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A - - '"V w- ' 4, . I I I 0 : T1 1 V suBscraPTio price : $s.oo a year. : CHARLOTTE, ., WEDNESDAY KORGAyOVEMBER 18, 1908: -f VOt'fJ.wV;, , ', ."y PRICE FIVE CENT . i Vi ' ' : Lookout ln.n ; destroyed fire mexacls summer- homes hmom TTfistelrV OI til CreSt Of Fa- mom Tennessee Mountain, Goes Up .i' la Sniok XoeeUwr Willi Four Cot--J tajr- The Power Ilourfe and the lmiliue Hallway IWiUf Damaged Deal, For hale ur uie rropeny a " 135,000, Had Jurt Been Consum i mated, ami But For the Fire Would v Have lUa Closed esterday Def lnltely Known That No Effort Will Be Made to Rebuild the Structure . ,-" in the Wear more .,. ... Chattanooga, Tenn Nov," IT. F (nous old lookout Inn, ea th crMt of Lookout mountain, was burned to the ground this afternoon, together with all Its contenta, and alio lour cot tces In proximity to the hotel, . The ,' fcotel owners, Me3ra Junj and 6ha ' tnotulsltl, etated that a deal had Just , been consummated for the aale of the Inn property for a Conelderatloh of 11IS.000 and that but for the fire r the deal would have been cloaed to ; da There waa $2,000 Inmrana on - . ane- notai ana ua lurnienmga, - ' The lose on the four-cottage and ' (heir contents was eetlniated at 16,f 'DUD, witn insuranca not given. ; .: ,TIEE STILL, MCNaCS.' ; v The incline railway - power house - .- was badly . damaged and the. trestle , oa the lace of the - bluff was ablaze --. for a oonelderable time. To-night , there is-a streak of lire Almost Urom '; -the top to the base of Lookout moun tain along the line of the Incline - . railway and a force of, men is fight ing to prevent it from spreading to "the timber en the mountainside and - to many cottages which dot the slope or tna mountain, r ' ,r ' ?. ; -. -. - The flr stated In the sooth 'wing : : f the hotel building but the, exact v.; ."cause h&e not yet been ascertained. The generally accepted theory Is that . .. a defeouv flue M responsible for the are. . ; ; irsx?-;;-, .;. The building was as dry as tinder. and Jiigh wind which wss sweep , , Ing across the mountain ' from the . ; weet, . aulckly carried the flames -the entire length of the structure, which - iwaa consumed la a- very short time, - . A SPECTACULAR BLAZB. Been from the cltT. the fire , was i spectacular during- Its early progress, ' trut -eooh the. moontaln was entirely enveloped in a dense cloud of smoke and all that could bo seen from high . tralnta In the city was what appeared a 'a terrible storm cloud rolling from . the-southwest. ' ' "With ths coming cf darkness, hdw ' ever, the smoke cleared and the ouv' ; Une of (he crest, of old Lockout was .' marked by a rim of red fire, resemb V,. Jlng si huge figure 8. 11 - ' It Is definitely known, that there iwiu te so attempt In the near future " .- tio rebuild tne lnn,' - . The hotel-was completed In 188 at c,ost of 1150,000 and contained about - . w rooms. , t ' Each succeeding season' following fts opening it teas been ,vialted-by ' nersons of note from all over, the - world, f Prince Henry of Prussia, , pronounced H the most Ideal spot he had ever visited and the scenery more : gorgeous than that of the Swiss Alps. Tiier. were no casualties so far as a t learned--. .. ' -. . --vl; independent Refiners a Unit irt Dstr tar Practical Free Trad With puba and tba Phillpplne-VIw Ea - pressed Monday by s Secretary , L VV right Said to Have President. 1 Elect Taffs: Endorsesaejit. - v Washington,;' Nov, ' 17. That ' f the . nininna nnniud bv Secretary of nva Wrlrht. veaterday In favor r of vari ' with the- PhiiiDDlnes for sugar and tobacco are the views of President-elect Taw was me wey zpressed ; belief In the ways and means committee room of the House ' when the hearing on the sugar sched - tile wa ; resumed to-day. y .' i r Edwin F. Atkins, of Boston, large -" sugar planter In Cuba, urged that the ' tariff on sugar be reduced and that Cuba be given the existing differential - ott this lower rate. ' He also said that - there was great danger of an lnsur rection In Cuba if the tariff on Cuban sugar Is not reduced... ., v. - RepresenUtlve Champ Clark, , of Ulssourl, aeked Mr. Atkins "what Is , - s;olng to beoome of the American beet sugar growers when Cuba belongs to .the United Statesr ' "That la the question"; answered Mr. Atklha : 1 "There is the moat lm snlnent danger of this coming about" "If you get the reduction in tne tariff on sifgar that yen seek,' Mr. Clark asked, "would there be any re- Auction to the consumer V W "There would be a reduction In the retail price of about 1-1 cent, I should say," .was the reply..- f ..::?' . "How do you know that the sugar trust won't' grab np that half cent?" ...... -it they coutd, I would Join them,." An advocate or the- free entry of sugar was Clans A. 8preckles, prsl Ment .of the Federal Bugar Refining Company, an .."independent" -concern - of New Tork. "I would be perfectly satlsfled If " you- should flnalljr decide to aree tipon free trade," said Mr. Spreckles, Who was formerly connected with the American Sugar Refining Company, . known as the "sugar trust," "in both ' raw and refined sugars, i I think we are entitled to a moderate protection on refined sugars, but would prefer aboslute free trade, to the present schedule under which the sugar trust is the principal beneficiary and en abled to enact special privileges land conditions on sugars produced In . ' Louisiana and the Hawaiian islands." Lis ' A. F. Biillman, representing Ar v truckle Bros., of New. Tork, one .of v the largest Independent sugar refln--vilng empanlos In the country,' re- - OuestecV lower duties as much ' better ; tor the sug-ar business.- . . . jn:. - ' - j Watcliman KUIcd by Robbers.- , Lynfhburg-, Va., Nov. .17. Thomas B. Monroe, for many years "night watchman at a bluff on the James river branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, -eighteen miles west of here, was murdered la.t . night, robbery bcin? the motive. . His body waa found to-day lying partly In the James river, and under a fifteen-foot embankment. here It had been thrown. Ills pay. received only yes terday, Is missing and a coroner's Jury . to-aay rendered a vrlirt of mvirdor. Monroe has a wife and nine children, Tiearly all of whom live here. He was (S years of age and a Confederate veteran. - , All the OIJ A. C. I O ., - i-s Are V.c TlIc it ,1. PJchmind, Va., Nov. 17. Th nn rual meetinsr of th t' wU'-., ' of the Atlantic (oat Line V i ,n i .m- pry wnq J- : 1 1-. - 1 . ani 8-1 ..' UJfCLE S-VSi WANTS DUTY, Suit Brought In Chicago Federal Court or Forfeiture. ,r Works of ' Art lirousht Over "or Mrs. Ja-k Oardner, of lkwion Frlcud Who Acted as tio-Hctvveen Ignorant of ;' Law,. Chicago, Nov.' 17. "The United States of America A s. two oil paint ings et,al," is the title of a suit filed by the government to-day for the forfeiture of works of art belonging to Mrs. "Jack" Gardner, of Boston, and smuggled Into the United States by Mrs. Emily Crane Chadbourne, of Chicago. x , ' The filing of the suit to-day In ths United States District Court brought to light figures which indicate ; that unsuccessful smuggling Is a costly adventure.- AVhen .lilra-: Chadbourne brought Mrs.- Gardner's art treasures Into, the United Stales irom ungiana last summer she listed them at the custom house as "household enects. roughly valued , at 18.000. An ap praiser la Chicago placed their value at $82,411. Mra Chadbourne was compelled to pay the regular duty on this valuation, amounting to 2,J0I. and a penalty of $41,205, a total of $70,409.- This, however, gave her no rirht to the-r)rop8rty. If she wishes to regain them, she must still pay the appraised value or vtns snipmen Na move in this directfoh. It Is said baa been made by eltherMrtChad- bourns or Mrs; Uaraner., ; ; , Mrs. Chad bourns' only legal con nnrinn with the' case at-present is ithar aha mif redeem the property. Should she choose , to taae tnis courw the total cost of 'her expenence wun the customs ofSclals , would reach lVu nardner. whose enthusiasm as an art collector nas maas nw nw on two continents, ana rs.,.nu bourne, a member of ' -ths wealthy Crane, family 'of Chicago, met in Paris. When Mra Gardner ; decided to return to America sne wrnm m, number of ner art, treasures over. h uh nhadhanme. - The latter trans f erring her residence to England, used ,h. in lAonratiiMr her new home. When she in turn sUrted for her na i.n ah decided to bring back Lwlth her the valuables Intrusted to her by Mrs. Oaxoner wn .u'" posa of turning: them over their owner. ufWnen me caee friends of Crs, Chadbourne ueclarejl that,, ignorant of business and legal i"!v-.!..i,i.. . lurm Chadbourne ac- tually believed that the works of -art were bousenoia IiSnJi -ftN -v- TATT BACK TO HOT 6TMXG8. Aoeompllshea . llia Personal n r'TTT Ssnaxw-Methodlst Bishop . mi. Tteomt. KsnlanaHon of IlUUppIno . AflaiiDemocratlo , Treatment of an Army mi n ' tdnvj President 's- lUi. in n--., - -' . . . . , , for Hot Springs, Va thus ending tne vslt to his horns fy which, has been ne euujcviij i iB . m v " , , " v. , - . havs not seen a politician or dis cussed a political question since " ing her said Mr.. Ttto-nlght JI hii, Y tiiva aneomcllshed .What came here to do, which was a person al business matter- in which ..there was no publid Intar" v.3V:v Bishop Oldham, of -tha Methodist viunai rhtiiwti. who has spent sev eral .years in tha Philippines, had ft long talk wun arii i . -., , gardlng Philippine affairs.- Incident ally the bishop expressed his hfJ approval of une recenuy vu" letter written by -Mr.r Taft to a St, Paul preacher making clear his posi tion relative to the Cathollo Church la the Philippines, f Rarore- leavlnr at I o'clock to-hlght Mr. Taft. was-the- guest at a dlnneH given oy Kawaro narrim,r time friend.--'- r;,-! Late to-day at the pike Street pome . r hrie p. v Taft where v r, I ait was "a guest, a servant came to the President-elect and. announced; c A man at the door, who says you would not know him by nams, wants to see you." ; " - r,r v .--Ji-,-;- . Send him In,, was the ulck re sponse, whereupon there was ushered before Mr. Taft a young man clad in -workman's clothes,' I want to get Into tho. army," ae replied to , Mr. Taffs question. i was told that because of a faultf my left eye, r could not get in,: but was told to get glassesand I- could get Into the hospital corps, ani .now they say that I must nave soms ex perience to ret into the hospital corps. but ! have my glasses. -.- -Mr. Taf remarked: "Well, young man. you look to me ; like the type of man we want In the army and If you will .write me a- letter at ; ; Hot Springs, I will see that It gets con sideration from the proper officers." Mr. Taft told Cinclnnatl-i, friends that he would return to; this city two weeks prior, to his departure for the Inaugural ceremonies st 'Washington end would go from his horns here to the capital.- He ;ls planning trip Cuba early In February to witness the relinquishment of American authority and the Inauguration of the new is land government. ; .. - " - , j , PEXTIST 19 ACQUITTED. ' , : Allep-ed Attempt at Rape on : Yoong l,ady Hut a Hallucination Caused by Drag. :' t: . ' ' . Special to The Observer, Roanoke, Va., Nov. IT. "Not pullty," wag the Jury's verdict . tlws evening: la the case of W. 8., Gregory. on a charge of attempt at rape, on Miss Theodora U. Irvine, a teacher of expression of New Tork. while she was a ' chloroformed patient tn his offlce here last summer. Mies Irvine testified that she emerged from the anaesthetic. In time to positively Iden tify Gregory as her sssallant. Greg ory maintained that Miss Irvine was dreaming. Eminent physirinns care expert testimony- to-.the e" ct that hallucinations, frequently foiiow the administration of anaesthesia. Leslie M. bhaw, former Fecretary of the Treasury, came .here and t. -'ified as to Miss Irvine's charart.-r. The Jury was out sn hour and a half. Kaiiroails to ?!.'i',e 3 I'.-r Out. Ad vance lu 1 rHr.ht I.at- -Chicaco, Nov. 17. W. C. Brown, senior viee presiJciit of the r.c-vv Tork Central l.nes, at a cor.forrm e with F. W. l"rvT'i. In C .ira.-o, to-.' ty, as !ire4 the latter t'.i.it the r, :-. :.roa-1s of the country had arret! tht a 3 per cent. jvanre in freight rai-s woulj sai:.-fy the rcMU'.rcments of t- e r-ja i;. This etlvance l-iK.e the piace nf tna thratened tn per cent. .v ahich srous-1 flirrers to en ice, 1 n I several months . .). He c . i an in"t pas n-ceaarjr, hut f : t C-f th-I rt"i- I l:v. t.;J t.'.t I; ?a i ttr;i,,:.ci. - 'at "'-it FPUS ABBESTS AHE MADK coNsFnticr to kill' ' ssnni Raleigh poiiee Doing Effectfve Work ln t'nraveling Murder Mystery ' Sons of Revolution. Hear Tributes to Dead and Fleet Ofllcera Seaboard's Special to Cuba Starts January lltli : Tliinl Dietrii Appeals Being Heard by Supreme Ourt Tills Week (Another JloteJ - Chartered ' For ' Greennboro U ; persons - TJider r Treatment For. Hydrophobia In - spet.tlon of X. A Si Completed by Commission. . ' tr. ,f . - voserver xureau, . . ... , '', The Jiolleman Building, V : . ' - , ' . " v Raleigh, Nov, If. 7 - Tbtee arrests ' were made late - to day and another to-night, with the ar i-est of another woman ,eipected, -In the murder ease In which in which E. W. Kmlth. a iraveunr man " of Rich 8 mond, Va.,'.was the victim, his body being found Sunday In the old stone quarry near the city. Those taken in custody this afternoon were "Red' Hopkins, a partner ,in, a questionable restaurant in ths tenderloin district; Orace James, a tenderloin woman liv ing-. In the 'house of Grace -Schafer; and Tom Crenshaw, ' a negro hack drivers The police claim to have un earthed a conspiracy against Smith, charging that he was' doped, sobbed and his body thrown down-the steep precipice into he--rock' quarry .-The police made the arrests under the dl rection of Chief Mulilns. It Is fairly ascertained that Smith was carried to the quarry from a place In the tender loin district about , 1 o'clock Sunday morning. : -s .''-v-.-'t,;-"" .'v,-v , -.-- - The police are after others alleged to-be in the conspiracy.' W. A, Morrison Is commissioned second . lieutenant - of ', Company ' D, First Regiment. Charlotte,, to fill tho vacancy caused by the resignation of a. w. Harkey,- .--..'). -. - Mrs, Joseph B. Batchelor died Verr suddenly, hero to-day. Her husbandV wno was a major in tne regular army, died In the Philippines six. years ago, Sha has A wo - daughters here at col lege, one of Vbom narrowly escaped aeain last weeK, having been thrown by a runaway . horse. Che will . be burled In Arlington Cemetery - beside her-husband.- :';$,'.-ij)-y--i:-'-,i,'i DECLARED SANE; TO BE TRIED, John Gregory, a voung white man cnarged four years ago at Wades boro with murdering- his wife but decided by a jury to be lnaanef who has sine been In lhe- crlm inal Insane depart ment of the penitentiary, was to-day taken- to Wadesborot where he will be tried for', the murder. Experts nowdeclare him sane. ' ' , ? The North Carolina Society of the Sons of the Revolution, organised fifteen years ago, at Its annual meeting here heard memorials react regeramg tna aeaut ot three of Its members,. Stephen A. Whiter Peter K. Hinea and F. H.- Busbee. - It elected Thomas B. Kenan, president, and Secretary of State Orlmes; vVico ' president,- and paid . MarsheM'. peLancey . Hay wood, who has fna lis foundation been tls'tracretsryr tbe-oraiplsnmoi U re-eleat- tng him and making him, a life member. Teh denomln talons - are represented. In the TmlaaioaaiV InsUtute .which la being held at the. First Baptist church.; The meeting IS so full of heartiness as to be positively inspiring and far exceed! any thing; which, lias toeen-done hero hereto-. fore, 4;? -t;t';f--: i.;-'' Wfi "-Vw'r ' . ft Is decided by Passenger Agent Qat- tls, of the Seaboard Air Lto that tha special tour to Cuba shall begin-January Uth. and but two weeks. Mr. Gattis, Mr. Britton, city editor of TbV- News . and. Observer,; and Miv Thomas B- Heart t. stenographer' to Judge Pamell, have Just returned from Cuba, and went over tne entire route which Will be taken by the tourists,-: s" t- Sk c w ON THIIttt DISTRICT APPBAUs, The Supreme Court Is this week hearing appeals from tha .third district, there be ing only nine eases A follows; . Btate vs. Cloninsar, Security Company, vs. Cost ner. Berkley .vs Wast 'Company.: Allen vs. Railroad, ' Woolrldg vs. Brown, Bull Railroad, . Davla vs Themburg, Haines vs, Smith, Smith vs.- BartseM, Among-the attorneys present are Messrs, E. r. Candler, W. B. Rodman, Hemot v.iaxaaon revara nixou, t. . vu- Comery and A-T. Mangum.v-v--wiy- The number of persons bitten sy man dogs now under' treatment by Dr. C. A. Shore at the State laboratory of hygiene Is six. This IJrmgs the total number r oases, treated and under treatment up to thirty-five, fs--.y,-Y.'f.-) No place in tha State obtain as many charters, as Greensboro, and - to-day It took out one for the Guilford Hotel Com- j pany. Marlon Cobb, A, J. Corpenlng and F, P. Hobgood bemg tne stocKnoioera, theN, amount of 'capital stock being $ eo . ic-'A-'--f,:ixr:- V N. "4k & RAILROAD INSPECTED, . The members of the Corporation Com mission have returned, from the' Inspec tion tour of the Norfolk A Southern Rail way. The three of' them divided, this work,' Mr. sBeddlngfleld taking the Suf folk division. Mr. Rogers - that . to Bel haven and Chairman McNeill t that to Meeker's Jerry. Mr. Rogers came near being to a wreck on hi . trip, some mis creant having cut out thirty-seven In ches oi a rail. Intending to throw off the train. The commission, will make, recom mendations, in regard to track, rolling stock. etC .'--'-'.-.-',.: ' ' - . -' -J The commission has received the' plans of the new railway . station which, the Southern Witt. build at Black. Mountain station, some miles this side of Ashevllle. It Is learned that the Southern wilt next summer operate specia trains between that the Southern will build another pas senger station at' Canton,. another Im portant point beyond. Ashevllle, In Hay wood county, where one of the greatest wood pulp factories In the world la lo cated. ; - , .;,V t- ,.'--.r..i-,. '. Court Says Trial of lluef Must Pro- , . ceed, - Saa : Francisco, N Nov. . IT.-fluperlor Judge Lawler brushed sslds all dilatory motions Interposed by the attorneys of f Abraham Rue to-day and the trial of the former political boss on ene of tne many charges - of bribery sgainst him "which was Interrupted by the attempt to assassinate irosocuior rnniu j. ivrurr. probably will proceed to-morrow with the taking of testimony for the Stata During, two . sessions 0 court Judjte Lawler to-day denied Ira succession the motion of Ruef for change of venue, con tinuance of thirty days and dismissal of the .Jury. , . . Hcney lisi i !!y Recovering. F'.n Francisco.- Jiov. 17. Francis J. 1' :,f-r is recoverWiS with'1 surprising r ; . -ty fmro the bullet wound lntltr'.-i 1 ' 2:.it1 JissS, and It Is predicted that i-i a few weeks he will be able to reuiiv h'.R rr i.ecution of the. graft rnens. Ther i!Whca;i ips of tloei iviiwnlng. !'- j take 1. ; i.U nu-( ..- ..u.;:.t tv- V- 1 fa ley. . , THE DE SAGANS HAPPT.v',, V , . ! -" , , The Prince and Princess Ilelle Deny '. the Kuinoi s That They Ar About : , to Separate lkinl Do Castellane's KfTorts to Regain His Chllilrea Ie- ciarcd to Be Simply a Scheme: ; to if Secure. Money., ' 4 .,trs-! Paris, Nov, 17. Prince and'Prlncess Hello do Sagan -the : latter was Miss Anna Gould, of New York, before she married Count . BonI del Castellans, from whom she secured a dlvorce-i- were seen to-day, and authorised the denial - In most emphatlo fashion of the' reports recently current in Paris and the United States that they in tended - to - separate. They intimated that these report hava been, spread by Count de Castellans, who . they said was doing everything possible to make their' life uncomfortable. "We are happy, said the Princess, "end all we ask. Is to be. let alone. r-Then the Prince, with the approval of his wife,' announced - that tho ne gotiations -to . settle- the suit ' of ' ths Count Tor the custody of his three children out of, court -had been broken off because the demands mads by the Count were-excessive, i He declared that the Court's efforts to, obtain the custody of 'his children were nothing more than -a schema to obtain money, "We were ; willing- to- make some concession In- order to avoid further notoriety,? said the Prince, "but we do-not propose to be robbedV and we are now- determined to fight .out the issue In open court"? , , , ? : .u . Maltre Bonnett to-night made pub lic the general" grounds on which Count de Castellans elalm that the atmosphere - of, the ' Sagan homa.V s unfit for--the childrenj They, i are. first. Prince Hello's record before his marriage; second, tho improper action of ths Princess In traveling with the fruice oeiore she oecame nis wire; third, evidence that' Prince Hello had not reformed- since marriage, TICTIM3 OF. THEIR OWN PLOT. t ! a,;- -'; , Alabama Contirts Who Fire - Cool , Aline in an Effort to Escape Are r taught Like Rats in a Trap Klgiit Burned jo Death, One Mlsuing end the Others Safely Locked la - the v Stockade The Fire ' Does lattlo Damage .to the Mines, j v : Blrmngham.- Ala, Nov. 'IT, Flfty State convicts employed in ths mines at Pratt City formed a conspiracy last light to set No., S ' mine afire and es cape during the confusion,: As a re sult eight of them were burned to Death, on Is missing and the other 41 are safely locked in the stockade. The last body was taken out this af ternoon at 4 o'clock.- ; - The coup' was. Cunningly planned and daringly executed. A lot of tlm ber lying In the man way was Ignited and the convicts hoped when atten tion had -been attracted to the flames they could make their way through the mine and escape ' by the main entry, which could be reached after a journey of about a quarter ot a sin under ground,;. , They had hoped to, do able. la make. their way along ths mine ahead of the smoke, and fumes from the fire, fin this they miscalculated for nine appear, to have been suffo cated. The -I others '-appeared: to- oe meeting: with success .until the mine officials suspected . something, t one employs saw the flames burst out and they eame - so", suddenly . and. in such volume he was sure oil or soma highly combustlbu-matter had. been used in stating thera..-ivj'jii:j ') -V1 ',-,' Making his way to the outslre,. he informed ethers and they too believed an attempt was being .made, to get away, Guards were at ones placed at th main entry and ths men caught as they emerged there. The rescue work , then begun, for in addition-to the convicts, it waa known that there were a number of free laborers in ths mine. All the latter appear to have been gotten out - safely.. , .-.- ,,v f r . It Is not known whether the missing convict perished or made his escape. The Ore " did little damage to th mines. .. Y BOLD ROBBERY I BOLD1. ESCAPE. Jacob Hart . Administers - Knockout -Drops and Kobe Man In presence of Two Others Swims Creek smd ...Escapes.-; :. ,-: ' .- v V::"!f -C' Special to The Observer.':.' ft,.ijv: Fayettevlll. Nov v ll-D. W. Par ker, an upholsterer of' this city, was this .morning 'drugged by knockout drops and' robbed of lit by .Jacob Hart, a white maa. Parker - vf as narrowly saved by physicians after herole measures. ''' 'z'-JYi-i- Parker and ths man Hart, were drinking with two other rttellows la a wagon yard on Bow street, when Hart took a bottle from his pocket and of fered t to Parker, who' raised ths bottle to his lips and almost Instant ly fell unconscious, when '.Hart, be fore the bystanders could take In the situation, rifled his pocket and fled. An alarm was soon turned in to ths pones' station and a warrant Issued for Hart He - was found by . Constable Goddard, who proceeded to1 read the warrant to him j but hlle this cere- Wmony was taking place the desper ado turned and fled again. After twlse swimming Cross creek he made good his escape. . - - Parker 1 a Tedersl veteran and a pensioner of the United Etstes gov ernment. ; - : c - i - - -,. , J MORATZ1X SYNOD MEETS, Southern province Hold In r FPnr-Day iswmt la 'iwo t-lty ttlllt Blxhoi) Jlondtlialcr Prettiding. .... . ; Special to The Observer. - " , t A "WJnston-SsIean. Nov. IT. The Moravian Synod of the Southern Province convened to-day la the Home church, Blxhop Ed ward RondUialer Caning the rathe- ing to order -.with eighty-six delegate In at tendance. The sessions will continue through. Friday. - - . After a reading- of Scripture by' Re. 3. K. IfolU, the bishop called upon Be. J. I - ! ke, president of the West Indian l'rovinee td lead la prayed. Bishop Kontlii(r was elected chairman of the fr'ynod, BVi C-.H. Wenhold, secretary, and Jlr. H A. Ebert. uaitUnt secretary. I'.ev. Jaines R HsII and Mr., John W. FYlee, members of the Provincial Eldere Conlerence. then examined the , cred n tis.l of the delegates. A short ad.1res cf welcome was delivered by Rev. John H. Clewell, and then th bishop read rretins from th Northera Provincial i'lers" CoDferenee, In lSnd at Litlts, l a.; the m-tUsh Pmvlne at London; the German Pynod of the I'nlty, and the 'salon Board. - - . -v. Amiw? tlie events of the Pinx will t e -'s-sra! concert In Sremeal l'-j I I Xci?:v-.j to-rr.orrow I. .fci.U i KAISEE ACLBEES TO E UOOD , - ' - ' VIELDS TO - POPVLAR FEEXIXO . - s Forced by' Angry TWe ; of ' Popular Rentlnient Kinperor William, , of Germany, Promise Henceforth to Conform Himself to Constitutional Methods of Codoctlng the PoUcle v of CiennRny The lluler'S Subjects ttelieve That a C!resyt Sterr Has Vfieea- Take Toward. F-recr tiovoro - ment Mutual Good . Will Prevails ,- at the Audience Between the Em peror and Chanrr-Uor von' Bnelow i Rnlcr Greatly "Moved by . occur- , .fences Of the Past Few Days. f Berlltf. Nov. lTForeed by i. ths angry tide efv popular feeling 'that swept tne Empire rrora ena to ena Emperor 'William to-dsy yielded ; to the nation, and promised henceforth to conform himself to constitutional methods of conducting ths policies of Germany.- :. -' ' ' .- -. -'-. v The climax; to the pabllc utterances of the Emperor was-reached In in Interview which he gave to an Eng lishman and which was published In The London Daily Telegraph on Oc tober 28th. -As tthe outcome of this. the whole country was aroused ; ' the Reichstag-endorsed th attitude .of many of Its prominent members when they, denounced th - sovereign, and ChanceUor:,on - Buelow, whlle-r he attempted to smooth away tn airair, undertook to communloat - td His Majesty a straightforward and unvar nlahed statement of how the German people viewed his Intervention In af fair of StaU.';'W ?X Kj?- TWW X171 MAKES FORMAL PROMISE, ? W .'The- Interview between the' Emper or and tlie Imperial Chancellor ..took place at the new palace In Potsdam this morning, and at its ' conclusion th Emperor made formal promise to his' people'- that in thl future " ne would ( not act except through .' the chancellor and 'his associate minis ter. This promise' was mads public In ,The,RelchaanselgerMv th ; official Tho not after stating that an an dlence was "held between th Emper or and Prince . von Buelow says;- '--.' - . "The Imperial Chancellor described the feeling, and Its causes, among ths German . people In connection , with the articl .published In t The Dally Telegraph, ; He also explained the position he had taken- during the course of the debates and Interpella tions on this subject . In the - Reich. stag. His Majesty, the Emperor, re ceived the: statements 'and explana tions, with : great1" earnestness ' and then expressed his will as follows: : a - KAISEB'S ; STATEMENT, , ; ""Heedless of the exaggerations of publlo criticism, which are regarded by him aS Incorrect, his Majesty per ceives that his principal Imperial task is ,to..ensure the stability- of the pol icies of the Empire, under the guard ianship of constitutional responsibilities-. In. conformity therewith, - His Majesty, tJ-- Emperor, approve. the Chancellors Utterances' n the iKeicli stag and assures, Prince von Buelow of hi continued confidence.' V Prince von Buelow had determined upon handing. In .his resignation if the Emperor had not met the country's demands, but. as such a situation did not arise, . ths audience ended . with the ' Emperor . saying to the Imperial Chancellor that he reposed full con fidence In his wisdom. i 4l w .J ; Within half an hour after th Chan cellor that he "reposed full confidence tn his wisdom.. 4 -1 .-. r Within 4ialf an : hour after ; thi Chancellor's return to Berlin fculle tins were issued by th evening news papers reporting' a favorable Issue of th meeting between th Empror and th Prince, and were eagerly snatched by an anxious public, who in the first moment of loyful surprise' scarcely conceived the importance" or tne an nouncement to themselves and ' the It Is certain now In the minds of the German, people that a great stsp has been taken toward freer govern ment.-;:;:- -V. . v !., ENTERS A NEW ERAT, Interpreted by the ' events leading Up to It, the lesst this declaration of the Emperor can mean Is that his Majesty promises to limit his freedom of speech, and observe carefully ' th constitutional forms. In taking no In itiative without the advice and eon sent ot the Premier-Minister. .'This narrow Interpretation Is strictly a 4u reaucrato -view, ' A -wider view,- as voiced ty the Liberal press,. Is that Germany, enters upon a new era of government responsible to the people with the crown and th nation acting together. ,: '';-' :- -. ' Mutual good : will prevailed at the audience, and the Emperor displayed a marked degree -, of condescention. Unquestionably , he had' been greatly moved by th occurrences of recent days; -. . -: .'-'.. ' - ' Prince von Buelow bore, ne said, the mandate of the rulers of Bavaria, Wuertenberg, Saxony and Baden, the four most powerful States tn the Em pire outside of Prussia, to communi cate to. His Majesty their collective hope that he would tie more reticent In the future, - The chancellor sub mitted authorisation from the whols Prussian . Cabinet to - express their agreement with . him. . as minister- president In his counsel. - ' ' The Emperor frequently Interrupt ed prince von Buelow with questions. His Majesty was surprised, even as tonished, by the assemblage of facts indicating th aspirations and - de mands ef th people. The chancel lor alluded to the conviction Ions; held by the advisers of th Crown. . and steadily growing among the- people, that the sovereign action should end. The Emperor accepted Prince von Buelow'-s view fully and agreed to the publication of assurances to this effect, . - , ' ... - , '. :. Not Enough Fvidenoe to Hold Negroes ; or Jiuro.cr. - Special to The Observer. . . . Wake Forest. . Nov. 17. John snd Foster Evans-wer tried this morning bv Justice Purefoy on the charge of siding In the murder of Sue Holding near Forestville last Friday morning. It will be remembered that Holding was literally-cut to pieces by a knife In the hands- of .Turner Evans, who Is now In Raleigh jail, being held without bail, snd the two men were tried for aiding their brother In the fight. There was no evidence what ever ssalnst-Foster Evans, snd the wltnemes contradicted one another a to John Evans being In the affair. Therefore both were set - free. Ac- cordinr to he tf-stirnony given Gor don Evans was guuty or aming ftis brother, Turner, but he has gone to parts unknown. Another nexo, Oeorsri J r kn, s'-o seems to I. ne eiioou:tsi the f-.U . SNATCHED FROM DEATH'S JAWS. Crew : of British Bark Saved Front - Impending Deetmctioo by Tramp ' Steamer 1yUig Their Owo Flag Captaui Tells m Harrowing; Story.. . Lewes,' .DeU',- Nov..-, 17.--8natched from tho jaws of death CapUIn D. F. Douglas' and, crew of fifteen men of ths British .bark Osbergs, ; . ar j to night snugly housed In the Lewes life saving station, whll their veaset Ja lying at the bottom of the sea about TOO miles off the Delaware capes. -. Plainly showing th terrible suf fering theV had endured, the men were landed here to-nlrht from the Britishstesmer St. Helena from Java to. the Delaware breakwater. The terrible experience of the crew of the Osberga can best be told la the cap tain's own: language, . y . - y,.. I "ThO ' Osberga sailed from Turks Island on October 14th for Portland Me., laden with salt," scald Captain Douglas. . ' "All went well until we Were within' ISO miles of Nantucket lightship almost . In sight of our des tination. Here-we ran Into ter rific northwest gale, ' The seas broke over th bark continually,, causing the vessel, to spring a leak. . After vain ly trying to hold our course we were compelled to put about and run 'be fore tnegaie. storm followed storm, snd for eleven days the half-starved and almost frozen crew worked at the pumps.- The men had- to-subsist on hard tack and what little water we could catch In V. canvas when the storms broke over us. To add to our desperate sltautlon. tho Inrushlng wa ter began to gain on th men at ths pumps v.-;. :-k h v.-V un,:: Then. too. th shio's carnenter. Richard. Graham, Was almost killed by being knocked down by a tremen dous sea. The vessel- began to settle at tha stern, and practically all hope oi rescue nad been abandoned -when, on November Ith, the British steam er 8t- Helena, hove in sight. ;;,W signalled frantically for assistance and Anally they sighted, us and bore down toward our fast sinking bark, i The wind had fallen considerably and the sea j was- comparatively smooth, but the task of rescue was hazardous, as our men were so weak that - they had - to .be practically carried .from me usDerge.- The last v man had scarcely , left th bark when It went down, i An hour more and ever one o us would nav perished.? . v Captain Keller, of the St. Helena. said, he had never' seen' a- crei.iso completely exhausted and In a more piuaoie condition, ' f The" crew , will leave here to-morrow afternoon for f niiaaeiphia. ; -.- r : a,. . ... Th OsbersaAvas owned Jv r.nln Thomas Douglas, of Halifax, N. & ue yrasei WSS DUllt In .-. FOTJGHT SEA" FOR A 5IONTH.. Crew of Jennie Thomas Rescued by t nnmer Virginia' CSpes After . Battling For Their IJve For Near- ly I vnr Werks-rrMuHtcr Describes - .Thi ".Jnjr Exnerlencee. r. ; - V NeW Tork. .Nov. lTWlth fniwhi sail, tet'the schooner Jennie Thomas, of Savannah, , , lumber-ladehj which sauea irom the latter place October Uth 'for5 Philadelphia. 'to sailinir east ward some 400-mllea east of the capes w uijium, Buauuonea oy ner crew in a waterlogged conditldn Her captain, William Cam obeli, and his crew or six men . were brought here to-day on the steamer Afghanistan, from Arabian porta They had fought tor their lives for nearly a month on board th leaking vessel In a succes sion of heavy westerly gales that tore on tne vessel's sails and kicked up mountainous seaa,' that, swept j ths decks, flooded the bold and, destroy ed their provisions., v,The mariners nan abandoned hope when th Af- gnamstnn novo in sight , . . , Describing the thrllllnr evnrlne Captain Campbell said: , - . "Stormy weather was encountered almost from the start, : On th 6th day out th gasoline engln - broke down and It was with the greatest difficulty that the sails were handled from that tlm on. The foresail blew away and the vessel's seams opened, ths water rapidly growing In the hold. We manned the pumps. snd for twelve aays kept them going- dsy and night, but tne water- gained steadily. Seas Dear dad the vessel, swept swav. ev nrymuig mpvaoie, ana smashed our boats, r The store room was washed Out and our provisions tadly. dam aged. On November 14th. when the men bad almost given up hope, the steamer Afghanistan came along and asked If assistance was -required. Ws asked for provisions and these ; were sent tos. As ths boat started back my men jert. the pumps and refused to stay With the vessel any longer, and; abandoned the schooner.. Wn last saw her drifting eastward at the rate of fifty. miles a day., with atav sen sev wiw a nawser about 100 feet tons out to keep her head to sea." COTTON BADLY DAMAGED. Fire In Warehouse at Salisbury Tes- irrusy a iTemoon- ttf v. George H. ; vox KCsigns Pastorate at Granite Vuarry VA Tank of SUU 8kp i onioi wer m rroni of sausbury s-wgauuioo, i - , k " Observer Bureau, ' ON. Main Street, -'..! '.." . Salisbury. Nor. M. Firs late this afternoon did considerable damage te eottoa la a warehouse of the Kesler Manufaeturlng 'Company. - There were 1 KG6 tteliwi th KntiMk rt,A tlvm fWhicb wss ef unknown 'etigia-kept the Sremen lighting several hours. Tne Ices will probably be several thousand dollars. Rev.' Dr. George H. ' Cox. on of the most prominent Lutheran ministers of the State, has resigned ss pastor oi th church at Granite Quarry And will soon take np his new work at St. Enoch eborcb. Enochvul. Dr. Cox waa form erly ' president of the North Carolina Lutheras Synod. - His new sddrea will to Olasa, R, P. TA No. t A. Sunday sehool institute WIS be held st the First Presbyterian church to-mor row and Thursday. There will be two ses sions tO-morrow, at I and 1-30 p. tn. Ad dresses will be delivered by Rev. J. B. Carpenter snd Rev. H. A. . MtCulloueh, both of whom have given apeelal study to Sunday school work. Thursday there will be sessions at a. nv and 1 and tap. m. .... -.,.. ' -;- . , - . Ths" King's ' Daughters will have a baxaar tn the opera bouse building be ginning Thursday afternoon. The pro ceeds go to State and local charities. , Salisbury saw a strange sisht this af ternoon when a four-horse team turned ever an Immense tank of SUM slop la front o the postofflc. Far a while the strt flowed wl'h several hundred gal lons ot the odori'eroua stuff. - ; V ''S Var(rret Pumtnersett, datirhtr ef ir. W. B. ? nmi.-rtt, h? g ji.a t- Lsn-l s to Ua-. h. s !..-!. Mrs. eastmas is wedded WIFE NO, i GI FES TROCEia . Baker Edwards' Divorce! Wife MaVe-i Thrrata That She 'Will Present V Marriage, But Nto Fails, the cr.--; Btony BWng Performed by 11a-ii-, trate Waddtll In Lew Oflice viui 'Only Five Persons Present Coin. -i ho to fckyland. Where Tliey '" Hemaln TU1 Thursday When ITear t ing ' t to ! Bn Held " en Cliaren X Brousrht by JEchols - McHeSn in 51 mated That the iHatter May Ho v Dropped.. ,- '., . ; Special to Te Observer.'.' -' ' Ashevllle. Nov 17. The threats of Mrs. Baker' Edwards,' the divorced wife, of Baker, Edwards, of Norfolk, Ya., that she would prevent the mar riage . here to-day, of Mr. dwards and Mrs,' Sophia ''Harrison-Eastman, the daughter of the late Mayor Car ter; Harrison,: of Chicago,' failed to deter Mr. Edwards and (Mra Eastmaa from their purpose and this afternoon shortly before ( o'clock the marriasq ceremony that9 made Mrs,' Eastmaa the wife, of Bakfer Edwards was per formed by Magistrate F. N.'Waddet!, of this city, in the , law , offices of Adams Adams.-' " The ceremony was performed in th presence of only a very few wit nessea s Owing to -the belief that th wedding would bs delayed until to morrow Mrs, Owsley, a Slater of Mrs. Eastman, had ' returned to fikyland and she was not present. Those at tending the wedding - were: Judra Joseph '8. ; Adams,: Judge Thomas A. Jones, Junius K 0.': Adanis, William Preston Harrison, a brother of Mr. Eastman, and John 6. Adams. After the wedding Mr. andi Mrs. Edwards left for,: Sky land. -whM they will, remain ' until . Thursday, when Mrs. Eastman, now Mrs. K 1 -wards, has been cited to appear be fore a Justice of the peace at Fletch ers, Henderson county, on a charn lodged egainst her y Echols Mc Bee, son of Capf.: V. E, AIcBee, whom Mrs. Eastman Is now suing for right and title to ; the , Buck Shoals prop erty. .-'" Prior ! to her marriage Mrs. OKast maa declared that she wonld remain here and at the appointed time face her accusers. She declared f urt h e r that the attack on. her character wh blackmail and that she would completely vindicated. She purpos. carrying out her original intention and In company with her husband will make her appearance at the . hear ing Thursday, unless prior to i Urn the matter is dropped. DIVORCED WIFE MAKE3 THREAT The delay of several hours In thu performance of the Edwards-t.ast-man marriage ceremony was due t the unexpected and threatening in terference of Mrs. Edwards, now Mrs. Edwards No. 1. Last night It wjh rumored that an effort' would he made to Interfere with the marrtase, but little credence was given the re port. Later It ' was learned on pri vate Information that Mrs. Ed wan had left New York headed tor Ashe vllla to: stop the wedding.- To-u.v- Mr Edwards and Mrs. t-amman to Ashevllle for the weddlnr. Thrv iQmri that Mn Edwards No. I -w- J in Norfolk, where the divorce decree sepsrstlns: Mr. and wra mwi was granted, and threatening to cause trouble. AH during the fore noon and well into the afternoon i.J. wards and his local counsel were in conference over the matter and n nmmnlestlon With Edwards' Nor- fblkl counsel. It was given out l. . that Mrs, Edwards ino. i was In, certain property rights. It w--t also learned that she was threaten ing to re-open the aivorce man- that tnis was , nnin-Tl. denied that either -Mr. Edwards or his counsel held com munication With either .Mrs. 1.1 wards or her counsel. Shortly be fore 4 O'clock one of the counsl for Mx. Edwards her said that no furtn er attention was to be P,d0.M": Edwards No. Is tat she- had no 11 cause for interference and mat wedding of Edwaras ana w man was to proceed. ., Shortly -after- "--j. .V, rrlaite eerUticate was cured and the ceremony performed. Lord Albert Krby Fairfax EnUtlcd t London, Nov. lT-TneVommltte on P?lvllege. of the Hous.Of Lor to-day declared the right ef Alpi t Kirby Fairfax, who Is a ' Virginia; and who has as the only American ' bff'Bf ' EnglUh title to the rank, and t!.i- of Lord Fairfax, ot Cameron, in tha Scottish peerage-?-'--"- ; The committee neard evidence o t this matter for -two hours, J. a. Barrett, Lord Fairfax's attorney, pre sented the Fairfax family- Bible an 1 much documentary evidence to prov his client's descent."?-- The Attorn-, General for1 the government and th- Lord Advocate of Scotland declare! .macWM as satisfied regarding th validity of the claim and Lord Alver- tane. Lord enter justice, pivuuu.. - ed the decision of the committee. This decision does not give Lord fair fax a seat In the House of Lor.s t. Only a limited number of Scott u peers, elected by the Lords, sit in the House. -''--'- ". ;;; Promlnena Florida Lumber 3Iani i s . to weauu , JaeVsonville. Fla.. Nov. 17. E. S. Bawls, of JacksonvUle, presiJent c t the Bradford Lumber Company, wi: headquarters here, was shot snd in stantly killed by .T. 8. Glover, boo it. -keener tor the concern at the i - camp, five mllee from Astor, la., early this morning. - Very little could be learned ss t what 'led up to th killin?. T : body of Rawls was brought to t etty to-olght for Interment. 1 leaves a wife and three small ehi! and was one -of the most prom; lumber-men In this section oi t SUte. --j.T--V vr- v The rresldt-nt Host to Latxr I.e : -. Washington; Nov . 17. J! e m v - ; the Cabinet and Justices of t preme Court of the United down to-night with labor lea.!. ; various sections of the United f at a dinner riven by President 1 velt at the White House to an. f personal friends and men cl Identified with the movement t ' ter labor conditions Sn this co.s The occasion mas one of the n. terestinr events that has o -the White House in mon'.h. Big IIslIPll Co!r-r- I Indianol. Miss., Nov. 17.- of the Indianoli iffi r - - i s house Company, an J buildinrs were des:r- . i day. The r' fvf1 Cf 3 U -1 , 'f - '. If sitsa '1 am 1
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