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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $8.00 PER YEAR, ; CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, I OCTOBER 23, . 190G. ; PRICE FIVE CENTtf. A" f 1 t, MENACE "HIE CLANSMAN" Philadelphia negroes, .' iuot Gcnerelcd by Negro preacher. Who Hart Previously Made Formal Pro. test to Msyor Wsver, Threatening Mob . Packs . Streets , Adjacent to .Walnut Htrcet Theatre -Half aa , n . .. i io..- : . - ( j ivur '. uriun vuhh vh V1 , .Thomas pixon's Drama of Reron- ' " - UnirtkUkH n ihw FfnaJIv Knot It . LrrrTTr .1 f&SSZZZ - . . l -After Arrival of 60 Policemen by Ofliclal's Promltie to Seek to . a . a.. vl . i a - Mvy ey UBHniunuruu ... Philadelphia. Oct II. Under moat unusual condition! 'The- Clansman' was .produced' her; to-night at tha Walnut street Theatre.' Tha colored clergy of the city 'had made a formal Drotest to Mayor Weaver against tha production of tha play, claiming that "Ivni-hlnaa tiiva ttaon aincAnraarait tiv tha niiv ,Th. ... .i nrnud t. t, iae ny acuon. , .- h - auuih nAi mn nuur ucivn nm atra ooened Ninth and Walnut atraeta, where the play houaa la lo- cateiL-Wara oacked with colored doo- i, cated. "were sacked with colored oeo ' pie.-- Director- of Public Safety Mo- Kenly.'vhorrearlalna tha danawr. had hastened lo tha acene, becred tha ,'mlnlatera, .who aeamed to have com plete control of tna toultitude, to dla persa tha mob, A riot call waa aent In and five Po lice' patrol v wtroni . broucht. half A Hundred policemen to the theatre. The colored mlnlatera aurrounded .- Director McKealy and demanded that ie aiop ui piay. - xna a ire ci or ae - llvered a brief apeecn, aaklna; thaiwnn tn uni xrun conPni'- crowit tn illBfMiraA. and aavlna- that .',,. Mnia ,.. .. i..th atockholdera havlna; -autborlaed the , . " . " . " " aiamnuoueo aiier io-nixni. inig aeemed to have a aoothlns effect on I pany had ceaaed to write any mora in tha crowd, and It slowly acattered. I01"0.1 thua far failed, to make a .'i - Early In the evening a colored man attempted to creaU a d.rturbance In in maava. ' ni.vH smnea, sui IM ponce bad considerable dimculty la raaculna; hlra from tha crowd In tha araJlarv . .. . o UO raiiery. .- j . ' ' " ' ! ' v IDLE NEGROES FOR CANAL. ChatUnooca Mnber of Sondiern :im". ni-ratloa Conlereoce Makea fine - ' " " i iiaa. mawai -mim v xwrcw nvwa Mitt JW I auirea, aa uniet . Aecroea would tJo-oporato. tWaahlna-ton. Oct. IS. Col. N . 9. Thompson, of ChatUnooga, Xenn, called at the White Houae to-day and Invited President Roosevelt to attend the Immigration and Quarantine con ference to bo held In Nashville next month, and on tha Presidents Invita tion Col. Thorn peon called again to litgaLX'i. Uson leaving- r tha White Houaa to-night. Col. Thompson aald tha Prealdent waa obliged to decline the invitation because could not rod U poaaibla to attend, although kt would be pleaaed to, do so rWhlla talking to tha Pre.ldent I uda a auggeetlon." aaldCoL Thomp- og. hlch I told him would balp A made ana . ma Canal and at th. uma 1. h.ln ta uim ..vi. a v.(.P,-,.r,l til... "iu .v. Idle negroes in the South.be ufllUe lor, labor on tha canaL .No . forceli" ''Tr uw, una mi would he required to eecara their aer- ""rJa fu,T"r? somewhat and will vlcea. The better clase of negroes 1d hM t0 do"- A tidal wave ac tha South would aid th mi. n.Ania I companled tha hurricane and awent , In aecurlng this class of Ubor for con- atruaUon work "on the great . Inter- oceanlo waterway. "It is tha Idle nesro that makes the trouble In the South, and It ialM"lna easels. No Uvea were -to- their kind that reflects on the better class of their race. ' Their presence Interferes with the Introduction of foreign lmmigranta The President was lmDraased wlthlomcers of the steamer soy It will be ino suggestion and asked me to see secretary Tart and Chairman Shonts. of the Panama Canal commission, be- I yre temviBg. ana IK Wlin tnem On the subject I will call on them to- morrow.' STOLE PAINTING RECOVERED. " ong Man Comes to Grief In At .. tempting to Dispose of "A Girl . KAittUig," Purloined From Clncin. . naU Art Museum, In New York. . New Tork. Oct S3. -A valuable OH nalntln entltlad "A fllrl Vnlt. tins." which waa atnian from tha art ' gallery In, Eden Park,- Cincinnati, on Oct . . was recovered here to-day. A young man who gave his name, aa Clarence Henri . was arrested . when He attempted to dispose of tha pic ture to a Fifth Avenue art dealer. Henri first visited the dealer last Sat- urdav and I au.nlr on waa 2rnuVd 1 vraay and suspicion waa aroused whan ha demanded 13(0 for a paint- from Its frame. The dealer told Hejjrl I tnat .ne aid not have the money at tnat time, but that hewould have it If this young man would call to-day. When Henri had left tha store, the dealer made . an Investigation and learned that tha picture had . been atolen. - Than tie nntlflad ttij. 'nnllxa. and dtecUves were waiting for Henri nirro at . Union yesterday and John when ha called at the Fifth avenue J son's friends nearby administered a ;. esiaBjisnment to-oay. Henri toid tna . police that the picture, waa given . T lm by ajnan In Berlin, Germany. The police say that Henri Is want-1 ; . ad by, the St Louis police. He waaltlon and there -would doubtless have . -. arraigned la court aa a fugitive from I -justice and held without ball. loot arrived at an opportune moment ?! ; Was Stolen Two' Weeks Ago. . It Is thought that the action of the : ?l 4 iSnelnnatt. ' ' fiot t !lkPnWW(.MOl" tt"!" TW out Of the :-.- hrougnt about the recovery of the fa " nous painting. . Although the plctuoe ',. Was stolen two weeks, ago. the fact '. waa kent from the nawananra tintll last Friday, when the Asaoclated Press briefly announced the, theft -to 'J. the 1 papers- of tha; eountry and to .day's arrest followed.. On learning 1 identity of the picture offered fqr the New Tork police notified the NaAti it nnct laanad , and a . detective 'twill be aent to New Tork for the prls-1 i vioner. -. "A Olrl CnltUng" waa a amall I ! Duaaeldorf, highly prised, and was the first picture atolen from the Cln- ; .".clnnatl Art MueuiH.' i. ' eeaboard Promotes Mr. W. A. .-Witt ' . Birmingham; -v Ala., Oct 33 Ef fective to-day, V. M. Shea la superin tendent of the Birmingham-Atlanta v, division Of the Seaboard Air Line, . -with headquarters Nn Birmingham. I succeeding L. . B." Parsons. . Other I appointments snnouncea oy tne - board are: ;W. ' A. Witt formerly trainmaster oz tne tnird division, with 1 headouarters at Monroe. N. mm . to Richmond to succeed Mr. Shea. I ; ' 1 iT I , Fertiliser Trust Canes Set for Dec sj Washington Oct . 33-In the Supreme Court' ol ' the United Slates - to-day , the Virginia ., "fer tilisers trust" esses . were ad vanced on th docket and a " hear ing set for Dec, I nest The cases are in the nature of habeas corpus proceedings, and the defendants, who were , connected with the 1 alleged trust are resisting removal from the eastern district of Virginia to tho mid- j dl district of Tennessee for trial. want "mfe fund divided. Steps to Attach fl.OOO.OOO, the Prop , erty or liartfora lure insurance Co Wlileh Ceased Active Business In 1809, Are Taken pyt Attorneys ..' Representing S0.000 Cortlllcat Holders. . . '., Hartford,' Conn., .! Oct vRTl-al .for- malltiea neoeaaary to attacn in tua aum of tOOO,000 the property of tha Hartford T.lfa Inatirance Conmariv.' and tha Hecur "V1 net CwnyT h incorpo. I un-er the lawa of thla State, war rled out by the sheriff to-day Id a Dotn wcorporaiea car a aun brought against thoaa two companies by attnrneva renreaentlne about 20.000 cer- tlnoata holders of the company In va-. rious pari or -the country, to compel the - distribution of a - sallied" "safuty fund" of tha company, which amounta to mora than a million oollara. a. re- flalvar atao im aaked for. .' - The oarenaanta aia axieciea 10 nun I an accounting- and to pay over to tha I receiver all turn! received from cartl I floate bold era la connecUon with the ..liB tha fluncrior Court at New liavan Dn I NOV. a. - , . : , I The Hartford Ufa Inauranca Com P"r which ceaaed active buaineaa in ?. -W Tniaedi on tne atockholdlnt piaa in inv out aince in a lormar oaie hi aa eontlnuea to collect premiuma on outatandinf premiuma aa it it were ron tlnulne buaineaa. It being; aliened that in m the ouUUndlAf jrlaka amounted to Prior to' 1880 tha company Invented a plan of aaaeeament life Inaumnce which waa aemanatea aa . me aareiy - runa tan," ay whJon a waa collected on each 1.000 of Insurance and put Into a fund. ha aurplua of which, when the fund tributed amoiic the eertincate holdara. reached a 1100.000 dollars, waa to be dls iinis "aaiety tuna" waa to aa aepoaitea I ne piaintina M ne gull claim mat i ooiiecuon or tne assessment or the igafetr fund since UW. althouah the mm. 11. iLtt at ?2inUr .aV.n'ujS ?nT?ugn. flm5 wtotaJ'Su? l certtneatea due to lapaea rollowing in- I creaaea ana exorbitant aaaeasmenta. Th pJnUe taciude u f. Perdue, (Terra Haute, Ind.: & 8. Amaden. Or- vlm . r-harl.. rtnnn.lv r!nln. I ton, Ky.; Henry A. Weber. Detroit: J VI. Gordon.-Cincinnati: H. C. VanlLoon. .JN. 91.'. alt,lm 1 in . w Tn.- aJZZLYf no., ana U. M. KOOlnsOB.. HU raui. I btoiui havoo in HONPURAS. News of a Destructive Horrtcaae In the Caribbean on Oct. 19 at Brought by Fruit Steamer Fro 1 1, Planta tlona Damage $1, 000,000, Steamer Sunk, and Bulldlnga ret iked. Mobile Ala.. Oct J J. The first news of a terrible West indlan hurri cane that visited the towns of Ruatan, Tela, Utllla, Colorado and El Provence, Honduraa, on Oct. :i, eam.r Ha wU . f.a,i"?.eaInr?'rld'-. wlAh. cargo of fruit. A number of vessels were wrecked, aeveral destroyed, and WfJELJ?9 thn?, 5j men- aa to I atawu. rrmca . lunnH a I minion aoiiara, Southern Queen-was thrown on (': MV11 twRuu" fni t0 nrthlng before It Captain Hen- "cnaen reports mat wnen ne left Ith beachea wera strewn with vesaoia or au tunas, inciucung tnree targe I Prted lost at the time of tho sail I '"a of the Harald. Ten thousand bunches of bananas were . reported I swept into the sea .at Ruatan. The montn oeiore some or the steam era wm be sale to ret any fruit, Gov. Terrell and Party fiafe, ftavannah. Oa. Oet. tl.Th. -a.m yacht Josle, on which Governor Ter rell, Mrs. Terrell and Major Williams, the owner, were cruising and for the safety of which aoma fears were en tertained, put into St. Catharine's la- land during tho recent tropical storm. She has now gone to St. Blmona. All tha party are safe and well. NEGROES WARNED TO LEAVE. Citlsene of Joncavlllo, g. C Post No. ' W Tha tallura On Part of. Blacks to Leave) Town- Will Re Followed By Drastic Measures No Excitement. Special to The Observer, Spartanburg, 8. C, Oct tl. -A re. Prt from oneaville. Union county, ......v. iy,mt . nria a .u4 . ' .T and female, to leave Immediately, their failure to do so to be followed by drastic measure a. It. Is said there Is no excitement but those who caused the notices to be posted are determined. A Jonesvllle farmer named Johnson was threatened by a I aevero pwuni upon me pemon dt. me negro, who fled to a colored anurch. IHis sudden entrance while services were In progress precipitated a sense been serious trouble If the officers had trouble at Union. U ia bcllevod that there will be further troublo at -'Union or Jonesvllle and that certain negroes of tha, latter place " toeed the warning, and get out !FOR BERWIND MUTINEERS.' Rev. Di m. CarmlclMel. of WllmlnMtaB. and Barber, of frTedcrlcltMbnrg. Va Meo Prealdent and Attorney General. Washington, Oct IS. Rev. Drs. It H. Barber, of -, Fredericksburg. Va,, "4 James Carmlchael, of Wllmlng. , a imw mm rrraiaent lo-aay in behalf of Robert Sawy and' Ar thur Adams, the negroea who are un der sentence to be hanged Nov. 1st for murder ' and , mutiny ' ; on tha high seas on - the - s-hooner Harry A. , t Berwind. liflit October. Last week . tha President refuaed to - .commute' tneir - sentences. After leaving the Whit House the two reverend ventlemen wan na Department of Justice. . where Attor- Bea-jney. uenerai Moooy listened ' to the statements made in behalf of the two men tor. a commutation of sentence, ' -t Supreme) Court Leaves .Mayor , Rose :rw-;-.'i.iv.'-y vnacr sine. i-Washlnton, Oct, 33. The Supreme l:ourl tne united mates to-day re- fused to assume . Jurisdiction in tha contempt, case of Mayor Rose, of Hennas City. Kan. A Una of $1,000 was .Imposed against. Romo by the Supreme Court of Kanaaa for assum ing orrtc aa mayor after he had been deposed on a charge Of failure to enforce the llqnor laws of the State. The effect of the courfa action will be to leave the aentenc of th State court In affect .;:. JiUBPHY STILL flEARSllT NEW YORK CAMPAIGN HTJMJIINO Freeh Declaration of Allegiance to Fu aloa Ticket by Tammany Leader Is ( One of the Features , of a Day of -s IntenHe political Activity ImporV- anl Victory Won . by IndepenJenre lieague in Gaining , Haling . Front : Board of Elections Giving Its Man . agera Full Control of Its Party Hal . lot Emblem Both CandiOates Llv tng btrenuous Life,.: ;-';, ;f wew Tork, Oct; t. Political - ac tlvlty was renewed with energy to-day by' the gubernatorial candidates, upon whom, thus far, haa rested tha burden of the campaign. Both held Informal conferencea with leaders amona; their supporters during the day, - and ' to night appeared before large audiences. '. The Independence League held meeting at, Madison Square Garden, where all who could get inside heard Wm. R. Hearst the league's candidate for Governor and other candidates of the league and Democratic tickets. The Tammany Hall committee, which planned to tour the city to-nigbt in automobiles, holding many outdoor meetings, abandoned the trip at tha last moment In deference to the gath enng at tna warden. Charles E. Hughes, the Republics nominee for Governor, after a talk with 8tate Chairman Timothy Woodruff, this afternoon', ' left for Kingston, where he apoke to-night. Mr. Hughes will be away ten pays. After eeelng Mr. Hushes to-day timothy I. Wood run aent out a warn lng to Republican leaders. The State chairman feara over-confidence and urges party workers not to belittle the strength of the opposition. . Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tarn many Hall, also was out with a state ment ! to-day. ' He aaain declared Tammany's allegiance to the Inde pendenoe League as represented in the Democratic State ticket and predicted tne election of Mr. Hearst. The Independence League won victory, possibly of wide-spreading consequencea, when the board of elec tlons decided that the managers of the league, naving named a run Htgte ticket, were entitled to aay what candl dates should be placed under the scales, the emblem of the league. The action of the board will come before the Supreme Court for review to morrow. . Should the court sustain the opinion of the board, many Democrats nominated by petition will have no place In the league column on the official ballot The ludiclary nominators to-night opened their campaign on behalf of the Independence judiciary ticket with a large number of meetlnga. FOR PLOT AT CASTRO'S COIN. American Agents of Veneauelan Revo luuonitita fleam untity- in initea States Circuit Court and Tbeir Chief, Capt Georgo Born ton. Gets Six Months' Term. w Jf Mr" 'sToi k, OCtTTCaptatn George Roynton pleaded guilty to-day in the United States Circuit Court to the charge of being a party to a plan for counterfeiting silver coins of Ven esuela for th purpose of advancing a revolution in that country. He was sentenced to alx months In the King's county penitentiary. Lewla M. Thompson and T. B. wn cox, who. were associated with Boyn ton, Interposed pleas of guilty of having In their possession dies for the duplication of th coins of a foreign country and were fined 1250 and 1100, respectively. when arrested, captain Boynton produced papers to show that he waa In New Tork as the special commis sioner of a Veneauelan revolutionary party and that It was his purpose to finance a revolution by making dupll cate sliver dollars of tho same fineness and Intrinsic value aa thoae Issued by the governments which would be le gallsed by act of the Junta when the present government of Venesuela was overthrown. Capt Boynton said: "I guess I was technically guilty, although we never Intended to make any money In thla country. I did not know that having dlea alone waa a crime." STRIKE-BREAKERS IMPORTED. Soutliem Railway Distribute Five Carloads of MacItlnlaU Over the System to Take Placo of Strikers, Two of These Being fcent to Spen cer Another TliouHand to Be Brougbt In This Week. Special to The Observer. Spencer, Oct. 'SS.-r-The first de tachmentof strike breakers were dis tributed, over the Southern Railway system to-day. Two cat-loads reach ed Spencer thin morning and prompt ly began work. Three additional car loads were carried to Atlanta and other points South. The machinists were secured in Baltimore, Phlladel phla and New Tork and have been In readiness for service for ten days. AU of the men are being housed and boarded in the shop buildings, where commodious commissary department have been fitted up. Another de tachment of nearly on thouaand ma chinists is expeoted to be distributed over the system within the next week. Negotiations for a settlement of tire strike by - arbitration have been declared off. .;, - KILVE1KA ISAT CARACAS., """w-asaaaaaav ' Laden With Stolen Fund a. Abscond ing Havana Banker, m now tin der the) Wing of His Friend, tlie vrnesarian tiictaior. Havana. Oct tl The cantata of tha cattle snip uartmuina,. wmcn, . arrived here la at night from Puerto Cabello, Venesiiata, thla morning, onnrmd the reports tnat ne lanoea penor hi velra. the fugitive Havana banker. and his family at Puerto Cabello, whenoe they S lvelra'a partner denies the statement cabled -from Cnracaa. renisuela, that llvelra left - th - nrm solvent. 1 with tt.mo.miO aasets sgainat llabllltle of rOO.oou. lie oaeiares tnat Miivelra left nothing -with which to meet the firms obligation, and that after making un- auoceMiui anorxa to aaeure loans mm two Havana banks, Hllvelra took with him SJ.000 In cash.- The partner of the firm snys he will now pay all obligations and that the firm will,, then go Into liquidation. 1 ' . . ', Captain Anderson, of tn Carmellna, declares that when the veaael was three miles off the Cohan eoaat Slfvelra ordered him to change his course for Venesuela, alleging pouloal rvaaons. Blacksmiths and Machinist Foremen t ... . Quit at Knoxvliie, Knoxvllie, Tenn., Oct II General Manager II. B. Spenver. of the south ern .Railroad, admitted to-night that th road baa decided .to employ new men te take th places of the strik ing machinists In various shops over th system. Thirty-one more men walked out of th Southern shops at this point to-day, they bolng 11 ma chinist, foremen,, U blacksmiths and five' apprentices It la reliably re ported to-night that tha-boiler-makers will b next to go out. .; v, ..' :,, i ' .i,'''.''" ".','";'!..'! CASE OF DB. MATTHEWS UF NOW BElTjRB SUPREME COURT Greensboro Physician. ITnder Twen ; ty-Year Sentence for WUe-Murder, Pleads That Lonr Use of Morpltliie Had Rendered, Htm Insane at Time ' xeaa w as wm 'Attorney Say Hen, , fence la Not According to Law Gov- erulng ' Such , , Cases Mad Dog Creates CouNtemaUon In Raleigh, :: HJtlns; Several Men aud a Number 7. or Dogs (Starters Granted News .-; Of lUllclgb. ; ; - .7 , Observer Bureau, i JV'The Hoi lama n building, , V . Raleigh. Oct S3. "In Suprem Court to-day the 'case against Dr. J. D. Matthews, of Gull ford county,' charged with poisoning his wife Isst December, Is up. Tha case attracted considerable local at tentlon. .The brief are quite volumln oua , The attorney general will be represented by , his assistant for. the SUte, while Guthrie A Guthrie and Stedman , 4 Cook will appear for Matthews. The latter sets up . the pies, that lonr use of morphine had made him Insane at the time he was charged with killing his wife by means of strychnine or morphine. Dr. J. B. Matthews, convicted at Greensboro of murder In the second degree for poslonlng his wl(p with morphine and sentenced to 20 years In the penitentiary. Is now In a Baltimore sanitarium under a $5,000 bond. He haa able counsel In his appeal to the Supreme Court the chief defense be ing that the North Carolina law pro vides for no degree of murder for poisoning and that If guilty of the crime, he should have been sentenced to death. , It ia contended that the use of morphine had made him craxy. MAD DOG BITES SEVERAL. There waa great excitement here this evening, occasioned by the sud den appearance of a mad dog, which bit a number of people and several dogs. On physician has treated Ave men who were bitten. One man fell near the city hall and the dog sprang at him and tor his ear almost off. A policeman shot t the dog several times but mined him. An armed crowd pursued It Two of the men bitten sre strangers. Up , to date It sheriffs have made complete settlements with the State for taxea. The few remain ing have nurae almost complete settlements. This sfternoon there was a meet ing of the executive committee of the trustees ot the State University-, to consider the matter of the sale of some land belonging to the In stltution. CHARTERS GRANTED. Charters are granted three banki, the Bank of Rainseur, capital stock 150,000. , to do a commercial and savings business, tna Bank of Bladen capital 115.00ft, also commercial and savings- -and -4b -Canjk of,. , Tabor, capital $5,000, commercial". "Another charter la granted to the Wstauga Lumber Company, of Granite Falls, capital stock llOt.000, D. H. War lick and others Stockholders. To-day the funeral of Dr. Thomas Palmer Jerman, who died yester day at th age of 80 years, was held. ne was a memoer oi a very promi nent family In Warren county and waa for many years a-physician at Ridgeway. Insurance Commissioner Young says that policyholders In the New Tork Life and Mutual Life Insurance Companies need not be. In too big a hurry In regard to their voting, as they have until Dec. 18th. He says that It will be better for them not to vote until they thoroughly ex amine the reports of the excellent committee which went to New York and examined Into the affairs of the companies, this report being on tile In his office and at the disposal of any individuals or newspapers. Mr. Toung is tha chairman of the com- mittea on proxies and. .when asked If tha policyholders in the State would send In their proxies, Intlmat ed that he had no doubt about they wouia oo so unneaiy. , Judge Purnell Marshal Dockerv. isii-mci Attorney BKinner and Assist ant District Attorney Giles left to dsy for Newburn, where a term of the District Court will be held. Two persons will be tried there for false affidavits In a pension esse. One man convicted of pension frauds ' Is now here In Jail to be held until some oth era sre gathered In at th courta at Newbern and Wilmington, and then to go to the Atlanta penitentiary. A civil term ox superior Court be gan hare to-day. Judge Peeblea pro- aid ing, n naving exenangod courts with Judge Webb. 'No fewer than II divorce suits are on the docket RAID BY ANTI-HEARST MEN. Democratic Headquarters at Albany . Seised With View to staking Vig orous Fight Against Fuslonls From That Base of Operations. New York. Oct. M.-Wllllam J. Con nnra. Democrat la nisie enatrmnn. on Information . received from .Patrick K. McCahe, Pemocratlo State committee man er Ainnny county, announced to night that Democratic headquarters at Ibany had ben seised .this afternoon by certain dissatisfied ' Demoerata . of the State, headed by ex-Mayor Thomas M. Osborne, oi -auDurn. A hurried conference 'was ealted which Included Masars. Mannta. Cnnnora. Un. Cabe and lhniaen. Mr. MoCabe ststed that a party of up-state . Demoerata. dlsaitlafled with the action of tha Huf. falo convention and - headed br Oahornel had takan possession of tha Democrat la headouarters, lecianng themselves , the rightful' pnasessors. They v then an nounced. It la aald. that. with. the haad. queriers as at wmmm may incenaea to pur sue an. active enu-uaarsi campaign mrougnoui ioe bum. i ., OHIO BRIDGE ' TRUST SMASHED. Court Virtually Ousts Fro no Stat All tlM Four Companies Whkii Failed- to - Surrender : at . Recent Hearing. . Bellafoataln, O., Oct 31 Th. Circuit Court, to-day ha now down a. decision hlch in agoet outa from tne Htata of Ohio all tha bridge companies that fall- 4 to surrender at tne ao-eelled bridge iniat nennns two waeaa ago. . , .. Th Ohio companies deprived of the r charters by tha decision to-day are tha Variety iron worse, ot Cleveland: Iron Substruction Company,' of Columbus, nt the Columbus Hrdlge Company. . Tha Penn Hrldae Company, of fieavar Falls. Pa,, was ordared from the State, John ft. caesio-y, wiuiam ft. Nivln and V. ChamiMtnajn. an or uellafuntalna. were appointed trustees to wind. up. th bV sineas oi umh comiwim. , . Date for Hearing In Virginia vs. Weal : :.,-.,irgittia.:(,, ...y Washington. Oct 13. A hearln on the demurrer of the defendant In the. case of the SUte of Virginia vs. West Virginia. Involving the debt con tracted by Virginia before Ita parti tion. wae4o-day fixed by the Supreme Court of th United State for March next WEST UNDER DEEP, SNOW EARLINESS CAUSES ' BIG ) LOSS Storm Almost Unprecedented for Se verity at Thla Season Snow,. Wind ' and Cold Extend Over Nearly Entire Itecton Between Rockies aud Mis- ' sourl River, Canaliic Heavy Losses of Live Stock and Lai Fruit SO Inches of Snow at Denver up to p. m. lUUroada Blocked by. Deep ' Denver, Col , Oct S3. Snow, wind end-cold extended over neatly th en tire country between the Rocky Moun tains and the Missouri river to-day, causing heavy losses of live stock and of late fruit. Telegraph wires were prostrated andallro-ad achedules dis arranged. . Th storm Is almost unprecedented for severity at this season of the year, and takes rankt according to the weather bureau, with the snow fall on April IS and SI. 1886. Up to 6 o'clock this evening about SO Inchea of snow had fallen In Denver. Much of this anow melted soon. While the temperature on the plains has fluc tuated from 30 to 80 above aero. It has been much colder at higher alti tudes. At Corona, the highest point on the new Moffatt Railroad, two de grees below sero early to-day waa re porteo. At Emery Gap. on the Colorado Southern Railroad, anow drifted nine feet deep and traffic was tied up to day. Two rotary anow plowa were sent out to open the road. A Santa Fa train waa derailed between Wagon mound and springer. New Mexico, last night, and the road waa blocked for aeveral hours. Snow caused the mall coaches snd two baggage cars. to Jump the track; and they rolled down an embankment Only one man, the mall clerk, waa hurt and his Injuries are not aevere. Six Incites In Northeaxtem Minnesota. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 33. A blanket of heavy anow, alx Inchea or more, fell last night In northeastern Minne sota, covering the Vermillion and Mea- ba ranges and extending aa far Weat as FoBston. SUE LUMBER COMPANIES. In Federal Court at Norfolk A. R. Smith and G. FVed Job nut on Seek to be Allowed ConiiiilMRlonu Aggre gating $23,500 for Effecting Sales of Isinds in Nash aud Franklin Counties. Norfolk. Vs.. Oct. 22. Suits sg- Lgrgatlng $33,500 for commlnlonn wnereDy tne virginia-uaronna Lum ber Company, of Spring Hope, N. C, sold to the Montgomery Lumber Company for 8115.000 all of Its tim ber land holdings In the counties of Nash and Franklin. N. C. wee In stituted In the Federal Court here thla afternoon. The plaintiff tn the first Instance Is A. R. Smith, who claims 17,500. in cluding damages on an agreement to pry him '15.000 If the sal of. the Virginia-Carolina Lumber Comsany'e property was brought about on an option given to G. Fred Johnson tor a safe of the property at not less than 3145.000. The plaintiff In the second instance Is G. Fred Johnson, who sues for commissions on the sal at 10 per cent and damages, claiming to have brought about the sale to tha Mont gomery, company through M. B. Tre malne, whom he Introduced, and to whom he first offered the property at 1176,000, Tremaine refusing It at this figure because. It Is alleged, he did not find the class and quantity of timber the owning company first claimed was on Ha land. BRYAN CORDIAL TO TAGGART. Ncbraskan Wlnda Up Flrwt Day of Indiana Tour Before Isirgc Crowd at Evansvllle Holda 1cngtliy tVn Hiiltatkm With Mncli-tTltMscd Na tional Chairman. Indltfhapolls, Oct. 33. William Jen nings Bryan wound up the first day or Ms Indiana tour speaking before a large crowd at Bvansvllle to-night. Ha will arrive In Indianapolis to-morrow morn ing snd will leave almost Immediately on a special Interurbsn ear. vlaltlng a dosen cities In central Indiana. Tha principal address will be made at In dianapolis to-morrow night. To-ilny's tour was through tha south ern purt of the State, a special train un der the direction of the Democratic State convention being Utilised. Thomas Tsggart chairman of the Democratic nntlnnal committee, met the train St Mitchell and he was cor dially greeted by Mr. Bryan. The two retired to Mr. Bryan's state room and consulted for 30 minute. At Terre Haute, Mr. Bryan addressed a largo crowd, raying; "I am here in Indiana not as a can didate -for office, for I huve Instated that It la too early tn know who ought tn he nominated by either party. Hut 1 am here in tha interest of thoaa who are candidates. This year we hope lo lay the foundation for success two years hence." Mr. Brysn discussed the government nwnerahln Question snd the prosperous condition of the country. Morklcnburg' Makes Tlicm Hustle. Special to Th Observer. Fort Mill, 8. C. Oct. 22. The busi ness Interests of Fort Mill have been greatly Jeapordlsed by tho extension of Mecklenburg county, maendam roads within our - territory and the Commercial Club of this placa met to-day and decided to take prompt and energetic action for protection. York and Lancaster counties will bn urged to erect at once a permanent Iron bridge over Steele creek and an effort will be made to secure the chain gang to help build a good road to the creek. Our rural mall delivery service is also threatened because of th bad condition of th roads. "i . Superior Court Grants Appeal in Hteamsnip tase. Wsshlnston. Oct. IS. The Su- nreme Court of th United States to day granted a writ of certiorari In the case between th ' Old . Dominion Steamship Company and Primus Gil- more. Involving th question of dam ages ort account of th collision be tween the steamship Hamilton, , of the Old Dominion Line, and th steamship- Saginaw, of the Clyde Line, in May, 1801, near Winter Quar ter light ahlp, off Ocean City, Md. The effect of th order will be to bring the case to th Suprem Court of th United States for review. Death of Mrs. Margaret jr; Tillman. Augusta. Os., Oct St. A Chronicle special from Clark's Hilly. 8. C, says Mrs. Margaret J. Tillman, relict of th 1st Congressman George D. Till man, brother of the - senior South Carolina Senator,, died to-night st 11 o'clock , after v a protracted Illness She was th mother of foriner Lieu tenant Governor James II. Tillman snd of Csptaln B. J. Tillman, of th HawantH ITnltad Mmtum InfNfifnt SV... mer family slaw who had. never left j M for March 1 her plantation will b th pall-bear-I ; '''" :lmV4 s.;sw;..v t-rW ', .-i'W'? 'k'V'''' v. ''l'S. ''': fVs V .'V:V?; A"v;-tr,),,;;i.ii.''rf NO MORE SUCH AID TO 8TREET. Secmary Shaw : Annonnees Diseon Alnuance of 'Deposits to FacUitato 'Gold Importations WU1 Stlmulato National Bank , Circulation ' to Extent of $lS,000,00O, Demonstrat ing; Benefits of Elastic Currency. . . New York. , Oct " 33. Secretary Shaw authorhtea the announcement that from and after Tuesday, the ISd, deposits to facilitate gold Im portations will be discontinued. He said In connection with th announce ment that importations had exceeded his expectations, and he believed that for the present America had quite Its share and he had no . dlapoaitlon to disturb conditions In Europe by continuation of that method of re lief. ' Secretary Shaw also announced that he would - stimulate national bank circulation to the extent of eighteen million dollars by scceptlng approv ed securities other than government bonds for deposits already made, the bonds released to b used Imme diately as a basla of circulation with out withdrawal from the treasury, He does not object to the assignment of the bonds to other banks titan thoae now holding them, but to In sure their use they must remain In the treasury, and In addition tne bank taking out the circulation must agree to retire the same between the 15th day of March and the 10th day of August. 1807. The banks will be required, when taking out their cir culation, to make application for its retirement, and the order or per cent, of retirement from ' month to month will be determined by th Treasury Department. In this way eighteen minions or additional circulation can be Im mediately Issued and gradually re, tired during the spring and aummer months. In this way also Secretary Shaw expects to demonstrate, in limited form, the benefits of an elastic currency. , COLORADO WANTS JUST RATES. DlNcrlmloatlon In Favor of Utah Points Just as Virginia is Favored at Exnenae of States Further South, Is Msde Subject of Com plslnt Before Inter-State Cdtnmla tdon. Washington, D. C, Oct. 33. A complaint In which the long and short haul question,, and. Incidentally, the Standard Oil Com pany. figures was filed to-day with the inter-State commerce commla slon. The complainant Is the Mer chants' Traffic Association, of Den ver, an organisation formed to pro, mote the welfare of Denver and oth, er Colorado State points, sod the de fendants are the Denver & Rio Grande, Colorado Midland, Atchison, Topeka A Santa. Fe. Chicago, Burl Ington & Qulncy, Chicago, Rock Is land at Pacific, Chicago A North western. Colorado 4c Southern, Mis souri Pacific and Union Pacific Rail roads. The complainant charges that the defendant lines charge a greater freight rate to Lead v I He, Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction and to Intermediate Colorado points than to Salt Lake, Ogden and other points in Utah. 300 milea further from Chi cago than the Colorado points. It la pointed out In the petition that no such discrimination la prac ticed In the transportation of oil, the rates to Colorado and Utah points from Chicago being Identical, be. cause, the petition ailesea. the Stand ard Oil Company, "by reason of Its great power and Influence, has been able to exact from th aald defend ant railroads a due observance of the said act of Congress for the regulation of Inter-Stnte commerce." Tho lnter-Htate commerce commis sion in requested' to compel the de fendants to give Colorado points a Just rate. SAW 70 DROWN FROM BOAT. One of Four Men Picked Up at Sea by Mellory Iiner Describes Great 1owa of Life During Storm at Iong Key. Mobile, Ala.. Oct. 32. The Mallory liner Colorado, which arrived In port to-day, had aa passengers Joseph Nelson, Charles Oleeh, Charles An derson and Otto Brink, who were picked up at sea Saturday morning 80 mllea off Key West. Nelson says he saw 71 men drown from a house boat which was wrecked off Long Key, Fla., In last week s storm. The four men who were found by th Colorado s crew were standing on a raft made out of six loga and were In the water waist deep at th ttms. Nelson said he and the other men were on a house boat at Long Key when the hurricane struck them and blew the boat to sea. It soon went tn pieces snd out of tha 131 people on boad, 78 were drowned. The oth er 43 have since been taken Into Jacksonville, Fla. The men auffereJ terrible hardships. The men say that the loss of life was heavier off Long Key thsn any other point The men were employed by the Florida Coaat Railway on their extension work through the Flolrda swamps from Miami to Key West . AGED MAN SUICIDES. Mr. W. Iaaac Jones, of Fort Mill, H. C Dies as Result of Self -Inflicted Wounds Deed Result of Ierang ed Mind. Special to Tho Observer. ' Fort Mill. 8. C, Oct S3 Mr. W. Isaac Jones, of this township, died yesterday at the home ot his nephew from a gunshot wound self-inflicted last Friday. Mr. Jones wss about 10 years of age and a bachelor. He was a substantial business : man and , a highly respected cltlsen. A few years ago hla mind became deranged and he had made aeveral attempts to end his life. He barely succeeded Friday when he prepared1 a ahotgun and re ceived a glancing discharge on th side, of his head. The funeral was held here to-day with Masonla, ser vices. , . i ; WILL OF OIL TRUST; MAGNATE. Dsn 0Dy Wsnts Ills ; Widow to Have Only t&.ooo m Year In Case She Gives Their c 11 CMIdrcn, a ' Stepfather.: 'v . . :"v ;' ' -. ..- .-, n ''Now York.' Oct S3. The wllf of Dan O'lstr. a Standard Oil capital ist who died suddenly In Franc several weeks sgo, was filed for pro bate to-day. Th value of the estate Is not stated. Under th terms of the wilt Mra'O'Day wilt receive tha In come of $318,000 .during her life, antes she should remarry.- In' that event she will forfeit her right to the income from the trust fund and Is to be given a yearly Income of 35. 000. The remainder of. the property la dl Vl4 among (haTl! children.- v . -a ' J ,,. .:.: , -v. i.': FAB JIEB, SOUTH AND WEST IW2ETIXG PLANS COOPERATION With Lsrge Attendance From West -em and Southern States, Farmers Oo-operatlve Business ' Congrc ' Meets at Kansas Capital With tit Object,- as ' Stated by One of Its , Promoters, of Planning Mutual Akt by Wheat and - Cotton Growers Westerners Would Sell Wheat Di rect to Southern Association, Get ting Better Price and Assisting in '. jtoMung. ..r,;v ; ,; r Topeka, Kan., Oct t l.--The Farm ers' Co-operative Bualness Congress, with a large attendance of delegate from the Weatern and Southern States, met here to-day. -C. W. Peck- ' ham, of Haven, Kan., president of the Farmers' Elevator ' Association of Kansas, apeaklng of the ' congress, said: . . . "Our . purpose In calling this kind -of a meeting is to more closely unite , the agricultural Interests of the West , snd South. It Is not our Intention to organise a trust of the farmers. H haa been aald that we purpose to In- . crease the price of wheat to a stated amount This we Intend to do, but not by organising and demanding j that the consumers pay that for our " produce. If we can aell our products to the Southern associations at a higher price than we reclva from the middlemen and can enable the South ern producers to hold their produce,: , we will work out a plan whereby th '' price of farm producta will naturally' work higher." v., V C. S. Barrett, of Atwater, Ga., pre-'-, ident of the National Farmers' Un- i ; Ion, in an address, said: 'Y- "In the South we have raised the ' price of cotton to 11 cents. We have '' built warehouses and hold our cot- : ton till the price Is rlgnt. We gin our own cotton and we have cotton '' mills, woolen mills and ginneries, all owned by the farmers. The farmers " in the North can do the sam with their crops." - , ' CONTRACT NOT KEPT, THEY SAY It P. Richardson, Jr sV Co.. Big To- , bacco Manufacturers of Retdsrllle, Institute Suit Against American , Tobacco Company, Alleging Non Conformance to Terms of Con- f tract . . Vi Special to The Observer. Reldsville, Oct 33. R. P. Rich ardson, Jr.. A Co., one of the largest : smoking tobacco concerns In the. country, has, through Its attorneys, s Messrs. Watson, Buxton A Watson, ot Wlnston-Salem: J. T. Morehead. of Greensboro, and' A. J. Burton, of . Reldsville. Instituted auit against the , American Tobacco Company for th non-performance of a contract which . waa entered Into many months ago. .It Is said that thla contract was for the purchase of the major part of the stock In the Richardson plant apd, . it seems that the American Tobacco Company promised certain things to ttie HeUsvlUe firm which the Ameri can Tobacco Company failed to per form and the Richardson Arm baa In stituted ault to annul the same so that they may carry on buaineaa aa they did before the American To bacco Company became a part of It I The legal battle will be a great on. -.' The American Tobacco Company la represented by a long list of .counset 4 -If the suit Is aver tried It will take . weeks to try It as car loads of evl denes will be Introduced. It Is the ' biggest suit ever . brought In thla county. DISGUISED FR&M LYNCHERS. Montgomery Negro Escapes Mob by Acting Part of Coachman and Thereafter Submits In Court, Re ceiving Life Sentence. lrX Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 33. Dis guised aa a coachman for a promt nent cltlsen, Herman Thompson, ; a negro who on Friday attempted to as sault Callle Belle Calne, a whit child, escaped lynohlng by armed men who have been scouring Ala bama for him. and he Is now serving 20-year sentence at Pratt Mine penitentiary. This afternoon, the negro, In the guise of a coachman, was slipped Into Montgomery city court room and, pleaded guilty to the crime. - He then drove a private carriage to the sta tion, where he was put on a special train for Pratt Mines.. Since the crime wss committed Thompson had been In hiding, carefully guarded by deputy sheriffs. In order to take him to the court In safety and thence to the train, a prominent cltlsen con-- sen ted to have him Installed tem porarily as a coachman. The negro wsa glad to accept the job and made ho attempt to escape. SIX CHARGED WITH MURDER. Chester Court of ieersj Ressdons, at Approaching Term. Will , Have Busy Time With Capital Cases Serious Charges Against Others. Special to The Observer. Chester. H. "., (Vt 22.-Rtv. William Duncan, pastor of the First A. R. : P. ' church of Charlotte, will begin a series of services at the A. R. P.- church' In thla city Wednesday evening, prepara tory to communion on Sabbath. r-, Rev. J. J. Adams, of Charlotte, haa arranged to preach at Harmony Baptist church In thla county two, Haul tha lo earh month. Mr. Adams was formerly oast or st Harmony and aaa also rraarh- d at Blackstock. The following prisoners are confined In .the county Jail awaiting trial at the Court of Oeneral Sessions seat week: Jim Wright, ,lnnls Cole, Kmma sa ilings. Wade Helta, Met Clifton wnd John Henry Moore, alt, ehargad wliij murder: will Jocgara. char sod with violation of the dispensary law; Sophia Mcllroy. John Weeks and John Mohl-v. charged with aaaault -and battery with Intent to kill; and Rev. Jamas William llenry Jackson, charged with seduction. Mr. C K. Hlbley, of Kdgemnor, lies critically ill at his .home near that town. " . --' ..- Mr. O. O. Niabet. ef iuisviiie. who i aerloualv 111 with Bnaumenla. ia raoort. l as slightly Improved. .. i', ' FALLS SIXTY FfcCT. Charles " Parker. Columbia Painter, Sustains Injuries Which May Prove Fatal ,v - ''- r ';'V Observer Bureau, . : iivw Mam ntreet, ' Columbia, S. C. Oct 83. Charles Parker, a one-armed paint er,, fell 80 feet from thsose wln, v of St Peter's Cathollo church, a h i wss prepsrlng to to work tli afternoon, while atandlng oa a r ii box he had balanced oa two fi " Stuck through the window from i" In. Contractor Rlon says he v Just offered Parker a ladder to n ' him safer. I'arker lot hla arm i than a year ago In a riiron,i dent lie la at the h.- ; r il scions and It Is thought ho v I during th night
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