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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1807
TILE STATE OP MR. ROOSEVELT'S
. , ,, XERVK. '
Only It last Wednesday The New
York World declared "on most- relia
ble Information" -that President
Roosevelt, without changing his poli
cies, would considerably tone down
his future utterances on the trust
question. This was the first Indica
tion that Mr. Roof tvelt's nerve had
been affected by the powerful and
concerted effort to make him and his
reform policies appear responsible for
the present financial disturbances. It
now appears that his policies, as well
as hit political methods, will under
go some modification. Washington
correspondents are fairly well agreed
that the first message to the Sixtieth
Congress will not sauna last year's
note of radical reform but ratherthe
reverse. Stress will be laid upon the
need of legislation designed to pro
mote the country's industrial and
commercial development Almost, a
a matter of course! the President will
advocate the enactment into lair of
some currency reform plan. It is by
submitting the present anti-trust laws
for overhauling, however, that close
hand observers expect him to show
a" more tolerant disposition toward
certain 'Industrial tendencies. K Bom
months ago he gave notice that he
Intended to ask Congress to exempt
railroads from the operations or the
Sherman J anti-trust law, and it
Is now generally reported that sev
eral administration leaders seriously
contemplate advising him to recom
mend 'that the entire Sherman anti
trust law be repealed In favor of
some measure aimed only at trusts
which are very 'bad indeed. The caMe
against this law and the likelihood
of Its emendation are thus stated by
The New York Commercial's Wash
ington correspondent:
"Many officials Imve reai-hod the con
elusion that the frfillpy of prohibition and
repression Is a mistaken on Thoy con
tend that In tend of fUhtln Industrial
romhlnaUon, the govermtnt rliould fori
trot.it under the terms of well-mad
laws.
"The Shermnn antl-tmst not declares
every contract. comUnallon In the f(irm
of triitt or otherwise, or conspiracy In
restraint of trade to tin menu!. Kvery
person who mitK-s any such contract, or
emrasr In nny mih eotnlilnatirn r eon
splrscy Is deemed Ruilty of a mlnln
meaner and subject to both fine and
imprisonment. T!ie nvi- s illrwtod At
ir.on'ipollmi an well ax tlinne romMnntlnns
which attempt to monopolize any prt of
the trado or commerce ttween the
KtsTrg or with foMBn nation.
"It is fur-renchlng In It cnVet 'tiul In
jnierpreiefl by ttie court nn nwile to
riiin-nm as wen as to lndiistrl.il o ir
porBtioiw. 1'r.rier It provisions, or ltr
.. firovlidnrifl In nthor aw, ,.stAm i,n...
fin seljien in trnnit ami n s;rvernment
reeeiveranip pmn wolved. The xtt-ite
si e in on way or another 1t n
nay hanren to suit tlie vwvI-Mons ,r
the nolltleal numwrs nt iv, , .
hS the pwr to ermtrnl the Department
of Jlistlee In It nf tlvltlff.
vv- "Oovemtnent oiTicl il, In eimmon with
: mH with liint" busln-ias exierlnn e
. r.ave come to the conclusion tlierofor
hst ww other mrnre npsMe ,-,( nrp.
venfln1 or ellittlnntintr nlnni.c.- of roriu.rj,,
Urms ehonld t l(vl.l to lake tin ,!..
cf the freitent antt-truxt l.iw Alune
lines the 'ihvf,ip l,w Kim.ild he
arnfU a T a prohlom for Hie ndmlnlut ra
tion and the rexnnsihlr te.idr in Con.
v STCdB tO olv
"Kt doubt Is er.Wtnlnel h.re Vni
CotjareM win smend the ntl trrst an
, in its Aopllcatfon to rallrea.U. a lron
reMnmenrttJoT to t)l effoct will i,n
sde by the Pre.t.ent In ,, Derrml-r
rnaiis. It 1 Mm'wt a-nernllv tn.ii.
, ..u, con.nin their fBllltl
s.
That the pubile must
tely upon
governmental supervision and control
-wer th rsilroa-jg father than legal
expedients tb prevent combinations
betweear thm ! now realized by
most people. When Chairman Knapp,
of the Inter-Htate Commerce com mia
Ion, declared not long ago that the
Sherman lav In 1U relation to rail-roada'.waa-an
eperny of Industrial
efficiency ' and & fosterer of rebates
uiu wner unoernana practices . his
words met with remarkably little dls
eat, ureal ralltoad, combinations
mut Iks reCognlxed as' inevltalle and
- measures for controlling them dovlsed
accordingly. Wt also reoogmlte that
- the Sherman law aa it now stands is
too. loosely drawn. Many men carry
ing n business iq an entirely nnob
Joctlanatl. manner are afraid of it,
or rather, of,-wluit' some offlclai at
Washington; may do? with it . Thns
, the principal measure , which (Mr.
RooseyeJt U expected to recommend
lnvolve.no talk war J tep hut rather
the seeking ot surer ground a little
e'le from the path .which he has
hitherto pursue, Te attempt much
further advsnce with' tha country's
fTandal affairs In their present state
r -' ' 1 -' ims Hy " foolish from--the
1 ;t .!-? others-:. , ;" r t';.;t is
e l, of the situation.
We don't see any sv.:IU !ent reason
to believe that the cat haa as yet got
Sir. Kooscvelt's nerve.
NOT IX A CTvASS WITH 1533 AXD
", 1873.
The present scramble for currency
leads The Wall Street Journal to
make this quotation from John De
Witt Warner's "Sound Currency,"
published In 1895: -.'"
Then developed the foature that -will
forever characterize the stringency, of
JWtJ Instructive to thoae who have not
already learned how immaterial Is any
ordinary supply of lesral currency when
compared with eredifc in its various
form, the real currency of the country.
Almost let ween morning and night tha
scramble for currency had begun and
eulminRted all over the country, and the
preposterous bulk f v our circulating
mertlum had reen swallowed up as enreci
ually as. In a scarcely less brief period,
sold and silver haddlaappeared before
the premium on specie a generation be
fore. Currency was hoardtd until tt. be
came so rcarce that It had to be bought i
as merchandise at a premium of 1 per
wnt to 3 per cent. In' checks, payahlo ,
through the clearing house, and to en i
able their families to meet petty bills
at th -summer "resorts the merchants j
and professional men of the cities .were j
rorcea to purchase ana send oy express '
acRages or bins or coin; while savings I
anks hawked their government bond In
vestment about the money centres In a i
vain effort to secure currency. The paaic i
was naturally worst among those if too
little financial standing to use oank ac
count for their ' ordinary business, so
that the action of bank depositors but
Inadequately suggests the cnerat ten-!
dency.. ;. , - i v ' 1
This is a story of old times vcNch
most people , now living; can largely
verify through experience. 1 It is In
structive In several ways, but most
of all as a reminder how vastly mil
der are the present troubles. What
we are having now scarcely deserves
to be called a minor panic,; Compared
with those of 1873- and 1893, It is but
a one-horse affair and utterly un
able to attain such proportions. Let
no one be unduly depressed, for bet
ter days are not very far ahead.
IX NOMIXATIOX FOR KLG.
Should the people elect Mr. Roose
velt King- as Theodore the First?
Law students , at the University of
Michigan thought Prof. Joseph H.
Drake was Joking when he raised this
question and answered it In the af
firmative, hut the professor soon un
deceived them. In ' explanation he
said he advocated putting Mr. Roose
velt on a throne because of his wise
corporation policies. Presidential
elections and the maintenance of the
office under the present system are
attended by too many evils, argued
Professor Drake, and for that reason
he favored burning all bridges and
giving a free hand to King Theodore.
Presumably, though this point was
ftot dwelt upon, Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr., would enter the Departments at
Washington, as Frederick William
HSohenaollern has just entered those
at Berlin, and learn the business from
ti ground up. The .class aid not
ajfrpYaua. While theHyire Roosevelt
lolaters and Rooseveltlolaters,- ProfesJ
r Drake aeems to he well in the
ead. The- third-termers should
hid their 'diminished heads.
now
Wow that a Republican Governor
has been elected in Kentucky It re
mains to te seen whether ex-Qover-nor
W. S. Taylor, an exile In Indiana
since the Oocbel assassination, will
venture a return. Meantime the un
happy Caleb Powera la heing tried
some more.
However seriously meant may have
been Professor Drake's declaration In
favor of making Mr. Roosevelt King,
we are reminded of Col, Al Falrbroth
er's vJhllom efforts to elect his friend
John Palntsllnger Emperor of Dan
ville. Turn shout's the order of the
world. President Roosevelt made
reputation at the trusts' expense and
now they are making reputation at
hi.
WOMAN DFSERTS INFANT.
Af or fipondlnff Three tVeeks at C.lon
Rock lTtpl. Waiting For a llnib
ITtislwnd. Tnknown Tdy Tnavf(
nnby to Fay Hoard Rill of $.
Upeolfit to The Observer.
AHhevIlle, Nov. 12. Tht're has been lit-jMt-nt
dtmnnd here to-day for a 2-
efk-oll Inrant who was deserted by its
mother lato ystwlpy afternoon at the
n Hock Hotel. ThO el .110, nowewr,
m ben elve,n Into the enro of a fhllrt-
r society ana a proper non-n v ,u
lit found for It. It neems thnt shout, four
week n a lartyi .giving her name as
Mm. (' H. Jobnthan, of rinrida, ' iirnv-
1 In Ashevltle, unfl reflstered at the
filcti Uok Hotel. She wu in a dnllcatn
condition ivml tatpd that her hunbaml
had nt.avoUlnWy detained and would
rome on liter, A child was born three
wrek ago and although the mojlior i-
nrently lt okert una watted tor the oom
na of her husband such n person didn't
how up. A r,ure was secured and the
niHiiiiitei-ient of h- Oleh Rock showed
the mother every attention and courtesy.
1 nte veettrdnv afternoon the mother
kissed the ' Infant and Catherine up a
bundle, left tV hotel. She has not since
fcen seen.
To-day Mr. Lanajn, of thfl Olea Roek.
received n letter from "Mrs, Jonathan,?
rwtmarked Ashnvllle, stating that she
had not a dollar; that she wan unable to
l-ay board and that she had therefore do.
erted the Infant. The mother Intimated
that sooner or Ister she wculd claim her
child. The hotel was stuck for a $r4
board WJI. To-day Mr. Lenite has had
rt lexs than a doarm Ineqlrles relative
to the Infant from persens who wanted
In adopt it. The little motherless bte
luis. however, been taken In chama.
Tiie yomw giving her name as "Mr.
I., IT, JoJiattmn" hns .-reeelTed letters
and teiwim from a-nan giving his
name nn H Jonathan." One of these
letters was vrltton November 2d and
dated Columbia. 8. C. The woman wni
t very Intelligent snd apparently well
bred lady. Hhe wns atrlklnelv ho'ndaom
and when she left the botol yete.rdav
sfternovn It was not snsretel that she
wss going to desert her child .
Coses Mtled in miled Stafca Conrt.
special to The observer. , -
Aanevr.ie. Nov, l, In United
mates Court this afternoon two im.
portant damage suit were comprom.
ls4. The suit of D. M. Buck against
the Wood Galloway Lumber Company
n wnicn tno . plaintiff as
manded - 120,000 for - breech ' of
of vbntract on a lumber deal, ' ths
cas ended l)y iha defendant agree
ing to prty the plaintiff 18.500. - .
. The Bouthern Rallwny compromis
ed a $20,00J) suft for $1,600, It was
a suit brought for. the Jeath of David
Houston, who wan killed on h local
yards of the railroad several years
gov
J.lM-rr.ry t"I.i!w of J-,.! ',. ;-y .
sIi-o.-M-.! by At-tor VN ii
Tviirds ("li'iii ; - ,i,c--IH-ar's
IUi'lianl Is a lcn,.,ti I iiaiUi
iratctl. Hut Troves Lat 1 i.iisi ii'iict
,o Such 1'crsoii a Ho is l;cpre
sontotl- Knows liryan Iiitlitiately
Mctlunlifit Ministers ; Trooping in
and the C1U ken Joke is lUing He-
vlvtl Only to lie Worn, Out Apaln
First ScwMlon This Mornbis at 9
. O'Oock Harrt.soii Williams, Char
lotte Colored Man AMio Was so
Seriously Beaten Monday Night, if
Regarded as Out of Danger 2'ow..,
Special to The Observer. ' ; ..
Salisbury, Nov. 12. Tha literary
clubs of Sallsburv enioyed a special
appearance- of John Oriftlth fjls af
ternoon In the Elks' Club when e
spoko so charmingly of Shakespeare,
Cie reat dramatist whom h plays
each year with Increasing ecrat His
reference te himself as a "pretty
good actor and a very bad speaker"
brought laughter to the" select and
smart of Salisbury who think, him ss
delightful on the rostrum as upon
life's mlmte boards. - -
Mr. Griffith 'took; the ground that
Shakespeare's Richard Is a complete
demon-, with hardly a redeeming vice
Unless Indeed It Is his . magnificent
deviltry, but he gave rapid-fire and
convincing proof that no such mon
ster lived In tha "person of the last
Plantagenet. who was of comely ap
pearance and made hideous by a ser
vant at the Tudors. ,' He was speak
ing almost exclusively to the ladie.
whom he pronounced, on the side, as
handsome a body as he , toad ever
met In ths biggest places, and they
understood. It; wis ths. theatre-going,
literary people to whom be talk
ed and If he evef bore the reputation
of being a bad speaker, he lost It this
afternoon, k s
PLAYS AT sTHEATRE.
Tc-night at the theatre," the samd
people defied th elements and In
"Richard Tha Third" he played -to a
jfood house. He goes tto Charlotte
Thursday afternoon, speaks twice to
the colleges and clubs and, all in all,
he is giving the public mora, Shake
speare than It has had in years and
he makes it most attractive. v
Mr.-Grlfflth is a thoroughly Inter
esting man oft the stage. In person
he Is William Jennings Bryan over
again, has lived In Bryan's town and
knows him more Intimately than al
most anybody. In voice he Is super
ior to the big Nebraskan and he Is as
muscular as Jim Jeffries, All of the
celebrities are known to him, Mr.
Griffith spoke affectionately of John
Charles McNeill whom he remember
ed well and loved as a prince of
good -fellows among newspaper men
THE CONFERENCE TO-DAY,
The standing joke upon the Metho
dist ministers has been worn to a
frazzle to-day in the pointing of all
vUltors to the plethoric chicken
coops on the streets. One poet has
sung to the dying roosters.
It all means that to-morrow morn
ing the Methodists , of the Western
North Carolina Conference meet here
in the Methodist church in their An
nual Conference. Bishop ; Morrison
presides ahj is the guest of Senator
Overman.- Rev. Plato Durham, of
Charlotte, is the guest of Congress
man and Mrs. Theo. F. Kluttz, as
la also that Salisbury favorite, Rev,
W. A. Lambeth. The first session I
to be held to-morrow morning at 9
o'clock. There are' expected fully
800 church people.
Will Fisher and Claude Boyden,
colored toughs, clubbed Harrison Wil
liams half to death last night and the
negro was thought to be dying sev
eral times during th nlht. He" Is
regarded as out of danger now. Wil
liams Is & Charlotte negro and was
walking down an obscure street when
the two attacked htm. Fisher Is a
stub of a man, having lost both legs
at the knee several years ago while
"boozing It." With a beer bottle he
pounded the Charlotte lad, while his
accomplice beat him with a brick.
Before they had finished, nine. wounds
were made on the head. This morn
ing, Williams was able to talk and It
developed that he had been assaulted
for his money while the unbailable
boys' who beat him are held until he
recovers. They Claim seu-ueienue.
THE FRANKLIN KILLING.
Norton, the Slayer, Met Franklin, tho
Main, at Home of Young Lady
Claimed That Franklin Ralcd a
How. , .
Special to The Observar
Ashevllle, Nor. 11-rA telephone mes
aiac from Marshall this morning gives
(uV'ltionnl Information relative te the
killing of Ben Franklin at the home of
neorne Franklin, at White Bock, in
Madison county. C Bunday evening by
ciKrk NCTtnn," It was staled that Nor
ton hftrt gone to call on the young lady
at the iome of- George Franklin Sunday
rvenlne and there met Franklin, who. It
li alleged raised a row and a a a reult
Norton drew his rlstol Bnd shot Franklin
dead. The further - interectlnsr alleged
fact were ftlHO given over the 'phonu
to th effect thnt Norton carried with
him a marrlacte certificate; that he went
for the purpose of marrylnar the yonnsr
Inrtv nf hi rhotee, and further, that
after tho killing the couple was married.
H was slated .that, tnese aitepua facts
were .learned nt Marshall after yotinjr
Norton had been taken there and placed
In Jill.
The formal arraignment of Huuh Pos
toll on a hill of Indictment charging him
with the murder of, Ed. Edwards, of
Hlah ITlnt, In Ashevllle some time ago,
occurred hrSupeitor Court this mornltior.
The young man charged with the murder
appeared. la court cool and collected. H
wns occomnsnled by his sorrow-strlclien
mother and able counsel. To the Indict
ment ho plehded "not gillty." It Is prnb-
dhlo that a Jay for the trial to com
mence will be set to-morrow. It Is also
more thnn nnibahle that a motion for
continuance will bo made, Frxnk carter
and- Locke Craig, candidate for the
iDe in erratic Knotrnntorlal nom nation.
represent the deonse.
The Bliffht of Bryan.
New Y.Tk World. ' ' '
iMr, llryan supervised the nomina
tion nf the Fusion ticket In Nebraska.
He framed a platform, which defined
his new Isstio of State rights. On the
eve of election he made five speeches
In behalf of the Democratic-Populls
tlo Itcket. Nebraska ' has gone Re
publican by 20,000. s
What Is to 'be said of a ."logical
candidate" for President whose State
has g-ne against him In every elec
tion since 1899 T
,The returns from Kentucky are n6
more flattering to Mr. Bryan's politi
cal leadership than '.he returns from
Nebraska. Mr. Bryan made . two
speech-making Invasions of Kentucky
during the campaign, ana the Repub
lican candidate lor oovernor is elect
ed by 14.000. ' ' Kentucky has taken
Its place among th aoubtfut States.
In New Jersey a Democratic party
not handlcaTuped (by iBryan policies
or Roan speeches or Bryan support
has reduced the uooseveit plurality
of 80,000 to a scanty 8,t)00 and re
habilitated ltselfctaa an aggressive po
litical organization. , - ' .
The Republican majorities In No-
bra ska snd Kentucky ought to mean
tne elimination or Mr. Hryan from
tho leadership of the I Democratic
party, Why should he be nominated
for President, or why should he be
allowed to dloUte the Democratic
nomination f i-,'""!w
JOHN CIURLES BI'NEDLL.
Mewbern Sun, Oet 19th.
John Charles 'McNeill Is dead. The
statement carries sorrow to thousands
of hearts, .He was a genius. He Is
best known through tils work on The
Charlotte Observer, and that paper Is
mourning a loss that Is heavy: He
possessed the qualities that men love
most In men. He waa original, bright,
sincere,';- He was gentle and . una.
sumlng. He conversed with his close
est personal friends In a' manner and
style as simple and pleasing as i a
child to. whom Santa Claus had been
kind, i His heart was warm and his
face beamed with a radiant llaht be.
mna
wiui.fi' mere was a rare soui.'. -. '- t
We knew (htm well and loved him.
ana it is - hard to realize that we
shall no more see the beloved, hand
some young -Scotchman.-. ' '
He deserved all that has been.", or
will be,: said of htm. ; .We make no
apology for copying so much of The
Observer's. edUorlal reference to liim;
as follower . .-.-.:?: ' , '
"John Charles McNeill has embark
ed upon that unknown sea that rolls
round all the world. We pretend to
no shock of surprise, i, For long the
mark : of death has been written In
his face and those who loved him
most have-not mis-read tt But re
flect as we may upon the factj sek
as we may to accustom ourselves to
the thought of ills absence, it Is new
and cruel and the philosophy of life
Is Invoked In vain for alleviation cf
the pain of it all. The public know
hint , through the exquisite versa he
gave lt and through which ran his
soul, and admired him; but to those
who were In intimate personal s con4
tact with "him he attached himself
with the tenderest ties of affection,
suggested by something - else :han
his mere Intellectual qualities. There
was never a sweeter eplrJt. -His presence-
meant 'sunshine. He was uni
form of mood, the mood ever doHgh
ful, and one who knew him to-day
knew , Mm yesterday, to-morrw, al
ways. VThls was the man in person.
Plain, simple, natural. He could not
have pretended if he had wanted to;
tho beauty, of his character, was Its
perfect naturalness. He was amiable
almost to a fault, and under this roof,
where men are judged by eaoa other,
where friendships are cemented and
characterisycj discerned, n harshj
words of hls no unkindly criticism py
him of any human being can be re
called. It was a golden 'heart. He
compelled affection; without trying
to find his way Into the hearts cf
people, he won Irresistibly whoever
came within the circle of his ac
quaintanceship. He was so near the
heart of the writer that It Is diffi
cult at this moment to write of him
conservatively, and It is not singular
thai; the -proper words do pot coma
when one stands tn the presence' of
a great grief. It is the .opprobrium
of life that now as ever, while fi lends
iu.ii arounu us, t mo iaAvtv
rrand of duty compels us and we
must go our usual ,ays, empl.iy our
common words and meet the 1 great
world with smiling faces, though our
hearts be aa heavy as lead. -
"North Carolina was good to this
young man; It weighed. hln at the;
worth;' he was conscious" of this and
was grateful for tt saying always
that , he was -over estimated and t.p
pralsed for more than he was. Such
.was his moifjetrV The Intelligent,
inofin tiubllo knew him bet
ter than he knew Jtlmselfii? We think
it Is not an exaggeration" to say that
he was the greatest genius our state
has yet produced; that no one of our
people has written v euco poeiry .
he.A He would have comoattea quica-
ly the exprasrfon'jof jthijr judgment
yet H ia submitted in coimaence to
the ' deliberate consideration of those
who have followed Aim, and there is
the added test that he had ready
access to the columns of tne nrsi
magazines of the country.
"He died before ms time. e aieu
when his genius -had budded and
was Just coming Into flower. There
is no guessing what he rmgnt nave
accomplished. Nothing could apply
better thn the words written of an-
"Touched by his hsnd the wayside weed
Become a flower; the lowliest reea
y Bsia. me siream
IS clothed With beauty t s;orse and grass
And heather, where his footsteps pass,
The prignter seem.
"And then to die so yonng and leave
Unfinished what ha might achieve!
Kvt Better sura
Is this than wandering up end 3own
An old wan in ;i country to. .
Jnflrm snd roor."
"Forever while those who knew
and loved him and .we are many
live, he - will be mourned and miss
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Cotton Letter.
KiAcial to Tie Observer.
Now York. Nov. I J. To-day the
strength of Liverpool was in direct
contrast with the weakness of this
market In Europe.' the spinners are
buyers, believing thev decline has
reavhej a joint where it is advisable
to buy at least a portion oi ineir re
qulrernents. vi -
Here the temper of the trade con
tlnues ' very pesstmlsttci with Wall
Street traders looking for a further
decline as soon as me cotton wnicn
they believe is held In the Interior Is
hmuKtit forward for sole., On this
i.iftft the have been large sellers to
day after . tha. cJosa of the. Liverpool
market.' i '. "
This market; is regaroa in Europe
n ton law, comparea wun tn Euro
pean msrketa and fhey are buyers
hem nn the arbitrage between the two
markets. They conmaer me contract
after the 1st of January more valu
able than for years,, ana nave tnere-
fore ; revised meir usuai , position,
which Is to be short injfew York
and. Ion in uvcrpwt. ,. :
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Now To in Ilepubllcan Explainers.
Roxboro Courier.
A financial panic Is a bad thing
to run ud - against at any time. ; It
depresses business of every kind, and
nnta sivervtntna in ynrua con
dition, (but there Is a consolation to
Democrats In tHe present panic It
will, or ought to forever close the
mouth of Reipubllcan : lolltlclans
ae-ainst the argument.that this coun
try- never had panics except under
Democratic administration. We won.
dor if snv of them will have the
ibrass to mention the Cleveland ,PnIo
of 1891 in the campaign next year?
Hardly, they will be too busy trying
to- exulaln tho cause of the , Roose
velt -panic UQl
SENATOR OVEIOLVX TALKS,
Sleet Ins of tlie Senate Commit tee on
Military Affairs In Mashinffton
Monday to Consider tho Browns
ville Affair How the Vote Will
Stand Senator Pettus Letter, .
"The Senate Committee - on ' Mili
tary Affairs will meet la Washington
Monday to dispose of the Brownsville
matter,' remarked Senator Lee 8.
Oyertnan to ' an Observer man last
night In : the "lobby of the - Eelwyn.
f'The vote will likely stand 10 to i
ator Foraker. Aside from the five
u . . ,UM wnw !w TUW
with .the. President are : Senators
Lodge, of Massachusetts;- Warren, of
Wyoming; Warner, of Missouri; He
menway, of Indiana, and othera
Senator Foraker, ; of Ohio, Is vigo
rously championing; the cause of the
discharged f colored troops and will
doubtless file - a' minority report I
bav been told that he claims to have
additional evidence to present at the
committee meeting Monday, Doubt
less you recall 'the details of the
Brownsville Investigation. , Not ' one
of the colored troops requisitioned to
testify knew anything at all of the
shooting. On the contrary; however,
there were IS or 20 white men who
gave convincing testimony te the
effect that the, negro troops did the
rioting and as such merited the
punishment inflicted upon them. But
for . Senator Foraker's vigorous es
pousal of their, cause - there would
have been . little division . of opinion
with the committee. Even as it Is,
the vote will be overwhelming. ;
"In referring to those who would
vote to sustain the President, I In
clude the lamented Senator Edmnnd
W. pettus, of Alabama. I have In
my possession a paper .written by '"aim
but a short time before f his kleath irr
which he authorizes me 'to cast his
vote In the committee meeting when
the matter came up for final settle
ment It reads something like this,
I hereby authorize Senator Overman,
of North Carolina, to-, cast mjr vote
in the Brownsville matter. I stand
with the President and believe that
the negro troops - did the shooting.
Senator Pettus wrote that letter and
gave it to me to keep.'. It was short
ly after the death of his brother Sen
ator, the late John T. Morgan, and
but -several weeks prior to his own
death. - It is a priceless rello which I
shall preserve."
Senator Overman was asked to re
main over to-morrow and meet a
number of his friends, He refused,
saying thaUhe had - to return to
Salisbury this morning in order to
entertain several of the delegates who
will be his guests during the sessions
of the Western North Carolina- Con
ference this -week. He will leave for
Washington Sunday night,;
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FIREMEN'S BARBECTE. .
Members of the City Fire Departmetit
Entertain Their Friends at wg
Barbeme Col, A. L. Smith Toast
master. . v-'. , 1 '
The flremen'a barbecue, owing to
the Inclement weather, was. held In
the halt over the old Charlotte Coca-
Cola Bottling WorKS, on Sputh
Church street, yesterday. Two .long
tables had been arranged from one
end of this room to the other and
about these the 70-odd' guests stood.
CoL A. L. Smith, chairman of the fire
committee of the board of public
safety, presided tn his usual happy
manner,
The barbecue was of the old-fash
ioned kind and as such will long be
remembered. Mrs. W. S. Orr bad
charge of It and to her efforts, more
than te any one else colonel the
success of the affair was due.
After all. toad : been served, Col
Smith,, who previously had made a
little tklk himself, called upon Chief
of Police Chrlatenbury ror a lew
words. Chief Chrlstenbury could not
talk for the reason that he was "too
full for utterance,'! an excuse which
the sympathizing crowd could not but
a crept. Others were called upon as
follows: Capt. w. K. Robertson,
Rev G. A. Page. Dr. F. O, Hawley.
Mr. E. S. Williams, Mr. C I
Oates. Mr, P. M. Cave and Fire Chief
Orr. The appearance or Chief orr
was the signal for a round of boK-
terots applause. His ' talk, while
brief was a ' most hsppy one
The guests . included the firemen,
policemen, health officers,' and ' the
loading members of. the present city
administration. - All . enjoyed them
solves to tha limit. ' ' '
EXTRADITION GRANTED. J
Walter Newman Wanted In Virginia
on Charfim of Orana Lerreny, Will
ne Rroncht Rack Front London to
Face Charge.
London, Nov." 12. The extradition
of Walter "-Arthur Newman, - alias
Robert Lewis, . alias Charles . Miller,
who is wanted by the . Virginia au
thorities orf the charge of grand
larceny and by the' authorities f
New York for felonious asaault was
granted to-day by the presiding mag
istrate at Bow street ponce court
The papers : In the esse brought
here by a Virginia detective did not
aulte fulfill the requirements, -but the
prisoner deciarea nis willingness 10
return to Amertcs. unaer -me jung
11 sh law Miller, which Is believed to
be the prisoner's right name. . must re
main here for a fortnUht after the
extradition order1 Is signed In order
to give time tor application for
writ of habeas corpus.
Tobacco ' Growers Ordered to Leave
" s , ' ; conntyj
Clarksville. Tenn., Nov. ' 18. -Four
but had -not Joined the association. The
men held a revolver over mm wnne
one struck him with a stick. His sons.
Thomas and Claude, were struck sev
eral times. Wade's wife and daughter
were badly rrigntenea. 'iney came to
Clarksville to-day. - ;
Receiver For iArge Grocery.
ftolma, Ala., Nor. 11 .The' Gary
Grocery Company, one of the largest
wholesaleyirms In Central Alabama,
ms declared bankrupt this after
noon and E. Lamar was appointed
receiver, ? Thfl liabilities are estimat
ed at more than $100,000, Assets as
.it unknown. Bad collections are
tilea aa the cauge pl.the tr'rew..
p.
n
p.
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, . This eddt drizzling rab makes us think of '
sure enough' winter We who havebeen i
wearing gauze underwear and low cuty shoes
btin to feel it's time for warmer garments. 1
Our sujts haven't the required warmth and a ,
clpalcor overcoat is neiccessary. Our shoes,
no' matter whether new or old. are not stiff ?
dent and a pair "of fybberis e; necessary ; to
comfort ithis rainy weather. , - Now. you dont,
want to pay the long retail specialty price for
either of these, so toV get what you want and ;
what you need; at the price - of panic times,
come tov us. We have the best at the lowest
prices.
Will Furnish You
With a Good Um
brella for $l.O0
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in,' case you are out- in this rain without one
and it will last you one
Now, while this was a-good
it would have been had the weather been favorable. .
If the ladies of Charlotte knew what we were show
ing in Skirts at $3.50, $5.00, $7.50 and $10.00 they'd
come through rain, hail, gleet or snow for a selection.,
.-: st-;N Umbrellas ' ,
This is :. just the ; weather for
. Long Company's iS justthe jlace to buy. them, for.t
they carry three large stocks two, stocks in the la-
' dies department and one in'the men's furnishing de- "
Apartment; " Now, " one of our specials is an Umbrella ';
at $1.00, We guarantee every. one of these. If, this,
is not as nice as you want, we have all grades from
; 50c. to-$i5.oo., -:, - . ; ;
.Dry
Good Shoes and Euobers
-you can't find a fetter place-to purchase, these than .
at our, stores.-. Our stock
is large and complete, x
... ... Men's, Women's.
Rubbers, light ,or medium
,i Btucti, x? ircsu, ouwa yi.
kind to shoe "an entire family, "from the baby weari sV."
ing the soft sole up to the; mother, wearing' the "So- s I.
rosis,"-kid,or PatenV'at $3.50rand $100, and 'the Y-
father with our "Knox," at $5.00 arid $6.00. '
To live light is to act right, and you can't make amis-'
take by itaking your purchascs'at . , ' . 1 " ' -
fl'
year's
That Skirt Sale . ' - .
sale, still it s nothing like
.Umbrellas, and the' little-
Feet
are necessary
for this, arid
of both Shoes and Rubbers
. . ' ;
and Children's
weight or. Sandals, and the ,
au quauueo tutu ovci . y
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