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. - I It ii -t 1 i I) i t r. I t...r j. ... 'e Hear I i .' T a 1.. r- t I ft . e ' -'s Opera,1 t Is l ie'iuem'v Int'rn"-t- 1 y t ifl dlMlCCS, - l ho I .X! . cr Are Simply feet in li ii. n c. nnTAST. ' '; ; : - v Observer Bureau, .. Congress Hall Hotel,. . ; y Washington, Dec. 18. ; , The famous railroad rate' case, in which, the State of North Carolina and the Southern Railway are Interested,, was called In. the Supreme Court of the1 United States to-day. Former pering with the railroad track and Governor Charles B. Aycock,'ot Golds- the switcJi pe . message also stated , B,: ,.i r - r... ' that one of the water foarrels on the boro; Speaker E. Justice, of Greens. treatie hal oeea thrown down. boro. and Judge James H. Merrlman. engineer of the passenger train ; was of Ashevllle, represents the- State and notified to keep a careiul look out for Messrs.' A.'P. Thorn, .of Washington; any turned switcher obstruction on Walter D. Hines and Mr." Alexander P. track and Tra:ninastef Ducan. ,fk,, nf . vnru 'th railroad. " gpeC,al Officer, White, Constable Mar Ilumphrey, of Nw York, the railroad.. mnff gupervaDr rogleraan,of the Among those who came;, on to hear Soutljern Railway; , nd Constable argument are? Governor Robert B., Frank Martin, went to ' the : scene. Glenn, of Ra'elgh; ' Robert B. King;'., of When the officers arrived the ; toy Greensboro, and Judge C. A. Moore, of atiie Chatham Manufacturing Ashevllle. The two Senates and half g a doztn of the members of the House boys.-'Varney Groves Wilt. Parrish, of Representatives were In court most and Paul Livengood, were captured of the day. ' k 1 ' '' V "c" by the' officers: and brought to the Whn court. convened at noon Sena, city prison,-where they, are awaiting ,e . rt,r-- m. . a- hearing. In default of bond. ; Lehman tor Overman .presented Mr. -Ayeock Md 'Avery" Livengood ' succeeded : In and Thomas Staples ruller,: who were making: their escape from the officers eamutea - to -practice. .At- l o'clock Mr. Justice opened , for the State.- Mr,, Thorn followed,, the; two.epeeches end the Interruptions .. consuming,, me aay. . -i o-m orrow 1 Messrs. Aycock, Merrlman, Hlnes and ' Humphrey w-ill speaks ',- " ... . " " THE JCOURT INTERESTED. ' The court seemed ' Try much dnter ested in. what Messrs. Justice and Thorn had to say; Justices Harlan, ' Moody, : Holmes, White, ' McKenna, Peckhani and Day asked the TarJHeei HwytV ?umb6rJi 5LUeon-" of which Impresed the ordtnanr SDec- " " a. InUriS made S Mr JulSce Www" ,actIdn tryin 6 preven .maKrtuc ' that he thourttlthe associate Justice v1 had made up his mind that he waa dooraisnd is etllUn session at a late . wrong, but he was assured that it was our to-nlght.., The statement la glv- light that wat sought. It looked as if n out -that-atl,-differences between Mr. White did not agree ? with Mr.1 Ithe two "faotions' .t1 reen Ad Justice's position. This wai noticed hr i JuifeAj: and all is no w face and ;; all present' 4y:..i!'?-'--''.ulo President; Barrett,' ot It - will be remembered . by f North (Jeorglaj , prwldent : Duckworth ; of , Carolinians that erlft Tljopari- ; the; Georgia dlylisloNatIpnl'Secrfr , Hunter, bf Buncombe :oflfttyv arretted ary' MpCuj fa& James H Wood;agentof J;h, Southern! 6cetary Jeffords.'ot .the--national Railway, for- Violating. W StatestatutovboardwereMLf th ?3Bieetlnf,' whTCljt .- i?"' "'ij 1 ix""had deleg9jteft ji resent frona'. Anderson, "f mh;f Cfcester. : Lee.? GreenVUie., Edgefield ' d; ;th , sheriff : appealedAo 4heS preme Court, on the ground that .thrS,J!e?'S and Sumter coutt Clrcuit Court had no Jurisdiction over f ttea PresideBt Barrett has been Jn the passenger rate as it was nf-exe-the Jitate several week trying to ad- euung and that Judge Prltchard's or- Just the trouble between ty officers. Bers were in violation of the eleventh Thex principal object of thf meeting, ' amendment to the constitution ot the it Was aeserted,, was to hear frdnvMr, ' United States and 'therefore void. 4 In Moore, " the agent the" union sent the beginning, of his remarks' Mr; Jos, abroad recently to' look falto fh mat tic stated the factsOnrthe cas as he"terof having the farmer deal direct them,-;and argued that -Judge with the foreign spinners.. This is to ' ieter clk2 hV.Srti 40,16 through eouuty agents of the Court, " had t no Jurlddictlon, - declaring - f . amonr, other things that no duty was prescribed for the corporation commls- e'f l? ' - slon or .for ijie Attorney- General of rk was the fight on ie .union ,bu- the State; argued that Judge Prltchard f"' conducted in almost every news-- ' might as well have enjoined any other i Taper In. the State, "bytJ..C.; Strib- ciUzen, that if they did represent the ling.- Thli has proved a source of State he, bad no Jurisdiction. - for tho trouble The, bureau' was , abolish- eleventh; anieridment provides ihat no ed. , t , 1 f f state 'can be sued bv a' citizen Che ' , .- f' , Southern Railway, in enjoining the At-! torney General,, really instituted suit', against the State. ; The diclslon in the' - case' :of Fits against McGhea was lted. i Mr. Justice sald.that.lt was the duty of thek railroad to flght the case - out In the State courts.- The con- Kirutionaiity or me aci Mrouiu nav Macedonians and not Jtallans wefe at been tested there. . , , . ihvtk.cmnii.'.-a.nta'iit'a ma- . .In addressing the court Mr.. Justice was composed and respectful His -has resulted from the riots and that manner was attractive, and his voice tne two workmen reported killed Bat rlear and strong. . He made a) good urday. night: were! only wounded and Jmpresslson: . iare recovering. JVegrois , killed one jL'Situts bjuti Liu in. He was interrupted by the Justices who seemed to be eager to catch every required, among olTier. things, ; the point he made.,' Moat of the questions commission to classifjv the railroads, seem to indicate that the court i I;Heread from the State. law, where against the position taken by him, .but,:' it cays that It shall be thl duty ot the as Justice White' explained, It wag not ' corporation "commission to notify a,ny opposition; they sought light. : - corporation that broxe the laws and "What, asked-Jusuoe White, . Is warn it that if It occurred agalh, tt the penalty lor violating . the ... rate WOuld s he' reported tor the "Attorney SiMnui imprlsonmenV said Mr; ' "How murh'" ' - - ' - . "A fin of one penny or rt6re; er ierm of imprisonment of tw0 years "How large could the fine be?" , "Anything from one cent up.""' 'It could be 100,COOr 1 "Yes sir." .',.'.. rLOOKS LIKE DESTRUCTION' "Assuming," said . Justice ' 1 Whlt "that the procedure of Judge Prltch : ard was wrong, what remedy would . the -railroad have: had If numerous cases had been brought against their ,ery pewn.. purchasing a - ticket for gents, i; Say if many agents had, been, the difference in the, price fixed by Indicted all over the State and the, the State and that axed by' the rall , trains stopped, what1 would;, have' be way; that no one could have been rome of all the roads? If all of 'the injured, and the "case should have sgents had been arrested there would been tested, but a studied effort was have been nobody to operate the roads t0 coerce the Toad ' In. every tt carry the, freight, the passengers naw KtM Th. finw: t? hi A the United States malls. ,- This. i ould have ' been a ' Tlwre must be some reme corpus. Judge Prltchard had issued a ejasnatlon of btwf;-.ess. The JudgM the injunction and the State courts, of , the State . court Had begun to disregarded It, by continuing to Indict charge the grand Juries on; law and tgpnts. ,: This looks like destrlction?" indictments and - convictions .- were ' These questions made a, very lasting; promised.- ; , ; : Impression on the minds of the laymen, Agent Green, at Raleigh; was told v. ha were thm to hear the arguments, ' that if he would get out of the ofllie jtr. Justice White assured Mr. Justice: of the railroad he could pay J5 and that he had no purpose In interrogat- : go free.- Agents were Corced to sub Ing him further than; to get .at the; mit. ; officers of the wad throughout fcottom of the mater,- - Aa he express- ed it. "It Is light that we want" v' "MR.'THOM'S ARGUMENT. 'f-' After Mr," Justice ;i had concluded Mr. Thorn spoke and made, a cleatr ut, f orcf ful argument, ;, which was listened to attentively y the court end the audience. ,lhe attorney for the Southern has a very forceful way of presenting his side of the case. lie argued thut the act reatir.ar t'; corporation comrntsslon of North 'Oroi'P", prfii-r 1 e 5 t-ert"!n d)t ft In r 1 t r : -i or tin 1 '.i X . j . ' ' t ! t ; t: : r.3 i - '.a I : v ' V: ton-:. ' , I . :. -: 1 with ta'tl'.'.. t t- -:t -:..i K-iutli-bound r a: . - ; r t ; c-i t'-.i North Carolina I-U ".and I .ilUvsil this after noon, by turning the sUeh at the Pavis School tntJo. - Varney Groves, Will rarrlnh ana Taul Livengood, white youths who.a r range from It to 16 j eara, v. ere arretted this evening by Special , O-T.cer "White of the Southern -F.ailroad. Henry Leh man and Avery Livengood were later arrested cn the earn charge. They will be given a hearing before . the recorder this mornlny. ' '.' ' ..: Tiii$ afternoon about 2 o'clock telephone message was received ' at police headquarters to the effect that eo me boys 'were at the Davis School trestle, near the plant t Chat- ham Manufacturing Company, tarn at the tlnufc PEACE BETWEEX FACTIONS." Dlfferenew Exlstln in South Caro- Una Farmers' Tnlon Said r to Have Been ,. Adjusted Jleeting L Held Yestcraax tit Columbia., " -A Observer Bureau, - ifeftfCi- 180 Miln- Street. " I Columbi8i.a.;C4pecll. The v convention or county repre sentatives 2 of th rarmers? aVraioti, which was called by State Secretary Earle and others, but which 'State T.- r, ,,n , ,i . k... Only One Death Has. Resulted Jrom - ,' v -..Riots.. , , . New Orleans, Dec. . 18.-v"omplIca- xatA in the Chathamvllle, La., luViber ,rlots -of Us . Saturday , andf gunlay developed o-nIght In dispatches from chathamville n isectiori deolarln hat t,tehea lecKrud thai onhr on Jleath j ot me ioreigners eunaay. . rtepB w prosecute or the. vlolaoB. According Jo, the" Nebraska law, un- er, vMlhAZ tM BlWema Court :hvad worked, the commiasioners were North Carolina end - the . Nebraska laws are alike. ' ;. .pPPORTS AT COERCION. v-Mr . ThonV said that .the Southern had gone Into the $ Circuit -Court, whether right or. wrong, and -. was given an injunction wnich ' carried with it the t extraordinary provision that coupons should" be given to ev Z.VSi.l i ;... u-Z "" tnfr, Btate were terrlf.eA. This, if it had .continued, would wave brought ruin and bankruptcy. The road was forced to give-up rights that It had secured in a court of Justice. - The eipeaker declared that .the executive, the. legislative and the Judicial branches of the Btate govern mpnt had combined against his client, lie declared that If the penalties had been enforced, it wouM have "cost $750,000,000 and 3,000,000 years of Imprisonment. . , At the .-I- of ITr. T!wr,i' f tch, ty 1 cc rt " "rrpl t r f e " , greatJ wrong' " . r.mumiiuu, r koi::: and the stopping of trains and gener- 1 111! f ! a..J i . : to c "!m ' asul I ; fi rr- 9 I ,:Ai 1 f I.. I t J" 1 1 t II a 71' ' S i . "e 1 " i I 'or I tec :..r. 1. . Comrnnlcs Are V I'va.sion of fctule 1 ji.v -l'roi: .Sou : WiU Continue to lacrease. Washington, Iec. 18. In the Sen ate to-day; resolutions' were Introduc ed by Senator Tillman asking the inter-State commerce commission to re port whether any corporations engag ed Inter-State commerce is the owner of the : stock of any' Other corporation- transporting . passengers ' and freight and calling' upon ,'ihe : Inter State ; commerce commission to de fine the authority 1 of 'thi Federal goy ernment ' and of tie States In "respect to the control of the v liquor traffic through the operation of the' Inter State commerc 'law. ' These resolu tions provoked considerable debate anj were finally 'referred to Senate committees though one of them . was transformed Into 4 bill. ' Senator , Culberson : epofce on , his resolution, calling on the committee "ot ' finance Jo Investigate -and.: report upon the cause of the present, finan cial stringency and to ; t recommend measures for the prevention of its re occurrence. -.The resolution wa re ferred to the committee on finance. - The Senate adjourned at 4 . o'clock until- Saturday, -i The House was not in. session. . TILLMAN'S RESOLUTION. The report that , the Canadian , Pa cific Railroad hs succeeded in' ac quiring "a majority of , the stock of some American roalroads having come to the attention of Senator Tillman; he to-day . introduced the following resolution. .. .;;h wJ.. '.',;., v 'That the Inter-State' ? commerce commission is directed to Inform the Senate , whether any corporations en gaged in Inter-State ,i commerce. ? are Ith V ownersiNof - any of th capital stock 'of 6the'r corporations which are (transporting passengers and f refcrhts; and it so. the .commission Is further directed to transmit a statement show ing th , extent and ' details of such ownership; so far as the facts now appear In the office of the commis sion and to slate in W.iat cases the corporations whose -stock ' so owned have been competitors for traffic with ' the corporations owning- their stock.", Senator Aldrirh objected to the pas sage of this ' resolution on the ground that It called Tor a great Meal fit In formation from- th inter-State com merce) commission whlch would con sMmf nUch-tima ad vha-thought It should ; first goJ toith-committee en lter-'State-commerce; In rder that ,thiat:ommiUea:-wlgh-aacrtaln liow. mneh work would bO" Involved , 1ft 'it. ' Senator .THlmn -Tmfkea that the Senator fmm ' Rhode "Island seemeJ to b simnlclous.- - i v I ' ,' 1 - ALDRICH SUSPICIOUS. , "I am always more or less suspi cious of a resolution' coming "from the Senator from South Carolina." re torted Mr.'Aldrlcb . "Becaue 'n want-; to get"! facts?" asked Mr.' Tillman.1 - - "No;", replied Mr. Aldrich,,' "be cause he may want to get facts fitting Into a preconceived idea ' ot what should be 'Jdne," ' ' j . . Mr. Aldrlch Insisted upon' his ob jection and consideration of the reso lution was postponed which action has (he effect or deferring -It yn til after- Uie holidays. nii -;;H ;.;V' .Vv- Senator; Tillman to-day Introduce the following j resolution ionthe liq uor traffic: '':'f;:ii;.vi' . "That, the Isoniinittee on Ihter-State commerc be instructed, to consider and report by bill or otherwise what legislation Is . desirable' r or necessary to enable the States in th exercise of their police' powers to ,- cohtrol the commerc of liquors and all 'alcoholic beverages Within their borders so as to aid the causa of temperance and to prevent the encouragement by the United States . government'- of v illicit dealing in the same." , Explaining his purpose In th mat ter Mr. "Tll'man said It wa to xpre vent. If possible, the circumvention of the laws in the Interest of prohibi tion which re being generally en acted in the Southern States. "Con gress attempted in enacting the , Wil son law' to protect the .people in the enforcement of their Stat, laws but the courts have shaded and shaded down the ' protection until there Is practically nothing lerr or it, and I want the committee ' to ascertain whether it la not practicable to give relief. The' decisions ' of th courts have beh on' th ground that the law ( interferes with inter-State, com merc and It Is on this account that I hav asked to hav ti Investigation I made ' hv rth Inter-ptate commerce commission." t ; , 1 J EXPRES3 COMPANIES RESPONSI , BLE.. iir panles' responsible for the evasion of th State- laws, r He says .tney are flooding the local opltion part of South Carolina and other local Option South ern States with whiskey which is sent In from other States-"C:0. D-'V The Supreme Court of the united. States has held that such traffic cannot be Interferrel with, because of its inter state character. . . . ' " 1 ; I ,When.Mr. Tillman attempted ' to secure the adoption of the resolution he aroused a long discussion. - , ; Mr. ; Aldrlch suggested , that . the measure should ao to the" committee on Judiciary.. Mr, Tillman consent ed jto the1 change,-but; insisted that any committee taking charg of it should first be Instructed to take the au.tIon uo. j "Does the Senator rom South Car olina," ked Mr. Kean, -"want to In stmct Slates what laws they should tiass to protect themselves fronl the liauor truffle?" ' .;.;.;..'---1 Mr., TUlmsn explained that, his res olution simply sought to flefln th point at which the police power of ti Ptate begins. As" Governor of South Carolina he had dealt with, this ques tion.' .' He wanted' some, committee to determine how far Congrefs ran go in limiting as a police power the control over the inter-Etate tragic in Intoxlra-tln'g beverages; .-.-. senator. Clark,-' of Wjrotftln chair man of the committee op the ,1u !!e larv, pref.err"1 havlnr the, resold ; i lall over until It could be worJed In a way to allow -the committee to re port on it !. " ntly. .. . A ri ; .er.-ti " ."t'.'i'nn concrrpln? th power tit f . ' i end t.t th T !ral 'i iv rni. ".t i ' i-i i ', '; 4 1. r 'r. J It', 1." I , '. -rt.cf .t'-e l" ' 1 J"" : t ;:, i:o i :.,r. Aldrlch, 1. ' ; t ...t tive "-.r was a mat'. - c coi.i.iH'r j 1 l . t cf police. : rator CuL i suggested that a rt. ort of a cc. .. f.ee of Congre.a cannot .;J t cr uke away from tho power. of a t: te or of the Federal government. The constitution, h jiJ, prpMdes that Congress ehall regulate inter-;": ate commerce and no act of a-Lerlature of any State could add to or take from that tower. If it be Intra-i'ute commerce thei State alone could regulate It. ' v . . STATES WILL DECIDE. , "The States." he said, "will deter mine for themselves aiow far they may go and the Federal I Congress will determine for Itself how far the national government will go.' i iWhlle all would suomlt to the ac tion of the supreme court of the. Uni ted States, he declared that even such a decision ' would not add : to or take away from' the powers delegated by the constitution. Senator Bailey said the passage of the Wilson' law. was specifically and avowedly for the jiurpose of permit ting the States to refculate this ques tion of the liquor traffic, f , "This was," he said, "one . of those hasty pieces of legislation dashed off in a delirium and auca laws are gen erally found to be i wanting," , K would have the ' sovereign police powers of the States, restored In this matter so that there would be no question as to their concrol upon the arrival of a consignment, Thai ; be considered the esentiat necessity. . "Mrw;BalIey aald as the law had been Interpreted ; by the - Supreme Court of the .United etates the puck age did not enter state until It delivery ;to the consignee, whereup on Mr. -Tillman declared that If tie should send for glass of water the water might be In the Senate before it reached him.-; H,:-::'rk-:-i Mr; Knox considered It unfortuh at ihat s' th ;i decuion of the Su preme Court of the United States had maintained that the arrival' of' th goods, should mean their delivery to th conslgriee.--v ? .JiViVH fi .. PROHIBITION INOR EASING, v . "I dortt (belUv.'! h said, 'that It PTOhlbittoB, h added, "is i increas ing and wlll: continue to Increase.' i jiifter further discussion fin which Senators; Bacon, MCCumber, .; Knox ndTillman participated, Mr.' Knox suggested, that the whole difficulty could be reached through a btlL ) "Draw-. 6ne,'r suggested Mr. ' Till man, , whereupon Mr. Knox prepared an amendment to the Wilson bUl nro. , Tiding ,tharr tan control . of ibts Stat should begin as soon as the package is "within the borders of a Stat and before or after d'eKvery to, the con signee." . V' - - . , ;. Mr. i Tillman then withdrew tibs resolution and offered th bill which. was referred to th eomrottte on Judtclary.i ' v.w-i.. Th hill as presenUd reads: J ' . b-. 'Thar: all. fermented. "distilled. or othftf intoxicating iiquorg tr, liquids transported into any Stat or territory or remafninr therein tor ? use,4 con sumjption,' sale or atorage' therein,' u on irlval r within the norders :of ,ih State, and (before, or after delivery to the ;onslgnee,rin such Stat or ter J ntory, . be subject to , th operation and effect of the laws of such State or territory, enacted tn- the, exercls of its police powers, to, the same ex tent and . in the same , manner ' as though such liquids or liquors had 'been produced In such Stat or ter rltory and shall not be exempt there from -by reason of being Introduced'! therein In original -packages or oth erwise.;?'; y?'yV &?V&& : NEWS FROM TlMEii t Battleships Are S60 MUcs 4 Southeast .of Jacksonville Wireless Tele phoney Are Be,ig Ud on Trip . and Are Proving Successful Many Official slcseage Sent Daring Djr, ;; Savannah, Qa., Dec,, 18. The Sa vannah DeForest wireless staUon all this afternoon was tn communica tion with the --. flagship Connecticut and the Georgia and th' Minnesota, of the battleship fleet iMany official and private mesages being sent to Norfolk, .Washington and New York, from officers and correspondents with the fleet were caught ;....'.vi-vi-- -'i-;;, , The message, showed that the. wire less telephones are being used on the trip and are proving successful. Th Bhip in the squadrons carry en con versations .and receive order for. for mation by wireless telephone. -- At I p. m. th fleet was reported as in communication . with the wireless station at San Juan, P, R. 1 - Th following message ' was caught at the Savannah station:. , -'- fWednedaynoon; 240 miles: course remains .southeasterly; fleet 650 .mile " southwest ; Jacksonville; ante-noon Evan signaled double column Interval. I,00 yards; well ex ecuted; special flagsnip'e signal qoute Well don Louisiana,' unquoted Rhode Island commended Emory. Beyond ;Ouli stream;1 , moderate swells; day ; perfect: magnificent picture, blue, waters j two lines white 1 ships crew,' whits dress; squadron early shaken down; keeping perfect distances." u . t - MTSSAGE 13 DISCREDITED. , No Official Meo Received From Ilect and JVj urtment - Discredits ' Itcport That Evans Has Instructions to Return Via Sues Canal. - Washington. Dec. 18. 'Not gTslngle word In the shape of an official mes sage was received at the Navy '.De partment to-day from Admiral Evans' flagship nor from any of the vessels of th fleet - Both the White House and the Navy Department discredit what pur ports to be a wlrlet message from the battleship Connecticut to the ef fect that President Roosevelt had in- formed Admiral Evans that the fleet would return by way of the Suez final. , Secretary JLoeV" to-night said that no plan for the return of the fleet. had yet been formulated. None of the Navjr Department heads,--Secretary Metcalf, i Alxtant ' Secretary I.'ewberry and Admiral Erownson, through whose hands mmt.-'pn.(4 all orders for the fieetknow tho Itinerary for th homeward .voyage, , They tie. cline to give credence in v' it thej t--nn "ward room go?b!p." From the position -of t' f'.'ps v '-n Inst recorded it, w' 1 t t --r-t ri9 the derartment o.'.. I' t'. w-lri-lf-a shore stations fit ;- ; -i. I, j:., Or C ir'.mamo, i i ','.9 ty i . u, t;,-4 : t a frtn. . cr t i . i:ct r H 1 . 1 r( J to n t r t 1 II- Iay Was Lm.iojf.l t L.; '"( t , Iiusiine Asylum us a "Vnre an I .as a ncral Favorite .YUili O-l. ers and Inmate Young Woman Had Hecu on a Khopplnsc Tour in ritts bnrg and Had I-urchasM a Irescnt lor Her Sweetheart in North Caro. Una Death Stalked Ipon Her Without Warning. y v Special to The Observer. Pittsburg. Pa., Dec 18.-r-Hurryln back,. to -her work after a, hasty shopping trip Into -the city, where she bought a present Jor her sweetheart In her home townat- Morganton, N. C Miss, Mary Barley, a pretty nurse of.; 85. and a favorite at the Dixmont Insane Asylum, was struck and instantly killed by a fast train on the Pennsylvania Railroad' ' t noon to-day. ' . Miss Barley had been employed In the women's ward at Dixmont , only a few. weeks and was gleefully antici pating a trip to her North Carolina horn ' during th . holidays. Miss Irene' Thompson,! another, Southern girl employed- as a nurse at the , In stitute, accompanied her to Pitts burg, ; where she picked tout several gifts for the loved ones at horn and one for her lover, whom sb expected to see during her New Tear's vaca tion fort th first tlm In months. " "Bystanders say th " young : girl 'did hot realise that, death was, upon her before her; Hf was crushed oat Th body wa's not badly mangled,, and U being held awnltlng instructions from th famlly;S;Mlsas Thompson, th 'sis ter nurse;' who barely escaped -death, gathered up the little gifts that' had been scattered along the tracks and prepared to send them to the' North Carolina: home along with the body. "Th"r helpless . inmates' of ' Jhe women's , section ' of , th 'mad-house, who had learned to love, the young Southern girl in the ' brief tlm she had , been in th Institute, gave th body an affectionate r farewell - to night at Informal services Ireld in th hospital chapel. A N . ' - 'av- i i i ' 'V.y yc.-n INDIANS MURDER TWELVE. , Band of Vaqul Indians Captures and - Murd?rs Mexican Plantation Labor ersTied to Trees and Shot Tlirougli . Head. - . -'",,. v ", , ' Nogales." Arls.: Dec. '-18. Informa tion which has lust reached, her tells of the frightful' murder of twelv men bv a -band of 150 Taqul Indians 4S miles laoutheast of "Magda.lena, State of Sonora. Mex last Wednesday. P.. v. Mclntyr and a, party, of mining men of, this; section Thave arrived. from th scene, where they' viewed the remains bfv the murdered men.'- Th S Yaqui captured th party ot thirteen imen. Among the number was Jos Fernan- vies, son of President jTernandes, of the town of Cucurp and ; owner of th Mescal plantation where th killing oc currod, : Th others were Mexican na borers on the ranch and som Canea miners looking for work & A i One American was, among the, num ber, but ho was rescued by men who told i him they were Amftrlcans. The remaining, 12 . were stripped naked, stood . up against' ; trees ; and v shot through the head. A band of Taqul is reported to b on th warpath, f WEARINCToP TOBACCO 'CASE. Affiliation of Jobbing Firm Brooght Out' During Day' Session Ad journment Until January, '; ; i New";; Tork, Dec: r 18. That f; on Jobbing firm , affiliated ' with i; th American-- Tobacco Company doe a business of 818.000,000 a year .In New, Tork City and Tonkers, was brought ? outs to-day ; in th hearing of v th government's action t against the company before United States Commissioner Shields. Adolph D.' J3endelm. president of ' th r Metro politan Tobacco Company, so testi fied with reference' to1 this concern. Over 71 per cent - of - th Jobbing business of New Tork City was 'con trolled by the ' Metropolitan, 'Mp Bendelm continued. " , . - -, M. W. Reed, president ot th Am sterdam Supply Company, organized to, purchase supplies for the; Ameri can Tobacco Company and sub sidiaries, ' said the supply company recently earned enough to declare a stock dividend of 60 per cent The stock was owned chiefly, by the cor porations purchasing - through th supply company, he added.- ' An adjournment : was taken until th first week in January. , BSqgX SLIDE CAUSED BREAK. Alarm Which Was Felt When Power Wlre Were r'-Broken ' Dispelled Wlien Canse of Break Is Found- General Funston Leave To-Day. Goldfleld. : Nev., Dec. 18. Th break' In I the transmission . wires of the Nevada -Power ' Company was discovered to-day In the White Moun tains and was repaired. The break was caused by a snow slid , which carried away several "poles. . .Th alarm r ! which wa felt when th power wires were broken has been dispelled and the camp Is going along " as usual. ' Three mines wei1 Jn operation to-day, together ' with tho ; Consolidated Comrtxnri . ml.l and the Nevada Goldfield Reduclicn Work. - - General Funston will leave - Gold field to-morrow for Pan Franclsco. I Governor Sparks will -also, leave. going to his ranch near Carson City. About 8200,000 worth of high grade ore was recovered to-day In a raid by Constable Inmann and his depu ties on a cabin occupied by a miner named Roth. 4 i , i' . " - Auslrlnii IminlpTantfli Were Not, III. Treated. - New Orleans, La., Dec. 1?. As a result of an investigation ordered by the Louisiana state board, of Imml gratton, J.' F. Knoepr.er, in charge of the Htate Immigration office hf-re, to day reported hi" findings, In the case growing out of tho claims of ill-treat nient n ' le In Austrian Imm! 'runts at tho M'Uenny ca-nnlng eptalju.-.hment, Avers 1.' ind. La. Mr. Knoepi'.er Mates that the foreigners were not ill-treat- r 1 thfre. hut that the d:. :it!,sf.ictlon t- : f "m wts duo to f ii o rt-jire-nia.io ty labor r its who r -ry I I t . iylvfl:;a Rt ;..;!' .si t- ' i i. ti.e Iir'. ' 1'. ' i ' i! .1 I Of 1 I Y.'usl.i. ;ton, Dec. 18. After .hear. 1- x .arguments .on various points in the ease. Justice. Ashley M. Gould, In Kquity Court.'to-day elgned the de cree temporarily restraining and en Joining the American Federation f Labor, its officers and . air otners from interfering with the business of the Buck" Stove and Range Company and from declaring and threatening any boycott against It. All attempts Of counsel for. the American Federa tion of Labor to modify tne . aecree failed except in one particular, and that was to exclude from the order the Electrotype Moulders and Finish ers Union No. 17, against which it was shown no specific allegation had been' made. ' . ;': i'v" Justice Gould tobk -Occasion to dwell ; upon the question of v juris diction; . He said there would be no attempt ;' made by . the court ; to as-1 sum Jurisdiction, beyond the con fines ot th District of Columbia but that its order was operative upon all th v persons defendant vwho .; are within the-District: of Columbia. An act he said, committed by an-agent or associate - of one ot ; tnese de fendants outside th District, of Co lumbia could be held as the act of th peraon, within th District of Co lumbia, no nrderlnr it and -i; subject such person to ,th punitive power of the court H oenevea ine - aecre should be very; broad and that he need not be too specific.; There1 was. too. he said, no ilkeunqoa " oi we order being misunderstood because he was not ' enjoining ignorant men but men ' who knew their rights and knew th law. - Mr. -aompers, ne said, was on ot these. , ' , COWERS AGAIN- ON STAND. ... 1 " " ! r TUB Denial of Reported Con versa Ion With Frank Cecil Most important Iact Bronght Out-Small , Crowd J Attend Hearing. ."'.'' Georgetown, Ky., Dec. '.l8.---Caltb Powers, former Secretary " of - State, fwas again on the stand , to-day la bis own defense, against the cnarge oi complicity In the murder , of senator William GoebeL Only a small crowd was in th court room." Th most Im portant fact brought out was powers, emphatic denial of a reported conver sation with Frank : Cecil in wmcn n was alleged that the killing of Goebel waa freely discussed and Powers had said to Cecil: "If you will find the man to kill Goebel, I will find th matt who will furnish th money.'V -. i , - Power admitted writing; a letter to Mis Susie Sniffer,, his sweetheart, at Williamsburg Ky.i three day before Goebel was shot saying that he (Pow ers) was mainly instrumental in bring ing th "mountain army" to Frankfort and would rather fight than be robbel . Witness denied that .he endeavored to indue Mis Sniffer to leave the State to keep from testifying against him, hut admitted riving i her money tor htr expense and; necessities.;; v . cross-examination , of . power , was ccnclu led thla forenoon- -Former '.United States Senator Wil liam: J. Deboe took the ' witness stand and emphatically denied an 4 allge.l conversation with Henry Toutsey near oovernor j xayior' mansion onnae night of ' January 2 5 th 1 8 0 0: Youtsey had stated on direct examination that he told Deboe of the plan to kill Gos-bel.-s Deboo stated h was not at Ihe executive ruanslon that night and had no such conversation with Toutsey. - Wireless Message Syt III Steamer ? Will i. Reach , New York Friday ;t Views PaclflA r Voyage With Satls . faction. ;,t : . :. ,; ;.6;VY;.--;i ,On, hoard steamer President Grant by, wireless, . via Halifax, N. 8., Dec 18. Secretary of War. Tatt? who is finishing the last stag of his Journey arouna, tne woria on. in president Grant, will probably reach JSew Tork about, noon . next Friday. In 'com menting to-day on the departure of th - fleet for the Pacific, th Secre tary said he viewed th undertaking with real satisfaction. " He regards th cruise as necessary ; practice and valuable a ( placing, th - men and ship under condition approaching a war footing. "By this cruise they wiu gain experience which would not be obtainable in any other - . way," said he. "It would be useless to spend millions of dollars In build ing up a navy and then withhold op portunities for practice." Mr. Taft declared .that the cruise has no International significance. H declined to discuss American politic in any way,' saying that he ha no personal knowledge ot present political conditions - In the United State. 1 INVESTIGATION . OP- CAUSE. Senator Culberson Discusses Resolu tion Asking For Investigation of Present - Financial Stringency Legislation Necessnry; In Near Fu ture. . . -., ' ;.;v ;?rs, -V:.:, ;.:;!- ''viv Washington, Deo. 18. Senator Cul berson to-day called up and entered upon a discussion of his resolution directing the committee on finance to Investigate the causes leading u to the present financial stringency. He referred . to the message of th President In which he suggested th necessity of legislation In the . near future and si mat euner tn President had changed his mind or that Congress was -loath to t carry out th reoommendation.. , c-iv VV-., ."I hv noticed,' said Mr. Culber son, "that . statements from , Mr, Roosevelt hav not always been re ceived, with that degre of welcome as wer those of his Illustrious pre decessor, Georg Washington." . The resolution was referred to th committee on finance. ! - Senator Qore, ot Oklahoma, to-day Introduced a bill providing for the election of United States -Senators by popular -vote. t . r , t DE.VTH LIST SIXTV-ONE. Thirteen ; IVwlles Itecoverel During ; Day, Dringiiig Death Lt-t Up to , Sisty-Oiie only . One Doly F..;- niaius in Mine. , Birmingham, Ala., Dec. li. Thir teen bodies have been taken from the slope at the IH-fated Yolande mine t day and one remains in the slope un reeovered, bringing the total death list from Monday's exjlosion.up t;i 61. An oi"-'tl-;l inspection will b male of the "m!nt to-morrow to determine the cauao and place the 'repona!bi::ty:for the egploslon.? ; A number of muici killed by the explosion have not ! ti removed and the faul odors fro -i t' o decaylivr bodies 'len 't ti the S. ' ---l-tles . of the . recovery wot-lt. . there H a front d 1 cf i' 'r'.i ; t' iniT." It U fioi-, ' t ua Li r - su.. l.ti t:.o l : ; ; j. - s c, : you tf . - n i t'flu.sffl A. ,f 1 , JollK',1 1 g, I t , cf Panama ; s and Persons to . ; i s Allotuients Ci..., i i -v'titton. Filed by G?or . "... .; ot : New - York DI,-rrt of Statntes , and A? . , regartl of Treasury p, Circular Mr. Austin EaJ i , Wa Ignored. ' Washington, Dec. -18. Jv Gould, of the District Sunreme C to-day cited George B. Cortela j, v retary of the Treasury, to arr-- r ; . court ; Friday i January Sd. 1901, t show cause why he should not l enjoined from turning over or t liverlnthe balance of the ,21.431 000 of the Panama canal bono. to certain banks and persons to wlmrt ae has announced allotments. Th citation ;, issued by Justice Gould Ii based on a petition filed by Georcn W. Austin, of New Tork, who de scribes -himself as. a tax paver and property owner in the United State and who declares he made a proposal io purrnase oonas of - the advertise'!. Issue of the face value of 88,000.000 He avers he hs(T agreed to -pay t the rate rof 108-878 and accured ii- . terest ;ertoB hundrl:t"doltr sn-l on notice-; of, the acceptance of hi subscription stands readv to dponit ; the amount with th Assistant Secre tary at New Tork. ;.:;,,V'i:,.v.' DIRECT VIOLATION OF STATUTES - Mr. 'Austin Informs the court that h ha been advised through the pub--Ho press that in direct vlol&tinw nf th statutes; and in absolute disregard ot mo iressury depart menrs ciriar No. 8, of the i' liS.000.000 of t the bonds allotert oniv ii.nno nno -.r. a Uoted to natural persons who were maiviauai niaaers lor- the same and who, r in accordance with v ths stat- utea and said circular, were given an equal opportuity to subscribe there-, for; the remaining: $24,000,000 wer allotted to "divers j national bank throughout "the. United : States and only 83.530,000 of which were allot ted to t riks had a higher price than that hid by him. -v ; r ' v When he learned tiat his bid haJ, been Ignored and no allotment 'mad to him he says h complained to the, rtrmrtmnf anil "th runnnu mn. vlnce him that the secretary's in-' tention to aisregara tne statutes an.i hereby commit a malfeasance ' for' which he says he advises, and avers' Mr. Cortelyou is not a man of suffi cient means to answer to th citizen of th United State and to him."", v 1 f ' - i i 'm , , r ,., i:'- -i;'.S :;;; C0M3OSSI0N V IN WASHINGTON, ' Engineer, In Chief and; Members of f Isthmian y Canal. .Commission Raxe' - Short Conference With President, . Work at Isthmus Progressing 6a t-- : lafaeiorlly.' e ! Washington.' Deo." 11 Cot Geor ' W." ' Gocthalt, engineer In chief of the Pana-, wa canal, and Joseph C. 8. Blackburn, a member of the Jathmlan canal comml- -Ion, arrived in Washington to-day and at once called upon -the .President and Acting : Secretary-of Wsr Oliver. ,Thclr calls were short and afforded no epp"r- tunlty to discuss at lungth any of the mtblemfAeonnected with the construe-" tlon- ef The. canals though briefly their -reported that everything- was progressing satisfactorily on 'the; Isthmus. . , . Former, Senator Blackburn, " after spending eight months on the Isthmus returned to. Washington loud tn pral!e of the climatic conditions there. He de clared that he had not seen eight tnos- qultoes in as- many month; that the temperature had not been excessive and that the ftthmus of Panama was almust n -Ideal - place .tO:'uv.'..'.-'r;-i'V'-;-:-..i, . "Tne engineers of the Panama -canal commission are perfectly willing tnot the locks should be widened to any ex-' tent that the navy j thinks necessary." said Colonel Goethals to-day. "We .hull In a measure leave It to the navy to set tit , the question, thereby making It a matter of naval expediency as to - how - wlila th lnrlca shall h." 't This ; will be the attitude ' which the Panama canal Commission will take on the proposition which has been referred to the-members for a widening of th -locks of tte eanU to 11a. or IS) feet as may seem best, according to the state ment made by Colonel Goethals, th chairman, of the commission. Colonel ' Goethals says that so far as Is known at present, a width of 100 teet for th : locks will accommodate ; meroantiu hipping for years to come and that 1) feet is ample for all naval construction now building or. proposed. : ; ( lirrcncocK ' breaks siLnxcr- Saye Cortelyou' Statement - DIfTo of Charge That !! Ever Has I'.eeit Disloyal In Any Manner to President ? Roosevelt. Washington. Dec. IS. A, brief, but Important,' contribution to current po-. litlcal comment was made this even ing by Frank H. Hitchcock, First As- -latent Postmaster General. , In 'breaking the silence h has main- , Ulnad for several wefs respecting statements concerning him that have been made, from time to time, Mr. Hltchdock says th statement of 6ecre- -tary Cortelyou. published to-day, die- -pose of the charge that ha ever has , , been disloyal tn any manner to Presi dent Roosevelt; H declares that any" such charge Is absolutely false, ant that the President knows it to be, hav lng told him so. Mr, ; Hitchcock's -statement follows: . ; "I hav read : Secretary Cortel you' 'statement as published In t: '. morning papers. I am sure that l';n public will accept It as a truthful -taration of a thoroughly sincere rv .. It disposes of the charge that I r.,i i been In any manner disloyal to rrc ... dent "-Roosevelt That eharge' Is av - lutely false; in fact, the President 1 s tcld me he knows tt to be f&ise. I do not care to discuss the matt r further. I should not, say even tr. wer it not for th apprehension ti t some-peopie who are unfamiliar v ... the facts may be misled by the jsuu--ments circulated." . i"y ... . Shoots Wife and Sulckles. '" Roanoke, Va. Dec. IS. A sro-! to The Times, front Marlon, Va., William Moody, -.living . sbout t" miles from Marlon thin afternoon s , and instantly "killed h!a -wlf and t''' committed suli'iile. .The wm",-.) r ed was a double barrel she .nun a the1 double traeedv w-s er .ici.'t ; the Moody -home. N cuip 1 -m r asulyned so! far -for- th t-.i',' - ', couple had fceen-marr. 1 --.'y a ; months. - - Ir-r-tr W..1 I: r , Tal'al.a - f. I : griun frm'i Co; nounoe-.l t-- . f'e race f r t t t- t' t i C it f r I --- J. V: : ;
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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