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St 31 1 TTni '':: SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 PER YE Alt. CHARLOTTE, N;l C., TUESBAvMORNINO, IAYa5f 1906.; PRICE FIVE CENT t .1 ! i 4 A. V PRESIDENT FEKCES ADROITLY KD FtCKE, TBEACHEBT D3 tIJTRUTH ELABORATE STATEMENT ISSUED J" .: Sensational Rate Bill Incident Has as '', , Its latest Development Two Let- ." m ter Issued from the White House Giving President' Tension And At- '. toroey General Moody' Far to , 111 Acquaintance With Clrcura' . - Uncc Goes, Not the Slightest ,: , Opportunity for Honest' Miaconccp- ' tlon by Chandler or Any One Elseri Say President ' Adding ' That lie Had Never Committed Himself to ' Any Particular Amendment and bo w Could Not Have Broken Faith. ; Regarded . Chandler aa ' Tillman' Ilepresentatire and Had Declared v Hlin an UnsatlMfactory Intermedi ary .Attorney General State Tbat . . lie Had Advised President Not to ; , Commit Himself . and That rresl .". . . ,' dent Agreed With Him. . ;. v Washington, May 14. Th aensa v tlonal rate ''bill Incident in the Senate y Saturday during which Mr. Tillman, if -' on . the attthorly of former Senator , i Chandler, made etatementa rerarBlng ' ; - the President's 'course In connection with pending railroad rat legislation; ons of which statements was denied ;..,by Mr. Iodg-on behalf of the Prest ; .- dent, had it sequel hi evening when J V an official . statement wa Issued by ; : the White Hevae, giving an account of the tnbject on the r. part of the - ' ' President and , Attorney General ,. "j 'Z Moody. V The X tatement comprised two letters, one.f rom the President .' to Senator Allison and the other from Atorney General Moody to the Prest- 4 dent, both dated to-day. J The Presl dent aays, "In no case, etther In the ,y .'.case of Mr. Chandler or any one else, Vy wa there the slightest opportunity 7 for any honest misconception of my ' attitude or any belief that I pledged . myself specifically to on and only " one amendment or set of amend, v menta. or that I would not be satis ry fled with any amendment which pre served . the essential features of the -. Hepburn bill as It came , from . the v: 7 Houe.r,-, ' . ' C:- ' . .. . ; 'i HAD NKVER INSISTED ON THEM. h The President say that a to many ' " bf the amendments. Including the o r t railed Long, Overman, Bacon and Ppooner amendments, -he said he .. should -be entirely satisfied to have them lath bill, and suggested modi flcatlona as to other amendments, but .... 'that "as fo none-(of the amendments) ; ' AH t ever say either to Mr, Chandler ' or to any one else tbat X should Insist y . upon having them In the bill a . , , ' condition' ef my approval," and that ,hn th.contrary 'he (the President) wa careful to state .that he was not ; trying to dictate any particular pro ' grsmme of action. , -Af, . The President say the statement made to Senator Chandler were the , V same In pubstance as those- mad to '. Mr. Allison and other Sentaors of both parties.: He said he was asked to see Senator Chandler a the rep ' resentatlv of Mr. Tillman In change '. of the bill and that the conferences ' ' Attorney General Moody had . with '- Senators Tillman and Bailey were such, a had been held with ' many r other Senator to determine - the .'. phraseology and discus the effect of ; amendment proposed by. them. '.The President state that he became con- Tlnced that It was Impossible for 8en- j ators "with advantage," to use . him - -as aa Intermediary and suggested te all to whom he spoke that they com municate with Senator Allison, whose f .purposes and the President's were .' :,'" "Identical."' My: "r. ''.-" ',; .v ! ' ADVISERS AQREB WITH HIM. .. T'"-Th president says that 4 hi " own opinion that the Allison amendment la no way changed the court review . a provided In the original Hepburn . li' blll is alno the opinion of1 Attorney ' General Moody and Secretaries Root - -. and-Tsft. .' ' .The Attorney Generar ' letter give ' an account, at the President's request, of the conference which Mr. Moody had by the President' direction with Senator Tillman and Bailey regard ing the court review feature. He say h advised the President that he should not at any stag become fin ally committed beyond recall to any - form of language In any part of the ' bill, and the- President affirmed the wisdom of that sours.- He review " : the discussion of Interlocutory In i Junctions, and concludes that there V - was' nothing In. th "conversations". between, the Senators and himself -: which bound the President to any ; 1 particular amendment. - TILLMAN TALKS CONFIDENTLY, y - Senator Tillman talked freely - to t " .' night with- a ' number of. hi . caller about the statement l"ued.by Preni y : dent y Roosevelt.' He , expressed hi X w preference, however, not to be quoted. pointing out that whatever he wished . to say on the subject of the atat- i ment he would say on th floor of th Senate.'. He expects that the quea " tlon will be brought to the front In some way before the Senate to-mor " ' row. ' He "discussed the President' statement to-night with former Sena ' . tor Chandler , and -he urged . Mr. - Chandler to Issue a statement giving a full history or me wnoie matter. full history of the Senator TlllrAan 4 wanted : the fact to get, Into the newspaper that hedlrlfucpburn bill aubstantlally unchang not' In any .way Initiate the negotiated. i was Informed and believed that tlons Wltn tne rresiaent restrain! the Democratic support for the rail road rate bill and that he did not ask Senator Chandler to go to the White House.; - . . ' , . . . .'.' CHANDLER SATS PRESIDENT ......c .( INVITED HIM, , i Former Senator Chandler to-night Refused to dlwnss the statement from the1 White Houw. Regarding hi visit to the Whit House. Mr. Chandler said that he did not go to th White House an emissary of Mr. Tillman, but trmt he went there la response to th President' Invi tation. .' '' ' i "I also repeatedly slated that while It -wss entirely . satisfactory to me simply to leave the Hepburn hilt In subsum e as It was; thst is, with the recognition of the jurisdiction of the courts, but without sny attempt to define that jurisdiction, yet that 1 wns entirely wlllln tnat'thre should "be .a - definition, provided thst this definition did Mot sock to grunt a brosd review but explicitly narrow ed it to the two sutij'u I w hich, us a metier of fiut, I believed the courts would sh1"" cmiHlilir In ckhh there jio !.u:;.-;t Ij dwHii the of their review; that is, would limit it to the auestlon as to whether the com- mlnBion had acted ultra vires and as to . whether -any man's constltu tlonal rights had been Impaired. I stated that if the question of dofln ing or limiting the review was brought up at all. I personally felt that this was th way Jn which It should De limited or defined, y , v. . ' ' ' SATS CHANDLER FALSIFIED. ' "At different times at least a score of tentative amendments .were either prepared by th Attorney General, at tne request or senators or suomutea to me by . Senators. As to many of these amendment. (Including among others the substance of the aoca ilea Long, Overman, Bacon and Spooner amendmenU). I stated that I houiu be entirely satisfied to have them In the bill; a to other I suggested mod ifications which would - make' them satisfactory: as to none ' did I - ever aav. a(ther ta Mr. Chandler or to any one' else, that I should insist upon having them In the. bill as a condl- tlon of my approving It. On the con trary, I was alwaya. most careful to state that I was not trying to die tats any particular programme of ac tion. . in no case, either in. the case of Mr. Cbadler or In the case of any one else, was there the slightest oppor tunity for any honest misconception of my. attitude or any. belief-that I had pledged myself specifically to one and only one amendment, or. set of amendments, or that I would not be satisfied with any amendment which preserved the essential features of the Hepburn 'bill as It -came from the House. Tou will doubtless recall that In the course' of the several visits that you personally mad ma we discussed a number of these -proposed amend ments, trying to flnd out for which one there could be obtained a suffici ent body of assent to secure its pas sage and ., the passage of the rate bill. ' t , " V y Following 1 the " Correspondence embraced In the abatement ivn out at th White House, The letter of the President! i . -, j V THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER. "The White House, Washington, May -MI, 19V -Vv r,- "t i "My Dear Senator Allison: As Sen ator Tillman brought In your name In connection with mine In the satate- ment he made concerning our rela tion to th rate bill last Saturday, It Is perhaps' due you that I should write you on. the maUer. . After the rate bill was reported from the com mittee, and, after by vet t the com mittee,. Mr. Tillman had been put In charge of It, many Senator and many outsiders came to see me with refer ence to It Among - other -1 -was asked to see ex-Senator Chandler as representing Mr. . Tillman, who waa tn charge of the bllL I stated in response that Z was of course entirely willing to see Mr. Tillman personally or to see Mr. Chandler or any one else who could speak for him, and X ac cordingly directed my secretary to make an appointment for Mr. Chand ler to see me. - My understanding was tbat he wa th representative of Mr. Tillman. In this first Inter view he stated to me the views of Mr. Tillman, with seeming authority. . He called on me several times. - . STATEMENTS NEVER - VARIED. "During the same period X saw oth er gentlemen who professed to give the view of other Senators. . In ad dition. I saw numerous Senators,' both Republicans and Democrats, soma of them -once, or twice,-, some of them many times. ' I also saw numerous outsider, . railroad . men, i shippers, newspaper men and students of traf fic regulation. Including especially the Attorney General and the member of the Inter-State commerce commission. and on two occasion I saw group of newspaper men In a mass. To all of these, Senators, representative of Senators, and outsiders, alike,' I made the same statement. those that I made to Mr. Chandler being the same In substanc that I made to you and to those - of your colleagues to both political parties wltn whom l naa any extended conference on the subject. The letter of the Attorney', Oeneral, which I enclose, show fully the facts a to th conference which, at my Instance, he held with Senator Till man and Bailey. Those conferences were precisely such ,-as, at my In stance, h held with many other Sen ator to determine the phraseology and discuss th effect of amendmenu proposed by them. - . - '. , SAID HEPBURN ' BILL . SUFFICED. "To all whom I saw I stated that th Hepburn bill wa In Its essence entirely satisfactory to me. The Hep burn bill as It passed the House sim ply recognised the right of review by th courts that Is, th Jurisdiction of the courts but did not attempt to define It, thu leaving th courts to prescribe the limit oi tneir own ju risdiction. Thl-w 'in aceoManc with the Idea of th Attorney Gen eral, hi belief being that thereby we avoided all danger of the bill be ing declared unconstitutional becaus of the attempt to confer either too much or to Jlttle Jurisdiction on in courts. ,'' :'' 1 -;'-..t ''; BILL NOT EMASCULATED. Tv almost every amendment pro posed by any on I found that there ware other excellent men who ob jected, or, who at least wished to chins It.-and I finally became con vinced that It wa Impossible for Sen ators, with advantage, to use me a the intermediary in coming to "an agreement witn 'their volieig-is, ee4 peclally, wnen -mey omjr cQmmmu cated with me through another Inter mediary, and I earnestly uirgested to all to whbm I spoke that they should communicate with you, whose pur pose and mine were Identical. About this time, I wa informed by, vart ous Democratic Senator that they could not come to an agreement up on any amendment and that th best chsnca for succes Isy In passing th this wss Senator Ualiey s view; ana a number of the Republican Senator who favored the bill expressed th samVwplnlon.' Shortly arter this you, in company with Henstor Cullom, esll ed upon m with th amendment which 1 now commenly known a the Allison amendment. I told you that while 1 hould prefer the Long and -Overman amendments, yet that your amendment was entirely satis factory. t Your amendment doe not in the elljhtent d(?ree weaken or In jure the Hepburn bill. It merely, ex presses what the friends of th bill have always asserted was Implied by the terms of the bill. I may add. that toy own opinion that your amendment In no way chns:el, whether by dimin ishing or enlarxlnir, the scope of the court review ss provided In the origi ns! Ilupburn Mil, Is also the opinion of the Attorney (lenrsl, of Mr, Itoot and of Mr. Tuft. Their judgment I (hut the amendment merely avoids the clrtlclsm Ihiit the Jleiliurn hill would be ronstltutlonnlly Invalid In not ex preesly provliHntr the rimrt review whl'-h 1 ei.'i i "i i r hsivi ! y con teil'l whs r -l-Hnly I 5 I In tho or lynul In i'imim t ". ' ', J I II. I I "I t ' 1 SUSIE HANSON SE3IESCED FIVE " YEARS IN STATE PRISON Jurisce Itrran Sentences Twelve-Year-' Old Concord Girl Who - Shot, and Killed If. Y. Stack to Term In the ; l'cnltentlarj'. Kxiresalng Hope) Tliat . Hie Would Ileform ne Via .Not - Oulvcr as Sentence Was Passed and .' Showed Little (toncera in Her Fate An Appeal Taken Boy Ilurglar ' Canglit Red : ..Handed Concord " New Note. -;,.? y--:-y.yv'" "iv Special to The, Observer, i V j ' Concord, , May 14. When the sec ond week term of Cabarru y8u perlor Court , convened ' thl morning at IP' o'clock,' Susie Hannon,' th4 1 J-year-old white 1 girl who wit found: guilty . of. manslaughter, lost week, wa presented "y a' Judge Rrvan 'aentnneed her. to flVS year In the . State Penitentiary., -The. girl mtaal before' the court . without a quiver nd S received the ; sentence 'without sign of much concern. Sh was accompanied by the .father. . In his talk to the girl in pissing sen tence, Judge Bryan referred to the condition under which she' had been reared and to the Influence, express ing a hope that the might be able to reform at the State' prison, or that from there she mliht De able to get into a reformatory' and be - given a chance to grow into. useful and virtuou woman. An 'appeal ' was taken and the appeal bond fixed at til. the appearance bond at iB.ooo, The. first case on the docket was one against T. D. Manes, Keq., of this city, who Is indicted for "com pounding a felony.- The-ease- la one srow'Ing out , of some action of Mr. Manes In handling a case before a masistrat' court. He I represented by Messrs. Armfleld and Adams, of hi own Arm, and I T. Hartsell. of the Concord bar, and J. w. Newell, of Charlotte. . n - - -BOT BREAKS INTO STORE.! ' Sidney Cruse, . a email boy of about IS year, wa caufht last night in th Ritchie - Hardware Company's store, where he was making a raid on pis tols, knives and . such other articles aa appealed to his -youthful desires. Mr. ' M. F. Ritchie - went Into the store for something -and soon a he -entered the . front door,' realised by. the strong breese that something was wrong. An, investigation found a back window up and around the desk ln-td offlc. near thl window, were found pistols, knivea and cart ridge scattered about the desk. Se curing a light and , hi pistol. Mr. Ritchie tetan a search . and ' found and captured the little fellow in the basement -The boy-says' ne - was alone, but th officers think he was not, that' a man ' or large boy wa with him and escaped. The .boy con tlnuea to - avow that - be wa alone. Mayor Caldwell sent th child to th Superior Court under a small bond. - The commencement . exercises of th : Collegiate , Institute, tt lit, Uleasant. begina Friday, th ,11th, when, at 1.30 p.' m. th exercises by the preparatory class ' take - place. Saturday Is the annual debate on the query,'' "Resolved,' that education , Is a greater factor in tne formation or character than nature." ' This subject wiu te debated on tne amrtnauve ty Messrs O. " O. . Ritchie and O. D. Ritchie, while the negative will be upheld, by Messrs. M. L, Keeter and J. M. Peck, e Sunday1 ' the - bacca laureate sermon will b preached by Rev. C E. Weltner. Monday the de clalmers " contest' take place, the contestant being Messrs.' R, L Ag ner, M. C Fisher. R. L. Foil, R; V. HI n son, a. C Kester and J. C Peck. The address before th literary so cieties will be delivered-by Professor Edwin Mlms Tuesday morning ' at 1 0.10- o'clock. ,. Tuesday afternoon at l-oclock will- Uk place the senior das ' xerclsea, - - Tho 'marshal are a C Hatley, M. C. Fisher, i J. M. Peck. D. I Ritchie. Q. O. Ritchie and 8.v C- Johnson. -4 " ; .;' Rer., George H. Cornelson. Jr..- of the.-First Presbyterian church, will attend the session of the General As sembly, to convene , thl week at Greenville, S C. ' -f r. W. . L.- Bell, . crUrv of the North Carolina . Funeral Director' Association, spent to-day tn Greens boro, attending a meeting of the ex ecutive committee to arrange a pro gramme for the meeting at Ashsvlll nxt month. . . . - . , - M. L. Buchanan- roe vto; Atlanta to-night to attend the meeting of the cotton oil men. . , that th venue for certain action wa in certain courts; th amendment tate that these court shall have jurisdiction to consider such actions. To my mind. It seems difficult to as sert that this works any change what ever In the principle of the bill , . i our sincerely, ' . - TIIBODORB ROOSEVELT. 'Hon. William Ft iinn it . a - , v.. a. Senate." f . . ., ,. .. ; , . ilVLt IN SENATORIAL FRAY.; i Pwelng Were In Sharp Contrast "" inwss. vi naiuraay and th Most rhararterlstla Peatttre of tli ; Iay . Was - Rejection of Various Amendment to Hate lull. Washlnaton. May ..14 ri,. . . Ceedlnss of the Ranats In.it.u every, wsy in sharp contrast with ........ v . t nD umy passea without an exrltln lncl,lnt , - i.v.. out the adoption of a single amend ment to the railroad rate bill not withstanding that measure was under conslderatlonxpractlcally. all the time from the hour of convening at 11 o'clock until adjournment at 6:18 p. m. in most cnaracterlsti. feature of, the day ws th rejection of amendments.' Thl wa accomplished either by direct vote or hv ih. cess of laying on th table, and on lonowea snoitier in rapid succession. Amnn the orovlalona thumluru. ly disposed of wer several Intended to fix th liability of railroad com panies lor injury ' to employes. ' The nresnntstlon of nrovlatnna . lnfnH,i to accomplish this purpose hsd th effect of brlnting out a prnctlcslly au thoritative statement that the com mitted on Inter-Ktat commerce will report me inaepennent Jiouse bill on that subject, which la now pending before it. When ' the . ftenata ail InnrnaA th eighth section of the bill regulating ins personnel oi me inter-Mist com merce cnmmlsHlon wss under rnmiri. ration, and adjournment w ns secured at a somewnsi esruer nour man usu al in the hope thst there could be Ion coverlns; , that suhji-ct thnn Iihs heretorore Deen presenteii. hi-nator Ii1ro offered , a substitute for t.'ie pending section, providing for a new commission '-of nine members, one frotu ench of the jmlli lal circuits, but ln1l'nt''d H WllMnnrii't's to ar.-.t a rixi't i llilitt'tn. aiiL- ' .'Iim1 t'V Hon.itur l-jiiii y, reiitrlPK i'ie 'r'ittinn of pine trnn' ,,,rimin , r;i rii is witft one i f 1 i :i cf I' , IIACKEIT WINS IN BOAVAN y. '. ' ', !;'. .. ' DE3lQCltTS IN SWCY; MEETING. .' . Rowan County's Democratic tnven- ' tlon the Greatest Held In Years. ' ' Hackett's Alinost Unanimous Nonu- nation Kn-iiis to Insure His Election y and the DownfiUI of Blackburnlsni. Senator (Simmons ami Solicitor ''Hammer Endorsed. Move to Ask "i for Iiegallxed 1'rlmary Evoke Ani mated Controversy The County ' OfflceM Nominated. Court Ad '. Journetl for tho Convention..- . ; Special to The Observei', v ?' V ' ' ' Salisbury,' May . 14. WherJ ; Mr. R. N, Hackett, of the i "Stat W of Wlikes," wa here" a month ago,1 he declared that he would be th noml nee of the Democrat of the "eighth congreaslonfil district If Rowan treat ed htm a well as Stanly did. It did better, for while the county was not unanimous for him, the three quarts constitute a greater quantity than1 a full pint and Hackett took nearly all. . It wa a great convention today some scraps, a war of words only, but spicy all the same and. the Republi can In ' the gallcrle ' enjoyed , It There wa botlced A. If. Price. Esq., who did not resent John M. Julian's slogan, M Peace among Democrats and down forever with , Blackburntsm." Mr.. Price seemed to' relish 'the-prospect of seeing a big contest in the dis trict represented- by" the Greensboro man, .; ! . . COURT ADJOURNS FOR CONVEN- , . ; TION. ; -; y- t Judge Ward adjourned court at noon and fpr five hour there was nohlng dry about the proceedings. The first thing done was the gracious move of J. H. Horah to make the nomination of Whitehead Klutts un animous John M, Julian, who made the finest run 'on the loket, was de clared the nominee of the convention, having received 04 of the 91 votes of the county. Walter Murphy receiv ing IS of th electoral votes, was then declared the second nominee and, on motion of hi opponent, W. D. Pethet was made the unanimous choice of the convention. J. Frank MoCubblns was chosen clerk of the county court without opposition and J. H. Krlder was nominated for sheriff over J. H. McKensle, who came within two votes of capturing the Job. - - : -- The office of register of deeds de-' veloped 'the liveliest ; contest .of the day. On : first, ballot Miller led and then ' the suspense that followed for five vote waa Intense. At th begin ning of the fifth, Professor O. B. Wetmore, one of the county's - most gifted men, arose and In a delightful little speech withdrew frdm the con vention. Thl waa the deciding point and the next Ballot resulted tn the eleHon of E. H. Miller, a former pupil of Mr. Wtmor and himself a teach er, - Prof. P. E. "Wright then pledged hi upport. to hi successful oppon ent It took two ballot to decide the treasurer's contest and J. R. Nicholas waa th lucky man. . T. M. Kern. P. A. Hartman, and W. I' Harris were nominated oh . first vote for county commissioner and Charles H. Klutts and It C Current were declared the nominee on th second vote. ' C M. Mlller-woa over R. I Tbomaetm for surveyor and Dr. E. Rose Dotaett waa again .mad coroner, v v'; i . ,. S , A WARM WINDING UTV The winding up of the' 'day - was warm.' . Before th convention ' had begun 1 work, Hon. John 8. Hender son, Introduced a resolution endorsing the course of Senator Simmon and Overman. Th chlet interest attach ing to thl waa thst It unanmoualy pledged the Rowan dVlegaton to vote for him at Raleigh next winter, Sen. ator Simmon being then, a candidate for re-electon. The resolution, was very euloglstc of both' Senators and their namea brought applause. Then L. H. Clement Esq.. moved that the convention place on record Its en dorsement of Solicitor Hammer, who will again be a candidate for re-nomination and re-election. - Mr.- Clement spoke for hi resolution and asked that-the convention express -Its ap proval of Mr. Hammer by unanimous ly and heartily endorsing him In body assembled and pledging the delega tion to th judicial convention to vol for him. It went through ' with a whoop,. '. . '' - . .... At the close or . tne day. nayden Clement arose and. asked th conven Ion to pledge- its, nominee for the Oenaral Assembly to vote for a legal lied primary. Had he dropped a match in a powder can it would not have gone off sooner than ex-Congressman Klutts did. He .wa up In a sec ond and said i ' "I objoct to this un seemly , springing of thl question now. Th convention ha not had time to think about the matter and thl move Is an Imposition upon thl convention because some of It nomi nee do not suit some people. I shall forever oppose binding our represen atlvea to such a measure without die-' cusslon." . r : ' s "M v- -r .' This sharp "thrust wa met beauti fully by young Clement who Is not often heard for his much speaking but who can always acquit himself gracefully. ."Now la the tlm to dis ease it." he shouted .back. "That' rhat th convention' 1 for. As for ny Imputation that -this convention ha not nominated men to my liking, they ar my friend and I am glad to support them. - .And this convention has Just as much tight to bind It rep resentatives to support a primary law as it- haa to Pledge them to support certain men for the .Senate" or Con gress or any other."'; . . ,.,-"y The convention wa sharply divid ed on this proposition although It wa plain that Mr. Klutts had th popular side of tne question. ' During this cotioquy in several In stallments someone ahad said some thing about squabbling over thl ques tion and 'losing a congressman. Then young Clement arose and with fine fcelln shouted! "If Its to lose us a congressmen, I withdraw the motion, tor anything in tnis, world ' to beat Spencer Ulackburn." Of course thl wss popular and th crowd yelled. Wright hsd also moved to submit th primary question to the voter at th general election and withdrew this. Youna- C cment s tilt with Mr. Klutts who 1 one of the rend lent men In the State was the feature, of the day and the Congressmen was met cleverly st every point Clement more than held his own ana recognising Air. Kiutu political wisdom withdrew alt that h wished. .'.' . ' The primary Just closed Is th greatest one held In : years. W More vote wer cast and a good feeling prevailed. The well-to-do, th form er nfllfllce holder and the popular fell out and th convention that rati fied the wish of the people did a good day' work, y -f . ' ' Mrs. Davis Able to Sit Up. ' ; New York. Msy 14. The condition of Mrs. Jefferson Davis wa reported to-nlg'it as being very much Im proved, It wss said that she wns ahlo lo sit tip fr about hulf an hour dur li:; t!i day, y" TO BEG UtATE PHONE BATES SECY GRIMES FILES COMPLAINT Secretary : of Stato Grime ' Alleging Overcharge on Part ot lieu it ic phone Company, Make Complaint 1 , to ConmraUon ' Commlseioo . and That - Lona - Distant Hat and Monthly, itcnul be fixed. Naming the Figure lUleigh A Soutliport bearing l-ayettevUlo With Tracks . Mattor Quiet In National uuaxa Circle "TIm . Land of Opportuni ties." f V -,.,.:',-'.'. , - ,;v ,;. ., . oD8eryer- Bureau, 4 f', A ? Ill South Dawson Street r i'5 - Raleigh,, May : SecreUry of Stat Grime , pie a complaint with th corporation com mission . against the-r Bell Telephone) Company for alleged over Charge foe long distance business In North Caro lina, asking that th rat be made flv'cn per minute for the ilrst'flv and . two and ope-half cent after ward, .. Alhs that rental rate be fixed at.! $I.5 per month for resid ence, and II for business place. SecreUry of State Grime returned to-day from hi farm In Pitt county. H:aya that" a. number of farmer .th;r and lnvBufort county say they expect toT have" ttfplow up thelf cot ton and that he learned in that section and also around 'Weldon a lot ;of cotton Just coming up was caught, at what is known a ."the double," whlcb is the most critical period,' thl be ing a it peep above ground and be fore , the .. leave V. unfold. Secretary Bruner, of the' agricultural depart ment lo came back to-day from the east He says there waa some frost on the other lde of the river, but as far 'a h could learn it did not do much damage, ' Th Supreme Court la at work thl week on the 18th district WITHIN FIVE MILES OF FAT ' , ETTEVILLE. , . The Raleigh 8outhport Railway is now within, five mile of Fayette vllle with iU rail and will push Into that city la a few week. Right of way will ,b condemned, proceeding having already been Instituted. There are persistent rumor that this road 1 very closely affiliated with the Ral eigh V Pamlico Sound system, that 1 th Norfolk A Southern. ; The Agricultural Mechanical Col lege commencement will be the next feature her. The examination are now being concluded. . It la expected that next term the work of the col lege will be enlarged and improved. There ha been some Internal trouble during- the present- term- which has been qulje a drawback in sever! waya - . ' The Observer correspondent mad Inquiries regarding the Affect of the frost and cold wind ot last ween, it I stated. In reply, that the frost did a great -deal of damage ovt. large part of the Bute and that a-good deal of replanting of cotton-will be necessary. Fruit does not seem to have been Injured. It . , suffered In March In many sections. - Next after cotton, corn and - tender . vegeUbles were the most hurt - ' Matter ar very quiet In regard to the National Guard of thl Stat at present, aa really nothing can be done until It la ascertained what Congress will do In regard, to the Increased appropriation. If proper provision is made it seems that .the Third Regi ment will go Into oamp and the, man euvers at Chlcamauga. It Is fairly complete and has a band, -whlla the Second Regiment has none. . An offi cer of the Second Regiment express ed the opinion that It would nht be his regiment but the Third Regiment which would be named for the man euvers, f-f, "''---.-' , ,. . "THE LAND dF OPPORTUNITIES'; Governor Gleen to-day gave The Observer' correspondent a very at tractive folder, remarking that he was extremely pleased with it and that it well Illustrated, In a concise . way, North . Carolina' possibilities. The folder waa Issued by the agricultural department and contains an excellent msp of the State and Illustration of th varied Industrie. It call North Carolina "Th Land of Opportunities." He says this U only a beginning and that, when the " board - meet next month, be will go before It and ask it to pre par an exhibit of North Caro lina' resource to be shown In New England and th Northwest. The Governor wa to hav spoken at Favettevllle thl : evening at th closing of on of th schools, but yes terday hi brotner, wnom , n nad not seen since last . September, "arrived here from Macon, Oa., with a little son, to remain until to-morrow, so the Governor sUyed here and State Auditor Dixon went to Fyttvill In hi tad. v. ' CHARTERS GRANTED. . - The But authorise the Elk Moun tain Cotton Mills, at Ashevllle, to is sue 2t,000 of cumulative preferred stock. A charter Is granted the Ex cel I sor Steam laundry, at lflMlgh, authorised capital 150,000, Benjamin W. Baker, Joseph O. Brown and oth ra atockholdnra Another charter la granted thtun Men' Institute, at Ashevllle, the4 object of. which I to promote th. weiiocing of .the negro In thst city; '. ' '. a - SecreUry of State Grimes brought The Observer's correspondent to-day from Washington, n. c, a very great curiosity, this being the pistol umd by Teach, of Bleackbeard, the "Infa mous pirate, whose life was marked by Teach, or Blackbeard. the Infa- tof has for many year been In th possession of th-Resps family, of Beaufort county, and Is lent by Mr, John D. Respas through Dr J W. Gallagher, of Washington. . The work of demolishing buildings near the Park Hotel to make room for a large three-st6ry structure for th public printers, William - M. Boy land and E. M. Uxxell, began to-day. Insurance Commissioner Young baa been sick sine hi return from Rich mond Friday. 'H will lev to-morrow for Nashville to d dress a conven tion of Tennessee business men. He Is asked to tell them how to get rid of Insurance trouble In' Tennessee nd bring about th same good re sult hav been obtained in North Carolina. '... -. '-. Secretary of State Grimes, In' hi complaint against the Hell Telephone Company, ssys he waa charged 11.75 for a seven-minutes' long distance talk with Washington, , N., C, from Raleigh, y 1 ; - ' A - beautiful and complete ' pro gramme - for the North Csrollna for tho Hummer School for TeacV J st liaMrh June It-July (I, h t I Imiuetl. (Jov-iTiinr CJIenn will glf'l'l reception to the teachers st t utlv pxau.Iun the evcoh i c i , i ' DEATH OF CARL SCUCRZ. ;, ; '. - c r.y .i i ii ii i,n v'''y r- '.'' :; Widely Known '' German-American, Former Editor' and CnWnet Mem ber, Passe Away at i HI 'Home in ,New.York,i Aged . J..,. ". , y. ;.: . Nevf . York, May 14 Carl Schurs, widely known a a publicist and for mer cabinet member, died at bis horn tn thl city at 4:1$ o'clock. thl morn ing. : Death was d'ue.'to a complica tion of disease following an atUck of etomach trouble.1 which became acut on Thursday last , In spite of brief period of seeming Improvement Mr. Schurs slowly failed and yester day afternoon sank Into a state of soma, , which continued until the end, At the bedsid were; a son, Carl L., and two daughterl y Marianne and Agatha: : Edwai"d JU' Pretoriu. Mr. Schurs' buslnesa partner, and poo- tor Jacob! and Strau. . v A; ' Mr. , Schurs wa. If year old. hav ing been born In Cologne, March I. lift.- His residence, here was at 14 East Ninety-first' street ' where th funeral will be held Thursday. , President Telegraph Ilia , Sympathy. Washington, May 14. President Roosevelt to-dsy sent the ' following telegram, to Cuv JUSchur. at New Tork: ."' "" .'"Pray accept the expression of my profound sympathy In the death of your father. This country . has lost a tatesman of LInooln'a generation whose services both In peace and in war, at the great crlals of the re public' history, will not be forgotten while that history lasts." . ; . , ' . RUSSIAN ADMIRAL JIURDERED. Commander of the Port of St. Peters ; burg is Stabbed to Death From Be I bind as Result of Workmen's Plot ; at Admiralty Works Had Refused '.May Day Holiday. ... . 8t PeWaburg. May 14. Vice Ad miral Kuxmlch, commander of the port who wa very unpopular with th workmen, was assassinated - here to-day by workmen whoa May Day demonstration he had attempted to tOP. ....; V, : ', , . The admiral wa killed at a new admiralty works, a government Insti tution, where most of the 1,000 men employed, reported for duty at I o'clock this morning. They wanted Immediately to march out In a body and celebrate the Russian May Day, but finally agreed to. work till 1 o'clock In the afternoon. The admiral however, made a speech to the men, saying that he could not agree to their leaving work at 1 o'clock, and the matter was left open, y At about i:10 a. m. the admiral was emerging from a amall ahop In the work when a workman, who had been concealed around tho corner of the building, leaped on Kuimlch from behind and drove a long dagger Into hi back. ' The admiral fell forward oa his face, which was badly cut by stones, and died Immediately. The assassin fled Into a large forge, where he waa lost among th men employsd there. The works were promptly sur rounded Vf uvp'Mid' puHtisy tjut'th search for the murderer was unavail ing, his comrades - professing igno rance of his Identity. - v- The police say It Is evident that the assassination of th admiral had been planned " In advance. ' The - dagger, which was found on the spot, wa concealed In a round stick. Ilk a word-can. '' f Among th workman ar many for mer aavlora and revolutionist. Kds mlch hsd a bsd reputstlon among the workmen, being regarded a hard and despotic , . SHOOTS RETVRXING . ASSAILANT. Widow Living Near ' Eastman. Ga., Heady for Negro Sedaad Time Al ter falling Victim First Wounded Man Selling up By Slob. " Eastman, da., May 14. Mrs. Fop, a widow, wno uvea aione aoout six miles north of Eastman, was assault- sd by a negro named Will Wommock last Friday night. wommoca went to the home of Mr. Pop, and call ing her out totd her a neighbor waa sick and they had sent him for her. When she came out he seised her. and drawing - his knife, . told . her If sh made an outcry he would cut her throat He told her If ah mad th assault known h would kill her, say ing h knew he would be killed him self, but h would kill her before he wak!lled, and that h would b back th next night lira Pom cut a hoi In th iront door and covered It with a piece of cloth. When sh heard some one step up on th porch Saturday night ah asked . If It waa the same per son who had been there the night be fore, and when he replied Xhat It waa, sh snatched the cloth from over the hole and began firing, one bullet strik ing Wommock In th strfmch .and passing through the body. Wom mock then turned and rny Mrs. Pop continued to shoot at him un til ah had xhautd th content of ber pistol. , ,. , A Neighbors, attracted ny lb shoot ing, visited Mrs. Fope'e house end learned of the occurrence. - They went to Wommock' house and found htm In bed. wounded. At first he denied hU guilt but later confessed. He was then taken out and strung up and hi body riddled with bullet, after which the mob quietly dispersed, An Inuuest was held thl morning and th coroner's jury returned a. verdict that the deceased came to hi death at th hand of unknown par tie. .' ;.r- .... j,l .,;.,,, , " SMITH GETS THIRTEEN MONTHS. Former Assistant Postmaster at Horn- rrsvino Pentenrra to rrorrsj i-rin llva ttlrw-L miinrm AIma SntMtwhrl Special te Th Observer, t "'; ' .. Ashevllle, May . 14 Judge Boyd Imposed sentence in this United SUtes District Court this afternoon th charge of blockading, ' fell the hm tianfl or inn law. viva mack. aders were sentenced.for.lt months each, while - Assistant -' jostmsater Smith. "of Homersvllle. convicted of opening mall and the larceny of tie, was also given It months In the Fed eral prison. , J. C. Gentry, charged with neglect of duty, waa allowed to make bond and prayer for Judgment will be continued from day to day..,, BUI RMnranllng Washington Mtnol -., ; hjstem Compictou. ,. 1 . Washington, May 14. The Rous nd under consideration to-day bills relating to th government ot th CHstrlct of Columbia. - A pnrt or the i-lty council for Washington, the lower brsn:h of Congress completed pin reorgnnismir i" puuuo J'l--i system. The House dournei, . "im-ni e f a quoruiu pustnlng ,.tl the Mils unilcr connut.iw- i owa bl. U will be toUvn up lo- i.. THE PBSIDENl'S DENIAL IT IS REGARDED RATHER Official t Wasliington . SlU 1'p an J ; Take Profound Notl-e of l)evelo- ' menu a to Mr. Tillman' Caustto -. Critlchim of thei president' Action ; in lUte BIQ Matter Majority Ki. . press Belief Tliat Meewra. Tillman , and Chandler Told the Truth ami -Regard Mr. Roosevelt's Reply a I Jtather Weak Mr, Moody Take :." to the .Tail Timber. , -. by, vt.'a: HILDEBRAD. . , ' Observer Bureau. ' i A' itn.o Street. . Washington, Msy 14. Not In months . haa official Washington- sat up ' and took , such pro found notice of any development aa It haa ef the chars of Senator Tin man ' that , President - Roosevelt, throue-h Attorney Ganaral Moody and . former Senator ; Chandler, . had draw n't Democratic Senators Into an allUnce for the . rat bill and then hf-ntr hllk vlHi lhsia lr..v ...... niti, - i.i.Hi, 1 nw J I I J time before haa th President sc- cusea men or lying aner they had visited the White , , House . without Uklnr . th ' nrecautlon to ' have a ' stenographer nearby.' Henry - M. ' Whitney, of Boston: John F.' Wal- lAaWa . . f ArmPr Kamskit Aff Vag Yai n m W ex canal commission; Albert. , liowen.. v, iiidi muiiBicr , rucuciH, aiiuu B. Parker,. George O. Shields and Senator Tom Piatt have won addi tional distinction fcv belna- ..Included In v Mr. Roosevelt's galaxy ' ot liars. Aatth word sua sea ta. the President of the United state la ex-offlcio, a Xaa s A n.nnlMMAankkla ' . waMAltw fv w v i vausisi swsv vvi M:iti . and. if anybody but Mr. Roosevelt naa aesu - me . '. carat, c on . migni gre that th presence of six ace lit th. Amrr m'aa aiiamlMAiia flninin. . stance, but under, the circumstances it mum navsooen a -squars uosi, even If the carda .came from the bot- Iam nf Ik. ni.lr iml TVi fltiM tititl' that ."Everybody lie but Roosevelt" SAY ; CHANDLER AND TILLMAN , TOLD TRUTH. lkt Itiit rltlnlam nt ha M nilllB V, V .. - , V .a ...w- lnaM.iii nf ttia ITnlted Rtatea must be Umpered because ot th high of fice which he hold, people-here do not say that th President has said things that ar not true, at least not all of them do. On the contrary, most of them simply content them selves with an expression of the be lief that Messrs. Chandler and Till man told th exact. truth In every--thing they ald. ' - NO DEFENSE OF PRESIDENT. 'All itav Inna- fteOnla ' crowded th' galleries In th Snat chamber In Hiuntiiim f haarlns- soma defense of the President but nothing hap pened. Eariy tnis anernoon Attor ney General Moody and Senator At Hbaii haM a. lana-thv conference With the Prealdent- and after their de parture a report Became persistent that th President would send a let ter to Senator - Allison which would be- read on the Senate- floor. : Thl wa not done, but about cam copies of a statement from th President , i ik.. .m . of a lattae to Senator reeenutivea .- it was nm todctii ef Republican opinion at th Capttol - v. i tha nartf. of wisdom for th President to lt th matter die down as aoon aa poMuoie ana their disappointment must perforce, i-,n intanalflad whan they saw what the President hsd evolved: ThO( absurdity of the enaeavor to cream . the impression that Mr. Chandler waa an emissary of the Democrats rather than an emissary from the White House to the Senator in cnarge of th rt bill, will be elf-wvldent to vrybody acqutntd with Sena- , tor Tillman and who ar familiar with hi antipathy towrd th presi dent , , . . ' ... BAFFLES COMPREHENSION, v Mr. Chandler,- In ., the opinion of everyone here, would . never hsve thought ot opening dp negotUUon kiuii tha President and th Demo cratic Senator had th President not. written him a not requesting mm io do o. What th president mean by wi. mImu that there Is, no par ticular dlffernc between the White Hous or Long amendment ana tn amendment for which Senator Alli son la belna' held reeonslbl. and hi oft xpred preference for . the Overman amenameni ana nt imtar consent to th emasculation of th nrnvtan ' ar atmntv ' matter that baffl the - comprehension of most people. Th aitrerenc wtwwn amendment I antipodal. lse why ha ik. iMrleh limint snent weeka In a desperate and successful effort to defeat any provision sucn as ui Introduced by Senator Long? - Not' tniv ta tho Praaldent'a reoly regarded generally as a rather weak docu ment touching only in very nigra place th real accusations that have bean laid at the President's door, but msny feel ; that " Attorney Oeneral Moody aiso iauea 10 snow up. strong. ' -! "; MR. MOODT TAKES TO THE TALU - .,, ',y TIMBERS. ""lyf-.:::. -It wa funny about "Attorney Gen eral Moody, who . had wrlttn tha MimitaA". nonrt review amendment on Department ef Justice autlonery. whicn.wa accepisa . vj r.. i..u.-.. and Mr. Bailey, en behalf of tha Democrats. When he wa told that th Prldenf had gone eve to- tr.i Aldrlch, camp, " iionwj umtr.i Moody I said to hav exclaimed, "Well. 'I'm ' flabbergasted," and he .forthwith flt a recuperative neces- Ity nd lit OUt ror tne tan limner of western North Carolina, with a view to spending week or o will th Vanderbllts. ' ' , w . Senator Bailey says to-night there may be other disclosures . and the n.iMutntti j eonsresslonal campaign committee Is arranging to send out th statement reso in m b"w Saturday by. Mr. Tillman aa t cm. palgn document . 1 .. . . ' . Whole Family Murdered and Homo , :, y .-'. Ilred. ' xtila , rta. , Mav" 14. W. C. Jkcreman, his -wife and seven chil dren were Incinerated In their hom near here last night. Ther are in -cations thst they wer first tnur I and that tn nous was men ? fire to hide the crime. A t lnve)lgatlon Is being made hnnu' of nndlns some clue t: lead to the arrest of the r ties. " lit ! -1 t'litUd K! r Tnl". I"'- J' 'Y 1 T. I. V i. i- I t'. tt ' tie c port -r f 1 : Hint ill- e ' ! : 1 ' : " ' after h 1" " i '- f.irtui.-- -i : : ' 1 i 1 . ' 'i t . mi y i i t y r f. ' . 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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May 15, 1906, edition 1
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