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, -I !. 1 1 M . ( l C " .,..111,3 ilM.l 1,1 ( "' !: -.3 Corv 1 '. ' ! -, : i : . 1 ' i i . -i i . . . : r i i - v ! i i f .lit. -v. !)"'H r. . s ;: '1 i I t I 1 li "l 1 I l M I I 1 1 i le I i Mi ii s Ar . tt J l.i i c i t, f ld M.lte 1 - si l- i i Liivci- lucrense in 'las liato y I.esult. l (Ji. Dec 23 V.'L'i the 1 At euvent of the new Year Jhe law pre venting: the manufacture and sale ofs intoxicating, liquor passed by the last 'session of the 7; Legislature toe tomes' effective, making Georgia the first of the Southern - States :. to ' be T'laeed in the prohibition column. The law Is very drastic in its prohi bition and prevents the keeping or Hiving away of liquors ; In public places and imposes a itax of $500 on clubs whose members are allowed to keep drinks of aii intoxicating na ture in their Individual lockers. , TO TEST LECaSLATION. ' Notwithstanding the . 'passage of of this law , there Ms soma agitation to have it declared unconstitutional, and it is known that v prominent firm of lawyers has oeen asked to test the merits of the legislation. This action may be 'brought - in the United States courts in the course of the next month, and it is Asserted iwlll he based on Jhe fact that the constitution of Georgia specifically provides that till . revenue trom ' 11-" quor license shall, be used for tho school fund. tPhls matter: has been under consideration for, some ;two months and has been in the hands of the best constitutional ' lawyers in Georgia. -Several miniondolara are Involved In a property loss in the fltate .byUhe operation of the prohl Mtlon law. It is estimated : to-day that Atlanta alone would lose in H cense taxes ' 2135,612 and that the property value of saloons and trew-" eries here .which will, go out of busi ness on January 1st is from $1,000, 0 0 0 ' to 1 . 5 0 0,0 0 0, :: For "the- rest of the State the property value involv ed are about $5,000,000.. Jt la esti mated here to-day that 10,000 "per- sons are- effecited In the way of 'em ployment in the State und that At lanta alone has .some 1,500 persons who will lose their work when Jamr- ary Is rings is bell on the sale of Intoxicating' liquors."- - - LAW WILL BE ENFORCED. " That ithe prohibition law will be enforced there is r question. ; This Is not the country of the speak-easy, and when the police Jiavfl. their laws they enforce them.- to the limit governor Smith and ithe city 'court officials have been" frank 1 in their statements that ' they , Intend to' en force the - law and . that no 1 fines would be imposed for the illegal sale vi liquor, uai inu prison.' sentences would follow the violation of any part of the prohibition uct ' One pe-. cullar feature of the law Is that even the incorporated clubs are allowed to provide intoxicating drinks for their members, either, with or without food. A man may have a locker in a club and keep .whatever, he pleases, In this, locker,; hut club' 'having such lockers is subject 'to an excise tax of 1500 a year. , Another feature of the law Is that a ' man may not even, In h la club invite a' friend to loin him in drink-. Th4 onlv wav he can evade this is 'by leaving his locker -open that . an acquaintance may nave access. - Several of ( the clubs In Georgia have taken out their excise tax license, and are pro viding t; lockers ;ln . tneir rooms, but many of the f more .prominent - have Beclarei that they will go one . bet er than the law 'and prohibit the keeping of liquor within their, doors. ; " TAX RATE MAT- INCREASE... . - ,The constitutional Jaw of . Georgia In its provision for school mainten ance is yery specific, according to one Atlanta lawyer. - The question now arises where the funds for'the main tenance of the publio - schools will come from, and it, is said that a con siderable increase in the tax : rate may result, - x " ' . Previous to the-." passage o the prohibition bill, of the "H - counties fin -the state only 7 allowed the sale of liquor under license and four or five other through dispensaries con trolled by the counties, ithe great majority having y, earlier voted for total prohibition. ' , Ha Atlanta the police v authorities Hiave been prepared to close " every saloon on 15 minutes, notice, but this !has not been found . necessary, and Chief of Police Jennings said to-day that from his, reports ,he' thinks there .will be no need for shutting the bars until the - final - call at 10 e'clock on Tuesday night . - : , . (Some of the . hotels ; have- - recon structed their (bar rooms -Into ladles, tea rooms and soft ' drink ' establish ments. Many saloon "men posted notices that they will move to. Chat tanooga, or some other: cKy, within a reasonable distance, . where . prohibi tion has not laid Its haods. ' . ' ?, The fight for prohibition was ac tively led ty the Anti-Saloon League and while It ..finally "passed, by an ov erwhelming majority, It was only after- .the hardest . fight. : involving lonthy debate and fiery speeches. It Immediately received the approval of Governor Smith, who had previously pledged himself to sign It 'u-'V.t's Alabama, one of Georgia's nearest neighbors, Is soon to rollow Georgia's lead, the Legislature-; of that State , having passed statutory prohlhl J loh bill fit its fast session,, which be corre effective January 1,1909. Blr irningham, on of the chief cities of; and many counties or that State, have voted out the saloons on January 1, next, leaving only a ' -few - places . . t. . . . A . V Tvuere tiquor can do eoiu up 19 Janu ary 1, 1909. . ' Gov. Hoke ?mlth made'thls state ment to the Associated Press to night: - " ' " - GOVERN'OR'3 STATEMENT, ' ' ""There Is nothlnx in the effort to attack the piehibltIon law on c- eount of the provision of, the constHu-J tinn arproprlatlng . . upetlai ; Uqaor taxes 'to ifehool pumoses .The con stitution 'authnrlires. but does not re t, 'ilrc a r:ic'al Honor tax. '"11b l-rofir rt's whlrh quit - fhft Itnimr busim-ss are not lost. The 1 irles a.rc preii'irfj to mnniifii' fvrn Ice and -soft' flrlnks. With tVf-'j", thev con par a fair prof.t on t h ' r Invest iritit.i. ' "'i'itere is firitv of woiJ in door, cist f.-r V! who ro out of the 11- f-1f t ' f 'fTV of f O1- i-i.'l c; t j t' .9 t; tr.c-e v.1,0 Live ,- ' -r . - it , t J t. - : u t l - 1 - 1 . J 1 I ' . Oltl Ml 1T t 1 s: t j i t i i a 1 h i 1 i) . 1 "0c r f r 1 . !i 1 cu . 4 i,i e State have l.ud. prohibition for years. 'They have oiV.crovvn . conn-' tics situated similarly wliich permit ted the sale. ' There is no doubt that prohibition is wise Xrom an eco nomic standpoint. The overwhelm ing sentiment of the white people of Georgia is for prohibition and , s the 'aw "will be enforced," ,-. u - Pry Sumlay , in ;Xcw Orleans. New 1 Orleans, Doc. 29. New Or leans to-day experienced the dryest Sunday In several years, due to rigid enforcement of, the', Sunday' ; closing law. 1, Probably not more than half a dozen saloons sold more than a nom inal number of drinks and they ad mitted only regular patrons by pre vious appointment. ; .; , XEW OFFICL1L JOVl(x.L. Representative llobson's Provides For Publication of Weekly Journal Giving Brief Notes of Work Done . by Various Departments. , Washington, Pec. i 19. An official journal, to be published weekly by the government, and oftener If nec essary and which shall contain brief notices of the work ,ot the various executive department and independ ent bureaus of Ahe government of the .Supreme Court of the' United States and of the proceedings of Con gress so far as they may be of gen eral publio- Interest, is provided for in a ; bill which Captain Richmond P. Hobsori, of the sixth Alabama (lis trlct, proposes to Introduce after the holidays. The sum of $75,000 is ap propriated for equipment and $276, 000 for the expense of issuing ttie publication. '''.-. , Captain Hobson has gone to om pains -to properly convey bis Idea, of what the Journal should be, and has had printed a number of specimen copies containing Just such matter us would be expected to fill its contents. In speaking of his bill tq-day Cap tain, liobson said: r . - v, ( "The official journal is Intended to make a campaign link between ihe government, and the people and wil be in effect a periodical report to the people of the work done by, all brandies of the jgoverament. ' The project grew out of my . having as certained that a vast amount of Val uable material did not reach the peo ple Cor whom, it was intended.!: I believe this journal will be a means of f ami liarlzing the people ; with 'the really stupendous work 1 that v their government to doing- and will remove dlstruat and ' suspicion and create a renewed interest and confidence among , -the masses la governmental affairs. .' - 1 , -' , "It. cannot help but aid the press of the country, not only in furnishing a ready index, hut in creating a taste and demand for 'reading matter and for .additional Information upon im portant subjects that can only A9 touched upon in the Journal.". - It is provided, in the bill' that the journal itiall be non-partisan and shall, ontain no editorial comment, in case it should .he deemed advisable, provision lalso Is made for the sim ultaneous publication of the Journal at one point in the Middle. West end at one point on the Pacific coast The Journal is to be distributed free. : f-,V? 1.'" ," 'i'""-'- '' 1 "VI POPULAR S4LESJIAN , DROWNED. John' C. Buchanan, &l Webster, Loses llta life in an Effort to Cross Ten ' nessee River tn Jackson County. - Special to The Observer. ; k 1 ' Sylva, Deo. 29.John C, Buchanan, of 'Webster, was .drowned Saturday night while, trying to cross the Ten nessee river, , two miles below Bush-nell.- The stream was greatly swollen by heavy rains and. In the effort' to ford It Air, Buchanan . was . carried away In the torrent and with no help near, rescue was out of the .question. The dead man was a popular trav eling salesman for the Odell, Hard ware Company, - of Greensboro; He Is urvlved' by a wife, six children and a brother,. Mr. Theodore Buchan an,' of Sylva He was a member of the Knights of Pythias. Odd Fellows and Masons, and had $8,000 Insurance on his life in one of these orders. ' At 0 o'clock this afternoon, despite earnest efforts,' the body . had" ;'not heen recovered.' , SUOCUMBS TO WOUNDS. Durliam Lan Carvey 'Rljrsbee, Who ' . Accidentally Shot lilmself Saturday, i vies. ai-. ntrus jtiospiuii, , Special to-The Obeerver. , j ' 1 " : Durham. Dee. 29.-Carvev Rlrsbee. Jhe 15-year-old bo who accidentally shot X himself while,, hunting in ' the nortnern part or tv county yesterday afternoon, died at tne Watts Hospital this morning. . . The remains ; were tajien to the home of his father, Giorge Rigsbee to-day and the fu neral will take t)lace to-morrow, - i- After death, an examination of the wouiKla showed that the entire, load ot shot passed through the left wrist into the right side Of the face, tearing a large hole into the brain. He was a mile from , home and alone when the fatal shot was fired. Several small boys who were n ear by ahd heard the report, went to Rigsbee and then gave the alarm. A physi cian; in the neighborhood attended him. and another went out from here to bring the boy to the hospital. 5 It is supposed no - was standing, on a log when his gun slipped and the load passed upward. The boy had had the gun but a few cays, it being 1 Christmas present. r , " KV.lci Over J'ca of Chop-' New Orleans. Dee. 29. Edgar Pra dos was to-dny shot and killed by his brother, Milton, after a quarrel over, a mess of chops which .the mother of the young men was frying for. Milton.,- Edgar' threw th chops through the-window, f.ater Milton shot him, claiming .self-defense.-" knifo with the .).! i io or'n was found In the hancl of tho (Wl mn. Prc-!.tt C-irrelt f-'c( a New Ad.t. Biif. r Norfolk, Va., Dce 29. S. L. Kamps has been appointed OA'tetant to 1'res Ident Garrett, .of the K.-ab'.ard Air Line Railway, with f'.'''. ' here. Mr, I..." is. i' t. '"'.'A. fi- -i C'IikIji- : 1 ( . 1, .1 ivi!'-'e K Jil'.S. i...i.V . . .'TV ''ma 1 ;'';; ", i.i 1 a Iior - li.-t of Uxi ' i t AI rtU.;; Mi-i 1 ,ul He l'-i-2it f. a I. .,' r or I . ri:ton . Law. ... . . New York, Dec. 29. ).ne week from to-morrow 'Harry K. Thaw" will be called a second time before a jury to make hla defense to the charge ot having murdered . Stanford ' White-1 There have, been several postpone ments of the date of the second hear ing of this n'oted case, but it is said now there will be no further delay, s it is announced that Mrs. William Thaw, ; mother of the 'defendant, is expected In the city by next Saturday. Other members of the family circle, including Mrs. George Carnegie, Har ry Thaw's sister, and Josiah and Ed ward Thaw, his brothers, are also ex pected to reach the city during the week. - The Countess of Yarmouth, the defendant's sister, Is at "present in England and la not expected to at tend tha second. trial Mrs. Evelyn Neablt Thaw,; who has been a daily visitor at the Tombs ever since' the first Thaw Jury, Alsasreed,' .,wlll,' of course, . be r one 'of the first arrivals In the court room on Monday next. , ' - . i INSANITY" THE PLEA. ' There have been many rumors as to the plans of the defense for the sec ond hearing- of the case and It has been predicted that an entirely new line of action might be followed. ? It can be authoritatively istated,. how ever, that the defense will again De the same, 'that ' Evelyn Nesbtt Thaw will again relate her story to the jury and that an imposing array of expert alienists' will again undertake to es tablish the theory that Thaw was In sane at the time he killed StanforJ White in the Madison Square Roof Garden, but has so far recovered his mental balance since that time as to be no longer a menace to the com munity and ' therefore is entitled to freedom. W - This .theory was expound ed - at length - Uurlng the first -trial, but after the taking of much expert testimony anjj, after ia lunacy com mission had v deciarea Thaw sane at the present: time, the plea of tem porary insanity was practically aban doned in tne summing tip epeecn ot Delphin ; M. J Delmas, the , California attorney, who made an almost direct appeal - to ; the eo-called ; "unwritten jaw," ".t- - ' t i" ? -' ; ' NO MENTION CV ' UNWRITTEN sv'i'; law. , . '"la the coming trial, it Is declared! there will be no mention made or a higher or: unwritten law;- hut the de fense will adhere strictly to a plea of legal Insanity at the time the act was committed. v There A- were mistakes made at the first trial which it wUl be the attempt t. Thaw's attorneys studiously to avoid during his second Hearing. in tne expert tesumoay, for Instance, they have been able, to separate the wheat from the chaff and will only offer that which proved most effective before and having once felt the sting of District Attorney Je rome's, skillful cross-examination on all phases of ' diseases affecting the brain, several of; the. Thaw experts will be In a much more secure position fhan they were at the first trial when the prosecuting ' officers ; wonderful knowledge of medicine fairly amased, land in jone case, '.completely ! dum founded a. witness. --':-:0v.: ' 'tX i Thaw Is looking forward anxiously to the beginning of his new fight. He foels1 that all chance of further, de lay Is passed; and Will enter the court room - with the same - confidence of acquittal, which has marked his atti tude from the first, , It has been def initely "decided that the Jury will be locked up throughout the . trial. 5 .vki.;tsj-'ii in,.. . i n .in nil 1 11 ' 1 111 y''-jj-l'jji ABLER IX BRITISII JIONDUIXIS. Prominent New Orleans Banker lias a Strlmr of T'imaralleled Misf or- tunes Atlas' Cargo,- Last Hope of ' Reeonnimr Ills Misfortunes, Lost , W ithln Fifty Miles of Port Eastern Creditors Heavily Interested In Ad ' .ler Firni v New Orleans, La., Dec. 20. Almost unparalleled V misfortunes have been heaped in the short space of one week UDon WUUam Adler; one of New Or- lean's foremost bankers and a leading wholesale igrocer of, the South. The arrival of hews to-day that M5t. Adler is a shinwreck refugee -v at Belize, British Honduras, added several new misfortunes to record alreadv long. Onei week ago to-night,- Mrl. Adler's resignation as president of tne etate TMntinnfti Hank nhoik Nw Orleans' financial circles Since then the bank has announced that it must go out of bus ness: Mr, Adler wnoiesaie gro cery firm, one of the largest In the South, has gone into the hands of a rece ver: a load of groceries xonsignea to Honduras which Mr Adler's friends claimed were one of hi last hopes of recouping his fortunes, has been lost by shipwreck; and ' the steamer Alps, carrying both the Z, cerles and Mr. Ad'er ana ownea oy Mr, Adler Is a, total, loss by the same wreck. By the merest sliaof chance the Insurance policy on the ship load of groceries was rendered worthless by- failure or premium payment oe fore the wreck. 1 ' r Misfortune has also dealt a blow fit one Of Mr. Adler's closent- frlen.is Moses gchwarts, ,-a prominent Nmv Orleans merchant, who was with Mr. Adler on the Alps and whose foun dry hero went into receivership short ly after the steamer sailed. 1 . , .The Alps lies on Glovers Reef, scarcely 60 miles from the port she was maklnfvfor, 1'uerto Cortes, Hon duras. " - - ' '.-' . W, E. Lawrehce wa to-day ap pointed manager of the wholenate gro cery tlrm of Adler & Co., .with in structlons to put the buHlness on its feet if possible. , Eastern creJ'.tora ere heavl'y Interested in. the Adler Worihousa Ch.-: I Destroyed ly lire. . nttsburifi Ta., Dee. 29. The chapel of th) Allegheny county worKhotise, locate,! at Claremont, on : tho. AIIe plieny river, 12 mile northeast of the y, was destroyed "by a f.re to-dav which was-attended -by ervsational seenes. - There are more W in t.00-1 pri.noners In the institution ei;J ni; 01 tneso uaa upii.t-j wr- iiir j 1 a lew niinutes b fore the ';.: jd-k fV-c'.ratlnt' '?,i'el from en v-fn j.i-o I . f ( 1 i . I I i li-'t 1 I 1 - 1 i t e .- re Swo -i t- ...t ice Ai. l ut V,e Known tin. I i.vl 1 i;rou.ht Out in Court -l.rlof L.'. tory of Case. London, Dec. 2 9--The work of opening the grave of Thomas Charles Druce, in Highgate Cemetery, to de termine primarily whether the coIHn contains the body of a man or, as has ' been asserted, a roll of sheet lead, weighing some A 200 pounds, was begun to-day. Incidentally, the I cleartng up of the mystery will help ary 1st. A dinner is to be given to materially the progress of the famous tate Treasurer Berry, of Pennsyl Druce case. ; : . ' . ivania. and the following-named Dem- The. three-ton ' monumenl i which marks the resting place of the Druce family was removed by a score of ,. workmen who were protected from public observation by a shed which had been erected around the burial plot. Within the shed electric lights were installed . so that : operations 1 "'ft oHnose J ySSP&S the-result "of "the Investigation will ' not be known until experts give evi dence at the police court.. '' PJSRJlJRYvTHEl CHARGE. , Herbert Druce, the defendant in the now famous case, is charged with committing perjury by swearing that nis rather,, inomas ' cnaries Mruce, tidn : States and Territories maJte tne of the Baker street bazaar, died De- following showing of Senators, House cember 88th, 1861, and that he saw members and delegates in Congress: the dead body placed in coffin and .Washington,"- five Republicans; Ore burled in Highgate Cemetery, ' t: His g0n, four, " California,' t ten; Arizona, nephew, George Hollamby-Druee,! de- one, a Democrat;? New Mexico, one, clares that this" must he untrue, he-" Reoubllcan; "Utah, three Republicans; cause TP; C Druce was in fact the fifth Duke of Portland, who lived . Democrat; - Idaho, t three S Republl until 17.:A That? being ao, George canB. Colorado, .one ;v Democrat; and Hollambv v Druce H claims that ne him self. being the Senior descendant Republicans; ' Montana,- three Republl in the male line, Is now the rightful can8. North Dakota, four Republicans; heir of the' Portland dukedom and goUth Dakota, four -Republicans Ne to certain rich estates, the 'income,; paa cveni Republicans . and ' one of which Is placed at $1,600,000 . Democrat: Kansas, ten Republicans; yeatvvnow- held by Lord Howard de Walden. - The openlnar of the grave, however, will not " give ' conclusive proof ef the claim , of George Hol- lam by Druce. - 1 The -fifth. Duke or fortiana ana a man known as Tnomae nanes yrui.e haye been declared to Mi OneAna,; the wme-MmiiJ) tST&i&S rt c..i Caldwell, of New York,, who testified at length and In detail p this effect during the present' trial. Caldwell left London for New York the middle of December, upon ms arrival he was arrested at the ire quest of the British authorities on a charge of perjury. He is now m - at his V nome on - ein j.niBiiu..;qonr!.eiM na jmls recently eieciea Should he be , orougnt -to inai -mu evidence ; obtained from the ; opening of the coffin' would do much to ,C.on vict or clear him.", . . , '- f FLEET WEIGHS ANCHOR ; Af ter Week's Stay at Trinidad Pacific. Bound Squadron stennw or iw ' jnfrc Hills Rwarm ii With Resi- . dents -to iJltness ; Departure 4-Wlll Reach Bio Janeiro January lwn. . . Port of . Spain, Trinidad, Deo. 19 The . American , ;hattleh p'p Beet T go;tn Dakota., Nebraska, Kan welghed , anchw , at - 4 o clock ';;taBt.'iowa , Minnesota, Wisconsin and afternoon and Bteamed ,fqr x U0':'Mlchlan, with A more ' than , 100 Janeiro. ' Early ln-; th2"i itrnhlri- Connecticut Admiral Evans" flagship Connecticut, to prepare for departure at t i. isut win to .4 delay? in the closing of the battleship Maine 5 It was nec-j essary , to. change the time ot t sail ing. : ;-;-.':--f;-!A.?v.-;,v..5 j ' rrhousands of residents dlambered the surrounding ; hllle to view the great -white ships as they moved out ward on their Journey of three thou sand miles' and more ;wniie boat loads of excursionists went tn the Small islands in the Quit and others to the floating dock to catch the last glimpse of tha ships that were so royally welcomed almost a ween ago. ' The ' fleet fomented - magnificent appearance as it steamed out In four columns, with the supply ships trail ing, a distance ."Of. 400 yards separat ing one division from another. The Connecticut In the ; lead the battle ships headed for the Bocas and steam- edmajestlcailythroughi tne Grasa Boca and thence along the northern coast of Trinidad. , f An average ; of in n 1 i ' Irntta an ihnili. will IttfiU -. A V , W ' ,.. ; ...... carry the fleet to the end of the sec- ortd , lap of the - 14.000 Journey in about 1 J day, and it was announced by Admiral Evans before his depar ture that he expected to, reach Rio Janeiro on Friday evening,, January 10th. . , During the week, of their visit here the American -officers and men re ceived every courtesy at the hands of : the presidents. The , newspapers here ' and the residents are unspar ing In their praise of the exemplary behavior of the men, and the papers compliment Admiral Evans on the warmest terms. ; . " WILL CALLqEXTKA SESSION. Governor Sparks Issues HIS Procls mation To-Doy l-ir Special Nesulon of Legislature Will Meet; January " I8tl Commlswlonef Rcfuncs to Va - rat Ofllee, --r,......;...- 1 iReno, Nev. Dc. 2 9.iA, special session 1 of the .Nevada ' LeglBlature will be called to-morrow by Governor John Pparks The Governor said to night that he will issue .the procla mation In the morning and that the date of convening the Legislature will probably hs January MtbXS' The call will be made at the request of President Roosevelt, who has no tided Nevada's Ooveraor- that suchocrat out and put the PopullsU and action must be taken or the troops now stationed at - Goldncld will be removed. ';;.,' 4 ; Notltlcatlon of the decision to en semble the Legislature has' been transmitted to Washington. County Commissioner 'Rosenthal, of Goldileld, whose resignation has "been requested by Governor fparks, has refused to Vacate his ofike. X" 'Ki:ied by S-Yenr-OIJ Son. Stroudsburg, Pa.,' Vea. 29. Mrs. ueori;e . j.eon un, 01 .-.-rant-in. at celilent.uly t .ot an Kilo 4 here to- ty r,y n-r -cir-on m, L' v,. :ir llcon'Kit. v !ia w.u i. h r ft tfier, ; imucl ll(llns'r, w.k t -a frl"iid over tlie t'-l'Thoiio m r t 1 lu-r tbn t j non, aJ iuih mho 1- h a f!i. it 1 . p.lr.t; -I'. I- I rn'nn an,!, i li'-r. 1 ii;;--1 V . Hi . 1 I t 1 1 1 j 1 u: 1 1 1, - .'. I s t: , - i : ..-t'i 1. I . ...i. .tor - . : I ;- d to t I . ') ! ;'!!'- I ;! J - i 1 iry 1 t I' I t-.e lri-K f-iff I , ! ' 1 11 1 t j t,. t a l.i. e .1 f J s : ' .! 1 ii t e j . " ri- 1, J i-c s Altn't l-yi . (, I bo li Ui y L... - Alum a; ;i'e tf Soil-, (i nt 'Al ere- I I !OiJuutj r.rou lit to j:i.l -II10 t'orrert InipresKloii Ancnt Vaq Old -.lck Wllaius Case. BY IL E. C. BRYANT. V .:, .. Observer Bureau, Congress Hall Hotel, Washington, Dec. 29. The trying ut of candidates for the Democratic nomination beirins In Philadelphia on tha eveninsr of Febru- ocrats have been asked to unnear and speak: . William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraskar Gov. John A. Johnson, ; of Minnesota. Gov. James H. Hlgglni, of Rhode Island; Mayor Tom I Johnson, of Cleveland, Ohio; Mayor George W. Guthrie, of Pittsburg, and Judge George Gray, of Delaware, t s . , ! Gornor?hn, -? " ? in the welfare o ne fiealroue of .winning black the West they . had better ; name the .famous vote getter of Minnesota, The situa tion in the ' far West seems almost hopelesaM i Every State haa Joined the Republican camp. ,Tbe Racky Moun- Kviftl three, a Republican and two iikMi pnhiiii! WvAminr. three Kowa.. twelve ; Republicans - and one Democrat;' Minnesota, ten Republicans and one Democrat; Wisconsin, eleven RepuWlcans and two Democrats, and Michigan, fourteen Republicans. vv 4(; That la the record. , ;aonnson is ine . nimnerati Governor in that sec- u - f th , He hM ,won m henade. 4hs Is very Pctflo s.opeand ,a tar back this wayvas ne is auwwu. . THE SOUTH SOLID. - (' - i The South Is .still t solid ' for ' the Democracy There ere very few Re publican member . South of 'the tMnan T)(on Una Kentucky IS divided. She has four Republicans in oublicarf state' omcera- t - Tne new Btate Ot UKianona nns solid Democratio delegation.. Texas has jbne Republican member of the H-ouse; Missouri one Senator and four members of tne jiouae: Arkansas. Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, riorlda. South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia have solid Democriatie delegations.- Tennessee has two Repub lican members In the Houe. ' ; The States of , Washington, Oregon, , ... , ... 1- J T m . flnlA. ;, " w ' - uni,nlLi North Da- Congressmen; do not send tut many T . nrnBhln(rtnn Naiv York Statewhich has 12 In. the House of 4 Representatives..; The party , pf Jefferson has almost petered out In the West. Mr. Bryan may redeem it if the Republicans ; snub Roosevelt or throw cold water on his progressive policies. It is said here ty Western Republicans ' that if a cold 'blooded, huslness man, like Fairbanks were nominated the West would desert the Republican party. . There Is no danger of misunderstanding the West the de mand to for something, out of the or dtnary. 'VThe Westerner UKtn to riae ft DUCKing Droncw itu iww B"T uoue candidate. Put our hand on a Westerner- and he raises his. bristles, until -hit make certain that you are not , from. . the . despised East. . Jeff Davla charged at- the , imaginary throat of Wall Street- as if he would let life blood. He has the Western spirit. , .i '.,','; OUTLOOK" IN WEST, f ' The panlo may change sentiment in the West If money begins to flow freely and the Western man gets good prices for his crops the Republican loitAt . la. rood enough for him, but with money hard to get he will vote against somebody. I live, la a noioi with several score of Western Repab itr. fonffrMnmen and they are - all very much ellke. They like' the West and care hut little for the East. They feel like Roosevelt belong to their country. 1 . ' . . ;. Teifyears ago I spent the winter here. In looking over an old oongres innat directory I came on the North Carolina contingent. In 1897 the names follow: v Senators Jeter CY Prltchard and Marlon Butler; members of the Houeev r First district.. Harry Sklnnen of Greenville, Populist; second. George Henry White, colored, of Tarboro. Republican; third, John E. Fowler, of Sampson ; county. . ropuusir tounn, Willi1 im F. Stroud,' of Plttsboro, Pooullsti; flfth William ' W. KItchln. Roxboro. Democrat; sixth Rev. Churls Rlenry Martin, of Anson county, rop iilt; seventh 'Alonia Craig Shuford, of Catawba, Populist; eighth Romulus Z. unney. or Tayiorsviiie, Kepuotican, and ninth, Richard Pearson, of 1 Ashe vllla ' Ttomibiiean. - - . These wimes will bring to mind many Incidents In the political his tory of North Carolina, It will be .recalled bat Mr. Marlon Butler en celved the plan that turned the Dem Republicans s in. . It was ethroiiKh his cunning- and -Industry that the trick was worked.; In addition to belne verv energetic and clever at or ganizing ha was forcful and eonvlnc ing on the stumo. II took the leid In a movement that others would like to have lei, - but failed to get the reins. Serstitor filmmnn: orranlfced the brilliant fiKhtlng foree that drove Mpism. Butler nd Prltchard back to private life. Charles B. Aycoek nnd Gov. Tlotx-rt B.- Glona were leading peawn in the campalarn that: swept the lualonltt cut of o.'lice. Mr. Ay cock f poke In ever county, making able--speeches. - The' cor.stttutlonft) amend -nfnt ws paed and- the negro voter olafrn nr), !-. 1, old ::ic:: v.'illiam3 cask, In f en I 1 aWi the Old irk . -iy -i ve 1 f l.-'t ! t'.e ott Ar d ty. v r'".;r impre-tsion i ;:it Jn-' i,. f " v j t cuiine v i !;,-. The case v .i trie l ,'t n 1- -.-1 t-?rm of the United 'talcs 3 ';i t C -irt in Greensboro in No-; vei. :-, 1 5. ami resulted in the ac r:.:., 1 of Williams and Kennedy and the conviction of the corporation up on the rharjre of carrying on the bus-. in." of --a rectiner 01 oistniea spirits with i.ient to defniud the United rjates of the taxon the spirits rectl fied. On the rendition of the verdict Judge' Boyd imposed a fine of 85,000 upon the corptiratlon and the payment of the costs of the prosecution. This final Judgment was entered on the ISth day of November, 1905. ; Appeals are not taken in this class of Cases, but by law they are carried to the ap pellate court by wit of .'error, - ; Sec tion XI of tho act of Congress estab lishing the- Circuit Court of Appeals provides that: 'No appeal or writ of error by which any order, Judgment or decree may be reviewed In the Cir cuit Court of Appeals, under the pro visions of this act, shall be-taken or sued out except within six months af tha .ni,v nf tha nrdor. iudment or decree sought to be reviewed By virtue of this law tno-time m wiucn the defendant -could sue out a. writ of &vntwi Kn hi ssiii. dav of -Mixy. 1900 The petition of defendant ;ior the "writ ot error, no wever, was filed until September 12, 1008. and Tttr4 ca Titwft . In nrdnr. f BOSslble. tO save the question ot the lapse of time for the oerenaant. maae an oruer u September 12. .. 1900, the very day on which the peUtlon for the. writ of er ror was filed, granting the writ, to take effect on the lotn 01 apth, 1. Under this order the Oise went up to the i Clrcul t u Court - of Appeals at Richmond,; but when It appeared there that the petition for the writ of error nn an fllail withlfl th SlX months r from , the date of ; the final Judgment nor the writ granted whln that time, ,tne court aimiere w writ of error and declined to further consider the case. . 80 that If the de fendant has been prejuaioea .oy rea son' of ; the delay it J not chawahie 1. tho ,niirt. hut to itS own omission to file the petition and obtain the writ 01 error wumn mo i months f rom the final Judgment as required'- by -law.",f. ' r ;i-. ; ' railroad. coxsTBrcnox. ? Several IIundreT MUes of Railroad Have Been Bnilt In the South -Dar . . i.'-..B-cniiih Western 1 r.... rninu4 nivpiw-OUier KOans nuva wsn nw n Tr Ifnntha :.;'. fi" sV,AH'MiVt: ChatUn ooga, I Tenn. Dee. t .ev h,truini miia of railroad hav been constructed In the South during 1907,- and it , is estimated - that more than $15,000,000 have heen spent by the railroads of the South in Improv ing the systems during the past IS . : Th - iorMt contract given during the jrear was la Southwestern Vir ginia, 'iwhersv.tBS .- BOUtn west ern ' Railroad is being construct d.' This work has been froih differ In the iron and coal see tlon of Virginia and West Virginia, via 'Bristol, to points la North Caro lina,' where connections .will be made with the Seaboard and kindred lines. It la said, to be a part ot the great tirtw&tAi svstem. When completed tha line will be ovor ,150 miles In length and will cost nearly 1100,000, nno . Tt la through a verv roush sec- , t ..J t , 1A nllilv.AmnlAa daring 1907 5 aggregated a total, cost of nearly-1 15,ooo.ooo; Tne cost - 01 one tuftnel; was, In excess of. 12,000, Tha Oimnn A. 'Crescent 1 has -done double-tracking to . the extent w0f Over 115,000.000. ' ft1:' ''ii.m .WatV - enn tin 11 I'M from ( tha . Houth- ern's Lookout Mountain tunnel, but other Improvements are suspended. Thirty miles ot the Savannah, Au gusta A Northern have been graded". The contract for construction. Sa vannah to ' Chattanooga, is tor 112, 000,000. . ' - - - The ' Tidewater ' developments in Virglnla.r the Flagler and other sys terns m trioriaa. and numerous enterprises- In Louisiana' and Mississippi have been very active In the year Just completed. There are numerous coal lines and minor, branch, systems or AlffArAnt railroads -which. Jiava. hean started And completed during-1907. , "ICANSAS TOR aiRIST." . Slogan of Evangelistic Campaign Next 1 ear I.iuiro lear Wilt Be KKan( In the Movement, Which Will Be r- ; Hal Forward on Strictly BuhIiicxs unes. -, ?.- -: ? -. -.,' Kansas. City, Mo., Dee- 2 a. "Kan sas for .Christ," Is to ibe the slogan In" an evangelistic campaign that Is to be pushed simultaneously ln every county ot ' the sunflower State next year. Hundreds of preachers of va rlous denominations, together with numerous evangelists,; ars to hold re vivals, ,i An; entire year will be spent In tha mvement. and an effort is to be made to demonstrate to the whole country what may be accomplished In conceriea religious wors carried for ward on strictly business lines. The great revival Is to be under the direct leadership of Rev, William Edward Blederwolf, who planned It., - The undertaking will be subject to the genrsl supervision of a board -of two preachers and two laymen from each denomination.; This body, which has already been organised, 'With 15 denominations represented, has select ed Edward E. Taylor, of Philadelphia as secretary. , - . Railroads Will Bo Consolidated. Mobile, Ala., Deo. 29. A meeting of stock and bondholders of the Mo bile, Jackson A Kansas Cltv and the Gulf A Chicago Railroads wilt be held here to-morrow, when it- Is said both lines will b formally con solidated into the - New Orleans, Mobile A Chicago Railroad., with a capitallmtlon of $60,000,000. It - Is stated that 5 per cent, of the bond holders of the, two corporations have agreed to the consolidation. The connolidatlon Is reported to be mere ly the organlxntlon of a new holding company to take over properties for the 'Frisco system. JIIIss Klnncr's Bxiy Found 011 Rank ': of Crcrk. ' 'Michigan City. In,l., Dec 23 Th body of MI" Emone Klnn r, ef Pens Yan, N. Y.. hIm d! ir; ired from Michigan City on l. v, '..r 11th, was found to-div on tfie ! mk of a creek tn a wit 1 and unfreti'thti-.j pliice, She had tausht school t Yenkers and at Xyack, N". Y. Ovr study had caused nervous p-. r;; '..-, and she came here a mmnh- c-i t ' .il After Lor : I .' 1 ti.ii.-i J , 4 ; 1 , ; '..:; ; ': . "l'lnc " - I Ly . 1 . Xot Ju-i :.; I e 1 ; Coisrt V.;n 1 ' , : 1 . ' cal U ijUdii rf I , er S.ia.h in l:. . ', : Plscrlnuiiiul.i'i 1 i the Know led o o( t' c : Company and the t i l. . Railroad Alton Kate i a Rebate. Washington, Dec. 29. Tha ' ot corporations has issued a I reply to James A. Moftatt, rr of the Standard Oil Company, if 1 - d.ana, who declared at the t. t fine of $29,240,000 was 1 against his company by JuJj-j I . . mat it was not justified, ai tr.er-j v t no discrimination involved in t ? rate paid on the shipment of o;i fro 1 Chicago to East St! Louis, and tl tt the action of the court was based on a mere technical violation of law.- DISCRIMINATION PRACTICED. Commissioner .Herbert Knox Smith presents a statement ot facts In odpi- sltlon to this viewnot only to show that a discrimination wa4 practiced, but that It was practiced with the knowledge of tne Standard Oil Com pany and of the Chicago A Alton Railroad. Referring to Mr.- Moffatt's statement, the commissioner says: ; Apparently his position is that be cause no one else Is- known to have paid the published IS cent rate from Whiting to East St, Le-uls, while his company was paying cents, there fore there' was no discrimination. On the contrary, this very situation proves that not only was there .dlscrlmlna tlon, - but .this discrimination .- had worked out its logical result, so that no one else could ship at Is cents In competition with" the Standard's 6 cent rate. Precisely this, and other secret discriminations in shipments from Whiting, produced that complete state of monopoly in the vicinity of Chicago which the. Standard now calmly designates as "absence of dis crimination. ...,..,. .This cent Alton rate was a "re bate" in essence, If not in form, and both in-essence and in form. It was a discrimination of the most severe and aiinoaaafiil lvn ' . The I cent rate given in the un filed "special billing order," tie says, was no notlcs to anyone of the un published cent rate. Nor," he adds, "was it Intended to be. - ' In conclusion the commissioner aysf :K -,: .. .- .; ,' SUBSTANTIALLT. A REBATE. ' ,' Tnls Alton rate, therefore, was sub stantially a rebate; was the most ef fective kind of discrimination, because It killed out alt com petition;' was se cret and was '..concealed I by ? secret methods; Is sought to be Justified only by anotheMike secret rate, which al so -.was covered by secret . methodi : was only one of a great system of dis criminatory rates practically covering tne country (which the railroads dar ed not, maintain in the light of pub licity), and in its Ingenuity, secrecv. and-complete effectiveness constitute a extreme a violation of both the let ter and spirit of the anti-rebate laws as could well be Imagined. ' The Standard undersold competitors la the great Southwest by means of this t cent rate to the St. Louis gate way, and, having undersold them and driven them out oCthat territory. It then raised prices to a monopoly-figure, so that Its marketlnir concern there was making over 090 per cent, on its capital stock In 19 01, and for a long series of years had been making profits , extortlonateiy ; high. These pronts were thus bssed on this secret discrimination which had been in ex istence over 15 years. The enjoyment of this discriminatory rate was welt worth many millions of dollars to the Lfttandard, and most emphatically Jus tided the imposition of a great fine when that rat was flnallv discovered and conviction was secured thereon PANAMA CANAL RECORD. Engineer -Are Dealing In vast rig nrts An Idea of tiie Magnitude of Work to Be Done I'pon Locks. Washington, ; Dec. - 29. The en gineers of, the - Panama canal f are dealing In vast figures these days and the canal record Juit received con veys in a graphic manner an Idea of the magnitude of the . work to be done npon thS locks or the canal. It i stated for Instance,: that the amount of concrete to be used . In building these locks would suffice to construct eight-room city-houses ef the generous r else of 90 by JO feet, with two. stories and basementand With concrete floors, and with concrete roof to the number of 22.843. Allow Ing each of these houses a? TS-feot lot; they would rmake a continuous street, from New York to Phila delphia, with , enought houses left over to make a row on one side of the street ; from , Philadelphia to Wsshlngton.'.; The houses would fur nish suburban . homes for 120.000 would house a population eoual to that of the City of Minneapolis. , Request Do Leirallse Marriage V,;:i . - . , I Xot Be Granted. Florence,. Dec. 29. The authorities here have been aaked to legalize thn marriage of Enrico Tosel'l, the musro teacher.- and the Countewi Mont; ,r noso, the divorced wife of the Cro- Prince , of Saxony, which was cele brated "September 27th trt London, The authorities so far have not 0. l cially legalized a divorce which " not obtained through " the Ita'.iJi courts and It Is expected that t present request will not o grK t?1, the courts having already .refund d recognize marriages contractoil ' r bVi-Iiaiians who became for-:., n -. tens for the purpose of ot t dh-oree.- pig nre at Lrxti:t- ' Jackson, Ml.w-. Dee. 13. from Lexington says t'.ut out at 4:S0 t!,U m-v-i- v nes dl.ftrli-t onl (' valued at $"3.i- . '1 .ie ! Parffenfs l.'.ill. 1 " 1 f, '' r tlT.t I.mIM:!-- 1 ' - - : f'-.vlnnev & : -. I ' I I f , ", t '-, , 1.1 1' ir.I- ef vr ' ' V 1 i t rerupfnt. lr-r hesiCh. Jt l mi! - I 1 t.' t he t h r i v ,. : ; -I- a, valk anil nwrtu'nM.l o? coM. ' ' a (i " I I - J t'.i ' . ' , rl'"1 a 11 1 cl f -. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 30, 1907, edition 1
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