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srO::-iAi:YVi'e.::xi:;uiiAD lji;: t J--- r v " r "r r - -"ir-" i!'"I''U ..i.:; i-i" has ti::l; rc: CAi;.; t r.o iv t ..t as a j . a a t -; i a T. . i - , , , .. -- ; 1 i i i tc.Juctor to CHe , i I to De I'-'.n , : o 5 1 -J J .1 f'ot Tie r-"-f-f r -t i ty i3 t:.er..X of- I.owt-i J. ' -, .- ; r " 1 t? Tl:e Observer.";.- ', '-'; '. I ---.evlUe, Dec. 21. Another series ... C'ViriJtmas holiday tragedies occur t I tear iiere this afternoon. Joe J fnce,- a resident of Limestone town- 2 and a man with an unsavory i; utaUon, altot and killed Alma,, the 12 -year-Old daughter of Mrs, Green, et Buena Vista -this afternoon while en route to his home on the Toxaway tr;n. Shortly after this at Biltmore . jegro named Dave Lucky was shot, and killed during a row aboard train Ko. 13 bound from Aahevllle to Salis tury. - , i UTTLEJ GIRL 6HOT DOWN. -. The tragedy at Buena Vista, a small station five, miles from AsheviUe, has chocked the entire community... Ac cording to information received by the eherlff's offlcs here Joe Lance boarded ' the Toxaway train at Ashevllle or Liltmore, bound for Arden, ten miles from, here and Ave miles beyond Buena Vista, v The man is alleged ,to ' Siave been drinking" heavily. He is ' a desperate young fellow and 'espec ially dangerous when drinking. It is said that en route ; to . Buena Vista he was boisterous; - that" 'as the train ', fulled into the station he shoved his run ; out . of the window and began firing promiscuously. Mrs. Green and tier daughter were at the station and - one of the bullets from Lance's pistol struck tiro daughter inflicting a mor tal wound.5 r Lance was placed under ' arrest at once. .v-mV.1:,'-u'--'"" '-.:-. . , The man was taken on to Hendr-. sonvWe aboard the train and there .placed in Jail : Sheriff Hunter ald . to-night that-he had : telephoned the - Hendersonvllls authorities ' and that ho wouldsend 1 an officer for Lance to-morrow. ' He only last week came In -an-d gave bond for appearance at court for a desperate flht that he had with o; S.'-Lambert, of LimeBtone township, several months ago. Blnce 1 that fight he had evaded the officers. - ' BULLET GETS WRONG MAN. ' ' The second killing occurred at BiU- ' .t.tiA. ioi K-ift A'clnrlr thta af- ; ternoon. ;-It seems that after train No. .It pulled, out f.Asheville Ir - T,nia. ,nerro. . ana. auuio ivwtw " . groes raised a "rough house." The disturbances was so great that . the conductors called to quel It, was Un able and bv 4he tlma the' train had reached Biltmore v he, Isal deputised ' mn!r-T.vti.ia wdune4 white man of - Old Fort and one or two other gentle- - rn-en,- who helped him, according to - the best information obtainable. Dave Lucky, a negro, was on the. train but Is said to have been quiet An at-.-' tempt was made at Biltmore to put - it oWBe resisted and, itJs said, it towari his hip Docket. r There -wasa shotr presumably llred at Irv. , Lytle.7; The bullet, however, missed . Its mark ana struca ivs man sank -to' the floor of the, car and died in few moments.: . " - rrh. ftA th kllllnor of Luckv the -' Lytle ero stiU resisted and other ' negroes on the car attempted to-pre- veni'uie whbibiw from putting him oil.- ' Me was nn ( - ally taken out ; No arrests had,been made to-night. ; It is not known here Ju&t who - fired the shot that kined Lucky. The body; was taken- from the train and, placed at the south en ' trahcrf the station and the omcors were , nottfled," v '. At 7- o'clock it was Temoved to a local undertaking es- , tablishment. ..fr-H ' Hicks Lytie,..w3io Is supposed- to Have' S.1HCYI JJUVO U"iV iicur dw. w.. - ered to the sheriff of McDowell coun- WANDEkED INTO ;kotJNtAINS.. . Theyouhg girl who was the vlcUm ' of the tragedy at Buena Vista, H was aearneo. in 'vuuriiioi oi - Miss Alma Green, a -daughter of .Mr and Mrs. James Green and a sister of Messrs.' J. P. and, T. P.. Green, of Charlotta. The news of the accident ,came In a- telegram - yesterday after- , toon. '.Which stated that, the worst might be .expected. , The : Messirs. . oreen.left last night for Buena Vis ta. . .: -; 1 4 The young Miss Green had a rath er interesting history. When she was but 17 months old she. wandered away one afternoon ' In September, with 4 a rag doll and became lost In the mountains.- Her absence was finally de leted 'and - searching parties looked until far into the night but no trace . was Joun4. During the night a member, of J the searching party dreamed "that the infant wa in ' a fertaln place on a certain' mountain. " 'So strong was the Impression that he could not go to work without furth er Investigation. "He r went ' to ' the Vace specified and with the aid of his - dog, which leaped over-a' fence and led the way, the child was found asleep under a cedar tree. She. had crossed the-railroad track nd five ' fences. KOXAPARTE AT CHICAGO. Attorney Gonr ral ' A.l Jwsscs ' 'Illinois AtliU'tlC'XHib Spoko For No One But Ilhnsclf Hio ITcsldcnt's Du ties. ". " , , OlUrtago.De. 21, Attorliey Gen " ral Chua-lea J. BoinaPlrto Ho-ay wtaa f rf he gus of the HUtooSs Athletic .' . . .. , v. . 1A' nHnTnT CiUL, SHU U tUfclM. w. juuv.. speaker at a banquet of that organ ization in honor of lt officers. : Oth-. tn who responded to toasts were Congressman Frank O. Lowden and tjames Hamilton Lewis. :.?.. . 1 ;: : Mr. Dma parte,- after conveyJng the President's regrets at not beihg abl to atrtend, said that he poke for no one but "himself. ., '.,-. : ? ''". Tlie eubjectt . of (Mr.' Bonapante'a "Jrc s waa "Obstacles to the exeou t...n of Ue .laws, - and 4ie quoted from t-.tut part of the constiituUon n ' rf ":i It rays: "He sinaU ; take t 9 tUoA tlie law be f Uthfully exe 'c ed." This duty, he ea.tl, was prob tbly t"ie most' important and the ricr t c!?arly vlt ul to the peoples' !ar;.!n an fifety f .H the Prel jU's duUes, but he snJd, "If, -vihen it- seeks o fulfill -It, a stumbling ?. ' 'c Is pia-fp-l in h's -path; If th f : - ul ex ': ut-onortJie lawsis made t- - -it ot-mtf-r;. 'n In , whtitewr r r K-r ti-oux wlsotever eauKe, fh '--n r"i;'i f1.'.:'.!' be plainly . . . . "I J J t;oo.As l t ti. J. J i . r A " t WUIi t:.e i V.iiO Tii. s ...... I ( to 13 iA. - .. - : ' - CVsf-rver Fureau ., - ' 123 Lliiin Street. '' y.: Columbia, S...C Dec, 21. " V.i!lSamsbur?, Florence,' v Sumter, Clarendon and Georgetown are about to become involved in a new county, contest: of much heat and - feeling. I Petitions are about to be circulated looking to the creation of a new county from parts of -Williamsburg, V Florence, Sumter and Clarendou ' counties, w ith Beulah, in the noted Salem section of Florence county, as the county seat. Within the pasti twenty-four hours a -rival project has been launched which has Lake City, Williamsburg county, in ; view a a county seat. This .last would be formed mostly from Williamsburg territory, , with enough of ; Florence and Georgetown to fill out what is needed. This -project Is belng.pushed by Senator Williams and others of Williamsburg, and is said to be in-i tended merely as a scheme to defeat the other, new, county scheme and ttflis prevent the slicing of Williams burg. . 1 , ' s SQUABBLE TAKEN TO COTJRTv 1 Ex-President N. B. .Dlaf, of - the Ware Shoals Cotton Mills, at Laurens together with his minority " stock holder friend, has carried his fight against the Relgel brothers and other majority stockholders for control of the property into the - State court, asking that N B. Dial be restored to the presidency at "a salary of $3,000 and that he and other minority stock holders have damages in tne um of tlOO.000 - on account of sRelgel's vio lating their agreement when they acauired a majority of the stock, to retain Mr,-Dial as president and sell the output of the niU; -that the de- the plaintiffs ''for all ' their unneces-1 sary. Illegal and wrongful acts' and conduct In the - management of said company;, that -the defendants be required - to purchase .the output of the mill they; agreed to v do at , prevailing prices, . without expense to r the corporation for . marketing, and, that the - defendant be -required, asi they agreed to, to , furnish .thevcor-f. poratlon with r necessary funds v at; reasonable rates of interest. .Falling . In. this, the plaintiffs ask . (hat the j court cancel tne contract ana restore the situation as it existed when Dial was president The papers . in the case have been filed at Greenwood. ",3STEGRO THIEP. USES HIS.OUN. .Tlun . - dun tnnrli KtCinllnff from' the Southern Bailway' frelght; depot at "Bamberg for several months i and the loss to the road on, this ac- count 'has been heavy In fact, the! town generally, -wnicn nas a- jbtbo negro ' population, ' nas : sunerea arum thieving negroes for a year or more. caught . and. broken up. ieswraayj afternoon a box - of sausages ' was missed from the-', warehouse while j guOUS Were -jjckik . uchywcu - w : vh- signees, and it, was remembered that Preston Brown,' a bad negro, had gone under the warehouse to ' re cover' a nlckle he claimed. to have dropped through a crack., .The mis incr hn fmind fin a sill under the floor, but it was allowed to re main ; and watcners were put out to j catch the thief when ho returned tor the booty. - About 9 o'ciock yvesiey Banks, a . respectable negro- and one of the watchers, saw- Brown ome out ' with the box under ; his ! arm. Banks balled hinv ana tsrown opened fire. One of Brown's bullets: struck Banks in the forehead at close range, but the missile passed around his head ' under the , skin, doing little damage; but another bullet passed into Banks' -left siae, , innicung t per haps a fatal .-.wound. ( Brown rap, hv MvArnl others: - but. though he was shot at several times and dropped the box, ne , maae nia escape. ' " 1 - ITEMS I150M ASHEBOItO.. ": '': . . i , - ""' ' ;':" .s ! w Two New Pastors In the Town and Both sre Well Liked Randolph " Book ub Entertained by Mrs. Kit- lah , Moflltt. - - j--:- Special to The Observer. - . , , A.k.KM rioi. - i r. A Wood. the new pastor ot the M. H. cburcn. is now occupying the parsonage and Jiaa ooinmencea nis iu.oo - uy- uio . . VM, u.. tM, imv . mnH, a fxcilent impreeslon with his conre catlcn and is a prwusher of pronounced Pr. M. " L. Wood, who was for quite a number of years a missionary to Cnlnar Pv, T., M. Johnson, late presidint of the M. P. Conferance, Is the new pastor of the ehurch here. . His family arrived thla week and is cccupylng a residence on Fayettevlllft street , Mr. . Johnson -is very much estsetned. by his people. He is an accomplished mlnlnter and - the church will, be benefited during his ad mlnistraUonvas . pastor. The members of the Randolph Book Club wore most agreeaniy entertained Friday afternoon by Mra JCilJah Motrin, whq is always a most affable - hostess. The following programme was rendered; "History of Ancient ScupUire," Mra K. Moffitt; "Tfchnlcal " Methods" of the Sculptor," Miss Frances Gray. ; Other in teresting' soleotions, beaiiiiB on the -subjects, were read by several Indies present A dainty and delicious salad course was servad after -which, the club artlourned to meet again la two veens iui Mra Williaiu C. Hammond. i . " In " v,1-':J:A'-:l.f.y. CElGEU'S BODY.TAKEX XIOM3S, Remains of Suicide Taken to Savonl nah Where Funeral Senices Win .Be Ilcld. . V: "'';;"v iif-;'V "iX: 5 New - York, Dec. 21. An uncle of Dr. C. A. Gelger, of Beaufort, a C, the slayer of Broker James P. OU phant, had the body of the sulcidere moved from the morgue and placed on board a train to-night for Savan nah,' Ga. where funeral services will take place next week. ' - j The funeral services for James P. OHphant will le held Monday at the fami'y residence in Brooklyn. -. A Supper IntroJiices Cnrolecn's Clirt tmas l'eftlvUIes. , v. Special to The Observer. ; . Caroleen, H. Dec. 21. Chrlftm,ns festlvitifs opened here brilliantly an 1 gatrl,nomjcal!y .this evening by ' ari elegunt end sumptuous supi-r fiveh no overseer and outr ..dt-iigi-tea friends by Mr. K.;P. s-rurc;. " so perintendwt of the Carol n i Mill. The eaM reprewted the'iiiuuirit in. by cranberries, and 1' seaboard, by oj-sters: and the h.-,n 1-Khak -r b?- n-r-n- i1- t'"-- f-'-t'"- t v"i r t C-r- l t l 1- ii r 1 t i tO I.t ..0H i nit In I : t -oh-a an-l I . . .. tlvU Ai . - . v.u: Ilaiia a StTlous t t 1 i 1 . cro i i. i cr Vn:,. U to Jon -lii lnt i.UkO i: .ltU- tirawlns Troo; s. . ' 'Reno, Nov., Dec; 21. Fixra his bed to-day Governor f parks, who' is very sick, made the followmg- state ment in explanation of his act 'In asking Presad'ent Rooseveit to send troop to Goldfield: . :- - :.:-: M ' .; "Throughout this whole controver sy I have acted according to my best Judgmemt ' I believed from advices,- received from ; confidential sigents In Goldifield that, trouble was Immanent ta. (the mining' camps. I know that dynamite nad been stolen from the mines; that the maner were anmed and prepared for trouble, and th. picketing of mines and preventing men Jrom iworking , was damaging property. .1 waa also advised that (the sheriff , and I other dvtl authori ties were unable to cope with the sit uation. 1 made these tacts known to the President and in the absence of any statement X advised, thait troops be sentito prevesnt trouble. ; X thoughit no good could be Jiad from calling a special session of the legislature. It has developed eince tne arrival pt the .troops there toa tn no vio lence, r ' And this Is wtiy l asked for troope. . I beHeveid that mo , long ; as there were - regular soldiers on the ground there would be no outbreak, but I feared,-and had reason so - to fear, chat unless eudh action was taken tmmedartely there - would be nlot and bloodshed. . ' ;"'-'' .s-sf-.Q' & :iX FEABA OF VIOLTSNCE.'' ' i. ''While I was in Goldfield, X Inves tigated personiaillT the conoitiona thait prevailed. 1 Hound that the business' men .were afraid of violence and that': the . women were In terror. Dozens of womfetn have left the camp s because 1 they feared trouble. X Cound thaX ; there uaa organized a band of high ! graders' and unat the eheiutt u ai.io- I iutely unable to secure 'a conviction I of' any of tho ehdew that others ' are over, - thousand rifles Hi the poaseaajoa of the,minsta and that the spirit . .of many of the men is such" as to warrant 'me In believing that,' tfhose rifle would be ueed upon small pretext, - 'i "While Geneial j'uitonwas there I oonferred with film (frequently.- -After he lhad made a thorougn inveeti raiflon. seekine informatioa from all sources, aie' told me mat it was bis opinion thai he troops' htad. arrived none too soon." I think he considered (thiia situation grave and he gave me to understand that he endorsed my action In 'requesting that the troops be sent. He praotlcally- stated that a pontioo ; f the ttroops would vre- m-adn tn, uoidneid until iwtlmteir jhad piasised. , ! ', -". f j . ,i f, ,X SERlOps MISTAKE. s';"PrealdenT Roosevelt Has evidently acted upon .thue ,, advice ot 'the com unifetrion which he sent to, invuiUWaie. 'Jlttuey were there a show'-tlme t an4 their invesdagaitions were perforce njuch more incomplete ' than thoao condiioted by General Fisnauon. X have alAaya ha4' a dilgri . regard for the President, but-J beueve he ha mude a serious mistake.- X ,-hope that no'-blood will stain itlne streets - of Goldfield, but X (ear before many days have psed tome violent out break will prove, the .unwisdom of wis ace , t . -? ',..';- . "I .have given no thought to Issuing a 'special call .of. the Legislature, IC I , tUiought X could accomplish any thing "by so doing, 1 would not heai-itajte- a second-' Xjihall do tall in my power to mainrntn order, however. THIRTEEN HODIES FOUND..- Heavy Accumulation of Gas Causes woric or ucscuers to Be Slow Re covered Bodies Are' Badly Mutltatad Rescuers: -.- Overcome" by v Black Damp.- ' . . , . , jV, Jacob's. Creek, .-Fa., Dec. "-SI. -But 13 boaies. had been recovered from the Darr mine when darkness cams to-night and all hope of reaching the others before to-morrow was "aban doned, :::,i-.l.::i:x:KA v,'-i."A;f.- The rescue work progressed stead ily and systematically all day, but was slow on account of a heavy ac cumulation of gas, which necetsltatr ed more precaution in the work of ex ploration, v The mine has been 'pene trated about 1,000 feet, but the slops is an oia, one ana tne workings are located nearly. $ miles frsm the eur- race..-.'.-,.-; -?v;t ..-i- In their endeavor to reach the vic tims several members of the rescuing party wera seriously overcome late to day by black damp. Their condition became so grave that physicians were rushed Into the mine to render med ical aid. - Later the,sickened rescuers were brought to the surface and tak en to their homes. The scenes about the mines were of a ; mow pathetic nature to-day. f Apparently . s full realization of the calamity had flnady come to the relatives and residents of , the surrounding vicinity.. Greater r.umbers congregated about the , ill fated mine and gave full sway to C.ieir fecllnga . " , ... The li bodies thus' far recoverel have been Identified and will, be bur led to-morrow. All are bad! mutilat ed, and their Identification Was ob tained only by clothing. Th legs of acother victim are at the temporary mcrgue, but up to lato to-night iho rest of the man's body could not be located., Thousands of people are expectM to visit, the scene of the disaster to morrow. The squsd of Pennsylvania State police will be reinforced bv cor oners deputies and It w not believed there will be any undue excitement or an order.' - - - REWARD VOTX ELOCKADEr.1. Department'of Justice Offers TA f am 'vt Arret of Sinlthtown Men f wp. posed to Have Been Implicate 1 In Klllln;- of llevinue iOKicer Jim drh kM. : - - . : , to The Observer. '---i . .. Wlnston-Halem, Dec. Jl. Upon the application of United States MarBhal J. M. i:',VAM.!n, of Greensboro, and the refoniTnenflatlon Pf District Attorney llolton. of th- eft the Attorney Gen eral of the Unitsl Etates to-day au thorized Mr. MUUkan to o.Ter a rp wurd of $1,000. each for the arrt and d(Uvpry tf Jim Smith and Ownr fi-k and $D09 ffr Jf-hn Hill, ail of f nttn tovn, w1 o r re bflieved to- l iv ti. . t ln-;r':.-: 'Ill t.ia l!:;:n?- cf r; --.'r . p J J , 1-1 t t : ; . Cuthrl.'. O- Dec tl. The prc- ( -ce cf A,". J.' lryan in Guthrie 'to- ay inspired t'..e chaplain of the liouse to rray that Mr. Bryan -ml.ht le the next l'reident of the United fates, Immediately after the pray of the House broke Into a storm of applause that lasted several minutes, speaker William H. Murray added emphasis to the prayer by putlng it as a question 4o the body. 4 Every Democrat .present answered with a rousing "aye." '... - Later the House met with the Een ate to listen, to Mr. Brj-an's speech., Mr. Bryan to-night was theprincl pal Bpeaker at a dollar dinner at tended by the most prominent Demo crats of Oklahoma. . ; In the address to the Legislature Mr. Bryan commended l. Governor Haskell's Inaugural address andcon gratulated -the new State on becom ing the first to promulgate a banking law providing for a depositors', guar antee fund. He-favored i election .of United States Senators by direct vote and declared the r President 'oX the United States Is a hired man.-He re ferred to the initiative and referen dum clause - in the constitution as Its best feature and predicted that" oth er States would model their basic law after that of - Oklahoma. He replied to the attack ot Secretary . of War Taft by Baying' tfiat he did not 'take back his assertion that the Oklahoma constitution-is the best, in the United States." , , A - QUESTION YtTtll POLICE. . Interpretation ci Blue' Iiaw - in New ; - York Has Been Left With Police (Police - Commissioner Opposed; . to Nof Plan. , , ' ' U New , Tork,' Dec. 21. -New . York, having, seen its last "blue" Sabbath, will return to-morrow to Its ' accus tomed mild; Sunday., entertainments and amusements,- whloh are now .per mitted under the. new ordinance pass ed by .the board of aldermen. The Interpretation of the' blue law ordi nance has been left entirely to tha po lice by Police Conunlstaoner Bingham and all forms of entertainment will, tnererore, oe unaer tne censorsnip or- the politfe, who. win determine-wljet- sr a "monologue' is an. "address" ,.or? a "reoltatlon" and -pass upon other puztllng questions of the drama.' i Police 'Commissioner Bingham said the crdlnancs was vagus to him: andi that he had put -the whole matter in the hahdei of1: the' Inspectors for them i to regulate. - a:-;:--; f. t 4-,;& J "They will have to use their own! tnAsntim'f n.4 om,mon .MnM.'1 -'f -.id; the commissioner 'Ji don't like the idea of " placing this discretionary power in the hands of police officials, bt there .Js no other course totaHe. The police and the theatrical' people will .pav to get together' and fix ut the rule as to how. far Jthey can go.'" ' " t 1 yc RUN ON ATLANTA BANK- - Rumors Concerning Solvency off Neat - Bank Cnnse tainl! Ron imt Before Closing Hour -Clearing House. As sociation Will Investigate.'. Atlanta, ua., una. .j.vn account ol certain rumors set afloat concern-1 in the solvency of the Neal Bank, of . . . . P. . ., ... : --r r .. this city, there was a small run, on the" bank to-day just before the clos ing hour and in consequence the offi cers of the bank requested the clearr ing house ' association to make an In vestigation. - That was started to night , , v .. . v -, It is stated on the authority of a member -, of - the. association , that" the bank is solvent and will : pay its de positors dollar for dollar. The bank will either continue in business or consolidate-with some other bank in the regular closing hour to-day and paid every check presented. - .-..:; : -., . . .. "The clearing house wilt finish Its In vestigation before Monday mornln-y. . The Neal Bank'bas -ei capital of 1100,000 and a surplus of MBO.000. The 'deposits amount to mors than $2,000,000. The bank Is a Stats Insti tution doing a general business as well as having a savings department E.. H, Thornton is president . : ' TOBACCO MEN IN SESSION. Governor's Conferenea Wlli i Settle .Controversy Amicably Burley SO ' , elety Holds 60,000,000 pounds ' Wanto Conference of Buyers. . ' Frankfort, Ky.,'; Dee. 11. It i the opinion of those who participated yet. tardav . In Ihi nnfarna of tnhnofn .gTOwer and, buyers called by uoveruor - v iibuii,. um . , mo mueicco nve - ouuuin-,. . - . controversy la Kentucky will be ami-, smokeless powder and a place from cably settled. K The conference, was Infwhichto fire on him ashe comes to miiim nii a. is.hnii tat nirhil anil a11niirnad with tha indaratanAlna that ths .American Tobacco Company would- on January fd examine sam ples of the tobacco held by the Burley Tobacco Society at Winchester., 1 The society holds 40,000,000 pounds of to bacco, i The American Company made It clear that It could not use alt of it, but would examine samples and prob ably place, a, price on a portion of It - Before the adjournment of the con f erence a committee representing the Gren ; River dark tobacco district, headed by E. R McEweny of McLean county, reauesiea : a ; conierence witn the American Tobacco Company's rep- resentatlves and , all " other , buyers, The American Tobacco Company rep- re "netatlves complied wttn tnerequest but no date was set for ths Inspection of the tobacco. , - ' , Adams' Recommendations Sent to tin Senate. , -, 1 Observer Bureau, , t - . Congress nail Hotel, f ' Washington, Dec. 21. The reoomnvendations ' mtade by Chfolrmart Adams for North Carolina postmasters vesterday were sent, to (the Senate to-day with the name of E. H . Morris, of MocksJle, added (to the list' -; , .;.-' ''.' ..; ,f -The North Csrolina Congrwsm5n, excepting Mr. W. Tf Craa-ford, have gone home for the holidays, , - - i ii i ii i ''';, - Atlantic Coast Line to Lay OiT Men. Wilmington, Dec. 21. Pursuing the policy of retrenchment adopted soma tim ego with respect to ail other departments of the ytem, ro tlre was r iveri to-d.iy that in view of the decrease of the , velumo of traHic, tho re would be a decrpa,e In the fore In the rnnf ral o;nces oi th. At'-'-ntlc Coast Lli-ffl In this city, live Jainuury 1st, 1908, smount 1 r to 10 per cent ff the sr-rroprl-ti'..:i f.ir 1 2.0 opera !'-.n cf u, h of t it l. un-l-i -(..! t'. t s a re t t it f ' i. r o"- I..,. I I i -j v -..l la 1 . i (.. Did i-fF t t f ti.e j r. -nor V.v;n or Wai-u JCcsv r. -" I!'1 A-!.iij--l Ix Navy Of itf V'- J Not A ,nv Or.l. ors cf I u- Important .uies t T; Ue Vrcre-uem-e uuir Uur If 1:. 1 Hcci" ' s Law Hear Admiral Uvans VA I'e lroiiiotl to lrpio-od llnnk Hp,,P4i,?itaUvo Kcuncdy Intro duces BUI Itovlillng becnrlty to Depositors or Lianks and l'or Pre vention of Uoardin of Currency Other Bills In House. V- ' Washington, a Dec II. Senator Warner. of Missouri, to-day . Introduced- a bill creating the rank of vice admiral ., la the navy.. If it should become law it will permit the promotion' (of Bear Admiral ; Evans to the proposed rank, but the meas ure was not intended, to accomplish that end alone. ' It fa general in Its nature, and Its purpose is to J pro vide for rank, in the navy which, when that branch ' ot, the . military service la represented abroad, ' does not render U necessary for the com mander to allow officers of other countries whose navies - are not so Inmortant n t tnk. nrr$dnrn over them. - Following is the text of the bill; ...,.. ff "The President la authorised to appoint by' selection ' and ! promotion a vice admiral of 'the navy, whose retirement shall be governed by the existing law governing the retire ment of rear admirals of the snavy." A ' ftimilar bill wan introduced in Hhe House by Mr... Kenedy, of Ohio. A bill providing security to . de positors .of banks, and for "the pre vention of the hoarding of currency,',' was Introduced to-day by - Senator Owen, of Oklahoma. It fixes a tax upon all deposits a nd from the fund thus . created provides tor the pay ment in full of all depositors when a bank is declared insolvent. - , The Secretary of the Treasury Is directed to maintain a fund of one hundred million ? dollars In - Treasury notes which may be loaned upon bonds to 0 per sent of their value. ' ' J; '-FREE LIST ARTICLES. r : Senator Johnston, of Alabama' In troduced "a bill putting , on the free list articles whose price becomes 25 per cent higher In this, country than their : price . - In L foreign ? countries while the wages in connection with the, manufacture of such articles are 25 oer cent lower-than, Euronean wares. Mr. Adair, of Indiana; to-day Intro- duced In the House a bill making It the duty " of the Secretary of the Treasury ' "First ' of July, October, January . and : April of . each s year, after 0 days' notice, to receive and open . sealed -.bids from national banks applying to receive . deposits (on call): of surplus moneys In : the United States Treasury and to award link Aannalta n . tX Vilarhnat ' tlMd! not less thaa $25,000 to be accepted by any bank and , no single deposit.: la excess ot the applicant's paid up capital to be awarded by, the Secre tary. 1 '' rf" '"' ? fcl-r' A bin was ; Introduced 'by 1 Mr. Hardy, o Texas, forbidding trans-, portatlon - companies operating on Inland waterways between' one State and another to cut freight rates be low the lever of profl with Intent to destroy competition and secure a monopoly, and another was offered by Mx, Johnson, of South Carolina, r .iikwin- lnn- rana hrniirnf from sublectlns intoxicants brought from one State Into another to the ' excise laws of the Btate of destination. ; x POWERS TIUAL, DRAGS ALONG. t tj ' . - Fornr Counsel For Youtsey Says He Heard Latter Say That Ho - Knew Nobody Connected With the Assassination . of Goobcl Convcr- ' satioq With Police Judge, " , '' - Georgetown, Ky.. Deo. II. At the trial of Caleb powers for the- mur- -m -tinil i . . lnKa1 . i"lrtn a! . Tf Youtsey, to-day testified that in the presence of CoL.: I . J. Crawford,! -hs heard Youtsey say mat ne anew no body , connected with the . assassina tion oC Goebel. Youtsey made this statement in ths . Frankfort Jail, wl" new said.- -- ;: - -. This testimony tends to ; Impeach Youtsey, who has repeatedly testi fied to the part hs says Powers took In the murder of Goebel. Stuart B. Stone, former atenogra pher for Governor Taylor, testified to-day 'that he wa ths first person who notified Taylor of the shooting and Taylor exoialmed: : "My . God, that'sawful.--:-: -- -.vwy-'r-v -;r. Police Judge Hubbard, of Grayson, Ky.. testified that Youtsey met him In Frankfort a few days before , the shooting and saldr "Goebel can be killed, and I nave xounu a way to u It Hs can be shot from tne execu- th. Senate chamber. -, i can m t aw the ShOOtlng, leSVO tha building, mingle with the crowd and nobody Hi know anyxnwg . MEYER COMING tOTl HOLIDAYS. Po&tmaster General ana , Son 1 Will t fiprat airlstmss Holiday s In North . Carolina Secretary Strang Goes to .New York, ' i Wahlnrtnn. Dec Jl.--Postmaster General Meyer will leave Washington tn.mnrrow nlaht. sccnmpaniea oy nia son, for North Carolina, where they will spend mo vnrutimaa, niuua. Tile Potm,oster -.General and his son expect to do some shooting while aw3y. Tbey(will be absent about a Secretary Straus, of tha Department of Commerce and Labor, accompanied by .Mrs, Straus, . will leave to-morrow for his New. York horns where they will pass the Christmas hlldays.The Secretary expect- to return, to Wash ington the latter part of nekt week. In his abaencs Solicitor Charles Earl, of the - Department, will f ba .: acting Secretary. - nnu ix nncixLV town. Store Hulldlnst-t Hotel and Ttetddetires of Gundy Destroyed by I-'lr Loss ltlmau-d at 21.00. rtoanoke. Va, Dee. 21, A Times special from TaseM'eil. Va., says the renort has iust reached there of a $23,000 fire at Grundy, county seat of Buchanan county, '" Virginia. TheJ iarrp to-story store nunaint; ot u A. -.this -and It. G. Wafkins; the , ! i Hotel, and 'ths dwelling of R. (. !Uint are known to hive been t !!v' destroyed andVt I- reported t iher buildings w re l-ist, Tha i i of Mathis. and, V. at U las were i -i lirsr for country stores and v re !. Hvi'y stoek"1 with Christmas 6 ; J winter rood. The hotel il.-roy-e l w n . ths only one in ti.e tv.vn. The m; ,in of the fire l unknown, crun.ly I.- t,o J'.re d;j:i;5ent and : water Wot Secret ,ry Ti-'t's Ilrtt Day at His Dcik i ace Hi l'.cturn is a iiusy Ono J, '.my G.uciald aud Others K-i'EC ..' HimIlcfuxos to Discuss Political ..' Mutation With Newspaper Men . Accepts Invitatiou to AddrcM lios ton Horn's SIsrket Club on rfailip Tine Tari.T -May Visit Cincinnati, on liubln"'!; Connected With Settlement of Mother's litate Members of l'anama CommLssion Discuss Affaim on the Ltlxmus. Washington, Dec. i 1. Secretary Taft's first day at his desk since ids return to the United States was a busy one from beginning to end. He had a great number of callers, most of them officials connected with tne War Department, but besides these there were a number of persons whose business could not reasonably be con nected with . that department. Such n. Inal.niu nr.. T T. TtrlutnV - Of Kansas, at one time fourth assistant Postmaster General, but now a very active political influence In Kansas Then there . , was - Representative Pearre. of Maryland. ex-Senator Mar Ion Butler, of North . Carolina, and Justices Harlan and Day, of tha Su preme wourt ot ; rne unura ruo - "i REFUSES TO TALIC ; A Senators Fulton, of :' Oregon; c. Mo Creary of Kentucky; Representatives Long, of Kamas, and Scott, of Kansas, and Douglas, of Ohio, also had access to, the Secretary's ' private ear Jor a time.; If they talked politics, however, and some of them admitted that they d id, , notably General , Bristow, f'the Secretary himself was not to be led Into any discussion : of that subject with the newspaper men who wisihed him to talk about it later, i .In fact he slid te them very plainly that . the theme was a forbidden one .at this moment He admitted, however1, that he had authorized his private secre tary to accept an Invitation to attend the banquet of the j Home Market Clab, of Boston, and address that body on the night of the loth Instant The topic Is to be the , Philippine tariff and might v In one sense be regardeij a 'political In Its' relation to the American tariff. thourh Secretary ITaft'wlU endeavor to have the pro jected removal of duties on Philippine rroducts Imported Into America con sidered on a non-partisan basis. - The Secretary, stated that It might be necessary for him to make a visit to Cincinnati In the near future. ' But that visit, he s-id. would be connected with the settlement of the ' estate of his recently deceased mother, . and would be totally disconnected ' With politics. ' , - - PANAMA COMMISSION CALLS., . Colonel Goethals, chief engineer ol the Panama . canal, ex-Senator J. C. S. Blackburn, a member of. the Pana- f ma canal commlsalon. In charge of the , c,vl- admlnistraUon of ths aone; 4nd .r. no-rt-r me w -omcsr pjt -Taft about sffictrs -on , the , isthmus The ..Secretary .has yet .to submit to Congress his annual report, one' of the most Important chapters of which will deal with the canal construction. He .very much desires to. make a per sonal visit1 fro the Isthmus to get the information he needs , at first .hand, but owing' to the vast Accumulation tf business awaiting. his disposition he could not . promise to" make the trip before next summer. '. Meanwhile he was supplied with such information s he desired relative to canal work by the three officials connected' with the project, who called upon -him to-day. Tha Secretary found time during the day to repair to the White House and confer with the president briefly about the situation; In Goldfield. 'Nevti ,th result; of his visit bting the Unus of an order to ths commander of the Department of .r California provldinf for the formal execution of the de cision - of ths President announced In hit telegram to Governor Sparks yes terday; to withdraw the regular troops from GoWfleld on the $0th instant. .Arthur Vorys. the political manager for Secretary Taft, Is i exbected in Washdrgton to-morrow and the ; Sec retary will- hve an opportunity; to confer with him respecting fas politi cal situation. , ' ! ' - PRESIDENTS aiRISTaiAS. . Usual Celebration at White House , With Trto Plnd Knot, Va, Where . . Pretfdcnu Will Xiigage In lavorite PastlmcsA " ' S.Waahlngtoh, Dec. $1. Ths holiday plans of President Roosevelt and his family as announced at ths White House to-day contemplate , a trip to Pine Knot, Vs., ths day after Christ mas and a stay at the Virginia estate of - Mrs. s Roosevelt for . four or five days when ths family will return' to vshlngton.' f Christmas will be cel ebrated t the White House as usual and the President will be back 'for the public reception on New Year's Dav. Tha annual visit to Fine Knot affords the President opportunity for cross-country, riding and wild turkey hunting, pastimes of which he is very fond. Mrs. Roosevelt joins In many of ths horse back rides and because of the seclusion of ths Pine Knot estate an uninterrupted enjoyment of outdoor Ufe may be had. Arramre- menti for ths trlpwhleh will b maJe over tne - Hownern . .nan way, -were completed to-day.' .1. tO INVESTIGATE EXrLOSIOXg. Senator Reott Introduces Hesolntlon , Providing lor a Commission to In - . vestfgate Ilceent Mine Diwattcra Washington,- Dee. Sl.ScrKitor Scott to-day introduced a Joint reso lution providing for ths appointment of a commission to consist of three Senators and three Representatives to make an investigation Into the re cent explosions In coal mines In - West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Alabama and other Plates, The commisuloa Is dl reeled to report to Tjonseress and to make such recommendations as may seem proper. "1 hope to have a prompt report on this Joint resolution," said Mr, Scott, as i am receiving a great many let ters and telegrams In regard to these disasters People think it 1 time to discover where ths blame for these dlsnsters reMs , ' The resolution was referred to the commutes on mines and mining. I'vrrI Will Bo r.roii;lst Home.' P.oanoke, Va., Dec. 21. A cable gram received here to-dav from Hup nos Ayrrs, stated t'nat Mo-- 1 n:.;. wanted In Ko-tnnke for the i . -:-.! r cf F-tmuel Asail, In it summer, h.ti f n ally been deliverc-1 to a j:..j,r.cue t-t.-.tlve and the oCcer w;;l .-.! v..l1i hi prisoner nit Jimuiry $.1, T:. cf tlcer has been In S uth Arn-s: s eral month where r- u-y t. : i ' -..-td fcy .fx:-tiUj cr ; -.ii!s L: :. .1 t1; Ftart home. AfU-r L.' f 5 AJJourn 1 . r ; . vA:;!;i Jan-- -ry ( , . Cittioes I j.;.v ! i ;' Fneet-h, iii . J.V:i i;0 Wall fctreet l'ru b -, jonrnment an.l t.iyi 1' , , ' Have Be?n Throe l ; "burn Also IKles Itm t, ; Action is Taken and . i ; Adjourn Senator Cullojii Six-Year Term. ; " Washington, Dec 21. The r and House both adjourned to-.! y, ; ter brief sessions, until January The House proceedings were er ened by a fiery speech y John A. ley Gaines, of Tennessee, . protpp . against the adjournment of the Hoi for the Christmas holiday. "We should have gone to t." Street and throttled the thieves a 5 turned back to the honest peoj : their hard earnings," tie exclaimed. At this utterance, Mr. Payne, t " New York, laughingly Inquired what subject was before the House, ' "Oh," said Mr.. Gaines, 'I expect more than the gentleman from New York will laugh in Walt Street at what I say; But 'that does not deter m from condemning their imposition an.l their outrage upon ths plain peopl of this oountry who are not respon sible for this highway set Of imposing an unnecessary panhj upon - ths ' de fenseless peopla i , I say ws . should stoy hers through the holidays an4 rivet down these vultures that hava forced this c condition." It was ths duty of every member, hs said, to stay here and attend to' businets. not as Democrats nor, as Republicans,; bat as Americana representing the American people. . k . HEPptrRN-S PROTEST. . Although In not such forceful lan guage. Representative Hepburn, Act Iowa, proterted against ths general permission which had been, given tv commtttees to sit during ths sessions Of the House. Such action. he said, tied the hands of the House and would make , it impossible , on . some oocations to seoure a quorum. Not withstanding ; ths twef . ; protests . ths usual permission was granted, to com mittees and after being In "session 20 minutes ths House adjourned until January'. 6th.--?;:,i-i.;--VA-" - The Senate to-day passed a bill sua pending during the year J 07 the re quirement that miners shall Mo at least, iioo of work sannually ; during the period In -which their claims are being perfected. . . , Ths Senate passed without amend- mant a deficiency aPDroorlation bin. which had - previously ' nasaed ") the House, appropriating $50,000 to " re place seed burned at ths Agricultural Department warehouse in this ' city November 6th last - 'Senator Cullom Introduced a Joint resolution proposing an amendment to th constitution limiting ths Jerms of the President and Vlt Preldent to six-years and prohibiting a re-electU n for a second term. A number of otli r bills and resolutions were introduced. The. Senate was in session 4$ mln- SE.1BOA1U) TRESTLE GH'ES WAY. i ' i , Twenty-One Freight Cars Go Tlu-auah a Drldge Near Wadesboro, Illocklns the Main Line of tho Seaboard For Several Pays and CsukIw- a Loss v tlie Itoad rtr fiO.000 o Personn! Injuries Result The Mass of Deb- lis Enormous, -,.'' Special to Tlie Observer. ' ' " 'v;:,-WadeborV Dee., tl. An extra freight train running from Hamlet to Monroe early this morning was wrecked on the eeaboara Air Line Ifour miles north of here s the Rus sellvills trestis. The wreck occurred svv 12:$0 o'clock, ; '. and hi Just after,-' 4he- lint; passenger ; strain toe ' the ; "light, " had : passed, r u resulted In the loss of no iife, but Cor the railway company it will prove quits expensive.' The train was com posed of twenty-seven cars and was carrying the engine and cab of Cap tain Brown. who' was ' folng from Hamlet to Monroe for another train of (freight cars." . Nearly half mile from the tres tle a truck changed its position under neth a car near the centra of the train and wnt on bumping against tha rails and cross ties until the trestle was reached, when ft displaced some fantportant - timbers r and caused the trestle to give way .beneetth-', the heavy weight. The trestle here U about ISO yards in length and two thirds of this went dwn with twenty bns of the freight ears. Jf ortunately the two engines had passed over tlie trestle and these, with a single tar. remained 6n the track. , At. the -rear end six oars and the two cabs re mained on the track safe. r oaiuom nave raairoaa men seen such a mass ot debris, Including the crushed timbers of the trestle, box cars, coal cars and merchandise-1: very description, there being auto mobiles, glassware, toys, fruits, etc. One car of old was flooding a nearby cornfield. ,v XMviskxrt Kuperlntenrtenl Shay wa soon on the scene with a wrec! : ? crew1 and one bridge crew. . :; r crews arrived later and the work f clearing away the awful muss It going on as fast as practicable. T' railroad people expect to Qiave t formcction restored by Tuestta r' . of next week, so that all trm.. i be resumed. Passengers mere t: -i erred this : morning. .5 Cvm rv --. estimate places the cost of thia -wr v at about ftO.000. Your com , i dent saw no Injured persons a- I heard of none. SPEED NOW 11 KNCTS. Charleston Station Pick Vp 11 , Florida Coast -Speed. Has I". creased to 11 Knot.. Charleston, S. C. Dec, S 1. T Forrest wireless station t i-r.' " ed up the battleship Cot.net ; received the follonin? ru "- -"U. S. S." Connecticut, Dev 1 Wednetl.iy to Thus-. S.sy v,a mado 240 miles mil are r,"- dred mtlea lu t; t of J. (l-'l(ifii!.i). t'. t .1 ha- 1 i I to 11 knot;!, fnill I: t! 1 ' formation. . V.'t ifr j bH-tl. In wh!to ii.- i." ' t i i To i n: : t t
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