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r V .AY 6 v X r 1 SUBSCRIPTION PKICi: fc3.0Q.PER YEAR. - CHARLOTTE N. C, SATURDAY HORNING,; NOVEMBER 3, 1906. prici: five c:::;i, i:TURN TO WBK MONDAY MACHINISTS'" STlUIiU SETTLED. Wmre Offered by Southern Prior to valk-Out Apply alter Nov. 6 De mand for Uniform Advance of Two , t ent Ier Hour for M-hliilnt "1 i Oiio for Apprentice Ul no Aroi ' t:tnnl lrouilHly.l Who H. inalned aro tor Corn lone Work, , ktrtke-llreakcrii I-evliir, bu With' out Prejudice to Xlieir Kmploymcut .-',' by Company Klaw here. , . " WaKhlngton, Nov a. Th strlk of machlnUU on Ih Southern Railway . which' wu, inaugurated recently" for ' . . an Increase in.wagee wua settled to- , An amicable adjustment -baa been - reached with the committee of ma- ' chlnlets,. under which the strlk will be declared, off and the. men now on strlk Will return to their old positions Monday morning, ,yKov.l.'v. 6. ."without nreJudlce on account of the strike. The men who. ' remained ..with, the company 'are to continue . at , 'work. I Those who hav been employed sine the strike -will be retired : fromv the shops before . Monday morning, but : .; without prejudice as to their continu- ed employment by , the ; company tn ' other' plaoes, or as to. their, f utru " ' employment In the shops if seeded. Special Instructions will be Issued as . to i ho w ' to proceed ', with- these new - employe The wage offered by the ' company to the machlnlsta prior to , '" the strlk are to apply from Nor. Bin ao-1 tao companya proposition to . arbitrate the difference between that acale and the demand of uniform ad : -Vance of two centa per hour for ma chlnlst and one cent per. hour for '. ; apprentices, has been accepted and -.'. ' the. arbitration will bo arranged for '- under the plan and basis suggested by " the company a promptly aa practlo ' -.'.able. -rj:y':X.:W ;:Xs i'-A ; Thl adjustment took - place at a - conference la NeNw York to-day W- ' tween the Bon. Beth JLow,- chairman - conciliation committee; R. M, Easley, . ... chairman executive , council; Everett ; , Macy and . B. B. Donnelly,, member '. Katlonal Clvio Federation; th of . - ' floera of tha Southern Railway Com : pany, tha president of the Interna 1 " tional ' Association, of Machinists and tha local committee of . the' Southern --Railway, machinist .'-..V '.y ' : V AKBTTIIATI05 AGREED. TO. MacblnW Strike Sealed by Confer, no in -New Yorlc Yesterday Agreed to 8mbmlt Question to Ar- - pimwmob - ul en ue imu w.,nwi v Monday. .-. , v..." .;..-' M! fipeclal to The Obserirer. ; i' "-. ' ' ; gpencer. Not. Jr-The strike on the Bouthern Bail way ayatem baa been aettled. A telegram from . General . Manager. H. B.rpeaoer '-raoeived at Bpencee to-night aaya: "An amioabla adjustment baa been reached with the ' committee of Vnachlniata; by which : the strike will be decided off and the men on' strike will return to their old places on Monday morning. Nov. I th, without prejudice on account of the strike. The men working with the -.' company are to continue ' at work. ' Those who have been employed since . the' strike will be retired from ' the ' shops before. Monday- morning,, but ' without prejudice aa to their contln ed employment by the company in other places or as to their future em- 'ployment In the shops - if needed. The wages offered by tha company to the machlnlata prior to the strike are to apply from Nov. Stb end the com panya proposition to arbitrate the differences between that acale ' and the demand of a uniform advance of ' two centa per hour for machinists ' and one cant per hour for apprentice -hae been accepted,, and the arbitra tion will be arranged for under the plan and baala suggested by the com- pany, as promptly aa possible. " This . adjustment took place at a confer , once in New York Nov Id, between the Htm. Beth Low, chairman of the conciliation committee, A. R, Measly, chairman of the executive committee, . V. Bverratt - Mach and Mr. & B. Donnelly, members of the National Civic federation, the ofBcer of the Southern Railway Company, the prea- - Ident ef the International Association ,f Machlnlsta. and the local committee of Bouthern Railway machlnlnts." . - The news to-night was hailed with , delight all over the entire system of - the Southern Railway and la shared alike by employer end .employes. TO RECEIVE IMMIGRANT. STOP, . The Wlttektnd Schednled to Arrive at Char test on, B. C To-Day With aOO f i1 Aliens Jrrom Bremen Aboard , Charleston, S. C, Nov. l.Commls- ' sloner of Immigration Sargent, Com missloner-of Labor Kelll, Inspector raul, of Ellis Island, and a corps of Immigration Inspector arrived here to-day to prepare for the reception of the Immigrant ahip WltUkind. which Is' expected to arrive to-morrow with , too allena from Bremen. This will be the first Immigrant move ment through a South Atlantic port ' In half a century, and it is expected to prove of great Importance. . Many empleyera from various parts of the South , are expected here, to engage the Immigrants. v. : ' '' . : .11 ... c : . Texas Man Rreaka World's - Record ' r , for 1'lcklmr Cotton. , ' .. Waco, Texas. Nov. I-.-'Zeb" lohn .on. a yonnw man living near Martin In this county, olalms to hold the world's record In cotton plcklnir. in tne presence of 11 other pickers he gathered In one day- 1.1IS pounds of cotton and In the forenoon of , the Mint day, picked over 700 pounds. Xnocked Down and Prarged by far. .,V,. Philadelphia, Nov. With ' her Infant brother In her arms Jennie -'Donates aged II yearn, was struck by ', . a trolley car to-day In the southern etlon of the elty. - She was dragged 40 feet and both were dead when the car was stopped. The father . is a v prominent Italian cltlsen, '-;',' 1 . One Killed and Bovcral Injured. " Cordova, Ala, Nov. J. A swltvh ' Ing train on the Southern Railway wn 'wrecked near here yeaterday, killing Jake Davidson, the flagman; perhaps fit tally Injuring several mem ber of tha crew. - The trsln was thrown from the track by striking a , calf. ' "ao As"Ii!t Plnnilard Goes Over. ' - "'jiM-kj'r.,-' T-f.:.- Uov.. .fiwr .iThn pane. aff:iln-t the i!nl.(id Oil Company b.f. ii the 1 I rnl t'ourt here waa .' . yenten!.iv i i ; - I t the next term or court. The Indictment contains 1.141 counts. DR. DIXON AT CONCORD. Fill Appointment of Gov. Clenn Republican Rally Monday -Dlvcre iiappeninsa. .. t, t,.; 4... Ipecial to The Observer. . , ' " ; " Concord. Nov. I. The appointment of Governor. Olenn to speak here to-nlgnt was cancelled on account of tha lllnesa of k brother at Macon, Ja.. at whose bedside the Governor Is watching. The news that ha" could not be here is great disappointment to may strong ad mirers, but the metier lias Deen reme died in a great measure by the coming of Hon. B. F. Dixon. Mr. Dixon cam. In on an early truln this morning and went direct to Mount Ploaeant where a ... u ..b- tt m larae and en- thuelaetio gHtherlng of the faithful. RIs Boeach to-nlht Is being delivered at the court houae, and the euciienca is on- ui tha blKBeat that h turned Out to any polUIcif epeahltig, . Th.rs are many lu etics in the court room and "standing room la at a premium. ''-j "'i Kxudpa W. J. MontBomerydeUver r an address to the votere ai the Gib son Mill last night lie wa well pleas ed with- the attention, given him. - - On neat Monday the Republicans of the county will have a grand rail. They have advertised the meeting very large ly and anticipate a good , attendance. a.r..- ilia. fut inukHi In the H- publican party will be here and the day Is very promising from tneir newpoini. They are working hard -to capture Ca- narrus ana. are waving iro . ujuj Editor James F. Hurley has "made some great improvements In his plant at vThe Trinune otiioe. navmg rwaniiy added electric power and discarding -the bucking gameine engine, eno,wnay io atalled a foldlna machine. - - ; Mr. Georae It Butledge,- superinten dent of lights and water, la able to be at his ofiloa again after aa illness of several days. j '-. '. '. Rev. R. 1L Herring,, paetor', of -the First Baptist .church, , has announced that be will change the hour of worship on Sundays from 1:30 In the evening to 4:30 in Uie alternoon. Jie nas reoenuy returned from Beaiora, wnere ne assist ed in a, meatln. . i-.' . . Mr. Oarab H. Caldwell,, who baa. been with the Southern Express Company at vartoua places for the past It years, has accepted a - position - with the Southern Loan and Trust Company of Greenaboor. and began work in his new field y eater- oar... .-.x, ,.v . V- THE INDIANS WILL GIVE Conference Still on Between Col. Itodgerg and Maj. Grlenon, Bnt ln -i dicatkma Point to-Feaoeful SetUe- . moot -Iteports of Claab and Burn- . ln of O. W. Ranch Denied Chief , Vnkuakin Talks. 'j,--;-'-- . Sheridan. Wro.. Nov, 8. -A mea- aenger arriving at Arvaoa rront tne conference between CoL Rodgera and Major Grlerson and' the TJtea, reports that the conference waa sun in ae aton when he left, but the Indications were that the Indiana would give in. It la said that the miutarr offered to take the Utea home. ' Issue r rations during the winter and promised to take ud the Question of allowing tham another abiding place by next aprinar. A correspondent In the field -denies positively reports that there haa been a clash between tne Cheyennea and the soldiers. Fort ICeogh troops are now patrolling Tongue river valley, between ' Btrney and Ashland, i and have not seen any 'Cheyennea. 'CoL Aue-ur left Btrney to-day for Ashland Reports of the burning of a ranch building-' at" the "TO." W.Tanch re ceived here are' net credited, al though it la known that there were Indiana in that section. .' The Ute chief,-Appar, la reported deposed by his tribe because ne favored a pow wow with the troopa.-) It la aald he was supplanted by Black . Whiskers and Red Cap, wno ravor union witn the Cheyennea and offering resistance. The ute Indiana, now almost 400 strong,, and wlth1.100 ponies, 'are still camped on Little Powder river In Montana, SS miles northeast of More- bead. A messenger wno amveo to day at Arvada, talked with Chief Un- kaakla. whosaid: - 7 j "Snow-cornea, we go to see sioux pretty soon. - ; Cheyennea come not now. "'-. . . ' ? NINETEEN NEGROES RELEASED. Arreeted In Connection With Murder of Polloeman Heauxl of - Atlanta . -Twenty-Three,- Others -Held - for , Murder. , t. r .. i , . AtUntn. ; Ga.. ' Nov. ' 1. Nineteen negroes indicted in connection with the murder or policeman Heard during - the September ' riots, ware ordered- released by Judge Roan In the Superior Court to-day.-' Tha evl- dence against these defendants w. consldsred ' lnsufflcient to warrant holding ; them for - trlaL- Twenty three of the Indicted negroes Hinder arrest will be held for trial ,or mur der, and against these the evidence Is practically the , same as against Alexander Walker, who was given a Ufe sentence Wedneaday, . : . ; i ; ; . Ex-Governor Ayoock Speak at San- Banford. Nov. t Tha people of Banford and surrounding country en Joyed a speech last night ' at the ooera honee from ex-Governor C B. Aycock.-' He was Introduced by Hon. A. A. w, bewen, vemocreuo. nominee for State Benate from this district In a few well chosen words. The ex-Qovernor was at his. best and made one of the ' strongest speeches ever delivered here, dlscuas ing the Issues of the day, also making some fine points In regard to schools he waa frequently and heartily ap plauded. The ex-Governor Is a fa vorite here. . There were a number of leading Republicans present, many of whom spoke in the hlghoet -pralae of the speech. . - - , . . ' z Norfolk's . War Against Vagrants. Norfolk. Va.. Nov. 1 The move ment recently started by the Norfolk county - truck gardnera for the - en forcement of the Virginia vagrancy laws in this section with the view to relieving-the great scarcity of labor In the eastern Virginia trucking belt, In ' resulting In . numerous arrests. Many Idlers' caught loitering, about the country roads, stores and saloons In the city and suburbs have been picked' up knd sent to Norfolk and Portsmouth Jails. The great major ity arenegroee. -:-;- : Noted EiigllMh Ptillantliropist Dend. London, Nov. I. George Herring, the noted English philanthropist, who in the course of his life contributed large sums of money to hospitals and charitable institutions, died to-day aftwr an operation for ' appendicitis. He made his first money on the race couraes and subsequently became Identified with a number of large bus InTxe enterprises. Among his contri butions was oh last December to the Hulvallon Army of 1600,000 for, a home colonization acheme. ,, Ufe Imprisonment for rolHOnlnr Wife jritzg-erald, Ga., 'Nev., I. -Iteaaon Ifnndley, charged with polaonlng his wif, iwi convicted to-day of murder in the flrat doirree with a recommen "uiii of 'rhDKy od r.'i anteneed, to lifrt imprlMonitint. - liandley and rln' wlfd werrjirotnlnently conneoUid and h l .lit married only irup weeks when ilrs. Landley died.- i MUTINEERS' CHANCES GOOD rRJtSIDENT BIAV SHOW 'MERCY Believed to be . a - Strong Poetdblllty ; Tliat ' Roosevelt Will Commute to ' I4fo Iuiprlsomnent the Death Sen tence of the Negro Mutineers I'u ; neral of Mr. . Crow Kdnoatkinal ' Day at the Colored Suto llr Ob- .- served -Bnpt. Joyner Speaka337 " . StudenU Now Registered at Baptist VnJverkity tor . Women Dr. Butler on the Labor-Question..: ; j j , . 4 f '! r':i , Observer' Bureau, 1 . A j t ';The Rollaman Building, ' '.'' j ':'- j '4'": Ralelch. Nov.. IV It la learned In conversation with officials here that there Is strong pos sibility, of the -President commuttlng to - lire imprisonment, the death sen tence of the two negro mutineers now in Jail a Wilmington. The district attorney, Harry Skinner, prosecuted them with great vigor, but now pop ular sentiment at Wilmington Is very' greatly In favdr of a lesser sentence than deAth.:. These : prisoners have conducted themselves admirably dur Ing, their-long imprisonment. It la said that Colonel Skinner will soon go to Washington and that he will prob ably assent . o - commutation, which haa been so urged by the ministers at .Wilmington and other. - r ? ' ' To-day was educational day at the Colored State Fair.. The features of the observance was an address by Btate .superintendent James I. Joy ner. . Half a doxen college were rep resented by their student.'-: This af ternoon there was the annual foot ball contest between Shaw University ana Bt. Augustine's.- both of Raleigh, Th fair haa been a success in exhib it and In attendance, v- The ado- area, by Superintendent Joyner wa run or good advice. . He ' told : hi hearers' that their freedom brought with . it renewed responsibilities and that the future of the race depend ed upon itself. Other speeches war made . by Mayor ' Jarae . Iredell, . of Johnson, and. by .President Meserve, of Bhew University, colored. The at tendance at 'the fair to-day was the largest ever known on a, Friday. . ; : SCARCITxV.OF LABOR, .s " State Veterinarian Tart Butler say that- much' of the - scarcity of labor in this stat i due to th way things are managed, the last of , labor sav ing" machinery and of. the number of one-horse farms. He think th lat ter are very unprofitable and are a prm cause of th labor scarcity. saying mat instead or nree men, each working one horse, on man ought to work two. and thus leave th other man disengaged to do other wr He says that the following out of this plan would be found that th avail abl labor would be Immensely in creased i and he - declare that North Carolina would really have more la nor than many other States. Dr. But ler la "very close observer, and no one know- better than he 1 the re source of th State In an .agricultural way, both developed and undeveloped. The number of students at th Bap tist University for Women - to-day veacnaa. i 4Juringth year .a num ber of improvements have been mad and th largest orran In the State ha been Installed. Th total value of the property Is now stated . by Presi- aantvann to t.lloo.B0O. : s. ; Rapid work la being don on rail way to bonoa&e.Cartbag-and Pine hurst. 'The money I put- up Jointly oy - tn aoeraeen Aaheboro Rail way and th people of Carthage, th distance being about 13 miles.;. It la xpectea tnac tne worK wui De com pleted, by February,!. .-4 ; . . . ; ORGANIZED A JUCAQUIS : ' The various negro butldlhg and loan aaaociauons in this State, ten In num Br, nave organised a State league and elected James : B. Dudley, of Greensboro, president, and. Dr. M. T. rope, or itaJeigh, secretary-treasur er. ;.': v - s :v M , u This morning th funeral of Mr. Clinton G. .Crow, was held from' th Presbyterian -church. : Yesterdav morning at . . o'clock n waa found dead In bU "chair at hi horn. H wa a native of Petersburg, Va, and erred tn the army In that Stat. HI wire 1 a sister of General William W. KirKianaw of . th Confederate . armv. - All the preliminary arranxeraent are being made for the taking over of tne ' inter-sute Telephone Company her by th Bell, and th Chang will b fully made by the end - of -this month. The Raleigh Telephone Com pany, which t declined to be nur- chaaed, 1 pntUng in 210 new 'phones ana mncn caoie. - , One yonnr man ha been convict- d her of killing partridges out of seaaon and this violation of the law con nim . . - ... . COAL FAMINE! AT. SPARTANBURG. Vmm to Car Shorts re on Ronthern toaa notion Mill and Other i-ower-f mng txmcern Will Have to rnui uown unless Melief I ; Soon a-xmnooming, y;t.. Augusta, oa., , Nov. J. A' special from Spartanburg aaya a serious coal famine, due to. car shortage on th Southern road.' Is spreading over th entire piedmont section, and K unless. iimneuiaie reiier can e gotten there Is danger-of cotton mills and other power-using . concern . of that section being compelled to close down, throw ing thousand of people out of em ployment. President Calvert, of the Drayton, Mill, says coal la nead.d by his plant now, and unless the orders outstanding can be filled In a week the mill will hardly be abl to run. :-',,-.y-.'. '--:., .-v.- Tb reason assigned for tha an.i. ing conaition is mat . th Southern roaa l declining to receive further shipments from the mine in Tenne. e for the reason that adequate fa culties ror nananng tn coal are not available, Thousands of - cars are how tied bp along their Hues. - President. McEowen, of the Soar. tanburg Railway A Light Company, Is reported to be In dire straits, and may be forced to cut off parts of tha current furnished. : --.--, . - ,i, '-- : Formaldohyda Found In Pullman Milk Greenaburc. Pa.,' Nov. - 8,J-fiijrten Informations were mad to-day be fore Alderman J. F. Realty aralnat the Pullman ' Palace Car Company, charging it with serving and selling milk and cream that had been adulterated with formaldehyde, on its dining cars. The hearing ha been set for next Thursday. .. Negro Pays Penalty for Murder at i Beaufort, S. C. . ilumbla, a C.f" Nov. J.Wllllath P.onnett; -eelored,' vsr '"StanssiS ...! UHiifnrt to-day for the murder of a white man, named Havrey, on Ladles island last spring. if MASONS TO MEET N WINSTON. Grand Ixtde of North Carolina Will Iiy Coi-iit-rstoiie of New Maeonlo v '1 einplo 'i'hureday Salarle of Io- : ucenien liaised. t . , Special to The Observer, ' 'Wiuston-Kalem, Nov. I. Th Grand Lodge of Masons of. North Carolina will meet In this city next Thursday to lay the corner-eton of the 'beau tiful new Masonic Tempi now in course of construction at th corner of Fourth and Trad streets '' Th corner-atone will be laid at I o'clock o. m. with 1 appropriate ceremonies of th order and it i safe to say that the exercises will . be: attended by a large crowd.- - All of the officers of the grand lodge and. othr members of the order are expected to be pres ent and take part in the ceremonies, - Misses May and Lucy Lybrook, who have been abroad for some time, sail ed from Southampton on the 17th. and will be home next week." Mlas May has been In Germany for some time perfecting herself In the German language, and waa. Joined by her sis ter several months ago and together they have been visiting th clue and points of interest soreaa.-- . Mr. Q. Paul Royer, of Loa Angeles, California, will return to the Mis sionary Institute at Nyack. N. Y, next week, where he will complete his course In that institution. Mr. Royer haa been pastor of the Four Fold Gosnel church In this city. Rev, Marvin Hester, of Durham, who haa aerved a missionary In Porto . Rico, will succeed him in this city. City Tax Collector Farrow make th. following report tor October: Cornortatlon tax for 1005, 11,000: special license, ll.08I.lt; sidewalk account. IllS.fO: total, tl.0tt.7t. ' Mrs. T. C. Myers, of. Yadkin county. waa here . this morning from Rich mond. V.. where eh has been re ceiving treatment in a hospital. She oee home greatly improved in health, , Two years ago thla morning occur red th Winston reservoir dlsaater, which resulted In th loss of nine live. Injury of aeveral people and destruction of several buildings in the northern nart of th city. The break ing of th reservoir eoit the city ef Winston over: izo.oov oy oamage suit, etc. - ' - - The Winston aiaermen, in regular monthly session last night, voted to Increase th salaries 6f the policemen from 1 51 to 0 per month. A prop osition to borrow 1100,000 In bonds for the street Improvements was mad the subject of consiaeraoie aiscus- slon. Th mayor appointed a com mitt to further investigate the mat ter comnosed of Meaars. W. T. Brown. Norfleet and Galloway. THE CRAPSEY CASE UP AGAIN. Two Session of ' Ecclesiastical Court , of Review of second Department lteaume Hearing Behind - Closed - Door Secretary of Court "Would Have Nothlns. to Sajr a to Proceed- . BT. -, ' ..v - i -t. f vJ . New Yrk, Nov. 1 f accleslostl cal court of review of-"th second de partment resumed to-5'y, its hearing of the appeal from th decision of the diocesan court tn tn jjiocea of western , New - York, which convicted Dr. Algernon B. Crapsey, rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal church, Roches- , 1,1.HVI fcg - .. . Two sessions were neia. to-asy oe- hlnd- closed door. V Later In the af ternoon - adjournment was taken to Nov. .4Y next, when It la expected a decision may ne nanaea aowp. . The court consist -of Bishop. Scar, borouah. nresldent: ReV. Dr. W. R Hnntlnrlnar raetor of Grace fchurch. thle city, canon, John R. Uohs of th Cathedral of tn incarnation, uaraen Citv: Rev. A. B. Baker, of Prince ton,- N. J- and '.Former Chief Judge Charles Andrews, or. in t;ourt or Ap peal in New York; judge rreaeno Adams, of Newark, N. J., and Jamee Parker, of Perth Amboy, N. J. All wer present to-day. ; . -l have nothing to aay." said Dr. Henry Anatlce. secretary to the Kpts eonai Hon of ' Delerate - and c- retary to the courV to-night "There Is nothing to be aald about our de liberation. The court la compelled by canon to Bend the decuion it reaches to Bishop .Walker la Buffalo, hefora it l mad bubuo here, i nis is a regulation tnat cannot n aorogat- TAME REPUBLICAN RALLY. Blackburn Speak at ' TaylorsvlTle, Hut Refuse to Diviao Tim witn Harkett -Crowd Not aa Largo a Kxpected. . . r ' Special to Th" Observer.'. . .. TavhMwvllle. Nov. I. Th rgramd RDubUcan mlw" with Thomao, Set tle and Snencr Blackburn a - th oentral flsrurea whluh wa advertised to cak Place her to-day, proved to be a bun affair. Mears. R. N. Hack- att and W. W. McSwan arrived tvare early thla morning and Mr. Hackctt mad an effort to gc siackiburn to idavld time with htra, but Blackburn's friends refused to carry .Bhvclcbum th maasag aakXng for a division of Um. , Biaokbum declined to mak an appointment with Hackett for a fcnnt debate : nere to-nignu , uotn Hackett and McUwen - wer present when Blackburn spoke and ' Black burn's ' speech wa noticeably mild and .taone,-After the .- speaking h went to th hotel, taking a wide car- outt and esoorted by friend. Th orotwd wa not as larg waa expected. :.i ' A." Mr. Hackett left here to-night for Wilkes county to' fill aa appointment MUNICIPAL REFORMERS ! TO, Tlx) Borough Council of london r Once Again the ureac tKronghold of Torylxm. i, ,::-. .. --.v London. England, Nor. 1. Th tri ennial electlona of th , London bor ough Absolutely Wiped out progress- whelming victory cor tne municipal reformers, who lnom of th bor ough absolutely wiped out progres-s Ives. Th . victor Wer , fonmerlyl known aa moderaM and represented th unionists party "and the rogrea ives include th Liberal , and Labor partta.- . . '.; v : 1 , ' After several year or t-rogreswiv regime, during which, It i contended, the taxes wer Increased o abnormal figure In consequenc ' of th hug expenditure, "Including palatial workhouses.:' Turkish - bath for th workmen who did not us them, and clubhouse and other similar muni cipal ' luxuries, th borough council are once un inv rmi suxmgnoia Of Toryism. - .- In London th Iibor party candl- States sortn to have fairnil even "wore than th Progreive. but they made mall gain In th province. ISI.liop GalUiwny Ijoi rove. ' Jackaon. MIms, Nov. 8. The con dition of Blahop'Uailowav continues t show improvement. 'Vhi . rhysl- ant jny, however, lhat the hlahno la very (tirit and thy- 4ovr.advH)d Mm retire ror a wnw rrom an minis- erlal work. 1 BKYAN UBGES DEMQCBATS THEY SHOULD SUPPORT HEARST Published .Letter. From Nebraskan to , , Bird B. Coler, Borongh 1 Tee 1 dent : of Brooklyn,' Aronsea Fresh Interwtt v In v Coming - Election JbUngs and i Queen Counties Scenes of Politi cal Activity To-Night Hearst Scheduled for 1S , Speeche ' and ! Mughes' Tssk Equally as Btrenuoua DemocraUo Candidate Forced to .Rest During- the Day, ,. -i.'Nw "York, Nov. - J.-Echoe ' of yesterday's development in th politi cal situation In this Btate wer heard on every side to-day In the comments of political leaders on th Richard Croker Interview and th speech of Secretary Of SUte Root at Utloa last night , Fresh Interest was aroused by the publication of a letter from Wil liam J. Bryan vvto Bird S. Coler. borough president . ' of Brooklyn, In which the writer expressed th hope that ail Democrats would support William R.. Hearst for . Governor. These things and the further fact that CharJes B. Hughes and. William K. Hearst, the candidates for Governor on the Republican and . uemocrauo ladenendenca -. League . tickets, . : re SDeotlvelv. were f once mora on th stubbornly contested ground of th city, of Greater New York, .brought the political Interest to a fever pitch. . .To-night Mr. Hughes and Mr. Hearst gave their attention to the voters of Kings and Queens counties, both mak ing whirlwind , dashea from plac to place In order to carry out in u talla of th long programme mapped out , for them by ; their respdcUve oampaign managers.. - Mr. Hearst waa elated to speak at It -different meeUng In Brooklyn, Long Island City and Queen county, while Mr. Hughe night campaign called for equally as strenuous work. Beside meetlnaS "arranged for the two gubernatorial candidates, both parties held " numerous rallies throughout Manhattan - in ' th . in tereau of candidates for ' lea Im portant office. Everywhere there were crowds to listen to th vartoua speakers 1 and ' political enthusiasm reached th highest pitch. HUGHES, TO NEW YORK CITY. Mr. Hughe left Utlca early to-day for Now York city. En rout he made stop at Schenectady, CaUklll and Newburgh. At the former place he mad three speech, on In a ban and on each at the work of th two larg Industrial concerns, where h spoke directly to many thousands of worktngmen, appealing, to them to support hi. party In th - coming election. Reaching this city at o'clock h took but a brief rest b for entering lUpon the long list of meeting scheduled for to-night In Brooklyn' - and . Long Island. It waa lata in th '. night be for he - con eluded. Reviewing hi up-Stat cam palgn to-night Mr." Hughes expressed satisfaction at tho prospect of Re publican success and declared he was gratified "with th hearty support of th Republican organisation tnrougn out th State." ; He added that "the support of old tin- Democrats , was ipport - or - oia - tin uemooraw , wu robsbly th most significant feature t.th campaign." and i that It was aw simply "a question? of gelling probably of now ... th. Mia. . -, -s v Charles U. Hughe addressed three meeting In Queens . county and six In the borough of Brooklyn, to-nignt. In his sneeche Mr. Hughe covered much of th ground gone over In hi previous addresses, not railing to at tack the sincerity of hi opponent William R, Hearst and urging hi auditors to vot tor a safe, sane and honest administration of Stat affairs. - His first meeting was held at Long Island Citv. Mr. Hearst waa forced to rest dur ing th day because of th serious condition of his' throat after last night's soeech-making. H resumed his labors to-night however, and waa whirled about - Brooklyn and Long Island In an automobile for speeeches at many places, Hla flrat appearance waa at Watson's Theatre, Brooklyn. where an enthusiastic crowd awaited him. Mr. Hearst's vole showed th vigorous campaign up-Stat and when he commenced ni nrat aaaress to nlaht h found difficulty In making himself heard by tho In the rear of th theatre. A It wa artr I o ciocx when he tartd on- his round of meetings It waa not believed lat to night that h would be abl to carry out th progra -STRAUS AT HUGHES MEETING. One of the speakers at tha prlnct pal Hughes meeting la Brooklyn to nlaht wss Oscar M. Straus, who soon will become a member of President Roosevelt' - cabinet "How shameful, how outrageous, how unpatriotic,' - how treasonable, were his attacks upon the martyred President McKlnley. They are un naraleled In the hlatory of outrages against-patriotism.- And his attack upoa tn greatest privet ciuseu ox tha world, whoa name will llv In th history of our country as long aa there shall ;be a decent regard for sincerity and for patriotic devotion to duty upon our great ex-Preeldent Grover Cleveland have been shame ful, scurrlou, and have outraged every ns of deency, of fairness, and of regard for the chief magi trat of thl great nation." . readers at both nartlus to-night re newed their profession of absolute confidence In tne outcome or mes day's balloting. Timothy Woodruff, chairman of the Republican Btate committee, declared he was perfectly eatiaflfld with th prospect and pre dicted for Mr. Hughe a sweeping vic tory. On the other nana unenea r. Murphy, - leader of Tammany, reiter ated hla assurance .. that - l am many would poll It full vot for Hearat and that he was confident the Demo cratic candidate would be elected by a large majority. . -vt i . ' T .' -. -With failing voioe out aeiennanea spirit Hearst started out to-night to fulfill th program-mo mapped out for htm. . Wherever- the candidal wewnt h met with tnOvuslastlo ro ceptlona Crowds cheered his ap arnc at many places and other crowds that hoped to so tvm and did not' oneeieu nr nun - just - tne name. Mr. learat aerparteo irom m prepared speech in on instance to reolv to a question from th udl- ene about Murphy. Mr. Hearst said: "I went to tne uunaio, convention with, 111 votes outside of Oreater New York and Murphy noe no other bos would hav dared ... to i oppos me." 1 :- ' ,'. v.'" ' - Generally tnrougnout th evening Mr. Hearst pok subaantlnlly follows: v v , - . 1 - "I was attacked Ust night by. Mr. Croker, Who chitmed to represent Ijemocraicy and Mr. Root, whwo claimed to repr-Tit Itepuhlk-antsMn, I know nothing that ha tended more clearly to ehow th truth of my tat- ment that In thl oempaUcn corjiora tlon Democrats and cort oration Re. publicans Wer United 'id iHport .vt " th rporUon lawyer tt,h hd of th corporation ticket - v 'Mr. Croker, whose lc trust may or I drove out f offlce, ndorea Mc Carren aa a noble example, of. cor poration Democrat ' Mr. Root cor poration attorney lor the Metropoli tan' Traction . Company , In ; the Jak Sharp bribery oases, - and for 'th whiskey truet, the tobacco trust th steel trust the sugar trust th gas trUat, the' watch truet and th In uranc trust endorse Mr. Hughes, corporation attorney for th lighting trust the shipbuilding trust th New York. Westchester' and Boston Iran chla grab, and th sugar trust ' LIBELLOUS POST , CARDS.' ; "Last year ' Mr. Ryan ' Issued through ; Mayor , McClellan ;' postal card bearing tibeliou and Indecent attacks upon me jwblch the . United Btatesi government- stopped (In khe mall.. This year Mr. Ryan put forth thoae same Indecent and slanderous attack through hi corporation at torney, who . 1 sUU his faithful aer vltor though . In - publto offlce, and partly paid hir th popl. :- ;v y "It Is natural that Mr. Root who defended Boa Tweed, th most cor rupt politician of hla day, should Join haada with - Boas Croker, th - most corrupt politician of th present day, in support of Mr, Hughea It Is natural that Mr. Root who appeared for the Metropolitan Traction Com pany In th Jak Sham c cases, and who was himself accused of bribery by four men who testified under oath that h had given them money for their votes, should unit with Patrick McCarren, th professional briber of th Standard Oil Company, th gaa trust and th Brooklyn Rapid Transit to support Mr. Hughes and to oppose me. "I have said I ant proud of the enemies I have mad and I am prouder of none than I am of Ellhu Root Boss Croker and Pat McCar ren. - Mr. . Root objects to my op posing Senator Knox. . SCORES ATTORNEY GENERAL. "I have no personal hostility for thl man Knox and I do not think I hav ver.een or met him, but I do know , that I aent him documentary evidence that ' absolutely convicted the coal road of criminal combina tion and of crushing out Independent coal, mine owners, . and : h pocketed that vldenc and refused to act for two years, although his United SUte district attorney, . Burnett had re ported to him that thl vldenc sus tained all my charges against the coal trust and warranted their prose cution, nd although h recommended to Knox that, th government Insti tute proceedings agalnat these roads In the eastern . district . of , Pennsyl vania, (-'v,,' "I waa Anally compelled to proceed outside of th Attorney General's of fice end brought my avldence before the Inter-State commerce commission and before the InUrtnlnabl delay and Inadequate powers of the Inter state commerce commlaalon, I intro duced the railroad rata bill la Con gress, which the Republican party taka th credit for. I positively as sert tha th Republican party stole in greater part oi my,o)ii. ana tnai they would hav had a better btU It they had stolen all of It ' ; f MsVad-Hhee is my .answer ,- al t Mr. Root's .criticism- of my course 10 Congress. " v i t ; . ' t WILL MAKE , NO DIFFERENCE. - Several Tammany (district leaders declare that the cablegram from Mr. Croker will make no difference in their plans of preparing fur tha com ing election, i-1 . .-.'-. - George F. . Scannell said that he had been born In, Mr. Croker1 own district and that the. lesson the old chieftain was always preaching was on of regularity- i' "I was thunderstruck when t read Mr. Crocker's cablegram," aald Mr. Scannell. "I have Instructed my men to vote the straight ticket." Charles P. Murphy, the Tammany Hall lesder, to-day aald ha believed that neither President Roosevelt's sentiments, as expressed through Sec retary Root at Utlca -last' night, nor Richard Croker'e endorsement of Senator McCarren'e stand will affect the general result- of tha election. "The people's mind Is mad up,, said Mr. Murphy, "they -will vote for Mr. Hearst" .-'i HEARING HE.IUvT COMPLAINT , - j Members New York Board of Elec tions Appear -1 let ore Maaintrate lmddent VocrttU GIVe Mow-Im-' porunt . -' Evidence Adjpumment " Taken. r .. ;;- .i v : -- . New Tork. Nov. . The four mem ber Of th board of elections sppesr ed i beor Maglstrat Whitman to day tl response to summons and I aued M th request of Attorney De Witt for the Independence Lvague. In connection with charge that nomina tion petitions filed with th board by th league wer mutilated and ren dered void. "I learned." said President Voorhls, "that on Oct It an attempt, had been mad to separate sheets on pe titions, and next day I was Informed that the petition of Franklyn Qulnby, candidate for Congreee, was - handed out for examination, but when it wa returned It was not In the condition in which It had been received by the applicant and was- refused - by the clerk." . :. i-v.-f: - . H declared that the board -. bad taken all possible precautions to pro tect the petitions while they were be ing examined by the publla and that with the exception . of Qulnby, peti tions no complaint was made . cone cernlng th abstraction f page r th mutilation of petitions. ; , - President Voorhls' testimony was corroborated by th other ; -commissioner. . An adjournment until nest Monday was taken upon the request of Mr-Jerome. Whll making the request Mr. Jerom said he had in formation as to th Identity of the Individual supposed to hav been on-, earned In th mutilation of th je tttlona -. ; y'- l: ;'.'',',' V' ' BIIYAN'S LETTEIl TO MR. COLR Say II Would Move Gone to New York nail n i iiongnt aa imiHui -Speaker Could Hv Helped Hearst color iNcuire iieuer mioiiui ue Enough Ior All New .York Demo crats, w I .;.-.'.', - I . Nw York. Not. a. W. J. Bryan ha written a letter. to Bird & Coler, borough president . f Brooklyn, en dorsing th candidacy ' of WHUaam R. Hearst for Governor. . ;; Mr. Bryan s letter follows: "MV dear Mr. Color: -"I am very anxious to se linnrat elected and would h-ev oom to New York to help hln If I bad thouxht an -"utxl'le rp"ker would hav been kf 'hiMliitnni-et ... Fronn Ciidhtttlon however, he I rlng to win ho oui-'ht to. sixned) , "liRTAN." The porttun of th Kler not riven out of a perxonal tinture. "i'rl ' I ; "'i 1e4lnr htit! he rfi U f -'it -noTs'e i V, mnYHOLos the me:.:- 7, DEGREES, S MINUTES' NOKl :l Commander Robert K. 1'eanr, V I 'i j' Ue Roosevelt Fall to Reach Noru. iPoIe, Bnt Penetrate Nearer Tlin ftho Duko of The Abruul i:ip-,..-; tlon, Whh-h Held Arctic Record, fea ?, Degrees, S Minutes Peary Beyond ?, Six Day, and Returning' l'ariy Ate Eight Dog Rescued One of ; Two Supporting Parties la Slurtliis Condition Storm Incessant New York, Nov, 2. Th United States now hold th record of "Fur therest North" 17 degrees,' t minutes. Mfhls feat waa accomplished by Com mander Robert E. Peary of th Unit ad' SUtes navy., 7 Th intrepid Arctic explorer failed -'lo v reach th 'North Pol aa he bad Confidently hoped to do with his specially constructed ves sel, the Roosevelt' hut he penetrated nearer to th Pol than the Duk of The Abruxxls expodiUon, which had held the Arctlo record, ) C daTeea. 1 4 minutea What Commander Peary, did and hi experience during th past year are rather briefly out vivid ly summarised In a" communication received to-night by Herbert L. Brldgman. , aecreUry ef . the Peary AroUe Club. ThU communlcaUon followa:' ' : . :, v'1- ;'', v Hopedale, ' Labrador, via TwllUngati Newfonndland. N. 1. . Herbert L. , Brldgemen: r U' Roosevelt wlntrd ' North , coast r Grant Land - somawhat north Alert winter Quarter. Went north with aledges February via Backla and Co lumbia iayed by open water b- tween s , and IB , degrees. . Beyond 85 six days. Gale disrupted. Ice de stroyed Caches, cut off communlcaUon wth supporting : bodies : and drifted due east Reached 17 degrees, min ute, north latltada over Ice, drifting steadily -, eastward. - Returning ate Alttt KnM ttolA.JI . . Jl J.i. A .fcv. wiitwMu, uwaym by open water, reached north coast ' Greenland In stralghUnad eondltlona Killed musk oxen and tnrnd along Or eenland coast to ship. Two aup- nortin nartlaa drl-van nn nnrth Greenland coast to shlo. Two sup starving condition. After on Week -recuperation Koosovelt sledged west ' completing? north nut flrut laui and reached other land, near 100th meridian. Homeward voyage, Inc-M. ... sent battl with lc. storm and head winds. Roosevelt magnificent lc ' ; -"in w amnwh no aeains or ui- ns In expedition. , . (Signed),.? , ! - PEARY. ' ?f After furnUhlng Tb - Associated Press thai contents nt. Onnman- Peary report Mr. Brldgeman. aald that th receipt of any new from th explorer now was quit a surprise to .' him. because he had supposed It' had become tttn - lata -n th . m. -sin . ne Commander reary to send news of his ventura . There - was Httl doubt however,' he ' said, that Commander Pary waa coming horn f 1TOUNG ? DESPERADO ARRESTi:D. . . - ..- .- v .. . . . ...,,. Cleveland Btotork," a Young Man of Pleaslnjr Addrea Bat Sahl to be Ad. ' dieted to JEntering - Hooses - by ' Night-Time Arrested In Greensboro v Arrested Before But- Broke Jail Believed That Dr. Matthew Will " Vnrfelt ttoiuf. . i .. Special to Th ' Observer. " '. Greensboro, Nov. . 2. Cleveland ' uiaiocK, a yovmg desperado, rrom t Randolph county, was. arrested here last night for the second time within th peat ' few montha 1 He waa ar rested here' once arid carried to Ran dolph, but broke "Jail ond escaped,. He la a fine looking young; man and 'haa a most pleasing sddresa. ,H is alleged to have committed a' number , or burglaries in Randolph and threat en to burn th house of ny who AlM-MMlrf Kin. . ft M1A.J1AMM . . ft la luiH.if.rf V. v th aMm V ... that Dr. J. B. Matthewa th convicted -wife-murderer, will forfeit hi bond of 11,000 rather than erv a- n tence of Z0 years In the Stale peni tentiary. Hla father. B. W. Mat thewa f Durham, I hi bondsman, end Drr-Matthewa Is tb only son In th family, it I thought that the father- would rather pay li.000 than w amrw aim avn im Koitutr, GUILFORD- CAMPAIGN . ENDED. Connty Candidate and Caadldato for the Leglnlatiir at Greenaboro Iast Night Mr. Holt Denies Making; Re marks Attributed to llini. . Special to .The Observer. . . - .. Greensboro, Nov, t.Th ' Demo cratic county.', candidate -and th nominee for - the State Leglalature closed thecampa Ign of the county by to-night The , , principal apeerh-a were made by Prof. J. Allen Holt, candidate for the Senate, and Mr. 1-:. J. Justice, candidate for the Legis lature. Mr., Holt replied to some of th chargea t, mad by prof. O. P. Frasler, th - Republican Senatorial t candidal here on night thla week. Mr. Frssler charged that Mr. , Holt aid that If a Democrat were to bo elected president two year from now that th - Messra Holt would not make th contemplated Improvement on their ohool property - at Oak Rids. Mr. Holt ' denied moat em phatically, that h had made such a statsment. , -: i-v- .,;., .-. . ':'- ; v .. Senator Overman at Shelby. Special ttf Th Observer. , Shelby,' Nox. t. Thl ha been rally day for Democracy of Clevei.. county. Senator Overman' dell vn a masterly speech In the court hou. which wss full. He spoke olmo.-t entirely on national affairs. - Th Senator 1 certainly an enter taining vpeaker, and held his audi ence for nearly two houra .lit H anguln Of Democratta siurrus f entire ticket in thU State. Clevel-m t will roll up a big majority on Tu x day. Keep your ears bren f,r t! returns from Cleveland TucsH, night ; c ; Stuia A for Independent I Imagln that they are going t the a vie of th plrnlkal In the old predtoj-y poiit.lil ? They will. I think. bef.r i thin-lve why It Is th-.it rvi-v ing honetkiary ' of 1::;t v 1 Vomniervlitall ' I'l 1 now bitterly an 1 by 1 to Mr, 1 Ifu r t, "Mr. Hoot- t ' 'i I will. I thii k. J,,- i" :-. r-niln,1- n nft'"; t) Mil- I 1 , ! ...; y,..v. - A -. i't t 1 It."
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