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-x i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : $8.00 :A. YEA T . CHARLOTTE, N.-C, THURSDAY MORNING, .JAN' UARY -- - 'V ," 7 . 4 VP 2, ,1903. REOEIVERSHiP IS ASKED FOR MWM CREOITOBSl APPLICATIQN LPEAL 3LD-TQ' PIUTC1LVRD innB.1 T-Vti Cjm, l-wri;! ril T? i 1 1 ivn v rvm, pauy ami Creditors of Company Ap. ply to Judge Wattdill Ftr Appoint ment Pi .Rocrersl aud Subt?qmntly , Agree to Make Aphlle.atiu to Judge Prik'uurdttcr- Application Will Obviate "Ncccssltjr of-.Seciirin g .U " 't'llllury IecrVS In fcach Court 1W trlct Tttrousli Which Unci of Com pany Opera to Attorneys Go to Danville to Meet -Judge Pritchard,, Who Is oil Ills Wajrip Richmond T 17 , ....... A t.Ae.w.W-- . .ml Judg4 Piitchurd -AroKln Secret Con f . (i i in y, nt imii " v vsa.- v i v j 1 - " iHCjcr Late Last Night Said" Ills Party Went to ian rlllo" on a Matter of Business,-Bnt Wo.uld Not Give Out An) thins Application Follows Publication of JSeaboartl's Last Ah niial Statement. " ' ..Richmond. Van'". Jan. l.'r-Counsel for the Seaboard Air Line Hallway Company and creditors of the- from- pany applied this afternoon to United States District Judge Waddill for the appointment of receivers and subse"- .quentljf agreed to' make: application to Judge Prltc'iiard, of the.-United States Circuit Court, and thereby obviate the necessity of securing anellllary de cree 'In : each of the court districts through' which the dines t the corrt- . pany operate. Wltl this fend In view Judge Leigh K. Watts, general coun sel of the Seaboard, 'ith other attor rey., left for DanvlHn.at 6:10 o'clock . on a special train" to meet Judge IPr!f fharA Ht thnt trt!nf H hai'lnir learned that ho was on hl way to Kichmond to considTr the matter to morrow morning. Judge Waddlll' an Tiounccd that he would -appoint the receivers on certain conditions, but It was thought beft to go to a court wlt;i , larger Jurisdiction. The flrnea-Dlspatch has Just learn d over the long 4i.tance telephone that Jildge Pritchard and the counsel for the Seaboard are In conference at the Southern Railway jitation In Dan vllle. They decline to glvo out -Any -tolng for publication until the entire matter Is settled. Lynchburpr, Ta Jarf.l. A repre sentative, of The Xw -talked over long distance 'phone -Jate to-night with a Reporter ot The Danville Reg ister, and learned.hat 8nmuel Unter- meyer, attorney for the Seaboard Air Line, had made the follovying state' ment: "Learning that Judge Pritchard was ln Danville we came down here on tho .bare chojiee that he might be able to give us a hearing on a matter of business w have before him that is all there i to it." Pritchard Joins I'arty at Danville. Danville, Va., Jan. 1. The private car containing the Kcaboird Air Line counsel, headed by Samuel Untermey er, of New York, Judge Leigh R. Watts, of Portsmouth, general coun sel for the Seaboard Air' Line Rail road, and Epha Hunton, Jr., of Rich mond, reached here at 11:30 o'clock. There were aboard the car about 15 or 20 men, mostly lawyers, 'but.among the number.Clerk of the. United States Court Brady and Caurt Stenographer Raymond, Brown. . The names of the -other gentlemen could not be learned, as they refused to iy.e them and would not talk, Mr. Untermeyer was questioned by an Associated Prens correspondent, and stated that ' no application had been made for a receivership. He would not say -whether an application would be marie. He would say noth ing further, but fiaid that a full state ment would probably be given out on the;arrljl of. the party In Rirhmond. Judg'toiard --reached the city about "u'Wi-lock vand was at once taken tav the "gonboard private car. He would pay nothing regarding the object nf hts trip to Richmond. He left at 2 o'clock With the Pea oard counsel a-nd 'with. 'Clerk Brady and Stenorrspher Brown, and will probably hold a hearing en route to Richmond. - m Offer to Purchase Maturing Cortpons. Baltimore, Jan. 1 In an advertise ment which will appear In to-morroW morning's papers Elalr ft Co. and La denburg, Thalman ' A Co., of New York, offer to pur'-haje the c.uons. maturing to-day. on' a long list of securltii'g of railroads Identified wltij the Sraboard Air Line and also the, equipment bonds of the Seaboard that nture on the same date, these pur lases to be at f a ?e y3.lu.ev.- The offer i jiOi'is as ii jm4 sucn cuuforu ana , equipment bond as may le presented on or before -February C9th at the Mertaa.-TrusLXini pany, -New Vork,4 or the Continental Trust Company, this city. The advertisement states that the, offer is ma le "in order that the hitegrity-of th S aboard Air -Line Paivy yste;n may be maintained pending an oppartunlty for the for m'lati'n of proper plans for the re adjustment of its affors." Baltimore. Jin. 1. S. Dawes War feld returned to this city to-night from. New York, but when seen by a representative of the Assix-iatd Pres aid that It would .be Inexpedient for him to make any statement reUtlve to . the ' Seaboard Air Line situation pending the application for the ap pointment, of receivers, j. It Is known here- that conferrnees have been in pr-:rres. the outcome 5f which misht possibly the staving off of the re-lversh?p. l.nt the A? -elated Pre di;atch fr;m p.l.hm'-i'n 1 Is J tken to Indicate that '-the e nfr e.nces j.!toiel ti have not had a.-'a- vorable outcome. XJCXCTIOX REFUSED. I f - Judge Xewnian Itefu.sea to Grant In junction ABadust Georgia Prohibl ' tiro Ijbw and Jsalooiw Have Closed Up Predie'ted Disturtmnce rDoes Sot Materialize, ' ' Atlanta,' ' Ga., Jan. 1. The most notable feature" of he first day of prohtbTilon .in Georgia wraa the refusal of Judge WL P. Newman, In the Unit ed States Circuit Court, to grant an Injunction jending litigation which would prevent the putting into effect ct' the prohtbittoTi.e'hiV.'' Papers in the case WitTa- filed late Tuesday on behalf ?f two -breweries, one in Chat tanooga and the other 4n Cincinnati. Judge Newman simply filed ajnemof anducn reading as follows: "After careful consideration an In junction pendente lite wijl "not ' be granted This' being true, it is unnec essary to call on., the', defendants to bhow cause.": -v . The lawyer for the plaintiff in the case to!4, the Associated Press to-night t -- that the foto4'n..GJ.idge 'Newman did not have, the effect 'o thrffWtftgfAe, had been indefinitely post- the proceedings, out of court, but that t -he ease woou it mmw up In tHS Kf- ular order of business, and it wa.s ex pected that it -would be ready for trial In about two. months. In the meantime prohibition Is in effect In every district of Georgia. 1 Notwithstanding predictions that the enforcement of the. law, on the first day of the. new year, which is a recognized holiday In all parte of the State, would bring about disturbances there was not the slightest dlsorder." The saloon'men In Atlanta evident ly beheve that the legal aspect of the. suu1!! win - mil. jiavti inw riiifvi. ui putting them back into business for they were busy -tOrday .ripping out fix tures and. carting their goods to stpre- houses, or to railroads for shipment to States where liquor Is allowed to be sold. ' . U'nder the law the defendants in the action against the prohibition bill will have until March In which to de muror file a-n' answer. This leaves the whole matter In abeyance until that time. c ,', Epecial to Tno--Observer. J Ashevllle, Jan. 1. The "lid went on tight in Ashevilie to-day. AH the ealoons dosed permanently last night some of them going out of business and ciosmg their doors berore tna time limit, 11 o'clock. To-day has been like a Sunday in the booze cen- tre. Everything quiets. The Judge of -tje city police court, liefore whom. will come all cases of violation or the Uauor laws. -stated onouiy to-day (hi all persons convicted or jelling liquor, in Ashevilie, except on prescription,! would be eiven road sentences. .He' says it is not his puriio.se to impose, fines. EXPLOSION IX STF.KL Pli-VXT. Two M?n Killed and Tlilrteen. Injur ed by Explosion in I'iltshurjr Steel I'lant Sheet Iron Roof Blown Off and Malta Collapse. i Pittsburg.- Jan. 1. Two men were killed and 13 others' were "Injured by an explosion In converter No.. 3. of the Edgar Thompson pKft of the United States Steel Comi 1 .1 at North Rrflrtrtnrk. n.Hoilt 7 miU-kt -t of here to-day. Th dend: PAUL KURISCK, age years, Braddock. STEPHEN DOVIAH, 35 years, Braddock. , Six of the Injured w and the others Slav. movfd to a hoapital 1 No c.'llcial statement of the explosion has be old -converter mill men say, the cause could hardly be other -than that some of the molten metal slft'd through the soapstone lining of -theconverter and came In contact with' the steel sheath ing, which perhaps was damp. When the explosion occurred, "the bottom of the converter, dropped out. throwing 15 tons of multen .metal Into the pH,- where 15 men were working at the ladles. When the hot mass of steel struck the bottom of the pit flames of. burning gas were ent. ui, which, burned the men In the pit. The two men killed had been working un der the converter, and their bodies were terribly mangled. The force of the explosion ' blew the sheet Iron roof off the convening mill and caus ed two of the walls to collapse. HROOKLYX'S BAD RFXTORD. "City of Churches' Surt.n Man Iml fon I,.- If. I.mi, I lt vi . . . Conimlttetl During Dny--Seores of AswaulU, Murders and Minor- Of feiiHes. . New York, Jan 1. A lonsr record of killings, - assaults, . accidents and minor '' crimes Was wsitten In Brooklyn police. blotters to-day, even 'more - than" in larcerl Manhittan. The police had scores of assault cses In both boroughs, , .' Gas escaping from a partly "onen burner asphyxiated Jarolj Sfiriester- back'and his) wire their home 4n Oeeon PUrkway l!r.klyn. ' An un known burglar was shot down and killed while trying -to enter David Jaffo's store en MesleY street.. The police are huntlngTr . Frank Ferego, who shot and killed Michael Schindel lo as an outcome oflan altercation In Carroll street. Ha'tjle Shubbert Hook umbrage st a remark made by her husband Max Shubcrt, ln their home on Ocean parkway .and stabbed him with a knife. - After a quarrel. with his wffe as to the manner of celebrating New Year, Archibald P. Mitchell, who several years ago married Augusta Heme,.- a daughter of a wealthy West Virginia politician, took his life early to-day by Inhaling illuminating g-ts ln Ms-home on West Seventy-flijrt street. , Manhat tan; Mitchell was recentlr engaged in the manufacture of cigarettes. . hie. nrturivTT-.VL cr-NTRir 11ame Ar Hetonil Contrrd of Fire ' Department an.l Nearby Town Has Heen Appl"l. t For Heln--Fear-' 1 Tiiat Mont of t!.e Town Will He Destroyed. v Pittsburg, Jan. 1. Fire U raging in Coal Centre, about" 5 miles south of here on the Monongahela river. It Is beyonri control of the to'wn'a fire de partment and aid ha been called from Charlerlo and ot ner nearby towns. T Is feared that most of the. -town" win be destroyed. . The fire star'.el In the tipple of he Vesta mine, ownd l.y the Jor A Iaughnn y.:ef Company, or th! elty, which wa prartlcal.!y detrn-d. The loss on tie - Upp alone, lt"u sa'J. will ex.-forl llfO.009. ., At mldiisht th "ftaiies had 'swept an -area' equl r.t a ''r..bloK and was still (prVJ.-.-'fC ""M t of tie M )ui.hl!ngs it f r uestrcjf-d were small ! 'and inexpenlve. l I 1 I 0 I 1 1 1 Il'nerlcans lvere re- ry ituy. I fte cause wii iJned. but SITUATION IS. PUZZLING WHAT WILL TIHJCOATC.ijfXE.I0? Standing Master . Montgomery Says -NO j"osiioiieneiit lias lJeen Asked lr.lUit Itather the Koud M Heady lr the Hearing as K-t A Positive" Declaration of lUfusal to Comply to lropwd Agreement Made to tlio Cio-eriior Capital City's First IJlind Tiger Since Dispensary AVas oted rOut Captured v ged Poor Given a lllg Dinner New Ialwr Jjaw, Morer Strict Tlwin FornvtT Ones, Went Into iilTect YrMerday Penitentiary Directors Still In es (sion. ' . Observer Bureau, The Holleman Building, : . - Raleigh,-Jan. 1. ; Your correspondent this morning met on . the- street Standing Master Walter A. Moiugomery. who 'at once referred to the statement current yesterday that the heating of the I passenger rate -matter so far as the Atlantic Ca-st Line Railway in con- poned, ' certafhly until after a special jKeswion of- the Legislature. The standing piaster said that no such motion for postponement had been made ty-fore him. and that the point of continuance had not come up and that hp had not acted on It. He said that he was a Judge as to whether the case was continued or not. It was learned that Attorney Rouhdtrce, of the A-tlarilic Coast Line, had -written to the effect that the 9th of January, the date fixed, suited him .and the other attorneys exactly. . It was also stated that the Jovernor had w a letter to President Kmerson suggesting that the hearing be postponed until after the Legislature had adjourned and that Kmerson had agreed to this, The whole situation seems to be quite puzzling. It had been claimed that there were ftnly some trifling little points of difference jetween the State and the Atlantic Coast Line; Governor Glenn was a little later found hard at work in his officeOn gaged on this same railroad business. He remarked that he was taking no was asked a pointed question whether there was any truth in the ,.mnor that he had fixed- a day for the I-eeislature to meet and said in rep)v that he had not fkne so. He added that the -Atlantic' Coast Line had positively refused to comply witn the .agreement made with the other roads and that It might block the uhnl Hrranceme'nt. It seems from what can be gathered that thU road refuses to agree with the otner-roaus n. tn thJunte'r-State rate 01 3 1 cents fiat and the 2-cent mileage rate, these two thinga being of course o in emu non. Of course any such rat which the Legislature might fix or agree to would naturally be subject to revision by the inter-State commerce commission. If the T-tuUiiitiire is called after the At lantic Coast Line's refusal, .of course there would have to ne some v vision made by it by which a better -.,. i,i ho., eiven those roads Mniwninmi than those. re fnSngRT-nwlte-such reductions in ra the extra session is again In the There may .be a change aiw moment, of course, a.nd if . uii is m;ida for it the session will probably follow within "a few days. This matter is more talked thjn anything In the Hum. . ....... - -- iMhiriOH'S FIRST BLIND TIGER mu nM iai nieht caoturei a blind tiger Outtit. There has been very little: drinking during the holi days; in fact, hardly any since Christ mas Pay. This Ms a subject bf com ment by everybody.- . It Is found-that the Insurance in force of the Carolina Life 'Company, of High Point", whic h has been bought by the Jefferson' Standard, -amounts to $300,000. . . . " At lr o'clock this afternoon the aged poor of Raleigh, to the number of something over 100.' was given a bountiful dinner at the Fayetteville Street Baptist chiirch. Various at tractions were provided for them. Quite a large party of gentlemen spent the dav at the beautiful new home of Mr. Causee. two miles north of the city, rabbit hunting. Governor Glenn' was asked to-day for a New Yeark's wish for all North Carolina and said In reply: - "My wish Is that the present financial strin gency in .the markets will1 tery soon be a thing of the past and that 1908 will bring health, peace end prosper tv a the oortion of both the raiv roads and the corporations living and ,T,,io- .business in the State. State Auditor Dixon, when asked for a NftW Year's sentiment to be ex pressed to the. people of North Cato- ' . . .... ..... I . V. .. . 1. n . n ltn.'V, said: My win is me-purple of North Carolina may have the pace, prosperity and happiness which huve so richly deserved. iA number of Masons to-day paid a special New Year call o"H one. of their veteran members, Mr. Michael Howes, who celebrated to-day .hia S4th birthday. They congratulated him very warmly. He Is a native of Newfoundland, came- here some years-before the clvrt war and built the gas works. During the war he operated 'the State 'powder mill ort Crabtree creek, a few nIles north or Raleigh, this mill hfihg afterwards turned over by the .-Confederate "States. It returned out great quanti ties 'of pow"a7T which was used all over the "onfederacy, but particular ly' by -wchcral Lee's army. , There are. very -. few business changes In Raleigh this ye3r; fewer In fact than ever before. NEW LABOR LAW EFFECTIVE. . To-dav the new labor law, regu lating the labor 0f enildren" In fac tories, became effective, it Is strict er that) the former laws, but yet In a way Is a compromise. It followed a meeting of represtmaUyes" of the cotton mills, 'which was beM hi'-fe during the session of .the Legislature. The North Carolina Booklet, pub lished by the Daughters of the Revo lution. 'for January has been Issued, and iV contains ' sketcihea "of - Gen. Robert -Hovre. the esirly relations of North . Crnlimt adtlie West, and some Very intere.-,.lng facrs as to the settlement cf the Cape Far Veglon. The board of directors of the peni tentiary was again In Session to-day and made Its report to Governor Glenn. The institution makes a vrr good showing 1ndred, as was stated vestefifajr. The number of convicts is- smaller than ever fer-r. and in fact there has been no Increase In many years. It has pe.en twenty-four years since the top nou-j was-reach-ed 'n p4,nt of numbers. . The Kn'Vit ct Pjthlas coTnmittee In session hre dectd U begin an ?i-tlve ccmpnlgn to brTng the North larolina mfmberHh.p up In 10.0'i0 dv nrtt Jiki': when the a.imia! meet- 1 :ng will be held at Raleigit. FOE REGULATION OF BANKS GOVEUXOIt HUG II IiS' MESSAGE New York Legislature Convenes. Completes Organization, "lleari Mes-ge aiifl Adjourns- I nlll M011. t:-i-ln His Jlfsge the tiovernor A'ks Ir Amendment to Hanking Jivv to Prevent "Kepetl.tlon of 1 teprclKsible l'ractlees and to Asrnire - lroiM'r '' Management Financial IiiMtltutJotM U ill lie Strengthened If Suitable Iiestr--tions Are Imposed With Appropri ate Penalties Wants Race Track (uinbling Prohi Idled Siuiplilied F'orm of Hal lot Urged ami iletter Care Hint Protection jjfKnigram.i. Albany, . NTY5 Jan. 1. Th Legis lature of 19 OS convened to-day, com pleted' ; the ' ; necessary organization heard the second annual message lit Governor Hughes and adjourned un til next Monday, -ghen ' . the real grind will begin.- . Governor Hughes' message con tains many Important recommenda tions. Chief among these, in the ttghrof certaht--eiHti04iiisclosed by the recent financial upheaval, Is a recommendation regarding the amendment of the jaw relating to banks and trust companies; The Governor urges..theleglslators to adopt every practicable means "to prevent repetition reprehensible practices and to assure-the" proper management of the financial institu tions chartered and supervised by the ouiie, upon wnose siaomiy aim prosperity the Interests of our, people In "every wjalk of life so largely de pend. ' (SUPPRESSION. RACE TRACK. Another Important recommends tion has as its object the complete suppression of race track gambling throughout the State. Direct nomination at primaries and a simplified form of ballot nle urged, and recommendations also are made for better provision for the care" and protection of emigrants With reference to the banking laws the message says: "Recent, events, have demonstrated the necessity of providing effective means for preventing the exploitation of banks and-trust companies-nnd the, acquisition and "hse of a control of a number of Institutions to- facili tate selfish schemes opposed to sound banking. If suitable restric tions are Imposed in. explicit form and with appropriate penalties, en suring adequate knowledge tfnd proper action on the part of the board of directors with regard .to loans and other transactions, the se curity of our financial Institutions and the confidence whlrh springs from just reliance upon their proper management will greatly bo strength ened." INSURANCE LAW. Extreme caution in making ' any changes in the present Insurance law Is urged by the Governor. Ire sug gests the advisability of providing for the 'liquidation under the super vision of the superintendent of In surance of insolvent Insoranoo cor porations. The enlargement of scope of, the public service commission laws pro posed In the message would provide Tor the extension of the act to In elude telephone and telegraph com panies in addition to the corporations already under supervision. Such ex tension of the act would bring the telegraph and telephone companies under regulation as to rates, service and other matters. ,T - -. ' - NEGROES ADOPT RESOLUTIONS. At Celebration of Emancipation Day niiama iNegro? ricdgo Their Al loRtsnrcrto 1 curies leader and Chfemploii Hitchcock Proicst Against I.lly Will to Movement. Mobile, Ala,, Jan. 1. Ten thousand negroes to-day celebrated Tmanclpa tlon Day and adopted the following resolutions: . "Resolved, That we, the colored peo ple, of Mobile, Ala., pledge our con tinual allegiance to -the fearless leader ijnd faithful champion of the third term movement in the person of the Hon. Frank H. Hitchcock, . First As sistant Pastmaster General. And we consider Secretary of War Taft for tunate In securing such. a man ns Mr. Hitchcock to manage his Interests In the Southern States. We will now feel much" more friendly In the future to the Taft movement than we- hive In the pasA. -" "Resoivet?, whereas we '.have heard that "Within the last" fev d.iys an ef fort has been made to, recognize Indi viduals connected wi.th tMT for'tricr Lily White movement with a view of removing the Lily Whtre party In Ala bama, we do enter our most solemn protest against any -Individual or' In dividuals or organization that vlll In any degree give aid or comfort tff the Lily White party In this State, and. 'Fur.ther Resolved.-That Ave will In form .our brothers In the Northern States as soon us we know of any presidential candidate recognizing the LilvWhlte movement In the South That in the. primary election nnd.lA the. vote for President they may east their votes and their -influence against any candidate wpo- recognizes tne Lily White party." APPEAL T(MOLIt;Y-ROLDERS. Committee of Policy-Holdrrs of New Orleans Iiiiiirnnct Conixiny Svki lug to Iecare Company Insolvent -Comnilttec's CounM'l Hat Ap plied For Receiver. New Orleans', - January 1. A policy-holders' eosnmlttee qf the Mutual Reserve ure Insurance Com pany, representing policy-holders mostly. In Southern States and with headquarters here. Issued to-day an appeal to aJl policy-holders of the company to furnish the committee their name and address. The com mittee declared that it had' been re- cop7 tho Pholders' ,.: i n- v., , ployed counsel In New York, Which I foreign nations wun wi wnw i has applied to the -Federal courts! their diplomatic corps, and the vlels for a receiver for the Mutual on the eitudes of political life were repon grounds of Insolvency. ' An alleged lbe. for the nluti nce of familiar and atttrr.pt of the company's officials to the prcw-nre of new faces, of tho give the direiioM Increased power : who attended last year's reception the to levy assessments and to Impose fiens on nolleles Is opposed by th committee, or wnirn Juspprt W.'now returning to Japan, and that n:i Hyarns. Speaker of the House of Representatives, is t hair- man. . . ' Receiver For Furnace Company. adden. Ala.. Ja.i. 1 Cspt.- W. P. Iv v.as to-dy appointed receiver fofl the Wu yuinn rurnai.-e Company, the op- pointment being made at the instlga- tfun of local i.reditora hone - ctlilm amounts to betweeti.- K.OOo and I", t)oo. It Is s!atd that" New york bonji holder wl!L be ronult(.. liefore It Is derHnjjoble a-'fttln In bank- BRILLIANT SOCIAL LVLNT RKCEPTIOV AX WHITE HOUSE For the 1.-: o .. ,. 1. ,il I - . 4 V. i evelt Ue'lva l-ng. Llne.of Roosevelt New Year' lslton Throng Ttireo 'alnnVr Ha.X - 1 n-,lllg. ins . liaini - lhwrs In izyd an AOtlclted Pleasure lTen-e of presidential Aspirants I.ii(U - Interest to 0-curIoii Ad miral IVrownson Arrive Late, Hut President Greet Him Cordially Senator. Congressmen, Army and Navy Oflh-ersTl Reads or Depart ment, Ambassadors . and Many Wkiely . Leaders Anions List of Visitors Centenarian In the -Line. Washington,. Jan. 1. President Roosevelt received at the' 'White House i, to-day for the seventh time a New Year's throng .of well-wishers which was three hoturs In passing his hand. Mrs. Roosevelt and the mem bers and ladies of the Cabinet were his, assistants. Though currallCTj-buriumber, 6,64 5, by more than a thousand over the preceding New Year's Day, the reception- was resplendent in all the incidents Of. tradition, which have ac cumulated" to Tts Interest for more than a hundred years. PRESIDENT'S GREETING. N The gorgeousness of the diplo matic and mllttajit features, the cord'iallty of the , many personal friends of th,e President, who made him their seventh annual greeting as 's'uch,atid the Irttensely human and patriotic characteristics of the American people typified " by ,tho thousands who represented them to day, all combined to make a happy conclusion to the historic event. From greeting In stately dignity and appropriate - surroundings the a'nibassadnrs and ministers of the na" tions of the World to stooping.. far down to grasp the' hand of "dolly", that its toddling ' parent of a year and a half might be gratified, were the extremes required of the Presi dent, and both the infant and the dtplomat realized an anticipated pleasure. " And tho President enjoyed It all. . The setting the historic White House and the picturesque and en tertaining accessories, were amply sullicient to enthuse the holiday ex-hllai-atiM). ' There were other interest ing pluiww beside the scenic bea-rtty and' presidential cordiality which constituted the feast to the publjj;. The presence of men whose nanus are dally In the -public prints ' as presidential aspirants hint lnt.jy,cjt to more sulitle observations. 'iHVo Vice President, -the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Secretary Cortel you, Senator LaFolletto. all of whom had pleasing things said to. them in the big cast room,' where the dls-i tingulshed guest gathered, to chut orter passing : through the historic, blue parlor and '"hrakliig' their, how to tho receiving party. BROWNSON IN LINK. Then there was Admiral Brnwnson, whose recent differences with the President led to his resignation as chief of tho Bureau of Navigation. He came late,- but -hurried through the lobby mid corridor and reached the President near the head of the gorgeously uniformed naval line. ThePreldVnt greeted him cordially. The "ftdmiral received many hearty .handclasps from, brother ' officers -wfl the line of the navy. Admiral Rixcy also was In the naval contingent The . arrangement of the pro gramme, based on previous years, p gave -two hours for tho official part of the reception. Owing to the losser number from Congress, frni the corps ff army officers and gov ernment officials, the public whs ad mitted a half hour before I o clofk. and stepping to quick music by Urn Marine Band the lino m-W'i,,' through the receiving room f"r eighty-seven minutes. , Baron Edmondo Mayor diss Planches, the Italian ambassador, ni dean of -the .diplomatic corps, h'id the' honor of leading that corps Brjgndler General J. Franklin Hell, chief of staff, led the army, and Ad miral Dewey tfie navy. Secretary, ami Mrs. Root left the reception" shortly after the .diplomats fmsed along the line, so as to be at their owrff homo In time to- receive them. ' LONG J-INE OF -VISITORS. The nlccjtles of diplomatic, eti quette were rellgljiusly observed In the conduct of thut part of the re ception which huji grown dtiring the past hundred years and more to par take largely, of the nature of an of ficial function. In this . way. but without appearance of prenrranryr ment, the President greeted ' first tho Vice President and the members or his Cabinet, then each foreign nation represented In the person of am bnssndor or minister: the Judiciary, through the personnel of the Supreme Court bench and the judges of the local Federal' and . district'- courts; Senators and Representatives In Congress: officers of the army, navy, murine corps and militia of the Dis trict of Columbia; heads tt. govern ment bureaus and members of gov ernment commissions; organizations of veterans, Including the Society of Lthe Cincinnati, Altec -Club of IS. 4. AsHmdated Veterans 01 me war l4l!-47, military order or the loyai- t,-l,m nf the United States, Gram! , Ar.nv nf the Republic. Medal of Honor Legion, Union Veteran Legion. .Union Veterans' T nlon. society oi- the Army of Santiago, I mien .h-pan-Ish War Veterans, Arm and Navy U-lon, Minute Men, Sons of . the American involution, anl Oldest In habltafits": ;Aociiitlon of the' District of Columbia.'- and the public. -Gathering in "a constantly lengthen ing line at th'o west gate t the White House grounds, the people had stood since 9 o'clock," this morning. NUMEROUS CHANGES.. Numerous changes- ln the 'diplo matic corps have occurred during toe year, so that for -quite a number of the foreign representatives In Wash ington It was their first New far ex- the rotat on In office, fol. owed by some .most notsbl absentee -to-.iay was i- rount Aokl. the Japanes Hiuba.-i-a l.r,- IouWIniiajp.n waj, represented by th members of the embasy staff, headed by Harotf Tsgnejiro .Mlyaoka. the counsellor. The fam'.llar figure of Cheklb Iley, the former Turkish minister, also wa. mtsr-tng. having been succeeded by Mvnuled All Bey. Chin "11 new ise changed her minister during the year. Sir Chenfuhg LUng Cheng, having been feoalle.1 and thefforier - mlr-'s-J. ter'Wu Ting-fang bavlnn -ru.-ce.l1 to the poslH-m.'- The Intter. iioweter. j ba not yet arrived and Mr. Chow! Terr hi, the tirst . secretary...' headd the legAlioner. Mr. C. Hajue, thJ t -" .- :i .' . ' minister from NorwT:, cember 12th. and in hU O. Skybak, the secretary- of iegat if legate s makin d charge d affaires. xne diplomats wno were man The diplomats woo were their, first appearance at a New Year ; . ' s, , .U hlt. .,,, Jnclud- lei1 AmbassadorBryce. of Great Brit L ,-, . Plna. thl I . m'ms;er anuij. a. " " "' i lhe minLster resident from Greece. Mexlcl a vaV a?o Senor Crel had not preseiKed his credentials to the President at .that" time, so to-day wa.s his first apperlrance tt a New Year function In his loftloial. capacity. S-cnor Don Anibal CiW the' minister from Chile, also wasl present for the first tiipe to-day and this applied alike to minister il'ejia, bf Salvador, and Min ister Ugarte, of Honduras. MEMBERS PE.i'K CONFERENCE Three mpmberi of the recent Cen tral American Pece Conference, wlio still remain in the city, were especial ly Invited guest.. Including Senor don pollcarpD . Honilla. ex-President - of Honduras', Senor do'n E. "A-imstantt Fiallcs, minister of foreign affairs of liAii.luru and SenSr Dr.. rtrm Joss Madrlz. of Nicaragua, secretary the conference. W. V llnkhlll. United States minister to China. aLio Ws-in attendanee. Assistant Secre taries Bacon. A dee and Wilson occu pied themselves actively In entertain mg the diplomats. There was a good representation from the -army and navy and marlno corps, all the officers on the. active list iHtiLrfiiany who have been retired pav ing their respects to the President. Those oft" active duty weHe-tn full, dress: uniform, .'lending color to- the already brilliant spectacle presented by tliedlplomutlC'Cm-p. ln the full Insignia of their rank. Among the prominent retired army officers w.-rc Lieutenants General Hates and Cor bln, while general otlicers on. active duty included Major General Bell. Du vall and Ainsworth, Admiral Dewey, who has Just passed his 70th birth day, headed the naval (contingent and was heartily greeted bjf the President. Behlnrl the high ofllc.efs of the "army, navy, and the -marine chi ps cume those if lesser rank urttll ail hud paid t.n-ir resnecu to the Chief Magistrate! an.L Mrs. "Roosevelt. ' . ' President -Roosevelt look occasion In his New Year's Kn-etlng. to Dr. Starr, who has Just celebrated his moth birthday anniversary, to con gratulate -the vctcnin member of the Oldest Inhabitants' " Association and wish him many returns .-of -the day. . "Yo,u sir. Vliave seen the growth of this republic," said tne President, as bo recognized Dr. Starr and recalled hts prevl.-fiis New Year's visits, '. Dr. Starr .made mi earnest replyi wheieupoa.the President remarked: "Any word from on, sir, will re ceive Instant consideration.' TMAN Y HANlSOMB GOWNS. -. The costumes of Mrs. Roosevelt and the ladle ef the. Cabinet, wore strik ingly handsome, and the blends of colors and contrasts particularly Im pressive. Mrs. Roosevelt w gowned in old blue marquisette, the skirt very dull and an arrangement of velvet ribbon on bow knots 'mid git-land making a trimming 'which riticltod halt way up the belt. A yoke of lace and 'half sleeves of rufllej lace Were the finishing touches. She wore a dia mond nocklace and other nrhainenrs, and carried a banquet of white rases. Mra.-yntrhanka had on a . flowered crepe de chene, - very full and fluffy, the design being a pattern of pink rose over white. . Mrs.. Root wore a becoming design ed costume of pale gray chiffon with deep border of gray"' l.aco about tho hem. Mrs. Cortelyou wore an elegant white satin with brond fdds around the skirt, the. bodice nearly all lace. Mrs. Meyer was In blni k and while s'tripod lace over white, trimmed with toiiches'of black velvet. Mrs. Garfield had On a handsome gown of d:irk plural velvet, .effectively trimmed ln lace. , Mrs. - Bonn parte wore A splendid motive siibln, the coat with long cH-fF-wfI4h crochet lace. "Mrs. Metcalf had on a most becom ing gown of Irish' crochet and other laces. Mrs. Ptraus wore a shrimp pink lib erty sablti, trimmed In laee. Mrs. Loch was-coatume.il In an or chid liberty sabln and white hu-ey JOHV RILL -REPORTED TAKEN. Second of the Tbrc len 4iied of ' Sii.Hilliig ..f ttewnuc Olll.r Tien- ii i . . i . ... n.... r-....,....ui lint K- niiiqi" ' ,wim i,i Yitcrdnv at Ills Home. Fpeelal to Ti) . Oliserv rr. Winston-Salem. Jan. 1. News was ! , . ..-.. . m- ,'i!le Jones prelr!nt. !'4 pep cent, si recenel here to-n.rM o the eftect ,hw taU tlan 'jir. (W . that John Hill, ot the notorious , ,uknr president. S per rent on tl. .uo;" Smlthl'iwn seltlemetit. alleged to be, the .Carolina I'.ark. ir. W. A. Clerk -Implicated in the k 1 .rrrig of Revenue I j.rM.'ent. 4 per cei t. en flUO 'VO.' Olilvcr-JI- W, Hi Tidrtek at "Smithtow n TI mt.r portion of this tnlc K h,Td" few days ago, for wnose arrest the' J'nUed Slat goternment offered a reward ol liOU, wan captured about! 9 o'clock this morning- at his home,! 4he arrest belli made, by Messrs. i Harkrader and WifcTker, titlzens of iorson, fiirry rouruy. reported that Hill was ' carried i.reensoro aim ttirneq ever to- me, Federal BUtborlUes. Oscar S!-k, oiffj of the -trio alleged to be respoimiblej for the killing st the revenue vftlcer, w.M taken, n few- davs ago. . There Is-! only one -more for whose arrest the government t.a. ofTer.,1 . n..'.r.t Ion ' tm ll'li IMI IK'III li it- l c J l.O00. I y lull T.li-t.liOne to The Oljkerv.-r-. Greensboro. Jan. 2. At U-aa U.i. mornlmr John Hill who -. r,ii ir,r"f f-H"'!. aa often and for tima I morning jonn inn, w no re.ortf I i aw th ,,ut,iv e,,i may dn.t " as having been captured und brought: )t wai .,, Ihr Att.rav "oe-r-,1 here yesterday, bi l not been placed rfrto- tills m.rtTijrj tfcnf - . In J1irln tills c!!)'. . j Rld.l Alteiltfll Muilo lir Voire.. II... . ' Rob u Store. ..... - - , i p i -i d-t-t yi-tv Ohsef l j't, Durham. Jan. 1. Laie this f(-r-hoon a negro bny.mnle a b-,t et tempt to rob the " store of W. - It. Drown, In 'he eastern part of . the city. Jlr. Drown ws rnit atvl In wife was looking after the store! w hen a negro boy- entered and'after . nxkt-nir for jcoinetht n a ti fni il:wta The Si-reams of Mrs. Rrown and Greenville. ?. -. C 'D . SI. A others rau-ed Mm t., run. end he m-in Kiing his name ,i Dr.. I:, made Ills escape - . Ramsey. Of -H'?h Point, - XC..,. ' .; tem.pted siiliUle at" thn i.:;(v Ac. Mentally shoot Wife. - I H -teU. ef t his 1 1-y, to-.tav. UvlrT..- v.- t.. .1 , T.i T.loe th. voMtei'.f i: !h ,i ,,f , . , .-UKII n. i 1 iik'ii.i lr, r.ertal from Henen Path. S.. C . 1 ". SheDtariJ C.rabam. nt ,'he- most prominent mcrc-h-ints -f thU.1-11" 111 -'- wi' .. ... ..,.. kU if ,i..-,w ih.m lihvsSo.ans mm fvtl .'d t: .dToohi this mt uttiK" In pre-!!1-! man. nj n w -.- Si p-iVc'to- -l-avwfor bis f'antation .he', rticht tS'at he. w" ' t-r, . rr ,, up- over ih b-d t... get bl!. H apr-Ar-'to' be d rtn, when It - dlxcharge.r acri-n - . ' U. Is thouuhi C' drntaity. the !'4lkt striking bis if 1 .ov er his. t'.naiu :i i C In .the tenvrde, -. Jliusu of'tii ant.i..i - . . - " -" :'- ! .1- , " V bla-i gUMi ,An Impo? held here Fl office between dent W. W. FiJ Railway, - and t.outn Carolina n The conference wa' request o'f President Goyernor Ansel quit. f Wushlinjlon'i reeeutly, spent several days in : month on account of, the in the Richland court. iDivlsion Counsel B. M, the Southern, arringed th enco fur .Mr. Flnley, ..but .did Into details as . to who Mr. wanted to t.ilk about, a is Inti ed. however., frotn railroad' sou that it l-i the desire or-Preident F ley npiMi (lie way to tho Govern to have this ltate enjoy rh. benefl' of the recent agreement reached be tween 'the authorities of North Caro line, tieorgl;, Al.i'bunia and Virginia, for a reduction in passenger rate both as to tickets and mileage. Gov ernor Ansel declined to tend fit" conference that was held In A'lanta. between the Governors of"" North .Carolina. Georgia and Alabarpa. but It Is understood that he had pleas ant meeting with .Mr. FWiey- In Washington , recently when the Gov ernor was there attending a conven tion. It If recalled also In. this con nection thiiT' "President Flnley in a. banquet speech III Charletton receqt lv...dld -that if the North Carolin rates were finally upheld the roads would etend the same rates f South Carolina territory without ny legislation sinking to eomnel them to do so. . . ."-, COUNTY TRKASURKRS PHORT. As a result' of Investigations Just completed by Expert Accountants. Wise and Wilson, of Comptroller ..General Jones' office,- Mr. J,qncs to-" day sent n letter to Governor Ansel reporting to the executive for such action As he deems proper that Treasurer John O. Edwards, of Berkeley cottnty. Is short ln his ac counts $;". 070.43. "that amount be ing the' difference between the funds with which he Is properly chargeable ami the cash he hps on and." The letter also reports that the of flce of Auditor C. M. Wiggins, of the same county, "shows the most flag rant neglect, errors and omissions both In tfie duplicates and abstracts In the office';" that the total he ha omitted to charge t the treasurer Is $1,047.27;' that "the county . audl tor has failed for the past four year to. enter the taxes to be collected up on his duplicate," " " In this same section .of the State last year Governor. Ansel remoied county treasurer on such a report against him, but Governor Ansel Irt ' th spring re-appointed, him. th Senate acting with Pie Governor. In view of the politics generally sought to bear In such eases the Gnvernora" action will be awajted with som general Interest over the State, a. number of other treasurer?" offices being In a bad way according to tha Comptroller General's office. " Mr. Jones' office has reported shortages aggregating over J100.00O liLXQUJity offices Jn the fast few years, a sltuat'on which he thinks "H due to the refusal of the legislature to revise the systerm r nook-keeping In these. offices. He says he will re mort three ex-tressurers to the Leg biture next month as being -foun1 short after they went, out of onV- the total Mbortage this year being over I17.100. . BANK PlVfDF..DS. Semt-anmiul dividends oi, bank stocka nf . ColunililM t.itil wie paid out tn-diiv rguregullng $W The new r-riilt ItT tte list Is frx-t.ovemor D. C. Heywsrd's ssvlnts bank, which rays s rr ent. llvi.l. tid on a cnplfnl or 1oo.rt. , Tti Nattrm vT?t,4 F.xchnse , Ua4dt. .ct . which Mr. K. . R.bertsnn Is president. pavs J per cent, on a ctflltsl of balf s. rnllllco: the Bank of Columbia: 'Mr. -3W !" 'hllds president, pays S per cent, -tin it. "."; the Palmetto Hank, n-ner.it.. i" t ye-mirta a.t the di-.-iiends will help . f "l" nisuneinj souiuion niceiy. iuuli'li-. oit.i, i'im-cmki. Further cotnollcstiot'S are threatmel r rrjrard to ths North Aum;Ma ttisiy tiMry.' "" lx woil .the Aikea ,j-ouat t- 1 ll.TII.I . .... .1 J, .11 h,D of the ma.r nf Auauu. to r revetit the dNtwrsarV doinir business on tho erotind that Its jix ration will e pre- jodieiet to Kocd erd.-r. . ' r The mayor will' act tyirr le:U 7 c' ' -'Vd-.titly tased upon Sacrtrtce 17 "p " mvaics: .Hon.. . re a ri ofonr, navor "r'int.end' rt of any cftr er Hwh within r hied fl l!ntJrr nut N. ,ti"itrd, r her-ty trivn the ower nod aiitiiotltv to mine tr.e flute ;,re. ;.; ' areisiiltted by tin net t. tM l;mH- i '.i-urlr jnv re pmiT to a m i snv, illci-en.i: r r rm.in. -ml--- iMt .!pnr tittiinrt to d- jo oold I -.- 'y it; ... . v-. . r. h. I. ..I . i r. , ... . - ....... .. At tee Y,,ii.t "r,f p; Aikeil b.TTfl All- Dlltor it wHI m t 'i-r- t.-"H,: r- e. cortstiltsiion ea l-'.is and t ,t.! 1 1 t f-.l t!frT.,T-'.'it. v In the" M Tr.r-lrt T- r ie Hotel at -North Autnst 'T! b-t-i.iirftir avs hlor r-et li-ferjd . s i ply. -r"l le fsom Auso.-ta, Hut only . Ki'-stv 1 - it . Piln4' Docti-r-Trle Suit id.. at , t """ lr- "-1'' '.-'. Iroe utisece. fUr.-f or ft.-.r rot:. V 1 i i .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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