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f f DESCRIPTION PHICE: 3.00 A YEAR. CIIAliLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1907, PRICE FIVE CI DOVER GETS CONVENTION; i rMOCRATS TO MEET JULY TTII.' Tjne and riaoe Fixed nt the Mect '. ing- of ihe National Democratic it-t'uiutnltU'3 1'esterday at Washington A Spirited Debate on the Proprio tv of Accepting More or the $100,. f 03 Offered by the Colorado Capital ' Shan is, Needed for Expenses layton'8 Resolution Not to Accept More Than Waa Xeeded Is Laid on ; the Table Prominent Dtmocrats Fngage In the Debate Stone of ,. Mls-sourl, Favors Accepting the En " tire Amount. . ;;j ' v..',- ";,;.-.: Washington, Dec. ;1 2 After decid ing' to hol'I the next DeipOcratic; na tional convention at Denver, Col., and fixing the; date of the i meeting: for ; July 7th, 190S,-the Democratic, na 1? HonaTrcoTnffiitter larr-ifflBrTenterBd upon a- spirited debate on the pro priety of accepting more of -the $100,-!! 000 offered by Denver lor the conven i .tion than actually needed to pay the convention expenses in - that city. The opposition to the acceptance of the contribution toolt the form of a, reso lution by Representative Clayton of Alabama, declining money not aptual .lyneeJed: for " convention purposes, but after a long debate the resolu tion was laid on.the table ly a vote Of Si t6Ai.yi''-'!. Mr. Clayton." Representative . John - Sharp Williams,, of . Mississippi,", and 1 Governor Hoke SmltX of Georgia, all - spoke1 In favor of the passage of the t resolution, r Mr,. Smith was especial ly emphatic in saying that the 3100, 000 which bad- been ; offered to se cure the Republican, convention. and refused by the Republican "national 1 committee had been offered to, an J was about to be' accepted by the Demooqratic committee. -; He said the Republicans had turned Jowa the of ' fer because It was regarded as In the ' - nature of a bribe and that Demo .crats, in view ,of that circumstance, rould not afford to accept It.;;" Mr. William spoke In similar vein, as did - also Mr. Clayton. Mr.. Taggart aflvo- ented 4he acceptance of the 3100, 000 saying It would be ! needed' now even worse than j money was needed - In 1900 and that, at tllat time It would (have been practically Impossible to have opened headquarters for Judge H Parker.' lf they had not hadthe ex .. - ' m '- a. TahIi ira . money : eecurwa uum oi. . Where, the convention was held.. - v.- y STONE JTAVUKH 11. ' v Senator Stone, of Missouri, made a long- speech, in which he favored the accept&nte of the money. , Mr, Clayton declared that the ao " ceptance, of the money would be In1 ; line with the very practices in cam paign contributions that had been condemned by the committee. This view was antagonized by Sena 4n Ktnna. .vhii declared that the transaction; Vwa open -i and above board-' and .thls was not to be com pared with any . of the . propositions h ha it : L hin condemned.: 'Many ' people.sev said,' would go to Denver tha nnn an.l rrowln eltv was "'laJ tomak this eontrtmrtftrrr for the advantages t wouut .receive. m un- ey, he said, would he badly needed in starting the campaign. , ,h Mayor Tom 'Johnson, of Cleveland, ' advooated the acceptance of the mon ey offered by Denver? , He said mon key fof campaign purposes is contrib uted by corporations with the view , of securing advantages in legislation or otherwise, while the contribution ' of Denver could not be ascribed to env such: pumose. Tha neoole of - Denver, he said, have a rre?ular or- ganljtifjnn for the purpose of attract ing conventions to th city, for busi r.ew reason and .". It was perfect? proper for the ' Democratic national committee do pcent their offer? v TILLMAN PPOSPS IT. Senator Tillman opposed the accept '. ftnee of- the money. "11 the lpcal Democratic organi aatlon of Colorado,"- he said, ' "have the money i to fight iU next am palgn. ' Guggenheim can be depended upon to furnish' money for the Repub licans. Jfow give, the Democrats of Colorado a chance and let them use the money to return Senator Teller." Mr. Tillman, however, voted against the motion to . lay the Resolution on the table. 4 '. Mayor- Dthlman. of Omaha, ex pressed the Idea, that the money "could be profitably employed In open ing the campaign and said he had no doubt. that Denver had made its proposition In igood- faiths , , Charges F:J Wilson, s sitting as a proxy for the member of the court S.. .knU aaaunn.r the commit- II VXll vwiviawwii - tee that Denver had no desire to ap T pear as undulv influencing, the com . mlttee. He said that there is a busi ness men'a league in Denver tosse-f - cure conventions-and that the propo , slUon . to the ; Democratic ; national - convention had been made as It had been to secure many other meetings. He satd that the DenVet people would be disappointed if the? entire sum was not accepted. i , VOTE ON MOTION. -- Th motlon to table Mr. Clayton's motion was made at the conclusion of Mr." Wilson's speech and prevailed by the1 following vote! : w ; . . - Tea Colorado; 1. Connecticut r I, Delaware 1. Georgia 1. Illinois 1, In ' Ulana J, Iowa 1, Kansas 1, Kentucky j,. Louisiana JV Maine 1, Maryland 1, Michigan 1, Missouri 1, Nebraska .1, New Hampahlrri; New Jersey 1. New .,MexIc 1, New Tork 1, Ohio'l, Pentt , yvanla 1, Rhode Island J Tennes- - -see l. vTexas 1, , Washington .1, West Virgin 1, Wisconsin 1. Wyoming 1, . District of Columbia I, Alaska 1. In Vllan Territory Ii Total' 3 U v-'-. - , No -Alabama is Ansona i, r innaa 1 Jn the first ballot Denver received 22 votes as against, 1? for Louisville, R for Chicago und on for St. Paul. , July tCt waa, selected as the date af ter a very brief d'scussion. - The vote in detail on the first bal lot, wa gs follows: .".. For' Denver Colorado. " Connecti cut Delaware, , . Georgia, , Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, -Ne? braska' (Ntew Hampshire, New Jer sey, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, . South - Dakota, Ten ' nessce, Washington, Wisconsin, t Wy eming, Alaska, Indian Territory. To tal 32. -f-,:-;.--,i,W-v-A !:v--;s' For Louisville Alabama, Arizona, . Florida, Idaho, Kansas. 'Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ver mont, Virginia,: West Virginia. Porto ' Rico, District of Columbia. Total 17. - ' - . 1 . - --For Chicago Illinois. Iowa, Massac chusetts,'New Tork, North ' Carolina. Total'. I. i -' . For St. Paul Minnesota. Total 1. r 1 y CONTRIBUTION PUBLICITT. """"CanitoUUamaa" Joimoa," 6f "Texa4, 1 J. taanp 1, M.acnurti l, miuuc- flita 1, Mississippi 1. Norta Carolina S In Oregon 1, South Carolina V. South " '"Ualtota l; Vermont 1, Virginia 1, Por was recognized to present the. Belmont resolution endorsing - the . policy of publicity for campaign contributions. He spoke briefly in support of th resolution as did Messrs. Talbott, of Maryland; Gibbons, of Florida, and Mack, - of New York. ' ';. . Senator Tillman spoke "upon It - In characteristic manner. He offered an amendment to this resolution . which was of the same purport and said he did so in order to make it more ex plicit. , ' ' r Senator' Stone, of Missouri wished to make the. resolution read so that it would prohibit iali kinds of con tributions whether money fit any' thing else. ' In his speech Senator Tillman said Judge Parker had made charges-con cerning the last Republican campaign found.and had pracUcaily been called a liar.' ..,'.j.r: ..-';. : '...-.--i-y-w.- -"We-have heard,":-aaid - Mpt-TOI-man, "something about restitution of the moneytaken from life Insurance companies for camDalsrn ? Durooses. hut T havn hftflrit .in:htnir nt :V Cortelyou -or iny one else paying back, money that 4s eue to these com, panles and which belongs la widows and children. It will be recalled that the President In his message to Congress last year recommended that railroads be forbidden to contribute to : campaign . fund out he was very careful npt to press upon his party In sConffresas the passage of such ' a bill:" , , ii; s, ? JOHNSON'S REOLTJTION. iTom L. Johnson, of Cleveland,' urg ed an adoption of a modlfled resolu tion providing 'that the publicity of contributions fihoujd precede the day of electioa. , ' . ' A discussion was then entered into as the details of law that should be adopted, but Senator Tillman said only the general . terms of a - law should be taken up by the commit tee. , i ,-: ::r. s Representative Clayton approved that 4 course ' and said the detalW should be left to Congress. : The reso lution was adopted. ' , -j " 4r Following is the text of Mr. Bel mont's resolution: . ' M ' "Resolved, That ", the Democratic national committee cordially approves a movement now under way to assist in, bringing about the publicity in ,the Stat as well as In the nation of laoney contributed and all expendi tures made by any association, 'com mittee or other organisation for po litical purposea." . - 5 i July 7th was selected as ' the date for the Denver convention after a wrybrlef :dIscussion,.i:.i.''.::;'ifc..;"' :;;;' The convention held two sessions during the day and adjourned flrjallj at 6 o'clock. 'v.'1- , - Lincoln, ,Neb.. Dec. . 12. William Jennings Bryan, to-day expressed pleas ure at the news of the choice of Den ver for the Democratic convention. '"Personally : I- had no -choice," he said. , "Any place between Boston and San. Franclaoo would av been eat isfactory to rae. I would not want It to go 'to the Philippine ' or P-orto Rico, but .anywhere else is all right" A.ROMAJiCE AXDA.TRAGEDY. Interesting 6tory of the, Sister' of an , . AMueruie man wiues to idght at - Vinoland, N. J. A New York Ranker Said to Bo Connected tWith the Case Brother and Sister Be come Estranged and the Latter Commits Suicide. SpecUU to The 'Observer. Vlnetand.' N. J., Dec. 12. With the departure of Joseph .McGarry, of Asheville, N., C, for hia home, cornea to light a romance and Anally a tragedy In the suicide of his sister, Mrs. Madeline Hoffman. ' When a girl Madeline changed her religion, quarreled with her family and eloped with a medical student, who. after a rumpus with hls family, left the young wife and Is said to have died as. Dr. Hoffman. , Mrs. Hoffman went to Philadelphia aiid'for a time work ed as a stenographer in a law" office, where etorlea connecting i her " name with that of her employer were whis pered about her. v About this time a prominent New Tork banker apeared on the scene and Madeline; whose. beauty had cap tivated the wealthy man, was sent to France and given an education, grad uating; with honors. She 'suddenly1 returned to America, bringing - .with her a 10-year-old child. Glariva hv name. ; - Falling llf ana her beauty waning, ine Danker left her, agree ing, however, to support her and the child. Mrs.. Hoffman then met a Dr. Barnes, whom she married nd who later 'divorced her nn tha desertion. Ill and . Involved in debt Mrs. Hoffman-Barnes a few weeks ago called on her brother, Joseph Mc Garry, of Asheville, N,. C, for assist ance. Jt is not known here how her appeal was received. On Rundav last Mm ' Vnm,. Barnes committed suicide. Relatives were rerused access to the - papers left by thx woman and the officials who have them will not divulge the name of Gladva father. . Estrangement of Joseph McGarry o jtionman. was occasioned bentLUaa tha lattoi- Vio ir. i MU 'UJ 0 i ATI d i cus Fry, her sister, arrested and coni vioxea lor assaulting Gladys,'" Desert ed by her. brother, who sided with the convicted sister, Mrs. Hoffman, feel ing she was deserted - by her last rriena, sought her tragic death. GALLAGHER ItEAUD FROM. rhe MlfMlnor . Wlmnu In ti.n ikIo " ' m.v Aiunv i Bribery , Canes VM : Be on llaml Tuesday Night Next ;San Francisco, Dec. U. Former Supervisor James Gallagher an -! 1m portant witness In the hrlhnrv twai of Patrick' Calhoun, president of the united Railroads, whlcn on accotint of. hi absence has been postponed until January 7th. has itelerranha to Assistant District Attorney Heney from r'hlua . hf v ., .'"?"' next Tuesdav n iht. From a statement made by Heney It- is believed that tha Ti?rtAmit(nM la contemplating -granting Abraham ui jiuiuuuuy in oruer to success fully prosecute the bribery-graft nwen, Dy geuing mm to . take , the stand and furnish th tint h.in.. Supervisor James I." Gallagher "and puuue- service corporauons.v who, through Ruef,; are alleged to have done the brlblnr. While not saying In so mny woras mat uuei s- demand for im munity would- be - granted. District Attorney ueney said to-aay: ,,, . - "Two 1Hea hav ilaolarad Oiul Ruefs testimony I necessary to re turn a veraici oi guilty ana , mat without It the evidence- la not ' com plete enough (o convict, v Public opinion aeemstto aemana mat Knet shall testify, 1 even ' If he has to be aranfed Immunity If - fha nnhlln m-anta It. It mav be necesmarv tit nut (Ruef on the stand- on those terms. I But l am not saying that this will 1 be, don. " ALL ELSE, 0VEBSU ADO WED ALL THE TALK ABOUT TEDDY Washington Forgets Jeff Davis' Speech ana tne Democratic national com mittee Meethig in Gossiping About the President's Third-Term 'Buster The South to be ths Republicans' Fighting Ground Hughes . Stock Soars a Good Deal From the Standpoint of the Democrat the Declaration is Very Welcome Squabble Over tho Marshall Post offlee Senator Latimer Would Changa the Immigration Laws.- - BY H. E. C V.BR Y ANT. Observer Bureau. f Congress Hall Hotel, ; Washington, Dec. 12,'.," President Roosevelt's announce-, jrientTBat "Se" wouloT n5frror"aIiy"c"OTF ' slderatlon.f accept thfr ' nomination for a third term at the, hands of his party, coming as it did last night has over-' shadowed everything else1 here to-day. The speech of Wnatof ; Jeff Davis,' of Arkansas, has been forgotten and al most forgiven and the meeting of the Democratic national , 'comrKltiea , has been overlooked.' The ' local ' papers are carrying" column after column of Interviews, opinions and , prophecies about the result of Jhe . President's declaration, -' People are guessing. Mr. Roosevelt's intlmaze friends have not believed that.;he would run, but hosts of those who had the ear, but not the tongue of the chief of. the White House though: that he would yield to a popular clamor. The Southern dele gates who were here last week to at tend the national committee meeting seemed to think that hey would have tn opportunity to vote for Mr. Roose velt for another term. . OF INTEREST TO THE SOUTH. , .The stand of the President against third term will interest the South. Never before have the Southern Re publicans had such an opportunity, and It remains to be seen whether or not they win take advantage of it. The South will send more than 300 dele gates to the Republican convention at Chicago next June. That will be abou: one-third of'the votes In the convention. It was said here last week that General Hitchcock, of the Postofflce Department had . rounded up the Southarn committeemen so that they were for Roosevelt or what ever he desired at the Shoreham. If the Southern Republicans are organ ized into a close alliance and will re main that way until the day of the convention,' they can name the next nominee of ;he Republican party, for they hold the balance of power. . . SOUTH TO BE BATTLE GROUND. It is said here, by certain very clev er politicians, that . President ; Rooser velt has had Cortelyou, his Secretary of the Treasury, pledge Southern Re publican office-holders so that at ;ha proper ? time -be could -use them for his man. If this la true and Mr. Roosevelt ' can hold what he has, he wjll see that Secretary Taft Is nam ed. . Other men, quite as astuce, be lieve that the 8outh will be the real fighting ground for -delegates. ; They argue tha; so soon as the President is out of the way-the pie brigade will begin to looK tor a place to ngat, and that there, will be a great scramble in Dixie. There Is no longer any doubt that the President and other leading Republicans of this citv.and in the States north of here" have come to the belief prevalent In the South that the average Southern Republican leader doe not want his party to grow there, but prefers that it remain as It is, so there will be more spoils. .1 have heard much talk of this kind since arriving here ten days ago. It is a question of patronage. It is believed In . certain official circles here, I un derstand, that local leaders In North Carolina and other Southern States would not welcome In their ranks :he hundreds of. Northern business men who have gone to that section of the country and .invested. But withal, this is the one time tha: the South ern Republican can do-something for a Northern Republican. .Observant students of political .affairs look for a great rush to the South by repre sentatives of Fairbanks, Cannon, Tat:, Cortelyou, Foraker, LaFollette . and Hughes. They consider that fertile soil.,.. . ..... ..... '.:' The Hughes stock went up with a rush last night and to-day, but It Is raid here ihat Mr. Roosevelt is not for him. The man who stands clos est to the President ' after Taft, Is Knox, of Pennsylvania. He would come nearest to carrying . out- tthe Roosevelt'pollcles. The iRoosevelt announcement look ed at. from the Democratic view point Improves the chances of Bryan. It has been said all along that Roose velt had taken Bryan's platform, but now, hat the strenuous, vigorous Roosevelt has retired, no one could step in hi shoes and use hi thunder. There was rejoicing in the Demo cratic camp to-day. - 1 A CUT AND DRIED MEETING. " The Democratic committee has been in session at the Arlington Hotel all day. About ten States ' and Terri tories were not represented. Very lit tle Interest manifested In the meet Ing. It was rumored last night that some enthusiastic Bryan man would offer a resolution endorsing the r Ne- braskan for the nomination. The life has been sapped from the party and many of those who have stood, by ev ery candidate for years have lost in terest. , This is manifest here among the Congressmen. A majority of the members of the House of Representa tives shout for-Bryan, but there are sdme who actually oppose him and a few who are Indifferent while in; the Senate; the Indifference Is so great that It is often remarked: "if Bryan arouses, any enthusiasm thl time, he win he a greater man man most peo nie consider him to be." There I a popular belief here that a strong, Vigorous '.Democrat, . wno had not worn hlnftelf out before the people. ould win In a contest wl:h anybody but Roosevelt But the man is not In sight John A. Johnston, Governor of Minnesota, Is iiald: to be contemplating '- making '. the race again: Bryan, but his boom has not come out of the far West yet It looks like Bryan. . ; There Is a squabble over the post office at Marshall. Df. Frank Robert has been appointed by the President but Enoch Rector thinks tha: he Is entitled to It. Both Bides . will be heard. . - ' ' . BILL TO AMEND IMMIGRATION LAWS. - Senator Latimer, of South Carolina, has introduced a bill "o amend the Immigration laws. The bill provides that no Illiterate be received, meaning by illiterate a person who cannot read or-write la hi owa-language that he must have a good character ac cording to the official records kep: in his county; that not more than 60, 000 of one nation come, which would not affect the arrivals from Northern Europe, but would cut off some of the thousands from Southern Italy; that a steamship company 'that brings a distased immigrant must not only pay $100, but twice as much as the per son pays for fare, etc and no individ ual, or State, as well as corp6ratlon or society, can pay ihe fare of an Immi grant. . .-t-..v.:'.'v.;,.. This bill was referred to the com mittee on immigration and wQl be dis cussed by the commission on immi gration. Charlotte people will be Interested In this bill. - Colonel Wescott Roberson, or Hign Point, Is at the St.; James; Major Jo seph WMorehead, at the Metropoli tan, and H. B. Worth, oi Greensboro, ateongressrIall; PLATT AND DEPEW. Thomas Collier Piatt and Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Senators from New York State,; are two of the most in teresting persons in the world. Tiey are a pair that it would Jo to tie to If they could' recall about fifty years. Piatt was born In 1833 and Depew in 1834, and they were at Tale together in 1853 but Piatt had to give up his college work on account of ill health, while Depew graduated. Piatt began life a merchant later became a bank-1 er, a, lumberman and a man of large affaira and the leader of the Repub lican party in this State. Depew Is a lawyer. Having won laurels at small er psactice he became a railroad at torney early in. life and is now con nected with several of the larger-wads of the country? -. , ' Piatt and Depew seem to be- the best of friends. The other morning when the senate convened tnese two old cronies sat side by side, talking and laughing with each other. Mr. Piatt, who has a small, flat, wrinkled face, with sharp tshin, sat far down in his seat, with his hands folded over his tummy, looking straight ahead', while Depew, with his large, ruddy, Roman face and Roman nose, faced him and spoke Into his right ear.- As the story progressed Mr. Piatt's face broadened into a smile and , he almost chuckled when Mr. Depew broke Into an audible laugh. Piatt look the part of the cunning politician and the shrewd business man and Depew the part of the able, learned lawyer. The North Carolinian who , knows a Tar Heel Scotchman, who is a merchant prince, havlpg made a fortune by running time-supply atores, will not have far to go to see a man who -looks just like Piatt. There la xavsh of the fox in the old man' face, many years have not de stroyed it all. His beard is full and gray but short-cropped and pointed. Depew Is rosy and Jolly and full of jokes. As he sits in his chair in the Senate chamber he is bolt upright and 'Jignlfled whi i his colleague drops on hia spine and appears to be much shorter than he is; but If one will examine territory round about he wilt; discover- that a good portion of him 'is .under the seat ahead. 0v'uNrjfi;iM''OF-iRON:;-:':'" Uncle Joe Cannon is a popular topic here. He is known as the man of Iron. If Uncle Joe pus his foot on anything, as they say ddwn home, It is time to quit wasting time on him. The Speaker Is ruler absolute here. He-has more power than the average President uses. One cannot "aeip but admire him for the. healthful low In his wrinkled cheek-the sparkle In his eye, the red carnation that no wears In the button-hole of his brown coat, and the backbone that makaa ",ilm what he la. The cartoons, which make Mr. Cannon gay, game and de bonair, are true to life, for h Is as sprightly as a calf la May. Yes terday, when a North Carolinian walked Ipto Uncle Joe's room at the Capitol, He found that distinguished gentleman in a most undignified atti tude. Uncle Joe. apparently bored with things In general, but delighted with his cigar which point ed toward the heavens, at a saucy angle-with his nose, sat deep In h large, cushioned, leather chair, resting on the back of his neck and the tip" of his shoulders, with his feet thrown across Xthe back of a high chair In front of him. Uncle Joe did not care whether school kept or not. He knew that he was Speaker of the House and no bills would pass If he did not approve of them. The people hare are afraid of tjncle Joe Cannon, Big man and small man fear his opposition. If one were to meet the Speaker injthe wilds of Gull ford, where ho- was born more than seventy years ago, he would pass him up for a Rube: but to feel tie power of his aavel and his rulings here o..e would take him for a man of Iron will and unlimited nerve. As he occupies his seat of honor In the House, Mr. Cannon makes an !nt viMtlng suMect for the artist. His clear, roy, glow ing face, circled aoout by dark, grey-iwh-colorej whiskers, his jiunry new er and his elegant tailor-male uit of brown, combine t.) make unique character. Mm a COAST LIXE DIVIDEND. A Reml-Annunl Profit of 3 Per Cent. Declared by Directors Official -Statement Issued. : Baltimore, Dec. 12. The directors of the Atlaptlc Coast Line Railroad totday declared a semi-annual divi dend of 8 per cent, payable on Jan uary 1st. This is the tegular rate, but Instead of being paid In cash It will be paid in 4 per cent, certificates of Indebtedness of the company, now. In i Its treasury. The statement made by ' the board after It meeting saysr ;:"!' "Owing to the continued existence of " extraordinary financial condition! and , In order to provide for making final payment for extraordinary bet terments and Improvement nearlng completion. It was provided that this dividend shall be paid ; with the 4 per cent, certificates of indebtedness of: the Tjompany, which ;were om time ? lnc -purchased : by Cie com pnay from the holders thereof an J which have been since held a Invest-' ment In the treasury of tha com pany. : The report of the - Atlantic Coast Line,, which ha Just been Is sued show that the grow earnings from operation for. the year, ended June-30th la-t totsled l2,771.82St an Increase of $1,03.080 over the previ ous year:-' the oneratlng expenses and taxes t20.442.02s, an Increase of IS. S4S.827, an.l the ncX earning from operation $8,229,501. a decrease of IM48.747, Everything Qniet In Alabama. ' Birmingham,. Ala Dec. 12. One of the Lowe negroes from the vicinity of Gordo, In plcken count)-, where fear have been held for several days tha a serious clash would take place between whites and blacks, arrested at TuscaVooea late test night wa tak- n back to Gordo io-dsy Everything Is quiet at Gordo. Th negroes will be given av trial a oea a yoaalblawj THE FLEET BEADY TO STAKI WILL GET AWAY MONDAY 3IORN The Final Word of "Ready" Flaslr?d irom Every Vessel In the Fleet and Officer and Men AUke Are Anxious to Begin the Long Cruise An Eu tire Absence of luiitluisiasmv But a Manifest Atmosphere of , Serious - Devotion to Duty All the Officers . , of Departments Have Had Serious .Problem to &lve and All Have Been Solved Gossip That the Fleet is to Encircle the GloteJ The Big Warships Ready For a Long Cruise as. Well as For a Fray. Old Point Comfort, Va., Dec. 12. Final, word of "ready"? was flashed from "every vesserin the battleship fleet to-day. In its last analyst this signal meant that the 16 most pow erful armor-clads" of : the American navy were ready to Btart next Mon dijM morning onlhelr projected crube to the Western seas. V: it meant that , hulls are sweet and clean, that giant compound enginesare restless to be at their task, that officers and men ' are trained to the hour, that bunkers are overflowing with coal, that larders are choked with - ship's provisions and that roagaslne doors are closed upon the greatest storas of ammunition ever placed on board American vessels of war. If the ahlps were destined for Im mediate conflict littli more could be done to make them ready fox- the fray. 7 -fh ANXIOUS TO GET-A W A Ya .r Now that all is ready, officers and men alike are anxious to get away. There is an entire 'absence of enthu siasm,; but a manifest atmosphere of serious devotion to duty surrounding the departure of the .fleet. The or ders and the published itinerary oner little prospect of entertainment or amusement en route. When the fleet was first ordered to prepare for the (Paclflo voyage the navigators of each ship were supplied with especially prepared charts leading down the South Atlantic coast through the treacherous waters of Magellan, and along the Paciflo coast to San Fran cisco. Several week ago these chart were supplemented by others, showing . the. water to Manila. Then more recently have come ia:eiy revis ed charts capable of guiding the fleet all the way to Gibraltar. The fur nishing of these charts has given rise to Kosalii thatt the fleet Is destined eventually ;o circle the globe. , DIFFICULT DUTIES. " The ordnance officers have prob ab'y accomplished the most difficult duties in -Dreuarlng for the cruise. They have had to see to the storage of more tnan b.uuo, uuu pounas oi m munltfon In the carefully protected (magazines and to the installation of the new. and secret Are control sys tem. Armor piercing projectiles fill ed with exolosive D. said ;o be the most Dowerful and effective of all 'the secret formula In the possession of the navy experts, have been placed aboard the ships and the vast sup Slles of smokeless powder charges ave been" eta weSd' away under 'the double protection of silken bags and copper-lined cylindrical tanas. - A GREAT PROBLEM. . One of the greatest problems which confronted the ordnance experts naa to do with the storage of the heavy charges of gun cotton taken-along to load the score of harbor mines which each battleship carries. The solution has been found In the distribution of the deadly explosive in small portions throughout the officers' quarters. Lit tle wooden boxes, 18 Inches long and 6 inches In depth and breadth, con taining several bottles of gun cotton, have been placed about five fedt apart In the ward room and storage dining rooms and even the officers' staterooms have been Invaded. The effort has been to keep the delicate explosive a far as possible from the magaelnes and .from the shock of the big guns. t SLAYER. OF KUBAMtS CAUGHT. The Negro Who Brutally Shot Down Foreman Charles Enbanks, Near Lexington, La"July Is Arrested, It la Believed, In Tennessee Mr. F. W. Clark Goes to Identify Him. fpeclal to The Observer. Spencer, Dec. 12. Oscar Gaddy, the murderer of Foremao. Charles Eu bank, of Lane Bros. Company, &ear Lexington, hut July, was arrested at 2ut a smalt station In 'Tennessee, yesterday and 1 being held for Iden tification! , The crime charged to Gaddy was ono of fhe mott brutal In the history of the State, Mr. Eubanks being shot dead without warning. He escaped and was chased through the wooda,'tout the race was Anally aban doned by the officers. Mr. F. W. Clark, of Lane Bros. Company, who know Gaddy well, has been summon ed from Spencer to Tennessee to identify the criminal. A lynching Is feared if he is brought back to Da vidson county now. HELD FOR FORGERY. Two Brother Claiming Salisbury and Asheville aa Their Homes, Are Found With Forged ' Check and Round 0er to Court at Danville, Va.' ......... Special to Th Observer. - Danville,. Va Deo. 12. I.. J. and J. W, Wilson, two young white men aqd brothers, of fairly good appearances, were held for ;he grand Jury at a pre liminary hearing In th mayor' court this morning on the charge of forging the name of a number of prominent clttiens and bank official to checks. I. J. Wilson, the elder of th brother, presented a check her last week on a local clothing store for $24.28, to Which, -was forged :he nam of Col. Ov; W.i Dudley, a tobacconist and di rector In the Commercial ,Bank, On hia person were found checks with the bogua signatures of President J, F. Rleoor of the Commercial Bank, and Vice-President C. H, Hlckey, of the Union Exchange Bank.; On the other Wilson were found the names and ad druse of several other bank officer. In court w-day th elder Wilson took the blame for the forgeries and said hi younger brother wa innocent. They claim Salisbury and Asheville a thi Ir homes. ( - Supplanting Vaiwnese Special Sen Ice Men it mi Aegroe. Norfolk. Va., Dec, 1 2.--iAecordin to tne report oi petty omcer on shore leave to-night when Jhe- fleet pulls out Monday for the Pacific there will not be a Jpene cook or servant on any of, the ironclaJ. This report Is to the effect that th Japanese. r being quietly but rapidly weeded out by ordar of the commanding officer and their place are being filled by ntKroe MRS. LOXGWORTH'S OPERATION. Daughter of the President and Wife of Representative Nicholas Long worth Submits to the Knife For Appendicitis The Operation Suc cessful in Every Respect- Accord ing to the Physician. . Washington, Dec, 12. Mrs. Alice Long worth, wife of ' Representative Nicholas Longworth, and daughter of the President was operated upon for appendicitis shortly after 10, o'clock to-day. The operation 'wa perform ed at the White House by Dr. Fin ney,' of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, assisted by, apr. Sophie Nordhoff-Jung and Surgeon General Rlxey, of the navy.;-; v;--..rvr-.-:. President Roosevelt left his omcea crowded with callers to, remain near hi daughter during tne ordeal, v. Rep- eeentativaLeBgwerth-4rale-wa iv close call as were the members or the Roosevelt family. 1 At the conclusion of the operation, which wa successful In every ? re spect according -to the 'physicians, Mrs. Longworth emerged from tne influence of the anaesthetic in a very short time and .after exchanging a few word with Mrsu" Cowles, her aunt and with her husband, she fell asleep -naturally and enjoyed a nap lasting two hours.- Her conditio was such ithat President Roosevelt s felt little apprehension and in fact did not hesitate 'to engage In his after noon tennis game with Ambassador Jusserand, Gilford Pinchofand- As sistant Attorney General Cooley. - The preparations have been making for the operation for nearly a month, It being known during that time that Mrs. Longworth was suffering from incipient inflammation . of the verml form appendix. About a week ago preparations were begun for the op eration which It was deemed , expe dient to undertake, before she had suffered a loss of strength that would be sure to ensue from a severe at tack of appendicitis. Mrs. Long worth consented cheerfully to under go this ordeal and as late as last evening, while she waa on a diet in preparation for the operation, enjoy ed a game of bridge whist at the White House. , Jit was stated to-day that Mrs. Longworth had suffered from ap pendicitis some time ago and had never fully recovered from Its effects. Recently she had been ailing, but had not been confined to her bed. The first attack was treated and re lieved without an operation, but up on its re-occurrence the present plan was considered to be the effective one. FORMER OFFICIALS SENTENCED, In the United States Court at Dan ville Former Revenue Officers Are Punished For CoUnrton With Dls tillers The Dry Fork Distillery Cases to Come Up Next March. DanvIHe, Va., Dec. 12. At the sea slon of the United States Court, which adjourned to-day tor the term, Judge Henry C. McDowell presiding, passed sentence"!! nwor former government officials convicted for collusion to de fraud the government out of revenue tax on spirits made at bonded distil, leries and on one bonded distillery, W. E. Ramsey, - former store-keeper and gauger at the distillery of S. D. Shelton, this county, was sentenced to a year and one day In the Federal prison at Atlanta, and fined a thous and dollars. Ramsey took an appeal and gave 85,000 bond. The cnargea against Shelton for fraud resulted in a hung Jury. C. J. George, former store-keeper and gauger at the dis tillery of R. W. Toler, at Franklin Junction, was sentenced, to a year and one day in the Atlanta prison and fine a thousand dollars. J. H. Lawrence, a large distiller of Henry county, was sentenced to a year and one day In prison and fined 1200. )Ed Medley, a negro witness In the civil suit of J. C. Chandler. ? against Collector of Revenue Summer, plead ed guilty to-day to the charge of per jury and was sentenced to 3 months In prison. Tom Moonshine, a negro, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for removing and concealing unstamped spirits. The Jury In the case of W. B. Samuels, a Danville sa loon keeper, . charged with perjury, growing out of alleged whlskes iiauus, irpunwi a, nisagreemeni. The Dry Fork distilling cases will be tried here during the latter part of March at a special term. The pres ent session of court ha lasted over a month and the attention of District Attorney Moore and his assistant, Mr. Hogs, ha been directed more to the oonaea distilleries and the govern ment officials employed to prevent violations rather than the petty block aders and moonshiners. DAM CONTRACTS AWARDED. War Department Give Pittahnr Concern the Joh of Bnlkllng Two 1 Big Dams In the Black Warrior River, Alabama, Washington, Dec f 1 3. Of far reaching Importance to" Industrial worker In the South and in the Pennsylvania mine and Iron manu facturing fields wa the action of th War Department to-day In award ing a contract for the . construction of two large dams In the Black Warrior river. Alabama, to the Pitts burg corporation known a the Dravo Contacting "Company ; at Its bid of 3700,000. Thl corporation already ha don much river and harbor work for the government' bat it la now, with' th knowledge of th War Department about to engage, in an experiment of great interest and Im portance to the South In undertaking to carry out thi v last large project 'by the use of white labor exclusively. The basis for th decision Is . th fact that the contractors . , believe they can at the present time easily aecure the necessary amount of .high grade white labor in Pennslvanla and adjacent manufacturing State as a result of ths existing Industrial de pression. The object of the dam la to open to stack water navigation the Black Warrior river, giving ac cess to tne great coal field that are expected to supply the large quantity of fuel required for the shipping that wlll'vf requent the Panama canal. ; 1 Southern Railway and Alabama Reach ; Agreement on Itate Quarrel. ; ; Montgomery, "Ala Dec. 12. At a meeting , held In the offlc of Gov ernor Comet; to-day an y agreement wa reached on v the nart of : the Southern Railway to keep' in force the Is j-3 cent passenger rate until the rat question Is settled In other l me road . operates. - It waa . agreed lomt time ago that nu.J K6d In Alabama as luw , tan la maintained in any other State, i While no agreed rate U on in any other Stat lower than i 34 pent, which Alabama now al - Iowa, cases , are pending, and It was thought best to "leave the rat at lJU2.,ce&U . Las, a.timek TO PEOBE EECE'T PAH I J ALDRICII REPORTS RESOLUTI Committee on Finance Calls on f Secretary of the Treasury to Trans mit to the Senate Information De tailing the Condition of Nation.; 1 Banks at Certain Periods,. the Clearing House Certificates the Is aac of 3 Per Cent, and Of Panama ' Bonds Report as Presented to 'the Senate Received Unanimous Vote of Finance Committee and ; Embodies ' the Clay and Culberson Resolutions. . a Well as the One Projected by . TUlman-WIth a Slight Modifica tion Resolutions Are Adopted. Washington, Dec. 12. Senator Aid- rich to-day reported to the Senate the following ', resolutions from the com mittee on finance as '.he result of the comimttee meeting called to embody the Culberson and Clay financial res olutions Into one set: , , . ' Resolved) That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he la hereby, dl rected to' transmit to the Senate' the : following Information: J " "First, a statement giving ... . name hd locatloq, classified by States, 'of all United States depositories, and the ; amount of public money on deposit . daily la each, from -October 1st, 1907,- ; to December 3d. 1907. with . amount , and character of securitie therefor; and 1 an explanation of important changes made Jn either amount -or location oi saia aeposits; - . . . , Second, a statement . showing 'In detail the condition of the national bapk on August 22d, l0", and De cember 3d, If 07, and the amountof national hank note outstanding from , tl-me to time during such period; rnira, an abstrct of the pronos- als - received by the Secretary of th Treasury for the purchase of the Pan ama bonds and 3 per centum certifi cates of Indebtedness, authorised by ; the Treasury circular ;: of . November 18th, 1B07; the amount of such bond and certificates - Issued, to whom' awarded and the reasons for their Issues. ' , , "Fourth, a detailed statement oil any Information he may. have as -to the amount of clearing house nertifi cates issued by the clearing house as sociations of the principal cities from, November 25th, 1907, to December 3d, 1907: the character of such cer tificates and the purpose for which; they were usd. ,r "Fifth, any information in his pos session as to the movement of cur rency between the different section of the country during the period front October 1st, 1907. and December 3d, ui, tuuiimreu wim me previous years, and especially of shipments by the Treasury, or otherwise from Kew . n ft T . . m ... . i ,. vi a aim ituiuiiwu, to ywiiiiv ouaka and West. ' '-v ' v "Sixth, a statement showing ; Che amount of gold import and export from October 1st 1907. to December 3d, 1907." Senator Aldrlch In presenting th resolution announced that -it re ceived thq unanimous vote of the committee. In the Senate, after the resolution was reported Senator Cul berson addressed a query to Senator Aldrloh In re.Tard tn th Jlara in th paragraph relating to clearing house certificates, whl:h resulted In an , amendment changing the date No vember 25th, 1907., to October '25th,1 1907. The resolution thus modified' was adopted. Cannon Names Two Conunittecel wasnington, vec. 13. Speaken Cannon in tie course of an eight-minute session of the House to-day an nounced the appointment of tha fol lowing committees: wa ruica, air. jaiieii, mep.J, Or Pennsylvania; Mr. Sherman (Rep.)' New York: John Sharp William (Dem.), Mississippi; Mr, DeArmonA (Dem., Missouri. On mileage: Mr. Brumm (Rep.), Pennsylvania; Mr. Kennedy, (Rep.), Iowa; A. D. James, tfRep.), Ken- ver (Dem.), Ohio. - The House Count Nose. - - " ; Washington, Dec. 1 12. A majority proposal to-day that" when the House .adjourned it be until next Monday, was the signal for a good-humoral count of noses and alignment of strength, the minority opposing. As a result of the viva ..voce vote the Speaker was about to announce that "the ayes have It," when a division wa called. Nothing being gained by this, the aye and noe were called for by -the minority, out as oniy fourteen Democrats rose in support of the demand, the affirmative wa upheld by the Speaker and both tide joined In the laugh. At 12:03 p. m. the House adjourned to meet again next Monday. Report of Canal Commission. Washington, Dec 13. Th ; Presi dent to-day transmuted to the House of Representatives brf and formal messages submitting th annual re port, of the Isthmian canal comml:.' slon the annual report of the Gov ernor of Par to Rico, copies of fran chise granted by the legislative coun cil In Porto Rico, and a report by th Secretary of the State touching the claim of the Norwegian minister for 34,000-indemnity for . th loss of the steamer Nicaragua. ; For Sob-Treasury at Savannah. Washington, , Dec. 12. A bill for th establishment of a United State sub-Treasury at Savannah, Ga., was Introduced in the House to-day by Mr. Edwards, of Georgta in response to a Joint request from the municipal of- fleers and commercial organisations of that city.,- General Kuropetkin's Evidence) Far. orable to Stoesacl, . ";,, . St. Petersburg. Dec 12. Generftl Kuropatktn testified to-day - at the trial by courtmartlal of Lieutenant General Stoessel and ether army of ficer of high rank ' Charged wlt!t needlessly surrendering Port , Arthur to the Japanese, and what he sail made a sensation in th court room. Tie declared that the Japanese could have;.; taken' Port.' Arthur.1. by: assault ' in the early days of th war. The '.. fenee were then o Incomplete. Gen eral Kuropatkin ' went on, that th fortress must have fallen at the Kv vigorous attack; but th slowness the Japanese and the resistance rr ' by the army in the field gave th? Russians time to imorovfs defi n' f work., which had w!tbjtood th J,iri - anese tor months,-' on tna wnoie uv.x era! Kuropatkln' evidence -as f .,vor able.ta, .General Etof1'?-!...
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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