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VT7?. fill) I hfef M rfiSf - r i . V ! I n r r SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1903. PRICE ETVE CENTS ii ill i x ".n rv r ii , v I Mil 1 1 ! I 11111 1 ENTOMBED IN A COAL MINE TUENTJT-EICHT B CRIED ALIVE Breaking Dam bends Hood of Mud Upon Miners Engaged In Mld Vallcy Colliery, Near Mount Car mel. Pa. Kv-nt'i- Work All Day t( long to Reach the Victims and '. i Are Encouraged at Last by Sounds , of Digging From the Inside Be - i.Vved That a Majority or the En A "onibed Men-' Are Alive Loved Ones Who Linger at Mouth of Mine Are Reassured. FottnviHe, Pa., .Feb. 17. Twenty eight miners were Imprisoned In the Mid-Valley Colliery near Mount Car mel this morning by the breaking of a dam of water which had formed In a drift which caused a rush of mud Into a gangway where the men were at work, 411 day long a party of rescuers endeavored to reach the entombed men and shortly, after o'clock to-night they, were given: en rouragement by sounds of digging rrom tne inside. Later a shot was ,K. (,.,. umA Renstor 'Ravsor's also -heard, indicating that the men The Sen k'llef Sen aW.r-K were at work to effect their own: but to amend the law for the fornia rescue and also giving assurance that I tlon of new counties, It was feared the air Is good. , - . the bill would have the effect of pre- Among the men entombed are a.""! " u , -.. number of experienced miners and It venting the formation of any more Is believed that It will be possible totcountles. ...'-" effect the rescue of all the men unless : Th House to-nlsrht accepted the some 'of them should have met death. Senata amendment to its new Judicial by beinz smothered In the rush of;., ... n-v.. m -. on. mud when the dam broke. X BEHIND A SEA OF MUD., .,. ' - Seven of the number are Amerl cana..The men have been employed In No. 4 drift of the east side gang way driving a heading to the sur- t-JJH ffi." -HfiL J! mo litav iew aaya iiau touwu n bit-o dam of water to accumulate In No. 20 breast of Nov; 4 drift and the pressure became so heavy ' that It Anally broke throughxand a great sea of mud flowed Interns gangway where the men were at work. It n i - k .wt sa r- .'nVT, " through this great barrier ofSnud to vneh time was spent In arguing a September and discontinued not earl get at the workmen from thislrcc- ' ,M" I?AB the Lnate looking than th uth of February, ilon. Three different rescuing V- tha eonstltutC so as tS Senator Latimer, of Sooth Carolina, ties have been put to work in an eX-1" "?! iTtZLrlml'M Yry 111 .t Providence Hospital V" " .""-l." r" One force Is digging away the great bank of mud which nils the gang - .'' .noihi- nm,: u annmi n Arvn a hoarilncr from an ndintnfnir gangway, while a. third force has State passed, the Senate with some been put' to work at the point where , amendments, which sends It 'back to the entombed' men were to have the house for concurrence., driven the heading to the surface . Hughes' House bill providing for from the gangway In which they are Peclal dispensary election In Union now Imprisoned. It Is believed that pa8gea the Senatexto-day and was af 1 he last named gang will be the first terwards enrolled, to reach the entombed men and it Is There was another personal privi. hoped to be able to get them ourorlese ,taU(ment ln tn, senate to-day. " mom food and drink wiorrow morning. WORK OF RESCUE. The work of rescue is under the direction of Mine Inspector James A. j BLAIR CAgE TO suPREAni tuuttT, O'Donnell, of the fourteenth district. assisted by Inspector B. I. Evans, of ! The spring term of the Court of the fifteenth district. O'Donnell has General Sessions, which convened to a force of 100 men working under day will hot determine ths case of the him and they are taking turns in State against Mrs. Ethel W. Blair, regular relays of two hours' work ! who, was convicted of manslaughter aad foirr-fcenirs4-iet- -- . .- iiha laaLlerra. and is out on bond, a The noise of men working with mw , trial having " besn" granted ""her. picks Inside gave the rescuers great The case will o.to the Suprems Court encouragement and It is believed that on the apPeal of Solicitor Tlmmtrman. the majority of the men entombed aB(1 ,t mu8t flrst b4 etttlea wnemer .Ki'h.?? him w. tort,) h tack to the Circuit jssfSoSs vj -lt-.,rher tha vcrdlct bu8U Srokl : When S ""toT,ha. determined to Uka Great crowds of people have gathered around the mouth or the lope an(J have announced their In tention of remaining during the en tire night. They- include the fami lies of entombed men. LOVED ONES REASSURED. During tho " day women and chil dren were gathered about the mine, having rushffd there from their homes t the first alarm of the disaster. They could not be prevailed upon to go home, but insisted upon remain ing about the mouth of the slope. After the rapping was heard from the entombed men these fear etrlcken ones were greatly reassured - and manw of them returned to their homes, while others built big l)on- tires with the intention of camping) , out during the night. The miners " about the colliery were formed into a temporary police force, but later in the afternoon a , squad , or btaie constabulary appeared on the scene and performed excellent service keeping the crowd back. , VALUATION OF RAILROADS. Inter-State "Commerce Commission Preparing- Important Opinion Ask- : ed For by Senate Committee. Washington,-Feb,; 17. In response! to a request of the Senate commit tee op inter-State commerce, the Inter-State - commerce commission Is ipreparing a letter setting forth its opinion of legislation providing for a physical valuation of railroads. This legislation was proposed by Sen ator LaFollette, of Wisconsin. It is Ilia desire-of the Senate committee to ascertain whether the inter-State commerce commission . believes , the measure ought to be enacted into .' law. ..- ' ' ' The commission S letter will con stitute pretty thorough considera tion of the subject of the valuation ef railroads, not. only from a theo retical viewpoint, but from the. point of view of practical railroad men and legislators. It will consider the tlmo necessary to make a valuation and particularly the cost to the govern ment of making It, -- It is plain, of course, that the en actment of such legislation will have an important bearing upon the work fif .the tnrnissjon In tho conslderar tion of complaints of the unreason ableness and injustice of rates charg ed by railroads to shippers, it Is - assumed that the valuation, if made in accordance with the LaFollette I Mil, will be of the physical proper- tins ot rauways ana luot merely of iieir commercial values. --.- l i',6ne Wonld-Bo Rapist Shot; Posse y Pursues the Other. .-avannan, un., jpeo. n. a special fo The Savannah Press from Statesboro to-day says that one negro was shot and probably fatally injured, and an other is being pursued by a sheriff's posse and will probably be lynched if caugnt, as the result of an atempt assaun upon jarsz-itiatuiew Howard, three - miles from Statesboro. Mrs. Jloward escaped by running out of the house when, the negroes appeared and tier screams as they followed ter brought assistance. J., D. Smith, a neighbor, shot and wounded the first negro twice, then tied him In a wagon and took him to the Statesboro Jail. No Change In Kentucky Senatorial - Situation. Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 17. Only a perfunctory balkt for United states Senator was taken to-day on account cf the- desth of Representative Mc Knlght. One vote each wsscaaf for Beckham, Bradley and Allen. THE BATE LAW IS KILLED REDUCTION' TO BE VOLUNTARY. By the Narrow , Margin of One Vote the Bill to Katluce Passenger Rate la South Carolina la Dost in the Kenaie Tills Means ' a . Voluntary Reduction Circuits Created Bill Passed In Senate Which Calls For a Salary of 9200 a Section to Mem. bers of the General Assembly In . stead of Per Diem The Ethel Blair Case Postponed Solicitor Deter, mined Thut It Shall Go to Supreme Court to Pass vn New Trial Per. sonal Privilege Again. ' Observer Bureau. 142J Main Street. . s Columbia, Feb. 17. The Senate to-night, by a majority of. one vote, killed the railroad I11 on a motion to continue. This means thut the. railroads will be allowed to ( voluntarily reduce rates In April, circuit bill. The bill as ordered en- roiled for ritifleat on orovides for two new circuits, one in the piedmont and the other in tne ree uee section. v EAuAnl Jr UK AopEtMDUiaiium. The Senate oassed a bill to-day toen for sucn . eany mm . rPSLrSU as v amended by nator WVr. provides a straight salary of $200 for each! regular session, instead of a per diem. ; This, he contended, would be Incentive i t0 work hard and finish ths sesslo. twenty or thirty days, and thus savei : rc . ru. ..... """0fucn raonc" add a. fifth member to debate was adjourned un . tiKto-nlght. ,., , : The House bill providing lor re-ea r rollment of elector throughout the 1 i,nnfc thi. ,5mnnaarv Wlndlnr-UD com- mission and Attorney W. F. Stevenson, over the irrepressible Clark purchase. ! senator Johnson was the speaker. i! iitv .cB limb auuremv oiiui u ma na is not satisfied with the grounds upon which the new trial was granted. He would have sent the case to this court before now but It wvs impossioie to get the testimony ready owing to tha great amount of work that has to be done In this circuit.- Mrs. Blair came to the city Saturday to Stand trial. She is under $2,000 bond. t , SUPREME COURT OPINIONS. Three opinions In criminal cases from Newberry ware handed down In the Supreme Cm' to-day in . which the point was raised whether a rural free delivery mail carrier and a mag istrate are qualified under the const!- tutlonal exemptlohi to serve as "grand or petit Jurors. The cases are against Henry Lyles - and Henry Dawkins, John Graham and Tom Todd, all for minor orrenses. The Supreme Court overrules the point in all three cases, affirming the verdict of. the lower court, holding that neither the magis trate nor the carrier was disqualified, but that the magistrate should not have been allowed to sit as petit Juror upon a case which he had himself sent to ths upper court. In the case . of the State arJn jonn x. uwens, given ten .years In Berkley county for the murder of S W. Thorniey, an opinion was filed af flrlng the finding of the lower court The Saluda ease of W. L Heir.'nn and Alfred Free, who got ten -and a au i cars ana nrteen years, resnec. lively, for . the killing of M. M. Morse, Is also affirmed. ' Fears For the Safety of an American ' . . . Bark. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 17.- Tlie bark Baltimore, Captain Noah David son, sailed from Cane Honr. .vannah on January 22d. She has not smce oeen reported end it la fear ed she has been lost at sea. Besides the captain there were eight men aboard. The Baltimore sailed from Balti more with a cargo of coal on Decem ber 21st for Savannah. She mt a storm and was forced to seek shel ter In Hampton Roads. She put to sea again on January 22d. At thin season eight days, It Is estimated, should have been sufficient for ths voyage to Savannah, so that the ap prehension of those interested may readily be understood. One Death From Yellow Fever on JStcamor Crispin. Galveston, Tex., Feb. 17. Third Engineer William Davla. one of the men suffering from yellow fever on the steamer Crispin in ' Galveston roads, three miles from the city, died early to-day. Third Officer Prlch ari, the othe fever patient, was re ported to-night as slightly improved. The steamer Crispin came from Ma nos, a point about 800 or 800 miles up the Amaton river in Brasil. She came to Galveston via Para. All pre cautions are being taken to avoid any spread of the disease. ..-.',. , Attempt to Wreck Train Frustrated. Amerlcus, Ga., Feb. 17. An attempt was made here this afternoon to wreck the northbound Central train. A cross-tie was placed In Muckalee creek trestle at the end of a sharp curve. The train had slowed down ond the engine struck the tie at re duced speed, without being derailed. The chief of police went with a posse to tho scene .and arrested John Hodges, a dlttchargt-d eection hand. Hodges denie.1 placing the lie but Is j said to have admitted he knew it wail there before the englae struck it. 1 AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL EARLY REARING OX PARK BILL, Tli rough Efforts of Congressman Webb . the House Judiciary Com in it lee W ill Grant a Hearing on the ijegui Aspects oi the Appaiao man Forest Reserva Project A Bill In troduced' Yemerday In the House Oalling For Dally Reports on Cot ton Ginned A College to Be Asked For the Oroatan Indians of Robeson County eitaiiiD-Vciullng Machine of Tar Ileels a Unique Device Iuge Number to Be Installed in W awliing-urn M any Vagrant Ne groes lu the City. , BY IL E. a BRYANT. Observer Bureau, V. Congress Hall Hotel, :....-. Washington, Feb. 17. ' Representative Webb has kept after the Postoffice Department here until he has the promise of free mall deliv ery f6r the Town of Hickory, the sys tem to Inaugurated the 15tji of May. On the 27th of this month the Ap palachian Park bill will be taken up bv the Judiciary committee of the House and a hearing will be granted those Interested in the project. It la i , .u. v.ih PimMih ; liiuoo " desired that some able North Carolina trn ova eome to Wash ngton and ar- I the point of law involved before i the committee, it was tnrougn mr, the committee ivomn l - fapPoVnted postmaster for Spray, HI. nam a wn a nt to trie rv? 11 a. I ft lO-aaV. name was R Wse ive v. eoo imroauceu e VlnLtus bureau tb make 'rtof f ' Mnount oft yic0ttimMSth. ton. ginned in lleu of the semi-montn. lv reoorts now made, the publication t0 beVln'not later than the 25th of 1 TI- aiiursnr an nrutrar mil frtr JtC 1 V UUUCI wciiv u vsvu.svu au aDDendlcitls early this morning, but when the lnclsloji had been made It was found that the trouble was strangulation of the bowels, a more serious matter. His condition improv ed very much after the operation, and It is believed that he will soon re cover. For several hours he was dan gerously sick. He had been suffering with grip for a few days, but did not anticipate, any serious trouble until yesterday afternoon, when he had an acute attack. - - ; Representative Godwin will Intro duce a bill to-morrow asking for $10,. 000 for a college for the Croatan In dians of Robeson county.' UNIQUE SLOT MACHINE, The Brlggs-Wllllams stamp-vending machine invented and manufac tured by two North Carolinians and now being installed In Washington is one of the most unique slot devices of the age. Some time last fall Post, piaster General Von Meyer recom mended the adoption of a machine for the vending of stamps In drug stores, hotels and other public places for the . convenience of the- public. Since the middle of last October, in ventors have been given an opportu nity to show before a committee of the Fostoftlce Department, devices, and about 25 machines have been ex hibited., Messrs. W. C. Brtggs, of Winston-Salem, and J. R. Williams, of Fayetteville. were late in arriving iwith their little machine, which has caused some sort of sensation among other inventors and manufacturers, Through the efforts of Senator Over man the Tar Heels were given an op portunity to show their device, but there being no appropriation for a government machine the worth Car olinians' device was not entered In the contest but will be placed in half a nundred or more places in Wash ington, i The Brlggs-Williams machine sells ordellvera stam pa from - a contlnu ous envelope, which on being opened wecomes an -advertising device. The only other machine that at tracts Interest is the German, ma chine, which has been In use in for. elgn countries for several years. It is six or seven feet high and about two wide, while the North Carolina machine Is six inches high and sev en wide literally a vest pocket edl tion of the German. (Messrs. Briggs and Williams will manufacture their machine and dis tribute It over the country. Those who have examined it believe that It will bring fortune and fame to its owners. Mr. Briggs Invented the cla'arette machine that bears His name. He is a mechanical genius. Mr. Williams Is a wen-to-do business man of a prom inent North Carolina family. There is an epidemic of crime here and the Washington police force does not seem able to cope with It. The capital city Is Tull of trifling, loafing negroes. Representative Webb, of North Carolina, as previously men tioned, has offered a bill, which strikes at the root of the evil. There Is no vagrancy law In the district and Mr. Webb's bill provides one. BANNER IN WATAUGA JAILv A Lynchdnir Was Threatened, But the Danger is Thought to Be Oier Now. Special to Tho Observer. Lenoir, Feb. 17. Luther Banner a merchant of Banner Elk, In Watau ga county, who last Tuesday, it Is al leged, shot-Jown In cold blood Mr. A II. Cllne, a prominent lumberman as the latter was passing his store, is now in Boone Jail, having oen captured, at Carey's Flats, a small village in the northwestern part of Caldwell county.1 Excitement was hlfc'h at one time, but reliable infor mation to-night says that there la very little danger of Banner being lynched. He has many friends In his community and is a man of Influence. He yesterday employed Mr. M. . N. Harshaw, of this place, a counsel. Michigan Central Train Wrecked; One W 111 Die. . Buffalo, N. T., Feb. 17. Five per sons were injurej. one probably fa tally, when ft Michigan Central pas senger train, running 25 miles an hour, crashed Into and telescoped a New York Central yard engine at Black Rock, late last night. James Barry, of Buffalo, engineer of the yard engine, who sustained a fractured skull, and Internal injuries, probably will die.. 1 Wcf Vlrgl"U Jurist "Dead. Orafton, W. Va., Feb. 17. Judge William T. Ice. of Phlilppl, one of the most prominent jurtHt and law yers in central West Virginia, died to-dar. asred vmm, He wss on the Circuit Court h-nrh for eight year and has servf-d two terms in ibe b'Utt legislature, THE EXTENSION REFUSED. Petition cf Georgia, Southern ft Flor , fcla For Further Grace In Re the Nine-Hour Latur Is Turned Down v. by the Inter-State Commerce Oom . mission. Washington, Feb. 17. A petition recently was filed by-the Georgia, NSouthern & Florida Railroad Com pany with the inter-State commerce commission, requesting that the time of putting Into" effect the so-called nine-hour law be extended from March 4th next to such time as the commission might determine, so far as the petitioner was concerned. The complaint alleged that the Georgia, Southern & Florida Company had a large number of stations along Its line at which telegraph operators were employed, but that their amies were combined with those of a station agent or freight agent and that all of their time was not consumed in sending or receiving train orders. It was maintained by the company that the combined service rendered by the ine comomea service renaerea oy inej some "good copy." He was aisap.F,rst presbyterlan church, or w men JLL L' hd A. !mr SS comparatlve ease, and It was the de sire of the petitioner that these men should be employed for twelve hours In the performance of their duties. - The inter-State commerce commis sion to-day. . in an opinion rendered ... u "V Y,"irnLun iv",pp' "J"" .'I ,UCBl o'' ur. sion. In the course of his opinion Chairman Knapp said: "There is no allegation that the company Is unable to obtain an addi tional force of telegraphers or that It has made any effort to do so. Neither, la there any allegation that the company has Insufficient funds to oav such an Increased force as may f.be necessary to keep these offices open as at present and comply wnn tne limitation of hours or labor Imposed by the act in question. The' entire petition, in substance and effect, is merely an argument to show that ad ditional telegraphers are not needed at any of these stations, and, there fore, the company ought not to be re quired to employ them." Chairman Knapp say's it is not even suggested that the . petitioning com pany will be any better able to comply with the law three months or six months hence than It Is at present and that the real dealre In the case is not, for temporary postponement, but for' permanent exemption.- This, he points out, was never Intended by Congress and tha arguments presented do not show what the law terms "good cause" for the extension. SNELL WILL CASE MISTRLVL. Jury Out 46 Honrs and Cannot Agree Su'.t Brought hy Eccentric Mil ' llonalre's Son to Break His Will on tho Ground That the Old Man Was Insane Over Women. ; Clinton, 111., Feb. 17. The Jury In the Sneil $2,000,000 will case this afternoon was discharged without agreeing on a verdict. The Jury stood eight for breaking tha will and four against. "The Jury was out 48 hours, ' The case cannot bo heard , aain before tne May term of court. . The suit ie break the will of Col. Thomas Snell was brought by the aged and eccentric millionaire's son, Richard Snell, president of the Clin ton Bank. It has been rife with sensations, chief of which - were the "iinell letters," written by women and young girls to the' old man who was willing to pay lavishly for being lov ej and for being told so in affection ately worded epistles in which appeals for money mingled with expressions of endearment. Among the letters were some from the wife of a clergy, man, who not only expressed her own love, but told Snell that her daugh ter, 18 years old, would love him if he would send her money. Letters from the girl herself, bearing outthe promises of the mothers, were tntro ducedtat the trial of the suit to break the will. When Colonel Snell Uied in June, 1907, he left an estate of S.OOO.OOO. To his son- Rlchard-he-left-only- an annuity of $50 per year. To a grand niece, Mabelle Snell McNarmara, he left property valued at $23,000 and an annuity of $1,000 per year. - The rest of his property he left in trust. Interest to be added each year to ths principal, until twenty years after the death of his youngest grandchild, then but S years of age. Richard Snell sought to break his father's will on the ground that the old man was Insane about women. NEW COUNTY OF JjEE. New Officers Qualified and Took Charge Yesterday No Special Eg. ercises Mark the Event, But Large Crowd Assembles. Special to Tha Observer. Sanford, Feb. 17. Pursuant to' ths statute creating Lee county as amended by the ppeclal session of the General Assembly the officers quail fled and assumed charge of the coun ty affairs to-day. The board of com-J missioners was organized Dy electing J. J. Edwards, of Lemon Springs, chairman. Senator A. F. Sea well was chosen county attorney and Dr. J. P. Monroe, health officer. No special exercises marked the event, but a considerable crowd from all parts of the county assembled at the, : Mc Keithen Building to be present at the birth of the now county, the State's ninety-eighth. The oaths were administered by W. B. Westherspoon, Esq. The officers are as follows: T. M. Campbell, clerk of Superior Court; T. M. Cross, reg ister of dewls; B. C. Pearce, treasur er; J. C Watson, sheriff; Dr. II. B: Hoyle, coronor; W. T. Temlple, sur veyor; J. J. Edwards, John ft. Jones, J. Fletcher Jones, J. L. Godfrey, J. F. Womble, commissioners. SENATOR LATUM Kit VERY 1 LL. Following an Olc ration For m KcrloUH Trouble He Lien In Washington Hospital iu a Crltk-a! Condition Might Hope For His Recovery. Washington, Feb. 17- Following an operation for a twist of the bow. els, Senator Asbury C. Latimer, of South Carolina, for live terms a mem ber of the House of Representatives and since 1903 a member of the Senate, is lying In a critical condi tion to-night at the Providence Hos pital here, . Senator Latimer, who la 57 years old, had not been fueling well for a week. At midnight Saturday he was suddenly taken worse and was re moved at once to the hospital for an operation for appendicitis. Jt was discovered when the incision had been made that the trouble was more grave than. expected, snd that the Intestines were Involved. ' An operation was performej to day, and at its conrlunlon It wutsn flounced that, though hope was f?lt for his recovery, I he outcome was by no mean, certain. GLENN WOULD NOT TALK: THE GREENSBORO MAN SILENT Mr. Tyre Glenn, Whose Nsm Has Been Mentioned In Connection With the Republican Fight In tuei State, Esduetvs IMlltlcs Hu lUd 1 Enough of It, He iectares ian s Kpeeih in This State. Was What Cooked HU Dougn He Would Probably Put Democrats in as Of. floe-Holder Mr. Craig W1U Get Half the Guilford Vole, It is Said lire Breaks Out While Preach ing is On. Observer Butyau, The Bevill Building. Greensboro. Feb. 17. After reading the story of the Re publican revolt In North Carolina, re printed In this morning's Observer from The Washington Post, which mentions the name of Mr. Tyre Glenn as one of the leaders In the flg&t against the organization. The ODsc.rv-! er correspondent sallied forth for good copy." He was alsap. wining w min un uuj nuujivv tx.i jQ)n.e(l upon. Ilia rili that of politics, for he had hoped to I.. nearly 25 years ago and In which he get an , Interview that would cause: ha(J continued his membership, there some people to "sit up and take n-! having been an error in the state tlce." Mr. -Glenn said he .gave out no ment yesterday that he had become interview In Washington and knewa m mber of 'Christ cnurch. An ex- ,t.n,A.,A A Ka .fn.ir until .. . mnrn. he read It in The Post. Ho did noti 1? "hat all the departments be clos- horses In the Caucasus suitable for deny the truthfulness of any . state-1 T o'clock as a mark of respect ! "Jnr Prpo be registered. The ment contained in the story, but was, t" Mr Bruner. who In so many ways doctors of Tlflls held a meeting re posltlve In asserting that his vlsifto! )lad done nl8 ,juty towards his State, j cently and volunteered their services Washington had nothing to do with1 The Agricultural Department was , m case of war. ? riniitica. "I was returnine home i . .u h,v ah the Stata officials - from a business trip and merely stopped off in Washington on a vis it." said Mr.- Glenn. "So far as I recall, the only person with whom I; talked politics at all was a Democrat- j on tne platform. Services were con-; of Russian society, have assumed tho lo congressman, and of course I could ; dUct?il by Rev. Mr. Morion, pastor of proportions of a veritable war scare, not have discussed with him the do-I tne Presbyterian churcn at Tarboro, ; to which the sensational press Is de tails of any fight In the Republican assisted by Rev. Milton Barber, rec- j voting its biggest head lines. ranks. No, I am not In politics this; year "and do not expect to take any part in any fight for or agaiiyrt any faction. I am busy attending to my own private business affairs and am content to let the other fellows man age the political game. I've had enough of it." , TAFT NOT AN IDOL. No surprise should be expressed thSecreraVrTlnirnoI Idolized by I a large element of the Republican party In (North Carolina body remembers the s the big Secretary of War gave hi. , fellow party men In this State In a speech delivered in Greensboro on the eve of the last Republican State convention. A life-long Republican has expressed the matter In this lan guage; "We Invited Mr. Taft to come to Greensboro and make us a speech, expecting Htm to 'pour oil on the troubled waters,' as 1c were, and so lidify the warring factions in our ranks. We sent a committee of dis tinguished Republicans gentlemen of character, influence and standings to Washington to escort the Secre-gon came from Washington to bo ' leading powers, when Interviewed to tary to Greensboro. Well, what hap-i nremnt. Mr. Wilson havine Dreceed- day. considered hnsmiti. v.i , ' pened? After riding, talking and eating with these gentlemen for nine hours, Mr. Taft gained such an Im pression of the Republican party in North Carolina that he told us the 'best thmg that -could happen to tha! an(. td get a man wh0 knows nearly pyuM bf "x1?11 aI1 th0..ol?f,f .po rauch of North Carolina, and ev- with Democrats. Now, wasn't that!erybody feeis" this. Mr. Bruner had handing out encouragement in great. miny jan8 for hI, Wrtrk had nt.aUh , . . -"-" ""iv " elected President, would doubtleHs' consider North Carolina- Republicans; unnt to noia federal omces.' ; WILL EVENLY DIVIDE GUILFw.,D i unfit to hold Federal offices." Referring to tl.S special in Satur day's Obsen'er relative to Mr. Locke Craig's strength in Guilford, a strong supporter of that gentleman for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination says the Ashevllie candidate will come much nearer evenly dividing the county with Mr. Kltchln than Is now generally supposed. He added that, while it Is now Impossible to es timate with any degree of accuracy the strengt hot any candidate, hs would not be surprised JfCralg should carry the county. The wish may have been father to the thought, but it is not to be de nied t)M.t the Buncombe man has may friends in Greensboro and throughout the county. The present Democratic county chairman and at least two former county chairmen are numbered among the Craig sup porters here. But this does not moan that Mr. Kltchln is without substan tial support in Guilford. Many of his most ardent admirers are to be found In this county. He is especial ly strong with the country people, with a, large number of whom he en Joys the privi legs of a personal ac quaintance. The country people in Guilford, however, are taking very llttlo Interest in politics. Durlrfjr tha gast six weeks Ths Observer corres pondent has talked with representa tive farmers from every section of the county, and In almost every In stance he found tha farmers more in terested In the tobacco market or the public roads than in politics. In fact, ths Guilford farmers are talk ing about their public schools -much more than about politics. , , Rev. Dr. E. ,W. Smith, of louls-i vllle, Ky., than whom no more pop- ular minister has ever labored in Greensboro, preached to his former! congregation at the First Presbyter!-: tan cnurcn yesteraay morning ana evening. The church was filled to overflowing at both aervlces. Tho price of plain drunk is now quoted in the Greensboro police court at $S. It costs $10 to be drunk and disorderly, provided the offense is not an aggravated one. The revival services In progreas at the First Baptist and Westminster Presbyterlan churches wilt be contin ued through the present week. Judge Boyd to-day signed an .order placing the Barber Buggy Company, of ciallsbury. In involuntary bankruptcy. J. J. Stewart, of Salisbury, Is, named as temporary receiver. The matter Is returnable before Judge Boyd, at Statesville. March 2d. The State Council of the Jr. O. U. A. M., which convenes In Wlnnton Salem to-morrow, will bo Invited to meet Irt Greensboro next year. It Is hoped to make Greensboro the perma nent meeting place of the State body. The Greensboro postofnee has ben designated as-the distributing offlee of , postal cards and stamped envelopes in North Carolina At least two car loads, of these supplies wlll.be Kept on hand at U times. , ' Mr. W. A. Dimette, who went : t Charlotte a short time ago to take a position with the Commercial Na tional Bank, has returned to his form er position with .the Greensboro 'Na tional Bank. . Martin L. Newby, a colored- attor ney, was arrested late this afternoon on a charge of embezzlement sent us'compV?te plant from SallBimry, where tho defendant formerly lived I FUNEKAL OF MB. BEIJNER STATE DEPARTMENT CLOSED. Illlgh Officials Are Pall-Bearer the Bier of Man Who Had Done So Much For His Commonwealth Rev. Mr. Morton Pays Deceased a Fine Tribute For His Work For Church and State Dr. Alexander Sprunt Declines Call of Fresbyte rluns Third District Appeals to Be Taken Up by Supreme Court To Day Important New Enterprise Given Charters Yesterday 11 a ptlst University For Women to Celebrate Because of Large Enrollment -Republicans to Have Negroes on Their Hands. . . . ,i Observer Bureau. ' The Holleman Building. Raleigh. Feh. 17, tv,. r.,n.mi of Secretary Thomas BC. Bruner. of the board of agrlcul- ture. and whoso dath occurrea yen- : ' .,. . . tlu. on hour, ru .h.'are being Issued, exhortina the ooon- was held tms auernogn F, , Presbyterlan church, orwnicn and every one connected wun ino Agricultural Department attended , fnnorai nd several clergymen fPOm other churches occupied seats tor of Christ Episcopal church. The services had a - marked reature, this i only In military circles but also bv being a sermon of a very striking conservative politicians. M. GuchkofT character by Rev. Mr. Morton. In the the leader of the majority in the Du course of which a tribute was paid , ma, snnounced his Intention to-niwht Mr. Bruner for his Church work and of ralBln at th "ttm of the that done for his State and iptopte. commission of national efe?sT El The twenty honorary pall-bearers in- au(.g,l0n of the natlon.a read,Vss for eluded the high State officers here. I Wftp This.' he bensvesL is of thl the Governor being out of the city.!v" imTullrwttT t,- Krii t nnkwood Ceme- importance ,n vlaw of tha new The .burial wa " - ery a r auartee from f i the J"-, rtW, MUCH SYMPATHY SHOWN. There was a great many callers at the house yesterday ano to-aay tiers. and Mrs. Bruner and her boys were '. w'ANT RFninT-a tnpDi.,A shown to the full how muchhe peo-f T ERI OtB PREPARATION, pie here appreciated and loved Mr. i Duma. Wording to M. Guch Bruner. Messages of condolence , KO" "iii be guilty of criminal negll came from various parts of the f e'Vce 'f " Permits the country again State. Members of the family - ar- to 'be drawn into war for which It Is rived on the morning train, includ- j wholly unprepared. The surest means ing Mr. Bruner's sisters and Mr. i to avoid a rupture, he said. Is serious John a - Tiovden and Mr. Bruner's preparation for anv evni.i.nt father. Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Wll - e(j Mr. Bruner as secretary to ths board of agriculture. Several mem - bera of the board were alao present. It Is going to be very hard for the tourea tne great ortnwesi mn win- ba )iiuatratrt Knrth faroiinn from the mountains to th sea, and he woul(1 have 8pent the spring and summer In Europe doing immigra- tion work Charters are granted the Chowan Motor Company, of Murfreesboro, capital stock $25,000, to build and op erate gasoline boats, engines, etc.; the Hunters' Club. Inc., of Wilmington, J. E. Taylor and others, to maintain a club room In that place; the Southern Construction Company, of Ruther fordton, to do all sorts of structural Iron work. $25,000, John C. Mills, of Hutherfordton; R. W. Curtis, of Bur- llngtonL and others being theatock- holdcrs. T State Superintendent of Public In struction Joyn-er returned Saturday night from Duplin county, where he spoke in a very old church at Bear Marsh to a good audience. The peo pie of that school district voted for local tax Saturday. He next goes to Trinity College and will deliver one cf the lectures in the course this season. It Is learned from the city school superintendent that the Raleigh schools will be open for the full term. Money will be secured for this pur pose. Some fear has been expressed that the term might e shortened. DR. SPRUNT DECLINES CALL. To-day the special committee of the congregation of the First Presbyterl an church reoelved, to its great re gret , a letter from Dr. Alexander Sprunt, of Charleaton, S. C, declining the call to the pastorate of the church here. He ttry that after careful con sideration he thinks' It best to remain at Charleston. No on here seems to know when work will be resumed on, the big j bridge of the Norfolk A Southern Railway at Edenton. A great supply of material has been placed there and thene were large' contracts for getting out piling, etc. NEGROES TO BE RECKONED WITH The white KepuDueana seem, lit a: wy, to have the negro members of j their party rather heavily on their hands this year, if whispers which are current are true. During the two last i campalgns they kept the brother In blaok out of their convention in some sort of way, but of course did not dare to tell him he was not wanted, for.hra for their temple, has been com- that would have gone to Washington1 and perhaps the head of the party I there would have ruled against those' who were thus freezing out the black man. This year it Is hinted th ne gro who can vote la coming forward and saying that he ought to be given a vplce In affairs. This sort of thing will make the approaching campaign a little more interesting than usual. Of course, there are only a few thousand negro voters, but yet they represent ! something and they can put up a pret- ty large shout upon occasion, though they have been very mute since 109 in North Carolina. It remains to be, seen what powers of persuasion thuu.t,.. ih. hir Hit ... white Republicans ean use to keen them out of convention, the fear of caM.. The docket U very heavr S the whites being that the negro wntrar th followins- attorney are here: Keep away mt young men wno are so greatly desired here by the G. O. P. allifes, but who are as afraid of a ne gro as a negro is of a ghost. The new laundry company hero, which was made up by many promi nent business men, la rebuilding the old phosphate mill, which has ' not been in ue for nearly twenty-five years, and in this will have very To-day th engine of the Norfolk & Southern Railway, wfcich left the rails WAR CLOUDS OVEBBPSSIA CLASII WITH TURKEY POSSIBLE. The Turkish Army Reserve Is Being Hurried to the Frontier Russian Military Authoritie Call For Horses -Alariiiiisu JU-frtm Perme ate Kvery strata of Russdan Society aistl tlie Bum Will Be Called Upon to Prepare For the Nation's l" fenseAmbasiMHlore of Hte of the ' leading Powers Consider Turkey's Jt-eparations Only a G la-antic Bluff. Tlflls. Feb. 17-Repotts have been received here from Armenia that all the Redifs, or Turkish army reserve, in Van, "Mush and .the other vlllayets of Asia Minor, have been called to the colors and are proceeding rapidly to the frontier. At the same tlme.a league 0f all the Turkish revolutionarv nnr ties is increasing the revolutionary agitation. .n-Piirais ana proclamations latlon t proteirt . . - nossihu againHt the warllke pUns of ui. ; The league hold's that war would aKaln8t the w.rllk. thA , fee-especially disastrous at the present time, as there Is a famine in Asia Minor. -- At Tiflls the apprehension of hostili ties has not abated. The Russian military authorities have ordered that rcicmourj, reo. ij.im 1 ararmlst reports of the possibility of hostilities between Russia and Tnr. key, which have permeated all strata. The situation Is taken nPrn)v rrom 'the" Caucasus an! all paVu 7t ; Europe. He also propose.Vo fnTerpeN In the Caucasus and Transc.u. caala to transport troops qutokly to the southern and southwestern fron. 1 The ambassadors of most out of the question. Th.if n,!.. , Ion Is that the Turkish mobilization In Asia Minor and tha warlike orena rations in Russia are parts in tha '5. side will -be able to carrv to T iiV.h on account of lack of aiews f w., Hut they cherish no iiln,?nn - ' tVmhwtlor? of the alf.l 'h" THE nisnv rtrTxVi,, " BARON DEFENDED. "n l y to A"trla . en- hal th- A,7.rT , . vo" A'hrent i JuT Inin "?m f,n foJe 'n, mI"'ter. of i . " "j vi uisrupung tne i European concert. They said to-d.v that the prospect of carrying through the proposed Judicial reforms In Mace donia had vanished Into thin air befare 1 i" U8tIlan rall'vy acbeme was pre posed. The possibility that Turkey, with Russia's encouragement, might find means of evading her quasi-prom-'? t the construction of the line is admitted, but the general opinion Is that In this ease Baron von Aehren thal would have no alternative but to resign. , .... . ; t oast Line Freight Train Wrecked and Track Torn Up. 8peclal to The Observer. Hope Mills. Feb. 17. This after, noon about 4:80 o'clock second 29. on Atlantlo Coast -Una southbound -through freight train. Jumped ths track about a half mile south of Hope Mills. The wreck occurrej In an entirely jnew place. The caboosa was left Standing on the high trestle which crosses Big Rockfish creek. Th cars Just after passing over the trestle made a complete pile. Traffic Is possibly blocked for several hours So. $1, the Florida passenger train, had to return to Fayetteville and $i by Wilmington. No on was hurt. ' Another Account. Ppeclul to The Observer. Fayetteville, Feb. 17. An extra A. C. I coal train was wrecked this afternoon near Big Rookflsh creek, ' eight miles from Fayetteville: two hundred ysrds of track were torn up. and 4.0 tohs of ni rt where. Nine cars are wrecked. Ths passenger train. No. 8. to Tampa turned back to Fayetteville and went over tha line to Wilmington. Bennetts vllle an.l Columbia. Trains are held up at this point. No one was hurt. three miles from here Saturday, was brought In covered with mud. No one was injured, as tha engineer put on the emergency -brakes Instantly, , This road has been very fortunate in re- epct to accident. The roof of tha large building which the negro Masons have erected pleted snd th building will soon tx occupied. It Is In the southern part of th city, not far from the Shaw Unl- verslty, and the negro deaf mute and bund Institution. THE 400 MARK PASSED. To-morrow morning In the chapel ( r . K .. 1 , ..Hat lnl,-..1t fft. ' . - .km will a rlhtrtnn , -snn. of tha passing of the 400 mark in the ,tudent enrollment. The success of this school, so admirably presided or r bv Rev. R. T. Vann. Is remarkable and ,s Atry gratifying to people here of alt denominations, Th unrem rmr ',.,. ih. , ,i, D. L. Ward. W. W, Clark. A. D. Ward. P. M. Pearsall. Chairman Franklin McXetn. or tho corporation cvmmi.tsion. left this ev ening for W llkesboro to InvesUg-at some tax matters there, upon com- pin int that tax Is excessive. In Superior Court here Thoota Hughes, blind, sues K!e!j;!i and th Klng-Crowell Pru ; Coini.un .; $ 000 damages!. h !;.i !;.; fs;n through an opn ie!!ir dr cf tSo drug store. The case i oa trial.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 18, 1908, edition 1
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