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' ' " r''' ''' y ' . - '. ' "'' ' ' '' ' ' I I v I : I Tt WW 1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICK : $8.00 PER YEAR. CUARLQTTIV N,: C.; TUESDAY MOBNINO, IA1 22, 1906. PRICE FIVE CEOT& A' K V.," - JAIL MB SEHATOB BUEIOiN ECISION OF SUPREME COURT v . .... ... . i an,.. i kiniwn .nnn unninni m v- 1W7 -(Boari -Federal Court of Practicing i J"i . IWoro Ittoni(f pepartment Ixna , IflaLaat Hope, UarrUiR Hie luanee of a Re.Ilearlns'. He Ileitis Uranted 5 C 0 Vara to rrepare WtlUon-- '' Three Joatlcea l)lent--Heat Senate la Not IesaUy rfelied and senate aiuat itaeu ix-irw it . i : . cant, io Get lUd of liun. Waahln;ton,: May ; The Bu- jireme Court of th united Biatea w day rendered a, declalon 'fa the case of United Btataa Senator Joieph R. Burton, of Kansaa. The ductaton waa ajalnst Burton, afflrmlnc the decision of the United Etatee Circuit Court, for the eastern district of 'Missouri. ,hy :which Burton waa sentenced to. six months' Imprisonment in the Jail of Iron county. Mo.r required to pay a flne-of M.500.- and deprtved ot the right to hereafter, bold ofnee , under tne aovernmeni. . . j . Tha opinion waa by Justice Harlan. Interest I wer overruledU-Lji. ; Senator Burton waa prosecuted oh h. Ae.vint.ttn. .m. -itt V: Z rZ, T V L" oi mm n-viMK owiwvw, wmcu irv- fclbiu ; 8enators and RepreaenUtlvea fmm raMivlne - enmnena&tion for .errlc- rendered before any of , the sjorsmmem uepanmems in any m- ter In. which the gorernment may. be Ihtereated. . Ha waa BpecMcally charged with accepting, a fee of f 100 Tr month for five montha fronv the XtlaJto' Oraln ft Securities Company, of St Loula. for .erylees : rendased that company .in an ettort torerent tne issuance or an oraer oy "ei""- ,-- Postofflce Department prohibiting the "?!ine " ?"v2 t-hAt.,th.J0I,.? r of the-mall, by the ompany,- - TmIass n-Aaeake WPtlPak aunt VaAaTai T ' ".T.- .T: mm .nit.u in r"""'- delivered by Justice Brewer, The court granted a - motion 1 aive ( days to. Senator Burton In which to Drepaxe a petition for a re bearimr. The - action will have the effect ef taking the case orer until . the October term of court. That the Senate will be compelled k. UnbuM of the case la In. to take cornlaanca of the case la ln . . i.. k..ij .k.. .. ..nu , T.I X Yk i u S5Si S.nat..M .h ' their places under tne government or h.'iiti Rtaiaa." rBecauaa Con- arreaa U Itself one of the three con- ffiJii.Pi W ln' government. I -To the newspaper men who called : -I shall adhere - to my original r Dollcy of saytnc nothing1! until my case la finally, determined."' 1 He would not aay, In reply to a aueatlon. V .fTutfr. th fa5 thit ha "deeded: ln;i.w -of "5 dayJ buildlniT will meet oppoeltlon in the t!Sfft; a har?n-it la taferrd Sonata, but not of such stubborn char-'-'IRf &&nt f - acter- aa-la thought to endanger 1U that he WHI AO SO. , r .Mut.nl tnAmhar . ai . "at once."s aa a prominent senator puts it. a resolution, ui-oe iniro - X..r.4 t Haolara his aeat vacant. . APTTAf, WAS HOT AHL ... . ! WlgZ Tfn?S - . . . . 1 . . w 'in uwun 10 uoBHUue uamai venu. Obaerrer Bureau. 110 Main Street Columbia,' 8. C. May tl. !5,!trlSlfiS - ta that of the now Justly celebrated Tanoplllne Company, a local concern :' f which had a gay Ave montha' run - with flaming . advertising banners on a capiui of 150.000. all but . about cluilvelv hot air TheUtle of the : : 22lt In which lunent haa lust beei Ski AAA mi' Vl.k mm. I 0 . ?!Ce8n!liULU.""-,!ik':d vm.7 Vonarh:m ? ; enough on their subscriptions to the di amountta, to aom. $7,600. and reimburse the small stockholders for t..ir i.u - jirfnan -wa nht.in.ri ' against the defendants, though theyl i ' will likely appeal. . ' . I ;.' The proceedings disclosed that Mr. I " Walker subscribed to 111,000 of the -A. stock,-, to be paid for. In services aa ' president; Mr. , Doctor for an . equal : amount to be paid for as manager : and treasurer, ana u. C' Roumiuat 1 1107, were aent to the House to ' ' was given $11,000 in stock for his I day by Secretary '- Taft ' tranamltted . xormuia ior maaing me remeay mat-1 rated by tha name of the company. I , The other $11,000 was scattered. I - Nearly $t,000 of It was taken. , John . neioy paia ,vw cain mr nis snare . at par, while Allen. Peas and R. D. J - weiis, -young nurai iroun ismoa and employfs other than skilled and , ' subscribed and partly paid for $500 unakllled labor on the Isthmus. $$, -'. each, those three and Mr. Roumlllat tlt,$l; for skilled labor on the lath ; going on the road with pretty dress rauB, $5,$tl.010 for unakllled labor --ault cases and mileage booka as the 0n the-Jathmus, $4,141,41;. for pur- , irareiins i.1iTOUi.ii. v ua vuu-j 4, vera. - , 1 " -. ; ' " Of the money Mr. Selby put In he ; will get nothing back for the reason that when the crash came he "'toed a I ' release aa to hlmaelt to Measra Dos- ler and Walker In consideration of - tn !' comV0 ort1 01 th L 71 z t,AZZ,i . him. The other smaller stockhold-1 ; C -fJiTiiif nVnrti.?! .n.?.Pif ih- t rXZJrtfJt'AVZ i,. . .; vouia mat ae eat nui vvut a WWV not decide otherwise. 'T : "TE. "I?"! aj wrm- uivvra apr'1"'" ' "w v vra and Mr. W. II. Lyiea for Measra Walk l , k.. .V..t.4 1. I W 'The case has created. uch talk In I the, community. MORtt CANDIDATES.: Three mora candidates filed pledges I as candidates ror Htaie omcea to-day- eTatV'treMurrTA. W. 'jonw "tot r" n W .1 lanninM ' ffA Ha.aianHaw -. I election as comptroller general, and 1 Ml A., Bummeraett for railroad com- mlasloner. Col. John 'T. Sloaw filed I his pledge as candidate for Governor Saturday afternoon, but State Senator I . Manning, who has announced ... his Sui 'hTra0 V?ir0nthf-'.rta filed hla pledge. Both are State die- penaary candldatea.1!,. If.-1. Smith, of Camden, and M. V. Anael. of Green- vllle, the former a State dispensary '.ShJT announce. And the political - prohM bltionlsts and the pure prohibitionists 1 nava v.iar f. n'uuy. c yt- Th, talb In nnllllal r iwU. I la that the dlsoenaarv aubernatorial settings may be weeoed out to one in the hill by some process of ellral nation not yet definitely worked out, but this Is-all talk and guessing so far. 1 Some more talk Is to the effect thst the antl-dlspenaary people pure prohibitionists, political prohlMtion- ; lata, . high license and lsln old bar folks will concentrate on B. A, Mor San, of Greenville. -s MABINES TO TIIE ISTHMUS J PANAMAIANS MUST , BE . GOOD VnoM Ban Wants No Revolutions W lille He la Dinging the Canal and t ho 400 Marine .Now Aboard' the Columbia Bound s for Gunntanamo, Tuba, art- Intended to - Serve He-Knforoemenu Within CJ1 lUota and .Upheaval la Regulation Sooth American Stylo Threatened Djr uuerai party for June go, Election Day. ; ..it . r. Washington, May .Il.Mora than 100 marlnea will confront .Liberal party Jeadera on the Iathmua of Panama In case hey attempt to pro mote riots and revolution at the tfm of the election In Panama on June I to. . Althouh the canal sono la under ln Beoretary ot war. mere is 1 no "J 'f mut mt tne trna of the. approaching election, and Secretary Tait must Jiy on r Mrm c.or,: w Prol1 l .0,y m MriM9 are-0n the Isth I mos at present. . .These are in com I mand, . of Major C. O.- Lons;. More duantanamo anetsirlll be within easy 1 call in case the politics become stormy In Panama. This larre da tachment of marlnea Is In command 0( Major Leleune.v The Marblehead. which Is now sailing southward down the Mexican coast and la only a few 1$? eannot add much atrength to any land expedition which may be necea- JV . e ppuucai anuauon " iZt ha. ." heen I strenatheoed materially and is so well equipped .that It Is In reality a lnr:t "fTnV tlmV UtJf? ' l I Panama Railway affords such excel I " a oj , - Un- ri..trlii - f.MHtl.a that troopa caa be hastened to any possible scene ' ef trouble In the canal sons without -delay. - This insures the pro tectlon of . all American . property Interesta Secretary Root and Beo retary Taft hare also mads It clear a i a. m s ""J w", YnSu twban.cea outside of the aone and If the uberala begin any movement I against the present government., of I Panama it will be with full knowl -., 1V: ". . delay the canal work or affect y ny way. i srRPA the DreANAUGHT WouM Have IS H-Iarh Guns-7 Oppoaltioa n tne Mnate. I Washington. May It. The navai J programme, ' providing for lha con itrucUon of one great battleahlp of tonnage equal to ny afloat or now Daaaage. There are' several memoera I k a.nJl. MimmldM An naval If. 1 r. "j rvrI iT-.li Zl. i - - - "-v. 1 ,1 ., thi Pposed to the building of the treat, unwieldy type or tne ureaa- naugni.3 now oeing consirucsa or mi I UIT W Ul Ul apeak oiiiwiu 1 . . . . 1 . rn,.VPovTd?dToar b7v Th'.Pbm 1 i t una rl In. hauia. In aoniA rea- " .. . turee will be greater, than the Dread' naught The tonnage must be as great as the blggeet bauieenip now piannea. This Is estimated at about 10,000 tone. Its- apeed must be at least 11 knots anV drafTwm be a'pTut t It is la the armament that It will surpass the Dreadnaught' According to the plana for thla. giant defender for the Brltlah navy. It will have ten 11-Inch runs. Chairman roes, of tne House committee on naval affairs, said battleship for-the United States , nv H-"Cll guns. The edV ire the blra ihlps now author Ised tor the United : States navy and they wlU have eight .l-lnch guns. CANAL WORK'S COST NEXT YEAR . iJJLZZlT, Estimates Aarregatlng 126,14 8,J 81 '.for- Tj. eaw aliyr June 10, , !'. Tranaroltted to the House by e Secretary TalU Washington. May II. The detailed estimates for all expenses Incident to the construction of the Panama canal for the. fiscal' year ending June 10, through the. Treasury Department, The eatlmatea aggregate $!,!$. ill. Thev are contained under five heads, and are given In such detail aa to occupy twenty printed pagea The sub-divisions Includes , Pay of officers Chao ana delivery or material, sup- p Ilea and equipment for .Iathmua. of Panama, iie.iM.ou; to aumonse tne Pany, under the terms-expressed in loan to tne Panama Railroad Com the act of Congress of February IT. liOf, for the purchase and delivery of new equipment and Improrementa, $1,J0.000; for miscellaneous expend! v... ... tlonery and printing and traveling and incidental axpenses on tha Isthmus. $I4$,70.:. ... CORAM IX NORTH CAROLINA. Metal in Seven ixmntu ureal in - k-, .ni rart i.n itont m u, w vrmor win a . mm ihjvio w ajib rolnton To Itevolutlonlie Auto mo- hUlna. - Hwwlal to the Observer. ' : , nonoke. Va . May Thomas A. r Edison arrived her. In. .n..utomobila to-day. en route to uncointon, N. C He annohnced that aftf a search of k . - tw0 years by a number of pwspectora .working ,ior him ... in ma :mounuin counties . of North Carolina the rare mul obaW. with which ha will be .v . hl. fb toTebate thO weight Of hla new battery 10 per. cent,: has been found and he is much encouraged. .Cobalt aa only been .found In Oermaoy and What little fidlson has used has been Imported. It has liitelv h.. f0a In i the following K'nrlh " laronna counuaai jaiicneii, waae, Jackson, Clay,- Catawba,- Lincoln and Oaeton, . There are Ave persons In the Edison, party aftd, they are traveling In two machines. They left Orange, W,'3 last Wednesday. , Kdison de clares cobalt will revolutionize auto moblllng by reducing the weight of I the battery $0 per cent ' ' . ' CA ID WELL CASE UP TO-l) A DISCUSSION IN. OPEN ASSEaIBLT On Recommendation of Judicial Com nut tee, Qimttlon aa ' to . AVhethrr Case of Caldwell Against Srnod of 'Texas for Action Will be Heard lu Open Koiwlon Dr. Caldwell to De ' feiul Hlnwelf Report of Oommlttoe on r Education Adopted Qaestlon of Polygamy In Mlwtlon Territory ; UlacusMeO r iteprlnt of the "De stlogjve J'Tlni'lplea." , . . , Special to The, Oberver. : ' GreenvlUe, S, C... May 1. The first report of the Judicial committee which was submitted at thla morning's see slon of the General Assembly, mated soma surprise In that It recommend ed that the - complaint, pf .Rev. S. 8. Laws. D. D and others against' the Synod of Virginia, be heard upon the floor of tha Assembly this afternoon. and that counsel tor tha plaintiff and defendant be given an hour each for the discussion of the case. rThe case bf Dr. Laws Is with reference to polygamy In the foreign mission fields of the Church. He recommended to the Synod . of Virginia that all men who, before their conversion, had en tered Into the marriage relation with rodre than ' one ' woman should , have all such marriages except the first 080," annulled before ' being received into the Church. The 8rnod of Vir ginia, of which Dr. Laws la a mem ber,' ruled that such action , on tha part of tha Church would be unwise. and recommended that the man ap plying for membership in the Church should remain true to all hla wives. but that he ahould not contract any other "marriage. Tha Synod ruled further that all converts with but one wife ahould be forbidden to take another, and that all unmarried men ahould be forbidden th marry but one woman. The argument of thla caaa will elicit much interest. The Observer's correspondent has been Informed by commissioner! who are ' prominently connected with the Caldwell case that in an proDaoiuty, thla. case also will be argued on the floor of tha Assembly, but nothing has -been said as to the time of the argument MORNINO SESSION. - The General Assembly convened at :iO o'clock this morning ana itev. P. E. Rogera. of Louisiana, conduct ed me fllvouoDM cxercisea, rnumt the thirty-second Psalm ss the morn log lesson. Tha moderator took the chair at 10 o'clock, and called for the reading of the mlnutea of Saturdays sessions. They were read and approved. COMMUNICATION. , A communication' from the Austin Theological Seminary waa read and referred to the committee on theo logical - semlnarlea A - letter from Rev. E. B. Coe, of the Reformed Church In America, was read. He waa appointed by hi Church:' to bear fraternal greetings from that Church te this and thla letter conveyed tna same. " The letter waa referred to the committee on foreign correspondence, A. communication from tha com mittee on Sabbath t observance and family religion waa the next read. - It recommended very strongly a revival of family worship, of the establish ment of more family altera ana ut tered a warning against the tendency of the present time to emphaslae the work ot the Sunday achool and young people's societies to the point of neg lectlng the work of the home, wnlch Is the only '-God-appointed Institution for the religious training' of young people, and stating that no Inatitu tton of the Church can relieve th home of Its responsibility. Several communications, those on woman's societies, systematic benefi cence and young peoples, societies. were referred without reading. ..... . Tha ludlclal committee reported that the committee recommended that the complaint of Rev. 8. S. Laws and otbera against the Synod of Virginia be heard on the .Assembly floor thla afternoon. - REPORT ON EDUCATION ADOPT Tha dlacuaslon of the reoort of the committee .on Church and Christian education was resumed, having been left' aa unfinished buaineas from the Ion of Saturday morning. - The port was read again .and tha items adopted ' seriatim,' all' except tne rec commendatlon that Aahevllle, N, C, be aelected aa the headauartera of the secretary and central committee of education. The recommendation - ot tha committee for the appointment of a secrteary and central committee was adopted unanimously The following commissioners were appointed by the moderator , to constitute the central committee: Reva T, H. Rica, chair man; A. C. Hopkins, president; H. L smith, Reva W. E. Boggs and M M. Scott - To thla committee . the As sembly voted . to leave the selection of the place to be tha headquarters of' the committee and the secretary to be appointed. .. Tha committee will announce their selection to. the As sembly for Its approval or disapproval. REV. DR. BOaag ON EDUCATION. Rev.'W. E. Bosga, X. D.. addressed the Assembly on the : duty .of the Church to the young people being educated In State institutions. .He stated that the ' Church cannot af ford to neglect the men in State uni versities, for many young men of tne Church will alwaya be educated In these Inatltutlona Dr. Boggs . has spent much of Ms life aa a minister educational -worit,. -ana . no spoke with great earneatnnae. In , cloning he said that' the-pulpit was a' far more potent agency than ,. Christian education, and . urged tha ministers present to pray until: their emotional natures should be awakened, and make their sermons practical and reach tha hearts as well aa th hearfa of hearers, and expect God to Con- Vert while - th sermons . are being preached. - ' , . - . The Assembly voted favorably to the request of Rev. J. It. Ilowerton, D. JJ: for an ad interim, committee to visit Montreal in June to consider the advisability of establishing a sum mer school of theology at that point : CALDWELL CASE AGAIN, , Rev, Joseph us Joints! ob, D. D rose a point of personal privilege and reMd tha- following telegram, which had heen forwarded to him from Fort Worth, Texaa:t ' "The organlsa tlon of ih Assembly1 a very favorable pr caidweii ana ;; the -First Church.? '-,:' '-'"';)" . , The telegram bore the signature. but was sent to John C. Hcott, an elder in the First Church. Frt Worth. It waa sent from Oreanvllle last Thursday. It la not known who sent the telcgrsm, ss ail the commls- oners from Texas disclaim any nowledgt of it Dr. Johnston Stated that.lt was, la his opinion, the work of a 1 newspaper reporter, . and that the - reporter and not Alexander. the coppersmith In this Instance, - bad don the Church great harm.: . 1 mmf Tr..T.Tvxio . This report- of the committee on publications and Sabbath- schools sub- mlted Its' report which was adopted Th report recommended an organw aatlon for men similar to the Baraca movement. , With regard to the need of this movement Rev. A. L. Phillips addressed the Assembly on tha peed of the men or to-day. . . ' This committee recommended that $8,000 be-raised In the Churchthts year, for the publishing Interesta; - ANIMATED DISCUSSION. ' V Rev. Eugene ?enlel addressed tho Assembly . In . favor ' of the overture from Greenbrier Presbytery which e quested that the book, now out' of print entitled. 'The Distinctive Prla clples of the Presbyterian Church In the United States." be reprinted. This subject waa ably discussed by Dr. DanleL Dr. William McPheetera and othera In favor of republishing . thla book, and by Rev, Dr. H. K. Hemp hill and Rev. Dr. J. R. Howerton and othera favoiinsr - tha revision of tho book before publishing. This discus sion waa carried over until the after noon session. . y, v The Assembly adjourned at o'clock. - --.-w.. .. ' : AFTKRN'OON SESSION. The Assembly met at $:$0 o'clock and th discussion aa to the republi cation ot tha book on the "Distinctive PtlnclDles" was continued and waa concluded by th adoption of a mo tlon mad, by - Dr.. Howerton to tne effect that an ad Interim committee b aonolnted - to consider this book sad other publications and report Ita decision to th next AasemDiy. tne Assembly to decide as to the publl- cationa '' Numeroua overturea were acted up. on bv the Assembly that were reoom mended by the committee on bills and overturea .. - REPORT OJP ' COMMITTEE ON ... CALDWELLi CAS IS. . The ludlclal committee in the case of the complaint of Rv. W. E. Cald well, against th Synod .of Texas and against th Presbytery of Fort Worth, and the comolaint of th ses sion of the First Presbyterian Church f Fort Worth against the Synod A Texaa and against, th Presbytery ' Fort Worth reported that It would, for the d re sent, pass over the com plaint of the aesslon of the First Church, and that the committee de sired the Assembly to decide whether Dr. Caldwell has a right under his comolalnL to anneal to this body. It recommended further that the time for this case to be heard before the Assembly be set for to-morrow. (Tues- day) morning, at 11 o'clock, and " -the order of hearing be as follows: Readlns of tha records: hearing 01 the complainant; hearing of tn res pondent: that th court conaiaer sep arately these two -Items: First as to whether th Synod of Texaa was Il legal In its action; second as to whether the Synod of Texaa was mis taken and severe In its action. The report - recommended further that Dr. Caldwell be allowed to apeak In-hi own defease If-.h a detres, and that tw hours each be given to the hearing af each member of the counsel of both sides: Dr. C. P. Bridewell, and Dr. W. H. Leavell. for Dn Caldwell, and Dr. Joeephua John ston and Dr. J. V. McCall for the Synod of Texaa- The recommenda tion of the commute was approved by th Assembly. ' - Dr. McCall asked to . allowed to distribute the printed - report of the action ef the Presbytery ef Fort Worth, and CoL Bullock made a motion for distribution, but this was opposed upon the ground that this printed record might not agree with th record In the handa of th Judicial committee. Rev. A. 1 J. McKelway mad a motion that a commute be appointed to com par the printed record with th record In th hands of the Judicial committee. - Dr. A. C, Hopklna and Col. B. H. -Young made me point inai, 10 appoint sucn a com mlttee. would be unfair to the JudI clal committee and to tha Synod of Texaa Dr. O. w. Bull .made a mo tion that the printed record be given Into" tha handa ot the stated clerk to be kept, until tha case . Is decided, ana this motion was earned. . Th Assembly . adjourned at f o'clock. :- " 1 - -..... " The case of Dr. Laws will com be fore the body at some - future time during the session. -.- Just before adjournment th Cald well ease, which had been set for a neanng 'to-morrow ' morning, waa tarewn on the docket to b taken no ana nenra at tn can 01 tne assembly. xn impression is prevalent that K will, b called to-morrow tnornlnr. and many believe that th case will b thrown out with tha decision of the Assembly; that th action of th Pynod ot Texaa . was illegal. ' When Dr. Caldwell's orthodoxy , waa I Ques tioned by a minister in the .' Fort Worth - Prsbytry. ' th Presbytery sustained Dr. Caldwell and appeal waa made to tha , Synod by - those who opposed him, and th Synod re ferred the matter back to tha Pres bytery, and the. Presbytery again sustained him by a larger majority than at first, but th Synod then ruled that Dr. 'Caldwell waa no longer a member of the Fort Worth Presby tery and, upon thla ' decision.' th complaint against the Synod and tha Prssbytery Is brought bef or the As sembly by Dr. Caldwell and hla church, which has sustained him throughout the , ntlr proceedings. Dr. Caldwell la at the Assembly.. x..,. no niant session -ot tna Asasmbiv was neia. as tna noay attended the commencement exercises - of ,Chlcora cqiiege by special invitation, f ' BY COMlfrrTEE ON nDCIWTION Majority Report Recommends Adon- ,; 1 um 01 Articles or Agreement j-ormuiaiea in t nsriotio. Greenville, B. O, May II. .- The 00m mlttee of It, on . from each Synod, to report on th . articles of federation, waa organised this after noon, by th election of Dr. A. J. McKelway,. of North . Carolina, as chairman. ' ' Th lines between the union and ant l-unlon forces- were drawn in the lctIon. A majority and a minority reoort were decided upon. The majority re port recommending that the South ern Church shall adopt the article of agreement, erecting a federative council, is signed bv th chairman and six member of the committee. nd th minority report by nr. Eugene Daniel, of Virginia, end four other membcre. The report wilt be presented to-morrow and will be the most important-matter brought.be fore the Southern Assembly at this session.. .( .. Mm.. Davis Further Improved. ' . New Tork. May $1. Mrs. Jefferson Darts was' reported to-day as greatly Improved. . . ,'.-'.' '" -' s C0pKENCEAT.AtCLOS "FAITH REVISION" EXPL.MNED, " ..- : V:, ... . :.i " . last Day of Methodist Bodj's Session at Blrmlngluiin 1a Marked by Kaiua ; Dispatch of It uslnees. Including lie , ply la "Horrmv end AjnaaciMent to ; I'rotoat - Against Restatement of Faith Only "Adeouate SMtemcnt ', of the Common Faith of John Wes ley's I'Dllowers" Meditated Oon 1 areas Asked to , Make Jamestown ? Exposition Cloee on Sunday a,' ? Birmingham, Ala., May. $1.' The fifteenth session of th quadrennial General Conference ot th Methodlat Episcopal Church, South, cam to close shortly after $ o'clock thla after noon with a few; words ot paternal advice and a touching benediction by the venerable Blahop A. W. Wilson. the senior bishop of the Church.' J Tn last aay was maraea ny in rarld dispatch of buslnesa The features ot tne morning were th reading of th answer to tha pro test of several delegatea against- tn plan adopted looking to a revision and restatement ef the Church creed debate on who ahould control the publishing house In Japan, which was Anally decided in favor of the book committee the - present custodians and th . adoption- of a resolution striking out the paragraph of th dis cipline, relating to worldly amuse ments and empowering the colleg of bishops to draw up a new paragraph on the aubject . Blahop . Candler resigned as aecre- tary of the college of bishops, and Bishop Ttgert were elected In his place. 2- j AS TO UNORDAINED MINISTERS. At tha afternoon aesslon provision was made for more evangelistic mis sionaries and a change waa mad In th rut recently adopted allowing unordalned ministers to perform tha ceremony of baptism and marriage. by making the rule apply only in States where It Is In conformance with the civil lawa The sixteenth business day of the Conference began with devotional services, led by Rev. J. C. Reed, of Virginia Bishop J. J. Tlgert who was ordained yesterday, presided. A motion fixing th first Wednesday In May, 1110, aa the time for holding the next Conference prevailed. A discussion arose over th report of the Church extension committee. which made Several changea in the personnel of the board, but the report waa adopted. The report recom mended hearty support of the Church extension work, especially In the new fields of Cuba, Oklahoma and Indian Territory and th rural districts of the South. REPLT TO RECENT PROTEST. An answer by th special commit tee appointed ' for th purpose was made to the - recent protest filed against the new statement of faith. The answer waa signed by C. M. Blah op, O. K. Brown and J. C. Scrugga and said that the protest had been read "with sorrow and amasement" The reply also stated that It had not been suggested by any representative of the majority that there should be or waa needed any revision of the faith, but that, the Conference only authorised the . commission to Invite other branches of the Methodist faith to unite in preparing "an adequate statement of th common fatth of th follower ox John Wesley." The re ply was severe in some parttculara and dealt with th subject . In con siderable detail. After the document had been read, Blahop Ward took tho chair. An amendment waa mad to the report of the commute on Sab bath observance, which was adopted calling on Congress te .require that the gatea of tha Jameatown Exposi tion be closed on Sunday. A telegram of greeting waa receiv ed from the Cumberland Preabyterlan uenerai Assembly at Decatur, lit ine jupwortn league board waa elected as roiiows: Bishop A. W. Wilson, nreaident: J M. Barcua. A. F. Watklna. W. T McClure, T. tl. King. B. P. Peabodv BUU VI. srvwn . . T . . ISLE OF PINES WILL REVOLT. One of the Leading American Land f)wner so Declares to Secretary Hoot rrovtdexl the Island Is Not Taken Over Itoio Cuba. - Washington, May tl. According to a statement by s. h. Paarcy. a lare-e land owner In the.Ial of Pines, a revolt against vuoan aumority in tnat isiana win oecur in the near future unless th United States re. eurnes control over It Mr. Pearcv and his brother, J. L. Pearcy. called at tr.e wnua House to-day, but the President declined to sea them, and they wer referred to Secretary Root Mr. Pearey declared that he did not coma to Washington ' to threaten in rraiaeni with a revo lution In which hundred of Amert can lives would be endangered, but simply to tell him th facta II said that Americans now own nine. tenths of the property in th Island, which they purchased solely on - th assurances of President McKinUy and tne war Department that th Island waa .American soil , Condi tions, h says, have - reached a crltl cal stag and th majority of Amerl cans hav stated that they, will stand their oppression - no longer. Mr. Pearey said that these American citizens have received many offers of aid from persons in th united States In cat of a revolts. .-v- CAPT, V. P. REAM DEAD Well-Known fitlam of Shelby Paaare Away at Advanced Age Wa . ..Brave Confederate Soldier,. '? . Special .to: Th':Obsemr.y;'f..;;:-'';f;; Shelby, May 11. After 10 days ill ness from i pneumonia, Capt W.' P. Beam, on of Shelby' moat promi nent cltlsena died yesterday. the fu neral services were -conducted from the Shelby Baptist church thla after noon. , Deceased was .71 yesrs old. By his exemplary II f he won th esteem ef everyone. H waa a good man. He was a deacon In the Baptist church and superintendent ot th Baptist Sun day school at th Shelby Cotton Mill. Capt. Beam waa a gallant Confederate soldier. Some of his Old comrades acted as pall-bearera Deceased leaves widow and three grown sons. ;. German Vice Consul at Panama Port , -'V;, Killed. ,.. New Orleans, May II. A. Cannloh, vice consul of Oermany at Bocae del Toro, Panama,, and cashier of' the United States Fruit Company, was killed by a native named Moler Can nich was seated in a restaurant with Consul Beckmann and several gentle men, whon.Meler entered and without warning opened , fire. la claimed that Meier Inteded to kill Dockmann, but missed him and shot Cannlch. The murderer waa arrested and It took th entire ponce armea wun rines to prevent 0 lynching.- ... -Cannlch waa burled la Bocaa del Toro th following day. DELAYS ;ALL. LEGISLATION NEW TACTICS BV MIL .WLLIAM9 House Minority Leador. With Entha - aiastlo Enconragenient From His Party. Demands Second on Every " Bill and Followa this up With Point : of "No Qaoram" Humorous TUu Wilh Speaker Cannon Elicit Hearty ' Laughter on Both Hide Increased Proportion of Bullion i la Heeerve " Fund AMthorlsed and 21 Other BUls "MMaaedl..- v. t, v..:i ai..-fM ; Washington, May II. Th minority leader. Mr. Williams, or Mississippi, having received enthuslastlo encour agement from hla party In hla course of obstrucina- lealaUtlon. began a ays- tematlc opoaltlon to bills In th Houae to-day by demanding - a aecona on every bill coming , up on suspension of the rules. . -.--i--'.---. -.--. -,.-.. Tellers were demanded on th or derlna of a second and when th Tot waa announced Mr.- wuiiama invan ablr made the nolnt of "no quorum. ' During the consideration of a House Joint . resolution- amending pension lawa no quorum" was notea oy Mr, Williams. - - "The chair will count f and Mr. Cannon waved . his gavel , over th The Speaker: "The chair has counted up to lS and haa not finished tne count" (Loud Applause.) -Mr. Williams (with a shrug of his shoulders): "There's" no telling' what he would have found lf .be had fin ished." -i , This sally brought forth renewed laughter. QUORUM ALWAYS FOUND. During another Interruption to tho passage of a bill and when tha point of no quorum waa rawed, th chair readily found a sufficient .number present to do buslnesa Mr. Beau, of Toxaa rose ana aeaea by what arithmetical process the Speaker reached the conclusion that a Quorum waa present Instantly Mr. Cannon replied: "The chair counted in blocks of ten and there Is a quorum present" which brought a hearty laugh from both Democrats and Republicans. Notwithstanding that Mr. Williams Insisted upon th presence or a quo rum throughout the day, delaying aa much aa he could the orderly proced ure of legislation, the House to-day passed 22 bills six Senate and II House meaaurea ' CHANGE IN RESERVE FUND Among the bills passed waa on amending section of an act to de fine and fix the atandard ot value. The law ot March 14, 1100, provided, among other things, for a reserve fund in gold of $150,000,000. The law as it now stands practically provides that 1100.000.000 of this reserve fund shall be In coin and virtually restricts the bullion of the reserve fund to $50.- 000.000. The amendment covered by the bill permits th holding of a lesa amount 01 coin and an increased amount of bullion In th reserve fund. Under the amendment of tho $150, 000,000, on hundred million may be bullion (bars). Tha Senate bill Incorporating th Archaeological Institute of , America also passed th House, Mr. Long worth, of Ohio, guiding Its passsge dextrously, : notwithstanding that the bin was opposed by Mr. Champ Clark. Mr. Clark a objections were not aimed at th bill, but at th policy of Federal incorporation, of societies of mis character. A demand was mad by Mr. Clark that the bill be recommitted. The Speaker overruled the reoueat' stating that as this was suspension day. if It were Physically possible the House could suspend the rules and pass an elephant" which remark convulsed the House.. AMERICAN VICE CONSUL SLAIN. Letrwt Russian AasHnauon Has a Leading Foreign Merchant of Re toum, a British Subject aa Ita Vlc tlm Waa Fired on From Clump 01 jreea. Bntoum. Mar 21. W. it. Stuart the American vice consul, waa shot and kill ed last night. The aasassin escaped and tne ponce nave no clew to nis Identity, Mr. Stuart was a British subject and one ot tlie largest ship brokers end ex porters of Batoum. During the revolu tionary troubles of laat fall hla life waa many times threatened by longshore men end at Christmas deputation visit td Mr. Stuart's office and practically ermpellsd mm to give them 91.SU0 under the guise of a holiday gratuity for dock laborers. , Mr. Htuaft having dined at the house ef a friend, was returning to his country place at Maasiadjani, live miles from llatoum. lie waa nred on twice from a clump f treea half a mile from his home, oitn bullet p'etolng his leg snd soother his breast.- Mr. gtearne. the British vice consul at Novo Kosellak. who waa a guest st Mr. Stuart o house, hearing the shooting, hurried out with the servants and found Mr. Stuart lying on the around, bleeding from his wounds. He was still conscious, but said hs would not be able to recognise his assassin, owing Ui the darknasa Mr.- Stuart waa con veyed to military barracka " In the vicinity, where be expired two hours . DID NOT CONVENE , Failure of Just tree to Arrive Causes Delay In Convening of United States Ciroult Court at Aahevllle. r Special to The Observer. , ' Aahevllle. May SI. Th United State Circuit Court of .Appeal did not convene her this morning in ad journed aesslon aa was expected. Ow ing to the fallur of the Justices to arrive the opening session or . the court waa deferred until Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, wnea the court Ul alt to transact such business aa may properly come before It Judge Pritchard, of th United Statea Clr cult Court, arrived .Friday, acconw panted by his brother, Marahal Qeorg K. Pritchard, ot the Indian- Territory, Judge Pritchard went to Marshall thla afternoon for a brief stay. , Th Unit ed States marshal, will continue hi Journey from tnat place to th far West, arriving. in tn Territory some tlm thlswk..' ir-v-.ir v- mj' . . Senate Paaaoa Omnlbna Bill.- 1 f Washington, May' l The legisla tive,' executive and Judicial appropri ation bill waa passed by the Senate to-day within . three ' hours from It first reading. ' It carries appropria tions aggregating' 92M1$.2S, an In crease of $59. $4$ - over th amount reported to- th Senate, t A number of unimportant meaaurea were pas-td and at s.io ' o'clock consideration was given to unobjected pension bills. At 4.4$ o'clock tho Senate adjourned, t 11 in 1 - - - 1 1 j T ' ' Marine- Band .Not In Parade, J On account of government regula tions, the Marina Band will not ap pear in tho parade tms momma-. During the parade, however. It will give a concert at the stand at the corner of Tryon and Second streets. Staten Inland Cotton Docks II urn Inc. New York, May 21. Th cotton docka of the American Dock ami Trust . Company, at Tompkinirviiio. BtateO Island, are on fir. the fire appears to b spreading rapidly. TILE OVERMAN BILL PASSES TO EXPLOIT THE COTTON TRADE Bill for Appropriation of $50,000 for Exploitation of the Cotton Trade In the Orient Passe ' th Senate r Mosara fry. Bacon and Clay nop , . pfemrtit Effort of Senator Overman 1 Blackburn's Parting - Thrust at ; Judge Pritchard Dr. R. H. Lewis, - tn Address at Washington, Declares Prevention of Tuberculosis Greatest Single Problem for Sanitarian. v BV Wl A. HILDEBRAND. ' . '"y '"-Observer" Bureau." y": KIT O 8treet N. WV V' . Washington, May 21. Senator Overman to-day secured th . Passage of hla bill designed chiefly to , exploit the cotton trade in th Ori-' ent- : As stated in thla correspondence ; -8unday th appropriations committee approved . the . Item, but limited th : amount to $$0,100, "while the' mem- . bera of tha Southern Cotton Associa- . tlon contended that $50,000 should be made available. When the matter cama up. to-day Senator Overman , ' moVed to amend tha provision so as to carry $40,000, but aome one raised a ; point of order' against thla" Th Sen-":' ator contended that tha provision waa of the greatest possible- Importance, reminding the Senate that mora good . cam to th United States from the. aale of cotton than from th aal of any other single "commodity and ar-,1 gued that, tha 'amount . contemplated ' .. would be the best sort of a buslnesa Investment . Senators Fry, Bacon and , Clay supplemented the effort of th V- North Carolina Senator and th pro-j vision waa finally so amended aa to. make available $50,000. - A THRUST AT , PRITCHARD. ; -Representative Blackburn haa ... re-',- turned from Craven county, where hev went to sneak on tho oocasion of a' achool commencement at Dover, It apparent that Mr. Blackburn la vtew- T' Ing the- -political ' outlook without alarm, in so far as the approaching; , convention of hla party la concerned. His friends contend that tha western counties generally will be with him Inf the chairmanship contest while th , :' east will b divided.' . . When shown the article which ap peared In The Salisbury Post la which -' Judge Pritchard Is quoted as confirm- , ing the story of his declination te speak to tha Congressman, Mr. Black-1 ; burn observed, with a decided trait 1 of bltternesa In his words, MI do not ' r care to discuss th matter. ' If th . Judge finds comfort la making th ,. Incident an object for' comment - It . . la a matter ot Indifference te ma' I m not g Judg upon the bench, but ' I am content to know that I hav not , violated the laws of the land, nor hav I. plead Ignorance- of the law, or taken shelter- behind- the statute or Umiutlona" - . , . , ;' DR. LEWIS ON TUBERCULOSIS. . Dr. R. H..Lewla of Raleigh, oresl- l . dent of the National ' Conference of. SUt and Provincial Boards of Health . ' for North America, addressed that so ciety to-day, r After discussing th functions of th great organisation. of which he 1 president In lu relation to government both Federal and State, and to th public. Dr. Lewi . ' declared that the most stupendous single problem that confronts th ean- ," Itarlan la admittedly the prevention. of. tuberculoels. While admitting the , great value of aanltoria, from the r- -cent point of view of cure and of prevention, aa well by their education- - al Influence through th patients af- ter they return to their homea h ,..', discussed th practicability of educat- ., Ing the people by direct agendo and 1 through agencies working under the.' direction of th national board, which - should maintain a paid force ' wheee . duty It would be to visit various com-,'- munltles throughout the United States delivering lecture and exhibiting': stereoscopic vlewa This would. In the. opinion of Dr. Lewla do much towards . arousing th public for Intelligent ac- -tlon in fighting th great whit plague. - . The education of th people on the . , aubject of tuberculoma Dr. Lewla said. la by far the most im portent feature ' of thla great movement . . TOn SAUSBURT AND KJNSTON. , ' Poatofnce Nomination Made. M Itamsay and ParrotC Respectively. BelnaNamed. . -; 1 Washington. May 21. The Presi dent sent to th Senate to-day the following nominations: Consul general Ernest A. Man. e Florida, at Copenhagen. Commissioner Oeneral of Immlrra- tlon Frank P. Sargent llilnola ... v Postmasters! , . .(,,..., North- Carolina J. T. Parrottt Klnaton: J. If. Ramsay, Salisbury. Tennessee D. A. Tate. South Pltta- burg. ,. j . .... ' . .; ... ' STRUCat BT mlN, 1 John" 'HaH Sustain InurleO " at Will Boone's : MIU. Va.. ' Whlcbj Probably prove Fatal. , r; . 1 Special to Th Observer. '", ! , Wlnston-Ralem. May 21. The ' in coming passenger train from , Roan oke to-day -ran Into and fatally In jured -John Hell, a white man 20. year old. on mil north or Boone's. Milt' -.Va Mr. - Hall waa lying ' near. ' the .track, but on account of a aharw curve, the engineer did not sea him In . time ,.to atop.. . hla '. train. Th wounded man was picked up, placed In th batgag car, and brought to Rocky Mount, hla home, whsre he waa attended by a physician. He was unoonscloua when the train ar- -rived and th doctor, after examining him. aald that the man had very lu ll pulse nd was practically dead. SANDBAGGED AND ROBBED ! Burlington Man Victim of Hlphwey Itobbcr Tnlevce Hold High Carni- vaL - . .' " L .'',''.'.'... Special to The Observer. . - Burllngtonr-May 21. Thieves snl robbers held high carnival hers Sat urday and Sunday nights. Some one entered, through the store room ot the Southern UHl Telephona Cum. any. the meat market of J. S. f nd robbed the cam drawer t t1 mount of vcrl iKillsrs n -lirht. N"thlnr eln wss t.iUi 1 Sunday nlRht Mr. Will Am hone. !' - n on the trftt In 1 -vt 1 n -- ton, waa slru k on I ; f 1 end by an unknown i niy, t , nconsvlou and roi.nl t ' '! 1 money he had In Ms ? K.-i . nf to $7.60. The n i i Will Fox has a racyri t the ponh at Ms home. '1 ; - clue to any of the gui.sy j .
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