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CHARLOTTE, K. 0., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1007. PRICE FIVE C. COSFIDEXCE AT TREASUBY BKYAN ADDRESSES Y.M.C.A. SECOND OSLY TO 1'ISAKCK SENATOR TILLMAN TALKS gui::ci:ipiio:i piiicl: cs.oo a year. UNANIMOUS FOR GOMPEBS HIS EVERY ACT ENDORSED. CIIUKUH UNION DISCUSSED SHOT BY NE0K0 LUI.UL r- J 'organ visits cortelyou. Flerpoist Morgan Has Conference With Secretary But Nothing la Given Out as to Object Mr. Mor gan's Report of Improved Condi tions in New York Heightens Feel ing of Success of Certificates Strong Rally in Stqck .Market Has . ;ood Effect- New York - Bankers Will Co-Opcrate With Treasury De- Fartment in Making Snocess of New oriis Certineates Have Mado 'Their Appearance. -' Washington, Nov. 2J.-J. Plerpont Morgan had a. short, conference with 9 Secretary Contelyou this afternoon. Just before "I o'clock an3 -.t its con clusion lft for New, York. V Nothing , was disclosed in regard to the object of his visit. A feeling of confidence la the success of the new loans seem ed to prevail at th Treasury to-day , an,d was apparently heightened by; the assurance given; by . Mr. Morgan- of the improvement in tne 'situation in , , New York. The -strong rally in the stock market and the loss ot "ess than "half a million m the required reserves ' of the New York 'banks strengthened . the v feeling that confidence 'was -re-; turning and that it would be' reflect- ' ed In 'the offers for the new securities 1- received during the cominfr week.' . . , ij. BANKS WELL CO-OBEiRATE. 4 , ' ; The visit'' of Mr. Morgan was gen . erally accepted among bankers here - as -evidence that the financial leaders -, in I New York intend tov co-operate "with - the Treasury Department : in making a success of, the new loans. Mr. Morgan has long favored some modification of the existing currency -- system and he found Secretary Cortel- you in agreement - with him. -.V. r - The . assurances brought by -Mr. v Morgan in regard to the improvement in condition in New York, with the v subscriptions which are still coming C in tor the new loans, encourages the ? belief here that, the corner has been turned in the monetary situation and --;that the banks-throughout , the coun-; try will soon be able to resume cur ', rency - payments without ' restriction; The enormous amount of gold which has arrived or been engaged Is felt to be rather more than sufficient o - restore" the New York. bank, reserves trt . Uoint of safety and it is beuevea , that after ithe opening of the bids for " the Panama bonds the situation will be such that further gold imports -will not be required. ' . SHIPMENTS TO NEW YORK. t , The new Treasury ." certificates of - . Indebtedness haye already made their - appearance in the Treasury as securi tv for circulation. -. :"" -v I - U .Additional-.. bank : notes to . the . mniint vf i s.oon.ooo . baaed' on the new certificates were shipped" to New . - York , this afternoon and other large . sum are in sight, for shipment early -' In 'the coming week. Among other - ' v"' ana-afremenU ; is1 one'.' of 11,208,000, ' ' - which haa been made by Vice Presl ' ' dent' Wexler.-bC the WbJmey. Central ' " in tor several other New : Orleans ' hank.. Th total shipments" of add! tional circulation taken dutinee No- 4 Vember 1st Js now about ,. .36,000,000. ' Tt i understood that Secretary Cor h telyou Is making allotments of the ' new -certificate o individual national , (banks irf New York, wmcn xact is as " ' V Mm d tn mean (that the Secretary and . the banks themselves favored that nun rather than action through? a , syndicate. , . - '. 1 , ; ATTORNEYS ARE BUSY. FtwoarlnV For What All Hope to Be Alienists lieaay to xesmj m jwc fendant's Behalf. k t ' f Washington, ' Nov.3 S. The v at v .Vnth aide nf thn Rrd ' lev case were very nuch,engaged to : day in preparing for what all of them x ' .nope wui De ins iai ween oi 7- famous murder trial. The case will be - resumed Monday . promptly " moat immediately will enter upon nf th indications Of ' '. insanity on the part of their cllentj l.yj 1 but?' vy w ' vr - f - -- tttm w IIIVllOU ., KVt V"" - - w w . - ---i " their behalf. They, to-day , were oc J " 1 cuDled ' in putting the finishing touches upon the hypothetical ques- . , v i twin , wmcn iney ... wui . ui-vyuyua. w iQose experts o . . . . . will n T, best possible snape - wnen courv con - The nrosecutlon will undertake to ' s.combat-the i contentions of the -de- t fenae and to snow mat tne .aeienaam was not osly responsible when she ' . fired' the shot but that all of' her - ' .'acts were-deliberate and 'that she s came to wasmngron wiui uie huwm ''' purpose of- either compelling Senator : Bfown to marry her or of killing himT v; ' Th very facts, of the woman's con- i, .., j. . a i..niiinA n IntcllM't anil mni. tal Attainment which have been used vmnathv for her. will be t ' rhiiiert asralnst her by i District '.- . 5 ' Attorney Raker and 'his assistants, .' Mmn Turner. and Given. They V will not only question the alienists ' ; i who will appear In Mrs. Bradley's '. , vv,if hut introduce mental ex t - Y,rt - of their - own to contradict '!? ' whi'l all the attorneys hope "to fc nhiA- to conclude the case next v , - week, they do not by any means feel - . . certain of ,sucn accompnsnment. . .. ASKS FOR DfJUNCTIOS. 41 1 RtnoVholdera Bef onct- Loan and Tte ," L demotion. Company Files Action H . .niolnlnir Officer ol baia com 3 V - pany Iom Disposing ot Personal V Atlanta. Ga.. Nov. 23. Through i i his counsel, A. O. Marbut, a local etockholder of the defunct Georgia A' Loan and Redemption Company, , . s filed action in the Superior Court to . 4 ' day asking that M. M. Turner, for merly a councilman and tu com - Kanys secretary and " treasurer, a be , enjoined from disposing of any .of nis property, real or personal. Mar but alleges in his petition,. that Tur ner appropriated over $90,000 of the company's money which should have gone into 'the reserve . fund. A tern rorary order was issued ' restraining " Mr. Turner from dlsppslng ot - his , property and he wa ordered to ap . pear in court December 14th. 1 ' Governor Signs Statutory prohibition . - uiu. ' Montgomery, Ala.,, Nor. :, 13. Gov. .ernor Comer signed the statutory pronmition cm this afternoon ana "the special session of the lKlslature came to an ena to-night; The sign lnir of the prohibition bill was wit . Iiessed by a score or more of women - who then marched to the second floor of the Capitol and Joined In singing "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" at - tb doors, of - the Senate and House. on christlin crnzENSinr. Great Crowd Hears Mr. Brjfan at Mass Meeting Held Under Auspices of Intenuttlonal Convention Secre tary Cortelyou Slakes Introductory Addref Declares Bryan's Pres ence Was an Inspiration to Good Citizenship Difference Between Christian and Heathen Countries Keeping Men From Doing Wrong Better Than Keformlng Tliem in Penitentiary After Wrong Has Been Committed. ., Washington, Nov. 23. Christian cit- lsenshlp, as exemplified by. the Young Men's Christian Association, was the topic of an address by William ; J, Bryan at a largely attended mass meeting ,- held , under the : auspices of the international convention of that" association at Convention Hall this af ternoon. - It waa the leading, feature of the day's event of the convention. Mr.-Bryan was escorted to the plat form by George B. Cortelyou, Secre tary of the Treasury, tremendous ap plause greeting the two men as they tnaae their appearance in tne nan, where i both j spoke. Accompany ing, them were Fred . B. Smith, In charge of the religious work of -the international committee, v. and ; Judge Seldon P. Spencer president of .'.the international convention. Mr. Bryan, who made the principal address was Introduced by .Mr. Cortelyou ana tne remarks of ', both were heartily ap plauded." , --, " CORTELYOU SPEAKS. ; In his address introducing Mr., Bry an, Mr. corteiyou earn air. tnym Dresence here in international conven tion is an inspiration to good cltlsen shlrf everywhere. He said Mr. Bryan's interest; In the . association's unoSak ings is welt known, and he had the honor and pleasure t -presenugg w you my friend of many years, the Hon. William -J. Bryan." :y,-iW-vv; Mr. Bryan drew many lessons ana nolnted out the influences to. De ex erted and benefits to be derived from an acUve Christian cltlienshlp. 'sHe spoke of the tie that '' Wnds all Chrl tlanlty; of the differences in xne pror of heathen. countries as compared with those which bad embraced Chis- tianity:Cof the - great - influences pi the Y..M. C A, for good, of. the leson of moral -courage from the act of the prodigal eon in returning to his father and declared that , if J we cannot eend preachers to the heathen "We can send r.hriat ta them for every living Chris tian life is a great sermon in: Itself the Christian llf o is an unanswerable argument in iavor of (Christianity. OF ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE. Mr. Bryan declared that the Y. M. C. A was of . economic - advantage in every city. If is cheaper, he eaid, to keep men from doing wrong tnan to reform them in the penitentiary after they have committed wrong. - WAv ehould any, man be asnamea to confess himself a follower of Jesus Of Naxareth?" asked Mr. Bryan. Tnen diHcuBslna-. the fact -so many, men de clare there are i things in the BIBTe one cannot understand "he Bald that u we only-try to live np to wltu.t" """do understand .we will be w busy qouw gooa thatwe wiU 'not have time "to think or things we oont unaerstana Christ's philosophy is a positive one, argued Mr.. Bryan, when talking about the 'progress of Christian lanas over those of heatnen lanas. That or, con fuclus is a negative one. Cfirtst's philosophy appealed to the "numan heart and mankind ' responded. : Mr. Bryan spoke of hi ovin experiences as a member of the Church referring par tlculArly to. the time of his youth, and said that his church membership was great , protection to hint In hl3 col lege experience. 7 , , ; : THE FORMAL OPENING". , The convention was formally open ed at Continental Hall at 10 o'clock yesterday morning . and will continue for four days. .Delegates from an parts of America, England, Canada, Japan and other countries are present The great gathering will oe , ad dressed , during its & progress by a number of distinguished men, among them being James Bryce, the British ambassador; William Jennings Bryan, uovernor k. ji. uienn, or worm vro llna; secretary Straus of the Depart ment of commerce ana ijaoor; Kev. Charles Hi Parkhurst, of New York: Commissioner of Immigration of New York, Watchbora;w, Bishop Logan, fcu Roots, of China, ana others. The ' opening session began witn "A Quiet Hour." led. bv Rev. Floyd W. Tompkins, rector of ."Holy, Trinity Protestant 'Episcopal church, of Phil adelphia. The speaker made an elo quent plea for prayer for the world, declaring that if, every Christian would pray lor cone person tn the silence of ; the -t sanctuary of God s prayer, : the world would eoon t be Christianized. , . ADDRESS BY. PARKHURST. -The afternoon session was held In Convention . Hall, the largest public gathering place in the city, when the delegates were formally welcomed by District . Commissioner, H. B. F. McFarland. . A blatorio gavel was presented to the convention by dele gates from Panama, following which Rev. Dr. Charles U. parkhurst de llvered an address. . . At night In convention hall, a "praise eervlce" was held followed by addresses by Mr. Bryce, the British ambassador, on some features of the Y. M. C. A.' movement, with special reference to the;: work, in , America, ana by : Governor Glenn, of North : Carolina, on "The Nation's Need of: Btrong, Christian Young Men." ' ; Governor Glenn spoke of the great need in this age of Christian yout g men, especially in : tne various pror fesslons ; and trades.; He v declared that if the Christ-spirit pervaded the hornet of m in tfacturers and laborers there would be fewer labor strikes In the country.- Governor . Glenn attri buted ,the material prosperity which this country, to-day enjoys to the Christian spirit which - pervaded it from one section to the other. The Governor referred to' the great -temperance crusade ' which has swept over some Of the Southern States and declared that at the next meeting ot the Legislature " of North Carolina that State would follow suit by driv ing out the liquor trade. The principal business .of 'the day was the election of officers as follows: president, Judge Seldon B. Spencer, of St Lout,. Md.j vice presidents in order, D. W.' Ross, of Montreal, Can ada; A J. Wallace, of Los Angeles; Senator J. F. Johnston, of Alabama; Governor W. T. Frer, of Hawaii; E. P. Lyon, of Brooklyn; W. E. Slvest, of Colorado; S. F.. Stevens, of Manitoba, Canada; A S. Johnson, of Boston; C. J. Hunt, of Minnesota, and T. 8- Glf fey, of Seattle and, secretary of the convention, Mr. F. L, Sterrett; of Den ver The following secreiarJes .were elected : ' - F. E. Anderson, . . of Wlnchowter, standing secretary, G. B. - Willis, of -Milwaukee, tm porary- .secretaryr.-' and, erge Coxhead, general secretary, , THE THIRD TERM , IXl'E TOPIC. Tito Nation's PoLUcal Centre Talks Much About Roosevelt's Efforts to Control the Next Republican Con vention N"o Evidence Yet That an Order'Has Been "Tssned to Offlcc holders Forbidding Their -Attend ance at This Great Meeting Cap tain Capers Says That i'J Has Done Nothing of the Rind Many People Guessing on Tins ; Score Justice Brewer ; Interviewed on tlie Sub Ject. , 11 , , Observer Bureau, ) 1 13 Post Bnllding, Washington, Nov. 23. Outside of finance nothing has been as much talked about At the hatlonal capital during the present week as the resident's efforts to control the next Republican ! convention. i Some hvs taken, the announcement of his order to ' the Federal officeholders that thy must not go to the national convention uiBiruciea io vote Tor him for another nomination to mean that he is really trying to. discourage the third 5 tterm idea and. as a special evidence that he means to adhere to his announcement on election nteht three veara fieri nii not under any clrcumstanopn -appnt another 1 nomination. But these are in reality micrhtv tirecloua few. -TTn. fortunately for the successful proga tlort of this idea, the order halTnever reany gone forth, and there-are Indica tions that is is not going forth. Yester- aay capt John G. Caners. the Com missioner of Internal Revenue, under wiiom are a large n'rnper of Federal otftceholders thromrlXut i. the states. and officeholders who especially have been booming Roosevelt Xor a third term, told me that no such order had been sent to the collectors, atrents. marshals and others in the internal revenue service. He laughed when I asked him when he Was going to pass the word out which .would jjrevent farther activity In behalf of renomi nating the President, as if the whole thing waa ; a Jokfc That would be Killing the goose that lays the golden esK. he said. Then he dictated to me a short statement, a follows: V STATEMENT FROM CAPERS. "I have Issued no order or instruc tion or suggestion to -' the several thousand men in the -internal revenue service in the various States resoecting their attitude , towards a thlr3 term for the President, nor have I sent any communication concerning their con auct at their party conventions, And, so far as I now eee, I do- not expect to issue-any such order. ."In fact," he added with a, curious twlnkte of his eye, "on general prin ciples, I am opposed to the multi plicity of orders, anyway, as being aet rlmental to the . Interest of ; the ser vice." . ... ; -i; i -'. ,' :,.:,: And Captain Capers wai fresh from a half hour's conference with the big chief who lives in the big White' House np. in the grove. .He would not talk that way it the President really want ea bun to pessth word ., cown -v the line, And yet U la positively rkno.wn that the President did tell eeveral call ers that he inlended to issue tne order through the Cabinet officers,' and -one Cabinet officer close to bo President connrmsd pt. , hat does it mean? 'To be perfectly Jrank, 1 don't know. And there are others who are guess ing. . -v 'V'.:tV, -, -. It Is now generally understood and practically admitted by the Presi dent's lieutenants who look after the field-that the President is - putting forth the most energetic efforts to control the convention, thousrh the lieutenants who' admit . it . say that he really floes not want the delegates positively Instructed for his renomlna tlon. They should be men pledged for what they term the Roosevelt pol icles, but the various conventions In passing resolutions so "pledging the delegates must not call any names, So the delegates will go to the conT ventlon all picked Roosevelt men, but uninstructed; that is, the convention will not pass any formal resolution In structing them". When the Oonventlon meets, or at auch a time previous thereto as It may seem meet unto the king, word' will b passed out ,fot whom to vote in the convention. If alt other candidates, special favorites of the President have been weighed in tne" balances and rouna ;: wanting, then the President himself must be be named, because the delegates being pledged to : the . "Roosevelt , policies' must have some one who is available and fit to carry out these policies. It Is all a very pretty fdea, and master workers are engaged on it. JUSTICE BREWER'S POSITION. The country Is guessing what Roose velt is going to do about this nomlna tion. Th most conspicuous as well as the most distinguished person who has made this remark of late is Mr. Brew. er, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Follow ing his speech xthe other day in New York in which . he said that the term for the President of the United States ought to be eeveh years, and tha Pres ident not subject to re-election, and the very striking 1 reason lor thls-namely that we ehould not then, nave Presl dent "playing hide and seek With .the people I went to call on Mr. Justice Brewer to ask him about It. ., . "There is nothing more to say,1" he eald. "Some 1 people have -been trying to read something behind, the lines, but , there is nothing there. Every body knows that the country is guess ing what , Mr..- Roosevelt , l going ; to do; -if the term of the President were definite, it would not be to.- That all there is to it." ' 'fr.?rri: 1 It is unusual for a member of . the Supreme Court to criticise the Chief Executive or to ' say anything derojra. torr to him. Very clearly Justice Brewer did not mean to violate any tradition or any courtesy in this re spect "It would be tho same If any body else were President, you think T I asked. 1 - . Why certainly," he replicl As Ion as a President may be re-elected, the country , will be wondering, wheth er or not rte is a canaioate,-- CAPERS TOLD THAT TUB ORDER' . , . IS ISSUED. Because of certain stories publish ed in two New York papirs ; thl morning. Captain Caper was callej to the White House to-day and given to understand that the order - haj been issued, and the text ot the- Jet ter to the various Cabinet officers was shown him.. It is explicit, that; Fed era! officeholders shall cease -their activity for a third term. Whether or not the order will now be pawed down the line and whether it will be' obeyed is for the future. The mean Ing of it likewise is a matter tor spec ulatlon, The guessing continues be cause before making his statement yesterday Capers was in conference both with the President and Secretary Cortelyou, - the bead -of - hl. 4prW ment. i ZACH M'pHEB ROOSEVELT IS GIVEN . A ItVP The South Carolinian Anytlilng But Pleased With the Koosevelt-Cortel-yon Plan of Financial Holief Law Violated in Spirit If Not In Letter, He Thinks The Procedure 31 orally Wrong If Legally Right as Aiding the Well Street Gamblers No Cer tificates Can Be Accepted in -Payment of Taxes in South Carolina, -Observer Bpureau, 1422 Mam Street, , j f- Columbia, S. C, Nov. ,23. Senator Tillman was here from Trenton to-day. He doesn't like, 4he Roosevelt-Cortelyou plan of relief for the financial situation. He said;! - The Panama Issue is all right, that money's going to be used In digging the ditch. , but the -ther is all wrong. It is an extension of he public debt time of peace. The section au thorizing! the issuance of these securi ties was enacted at the time of the Spanlsb-Amelcan war ; and it was never contemplated . by Congress that these certificates should be Issued in time of peace, to relieve an emergen cy merely. They were Intended to be resorted to only in case oi war, and serious war at that. lAo not re call the exact terms of the section, but I am sure that the putting out of these certificates at this time Is a dl? rect violation of the spirit of the law. it may pe a violation oi iuwi w the law, , too, for all I know. "But even if this is legal, tne pro ceedure . is I morally, wrong. The ad- minlRtratlon has no risnt to aaa a hii.nrtra mill inn ' dollars to the na tional debt, just to. help a few Wall Street sharks out of a hole that their own cupidity and , bogglsnness gou tham Into. The country Is perfectly sound and prosperous. South Caro line is on a -tplendld basis ana so is every other section that I -nave visit ed in my . rather extensive travels re- rntly." - - . -!V CERTIFICATES ' NOt'gOOD -FOR '.-'w ys TAXES. - State and county taxes are now due all over: the State and they win amount -,: to several millions. , - The eounty treasurers are declining clear ing house certificates in payment ot itm riaimimr that the law forbids receiving this sort or pay. aooui .WAWH, O . half of the State taxes amounting to mfnion and a quarter, wm go to New York in hard cash as iaat as they arrive at the State Treasurers office, which owes 1350,000 to New York on floating notes due in Decern hoi. onri .Tanunrv and 1143.00 In Setnl annual interest on tne State's bonded" debt, much of which goes to Jew Ynrk uiehland's . treasurer cites bection 181 of the State tax laws in declining certificates, as follows:- "Taxes are payable In the following ainas oi funds and no other: gold and Bllver .oin. united States currency, inciua inr national. bank notes; couponsiue and payable during tne current -year nn.ihe consolidated bonds known as brown oonds,i and Jhe bonds of-thla SUte known as bltje bonds and other stt bonds which Jnay be issuea oy mithnritv of the law mamng tne cou pon receivable for taxes. Mandamus shall not issue to compel receipt o. any other fund. SENSATION AT CONVERSE. Twenty-FivO Young Ladies nd tne Episcopal Kector ac uuw, Ki,ia ibmaiidlmr Public Apology A Cat's Picture in a Hymnal and One Sentence Precipitates the Trou ble. Special, to The Observer, r . ; Spartanburg, S. C, Nov. 23. Twen-ty-flve young ladies of Converse Col-. lege have tnreatenea not to micuu i" Eolsconal churcfli here because they were criticised publicly by the rec tor.. They asked that puDiic apoiogy be made, while on the other hand the minuter asks that the young ladles civ him written apologyi Boo have declined anj the indications are that no armletl-ee will be readied. The nencll drawing of a cat on a fly leaf of hymnal Is said to have been the cauee .of the trouble. Last Sun slay one of the college, girls in looking through 'the hymnal that had been andedi- her, saw tne drawing or. a house cat in the back, unaer wmcn wae written an amusing sentence. They emilej and the amusement be came general. To suppress their smiles they stuffed handkerchiefs In their mouths. The minister com manded them to give him their atten tion and after service caused tiem to remain. , It Is said that he gave Chem a reprimand. . . , The young ladles claim they did nothing to bring forth such crltioUm and demanded publlo apology. The rector takes the position that he act ed properly and It Is he and the mem bers of the congregation who are due an apolosry. But neither side has taken action. The affair 'has caused a- considerable seneatlon In college circles. - , EVERYTHING IS READY. Democratic Committeeman Says Kv erythlng Has - Been Arranged For Democratic Campaign Cnndl. '; date Fit Present Conditions Very jjuue Aoont ttryan. - French Lick, Ind.. Nov. 2J. At the dlnfier given last . evening by Chairman Taggart to the members of the 'Democratic national committee. Major Mensles, of Mount Vernon ma., saia:. ' :;-;--r..'- -' -"W seem to -have everything ar ranged., ..We, have have the candi dates arranged for;' we have the plat form built, in fact, thtere does not seem to be anything left for us to do or for the, future convention .to do, The man we have selected as our candidate, I believe, gentlemen, fits present conditions, out if the condi tions change I believe the Democrat ic party is big enough and e strong enough to change tnem. There nev er was ; but one -man as big aa tho Democratic party and he was Thom as Jefferson." Mr, Bryan was discussed Infor mally and the question of making Tom Johnson, of Ohio, national chairman,' wss talked about. It Is said there will not be many changes In the personnel of the next national committee. 4 ' . '' FRANK HOLT KILLED.'"". Ircritfl Talton Finds Mangled Body of , Well-Known-Yonng Man Lying Be : side Itallroad. k:,:.. -. Raleigh, Nov. i A special from Princeton to-night says Idelell Talton, met a ghastly sight when he waa leav ing his residence early this morning: Tiia body of , J. Frank. Holt, well known white man. 24 years of age, was lying mangled beside Jhe railroad track In front of Tlton's'door. The Jury's -verdict -was thet Holt wae ktlt ed by a passenger train. - American Federation of Labor Re- Elects Samuel Gompcrs " as Its President Rebukes With- All Force Those Who Have Sought to Malign His Personal Character or Ofliclal Conduct Stirring Scene Follows Election and President is Greeted With Outburst Of Ap plause List of Other Officers Elected Gompers Refuses Offer of Special Delegate to British and German Trades Congresses, f ' : Norfolk, Va.,! Nov: U . The American Federation of Labor en dorsing the every act of word and pen . of its president, Samuel Gomp ers, and rebuking with all force at the command of the . English lan guage those who have sought to ma lign ; his personal character or offi cial conduct this ' afternoon unani mously re-elected Mr.: Gompers to office-for another term. The scene j wnicn followed the election was one Of great enthusiasm and Mr. Gomp ers when he came , forth to deliver hla epeech of acceptance, was re ceived with other great outbursts of aplause. . . .. . j Other officers of the federation were elected as follows; First vice president, James Dun can, Qutncy, 'Mass. v second vice pres ident, John Mitchell, Indianapolis, Ind.; y third vice president, James O'Connel, Washington, D. C; fourth vice president, D. A. Hayes, Phila delphia;- Sixth vice president, Dan-, lei J. Keefe, Detroit, Mich.; seventh vlcepresident, William D. Huber. Indianapolis; eighth vice president, Joseph' F. Valentine, Cincinnati. treasurer, John 8. L.enon. Bloom- ington, III.; secretary, Frank Morr rlson, .Washington, D. C. . f DELEGATES ELECTED. Andrew Furuseth, of San Fran cisco, Cal.. representing the Seamen's Union and James j. Creamer, of Richmond, Va.; representing the In ternational Machinists, were elected fraternal delegates to the k British Trades and Labor congress which meets in September next A movement was started on the floor to have President Gompers named as a special delegate to the British and German trades con gresses, but Mr, Gompers said he would prefer to wait until 1909 when if it was the pleasure of the con vention he would be giad to go to England and Germany. Hugh Fra ney, of Scranton, Pa., representing tne eneet Metal Workers, was unan imously chosen as rranternal dele gate to the Canadian trades and un ion labor congress. - Denver was selected as the rn ventlon city in 1908, over Detroit, and Tampa, Fla. Toronto withdrew and supported -Denver, notice being given, however, by prominent lead era that Toronto would ask for the convention-in 1909. HELP FOR LOS ANGELES. The federation to-day called for sthe levy of a single one cent per capita assessment to aid the- trades unions of Los Ana-eles. Cal.. ann, all other unions In different sections of the country that may need similar assistance. The federation called upon all International unions to send organisers to Los Angeles when needed. The federation adonted rejoin tirma declaring that the Supreme Court of the United RratAH It I (1HA she It KrikA f authority to declare Federal laws un constitutional and tne Bupreme Court of States to declare State taw unconstitutional except by unani mous -vote of said courts. The elec tions by the people of all Judges, State and Federal, for four year terms with the riant of was also, demanded. FLINT WORKERS' CASE. The convention, after four hours heated debate over thn io i,ih. dlctlonai dispute between thn man Bottle Blowers' Assoclatlnn tho Flint Glass Workers' Union, defeated a resolution introduced by M. J. CJark. of Muncle, Ind,, calling for an unrestricted charter for the flint workers,-and reaffirmed the Minne apolis action grantlna- them a new charter (providing seceded flint work ers relinquish, all jurisdiction over all makers of bottles and fruit jars, Other important actions of .'.-.. the convention were an "expression of hope for an early affiliation with the Western Federation of Miners, call ing for a conference In Detroit within sixty days after this conven tion to settle disputes between . the cement workers and hod - carriers; referring to the executive council the amalgamation agreements at Newark, N. jT; providing for the establish ment of a, national labor memorial day on the second Sunday in May In each year; giving financial aid to the Colorado Federation of Labor in Its continued struggle with capital: call ing .for new Immigration laws that will exclude Japanese and Koreans; providing for the establishment of an independent organization of the building trades, with headquarters in 'Washington, D. C, this branch to settle, its own International troubles and work under the direction of the executive council. storekeb:per arreted. Nabbed In Conrt Room on Charge of i Colhwlon With Distiller Large , Number of Indictment Returned. Danville, Va., Nov. JJ.- During the i trial to-day in the United States court of J. H Lawrence, a Henry county dis tiller," for defrauding the government, the evidence of several witnesses pointed to the guilt of J. A. L, Btuph tn, the storekeeper, . and ' gauger Stuphln,- Who has been In attendance upon court for the past several days was li tne court room ana was im mediately arrested on the charge of collusion with Lawrence.. . He was balled for his appearance Monday. Stuphln hat been in the employ of the government - for i long time. It was learned' to-flay , that the grand Jury has returned a large number of indictments against bonded distillers and those connected with the distill eries which have not been made pub lic on account of fear that the parties will escape before their arrests are effected, v-tt'rh-i,;- -vA.f -'i ) Wliile Accompanlng Ron to Jnil Path". er Hears of Death of Another Son. ' Knoxvllle, Tenn., Nov. "ai. James Allen, an aged., citlsen of polk county, Tennessee, was present in r Supreme Court to-day when .that court eustaln d the sentence of a lower court and sentenced his son, James, to die on the gallows January 15th for a mur der committed in Polk county some months ago, , While the rather and son were-golng.to Jail they received a menage that another con, Harrison, fcad Just met a tratlc death In a cop pr mine at Duoktown, Tenn. ' The aged mnnwlM enl'wonld titve'falU en find he Hot been caught by trlcnda COXFEREXCE SPECLVL ORDER Union of Congregatlonallsts, United Brothers and Methodist Protestants Taken Up by Conference of Latter Resolution Looking to Establish ment of Correspondence tichool Passed Delegates to General Con- ' fcrence Announced Fourth Lec ture of Rev. T. II. Iiewis on "The Blblo and Jesus" Jato City Pul pits to Be Occupied by : Visiting Minutes To-Day, Special to The Observer. 1 Greansbbro, Nov. 23. Although there has been a constant downpour of rain throughout to-day the session of the North Carolina Metnoaist Pro testant Conferenee la. Grace , M. P. church were largely; attended and a considerable amour t of routine worn was done. The most Important mat-' ter before the Conference dis cussion on church union, this artetv noon at t o'clock as the order of the day- ' - ; v rv-:-" -v? . This morning's - session openea promptly at 9 o'clock and the devo tional exercises were conducted , by nv n t KMvarri nf OTfenville. 8. C. -When the minutes had. been read and corrected, it was decided to nave the ordination of . the following ciass of elders to-morrow immediately af ter the 11 o'clock service: a.. Braswell, Edward Suits, J. At Burgls, C. J. Edwards. A. O. Lindley, 8. W. Taylor and G. L. CuTry. -, ' Rev, Charles E. Maddry, pastor oi Forest Avenue Baptist church,, was Introduced to the Conference., Leaves of absence after to-day sessions were granted to Revs J. W. Pegram, T. J. Ogburn, W. M. Taylor, C. A. Cecil and Prof. C. E. Forllnes. The secretary read letters from J. W. Beit and a. w. liowman, wno were unable to attend Conference by rea son of illness. , RESOLUTION ? FOR CORRESPON- DENCE SCHiOOU A resolution was offered and adopt ed looking to the establishment of a correspondence school to. teach stud ies for entrance and ordination. At this , Juncture Rev. Dr. T. h Lewis was presented and he deliverer the fourth of his series oi lecture His subject this morning was "Th Bible and Jesus." ana it was nearu with much pleasure and interest by the large audience. Conference .re-assembled at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon and the com mittee on boundaries submitted its report, which was read and adopted. Letters were read from J. W. Self, E. A. Plyler, P. D. Moore and T. A Plyler and referred to the committee on official character. , . O. R. Cox submitted the report of the committee on the Denton school property recommending that It be ac cepted. The property is valued at ti nnn and wan olT'ed gratis to the Conference. On motion the offe? was accepted and the property will be used as a nign school DELEGATES TO GENERAL CON ; ; FQRENCE. v Rev, A G, Dixon reported for ti tellers of the electoral college that the following had bean elected a delegates f from the North Carolina M. P. Conference to the General Con ference, which meets In Pittsburg Pa., next year: ' Ministerial W, E. Swain, T. M. Johnson. A. G. Dixon, R. M. Andrews, T. J. Ogburn. J. D. w imams. j. r. MdCulloch, J S. Williams, C. U Whtt- aker and W. F. Kenneti. LaymenJ. Norman wui, a. . Pickens, A. M. Rankin. T. a. itunier, t Aiion Hnit A. J. Harris, J. E. Swain, C. W. Hammer, Jr., O. R. Cox and Dr. W. R.' Goley. The rest of the atternoon w wn- sumed ln a discussion or enur union, which Is the proposition to con solidate the Methodist Pro4Unt. CongregatlonalUt and United Breth ren Churches. The principal speaker of this even. Ing's session was Rev. C. E. Wilbur, whose subject was "Palestine." , and his address was greatly enjoyed. All of the local pulpits w b at to-morrow's services by the visit ing ministers. . The appointments will be announc ed Monday evening and th Confer ence will thin adjourn sine die. ENGINEER SAVES PEOPLE. When Hb Sees That Co4 Line "Train i Going to .Strike l-Own, He Moves So U.e Crash is Received Between Two Cam No Lives Lost and Only Wight Injuries RnU pemler and New Hanover JolnUy to Build a Steel Bridge. , Special to The Observer. '"""' Wilmington, Nov. S. While rthe Wllmlngton-bound Seaboard Air Line passenger train from Charlotte was standing across the intersection of the Seaboard and the Atlantic Coast T In. mafic at remoro " night, the engine oi ine eeawru train being drawn up at tae water tank Hhere refilling its tank, a north bound Coast Line passenger train came down the trwln tine from Elrod anj cut the Seaboard train in two. The Seaboard engineer had the pres ence of mind to see the impending crash and to save the passengers in the rear coaches by pulling his train so that the Coast Line engine etruck nearly betwen the colored passenger coach and the second -claw white pas senger coach, both of which were de railed and thrown from their trucks as the pilot or the engine plowed through the platform of each car. The Coast Line engineer claimed that this brakes would . not work, else hi would Tive brought his train' to- a stop before the Seaboard - tram was struck. The pilot of the Coast Line locomotive waa stuck hard and fast. Ul " V v . v . . and the passengers In both trains were more or less shaken up. '.'H'--"' Two negroes were painfully 1turt and a white passenger complained, of a sprained back. A doctor was on the scene and relieved their suffering. The passengers on the Seaboard train wore crowded into the baggage ar and" brought on to Wilmington, ar riving here thl morning about thwe hours late. The other coach's were dlrabled and had-, to be left behind. Wrecking crews were sent - out by the 8f aboard from Hamlet and by the Coast Line from Florence. - Had the Coast Line engine struck either of the coachea near h middle lossf of Jlfe and many injured woull have been the rwult,. The -engine was under somewhat reduced speed for the sta tion t Pembroke when , the crash came, .t-.,'-' j ;.' ;k- ' The counties of Pender, and Iew Hanover have invited bids for a steel highway br(4ge approximating 400 feet Including draw., to apan the Northeast river at Castle ttaynta, re placing the toll ferry now operated there. vThe dept h 'of water i about s feet and the bridge is to have a is-fnot-e!-ranee a"d to carry 15- ton mad roller, oi Bids will be opened the second Tueway in January by lh coinmt.wtiifu-rs of Hie' two ouuUes who will build the structur. , : CHIEF OF POLICE THE VXC. Mr. J.. I. Goforth, of Newton, V. ' ; Trjlng to Apprehend a Xesro ,. Broke Into 'two lioineg, Has li . With Him and is Shot in the AU, -men Physicians Say He Can Hai ; ly Sunive In One Home Entcrr.l Young Lady is Given an Ant-s-i thetic in) After the Negro an I If Caught He is Likely to Be Lynch ed,. Feeling Running Very High. Special to. The Observer. Newton, Nov. Zi ilr. J. I. Goforth chiex of police of thla town, was very etrlousiy , wounaed last night by a negro burglar, and la now lying at the point of death. About mianiff.it ". iwve . ts&rrmger, . in noun Newton, was awakened by - tonu one in her kitchen. . The burglar tried, to enter from it into the main part of the house; but, being unable to force an entrance went out of doore ana started to climb up th porch to the second story. Mrs. Bar ringer had .'in . the meantime 'phoned for the police but before! he arrived the burglar, a negro, had been frightened off, , As Mrs. Barringer and her young daughter were alone In t nousL, her husband being mail clerk on the Southern Railway and absent moat of the time, Mr, Gorforth loan ed, the ladies his pistol and started to return to his home, . vn On the way back he found the track of the burglar, who wa bare footed, and at once tfollowed them. The negro was tracked as far as the home of Mrj Boh Hnttt. n Mi.i,ns. brook, where, seeing a window open, Mr-. Goforth peered in to investigate. While doing aa the negro ran out of the door and seeing Mr. Goforth fir ed on him, but missed,. Mr. Gor torth, who Is noted for hie bravery . and fear of nothing, , attacked . the burglar, , although unarmed, and etruck him over the- ead several times with his lantern, but the negro succeeded at last in using his pistol, shooting the policeman In the abdo men, and then making, hie escape, - Mr. Goforth "managed to crawl to rne porch of the adjoinfng house, that of Mr, Pink Holbrooke, where he stall, Mes, Physicians were at 'once summoned and Dr. Long, of statea vllle, arrived on the early train and performed ah operation In hopes of Bavlng the policeman's hfe, but the doctors give very little encouragement as to the results. POSSE AFTER THE BRUTE. A posse was at once formed and the country Is -being scoured for ? the burglar. He was tracked some dis tance in the direction of Claremont. where he left the road and began walking on the railroad tracks. A bull's-eye lantern which he droppeJ, was picked up by the searching party. Mr. Goforth has been ; Newton's chief,, of police for a number of years, and was extremely nooular with v- erybody. He m about 40 years-old and has a wife and several children. YOUNG LADY UNCONSCIOUS, - On entering the home of Mr. Hultt, where the burglar was seen, it was found that Miss LllUe May Hultt, sis ter of Mr. Bob Hunt, was unconscious and it was several hoars before she could bo arouse! A towei had been saturated with something and placed over her face. Tha-re was no odor -in mo room ana tne pnyii clans think if xhlorofom or tetfter had been used they could have detect-. ed it. .. -, , .av Should the burglar be caught, he would hi all probability be lynched, as feeling Is very high. Mr. Go forth described him as a short, black negro, in a brown coat r.nrrvf Rii-vmi un. Defendants File Petition For R?. ,..K vi iiiiuuii vane aomq International Questions Will Come Up. ' Washington, Nov. S3. A petition for a writ of certiorari in the famous case against Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor in which they have been convicted of embezsllng some 600.000 from the government of the United States, was filed in the Su preme Court of the United States to day.. The- case -will Invoice some m ternatlon&l , questions -because Of the fact that Greene and Gaynor were ar rested In Canada and for some time resisted extradition to the ; United States.. . The question will be raised as to whether a person indicted in .this country for crime not - Included In the Canadian treaty can be tried for such crime after his surrender by the Canadian authorities upon a demand for extradition based on other crimes. The two men are under sentence of imprisonment .for four years by the United States Court for the Southern district of Georgia on the double charge of embezzlement aAd conspira cy, the conspiracy being ; alleged to have been committed In connection with Captain Oberlln M,-Carter, for merly ot the United States army, who has already served a time in prison on the same charge. SUCCESSOR FOR REV, DR. LILLY. Rev. Dr. Neal Anderson, of Mont gomery. Ala., Accept Call of Win-etn-alem Prrsbrterlans , to Be Their PaMtor, Subject to Action of Ills Presbjtorj. . -, , Special to The Observer.- . Wlnnn-Kalem. NOV. S3.-.Mr. J, M. Rogers, chairman of the committee r-av-tna in elHinre the. matter ot scluctlns a naator of tbe Flrt presbrterlan church to- succeed Rey.-Div D.Clay IJlly. re signed, to-night received the-following telegram from Rev. Dr. Neal Anderson, pastor of tne ueeond rreanyienan cnurcn of - Montgomery. Ala,..-, accept your call subject to tb"nctlen of my Preshy tery." Rev. Pr. Andrs-w has been cas tor of tne Jsecono TeDytermn cnuren ot Montgomery tor a number of yeura and his congregation win give nim up rlurtantly. Ho pwacbe'l here . a few Hundays ago and made a moot ravrsia imprcsslou upon Uiose who heard him, , m ' . . Circuit Court o fAppealf Gives Opin ion in North Carolina Case. , Special to The Observer. nichmond. Va., Nov. , 1-The United State Circuit Court of Aoprabi Cnvpn ed this mornlnpt at o'clock with JhU:.m Pritchord, Morris and Wuddill In attend ance. The eottrt eanouwel and hatiildl down its cplnlon in the follewtr-g: No. TiS-Norfolk and Western liailway Tompary, vla'ntlf In error, vs. Loiirti i May, aiimlnlstratrtx of 0)rge H. Jiay. defendant in error; in errcr to the Cir cuit Court at -t Ctvensboro, N. C, p-r eurlani opinion. Affirmed, with costs. The court . then went tnte- cenforo- -on the ca6a argued during the we- 1 .IL I ' " " - ' Club House Prohibition Bin Kir., .:. ' . Montsomf ry, Ala Nov. 23. O again the club house prohibition i Is dead by the almost unanimous Of the Senate to-day. It waj fl ed that tiie bill legallr.ed t.e jb . ; liquor In clubs orsaniz-ni befir? ;. w Vimber of thl yc-ir. !-( fs - K-uvi.i! li--,i i-.'i t. . the sUuaiion w ..'i r.1 trj u r
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