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T ! CA1 i i AL . I .., r i i :t tf I' I t;'.i of J it s.l L;.ra ; I' la Vs.,".'..-;' :a r Last lict -3 to 71Jch He j"9i 1 :rrc.3 C;.rcfu::.y Thought Out IUIicrs Leave KoJilns New to Say on ' tion lHa Words ana Acta Ji iter lliera.selves. -Injton, -v April 1. President t'.t ha decided not to accept "ation.of the Illinois Manu i Association to deliver- a t Springfield, I1L; on the rall tlon. He addressed a letter Cmlth, president of the asso--tatlng that it would be .im ' for him to accept their lnvl 'ended last week, because ha eel that he had anything to '.3 time In a special address eclal subject - ', esldent has received a great of requests tor -statement , or a speech to be made by i. connection with the railway a. Ha has given these re tie utmost weight and most 1 consideration. After fully - Into the matters the Presl ' rmed his advisers that he had ) '.ve conclusion that there was - new which he had to say at ienon the railway situation; 3. did not deem It either wise per to say anything with a o any Immediate- situation . In treet and that as he should only expression to' the definite and 1'pollsy to be carried out wholjy ut .regard to the exigencies of Jaoment ' and as his views on jOllcy in question were already a ,r of record, : it did not v seem -ry at this time to f epeat them. ORDS AND ACTS SPEAK. , I the different men, friendly and ndly, who have visited him or (n to him, he has answered verb r in writing that his words and poke for themselves and needed .planatlons whatever ond that he 1 not In his future course; do- one hand's breadth from the he had pursued in the past and ow pursuing. statement was made from an rkatlve source to-day that "even coursory examination of what resident had, repeatedly said In U 1 a 4 . . a 1 . 1 . i auu iuo3osb . win anow ma nonsense of supposing the gov t has the slightest intention to any - action- whloh would ln- te the safety and stability of the by securities now issued, the legislative programme of the Uent . having been proclaimed andv again as one to insure the . against the mistakes and do nees of the past The President that every executive action taken his administration, whether by fpartment of Justice" or by the state commerce commission, has hed Its own ample Justification." ah be stated on authority that President again will ask Congress, next session, for power to deal the question of overcapltallza- f railroads. A similar request taiade at the last session, but able action was not taken upon is letter to Mr. Smith the Pres- enclosed copies of the speech ade at Raleigh, N. G, Oct. 19, and the one he delivered be ll delegation of railway employes is city Nov. 14 -1905, together his last messages' to Conn-ess at ginning of the first and secondj ws or tne last congress, xne lent concluded his letter to Mr, I as follows: . u win see in the two speeches he two messages - that I . have kbout all that I would say If I now. As I said to your body ither day, I have already ex id again and .again my carefully hi out beliefs. I am more firm kn ever convinced- that these be iare wise and that the policy I 'vmended In tny messages at the at of each of the last regular ins of Confess must be carried I'EECHES SENT MARKED. i portions of his speeches and ges which the President mark 8 as follows: his address at Raleigh. : the lent saldr . . ir -L do. not believe In government ?J!p of anything which can jroprlety be left in private hands h particular I should most stren- object to government owner- f railroads. But I believe with firmness that it Is out of the on tor tne government not to se a supervisory and regulatory over the railroads, fJr it is vital h well being of the public that should be managed In a spirit jrness ana justice toward all the . Actual experience Jias shown iis jo- iiui jfusciiuits vu leave me hdsA uncontrolled. Such a sys- lither such a lack of system, ilMn abuses of every kind, and a premium upon unscrupulous kthless cunning in railroad man- lit; for there are same big shlp- nd some railroad managers who ways to take unfair advantage their. weaker competitors th'ey ; thereby, force ' other shippers and big rail- men who would .like to do de- mio. simiur acts or wronar tijustlct, under penalty of being ehind In the race -. tor success. nment " supervision is needed tp much, in the tnlerest of. the jipper and of the railroad man ant tfc dQ right as in the ihter- IVhe sm shipper and the con perience has shown that the A laws are defective and need jlitient The effort to prohibit kraint of competition whether ble or unreasonable is unwise. we need Is to have some ad- 'yatlve body with ample power bid comblnationVhat is hurtful Nubile, and to prevent favorlt j one individual at the expense 'thcr. 'In other "words, we want ,4istratlye body with the pow- fr)!r p 1 Jnt treatment 2 . I'm : i : ' v .1.1 r t ci cty. a. r ;.rt.. : forsh Ci.i' '. . t 1'j fM'op.-il C.'nftTf'c i.... 'sir l"'l rf Iiid-tcry- .i,ik on tl.o i , I.:.. r-' Homo , to Comment l KoonL's tension SSoot ISallwuy System -Western Tranfjiortntlon Company Chartered 'First and Third Regiment May Go to Jamestown Very Active in City Politics. There Beinj Three Candi dates for Police Justice and ' Two for Major. Observer Bureau, The ilollaman Building, ' Raleigh, April 1.' ,It was the current comment that yesterday was the worst Easter ever seen here. Not long after the church hour rain set in and in the afternoon fell In torrents. The temperature Sat urday night fell nearly 40 degrees and this morning was very near the freez ing point with an Icy wind from the north, which was bad for all kinds of vegetation. 'All the plans of pleasure neers generally were brolcen up by the. weather whjich continued to-day. wiRufus E. ; Murray won out in the competition "fof"ths"eposlttonofrurftl free delivery carrier at Raleigh, in which 81 entered, and to-day was glv en his route. , . t Mrs. Purnell, "Wife of Judge Thomas R. Purnell, Is extremely sick at Chase City, Va.r- .... - : - Martin B. Oxerman, general mer chant at Wilson, files a voluntary pe tition In bankruptcy, his assets being W2.844; liabilities f 4,340. . To-morrow and Wednesday what is known as the midsummer meeting . of the board of education of the North Carolina Methodist Episcopal Confer ence will be held at Trinity College. Rev. A. P. Tier, of Elizabeth City, is the president and- Rv. L.VS. Massey, of Louisburg, secretary and . treasur er, the board being composed of min isters and layman equally. It looks af ter all educational matters pertaining to the Conference. . The woman who conducteMhe dis orderly house here and whose case has attracted so much attention be cause of her living 1& a prominent part of the city has 'been convicted, but sentence Is-suspended upon her promise to close her house; dispose of her property and leave the city.- The officer will now get after various oth er dens, particularly in the tenderloin, and will make things lively for vagi rants and pool room people. FOR HAUL Ola HISTORY. Edmund Jones, Esq., of Caldwell county, writes your correspondent that in compliance with a request he will send here to be placed in the hall, of history- the uniform and other rel ics of Lieutenant Colonel John T. Jones of the famous Twenty-sixth North Carolina Regiment Lieutenant Col. Jones was buried In his dress uni form hut the one to come here is the service uniform which he wore when he was killed at the Battle of the Wilderness, which was stained with his life blood. His belt and scabbard are also to be sent. His sword dropped from his hand on the Held when he received his death wound and was never found. The Twenty-sixth Regi ment was commonded by Harry -E. Burgwyn and lost more men than the Federal or Confederate regiments dur ing the entire civil war. ; t Work begins in a few days on the improvements at the Soldiers' 'Home. State Auditor plxon, who is a mem ber of the executive committee, says he now!feels sure, that electric lights can - be. innstalled. . There is to be heating and sewerage and the' 'new dining room at the hospital. ' The number of patients at the hospital has been large during all the winter and so continues, and very seldom does It run below thirty. .-:'j .,. ' Work ..on the new dormitory at Nazareth, the Roman Catholic or phanage for boys . here, - has . pro gressed very well during the past 30 days since the weather has Opened. This Is the- only cement concrete building, absolutely fireproof, which Is being erected in this section, and it will iron tain quarters for some thing like 100 boys. ? s It is learned that the nreclse i. a. . aaamonai ianas Dougnt nere for a colon of the, mental defectives of the4 8tate-ls f53,l 60, -instead of 355,000, as was stated. Real estate men say that the State got a good bargain in these " lands. About a third of the land at least Is in timber. ; Some of It Is as fine timber as there is In cen tral North Carolina, both of hard and soft woods, all being original forest except a small portion which is In young pines. ; A " "EXTENSION OF RALEIGH'S STREET RAILWAY. The matter of the extension ' of Raleigh's street railway system is now being considered by the Electric Bonding & Share Company, the. own ers. Petitions signed by over 4,(J00 persons for sue han extension have been filed and show the popular de sire for it. : It Is expected that one of the lines "will go by or very near me somiers" Home and give com municatlon with the southeastern part of the city, which contains two fifths of the whole population. . Work has begun on the new bulldln iui me wapuoi njr. xeiepnone company, which U a combination of the Bell anrf the Inter-State. The building is next to the water tower, which will stand between it and the High School..,, The work on the latter is now progressing iiuiw mpiuiy. inr jaen is spenaing a great deal of money here, putting wires underground on the principal .streets. . This morning the funeral of Dr. John Winfrey was held from Christ Episco pal church and the remains were taken to menmona, va.,- his late home. His death was by no manner of means un- expectea, as ne naa progressive pan miBia, OTiui-ii ouuuajr morning aixecteu the brain. He was a very bright young ma, and of a well-known Richmond family, and was for a long time sick in a Richmond hospital and then again here, his case having been hopeless from the first. fg . The' Western Transportation Company is chartered to build and operate lumber flumes ,aIong , Hazel Creek in Swain county near tho Tennessee line, the headquarters being Mebane. The au thorized capital stock is 3200,000, and the principal stockholders are W. W, Hast ings, of - Springfield ,Mass.,s and W.ivE. Sanders, of Mebane. ' . , MAY GO TO JAMESTOWN. vin conversation with a prominent member of the National Guard of this State to-day it was learned that in ail probability the First and Third Regi ments fin the Light Battery would go to the Jamestown Exposition and that the Third Regiment would go to Fort -Caswell at the mouth of the Cape Fear Riv er In order to get -instruction with reir ulars, not ohly in Jnfantry drill but ala'j int practice with cannon. North rarniinn I ns one of the coat SUtes 3s called upon : ' : J' t I y I'l'.-ic -. , ncr V.L i f; vu: ?T. i c i: ;ve--c 1 Much Karjii-o oa Learn!: ,? the Mature cf t'.ei Paper W'ss Not Sat isfied When. Told TUat Her lresence rrobably Was Desired Merely as a Matter of Routine Mr. Jerome De clined to Make Known Purpose In Calling Mrs. Thaw Probable That the Commission Will Report Thurs day Jury to Petition for $5 a Day. New York, April 1. When Mrs. Evelyn Thaw .made .her .dally visit to her husband in the Tombs to-day she was met hy 'a process server, who handed her a subpoena directing her to aDDear before the lunacy commis sion to:morrow. ' Mrs." Thaw appar ently had not anticipated this move. arid she appeared very much disturb ed when. the nature of he paper was made known to her. "Do they ex pert me to testify against my hus band?" she a&ked. She was told that her presence probably was desired merely as a matter of routine, but this did not seem to reassure her. Dlitf rarTAttorney: Jerome-deHne-to make known his purpose in calling Mrs.r Thaw : before the commission. It . was said later at the, district at torney's office- that the reason for having JjrSjveiyn-NesWThaw serv ed with a subpoena was that it might be necessary to call her before the commission in lunacy and that the district attorney decided that in that event It would : be better o have her on hand. H , -: , . -" ,": ' ' I Is probable that the Thaw lunacy commission Will - report Thursday morning. The case was adjourned last week until this morning, and when the Jury was called before the court to-day . Justice vFltzgerald ad journed again the trial until Thurs day morning at 10:80 p'clock: Th' lunacy commission will meet to-mor row and it Is expected that they will be ready to report Thursday. v 5 In case the commission finds ,that Thaw Is to-day insane within the meaning of the law the trial will be stappedr but If they find that her is capable ofJrolng on the trial wlll be resumed atonce. It Is doubtful if the defense will call any other witnesses. The members of the ' Thaw Jury have drawn up a petition to Justice Fitzgerald asking him ' to allow them 35 a flay for Jury services Instead of the customary allowance of M a' day. Their action Is based on an Instance In which the court made a similar In crease In the Jury's allowance after the case had .heen extended to an un usual length. ,,-1 -, '. y-;.::; v -;.v- OFF: FOR JA3IE9TOWNr APRIL 25, Mrs. Roosevelt, Two Younger Sons and Possibly Miss Ethel Win Ac , company president on Trip. "' '. . Washington, April . 1. President Roosevelt will be accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt ' their -two younger - sons. Archie and Quenttti, and possibly by Miss Ethel, on their trip to the James town Exposition for, which f they -will leave. Washlngtoh on the afternoon of April 25th. According to the Presi dent's understanding1 the trip will be made on the yacht Mayflower which will be the, President's headquarters from the time he leaves until he re turn;. Exposition Day, April 2 6th, .will be a .busy one f or Mr. Roosevelt. Various functions, including his speech,; will occupy the time from 11 o'clock In the morning until . 4 o'clock In the afternoon. Sometime between the latter, hour and 8 o'clock "there will be a reception to the Governors of States, diplomats and other distin guished guests,. At eight o'clock the President will be the guest at dinner of Harry St - George Tucker, head of the exposition company, at his home in Norfolk, following which the May flower with Mr. Roosevelt and - his family aboard, will return to . Wash ington, Mr. Tucker was at the White House to-day consulting . with the amount paid by the State for . thn President about the features of his c j . t At"... i t l-o Doi'.a A i 'i I y I i !.ew Cf- i.': i.. .113 ration.".! at 'Cities AIji:: j LI..1.J. Wash! April 1. In line with the policy of the Southern ' Railway Company, as outlined by President Finley, ta bring about closer relations and harmonious co-operation" with its patrons, and in order to place author ized representatives of the company in convenient proximity to the shipping publio, the Southern Railway will on April 4, appoint seven freight agents with . headquarters at different cities on" its line, instead of having only one general freight c:?ice at Atlanta. Each general freight a jent will have au thority over the territory In his Ju risdiction. , . Vice President , J. M. Culp has Is sued circulars making the following appointments: , ' George R. Crowder, now general freight agent of the system will , be made assistant freight traffic manager, with headquarters at Atlanta. John D. Munson, now general agent at New York, wlir be made assistant frnio-ht traffic manatrer. with head- quarteH irWashlngtte ". ! - J. II. Drake, general ireignt agent, Richmond, in charge of lines in Vir ginia and eastern and central North Carolina, t-y. v '''-. E. II. Shaw, general freight agent Charleston, Sv. C- m charge of lines in South Carolina, and western North Carolina,5 at Augusta,- Ga. .Randall Clifton, .general freight agent, Atlanta, . Ga. in charge of lines In Georgia and Florida. ; " ? v -- H. L. Miller; general freight agent Knoxvllle, Tenn in charge of lines in east Tennessee. ; . ; R. B. Peggam, general freight agent, Memphis, Tenn., In charge of the Nashville division. . I. L. Graves, general , freight agent. Memphis. Tenn, .in charge of .the Memphis division.- ; R. L. ; Simpson,' . general freight agent, in charge of lines in Alabama (except the Memphis division.) -It is expected that under this ar tangement the adjustment of traffic matters and the transacton of bus! ness, whether by correspondence or by personal confi reaf-e, will be facill tated. " ', xnnixo to' Di Jli.ICiL J GEORGIA MILITIA TO JOIN. visit and the programme for the open- President Thanks pollard For Sop? iM.f port : Of 6hlp--Subsldy.';:'.r Oniaha, Neb.7 April 1 .Congress man E. M, Pollard,' of the first Ne braska district, has received a letter from President ' Roosevelt .. thanking him for his support of the ship sub sudy bill, congratulating him and other Western Congressman for tak ing a mroad and patriotic view of the situation and depreciating the defeat of the bill as a serious injury to the commercial interests of the. United States. . ; .: 'S r Former County Treasurer of Delaware ; Arrested For Embezzlement ' Wilmington. Del., April 1. Horace G. Rettew, formerly receiver of taxes and county treasurer of Newcastle county, was arrested at his home to night on a ' charge , of appropriating 35,000' of the county taxes to his own use. : The levy court directed .Rettews arrest the complaint being made by the president of the court. Rettew Is alleged to be short about 136,000. , Italian WarsWps En Itonte. Spezia, Italy, JlprU 1. The Duke of Abruzzi left here to-day on board the cruiser Varlez, for Newport News, Va. The Varez will be one of the war ships to represent Italy at the opening of the Jamestown Exposition. that the Legislature -failed to provide a building for the State library and for the various other records of the State. In the course of a Visit to the State li brary your correspondent found that the newspaper room is so overcrowded that many of the newspaper files have to be placed upon the floors and large plies of them are so disposed of, the racks being entirely full. As a matter of fact the library needs to be much larger . than It In and the newspaper room to be twice as large. Durlng-tke past few years 1 there is a notable in crease in the study of old newspapers, and from these some of the most val uable' information has been gathered regarding the State's past The very active work done this week In the political, campaign In the city makes things 'lively. One of the candi dates remarked, to-day that the police force wre jtremely active, In fact are working f.ke reavers for , their re spective favorites. The contest for po llcs Justice is a three-cornered affair. For mayor there are two aspirants, one having entered the fiold only a few days Ro. - . -. Home-Kf lHIo"! '-rronerty - han - b?n r-'trchnsM for 1 1. Luke's 1 '- fir' e -.! Will Take Tart in State Drills of Reg ulaf Coast Artillery Fourth Rgi" ' ment of Infantry Support. -,' Washington, April 1. Hoke Smith, Governor-elect of Georgia,- In view of the fact that he Is to assume, office In June, has' accepted In behalf of the State the. Invitation of the War Department to have the Georgia mil Hla Join In the State drills with the regular sea coast artillery. The ac ceptance" Is conditioned upon the ar rangement;; proposed to- Governor elect Smith -.- by Adjutant, '-Gsneral Scott who suggests thafvthe Savan nah -Volunteer Gnards,--compo8ed of four; companies of heavy artillery, as reauested in the letter, of-the- Seere tary of War, should be designated to act as batteries. ' The Fourth Regi ment of Infantry, composed of six companies,, he says, should "be desig nated as the supports, as this regiment has not been In camp since 1903, while all the others have -had instruc Hon "last year. ' ; " The f other cdmpanies, "except Jhe cavalry, General Scott, is, advised, afe making preparations to go into camp at Jamestown, VS., during the fair which will put practically all of the State troops in camp this year as con templated In the' national militia act, TURN IN FAVROT MURDER CASE. Demurrer to Indictment on Grounds That One of Jury Could Not Read , or Write English Sustained by Su preme Court . New Orleans, April 1. Inability on the part of a Juror td read and write the English language has resulted In a decided turn in the case of Congress-. man-eiect ueorge K. Favrot. - of sixth district of Louisiana, who has been confined in Jail for seven months, charged with the murder of Dr. R. H. Aldrich In Baton Rouge, last summer. In the District Court a demurrer to the indictment was sustained on the grounds that one' member of the Jury, an Italian, could not read nor write the English language. The State -appealed the case to the Supreme Court, which this afternoon affirmed the de cision of the lower court Favrot Is alleged to have shot and killed Dr. Aldrich for aspersions he be lieved Aldrich to have cast on his fam- NARROW ESCAPE FROM FLAMES. Forest Justice and Wife Awakened by Smoke and the Crackling of Flames, Special to The Observer. r : Snartanburs. 8. C, April 1. Forest Justice and his wife, who live about one mile rrom Bpananourg, Dareiy escaped witn tneir lives in a. nre wnicn a eg troy ed the-store and residence of Mr. Jus tice at an early hour Sunday morntnir. When the flames were discovered they had burned their way In the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Justice -and, Jumping from bed. they rushtfd out in tht hnr- feet and clad only, In their night dress jubi m wine to save tneir lives. Every thing in the bulldlnsr was detroved. .Mr. Justice conducted a grocery and genenu mercnanaise store on tne out skirts bf the city, living over the store, Sunday morning about 5 o'clock there was a severe electrical storm - and the store was struck by lightning, setting me Dunning on nre. Tne names soon enveloped the entire structure and In a short period of time the fir had entored the bedroom of Mr. Justice, who was awakened by the. smoke and crackling oi. tne names. ' 6IX TRAINMEN DIE IN WRECK. Freight Trains Meet Ilead-On and Two ; Brakemen Are Cremated Before As slHtanee Could Reach Them More llinn 800 Head of Cattle Burned. Fort Worth, Tex., April 1. lx trainment were killed In a head-on collision between two freight trains on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail road, six miles south of here to-day.; Fire broke out immediately and two brakemen were caught in the debris and crem a te d before assist ance co ul d reach them. More than 800 head of cattle were burned. M iGIulI YAAll CJ CniZTCE-CYNO cazh acai: TLere vtiU be Two Jlana -rs cf Trans portation and Road Vays, Vhose OUires Will be In Washing-ton and Atlanta Va'cr the New Order of Things it is Expected Business Will ; be Dispatched With Satisfaction to . the Patrons of the Road and the General Public The Charlotte and Greenviilei. Divisions Have Been Combined, With Headquarters at Charlotte. ; . Observer Bureau, . . 1417 G Street, N. W.t Washington, April 1. The re-dlstrictlng of the Southern Railroad and the appointment of two managers of transportation and. road ways Is an entirely new departure for me southern. It is thought that the change will perfect the system, so as to conduct the business with a maxi mum of dispatch andconvenlence to the patrons of the rota. The two " new managers are J. N. Seale and M. M. Rlchey, who will be under the general direction of the fourth vice president and general manager. Mr. Charles II. Ackeri. , ;: . , ; ' T ' v' - . Mr. Seale' office will be in Wash- lngton in charge of the Northern and Eastern districts; Mr. RicheyVin At lanta in charge of . the middle and Western Districts.. " -U . The headquarters of the "Northern district are, to be in Danville, Va., of the Eastern district in Charlotte, N. C. -As now organized the transportation department of the Southern-Railway" Is under the direction of Charles H. Ackerit fourth vice president and gen eral manager. Next to him are the two managers, J. N. Seale and M. M. Rlch ey. Under them are the four general su perintendents of the four districts, Northern, Eastern, middle and West ern. These superintendents are G. R. Layal, E. H. Coapman, W. N. Foraker and the new one to be named will be N. E. Hutchlns. .; .. v NORTHERN DISTRICT, Each of these districts will be vlded Into divisions. In the Northern district will be Washington, Danville, RIohmond. Norfolk, Durham, Win ston-Salem and Mooresvllle divisions. . The Washington division headquar ters -are at Alexandria,- Va., and in. rln da thA Hn of mad between Wash Ineton. D. C and Monroe. Va. : The Bluemont Warrenton and Harrison burg branches , and , the Monroe; ter minals. , ; V.' " ". , ; The Danville division headquarters are at Greensboro, N. C, and in this division are included the lines between Monroe. Va.. and Spencer, N. C, In eluding, the Spencer terminals? the Rocky x Mountain and Asheboro branches and-Danville terminals. ;. The Richmond division headquar ters are at Richmond, Va., and . in elude the lines from Annapolis to West Point." V a. , - The Norfolk division headquarters are at Norfolk,- Va., and Include the line from- West Norfolk to Danville, Va., from Pinners. Point Va... to Sel ma, N. C, as well as the ClaremOnt Hitchcock, Buffalo Llthia Springs, Portsmouth and Copper Mines branch' es. ' The Durham division headquarters are at Durham, N. C, and Include the lines from East Durham, N. c, to Keysville, Va., from Oxford to Hen derson. N.- C, from Goldsboto ; to Greensboro, N. C, and from Univer sity to Chapel Hill, N. C. The - Winston-Salem division head quarters are at Wlnston-Salem, N. C, and include the lines from M"t. ' Airy toSanford, N. C from ; Climax to Ramseur, N. C, froth WUkesboro to Greensboro, N. C;, Including Winston Salem terminals; from Stokesdale to Madison, Nl C, and from Mt. Airy to Granite Quarry, N. C. . 2 The Mooresvllle division headquar ters are at Winston-Salem, N. C, and include the lines from Moeresville Junction to Winston-Salem, N. C and from Charlotte to Taylorsvllle, N. C. EASTERN DISTRICT. Called for Arstrtest ia TJ. S. I .' Court of Appeals at New Crt ...j c i Writ of IJrror from FedcrU Court ct Savannalj Attorney Lawrence, for Defendants, Occupied Entire Set., "n and Had Not Concluded Arjrunu.Lt When Court Adjourned Inserting and Striking Out of Certain Count in First Indictment for Conspiracy by Different Judges Pointed Out New Orleans, April 1. Entering its eighth year of legal battle, the case of Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gay nor, convicted of defrauding the gov erment of over half a million dollars in Savannah harbor Improvements, was called for argument to-day in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals upon a writ of error from the Federal Court of Savannah. '"A. -A. Lawrence, of counsel for Greene and Gaynor, occupied the en tire session and had not concluded ar gument when court adjourned for the day, A demurrer to the first indictment for conspiracy was argued. - It was pointed out that when this Indictment came up boreTludrBrWirr?rT York, he condemned 'the first eight of the 10 counts, while later, when the same indictment came up before Judge Speer, of Savannah, the - latter con demned the two counts which Judge Brown had sustained, while sustaining the eight counts which Judge Brown had condemned. Next the famous extradition of Greene '. and Gaynor was attacked. It was argued that they were extradited from Canada fr . participation in fraud, bv an agent or trustee. In Sa vannah. however. Mr. Lawrence said. they .were tried upon the charge oi consplracy.f-and this amounted to try ing them for a different offense than they were extradited tor. As for their indictment ror emoez zlement, it was claimed that the proof in the Cavannah court snowed mat tne allegedayment-ot-nioney for their ocurred in New York city, xne defense contended therefore that only the courts of the Southern district or New York had Jurisdiction in the em bezzlement charge. The last point in the day's argu ment was the. use. of at l$ast a car load of books of brokers, trust compa nles 'etc.. which the government in troduced Into evidence at Savannah, the defense claimed, without either in troducing the persons who made the entries or. proving tneir oeatn or in accessibility. ... SISTER, SHOT ACCIDENTALLY. Brother Snana; Trigger and Thoman Bowen Almost Kills His Slsteif Load Entering Left Shoulder and Breast. Special to The Observer. ' Durham. April 1 To-day Miss ;ian';r.c!J a. Very E!k IZzn. . New York.' A'nrtl 1. After a con- There were formerly seven divisions thWtehf2astern d lstrict? but the Char lotte andGreenville divisions have been combined. The division headquarters are at Charlotte, Nw C. Included In the division are the lines from Spencer, N. C, to Greenville, S. C. and tho Whit ney, Norwood and Union Copper Mines branches. The lines under the old Greenville division were those between Greenville, S. O. and Armour, . Ga., and the Elberton, Athens and Roswell branches and the Greenville termi nals. - ;- X ;.' . ' ..... The headquarters of the Rock Hill division are at Rock Hill, 8. C, and In clude the lines from Marion, N. C, to Klngville, S. C, including Rock Hill terminals; from Sumter Junction to Sumter, 8. C, and from Blacksburg to Gffney, S. C, "r "' The headquarters of the Columbia Ldlvision are at Columbia, S. C., and lnciuaea in tne aivision are m unes from CharlotterNC.r to- Savanhah, Ga.; from Batesburg to Perry, fl. C; from Cayce, S. C, to, Augusta, Ga.; from Edgefield to Aiken, S. C, and the Columbia terminals. . v The Charleston division, headquar ters of which are at Charleston, S. C, include the lines from Charleston to Columbia, 3. C, from Branchvllle, S. C, to Augusta, Ga., the North Augus ta and Navy Yard branches and the Augusta terminals. The Spartanburg division, head quarters of which are at Columbia, S. C, include the lines from Columbia to Spartanburg, S. C; from Alston to Greenville,. 8. C, and the Abbeville,. Lockart and Ware Shoals branches. , The Jacksonville division, the head quarters of which are at Jacksonville, Fla., includes the line from Savannah, Ga., to Jacksonville, Fla. , , T-MIDDLE DISTRICT. The middle district includes the Ashevllle, Murphy. Knoxvllle, Coster, Chattanooga, Nashville and-Memphis divisions... '" .'.--.;;-- The Ashevllle division, headquarters of which are at Ashevllle, N. C. in cludes the lines ; from Salisbury to Ashevllle, -N. C from Blltmore, N. C. to Spartanburg Junction, S. C.;, from Hendersonvtlle to Lake Toxaway, N. C, and the Ashevllle terminals. The Murphy, division headquarters are fit Brison, N. C, and the division Includes the lines from Murphy Junc tion to. Murphy, N. C. The Knoxvllle divifsion headquarters are- St Knoxviller Tenn.; ' find include th lines from A.ihcvlUo.'N. C. to Ior t vA-n, Tr-nn.; from : Trl-rtel . to Mary Bowen, 18 years old, daughter of Thomas . Bowen, was serlouBly wounded by her brother firing a shot gun in the house, It was not thought that the gun wl Joaaoi and,: when the young brother. Who was about 12 years of age, first presented the gun at his sister, she warned him not to do that. The mother said that it was all right: that the gun was not load ed. This gave encouragement to the boy and he snapped the gun with al most fatal Tesults,. The load of bird shot entered the left --shoulder and the breast The young lady was taken to the Watts Hospital, and, while It is thought that he will recover, she is In a condition that causes her much suffering. ' POSTAL RATES TO CANADA. Proposal of U.' S. On Second-Class i Blatter Accepted. Washington, -April 1. At a confer ence between Postmaster General Lemlenx, of Canada, and Postmaster General' Meyer, of the United States, in this city to-day an agreement was reached to amend the postal conten tion existing between the two coun tries In so far as It affects the trans mission bf newspapers and periodicals, known ai second-class 'matterj bei. tween the two countries. Canada ac cepts the tentative proposal of this country that second-class matef mail ed In one country and addressed to the other - might be subject to a rate of one cent for each four ounces or frac tion thereof In? each bulk package, prepaid by stamps affixed, tion, Tenn.: the LaFollette, Clear Fork, Big Mountain and Coal Creek and Bennett Fork branches.. The' Chattanooga division, head quarters of which are at Chattanooga, Includes the lines from Knoxvllle to Chattanooga, Tenn,'; from Austell, Ga., Coltewah Junction, Tenn.; the Attalla, Cleveland and Cedar. Bluff branches and Chattanooga terminals. The Nashville division, headquarters of which are at Nashville, Includes the lines from Harriman- to Nashville, Tenn., the Isollne, Crawford and Car thage branches. The Memphis division, headquarters of which are at Memphis, Tenn., In cludes the lines from Chattanooga to Memphis, Tenn., the Florence . and Summerville branches. . . ., THE . WESTERN DISTRICT. The Western district Included In Mr. Rlchey's territory; embraces the following six divisions: Birmingham Mobile, Selma, Atlanta, Columbus and Macon.;' 7""r' ' ..";" t The Birmingham division,' head quarters of which are at Birmingham, Ala., Includes the lines between Bir mingham, Ala., and Columbus, Miss., the Woodlawn-Bessemer branch, the Coalburg Loop and Birmingham ter minals and the Ensley Southern Rail way. . ' -,."'.;" ; , : - . f The Mobile division, headquarters of which are at Mobile, Ala., Includes the lines between Selma and Mobile, Ala,, and from Marlon Junction to Merid ian. Miss., and Akron, Ala. i The Selma division, . headquarters of which . are at' Wilton, Ala., includes the lines between Atlanta Junction, Rome, Oa., to Selma, Ala.; from Wil ton . to Birmingham, : Ala., and the Frog mountain, Mas.ena, Lapsley,' Pi p?r. Belle Ellen and Blocton branch es. - ' '.'".! The Atlanta division, headquarters of which are at Atlanta, Ga., includes the lines from Atlanta to r'.rmlnj ham, Alas, the Atlanta Belt and terml- nalfc--"--- - "".'--w - .The Columbus division, Yr !vnr ters of tih! i nre at V.T.:!;sr'--n, Oa., !,.. ( fr-- rut i: " i ; : . f - i Lir- i J Hotels most ?v Sure All A. . j ant Time. Philadelphia, : : : ufacturers from tl the earth as well us either the cotton, goods industries wi.l city during the third to attend the eleventh c tion .and exhibition c f t Cotton ' Manufacture i s' While the convention, v ' held In the Bellevue- -Philadelphia's most ar; telry, whose proportions have gained or it a woi ! tatlon among royalty an I the diplomatic corps as v, the millionaires of the c consume but two days of Wednesday and Thursday bltlon, which will be held i Regiment Armory, will i opened on Monday, the 13: tlnued until the following NATIONAL IN ITS i The American Cotton I : era' Association is natior scope, as the name Implio bodies all of the countrj' manufacturers of that mi-. tide, numbering upwards members. Interest in the will by no means be confir Wumber, however, for a: novelties to be ' displayed every new bit of machinery been Invented for use In e three industries, and all sor: ing apparel for which the or for 'which there Is li: found ft future market ll exhibits will come from a" glum, Sweden, France an 1 having already signified t' tion of being represented . thousand square feet of will be available for exl. poses In the armory, more thirds . of which area Is i contract LARGEST IN ITS III. The convention will be ; and by far the most rmpor history of the assoclatl prominent public men wll'. tendance, - among them, r Chinese Ambassador, Chen Cheng'; ! Commissioner of I Sargent: Secretary of Sia' Root; Governor Braxton r. Alabama, and Governor Stuart, of Pennsylvania. : be read before the eon-, most distinguished cottc perts of this country an I Delegates to, the anr. and their wives will be we: ; of during their stay In t the committee which has t of the convention . arrar hand is planning to er thousands of visitors in C.a orate manner. Thousands will be speat In this way, mittee's idea being to so fa press the strangers with t tude of the textile Induct delphla and with her hop. this will become the perr vsntlon city of the assocla' HOTELS WELL BE Cr Inquiry at several of t: .local hotels discloses the. their respective facilities v ly taxed during-convention plications for reservation ; pouring in from all parts r try, and particularly from during the past few wee! present " Indications late experience some .''"difficulty lng accommodations in the Of hotels. It Is understo of : the ; railroads foresee creased business as a rf convention and. have annr intention of issuing some f cial ticket at reduced rat it Is stated by one of tho chants that the Souther, which traverses the gr growing sections, is expe unusually cheap rates to t lng to attend either the c the exhibition. T. Ashby Blytheone c phta's most prominent c chants and chairman of t' committee of the assoclatl a very busy man . for a by reason of his efforts t stone unturned which r the completeness of th i convention. His chief been the city's lamer more suitable building hold a convention as i the forthcoming event j In this, however, his has been shared by r ganlzatlons which have expositions In this c time., LIST OF OI . : Following are ' the c association: Preslder.t, Lowe Fltchburg, Ma?i.; dent S. B. Tanner, lie: secretary and treasurer, ( Charlotte. N. C; 'board of R. S.' Relnh-it, Linco: Charles II. Fi.., Dover, I Parker, Greenville, S. C: : Charlotte, N. C; Val T Ala.; E- A. Smith. Chi: W. T. Lanf, Knoxvi:.-. C. Heath, Monroe, N. C: Borton, Columbus. Ca.; J Rocklngrham. N. C.j T. Philadelphia; Arthur J. I N. C; J. J. White, : Miss., .and J. C. Emi:'-.. : It will be seen f officers and-goverr -r ? gland will be a! -well rer,?ORt', 1 ; ' ' will ta tho f -.:" jS- . TOW - Berlin. 1" Fredericw, . .. Prir.f"i-" ft.! ac?'.:"r.t t In a
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