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v . A. J n SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C WEDNESDAY, MORNING, NOVEMBER 11 1903.' ::. :. , ..PRICE FIVE CENTS. V STATE IS (iltlEF-STRICKKN llemaln of DirtinsuiJHsd Ex-Senator are Home lioniewai lnireilve " tkiir at I'nicn fetation MarlUn ?Hht- 1 ..., rture- profusion of of the Grief l nt' I " riem. Sympathisers AU Business Honac Ire City f Coltim. r bu, to Clone For Funeral lir-errlne. - Which, by Kcquei or. wu.. yr msik. Will He . .Simple Bishop I ROasof M. E. Churvli, South. Will Conduct the Funeral "Service nMn Cooper Under Guard la Hos pital Co1nm1 . Cooper Transferred ' to County Jail BoO Charged With . .. Murder. -. ,-?; ., ; -wr,,- rv. : Nashville. Tennti Nov. 10. Th - ' xnalna of lormer Senator Edward-wi Carmack, who wo killed here yester day in a street duel with RoblnJ, " Cooper, were sent to Columbia this af ternoon. Impressive scenes at the uu- ion station marked their departure. Members of tha W. C". X. u, wnose uu Mr. Carmack had ably cham- nioned. gathered at. tha' ataUon In numbers and b casket u born In joined la ingtng "Lead Kindly Light" and "Stand Up For Jesus." A fcrief srddres was delivered by Rev, t Jra Landrith.s Mrs. Carmack enda reyv of her closest friends were takea ' on a special car with the body. . The ' profusion of flowers was but another of tha .many testimonials of grief ' from hosts of friends and sympathl ' sera All during the morning hours a stream" of callers viewed the body at tha home-of Frank Lander. , The train bearing Mr. Carmack s body,-',' reached Columbia about : 4 o'clock thhv afternoon and was met by , - a large concourse of .friends. The body was at one taken to tha Car mack home, from where the funeral occurs to-morrow tnorplng at 11 '-OV r clock.1- v,;-..'-v v '.'- : The tragedy": was tha absorbing topic 1ft Nashville to-day and. mny sensational rumors have been. In clr , jculatlon. ,v:.:.vo:f : fiobin Cooper, who fired the rtal shot and who was himself wounded. 1 under arrest at a local hoapltat ; He la doing well, but his phyilclan .stated to-day that tha -wound, which la near ' the collar bono, la In a dangerous place and complications are not nn- likely.- Col. . B. Cooper, who 'was u with hl son when the shooting, oc curred, waa transferred from 1 police headquarters to the Jail to-day. Ha has had nothing to say..' , C00PER8 I-OUDI.T CONDEMNBrX , rrlsnds of Carmack ? ars loud In v their condemnation of tha Coopers " and Tha Tennansean: of which itr. Carmack , wa editor, r' this morning, , 4 both editorially and in its columns,' nakes tha unqualified charge murder.- v Ji'.i i. ft " -. ' i " , B. . B. Craig, :ot Chattanooga, said to-day' that it was true that .he had . ' conferred with both Mr. Carmack and , V -Colonel Cooper regarding ha editorial references to the latter In The Tennes- ean but t ! liad notrtJ f Jailail, wld to -Co! mel Cooper that Carmack - inould not aaln refer " to him edi 1 torially. It Is" laid that the other menv ' bers of tha editorial staff, of The Ten neasean Ware fully perauaded that tho situation was serious and so, upon ona excuse and another, they kept Senator - carmack la the office nearly all day ' yesterday, but avoided, however, lei- ting him know" their purpose. i S Shortly beforo 4 o'clock Senator Carmack left tha office and started to his room on Seventh avenue, north. It is said that, some one In Tha Ten v pessean office forced him to take a pistol with him. v"--;i.'-t', ,." M Cooper - was charged "with murder 4, and with carrying concealed weapons. ' 1I waived examination and ..wan re- tnanded to Jail. without bond. '.-' - . Warrants -were sworn out ' to-day against Robin Cooper who killed Car- - - mack, charging him with murder and carrying concealed weapons. It la not known when he will . appear for pre 1 Umlnary examination. ; :..., ' . i Bishop E'. E. Hons, of the Methodist Episcopal Church." South, will conduct i the funeral services to-morrow, atUMOH '.IBAT . COOPER HAD v .- SWORN TO KILU ,: ;i. ! ' Tha police are Investigating numer ous stories which gained circulation v to-day among Carmack's friends and cited by them as tending to show that the Coopers had previously determln-: . ed to attack tha former Senator and were searching for him when the trag i . edy occurred. xIn addition to the statement made by Governor Patter- son this morning, which Is ona of the few poaltlve bits of evidence no far, " "' the police are at work on reports that Colonel Cooper had ent written as . " well . as verbal messages, to Carmack - warning him to refrain, on pain of death, , from using - his ' (Cooper's) -.name In future editorial. The effort of the policey In connection with Qov- - ornor Patterson's tormer, statement, I Vars directed toward a rumor that Col-1 onej Coopef ' "had told . his - married - daughter, of bis intenuoa to kill Car- mack,. whereupon she is '-alleged to v bave called up the Governor by tele phone and asked him to ure his good . offices with her father. -Tho police . are trying to ascertain If it Is true thit ' the conversation had by the Governor , with the. Coopers in which he played -. the part of peacemaker, and to which . the Governor refers in his statement. , was the direct result of the warning be Is said to have received from Colo nel Cooper's daughter. V, 'V j Anti-Saloon Ijedgwo ttrcs Sympathy.; ' v Des Moines, "loway .Nov. 10 At -tta . opening session 'this - afternoon the - central . district convention-, of lhe; - i. - Anti-Saloon - League of '. America J, . adopted resolutions of sympathy and , wired them to Mrs. Carmack. widow, f former Senator Carmack. who -was shot in a Nashville street fight. Na ( : tlonal Superintendent P. ' A. Baker: also paid a personal tribute to . Mr. Carmack from the platform In recog nition of his services in behalf of tcm- . perance. :. '. ... ' " "We never requested Carmack to do a thir? but lie immediately did it and " was always glad to do it." aaid Surer-i - lntendent Baker. "He was a su- - premely noble man and was a poor - " man." - .' .' i Governor rattcrson DiTlorf Trasrdy. I V Mempin, Tenn., Now. Kahv!;i( ' , -dispatch quotes Governor rattersn with regard to the killlnit of I'jrmer Senator ' J Carmack aa follows: ! "1 deeply .deplore the ; unfortunate '" trapedy. 1 aw both yoitna Mr. .Coorsr v and bt father in the morning and nc.ii-i lng occurred to ctte we to purpose aiy altercation would take plars ;th Ben-' ator Carmack or any one ee. Colonel Cooper had been .very rnm h aj:sjrtve4 at the use ot h.a name y Senator Car mack, and I learned ti nt he had pre pared a Bote to pd fVnalor Cartr.ack demaKdin that in future .his .nn should not te sui to publio attack. 'I ; - 1 - . -t n-f'i t t' ("also .Mr. " Bradf Jrd,' believing it- might eauae a difficulty and urged him to take Mk notice- of the objectionable editorials Colonel Cooper asmired me that no wouia not send the note and that thero would be nothing more ot It. "Robin Cooper ieft the Maxwell House with me in the morning and promlaed to stay with his father,- who seemed to he excited, and. prevent any poaalbla trou ble. I fboucht the whole matter was ended until my return from the Capitol l .h ( i T - al,A.lr.J learn of what -had occurred." - . f Expression From Senator Bacon.. ' Macon, G a.. Nov. It. Senator A.' O. Ba con said of the Carmack tragedy to-day: - ''Mr. Carmack's tragic death Is a great shock and personal grief to ma '. During his six yeara In the Senate I Was most Ultimately associated with bint. Ha was a - most remark &bla . man. Doubtless some others excelled him in somo partic ulars, -tait he waa the most brilliant mat who has appeared in the Senate on eith er side of the chamber during my term of service there. Withal he was a most lovable man, warm-hearted, genial, unaf fected and absolutely fre front vanity er the envy which seeks to depreciate oth ersa vice too often found (n public men of marked ability." y-?f-Vt-vS' Body Reaches Home of Deceased. Columbia, Tenn., Nov. Id. The body of Senator Edward w.1 Carmack reached Columbia, late to-day. A targe delegation of citizens met tha train and marched on foot as an escort of honor to tit Car mack home, where tha body will remain until tha funeral. ujs i.r..-: ,tfe Mayor Blddle, of Columbia, - Issued a proclamation calling, on all business hous es to close from 11 o'clock to t o'clock to-morrow. , The obsecaies by request of Mrs. Carmack will be simple. The pall bearers will be frieads and neighbors ot we asaa siausman. y .- 3UV XIAV10 fiTARCOI i FACTORY. Iowa Man Contemplating Establishing ; One In South Carolina Which W1U ,Vae Sweet Fotatoea ' yegroen Car- Tied to Spartanburg Iw Trial Wlth- ; ou jiuiiary rroteetfoa. ' r"4''r-1 f Observer Barean, ' . 'i L f:i ; w 1 2 1 Berkeley Building, , H VvColumbla. fVC-Kev. ."'A- practical demonstration - that sweet potatoes . may. be ' profitably grown In this State la larga quantities for man-ufacture of commercial ataroft within the State may he made- In tha nearfuTure by an, Iowa man - who wants to coma to the SUte and put UO a Starch 1 actorv. and whn tm now in correspondence with Comm'lsalonl r Watson on the subject. ' Clemson College bad In lu exhibit at the State Fair Just ended a . euantltr Of this starcn so made which attracted much auenuon from persons interested in the subject on aocount of the exellent oualltyof the article. It seems that starch from sweet potatoes waa. made In this SUte -before the war. ut It waa a crude sort that could infused only for home consumption."' Accord ing to a bulletin lust issued from the Federal Arrlultural Department en the Clemaoa "ipeHmente thee dnstfe tutlon ha been the first to demon strata . that South - Carolina potatoes can be profitably turned into starcn. With. start factory, -there would he no loss to the growers en account ef Crating, shipping - to - distant points with chances of the shipments rotting on the way; The potatoes ooald be shipped In bulk from .- air over the L State to tha tarch factory, the danger ot rotting cutting no - figure and, the farmer being always sure of disposing of all ot his crop at good prices. x -:. ' r- '' The negroes Irby and Agnew were taken to Spartanburg from the peni tentiary this morning for trial at the special term of tha Spartanburg court called for to-morrow with "-t Judge Schumpert 'presiding,- the former for attempted criminal assault and the latter for wrecking a train. - In spite of the determined - efforts" tha ' mob made to get these negroes out of tha Jail immediately after the criminal as sault case developed, It " was , not thought necessary to-day to send alonr s military escost.' The prison ers went - up in charge' of Deputy Sheriff J., W.vBeehnell, of Spartan burg,; accompanied by two members of the penitentiary ruarda, - Governor Ansel was In Rock HM to-oay aaena- ins- a meeting ef the Wlnthrop trus tees, and la not expected i back until to-morrow. Secretary Bethea vdoe not know whether the trial will be conducted under military nrotection, but says no request has so far been made ferHhe militia. - . ': MXXISTER, WTJ IN NEW YORK. Addresflea Popular MeeUng- at Fifth Avenue Freebrtman ennren on uie l .ndeavors of the Good . People ta This City to -Provide Healthy At ,mophere For My People. -V-New York. Nov. 18. Addressing a popular meeting at the Fifth Avenuo Presbyterian church to-ngnt m aia of the PreBbyterlan mission in - this city. Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister to the United SUtea. gave his cordial endorsement to what he called 'the endeavors of the good people" in This city to provide a healthy atmdsphere for my, people." " In particular the educational features, of the mission were commended by the speaker.'. Mr. .Wu prefaced his remarks ny saying he had received a letter from an American gentleman strongly urg ing him. because of his official posi tion, not to speak, because, b"(.Jdt Wu) jnight fce condemned. - "I was surprised to ave this savtce coming from an American," said, the minister. "My action in coming here to-n'frht may be liable to adverse criticism. I do not care. I do what I consider to be what is right. I Am here to look after my own countrymen. -1 want assistance, notl only from my country and from your country tout from your people.V ... ' CaxaManoa Inc 1.1 rt to Be Arbitrated. Pari. Nov. 10. The question that has arisen between Frum-e and Ger many over wht hn rome to be knovi-n as "the - ; ; .. n- a incident." ripin? . ont of t. e arr'-st " by the French authorities pf Cfrman de-geru-rs from the i'rench foreign l.eji.n. will be rtf-Tl to a court ot art-itrat ion. I'.j-oay Jules Cambon. the i'rprn h anii--'-a1or at Berlin, and Faron von Weclit.r, the Gnnan acting scrtary for foreign affairs, aiened an asreetnent looking to the settlement tf the matters in disnute. The ofHclal tert of the a --. .-ment sets forth that afteV an ft- . ---rfe of expreasiom of regret that t-.e inc , lent ocenrred.- the entire 1 uoien of law and facts phan be submitte.i to firhi tratlon. No mention Is made c The Haerue tribunal, the selection of the eoiirt being loft open for adjustment later. The A-reement s!.o provil-s thst fh r-rnrtry whose asits re ! -: f f ,i;!t si.ail PsU an e s. "'i-.-gy i ; .-. . WAS, DISSATISFIED WITH ; LIFE .',-.". ' ,. ,-v -; - , Henry X. Smith, Who Was Not MaU- -w? as Alucii t)ut of Uto aa tie ve r slrtd. Gives' Vo the Struggle Shoot- f ing Ulatnclf Governor's Full SUff WU1 Accompany Ulm te Cheriotte i' lo Attend Menlclpa! -Cbnveatloa ,rf- Twin CUx Ooatlnuce to licaa -in V, Tobacco Half Voung Son of E. V. 'J Duncan in Dying Condition Com mkwloa on Country I Ate at Raleigh :. io-ay coast -ArlUlery jpompany j--t..,,..i.; -ft Observer Bureau. . " ; , ?i''lX The IDollemap Building, . T . 5 - ' j Raleigh. Nov. Iti Torday:at Varlna, the. Junction point of. tha Durham A ' Southern Railway and the Raleigh Southport railway,' Henry U Smith, theJoint ageni or pom -tines, cimuuium m cide. -shootinr-himself ' with a ehot- gun. . He left a note saying that he was of entirely sound mind but that he-had not mads as much out of life as hs desired and that be deliberately committed suicide in order to make an end of everything. His mother end sister lived in the village. His death waa Instantaneous. -. He was ti years- of ace. , u, . i The Good ' Government league met to-night, Richard U. Battle . .presid ing, and took" up some 'of the' great Questions" which are now before the people of . Raleigh. The chamber of commerce also met to-night in regu lar monthly session, the subject before It being the extension of school term from six. to nine months, which Is a very vital question hers Just now; In fact, la regarded a one of the most Important things aver before the Raleigh public; ' ; - '. Governor GlenA- has been Invited to deliver one' of 'the addresses be fore the Raleigh, missionary institute which will be held at the First Bap tist church et . .Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.. ' .' , . .":.';'. ruLL, St ATT " WIIA' BB WITH' HIM r Governor Glenn sal A he had heard from all the members ef his staff and that they accept his Invitation to ac eomoanv him to Charlotte to be there en the 17th add lth Inst,, and that he and they- will do ; ale iney , can to' add to the importance and the pleasure of the meeting, which the Governor regards' as one of the most important and beat movemenu Inau gurated. He says U is anotner evi denoa of the SDlendld and progres- Islve spirit ' of - Charlotte, which .city nssa very mgn piv hi vim and he says that he looks with special pleasure to this meeting and to the visit to the Queen City. ' - " v Adjutant General, Robertson to-day received the-claim made by a nan In California against the Third Regi ment .of colored volunteers from tnis SUte n the war with Spain,, setting ont that while he . was selling .things in the -camp of this regiment at He Yon, . Ga., one i of. .the - enlisted men struck him vfithths butt of a gun and knocked ouf an eys, ; for which4- he wants XS00 lamages. The War De nartment told him It had nothing to f von, do .with. this matter, -neither ban -tats Stats, , , .- - . i , . ;'. TWIN CITY CONTINyES TO IJSAD. The - Agricultural. Department to day made up the returns of the sales of leaf tobacco in the various ware houses. "!Wlnston-8aiem ",i ted s wittt sales aggregating ..7,41M00. . : v . . Tha state Agrlcultural.Department will hold a farmers' institution In this county next Saturday: at Holly Springs and the following Saturday will haid one at' Garner., six miles irom jxai- eigh. . '-v . ---'! The bulletin of the etate board or health' for- September makes report that dlptheria is In thirty-nine coun ties, typhoid fever in SO; maiariai fever, 17; pernicious malarial fever, C ' hemorrhagic malarial fever H pneumonia. ' 18: smallpox, r three Currituck, McDowell and Nash, ,iO ;') 'v un and after, the, aatev on .wmcn the State officers take the oath in January, that is,' after fthe Deglsla' tiire declares tem duly elected,-.their salaries will . begip . to be . paid at a fixed rate, by a special act of 1807, abolishing the fee system. i , -v .Governor Glenn Is. specially Invited to be present with the United -States commission on- country life whlch meets to-morrow' at the' Agricultural and Mechanical College 'When ' there will be a hearing. , A- number . of prominent people h been invited, oy Dr. Tait Butler, director or farmers' Institutes and , Institutes lit women. to be present. - ' ---s'i-'.yJ ' There have been elected to '-he Leg islature 121 members tof the House. the extra one coming from Dee coun ty; the .law allows only 120, so there will have t'o be a reapportionment. v YOUNO DUNCAN pXTXQ. v . . Carlton Duncatt, the youngest son of ex-Collector of Revenue Cart Dun' can, is dying at bis home here, after twelve days illness of typhoid fever.- ' : The Supreme Court to-day took up the docket of appeals from the eleventh dis trict and the- following lawyers are pres ent as coupsel: Cyrua b. Watson, Lind say Patterson. W, N. Hendren and L. M. Swlnk. : -v ::U " " f Clerk-H. I , Grknt,'. of the United States Court beret :,,haa returned' from Richmond, where he went to see Judgee Pritchard and Goff In regard to the as signment of a Judge to bold the courts. In this State for Judge Purneti. whose Ill ness continues. Judges Goff and- Prltcb-' ard telegraphed - Judge Dayton,' of the West Virginia circuit, to see if hs could tome here.. --. ---; r; i Q;b: . ! .' Adjutant .General Robertson- we offi cially informed to-day of the formation of a oompaijy. of coast artillery at New bena - This is the flrwt company of this character formed In this State, and there ' win be two others. This battalion, which will aid ta manning Fort Caswell at the mouth of the . Cape Fear river and in such other doty as may be assigned, -will b commanded by an officer of Salisbury, who-has already, been commissioned ma jor. ; : . "' ' -'..-- The Smith Furniture Company, of High Point, changes Its name to the Atlantio Furniture Company. ,; . .. , Among to-day's visitors to Raleigh-was Mr, Elwoed Cox. who came to attend a meeting of the executive committee of the directors of the - Jeff ersow Standard I,Ke Insurance Company. He talked free ly off-hand about politics, aayin asAo the fifth dlBtrtc that when the Republi cans nominated Jole Motley . Morehead for Congress they had no Idea" he would be elected, but that for a month before 'the election they knew he -would be a winner, fpeaklng about the State Mr. Cox boldly said his party would carry it four-years hence and that it would work on that banis with, entire confi dence of success." He said he thought Mr. Kltchta'e majority over him wa about 36.009. and that he had reiuced. Aycock's majority some B.flfO, which he consider ed admirable work. lis nald that as a matter of fact the Republican vote to the phowed a' remarkable increase. l inn prt.ip gilntd In the number of v(j:.-. t hi t.e p.iiJl!.'ans gained the M.-t. C! ..;rs c : I t. a i l v Adams U'lUng Mr. KGK( MAY ESlUPK0p: REPRIEVE IX)U ROWAJf LPIST Sam Maasey'a Deatlk Sentence WU1 lrobably He Commuted to Life Im prisinimctit Cart llaumr to ; Become Nigtit-' Editor of Ctnrtnnatt Commerrlat Tribune Dean Case tofl , . . . . nu.IlMt 'Re-Tried Agraln Bishop ..Chesliire to Spend Svera) Days In Rowan Otajmnirt to Appear in Salisbury Next s- Week Carmack's . ' Death Causes Great Sorrow In Rowaa City f M')r'-Dnimir laventev s ;tMHlP Nerth Main Street. W 'V.ii.i'-.f-v-.e i-i':;:Sallsbury;Nov.; lv.f 't Sheriff jKrider atl noon to-day re ceived ,a I meesage; from Governor Glenn ordered "in stay of "exleution Jn the.case of gam Massey, colored, whs waa under sentence I aeatn, ins hanging act;" for Friday thla week, for tape npon Ljicy Hauser, a' negress, at a point across Town creek, about a mile from tnis city,-last summer. The -atav extends to December' 4th. There if petition before the Gover nor signed by Judge Webb."Whosat npon tha case; : Solicitor, Hamnier.hs connty offlciala and niembera ef the Salisbury -bar asking - that the death sentence" be 'com routed - to" life Im prisonment la the penitentiary and the general belief Is that the petition win flnsuy ne grantea. . . Amoni the cases against the South rn Railwsv to come jid In Davidson Superior Court next week la,. that of John Dean,, coiorea,, oi 'nis ciy, which fhe - plaintiff ' sues for : dam ages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by- working under an en gine over one of the pits at the Spen cer round house several- years ago. This ease has been on tha docket some time and, as Is known, (Waa- once thrown ont of . Davidson Court r Judge . Justice. ... - The company con tends, and has sl.eng evidence to show, that-Dean hag had a bad leg for Jlfteen .years - or," more, resulting from a' do bite. A half dosen ;or more witnesses will be summoned fiom Salisbury to testify at tha trial, Campanart.. the celebrated baritone. Is to appear at Meroney's Thektre next Tuesday , night, and this announce ment is received with Joy by the mn; sie-iovers or mis cuy. - Thursday iof - - this - week' Rts Rev. Joseph B- Cheshire will come to Row an for a stay of several days,-, v Thnrs. dsy night be will be at St.' ': Paul's church, on Chestnut ' Hill, and Friday and Saturday he will be at several chapels in the county. At 11 o'clock Sunday , morning ho will - be at - St Duke's church, this ' city, at which time the. rite of confirmation will be administered to a class of candldatea i;TO RETURN 0 JOURNAUSM.!P i Mft-Carl-Hsmer.iforoisrly editor and manager of The Salisbury DaUy Sun, Is to again take, ppwjournallsm, after laying -down the pen, scissors and paste brush for four years.-' He goes to Cincinnati shortly to take the noutim -or mrni laiur m ini com mercial Tribune, one of the leading dailypapers of the1 Ohio metropolis. Mr"'jiammerv married ; Miss Carrie McCanless, a daughter of Mr.! N. B, McCanles,-one of- Salisbury's leading buBmess men,, and had -intended mak ing, t hie city hie permanent home, but the callv to . reenter ' the I news paper basinrsa could not be reslstedh. The Cincinnati paper Is the gainer and Salisbury the ' -loser 'by the removal ef Mr. and Mrs. Hammer to that city. The ' news - conveyed, to Sallsburians through The. Observer this ntornlng ef the tragle death of ex-Senator Car mack, at Nashville, -.Tenn yesterday afternoon, caused genuine regret here, where , the noted. Tennesseean , was well known, Je having stopped here several times en route to -and from Washington. ? He was' Intimately known by both ex-Congressman Theo F. Klutts and Senator Lee S. Over man, and both were horrified npon hearing of tha tragedy. Mri Kluttx, While In Congress, - occupied 1 a seat adjoining that of Mr. Carmack while the latter -waa serving the tenth Ten nessee district In the lower house cf Congress. -, TV.f. ' ' :.. t..,' : . t Clerk of the Charlotte and Btates- vtlle Federal Courts Henry C Cpwles, of statesviue,' was in the city to-day. Mr,:' J. H. iionraan, one of States ville's enterprising citizens, - spent the day in the clty.-r-Mr. Charles Arev. who recently- went - to Chattanooga, xenn., wnere ne opened up a whole sale whlskeyhOBse; Is here on busi ness. tr. : w. , Mot on, a popular railroader, whp has, been down with typhoid fever, . leaves this week - for Richmond to enter the Mcflutr. Hn. pital -for treatment. w 4 , COUNT ZEPPELIN HONORED. ' 4 Order of " th Black Eagle,- Highest ; Pnifwtan IeroraUont confered by toperor Wmiatn, , Who Acclaims the Count the Greatest LJeang' Ger man, Saying the Fatherland May ; Weil -'.' Feel Proud of ' II Im Count . Zepplia OvevxsJme With Kmotlon, ? Fried rtchahafen, Nov. 10.-rEmper-or William, after witnessing a splen did series of manoeuvres by the Zep pelin airship to-day, personally con ferred npon the Count the order' of the Black Eagl, the highest " Prus sian decoration, aa a token of his ad miring appreciation. , Some expecta tion had been entertained that : the Kmperor himself would be one of the airship's passengers in the tnanquev res this afternoon, but Instead Prince von Fuersten berg, wbo has. been been the Emperor's traveling ( companion lately, took his place In the car. ' Em peror William, in conferring upon the count the order, saldj -v'The fatherland may well be proud to possess such a son, the - greatest German of-tho twentieth ' century whose invention, has brought us to' a new. stage In. the development cf the human- race. V We have been . present to-day. at one' of the most momentous incidents In the march of civilization, I thank God that He found people worthy to cadi our own." - . - The Emperor bung the chain of the order, around the Count's -neck and sain: - . ', - - "And now,' dear Count., permft m to confer unofficially the accoladif' I . The Emperor then embraced Counts Zeppelin thrice and called out: "Long live His Excellency, Count Zeppelin, the conqueror of the air, hurrah. v , Count Zeppelin was overcome with emotion, ir -'-1- -.' :"'. Crop Values For 1908 HIgliCr Than In : .." . . , Frevious Years. ; --'-'Washington. Novr 10. The De partment of Agriculture to-day Iffnied a preliminary estimate of the prod ac tion of the- principal ' crops - of the United i States showing - that - corn, wheat, oats and eight 'Other' crops, representing- spproximateiy 70 per cent, of the value of all farm crops this year aggregate about per cent, greater than a year ago and 2 4 per cent, preater than the average for tiie jra-H vfc years. KMPEROmRSmY JUDGED! RJKICUSTAG -ERY ' UNBRIDLED. Parllsment ef Emperor-William Oiti- vlmm Hie Court, Hie Ministers and Ilia Treatment f tha fVMiulitiit ioti nefmklM nf ho fl i-pi.ii Rulpp V Appeara on the floor. Prince ton HnWnwl 1 li 11,1- UllkiUi, It. U Usual Spirit His lanatlon or Intervtotv .' Puhliahmf In limdnn . laiiy Trlcgraph Received With Icy J- Silence Long : ! Contest Between , Crown .And jparUajnent FuresUad ; owed.. , Berlin, Nov.: 1. Emperor William never haa been so eeverely Judged by his Parliament as he -was - to-4ay during the debate In the Reichstag on tne interpellations concerning tne con versations-published with-4he permle- skm of the Emperor in The London Daily Telegraph on October 18th. The criticisms of Hie Majestys court,- his ministers and His Majesty's treatment of the constitution as welj a of his freedom - of speech, : went to lengths that astonished, observers acquainted with the traditional caution - of the chamber In dealing with, the person ality of the sovereign. . And the Em peror seamed r to have- no defenders. Chancellor , voa Buelow made an ad- drena. hut.ha lacked, hi usual, snirit. Prfnce von Buelow spoke solemnly. The House received hi expianauon in cy suence. .-y--, . -v (.- ".f ,Th Conservatives,, representing largely the landed nobility, were al most aa .relentlesa aa the Socialists, the Radicals and th National-Li ber ala, and to-days proceedings are re garded by. the' most extreme Liberals as the beginning of a long contest be tween the crown and. Parliament that may end In Germany having a min istry., responsible to parliament and net to the crown alone. - i -. When ; Herr Bassermait !-. the National-Liberal leader,- a .friend . of Chancellor - von . Buelows," and a specialist tn foreign affairs, begad dis- ousslon -of the incident, there -was hardly a vacant seat on the, members bench,-while the galleriee were bril liant with the uniforms of 'officers and the costumes -of-women. - Herr Singer, Socialist, declared that If any other servant of the-State had done such a thing as had Emperor William, he would be brought before an imperial eourt for .trial,. V ' w .?. '. t -u-. ' CHANCELLOR SPEAKS 80LEMNJ-t Prlne -onn Ruelnw aald - t'-'. o "I do not wish i to add fresh prej udice to the -daraag already censed by tha publication in The Dally Tele graph. I assume, that ; the.' details given therein are not .11 correct and I am certain that the story of a de tailed plan of campaign to end the Boer war is not right. This plan con sisted, merely of some academic Ideas concerning the conduct of war in gen eral wntcn tne jsmperor conveyea to Queen Victoria In the course of their correspondence, and it , was without practical significance for 'the opera tions then -going on, or for ths end of the irae.e .ew--.w V-v ' "We must defend our policy during the Boer war agalnstr accusation end. equivocation. We gave timely - warn ing to the Bocri thac they-would -be alone -against England; and that there was nO doubt regarding the result. ' 1 "The , facta with- reference to the queatton-or iniervenuon ioni- o been 'mrblic property, ana -wnetner-ine communicaUon of these td Queen Vic toria constituted a violation or Diplo matic rules depends on circumstances unknown to the public. v v ; f, t xjoricern ng tha - statement attrio- nted to Emperor William that a en a Jorlty of the German people in hos tile to Great Britain,? tha expression used byjThe Telegraph Is too strong. Serious and. regrettable misunder standings have existed between Great Britajn and Germany. nut tne , Ger man people desire t peaceful " and friendly relatione r with that empire, Joined wtth mutual respect. ' ; VlEWa INCORRECTLY, GIVEN.,' ."Too rreat stress also Is laid Upon tha point In tha Interview dealing with eur interests in tne , racine , ocean, which are Incorrectly presented . as Inimical to Japan We never thought about aat Asia except for the pur pose of obtaining. portion 01 tne trade arising from economic develop ment, end we have no idea of under taking a maritime aa venture mere.. For twenty rears tne ittnperor nas striven to improve the relations wlth Great Britain,' often unaer .. uimcun circumstances. The peoples , 'of both countries occasionally have attacked each other without real justification, and the 'Emperor considered this a misfortune for both Ana a aanger to the civilised 1 worlds : The (Emperors idealistic thoughts, purposes and ef forts often, without reason have caus ed double to a.rlse, We wish i ts avoid 'anything like the carrying ef favor, abroad .or anything Appearing to savor "of our Insecurity or the run ning af teV any but 1 quite under stand thee Emperor'e; feeling ag grieved when attacked because of his sealoue . and honest efforts ' to bring ; about good relatione i with . Great Britain.- ' - V Some nave gone so lar as to impiy secret deeln against Great Britain in connection with. the fleet, but these are-entirely false. . 'i ,' ' .-: 'v; - "The reeogniUon by His Majesty of the nnjustlfled ;' misunderstanding of his utterances with reference to Cireat Britain and the excitement and regret aroused thereby In Germany, wlil. l am- eotninced, lead the Emperor, In future private, conversations, to- ex ercise that reserve which in the In terest of a uniform . policy and the authority-of the crown la indispensa ble.. It, this proven not to be . so, neither 1-nor any one of , my succes sors could take the responsibility., I accepted -ths blame for the publica tion of the article in The Daily Tele graph, -and offered my resignation, and it was the most difficult task in my political life to resolve to remain In office. How Jong I will continue there I do not know,' but I consider It my duty at this difficult period to continue to serve- the - Emperor and the nation.". -.?U.to ' Monster Pttomhate Deal Ilade. Columbia, Tenn.,- Nov. I. Prob abtv the largest deal tn the phosphate Industry of America-was closed ber to-day with the. organization or tne Franco-American Consolidated Phos phate Company, with a capital of $7,590,009 and the purehise' by the company of 1,157 acre of phosphate lands In Maury. Hickman and Perry counties. . . . . -v '" ' The company, has tbeen chartered under the laws ,of 'Arlsono. but the charter will be, filed : In , France,' In Baltimore and. in Nashville, m ; General Wood Takes- Command of , Fatten Iepartment. .' ".New York. Nov. 10. Major Gen eral Leonard Wood to-day gosumad command of the military department of the .East, -with headquarters on Governors Island, In succession to Mut-or General Frederick D., Grant, who tke command f the depart 1 ...i.t Of the lalvel. - - - NO BAIL FOR MORSE. His Oase Not Extraditable and Omilt . Court of Appeals Dealee Him Bail S WUJ. Have to Rrmaln In Tombs ; Prison TiU December Sd. ' New York. Nov. 1 0. Ball" waa de nied Charier W. Morse, the financier, who i has ' been sentenced - to fifteen year's imprisonment' at hard labor, at the closing of the Unttd States Cir cuit Court-of Appeals to-day and it now seeme certain that the 'former multi-millionaire must Sk main In tne Tom be prison at v least ntil Decern ker Id next, when argument en the writ of error' that has been granted him may come up. One loop hole is left open- to Morse's counsel In ths decision, and that is that the Judges decided that while ball , was . denied, It was done so "without prejudice to a renewal of the application after a bill of particulars Is filed." - - Morse had bees hopeful of gaining hie release from the Tombs to-day and ; the denial of - ball came ' as hard blow. . His wife and son, Harry, encouraged him In the belief that he would be free br nightfall. - " While Morse tried to hids his dis appointment h felt - too cast down te do f.,"'?':r7,. : v'T'--;- 4 :?.:. j-Ther t -one- f eatu re of V the; case that Is particularly disagreeable - to Morse. -. That Is that no matter how long he is compelled to remain a prisoner in the Tombs -the time will not count aa part of the fifteen years he mast serve la tha Federal prison at Atlanta, In case he loses his fight for a new trial. -v. s v..r? '- Judge Hough gave his. reason for refusing to admit Morse to nail mat the case was not an eztraaitaoie one and that it would -be easy for Morse to furnish ball through : a bonding company, as the prisoner, was worm 112,000,000 .Morse in an affidavit presented 40 the Judges of the united Ktatea . (Tnrt or Anneal veneraezv 'denied that be was a miuionaire. ,',: cannot cgT a;. junY;-..':: Court Unable to ' Selecft Twelve , Men ''..to Try Case Against Alleged Iur . derer of Mrs. Bella Gunncae New . Kvldenco ..Disctosed..;,..,,,. y.;; r.-i : 1 . Laporte, Ind., Nov. Is. Jury selec tion In. the cose of, Ray -Lamphere, en trial In the Laporte Circuit Court for the alleged murder, of Mra Bene uunness And hsr thrts children. came to an abrupt halt lata to-day, when the second special venire of li men ' waa exhausted - without a Jury having been- obtained. Judge Rtchter at ones ordered a third venire to be ready for examination to-morrow. - At the - adjournment ' of -court ten Jurymen were accepted' tentatively by both tha etate and defense. " - - The '.defense' to-day made ' public some -new evidence in"1 the story of Fred Lambrlght. neighbor of Mrs. Gnnness, who says that one night in July ' as be wag driving to-, town . ha saw a man and a woman In a buggy, drawn by a gray horse, drive Into the Gnnness yardJ v He watcnea , inem and heard the woman say:"Tbe mon ey ain't here." after she had lumped out of tha rig and walked - around the. r ulna of the burned house. . He says that v the woman In form looked like Mrs. Qunneee, although her face waa hidden, by a heavy, veil. t Her voice waa similar to that - ef ..Mrs. Gunnesa. .. The.man-.be say, he did hot recognlsev He saVs he did nqt tt anybody about the affair at that time because he wss afraid he would be laughed at Thle evidence. At torney Wilson says, wilt be , used ' to corroborate the story of D. M. Hudson and his two daughter who will, tes tify for tha defense that they saw Mrs. Gunness on July tth, Lambrlght does not fix a date for his nocturnsi Vision, but the defense declares that It must : have bms on July th. . . VWmi M VOTES A CONTEST,.- Reverend GentWnan- In South Caro lina. Seeklnar Congresslonat Honor, TfotOKt Against Vote of Democratic Columbia. 8. C Nov. 10. State and Federal election commissioners and manager of Aiken county. In the sec ond -congressional unmet, met to day to tabulate the returns of last Tuesday election, v .;;'.,is,i- i 'v..'W:.-:- The tout number of vote east for Congressman were-1,71, - of which Pattterson. ths - Democratic ' incum bent, received 1.1 SI, while Rev. laaae Meyers, hi Republican opponents rs- cselved to.. All of Myers' vote were thrown out as being illegal a to stse and printing. . -.' - - c ; Counsel for - Meyer protestea against Patterson's vote being count ed, claiming that a sumcient npm ber of Republican vote to change the result were rejectee, .wv, iv..-v ,..,;..., Waterways AsstK-iatlon Adjourn;. 15 Colum bus. Oa-" Nov. 1 . PracMeal Illustrations of water power in the South occupied most of the dsy of the closing session of the Gulf Coast In land Waterway s Association conven tion her to-day. ' . The delegate took a steamer trip down h Chattahoo chee river....-.- ....i-..- - --i.- The. nam of. the association , was changed to "The Mississippi-Atlantic Inland waterway Association - con can U. Fletcher, of Jacksonville,! Fla was elected president, Robert Isham Randolph, of Chicago and'Jl.'A. Thompson, : of Richmond, , V were among the vice presidents elected. - Dr.- W. J. McGee. secretary the burean of sol k of the national con servation ommlewlon, was en of the principal speaker to-day. ' He. said that-the greet;, freight congestion of two yeara ago In the North probably gave rise to the formation of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf - Deep Waterway Association. He said the South would get waterway improvement sooner or later. He told the convention that it should ' not waste time on pety things; - that a canal from the At lantic to the Mississippi large enough to -carry, good. vessel. was what they needed.. . -Why do you ask for sny thlng lee thsnArhst you need? he exclaimed vehefiently.i .-"Don't go' to Congress as suppliant,' but demand wha jrott-need.". - : ' .. v-- ; CreSr of the Talinan BatUcsj With - i Flames For-Honrs. ' 'New York, Nov. 10. Discovering a fire in the bold Saturday evening, the crew of the Norwegian freight steam er Talisman, . which arrived her to day from Hsvana,- battled with the flames for hours before extlngilshln j thsnru - ' The steamer was oft Cape Lookout when smoke was dlwovered pouring from the forward hold. - The batches were at-once battered down and a atream of water played into the -fre. .' The - blaze bad a go' headway, however, and owing'to th difficulty ef exartly locating ft, it proved a long hard ftsht. CnnalJer able damari wa done tJ the earjo, but the vessel apparently sustained no serious Injury. ... , Stoic r-t'-hanre Sest Rrlnir f7vf -i. New York. Nov. 10. A seat on the New York stock exchange- t-dj,- g : l! for 15,000.: D INGIEY TARIFF PIEASES INTERESTS WISH NO ) CUANGO Chemical Maanfactnrers, at PreJlml - nary Hearinc of Way end Mean Conunluee el the Hons of Kepre : eefitativesv- Assert That at the Speo Vvtal Session Tliey Desire No Changes tn the Halee of Duty Now Effective, the Lane Advocate of Lower Tariff , Being Albert Plant, Wbo Drartcd Sdiedale For Medicinal Chemicals t For WlhtON Bill Hate in Present .- Schedole Prohibitive, Ho Peel res -:, Less Kan ber Chemical Manufac ? ttirers Then Twenty-live Year Ago. . Washington, Nov.' :10-With few exceptions the? interest affected by "Scheduled A," ef the Dingley tarliT. which Includes over a hundred articles under the. heading of "chemicals. -oils and paint," do not desire any change In the' rates- of doty, now operative. Thlavwas Indicated, to-day at the first hearing, for the consideration of the revision of the tariff held before the Hons committee on ways and means, e The. hearing are preliminary to the tsking up of the questions at the lvtr. . iMilAn..f Cnn vr . f!hml V m 1 hmuIii.w. at,'la, nMitnl. ehlffl cals, paint, .oils, varnishes, medicinal preparation and ; extract for d ye 1 n g and tanning were the principal sub ject en which the committee obtain ed Information f Zona those who ap peared before it to-day. . t . i A strong advocate for lower tar! t rate was Albert Plant, who draft t the schedule fer medicinal chemicals for the .Wilson bill. "The duties on medicinal chemicals." . he .said. sru mostly prohibitive, being in most c IS per cent., which Is a prohibit! rata. ' There ar less manufacture of medicinal chemical in this coun try to-day than tber were IS years ago and these control the home mar ket,:. If the rates of .duty were ta d need to II per cent. It would pre vent ,Hhe ' domsstlo - l manafacturar from arbitrarily fixing the prices, which in many cases ar exorbitant. The entire Schedule I antiquated. It 1 not fair to the consnmer.': - Mr. Plant said that qntntne should be taken off the fre list and recom mended for It a IS per cent, ad va' lorem rate,.'.v'-v. i--,:s't:--' - N R ' Arnold, representing the Na tional Varnish Manufacturers' Assoc I a tlon, said the - varnish manufacturers of the country are satisfied with pres ent conditions. t'-'v-T' -."..''.-.,;-' John F. Queeny, of St. Louis, and representatives of the 8emet-8olvay Company, of Syracuse,-N. Y favored higher -duties on coal tar products. Dr. Springer, ' representing a chemi cal firm of Cincinnati, asked that three and one-fifth cent a pound be Imposed on prussiate ot soda.' instead ot the ad valorem rate of IS per cent. He said that the low price of this article abroad: mad It Impossible :o manufacture at a profit tn this coun try, -v ;.".,,'- , ;..,.,,.-- , The committee held two sessions to-day and will resume to-morrow. BISHOP OF WASHINGTON. Iter. Dr. Alfred II. Hardin g. Rex-for of St, Patil's, FJectea on Fourth RaJlot JThe 1 1 on or Declined Twice by Itlhliop llrent, of tlie Pllillpplnr; - ,nce by Rev. Dr. Maun, of 'iinlty C'linrt'lH H08 too Other Contewtaiits. Washington, Nov. "10. Rev, Dr. Alfred H. Harding, for the past twenty-two year rector of- St. Paul s Episcopal church, this city, was elect ed bishop Of Washington to succeed the late Henry Y. Batteries late to day at the fourth ' meeting of 'the thirteenth annual convention of this diocese. The Rev. Charles H. Brent, bishop of - the Philippines, -who was elected twice, declined both times, and Rev. Dr." Mann, of Trinity church, Boston, elected ' at the- third . meet ing, also declined. ' ' V Four -ballot- were taken to-day. The Rev. Dr. Randolph JI. McKirn, of Epiphany church, this city, who wss a , strong .candidate ,n all the previous-elections, led on the first three ballots to-day.,- Dr. Harding showel no strength until the fourth ballot. Other- contestants who were strong factor were . Bishop William Gris wold, of Saline. Kas and the Rev. Dr. James R.t Winchester, of Mein phla, -Tenn. After the third ballot, the .name of. Bishop Grlswold wai withdrawn. - ; . 4 On the third ballot tr. McKlm lacked but one clerical and seven lay votes to be elected. Other nominee were the Rev, E. P. Slattery. rector of Christ church, Springfield, Mass., and the Rev, -Dr. C. E.. Buck, the P.ev. Dr. W. L. Devrles, and the Rev, Dr. Edwin Barrow, all of this city. ttH lTMAIAN MIOIITED DYING. Ufe-BIood of Kdltor Gonxalee' flayer - FJMng Away Fronvi Congestion' of j banpt-Rather Strange Colnciai-ni . Just at This Time. Spsclat te Th Observer. , ' ' Columbia, fS. C 'Nov. 181 Ferine f Lieutenant Governor Jams II. Tin man, slayer .of Editor , Gonial -mi. oi Th Stat newspaper, la reported In a dying' condition at his farm near Clark'. HlH.'t Edgefleid county: fros j eongestioB ef th lungs. . ' Hlsstestppian Lynh Negro Char; ! .,"4.-.:.:.-r; With Aasanlu - ' Mobile." Ala.. Nov. 10. A lor r Oc tane telephone message from i,.ioii, MIR., ay that Henry Leldy, a n- --.. charged with assault upon Kiia.-.-.:i Hauser, a white girl 17 years of 0.-. at West End,-near Blloxl. to-day Was taken three-quarter of . mile from the Jail end lynched at l:3u o'clock. No shot were fired, - the mob w as orderly end marched back to the ci-.y and dispersed. , - The body of the n, gro remained hanging to the tree f r aa hour and wa viewed by hunu.-e- i of eltisens. -, Mobile. Ala.. Nov. 10. The cr!--v- for which the negro was lynchel -curred where several murders criminal assaults rcently tijve ! : charged to negroes. The H':rj 1 the girl fhto insensibility i a ( and then fhe was founj sever 1 ; later. The negro left the t dead; but ah partially re 3 i i s . t-. -, -sciousnere and crawled-t. - -- -waa-discovered. . Bloodhou Secured , but ths neftro was without their use and. was i . by the girU' w Hallway' Stall ' Headiuurt -.; Ne Orleans, r' Washington. Nov. 10. r. ' Geseral Meyer to-day e.-fat. new division ot the railway r Ice with headquarter t lean, and appointed H. ; ayiMant .superlntenJer-t i 1 division. It will be V twelfth division ft" 1 ti.e States of J'.: Una. and such rt- C'.-t'l 1e Of thi-. f -" 1 tl U J : -i.-r'y a-- i i i.: :
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