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T7 V;" -r?'T lOPcierM:! : o;;e sectic:i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C.t MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1, LOOT GOES 10 IrilE SENATE WOODRVFF OCT OP TUB WAY FtIlowUr a Star Chamber Conference . u-iti. ProMlilont-tkx -Taft Uh ....., . ih Niw York fit ALB Republican Committee Announce ' " - tVin uu.r.iriai Itace and the Way ' " Clear For Secretary of blato Hoot v.- n-.rt :ivi nut a, Statement Exprcssta His Pleasure - at the .. 4 L' r ... " .. ., I unl a Anil ' Wfliwfrlllf Tlna l Ukewiae, btaUng; That Ilia Action jr - -f is .a or- iuq uwu w .vv-, Hot Springs, VV Not. 1$. Timo thy L- Woodruff, chairman of th ' th TKtmihltaan RLate oommit- tev' to-day eUmlnatod himself from . tb senatorial rae in tavor I oecre ' tary of State Elihu Boot. ?.-.w-. Thla afclon was taken after' a pro ' -tracted conference With : President , elect Taft, and was followed by aUto ' menu by both Meaara. Taft and 'Wood ruff, r Aaida from thel atatementa. each of which oneede tha election - of Mr. Root to euoced Senator Piatt , ' on January 19 th next, no detail of the conference were made known. Mr. Taft aald:' 4 - .;,.r;, . x , :. PLKASKa.MR. TABTf.,.' ' "I can only aay t aat I "am rery much pleaaed at the attitude that Mr. Woodruff ha taken In thla matter. He haa been moved by an earneat de- ' established 4bia claim to the gratitude 01 me jtepuDUcans 01 ntw sore; nu alao of the country at lurae for mak ' inj- It aa certain aa possible that such , a atateeman Mr. Root wUl b . chosen to represent the State of New ''York la .the Senate.'''. ..."'.:'-. -- ' ' .' J".. - - ed, now that I have had to glvo P ', my purpose 10 conuaue nr. auw , the Cabinet, that I shall have the eupport and aaaiaUnoe which he will render to the administration, with hi great ability and his knowledge of ' governmental affair, -1 am aure, , from what Z know,' that the action r. -r r Wtuinfr and lha eleetlon of ' Mr. Root will conduce to reat har- mony among line ,epuonona 111 ew York and wiU aOreogthen the party." MR. TrOODKVmU STATEMENT. Mr. Woodruffs atatemeat foUowa: ''I have refrained from ail public 1 discussion of tho United, Statea ' ; atorahlp and have . tnade no atate went as to what tny oeurae concern ing It would be, -both because of. tbe r l a v. hnl1 mm. frMUmtl ed at the time -of the last national and 8tat conventions, uiac n pow er f the' State committee should : ' not bo uaed to further . the V candidacy - of - any one .'person against another, and also because I have been awaiting," as I have stated to the prela, the disposition- of all matten left over from the congrea atonal committee Including the prep . aratlon and mine of our financial " statement. hf ore giving this matter . tny serious consideration., - As soon as thU work was cleared up I came " -to Hot Bpringa at the request of the .President-elect tre. I have learn- , d from lim that as it is now defi nitely determined that e cannot re - tain Secretary Hoofs services In the Cabinet, he is very desirous, but with v out inUrferlnc 4n 0t matter, that his administration shall have the " benefit in tbe Senate of the excep- - tlonajly valuable aaslstancs which Mr. Reorxan render by teasoa of, his to- i tlmate knowledge of all tho Impor tant matters with which the govern- r . cnent has beea concerned, both at home and abroad, during the McKln- , jey and Roosevelt administrations. - "All will doubtless agree with me ' - that every right-minded supporter ' and wen-wisher of Judge Taft should v subordinate any personal ambition to whatever , may seem to be essential I to tha complete success of the new ' administration, to which ! the Amort v can people are lookjn? forward with , the highest expectations. .. WOUU INSURE HARMONY. "Furthermore, the unanimous aup- - port of SecreUry Root by the State organisation would unquestionably insure harmonious patty r action by the State officers and tha Federal ' authorities, and ' an hnpartial consid eration of the claims of all the local rganisatlona in the State.' unbiased ' by such factional antagonisms as a contest: for- the senatorahlp , would surely prove. . : -...:;'--. ' A-:-': "(a addition to these considerations It Is of tha greatest Importance that ' in the greater City of New York per- - feet harmony should prevail In the ranks' of the Republican party, ea- ' - psctally among- the Republican county organisations or the city ' which are 1 now arrayed ' against one', another on ' the senatorshlj), in order ' to-, insure " the defeat of Tammany Hall In the - municipal election of net fall, there t by securing an administration . that ' will put an end to the aztravaganee and inefficiency' In the government of the city whtch is now a reproach 10 - every person living in tha firsts mu nicipality 01 the-land. VsvK'r i , t "For these reasons I am- and will - not be a candidate for Senator, al- though profoundly appreciating the -' vnanlmlty and earnestness with which J have been-appealed to. ky' tha or gaolz&tton and the members of the - Legislature from my home county of Klnys to become a candidate, and the cordial offers ox support which have com to me from every section and ' almost every; county of tho .SUta.M . ,k -t'A'Orry.roB tafk-4v 1 x' Judge Taftx was ' the teclplent to day of a-carefully mads set of golf w clubs, the gift; Of Oeorge Lowe, of ' BaltusroU Ni J. ; ''' ' ''' - 1 hope it wlir not snow , to-day." lie remarked, or I want to try this " set of sticks to-morrow.' ; - - - -Mra Taft reached here from" New York to-day. General Clarence- R. . Edwards who has been at the Taft cottar for several days left to-night for Washlafton.. V.'-.V. tJlS-i. 0 Cmrnment " Investigation ' of Mine Explosions to Begin Timrsaay. Washington, Nov. -In tho pres ence of several hundred - invited sraosts, among - them members of Congress, scientlflo men. coat - mine, owners and operators. State mine in spectors and officers and members of the United Mine Workers. tnetJnlted States geological survey's experiment station at Pittsburg, Pa.," for the in westlgation of mine explosions, wyi be ; formally? opened Decemher "d, t- The station has been in operation - several rnontha, and already has demonstrat ed methods by whioh the death rate among American miners, at present the highest of all the coal producing countries, can be reduced. A number of so-called safety" explosives have keen tested and found to be anything ciut safe,' v ,..' t ; Italians Denounce Anstrla's Atlitude. Rome, - Nov. 29. About twenty thousand teople (fathered to-day in a IP bus jreetine he!l for the purpose it expressing disapproval aainfl the at t'tud'! ff 'Austria. Three d-puti.?s e-'-ff violent sneevhea dnouuc;ng " f IASTAIII& At SAIISBITBT. Defeated Candidate Jvjr (Sheriff Offers Jlia .(Property For Sale The Caro- " Unas Prosperous, Says Clrcns Press Agent Jolin p, Bout-no vangeroos " if 10 AooUirr pardon to Be Asked lor Stokes Phlfcr. . . ( ' Observer Bureau, - li - til North. Main Btreet,,- - " . ' Salisbury, Nov, Jt.- Mr. John O . Houston, the' almost successful Republican candidate for sheriff at the.recsnt election and one of the best farmers In Rowan- county, is offering his personal property for sale. Ht has 'been reported that Mr, Houston would leave the county and locate In western North " Carolina, and when a prominent locat Democrat asked him yesterday la regard " to leaving he Jocularly remarked, "On, I'll be fcack In two years," the lnferi enee being that should tho political situation two years bonce justify It he wouloV,agaii in the running; tor kshertfC' V-'' ' ' ''y " '.' '' 4 ? Mr. Jack Brady.' the weu-anown nresa arent of Rlnrling Bros.' circus. who. Is now in Chicago, said, in an interview with a representative : of Ths Show World, that the past season tied been "the test In the history of the .show, only six dates being filled at a loss ana not a single penormsuce h.ina- canceled. Said he: "We never before were, greeted by such crowds in tha farming districts or me Horui- west, .middle West and Southwest as this year. WJhen wa got to tne caro-llnnsi-nd tor the' way RinrUng Bros, hadn't visited there (before tor twelve veara the cotton factories were. blooming like California flowers. Aronnd Charlotte, N. C, more than half of all the cotton mills of , the ctflnth are located, that' is. within a nn rt -i nf too mllea and with .these mUls working: nights as well as daya, it was Impossible to ngure oui tttinv Kut rood times." , Mr, John . Rouche, a brother of Manager J. X. Rouehe, 01 Tne even ing Post, is critically 111 at his home on North Main street, from typhoid .nil material fever and his life Is des- alred of. Mr. Joha O. Helllg, one of Salisbury's moat substantial citisens, who has been quite til at his home on anntta Walton street, is able to be out. Stokes Phlfer, colored, through his attorney Edwin C. Gregory, Esq-; has notira that aoalicatlon will bet made to Governor Glenn for the par- den of his son, Boot rw. . th B"bruarv term. 101 fRownn Superior. Court of murder in tha second degree of Hlls McHenry. also colored, and sentenced to a term la tha penitentiary. ; i fiGVEsnx on pRomBmoic. n-L at Vorth Carolina Ad "'Tr- - w. f. O A. Meeting in Sprtngflold, Mas, and Is Accorded i an- jijtuiuauuiua m Pt fthWif.. ' J ? sririnefleld. Masa. Nov. Il.--When . t n ni.nn. nf North Carolina, aros'e to adjre the big me.Un, f r.u fl. JL members In the Court TutM here - this afternoon. he was accorded a reception that will Ion ' be remembered. Intense an thusiasm was manifested during the .ur. mnd s the sneaker's words were earerir grasped and applauded. Governor Glenn said that he was glad to bear that the no-11 cense wave had at last reached New.. England ..A thil wienv lame cities In the Korth Were going aulte dry. W J ,A thi, nrohlbltlon movement it. the South as a business propoalticr. as well as a moral issuo. Tha Southern manufacturers and employer f labor want sober men to work U tne shops, the railroads want sober men to run the trains, and -needless to say, we have found that a sober man dees 1 mora efficient work than a drunken' man. Then again, . It Is the t.Mm-t mt the. South to have as many h .mes as possible and wa flnl that. the saloon prevents men iru w comtnx home owners. . Inasmuch as hem owners In the South make the bent citisens, It Is logical to argue that Uhe saloon out of the way, a long- step Is Uken toward the toulld i of these homes. We find that prchibltton pays in .the end." .g -j; pOnGRATIOy FWD .SHORT... imLim - xem Have to Make ''Ap- . DronHatkm ts Cover Extraordinary Expenditures by( ha , JUnnUfiation Wastilncton, Nov. 'jf- Congress win tmf a. deficit -in the Immigration fund by reason of the extraordinary expenditures by tna immigraura miaslon, which haa "been carrying on it work under an indefinite ap- nroDriation. - Tha. money tos defray; tha - expenses af the commission, which- haa been conducting investiga tions into all phases of the Immigration-question; has been drawn- from the regular Immigration fund, v - When authority for thin procadurs wa sglven by Congpesa to the com mission it was not anticipated . that tha expenses would be heavy enough to embarrass the bureau or immigra tion of tha Departmeat of Commerce and labor. - last year the commiaslod expanded about T 8. . The drafts upon, the ' Immigration . fund for this year, thus far, have been on the basis of an annual : expenauuro i about IS00.60., - -1 iY--i:r:"-':,: Immigration commissioners at the principal ports of the United States are being hampered : seriously. It hi asserted. on account ox me, money shortage. It is likely that a congres sional inquiry into the -work of the commission ; wilj. ba .ordered. ;; . , -, ,. TRIAIi OP DAVIS TO-DAT , ; Kebraflkaa Charired With the Harder of Dr. Frederick T. RnsUn Will Face a Jury TtUa Moraine at Omaha Mrs. Abble- f Rica to , J5o Star Witness For the State. ..i', Omaha, Neb., Nov. f- 49. The trial of Charles Edward Davis f or - the murder of Dr. Frederick T. Rustln, ten weeks ago, will be called In Judge Sltton's branch - of the district court to-morrow. - Mra , Abble Rice. who entered -into a murder , and suicide pact with Dr. Rustln, and failing, avowed that Rustln hired Davis to slay him, will be . the State's star witness, but her 'testimony is ex pected to brbig out some vigorous objection by counsel for the defense on the grounds - Chat It Is. hearsay evidence. Although it is admitted that Davis has been thrice : com mitted to sanitariums for temporary insanity, his counsel has declared that no attempt will be Triads to take ad vantage of an insanity plea. . Mrs. Rice has been held In Jail since the mysterious' shootinir.' being unable to give a bond of $1,000. Davis has been at liberty " under $25,000 bond furnished by his brother, who is vice wesident of the Flrrt National lsai-k. . He has been under Buerd ef a companion furnished bv the Davis iar-ilv. It is believed that two days w iU be required to procure a Jury rORC ASI.OF WEEK'S KEWS MPOHTAXT MEEnXGS PIAN3TED Conventions Scheduled For the Week ;. lOmbraca Everytulug From Rellg tona Conferencea - to the - Aaeein. blae of the President's Pet Com mlwdon Fofthc Conservation, r of Jiasarhl Iteaonrces Hew rings In ..V;wolvur the .Standard Oil Company ; to Continue Democratic Members of the House Will Caacns on- tbe . 5tb) to Choose John Sharp Williams Successor Busy .Week In Foreign ileitis Atlanta's Mayoralty - Cain paign urows .tarm. Important conventions of national scope and for-Hba, discussion of W wlda Vartety of subjects, constitut the .feature of the; news outlook v of the coming week. From coal mining mnu me insurance to jnter-denomlna uonai reugious fellowship and ths philanthropic work of Jewish women. the subjects range. That of most un usual character and perhaps. In ths long run Of most far-reachinr infln ence, will the remarkable meeting of i the ,' "Federal iunrtl rr k Cnurches of : Christ of America,' which win open in Philadelphia on Wednesday evening and will re ore sent nearly twenty million Protestant cnureh goers. . On Tuesday, at Cln cinnatl, will begin the meetinar of tha national federation of the councils of Jewish , women, banded together all OYar the country "to further the best ana nignest interests of humanity In neias religious, , philanthropic and ed ncaUOnalC . The ' united Presbyte rians, in annual convention at Pitts burg, , win conduct the organisation or a national Lord's Day alliance," in tha interest Of Sunday observance. . PRESIDENTS PET SCHEME. ' Of more materialistic Interest will be the meeting In Washlna-ton. be ginning Tuesday, of the national com mission for tha conservation of na tural resources, , growing out of the meeting of Governors called last spring by President Roosevelt. - In connection with this meeting1 Is to be made public the "'Inventory" of the natural resources which the Govern ore have caused to be compiled in the various States since the President's meeting adjourned. A large number together again on the 8th to consider "Iurther the same important subject At about the same time at Pittsburg, the American : Mining .Congress will be in session. Governors of the eon! producing States have been Invited to attend. Ah New Orleans this week comes the convention of the Interna tional seamen's union. - Ufa Insurance problems wilt be considered by -tha Association of Life Insurance presidents, which will hold Its second annual meeting In New York City Friday and Saturday." The first day's proceedings will be devot ed to. memorial addresses in honor ef am 11 urorvr Vieveiena, om cntir? man of the association, STANDARD OIL HEARING, ;,."8tandard: OHrt WIU continue W run. the gauntlet In several nhases of tha prosecutions running against the great corporation in sundry places, John D. Archbold will return to- the witness stand. In New York City be fore the referee who is taking testi mony in th government's suit for ths dissolution of , the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jeraey; there may he developments of the famous l,000T- 00 fine before the United States Su preme Court. Which resumes sessions at Washington after a fortnight's re ; at Buffalo la scheduled the com pany's action for a new trial of the rebating case In which it-was convict ed at Rochester last spring; The Demecratto members of the House of ' Representatives at Wash ington will caucus on the 5th to choose a minority leader in place of John Sharp Williams, whose resigna tion Issued last June will take effect December 1st. The ways and means committee will continue ta hearings on the subject of revision of the tar iff., hut there is little expectation Of tariff legislation at this session.. i ATLANTA'S CAMPAIGN. ; Atlanta's . mayoralty campaign has reached a stage of bitter feellnr. the conflict between the Woodward and Maddor. factions having become so In tense that the mayor and police of ficial have been urged to prevent the torchlight parades of both sides which were planned for Monday night on ths ground of possibility of riot, t Tang 8hao TL the special envoy of the Chinese government who came more especially; to . thank "Uncle Bam" for his consideration tn ,, the matter of the Boxer indemnity, la ex pected to arrive in Washington Mon day and the government has arranged a cordial reception for him. . - Among the criminal trials set down for the week, that of widest note Is tha trial of ' Charles E. . DavidV at Omaha, charged with having killed Dr.' Rustln ' ht compliance with the latfer's alleged suicidal Intent, ' The case is one of the most remarkable In recent criminal annsjs. .''. . . in sporting circles moat interest at taches to the Indoor championship meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union, which win take place Monday and Tuesday at Madison Square Gar den, New - York.-City, . . -. x : . -' v w FOREIGN FIELDS. , . This wrlU bs a week of Interesting foreign news. Wednesday will see the berlnnlns of a new Chinese era with the enthronement ef the Infant Em peror of China. Pu TL It gains In terest front the publication -, of . the American-Japanese sgreement as to their attitude toward the integrity of China - The outcome of the election of members of the new Turkish Par liament may take almost any form, and Haiti promises an interesting and sanguinary budget of revolutionary developments. : There Is good reason to expect a continued Interchange of scandalous accusations between the counsel for the de Castellane and the de Sagan Interests in the suit ef Count Bont de Castellane against his former wife, Princess de Sagan (Anna Gould) for the custody of their chjldren. - , In London on Monday begins the long anticipated congress of the pow ers en maritime ' warfare, which Americans will watch with interest, but their hearts will go out chiefly 1 1 Manila, whence on ths same day. af ter brilliant ceremonies of entertain ment and leave taking the battleship fleet will sail, homeward bound . at last. Coke Ovens Rennme Operations. Huntington." W.. Va, - Nor. J. More than 2.000 v ke ovens In the Norfolk A Wentern Belds, which have been Idle for almost a year, resumed chelations to-nii-L ; . , THE KAISER INTERVIEW STUPID - - - .. - 11 , 11 f.-' - , ' ".-.( New York Newspaper ptbica ChanceJ , lor von Buelow 'tfiai After a Jfatns i taking Investigation' It . Now ' Be '". Ueves Tliat tbe Interview Purport- ing to Have Been Given Oat by . ; Emperor William ' Was Probably ' Never UtteradWlll Print a Dead- Ing EdlUM-tal . Tlfi ' Morning Ex- prewriusT Sincere Regret at a Publi ' -i-at kxi That , Waa , Misleading and MlachievousPuts tho BurUcn of HesponslbUlty on Dr. Hale. New York. Nor. J. Tbe New York World, which recently published what it explains it then honestly believed to be a correct synopsis of the inter view given by- the German Emperor to Dr. - William Bayard Hale.- and subsequently, suppressed, has sent the following "cablegram to Chancellor von Buelow: - . - "Prince yon Buelow, Imperial Chan- veuur. - - . ' v "Berlins' ' - : ' ' ?After a painstaking Investigation The New York World finds no con vincing basis -Of fact for its published synapsis of the. Hale interview with his majesty, the German Emperor. It accents vour verdict that tha al leged Interview, ascribed to I the Emperoristupldly absurd words which he cannot- have uttered. As a .mat ter of simple justice to the German Emperor and the German people, The World will -print an editorial leader Monday mornlna. expressing its sin cere regret at the publication of a synopsis which it regards aa mis leading and mischievous. It was an honest, mistake committed merely through over-seal, without tha knowledge- of the proprietor or chief editor, and so late at' night that the article did not appear In the first edition. Proofs, of the - synopsis sent to the author of the interview had been corrected la his own handwriting and thla was naturally accepted as evl dence that the article aa printed waa personally approved oy mm. "THE NEW YORK WORLD." In publishing. the foregoing cable gram to-morrow The World will state tnai me synopsis was suomitiea to Dr. Hale prior to its publication and that "ten worda from him would have made Its publication Impossible." ' It will, add that Dr. Hale having con tented himself with the exhibition of several statements. The World printed the corrected copy In the belief that Dr. Hale, in personally correcting the proofs, "had affirmed the truth ot every statement he' left untouched.' BODY OF STEIXHEMj EXHUMED. Decomposition - Had Progressed so 'mar -.That a Complete Autopsy is ; Impossible Another Rich Lover Kners Into the Plot Conviction That- tbe Woman Strangled vHcr Victim Grows. - " - Parla, - Nov. Sfc-All the ' new light thrown on the murder of Adolphe Stein bell and Madame Japy, which occurred en .the night (Hr dst at the home of ths artist, goes' to strengthen tha convic tion that Mme. StelnheU either-strangled the victims alone alter administering a narcotic or poison,, . subsequently binding herself to her .bed, or had an accomplice, In the person of a professional criminal. , Tbe body of the murdered painter was disinterred to-day and .removed to tbe morgue, but tha surgeons found that, It was in suck's state ef decomposition as to wales It an Impossibility to perform a complete autopsy, -. the g-laasee found at the time of the murder will also be ex amined. . ' 's It la. now learned that, Mme. Stelnhetl was receiving the. visits of another rich lover. In ' addition to ' Maurice Borderel, and that she bad premised : seen she would marry him In event of her becom ing widowed or divorced,, Testimony from every quarter seems to upset completely the charges of the royal let press that the late President Fella Faure was the vic tim of criminal dealing, " but even M. Dupuy, "his Premier, does not deny that Madame Steinhell was with him shortly befere ne expired,. She adopted a clever ruse to divert suspicion from her at the time. Before going to Slysee Palace she visited a distinguished painter, to whom he confided that she was on her way to see tbe President.' - ' -y The following day the painter received a letter from her, filled with expressions taf grief at the. death of President Faure, but adding that unfortunately aha was taken 111 and was unable to see him. The physician wbem she said attended her at the time declares that he never, saw her until long-afterwards. vr-'-f-- sar 1 : - .... ASSASSIN S COWARDLY DEED. Popular cltlxen of Bam well, S. '-C, . Fonlljr Murdered by an - Unknown v Man Murderer SI tot Ills Victim In tha Back and Fled to 1 ; J31ooUKiands. Lose tb Trait, Charleston, 8. C, Nov. St. A cow ardly assassination, . still shrouded 1A mystery, took place at Barnwell, this State, a utUe after $0 o'clock last night,, when perry Usserr, -well liked by everyone and so far aa known without an enemy in the world, was shot ia the back -of tha head with a load of buckshot and slugs while standing talking to a friend just on the edge of the grounds of a carni val which was Jn progress at " Barn well. Uaery; was : Instantly ?. killed. Marvin Holland, to whom , he was talking, was anhr slightly , wounded. The shot was fired from but of the darkness and except that Immediately after the shooting- a man whose iden tity Is not yet established, was- sees running toward a nearby swamp with a gun In his bands, there Is no clue to the assassin. Bloodhounds from the State penitentiary followed ' the trail through the swamp,, losing it in the road on the other side. Undlrna tlon la Barnwell runs high.'.-,,; v -i WILL HAVE AUTO-FOR HEARSE , Body of the Frenchman Killed During Practice Spina lor the Savannah Grand Prise Win Be Buried Willi ' Unique Ceremonies, . - - 8avannab..Oa., Nov. I$A-WRh a automobile chassis for his hearse, the body of Mtrlus da Ross, of Marseilles, France, who was killed in the wreck ing, during practice of the Spo entry in the recent light car race held here, will be carried to Us grave In a Sa vannah cemetery to-morrow. ; D Roa waa mechanician on the car. Members of the Savannah ' Auto mobile Club will form a procession In their machines behind the body. The unique cortege will pass through the principal streets of the city and alonx psrt of the automobile course on which de Rosa was killed. Jean Ju hm, driver of the car, who was In jured In the wreck will attend the funeral. Photographa of the proces sion and Of the grave after; the fu neral, will be sent de Rosa's mother In France, who did not know her eon was in Savannah until a .cablegram aaaouaced hia death, j . ' - AY0ULD TEST HEGEL POST ALSO THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK Postmaster General Meyer, in HJs An- nual Report, Recommends to Con- ' (reas Ue Trial of Botb These Fea - tares For Many Reasons Depart. ' xnent I-'acea the iJirrest Deficit la - Its History and Uie Parcel Poet Would Earn Much Itevcnie Notes . - Marked Dnprovesacut lalho Efli i ciencjr of tue Service Tbe Necea '. sity - of Good Roads Brought Oat . Cleariy urges ltcpeai or uue juaw ' Proldbltlac Kemoto Postal Stations. - Washington, Nov. $. In his an nual report for the fiscal year ended June. 10th. 110$, Postmaster General Meyer gives the total receipts for the year as flli,47,(3 and expendi tures as $20S61,8S8. thereby showing- a deficit of $M.7t,Sza. the larg est In the history of the department; with an additional loss from fire, bur glary, etc., of $37,t. The deflcitrof If 0, It Is estimated, again will Ex ceed $11,000,000. I Attention is oarttcularlv called to a number of improvements in business methods of the-department as lend ing to its advantage and the saving of considerable amounts. Recommen dation ts again made for the crea tion of the position of director of posts, at a high salary,' and who ahall bold olflce during good behavior, the object, being to have a continuity of policies for the benefit of the postal service and the people of the United Stated. .... NECESSITY OF GOOD ROADS. The necessity for good roads la Dolnfed out' in connection with the development of the rural free deliv ery service. It is sugfested that should rCangreas grant the depart ment authority to utilise rural routes still further, by the establishment Of a limited parcel post connned entire ty to rural delivery routes, it would then be possible to earn additional revenue amounting; to idiilions of dol lars and at the same timeeneflt the farmer by enabling him to have merchandise- delivered when ordered by telephone or postal card, which other wise would-not be purchased. "The special parcel ' post,"- aays the Post master General, -will-enable the far mera to- have small parcels delivered at their gates,, to live better and to obtain easily tho necessaries of life." Permission, Is .requested to establish experimentally a limited parcel post In not to exceed Your counties in or der to demonstrate the practicability of the plan. . - The Poetmaater General again 11 u lAorialatlin nermlttlnir the ea tablishment of postal savings bank or depositaries In connection witn postottices. f STAMP-YENDINO kMACHlNES. Experiment .with stamp-vending machines, says the Postmaster Gen eral, are still being conducted, with every prospect that the defects which developed in the preliminary testa will add Immeasurably 10 the public con venience. ' "' . J' -:''-' ;t-. .Th campaign of. education in the school houses . in - matters pertaining to the ordinary operation Of tha poe tal servlee, so aa to emphasiaa the Importance of careful addressing, the placing of the name and address of. the seoder"oa envelonea eto., .is rec ommended to be continued, so as to save hundreds of thousand! of letters and package from going to the dead letter office, each year, as is now the case, j .,1 i-.v" -'' '- V :' A marked Improvement' la the ef ficiency of the service Is noted by the Postmaster General which, he says, la due to the policy of reUlnlng post masters of all gradea whose -records have been satisfactory. He believes, however, that the appointments of second and third class, postmasters should lie with the! postmaster Gen eral, as Is now the practice with fourth-class office. ! This, he aays. would reserve to the President the appointment, of , postmasters at ' the more lmportaat offices and relieve him of a vast amount of routine work that is a tax upon his time. , , : - REMOTtff STATIONS ; ADVOCATED. ' The Postmaster Oeneral JuU him self on record-as being decidedly op posed to- the law which prohibits the establishment d? postal stations more than five miles beyond the corporate limits of a city, although he says, no such restrictions exists with reference to the extension-of the free delivery service. The department, he declares, should not be placed in tbe position of being able to deliver mall from door to- door and at the aame time ef being forbidden to supply the district so served with the other usual postal eonvenleneea ' The repeal ef the law complained of Is urged. . . '. The maintenance ot a suitable postal service in New York' City, It Is stated, becomes more difficult each year and requires Increased expenditures in or der to reduce so . far aa possible the heavy congestion '- of ' mail ' matter there. The postmaster General speaks of what has been done toward reme dying thla condition, and says that a night delivery in we-residential sec tion has gone far In that direction. 1 - Recommendation is again ' made that the leave of absence with psy allowed by law . to employes of the postal service be increased from fif teen' to thirty days whenever the postal revenues warrant It While favoring" an Increase In pay Of the supervisory employes In poet- omces, the postmaster -oeneral aays he has not estimated for additional promotions, for the coming year be- cause of the great Increase ?n the de licit. , YL r-i V vy. f '?' .-"" PNEUMATIC TUBE SERVICE. V tn regard to pneumatic tube serv ice. It is stated that the eem mission appointed under the act of Congress of May- 7th, 10, to inquire into the feasibility ef the- government ac quiring and operating the pneumatic tube service, haa completed Its work and that the report will be submitted to Congress soon after it ' convene No hint is given regarding the com mission' recommenaattona'.' - - , The recent establishment of the t- cent-aa-ounce rata of letter poets ge between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland will. It is stated, have the ef fect ef bringing about greater postal receipts. "A lower postage rat will prove another bond toward closer so cial ' and commercial ' relation be tween the two great English-speaking countries," U Is stated, "end it will do much to enable our. manufactur ers to better advertise their goods end thus Increase, their sales in those countrlea" Modern protress, it la added. Is annihilating distance, and revolutionised methods In shipbuild ing have made the English markets but a few day from American porta It Is urged that cheaper and direct mall service, aa a stimulus to busi ness and friend ry intercourse of na tions, ahould be extended , wherever practicable.- . . r-"' , - -' RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. - FUrure relating to the railway' mall service show a decrease of It la the number of railway postal clerks kill ed and of 11 Injured aa compared with the fiscal year 1107. . In HOt there were four clerks and two sub stitutes killed and 104 seriously and lit slightly' injured. . Recommenda tion ia made that railway postal clerks be given annual leave of ab sence with pay for. thirty daya and that when so seriously ; disabled as not to be able to resume duty at the exportation of twelve months, they may be granted disability leave with pay at SO per cent of their regular compensation during such disability for not exceeding twelve additional months..- Ths regulations covering "sample" copies ara treated at length in the report, the Postmaster Oeneral con cluding with the statement that the publishers, with rare exceptions, have endorsed, the position of the depart ment and commended It for the course it pursued. The attention of Congress is Invit ed to the previous recommendation for a reduction in the rates and an increase la ths weight limit for fourth-class matter "In order to re move an unjust discrimination, to our own people. "t , ;,, , . .. - GREAT RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE. Federal Council of the Churches of Christ bt America Will Hold Meet ing in Philadelphia This Week A Unique . Meeting, Representing Thirty Hellaiosa Bodies and Over Eijrhteen Million. Souls Its Object and Alms.- - ' -' - Philadelphia, Nov. Sr. More than thirty religious bodies, representing 11,000,000 souls, win. send delegates to thla city this week and . part of next to participate In on of the most remarkable religious gatherings la the history of Protestantism in America. So comprehensive a con vention aa this first meeting of The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America" probably never could have been held! previous to the twentieth century. The . convention. which will be In session from De eember Id to December, tth, ha been In preparation for . six years, but Is more particularly the fruit of the Inter-Church conference held In Carnegie Hall, New York City, In 1105. For the first time the ' Protestant Churches of the "United Slate will be practically and officially, though not organically,, united In one body. While this 'Federal council" will be without legislative or Judicial : an thorlty. Its ' recommendation : Will carrv tremendous welaht. : . s , . Tbe. objects of the Federal council will - bet. :'.-:.- . i vW-. . ?w ': 'To , express , the ' fellowship and catholic unity of 'he Christian Church 'To bring' the Christian bodies of America Into united service for Christ and the world. ' .'. !-' To encourae devotional fellow ship and mutual counael concerning tne apintuai lire anq : religious actm tie' of . tha- chunaei-;y '.i:y,hv To secure -a. larger, combined In fluence for the Churches -at Christ in all matters a ft a: ting the moral and social condition of th people, so as to promote the application of ,' the law of, Christ-: la every relation of human life. :- ,,;''. T--'i:MY' ,'Tp assist . In' the organisation ,.of local branches' or the Federal council to promote Its aim in their com munities." Y 'Yi'-Y:-yY Among the deleratea will be thirty bishop, president, of. . universities and- college, officers . of y mission boards, soms - of the , greatest theolbglana and 1 preachers - in - the country and laymen of .special promi nence, ' ' ' .;"JW:?M"' COUNTRY NATURAL RESOURCES Member of the President's National , Conservation Conunlaalon .Will Get .. : Together Tuesday to Prepare an Inventory of What Each State Holds a Reserve. Pawer.-,?'.;; ;:.' '' . Washington, Nov. !. Tuesday' of thla week : the national conservation commission will meet In thla city tn closed session to begin. the formula tion ef its report to President Roose velt on the state, of the country natitpnl ; MaAnvwati. THIfi vabntw . la due on January 1st - It Will be the basis upon which the President will prepare a special njeseag to Con. gress. The commission will go ever the etatlstlc and reporta that have been compiled during the six months since It began Its work and draw up a tentative outline of it report, which it will submit to the joint conference with the Governors of the State and other representatives of the. Stales and - national organization . which . it haa called for next week, beginning December Ith, to assist it . with ad vice and -auggtrttona aa to the form and substance of its report. Then I h commission .win get to work on the final formulation - of the report, - In. the formulation of Ita-.. report, the tint 'work will be done by the oectlona - Each : chalrmai will pre sent the portion of the report whV-h deals with the subject his eectiet h at hand. . Thee chairmen are Repre sentative' Theodore J-Burton,, of Ohio, of the section of waters; Sena tor Reed Smoot, of Utah, of the ee tibn of forests; Senator Knute Nel son, of Minnesota, of the section ef lands: Representative John Daateii, ef Pennsylvania, of the - section of minerals. '. v ' ' ' This will be the first full semion of the commissiett since it organisation and 'practically every member .will be present,-1 Jsmee J. Hljl and John Mitchell have written that tney ex pected to attend. Andrew Carnegie will not be here In time . for . the opening but win come later. OKLAHOMA TOWN FLOODED. Continued Downpour of Rain Over- flows tho Cottonwood River and tn . Guthrie tbe Inhabitant Are havl- gating tbe Streets, in Boats. .v7 t Guthrie, Ok la, Nov. tt. A th re sult of a 4t-hour downpour of rain in the valley of the Cpttonwood river and Its tributaries, the Cottonwood overflowed this afternoon. .-.Several hundred homes are partly under water; in west Guthrie and , I.ooo persons te-nlght are homeleea The river was on foot higher than'' ever before In It -history -and rising rapidly. ' Hundreds ex resident who refused to lea- the flooded district, believing that th river would not rise so-rapidly, wer forced to fire shots of distress before sunset ; Hundreds of beats with volunteer' rescuer brought the tardy ones to places of safety, It Is believed that a few per sons ars still In their homes. ' Street car service is at a standstill. The city's water plant is under water. F1v thousand dollars worth of cot ton was washed down stream and. 1.000 bales a re till in the water. The Atchison, Topeka as Santa Fe round house and shops are inundated. Railroad trains In and out of Guthrie have been annulled. Much track as been washed out and several trains are water-bound, r : T WENT V-F1YE BODIES OUT VICTIMS HORRIBLY MUTILATED Officials of the Marianne ' Mine Arf , mit That 1M Men Went Into the Mine Satarday end Not One Snr ; vlve Mine Will Not Bo Clearea of Vk-tlm For Several Day Re . ports In Clrcnlatlon That There is , ' Danger of Another Explosion Fire . Break Oat in the Mine But l "Quickly Extlnrnlshed Owing to tho . , Accumulation of Dangerous . Gases tho Work of Rescue Is blow Undertakers ; Are ' Arranging : For ,-' - M uucretsk , y Pittsburg, Nov. - i . Twenty-five bodies, an but two of them horribly mutilated, were, taken 7- to-day from the mine ef - the.., Pltuburg-Buffalo Coal Company , at Marianna, forty mile south of her, where an ex plosion occurred -' yesterday, killing many men and easting into gloom what was until then considered the model mining town of the world. There is no doubt that the death list will reach 1S men. ' Officials of the company Who last night stated that not -ever 1JS had ' been killed, to-night admit . that l$t men went down tha shaft to work "yesterday . morning, 7-. ; v .; v -r- As in nearly .alt mln "' disasters, there seems no way at present of knowing how many 'men went to work. Tha number check-off system has agala proven defective. . It Is posalbl that th exact number killed will never be known. ' Up to darkness to-night xS bodies had been brouxht to the . ' surface In an Iron bucket. Arm, leg or heads wer 'miming from some and the trunk of other wer burned, bruised and .cut. TWO, VICTIMS . SUFFOCATED. Two of the men had, been suffo cated, their : - bodies v not beln scratched. ne of th wa John, inil. cousin ef V John H. Jones, president -vof th Pittsburg-Buffala Coal - Company, owner of th mine. His body waa fonnd beneath a coal digging machln. , It was apparent that the young man had -crawled there in a vain effort to eacape the deadly fume. . , i . . . , Th body of the' other; man wa found hear Ivlll. Ho had placed ,hi faca in., a pool of .water, which all miners are advised to do when an ex plosion occurs. : In 1 desperate . at tempt to fight , off suffocation , until rescued. , .':. . : . - V WORK WILL CONSUME DATS. . The opinion "waa expressed to-dav by a number of expert miner that the mine will not be cleared of vic tims for several day, v Early to-day a small Are broke out In the mine but it wa sxtlngulshed before any serious damage wa done. 'm Reporta have been In circulation all day that a second and more terrlfia explosion , la likely to occur at any moment " The company - officials as sert this"! not true.- There is con siderable gas In th mine, however. ' Conditions about, the mouth of the mine were disagreeable to-day. A drlxzllng rain fett and the - weath-r grew cold. There were few of th harrowing scenes usually assoclatea with a mine explosion. Most 'of th relatives are English speaking people who bear their grief In silence. It i estimated that one-fourth of the vic tims are Americans.,-j.a a , ;thb;work:pf;resote.'' '.' " At short Intervals ; new men are sent Into the mln to relieve other esrchlnr for the deed. : - Owing to th dangerous gases and the mass of wreckage In the mine the rescue work I alow and is being carried on with great " precaution. Notwithstanding the , isolation of Marianna, thousand of persona found their way there to day. On boarding house ' near the mine was almost wrecked by persona seeking meal.. The small house wss packed almost to suffocation, Over a thousand hungry sight-seers drove from .five to ten miles to appease their curiosityT,.;-"v,: '..i;;;. To-night the undertakers' are ar ranging for many funerals to-morrow. Whenever possible the bodies are being embalmed. . The bodies re covered to-day r will be Interred to morrow night owing to rapid de composition. Disinfectant are bein naed in large quantities. It is feared had the weather remained as warm aa yesterday an epidemic , of disease would .have resulted. . , , -' - 1 , -', ' .. THI3 FLEET COMTNQ HOME. ' Sixteen ' VeaVls of 'th V JunketW ai Squadron Will Leave Manila De eember lt and Are Exported to - Reach Hampton Roads or No ,0 Vortt the J3d of February. Manila. Nov. Jl With the depart ure from Manila December Jt ot the American battleship fleet under tha command of "Rear Admiral. Sparry, th alxteen vessels that are.maains; such a remarkable round the world voyage turn their prowa definitely for horn watcra They have been gone from Hampton Roads nearly a year, if the record - established np to the present time Is maintained., the fleet Will return homo without aerkma cident or mishap ef any kind. It progress oaa neon watched by forelztt governmenu with deep interest. Tne emoers and men of the fleet nn this trip around the world have been lavishly .. entertained at every port they touched, v in Australian watera tna. Americans were greeted bv men of their own race; in Japan ind in i-nina uiey saw the splendor ef the Orient, and In the Mediterranean. Southern Europe. wiU turn eut to do them honor. , .. .After clearing Manila bay the l battleships will head - for Colombo. Ceylon, where they are due In two weeks. They will stay there for si days end then proceed - to Sue without stopping.' They are due at the southern, entrance of the Sues canal January ith, and after leaving Pont Said,, at the northern entranc- where coal la to be taken on board, the vessels will divide Into squadron j and make a series of calls at various Mediterranean ports. , In thl manner th American ships will show at Ath ena, Tripoli. Villa French. M arse i ;:.--. Genoa, Leghorn, Malta, Xaple e - 1 Algiers. According ' to the pr - t schedule the entire fleet wi'l I - Gibraltar on February th for e ? Hampton (Roada or New York. 1 vassels are due in Hampton r or Ki York February X3d. When.the fleet reaches the 1 States It will have traversed. ii left Hampton Roads. 4?.fZ7 n ..'Cnstro Journeying to Bon!.-.-.- Basse Terr, Island af Gu .-. ' Nov Jj President Castro, i f "s suela, arrived her to-day r steamer Guadeloupe en I-' ' Bordeaux. In reply to President Castro declared Jft Of his Journey was Xt -diplomatio busiiit-4 ai.'-
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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