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WNh f,m J T8V . ').. i,- , - - ' irr I Hal r 1 SUBSCRiPTIONTBteBf : $8.00 PER YEAR. CIIARLOTTE, N. a, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1906. PRICE HVE CENTS. NT NT " 9 YV . ' . Y - ' ' ,.T ; ., t ; . , . s. 1'"." r PBESJPENT $pi)S BEPORT i PACKERS' JUSTS TKAGI-COMIO ' Result of Departrofnt of .Agriculture ' v Experts' Investigation of Perking- hm Bering Is Forwarded to t , iirt,.- Committee. Together With J j' Extracts from a Lca-r Stowing Vr-J Effect Vpon Packers o Recent Die- ' cloaansaa " Bony Rooms In Fair Con- ( ?f' - dltlons, But Others Dark and Fll ' . .,', f thy Dad'InHnnees of InmnlutUon. I; J Washington. June 8. In response V '; ti a, request from .th Houm com ' T ralttee on . rrlcultura, President . ;.' HooMvelt. to-4av forwarded o , Rep i (IHUIIUTI IMlWUflU, V ; i. that committee, the report mad to Mm by irfco'mnttttee of thtDepart i. f rnent of AfricuUure regarding con . . HUons in the Chicago meat packing houaea. Aaoompanylng the report ', .;. waa a letter from the Prealdent, In V ' which he porata out that there is rUv conflict In aubatanca between the : : K, NelllReynolda report and that of the 2 vt Agricultural Department experts. '1 The President quotea a letter re- r w I ui(a at, tit ubi vuiiinjiui u truatworthy witness In Chicago," to r V' the effect that the packing house pro t Prtetora are manifesting almost "a humoroun haste to clean up, repave and even to plan for future changes. Kew toilet rooms are being provided, with additional dressing rooms and clean towels. - The. report saya that "the haste towarda reform would have been amuBlng If It were not ao nearly tragic." The . President's correspondent says ( his Investigation has not been com ' , pleted, but that "enough has been developed, In my judgment, to call for Immediate, thnrouichroing and radical enlargement of the powers of the government in Inspecting all meats which enter into ln.ter-Utate and foreign commerce." BETTERED BY INSPECTION. ' ' A part of the Department of Agrl culture report on packing house con dltlona Is a lctt.r dated April 5, J0, from A. I . Melvln. chief of the Bureau of Animal Induntry, in which he vays, commenting on the sanitary conditions: "From personal observation I know that sanitary conditions at abattoirs where this bureau nialntulns inspec tion, while not always satisfac tory, are much superior to those at the average establishment without " such Inspection." The report of the committee of three dated April S and signed by ' John K Mohler. chief of the patho logical division: Hlce P. Bteddom chief of the Inspection division, Bu reau of Animal Industry, and George P. McC'abe, solicitor of the Depart ment of Agriculture, consists of 143 typewritten pages. The committee began Ita work at Chicago March 12 last and continued the work until . March 22. All abattoirs In Chicago having government Inspection, and two others, were- Inspected. The report begins with the Union Stock Yards at Chicago, containing " BOO acres, all but-80 acres of which la paved. "The, drainage Is -good," the report says, 'and the pens are kept aa cl.-an as the character of their use would permit. The committee visited every room In the institutions mentioned in mak ing their Inquiry regarding sanitation. The report says: ' ABATTOIRS' CONDITION VARIOUS "The sanitary condition in some of the abattoirs is good, in some It is fair, and In others bad." Commenting on the condition at abattoir No. 1, the report says: "Tho walls and woodwork of the killing room are painted to a height of 10 feet and presented a clean ap pearance. Above the paint the wood - work Is whitewashed, but not recent ly. The timbers were wet, probably the result of the ocndensatlon of Bteam. There were considerable ac cumulations of dirt on overhead raft ers and beams. The windows of the . room were dirty. The natural light - and ventilation were good. "At the close of the day's work the killing floor was washed with equal parts of caustic soda and pine tar, followed by an application of hot tcamlirg water." Hot water, tt is stated, was also . applied to the floor of the cutting ' room. "The order of the auperlntendent as reported by one workman was, 'No aavlng of soda; mate It clean.' . After this solution la ' applied the floors are dried with rubber squll gees." The windows of the trimming sind cutting rooms were dirty inside .' and out. "WORST CASE OP INSANITATION. ' "The water closets for the work men consisted of one rail seat closet on each floor, one above the other, all opening Into a common shaft ter minating in a trough, through which a constant stream of water was flow , Ing. A portion of the excrement and toilet papers Is caught on a level - with the floors of the upper closets. In one of theso closeta a jet of live ateam was playing on the excrement and the vapor was rising and being disseminated across the rail on which ' the hog carcasses wore carried to the cooler." The windows of the storage cellars " were "filthy," cobweba being noticed. ... "The floors In somo of the lower places were Inch deep In brine." Salt i pork was In piles on the floor without racks except an order for the War .' Department, which was on racks and j cleared the floor by six Inches. BEEF HOUSE FAIRLY CLEANLY. - ' 'The beef house" was next Inspec , ted from a aanltary point The floor was brick, even, and reasonably clean and light above . the average. Con- alderable dirt was on the beams and tlmbers.- 4 t' "The coolers were In very good i - iondlttnn. The rtalmna- room was al ' most filled wlthm meat, part con " demned by Federal Inspectors and tne other party by city inspectors." The pickle cellar was very wet, ' ' The tripe and pigs' feet room had good light and good floor, no paint, or whitewash, "and the product a p 1 psars to be carelessly handled. Not much care had apparently been taken to keep It from the floor." '"-'Teh gut room had good natural light, but windows were dirty, room had good brick floor. i 'The tripe room was In a filthy con ) dttlon and full of steam, It being lm . possible to see live feet." , . .The fat and bone room had a spe cial floor, natural light, plenty of ar tificial light; otherwise In good con- : dltlon.' k . , .,.... ' HARDSHIPS OF WOMEN WORK- i - ,,ERS. , ;; i"-' : ",' The sausage cooling room was com-' mended, but the floor In the sausage i cooking room ' was said to be very ; bad.. A room - where women were trimming meet had no natural light. The women stand In boxes of saw dust and most of them wear wool . rn henilgear. The temperature was about II degress faroaholt gnd some 1 i .--., -,v.iT.,. , 4 i '-- '-erVt-" . i fiuiV0o7Thf6,itinit2,,n un tne sheep killing floor the lights ere artificial, but the general con among were good. 'The water closet opened directly from the kllllnc floor and the parti did not reach the colling. One employee was observed urinating In the gutter of the killing floor." The smoke room conditions were aid to.be very good, also tbe dress ing room for the beef killing. The water closet Is located in a corner of the killing beds. The sausage packing department and smoked beef department were commended. No fault was found with the bone less ham room. In the sausage dry ing room water was drlpp.lng from the roof on sausage. , 'The floors of the sausage making room were clean and the walla were whitewashed but dirty. 'The cooking and canning room was very dark and steamy, with a noise some atmosphere. Fumes from the solder pqt was observed. Water waa dripping from the celling on girls em ployed soldering. One meat stuffer was being worked in such a way that a quantity of meat waa falling on the floor. "Another canning room waa clean, light and dry. In the chipped beef department the floors were old and wooden, but clean; evidence of white wash on the walls and celling; lower wood work sainted." The water closet for men In the canning room Is separated and well flushed, though poorly lighted. BEEF EXTRACT SECTION CLEAN. The beef extract department has cement floor, clean windows, nicely whitewashed and painted; generally aanltary. . la the beef cutting and trimming room "the floor was crusted with dirt. Artificial light." Abattoir No. 2 was gone through with the same detail and the condi tion reported better In many respect than that in No. 1. Abattoir No. 3 was next described In the same detail and -next No. 22. which begins by stating: 'The closets In this canning depart ment are located In separate rooms, clean In every particular and well flushed." A woman attendant was In charge of the woman's closet. In two cellars In No. 22 a small quantity of tainted meat was found. In abattoir No. 92 the beef bods were well lighted and ventilated, but the floor Irregular and in a filthy con dition. There were no water closets In this establishment. Tho coolers were in an unsatisfactory condition. In this house the commission ob served a cow, commonly known as a 'downer,' apparently In an uncon scious condition, having been dragged on the killing floor on a slide or chute rrom outside the building. When the animal was stuck It was apparent that It was not dead at the time it wan knocked on th head." Abattoir 96, the report says, re minds one of the typh-al country slaughter houses, being Indescribably filthy. "The condition of the house Is disgraceful, and more Insanitary conditions for an abattoir could not be Imagined." A number of other abattoirs were visited, with no complaints. The report concludes with recom mendations for Inspection legislation, which seems to have been followed In the Beverldge amendment. THE A IK CASTI.K. New Paper launched In Wilkes, Ita Initial Number Being Hot Antl lilnrkhurn Surry Republican Con vpiitlou Juno 23 Klkln News Notes. Special to The Observer. Klkln, Juno 8. A new candidate for public favor In the newspaper world has Just been launched at Del laphane, a county postoflice In Wilkes county, 12 miles from Elkln. The name of the new paper is The Air Castle and Its editor Is Dr. W. S. re gram, a former member of the Legis lature . from Wilkes. Its policy Is anti-ring rule in Wilkes and tho first and second issues are hot against Congressman Blackburn. Tho advent of this paper only adds to the dis comfiture of the Wilkes Republicans whose ranks are already torn assun der by Internal discussions and strife. Dr. Peyram la a nephew of tho late General J. Q. A. Bryan, the famoua old Red Fox of Wilkes, and is a man of some Influence In his section. The Surry county ReDublican con vention Is called to meet In Dobson June 23rd to select delegates to the various conventions. The usual fac tional fight for State control will take place, but It Is predicted that Congressman Blackburn will win out. Surry county has 23 votes in the State- convention,- being one of the largest counties. The automobile has struck Elkln, at least two of the machines are now here, belonging to Messrs. G. T. Roth and A. M. Smith. Newa Is received here of tho suicide of Thomaa Wright at Phillips. Mont., a few days ago. Wright was a na tive of Elkln township and was form erly In the horse and mule business here. Some of his relatives still live In the county. Prof. J. H. Allen, principal of the Elkln Academy, will go to Raleigh Monday to attend tbe Teachers As sembly. Another one of the faculty of this school, Mrs.. Mary Wellborn, will also attend. The little son of Attorney .and Mrs. J. F. Hendren, who has been critical ly 111 for several days, is much im proved and strong hopes are now en tertained for Ita recovery. - Mrs. Allen Simmons, wife of a young farmer living about six miles from here, dtod last night. Her In fant child also passed away and the babe was to-day burled In the grave with Its mother. Aa a criterion showing the Increas ing business of this section of the Slate the Southern has been obliged to put on a through freight train be tween Greensboro and Wllkesboro In order ' to better handle' the business. This train made Its Initial run yester day. , The farmers In this section have be gun harvesting the small grain cron: The yield this year Is about the aver-g- - WEDDED IN VIRGINIA. Mr. Arthur Alexander, of Columbia, Claim Misa linla K. Thornton, of PhlladclplilaH as Drldo at Norfolk. Special to The Observer, Norfolk. Va...' June 8. Mlsa Lula E3. Thornton, of Philadelphia, : Pa., was married to Mr. Arthur Alex ander, of Columbia, N. C, this even ing at S o'clock at the home of the bride's parents on Maple , avenue. Rev. A. J. ' Ramsey, pastor of the Oospel church, performed the cere mony. xne young, couple left Im mediately after the ceremony for Columbia, where they will make their future home. The wedding wrs very quiet.'- only the " Immediate' families iiolng present..;';'., v: i ; ; , ' JUBOB . DIES - AT B A LEIGH MR. T. C. HANKS, OP PlITSBORO Federal Court Juror Expire In Hoarding House at the Capital First and Second Regiments, North , Carolina National Guard to Encamp t Morelieatl City Eight Day, Be ginning August 7 Third Regiment to Encamp at ChlekMinauga Bap- tint Deacon Convicted of Running Blind Tiger Charters" Granted Raleigh News. . . Observer Bureau. 123 South Dawson Street, Raleigh, June 8.. Thomas C. Hanks, of Plttsboro, a Juror In United States Court, died this afternoon of heart trouble. The roan had been Indisposed for a few days at a Raleigh boarding house, but he was not considered 111. Hanks was 47 years old and unmarried. The last term of this court waa marked by the sudden death of a witness named Cynum, the end coming In the court room. It was announced to-day from the executive office that the date of the encampment of the North Carolina National Guard had been decided upon. The First and Second Regi ments will abide under tents at Morehead City for about eight days, beginning August 7. The continuance has not yet been absolutely fixed, as It is contingent upon whether the order will be by brigades or regi ments. The officers seem to think that It ia better to have the encamp ment for only a few days with a full attendance, rather than for a longer period with a part of the men only. The Third Regiment will be en camped at Chlckamauga, and will follow the trip of the First and. Sec ond Regiments. General Thomas koss Robertson left this afternoon for Charlotte, after having spent two days in Raleigh In conference with Oovernor Olenn and the officers of the North Carolina Natlonul Guard concerning matters and details Inci dent thereto. The attendance will presumably reach about 90 ner cent. of the total enrollment. BAPTIST DEACON OU1LTY OF BLOCKADING. Jhe United States Court now In session has brought to light some rather startling deductions us to thn Illicit sale of whiskey. A deacon In the Itaptlst Churoh, and a delegate to the last Baptist State Convention. was tried, found guilty, and convicted of running a blind tiger and will serve his little term of three months. There waa a fight to save the name and reputation of the man, but the great law of Uncle Ram had been violated and texts and conttradlctory verbiage would not prevail where the letter of the law. as well as the spirit, had .been violated. It Is pre sumed that the recurring trials of offenders In the Federal Courts arc but as object lessons to the uniniti ated who would desire to learn the ways and means of cultivating the prorosaion. CHARTERS GRANTED. The Secretary of State to-day chartered the Champion Bank, of Cantton, one of the smaller pro. gressive towns in Haywood county. The authorised capital stork is $10. 000. all of which has been paid In. The incorporators are G. W. Meslln. Waynesvllle; O. M. and W. J. Hamp ton. J. N. and J .H. Mease. IV. T. Sharp. H. A. Osborne, C. 8. Bryant and C. T. Wells, nil residents of Canton. A charter amendment was granted to the Pomona Manufacturing Co., of Greensboro. The authorised capi tal stock has been Increased to 3350, 000 by the issuance of 3100,000 pre ferred stock of the 7 per cent, cumu lative class. The officers of the com pany are Lee H. Battle, president, and A. L. Bain, secretary. Assistant Stale Chemist ( D. IIar rls, a son of Col. J. C. L. Harris, has been Invited to appear before the Legislature of Tennessee to deliver an address on the North Carolina feeding stuff law and the effects of its operation. The Tennessee Legls lut ire will be asked to pass a law similar to the law at present in effect In North Carolina as regards feed. CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY. Superintendent Ktroeler, -of th North Carolina Children's Home So ciety. Greensboro, passed through Raleigh after having attended the meotlng of the roclety last night. Mr. Streeter pleads for further recognition of the organization with which he Is associated on the ground that great good Is being ac complished by Its efforts. Out of 147 children taken In charge by that body since Ita organlxatlon.lesn than three years ago, 136 have been placed In homes and returned to rightful parents and begun to make a way for themselves. All support Is by voluntary contributions, which have so far amounted to nearly 115,000. The resources at preset' show a deficit, as the liabilities stsnd at $. 611.88, of which amount 1481. was brought over from the May, 1106, statement. A petition from Greensboro, sup plementing that filed yesterday, was filed to-day with the corporation commission In regard to the proposed or announced change of schedule of tho night train on the Southern road between Raleigh and Greensboro. NO COINS DV REGISTERED MAIL. Ifonse Ilclcgatrw Tlielr Transporta tion to Express Companies, as at . , Ireent Ojmmercc In Falsely Stamped Gold or Silver Articles . Prohibited. Washington, June 8. With the ex ception of an hour spent on pension legislation, In which time 887 bills for the relief of soldiers In the civil and Spanish-American wars were passed, the House labored to-day on the sundry civil bill, maklnst much headway toward final passage. Under the lead of Mr. Kelfer, of Ohio, the House refused to transport silver coins and other money by reg istered mall. Insisting that their trans portation should be handled by the express companies as at present. Durlnr the course of the arguments It was contended that the West and South wanted sliver dollars for circu lation. . The conference report on the bill to prohibit aliens from fishing In the waters of Alaska was agreed to; also the' 8enate amendments to the bill forbidding the Importation, exporta tion or carriage In Inter-State com merce of falsely or spuriously stamped articles of gold or sliver or their alloys. These two bills now go to the President for approval. Engineer Drowned While Ilathlng. Birmingham, : Ala., June t. Wil liam F. Brown, an engineer on tho Seaboard Air Line, was drowned this afternoon near Ohatchlee, Ala., whlki bathing.) ; The '? body was recovered and will be sent to Lock port, N. Y bis former borne, for Interment. MILITIA FIBE ON MINEBS TWO KILLED. EIGHT WOt'NDKD Indiana .Mining Town I Scene of I-'atal Clash Between Marching Striker and Detail of 12 Members - f State - Constabulary Striker El red ill Revolver at Troop. Who IteepoiKled With Volley l'rom Car lilniTi. six of Wounded in serious Condition and Three Will Die. Xndlanapolls7Juhe" 8. i hn new mining town of Ernest, on the liuf falo, Rochester at Pittsburg Kullroad, five miles from here, was th scene early to-day, of a conflict between a detail of State constabulary and striking coal miners. In whiu two strikers "were killed and eight wounded, three fatally. Shortly after daylight a im,iy of strikers,' headed by a brass band, marched from Union Mln.-s. in Jef ferson county, to receive one of the mine officials expected from runxsu tawney. On the way to in- station the marchers encountered it (kull of twelve members of the Statu con stabulary and as they passed a mem ber of the band fired his revolver at the troops. . " No one was Struck, but tho con stabulary Immediately retaliate! with a volley from their carblneu. When the smoke cleared eight strikers were lying on the giounu and the others had fled precipitately down (ho hllL Two of those shot were klll-,l In stantly and the six others wcio seriously wounded.'" MIL GORMAN'S SUCCESSOR. Gov. Warfleld PuU an End to Smm ii atlon lterardlng; Maryland Scnator Hlilit AniMlnunent by Naming Ati-l Baltimore I-awyer Who Has Twice Before Kat In the Senate by Incen tive Apiolniment -Relation With Senator Gorman Began In 1H7I Sketch of His Long Public Career. Baltimore. June 8. Rumors na t tho appointment of a successor to the late Senator Arthur P. Oormun were plenti ful tii-duy. but Governor Edwin War field l'-ft here for Annapolis without hav ing dri l.ucd his selection. Td-iukM. however, he announced to the I1altimr office of tho Associated Press by tele phone from tho executive mansion at the Slnte capital that he had nppolntr.l William Pinkney Whyte to fill the pen Btorl.il vacancy caused by Senator Car man's death. Thus ex-tOvernor and. ex-Benater Whyte will enter fhe United States Pen nte for the third time, and for the sec ond time by appointment to fill an un expired term, he having been named by Governor Swsnn to fill out the term of j the lto Reverrty Johnson upon tho np : polntment of the latter ss United States minister to England In 1S8. j William Pinkney Whyte was horn In ; Haltlmore. Ausnst 9. 1!4. He begnn the1 study of law with a prominent law tlrn later entering jiarvnra law .cnm.i. nno A ,,,rr),nt ,, ,, tnrm. aecompa he wns admitted to tbe bar of Baltimore, n.., ,y a rorty-mlto wind, swept Ie In IMG. In 1847 he was elected to t lio t r,,it just before 6 o'clock this even Houne of Iieleantes of the Maryland j In. The rainfall In less than an Leglluture. this being his first public hour measured 1:36 Inches and the office. He refused renominate for the " nve "',nu':"''ru"'tr, Jrom " . . . . m , . , , Kent e six-mile breeze to forty miles legislature In 1W9. was defeated for Con ( himr Tr,el( wprc f(.ert ov,.r gress In 18R1, was elected cnmotroller nf,,,1(, (Hy musing severe damage to the treasury of the State of Maryland In j Ur, s nd putting several hundred tel- 1S.M, was again defeated for Congress In , phones out of commission. Several 1K&7. wns a member of the Democratic natlnnnl convention In 1KG8, and was In that year appointed by Ooremor flwnnn United States Senator to fill out the term of the late Reverdy Johnson, appointed minister to Kngland. In lftTl he was elected Governor of Maryland and in lg?4 United Btts Senntor. He declined re-election as Senator In IRfW, and In the following year was elect ed mayor of ltnltimore. In 1KB he be came Attorney General of Maryland and In 1MB was appointed by President Har rison a delegnte to the Congress of American Nations, which he declined. n 1M he was msde chairman of the commission that prepared the new char ter of the city of Baltimore, and In W he became eltv solleltor, that belne- his most rerwmt office. It Is rein ted that his first meeting with the late Senator Oor- mn, whom he is to succeed, occurred In 1K71, when the late Senator called at his office to tender Mr. Whyte his support In the contest for the governorship of the State, then In progress. NOT PF.NNSVLVANI.VS POLICY. Previous Testimony That Employes Were Encouraged to Become In terested In Coal Companies, Meets Denial ' From a Witness. . Philadelphia. June 8. At the con clusion of to-day's session the Inter State commerce commission suspend ed Its Inquiry Into the relations of railroads with coal and oil Interests until next Tuesday, when the Investi gation will be resumed In this city. Probably the most Important fea ture of to-day's session was the vol untary testimony of J. McLsllan, of Blalrsvllle, Pa., contradicting the tes timony of, previous witnesses who told the commission that It had been the policy of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to encourage Its employes to Decome interesiea in coal com panies on the lines of the road.' Mr. McLellan said the Impression iod gone out that the pxjwrtlce waa sanc tioned by Prank Thomson, a former president of the company, now dead, and he desired to place on record Mr, Thomson's policy.- Whlls he was In emnloy of the railroad company, OVS.-EIl BOAT CAPTAIX OCTLTY. Defendant Convicted In First of tjiesa- pcaae Day Slavery Cases at Norfolk May Get Five-Year Senteuce, ., Norfolk. Vs., June 8. -Captain Wit- Ham II. March, of Reldsvllle, Va,, the first of the defendants to be placed on trial In the Federal Court here In the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac river alleged oyster slavery cases, was found guilty by the trlsl Jury to-day on the first count of the Indictment, which charged him with Imprisoning, assaulting and withholding food fi-om J. W. Oallsgher, the young phlladel phlan. The defendant was found not guilty on the other two-counts In the Indictment. The maximum pun-. Uhment im five years In the penttert- itary at Atlanta. . ua ana a Doe of 1 1,000, either orbotn, ITALIANS ABE SATISFIED THE 8, W. CLEARS ITSELF. In Compliance Willi Demands of Italian Government Officials of South A Western Railway Investi gate Alleged Conditions of Cruelty Said to 'Prevail In Construction and Secure Affidavits From Twenty-Two Ont of Twenty-Four to Effect That They Are Well Paid, Well Satisfied -and Have No Desire to 1Oftve. Special to The Observer. Marlon, June 8. It appears that the South & Western Railroad has at last met demands of the Italian gov ernnient In regard to the Italian la borers employed on the road. Mon day last Mr. Glno C. Spiranza, attorn ey for the Italian council, wrote Mr. M. J. Caples, tho general manager. that 24 Italians were being held at camps Nos. S and 8 against their will and against the law and requested an immediate explanation or refutation. Tho company sent tho mutter to an attorney in Marion with Instructions to secure an officer and interpreter and call on each and every one of the men whose names were given in Mr. Splranza's letter and secure u Miateutent from each one of them as to their treatment, either good or bad, as they might wish to ei press themselves. The attorney left Marlon on the mission when not a single camp expected him, and called on the men as he could find them in their places on the works. The Interpreter fully explained the mission of the Ameri cans, took their answers and gave them to the officer, who formulated .illidavlti from their own words. In no case did he get an unfavorable affidavit. He found 21 out of the 2 4 men and each voluntarily sworo that he was well satisfied and well paid and had no desire to leave. He then took an affdavlt from the Interpreter to the effect that each man under stood his affidavit and signed It freely and knowingly. This, It seems, will natlsfy tho government or at least such I the belief and desire of not only the company and employes but of the community at large. The citizens here are compelled to hear so much of theso complaints when, under their own eyes, they see them refuted by living witnesses ev er) day. Patience is almost exhausted. It seems that these reports are started by indolent Italians who skip transportation and feci that they are. ilue some 111 will to tho men who gav. them an outing from New York to the South. The Italian prisoners now hi Jull at Marlon have been paid in full for former services and seem well satisfied. FIERCE STORM IN ONTARIO. severe lYoperty Iost Is Inflicted In unadlan Province and Detroit Also Si i fieri t'nctiiiflriiied Stories of 1,0 r Life on Detroit lllver. Detroit, June 8. Eastern Ontario uhs swept by a terrltlc wind and rain storm this afternoon and as a result all wire communication between this city and Canadian points east of Chat ham, about 60 miles from here, was rut off. Chatham suffered severe prop erty loss from the storm, which un roofed houses, blew down trees, felled wires and filled the streets with debris, but no loss of life resulted and no one was seriously hurt. Consider able property damage is reported I iroin small towns and farms between i lo re and Chatham. 'reel car lines wero neiu up oy onm trolley wires for a tlmo during the busiest hour of the evening. Cnconllrined reports of loss of life on the river were current to-night, tine of these reports wus that eight lives were lost on the river near Wolfs, a resort on tho Canadian shore, a mile above the head of Bello ImIc; another was that a child had been picked up by the wind and swept off the Hello Islo bridge. Both the Western I'nlon and Postal Telegraph companies were making desperate but unsuccessful efforts to reach interior Canadian points. Ixing distance tele phone service east of Chatham is also cut off. KfTorls to reach Canadian points by the way of tho Grand Trunk Kallroad wires along Its Sarnlii branch were also unsuccessful, owing to storm dutnagn. II ARB BLOW HITS RACE TRACK. Crowd nt Hamilton, Canada, In Severe Straits for 21) Minutes. IIuIThIo. Juno 8. A terrific wind and ruin storm swept over the coun try between Hamilton and Niagara Falls, iintnrlo, late this afternoon. AM direct communication between this city snd Hamilton and Toronto was cut off for several hours. It was reported rhnt the wind storm reached the proporllons of a cyclone around the race track at Hamilton. The horses were parading past the stand for the second race when the storm came up. They were sent buck to tlio paddock and everybody sought shel ter. The skies were overcast with heavy Mack clouds and the wind tore over tin- course at the rate of 75 to 80 miles an hour. Many of the crowd ran t tho Infield, where they lay dat upon the ground to avoid being struck by flying debris. The rain fell In torrents. It was all over In twenty minutes and racing was resumed, feu far us known, no lives were lost. AMERICANS AMONG REBELS. One Hundred ami Sixty Men Enlisted San Frnnclseo Now Part of Guate malan Revolutionary lender's Ar my. Mexico City, June 8. News from the Guatemalan revolutionists oper ating In the southern part of that republlo is that an American contin gent, consisting of 180 men enlisted In San Francisco, are now Included In General Toledo's army. These men. who are especially well armed, came down on the steamer Empire City, now composing practically the navy of the revolutionists and the first warship ever employed. In any Guatemalan war. probsbly a thousand more men from Nicaragua are .enlisted under General Toledo. '" An American named Hllrsey Is re- fiorted te be la command of the revo utlonary forces In the northern de partment of San Marcos. . ..r- ,;, V Itaplst Executed In Virginia, Richmond,' Va.,- Jons 8. Gabriel! Batelle. a negro, convicted of assault, was hanged at , King George Court House to-day, : , There was nothing unusual about the exeouUun. ( GRANTED LEAVE OF ABSENCE, Superintendent Matheson, of Durham Schools, Given Six-Months Vaca tion Young Man Charged with Forgery Gives Bond Otlur Nyws Notes. Special to The Observer. Durham, June 8. Superintendent J. A. Matheson, of the Durham city schools, who was reflected at the recent meeting of the school board, has been given six months leave of absence, because his physician has advised rest. In his place the board elected Prof. W. D. Carmlcheal, prin cipal of the high school, acting aup erlntendent, with full powers of the superintendent, to art during the time that Mr. Matheson Is away. At this meeting of the board principals for the six schools and the high school were electod and all of the teachers for the ensuing year. The board of county commissioners has fixed the tax rate for the ensuing year. The rate remains the same, 75 cents jV each $100 valuation of prop erty a.rd 82.25 on the poll. The spe cial taxes were levied tho same as under schedules B. and C. of the State revenue and machinery act, ex cept where prohibited by law. Taxes for tho school districts of East and West Durham, the special taxes voted last year, wero also levied. . In the polee court this morning Albert S. Williams, the young white man who was arrested on the charge of forger,)- and whose cuse was con tinued because he was not ready for trial, was called. Williams waived ex amination on tho charge of obtaining goods under false pretences and was bound over to court under a bond of $100, which was furnished for him. The losses caused by the operations of Williams have been settled. Another case tried In the court, or rather two cases, was against A. L. Thacker. In one casu he was charged with assaulting Mrs. Alice McCowan, who has a boarding house, and In the other case with forcible tress-pas. He was fined In each case. Thacker had been boarding with Mrs. Mc Cowan and. when he went to move his baggage without paying his board, Mrs. McCowan objected and he struck nt her. He then entered the house by force and secured his bag gage. Night before Inst three young white boys, Thomas Wright. Wlngate Holloway and John L'zzell, all belong ng to prominent families, went out to have fun anil carried the fun too far by painting gates, drawing skulls Hnd cross bones on pavements and llko devilment. This morning they were fined by the mayor. The firemen of Durham are mak ing preparations to attend tho an nual meeting of the association and tournament of the State Firemen's Association In Ashsvllle. In order to rslse funds tbe tiro laddies have en gaged a carnival company that will be here next week. It is expected that from 30 to 40 of tho men wll attend the tournament. FOR ISLE OF PINES AMERICANS. Senator Morgan Makes Plea. Con tending That the Island Is Ameri can Territory Tillman to Ask lie consideration of Disagreement to Rate Bill Conference Report. Washington, June 8. The Senate to-day listened to two set speeches. one by Senator Morgan In support of his resolution providing for an Investigation by a Senate committee of tho affairs of the-isle of Pines, and the other, by Senator Hopkins, In op position to the sea-level I'nnnma Ca nul bill. Neither measure wus acted upon. Some time was spent In con sidering the District of Columbia ap propriation I. Senator Morgan. In his temarks on the question of the relation of the Islo of Pine to tho United States. contended that under the treaty of peace with Spain tho Island Is Ameri can territory and that Cuba has no claim to It. lie said the Americans In the island had suffered much and that they had been spurned by both tho President and Secretary Root. He also condemned General Li'onard Wood's action In recognizing Cuban rule in the Islo of Pines. When Senator Morgan concluded, tho resolution for the appointment of a Senate committee to Investigate conditions In the Islo of I'lnes was sent to the culendar. To facilitate the consideration of the railroad rate bill. Senator Till man has determined to ask the Hcn ute to reconsider Its action In disa greeing to the conference report, and Instead to recommit the bill to the conferees. Under such a parliamen tary procedure the bill would not again havo to be considered by the House. Y. W. C. A. CONFERENCE. One Hundred ami Fifty Delcgatea.ln Ashetllle ami nt l't ss .Many More Expected Address by Mrs. Geo. II. Atkinson. Ashevllle, June 8. The Southern Conference of the Young Woman's Christian Association met at Kenll worth Inn, in this city, this morn ing with about 160 delegates repre senting the town snd college ssso editions of the South In attendance. Delegates are arriving on every train, and it Is believed that fully 400 will be at the opening session to-morrow. The principal work will be studies of the Bible, under the direction of President Lincoln Hulley, of Stetson University, Florida, and studies ()f work under the supervision of the noted Church workers of the United States. Tt-nlght Mr a. George Atkinson, sec retary of the Carolina association, delivered an address on the general work and duties of the young wo men of the country. EX-SLAVE CONVENTION'S WORK, Body Presided Over by North Caro lina Negro Issues Appeal to Con- Kess to IVrvon Former Slaves te Bill's Jim Crow. Provision Opposed, Washington, June 8. -After a four days' session In this city, the national ex-slave convention has adjourned. It wns presided over by A. W. Rogers, of North Carolina. The convention will meet In Jacksonville In October, 190T. In the course of tbe conven tion. President. Roosevelt was com mended for his stand for equal con stitutional liberty for alt. An appeal also was Issued to Congress for legis lation looking to the pensioning of ex-slaves. The proposed amendment to the railroad rate bill, providing "equal' . passenger accommodations on'Jlm Crow" cars, waa opposed. . Negro MurcVerer Lynched tn - Florida. 'f, Oca la, Fla., June 8 Jim Davis, alias "Dago," the negro who murder-, ed Mr. Ruseell and his negro ser vant at Felicia Tuesday, was lynched at Inverness last night ' by a party of masked men. The soldiers sent from Brookavllle to protect him ay rlvea too late. ' ;:: v:m-,,v , 1 A TAB HEEL DISAPPEARS DR. j; DONALD WILSON MUSSING Former Member of Faculty of Atlanta ' Medical College and a PreoUcing; '.. 1'hysh'isn at Andrews, Mystetrtossw ' ly Disappears from Washington, Where He Was In Search of Health ' Aged Father's Fruitless Beard Representative Ellerbe Says Hi '.. Attack on Bureau Cotton Report Was Not Inspired by Mr. Uartlev Jordan. ... ; . By W. A. HILDEBRAND. Observer Bureau. .' 1417 O Street N. W. ,:. Washington. June I. ' K. D. Wilson, an elderly man from Andrews, N. C, Is here in search Of his lost son. not a boy but a physician 4S years old. Dr. J. Donald Wilson. Dr. Wilson disappeared from here last Monday and his father, who ar rived yesterday. Is. with the assist ance of the city police department, making a search for him. The old mun Is In deep distress and, in talking about It, Is unable to control his feelings. "He had a collie dog with him." he said "and wherever he la found the dog is likely to he." Since his arrival in this city about five weeks ago the dog was the constant companion of Dr. Wilson. Almost ev erywhere he went he took the dog with him. When he left his boarding house lost Monday the dog accompa nied him and his failure to return to the house excited the suspicions of those with whom he boarded. The missing man was a graduate of a college In Atlanta. (5a., and was a member of the faculty prior to the time that ho moved to Andrews. The father says that the condition of the son became such that he was unable to give proper attention to his prac tice and. ubout two months ago. when his wife suffered a mental ailment. It caused the physician to collapse. Mrs. Wilson, he says, was sent to At lanta for treatment and later was taken to Cincinnati, where she has a sister. The physician then came to this city, thinking the change would benefit his health. He was appar ently getting better when ho suddenly disappeared. It is thought that he may have wandered out in the coun try and been taken sick or that he may hnve started for Cincinnati, thinking he might see his w ife. ON HIS OWN INI ATI VE. Representative Ellerbe, says that the president of the cotton association has nothing to do with this thing. His resolutions calling for the Agri cultural Department to produce the data upon which Its statistical re port was based and his charges against the Department were made on his own Initiative. He would say nothing to-day ezeept to reiterate his) charges and declare that something Is going to happen very soon. Says he, "I stand upon my published Interview, but you may say that the attempt to discredit that Interview on the part of some papers hy saying that it was Mr. Harvle Jordan's effort to bull doze the Department Is utterly with out foundation. As a matter of fact. Mr. Jordan was not even consulted before the Introduction of this reso lution. He was not In the city and knew nothing of It." Mr. Jordan waa here from Saturday to Monday after noon, when he left for New York, He returned the next day after Mr. El lerbe' resolution was Introduced. Then he left again on the 4 o'clock train. ENDORSED BY THIRTY-EIGHT fONVENTIONS. r Senator Simmons has received no tice thut 3K county conventions have endorsed his candidacy for re-election, this being a large majority of those thus far held. Ills friends here are much gratified. Representative Thomas has return ed to Washington after a campaign ing trip to his district. Ex-Sheriff Julian, f Rowan, Is vis iting the city. SI.K.IIIKD BY DISPENSAKY. Baltimore Liquor Desler Complained Tluit Although He Had (Her S700.. OOO Invdsed In Columbia, He Did Not Get a Pair Deal. Columbia, H. C. June s. W. A. Clark, president of the Carolina Na tional Bank, to-day testified that he had frequent conversations with 8. J. Lanahan, of William Iinahan 4k Co., of Baltimore, and that Mr. Ijinahan had complained that al though he. had over 8700, 0'OO Invested In manufacturing enterprises In Co lumbia he could not get his due pro portion of orders from the dis pensary. He put In evidence a let ter which he had received from Lanahan and had turned over to Gov ernor Ileyward. The latter declared his Intention to remove the purchas ing board If Mr. Lanahan would fur nish specific Information. That waa In December. 1804, and In the month following Governor Ileyward recom mended to the Legislature that the entire purchasing system be changed. The committee took a recess until Tuesday. DENIED BY HARVIE JORDAN. Iresllent of Cotton Association Haa Not Advised Fanners to Sell Spot Cotton for Future Delivery. k: Washington, June 8. - President Harvle Jordan, of the Southern Cot ton Association, to-dny made the fol lowing statement: , "In view of the present mlsinterpre- . tatlon of my position on prices of spot cotton which has been given general -circulation In the press during the past few days, I wish to unqualifiedly deny any report that I have advised farmers or others to sell spot cotton for future delivery or to deal In cot ton futures at ail. My position In . favor of higher prices la unchanged -and will continue so long as present splendid trade conditions last and no probability of abnormally large crops ' being produced." Supreme Court Orders Served on Chattanooga Lynchers, i, v (- Chattanooga. Tenn., June 8. Unit ed States Marshal Dun lap to-day served Supreme Court orders on - alt defendants cited to appear before fhe United Suites Supreme Court In Octo ber to answer for contempt 'In the Juhnson lynching case.. . The mar shal was aided In locating the defend- ', ants by sheriffs - deputies, all of whom, In addition to the sheriff, are Included In Attorney General Moody's Information. . .. v . , : ' sBsriBSBMaMBssHSMsaetsaessssBBssmWHsassawMsBt. ,v lire Loss at Edgefield, S. G, Only Anrusta. Ga.. June L The news to day from Edgefield, 8. C Which waa threatened witn aeauruetion Dy.nre last nlshh hi to the effect that th tout damage wet 830,000. .' Hanged for Murder of Another Nc Linden,' Ala., June 8. -Cap Dtx.-,. negro, was hanged in the Mr- county. Jail to-day, for the mum- another negro about two years r .... . '' S ' . . . f r
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