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V ,1 i .S 'A'" X; r. V , PRICE FiyB CENTS,- , . ......... ,-':.'.'. . ' M-y.:-:;;.. f-'s7(. bYtfY' '-rif, ss 1 I L -1 -i I I I I I mmmmmm- j an b f ; ... ..... , .,,! y" .. , '-', : I k ' ; IOI JIB ROWAX EIMD8 larjtt ' 'tl-".f . innl VinbrrrT, nnntitr ti uqr.Aintn Annual Wnwlon. Bl : In ?.n, AllnlMer Livlnc at TMoun UU, - Cullcre' Jllxorj-, Come to C3dM V ' .' ;1 !inigrd m Treatment 'RocHwhI : Iplonui ArMlMI .to J Tblrtr- . -y .. from OtlMnra. Und Ur lAte to Kn- ftovtn irsdnmto. Hommtt lei . a Cltjr, Whrm Khe Waa a Uonpltal ." J.Wunie Ued laax rand Drank rank No ' 1 V v W-hlorUl of Mercwr--l! No Trllln 9f Falling aith In God . - ' U'u firmAntit ( Ks-arrHrt Itlhla anil ilBg Sc-booL '.. j, ' -W. to The ,Obrw;. Vs 'A.; r' i.'.iiLTJ.ik s; 'Y'iu trmi. v k..ii.i . ; committed auklda her "with,: aj ?tahow that tier homa la la" Mount Ulla, ' : N C ihiik'fthr ii i miiii V . " ; J V Xl J -w...to JnlAIter V' J;, a4 her mothertjnaine la Mra. .V. tTmberger." The acene. of the, - .ulclde T- the carrlt Horn.; East Eleventh- atret,v where c. : " 'Mlaa Vmhmfa!wmtMf:f;A . V, , , "I don't aee why dod doea not re f ' t wara paopia or tneir xruai in mm. i try ao hard to do good to-there but th oraiy waye of peopfe do er much , i . that , I could lay me-down and die." . - Thl detpondent aentlmentr wrtttan In ' m. weak and acrawlna- hand on a. . : - - : ..uTr. . M on.Vt worei, waa an mat waa-iaic m .; Mlaa Vmberger, .Before ahe dlarob ed yesterday ahe placed one end of a ' f.,ha th- ... t.t xa . tth - I 7 I ..vv. .... funnel to the opposite end. and 'lay i " ' down to end her earthly sorrowe. Hel! h" Pieeaslon. consisting of the , body w found about o'clock by w. Bllllnga, an umbrella maker from, whom the nuraea rent their apart- menu on the second floor of the above numben He aald he was first . Bllllnga. an umbrella maker from attracted, to the room by .the 'email of gaa coming down Into his apart ment through the pipes of water heater. " i J - NO INQUEST X EC ESS ART. He flrst notlfled poUce headauart". era and the ambulance, with Dr, tieorge Plpkln,;went to the home. Dr, IHpkin then notlfled Deputy Coroner O. H. Parker, who viewed the body and ordered It aentto Newcomer's un dertaking room. The coroner aald that an Inquest would not be" neces .. Miss Umberger was about SO years "The Influence of Presbyterlanlam on old and had graduated from the Remnt,''J"1 B' J a- cy' - 3r Scarrltt Bible and Training School. If any of the. six speeches waa not a juxaw ana iiarris avenues, six years ago. s -mi- irmh... ,-.,. bout her preparatlona for death In most' deliberate manner. On a dreeaer near the bodr fnnnd a w. ! . ?. box of bichloride of mercury tablets. A glass of water in which some of them had beed dissolved wu ,also ' " ' r. DRANK BICHLORIDE .OF . ? 1IERCURT. . , , ii U 'Dcneera tnat ane at flrst took the nolaon and. flndina A,. ' - ; .7?' great, atached a tube to the gaa Jet, placed the tin' funnel on the opposite' end, and packed absorbent cotton In ' - . . ... " the places ,WWe the tube did not lit The position of the body showed that he lay back on the bed with her feet stll. touchlh, the floor and inhaled the gas until death . came. The door awaas " aas VPCU, lCmUill . UUl fhto the haltawy, and If ahe had i ,.,. . enereiy turned on the let and laid down It would iiave taken longer to (accomplish her . purpose. Eleven nurses do light housekeep - Ing at this number and most of them have been. there one year and three months. Mlas Umberger went there 15 months age. - It has been the cus tom of the nurse who remains at home to attend to the rooms and do Liberty HIU, a d from the Phl.So the othsr light .house work. Miss clety. B. J. Erwln. Morgan too; ide-' Vmberger bad been alone In the hater's medal from the Eu, Soetety Z. i ""ce oa- Ilr rnv' 11 no nowl1 Jt what time she committed suicide, but vims, ww ii.lt a Wllei fJll I Jr i 0011(1) was runnlnr mnd still half wound up, ft is believed that the act ;was com mitted sometime .yesterday, ' t . OAV-E WAT TO MELANCHOLY, Nurses hn had mi- t. fcera-er well mm that ri..n. was not of, a despondent nature, but during the last three wks she hid .often given away to tears and had ex- pressed herself In language similar to thst found In the tablet ,i " 'Billing's said he had S seen'-Miss Vrabergen come down stairs Monday morning and read the paper but na& neither heard her about the burses' apartmente nor seen her since that time. . , - V v: ' RATE CQXFEREKCB , DOES Nil 1 ' , ,'-". "' ' " Prnft..fa Was Closed on Account " -"".- r vomerees iw5-.fJr, Aojoununuu-Much " lt,Jj!,"Ni,,red ctuttt ve oennte's .i.Wlles."JU.!' .....' Washington, May 10. 'Tou krt -Sonor bound to stand by the Senate : amendmenU,"' said - Chairman Hep- burn, of the House committee on in- ter-Btate commerce, to Chairman El- kins, ef tho Senate committee, at the i " -1 7 conference one the rate bill to-day, Vi when he latter called up the antl- "- r paes amendment and endeavored - to get some action In the way of per , f acting It' Under the rule of confer- ences, the House will have to aug- ) 'gest the alterations In amendments . ' made by the Senate.- - AH of this dls- cusslon waa in the way. of chaff, and , as eenaior Plains remarsea,. , tne andervVEinriage, uranam, , ! At- Mrs, House conferences v are' disposed te Paisley's; ' Misses WsdswortMv ' Con- hold up the Senate's 'various pieces cord V Pearl Ford, Wyman, OoMaboro; tf of monumenUl folly'! as tongas pos pasrl Robinson. Memphis; .Williams, . slble. "Anyway,' said Senator Elklns. Boals," fcoulsvllie;. Hendricks,' Oreens- In retort to good natured gibe, "f the boro. -At. Mrs. Vinson's! Misses Me.a House had passed a good but the. Sen Wnuon Wlnstonr,M. . Graves, Carth ate would not have been led Into atfe; Lols Brown,. Winston) : Lottie , these follies." .He referred to what Ray" McAdensvllIe;' Adams, Oastonla; , he termed the Inconalstency between, At Mrs. Holt'f: M lases-Klrkpstrlck, - the pipe line and the coal amend- Senecas Julla Smith, Aahevllle, At , ments. as well s a what has become Mrs. Neel's; Misses : Sloclurd knd A known as the "pass monstrosity. gmith. - , 7 ' ; ' .' , I Chairman - Knapp and .Assistant The marshals' regakae' have been Bocreury Decker. -of the Inter-State d'l.rtrlbuted as follows.'and tna hon -commerce commission, , were before ored and envied wearers kre now the confereea explaining .the various .bowing their gag plumage and dec ( amendments made at the. request of vraLltotul in fraternity and society halts f the commission, relating to the ad- io th- wtlsfactl'y of themselves, their t ministration of thsblll. No of chaperones nd , special admirers x 'J.u.!:"a 71 TV. Inra of the proposed law. NO action . I won had on c VJi'-V iTh! 1 conference dJournedjit Sill ' O'clock 1 mr " ""-VD TMiSJteL? I holiday and the . conferees were nun- I gry. Ths nest session-wljl be heldl ' M o'clock to-morrow, ..'..:..- J . UfcUUHJiM AD . GIVEN, ; 1oim1 llcn-Modi Awarded.; l"T.JHnior Oratorical tJoin u M. toprwienuavwi a of v Graduating . Ub frgi AodleitM '.IrtNWirt on .,ia.?. v J. .. n Special to Th nhp i- " ' waalon ot DaVldaon '-Collt-ga to ended hlitory aad of tha thlnr that war. Jb ltt u In arary particular the peat, i In point of number of students. of taoulty, reYenuea and financial reoelpte,. In thewhole trend and 41 action of jthlnta that make for 'prog ,1 WS brigrht. realdent Bmlth.t the cloee of. thiayear, haa-mtlfht to feel tetter. - , J1? to lnttule-In aelf-contratu. ... To-day- aierclaea vera ot auch an order, aa to make all who took part 'n theh'or who wttneaaed them ee areaented on the eayipna and the commencement hall." Both the Char I tte oad and the college orchestra 'umtahedillne mttalc. A big crowd l wan nreaent to aea and har and tha I aneakera of the day, boy and mature men. in. wnai tney-naa to say spoke those who' knew then parU and .wer, prBtJirt(j to pny thtn aa they I should ba don. -.. ' . ' . I .L, s I'T "a J fore 1 o'clock In the, quadrangle and forejl oj'clock In the, quadra eecorW to the etrain of t ?,tfanXfe The'ollowlna- look hMisTiiii marching tor. the bu Idlna?. The'followlns look fhelr nlaeea on f the itage: . prrsldent Smith and the faculty. lie v.-Dr.. C. a. Vardell and VV. E. 'Bogga and the six repreaenta uvea aom ine.graauating ciaaa orn cered by Acting Chief Marshal Rut os Read.. The eserolaea : weYei opened XShJ? ed:' Baintatory. eecond honor,. The loung Man," Robert King, Bummer I T01' Q Phlloaophlcal oration, thrd T. -Wilde, Columbia; "The Perman ency 'of Democracy," E. J. Erwln. aiorgamon; ;tbo Triumph of the Vanoulnhed." S. H. Har.. Libertv Hin. S.C; 'The Appalachian Forest Rs- erratum," F. U Jackson, Oastonla: gooa one, i ara a poor Judge of gran uanng orauena The excellence was marked, the difference between them constating in degree of merit The -following degrees were- an- Bouncd by-Dr. Smith: Doctor of laws Dr. Daniel MoGllvary. Chleng Ma' 8lam nd -'uobo William A. Hoke; t doctor of divinity Rev. George H.. Corneleon, 3r Codcord; gI' ln1S'- S B"' c-; tar of arts, J S. Ouy, Lewryvllla. fl. C; R. li Ifferty. M. D.. Davidson; J.'W..- McConnelU ! McConnellatllle, '2V ' Y, ; . -.h V bachelor f arte. at coauerrea on zu young men ana the degree of bachelor of science on lt the names having- already, appeared hithl correspondence. Miss Gladys Summers. Davidson, waa riven' a- rertlflrat. r with rfltlnr. tton, as having completed the course J w,ln n8 ciaaa, . . 1 prtate remarks he emphasising, as ava -aw aa mw ,i c """ a a.t.A 1 1 a a a Xt wnicu wimgiiaiH, very I m4,.w..m.J k. k.iib k . fortunately, the boy like the lower' animals,'. Is not onacuus,.elae. In the elTervesenca- of youth, -he might use Lna - tm, heeeome In to ihow uim now is use Tingni. r ,'y The delaimer8 medal . from . the Eu. .Soctefv. O.t M.' Anderson. .Jack son, Miss.; from the Phi. Society. C.l b: Clark, darktonr essaylst'a . medal from the Eu, Saclety, a H. - Hay, t. c Merchant, -r aainesvliie, . Fia.; from the. YhL floclety, E. ,J. .Erwln; flctloti medal ,,E.' J. - fcrwln.. 1 C. B, Flows was-the winner' of the medal I In the Junior oratorical contest .of last nlcht. . The Bible medal twas won I by E. i Erwln and RoaertKlng. . as la close second, was presented wlur a handsome copy of the Bible.' These Mer presented by: Dr. Lingle ; In, be- halt of Dr. Shearer He described at length 'the .beauUfoI symbolism -: on tnlB nd, The. circle, emblem of eternity, the llg leaves signify Ood's blessing, tho centre shows the cross aa thr-"55l JM .!,,.!ory- worda VVla. Veritas, Vila.", the "Way ' t,fVtt..H ndab, 8ir Walter Scott s well-known wPrd whm dying, "there U but one boqk," Were quoted with line effect. 4 t-some; of, those present', ' Among the oldet alumni present areDri-R, 56. Johnston, of UncoMv ton; Dr. J. B. Alexander, of Charlotte, ana ju. .Aiuson, .Jiq.r 01 iancasxer.. who waa member -of the class ' of ' 2. 5 The class of ' wag due m re- union-here this time, -but 'only three members of the clan gathered." These wr Wlllough by , Chambers, p. A. Stough and Rev. R. Mi Williams. -.The following Is '-a partial list; of "the young ladles that have been attending the -commencement: At Mr a, H-L M, I Sloan's, Misses .Aliln-Bmlth,, Chatta- nooga; wricox,-Augusta; Missea Watt, Thomasvllle,, Oa.j llcka, Wilmington; Springs,), MCAdeh, v Dougle, llaynea, Scott, Robertson, Whit. , Gray, lot Wln- ston;- Bridges, Sheppard, Christian, McNeill, -fialfour, Thomasvllle. A bell, Lowrvivtlta.' McCutchen. Patterson, of Chested ClarV, Rankin, Casper, Alex-", Mrsha Jackson to Mlas Julia d.ki. i.v.-Uii-. 1. o tviM. mi.. Bridges, Charlotte; D. E. Scott... to tM,, Madsllne White, Graham.' J,' A. McMurrgy, to Mlas Maggie Jiell Ma- Cllntock. of Charlofte; Rufue Reed. ,1 vtiwi'Kiith :x (ConUnued Sloan, Davidson; W, ued on rage Ten.), nif)li CALNIVAL MMID -; . '. v ..... . ;o a ? V' I ; Spanlxl. Capital Aglow With Flr ... works and liootrtcal lUmulnaXtons , and Strrt Psw-ked With VaM STlironick of Rr JoJcng. IVoplr. Many roiis Being In -Picturesque Na tlonal Coatnnics Weddtns; Oontratt (Signed by Erotntnt Prrsonagee aa . M'ltnraana on Both Sltlen, Hing Al- 'XfonHo Afflxlrtg Ills' Own KlgiuUure . bo.ooo , Yemr lor Hriue ana j l$50,(KX f Widowed. ' .. ' , : 'Madrid. fMav 10 All Sc-aln' Is ' re- loldng onr the ver-tf the'-weddlng -of Klhg. Alfonsd . and Princess: Vlctort. and i, the ' capita! has pot;Weii; f uch scenes' of'enthuajasm.tjuring jha-prea- eat geaeratlon..)To-nlght the .'whole city Is aglow, with- fireworks and elec trical 1! nominations. vhlfe.the et retJts thronged ' with dense, masses of peo pte.; All the; cehtfal' polnts-'frvm; the Ptferta dK fiol to. the- Pardo-are lit- ' , . ' J ' arallv nackad. Aa- the decaratlona and lUumlnatJons take, on tjjelr jnostTurtd ...i " i 4i!.i hues ' it U a. mat ley (throng, which touches ; afmoat berbarCT-ewarth'y j Moors wrapped In' flowing robes and with red turbans on their beaoda. Aus trian . "dancers performing -their na tive "Jola,,' gypsies' from"' Cnrdbva And QxA m (3 u 1 a t m r M lt if In' VAji velvet and tinseled gold, with many representatives of Spain's Clergy. ' and hordesVof blind beggars singing , the melancholy muslo of old Spain,.;' At -trie-corners bands nlav for street danc- ' MM Z 1 t III 1 .1 . . A u ra.e ina muDiciiwrnr iih B'rcu rein to the popular rejoicings." The schools and public Institutions I have beenxiosed and tne wnoie popuia- tloa baa given Itself up to celebrating the Klng;s marriage. - ; TvvnntKn iViuDinQ omvrDB v-1 Th"chleff eveata of to-day were' the M J.UUU.U l.U.1.11A.l S3 ItNh Klns'a 'receDtlon to the ' forelcn en voys. Including the diplomats of the United States, and the signing of the Wedding 'contract. The. latter cen raoay took place at the Pardo Palace In Ihe presence of Premier Meret and the other cabinet Ministers., with the solemnity .befitting a. great State cere raonlal affecting the future succession to. the throne. The witnesses for Princess Victoria were! . Sir. Maurice Bunsen, the British ambassador , at Madrid; Polo Bernabe, . the 'Spanish ambassador at Londan, who- waa- the Spanish minister to Washington when the war between Spain and the united Stares broke out; Lord Hugh Cecil. Marquis de Vlana. an intimate friend of King Alfonso, and Marquis He Vll latobar. The witnesses for the Kliag were: Uremler . Moret, Senot. Maura, former president of the council; Oen era! Ascaraga, forsner VreraterOen eral Montero'. Rio, former Premier: the -Duke of Solamayor, chief .of 'the royal palace;- the Marquis de la Mlna, chief .of the reyal hunt;. General Par cbelo, chief of the Royal Halberdiers, and the Marquis 4e Borjm Intendant general, these repreaentlnc the states men. the royal household, the army and the nAWiity.;-, ,fi i. BR10B OET8 $O.00O A TEAR, The marriage contract appears to night in The Official Oatette.- Article 1 gives the -bride. an., annual income of IO,00, and in the event, or the King's ;deatn,ll (hew, tn article frlncees Victoria renounces all right of auccesslon to the'. British throne. The other -articles relate-to the mar riage. , ' .. ' Precedlna-the slamature of the con tract" the Spanish journalists presented to King. Alfonso . a, gold, pen with whti-h t a . alrn the. ducumebtf 'Th King laughingly accepted the gift,- de claring that he' had 'always defended the" Span Ian press.' against' criticisms. Many receptlone -were held to-night. among them thoee at the British am- bassy to the Prince or wales, at the Italian embassy to the uke of Genoa. at the German embassy to Prlnbe Al- brechfc of Prussia, at the. French em bassy to Oeneral DaJilsteln, and at the American legation td Special Envoy Whlterldge. This latter reception was attended oy many prominent person ages In diplomatic and court circles. MADE DASH FOR ' FREEDOC Flvei Rowan Convicts Overpower fAiard. and Vain .Their Liberty. peclaLto'The Observed: . -. . - nauspury. May Je.-rnere wan- a bit or. excitement in. the convict camn osv the Wilkes bo ro road this afternoon when, the ilvei prisoners' committed to South, : and will give it the samo ro th e care of Mr. Worth Plyler made latlonshlp to the gulf that Pittsburg a dash Ion freedom and were euoceas-1 now has to tho Atlantio coast.- He f uL ; The men had been taken from I the- camp onuhe now Mocksvllle road I wnere they gr grading tho road and I Mr. Plrler.'waa awarding' them. -Th. I men .took advantage of htm when he 1 territory surrmnllng the j'.ry.f Lir was not looking and everpowlna- him. I mlnarham. He ,ald thtt when ho at- wrested hla pistol from him and caped. , All were. . negroes, 1 wore stripes andf chalna, 'and .are :esiHlvl marked.; . They-were-short-tsrm men and,-the1 reason for their rebellion fs not, explainable as'lly, Mr.- JPtyler was excessively kind to- Ihem-and they could have had no grievance to- ward him.'?. They did not, attempt to iurv mm aiier oy reueyaa .mm, o 1 ms -sun... nunsuiBiBiy upon, 'isarn-1 lng of the riot imoaf the men. Chair man Bernhardt, of the county board o; 61 men. who are Andy Young, Wilt By ers,' John Randle, - Will - Hardy and Henry Murph. .Whether they have confederatee ontbe 'outside, or -not I . . e m w aa 4 . , cannot be guessed. The story of A. I II. Nwsjme last wek that, negroes IZ'JIX&JZKSFISJJS" fTJ?.-CwUy notJLiJ,S?- referenre to this, bacausa tho .two places are in different localities. VpSfl' pnicE-osnoRXK. r ' lr. AtW. rrke, of Salisbury.' Wftds suns neien w ood - OSborMS at i lacuontuie, iswH k ,y ; Jacksonville., Plai May I0j-1-In, thai Church of the oood Shepherd this I evening, Miss Helen Wood Osborne, oaugnier,.ex vwi.'mna sirs. mrapkH, Osborne... was united , In mariiaxe to I Mr. Augustus Hobeon Price, of ralts- uury, ft,iv- nm rnunn wu Dautl fully dj-oorated with palms, forn and liltles. Ths ceremony was performed c-y Key. camPDCii - stryaer. .Mrs. Clarence Shine presided at the organ Owing to the recent bereavement ig the: brlde'g family.- no cards were Is sued and what . would have been a brilliant society event, . owing to) the prominence i of. tho contracting tur tles,--wss eurtalled ' to; a simple but very pretty wedding. xna . ushers were Msrsnai usoorne ana jann hod- I erts. , , Thsmsid Pf honor: was Mrs, Ruth Drew.. The-bride entered 'the church leaning on the arm, pf her father. Mr. v,W. ' 11. Hobeoni i COUsIn I OE xne BTOUiTi, was uun men. ' ! ,m, , - . Mr. and Mrs. Price left this even- ma for Leke1 Toxawsy. N. C. The young couple will reside in Salisbury, where th -groom. U a prominent I young lawyer... .. . '.;...'., '.'' . ., ABGUES. FOB 10CK CAIS Al 1 s. . vus" Addreaslng-. VGeorgU Metropolis' . Chamber 1 or- commerce. the Head of ..the Coanmlaslon . Attacks Seev- t Jjcvrl Piatt sis Costly, ami Impra titrable,, so J-iar as Hig Khips ncTrnel--Woiill Vom, Includinx ' Intareat on. wlnerence. orcr- is. 000,.(MM Morn and Would be, Deep, '.Winding Iitct -Uull Regloii Uet. V tlng lta Share t of Kunplv Bwdneas. ; . Atlanta, Oa,' May i 0. Theodore P. Shonis. chairman of the Panama Canal eommiaalon, was the srueat to day of .Atlanta friends, but hla pres ence, la, Atlanta-was made ahe occa- J a(on .' for several entertalnmenu I public functions, at. which hs n and met .i larre number of business and pnifes slonal .men. ( and - delivered . two ad dresses. The a rat waa at tna oeaica tlon of-a new building at.. Agnes Scott Institute,- a -college lor women (a .Decatur, a auburb of .Atlanta,. The second was delivered this evening be- I for th chamber of commerce, when .H Zj . "-.Hut.., . .... t ne BPOSS on xne'rsiaiwua in ma mum I toV the Panamev Canal He took strong grounds. In .advocacy of the lock-ca nal .system JUater in tne evening aur. Khonta, was entertained at a banquet tendered by 0 cltlsens and attended Jy Qovernor Terrell and mnny others of 'pronilnence,. politically and finan cially.;' In hl formal address. Mr. 6honts"aeJd In oar t: ' MR. BHONT8 ADDRESS. . Inasmuch a the only home I own In the world la in Alabama, I fee; that I am In the house of my fronds wnen I am In the South. The relationship I between the' South and the Panama 1 L' . , ... M W amMk4wa.I f , m t .1 r .X capai anouiu w vl,IIDIVI'rl " " points of , view: flrst, the purchase of the material and supplied entering into the construction or me ranai. ami. second, the development of the Hnuth's I Industries 'by reason of the opening lar tna ranai. ' ' The nreaent commission regards the Panama canal as the property of the United States, with the eltiiwns of th United States as the stockholders. It, therefore,-felt that It waa It first duty to provide that, each aection of our country should, have equal op portunlty with - all others In the sale oT all materials and supplies which it produces and which will be consumed In the construction of thlB great work. With that Idea, la view, the policy was adODted of requiring that all blux should be made on tho baais of deliv eries on the- Isthmus of Panama, ho that every manufacturer In each sec tion of the country could figure on hla own cost, plus hla own railroad truna- portatlon, plus ocean transportation through his owa ports. 1 am glud to say that since tne inauguration i this 'policy, notwithstanding the epi demic of yellow fever during a larg.r portion of last simmer, which practi cally blocked all gtlf porta, the vol ume of supplies sold by the MImsIk sl ddI valley and -which , has gone out through the gulf porta- lyas been atead- Hy increasing. - Equal opportunity is tne genius or our Institutions. But equal opportu nity does not-make' equal men and women. Equal opportunity to sell goods on the Isthmus vi lli not sell the goods of the people of the Mtsala slppl .'valley. If -they dovnot rise to th opportunity, and , hustle to make the sales. ' Mlcawber had the oDnortunlty but didn't get any of the fruit They aay that opportunity knocks once at every door. -We ha seen to it that It haa been and is now knocking at the) door of the Houth. gnd It Is for the South. "If sleeping, to awake, If feasting, to arise," and meet It. TREMENDOUS PpSSlBIUTlKS. 1st regard to the sec-Mid viewpoint. I believe there ere but. few who u - precise the tremenaous. prsiblll:l which . the opening of the Pnnain.i canal meana to all our country, un.l especially to the Southern States. An an evidence of how some men regard It I will quote, a remark made in my presence by one of the so-called cap tains of Industry In this country: on of the men who have been most In strumental In the Internal develop ment of thla nation; one of tho itrnn who have made our ,woiderrul pr parity possible, one ef (ha men who control the greatest corporation in the In the Tennessee Coal' Iron Codt pany, . he said, "wnen tne Panam-t canal la completed, every ' eh ore of my stock In that company wilt 1 worth a thousand dollars." He as id I tho -opening or tnat canui wiu .ntaxe I Birmingham the - Pittsburg , of the said the immensity of Uaffto which or- txlnates within forty mlleJ A Plu- burg, and which is tne marvel or the world", will be duDlUatd in the same a-(Quired his large Interest in ihls prop I erty. he did so bcau-e oi his abld- ins- faith :n the dneloimtit of the Southl and , because of his c-tnOdence In the astonishing giowth which would Uke' Place there upon tht opening of the - Panama canal. The uvlawa of thlW level-headed and far-seeing man are. 'the ytegs of many other . of your mvit-VT tirrca-ive Mtuene ana -he ue- velopment to wr.wn n iw-ke r-wiid r regards Tennessee coal gnd Iron Is 'only as Inrix of what will Uke within your b trdVt, ; Hut, gentlemen, between the time ef gelling your sup plies -which will enter , into tho con structloa of this canaL and tho pe- s fM ti gas: t are . . ipiMa . s , V't ag 1 fi I .sal will result in .he dsv iloDmunt of tf country, a gulf n flxod. H w gn thai gulf bv wlli depend thw tyDe of canml te (acted. The pr g'eai on type ef canal selected. The pres ent commission, believes that the type of canal the. people of this country want la the one which will provide daquate and safe passage for-the largest vessels on tne seas, aad which can 1 be constructed in . the quickest tlmo and at the least cost The com mission s recommenaauon, ,jn otner . I shaoab . nskal naaaa MUfl . ksa, IVau that what the people want la the hear: by practical, rather than the-remote IdeaL It- haa thereto' recommend. ed Oie construction of an fa-foot level look ranai for the reasons that, first, ln;iUdudgmet. it ran. be com Dieted for sboutr half the cost, gnd In half the time, ofthe so-called sea-level If anal; second,- because it will be arte. quate. for all tbe commerce . which can reasonably- be expected to reek that route during the next two hun dred yearst mire. Because ir the ton nage ehould Increase beyond luch ex pectation. It aa be enlarxed mors cheaDlv and more OUlokly than tl.a an- called sea-levot .canal; . fourth, be- cause, from the operating point of view. large snips tan be put thvouxh mors safely and mora quickly than thrpugh the eea-lsvel; fifth, because when -(he Interest on the differohoe in n.l nt rnnatrtirtlnn la t. k. cost of operating, ths saving to 'the government every year, will be 3,- ite.ouj. .... u ; - "Hlith. because when built, It will (Continuedl on Page Thtee,)., BEniND.v BARBED. DOOBS PROBIXG WADE8UORO LYNCHrXO Solicitor RoIiuHon an Judge Neal. Together With Attorneys Employed by Croveraor,' Spend Kutlre Day In ' veistlgatlng Itrrent Lynchin of J. V. Johnson Number of Witnesses '. Kxanil nod Governor Olrrin Spends . .Diy In WadcslMNTO and Issues Statement Calling on tltlaens to Tell All They Know and Offering ; ; State's AdKtire Some Hlile . IJghts on Anson's Horrible 1 Trngrdy. 8pecial .to The Observer. Wgdesboro. May SO. Governor Olenn. has been here to-day, - his presence being dun to tha lynching Monday morning of John V. Johnson by a mob. I asked the Governor why he came. "In coming to Wades bora." he reDlled. "I had no intention of Interfering with any Judicial In vestigation, hut I came at the earnest request . of the solicitor of the dis trict, who felt thut my presenco in Wadesboro' at thla time would con duce to the ' better enforcement of the law and ?to' the bringing to Jus tice of. ths .nartlclnutora In the mob that lynched John V. Johnson. I feel that a blot has been cast on the good name, iot only of Anion county, but of. the entire State. There waa not a shadow of exeu.-a for Indi viduals taking the law Into their hands. John V. Johnson had been tried. Only one man was for man slaughter, with 11 for a higher of fense. There was no reason to be lieve Justice would mlacarry In a, second trial. The oommlaalonera. wishing .a speedy trial of Johnson's esse and others, had requested . a special term of court and 1 bad ordered same for July 16th; there fore, ft cannot be urged that juittce waa unnecessarily delayed. The ex cuse offered by the friends of the lynchers themselves Is that they were simply punishing a man whi had committed murder. CHIME OF MOB WORSE THAN JOHNSON'H. "But, In my cool, deliborate Judg ment, when they conMplr.nl together to ao to the iall and take a heirless prisoner out of his cell, drar him half a mile, he begging nil the time for mercy, and hang him to a tree and ahoot his body full of hnlea. they committed a murder. In the night of both God and man. more heinous than that of their victim, who slew man In anger. When a woman has leer, dishonored, roblief of nor virtue we nave condoned to a curtain t-x-tent the father, brother or husband. who, with olhera, lynched the fiend. for we have respect for nix feeling-, Knowing as we do that he does wrong. But thla was no such case. There waa no excuse for this lynch ing and every good citizen of An fcon county ehould call It what It la. murder. I. therefore, call upon every good citlsen in the county to tell what he knows snd do all In his power to'ferrst out this matter and bring the wrongdoers to Justice They msy be assured that, as Gov ernor of the State. I will aid them In every way I can, even If necesaary putting the who!- State of North Carolina behind them. In order to see the laws properly executed. Nothing would have brought me to wadesboro except the fact thut I want law-breakers to know, that It will not be my fault If they are not urrested. and punished." Governor Glenn addressed a letter to Sheriff J. A. Uoggan, which, after setting forth the aubatance or the foregoing statement, continues, "Thla mob must be brought to Justice. To iitnore their crime and to screen them would be an outrage. Aa Uovernor of the Statu, I will render ou all the aid In my power, whether It be In employing able counael to help the solicitor or. In cane of need. In ordering out the State militia to rid you In enforclrrg the law. Neither time nor expense should be considered In prosecuting the perpetrators of this horrible crime." ALL QUIET IN THE TOWN. If Kay Stannarti Haker had come here to-day, as McClureV Macaslne tent him to Ht&tesboro, Ga., to see a lynching town, he would have found the same situation as he de scribed there, a perfectly quiet, al most sleepy village, where coorteous gentlemen sit In the shady places and ladles dally with lea cream. Rut the talk has been of the lynching. That the Governor's presence and Influence and the solicitor's seal are timely Is evidenced by the fsrt that almost everybody Is .remembering that the lynched man waa of a vio lent, unruly, dangerous character, and that he waa not Insane, but nor mal. Those who recall this, however, admit that It makes no difference whether he waa a raven or a dove, when the guilt of the mob comes te be considered. All dsy the solicitor snd Judge Neal bave carried on the examination of witnesses behind closed doors, together with Mr. Oul- ledga and Mr. John Bennett, whom the Governor employed on behalf of the State. I know what they did, but I will not tell. To-morrow I hope tbey will take the gag off. The de tails of the lynching are absolutely horrifying. There are new panels In the lower door or the Jail. The old door was shot to pieces and battered In with sledges and crowbars. The rain gutters show bullet holes, .as do the brick walls of th jail. Marks of three spent balls - are on the sheriff's son and a whole gun load missed tne snertrr less than hair an Inch. While a pistol ball scathed hla side A little girl put her head out at an upper window of the Jail, when one or tne moo cried. "Take back your head, damn you, or I'll shoot It off." Their treatment of the sheriff was most brutal. The hubbub of their profanity was heard far and wide. "Help, help." the prisoner screamed. "Lord have mercy on me, fiord protect me." . They beat down the outer -doors, mounted the stairs. carrying the helpless shrrlff with them. Seeing the strength of the barred cell where Johnson crouchsd, they tnrust tnrougn the bars 10 e r 10 guns and said. "We will kill him now." . . .-'-. .. BEGGED, FOR TIME TO PRAT. '"What are you going to do, boyst" Johnson asked them. Damn you." they answered. "We are going to kill you." . , .. He begged them for time to pray. - "You didn't give fl wlnn time ; to prey, damn you," they answered. iiitf. evnlfia Vi m tan wrr.il Aw ir II I vvw wsa anissaf ww aaa w w vw vi eia rvu here," ..'-' '. .'"-,. The sheriff, seeing they were' en the point of riddling him In his cell, bade them wait and take htm outside. A poles of them went with the sheriff down stairs after the keys. His fel low prisoners - say that, after the keys came, not much else was amid. They ' presume that -one o( the mob stuck' his knife In Johnson there, for they heard the pretest, Don't, don't, wait, till we get him outside.'' The trail of blood Is still thtire. When the mob had , got him in the Jail yard and bad him going at trot, Jtn. BAM3KY CONFIBMED AS; POSTMASTER AT S.VI.ISBrRV So-Osllcd Charges Against Nomlneo . for Re -appointment to Salisbury lotnisstrslitp. Made Small Im .. prrsslon on Committor But for Ac , livlty of Mr. Overman, He Would Have (tone the Way of Oram and axlcr National Politics Being I'layed Around Blackburn Appoint mentsThe Observer's OorivHpon dent Made) tho Hapless Victim of a Conspiracy. BY W. A. HIIJ)EBRN'D ' Observer Bureau, 1417 O. -. Street. N. W, Washington, May SO. In looking over, the always In structive Congressional Record to-day It was discovered that the Senate had confirmed the nomination of James H. Ramsey as postmaster at Salisbury, The to-called charges were submit ted to members of the'cbmtiilttee, but they failed to make much Impres sion. The fact that the allegations were considered trivial Is beside the question, however, for had it not been Cor the activity of Senator Overman, Mr. Ramsey would have gone the way of Grant and Frailer. The con viction has become settled In the minds of a number of gentlemen at this end of the line that national poll tics is being played around these Blackburn appointments. Those who subscribe to this view aay that But ler has succeeded In convincing Sena tor Penrose, who Is chairman of the poatofftce committee, that he will be able to control the Republican party machinery after the next Stale con vention and has promised to deliver the delegation to the national conven tion to whoever has the support of the Pennsylvania Senator for the Pres idential nomination. When the Ramsey nomination first went to the. Senate and Mr. Penrose was aakml to act promptly In the matter of confirmation, thut K'nt Io nian went to bucking and filling and telling how there were no charges of consequences and how the mat ter would be disposed of at once, but It waa noticed that, when he was preHsed for Immediate action,- he al ways wanted to "see about It," and kill lime. Senator Overman then Kave notice that he would go before the full committee. When Mr. Pen rose Haw the North Carolina Senator meant lunlneiu, and that hla hand would be forced, he began to sit up and take notice. Penrose saw that It would never do to allow the com mittee t come to the realisation that he was holding up these nominations without cause. HAl'LKHS VICTIM OF 'CONSPIR ACY. Thla writer was recently made the hapless victim of an awful conspir acy. When a night or so ago Mr. Butler got ready to announce that Postmaster Oeneral Cortelyou. Secre tary Taft and Senator Carter would address the Republican State conven tion he set kbom to. keep the In formation from The Observer corres pondent, and the plan would have worked had It not been for the kindly disposition of a friend employed by one of the press associations. The statement about Senator Carter was apparently an afterthought, dropped In by way of further terrifying Black - burnites, not only by the character of the men who are to move on Greensboro July 10. from Washing ton, but by sheer force of numbers. Senator Curler merely smiled when inn reiort was shown him and he said It was his purpose to be In Montana In July. He would not. he said, so to North Carolina. The Washington Post published a statement from Mr. Hutl-r denying a report sent the Post from Greensboro that Mr. Bluckburn had got the best of It at the recent State committee meeting. The Post statement begins with the usual de vice: "the attention of former Sena tor Butler being called." etc.. when as matter of fact Butler went to the office of the newspaper and made a special plea for the publication of the statement. He even wrote the headlines about the "Butler faction being on top." thus clearly showtnr that Mr. Butler regards himself as the real head of the organisation forces, and he predicts the defeat of HlacKDurn at the State convention. H H. McNeill, who is associated with Mr. Butler in their political undartak Ings. and In their efforts to. educate the "poor mountain whites." also took a statement to The Post along lines similar to those touched upon by Mr. Butler, and predicting the undoing or Blackburn, but the pnper declined to publish the statement, which al so began by telling how "R. H. Mc Neill, formerly secretary of the Re publican State executive committee, waa seen by a Post reporter." a voice, which, according to a negro wno waa at the Jail, could have been heard half a mile, shouted. "Boys, don't do that, that's murder." The mob'a reply will not do to nrlnt. When the sheriff told them that the law was sufficient for their purposes, they Jeered, "Damn the law." They fired a full volley upon reach ing Main street, and all., along the route or a mile they kept up a de sultory fusillade.- The barefooted tracks of the lynched man show -that they had him on the run. He was pleading for. mercy and praying all tne way. - in front or a certain house he caught hold of a gate . post or otner stay and resisted, it was then. as is supposed, that hla wrist Joint was severed with a knife thrust. His corpse bore a cut across tbe forehead, a long, diagonal cut across the chest. besides tble severed wrist. Hie left arm waa broken by a club blow. The coroner tells me that there is not a square Inch of space above his knees not penetrated by bullets. ' Be low the two knots of rope an the little pine limb the ground is still clammy COL. BENNETT.' TALKa "The Governor Is on' the soot tak ing thought and action to meet the situation," said Col. It. T; Bennett. We confide- in his Judgment and sincerity. Everything le being done to fix the responsibility for the Crime. usuauy tnose efforts end - in disap pointment. Friends of law and order nope for an outcome more consonant with humanity -and , Justice. . If all ends ' In miscarriage of Juttlce - there will be a reign of terror here. -Assassination Is a handy tool and will be applied to those who uphold the law. Meanwhile the' helpless will take refuge In, countermining. There ought to be a military company sent here to restore the nerve of the com munity." - :;, '".; ., -:v - 1 The Governor haa gone to Charlotte to-night, but the Judge and solicitor are here, 'and to-morrow will be a rosy day.-' ,.'.----v. "-'. J. C. M.:"i PBESIDENT ;f IXt MEMOBIXM ; TRIBUTE TO RANK AXD J1LH At Portsmouth, Va " rnderUArmy i and Navy Union's Auspices, Chief . Kt ecutlve Addresses . Audience) Numbering Thousands, and - Later ' Speaks at Hampton to Students of Colored Institution Is PortemoatU V Address he Gives Highest Praise t Grant and Leo. But Insists That 1 ' War or Prace Average Man Is Chief . Factor. . , Portsmouth, Va May S0.-Presl-dent Roosevelt Joined the people of Virginia to-day In a beautiful ' and Impressive tribute to , the - nation's , dead. Under the auspices - of tho Army and Navy Union, the organise Hon of the officers and enlisted men . i of the United States army and havyi - ' the President delivered the memorial : laddres here to an audience number' Ing thousands. Immediately after . delivering the oration of the day President Roosevelt unveiled a monu- . . mont erected In the Naval Cemetery ' by the Army nnd Navy Union to the J.y memory of Its dead comrades. ' President Roosevelt,' accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, his slster-ln-Iaw, Miss Carow. and two of his children, -Miss Ethel and Master (juentln. made '?. the trip from Washington to Porta '..'V; mouth on the cruiser Mayflower. Ag the ship, with the President's ensign "i flying at her peak, swept past OKI ' Point Comfort, a salute of 21 guns was ' fired from the battery at Fort Monroe. When the Mayflower entered Ore "7 Portsmouth harbor the vessels of the North Atlantic Fleet saluted In turn. ' At 9:30 o'clock President Roosevelt lunded from the .Mayflower at the navy yard. He was received by Rear - - Admiral P. F. Harrington, command ant of the station, and- escorted to a carrier; e in waiting to convey him to ;. the Naval Cemetery. Both -sailor- ' men and marlnea from the warships,' were oa parade In ths yard to assist In the reception. The procession was ; formed Immediately and proceeded to the grounds of ths Naval Hospital, where the exercises of the day were held. The procession consisted of -several thousand men from the North jj. Atlantic Fleet. Army and Navy .. " I'nlon organisations. Grand Army vet- erans, camps of Confederate veterans, .'" nnd many other societies. Git EAT ENTHUSIASM SHOWN, -'i, , Portsmouth was beautifully and? f- patriotically decorated. Business , . houses and residents were a bias ' of red. white and blue and the quaint . old city gave such a reception to the r Presldnt as even Mr. Roosevelt set- , doin has received. The procession . moved from Ihe navy yard to the ; '" Naval lloNpltal grounds through solid -lines of people, and ths President was ..' received with msrked enthusiasm. A notable feature of the demonstration ,' i waa the part taken by the school ' children, who at various, plsces along ; the line of march greeted the .Presl-.''. dent with the strains -of -the ' Star Spangled Banner and the waving of " tiny American flags. "A pretty tncl- ' dent occurred as the "nead ;of tho ' parade passed th Confederate monu- ' ment on Court street. The members of Stonewall-(.'amp of Confederate ' ' Veterans were isasesd In review by---the President. Kecognlslsg - Colonel W, H. Stewart, the commandant of .' . the ramp. President Roosevelt stop- . tied his carriage, shook' hands with Colonel Stewart and chattered with, V hlin for n minute or two. The greet .., . throng on the street enthusiastically, shouted Its approval. ' The exercises of-the. day took place. in the great woods of tfle Naval Hos- . pltal grounds. A temporary stand - had b.sn erected for: the President and distinguished guests. Around '. this the various organisations which . participated In the parada formed a .-. hollow square. Cltlsens and Invited gucsta to th number of several thousand attended, the ceremonies.' At 11 o'clock the exercises were open- - ' ed with prsyer by ltlshqp Van d""".'""" Vyver. of the Catholic diocese of v Richmond. President Roosevelt was ; Introduced by Colonel J. Edwin ' ' Brown, national commander of the . Army and Navy Union. The Presl- . dent's sddress follows: THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. This day Is hallowed- snd sacred m our history, for on this day throughout the lend we meet to pay- homes to th ' memory of th valiant -dead who fell In th great civil war. N other men d- " serve so well of this-country as those to whom we owe It that - we now, bave a ' country. Moreover,- the men to-whoso valor we owe it that the I'nlon was pre- . served have left us a country reunited in fuct ss well as in nsme. They hsv left us the memory of the great deda and ., the self-devotion alike of the raa who " wore the 'blue and of the men who wer v th cray In th contest wher heather ,. fought brother with equal oourax. with xi us I alneerlty of . ennvlrtloa, with equnt ..' ndellty te a hlxh Ideal, as It was given to each to se thst Ideal. - , ' Moreover, It is a peculiar pleasure to ' speak to-day under1 th ausnicos of tho -Army snd Navy Union, of the Union -which Is meant to Include th officer , end enlisted men of th resuler forces of th United States. Exactly aa thee Is no other body ef meu to whom la the , past w have owed so much, as to th , veterans of the civil wsr. so there Is no other body of men anions; all of our clt lsens of to-day who na a wnoi deserve quite as well of th country ss th officers sad enlisted men of th army and - tk navy of th United Stat. Every man who baa served well and faithfully. ' afloat or ashore. In th srvlos of th United State, ha shown that h possass a certain qualltiea which entitle him In a peculiar degree to the respect of sll his fellow-eltlsens, while every man who is now in th service cannot but feci hln self uplifted by th thought that in sny time )f future erlsis It may b thst th - honor of th - whole nation win depend upon hi sesring. i ner rs upon acn of you a tremendous burden of responsi bility, and therefore to you belongs the ' proud privilege of bearing that kd ef responsibility well. , - ' ' This audience. Is composed largely ef vetersns of th civil war. largely of men , who have served In or sre serving In th armv aad th saw of the United State. They are concerned not only with the dit ties of the soldier and the sailor, but with the duties of the civilian, with all matter affecting th plain, everyday citlsen aa ha . does hla evsrydar duties. For w mut alwaya remember that In Our country our army and navy are an army and navy -mad up of volunteers: all eur forces sr volunteers: 'Our regulars, afloat and ashore, are merely our fellow-cltlsens who of their own. free .will have taken i this 'particular task. -Th ' task om tnrougn lpy return io in soar or or nttlsenshlDl end exactly as th efflcierv - of our military service depends chw: upon the efficiency ef th avrax em, ... ed man, so the efficiency of the nation as a whole dpenri chiefly vpon the way In whicn tne everaa man perrorm his, plain, everyday duties. , BURDEN OF THE LEADER. .This does not mean that the lndr. rhether In military er . civil lif. cm escape hearing- a peculiar burdon f r--- spnnalblllt.v. to Mm nss Dn given n i and from him much will b dvmntKl, i Is right and nropvr that th man In a I position, whether his ponltlon be ti - (Continued on Pug Nine.) , I. . jjfcsift.r.4. tttjtxgwacaawti. . 7 i '
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