowan and Cabarrus counties made ' its report Shlloh will be constituted a pastoral charge. Bethany and Mt. rope; Grace, Rockwell and Bt Xuke; Beth, el, 8t James, Boger, New Gilead and Keller are ail constituted pastoral chargea. ' . Clarence Woo da, C. C. Wagner and Jacob Palmer were received aa stu dents for the ministry. ' . Dr. Barrlnger. chairman' of tne committee on examinations and licen sure, reported that A. 8. Peeler and W. 8. Clapp were examined, and that the examinations were - satisfactory. The young men presented themselves snd were licensed. It was a solemn act. Another young man will be ex. amlned to-morrow. .' " - Burlington was selected as the place for holding the next meeting. Rev. Dr. Murphy received a telegram an nounclng that his father waa . dying at hla home In Thomasvtlle and left at once for that place. . - . . : 1 4' RAPID-FIRE PENSION BILLS. Awtloneer-Like Legislation in House JUhsm Islander. Occupying', speak er's Chair Mr. Hepburn Attacks Navy Court-Mart lai by stem. .Washington, May 11. Three hun dred and, twenty pension bills were passed br, the House to-day .In' one hour and a half. .This record has never been equaled In th disposition of pension legislation, Mr. Cspron, of Hhode Island. In the chair, devel oping autloneer-llke qualities of the first rank. During ths consideration of the-bllU Mr. Williams, of Missis sippi, raised the point of "no quorum" and until tne chair could ha sard a guess that a quorum waa present, the wheels of legislation stood still. -, Af ter 15 minutes spent in counting, Mr. Capron found enough members pres ent and - the voice or tne ; reading clerk and the voice of the acting Speaker once more sounded in unison until all tne pension bills were pass ed. ., v . . :- ..- r'i ' " The House devoted much time to considering a point ot order -made against an appropriation for a new steel floating dock provided In tho na val appropriation bill. - The4 chair held the point, of order well taken. Mr. Hepburn, of mwa, made a vig orous attack upon the court-martial system in the navy and especially crit icised the officers responsible for the accidents that have happened to ships of the navy. ",'?':".'., r : v SOUTHER PUBLISHERS MEET. Announcement is Made of Annual ''. Conrentlon at Montgomery. Ala, 'May la-lf. ' ,v... . . Montgomery Ala.,' May 11. To the members of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association: The fourth annual convention of this orgsntsatton will be held In Mont gomery, Ala., Msy lt-lf next, and all members are urged to bo In attend ance. The association's business ses sions will be held at the New Ex change Hotel. An elaborate pro. gramme for the entertainment of the delegates' has been arranged , by the Montgomery Commercial Club,' Among the . pleasures win be an old-fash ioned Southern barbecue at Jackson's Lake Tuesday afternoon. ' F r OLABH- Secretary. . , oesSMMKWBMeBeslSMaMaasssM , For Customs Collector at Petersburg, Washington.' May 11. The Prel- dent to-day sent to the Senate the nomination or Wm. Mahone, , to be collector of customs for the district of Petersburg, a, , ' ,.. Mr. JefTerson , Dnvlaiurh I'.cttcr. New York. Mar 11. Mr. Jeffer son Davis, who hm been 111 wltti the grip for sverl dy In her tHrt lociit In the Hotel Oerard. w4 r- portal much imi roved tj-i y. BEGINNING OF -THE M RATE BILL STRUGGLE NOW ON Strictures by Senators Ballcy and Hay nor on - I'resklent's Surrender Availed Naught in. Securing Adop tion of the ftallry Amendment to , tlio Rate Bill Tnr Heel Senators .; Voted With Radleal" Element . The Minority's One Thing Gained Mr. Blackburn Addressee Pointed . letter to Cliairman ltollln Jtela tive to Calling State Committee To -.- gether.v i- .j-,:.,yv.),? v BY W, A. HILDEBRAND. v ' , " '' Obaen-er ' Bureau, ';.-" 1411 Q Street N. W Washington. May 11. To-day witnessed the beginning of the end of the great struggle over ; the railway rate bill.' The show-down came. with the introduction of the Bailey . amendment designed to - se cure the restricted court review fee- ; ture for which the President original ly stood. " Senator Bailey quoted from messages and speeches of the Presl- , dent to show how completely he had reversed himself. Senator Raynor, of. Maryland, waa even -more emphatic In denouncing what he regards ss the ; President's surrender., Hs said tho President after coming within reach ing dlstancs of the prise, after telling the country that partisan politics had been eliminated from the great Issue, had accepted a cowardly subterfuge at the behest of his party leaders. He congratulated the railroads and their retinue of attorneys.' However, all 1 this did not avail anything. Mr. Aid. t rich had poured Standard Oil on ' the troubled waters and whatever ho . said went' - - - -v , - ' - , . THREE REPUBUCANS VOTB ., WITH BAILEY. . ".".-'-.' - Only three Republicans voted with V Senator Bailey, Messrs. Hale, LaFol-. lette and Burke, while eight Demo crats voted with the Republicans. Senator -Ballsy declared . to-day that the so-called Allison amsndmeat net only opened the door to courts, but took off the hinge. - Perhaps, how- ' ever this view I extreme. It Is of course true that the railroads got the court review feature aa broad as they- cared to make it but.. until the Su preme Court has Anally passed on tho . rate established by the inter-State ' commerce commission the ratea wilt . remain In effect except In those rare . Inatancea where an Injunction Is ob tained under the troubleom provts- ' Ion which are exacted by the com- . blned Overman, Culberson and Bacon ' amendment. Thl Is the one thing ' gained by the minority and. in the. -opinion of many,. It ts the one thing that will give a eemblance of meaning and effectiveness to ths bill. Tho , Democrats, of course, expect this eon- stderation to be of value to them th ' -the approaching congressional cam- y palgn. Both the North Carolina Ben- -atora supported the Bailey amendment- They voted. In short wUh . what to termed the radical' ele ment - '' BLACKBURN . . WRITES ROLLINS. RepresenUtlve Jfrr h"t ' communication to Chairman Rollins: , Mr. Thomas & Rollins, Ashevllle, N. C. ' ., ' - '-- -' .. Dear Sir Referring to yiur favor , of recent date, I beg to ask when yon think you will call the State commit tee together T I note you discuss the . question of the time oi the State con vention, but my Idea in writing yon In my former communication waa to t Inquire when yon would call the com mittee together that they might dl cuss the question of the meeting of the State convention. I hope you will do me the kindness to write - mo-. Immediately advising - me when '. you will call the 8tat committee, (of , which I have the honor to be a mem- ber) together that It the committee) may discuss the question of calling, the State convention. It strikes me that the members of the committee from every section of the State would, be able to give ua such suggestions.; and information ae to the conditions v. existing In their respective communi. ; ties as wilt greatly aid ua In aceom pushing Teeults in the coming cam. . Klgn, and the sooner these views csn had and a line of action settled upon the more satisfactory, it seema ' to me. will be the results. , . Awaiting your Immediate reply I hava the hortor to be. .- v, -,.-'. 1 '.Very truly . 1 - ''' ; , - ',' SPENCER BLACKBURN. . OIL COMPAXYS 11 rLAXTS SOLD. - Property o' Defunct Independent Cot- -ton tal irnnpanr uw w w"m , lanlio Oil Mill tympany. Newly Or- ganlsed $a0,00O Concern, for . aoo,04j; ...-. a n . Mi llThe property of the defunct independent Cotton Oil Company, consisting of oil ... .ni .l.Hti mnt a-tnneriss located at Darlington, Manning, Marlon, Hamer, Cheraw, Kingstreo, timmmiinii, , Mulllno, - Syracuse. .XainerBwlft Creek, Auburn, Davis Station- andl a. in annih , Carolina, snd at Wadesboro, In North Carolina, with all the land, building, engines, .ma chinery, ginnenea, ma irr t othr appurtenances t tools, office fur-,, nlturev sates, seed houses and scales. .... . rvrllnrtnll . II TltlmY OrdSC of the United States Court to-dsy snd purchssed by tne outn vit Mill Compsny for I100.000. the upset price. The fsllure ot the Independent Company was toiiowea or tlonal suicide of President H. gan, whose apecuiations raueoa m. trouble. The liabllltlee of the com pany when adjudged bankrupt were nearly a million dollar. The new ..in muMiiim tha oil biixl- ness Snd will have capital of M50,- 000. ' , w;' :vf,",-" - .'' ,- '''MM, Ilt'.VTOON APPE.IA Co-Respondent In Dake Divorce Cs .1IMt f-ieepnn w ,im v iMinn.' r Pltney's Decision, y Special to The Observer. Tranlnn. N. J.. May 1 11. Major Frank Huntoon, of New York, to-day filed In Chancery Court an arreai .r Vl. fhanrellor Pltnev's deci sion advising a decree of divorce t James B. Duke, tho to.,i.co t., from his wife, Mrs. Lillian N. I -. Huntoon objects the cem-fs i visemetit which s1Jj ' " I Of Improper conduct wild ?!r. 1 It further obtits to thnt 1 M " the dxilon which nink's r-'--i I tor one-hslf of tee court r - ! crows petition "t J-irs. Iu1;.-. i Iiuko ef lmir'!-r con t i hniisekeerer (it i-- mTM Another l hi he rnni ! Isi iJ' t Jmlgmcnt t! for counwi'l t t Huntoon v ent In l'ln at liH r- r.rtv t i H"n 1
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