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V I": SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : $3.p0 A YEAR. charlotte, n.c., Saturday orningjiily 25, i9oa PRICE FIVE CENTS. AlDEMECUM HOTEL BUBXS TitvTniirsrrs. NARROWLY ESCAPE Mw rwH riiMttli'ir in On of the Bath mnen.' Including the Personal Belongings of Many of the Guests The Total LOSS Muumiea at io,vu -i-'! ?v lightning or an Exploding Lamp Mmrernrti Finds it Necessary to IJonow Hearing Apparei for me ti of th Lu i. 1L Suarks and. Winston-Salem People. . . ; , , Special to. The Observer. . - . - ' Wlnston-Satem. -July. 24. The main building of the Vade Mecum Springs ripped great rents In the outside peb HoteL about 40 miles above' here In ' ble-daah and 4h Inside plasterlngs. -.. .-- --- v- .All memanrs -of kboMld-had Btoges CQunu, wa. aeruyv nr I o'clock this morning, and a number of the guests barely escaped with their -Clayton's nttle girls slept were splint-....-J. .. i- -t.f : d iA'ered. Tha children escaped by rea- .nw-..s.u.c,v.. - origin in. one of the battt roomsr ; M removed from the walls. The light There was a pumber of guests In sin practically demolished the chim the Gliding at the me. t the wen , cru.hed SSS&Si - u!ckly groused, although - many . or weiKht nad Deen dropped on It. Added them did "not have 'time to -get any of their helonglngSj HATE NARROW. ESCAPES. Mr,: John T. Simpson ana. wue, ox, th Is city, were among the ifumber who ! : . i-v failed., to save anything. . One . lady -with o a, baby, whose tis-me has . pot teen learned, had a very narrow es - ape.i Both had their rhair Jbadly j singed as-t hey hurried from the burn i lr structure.. - ' The hotel hls year has "been under the management of Dr. H. P. Mc . Knight ni was dolrtg a splendid bus! ivess. : An estimate of the loss has not rrt been secured. . It Is said that there was soms'lnaurance on the building, -which was owned partly y Wlnston- Salem ixopls.' y.,,. 1 . ; THE TOTAL LOSS. ! . The total lois Including the' butld ' lag, furniture and guests' belongings ts estimated at 1 15.000. There was no Insurance at the time, the po'lcle which had been carried having been dropped few weeks sgo. The estate of J. H. Sparks owns a - two-third Interest In the Vade Mecum . Springs Company and the. other one third is Owned toy" Messrs Cicero TUe and A. H. Ellejr. of this city. " - Many of the guests rushed out Of tho hotel half clad and lost a,bout : all of their - wearing apparel, and clothing had to be sent from Moores . Springs, two miles -ay. Breakfast was also sent over from Moores.' , ' OV UNKNOWN ORIOIN. . !rU irhor dennttljr known how ths flro started. Some are oi me opinion thathHblldlMas1ita'rtea bjf iiitninv and set on Are while others hold to the opinion tna nm npiwiun of.a lamp is responsible ter me con" - Dr. McKnlght will erect a kitchen at once and . continue business througa the season. He lost U.200 in money In the fire. v .' ' . i; MR. TAFT IN NEW YORK. RnmHa a DSr With City and State iMilffli Who Aassnre Him That All Will Be Well In Novembw Goes to Cincinnati For tte sou ' flcatlon Ceremonies Tirdsy. s New Tork. July 24. The Repub Ilcan leaders of the city were fully ' alive, to their opportunity to-day to .' make the personal . acquaintance oi ' their candidate for the presidency, i and when William - H. Taft leaned back In his Pullman seat late in the afternoon to begin his ; Journey . to Cincinnati, he had shaken the han" of nractlcallv every district 'leadea- In Greater New Tork. a number - of . Etate leaders and had conversations : . with politicians -of varying .decrees ' of prominence to the: number.' of several hundred. "It has been a day of -acquaintance making." was Mr. ; Taft's comment after the Impromptu reception was over. "There ts no po- y lltical significance : to be attached to any of the Interviews I have-had. ' It ' Is a UttM too early for mo to get re- : ports of the situation In the State, but from what has been told me. by the men I ,have seen, -- satisfaction L seems to . be the . prevailing stata j)t ..mind.."-. . - . v . - 4 -.' . .-. ." . So ' far as, Mr., Taft now. Intends this will bo his last visit to tfte city until after.. election.- He, - wilt - reach Cincinnati to-morrow shortly after noon. After the notification ceremo- . nles Tuesday .It U his purpose to return to Hot Springs at the earliest possible : moment. Although , Mr Taft spent the - greater part of the night going over the proof of his "notification speech, he was up early "and kept a breakfast engagement with his brother, HenryW, Taft, and wlTe at the Plas. He was called on " here by Paul Mortoo. Mr. and . Mrs. J. W... Jackson, . long time personal friends, - When the candidate reach, i ed hi sapartmentgat the hotel Man - hattan he fouhd a delegation await ing, him, and', the callers.' came throughout the- day without cessa tion. Henry W.-. Taft assisted ' the candidate - In receiving , the guests .for some, time. 'Among the callers was a lady artist, who took measure, mehts of Mr. Taft's head for a por tralU The candidate declared at the end of the rush that he had really enjoyed the, day, and regarded It as having been- moat ' profitably spent. Tbree-Magter. Ashore ,Xear. Charlcs- ton. x - ; L' Charleston. S. C-' July i 4.-RThe three-masted schooner Joso Olaverrl, from Perth Am boy to Charleston with a .cargo of cement Is ashore at Bull's Breakers, JO miles from here and - lies In a dangerous . position. The tug Waban. went, to the assist ance of the schooner but was unable to pull her off. The towboat cap tain reported that - the . vessel . had been reached and that a line had been plared abQardU . but ;jen , account of the high wind Jt was Impossible to take her off the . breakers. The captain and crew of the , schooner are still aboard. . v.:. n casing Social Kvent at Morgan ton. Special to The Observer. ' : . - Morganton, July Mr. snd Mrs. D. C Pearson gave a reception at their hpme -last night In honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. "Ernest Erwln, bride' and gfota recently . returned from their bridal trip out West. It was a brilliant affair attended ljr over . one hundrett people. , The sight Of beauti fully gowned women. delicious refresh- merits, good muslo, the cordial hospitality of the host and bosteas and above all thai chance to tneet the beautiful and accomp- lisfced bride. Jtrs. Erwln. made thla an eajeyabl vent4o- aU he- WORK OP THE STORM, County Cmnmldsloner Clayton of uuncombe Had a Tnriiuii t-xpcr ' ; ieit-e Lightning's Queer t reaks In (7,. AshevUl. July 24. News of Jam age as a result ef the electrical storm ye,trdav toorninx la drifting In. County Commoner C. Clayton. ,who reside at Fletcher', ten miles 'from here, waa- In town thla morning to purcha6 material with which ' to by Hghtnlnir. Mr Clayton and fam- lly had a. thrilling experience during me srvxreu 01 uie iiuriu. . . a. uuu of lightning struck the house and nam)w. eicaDea - 4Tw walla of one ( room In which two of Mr. and Mrs. i son of the fact that their bed Was to it ail a lighted lamp was smash- ea -and tne room fired. one or Mr. water and whll there aether bolt struck and he was stunned for a mo njent or two. The Ughtnlpg went ln wlA on which grapevines , twined and which led to the pig sty and. killed one hog - and , enockea others. . , . In Ashevllle. It ts learned, Mr. and Mrs. I,'. E. latchley. vrno reside on drove street, had a thrilling expert ence during the , storm. Llghtnrng struck a light metre almost over their Iron bed and ripping It xroxn the wall nit the bed and threw Mr. ana Mrs, Blatchley several feet Into the floor. The couple were badly shocked but not otherwise Injured. At the time of the stroke Mr. and Mrs. Blatchley were asleep and were naturally badly frightened and startled ' at : finding themselves prone on 'the floor. It la now almost a certainty that the Ashe, vlllo cotton mills were fired by a bolt of lightning. .v -ij - HAZERS VISIT MR. WRIGIIT. Wrtit Point Cadets Lay . Tbotr Cam Before the Secretary, Petlartng That They Did Nothing- Brutal or Humiliating Court Was . Vnanl mona For Dismissal Sentence. . Washington, July 24. Secretary of War Wright, who returned to-day from a trip of Inspection of the ma neuvre camp at Chattanooga, receiv ed a call from' the .eight young men who,, as cadets at the military acad emy at West Point, have been found guilty of fcii'ng and sentenced to dis missal. Mr: Wright has not had tinx to examine the report wt Ich had seen j aubmitted to him. After a few mln uces' formal talk with the young,men, I all of "whomr theccretrysalff Trubi4 sequentlys impressed him as bright. manly fellows, Secretary Wright a!d:i i "Now, honest, boys, tell me ' lust whaLiyou did to set yourselves Into' this scrape?' -cadet Kassell, an honor man of- the first .class and a son of Lieutenant Colonel William T. Roaeell, of the engineer corps of the army, stepped forward as spokesman. He said per haps he had been more to blame than any of the other, but he felt that none had committed serious offenses. He explained frankly and briefly the nature of their hazing -of the plebes. "Bracing." Rossell explained, "was an exaggerated form of bringing -a plsba to 'attention.' ' He said that all of them had been through such an ex perience which, far from belnr bru tal or humiliating, tended - to make the right sort of men of cadets.' Sec reiary wngnt iniormea the young men he would give careful attention to the report and lake, their cases under advisement. Indicating If might oe several aays oerore final disposi tion was 'reached. - The- court la nn. derstnod to have been unanimous on tne dismissal sentence..; In the opin ion of War Department officials. inereiore, the Secretary must either approve the findings or set them aside altogether. The law la mandatory uiua ma auinormes to -aismiss ca dets found guilty of haxlng and it la noi aiscreuonary with even the Sec retary ef War to minimise th nun. ishment. .- . , . ; Christenbj-Armour edding ia rAn- nounced. . , .-. Special to The Observer. ' .' v ' ,' Davidson, July - 24. Davldsonlana W reading with much interest the following card of .invitation to the weoaing of two popular youna-.tteo. pre, resident in the town: t . . . Mr. and Hn Rhln T Dirid... bury request the honor of your pres ence ab thev marriage of their daugh ter, Eunice Arvieta. to Mr. Holt Ar mour on . Wednesday evening. August the fifth, one thousand nine hanrirwi and. eight, at slx-thlrtv oviook Methodist church. Davidson. . North Carolina." : . .-. .. . Mr. Armour Is a. successful ' mA prosperous partner In the firm of M. H.-fQoodrum A Co, and his bride-to-be Is a young lady rreatly- eeteemiMl for many pleasing Qualities of mind and -heart and with a wide circle of friends and admlrera ' For several sessions she has been a member of tne faculty of the Oornellua Hlc-h SohooU. . v.-?W.7 . . !New Enterprise For Rockingham. y SpecUl to The .Observer. , , - . Rocklnxham. Jnlr J4 Hardlr a day passes without some nw ntr. crlse bobbing up. Rockingham cer ainly lias got the -righit "go" on It row. xne Kockingham Foundry it Machine Comnanr tiaa been nrranlcnrt and will build a general foundry and iimtiuuo worm within the course of a few weeka The comDanr will be un der the general management of, Mr. Wv A." Biggs,- anvexperleneed man-,; v Desperate FIghUng ta' Tabrlx. St. Petersburg. July 2 4 The most desperate struggle that bat yet.take piace between the revolutionists and the Shah's troops in -devastated Tab- rls Is now being Waged. Messages re ceived to-day tell ef musk etry assaul ts between the loyalists and nationalist mobs. The last report said that the mobs are gradually surrounding the soldiers of Rachln Kahn and that a final dlspersement of his troops Is im minent. ' . -. ' - r . - ; ; A Strike In India. i Bombay, July 24 Two officers were fatally, wounded and several strikers killed to-day in' a clash between the police and a mob of strikers. The em- ployes of eleven factories 'Joined the strikers to-day and unless the military is called out the situation will soon be beyond -control. NEWS J OP CAPi? AL1CIT Y UE.1RIXG IN THE REGISTER CASE Aged Cohth.4 Sentenced For life : 1 Tom Columbus Oouuty For Being ,n Accessory , to a Murder For AVhicli His Hon Was Hanged, WU1 lUve a Chance For Ireedoiu lo-la v Raleigh Folks to Have More Wat--cr -Ihe New State Chairman. Mr. 'A. H. Jler, Btscasses His .Plans , , Mill nave Headquarters in Ralelgli . -Work Kxpecteti to Begin Soon tut the New Dormitory at Wake Forest CoUrge News Notes of the State . Capiul. T , . . - Observer Bureau, . The Holleman Building, v Raleigh,- July 21 - Considering the oanlckv times, the officials In the office of the SecreUry of State think the number of charters granted to corporations. holds up very wej. jw year as compared with-last year. , The last one goes to the Tar River1 Lumber Company, with $300,000 capital stock, headquarters at Rocky Mount, Horace E. Barker, of Elmlra, N. Y., and some other . people from that State bg the . largest . stock holders. ' --7 ; , To-morrow afternoon at 'clock the very handsome memorial drinking fountain which stands on : HaUfax street, north of the Capitol, wilt be presented to the city through the Wo man's Club, which secured It - as I gift. from the trustees of Mr Ensign. who In his will provided for such foun tains. The ceremonies will take place gt the north door of the Capitol, Gov ernor Glenn making the presentation speech and Mayor James Iredell John son asrepting the gut Then the wa ter win be turned on and man and beast will & given a much needed showing. , To-day the attorneys for the cor poration commission la the freight! rate discrimination case against the Norfolk & Southern and its anted rail ways were here, consulting with the commission and making up the briefs for the case, which will be beard tn September at Washington, D. P., be fore the Inter-Etate commerce com mission. The exact date. Is not yet aectaed upon. ' HEARING IN REGISTER CASE. Governor Glenn fixes to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock for the hearing of a case of H. B. Register, a convict. aged 70 years, who for some time has been In the hospital in the penitentiary here. He Is serving a 'life sentence, having been convicted, together with his son, Jabel, of murder In Columbus county, in 1903. The son was hanged In February. 1904, and the lather was convicted of being? an accessory to the crime. crime, Register was a man of some means and had Ions been United States com missioner and a magistrate. - He Is also a Confederate veterans ''A num ber of members of his family are here snd will go with the lawyers who sre urging pardon to presehtrtne case Be fore the Governor. The. case has ex cited no little attention in that psrt of the Btate.1 There "are" petitions against pardon, It being alleged that the crime was brutat and premeditated and that Dunlshment was 1 folly de served. gome time ago arrangements were made for the erection ,ef a. large dormitory at Wake Forest College, but the canlo came on and there was some hitch about the matter, so that it. was held up for a while, but to-day an architect went out to the college. snd It Is expected that work will soon be gin on the building. : - ' CHAIRMAN ELLER'S PLANS, Th. tinw chairman. A. H.' Eller. Of the Democratic State committee, re malned here to-day and had a confer- ence with various State officers and with a number of other prominent men In the party. He remarked, to vaii r niTMnnn dent that his head quarters would be established here, of course, and would oe openea as soon as possible. Meanwhile Becretary Fetid will be busy prepalring the way for the most active work or tne cam nafs-n. . The election of Mr. Eller was. ,f course, known to be certain for aom week. i The retiring chairman, Hugh 'Chatham, only held 'the place temporarily, having months ago de clined to take It except upon such condltlona ; - wBirnnv AT CAMP GLENN. There was some friction to-day at Camp Olnnn'Msrehead City, between Brigadier ueaerai Armneia, cwm nundlnr the camp, and Colonel Gard ner, -of the First Regiment,, because of the fact that after the former hod ordered that trt of the troops leave for home thla evening and part to-mnn-nw. the colonel ordered an to leave to-day. Governor Glenn "upheld Oeneral Armfleld'S authority.' v ,? In the Elks Temple to-night a new lodge of Knights ot Fymias was in timtii with nearly one hundred mem hr. nr Grand Chancellor Thomas H. WeMv of Durham, and State deputy J. D. Nutt. of Wilmington. The penitentiary officials announce that John Bristol, white, aged about 54. sentenced from Caldwell last August for two: years for Incest, has escaped from the State farm near Tll- KT-, . s...--.-.";- ; . , - ." :- ,. - - DtTlTS WEEKLY REVIEW. ' .-- r. . . - ' Industrial PtanU Are Graduafly En- - Urging Their Operations ' and Ke tall Trade ' Is GrowUis; Better Spinners Cn See No Profit and Are Rejecting Propositions. 7 . . 7 ' . New Tork. July 24-R- O: Dun 4k Co.'s weekly review of trade to-morrow will say: s - -!- - . Industrial nlants gradually enlarge the. percentage of. Active machinery, furnishing, more work for wage earn ers, which .-stimulates retail .trade, while, favorable crop v , progress strengthens confidence In a continu ance of recovery -In business. New contracts for steel products are being placed with mors freedom, and col lieries resume that were closed by the drouth.- i ; - .-. . ' v ' , - Outside representatives of Jobbing houses are numerous la the primary market for cotton goods but opera tions are restricted, as is customary at this season.-, . " - , . " Sptnnera can see no profit 1T opera tlons on the present basts and hence make no effort to get the small busi ness that offers. .In fact most prop ositions are rejected, and the absence of concessions prevents any change In nominal quotations, although scarcely any transactions are made on the present' basia export traae is also stagnant, although there Is a lit tle domestic trade In lines usually eonsideredonflttfidto foreign mar ket. - - New England footwear shops are still well .occupied, but wholesalers have left the Boston market without placing any large volume ot business. Leather Is steady except that tan ners advanced prices on heavy oak ol and rtlgherfijaresjare named lor belting butu. . 1 tim WILL CONVOKE A P.UUX1MEXT. Turkish Ruler Takes the Reins Tnto;Tl;ht the Candidate Should Announce , His Own Hai'ila and Restores' the. mnaMtntinn oi 1871 AMnounre.1 riienf of His Decision to Convoke Parliament Causes av Sensation Throualiout the Empire Albanians, nis Last Hope, Join the Re-Estabi lishment Forces and the Sultan Fol rowed Becomes Angry r One of v. His Officials and Immediately Dls : t lMtrges . Him From the- Grand Vlslershlp Feared Revolutionary tmbreak. Constantinople, July 2 4. Startling as. was-the sudden dismissal of Ferld Pasha from the. grand vlslershlp and the appointment fr&ild Pssha in his place, this tep was as nothing com pared to the sensation' created- ln.aJl quarters his mornlhs by official an nouncement that the Sultan had de cided" to"convoke a "parliament It waa felt thit in view of the gen eral revolt in the army unprecedented In the history of the Turkish Empire, some change was Inevitable, and that far reaching measures ef reform In the central government were bound to be Inaugurated. But the drastic ac tloa of the Sultan, who took the reins Into his own hands and &y the stroke. of a pen suddenly yielded to the de mands of the young Turks and restor ed the constitution of 1S7 has taken the palace clique, the members of the diplomatic corps in fact, the entire population of Constantinople com pletely by surprise, - A&BANIAN'S DESERT SULTAN The Immediate cause' of the Sultan's raising of the white flag was the re celpt of a telegram addressed to him from the Albanians of Uskub Inform ing him that they had taken their oath to favor the re-establishment of the constitution. This message land ed like a thunderbolt at the Tlldla Kiosk. ' .The Bulta'n had been, under the Impression, that he could depend upon the' Albanians under all circum stances. Ferld Pasha, who ts an Albanian. ' had fostered this conceit. When the facta became 'known the wrath of the Sultan Immediately fell upon his favorite, who was summoned to the palace and dismissed on the SDOt The former grand vlxler. Bald Pasha, was then summoned to the palace- He gave the Sultan an Insight Into the real gravity of the situation in tne country, and the hopelessness of at tempting to restore permanent peace In the army and among tne people un less the personal regime, with its at tendant abuses and Intrigues which had brought the country to tsj verge of rultti-came to an end and some steps were taken In the direction or grant ing a measure of constitutional gov- ORDERS ELECTIONS. The result pt this conference was that an imperial trade was Issued, or daining the absolving of a chamber of deputies In. accordance with a consti tution which had been elaborated by the Sultan. The Irade had been com munlcated to the Vails and the district lieutenant srovernors with, the neces sary orders for the holding of elec tions. V . After 82 years of autocratio rule un der Sultan Abdul Hamld II, Turkey aaaln has been granted a constitution The constitution Is practically a re storation of the one proclaimed De cember 2Sd, IS76. by the present Sul tan Immediately following his eleva tion to the Sultanate after the violent death of Sultan Abdul .Axis June 4tn, of that year, and the deposition of Sultan Murad V, on August 31st, 1870 MUTINIES AMONG TROOPS. This action on the part of the Sul tan, which came as a complete sur- nrlse to a lot of surveyors of the pro aress' of events In Turkey, was wrested from hhn by the young Turks, a po-. lltlcal party that has been working for good -many years lor tne establish ment of a constitutional government In the realm of the Sultan. About ten toys ago there began to come re rtorta of mutinies among the Turkish troops In'Macedonia ana it. was declar ed that the young Turk's had succeed ed In winning over 90 per cent, of the Turkish army to their , cause. This was euttlna- the ground out from un der the Sultan's feet and the last straw mas broken when the Sultan learned that the wild people of the Albanian country would support him no longer but had' joined the liberal movement and were calling louaiy xor consinu- tlonai reforms. Then suddenly tne Sultan decided to bow' to the Inevit able rather than face the alternative. revolutionary outbreak throughout all Macedonia. JOY IN MACEDONIA) Imperial Edict Read to ' Immense Crowds and It la urwwu uu iun thuIasm "Long lave Liberty" la Hinging Through the Streets. ' ' "Eaiohtkt. European Turkey.iJuly 24. An . lm perlat firman restoring - to Macedonia the constitution 01 ii7s was read In this city publicly to-day Id the presence- of the civil an J .mili tary authorities and before an im mense and orderly crowd. '- "3reat tn thuslasm prevailed and thire were wild manifestations of Joy. .' Muchlr Pasha and Hllml Pasha. Sides-de camp to the Sultan, were among the officers who spread the gooj nws-v- The people of Salonikt are parading the streets and shouting "Long Live Liberty." V' Monastir Is completely in tne hands of the youna Turks. Marshal OSman Felxl Pasha, commandant of Monas tir. waa abducted during the nlcht and carried off to Ochrlda, fn Albania, Where ha Is how in the hands of Nlasl Bey, leader of the young Tur key party. --7- - v - Seres. Prlsrend, Koosovo, vodena. Kaatoria. Ellavona, derfldjl and Qer- ben a. all In European Turkey, have Joined In ch4lbrty -movsmsnt, while 100.000 Albanians have proclaimed themselves as la favor of the constl- utlon. 7- -. .- ''--'.--..-. -. : - ' ' . - - . - ' , ' I. .''.---:; . : Twenty-Five Drowned fa Swiss Tunnel. -Berne. Swttserlsnd. July: 24. twenty-five Italian workmen were drowned' to-day tn lyjetscnoerg tunnel when a flood of water from a subter ranean river or lake filled the tunneL the walls giving away before the rush waters. .--- ;": -., SInrderer Ouoimlts SuMde. , Louisville. July 24.- Phillip B. Hans. Jr., who yesterday killed Arthur W. Kraft and shot Mrs. .Kraft, killed himself by shooting. A farmer found Ms corp Jilsg la ihe road, near here to-day. - , 'j XO SURPRISE TO WASHINGTON Tuat Hia buecctt Would Be wn sored by His Preceptor and Bobs ;. Creates No Comment at the Capital - ltiough Many Were Surprised That ( Mr. laft Should Be So Candid in His , Admlmioii or His Inability to Do Unj-Uilng Hlmerlf No Doubt About the Prckideitt Being the Boss 01 we .Whole Job "Me and .V Policies" Net Popular In Wall Street and the 7 j-ist Mr. Taft Willing to- tie Flunkey. - , BV Z.CII M'GHEE. '.-'.4'r'--.--,: . Observer Bureau,...: - 7. 7 .-. 7 ': -13 Post Building. - Washington, Juy 24 v In Washington It is not. considered surprising that Judge Taft, the Repub Mean candidate for the presidency, or rather '.'My candidate," should go to Oysters Bay, . as be did - yesterday, to submit -his speech of acceptance to tui political lather., preceptor, ana boss. . The only surprise expressed ts that Mr. Tart, should announce tne fact so boldly. It Is fully known here and throughout' the country pretty well understood -that -Roosevelt bossed the Chicago '.convention absolutely. that he manipulated the delegates an compelled them to nominate . Taft, that he had his steam roller crush the stuffing out of all contesting delegates who would not vote for Taft. and that he himself drafted the platform. The platform was not drafted and submit ted to him; but he drafted It himself and sent It out to Chicago". No changes were made In' it without consulting him. In this respect only does the speech ef acceptance differ from the platform, that Mr. Taft himself seems to have written his speech and goes-to Oyster Bay only 4o have It, O. K by his boss. Mr. Roosevelt will use his blue pencil on any portion of it not to his liking, and he will add what ever In his Judgment should be added And Mr. Taft calmly announces at Hot Springe that he Is not himself capable of making his own speech, that he has no view of his own, that he is not his own man, that he Is not willing to express any opinion without consulting the man higher up. What a spectacle jnaeea: Ana yet some Democrats are talking about voting for mm nrstead'or Bryan, from whom Mr. Rossevelt himself has copied. TWO OPPOSITE OPINIONS. Two opinions are expressed here as to the wisdom of this boldly going to Roosevelt with his speech like the school girl who consults her teacher about her graduation essay. There are those 'who say that It Is the) part 01 wisdom and that It will mare votes for Taft. TWose say that If Taft docs not swing to Roosevelt, pray what has ne got to awing toT The people throughout the country do not care anything about Taft, they do not know him. They have been told that no was a lovel-headed . Judge, that Mo went to the Philippines and by dint or persistent Jollying kept down scan dals In that scandalous mess, and-that while the office of Secretary of War is comparatively of no importance he has been useful la the cabinet as Jollier, keeping the President and the others who sat around the board In a good humor. The very few American neODlo who have seen thn treat, bis Tat man with the perennial .smile all iiKe mm, xor ne is personally trresist lble. But as for being -President no body would everMiave dreamed of his being that If It had not have occurred to Mr, Roosevelt. And some there be hereabouts who say that It might not have occurred to the President if -It had not been for the social bug wmcn got into tne bonnet of. Mrs, Charles P. Taft. whose husband Is fur. nishtng the barrel In tine. camDalan-, Unless Mr. Taft can show some good reason Why he should be elected Presl dent, the people, argue this school of counsellors, will vote for Bryan, and the only asset he haa isthe O. K. of Mr. Roosevelt; therefore, let him make It very clearly understood that 11 ts Mr. Roosevelt's candidate. "ME'AND MT-"POLICIES." Qn the other hand, on account ef the business depression In the East which the wail Street Interests have been laying at the door of President Roosevelt, "Ms and-My Policies" are -not so popular In the doubtful States of New Tork, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland as they used to be. In the East the chief obiectlon . uraed against Mr. Taft ha ben that he Is incapable of standing on his own feet and that If elected he would be the woi 01 Kooseveit. to go now to Oys ter Bay with his speech of acceptance for Roosevelt to edit confirms thla belief In the subserviency of Taft. He had better be doing - something to show his Independence of Roosevelt ana his ability to bos his own action. - WILLING T OBE A FLUNKEY. A little Instance occurred . a few weeks before the Chicago convention wnicn snows that Mr, Taft himself. whether his party advisers consider It wise or not. Is going to cling to his one asset or being Roosevelt's man. The Taft publicity bureau In Colum bus. O.. sent out a circular to the ef fect that Mr. Taft waa a different sort of man frem Roosevelt that If elected ha would be his . own boss and would not be merely a marionette - in, the Roosevelt circus. Of course, this was break. . under any circumstances tt would have been an act ef the most awkward stupidity, and the fellow who sent out the circular, who It has been learned, waa an underling who, tak Ins into consideration the great wave of hostility to Roosevelt on the part of the business men of the East, thouarhl. ha -was maklnr m stroke, waTuftry peremntorlhY. called down. The next, day The Wash ins-. ton Star., a Republican naoer. aiwi a friend to Secretary Taft. nubilshed Mr. Taft's repudiation of the circular under the headline ."Secretary Taft Denies- That If Elected He Will Be Independent."- And that was a fair headline for Mr. Taft's statement, as remarkable as It appeared. The Idea of denying that If elected he will be maepenaeni aia not apparently strtks Air. 1 an as a conieasion or weakness. To him to be a flunkey was no dis grace, provided Of course his master 1 th great Roosevelt, v C And strange as It ' may seem, the opinion prevails more or leas senerallv here that the people of the West do not think any the less or him for be ing a flunkey, so great vis their pre posterous admiration, of Roosevelt. 7 Injured In Runaway 'Aerldent. " Special ta The Observer. Spencer, - Jaly tt-Sht Pearce. a aed about II years, a dallverrmaa for the Antissptle Laundry here.' waa painfully Injured tn a runaway accident In Spencer to-day After running half a mile with the -lad the horse upset the wason and a heavy piece of glass from' the side of the ws.gett.-f?!!. icrp both. Ms f ?tl.t ting ! dangerous gashes In each ankle. TWO OPINIONS llAXDEP DOWN. ' ' - - ' ' - I Clrcatt Court of Appeals, Sitting at - AtdtcvUle, Deddrs Interesting Case Dlstrk-t Court Finds For Defend.' ants In Case of fulled Stales vs. - Freeman and National Surety Couv 7 pauy. , - !- Special to The Observer.' ' ; v Ashevllle. July In United States Or. cult. Court of Appeals- to-day' two opln Ions were handed down, the remainder of the sessions being gfven ever to a confer ence by the court as te the cases hereto fore argued. Judge Pritchard and Jftdge Boyd constituted the court this morning with Deputy Clerk Claude Dean in attendance.- The two opinions handed down follow:- ' .. 7 "- 7h No.. 734. John A. Mills, trustee ef J. R, Franklin, bankrupt., appellant, va; Virginia-Carolina ' Lumber Company; . ap pellee; appeal from the District Court at Raleigh. Opinion by. Judge Boyd. A1 flrmedwlth costs. '.-.. :. - .- -' No. 110.; Uaited Btates of "America, plaintiff In 'error, vs. The American 8ure ty Company of New Tork. de'f endant . in error; In error to the Clreult' Court at Baltimore. Opinion' by Judge Boyd. Re verted and cause remanded with direc tions to grant a new trial la accordance with the views, expressed In the opinion of this court. In United States District Court this morning the Jury in the ' case et the Uaited States vs. A. H. Freeman and the National Surety Company of New York returned a verdict finding for the defendants, Thla was a ease growing out of the destruction by fire November 26th, 1902, of a distillery belonging to Freeman; in Caswell county. The Secretary of the Treasury refused to rebate the taxes on the destroyed spirits and Instructed. that suit be started for the recovery- ot the amount, a total, principal, penalty and Interest, or about 13.000. The case was tried before Judge Boyd who decided that the. finding of the Secretary et the Treasury was final. The ease waa ' ap pealed and the United States - Circuit Court of Appeals -granted a new trial, the eourt holding that the defendant had a right to a Jury trial. The Jury this morning found that there was neither ! fraud, collusion or negligences in the burn ing of the distillery warehouse five years ago. The ease will be appealer 10 ins United States Supreme Court The remains ef Mr. W. L. Culberson, who was so badly crushed between two freight cars st Canton yesterday after noon that he died last night, were taken to Kebo this afternoon tor interment: Mr. Culberson, a brakeman on the Mur phy division, waa engaged In switching at the yards In Canton when ha was caught between the bumpers of. two freight cars. The lower right limb was amputated after the accident In an effort to save the victim's Ufa but Mr. Culber son died shortly after being removed from the operating table. SALISBURY NEWS ITEMS. . Printed "Pamphlet Severely ; Criticises Republican invention tair aswq riatkm Isnues' Premium List. Special .to The Observer. Salisbury. July 24. A printed pam- phet Is. being circulated. In North Car olina, a copy bff ame has reached here severely criticising theuteTRtr publtcan convention at Greensboro. It handles Messrs Adams,, Pries and Skin ner without gloves and gives the pro ceedings more fully than before pub llshed. Some presume to say ex-Gov ernor Butler Is. behind It front all ap pearances. . 7 V Ashevllle sent a delegation to our town to-day, In the shape of a color ed excursion. A heavy rain this even ing has dampened their prospects for sight seeing ana pleasure. . . The Republican countyconventlon for this county, will meet on the 2 2d ef August and nominate a full county ticket and send delegates to Charlotte. The Yadkin Valley Fair Association has-Issued their premium list for the coming fair. The list of prises will far exceed anything before offered and any person desiring to compete should write the president, M. L Jackson, and get a copy. Active operations have begun In the granite belt near here and large Quan tities, are being shipped to. different points. A large number of wagons are hauling into the city for building and curmng purposes. - . Walter Murphy, Esq- attended this meeting of the Democratic State com Walter Henry meet on theustlngei- there will be times, a niatfnrm stronger than the one they advocate wilt have tq be supplied te hold. up meir avoifaupois. -i . --, WAYXE8VILLB TllIEyCAUOIIT. Bad Lenoir, Negro Accused of Roh- Dmg tjiore at waynesvtlle, Cancht at Loutovllle and Will Be Brought Special te The Observer. , waynesvllle. July 24. Soma ten days ago the store of Lee A Mock,. ,LI- . , ' . . . iiiia ynto, was vroaen into ana several pairs f trousers, shoes and other articles of value taken. The matter was kept quiet with the hone that some news of the missing goods or the criminal would be received. In day or two It was learned that Bud Lenoir, an escaped nerro con vict front the roads of the county, sentenced there for burglarising the stors of J. D. Boon last year, bad shipped a bog of goods from Hominy, a station about twenty miles east ef here, addressed to Tom Rose at Louis ville. Ky. - - Word was at once telegraphed from her to the police authorities at Louis ville to arrest the man who called for th goods. The box then waa examined and the name of L at Mock found on th goods. ' The po lice were, therefore, put en th alert Just a day or two afterwards Bud Lenoir called for the goods and th police appeared upon th seen. . Le noir rushed rrom the depot, but af ter an exciting chase through th streets of Louisville, he waa captured, put Jn Jail and the authorities her notified. - -- --- . 1 Chief of police lure. R. 0, A. Love. left for Louisville a day or two ago to bring the prisoner back. : "Runaway Marriage at LoaiMburg.' ; Special to Th Observer. v , Loulsburf, July 24. A marriage at th Macon Hotel this morning at 7:20 o clock of a runaway coupls from Pe tersburg, Va.. created quite a ripple her. Th contracting parties are Mr. Paul Bullfant. aged 21. and Mis Edith May wood Newell, aged II, all of Pe tersburg.. Va. B. B. Massenburg. Esq., performed th ceremony In the Macon Hotel parlors. It Is learned that the groom had stated that they had been refused license at aevrral places, 'th last being Henderson, and that they cam her last night at t o'clock but Register ot Deeds Boone was out of town and a license could not be m-cur- d until this trtorning, Rca-lntt-r iiooni rpqmnj an -ai.iubvji s to tneiyc - e. of the parties, which was glvn. 1 They, left this jnarniE j)Bth.n- urth.a-1 bound train for Petersburg. f I0HX OX FEEJGHT BATES .' , --' PRrainraT akkft Tf Aiw-r 1 f?11 ,AJ.EP;,TO ASSIST 7.V .'.... " r" -i-tiH Asks President RooseTclt if tlin Decree Ismed Several Tears Ago U I to Be Enforced That Suits Be He ran at Once Against Ruads Whfa-h . Mai . Announced an - Increase in Rates Declares That TJere Is No V. Politics la the Matter But That the Violators Are Burdening the People j in : an r Unlawful - 31armer Roads , , Have Ignored the Mandates, of tlte ' 4 Courts. .; : i . - ... , - Cincinnati. Ov July 24. Brushing) aside alt lnfrmrflatM mnAm atlnn the Receivers and Shippers Associa tion of Cincinnati has carried tts war against a general Increase' In" freight rates directly to the President of the United Statea" . -W- - - - " . A communication was forwarded to nmoeni Koosevett last Saturday at ,- j .... . , msu puojiv nriv - night asking ' the Chlef Executive whether he intends to enforce a de cree Issued several years &g& against Certain railroads, forbidding Increas ed rates. If so, he Is asked at once ' to cause the Attorney General to bring proceed I nits for eontemnt aralnst the Missouri, Pacific Railway Company and the Chicago, Rock: Island, and Pacific Railway - Company. Denying theV nolltlca m ntthlnv tn An jarOH - the letur at this time It is er plained that because of the fact that certain : general Increases In freight rates are to become effective on. August 10th en - we as vnr- BB.SI v a v aw e tlon became necessary- ; In conclusion, , the tetter says:- . , "This association- stands for square . deal for the carriers. It believes tnat their property- rights should be pro- i tected the same as the property rights -ot Individuals. But we ,aro unalter- ably opposed to any policy of the cart rlers which has for Its purpose the Ig- , noring of our courts and the placing of' themselves above the laws of the land. If they expect the . protection of the laws and the courts, they must show wholesome regard for the law and respect the decrees of the courts. If the Missouri Pacific and the Bock Island deliberately ignore this solemn mandate of the courts and continue la an' unlawful manner to burden trade and commerce among the States by continually Increasing, rates the ques-.. "vii a.iiwB. 1 m iMciv 110 yvwrr m inn land sufficient to reach railroad com panies that recklessly brush aalds the ' decrees of our courts? ."This association believes that you wilt, tn carrying -ut your policy for .' the strict . enforcement of the law, see to It that these two railroad companies are required In the future to observe this docree."' -. : . ; HUGHES WILL AGAIN RUN. Gives Ont Statement That If He Is Re- Nominated Her Will Agaitt slake the Race . For . (Jovei-nor Nomination Will Enable Him to Carry Ont the Pvlk-les He Has Outlined. " Baranad Inn, ir. T.,' Julj1 24-Oov -ernor Charles E. Hughes will acoepi a r-nomi nation tt the Republican party of this State desires him to again be Its candidate, in a statement : made public to-night; the Governor so de clared himself. He says the personal reason which prompted him to say privately some time ago that ke did not desire a ro-nomlnatkm are not controlling, ."and thanrTe-nomlnated I ought to accept." - . - The Governor's statement In part . follows: ' . , ,, . . . - ; (. . . - "Some time ago I said privately that I did hot desire a re-nomlnatlon and ' that I felt that I could not undertake to. serve a second 4erm. This, how ever, was for reasons entirely persona. ' Upon further reflection I am convinced -that I have no right to regard the as controlling, and that If re-nominated I ought to acoept. ., . "But It Is my desire that the will ot the party to which 1 .belong should be freely expressed and tnat It shall take such action as shall be, most closely la accord with ptfbllc" sentiment.' -I be Ileve that tho people thoroughly un derstand the principles which I have sought to apply In administration and If they so desire, I shall regard It aa a privilege and. a duty to continue frnthet-term TBlgned) r- r -? "CHARLES E. HUGHES. "Saranae Inn, N. T.. July 14. 1101." ' Th Governor declined to make any further comment for quotation, but made It clear that h regard th poli cies he has pursued since ha assumed) office on January 1st, 1107, as a cause which should be continued. As he 1 sponsor for them, many of the Gov ernor's friends have - expressed the opinion In letter to htm that they can be carried out better If he . ta elected for another, term. ', WANTS MIS NAME CHANGED. One-Time Promoter, Appeals to Kpar . lanburg Court to Permit . Him to . Take on an Extra Cognomen Bo ra use ot a Blot on His Escatcheon Red Light Habitues Ordered . V : Move. . . - . .. - - Special t The Observer.. Spartanburg. S- C, July 24. 7. Flourney,- promoter of North and South Carolina, who.-several weeks ago startled the financial world by stating he -had formed a company' to organise the Thermal Iron and Steel Railway Company, with a capital of 1,000.000. and proposed to build line from Tryon to Spartanburg, ap peared before Judge Hydrick to-day. and asked that hi name be changed to Walter C Flourney. stating his former asm had been injured and he wanted te start out anew. Flour ney. It will be remembered, waa ar rested in ureenvlll some time tro. and after evral days' confinement wa released. r The chief of police to-day served notice on all residents of th red light district that they must get out ef town. The notice. It is said, was the result of the return of one of the former Inhabitants of the tenderloin who mad herself famous by marry ing a young man of the city. If t - girls re-fuse - la - bet a hasty retre.t : they will be pinched. - 7 Troops Protect Italian!. Natalbany. La.. July 24. A c- pany of State troops frem J-ff : parish arrived her t3-ni?ht ti; protection against 1 further 1 breaks of racial antagonism b- tw. Italian and American. The t- were t.ri!-frd " out ty tiovrrr. cr drs at the renint of fhrirf ter the dynamiting of an lta;....- here to-dy. ,' Georf!. and T-y Ijr.! '.: '. t ed of the mor. r 'of t.fc.a A yotlth. Walter Finimur. " yc-t b-n cir'urvil. a : t t pwr serve - 1 t k. 1 n nuny i' . a pou'-iia li.a : A ci.-i La f rame cf 1: 1
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