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: O X"' " x 4 f 7 A ,jktyy. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY' l; 1903. VUiqE ITVE CEXT. ! : V A 1 v :1TLE EESOLDTION FAILS ! 00TI2niOX A . JAVEIjX AFF Alii ! Ilublican Meeting Turns Out to Bo lull of Interce and Adjourna ". Amidst a Great Clamor For ltec- o-nition Thomas Settle Intro- . ri.ic III i iteeolutlon Condemnin ! t.iu TVcmocratlo Party, But He hewer Succeeds in Getting It Con Pldered Marion Butler Boast the (Xmventlon Jror it iag-uue Methods Delegate, ,to National Convention Are Chosen by Accla mation, and Are Instructed . For i Observer Bureau, . r?"rk?Th BevlH Building. " : ' ,"'. Greensboro, April 10 Tha .Republican Stat ton vention ; adjourned at 7:80 this evening 'while (Thomas Settle was endeavoring: .to have - tha - body consider resolutions ' he' had introduced concerning: the r attitude of the Democratic party to -v ward-prohibition- and railroad- rate regulation. A doaen or more dele ., rates were en the floor demanding a heaiing when the chairman put ma motion, and declared the convention - adjourned.' . The convention.' assembled 'In the . Grand Onera Mouse at noon - and was called to order by State Chair - -man ' Adams, about 1,000 delegates - belnr present. Chairman Adams , made a lengthy speech, in tha course v of which ha predicted that nonn Carolina will soon be Republican in tolltica He criticised' tha; Legla- ' iature for .Its extravagance and Its hostility to ' the laboring "man and the business interests and did . . not . f arret to 'say his respects to the . railroad rata legislation. Speaking ' of the trust question, Judge Adams said .the Republican party is me only party that has ever done any thing toward breaking up tha trusts. .- ite spoke of the efforts of the Roose velt administration tor me emorce ' - ment of tha laws against the re atraint of trade. . " : . A.- II. Price, of Salisbury, was j named as temporary chairman.' W, , -A. Hlldsbrand. editor of The In dustrial News, waa annotated tern porary secretary, with' John, L. Rendleman. of Salisbury, . as . as- ' -flaunt . ' . . . - v. ' CONTESTS FROM - FIVE COUNTIES When the roll , of "counties 1 was vailed, it developed that there were ; . contests from Alamance, Durham, " Nash, Pender and . Northampton. The following were appointed mem' . r-ers of the credentials committee: F. ,G. Paul," 3.; F. .Norfleet,' Robert ' Hancock, J. C. Stanclll, C. A. Rey molds, I. B. Tucker,, T. E. McCraary, . John M. Wagoner, Oeorge K. Prltch ard and T-. F. Rowland ..' After the appointment of the ere -- dentists 'committee, , the' convention j adjourned until t o'clock, but It was 4: JO before the committee waa ready ' to report and Temporary - Chairman j'rtce called the pody to ora.er. , The. credentials committee reconv - mended' seating tha Taft delegations - from all the contesting counties, save Pender, where It' waa suggested that the vote b divided.:' The Teport was " adopted without a dissenting voice. . 1 Temporary Chairman , Price' ap- pointed the 'following committee, on -1 ttermanent organization: ' V.' 8. Lusk, C, F. Toms, Wheeler Martin. J. B: Xo'orria. J, A. Prltchett. Tha -com , mlttee recommended J. 3. Brltt, of Asheville, . for permanent ', Chairman, and John L Rendleman, of Sails ; bury, for - permanent secretary, the .recommendation being adopted by a . unanimous vote. - In. accepting the rhalr Mr. Brltt spoke extensively of the glory of the Republican party 'and the opportunity. l( haa in North . - Carolina. - i, SKINNER STARTS THp FUN. Tha real fun of the convention - atarted when Harry. Skinner - intro duced a resolution . providing that all resolutions be . referred to the ropimlttee oh resolutions and plat' form without debate.; Thomas Settle was on his feet in a moment and of fered the following as a substitute: . "Whereas, The , Democratic party row in run control of the government f this State," stands' committed, by -pistiorm ana practice, - to tha prin atple of local option; and. Whereas, that party's alliance with . the saloon. North and South, la a hla torlcal fact, amply attested by tha hu- ' morous as .well as the serious liters . lure of .American politics; and. Whereas, in panic-stricken sub- aervlence to a moral impulse which it . trad aroused iby antagonism, that giarty.. has recently : surrendered ' the local option or local self-government (principle to the demand for State pro hibitions and. "r , Whereas, by this sudden change of front those towns and counties whl:h r; have already voted prohibition are put . in tha position of Imposing their will upon those towns and counties which - litre not voted, and the latter, on the ether hand,' are deprived of the ; . riilege guaranteed them by - the democrats of deciding that question tor themselves; therefore, "Resolved. , That we denounce the , ' roa ardice of this time-serving eun rsnder of a long-vaunted principle a of a piece ' with the Insincerity with which that principle waa formerly ...professed..' ' "Second. We call the attention of tae people of North Ceroim to tha method and the results of recent Dem icrs"tlc legislation in 1 his tata con rernlng public carriers. . ' Tha "true 'j remplalnt of the people of thla section against . the railroads had reference 1 ' rhlefly to freight rates. The Demo . rrMIe Governor and Legislature, adt lag hastily' and chelfly Impelled by a demagogic motive. ., have ' confined themseiTes to passenger- rates. - They , , have eo framed their law that it has . rncoiintered an adverse declskm-from the Circuit, end the Supreme courts - aif the United States. They have raused the railroads to curtail their . -aengfr service. They sieve thus nd In other ways caused thousands of ts'of th Carolinians to be thrown out of employment. Meaowhile they have , reglected. . because they were t.x ig-.- riorant or too Insincere to handle' H holdly and intelligently, the real griev ance of our people, namely 1 the dla rrfminatlon in freight rates as be tween rtllTereat communities. " - Mr. Settle made a strong speech tn purport of his resolution, aaytng tie . dm not ask the Republicans to bind themselves as to bow they shall rote on prohibition, but he pleaded hat the party stand by the principle of lo cal self-government " He begged, that rhe convention endorse Judge Prltch ard's decision In the railroad rate matter and also the decision of the Vni(ed" fkate Supreme Court and con n iemri the position 'the "'Democrat "had 5 taken. - . BUTLER GETS THE FLOOR. -Before Mr. Frttle concluded the con " mention was to an uproar, Marlon 3"!utler, Judge Brnum. Judge . Doug jls and others clamoring for a her , Jrtg. After repeated efforts to be i-er4 Butler Anally -a-ss rerr-rnlzed. ' and he proceeded to roast the manage-1 ment for what he termed the gaja-rule methods adopted in the convention Harry Skinner rose to a point of or der, but the . convention would not hear -him. Butler stood his groun In the aisle and -was surrounded by a number of supporters. At this iunc' ture Ekinner withdrew hie resolution, calling for the appointment of a com mlttee en platform and resolutions, saying to Butler: "I know you-and know how to meet you." In . reply Butler charged Skinner with bringing red-shirt Democratic metnoaa nio Republican, convention, v- .. Butler attempted to hart the con venUon adopt a substitute providing that the business iba confined to the election 'of-delegatea and alternates to the Chicago convention, ine con vention . adotpted- a- substitute offered by Fred Thomas, .of . Asheville, pro vidlng that a State chairman be elected. .The -Thomas aubstitute was adopted, and Harvy ' Skinner moved that Spencer B. Adams be re-eiectea by acclamation. . The motion waa put and carried, but upon demand a roll call waa ordered. On. tha roH call Adams received (SI 1-3 and Butler 1 1-1 votes. - When the result of the vote had been announced. A. H. Price read a telerram from Prank H. Hitchcock, Taf fa manager, aaytng there is not foundation for the report that Adams Is not in a-ood standing with the JTes Went and . that the - administration takea no stock-in tha charges made against him in connection wita taa Indian Citizenship Court.- DELEGATES BT . ACC1AMATKN. Tha convenMod elected toy acclama tion the .following delegates and al ternates to tha Chicago convention Delegates Charles J. Harria Thomas S. Rollins, Spencer B, Adams and E. C. Duncan. . Alternates A.' H. Price, W. J. An drewa ft. T. Everett and J. H. White, The following memoers or in estate committee were elected ; nrsi ais- tHt. A. Berrv; second. D. W. Pat rk-it? third. JT. F. Dobaon: fourth. W. C. Parson: Fifth. Bv S. Robertaon; alxth. S. M. King: aeventh. W. - A. rial lev: e s-hth. Charles ti. cowies; ninth, j, T. Hamrlck; tenth, Thomas J. Harklna SETTLE 13 PERSISTENT. When the convention was about to adiourn. Mr. Settle brought up his resolution again, reminding the con vention that to had been assured Ji should have a hearing. There Jvas a motion to table the matter until the next convention, whereupon Mr. Settle demanded 'a roll call. Whll the aecretary was endeavoring to call the rolL Col. V. ' 6. Lusk and Fred Thomas, of Asheville, arose to a point of order and moved to adjourn. Tha secretary mad repeated effort - to proceed with tha roil call but the confusion was ao great that the rote of only one county, Alamance, wa recorded. - . .. . . , NE WELL'S PERSONAL QUESTION. During the uproar over the 4SettIa resolution Jake Newiu, or cnariotte, who had made repeated unsuccessful effort to be recognised by tn chair. advanced down: the aisle and shout ed: "Mr. Chairman. I desire to ask yoo 'a persona!" uestion. l'desir to know if yo have been instructed not to recegnise me as a delegate from Mecklenburg.". Th chairman did not notice Jtr. Newell, who insist ed anon an answer until a motion to adjourn was put and declared car ried. -. - . Before adiourninr the convention adopted the following resolutions of fered toy Judge R. M. Douglas: ROOSEVELT ' AND TAFT KN- DORS ED. Resolved," That we heartily en-; dorse tha administration of Presi dent Roosevelt, and especially those great policies in augurated by him for the protection of individual right against corporate aggression.- Rec ognising hi aplendld achievement in the past, we pledge to him our con tinued respect ana connaenco in us future, wherever his path of life may "Resolved. , That- reoognliing , the necessity for the continuation of such policy, we deem it pur duty to aup port for - President one ' whose past Is th beat pledge oi me future ana who, hy ability, patriotism and ex perience is beet fitted for tne task. Such a man is William H. Tkft. to whom we pledge our support as our first and only chelc. . , , , - "Resolved. .That tne aeiegates elected to the national convention be tnntrmted to vote for William . Taft as long- as hi name shall re main before the convention, fiimllar resolution offered - by Thomaa S. Rollins and including an endorsement of Stat Chairman Ad ams, -were also adopted. The- vote and a half for Butler for State chairman waa cast by W. W. Greene of Franklin county . ' .the AcracvivrriLiii - Bnju. - Annronrlatlon For Bureau of Soils Re tt need rrora gssa,4nu w uv,tou Dioi-wssion of Bill win e nesamca To-ray, :: ' ' '- -" Washington. April JO. The v agri cultural appropriation bill waa -taken up in the Senate eo-aay. .-- ; -The. committee amendment to the bill providing that grade of grain es tablished by the Secretary of Agricul ture shall "become the omciai stand ards for the grading of grain," wu made the eubject of a point or order bv . Mr. Nelson. - Mr. Burkett advo cated the adoption of tha amendment on the. ground that there ts not now ny fixed standard and a aixierent bas i toeued at the various exchange. Th amendment wa ep-poeed by Sena tors McCumber and Teller as standing In the way of State fixing their own standards, and the former argued that there-waa now before the agriculture committee. a bill to fix standards of grain. Tha point of order was sustain ed. ,' " -'- '.' : f " The aoproprlajtlon for the bureau of wila wee reduced by the - committee from $333,40 to $200,000, which is all that was asked for by the Secre tary of Agrlcultu. Senator McCum ber argued that the larger amount needed.- 1 nav greac admira tion for the Secretary, said Mr. Tel ler, "but I venture to ey that his Rich blood never restrained . him from asking for eomethlng he needs." The committee's action in reducing the' a pproprtation waec sustained. The reading of the bill and the ap proval of commltJtee amendments con sumed practically all nf the afternoon. Th bill wa then laid aside and will be taken up to-morrow for dlscuseion of the amendment In regard to the forest service. txpress -Car i;tlcd. ; . PlUsburr. April 10. Two men ex creted on th New Tork-St Louia ex pres on the Penneyivanla.. which left thla c'y at t:5S p. m. to-nleht, en fred the express car at Walker's Mills, 10 miles west of this city on the Panhandls dlrWon. overrsme the.ex rre meenjrr and escaped with four eeld bsts containing currency. AYHERE CULBEES0rN Oiy S IS HE MAY, BE A DARK HORSE The Texas Senator la a' PmMlbllltv in the Event That Neither Bryan Nor iny one- or the Men Talked of or, President Can Be Agreed on at Denver Brven Would Not Knife Him Peuigrew'e Connection mm me n eoraMkair - campaign , Still a Question Tliat I Being Dls t cussed No Trouble to Get People to Sign PetUiona The Peace 8o- rtety's PetiUon For Battleshipe iext oi new roreet Keserve mil v BY H. K C BRTANT. " : ' j';- Observer Bureau, i ' Congress Hall HoteU " i Washington, April 10. r senator Culberson, of : Texas, . may prove the right man at the right place at Denver in July. Col. William Jennings Bryan once said that Mr. Culberson would be acceptable to him. aa. a Democratic nomine'. for the presidency. That is more than Mr. Bryan" has .conceded to. other Demo crats. The Texas Senator is. and has Deen, a loyal Supporter ' or 'tin dis tinguished Nebraakan. Recently, When nls name was being used in connec tion with that of Senator Simmons for the chairmanship of tha national committee, he declared, as he had done before, that he waa not. nor would he be, a candidate, adding that ha was for Mr. Bryan. There may come a time in tha next national con vention when Mr. Culberson will be considered as a compromise man. If tsryan, Johnson and uray snouia deadlock the Denver convention dark horse of, the record, and stand- Inc of Culberson might b brought in Thla 1 not vnllkely, . it 1 argued by men who study pontic uomi people Deueve tnat a etouin ern man eapeclally Culberson would mak a toetter run than any man now in th field. He would com nearer carrying New' York. New Jer aey and Connecticut than would Bry an, woo tried ana raiiea twice, mm feeling lr growing and. coupled with it, is a desire to unit en some man who ts not-classed as a factlonlst. Those who oppose the Nebraakaa on the ground that they believe that he cannot carry certain State neces sary to elect are willing to accept a Democrat who la satisfactory to ary an. If the -Democrat would get to gether, they must give and take. All, save (Mr. Bryan .and those of his Inti mate personal following, who think more of him than they do cneir par ty. seem , to , realise this. Men who Would win an election are not clamor ine for tnr particular individual hut say: "Give ua Harmon, jonnson, uray, Culberson or any on without a rec ord of failure at the polla, and w will stand bv him, Colonel Bryan no id tne aey to in situation. At th eleventh (heur he may be induced to sriv it to Culber eon if he can he brought to the real! cation that he cannot, get the nomi nation. Thla, ne-douhVwWl aenv far. f etchedv to aome who worship Bryan ana put thtm aoove party,, out it is not a pipe dream pure and simple. TO a coterie of Democratic leaders it ap pear rational, to say the least. -; Th day or the south may pave ar rived. It i would mean much to Dixie if one of her sons were selected to car rr the tanner of Democracy. If Bry- and lovea the south a the south loved him he can-do a good turn for th many that have been done mm. - The Question paramount, now is Is' ex-Senator PettWrrew. - of. South Dakota, managing the New York end of th Bryan campaign T NOT HARD TO GET NAMES "Get sour enem-r to sign petition If you would destroy him." observed a clever politician. That a person will algn almost anything, la must rated her almost dally. Recently a number of people urged a North Carolina Congressman to support a certain bill. Nona of them had ever seen a copy of the bia hut it waa a corker, for it literally abolished our Sunday. 'Mr Hayne Davis, president of the North Carolina Peace Society, called at tn Whit House some time ago and pre sented a very vigorous petition, which, among other things; provided for four battleships, "the President's policy." That wa the only unusual thing in -the text of the petition, but In names to the paper attracted ai entlon. Casting hi . eyea upon one nam a certain Irreverent Tar Heel said: "Look at that and hurst out crying, will you. - Before the vote Is taken he will D snouting against nis own petition." .... sure enough He waa. But aucn is hi and "consistency. - -. - In the petition occurs this para-. graph: '.'Meanwhile 'your; petitioners respectfully -urge the granting of the request of the Navy Department for the battleships deemed necessary (four), after -careful and conscien tious investigation by Admiral Dewey and others (among them 'the Presi dent) who have not hesitated to face every danger- at .the nation com mand and who -desire primarily to preserve peace and establish justice, not to wage war." - , SOME OF THE SIONERS. Many good and patriotic citlxens. who signed thla . paper, were hurt when they observed what Congrea House and Senate did, acting after their recommendation bad been heard and printed in The Congressional Record. In looking over tne list i culled therefrom the following names: Walter Clark. Chief Justice, of North Carolina; F. D. Winston, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina;; is. j. Justice. Speaker of the Honse of th General Assembly or Nortn Carolina; Josephus r&nlel. editor o The News and Observer, of Raleigh, and Wil liam E. Springer, mayor of Wlming- ton. There were many others. Representative R. L Godwin haa secured tha appointment of Mr. R. R. Bridgers, ef Wilmington, a assist ant at th Beaufort .laboratory for the summer. ' Representative Webb has the prom ise of two rural routea from Mars Hlll Madison county. NEW FOREST RESERVE BILL. The following t the new bin pre pared by Re presentaUve Webb and other, providing for a park reserve: "That th forester of the Depart ment of Agriculture, the chief of tha engineers of th War Department, the director of fh geological aurvev, the director of the reclamation eervlce and he ASKltitant Attorney General for the Department of the Interior are hereby appointed a commission, under the di rection of ehe President, to inve!gat, deslasiaterrsloe a ltd report r him ij p- nn the lands In the Southern , Apr- larhlan mountains and In th hite imountalmi useful to he acquires an.1' hi'i' ' supplies. The relief . com kipt in forested condition. In order to . tnttte throueh Goreruor Noel and the conserve and Improve the navlgshiti-i rerrevntatlves . of V the government ty of the navigable rivers ef th-"Jnlt-1 rrb U.ly will anka special srpro ed States, which have their a-wrc or' T'l-'t'n from O-nrreM of V).oh. tributary aTj-eam therein: end sall"'r' r hundreda of people who (Continued en Tats- Tour). MAINE rNlN3TRrCTEI. ; tlons DliW lt ift lTlW Cnohei" Roosevelt Administration J Endorsed - Portland, Me.i April JO. Four del- egatee-at-larg to the Republican -na tional convention at Chicago were elected at the Republican State con vention held in this city to-day and wll,,go- to. Chicago without instruc tion i vote for any one of the pres idential candidates, - 'The convention, however, adopted a resolution declar ing "that without attempting, to In struct their delegates, the Republicans of .Maine. - n convention assembled, declare that William H. Taftof Ohio, is their choice for candidate for Pres ident of the United States. . ' , The' delegatea-at-large chosen were aa follows: Delegate -Col. Thomas' P.. Shaw, Portland; Edward P. - Rlcker. Port land; John F. Hill. Augusta, and Vnaries j. jjunn, Orono. . -. The gathering waa one of the oulet est In year4 The platform adopted re-amrmed neiiet in Republican par ty principles and endorsed the admin istration xff President Roosevelt. For- estyGoedwinrof Skewhegen-.-aeted-asf permanent chairman. , NEGRO FOK CONGRESS. Georgia Dlstrkt Convention Spills and , -ivo ets or Delegate Are Chosen , Both Endorse Present Admtnta- tration. vy '", 'v- .. 'Athens. Ga, APrtI S0.Th eighth district Republican convention here to-day resulted in the split and two seta of delegates to tha Chicago con vention were selected and held a mas meeting of their own. The other fac tion named M.' B. Morton (colored), of Athena and J. ' E. Porche of Washington, as de legatee, and R. II. Simmons, of Greensboro, and W, J. Ball, of Elberton, as alternates to the national convention. This convention passed feesUiWons endorsing th pres ent national administration. At the-meeting , of Heard and his followers W. H. Johnson, of Athens, and -, M. M. Moon. - of Madi son, ' were , chosen - delegates to Chicago. ; ; This faction also endorsed , the Roosevelt administra tion and nominated L. C Durham a negro, for- Congress. No instructlona wer given either set of delegates. Mainland 'Endorse Taft. BalUmore, April 30. The Republi can State convention met this after noon and named a delegate a-at-large to the national convention General Fe lix Agnus, of The American, wiuiam P. Jackson, ef Wicomico county, and Congressmen Pearee and . .Mudd. A resolution was adopted endorsing Sec retary of War Taft a a candidate for the presidency and instructing the del egate elected to us an " nonoraDie means 'id eecure,h1s nomination. : Independence League Elect Delegate , Birmingham, Ala.. April 10. Ala bama leader of the , Independence Leagu met In Birmingham to-day In convention - and ' . elected twenty-two delegates to the national eonvemtoonjpt the Independence ' League to be h4d in Chicago in-July. A resolution ,wa also adopted ' 'opposing fusion witn either the Democratle or Republican parties, nd matter who la th candl dart of either party, v . v' '. Tennessee RepuWlcans Inatrnrt For Nashville. Tenn.', 4 April 10. The fifth district Republican congressional convention met at Lewisburg to-day. Roosevelt' ; administration was en dorsed and delegates to the national convention Instructed for W. H. Taft for President, ,Zachary Carson, of Rutherford county, waa nominated for Congress.' . - ". C' : Alabama Democrat Want Johnson's Name on Primary Ticfcets, Birmingham, Ahv., April SO. A pe tition with sufficient name aWachad was to-day forwarded to - Chairman Mallory, of the Democratic Stat ex ecutive committee. , asking . that the name or Governor jonn a, onnson be) placed on the tickets for the Dem ocratle primary alongside that of Wil liam J. Bryan.-.- ,..-. . ;.'". : Fifth Louisiana Republican.. TJnla- . .. .. : atracted. ; Lake Providence, La., April 10 The fifth district convention of old line Republicans; met at Tallulah near here yesterday and elected as dele gate to the national convention, '. W. Green and J. Wi Cook, both of Lake Providence. They wer urrinetructed. BEVISIOX OF THE TARIFF. Mr. Payne Asks For Committee to Sit rhjrtng- v ie of imgress nci Gather Information lr a Bill, to .Revise . theTaHffi ; ;- '.;.:--.y--'r. Washington, April . 10. Represen tative Sereno Payne, of New York- chairman of the committee on way and mean, to-day introduced a res olution authorising that committee to sit during the receea of Congress and to gather such information - through government agent or otherwise aa It may see lit looking toward the prepa ration of a bill for the revision of the tariff..' v -. Mr. Payne eald that It purpose was to enlarge th aeopa of the powers conferred upon the way and mean committee by a somewhat similar res olution Introduced by him last De cember; "To-day resolution, " he said. will enable th committee to carry forward with a freer hand th work already undertaken In preparation of a revMon of the tariff next year; Th committee how i and- for some time past ha Been gatnermg preliminary Information from government official. The Intention 1 to continue this pre- uminary i wor uwnng ne remainder r - - . . - of the preeent eosion and the lneom- Ing recess, but It should be distinctly understood that no act f revision of i the tariff will ba undertaken until af ter the elections of next falU" . HELP FOR, STORM SUFFERERS . 'I "' ' Malor Pevol Ask War Department tor Karroos ami Tenia lor. One Thousand Persons ly Ask For an Appropriation f ISO.OOo. t Hattleeburg, Miss.. April 30. Ti-- C. A. Devol. ef the general staff of the United Btateg army, .arrived here to-day from Washington. After -a conference wKh the relief committee end the naval surgeon It, was deter mined to -concentrate all the relief work In this territory at Hattlenbarg. Major Devr has communicated a-ith the- Wr Department askings for-ra tlons and tents for' one thousand per - r n and Mr Red Cross numes snd . will liave he taken care of for least aUty daj-a TIIE PAPB INVESTIGATION XOBR1S AG.UX OV STAND Representative Korris, of, the ' New- v paper Publishers' AMaoviatlon, Far. iiL1m-s a Mass of Data Bearing on the Combination of Paper Sinkers y Kieneral Agnns. of The Baltimore American, T-Uue Tliat He Is Pay . Ingtf 12 a Ton More For Paper Than He Did Last Year Applied to. Vernon Mills and Waa Toia Uie - Supply Was All Spoken For Satis- nrd That the Paper Makere-Have LoraDineo. ; . . -. , . v ', HOUSE SUMMARY. r ? .''.UV 7 Consideration of 1 the r sundry '1 civil"' appropriation . bill waa 'continued - in the House , yesterday. " ' ; Mr. Townsend, of -Michigan, offered an amendment; increasing from, $50,- . 0C0 . to 1330,000 the appropriation for the enforcement by the Inter-State commerce commission of that clause' of the '. Hepburn ..." act directing . .the , commission , to cause to be made ex aminations of tha accounts ot. the in-. ter-Stat railroads or the country to .determine whether that law is being. ' violated and to make public the re-, suits of such examinations. After a-' debate lasting four hours the amend-- -ment was agreed to. , . . i " ' : Ths House disagreed to tha Senate amendment to the District ef Colum bia and . pension ' appropriation T bill, and sent those bills to conference, - r At p. m. th House took a. reeesa until 11:30 this morning, - when con sideration of the sundry civil bill will . ; be resumed, - ' j ''.. SENATE SUMMARY. , ' The Senate had under consideration all -of yesterday-tha agricultural ap propriation bill. Practically all ot th committee amendment wer dispos ed of except thos relating to the tot ' est service which win be taken' up. to-" , day. At 4:40 p. m. th Senate ad journed. .' v ' ;. . , ', - - ' Washington, April 10. A mas of data. bearing on what. he charged to be a combination of paper .makers to raise' prices ; ant) restrict production was furnished to-day by John Nor- rls, representing the American News paper Publisher Association, to the elect committee of the House which is conducting an ' Investigation into th subject of the price of new print paper in the United States. General Felix Agnus, of The Balti more American, who wa also on the land to-day. testified regarding th various ' contracts with paper manu facturer and. also said that on Jan uary 1st, last, - ha waa forced by. tha International Paper. Company to pay in a ton more -for paper tnan-ne did last year. Ha rejated a conver sation ha had had to-day with a rep resentative of the International Com pany. In which . ha waa told that If the tariff on print paper was remov ed he would be given a reduced rat. '.: COMBINATION EXISTS. . He read- -a - letter from a Berlin company, saying that company had plenty and more than plenty of na per to meet the demand for 1108. duv tn communication continued. "due consideration,' however, of, th circumstances attending our negotia tions of .two years ago lead us to de clin to evsn consider a contract with The American." He applied to th vernon mill and waa told the sup ply wa all being spoken for. That mill had been soliciting his business from time to time he said, but "all of sudden It stopped." He was sat Isfled from this, h declared, that ths paper makers had combined, At the close of the day' session Chairman Mann stated that appar ently some of the -publisher wer not aa anxious to attend th. hearing as they originally appeared to - be, but aid that he would force their pres ence ana secure tnerr testimony. - Mr. Mann to-day put Into ths rec ord letter received by him from th International Brotherhood of Pulp. Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers and Dr. North, of the Census Bureau, and also telegram from David S. Cowles, president of the American Paper and Pulp Association, asking tha oppor tunity to be heard. Both Mr. North and Mr. Cowles. stated that they de sired to deny certain statements mad by the publishers association.1 . "Do you claim aa a matter of f act" Mf: Mann asked Mr. Norrls, "that the statement In Mr. Rldder's letter of March 4th, 1908, to President Roose velt. In which he said there was prac tically a combination to put an addi tional burden of 110.000.000 per an num on the printing and publishing Interest of the country 1 true?" ."Tea, air." the witness responded, and. answering a further question said that the' news print paper represented th great bulk of th paper made. A FACTOR TO BE CONSIDERED. t-."Yodt don't figure that blotting pa per or wrapping paper 1 prlntina and publishing paper, do you?" asked Mr.u The witness said that he did so re gard them,... ... .-..,.' "How about wall pjiper." --Mr. Norrls replied that It was In tended to- include all consumers - In the advance and ha put th Question to Mr. Mann if he thought it mate rial whether the 140,000,000 Increase planned waa confined to th printing or publishing r confined to. paper consumer. - . , .I think It la extremely material. said Mr. Mann, "aa to whether this $40,000,004 burden la on on thing or everything In the United States?'" : Mr. Norrls said that If it related to paper maker who are In combina tion 'and who are in combination In sueh way that the taking of their machines off of one kind of paper and patting them on ' another affects the whole business", it was a. factor au as a to b considered.' M, u.nn nm.,ij .- ness had been directed te ov. h. whole subject of paper, whereas all that had been said waa confined to the printing and publishing Interests, - ana inereDy aosoiuteiy misled you misled myself? "We do not claim.." aald' Mr. Nor rls, "that th increase I confined to the 'printing and publishing busi ness but that It applies to a computa tion of the burdens which all ths pa per combinations aimed to Impose upon all paper consumers." ' . ' ' Smoky City Art 6how. -. -' Pittsburg, April 10. Msny notable paintings by foremost; American and foreign artiats are- on exhibition at the annual International art exhibi tion, opening h nuebnrg to-day, to last nntll June SO. The show ts un--nr-the-aepiee of the. arte de partment ef Carnegie Institute, co operating with advlaory committees In Ixndon. I'arla Mulnrh and The Hat-ue, and the dlapisy represents the pick of hundreds of works submitted by treit arnatg." Among the members of the rommlttte ef awards la G. H. Tlreltner, one of the great painter of Holland, who I new visiting America for ths frrt time. TAFT GOES TO PAXAMA. Will Investigate - Several - Important , -(Jnestlons Connected With Uie Con - .ruction of the Canal Will Return About .Mar 20th. " - Washing-ion, April 10. Secretary Taft left Washington this afternoon for Charleston. 8. C- where he will to morrow embark on the United States cruiser Prairie and proceed to Colon. whether he goes at the sug-gestion of the president to lnvestigaK several Important questions' connected with th construction of the Panama canal and the relations between the United States and the Republlo of Panama and also the boundary dispute be t ween Panama - and Colom bla .Tha Secretary waa accompanied by Rich ard R. Rogers, general counsel of the canal commission. Wendell W. Miach ler, his stenographer, and a mease ger. ,.!,.. ,-:.. . . - T The Prairie -will have' on board a large draft of bluejackets who are ti Join the Atlantic fleet at San Francis co on tha ranePaclAc cruise. These men will be eent overland .te Pana ma, -where they will be taken aboard the cruiser Buffalo. - At Her discharg ing uhese men the Prairie will be at the disposal of Secretary Taft and will bring him back to the United States by a routa- to. be- eelecCsd-hy. him -so that It may be possible the Secretary may And It expedient to visit San Juan or Havana or both on hi way back to the United States. : Ths present ex pectation is u hat the Secretary will re turn to this country possibly aa early aa May 20th and may land at Penaa ccJa, Fla. I -.'", ' r ' ."' BOAT HEARING ENDS. Investigation of , Electric Boat Com pany la Over a Far as Open Ke. nioHS Are Concerned Lawyer Ad mits Wrltlna- Anonymous Letter. ,vwnmgton, April 10. Tn invea - tlgatton into tha legislative methods employed by, the Electric Boat Com pany directed by the House of Repre sentative under a resolution introduc ed February 20th last by Representa tive Oeorg L. Lllley, of Connecticut, la ended aa far as open sessions of ths special House commute which haa been conducting It. are concerned. . The closing hours of the case wer dramatic. Frederick Brown Whitney, aa attorney at law, admitted that .ha waa author of th anonymous letters of February 13th and February lath to the representative of Th Detroit Free Pros and State Senator Frank Edlnborough, of Michigan. . The ad mission of Mr. Whitney wa made la the form of an affidavit which ' waa read by hla counsel, former Senator Thurston, of Nebraska. Mr. Thurston stated that Mr. Whitney Is ill in the Garfield Hospital, tht city, and that It would be Impossible for him to ap pear before -the committee. . ! in the affidavit Mr. Whitney atated that from H01 to 104 he aa clerk to the committee on. naval affairs of the House of Representatives; that shortly, thereafter ha ' became second vice president of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company, which position he re tained until May 19th. 1104; that he 1 now vice president of the "Lake Sub marine company, an independent r rapltattoh, - - '-;, : : .; 'INJURY TO THE TRUCK." -'""i Cool Weather Retard - Ripening ".of jMrawoerne ana insect Are fie ginning; to Thrive. ' Special to Th Observer. ''! ' Wilmington, Alrll SO. Lower tem peratures throughout the trucking belt, the past two day and nights have had th effect of greatly retard ing, me ripening and gatharin oi strawberries. From 100 oild ear loads that, passed through' South Rocky Mount Tuesday, there was a drop to only 41 tars yesterday and even light er shipment ar expected In th re port from the shipping agent at th Junction office to-night. Ot th 4 car yeaterday, ten went to New York, nine to Philadelphia, five to Boston, four each to Uttca and Pittsburg, two each to Newark and Albany and one each to otner market. Th prices ar rang ing all the way from 11 to 20 cents, according to quality of the fruit and condition of the several market on the day shipments are received. Th cool weather has also caused some anxiety among th vegetable grower, who are already complaining of the. appearance of the cut worms, which thrive during a season of cool night. While the damage thus far ts not great, unless th weather moder ates it I feared there will 'be consid erable' injury to tender vegetation. There are report also of tha straw berry beetle from some sections, hut this damage is also not great thus far.. ,,.Ar. Aim-ixjuxCTiox law. Representative Townsend Assared by fpe er Cannon That He Is Not Ad verse to Action on an Anti-Injunc tion Law BUM Will Be Reported within a few Days. Washington. April 10. Representa tive Towneend. of Michigan, haa re ceived th assurance of Speaker Can non. conveyed through Representative Watson, of - Indian, the - Republican hip" In the House, that the Speak er la not adverse to1 action at this eee- sion on an anti-inju notion law and a law to amend the Bherman anti-trust act. and that bills for this purpose will he reported wHhln a few days to the House from th Judiciary committee. This action grew out ef a step takea by Mr. Townsend to obtain th slgna- turea of enough Republican members to call a caucus to commit the major ity favorably on euch measure. Mr. Townsend'a. propoeal was carried to the Speaker by Mr. Watson and th reply brought by him to Mr. Town eend waa. as stated."5 ' Th statement was mad by a prom inent Republican In the Hons that movement I on foot, backed up hy between 10 and 40 members of th majority, to refuse consent to th pas sage of any financial bill at thl ses sion until assuranc has been given that something will be done toward placing wood pulp on th free U:. MEETING OF SURG CONS OVER. Dr. Johnson, of W lnston-Salcm, Is , 13erted VU-e Pretrtlet of the As- sodstkm Paper Head by Dr. J. II. Way. Special to Th Obaerven Birmingham. Ala-.-April 10. The surgeons of the Southern - Railway brought an end to their metting here to-day. Dr. H. T. Johnson. of Winston-Salem. N. C.T was elMt-4 Bret vice president. Dr. J. II. Way. ef Waynesvlll. - N. C. president of the North" Carotin Medical TAMoci tlon. presented a paper on tubercu losis that attracted much attention. Other North Carolinian attendlne the meeting were Prs. Reeves and Mlchaux. of Oreenbro. Prei-Ulent Flnley, of t.e Fouthern. was present snd delivered sn at dre. Ms ubject be:r; "Ts Tr-it- ment cf the Conva.. . n f -r I eases In ths Eodr." vrrr-n 4 -' i. . - AH. OFFICERS ARE RE-IXCCTr.D Annual Convention of Organ!i l n f Women IWH,, neM 1m iU; i. f "Tfire in Wholesale - Drug hwd Doe Big Damage Voting Ldr It , iteamed from Third Iloor 1 rT!rt.? y"r Embezalement. lri.-.i i?Po1,!0,, Himself White Wonwi , W -;' P From Work II-" '' i3Pto.rd Box Car Mr. H Saya He Ought to Be Satlsned With Hia Running ea born Wright Coming to Make Adtlresees. . ' Observer Bureau. ' ' The Holieman Building,' -w Raleigh, April t The annual convention of the King's Daughters Is being. held her at the session room of the . First Presbyte rian church. The I exercises begnn thla morning with the address of wel come by Mrs. S. F. Dixon to which Mrs. Elisabeth Sands, of Wilmington, responded. Mrs. William H. S. Bur gwyn. ' of Weldon. la the secretary; Mra. W. H. Overman v of! Salisbury,' treasurer, the assistant, secretary be ing Miss Easdal Shaw, of Rocklna Bam. .... - - , . The execuilve committee is com-' posed of Miss Alice Wilson, ef Chapel Hlllr ' Mrs. JT'H. Bridgers." of Wil mington; Mra D. Y.-jCooper. of Hen-' derson; Mrs. B. F. DixoiU- of Raleigh, and - Mra. C F. Hollowsy, , of Wil mington. The cession - this :: morning waa a brief one. . Thla afternoon there waa a reception at the Woman'a Club with an address ther by Mr a, Clar ence Burton, of Richmond. Va, Thla afternoon Mrs. Walter Clark spoke on rescue work and this evening Dr. R.; H. Lewis and Mra Burton delivered addressea Most of the Important towns In the Stats are represented. ' All th officers were re-elected by acclamation. i n,. m.uranc Commissioner aay tha New Amsterdam. Casualty Com- . pany. of New York, la trying to do business In North 'Car ollaa through the malla ' ' It has no- license her -and It policies ar null and void. ' - Chairman Oates wa informed t day by Seaborn Wright, -th noted Georgian who took, the most promi nent part In the prohibition campaign In that ft ate last year, he would -speak in North Carolina May Uth- . 16th. Inclusive. - - t Mention was mad yesterday of the visit of Mr. William Polk, of Alexan dria,' La., to Raleigh;1 hla first visit ' by th way, ,here.! ,; v f t' ,'r ROSA'yOHNSON RECAPTURED. ' Some months ago a young whit . woman, Rosa Johfnson. who had . been in Jail a iong time, wa tried for murdering her infant child, a few hours eld, hut escaped with a en 4ence of a year In the county home. Yesterday she was allowed td come to Raleigh and fled, going south with ; a convict who had. made hi escape from th county road- gang, their whereabout being unknown to the authorities. She haa been recaptured In a .box car en the Raleigh - As South port 7 Railway, - the 'capture In cluding another -escaped white glrlf . and- two white men. their paramours. Among to-day's visitors waa .Ash lay Horn, who wa asked hia view a ta hla campaign and. praspecta,. Ha said. -In reply Jto th question, 'l ought to-be satisfied.', Th 6 tat Is Vry well divide dand the battle can only, bef won la the convention. - I have been In th west during-' the past three week, go ar I have vis ited nearly 70 counties and I wilt e them all before the great coming vent, th convention. I am in -high plrita and unusual health." He. said -further; "Ther Is on thing I am , certainly doing and that la conduct ing a dignified Democratic campaign an my party will not be the looser whether I win or loose." "There Is more, and more talk' every day about fState politics. To-day Craig Irra little In the lead of every body. His managers did a nne thing In having the conventlona held early In the west, aa It give him prestige In th east. It has been remarked that the result of It all la well In the balance yet and that It I anybody's flgh at thla date.-.-1: : -.4 ...v..-.--.-, Fire in drug, store. ; " Fire to-day In the wholesale, drug tor of the King. Drug Company, near the city hall greatly damaged the stock. The value of the latter approximated ' 120,000. Insured' f-w-r- three-fourths value tn nrteen com panies. Tha Are was rapid- . The firemen rescued Miss Hayea an em ploye, from the third floor window. ,it was oenniteiy ' ueciaea tnis af ternoon that the seventh and high est grades In all the public schools hall be maintained during May. .the other grade ending the session to morrow, v. j . .... ; Company C Second Regiment,- ef Wilmington, is on ef tne fifteen companies going to Fort Caswell. 8tste Forester Wtlliam- W.- Ashe, ef this city, goes at once to Angola Bar. In Onslow county, to estimate the value of timber on this great tract of Stat swamp land. The geologi cal survey and the soil survey will slso report on It aa to whether It la fit for farming. . No two report here tofore have ever agreed. These now will be accurate and final. The State a half century ago spent 1100.000 on this land and the returns only amounted io about 114,000. Mr. Ashe discovered this fact to-day. TRIED T OTAKE POISON. Insurance' Commissioned ' Young was notified by telephone thl morn ing that Deputy Commissioner Scott had arrived at Green.oboro with W. J. Mill, the alleged Insurance swin dler, and that he had gone on to Laurlnburg wlthf Mills, who la now In jail there. Mil la tried to take pollen-directly ater his arrest .at Folia-. . delphta. . v.. " . V. , . VERDICT IN FAVOR OF ROAD. Federal Ceort Jury at " Rallobery -. Falls .to Give Damage fat Canup Caue Court Adjourns. By Bell Telephone to The Observer. Salisbury. April 10. Th Jury in the case of Canup va the Southern Railway Company returned a verdict to-night at 0:30 o'clock in favor of th defendant company.- The . ad ministrator of Canup was suing the company for. $3.000 for the - al leged death of Mr. Canup. Jlfr R. V. Wright and William T - ner, of KtatesviUe, represented plaintiff. This ca!e consume 1 t entire time of the f)rt t-rm of r -eral Court here, lmnieiiatly '"' ' the decision ef th Jury cr rt ;- ' Journal until the October t-ri i. Prominent- Ri It IJ""-n . ll'-nlf 1.1, t';'iul t Tl.e Vyrer. r. v n. tu s. c a, t F. I.'. ''. a rro"v-pn: f pe.-t--4 tm!-m.in cf t taw-n ,--. i in:jr i . i t f i.' t- r ,ime !'-e cr-i"", KIKG'S DAtJGHIEUS l v , . t .-v : i t h - I - ! a la- t . i t it r t t.. t f
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