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; J.:.' m .... . . v . , .. '., , ' ' ''.'. , .' V. STJBSCRIPTION.PRICE: $8.00 PER YEAR. ' ' X5lIARL(ynE;'N.C.!Vp3DNESDAY'MO PRICE ITVE CEKTa ' i: -if. FIGHTING IN GUATEMALA CASTSXLO nEPULfiEDAT OOOS, tUvoIntloiuinr Lcder Forced to R .. tin After Taklnr tlte Cltr lavmd- S ing Vitwce UtemdOj JtoorulttaK and the Govmunent U Threatened mt ImwnJ Point Country . Klpe.for ' Oyerthrow of President ' Cabroim Uvea, and - Property of American fCHUaeiM Not la Ianrr Urble head la asy CalL , V ' ; . ; Mexico City, May tt. aenenUCaa ttllo,' commanding n detachment of Guatemalan revolutionist, after Uk . iag the city of Ocoa, was forced to re v, tlr before superior forcea, ; Caatello . la now reported to hare taken a new base and will be reinforced to-night by aereral hundred good fighting men from the steamer Empire city, uen eral - Barillas ' la tn - the , mountains f making" his 'way. 'to; Quesaltenango BarlUaa baa with' htm a fine body of ricked men and'' is reported to be steadily recruiting shls force. No ttews has been received here from Salvador but the invading force should by this time be well advanced ,. Into Guatemala, Resident Guate malans here state that the whole country la ripe for the overthrow of Cabrera. The season of rains has set tn and the roads are bad In Guate mala, Telegraphic communication is difficult owing to the cutting of wires on the Guatemalan aide. THREATENING THE GOVERN MENT. Guatemalan revolutionists, who at lacked Ocos, nave been driven back across the Mexican borders, but small parties of revolutionists are appearing at various other points- - alone - the . Mexican boundary and threatening the Guatemalan government This ' information was contained tn a dis patch received at the State Depart ment to-day from Mr. Combe, the American minister, to Guatemala and Honduras. Mr. Munos,' the Guatemalan minis- tr bad a long conference at the estate Department to-day with Sec retary Root. He called to cat In formation of the revolutionary move ment In his country. So far he has had no advices whatever concerning the movement against President Cabrera. There la nothing in the dispatches Secretary Root has received which hows that the Uvea and property of American cltisens are In danger and no steps have been taken to send a warship to Ocoa MARBLEHEAD AT PANAMA. The cruiser Marblehead ia at Pan ama and ia only three or four daya from the scene of the Insurrection. But with the unsettled political con dition at present existing In Panama It is not likely that the Marblehead will be taken away from that port. Mexico Is doing everything In its power to protect Its border and to avoid becoming entangled In , the Quatemalaa revolution, according to a dispatch received to-day by the Btate Department from the American embassy la the City of Mexico. Meeaengers on horseback will be de spatched from Ocos, where Major Can tello bad his forces ana from the flying column of General Barillas, who Is push ing on toward Quetzaltenango, a city of 40.000 Inhabitants. This city Is likely to be occupied by General Barillas Wednes day or Thursday of this week. He is Immensely popular In that region. The revolution Is said to be the mast widely spread of any In the history of Guatemala. Forelsn .planters have been Waiting for months lor uneral Barillas to aoL Practically all foreign Interests and many of the better olaas of natives support the revolution. Frequent abuse of power la charged to the government. General Barillas and General Castillo and two aides left the city by stratea-v. May 11 they bought tickets to H Paso over the Mexican Central. Tbey boardfed the night train but left It a few miles out and returned here, where they board ed a Pullman oar stocked with provision! and carrying their saddles and special luggage. In this ear they went over the Vera Cms and Tehauntepec Railways to Tonale on the Paclilo coast, there switch ing to the new Panama Railway, which now approaches the Guatemalan boun dary.' Their start towards the United States outwitted the Guatemalan repre sentatives here. Cobrcra Reports "Revolution Crushed." Panama, May it. The Associated press has received the following dls batrh: "Guatemala, May SI (l:lt a m.) Revolution started but already crush ed. ESTRADA CABRERA." Senor Cabrera ia the president of Guatemala. ROOSEVELTS FOR NORFOLK. The President, Mrs. Doeseielt, Two -. tlilldrro and MlM Carow Board tlie Mayflower. Washington, May if. The United Btates -gunboat Mayflower, with President Roosevelt, Mra Roosevelt and two of the children, and Miss Carow, . Mrs. Roosevelt's sister, aboard, left the navy yard to-day at 1:11 p. m. for Portsmouth, Va., Where the President Is to deliver the Memorial Day address to-morrow. Me arrived at the yard at exactly J: JO and eight minutes afterward the vessel was under way. He was ac corded the usual salutes. " . Mra Nicholas Iiongworth, his daughter, was among those at the dock to see him off, . , . , - i CHAIRMAN 8UONT8 RESIGNS? - erslstent Rumor " to That Effect Y . Afloat In the Canal Zone. ,' - Panama). May Ji.-nft la persistently . j rnmored here and throughout the fr anal sone that Theodore Shonts has i resigned the chairmanship of the '" , Panama canal commission. V -.," ; . - ' " -s -.. . ' i , - ' fthonts Denies the 1 Story. : Atlanta, Oa, May St. Hon, T. P. Bhonts. chairman of the Panama canal commission, who Is the guest ?, . of , friends here,- tonight' denied ' positively the report from Panama that, he had resigned the chairman ship of the canal commission. . Oyer '', V","-. --"There is not e word of truth n ';';' the report." , - -,;VV . ' J ; Dr. Von Gnlhx of Embesdlng. - Minneapolis, Minn, May !. Dr. J. - ' O,' Force was late - to-night fonnif . " i , p-ullty of em besallng lit shares of - Metropolitan Bank stock - from the t , . Northwestern National Life Insurance "h: ... , Company, of which he was president, ; r " The trial, lasted eight day x: ; ,,. , ii -.-;,',;? '; ''V. -' $375,000 for Jamestown. : ' ', ' Washington, '.- May -Senator 1j Daniel to-day reported from the Ren . - ate committee on Industrial esposl . ' tlon his bill appropriating ,1176.000 . i ' : tor the Jamestown Ter-centennlal Ex ' position to be held on the scores of ' Jlamptoa Roads. , - j , '- -;- y.---: : .-":.'?;. .-' v- '-'! - ..7...,..:..,,s.:,. :,,vtri:.,'vj.,j:':,''l;.: .ft. EIGHTY-SEVEN AY ITN ESSES iVHY SECURED FOR KOBRE CASE Twelfth Juror Chosen at 10 O'clock Yesterday and ' the Kobre Marder Trial Begins at YVIiutoh.balrm Two Men, Summoned in Special 4 Venire, Mned $400 Each for Non- Appearance .Nine of the Eighty Seven Wltneases Examined ttnit Day Testimony So Far Not Dam, - aging to Defendants Moonshine i Outnt Destroyrd News Notes of . Forsyth's Capita - ' Special to The Observer. . Wlnston-Salera. ; May - it. When Forsyth Superior ' : Court reconvened at 1:30 o'clock this morning, the trial of Sam Kobre, William plean and J. E. Whltbeck, charged with the mur der of Henry Kobre. was resumed. The attendance upon the ' hearing was not so large, at the opening as on yesterday. The court room, however, waa pretty well filled within an hour. Two of the 60 special veniremen, Edward WhltAeld and J. C. McGee, were called out and fined 1400 each for failing to appear. No official an nouncement was made of the fact that Mr. Walter I. Morris, one of thej Jurors : accepted yesterday afternoon, waa excused alter court adjourned, Mr. Morrla stating that he had formed and expressed - an opinion. Aa the clock was. striking 10 the twelfth Juror was chosen. Solicitor' Graves then read the bill of indictment, dur ing which the defendants stood up. By request of counsel, the witnesses for the State and defense, after be ing sworn, were sent out of the court room. ' The witnesses for the State number SO and for the defendants (7. Only three witnessea for the prose cution had been examined when court took a recess for dinner. These were Sergeant J. A. Thomas, Policemen W. T. Penry and C. A. Pratt. Their evidence was In regard to the condi tion of Henry Kobre, the room and saloon after he was murdered. The three officers were of the opinion that the pistol ball, which counsel for the defendants hold is what killed Kobre, waa fired through the window from the outside. The evidence of the policemen was by no means damaging to the three prisoners. Judge Peebles announced that It would be necessary to hold night sessions of the court In order to finish the case In time for him to hold Ashe court next week. THE AFTERNOON SESSION. Six witnesses were examined for the State at this afternoon's session. The only damaging evidence brought out against the defendants was the testimony of Harvey Cook, a young man who said that he and Sam Kobre were good friends, that he met Sam on the street a few minutes be fore his brother Henry was killed, that Sam said he waa going to his room, which waa also occupied' by Henry, that soon after leaving Sam he heard a pistol lire. Sal He Stewart, the star witness for the prosecution, was examined to night. She testified that Earn Kobre told her that he and William Plean killed Henry Kobre with an ice pick. On cross examination of witness It was brought out that a detective has been here several weeks working on the case. Much of Sallle's direct evi dence was destroyed by the rigid oross examination conducted by C B. Watson. Deputy Marshal Carroll and Deputy Collector W. W. Harklns captured a moonshine outfit near Advance yes terday. The officers found the still; It waa not In operation at the time. There was plenty of evidence to show that the owners had been operating It a day or so previous. There were about S00 gallons of beer, several fermenters, kegs, eight bushels of meal and one-half bushel of malt at the place. The still, cap, pipes, meal, and malt were shipped to Winston, while the other articles were destroy ed on the spot by the officers. Mr. Chal Potts, a young man from Advance, who waa taken to Philadel phia a few days ago to undergo an operation, died Sunday and the re mains were carried to Advance to-day for burial. More than 200 men were summoned aa Jurors In the Kobre murder case and, while only 12 'Of that number were selected, the remainder were paid the usual Juror feea. Clerk Transou's office waa crowded this morning with these men. who kept Clerk Tesh busy writing out the tlcketa Mr. and Mra John Alspaugh went to Danville last night to attend the funeral of their - daughter-in-law, Mra Charles Alspaugh. who died Mon day morning. They were accompani ed by their two daughters. Messrs. William. J. M. and Herbert King, and Meadamea P. I Hanes, and O. P. Dickson, all of Richmond, who attended the funeral of the late D. H. King here yesterday, returned home to-day. TENNESSEE DEMOCRATS ROWDY. Free Fights in the State Convention and the Services of the Police Were Necessary from the Outset Wsr rJng Factions Agree on a Compro mise Plan of Procedure. Nashville, Tenn., May 2. The State Democratic convention, which met here to-day to nominate candi dates for Governor and railroad com mtssionera adjourned at 6:10 this evening until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning without effecting even a tern porary organisation. - It was decidedly the most turbulent body of the kind that ever assembled' In Tennessee. Pandemonium and free flghta follow ed : by . police Intervention were . the rule and It was with the utmost dif ficulty that any sort of record of the proceedings could be made. Adjournment came after an tinder standing had been, reached between the. leaders of the opposing factions that three gubernatorial candidates, Governor John I. Cox, Congressman Malcolm Patterson and Judge John R. Bond, should each pams four , repre sentatlves on a committee to decide on a temporary chairman. Before this agreement the battle over con tested delegations occupied the en tire time of the convention, which is unusually large. . Many counties are contested and the auditorium,' where the convention ' sat, , waa taxed to Its utmost . capacity. ", ' The services of fths police were necessary from the outset ' Jamestown'. Monnment Site In Statu i r . : , QUO, ; -- ' , Washington. ' May ' 2 . Secretary Taft, Supervising Architect Taylor and Captain Spencer Cosby,- corps of engineers, who ..went to Jamestown to locate the monument to' be erected by the government-to commemorate the first landing of , the EnglUh, re turned to Washington to-day. A tentative selection wss made of the site, but It Is said that - unexpected difficulty was experienced In securing promises of reasonable prices for the land' desired. -" The location ' Is on Jamestown Island, hut It cannot yet be exactly stated. , . , '. m, THE BECOB D CIVIL; . BILL CARRIES TOTAIiC OF ' $14,MM73 Appropriations Committee Completes . Its Work and Chairman Tawney Is Authorised to I U-port BUI to ,tho Mouse over une-ionrtn tne xwai Amount Is for Work on the Panama Canal Tills Appropriation to- be i Reimbursed to the Treasury from i Sale of Canal Bonds Some of the f More Important Items in the Blu. 1 Washington,' .May !!. The sundry civil appropriation bill waa compietea and Chairman Tawney waa authorised by the appropriations committee to report It , to the House to-day. It la the largeVt sundry civil bill ever reported, carrying S94,S4f,S7l, of which S26,t0,m Is for work on the Panama canal. The amount carried is $11,070,001 less than the estimates from the. various Department The canal appropriation Is to be relm bursed to the Treasury from the pro ceeds of the ssle of canal bonds, which have been authorised to the aggre gate amount -of $130,000,000. Deducting the canal appropriation the bill carries $1,721,180 more than the current sundry civil act For river and harbor work, hereto fore authorised and contracted for, there la aposoDrlated $17,111.17$. which la-$1,774,144 In excess of the amount available this year, - For new public buildings hereto. fore authorised and the repair of buildings I5.170.5SI Is appropriated. a reduction of 12.804.601 from the current appropriation under this head , . IMPORTANT' ITEMS. Some of the more Important Itema of appropriation are: Construction Of vessels under reve nue cutter service $270,000, Increase $170,000. Construction of national museum building, Washington, D. C. $600, 000. . Public health and marine hospital service $1,181,000. Quarantine service, $240,000. Prevention of epidemics, $111,000 Buretfu of Fisheries, $670,70. For enforcement of the Chinese ex clusion laws. $500,000. Construction of the office building for the House of Representatives, 1500.000. United States Geological Survey, $1,- 138,820. Armories and arsenals, $665,817 Expenses of the Executive Man sion, $118,000 and $60,000. Objects of a miscellaneous naturs under the War Department: At Fort Bcreven, Ga., $50,000: at Fort Hon roe, Va., $27,650: Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., $20,000; Fort Crockett Texaa, $168,853; Fort Moultrie. & C 126, 000. National Home for Disabled Volun teer Soldiers. $4,202,444. , Continuing aid to State and Terri torial houses for the support of dis abled volunteer soldiers. $1,150,000. Continuing construction of the peni tentiary at Atlanta. Ga., $80,000. Department of Agriculture build lng. $200,000. Public printing and binding, $5, 326,000; reduction of $1,005.(45. FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The appropriations for public build, ings Include the following: Blloxi, Miss.. $48,760; Elisabeth City. N. C, $40.000;. Macon, Ga, $100,000; Spar tanburg, S. C. $10,000. ' Appropriations for river and har bor Improvements Include: Black Warrior and Tomblgbee rivers, Ala., $60,000, and for work under an act of 1805, $643,466; South Pass, Missis sippi river, $500,000; Cape Fear river. N. C, $200,000; Cumberland river above Nashville. Tenn., $120,000; Gal veston ship channel, $200,000; Hllls- boro, Fla., $348,260; Savannah, Ga, $110,000; St. John'a river, Fla.. $108. 760; Tennessee river, below Chatta nooga, 11000,000. and $40,000 to be expended at Hales Bar; Mississippi liver commission Improvements, $2, 000.000. The bill probably will be called np for consideration In the House Thurs day. A $400,000 CLAIM. Judge Pritchard Orders Sale of Whit tle Lumber Company's Lands In Mwain to Satisfy Bonds Held by Morton Trust Company, of New York. Special to The Observer. Ashevllle, May 28. Judge Pritch ard has assigned a Judgment In the case of the Morton Trust Co., of New York, against the Whlttler Lumber Company, directing that the lands of the Whlttler Lumber Company be sold at public auction to satisfy notes held ' by the Morton Trust Company, aggregating more than $400,000 and Interest The, sale Of the timber lands of the Whlttler Company will be one of the largest transfers In real estate In Western North Carolina for years. The company owns more than 70,000 acres of lands In Swain county, some of which contain ' the finest hardwoods in the State. In 113$ the Whlttler .Lumber Com pany issued bonds to the amount of $400,000 and the Morton Trust Com pany practically owns the bonds. The notes or bonds were secured by a deed of trust on the timber lands and, In default of payment of the bonds and Interest, the Morton Trust Com pany, In April, applied to the United States Circuit Court for this district for ths sppolntment of a special mas ter and a decree authorising the sale of the lands. Judge Pritchard ' has appointed George Spears Reynplos, of Ashevllle, special master, and-directs that the lands be sold at pubtlo auction and the proceeds applied. to the debt 'It Is further 'ordered that the-sals shall take place at Bryson City after due notice ol sale and that no bid less than $60,000 ahall be received. . The lands will be sold: within six weeks. It was learned this afternoon that the great boundary will probably be pur chased by locar capitalists for the purpose of handling the timber In terest thereon,- The boundary is said to be worth heart $1,000,000. . : MATRIMONIAL TANGLe! " Will of Late E, D. Weed, Bequeathing - Entire Estate to Widow at Fayette ' vllle. Reveal Unusual Stale ,: of : Affairs. "-,,';' r;r,T);t, Special, to The Observer. '. i , .-,,! "r. ' New York,'' May 2.-The. will of Edward G., Weed, filed with the sur rogate for probate . to-day. , presents an unusual matrimonial tangle. Weed died in this city December 17, on which day he made a wilt bequeath ing his whole estate - to- "My- wife. Ella - Allen-. Weed, . who ' lives , at Fsyettevllle. N,; C."- ' : ; , The petition, filed with the will by Morris Hlrch. states that the de ceased left no. -real and personal property nd avers that . the heirs at law and next of kin are "Ella Allen Weed, wife No. 1, Ballston., Va.; Lucy Lock wood, wife No. 1, of 12$ 'Ever hard street, Jackson, Mich." ,v A brother Is also named' as being with wlf No. 2 in Virginia,1 .Wife No. 11 with the father, Portsr ,X weed. rV'i ;-v :i X MOB LYNCHES WHITE MAN, ; Robert' Rogers,' Awsltlng Third Trial for Brutal Murder, Strung l p . to a Pole In m Louisiana Town The Lynchers ' Jurt and Deter grained., Tallulah, La.. May 28 Robert T. Rogers, . a white . man, awaiting his third trial on the charge of murder ing Jesse Brown, a merchant, at Gtrard. Richland Pariah, waa lynched by a mob at midnight which came from the ' West on a special train over the Vlcksburg, Bhreveport t Pacific ,Rsllroad. . The mob appeared after 10 o'clock and came fully pre pared With : locksmiths, who had no trouble breaking Into the Jail. The Jail was unguarded and the sheriff, who lived some distance away, was not aware of what was going on until he. saw the mob lending the man oft Rogers was strung up to a tele graph pole and as soon as they felt assured he-was dead, the mob quietly dispersed. The .fear that Rogers would escape 1 punishment for his awful crime because of legal techni calities prompted the lynching. Ac cording to the evidence adduced at the first trial. In March, 1804, Rogers and two other white men named An derson and Womaok, together with two negroes, 'entered the Btore of Jesse N. Brown, a merchant, at Glrard, in this parish, and after shoot ing him a number of times and striking him over the head with their pistols, set fire to the body. WARREN COUNTY CONVENTION. Nehew of President James K. Polk Nominated for State N-nate Close of a Vigoroae Campaign. Special to The Observer. Warrenton, May 28. The county Democratic convention mot In the court house to-day to nominate candi dates to fill the various county offices. The meeting 'ended one of the most vigorous campaigns ever conducted in the county. The best of feeling pre vailed tn the convention and the Dem ocrats of the county will rally to the support of the candidates nominated. Senator Slmmona and Congretwman Claude Kltchln were unanimously en dorsed for re-election. John H. Kerr, Esq., of Warrenton, was unanimouxtv endorsed for solicitor of the second district. Tasker Polk, Esq., of Warren ton, a nephew of late President James K. polk, was unanimously nominated for the State Senate. The unanlmoux nomination of Mr. Polk was effected by the splendid conduct of his com petitor for the office, Mr. M. J. Haw kins, In seconding Mr. Polk's nomina tion. Mr. Torodwell was nominated for the House of Representatives. The present incumbents were nomi nated for re-election to fill the office of clerk of the court, register of deedx. sharut-and treasurer.' Just before the close of the convention.. Rev. T. J. Taylor obtained the floor and secured funds sufficient to publish Judge Walt er A: Montgomery's address, giving an account of Warren county's part in Un civil war. A PACKAGE OF LETTEltS. They Were Found on Railroad Tra-k Near t-ayetteviiie wr Acgro who Opened Them and SccnreU Check Aggregating Several Hundred Dol larsMay Have Been Stolen. Special to The Observer. Fayettevllle, May 28. A package of IS letters, made up Saturday night at this postofflce for the northbound mall and express on the Atlantic Coast Line, was found Sunday morning on the railroad track near Godwin, north of thla city, by a colored man who admitted that he opened all of them, many containing checks to the aggre gate of seversl hundred dollars, but ths contents were all Intact The ne gro gave ths letters to Mr. G. L. Hem Ing, living near Godwin, who brought them to town and delivered them to Postmaster McCaaklll. Whether the package was lost through care lessness or by the Jolting of the car on ths track, or was stolen and lost or thrown away, will remain for an Official Investigation. WOMAN FATALLY SHOT. Salr Belle Jordan W1U Probably Die From a Shot from a Revolver in tho Hands of tliarlle Johnston Shooting Accidental? Sahr Belle Jordan, a negro woman. was shot and probably fatally wounded last night by Charlie John ston, a negro man. The shooting took place at the horns of the woman. at No. 417 west second street short ly after 10 o clock. The bullet took effect In ths abdomen, making a pain ful and dangerous wound. The shooting was reported to the police and Patrolman Johnston re sponded to the call. Ha was Informed that the shooting was accidental; that Johnston had merely been examining the revolver, but that person had made himself scarce. The women waa taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital, where the wound was dressed, and she csn receive ths proper' treatment. , . V' SCHOONER BURNED, ' The Mel vllle, Belonging to E. B. Bell, Destroyed Near Waslilngton, N. C , Togetner witn targo, i Special to The Observer. - - ,v " Washington, N. C, May 2.-The schooner Melville, belonging to Mr. E. B. Bell, of Iwan Quarter, and plying be tween that port and this oily, wss burn ed off ths mouth of Goose Creek Saturday morning, una waa immi winin oy - in l l.,iri .... ri..,n.i , wiinil via Maul' Point, abaut 7 a. m. Ths Hattara Immediately, went to her raeeu and, on arrival,, found that the tug Glide, of the Rorlnser Lumber Company, had a stream n the Are. The fir m to hsv start ed in the csrgo wnn the crew was ashore. Ths vessel and cargo are a com plete OSS, , . - .. V... ,. . South Caroliiia Farmer Snictdea, ' Special to The Observsr. L .... r Greenville. 8.- C, May 28. Henry J. HI see, a well-to-do farmer resid ing two miles from Walhalla, commit ted snlclds last night by hanging him self with a wire. His body wss found this morning dangling from a tree. Financial difficulties are said to. have been tha svm. i.f.v,?;' ,-1i;-. 1 1 :. t . V 1 ' 1 f Two North Carolina Postmasters Con .Washington, May tl. The Senate (o-day confirm d ths .nominations of Ellas ,Crsft to be postmaster, st WIN llama, N. C, and James IS. Ramsey, to.be postmaster at Salisbury, N. C. , MEMBEBS IN UGLY MOOD SPEAKER CALM BUT INDURATE. He Chuckles Over the Discomfort of the "Arrested'.' Members, Bnt Rules With a Rod of Iron Rule Brought Homo to Members With the Result that a Quorum Is Present During the Entire Day Diplomatic and Consular Bill, Under Dlwumion, Is Nearly Completed Before Adjourn ment. Washington, May 28. The after math of yesterday's filibustering, end ing In the arrest and hauling before the House of a number of members. In order to complete a quorum, came In the House of Representatives to day on ths approval of the Journal. A number of the members, who were "arrested" by the sergeant-at- arms during the call of the House last night were still In a savage mood to-day when the House convened end they had personal reasons to assign why they were absent on roll call. Throughout the whole of the dis cussion which was precipitated by the motion to spprove the journal, the Speaker of the House sat almost im movable, now and then indulging In a quiet chuckle over the discomfort of his friends. When his right to direct the issu ance of the writ of arrest was attack ed, the Speaker, following an exposi tion of the rules, terminated further argument by asertlng that "the gen tleman had been legally arrested." The rules of the House, as to the presence of members, were brought home to the members and during the rest of the day, while the House had under consideration the diplomatic and consular bill, a quorum was con tinuously present. After completing most of the bill the House at 6 o'clock adjourned until noon on Thursday. RATE BILL CONFERENCE. Mr. Tillman Serves Notice That He Will Not Agree to Any Change in "Jlai Crow" lrovlslon Importsnt Amendments Still Under Connlders tlon. Washington. May 29. At an all- day session of the conference on the railroad rate bill to-day a number oi undisputed amendmenta a ere agreed to tentatively, all of the disputed points were passed over, and consider able time waa devoted to u discussion of the so-called "Jim Crow" car pro vision. This amendment has given the Republican conferees some con cern because of the opponitlon made by Northern negroes agulnHt the al leged principle involved In the separa tion of the racea Senntor Tillman announced that he would not consent to any change In the Senate provision. When the conferees adjourned for the day every amendment In the bill had been gone over. Twenty-two of the fifty-three amendments have been disposd of, either by acceptance or repectlon, the Indication being that most nave been accepted. The Important amendments are still subjects of consideration, and the Indications are that a speedy agreement cannot be hoped for. The express company amendment Is still disagreed to; the pipe line amend ment Is also one of those not settled. Considerable time was spent to day In discussing the amendment re quiring live days' notice before the Issuance of an Injunction to enforce an order of the commission". This amendment will ddubtless be modi fled. Several counter propoMltlonn have been made, one making tho time two, another one, and another three days, and still another to leave the time to be determined by the court. Senate Passe Postofnoei Appropria tion Bill. Washington, May 28. The SenaU to-day passed the postofflce appro priation bill carrying an appropria tion of 1192,486,000 and Immediately afterward adjourned over Memorlnl Day until Thursday. Ths entire day was devoted to the consideration of the MM as a whole and to apodal feature of the bill. The debate dealt with the questions of the fast mail train to the South, second-class matter. Including the admission to the malls of the publications of col leges, universities and charitable and educational Institutions a second class matter, subsidies for Pacific Mall steamships, and questions relating to the boxes used on rural free delivery routes. VIRGINIA DOCTOR FOt'NP Mill). A Case of Supposed Suicide Regard ed With Suspicion by the oll-e Tragedy Occurs in a Chicago Hotel. Chicago, May 28. Dr. 8. I. Bayers, of Virginia, was found dead In a room In the Gault House to-day and had apparently committed suicide. An artery In the left wrist had been evered and a bullet from a revol ver, which was still held In the right hand, had been fired Into the heart. Papers showing his identity and 2300 In cash were found In the room. In registering hs had signed the name "F. H. Smith. New York." The man was well dressed and ap parently prosperous. He came to the hotel Saturday afternoon, went Im mediately to his room and was not outside of It since thst time. The police later In the day declared that while they were st flrt of ths opinion that Dr. Sayers had com mitted suicide, they ware not entire ly satisfied that such was the case. Ths wound In ths wrist was of a character suoh a would be inflicted by a surgeon's scalpel. This Instru ment could not be found when tt was looked for, and It was then believed possible that the man had been mur dered. Detectives were at once placed at work on the case. Br. Sayers from a Prominent Family. Wythevtll, Va. May 11. Dr. 8. R. Bayers. Jr., who was found dead to day In a Chicago hotel, ia well known throughout this section. He Is a son of Dr. B. R., Sayers, of WythsvUle, Vs., who wss formerly a member of the Bute Legislature; and comes from on of the most prominent families in southwest Virginia. ' Dr.- Sayers graduated from the medical department of the University of Virginia about live yars ago, and for the psst year has been practicing his profession st Pocahontas. Va. Hs Is unmarried, about thirty years of ags, and a man of temperate hsblts. Ths news of his Sadden and tragie death was a great shock to his family sod friends. ;r iiy. ; - - in i ( ""H-; V 110,000 Fire nt Fayettevllle. , " Special to, Th'' Observer; a4'5' : Fayettevillv May IS. Last night firs destroyed much of ths large Poe brlckmaklng plant, boiler. : cooking machinery, dry house and great shed, the office bdng saved. The loss la 210,000, with 11.000 insurance. The plant will bs rebuilt at one. Work men are to-day clearing off tho ruin. SIMMONS ON FAST MAIL WARM DISCUSSION IN SENATE Southern Fast Mail Appropriation Again Receives Protracted Con sideration Simmon Amendment Killed and Ono by Senator Mallory, of Florida, Milder In Tone, Is Adopt edLater Received Votes of All Southern Senators Favoring Contln nation of Appropriation Mr. Sim mons Attack Pneumatic Tube Ap propriation $300,000 to Secure Fifteen-Day Irf-ave of Absence for All Rural Carriers. BY W. A. IIILDEBRAND. Observer Bureau, 1417 O Street, N. W., Washington. May 28. While the postofflce appropriation bill was under consideration In th Senate to-day the Item relating to the Southern fast mall received gener al and protracted consideration. The debate disclosed the fact that In the open Senate, the opposition to the appropriation was receiving very lit tle backing. The Simmons amend ment was voted down and. In its stead, there was adopted an amendment In troduced by Senator Mallory, which, In the opinion of most every one here, will not have so great a ten dency to Jeopardise the appropria tion a would the amendment intro duced by the North Carolina Sena tor. In fact, Senator Mallory remark ed to The Observer' correpondent, This undoubtedly Insures ths con tinuation of the service." The amendment of the Florida Sen ator simply provides that the Postmas ter General shall not be .authorised to use ths money appropriated, or any part thereof, unless It be neces sary In order to provide the same or aa good service as Is now provided. All the Southern Senators who have advocated the continuation of tha ap propriation voted for the Mallory sub stitute. The North Carolina Sena tors. Senator Culberson and perhaps one or two others voted against It. DISCUSSION WAS ANIMATED. Senator Simmons occupied the floor for an hour and a half. Dur ing a good part of this time he was under a constant (Ire of question and Interruptions on the part of Senator Bacon, Mallory, Foster, LaFollette, Money and Pettus. The discussion at times was very warm and animated. Senator Simmons showed perfect fa miliarity with the subject and an swered all questions and argument with the utmost readiness snd full ness. He explained the attitude of the Poatofllco Department towards the proviso In the present law, showing that it has been Ignored and no ef fect given to it. He explained th difference between It and his proviso, showing that his was couched In terms that would make It necessary for the Postmaster General to thor oughly Investigate aa to the neces sity of the service and to pay more for it than It was reasonably worth In case he found It necessary to en gage extra service to secure equal mail facilities for the South. He read from the evidence of the Postmaster General to show that that officer had committed himself, if It was adopted, to making a thorough investigation and to use a greater part of the appropriation that waa necessary to put the service upon a business basis. II contended that th Postmaster General had not heretofore made any investigation, did not know whether this service was needed or not; had never inquired a to whether the amount now paid waa reasonable or excesalvp. but that he had acted up on the theory that Congress, having made the appropriation. Intended that the full amount appropriated should be given to the railroad for the ser vices. ATTACKS PNEUMATIC TUBE AP PROPRIATION. He made a vigorous attack upon the appropriation for the pneumatic tube service. He said the government was now- spending about fl, 000,000 to expedite the malls Of the big cities in minutes by the procesa While. ho admitted that this waa probably a great convenience to the business in terests, he Insisted that the govern ment was paying for It out of all pro portion to th actual cost of th service, that In many Instances the amount paid In one year was equal to the value of th plant. He con tended that th government should Install Its own plant or acquire, by condemnation, th plant now in us unless th owner would agree to furnish the government the service at a reasonable profit on their Invest ment. Th Senator announced him self as opposed to subsidies. He said ho would not knowingly deprive tha South of any mail facility that It might need to put that section on a parity in mall factlltle and expe dition with other sections of the country, but thst h was opposed to paying for that aervlc mors than it wa worth: that tt waa an easy mat ter. If extra train and extra facili ties were needed, for the Department to make contracts for it based upon the value of the aervlc performed and that that wa all he waa Insist ing upon. He said h would not sup port a subsidy if he knew it; that If there wa any subsidy In this fa cilities appropriation, he wanted to squeese It out; that he could not get the consent of his mind to stultify his position upon great questions for ths sake of a little appropriation forJ nis section or tne country. HOLIDAY FOR RURAL CARRIERS. Senator Simmons' amendment ap propriating 1600,000 to pay for 18 days' leave of absence to rural car rlers wa adopted by the Sehat with out serious opposition. P08TOFFICE IN ONB FAMILY v FORTY YEARS, A contest of no small proportions has developed over ths postofflce at Warrenton. It ha . been - frequently charged by the "outs" of the g, o. p. that considerations of heredity too often apply in the matter of appoint ment. Aa another Instance tbey cite th situation at Warrenton. where th postofflc has been la the Green family for 40 consecutive yeara Now the late Chairman Rollins has recom mended B. O. Green for tha Job and a stout protest has arisen, Mr. Lanra Daniels Is receiving the support of ths opposition. Jt wss ; said to-day that Mr. Green's commission had al ready bean signed by the President but this Is not known definitely. , ( TOR RECLAIMING SWAMP LANDS. ", Th agricultural , bill, which ha just passed the Henat, carries a num ber of Items of ; interest . to . North Carolinians. On of these Itema which has not as yet received men tlon, Is an amendment introduced by Senator Latimer, of South Carolina, appropriating 820.000 for the purpose of making a survey of th wsmp lands of th Southern States, with a view to th ultimate drainage of these lands, where such object may be found besslble. What Mr. Latimer particularly bad to mind waa the WOULD 'INCREASE JATES FVKNITCRE 'j MAKERS FROTEST . ' Acceptance) by Corporation Commis don of Southern Classification of -Freight - Rates sn Snbiuitted by Hallways Will Raise Rate on Fur-v nlture Between North- Carolina Points Furniture Manufactured ; of State,. With Whom Are AfllHated , Those of Several Other ' Southern '. " States, to Meet at High Point To .Morrow to Consider Matter So- si ; preine Court Ad journa Raleigh -' . News Notra - -. Observer , Bureau, ' ' in South Dawaon Street. ": ( ';".' Raleigh, JJay I. The Observer' correspondent had a special interview with Mr. C, J. Field, ' who represented her to-day th furnl- ', tura makers of High Point and this ' t ' .V Stat and Virginia H wa for tn yeara . in th railway service asd - know all - ' about freight rates. He say that if the t '"' , . corporation' oommlaalon accept the , Southern clarification. It will mean a "r heavy advance in rates on furniture and ' many other things which are bandied ' ; between North Carolina points. Furnl- t ; V ture I now, in this Btnte. fourth clas .,,' for car-load lou and third clans for lsa than car-load lota, while under th Southern clarification it will be third claaa for carloard lots and aecond etas for less than carloads. -Take a carload ,f ', of furniture between High "Point and ' Goldahoro, for example; and the Southern classification would mean an advance e f. ten cent oa the XO' pounds, or $11 on a.., . car. Th furniture asaoclatlon. In case tha advance la allowed, -wHl tight the,-.. cos to th hut oourts; Tne statement' la made by Mr. Field that the com parlaon sheet filed by the railways with th commission is skillfully arranged so aa to show a general -reduction, yet In, the articles whioh er handled between, i North Carolina point there I aa ad vance, on furniture-for example. He say th North- CareUaa Caaewerk era. Asaoclatlon meet -at- - High Point Thursday to hear hla report en th mat- -ter and to do other thing, among thee being the consideration of an advano In ptioe In furniture, -made neoeesaryv be ' J--. declarea, by th sharp advance- la lumber . and glass mirrors, amounting to 2 per oent. and 2A par crt- c tWhr. There . , re In the association- 47- North- Carolina factories and five Virginia factories. The furnltiir maker of - Alabama, Mutai sIppl.Tennessea, Louisiana, Georgia and . South Carolina are affiliated and win be represented at Thursday's meeting at High Point. The hearing before a eemmtssloner fat the matter of the Gtenweed Improve- ment Company's property, through whioh) the Raleigh A- Pamlico Sound Railway proposes to enter the lty, hae been end- -ed so far as th O ten wood Company I concerned. Th company -introduced witnesses, the average- estimate by thee ; of the damage don to tha property by the proposed right-of-way of th rail way being $S6.ogo. President C. O. Haines, of the railway, testtfled generally on Its ' ; behalf. The Qlenwood Company has filed a proposition In writing to-the effect that" v If. after th hearing la over ana th oom missloners make the-awards.- the rail- ' way company can have ten days' tlm In which- either to accept the award or, in case It does not, but agrees not to en. . . . . ter the Olenwood land, then the Glsa wood Comoanr will let the whole matte terminate without coat to the railway. TOOK SEVERAL KINDS OF DRUGS. ' Last nlxht a rouna man. H. K. Lumley. : : i of Durham, registered at th Tarborough - Hous. telling tne cie.ru tnai nswisnra to be waked this morning at : o'cliwk to tak th train for Durham. When the , bell boy went to eail him this morning he. found that Lumley eouia not te arousea and. upon examination. It was found that he wa In a stupor, that ther were various empty bottle In hi room, and that h had apparently taken thr or four kind of drugs. A physician was Immediately called and arrived in time, though he could not say what would be the effect of th reaction. , Th member of th board or visitor of , ; , th Agricultural A Mechanical College,. ' ; whose terms were on the point of expir-r lng, have all been re-appolnted by th Governor. . - Governor Glenn was advised to-day that Judge Neal. who had been directed .' to go to Wadesbnro to hold a special term of court and fully Investigate th . lynching, would go to Wadeaboro to-day.- A charter is granted the Lexington,. Mirror Company, capital stock $16,000, m -J. T. Hedrlck and other stockholders. Th statement by Mr. John B. Wood-, -. ard. of Wilson, that he would not be a; candidate for th Democratlo nomination for Congres In the second district, leave ; an entirely clear field for the renomlaa- . tlon of Congressman Claud Kltohln. ... Th Supreme Court ha paaad en the caae of Bob Lllllston, th fakir eonvletod , of killing Charles G. Smith, a fakir, from Petersburg, and now tha. ease gees to Uovernor Glenn, who is to look ever all ths testimony snd sa whether LUllston , . merit pardon or commutation. Bom day ago Th Observer eorrespen- : dent Stated that it bad been said that . Mr. 8. O. Mlddleton. of Duplin, would be a candidate for corporation eommlsalon er, but thla Beamed uatru. a th lead- ' lng paper of that county had eem eat ' for McNeill. To-day a Utter earn freta Mr. D. L. Karlton. chairman , of th Democratlo oommltte of Duplm, dated May tth. saying Mr. Mlddleton will be a candidate and that hi friend will pre aent hi nam to th Stat Demooratlq ; convention at Greensboro July trd. Mr. v, Mlddleton has bean a member of th , Democratlo Stat committee several years and I now a director of th Can trl Hospital for th Insane at Raleigh. .- Th Governor appoint th following . .. delegates to th Southern Cotton Grow er' convention to be held June 20-tl at . Monteno, Benton county, Arkansas? 8. ' B. Tnnei Henrietta: C B. Bryan, C C. Moore. D. A. ' Tompkins. -ft. M Miller, -v . , Jr.. Charlotte; John P. Allison, Conoord, ?; Th uovernor to-oay received wnm -.. , telegram from Solicitor Robinson, stat- j, lng that h wa on th ground at Wade- , ; boro and awaiting th arrival of Judge Nal. '",'' SUPREME COOTJRT ADJOURNS. , ?. : Th Supreme Court adjourned to-day -for th term, clearing !ta docket by flllng r one opinion In th can of HunUy .v. the . Southern Railway, from Hickory. Thr wer two appeale and the court finds error In lthr. Both Sid appealed. 4 . Tk ir had found that an attempt to . i . nlarg th depot ther wouJd mak a. ; v nuisance or in town vj iiwwia ,.. live of th people, th depot being in th midst of the town and th enlargement -necessitating encroachment on th street " f space, Th couir susiajus w. uuuui. -r . .,n-4issn ti Mulaana tha. abandoned Li, UI'UDIIIV,. , - rlc lands in th lower part of South- Carolina, in speaking wun reierence to this mstter, ., Mr. , Latimer said:: un...... u.nihmiifli nt . North Da kota, has Introduced a bill which Pro vides that sj.vvo.wus may d Bor rowed from th Irrigation fund in tho Stat ef North Dakota for th pur y.. nt draJnins- lands' in the Red river valley tn that State. The bet terments : derived , from such drain age are to b charged up against the In unntmt installment for tell yeara and the sum Is to be refunded to the irrigation zuna. .an oi in land that it is , proposed to drain In .v.. TA rim valla la now held bV" private owners, and is on all four Wltn tne swamp lanus ruuin .rw Una. Th only difference Is that the .. m-n ilen ' fund ta r reeled from the sale of public lands, and this 11,000. 000 Is to be borrowed from the fund ' thua created In North Dakota, while In South Carolina we have no fonrti derived from the sale of public. land from wnicn w can norrow. muwcvit, if Mr-HansbroiiKh' scheme suct ee.i -. there Is no valid reason why we hi Houth Carolina cannot borrow fr---i the same' fund for the purpn-,,. draining our land. all th? r land belongs to the j'oJ.-ral E'- , ment"' - , - . . Kit AM.p - r';.v 41; :v':,;r.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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