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1 r - r v I i t J V GUBSOHIPTION PRICE: $8.00 PER YEAR. -CHARLOTTE, N. 0., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1907. PRICE FIVE, CENTS. l" ' ' i y V F - 'i . i ', i M V I 5 i i 1 j 4 BUIN AND MATH BY QUAKE DISASTER GROWING IN HORROR Meagre ' Later Intelligence From Stricken Jamaica Shows the Sltu ,J atlon to be More Serious Than Wm r jt First Supposed Casualty Lists .' "-1 ''ill firow When Ruins Are Search ' A -Earth Shocks Continue , and Paolo Prevails Among the People . -. Looting and Disorder Fouowea up on Heels of the Disaster No Re liable Estimate of- the 'Property V" ' " Damage Shipping Escaped :'-Ua -. - damaged. r--.i''f-iii, Very few messages, and these meagre and lacking' in detail, have been recetv & ed direct from Jamlca giving additional information of the devastation and . death wrought by the earthquake that ravaged - Kingston on Monday . arternoon. - eucn . intelligence at has come through, how. ever, show the situation to be appar ently more serious than was. outlined In ' 'the first reports received at th' Colon- - lal Office in London 'from the Governor " of the ' bland, Sir Alexander SWetten- bam, and Hamar ' Greenwood. ,M . P. ' Cable v communication . with Jamaica - seems to be almost Impossible either on . account of the local .disruption ol the ; fines and system, or posribly because of '' the absolute precedence given In British colonies to- official dispatches. , RAPJUS OF DEVASTATION. 1 '. ' The devastation would .appear to have . been confined to . the vicinity of Klng .' ston, one dispatch riving 10 miles at the " radius of damage. The rest of the lt land, including Port Antonio, does not . , seem to have suffered severely. The es timate of dead range' from 100 to 400, ' but with the exception of Sir James Fergueon and perhaps half a dosen other white man, there 1no. mention of fa tatltlea to foreigners. I The American tourists-, who were at Kingston at the time, estimated at about 2,000 persons, it would seem, are safe. The estimates of persons Injured is placed In the thou sands. It is feared that when the ruins of 'the city are searched the casualty lists will be materially Increased. A large majority of the 50,000 population of Kingston are black, and it l probablo that nearly all the casualties were among these people. ItMs reported that about two score black soldiers were burned to death in a military hospital pear the city. ; LOOTING AND DISORDER. Looting and disorder. Including raids on rum shops by the blacks, followed the catastrophe, but prompt repressive measures restored order. Panic pre vails, however, especially as the earth shocks continued yesterday and to-day, and great numbers of the city's popula tion have fled to the neighboring coun- tfydde. Food supplies are beginning to be urgently needed, and the demand on medical supplies has exhausted the shock In hand. '' The Are that followed the disaster. It was reported, was confined to that sec tion of the city Vberdering on the water front ' The flames were supposed to have been checked, but a later dispatch Indicates that they may. have again broken out. SHIPPING ESCAPED DAMAGE. The shipping In the harbor is said to have escaped undamaged, and the mem ben of the party of Sir Alfred Jones - are safe on board the steamer Pert Kingston. The Nsvy Department has sent the battleships Missouri and Indiana from . Guantananjo, Cuba, to Kingston to ren der all the aid aosslble. Any reliable estimate of the property, damage is Impossible. That the conditions In Jamaica are more serious than was first supposed is attested by the fact that a message re ceived at the State Department In Wash ington this afternoon dated Jamaica, January 16, 8:J1 p. m.. said among oth er things: "Kingston destroyed. Hundreds of lives lost'V Dead 'Estimated at 1,000.' St Thomas, D. W. I., Jan. II. Reports received here from Jamaica ay It is estimated that one thousand persons have been killed by the earthquake and fire and that ninety thousand persona are homeless. The damage to Kingston alone is placed at fully 110,000,000. . ENGLAND IN SUSPENSE. Meagre Report From Jamalita are Unsatisfying; Intense Gratification i at Safety of the' Jones'. Party. London, Jan. 16. The brief dis patches received here to-night, in cluding' some from Kingston direct, declaring that 100 persons had been killed in the earthquake of Monday, leave the country a prey to renewed suspense as to the fate of the capi tal of the Island or Jamaica. '. Earlier reports, including private dispatches, had tended to minimise the worst features of the first mes sages received, and although there is an inclination still to credit these of ficial accounts In the absence of con firmation of tfhe later reports, the be lief felt this afternoon tends to give place to despondency at the possibili ty that the worst fears will be realis ed when the full accounts of the dis aster, come to hand. " Two things stand out of the gen. ral gloom and bring intense satis faction to the British public. The first Is the fact, confirmed to-night In a dlspatcU from Sir- Alfred Jonos himself, that the Jones party are all aafe. and requesting that their friends Be so advised. The second Is found In the prompt and active steps taken .by the American government to in vestigate the real conditions and af ford the necessary tuccor to the un- , fortunate city. , r Especial appreciation Is felt at Secretary Metcalfe decision to set without waiting for congressional anctlotu All possible steps are be . Ing taken here to the same end, but America's generous action is none tho less appreciated. . A. Warship to the. Rescue. Washington, Jan. II. Captain Ben ler. at Key West, has Informed the Navy Department that he has . re .celved a wireless dispatch from Ouan--tanamo, stating that Admlral Evans. pommandlnr the Atlantio fleet has sailed from that place on the torpedo boat destroyer Whipple for Kingston. Jamaica, to ascertain conditions and extend such aid as may be necessary. A later dispatch states that the bat tleships Missouri and Indiana . have followed Admiral .Evana. . s supply ships Celtic and Olacler, whidk are now attached to the At lantic fleet and whlon are fully pro visioned, have been ordered to pro reed with all haste to Kingston, where their cargoes of food will be dig trlbuted smopg the needy, ,.a V :',' ,' 4 Kingston Harbor Closed. ' ' Santiago, Jan. II. Kingston har bor. as the result of the earthquakes Is closed to shipping, but llowdea Is pen. There Is need of quantities of provisions, . Famine and pct condi tions prevail, and there . Is nilwry everywhere. Both the rich and poor t Kingston are homtles . (TIIE MISERY INDESCRIBABLE, Rich and Poor Alike Homeless at ; Jaiitaiea Money Is Useless Dead started under (Smouldering jiulns lxxs or Life Great. $ - . ";V8.V.; Thomas,;; D. W, t Jan.,?.'.i if (Noon )--Later advices received ; here from Jamaica declare that all people have been warned to" keep away from Kingston. The stench .there Is ': de scribed as awful. There Is no fodder. for, animals and famine ; Is Imminent Money Is I tiselesa The ' banks , have been burned, but the vaults afe sup posed to be safeSThe misery on all sides - Is Indescribable..' RJcfi and poor Alike. are homeless.' Provisions of all . kinda are lirgeratly : needed! It la Impossible to say where anybody can be found. Sir James Ferguson, vice . chairman'- 6.1 the Royal V. Mail Steamship' fjompany la 'among the killed. The loss of life very great but the exactnumbera are not. yet known. The dead' are buried under smouldering ; ruins. .- IThe mercantile community "suffered most ; severely, warehouses falling upon them. Many professional men are dead or1 injured. The negroes are ..footing. t Ghastly scenes are being witnessed. All the shops- have been destroyed, and all the buildings in and around King ston are in ruins.- very lew or tnem are safe to live in. - RAN INTO OPEN SWITCH. Seaboard Florida Limited Derailed 3 Miles North of RaleighNo One Seriously Hurt Fire - Follow Wreck Switch Thought to Have Been Maliciously Thrown. Raleigh, Jan. II. Train No. 14 of nu Seaboard Air Line, known as the "Florida Limited" ran Into an open switch two miles north of Raleigh early to-day. None of the passen gers were seriously Injured. Conduc tor Haddock of Richmond, was slightly bruised and cut. The acci dent occurred at the Raleigh and Pamlico entrance . to the Seaboard main line, and according to state ments of the division superintendent there is strong evidence that It was due to the work of wreckers. Fire started Immediately and the baggage car, the dining car "Monroe" and two Pullman sleepers, the Euripades and the Mldlake were entirely consumed, along with three or four freight cars on the siding. The body of . John C. Durbln, of Harrlsburg, Pa., who died at raim beach. Fla., .was partially oremated. The locomotive waa derailed and re mained intact. Te engineer declares that he saw four men hiding nearby Just as his engine hit the switch. JURY DISMISSED. Federal Court Handicapped by Ab sence of Attorneys - Will Resume Work Tuesday,' . ' Special to the Observer. Greensboro, Jan. II. United States Court for the western North Carolina district convened this morning at 10 o'clock. It was Impossible for tlte court to proceed on aocount of a num ber of unfortunate circumstances, and the Jury was excused until next Tues day morning. By that time If there Is nothing ready for trial a calendar of railroad damage' suits will be fixed and the cases tried. The court has been convening twice a day this week and adjourning regularly until It was seen that It would be Impossible to do anything this week It Is understood that the attorneys for the Charlotte cotton mill men will arrive here to-morrow and the de murrer to the bill of indictment will be argued. This would have beem taken up sooner, but several of the attorneys In the case have been In Ahsevllle attending a circuit court. District Attorney Holton went to Winston-Salem to-day, but will return to-morrow In time for the argument on the demurrer. Whether or not the case will be tried at this term depends upon the disposition of the demurrer MEETS NEXT IN PHILADELPHIA Union of American Hebrew Congre gations Deckles) That All Jewish Organisations Must Unite for Gen eral Welfare Banquet Tendered Visiting Delegate. Atlanta, Qa... Jan. 11. The second day's session of the council of the Union of American Hebrew Congre gations, was chiefly devoted to discus sion of the so-called American-Jewish committee. The debate was ani mated and showed great divergence -of opinion. The final action of the council was to the enrect that an Jew ish organisations In this country must unite for -the promotion of the gen eral welfare only In so far as they prevent unjust discrimination. Philadelphia waa selected as the next meeting place. The reports of the several commit tees and the determination that the American passport for American clti sens must be recognised In all civilis ed countries, regsrdless as to wheth er the holders of such passport Is a Jew or not were all. acted upon affirmatively. To-night a banquet waa tendered the visitors by the Jewish cltlsena of Atlanta, NO CLUE TO MURDERER, Death of Young Man Fonnd Dead Near Advance Still a Mystery Printers on Strike. Special to The Observer. Winston-Salem, Jan. II. W. U Crews, of Advance, states that the of ficers, of Davis county had been un able to secure any clue to. the par ties who murdered a young man near Advance three or four weeks ago, . It will be remembered that the man' was found with holes In his abdomen and breast evidently Inflicted by a thoU gun,,,. v.,r,. ,jj , -t ',,.,; .v.. The printers In the employ of the Barbee Prlntery went out on . a strike yesterday. The men refused to work because . a non-union man, Mr. T. F. Quackembush, of Charlotte, was installed as foreman. t V v iMassaiiMMskjMaaMiSssBMsskaMSMirtispe " " Hire Southern ; , Railroads ' Grant Operators Shorter Hours. New' Orleans, La. Jan- ll.--Three Southern railroads to-day took ac tion to shorten th number of hours of work of their telegraph operators. The New Orleans A Northeastern, the Alabama Vlcksburg and the Vtcks burg, Shrevepnri Pacific ' Railroads signed an agreement fixing the regu lar day's work of operators and agents at li hours, Increasing their waves 10 pr rent, and allowing, ,28 cents per hour psy for overtime. - The agreement affects 111 operators and agent. BUSH BELIEF TO JAMAICA WAR DEPARTMENT QUICK TO ACT; Anticipating . . Instruction ' ; United j State Warships Set Out for the Is- V land of Jamaica Though Congres sional Legislation fs Necessary Be- . ' fore Action Can be Taken, the War 1 Department ; Proceed ' Promptly V With the Work of Getting , Food ' Supplies to the Sufferers First Of- ;flcial News of the Disaster Comes , From the Consulate, . Though the T, Sender of - the Cablegram - tVn Known to the State Department : Few Further Details of the Devas- tattoo: Wrought by Earthquake and ylFlre. , - . , X Washington. Jan. IlrOfflclal news Of the disaster at Kingston. Jamaica, reached Washington lowly to-day. The first report did not come to hand? until ; well along m tbe after noon when a dispatch was received at tfte State Department - dated "Ja maica, l:Jl p. m., Jam II." and signed ;f 'American consul," - stating . that Kingston had been destroyed and hundreds of lives lost, and that food waa hndiv wanted. The signature to .this dispatch was misleading for the canauj is absent on leave irom nis post. It was assumed at the Depart ment that the vice and deputy consul, William H. Orrett, at Kingston, had sent the dispatch. A reference in the cablegram to the fireproof aafe Is un derstood to convev assurance of the Bafety of the consular, recoros ana naners. it was also regarded as pos sible that the message , might have come from Nichols R. ; Snyder, the American consul at Port Antonio, on the Island of Jamaica. ' RELIEF MEASURES. However, -the dlsnatch was regard' ed as warranting the taking of In stant measures of relief. ' Indeed tho Navy Department had been in aa vnnA in its mutter, for through Cap tain Beehler, the officer in charge of the naval station at Key west wire leu communication was early estab lished between the Navy Department and Admiral Evans, commanding ine Atlantic fleet at Quanta name, Cuba, when Secretary Root later Indicated the desirability of sending warships at once to the distressed Island, It turned out that Admiral Evans aa anticipated instructions and had started on a toroedo boat destroyer. the swiftest vessel In the American fleet, for Kingston, ordering two bat tleships to follow as soon as they could. ' - The appeal for food supplies di rected attention to the fact that un der ordinary conditions none of the government supplies could be used for outside relief save by special au: thority of Congress. That fact how ever, did not prevent Secretary Met calf from ordering two supply ships with full cargoes of food at once to Jamaica, leaving for to-morrow the question as to how the supplies are to be given to the needy Inhabitants. RUSHING FOOD TO ISLAND. ' ... The War Department up to the close of busmen had .not acted upoa the application for food, but It is as sumed that in anticipation of the pas sage of the necessary legislation by Congress, It will at least take meas ures to get supplies to the Island ready for the distributing agencies. There are stores of food at San Juan, Porto Rico, and at Havana that might be used for emergencies, leav Ing tho Department to draw later on the large stocks at New York. first Official News at the State De partment. Washington, Jan. II. The follow Ing cablegram was received at the State Department this afternoon: "Jamaica, Jan. 18th 1:81 p. m. Secretary of State. Washington. "Fearful earthquakes followed by Are. Kingston destroyed. Hundreds of lives lost Food badly wanted Consulate probably destroyed. Fire- proor safe. ''AMERICAN CONSULATE." ' The last sentence of the dispatch Is supposed to have referred tooths consulate papers. "GEORGIA COLONY" DEFUNCT. Indianapolis Attorney Appointed Re ceiver for Investment Scheme Pro moted by P. IL Fitzgerald. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 11. George F. Mull, an attorney, has been ap pointed receiver of the "1904 Georgia Colony Company," an Investment scheme operated by Philander H. Fitzgerald. The petition for a receiver told In detail of Fitzgerald's plan to found a colony In Georgia and to give valu able pieces of property to all stock holders, the size and quality of the land depending upon the amount of stock subscribed. In this way the plaintiffs allege that 170,000 came to Fitzgerald and that only 120,000 was spent In improving the property. The petitioners declare that the remainder of the money Fitzgerald has In his posesslon and that he 1 guilty of fraud and misrepresentation. Be sides asking for a receiver and Judgment against Fitzgerald the plaintiffs ask that Fitzgerald he re strained from leaving the State until the case Is settled. Fitzgerald was Indicted by the Fed eral grand Jury some time ago for using the ' malls to defraud. EXPLODING BOILER KILLS FIVE. Boiler ofVP. Jk. R. Locomotive Blow Up, Timing Five Trainmen. NorrlMown, Pa,, . Jan. II. The boiler of a Philadelphia Jfc Reading Railroad engine exploded at Bridge port, near here, to-day and five train men were killed. All resided at AI lentown. . The engineer of the train. J. D. Blank, escaped. The train had come from Allentown and was bound for Philadelphia., The explosion Is thought to have been due to low waiter in the boiler. AIL the men killed were on the engine. . The rear portion of the holler was hurled about 160 yard, while the wheel of th engine remained on th track. , ., ,,,: ' Cola Commissioners Designated. Washington, Jan. II. The Presi dent has designated th commission ers' to test and examine th weight and fineness of the coin reserved at th several mints during the calendar year 1101, pursuant to the provision of Section 154? of Ravlsed Statute. Among th commissioners named are James Lewis Howe, Washington and Lee university, and Captain C- E. Garcey, Jacksonville, Fla. ; v ,. - ; ,i - -T A Ex-,tate Senator Hay Die In Cam- ':; ..: V Observer Bureau, '.,. v HO Main 8treet Columbia, 8. C, Jsn. II.'. Ex-Slat Senator J T. Hav died to-day at his home In Camden, 8. C, after a period of 111 health r xtendlng o-r a yettr. He waa chairman of the d jpensary investigating commute. $75,000 FIRE AT STATESVILLE. Fire Discovered by Watchman at ft . O'clock Yesterday Morning Com "J pletely Destroys Laife Plant of Afctatcsvllle Hour Mills Oalther . Lumber Company Lose 1500 or 9600 and Southern Several Cars Insurance f $8,000. : : ,' " -..v;; Special to Th Observer. ' ' Statesvill; Jan.516,-One of : th most expensive fires In the history of Statesyllle occurred early this morn ing, when the large plant .. of the Statesvills Flour Mills was complete ly destroyed.' . . Other companies suf fered losses. Th&; flour mill's loss 1 175,000, with about 168,000 insurance,. The other losers are the Galther Lum ber Company and the Southern Rail way. .The lumber company lost prop erty valued at front 500 to 600, with no Insurance. The Southern' lost a number of cars. , - The big roller ' mills, a four-story brick structure with a large sheet Iron elevator, standing nearly 100 feet high, was located Just north of the freight depot, on the east side of the plant of the lumber company and the west side of the. mill warehouse and that of J, K. Morrison & Sons Com pany. The ' fire was first discovered by the fireman of the mill when he came -to fire the "boiler at 5 o'clock, it was then making good headway la the large elevator, which contained 1,000 bushels Of Jwheat. The fire alarm was given and the fire com panies responded "promptly. Every thing' In their power was done to save the building, but to no avail. The mill shut down last night at 12' o'clock -and It was supposed that the fire was caused by spontaneous com bustion and had Been burning on the Inside for some time. A strong wind was blowing and when the flames broke through 'the upper stories of the building large showers of cinders threatened all adjoining building v The warehouse of the mill, on which was 112,000 of the above men tioned insurance, was partially burn ed and much flour was damaged by water. The passenger and freight depots caught fire a number of times and, had It not been for quick work, they and hundreds of loaded cars would have been destroyed. Many people had narrow escapes from death when the large sheet Iron ele vator fell and some believe that one or two men Were caught under the falling building. There Is no one missing, however, and if any one was killed it was a negro. The Statesyllle Flour Mills was one of the largest and best equipped roll er mills of the South. The company controlling It was organized several years ago and StatesvIJle's leading capitalists were the stockholders. At a recent meeting of the stockholders the following officers were re-elected: J. C. Irvin, president; Geo. H. Brown, vice president' and F. A. Sherrill, sec retary and treasurer. The mill kept a number of men on the road and did sn Immense business. The case, therefore, Is a 'distressing ' one for Statesyllle. During the paet summer 130,000 was spent In Installing new machinery, which Increased the ca pacity of the mill to -500 barrels per day. i PARRISH-MOREHEAD WEDDING. Brilliant Ceremony at Spray, Where Mr. Robert L. Parrlidi and MInm Emm Gray Morehead Are Wed ded. Special to The Observer. Spray, Jan. II. In th presence of one of the most distinguished gatherings that ever assembled either In North Carolina or Virginia, Miss Emma Gray Morehead, the youngest daughter of Major and Mrs. Jas. Tur ner Morehead, of New York, was united in marriage to-night to Mr. Robert Louts Parrlsh, of Covington, Va., at the palatial country home of the brother-in-law of the bride, Hon. B. Frank Mebane. of this place. Right Rev. Bishop A. . M. Randolph, of the Southern diocese, officiated at the ceremony, which waa performed In the north parlor of the home of Mr. Mebane, Tho entire Interior of the house down stair was decorated beautifully with evergreens of all descriptions, together with potted plants and hot house flowers. To the strains of - Mendelssohn's Wedding March the 'bridal party en tered the north parlor In the follow ing order: Ribbon Dearers, Messrs. T. M.r M. K.. and Nelson Harris, and Harris Nelson, all of Danville, Va., nephew of the bride; ushers, Messrs. B. K. Terry, of Spray; Robert Tun- stall, of Norfolk. Va.; J. R. Perky, of Covington, Va.; J. R, Freeker, Of Covington, VaV.; W. M. 8keen, of Covington, Va; . W. Venable, of Covington, Vs.; W. A. Bkelton, of Richmond, va; c. R. Mclvoy. or Spray, and P. B. McPheeters. of St Louis; dames of honor, Mesdamee W. T. Harris, of Danville, and B. Frank Mebane, of Spray. . Then came the bride on the arm of her father, who waa met at the altar by the groom and hi best man, Mr. John Motley Morehead, of Chi cago. 111., a brother of th bride. Here the ceremony was performed accord ing to the ritual of th Protestant Episcopal .Church. Following th weddlnr a reception was tendered and an old-fashioned North. Carolina supper served. ' , A special train cam out from Dan ville to bring a party of guests, among whom were Governor R. B. Glenn, of Norm Carolina, and uov ernor Claude A, Swan o n, of Vir ginia, ;. Mi Morehead I on of th most popular and ensrming young ladle of the two State, being known In lh society of both, s wall as In New York City. Mr. Parrlsh Is a oromlnent lawyer Of Virginia, and I division counsel of the Chesapeake t Ohio Railway, They leave to-night for an extended Southern tour. ; v KILLED BY YARD ENGINE. .-..-.! . ' ' ' I"1 f -4 Cant. Charles B. Woot en. Crushed to Death by ninrung Engine in co lurabia Yards. . ' Observer Bureau, 1101 Main Street, '.' ., Columbia, 0. C Jsn. ll.' Captain Charles B. ,Wooten, form erly a conductor on the Southern road between Columbia and Charlotte, wm run over and Instantly .killed this afternoon by a shifting engine In th yards . here. . The locomotive was In charg of O. W. Bird, engineer, and T. A. Myers, conductor. The body was frightfully mangled. " The , re main were gathered up and placed In a basket, Nobody has yet been found who saw the accident. He 1 supposed to have had hi back to th engine. The trainmen were entirely unaware of his presence. Captain ' woolen was 51 veariM and leave a wife. ' Th Inquest will be held to-morrow. . . .-."... CABMACK FLAYS CRITICS STANDS BY PRESIDENT'S ORDER Republcan Senators Who Have Taken Issue. With Chief Executive on the . Famous Brownsville ' Order, Have i Attempted to Detlirone Ilimv . Declare He Is Not Overwhelmed With tlte Burden of His Love for the President, Whom, He Declares, "Love the Negro Not Wisely, But Too Well' But He Can Support Him When He' Right He Flays , Foraker Unmercifully-"-The. lAtter Offer a Substitute for All Browns vflle Resolution and the Whole Matter Goes Over Until To-Day. :p Washington, Jan. II. Senate lead ers ; to-night regard the end Of the Brownsville discussion In eight and It Is confidently expected that before the close of the week a comprdmise reso lution offered by Senator Foraker, Just before the close of to-day's ses sion will be adopted. Mr. Foraker has th floor to make what he to-day expressed the hope, would be the con cluding Bpeech on the subject Whether he speaks to-morrow or Fri day, It Is expected that a vote will soon follow. Mr. Foraker to-day offered a sub stitute for all of his previous reso lutions on the Brownsville affair, as follows: "Resolved that the committee on military affairs is hereby authorized and directed by sub-oommlttee, or otherwise, to make and have printed the testimony for the purpose of as certaining all the facts with refer ence to or connected with the affray at Brownsville, Texas, on the night of August U, 1905. Said committee is authorised to send for persons and papers, to administer oaths, to sit during the sessions of the Senate, and if deemed advisable at Brownsville or elsewhere; the expense of the Inves tigation to be paid out of the con tingent funds of the Senate." The language of this provision Is satisfactory to Senator Lodge and other supporters of the administra tion. CARMACK ARRAIGNS CRITICS. The feature of the debate to-day was the arraignment by Senator Car mack of Republican Senators who have criticised the President for his action in the Brownsville matter. He regarded it as an attempt to "de throne" the President as the leader of the party, and declared that either the President must be renominated or the platform on which he stood returned to the Democrats. Senators Stone. Money and Knox followed, each upholding the author ity of the President to take the action he did, and each favoring an Inves tigation of the facts conected with the Brownsville affray. Senator Carmack In his speech, an nounced that he heartily supported the President in his action in dis charging the negro soldiers. The action of the Legislature or his mate taking th same position, were his personal views. Mr. Carmack then paid his respects to the President as follows: HIS RESPECTS TO PRESIDENT. "I think It proper to say that any report that Senators may have heard that the President personally solicited my support in this matter, that he urged me to forgive and forget cer tain energetic personal remarks and begged me to stand between him and those twin enemies of his adminis tration, the Senators from South Caro lina and Ohio, Is a gross exagger ation. I will not say that It is an Infamous falsehood because such lan guage belongs to the vocabulary of presidential constryersy rather than that of Senatorial debate. "Nor is it true, as Senators may have heard, that I have been moved to undertake the President's defense because of my Infatuated devotion to the man. I have a great admiration for that-strong, brave, large-minded gentleman, the Secretary of War. My admiration for the President Is more temperate and subdued. In the lan guage of Hamlet 'It wait upon the Judgment' The President once said that he would sea a certain mem ber of the Tennessee delegation In hades before he would do anything for him a remark entirely gratuitous in view of the fact that th person supposed to. hsve been referred to had never asked a favor at his hands, but with supreme Indifference to his good opinion, had criticised htm when he waa wrong and with like In difference to his good opinion, can support him whan he Is right. LOVE8 NEGRO TOO WELL. "So far as the negro race Is con cerned, the only charge that can be Justly made against the President Is that he has loved the negro not wise ly, but too well. There Is something pathetic in the President's plaintive recital of alt that he has done and attempted for the negro race. Yet, there is no man in this country to day, not even the Senator from South Carolina, who Is so universally and so bitterly hated by the negroes as the man who abolished the Indlanola poitof0.ee and dined with Booker Washington. All that he has done for the negro, all the evidences of friendship he ha shown In the past, have been utterly forgotten simply because he ha not shown that sym pathy with the criminal negro which pervades the negro population of this country from one end of It to the other." s He then turned his attention to Senator Foraker, saying; HE FLAYS FORAKER. . "I can remember with what- frantic energy he used to wave the bloody shirt a shirt died with the crimson current of his own rhetoric; I re member how he used to go raging over the land, a blfuricated. peri patetic volcano In perennial eruption, belching fire and smoke and melted lava from his agonized and tumultous bowel. . I can remember how In pub lic speeches he spattered the gall of his bitterness upon th South until I came to think that the Senator wished all the whit people of th South, men, women, children and babe at th breast had a single neck, that he might sever It at a blow, 1 would ' not hav to go . back forty years, or make any Inquiry Into the Senator' ' pedigree to prove by such evidence that the Senator from' Ohio I the last man to sit In Judgment In a case of murder where a negro was the murderer . and a' Southern white man was his victim. ' "ORATORICAL FEROCITY. ; J 'But 1 will hot do th Senator such gross injustice ai to Judge his heart by the testimony of his own mouth: and when my Southern friends ask me it the Senator from Ohio I really as rabid and as bitter as he seems, I tail them an his ferocity Is purely oratorical; It I simply 'he lingering fores or a tyrannical habit which continues to hav some power over the tongue long after It had been ex pelled rrom the heart' ' Paying his compliments to Sena tor' Tillman, Mr. Carmack said; "The Senator's speech was power ful, it was picturesque. It was full ulood ' and strong - points, but It seemed to me that his promises were upon one side of the earth and his conclusions upon the other, with no bridge between. If there Is anything that appears plainly to my mind from that speech, it Is that those soldiers ought to have been discharged from the army a long time ago, and that the, President deserves criticism, hot for doing it now, but for having delayed It so long." . Mr. Carmack then gave what he regarded aa the real purpose of the agitation an attempt to unhorse Mr. Roosevelt as the Republican leader, , FIGHT WILL SUCCEED, Declaring this to be "the beginning of the fight to break the power of the only leader of the Republican party who ever arrayed himself against t he- enemies of the people, he said: "It Is an effort to put the party back In to Its" old position to renew its old alliances, make peace with Its old time friends and renew its covenant with the plunders and oppressors of the American people." And he de clared It would succeed. "All the re sources of the gentleman In the White House cannot stay the Inevitable. He has attempted the Impossible task of recreating the Republican party. You may whitewash the- Ethiopian and unspot the leopard, but you cannot make the one a Caucasslan or the other a lamb. There Is a force as persistent and compelling as the law of gravitation, that will pull the Re publican party back to the position from which, by main strength and awkwardness the President has lifted it." He declared that the sentiment which the President had helped to arouse against plutocracy will bring millions of votes to the ranks of the Democratic party and said that "if President Roosevelt himself chooses to come he will find there ample op portunity to exercise and influence the welfare of the people and also learn some respect for the law and the con stitution." "LET THE FUN GO ON." Senator Stone said he was aware there waa a disposition among Dem ocratic members of the Senate to vote against the resolutions. He at first was In sympathy with that. But, he added, there was a family feud among Republicans Involved and he saw no good reason why Democrats should smother the Are or burn their ringers by pulling out hot chestnuts for the Republicans. "Let the fun go On," he concluded. Senator Money said that If by leg islation this battalion should be re stored as he had heard it hinted, to the army, It would be the duty of the President to dismiss It Instantly if he still held to his present opinion as to Its guilt. He confined his discussion of the subject to the question of the President's authority, which he main tained was ample. Senator Foraker said he was not aware there were to be any other speeches on the resolution and he de sired to close the debate. NOT CHOICE AS TO LANGUAGE. By his resolution simply an investi gation of the facts were to be made. The Bcope of his resolution was not such as to bring Into the discussion the question of the President's pow er. However, he said, he was not particular about language. He would accept any language. He was more concerned about securing -an appor tunlty for the men charged with crime to be heard. Mr. Foraker disclaimed that he had attacked the President On the con trary he said he had defended him. He had said he believed the President had been imposed upon In the evi dence upon which he had based his action. ; Mr. Foraker yielded to the sugges tion of Senator Spoouer that he pro ceed to-morrow and the Benate ad journed. MR JORDAN WILL DECLINE. President of Southern Cotton Asso ciation Will Not Stand for Re-Elec-Hon Wens for 110,000,000 Holding Company Under Discussion In Exe cutive Session. ' Birmingham, Ala., Jan. II. The feature of to-day's session of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton Association was the announce ment by President Harvle Jordan that he will not stand for re-election. While Mr. Jordan Is positive in this announcement, it Is believed that his decision Is the result of certain criti cism that has been made of his con duct of the office, and that If he is endorsed by the convention he may be prevailed upon to accept the of fice, for another term. Walter Clark, president of the Mississippi associa tion. Is prominently mentioned as Jordan's successor. The meetings of the executive committee to-dsy have been executive, but it Is understood that the chief, topic under discussion had been the plans for the formation of tho 110,000.000 holding company to enable Southern planters to store cotton and hold it for prices which meet tnt'lr approval. The first ses sion of the convention will be held to-morrow morning, and hundreds of delegate arrived to-day and to-night for these meetings. The morning session will be given over to welcom ing add reuses and responses, after which President Jordan will deliver his annual address. Secretary Shaw Ha No Preference for location of Hub-Treasury. Washington, Jan. II. Chairman Payne, of the House committee on ways and means, has received a let ter from Secretary Shaw concerning the location of the proposed new sub treasury In the Southeast In which the Secretary expresses no preference for any of the cities which ar fight ing for the new branch of the Treas ury. Mr. Shaw says that if local In terest are to be considered there should be a Treasury In the South east, but that If the Interests of the government are to be considered at least two of th existing, rub-freas-. nrles should be abandoned, lie sug gested that a mere examination of th map Is sufficient to show where any new sub-treasury should be located, but falls to Indicate definitely what city ha would select , ;'i'.wi..'' : Inventor of Mallory Plow Sukide, - 'Atlanta, Ga.. t Jan. " II. Suffering from aa attack of temporary Insanity, following 111 healtn, A. R. Mallory committed suicide by shootrpg him self In tho bead here to-day. Msllory. who was II years of age, was the Inventor of valuable agricul tural -machinery.- .particularly the Mallory plow, which Is used exten sively In th Eouth, TARIFF BKFQRM FAVORED ROOT SPEAKS OUT BOLDLY. ,-.) . . Unexpectedly Crystallization of Sen v tlment at Convention for Extension 1 of Our Foreign commerce) In Favor ' ;of Tariff Revision and Reciprocity ' Mr, De Lima BroacJie Subject Continuously and is Backed up by Secretary Root Convention Adopt ' . Resolmion Advocating Non-Par ' tlsan Tariff f Commission to Con sider QuestionRepresentative Shir. . ley Refuse . to Accept Appoint ' mant to Jndkiary Committee. , ;' ; ' ' BY W. A. HILDEBRAND.; ' Observer Bureau, . 1417 O Street,- N. W ' - J Washington, Jan. If. " , A remarkably well-defined sentl- -ment in favor of tariff revision and reciprocity ha developed during th sessions of the convention' for. th . extension of foreign commerce. , It waa with extreme reluctanoe that Mr. De Lima first touched upon the sub ject, and he pleaded that this funda ' mental economic policy of the gov : eminent could not be "wholly at -fault." for tho rather deplorable stata of our foreign trade, when It waa shown that Europe, with it various) tariff system, had greatly out- dixtanced us in South America and) the Orient Finally Secretary Root showed that he had the courage,' ' "speaking for himself alone," to de-,: , clare for a tariff of maximum and j minimum rates, and with this decla ration the flood gatea of tariff talst were opened. ADVOCATES TARIFF COMMISSION. ' The convention declared through formal resolutions. In favor of reel ' proclty and tariff revision, advocat- . Ing that Congress pass a bill creat ing a tariff commission,- non-partisan ' and permanent In character, to Study, this tariff question a a business propoplion. The resolutions also voiced a demand for a maximum and minimum tariff; the maximum to be- ' the. schedules now in force and thai -minimum to be 20 per cent, lower, . with, discretion to be placed In th - hands of the President That tnl notable gathering, certainly represen '' tatlv of the commercial Interest of . the country, should take even hl ,b irwucu am .iiniiaoui. a u ' . day some of the delegate saw . the Speaker about the action of the con veotion, but got little encourage ment He let It be understood he meant Congress to stand pat on the present schedules. It Is not believed that '. Congress will act on the suggestion of the convention, ror it would tendi greatly to embarrass this stand-pal Congress for a non-partisan tariff commission to recommend the redue- tlon of some of the schedules which) -are admittedly too high. URGE FOREST RESERVE BILL. To-morrow representatives of tho convention will see the Speaker about the forest reserve nlll. Mr. Tomp-,', kins was designated to speak for th' State of the - Appalachian region. These gentlemen will doubtless get " about the same measure of encour agement a they did In the matter of -tariff revision. Forty House member attended the meeting to-day in th . ." . interest of the forest reserve bill. Dr.; " Pratt, State geologist of North Caro lina, explained the object of the meet- ' Ing and resolutions which were drawn, ' v.. , r r-. i . v. - . i i- , - . uy nr. nmiiii wvi-v pamvu 111 mug; . the Speaker to allow immediate con-- " slderatlon of thle bill. Nine mem- ' , bers, representing that many States, , were designated to present the reso- ' lutlon to the Speaker the latter part of the week. Mr. Thomas will rp ;';. resent North Carolina on the com ' mlttMA rr Pratt rinaa n -it tiAM the Speaker oan withstand the pres-. ; sure that Is being brought to bear up-' on him, and feels encouraged over the outlook. SHIRLEY REFUSES JOB. 'T T The first thing after the House con vened to-day Representative Shlrley---announced that he desired to be ex- cused from service upon the Judiciary 7 ' committee. Mr. 8hirley declined to ' rest under the suspicion that he waa , accepting membership on th com- mltteo because of his friendship for ;' the liquor Interests that are opposing the Hepburn-Dolllver bill. a position .. Into which he was forced by th Speaker. Besides Mr. Shirley resented the act of the Speaker in ignoring; the recommendation of Mr. Webb by the minority leader. Senator 'Over man discussed this matter with. -Speaker Cannon to-day, and Is In clined to believe trmt the Speaker) , will yet appoint Mr. Webb. A for ',4 Mr. Webb, he hss not mentioned th subject to the Speaker. The latter J has been told that Mr. Webb la a level-headed, conservative man from) ; a conservative district. Mr. Small has been Invited to speak V heforn the Merchants and Mann- facturers' Association In Baltimore onj ' the 29th Innt. .'',-' V Officers of National Board of ;Tr,t,1e Chosen. , Washington. Jan. II. Th- - ventlon of the National Board Trade to-night elected officers for t ensuing year as follows: . y-' President, Frank D. La ..Lnnc. Philadelphia; first vice president, Am brose Swasey, Cleveland;; second trie president P. M. Estes, Nashville, Tenn.: treasurer. W. R.-Tucker, Phil- . adelphla. v The board of manager will b ap- f pointed by President La Lanne and they will name the secretary. Th 7 . question of encouraging Immigration to the United States formed th prln- cipai ivpic pi nucasiioa ai tao af ternoon N session. Delegate from th . Nashville, Tenn.. board of ; trade, presented resolutions urging th Fed- , era! government to establish various ports of entry In different sections of -' the country end . encourage ' In all proper ways, an equal distribution of Immigration through these ports. Forty Members From South, Attend , :' the Special .Meeting. ', -. , ? ; Washington. Jan. ll.-t-Forty mem bers jof the House rrom the South ern Statea attended a meeting . held at the Capitol to-day to devise mean ' of bringing about th passsg of the hill creating the Appalachian and White mountain forest reserve. The meeting adopted resolutions urging th Speaker to allow the bill to bo considered and tho following - com mute of representatives was nam -1 to tske charge of the matter? - North Carolina, Thomas; Vlr?' flaunders: , South Carolina.' I-'v-r: Tennessee! Brownlow; OorgU. 1 ---: West Virginia. Hughes; Alabama. 1 -r-lln; Maryland. Pearle; Kent; Edwards. 1 , . Prominent Georgian Die. Atlanta, Ga. Jan. H. Capfa'n I i rence O'Keefe 73 years ff . ! -prominent . Confer vt? x dld at his lioma li. u) ti an Ulnfjs of governl r"r' I .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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