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f. ' CUECCPJPTION. PPJC2: (3.00 -A .YEAH CHARLOTTE, N.O., MONDAY HORNING, DECEMBER 9,-1907. PRICE FIVE CENTJ. - OSCAR II, OF SWEDEN DEAD GUST AVE V. RULES EM IHS STEAD Venerable Jloiiarrh of the Swedes ..Passed '.Away Yesterday Slorning Surrounded ty ills 'xwnny ana Household Sloan ol Ansuiah from ' Loviiur Suhicct9 as the Flag on 'l Palace is llpped at Half-Mast 1 1 J Ills Last Hours Passed In Uncon " Piousness Succession :- to -the Throne of Sweden Passes to the Crown Prince Oscar Gustavo and He Takes tlie Oath of Allegiance . ' Under Uio Title of Gustave - V - Sketch' of the Bead Ruler. 1 J ' , ' Stockholm, Dea J.-'Qacftr I, Khig , f Sweden, died at 9:10 o'clock this snornlng. The dearth of the venerable " monaroh occurred Iff" BUT royal apart went of the palace, where, surround ed; by the member of hl family, In cluding , the aged Queen iBophia, ; and t the Crown Prince, Oscar Gustave, and i "high, ministers of State, the inevitable - end iiad beeh awaited,' while outside v . the pala.ee great crowds stood wlLh - towed heads and tearful eyes long at tee the announcement came of the . death- ot their loved sovereign. , ' When the flag on the palace was dipped to (half-mast there -was a moan of anguish from the assembled multl. " ' tude and many of them! cried: -"Our dear old -King la. dead." - - The following official -bulletin was , posted after the King" deaths i v? ? ' "The strength of the King contlnu- . - ed- to decrease , throughout the night and the state of unconsciousness be ', came mere :-. marked. Hts Majesty , passed quietly away at"9;10 ' m., : ' ) OLDEST SON; NQW KING. ; ' j t .The 'ruuccession W the 'throne of - Sweden now passes to Oscar Gustave . Adolphe, Duke of Vreraland, the old ' est son, of the late King, r At a meet lng of the council of. state this after- noon, the new King took the oath of , allegiance under the title of Gustave . V and adopted the motto "'With the ' people for the fatherland." The Princes then took the oath of alleg - lance and the new monarch accepted the homage1 of the State officials. The teat hours of the expiring mon- - arch, were passed in unconsciousness and up to the end lie gave no sign of recognizing those about- him. The Queen was grief -stricken becauae he . .could not W4 her farewell Believing that death would' not oc- - cur until; morning,, the members of - the v royal ' family and the cabinet , ministers withdrew ana the physicians left their patient in the hands of the; nurses soon, after midnight Within an hour or two the doctors were cail-i ed again to the sick room and admin- (stored further stimulants, Wit at 5:16 . the gentlemen -of the King's court - were aroused and ordered to appear at once., in the toed chamber. The Premier and Foreign Minister and the highest court officials, together with all members of the King's family, as sembled ithere and remained at ills , side until the end came. ,. 8KETCH OP HIS LIFE. ." - "The death of King Oscar is not ex pected, to be followed try any serious disturbance of Sweden's political con ditions. :, All precautions haver "been , taken for the orderly passage of pow er to the bands of his able son and successor, u, Oscar Oustave AJolph, Duke ot Vermland,; who will doubt less take the title of King Gustave. , King Oscar has long been one ot the most interesting figures of Euro pean' royalty, his descent from Napo- r leon's great Held marshal, Berna-r dotte, his gigantic stature and his fam ily ; -connections with many of the other great houses of Europe combin- , ' !ng; to give hinf an interesting per sonality. 'His truly democratic hab- . Its have made him Idolized by his subjects, who tiave regarded him more , as a father than a monarch. . It was ' King Oscar's devotion I to the cause of peace that attracted the attention of both the United States and Great Britain when the two countries were framing the 01neyPaunce(ote gen M eral treaty of arbitration, the docu- " ment naming King Oscar as final arbitrator should . those . '.. representing the two countries fall to agree. . '. ' A WISE RULER. Under King Oscar Sweden's stabll ' v. ity and progress haveVbeen, uniform t ' until the events culminating in the. re cent separation of Norway. The final success of the separation movement was a grievous blow, to the aged king. ( Both1" his pride and heart were wound r. ed, and his constant brooding over this unhappy event.' doubtless con , tributed to Is death. - Politically, however, neither Sweden -nor Nor . way is likely to be disturbed by King Oscar's demise, since the recenj storm between them has ee wholly calm-' ' ed and each, has now. adjusted itself .to the new order of affairs. i The hew King Gustave much re ' eembles his father in gigantic stat ure and in light Saxon-blonde feat- ures. The young monarch is not un " , used to the affairs of State, as he ' (has frequently acted as regent dur-r lng the illness and absence of his father and has displayed ood sense ' ' and ability. He Is personally much . liked here and at other capitals, where he is, warded as having his father's v characteristics of sincerity and slm--, pllclty.' , . ... . HIS-ROT AL LINEAGE. ' - King Oscar ' II. was born January 21st, U2. He was the third son of JCIng Oscar 1. end of Queen Josephine, and a. "grandson of Marshal Berna , dotte Oscar It succeeded to the throne t the death of his brother, King Carl XVv September 18th..' 1872. He ,was married June th, 185T, to . Queen' Sophia, daughter of the late - Duke William of Nassau. ; Four chll 1 Oren survive r King . Oscap-Crown " prince Gustave, born June IS th, 1858; -, 7 ce OBcar Bernadotte, born Ne - ,',lier 5th,"185; Prince Carl, born 4 34iary 87th, 181,' and Prince Eu , (cAic, born August 1st,. 1884. Prince Guntave was married September 20th, 1881,' to Princess Victoria, of Baden v Baden. Their eldest' son,; Prince Gus 'tave. was married June 15th, 1905, to Princess Margaret Victoria of Con C naught Prince Oscar renounced his succession to the throne and married r ; Warch ; 1 5th 18 88, 1 Ebba f Munck; of f in the'yearg 1898 and J1893 the laU King Oscar i stead fasti opposed the propositions of the Norwegian Par liament for a separate consular terr. ir. which led to Norway, t October Ith. 1905. sjeclaring the union of Pweflen and Norway dissolved. The . throne of Norway was offered to - a jirince of iHfe reltnint house of Swe-f ert. but was declined bt King .Oscar, and after an appeal to the Norwegian People, prince 'Charles, of Denmark, was elected Knt of Norway by the Norweisn Parliament November lMh, 1905. ARBITRATED 8AMOAN CLAIMS. An event of international 1mpor .-,t''T"ft tVie life of Klrff Osrnr was In 1902, when ho adjusted the Ameri can and Britl; h governments to be responsible for the fighting in the Sa moan LUands in 1I9. lie Also attain ed prominence at the time of the Venezuelan dispute, which caused fric tion between the United States and Great Britain in 18. It was then proposed, in case the Cleveland arbi tration commission, consisting offour members, failed to agree, that the matter be referred- to King Oscar. But an agreement was reached at Paris, where the arbitration tribunal met in the spring of 1899 and King Oscar's intervention was not necessary. 'King Oscar was called the ablest ruler of the 19 th century and the most democratic King that ever 11 ed. v He never made any;; attempt .to conceal the humble origin of bis" fam ily, and whenever be traveled to the south of France he made it a point to visit the little bouse at" Pau. wtterfe its grandfather was born. In' appear ance, however. King Oscar.: was every Inch a. king and there is no sovereign in all Europe who was more stately and more regal In bearing than was be, s A In. height King Oscar stood feet i Inchestaller than most of his subjects who, as a rule are tall men. DESPONDENCY CAUSES SUICIDE. Financial Losses and the Inability to Meet Pinning Obligations Drive ' f Mr. JToton Clinard. of , Winston-Sa- 1 em, to Take Hi Own Iif -Wan a Man Well Thought of In Ills Com munity. . , , Special to The Observer. ; Winston-Salem, Dec. 8. 'Brooding over financial losses and - despondent because of his inability to meet press ing obligations. Mr. ; John v Clinard, aged 46 years, a most highly-esteemed citizen, of Centrevllle, a uburb , of Winston, shot and kiUed himself at o'clock 4hls morning. , The total shot was fired in an outhouse in the yard at his home.v Death was instantane ous. The news of the suicide came as a great surprise to the relatives and friends, and no one had noticed any- thing strange in the man. He appear ed cheerful and bright and 'no mem ber of the family suspected his enter talning thoughts of self-destruction. . - Mrs. Clinard heard the report of a pistol a few minutes before r o'clock. Two men who were standing out In front of. the house also heard the re pert of the revolver and ran to the outhouse, irom whence " 'came ' the sound -of the pIstoL In response to a question he stated that the pistol went off accidentally. ' Nothing more was thought of the matter -until a sec ond report of the pistol was; heard about 10 minutes later. The members ot the family and the two men rush ed again to the outhouse and found Mr." Clinard ' dead with a bullet hole In his temple and the revolver lying by his side. .Sheriff X E. Zlgler was notified and he consulted with the members of the family in regard to the advisability of holding a coroner's inquest over the remains. The family was satisfied thai Mr.CUnard killed' hlmself - i ' r The remains were taken to the un dertaking establishment of F. H. Vog ler, in S3lem, and prepared for burial. The funeral services will be held from the residence at 3 o'cock to-morrow afternoon and the interment will be st Union churchy two miles south. of the city. -';'-; . Mr. Clinard was a hard-working, in dustrious kind of aefellow and, to bis friends he appeared to be getting along splendidly. He - conducted a store at Centrevllle and naa a valu able farm-a few miles from the city. He was a member of the Junior O. XT. A M. and the burial Will be with the honor of that order. The deceased was a brother of Mr. W II ..Clinard, of Salem, He is survived, by a wife and three children. , NEGRO KILLS OFFICER. MaKdutl at Mldvillo Jfnrdcrcd Slay er Escapes to a Swamp. Macon, Ga., Dec. 8. A special dis patch from MidrlHe, Ga.,, to The Tel egraph says: " . -: Marshal Brlnson was killed here this afternoon by a negro. The negro had done something for which the' of ficer reproved him s and summoned him to appear in court to-morrow morning. . The negro, without saying anything, pulled his , gun . and shot Brlnson' three times. Two ot the bul" lets lodged in Brinson's abdomen, and he died In a few minutes. The negro fled to the swamp and escaped. A spe cial train with tne sheriff's posse and bloodhounds, left Millen, Ga., for, the scene. -r i -,v ..,:.,.; . 'Atlanta,-; Ga ; Dee, J. A ; long dis tance telephone ,t message . from the sheriff at Millen, Gnt., confirms the re ported killing of the marshal at Mld villo bya negro, ..The sheriff stated that there bad been no other trouble following the killing, but that a posse was In pursuit of the negro: Other wise Midvllle is quiet to-night. METHODIST PARSQNAGB BURNED PartorV Home : Af Bethel M. 13 , 1 Church, S, C Destroyed WlUi Most i'J of Its . Contenta ; . . 8pectal to The Observer. i Chester," S. Dec; 8. The Meth odist parsonage, a handsome and com modious btick structure situated just at the rear at? Bethel M. ; E. church", was almost destroyed by fire this af ternoon. The flames originated In a pile of straw under the front- porch and quickly apread,: despite the ef forts of citisens and the local fire de partment.1 The major part of the fur niture and other contents were 'de stroyed, although most of the valu able library of the pastor, Rev. M. Iv Banks, 'who leaves. Tuesday -for Darlington," was - saved. The insur ance on the building was 83.000. The furniture was also partly Insured. ;' t i:-:f ' ' .'" V " ' 'fn. " " . . To Promote Upbuilding ol Country's . : Shipping- Interests. . " Cleveland, O., pec. 8. The Mer chant Marine League Is preparing for an active campaign to promote the upbuilding of tho shipping interests and the beginning of renewed efforts to Influence Congress and the country will be marked by a notable .conven tion which will -be held here on De cember list ; Ex-Governor Myron T. Herrick : will preside, After an ad dress of welcome by President Ly man H. Treadway, of, the .Cleveland chamber, of commerce, addresses will be made by J. T.' McCleary, iAsslstant Postmaster General; Truman H. New berry. Assistant Secretary of the Navy John Barrett director of the bureau of South American republics; Con gressman W. E. Humphrey, of Seattle; 3: O. Butler, Jr., of Youngstown, O.; F; E.'Case. president of the HarArd Company of Canton;' Lewis Nixon, of New York, and others. Stranded Revenue Cutter Hooted. ' San Domingo, Dec. 8. The United States revenue cutter, iPeorla, which grounded t the entrance of the har bor on her arrival litre yentcrdAj', was floated. She la not datttcged. IDE DEAD f EOBABLY 4C0 RESCUERS RECOVER 53 BODIES PlUable Scenes Attend the Work of the Brave Men strugsluig to Reach Thslr Imprisoned Comrades m pig West Virginia Mine Again Driven From tlie lU-lated Shaft by lire, , the Work-Proceeds Slowly A Min ing Expert Sent by the Government ;( to Investigate tho Cause of the Ex- , plosion anl Look After the Work of Rescue Rescuing Party : States . That Many Bodies Have Been Lo cated and Will Soon Be Brought to - the Surface Funerals of a Score of ; th-a Victims Yesterday. . , i , j ; Monongah, ;Va.; Dec. . But 63 bodies bad been, recovered v from mines Nos. I and' 8, of the Fairmont Coal nrpanyr WHa darkness nosed over the. little town of Monongah to night Fifty-six hours had elapsed since the awful. explosion and1 a ma jority of the bodies brought to the surface Were in a terrible condition, necessitating almost immediate bnrl al. .-: --y.i ,V -ty -y '-H:-! It is now believed that the number of dead will not be over 400. - : ' A thorough investigation was made by the company to-day , and It was discovered that many miners' believed to have been entombed had escape because they had not gone to work Friday, after Thursday's holiday.' ? ' .Shortly after 8 o'clock this after ' noon fire broke out again in Mine No. 8 and the rescuers were at once or dered to the surface. & Thousands of sightseers from the . ' surrounding towns had gathered about the open ings. Through open gaps the crowd was notified of the fire and the dan ger of an explosion, but they refused to leave, and it was with great diffi culty that the special police, assisted by many miners, s forced these peo ple to seek places of. safety. . - Efforts were then directed toward extinguishing the fire and it is thought it Will be subdued - within ; a few hours, when the work of rescue will be again ; taken up. ; It . is , said by members of the rescuing party that over one hundred bodies have been located in both mines and that they will be brought to the surface as soon as the fire has been extinguished. It is not believed the fire will reach any of these bodies. Clarence Hall, of ' Washington, ;. a government mine expert arrived at Monongah to-day. He win remain here until lie can make a thorough investigation of the" disaster, when he will return -to Washington and re port to the government. The reports of both Mr. Hall and State Inspector Paul as to the cause are awaited with great Interest . The system of rescue work was al most perfectly organized to-day and excellent results were obtained. Much headway was made into both mines and about 25 bodies were recovered during the late morning anl early afternoon."'-' . . The following statement was Issued to-night by President C. W. Watson, of the Fairmont Coal Company: "There have been numerous ; re ports that the families ot the. dead men are destitute. V) These reports are wrong, , The Fairmont Coal Company Is, and will, take care of all these families! v In' addition to " this, th u.iiea r Mananuhi Fairmont anl L other places have organised relief measures ana. o -jBuwMa. .i;.t assistance." -'.'i:.vW; Heart-rending scenes and Incidents crowded fast, one upon the other In this sorely afflicted mining community to day. -Funeral processions were in s!nt In Redirections during the entire day. On the way to the cemeteries these sol emn little processions were Constantly meeting and passing i vehicles coming from tlie mines, laden with the oodles of other victims en route to the morgue ihere to be placed in caskets and pre pared for another series of funerals. In the town, families were mourning the death or absence of a loved on and on all sides were little groups of weep ing women and children, oblivious to ail surroundings. About 20 victims were burled to-day In the three cemeteries near the town. Tho services were simple and brief, and ex eept for the grief of the mourners, which at times - became almost frantic, were without special feature.' On account of the fire In mine No. I and imminent danger ot explosion in mine No.- , all rescue work has been suspended for the night - V MURDER AND SUICIDE. -' Nashville, Tenn., Machinist, Kills Ills ,! Wife and Turns Gun on Himself. Nashville, Tenn., Dee. 8. Frank Click, a machinist, 15 years of age, to-day shot and killed his .wife, Mrs. Ruth Click, and then ' shot himself through the bead and now lies dying at the city hospital. . The tragedy oc curred on Bilbo avenue, In the home oi a negress, where Mrs. Click had taken refuge. Domestic troubles are assigned as the cause. Mrs. Click was about 28 years old and bad been di vorced from a former husband. She and Click were married last July and went to 'Memphis to live. She re turned to Nashville some two weeks ago, going to the home ot her father, W. N. Bilbo, a wealthy teal estate owner.- ? .' ? Click returned last night and .at his request Mrs. Click met him this af ternoon on , Bilbo avenue, hear the scene of ths killing. After a brief conversation with him she suddenly ran with Click pursuing her. , Her flight ended in the rear room of the dwelling ot Sallle Hughes, colored, and ' there with no witnesses, the shooting occurred., i ; WRECK IN MONTGOMERY YARDS ' ""-'-'"fc nirru -i J ,'.'-. .' k - An- Ii. N. Passenger Ditched by Half-Closed Switch and , Several : Trainmen Hurt " : ; Monteomery,,'v-Ala'?;P Dee.' 8.Tllro"n from . the main line by a naif closed switch,, a South-bound passenger train ot the Louisville V Nashville Railroad was wrecked at 11 o'clock to-day in the Montgomery yards. The engine crashed into a train of heavily loaded eoal cam which was In a siding and was turned completely over, burying the negro fire man beneath the wreckage and so In juring him that he will (lie. Three malt clerks' were badly cut , and bruised. None of the passengers was hurt The Injured: ,.:.,... - Tom Loving, newro fireman, Decatur. Will die:, W. H. Fisher, 8. J. Blair and Harry S. T3verett all mail' clerks, of Nashville, Tenn., badly cut anl bruised. The train was going at a speed of about 2& miles an hour when toe sect dent occurred. - .;. . .:,:? ,. . Cltlsen Soldiers Guarding Kentucky - Town. . Hopklnsvllle, Ky.r Dec' l.8Ute Fire Marshal Mott Ayers Is Investi gating the burning of three business bouses by "night riders" early Satur day morning. Important ' clues are aldVo have been discovered chat may lead to the arrest of members of the mob. Company D, Third Kentucky Regiment is gusrdlngthe city. Un verified reports tame to-day that two men were killed In Tryon countv by IIointlnsvHle cltlzcni wlio pursued the "flight riders." NEW YORK'S "JDLUE', SUNDAY, Tlie Lid Is Closed Down TlglU and Something llappena: That the Old est Inhabitant Never Expected to See and Never Heard of Before Aldermen Will Meet Tuesday to Modify Law. New York. . Dec. 8. New York, which can' usually be depended upon to provide something new and sen sational, to-day' treated Its millions of residents and tens of thousands of week-end visitors te the novelty of a thoroughly "blue" Sunday, the first and probably the last in the history of the metropolis. Few bad expected to live to sea the day. .There have been more or less "dry" Sundays and Sundays without baseball, but the niemorj;ofihefoldest: .inhabitant" failed to recall a Sabbath here when one was compelled to choose between the churches and parks if be would see or, hear, something to entertain hlm."" "tj'.c :; ;''"'-':, i :" .r-i'''-. '' 'Incidentally the police ; department demonstrated that it was equally ef fective in enforcing obnoxious or popular statutes. " The aldermen will meet . Tuesday, to modify the ordi nances so far as their authority goes. .j Over In Brooklyn three proprietors of moving picture shows who had gone to the trouble of getting out In junctions restraining the police from Interfering' with their' buBfness kept open, but with these exceptions the amusement promoters held to their avowed : Intention" of resting their cases with, the people, confident that publlo opinion would -demand a modi fication of a law which prohibited all sorts of amusements on the Lord's day. .. . : : The effect of Sunday closing was everywhere apparent Broadway wu deserted except for those, who find nothing better to do than to walk the streets. The hush throughout the ''great white way" was painful to ears accustomed to . week-day noises and Sunday harmonies. Chicago Feels It Too. ' Chicago, Dec." 8. New tactics were employed to-day by the Chicago law and order league In Its attack on Sun day 'saloons. Instead of collecting evi dence merely,, agents of the organi sation sought for violations of the law and .then informed the policeman on the peat that the State law was vio lated and that it was his duty to ar rest tee alleged offender. Refusal to act by the patrolman was followed by warnings that the league would In stitute proceedings against him for neelect of duty. The league's agents visited a num ber of saloons in the west and cen tral parts of the city but reported no violations of law exceot st the one place. The saloons visited Included those of Aldermen John J. Brennan and Michael Kenna. BAPTIST SdXISTERS MEET. Wilmington Cliurbes TnrnM Over to he Visitor Rev. : 3. B. Irnch Preecbes a Sermon , Tlat Elicits Special to The Observer. ' ; Wilmington, Dec. . M. In almosit every church in this city to-day and to-nignt sapust preachers - occupied the pulpits. Quite a number of the most able preachers in the Baptist State Convention remained here for these services and large congregations beard' their messagea Rev. J. W, Lynch, who Is the pastor at Wake Forest and "who Is recognised as one of the strongest preachers in the Convention, preached in the First Baptist church ithts morning. His text was the question of the Philip plan jailor to Paul and SHas, "What must I do to be saved?" and he bandied his subject in an able man ner, ills sermon eliciting high com mendation from many of the ministers and others who beard him. He showed plainly and dlfltlnqtly the distinction between belief and faith, emphasizing the fact that while belief reside in the intellect and. acts automatically, faith Is the trustful recognition of un seen realky and resides in the heart, goes farther than belief can pofftibly go, saving -.faith being the trustful recognition of the unseen God reveal ed to His son Jesus Christ ' :; Special services were held In differ ent Sunday schools of the city and at the Young ' Men's Christian Associa tion, members . of the Convention speaking a all of these service The remaining delegates will return to their homes to-morrow, all of them expressing Che pleasure they have en Joyed In the hospitable entertainment they have received and In the good they ihave received from the Conven tion, GLENN PREACHES TWICE. Tlie Duplin County Sunday School As sotiiauon Hears Two ulurcMHes ny special to The Observer, t Warsaw, Dec 8 About fifteen hun dred people heard Governor Glenn In two strong addresses at Kenansvllle to-day, the occasion being the con vention of the International Sunday School Association of Duplin county. ,The addresses of the Governor were along moral and religious lines; his subject In the morning being "What Shall North Carolina Do to Save Her Boys and Girls 7" that in the after noon,: "North Carolina's Need of fStrong Christian Young Men . and Young Women.' The Governor was at bis best and the people of Duplin and adjoining counties showed their appreciation ot his presence by their large attendance, and by their rapt attention to his every worJ. ,, -. -. PACIFIC FLEET . ASSEMBLING. Fifteen Big Warships Now in Hamp ' ton Roads Social Function Before : Sailing Day. ; '., . X Norfolk, Va Cbee. 8. Three . ba&. tleshtps were added ' to-day . to the number already assembled in Hamp ton Roads by- the - arrival of the Kansas, Rhode Island and Connecti cut making a total of IS ships of the fleet at the rendezvous; The social function on the day of mobilization and review by president Roosevelt will be a naval ball, given In honor of Admiral Evans, staff and officers of the fleet at Old Point Com fort. ' To-day thousands visited the Roads td get a glimpse of the big vessels at anchor and incoming trains were loaded with ylsltora It Is ex pected that on the Itth the crowd In attendance will be the largest in the history of Norfolk. Admiral Evans Off. Washington, Dec. 8. Rear Admiral Robley D., Evans and party left for Old Point Comfort to-day where they will stay ' preparatory to the depar ture" of the battleship fleet on Its cruise to the Pacific ocean ntDecem her Ith.l Accompanying Arfrwlral Evans were bis chief of ifcsft1, Captain Ingcrsoll, and naval aids. Commander Chandler, Mrs. Evans, the Admiral's daughter, Mrs.-iljrcb ftnd Mrs.'F. P. Evait wife ef the Aflmlrii's son. v THE IKOUBLE AT G0LDF1ELD TROOPS READY1 FOR BUSINESS Consolidated Mine Company's Detec tive Reports the SeJsure of One Hun dred Rifles Which Had Been Hid den Presumably by Union Miners Attempt to Be Made Some Day This Week to Re-Open the Mines With Non-Union Miners Colonel Roy nolds Commanding tle Troops, De clines 'to' Go Into Details as to His Plans, But Declare the Troops Are Ready ' to Do . Busliies Umlcr "Sheriff Does Not Believe That the ' Unloif-Miners Will Attempt to Make Any.. Trouble, 'v, , " . 'f Gold-field, Nev.Dec.5 8. Captain Sagef IhejCossojidatedMlnes Com pany's detective .patrol, reported" last night that he had seised one hundred rifles that had been bidden presumab ly by ; union . .miners within a short distance of Goldfleld. ' i 1 - - , This is- presumed to be a part of the cache .of arms and ammunition which the miners are represented to have collected during the last few days,. .' Captain William Cox, the represen tative ' of Governor Sparks in 'Gold field, stated this evening that he had information'; from the mine- owners' association that an attempt will , be made during the week to re-open the mines here with non-union men. This Information has been 'communicated to 'the Governor and is In the hands ot Col." Alfred Reynolds, commanding the Federal troops now encamped in this city.' ' " Droops encamped. There are now no companies of troops here, - the second detachment from Monterey having gone into per manent camp on Combination Hill, within 800 yards of the mill et the Goldfleld Consolidated Company. The first, detachment ; which came from San Franchco remains in the camp established In the northwestern part of the town, a mile and a half from the nearest mine. Colonel' Reynolds, commanding all of the troops here,; Is quartered in a tent in the, first camp and will remain there. He" refuses to say whether he will detail soldiers to patrol the mines when the attempt Is made to re-open-, .but merely states that the troops are here to preserve order, and that they are prepared to handle the situation. UNDER SHERIFF IN CHARGE. Sheriff Ingalls,. of Esmeralda coun ty, In which Goldfleld is located, has gone away to some distant mines and the sheriffs office is in the hands of Under Sheriff Bert Knight, who as serts that he is amply able to handle any crisis that may arise from the attempt to re-open (the mines. He has sworn in a doten deputies. He characterizes the statements made by the mine owners that the union men are arming themselves and pre paring to make trouble, as false, and says that in his belief there will be no effort made to 'prevent the mine owners from working the mines with whatever men they may employ. : A telegram, which the sheriff sent to Governor Sparks protesting against the presence of Federal troops In Goldfleld remains unanswered. BODY OF CUSHIXG FOUND. Almost Hidden by Dense Under growth tuLaurel Park Young Man Who Disappeared Nearly a Month Ago Found Dead Near Henderson vWeCause ot Death Not Estab llshed. Hehdersonville, Dec, 8 laying face downward, with his' cllncbed hands pressing Into his face, the body of Al den Thomas Cushlng, who on the 12th of. November,' 'so mysteriously disap peared" from, the, Hotel Gates,, was found shortly before noon yesterday by Southern Garrep, ' almost hidden by tb dense undergrowth In a remote corner of Laurel Park. Bestde the body lay his hat "and a" half emptied bottle, te contents of which have not been analyzed, and in his hip pocket was :'.a 8 2 -calibre 'bulldog revolver with alt of Its chambers loaded. The coroner was, I notified of fhe ghastly And and the foody was removed to an undertaking establishment, where at 2:80 o'clock the Inquest was held, the jury bringing In a verdict that the de ceased came to his death from some cause unknown." : Mr, Cushlng, was a druggist and real estate dealer of (Lancaster, N. Y., and was engaged to be married to a young lady of that city. He came to Hendersonvllle some months ago for bis health, suffering from heart trou ble that is thought to have caused his death,' . . , ( - ; "to meet in junk. Democnitlc National Comlmttce to Meet In Washington ' Thursday to Select Time and Place For Conven tlon. v " i , - 1 , vi Washington, Deo. 8. The Demo rratio national committee ' will meet at the Arllfigtort : la Oils city next Thursday at noon for the purpose of selecting the place and , time for aiding th national uemoctntic con vention next eummer. .Col. John t Martin. o Missouri, the veteran ser-geant-at-arm. Is in the city making preparations for tho , meeting. - f . Several places; including Chicago, Kansas : City, - Loulsvll;; Denver and Atlantic City, have been mentioned as candidates for the location and the Id of June la now spoken of as the most probable date of the convention, A number of members of the com mlttee fcav expressed the, opinion that It U desirable that the Demo cratte convention should be held in advance of the Republican and they generally advocate June 2d. ' i . live Killed In Meikan Roller F.x- . plosion, s, v ' San Antonio,' Vex,, De?. . A spe cial to The Express from , Mexico City, sayss 'Five persons were killed and 10 Be rlousty. bijured In a boiler explosion near Merlda yesterday. -The explo sion occurred on' the Chunchumll hacienda, -the , property of Rafael Peon. , . -' -Carelessness on the part of the en glneerr-who-wa ameng-the killed,- It said V have caused the accident. DETECTnES Ii.ND QUARRY. Hunted Ir a Year by Ofllcers of Two Continents, Alleged Baggage Thief Is Landed at Last. New York, Dec 8. Hunted for a year by detectives of two continent! William Arthur . Newman, ' alias Charles Miller - and other aliases, wanted In Richmond, Va., on charges of robbing two railroads of thousands of dollars worth ot baggage, was brought back to this country to-day closely guarded by two detectives on board the steamship Lusitanla. Re garded as a dangerous and daring man, seven detectives went down the bay and met the Lusitanla at quaran tine,: where Newman was placed aboard a railroad tug and . hurried to Jersey City. The detectives from Riclnjmdur-r started late4 to-day with Newman for Richmond,; Newman declared r- he would be a free man in a month. He was brought over as a eecond cabin passenger and not . once during the voyage was he permitted to be alone, the two detectives ' keeping . him under constant watch. Newman was arrested last September In . London by Scotland Yard detectlves. His real name is ald to be Charles Mil ler. - i'y.--'-T'Jjy- . ; DEATH SAT AT TimOTO.K . With the Engineer Stark and Stiff at His Pout Lehigh- Valley Train ' Crashes Into a Freight. AUentown. Pa., Dec. 8. Under conditions which seem to Indicate that he was dead at the throttle, Calvin Frederick, an engineer' on the ,Lehigh Valley Railroad, to-day ran his locomotive past a danger signal near Parryvlile and caused a wreck in which Richard Miller and Cyrus Young, brakemen, were danger ously.': scalded. . Frederick was en gineer on a westbound sfreight train, which crashed into the rear end of another freight. ; After the wreck the engineer , was found dead with his band on ' the throttle of the loco motive. The body was in such a position thaf Frederick could easily have extricated himself had he been alive at the time of the accident Police Chase Harney Oldflcld. Chicago, Dec. 8. Barney Oldfleld and two companions in a racing au tomobile were chased throurh ,h down town streets by policemen In a large touring car early to-day and ar rested after an exciting pursuit Oldfleld and a negro .machlrfi .t were later released, but Wilson, f owner of the machine, was held. , The police charge that Oldfleld and bis companions were driving north in Michigan avenue at a furious rate and that they ran Into and dem liithed a carriage, throwing its occupants to uie street " 'm - A boulevard policeman sprang Into another automobile and chased Wil son's machine several blocks before the racing machine was caught. The occupants! of the carriage were not severely nurt No Trace of Demented Woman and t Two Children. , ;. i. Brockton, Mass., Dec. 8J Although i.uww persons engaged in a search to day, under the direction of the police, for the two children of Mrs. Mary R. C. Ball, a demented woman, who dis appeared with the children from her home last Monday their fate remains a mystery. Mrs. Ball was seen Tues day morning In the vicinity of the reservoir in Avon, a neighboring sown, (but the children were not with her, and on account of her mental condi tion no clue to thel;- whereabouts could be obtained. Ti-day's search yleldied no trace of the mlaslne- rhiu dren. One of them, Mary Grace, was years oia and the other, Thomas, was 7 years old. Prominent Georgian Suicides In an Unusual Way. . Hawklnsvllle. Ga., Dec. 8. The body ot Oscar Taylor,, a prominent young man, was found this morning In the swamp below the city by a crowd of searchers. Taylor - dis appeared from home last Tuesday and It was feared that be had taken his life. Befoee killing himself be crawled Into a cypress log, made, a pillow of bis coat and fired ' a bullet into his heart. ' The body was in good etate of preservation, owing to the cold weather prevailing. No cause Other than despondency is known for his act Culberson Announces the V Personnel of Two Commuters. , ! Washington, Dec, 8. Senator Cut (berson, , of Texas, the Democratic leader In the Senate, to-night an nounced the minority membership of the committee on committees and the committee to prepare rules of procedure for minority conference! as follows: ' :- Committee on committees Messrs. Money, Bacon, Martin, Tillman, Clarke, Stone. Simmons, Newlands and Culberson, , ; . Committee to prepare rules of pro cedure for minority conferences- Messrs. Clarke, Daniel and Taliaferro, A Van Dyke afastcrpleca Stolen From Belgium Church. Courtrat Belgium, .Dee. 8. One of VanDyke's great masterpieces, "The Erection et the Cross,'' has been stol en from the Churcli of Notre Dame. The thieves carefully cut out tbe canvass from the frame anl carried It away, . They . are . believed to have jbeen experts, as special watchmen employed In .guarding the treasures of 'the church, observed nothing. ' Big. Mines to Shut Down. Butte Mont, Dm. : t. Acting on Instructions from New York all the mines of the Anaconda Company, the Butte and Boston Company, and the Wasoo, the Parrot and the , Trenton Companies, wilt be . closed. ' Opera tions ot ths Amalgamated Coppof Company will be confined ' to the properties of the Boston tk Montana Company, whtch embraces the larg est mines In the Butte region. Israel Zangwltl Speaks on Territorial ( - Organiatlon. , Manchester, DTc. 8. Israel Zang wlll. president of the Jewlah, terri torial organization, addressing a merit Infc to-night on the furtherance of territorial organisation, mentioned the 'fact that 800,000 Jews were returning from America during tne f oming win ter owing to bad Omes. Ambassador, Bryce to Remain. London, Dec.. 8. The Tribune de. dares that the reports that Am bassador, Bryce will s return from Amertra'and will be succeeded by fir ' Henry H owar d,-- th e m I n later-' a t The Hague, are without foundation. F0BECAST OFAVEEK'S KEu'G FINAVCIAL DEBATE IX SE.VATi:. Resolutions of Culberson and CXay, Calling Upon tlie Treasury For Iit ' formation ItcgartUng Recent llnan. rial CrWa Will Proliably Predptute : liOUg-Wiiiditl Debate JeBern DavU to Annihilate the Trusts Wed iiestlay Brownsville Committee) May Report During .the Week Hampton Roads to be a Scene of , IJvelle4 Intereot Anent the As sembling of the Pacific Fleet Much -. Interest in the Meeting or the) Democratic. National Committee - Hie San rranclsro Graft Trials. With the possibility of the opening of the financial debate In the Senate, the gathering of the great warshit. Rmto prepare- - tory to departure for the Pacific; a meeting of the Democratic national committee at Washington, re-opening of , the graft trials in San. Francisco, the actual starting of the trial of : George A. Pettibone. at Boise, Idaho, the annual meeting of the national civic federation, the annual meetln of the National League of baseball clubs at New York on the schedule, th week promises to be a busy one. '. " The prospect 1h 'good for the open-' ' lng this week in the Senate of the ' financial debate. It will probably be sprung In- connection with the resolu tions of Senators Culberson and Clay-,-'-calllng . upon the Secretary - of th Treasury for Information bearing upon the recent currency crisis, and much interest Is felt In the course the con- troversy may .take. That the Demo- ' crats would seek the first opportunity, to open up the question has been un derstood right along, and It has only been a question as to the measure upon which they might base their , talk. . ' TILLMAN TO SPEAK.'; 1 Senator Tillman wilt introduce a' financial resolution during the week ' and will. probably speak, on It. ' Wednesday the Senate Is promise.! : : a speech by Jefferson Davis, the new " Senator from Arkansas, who will dis cuss the trusts and suggest a remedy ; ' for them.. He regards all trusts as an evil and will advocate their annihila tion. - . The jreport of t the committee nj military affairs relating ' to the v Brownsville riots Is promised dur ing the week. In the House little actual work can -be done until the committees are sp- -pointed and the present indications are that the speaker will not be able to announce them for several days. In the meantime nothing ran be done in the House beyond the Introduction ot ' bills and resolutions. ' 5 Hampton Roads will be a scene of the liveliest Interest throughout the week. The 1 battleships which make un the Pacific-bound Atlantic fleet, will rendezvous In the roadsted on Monday and will make their eta tlons In squadrons of four vessels each, all under command ef Rear Ad miral Evan. Searchlight drills at night will be a picturesque feature of the fleet's star at Hampton Roads. . The fleet will -sail for the Pacific on Monday the 18th. DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.' - , One of the principal news events ef the week will be the meeting of the (Democratic national committee- at Washington Thursday. The commit tee will deride the place and date pf the next Democratic national con vention anl from that time forward the presidential campaign of 1901 may be said to have taken definite 1 form. It Is expected that Chicago, Kansas City end-Denver will be bid-' 1 df rs for the Democratlo convention. Just as they were for the gathering ef Republican delegates. Kansas City Is expected to make an exceptionally strong bid and. aa Chicago has already -. secured the Republican convention, -the rivalry between the two rltiea " may not be so great. . i , Interest In the San Francisco graft trials will be renewed Monday, when Patrick Calhoun, president of the Jnlted Railways of that city and one of the most prominent men-named as a defendant In the- long series ot ' prosecutions, will be called to the bar.- - 4, ' I I Ml'' There Die by Fire In Boston. . Boston, ; Dec. , 8. Three ' perxoitff were , burned to death - and another ' Injured during a fire to-day at 84 1 La Grange street. The dead are: , Mrs. Mary Joubert and ber two chil- , dren. Charles and Emily. Peter Joubert jumped from a win dow Into a blanket, . which . gava , way. and his leg was broken by striking the pavement later two other men were saved , by Jumping . into life nets Firemen found the bodies of Mrs, Joubert and. her chll- , dren. - . v. t?- ;A . s- f-.--V.-'.i r ' Appeal to Red .Cross. New York. Dec. 8. The New York; branch, American Red Cross, has re. , reived from Its central committee In Washington the following appeal on behalf of the families of what Is said to be the greatest disaster In the history of American mining: f "Branches of the' American -Red -Cross are authorised to receive and forward contributions for the fami lies of the dead miners of Monongah : W. Va. , . , "CHARLES L. MAGEE, ' ' , ' "Secretary." ' Big Steamships Collide In English Channel. London. Dee, 8. Heavy sales In the Channel and the dislocation . of . croas , channel traffic resulted In a disastrous -Collision off Folkestone thh morning bt-' tween the Dutch steamer Scheldestmm " and the British bark Forfarshire. The lchl1et rom w badly damaged end was beacned. The eapfaln ef th Dutch vesw together with 10 ef the crew .-,, terrd a boat which was driven on the recks and wrecked. Seven of the men. Including -the captain, were drownt-d. ' Those who remained aboard the atmr, ' were av4. The Forfarshire . was ahl to proceed. . f , :,. "'"I1 H" ' 'V ?; ' Mr. I. C. Grlilin Takes an Operation. : Special to The Observer. . Salisbury, Dec. 8. Supt I. -C. Grlflln. of the city graded school. Li confined to - the ' Whltehead-Stokes Sanatorium, where h took an opera tion with favorable results Friday af ternoon. The school work goes on under the direction ot Mr, A. It Jar- Tt. -I , ;, i v;v. : f a. . Mavor. Boyden yesterday denied Twlddy Bostlan ball for the slayin? of Frank Harrl Monday night. H goes back to Jail until February. Usual Sunday Auto Tragedy. New York, Dec. 8. An unmanage able automobile backed over an em bankmcnf onto the NVw York Cen tral Ratltoad track neir Mn-nt llope 'to-dny and overturned, k!'M " c Mrs. Carrie Clark, of thU etty, nn t elirhtly injuring Wlliltiin O'll.illah manager-e-a-.rxge,- nd F. r dock, th chaufteur.
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