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'"T 4) .",,, jb , . . v r I SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $8.00 PER YEAR. , ' CHARLOTTB, K. C WEDNESDAY MORNINNG, DECEMBER 32, ' 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS ...... ! , i , WW 1 . -SM00T .SHOULD ;GET0uT toW"?j"vM.o a twin urn -r-wa . aimviH ; lx-zrizzLi'LZ'.i' pln vamuiiy rrcparru ana WAtm " tfrisa- til ' fna AIIm Than ; Imm Mjivurw niui Mirsra Aaifrniive Irf.l0' MSrm . :huch; .sMllrp,!1y" lopk (tllttVA HmilnM I'lllllW It! linn. ?..Te,Tr'i ' MUnaeir by Bouominc Member. of .'"i v .''Walaj Soard. ,i; , fV'.v.. . - Waahlntton. Jac.' 11. At ,:. the V sBueiwwa i tne . , tnorninr ; Due- i asaanai reduction or tne board or jien :"-; iMa In- h Beneto . Senator Bar-, I eion- appeals; t Underwood, t of Ala row, chairman of the Benate com- I bam a. in behalf f a-ood roada: Mur. tnittee on prlvllegee and- .olectlona. " ' caUed op the reaolnUon from that ..,- vominiiut oeciaring; inn xion. itea senator of the United States from tne State Of ITt.h an Miir....1 thi ; Senata on that aupjeot - . . , - The -question of Beed C Bmoofa tight to a sat was discussed by Sen- jjtor Burrows for more than three :iIM.vSy.itJfra pccupledJhU plaoe ln the .chamber, Jl iMlT,pUon!.:w? J"d urln "" "PMCh. which waa an ar- 'iinu' n,ttl8 "tha re- V. vT - . . . ait. ma euuuo currency bill upported 'y embark at San Juan because the har SlSn?iLie fiarm-p,rAavpl.' -M. tha. assoclaaon. James B. Forgan, bor has not been dredged out and ?h,V.-. w -t.wwi way w mi ..VnurCDi ' . . ea entirely upon the oonnootlvm of Mr. 8 moot with th governing body the SUte have been. If possible, more ? completely under the domination of the Mormon hierarchy than during tha long years of their territorial e- sstence.': y . r ..v . CONNBCTIOrf WITH HIERARCHT. UtSoming to the connection of Sen- ator Hmoot with th hier&reh Up Burrora Vdd I that pracUoallyisllof Its members were ooWraiilsts when lie became a member Tha vital quesuon therefore U" "he said, "can one become a member and Identify Himself with a band of law-breakers, knowing them to be such, participate in h-i- rmmui. una . ...... ... , ; In their conferences and yet escape . ; ' all responsibility, for their - unlawful Acta? Such a contention--, will , not " atainA .iha" r.t aithar- iiw'o- r.- ;' vio:- r" t ' Senator Burrew concluded as ol- . - . . . , ' J ' ' . , i It Is submitted that tha Senator, 1 l?L.bcom.ln f- m5.m.bcr 1 and' ld.n v tlfylng himself with auch organlsa- V o d particlpatlna; in lu function Mr !mSSmS thai sterS Md enwiirSeorime" ' lvl W i 'SwtoM- piiclceso'amynd" WI- s.aiTuj chwut- derwes ths Ve ilmt AwmwXw - - KncheaVuWra Vs Christian iTlllsaUon XtUia aget un- V ,A donnlnea aAd. shakes tka foundation 5!.'.'f fcnmaaWiatv anA srovernmentT f : destroys the sanctity of tie BarriE$ v relation: defllcs the authority .of thi V -fitaie and naUonal aovernment! reds. .. , tecs am oath of hostility to the Amer. . lean nation, and brings the 'name and fame of the good people Into dlare- pute and shame and humiliation to ' the' American, people. suc an organisation M aot.enuuea to sk the .doon of ttU reuuon.- 11 . - WBILN DO ROOT AMD. 6BAW jut - 1 fTbe Senate Oommlttee en Finance ,.. wui lnsias cm suiowring -anis neiore ; i Nontfnaitoue of Conelrov and Uar- . . eld Are Coimnned. :;. I Washington, Deo. 11. Before the ' Senate confirms the nomination of v George B. Cortelyou to be Secretary zv-.;f the. Treasury and Jamoa R. Oar- ' V. field to be Secretary of the Interior, - . the Senate committee on flnanoe will ' Insist upon learning from- President 'XI . Reosovelt when Secretaries Shw and t . V Hitchcock Intend to retire. The com- V mlttee to-day declined to 'make fav- oracle reporu en these nominations I until word has been received from th President. Failure to act on the nominations does not Indicate hostility to Messrs. Cortelyee, and Garfield. The nomina tions) sent to tne senata by ,the Presi dent do not aUte when the officials named era to- taira offlea or whan tha I posts to which they . are appointed Will be vacated. The decision to call en the President for an explanation WJ,, ISe MMtiSTTt waa .tha result of .alscuaonooncernjf' log uie aowuti m preoeaent lor con- firming appointment without idea aa e when they are to take effect. - The epinlon waa held by aU membera of ommlttee rent tnaTrdaif -Man. .i..i inM ..i..ii.i..j If "th nwlnailoM we7. coTflraed without a definite understand a to "LT.Lr.TTl r"-i. . .r? . tne now nora in goverment service, r 1 ' " . , ':; JtonluUooa Sent to Senate. J Waihlnttnn. TWtn. 1 1 Th T-l ', dent to-day aent to the Senate tha fol- flowing nomination: - ! : Register ;.of the land Office e.t : l-l, .4II t ' v r . cl 1 - receiver of public moneys at Qalnea- I v'i la-. Bnl'?,.rrrn.' I vr... f ."? ,nT! w' renc" Nelson, who mysteriously dls Mace, Beaefort: South Carolina. O. I -nr .nma tima waa tnnA porVOordone, --FU-. -TO UTJRTCinV TTITT Ta I VTI --j v , , "7"" I air. Kiriiardson, of Alabama, Speak on Thi Subject During the Consld eratloo of the LegUlaUre, Execu Jve and Judicial AinmDrimtkHi mil. l Washington . Dec , - 11. During teonslderaUon of tha 'legislative, executive . : nd ' - judicial -: ap poka . In favor of . sustaining the paragraphs appropriating f20 600 to send cotton exerts to foreign Countries to Investigate th ontinr for the sale of cotton products. r He aald It-waa amastng to him that the I appropriation committee had stricken Supreme Being should be designated out the paragraph of th bill. C-t-I a "The Supreme Ruler of, the Unl on manufacture and cotton nrndno. I vrA or "Uod Almlrhtv." ; Pctltlnna tion, Mr, Richardson said, , was the I aa ,-, Ind isaw'. - I - . . a.V. l . . . , y rjear ' asva udii "There la no pinner and the ed. ' "Europe rotton fully 1400. 1 1.000,000 per day,-. , If this Induetry should be destroyed the most Im portant business of Great BrlUIn would b ,proatrated.1V , i ! : , vTh legislative, exeentlve 'and Ju -,-r.B. .nrrj,r.non D iranroraed an Kr. -" v,ci. I i n wiao rsnce or nuDji-cts rrom a OtierUtin on Alfred N.-H-l. tio -founder of the Nobel prise, to the rale-,'rng--if the salaries of nvmhern - of ' tVingrcSs, and Including a d lacuxnlon of nlmplllla pillng., Iieprerwnta '" " .--" won .i rrom atnesinu were preseniea. askina-i lor wnai nas mm. oeen none, -. oy sonnict t between i; t:i that there ,.be,no vltorous dlscrlmlna-J granting them full 'American clUxeii growefj, he rem Art- I irt i. the lanaruase of tha. rnntit. f hint-'-' ? : ' a-h'-4 ti,C, ' ,,. PSyln US tO-dav fori . .... .. .. ( . I v1rnv Iha vlu dmlnlalrtllnn' n ,000.000 mora than I ' - ''' '' .f Jv' ' I at.- nraaant, flnvarnnr an1 - cmini-ll tive Houieiifor niinoi, m upeaich) oFlua the Kllpatrlclt r bus been mad th bestowal of tha Nobel ,prle upon I ready for her new service. ' . r??: ci" that wnd I together th nations of tha world I x - . .. . . .. i Um thi dHm monet In MtahIl.ti- ,n Wwfnr "bout friendly nnderetandini between can. friendly, understanding between cap ltallsta Mi laborora aa "nobly hu manitarian AM IthtHAtwMlAN Rprewntatlre GaJnea, of Tannea- ber. of Cnrai. blnnln with th t ConaTeaa.--. Spwichea were made by Representative Kelfer, ' of Ohio, I dock, of jECansaa, on rail war, mail pay; i I Perklna, f iew -York, Uvovmg an i wneriianco tax ana ueArmond ,ln fa- 1 Uon.. I t . ,n. ". -.W ; THE ELASTIC CURREXCV BILTa ' .,:.-i..,;,:- -... Currency -Commission I'r - American . Bawlers AasociaUon ' AnDears Bo. itan Meaara. J. B. Forgan rency commission of the American Bankers- 'AsaocUtlon appeared .before the banking and currency oommlttoe of the House to-day In support of (( mo- First National Bank of Chi- .-ji A t tt .i ' .v. were tne principal speakers. ' . Mr. Forgan explained ne bill It nact is the currency used by wall Stroet and that the Issuance of ad- dlUonal bank notes as proposed by Ua aasociaUon wlllot .sult in ax- tending a ., general credit; to Wail Street . Interests. - ? J"? m F'H ar" oa bank attcrop moving times Mr Vor Jd the bank with which n ta connected war called -upon to 1,P .SOO,000 to Western bankers during the first sevei days, of lat September. Ha urged the necessity tot affording a more elastic cur- rency to meet auch emergencies. PonTwmontiHira niitAania. of Tfxm.. asked Mr. Forgan if it la not true that national banks , Include their bank notes' la 'their reserve and thus limit ... i..,in .nm u- fnmn u:A 7.rir:::;;, -rt sycb U the case and added that In the hearings of the commission it dc- veloped-that n amall clt'.es. not in reaervo ciUes, the banka do not sepa- nt9 their , paper money for bank -xn.r- who merely estimate how ny ank note, there ere in piles " wlnk,.n a way at bank note T"-4r Other speakers were: Joseph X. McCord. president of the Third Na- tlonal Bank, AUanta, Ga, and SoU CentralBaak. New Orleans, r ' VJ f "iJ 'm ' " nJ f: .'TEMt' CODTACE PALLS OFF. v ' v; . ' Reporu pf DlrecUJrof Mint 6hows It to be Shorter Than lor Several I v Yeara nrerloua. I Washington, Dec' 11. The anual I .Aa.m v.. -Rnhnrta. director I , , Mln, WM aled to-day. It .ha th.t tha eolnasre was less dur- .h. w .VM. than for several totSt domesUc coinage I i7 .71 ask niua. of tha value - ' Vii f thitss.002:091 was 1. mi j Mtti ii aVi sea wan auhaidl- in gold ?X'Y' w" a , TT" ViiaV iii 70. i flte-cent nickles and 5. w ,n bronse one-cent pieces. There was coinage ef H,00 O-00 l sold for the Mexican government. 700,000 fractional silver pieces for the government of Costa Rica; 1.000.000 half balboa piece for the government of Panama, and i,67.szv pesos ana 1,817 pieces in fractional sliver coins for the government of tho Philippine islands. ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZI JIM itwt I Becea-der of Ararat Temple, Ancient I OiMra- or MobJea or eusuc Bonne, t Kanaas City, Mo, Alleged to Have Stolen 7,al. - I v - r-i. u tv.v it Ham I 7,lT Jl. ..i. he, tolav on. H. Alien was arrested nere to-oay oni '"rmat,l "n?. im'K J b" ?-h .tt?n.ce , ""P"" , , , . . . . " s '"aM" , Mr Allen, who PfJent bua- ,ne"" B1n' I1 beld tna Ia?9Jt re 'JLZ to shruiera tn return out the country. V to 3ust'co thjLPoe, pleaded not mllty and was ir.i.aaaui nn hnnH of 11.000. Mr. Al I jvea-- . jtmLSOM'8 BODY FOUND. Corme of -jenoir Man, Who Bfysterl- ousiy Disappearea, rouna xeeicr-1 day. Special, to The Observor, Lenoir, Dec, 1 1. The tody of Law- Jno. Vlckera. These ar the last per sons seen with Nelson.,!' The coroner's Inouest will be held-to-night or early in th morning.'.. There I no evidence, except clreum-tantlayo' 'r- 'A HEATED DISCDSSION HELD. Debate In Constitutional Omvention I an. to What Shall be Designation of Quthrle. Okla., Dec. 11. The con stitutional convention to-dav had a ted discuiision aa to Whether th from different religious, sect and one I .. . 4 ... I It ltma.tj.lnk tn 1inlai BitmnM, , Washington, ; Dec jl. The army j rrannpori KiipamcK. wmcn ariived at Newport News, Va., yesterday will be -used ' in the Cuban transport ser- vice ln place of the Sumner (This i cnon j was aeierminea s upon ;oy the quartermaster general of the army to- oay Decani or. tne tact mat the Kll- patrlck A more commodious voel than either the Sumner or the trans port UendOi j The two latter Vfsaals will he put out of Commission aa soon ftfi-.-'.iK , : Both American ml Natlvr, fmMrmvvrtug 10 ' irain Ntuuenta Jn Mind and in CL'Jxenalap Inanlar Police and Porto ltimn Iteglmrnt puuiuu o j'lTix-iiMiieu Amer ican Cltixeimhlp Should be Con ferred Upon Nalve-Marke4 Progreaa Made Under Present Got. t" ernor ; Toward Self -Government juecttons Tnia Year Were Absolut ly uraeriy nd vnacoompanled by iWaahinatonl Dec. 11. -Th a Pri dent's meaaage to ConKreas drlna the result his recent observations in rono Rico and making recommenda tions concerning the government of mat isiana was. delivered to the Sen ate to-oay.v it was read at length and received careful attention. The message uras u follows: THE PRESIDENT'S . MESSAGE. To the Senate and House of Repre - sentatlvea: On November H I vlalted the Is- land of Porto rtlco. landing at Ponce, scenery, was- wonderfully.. . beautiful. especially among tho mountains of the Interior, which constitute a er- Itable tropio Bwitserland. I could not can nl receive an American, batUe aMn T An tint think h.1. I m"r umnniuw vruviaioo " ur orooin wu jam ..overnment Wi have lust cause for X "J J, haracTer of our rep' reeenUtlvea who have administered u,, troplo uunds which came under our flag aa a result of the war with Spain; and of no one of them is this morf, thaa P.orto . c0' M would be impossible to wish a more faithful, a more efficient and a more disinterested public service than that now being rendered in the Island of Porto Rico by those In control of the Insular government. I stopped at a dosen towns all told, and one of the notable features in every town was the gathering of the school children. The work that has been done in Porto Rico for education h" bccn noteworthy. The main era- phasls. as is .eminently wise ana . put. upon primary education: but In addition to this there Is a normal school, an srrt cultural school, three Industrial and threo high schools. Every effort is being made to secure not only the benefits of elementary education to all the Porto Rlcans of the next neration, but also aa far as means pttmi to tbem ao that the lnduatrial. agricultural and comnwr- opportunities of the island can be utilized to the best possible -d- vantage. It was evident at a Fiance S$:tiFSZ 'JSSS ndnan.'Ju?rl. J t95 J k. 5.fit I est pride, in it. and were endeavoring to train their PW omy in ralnd. but ta what counU for far ".' mlnd citlsenshlp, thai. " cnaractcr. I TROOPS IN THE ISLAND. I I was verv much atrnrk h tha ex- ccllent character both of the Insular police and of the Porto Rican regi- ment They are both of them bodies nat renoct credit upon the American rlmfnlfif raiirfen rf th Inland. Tha In. Sur-po I "lean government. Tne rorto Bioan regiment of troops must be appro- I Prited for by the Congress. I earn- eatly hope that this body will be kept permanent. There should certainly be troops in the island, and it la wise that these .troops should be them- "elres naUve Porto Rlcans. It would be from every standpoint a mistake not to perpetuate this regiment. jn traversing the Island even tha moat' cursory survey leaves tho be- bolder struck with the evident rapid growth In the cutturo both of the sugar cane and tobacco. The fruit Industry is also growing. Last year was the most prosperous year that the island has ever known before or alnce the American occupation. Tha total of exports and Imports of tha tsiana was ses.vvv.vu as against sis.- 000.000 In 1001. This is the largest in the island's history,- rnor to the American ooounatlon the area tent trd 'or V one year waa that of . lt ,t ,...k.h n...f. 000.000. - Last year, therefore, there was doubla tha traa that there was the most proeperous yfar under ?egime, ThU were 10.272 tons of suarar exDorted laat year, of the value of fl4.1t,S10; $3. BS5.lt 3 of tobacco, and. 2S,20,322 pounds of coffee of the value of 13, 421,102. Unfortonatelywhat used to be Porto Rico's, prime crop coffee has . not snared tnis prosperity. it nss never recoverea irom me nis- tha benefit of - throwing open our market to It haa not compensated for the loss inflicted by the closing of the market to It abroad. . I call your at tention to the accompanying me morial on this subject of the board of trade of Ban Juan, and X earnest ly 'hope that some measure will be taken for the benefit of the excelleut and high grade. Porto Rican coffee. In Addition to delegation from the board ' of trade and chamber of Coffee Grower Association. QUESTION PF CITIZENSHIP..;, There la a matter-to which I wish to call your special attention, ; and that la the desirability of conferring full ' American citlsenshlp upon the people of Porto Rioo. 1 most earn estly hop that thi will be done, t I not.,fe ,h0 f.njr.?r?? can slbly result from It, and it seem to me a matter oi rignt ana justice to th people of Porto Rico.-, They are loyaf, they are glad - v to , be under . our . flag, . they are making rapid progress along tha pah of orderly liberty. Surely we should, ahow our appreciation of them,- our pride In what they hava done, a.id our pleasure in extending recognition . . . .. t. .. a.. marked progress has ' been made In the difficult matter of granting to the people .of the Island the largest meas ure of self-government that can with safety be given at th present time, It would have been , a very serious mistake to hare gone any faster than we have already one In this direc tion. The -Porto Rlcans have com plete and absolute . autonomy In . all their municipal governments, the 0,1 ly poieer over them poiwassed by tin Insular government being that of re moving corrupt or Incompetent -mji-nlelpal officials. . This power hat STOLE FUSDS ' OF THE . MUTAL In ItOl lie Paid J. I. Wells for Loan Alleged to' Have Been Mado . to , lTederirk A. Burnhain, Presi. .' dent, and That payment Waa Con ceeied by False Entrk in Book of -. Insnrnnce ' CompanyCheck nodneea ueannr -Aame or tor ' mer v. Superintendent of Insnranoe , and Claimed to Have Been - Paid , , by Bumivam- to Resist Alleged De mand on i Company. - . , , 'New-York, Dee. 11. George Burn ham. ,Jrs a vice president and general counaei at tne mutual Keserve Lire Snsnaance ComDani". was to-dav con victed, of larceny of 17,600. of the company's -fund, The uroeecutlon and conviction of Burnhara was an outgrowth- of tne Investigation of In surance companies In this State by a legislative committee a year ago. Two other- officers ' of tne insurance com pany, Frederick Burnham, president, and George D. Eldrldge, vice president.- were indicted at the aume time as the man who was convicted to day, .The-charge against George Burn ham. Jr.. is that in 1801 he paid J. Douglas Wells with company funds for a loan alleged , to nave been made to Frederick A. Burnham, the presi dent, and that the payment was con cealed by false, entries in the books of the Insurance, company. - One of the sensational features of the trial which ended to-day waa the production of a check by the psuxecu tton whicn bore the name of Louis E. Payn, former r superintendent of in surance, and the United (Rates Ex press Company, of which United States Senator Piatt is prexident. It Is not claimed, however, that Burn ham paid the amount of this check to Mr. Payn, but tlhat It was used to resist an .alleged demand by Payn for 1100,000. from the life Insurance company. ? The prosecution charred that Pres ident Frederick A. Burnham borrow ed $5,57S from J. Douglas Wells, sav ing that be wanted the money to meet this alleged demand by Payn and that Oeorgo Burnham repaid this loan with additions from tne funds of the company., v By reqneat of his counsel further proceedings ware postponed until Friday and Burnham waa remanded to the Tombs prison. SCRIPT DIVIDEND 2 PER CENT. Det lared by ' Richmond, FrederlckM- burg A I'D to mac Railroad Nelson Iage Resolution Is Adopted Unani mously, ; Richmond. Va Dec. u. The Richmond, Fredericksburg & Poto mac Railroad te-day declared a script ' dividend of 21 per cent. A resolution by Thomas Nelson Page that tiio road should be operated In the interest of Virginia and the people of the stato rather than of that of any other road was adopted unanimously, W. H. White, of Norfolk, was elect ed president and George W. Stevenu, Henry Walter and W. W. Flnlcy di rectors. The corporation commission elects the State director. GOVtaiNOU ONLY. X-ErCBOCAX. Complete Official lUtiaiina lrom Re - cent New York Election. New York. Dec. Uncomplete and official returns of the vote cant for Stato officers In every etrunty of New York SUte In the recent SUte election snow that the entire Democratic SUte ticket except Its candidate for Gov ernor, was elected, . Charles E. Hughes, Republican eandldato for Governor was elected by a plurality of 87,973. The pluralities for the Dem ocratic candidates for the SUte offi ces below that of Governor ranged from G.U2 for Chanter to 14.250 for Martin H. Glyn, the Democratic can didate lor comptroller. never oeon exercised ' save on the clearest proof of oorruption or of Incompetence such as to Jeopardise the Interests of tha people of the la land; and under auoh drcumsUnoes 11 nas oeen rearieasry- used to the Immense benefit of the people. It Is not a power with which R would be saxe. ror tne sake of the island itself. to dispense at present.' The lowor House is absolutely elective, while the upper House is appointive. - This scneme is working well; no injustice 01 any aina results, rrom It, and great benefit to the Island., and It should certainly "not' be chanted at this time. The machinery - of tho elections is administered entirely by mm ronj mean people 'taomselves, mo uovemor ana council keeping on ir sucn supervision a fa necessary a oraer -io insure , an orderly elec tion. Any protest aa to electoral frauds is settled In-the court. Hore again It would not be safe to make any cnanga in the "resent - avainm. The elections this year were absolute ly oroeny, unaccompanied by any owinroanco, ana no protest naa boon made against the management, of tha elections, although three contests are mreatenea, wnere in majorities were very amau ana error was claim ed; tho contests, of. coarse, to be sot- nea in tne courts, in- snort, the Governor and council are co-onerat- Ing with all of the most enlightened ana most patriotic jz the people of Porto Rico In educating the cltlaena of th Island In th prlnclnles of or derly liberty. They are providing a government oasea upon eacn cltlsen's self-respect, 1 and th mutual respect of all cltlsens; that is. based upon a rigid observance of the principles of justice and honesty.' " It na not boen asy to Instil into th mind of neo- ple uneccustomed to th exercise of freedom, the two baslo principles of our American system; - the principle that the majority most rule, and the principle that the minority has rights wnicn must not oa aisregardea or tramoled upon. ' Yet real DrokTfca nas been maae in Having these prin ciples accepted as elementary, as the foundations of succeasful self-government ' ' i , - I transmit h re with the reort of th Governor of Porto Rico.' aent to tha President through th Secretary of Stat.-' - . All the insular government should be placed in one' bureau. either - In th Department of ' War or the De partment or mate. 11 is a mistake not so to arranire our . handling of these island at Washington aa to be able to take advantage of the; ex perience gained In one, when dealing with the problems that from tlm to Mm arts in another. ::., - . In conclusion let m express my admiration for the work don by th Congress when It 'enacted th law under which th Island la now being administered. After seeing th Is land personally, and after five yeaur experience Jn connection with Its ad ministration, it is but fair to thonV whd devised this law to say that It would be well-nigh imponalble - to have dovlaed any other which In fie actual working would - have ac CompliHhed bettei" result. , - ' .x ... T1IKODORK 1IGOSKVKLT. ' Th Whit House, December 11. 1D04. AVUUOrEAGALNSTMOOD RECORD XOT LIKED BY SOL'TH Southern Senator Will Oipoe Con i; Urination of Secretary Moody- as Justice or the Supreme court or tne United State Introduced Iieaoiu ' lion Looking to Reduction of 'Southern Keprenentatlon, and lUbld BUI to Prevent Lynching Wherein "African CiUsens" Were ... Involved RepreHenutlve Black burn Says He Knows Nothing of Law Suit Some Child Labor Hill. BY.W. A. UILDEBRAND. , Observer Bureau, 1417 G. Street, N- W., . Washington, Dec. .11. ; Seathern Senatora do not take kind ly to the act of the President In trans ferring Mr. Bonaparte, - who a few years ago gave utterance to such pro nounced pro-trust sentiments, and many of them are very decidedly of the opinion that Mr. Moody Is unlit for service upon tho Supreme Court bench. Touching upon Mr. Moody's case. Representative W. W. Kltchln has dug up some data which Demo craU are perusing to-night with great interest, and which will receive con alderatlon to-morrow, when the mat ter of confirmation comes up In the Senate. Mr. Moody may be confirm ed, and perhaps this will occur to morrow; but it is certain that many votes will be received against him. Men who are chosen for elevation to the Supreme bench prefer to go there without encountering any opposition, but thta satisfaction, as before stat ed, will be denied the man from Mas sachueetU. While In the House he not only In traduced a Joint resolution looking to the reduction Of Southern representa tion, but he Introduced a bill entitled an act to "prohibit lynching," which Is positively rabid. Among other things he wanted to pass a law impos ing a fine of 15,000 on any county In which an "African eltlsen" might bo lynched, and providing that all per sons charged with taking part in lynching should have their cases tried in the Federal Instead of the SUte courU. These are some of the milder provisions of the bill. BLACKBURN DENIES KNOWL EDGE OF SUIT. Representative Blackburn, who haa Just returned from New York, says ho was greatly surprised at the pub llcatlon of tho statement that suit had boen brought against him by a local Jewelry firm for 1215. alleged to be due tho firm for a diamond ring purchased some tlmo ago. Mr. Black burn said it was evidently a very se ilous mistake: that Mrs. Blackburn had in her possession a receipt show ing tho payment in full for the ring, and he Immediately secured a state ment from attorneyn named In the complaint, confirming his assertion that the account had been sottiea. ro summons . has ever been made. Mr. Blackburn said the first he knew Of the matter was when the report in tho papers was called to his attention MR. BUCHANAN 18 NOW f OtST- MASTER. The nomination of Mr. Buchanan us postmaster at Concord was this afternoon conflrmod by the Senate This was brought about by 8enator (Simmons,- who urged suspension of rules. Senator Penrose, who had held up the nomination at the instance of parties unknown with any great de cree of certainty, did not further ob ject, when both the North Carolina Senators produced numerous tele grams received to-day, urging favor able action on the nomination. John A. Slmma was seeking tho appoint ment, and the report gained currency that Blackburn Intended to transfer his endoraement to that gentleman. When seen. Blackburn said he had not thought of such a thing, but had merely told Mr. Slmtns that he would Introduce him to the Department of ficials, which he did to-day. WILL GIVE SLOWER SCHEDULE. Mr. Ackcrt, fourth vice president and general manager of tho Southern Railway, aald to-day that tho traffic department was engaged In revising the schedule of the mall train No. 07, and other trains on the Southorn Railway. Tho Idea Is to establish such new schedules as tho road will bo able to maintain In vlow of the present congested condition of traffic. It Is understood that the schedules on th through train from Washing ton to Atlanta nd New Orleans will be made from one to threo hours lat er. The plan Is to glvo tho people schedules that they may depend upon, even If It la necessary to run trains much slower. BILLS TO REGULATE CHILD LA BOR. Tho bltla of Senators Lodge and Beveridge, designed to prohibit the employment of children In tho manu facture of or production of articles Intended for Inter-State commerce have been formally Introduced and printed. - The bills aro being acrutl nlsed by members of Congress. Sen ator Overman, after looking them over, expressed tho opinion that no member of Congress had ever yet con ceived a measure which contemplated so great a departure from the prin ciple of States' rights. He has little fear that any auch a bill will pass, but be aaya one can conceive th pos- slbllity of such a thing.. Yesterday a half-dosen peoplo interested in these bill called upon the President who strongly recommended in hi message that th question of child tabor be thoroughly Investigated. H la being urged to take th matter up with member of Congress and It I pos sible he may do so. If it were simply a question affecting Southern cotton mills th bill would probably pass, unless some of th Senatora from the South resorted to dlllatory tactic and went th full length In thi direction. But member see' more, behind the movement thn th mere question of th regulation of child labor., 'Aa haa so frequently been pointed out, the - nexf logical move.' if, any one cared to make It, would be to pas a law nrohlbltlng carriers from handling good manufactured by union labor, or non-union labor. The Lodge bill, which la brief and to the point, end in line . with , th law . new In, fore in Massachusetts, follows; -:, , j ,C . . TUB LODGE BILL. fia '' it eacted t b the Senate end nous of Representatives of the Unit ed Statea of America in Congress as sembled, That, the Introduction into ny Stat or. Territory or th District of Columbia, from any other Stat or . Carolina cases: No. 701. Cllngman V Territory or the District of Colum- Mitchell, appellant, vs. Mitchell, trus bla, or shipment to any foreign coun- ,ltr appeal from th District Court at try, of any article In th manufacture f,Rallgh, argued by James If. Pou.- of or production of which a minor un-i Halclgh. N. '.. for the appellant and ' - 't AM A FORCER." ' C f ...... .M..I Prominent Lawyer of -Peoria, III., r Make Tlri Statement to Mate' Attorney Traveled In Class of Ho ' rlety Far Beyond ; Means , of HI Own.,-"- . . ' 1 ;-.- Peoria, 111..' Dec;' VI I. Daniel F. Raum, a prominent lawyer of this city and a son of Green B. Raum, ex commlsstoner of pensions, entered the office of State's Attorney Scholes to day, saying: '. . ;., . "I am a forger.'" - y Raum was willing to sign wilt- ten confession. He told; a story of traveling with a - class in-' society which required meana far beyond his own. He detailed how he naa com mitted his first. crime to secure mon ey for his living expenses, ' He could not meet the forgery when he had, ex pected and an another reunited. The gross amount of his forgeries aggre gate 110,000. Three thousand dol lars of this ta due FranK O, Cunning ham, loan broker, and the remaining 17,000 ta scattered among other per sons in smaller amounts. It was a week ago that th , discovery ' came and Mr. Cunningham sent for Mr. Hautn. They had a conference in reference to one of the forgeries, which Mr. Raum expressed a hope to pay. Another was discovered and Raum despairing of ever meeting the obligations failure to pay whioVi would result in his arrest, surrender ed himself. He was sent to Jail. SEVERED ARM WITH KNIFE, Nervy Feat of Left-Handed Virginia ioctor, which rroDaoiy isaveu 111 Life. Special to The Observer. Lynchburg. Va.. Dec. 11. Wtlh hl left hand and forearm crushed and held firm In the mouth of a fodder spreader. Dr. Charles McCullough, a well-known young farmer and phys ician, who Uvea in Buckingham coun ty, 40 miles from Lynchburg, cut his arm off below the elbow with his pocket knife. After freeing himself he directed the farm hands with him In taking up the -broken arteries In the arm, thus saving -his life. After wards he walked some distance to the house. Later he was brought here, and the arm was amputated again above ie elbow. The fact that Dr. McCul lough was left-handed made tho performance all the more wonderful. His condition to-night Is excellent. The accident happened yesterday af ternoon and Dr. McCullough was biouxht here at midnight, Tho farm t uperlntendeut caught his arm in the SHmo machine, tearing It off, two weeks ago. This caused blood pols cnlng, from which he died. JACOB SHirP GUEST OF HONOR. Addrccs Meeting of Illinois Manu facturers' Association on "Currency and Other Reforms" Score Relief Given at Present by the Treasury- t'hicaso. Dec. 11. Tha reason for tho present state of the money market and remedies for it were explained to tha Illinois Manuranturer Association at annual . banaurt here to-nlsht by Jseob H Sehlff, the New Tor It banker. Mr. SchifT was the guest ef honor. Hla subject waa "Curreixur and . Other Re- lorms, ana tn speaae oeriarea mat "th over-nlsht announcements, of relief that the Secretary of the Treasury I in tha habit of maktnf are neither nod finance or fruitful -of good reaults." The announcements from Washington, ac cording tn Mr. 8c hi ft. are tho ooiwe Qiience of undesirable mcthoriK, for which existing laws are responsible. Tha remedy, the speaker mid, la 1oIk lalion whii-h will provide thst the rev enues ol the anvernmeot shall, on col lection, be deposited with national banks In proportion to their capital, the banks to furnlnh security- acceptable to the BerreUry of the Treasury and pay a uniform rate of Interest, as determined by thxt official. Hhould auch leclaliitlon be adopted. Mr. 8chtlt contended, the country would no longer be dependent upon a single man and mind for the reg ulation of the money aupply. FOR RECEIVING REBATES. Fine in tlie Aggregate of $150,000 Imposed I pon Amerleau Sugar Re fining Copinany and Brooklyn Co operage Company In V, S. Circuit Court. New York. Doe. 11. Flnea aa-rrna-atlna? I1S0.OOO were Imposed to-dsy by Judge Holt In the United Stales Circuit Court upon the American Hugsr Refining Com pany, and the Brooklyn Cooporage Cominy, after the defendants, through counsel, had pleaded guilty to Indict- mania emerging the acceptance of re bates on sugar shipments In violation of the Rlklns antl-rebatlng act. The sugar refining company was fined $80,000 and the cooperage company 170,000. After the fines were imposed United flutes Dis trict Attorney Htlmson. who conducted ho prosecution, told tha court that i thought the amount of lha nnea a 1 was nufflr-lently large to act as a deter ent to rebaters In the future and that ins sovai-nnient would consent lo ihn remainder of the Indic.tmanta a..i.t mi- nuaar nanmng company, end tha Brooklyn Ooopamae Company being dismissed Judge Holt granted a motion dismissing th other Indictments. GOES TO V. H. DISTRICT COURT. Litigation of AU-nta-Binnlngltam and Prudential Insurantte Compaiiie Transferred by tho Georgia Su perior Court. Atlanta, Oa., Dec. 11. On petition of the attorneys of the Atlanta Birmingham Insurance Company and of the Prudential Insurance Com Dan v 'of West Virginia, Judge Pendleton. of the Superior Court, to-day ordered the transfer of the litigation over the affairs of the two companies to the United States District Court. Judge Newman. In ' the Federal Court, named A. C. Sexton, of Montr gomery, Ala., and ' J. T. Dargan. president of the Atlanta 4k Blrmlng ham. aa co-recclvera of th two com panies, John Slaton whs appolntod special master ta take evidence In the case. ;' A MEMQRIAL AT JAMESTOWN. -a asasBBaasasaasi Colonial Dantea of America Will Erect Shaft In Honor of Landing of John Smith. - .,, New York, Dec. 11. It waa an nounced -to-day that th Colonial Dame of America hav appointed a committee to erect a memorial at Jamestown, Vs..- In ' connection with the exposition next spring to commem orate th landing of John Smith and hla company. The Colonial Dames propose to erect a memorial gat at th entrance to the tract which In clude th original alt of Jamestown, now owned by the association for the hraaamtlan at 'VlrirlnlaL ant In tilt loa r.. .f Raleigh Case Argued In Court of Ap- ,.'' s. ' ' ieaia. , . ; ; . r. ij ,. -Special io'th' Observer',',);; -Richmond, V; Dec. 11. Th Unit ed ; State Circuit - Court " or ; Appeals, in session, In this city, to-day heard argument In the following North Jny; Murray -Alien, or uaicign t.. -. forth Uppcale and aubmltted. 0U1LTY 0KMA&SUPG1III 11 THE BI flDSOXQ ' JCR Y BEPORT3 Senator. McLaartn. n I'orle of the Defendant, r Was vTetegraphed for Immediately After tho Flndlnc Was Announced to Mike Motion for New Trial Friend Were So Snre of Favorable . Verdict That Mrs. BlrdKonc Was Alone In Court When Report Was Annoenoetl Defendant Kpendti Night at Hotel Under Sur veillance Instead of In JalL . ' . ; Haselhurst, Mis-.i. Deo, ll-Mra. Angle Blrdsong was found guilty o( manslaughter to-day . for kUUcg Dr. Thomas Butler .'and ' was V recom mended to the mercy of th -county court. t -' w. " ' ,' After the Vfrdlct," while the de fendant sat crying with a young child in. her arms, a deputy approached to , take hor to Jail. When he -.liftwd the child from Its mother the little one nobbed In fenr, "Mamma,' dont let him have me." V-.tT ."V So sure hud Mrs. Blrdsong friends been of a favorable verdict ,, that she was nearly alone in-' this court room when the Jury entered, even her husband being absent. -. . Mrs. Blrdson waa not compelled to remain in- Jail, -but spent the night., under survelllunce at a hotel.' Her uncle. United States Senator Mo Laurln, who had left Haielhurst. was telegraphed for to return and '' make the motion for a new trial, ' which the, defense announced will be done to-morrow.- The court did not pass sentence to- " day. -..'-..,. The minimum penalty for man slaughter in, this State is a fine ; of $600. '-,.' ' . vXi. Mrs. Blrdsong, 22 years of age, and 1 a member of a leading Mississippi family. In November los, shot and killed Dr. -Thomas Butler, also. prominently related. She alleged that he had boasted of illicit Tela-; tlons with her ' and that hla boast ' were untrue. Th , trafedy occurred c In Montlcelto, Mlaa. r1-v TOTAL BALES GINNED 12.540.00O. Bureau of Ktatlstie Report in Con-; Junction with tfcuaus Moreen jcjki mate Estimate of BOO-Found, Bales. .. .-?:' v Wsshlngton, Dec.. 11. The erop T reporting board of the bureau of sta- :' tlBtlcs of the Department of Agrt- ; culture from the renorU of .the cor- ... respondents and agenU of the bureau . In conjunction with the recent report by the bureau of census of. the quan tity of colon ginned, estimate that the total production of cotton in the Unlcd States for the year 1000-OT Will amount to 6,001.724,000 pound (not. -including llnters.) 'equivalent to 12. o4ft,000 bales of 500 pounds gros weight. ' : The estimated production in BOO-. pound , bales by Rtatas is as fellows: ' Virginia, 11.000: NortbCaroUn. 637,000; South Carolina, 176.000; Georgia, 1,673,000; Florida, 64,000; Alabama, 1,2S3,000; Mississippi. 1. 414,000; Louisiana, 30, 000; Texas,'; 2,944,000; Arkavnaa. 7 31,0 00 Tennes see. 2(0.000; Missouri,. 43.000; -Oklahoma. 380; Indian . TerrUery. 406.r 000. ' ,' , CONSIDERED VSE OF DTNA3HTE. t . Some- Damaging Evidence Brought Out hi Case of Pvealdenf Shea, of Ciiicngo Teamsters' Uniou. ' . v Chicago. Dec. 11. Evidence ?wa, brought out In the Shea trial to-day that President Shea-during the trike of the teamsters last year seriously considered the use of dynamite as a means of winning the strike. Michael Kelly, who waa (n charge . of one of tho squads of pickets, test! v . lied on the stand to-day that Shea ask ed him If he knew anybody who could handle dynamite. He so said that knives were given out to the picket with Instructions , that' they wer to -b uned on colored men, who had , taken the places of the striker and also for the purpose of cutting har ness. The attorney for the defense made a strong tight against the ad mission of this testimony ofr Kelly.' but Judge Ball decided that It . was admissible. ' .-..' COMMISSION INVESTIGATE.. ' ; 3Ioat of Testimony so Far In Connec tion With lawyer Station Wreck .. Relates to Work ins;, of Block Sys tem. .. '; ' Richmond. Va., Dec. 11. Th cor poration commission ' began to-day the Investigation of tho recent acci dent on tho Southern In which Presi-: dent Spencer - lost his life.. Judge Crump, chairman of the commission, ; announced that the Investigation was for the purpose of ascertaining the facts and causes of the accident with a view to fixing the responsibility at leant, if not tho blame, for the wreck, and in addlUon. with a view to pre venting recurrence. Most of the tee tlmnny so far relates to the working of tho block system. : - GOES TO JAMESTOWN ISLAND. General Kplneopal Convention Will be in Neswion There While Convention is Meeting at Rk'hmond.' : ' 1 1 Norfolk, V., Dee. , 1 1 J The ' com mittee appointed by Bishop Tutic, senior bishop of th Protestant Epis copal Church in' America,' to co-op-rat with a Ilk committee of , tho Church of England appointed by the archbishop of Canterburry to arrange service In 1407, commemorative of th first planting of th Church of tho Anglo-Saxon In America. - met her to-day. October 13' waa fixed aa the date upon which the general Episco pal Convention shall go to Jamestown island for special service while the convention 1 in eesslon at Richmond next, year.-i,iv'.-;;i' ' ' TEA (ON ' COMMERCIAL SCALE. Marketlnc Begun on Ilrst , Crop a t ;, , '"';:.. ,, Charletitoa, K. if.-s i ., . ' -Charleston, a C, Dee, 11. Market ing waa begun to-day of the first crop of American toe,, grown on a com mercial i cale, i Twelve thousand nounda have been raised on a plani t- tlon in -Colleton county, a few nni. - from Charleston, ror several y'n tea ha been marketed from i'ii hurtt. the government experlmci-t , 1 garden at Summervllle, but the ri vet marketed to-day in the tiiBt : purely commercial venture. Tim -put next year. proml-s to t ' large. ' ,, . Crew Numbering 13 1 " "'Chrlntlansand Norway, The steam trawler l'"t, -t ! eunk In a, aiorm. AH f 1 numbering 13 men, vr- '
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