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7 WWW 2-- " SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C., MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1908.- PRICE FIVE CENTS. w3 B v TAMPA SWEPT BY FLAMES eighteejc city blocks burn. Three Hundred and Eight Buildings Destroyed, Embracing lire Cigar r ISttorlcH, With Total Lota Esti-'-.!, inaled at $800,000 Hre Depart -- meat Unable to Star the Flro Which Finally Burns Itself Out .' Half of . the People Rendered . HomrlrM Were Out of Work and the Problem of Carl lift For Them '' Becomes brlous Insurance is Km timatcd 'at' Not More. Than Half the Total Iam. ' Tampa. Fla.,' March J. The entire extreme northeastern section of the city ., proper vu destroyed by ' tortt - which raged until Interruptedly from I a. tn, to 1 p. m to-day. . The area burned , covered 55 -acre or eighteen and . one-half city block and . three hundred and eight bulldlnga were de- etroyed; with a total kiss estimated at $(00,000. ' . . The burned section,. Included four Urge and one smaller cigar factories, numerous restaurants, saloons, board ing houses and over TOO dwellings oc cupied by cigarmakers. The fac tories burned were, M. Stachelberg & Co.. loss 1100.000; M. Peres A Co., loss $50,000; Oonsales. Fisher & Co., branch of Stachelberg, loss $40,000; Fernandes A Bro., loas $20,000. k CIGAR FACTORIES SUFFER. All factories carried large stocks of tobacco and cigars. The area swept by fire embraced all that por tion of the city between ,12th and Michigan avenues and Sixteenth and Twentieth streets. It originated In the boarding house of Antonio Bias, 174 Twelfth avenue, and fanned by a strong wind, spread out, fan-shaped, defying the efforts cf the entire city Are department whlcn was crippled by very -weak water preasuret owing to the smallness of the mains In that section. 'r Occupants of over two (hundred dwelling houses, thrown In to a'fanlo, rushed out, attempting to save but little of their belongings. One fatality is reported, a Cuban wo man in a ' delicate condition, who dropped dead from the shock, ; tier body being rescued from the burning house with difficulty. In the D'sT factories it was possible only to save! w,.t iahl of record.. books. - . - etc and ' the .valuable stocks of leaf tobacco " and - manufactured cigars, ready for shipment, were left to the mercy of. the flames. . FIRE CHIEF OVBROOMH.-. Fire Chief Savaxa was overcome by heat and smoke early In the fire, but ' recovered later. lusens voiunieerea' . . . . . assistance to the hard working lire- men, but the spread of the flames waa so rapid that little effectual work could be done. ' - . Among buildings, other Chan fac tories destroyed, were the hotels and cafes of, Ferex and Castro and Maxi mo Caras,jsix saloons, 12 restaurants and 10' boarding houses. The car Ibarna of the Tampa Electric ,Com tpany, containing 20 cars, were en dangered, and owing to the destruc tion of trolley wires cars could not ' be moved. The big Seldenberg branch factory of the Havana-American Cigar Company was also reached by the flames, but was saved and St. Joseph's Catholic Convent and Acad emy barely escaped. The fire finally burned ' Itself out at the extreme northeastern corner-of the city, Fully, half of 'the people rendered homeless were out of work, owing to the dull ritoason tn the factories, and also practically out or funds and their ahelter became an immediate prob lem - CONVENT OPEN TO SUFFERERS. St Joseph's Convent was opened to them by order of the Jesuit ' Fathers and many round lodgings there, while others were accommo dated in homes throughout the city. (Besides these, thousands of men will be out of work owing to the burning of the factories. The Insurance . is estimated at not more' than half of the j loss. Telegrams were sent to Lakeland, Bartow and -her nearby towns for fire apparatus, but .later countermanded. In the Stachelberg factories was destroyed a solid silver case 4n which cigars of the firm were displayed at ithe world's falcs and expositions, valued alone, at $25,000. At tha home of Miguel Rodrlngues, a clgarmaker, the corpse of a child In a coffin awaiting funeral services was cremated.- The State militia was placed on guard to-night in the Burned district to prevent depreda tions. ' Edgar J. Stachelberg, manager of the Stachelberg factories, said that otler quarters would be secured and operations resumed within a week. TWO FIRES IN NEW YORK. Car Barns of New York dty Railway Company and a Paint Factory De stroyed, r - . Kew York, Mach 1 Two fires that brought out all the fire apparatus in the upper section of the cltyand "aged in lively fashion from niid- 'T.1ght till dawn? to-day burned down V e car barns of the New York City vllway Company in Second avtnue, in Harlem and the paint factory of . George W. Qrote 6c Co.. only a few blocks distant There were 740 sur face vara burned In the destruction of the barns and the loss to the com pany Is estimated at $2,500,000. The Ion on the paint factory is given as $128,000. It was the railway people's second serious fire within a year, the former blase having destroyed the CJadison avenue car barns. - - The car bams took up the bldck bounded by First and Second ave nues and Ninety-sixth and Ninety seventh streets and though torrents of water were poured en the- blaz ing building the fire did not subside until lt had leveled the three floors to the ground. The fire started In a paint shop on the second floor. During the progress of the fire the olice orderej scores of families liv ing opposite the barnsito leave the tenements. While the apparatus was at the carbarn lire, two alarms were turned in for a spectacular fire in the factory of George Grote tc Co, occu- Fylnr a four-story building on One iunJred and Second street The paint and oils blazed furiously and within a short time tbe building waa la rqis. TAFT AT 6PRIXGFTJEXD. Rotund Secretary of War Preaches to ' 2.000 Under Auspices Of Y. M. (J. A. Talks . Chiefly ou IBs Pet Theme, . . - Springfield Mass., March 1. Sec retary of War William H. Taft ad dressed an audience of more than 3, 000 persons in the Court Square Theatre this afternoon. He spoke under the auspices of the T. M. C. A. and took the work of the T. M. C A. as his subject, paying particular attention to the international aspect of that work and emphasizing the aid which the association has , been to the government in the Phillppinees and in the Panama canal sone. Sec retary Taft was in this city only a few hours, coming from New York and departing early this evening for Mllbury. Just prior to his departure he was entertained at luncheon by a few citizens in the Nayasset Cub. , Secretary Taft devoted consider able attention to the civilising agen cies at work In the Philippines and J. to the method employed - in carry ing out the delicate task of .Acquir ing the friar lands without causing friction. "The trouble was removed," he said, "without the slightest de nominational or sectarian friction. I venture to say. with deference to our forefathers, that such a thing could not have been accomplished Tn their day wUh as little criticism under the circumstances. The Anglo-Saxon race had to fight four or five hundred years before we learned to govern ourselves, but we hope we may be able to furnish the Filipinos with a short cut that In a generation they may be given the independence they deserve." Secretary Visits His Aunt. Ml'l&ury, Mass., . March 1. Secre tary of War William H. Taft arrived in Mlllbury to-night and went to the home of his aunt. Miss Delia C. Tor rey, where he will spend the night. Miss Torrey occupies, the old home stead which was formerly the resi dence of Samuel D. Torrey. Secretary Taft's grandfather, and where Mrs. Louisa Taft, the mother of the Sec retary, passed her last days. ' CRUISER CHESTER FAST. New Scout Ship Makes Over 26 Knots Her Engines of the English Tnr 1 bin Typo Fastest Vessel In the American Navy. Portland, Me., March 1. With an; average of 26.63 knots per hour to her credit, the scout cruiser Chester returned here to-day from her four hours' endurance run at top speed over the course between Cape Ellna- : heth , final Thatrhem iHlanil Her , maximum aneed for anv fifteen minutes during that -time was 2. nots. , Her average Is 2.65 knots In! .i . ... awco ui ius vuuuwv reuiucuicui and ona and one-half knots better. than had been prophesied by her ! bniMera. . Them flarurea. which are! correct and official, indicate that her speed was , wonderfully uniform throughout the entire trial. Particular interest attache - to ' the performance of rformance of the Chester because ! CUD o Hn J w . ... ... nfl. HtfTor. fmmi.....' v.. , . . ih.i v,.; that of u,e Birmingham and 8alem.istate must borrow $378,000 to pay ex- wwav ..b. M.w...w , ..... w her ester hlpa Tne tfirmmgmun w . . I . . -r ..... , to begin her trial oa March 01th and the Salem will probably tried In April. The engines of tha Chester; are of the Ereglish turbine type, while V a at, DalafM a . Vmav a si n.vro v. a.w- T . . American turbines and the Birmlng - ham baa reciprocating engines. Tha oesign or tne wree scoui cruiser. the same, and the aame contract speed 13 oemanaea 01 eacn aaois aa hour. The Chester was launched on June ntt. iwrr vmth and la iuw 11 . . per cent, compiewa oerwn is i,ooo,-( 000. She is designed, not as a lighting ship, but as a fast scout and her per- frrrmn nr , no-oaiv inaicate tnav: eaJlca . . m , . . rhiwter is 428 feet long1. 47 feet ex-i treme breaatn ana mu.a mean oraii, of 1 feet Inches. Her displacement j ireme oreaatn uu u v. ii3 uii!(Mll ,nit other additional Items power is, 18.000. , IMPORTANT MEETING CALLED. Democrats Who Are Opposed to State Prohibition to Gather at Salisbury Friday, .at the Call of Representa tive" Morton No Whiskey People Invited. Special tovTh Observer. . - Salisbury, March 1. Salisbury is on the qul vlve of expectation with regard to the meeting to be held here next Friday. There seems to be a mistaken idea that the call of Repre sentative Morton Is for a mass meet ing of all those who are opposed to the bill passed by the special session in January. Such, however, is . not the case. : It will be purely a private meeting of prominent Democrats who think that the vital principles of self-government and local option would be ' endangered If the people should ratify the action of the Leg islature next May. . No Republicans have been Invited, neither have the whiskey people. The meting will be held solely by Democrats who are looking farther ahead than May. Representative Morton and the Hon. C. B. Watson will taie promi nent parts in . the deliberations and ths results thereof are eagerly look ed forward to, Threatened Outbreak Against Italians in Louisiana Headed Off. Kentwood, La., March 1. Follow ing the arrival of one company of '(Louisiana militia all has been quiet here to-oay ana me inreaienea out break against tbe Italian population of this section has apparently been thwarted. Daniel Bunch, Hlnes Hughes, Jo seph Bennett, Arthur. McLendon, Charles Ryalx and W. E. Williams were placed under arrest charged with being among those who. threatened to blow up with dynamite all Italians who did not leave this section. The threat is supposed to have been made because the Italians accepted a cut In wages in foe local lumber mills. Emperor Joseph Wants No Visitors oa His Birthday. Vienna. March 1. -The Austrlan Hunfiarian government has sent a cir cular to all the foreign representatives; to Inform the courts to wnlch they are, acredited that the Emperor begs that; firmed yesterday by General listen th foreign -princes who proposed tolkampf. chief of th general staff, make congratulatory visits to Vienna on the occasion 01 tne Emperor s Jubilee the 80th year of his reign kindly abstain from doing so. It Is explained that the Emperor's physi cians strongly advised this step. King Edward and Emperor Wil liam, however, are expected to visit the Emperor, , MUST -E0BKOW A BIG SUM TO BREAK ALL PAST RECORDS South Carotin Will Have to Borrow .Half a Million Dollars, It U Beilev ed. to Meet Current Expense Heavy Appropriations by Legtsla tore Make This Necessary Plain Statement Was Mada by Comptrol ler General A Health Officer , Ad vert l-d For Pure Food Law to Be Enforced Yeggmen Still Doing Basin ess in the Palmetto State , Governor Pardons Murderer "as an Act of Mercy." a. Observer Bureau, V -'. 1422 Main Street, Columbia, 8. C. March 1. It now seems practically certain that as a result of the Legislature's heavy appropriations the State will reach high-water mark In the borrow ing line. At the time the appropria tion bill, which with other bills' car rying appropriations totals $1,600,000, was passed, there wat on hand, af ter paying the notes of last fall and summer amounting to $$50,000, $272, 000, with $$(9,243 more to come on the levy of last year. This with what will come In during November and December on the new levy of live mills will bring the total available for the year up to leas than $150,000. Includ ing an estimated Income of $200,000 from Indirect and other sources. In other words, to meet the current ex penses Of the year It will be neces sary to borrow over half a million, possibly as much aa.$700,000 or $$00. 000. - - - The debate in both legislative halls during the last few days of the ses sion showed that the members sought to cure the evil of the heavy appro priations by. raising the levy half a mill. The very simple fact that no part of the taxes under the new levy: provement of Its facilities, or ($) for would be available till November ap-jthe Improvement or maintenance of pears to have been entirely lost sight its service, or (4) for the discharge or of. Taxes are due beginning in Oc- lawful refunding of Its obligations, tober, but the penalties do not apply f provided and not otherwise, that there till the spring of the following year,! shall have been ' secured from the with the result that a large portion 1 proper commission an order authorlj- nf the taxes never reach the State Tr.aiir'i nffli-d till January and joruary, the penalty In these months v, n, for each ! month. Executions do not issue till 'tha n1JdlB of March. COMPTROLLER UJi..UAio : STATEMENT. , . T.A.'4ka m nnArvrlof Ar) YillI am L.?" ,.r:i" 1" .V V mmm. ' """ ",, .tt.mi! . . nona,,i i no .uiiu nil., .w. . . . '""P v.ompu the desks of members: "The estimated, expenses of the state government for 1908 are $1,422, : 232.30 It ppe.r. that if the appro-jNo 'nrlatlonn do not exceed the estimated i Mnenses it .will reauire of the taxes' nf isos ttsi.140. an as no-oart of! II nm. IfllCfl Will Um m.ail.UI. . MV . u I U i WdYlJHlUrr X 3k, lb tm BI)I.ICU, "I" DenSea before the taxes, of 1908 are pvUBcm " " aVallable. The State's revenue for from taxes estimated and' based .. th. nresent assessment of $287. ,438,010 at a rate of 4 3-4 mills oa 1 . . . . 1 s ta ssa I in ooi w, . woum rwuiM o i 1 To thU add from Indirect and other; ,ources $173,700 and we have a total athnated revenue of $1,444,020. IXpubllcans who favor it. Some of tne estimated expenditures, $1,422,232,1 them have recently developed a de- .... nnt ..wtaT ctata i.mf A l.l sire to SDeak on tha bill and aa thev et on tno roil, -ana unuur icm. the Issue or Admiral Bvans commia 1.nlrr;,.n9si.fd' require Tme f 0 Veoaruo " S i Print, publishes In The Congreaslonal 8loB Man . tne oompletlon of the . .urniUa f $21 798 " . - , r . , .1 xm wmpiroir uuwn u .nr .,- va.r Included such extra tLTCr 1 - A. Srk AnA aa.aaul ' n 1 1.. .w.i . -v"wr. ,T"--- ---:-'- leurraiB jicimjiuuo, iii,v lur ouu"; t . ... . .1 M and otnep additional Counting to $80,000.. WILL INSPECT FOODS. Under the new act giving the State board of health $1,000 to enforce the pure food laws the board has ' re elected Dr. F. I Parker, If Charles ton. State analyst whose duty lt is al so to Inspect municipal water sup plier It Is the Intention of the board to have a number of foods now on the -market inspected at once. Under the new act giving the board ' the ap pointment of a State health officer at a salary of $2,500 the board has decid ed to advertise three weeks for appli cants for the place. It seems, likely now that the appointment will be ten dered te Dr. Fred Williams, of this city, who for a number of years has done such good work as secretary of the board. . YEGGMEN YET AT WORK. ' Yeggmen are still at work In . this State, despite the vigorous work that has been carried on all over the 'State by postofflae Inspectors. At Blenheim, a small town tn Marlboro county, Fri day night robbers entered the store of J. J, Hood and cracked his big Iron safe with dynamite, getting off with $89 In cash and leaving no clue. The yeggmen secured their tools from a nearby blacksmith shop, and It is sup posed that they gained entrance to the store by means of a skeleton Vey. The robbery was not discovered till next morning, when the clerk who opened the store found the safe completely wrecaea. . ........ Governor Ansel has granted a par don, 'as an act of merer." to Arthur Holloway, who was given a life sen tence from Edgefield two years ago for murder, the Jury convicting him with recommendation to mercy. The Governor granted the pardon on the representation or Attorneys Sheppard A Sheppard that the man is in a dy ing condition from tuberculosis. Gov ernor Hey ward declined to pardon him. After Governor Heyward's ac tion Holloway was transferred from the State penitentiary to the Edgefleld chalngang. Seven Terrorists Pay the Penalty. St. Petersburg. March 1. The seven Terrorists who were condemned to death by a court-martial for com plicity in a plot against the lives of Grand Duke Nicholas Nlcholalevitch and M. Chtchegiovltoff. minister on Justice, and whose sentence was con- handed at daybreak Sunday at LIsey Nose, : opposite Kronstadt. Among thowe who suffered death were Calvino.the supposed Italian, who had In his possession ' when ar retted a passport issued to the real Calrlno, the St. Petersburg cor respondent of two Italian papers, and three women, two of whom were 1$ and 19 years of age, respectively. GOOD. j New York PnbUo Service commission Decides That the Erie Railroad Cannot Be Granted Authority to Is ' sue Profits In That 5 tannerChair man Stevens Pats His Opinion In Writing. Albany. N.. Y-. March lw The pub lic service commission has decided that scrip dividends cannot be author ised under the public service commis sion's law and has denied the applica tion ox the Erie' Railroad Company for authority from the commission to Issue such dividends upon Its first and second preferred stock. The hoard of directors of the Erie Ballroad Company on the 28th s day of August, 1907. declared a dividend of 2 per cent- upon its preferred stock, payable October 1st- 190f, and a divi dend of 4 per cent, upon Its second preferred stock, payable November 1st 1007. It further determined to Jssue interest-bearing 'dividend war rants evidencing toe right of the stockholders to the dividends so de clared, subject to the' approval of the public service commission. Chairman Stevens, In. his opinion, says: "Assuming the dividends de clared would have been lawful prior to the first day of July. 1907. the in quiry Is as to the proper construction of Section SS of the nubile service commlssion's law . whle'a provides for tne issuing or stocks, bonds, notes or other evidences of Indebtedness pay able at periods of more than twelve months, which provides that 'a rati road corporation organized or existing SCRIP DIVIDENDS NOT under or by virtue of ths law. of the;MT ,t only an attempt to destroy State of New York, may Issue stocks, :fclm. and defeat his re-election as Donaa, uoies or omer evidences or in debtedness, payable at periods of more than 12 months after the date there of, when necessary for (1) the acqui sition of property, (2) the construc tion, completion, extension or im mg such issue and the amount there- of, and statins: that In the oDlnlon sf the commission the use of the capital to be secured hv the inane nf mch stock, bonds; notes or other evidences to the same, the Choctaw-Chickasaw, up for the Commonwealth and At of indebtedness. Is reasonably requlr- j Citlsenshtp Court fixed the com pen- torney General Todd "c'ud;.d ed for the said purposes of the cor- tatlon of the attorneys for the Indians' Tha P0'"1; ulderStood to P0IwKr; - . .. . Jmuch below the figure prominent and lZf?&uVnt-0 - " - vnuiwuuo v ln .,,-"lBI cannot be complied wit .,ven. cas.tn commission has no, . J mi . ui uci Bunion- 1 luinnrirv tA l.au. m .. . , , lng the desired issue." THE WEEK IN, CONGRESS. tarned.ato Prospe . Toto on ! Mnch of Its Time nnronVi-7i. 01 Xlme to Appropriation , miuru ji rill 1 1 oil mm trt I .IV. .BiUa. k. " - J uvillll.llll , jnarr-i. . J.,n,t ( t tnoxur.. m u. .vi.. "w" Jcts under consideraUon . in Con- " ..... .w.i..uuV LI11CI auv r weeK. waving postponed : ! - ),. .1.. v . v.s VI J I ivfl H9 1 "J "r a ve on ' his emergency currency bill. Senator Aldrlch is not hopeful of bringing the measure to an Issue before the ' w w " gACOlld week in frrh Th HSa not .0 much to the Democrat, who oppose the measure as to Re- ponement of the fl nal' vote becomes : necesaarv. T i. .k ,r, executive and Judicial appropriation , . reported .early In the; ween ana win oe taken . ror con- . -- ine major poruon 01 lis lime 10 me .r.il .,. The peonage resolution authorizing the Immigration commission to in-1 vestigate labor conditions. In the; Southern States will receive attention ' iro-morrow. MURDERER CERTAIN OF HIS JOB Liquid Poison, Gas and Some Wea- Ca Used to Effectually Dispose of Victim. . . n .m.ll U... Xfa 1 Van)t I Galltoux. 17 years oidT a plum"bert i helper, was found dead In the shop of his employer to-day with his head and face covered with cuts and bruises, his mouth burned as though an attempt had been made to pour liquid poison into it and the room filled with gas escaping from an open jeti r " A former roommate, Napoleon Rivet 28 years old, has been orreated upon suspicion. Rivet denies all knowledge of the prooable murder and no motive for the crime has thus far been discovered. It waa learned that up to last Friday- night - Gallloux and Napoleon Rivet roomed together, but that nothing had been seen of Rivet there since that time. It waa further learn ed thai two years ago OalllouX" turn ed over a $1,000 life Insurance policy to Rivet The latter Is held pending further Investigation. Torpedo Flotilla Arrives at Callao, Callao, March 1. The American flotilla which left Telcahuano opJ February 2Sth arrived here to-day. The commander of the flotilla. -Lieu tenant H. I- Cone, declared, that throughout the voyage the weather! waa fine and conditions such that j good time to the Peruvian post waa possible. The destroyers arrived In splendid condition, not a hitch hav ing occurred to mar the passage. It la expected that the flotilla will remain here until March 9th, sailing on that date Chlnefca to for Panama. Surrender Steamer. Japanese. Pekln, March 1. It Is announced the Chinese government will sur render the Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru. which was seized on February,..... chairman, and tht h. 1 .-a.- 7th by the Chinese customs cruisers; outside of Maoao while unloading a 1-,tn!mmnt nf rifles and am.! munition, the" rifles' numbering several. tnOUSana. l wu vnamany cntrfra that an attempt was being made to bring war supplies into China for revolutionists. . ; Prominent Alabama Railroad Man Dead. Sflma, Ala March 1. Andrew J. Nlei. 70 years eld, died at his resi dence In Selma to-night Mr.- Nlei has ben associated with the Southern muw? ion . F.uw,. r He was the father of Edward A. NleMaralnst tha aotlon of the nolle, but of Buffalo, N. Y., traffic manager, of i ths Buffalo ac Susquehanna Railroad. I THE CHARGES ABE FALSE JUDGE ADAMS VERT EMPHATIC He Telegraphs the Secretary of the . Interior at Washington Asking For an Investigation of the Charges Set Forth by Representative Stephens The Lawyers Were Entitled to Much Store Than They Received Adams' Friends Indignant, Saying Charges Are Revived to Hurt Him Political ly Exndge W. P. Bynom Makes a Statement in Defense of Mr. Adams, Who Opposes Him Politi cally. Observer Bureau. The Bevlll Building, Greensboro, March 1. The publication tn this morning's Observer of grave charges reflecting upon the official And personal Integ rity of Judge Spencer B. Adams. Re publican State chairman, attracted much-attention-here, where Judge Adams has made his home for a num ber of" years and is held in high teem by the people generally. These charges were first heard soon .after Judge Adams retired from the posi tion of Chief Justice of the Choctaw Chickasaw Citizenship Court, but It was understood that the rumors were put into circulation by interested par ties. A month ago The Observer cor- j respondent was told that the matter had been brouxht to life again and would be discussed. In the halls of Congress. Judge Adams' friends are lndlrnant that the charges should have been revitalised at this time, and chairman of the Republican State defense will submit their points of committee. It is asserted that, 1ft law to Judge Kunkel. This will there were any foundation for the ac-'take place in the judge's chambers cusation, it would have been shown' and will be followed by arguments Ions axo. Judas Adams has requested on the points in case Judge Kunkel h secretary of the Interior to order a full investigation oi tne mauer m once. When Interviewed by The Observer corresoondent this afternoon, Judge Adams said: 'There Is absolutely no foundation In the charge, and I have to-day tele- graphed the Secretary of the Interior unrinr hfm tn tn,u full ami aoeedy Investigation. After hearing the evl-!der, while two will be made for . r,ri mnHiriera.tlon' Kandemnn. James Scarlet will sum UIBiniCrCBlCU Att w U Bla to receive, and at a figure about one-half the amount they were entitled o receive uituer men ........ i a . t , con tract with the Indians. No complaint was mada except by attorneys for the Indians, who felt sggrieved that they "Zr 00 ' " . . . . . , This man Btepnens wno mB i" ,... v.. fnr vear. been cohslder - . m - t a, nAn raaa f1 S' - I""11" m" iv.w,,thou,t a dr?,p "IUUU III. Indian T.IT tnfv and MOt their ...v.w.. . . . - - - - . name, on Jhe roll lurr.- as the records will disclose. It appears that these fraudulent court AUimmt, now cnmDlainlns: through Mr. Stephens. It seems from re-eatabllihment of that naval grade The Congressional Record that Mr. and t a not ' counted that Congress Stephens is seeking to have these',, induced to act " upon the fraudulent-court claimants re-lnstat- rxmmendatlon In-saslon to ensure Record the statement and brier or tne attorneys of these claimants. In which .t i. found thi.i .i..c...vu. - - slanderous charge upon the court haVe known for some time that; .rtatn enemies and designing Persons; these falaol glad of an .-., ,.,,i ,v..i falaltv opporturtlty of naaing their raisity howft Poaa 4ln. JUDGE BYNUM'8 STATEMENT, , Ex-Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr., who naa not Deen recognized as training with the Adams wing of the Republl oan party In North Carolina, gave The . Obsesver correspondent the following' statement: -T k. .r.min tha raeorii an,!1 i.Uim.n, ,h. .a.a in .Ki.h ha fees of the attorneys In question were ? r"! of Con gress, tne unoctaw-unicKasaw uiti senshlp Court was required to fix the compensation of the attorneys for the Indians. Those attorneys had wrltt?n contracts with the Indians by which they were to receive 9 per cent of the amount recovered, which would havo given them $1,428,600. (The attor neys received $750,000). Before fix ing the compensation, the court heard ; much testimony, examining a number of prominent and Influential attor neys, among them Chief 'Justice Jo seph H. Hill, of Arkansas, a native tf Charlotte, all of whom testified that the attorneys were entitled to much more than they received. 3. Henry Shepherd, believed to be among those Instigating the charges, testified that the attorneys were entitled to receive $2,000,000. His evidence Is on file at the Department of Justice at Wash ington, and I have read a copy of It. "Upon the evidence before the court I do not see how it can be claimed that the. compensation allow ed the attorneys was excessive. The court fixed the compensation at a fig ure much lower than anybody testl fled It ought to be and about one-half of what the attorneys were entitled to receive unaer tneir written con tracta "Judge Adams will press for a full and speedy investigation of the charge, and In my opinion they will be found absolutely unfounded: and,Pou,d 'ta! ,or- 8t'JJr progress was this effort to Injure him a this par ticular time will react powerfully up on those who Instigated the charges. It should be remembered In this connection that Judge Bynurp waa ac tive In the effort to prevent the elec tion of Judge Adams as Repubtlran an a vowed supporter of StTeaker Can-I nott for ,n prMdentlaI nomination 4 Rochester Pollre Disperse Anarrhlst Meeting Rochester, N. Y.. March 1. Be cause they were suspected of having Inr disorder, about 80 Italian.. h ! had arranged for a meeting In com memoration of the death of Giordano Bruno, burned to death as a heretic in Rome in 1800, were dispersed by the police here this afternoon. An Italian lawyer from New York, Xt.tt.A rr..l allA m-B. I n .11 wm ,h( meeting; made some protest the meeting dispersed without dla- order. t ALL DEPARTMENTS BUSY. Champion Flore Company at Canton Shipping Pulp' Every Day Main Street to Be Macadamized Waa Severely Cut by Chipper Bar. Special to The Observer. - . Canton, March 1, The Champion Fibre Company is now working all of its departments and shipping pulp each day. It will be several weeks, however, before the construction work is finished and the mill running to its full capacity. Frank Smathers was severly cut at the ankle by a chipper bar. It seems that some one had place! the bar against the wall of the building in which he was employed by the Champion Fibre Company, .and it fell as he was passing. The buildings on Main street from the depot to the top of the grade have been moved back the required distance and the town authorities are preparing to macadamise the street and put down cement slJewalk. An Iron bridge is being placed over Beaver Dim creek opposite Flbre ville. ; Dr. A. P. Willis has returned from New York, where he has been at tending a course of "lectures at the Post-Graduate College. Dr. T. K. Armstrong, formerly of South Boston, Va.i has opened an office over the. Acme Pharmacy. His family has arrived and will occupy the Henaon residence. GRAFT TRIAL'S FINAL WEEK. Lawyers For State and A censed tn Pennsylvania Mate Capitol Cases Will Submit ReMpectlve Conten tions to Judge Kunkrl. Harrisbur. Pa.. March 1. The 'Capitol contract trial will begin its. ; viyi ; to-morrow when the lawyers for the .aesires. TTie onenlnr BDeeeh will be de livered by Deputy Attorney General Cunningham on the part of the peo ni. - The other addresses will j probably occupy the court until Frl 1 dty ag tnere has been no time-limit Uced upon tne addresses. lt j, understood that there will be j two Bpeeches In behalf of Shumaker nna nh for Mathuea and 8ny WOULD HOXOK EVANS. Naval Officers Have Plain on Foot to Secure Commlfwion of Vice Ad miral For Gallant Old Sea-Pug. , Washington. March 1 In a quiet, way naval officers in Washington are endeavoring to arrange a most .agree - . i ab e surprice ror Aamirai cvans wuo.. 1 k.ttMin under his command ! . . . t al. ' av 1 Jmm C PA anrl BAi IS VMVUSa : Iropoae1 to t8 ? iTi'f wicr. a vuiuiuiuu .V. A nAW ff MlirM. the VII V UWV ".ni 1 ' " -v- . nTMin Comrreaa but the President has done his part In maklg u proper .nmmnAii.n n that hodv for the preaent cruise, so that he may bear tn9 title of vice admiral for the few ..m iii" mk ' his arrival at San Francisco and his retirement from active service. TRIBUTE TO MURDERED PRIEST Ten Thousand 'Persona flase on the Body of Rev. Leo , Helnrlchs at 1 Patersnn r'uneral This Morning. Peterson. N. J., March 1 Ten thou sand persons to-day looked upon the face of Father Leo liemrichs, s. u. F. M.. at St. Bonaventures monas- tery, in which the murdered priest was for years the pastor. The body lay instate from noon until 11 o'clock to-night and during the nine hours an unbroken procession of mourners passed the bier. So great was the throng that a detail of fifty police was required to maintain the formation of two lines that extend ed for blocks. Through a succession of snow, sleet and rain storms out side the parishioners stood for hours patiently waiting their turn There was no untoward , demonstration. Because of failing health Father Leo was transferred last September to Denver where at the chancel rail of St Elisabeth's church last Sunday he waa .hot and kinoj by the avowed anarchist known as Ouiseppl 'Alia. The funeral will be. held to-morrow morning. i GUATEMALA RAILROAD OPENED Special Minister Who Represented the United States Return Steady iTogrees on Panama Canal. New York, March 1. Major Gen eral G. W. Davla special minister to Guatemala, sent by President Roose velt to represent the United States at the opening of the Guatemala North ern Railway, returned to-day on the steamship Finance from Cristobal. - General Davis said that the Guate mala railroad was built by American capital and American engineering talent The . railroad crossed the country from east to west he said, and was - regarded as a successful project The general, who waa at one time Governor of the canal sone, stopped at the Isthmus for a week. He salJ that work on the canal was progress ing ss satisfactorily as tne engineers being made on the great waterway. tne general oeciarea. BARRIXGER IS ARRESTED. 5Ian Who Tries to KlU Ills Wife Soon Run Down by Officers He Claims: He Cut In Sclf-Defenee. fP'l to The Observer. Salisbury. March 1. John Bar rlngert who made a desperate at tempt to kill his wife last ntght- by cutting her throat Is in Jail. The officers trailed him to Sum mers siding, where he was arrested this morning. ' "e- P tn blm ?n nl wife and ears that she started the tight and stated that he had to cut her in self-defense. He has a slight cut on his neck and says Mrs. Bar ringer cut him. However, the officers do not put any faith In this. They think he gaahfd himself purposely so as to give his wife credit for the trouble Mrs. Barringer Is still alive, there being a slight chance for recovery, BAILE0ADS WILL V'OMPLY - ' TO OPERATE NINE-HOUR LAW. New Order of Affairs Will Mean le Employment of Thousands of Ad' . ditioual Operators, the Cloelng of a Large Number of Small Stations, and General Inconvenience to 'the Traveling and Shipping Public The Present Straitened CI renin- stances of the Roads Due to Bank lng; Situation Which Developed La September The Outlook Rather Blue Now, But the indua- -trial Depretailous, In the Opinion of Railroad . Men, Will Not . La lng. Washington, March 1. American railways have made arrangements to comply with the provisions of the "nine-hour law." The operation ,of the law will mean the 'employment by railroad companies of several thousand additional operators and ths cteslns- of a larsa number of small atatlons on the tth of March. The discontinuance of railway ser vice at many points. It Is realized, will induce at least temporary Incon venience to the traveling and ship ping public, but in order to reduce operating expenses wnlch now. seems necessary, the operating officials of the railways beHeye nat this Is tha only way they possibly cao, meet' tha situation with which they are eon- fronted. ASTONISHING STATEMENTS. During the hearing of applications for an extension of tne nine-hour lawi by the Inter-State commerce commis sion some astonishing statement were made by the operating official of Important railways. A good many lines, owing to a reduction In their revenues and to therr inability to command the cash necessary to meet their pay roDs, have Deen forced, during the past four months, almost to the point of asking for receivers. In the opinion of railway officials ex pressed at the hearing under oath and in private conversation this con dition does . not seem to have been due to the enforcement Of regulative laws or to the incapacity of railway management Mnat nr th. . rallrriAii offVoiala attribute the difficulty to tha unfortunate banking situation which ' developed last September. The rail- ways did not feel the stringency In money until about the 1st of Novem- Der. m ract, tne month or uctooer was one of the best in the history of the business of American railroading. One railway official ventured the statement that In the country to-day there were 800,000 Idle freight oars, and one line which ne Instanced was tflftr.laOfl 1k lie nnlilt.. .rnnfv nara backward 1 and forward because It had not yard room or eldlngs to ac- commodate them. ' (NOTE OF CONFIDENCE. ' - ' Not a single official of a single railway line who appeared before tha commission, however, expressed the belief that the prevent Industrial de pression would be lasting. In tha tetjtimony or nearly every witness be fore the commission there was a note of confidence because alt of therm practically believed that the string, ency in the money market froni which the country nas suffered 1 not due to fundamental causes. They point out that the crops last year were good; that prices were excel- : lehr; that -industrial enterprises uiivunuyi wia vvumijr wen nour ishing. It was merely the Inability to command ready cash and the hoarding of monev ov nanle-atrirken .v.. r. V. n . . . .1.- ......... " . 1 ,1 .4 1 1 .1 . . r. 1 ta.l.lV Jk ...ui . iuui.i. nnn.n ptvuuuvu ao auu- denly the remarkable depression from which all have suffered. They practically uniformly express confi dence that the return of prosperity will be almost as sudden as waa the coming of adversity, and In their ar guments as to the enforcement of thi nine-hour law they pointed out to the commission that sucn a return of prosperity might- seriously embarrass them In complying with the law, be cause it would render it difficult to command the services of competent operators In sufficient numbers to nirei me neeas or. prosperous condi tions. OPPOSES FULTON BILL. Inter-Slate Commerce Commission Declares It Would Establish Rules) of Doubtful Pairoens Would Also Increase Comnvlstdon's Burdens., Washington, March 1. Responding to a letter of Inquiry from the Inter state commerce committee of the Senate, the Inter-State commerce commission has written a letter tak ing a position In opposition to Sen ator Fulton's bill prohibiting rail road companies from advancing rates in the face of a protest made by a shipper until the commission shall have passed on the reasonableness of the Increase. "To give to the protest of a single shipper, the effect of pre venting the advance of any rate un til the reasonableness of that ad vance was affirmatively determined by the commission," says the letter. "Would establish a hard and fast rule of doubtful fairness to the rail roads and questionable advantage to the, public. Under existing conditions we are of the opinion that it would be unwise to adopt the arbitrary lim itation which this bill proposes what ever may be found desirable or neces sary In this regard In the future." The commission also finds so ob jection to the bill in a possibility of Increased burdens upon ths commis sion. Upon this point they say "If every proposed advance bad to be Investigated by the commission and officially sanctioned before lt eouji take effect the number of cases to be considered would presumably be so great as to render: their prompt dis position almost impossible. In In stances of Justifiable increase the ne cessary delay resulting from the probable volume of cases would work Injustice to the carriers. Until con- dltlnna heooma -mora atahl. mnA tv,. aubstantlve provisions of the act ar more completely observed in railway tariffs and practices, we entertain the belief that wider latitude of dis cretion on the part of carriers than this measure allows should be per mitted." , The commission- also suggests as a possible effect of the bill the pre vention of voluntary reduction of ratea. "If," they say, "no rate coul.l be Increased without the approval c-f the commission after affirmative showing by the carrier lt mixnt hap pen that many reductions now vol tartly accorded would not be ma le." Rev. Dr. Aked on IIU Feet Ajn'-. New York. March I. After a bri, f retirement Ncau. of illness. 1: v. iMfth Avcnt.A K,mtir church, s occupied his pulpit to-dv u i (preached to a lur; a consres .ttioa.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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