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PIP J : v 3&Mfc , ' " -V" --v-r- - - .. . :y , - - , . , - - - " .... , X - S . , . .1, , . , . f - ' " 1 1 : T i . . ... .. ,. . f SUBSCRIPTION' PRICE ; $.00 A YEAR. . . CHARLOTTE, N. O, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 211908. PRICE iFIVE CENTS. MISS HAYIS HOME SAFELY AFTER MOST PERILOUS TRIP Missing Young Lady Icated In Co lumbia, 8. C Yesterday- Afternoon, Her Exact Location Belnjp Dlsoov ered When She Put In a Telephone Call For Charlotte Had Decided to ' Return to Charlotte and Cwne Will .: lngly Party - Left Columbia on Karly Train -Traveler Had Narrow Kacape From Being Run Down by Train While Crossing Trestle 'Mis Mattie Havft, the young lady who disappeared so mysteriously from Charlotte Friday morning- - and.V,for nhom relatives, friends and others searched and telegraphed 'unceaslng- ly and unsuccessfully tor 'three days. was located yesterday . afternoon In Columbia, 8. C, and, accompanied by ' her -' brothers-in-law. Messrs. ; A-' E. Cohea and W. W. McDonald. arsJved In-the 'city 'this 'morning-, about 1;3Q ' o'clock! v, Although her trip waa one marked by t hreatentng ' danger : at mahy points ' she was unharmed . though fatigued when found in Co- lumbla. .. ; ';V'' -'' . . About 4:15 yesterday afternoon the ' ' missing young woman walked Into a ',: telephone booth at the union station .In Columbia and put in -a,' long-dla-tance' call for her sisters, . Mrs. A. E. V Cohen, in Charlotte. Previously those Interested had visited the central of . j flee arid made. arrangements that, in ' case Miss Havls put in' a call, for anybody, no matter for. whom, she should -be, connected with the resl- V dence of Mrs. McDonald to Charlotte. Accordingly the operator made this " connection and immediately informed the chief of police thAt Miss Havls was In Columbia. The working of the plan was the perfection of "success, . Even, while she was conversing with her relatives at Charlotte the gentlemen from this city, and the Columbia chief of police came- up.- To. these she stated that she had ' eJready decided , to come back to Charlotte and was ready to come. Accordingly the two lefe-soon . f6r this city. Miss 'Havls. when asked; why she left home In such a peculiar fashion. ' without notifying her relatives, mere- ly said she could not tell that.-, The most reasonable hypothesis is thatthe extremely hot weaiher. which is so often so dire In Its effects, produced ' n acute case of disordered nerves. Jt Is a matter of great gratlncaUon - to her relatives that the termination to toer most hazardous trip was -un-' attended, by any serious results. . ' '. The young lady's appearance , evl- V dences plainly the. far too strenuous exertion to which she had put herself, Che left Charlotte, U .seems, Friday morning t T:15.-on train No; '!, going to Spartanbiyg. 8. C.f From there she went to Union, S. C and the sum with which she is said io have started .out, about SS, being nearly exhausted, ehe resorted to " Walking and In this' way. exclusively. , with the exception of aid given by a section master who allowed her to ride on a, .hand car,, she reached ' Blalrs, 2 miles from Union about noon. Friday night she must have spent en the road, for she narrow ly escaped death from being run down by a train while ehe was crossing the Broad river trestle, near ' Sheiton, Jf. ' C. Fortunately the engineer saw her far enough ahead to slow down-to a stop, until she had crossed over. ' The eafternoon train for Columbia leaves Blalrs at 1:03 and arrives; m " Columbia at it0 In the afternoon. ". Being, most probably, practlcaHy pen " nlless, she did not attempt to secure lodging either Saturday or" Sunday " night. Monday morning she call ' ed at 'farm house a few miles from ' the city and asked for something to eat. , The lady ,who metXher at the . door took her In and mlhisteredlo her needs. Yesterday afternoon she returned to Columbia with the result - that she was met by her friends. - - The past few days have , been for -.tha relatives of the missing one a season of unending anxiety and wor ' ry. while they exhausted every pos sible means to solve the mystery of her disappearance. - The news which came In telegrams yesterday came as a welcome relief, though the fears en tertained seem -to " be proven not -groundless. . ' EXTERTAINtXG ATLAXTIO FLEET Sports and a Comto Opera by Am , , teura Arranged For the Delectation of Officers and Men Slight Acci dent on the Kearsargev ; r Honolulu,, July - Jfl. Boat . races, V baseball and Jather sporU to-day4 and to-night a gala performance of the .'eld comlo opera. "The Mascot," ar ranged by the eoclety women of Hon ' olulu, were the chief features in the " v eay's entertainment of the--ofneers and men f the Atlantic fleet" There was also an excursion to Pearl Har k - bor,' where only Rear Admiral B perry and etafr went to inspect the site of the hew naval station for the Islands. . The battleshipMlssourl xt the third division whlchf with the .Vb-glnla, . Louisiana and Ohio coaled at Lahalni r. arrived to-day, thus completing the last of sixteen ships of the fleet. . ' . The burstlng'of a seven-inch steam pipe on the Kearsarge late Saturday ' became generally known this morning ' but it proved not 'te be a serious as at first reported. - Five men were scalded, but. only 'three 'of these, '-A Wilson, a water-tender; Frank. Wat ison. a second-clsss fireman, . ' and f Pom plum, a coal passer, were severely Ujurned. None of these is seriously K- Injured, and fell will be about- in a few daya The bust pipe was con- nected with theB - forward starboard boiler, and burst directly beneath a' ventilator, - This allowed the steam to escape. V Repairs ere now making i and the accident will not interfere with rbe Kearsarge'a sailing with the fleet oa. Wednesday for Australia. ; . -' Londoners Defeat Quakers at Cricket. - London, July 10.- The gentlemen of ' Philadelphia, were defeated -In their match against the Middlesex eleven at Lords to-day by 7 wickets. The conditions were not favorable Tor good play and the visitors only succeeded in running up a meagre U In the flrst in nings and 65 in the second, a total of 113 runa The Rome players scored 92 In the first Innings and succeeded In passing the Phlladelphians total with the loss of but three wickets the sec ond. - ' ' . . ' " IXCREASB IX AVERAGE WAGE. . Higher in 1 Than Ue. Prevlons) .. year, and Hours oi.ijmovr . nc ' ShorterThe Average Knee or Vant Hlcber in 101 Than In Any Year During the Psj Eighteen Interesting figures om Ums Bu - rean of Labor. '; . Washington, July 20. The average wages per hour , In 1WT. were J.T per cent higher than, In 190, the regular hours" of labor per week 'were O.i per cent lower than in 190, and the" num ber of employes In 'the establishments investigated wa 1 per cent greater than in 1M8. ' . , - V'; :'"rJ '' . These' sre some of the facts of In terest In a statement Issued to-day by the bureau of labor as the result of an Investlntloa -of the principal wage working occupations in 4.169 establish-J ments, representing the principal man ufacturing and mechanical laustnes oi the eountryr . v'HyW- Investigations covering the sales of LtU dealers lii 68 localities show that the retail prices of . thirty principal ar ticles' of food, : weighed according to consumption in represenUtive, work tngmen'a families, were 44 per cent higher in 1907 than in lo. As the ad vance in retail prices from 1906 to 1907 was greater than the advance In wages per hour, the purchasing power of an hour's wages, as measured by food, was slightly less In 1907 than In 190s, the decrease being., one half of one per cent' -- ' .-v-r-. ' - The average ' hourly wages In 1S07 were higher thin In any other year of the 18 year period from 1890 to 1907 and more than 20 per cent higher than the average in any year from 1890 to 1900, As compared in each case with the average for the 10 year period, 1890 to 1899, the averages hourly wages in 1907 were 28.8 per cent higher, the num ber of employes 414 per cent greaterj and the average hours of, Jabor per week 5.0 per cent lower. , The average price of 'food in. 1907 was higher than In any other year In the 18 year period. The average price of thlry principal articles, . weighed according to family consumption of the various articles, was 10.6, per. cent higher in 1907 than the average price for the 10 year period. -. The purchas ing power of an . hour's wages In 1947 was 6 8 per cent greater., Of the 10 articles of food, 29 were higher In price In 1907 than In 106. The only article' which showed a de crease was tea, the decrease being 0.2 per cent. . , . TWO FIRES, AT ROCK HILL. Barn of Mr Pride Rotterree Destroyed and Home of Mr. Arnold Friedbelin Badly Damaged. Special v to The Observer. Rock Hill S. C. July 20. This city was visited by two disastrous fires this morning in close proximity to one other. An alarm was turned In about 10 o'clock from East Main street and the fire department answered, promptly. The large barn of Mr. Pride Rotterree "was -destroyed-alone- with a lot of shelving jind counters. Mr. Rotterree' driver had fortunately hooked-up his fine horse to the bug gy just a little while before the fire was discovered, and waft up " town when the1 alarm was turned, in- The fire had' gained - such headway that little could be accomplished by the firemen. . Just a short time after this fire the beautiful residence of Mr. Arnold Friedheim, oil Main street, was dis covered to be burnlnsr. The firemen responded to this call In a hurry and with the aid of citizens had the most arduous job of their lives In saving even a part of this beautiful home. It was a stubborn fire, and hard to get at but after over an hour and a half of hard work it was conquered, only after the roof and gables had fallen in. sThe maih building- was badly damaged by1 water. ; Nearly, every thing was removed from the house with but little damage. The building and furniture were fully covered by insurance. '. . The origln of these two flres Is un known, but Is supposed to-be from a. dropped cigarette or cigar In the flrst instance! and a defective flue Jn the last instance. A peculiar coinci dence is that Mr. Rotterree Is a son-In- law .of Mr,. Friedheim. v . . NO NEW CLUE DISCOVERED. Investigation of Morris Murder Yes- terday Not Fruitful of Results Suspicions Seem to R Wtthont Foundation -Rig Crowd Interested. Special to The Observer. Monroe. July 20. The Investiga tion of the Morris murder conducted by Lawyer Redwtne, of Monroe, and several magistrates at , Weddlngton to-day was held, behind closed doors and many witnesses were examined. Mr.' Redwlne stated to-night that the investigation furnished no new -clue to the perpetrators of the crime and that everything is In the same status as before. Suspicion in the neighbor hood of the crime is now , directed against Mrs. Morris, but it Is vague and evidently had Its origin In the knowledge that husband and -wife had quarreled .frequently and . that MrsIoiTls bad threatened to kill her husband. It Is also npinted out that her story of . the murder is the only account of It . The - suspicion, against William Davis and wife, neighbors of Mr. Morris, seems without foundation. Great interest In the investigation to-day wasihown by a crowd of 30 people gathered from all parts- of the county, hot they were dis appointed at It secrecy; The Investi gation closed at p. -m. and nothing of the same nature will be under taken again for a, week or so. . Rev. Dr. M. R. Wharton Dead. - Atlanta, Gav July 20. Dr. M. B. Wharton, pastor of the Baptist church of Eufaula, Ala., and former United States consul to Cohneberav-6piany, died here to-lnght Dr. Wharton, who was an author of many religious books, and regarded as one of the ablest men in the Southern Baptist Churoh, was born in. Orange county, Virginia. April -5th,- 1889.- During the civil war he was chief clerk to Major A. M.- Barbour, chief quarter master of General Joseph E.' Johnsons . Dr. Wharton ha tilled many pastor ates i.nthe South,, being at different times located in Baltimore, Louisville, Ky., Augusta, Ot, and Bristol, Tenn. At one-time he was editor of The Christian Index, of Atlanta. 'Admiral Rojentvemiky Dead. 'Bad Nauhelm. Germany, July 20. Vive Admiral" Rojestvensky, who com manded the Ill-fated Russlon fleet which was annihilated by the Japan ese In the 8eaf Japan, in May, 1805. died here last night from heart trouble. - - " - '- It Is believed that the heart affec tion resulted from Injuries received by Adrmral Rojeatveniky in the the battle of the 8- of Japan. . Jgy HAS WHIT AKEE CASE ; JTZ r' ikuuiA' Long-Drawi-6ut esse-" in District Court at AHhevllIe Given to Jury at 4:30 Yetferday Afternoon and at 10 Last Night No Agreement Had f ticcnr IteHc-hetl Another- Case of - Alleged Fraudulent Use of Malls - Hss Been CaUed The Bank Cases Will Be Taken- lTp This Morning ,Vand Motion to Quash Indictment ' Will lie - Argued Mandamus Brought to Have School Tax Iev . ; vied in Cherokee County Dr. 1 J. B. 2 Weaver, -Formerly of Aslievllle, , Dead. , ,-. : ' ' , . ' ;; Special to The Observer.. , - fAshevllle, July 20. The ' case : of Hair TUrt IIU MrLU- I .I...., by the government with, fraudulent Vise of the United States mafia, Is now ln'the hands of the Jury. The charge of ,"J udge Newman to the Juryo was concluded at 4:30 o'clock this after .noon and at 10 o'clock , to-night f the Jury" had not reached a verdict Thiers Is much interest and speculation over the outcome, while it Is said that bets have even been laid for and against acquittal. -.,. . ' ' The features of the trial , to-day were the arguments by Thomas Set tle for the defense and District. Attor ney Holcon for the prosecution. Ths court room was crowded with specta tors during both the morning and af ternoon sessions, and at the close of the trial Whitaker appeared nervous, ill at ease and, worn out" It is be lieved by many that the case fwill re sult in a mistrial. 1 - . BANK CASES COMB UP TO-DAY, The First National Bank-of Ashe villa cases will be called to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock when there will be argument on the motion to quash the bills of Indictment found at Greensboro eleven' years ago against Breese, Pen land and Dickerspn, the three Indicted bank officials. It Is said that the government believes ths bills will not be quashed and that It is ready for trial at a moment's no tice. .The defendants hope that the Indictments will be quashed and that the final chapter In these erstwhile sensational cases will be written to morrow. ANOTHER INTERESTING CASE. Another interesting case has been called in United States District Court rn which D. Frank Jordan, ot Ashe viile, is defendant. .Jordan is charged with using the mails for ' fraudulent purposes. It seems that' about three months ago Jordan had a diamond ring of the value of 385,- which he purposed returning to a lady in Au gusta, -Oa. The defendant maintains that he placed the ring In a small box and mailed it under a registry stamp to Augusta. When the " package reached Augusta It was delivered to the lady by a negro aiall carrier sup posedly Intact. The box. It. Is al leged, was opened and found to be empty. The postofflce got hold of the cases and after working on it for a time caused Jordan's arrest. - MANDAMUS INSTITUTED, p-An interesting mandamus- proceed ing has been instituted In Cherokee county, Asheville attorneys , having been employed to represent the de fendant. The proceedings relate to ibe. schQol.tax. it is understood that the board of county education tof Cherokee has brought proceedings to compel the board of county commis sioners of Cherokee to levy an addi tional school tax of IS cents on the 1100 worth of property. ' The com missioners say that there' Is no neces sity to make the levy and refuse- to do It The hearing will be had - at Brygon City before Judge 'Peebles July 27th. It is said that the 18 cents additional levy would result In a rev enue for school purposes' of about 38000 annually. DIED EN ROUTE TO ASHEVILLE. News has been received here of the deatn to-day in Cincinnati of Dr. J. B. Weaver, formerly of Asheville but for several years a resident of Wy oming. Dr. Weaver was en route to Asheville when his death occurred. He was a brother-in-law of former Congressman J. M. Oudger, Jr., Post master Rollins and Judge H. A. Oud ger and father of Dr. W. J. Weaver, of Marshall. Dr. Weaver was at one time collector of Internal revenue of this district and for many years Unit ed States consul to Bah la, BraxlL . MURDER SEQUEL TO CRAP GAME A Negro Laborer at Rocldngbam ; eSliixMs and Kills Another He : is v Held in Jail to Be Tried For Mur vder. s' .. v ' Special to The Observer. ' Rockingham, July 20. Henry Harvey, a negro, shot and killed Hugh Price, also a negro, here Sunday mqrnlng. He also shot another negro at the same time. The trouble seems to have begun over a game of craps Saturday night. Harvey left ths game In anger, provided himself with a pistol and Sunday morning began to search for the parties. He broke open one room with an axe, suppos ing that Price and others were in there; They were not there, how ever, but he found them a few min utes later and began firing on Price. He fired three shots, all of them tak ing effect Price died Immediately. The other negro was shot In the foot All are negroes and are working with Mr. Markley, who Is building a sewerage system for the town. They are all s from - Roanoke, Va. Harvey was. given a preliminary hearing be fore Mr. W. F Long,' Justice of. the peace, this morning and was commit ted to jail without bail to await trial for murder, . . . , SEMINARY NOT MOVED. Try on Failed to Havev I limitation Moved From Its Location at Baluda Macadaniixlng of Street Began. Special to The Observer. - ': . - - Trybn,' July 20l Tryon failed In the effort to get ths location of the Saluda Seminary changed to this place. The citizens of Try on raised a subscription oX 81,100, but the people of Saluda, ey a subscription of $1,000 and the donation of additional land and other inducements were able to make the board of education of the American Missionary ' Association, which, sap ports the school, decide not to change the location. .which Is a great disap pointment to Tryon. - -, The work of erecting chutes- and bin for the crushed rock to be used In macadamh-ing Trade street was be gun last week by tjlty Engineer George HJ Holmes. . The crushed rock for the town will be purchased from the Bal four Quarry Company, of Asheville. The government steam roller was In operation all last week smoothing down the street where the trrsding t bt-lng done. Engineer Eldredre, of the department of public roads, Wash ington: Is here to superintend the con struction of the first mile of macadam. JUDGE TAFT ON JUSTICE RURAL FOLK ' HEAR CANDIDATE. The Republican Presidential Nominee -- Astist In the, Dedication of a New : J Court House? and in the Opening of : Court at .GerrtSantown, Va., a Kbort Distance From He Springs, W'hcra " He Is Spending the. Summer A Large Assemblage of Sojourners at , . Neighboring Reports Hear Mr, Tart .' Discourse Upon tlie Administration t of Jnwtice He is Introduced to His Audience r.s the Next President ot tlie United States Declines to Talk - Politics In His Address. Hot Springs. Va., July 20. Judge William H. Tift to-day assisted In- the opening of court and In: the dedica tion of a court house at Germantown, Va., five miles from Hot Spring! The subject of his speech was the adminis tration of, -Justice ".by the "courts. He was greeted toy a large assemblage of sojourners at neighboring resorts and country folk, many of whom traveled far to see and hear him. He was given a cordial welcome. The strength of the Judiciary, ho de clared, was-based on the fact that It, rested upon the principle that the peo ple share In the responsibility for the work of the courts. In the form of duty on juries and la other capacities. CRITICISM OF COURT8. . He Justified proper criticism of the courts by the people because by such criticisms "those who administer Jus tice shall feel that they are under the critical eye' of men and women en titled to have Justice of the people administered without fear or favor." He could not come Into the atmos phere of the court, he said, without a feeling of deep regret that he had ever left the bench. He concluded his remarks by congratulating Bath coun ty upon the fact that In It the two great political - parties " are nearly equally divided, which, he said, was a guarantee against evils in the admln tratlon of the government. Judge Taft was frequently Inter rupted toy applause. Mrs. Taft accom panied her husband to the court house which was reached after a drive over splendid mountain 'roads. Judge Taft was presented to the as semblage by J. A. Rlvercom-b, a mem ber of the board of supervisors of the county. In presenting him Mr. River comb spoke of his wide and varied ex perience In public life and In con cluding said: THE NEXT RESIDENT. "I take pleasure in introducing to you the next President of the. United States." 'T don't like to introduce a Joint dis cussion Just at this time," said Mr. Taft In opening his remarks, "and I ,.w.trn. n v that the last statement of the distinguished gentleman might. not receive UAnammous cuimjuticiiuo throughout the county. But we are not here this morning to talk politics. I appreciate much the hospitality of Virginia and ef" Bath oounty In -Inviting me, a stranger within your gates,, to-come and take part In this Interesting ceremony. ' "We are here to-day for a function, the dedication of what Is certainly a beautiful court house. I am reminded as I look at this court house of a let ter which Mr. Justice Jackson, of the Supreme Court, wrote to Senator Hoar, the chairman of the Judiciary committee, with reference to the sala ries of the Judges. Said he: "My Dear Senator: As I go about from city to city and come In these jreat beautiful Federal court houses, I think the policy of the United States gov ernment may !be described as erecting magnificent temples to Justice and starving the high priests.' I don't know about the judicial salaries In Virginia," but If this be a hint that shall lead In any way to the raising of the compensation of hard-working Judges, I shall have done something worthy of the day. J FREE GOVERNMENT. " ' "This scene to-day to any one who looks at It in comparison with other countries, suggests the blessing of a free government. Those who have had any experience with other coun tries will realise that In many of them a government means to the people an entity different from themselves; something in a sense antagonistic to them. In such countries among the people there Is an absence of a sense of respdnslblllty as to what Is done by the government such as we have here to-day. Such sense of responsibility, such ' desire to help government Is illustrated In every meeting of this kind the country over. They come from the belief that we,, the people, are the -government, and in courts of Justice, It Is Increased by the fact that the people take part in the adminis tration of Justice, that they are called upon the Jury, that they are part of the tribunal that decides the issue of fact In courts of law; that they are part of the posse comitate that goes out with tne sheriff to enforce the law art! make it effective to carry out the de crees of Justice. As long as the people feel that these are their courts, that this is their Justice, that when It goes wrong, when. It results In injustice, they ought to to ashamed for 1U and they are responsible for It we can count on a continuance of a free gov ernment. But when the people lose Interest Irtith administration of Jus tice and do not have thst sense of re sponsibility that ought to - prompt every man on a Jury to feel that in de elding equally between the prisoner at the bsr and the State, the rights of the" people are represented by ' the' State, will e seriously Injured by in justice to the State, so long as that continues then we may count on a. re pudiation of our system. '.The administration of Justice In the country, perhaps, then Illustrates what I have said and the principle of It then even In thVcity. because If I understand the practice, it is for all the country people to gather about onecourt day to wateh the proceedings. ' to . learn ih. law a,a it ta delivered from the bench. U take an Interest In the Issues as they are presentea to me jury or their neighbors to criticise as they have aha right to in a proper way the rulings of the court ot the verdict of the jury, so that-those who are ad ministering Justice shall feel that they are under the critical eye of men (and I may say of women) entitled to have the Justice ef the people administered without fear or favor.- - ' life Crushed Out by Wheel of Ice ... , Wagon. .- . Special to The Observer. ' -- High Point July 29. This after noon a son ef Mr. Charles Hairston, a driver for the High Point Ice and Fuel Company, was rsn over by the heavy wsgon driven tf his own father and his head was mashed, Into a Jelly. EASTOEBS WORRY BR VAX ABOUT THE INJUNCTION - PLANK The Candidate Spends Several-An V ious Hours Thinking That He and the Majority of the Committee Mad ' Been Tricked, But' lb Reassured by . tlie Associated Press What Threat ened to Become an Awkward Sltna tion For the Nebraskan is Cleared Up Iromlnent Prohibitionist Has a Conference With Mr. Bryan and the Fwrmer Declines to Go Into De- tails Bnt States That a Number of HIs Faith WHl Vote For Bryan as . Against Their Own Candidate Mr. Bryan Issues an Appeal to'tbe Democratic Newspapers. Lincoln. Neb, July 20. Influential Eastern Democrats have told William J. Bryan, that , lii their opinion. the antt-lnjunction plank of the platform adopted at Denver was hardly-worth the paper it was written on. the rea son alleged 'by them being that the David B. Hill bill, passed by Senate, which Is specifically endorsed by the Democratic plank, simply carried out the common law provision, granting a Jury trial in contempt cases "In the jurisdiction of the presiding Judge." The-plank was drafted on the as sumption, that the Hill bill was passed only after It had been amended by Senator Allen, of Nebraska, to make trial by Jury mandatory at the request of the defendant. T Mr. Bryan spent several anxious hours after he received this Informa tion. While reasonably .sure of his ground the allegation that he and the majority of the committee on resolu tions had been tricked caused him worry and he admitted that he would have an Inquiry set on foot. The Associated Press correspondent this afternoon relieved this suspense by submitting to him advises from Washington showing' that the Hilt bill as finally adopted by the United States Senate In 1898 provided for summary punishment by the court In direct contempt cases, but made it manda tory for the court to grant a trial by Jury in all cases where such contempt was ctmmltted outside of the Juris diction of the court and where such Jury trial was demanded by the ac cused. This was the Allen amendment, as Bryan remembered It, and it cleared up what threatened to become an awkward situation for the Democrat ic candidate for the presidency. The part that the prohibition ques tion will play in the campaign was talked over by Mr. Bryan .and Wiley B. Phillips, editor of The California Voice, of Los Angeles, who Is return ing from Columbus, O., where he waa a delegate to the national Prohibition convention. "We agreed." said Mr. Phillips, "not' to discuss for publication what was said at our conference." Mr. Phil Hps, however, volunteered the state ment that a number ot Prohibitionists would vote for Mr. Bryan as against helr own candidate. He thought the prohibition movement would aftect the vote in the close States and was unwilling to concede to Taft many of these votes. " The appeal of Mr: Bryan to the far mers of the country for campaign contributions Is bearing fruit. To-day a number of responses were received, the sums enclosed varylngjn amount. Two "retired farmers of Omaha, one aged 82, and the other It years, pre ferred to deliver their contributions in person. They hobbled up the pathway to Falrvlew and each placed In the hands of Mr. Bryan a 25 bill. An appeal by Mr. Bryan to the Democratic newspapers of the coun try to begin the collection of funds for the eampalgn was one of the Import, ant happenings of the day. The state ment follows: "I wish every Democratic paper would begin the collection of a fund from Its subscribers. .There are very few Democrats who could not afford to make a small contribution and the people will never be able to control the government until they take on themselves the burden of Supplying campaign .funds. As long as a few men furnish the money to finance a campaign these men will exert an un due Influence upon '.he government. "It seems that we have reached the end of corporate contributions and this Is a step in advance but the In dividuals who control these favor seeking corporations may still doml nate politics by furnishing the sinews of war.- . The Democratic party has struck a blo-w atjhls system by limit ing contributions to $100 and provid ing for publicity before election. The Republican party has so far refused te Join with us on this proposition but publio sentnment may yet compel It to do so. I have no doubt that the Democratic party will receive contri butions from more Individuals than ever contributed to my campaign and there Is no reason why the entire sum necessary should not be supplied by contributions from the masses. If every Democratic paper W.UJ take the matter up and lend a helping hand we will soon have money enough In the treasury to provide for legitimate campaign work and that It all we want" - " Late this evening George Fred Wil liams, of Boston, arrived and waa driven from the station to Falrvlew by Mr. Bryan. The two held a lengthy conference on reaching the Bryan home, whera Mr. Williams expected to spend the night. A - One thing Is definitely settled and that Is that the chairmanship of the national committee will not go to a Southern mat because of the attitude of the Southerners toward the negro. Although Mr. Bryan thinks highly of Mr. OIHe James, of Kentucky, and his name was prominently considered for this place, the position taken by Mr. Jama some time ago In favoring the disfranchisement of the. negro mads : his appointment ' out of the questlony v ' .'-; ' , PEN MIGHTIER THAN SWORD.- ' Mr. Gonseles AetboHty For th State ment Tlist tba DemtK-ratic Candl " date- Will Depend More Upon tho , Press In His Campaign Than; on AneeVh-Maklng-. ' ; , : - . -; Columbia. . S. C July 20. "Mr. Bryan eampalgn will have at least one aovel, feature," raid William E. Oo niales, editor -of The Siste, who returned to-dsr from a trip : to the West during which he twice visited the Democratic standard-bearer - at Falrvlew, That, feature will be the resort to the pen- rafher than the tongue: to the preas rather than the platform.- - - - -: - When tr appealed to Mr.. Bryan to make as vigorous a canvass as In 1818." said Mr. Ooniales. ,"he re minded me that he wss now 13 years older,-'end besides. said Mr. Bryan. I believe I can be more effective In writing arguments for Democracy that newspapers can use if they will, cvr my signature. "When I saw him last week It was Mr. Krysn's Intention to deliver two, perhaps three, rpeeches in New Tork ' r.', , v , v.',. ..'-. . '-. ',' --'-ev- ' ., ' ' ' - ''..' HEARING ON MILEAGE BOOKS. Claim of Traveling Men and the i Railroad Heard by Railroad Cm uilsKfon, Tim ugh It Has No Manila tor Power in the Matter Soatb Carolina Candidates Let One. Dsy ; . Pass Without, M akin j ipeeebcs, . -Observer Bureau, ' j300 Skyscraper Bulldlag, " Columbia, 8. C, July ?0. . - Beginning at noon and lasting un til night a hearing before .the South Carolina railroad commission.' In the matter of mileage was held to-day. A large number of traveling men repre senting the T. P. A.' and U, C. T. of this State and other States wa pres ent to protest against the system of exchanging mileage for tickets before boarding the trains at stations. The traveling men, claimed that this eys-N tern causes them to lose time, re quiring twenty or thirty minutes more to get tickets and check baggage than formerly, and that hla Is a serious; Inconvenience In trying to make sev eral towns a day. " The side of the railroads was pre sented . by high passenger officials of several roads. Including Passenger Traffic Manager Hardwic and Gen eral Passenger Agent Tayloe, of the Southern; General Passenger Agent Craig, of the Coast Line; General Passenger Agent Ryan, of the Sea board, and others. The commission has no powers In the matter, as mileage Is a voluntary matter with the roads, and any action taken by the commission Is merely a recommendation to the roads. The statements were taken by a stenog rapher and when submitted to the commission the board will make its finding. The First Regiment South Caro lina National Guard, will leave Wed nesday for (he encampment at Chick am'auga, under command of Cel. W. W. Lewis, one of the best military men In the South. As Major John O. Richards, of Liberty Hill, cannot at tend the encampment, Adjutant Gen- eral Boyd has designated Lieutenant Colonel Coggeshall. of the Third Reg iment to command one of the bat talions of the First Regiment at the encampment In place of Major Rich ard a Commissioner Watson and Con gressman Lever left this morning for Union to address a meeting of farmers this morning and to-night to speak before a meeting of the board of trade. To-day was an off day with both candidates for State offices and tor United States Senator, there being no campaign meetings ' to-day. The candidates for State offices will speak to-morrow at Blshopvllle Lee coun ty, "and those for Senator at Walhal la. Oconee county. Several of the State candidate epent Sunday and to day at Columbia but most of the senatorial candidates remained in the up-country for the two rest daya NEWS OF THE GATE CITY. Mayor Brandt and Messrs. Brooks Get Hack From Denver Convention, After Visiting Oilier points Negro Carved In Magnluccnt Manner. Observer Bureau, The Bevlll Building, . Greensboro, July 20. Mayor Brandt one of the alter nates from the fifth district to tne Democratio national convention, and Mr. A. L. Brooks and father, Dr. Z. T. Brooks, who attended the convention as Interested spectators, have returned and report a most pleasant and profit able trip. Mayor Brandt, came back by way of Dallas, Texas, and attended the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Elks In his capacity as district deputy tor tne western nan ot xsortn uarO' Una. Mr. Brooks and his father ex tended their trip to Colorado Springs and -other points and came back through Canada. Mr. Brooks, who Is the Democratic candidate for Congress In this dis trict, had the pleasure of meeting Hon John W. Kern, the candidate for Vice President, at the home of Mr. Bryan and secured from him a promise to come to North .Carolina and make several speeches during the campaign. In the police court to-day Henry Martin and Jim George, both colored, who engaged In a bloody battle at a negro restaurant last night, were held for the Superior Court under bends of 3100 each. Tlie two negroes en gaged in a quarrel over some trivial matter and George drew a gun on Martin, when the latter got (busy with his knife, cutting his foe In almost every Imaglna ble : place on the hody except a vital spot. . Two doctors worked over two hours sewing up the wounds. 'Squire D. H. Collins returned this afternoon from Dallas, Texas, where he attended the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Elks as the representative of the Greensboro lodge. TO INVESTIGATE CONTRACTS. New York Cotton Exchange Passes a Resolution Looking Toward a Complete Investigation of Present Future Delivery Hystem, . New York, July 24. The board of managers of the New Tork cotton exchange to-day, passed a resolution for the appointment . of a special committee- to make a complete In vestigation of the present - eontrart for the future delivery of cotton as required by the rules of the ex- change and to Inquire Into other features of the Institution s polrclrs. The action of the board of managers followed a conference recently with the spinning Interests In the North and South,, which nave criticised the methods of the exchange. -. t ; . The special committee will be ap pointed later and will ; be composed of seven members, - Including Presi dent George Brennecke. of the ex change, who Is -directed by the board of managers to endeavor to obtain the active participation of the United States bureau of corporations In the Inquiry and its advice - . upon the formulation of the results. . Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of the bureau of ...corporations, , recently criticised the New York ,' exchange for IU methods In the handling of cotton contract. - The spectal com mittee s directed to report by Sep tember. 1st. Jw, ' - ; - v--'--- State, one ef them In New Tork City, and six or eight speeches in the States of Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. He pro poses to discuss fully some one Dem ocratic principle In each of these ad dresses. The remainder of the cam paTfcn. Mr. Bryan expects to stay at home and prepare letters or articles in the nature of signed editorials for such' newspapers as will use them. He will sUo dlecuss the Issues with -any Democratic speakers that wish to consult him, - - The West Is giving Mr. - Bryan ranch encouragement- and he 'ls very hopeful markedly t more buoyant than before the convention." THREATENED HIS MOTHER SCION OF OIjaFAMILY" JAILED John. Van Rensselaer Inslnts Tluit ins Aiotiter ivai.-w sa,ouo on t nal Fancy " ' Name of Hers", In Order k That He May Get a Start in the Brokerage : Boslneao .The Police Take Him in Hand and He Ad mits W riting the Missive Says He ' Gave His Mother $3,009 When She , ' Was on Her Uppers, Which Ho Secured From a ood' Friend Who Wanted to Get His Mother in the , Colonial Damea, But - W hen His Mother Blackballed His Friend's Mother There Was Nothing More Doing The Van Rensselaer Blum : Blood. ''r ."-i'j ". . New York, July 20. John A. Van Rensselaer, son of - Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, " and a member of one of New York's oldesfr families. waa taken- Into -custody to-night oa a charge of attempted extortion. The arrest was jnade on advices from Chief of Police Crowley, of New-. port, R. I., who received a complaint from Mrs. van Rensselaer that ' her son had written a letter threatening her bodily harm unlets she provided. him with-funda Van Rensselaer Ms 34 years old and married. Van Rensselaer is connected with a local brokerage house - and when . he returned to his home to-night he 1 was placed under arrest by detectives, -Who produced the letter alleged to have been written by Van Rensselaer to nls mother. The detective and . Lieutenant Msnnlon, before whom ' Van Rensselaer was brought in the police station, declare that the young man stated that he had written the ' letter, which Is without any con-. ventlonal beginning or ending and ef which the postscript is unsigned. The -letter reads: THE POT'S LETTER. , , "I have just seen Lawrence LeeC -and I am given to understand that you will pay 830 per month, for my , board if I will go three hundred miles from New York, and that X must have your written consent ! leave the place that you may select. '. "Did It ever occur to you that X have an absolute remainder Interest la Aunt Frances estate - securities -and that by blowing .your head off, that my wife would Nave an Income sufficient to support her? "1 will take that course If neces sary and upon my head will rest the consequences. (Thaw Is still allvel maybe I will be). "In any case my wife, God bless -her, will benefit by your demise, even If I don't. "I have seen many disagreements and sufferings In my life and I must say that most of it is due to you. a selfish peacock, whose- name In these times amounts to nothing, and who la almost, if- not entirely forgotten, la circles, once tread. "I am now In no humor, to ' be trifled-with, end 1 wish to go on record that I' will take action on sight unless something Is done at once. You gave Harold $4,000 and a trip to Europe. - What have I had for being honest? "I want yoi to raise on that fancy name of yours' 33.000 for me. If you -are such a great lady, make good: If not keep out of my sight X can raise cash enough yet to go to you, wherever you are and I have a good name." "J. A. RENSSELAER." . ARRESTED BT ' POLICE. Van Rensselaer was- later taken to police headquarters and the police of Newport where Mrs. Van Rensselaer Is now residing, were notified of the arrest. The prisoner made Inquiries ' regarding ball and' spoke vaguely of ' a man named Lee, who would be glad to furnish It Van Rensselaer, will be carefully observed by the police. Admitting to Lieutenant' ter, Van Rensselaer, according to the ' -police, made the following state ment regarding the demand on hit mother: - v - . .;, 'I gave her a thousand dollars when she was on her uppers and now X ' wanted 35,000 to go Into the broker age business. When I was In busl- -ness before I had a good friend, who ' used to loan me any amount t wanted up to a couple of ' hundred! thousand. This friend's mother . wanted , te get Into the - Colonial Dames of America, or which my mother was. a member, but : my : mother blackballed her. Then, soon , aftef that; I went to this friend again for another loan, but he told me If mx mother was too good to associate -with his mother, he guessed . his ' money was too good for me." Van Rensselaer is a son Of Jofm. King Van Rensselaer and grandson .a --( i.- VT .... r?l 1 Van I VI D lBUtCI UVUCI lit". J .MM Rensselaer, aide de camp to Major General Wlnfleld Scott The ' Van Renaseiaers are descendants from Col. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, who was a member cf the Colonial As sembly In this Stat' ana its epoaaer In 1884. Van Rensselaer waa twice married, having divorced his flrea wife. . , NO NEWS IX DREW, MYSTERY.. The, Murder or the Touog- Troy Got- -ernese as Complete a Mystery a the Day When . Her Body Was Found Suicide Theory Given "-. Prominence. V v' v';--- Troy, JM. T.f July 20. There is still no trace of the , murderervof Haxel Drew, whose body was found In Teals - rona, aovui is mitea irora mis cnj. July 11th. The affair Is as com pletely shrouded la mystery as at any stsge of the Investigation so far as tangible dues are concerned. The ' work of the officers, the great rub- Hetty given the tragedy by the press , and a thoroughly aroused pubtio In terest have resulted In tracing the girl to the vicinity of Teals' pond In ih urlir ntnlnr et Jul 7th. and ih.i -a Ih lul awa f her Stive. Despite the assertions by the officers , Oiat no arrests' will be made at pres ent tne puone is nouny antrcipav an arrest. ' -'- ' It is considered by many that the ... i f l- ... . .l.utn, a. m-alltna uuivvum f J " - " . game and endeavoring to UiU the sus picions OI suspectea priies 10 i"" end that they may talk more freely. The suicide theory was given promi nece to-day. It W urged that Haiel Drew; was disappointed In Jove and that this, added to the fact that ehe was? out of employment, . led. her to thro wherselt Into the lake and that II r r Urtiu ai.i av a. a -1 -' - ing the wound which the dortor ev resulted In death before the - t-n .r reached the water. District Attorney O'Brien th's af ternoon stated that had It not ! i for the finding of the physician wh conducted the autopsy he won. I rv. been willing ta have accplej ' suicide theory. Ha went a 1 further an.t admitted that tK. v. report of the autopsy ha i f.-ved k. to accept the niurUor view.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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