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;:.v,:.....:...?llv ...... . Y SUBSCRIPTION JPItlCE $8.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N.v C, WEDNESDAY ; MORNING; . OCTOBER 21, 1906. , : :S-?;-;'-.?';PJlICE.PIVE CENTJ. i - v TWO yEW CABINET WES K l IlESIDEST BPRINGS A SURPRISE i'ortelyon to Succeed Shaw and Bona- mum tn Fill Moody's Shoes Sec- t$V retary Metcalf Will Take the Naval ' Portfolio. Citorrn Von I. Meyer, ' Ambassador to Russia. Will Do PottfmaHter General and Ofcar 8, Straus. Former Minister to Turkey, - Will Succeed aletcalf First He brew to Enter the Cabinet, And Pronosed Appointment ' Create Washington. Oct 1 ttfTljeitonow- , lng "statement regarding. prcpecuve changes In President Roosevelt's cab Inet was made public to-night: ' - - ' "On the ' retirement "of Secretary ..' Shaw -and Attorney General Moody from- tit cabinet the. following chan ' will be made: ' !. Yt '" - ' "Secretary of the. Treasury Hon. George B, Cortelyou.Vv-;; ,7 j;' i . "Postmaster General-Hon. George Von Lt. Meyer. V "Attorney General Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte. ', .? - - 1 1 v. "Secretary of the Navy HoiuTVlo- tor H. Metcalf. - "Secretary of Commerce and' Labor ,-H on. Oscar a Straw.""- 1 '. -',' " MOODY GOES PUT BOON, The general understanding for some time has been that Attorney General Moody will retire on the 1st . of the coming January', and that Secretary Shaw will follow him -on the 4tt of March. On the first of the year, therefore, Mr. Bonaparte, who la now Rwrtjirv af the Navy. Will succeed Mr.-Moody as Attorney 1 General and :. fie will In turn be succeeded by Mr. . Metcalf. the Secretary of Commerce - end Labor, the tatter's .place , being s filled by Mr.8traua.v Mr. Cortelyou. 1 1 now Postmaster General, , will take Secretary Shaw's place oa tho 4th of ', March at which time r. ateyer m to become Postmaster General. ',. Mr. Meyer, who win become Post ' ' master General.. Is Ambassador to Russia, to which place he was ap ' plated on March . HOI, having been promoted, to that' office following his -, aervloe as the ambassador to Italy from ltOO to 106. 1 He Is a native of MaasachosetU and ' has '.bees' well - known as a business man. . '. -BTRAUS APPOINTMENT - A BUR ;. ;-C PRiSB. vH- . The - appointment 'rof Mr; raus 'caused considerable surprise as It will be the first case where a oltiaea or tne Hebrew faith baa been made a mem bar of . the - President's cabinet He ' was bora December Irfl. 1850, and Is ' well. kn won as a mercaant, aipiomat ' and - author. - He represented the United States as ml sister to Turkey ;vea two different oecasloasv and waa ansotnted -bPnsHnr Haoaweicto, v. fill the vanoancy cause Ay tha death .of ex-President Harrtsoa aa a mem- ber of the permanent court 01 judi tratloa at. The Hague. 'vt ;. - - tu Comrjoaltion Indicates That . H. caemenoeaa U Abaolata Mailer of the Kltnatlmi Tho Full Portfolio. . Paris. Oct I Ij The newJPrencli Cabinet baa been completed aa fol- -' lows: ,-. ',.' . - ' - Prlemer and Minister of the In- terior, M. Clamenceau; Minister of Justice, M. GUyot-Desalghe: Minister f Foreign Affairs, M. Plchon; in ' Ister of Finance, M. CalUaux; Mlnls ! ter Of War, General Ploquart; Min ister of Marine. M. Thomson: Mlnlo er of PubUo Works, ,M.: Barthoo; -Minister of Commerce, M. 1 lumer guer Minister of Agriculture, M. j Rueu; Minister of abor, M. Vlvt . . ami. - ' - ' The portfolio of - Minister of, the '.Colonies was offered this afternoon to M. Mlllles-lA Croix. - The .com- Sosltloa of the cabinet indicates that U Clamenceau la absolute master of . the situation.' v , - . . . in, 1. .1- gHAWKSGViyQ TROCCAMATl6y. ' ta Accordance With Time-Honored Custom the Preaklent Beta Apart - Ttinmday, November Itth as a Day , ' of OhanksglvlnAT and Buppllcatloa ' . to God. , '. '.: ' - '. ' Washington,--Oct'- Jl The ' Presl ? (dent to-day issued a . proclanmtloa 4 naming Thursday, November 1Kb, as ,. a day of thanksgiving. The text of .the proclamation la as follower--'- . - -.;'. - ,-' '' "The time of year has come when. In accordance with the wise custom of our forefathers, . lt becomes my . duty to set aside v a special day of thanksgiving and- praise to the Al . rnlgbty because of the' blessings we . have, received, and of prayer that . those blesalnga may be continued. . Yet another year of widespread well being has past Never before In our . history or la the history of any other . nation . has a people enjoyed - more abounding, material .prosperity than I -ours; a prosperity so great-that It - should arouse In us no spirit of reck less pride, and least of all a spirit of heedless ; disregard of our responsl- bill tlee; but rather a sober eense of many blessings and resolute purpose, - under Providence, not to forfeit them . y aoy action of our own. ' ; "Material well beinr. Indlsnenaabla - .lovrh it is, can never te anything iAV rn foundation of true national jC?f (ness and happlnesa. , If we build a; Jihlng upon this foundatlon.then our If'i. 'tlonsl life will be as moansnaless and empty aa a house where only the ' ( oundatlon.hss ben .laid. . Upon our Material well being must be built a v superstructure of Individual and na tfonal life lived In accordance with th laws of the. highest morality, or ' elite our' prosperity Itself will In the long run turn out a curse Instead of a bloMlng. We should be reverently thankful for what we have recehrod, and earnestly bent: upon, turning It . Into, a means jof grace and not of -1 destruction.'. " . . , " 1 1 . . . r, "Aecoi'dlnrty, I hereby set apart Thursdsy, the Jlth day of November next, as a day of thanksgiving and vuppllcatlon on which the . people shall meet. In their homes, or their ' t-hurches, devoutly arknowlege all that hss been given them, and pray that they may In addition receive the power to use these girts aright "In wltnens thereof, I have here unto set . my hand snd caused .the rl - of . the United States to- be efflxt ' '' - ' ' "Done at the 'City of Washington. this 22nd day of Oi tober, In tho year f our I-ord rn tiiu and, nine hun drtd and u ( r 1 , independence of the Unllr i . the one hundrej snd thlrtv-flrxl. ! "THEODOnH ROOCEVpLT." l',y the Prenlilent: , , , LLIHU HOOT. . Lecrotsry cf Etate. . " ' WEixx)Mi:p by Bisnop noRNEii ' ' . . -.1 ' . ' ' ,-.' ' v':- ' " ' Third pepartntent of Domentlo and Foreign ? Mlslonary fckiciety " of ';Protatant ICpisoopal Church Con- . veoos In Second Annual Conference - at AshevUlo First General Meet ' lng To-l)sy-AUendanc JLarse, 8peclai to The Observer.; ' - f Ashevllle, Oct, 23. The second an nual conference of the " Third i De partment of the Domestlo ' and . For- elga Mhwlonary Society of - . the Protestant - Episcopal , - Church was opened here v this evening V with - a missionary, service, held" In . Trinity church. , Many bishops nd clergy of the Third . Department - Were in : at tendance at- the opening of the con ference to-night, while. other clergy and .many lay delegates and v con ference vlsltore are expected to-night and to-morrow. -Trinity church was packed to-night and a number of people were forced to ; stand during the addreesea. i Bishop Junius Moore Horner-welcomed the - conference '- on behalf of the city andthe congregation of great ' missionary work going oa In the -district and viewed the , future optimistically. - The subject discussed to-night by Bishop, O. W. Peter kin. or west Virginia, and , others was "Missions the . Measure of . Christian vitality.- i'j - t . 1 ,.-? ;.. The first general meeting.-of the conference - will be held to-morrow morning at l:0 o'clock. A con tingent of - tho Brotherhood of 8t Andrew arrived to-day . . by special Pullmans - from - Memphis to attend the opening of the missionary con- THE CLANSMAN" SUPPRESSED. Mayor Nearer issnee aa Order Pro ' hlbltlng Farther Prodactlona of the '" PlaywMaaageaient to Apply for aa a injaacuoa. Philadelphia, w Oct J. Mayor Weaver to-day Issued aa order sup pressing the further tproduction here of the drama "The Clansman." which began last 1 night with what waa to have been a week's engagement at the Walnut street theatre.- The may or's action waa prompted by the dem onstration last night at the theatre by several thousand colored cltlaens. . A- delegation of representative col ored men,- consisting of - clergymen. doctors, lawyers and business men. sailed upon .the mayor to-day and protested against' the contlnunce of tne play because of Its alleged ten dency to arouse racial prejudice and to riot - The chief spokesman or the delegation . waa former Congressman George It White, of North Carolina. wbo now reaidee hare. Counsel for the management of the theatrical production -claimed that there was redress through the courts for those -opposed te the play and tWnllBi ilml I -mm the players were responsible for last . . night's riotous demonstration. ' After hearing' both sides Maysc Weaver took oounsel with the cay solicitor and later decided that "The Clansman" waa calculated to produce disorder and endanger uvea. In con sequence he ordered the withdrawal of the Dleoe. v r The management of the play "Will to-morrow go Into court and apply for aa injunction restraining the may or from Inter! erring gsvlth the pro- auction, . a . FARMERS WANT BETTER PRICES Preeldent of the Amerima Society of Equity Explains UM ubjeoU of the Organisation Farmers From Many States Attena avat .uoavenuoo. East St Louis. lit. Oct. 11. The first national convention of the Am ertcan Society of Equity, (Composed of farmers, began here to-day with CO delegates from Illinois, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, Utah, Wisconsin. Ohio and Indiana, . The society seeks - to regulate values of grain and farm products by regulat ing the supply la relation to the de mand. "' n President C O. Drayton, in bis an nual address said: "This organlsatioa is not a trust nor a combine. 10 lorce extortionate prices, but rather aa organlsatioa to get profitable prices for farm prod ucts. It la composed of Jocal unions of . farmers . establlahed at shipping points. The unions from these points form the State association. These combined form the national associa tion. Our Idea Is te establish granar ies la the grain country, cold storage plants, hay barns and places to' store all sorts of farm produce, .''.. "If the market la low. the society will hold the product until the de mand forces - up profitable , prices, h. rh roods may be sold. . The poor farmer who cannot afford to hold hla grain will be given sk warehouse receipt good for two-thirds ths face value of the grain represented. JAP MIDSHIPMAN RESIGNS. , At Request of r-otsaeay Midshipman asboi aiufiu signs.' "' '. ' "."j . ; '1 Annapolis.- Md Oct 41. At the re quest of the Jspanese ' Embassy at Washington, Midshipman Asahl Kltl gakt of the. third class of the Naval Academy, submitted his resignation, Which wlll.be accepted.- t ' Pending the Department's action on the Case, an extended leave of absence was granted. . ' Kltlgakl U a son ot Baron Klttgakt at tha lmterial Privy Council. -He entered the American Naval Academy Sept lth. No reason, is .assigned for his resignation. Waahlntton. Oct ZI. The Inquiry at the Navy Department brought out the statement that the sole reason for the resignation . of "Midshipman Kltlaakl from . the Naval : Academy was deficiency In studies. The fact waa first reported by the superintend ent of the academy, who communi cated, to tho Japanese Embassy with theeresult that the, young man was requested to tender his resignation, C. O.'RallroaJ to Compteie Potts ... Cn-ek Bram-lb t t . Richmond, "Va.," Oct ISPresident Stevena of the Chesapeske -A Ohio Pullaay, presided over the annual meetlns; of stockholders held here a. day. ' The oM board of directors w$ts re-elected. Vhe board was author ised to complete the construction of the Potts Creek branch, a dints nue t 21 miles, for which one million del-, lars lour per cent first mortgage gold bonds will be Issued. ; Tee directors will meet' next wk probsbly Tuesday or Wednesday In New lorn, to docisre the snnual dividend. Con-rnlntf this dividend Prewlderf Pteven sild he could y nothing but tt Is bnllnved a small Increase possi bly will be dedareJ. UKlfOJiM'BIVORCEAWS -.-. ..... . . . -, . ., A NEW ; MEASURE' IS ' PROPOSED Statute Framed By Eminent Lawyers - ,and Statesmen Who Have Made a ..' Study of the Divorce Evil, la Bub . nutted to the Secretary of the Na--; tlunal Divorce CongrciMi '. An Effort 10 urine About Unuormlty.la DU ;,vorc Uwt Throusrhout th Unit- ,d StateaiProvlslona of the Three ,viiapter or the PropoHed Measure congress. Meets No.; tb, .-:.; .a Philadelphia, . ' Oct , . Judge Staake, of this dty, secreUry of the uivorce congress, has received from its committee on resolutions and for warded to ; the . various delecates 1 proposed measure for bringing about uniformity- in the present; divorce laws ot the United States. ., .-J '.'V"-.; The proposed statute Is the ontdome of- study on - the subject by , eminent lawyers and jurists and - prominent Churchmen, all of whom are conversant-with existing conditions of the so-caued -divorce . evil, and ' the pro posed new - act Is calculated : to in sure remedUl results all over the country. .. -. , : v.-. PracUcally every State and Territo. ry will be representebT at the re-assembling of the congress in .thlslty - : The proposed new act Individ intn three chapters; jthe first consisting of juiiBun-uoqai provisions; the seaand, procedure, and the tnlrd, general pro visions and Is entitled "an act regulat ing annulment, of marriage and - dl vorce. . ,-' . i -'HEARINGS TO BE PUBLIC While Uttle or bo change Is made In the given, causes for. dlvoroe aa now existing, certain provisions' of the neV act were evident) mad ith vi Of arresting the increaslns- demand fas lesal severance of marital hnnm Under Jhese stipulation secret or star cnamoer sessions for hearina- iivnrc vmMvm oeiore masters or other repre sentatives of the courts are done away nau oe naa before the court and shall in all cases be ouhiin " - It Is also provided "that a decree uiasoivug tne marriage tie so com pletely as to permit the remarriage of either party should not bnaima nn. eratlve unUI the lapse of a reasonah asin 01 urae aner hearing or trial upon tne merits of the case." Another enactment of the nmnnui new law prohibits the solicitation of a divorce Case by advertlaemnnt rr. oular or otherwise and prescribes for ucn an onrense a fine of not more than $1,000 and Imprisonment ot not inorv man one year. CAUBES FOR ANNULMENT. Annulment of the msrri. tract as dlsUngulshed from divorce, will he made for the following causes: Impotsncy; consanguinity; existing .-. u,..mici, iraua, rorca or po- L . ntmnni t -- . - ""uiy ana illegal age., i . . . . - two kinds abeolata. Cttlo matrimonii; and . f - . V- V. W AVIII ana ooara, or divorce amensa at thoro. Under the first cissslflcatlon srounaa snail be adultarv. kir. bt, conviction - ana sentence for crime followed by two years' continual jupruuiunent; extreme cruelty; wll ful desertion and habitual drunken ness for two years. The same cius-s will prevail in the second class with the addlUonal cause of "hopeless ln- ""v tne nusoana." t no iwvorce snail ha aranti i i appears to the aatUfaotion r tt,. court 'tnat the suit has been brought "luou or mat tne plaintiff has procured or connived at the offense charged, or has condoned lt or has auiuy ox aauitery not- condoned. NATIONAL LIFE UNDER WRITERS Seventeenth Annual rvnantinm r-Ti Sfr gee to Attendance, 8t Louis. Oct 11. Th. . .. seaslon of the seventeerth annual wumuuun ui ins raii"nal Assocla Uon of Life Underwriter-, AZSl considerable opposlOon kwhen aa ef fort was made to amend th annual report of the executive committee bv a resolution to the effect that "ex- uun ex-preaiaenu snail be qualified for a period of one year and u inn.- er. for their poslUons as members of the executlvo commlttea sa ii.i.. at large;-and that future ex-presl-denU shall be eligible as members ot ui uscuuve committee and as dele gates at larxe for a period year only from and after gate of ex fptration of their term of office as brealdenta." , , xam convention was (Immediately thrown Into spirited discussion. , . . ' .. . . of the delegates rigidly opposing the adoption Of. the amendment Finally a vote was taken and the amendment was lost . The executive committee's report was then adopted. . . -' About 100 delecatee were nrMnt when the convention was called to order by President Charles W. Scovel, of PltUburg.'Ps,, who-delivered his annual 1 address.--' : - , President O. H. Allen, of the T.lfe Underwriters AssoolaUon ot Canada, Montreal, was Introduced, and made an address, responding to the wsl- come, extended the , Canadian, ' dele gates. .- -. t--. v -. . t, ;,;-'v ) STILL DOING ACTIVE BUSINESS. Salt of Committee of Policyholders Against ute uaruom jdlm Has Iff. erenoo , Only to Uie Safety Fund run. ' . ' '.' , ..: ' ; Hartford, Conn Oct. SI. The suit of the committee of policyholders against the Hartford Life Insurance Company and -the - Security Trust Company, to seoure an acceuntina of 1 the ' so-called "safety fund." is based entirely upon the alleged fail ure of the officers of these corpora tlons, who ae named In the writ to make a distribution of this fund. The Hartford Life Insurance Com pany was originally Incorporated In ltt' and although Its name was changed from that under which - it was first incorporated, and its char ter amended at different times. It is still-doing an active business In msny forms of Insurance. - Thewrlt In ths suit does not make reference to the present business of the company ex cept aa relatlngtto the-"safety fund" fplann It sets forth only thst the de fend aftit insurance company teased to do business under the "safety fund" filan and ceased to admit members to t after March II . ,- V) r. Formes Mayor Carter Harrison Hurt Montreal, Oct. Il.rormcr Mayor Carter 11. Harrison, Of Chicago, was taken this morning from-. JUdos, Ont, via Toronto, to Chicago, suffer ing from a badly srrslned b-k. and ponslbly Internal Injuries. With a party of friends, consisting Of J. W, Winter. J. lxmlle Xetnmes, E. H. TolmniT and W, lt. Ilasklll. all of Chlosso, tie wss moose huntlno- back M fhnrlati when he was injured during a portnje, I MUBPHT8 . CIIABGES FALL MERELY GOSSIP, 'SAYS fURY It Refuses to Dignify -the' Proceedings ; by Making : a Presentment as i ltesult of ' Its ..Inquiry Nothing v: Wrong in the Offer of Congressman V Gouklen to, Pay Expenses of pett . Uon la His Behalf. Tammany Hall .' to Support . Entire ' Ticket State and Local, at Murphy's Bo ' heal Huddenr . Enthusiasm ; Do- Newfrork,Oot4tS. At the'; icon elusion of an - investigation bv ' the grand Jury ? of - v chargeV made . by wnaries X- .muryu,,, ins vi am many leader, that Tammany Hall . candi 1 . v. . . , ' . .L w, dates had been held up for. cash eon sldftratlons by the manggers of ; trre Independence n;. League, It was ; an nounced to-day that the charges had fallen through , completely. The of ficial announcement to this effect declared that the' cbarges were "merely' campaign gossip" and the grand jury will ndt dignify the pro ceedings r by making a ; presentment as a result' of Its Inquiry, the grand jury announced "that In its opinion there was nothing wrong, in an offer made by Congressman Goulden to pay' the expenses' Incurred In getting signatures to . the Independence League petition in. his behalf. Wll Uam Astor. , Chanter, wbo had been subpoenaed to appear , before the grand; Jury, was, not called upon to testify. V . TAMMANY IN LINE. The executive -committee of Tam many Hall decided at a meeting to day to support . the whole Demo cratlo ticket State and local. Charlee F. Murphy, the leader of Tammany Hall, delivered a speech to the mem bers, In which he said that he ex pected all of them to do their utmost so that on election day the results when compared With the best vote from previous years would preclude any possibility of any charge of treachery or knifing. "The ticket , must - be supported,' said Mr. . Murphy, "to the full .In every district We are almost on the ve of election day and the time re malnlng should -be evoted to using the best, energies that each of you leaders can command. Now la the time to . put r your ; shoulder to the wheel and aid in rolline? uo the bla gest Democratic .vote tn the history 01 tne organisation. . ine ticaet, , am confident will win, and the vie will.' iwaH the ;'mtoi-svHh Tammany working in every district1 MURPHY'S SUDDEN ENERGY. Chairman WllMam ,'S. -Connors, of tne uemocrauoi etate oommitcee. appointed an executive committee to push the State campaign and Charles r. Murphy, th head of Tammany Hall, calls'! ' upoa ; the - Tammany leaders to support the party nomi nees with loyalty and energy. Charles EV Hughes, the Republl can candidate for ' Governor, left Kingston for a alf doseh speeches In the counties of Orange, Delaware and Chemung and closed . the , day's work with an evening meeting at Elmira. --),,. . 1 , . William Randolph Hearst spent to day la town, addressing three city meetings to-night , v y.-w.. . The judiciary nominators held a meeting at Carnegie Hall to-night In the Interests of ah independent Ju diciary. Among the speakers were Joseph H. Choate, late ambassador to the Court of St James; former Judge Alton B. Parker, and former Hecretarx.ot tne avyijeniamin v. Tracy. NORTH CAROLINA SYNOD. Preabyterlaa Body , ' Convenes In Ninety-Third Annaai boaston at BtatesvUIe Rev. W. H. Coppedgo, of RooklAgham, Elected Moderator. Special to The Observer. ' ; : SUtesvllle, Oct 11 The Synod of the Presbyterian Church ;of . North Carolina convened la ' : its V ninety third annual session la the - First Presbyterian church this morning at It o'clock. Rer. E. R. Leyburn. of Durham, preaching the opening ser moru The seslson ' was formally epensdby a short address by. the re tiring moderator, . Air. .. ueorge vf. Watts, of Durham. -.,'.'!'. ''.- ..,' . 'i The first business to claim atten tion r wss tne - election or a new moderator, , for J. which office two names were put In nomination. Rev. W. R. Coppedge,. of Rockingham, . by Dr.. C, O. ' Vardell,-and Rev. E, C. Murray, of Graham, by. Dr. J. H. Howerton.- ' The vote was taken by roll-call. Mr. Coppedge receiving- 71 and Mr. Murray 11 Two temporary clerks were next chosen, these being Rev, E. D. Brown, or tne Mecklen burg , Presbytery, and Rev. C 8. Smith. sf ' the Fayettevllle , PresbV. tery,' The election waa, bjv'.goclama- The address of welcome to the commissioners; , who , now r number snout ito, .was uenverea oy air. J. H. Hill, an officer In the BtatesvUIe church. . . ''.'r. J i ! '' .' '''- The Synod adjonrned at 1 o'clock this afternoon, after fixing the hours for the dally sessions. ' These will be, morning, t to II: : afternoon, , I - to I.IO:'nlght,r7:. adjourn at will. The real ..business of the Synod will be taken up at the opening of the sessloa to-morrow morning. .' ' ' ':' NO Vote m Ompnlaory Education In Special .to The Observer. ; . . Ashevllle. Oct. II. -The advocates of compulsory education In Ashevllle sre to-day lkseniy disappointed by the revelation of yesterday that the special election on enmpulsory educa tion called by the board of aldermen for Nov. 0th at the time of the gen eral election, could not he held be cause of the failure of the board to provide for a registration. - - 11 'i ,, . i A -Spanish Bark Mliwlng. . Brunswick, " Gs., . ' Oct' ll.The Fpanlsh- bark F. O.v Csptaln Oliver, which sailed from Havana Oct 9 for this port, is bslleved to have been lost In the recent hurrlcsne. She Is 10 days overdue and rt report has been heard from ner. The con signees here believe that she has gone down !th all on board. 1 MUST,BUILD UNION , DEPOT DECISION AGAINST RAILROADS Snnretoe Court Hide That the Cor poratlon Commission Has Power to Itequlre RaUroada to Maintain a .': Union Denot at Ool(bib)ro -Other ' ' Opinions Handed . Down Francis !A Starr, .the Miming Actor. ISald to i lUve Been Seen Near Raleigh- ,' Mad Dog's Six Victims Tree tea ana ' the Canine hilled cnarters urani- : i ed News of state Capital. Observer Bureau, ' '-f; tni Hollaman Building, Raleigh, Oct ..In, ; the .case of, Dewey and others, of Goldsboro. saalnst the ' AtlanUo Coast Line and . Southern ' Railways for the purpose of ' dissolving - tne order Of the corporation commission to those roads to matnUIn a union passenger depot at the bead of Wal nut street the court says the statute gives the commission ; power to re quire union depots to be built and maintained by the railways, gives the railways express power to conaemn lands tor such . uses,' and gives also the incidental .riant to railways to make necessary chaoses In their routes at such points. The court says that the plaintiffs fall in their action. .'.-1' .'".'-', The SUte ' charters " the Zebulon Hosiery - Mills, at Zebulon. aWake county, capital stock I ioo.oowt. j. Horton and others, of Durham, stockholders. ' State Superintendent Joyner has received resolutions adopted by the West Central Dletrlct -Association of County Superintendents, urging him not to resign, there' being the gen eral impression - that he will be tendered the presidency of the State Normal and Industrial College at Greensboro. Police Justice Badger sent Way- land Ferrell to Jail for 00 days for assault with a deadly weapon upon Jefferson Coke, of Raleigh, in tne bouse of Bertha Brovsn, In the tenderloin district 8he swore she saw Ferrell behind Coke with a drawn revolver. Coke went Into her room and locked the door.- She seised Ferrell's pistol and attempted to take It away. It was accidentally uis charged and the bullet entered her body. She swore Ferrell ana uoks had quarreled just before and Coke had thrown Ferrell out of her room. Coke submitted to an affray and paid costs. 1 MISSING ACTOR SEEN. Nathan Powell. living three miles from here, came to Raleigh to-day and sava ha and others last Thursdsy saw a man they are sure was the missing actor, Francis Starr, of the "it Hap pened fn Nordland" company, who left here so mysteriously Wedneeday afternoon. Powell says the man s description corresponded exactly with Uc&nssl pts; end - he the-aght at once it was the same man, naving read the newspaper stery. Powell's son sold the man a ticket to Wilson Friday. From that point he could have taken the Atlantic Coast Line north. The man said he had served In the English army. He had plenty of money. He wanted whiskey and said he had gotten on a little spree snd left Raleigh. He gave hla name to no one. The Supreme Court' to-day Hied the following .opinions: ' Lumber Co. vs. Cedar C4.i from Dare, reversed; State vs. Antwell, from New Hanover, affirmed; Hatches vs. ' Feson, rrora Duplin, affirmed; Dowry vs. Railroad, from Wayne, affirmed; MpCoy vs. Railroad, from . Brunswick, error; Tarborough vs. Banking Co., from Cumberland , affirmed; Perry vs. Hackney, from Chatham, affirmed; Cherry vs. Power Co., from Chatham, affirmed In both appeals; wan vs. Wall, from Anson, affirmed; Mc Kethan va Blue, from Moore, re versed: Ledbetter vs. Cotton Seed Co., from Richmond, per curiam, affirmed: State vs. Hough, from An son, per curiam, affirmed; Rowell va Little, from Union, pen curiam, affirmed; State vs. Scott from Union, per ouriam, affirmed; State vs. Little, from Anson, per .curiam, affirmed; Davis vs. Railroad, from Tyrrell, per curiam, affirmed Hobgood vs. Match Co., from Oullford, dismissed ander rule 17: Trust Co. vs. Bsnbow, from Guilford, dismissed under rule 17; Trust Co. vs. Battle, from Oullford. dismissed under - rule' - IT. Appeals from eleventh - district will not be called before Wednesday, Nov. 7th, a day after the election. The Supreme Court' In the cass of FHte vs. Cant well, from New Han cvr, says that special exemptions from Jury duty by firemen have no longer any force In the face of seo- tlon 1117 of the Rsvtsal, the only ex ceptions now being those under sec tion 1110, these being to active fire men and no longer to those who are honorary.' - r The mad dog which created great excitement here last night was chased Lall night and the police were notified kins nwrniiuj uisi suiuv uujrs in uif suburbs had killed him with a pitch fork. Several other dogs were shot during' the search. This morning all six of the persons bit were treated by a physician. One of them, a 11-year- old boy, la badl ybltten on tne arm. John King, a fireman on the Raleigh A Southport Railroad, was the. first man attacked; he wss bitten In the thlah. ' The doctor gave the patients anti-serum and cauterised the wound. He said no bad developments had been noticed.- but of course.- It could not be told whst might happen. Sev eral dogs were bitten and the' doctor notified the autnonties inat.ineee ought to be killed at onoe. , . - A , charter . IS evented Johnson A Johnson Company, Incorporated, Ral eigh, to manufacture brick. Paid-up capital stock 120.000. At Shaw University, colored, a large brick building Is under construction to be used for the Industrial work of the college, - at which . there are now 110 students, representing about ten States.' '-v- v "';.;.'-. The number of students at the Uni versity of North Carolina Is now 110, which breaas tne recoro. , Many im nrovements have been made and are being made and Thursday bide for the new library building will be opened. Your correspondent had a chat to day with Mr. William Moncura, well known as a builder of railroads In this and other States, and who Is now ar ranging to build the Blsden A North ern Rsllwsy. The builders will be tha Italian Lake Lumber Comnanv. the Indian .(as- l umber Company, which 'has secured from fifty million to one hundred million feet of atsnd a great deal of It virgin, 1n Bladen Jng timber, nearly ; an long leaf county. Mr. Monrure said It wss the best body of standing timber he hue yet seen in North Carolina. - Work on lbs road will begin very probably in i December. The part now planned Is 20 miles in length. , The survey has not yet. been made. He ssys It may go 40 or 10 miles. -It will not' be merely a lumber road but will be built in good style and will handle freight and passenger business. All the main details have been arranged, the char ter obtained, and the necessary mon ey secured. Free . labor wll moat probably , be - employed.-' - Convicts would be used If they could be ob tained, but Mr. Moncure says , It . Is very difficult to get them. ' . Superintendent Jen E. Ray ot the State -school for tha blind la la con ference with an expert in regard . to the exhibit of the- work of the blind which Is to be made next year umicr his direction at the Jamestown Ex position. ? ' Mr. Rsy has won - a very high reputation all over, the country IWhls particular department of work. The school here Is regarded as one of the foremost la this country. . STATE COLORED FAIR. ?v The colored fair is soon to' be held here and Its officers say the exhibits be above the average, As a general thine- it Is very v dry during the week of the white State fair and very wet durlna tha colored fair, and It came about a year or so ago that an old darkey here, on being asXad by some white friends what was the date of the colored fair, replied; "Do fus rainy week alter de white fair.",: FAVORITISM TO GRAIN MEN.. Probing by Inter-State Commerce Commlasioa at Kansas Reveals Numerous Violations of the Law Chicago Elevator Agent Testifies aa to Special Rates Granted by , Railroads. - Kansas City. Mo.. Oct II. Evi dence of favoritism to the manager of the Kansas City elevators Of the- Chicago, Milwaukee St Paul Rail way in reauoea grain rates, tne ex istence of a rule In the Kansas City board of trade threatening Its mem bers with suspension for dealing with "irregular" trainman. combination of members of that organisation to fix prices, and threats by grain deal ers' association to boycott boards of trade members who might buy from farmers and others against whom the assoclstlons had issued orders were some of the polntsvbrought out here to-dsy at a hearing of the interstate commerce commission. E. Wr Shields, elevator agent from the Chicago, Milwaukee A 8t Paul Railway and active manager of. the Slmonds-8hlelds Grain Company, of Kansas City, who was Instructed by tne commissioners yesterday to .re turn here from St Louis, proved Important .witness. Mr. Shields ssld he was in Chica go last fall when he was called upon to aavise about a special export rate on corn. He helped make a rste. ef fective several days later, then came home and bought cora right and left He shipped three and a half million bushels' ' of cTJnrvmderv thmtpeclal rate. He naa. bought more than a million bushels before other dealers learned that the reduced rate would be made. Commissioners Clarke and Lane will continue the hearing In Omaha ivraomiVi MISS SETTLE LOSES SCTT. ' New York Supreme Court Renders Verdict Against Young Actress Who Brought Suit Against . Com pany Frewrntlng "The CUasaMsn' for $11,00 for Dismissal In- dompeienoe Shown try Defendant New York, Oot II. Miss Marion Draughn's suit against the Southern Amusement Company for the recov ery of 111,000 because she was dis missed from the theatrical company presenting "Ths Clansman, came to sudden end In the Supreme Court to-day when Justice Blahoff directed the Jury to return a verdict in favor of .the amusement company, the court holding that the testimony given by the company to show that Miss Draugha was Incompetent to play a star role had not been con tradicted. Miss Draughn, whose striking beau ty la well known In exclusive South ern society as well as In Washington, is a daughter of Judge Douglas Settle, once regarded one of the most Influential ' Republicans In the Caro lines. 1. p Miss Drsuahn. whose real name la Miss Flossie Settle. Is a daughter of the late Judge Dougtas Settle.' of this State, and was formerly a rest dent of Charlotte. . . c CONFESSES TO MURDER. Edward K. Nichols. Theatrical Agent Kays He Killed Mrs. Margaret Les lies the Actrtes Attempt to Pawn Stolen Diamonds Leads to His 'Ar rest. ... Chicago, Oct St. Edward ', E. Nichols, a theatrical agent who was taken Into custody by the police dar ing their Investigation ot the death of Mrs. Margaret Leelle, the actress. who was found dead ia bar room at the Palace "Hotel, confessed late to day to the murder of Mrs. Leslie and to the stealing of diamonds valued at li.ioo from ner. , : ; . . Jrwo pawnbrokers ' Informed tha police to-day that Nichols bad been to them with diamonds said to have been the property -of Mrs. Leslie, be fore her deeth and which ware not found until It wss learned that tbey wers tn the possession of Nichols, The prisoner refused to say -a word regarding his posse as Ion of ths .dia monds when uonfronted by the pswn brokers. He wss taken to the oolire etatlon. where he made a confession. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS 11ESCMED Government V and , Itehef -; Fnrrra In Santo Domingo Get ' Togetlier Again Immediate - Disarmament Promised.-, '-'. ", , Washington. Oct II. The advices received at the State Department to day are to the effect thst negotiations for peace between the government and the rebel forces tn the neahbor hood, of. Monte Crist!, Santo Domin go, Which were recently broken off, have been resumed with every pros pect of success and that' the Im mediate disarmament et the rebels Is promised.': ."'..; P !',.,,;' ' ,.-, $50,000 rire la Savannah Savannah. . Ga OcL irir. which started at 1:10 o'clock this af ternoon In- the barber shop of j. h Burton,, colored, ba v(t Ttroad street caused a loss of 160.000. ut Vlded anions a doaen small store, keepere of the vicinity. The Union station was In Imminent danger for a time. II. Lsn and Pros, lost- 17.000 an were the chief losers. WOMEN MOB PABLIAIIET POLICE CALLED TO EJECT THKM Unnsusl Borne Attends the Onenin-r : of the British House of Commons ;, Women Suffragists Force an En trance to 11 all and Harangue Metu- , bers la Support of Their Move ., ment .Hysterical Shouting and t Screaming Draws Crowds and a ; Tumultuous Scene) Is , Witnessed Police Make Several' Arrests and Convey Their Prisoners to Nearest , Police 6tatlon., -' London,: Oct ll-Unuaual' excite ment In. connection with, the re- , opening of Parliament to-day waa caused by the presence 6f about 100 women suffragists, many of whom, despite the' protests" of the ' police, managed to -find their way Into the outef lobby ( of . the Hoifse . of Com-, mons with, the Intention of button holing the members In aupportT of fhelr movement .' A number of . the suffragists mounted vacant chairs In the lobby and began to " harangue the few members of Parliament present In that part of the House. The police after being reinforced, made a strateglo advsnce . against ' the Invaders, taking the ' women . singly,, and gradually ejected them, ene by one. The most militant of the '. women ' struggled so ' desperately that two offlcera were required te remove them. ' Their hysterical shouting and . ' screaming brought crowds 'of mem- bers from the House and the un wonted scene created temporary ex-'--' : cltement such as seldom has been witnessed tn or about the House. During the - height of the tumult , a small band of the staunchest suffra gists determined to attempt to break Into the House Itself, and as though.,' by 'concerted action this band sud denly charged towards the entrance , of the Inner lobby. . Some of ; the women tried 'to climb over the' bar- : rter and others attempted to crawl under It1'- ' '.-- ".:, .'- 'w- . A SCENE Or DISORDER , 0 ' ? For several minutes the - utmost disorder prevailed and the police had . all. they could do to eject the stem,' : determined women without utilising; the more vigorous means which would have been employed . In the case of men. - The women resolutely refused to lesve . the House without being ejected by force, clung tenacl- , ously. to the stalwart policemen, the. railings or other means of support, and offered strenuous, resistance to, expulsion, while shouts 6f We-wlli have votes!" and "You cowardly men . dare not give us Justice!" resounded through the halls. Finally the police 4 were forced to carry-out several of the women bodily and the struggling and' shouting suffragists were all DlUaaatary ; deposited la : the . patac yard. The police arrested several of the women and marched them off to the nearest police station. ' . AN ADJOURNED SESSION ; ., The reassembling of Parliament drewlarge crowds, desplts ths fact ' that the session was devoid of Im portance or the appearance ot royal ty. This was merely a -resumption of the' spring session. Ambassador - Raid, accompanied by Craig Wads worth, second seenetary of v' the American embassy, occupied a seat ' ' In the diplomatic gallery at - the House of Commons, Former Premier Balfour wae unexpectedly present -and received a hearty greeting from the opposition members. ,''. Joseph Chamberlain's absence Waa noticeable.. He la still nursing his attack of gout . r CARRIAGE BUILDERS MEET. Four rhousand Delegates - from. United States and Canada. Attend Thirty-Fourth Annual Session ia Atlanta D. T. Wilson, of New York City, President. , - Atlanta, Oa.. Oct 11. Ths thirty- fourth annual convention of the Car-, riage Builders' Association and subi ' ordinate organisations and the - first. . gathering of, the association ever. ' held In the south began here to-day with an attendance from- ail parts of the United States and Canada. eetV-, . mated at nearly 4.000 delegatea . President A. u. Hruntman. or cia clnnatt, delivered his annual address and, after the appointment of vart- . ous oommltteea, the nomination of the next president of the organl- ' satlon resulted In the unanimous se lection of Daniel T. Wilson, of Nsw York city, whose election to the po sition will be confirmed later. A ' general reception . waa held at the Kimball House to-night- , NAtWxAIi BANK CIRCULATION. Applications For Increase la Bank circulation to us Arteu upon. . Washington, Oot II. Acting Secre- , tary Keep of the Treasury, Depart ment announced that the applications . for increase ta the national bank cir culation under Secretary Shaw'a offer of yesterday will be favorably acted -upon In the order ia which they are ' received at the Treasury, '-t - It, however, the national bank should apply for an Increase of two , or three millions or even lees. It prob sbly would be necessary. In the Inter est of the smaller banks, to gran tha the application aa to only a part of ths sum asked for, and so extend -the privileges conferred by the Secretary's offer to as large number of banks as' possible. . 4 - -' : SOCIALISTS CONDEMNED TO DIE. Members of Sorlallsts Fighting; Or ganisation t miKKwnneo Ma y End la Strike In-Morrow,; Warsaw, Oct SI. Fourteen mem bers of the Socialists fighting organi sation, arrested Oct tnd. have been condemned to death by drumhead -courtmartlal. .' ; .. It Is expected 'that this action will result In a general strike to-morrow. The military authorities continue their domiciliary visits In the r-M-n-tlal districts. Thsy recently searched the ho of Count Krasinskl, the most pr,n -nent of the Polish natlonall.ita. Robbers Blow Safe ami Are Pin by Cltlaens. Guthrie. Okla.. Oct. JJ r. blew open the eafe of ttm i ' u at Sparks, Olla 10 mil this city, to-day. Thy . 1 -000 1 and escaped sru-r . one hundred shots wllh a ? cltlscns drawn to the scot-,,, i p!olnn. The robbfrt nr ! the Crerlt country i.iM-l.-. train ah e' ' h.tHii- b If ' i ! . L . 1 1 ;
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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