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i I I I A ST r II' I 1 ll i , - i r f 7 f , 1 '.'.Vt ,' V:'wv' '' ; -, 1 '' .' ' V-''- , -.-, - -r ; SUBSCRIPTION PFJCE: i $8.00 A YEAR. & CHARLOTTE," N.; C, MONDAT?-MORNING, NOVEMlJER;l( CENTS. TO CALL SPECIAL SESSION ' fob revision of , the tariff "lreHld'tt-EIt Taft Auiiounctt That A lie Will Or!T I Jirsurumiirj oes ' Dion of tho hixty-l irt congress as hoon Aftr Hi Inauguration aa Is lU-nmaule Tim Announcement ' ihiinun a Day rnent at the White : 1 11,.... Mr. Taft. Who - 114 In tended Returning to Hot Springs, thances Ills I'luns niuiuemy ana leaves For ""Cincinnati, to Attend to Matters of Family Importance Makes Hi I"lus Jr or too uiure. ' Washington . Nov. 15. That -. spec lai session of the Sixty-first Con gress will be called, soon after the 4 th of March to take up tha matter of tariff revision, became positively - known to-day whenWIllIam H. Taft, President-elect, after spsndlng the day at tha White House as the guest of V. president Roosevelt,:; stated ht intended to call the special session to meet aa soon after his inauguration '. a would be ' reasonable-SV-vS! Judge Taft jeft at 7;051 o'clock: to. night for Cincinnati, Q., whero he had , teen summoned on matters of family importance. The call to Judge Taft " " to come to Cincinnati necessitated a r hasty - change of plans, so that in stead of returning to Hot Springs, . Va., from Brooklyn, N, at ll p. . m., - he left for, his home over the Pennsylvania several hours- earlier. He is due to arrive at Cincinnati about 1:05 d. m. to-morrow, , The day'provd to be "V busy one for the - President-elect. He spent the night at the .White House, and v breakfasted (this morning ' with - his " - family.1 During the early forenoon ' the President and the President-elect discussed matters - of , Importance to the present and , the incoming aa ministration. f m ' '.,'t..., ' Judge Taft attended services at All , s Souls .Unitarian church; his usual ' Dlaco of worBhln when in Washing -1 ton. President . Roosevelt attended the Dutch . Reformed church,' ac , coraing to ms -custom.' " ; . ' . ' Politics was discussed at luncheon - V at which Secretary of Stafe Root and Representative s, Nicholas 1 Longworth also were - - the President's. guests. . Concerning his ' plans for the .future Mr. Taft said he would go to Au - gusta, Qa., on the evening of De- . eember- jeth' of.. the-morning, of De cember 17th, where he, andv , Mrs. Taft would seek rest : for ' a . month and a. half, ' ' .- ', He expressed his pleasure that the ' , elections In Cuba , had been held' wUhout anv dlturbancstrv-V'-',-,'vT-.,-'l A Filipino newspaper man asked '.-, i .the" preafdast-elect if he had,', any - 'message for his people.'i i . ' ." "Nothing other than to say that if , " personal inclinations were-to" control ,'Dit I would , Ana more pleasure In ' what X do for them than In any other line "V m the reply. ,; . f Judge Taft was asked 'if he- - had ' -noticed tha refwrence by - Democrats -fc- '..f th ways and means committee, . which now. . is ' holding1 hearings on ' -tha tariff, his views in regard to A the tariff, on products of the Fhillp- Dines, v. . :- "My experience with the Democrats In regard to the tariff," he replied, ', s -"Is that they want- free' trade on . . everything that Is in the next countv." At least, he added, that 'was true of the Philippine , tariff, - BtHPTUSIi XS MURDER 5 TRIAIfc r. - - .. '' ' . 1 'VRntbCTford Grand Jury lays Crime on NngroWha Was Not bufspectod. Another Having Confesct- - Uie . Crime Court Contlnuca to Ilea the Case to an Hud. , 'i , . Bpeolal to Th Observer." ' V Butherfordton, Nov. IS.Ruthef 'k ford Superior Court, which has been in session since Wednesday morning, No vember' 6th, and which would have expired by llmltaUon yesterday even "Ing, has been continued ' until this , Week on account ox being in the midst of a very important murder trial. Ths case Li that of the State against Jim - Jogan -and " George Lewis, colored. . :-. cnargea.witn the murder of Wess Fin' - ; , ger, also colored, which took place , - aoout eignt mnes southwest of Roth . a . erf ordtoa near the PolJc county line . " about two months ago. - Logan was arrested at the time and placed in u nere cnargea witn the murder. Lewis, however, was ln.no way con- : reeled witn the killing until last week, when the grand Jury met and return- , , d a true bill against him, charging mm witn tne murder, instead of Lo- . gan, which. eame as quite a surprise to tnose - supposed to be acquainted . rlth the facts in the caae. . -- r The V case; was taken ttp Friday mornhg.' and since that time damag- Ing-evidence has developed gainst Lewis.; At-thS lime of the killing Lo an -stated that he did it, but now he denies It and chargestt against Lew Is, and In this statement he has keen corroborated by several other witness- s. . The esse Is being hotly contested y the solicitor"" and; attorneys for oth defendants. It nrw looks as if both Ixxran and Lewis had a hand 4nJ me muraer ana win oe convicted. :t 1 i , GOMEZ'S T1CTORY .DECISIVE. ' lter HetHms Front "Cuhsj Sliow Tliat " tho IJtxraIs Carried ICverT-rovlnco , on the Inland, k- v , '-: . Havana, Nov. 15. Practically Wm j)Irte returns of the election show that the Liberal victory --was " even more - decisive- than' supposed ' last flight , Official returns from 1,360 of s.-total of 1.498 polling places show hat General Jose Mltfuel Qomes re- '"d 1S3.832 votes B)?ainst 118,329 General Mario Menocal, the Con- servatlve candidate The ' Liberals N, carried every province In the Island. Havana province went Liberal y 25, 009 and the city by 13,000. ' : . The Liberal majorities in the other . frovlnces were approximately as fol lows: - . Orlente 13,500; Fanla Clara il.SfOO; , Csnaguey 1,100; Pinar del Rio 7,500: Malaccas' S.000.' 1 : ' x. ' " ITUE AT G STOMA." . . , Hremen jv ln n,,u kaW Vork In SaTlos lnm 1 trurlion Livery ; Stable of Itavfs i Son. By Bell Telephone to The Obierver. . ' . Gastonla. Nov. 15. At J p. m. to day fire was discovered in the liverv Stable of J. S. Iavis & Snn. haing started in some hay n'pta!rs. ThB work of ' tho fire men in saving the tuilUnr whs very riproic ani re markable, in twenty being vnder control, ti. buil.llr.ir is owned by Cralsr ,S Wiix.n und tin it. Insurance of $2.5 0 a w i '. I en. r the I -am. The building- was only e: . r.v.y dam sed, mist of the dnisp. bla? to the 'Stables. A conmlr. fpd and twf nty-pi-v. n l amount i '.- n.1 ', lit" 1 h. 1 BAD JS'EGEO KILLS; EIGHT DIES GAJ1E BIRXS QWS BUD Honndcd by OlTk-crs Oklalioma Jfegro liarrli ades ; - libiisclf in His Own 'Home and Killu Unlit Oniovrs He " lore lie Is Uot Down rltlilng m S Death Agony Ho f-trikes Match an.l tH'tn l ire to His lionnc, UU , Hody Doing llakerl in the Mamee , Oltieers Were Aiurtiie jvegro tor ' Iluvlnif' l-'aully Ik-atcn aa Indian '" Jtoj SeiiTo, Deputies, Who Are ' Hastily hworn in, bland . by ' the Mierlff, Five of litem, Losing Their Lives. v' ; s .:' Okmulgee, Okla., ; Nov. i ll Eight persona were killed and - ten' otoers were wounded to-day la a light 'be- tween J am es Dec k ard, s negro des perado, and orucera, , : ;' .- :-, -The dead: - .'.!,-. r.-v t EDGAR ROBINSON. : sheriff of Ok mulx-ee county.' .-'.'' .t :' HENRI KLABER. assistant chief of hq ll oe of -Okmulgee.; ! ? -i .-,'; TWO NEGROES NAMED CHAP MAN, brothers. r ?... DECKARD, - BWO.?1'1''':' " THREE t. , UNIDENTIFIED K KB- ' The woundedrH.W:':';;''''. , eteve Grayson, Indian boy, probab ly fatally beaten; Victor Far?, chief of Sioux, shot through shoulder; Deputy Sheriff, arm broken. -,. - Seven others, slightly wounded. B fil AT' INDIAN. LAD FATALLT. , The disturbance began at the St. Louis San Franclsoo railroad sta. tion where Deckard- engaged in a fight with an1- Indian - boy. teve Grayson, and beat him Into insensibility with rock, friends of orayson, called the. police. When Polloeman Klaber went to the station,. Deckard fled Xa his house nearby and barricaded him: self. .When Klaber . approached th house - Deckard . shot and . instantly killed fclm.VA'-viV hiZ r .v....- Sheriff Robinson gathered : deputies in lew minutes and tourrled to the scene, . Th is party contained several negroes whom the sheriff oommisslon ed as deputies. As - the attacking party approached ths Deckard house Deckard opened firs with a rifle, firing as rapidly as he 'could load, .his weapon. The Sheriff fell i first. - in stantiy killed. Then five of .the ne gro deputies were slain., . '..- s '. : FALLS UNDER VOLLET, ; , Deckard's chouse .was - soon, sur rounded by a trensled mob of -armed men. Fire was set to a house- just north of Deckard's. ' Volleys of bul lets were poured into Packard' house ana lie was shot down.- . He was seen to roll over, strike sv match and set fire to his own house which- was soon a roaring furnace la which his body was baked. Deckard evidently .had a large quantity- of ammunition - stored In hi house for many cartridges ex ploded.'". .v-J f t. -v uv uovernor Haskell, at outhrie, was advised "Of the fight and for the sad reeling- between whites and negroes that had grown out of It threatening race, riot; The Governor at once ordered the militia company' at Mus kogee to prepare to go to Okmulgee and a special train was made ready to carry ' the troops. 1 ; The y Governor remained at his omoe to keep in totich with the situation. - : . . ' News of ' the prepsratiim to. send militia had a good effect on the dis orderly element of 4otb races and to night the crowd dispersed.- Further trouble Is not expected. . When lt.be' came known that no other negro had assisted Deckard against ths officers the talk of reprisals subsldsd. . HENEY- RAPIDLY ItECOVERUra. Surceons Locate the Bullet But De ride Not to -Abstract it Until the Patient Gains More - Strength Wounded Man" Deplores Fact That Haas Died WiUiout Giving Ills Iteasons For Shooting Hun Pnbllo : Sentiment Thoroughly Aroused. San . Francisco.- Nov. : 15. Francis J. Heney to-night Is still making ex cellent progress on the road to re covery from the bullet wound inflict ed In Judge Lawler's court room on Friday by Morris Haas, i He- passed a comfortable night and rested sal ly to-day. - - . :':' -j v--v "' ' . Although the bullet was found im bedded - In -the left jaw the surf sons nave decided not to , extract it untu Mr. Heney gains "more strength. -- Whan informed that asaallanL Haas, had taken his own life at the county jalL Mr. Heney said: 4 "It is too . bad he did it before giving . his reason for-shooting me." - . 4 ' i1 Tne attempt to kia Mr. Heney nas evoked a determination - to - support the district attorney, in the prosecu tion to a conviction of . all persons charsed with debauching the public service. . It is the' lntentioa to ' pro ceed to-morrow with the Interrupted trial or Abraham Ruef. - . t Mr. Hency's place will be taken by Attorney's Matt L Sullivan and Hi ram W. Johnson. . Maurice Haas, who attempted to aattaaslnate Francis, J. Heney. : com mitted suicide Saturday by shooting himself- through the middle of the forehead with a pistol be had con cealed about his person. Haas went to bed at 8 o'clock at the county Jail and covered his face with a blanket. At 8:40 a Shot was heard from his celt, and when the- guards entered It was found that he bad rolled out of bed and was lying dead on the floor with a bullet hole in his fore head. A forty-one calibre slnsle shot derringer was grasped. In his-hand. His left trouser leg was pulled np and examination showed p. mark on his leg , where the weapon had rested while concealed In his shoe. ' Haas wore carters w ith elastic sides which -made this possible.. " After he shot Heney . yesterday Haas was searched by Police .Captain Duke, Detective Burns and a police officer. Aftir he had been taken to the county Jail he was searched again. but at neither . time were his shoes examined. Has went ,to bed last night with his shoes on and again to-night, and when ashe-l why he did this, said that he wouid rather sleep with them on. . - - His wife callel n h:n ilurlng the day, but two- ofl?-rs pn-j nt during the Interview and thy say she could not pov My htve rl.(-;ed tho weapon to him. lirjun to Fpcml Tvo fn K st Mon- t'-'''J', ?!' i-l. Monterey, Mm., .'ov. 15. William Jennings 1 ryan sn.i v ife t ;i arrive in Mcncrry on th. lS'.n of t t,,. - j, and will s!"-nd two ww-ks ! r 94 ;;.t. truest s of Cel. snl Mrs. J. A. h -t. son, fat i;.'lt Vista. T1,U I",i';i,,,' . 1 i -ss contained In a l.-tt-r rw'vi .1 from-Mr. Dryan to-day by ). Robertson. M r. "I;r a n stt.t u vj coming f'r rest, althour'i he stat I thst he did not neea u. j mi in- oulri.'s .11 t-.i t pro"ii" f.--r " -c 7 h. f t VEXED WITH THE. KAISEU GERMANS REiliXT "IXTEKV1EW.- Delay in Receiving Cltanoellor -: von iluelow, lui-rcascs the Irritation of - His, Subex-ts ftourtlier Keasou For PuMtpoiicjiKMn ; of Oo Meeting , Broutfiit About by the Death of tho . - Unperor's. Aide tltetcIiHtag Lesuier - Declares That the kl'r io net. "' euty-Five IVr CcnC of His lntfuem-e ,ln the laet Two Weeks German I'eODle Dt'slre That the Sovereign's : - Will Sha U lie Limited Closely to CoUBtllutional InterprcUtWo. . Berlin,. Nov.) 16. Because of the tragic death of General Count Huel-sen-Haeseler, ' chief ... of ' then .German military Cabinet, tha .Jlmperor has telegraphed Chancellor von Buelow that the audience arranged - to take place at Kiel to-morrow aboard the battleship Peutschland must be de ferred. The Emperor .will return to Berlin on Tuesday, when, the meeting between him and; the, Imperial Chan cellor,, which the country awaits wHh Intense feeling. Is expected, to occur. Count M Huelsen-Haeseler suddenly fell, stricken with Apoplexy,- at Don aueschingen. last evening, in the Em peror's presence and died almost Im mediately,; -mi ' f. . " Emperor William- was greatly shocked at the death ot his aide and csnceued all engagements at Kiev but T after a requiem, mass " was- said A) uonaoescningen-eariy lo-tar which the Emperor laid s wreath upon the casket, he went to Baden-Baden, where theEm press IS visiting , her great aunt, the Grand Duchess Louise, His Majesty- will return to Donaues chlngen to-morrow, an 1 from there will proceed to Berlin, s- tv.r - : .f'-Vj IRRITATION J8CSXAgKa?3 Public irritation against the Emper or seems to Jncrease with the delay In the Emperor's receiving the Chan cellor. ' The expectation appears to .be that tha Emperor will make some sort of v. declaration : which may ,- tran- quilise his subjects, . v The depth' of the popular sense, of grievance against the Emperor Is al most inexplicable One of the leaders of the National Liberals in the Reich stag said to-day:' ' . i ; The Emperor has lost 7 per cent. of his Influence In , Germany within - Since' the growing feeling against Emperor William's personal Initiative, both In Internal and external affairs, was suddenly released by his now fa mous - published . 'Interview,"' there have been exhibitions of violenoe that have- astonished-even-the- advanced radicals. , The Mrotervlew - merely has been the occasion for a passionate expression, of ..the German "people's desire that the sovereign's power shall be limited to clone constitutional interpretations. ' The Socialists and Radicals .are load In' their, demands for strict parliamentary responsibility. Dr. Theodore Barth, leader of one Of the radlcai parties' la the Reichstag, says that the Emperor Is ths strongest colleague the -Radicals have, and thst he has done more to show . the people the -need of responsible government than years of national debate could have . done., -, r r-, .. -, r.-v. ; J . LOOK TO THE CHAXCEIXOB, S The powerful -conservative interests look to-Prince von Buelow to Obtain guaranties that his majeety will faith fully observe the will of the minor German kingdoms mud of Parliament, and that in foreign affairs even the least Important business '- . shall be transacted alone through and by the consent of the Chancellor. h The Chancellor will present to the Emperor a strong statement with ref erence to the attitude of the. Reich stag, that ths entire Reichstag baa as. sented to declarations made by Us members that the Emperor. had ex ceeded' his constitutional authority in oiscussing - - controverted v questions, with which the government is Identi fied, with foreigners, r. He will commu nicate to the Emperor the opinion formulated at the meeting of the Bundesrath that. It would be wise for the' Emperor not to express views affecting the relations of the empire with other countries,-' except 'through the responsible ministers, sHe will en deavor to .lmprfai his majesty, with the fact that the people at large and the press of the counry are opposes to his Intervention in affairs for which th Chancellor and the other German officials. of State are responsible. . It is understood that there has al ready been an exchange of views be tween the Emperor and Chancellor von Buelow, and It Is believed that for the present at-least his majesty will be ready'Ho meet the emergency by consenting to entertain the sug gested reforms In bis procedure. A DAY'S SALISBURY SHEWS, . r , ..... j.. . - SletliodiMt Pastors- Oore 'Year "of Good Work Bnptlst Church Calls Fastor From Atlanta Government Having Trouble tn Getting Drive- way to Cemetery Coitstraced.. ; ; ' s " . - v j Observer Bureau, , - . 421 North Main Street, . .7- - T-i - . . Salisbury Not. 15. ' The Methodist pastors of the city. who closed' their gear's work to-day will taks 'good reports to Conference which meets in Asheville Wednesday. The First Methodist Church now has a missionary of Its own in Cuba and to support him this church during the year raised 100 more than last year. Bev. K. K. McLarly is closing hia second year . s pastor and the church sends up an earnest appeal that he be sent back to it Rev. C. M. Short, who came to . Holmes Me morial a year ago from Charlotte.. Is closing a successful, year and his con gregation Is hoping for his return. Rev. J. A-- J. jrarrtngion nas served Main street church , four years snl will be sent elsewhere. His congrega tion gives him up reluctantly. The First Baptist cnurch, - which has been without a pastor since Rev. R. E. Neighbor went to bpartanburg, 8. C.,- has caned Kev, j. u. MoUoy, of Atlanta, Ga.' Mr. -Motley preach ed here one? Sunday recently and made a.- very favorable Impression. His answer to the call has not been received. ' ' ' ' The coming week will be Observed as a week of prayer by the Woman's Foreign Miflonary Society of the Firt Mthodi.t church. Pervlcfi will b hld each' afternnon st some member's horn-. 4 . . The government Is havirir some-d'f- f i;',y in ge't ng the driveway built from Main Ftrcct to the Nations? ' 1 C: i Li- ; t.-i f-ry. The third call for bids f r to-ly. Mr. Holland took part in the . !'.rg the driveway calls for themj f rst battle Of Manassas, fought valfant l.e in ty t!ie nth. One thejlv until captured ( and sent to Camp had no rof ponse. "... ' I cT.a.e, h he was released st ths close fr. William Itlsnk. whf-se husband I of the war. He was a member of the r.Itted fiiclde here the Uth of, i gone with ". !ir v . MtJj ht-r chli I- ! DO WAGER KMIESS DEAD '. - ".y'Vvig.-; ie:'- .1- . 1 .( , AJS; IXFAJOP p. CHLVA'S THBOXE Quickly Following the DeaUi of the emperor, wiilcU Qccarmi nuay, 7, Itoyal Kdkt Annomtres tlte Death Yesterday of His Motlier, the An- . tocraiic Head of the Chinese tm . p Ire Another ; Edict Places Upon V the Throne Prince Pn-Yl, U -Year-Old Son of Prince Chun, the Kegent f the Enmire PHnce Be- geat . Orders s Hundred Days ef : - Mournjne Court - to Mourn For ; Three , Years Ancient Deathbed Ctwtpms Rigidly Observed. - Peking, Tov, S. Tsae Hl Aft, the Dowager Empress of 'China, the au tocratlc;; head 'Jot - the government, which she directed without success fill Interference since 181, and with ot protest ' slncs 1881,:' died at S otlock this afternoon.-.'.,. "Tne -announcement of the uowagur Empress 4) eath was olflcial. and fol lowed closely upon the announcement mat t Jttuang-Hsu, the - Emperor, , ana died yesterday at S o'clock in the af ternoon,, but it 'Is believed that the death of both-the Emperor and the Dowager Empress occurred a consid erable time before that set down in the Official, statements, t V ; Ah . edict issued at . 8 , o'clock this morning . placed uaon the . throne Prince, Pu-YL the- 1-year-old ' son of Prince Chun, ths Regent of the Em pire, ' in , accordance with s promise given by the Dowager Empress soon arter. ths marl age of Prince Chun in 1908. An edict issued on Friday jnaas ru-j jneir presumptive. . , . FOREIGN LEGATION NOTIFIED. 'The foreign legations 'were notified this morning by the Foreign Board of the death : of the Emperor and the succession : of - Prince , Pu-Yl. Troops to juell acV disorders ahf might arlsn o nthe deaih of Kuang-Hsu. and ths possibility of Uprisings, was vmads greater because of the fact that the death Of the fowager Empress wi.s known to-be close at hand.-. ' - Prince Chun, the Regent, has or dered the viceroys and Governors to take precautions for the continuation of ths administration of the provinces as ' heretofore. ; and he - has. ordered. a. hundred days of mourning. Ths court will go Into mourning for three .years.- -v.- i - Peking already- has been greatly transformed: all red - obelcts heve been removed -and blue substituted. The people learned - this evening of the death of the Dowager Empress, and they showed that they -were profoundly impressed, by the -'pass ing of their powerful ruler. The for eigners in the city , are watching the strange -ceremonies . with great inter' est. . At the palace, elaborate- rites are being observed - and., a flood - of edicts' has been sent forth. ' ANCIENT DEATH1 CUSTOMS. 'x Deathbed obsoselances , of three thousand years ago' marked the pass ing of -tha-Emperor mndi Xowajers Thev died alone and unattended, ai though', surrounded T circles, of ab ject spectators, who remained a -rod distant, as, on account of tne sacred persons of their majesties.' they could not be approached, i . The v Emperor died as -he had lived, without minis tration of whatever, kind, or scientlflo aid. 5-i'-tW'iw;''!;'''''i;i,1'-'---''' :.J The Dowager Empress is believed te have established the Chun regime, which is the Mancho regime, without obstacle, and the opinion is held here that thls solution of - the- dimouity which has necessarily confronted the srovernmeni. la the best oosaible.'- - Until words of tne Dowager s aeatn Is spread broadcast no. general dis orders are apprehended : "j'-. Chinese ' 'Irgaflon ' nt "Wshlngton . Hears the Mews OfHelally.. V Washington Nov. I-Th Chinese legation this afternoon received of ficial confirmation of the death of ths Emperor, and., the Empress, Dowager of China. The Emperor died yester day afternoon at. o'clock and the Empress Dowager at; 1 o'clock; thU Both the Emperor and the Em press will. If precedent Is followed, be burled In the Imperial mausoleum In the western - hills. Just a few .miles awav from Peking, with which they are eonnectet by rati., ah tne rniers of the Manchu dynasty are interred there. . .. l ...'" A T Details of the ceremonies attending the interments of the deceased rulers will be arranged by the .minister of rites. :, The transition In the govern ment, the officials of tne legation say, will take place without trouble of any kind, everything pertaining to the ap pointment of the new , heads being provided for In an entirely legal and proper manner. ,;.,;7sf. .rv ' !'.k-aV PROSPERTrr IS IN SIGHT. ;; ' President of the Association Formed to Hasten th I Itetnm of Good ' Times Declares That , H ; gees IIH'IU lA'HUUSi. . - - - -i- j & .- -v .-,r I-.. St. Louis. Nov, If v That tha most tat portani result accomplished by the na tional prosperity association, organised to hasten the return of prosperity "is the change tn publle sentiment towards rail roads and large corporations, especially In the South and - 'Southwest,! Is the declaration, of E. C. Simmons, president ot the national prosperity association, whe to-day made publto a letter which he sent to all the mem bees of the associa tion announcing ths completion of its work. After stating thst the organisa tion obtained results tar better than-had been expected, Mr. SunrAons declares that among the -.most important - v results achieved was tbSK'VlFlt to President Roosevelt, "which resulted in his not sending any snore messages to Congress or doing anything that had ths sppear ance ot being. aa attack opon rAltroads or other large eorporaUons." Conthtulng, Mr. filmmons says: : , ',.,'. J, - , ... "'Muck rakers' a. havsVeeased to show their heads; detnsgogue have quit talk ing and" a very healthy state of mind rr vails towards tbaaa mdumrtea; whereas previously to' our work there was a vfeoos anlagonlrm elearly evident among the msssta of the people, most of whom held their views or opinions without glv lug the subject proper thought. -We confidently believe that the work ef the association has In great measure prepared the commercial mind of this country for the quick return of a lull m-asure of prosperity. ' -i -i ' : Irnilncnt Confederate Veteran Dead. Wsi-hlnttm. Nov. 15 Albert (!. ' Hol land, a m-mber ol the first company or gsnivd in Washington to fight for the Confedrscy,' died suddenly In this etty firm of Cope'and Co., and It was Mid nana Acturvd flajr lrr the Federal (tov- .nt :t It as bl al:n to destruy C t'-.a ar. MB.F0RAKEB DID SO . -K; sjs i i ss -'if ' . v;. , .v? .' ' OIL TRUST SERVICE LEGITIMATE 'Ohio Kmimtnr Rim Ctnt turth Let- etr Floia. Virgil P. Kline, Chief 'Counsel of the Standard Oil Com- V pony. Explaining the Clmmcter of V Fora kers - EmDktvoMnt' By tth ' Company and the Services) Render s ed ' TlM-rennder Says the Senator Has Rendered No Service Inconslst- ' ent -With His- Public Duties His Testimony Corroborated By Assocl' ate Crmnsel On These, Two Let ' -.ters Mr. Forakerv Rests His Cnee ' and W ill Abide the Verdict, Cincinnati." Nov.':iB.--Cnited SUtes Senstor Joseph B. Foraker gave out tne following, statement, to the asso elated Press to-nlzht: '. - Now that the election Is over nd the people have read and studied the returns I ..deem It an opportune .time and my duty to' my constituents s wen as to myseir. -to publish tne- roi Clncinnatt Ohio, Oct'Xi.' Y Vtrsjl. P. 'KUne, Esq., : '-it;;'; v:-';:"';7-:4.wClvland;Ohi0.i f '"Dear Sir: in view of the charges of Mtwllearst and tho discussion how going on la the newspapers as to the character of my employment by tne Standard ' Oil Company and the ser vices I rendered, under such employ- menu I would be glad If yon Would writs me in regard thereto and give me permission -touse your letter , if occasion snouid seem to require n. - make this reauest because i was era ployed by you personally and because you are entirely ; familiar .with the scope of that employment, the ser vices rendered, and in short the whole subject, 'nd' because . under the cir cumstances I prefer that you rather than myself should speak on these points. s - v , With ' assurances of continued re gard, i remain, , . , . Very truly yours, etc, ' s vj. B. FORAKER. . ' MR. KLINE'S LETTER, Cleveland. Ohio. . Oct. A. 1108- Hon. Joseph B. Foraker, ,' t . t t 1 Cincinnati. , . , , My Dear Sir: I am lust in recelnt ox yours oi me sin inst. asking me to write you In retard to your em ployment With oermiasion it uii my isiier, ii occasion should seem, to re quire. With. that request 1 am glad I IT m y..m , 0 . 0 . ... were employed by me 'there was pending against the. -Standard Oil -Company, in the Supreme. Court, of me mate or unio, very- serious- and difficult litigation. -:' A nrOceedins- In contempt had been Instituted, by the Attorney general, charging that com pany with havln wilfuilv violate t h ordej of the Supreme Court directing n i wunaraw irom the trust agree ment. The company:, had answered. Issues' had been made tin and a van. lde'blo volume of testimony taken. j. nere was also nendln aa-alnat tha Buckeye Pine Line. Com nan v. A riFo. ae'dln.K,i,n uo warranto charging It n.v uninar a memoer. or a trust, , tn violation ot. the anti-trust lawa.or the 'State, also a like proceeding against niw vniv.uii yompany and ths Solar xteunino. wompany and of a like char acter at that time I think thPHin.ii aaginst Jhe Standard Oil Company umu ana wnicnr Was Drosght in January. i These, were analUd constituent . companies of . the Stand- vn- trust. , -, ,. . i. ,'- Ai; ,Th.?" io qiio warranto were all filed ' in the Subrema. rs,t ; ..j asked for the revocation of the char ters of the said ' several corporation, the appointment' of renivr possession of the properUes and the companies Many, millions of dollars of property wia-.nuv jnvoivafl. in fits iii..iAM f ,rw,Pftd,n nd much imperiled. ... nuiiiuH, to mo otner " llUgation miraitnca, - , , i j" It was in the Tnidt !ii,"..k 'jiU. caaea, wun tne Very serlnna nn. sequences incident to anv ci'r,0!f Jhat with the approval of my lurnea'W you lor aaafatann m aavice. - " i , ? PRESERVED GOOD FATTTT Ths Standrad Oil nAmntnv rtki. had endeavored in good faith to com ply with the order of the-Supreme Court. f The trust certificate holders ama oj a resolution passed at a- meet ing neio in jiew York In March. 1882, unniua noi oniy mat in . kukh. ard X)il Company of 7 Ohle ihniill wunaraw from the so-callaA tm agreement, but that the trust Itself snouia oe aissoived, and the trustees naa entered in good. faith niun thi sissoiuuon and a .-wind ing up of ,tn; entire trust; v- p : , ; ; Many practical dtffleultlaa nresante themselves, as (he trust - certificates, of a par value of more than ninat-v- uiii r uoiiars, ; were held everywhere throughout ' the country, had been Invested, in by savin s a banka and trust companies, had passed from nana to nana in tne market for ten years, were held f in large .and small amounts, and the effort to give ths trust certificate holders a legal Inter ns tin the sTock of the various com panies that had formerly been in tha trust was one or great difficulty. , I had, I remember, a, long conver sation with you,whea I first met you in connection,- wun tnis - businesa. Copies of the pleadings In the con tempt oase were shown you and the substance . of the - evidence already taxen narraieo. togetner witn the ac tion of the certificate holders taken at ths meeting and the course of pro ceeding ox me trustees carrying Out the purpose of the resolution to dis solve the trust, ana little later cer tified copies of the voluminous pleadings in the ' four - cases above named,- and the Interrogatories an nexed thereto, directed to the officers of the four companies above named. were furnished and the history of eacn one or tnose companies and the relation of each to the Standard -Oil Company of Ohio and of the, ether organizations alleged to be members of -the trust, (some twenty la num ber) became yie subject of Investlga-J tino at once oy you. xne importance of the litigation could harly, from the standpoint of the Standard, be over-' rated. ,-ri-. . ,. . . :. "- .' . - COULDN'T . DEFY LAW; The company in Ohio' which had been ordered to withdraw from the trust agreement could not afford v to permit Itself to be put, nor could the gentlement who managed it permit t hemselves to.be put In the attitude-! of defying the law. A heavy fine misht have been imposed, a receiver m'.ht have been appointed, and the art business of the organisation ir reparably injured The three quo warranto cases then pending and the fourth one threaten ed, as already stated, and later be gun, called for most drastic action pon the part of the supreme Court If its Jpu lament should be sdverse It was asked in each of the four ouo warranto caes and such, was a prot- r prjer that earn or .the four FORECAST OF WEETS NEWS FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE FORE. ; The ; Embarrnsidng SitWtJon In Ger many Which ' Involves Chiefly ' the raiser and Chsutcellor von Buelow a Lively. Topic A Crisis In the Hls- tory of China With the Death' of , the Emperor and the Dowager Em- Iircee important Coart . 1'rlals to Occupy the Stag - In This Conntry. '. Prominent Among WWcb Are tlie standard Oil Diasoiatkm Case and -' the Haskell.Hesu-st Libel bolt La. , bor Legislation Dinner at the While House TmttOmj :' . Foreign developments seem 'likely to rival, if they do not (overshadow domestic nsws during 1 the coming week. The extraordinary events , of the past few. days In' Germany, fol lowing the publication in ' London . of an ' Interview in which, -the German Emperor' 'was quoted . s -discussing; toreign . anairg witn marseo aosence of reserve; the drastic comments pass ed Upon the Interview in the German Parliament, and the embarrassing po sition, in which the whole 'affair has placed Chancellor von Buelow . have added immensely: to the interest of the world in the coming meeting-between the-Kaiser and the Chancellor. It was to' have-taken place at Kiel Monday, but ostensibly on account of the death of Count Heulsen-Haeseler, has been postponed until later. In the .CRISIS ; IN .china. : v.-'" t',A.. crisis In- the history of China, especially f that of. the Manchu dy nasty, has come to a head In the death ot both the Emperor and the Dowager Empress. An hour's shift of sentiment might precipitate a revolu tion and the unseating of the bated Manchu line of rulers. ; There are semi-official - assurances , from Toklo Justifying the belief that there will be no effort on Japan's part to make the emergency an occasion for aggression. Negotiations continue between the European powers regarding ths tangle In the Balkans, Meanwhile the strained relations between Servla and Austria-Hungary afford the most ex plosive fsctor, in the immediate fore- eflWoV,.':.;'M.'.v'V'; -".UV -f ' Roman 1 Catholics throughout the world participate - in the spirit and loyal Interest,-. if . not everywhere Hn fact, in the eelebration ot the jubilee of the pope's entrance into the priest hood. ..''.'!; ' 1 ,v.J &. ,, fi . i Maneouvrea of the Japanese army and. navy wilt conclude Monday with a review by the Emperor of Nara. The Emperors will go thence to Kobe. where on the 1 7th he will witness the greatest gathering of Japanese war vessels since the Russo-Japanese war. Important litigation and court trials occupy a large place in the news ot tn week. -The most conspicuous n- ure"vlslble this part of the week's programme Is John D. Rockefeller, who, with John. D. Archbold, and 3. A. Moffett, of the Standard Oil lead ership, has' been summoned to testi fy In New York City for the defense Jn the suit of tho government for the dissolution ef the Standard Oil -Com pany of New Jersey. ,.',., . ,, ; The Rbef case ; at San Francisco will proceed - notwithstanding the murderous attack upon District At torney Henery Friday. HA8KELL-HEARST LIBEL. The Answer st William R Hearst to tho . suit of Governor Charles N, Haskell, of Oklahoma, for 8(00.000 for alleged slander and ' libel, taV due tnis week,- in the Douglas county. peDrsunu, court. " .v.-'C u Sylvester G. WlUlams.- of Denver. special examiner for the United States Court In the anti-merger suit, aimed at the dissolution ' of the Harrlman system of railroads, will begin taking testimony in jsew xork city on Tues- aay,.;,-., ;! itf.X''- ;'';;"-''(. '.;' :', Tuesday the day set5 for the labor legislation dinner." at ths Whit House, which has been, ths subject of mucn comment. s ; ., Uonal meetings of the American Federation of Labor,' and Patrons of UBDanary continue at Denver and wasmngton respectlvly., i -'" One of , the. most important meet ings will be that in the Intareat of Industrial education ' at Atlanta, on Thursday. Friday and Saturday. ,, Pf EULOCY OF CAIUIACK. ' In Many Towns and dtles Thrnneh. ost xenncesee fservices in Honor of uie ienory ot tne Murdered Sena, tor Are Held Fine Tributes Paid to uie jscaa wan. Nashville. Tenn-- Nov. 1 E Tn large number', ot .' towns " and cities tnrougnout tne istate. : services were held to-day In memory of the lata Ed ward W. Carmack, former United States Senator from ? Tennessee, who was s.iuea nere Monday by Robin J. Cooper. .' : -r -i-'V 'J - ' V-. Resolutions highly euloglstle of ths former Senator were adonted br the various gatherings and In several in stances the manner of Carmack's tak ing off was severely condemned. - The exercises in Nashville were held, in the Ryman Auditorium, which war packed with an audience - numbering fully 7,000 . people, while hundreds were turned away for lack of .soace. There were tributes of song, oratory and prayer, and on many afces were the tracea ef tears. '. ' ' Professor W. R. Webb, - te whom the former Senator went - to school. spoke ; of him -with' earnestness - and simple elonnenee." .George H. Arml- stead, Cmack's cl oseat pol it lea I as sociate, spoke ef the personal charac teristics ot the man. relating several heretofore untold - instances ef Car- msck's kindness and generosity, i Bishop K. E. Hess, of ths-Methodist Episcopsl Church, South, was un-ble- to be present, but sent a com munication, which-contained a vigo rous referencS , to ' what -fie - termed abuse of the pardoning power. The resolutions adopted deeply de plore ths tragedy:' pledge a renewal f allegiance to prohibition and the de termination to drive liquor from Ten nessee; condemn lawlessness and de mand an Impartial enforcement of the law against all violators, : whether of high or row decree; declare for the Continuance of the present memorial committee to secure a aultabe monument-to SenRtor "Carmack. and -'ex. tend sympathy to the vl.low and son. nlustrlal rdn.,tl to Re Fromotcd AUama ;.- Atlanta. Oa., Nov. ISThe second nnual convention of the - national fciety for the promotion cf Industrial ducation, .tne memoersnio- of - which l Includes some of the Most -dlstinguisn. ed educators Jn the country., will be "hell In Atlanla Thursday, Friday and -aturuay of this week. ExhlMts from twenty-three s IndusfrlHl an t whnNl schools of the en. -t.-y w..: It c -; Ij)'1 In t!.a i"'a- c , .. F0UNDfDEAD:IHt1UAEIIY CASE PUZZLES HALEIGII POLIC': With i Broken end In Foi! ui -That Woe Id Indicate That It Yv-t ; Placed v There, - Body of E. W. S Smith, ' Traveling Man of Rlfh- snond, Va Is DiHrovrrrd in - Oi l j'. JUxM ' Qoarry - on Oitskiru of ' RsJeigh ltobbed and Tlien Mtir- dered, it Is Believed. Tboupli There i Are Some EvIdetM'es of . bul lle e Only One Dollar Found on Person, Thowgh Smith Was Known to Uie - Had Considerable Sum. 1 J'.V " V Observer Bureau, ;-;AThe llolleman Building, ' vf vi-VfX ..,..V;.-i- Raleigh.. Nov.. 15. . On one side of 'the old Bute stone quarry, at the eastern boundary of the city, was found this afternoon the dead, body of E. W. Smith, of Rich mond jVn. " The man's neck was broken; his' hat and overcoat, which were.dry, lay on one aide of a deep pool it water,;' On ths other side was the body, with the clothing off it wet. In such a position that BmithvcouM not j haver fallen ' there,1, it is con tended. Only $1 . was found- on tha body, and ths Yarborough Hotel peo Plo1 beilevs ho was killed by person's who had robbed him, as he bad paid hie board in .'advance and had con siderable money left. It is eonsldere l by some a ease of suicide. V ; Friday evening Smith, who was representing, the White Oak Coat Company, of Rlchmond,egistered at the Yarborough House here.- He ws somewhab Intoxicated, fit' is said that he was, at ths Elks' Home Friday night, and he must have been at th hotel yesterday, as the key to his room wag found In his pocket. Smith was, 88 years of age. . 1 , -.'','"' . 1,1 ' i um '"v e ' NQY ENGAGED TO .THE DUICE. Senator Flklns, of West Virginia Pc. . J1 Ylwt Jliere U No Itrthroihal ; Between His Daughter and Uie ltn- Ian and HoMs That Uie Aiutovu, - Hnmors WJH Cease, . -'r.WnshJngtoa. ' Nov. 1S Senat ; Elklns arrived in , Washington fr,.t hln West Virginia home to-day. AVk sd if he cared to make any announce ment concerning the reported 'enga ment of . his daughter; he dlctalted ti, foUowIng statementr. . : 'l .do net, are r to say snyth!.-nr further than that my.daughter nni uuxe as Abruzsl are not enpaj? i to be married, 'and that I regret ex ceedingly the annoyances that mu -z nave come to the Duke and hia fam.sv by reason of the almost dally discis sion of the matter In the pre and tin constant publication of rumors for - long a time rumors which I venture to hope will now cease." While the Senator made it c'.f-r t hat w Miss Elklns and the Duke (u Abru?d are not engaged, he enter tains for the Duke the highest re i' -. as was evidenced by the reply win. - i he made to an Inquiry as to how well he was acquainted with the Duke . "Not -very -well." he responded ' frankly, "but from what I know and have heard of him. I regard him not only. a distinguished personally by reason of his birth and position, but added to this he is an abis man, -of iibo highest character, a wn known explorer nd scentlat one wbe hss done things and. accomplish-I much besides being an efficient o"v cer ef high rank in. the navy of hi. conntry." v : . ... ;.-., . , Senator Elklns was earnest In "h expression of the hope that his state ment wonldvbe accepted by the pub lie In the spirit in which It was mad. He has felt a delicacy in dlsetwin r the matter at all. -but believed that the time had arrived to make an an nouncement of the facts. Mrs. Elklns snd Ml Katharine are yet at. their West Virginia, hom. but they expect in the near future to Join the Senator In Washington, .y''-'".' i- "WHERE'S GAJiDER? ASKS TAIT. The Preaident-FJect Says J!j r llemphiu Had Better Make. so.. . boup Out or That Bird Will Ad- .; dress NorUr, Carolina Society t,f !'ew York. ... Observer Bureau, ' 12 Post Building, l . Washington, Nov. 15. - Where is that Hong Kong gani.-r anyway T Mr. Taft asked Mr. P. 1 1. McQowan,' the correspondent of Th News and Courier, who presented htm to-day with a special invitation front MaJ. J. C Hemphill to visit Char!u. ton, on his Southern trip, - "-you tell Major Hemphill he had better mak i himself some soup out of that gan der. .Tell him also that the next timo he wants to raise a -campaign fun l he had better get up some schwrn which will' bring more than 8S ss." f And the big President-elect's bi? sides shook . as his smile spread froui ear. to ear... - ...,-.... Mr. Taft wIU go to Augusta Decern -ter 17th to spend the winter. On December th he will deliver the an nual address before the North Car olina Society of New York ntv received a large number cf newspaper men in the East Room of the Whits House this afternoon and Jollied snd Joshed and had a good time; but Thi Observer's, gander and hen, about which he had heard from the begin ning of the career of these, illustrious birds, seemed to glv him most pleas- ur- " ZACH M'GHEE. Jacksonville Saloon Keeper Killed i :. , a Kunawny Accident. Jacksonville. Fla.. Nov. 1 S Ttn.. Delaney, a - prominent saloon man. was thrown from his buggy In a run away accident this afternoon and al most instantly killed, while hu wif was badly bruised. . Mr, and J(r. Delaney were driving around the ror i road belt when their hnrse becs.M- frU-htened and fan,, th wheels ef th- buRy catching i the ear trs. -. . throwing Mr. Delaney violent.'r t t pavement., and . he was dead befnre a8l?tance could reacn 1. Xorwfglan Bark tn a Pwk of 1 Ilrunswick. Ca Nov. 13 f disoovered this morning t 9 I! f a week on account of r , while-being towe l t. s- I iThs. ritr , fire : srtfi . rt a steam pumps jl ned on t r until i-io e't-i-vk t r -r ; wss under cur!:: '!. T? r:" fire i unknon. bit n -s s : 'have been oi ! ! n 'on board. 1 s i- ' t ',- tl-".-- t t ; -r- - : t ; id r..'. ,- I .r. i on I'iij; L evi-r).
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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