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t C3.C0 A YiAK. charlotte, k. c.,.satui:day :roi?NiXG, December 7, icdt. c :afuli:i:u EXiicm t r s ; - I" ; I -don in . j t A.ao. i Com.- at .Mon et !. Y. 'i:.ree Charred and 1 kened Bodies and l our Men 1 . ;ov:rtns Between Life and Death lave Been Rescued. lTum Mine i lieory la tliat JispJotslon Resulted 1 rorn Black Damp Wreckage is - Piled Ulsh and Work of Reamers is v ' slow Rescued Men Are Unable to ' ' (ilvo Any Detailed Account df Ex plosion Explosion Affects Both .: .Mines and Damage Is About Equal. Monongah,: W. Va., Dec. 6. Three fharred and blackened bodies lying in the Improvised morgue -prepared near the entrance to the mine, lour men hovering between life and death from ; the awful bruises sustained and r the 1adly gases lnhalej.in temporary. hospital into which on of the com " pany buildings has been transformed, : and $7 men Imprisoned by tons of . eoal, rock and mine debris -In tne vdepth of the hills surrounding this - mining; town, with the chances all ' ecalnst a single one of them being ;. '. alive is the most accurate summary obtainable to-night of the resultol a , mine explosion to-day, which In all probability was attended by greater lois of life, than any former disaster! - in the history of the bituminous coal! mining industry of Americah -. U ; 0 .The explosion occurred shortly after 10 o'clock to-day. after the full force, , of 880 men had gone to work In the two! mines affected.: -These mines are: . No. and J, .of the Consolidated Coal ' Com pany, located on opposite sides of - the West' Fork river, at this place, but merged ,. in their .underground , worfcinga by a heading and on, the surface by a-great steel tipple and - bridge'. " 11 ' ; , THREE BODIES FOUND. ' ' The finding of the three corpses and . . the four badly Injured men la the on - ly reward, for strenuous :and uninter rupted work on the part of large res- cuing forces that Immediately set to ' work at every possible point, ' - ;-S. ... The four living men are unable to "give any detailed report of the disas ter or to even explain how they reach i''ed.the surface. They state that im- mediately; back of '. them when - they, r began their frantic struggle for lib- ' ;erty there was a large number of men engaged In a similar struggle, 'while' still further back- In. the workings , there was a large number, of whom they knew nothing, ' J , ' ' It is the opinion of the mine officials ' nd other familiar with mining that these seven men had not penetrated the mine "as far as had the majority of the day shift fhen the . explosjon ' occurred and that they headed for and reached the main entry ' before :- the heavy eave-ln that now blockades the entrance more, than 1 a - few ' hundred 1 feet beyond the main opening of Mine ' NO;' 6. , - ' " ' ' 1 -' - As to the miners referred to by. tne rescued men as having . been ellve ' when last seen, !t is believed that they f ' -were caught back ctl of coal and mine roof and 4that they eould not have survived more thana few-minutes In the deadly, gases with -a Web' the entry filled as soon -as the ventilating system ;.. was Interrupted. - " There is more hope for those lh more reVnote'sectlons of the mine, aa they x mav have reached workings p;whese fresh air ils supplied brother open- lng s. But ftt best only-? most slen der hone ja entertained for the .sur vlvai of any one of the men until the debris can be cleared awav and com munlcation with, two outside re-estab- ' ' SSaD SD IMPRISONED NUMBER . ' ,'The' two "mines -c regularly employ i.OOO men. .working in tw isnlfts, 500 ". during the day ana ovv uru. t night, , and the best. Information ob- : LfnaUe at this time is .ttatj 380 .of the day force had gone to. work this morning and that all were aught It - - was shorUy after 10 o'clock when the cxDlosion occurred. The most 9n- , of victims at 100 or more. , There is much speculations to , , . the cause of the exp oslonbu the most generaUy accepted Jheoj" that it resulted . from black , damp. It is believed that a miner attempted to et off a blast whteK blew out and w . jinited v an accumulation of this deadly gas and ; that this In . turn , , . 1 gnlted the coal.: dust. , a h lghljr in . flammable substance found In greater or lesB qv ntlty In all West Virginia ' mines. However, all explanations of the cause up to thla, time are neces sarily speculative. -? iW ' . The explosion affected both' mines . . and so far as Is now known appears to have done about as much-damage - m 'one as in the other. It has ..not . . been established la which mine it originated. Evidencing the ? terrlfld force of the concussion, props In "the entry of No. mine supporting ' ' . the roof were not only shattered and . ,tom .from ' their' positions, but were - blown lout of the entry and to the ' - opposite s1de of J the river, ; Other evidence of the awful force s shown , ( -every section of the mines - that , has -been reached' by j the rescuers. Huge quantities ' of coal and ' rock have been loosened, and hurled ' Into x ; every opening and all of the under ground structure te a'recked beyond - ' semblance :of 'its original shape.- ,v '; WRECKAGE PILED HIGH. , -The entry of No. f mine, 300, feet from the mouth Is ' plied high with the. wreckage of two strings of cars "and two electric motors. ,-: Some of the rescuers have -climbed over this unci found dead bodies , beyond, but hayc ' made no attempt to remove i them to the surface, partly because V jt -would 4 be almost - impossible ta t "carry the' bodies over the debris, but more partlcv larly because they - do potwant to lose any time in reach : : iJing-other sections of the mine, where 1 K i possible, metv atlll living may ; i jJ imprisoned... The cars are .being X i6.Ued as fast as possible and re moved from the entry, together with ,sv -i ell othe obstructions, : - i t, All of the headings ' leading Off from the main entry, are being cut lt by canvas and barricaded , as fast as they vara reached by the relief workers ' so that the innermost work Ings of the mine may be given the ' Yicnefit nf tha vpntllatln- nvntem in ' sustain any that may be "yet living and make possible 'an early explora- ; i; ' vi on ox vnesa nvmiusn. ; ... have been placed in, charge of -the v relief work, out me nanans ana other foreigners are working under " them most faithfully.'. It is lm- nncalh' fnr a man tn remain tn-na In the depths of the mine and "the rescue forces are divided to work In , relays with frequent reliefs.- Many in the relief party have already be come exhausted and been . sent to the surface, ; . . . t A t i , Th mnlnea ir Au'nAiY . Anil Anur -. sted hv the Consolidation Ctal Com- pany, of . Baltimore. - General offices are located in Baltimore, .and the operstlng offices are In Fairmont, ""'' '-t , (Ci.rUnuod oa r.ije Tour). GOVEHO A LUSY .'lAli HE HAS JIAXY EXGACrriCNTS Oilef Incentive of the State 1U turns lVcm Atlemliiis tho Xational 1 Jllvers and Harbors Congress at AVaslilngtore and Inimediaicly St-ts Out 1'or Tolnu WiMn the State. AVhero Ho is Schooled to Make ; Addresses Calls i:xtra Term or Granville Court Evidence ii He . lmt'al at the Next Session of the Kate HearingAfter Court Clerks .Insurance Commission, Investi gating Alleged Incendiary Fires. Observer Bureau, . ,;, s The Hollenian Building, ' , Raleigh Dec. 6.'r ' Governor Glenn returned ' to-day from Washington, where he attended the great national rivers and har bors congress. He says it was one of - the most -notable tratherlngs-he ever attended, over 2,500' delegates being present, among them being eight Governors, , two . Lieutenant Governors and no end of Senators and Congressmen and other promi nent figures. f North Carolina had about 20 , representatives : all of - a high class.' The Governor remarked that there seemed now to be no question that Congress will act 'in regard , to the matters for which the congress stands, and that it cannot resist th,e pressure, for the people are behind the movement. . , ,' ,- The Governor found, several 'r re quests for f special terms of , court. He ordered one forv Granville coun-" ty, January Itth, for civil and crimi nal business. Judge -Guion to preside. Sooh after he came in office the Gov ernor. made a rule not to call , a special term unless it was applied for,,by the judge or by the corpora-, tlon commissioners. Hft left; this afternoon for;vGoldsboro; i to have -a conference with ex-Governor Ay cock of counsel for the State In the railway rate case. . To-night he spoke at . Newbern. To-morrow he will be at an oyster roast at Kenans vllle, and on Sunday will deliver an address there at a Sunday school rally. Mf v: t ihA S THE RATE HEARING. -.' l: Standing Master Walter A. Mont gomery was interviewed regarding the rate hearing of the Southern1 Railway to-day. (As; was stated-yesterday, the matter to come up at theext hear, lng will be evidence In rebuttal, to be submitted ' by the ; Southern. .This will be, of course, " statistical Infor mation and win take some time to prepare It. The standing master Intimated . that it v might, require a fortnight : to prepare It arid seemed to think the next hearing, would be at Washington. He does not think the matter will be oat of the way before the end of December and that he can; aret ' his report to Judge Prltchard before an-jfjrf-;yV.'-''.X? There is - to be a eonf efenee ; here on the inn' Wstant,i,at'the office, of the i corporation commission. ' to be attended hv the lawver. Including Messrs. -r Manning irniW,fiuthrle.lk'0w-that Foraker wni gojo thena" Avcwk - TnnttM an "Wprhsi-f Vnrrta. rtronafconTehtlon wttn the llen'e share at . which the formal complaint agansi the Norfolk if Western Rail- wav for alleged discrimination against Winston-RaJemand Durham In the matter of 'freight ratea wtll be' pre pared. This is really a test case and Its Importance 18 of course, grest The Sfate charters the Baraca Puh lUhlng-Company, of RaleUh. T, B. Eldrldge and others a stockholders': Hamlet Insurance and ; Realty Com- tany. capita! stock 425,000, nd the Hilton Lonr General t Merchandise Companv wnnrnn. JtOI 000. , r INCENDIARY F1RE3. It: Is learned that the office ot the insurance: commission that over one- hundred investigations. of alleged In cendiary fires have been made" this year, there having been seventy-eight such during the nrst sir montna cur ing the past' eight years there have beeri 89 convictions of incendiarism, the cases having been pushed by this de partment. - several?' cases are , now pending, three of these from Wilming ton, Lllllngton and Moore county, o&. lnj very Important The Moore coun ty case has been removed to Chatham county. : ' -; :- The State-board of agriculture was again in session to-day and heard the report of its finance committee, made through Chairman William Dunn. : it prepared the budget for. the next six months. . The board of agriculture has arranged,, for a series of meetings ! the eleven sappIe-growIng t counties In the mountains, beginning in Febru ary, and continuing a month. -. There will he practloal demonstrations - of orunlng and spraying the trees. . This will be in charge of State Horticul turlstl Hutt and ' State Entomologist Sherman. .'Alter this an assistant will go through the' orchards visited and treated and w'l spray them a second time. Next autumn the entire outfit Will go back1 there and will show the people how- to pack for shipment the fruit on thei sprayed trees, and If pos sible will take fruit. buyers along;, so the latter can make offers to the farmers for the apples, thus following the plan In the Albemarle Section of Virginia. , - , AFTER -COURT CLERKS, On the Ith day of January, In Wake Superior Court,- the Attorney General's department will take Attorneetaontoln department will ake steps to have the legal fine of ISO enforced against all the clerk of superior courts who. have failed to send to that department their reaprt? Covering criminal . statistics. About 20 have failed for the fall term of ' last, year; and the spring term of the present year, ; It seems that there has been lajtaty about. this master and that every year clerks who have fail ed or been negligent have escapd pun-l ishment, '. bpt this will no longer be! the tase. . These reports are of value and ought to be promptly made. The law requires that they shall be snt in within 20 days 'after' the ' term of court ends.tr;r :!;:v,'j'i -.-t : T . , FLEET IS ASSEMBLING. Iolslana, VlfRlnla ani Xcw;'"' Jersey Arrive at llumpton : Itosds Rnady ' For Pacini Cruise High AVInrt Have Subsided and OUter Vessels Are Expected Soon. ,s 'iy :,& u -S : Norfolk Va., Dec The battle ship Louisiana, the first of the Paclfk bound - Atlantic fleet to ' arrive in Hampton Koada, where the ships will rendezvous preparatory to the start December 16 th for the voyage to San Francisco, was Joined to-day by the battleKhlp Virginia from New York, and' the New Jersey from Boston. The high winds on the coast have subsided and the weather, at the Vir ginia Capes was to-do y beautifully clear. , . The next vessels' expected are the Kansas, from Delaware Breakwater; Admiral Evans' flagahlp, the Connec ticut and the Rhode Island, from New York; the Missouri and Illlnot, from Boston, and the Kearsarge and Geor- S'a, from Lra?U8 Island. riGIIT 0YEH miSATlQS sevi:n repcbmcaxs Arm; it. The South Win Tiny sn Important Part In tho Contest 1'or IX-legwtes in the Republii-ait Convention, But the Kye or the Country Is on New York and Ohio Meeting Carries to ' Washington Many Leading Lights In North Carolina Republicanism Believed That Roosevelt Will Throw Ills Strength' to Cortelyou For. aker's Stock Above Par With, the Negroes "Organization Kcpubllonns -of the South Are Keeping Hands - Offr But Are in Line Ir Roosevelt Topics of Interest at the Cap!- laL BY jl. E. C. BRYANT.' ... , ?:-' Obse'rver Bureau, '. w Congress Hall Hotel. ' 7" "' ; ; Washington, Dec. 1. v" t Two topics , are, being, talked , here tb-day the; suicide of Clara . Blood good, .the pretty young woman, who appeared In Charlotte In "The Truth," several weeks ago, and the ; meeting of the Republican' national commit tee. . Mrs, : Bloodgood . killed herself In Baltimore on account of worry over money, matters and small audiences; she had Just return id Iront a disas trous tour through t'.te South.; The! papers nere are aevo-i J? mucn spate to the sad story of her untimely deaths She was pretty, and belonged to N.ew' lord's smart set. .';.'.-.--;-' ':;. - The meeting 'of the'lRepubllean committee brings to town such North Carolinians a Mr. Carl Duncans who ls a member of , the body! '.Willis Brlggs, r postmaster at Raleigh," nd Isaac MaMeekihs, of EHtsabeth -iCttft Mr., Duncan is , a participant b and Messrs.?; Meekins and i tlrlggs vlcliing statesman. " The meeting place for the next' convention..?,; the one that nominates , the man who will run against ,Col. William . Jennings Bryan, will be fired, v Kansas City, Chicago and Denver are pulling for the grand meet of Republicans, but the -olds are on Chicago, . X" . A GREAT BATTLE. ' One of the greatest fights ever wag ed in this country for a noinlmU'on Is already on tn the Republican (t ty. The following-named - men are being -groomed for the raie: Tait, Cortelyou, Foraker, Knox, Hughes. Cannon and LaFollette. The South will play an important part in the contest for delegates tout New Torn and Ohio are the States on which the entire country has Us -eye. It haj been'known lor some time that Presi dent .Roosevelt desired his friend 1 aft to succeed him for he believed the popular Secretary of War w ould ca r ry out the policies he has Inaugurat ed, but it has also been observej that Mr;? Taft has a desperate fight ahead of hlmaf Ohio Hi divided an J it Is said here by men who thlnlt that they of the delegates from his State, In -the summer- It looked as if" Tatt; ha. the better of the fighting Senator hut re cently the tables have turned a ad Foraker is oh. top This morning at fie Shoreham Ho tel. where . the committee met the Foraker men were In evidence above all others. . FO RAKER'S CHA'NCES. , ' In 5ils championing the cause of the dismissed soldiers who took nan in the Brownsville, Texas, affair, Sena tor Foraker has won tne negro vote of his State, and it la said that It amounts o between 50,000 and (0, 000. The indications are that Ohio will lean to. the Senator and against the Secretary. : Charles Taft Is worth about 340,000,000 and he. Is working with all his might for his. brother William. ' -4Xky-:h. : The politicians who are close tovthe White House f believe that the Presi dent y l preparing, to throw his support- to Cortelyou whose stock Is go ing up, every day. ? ;, The friends ot Hughes, Knox, LaFollette and Can- .non are busy for their favorites. . ; it begins to look s if Mr. ? Koose velt would turn to Cortelyou as the man who would most likely win. Cor telyou stands for the things that the President Ioes. '.--"' k , - SOUTHERNERS FORTtOOSEVELT. The organization Republicans of 4he Southern states are hands off In the fight. When asked where they stand almost ,o a man they , say , "Teddy, first,' last and all the time," . "Who is your choice for the nomi nation r'. Mr. Meekins was asked. "I am for Roosevelt and I speak hot - as -an -office-holder, but - as one of the rank and file' "What if hs will not have' the nomi nation?" , . v '"Then I am for" Ms man." "Me. too," - said Willis Biggs, speaking r from the standpoint of a voter, not a postmaster. 1 , , So declared CarT "TDuncan.r several days ago. Lyon, . the committeeman of Texas. Is tor Roosevelt, he says, .for as many term; as he desires. In his enthusiasm In talking with a Wash ington Post man Wednesday, he said, that Jf the President is nominated he wilt carry North Carolina. That'part of the .story Unconsidered a r pipe dream, which grew - out of the; fact that Mayor ' McNinch, ot ?. Charlotte, tald that he would' be for Roosevelt unless the. Democrats put up. a South erner. -It la true that there are a few anti-orgnnlzatlon Republicansi In , the Dixie, who oppose Roosevelt, vi. the men who name the delegates are for him. lr ; , f r J ' TAFT-FORAKER CONTESTr" : On meeting Senator Foraker's right hand man to-day, I asked if the Taft Foraker war would not blow over be fore the convention. "No, sir, the battle-will- wage until the convention Is over,: unless Mr; Taft withdraws, and that is what I expect'hlm to do. My man Is not a quitter, he Is known as one of " the best fighters In the coun try, and the boys are with him this time. I do not 'think Taft has ? any heart 'In 'the race ri'fjn-i The Foraker;iaooster met ?i tvery committeeman . they -could ' t(vaay. Their teant Is Veil orgs nixed and they seem to- mean business.-.;i'.if? t-h, Uncles Joe Cannon is running "In soma sections of the country. His po litical, friends are looking ou for his Interest. ' I know of a number of North Carolinians who may ; go ,. as Cannon delegates to the convention. The fight is on and will grow more lively and more interesting every flay. The air here Is full of Republican nomination talk, ; The President Is up agalnut a hard me. but he likes not a dull time, There are many here who believe that the people are with htm and that he will be forced " to take the; nomination. Southern -Re publicans are ef that opinion. ' ; THE NEO RO VOTE. 'Those (50,000 negro voters In Ohio can wield a powerful Influence," said ' (Comtrwd en Pajre Cfchtt. LAYMEN'S 3IOVi:3nNT LACNCHED General Julian S Carr Presents the . Project to the North Carolina Con ference and Is Elected Prft-Jdem Judge Nenl Forwards tho Plan For Raking a Fund For the Families of Deceased Muilnters Twenty-Flv New Ministers Received Into Fully connection ana cnargea by lit-nop Gallowajv Special to The Observer. ; Newbern, Dec. 6. The North Caro lina Conference met at 9; 30 o'clock thU morning. ..-, Devotional exercises were conducted by Bishop Galloway. i Judge Walter H. Neal made a few remarks on the ' proposition submit ted to ministers last September but which had received no response. He obtained a' promise from each minis ter. to, furnish hlnv -wUh-thJWwnS- of their .respective 'parlshtoners CirOngh whom he might communicate with the purpose to establish a fund for fam ilies of deceased ; "ministers. The plan is' for each person addressed to , pledge SO cents upon the receipt of notice of the death of a minister, the number of such notices not lV exceed four each year., Roll call elicited a promise from all present. It is 'hop ed by this method to raise as much as $2,000. for families thus bereaved. . Bishop Galloway addressed a class of twenty-flve ministers received In full.onnection with the Church. The charge was full of good advice. The several heads-of the discourse were: Study, sympathy, sacrlflce, keep out of debt, do not employ, time foollsh-ly- He exhorted them to be cheerful and always inject the spirit of youthful-energy In their work. . He spoke of the Joy the Christian ministry gave him and he only wished that ho could do ' 'mott&tfipAtZtf:-: Vn'f'S- Rev. Mr. Cook, secretary of t"i board of missions, adlressed the. as sembly on the splendid progress , of the work especially of the women's branches, stating that the society naj I... J . . A S Al - . I 1, .,;:;; "Zril ; the work and tbe result accomplish ed ; and looked rwlth bright; hope to the furture for all fields, ' : , General Julian's. Carr made an ad dress on the laymen's movement, a feature which will probably be in augurated at th Conference. The Idea ls to relieve the pastor of all business affairs of the parish In orler that he may apply all his time to the pastoral needs of his church. He onoted from an able paper by Rev. W. F. Gillette, dean of the facullv of . Vanderbllt University. - General Carr was succeeded b Mr Charles H. Ireland, of the Western North Carolina .Conference, who : spoke f&vTkt'vS? W C Peter: the same subject. The meeting " JI B ' t ?,,vi Shffi JourAed at 1 o'clock tilt 3 p; m. No f::'lfly assignments will be announced until aionaay. j. v.v v-..:-, .... i- - AJTT'NN,y.toSSl).N;. fifhe session this afternoon was1 In the interest of the (Laymen's, -move ment 'of whtoh . General Carr. .spoke In thrmcTOmr Rev.- Opened the ' lheetlftg' and passed' the meeting in , Scharge of General CarrA' The president made some remarks on the purpose of ; the movement ,and General Carr supplemented them. He said this was no one mania work, and he wanted no man to Join Who did not care to Join. - He wanted all to Join who 1 comprehended the work and were willln to work; in short he oid not want to beg them to Join,' but he desired them to do the begging. It Is a place for work, for all Christians and their. help is needed,. The meet-. Ingt was enthusiastic In the contem plation of these new duties, ! The fol lowing officers were elected: t Presi dent, J. S. Carr; secretary, J. E. Pegram! treasurer;- J; ; B.' Walker. Vice presidents . were selected 4 rrom each district and were: Raleigh, J. D;f Brown; J Durham, T. L.Whlt more; : Rockingham, judge ; .-W. Hi Neal: Wilmington, W.; B 4 Cooper Newbern. C. W. . Manger; s Washing ton. J. F. Bruton: warrenton, Dr. J5oUlcoffer, and Elizabeth City, R. A. jureen. ; -u The great-church -was crowded to overflowing to-night to listen to the educational ddre;ti by Rev . J . C ; IKllgo. ,At', leasf 1.000 vere present Kilgon. ' At least. 1,000 were present Dr. Kilgon s discourse was aistenea to with wrapt attention from start to finish, and at times the . sentiment found expression in applause, . Chris tian education was theme. " .- t SECRETARY ACCEPTS BIDS. Cortelyou Accepts Bids For. Panama . Canal -: Bonds ' to v Amount of $25,000,000 Average Price is 103 eeretary Will NoUfy Suhsenberi : Allotments to Individuals Will Be ; Confined to Small Subscriptions. - Washington, Dec. I. The Secretary of the Treasury has accepted bids for the.. Panama canal bonds to " the amount of $25,000,000. . The average price for all the' bids accepted is 103. Under the terms of the law the Sec retary's acceptance of these bid the allotments of bonds to 'individuals and institutions- will' be, confined to the small subscriptions from 110,000 down to 120. ' The 1 amount of bl Js from Indivi duals aid', instituions which It has been possible to accept will, as here tofore not be large. Tie remainder of the acceptances will be bids ot na tional banks. The bids accepted have come from every "section of "the country' and i are( mostly in small amounts. . , - - , " -Secretary 'Cortelyou further an nounces that the notices of Acceptance will be prepared and mailed to tha success ouaers with the-least nos- sible delay.. .. . The notices will sute mat, pawment for the bond will be expected to be made at the Treasury of the United State or at some sub Treasury, as indicated in the bid of the subscriber, within ten day from tne receipt or the, notice by the sub scrlber. , In case where the , sub scriber h&s hot. indicated th place bf payment, tne notices sent will ft rlude a request that the place of oav- ment be Immediately made known to tne gecretary.v ah suDscrtbers should wait receipt 'of the notice, from the department before taking any action resoectlnt; payment for. the bonds, v. The offering of Panama canal bonds was ; inrreW over-subscrlbe.l hut, (hit Improvement in business , conditions following the announcement of recent measures, of relief bv the Treasury Department is regarded by the Sec retary as warranting him tn limiting the iu at this time to half the amount offered, namely, 325,000.000. Thl s Is almost exactly the amount of the disbursements from the gen eral fund of the Treasury that have been made during the year on the Panama ranal aeronnt, BAPIISTS D0iN ON IIQUOB AGITATING STATE PROinBITlON. Through Its Chairman, A. D. Ward, or Newbern, the Committee ou Pro Iilbltion Makes Its Reiort to tl v . State Convention at Wilmington, tVying Out Upon the Evils of the Tranie and Expressing a Desire For a TighUy-Oosed 'lid Tho Report Unanimously - Accepted The Morn ." injr Session Taken Up W 1th Mlntsr - terlal Education and Missions. Special to The Observer. 4 v - Wilmington, ' Dec. , I. Ever since the opening session ; of the Baptist State Convention much Interest has centered about the special order for. 4 o'clock this afternoon, which ) was . the consid eration of the report pt the committee on temperance. , Due to previous con- 01tlona"a7n8tonny hour was lujKcd-forl by some at this time, but so carefully was the work of preparing the report accomplished by the committee that not even a question was asked in the consideration of the report as read, and It was unanimously adopted by a rising, vote Mr. A. D. Ward, of New bern, chairman of the oommlttee, sub mitted the report which reads as fol lows; . , - ',. v . "We . wJsh again to declare 'ousk un compromising hostility to the liquor traffic aa the great enemy of the peace and good morals 1 of the people,' the well-being of the home and the work of the gospel among men... We con gratulate the people of North Carolina op the splendid progress made In tem perance In the last ten ' years and on the rising tide at this time to drive the traffic , out of the State. We ex tend our encouragement to the people now engaged In itheir efforts to vote the traffic out of' the several cities and towns in the State where it is now be ing carried on, and to the anti-Saloon league In its work. V Believing ; the traffic in intoxicating liquors to be in UCTMUI .. f rUUI herently wrong - we t emphatically de- Clare- ourselves in favor of the prin clple of State prohibition.- . Further, we favor the enactment of such laws by Congress as shall prohibit the ship merit for purposes of traffic by inter State carriers of intoxicating liquors Into -prohibited territory. ,; We urge upon our people to continue the great campaign of education and law enforce ment against the sale and use of in-d txicaung liquors untll this great curse shall bs reduced to a minimum in our State." i MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE, The other members of the committee were the following named all members of the convention; John A. Ooates, J, Lee H. Battle and H.. H. Hulten; The morning session of" to-day was occupied with the consideration of the reports of the committee on ministerial education and 'the Board of Missions. The principal recommendations ot the iirm-namea report was taat au pastors men to enter the Ministry and to plead for more and better-equipped minis ters at home and In the foreign fields. While regretting the lack of more min isters C. J. Thompson, stated that . he was thankful that the Baptist denomi nation had not; suffered , In this re spect as had other denominations. Another recommendation in this report was that a university extension course of study In theology be established at Wake Forest College this to be a cor respondence course in connection With Professor Culloms Bible work of which any pastor may ta we advantage with out going to the college, -The other recommendation was that the board of education at Wake Forest College re ceive and disburse all funds for min isterial education to Students at Wake Forest and the seminary.. In the c6n slderatlonj.of the report- on, missions high tribute yirtfs paid to the work of Rev. and s MnM Livingstone Jonhson, A,, recommendation was made to ex pend $45,000 , for Stata , missions,. the coming year. '-a : . :.f Rev. - E. E, Bomar read the report on foreign V missions . .which showed rapid advancement during the - past year,- a recommendation was made for $46,000.';;. .;;:v'v.,.;-. . . .';..V:;u DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS. The first special order at the after noon session was the consideration ot denominational schoolg' and alter the reading of the report addresses were delivered on . the importance of . high school, work. Rev. Fred D. Hale, the convention host, spoke of vths effort being : made in I Wilmington to secure a prohibition election and asked that the delegates subscribe for The 'Dis patch, which is giving targe space to prohibition matter and read the same during the next four months at the end of which time the prohibitionists hope the election: will be held. ' The report of the committee on periodicals commended highly The Biblical Recor der, Chalrlty and J Children, and 'the missionary literature f, the denomina tion. Referring briefly again to the question of ministerial education Dr. W. C. Tyree offered the following res olution, which f was adopted: "Re solved, That thts Convention intrust the educational board to make no re quirement of the ministerial students at Wake Forest College and at the seminary, either expressed' or Implied, to refund as a matter of debt the money - appropriated for their, assist ftHi' vhlln students. " anca rhlle students. ' " THE NIGHT SESSION. The night session' was devoted to the interest- of. the . endowment fund - of Wake Forest. College and 310,000 . was secured in subscriptions, thus complet ing the 112,000, from the Convention begun a year ago. During the year president Carlyle has given his time to the work, of raising this fund -and raUlng 3102.500. ,' The general educa tion board bad agreed to give to the endowment fund 337,500 as soon as the convention should secure' 112,000, In subscription, and the result ' ot to night's meeting secures the same. The speakers of the evening were PreaU dentiW. I Pote&t, who read the re port of the trustees of the college; IteVi, iLfvlngstone-Johnson, Mr. WJ. Bailey, and : Professor- Carlyle. Mr. J. Harry., Tyler, of Baltimore will : ad drees the Convention to-morrow on tho "Laymen's Movement," ' Most of the pastors will return to their homes to morrow. All of Charlotte's Baptist pulpits will be filled by .their pastors on Sunday, all of them .leaving here in time to reach home for the morning service AmbuoKador H i Will Bring Messages - to jTr-fliiiciu. x ' Shanghai, Dec 3 .The new Chinese ambassador to the United States, Wu Ting Fang, who once servej In the same rapacity, sal's for Washington December 13, bearing special, grate ful meiag rrom tne Km ores Do wager md Emperor of China to the Ir e t dent.-""- LAST DAY OF CONGRESS ASKS FOR , IHTY 31UXION Rivers and Harbors Congress Reeom- j niemls Annual ; Appropriation of $50,000,000 For Improvement and. Development of Internal Water-! ways National policy of Improve- ment I'nanlniously Adoptel by ; Congress Special Director John A. Fox Delivers Report, and Asks For Appropriation of $10,000 For Con tin nance of ' Work Resolutions ; L'rge Adoption by Federal Govern 1 ment of Wise, Liberal and Compre hensive Policy That Will Provide . For Improvement , , Washington, Dec. 3. An annual appropriation of at least 350,000.000 for the improvement and develop ment of the Internal waterways of Awerlca-ls-the-gUst, of the,jecpm mendatlons of the rivers and harbors congress which concluded Its sessions here to-day. 1"; No particular ' project was advocated by the convention, the recommendations "of the committee on resolutions, ' which' were adopted unanimously," being that a -national policy of improvement of Internal waterways be adopted by the .Congress of the United States. ' At the opening of to-day's' session of the convention" telegrams ! were read from Senator, Perkins, Industrial organisations and commercial bodies of California, inviting, the congress to hold its next annuat meeting ; in San . Francisco. ' , ' . . ' ; SPECIAL DIRECTOR'S REPORT..; John A. Fox, of Arkansas, the special director of the congress, in his report said he visited twenty-six Stae?;f and 9 ' cities; gave out 44 publlo interviews, wrote five maga sine, articles and ' delivered." 1S8 ad dresses, . nine , of " which were before national organisations. He was satis fled that if the United States Con gress was in possession of the infor mation which he had presented, the 'ork of the , congress . practically would have been accomplished. He urged' the appropriation by the. as sociation or 340,000 for the i con tinuance of Its work during the next year, ir-yy ? a :.; a -j 'M'y. ' Col; Jv; Elllsonr secretary Nf "the congress,1 .presented this annual re port, in v wnicn ne v save the ex- penditures on behalf of the work of tne congress d urinar the past year, The balance on band, he said, was J. Hampton Moore, bf Phlla delphia, chairman of the committee on resolutions, presented the plat rorm of the association as ' the unanimous sentiment et 33 ' States, ana ne, said that the committee re quested the approval of the report in the hope that It would receive the respectful consideration of the na tlonal congress. ' The report Included- the ; following resummons: "Be. it resolved bv ' the national rivers and harbors congress, at the present- elon containing- delegates of every shade of opinion and repre sentlnr everv business Interesf In th land, standing for policy, not . for "First, That we earnestly urge the adoption by the Federal government qi a. wise, uoerat and cOmcrehenstva waterway policy that will provide for the proper improvement, within the next 10 years,- of the rivers, water ways and harbors of our country, the improvement of which is Justified by present and prospective . benefits . to commerce. - -, "Second, That without -l presuming to prescribe the engineering or the financial details of this great Under taking. , this . congress strongly urges upon the Congress of the' United States the imnortanr nt h 1 1 . mediate adoption of a comprehensive vmu or waterway improvement; of the carrying on of -the work bS aft adequate number' of englneersfaad of such liberal appropriations I an lB"r..th early lorn pietion tOf such projects as may be undertaken. vr TT -Third. That we cordially endorse ther act i on of . President Roosevelt In appointing special inland water ways commission, being confident that Its report; will prove a source of ac curate, and valuable Information to the American people. ...We further recommend that Congress enact, such laws ae will make the inland water ways commission permanent, and win provide it with necessary authority for Its Investigations and recommen dations. ,::v- ,f -V,- . V ; yewth, That" thte ''nress'or4lal ly , thanks President Roosevelt for the support Tie has a-ivan, tn purposes, by his speeches and by his treatment of the subject in his recent message to Cong re.., ..: f : , ASKS FOR $50,000,00.0 ANNUALLY. Fifth. That we ask Congress to view the river waterways and har bor appropriations not as the appro priation of money foruhe current ea penses of government,, but M'n 'In vestment In permanent improvement, bound to , pay laereaslng dividends from year to year. Viewing these appropriations in this light Congress is fuliv warranted in authorlxing an annual expenditure beginning at the present session of not less than one tenth of the amount of money re quired for all the various river, water way ad harbor Improvements already planned and approved by the engin eers In charge or hereafter planned and approved. In order that the work ma be carried to speedy completion, such appropriation to be not less than $50,000,000 annually, and Congress ta further warranted In authorising fhs expenditure, of the money aa needed wnd in providing for the earner if. in excess of fund e available by a bond Issue similar In character to that for the building of the Panama canal, whereby part of the cost ot these vast Improvements wilt be spread over a succession of years and borne by all who share the . benetiu." .'-. ; Without discussion, the majority report of the committee was unani mously adopted. s A resolution offered by Mr. 5 Teat, of Oregon, thanking the president or the convention, the officers of the association and the board ot directors for the work they - had accomplish ed during the past year was adopted end President, Ransdell was accorded the hearty cheers of the congress. - OFFICERS ELECTED, The following ofllcers and members of the board of directors of the con gress were elected: For president. 'Joseph E. Ransdell. of Loultana; for secretary-treasurer, J. F. Ellison, Cincinnati, O. s, Directors: Atlantic seaboard :'tWll- 1 am H. Lincoln,' Boston. Miw: OUn J. Stephens.' New York; J. Hampton Moo re, - rnnaaeipma; rrana D. Inne Philadelphia; F.; W. Wood. Baltimore, na, . , , . ' South Atlantic seaboard: E. J. llle Fayetterl!! N. C.f Iv B. Dotler,- Co KEPUELICAXS lit' c NEW RE-ELECTED-' CI.U. Republican XatkMial Coiwv : e bessliw t Wanltiugton 1 l is injt Clralrman Harry S. Now to . Out Unexpired Term of Jr. Cortelyou .Session lted l'or ' an Hour and During; That '1 . N nmber of Commiuees Were A pointed Active Ielrgatlon A. Present From Kansas City a: 1 .Denver, While Representative L -den is Looking After ClUengo's 1 1 terets Xwenty-Flve Members Are Pledged to . Kansaa ty Session ConUned to Preliminary details. Washington. Dec. . Th TJennh- llcan national committee, which caned to meet here to name a tini and place when and at which the fe- puoucan nauonal convenUon wlin b held next year, was In session fr an how-tTPday-ar-thershore h a r ir Hotel, but aside from thei election of Acting chairman Harry S. New t fill ' the remainder of the unexpired term of Secretary Cortelyou, the bus iness of the session was confined to preliminary details. J t V -The meeting lasted for less than an hour. During that time a number of committees were appointed - and Mr. New was unanimously chosen to succeed himself. .v He , made a brief speech accepting Mho election.' In which he -promised to devote ' all his energies toward 1 providing for a fair and Impartial convention; 1 A formal visit' wa paid to the President during ' "CHICAGO VS. KANSAS CITY. , ; , : Thera are active delexatlons here h from both Kansas City and Denver, ana wnue mere is no.je lescatlon from Chicago a great deal of work is be ing none in behalf of. that city by member ot.. the national ; committee ana j oy ; several oiner ymemoers wno are Interesting themselves to. the ut most extent to throw the convention to the lake city, They made 'mate rial progress during the day, van J to night are bodly claiming they have practically triumphed. -. This U not ' conceded by the Kansas Cltv adro- - xates. 5 ij- v . .- -; t K -; y To-morrowV session will be devot ed to listening to the -praises of the various aitles, ' and after the oratory will come the1 voting. :Of the S3 members of the national committee from 33 to 2S are said to be pledged to Kansas CKy and .an equai numosr to unicago. - Tne Bal ance vdf the committee membership are non-committal and their vote wilt decide the cltv In wbtch the con vention will be held. ' i 1 Among those Who answered the roll Call to-day were: Alabama, Charles H. Scott; Arkansas, Powell Slayton; FlorlJa. J. N, Coombsr Georgia, Jud- son vW Lyons; Louisiana. - Peart Wight J Mississippi, L. B. Moseley; North Carolina, E. C Duncon; South Carolina. John G. Capers; Tennessee. fT)ngressman Walter P. Brownlow; 5 Virginia, Harry Bowden. ' ; ; ' NOTE GIVES NO CUTE. Body"' f Clara Blood rfod Taken t I New York No to ItoMband Give No Cine as ta Cause, 'Baltimore, Dec. The body of Mrs. Clara Bloodgood, the actress who killed herself last night, wa taken to New York to-day. Mr Laimbeer ac companied It. The members ot "The Truth"; Company left for New York City on a later train. 1 "vK . Through John Emerson, stage man ager of the company, Mr. Laimbeer . stated that the note left' for him by hie wife gave absolutely no clue as to the motive for her act. It merely re ferred to some business matters which she desired him to ' attend to for her In New York and evidently had been laid aside for mailing. Mr. Laimbeer could not, he declared, assign any rea son for suicide. Mr. Emerson could only ascribe It to the fears of a pos sible breakdown on the part et Mrs. Bloodgood. She had had a hard sea son, he said, and thas had told on her nervous System. ' - - ..'. ' The fact ot her purchase : bf the pistol 'here a few days ago and ; the discovery - of a medical book In her room with marked paragraphs 'treat tng of the parts of 'the brain, seemed to Indicate premeditation. t. n . - HUNT FOR SflSSTNO' MAX. XXJ: stv, iuVi'i S t . i ;"',-?,.": ;1 Relative of Aldeo' 4?wdlnKHek Some Trace of? Him, ,r Special to The Observer. t - , Ashevllle, Dee. 3 Ths relatives of 'A 1 den Ciishlng, who disappeared from the Hotel- Gates at Hendersonvtlle nearly a month jibo,' have., arrived hereand ere endeavoring to secure Information rela-s tlve to-the whereabout of the mliln man.' A reward of $1W) has been onrd for any - information either eoncernms: Cushlng or that will lead to the location of his whereabouts. vhtnw is about 5 years of sge and eeweafrr.m,a.well. known New York family. He U rert'ted to be wealthy lu when lea vtrig Hender. envllle said tht he wss coming tn Ashevllle. He had plenty of money; left all his bagsage "and personal effeeu -nt-the hotel, t He did not com W Ashevlll so far as can te .learned here and bis disappears no I. '.shrouded In mystery. ?'here Is tald t be abwlnteiy no reavnn or the man dlsaprfenrlns: that ho had' no financial ot other troubles and fear Is entertained that he has been foully dealt with. -..y-,..v.fl w jfe.a ..-.-;-.' . lumbla. S. C.; V. B. gtlilwell, Savan Hah, a,;-: v.;;'.-:;-: -vv:;t. -' ; ;, J. ; Quit seaboard: T.C Bush. Blrmln,?- ham; M. J. Banders, New Orlean; s. Tallafferroi Houston," Tex.; S, W. Dun Can; Dallas, Tex. 1 ' ' The entire Mississippi district: Cv. J, AJ Johnson, St. Paul; Minn,; Tho'n aa M... Wilkinson,'. Burlington, Iowa; W' P. Kennett. Wt. Louis, Mo.j-W. K. Kavanaugh, St. ,LouU, Mo.; Charle Scott,- Rosedale, MIss.-1.--. The Great Lakes district: James H, Davidson. Oshkosh, Wis.: E. W. Wtckey, t South Chicago, Ind.;' H. C. Barlow, Chicago, 111.; Edward II. But ler, Huqalo. N. Y. ' , Ohio Valley district', W. B. Rogers, Pittsburg: Albert Dettlnger. Clneinna tl; John Ik Vance, Columbus, O.; W. fil. Keller, EvanavtlJe. Ind. Tenne.tsee and Otmberland dis tricts: M. T. Bryan. Nashville. . The Arkansas valley district; Law rence M. Jones. Kansas City; Georgn C. Call, Sioux City, Iowa. The Paclllc const district: N. O. Blatock, Walla Walla; Wash.; A. H. Devers, Portland. Ore.; George C. Pardee, Oakland, Cak "A resolution was adopted that a committee const.-iUn of the preslJ.-rt of the congrow anj the vice presi dents of the various State be dtrec -1 to ; present .' to ; I'reulient r.".-fv. ! i . Vioe Pn-sidftit Falrtonks. and t t Speaker of the House of Reprft . ' tlvea, the resolutions of the con v In the closing hour of the con.;! brief addresses were '-delivered I representatives of the varin T 'Jelegatlona, each . arceni.:.u;? ' work of. the orsar.!i.a!U' n r out how it might 1 1 " I ' tended, f , At 1 o'i ;.' k i C" i aatonrned. .
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