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rA t I i i i -: ( I I i , .. i I ' SUBSCRIPTION TRICE: $8.0OA YEAH. ' : ; : CIURLOTTE, K. C, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1908. PRICE PIVE CENTS. ft V- A A DISASTROUS HUE AT SEA ..TUB STEAMER. SARDINIA. BURNS British Vessel Hailing Iora IJTeitKJl and pound lr Alexandria With Two lluiKlred Passengers Caudies Fire Oil Mali. Over One Hundred ' live Heine lat Frantic Efforts of Crew to Operate Fire Apparatus )roves Jicn-us ciuni "Too Much Headway, Ad- minhiii Courage. However, Mont' rented to tlie lt Many Faasen rers Take t Wttor Newer to Be , " Rescued--CupUlo Die at HI Port. Valetta. Island Of Malta, Nov. IS. A tarrlbl disaster in . which more than - hundred persona lost theJLr Uvea, occurred at th entrance to tali Bert thi mornlnf. The BrUlen ateam r Sardinia, of the EUermaa line. hailing from XJverpool, and bound for i Alexandria, with crew of forty-four Engllahmen, eleven flrat and ; aUteen eeond cabin EnglUh passenger and early two hundred. Arab pilgrims aboard, cavght Are and within a few minutes "was roaring; furnace, : tne flames' bursting upward to a height ' of two hundred feet; from frequent, eiplolons in the hold. - ; So rapidly did the fire spread that ; the franUo efforts of the crew to oper . ate th flre apparatus proved useless, for it seemed hut a mordent hefore tha upper works .and -masts, crashed v dow upon the deck; while the ship's ' boat were crashed by the falling de bris or set fir and (juickly burned. Safety Jay -only iw the sea, for bo one, could aara- himself except by Jumping' overboard f and .:, taking chances of belnc picked up, Asslst- 1 ance was hurried to the burning ves sel from all the warships in the har . tor and froak the shore, butt the work f rescue was greatly impeded by the strong tida that, was running. V Even the naval launches were unable to go alongside. . Among the Arabs there waa a panic that could not be con trolled.:; Many of them were j too f rlghUned - to Jump and they wera burned to - death,. : ulnars, casting themselves into the " waves, : were -drownedV..-, "; .r. '. "; ADMIRABLE COURAGE OF CREW. ' The crew behaved with admirable courage, aervlBig out life- preservers I to tne Wat, ana working tne pumps, . "When th pumps became useless. Cap- , taia Charles Littler, commander of the. Sardinia, took the helm and di rected his ship toward the shore so long as it could be navigated. He perished at hU post. First Offlcar ' Frank Watson, - all - three engineers, fieagraves, Hlslop and Meill, eighteen of the ship' company, and two 0m. class passengers, one of them a boy named Grant,' are missing. , P Fifty pr more bodies have been reoovered, and . aeventy persona were rescued. It U Impesslble at present to ear Just how tnanyj wera drowned or burned .to -death, but the- aumber will doubtless ''. far exceed a hundred. - The vessel ' drifted around three ' time and finally , was beached hread- "elde on th rock at the mouth of the Jjarbor. i Eh is sUll buralng and Will be a tomt loaa. - A,,-.,;-, BRITtSH VICE XCMIRAL'piRECT8 . . IN RESCUE WORK 1 - '-' jThe' Brrtish vice admiral. Sir-Ashe- ' ton Cunon-Howe, and Admiral Fisher directed th rescuing boats which did j gallant -. work in saving those ., who were yet, alive and bringing; th bodies . of the dead ashore. . , iv , , v Captain Littler body, which was terribly mutnatea, was landed this at. ternoon; The other bodies were also mutilated and burned. : Fifty-six f the - injured are Doing cared lor in the "hospitals. ? One of the rescued ' passenger g a v a graphic account of the disaster. ';-, :w','-s The Bardinia," he said, ;neft Va . letta at t :45 this morning. We were Just eutaido the harbor and th crew waa Securing the . anchor .when the crjr of "Are waa i heard. , Flames could be seen issuing from a ventila tor on the port side. ' A has was . promptly brought -up and a stream poured down th ventilator, but this did no good. , . in less man Ten mm V ute flame were streaming out of the other ventilators. :' The whole vessel ''amidships was wrapped in flames. The - Arab .passengers- were told to leave the hatch to which .they clung des perately, but 'they refused to move, ' All who remained forward perished, except soma of those who leaped into -.' th water.. v-vvr ''t ''"' v-." -v HELP COTJLD KOT APPROACH 'Tn th meantime, naval elnnaeea : iiurried to th acene. They could not approach closely on account of the high, sea and., falling sparks. . The great majority of the European pas . sengers succeeded Ha reaching shore. The Arabs, among whom were many . women and children, clung together ' shrieking, aad but few of them would h Jump overboard, although urged , to do so. . " - - . .!'--Th ship's boat wer V rendered ' vielPM by th flames, and so attempt wsmad to get them over the sides. ? Soon the hatches were blown off with loud explosions, throwing the Arabs! into tne air anq aunng mna injur . Ing many of them. After a few min utes had been spent , la trying to put out the Are, nothing remained - but '. to Jump overboard', -.f Unquestionably explosion occurred, although the cause of the fire is not known and H n as flrrt believed that the rapid spread ef the-flames was due largely to the flowing naphtha. ; fea Island Cotton Growers convene In . - lor Ida Town. t -; -; Lake City, Fla., Nor. 25. One hun- dred representatives of the Sea Island , "'cotton growers of Georgia, and Florida met here to-day and appoint ed a committee to go to Washington to. lay before the ways and means ... committee of the Flouse the necessity , of duty on Fsyptlan and other cot . ton Imported Into this country. " The meeting was an enthusiastic - one. The following, delegate ' were selected: . 1 . . .'.i'-. From Florida: J. T. -Price," Alacuha ounty; C. F. Barber, Baker county; Pr. C. F. MrKann and Hon. G. . W. Hatcher, Columbia county. . -" : ' From Georgia: Col. W. WV' Webb, - of Mahlra; I. S. Bennstt, Jessap.1 In' addition two others have been " selected from Bullock county farmers, ta Georgia. Hon. A. S. Maharag, of the depart ment of AgricuUnre made an inter esting talk to the f srmers present. Prominent A; Prske. a I ' n r . f t - !:iu Slurtlcred. Nov. 25. R. W. . nt planter, waa Lome n'nr I.an ' 1 ' !. 1 'Jl ta, S" -, GOOTNOB '.TAEDOSS I0UE ALL - LOXG-TtllJl rKISOXERS. Chief EifMiUlv I'suaUy Pardons Two Mate Cotilct on the V.x of . Tliankselviiia Iar. But as This Is lite Laest Tune lie Will Exerclso -ClcmcHfy lie Olcitrates the Oct-a-. atoo iat Fixed. lor Kiuiiln'a In- anguraUon Alex. 4. 1-leid to Uo ; Ill fretretary Supn-me . Court ' Hand Down a Rat-h of Opinions Coroner Believes Uo Has a Strong Case Agalnm SuhimxIs in the BmiUt iurder Case uttt of the - state Capital. . . c .:4t .? - t ; Observer Bureau, ',' I y ; -" ch HoUeman Building, , ;'4v.::'r! ' Raleigh. Nov. . ' ivi-morfow. Thanksgiving Day, four State convicts will b made very happy, for freedom will com to them. The Governor grants them a pardon These were Issued yesterday and de livered .to Superintendent Mann; of the penitentiary, but are' effective to morrow morning, so that ail the pris oners will then be given their liberty. The Governor says in regard to the pardons:;-:. . i ' Vi "These pardon are based upon the recommendation of th superintendent tf the penitentiary and are only grant ed where the . defendants are long' termed prisoners -who seem to have no friend or relatives to take any in tereat in obtaining their release and who have placed for themselves good would b an lncentiv to better order and trie observance of ' discipline if these long-termed prisoners should have a hop that In case they behaved themselves and did well they poesi. bly might ' b rewarded on Thanks giving Day. Heretofore I have only granted two pardon .on Thanksgiving Oay. -but as this. is th last tim can . exercise clemency y issue lour pardons rn the following cases: .Jeff Mace.: white, envict d in Madison- Su perior Court in 18 of murder and sentenced to fifteen.' years; - Walter Newton, white, convicted In Granville Superior Court in ISM of murder, thirty yearsi Will White, colored, con victed in Iredell' 8u per tor Court ia 1891 of burglary, twenty-live year; Moses Pender,- colored, convicted in Edgecombe Superior Court of mur der in .the second degree in 18i, twenty year a All of theta prisoner have perfect records and their pardon is aaked for and recommended by, th prion,authoriUea..t ki. ? V- LILLISTON ALSO PARDONED. ' The Governor alo pardoned to-day Robert Li llliton. of Norfolk. Va,, who, in OttoberltOB, la th union passenger station here, two days after the visit ef President Roosevelt to the Stat Fair, was alleged to-have shot and killed Charlee E. Smith, whose home was near Petersburg, Va., and who was sentenced to a long term. Nothing was given out at the execu tive omce regarding this pardon, the rjvti anmlnlt thranirh th lawvt for iLiUiston. The father of Ulltston took the pardon to Nash county last night and. found hi son to-day at work on a railway construction gang:! ! 'i A GRACIB JAMES RB-ARRE8TED. - Grade jameav released by the police authorities after . being arrested tn connection, with .the murder of E. W. Smith, of Richmond, has been re arrested ny order-' i tne coroner. charged with being an 'accessory to tne crime. mrom wnat tne coroner can understand there seem to be a Sretty strong case against several of le people arrested. Of course 'ne relies on the' statements mad by the officers.- Friday morning there will he a hearing at Which, of course) none of -the defendants will be present, but there will be ome . fifteen wit nesses The coroner has o -doubt thet Smith ,waa.throwtt Into th stone quarry for- be says that if he - naa fallen In he would have leen broken to pieces. . ii,-i,- : ",-.,. - Governor Glenn and the Council ef State to-day heard arguments of counsel for and against the pardon of . K. Williamson of Columbus county, sentenced to two year en the roads for seduction tinder promise ef mar rlare, JThe Governor declined to In terfere with. the ntenfce.. ;;. ;V-.--'?.i-s SUPREME COURT OPINIONS . Th Supreme Court filed the follow ing; opinion to-day : , Grimes y vs. Bryan from Edgecomb," no error; Dry Goods Company vs. MeDougall from New Hanover, error; t Hansteln ; va. Farrell from Sampson, reversed; City of Kington vs. Lof tin from Lenoir, af firmed; Reeves ta 8. A. L. .Railway, from- Lee, no error; State V. Fulton from Guilford, affirmed; Cotton vs. N. C. Railroad Company, from Guilford, no - error; , Davis va Thornburg from Gaston, . no error; Powell ys. Wood cock from Buncombe afllrmedf , Gro cery vs. Jone from Forsyth, per curiam affirmed; Pop vs. Greensboro Life Insurance Company, from -Catawba, dismissed for non-sompllanc with rules. Michael vs. Moore from Catawba, dismissed -under rule J.7 -. . Governor Glenn and Governor-elect Eltchin, agree on Tuesday, - January 12 th as the date of the letter's Inaugu ration. Kitchin wanted : it - on the ISth or 14th but Governor Glenn has to he in New York on the 14th. It is announced that Alex J. Field, of this city, is to be privet secretary to Governor Kitchin, succeeding A. H. Arrington, who has held that t flc tor ; four i years, admirably ,well under Governor Glenn. " i X ? . The State Board of Education met to-day and considered various matters, among them a successor of the late John W. Duckett, superintendent of negro and Croatan normal schools, but postponed this election. There are sev eral aspirants, s ' .. , , Further F.fTorH to Sernpe Cummata--- tion For Kara Masy, s; Special to The . Observer. - ' - - r : Salisbury, Nov. 15. An effort is being made by County Superintendent of Health, Pr. I. H. Fount, and ot.ier citizens, to ecure a commuti.r-l ff the death sentence hanging over the head of Sam Massey, colored, con demned to hang here Friday of next week for ; an asau!t upon ' Lucy Hauser, colored. In this clty. two months ago. A letter from Governor Glenn asks that If additional informa tion Is to be furnished in the cage that it be forward'd at once, as he must act promptly. Jlnesoy was sentenced to hanr November 13th, but the death sentence was e'tayed by; the Governor until Decembft 4th. i ' Northern Elsbop to A;' Tress A. 5f. E. - Couferent e. Spartanburg, S. C, Nov. 25. The 163d Conference of the Negro Metho dist Church of South -Carolina con vened here to-day. Blfhoo John M. Hamilton, of Boston. pre.Jed. Ths city la crowded with nrcro prf-arhcr-i from the s a c;i.t to ttte rieimnni. T f"r w I r T ' -' " ! ! i re n t ' t t 'v v..e i-.-; MEAS GBEEXSEOEQ THIEF TOOK GrEST-S CASU KSO TTCKET Patron of the Hole! CUf Helln-ed of Jlie Wealtti and His Means of Get tins; Home In a Very Slick Manner - wrtuef Srcurcd $300 and Left no - Clue A. Modern Flsht-Ktury Office vBalkllng to lie - Fj-e-ed ,on ;iUi ,Xjrnery adng tlie - Federal . and ; jouniy ourt Buiiauigs Appoinv. mrnts of the Western North Caro- 1 lltuv Conference, mm Tley AftTopt jr-cnfb)ro Methodist, Give' Gr-n ?'eral Ba;isl action. f ' is. Observer Bureau, ' ' The Bevlll Building. i ? ' Greensboro,' Nov. X5;"; - Mr.' J. E. Cole, of Lllferty,; who had stopped in Greensboro on hi way to Texas, was robbed at Hotel Clegg last nlghtbf a purse containing IJOO'.ln cash and hia railroad ticket, VtTpon retiring for the night Mr," Col lock ed hi room door and left tb!pure in a pocket of hia pant., Th .thief drew th panu through ' the transom with a long hook or poleu A bell hoy of the hotel and an occupant of aa ad joining room heard some one walking through the &all about "4 o'clock this morning, but thinking its was a et vant of the house or a boated guest, paid no attention to th incident. The thief relieved Mr. : Col of all -th cash he had with him with the 'ex ception of about r which i he , had placed in a vest pocket It is understood tliat another large office building : will be - erected In Greensboro next year. . Plan are' be ing prepared for. an eight-story struc ture to occupy the northeast corner of LNorth Elm and East Market streets. opposite the United State aad county , court houses. : The building will he erected by Mrs. Isabella Fisher and will be thoroughly modern and up-to- date in" every particular. . The lot Is considered; th moat, available build ing altedn Greensboro, and during the past few years the owner has refused many tempting offer for its sale. APPOINTMENTS ' SATISFACTORY r The appointments . made fby -th Western Norths Carolina Conference, in Asheville yesterdayxso far as they affect , Greensboro . Methodists, give general satisfaction here, though there ts much regret over the removal of several popular ministers. Rev., N. R.' " Richardson, pastor ' of Spring Garden Street, church, ia the only one of the - six ministers ' returned to Greensboro. . Rer." Dr, 8. B. Turren- tlne. presiding' elder 'of the , Greens boro 'district, and Rev. Dr. O. H. Det wiler,' pastor of West 'Market Street charclv had served the time limit of four -years and their removal to other Aelda was necessary under th law of th Church. . Rev. E. K. McLarty, the new pastor of ;, West j Market Street church, is one of- the strong- young members of the, Conference and he will- serve one " of the Vetrongest Churche of the denomination tw-thie State, the membership being over 1,- 00-. Rev. --M.-'A. Smitit, who Is ap pointed to Centenary church, - served this -congregation a. few years ago. and h will receive a cordial welcome on. hi "return to -this city. It is of in terest to not that dtariott get two of . the Methodist preacher .who hav been laboring In Greensboro Rev. Dr. G. BT. Detwiler. Nwho goes to Toon Street church; end Rev. L. ' A. Falls, who goes to Belmont Park.'- Both of these men formerly served congrega tion in cnarioue. .-:. MR. i; BLATLOCK'fl JOB. h Mr. R. la. ' Biaylock. who resigned the office ef postmaster of Oak Ridge some time ago to become a Republi cn candidate for the Legislature from Guilford county, is here to take a position ' In the United State mar shal's office, : Mr. Biaylock ia a cap able and - energetle yoana maa and made a. creditable ma for, the Legia- lature. . Incorporation ' papers : for '- the Greensboro Baseball Club were' sent to-day to the Secretary of State. The Incorporators are M. W. Sterne, E. A. Brown and L. J. . Brandt, -v The club will organise with a paid In capital of t00, but will Increase this amount to 82.E0O by th opening of the sea son. ... Baseball in Greensboro, next year 'I expected to.be a baying in- tttutloa, as -well as a. pleasant diver sion." iv-;, v,.:,-., ,;;Vl!; Mr. W. Ai Hennesse. who ha eon ducted a poputar restaurant on South Ftm street, ha sold the busiaese to SI essrs.- James R.. Donneil -and -W.. IX Smith. Jr., end will go to Salisbury to Join his brother, Mr. 3, E. Hennessee, In business. - , REV. E-. C. mtjrrat; RETURNS. i- Rev. Dr. E. C Morray, of Mebane, S weu-known Presbyterian minister, as returned to his boms after spend ing several weeks in St. Leo's Hospi tal here recovering from the s effect of a surgical cieration.'' -. - .- It ia predicted that the three best offices in the western district Of Nonas Carolina at th dlspooai of th nation al administration, will be given to the three district that elected Republi can Congressmen. Some of the Polit ical wiseacres hav figured it out that the tenth district will get the dis trict attorneyship, the eighth the col- lectorshlp and that be flfh will con tinue to furnish; the marshal. Other predict that the fifth district .... will furnish - th district attorney, the eighth the marshal and the tenth the collector. - ;----.., ; ; :. CTTBOX HELD FOR TRIAL, Man 'Charged "With Fogfnr City of Charlotte Bond Coupone Ha a Pre liminary 'Hearing la the Tom be Pollre Conn Mayor Franklin Ap pear In court to Push the Prosecu tion.1' ' - . - Special to The Observer. ' . ' .- - ' New xora, Nov. . 25. Samuel Cit ron, of 117 Broome, street. . was ar raigned in the Tombs court this after noon charged with forging two cou pon of "a 1 1, 000 t, bond . Is sued by " the City of Char lotte. N. Ci; and was held for trial In $1,500 bait The coupons, numbered and a of the value of Ji each. were paid by the. National Bank of Commerce and when they were sent to Charlotte it was discovered that the coupons numbered 1, S and t of bond No. 1 had already been paid. . , " Mayor Franklin, of Charlotte, came on to New Tork to aid In the prosecu tion of Citron and was in court to day. It was evMent, he-said, ' thit some one bad obtained paJws?ion of a blank bond and cleverly - forged the nur-ibers of the coupons.- , ' - The City of Chariot's recentlr. tbroush Kstabrook Si Compini', of fl Eroad street, jtnlj one hundred $1,000 b"n-is In thi city, - - - - J'jvit Frsnkiin said that Charlotte ai'l l frtifolerly sotive in this cs ! -f"i-r t";--t t'.ta (rifJit cf t.,e t.i 1., O" r.ct t l-.-rv , TO EJiDOW tlXCQLX' MEMORIAL. CommUtee Orgaiilxed ; ii New Tor k . City to Fonverd JUovrment For aa ' Endowed -Uwolit Memorial . t'nl - vershr For Mwuntaluerrs of Kcn- ; lucky, iTennesnee and Virginia Gen. O. ,0. , Howard -Artlvo as -.Leader In Sornrins; Organisation and ' a Charter For the - University President Roosevelt Write ' Letter Assuring His Hearty Endorsement, .l Nw York.' Nov. ; 26. -A committee was. organized : here : to-day to for ward the movement for the 'endow. ment of T the Lincoln University aa a national; monument to the memory of Abraham ' Lincoln. v. Gen.k o. 0, Howard, to whom Aa their last inter view President Lincoln expressed his desire that' something be 'done tor the benefit of the mountaineers of the border land between Kentucky, -Ten nessee and Virginia,' , among whom Lincoln was born and whom he loved was active in the-forwarding of the movement which resulted - In -'the bartering- en Februaryv ltth, 1SJT of the-Lincoln Memorial ' University, situated near - Cumberland ' Gap : In Claiborne county, Tennesaeerand-with other friend of the institution ; has labored these 'eleven year ' In aid of the institution. The committee- or ganized " to-day, of ' which he is membe. Intends to take advantage of h th Lincoln centenary February 12th.- 10. to raise IS00.009 to be known as the Lincoln centennial en dowment fund, for the benefit f the university which now has 10 acres of land, buildings worth 1110,009. and an endowment or 1190,090.- - i ' In a letter to General Howard from President Roosevelt and read at to day's meeting, the' President say In parU ' k' -:h'-:: .t . r ; - . Just a word once again to wish you - all 'good " fortune ' inr what you are doing for Lincoln Memorial "Uni versity.. I hope that the hundredth anniversary of Mr. Lincoln's birth will see you 'with the full endowment for the university which you to need and which ' hi th i Interest of ' ths people at large- it is er- desirable that you should have. - There could be no finer memorial to ' Lincoln than this university, placed just .where you hav built it." ' , ' " , - 1 MORE pettliROAD RUMORS, , Visit of Prominent Atlantic Coast line , Officials to Spartanburg Gives Kise to aw BUcr. That the iwoiina, Cllnciifleld V Ohio Railroad Will Use the V. XV. C. Track to Reach ;. the tbeeuKl-Ofi1clal .W1B -. Not Special' to The Observer, .V'a:.'-v ' ! Spartanburg, S.- C," Nor,. 45. -The visit of Harry Walters,- president of the. Atlantic Coast Lin; Vic Presi dent Elliott: Michael Jenkins, a large stockholder; Alexander ' Hamilton, genera) counsel,, aad J. R. Kenley, general manager, to Spartanburg to day is regarded as .most significant. Nona of the railroad official had any thing, to say except, that they - wer making: their regular tour of inspec Hon.' It Is believed, however,' that the vUilt of th officials has something to do with the use of the 'Charleston' Western ' Carolina track to Charles ton-, oal' account " of 'the Carolina, Cllnchfleide Ohio road. -The visiting railroad - magnate ' arrived ' here last night In then' special car' and' spent several hour here, some riding about the city -in - automobiles with ' J. B. Cleveland, president of the C. A W, C road, and other prominent citizens. While none of the officials of the C h W. C road had anything to give out for publication there ts a general belief here that the. C, C, O. road will use . the CV . Nv. C. road into CharleMOBv tha use of which will give them direct connection to a seaport without the expense ef constructing a new- line, v There Is also a f belief that the new road will purchase the u. ft.. W. c. road, though no authentic information can he secured on this WKVym, J, . If "... pa r ; ; ,-. s. -r j g .... . .-. ': . t .' . 1 " . 1 ! 1 . f 1 . Poase Gow -on the Trail of Georgia 1 1 sare-Biower. - - Dallas, Nov. IS. After following for aeveral-mlle the trail of the safe blower who dynamited 1 th bank vault at Buc'hartan'' early Tuesday morning,. Deputy Sheriff Colbert -this afternoon came upon three ' strangers In' the woods near this place. Th men covered th officer with revolvers and mad their escape.'-- '. .-....- The supposed burglar are reported aa having been seen In Delia to-night and 'the town le being guarded to pre vent' the-escape of the trio, who ar heavily armed.- -.. , 1 t ' Although the safe and vault of the bank at'Buchana was badly damaged by the explosion, the burglar failed to get any money or valuablea tndlana to Dedicate .Monument at I.-,;-: ;-.'';; .Andcrsonvllle. - Andersonville, V OaV Nov. 1 IS.- Indiana' State .'monument to ; her soldier dead , In , the Andersonville Rational Cemetery will be dedicated with elaborate ceremonies at 1:1 p. m. to-morrow. Gov, Frank J, Hanly, hi staff, and' many prominent men from the Hoosler State are speeding toward thi city to attend the un veiling, and their special train- are due at It a. tn. to-morrow. " - ,. The-Indiana, monument f ot $19,009 and ia the largest and handsomest ef all those which have been built her by the State to commemorate those who died ' in the Old prison. - The monolUh will be unveiled bf 'Mm Florence TJnthank Sherman and Mia Mary j. Dlgga - -' j-, Active Service For Berenue Cntten, Washington Nov. IS. Th PresI dent ha ; designated ,. th ' following named vessels of th revenue cutter service ' to cruise actively along the Atlantic eeaet from December 1st to April 1st next, to assist vessels in dis tress: - , :.';,. , ..The JWoodbnry and Androscoggin on the Maine coast, the former with headquarters at Eastport and th lat ter at Portland; the Gresham with headquarters In Boston; the Acushne! at Woods Hole; the Mohawk at New Tork; the Onondasa at Norfolk;' the Apache at Baltimore; the Pamlico at Newbern, N. C; the Seminole at Wil mington. N. C-v Last., year . revenue cutter afforded aid to about ISO ves sels in distress, -, which with their cargoes were valued at nearly $7,000,- 00 .. : -''-... - Blahop "WUson Over South ; Carolina ' Annual Conferenoe. ; Laurens, 8. C. Nov. 15. The 123d snnual conference of the South Caro lina Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was called to order and organ Izel to-day by the 1 presiding officer, Hev. Alpheus W. Wilson,' D. 1 D., of Paltimore, nl,tr bishop of the C'hiirih. Althoueh 14 years f sge snd quite feeble, fcuthop Wilson enitrd rnii;rint at the rt-,aner in which lie ! , t, -i - the bu.nes before tlJ to!.ler..i., - - - " . JUIL CAyXO JOB IS SAFE iWjrric.lL DEBT TO ' BE PAID. 'Zai'fa McGbe Says Tbat'tlte' Ullnols itepresentative j aa t-rtam n rn Ing Ro-Elei-ted Speaker as Tart I to Become Irelicot It's All Talk ; 'About Presklemtal lreaure to ' Me ' Brought to Bear, Though Tart 7 could Prevent HI Kiectkm u mo v Itadiitook 8ach a Thing Patting . Cannon Bark a Speaker a Rrpultlt ran .Debt, Tltat MUI He Iakl For . Benefit -of the Tariff Grafters -Jio Taf t-CanuOn FrhlKMi. - - . 'CwJ';f?: "Observer Bureau: v; II Post Building, X 'vS Washington. Nov, 25.'; t It does not become an one who has a reputation for onoeratanaing the nature of things to manifest toe much excitement about what calamity mlarht Dossibly befall the Hon. Joseph G. Cannon on th day a Speakor of the Hous of 'Representatives in th- Sixty-first Congresa. is elected.- Mr. Cannon Is as certain to be Speaker of that House a Mr, Taft le to be Prest dent. Some of Mr. Taft' friend throughout the country, where it la believed uch talk will do the Presi dent-eleot good. hav been talking good deal about presidential pressure being-ttrournt to bear against the re election of Mr. Cannon; and some en thusiastic press agents down at Hot Springs have' been sending out 'some glowing : accounts of how th rresi dent-elect and his political lieutenant and " Postmaster (General-to-be, tr, Hitchcock, are preparing to do thing to -Cannon.' - But be not oeceivea. Every- one 1 about Wahlngton -who know anythlna- at all about tn sir nation" and. about the men .concerned know full well that It is all in the card foe Cannon to b Speaker and to rule th .House of Representative and the country with hi nttle coterie of co-connDlrators. lust aa he baa been doing. '. Mr. "Taf t personally may not Ilk It. but then Wall Street and tnai large eontingency which haa com to be known as the "pusinee element doe want it; and "that Contmgnt, which la responsible for the election of the Republican .- ticket, cannon along With it, is the power behind the throne. - Both Mf. Trt and the o, O. P; ar Indebted to it. and the O. O.' P. Is honest in at least one respect that it pays It political debts. Can non as Speaker' Is one or tn aeots to be paid, j The tariff grafters, thoe who. Champ Clark says, are partici Bating in th great American tariff "gran game, need ' vannon in ineir business, and they need him In the Speaker's chair, , where he will be. 4TAFT COULD OUST ,"PANON.' Some of lit'. Taft' most ardent friends and partisans admit that the incoming President could defeat can non Aa Frank H. Hitchcock 1 to be Postmaster General and poHtlcai gen eral for ? Taft - with all the Federal patronage In hie hands, it would be an easy mater, they say, for Congree. men - whose - political lives depend in lara-e measure uponnTederar Tatrowl age-to be swayed by the cold-blooded Hitchcock, who doe not any : mor mind cutting oil th political head of a Federal office-holder who refuses te obey than cutting his finger nails. Of course; no one will deny-that not even the threat ef the executive- axe 'could coerce all .the , Republican Congress men.' Cannon has a personal follow ing which is th envy of even.Mr. Taft, who, in spite of his election, ha com paratively uttie, ,'tatt naa a macnine, though,, one- of th most powerful po litical , machine v which ' ha ; been known in the history of : American politics, the nucleus of It being the Federal office-holders; and he has this machine tn th hands of man whose political principle and 'whose love for country consist entirely,' In working the people for all they-wiil stand and. by throttling those Who protest, a nt tle more, v Cannon has a machine In the House., and- the conflict between Cannon and Taft would- be a conflict between two machines.' I am not willing to say which en of the ma chines would prove the more power ful, though there' are others here) as Indicated above,- who say there is no doubt that the - President - would triumph. r.-- But then he-doesnt want to. - Tne trouble la or' that 'Which will pre clude trouble between- the two that both ef the two machine are too well greased , with Standard Oil for the much-heralded friction. Those who voted for Ta.lt voted for the continua tion of Gannon' and all the graft, mis rule end clique domination for which Cannon stands. . Borne knew this most, of them when they voted. Oth ers wer Jut simply .fooled, -.jk RUNAWAY. GIRL XUJTD. ,' -' Jennie sink, 19-Tear-Otd Mia of Lex ington, Located by Her M other and ' a letorlve In the National Capital , Left Home Last Saturday Becansjo v She Could Not Get Atone . With Her reople, .,3 .d'. -i.y.' - ? , . v pbserver Bureau, - '' 1 j'ifi-x':..K ti -Poat Bonding; t .' i;;'-,"-J.,:i.E-Wahingtoa,-.Nov. 15, :-. Jennie Sink. ; a'' 17-year-old r girt whoee home is In Lexington, N, C, cut who ran away en November 31st, was located here to-day, and being placed In charge of her mother. Mr. Eliza Sink, waa started . bacar home this afternoon.-iv-; i'" ' Jennie said she eon Id not get along with her family, at bom and .deter mined to seek her fortunes in a larger world. She managed to get te Alex, andrta, Va..1 Just across the Potomao from Washington, k and there being homeless, she was . turned over by the -town authorities to the Salvation Army, whe took eare of her until she secured a position few- days ago out on the Piney Branch road, in the City of Washington. -.. - . , ; -r,y. Her mother arrived la i Alexandria this morning In company with a de tective and learning the whereabout of her daughter,, cam on here aad asked the police authorities of Wash ington to arrest her. - - - Asneta of Consolidated Maine Steam- , , ' ship Line Sold. , Portland. Me., Nov, it. The asset of th Consolidated Steamship line of Maine were sold at publio auction to-day for 13,509.000 to a sub-committee of the bond holders of th company, consisting of Alvln Krech, Henry R. Mallory and -j Henry p. Booth. Th uo-commltte will transfer the assets of the Atlantic Gulf t West Indies Steamship Lines, whtch was Incorporated In this city yesterday for - the purpose of taktng over the affairs of the Consolidated Steamship Lines, a hol'lin company for' the Morse steamship lines. The sale waa held by special masters under a decree ef the United State Circuit Court for a- foreclosure sale uriiW the mortgair of the American TnjKt Company of Boston under date of January 1st, 1S0T. : . ABCIIBOLU DJEFESD$ TBUST SAYS IT HAS HELPED COXSC3IER Vice President of ' the Standard' Oil Trnst on the Hctamptton of Testt ntony m Suit te f Vttutve Thet Gont- ' pany. Proves a Min of Detailed in formation aa to the Magnitude and .-. Diversity : of tlte Compenr"s Bosi- neae Even Those Most "Closely - Identified With the Stamlard Never Itorognlaed, la Ite Early Days, tlie , Poeaihilltieii of Oil Hearing to Be , Hcsuiued Monday. ' -! ANew Tork,6 Nov. isl Detailed In formation on ' the ' magnitude and di versity of- th business of ths Stana ard Oil Company was given. by John D. Archbold, lce president of the company,' on the resumption of'-ils testimony to-day In the hearing of the Federal suit to dissolve the oil com bination. Mr. Archbold" asserted that It 'was -the Standard which, by elimi nating the Jobbers and retailers, step ped in and greatly reduced ta pric of. oil to the consumer. v. , The hear ings were adioarned to-day after a brief session until next Monday, when Mr. Archbold will ;rnm his testi mony. ..:. .; v,-!4. ' ''A'..--.!'V- ;'. That even those closely identified with the Standard in Its early day did pot recognise Its future possibil ities was . brought out to-day when Mr. Archbold said that in the eighties, fears wer widespread that the sup ply ' of crude ; oil would be depleted, and that accordingly he parted with some of his trust chares at -aeventy and eighty cents on the dollar. Much of the day wapnt In spreading upon-the, record figures: showing the production and consumption of oil In the period of years between 1SSS and the' present tlm., - i'-'.'-i .",v EXTORTION OF JOBBERS AND :; -;,-' '- ' RETAILERS. . x - w ' Morlts Rosenthal, of counsel for the Standard Oil Company, developed from Mr. Archbold .that the Jobber, and retailer exacted extortionate prof its la the early day, which caused complaint, and the. Standard tried to get ; closer to the consumer. OH was taken in bulk 'cars Instead ef barrels to th marketing centre, where it waa distributed to the cou ! sumer in wagona , This method, he, said, not only increased the oil trade, but cheapened the- cost to the eon- i sumer. :'- - 4-':-''-'- v::-:?-r Mr. Archbold said the prodactlon (ef crude oil In ' Pennsylvania was 6,J0,745 barrels - In 1170, - and that th maximum of production wa reached in 1811 with II, 001.131 bar rels. - In West Virginia the maximum of crude oil produced was 1,H5,75 barrels. Sine that time there has been m lessen! -ig of crude oil' produc tion In those State,'. .:. -:-v- The mid-continent field which In clude Kansas, Oklahoma and con tiguous State, aaid Mr. . Archbold, showed a constantly Increasing pro-.ductlon.-t R-.'ifc-s','-fsi' v. -.t,.-,.' :, i'f-.,--J : The Standard started purchasing producing properties in 1SII, when th "shut in, movement started, 'V:r.': . .Tne-wltnewn said that in 1I0 the total crude production in the United States wa 12B.4s3.B3t barrels, of whhih the Standard ,$ro$ uced 1 i J 5 2, 111 barrels. j-,"- "'".'-.;. .' Ia 10 th total eonsnmptlm of ell by the Standard OH. Company wa t4.tsa,30i:-tiarrcuv r-xit AT FIRST HAD LITTLE OPINION OF MID-CONTINENT FIELDS. ' Mr; Archbold laughingly said that he had little opinion of the produo tlve - capacity of the ' mta-eonnaens field when It wa ' first discovered. and eald: 4 - ; . ' t;. ,'- , .-.' ; I said it the time that . I would undertake to drink all the oil that was produced in that ectlon." . - ; - Tne value or tn ; reanene tnat that went Into the Standard Oil tram- in 111! wa $17,000,000. said Mr. Archbold. and the value M 1 1 0 1 of tne renneriea in tne company, inciua ing manufactories, was $57, 89, 50. , An adjournment nntll next Monday wa .tnea. taaen.;'s?::;:vVf-i(:;-i;'t-i' XtAXTS TO UPLIFT. NEGROES Booker T.' Wahlnrton na Confer t-,encee With the President- and a a lleeult Negro Uplift Contrivance , May Be Atta-lKxl ' to the Prenent Wnaenf Vpllft. OnUlt. : fp.t ,-,-r".ODerwr Bureau,', ' , -i:iV'. y-li Post Building.'- .' - . - Weshington, Nov. II, " If th present President just had a llttl longer lease on his Job. he would, In th opinion expressed about Wash ington to-night, appoint In addition to his farmers' uplift commission a near.-! uplift ; commission. ; Booker ;?T, Washington has been In conference with the president twice to-day and the two. have discussed th eoclologi- caL condition of the negro In which the president say he Is deeply Inter ested. The exact result of th con ference ha net been announced, hut It, I expected that .if another, uplift doe not come from .It there will be a additional uplifting contrivance at tached . to the farmers uplift com mission so as to uplift also th negro and hia sociological conditions. 4 ;-KILLED WHILE HUNTING, Jack Braxton, IT, Teara Old, Shot Down by t-Veevr-Old Companion Near Snowhlll The Tragedy Pure ly Accidental. . . ' - ; rf Special to The Observer. ' . ) XJnston, Nov. c IS. Jack Bratrton, i it year old, of Bnbwhin. waa .. In-1 staatly killed by aooldent while hunt-1 Inr this morning between It and II o'clock, with- a t-year-old companion. ; The ' accident 'occurred near Snow- j hill,' to whk:h plaoa the body'; waa taken Immediately, Braxton and the llttl hoy were hunting in a field, and coming to a ditch the. former; Jumped across. The ditch was too wide for the -boy to leap and Braxton-handed him the breech of -the gun to assist the little fellow over. In Jerking the gun back to. pull the boy over the hammer caught a twig and fell back oa the ahell exploding it. The muzzle of the gun was pointing toward Brax ton nd the whole load entered hi body, causing instant death. - r Gilbert's Insanity , PVn Overruled. Norfolk. Va, - Nov. IS. Holding that evidence - introduced tending to show insanity since his- conviction was simply along th same lines of "insanity evidence' offered ' at the time of his trial, Jude Hanckel to day overruled the motion for the em panelling of a Jury to inquire into the present mental condition of Benjamin F. Gilbert, the youth recently con victed of the murder. of his sweet heart, Mls Morse, whom - he shot down on Camposttslla bridge last sum mer and who must die tn the electric chair unless the Court of Appeals of Virginia Interferes In the action of the lower t-ourt, or executive clemen cy la extended by Governor Swanaon. Couiisfl for Uilbrrt gave notice vt sjIH-al to the Fupreme Court. ODHX rMIIXS AT AUCTION CREDITORS BUT IN FOR fltt.OOO Sale to Be Sulnukted to Judge Bojd at Grrenstioro Deccniber 7Ui and if X if 'Ofiftrmed it U UnuerUMMl Tlwt U Mills Will Be He-EoiUpted aitd ! Operated Henry T. Deckcrt, of ' Phlladefphla, - HeprescnUng :, the Cjredltors, Makes the Kix-reWuI Bid ' U4)ld)t nd J-:nds of - Notes- and ,: Stocka Held , In ' Other Properth Bring the Snm Tout of toe Sulo to 175,40tJlO Sale Well AUettded - Bnt the ISkltllHg ot mn Spirited as , Wae Expected. v.---' Special to The Observer. .Concord, Nov. JS. The magnificent plant of the Odell Manufacturing Co., of this city, was sold 1 at publio auction to-day at It o'clock by a de cree of the Federal Court Issued by Judge Boyd, ' There were representa tives ; there y from many quarters, among them creditors, -agents and in vestors. The terms of the sale were announced by Slgnor H. O. Rita, the auctioneer, each Item being sold sep arately, and then the mills and realty were- sold ae a whole.' The Buffalo Thread Mill waa the first property on the block and wa started by Mr. C. W. Johnston, of Charlotte, at 140. 909, and wa run up by mall bids to $0,00t. The second block ' offered was the Odell. Mills proper and this property was run to $40,901. These mill were then aold a a whole and were quickly run from 1100,009 to ins, 000, when they were knocked down to Mr, Henry T. Deckert. who represented - the creditors. There Wer several bid made by others than' Messrs.- Johnston and Deckert. but the bidding was not lively and spirited, as the Indications vesterdav led om Interested one to hope for. Besides the mill property. Items were offered aa follows: " , A tie end machine, damaged bv the fire-was bid in at $141.09. A claim of $14,110.11 against th -1 1 1 . r, . , - , ' DcwBiBr waa oma in , Or ,100. . ,,,,'.... v.- . 5 The next item was a claim aa-ainst the Forest H1U Methodist ; church which went under the hammer for $11.90. . i Next a note secured bv morfrare for $707.04 was sold for ISIS.OO. Three shares Of Pvthlan Rattv Company stock brought $114 00. A hatch of debts of various sort. face value at something over $800.00 brought $m.S9. Two waaona and threa mnln intl for IS5S.90. . The total-amount or th vt1an Items brought th purchase price up to $175, 404. SO. It is estimated thitt th quick assets on hand, the Insur ance money paid on account of th destruction of mill No. 4 and the stock burned in the Kerr ; bleachery, to-' (ether with the results ef ta-dir'i sale, will about offset the claims of th creditor against the concern ex cept interest now due, which is less t,nan e.u0.-:..-'- -.It 1 quite probable, it ia clafme.1, that to-day's sale will be confirms 1 by Judge Boyd on December 7th. tin leas, however, there ia a bid placed on it that .will,, Insure the costs of a resale. !-' - :. Mr. DeckherL who waa innt fnr th creditors, is from Philadelphia. 1 I learned to-night that In case the sale is confirmed the mills will eon tlnua to operate and that plans win begin at ence to re-equip plants wit'i modern . machinery . and otherwis , push mattera : ; ' ' 'The aggregate 'amount realized on the entire plant. Including - $$75, 00 Insurance money will be In th neighborhood of 1450,000. ' ' The stockholders lose everythlnir and to om It means much. OOOPER ARE ARRAIGNED. December 8th I Day Set lr Trial of the Two Coopers and Kx-Mcn x Clark For the Killing of Fi-tiensmr Carnafk Connnci Ttt Lefenjie on ' Jerted to Client Being ltrouKht I Person to COnrt, But Attorney w-n-"ernl 8ees That JXter ef Uie Iw v Is Carried Out Tlie Three Pit a, I Not Guilty. Nashville, , -Tenn., Nov. g. Th criminal teort to-day Jlxed the trial of Col. Duncan B. Cooper, his n Robin J. Cooper, and John D. tMiaro. en the charge of the murder of f,r- mer United Stats Beiator Carmack. for December tth. All pleaded not guilty when arraigned separately. They Were rifused ball. Counsel tor defense objected to their client being brought in person into court and asked to be allowed to waive formal arraignment, urging.? the custom which has prevailed ia (hie court. -The attorney general In sisted on following the law to the let ter, however, and the court sustained nira.--' :',' ---v-0 ;.;... Colonel Cooper listened closelv to the reading of the Indictment and at Its cloae Judge Hart asked: 'Are yon guilty or not guiltyT "Not guilty," wa the renly In clear -voice. ,. Robin Cooper waa next railed and the Indictment against him read li the manner of the preceding one. H i answer to the ysual question was in a low voice, "Not guilty." Mr. Bharn waa called and th in dictment eharging him with the mur der of Senator Carmack was first res t and the usual question asked him. K;t reply In a loud voice was, "Nft guilty, sir.'':;;:-.--.'v v;- .,.' , The indictment charrlnr him wit'i being an accessory before the faet Waa next read, and In the same man ner and words he entered hia plea. PARRICIDE GETS 13 TEARS. Thomas Riddle, Who Killed His Father In ' Cumberland Ooonty '. FoaiMf Guilty , of Second Degrea M tinier. . "'.!'. Special to The Observer.- i- Fayettevllle, Nov. 15. Thomas Til l die. the youth who shot and killed h:- father James Riddle, tun lay, Kuz-t Id, was to-day sentenced to 15 year-; in. the penitentiary after submittin-r to a verdict Of murder in the secon i degree.' . ;if . -' ..v--.- - The Immediate ; cause of the sav ing waa a quarrel between the father and ' son . over cigarette emokinr. though there seems to have been i feeling between them for some t - - Roosevelt' Reform I Jess . Labor Lejiler. Washington, Nov. si. "The v PrefUlent Roosevelt has In m:- i the improvement of the com;.:.- labor throughout the rmmtrv a v probably rcommenj t i i'l-r-ers ewrythiag we ' " ," . U Falkner. ef CWelaml. O . i ant of the Natu-n.U : -mv W'urkers. n ha, i" - f W. A. JarrUam. rali-.l at t o House to-dy. "T!" I'ft'fi i-' ' are entirely sai:sfA J ' rt-pr.ntati'5S Tjn-!r.tKy," 11 r. I'Hlknr. Mr. I'aUvHP-r - men no atte-i 1 ' ' - i ,';.-r ti.n:u.-r t
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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