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. . - ' . . . -.- ...', ,1 ' , . I I Ay 'J ' y ;';"'.v:-:'' DE0TI01T 0NE-Parrc3 1 to Parrcs. J . CHARLOTTE, K. C, SUNDAY JIORNING, MAY 13, 1 1906. 'WM-l ' i SECTION OirE PC3 1 to 1223 Pi ;a, r: i V J JL Tf .1 1 SJ - J ... 1 .'. J UAILEY FLAYS PBESIDEIST RATE BILL FLUKE ' ARRAIGNED Replying to Eulogy of Chief Exocu , tiv by Mr. Carter, Texas benaior Energetically - Score yielding to t Aldrlch Element na 'IUlU Tlut , tlxi bame Was Done In Tariff 11- ' vlalon Matter ltooevclc Not a : Uerota Figure? but of Very Com. ..-; moa - Clay-Flashily Courageous, --but ', Trwteadyt;iiaive . to Rank Amonf Croat President Lost Washington, .May II. -ths Senate proceedings toVday were oevotea ex ' cluslvely to the consideration of tha railroad rate bill, and they inciuaea many Interesting and some sensation at features. Of tha latter class, waa a statement by Senator vTillman cov erina the details of Me and Senator Ij-ll-u-- -.tl-tlnn thmnrh .8tll 1 , ' ator Chandler with the rresiaent girding the rate bill, and Senator ;' Lodge's reply for the President to the v, ; statement Scarcely lese exciting waa - .an attack made upon the Prealdent " . by Senator Dalley and a defense by r . Senator Carter. - t . . ' : In hla atateroent, Mr, Tillman aatd that the Prealdent had referred ailrht- Indy to Senators Knox, For Iter and I ; Spooner, and In bla answer Mr, Lodge , . eaia ion ute tesiaeni nas onaracier . ised the statement as a falsehood Senator Bailey's criticism of the ,:, , Prtaldent was made In response to '. -speech by Mr. Carter laodlnc the Chief -jEJtecutive in Utah terms ana contraetln ble course with' that of the Texas Senator and other .Demo- crata. who bad. he said, dolie com- paratlvely little to meet the demands of 'the people - for . railroad legiaia ' ' tlon. . Mr. Bailey accused th -Presl- dent f variability and said that . In stead of belna; a man of lroA.be. Is a . man 01 ciar, . "ana very common V . " eJay."' v' ' J; ' ' i REPUBLICANS ALMOST SOLID. ' The' actual accomplishments of the . day consisted In the completion of the " - consideration of the Allison amend , , jnents, corerlna- the questions of a '- - review by the courts of the orders of v th inter-State commerce commission. - There were several of these provisions .and nil were accepted as presented and aonreated.by the Iowa Senator, ', showlnr an almost perfect aireement "J- imoBf iRepublican Senator. Indeed, one of the noteworthy featurea of the . t '. ma aunost sonaiy ror tne juuson : : amendments, but ' were Just as near .: .ly-united acalnrt opposing proposi- tlons. Senator LaFollette continued to act with the Democrats. - ' continued until almost C and when an adjournment-was reached there ',u still a prospect of much debate for next week.. . - '. - , . ; DiPKiur iHuiu lyiecn ih.ouv ui -; the bitterest attacks that has been ; ; ' made opon President Roosevelt dur ing the debate on the railroad rate .. . . bUL 1 Senator Bailey charged that the ttvAMtiMwA . Wekt 1 iiMMilaw1 Vila ut sttloa advocating , "an effective mees ' tire" and had abandoned bis demands ; for tariff revision. t.. WAS W REPLY TO CARTER. - r : ,' The epeecb was ln reply to Senator " . .. .' ; Carter, who had defended the Presl- . dent against criticisms, saying- that -. no one could charge him with cow , ardlcev ' Jn the course of his remarks, r , Senator Carter referred to the Dem .. ivcniuv pinr a party ox oegauon nu nnuiioi own, m oecikrva uwi ; the - party had been frightened Into . , a chll at the- prospect of action. He ,,. charged 1 that neither Senators - Ball ;-ey nor Raynor, in all their congree . alonal career, had done anything to When' Senator' Bailey gained' the floor be charged that tha Montana ,' Senator's ebbullltlon was due to the - fact that he had not been mentioned . by 8enatdr, .Raynor in hla speech ys terday as one of the President's spe cial ambassadors. Be defended his own record on the ground that during his congressional service his party 'had been In power, only the . first four years. If during the time the Dem ocrats were In the minority, he had Introduced a bill to regulate the rail roads, the Senator said, he ' would have been performing an act Of bun . combe. He repeated charges of in consistency on the part of the Presi dent In- bla legislative programme. . raying that the "absolute rate first contended for had been deserted for the "maximum- rate"- andthat the Prealdent had changed hla position on - the subject of suspension of ., rates pending a reversal by the courts. BOLD OJLT AFTER ELECTION. . Taking up a statement . made - by - r 'j Senator Carter . that the Prealdent V" ia1' during Ma , campaign for ' the courage In defying the railroad power ' . of the country Senator. Bailey aald of tne sresiaeni aiutqae lo.uiat eiec tloni ,. , . 4 "Has the. Senator from ' Montana '..tlon as he 'did the record of the ' , tlont -As he did the record of the Senator from Maryland and myself T t - W . a.. 1 1 1 . 1. 1 L. tell the- Senator from Montana that 7 . . . . . . a A . . . . . . in nil mwsMKea ox iivi - ina ' nil i, the President was as silent as the ' grave upon the Question of regulat- ina ' mi . raiiroeaa: - uiai stsnainc . in . v .- the presence ef the Amerloan people, .pending the great contest of 1104, he V WK1 IIVTVK W W Ul A U . HM . ' - in his speech of acceptance, , - 1 -. v;-"Only after his election, in- 1104, -aa ne cnauenge tne rauroaa pow ior irom nuniuni Know insz wnen ha declared that the Prealdent had lininiiiu in marTciona .cnurage :iu j defying It prior to his election?" . x Senator Carter- replied that - in a ; puouo aoaressoenverea in tne city o'f of Minneapolis before' his nomination 1 V. tha Prantdent . had in clear.' dlatlnct w . mtiA unaniilvnial tarma innanniAd' till , 4 poalUon vpon the subject end like v. (wlse upon necessary . and , truat ; proposition and legislation. ? In reply Senator Bailey said he did ' not know the President had discuss ed the railroad question In his speech at Minneapolis, but he' had examined , the President's public messages prior . ' to the election and had found noth - ng of that character in them. - -,WA8 SILENT DESPITE PROMISE. 'Senator Bailey said that the Pres ident's secretary had written to, the , editor of a publication . known as "Freight" In the summer "of 1104, declaring that In his letter of ac ceptance the Prealdent. would "speak , out" on the railroad quetttlon. He said the President's promise! had not 'been redeemed. Continuing, he said 3 "I do not say that the president put It In his latter, and then, when his ' sntute political advlaers told htm that the railroads would not contribute, that he cut It out. I will not say that, although there are many men ' uncharitable enough to say It, I ' only put before tha Fonato and tho founrty tho fact that his socretary tlie l'ri-hld'int would upcRk. on It, ii.t hi fll'l not iipi-ak on It. - j . JTerbaps thoe ln-juranc . coropa HOB" TAYLOR TO SENATE DOWXS CAR3IACK IN TENNESSEE Ex-Oorernor 1 of "riddle and . tlie How" Fame Defeats Noted Incum- lMnt in lemorratlo Prlmarlee by , Malortty of 15.000 to SO.OOO and . W ill ba Uectod , , by - Legislature ' Meeting ' Next January -Result Marks Close of Bitterest and Most Protracted Campaigns rUnee An. drew - Johnson's . Time 1 Outline of ov. Taylor's Career. I- . 't Nashville, , Tenn., May - II. Tlie Nashville American will say- to-mor row that former Governor Robert Taylor has ..been nominated - In the Democratic primaries tor United States Senator over Edward 'W. Car mack present' Incumbent, by a ma jority of from 11,000 to 20,000 votes. The Legislature which meets In Jan uary next will elect Taylor to the Senate, his ' term ' beginning - the: fol lowing March. Carmack retires af ter having -served one term in, the Senate, before which he was a mem ber - of the House from the -' tenth Tennessee district. His horn ". Is In Memnhls. -.. -...'.... ;. i ,.-. - To-day's1 balloting marked the close of a long-drawn-out campaign, wnicn haa aroused more bitterness and gent eral interest- In the 8tate ' than any other nolltlcal struggle since, that tnJ which Andrew Johnson wan elected to the Senate shortly attar the close of tbe civil war. . -f' ' ; Robert Love Taylor was born at Happy Valley, Carter county, Tenn.. July . 11. 1IS0. He was elected to Cons-reea.' where he served from 1171 to 188 L. He was elected ' Governor la' 1 884, after a picturesque campaign in. which bla brother." Alfred A. Tar lor, was bis opponent. Re-elected to the . governorship, - he served ; until lift. -In ejlf7 he was-once more called to tha Governor's chair, retir ing in 1110. f ' ' --Tavlor carried Davidson county (Nashville) by 1,000; Warren, by 100; Marshall, by 14 Grundy, by 100; Sumner, doubtful. ; Carmack carried Montgomery coon ty by ioo,.;.' -v -.v . .... n - . . ' . Xfamnhla. Tenn.. Mar U.Unoffl clal returns Indicate a majority for Bnatnr Carmack In.. thU (SneiDy) county, bla home, of about 4,000, his majority In the city reaching almost that. number. . "T " RESULT OF ROWAN' PRIMARIES. Whitehead KlutU ls Namrt lM the , state Senate ana nxuior uu man Walter : Murphy for the House- County Convention aioncuiy. Special to Tha Observer. : . Salisbury. Mav llIn the Rowan county Democrat lo primaries to-day the results were as follows: For the State Senate. Whitehead KJutts: xor the SUte .House of Representatives. Walter Murnhy and John . M. Julian: for clerk of Superior Court.. J. Frank MeC-iibhlns: -. for . sheriff. result not vat known with certainty. . but J. H. Kridar nrobaDiv cnosen aver - j.. n. MeKensle: for register of deeds. E. BU 'MUlsr of Franklin townsnip; ior county surveyor, C M.:. Miller; for Salisbury township tax oUeetor, A. M. Rica. -. i . v -i A" notable feature of - in primary waa.'the sweeping vote given young Mr: KlUtts. It goes without saying that .Democratic nominationa ; mean leetlon In Rowan. - . . . The county convention win De neia Monday to ascertain and declare the results of. the primaries and- to take action t In 1 cases where no candidate haa a majority.- It ; seems -. certain that, following the county's ' custom. no . Instructions will be given . for Congressman, but Hackett . is ex pected to get the bulk of the vote in the - congressional - -convention- - 01 vldlnr .wlth Armfleld., r Baptist Convention Devotes Day 'to . : v.-. V Honune fMUunee. ., Chattanooga, Tenn., May It. The Southern Baptist convention, to-day devoted several hours to the affairs of the Sunday school board. Tka remainder of tbe session was given up to the welfare of the seminaries under the Jurisdiction of tha Conven tlon. " . x'..rt ',-(. . i . ii i i hi, i nlea which .: were contributing tha trust funds of widows and .orphans to secure hla election owned ao many of those railroad- bonds that they de terred. not the President. .. but tha President's advisers. - from Incorpo rating in hla letter a message of hoe tlllty . against the railroads . Immedi ately preceding tha election,. . ; HAS NO 8TATINO POWER; '- V V "Mr. President, I love ". - a l brave man; I love a fighter, and the Presi dent of the United States la both on occasion, but he . can give up with as much alacrity as any man who ever -went to battle either civic or political. He rights furiously when It la a physical contest, I, grant you, because that Is a question of courage as well as endurance, but ha seems to have no endurance In these politi cal contests here. Why, he was go Ing to revise tha, tariff and hla friends called him off, end then that great voice that was filling the nation with a demand for tariff revision suddenly sank Into "the gentleness and weak ness of .a whisper vv ....;n..-.t.,, "Then he was going to have the railroads regulated and it was an nounced thai Congress would be eon vened In. extraordinary ' session .. to deal with It, but the great leaders assembled- with tka President, prayed with him a little while, and no, call was Issued for an extraordinary ses sion of Congress. He waited until tha regular session, and .five , months of that has elapsed and still no leg islation.' And when we do get a bill, God save the country, from such a bill as It will ba. .... v- w - ;:,. . not a; heroic; fioure; f ' "If the President ' had been - this herolo flgare wbch. the Senator from Montana would have: us, believe he was,; yon know what he would bave done., He would have - somraoned these Republican leaders to ' a ' con ference, from the House and f the Senate, and he would have said to them: 'Gentlemen, , I am not talking to you now as the President of the United States, I am talking to you as Theodore Roosevelt, the Republican. I am talking to you ae a Republican. I want to tell you that I have learned that unless you pas a good bill, the President of the , United ' States in tends to veto It.' - And they would have, passed a bill fulfilling In some degree the laudable expectations of thla lff,pn. If Congress had failed to do It find he had vetoed the bill they pa 1 and then convened them In sn extraordinary 'session to pass a good on, he would have written his nnma by ..the side of the names of Jcfiirnon, Jackaon.'and Lincoln, snd others among his illustrious preiloecmors. - , "Hut, Mr.-rresloVnt, let Us have no more talk In the ponate and tayk in the country about this iron man. He Is clay, and very common day at that.", .', . . ,; .,- . i PBESIDEIST A MAN OF CLAY COMMON CLAY; SAYS BAILEY. Week's Debate on Rate Bill Has Sen , satlonal (Jllmax When rinnators Ac , cuse- Prealdent of Bad Faith Sen- ator Tillman Ssys President ' Ex pressed Lark ot Conndenre in Aid ' rich Clique and Later Enters Bis ' elalmcra Overman ' Amendment - Disfigured Almost Beyond Recogni tion Hate Bill Essentially Deino- . cratlo feldcllghts on the (Question. v BY W. A. HILDEBRAND. -.':';.'... 1 ,,v'! ." ,i i. f' a':i " Observer Bureau.'.'' V- , . 1417 O Street N. W, . t'v s- Wsshlngton, May 12. The week's debate on the rate bin came to, a. some what, sensational cli max, thla afternoon "when r Senators who have' contended for a 4 'narrow court review, 'feature ; openly v and pointedly accused the President of bad faith. Senator Bailey observed thst he had. come to the conclusion thatt the .President was ,uot only a man of clar - but' of "very common clay, at that" . Thla appralament of tha . occupant tr the White House was uncomplimentary - enough but wbat filled the Senators with, amaze ment was tha revelation of Senator Tillman, who declared that he, as the man having in charge . the rate HU had kept In constant touch with the White House through the medium of former Senator Chandler, who really wants some effective ; legislation He said that he ... and tha Pres ident . and other . real : friends of - - rate -. legislation. - . aa . ha supposed, 'had reached an aocord en the question and that the-President had expressed his lack of confidence la the Aldrlch clique, but , that now tbe President had quit the field. ' : PRESIDENT ENTERS DISCLAIM v.'-."' '.' .' v .- i V ERS.. ;" . -' " it Just one half of what la aald' of the ' President's surrender la "true, this ' correspondent spoke much bet ter than he knew In previous des patches about Mr. Roosevelt's' change 6f front When word was taken to the 'White' House of Senator .Till-J man's revelations the President rush ed to the telephone and, through Sen ator Lodge, entered some disclaim ers but Messrs Chandler and Till man stand by their story of the nego tiations and -Mr. Chandler aald. that he had prepared a statement which he would later give to the press, should his friends deem such a course necessary. It is said to-night that prominent Republicans are endeavor ing to Induce Mr.. Chandler to go to the White House so he and the Pres ident can get together on some sort of a story that will leave the Presi dent In -a more creditable light than he stands to-night - MR. MOODY WILL 8UB8TANTIATB . .TILLMAN'S- STATEMENT.' . The ' President ' through - a lavish use of West Point cadetnhlps and some Federal Jobs, was able to stand pat on tbe .'White House version In the Barnes case, but this Is a differ ent' proposition. In the ; first .place Attorney General Moody Is -reported to have said that he would aubntan tlate - the sensational Tillman state ment And then Tillman and Chand ler are-at the former's residence to night hanging together good fellows and poking-fun et the White House denials ny joaing witn tne .. eteaay stream Of newspaper correspondent. WILL TALK - TO NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS. Mr. Chandler ' deposes- and '' says that ha " will - not give out any sort of statement until he haa an audience of exactly It correspondents. u It will doubtless be' recalled that It was to an audience -of 14 correspondents that tha President broke tha news of his right about face..- Tha situation does not- appear the less Interesting because Mr. -Chandler Is prealdent ot tbe board of Spanlah war claims and holda a lucrative synecure under the fresent administration. He. was de sated for re-election in New Hamp shire largely through' tha activity of railroad Interests and aver since the question of . railroad rate legislation has been easily the paramount Issue with him. Almost every evening lately ha and Senator Tillman could be seen taking, Ion r Walks . together and before Mr. Tillman read the statement alluded to ha showed It to Mr. Chandler.-,- , 7; ' ":- . . OVERMAN BILL EMASCULATED. An attempt was even made to gold- brick the country on the Overman amendment . The- North ; . Carolina Senator was ledto believe that his amendment had bean, accepted, but when the so-called -. Allison amend. ment was- given out by .Aldrlch- and printed, the North Carolina Senator was astonished jU find that hla amend ment had been so emasculated that he scarcely recognised-the 'thing. To day Senator Overman, on tha floor of the Senate declared that, while there was. still some virtue. In tha amend ment aa Incorporated In the Allison provision, still It - was the Overman amendment "without. the. Overman." The Senate voted down very prompt ly the amendment as originally Intro duced by " Senator Overman, and which tha Aldrlch crowd pretended to accept As the Overman amend ment now stands It simply allows an Injunction after five days, notice on a hearing. Senator Overman moved to incorporate tha words "bill of com plaint and answer filed' which were eliminated , ny tne KepuDiicans at their recent conference. Hla object was to have a hearing and provide for the consideration of complaint and answer before an Injunction should, be granted.- - -... ' , VITAL PORTION, OMITTED.- In speaking to hla motion Senator Overman charged - the Republicans with omitting the .vital 'part of the language he employed In framing his proviso. He' stated that the President had made public a' telegram , which was published by tha press associa tions declaring xor nis amendment He said also that It had been discussed repeatedly In the Benate and that no Senator had ever denied its constitu tionality and Senators had admitted it waa tha proper amendment to this bill, and yet -tor some reason, the Important; phraseology ,', referred to bad been omitted. . v '.' Senator - Simmons also apoke at length on his amendment but' It was voted down.;c'f; 'v ..., v.y-:' v-v . RATE BILL ESSENTIALLY DEMO- ' :" . CRATiu, , 'y ; ., ; Tho writer- to-day encountered a Senator from one of ' the Southern States who was bemoaning me expe rience of his party in Its dealings with the rate bill.. :There is no de nying that the Democracy was illy used in this reipect. To say nothing of rscent performances a reference to the national platform of the two greet parties will showthat this rate legislation 1 eaaenuaiiy. jjcmornuic, yet little of the glory of -passing a rate bill will be theirs. Of course the Overman amenrtmenta help aomo. It will opt only. help, the, democratic party In a measure, but It admittedly strengthens the Dili, uroadiy speak ing. ; however, the Republican Presl dent has simply used tha minority as a big stick for bringing recalcitrant Republicans into line. There . were stages of the contest when the Presi dent would bave been aa helpless as a new-born babe bad not 'friendly Democratic Senators came along to hold up his hands. And yet, aa be fore stated. It Is tha Republican ad ministration that, will carry off . tha laurel wreaths, ahould the country, after-due reflection, conclude that it haa got anything to be proud of. In the opinion of the Democratic Sen ator In question minority Senators have themselves to blame, very large ly, for the-little credit they extracted from the transaction. He said they were lacking In the superb leader ship and consequent discipline ot their opponents. : Of course..- It could not be foreseen that the. President would change front on them, but had the Democrats been properly led they could have made themselves felt to .the end., . ' ' v. CAN ALWAYS GET DEMOCRATS IN ..EMERGENCY. It Is the boast of the Aldrlch peo pie thst they can always reach out and get a. few Democrat whenever It Is necessary to achieve any need ful 'Republican legislation. At the Democratic conferences It waa ahown that the Senator were a long bow shot from resching an accord on any of the amendments vital to the bill. The Old Alabama Senators, Messrs. Morgan and Pelt us, are of that school which thinks more of the doctrine of States'- rights than of -anything else, and they , have never - taken to tho notion that the national government ahould assume the taak of regulating railway rate. .They voted against the Bailey amendment . Senator Ba con, who regards himself as the mi nority leader, loks green-eyed st any movement made . by Senator Bailey, and he - cast an - adverse vote. He scarcely speaks to Bailey when they meet at close quarters in the cloak rooms. . Jealousy t obtains between the Texas Senators, and Senator Cul berson was another of tha eight Dem ocrats to vote against the amendment of his colleague.' Moreover, Mr. Till man, who had charge of the bill, was unyielding. There waa no concilia tlon In htm, and when the spirit of compromise waa In tha air the South Carolina Senator stood his ground. refused to give an inch, and tbe Dem ocracy wound up by not getting much ot anything. It la the same old story the Democracy Is lacking In wise ieadershlD.' or' baa too many leaders. whichever way one cares to view It. MR.. W. W. KITCHIN MENTIONED FOR GOVERNOR., . The name of Congressman W. W. Kltchln 1 receiving mention In con nection with the nomination for Gov ernor. Of course Mr. Kltchln Is run ning for Congress at tbe present writ ing, . and the next convention that will nominate a candidate for Oover nor is very far In the future, but some talk of that - nature, la being heard nere just the same. The Democratic congressional cam palgn committee has leased a aulte of seven handsome offices In tha Man sey building and will take possession of Its bew quarters on Monday. The offices are among; tha handsomest and are In .the 'most conveniently located nuiiding in the city. Chairman J. M Griggs, Secretary Charles A, Edwarda and the officers of the committee will be provided with private bffices. and there will be larger outer1, rooms for the .clerical force that will be am ployed. The clerical force Is to be largely Increased at once and the re moral of the committee from its old quarters In the Rtggs House to the new building is but on evidence 'of tha, vigorous campaign for control ot tha n A Tf C.n n rrM, tha TSkwtturmm sign making. . - From this time on, until the elec tions next November, Chairman Griggs win nave nis rorces at work. : Ha pects to see results lo the changed political, complexion of s the ' next House, v' . , :' ;..' ED DAVIS IDENTIFIED. ... Urn Who Witnessed Kihln of CVt, . doctor Wiggins on Saliaharv Htm Car Have Negro Held at Winston la j in. Mayer.-, . - -.. 4 , , ;J y ... Special to Tbe Observer. . ,1- .'.,' . . Winston-Salem. May lz. The ne gro arrested by Mr. D. C." Taylor at a brickyard near, Bslsws Creek yester day and brought te jail here, waa to. day Identified as Ed Da via the slayer of Conductor W. A, Wiggins at Sails bury three weeks ago.. Mr. 'J. E. Painter, a mechanist in tha Southern Railway shops at Spencer, who was on the car when the shotting took piece, arnvea nere tnta morning and, la company with the local officers, went to the Jail where he positively Identified Davie. The negro Will prob ably be kept here until the next trm or Rowan court A reward 'of IStO was offered for the capture 6f Davis. dead or alive, and Mr. Taylor will get the reward he having arrested him. Shortly after ha waa arrested Davis admitted that he was tho negro want ad, but later denied It He haa told many- conflicting stories since bis ar rest. 1 -.' -. -i -'-.- . - . j "That's ' the negro who ahot Vfr. Wiggins; I am confident of that" ex claimed Mr. . Painter aa soon aa hla eyes feu upon tne prisoners face. The Spencer man scrutinised the man who went under the name of Ed Davla at tha Belews Creek brickyard. He stood by his first declaration that this Is the man who killed Conductor Wiggins. The negro denied, emphatically the charge, ssylng that he was a native of Reldsvllle and left there two or three weeks ago," going to Belews vreeic, wnere ne touna , employment " When asked why he confessed to tha man he waa working for and to Dr. E. Fulp, after he was arrested, that ha killed Mr, Wiggins, the negro replied that ha was only Joking when he made that statement. Before. Mr. Painter left the Jail Davis said he would like- to see the negro women In Jail at Salisbury and requested Mr. Painter to tell her to come and see him: Sheriff Julian, of Rowan, has requested Sheriff Alspaugh . to hold the negro here until h sends for n!m.vi, ' '""..'! v i ..J',', ' i.OOO CARS 8TRA WBKR RIES. ', " Shlpmrnts From Wilmington Belt for Weew Approximate that llguro. ,; Special to The Obseryer, , .:; v v; t. - Wilmington, , . May II Strawberry ahlpments to-day smounted to 100 solid car loads, making the record be tween 100 and 1,000 for the week. It Is estimated now that 'the crop will go beyond 1.000 car loads. An important meeting of . the com mlttecinen, of the rural school , ll trlcta was held here to-day with the eupcrlntendent and members of tha county board Of education. The con aoitdntlon 'Of dlnirlils and the es tablishment . 6f four ' more graded schools In the country wss dlm-unMed and the matter referred to a speclHl commutes for, Investigation and re port,; ' I - , SUSIE HANN0N IS GUILTY 13-YICAR-OLD GIRL COWICTED " .'. .; ' 1 1 1 1 ii - -;, ,. u Jury In Cabarrus Superior.- . Court, ' After Being Out Seven Hours, lie- ; turns . Verdict of Manslaughter i Against - Young W lilte Ulrl Who - tmvr if. x. Mark at votMxrdMen tenoo to be Passed By Judge Bry . ' an To-Morrow Dramatic Kcenee in Court RoomThe Tragedy of a v xoang l.iie raineriees ., witn ; a ..tJlvtng father. : . r- Special to The Observer. ' ? ' vK! ;, - Concord. May 11. At o'clock to night,, after being -out aeven hours, tha Jury rendered a verdict of man slaughter agalnat Susie Hannon. the If -year-old girl who slew H. Y. Stack her some time ago. Judge Bryan re ceived the verdict and tha Jury waa discharged. , The girl waa remanded to Jail to await sentence, which 'will be passed on ber Monday. ' ' 1 Tha most 1 pathstlo , and touch ing' . case - that ; ever an nealed to the sympathy of our people waa concluded to-day In the Superior Court. " It waa the case, of Susie Han non. the 11-year-old girl, who waa on trial for the killing of H. Y. Stack, a young married man, some months ago.. The child was In short dresses, attired In a neat suit with a pretty rap ' upon her head and she looked the picture of young, - innocent child hood as she sat by her attorney, W. O, Means, Eao. During the magnetic appeal that her attorney made In her behalf she wept ever and aaon and there was scarcely a dry eye in tne packed court house. - Mr. Masns began by saying that la all his practice, he never saw a case of such tragedy, such dramatto tragedy, or such comedy as the case then , before the court. He said the child was motherless, her mother dy ing when aha waa one year old, and waa now only 1 years old and also fatherless with a living father. He appealed to the sympathy of the Jury, but not to their mercy, claiming that the killing was dona to protect her honor and nerhsps her uie, as siacg haa threatened to kill her unless she did as ba desired. He pictured tho dead man as a brute and one who ought to have been killed. He claimed luatlflcstlon for hi client Solicitor Clarkson cited the law In the case and asked for a verdict of murder In the second degree. He argued It would be unjust to the girl And to society to torn her loose and allow her to return to such conditions bs surrounded her. Judge Bryan charged the Jury that If they believed the evidence of the def endsnt then acquit her and if that of the SUte then convict her of murder In the second degree or manslaughter. MARINES PREPARING FOR S0TH. Capt Louis M Gnllck to Re In Com mand of uncie earn nca-nouiicrs Here During Big Celebration.. Special to The Observer. ' Portsmouth. Va- May II. Final tlnna for. the nartlclnatlon of a company of marines from the gar rison in tn navy-yam nere in ina Mecklenburg anniversary . celebration at Charlotte. N. C two weeks hence, are being made here. For several weeks a company of Uncls Sam's sea-soldler -have been preparing for participation in roe cvmpvuiiT vm -,utint(nii and now tha final selection of the men for; the drills hss been mads. . r,ni,in Tiiila Vf. flnllrk. United States Marine Corp, will be In com mand of tbe expedition to Charlotte, whlcn will leave tnis cuy me morn ing of Sunday, May 10. The other mmKM a tti - Mmmlulniitd nar sonnel on the trip will be First Lieu tenant Davis B. Willis and Second Lieutenant Ross 8. Kingsbury. Four sergeants, seven corporals and II privates will compose the company. Every drill used In active service J n the field will be Included tn the evo lutions of marines at Charlotte and exhibitions of marine corps - repre -ntallvaa will b f IlllV tin tA the standard required by tha government . .. . . . i i . I, xne marines wm iaa.e moir tun dress uniforms, two - uniform of white, and one khaki uniform. VIRGINIANS TO CELEBRATE lOth. ajsaBBBBSBSaaaa , North Carolina Society of Richmond to Uomtnomoraui am-ajcninirK ixwlaraiioa adilsssa li Mr. J. if Moyover, Special to The Observer. '' Richmond, May : ir The ' North Carolina Society ot Richmond la ar ranging an entertainment for' next Friday evening at tha T. P. A. build in a-. This society meets to commem orate tha toth of May, the day on which the Mecklenburg Declaration ot Independence waa adopted. The 10th or May this year falls on Sunday, hence tha meeting haa been arranged to take place Friday.. - - Vir. John H. Myrover. of Fayette ville. N. C, will speak on the "Lost Colony." It is contenaea py many eitiaens of North Carolina that the Croatan Indians, of central Carolina, are the descendants of the lost col ony. Mr. Myrover'a home Is at Fay ettevllle, near tha colony of Croatane, and Mr. Myrover, who Is a veteran newspaper man, It aald to be mora fa miliar with their history than any on else In North Carolina. He has been acquainted witn tnem ana nas studied their history for many yeara The North Carolina Society of Rich mond waa formed about three years ago to brlag the Tar Heels ot Rich mond and vicinity nearer together. Tha current officer are Mr. C E. Borden, prealdent;, Dick Smith, secre tary, and J, Kent Rawley, treasurer. MR. NAIL BRINGS SUIT. ' i ... ... , i.: Man From Whose Brain Philadelphia Surgeona took i is oi iucci asks Damage of Forme . Eniplorere Hi Mind Affected... i - Special to The Observar. u ' , , , v Winston-Salem, May II. John Nail, who sustained serlAj injuries iuu.1 mi mm whlla at wnrlt In tha' factory of Brown a Williamson, . . . . . , ......... tODaCOO manuiaciorara, nas inaiuuivu -..I ...ln.t fhat Arm f-rfp damntM. Tho complaint haa not been tiled vet, therefore the amount sued for has not been named. '- 1 ' Mr. Nail was struck on the head by an Iron hook from a bolt la Mho prise room of tne oerenaants fac tory. He was knocked down snd for days little hope was entertained for his recovery. Later ne wm carried Fhiiadeipma wnere an . tporanon mm narrnrmait. bv which a rilftca ef the hook was removed from the brain. After returning nome ana tatting rmmt , tn uv.rll WHIlIlL he - Went back to work.' Xest Tuesday Is was noticed by Mrs. Nail that her hue band s mind wss artecieo. 'ne sc- impsnled him to tne njnvi oi ins rents at Cornatser, Davis county, r, Kil vh ill hara fj-rlnv. m. pressed fear that hnr huxbanl'a reii- n waa gone and that ne wouta nave be sent to Lbs kta!a huaultal at PRESIDENT BROKE - FAITH TILI3IAN ADDS .HIS TESTIMONY South Carolinian Tells Senate It Will . be Surprised to Hear Ho Had Been ' - In Conference Witn President and s Then Heads Statement Giving Hls lory of Hi and Senator Bailey's Negotiations In Rate BlU's Behalf H Mays That, Through Ex-Senator Chandler - and - Attorney General Moody, President Pledged Himself - to , Limited Review and v Songnt v Democratlo Vote on That BaaU. v Washington, May II. During the consideration of tha railroad rate bill In th Senate to-day Senator Tillman made aa attack upon the Prealdent. Ue referred to th Long amendment, saying that he did so,. with the pur pose , of making fan explanation. He said that Senators 4 probably would be surprised to know that he had been In conference with the Presl dent - He then, contrary to his usual practice, read a statement of his nego tiations regarding th bill as follows "On Saturday, March 11. I was In formed by ex-Senator, William- E. Chandler that Prealdent '. Roosevelt had sent to him a note asking him to call at the White House that even Ing; that he had obeyed tha tall and had been told by tha President that ha .desired through him to get Into communication with m aa the Sena tor In charge of the railroad rate bill, and, with Senator Bailey, representing tha Democrats of tha Senate, for tha purpose of ascertaining whether there could be such united action among the friends Jn the Senate of tb Hepburn bill as would make sura majority la in favor and against Injurious amendments. WANTED DEMOCRATIC VOTES. Mr. .Chandler said the President named various Republican Senators who, he thought were true friends of the bill, but aald that It might require all th Democrats to defeat obnoxious amendments, pie. cnana ler aald the Prealdent had stated that he had come to a complete disagree ment with the senatorial lawyers, who Were trying to Injure or defeat th bill by ingenious constitutional amendments, naming Senator Knox In addition to Senators Spooner and Foraker; that the President stated carefully and deliberately the basis upon which he thought there should be co -o Deration, via. an amendment expressly granting a court review out limiting It to two points: (1), an In quiry whether the commission had acted beyond its authority ultra Vires and (I), whether It had violated the constitutional rights of tha carrier. Mr. Chandler stated that the Presi dent repeated that he had reached a final decision that the right of re view should be thus limited; that thus far. he would go no farther; that nis decision would ba unalterable." WAS FOR LIMITED REVIEW. Proceeding, he said that Mr. Chand ler had aald that tho- President had assured him that he would be In fa vor of a restriction against the Is suance ef aa-parte injunctions, to meet the wishes of Senators Tillman and Bailey. After Informing Mr. Bailey of tho purport-of the Chandler Interview, Mr. Tillman said that on. the next dsy he had told Mr. Chandler that In his and Mr. Bailey's Opinion there would be no difficulty in coming to aa un derstanding on the basis proposed by the Prealdent. "On the evening of Monday Mr. Chandler told me be had so assured the President and asked him not to be disturbed by the news paper Items growing out of the talk about Senator Long's amendment published In tbe newspapers as one agreed upon at the White House con ference on Saturday." . He then said that h and Mr Chand ler had continued the conferences and on April 1 the ex-Senator had gone to the White House to make a favor able report to the President On April I Mr. Chandler told him thst he had conferred with Senator Alli son, asking him to Intervsne In tbe rnnf.r.nw, than In progress, and that th Iowa Senator had agreed to do SO. . - TALK WITH'ATTORNBY GENERAL Later Mr. Allison had seen the Pres ident. On April It Mr. Chandler had advised that ha (Mr. Tillman) and Mr. Bailey ae tha Attorney General. Consequently, they had met that of ficial on tne ltn, finding themselves In perfect accord with htm except as to a small difference In th matter of Injunction.' "There was absolute ac cord from tha first on the proposition that the court review should be Urn Red to th Inquiry whether the com mission had exceeded its authority or violated tha carrier's constitutional rights." Mr. Moody had then agreed to supply' the Senators with a mem orandum of hla views and had done so. "and we hav th original of It" aald Mr. Tillman. . - CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICB, -Ths next dar. Mr. Tillman said, hs had seen Mr.- Moody and bad 1 assured him that M Democratic votes could be secur ed for the compromise proposed and bad told him that It would be naceasary te get N Republican votes. "It was under stood that we should work together to get tbs votes neoeaaary to pass the com- promiie. The Attorney oenerai Bad ex nreased doubt ef getting enough Republi can votes to assure the acceptance of the valley non-auanension provision. Out had said that he felt sues or the Over man amendment Mr. Moody had. he said, aaaured blm that It was ths Axed purpose to Inslat upon the Long sotend ment and he (Mr. Tillman) had had no suspicion ef a change of front until May 4, whan ths Prealdent had bla Intetrvlew with the seeembiaa newspapermen. Tha reading of the atatement evoked many smiles and some laughtnr from Senators. There wss especial merriment over a statement ef asaurance by the outn Carolina eenaior tnai tne l Teat dent need not be alarmed over newspaper reports. Hs had, be said, told the At torney Oenerai that there was ne danger of the reault as to the bill If the Presl. dent should adhere tn his plans. - ' Hi then haa the cleric reed the Moody menioranduih covering the points agreed upon as the basis of amendment. . Mr. Tillman's time expired before he had completed hla statement but he was permitted to proceed by unanimous con sent lie said that he and ex-Senator Chandler bud been Informed at the earns time or the t'realtlenl'a change of atti tude. , They had gone together ' to Mr. Ilalloy snd all three had repaired te the Mnlrienre of Mr. Moody, "tha fourth con spirator,"' and had found hlrn apparently entirely Innocent of knowledge of the clieriga.' ' " :.'''';' lie admitted that ne nan neaiiuwi about entering upon the tixirotlntlon with the I'renldunt barauae of hla "Juat India nation for a pant wrong." but he Imd concluded to pocket hla prM In the In trMta of a grrnt fa line. He a!o enl.l that Hmwtor , Alil-ort bad proml. him 1 vnt- or tha ltepiihllran aiile; imn- Im lixil f- t Jnlin.-t in till evaluative I'll n, 1 rr.ujiMit a ronreif nlutlvas. . 1 FOB .THREE JOT BISHOPS ARTICLES OF FAITH v DEBATKD , Committee- on Episcopacy Also Ro . romroenda Fixing JSalary of Active . u Bishop at g,ooO, Supcr-Aiinuattn -.. at $3,000 and Widows at il.ooo Year'e Exemption From Active Du- ty , for Bishop Smith Because of Poor Hcaith Cotnmlltee on Edu cation Hecommenda Conimbwlon of laymen to Inquire Into Church' , Helation to VandcrbUt University. . Birmingham. Alan May 11 At to daya session of th General Confer- -, ence of the. Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the committee on epis copacy made a report recommending tbe electron of three new blshopa Tho report It Is thought will be taken up Monday, The committee recommend- ed the Continuation of Bishops John - C. Cranberry and O. P. Fitsgerald on . tbe superannuated list The commit- , tee also recommended ' a ' twelve) . months' exemption from active duty for Bishop A. Coke Smith because of, poor health. -, The salaries of active) -bishops were fixed at It, 00, super- . ' annuated bishops at 11.000 each snjj. : widows of deceased bishops at 11,000. . Bev. F. B. Lipscomb, of Petersburg. v Vs., conducted the opening devotion- -al exercises and Bishop A. Coka Smith took the chair for tha day. A ' message of felicitation from the Ep '. worth League Union- of Washington" D. C waa read: ;' '' The committee on education.- In v. report regarding Vanderbllt Unlversl ty, Nashville, says: . "There can be no question as to tho v ownership of tha university by tho Methodist Episcopal Church, South. ' . or as to tha charter right of all tho-' bishops, but In view of certain que- . tlons, we recommend the appointment of a comml salon of five laymen to -Inquire Into and determine the pre-, ent relation ot the Vanderbllt Unlver- . slty to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; to take legal steps, if ' necessary,-to perfect tha. transfer of : the university from the patronlslnc ', " Conference - to the Oenerai - Confer ence of the Methqdist Episcopal ; Church. South; to define th charter right of tbe bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, and when so denned the blshopa are hereby In- w etructed to enter on tha same." DEBATE ON ARTICLE8 OF FilTIC" ; The feature of to-day's session of ; the Methodist Episcopal General Con- v ference waa the further disc union of -the most Important question that baa . ao far came before the bod - It Is proposed to name a commls-..-. slon, with ens of th bishop as chair ;; man who shall confer with similar ;, representatives of other - branches of -Methodism, looking to a revision, or. .. re-statement of the It articles of re llglon of the Church. Th debet began yesterday and to-day It. waa ao , . animated and the sentiment aeems so ' divided, that It la premature to mako any predictions as to' the probable ac- tlon. Dr. W. A, Lambeth, missionary secretary of the church, took a de cided stand In favor of the commls- . slon for revision. He defended Dean W. F. Tlllett of Vanderbllt Theologi cal School, chairman of th commit tee which submitted the ronommrn-. datlon. -- ..--.: -v - -; : CM. Bishop," of Columbia, Mo.: Dr. R. E. Blackwell, president of -Randetph-Macon College; J.- E. Ood brt. of Little Rock, and Oeorge- Ii, Stuart Were among tbe prominent v men who favored the resolution, while such men aa Collins Detfney, Instruo-; ; tor In philosophy In Vanderbllt; Drv F. Richardson, of Founuln ' City. Tenn.; R.H. Mahon, of Memphis, and -Dr. W. Bi Murrah, of Jackson. Mies., president of the Mtlleaps College.: ' were vigorous' In their opposition. The debate waa unfinished when the hour for adjournment was announced. '.-...' The episcopacy comlttee recom- mended the election of three new : bishops, and the temperance commit tee presented a report which calla upon pastors to do all in their power V to stop -th spread ot the tobacco evil . and calla for a rule which will pro , hlblt the use of tobacco entirely by "young" pnstora All local Protestant pulpits will be occupied by visiting- ministers to-morrow. ' ""'.'.' ". '."'" Aged Delegate Fatally Hart by Street . nirmlnsham. Ala- May ' rt. Tho y Itav. J. Powera of Opellka, Ala., a delegate of 'the Alabama Conference to tbe oenerai wonierence oi m. Methodist Episcopal Church, South, . was struck by a street car In a sub urb early to-night and so badly in Jured that he . will probably die. - Ho attempted to cross th track In front ; of a moving car. - On of hla legs waa. badly crushed and bla skuu was irac- : tared. He was II years of age. TRUCK GROWER SUICIDES.. : Employ on Mr. Pembroke Jones, Ea . , fate tinoots iiintNcii -mrnvgn iicars ' .pomeatlc Trouble tbe Cause, Special to -The ; Observer. : ; ' Wilmington, May II. A. R. Pad-.- rick, 41 years old, a truck grower and carpenter employed on Mr. Pern-. . broke Jones' estate, at , Alrlle, com mitted" suicide this morning by shoot- r ing himself through ths heart with y a .11 rlfla. : Padrtck had ; domesllo trouble and had frequently threat ened to :take his life but no on . took him seriously. ' This morning h shut himself up In a room and, when the family heard the crack of a ririn, they i went to Investigate and found . him dead with a crimson spot on his ' shirt front Padrtck leave a win and eight children, the oldest daugh ter being grown.-'-1;';-'-.-. .-,-;.,........., .... VlrgtnUvT. P. A. Choose Offlcerst . ' ti. hmar.f1. Va..- Mav 11 The Vir ginia division. Travelers' Protective Association, adjourned , to-day after . deciding to meet In Norfolk next year and electing,, tne rouowina- oincers: , Drf,ii. f?. If. Robert' of Norfolk! first vice president R. W. Splllman. of Richmond; seeona vice premoent, Tn--r.H RtMhhlnn. of South Tioaton - secretary-treasurer. If. L. Tharwool, v nikmnnrfi rhanlaln. . Rev. J. J- Gravatt of Richmond. ; ' , , ( Alexander Convention Juno i. Special to Tha Observer. ' Tarlorsvllle. May 11. The Alexan der, county, executtv committee to- . day authorised Chairman J. II. lsurk to call the county convention for Mon day, June 4. Township primaries ni l be held on Puturuay. Jun z. it county convention will only er;-, delegntee to Mate, Judicial. Slonal and senatorial conventlun-t. later convention will put out a k ty ticket ''Mr. Jt'fTcrion laU K'n'.. : New York, M ir 12. .' . . .' Davis, who. hn 1 - i-n . 1 the Ilotfl C.-i.irJ, It t!,U c several day, ,i rcp"i ! 1 t being In a s!u!-'- : -';! .it f.r the v r - r '. kt lii-r U, ii-j.
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