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.. i. 'x'U-ii PiilCij: ; 'i, o.GO A' YEAIJ. CIIAI1LCIT11 c, riJiDAY ::o:::;ing, noyehberi, icq?. X o l::st oulsency ..J W ironic c relieving pressure Acute E'age ef tho Financial Crisis is Over and Financiers Are Striving to Obtain Sullicieiit Currency to Ile . Fume Currency Payments Unou a Broad Scale hi Order to Rca.oro Conditions Prevailing Before the wiCrisis Interest Centres in tho ) Movement of the Cotton Crop and r. icretary Cortelyou is Beady to In. crease Publlo Deposits In Southern Ranks Whsre Needed The Time V , Ripe, Say Financiers, For Currency . Reform bf Congress, New York, Oct ',"-81. Indications : thkt the available supply ot currency ' wbuld be materially increased within rv ; ephort time, both by imports of gold . , and the increase: of the 'bank-note circulation and that the movement of : cotton and (Fain crops would be fa .. cllltated In every Vay possible' . with. the result of 'increasing oury credrts abroad, were. the ; salient features' in - ' to-day's financial situation, it seem t d to be recognised everywhere that the acute stage of the crista was over and that, all that remained was to obtain sufficient currency to resume - currency payments npon a broad scale and thus to restore conditions prevail ' ing before the crisis. . The engage- - menu of gold made in New, York, - - Chicago and elsewhere ' brought up the total Import movement within the past week to 423.7S0.000. As the v svmount of gold will afford a basis of , credit to four times t, the amount "or about 185. 000 000 It will In ttanlf af. - ford much relief to the existing pres ;v sure. The action- of the Bank of Eng ,' land in raising Its discount rate from 4 1-3 to 6 1-2 per cent, was In ac cordance with expectations in conser - vatlve circles. The fact that the In ' crease was not made to 6 per" cent -v and that the English rate remains I , per cent .below the German rate Is expressed as en indication that ' the aituation at London is hot considered acute.. - :1 ni-krva Bvssnvn tstJYWDTT.ir v ; ' The prompt .response of the fca- tfonalt banks throughout the country '- to tne suggestion of the Comptroller Of the Currency that they should em ploy their United iStates bonds .i, as largely as possible to secure circula tion and substitute other bonds for those pledged against deposits of pub Ho money, promises a considerable in crease In the available stock of currency.?-The 'estimate ot an Increase In the bank note circulation of 30, ', 000,000 Is, considered, well within the , probabilities. It will . require V time, however, in some cases tor the banks to obtain proper bonds to substitute for their United States bonds. Mr. VanderUp, ylce president of the jNaiionatny cann, mu.uo uw iruu ful suggestion to-day that the savings 'banks would at once improve the gen- ral situation and add to . their cash If they , would sell their holdings of United States bonds to the national " yEvWeaMsherethey.donolltlonS of thecountry. -care to sell it is 'believed that they L 'S6meTeffort-1s7-be will lend the bonds to- the national banks, as has often" been dope, In the byyyy44:yy::.':. v;i' ' .v INTEREST IN COTTON CROP. -1 " Interest is continuing to centre In the movement of the cotton crop ;. from New Orleans and other South era points, where' it is so essential to . - provide bills against the , imports of gold. Secretary Cortelyou, according to Washington dispatches to-day, was disposed to increase flep6slta of pub , lie funds in the Southern batiks as " rapidly as such funds become avall- KIa ttla. Wrtll anttntv (A. hantm with 1 the stock of currency so much needed to handle the cotton crop and ,wm . enable .them to await with less em .... - barrassment than otherwise . the ar rival of their cotton bljls in Europe. " and the bringing back of the gold. The committee of Kew Orleans bank " era which la in Washington has sug Kested thai the New York banks can r ease the situation- by; giving the - Southern banks credit for checks on ' foreign banks forwarded as soon as they receive telegraphic acmces or the amounts.' This will enable , the Southern hanka to check acalnst such i balances in payment of collections and In making ramlttanpM to Interior ' Stankg throughout the country, r; : " ' TIME RIPE FOR CURRENCY RE- .. . ' - FORM. , , . t It is noted "with Interest by leading bankers hera that:; thu nrpupnt scar. city of ., currency and ! the v recourse ' which, had; been had to the national Interest In the plat) for currency re form: which has hppn nndnrsprl hv the American Bankers' Association. . This plan was adopted in , December of , last year after consultation with ." ' representatives ' of ' the New York "chamber of commerce and was pre sented to Congress at that time. The plan did not receive ; the definite ap- proval of the American Bankers' As-- soclatlon, however, until the meeting ' " at Atlantic City An September 1 last but at that Ume it, was endorsed by va nearly unanimous vote after strong arguments In its favor by A. B. Hep ' bum, president of the Chase National " Bank ot New York, and Representa tive Charles N. Fowler, chairman of " the House committee on - banking, . - The committee which framed the measure was continued with authority : v tase lunner allium. ' i uno r nvii - beld a meeting since he convention at Atlantic City, but some, of the i Western members are strongly ,delr- - us that such a meeting be called at -t an karl Ami In ArHAr frt 'Krtnr thA ' ' Subject--" properly before -rCongrsss while public opinion Is - aroused . on J DURHAM BANKS CAUTIOUS.. Not More Than $50 Will Be Paid Ont r on Any Check Except For Pay l ton -.0 j&xcticincnt uvT lrus Action. , . ISpeciftl to The Observer. - Iwnklng houses have taken the same precautionary seeps that banks In other places have taken In order to Jrotect against any unseen emergency n any demand , for large amounts of case. , At a meeting of the assoclat cd banks of the city ft was decided ' that for the present and until further notice that not more then ISO would be paid to any one person on check or checks during one day, except as to pay-rolls, which will be paid in , ' full. ,At this meeting all ot the hanks were represented. , - ) ' In the statement issued, this being signed by each of the banks and by v either the president or vice president and the cashier, the bankers have this to say: , ' ' "The extreme currency stringency ties caused the Treasury Department at Washington, ., Philadelphia, New York and "Richmond correspondent of the Durham banks to ; withhold ghlpments of currency from all their correspondents. Our banks are all in the best of condition and the above action Is only necessary owing to the present uncertain currency situation. We hope and feel that the necessity for this action will be only temporary and not last long." There Jias been no excitement to day on account of the action taken by the banks and the people are look ing at the situation In a calm manner ' In fact the action Is endorsed by most of those who have expressed an opinion. There has been very' little money taken out, even oir the $50 check proposition. - - BAXKS READILY COMPLY. Treasury Officials Agreeably ShtHs ed at WlUiiignesa of Financial In ' etitutions- to Comply With Mr. J Kidweley's guggestloi --New Orleans , Banker Reviews Situation, , . Washington, Oct.. 31. -Treasury ' of ficials are agreeably surprised at the number of banks r throughout the country which have alreaiy indloat ed their purpose to comply with the suggestion of Comptroller of the Cur rency RIdgely that additional circula tion be taken out Although the' sug gestion was made only yesterday af ternoon, a large number of telegrams were received at thb department as early aa 9 o'clock this morning- ask ing for additional circulation, varying in amount from a few thousand dol lars to ' two: . ralllions.;.':--iv ; Sol Wexler," vice president of h the Whitney- Central National Bank, of New Orleans, who with other promi ment New !. Orleans banks, has - had a number of conferences with Secre tary Cortelyou in an, effort to devise ? plan by which' cotton exporters could get prompt cash returns .from cotton shipments to-day .said: 1; The present situation can be re lieved in but two ways; First, by the restoration of confidence and the re turn of money whfch has been with drawn from banks in the East during the recent panic. v"Second, by the rapid export , of our cotton, wheat, provisions and other products to create imbalance of trade In our favor and makey Importation of gold in large quantities possible. ' "The prompt and wise action of Secretary Cortelyou aided by Mr. Morgan and , other prominent wew York bankers, has gone very far to ward restoring confidence and money la again being redeposlted . in si the strong institutions of the country, v-i v ;"The second aituation la more dif ficult of solution owing to the neces sary , delay In transmitting bills of exchange to Europe and the time re quired for the purchase - and shipment of the gold to this country. C "Southern banks- are doing their part by largely Increasing their cir culation with the assistance of the Comptroller and th Secretary of the Treasury, which will, enable them to forward their foreign exchange bills to New York without , requiring cur rencyfor the entire,! amount New York can In turn, .as soon as these bills reach the other aide,' Import gold and then transmit currency In quan tities throughout the agricultural sec ttnar-"rmade!y large cotton houses to have their for eign correspondents , deposit funds in ipreign-Danas suoject to came trans fer against advice of -documents, de posited fn Southern banks- witlp cot ton bills of lading attached to come forward Immediately, but, n,iriy opin ion, this transaction will not ba made on an extensive scale. ,; However will ing the Secretary of the Treasury may be to. assist the exports of agrl cultural products and ; thav Importa tlon of gold. I do not believe that there Is anything that he can do that Is practical and within the taw un til such time as Treasury balances have been increased' to an extent to make (large deposits of ,. government funds In. export points, such as New Orleans, Galveston and Charleston, so as to enable banks in. these centres to await, the .arrival of their bills ' In Europe and the bringing . back of gold against them. . -. "New York can assist the Southern banks Ty crediting their accounts dally upon receipts of telegraphic In formation of the amount of checks on foreign banks forwarded, thereby enabling the Southern banks to check against such balances In payment of collections and weekly remittance c rtiunts to interterj-banks throughout the country, sueh transactions; requir ing no currency under existing condi tions and merely" bridging over the three or ; four days time - required while the foreign exchange. Is In tran sit In this country. ? There can be no permanent cure for the constantly re curring scarcity of- currency at this season, of the year until there - has been a deolded reform of our currency system! either by adoption -Of the bill proposed- by the eurrency commission of the American Bankers Association, or by th tstabllshment under proper safeguards against politics, and parti sanship of a central reserve bank." , ' COTTON SALES IMPROVE, New Orleans Exporter , Pais a Propo sltlon to the Treasury Department., i News Orleans, Oct. ; ,!l.--Salca -of cotton improved here to-day; A jlocal exporter Inquired whether he "could obtain currency from the New Orleans sub-treasury by having an European ibuyer , deposit cash with a 1 United States fiscal agent Abroad, this cash 40 be drawn against New Orleans. The amount to be transferred In this man ner was $100,000. In reply to his telegram, f inquiry the United States Treasury Department wiredi that the transfer could not b emade, ,i ';.-. - Believing that there was a misun derstanding, New"" Orleans - exporters to-night sent a detailed explanation of the transfer proposition ' to Secretary Cortlypu7::-i ;r "'- One of the reasons ' for requesting such, transfer of cash Indicated in to day's cotton sales. ;, Some 4,1 SO1 bales wer sold here on the spot but only a small business was done with rural districts where the bulk of cotton lies. The smallness r of this rural business was done with rural -bualnees was attributed to the planters desire for cash for their cotton, . f v ' 1 , ; To Relieve Birmingham Situation. ; Birmingham, Ala., Oct II.-Atter conference of the Tennessee Company, the Sloss-Sheflleld Company and other iron corporations and the Birmingham, banks, it was decided to-day that the November pay rolls be met by bank cashiers' checkJ drawn on New York, various amounts ranging from IS up. The corporation deposits are made j mostly ' of New York exchange, 5, on which cash Is not available for ship ment a this thne, This action, it is thought will greatly rellev the cai monetary situation. ... , Oklahoma to Reopen Banks.' -Guthrie, Okla., Oct 31. -Four hun dred bankers repreeenting the, Okla homa and Indian Territory banking associations, met here to-night - and agreed upon, a plan to reopen all banks next weib' mm .w ... GLENN OFF TO CONFERENCE GOES ONLY FOR SUGGESTION'S No Agreement Made With Governors of Alabama and Georgia -Much Talk at Kak'lgh Yesterday Regard ing the Student Combat at A & M. College, a Leading' Question Being What the Parent of the Boys, and the State Press - Would ; Have to Say President Winston, : in a Talk at Chapel, Says That lie ils Sorry the Fight Waa Allowed Five Noses Were Broken, r . . Observer Bureau, . ' " The Holleman Building, Ralelgh, Oct 31. Governor Glenn left this evening for Atlanta to confer with Governors Smith, of Georgia, and Comet of Alabama, to-morrow on ther railway rate question. He positively denies any agreement whatever between him and these other Governors looking to a compromise of this matter, and says no communications on the sub ject have passed between him and these Govermrs,vbut that he goes to see what the other Governors have to suggest - He has no string to him and has no desire t thwart the will of the Legislature which names 2 14 cents as the passenger rate. v -MUCH. TALK ABOUT. STUDENT - COMBAT. , - ' ' There was no end ot- talk to-Jay about the fight' between the freshmen and the sophomores at theAgricultu ral & Mechanical V College yesterday afternoon, which followed the fight of Tuesday afternoon. In the latter, on ly 15 freshmen were engaged, but some of the latter said ; to-day that more than that number of Bophomores were V their opponents. Yesterday the numbers were exactly divided but In jipite of all the care it'was claimed that in some cases more than one man: hit another. ; ! Your correspondent was at" the col lege not long after this battle, which was an official affair, so to speak, that is, having official sanction and talk ed with both sophomores and fresh men. r gome of their experiences were very amusing. So far as could be seen they did not appear to bear any ill will toward each other, though the flghf was a very hot one and there may perhaps, have been some bad blood engendered. - All sorts of stor ies were current about there belhg eight cadets- In the hospital ' on ac-' count of the scrimmage, but President Winston said that ail of them were out , Plenty of swollen thumbs and fingers were ;ln evidence and there was a very free use of arnica, i; There were also some black eyes and puffed cheeks. Students said there . were five broken noses and that the sopho mores were carrying around the most of these. "Two "small freshmen told me that they were not struck by their opponent sophomores, which was quite a gallant sort of thing. Those young sters said they did not think, much of the plan of fighting because they thought It would intensify .the feeling between the. sonhomores and fresh men and that far' from stopping the hailng it "would. In their- opinion, 4n crease It because, where a sophomore. for exampie;ww-worstea' by a fresh men, (which happened quite a lot of times yesterday the aoph would want a gei, even,, jn Bomswiy t jr ; via WHAT WILL PARENTS AND PRESS ,1 11.1. ux' .i.'-i':': i . . tl vno o. ine nueresung quesuons ispr aa vnjB was very rrequenuy rewrrea to to-day-r-what 5the parents of the students would think about this fight ing plan. V Of course, at the. great universities North there i are ane rushes, which . are really fights like tnis, sometimes under direction or supervision, and sometimes not ".and these fights in thatttart of the country have been annual events ' for a great many years. Of course : sometimes students -get badly hurt in these af fairs, and once in a while oh Is kill ed. Some omi remarked that If such flcrhtu worn allnwml Vioro it mniM lw very reasonable, to suppose that aomo one would be seriously hurt- v ? - y , Dr. Winston "was:tery ; positive jtn speaking to your corrfeepondent yes terday afternoon in saying that the days battle ended the contest . He remarked that he intended to have a very large ball made, nine or ten feet in diameter, and this would offer every opportunity for a test of strength of the sophomores and freshman. A lot of the freshmen are big fellows, very game Indeed,' and they certain ly gave, the sophomores yesterdaya very lively quarter of an hour, . or rather twelve minutes, r .r v'""r It will be interestlna; to know what the press of the State is going to say about ' this student combat, whlctv is a modernization of the old combats of the knights In. the lists, and also par takes of some of the features of the aueis in the uerman universities. In the latter it la regarded, as a great honor to bear npon - the face scars from sword points received in these duels and the more hideous toese scars-the greater the' honor. - if col lege, combats are to be regularly in vogue, then a student with a broken nose or half an ear will be an object of profound admiration on the part of his fellows. Some people smile about the fight shake their beads, and on ers denounce the proceeding in . the very plainest terms. ' ? 1 It had been thought that the senior classmen would hold down basing this term and tney nave ' certainly done so wonderfully well and have won no end of compliments. - They have been In a way a sort of college police and have made greatly for good order and it must oe saia mat me, juniors -nave co-operated. with them very cheerful ly. - Quite ' early in the" session' the seniors caught three Intending hazers and held these as hostages for the good conduct of the whole sophomore clans. :, c i.: , .. r.v. This has beeri' a great factor, no 'doubt, In holding : the sophs down, and they did net get a Chance to base any one until Monday nlghf when they took out a freshman) shaved his head, and otherwise maltreated mm This caused quite a stir and the pres ident took particular notice of it. Be cause of this notice and the statement by the president that the boys had to fight and the thing to d was- to fight fairly, which bj-ought about the stu dent combat of Tuesday and yester day. The general public did not know anything at all about the Tuesday fight until yesterday.:.:-;.'.- i ;:;;.',,.;. PRESIDENT WINSTTON SORRY, j 'At chapel , ip-iiyA Drv -Winston spoke at very considerable length in regard to the combat ay ln,g that after all bad .been -said, he was sorry that It had occurred.:. Us said that a more peaceful wsy Of test ing the strength of the sophomores and freshmen had been devised, this being a tug of war.- He referred to the iact that for many years at the big colleges there had been rushes, which, are real fights or battles, be tween the sophomores and - frenh-Baen.-Epaklnjr about, the eomlsts here, he said that the freshmen had certainly acted like men and that the sophomores ought to treat them like men- .. . ' ; . It is Interesting to know that photographs were taken of the com bat yesterday by one of the students. The boys said It was a very stirring Bight and showed a lot ot colleg spirit when the freshmen swooped down upon the athletic field, -where the sophomores were already lined up, each wearing a sweater with the date of graduation on it Some ot the sophomores were yeUtngthat the freshmen' were not coming; that they were afraid, etc., but at that In stant giving their class yell, here came the freshmen upon the t field and they were quickly paired off, and then when the signal was given the battle began. Some ' of the freshmen say that while the umpire would be down at one end of the line looking to see if there was fair play one 'sophomore iwould knock a freshman and then another hit the same man, this bring in viola tion f the rule. One of the pluckiest of the freshmen was ltttlo Selfert of Wilmington, who Is a heavy scrapper and who has won his1 place on the football team. " With sleeves rolled up, he sailed Into the combat and gave; his opponent sophomore all he wanted. . . , . ', '-" . , v" FIVE BROKEN NOSES. " A careful summary made to-day of J.he results shows five broken nosea,tviv;V Governor Glenn honors a requisi tion from the Governor of Pennsyl vania for Richard McQuayne, charged with murder in York coun ty, that i State, where he killed v a man. named Peters,. The slayer is in Charlotti Jail. , .. " . , 'ir Governor. Glenn .makes requisition on, the Governor of New York for A. J, Balrd, who Is charged with embezzlement in Wayne county, and Chief of Police iA, B. Freeman, of Goldsboro, goes after-him. , A - charter Is granted the - South Alamance. Telephone Company, capi tal, StOCk;. J4.000. '?;!'l";,;s i. :,;)..! y ,'.;. : " ;.'"' ';'' APPEAL TO GOVERNOR GLENST. Wilmington Business Men Urge- Him ,,. to Settle the Rate Controversy Up t j to uie sontn to save the Situation by ; Wise Action. . ? ' ' r-- ; Wilmington; Oct 81 Fifty leading merchants, . manufacturers, and busi ness men of this city to-night tele graphed Governor Glenn, of -North Carolina, now In Atlanta, Ga., for the purpose of considering with the Gov ernors of two other States railroad lit lgation in the South, the following message' which he has been requested to read at the meeting: "Southern crops are plentiful and Southern commercial " and Industrial conditions nevr more intrinsically souna. t Agitation has ruthlessly de pressed values, causing congestion and inability to move crops with expedi tion. Restoration of confidence es sential tor the South to realize full values for Its great products. We, be lieve it J9 in the . power of the con ference- to restore ',- Confidence In, , a great ; measure, Jiy - an equitable fd "Justment f-ths-ratoritrovers3fiThe South can save tha -situation ' by wise action fat tnia luncture Yott are an- pealtfd to . as patriots and , statesmen wno nave-aecpiy ar neart the well be ing of the whole people." y I ENTIRE; TOBACCO CROP SOLD. Imperial ; Company Buys l,OOO,000 , . Pounds of th Weed iq Kentueky-- Farmers Receive Price They De mand, , '',:. "t, Henderson, Ky Oct. SI. By a deal consummated I here to-day the Imperial Tobacco Company pur chased the entire 1907 tobacco crop pledged to the American Society of Equity In Henderson, Union, Web ster, Hopkins and Crittenden coun ties. ?) The deal involves sixteen mil lion 'pounds of tobacco and will bring one and a half million dollars Of English money to the farmers of this section. The ' price paid was that demanded by the farmers, and 1b th highest ever paid here, with the exception of the war price. The deal was consummated by Stokes Taylor, chairman of the board of. 1ll-rtnr rt ,k. c,n,.l - v V.IV utouillllllH Tl m . ... J-'Wirict iODC-ASSOCIattftr-afl ward HOdge, manatrer of the Tm perial Company. Negotiations have been on" for more than a week. Equity - factories and employes are taken over, by the InSperlal Com pany and 9 will be continued in service. Deliveries will begin as soon as the tobacco is In order. The gold will be shipped from Eng land af once, Seven Rich Veins of Gold Found fa Greenville County, S. C. bpeclal to The Observer.- ; Greenville,- S. C, Oct 31 Seven rich' veins of gold have been dlscov ered on a farm about one mile from Fountain IntiL la this, county, and about eighteen miles, from this city. The announcement was made to-day bv Dr. Qeom P. T.OA a ntnlntrlnal expert and mineralogist who spent mree a ays m examining the meui. The. veins are thought to be about sixty feet deep,' and the mine will be the richest in the? State and probably in the South. Zlrcom, monazite, kao lin and ru tine-were- also found on the property. The deposits extend over 270 areii. all of vhlph hnlnnir ta torn well-known citizens of the county...; A stock company will be formed at once to mine the metal. , V-.-'' w i i V.;.j; Railroad Bonds Carry In Transylvania , 'Connty., - - Bpeclal to The Observer. r Brevard, Oct 31. Returns from Transylvania county show that out of a tout -registration of approximately 1,060 at least 075 have voted for bonds for the trans-cdntlnental rail road, giving a majority of SOOrfor bonds and as returns from some of the precincts' are incomplete, it is probable that this majority will be in creased. No Confirmation of Karatagh Dls !';:-;. -jS'f? -''ijf ." aster. -p: -'O -: !f ' ; V v Si. Petersburg, Oct II. No further-confirmation has been received here i regarding the dlsar at Kara- taghrin the province of Bokhara, A dispatch from Tashkend to-day says that the total population did not ex ceed 5,000 as a rule, though the num ber of -y. inhabitants was somewhat lara-er In th Hmmtr. as Karataah is frequented as a pleasure resort oy the people of Illssar. ' Waterways Convention Called at Elr inl(tlani. Birmingham, Ala., Oct. $1. At a meeting of the Commercial Club, here to-day a waterways 1 convention was called to bi held In Birmingham November- 10. , Mississippi, Alabama. Tenne(sie, Oeorginaand Flolda will be siked to i!nj delegatea. PEONAUE IN . THE SOUTH DOES IT EXIST IJTTIIIS STATE? The Matter to Come Before United States Courts in a Speeino Way in a Short Time, It Is Said A Report . Submitted to the Department -of ' Justice by Mrs. Grace Quackenboa . Charees a MisslsslDolan With Hold ' ins; Many Italians- in Conditions of Mavery -inumauons , unat cuio Found Things to One of the Curo Unas Improper Alonj? Tola Line, , - Observer Bureau, 1417 G Street N. W., , , Washington, Oct. JL . Whether or not peonage, as it is termed, exists In Worth Carolina prom-; ises to come up in a specific way 'be fore the United States courts at an early date. Already strong Intima tions have been made that men In North Carolina, have been i iorefing some of their follow . men to work out their debts, the conditions being 8b fixed by the employer that t'je poor debtor cannot make his living and pay , his debts at the same time, and being held ' practically; in slavery until he should pay, which he cannot Once or ; twice . Investigations . have been ordered and prosecutions have resulted. ' ', ; j-r - The Department of Justice proposes to prosecute to the) utmost all those under suspicion : of - peonage In te South. ' Following rthe prosecutions of those la Florida -last; winter, who held - white men In bondage, making them work by force against their will, preparations are being made , to pro secute certain ones in Mississippi and other Southern States who have been holding in peonage either white la borers or black ones.' f A report made to-day to the Attorney' General by Mrs. Mary Grace Quackenboa, a woman lawyer, special attorney for De South ern Federal district of New York, en gaged to visit-certain, localities In the South, gives some interesting Infor mation about a case soon to be tried in Mississippi. ' " ' 1 ; " PEONAGE IN MISSISSIPPI. ' ' A few weeks ago a man by t the name of O. D. Crittenden, of Green ville, Miss., was arrested -upon the charge of arresting ; an " Italian in Greenville. and taking him across .the river to an island. Sunny Side, in Ar kansas, there to be held In peonage. According to the report of Mrs. Quackenbos there - is a whole Island full of Italians atf Sunny Side, who are compelled to work under condl tlong and circumstances over which they "jave no control and which are not very arreatly dissimilar from those which obtain in slave countries. The Italians a thousand of them were brought over to America several years ago under the impression that they were going to become settlers and free American citizens. It did not work, though, aa they found out and when they wanted to throw up their jobs they could not so easily do It They were In debt from their passage money from Italy and were compelled to work under such conditions that they could not earn enough money for the support of their families and at the same time save money to pay the .'debb''-Bjtteneafctheylta4- to -work- on and on with no hope of ever paying out When one attempted to leave, he waa promptly arrested and taken back to the plantation. Mrs. Quack enbos recites many facts lrr connec tion with the management of the plan tatlon and the Crittenden system of managing labor. During . her visit to the Sunny Side plantation she was ordered oft the premises by Critten den, who claimed that she waa Intrud ing and had no ri"nt to be there. Crit tenden says that It was because ot this that she. preferred charges against him, which caused his arrest It Is said at the Department of Justice that the arrest was considered and practically agreed upon just after a previous visit of Mrs. Quackenbos to Sunny SlJe and some time before she was ordered off the place. The preliminary hearing of Critten den will take place some time In No vember and the trial will likely be In January. i- ? OTHER ALLEGED CASES. ! Some other cases of alleged peon age In the South were Investigated by this Mrs., Quackenbos. and It Is In timated ; hereabouts : that she found e things In owe of the Carolines about which she made an elaborate report, t For some time reports have been made to the Department of Jus tice of peonage in North Carolina and this special agent was sent down to investigate. 4 ' What her report says will likely be interesting, anj most likely it will be strongly combated, as any Investigator of such things sent . down from the North Is likely to , be, for most natural and proper reasons. ZACH M'OHEE. TRAGEDY IN REMOTE SECTION. A Letter to a Durham Magistrate - Gives the First Account of a Klll ; Ing Last Saturday Night in Nash County. . - '"'.'f ;- Special, to Tha Observer. . v Durham, . Oct .11. Justice of the Peace J. B. Owns received a letter from his brother in 'Nash county this morning In which thavpartteulars of a tragedy that was enacted last Saturday are told. Plummer Finch shot and killed a young fellow by the name of Bert Strickland, Strickland dying Mon day of this week. The preliminary hearing exonerated young Fine. , .The young fellow who did the shoot Ing had eome trouble with a negro who was banging about the prem!ss and finally shot at him with a shot gun." . The negro ran off and that night Saturday, some one knocked on the door of the Finch homo, . Young Finch demanded 'wliowas there and getting ho - reply; he picked up his gun. He was confident u was the negro who had come back lor trou ble.?!, Just then the door was burst open and the form of a person fell in. Finch fired and the entire load took effect In the breast of Strickland. The dead tnan was half demented and was at the Finch home evidently without any intention of doing harm. The young nian on the Inside did not have time to see whether it was a white man or a negro, and the fatal shot was flreJ. The affair took place a considerable distance in the country, which accounts for the story not get ting Into' the papers. z-yvX'-'i- United States Troops Wave Fatal Sklr miHh . WJ Redskins. ;';i'v- ; -i Washington, Oct ll-In . a battle between United States troops and In dians, "which occurred In Southern Utah several days ago three persons were killed and another wounded,all believed to have been Indians. The newt of the occurrence -was conveyed to the Indian Bureau in a telegram from SoperlntenJent Shelton, of the Ban Juan agency, which, though dated yesterday, was not received until today, IX)UND L SERIOUS CONDITION. Ernest Hardwk-k, of Salisibury,5 in Critical CoiuliUon, Having liilcn From a Train, It Is Supposed Hunters Discover Him on, Bank of ' Catawba River. Special to The Observer. Statesvllle, Oct. SI. News of the narrow escape . from death and '; the serious injury of a young man, who it Is supposed fell from a train, reached Statesvllle to-day. The young man is Mr. Ernest Hard wick, son of Dr. Hard wick, of Marshall, and has been working- In Salisbury for a diquor firm. Jlr. Hard wick was found in an unconscious condition at the foot of the railroad fill, at the Catawba river bridge, ten miles west of Statesvllle, last night about 9:30 o'clock by a party, of 'possum huntera He; was lying within a few feet of the river bank and his shoulders and other Tarts of his body were found to be oaaiy crusnea , and mangled. The hunters carried" him to Catawba sta Hon Rnl Physician was called, who stated that, the chances for the young man were slight .The Injured man has been unconscious since found ex cept for , a short Ume this morning when he, called for friends, one of vine Mr' P & ,pope f etates . aTh,e1re be'ng no hospital at Cataw A.h .?, yun man was taken to Hr7i 'I t0"day ,or tatment . Af r. ardwick was a passenger on a spe cial passenref ' r.in ,ui-. r o clock. 1 it Is supposed that h. fn r?w P,atfM,n of the train and Kter-.t embankmen- t" tne water edge, where he was found. DELIBERATELY KILLED WIFE. HavW Made Suicide Pact Nevv ?rlJr ,Iel Spouse to Leave the ) Hl Own cSUrCeFUs New York, Oct 31. After belnr aegree in aiding and abetting . his din i COmm,t "u,0,de,. Jame, T War ? l".it, ye!r.0,d confessed to-day hi - ,,.K0ur.t .of General Sessions that hSHb!,ateXK,,le(, h, wife. After bullet into her dead body to give the impression that she had ended her PnMfe with a revolver, v sui-' v' .WardeH was tried last: week ? thl hl wtf0 had committed suicide. When he was taken before the court to-day for sentence, how. ever, Wardeil through his attorney, made v a complete confession. His mind had become completely upset by his wife's misdoings, he said, and when she suggested that they die to gether he readily agreed. He placed the gas tube In his wife's mouth, turned on the gas and when she was dead his courage failed and he dared not end his own life. Then he thought to shield himself by firing a shot In to her brain to make It appear that she had committed suicide. Sentence was deferred pending a decision as to whether an examina tion Into Warden's sanity . shall be made.- .-' -; ,-.- - ' " i ' ' '; ' ;"' " f t '';)".-'';; AGAINST BURLEY TOBACCO, national Growers' Association, De clarca IU Attitude An Ovcr.Pro auauon is tne Reason. Shelbyvllle. Ky.." Oct. 81. The Na tional Tobacco Growers' Association late to-day unanimously adopted res olutions declaring against the raislng ot a crop oi ouriey tobacco next year, thereby setting at rest all doubt pa to the attitude of the National Associa tion on this matter. , . It was pointed out that while there Is en over-supply of tobacco In the burley district there Is a scarcity of the weed In the dark districts and non-production would do no good there. The same Is true of various other parts of the country to such an extent that unanimity on the part of the members of the National Tobae co Growers' Association could not be secured as a national non-production plan and the project would be a fall uro as a national movement. As tha situation now stands without prospect of change the only non-producing dis trict will be the burley district com prising more than 30 countteB in Ken tucky, a few In Indiana end one or two in -Ohio. ; ..." Bristol Turned Over to the Foro In y . , Heart. . v'Ov yy Bristol, Tenn.,: Oct. 8 1 The last of the twenty-five saloons which Bristol had only a few months ago will be closed to-night when thirteen . more establishments will go out of existence. The saloons were voted out of Bristol a few months ago. All trains have been crowded with passengers from east Tennessee and southwest Virginia ana hundreds Of persons have carried away packages of whiskey white Jaily snipmems nave crowded tne express cars. .......... ... ......,y,:zyyy Saloons Hold Bargain Saloa. - . Knoxvllle, Tenn., Oof. . 81. The eloctlon In which voters ' expressed their desire to abolish saloons was held last March and by nearly two thousand majority the ' temperance forces won the day. For the past fw days, saloons have held bargain sales and many to-night did not have suf ficient stock to supply demands. The closing of the saloons was featured by speeches . made in different bars by jug processions and by hilarious singing, but no serious disorder oc curred. i ' v '.-. Knoxvllle Saloons Close, : - Knoxvllle, Tenn., Oct 81, More than 100 saloons In Knoxvllle closed to-night as a result of the application ot the Pendleton law by which citiet of Tennessee can re-Incorporate with out having the saloons. The city la quiet and whiskies are being sold at any price. , The people voted on the law by special legislative enactment last March. - ' . , Chattanooga Officials Acquitted ol? . Bribery. Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct 31. H. fr. Van Dusen, chairman of the board of public works: W. D. Kelly, mem ber of the board of publlo works; A. U Thomas, former chairman ot the board of publlo works, and T. P. Me Mahon, until two weeks ago "u perl n. tehdent of sidewalks and scavenger ana previous to that time a, member of the ; board of -aldermen, were , to aay acquitted of the charge of brib ery The Jury was out - but . seven minutes, taking only one ballot. This trial completes the graft pros tcutions In this city. . . . . . Moderator Roberta Advocates Women -,:-. laners i-xr tnurclics. Nashville, Tenn., Oct 81.- The Presbyterian Synod of Tennessee to day devoted its last sexton principally to routine Business, The .Synod will meet next year in Memphis. : - ' - In an interview here Rev, William H. Roberts, moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. U. S. A., strongly advocated women ushers In churches. actoh iiixciiccci: :n NEW YORK l-OLK IJ y. -ant FoHowlns " Ills . Indictment lv s Grand Jury on Clnrsre f t , ! Assault tlie Comedian I)lr-an i His Friends and His Attorney I -; ctare That Me It Uio Virtiai f BlackmaUers, But the Police, s Swallowring the Story, Continue, f .Energetic Search For Tbxir lai Outgoing KteainerV Watched ar. 1 Detectives Sent to Boston PrellnU - ary Hearing Was Sea For Yester day, But no Defendant Appeared TImj StaUtncnt ot Ills Attorney. -New York, Oct 81 The disappear ance' of Raymond Hitchcock, follow ing his indictment by the grand Jury, which had heard the atorles of three little girls. - was the absorbing topic to-day on 'Broadway,,- where tho?e who had known the star intimately during his ten years on the stage ad vanced: half a dozen 'theories in ex planation ot his default . . The actor's closest friends, who have energetically- defended hla name since he became involved -In trouble, are divided ; In opinion. . ; Many . insisted- to-day - that ' driven desperate by eerious accusations, he had com mitted suicide. ; others were satisfied that he had been spirited away and possibly murdered by men who had practiced black maH on, the comedian and who feared exposure If the casa against their victim came to trial. -WIFE CONTINUES TO PLAY. 'This theory was voiced by Herman Fromme, the missing man's attorney, and by Mrs. Hitchcock, who tefore marriage was Zabella Mangasarian, of Chicago. Mrs. , Hitchcock, though near cnllanna thrniio-h , nrr . ha, continued to play opposite her hue- Dana s unaerstuay at tne tneatre where both wor nmwA iiMlt vti. terday, when Hitchooxk failed to ap pear at the matinee. ' . Mr. jrromme said: own accord. - He has been either kid naped or murdered by the band of ; blackmailers by ; whom he ' has been ' annoyed, threatened and hounded for the past two years. -'; -, ;.' . ,.:.y---."Six of these dozen men are known by name to me. Hitchcock has lived , count of their persecution for two years. Nevertheless1., he has not left ms wiie voiuntaruy. He is an Inno cent man and there ; is no proof against him that there is the slight"; est foundations - for the accusations ' made. TALE OF BLACKMAILERS. , " " "Four men have been trailing him . for months. Now it turns Out that they ace blackmallera Laat Monday Mr. Hitchcock this entire matter aired In court, but an sojournment prevented this. The case was called for thle afternoon. I . believe that ha is the victim of the blackmailers, who are not anxious to have the case thrashed out".-,---. - While these - theories gained : some credence, the poUce did not ' relax c their efforts to locate Hitchcock, which began when a police alarm for his arrest was sent out ; last night All . OUttroins utonmera warm olt-4 , and theirnpassenger latg scrnUhUedr- wirieaa jnewage waa sent to .the Majestic; which sailed .yesterday, De irouves aiso watcnea the train eta tlonsrbut late to-night their .vigilance' had not been rewarded, i District At- . torney Jerome to-night eent two de tectf ves to Boston. This action prob ably grew out of the statement of a railroad conductor who -thought he had Hitchcock as a . passenger front' this city to North Adams yesterdsy. ONE OF THE" CLUES." .. This conductor. f. - P Vati ' turned to New York to-night i His irmn picneu up, . no- saia to-nignt, three men passengers at 125th, street ' yesterday. In on of the three he ' thought he recognised Httchcoekv He was not positive of the Identification. He had, however, seen Hitchcock on the stair) and for the mnmni ma iu, . doubt that the comedian and 'his At North Adams train connection can be made for Boifoa r Troy. ' Some of Hitchcock's acquaintances Mllnlr It It Irttlir tha t k- I... '-"-- " t.w ,nu iim. miuiu. . ...ww - - v ' . rvugtiv BC elusion where, undisturbed for a few1 aays, ne can tntnit'over his predica ment and decide unon a- etwtna rt . action. . . ' - HITCHCOCK'S TROUBLES. V Hitchcock's troubles have assumed several phases. He first caused the arrest of a boy, who. he alleged, had closures in the case led to Hitch- ' cocni rrri ana ne. was arraigned Monday. The case went over until todav. and he wm rAlaMd tt'nnn ail. 'Meantime the grand iurv re turned six lndfectmant aralnvt - tk. aotor, some of them chargig crimi nal , assault. and flhnotlnn the original case . waa called to-day ana m aeienaanz taii.A tn nm... hla counsel atsked that the case- be continued tnr n 7 n-m. attorney assistant made no objec tion am mo magistrate set the hear - ing tor next weuneday afternoon. New Chief of FetltTal Constabnlary, rrrnvuio mvision, Special to The Obxrver. Greenville, 8. C. Oct 81. It is learned here to-day on good-author uy mat 11. g. Merrick has been ap pointed chief of this division of tha traiw vuuiunuiiiary a nuuceea lu,' A. Aiken, formerly of North Carolina, who has recently been, transferred to West Virginia for duty,- The appoint ment win effective November ,lit Mr. Merrick Is a native of Walhalla and has-been located here for the past 18 montna as aeputy. revenue collec tor, John P. Bcrugx. of Charleston, formerly of Greenville, Is sVtted for the vacancy made by the promotion ... t 4,;i mi. . Ti'V "" I,. x.y.y ;'y ' Charlotte Railway 1reraaa Injurtd ymr Gaffncy, 8. C " Bpeclal to The Obstryer. t Gaffney. 8. C. Oct. 31. As. second H, a fast freight train, was running near Little TMckety trestle about' S . o'clock this 'morning,' the engine struck a lever car that was being un loaded by section hands and the jar to the engine asv so violent that it threw Fireman W V. Cashlon to., the ground,: Injuring him severely. Ha attempted to resume his duties after the accident, but had to give up when he reached Gaffney, where he boarded passenger ' train No. 43 fir hla home at Charlotte.- y Dr. Ginctte Relenscil on r.a'l, New York, Oct 31. Pr. Walter Gillette, former vice president of t Mutual Llfa Insurance Company, v was sentenced to alx months imprt o ment for perjury before a grand j i was rel?asl on bait thia d1" Justice Dowilng to-day grunt- 1 a v tiftrate of reasonable doubt whii-n i nilts an appeal to b mad- t; b ! court for a n-w trial. lvn"-- : Oppeal bail wos fixed ot 51-". '." '. I:. s
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