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r.- L 3' ,JrA!"'"-M'' II I i. SUBSORIirriON PRICE. $8.00 PER YEAR.' , v ; ,CHARLOTTEN. A V 1 iWLU I f J L : V J I . t' THE NEW ENGLAND DINNER ?. PRESlftKST ALDKUMAST A OTEST ... ; .: ;.( it : - ..- s -' ' Head of "TMversltr of Virginia De- .. livers Address at 10IH Anulversery or 8001017 of New. l'orls on "seo- tlonallswi and Nationality"- Prest tffi tent Lather. ,.oI Trinity Allege, Vl;4-ilouHl "Tto SrlrooU of the Yttountry, Wlllo CoimiiwMJcr Peary , A fold of The Varttoest North" . 1 v be Good Will of the Old Dominion and-Her Daughter Esprewed ; ,.to s" .' New England. .; ' - ..-,.. ' ' . '. New York, Dc . With " three ' Governors, two college presidents, an , admiral of the United State navy, a ' bishop 'and a distinguished explorer as, Jts principal , guests thai New Em t gland Society, of New York to-night j celebrated 1W, XO let anniversary lthJ j j Banquet at ; tne , wniaori-.oru. V The blr ball room of the hotel waa v v ' decorated with flare and bunting and ' ' Immediately behind the chair of Pree ' Ident Austin B. Fletcher waa large . picture of the aat of the eociety, "VTlth President FJeteher set 4he fol- lowing guests: . ,. ,? . John McLane, Governor of New . . . Hampshire: Henry Roberts, Governor - of Connecticut; WlUlam T.Cobb, Gov ' , ernor of Maine; Dr. Edwin A. Alder j man, president of the University of Virginia; Dr. F. E. Luther, president of Trinity College, the Right Rev. Wll- ' llm Lawrence, JX bishop of Mas aachusetts; Robert B. Peary; Rev. Jander T. Chamberlain Rear Ad . v mlral Joseph B. Coghlaa. V. B. N.; Oeorge Cabot Lodge, Horace Russell. ' Edmund C. Stedman, General Thomas i.N' '.JI Hubbard. Edward F. DarrelL Wil liam - Butler Duncan, James :Fita ' gerald, John Lloyd Thomas, AusUn G. v Cox, Uart Lyman, Charles W. Meade. .The toast "Forefathers' Day" waa " responded to by Bishop Lawrence; ' "Sectionalism and Nationality" waa the topic assigned to President Alder , - man. ' President Luther discussed "The 'Schools, of the Country." Commander Peary told of 'The Farthest NortB." PRESIDENT ALDERMAN SPEAKS. President Alderman said that he 1 brought, the greetings and good will - of the Old Dominion atad her daugh , ter Statex to New England. He re viewed at length the elements which entered Int othe make e the two neoDle. the Puritan In the North and the CaraHer In the Soute, with the Scotch-Irish strain added both becom I Ing believers In liberty, the Northern branch In individual liberty and the Virginian in the liberty of local eelf . government end the right to regulate his own affairs. These different view points when applied to the negro question brought on the .war.. Touch ing on Htate rights, President Alder man said: . , , , -"The doctrine of State's rights,' aa a necessity of popular government, 1 Is again, engaging thought of this re-. public beeause mightier, ioroeel than . war are viuilslng this old Issue under 4. w rfcw. enemies- eng inof e wno, pnow, aUnd it best and love 1C aeareetntna 1 ; Will nini lur :ii junewn,-rmww wvmm to It once, had power to separate jthem from a country they had -fought i to found. There Is nothing stranger ' or more Interesting In political his tory than the recurrence of this best loved dogma of the South, unconnect ." ed with secesnlon aod unconfused With slavery, as necessary to Federal .union and human freedom. WILL THE DRIFT CONTINUE. "If, as Mr. Root thinks, the strug gle Is on between the growing power r. or tne reaerai government ana m decreasing authority of the States you can count on the Southerner to be on the safe side of majntalning the Just balance, no American foresees mora clearly than he just what is the vital spot in the liberty of a State. -I Interpret Mr. Root's speech as a pro phesy and a warning rather than as . plea for centralisation. The drift that way la unquestioned. Will the States let the drift continue? . "When ths race riot occurs, there sre eutcrlei and loud voice and some sink ing of 4h heart, for wise men know how hard it Is to dktlnguish between the moral and economic phases of suoh a problem as that which produces thoe . outbreaks. I danr to say here to-night that the people of the South are han dling the problem of the African, which has both marred and moulded te nation al development for three hundred years, as wisely as any people on earth could tiopo to do In the flnt gefceratlon of Afrlosn freedom and In .a time of human foment and struggle in air Kinds. Faith ful men are at work, and will continue at work, to the end that the quality and . breed ef our race shall not be allowed to oeterlorate and the quality of Justice be allowed (o become cheapened. Upon the Iteuth reito tho burden of the African and the problem of thn'tntearttr of the race, as upon New England and her breed retn the burdon of asalmllatliig the dlsoontented and dlspslring of all lands. . "Wilt the age long nntagonltm be tween New England and the flout t aver ndT They are peoplra of long memories, of tiff hecks and perhaps will never lie down In lion and lamb like fathton nor Is that ndonsary or deairabln for the stability of the Republlo or the grandeur of Its Ideals. -Fate onlv drove them tn war fer their Ideal of Americanism. As tne strugarie or liberty take on new phase - fate may brlns them to under standing and sympathy." , CELEBRATES GOLDEN WEDDING. y Associate Justloe and Mrw. Harlan Receive Groat Part of Official and ; Nodal Washington.1 V'. i Washington, Dec. 2J.-H3n th 22nd ' f December, 1156, Hon. John M. Har lan, now an associate . Justice ot the Supreme Court of th United States, was married in Evans ville, Ind., and ' to-day he and Mrs. Harlan celebrat ed their golden wedding by giving a reception at their residence tn this s.. city. During the ceremony which jaaiau irvin ia i vciwk mo great er -part of official " and social Wash ington called to , pay renpecta , the rosldnt the Judge's associates In the - Court Including the chief Justice and " many Senators and Representatives being Included In the list. .Justice and Airs, Harlan were heartily congratu lated by tholr , visitors, the 'remark being very common that such a cele . brutloh Is of extremely, rare Occnr renee in public Ufa,' Assisting In the reception were ' the three sons and two daughters of the Justice and the - families of thsons. . . '. Csshlcr Clisrgcd Willi Embcialcmcn t Vlcksborg, Miss., Dec. 84.--J. Clem ent, cashier of the Wisconsin Land ft Lumper Company, of Hermanyllle, Mich., was arrested her ; to-day, charged ' with th embesstement of 1 10,000 from his company. . ' Clement admits his Identity and says that Jast Wednesday n mailed the company ... . ; . - i - iaMV.iS ,"! th past week. .,.'....-.-. i 1 '.i , ,.;. ' SUOf B tXKNOWN MAN. Major. Penrose Makes Report to the Military Secretary , of tlte wound- X ing 01 ispuun juaciuin. - r -. . , . El ; Reno. Okla.. . Dea .82. Blood- hounds placed on the trail Of the ho- gro who last night' shot and serious ly - wounded Captain' Edgar B. Mack- lin, of Company. C,"Twenty-flfth In fantry, at Fort Reno, to-day followed the scent from Macklln's quarters to Darlington, small . station on. the Rock Island, "Railroad, four ; miles southeast of tha fort' It is believed the negro escaped, on a northbound train.' There Is a steep grade at Darlington and trains are forced to run alowly.7 " 'l f " v" tain Macklln, who Is in charge of the post exchange, ia in tne nabit 01 knitnina- laree sums of monev In the house when Inconvenient to take It to the-bank at El Reno, Ave miles w Tne statement nas been made Wat A.i . t. .... k. Marshall Mott, of North Carolina, at from ths post Last evening ha had fo th- .v mriion. ... 11,600 in an up-stairs room and to- day he said: that the negro, aiming a r.volv,r. cried: "1 want the oney upstairs,". vraaningion, utc. zs. Major r en- rose, in command at Fort Reno. Okla.. made the following report by telegraph to-day. to the Military Beo - retary concerning the.- Shooting Of Captain Macklln: ' "Captain Macklln was ehot twice last evenlns by an unknown colored roan, once In the face, breaking the jaw, ana once in the side, xne latter wound is only a slight one, and neith- er wound la believed serious bv sur- geona and ultimate recovery is as- few remarks were to tne effect that not considered likely at this end of sured If complications, which are not the papers of the State might pursue the line, that Mr. Penrose would in anticipated, do not set in. Am sat- tne subject as long as they found it terfere to any great extent with an isfled after a rigid investigation that Interesting. There seems to be no appointment of the President, but he the shooting was not done by any roember of this command... Blood- , jt ... . t-i. . lln nor hi. cook, who wltneswd the .v. 4... .n A. wrlption of the" man. Am doing ev- rvthtnr tiosslbla in the matter." No motive has yet toeen found for the shooting at Fort Reno last night of Captain Edward A. Macklln. Captain Macklln was so much Improved thin evening that the hospital physicians said he would re- cover. The . negro who shot MacKUnland that he would have no difficulty is stiii at large. The day a developments served only to add to the mystery of the shoot- ing. captain jwacann was not ai- lowed to talk. Other officers at the fort were loathe to believe that the nrrm wnn dlci the ahootlnr waa one of the discharged soldiers who sought revenge. Tne testimony or MacKiin In the Brownsville affair shows that he did not place the blame for It upon tne members of his company, one motive might be robbery. Another suposltlonJs that of revenge growing out ot the- death of a member of Macklln's company, who foil out of the ranks during a practice march a J4aaf4aysf.aga. end 'Was found . next day frosen to death captain Mackun was -not harsh to "" """ 'T..."?'W f".: ""t.L" 2Aa muu rmi jurycuwrn., for his treatment. nj . 81,uwi- . . . . . new ik uutos ,iu inw.Arm' "j :u 7:""n z"ZiSxrzz . ,":" V V. rV. , , jut ua mmci n uiiciu. New Tork. Dec. 221 There will be railroad varJ- ra.iiroaa yara- men In this dry. This much was before leaving the elty that he was beta, to reduce the alie'of the dls made known to-night at the con- not experiencing any great anxiety trlcts in order td set the maximum elusion of a conference between rail road officials and representatives of the employes who recently demanded an increase of five cents an hour In wages, coupling with the demand a threat to stop work under the old schedule to-day. The terms of the nature of the agreement entered Into is withheld for a little, the official announce ment being onlv to the effect that an amicable understanding had been reached and the threatened tie-up of Christmas traffic avoided. The roada quarters, he said, under the Impres affected had offered an Increase of slon that witnesses would be sum four cents an hour and the Pennsyl- moned before Mr. Green and an In- vanla further agreed to make any ad- aiuonai aovance to wnion tne otner Tna A m wnnlf avriA Thla w.a natisfactory to the men and the dif ference of one oent between the of fer and demand remaining unsettled. the yard -men Issued an ultimatum to tn roads, stating that unions tho in crease sought was concerned tho men would strike -to-day. This Was the situation when Grand Master P. H. Morrlsey of the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen, went Int.) conference wt,h the general mana gers of the eight roads Involved and the grievance committees of the sev eral yard crews The conference continued until late to-night, evei after agreement had been announced. This Joint statement was given out: "Tiio negotiations netween the Now Tork harbor yardmen, through their committees headed by Grand Master P. H. Murtlsey and Fourth Grand Master James Murdock. and the man agers resulted In a satisfactory ad- Justment of -matters under discussion, I and tne best or rood reeling prevails, ureen snooa nis neaa ratner dubl the men and the officer wishing each I oualy at this, although Mr. Black, other, upon adjournment, a merrv I another member of the commission. Christmas and a happy New Tear.", CARMEN ARE BEING AIDED. Butcher Are Furnishing Them With Meat and Bakers With Bread Free of Charge. Lima, Pern. Dec. 22. Street car trafllA haa hun ananarM, rtav aa Traauit Af T .Mt. T Vhl" 2tl. and?o,.!!vS 2..?!; iMuSZZf'J? Sna."drt,h?Vr .hJ! pathlser. 'During th disturbance th police fired on the rioters, woua 1- Ing several persons, The nwpapr aciare mat me action or tn nolle In firing on th strikers was not Justi fied and nrgetj. th authorities to be mcr prudent. The" various honevo lont organisations of Lima are assist ing the strikers and th butcher are famishing them with meat and th bakers with bread free of charg. Appolhted General Pasaengcr 'Agent a t of Steamship Lines,. New York,- Dec, 21. Charte " C. Brown was appointed general pen gsr agent of th Mallory, Clyd-, .-:st-l ern, Metropolitan, People and Troy lira u nniiKi, r.u7. .n. n. tians-i. com, iorraeny gnersi , passenger agent ot the Eastern having been ap. I nointea assisisni to i-resioent cnlvln I , un,.,. w, i niwiu tr. ma ni-i h"e'" KAn'nA l- (he. A M Mn.l T m. t M Hal.. ..... I.. . . - - w - 'B'iia " servre., . . ,;. LA NDfiR AFTERS VERY RhT.il I , . - , "z: : j ..,7: U'lill.m iwai i.v.iuw. ci.t iLL r.- ' "itv "- iinwr jno lMua mva ana umrt . CWa l Indian Terrttory, Says AI- sieged Grafters' Have , Become Ho : Bold Tbey iAugh at Investigators-- Mr. Afaraliall Mott. of North Caro - una, , wants, ill (Salary , w Her view ifenuerea cirerus, ana wui Push lnveetigmtlon-f-BUckbarn W1U Not Discuss possibility of Job.. ; BY XlK'A. HILDEBRAND. 1 - Observer. Bureau, . ' t 1 Washington, Dec AprnrAlnr ta WlllAm tuillv Vnllrn pre,Went Roosevelt's special InvesU t th. UA r, -r 1 cases in inaian Territory rne rsrart era" have become so bold that they iugn et investigators, ana ten mem harrown tal" ot w.ht haa come of ged and later disappeared. 1 iirnipr ss nil asm. nnH ss vrnnm wni si 1 11 been swindled with the rest Mr. Mott w " ti "J. hJ Carolinian will take a prominent part in the investigation, which 1 to con- 1 unue. jnr. moii win also continue to I look, niter tne interests of the Indians. althougn he has never yet- received I M salary f Or. the services rendered I ne t reena. 11 win do rememDerea lMl MT- ou s salary nas for a long w""" "uojeu uugauon. BLACKBURN NON-COMMITAL, Mr. Blackburn to-day declined to Do interviewed in reference to the re- pert that Ine is seeking recognition at I the hands of the administration. His ,u,Tuul J.""1. SnV ,w ?rw"c""a H?K iH-n'hSJh-"!! Ur I to tne President, but there are some 'n," ha I rrr": . . " VV JVl n., 1, 1. v.. u '.w.. v.- has been about th Whit. Hour, nf hate months. Anot'nnr thin Riar.it. burn la known to be huirr witin hi contest. Onlv thli werk h iiurH I to assert that ho was receiving re - ports from his district almost dally, im maaing out a case. I There are ocner considerations that doubtless tend to encourage him. apart irom tne cneracter ot tne evl- dene that may be adduced. The speaker will not allow consideration 1 01 1110 lorem reserve Dill, but It la nigniy improDSDie mat be would juii uunruinry oostacies in n wy f contested election case, ,n which Mr. Blackburn is concerned. wiiii rnuuiu 81MMOBB' CHARGES buuin. One of the members of the North Carolina delegation, before leavlns - for the Bute to spend the holidays, ffaiintl at th ronma nt h mii o,lthe eaulpment being practically !.- iiMiMmrirfi,. ,,M. rfi.r.r... K-r harma which Bnatar Rlmmnn. a-fceiis .,.m.t . laraa T,mWZ3 th. Wsral ofnco-hoUiTr. i 'TiZTt-tV the Federal office-holders of the State. -- .'-.'r: - . " --:," the plans of the commission with re- rrk;. r-T.T.:. " "sT I ... " ; . 7i ""e irv,r, ttjt" .i: k m . "'" . u.,uCI ' . . . c"or' WM permitiea to iook over wo. '"B,,nalcln,1 alnst him. This official remarked over tne situation, as it could DO shown that he had authority from "higher up." whatever that may mean, for all the "pernicious activity" of which he may have been guilty. The member of Congress referred to said that he had ascertained that. Commissioner Greet, haa discussed the subject thoroughly with th Post master General, and that there la no doubt that the Investigation will be Inaugurated directly after the hell- days. He left the commission head- spector from the Postofflce Depart- I ment at a number of points In the r 1 One right Interesting point has been raised. It will be recalled that one of the principle charges against a number of the Federal officials la that while drawing a salary from the government, thry accepted nam (nations and put up a hot campaign for county and State offices, without first resigning. Thla Is In direct con travention of the rules and regula tlons of the civil service,' but It an naara that thera III anma rinnht aHtttt . .. whether the men who are admittedly guilty or this infraction of the rules. will suffer very greatly for this tin of commission. The North Carolina member in question observed, in the presence of tho commission, that ev idenc that men had don this should be about all the civil service commis sion would care to know, as such conduct did violence to regulation of the commission Itsolf, but Mr. agreod with th North Carolina mm- ber.. It do not appear, In th first place, that th civil service commis sion I going to do about all these things, i even If Senator Simmons makes out hi case. It was Intimated that the r.nmmla. I h simply report to th Poat- r raumw, im certain official of that branch 6f the PMw lervlce, had - beh . guilty of "rtaln offense, which would. of course put the whole thing np to the Department'' Th Department would not mind tbi responsibility In the least. The whole thing would eventu ate Ilk th case ot th rural free delivery carrier In Iredell county, Senator Simmon thought. , when thla case dveloped, that . he. had hi man nailed. , II said this "w an 'excep tional case, wherein he had direct idene In support of tb charsea i against th carrier who ' Interrupt ad the llackett meeting.. - II did make out, hi ease, but the decision ot the department i looked npon a a Joke up thla way. Th decision was' that, ronalderlng th charge mada. by the a-nator. In Conaetlon wlthf a "erl.uT irregularity" of which ttej wait cttr-1 tier had . been guilty, Id making ont nis reports, , it oso oeen ociasu to I suspend him for 80 days.. ; Of , course, no mall carrier tn the.W0?ld wants tn work durlne tha holldava on nn.,. ii nrincioiea. . aiiQ y,.' it ns oean U.ked. what mnr concave "id"?-" . ....... . j3i hi iwu . r is, aas n n v Jb r ral employ cooia b advanced, than I to show that he had gone into a io I lltlcal gathering and started a "rough - I Cortelvou 'haa' ' nreslded.' would t t "-"ijr uc r.pcuru vu uc harsh with a Federal official In North Carolina who accepted a nomination for; a .county or State office, when 1 Mr. Cortelyou has hlmsplf been stead I ty guilty of the Infinitely greater lm propriety , of holding a Cabinet post tlon. and . at the same time holding the chairmanship of the Republican national committee. r THE POSTMASTERSH1P. . As before noted in this correspond ence the . Senate adjourned . without actios, upon the nomination of Post I mantitr DoujtIas. Of Greenuboro. Con - 1 Dieting reports -have emanated ; from ths Department concerning the failure - i n.M.t,n, n. nni.i 1. I ouoted as having expressed surprise 1 that the nomination had not already 1 been sent In, saying a clerical error must have been made, while another official' la known to have stated un equivocally that tho proposed ap pointment of Mr. Grant Is again be Ing resisted by his political oppo M$K line of attack w planned agalnrt Poatnu nents. hich is being master Douglas f nM bn lvn Dy a recent arrival who Is familiar with the perturbed I suiia ot iwpuouwui iwmi uuw I lord county, it was stated mat op ponents of Mr. Douglas proposed to file with the Senate committee the 1 resolutions passed oy tne KepuDiicans of Guilford protesUng against the ap 1 pointment of Mr. uougias. .Penrose, the chairman of the committee. Is a partisan and an organisation man of tne wuay scnooi. ana no win c iuiu that the organisation of Guilford I wishes another appointment. It is Is expeced to mane Known nis opin- ,ona wnen th ca"0 " put up to hm' I , wi- v. m,,u ,,h. i. mn,. ter of speculaUve Interest. At times th Pnntvlvinla senator nas man - ed a right lively Interest In North I Carolina political affairs, and once In troouced an element or mysiery imo the situation by holding up some I nominations In which he had no ap sarent reason to feci an Interest 1 Hon. George Morton and bride of Wilmington spent the past week in Washington. They were guests or the I New wiuard. $5,000,000 FOR ROLLING STOCK I Atlantic Coast line Railway Will Place Orders for 100 Looomotlve, S.250 Freight Cars and SO Pusmoii ger Coacltes Builders Already Far lie hind Contracts. Wilmington, Dec. 22. It was an- Line headquarters here that orders (will be placed for the earliest possl ble delivery in 1107 for 100 loco 1 motives, 1,250 freight cars and 60 passenger ca.rs, tne appropriation tor IO0B.0Q0. i Orders for 20 of tho loco I motives Jve riai wra piacvo lor FabruarV , delivery. rauruury geuverr, . 1110 uiraciom lr lo Authorised the purchase .f 8.300 tona .f 15-POUnd Steel rail. r.anuZ' 00 miles laid during, the past year. I There are overdue on contract placed early In 190C between 2,600 o 3.000 freight cam-and ?o ioco- motives, which tha builders were un Shis to furnish the equipment. ,t tg lao announced that January "ve new operating districts will be I i. , ,t 7 n v.,,. f efficiency In operation, Atlantic Coast Line Announces Ap pointment of Superintendent. Wilmington, Doc. 12.- In connec tion with the lncreaaeof the number of operating districts from 12 to 17, the following appointments of super intendents are made publlo by Gener al Superintendent A. W. Anderson, of the Atlantic Coast Line: Wilmington district, from Wilming ton to Contentna, N. C, Including branches and Atlantic and Tadkin di vision to Sanford, N. C, E. Phen nenger; Chadburn district, between Wilmington and Pede,,8. C. with branch lines, J. A. Fountain; Colum bia, S. C, district is divided Into two districts to be known as the Colum bia and Darlington districts, with C. L. Porter in charge of the Columbia district and B. J. Hare,. of Darling ton district George B. McClellan. train master Charleston Olstflict Ih made superintendent of Norfolk dis- Mct. W. M. Dove train manter of Charleston and Western Carolina. St Augusta, Is mado superintendent of Savannah district. I m - r f v. f rm .... I wr-.." nnuiuiu ir Prints an Article Headed "The Sur render of CJcrmany to the Ameri can Meat Trust." Berlin, Dec. 22. The Deutsche Trpjes-Zeltung, the most important Ot the agrarian' organs, printed an article to-day headed "The Surrender of Germany to the American Meat Trust," in which the Writer said that Information had been obtained from a trustworthy source to tho effect that th Gorman-American tariff commission was discussing tho im- portatlon of American live cattlo Into uermany oy way ox Hamburg, the slaughter of the cattle there and the transportation of th meat to varl- . ,-... -..., .u ,,,.lur cars, m paper aaaea mat It also had learned that negotiation w-r olng on between varleu. Hamburg .hipping Arm. and th. Hamburg au- thorltles concerning sthe establish ment of th necessary technical build ings, . Th article concluded with ex Dressing the . hop that no minister would be found to carry out a plan which would, ruin Germany's cattle raising. ,;' :V : The American' tariff commissioners are praciuwca irurn giving any li formation on subject connect id with the proceeding of th commission, under an agreement with the German representatives not to disclose what takes plae until the report ot the commission I made publlo InvWssh- ington. Therefor nothing can be as. certand ofllelally regarding th cor rcnn of the statement made by th DeUoh-Taga-Zeltung, , whloh gnersny is wen iniormea., , Action en Bond Issoe rostponed. Macon. Oa., "Dec 22. Stockhold er of th Macon,. Dublin ft Savannah llallroad, mat here to-day and post poned action on bond Issu until Jaa uary I, IM7. , ' IGNATIOT? ASSASSINATE RUSSIAN COtNT SHOT" TO. DEATH Member of Council ot the Enilro and Ex-tiovernor General of Kiev, Vol hynla and Podoha Assassin Fires freshment Room of Mall Occupied by Nobles' A swun bl y Ia ter Ho At Uwpts SulHdc, But Is Seised and Held by Police Upon Being Solsod, w After Firing Bullet Into Ills Own i Shoulder. Assassin ' Says, "I Pkt What I Came Mere to Do.1 Tver, Russia. Dec 22. -Count Alex- is ignatienr, a memc-er or me wiunm or. mo umpiro ana ex-uovernor wen- erai or . suev. voinynia ana r-oaous. was snot ana Kinea oy " man here- to-day in tne reiresnmeni room of tho hall occupied by the. No- Dies .ABsemoiy. in annua in urcu six bullets rrom a revolver into me victim' body and then tried to com- mil suicide, but was seised before he could do ao and la now In custody of th police. General Count Alexia Pavollch Ig natleft waa born In 1842 and after completing the usual course In the corps of pages entered a regiment ot Hussars ot the guard, in me 3 no was appointed commander ot the Regimen of Chevalier Guards, the roost coveted post In the Russian army and In 18(1 he became chief of staff of tho guard Mrps. Count ig- nstleff entered the administrative ser vice in 1885 as Governor General of Irkutsk and m 1889 was appointed Governor General of Kiev, which po sition he held until 1897. As a result of the disorders which occurred throughout Russia after "Red Sunday," January 22. 1905, Ig natieff was sent by tho Emperor to investigate the situation In southern Russia and his report on the lmme dlate necessity for granting reforms was on of the chief reasons which Induced the Emperor to proclaim the first Russian Parliament. During the donates preceding tne adoption or tno parliamentary law of August 6, 1906, lgnatleff advocated tho granting of a large measure of power to Parlia ment, but It appears that tho success of the repressive measures following the Moscow revolt changed his opln- Ion. for he became the active coad- Jutor of General Trepoff in support- Ing the repressive policy of Minister of the Interior Durnovo and in the Intrigue which resulted in the down- fall of Count Wttte. It was said at the time that the plan was to pro- claim lgnatleff Premier and dictator, turn the suard regiments against Parliament and apply th iron rule nvhlch Trenoff. Jgnatleff and their colleagues considered to b necessary to covern Rtuala ' to govern Russia. At the moment of the assassina tion Count lgnatleff was sitting with other member of the Zemstvo in the refreshment room. The Zemstvo meets In the Nobles Assembly hall. Suddenly a young man who had been sitting apart arose and approaching the Count emptied the contents of a revolver" at him. Ono of the shots nlerced his heart, and the Count died InstanlliwThe murderer, followed by some member or th Bemstvo no to an adjoining room, where he turn ed his revolver, two chambers of which he reloaded, toward his own breast. One shot missed his body en tirely and the other pierced his shoul der. He was then seised and at the moment his pursuers laid hold of him, he shouted out: "I did what I came here to do. A card of admission to the Zemstvo bearing the nam of Kullkoff was found In the assassin's pocket. His appearance is that of a workingman. The obnoxious drumhead court- martial law, under which hundreds of the leading Terrorists have been ex- ecuted during the last few months, was worked out at a special confer ence of which Count Ignntleh was a member and to him the revolutionists atrlbute the authorship of this meas ure. Since M. Stolypln has been premier the Count has been several times reported - at Intriguing with other member of th so-caled Carma- rllla to oust M. Stolypln and Induce the Emperor to dispense entirely with the lower house. HANDSOME PRIZES TO BE GIVEN posed of In Various Ways at the Maannln Ilaxaar in he Held . la Januarv. Following ., a partial ,1st of the prises to be disposed of at tho Ma- sonlo Baxaar to be given In Janu- ary: K. D. Letts, gas range to be donated to the lady who nresents tho best cake; J. H. Weddlnglon. a shot gun to tho most popular salesman In tho city; tho l.lttln-lxng Company, line drugget ror tno firm prtxn on sales of admission tickets; E. W. Mel Ion Company, suit of clothes, second prise on sales of admission tickets; Jl A. HOUtneriand C t Oinpany. a Silver berry spoon, third prise on sales "f admission tickets; J. h. Hleere. a gold waicn tor tn moii popular young man in town, uoik wrotners. a S3 set of fur for the most popular trained nurse In the city; J. B. Ivey ft Company, a lady s coat, to be drawn for; parlbald ft Bruns a cut hhh wwi or uio iucjr uumoer to bo drawn Thursday; R. II. Jordan ft company, cut glass dowi ror the lUUR IIUHIUVI kV tJ VI BTTII C I IUI. , WAi8all M. Unantiasil aa .. pitchTr" for theTucky number to Toe drawn Saturday; H. M. Wilder, ihml.;1""' big doll displayed at Jordan's, to b ?5 UUI. t',dv T..yh,"n K.ln' ... . v. .k...u a. n.iii .. I wnom ne attmp:ed . to arrL and iha Standard lee ft Vimi nnm. pany, two load of coal, to go to th hospital, orphans or Crlttenton Home receiving: the larseat numhar o!vo.r' M UlrklVl Illatorv Of Uttnnrv , vo"meV to X m" in the city; C. E. Btenarsen, Nw Horn aawlne -maehlna. tn ha for; Charlotte Millinery Company. 215 hat to the most pooulsr vonne laav in me CUT. Tne Other dnnn. I tlon will' be published later. ' TWO WEEK8 OVERDUE. Tlio Augustus Welt Soiled From feu ...... ...... VmmmIua " . - 1 TMIUinu iiwirwinv m , .WIirT nays ao Ansieiy as ceis ios- iter Hsretjr, t Now York, c Dec. 22. The . four rnusud 1,100-ton schooner Augustus Welt, Captain Sprout,, which sailed from . Savannah, t aa., v November 21 for Perth Amboy, N. J.r la two weeks overdue.- Nothing has been henrd of the vessel sine she left Savarjnah. Captain Sprotil'a ' family reside . at Booth 'Bay, Me. ' iA relatrv of th family was making inquiries to-day concerning the schooner. . m . ' It was stated at th office of J. IT, Cox, of this city, owner of the vessel, that nonxlty wis felt as to her afety. - , . , KiiiDarraiHMMent Caused r mrecuy oy Stringency ot Money v Market Ac cording to Statement Of Assignee. New York. Dec. 22. The sua pen sion of the brokerage firm of Arnold Leo A Co. was announced on the Jxi?Ji: L V. Uubbsrd, to whom, tho firm has assigned. Issued a statement In which he said that. the assignment was mde for the benefit of all cred itors. He said that the firm's embar rassment was caused directly by tho stringency of tho money market and that he was hopeful that a settlement aatlsfactory to all the creditor may on be mado and that the firm will i abe to re.ume business. No es ti,Mt, of tlii ssseU and liabilities nn ,. Tha iirm haa hraneh offlcf), iD the upper section of New i york City. Tno llrm of xrnold Leo It Co. was etablished 15 years ago by Arnold Le0 He re0red trom acUve bust- ntM .omi. tlmm nd -nco that time the business ha been under the direction of his son Edgar K. Leo. The firm had an office In Phlladel- Thla. where a larg business was dono. Th standing of Arnold Leo ft Co. on the exchange woa very high and the announcement of the suspension came aa a great surprise to a major ity of the board memDera, Mucn sympathy was expressed for Mr. Leo and many prominent broker called personally at his office to Offer con dolences. A meeting of the creditors has been called for December 28. Mr Hubbard. tho assignee of Arnold Lea A. .Co.. said that the Philadelphia branch was t rei)BonMhio for the failure of the llrm. Mr. Hubbard said that the only reason ho could assign for the fail ure waa Its inability to raise money durlnir the recent stringency in the money market. He had no Idea or the firm's liabilities. THREE ARE BURNED TO DEATH. Motlicr and Two Small Daughters In cinerated In flames hich Consume Home at Pompton Ijekes, N. J. New York. Dec. 22. Mr. Alice Linen MeWhlttey end her children Helen, six years old, and Elisabeth. four years old. wcro burned to death in a tire that destroyed their horn at Pompton Lakes, N. X, early this morning. The mother and children were the only occupants of the house when the fire started. Hoi the fire started It not known. Mrs. McWhltey was seen stand- Ing at a window ap pealing for help. Before a ladder could be pro- cured Mrs. Whltey fell, overcome by tho flame. After th ruins cooled a search was made for the bodies. In the cellar was found a portion of Mrs. McWhltey's bAdy and a garment off th body of one of thee hlldren. GEORGIAN SHOT TO DEATH. Two Men, John and Arthur Harper, All Charged With Having Waylaid Him Shooting Said to Have Been Outcome, ot Old rena. Bluerldge, Ga.. Dec. 22. Allison England was shot to death last night on a publlo road near Mineral Bluff, several mile from this place. John and Arthur Harper are charged with having killed him. It la stated that the two Harper brothers met England on the road and telling him that they Intended to slay him, shot him down. Some say that John Harper fired the fatal shots. Two shot took effect. All three of the parties are well known tn tho Mineral Bluff section. Although few details of the tragedy are known. It Is said that It was the outcome of a long standing personal feud between the men. NOTICES IX RED INK POSTED. Call "K. K. K." at Atlanta to Meet, With Guns, Etc. Mayor Offers Re ward for Evidence to convict Post- era of Notices. Atlanta. Oa., Dec. 22. Following the posting on the streets of small notices printed In red Ink early to day calling tho "K. K. K. to meet at 0 n'rmrk thla avenlna. with rum. etc.. Mayor Woodward to-day offered a reward of 8200 for evidence to con- vlct anv nerson of Dostliur such no- I tIce r In any way rioting during th holldsys No serious importance Is attached g,- p.' .w0?n to serve during the holidays and to prevent any repetition of the serl- ous riots of last September. HEAD POUNDED IVTO A JELLY An Oakland, Ala., Negro Murdered by Two Women of Ilia Own Color, io Make !; pr. Florence, AIu., Doc. 22. News has been received here of a horrible affair near lklan,l thla rnnnlv In whlrh William Lewis, a negro, was killed by two women of his own color. Hannah Johnson and Ann Hummerhlll. Lewis WM abusing one of th women when the othsr hit him In the head with a brick, rendering him unconscious, They then pounded his head Into a jelly with brickbats and made their escape across the Tennessee river, Now Orleans Town Marshal Killed. New Orleans, Dec. 22. Dispatches! "? L "0n! L?' " that hot Whssllng's father and brother, ar. JJllAminVJ flur5ncphh xt"2un J i? "t-r!2, during which Wheel ng got away. "l""iuH' -i.iu iu iuiouna turo'l-1 who threaten to do more ' Dunmore) Rail for Home. New Tork. Dee. 22. The Knrl nf nnmmnn head of tha rkrlril.H Scientist in England, who cam her a few day ago to pay a brief visit to Mrs. Mary liaker o. Eddy at Con cord, N. H., sailed for boine to-lay on th steamer St. Lout. . . ... . L. . Former Senator CaiTery Better. :' Na'w Orleans, lec.; 22Th phy ilolans attending former United Htate Senator uonoison t-nnery,. , said to night that hi condition Is vary grave, but that they hope for hi recovery, III attack of kidney trouble ha hot yet shown sign ot yielding to treat ment '. .' !, ',-. , -, 1 .Vy- v ' i y- i. The Ixullana Sail To-Day, ; ' , New Orleans, Dec." 22. Repairs to the disabled engine ot th battleship loulslana .were rompleted to-day, Th battleship I scheduled to sail to morrow for Hampton Road. . . A. N, C. HAILWAY WINS Stir Supreme Court of North Carolina Hands Down Important Decision--Hill ' and County Commlftsioner-t Seek to Anna! Lease of Atlantic & North Carolina Hallway to How land Improvement Company Court Holds That Lease 1 Valid aud All Rights and Privileges of Owner ship Are Conferred by It on Lessee Some Other Important Cases. " Observer Bureau. ' ' , Th Hollaman Building, Raleigh, Dec 23. Tho most Important, of a number of decisions handed down to-day by the Supreme Court of North Caro lina was In the case of Hill vs.. the Atlantic ft North Carolina Railway, written by Justice Walker. It I of ' great length. Hill and ths 'commis sioners ef Craven sued to annul the lease of the Atlantlo ft North Caro lina Railway to the Rowland Im provement Co.. now th Atlantlo ft North Carolina Company. Ths prin cipal point was whether th lease was ultra vires or beyond the power of . lessor to make. The court says the caso is exceedingly Important, .but that former decisions of this i court greatly lessen the difficulty of decid ing it. If it were sn open question It ' would be a very serious problem. -This charter and that of the North, Carolina Railway are precisely si mi- ; lar. purts of them being oople of . each other, and the sam thing ap- : pile to the lessee's power to "farra , out." which Is given In the charter. This U fully authorised in making the lease, as the court found in the North . Carolina Railway case, which was a very well-considered one. After the Richmond A Danville Railway had ' taken over tho North Carolina Rail way under lease It changed the gauge through Its charter for th broad, and the courts held that the road which, ' had the lease had all rights and prtv lieges. Later this court decisively answer ed the question of ultra .vires.'. It waa known for soma tlm before tho leas was mads. that It would bo made. Jndse Long. In the court below, while dif fering rrom the view held by tha " court In tho North Carolina Railway lease case, yet held the lease to be valid. Judgo Walker says th Su , preme Court concurs fully with hlxa ' In this opinion. CAN BRIDGE! PAMLICO RIV2JRV Anothex case of much Interest In ' North Carolina Is that of Pedrlck vs. ' Railroad, in which the court decides that it will not enjoin the building of a bridge across the Pamlico river, at Washington. N. C. The Leguua- : ture authorised the construction - of such a bridge and Pedrlck and oth ers sougnt to annul mis act or that body. The court will not interfere In ' the matter. It Is clear that the 8tat has control of Its navigable waters. ' and that It has glvon the right to the railway company to cross the river. This court will not Interfere . with great publlo , Improvements, which have been given full right In such a manner, in th case of Cannady vs. Railroad the court says that North Carolina courts will follow the law a decided In other States, . . , . .v OTHER DECISIONS." j The Supreme Court filed to-day the following opinions - Hill vs. 'the At lantic A North Carolina Railway, from Craven, affirmed; Pedrlck "vs. Railroad, from Beaufort, affirmed; Keel vs. Contraction Co., from Wayne, affirmed; Sutton vs. Davis, from Un ion, modified, but the decision against dstlnlte; Holland vs. Railroad, from Monroe, no error; Cannady vs. Rail way, from Guilford, reversed ;. Hick ory vs. Railroad, from Catawba, for mer decree modified; Duckworth Vs. Mull, from Burke, reversed; Bank v. Holllngsworth. from Buncombe, ho v error; Haraton va Leather Company, from Buncombe, no error; Ledford ; vs. Emerson, from Cherokee, no r- ; ror; Stat vs. Hester, from Ruthar- . fordton, motion to relnstat appeal continued until next term. - : Mrs. William A. Qattls. whose hus band, a well-known Confederate .vet- heran died here three years ago, was paraiysea mis ausruoou. oa i prominent member ot the local Dau;ht'r".0' the c?tV?eT Adjutsnt General and Mrs. Thomas R. Robertson left to-day for Virginia to spend tbo holidays. Rev. W. T. Bradshaw. of ReidsvlHe, and Rov. Braxton Craig, of Rocky Mount, are elected evangelists by Slate Baptist Mission Board, the for mer for the western half of the State; the latter for the eastern half. The corporation commission has re turned from Rnldsvllle. and will next week make an order a to freight depot facilities there. Secretary of th Stat Grimes ad dressed tho tobacco grower at Apex to-day. there being a considerable gathering of them. - . State Superintendent of Publlo In struction Joyner spoke at Smithfleld at an educational rally., at which v- efy teacher In th county was pres ent, tho latter making a gift of a sil ver service to Ira Turlington, for 21 years' county superintendent, but who now become superintendent of 'the graded school at Smithfleld. - , Th Supreme Court adoumed. to- day until February, filing the last opinion of the torau WILL ASK LARGER APPROPRIA- . v TION, . , ;'T,. T . Governor Olena says he will ask the Leglslatur . to upplemnt the $10,- 000 appropriated for the North Caro lina exhibition at the exposition by iron e,ww, ouu tn uiuir in will be, heavy. The -Umat. by the agricultural department on th eot exceed IIS.000. Grand Secretary Drewry, ' . of the Grand Lodge -of Masons, announce that atl maters bay been arranged for the building of the . temple here. and that the money I In hanl. Charles McMillan, ef Wilmington, who built th tempts there. Is archi tect. - Work will positively . bruin March 1st. and will , not be stoppe.i until the building is completed. Will Not Serve as Onrral Lsml Of. , . , ...-..-.? twnniUaioner. Washington. Dec. 22. Cspi i John C. ("JackHlreenway, w ho v In President Roosevelt s regiment ' Rough Riders, has dorl'nrd t'.- i sltlo" of comiulsaloner ot the l4ind Office, soon to be vm-n'- 1 : Commissioner lilcbards. Mr. i; way was offered th position time ago bv the Trenlili-nt, but i rause of private Intercut rw. his presence In tho Nrth . unable to accept
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