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lay: i . I ! - 1 t- 1- 1 A ' :' O 1 it. .l lOliHMlt, : ri. .un An "I Agalii. I ?(( Against Time Iro- : i : y, L f'f i f riv Itself e l IilviiVl.ltf.'.l 1 t ' t "n uavo l-evu iiwu -t.u-i !, (-ton. Norfolk, Va. Oct. 21. A shipment of k'af tobacco and cigarettes said to . be valued at $7,000, from Durham, N. C, consigned to the Brltijft-Amer-. lean Tobacco Company, of Great Brl ialni has been attached by the govern ment here and Is now being held by the customs authorities. The action was brought following a. conference Jiere last week between Collector of "Customs Hughes, United States Dls trict Attorney L. I. Lewis, and a rep resentatjve from the 'Department of Justice at Washington," - ' ; 1 - .- Washington, Qct' 21.The. Depart- nent of Justice to-day Issued the fol- lowing statement, concerning the 'tb- bacoe seizur at Norfolk, this after noon: , ; " ' "The collector of "customs at Nor '. folkr Va,, undlr direction of the Sec retary of the Treasury at the instance - of the Attorney General, and In con- ! function with the United States attor- ey for the eastern district of Vlr .'f glnla, has seized 175 cases contaln ' Ing 8,750,000 cigarettes, valued at I7, ' . 172.50. which were , in transit from factories' of the British-American To- bacoo Company; Limited, located . in " Petersburg; 'Va,,' and Durham, N. C, " 4a Nw York and foreign countries. J.-, FORFEITED TOOVERNMENT. " "This seizure waa made under SevJ , tlon A of the Sherman anti-trust law, - -which -reads as fellows: - ' "'Any property owned under any : contract or,-by any combination! M)r f v pursuant to any conspiracy andn,be inj the subject thereof) mentioned j In Section 1 of thiaC act, and being In : the course of transportation from one - State " to '. another, V or to a foreign ' coimtry. shall 4- forfeited to the "' United States, and may be seized and -. condemned by' like t. proceedings , as i .! those provided - by law for. the for- ' f eUure, seizure, and condemnation of - property Imported v; Into the United - States contrary, tblaw. - . - "The information on the seizure will ' be Died to-day at Richmond and will V state the cause , of seizure - to ' he that the property.! was owned under . . a contract entered Into in "1901 by ; two America tobacco companies, that ' Is to say, pne American Tooaico wjw . pany and the American Cigar Com pany. with, threa.great English -con -; - cerna namely, tho Imperial Tobacco ' Company,' of Great '-.-Britain and Ire- " land. Limited: kOgdens.LlmUad,and , the, British-American Tobacco i Com . pany, Limited In Which contracts it .. ' wa agrees - suDBianuauy m .- uiw American-, and '.English companies ' should not compete, with one another ' , in the territories igitenit ach.t In this contract th;corporatlohs .named -In effect divided up. the, world among .' them, so far a the tobacco Business was concerned. - The information also - contains count charging that the to . fcacco was . owned bv a combination i t In restraint of trade and -'pursuant to r'' conspiracy in restraint of traae,- which la a mere variation of the lan- -' ' guage of the charge stating the causes of forfeiture. ' -t--" ' i "This is a.' proceeding In . rem, that " - la io say, against the property Itself, ' end not against . any' individuals. ji; If - the owners of the property waaf to '' snake defense, they- must, come; Into 5'- court and claim the property, and " ' file their written pleadings, denying the charges mi ow hi w iwurmv tlon. and show that the unlawful com- ' " 'blnation la restraint of trade charged v In the Information does not -in fact OXlSt ' - r; v r . ' - - , . T- "This la the first time "lhat, pro. ceedlngs have been taken to enforce - this sectt-on of. the Sherman law. '. ' FIRST ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE PROVISION. - If the administration follows up Its v '-.i aelaures 'of tobacco- owned . by trusts as it goes from State to State or S3 ' ' it Is listed for foreign shipment as the law requires there is good reason - to believe that something , will rally bit done to tha trusts after ,-all.' The; seizure to-day of 1 7 5 - cases of clga'r- - ettes - belonglnr to ' the American xo bacco Company, consigned from Dur- .s tiam to .New York and to Great Bri tain is 'the first attempt to' enforce t'Mt provision of the Sherman anti trust law, passed 1 seventeen yars go. " ' H The company whose' goods are seis ed must go Into court and prove that It is not ft combination . in restraint ' . of trade. Nearly all the output of the ; Durham concern, for Instance, Is shlp- "ped out of North Carolina, and If the government ! officials follow up tholr method in this case to-day they will .eoon have a-large quantity of tobacco and tha American Tobacco Company --' would soon be put out of business un less it can ' show to the satisfaction of the courts that It is not a trust. '- The -new tactics of the adminlstra- v tlon Is causing considerable discussion here to-night, and further proceed ' Jngs are looked forward to 'with-ln-terest It is a puzzle to know wheth er the Department of justice attor neya have been merely Ignorant of such ft plain provision or th law au these years or; have been wilfully neglecting to do their plahduty and enforce the law. 'j f XiXVU NO LONGER CLEAR. ' ; Naf. I nank of Commerce Serves fix urns iu inu ijoii(ot i icnr "j Knickerbocker Trust Company. .Nw York, -Oct 21. Lftte to-night the National Bank of Commerce gave 24-houra' noticetthe clearing house association tf which Tit is a member, that after to,-morrow . it .would- no longer clear for the Knickerbocker Trust Company. The directors of the National would ' not 'comment upon their action. - The , National has for some time acted as clearing1 agent for - the Knickerbocker, i , :-;'v Following, the action of the "Nation al, or coincident with it, there was a conference of - the ,: directors of the Knlckbocker Trust Company atn tip- town hotel. The conference was con tinued long after midnight and in the meantime nothing of what wasbelnsr done was givn out. It Is understood, however, that Charles T, Barney, pres ident of the Knickerbocker, pliicod ills reolcrnntlon in the fean.Wof the 3 1 -' rrctT", wr at once dertiid unon-A. Foster II!,-".'ins to tmcced Mr.- IHrney in t: 5 prtHidency of the lrs;.Ututia, i t e c.iy y I 3 r - muc of a frrri'n. i tr but with - r. At the nee til at a.,.t.(-te.l by ii that wsis n-.i some of trio bunks iio't recent events were tviil In ncf 4 ot as sistance but the promptness with which the clearing house accorded It did much ta allay, further alarm. --The general Improvement was reflected in the buoyancy of 'the stock market and the steady advance In prices from pre vious levels. The clearing house was called upon to get debit balances of the Mercan tile and , the New - Amsterdam banks to the extent' of upwards of $280,- 000. of which the Mercantile owea about Jl.900.000 and the New Amster dam $200,000. The aefrit balance or North America amounted to $850,000. While there was said to have been some discussion between the clearing house committee and the officers of the latter bank as to the necessity of giving It any support It was not -found neces- Bay to HO BO, On the stock exchange the Improved banking conditions resulted in a tally of pronounced proportions, the more active issues advancing i and S points wlth greater gains In some of the specialties. i . ' Part of this , advantage .' was lost later by a flurry on call loang, the rate for which advanced to t l-i. per cent On the curb the feature was heavy selling at -severe declines of Consoli dated Steamship bonds, which at one time aold ajt 12, 7-8, a decline, of 5-S points -from the high- The net loss for ' the daV was 3 points. The Con solidated Steamship Company , a con trolled by Charlel W. Morse. ; v ''One development to-day wnicn am not tend to. ease the prevailing conditions - - was , the application for - ,a receiver for we r nrm of Otto v Helnze v :- Co.. Argument on the motion was deferred until Wednesday, . - - PENSION AGENT SURKENTERS. Waa In the Posse Which Fired on John Bra me Others to Do Llke--viseIn Hospital From Burns Po ; llceman "Undergoes Operaaon. . H , Special to The Observer. , Greensboro. Oct. 21. Pension Agent P, IL Goethe went to the office of 'Squire D. H, .Collins to-day and sur rendered and was put under a $5,000 bond for his appearance next Monday at 2 q'clo'k. The' bond was readily given. Mr. Goethe was a member of the posse of revenue officers who en gaged in the shooting ; scrape i two weeks ego in which Joha-3Bramer an alleged dlsOHer,; was w-wounded j so badly that he died. . Deputy Collec tor John T. Shepherd, who was , member Df the party, Is in Ashevtlle on. a brief business a trip; He will follow Mn.Goethe'a. ample upon his return and United States Marshal J. M. Mlllikan, who Is -visiting '.laln-'dtaarwU'-do--HkewU.i:;-;t. (Manley Maness, , White man is ft paitlent at St.- Leo's . Hospital under treatment for- serious burns .he suft f eredna night last week' by the ex plosion of & gasoline lamp in, his tent oni the midway at the fair. He wlll not, be able to leave the hospital for several weeks. ; . - - " ' Policeman D; Ws Marsh- became very 111 last night and was taken to St Leo's -Hospital. 4 He underwent a serious operation, fcut I reported-to be resting very 'well, this evening. Mr. J..M. Hobbs has been appointed ' member, of the police force,, suc ceeding Mr. J. R. Jeffreys, who has been subbing for Policeman 6. N. Ridges The tetter's health continues very poor '. ' ' - ' - ESCAPED NEGRO CAPTXREBv rt"i'j,'tHnnnA t TaitTilkl. But ft Ballet la Necessary to Stop Hla flight-. Remainlua: Fourneen wno Special to The Observer. Orwnsboro, Octr2eman. pilars, one of the three neeroes who broke out of Jail here Saturday - evening, was ar rested In Dsnvlllo. Va.r yestertay. .The wwr. .t nanvill had ben notified et ,the Ji delivery, and they saw giars get off a fretSEht train in mat w ,uU.a7i on him he fled and the of- in. toil endlnr an, apperf hi wnicn ne was cvlcl .",r'u ; to two veers on the j-oads for tea"? Nothing has yet been heard from the other two ,;negroea.;', ootn w wuwra inni chrinttnn church, and the nastor. Rev. I P, Johnson, Is being as sisted 'by Rev. W,' C. Vlcker. whose ser mons are inmtum mm . .t.t. Mrs. S. L. Gilmer has issued iivvltatlons for-a reception ro oe wnu iiir iraret Merrlmon, Elizabeth Sparger and V. K T Install- ' - ; The remalnim? fourteen victims of tho wreck of tram mo. m a nuun m i a - h rttnB on . very nloelT at St - ..."..- ikih m Af thorn are seriously Injured Is thought they wlll all recover. A fHYSICIAN1 SUICIDES. " n tiKiiwm Harrison, of South Caro Una, Lets financial tosses .ueaa Him to Self-Dest ruction YVas Men. ' ; of ft Prominent nliy. . ; Soecial to. The Observer. ' i GreenviUe, S. , C, Oct. -21. News reached the city to-day of the suicide Sunday morning or vr Benson Harri son, a well-known physician ? and planter of the FOrk- Shoals section of this county. Brooding over financial losses sustained in the last few months 1 suDDOsej to be the main cause. He was a member of a "'well-known fanir lly of "nls name In the - upper ' State and a.inan of culture and education., Ills health had - been bad for some months, adding to his : trouble." Ho was CO years of "age and was a na tive of this county. .The " Interment took place to-day. ' It is understood that' he toon an overuoso oi digi talis., - r SPARTA NEWS NOTES! - . - Confederate Veteran Hold Reunion Sir. ' MeNeUl's Death ilotirncd in .Alleghany. . Special to The Olecrvsr. ... . , U Epaj'ta, Oct 21. The news of the death of John Charles -McNeill caused great grief here among his numerous friends and admirers. j.A -t 'brilliant writer' is gone; another Avery has died...-' - r?-. ' -r -' ";v'-' - The Confederate veterans of Alle ghany county had a reunion here Sat urday. A large crowd of pppple came to do honr to the 75 veterans who were present Addresses were made by Mr. R. A. P)i"u.tjn. Prof. 0. V,'. Brown. Key. J. U. lo ,iton, Atlou. y J. C. 1 .. ser and otl.Tj. i i:.ut t' it? .a ( :rt V. i.l l.on.r in tije 1 .,),(". 00 l'lno Case Ccnl-'i't'irfo of Mate Counsel Set I or To-Day Post poned InJofiniUiy Cor;xration onuuisslon Jliikes Its IZeport . on J'retht Dlscrimlnatloi-.s Cmscs Are Ordered Brought Against Norfolk & Western, Big Fonr and Ixulsvlll3 & Nashville Hallways liacs to Durham and Vbiston-Saiem Arc Too High Wake Court- in Session lialelgh News of a Day. - Observer Bureau, The Holleman BulUlng, sv ' " Raleigh, October II. j A rumor was afloat to-day that toe Supreme Court .'- of the State ; wbul 1 decida adversely to Judge v Long, of tne superior court' in the matter or the $30,000 fine he imposed last July on the Southern Railway for violating the new State law as - to ; passenger rates. How this rumor got abroad is not known. . Of ioourse, the Justices Of the Supreme Court could not be questioned about such a thing. A de cision fn ' the case has -been .looked for - any time vdurtng the past two weeka- Vlvwednesday, is s opinion5 day and, of course, ; everything wil be watched with very . keen Interest 1 Governor Glenn said this evening that the Irnal conference of the State attor neys regarding the Southern Railway rate case will not-be held to-morrow evening, as expected, but la deferred somewhat Indefinitely, v Ex-Governor Aycock. one of, the leading counsel is called out of the state.Tne uov ernor (hopes the conference,, will be held next week. - . . t PROMINENT DOCTOR DYING. -Dr. .James W. McGee. Sr., one of thfr leading physicians of this city, is crying at his - home here, aged 8 years. Ha is ft native of Duplin coun ty. . ... A three-weeks term of Superior Court began here to-day, Judge Long presiding There are several divorce suits and an unusually large number or suits against railways. One case on ; the docket against the" Seaboard Air Line for the death of' Engineer Maxwell - between here and Hamlet, was . compromised and so will not be tried. Another case from this in which a woman sues her brother- in-law for ' buying v her " husband's farm- from him while he was drunk. She desires the sale set aside oh tht ground of fraud. - . , A telegram -1 from The New York Herald to-day to your correspondent gave . notice of the balloon race from St. Louis and asked that prompt notice be given of 'the ' landing of any balloons- in North' Carolina. 3 Grand Secretary v John C- Drewry, of the Grand Lodge of Masons has a petition for a new lodge at Went- worth, in Rockingham county, and the dispensation will be granted tn a few- -days, v, It Is said Masonry- Is growing very, rapidly in this State and ! this year will shew a decided Increase In the' strength of the.gorder. HeTbelleves On -Jncrease- wilf reach l.soo or 2.000. which win give -close to- 20,000 Masons in tBe-.tat. Secretary Bruner. - of the Aarl cultural- Department ,: had ar 'better night 'and his condition to-day .was reirarded ?asw somewhau improved. Commissioner Patterson stated. Rev. Dr. Daniel - , Albright Long, Dastor of . tha ' Christian . church. ; will soon take ft tour in Europe, especially in seeing me uoiy lanu, ', BIG SUM FOR "RIGHTS. The Assistant Attorney General had a: talk with the Treasury . De partment people to-day regarding a washing machine" company, which is selling rights-in this State all ..the wav from $125 to $8,000. "vn is said to be a sort of an endless chain arrangement - The company pays, no tax and Is said to he coining money, Tho State manager had the nerve to wTite to tha Attorney General and Treasurer asking--.for 1 endorsements km a defense against what he terms "the talklna- public." The officials,- or course, declined la ;writft any - aucn recommendation. , i-. -fss ;,;r: -v; REUC OF OLD-TIMS POLITICS. f Mr. ' George W. Polk sends me a verr interestlnsr relic of old-tlma poll tio it m n satin oaage oearing me follow n nscriotlons "North can una Delegation: xoung jHens (Na tional Convention, May 4, lStO.-' Be inw th lnscrmtion is an enaravinsr. a portJalt of President William Henry Harrison, surmounted by an American eazle from whose beak files a stream er with tha words,' rwarrison ana Reform.!": Below is a log cabin, upon the door of which Is the: Inscription, Hard Cider.? ' These log cabins were carried all over the country in lhat great campaign and One was brought to Rale krh -an tne wayirom Bans. fcury, through the country. Below the cabin is mts quotation? , - union of the Whka . for i the ake . otr the Union.? Mr.. Polk's father, was ft na tive of North Carolina and a son of the ' famous v Col. William; Polk, ; who was burled In tn old cemetery at raieiffh. Ha, is a. granason or cok Thomas Polk.', one of the signers of the -Mecklenburg Declaration or inoe nendence. , Mr. , Folk .writes that he found this badge among his father's naners. His home is Ban Antonio, Tex.' The badge has been placed in the Hall of History in the State Museum. " 1 Cashier Henry E. Litchford,6f the nitlsen's National Bank here,talked very Interestingly tp-dap about his twenty-nve,, years or service mere ana what had happenea aunng xnai oe rlod.- ; It Js remarkable what changes have occurred in that period of time in, the business lire or a city, wot business house here Is fMtnder the same direction as It was 2 years ago 'and only one 'merchant Is now doing business wno was men in cusi na for himself. In the same bank there Is only one mart who was then n emn ove. this being Mr. josepn u. Brown. . Only one physician is .now practicing. Dr. kW. I. Hoyster: -only four lawyers; Richard ;H., Battle,- 8 n ; Hvwi, Thomas m. Argo ana it. r. Gray. . Twenty-five years ago JRalelgh had no water supniy, sewerage system electric lights s or 1 street cars. The bank in which Mrr Lltchford Is now the cashier then did a business of $20fli0Q0- ft pear, while now It is , f'hartera are granted" the Setts Lum her Company, Of ' Concord, capltil stock $50,000, and the WoodslJe I'ur niture Company,-also 150,000. CASES. 'ARE ORDERED BROUGHT. The corporation commission to-d announced the mult of its lnv cations Into the Inter-State . fr ' rates from the West to North C.ir Una points, the result being an or l tsat a cane- be brotiht against t Nrtrfolk & Western Hallway,-th I Four Railway -and the Lou!sv!!' v'"' ;l'j-iv fi'T t?ie corr".:'- 1. m I M-r Has It ft I, 1 ''i ' ion of t'.a f----1 .Vdvrrse'to Ju. its: . ;:.f..: two ..,.' s - t 3 cnlv C; e j . ion i.a o n l LI. and its route 0 e'.iortest. The inued as to other t t 11 w ! ( h ri 11 , E rail-Bay fror-i Ci-". from that c;'v- i.-i lncti -atlon la c rates and other. roads. ' . ' The commission finds that the rates from the Vt;-t to Winston-Salem and Durham are unreasonably and unjust ly high, discriminatory and unlawful and that this results partly from the fa-ct that the Norfolk &Weste5 treats the .Winston-Salem and Dur ham, branches as independent roads, whereas the tariff of rates should the made on a basis of a continuous haul. The-rate from Chicago, to Roanoke, Va., Is 72 cents per' 100 pounds and the Norfolk & Western adds the local rate, 61 cents.-from Koanokd to, Wln-ston-Salem. The r commission con cludes -tihat the rate from-the West ta Winston-Salem- and Durham should be the same as to Roanoke. - Lynch burg and other Virginia points, and that the contention made by the Nor folk & Western -that lta rates to Vir ginia points are unreasonably low and cannot be sustained in View, pf the heavy; earnings of tne road is (With out , foundation, n The earnings were shown by the last annual report to be $ll,$9,04,,a sum-sufficient to pav the ihterest-dlvldends and, for work. The prlpcipat 'part of these earnings accrued .from the . low., rates to Vir ginia points.- ,- . "v -. . The Supreme Court la at wor - this week on -the docket- ft , npiH;im from the ninth district r ' - The superintendent 'of ' eduction iv Co lumbus county notlft tho Htste Superin tendent thnt three school districts there have Just votU 6." epoch! t ix, making the total number 2S. , PRBiSSINO TICK FIGHT TO A FINISH State Veterinarian nutier reports mai the campaign galnt cattle ticks Is be- i?ee Win0 it ITX onted during the summer and early au tumn. The government - PPrprmuon ran somewhat low and about tn of Its experts had- to be dropped. The State had a force of six in .the Held, of Which two have heen aroppea , is regaraea ss certain that tea counties will be added to the free territory this, year, and this is Very tufftly regarded as being .an ex cellent result ' , 1 . The colore Btate Fair is in progress this week at the Ktate Fair, grounds and Wednesday and Thursday great numbers of negroes are expected to be here. . .The fair last year was "one of 'tne best they have ever held and the secretary says tins one wiu j m improvement, .'. A5IERICAXS ARJB RELEASED. The Thrct! Americans Who Were- Ar rested Because of Their Association - With Finnish Party Are Released Officials Express Regret at Arrest Suffered No Especial Discomforts. " St. Petersburg. Oct. i I. William English Walling,, of Indianapolis, his wife and his wife' sister, Rose S t run sky, who, were arrested and taken to Jail last night because of their asso ciation with' the members of the Fin nish, Progressive Party, "were released this' evening. The police found noth ing among the papers of, the trio to warrant; detaining thenvi no condi tion are attached to the release, but Mr. and Mrs, Walling- and Miss Strun- sky intend to leava.-St. Petersburg on Wednesday.. They say they nave prac tically finished their. -work u Russia. All their' papers and manuscripts have been restored to them. 0 . :i The 'officials' thla - evening- express ed, regret atrth, arrest ' which Uhey say was orJered upon the reportfof an over sealoua -spy who had .been shadowing ; the FinaUsf revolutionists with whom- the .Americans Ciad been associated.?, The two women prison ers were confined for the 24 hours In A', prison overcrowded with young women revolutionist. They were con ducted to a small veil. 8 by 10 reet but they said this evening, they had suffered no especial discomfort - dur ing their arrest A They tou amusing tales of the laxness of Russian prison discipline. . & i -1 ! As soon as it was rumored in , the institution that two American women had been - brought 1 In they began receive visits from Ci other prisoners. They held ft regular reception in their cells and related the-lateat history or tha . ouUide world to. the ourlous and eager women, who crowded to see them. As soon as the order . for their release was received this , evening the news - became- known throughout the entire prison and the two sisters were given a great ovation as tney took their "departure. ..,- Mr. Walling wa assigned to a sep arate J cell in the detention prison. Nominally ha was not ' permitted to communicate' with .anybody, but he found no ? difficulty.. In getting a let ter out to the American embassy, making .use of the "undentrounfd" postal service maintained by tha pris oners who were. a)od in this practice by , several subventloned warders; -" ; i'i'M - SECURES POSTPONEMENT. '. As Result of Conference of Attorneys tsn r Kecures Adjournment or Stockholders' , Jloetlng Vntll De- comber 18th. ( Chicago Oct,'1" 21.-Stuyvesant Fish early to-day secured a postponement of tha Illinois Central stockholders' meeting' until 'December l$th. The llarlman '' people'' agreed to tha ad journment, although they had previ ously been anxious to push matters aa rapidly as possible. w Tha decision to adjourn the meet ing; was the . result of a conference held at o'clock this morning be tween William Nelson Cromwell, for Harriman, and former Judge E. 'II. Farrar, for-Mr. Fish. The overtures came from Mr. ; , Cromwell,' who sought but the Fish people and de- clared that ha wished to come to some sort of an agreement He was Informed by Farrar that the only agreement tha could be reached was trr, accfiDt the terms of Mr. v Finh. wlilch would be the adjournment of the- meeting until December , 18th, and a decision of court If the Harri man people so desired, to determine the right to' vote,, the 288,721 shares f f stock, against which a temporary injunctlonv was issued by Judse Ball a week ago. .-After an extended con ference, Mr. Cromwell' assented. Although none : of tho directly interested would 'give specific figures. it was evident ' that Mr. Harriman was -beaten unless he could bring into-the contest some portion of the 2 86.731 shares against which Jud l:all issued the Injunction. Mr. Fish this.mornlna; declined to Olcuss the situation, -but was 1 ap I a rently hfghly ; pleased ; at ? the tvrms of the agreement-, Irain EMU Hand Car, KCIin- Three e.ij injuring tivc. , ' Versaillr. O, Oct 21Eit Four train No. 'ii early , to-day fruck hand car on which were 19 (in jj. l orers. IV,"-three and Injur? five f the f si lately i r 1." W s. , The train was Imme fii to care for the Injur- n the uninjured Creeks f-ln crew, i.i ww; j 1. LIDIlij. Ai YIClL M'.TY ANI NCI3Y X.I Z.CC, :: ne, and V! 1 Jt In '; Ji(MKCVclt VI Slakes a Kroc. ' iiiin Aficr a l'art-iift-rakcs,. rrc-..lcp.t Hs 'lckshiirx and 1 Chills Lined Wiih People to Welcome Him Cotton "J;alra Form Arch Which Koad. '-"Mississippi Groois tho I'Tesidcnt'- Congressman Wiliiamfl Introduces Illm to an Immense Tiironsr Pays Glowing Tribute to Confederacy's President and Mexican War Vet crans. -. . - , . ... . .Vlcksburg, Miss., Oct 21.After a fortnight spent in the'-canebreaks, President Roosevelt. . bronsed 'and vigorous, paid a flying visit to ViCks burg and made a speech this after noon. ;i The President arrived at Delta, Just across the Mississippi rlverj at ;I o'clock. ' He Was met by the steam boat Belle of Bends, with a reception committee of 100 cltlxens on boafd. Tha President immediately embarked and, t followed by a dozen boats and yachts, made his entry into tha city. The bluffs overlooking the. river were lined with people, who gave the Chief Executive a hearty and r noisy -welcome. M':-k ', ry'i i President Roosevelt entered the for ward carriage at the pier and . with Mayor B. W. Griffith and ; General Stephen D. Lee, headed ft party which passed . through - the prlncl pal streets to the national cemetery. . 1 The President was received with en thusiastic acclaim. The streets were packed with people,- who cheered the visitor at every opportunity, - GREETS OLD SOLDIERS.," " At Cherry and Clay streets the pro cession was halted and General Lee, Confederate Veterans, told the Presi dent that several hundred union and Confederate : veterans . stood before him... The President arose in the car riage and cordially shook hands with the old soldiers.- . . Arriving at the national cemetery, the party . drove slowly through, the grounds, the President evincing a live ly interest In the hlstorio place.. . From the cemetery, the party drove to the court house square, where an Immense crowd " had gathered to hear the speech making, President -Roosevelt was Introduced by Congressman John Sharp Williams, who elicited tremen dous applause when he said: ; "You . cannot In the' history of any country, ancient or modern, , And a succession of 25 kings, emperors or even ' prime , ministers the equals In Intelligence, culture, courage or char acter of the 25 Presidents of this great republlo from Washington to Roose velt, inclusive Of these,. I, a South ern tsourbon-uemocrat : nave - an American pride and pleasure In saying that the last Js by no means least "It is an honor for you and me, fellow Mlsslsslpplans, to meet and en tertain with an old time, full hearted, Southern . hospitality, tha Hon, Theo dore Roosevelt an honor flowing at once from his official dignity and from hie many- excellent traits of private CJ ftJ&CPe '' ''"'''' ' He Is -our 'chief magistrate Amer ica's - chief- marlstrate . of the, re united Dixie land and Yankee : land, never ; so firmly cemented , in v blood, opinion ana sentiment as tney- are 10 day." immediately after closing his ad dress, President Roosevelt , and party were rapiaiy anven 10 tne jhiuo oc Mississippi Valley , Railway station, where a special train stood In. wait Ing' ' -i :f :-.i'ir?VW'-:r': ' Ar8:S0 o'clock the train pulled out for Memphis, where the President is scheduled to arrive shortly alter "raid. nlarht. The train will be Immediately transferred to the-Louisville A Nash ville Railway and started for Nash- THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS.; V Tn hU Vlcksburff speech the Presi- dent 'Bl&i'",,:,r:i:Mt2.;?-fH: "It is Indeed an , honor for me to be to-day tha guest of Vlcksburg and of Mississippi, and I was Inexpressi bly touched by tha greeting over the great arch of cotton bates wnicn said, Mississippi greets tne , president' -1 should- not be " fit , to he President' at all If I did not with all my? might and main, with all my ; heart . and brain, seek to be In the full sense the President of Mississippi, the Presi dent of every State in this Union. I am glad to be -Aera m tnw historic city, thin ' city forever memorable of the conflicts In which victor and van- au shed alike showed - such - splendid 1 courage,' such splendid fealty,, to the J light as It. was given to each. Even before tha civil war Mississippi' sons had shown,- that they knew how - to fight. :: - v ' .y.-:yt i-.- ."It was 1 from Vlcksburg 7 that f a company, of that' famous Mississippi regiment which won undying renown in the -Mexican war unaer tne gai lant leadership of : lta I colonel, ' who afterward became the favorite ion, not only of Mississippi, but ; of all the South, Jefferson Davis, came. Think how, fortunate" we were as a nation that It Is possible for the Pres ident of the nation to come here to day to be conducted through your national park by tha eurvlvlng lieuten ant general of the Confederate army; and to feel that every instance of heroism recorded by the monuments alike to tha Union and Confederate dead on that battlefield is a subject for Just pride to every cltlsen of this natlonriio matter where hellver, BROKE EVEN WITH THE BEARS. "It Is a good thing for an' Ameri can President to travel over th coun try, not for what ho can teach, tut for what he can learn.- I twice have been down in this alluvial delta of the Mississippi. In each case I came pri marily for bsar. . , A voice -"Did you get any? "The last time I got 'em; tha first time all. I can say , Is that th bears and V broke even. I got as many of them aa they 'did of me. - But on each occasion I learned lot - that i had nothing to do with th bear hunting. "It seems to ma that no American President could spend his time bet ter than by seeing for himself Just what a rich and wonderful region tha lower Mississippi valley Is, o that he may go back to Wsshlngton. as I shall go back, with the purpose to do everything that In me lie to see that the United States does its full share In making the Misaisslppr river a part of the sea coast ,in making it a deep channel to th Great Lakes from th' Gult-.-'4fc!-7v:'VV;i '--;--'" ,v7 BOTTOM LANDS CAN BE RE y: -l - '. DEEMED. :-;.w,. .;;.t,-.-Vl-': "Mr. Williams, It has been surest &'tn me that we need to. construe the constitution. -broadly in order to gftTwer to do what 1 want. I tiiink I heard you mention that you were a E-nod Federal!t. Tho pflorila of Holland took tWO-t:!r ', of th.-lr count rv out from the tits ) r the orean and t y have lived bt-i: fr.r c i.turl' In safety, tenth of the effort,., v , I the dikes With one n lnflnlt !y i' t -irn, c.ti t j .1 1. .1" boil ml lie , - of i .::.: to assault icv: l..: if-ro i.rtUis -is J., : x .r la KNviUo, V.l"1 a 1- 1 . he Eseaitcs From lii.s ( Frnte Soon Captured a'.J t.rcen.shoro. . Special to The Observer. . ' Reidsville. Oct 21. Ed WhiUsett a negro, attempted criminal assault upon the person of Miss Edna John ston, the 18-year-old daughter of the late James Johnston, in the yard of her home early this morning. Whit- sett, it is said, had been hanging around the house tor the past 'week or so, but this intentions were not suspected. ' This morning, r as Miss Johnston - was in .her back - yard,- he came upon her from some bushes near. Che yard.. , The young, lady be gan to scream and the brute put his nanas .over her .mouth. ; A scuffle re sulted and the: young lady broke his hold and In delnr so Injured an arm. She Tconttnued ' her screams and the negro- ran 1 away. - av ::A'- il '' A lew ibours later two officers ar rested th negro a few hundred yards south of the residence. II was on a blcycla and no doubt waa trying to maice. nia escape.' There ha ten but : little , excitement. but Mayor Montgomery thought 4t wise, ''' pre cautionary measure, to aend the pris oner to Greensboro to remaU until the- young lady sufficiently recovers from the fright to appear at the, pre- uiinmry nearing. , b---- . J ; The Negro Denies tb Cree. S Special to The; Observer. '';;-i,;., ? Greensboro.- Oot 21.E.1 'WhiJ.rf. a Reidsvlile negro, waa brought-here 10-nignt and lodged in 1all foi safe keeping. He denies the charge against mm ana says ne mad a- no effort to escape, but oil the other hand, was intending to surrender Jwhen arrested on me streets,, of Reidsville. MANY CATTLE KILLED, '! Train of Thirteen Cars Derailed Near Canton ind lis of a HapiI or tnn ; Fine Beef Cattle Are Killed Others n. . injumi spreauing Halls Re- Bpuumuie or uie Disaster. ;i - a Special, to The Observer. .'. ; ' Asnevnie. Oct. 21.A message this anernonrat 2 o'clock fro rantnn tnt.t of a destructive freight wreck about irora mat place, when ft epeclal !tile, 'Jm of car" wa derailed and IM head of very fine beef cattl ,erlKklUe tn addWon. to a number of pthsr cattle that are lnjured.vlt is said tnat the cattle vbeiongeji to Messrs. Osborn and Morgan and were oemg shipped to an eastern - market. The- cattle were raised in Haywood county and had hBn iw . 1. that county for some time past getting nTu ur in" marxet. , They were loadod thl morning In IS cars and started for the eastern uij.. .jubi aDout one mile from Can iun,- im ' rails snres.i - if i. .i 1' m ii?1? Tas wreck- Luckily none ot tne train cruw m in. r JaaI!! CaB' ntlned a total of wV l n:,.." number. U$ a number of oth aa were Injured.," - ,-v .TO-MEJJT AT WASHINGTON, CIvalrninn Iiie tat .71 m "Bwn(on December Washington, Oct? 21.-The formal call for the meeting of the Republl can national committee- m to-day over, the signature of Acting viwiraian ;nrrjr a, wew and Secre Ury Elmer Dover, as follows: , .-."MmiMnoiu'fKrwibiicftB'V'iift tionat : committee are herehv called to meet at the Shoreham Hotel, m the Clty of . Washington. D. . C.. Vat H , o'clock L ; m., Friday, December ti-VTbti meeting Js called for tho Pur pos of flxlnr the time and place of holdings the - next Kepuoncan . na tional convention and -v to. transact such other business a may properly be resented. , and the session i will probably continue through Saturday, December7iht." ?i:;vL.K::"f 'v lower. Mississippi out from all fear of flooding by the Mississippi. -., v s . whT 1 do not ilka to say In ad vane what 1 1 Intend to do, I shall break my .rule In this case and- aay that In myrnext message 10 vongress I shall advoate as heartily as I know how that the Congress now elected hall" tak - th i first step to bring about that deep channel way ana tne attendant high and broad leve system which will make or these an aiiuviai bottoms the richest and most popu-i lous agrtcuHural land on the face of the glob. , I think that any ; policy j which tends to tn upiuung or anyi portion of our people in the end dis tributes IU benefit over the whole peo ple, m Here - w have a policy whose first and direct benefit will come to the man on the plantation, tha tiller of th olL 1 , . TAINTED POLICY. : , , t "I want-when we atart In ' this epoch making work-of improving the Mississippi, to be-sure mat we start on principles ; that , will prevent mis takes, . extravagance, . misapplication of effort: y. I shall have no small diffi culty In persuading some people of the Wisdom of policy such as that I advocate, policy that meana th expenditure of an Immense sum of money, a policy which must continue over ft long eours of. years. ? If that policy 1 tainted In any way by Job ber or folly. It will b immeasurably mor difficult to carry it tnrougn. What w must look out for is th ac tion ot th men, probably well mean ing, who, in their anxiety' to serve soma particular district J will try to divert what snouia ft nanonai ef fort to deepen ft great national high way into a succession of efforts spread out so thin as to make all ineffective. , "Ultimately, I believe, there can oe ait-enormou spread of th. activity of th national government in th care of out -waterway, v Ultimately, I believe, the national government tan do aa Immense amount of Irrigation through -portion of ? h Southern States not affected by the project for the deepening of the Mississippi. I believ that, through the co-operation of th national government aa much can he done In th way of Irrigation to relieve the condition In certain Southern States as has alrevly been done by Irrigation in th far West, n is as Important for a nation that there shall b a foundation of material prosperity, as it U Important for an Individual that there should h such a-foundation. I;dltrust the man in private life who la ttn - t with enthusiasm to . reform mankind, .but whi cannot sttnpori His own - wire and family, ""With ft ration, it U 'tho ?m9 thing. We rnutt hive 1 ; ' nf mflterlal rroaoerlty in whloh t build, but wne- to the rmt'en whl.-h j t iver rent on t'n"t f'tt ' '" n t'jt tfi-iHrui-lUi-j ct a I.'. .:.'." ' : y v ; f . fir f t . . 1 n-c..-t 1 1 a I.. . . 1 : ,n.. - 1 ' t 1 " t ,1 t ; . e 1. : ' to V ti 1 Charge f !-;' I.-. , i , . bery an-l 3;r -r A-i. 1. -lans to Have Li r Ttme Tj-I . y : To-Xi.it cn Oaon of , Grand CIiiiiicc:i-r' Vl-'t I. -Vflt Cannot Como to XonU Car ..... to Hunt .Now. Special to The Observer. Ashevllle, Oct 21.--Three g'.il , their ages ranging from "12 to 11 ' years, made a daring escape from tha !. county home or "house of correction." 1 Aear Ashevllle,' last night by tearlnj' their blanket! in strips, tying t: -,4 strip together and then casting tha , rope out the window and over ft sma;l shed ftrid going hand-over-hand dowa the rope to the ground below, ft d!a- : tanca of probably 10 or 40 feet. Tl.s girls-were Mary Lea Rogers; Vane Moody and Blrdl TriDlett ; alias lt;v- Le wis. The escape of the girls wa nor man known to the officer um.l this morning about da-llght The ' local police went on a searca for th fugitives and soon rounded up the Rogers and Moody girl in th Vl' toria ' section, mile or mor froui 1 the city. , ; - ' j . - i In the meantime the sheriff of Cald well county had paid visit to po lice headquarters, seeking information relative to a girl about II years or age, lor , whom he had ' ft' warrant . -charging her- with being Implicated s in a nigh way robbery and murder In, Caldwell county some time ago. The description of th glrL whose nama -the Caldwell county officer, gava 1 aa Mag Lewis,- fit the description of the girl "Birdie Trlplett' In the hour ot ' correction, ?V and Patrolman Young,' after learning that the girl had es caped, went oil the search for her. He found her In ; town and placing her ; under arrest, escorted her to th rail- . way station, where th (Caldweli of- , fleer, preparing to take - hi depar ture. Identified her a the person ho Wanted.-The woman was turned over to the Caldwell officer. U ' . . . It la said that th woman was Im plicated in a robbery and murder irt Caldwell, for which two, men - tried some time ago at ; Lenoir were con- vlcted and ' given " long - sentence in the State prison. It is alleged that , the girl Mag Lewi has sine admit ted that she was mlxed-up In the f , fair and that she got part or - tne j money. Sh was sent 10 tna couniy . home or . house or correction tor w -day, from the city, police court and her' term would have expired to-day. -The other two girl were sent to th . home Just last Saturday.'. One of them is scarcely 12 years of age. Sha , is Mary Lee Rogers and Is ; a,-,; very pretty and attractive girl, wearing hr hair in ft plait down her back. They, were' ent to th home for disorderly , conduct, ' , PYTHIANS TO IAVB felO TIME. Pisgah ' lodge, Knights of Pythias, ef Ashevllle, 1 planning a big event for to-morrow afternoon and evenlnff . when4 State Grand Chancellor :W. C , Crist, of Winaton-fialem. will be her.' i There will b four session of th -, lodge to-morrow. -At S o'clock In tha afternoon the second rank will b , conferred on six candidates; from 7:30 to i o'clock In the evening regular . routine buslnw will h transacted ' and at 8 o'clock ther will 4 work in th first rank,, when sixteen candi date will take this In amplified form. At o'clock there will be a banquet, : George L. Hackney, of, Ashevllle, wilt, be oast master. Former Mayor A. a , Barnard, of Ashevllle,1 will welcome f the grand1 chancellor when Mr. Crist will respond to the rtoaati ,Pythlan ism Over Our Domain." j Other toau to be responded to are: . "What I Expected of Our District j. 'A. Winn, district deputy thirteenth district; "What I Expected of Plfgali Ledge,' Edwin I Brown, Jr.. chan cellor commander Pisgah lodge, Nov 12. ' " "Th Purpose - of Ppthlan-- -: ism, C. A.' vVebo: "Pythlaniam a Character-Builder," Judg T. A- Jones: "Pythian Honor," J. E. Swain: "Pyth ian Friendship, R. R. Williams: ; "Pythlaniam Boclally.t Dr. Cleroenger, chancollar commandcr Ashevllle lodye. No. 10. vs t- , -'"v" ' . Ashevllla Pythian claim that Plrah , lodge now ha th largest member shin of anv K. of P. lodge In the t.tate. On September 1st, It had 12 member, and since that time a number of other hav been admitted to membership. . . ROOSEVELT CANNOT -COME Prmrteni Roosevelt through Mr. M. Ct Latu; has expressed to Mr. J. I ? Alexander, of th Toxaway Din, hts p- . preciatlon of Mr. Alexander' Invita tion to. visit th sapphire country ftn l hunt '-bear and deer,4but regrets that curcumatance will not permit him t prolong hi present visit South an I that he is unanie to accept tne imn Invitation. ' Mn LatU says, however, that the President would toe pleased ta accept the invitation later In th aea on". Mr. Alexander a short time ago sent a. mess g Inviting the President to Toxaway and Saturday evening re ceived th following reply: ydr. J. L. Alexander, Toxaway, k. t. "Dear Sir Your telegram 1 of the nth ha been received and is great lv appreciated.- but th President will not be able to prolong hls present trip, owing to impending engagements; but he will be pleased to accept your kind invitation later In the season. s ."Most cordially your. ? , , ' i . 1 'M. C LATTA. ' "For the President It is feared, however, that the President will not. this year at least, find. time to accept Mr. Alexander's Invitation, owing to the near approach ' of th opening of Congress. Tw1ce-ftWeck Tar Heel Fall J1 Wayside. Special to The Obsirver. Greensboro, Oct 21 -The TwKe-r.-Week Tar Heel Is to be disconllv:' I and the affiirs of the company adjusted, at once and the cm -por.i 1 , dissolved. The plant Will be ik! 5 " auction Saturday, November 21, l? previously by private sale. T: the, paper -.'.which '-was . two years ago by the p!:u-khur tlon of the Republican 1 t'v n hna 'traveled over a rw-ky r 1 1. r.rjnn Cancel Tr. et Ni--:n i . 1. - Jtieon. Oi.. Oct. :i J. J -.rj-.n, 1 4 1---' r . to t an f- '- :-: f:t!r here ! 1 20ih, cnni-i ! 1 ! ' t t re fr-fis .' ' lrvf-rn"r I ' ' 1 - rn ;n cri ! ' 1 S 1 ' 1 ! r t lni- ! - t tl
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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