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; StTBSCRIPTION PRICE; OLD EUTDEBFOED IS SOLID ' -- r ' - ' ' .-' I' '" k, KNTIRE VOTE IS FOR MR, CRAIG , t i - ' The Buncombe Man Is ' Unnlmonriy ty, werr appointed to the State eon- a tv,. rjiwnur and iMKuntln. In nharlntta June 2 4Lh and ".' Deleratrs to State Convention Are t.Tren Iiitructlons to Vote For Htm i -s.au rmi rmh imlaa- ttrtillT Endorsed For Congress, and endorsing J. Bryan Grimes for Secre MiTjobn fk MUU For State Senate tarypf State; g. C. Braxaw. for Ltau LTlie Convention Goea on Record tenant Governor, and John H. Small the -National Convention, BeUevtng! -...ia. U'niiM ft ITnwtl ewi i erday'e Convention Most Harmon! - , oua. . f fipeclal to The Observer. J - - n.,ti.rnr)tnn. MV t. Tne V moeracy of Rutherford county met Inf . convention here- to-day for the purpose of electing- delegates to the State, con-, gresslonal and senatorial conventions. The convention was largely attended, every 1 precinct in the ounty being represented. , and waa " harmonious ' , chroughOBf-MrrfX.!lte-lrTwaa unanimously ! endorsed for , Governor and he:-delegate to tne- e irentlon avere Instructed to cast Ruth- .a, vrjXJTU IITTVKB- w, " a-1, iim 'w r. Crawford waa ato Unanimously endorsed for Congress Jn ' hla.tbe ienth,. district; l aa waa also Mr." John C. Mills, of this place, for 'theiSUte senate in thlethe thlrty '. third, district, and Mr, L. E. Powers . tot Commissioner of Labor and Print. ingv;.Tha following resolutions,'. en- a or sing ir. vrie w. - Introduced by Mr. Carson Daily of , llenboro. ; and; were unanimously -adoeted by a. rtalhc Vt Zl.:..;. j ,,rWTereaa.ithe Hon. liocke Craig., a - UlsUngulahed cltlaen of our adjoining fcounty. -laB for more tnan ten , years Iven tils valuable servicea to, Rutn - erf ord eeunty,and whereas -we recor- nlse in him a true exponent or w - . . .tinlnr for all that - De- tn'ocraey meane, 'aual rights ; to " all and. epeclal privJiegea to none;- ana, t wWml in character and culture. In ' learning, and abliityi e .lij the peer .rf anv-man in the Btae, and worthy h'orth'CaroIlha'a ; greatest . aon... the , Hon.' Zebulon BaJrd Vance," therefore, ft it: . ." v f $ . "Resolved, That the Democrats of putherrord county, .in wnnnuw -'.imsi.it. irv Instruct, our dele- 1 . $ A tia Mt Mtnvention to cast the vote of Rutherford county aa a nit rnr in. Hon. Liocne vriix, ui iRuncombe, as our choice for. Govern ' i Other resolutions ..that received the nnalnmoua endorsement , oi xne pn . kniii.il' .n th fnllnwtntr: ' ! " .- ' Whereaa the Democrats of Rth j.. rfrd-,ceunlF believe that it will, be ' -vnwlse lor the Bute" Democratic: co ' unNM tn nnd Mi Instructed delesa 'Hon to etoe, I national convention at - Denver there fore.vbe- It , -:f - " - "Resolved, That We ''delegate fo ; the state eonvention from- Ruther ford county be, and they sure Jtereby, - Ldnuiij ami - Arctma a , case tit , vole or KUtneriora county m ravor oi n Sinfnatnirtml deleratlon to the-na "iiohal convention and to vote against .anjr jnstrucuona or .preBiaenHai.j.' jrences.' t - .... " ICRAIO CARRIES CtEXVXuKVlD. (Only One Detemte to the . County Convention For Home, and the Del . . riratlon to State Convent Wm la In- etrnctea pr vrais;. -. v, special to The Observer. ' hlKv . Ma v - 4 -The ' Cleveland v'nuntv Democratic convention -met in Phelbv" at J i o'clock to-day. eHeriff A. 5B Buttle, chairman or tne execu tive committee, called the convention to' order and placed Mr. O. Max - n.niF in ntm hlr. . Mr. Gardner ' iwaa made permanent chairman and t-rl tha convention arolnff with a ' lively, speech lit wWch he arraigned the Republican national aamTnTstnP etnn mnA mredicted Democratic , euc- fftm in November. - -ti-'"jr-. . A Tantii Inn. waft, adODted instruct Ing Cleveland county's delegates .to ' -the SUte convention to vote lor he himiiMiimi f Mr. Locke Cralr for "'"" , J i oovernor. : pou w mo suihsuh.u Governor. : A poll of tn'B 0",L I ehowed every precinct nJrJ ' the . Buncombe mat . except King's Mountain, which sent nine- ueiejues 1 for Craig and one for Horne. , "While - the, eecreurtea were tryiP to figure jout the small fraction of a vote to twhlcK the Horne delegaw would be : entitled, he moved that he instruc tlon be. unanimous for Cratg. which ;-was adopted amidst great applause. - The-convention passed a resolution ', endorsing and eommendlnghe record - of congressman E. Webb and ln ' etruetlng for h?m. Alo a resolution wa adopted Instructing for a Auditor DIxon; No further Instructions - were made nd the convention, which waa attanAaA. adonrned In the 5 best of, humor. .'-' PUHnAM ; REnJRXS NOT ALL LV. ft Will B Late To-Day Before Of flcial Vote Is Known, But the Result ... fat little .Changed Front Estimate Given Saturday Night. , . , , ; ' Cpeeial to The observer. . Durham, May. 4-The returns' .of taturday'e primary are so slow in 3 coming in that -It will be iate ' to i morrow before the total returna are t In and tabulated.' However, the re- ports, almost . complete a to, uover- nor and Congress, official and-unofficial, but correct, give practically the , returns of the primary. For Cover 's, nor. with one . precinct and that a very smalt one. to hear" from, KHch ln's total is 1,141: Home, 441: Craig, "HI. This makes.a total primary ivottl or Governor of 1.748. The one ;rrecjnct to be added will not give 'more than fifteen votes. , ? The congrewilonal vote from-olne-".een, of the twenty-three precincts, - these- ail twins email, rural precincts, "gives the "following " vofe; 1 'Brooks. j 1,118;' Holt, JZ; Royster,, 110; Bux- ton, For ' other State officers enly thirteen of the twenty-three pre cincts have come In and will be to morrow befora , the vote is ofrictal. " Thfe thirteewpreclncte give -Clements, a lead for Attorney General of 0 votes over Wlnborne. Woodard has but S votes in - fourteen dls , trlct. For solicitor. Jones Fuller gets lractlca!!y the entire strength ef the county. til vote .being close to the total vote for Governor. -rnf't'- Vote Pretty Well Divided, trwlai to The Observer. . ' : " Wash I r eton,- itty 4. The Beaufort r'vr.ty -iemocrauc. convention , was ' $8.00 A YEAR. XSf'S attended, every precinct being repre- ented. Thirteen delegates, repre- untln tf thfrtun witM of tb COUI1' were Instructed to vote as follows. Kltchln, "4.71; Home and Craig aVaa : nanilinn wars then CUaea rial con venUon -were not Instructed. xvorinampion. mnnnra, imu ." ' way isiu. . Special . to ,The Observer. , . - . i - Seaboard, May 4. rThe Democratic executive committee of Northampton county met at Jackson to-day an4 fix ed May lth for the primary and May lth for the-county convention. At the. primary and convention dele gates will be elected to congressional and State conventions. The executive committee recommends that vote in each nrednct for various , candidates be, .by, ballot. Thornburg Tltke Reported Vlctori- : one at Bessemer ' City. . By Bell Telephone to The Observer. t,; OaBtonla,J'May .Though - ele-phone-a.ndee graph "comraunicBtlc.u mrlttt Ta.mt (11 1 HOt " DOSBlblS to-nlght, 4t Is believed that tne ticket headed ; by R. he Thornburg for mayor against . A. Bmnn was eieciea by a majority of 49 or SO votes, the renort' late this afurnoon being to this effect. The election was an ex ceedingly, warm . one. ( ' ' Claude Kltchln Endorsed for Congress ty nauiax. Special loathe Observer. ' " Weldon, May .-The Hanrax coun ty convention1 was held to-day.' Dele gates to the State convention were In structed to casV ! x- votes tor Kltchln for Governo'r, and 1-1 of ; a vote for Craig. Claude KitchJn was endorsed for congress ana tne wuu vote of the county , Instructed for him. i ' . , , t . , Montgomery Gives Craig Majority. Special to The Observer. f - Troy.. May 4 The Democrats coa ventionrheld here to-day passed reso- lutlons endorsing senators Bimmom and Overman. Congressman TU . Page and other State officers. The vote for the gubernatorial candidates is as follows: Craig 4.166; Kltchln 1.4175' Horne .1471. - , . -1 -' Person TJnaiilmous Por, Kltchln. Special to The Observer. Roxborev May 4-Tbe, county Dem ocratic convention to-day was enthusi astic and unanlmoua for Kltchln for Governor. For Congress Brooks gets It l-t;yter- 1-t, For solicitor W. T.' Bradsher, of Roxboro, gets 10; Fuller ' 8. Gattls, and Hobgoo ; vote.". , , j Hon. H. t Godwin Endorsed by the - , ' Harnett Convention. . . , Special to The Observer. - Dunn, May 4. Hon. H. I Godwin waa enthusiastically, endorsed to-day by, the .Democracy of Harnett t Islington- in. tne V lnMqlee;1f a urday i lie . carried every ! vote In the county e,nd o-day tha convention atructed for hhn -. . Mrokre rnanimons For Crelg. - - CpecJai, twTbe Observer. . . Murpny, . ay I. ine xwmwriwi: county convention, held iere to-day Instructed its four delegates to vote for Locke Craig., first, last and all the llru i . . ' Official Vote' in Harnett. , - - Special to The Observer. . Dunn, May ' 4. Complete ' returna from the primaries In Harnett county show the follbwlag : ; gubernatorial vote? Kltchln .; Home 1.21; Craig .71. ' r J HTJNTlNa NEGRO. RAPIST. Dastardly Crime Excites dtlacna of - 7 Virginia Village - , ' Roanoke, Va May 4. Passengers arriving here to-nlght on a Norfolk ft "Western train report that a Mrs. MeekH waa this afternoon assaulted by a negro In her home at s El'lston, Vs., a small town 80 tnllea, west ' of toanok'e. The negro, a atranger, Us said to have arrived at Elliston to day and going to the Meeks" J home asked for food. , While Mra. Meeks turned- to put flown her Infant which she carried la her .arms, the negro a tio a tsiovr on the head with srl her unconscious, Theolse the house attracted chll IwTMh i-M and an alarm wa- dren'ln the yard and an alarm was glvetu The negro escaped.-? When the train passed Elllston It Is said a mob, armed with topes, was at the t,a threats of " lynching were, being made by the Indignant clt- Isens. . The Jiegro is ceing; nuntea m a'l directions, to-nlght. -;.t ; . f A Suspect Arrested. 1 , Roanoke. ".Vai May 4. A special late to-nlght Jrom Elllston Bays a ne gro Fat arrested at Shawevllle nd carrlU before Mrs. Meeka- for Identi fication,' but proved not to, , be the right tnan and was turned loose, , An hr n.m Relieved to be the guilty U man has been aeen coming . toward Roanoke and Boenn wtnm nu sonally offered a reward of $50 for his J capture. It Is now said there is" no r . .. 1 . n-kinr Mra. ' Weeks unin w j says she can Identify her.assal!ant. NEGRO BOY. INSTANTLY KIXLED. While Riding jMrycle He s Collides .WKh Woman and la KiUed When Itu Head Strikes Pavlnc. , " gpeclar to The Observer. . . . , . Spartanburg,' S. C, May 4 Roacoe H11L colored, aged 15 years, a deliv- rv bor at the meat market, - wai killed, this afternoon while -riding - a bicycle on South Church street. The boy collided with a colored .woman and felt, his head striking the bltn Hthic paving with great force,' killing him- Instantly. - The. woman waa not Injured. ' Lynchburg Man Indicted For Alleged , '.' Embexxlement. i ' Lynchburg, VaJ May 4. Samue H. Taylor. ntltwo -t months ago cashier" of the -American. National Bank of this city was indlcfed in the ia ' mirf to-lav . on the yvi ,r. . charge of embeszllng 14.150 from the BoneaclcJMachlne Company. a local concern." It is charged : that Taylor extricated a certificate or stock rrom the stock hook and, sold It at the fig ure named. It Is claimed that he paid the dividends on the shares for two years. ' He has not een arrested. . Poetmaetef at DanvRle Natned. ' ' Washington. May 4. The President to-day nominated Frank D. Lumpkin to be postmaster at Danville, Vs. CHARLOTTE, N. MB,BULKEIY-SniKS. IT THE NEGRO SOLDIERS 1XNOCEXT Senator From Connectlrut Arrives at the Condusioa That the Negro Sol diers Did Not Shoot t'p RrownsvUie and He Taken Up the Senate's Time in Delivering His Verdict Hie Statement The the Shooting Occur- , : red on a Dark Night v Brings Oat Statement ' From Senator . Borah ; That the Theory of Darkness Had u . Never Been Suggested Except by Those Who Wanted to Make It Dark Night. ..' - . SENATK SUMMARY, .j-;. '' Senator Bulkeley. of Connecticut, a i member I the committee1' on' military . ' affairs, spoke at length in the Benate ; yesterday on the Brownsville affray, j Mr. Bulkeley declared his belief In the innoeence of the nagro soldiers ef the Twenry-nfth Regiment and' said the , rioters in the town en the night ef August lSth-Mtk, UOf, In hi Judgment, were lawless Mexicans .from out side the town, assisted by the . lawless, , - class wit Mb - BVowBBVlIle.; ;,Mt DuU:- . eley spoke over ' four hours, his . ' remarks including a review t ell .the ' testimony that has been" taken- In the lsse. .. ,' ; '-rr, Cta Fenate to-day passed the' House resolution appropriating $J50.000. to re-, , lleve the recent cyclone, sufferers in , Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi- and . Louisiana. ,.' i . At i.tl p. m-ithe Senate adjourned..-' ' Washington, May 4. Senator Bulk eley of Connecticut, jn the Senate to day defended' the negro soldiers' of the Twenty-fifth V Regiment from charges of -sheothig up"; Brownsville, Tex. August J8th-14th..l0. , . . After hearing, all. the . testimony, Mr. , Bulkeley said he had concluded that none of the negro aoldlera were Implicated -In the raid.. ;, . Mn Bulkeley declared that In his judgment the shooting up of Browns ville was the work of Mexicans of -the lawless class, who came- inte-.the- city from the outside and were Joined by the lawless element in town He In sisted that the absence of light in the Olt on the night of theraid was suf ficient to Impeach, the testimony iOf -witnesses-who tol of ; ntgro soldiers,., 't. 'i'A-1 ' 'tS "" Senator '.' Borah Interrupted to say that the; night In question, waa an or dinary star light night and that the theory of darkness had .never been suggested except by the ' men '"who wanted Jt to be a dark -nighC, "For many months," said Mr. Bulk. M-nniioatinna for ' ;, re-enlietment In the army, or for restoration, have been in the hands oi tne jresiaent or Wit tt tne war, ueparvmni, n. only proof" the. aoldlera, could furnish of their lnnocence--thelr' own , afflda vlta and certificates of good character nd faithful service from their officers ibnt not- one Aas -beep .acted upon. ThV president ' has repeatedly ' ealled jipon these soldiers to prove their In noeenee 4ol jaaUsfaeUotiflCJCltirBd; already eonnrhied to conviction of un doubted guilt a t' condition f res toration 'and. ao . expressed over and over again. . Thla requirement impos ed the additional (burden ef removing this almost insurmountable biai" . 'Mr, Fulton,' of "Oregon, aaid ' that while ' he waa convinced the; shooting up of Brownsville was done y v the woB-rsoldlers . he . iavoredlScnator Foraker's bill requiring the enlistment of the men on their atatmenta c ef innocence. ' ' ' '" . ' Mr. Foraker eald that bl bill had an 1 Important feature in Ita provis ion, that should at any time evidence of the guilt of the men be discovered they would be tried either by the civil or military authorise and y haying them back in, the army they could be reported at any time. ' - PACK TO FORT GRANT. Col. William S. Stewart- Arrivee .at St: iTancis Barracks Only to Be Or dered to Tall Timbers. ' . St. Augustine. Fla., " May 4 Col. William, F. Stewart, the only officer of the United , States army who ,. Is destined to command an abandoned post until the date of hie retirement, arrived here yesterday, from Fort Grant, Arizona,' upon orders to take up his headquarters at the abandoned o. ip-.ni,la harrarfta tn SL AUCUStlne. tr. hi- rriva 1 Hara-oant' BroWn. in Lrwii ..." . ' , I charge or ther'Overnmemprwi 11 here, turned authority over w . . ...... ,1. .mi. jiAmmtnfl - In colonel, vut v," v. St?AugustIne-wftB efhortduraUon. m.i - a aAAatWn fOr laSt nignt VOlonei ownrw ed orders from" Washington ordering him back to Fort Grant again, an ac cordance -with -Official orders ' Colonel Stewart again, packed his effects and left here this evening bound-for his Isolated post at Fort Grant. Arltona, which la 24 miles from the nearest railroad, where he will remain .Indefinitely.-" .. The colonel states that he has a fine pair, of mules at Fort Grant-at any rate. . . . ' MOUNT. AIRY MAN HCRT." In Jumping From Freight Train at Roanoke. Va- He ReceTee In , juries Which May Prove Fatal. ; Special to The' Observer.' &f ii fi ' Roanoke. Va.. May" 4.Roy Parish, a young white man r hailing froin Mount Airy, N. C. was seriously and perhaps fatally hurt; while - Jumping from a freight train in the outskirts of Roanoke to-day. Parish and his fellow traveler. Frank Davis, also of Mount Airy, were beating a ride and both Jumped . from- the car, .fearing they might be arrested for- trespass. Parish fell on a cattle guard and re ceived injuries about the head that wiUOikely cause his death. 1 He is in a hospital and his mother nas been telegraphed for. . , ' ; - ii i '-1 'i'" ' T, fT Whlttleaey Leaves Seaboard. Norfolk, ,Va., May 4.T. F, WhU tlesey has resigned as general man ager of the Seaboard Air Line Rail way, effective May 15th, W. A. Gar rett, former president and now chief executive of the Seaboard, will In d iiuinn tn his viresent duties assume thnoe ef reneral manager. L.- 8evler will continue as traffic manager of the system. Freight steautcra Collide, f New Orleans, La., May 4. the freight steamers Monadnock and ProgTesso collided to-day ' at , the mouth of the Mississippi, but the damare was sMght. The Monadnock Is a BrttlHh vessel from 'Port Jnglis. and the Prnrreso ef Norwegian reg ister from Lavana. Eih were bound tin." ... 0, TUESDAY MORNING, tUiyr. OUT OF MATIEAWAN IN DUTCHESS COPNTY JAIL NOW. As t Result or YesterdayB Proceed Inge on a Writ of Habeas Corpns Sued Out In an Effort to Have Him Declared Legally Sane, He is Tran ferred 'ta Jail to Await Final De - i-Ukm on the Writ Formal Hear ing in the Case Will Come Before . Uie Supreme Court of s New York SUte Next Monday Thaw tn Ex Calient Health, Having Gained 30 Pounds Since His Incarceration In the Aylum. -. PoughkeepeieV N. T. May 4. Tern porarily : at least, Harry K. Thaw; is out of the Mattes wan Hospital for the Criminal Insane. .. As a result of to day" s proceedings on the writ of ha beas corpus' sued out In an effort to have -him ) legally declared sane ha will remain in the Dutchess county Jail until the final decision on the writ is handed down. The formal hearing in the case 'will' come before the Su prme"Court here next Monday, . i , V. ' The adjournment was taken upon request , of a f epreeentative" of "he district attorney of New York - coun ty to give. District Attorney Jerome an.oppjortunity.. to-appearia-persoa to oppose Thaw's release from . the asylum." '- ",; " ' . Thaw appeared to be In excellent health to-day.- having gained - fully 20 pounds In weight since his trans fer to the asylum from the Tombs. . , EVELYN STILL TRUE..1 ,. : One of the Interesting features-of to-day's proceedings" was an an nouncement that Evelyn Nesblt Thsw, although she has brought ,sult for annulment of her marriage -will ap pear, If necessary, as a witness- In her husband's behalf. . , ' J VI." i That he Himself undoubtedly 'Will go on the stand to his own behalf, A Russell Peabody, one of ThawB coun sel, to-day declared that the prisoner Is willing to submit . to any examina tion the court or the district at torney may desire as proof s of fhlB sanity : .. r" . .; ' :;-r. - The opening of the hearing to-day waa delaved be a conference between Dlstrictr Attorney Mackvof -Duchessf county, and Assistant AJistrtct Aisot ney Garvin.-of New York. - "M Dr. Baker, acting superintendent of the Matteawan Asylum, was called In to the conference, at the .conclusion of which- Mr. Graham. ' of . Thaws counsel, formally filed his writ end received from District Attorney Mack his return to it-. District Attorney Mack then moved that the ' proceed ings be -sent:to New York county.; .. . HARD ON. DUCHESS COUNTY. v A Mr". Mack said he .was Informed that It .would! cost . Duchess.; county 110,000 to have the proceedings tried In Duchess county. He thought It would he bad for the taxpayers of Duchess -county if the "precedent were established -.that such; cases must be tried hera:'.-" t- . , J' , Mr. Gan iii said that the trial would Involve sending commissions, to Par ts, Mont ' Carlo and other' places In Europe , to obtain evidence - as to Thaw's sanity. He argued that-the case- should v be conclude Under tha iartsdtetioawhere! It originated. - Mr iraham bpoBetfa. motion. He contended Jlhat- the iiroeeedlng .should. W tried uhdertha, statu t. in the Judicial district w,here the habeee corpus was ,made returnable. , He said that-the statement of cost of-the proceedings .had been exaggerated; that - the function of the New York district attorney ended with the mur iiaeriai and that the New York dis- trict attorney could appearJply-byf courtesy ef the court and tne uucneas county district attorney. ::' "To apend "MO.000 would be a waste of the public money. It ran be entirely, regulated by the district attorney of Duchess county as - he must audit the, bills. tJ Ws strendous lv oblect to havina the case transfer red to. New York and our wltnessea made subject to suopoena Dy tne ms trlct attorney's Office. There has been Intimidation of witnesses before 4n that, direction and ws want none .of It In these proceedings," -v- . DENIED MOTION TO TRANSFER. Justice Morschauser denied the mo tinn to transfer the hearing but of fered to Bit In iNew York to hear the people'a testimony if Dow Biaes were to coneaL. ' ' ' ' ' ' . Mr. Graham raisea tne question in. where Thaw should be confined during the proceedings and the court ordered him committed to the Duch ess1 county Jail. , Thaw smuea wjm pleasure at the announcement. , :, It waa. arranged to ; adjourn the proceedings , to May 11th providing Mr. Jerome can be here on that day. After the relator's side has been heard Judge (Morschauser wlli sltli New York to accommodate Mr.Jerome and' hie " witnesses. - ,' r.rT Thaw -was conducted after tne hear ing to the Jail floor ; of the court house. He lsin- the custody of Sher iff Robert- Chanler,He wilt have a large - room end his- eneals ; will be served from, a- restaurant. - He can receive .any visitors he -wlshee to see, MRv CRAIG AT I.ENOIH. The Voung Man From ilte Weet Speake le a Crowd That Overflow " the CooK House and Makee Vote ' College Girls Hear and Apple od -HIm. - - x Special to The Observer. tnolr. Mar 4. A crowd that filled everv seat In the large court house of Caldwell county and overflowed Into the Alslea heard Mr. Locke Craig, the Democratic" j candidate ' for Governor here to-day, As a matter of fact not onlyi were the eeats filled, but the rmwd overflowed lato the aisles. Never did a speaker address a more enthusiastic audience. , It - la not courts week and that makes the else of the audience all the more remark able. Every section of the county was' represented 1 by - voters and to grace the occasion there were fifty young ladies from Davenport Col lege and rat least twenty-nve Lenoir ladies, --.r-".---: 't--':'- : Mr. Craig discussed the lasuea of the day, State and national, la hut usual tnrrfui And impressive manner and his telling periods .won enthusiastic .applause. ',.';-- v, ,''" .This la a. Craig county and It Is confidently predicted that Vhe will -receive the bulk of this cou Sty's vote In the primaries next naturoay. Supreme Court Confirm Georgia Mur- dcrer sentewe. - ; . Wsehlnrton. Msy 4. The Supreme rnurr. Af the United States to-day, af firmed "theverdict t the Georiia State courts In tne caae er james t. v.4ia who - we s found suil- ty o? murder at Decatur. . Yeates bad two trials, the first retJItlng in a sentence of ten years' Imprisonment. He sought a new trial ana a veratct of murder In the first derree. was brought in the penalty for which Is deth. Tiat Is the verdict spon which the fcupreme Court to-day pasa- 1 MAY 5 1908. A DUtL DAY IN THE HOUSE SUNDBY j.CIVIL BlLIi DEBATED Appropriations For Varione and Sun - ory . Objects Come Up For Diacus , aloa and a Few Amendments , In ' -reasing Expenditures Are Included ' and a Few Are Voted Down Mr. - Tawney Makes a Vigorous Speech Against Increasing Any of the Ap propriations Carried by the Meae are, Bnt in the Face of It the Ex- pendlture For the lnveaUgatton of s the NaUon's Fuel Reeourcea la Knlarged and Then the BUI la Laid Aside. . : . HOUSET S V MM ART. , " The. House .yesterday, completely , overrode the committee oir appropria tions In cosneotlen with several items ' In the sundry civil appropriation bill. -I'When the measure was laid aside for Tthe' day.- I3B.0OO,, had been' added s-toj 'the sum recommended by the commit-, tee. which -included 8100,000 for gauging , the streams, and determining the wa- ter supply ot the United states; an - increase -ef 160,000 in the" appropriation for teatlnf structurar- materials aad ; '' 1)00.000 for testing" eoahr. lignites-aed i " other: fuel substances. .These changes , 'were- not accomplished, however, wlth- bit a prolonged debate in which the, i eommlttee found . Itself practically atone, v- . :. '' " - . . ' . At 1:30 p. m., the House recessed " until 11:80 e'm. to-morrow, ,, . , w-ahinton:,Mav 4.-Conslderatlon the sundry ClvH appropriation bill waa reeumed Irt'theHouie to-day. At the butaet'pf the debate, the Houae reverted to the provision covering the .nkrAnrtations for the "geological sur vey: Mr.- Needham, of -California, of fered an amendrhent - appTopruin 1100,000 'for gauging the streams and determining the' water supply f e ttii Btates." The ehalr BUBtalned a point of order against the amend ment, -'- i - " . i Mr. Needham waa more fortunate wjtha subsequent amendment appro priating IJOO.000 "for the further ex amination of the" mineral resources and products t the national domain. Mr. Tawney argued mat n tne ap propriation was intenaea tor gauging of streams and not for tne Investigation of the mineral reeourcea. It, should. not be made ' because, he said, on the face of It, It lieu. There 'was,- ne- .v.. .I,, wnnii dare sav- that any executive officer would be J ustl- fted In expenaiug a ooiur v amount In the gauging of atreams as heretofore "upon the aubtartuge that water, being a m'neral. Is therefore one of the mineral. resources. , n i SHERLEY SUGGESTS 1100,000.' U.lntalntn that the Sum Of 1100.- 000 - waa entirely disproportionate -to the purposes for which It was intend mA V- hriv. ef Kentucky. Offer ed an amendment. fixing the amount gt'1100,000.- tfiHl r-'M-'t' t-yji ' Mr. Smith.'. of- Iewa. offerM an amendment in the nature M ABubatl- w iisr aa artilla wu tiaOTlT fQ. IB ina am- guage o the law of last yesf appro prlattnaA. iiOO.OO'eis gauging : the etreamg 'fcnd: 'determining the-, water, supply f iU United States.- He said the House should com out squarely as to its- intentions so as not to encourage neparaneni pw place their, own construction on ap anorenrlatlons. ' s v.'". "i '. 1 An a-nlmatea aeoate rose orr mn " . ' . . . m i eoo the aoDronrlat'on for continuing , T--- '..',' the Investigation-of structural mate rials belonging to tna tor tne use oi. the United state - The amendment was adopted. "T-. to il. ?: -y'x- J OPPOSES TEST ABOLISHMENT. Mr, Tay ney -,poed- a mofon " by Mr. KTorrU to ttrike out of the bill the proviso whlchs would hitvo the ef fect, of abolishing the adv.-w.-y board of engineers to asswt in w mwim of the testa . He said that It the mo tion would be adopted Congress might as well abdicate In favor t the vev- eral deoartmehtr its various execu tive functions with respect to the lim itation of. the expendlturj f 1 publlo mon.'Vi. i-. ,.'C.i" ' t ',: .-'.-.'-' An anertl.m I," Mr. Tiwtiey mat the Carnegie Technical School In Pittsburg had received. In violation of law, money contributions for conduct ing tests, brought a denial from -Mr, Dalsell, i Pennsylvania.,',? ; r- ' The, Norris; motion warrta to II. . ! (,. f. .' V -4 "- '''' ;''' ' An - amendment by Mr.' Dalxell. Pennsylvania, waa offered increasing from 1)40,000 to IJS0.000 ths appro priation for continuing the enalyslng and testing of coals, ilgnltes nd oth er., fuel substances. Mr.. L'aieii ar gued that the Increased appropriation would go far toward minimising mine dlasters.. - r Jni oppolnr'th-amendmnHtMr, Campbell, of Kansas, chatMl that most of the money-heret ffr appr- prlated for this purpose hat been ex pended largely tn exploiting mines in the old -coal fields and coke bearing coal fields of Pennsylvania, West Vir ginia, .Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Mr. Bonynge," of Colorado, insisted, however, -that the Rocky Mountain coal fields had. not been negi;tl. , TAWNET'S VIGOROUS SPEECH. The debate on the amendment wa brought , to a close by . a vigorbus speech by Mr, Tawney against If. In the course of his remarks he said: V . "Confronted ss tee are with a de ficit of -100,000,000. or 445,000,600 at the end of the fiscal year; with 'the almost certain deficit of oof less than 1150.000.000 at the end of the next fiscal year, and the actual absorption of our entire surplus during that time, and the almost certain issuing of cer tificates of Indebtedness In these gov ernmental espenditures. I do not think Wo are Justified In going Into the busi ness of Investigating the coals and lignites owned by private Individuals of the country." ; i , The amendment was adopted tl te 7. , ; -r , The bill -thereupon waa laid aside for the daf 1 4. , :.jt--, ..; , , VREELAXD BILL1 TABLED, . r Bellevedr However, That the Measure - Will Be 'Adopted: at Renubik-an Hoaer ConfereBee To-Nlght. , ,- Washington. -"May 4. Notwith standing the fact that the committee en banking and currency to-day voted to-table the new V re land bill, the- tmprwlnn prevails among many members that that measure will be adopted .at the conference of r Re publican members t Of the House to morrow night. The vote la the com mittee by which the Vreeland bill was tabled was 11 to I. Mwrs. Weeks. Burton and VcKlnney voting tn the negative. The committee adopted a resolution, offered by Mr. Waldo, of New York, requesting that suitable time b given for the dis cus! on In the House of all pending mmnn m.unrM. Chairman Fowler was- authorised to tay this 'request before Speaker Cannon. ' - , Strone efforts were made to reach a compromise on- the financial ques tion, and the proposition aavocaieu some time ago by Floor Leader Payne waa taken up aa the . basis for an agreement. - Thla proposition allows any - national ; banking asaoclatloa which has circulating notes outstand ing: secured by deposit or - unnea States bonds to an amount equal to Ita capital, stock actually paid "In, to take out additional circulation upon deposit of the . United . States bonds or t certificates, or . mdehtednesa . au thorised during the , Bpanlah-Amerl-can war. : the proposition- was ac ceptable to some of the House lead ers . and also to . member of tne bankina and currency committed. It was at first thought by offering this proposition as an amendment to the Fowler currency commission blll'the conference which ' has been' called for to-morrow night could be oi- ated. f 4 ' V'1' V v-.v :,ij'-' A When ; the plan was laid before Speaker . Cannon together with - the request ef the committee for a week s debate, ? he 5 Informed r Chairman Fowler . that -hew had no - authority either - to call off . the conference or to grant the time for debate: askeA for."' ' He " staled that " more than a sufficient number of Republicans had signed the call for the conference, and that It. waa for the conference to determine , what measure should be decided upon. ... He gave It as his opinion that the members would not care to stay here an additional week listening to the financial' discussion. ; The members of the banking com mittee subsequently held numerous conferences and It waa -decided that the Payne proposition as an ad denda' to- the - currency-- 'Commission bill should .be offered at the ' con ference. , . v . - - FAETTEA'ILLE VOTES BONDS. Pro po1 Hon For . tension of , Street . . Paving Carries by small . Margin No Opposition to Municipal Ticket. Special to The Obeerver. ' " Fayettevllle, May i4. In the ,mu- ntcrpal election to-day the proposition for af bond issueof, 100,000 . to ' In augurate a system of street paving waa carried by a margin of 17 over the requisite majority; of 'the registered voteMThevotlri ifarorpf llxOond Issue was 401, while 11 votes were cast against It, and the total registra tion was 117. - The legislative act providing for the election' required a majority of the registered vote to be cast for the proposition' to 'render It effective. The matter haa elicited the liveliest Interest, and the majority of the' people are greatly, elated at the outcome and at the , prospect , of a comprehensive system of street pav ing." -" t,-.-" Voir- C; Bullard. Esq., and the Dent ocratlo nomlneea for aldermen chosen at the recent primaries were elected without - opposition. , receiving 114 votea each. , . . , ' , . , A Warm Conteat at Hickory Special to The Observer. ., , ; - ' Hlckoiry,May--after.. Seated contest to-dy tha, reauU Pi the eieq tlen gives: For mayor, . J. W. 'Beek welder IT majority ever A.lA, Snu ford. Jr.; for aldermen, J." A. Lenta, H. F. ElUott, , J. W. Shuford, S. P. Huffman: for .school trustee, W. - F. Bruns. J. F. Abernethy. H. E,,Mc- . .rini rM , ruja-oiiva . , Comb.. Ex-Sheriff Blackwelder has J a . a, a, t . . , i. ii. mi) niui Hi win jnaae me ciiy food officer. . Mayor N. W. CUrk. ef Hlldebran, was re-elected by a large majority, to succeed himself. ,, i The Result at Lumberton. gpecUl te The Observer. " ' ; J' Lumberton. May 4. The ' election for town officers waa neia here to dv. resulting In the election of Mr, John A. Rowland for mayor; Messrs. John McMillan, f H. Caidwelland n n. rrench.' commissioner a. f. and Messrs. J. P. 8tanseU T. Ai McNeill and Frank Gough as iemberB of the toard of audit and. finance. , Messrs, R, D; Caldwell, W. Humphrey, atentten Mclntyre ftd N. A., McLean -war annolnted aa nvmbers of the board of graded ecnooi trustees. , . : ' ' Tte Vote In'rtlchniond County. Sneclei to The Observer. . - . v, -t. 1.. .V. rr, Mav -KTOm A TIIII report from the primaries held In all the ' precinct In Richmond county Saturday ,it hts been ascertained . to- diy till Of tne eix ,vwi convention .Craig will receive- 1.89s Morn i.tl. and Kltchln 1.18. In One of the precinct ;metlngs KitChln Supporters (Wtmre in mwvmj u- J'jumd ntlt'e tne iuii i - ra arrived, tut e is said thla mat. ter will be adjusted at. the eounty convenUon Waterworks Ticket. Wins at Ulaxton, Special te The Observer. Maxton. May 4. J. C. Parish waa to-day elected mayor of the town by a large, majority.. The, four commls slonera on his ticket. 'A. JB. 'Croom. T. O. Evana.,W. H. HardthgTand Mc Kay -. McKlnnon, , wnicn , conentuien the. watetworkg ticket, won out a'so ever the antls. The vote polled was the largest In the town's history. I NIGHT RIDERS JX TlTlT STATE. Tohacro Plant" Befl ' of Prominent Davldaon County Farmer Detroyed by Them Sunday Night. -,v ; Winston-Salem, May .4. Night rld ers last night destroyed the' tobacco plant 1edB of .F. O. Flshel. a promi nent farmer of. Frledberg la Davidson eounty. This ; Is the time that night riders hava operated in this sec tion. ' ' ' ' . Third South , CaroUiia VnhistracteA. Anderson. A C May'l.i-The Re nuhiieaa convention of the third eon- rresslonal district met,here to-day ant alerted two delegates te the na tional-" Republican eoaventlon. The delegates are J. W. Tolbert, white, of Abbeville. - and O. C. Wllllares, col ored, of Newberry. . They were not In structed but one is understood to fa vor Taft while the other is for Forak er. ; It took five hour for the conven tion to elect the delegates and a .fight was narrowly averted.. Bailey's Majority 19,009 to 29.000, i Fort Worth. TenvMajr 4.- Almost complete returns from " the State Democratic primaries held on Fat nr. day, i to-day give Senator Jaeph W. Bailey and his associates on the tic etj aa delegates to the Democratic na tional eonventirm. a majority of frm 1 1,000 to 0.o over the dfiegjt hei1ed y Cor.. John'n. The total vote was 111,87;. PRICE FIVE CENT o. HLlKa UP Tn YiDKCE AGAINST PRINT PAPER. .TRUST. Special Committee of the House Sep telegrams rrom xewepaper run llshera AH Over the Country Sub stantiating the - Charges - lirmixlit Against the International Pnir Company Mr. Norrls- Shows Itow Price of Pa pee Won id Be Reduced If Canadian Tariff Was Removed Publishera AU WllUng to Go to Washington to Offer Their Tetl mony Committee to Inspect Mills -Friday. r.',-H ' Washington, May 4 An eight- Inch siackef ' telegrams "from. ,178 newspaper publishers throughout the country, telling of the increased cost of print paper,, was submitted to-day to the special committee of the House investigating . that , aubject . t by : Mr. John NorrUvof ;New Tork, ' who oc cupied ; the witness stand the entire day. Amplifying these telegraphed statements Mr., Norrls , presented a mans of facta and figures eUbstantla- tive of-the charges brought a gain st the InternaOonai . Paper Company by the National 'Newspaper ,r Publishers' Association:.-. i;f:":;3-jf, ;' The committee haa ' practically de cided to adjourn at noon of next Fri day and go to Palmers Fails. Sara toga county. New York, to Inspect the mills of the - Hudson River paper r Company and take, testimony there relative to. the cost of paper produc- I A. - - , . .... ALL. WILLING WITNESSES.' Forty-six newspaper publishers, Mr, ' Norrls informed the committee, have telegraphed that they are willing to come to Washington and gfve testi ¬ mony. Chairman Mann requeetea that they be Informed of the Ukeil- nooa or a noon sojournment on Fri day,, in order that ss many of them aa. possible may appear and testify . between now and then. . The committee- adjourned until to-morrow. The reiteration by Mr. Norrls of Increases in cost of paper by 'con tract prices provoked Chairman Mann to ask Mr. Norrls if he had any the ory of what caused the wide ranges of prices paid by Illinois newspapers from 14.40 to 110 increase per ton. Mr. Norrls replied that com missions, purchase at mills, quality of paper, quantity - of contracts , and place of delivery undoubtedly com bined tn make the Mrnlanat Inn . "lie you know," asked Mr. Ban non, "whether the prices at the mills - on a given grade of paper are uni- iormr , ; ., : - - , , WHAT i WILL BE; SHOWN, .- "We are here, answered Mr.' Nor rla. "attemottna to show that a com bination haa bean entered into by the paper manufacturers , to - uniformly . raise the price of paper two and one half cents a . pound, c and .that thla combination contemplates a ' further advance to three cents a -pound."' . , ' T. n .. . W.. Ha . , , . , V pi H,nic7t uui vy I . ' pann that In an occasional" instance It ap peared that quotations wete lower by somjL dollars per, ton than the exlpt tng prices under contract. - Mr. Nor rla replied that such -quotations were, from Canadian mills. ' Mr. Mann asked if It waa net ap parent1 Tronv the contract' figures pre sented by Mr. NorrUt that, last De cember - the-k paper manufacrurers -themselves, alarmed at the outlook for Black consumption.' gave one yesr contracts right . and . left; and s thst these- contracts were generally signed by newspaper at the ton . price then prevailing. - Mr. ; Norrls agreed that" - Mr.. Norrls'- said that- the figures from The , Philadelphia Inquirer - pre sent prices ISO, an Increase ef Ill meant an additional cost to thst pub lleatlon of 1184.009 a year. ; : WHAT TARIFF, WOULD SAVE. Mr. Norrls submitted the following telegram to Mr. Herman Bidder from Mr Thomas W. Loylees, editor and manaaer . uf .The t Augusta . (Ga. 1 Vhronicle: " V-r " i . - sasu4 , "Gonsales, of Columbia State, can tell you of Canada mill which offers him paper at I2.0S delivered and to reduce price 1 8 er - ton 1f tariff is taken off. splitting difference with him on tariff ea . ng.V - - Chairman .Mnnn suggested that patently the purpose of the sender ef t he-tar Iff telegram-was to show them if the tariff should be removed the cost of paper , tn publications would be reduced IS a ton. - y , i i v "If , the manufacturers believed that," answered Mr. Norrls. "they would go home ? feeling very happv. Though thur Is , all purely anticipa tory, my own Judgment Is thst the removal of the tariff would lower th cost and possibly Sit a ton." , THE DICTATIONjOF PRICES.' MtKorriMTS ht of corre spondence betweon newspaper man agers and paper manufacturers and brokers to support the . charge that TOBtomTwarAPportlSBSC by manufac-" turers among themselves, and that prices-ae-hlgh' a 1 51 a ton were dic tated in connection with such allot ments. He read also articles from trade papers-as ubtantlativeof the charge that an arrangement i in view looking to a merger of the pa per manufacturing companies In a syndicate to fix and eontrol the price of paper. . . .. . . , Mr. Norrls declared . that In , 1S07 the International paper' Company, foreseeing : a print paper famine in the United Statee, ,:nade contracts with Canadian milM.for 117,000 tons of paper for export trade, with the purpose of crippling the power ef those mills to supply the prospective deficiency In the United States and thereby Jo. maintain tne programme for. . (,- Application For Jte-ticurmg of Shlpp ... '- , -. .. ...Case. . , j, ... , --f Chattanooa. Tenn.. May. .ror mal application was made to-dav to the trnlted States Supreme Court In Washington for the re-opening of the contempt bearing of Sheriff , J, F. Shlpp In the Johnson lynching case. The court Is asked -io re-appolnt James D, Maher as special commts eioner and to authorise him to rrn ceed to this city., to take the t-.-:i-mony of the two newly dicovre,i .-) Witnesses of the, lynchlig. this pleting the govf-rnment's caee. . 1 ' petition had been taken under a s visement by the court, whfcii will n re-convene until May isth. MatM Mccilng at V. i r- v.'.r- lit I... , - t of rrv.i,;;.. ,. !!,. Special- te Ti.e CHer'r.. . . : Waynesvi''e, ---v 4. I -t ' a' bisj ma meet.n. of th.t Inten-st ft fo:... n v at the court h iu--. A : i: :. t In town u!'-n : l e' : occasion. --et ' ''"- Col. J. . V.' '- " ' fie' 1, In'-- t I - 4 Alln. IS t v - f.' ,4 T' . v . ! r ' '. ; ' t li .:!.)':.
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