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:( I V ,,- .-rv. VI. 'u;;.i J. SUBSCItlPTION PRICE $3.00 EltXEAR. CIIAHLOTTE, 1ST.; C, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1906, PRICE HVE CENTS. 11 - n . I j -5. A V U 2 KOT SAFE TO BET AIN THEM WHY NEGRO SOLDIERS MUST CO A.-tlni Secretary , Oliver : Declares There Are Jlou In tho- Three Com ......1..- l. Turontv.KifUl 'III funtry Who Aro Criminals of -the went Gives Them the Opportunity WV to' V shoot Up'! Apotlter Town- It Jsy A'otld Bo hi an- Indefensible Po "eoF 1 . . c.t m flirt wuoft iim uKir.is. v:.r"" : Airr jrviMt nuu ,uv.. , - .1 . V Washington; Nov, ."Xl.rrhrea ..nalilu f , ' TwjantV-fffth I-, In. fantry were ordered discharged' be- cause it Is not safe to have them in the armyv ' They, cannot (e trusted Af tVi niihllo and the preservation of the discipline f . tne army, ana uneir om;uis m essary," Acting Secretary Oliver, ; of the War Department, said, to-day. "Tbe idea seems to prevail that tbe men -were: ordered a discharged "' be. cause they refused to t tell on their - companion and "because they were black. ; Nothing could be; further - ' rom th truth.. .,' . ' "These soldiers shot np town. All of them refused to tell anything . about the disgraceful affair at Brownsville,- 'which ' Resulted; In mur der. The companies axe shielding ' the murderers. ; There are men In the , companies who ate criminals of the r - worst sort. Every effort possible has been made by the War Pepartment to ' find1 the guilty men, but without avail, r If the companies were permitted to ; remain .In the service and Twere to shoot -suiother -town and - again -en-. danger the Uvea of clUsena the War Department would be rln, anlnde ' fsnslble -position. It la Impossible to court-martial each of the men In these . companies, for a charge 'cannot ' 'be preferred against every one of us , membera of , the company. - The gov ernment has no mean of punishing " the crime -committed except by-dls-charlna; aljl h men. . .y . ' J P Fori Reno, rOkla.; Voi'J i ..-rTb first discharges of the colored troops ' , at Fort Bene were made to-day when , IS seldlera wsre paid off and given traasportatlen to, their homes. -ri Twenty-five or II men wiU be dls- charged each day as the rolls are completed, unUl all of thethr com panies fths Twenty-fifth Infantry have been dismissed. v. v, v . . .VJt ti' Ihsj.IJfocedliifa, 4; ' Waahlngton, KoTll.ActUiB nn s der orders of 8eeretary TfVlor N General Aalosworth. the, military sop retary, Tata to-day directed that far ther dUchargea of he menjot the threa negro co"mpanleS of the Twenty ' flfth Infantry, on : aoeonnt of v the , shooting at Brownsville, Tex be sus pended pending further orders. The ' action. It is stated. Is pending further ; advlcea . from ,'Prssldent . Boosovelt. . Vho has been communlcatedwlth -on " the? subject r':.h Negro Preachers FIlo rroteata. ,r New fork. No.' Ml.-Resolotlons - disapproving the action of President ' Roosen'Wdlmfsslnavfrom,,. t4 ' - army -without honor three companies or negro soiajers was were mwiuwi Sf the Twenty-fifth : Infamy, -were! .jinM 4n.rin.v h, in , om.nlu.tton known as the "Colored 'Baptist Mta : int f Greater New. York and VI- clnlty.? ' . VI The resolutions declare that-fro mu ' was taken basUly and the "whole bat ' talion .was dismissed for not peach " tng on their comrades when it la not ' known and has not been clear that : - they knew anything of it." Resolutions disapproving the action of the. President in dismissing the - negro troops also were adopted at a meetingrof the Inter-Denominational . Colored - Preachers to-day. It was decided to call a mass meeting at an : early date at Copper Union to protest v against the President's order. KILLED Bf FIGHT WITH ROBBERS v Chicago Polloeiwan Loses His Life v ; . A Brother Officer Mortally Wounds , One of HW Assailants Gang, Led By an " lCx-Convlct, Blow baf In ' Hammond Grooery Store, - Chicago, 111, iov. II. Policeman Luke Fltspatrlck Is dead and Charles V ' Hanson, an ex-convlct, dying In St. .Bernard's '.Hospital as ths result of "V JuTM wnicn tooa place, ettriy i i wuu w... . -ow. . t 1 .7a the station -elevated road at I$d4atrnctlono from ahe 5 r l . . . i . I MimmiHiAii. . ThHM deoartments Will ' -, . Hanson and a companion last night - entered grocery store in Hammond, Indiana, blew open a safe and escap- - -ed Vita, several hundred dollars . In money and negotiable papers worth v considerable sum. -.-; ,--.-Later the robbers boarded an eleo " trio car bound for Chicago and the ' conductor, -who bad heard of the rob ; bery, being; suspicious of them as soon as the car reached Chicago, Informed ' Uffloer Fltspatrlck, who was standing h near the foot of the stairway leading 'up to the elevated station. ' The robbers had already mounted . the atalrs and FlUpatrlck . and the conductor followed thorn. ' ' FlUpatrlck ordered them-to halt . and they- at once opened Are- on him. Fltspatrlck was struck ; several time and fell down the stair, v ' After reaching the , bottom,- how ever, he emptied hla revolver at Han son, who ran down the stairs In an effort to escape. . , . . Hanson fired several more shots at the ofneer, r -FlUpatrlck died In short Ume, - , ! - Policemen Birch and Wilson, who had heard the firing between. Han- :-,son and FlUpatrlck. hurried up lust a Hanson was running away.; Birch : shot - Hanson through th back. In fllctlng a fatal wound. .tr f i" ,A,'rHOS...P RYAN VLAX Us Gives Out a Statement Explaining ' His Rctlrfitnn lYom the ,Dlreo- y a tones -OI .Ittuimnan mna yum -'r- norations wnn nuira ( aie uu Iieea Connected.,-')''.'"; -,y;:i;. : ' New ' YorkNo.J'l'.i-.Thomai F; Ryan, the financier, said to-night: I have resigned from the directories of a large number of railroads and other corporations.' xay aqcumuiat ; ing lnteresta and responsibilities ren der It impossible for me to attend so many district - meetings - snd the ' properly discharge of my obligations 'to the stockholders concerned. "I have also reported the eoncln slon that I can best serve the financial ' and fiduciary Institutions with which I am associated by severing my con- .. neotlon with - industrial corporations with which .they necessarily have . close contact. ; I .hope - and believe that ths decision which I have made will prove to the advantags of ail the Interests forawhkri-' myrrlendr old ' me renponnlble- and of the gentlemen with him I have of long been asso ciated In the various corporations from whose hoards I have resigned." '",' , ' ; ' - ''-V -' Ilonrvr Alabama I'ditos JDead. '." Dothsn, Ala., Nov.l. T. K Wll !,,'.r?,; j"Hildpnt of the Third Nallomi.1 Hunk her,, dld to-dny 6t atipnple' )in established the first newspaper la ' tbl fit. ' ' .-' : CHANGES ON" THE SOtmCEIUf. 11 fiintMM T3iniffii Knperlntendcnt of tlio latrrn Dls- we .aw i rri nil x.-v.vi - itjvi lUi Headquarter at t nar i lotto Mr. C. .H. , Aokert, Fourth iVtaa Piwillimt tt lVrfurm IHilloS of " .General Manager Otiior mange oi interest. v WMWnton. Nov. . , Jt .--Beveru important changes la the offlclal force of ; the Southern Railway iCompany Washington, are announced ti-davr to take effect 1 immedlatalv. r?. Tt.- Aekert. fourth r .,,,-"-. - vice president, ,nereaer win, ytnurm the duties oi general manager. . wis office will continue to be ""at 1J00 Pennsylvania avenue,' WuWwton, D. C. .'; H B, Spencer fls ' appointed lath vice nresldent In a-eneral charce of . the teonstrucUon 5 and porckaslnc departmenta,. . v, , " . w" ;',The JInea east and,outh' of Harrt man1 Junction; Nashville,;' Chatta nooga,' and , Memphis vWba operated In fAnv Atrlftm with rcnaral n- perlnten'dent In' charge of each the districts to; be denned By the "fourth woe president and conceal ; manaa-er Announcement la mad also of thS fol lowing appointments to be effective to-morrow . v & , xi uupmu, gener al superintendent, . northern . dlntrlct. ijoyall,' general superintendent, - east- ern aisinci, witn , auica UkVoanuiiai N. C W. N. r Foreacre,- general su- Mlnantan oul.rn 1latrlr.t. with vffloe at Birmingham, , Ala., and M. M. Kicneyy general . supormienaeut, middle" district, with' office t Knox vllle, Tenn. - -v. -'' .- - General Manager Ackert also ' announces-the appointment of J. 1 N. Beale aa .manager of .transportation with ' headquarters ' at Washington, D. C. : -ii 'v ' - vi A FACTTONAIt ROW 6ETTIJED. - Snmo Court of the TTnlted - States Decklee the Differencee- Between H the Two Factkma 'of the,"i Junior .Order In Virginia in Favor of That 5-Chartered by. the sute. v r;; - Washington, Nov. II. The i Su preme Court of tbe United States to day decided the conflict between the two Virginia factions of the Junior Order of United American Mechanic In favor of the faction chartered by the State of Virginia, and against the faction chartered by : the "-.national Mnnnll - Th, anlt Instituted bv the'eqwncil possessing a State charter wnicn nougat wj pwui m iiui., against the -opposing body. "The, ap. nllattnn. nmma mlltiul on the STOnnd that the action of the State Legisla ture' wnen granting- cnuwr wu n" constitutional. . The State courts Up held the- valldltv, of the act and their position was sustained by - to-day's opinion.' which, wsa delivered by Jus tice . Holmss, who, upheM the State charter on- the, ground that it . had the right to exclude foreign corpora tion One of r the polnu raised by the national council In the case wss that the-Lerlslatare had bo right ader the" aattoneJ toDstltatlon- U. alter - the constitution of the order, prevl-loos. tor ' the proton of which it baa aone ny omuung, tn for the maintenance of the Amerloaa school Tree rrom sectarian, wener ence, and the declaration favorable toBlble reading in schools, .v-,-. P--i 6HONT9 TO BJS SUPItESOC The " PresAdetit Makes ' Radical Changes In tbe Organisation of Af faire on the Istlunna Seven. New DeparOnent Created. ;. -nroVilntnn Km . 1 1 in order signed on the Isthmus of Panama by -. . . .1 . resident Kooseret- maaui . naiaii changes In the . organisation of af fairs of government for the canal sons was made publlo to-day at the offices of tbe commission. Tbe ,order gives to Chairman Shonts supreme authority over all de- workings of the commission in ac cordance with tne rresiaenvs views of controlling .the situation under bis plan to press the excavation . as rap idly as possible. The executive eom mottee of three ' members, each tbe head ef a department, : has ' been abolished,-and In Its stead seven 'de partments are created, and the chief or eacn Will repon xo ana receive in commission, , These departments will be nnder tne direction or jonn r , Stevens., chief engineer; Richard R. Rodgers, general counsel: William C. Gorgas, chief sanitary officer; D. W. Ross, chief purchaslng officer: B. S.1 Benson, general auditor; J. William, disbursing offlcer, and Jackson Smith, manager ef labor and quarters. - The President ,11 taker up the. question of the appointment of a new commis sion upon, his return to Washington. FOLISn: FtTTTLB STRIKE. ' Authorities DlsmA All Poles From the School Board One' Hundred ; and Slaty Prosecutions In strike Brealao, Prussia, Nov. 1 1 .One hundred and sixty prosecutions, re, suiting from the Polish school strifes are pending In ths courts of Pesen, Llssa, Ostrawe, Bom berg and Gene gen. J '' ." 'j ".T. ".;'. 'i,.i4 ' '.. 1 . .''.' The controversy has been more em bittered by the authorities VhsmlMlng all Poles from' ths honorary, scnool boards, t'i .?'sx,-,-rr;; School masters continue to apply the government's, policy In moderate spirit.-:.. v. ..'.;. V,-.;- '' i Beml-efflclal figures have now given the number of recalcitrants at C, 000. - i-;-',-J '').;-(. .; :; . No i Instance has bsst reported or severity towards the reoeltlous Pnlleh children, rvhose usual nmihni f, ills respect is to hum. with closed,. Hp while the German children are re citing - the catechism, "The - teachers being unable to discover the -offend ers. PopoH Preserve. Nail From Bomb as , - Souvenir., v' x , ,.-( f . ' " ' Rome, ,' Italy, Nov. j 1 1 The Pope has kept- one of the nails .which formed the charge of the bomb ex ploded In Bt. Peter's as souvenla of the explosion. ' Many messages ex pressing Indignation sf th outrage have been received Zy the : Pontiff, who expreSsed his satisfaction at these testimonials of sympathy. ; Vice Pmndont Goes to Flodlra,-" - Washington. Nov. 1? Vice Pres ident Fairbanks will )aare Washing ton to-morrow evening on the Coast Line for Tampa, Fla., where he will deliver art -address -at the-epehtrig ef the Florida Bute fair, of the JJd ln ter-State. y .--. f':.;'.;,'; Norfolk Wentern , to Increase ' Norfolk. Nov. ll.-t-The 'Norfolk sV Western Railway, beginning Decem ber 1st. will rrant sn Increase of ten per cent.. In the. ,,wgs to all -employes now receiving vu$ "Uiattf70O per. woatu, w- -;; " ' .' , -, V J''.:-''. NEWBEBBYNEGEO MISSING LTXCHING PROBABLx ,.'A SEQUEL Masked Men ', Overpower an . Officer v and Carry Off Mark Davis, Who Had Been Arrested on a Charge of Assaulting Two White Men With a , Sltot-tiun Negro . Worked - Small - Jarm -as Tenant and - Qnarreled "; With Whltp Men Over the Division of a drop of Corn Fired on White ien i When They Attempted - to h 1 tiather the Oon and' lint tn the ' .Columbia, a" Ch Nov. ; II. A spe cial to ( The? State, from "Newberry says: ;V SjA '; v -'V 1 ;'v"...l''' 's'l'It'.ts feared -that Newberry- county baa. been disgraced by1 an utterly fn sxcusabla lynching, '' It la certain that a negro under arrest has disappeared. He was In , the custody of the" eon stable who had captured him. and was being brought " to; the' .NewbeiTy ; jail when ha' was taken from the hands of the officer by a mob of masked -men. l w; H. Ilendrlx, a whlU farmer of the Domtnlck aetUement. . about II miles. from N wherry, 'was the renter from Will- and Ale Dorroh. . white men,' of small pleee of land. s-' c r-, A: negrov . Mark Davis, worked the land, on shares for Hendrix, who was afraid . that he would, not gt-hl share of the corn if he left the meas uring of It to the negro. , He asked Davis to gather Jt and carry it to his (Hendrix's house for division, .-The nesrro ' - became angry and . declared thatfb would hjot gather the. crop. .- : ;;;,' ? FIRED ON BT NEGRO.-;V;"f About noon' on Saturday- Will apd Alf Doroh drove to the cornfield la a wagon to gather the corn, .They found Davis In, ths Held. -The negro resented their coming and fired, at them with a slngle-barrelsd mot-jrun. The. shot rattled on the wagon .bed but neither of the Dorrohs' were. hit, They -returned the fire and tba negro ran.away i. ?.";(, . - r i- ,.., -. Later In the afternoon Magistrate J, B. Smith, upon the' Information of the Dorrohs issued a warrant for tbe arrest . of Da via. . Constable Tatjcty Floyd, with a posse went In search of the negro and readily fdnnd him. ne at rested him, put. him In his hurry and started for the Newberry Jail. At Smyrna church, .about five miles from Newberry; a party of mask d men suddenly leaped from the. hnshes on the roadside, surrounded the baggy, overoowered the offlcer,- took the ne- To. from , him and carried him with mem. , i no wora was aone rapiaiy and In sllsnca. , , '. f v NO VERDICT FROM, WQTJJEST. Two Jnrlea TnveaUsato Death of Iioyd and Kelnry , Wlthoet. , itnrnmg Verdict hy Mldnlght-ldcnoe Against Work Train Ctvts-. " ; . ' '... v Obswnrer Buresft. , 13d Mai atreet . CoTumhla. 8. Cr Nor. M, ' Two Juries mder the eoroees a Dent stl of this evening tn Inquests . ver tae bodies erXJoyd and Veisey, th. traltv men silled In tbe ootllsloe near Dents, Saturday' stornlng.- but at .midnight no verdict has been rendered. -. , Th position of the rallrosd etrktlsls Is that the accident wsa the remit of ths erew of th work train misreading th order which specially, directed them to look out for this - southbound freight they rsn Into, while" the position of the other side Is that the erew was confused with a multiplicity of orders. Th -trend of the evidence supported the position that the accident was due to th work train erew mlsuaderstaadlnr or over looking orders. - Members of the south- Douna mtin crew ueanea to- me raui that Conductor Triplets of the work tin, pulled out iris orders arter tn accident and asked tnst they oe reaq so show that he "had orders for straight shoot to WJnnahoro,"- but that whan they war read It was show the orders were to look out for this - southbound train. A copy of this order delivered to th southbound erew wss Introduced In evidence. None of the three Snjured surviving members of the work - train crew were able to be present- so th evidence wsa more or tees one-sided. Attorney W. H. Newbold.-of Chester, was present at th bluest in the Inter est of Kelaev. ' Be talerranhed rester- dsy to the Gfreernor asking that tbe solicitor be notified to be presetit with a view to Instituting criminal action if It war shown that the accident wss due to carelessness, nut tne eoiieitnr. though he wsa in the city to-night, did not at tend the tnauest. . prSAJOTY THAWS PLEA. Three Alienist Enraged by the Do rr nm Ray ITo Was Insane When - Ho Killed White. New TorlcM Nov. II. That Harry IC Thaw was Insane when he shot and killed Stanford White in Madi son Square Roof Garden Theatre Is the expressed .pinion of three alien ists who examined the prisoner at tbe' lnstanoe of his counsel. Their reoort to this effect ' waa mads to Clifford W. Hartridge, ohlef counsel for Thaw, to-day. -u The report does not say that Thaw la insane at the present itlms. ..u. ' Th unanimous opinion of the ex perts is that Thaw always has been of neurotlo temperament and they report that they have found In the hlatonr of his Ufa that he from time to. time suffered-spells of-amotions! insanity.-...' ' ...,:,..-,,.,,-. . , The report or these experts on the mental .disease appears to show that Thaw's defense will be-- emotional Insanity,. ,.. 1 ;; :-TOWN. SUTTERa, BY FIRE.'; -'. Prartlcally th Entire Business fine. tton oi rayetto, siisa., ioatrorea Detajla Dimonlt to Get, -( , . ' , Jackson. Miss j ' Noy. 1 1 1. Practi cally th entire business section of Fayette, Miss., was destroyed ; by fire to-night, which haabeen burning about two hours, entailing loss of about 178,000, partly covered .by In sursnoe. ; . "' :-, T The Ore originated in McOlnness' Cafe-about 1:10 o'clock, which was destroyed, th flames spreading to the adjoining buildings rapMly. . - The telephons -exchange was1 de stroyed and the Western Union wires burning mages it aimcuit to get e- n . HOTEL . CLERK A SUICIDE. W, . Freenuin,' l Years Old, of At- , innta, . iniiajcs ikhij io ' ue ... Kent to ttnoxvllle. . p - - . ; ; ' Atlanta. Nor. II. Will '. Free man, 41 years ' old, - clerk at ths Msrlon Hotel and formerly 'filling a similar position at Knoxvllls, Tenn., died at his residence here - to-day. Irfr. "Freeman wss found 1h art uflcon sirlons rondltlon In his room last Hat urday morning, and a tubn attached to an open gas burner In the room suggested the ' Cause. Physicians worked in vain to sav his lift, but death came to-day. The verdict of tbe coroner's, Jury found that death resulted of . asphyxiation from gas, taken with suliidal mtnt. The re mains wti bo- rent, to Jiuoxvllj for Juterment, .' . -'i-. ,, ' FOR INTEExNATIONALPEACE .'v' s . ii.. ... i '-.-,., j . CARNEGIE TO DONATE FORTUNE Pitbiburg Iron Master to Piaoe II,- voo.ooo in the jiands or pongress, -nvan. , Richard .UarUioldt, - .of Mis- ' sourt, -and Peace Bureau .This (Sua to Be Used la lromultlng ' ; . Ponce Among the .Nations of the Earth AueutUon to Bo Directed to v l'Dwers Whicii Are Often est Engag '; ed iu War Income of Fund to Be p UUllaod Prolect to be Engineered .i jiureiy. hy Americans. v St. Louis, Nov, II.--Ths Post-Dls patda to-day saysi ' A; n' Congressman Richard Bartholdt left this morning tori Nv Tork at he invitation of, Andrew Carnegl, who ! had 'promised 4 to ; turtt over . to blm $ l,000,06o to be used in furthsf (ng the-propaganda fdr International peace. Tin matter - hs been under consideration for 'soma time. Before Mr., Bartholdt' started fur New Tork, he told several ' friends of the plan and expressed hopefulness" ae to th result of "the work.5,,' 5., :- . On of these Jtrlends 'said that th money had been definitely' promised and wit the present visit of the con gressman to the Iron master Is to ar range for the transfer of the fund ahd for th , formation of a peace bureau, which wlli ihava charge of the campaign. . -,-. ' . Only., the Income ' of tn fund, will be utilised. This V Income will amount to 140.001 or 150,000 a year. It will - be expended . In an effort to direct public opinion in favor of ar bitration as means . of, settling s putes between nations.- V " -1 The - scope of the . work will be world-wide and those nations which are ' of tenest - engaged In wars and threats of wars will receive the most attention. Literature will be scattered. meetings - will be arranged and all possible means . will be adopted to encourage .a sentiment against war and bloodshed.- Mr. - Bartholdt has taken a promi nent part In tine'- work done by The -Hague peace conference and has had many interviews with Emperor wn tiam -of Germany, .the King of Eng land -and ether' European crowned beads.' The formation of the new neace bureau, which will be purely American., wtll be under tne ut, ixuis congressman. - i . - m TO' MERGE: TWO BIG SYSTEMS. Burlington and Grewt Northern to Go ' Into One- Big. Corporation Under ' Control of Jame J. Hill State ' ment Made to Omaha Newspaper. Omoha, Neb., Novell. The Boe to-day said r 'V v -v "Within one week th equity which th Northern Paciflo now holds In ths Burlington will pass Jnto ths hands of th Great' Northern and within 15 days tbe Burlington and Great North ern will be merged Into one vast sys- tebm , with James J. Hill in control. "The statement was mad to a re porter of TheBee,0-flay..by a man close to ths -official family of the Hill rnada j who Tiaa 1ifnt returned from Uhtcago, where the intricate operation of this gigantic transaction Is now be ing perfected. He ; makes th state ment without reservs.'' '., "So far as tbs lines ot track of tv. Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Burlington are concerned, these threv roads lack but one little link .now be ing, tn fact one great system, .When the abort cut from Silling to Great Falls, Mont.,- is completed the unifi cation will be consummated. The western terminus of th - Burlington Is Billings, where It meets th North ern Pacific. A line has been In pro cess of 'construction for ' eom time from Billings to Great Falls, where the Great Northern rant on its way to the coast." ' ' - - TTils ltns will be soon finished and when It Is. the three rreat railroads will be Joined and merged physically, into one vast system." . SHOT BY A WOMAN., SMrl Walsr-Deelgner, Refused Honey r AUfwea to no xe iter, rve on Senior Partner of New Tork Con- New; York, Not. It. OusUve Si mon, senior partner of . th Queen Waist Company, was shot and painfully-wounded to-day in th Broad way, offices of the company. .. A wo man who described hsrsalf as Mad am An 1st Louise d Maasey, a shirt waist designer. II years of as- was arrested on a ohargs of having don tn shootinc. Bhe denied the accusa tion, hut th police-declared that sev sral eve witnesses had Identified the prisoner as ths person, who fired tbe shots. 1. According to the noils, the woman appeared : at Mr. Simon's office and asked for 110. .whlcn she ssld was due her for work done tor the com pany., Simon totd her to return some two and a half hours later, and at th hour ; whan ths company regularly paid off.J Instead of complying th woman remained la the offloe and soon afterwards ths shooting oc curred. It Is charged that Madame da Masse y fired thre shots in rapid succession, two bullets going wild and on lodging In Simon's neck. . 8imon . died to-night after an o Dera tion. ' At first It was believed 8ltnon's weund wss not serious but further ex a mlnatlnn disclosed the necessity of as operation, from ths effeoU of Which ths patient raiien wfliw. . ' v -. A bullet which lodged In' th back ef the neck had lit Its oourss dislodged ths trachea, nearly closing th windpipe. Rlmont was - unconscious for some time before he died snd ther la doubt a to what Immediately preoeaea the snoot v , jBOUTiiERx AomanurisTSr Eighth Anneal Convention of South ern BUM commissioners Meet al Florid Metropolis, ; v -v " "., ': JacksonvUle,- Fla., .Jov.": ll-Ths eighth annual - convention . of th Southern SUtss Commissioners of Ag rlcultur met her at noon to-day. Th address of welcome In. behalf of th Stats -was delivered by Oovernor Broward. An address waa also mad by . W. A.'Boura, ea behalf of th chamber of commerce. ' Th respond waa made by A. P. Blakealea, of Mis- slsslppL ; ; . y.i.j's p.'. Iieports Of progress ourmg in year were made by th sgrtcultural com hiUslonsrs of ths several States. ' On of ths most Interesting papers read to.dav Wss on on "Burar I'ro- ductlon In the South," by D. U. Parse,' OK vsjavannait. ' - f , ... - ' i Among those present who will read papers and tak part In the discussion are Dr. R. P. Steddom. of the bureau of animal Industry;' W. W. Cobey, of the Department of Agriculture, Wash ington, D. C.J E. W. Magruder, State chemist of Virginia, and many ethers. The .convention will continue Hum CONFEBENCE ENDS : "WOBK APPOINTMENTS ..MADE KNOWN Gathering of ; Western r MethodlsU Knda With Heading of AnpolnU menu for Next Year Last Nliclib r iTie Agony Over Bishop Wilson :, Qaaalies aV BlU of Thnk4Jon- ( ferenoo Adopts-' Resolutions . Advo eating Reformatory for . Youthful ' Criminals. Invite North CaroUn .Conference to Ijet It Share in Sap v port of Orphaaage Urge Pastors k 10 tress At tjausea. tujuauy. :. . Special, to ,The' Observer. $ Mt.. Airy. : Nov. 11. Thia morning Bishop Wilson delivered th last -of ma present series of lectures on the Pauline Epistles before the Western North Carolina Conference. It - was a very thoughtful, spiritual discourse and waa heard by a large audience u was due to tn effort or Key. B. L. Bain that ' Bishop Wilson a con sented to deliver this series of lectures at this time, and during this morn- iii session u. Atains onerea a re so lution in 'which the appreciation of the Conference was expressed to sir. in- zor nis h services in ' securu these' lecturea ' The pleasure of th Conference at heaiingeVhese .lectures wb expressed and Bishop Wilson thahked- The - i resolution also :. re quested Bishop ' Wilson . to prepare th lecture, for publication. Blshoo Wilson expressed his appreciation to tne.conrerenoe vfor such words those incorporated In the resolution concerning himself, but did not allow it to be put on the Conference vote. In this connection he stated that never had he allowed any resolution complimentary ' to r himself or his work to bs passed noon by any Con fere nee over - which he had presided during the twenty-five years that he nas discharged . th work of his Episcopal office.- . Almost the entire.- time of 'the morning session was taken up with tne reading of reports of boards and committees and the reading of the resolutions and -the adoption of all luese, :. i i . . - v. BOARD OF FINANCE REPORTS.' ' Th report ' of th Joint board of finance showed . that the Conference has been assessed aa follows tor ths coming .year for these causes: For bishops lt.000. for Conference claim ante $8, 111. for forehan missions 111. soo, for domestic missions 111,000, for church extension I5.I00V for edu cation ir.ooo, for extension of edu cation 12,500. , Th report of the board of rnls slona recommended the appointment or f. a, coman as missionary evangelist Of mission- conference The following named appointment were recommended In the report ol the board of education: ' J. T. Erwln, principal of Martinsville High School; H. H. Jordan, treasurer, and C. C. Weaver, president of Davenport Col lege.. C. H. Ireland offered th fol lowing resolution urging greater ef fort on the part of. pastors to secure tne Conference assessments in full. and greater effort on the part of the laymen to secure ths salaries of the pastors in full: "Whereas, There seems to he a growing tendency with some of our preachers tontress some of the regu lar assessments of the Church to the detriment of others, and thu work hardships by creating a deficit In some' Item In order to show a sur plus In others; and whereas 411 of the assessments originate with the Conference and have equal binding force upon the Church; . now., there fore, be it resolved that we urge our pastors to stress with Impartiality all the clatma of the Church- and with equal seal endeavor to raise the respective sssessments, and neither by personal Influence In raising funds, or In distributing ths - same, show ravor to one cause above another. "C. H. IRELAND, "J. E. GAY, "J. S. MARTIN. "J. A. ODELL." The report of the committee on booka and periodicals commended highly all of ths publications of the Church and urged especially an In crease of 1,100 subscribers to The North Carolina Christian Advocate during th coming year. A resolu tion was adopted which advocated the purchase of . homes for sntTT.r- annuatedi preachers and . their fami lies in as many districts of the Con ference' as possible. ' Another reso lution was adopted which recom mended that every ' pastor's ' family keep tne parsonages or tne Church In good order and leave them In a cleanly and entirely proper condition for their successors, and to keep a Hat of parsonage furniture and pre sent ths same to , their successors. The report of -th committee on the Bible cause , showed that 111 has been raised by this Conference for th Blbl cause during th past year, the largest amount ver given to th cause lnrthe history of the Con ference. ASK FOR 'REFORMATORY. Ther Is a strong sentiment In th Conference In favor of th establish ment of some place of correction for tbe young criminals of the State and opposing their " confinement-In th Stat prison, where they ar associ ated with hardened criminals. Rev. P. T. Durham la an enthualaatlo worker tn the Interest of the estab lishment or such a place of reform fort -youthful criminals and has brought It prominently before ths ms rubers of the Conference before Ha meeting.' This morning he pre sented It to the body tn the follow ing resolution, signed by himself and others, and . It was adopted; . "Whereas. In ' our stats youthful criminals ar segregated with - men old and hardened In crime; whereas, this in almost every Instance trains them to a II f of crime, rendering their restoration? to clvio , and moral worth-all but Impossible; whereas, the present method ef punishment brings an unnecessary loss to family, SUte and Church; resolved,; that w nthuslastloally endors the general movement among us for the forward ing jt Institution for the -car andtralnlng of youthful- criminals tn our State, and pledge ourselves to active work to this end.- ! T - , - :',.. i ,-:..'. "O. T. ROWB, -VVV , "0. H. DETWILER, 2 , A resolution condemning th Rus sian persecution-of , the Jews - wss adopted, t The report on th spiritual state of th Church was a paper of unusual trngtn' ana was heartily adopted.- Among other recommenda tions of this rsport was on , advo cating th . observance of 1 the . first week . In January ,1 as a week of prayer. for, jevivallJJu-oughout th Church. V. :;"tV. ,-v,.,r - ,.,5V OFFER ; TO SHARE - ORPHANAGE. On of th moat Important actions ef the ' Conference waa the adoption of th following resolutions regard ing . the Methodist : orphlnsge, . by mm. a. Uk . 4Vla rnfifaMriA Ksmasmsi a V IUUII I ItSS wasaus a saw VVVVUIPf . B sharer In this Institution: '-...' "Whereas. This Conference haS no rtomwm prphaxji;, md, baUovJng that It would be ' to tb advantag Qf North Carolina MethodlsU that It should bav but on orphanage, we, the Western . North . Carolina Con ferenae, . therefore,, make the- follow lng . propoaiUon ter the North Caro lina Conference; First, ' that we c-'frer to . Join, th North Carolina Confer' ence In the support ot the Methodist Orphanage, situated- in Raleigh, N. C, on equal terms, vis. an assess ment op each pastoral charge equal to 'tin , per - cent, of 1 the pastor's salary, with ? the ; privilege of cor responding patronage; second, that as we contribute to the endowment, en largement and equipment of the In stitution, that thla Cdnfereno have a proportionate representation n the board of. trustees: third, that th ac ceptance -of thU proposition by ths North Carolina Conference will bind thia Conference ? to this action, W recommend . to our -V people the ob servance of Thanksgiving Day in all pf our churches-and the taking of a collection for the orphanage, the saro to be sent to the Methodist Orphanage.- at v Raleigh. N. C unless Otherwise directed. ;';' : "B. B. TURRISW I tMBi, .'.'. ' "O. H. DETWUyER, v - IV. A. T. BELL. C. H. IRELAND, , J. A. UUftlA ' "Orphanage Commission. Ths recommendation pf Rev.' J. C Rowe as Conference " agent ' of the superannuated endowment fund is an other Important, act of the body. ; ur, Rowe Is one of the ablest men in the Conference and well fitted for. any place to which he is appointed., HOMES FOR SUPERANNUATES. This resolution was offered by J. A, Odetl: . "Whereas, we as a Conference ar in profound sympathy with th move ment of the Church in creating a fund for the benefit ot our superannuated preachers snd the widows and or orphans of deceased preachers, we the Joint board of finance offer tne fol lowing resolution for the action of the Conference: First; that each pas tor Is vent urgently requested to prs ssnt this tause to each church dur ing the year and to receive voluntary offerings to the ssme. "Second, that we recommend tne appointmetn ot Rev. J. C. Rowe, D. D.. to represent this Interest In the Conference during the year, In writ ing for the papers and In any way he may consider best to advance mis most worthy cause. "J. N. HUGOIN8. "G. W. CRUTCHFIELD, "J. A. ODELL, J. S. MARTIN, "J. T. STONE, "R. T. SHERRTLL, 'A. W. JACOBS." Wrier)" Bishop Wilson called ques tion 4 5, "Where shall the next Ses sion of Conference be held?" the First Church of Salisbury, was plaoed In nomination and ther being no other nomination, the, 'choice was unanimous In favor . of Salisbury. Rev. a. H. Detwiler, at the request of Bishop Wilson,. conducted the me morial services this afternoon. Mem-, olrs were read of T. H. Peg-ram. L. H. Trlplett. R. T. N. Stephenson, J. C. Thomas and n. F. Carpenter, th preachers of the Conference who hav died during the-past year, hy ju. F. Chrietsberg, J. W. Jones, J. C.eRowe, G. H. Detwller and W. I SherrlU. respectfully mentioned. Memorials of the preachers' wives who -have dlod the past year were also read, and will be incorporated In the Conference Journal with those of the preachers. NO ENTHUSIASM FOR NEW OR DER OF WORSHIP. Of all the resolutions passed by the Conference, and there were many of these, that which was most feebly supported was that which recom menced the adoption by all the pas tors of the now order of worship. When the vote was taken, te ayes were neither numerous nor strong. The new order-is not universally pop ular with preachers or people. Es pecially is this true among those who desire to hold to the old landmarks of Mehtodlsm, which have been such a power for good, throughout all the hisfbry of the Church, duo largely to their slmplllclty and easy applica tion to 'all classes of people. The new order has never been formally adopted by the General Conference as ompulsory. The Conference met at 7:10 to night In Its closing session, with Bish op Wilson In the chair. Rev. II. F. Chrietsberg concluded tbe devotion exercises. Th Conference Is delighted with it entertainment In Mt. Airy, and hearty vote of thanks was given to the people of Mt, Airy and especial ly to Rev. J. E. Abernehty, the Con ference's host, and th entertainment committee' for the very satisfactory manner tn which the body has been entertained. Mr. -A. H. Merrltt, of Mt. Airy, throught whose effort the Conference csms here this year,' ex pressed his personal pleaaurs and th plessur of the town at having bad the Conference in their midst. J. W.-Jones, Wra. Bagley and D. F Carver were elected trustees of Rutherford College. J. R. Brooks was granted ths superannuated relation. S. E. Richardson, who la II here, waa ordained traveling elder in his room to-day by Bishop Wilson and his ordination Waa . announced to-night. 7,, JOINT BOA RD OF FINANCE, 3 ' Tbe Joint . board of finance for th coming year was announced, . after which the Confersncs quartette ren dered beautifully and effectively th popular song "Really to Go." : Be popnlar song "Ready to Go." . Bishop Wilson assured the Conference that he and the presiding elders had made th appointments after earnest prsyer and that they had dona the beat they could. II urged the preachers to accept their appoint menu in 'the Christian spirit and during the com ing year to labor to save every man. woman and child committed to their care; not to regard th word as sim ply a perfunctory thing, but something to enlist th whole personality of th pastor. . U , then , read th appoint menu: f : . ; , ,; CHARLOTTE DISTRICT. i ' J.' BT Thorhpson, P. E.; Charlotte, Tryon 8tret H. K, Boyer, , W, JC. Nickelson and W. W Bays. - . Brevard Street and North -, Char lotte II .. Turnsr and ,.W, L.; Sher rlU, V--.(v- S '':'i4',i''.:j,: .''.'A ''' , . Calvary J. ) F. Totten. . v ' - Epworth and Severs vlll -A. L.' Caburn. ( '-.-'' - ' , ..,.:;, v. .:; , LMIworth and Big Spring C,' U .. Short. '' -v. '',;" v ; '.!' ''"' '''..-: . Belmdnf Park W. S. Hale : i Chadwlck N. S. Ogburn. 1, ,1 ! ) Ttrinity Fi-.HpWrh, ;tv. V Ansonvlll M T . Bteeler ', v -Bethel and Mill Grove W, ' II. Perry. . :'."' - Perlta J. . HwDrsdloy. . 'j Lilesvllle a, ,E.; Wiley. v t: v- ' Matthews M, H. liogl. - '. Monroe station W. It. War. ' : ' Unlonvllle A. J. Iluriis. ; j '' iContinua oa Pic TwO WIU:EAB-UPNBAIIE0AD THE BCRTO CQ3IPANrs PLAN. Burton Lutnher Company, Owners of .f Berkeley Jlailroad In Month Caro. 1 1ns AnnAsiruka rpvlkbls lniMilm rf 1 i MUHwtassiv 1 a a, ia ji aai aa -'sa m DlisHntlnue Itoad and KeU lull A Strong Objection on the Part of . Shippers and , Property Owner . -Ww Claim Tliat- Under the Law t the Road Cannot- Be Discontinued 'Mr. Itagin, Stricken v Witts Apo- ; ; plexy But .May Survive.' . k---.',",,-- -.w 1 '':: -,' ' Observer Bureau. ';';' ' ' '. -'.::'i; . 13 Main. Street; ' ' Columbia, B. C Nov. If. ; It sewns likely that a blttr and long drawn out fight In th courts, possibly - resulting In tb airing of some scandal In the matt A- t1 IK. -n tranafaip nf the propsrly, " wIU follow' the attempts of the Burton Lumber Company to dis mantle ths little .Berkeley railroad, ex-. tending 17 mil out from Monck's Cor- ner, in the lower portion of tbe SUte. . to niTIA llimh., l.Aif, MimtailAKM ' Wharton and Caughman, will ; go to Charleston to-morrow ' for a eonferenc ' there to-morrow afternoon with Messrs. 1 Harvey snd Cross, representing - those ' ?rotestlng aa-alnst the abolishment : of '. he road and those representing th" . Rurton Lumhir t'nmninv. whlrh Virtw owns the road and which, aacordlna; t . ' complaints that have reaohed th rail- : . Mail n-m m 4 a L, it. . a h nntifl. ahliuwr. that it cannot receive any mora freight. -as It is their Intention to tear un ths' rond and sell the rails. -..':: Ths road went Into bankruptoy a few years ago and waa sold under court .; order to the Burton Lumber Company. '':'. It was formally received by the railroad , ',. . commission 14 years ago. and th peopl ' N . a ...... . 1M. .. . Hn.uJ i It cannot be discontinued under the law. s : The fight now on promises to develop , ucn a uuauon as cams anout evvvrai. , years sgo In the case of a little road . , running out or ureennue. zm mues up -, A passing through th recetvershipwstag Y or Its existence It was naauy sold to private persons, who secretly represent- ' ed a eornoratlon that eould not afford t sort of fight with mandasnuses and in- Junction breaklsg out at every point, ' the alleged owners began to tear no the ' rails at night. The people along th line were so etraaed that violence wss obui. . ly threatened, and tn th face of a shot- 'V- v 11 n inmnpitnn in. wnrK wtmm mmmiuim ' until a Federal Ihjunction was seourad... :-. Finally the rails cam up. but later an- ,, other concern got hold of, th road-bed-'', and rebuilt th road. . -' WANTS CLEMENCY FOR NEORO. '; TV Attorney Ievy, of 8umter, wss here to-day to see the Oovernor .In order te -. personally preeent a petition In behalf ' of a negro named John Henderson, who .; la to hang at Sumter on th tuth for th . '. murder of his wife, whom he killed In. most brutal circumstances. Ths Oov-- ernor took tn papers and promised to ; . look Into the ease and snake decision -., In a few dirVs. The sroand for the re-, . quest Is that the evidence was ineuffl- , t f tn uiniwwl mvm m. .wdlt h,l . the negro's principal hope seems to lie ,' In the fact that he prevented a Jail de livery at Sumter a short time ego by",,. Informing the Jailer of the plot that had : been concocted. .., .- - i-rvparaiiuna r nimpiri im- nv an- veiling of the Hampton monument to- morrow at noon, and special and regular , trains from all parts of the SUte will . -bring great crowds ot visitors to . th ; city. tILv RAO AN- STRICKEN. - r Mr. Li M. Ragin -was .stricken wltb r SDPonlexy .at-l o'clock this afternoon at his bom 'on Lady street. At first h ; was thought to be fatally 111 but to night his . physician stated that- Mr. Ragin would , likely survive th sttark. . Mr. Ragin waa at hla slflc this morn ing, seemingly In his ususl health. ' - - Mr, Ragin wss st one time Senator : rrom ciajrenaoa sna later enter eiera in . ths Secretary of State's efTlc. Last summer- he made th -campslgn lor Seorelary of Stat. TWO ACCIDENT TO TBAIN9IEN. ; Brakesnan Tompkins KOled by Fall Ing lYom - Train at Tryon and ' Engineer Burgsn Haa Foot Cut Off. Special to Th Observer. . Ashevllle, Nov. Iff. Two serious 'se -' cidents to tralnnan oocurred. en ' th .' Ashevlll division of the Southern Rail- . way yesterday. At Tryon last 1 night . Brakemsn W. F. Tompkins was killed by falling from hla train, and a Old . ' Fort yesterday Enaiaeer Charles Bun gin. brtkher of Mrs, Lock - Crate, ef .- . Ashevllle, was run over by. a beoklniv engine-and his left foot cut elf between. -the ankle and the knee. Partieulara relative to th tragic death of Brakemsn Tompkins are lacking. It Is said, how ever, mat tne trainman waa sooara . freight as . member of the erew and that at r near Tryon he fell from the ' train or wss Jerked off, run , over and - killed. . . i ' Ths accident to Engineer Burgin earn nVar resulting In the death of that popular trainmnn. It Is - said that KnJ , glneer Burgin had brought bis engine 10 stop at via ton ior -water or some other purpose snd that while ths . engine was sundtn' he stepped out of the ran onto sn noining tracit. At (he 4nsUnt almost) that Engineer Bur gin left rils cnb another engine wsa -backing along ths track and almot op posite Engineer Burgin's engine,. .Th engineer did not see tb backing engine end - stepped directly In front of It," There-waa no tiro to stop th engine snd Mr. Burgin wan run down. H fell between the rails while the wheela Dam. ' ed ever th left lea between the anKle , and th knee. 1 Much, of tbe tender and engine. It is said. bad passed .over . th . unftirttDpate - man.. Another revolution of ths big drivers Snd the pilot would , have caught him,- The engine was run . forward and Mr. Burgin taken from his perilous position. It was' found that when struck the engineer had fallen In a little trench burned out of. the. cross ties and that his body lying thos lower than th ground surface missed the un- ' der construction of the . engine that pegged over him. Had th engine 'gone ' far enough for the pilot to strike It is possible that death would hav been the result, : - ,-- Engineer Burgin was reported sa rest, Ing very . woll to-day.., Amputation of th -left foot- between the. aakle and . knea wsa necessary. He te a Very podii- Inr trainman and had many frlenda tn Ashevllle as well sa outer piaoee along the Ashevllls dlvlslos,. . . . ' ,r i, l 1 ff .1 . i. 1 -'- Federation of Labor Favors Woman Suffrage, , ;', Minneapolis." Minn., Nov. !. The - American Federation .Labor, in " convention here, declared for woman suffrige. . '. ' r, . v . ' '. " t i.r ." . . With only on dissenting vote, the oonventlon v adopted : .; : resolution celling upon the Judiciary committee of the national Jlouso-of Representa tives to report to the House Joint resolution whleh-' provides for sub mitting to the 1 Legislature of the various States an amendment of ths constitution of the United , mates, allowing wonien to vote. v '' Th FdsrsUon Is pledged, iby resolutions adopted, to - use its ef forts for -woman suffrage., A Old Board of B, ; O. Director 'f ;-' ' FJccted,. '-.'. ; Banimor, Md Nov. II. The pr-.-nt board ot directors of th r.aiu mor A Ohio,wr re-elected at ti annual aaUpg of itochhollors t- her to-day,.; Tbe directors i,i m within week or 10 dnyi fr ' election of otlloers, probahly in : York. To-day's metlnir attended.' nmt of the f'mr.. v by proxy. It Is thou ' t I ' ' - 1 the directors at th'r ii.-c:. r v lake up th quc'Soti vf an n . In wcs. ,
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