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TIC ' 1 A. X . I r.: c:; . A- W a : ' ' ' 'I f f ' , w. c, "II t'S I.i- i u :. of I ltr I M.n. i .a i: r I - Ge' r 1 i t .'.:.'n'. .:y i ii- a 'la Dji. s Con- t v York, Dec. 20. James II. 011 li;ant," su-nwr member of the stock ex thaii o firm of 'James' II.' Oliphant & . Co., i.i dying to-Dlght from a bullet ;wound inflicted at. his qffiee this af ternoon by Charles A. Gelger, a cus tomer from Beaufort, S. C.,who af ter firing upon Oliphant killed h!m- . F(-!f. "-v ': ' ,; -x; -.:';: '. The men were closetedin Oliphanfs private office at the time.' and all that Is known of what Immediacy pre ceded the 'shooting -was learned from, the lips ;o 'the, dying broker. ; 011 phant said that hi refusal to extend further credit to Gelger caused the tragedy. .There, la reason , to believe, however,' ' that Sieger had become Mentally ' irresponsible. A notebook found upon his person - contained ' computations by which- the writer ap ' raiently : bad figured that ho would be worth , $3,000,000 fey January 1st, - J908.- He actually possessed, as far as tots personal effects showed, less than 111. , , - w Gelger owed the ; Ollphants $5,000 and had been asked fop a settlement, lie called at "theirs offic to-day ;ahd after explaining i that' he could not ,": meet the obligation asked that' the - , Arm advance him sufficient credit to carry 5,000 shares of a certain stock ; 'until a rise in -the "price should yield him a profit. His proposition was re lused ; and the shooting followed. SHOOTING : . INTERRUPTS BUSI- ' ' The ofHces of James it bliphant & Co. are at 10 Broad street. In the cen tre of the financial district, 'and; the shooting caused a ; sensation 1 in, the street and tempo wily -' interrupted the business of. the, curb traders., the scene, of t whose t activities are. over ' looked from the big office' building. . " Clerks who' pushed their way Into V Oliphanfs offlce when , they , heard shots ftred, tumbled , over Gdger's v- dead body. ' He had shot- himself in , the mouth .and -again la - the- -right ' temple.? A revolver ; was clutched in . the right lband-: 01iphant had slipped . from -his chair and lay half concealed under his desk.. A bullet had enter ' ed the stomaclVfcThe.. broker was -t!U conscious. ivAt the hospital, 'where the operation- of laparotomy was perform - ed,. it .was iound-thafc the .bpllet.had ' grazedthe" kidneys and.'lodged in the .v- back.- It- was not removed. ; ' v ' Ollphant's ante-mortem .',' statement ,'; was supplemented by a t statement ' . from -the4 broker's-. partners, ;whd in ; eluded Oliphant'a ... son,. J. Norria, Oli-phant'-v; According it to youngs t '.OUphant, Gelger, who was 89 years old, 6 feet tali, slender and wore a heavyxdarki' moustache, belonged to-the classr of . -'speculators known ; in the , street-; ass "odd lot customers," those - who ai ..: wayg have something on board, buy ing or selling in 10 or . 20 share lots, never, investing a great amount but " frequently risking all , they poautki-.il GEiaER Ai HEAVY .ISER Papers found, u in i i roomiC which Gelger occupied last night; in the , Holland -House v indicate, however; ' that Jhe had lost noOess than $75,000 In dealings in steel common and that ; hfr still owed the Ollphants $5,000. It was also indicated, by the papers and ' - partially : conflflmed by - ac quaintance that Oelger had' lost all he possessed and that when he went to the brokers' offlce to-day U was in v the hope pt securing1 credit through - which Jhe. might .recuperate his ,for ;. tune.-",,',rl',.'.,!'.;.' i-'i 'tl-y-.',". - - He opened an : account with r the " Ollphants- on September 25th,; 1005, and operated in steel commdn until , Eeptember' 7th, 1907,' when' he left for Beaufort, 8. C. ' At this time his ' account was secured, - but the recent depreciation in, the price of securities resulted in a debit balance against . him of v $5,000. This he was , re peatedly asked to make good. - On ' ' November 80th, while stopping at the riedmont . Hotel,. Atlanta, Oa., ' he -wrote -the Ollphants, asking them to send .a check to the Fifth - Avenue Bank here for $250 to be charged to , his account. ' The Ollphants replied that the request could not be granted, as he owed them money. . ' , VISITS OUPHANT.. ' lAte - yesterday Gelger reached . New Tork -and . registered at the . Holland House. This morning he , called -on- Mr., Oliphant and left, it was said, without any unpleasantness. This afternoon he returned, renewed his--, proposition, and upon again - feeing refused, suddenly drew a re volver and commenced firing. OIL . pliant," while1 supported in the arms of his son, was able to say: "He shot me. 1 guess the poor fellow's mind was deranged." Outside of his Wall Strtfet trading, comparatively little is,, fcnpwn, of . ; Ge!i?er here. - - - -Oliphant Is prominent In busings snl socially. lie is a director in the I.rayette Fire Insurance Company, the tit iAwrence River Real Estate Association, a trustee in the Title Guarantee & ..Trust ;. -Company, - a .. member of the stock exchange, the ,!. amber of commerce, the , New P ''ork Athletic Club and other clubs, lie is 54 years old and wealthy. The ftock exchange firm Is made up of Mr. Oliphant. his son, J. Norria, Ifred S. Norris and Floyd W. Iiunfiy. i OL'phant Tcatl. " New Torkr Dec 21. Oliphant died at 2:03 o'clock this (Saturday.) morning.- ' , f - . " : , , Vi:iX KXOUN AT JHUTORT.' CI 'r!f d !-rr X.C Mwowti at r.ca i. r,-it, S. tv -A Ji "i of Cnlluns "-'Uon, Travel aiwJ li . ,..l 1 ii -.(.I.TI. r-ui.'ort, p. c.. lcc. :0. Chsrles ' A. f'-'or, ho thft J H. OlHhint (i x.esv Vork ti.(j,'iy, lived here. for t io j-f-ars. Each day he exchaifjr! t ' - -'3 i ' witil hia broker, -Jsnie!) n. ..- f .:,aK escert during the. telf-ra-t ' like, when he went to ;;w ' c-rk, return!;--- as soon as It wa.-i fit r. On, Tue - ' iv l i t he - left l.p'e, r h wasi psir.!r to Atlanta.. 11-? r i i 'n:: - ;, : v(t uevf'r lrw,!-i, t . j f I t 1 i (ill i? ii.ili l, " : I r . i;f". v-;,-, m , -).. i.-i r--i - v i 'it; i! i . ,f f j I I. 0 i 13 as. I i ..loons l"r 1 Z J ( 'i ' v I I 1 .1 i. ' C'l.f fl.- J "J f "k, I'd, Ii-c. II. rrom t';e Durr Lao cf tne I .;: ' ur; Coal Company, where a terri;'. explosion yetierUay imprisoned and almost fce yond doubt killed very one of the 200 or more men who. had entered the mine for the day, only . ( bodies had been, brought to the surface up ta 10 o'clock-.to-nlgfitvv; Others have been located and lie tn the entry awaiting a propLtioua tone, foe their" removal to the temporary morgue, i Most of the men, nowever, are still (hemmed in by heavy falls -.of elate and other roof formation, a mile and a half and more, beyond the point to which the recurers nave penetrated up to this' time. ?; --There ia - sUll ! a filnkertog hope that some i of them may yet be living, but the disclosures of the investlgaaons so far made leave little or no basis for this hope. There is little probability of. more bodies being found to-nlgh,t , ' ' . RESCUE VORK HAITEB. " r (Here and there one or more, may be found: who. ghad fall e'n during a vain alttempt to reach the exit, but the almost universal JBeHef is that nearly all will be. found in the re mote section, three miles-from, the mouth of the mine, where they were working when the explosion happen-, ed. v?-.A.'i JtV-t- ss: Rescue work haa been halted.. A vast , amount of Jbraitticlng wust be done before it can proceed. The res cuing parties. 7,600 feet from the mat nentrance, have found condiUona such 'that to-avert an additional dis aster precautionary work ; must be done.- The poisonous gases mus toe forced to sections fceyond, and addi tional air and, ventilation must be providedfor that section. !- It is not believed that' the great mass of bodies will be reached be fore late to-morrow afternoon.' Con ditlons around about the mines and In this, little" mining ,own are: greatly improved.? The? -men , who. yesterday began a holiday celebration by drink ing: and feasting have sobered up and ceased their carousing twid disorder which made last night hideous. ' An Important factor in bringing about this condition -was the acquiescence of the proprieitorvpf the. big-imloon. ta the town's only, hotei In the eoroner'a request that his bar be ; closed'untll after the (bodies had been removed and; the funerals--?. wer.- Nft-othe hflrlnking : placer within wo miles - of tno nune is open, 'svr'-'vf'i v -; ...COXDITIONS IJtt0yE!:!jC Probably more pbten than all llae' in; this Improved condition was : the arrived fromJClttanlng of Rey. Fth- r ' Lawrence' A. Carroll, former rec tor of St.! Timothy Catholic churoh, Jiere, of which a majority of the vio (tlms were members. . During the day he gave spiritual, .consolation to the widows and orphans and talked to tho men along lines to make them o ber and-reflective. ' : x-: :-f 'H'to to the number' of "vicUms;5 esti mates varytrom 17 to 250. Coroner A. C. Wynn, of Westmoreland coun aid: to-night after a careful ln vestlgation, hewas satisfied the nam ber would be between 180 and4fl. Conrad Schuth, 48. years old, erased by the death In the mine of his son and other relatives, ended his-, own life (to-day by drowning In ..the river near the mine.-,, He was a widower and leaves four smart children. . , " t Mrt. Carrlno Delano was restrain' ed from committing .suicide (to-day -with great difficulty;1 She lost v? her husband ajjd two sons In th disaster, ahd in .Quest of the bodies was cross ing; the river m the "sky- ferry," a basket car suspended from cable, when she Itrled to leap - into (the stream. The efforts of i men were required to rfstraln ier.v,l, '; President: John . Mitchell, of ; the United Mine 'Workers of America, telegraphed from Indianapolis, . au thorising . district officials to . draw upon (the national treasury for $1,000 for famines -of victims. ; . (, , . . , .ESDICTJirMS QUASHED. Bristol Ofuclals, Charred with Accept lug' Free passes, lleJn Positions and End rrocorriliiK.s SiMtational Charges May- Be Made.' vr.s BrioI, Va., Dee. 20. -Following the , institution of v proceedings- , to oust ithem for violation of an express provision of the constitution of Vir ginia, inaccepting free passes on rail roads, Jere Bunting to-night resign ed as president of the city : council and as police Justice of the city; also H. D, Gibson, as a member of the municipal A governing board. J "5 By agreement of counsel thejroceedlngs were quashed upon their resignation. Similar action will at once be taken against other city officials, and It is reported that sensational charges may be preferred In addition, to those . of accepting railroad passes, ' , , Mayor Rice was appointed to kuc ceed Bunting as pulice JuBtice;' Hon, J. TV. Mort was appointed to suc ceed him as president of the council. Br. E.' T. Jones was appointed to succeed Gibson, v: Miss Helen II.: Barnwell,: of ; Beau fort, S. C. . ,. .:;,..:,.; - ; -.-,.:; He spent many , years abroad and on coming back to Beaufort In Janu nry, 1906, he told friends here that he' was at one time court physician to King Menellk, of Abyssinia, and friend of Count Bzechenyl, the fiancee of MlfS Vanderbilt. In his room here are many photo graphs of himself and the count, taken together in Abysainla, as w-Il on many curios, collected In Africa 1 He said , that he served alsi-as a rhyslclan at the court cf the Sulian of Morocco. To the very 'few with whom he talked he f Siowtd himself to be a man of culture, broad fcduca tion wide travel and a Rhlllful pli.vf.i cian. He has a lftr. ?iLm Carrie fjpitcr, said to liviv.jr In New yoiK, but no other imrru-il!iite u-i i tives.v; '-.' A' ':rr Sot 'iUmvtn at IJr ?;i ';. ' HotTiTinji. Arlr, r.;-o. 20.-i-C. A. Orijjer,. who suli-Uod in Xew York tse i!-iy erter hw,!!l!t flfi-t v.-Qtin i'n T ' J. 11. Oi:r'"-'r.t. anl t-'. t l,,iv r-c ;iUy r-turnfd to Nea- York f(or an nstr-n-l. r i' f' ? v, T'"-t -i v.------ '.. i-to v 1 t 3 I )ai-s Q 'A-t l'rL ' i t to 1 ..: , i rciice S ' ore l.'o I J Ti. J Pom u t v crumt.'.it--1 ? .t . tors of 1or 1 i-;--:rtnpnt 1 i.-usod With Conditions la . l'lillipplno . Is ', land?.- , :; .-' : , : ''":,':." : Xew Tork, Dec. 20. William 21. Tait, Secretary of War, returned to day from his trip around the world, bringing renewed assurance of Ja pan's friendliness toward the Uni ted States, but declining to say any thing with respect to the political sit uation in this country. He said that he had been too ' long : out of ... inti mate touch with political aftali at home to discuss them in any wa7. One of Mr 'Taft's 'interviewers had the temerity to ask: "Well, Mr. Secretary." tell us, Whe is your choice for. President?" , Amid general laughter, in which he heartily Joined, ' the Secretary re pUed:.; . rV'Vv- "I guess 1 will have to leave that to inference." v ' 1 Y :C .-: ;:: Mr.;Taft left for Washington on an early afternoon train, saying V that accumulated matters in the War De partment would keep his nose to the offlcl&r grindstone for some, time to come, and that the preparation ,of Ms special report on the Philippines, which will be Iff book form, , we Id also require much of his time in the near future:--:- A-i . CARRIED TO JERSEY CITY, , During his two hours' 'stay la JOew Tork Mr. Taft was aboard the amy tug General Joseph B. John.iton, which had taken him from tho liner President, -i Graat; x at - quaranne. Newspaper men who had gone down the -bay. to meet the returning Secre tary, reached the steamer's elds, af ter he had been transferred and then followed a lively chase in an endoa or to overhaul the army . boat. The Johnston had een placed at "'r the disposal of Henry W. Taft, the Sec ratary's brother. - 'General Frederick D;.; Grant,- commanding , the Depaft meint of the jEast,; also went down on the Johnston to.-payhls f respects. First the Secretary -was carried -, to (Jersey ; dry - to Jdn A -out about trains and there tt was announced that he would receive the newspaper men at West Twenty-third street. New 'York, at a given hour.; : Tne small army of reporters .gathered at (the pier, ttmt found they were again a few minutes late. , ' . ": ' M - r,'". l The , 'Secretary finally : was ov erhauled Just ' as .he was about to- take"the- trln .-for Washington. He was most cordial In manner, and laughingly remarked : that he- was sorry to have been , "lost" 4o long in the harbor, . m ,. i , jtjtjiaSim. 5TRADE RJXATIONS WITH JAPAN. : s "If ls-he height bf foolishness to talk oft possible war with Japan," de clared the Secretary. ."Japan , dosh't desire war with us and' we certainly do not desire war. with' Japan, '. if there was any,' war spirit anyhere in Japan I failed to find the slightest mote of tt. Everywhere there- was talk of . continued ' - peace. 'I - speak very confidently about this.. Our trade relaClons with Japan are " ex tensive and are constantly growing. Japan's exports ; amount annually to about, $180,000,000 of which we take about one-third. The exports consist largely ,of mattings, lace goods, em bjiolderles and other fancy work, in the production of which many people are interested.5 ;. We in turn ship vast quantities of flour, oil and such com modities to Japan. This sort of trade is a great' pacincator.,:.t-:";'--i:!'-:f. "What about the pacific fleet?" - "The sailing must, have been a magnificent sight. , We have fine ships and a fine personnel, and so long , as the Pacific ocean belongs to us ' as much as to anybody , else, I? see no reason- why we should not' send our ships (theft on a prucjtice cruise. The Japanese are too. intelligent and high minded to attribute any false motive to the movement - ' - "My . trip had as ts only deflnife object, a report on conditions In the Philippines. - My visit to Japan was only Incidental. ,a Traveling by com mercial steamer, we had to stop there and it was only courtesy for me to pay my respects t; to the Emperor The- trip . through ' Russia was made partly to save time and partly be cause X had crossed the Pacific six times and was rather anxious to see (the . new territory. . My visit was m no sense' official. ''So many courtesies were shown me tha the moment I put. foot on Russian soil 1 could not have refused, even had, I desired to do so, the invitation to an audience impressed by the Emperor's persori of the Russian Emperor. 1 was much allty and his entire "familiarity with current affairs, especially . American politics. v - - NOVEt EXPERIENCE.' . "At Moscow I had the rather hovel experience of dining one evening with an official who (next day was made the , target of a bomb. This f ' was Governor General i Guerschelmann. -The ride through Siberia was .most enlightening and gave one a very dif ferent Idea of that country from what It is; generally conceived to be. Especially 3s this true as to agricul ture, minerals and population. West ern Siberia probably will undergo the same process of development as our own middle West, and I believe that m time it will be the centre of popu lation of the Russian empire. . "I was ' much -plmsed with condi tions In the -Philippines. They were much better thin I had hoped for. The- Initial proceellngs of the Erst Philippine Assembly, and its tendency to eonsrrvatlsm, desplt the suppocd ' radical majority, were most gratifying.- - -y v-:::'-,:-i"'-.: ;: 'Tn China, the American rcsllents were anxious for reassurance as , to America's intention toward maintain ing the 'open door policy. At ithe banquet in fchanghal I endeavored to give this essura.net . ' j : . Secretary Taft presided , at the f'i'p's concert on Monday ev ti'.n.-j last, and was warmly toasted at the captain's dinner the nijrht I-efore reaching port. . One of -the Cnrt, rrofesor Canfleld, .librarian of. Co Inmt ' University, expressed the l;ope tlr.it (the entire company nu'sht mei-t fnH sotn dav on a steamer ttuwi the -I-rc-M.-nt Taft." - - "-t r-1 f Arrive ft t"i,,,f-. t . I : , t C ', t it x::: i ion I.i .' . :-pcnicnt tii 1 . . OiUcr .1 Ternis -I. a jlccta Xext i t t ' t I t V. 3 t C! rver Bureau. The Hoileman Building. ' I..Ue!gh, Dec. 20. It seems to be a certainty now that the legislature will be called In ex tra session in January for the pur pose of acting on the compromise agreed on by Governor Glenn and of ficials of certain railroads as to the settlement of the rate matter. Gov ernor Glenn in an Interview to-day let this , much be 4 understood; Of course, according to the terms of the agreement proposed, other States in the South must. agree to the compro mise, otherwise the North Carolina Legislature cannot, ratify the ; action of the Governor. It is understood that two States have already signified their intention of accepting the terms Georgia and V Alabama and V Vir ginia is i considering ; the proposition. Also, if the '; Legislature Is called, Speaker - . Justice, :, who opposed all terms of compromise, will drop out, as he said In his letter to Governor Glenn, 'recently' published by some oi the State newspapers. 1 The Governor said there is a de mand that the agitation of this rail way rate question , be ''stopped; that business is being hurt. It is said by business men, and it the' agreement is ratified by the Legislature the roads can rthen borrow , money which they need and "cannot now get to carry on extensive work of. Improvements. . vThla agreement will not, said Gov ernor Glenn, affect the cases now nendlng in the Supreme Court of the United States, involving Jurisdiction of State ana jreaerai courts..., tie aaa ed that he believed the State ;would Win; those, cases. , wO-r'n . It' is decided ly the Baptist State Board of Missions and Sunday Schools, of which John E. Ray is ro-lected president i and Rev, Hiffbt C? Moore secretary, that the next Baptist State Convention , shall be held -.at Wilson. Forty thousand dollars are apportion ed to the. various missions. : . Rev W, R. Cullam, of Wake Forest, will con duct ; correspondence course ', for minlstera N. B. Broughton, J. t W Bailey, Carey J, Hunter, ; R". H, Sim mons. .Charles Lee ; Smith and i Rev. Dr. W C. Tyree. are elected; to ' the State :Sundayi School Bowi'.Hfe.' yvV- cvi-'M" i,i .- ' t' ' , BRYAX AT KANSAS CITY. .fijV,-".t -:-1 ' lm'- Jy; Declines to Discuss Johnson as Presi dential Possibility "If Drafted t -WU1 Hot Desert." V : f-r : - Kansas : Clty' Deci 20.-WUUam i . Bryan la this city to-day, when ques tioned as to Democratlo presidential possibllttlts. said , particularly as to tha-jprobable candidacy of Governor fnkn -A , tnKnann At 11nnortn ' Bnlrf "I know. Governor . Johnson per ' eohally, hut yott must pardon me - for not : going into , personaimes., x eouia not discuss hmi, or iany . one else, as a presidential ; possibility and ,be quoted without ' being mlsundci slood. "I shall not. volunteer as Demo cratic f presl lenTlal Candida to, but If I am drafted , I will not deserL" m ' - Mr.; Bryan. ! who , is :. on .a speech making tour that wilt take r in - Kan sas, Okiahowts ?and Texas, : arrived here" to-day from Lincoln Neb., on his way to Wichita, Kan i ; where ,he spoke, ty-nlghtyy;ajg CII.VRGED WITH. JIURDEIl. i i'',';,-fl",'vft- V1 1 ''-:i'-'!''-:V. , fal.i 1 'i: White Stan and Two Negroes in Jail on Charge of Murdering Negro Au- ' Hartwell, ' Ga., - Dec 10. Hugh Wall, a - white man and two negroes are in , Jail 1. here : charged with - the murder of a negro named John Nar rls August lth last The crime has just been.: discovered through - the denunclaton of Wall by his wlf a, it is eald. Wall's wife ,;had h'.inar rested on the charge of Wbatlng heri and incidentally, - It is said,. told .f the killing of i Norris by Wall ; and Ernest Gray, s, negro. ?. while another negrcv WUl Hitchcock wltniwsed It. They were gambling in Norrlj" Ijoups at the time. M Is said Wall con fessed the crime and pointed out the place where' the body, was buHed. v It was unearthed by a party of March ers. ' ( - -' "'-- t','-;r":-:"'"': ''". v Washington over th Pennsylvania Railroad this evening at 1:2$ o'clr.k. At the station to meet, the 3cre tary were a number of the officials of the War and other Depkr-ments, wha gave him a . hearty welcome. . Secie tary Taft in reply expressed hia great pleasure in reaching home f, again. Whn. Secretary, Taft alighted from the train, his , friends, in - official . life and a number of newspaper men gath ered around him and an impromptu reception occurred. Mrs. Taft - and Miss Helen Taft remained , in New York City, where they , will be the guests of the Secretary's ' brother, Henry ; W.; Taf t 'X for f several f days. Among those at the station to meet the Secretary --were: Assistant Secre tary of Wat General Olivers Beekman Winthrop, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Huntington , Wilson, third assistant Secretary of State, and Quar termaster Oeneral of the .Army Ale-6hlre.-; v- -v,, - s ',; , . Secretary Taft met . the newspaper men by appointment at his residence to-night, after which he called at 10 o'clock at the White House to dis cuss with the President his: trip abroad. ,,Mr. Taft talked freely with the newspaper ! men ; concerning his long trip abroad. He- announced that he had made an appointment to meet Arthur I. VorysVhls campaign man ager, earl next week in Washington to talk- over the. political situation. -- On the subject of . the Philippines the 'Secretary said it would not be advisable to tgrant the Filipinos In dependence for at least a generation yet. ""I have - been very much' en couraged," said the Secretary, "as to what we are accomplishing -In the way of training the , Filipinos. I 4hink that to-day there is more co operation between th American gov ernment and the Filipinos in work ing for the benefit of the Islands in the matter .of. education and bualnes prosperity than .ever before. .There never has been a time when condi tions were so quiet; ax at prem-nt and I have tio doubt that the ; General Axwmbly been itu'trumental trlnelny about that 'cituaflon. "The .c'-nations In the ic'.in-la with r ' pect ti tuslne's, ere fc-tt-r . t!an they have 't-een since I Lava known t! I" t t'.,v .are "t e- r tn n.'-Vit ", Oivi'T to t'i . ci'i.inui iii'.--' : fi'nsiitio.M cf ' Tl.t.r .:y I Cur niul, V l.h Sci.'r Hok.' ' .'-cii sto la fe-- io, lia-ro '. I.i.'le l-,;r"wXoRa C'arc'iiia. Cv''r I---H' lle early Ail . U :t - 1 -r .ll.elr - lioi,,-;o ipeucer 11. A l.m's and 3:r. i:.-C. Duncan, Wary 1 .r Heel licpuiiiosns, Ctll tt relarr Oortclyou, l'ostnui-lcr t.en eral J.Xeyer and ASi-istairt l'ostumt. er General Hitchcock They .Will Not Tfilii About tho North Carolina Political Situation Seven Heroin mcudationa lor Potiunstcrs Made. BY II. E. C. BRYANT, i i Observer Bureau, "i . ', Congress Hall Hotel, f, Washington,, Dec' 80. The day dawned fair here; ,v the sensations of. yesterday had passed. The fight' between .John Sharp: Wil liams and David A. DeArmonJ, Dem ocratlo members of the House of Rep resentatives, is deplored Those In terested In Cie growth of the South rejoice with Governor Glenn ovor the promise, of a final adjustment of the differences between the railways and the States concerned. Ex-Governor C. B. Aycock and Mr, E.; J. JusUce are at their respective homea 5 Most of the North Carolina Congressmen have departed. ; The Senate and the House will meet to-morrow, morning, transact a little routine business and adjourn for the holidays. i-sv , T Judge Spencer B.,; Adams, chairman of the Republican . State, executive committee of North Carolina, and Mr. VS. C. Duncan, of Raleigh, national committeeman are at the National. They, have rooms Just across the hall trom each other and ' have been to gether .most- of the day.' ; Messrs Adaims and : Duncan ar very : wary politicians. ; y. They rarely - ever : talk for publication. ; It 4s said here, by newspaper men who know Chem, that an interview with either of these well- known Republican' leaders would be a freak.-" -:--,r-. if r v x.-- "What Is ?4oh. In North Carolina Republican circles?" Mr. Adams was asked -yesterday. 'rtVvg'.V.:'" "Nothing out of the ordinary that I know of"' was the quiet repiy. ' BOTH LIKE CLAMS. ' ; ' :- TWs morning when The -Observer correspondent -met the chairman and the committeeman on Pennsylvania avenue and asked, them for news, they declared that -they had none. sWho- is North; Carolina for for President now, Mr; Adams, that Mr. Roosevelt is out of the way?."- ' . "Don't ask such embarrassing ques tions," said Mr. Duncan, while Mr. Adams looked toward the sky. . "They that you are at the new CioteL" , salli Mr. Adams. "How do you like--itrv;;:;-5ffe:, , , xfi.. 4'Fne. yNc-W: I have answered your questions, you; answer mine,' said The nhwm'iMir. - ruif'-'asssi. ',- :',.;';;.; ?.: Wt' -Artt;?.afrald.,-ff ;;you.,v ,.You ..said in a letter the- other day that South em Republicans, ar ple-eounter poU- . "I said that the Washington, people say that,1? ;:r4,f s'm-ti "WeU, I am not a Republican, but I was in hopes that .North Carolina would be for Taft."- r ' "He's ,a mighty good man,", sail . . , ... j . -rs Messrs. Aaams ana j-ujiv(mi. :,Not long- ago, r- before President Roosevelt mads it plain that lie would hot be a candidate for the nomina tion, North Carolina Republicans did not mind saying who they were tor President, , but now they are like clams., , , , , ,(i - CALL- ON THE,. OFFICIATE. -No one except Messrs. Adams and Duncan know the purpose of their visit to the Capital, bu It can be stat ed that they called on two men who are before he Jubllo Just now, First Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock 4 and Secretary " of the Treasury George ; B. Cortelyou- AH Republicans w:io ' live south of here and get close to the national admin istration like,' Hitchcock and CorteJ you." : Up till very recently Mr Hitch cock has had much to do with making appointments In 'the South, but it Is said now that -Mr, George von Len gerke Meyer, v Postmaster ii General, must be consulted before a man la placed. .Messrs. Adams and Duncan saw Mr. Meyer;i'TA:?.-..:-; v District Vttorney A.' IS.; Holton, of Winston-Salem, wai here yesterday. He called at the Department of Jus tice. . , i W:;;:'V;---:v'f'--i;-J'1 The following recommendations have been made by Chairman Adam for postofflces; f--x'y' J'x . Jmes McN. Jo'.imrton, at Aberdeen; Charles A Smathers, at Canton; James E. Smith, at Kittrell; N. J. Palmer,, at Milton Dr. W. J3. Ever hardt, .at- Newton: L D. Mendehhall, at Bandleman, and Eugene Brown lee, afc.-.Tryon(;.-. I MEMBER i'Ansrr TESTIFIES. :if' J. 1 S. MeKnlglit, - Member of fonn- (tain Army,' on Stand la Powers Trial Rllla Was Taken Back to ll Mountains.; f 'xl i .A;' 0 ! Oeorgfitown,' Ky;,'Dee.' S0 the trial to-day of Caleb powers for com plicity In the assassination of WTllllam Goebel, the chief witness was J. 6. McKnlght, a member of the "moun tain army," who U.rtlfled that Albert Helton took the Martin rifle ' - with which Goebel was shot, back to the mountains with him from Frankfort three days after the shooting. The prosecution with htm ms flflffmB prosecution : also brought out that McKnlght was sent money by Powers to (bring a number of Harlan county witnesses to testify at this trial. Coun sel had a sharp, argument over the admission of McKnlght's private ac count book, containing a memoran dum of the witnesses expenses. Bridges and Viaducts Will He Com ' plcted. ' Roanoke, Va Dec, SO. Work on a number of Iron bridges and via ducts to be used for the Virginian PaHwav at of Roanoke, which was stopped some time ago, will now be completed without delay. The Vir ginia Bridge & Iron Company, ; of this city which concern has the con tract for the bridges and viaducts, to-day announced thnt orders had been received from tne int'rond to ro ahead with the worlt. 'llm road i being built by Ilenrv II. Koirers and t un from the Y C t if nhi c.'l f.eld to the orin it : tiuik. (ia!, 1 Cf Trr-ii"" V.'i 5 : . : -Vui:l.!nglon, Pec. SO A ti :.n fur rci-aratlorn will tn nii'i 1 o th l,tnm-e p1 ' r I 1 y I" 1' ,n (.' " In t'.n d' ''HI'-!' . f r of th t -i-tcc-i f - ..rl 1 I 1 I ' ' . !'. " - j V- l V v 4 t 1. 1 1 ( f'--, f t 1 4 . . . T.. " " ? . ''i nvh' a I " 4 " f I 1- I 1I1 a 1: 1 oil t . . . i ! I : ii I ; tc'Mi "In-; f il .. ,-rry County, O-.iCcr .1. t.'. l: i' ('.' :. in lii-tantly Ki.ieJ by t e J : , . t of a 3: ffi Who Sneaked I p lLl d i::.n The -. Identity of His A.-a..,i-'t is Known awl He is Like ly to i;e Arretted L'ndauntcd by the A--n.slnUonr of Their Com- ' radc, Other Stem hers 'of die Tarty Continue Their Work of Destruc tion to the Illicit riiints Deceased a Native of Ui"; In. Where His Body Will Bo Carritki lor interment. Special to The Observer. . Winston-Salem,, Dec.: 20. Mr. J. W. Hendricks, one of the tnost popular and, sufficient men in the revenue ser vice, was shot and ' Instantly allied this morning; about 8 o'clock by one of the Smlthtown'Wockaders, the shooting taking place in the.tieart of the ; settlement 'while Mr.; Hendricks andf several of bis fellow, officers were making a it third ?raCl on this 'noto rious " blockading district- ..The bullet whhjh was either from a Winchester riflle or a .pistol penetrated the left breast , just above the heart, going entirely through the body. The re mains were brought to this city to night on the ,10 ' o'clock ' train and taken to the . .undertaking establish ment: of -the , Huntley-HlU-Stockton Company,, where they will be prepar ed for . burial. ? -. The Interment will be Jn Elkln and the remains will leave here on j the early train! to morrow for that place;; ' . -,-,x THIS THE THIRD RAID." ' -It "win be recalled" that a tew months ago ,some twenty-seven offi cer assembled In Mount ' Airy and went to the Smlthtown settlement, armed to the' teeth and' with the. de itermhratlon to (break up illicit 'dis tilling In this Infamous section. . The officers were very successful in their undertaking, , having taken ' the ' resi dents of the section by surprise. They captured several men -and, destroyed a number of distilleries. ; , There was a fierce, battle' besween the revenue officers and ' the -blockaders, but the officers escaped uninjured, j v A . few weeks later a second raid was made on' , the settlement, some ; thirty rev enue officers purtiolpatlng 'In; this raid. ;'i The blockaders had been fore warned and the settlement presented a deserted appearance. ' The officers did but Hri,l on the 'second raid.-, It; was generally believed that .the moon shlners had changed the seen s -of their operations, soma of the people think ing they had tone 'over the line Into Virginia. 1 But the revenue offloers wereiwlser, , .They hava not-failed to keep a close watch on the neighbor hood. - .They gathered sufflelent evi dence to Justify the belief that Instead of moving to other points the block aders had resumed the making of Vflre water" in the same settlement. ARRIVED" AT SMITHTOWN EARLY . Thursday afternoon sixteen revenue officers, headed by Tom McCoy; of Greensboro, met at Danburyr and at I o'clock this morning started on the third trip to the Infamous settlement. They arrived In Smlthtown about sun rise and began at once to search for illicit distillery plants. The officers scattered lour in a, bunch and: began; to scour tne entire community, Some f the party had succeeded in locating and cutting up twar stills, when about I o'clock they (heard a' shot ring out. The officers knew that this : meant trouble, so the, entire force went In the direction from whence the sound ame. To their horror and astonish ment, the men found Mr. Hendricks, one of their most valued member, had been instantly' had been shot Ad killed. He died There are conflicting reports as to how ha ; came ta his death. - III squad was at a still when a man sneaked up and fired the shot that ended Mr. Hendrick's Mfe.- Mr. Hen dricks saw the man but "was unable to et the first shot, v - The other members of the party saw Mr. Hen dricks': assailant . and It Is believed that the murderer will be apprehend ed. - Mr, Hendricks body was mov ed by his fellow officers and carried In a private conveyance to Danbury, thence to Walnut Cove and brought here to-night. OTHER OFFICERS UNDAUNTED. The revenue officers continued their raid on these blockaders and captur ed two more stills before leaving the community. The capacity ot he stills was from 0 to 70 gallons. They, were located about a mile apart. were seized and destroyed by the of ficers. ,;- ZfP-fi&.Zm&v ", fijXt--' ': i . Sit or eight members of the raiding party accompanied the remains of Mr. Hendricks to this city, but. they refused to talk much in regard to the circumstances of the death of, their comrade.: One of the officers stated, however, ' that the Identity of the guilty man was known and. that lie would likely be arrested. , REMAIN TO CAPTURE) THE AS v - , 6AILANT. -" Since some of the officers remained at Danbury last night, it Is thought (that t'jey will return to Smlthtown and make an attempt to capture the murderer before returning to this city. A revenue : offlce eta'ed to The Observer correspondent to-night that In his oplnjon : the blockaders were by no mean. put out of h'islness .He seems 4o think Ki'at v there was a number of other stl'ls in the com munity running at lull blast. , -' Mr. Hendricks was about 30 years old. He iad been a member of the r.Ulng force about a year and a half. Before Joining the .revenue service he was gauger for :ha Camper Company, of this rity. :Mr. Hendricks is a na tive of Klitin, whire hii mother re sides, He .ins ' I sister. In C, r.. N"al, and MIm iftile Hndrlok, who reside In this cliy'. Ij"!, tho Ki:i Af- e a Yeir's Iltrl Work to l liul It. f. ' 1 to The C ' nr. ' .' 'i''e, r 2?. I v C 1 !. 1 r J. M. I tv'i w-n a In r 1 v. V.en h, drove Inti . twn l.r-t 1 ', r a 1 '.' I ' J t1 i . ' t t f t' e I ' 1 ' .' r trns. Hi V-ro;- :ltv; 1 ,, i ' i . r-r r-) 1 : :'. v- - 'i j c -r. i:.is -.-Ar - . - J-Ut It.. lkM-!;H Cf l'. . 1- t . ; ' Anthoi ; xuon f t, ' vesii iatioii IToves I Duel to Le I'ur.'-'r 1; 1 . JVlentN Believe tv; ; 1 Soon Cla,p Hands a id t t ' Forgive Both - Parties I.-' ... ; t ' Discuss Enconnter. Washington.' Dec. 2 0. Yesterd ' y '. physical encounter between Mr. J Sharp Williams, of ' Mississippi. fi" ' Mr. DeArmond, , of Mlssov.-i, on t floor, of the House of Represenfaliv -had no aftermath to-day ao far &s t. principals themselves were concern ed .but friends of 'each traveled bar k and forth between the camps of th minority leader and the leaders of the minority opposition waving boughs ot peace. It is said,; however, that ther acted out of their own frlendllnesw an 1 . of their own volition, not by author ization of the combatants. . . 1 Rumors gf the likelihood of a chal- rldors of the Camtbl to-day. but In vestigation proved them purely fanci ful. ... " . , DEARMOND'S ATTrTUDE, , ' Mr. DeArmoiid's attitude is slated to b thlfc -He haa,no mind either to perpetuate the quarrel, nor to make the first move toward a reconciliation. He feels that Mr. Williams was the aggressor in having intimated that he v was a falsifier, and In having struck Vhe first blow and that therefore peacn overtures, If any there are to . be, should originate oh Mr. Williams' side of the line. , -' . Mr. Wrllllams is understood to be lieve himself to be in the right : It Is contended in- his behalf that he suf fered Mr DeArmond to questlon hU truthfulness and sought, to turn hU wrath " asldef then suggested . a less public place to pursue the discussion, and when this was Ignored held him self in check until Mr. DeArmond had . a second time east at him the lie.. For the sake of many things he don not desire to continue the unpleasant ness,, neither does he feel that an . amend is due from him until the first ., plank to bridge the breach has beer laid down by the gentleman from Mis souri. ."!, WlLtc'YET ;OlJUSPjUNDS. - . . Notwithstanding the exact op'poslte ness of these two views, it Is predict ed by common friends that' the two- -distinguished Democrats wilt yet clasp hands and covenant to forgive' If not to forget. . ' In Mr Williams' behalf It Is ex plained to-day that his real reason for resigning, from ! the( ways and means committee was to make a place for his colleague, Mr. Powers, on the committee on appropriations that in view of the fact that ' MUwlrippr delegation numbers only eight Repre sentatives he felt that: to, have . two Mlsslsslpplans'on the two "chief com mittees otthe House would be bestow ing too much preferment on his own State, y ' ' 1 ' ' Though the House, was not In sea-' ton, :Mr, DeAfend ViHed the'floor today end sat for a while at his desk tlon to . dlscups his encounter wit Mr Williams. The latter spent' most of, the, day, at his home.' . . i; TO WITHDRAW TROOPS. President Dire 's Tlmt Trootx , tloned at Gcdfleld Ito Withdrawn , December 80th Sute Can Control v All Threatening DisturlMHwvn. . Washington, ' Dec, 21 President DlViuvaill tnav ArrtA ih -(th. drawal . of United States . troops sta tioned at Goldfleld. Nev- on Monday, December JOth, next. . The f llowing telegram was sent ti Governor Sparks to-day by the Pres ident; . - - , 1 . -, I have received no - answer from you to my telegram of December 17th.. in which I said that unless there was forthwith further cause shown to justify keeping the troops at Goldfleld. I should direct ? their return to their former stations, I am, informed by the three repreesntatlves 'of , the De-' partment -of Commerce ' and Labor who are ta Goldfleld by my order that you have stated, to them in writt'v: that you will not convene the Legis lature to consider call for troops nop take the necessary steps to form a sif i military ..force. Their report further satisfies me that there is no disturb ance threatened : which the govern ment of Nevada ought hot be able t control If it staru to work with a se rious purpose to do so, but that no effort, Js being made by the govern ment of Nevada to take the steps ne cessary in the matter. I stand ready to see that the national government does Its full constitutional duty in tho matter of preserving order,, but thN readiness on the part of the national government does not excuse the But government for failure to perform it 1 rull duty In the first plaea , Federal aid should not be sought by the State as a- method of relieving itself from the performance of this duty, and t? a State should not be permitted to sub stitute the government of the Unit,' 1 States for the government of the tau In the-ordinary, duties of maintain! t order within the State. -For the re, ons given In this and my former t -gram I have accordingly directed t:. troops to return to thalr former rti--tlon on Monday, December JOth t . (Signed) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. " Moventent of Tlanters Causes O; 1 tatlon of Co-Operattv Enren i. New Orleans, ; La.,, Dec, 20.- 'i' movement of cotton planters i Louisiana, : Mississippi and ea.i r Texas to sell direct from their t; to European markets caused t organleatlon here to-nteht of a operative bureau'' for- marketln-r cotton. The bureau wm f-rr. i ; the , executive committee cf farmers' union which , ann i that a -compress will he leai I immediately Ki;,l t' f a force, such as cotton t -tors r will be hired. It if l - . I t corporate this - bun - T..e tlve -committee t'wiK-rrow wl'.I tinue. itsirre;--arai;.v,.. - 1"; 1 ; ft 1 r - 1 - r - -tt' :i p ri 1 t, i i - ' ' i
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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