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;,'! ' -t : 'v.t-rv" '- ' .( t 1 1 ,V nX SUBSCRIPTION PHICE$8.00 ;PER: YBABT": CHARLOTTE,' N;C, trHCJRSDXY MORNINO, DJUCKMBER 27, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE MILITIA : IN CONTROL JfO MOIlE T ROUBLE AT 8COOa .1 M DUtuHxinee ol tbt UW Few - Days Not Bq Serious M t tint K porMKl Klotlmt Brought About by lllockleMKMob,-Wlik-h KUIed Thre 6' 0n,,,'p,c ud Woonded Beefl Oth ' Cjf t Two Companlet of 8 taw - v Troop ncampxl on the Been ' , iOovcmor Vardanun and Detach v Moat ot JilUlUa Leaves for, the ,k '.Town lie lx-slre to lake Per , ' sooal Inviwtlgatloik Msnhphls, Tenn., Deo. 26. Advices from Bcooba and WahaJsk, Mtas.. to , nlrht stats that quiet prevails at ooth V ostheaetown 4S well as inrougnout the surroundlnr territory and that tha troop and civil authorities are In -5 complete control of the ettuatlon. Ao 1 cording to the most reliable reports . : the disturbances of th last few day V -In Kemper county, were not as se rious as at first reported." Tho trouble J, I attributed to the actions of a reck ' less mob, whidn, in searchlnr for the BeaTO who attacked Conductor Coop er aboard- a Mobile & Ohio train last ' Sunday and shot and killed Constable ' O'Brien, of Wahalak, killed three ne- . (roe and wounded several others. - Feeling arslnst the nefroe was In '.. tenstfled by the killins; oy-negroes of a Conductor R, N. Harrison, of ths Mo " bile A Ohio Railroad, at Crawford station Monday night, and the belief ' that the mob was beyond control, -" Deputy Sheriff Alexander, at Bcooba, ' asked that troops be sent there-at once, so that the Innocent negroes Dilfh be protected. Two companies of State troops are - now encamped at Bcooba. a iJtte tnls evening Governor Varaa '. man, accompanied by IS members of the company of State mllltla stationed " at Jackson, Miss., left fr Bcooba. ? Governor Vardaman stated tnat there 7 has been no fresh outbreak but he Is going to the scene. In order that he may make a personal Investigation. ', The troops are to relieve tnose who have been on duty for the paat several days. KO FCRTHEll TROUBLE FEARED. KaToes Gatlier In Ktreets of Scoobw for Vtmr of Violence, Bat Art- Not 111 iatcnlng rcts Hard to Am.pt tain. bcooba. Miss., Dec. 2. An Asm elated Preaa representative, whu ar rived In Scooba to-night about dark found the street crowded with ne groes who had gathered from mile rrouna. . mey were uiii.jr v ;u, but there was nothing threatening in, their demeunor. According to tttir statements most of them had KStn ered through fear that violence wojW ds aone tnem u mey reraaineu in n.r cvrrounaing aiucricis sna rear aiono had driven them into the town. With compaales of mjljtka paliftll Ina the streets, there seemed to be llt- tli apprehension amons either whiter or blacks of any troubled at least lu town, during the night Most of tho white DeoDla In Scoobs Are giving the troops their heartiest oo-operatlon In' effort to restore trasyiutUty . Amongl these whites tne opinion is treeiy ex pressed that the entire trouble was" uncalled for and could have been averted. The difficulty which .arouses U-Uh races. In this vicinity, occurred hr,e miles northeast of here yesterday and last night. Accurate Information on this trouble Is not yet avallublo here, but Jt Is known that at leajt five negroes lost their lives as a rcsi.lt of It There are also reports thst sv eral other negroes were killed, but the reports lack cootlrmutlon. About dark a detail of men who had spent the day In the surrounding country under the leadership of Dep- utv Sheriff Alexander. Investigating renorts that they had made no areata and had learned no new facts. GOV. VARDAMAN" TO THE SCENE Mlflslaxippt' Oiler Executive Leave for KroolM With a Detachment of Soldiers to Investigate Condition There Personally. Jackson. Miss. Dec. 26. Governor Vanrdamsn and several memoes of Ms staff left for Scooba. thia even ing at ( o'clock on a apeclalj train. He carried with him about 25 mem bers of tho Capital Light Guards, tinder command of Captain Albert Falrley. Adjutant General Fridge preseded hfsn about three hours going on the regular train to Meridian, where he will have a special train waiting t carry the Governor and mllltla direct to Bcooba The Gov ernor says there has been no.tresh outbreaks at Scooba, but that it has beea Impossibls for him get any defi nite news from there snd he h.'.s gonne over to make a personal In vestigation and relieve (he strain in Col, McCant's soldiers with fresh troops. ALL QUIET AT SCOOBA. The Mllltla on Hand, But Chatting With Cltlsens Is Uie Only Proposi tion Tliat Confronts Them. Bcooba, Miss., Dec. 26. Late yes teiday Indefinite reporU reached this town that four negroes had been pur sued by a posse and killed five miles east of here. It was also reported that the negroes In and around the town were la a state of unrvet and trouble was feared. A telegram was sont to . Governor Vardaman at Jackson, ask ing that troop be forwarded here from Meridian. The Governor or dered ont a company of mllltla and the soldiers arrived here early to-diy. They found, however, that no trouble existed. In Bcooba and they are no-v walking about .the town chatting with the cltlsens -The reported killing of four no. . gross yesterday, which cannot be von ; fled, was a direct outgrowth of the recent trouble at Wahslak. Advlres from Wahalak sure-that the excite ment there ha subsided and buslnis I being carried on a usual. , ' ' "aaBBsssaiaBBeBSBBassiwa Consnl McMastera ' on Ilia Way to w, Washington. Washington, " Dew. Jt. Frederick ' McMasters, . of New York, ' UnHed 'Bute consul at Zanzibar, who was , ordered home under suspension to es- plain charges of misconduct egilntt . him by the British official ot Zan . tibar and who also w reports to , have Obtained money undnr f aUs pre- Ur.se from a bank at Nice,. franc. ha been located In this tontrv and the State Department has been sd- vised that be will reach Washington ;'wlthiu ' day st two.-v,-r ..v,-.-1 b. 1' i ; - ' f.;'v .Good Cotton Harvest In Centra Asia Ct. Petersburg, pee. II. The cot ton, harvest in Central A1s Is ex .. tremely good, 17.000 carloads Intlcad f the usual 11,000 being avat.ble for . esport. Railroads will . require poll faclUlle to transport th crt- j : !., : v " ( v ,', , -. i ,r ; . ' i 1 ',' : " : 'f'te ; 'mil V:' C.C- v ' Dlxit oa . theLoan and Armament Mill fans National AswcmMy i tor Kioto us Debate Renewed ACtlvi- ?ly oi bupporters of Alcsandcr aiul Draga Worries too King. -, Belgrade BerviaDeo; r?? tonal Assembly finally" haa accepted the: loan and armament, bills, which were sent to-day for signature to King v T2 dsbata on these measures to day was attended by disorderly seer.es m the part of members of the Assem bly Arising from th opening expres sion ofjtentlment against .the pres ent Karsgeorgevltch .dynasty, whioh gave .rise to , reports in German and Austria quarter of a movement to dethrone King Peter. Following the street disorders of the last few days the occurrences in the Chamber to day have added to the seriousness ot tha present situation. The King is at present,coifr9ntd with many difficult problems, not the least of which Is the renewed activity of, the supporters of the late King Alexander and Queen Drags, who were murdered the night of June to ll, 10J, and the popular M-feellng aroused by the reeent escapades '. George, the Crown Prince. One of the Deputies opposed the loan on the ground that the members of the reigning family would person ally pocket a large proportion of it, snd the final debates brought out an-M-dvnastle demonstrations In which a number of riotous students sustained serious Injuries. Premller Psmcs has tecelved a number of threatening let ters Intimating that the present dy nasty will .meet a fate similar to that of its predecessor. The late King Al exander was a member of the Ofcren ovltcs family. It Is asserted thst se cret meetings of the antl-dynnstlo leaders have been held here for the purpose of selecting a European Prince ss successor to King Peter In the event of the success of the aeit dynastlc party. THE MAX TRIAL RESUMED. Ha n.l writing Expert TestlAe In an Effort to Convict the Town Topic- Man of PerJ err Garvin Roastta the Defendant. New York. Dec. H.-The trial nf rVil W n Vann nn ftn Indictment f6r terJurv waj re.mm.-d before Re rl Qoft tha court of General Sesnion to-day, Handwrttinx Expert D. C. Decker aga)n took the stand and resumed his testimony as to the disputed "O. K and "W. D. M." of the Count Retl nald DeWard letter. "Witness stated he had discovered that the character istics of the letter "M" were aUo 'true of th'.so found In the standard In vldonoe ot Col Mann's w.rltln. but. that too mate'Ui tor a com parison of handwriting In this case was very meagre Assinlint latrlct , At' ?roey , Garvin read .portions of -the record of the Hapgood trial. In which Col. Mann testified and said the statements made by CjI. Mann at th time were false. Ha raid that Col. Mann had a motive l.i swearing 'alsely. "lie knew," continued Mr. Garvin, "when he said tho edlto.-ial columns of Town Topics w.re not for sale, that If he had admitted such columns were for rale, tho libel suit against Hap good would Immediately fall." Haveral hank clerks li stifled that the disputed wrttl-c was Identic! with the a Juiltted writing. ! 1RVCE. ACCEPTANCE AMl'RED Hmt Definite Information of His Se lection to Succeed Ambassador Durand Given His Constltaents In a Letter Announcing III Retirement a Member From Sooth Aberdeen. AbeMeen, Scotland, Dec. 2. James Bryce, who Is to succeed Sir Mortimer Durand as British amb's sador at Washington, has given his constituents here the first definite in formation of his selection for 'he Washington post In a letter which they have just received. In this com munication Mr. Bryce said that th cppolntment will compel him to glv up his seat for South Aberdeen. the retirement of Mr. Bryce causes cenuina regret a his scholarly qual ities made him peculiarly qualified to represent the constituency which has the reputation of being th moat In tellectual In the United Kingdom, aa Aberdeen enjoys the unusual distinc tion of not having one Illiterate voter. No-plans have yet been made tor the choice of a successor of Mr. Bryce in Parliament but it probably will oe made from the. Ht.era.ry class. MGMA ALPHA KPSILON MEETING v - Fraternity Observes the 60th Anni versary of It Foandiug at AtMiim Convention Only Surviving Found er Present, Atlanta, Ga., Doc. SI. The Sigma Alpha Epsllon college fraternity be gan Its annual convention and cele bration of th 80th anniversary ct It founding hers -tor-day. Ths first ses fl n was devoted to reunln uiiJ ad dns of welcome and rerpoote. The ttrat social gathering was held to i.lght, a smoker being tendered by th local member of the fraternity. About' 100 members are "resent and every one Of th, IT chapters of the fraternity is represented. Among the prominent srskrrs to day ware William C. Levers, of Evans ton, 111., supreme srehon: Col. John & Roudolph. of Alabama, the only surviving founder of th fraternity, and Hooper Alexander, of Atlanta, who delivered the welcoming address. Police Forging Chain Around Alleged .Poisoner. . Chicass. III.. Dec: Jl. Traces of poison bsv been found Jn the bcdy'iane. Jointly responsible with tho ol another memosr er tne vsrsi fam ily .and th' polic believe that thy hav secured auaiuonai .evidence asalnst Herman Belek. who Is now In custody In connection with th death ot three member of th family. The analysts completed to-day was that of lh body of Rom VsraL II y tars of age.' Evidence of arsenic hav now been found In "all the bodies that hare been analysed. v ' v i - : . Chilean Town Partially Destroyed by , :":" Earthquake, , .,; ,. Santiago.' Chile, Dec ,11 Half the town of Artca, In the province of Tacna. . has . been destroyed by an rthquak. and other town In the neighborhood hav suffered mor or lea severely. Th seaport of Iqulque, 110 miles soath pf Alrca,. was not damaged. With th recollection of the Aagtiat dlsastsr fresh In the minds of th people, those In the earthquake too ar greatly alarmed... WOULD STOP STOCK lSSUi; SUIT AGAINST GREAT NORTHERN '' ', i. i. i ii V si Slate of Minnesota Seeks to Enjoin '. the Road From Issuing f 60,000.000 , tipitai stock, as Propoo-i ly uv i Director B1U of Complaint Re rite Tlmt This and Previous In creases Were Prolected Without Proper Notltication . to the Stale Wareltouac Commission Attorney Gi-ueral Declare That People Would be Compelled. to Fay HlgU cr Freight Rates. ' Bt. Paul, Minn.; Dec.' 24. Attorney- General Toung and R. A. Stone, as sistant attorney general, this afternoon began an action in th Ramsey coun ty District 'Court on behalf i of th State of Minnesota against th Great Nortaern Railway . Company, asking for - a permanent Injunction against the company It officers, agents and servants from proceeding In any man ner wllnMhe proposed Issue of capital stock recently authorised by the board or oirectors in ew fork. The at torney general also asked that the court restrain the defendant from receiving or collecting the amount due on any subscriptions wuilch may have' been, or which, will hereafter be made, or from taking any action to carry out these plans until tha Great Northern Company shall have first made application In writing to tne railroad and warehouse commission of the State of Minnesota, and pro cured the commission's consent to the Issue of stock: A temporary In junction pendente lite Is also' asked for. THE BILL OF COMPLAmT. The attorney general In his bill of complaint, after reciting that the Qreat Northern is a corporation of the State of Minnesota and that tne com pany's original authorised capital stock, la $30,000,000, that being the limit fixed by the company s charter. says that between February 1, 1890, and March 1. 18, the defendant made several large increases pf cap ital stock until March 1, 106, tne to tal aggregate substantially 1160,000, 000; that all of tho Increases were made without applying to and obtain ing the consent of the railroad and warehouse commission of Minnesota, ss required by law; mat prior to Dec ember 11, 106, the defendant deter mined to Increase the capital stock to $210,000,000 by an additional Issue of 14,200,000, a great portion of which served on the stockholders by Presi dent J. J. Hill, who invited all to sub scribe for a pro rata share of same; t'nat the defendant's officers are now preparing to sell nnd Issue tftls stock to Htockholders of record January 4, 107. Tho bill of complaint further states that unless prevented by sn Injunc tion the defendant will issue and sell the stock without first applying to and procuring the consent of the State railroad and warehouse com mission, tnereby depriving the State and its officers of the right and oppor tunity of Investigating the proposed stock Issue, and examining into tho propriety ahd purposes of the same, all of which, the complaint says, is contrary to the State laws. The bill further says: ' WILL INCREASES FREIGHT CHARGES. "If the defendant Increases its stock as now proposed the aggregate thereof will be 1210,000.000; that the defendant has been and It Is now paying annual dividends at the rate of 7 per cent, on all If Its capital stock and will nay dividends at the same rate on all of its present capital stock. 1 If this Increase Is consummated as now Intended; that this Increas of 160,000, 000, If effected, will there fore Increase the fixed annual charges of the defendant by the aum of t60.000.000. notice of which was will have to be paid by tine defendant's Minnesota patrons aa charge) on freight and passenger trafflo local to Minnesota; and that It Is further al leged t'nat If these plifns are consum mated they will be effected without the survclllanco or the consent of the State of Minnesota." The bill alleges that the reasons for this Increase of stork Is unknown to the officials of the State of Minneso ta and tnat they are unadvised of the necisslty and propriety of the same. SLIGHTING THE STATE. Tho petition alleges that by "Its willful snd wrongful neglect and re fusal" to make application to the State railroad and warehouse com mission before proceeding with the preparations for the proposed increase of capital stock tns defendant will de prive the State of Minnesota In the premise and prevent giving the trans action that scrutiny and publicity con templated by tho law. Hervlce was had on officials of the Great. Northern Railroad this after noon. CONNECTICUT nAS SEA TEST. She Returns to Hampton Roads for Examination of Faulty Conden sers. Norfolk. Va Dec. 21 Th United State battleship Connecticut, built at the New York Navy Yard, and which has been having a series of tests at sea for the past 10 days, returned to Hampton Roads yeetsrday after a test to establish the responsiveness of the vsssel to her helm, which Is declared to hav proven successful. It Is reported that th Connecticut has had some-trouble with her con densers and an examination of thi. by th genersl board of Inspection I said to be scheduled for Friday, whn the Connecticut will begin coaling pre paratory to leaving for Southern waters, for which she may proceed In advance of th fleet scheduled to otart about tha mlddl of January. The Kx -Countess Most Pay Some of Donr vrM. Paris. Dec. 26. The three remain ing suits brought by creditors, with tn oblsct Of making, juaaam uoniu. formerly th Countess Bonl ds Cast- (mint for certain . claims, 'were de rided to-day. The court held Miii- m nauid Jointly liabl fcr Jewel valued at 114,000, purchased from Mil. Vera Nlmldore, of Odessa, who sold th Jewels to Count Bonl through, th Intermedlsry ot -Jeweler. Th court also found that Mm Oould was j jointly liable for the aum of about; 17.000, th balance due to the riar- log for a Jewelry bill Amounting to' shout 1117.009, provided th,blll wa: not padded. t ' 'rf . Mao'' and - Woman ' Found Dead Ja ,... . Boarding Hooev',' j' ; Jacksonville. ; Ft., Dee. Jl.-Th dead bodies . of George ; Patterson, 1 cab driver,' and Alice, Clark, board ing house keeper, were found late last night In different room of th board ing house. Th Indications were either Suicide or .murder, ; No cause can be ascertained. ' Th . polio ar iirveatlgatlng, . , ,;,--i ,, MP0RTAOT- With Northwestern Carriers. Thinks Gov. Gooding of Idaho, Service to t the People is a Secondary Oousld- oration Interesting story of Con UllUons. . t ; Washington, Dec. 21. Inter-State Commerce Commissioner Lane, who ha direct charge of ameliorating con ditions In the Northwest, where both coal and car famines have prevailed, Is in daily receipt of hundreds ot let ter from dealers and residents In North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming and Idaho.' that tell a most interest ing story of existing condltlona Some of the writer go to the extent of say ing that in , many instances freight trains have not passed railroad sta tions for. a month or era weeks and that hundred of thousands of dollars have been lost to the farmers and elevator men, particularly in North Dakota, by reason of their fail a re to obtain car to move their wheat and flax. Governor Gooding, of Idaho, to whom Commissioner Lane had writ ten for Information relative to condi tions In that State, says: '"The serious trouble, it seems to me, is the fact that among tha trans portation companies the on Im portant consideration In tneir man agement Is the securing of dividends without regard to the service render ed to the people. The latter consid eration Is entirely lost sight of." HAVING LITTLE DIFFICULTY. Southern Pacific Lines Operating Most of lhelr Trains on the Atlantic bjs Uun k-nglneers to stick by Their Contract. Houston, Tex.. Dec. 26. Reports to the headquarters of the Atlantic system of the Southern Pacific lln-s, to-uay show that the lines are experi encing little difficulty in operating train on account of the strike of the locomotive firemen on the Houston division of th Galveston, Harrlsburg t San Antonio line. Fourt"en irelght train out of 16 scheduled, were handled and all of th yard en gines, except two at San Antonio, vere working. AH scheduled freight anu passenger trains and two exira freight' trains were operated on the Victoria division and on the Texas and New Orleans, east of Houston, all scheduled trains were started. At Lobo, near EI Paso, Fred. Kutz is leDOrted to have been ananilted by Brakeman Blnger and so severely in jured that he could not continue tho run. H. E. Willis, assistant grand cniei of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, say thst his organization is thorouahly satisfied with the 'tu- atlon and Its members are going to do all possible to malntuln their cm tract with the railroad company end ktep trains moving TRIED TO BLACKMAIL RAILROAD Letter Demanding $S5,000 Accom panied by Threat of Dynamite i nc Blackmailer Foiled. Helena. Mont Dec. J6. Unknown persons have attempted to blackmail the Northern Pacific Railroad for $25,000, after the method employed by Isaac Gravelle. who, arter a dramatic escape from the court house, where he was on trial tor the dyna miting of trains, was finally killed In Governor Toolo'a door yitrd. The present blackmailers wrote the rail road that unless $25,000 was forth coming the St. Louls-Burltngton ex press would be dynamited to-day be tween Livingston and Billings. In stead of giving up the money six de tectives were placed on the train. A supposed accomplice was found In the baggage car, as he mads no move, either from fear or failure to com municate with his assistants, he waa not molested. The train met with no unusual experience. Little plunder could have been procured had the train been dynamited. FELL TO SHAFTS BOTTOM. Two Miners Killed In a Michigan Iron Mine by Falling From a Skip. Detroit. Mich.. Dec. 21. A Detroit New special from Bessemer, Mich., says: "Ellas Lehtenan and Joseph BardVa sono were Instantly killed In the Colby iron mine here to-day by falling 600 feet to the bottom of the shaft when a "skip" oTT which they were riding to the surface was dumped by itrlklng on a projecting beam. Two other miners riding In the skip saved their lives by catching hold of the rope and clinging to It One of these Mike Scavardent. was seriously Injured before his plight was dis covered, but the other one came out ot the experience unharmed." Officers of Soutliern Rabbinical As sociation. Nashville. Tenn.. Dec. 26. The Southern Rabbinical. Association last night elected the following officers: Rabbi Isadore Lowenthat, Nashville, president; HbW J2 m.B.V!1 i Houston. Tex., vie president; Rabbi Moses Bargeman, New Orleans, secre tary; Rabbi M. Newfleld, Birming ham, Ala., treasurer; executive com mittee: Rabbis Max Keller. New Orleans, chairman; Datld Marks, At lanta, and B. C. Ehrenrelch, Mont gomery. Ala. The association was addressed to day bv Dr. J. H. Klrkland, chancel lor of Vanderbllt-Unlverslty. Drunken Negro Fatally Burned. Danville. Va., Dec. II. James Moss, a negro ' was burned to death here to-day while lying drunk In a field. Moss was an Inmate of the city Jail, and being trusty, was allowed many privilege. To-day. h went bom to visit his family and becom ing intoxicated wandered out Into a straw field and there fell asleep. Fir was raging In th field and he wa soon the centre of a mas of .flames: He w. conveyed to the genera 1 hospital, whsr h did later. - , Arnold Leo A Company Effect Settle !w ;, met WIUi .Creditor ' nw York. Dec. tl. Arnold Leo Co.. stock brokers, . who failed last Saturday,- have effected a settlement with their creditor on th basl of 10 pr cnL csh and ' 10 per cent. mvi notes." 'Accoraing to . the assignee. Leo A Co', llabtlitle war t rtt tllAO.OOO and with assets ' of bout $100,000. The firm will re sume as soon as certain legal formali ties have been compiled with. . '.-j, 1 ii i ii i f, n. Y ; v .Henry Kewman, Dead. ; r;;. ' Nw Orleans. :', Dec. 7."S Henry Newman, founder of th eotton Arm of H. and C. Newman, dld at hin horn her to-day. H wa. 4)1 year I MODERN : BUSINESS HONOR MANY LEGALIZED METHODS EVIL Prof. J. W. Jenka. of Cornell Unlver- sliy, Deliver Addre oa Modern Business Standards tlic Injustice of Many Practice Tends to Obscuro the Moral Vision oi Many ou Meanlng Men state Sliould Rem edy Conditions Which Tempt Men Ueroml Their Strength Dlstin- P.TOB Sr."",.'L ; ..- m u a a aVst.maa vaa Notable Meetings. Providence, R. I., Dec. 1 6. Distin guished students of political science, historians and educators, representing many leading universities and other educational-institutions of the coun try, assembled here to-night for the opening of a series of annual meet- . k. ..-a .v.. ..nin.. nt SB v a3 iivm uuuat uwyivv v Brokn University daring the remain ing days of the present week. Con ventions of the American Historical Association, the American Economic Association, the .American Political Science Association, the Americsn So ciological Society, and the Biblio graphical Society of America, are in cluded In the programmo of the week. To-night a Joint meeting of the American Historical and American Economic Associations was held in Saylea Hall, after which a reception was given to the visitors by Brown University officials. ADDRESS OF WELCOME. President W. P. H. Faunce deliver ed an address of welcome, referring to the significance of the great gath ering of distinguished men. Prof. J. W. Jenks, of Cornell University, presi dent of the American Economic Asso ciation, delivered the annual addross, his subject being "The Modern Stand ard of Business Honor." Prof. Jenks said: "ihe frequency of great fortunes. gathered perhaps legally, but tn ways felt to bo unjust, through the power or monopoly, nave tended strongly to obscure the moral vision or many well-meaning men. who .have been thereby led to confound morality with social righteousness; and their acts Insve formed the excuse for many others to break laws whlcih, seem to them unjust. The profit from an un just, though legal stock watering may well prove more demoralizing In busi ness circles than the Illegal freight rebate whlcih. saves from ruin a grain shipper caught at a disadvantage." REMEDY WITH STATE. In the way of remedy Prof Jenks submitted that the State should make the conditions such that human na ture would not be tempted beyond Its strength, and make and enforce laws which shall forbid unscrupulous practices like the employment of child labor or adulteration of gods. "It may seem a tame and Impotent conclusion." concluded Prof. Jenks, "that there I no legislative pan.icea for our business ills snd that upon u as Individuals rests the reponsiblllt) for our Improvement The Justifica tion for the conclusion Is human na ture and the experience of the ages." FIVE CHRISTMAS CASUALTIES. Three Snkclde and Two Fatal Acci dent In Georgia Add to the Death HoIL Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. II. Five more Christmas casualties wsre reported to day: J. W. Caldwell, of Taylorvllle, Ga., near Stllesboro, committeed suicide early this morning by shooting. No cause is known. Harvle Mangess, of Mineral UlufT, Ga., committed suicide with a re volver hrlstma dayl. He left a fam ily. The little daughter of J. C. Hughes, at East Newman, was burned to death Christmas, by her dress catch ing nre. , Sherry Brahnon, 10 years old. of Kufaula, Ala., was setting off fire works when a Roman candle strurk him In the forehead, knocking him down. His head struck a curbing and his neck was broken. Wilson Morrey, Ii years old, com mitted suicide wltfi ar evolvcr 12 miles south of Columbus, Ga., Ill health Is wlven as tho cause. Sheriff Rogers, at Hawkinsvllle. Oa., to-day shot and killed Luther Morris, a negro, who was resisting arrest. Morris was wanted for the murder of his sweetheart Stella Flanders, by cutting her throst. Harry Hargrove, aged 22, was shots and Instantly killed at Eastman, Ga. In a quarrel with John Groov er Burch this afternoon. Both are prominently connected. SENSATIONAL DOUBLE SUICIDE. Male Caller on Woman Prisoner In Elmlra Jail, Gives Woman Car bolic Add to Drink and Takes a Doee Himself Both Die Shortly After. Elmlra. N. Y Dec. 28. Although a guard waa standing close beside him to-night, Frank Delaney, a rail road man, succeeded In a bold at tempt to end bis life and the life of a woman who occupied a coll in the woman's dormitory of the Elmlra county Jail. The woman was Bessie Wells, waiting sentence on January 3 abduotlna a vouna- erlrl and harhorln her for Immoral purposes. i Delaney possessed a power of at- j torney for The woman, and when he called at the Janl and stated that he wished to consult her regarding the sognlng of Important papers there waa no ohlectlon on tha nart of tha warden, who sent a guard along with him. The guard stood close by while th man and woman wer conferring together, when suddenly Delaney drew from hi pocket a botti of car- bollo ncld. and passed It through th bar. The women lsed It and swal- : lowad th contents. Instantly tih guard sprang upon him, but the man fought him fiercely for a moment, and then collapsed. He died befor a physlclsn could b called. When th door of th cell waa un- boltsd th woman lay dying on the , owing th bank los to IIO.OOO. ar floor. , ,, I rived home this afternoon and ur in 'rendered. H wa accompanied by Paaaenger Train Derailed by Mprcnd- :-.v;'jiv ing I tall. ' Defiance, , O., Dec. if. Baltimore 'Ohio passenger t rata No. 0, while go.ng at a speed ot 70 mile an boor, waa derailed by spreading rails three mile east of hero to-day. On enact and two sleeper jumped tha track, running 100 fact on th tlor. Ti" combination coach turnod over !',o a cltch. Three passenger wer hurt, eut not seriously, x ' ; . . Unknown Man Bombs a Russian KsU- vity i rp. " way (auon ,r , , .;, V! Kharkov.' Dusslai Dec .SIAn un known traveler dropped a bomh In th railway station here thi evening up on ill-htlng from an .Incoming train. Two passenger were killed end many were wounded by .h ospioaion. The station , I now surrounded , by TOOK FIRKMAN IKOM ENGINE. MiUUcd Striker licnrt to Violence Southern Pad flu OUMa's bay Situ ation I Improving. New Orleans, La., Dee. 21. A J : Southern Pacific fireman was to-riitv taken from his enclne by a body of masked men at Opelousss, La., .vc cording to a report rscoivod here by IS. B. Cushlng, genersl supsrln- tend.-nt of the Soutliern Pacific, Mr. Cushlng had no '.iformatlon as to what treatment tho captured fireman received. Except for this incident, Mr. Cushlng said that the firemen's strike has oausod o serious trouble on this end of the Southern Pacii'.c, . ,. .. ,,,,,. i Atlantic dlv'sion, Two guarda tre carried on every ei.gine end all pu sengqr and local freights have been moved about on tln.e. Mr. Cushlng announces that the Southern Pacific expect to-morrow o remove the embargo on through freight, which has been maintained since the stilke began. He said that through freight for Louisiana nd Texas points will HRflln be accepted and that llie through freight trains will begin running. WIFE SEES HUSBAND DIE. In Heroic Effort to Save the Life of n Venturesome, Skater, George Dayl-. Finds n Watery Grave at Morris town N. J. Morrls'otin. N. J Doc. tl. Before the eyes of his young wife, George Davis, aged 25. to-day lost his life In an unsuccessful attompt to rescue John Arke an 8-year-old boy, from drownlnr. Th boy went out on the ice of tho Rnckaway river and broke through. Davis and his wife saw Arke drop Into the water 'and Davis cut down the clothes line In his yard and tied one end about his waist. He -eve tho other end to his wife and started toward the boy, who was floundering about in the broken Ice. Lying down Davis reached out and seised Arke snd shouted to his wife to haul In on the rope, f he drew her husband back from the hols until the hoy was out of ths water. As she started to pull again the rope broko and the man and boy fell back Into the water and were drowned. TWO DEAD IN WRECK. Inter-Urban and Work Trains Come Together, Killing Two and Fatally Injuring a Third Person. Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 21. Two per sons were killed and 11 hurt, ane fa tally. In a collision to-day between an Inter-urban train from Seattle and a work train. The collision occurred near Edgewood. The dead: (JERUE HOSS. conductor of the Inter-urbhn train. WILLIAM HAltniS. third rail man; William Guyon, motorman, was fa tally Injured. The wreck occurred on a sharp grade In a deep rut. Two flat cars were piled upon the first passenger ear crushing It to splinters. Brother of lord rharle Bereaford Killed In Wreck. Washington, Dec. 21. The State Department to-day waa officially ad vised by Henry B. Dyke, assist an so licitor of the Boo line at Mlnneapo Us. of the denth In s wreck n that road December 23 of Delav J. Ber - ford, brother of Lord Charles Berev lord. an admiral In the Ilr'tl inivy. j and asking that the Department not' fy the Llrltlsh ambassador with th . j view of having him advise relatives nnd direct disposition of the bci!y, Secretary Hoot Immediately notified the embassy ottlcluls who have cabled to England for instructions. The em- ( imasy omciais niso nouneo uirn Charles Bercsford of his brother's death. The Jefferson Not Redly Damaged by the PlaincM. Norfolk. Va, D,u 26. Ths Old Dominion liner ItfTorson. which is being lengthened ot the Newport News shipyards was not serloui!y damaged In last e Milng's Are there. It was officially reported to-day tht the liner's r"ot house wss scorch! and .he dck rail In places w.n slightly afire at tlrms, wl'h some paint blistered from the hu'l and uppor sldu of the ship. Otherwise the steamer was uninjured either about her hull or superstructure. Her re pairs will bo completed and she will be out sgaln In February. Receivers for the M., J. A K. C. Rail road. Mobile. Ala., Dec. 21. Up n appli cation of Ambrose Monell, Thoina Morrison and John McLcod alleging tho Insolvency of the railroad, the chancery court this afternoon ap pointed F. E. Dewey snd J. Lewis Dantseler receivers for the Mobile. Jackson A Kansas City Railroad, run ning from Mobile to Mlddleton, Tenn., a distance of 180 miles. Dewey wss formerly general msnsger of ths rail road and was ousted about II months ago and succeeded by T. F. WhlteUey, of Toledo, O.. the present general manager. White Man Killed by Negro Trio. Hlrmlnsrharm. Ala.. Dec. tl. News has bean received here that A. Rlch- arrt Losan. a white man, was killed yesterday by three negroes, near Benson, shslby county. No details ar known. Thre negroes i suspected of th crime hav escaped and th pollc of different cjtle surrounding that hav been notified to b on th outlook for them.w Absconding Cashier Surrenders. ' Sedan, Kas., Dec. 18. Otto D. Stallard.f fermsr cashier of the P. o pie's National Bank of Sedan, who diss ones red on September 0 last. Mr. Slallard. Wlfe-Beatcr Cremated tn Prison Flro. Birmingham. Ala., Dee. 10. Tho city 'prison at Jacksonville, Calhoun county, was burned last night , Rich ard Walker, th only Inmata, was croinated. Walker waa Jailed for wUe-bestlnc. Th origin of th fir I not known. .. - ..; .'' ... Florida Fruit Injured, by Cdd. 3 Tampa,1' Fla., Dec. I. Special fiom Fort Myf ;y citrus tiu't in glove al Caloosatatohl era-froion !id. Immediately nut. d' rt Myvr, howsnci, irult Is but little doinai.od. 1 1. i . ii ' ' - Shah's Condition Alarming.' V ' Thrn, Dec. : II. Th reurtl;!on of the 8bah aa taken a shrp turn tor th worse and his death It ex-j pectedXrem hour to hour. , ; BEAlfY FOR PEABQDY KOW FISH THINKS JEROMJS TOO LATS ' 1 .in , ... . , .- ..hi .- By Uie District ' Attorney ' Ainies cnee. Dec lares the Secretary of th Mutual Life INtltcy-Uolders Associa tion, the Pre ' . cut of the Mutual Life Was IVt milted to Reap Uie Ftait of HiM Illegal Actions Je llome Furnished With Charges lTlor to the t-loctlon, But Refased to Toko Cognizance of Them Be, , cause he Did Not Wanl His Office lscu 10 xuiiucnco the Uoctlon. ; New York Dec. 81. District At torney Jerome ha written a letter to D. Cady Herrick, of counsel , for the Mutual Life pollcy-holdsrs asso ciation saying he 1 now willing to take up tne matter concerning charge against President Peabody .. of th Mutual Life Insurance Company, ef coercion in connoctlon with the elec tion of trusteo of that company. These charge wero brought to the attenlen of th district attorney aom time ago by Mr. Herrick. Mr. Je rome refused to act on them at the time on ine giound that he did not want his office "used to influence the election of trustees in the Mutual life." TOio district Attorney's letter wa referred to Kussall W. Flh, secretary of the association, who, In rtspoasce, sets forth the attitude of tn asso ciation regarding Mr. Jerome's deter minalon o take up the matter now. Mr. Fish said: TOO LATE TO LOOK STABLE.' ' "As to the attitude of this associa tion In bringing these charges against Mr. Peabody In Ocober. our nunwuA i was. to prevent the continuing Dae : crlmo of coercion of employch la be I half of the administration ticket, rath er than to bring about he punishment of a completed crlm after the crtmU nal had profited to the full thereby. -- "While punishment of the crime I Important, and th assoclatloln trust that th district attorney will take up the matter vigorously; nevertheless. In view of tne fact that th election is over, and by Mr. Jerome's acquies cence Mr. Peabody and hi fallow breaker hav already reaped the fruits tof tioolr Illegal actions so thst our Interest 1 only that of all cltlsens, w feel that any criminal action to be taken a his tlm Is hs concern of the district atiorney Is aware, cllneta of Albert S. Bard, who will no dodubt arrange tto produce them at Mr. Je rome's request. We think they will be easily available If Mr. Jerome means business." Tho wltnesse referred to were Her bert N. and T. Reld Fell, of Oh Is city. Edward O. Sutton, of Springfield! Mam and Fred O. Paige, of Detroit, Michigan. , LOOKING INTO NEW YORK LIFE. Grand Jury Resume Its Sitting and District Attorney Jerome Sum Up Demurrers Interposed hy HamU ton KuNtalned by Judge HIrhoff. New York. Dec. 26. Th grand Jury held a special session this after noon to continue Its investigation f the New York Lif Insurant- Com pany, which waa begun last wek: District Attorney Jerome spvnt .aom time in summing up before th grand jury the facts developed djr.ng th investigation, but he declined to a anything for publication. .' . Late in the afternoon Lewis A. Del afield, personal counsel for Oeurg W, Perkins, appeared at the district at torney' ortlce and talked with that of ficial. Several bookkeepers of the New York Life insurance Company h been subpoenaed to give evldenc til oiinectloii with tho information brought out In the examination of Mr. Perkins. Edmund D. Randolph, IrmsuriT of the company, his chief clerk. Al. Al. Mattlson, Alexander Webb, Jr., J. Carroll Hoot. Woodbury C. Langdon, G. A. Morrison and otb ers. Demurrers Interposed by Andrew Hamilton to the complaint ot th New York Life Insurance Company In Its suit to compel him ac count for 1574,260 received and dla- tributed by him on behalf of th com-; ' pany, were sustained io-d.y by Ju0g, Lischoff In the Supreme Court. . , Justice Blschoff's decision says, there are six causes of action set forth 1.1 the complaint and the demurrer . challenges the sufficiency of eecr . cause of action for an accounting and raises the question of misjoinder. If .. some of the other cause of action may be deemed to proceed for other relief. The court finds and upholds the demurrer of the Insufficiency a' tn the first three cause of action and -gives the life Insursnce company ' leavo to amend on the payment et costs. . V Fred A. Burnhani Re-Elected Presi dent of the Mutual Reserve. . , New York. Dec. Jti. After a session lasting two hours ths director of th Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com-' pany to-dav re-elected Frederick A., Hurnham president, and George D. ' Eldrldge vice president or the com- ' pany. Nine of the It directors were . present and the vote on the election," of Hurnham and Eldrldge Is said to hav been very close. None of the1 directors would discuss tho meeting., Mr. Buroham and Mr. Eldrldge r both under Indictment In connection with the administration of th com pany's sffslrs. ,.:'v' 1 Fatal Slwotinr ffry In Billiard Room. .: j ,v Tullahoma, Tenn., Dec. . II. Dur Ing a shooting affray in a billiard ' room to-night. Mel Parker was wounded four time and 1 report to be dying; Hoary Brlnklay wa shot In th back! Jam Holt In tit hip: J. D. Baxter, tn th pack, and Tent Plartl In ths head. Th origin ot th trouble la apparently unknown. Baker Fatally Crushed la Dousi Miser. , ,- 1 Columbu. O., DC II. Falling In to a spong mixer full of dough ac Ui Bits bakery to-day. IL IV Van kirk, a baktr. waa whirled round and round until ovary boa -la hi Icly w crushed. When tha ' maehln wa slopped be waa taken out desi. . Ex-Senator Caffery Critically Ii. "New Orleaa. De. Is. Ihe etsGl. tton of former United b'tate Stnatir Donelson Cfiftcry, who h been l for a wck with acntc kidney trouble, took a turn for th worse lato lo-Uy and It la now feared that ho will 101 rcovr. - ' .'. . , . Stranger Fatally Burned at N-rf ' . . ( idcntlllcd. , f ' Norfolk. Va.. Dec, 1 8. Tho 1 1 burned -to death tn , entv.ping tt t 011 the Jamestown txpoiti..n r",l" 1 Monday night has been i iei.!. 1 ; -Burt Haws, a whit point -r. win : besa mpIoyd - on th" evt gsounds, and I suppo" I to t 1 Chlctno, ; f. " ''.' v.- V ,
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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