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X. . S O x x i 1 - -i. 1 a. 'i 0 :cr. v; ;. X.'cm" .rjr T 't 1-. V i 1 ro' 1 t Pi. IT " l . . : -t r .1 -! I Mie I L I !'"( t Ij S !.hl Jloys 1. Uie .aterway ami -dliwr -lori'-y Vtl.cn Taft Sails - Away Jl-'n . I'rlef . Address, Thanking C:'1.iis l"or Reception Given Jtiin and Expresses X'onfl-flem-e In Future of lMamls Con dition of Affairs Most Satisfactory Frocress Minlo During Two Years It lteniarkable. ".v"-;., ! Manila, Nov., 9. -The departure of Secretary of War Taft from thia city on the .cruiser Rainbow for VJaJt-! vostok to-day was attended by a re markable demonstration on Eie part of the -Filipinos. ' The horses were withdrawn from . the carriage . in which were seated M- and Mrs, Taft and ft' was pulled by "Manila school boys from the Luneta to the dock through cheering crowds of citizens. Air. Taft started from the resi dence of Governor General Smith at g o'clock this morning. - He review ed the long military, civic and school parade on toe Luneta at nine, mak ing a brief address in which he thanked the people for their recep tion, praised the course of 4 the as ' sembly - and expressed his confluence lit the future of the Island. - Mr. Taft '- and party embarked at 11:30 a. m. and sailed at 11:50, the launch on 'which they were, being escorted down the bay by a flotilla of harbor launches with " military - and civil officials on board to the Bain bow,' -where they said their last good byes, i Mr. Taft and party expect to arrive at Vladivostok on.' November 18th and to leave . there ; on their trans-Siberian Journey on ' November 19th.' All of the party -were in th beet ot '-health. ; a r ." ',- - i; v--": ;r--;' . . PROGRESS REMARKABLE. In an 'Interview with representa tive ' f ;the Associated Press before ' his departure Mr. Taft said; - e ."The """condition of affairs " in , the " Pa Hi pplne government la most .' sat isfactory and taken throughout,.; the , progress made . during the . pasttwo years' is remarkable. -o-iFi:-.?; "From the first I bad full ' confi dence in "the . legislative Assembly, a confidence which has been justified by conservative form and ,1 have no . doubt it will continue in its useful. patriotic" and , diligent course. I have - yet to see or hear, la . single member who. does not apparently feel a fall sense of the responsibility of his du ties towards his ' constituents and country, and l am sure that conser '. vatlsm. rather ' than radicalism will - continue to mark the official conduct of this body. ::.-:'--;v i i laana n a uni nnmnM wif n o. jiewed- confidence in the future of the 'Island,' i What I have seen and. Jieard i on this, trip has confirmed my opin ions on the subject . which I had " previously formed. . and 5ave fre- , quently expressed. , -v . . ' IXiRECtOSTJItE MORTGAGE. : i.--. .mm. V lUI mm---mm .'MLAdkp'tLH iFUJItWUtilX .; Action lioguii in Circuit Court For Foreclosure . of Mortgage-Against Metropolitan Street Railway Com '. puny '-;.. " . -T. ",,'' New. York,. Nov. 9. An : action of foreclosure of n. morttraae which It held as trustee against' the property - of the Metropolitan Street Railway company was begun by the National. Trust Company in the United States areutf court. TH mortgage was' given to secure An Issue of bonds that should at no time exceed . $$5.000.000. r An ac tlon was recently commenced by "the Morton Trust- Cfompany- -against the receivers of - the Metropolitan asking ' that the profits and- earnings of the - road t be applievi to the payment of - interest ana lease reniais as pruviaeu for In the mortgage, The receivers, -. by. oraer or - tne i court, are made parties to the action. POWERS TRIAIi MONDAY. ' For Fourth Tlmo Caleb Power V111 Bo Tried For Complicity in Goebel Killing Much New Testimony Will Bo Introduced. - - 4 v. . J - Lexfngton,"Ky. Nov. Ij For the fourth time Caleb Powers wlllvbe put on trial at Georgetown, Scott, coun ' ty.'Monday, for alleged complicity In 1 the assassination of Senator William - Goebel, Democratic aspirant for the governorship of Kentucky, In ' 1900. Considerable new testimony Is expect ed to be brought out at the vomlhg trial.' '" Powers denies "he win ask a continuance of-his case until 'Geveis nor-elect Wilson ran take his seat ' Judge J.' S. Morris will preside; hav ing been appointed special' Judge by UQvernor tsecsnara.- . .. Black Sheep Confesses, to Burglaries. "ChlcaBfo. Nov. i.--dralllng to relieve drink and religion, Anthony Kelly, 43 years old, who says he Is the black sheep of a wealthy Philadelphia ram lly, went to a police station last night numerous- urgiaries. Tne ponce ne r lleve. that he also . may know some- thing about the recent.- murder of James W. Allaway. the Los Angeles, hot and killed November 6th by a ' varglar. . , . ' T - - Thomar,IitcheIl Released. liiomasvuiii, iiuv, : w. 111a r commitment trial for Thomas Mitch .0 ell, charged with the murder of J. T. ' Foy, -was' calle J this afternoon, but no j evidence was Introviuced by the prose 1 cution and Mitchell was released. Foy's brother swore out the war- . rant for Mitchell, on the ante-mor- ; though a coroner's jury said the fall - rrom a tnira story wtnaow or tne luart House here was accidental. ' No Trace of Missing Boys. St. Paul. Minn., Nov. 9. No trace v fcaa been found of Arthur G. Landers and Fred Dlelschneider. aged 17 and and 18 years respectively, who ; are eunDosed o have been burned - to death in a fire which destroyed the ' plant of the Northern - Cooperage - Company last night, r A third em ploye of the company Is. missing and It w reared may nave perished, v The property loss1 wab 833,000 Richmond ForgcV Surrenders. Ttlcamond, va., Nov. 9. -D. B Bi'lttonr charged with forgery In try Ing to collect Insurance from the Vir glnia Life Insurance Company on the life of his wife, who was murdered y nis son-m-faw at .onoiK a few tlays ago, surrendered to the author Itles of Vythcville, Va., this morn lwr. ' ' :aIi CCL. J. f t r ' t js i I 'it of 1 Were 1 1 i -he WUow li'i.l 1'lic Savanna i, Cj-, ::.v. 9. Jtl-.n Hoi rook i: 111 died to-n"'.t 10:15 clock, at his home. at Isle of Hope. near this city. He had been ill from malady of the heart - since , last April, and several times "during .the progress of the disease It was thought he "would expire Colonel Kiitill was best known as the - proprietor of The .Savannah Morning News, though his business connections were varied 1 and rex tensive. He was also widely known politically because of two campaigns he made for . Governor. The nrst was In 1902, when he made a very strong race, and the second in 190. n 1882 he was . chairman of. the State Democratic executive com mlttee, and in 1893 he was the mem ber for - Georgia on the Democratic national -committee In Charleston. S. C. 1 on October 28th If 40, Colonel Estill was -born. Eleven (yeara later he came to Sa vannah and secured - a . Job In a printing office.., Upon the . outbreak of tne civil war he went with the Oglethorpe .Light Infantry., under Bartow's command, to Join the . army of ,5 Northern ; Virginia. He was wounded at . the first battle - of Manassas, and In 1863 was mustered out "because of disability this- wound causea. v LAter he joined the vo tun teer forces ,at Savannah and opposed onerraw s , marcn io ne ,aea,f . , After the war. thouah left Pennl less. Colonel J Kstlll ricvotprt himself Hosely to business. In 1887, having neen in; tne "nrmtinar or newsoaoer business Mn : the " meantime,' h pur chased ar half interest in The Morn ing News and two years later secured tha entire control. For twenty years he was president of the Georgia Press Associauon Many , business and charitable en terprtses in Savannah - have felt the Impetus of Colonel lSstlll's manage ment ,or association. ! Perhaps.' next to -Tne Morning News., the instltu tlon- that has received , the greatest measure of his, attention and interest Is the Bethesda OrDhanaae for bovs. wwen was founded bv Oeorre Whit field more than a -century and a half ago. v For more than a quarter ' of a century Colonel vEstill was president or tne union society, by which the orpnanage is. - managed. ' A widow and five, sons survive Colonel Estllt KING EDWARD'S BIRTHDAY. Celebrated In Fitting Style ;at ton aon -premier congratulates , Da vid ZJoyd-Georse on Settlement of Dispote Between Railway and. Km ployeav;-'; :f'y;a:'i i f .IV -IiOndon,t Nov 9. The '. celebration of theshrty-nlnth anniversary of the birth, of King "Edward Till t was brought' to a fitting close at th tn auguraNbanquet of the new lord may- or or Lionaon, sir John c. Beiu at Guildhall to-night.- For the first time since the brief regime of Lord Rosebery-In the earlv '90's.i the lib eral primes mlhlster occupied the post of honor. The premier,- Sir Henry Campbeilannerman, w:io last year was unable to attend the lord mayor's 'banquet owing to the death 'of his wife,- was in his place, to-night and delivered the principal speech of the evening in- reply to the toast of his majesty's ministers. , - - Departing from the Usual rule the premier referred in his oDeninc re marks to domestic affairs, . especially congratulating uavia x.ioyj-George, president of the board ot tra Je, on the settlement of the dispute between the railways and their . employes Touching on foreign affairs Sir Henry said . that the ; results obtained at the recent Hague peace conference had not - come up to his most sanguine hopes but that he was glad 'he had be in over-sanguine In his exnecta tloiis, for be had spoken for a, nation which had no aggressive'dpslgns 'upr on its neighbors and desired only to live in peace and amity toward all. s The Hague. - comerence,' i declared the Premier, ; was a plant of slow rowth.'but : in which he had . great confidence ana believes - the lay would come ' when there would be cessation In the. mad race for arma ments which now ; is the scourge of out common civilization. , BANK OFFICERS ARRESTED. Officcraf' of Bank Whic h Failed Wed nesday Are Arrested For Accenting Deposits Wliile Knowing Bank Was Insolvent Warrant out lor sccro- Portland, Ore., Nov. 9. I T, Ross, resident: . George H. Hill, vice presl dent and T.T. Berkffardt, treasurer, of the Tftle Guarantee- and Trust Company, which went into the hands of a receiver Wednesday last, f were arrested to-day, and a warrant is out for John : E.v Atchison, secretary of the defunct 'institution, -r? Atchison is now in New York City. A The arrested men were released this afternoon on furnishing;. 12.500 ball each. i. . The eharge against them is accept ing money ; oft deposits while: knowing the bank' waa Insolvent, Under the laws of Oregon this is a felony pun fahabla bv a. maximum fine of 81,000 or Imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years, or oy line ana impris onment. ''.' The arrests vwere made on com olalnt of C. F. E. Ehman,' Who'al leges that on ociooer zstn., tne nay before the present nouaay penoa we B-aii' he 'de-noslted 8550. Ehman al leges that the officials of the bank knew on that day and had for some time previous,, known that the. bank was Insolvent. , ' ; ' STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS. J.'N. Scale, ot Southern Railway, .. a.. (Tom., fit roli a nf VnralvHl.4 at Kails- " bur' Not- Able to Leave I'rlvate Car. ' t - - - . ! Washington, Nov. 10. J. N Seale, manager of the northern and eastern , tuir,n nt , the Southern Itnllwav: V (giuti 17 ' ,. -pp - -- - F mtrnk&n with naralvsls while at Salisbury, N. 'C at T o'clock. yester day morning ana was orougm aireci v,i. ritv. wHere he arrived at 12:20 to-night He was so 111 that he Was not removed from his private car, but ,Mrs: Seale met him ,at the station anl COniillUWU "J" wruamo Ml, I J- of the nleht Dr Mun raster was .summoned. He said " at 1 n'otrtni , that hi Datlent was rest Ing eaxily and that his condition was better than it naa oeen. Terrific Iralrle Fire Raging. ' rrnfiVfuton. .Minn.. Nov.' 9. Th most terrlflo prairie fle that has raged In this section for 15 years i sweeping from north of Angus to 1 fa-.tr ml1,- nnrth (if thin 4-Uv. A An tanco of 20 mile. Hundreds of tons 1 t nay nave peen Durnea. T,T"-!1 C"I1'-t'' ovrr.xc;; i-- state:,: i-XT. iiierlveI by Representative of Tlie Obsen-er, tiovernor tilenn T4-U.to Clear l"p the Matter ot Ills Con fcrenro With tlio Other (iovcrnors aiui With President Flnlcy of the Southern - Governors . Discussed ; Only . Plans lr Knforcement oil Jiaw -His Proposition was to me Southern That ' the Antagonistic Suits Be WUhdrawn and the Kate, law Be Given n Fair Trial Fight Iletweon Dispensary Advocates and J'rohlbltlonlsts Scheduled For - the Capital City. . , , . . - ' '' . " "Observer 1 Bureau, The Holleman Building, ' Raleigh, Nov. 9 The a'tteiulori ot Governor "Glenn bel.i(r called .to certain 'articles la various newspapers regarding the ob ject1 of the conference of Governors at Atlanta last week and his own po sitions towards th railways he gave out tho following interview: - Governor Comer, of . Alabama, by telegraph and by letter Invited me to conrer with himself and Governor Smith at Atlanta, - No details- were given in his letter or telegram as to the .object of this meeting, save jthat It was in regard to passenger , and freight rates. V Personal members, of the council of State and the State's attorney advised me lo -go. . On our meeting we' at first discussed " the laws in the various States, 'to ascer tain how far, there was" nljrmlty between them. 1 Governor Comer then submitted to Ithe conference a proposition from the : Southern Rail way regarding Inter-State and intra state rates,- but feeling that Gover nors were simply- executive sOtncers, with no right to . change or to take upon themselves the duties of. jne corporation commission,' . we took- no action (Whatsoever looking to chang ing said laws or even modifying them. We did discuss nywhods by ;whlcn present law could be enforced and also methods by , which inter-State rates might , be made uniform and not differ as at present." - r-; OBJECT MISUNDERSTOOD; " The Governot fuVther said: "Some people do not- appear to understand the object -of. my confer ence with J President Flnley, , of . the Southern Railway, Some have taken to be an attempt to modify the law passed by the' last .Legislature. Anjt lawyer or business t man wlll readily understand that I have:; no power to change or amend the, rata fixed. This can only be done by the Legislature. - The proposition sub mltted : to the . Southern 5 Railway, which I think fair-and just was this: Let the railroad atop Its suit and the State stop its suit,' thereby producing harmony ana good-will between the neonle and - the railroad. c?: Then let therallroaa give the present rate a fair test of six or; eight months, see ing in that time whether: or not In creased travel- would, not .enable .the roads to make as nvuen or more tnan heretofore, or at least be in no sense confiscatory: of railway property and if at th 'end fcr f months .the railroad ascertains that the rate was Hot injartowi wcenftscateryi'the taw to be continued, out 11 it was xouna greatly injurious - on confiscatory, the Legislature to be called together to change the -rat to, the end .that no Injustice be done. Th Is is my position in regard to this matter. , The law passed by the Legislature shonld be obeyed until fully tested. . The railroad should snbmit to the law without taking any action In the courts, 'for a sufficient neniofi tok ascertain Its results, and then if It proves to be injurious the sovereign 3 State can be called upon to remedy any 'wrong and i If the State ween any wrong has been aona it will readily remedy any evil." , State Auditor Dixon and corpora tion Commissioner Samuel R. Rogers leave to-morrow night for Columbus. Ou In order to reach there in time for the opening session of the nation al convention State auditors,, tix com missioners, etc., at Whicn -. (great many Questions involving State , and local taxation will be brought up Dr. Nixon has studied very much on .this question and , be win be able to give the vonverrtlon some valuable Idea Commissions are Issued tq w.. w. BodJIo and CH.. Banks as first and second lieutenants of company u," Thlid Regiment at Loulsburg, and to Frank P, Wiggins, secona lieutenant CkmDany-"A.'1 Tjlrd Regiment -at Warrenton, Governorv Glenn has accepted the. resignation of Lleutep ant W. H. Foy. Company "G." Third Regiment Reidsvllle. - - . " GOVERNOR A HUSTLER. ;. r ' Governor n Gleflit" returned this morning very early from Davidson College. ". He was In very high spir its and laughingly said that he was a hustler that after speaking at the Davidson College day ' ceremon- the college If. M..C. A., had'10 min utes to catch a train for tho east ana made, It -v He ,1a very proud of Da vidson - College, wlilch Indeed la. one of the very finest schools In the South and "said that' the " 06 students all except 88. are members of the church and of the senior ana junior ciass on ly 8 are not members.. The Gover nor is a graduate of Davidson. He, was very much impressea py me stu dent bnfly at this visit f ' - The Governor has received spec ial Invitation to deliver an address before the hool c'llUren at Wash ington. N, v.f Monday on the occas ion ofthe visit' there of the Raleigh chamber of. commerce, anj Its.hun- dreds fot guests on tne special isain of eleven coaches. The party has been sompletely made np and num bers 450. t Washington ha one of the finest public schools In the State. It cost $50,000 and Is admirably lo- . jrhe Citizens Bank1? Mount 'Olive In vWayna county is chartered, with a capital stork of flS.000; J. D. Kulley, It D. Sutherland and others being the ' stockholders. 1 FKOIimiTION OR' DISPENSARY? The Raleigh people will vote tlie day after Christmas, December 28th, on the question of whether the dis pensary is to' be retained or whether there shall be prohibition. " ' Twenty four? years ego Raleigh was a dry town.1 At' that time the sale of liq uor was- allowed In the county and there were seven saloons on ;the very edge of the township and, they did a rushing business. . It' is claimed by the prohibition element that .it Ik dead sure to win and that the pil lion for. an' election shows ;thl. ; On the other hand the advocates for the disunsary think t"iat Institution will be retained. ; Of course a numwr of very sharp attacks on the db?pon sary have been made and there is nor ; little-feeling against Jt In all circles, Governor Glenn ban taken occasion severaltline.s to criticise Jt sharply. ,"..'" ':".' ' ,' , 1 . Till: nXAXCIAL "SITUATION. Prosress Ielt T.-u'.e Towanl ' Rc sumplion of Xoriiil Contlitlons lUuilt statements More FavoraUe Than Had Been Expected "More Arrivals of Gold Next Wee - Notable Advances by Shares in Stock Market. ' New York. Nov. 9. The financial sltuatfon made further progrees to day toward the resumption of nor mal conditions. Gold was engaged U bring . the total for this movement up to more than 150,000,000, an un precedented acquisition ot the yellow metal - In the history ' of New York finance; the bank statement 'was more favorable , than had teen .ex pected, showing a loss of but $4.- $13,000 in the bank's cash holdings. and the stock market was 'firm, most of the active shares showing advances tn - the day's "trading." ;;rf t 1 The bank Statement does not show tha full., benefits jof the-gold -received from' London, as the statement is cal- cukited: on a, basis .of averages s jor each day of the. week and the great er part of the gold was received late in the week. Thus ; 0, statement of the condition' of the banks - at . the close of business to-day would snow their cash; suDDlles to be much larg er than- under the average system -ot corns utations. Next week there will be mre arrivals of gold and. all of that received this week will figure for the full-week so that next week's statement is expected! to show large gains in reserve, wnne tne oencit n the reservefia 851.v00.000 2 it shouia be noted that the cash on hand ' is still 20 , per cent of all . deposits, in eluding, those made by the govern ment and which are secured by col lateral. rAi Thla Is - five , pe: cent . less than required, by the 25 per icent rule but it is five per cent.; more than the local institutions are. called upon to maintain under the State banking laWS. 'vr 'rt -J ;' -' 'v Notable , advances were made by the active, shares- In the- stock ' mar ket r during ; the week; to-day's final sales: showing higher prices as follows: r'y :-Vt - -' Union Pacific, t .1-2; United States Steel, 11-8 ; United States Steel, .pfd.. 2 8-4:- Reading. 4 1-8: Pennsylvania, 4 7-8r Northern Pacific. I 8-4: Nw Tork Central, t l-8r Missouri :'Pa- clflcl l-2 .Great Northern, J 1-4 St.?Pau9 7-8;Am9rlcan Sugar ., CHICKEN STEALING , STARTED. Jim ' Hemphill Arrested Last Night, Haviiur 38 Chickens on his Prent -ises and Number of Otlier Ar- th:le Believed to 1 Have Been Stol ChtckeA stealing has started. The Observer's . prediction of a few days ago that the time for lifting poultry was tiear tit hand, has proven, true Jim' Hemphill, colored, who is old at the business -waa, arrested last night by Chief . Chrlstehbury and Patrol men Irvine, having in his posseselpn S8 chickens S fine horse-collars, sad dle, riding bridle.: lot of ' corn and mIm ' n,i nt inf harness, and several ton of hay, ll elleve4 to have been itolen. ' Mr. ' Robert, Rus sell has identified three of the fowls as havin feeeif lifted'. frm his- prera is!a Friday night In the bunch that Is on . exhibit at thjolice etatlon are PlyTnoiith - Rocks, Dntam, Rhode Island, reds and : brown, leghorns. The officers " discovered yesterday that Hemphill had been selling chick ens to ' several local merchants, and that there had been chicken stolen for several nights past Linking these two facts, they; went on the trail ' of Hemphill and- discovered what they believe Is sufficient evi dence to keep him .behind the bars for some time. - Jim is a. familiar fig ure in the courts. He will likely have future dealings with them. I WOMAN SAILS IN BALLOON. Bljr ' German Ballooil, Which Won - Recent Balkmn Race Has a Woman - Passengerl in Its . Ascension Trip ..Only One Day's Duration. Philadelphia, Nov. 9. Carrying a woman among its passengers the big Get-man balloon pommern, which won the recent International balloon race,1 made an ascension to-day from Point, Breeze In the southern section of this city. The woman Is the wife of ' Dr - Julian P. Thomas, of. New York, who recently purchased the balloon- from,, its German owner and who.was also a passenger, , The bal loon formerly s belonged , to Oscar Erbsloeh.' who piloted s the bag dur ing to-day's trip. Others who, made thA trln Includlnr the following: Cap tain T. T. Lovelace, a member of the Aero Club of America, ana Lieu tenant Robert Henderson." chief en gineer: of the j battleship Missouri. Because et Mrs. Thomas' presence in the balloon, the trip will be only one day's deration. The party Intends to make various experiments of Interest to toalloonists. The balloon sailed towaras the northeast. ... -.. - Sighted at New York. .'.. New york. Nov. ' 9. A balloon supposed to --be aha Pommern passed over the lower part of this city at 4:50 p. m.v' moving northward, j.4 Will Remain Closed, Another Week. New Orleans, Nov. 9. Tie New O cleans stock; exchange will suspend ntwiness for another week In com pliance .with the request of the New Orleans Clearing House Association. The Louisiana stock exchange fail ed to take any action this afternoon but Issued a call for a special meet ing Monday to decIJa whether or not to remain- ciosea. . iwm wennir have already been closed two weeks. Biff lire In North Dakota Town. Bowel's, N. D., Nov. 9. During a high wind last night twenty buslnew nouses Here were urnnvjvw i Loss $130,000; partially insured. .. It Is felt even by Us advocates that It by no manner of means is a good institution. . One of them a year or two ago spoke of It as. a necessary It Is very ".iarf to say now what will happen In -this election.' Of course the work will be done by tha prohibition 'people, as very naturally the advocates of the dispensary can not take the field. ' Raleigh' is to be given the benefit of a regular eam puUn whteh will be terminated Sun day 'evening. Christmas da." '-Rev. Sylvester Hetts, who Is' at the head of the movement and has been from t;i start, says , that meetings are to he held ChriHtmas day at many of the churches aud that during the cam paign there are to be street meeting day and night at many quarters tn th nlace. and the canvaw wm be as lively:, as the one four year jru in favor of the dispensary for which so many church people thfn worked so turd. WAS IS FIIEC DELEGATIONS THE PRESIDENT'S LITTLE CAME. T. R.'s Silence in Rccard to the Third Term Talk ICxplaincd on the Hy pothesis That the lncumlient of the White House is Not UnwliUnjr That DcloRatlons Slroli Come to the. Na tional Convention Instructed Vor Hhn This Will Prevent Their Be ing Instructed For Ills Political Enctikles and They" Will Be Free Champ Clark Talks About Beards Out In Missouri Some Are Taken Down But Once as Year and Then For the Benefit of Curious Neigh bors Who Want to See. - " , j Observer Bureau,. . 43 Post Building, . 1 - ' "Washington, Novv 9. It .comes from close within the lnnerclrcles of the ''throne" that .tha President, is on to the game of the various aspirants! for the presidency, and that is the reason, why aM this silence on the 'subject of. the third term; . To those ; who , have tried to believe that - the '. President ' is a man of his .word- and that when toe said he, would under no circumstances . accept another term as President' he meant it. he has said v nothing'.- to , discourage the' persistent talk of a third term for- the reason . that It .is not neces sary, he -had said he would not have it ana mere 13.no use in reiterating it. But -not so, it now appears. Mr. Roosevelt is now said to have learned that When such men. as Governor Cummins, of Iowa, for instance, comes here and .declares-that the people of Iowa are inevitably determined - to cast . the ,. convention 1 vote of that State for Roosevelt, ltv merely means that Governor Cummins and the oth ers who want the nomination them selves, want to dispose of 'Mr. Taft, knowing that Roosevelt will not have it. Mr. Cummins, for Instance, can get Iowa's delegation ' pledged to Roosevelt- When ' the convention meets, Roosevelt will not have HJ Then Iowa's delegatldn will be free to cast its vote for Cummins. This is the "White House view" of it And this is why Mr. Roosevelt lets It go on: "he Is on to the game." yor instance, if New York's delegation comes to the convention pledged to Mr.;' Roosevelt, the President would not object, for then New York's dele gation will nfit he" for Mr. ; Hughes, and .since the President has succeed ed in hll own mind at least in' get tlna it understood tnat uur,, itugnes is -his political enemy and opposed to "my policies." it Is not likely that such a delegation could be turned to Hughea when it Is finally learned tnat Roosevelt will not tiave it; u can we manlnulated for Taft It Is all very fine.' There, is a mas ter nolltlclan in the White House. and all -the enemies of "Me and iMy Policies' had better look out. . ' CHAMP CLARK AND (LONG ' . .. BEARDS. , Champ Clark, Congressman", from Pike county, -Missouri,- la amo.ng those wh have arrived in town ,ior-tne coming session of -Congress. ' He has .his .war nalnt on.- Some fellow here- aboute recently made the statement that he knew a man. who had a beard seven feet 'long. "That's no beard at all, said Mr. Clark, and he wrote a 'letter to The- Washington post telling, albout a man - in , Pike county who had a beard that Is. a beard. The public not, being fully sat isfied, -the Congressman from . Pike has come ' on-' to . Washington two weeks earlier than he Intended to- see about 1U He gave out an interview on the subject to-day, and If any one further questions that Missouri pro duces the greatest . twhlkers in' the worM, the matter will ibe brought up In Congress and a special investi gation asked for, " ' I r "Judge Elijah, oates," saia ' Air. Clark, "has a beard 9 feet long. He lives In my county, Just a few miles from 'my house, and I know him very well..- But his whiskers are not any special - curiosity, because there's " a man a" few miles further down : the road who has a beara It -1-2 feet long. ' This man's name is Valentino Tapley. ' I know him very welc ; A curious thing aflrtut these fellows, and that.makca me think that a tnan's character can be told by his whis kers. Now E'ljah ' Gates hr a siugni clous. kind. of fellow, not a scrapper or a brawler, you-understand, but of a stubborn type of man. His whis kers are right stiff, like horse's mane. - Rut Valentine Tapley, hla are soft as silk, and Tapley Is . a mild- mannered. ' gentle and . thoroughly agreeable, one. ot tnese tinanimaus sort of fellows. 1 J ' Of course, these fellows aon i wear their -beard down all the time. They couldn't do it : without tying a knot In it like a horse's tall, uut tney wear 'em' Inside their vests in silk bags',? Old man Tapley takes his out once, or twice a year for the benefit of . hla nekrhbors. Old man isnjan Gates takes his out too, but only to comb It He has oneiior these sugar tree combs he mad e for it, ana ne combs it ,wlth that" PLOTT4NO AGAINST MISSOURI. -' Mr. Clark has no suggestion of a hlrant adornment on his classic face, No on is. therefore, able td read his character from his beard. ; If he had one,,, though, it would likely not be soft and silken like vaientme -Tap leyv for Mr. Clark Is not unanimous. In addition to. this, whiskers matter UDon which, he tie angaged, he Is pro paring himself for a fight against the California ! Congressmen who have been trying for several years to put out of .business tne greatest winery In the. world, which is in Pike county. Missouri. They propose to do it by having all wine In which the making of which sugar is usoa termed adul terated wine or artificial wine.1. Thls Is because out in California there Is a rrape. the only one in the world, which haa enough natural fugar in it to make wine without any additional sugar. - For several successive years they have been trying air sorts of schemes to declare that the only pure wine. ; -1 went over to Dr, Wiley about tbls thing several years ago, before we had any pure food law, when he was about ?to i declare ithe wine made with sugar adulterated un der an old statute which declared that there should be certain fixed stand ards of things, like yard atlcks,; gal lon measures Rhd so (forth." They in troduced a bill lit Congress next. killed that, and, now, they -r going to Introduce another,, and I'll have to fh '.l that", , -o h Is wine and whiskers, which brlnx- Champ Clark back to Wash. Jnjrton, two things which he Is usually thoiikUt to hove no interet m at all A 1$ DINNER FO R TUB I PEER - . LErfS. . ; T'ier' g.iing to be a dinner on No V(n rr iih to Wlllliint Uryan. All PRESU)EXT IX COX1 "EREXCIl Meets President Gompers and Mem bers of Labor Vnlon Discuss leg islation at Coming Confercntie In terview Regarded as Successful. i Washington, .Nov. 9. President Roosevelt to-day conferred with President Gompers and the members of the executive council of the Amer ican Federation of Labor regarding labor legislation at the coming ses sion of Congress. John Mitchell, of of the United Mine 'Workers'. Union. who Is ill, was the. only member of the council absent ? D. J. Shackel- ton, and John Hodge,, members .of the British parliament. - and frater- nat delegates from Great Britain to the annual convention -of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, which is to open at 'Norfolk, Va.,.next Monday also were present. 5 - ' ; After" the conference Presraent Gomners said: ' ' - "We idiscussed with the President. t.ie question or i laoory legislation which have been presented to Con gress including "the1 eight-hour day proposition;- women and child" labor; employes liability and its extension; the injunction process and. the-abuses which it has developed. , "..."" "The President discussed - the mat ters frankly with us and treated us with every consideration, v A to what he will : do for : labor sin Ms forth coming message to Congress fl , pre fer ne should say nimseii."i , air. Gompora wcruia "not maicate whether the President had made any promises during the interview. He regarded the interview, however, ' as "satisfactory." r'-' ' ' ;''"'-:?,-;" ' It "wa stated "at "the -White House that the-' President woutd take the re quests of the v executive - eommtttee under consideration. 1 - - GUARDS TJNEARTH PLOT. , l-r?.t ', . .. . , . ,t;:i -V.. ..U".-:-' Carefully i Conceived- 'Plot ' tn Take ? Emperor's ' Life la Disowvercd by Railway . GuarrU Outlaws ? FJre 1 . t'pon Guard Had - Attempted to '. Cut Semaphore. : - ; -? St Petersburg, Nov.; 9. Whaf -is believed to have been a carefully con ceived plot to take the life of Em peror Nicholas, awhile he v-, was en route from Pete'rhof to his winter palace at Tsarskoe-Selo to-day,, was frustrated by the .vigilance of the railway guards. Early this morning a guard discovered .six men trying to cut the wire of a semaphore sig nal at Ugovo station, at the junction of the railroads , to - Peterhof and Tsarskoe-Selo. , The guard attempted to , arrest the men, but - waa - fired Upon and wounded. The shots, how ever, aroused the guards and. officers at the station and .several volleys were exchanged between the outlaws and the soldiers, the former escaping without Injury. The police profess to be unable to understand the attempt to cut the semaphore, as such v an act could hardly work any harm ,', to the Mm perial train, which was due to pass a ' feW hours' later. " It is generally believed,, however, that the ;. outlaws Intended- to prevent the - use of , the signal, with the object of bringing the train to a stop-at that point-No arrests nave oeen maae. w ii'ihw 1..11HN1W' an hi in A.. ,'.f.s . . -IIRK AT NORtVJLK, - Cosmopolitan Hotel and .Theatre Dc stroyed ny Jrire onglnateo From Explosion -of Gasoline Lamp Gnests Escape Injury Loss. Not Heavy. Norfolk, Va Nov. 9. The Cosmo politan Hotel and theatre at the cor ner of Ninety-ninth street and Mary land avenue, Pine Beach, just, outside of the Jamestown Exposition grounds, was to-day destroyed by lire, origi nating from the-explosion, of a gaso line lamp.; The place was owned y A;, 8 Browns and A. E. Gaylord. The loss was hot heavy. No lnmirance, : There were a number of people asleep on the upper floors of the ho tel, but all escaped. iAn unknown United States seaman, who went to sleep In the theatre section last night has not been seen, out Is thought to have escaped. The Maryland Avenue Hotel and a negro hotemeanay were both threatened for a time and the guests were hurriedly gotten out.. The Midway Arcade, owned (by Jd.vjoo, of Newport News, and the Aerial Athletic Club, ' owned vby J. w. Cashing also were burned. Loss 1 888,000 with no insurance. Captain Carpenter, U. 8. M. C. and his Powhatan Guards did valuable work - in preventing , the spread of the fire inside of the Expo sition grounds. :---:l-Ji.f' ..-t-;v.!5"v:- THE PRINCESS' TROUSSEAU. ; Such a Magnifli'ent Display of Fcm. inlno Finery Ha Not Been Keen M Paris Since the Advent of tho Third Republic There Are ? OS : Different Costumes. -rS-'-l.-J-': V :..- ;v Paris. Nov. 9. The trousseau of Princess Marie Bonaparte, whose mar riage to Prince George,, of Greece, will be celebrated 'next month, ? has been put on exhibition and has sot all Paris to discussing - It. . Such a magnificent display of feminine finery has not been seen nere since the ad vent of the third republic. "' There are 05 different costumes complete, a d ox en hats, a profusion of costly furs and sables," acres of linen and plies - of dainty lingerie. The .- lingerie : ; mono cost' 880,000,' the beautiful skirts and other garments which, the bride will wear on her ' Wedding ,: day attracting much attention. ; The Princess has been the subject of much criticism by Parisians 'because the entire . trou. eatt was purchased at a alsgla house. and that not a French but an. Aus trian house. . i , -j. , 1 .I.. i. 1 mi, , the true-bloe Bryan i Democrats M in town are invited to come and rlnft 1 8. 1 (Mr. Bryan, du tsl do of the regu lar newspaper men,' i bout the only man In the country who goes to din ners from one end of the country to the other at; prices ranging from to 118 plate. But f l dinners, so fashtonaible ,.a few. years, ago : when Mr. Bryan was In his infancy as a candidate, seem to have gone out ot style. This 83 dinner here is a cheap dinner. What they ate going to have to arm-) not specmea in tne invi tation, except to tflose - who know that Mum's Extra Dry costs $3 a bot tle. But Mr. Bryan rides high up on the water wagon, and hal generally ablevto set, up an enthusiasm on e simple, beverawe. The committee to arrange-the dinner met to-day. "Who the speakers are has not been fullyM determined, though it is understood that Mr. Bryan will peak, and that Senator Raluer will make a few ex temporaneous remarkx. There- has been some talk ot Inviting Tm John son, of Cleveland, who looms up high er 'than ever as a national figure 'be cause he defeated the ..President's man, Hurt-m, tho other day. !5 A CI I M't; !!!"!, to iie::idv u::ju: groweiis' co:n:iii: ; Conferenee Between p-e lantlc Const I, (-in 1 i Comniltteo of i;a-t ti,r Jrocrs' Association i. Tuesday 'Morning to Cos m lesel Dlseriuiiiiailoiis Id i; " Strawberries .Meeting Wi;i I mine Whether Suit Is t "Brought Waterways Conn Are Appointed, Mr. J. A. i'orc i 'ing ' Charlotte's Reprcsert 1 ' Methodist Confcrcucc to Me? t , Newbern, December 4tli M l". . ton Light Infantry to Give s Special to The Observer Wilmington, .Nov. 9. A. ca'.l" m i sued to-day by President Wil'.U'i ; Springer, of the East Carolina i r and Truck Growers' Assoclati.nt, f a special meeting of the . execu a committee of the association in t. city at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday nviu ing, ..November, 12th,.. for the purpo 0f a conference with President T. M. Emerson, of the AtlanVIo Coast Line, with reference to- transportation mat ters,, and especially : with ; regard t - alleged discrimination V arliW. local shippers of strawberries hi favor of Tennessee grower.' .'At the annual meeting 'of . the association, h'.-re August JOta, Mr. Z. tW. Whitehead offered a resolution setting forth thnt whereas ra. recent ruling of the nter State commerce commission! Indicate that growers ' in this , territory are paying higher s rates on strawberrlfis than are charged the growers In the Tennessee berry belt and that there Is a discrimination against, the North Carolina grower, that the association Resolve, That the president w tn- ktructed to Jntrulre-fully Into the situa tion and it the facta are as they seem,' that the execuive committee be in structed to take the matter up with the Coast Line . officials, requesting that the rates be lowered to a parity with' those of Tennessee within 6 daya from" September ? 1st " and that in case : of failure -the president ap point a committee of five to seek re- s. dress from the inter-State commerce commission, This resolution was unanimously passed and a copy of the same waa forwarded by Secre tary Banman to the,, -officials of the railroad.- The. result of. the , confer', ence will largely determine ' whether or not there will be a suit brought be fore the Inter-State commerce com mission to correct any discrimination that may be- found. , . - - The British steamer Invertay.clear- ed to-day for Bremen with the eighteenth cargo of cotton for for eign export ' from Wilmington this season.! It consists of something over 12.000 bales and Is consigned by, Messrs, Alexander' Sprunt & bon. Three steamers remain In port," re- iaim m .11 v". w ...... aomeimng over zu.uov - db tes airsaay ashore for their loading. The receipts of the- staple at the port the past week were only 13,583 . bales against 21,385 same week . last year. The re ceipts since September 1st have been 220,412 against only 168.91$, up to the same date last season. The past was the first week the present crop year iini lira reixiinn iihyo nui ex ceeded those of corresponding periods In J90. ' WATEnWAYS COMMITTEE. "By appointment yesterday' -Pre;l-i dent James H. Chadboum completed the list of executive committeemen for the State Waterways Association committee consists of the offlcera- ex- offlcio and five other members, the complete list belng-x James H. Chad bourn, Wilmington, president; J. A.' Tavior. R, A. Parsley, WtHlam K. Worth. H. G. Smallbones and II. W, M alloy, Wilmington; George T. Leach, Wn nil tnirtrm. first district : Joh 11 V. Bruton. Wllspn, second district; George C, Royall, Goldsboro, third district s Charles E. Johnson, Raleigh, fourth district; Julian S. Carr, Durham, fifth district; O. B. Patterson, llax ton, fifth district; George A, , Gul ledge,. Wadesboro. seventh district: W. D. Turner, Statesvllle, eighth dln trlct; J. A. Fore. Charlotte, ntnen district, and Clarence Sawyer, Asae vtlle, tenth district. , ' A box ot hot ashes carelessly left by a eorvant In a" woodhouse ad Joining nearly caused the completn destruction of the residence of FranSc K. HottaU yardmaster of the Atlan tic Coast Line, at 418 Nocth Second street yesterday. The flames had communicated ' to the larger - building when discovered and were sweeplrsff up one side lnt the attic when the firemen came. Tho damage to thn building is 1500' and to the furnlimings almost as much. ' ! ' 1 ' -METHODIST ' CONFERENCE " DEC. " - 4TH. The North Carolina Methodist Epis copal Conference will mee. on the 4th - ? of December ? at ' Newbern, Bishop Galloway, of Mississippi pre siding. Wilmington - will send as uaual a strong delegation to this an nual gathering. Of the four pastor hi thla city, only one haa completed the allotted four' years and-wilt k tm changed this year. This Is, Rev. N. M. Watson, pastor pf Grace church, one -of the strongest men in the Wil mington ministry regardless , of de nominational - line III going away will be rreeelvea with the greatest regret by the whole people of UU rlty by whom he Is held in an es tsem that Is vouchsafed to fow who reside bi . a community no longer than four short years. It Is , known that he will, fare1 well at the hands of Conference, but Wilmington re grets exceedingly to give him up. : Wilmington bankers say there Is not ar.d will be - no .occasion - for Issuing "iwlpt" here as n. relief for the money situation. Small bunks In the country have been - unusually prompt in making rcturna of tlu ir borrowing fur the euftimor ' and tho banks hvra are iwld to have the spo; cash to care for . all ordinary pur poses, , regard'.-!? of the tlghtnsn Northland the cutting on of curresi cy remittances from ."tlwt qu.irter. Under the recent ruling of the Secre tary ot the Treasury, the Murchbton Bank, of this city, has Increased Its circulation $100,000, which is no small n. in ffanlf ' . ' SMOKER TOMORROW NIGHT. Members of the Wilmington LUbt Infantry, as It was constituted dur lnir, the trying times of tho riot Jo WS. will cek-brato the anniversary of that event with a smoker to the Mi sonic Temple Monday nicrht ' Bi.ho Strange, of the Fast Carolina Di. ceee, who was chaplain ef the ci; -pany at that time, Is expected to one of the prtnclnal m-nKcrs. Mow. Joseph" H. llmton and V.. T,. lllntoii. of the Orton and tVi-'-v- Hotels; U It. D.frs. of me i- Ooi-e Company.-; and others hiv 'guntsed a- stOi-k eipany and tuMlsh a new stnn i.iunliy n city. The old -t'dd Ffliew I next to the city h.WI has I i i and machinery If row s ; ed. Cmt. i:!iu S-"l rn'j, 1 .1 1 Lewis are huvKig btil.t at 1 1 well two new '! " ' t ' ' I'cir fifd its lfli"!'i; -I'M.
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