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V - 10 r;jaT;-: C.i SECTiCIi i .,...4 J ;-yAo J A GUrSCIHTTIOIT PRICE : $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. 0., TUESDAY MOIJNING, DECEMBER 15, 1903. '.PRICE FIVE CENTS. to T-. V! 7 EUTLE2S CASE CONTINUED j coaxd jrny finds trcej bill - Counsel For Judjre Adam Protest ininui (v,.,tiri.iun(t. Matins? Th a Marlon Butler and Ills Brother Mad Had a Month la MHih to Prepare ' a Iefn.x in the Criminal ' I J tx-1 Bolt, Hut the -Court Give the Do . fendants the continuance They Ask -Juctpe Jones' Charge to the Grand Jury X Guilford Curt Border on i the fccnsatlonal Young . Woman From CJeonrla Makes an Effort to Commit sui.ida in a puhuo caio Gate CKy Iuana. , 1 . t ' . '. Observer Bureau. - ! "'..'- Th Bevlll Building:. ' ' "t, -'"-- Greensboro, Deo. 14. , The xharg of Judge B. B.-Jones to the-grand Jury of Guilford gupe- - rlor Court to-day cams near border Ing on the sensational when he re- , t erred to the recently published re port of the special attorney ot, the Guilford county board of education relative to the amount of money nl- leged to have been lout to the school through the failure of court officer te Derform . their .duties . property, ;- Judge Jones said ha rcfered to ; the report toy reason of the' fact that it had been made publio -and almost every Intelligent eithsen of the State has read of it in th newspapers. If . the charge made' in the report s ar true, eaid the Judge, every ludg on . the bench and every, other officer' of ' th court Who ha violated th i law should be Indicted by the grand jury .'.',- but on th other hand, if the chars are not true, the report is unjust ana 1 uncalled for. Judge Jones spoke rather at length on th matter, em " -Dhasizln th necessity for a thorough ' Investigation and saying that. If any , Judge who had preceded him, or; if he himself at any previous term of " court, had failed In any manner In th discharge of the duties of the of " flc r had abused any privilege, then i they or h should b Indicted- r th - earn aa anv other .'IndtviduiA . who ' .might have jVlolated th law. c Wh.il Judge Jonea did not In plain ' language criticise the special attorney .. . of the board of education who mad th report, h was umphatio m ay .. In that If th charges wer not sup- . , ported by th facta, th report -5rwa an tnult to tn mages wno nave sieiu - v V u ve isH" s- - , and th other opurt orucers ertucisoa ' 1 It is understood that the report of ' '. th special attorney was submitted to the county attorney, ;Wh ta tn -it- - flclttl attorney of th board of duca -Uon, and that he declined to concur . IB It . .. .(-...;, j i ! -V : ' BUTCER CASES CONTINUED. ,:' i This afternoon .Judge Jones grant ed a motion for s continuance . of m. ixl .likat aaba . .m vslnar i Ilia cnuwiHil ihwr ia B ( .' Senator Marlon Butler and hi broth. er, Lester F. Botler.Th request for a continuance, was . Jbasedj. fnK the . ground that the defendant ar not ' , rrepared . for a trial at, the present time, counsel stating that they did -not v care to go, to the trouble and expens : of taking deposition and subpoenaing witnesses In advance of action by the srrand iurr. Counsel for Judge Ad ; ams. th State's wUneaa, protested m ,ntlnntni, tmlntinip : nut i that th aefendant had been bound - over November 4th and that they had i therefor had more than a month In - which to nrpar for th trlaU It assured that the defendants would be - here at the present term of court ready for trial. Neither of th defendants wa , oresent. tout Judg W. . u b.. kooio son was In court with their renewed , 4onds. lt this afternoon th grand ' Jury, returned a trur bill against 7 th Butlers.':. v-;f '',.y'?Ux'''i;P , , Miss All! Col, a young s woman .who cam to Greensboro from Geor . srla a few months ago and took a po ? -sltlon as saleslady in a South c Elm '- street store, created quite a sensation ; In a cafe last night when sh at tenvpted to commit suicide by . swal lowing poison, j Bh went Into . th place with a gentleman friend. Who, - after giving an order-V tor upper, . went to the postofflce, about-1 half ; a block distant During th absence of . her friend. Miss Cole took fh poison, T , informing a party- of young men at ". an adjoining tabl of what sh- had - don and . adding that the, act . was entirely voluntary on her . part. , A ' physician was hurriedly summoned, and by the prompt nse of restoratives and a stomach pump, th young, wom 3n's life .was saved,. ?'i i:-??--, v : PPEciit ATTENTION TO STEEfc. ' - . - ..- )Ionn tajr and Mean Committee , Wlll Give Much Coni4deraUon to yi Uit! . Steel Schedule Oiamp Oarlc '. a Valuable Man to the Committee. i Washington," Dec 14.-In. drafting , 'the new-tariff bill to be introduced at 'th special session of Congress th House Ways and means committee is , to give special, consideration to the . steel schedule,-) Charles M. Schwab, - the steel magnate, will appear beror -. the commute to-morrow. Andrew Carnegie, who has been subpoenaed. It Is , believed, ..will not appear until other steel men have tctlfled before the committer,: ." : ' '" , The Republican memb'srs of the committee who will draft the new tar. Iff bill, will sit as a sub-committee for this purpose every day after Monday, . during Christmas recess,, : ; t . ; When the majority members of the - committee - complete their , bill they xrfll submit It to the Democratic mem Vers. The latter will otter the House "r minority report, unless the bill re ported by the Republicans- provides for the reductions ; that th Demo- v crats favor. . , '. . -; . The'maln -dliTerenres of Opinion probably will be on the lumber, met- t'el and pfilp. snd paper schedules. Champ C'liirk, the minority leader of tne Hi'use. has brouftnt out much Itn--' pnrtant testimony la bis examination t rr the v itn, ys.'s on the lumber and 3 "i. a'er-i Fo'-.ed'iles and he favors a mate- : '.-Tin! reduction In the duties. Two hearings were held by. the committee to-ripy. At the afternoon .' hesrinsr Col. ,T,o All'sr-n, a cotton . - seeiii.ii . ;j'er.of Tfxi. p.Fked for a re'!!:-..,..i ri the duty on proved camel's hair cloth, the present duty on which, he f !. prohibitive and permits a mon. ,;v of the product This cloth Is nsej n crnshtnsr cotton seed In the manufacture of the OIL GovTi.ii:'-rt' I ; Wash!;: -'.on, I rnent tiiae a j-i year er '. - 1 J : 441, JT1 en t.e ri'kel ard ore This TTr-fVi!n -t-een the rn r-ert f'--r f n m r - 3 1 - . t - . . T '.; h , , rt 0:1 Fmall Coins. It The govern- ' t d;tr:-e the fiscal JV !!-"!. of 110,---"! '? s'lver. lit H -. '.! r'oces " . 1-e-' t' t-..vern-1 t r roin- " ! i'i ' i - .- : ! 1 :.; HAMMAS; CASE DECIDED PBJVATK AFF.UHS mOTECTED. Sonreme Court Ilulcs That Uie Inter- sLaio Citiiiiiicrce t'oniml.ssion lias o Klsht to l'rcsj yuotioiii Kcla- live to ITirato Irau-at'tioiis Wnon ttio IiivesUgulion Is licguii 011 the '.. Couunlsalcm's luinauife muunis slon feliould Have Some llegard-For Privacy In ITotwdiirrs ligun For ' Its Own Purposes 1'owcr of the ; lnterstato Couutierce Lsw Are the ""JGrentcst Ever Conferred by m Coo - mitntioual Body of lawmaker, ; ? Washington, Dec. 14.In deciding to-day the cases of I'. d ward H. Har riman and Otto II. Kahn va th In terstate Commerce Commission, the Supreme Court of the United -Ktate held that the commission Is not en titled underj the interstat commerce law to preas questions relative to pri vate transactions, even though they involve dealings in th securities of Interstate railroads, when the Investi gation of -whlch-auch question are a part ha been begun on the commis sion's lnitatlve.. . f , ' ' . The oplnlorr of the court was an nounced by, Justice Holme and dealt with the refusal of Messrs, Harrlman and Kahn to make reply to questions nut by th commission In the courue of an inquiry Concerning the dealings of Mr. Harrlman as president, of th Union Pacific Hallway In th' stocks of other railroad companies, many of which are competing lines. In the course of his opinion Justice Holme. said that . the commission' Inquiries should be confined to case In which complaint had been made. . . Ha said privacy should be properly regarded In proceedings begun by the commis sion for its, own purposes. He also said thathe power conferred In the interstate commerce law- exceed any which have, ever been delegated by a constitutional body of lawmakers., THE DISSENTING OPINION. In a dissenting opinion concurred In by Justice Harlan and -MoKenna, Justice Day- declared the affect of the opinion of the majority of the conrt would be to materially narrow tho scooa of th interstate commerce law. These three, justice took the positlatn that th question of. th commission, so far a they were sustained by th United State Circuit Court for the southern district of Nw Trk. wer entirely proper' under th' law and should nave been answered y Har rlman and Kahn.- Justice- Harlan went even farther and held that all of the commission's qnestlons should hav ycl vd . responses. i-fty. : J Justice Moedy did not partlclpat In :th. f.- r.f (N.; ?; 't ,i , COMMISSION NOT SURPRISED. 1 Washington,. Dec 14 No surprise waa expressed by th Jntersatt Com merce Commission at the decision. It Is not felt by th commission that th decision (will affect seriously Its pow ers of railroad - regulation. . The question passed upon by. the Supreme VOUIT 1 cvnsiawBa 'Ox w cviiiauv lon to be largely academic. In as much as the questions propunded to Mr. Harrlman . and to Mr. Kahn aid not affect materially th determine tlon of ' the . so-called. ."Harrlman canes,' , ' . ' ; .ii .11. umMf , QUI-Et; DAY WITH MR, TABT. ' Presldent-Elect Find Time- to At tend a Theatre and to Sit For Sev eral I'liotogrn pbe Booker T. Wash Ington a Vuiler.:0:'::yf-:. Nw Tork, Tec. ; 14.-President- elect William H. Taft found this th quietest day he ha had sine leaving Hot Spring. During the morning and afternoon . were . received , a number of callers at the , horn of hi brother, . Henry W. Taft and this evening he attended a performance at on' of th , uptown theatre.: "Dur ing th day Mr. Taft found Um to sit for several . photographs and also the first of a series of sittings, to a portrait painter. - Mr. Taft most protracted- confer ence of the day was with Frank B. Kellogg, ' the prosecuting attorney for the government - In th Standard Oil and so-called Harrlman cases. Mr. Kellogg frequently ha been mention ed for Attorney General In Mr.. Taft's cabinet Vi.-7,f:"S-W trffM;' Other, callers Included Booker T. Washington, whose visit waa purely personal, and Stat Chairman Timo thy . "Woodruff, - who took the presi dent-elect a long automobile rid dur ing the forenoon.; ;; :;h "' X Mr. Taft eald td-day th Same' of former Governor Franklin ' Murphy, . of" NeW Jersey, ' had been presented to hint for a Cabinet position- by the New, Jersey Senator and' other men of prominent- In the party, r i';i r, congressman Fowler, .chairman or th House committee on currency, dis cussed financial legislation with Mr. I CASTRO IX BKRUW. v; i . Great Crowd Gathers ae' the - Depot . to Get a Gllm of the Venesuelan 1 "resident Vu ys IJttle Attention to the Seixure.of One of Hi Vessels. 'Berlin, Dec. 14. President 'Castro, of Venezuela, and the members of his party arrived here this evening. The train was awaited by a" dense crowd that had gathered out of cari osity. As the train steamed Into the depot the President was greeted with houts of. "Iong.llve Castro. ?', The President although havine- the "ap- pem-ance of a sick man, was; full of energy.. ,. .' -' - - '..-- Members of Castro' suite - stated the President had sent a dispatch to Emperor William from Herbesthal, on the German fmntler, stating that he nan come to uermany lor medical treatment and " expressing " profound homage, to h!S majesty. According to the same authority, when he learn- d the news of the capture of a Venezuelan -esse! by the Dutch crui ser Oelderlsnd. he was not greatly af feeted, merely fem.Trklns: that there was up such vessel In the Venezuelan service as that named. Grconslwro Revenue Aren-y to Be - - DLscoutlnucJ. "j Greensboro, Dec 14.- January 1st, the day that State prohibition goes ttvio -eneci. me onice 01 in unitea 1 Ptaea revenue, aent ber. v. :;t be dl- tri -;, e of the Governor and paid continued. North Car....r..i nd Vir-jhi, renpects "to the latter, leaving a gin! v. ill be divided Into two divis- )!-te fter noon tor 8mif.hfield. -Joh-p-ioiis-. vlth a portion of each Rate In I gton county, where hp Is ; holding each civusion, wun neaoquarters at Richmond, tinder Revenue Ascnt W. II, Chapman, and at Ahevtiie, under Revenue Afent R. B. fams. BiTl to Ci -iiucmn Iaml at Cape Henry. Af:hlngton. Dec 14. The acquire ment by condemnation of LSO acres of land at Cape Henry-Va,, for forti fication and coast defense purposes I? the object of a bill Introduced to-rlay-by Rer-reentative Maynard, of Virr'nia. ' -Th; purchase was recom-"-.,-.;..! j.) in the annual report of the .-v-i-et.-try of War twenty-two years CENTEAl HOSriTAL REPORT DEATH IlATE L.VHGE PAST TEAR Superintendent McK ce Render" Hta Annual Jtcport Which Contain In l terestinx Facts and Kljrure- lteport , on KtatcKAided liiHtltutlon I Steady Ftr llie Governor -The New , Judge Slakea.HU How and 1 Sworn In Charters Granted to New Cor- poratlonw Snpreme Court Take Vp Appeals FVom the SUteenth District Assistant Attorney General Gll- 4 titer's ltec-ommeiidatlon ts to Exe cutions Favorably Keirarded Con Pernor Glenn Kays The .Observer Quoted 1 1 tin Correctly aa to Fifth DUrtrht 31atter. -'l &C,-;-1 . ' - Observer Bureau, - ' ? . ';. The Bolleman Building, ' ' Raleigh, Deo. lL' i - Mr. B. C. Beckwlth, of the Bute board of Internal Improvements, ha completed ft Inspection of all the State-aided Institution end will now tirpnnrft Vti- rrtnnrt tn ihn nnvernor. He says that In general they ar In fin chape and that at some there are notable , improvements,' - particularly the Central Hospital for. the Insane a t , Raleigh. He greatly admfresr the. new building for nursos at the hos pital at Morganton, and says It 1 oo of the most attractive In th State. well lighted and convenient In every way, and when it Is occupied there Will Be room In the other building for about a hundred patient, t Th Insti tutions generally are In fln shape erf to Improvements, conveniences, and comforts., and there hav - been no hitches during the year and no trou- hie anywhere, :.Mr. R, B. Baney, for IS year the general agent of the Penn Mutual In surance Company, to-day mad an an nouncement that ;h had concluded with the approval of th company, to surrender' the general agency on the first of January to Messrs., Rowlett E. Barnes and Rufns T, McPhersbn,- of Raleigh, both or long experleno 1n this field, Mr. Barnes having been as sociated with Mr. Raney during al most bis whole term. Vice President Passmore, of th Penn Mutual, pay a very high tribut to Mr,. Raney' long,, faithful and valuable services, and regret his retirement but la ure he has worthy successors. jMr.' Raney will hav a cottage In the eonntay near Raleigh, and will kmuse himself by. farming. , etc; of coursr merely as a recreation. He has on ot the most beautiful home her, quite near to his splendid gift to 'the city, the Olivia Raney Memorial Library. DR. M'KEE3 REPORT. . The report of Superintendent James McKee, of the Stat Hospital for the Insane here, for th-pat two years, how that the per capita cosk-with the dally average of tl Jatlenta, was 1117.25 on the money appropriated by th State. There ar eleven pay pa tients kept at private expense Dur ing the period there ha been no con tagious or Infectious diseases,' but th death rat, was higher than ever be fore. ):' i;A;. '5i;j''; There hav been few escapes and most of these have- been returned. There have been no homicides or sui cides. The annual' expenditure for maintenance were IDS, 100; the capac ity of the hospital when the appro priation wa asked for was 837. ' Th Hospital Commission ordered v the erection of an annex to the male de partment ' which has been completed at a cost of 44,008, Is admirably built, well heated and well' ventilated. Contract have been awarded for col- only buildings, etc., and ground ha been broken at two of these, on o accommodate eighty female patients. where th bast patient will be quar tered, so they can recover mora rap idly. - There Is asked for an appro priation of Illl.lSO for each of th year of 1 961-10, on a basi of Its pa tients, and mother " appropriations amounting to tS.vOO for water, a like sum for lights annually and $5,600 for necessary Improvement. - a' i ai ;; -O: it i greatly "desired that the mam bulldtnsr or old - building, should - be electflcally Wlredthe old wiring hav-f ing oeen oonaemneo as unsate. - - The State grant charter to th 3. V. Cook Furniture Company at El kln; the Southern Candy 'Company. at Charlotte.- and the , Union Drug Com pany at Monro, -; -. " - . .- ... . Insurance Commissioner . Young, ' speaking about the disclosures -con cerning th Seminole Company of Co lumbia, S- C, say that as soon a hi attention was called to th fact that this company was selling stock In the State this was Immediately stopped and the company was notified It could do no business In North Carolina- It seem that- It has sold a great deal of stock in violation of '; the Insurance law here.-Whtch I the only state law anywhere . covering this ,., particular ort of thing. ..If he had been inform ed, as soon as th first attempt-vas made to sell stock he wo-nid have Im mediately put an end to the business then and there.- .v,-..yA.. Hh" '-'s -The suprem Court thl week takes up tne h -sixteenth- district calendar, the last on the regular docket v Th following la the list of appeals; Stat vs. Moody: 6tatv. Thomas; State vt Branner A Beck;, Board of Educa tion v. Commissioner; Hoss vs. Pal mer; -Smith vs. Smith; Combes vs. Adams; Free v. Fibre Company; Bryson vs. 'Railroad; ' Publishing Com pany va Manufacturing , Company; Hardwares company v. Railway; Wiftkowsky vs. Commissioners; Davis va Fibre, Company (contempt case); Davis vs. Fibre Company; McFayden va Swift;1-Combe vs. Stewart - State Librarian M. O. gherrlll says that a number of new books received during this year is 1,442 and of bound volumes, ot-newspapers. . J 29. This brings the total number of books up to - 41,118 - and of bound volumes of newspapers to- J. 321. - 'Mr. Sherrill renews his plea to the Legislature to erect a suitable . spacioi and fire proof building. , ' r, JTTDGE ADAMS ON HAND. , Wiliiam - J. Adams, the new Judge of the" eighth district came In this morning from Carthage, went to the Supreme Court, was sworn In by Aso r(at- j.h-h Connor, then -went to court. - -', -' Assistant Attorney General Gilmer says that his recommendations that the LerisUture eo amend the law that ail death penalties upon 'criminals shall be exeruted In the penitentiary an dthat upon conviction such crim inals shall be at once Maken there, meets with a very favorable response from all parts of the State. It looks like -the Legislature can be induced to rnaie this change. - Perhaps It will take the other wlw tej of pro viding for cleejroeutlon sl:jo. COM MI,-;- TONS l ASVCD. Con-,:... . jus ar Issued to th fol- v REV. O. It ATKIXSOJf .RESICXbV Pastor .of Monroe Preehyterlna Church Will Go to Albemarle to , Take l p AVork Now Held by Rev, George Blk. ? I Special to The Observer, - '''; Monroe, Dec; 14.Rev." Jeorge H. Atkinson tendered hie ' resignation yesterday morning as -pastor-ef the M oh roe v Presbyterian church. - Tho resignation, was accepted? and a com mlttee wa appointed to present It to the - Mecklenburg ; Presbytery. Mr. Atkinson desired to resign last spring to lake up work la, th horn mission fteia in Okbrhem,. ana naa ouerea his .resignation, but reconsidered It and afterwards withdrew it He will go to Albemarle, where he will take up the pastoral work now In charge of Rev. George Belk. v who 1 to be come synodlcal evangelist and will also act aa president of the Albemarle Normal and Collegiate institute. Rev, "G. tV. Bclk Redga Special to The Observer. 1 1 Albemarie, Dee; 14.-At a wngregation- al meeting of th members of th Pres byterian church her yesterday th resig nation of Rev, George W. Belk ws "ae ceDted. with much sorrow m th part of the membera His reatgntUm take ef fect January 1st when b wiU -Uk up the work ef general evsTngenst for North Carolina, to which position he wa re cently elected by the Bynod. 'Bine Mr. Belk ha been here, a period et three years.' the membership t th church ha more than doubled, and a beautiful new church ha been erected at Porters, six miles from here. A great addition ha teen mad to th Albemarle Normal and Colleglat Institute which was largely due to hi faithful services, and hi con-f gregatloB feels a loss la bis departure t hi new . Held, -..: ,.' -.. y-Ms! ' ' ': , :-.':? :.' ; ' ..' (.. .. - . ' ' ,- I - r . 1 NEGRO BOY KIjECTROCCTED. Play. With Etoctrte Wire , .on . the Ullimore Estate and Receive t,t) e Volte In His Body , With Fatal ; ;' aulta, -.'.;:,,;.'. ; i it Special t JXbm Observer. '- f ,. 1 " ,-.v: r Ashevlll, Dec 14. Jss Johnson, negro- boy, wa electrocuted on the BUtmor Estate thl afternoon by coming , la contact , with, an electrlo light wire of a,J00 volt. - It em that ; th negro, whose father died at the Mission Hospital two weeks ago from the Effects ef an operation, wa abov the .shop rwlth , another boy r two. when , h ecured. a copper wire and cllmblnar a oele threw one end of the wire ever the current wire. He slid down the pole and going to where an end of the. copper wire wa dangling from th flectrlo light wire caught hold of It, H lnstsmtly fell to the around with 1.100 volts Of elec tricity , passing through his body-. Help was quickly summoned and th wlr cut. .1.' Effort of phylclans to save the boy's life were In vain. It I said, that th boy had no .business on the estate and that h lost his life as a result of his. own acta ' : -f ,' - 1 11 ' -' ''- "1 ' i KIIXED BY AN OLD PISTOIX ..n- ;s-i The 13-Year-Old ' Grandson of Anno relate Justice II. G. Conner Meet) - Tragic Deatlr at 1U Homo la Wil son, ;!v.-,v.';.V6 4 it ' Special t';Thj Observerv if ', -f:' i Wllsonf Dec,; 4.--T8terday after noon, 'whll playing with loaded pistol, : Henryt Orove,j; Conner; 'At year old,' son of iRpresnttlv-elect George WConnerand grandson of Associate Jostle4 H. O- Conner, acci dentally shot himself la th abdomen with, fatal, eesults. . ' f' - j Tnung Conner and hi cousin were playing Indian at hi home with ..' an eld pistol and somehow ' th trigger wa pulled, th ball passing '. clear through hi bodyi : H" wa operated oil at the sanitarium here hut " grad ually sank, the , end! coming aboat noon' to-day jf ;1.rn,;yAf; Virginia Actresa Rexxver,: Kidnaped Danville, Va., Dec 1 Roy Smith, the 7 -year -old son 'Of i Mra Orac Smith, an actress who. It Is alleged, was kidnaped. by hi , father, Hiram H Smith, on-'November 80th, - while playing on. the streets or Richmond. was rescued to-day, by hi motner. who wlth'the aid of Private-Detective J- R. Hnttaon, found th child at th horn of Mrs. J. Crenshaw, in Hall fax county, a ister of Smith. The father who kidnaped tn cnna. It is alleged. 4 deserted hi wife and the boy.ftv yar agev and recently returned and; regained possession -or the boy. Mra, Smith, .who 1 suing for ' a dlvorc,. left to-aay with j th boy for her home In Richmond. . ..:.-'- '.-.--. 1 j i -.', Anonymous Letter Writer Indicted. New Orfean.- uL'i Deo. 14A-DT.' Emmett. C'McKowen,' a well-known physician of - Jackson, La., was .in dicted by the United ' State grand Jury to-day., charged with sending Lanoaymous letters through th mails. r or icn vihi . mu -, -iiwii... . letter threatening1 many - ' cltlsens of Jackson and dealing with the pri vate affair -,of V others, including daughters - of : prominent men hav been -received by patrons of th Jack son postofflce, ; McKowenY claimed several month ago that an attempt was made to asessslnat him and dis played wound alleged to have been Inflicted by th explosion ef a bomb. : lowing- officers of the National Ouard; T.tl R. McKeathan, A. R. Williams and Paul Watson, captain and lieutenants, Company P, Second Regiment, Fay etteville. . C. M. Arthur. James Mur phy and Q. T. Williams,' lieutenants and engirt of -the" Wilmington division of Naval Militia,." . Governor Glenn said to-day regard ing an article in The, Charlotte Ob server yesterday with a Washington date line as to his being a candidate for Congress from- the Fifth district that ; the correspondence had quoted him ". correctly. - The Governor said he was out of politics, but felt that he wa under , great obligations to his partly and that-tf the latter de sired his services, either In canvass ing or In holding any position of trust ln Wbich.he could serve the party or the people of the Kate end such apisitlon were given him without so licitation on his part he would feel compelled to accept but that In his opinion, the days of the of'lT-e seeking the man had departed end he had no idea he would be a candidate, or that he would be called upon to run, and therefore he felt be wa out of pol itics, ' - Officers here have been endeavoring to detect persons selling coealne to negroes nd to-day arrested John Moore, a negTO hack driver, the evi dence being conclusive. - Moor ob tained the drag from, the North and has been selling It to many negroes. 1 It Is said that Judze Purnell's con- dltion la growing mure'rloua THE BBOWJi S YIIXE AFFAIR :''- , r' .' ( . 1 - --j j - i ' FORAKER WANTS A , TRIBTJNAI . -, 1 .. .. ; .'-'.'. Ohio Senator introduce aa Amend. ment to the Brownsville Bill rro-,- tiding For the EstabUsnment of Tribunal Retired Army . Offlcer Are to Compose the Tribunal Which vWULTaks) the Matter of Ke-iuniun-meut.of the Negro Troop Out of jr the president' Hands Many Cora , plaints of the Work of Seirret De. tective Have Poured Into Mr. Foraker' Office ITesldenC - Epe clal Message 1 Received 'and Rend. rt'; .;Vi SENATE SUM MART. ' : :..". ' Th . Brownsville affair "consumed '' nearly th entire sesslo ef th Senat yesterday.; Senator Feraker ebtalnedj the ftoor early In the day and read t letter from, a ' former soldier of th '-' Twenty-fifth Regiment telling of th " procedure of gevernmessl detective In ' attempts to get ' a confession from 1 blm. -: Mr.., .Foraker- Introduced an ' amendment to hi original bill for the : re-enlistment ef tbes " soldiers pro viding that a commission' ef three r- , tired army effioers fee rtd to de- C t termtne whether discharged oldter ( re innocent ef complicity r ht : th 'shooting up of Brownsville a aprc: requisite for- tbelr . re-enlistment tn-t stead of leaving that duty with th President1 as provided by th Warner bUl. - , f , Following closely open theee ' r ; : marks th Prestdenr message giving th results ef th War Department' Investigation ef th Brownsville af ' fl was read and Mr. Foraker again ' took th floor to comnient upon the j . message. '':V:'.'',iVK'-.-;.;,.li -J Senator. Carter , announced , that to-, day he would speak upon th postal . iavIrm lu.lt Still mnA wmiM Ask that It be mad the unfinished business of v ;v'tb Senate, At :14 tb Senat adjourned. . . " HOTJ8B SUMMARY - While oonsldeHng bills dealing with ' fratr In tne District of Columbia th - Hot.e - yesterday ' passed a" measure providing tor sS-cent gas In Wsshlng-' ton The Mil now goes tn'tb Senat . a well a . another bill abolishing : "bucket shop la th District . . V V.A blU 'providing for free lecture n tlie publio. schools wss voted down. -,'.' An attempt : by Repreaentatlv ' Henry, ef iTexaa, to obtain a change in the reference of , a ; bill . prohibiting the marketing of future contracts on agricultural ,. products brought . forth th promts from Chairman Scott, of th aartcuitural , . committee, that . hi committee would, soon grant hearings to farmers' unions and ethers On this subjects The House voted to adjourn Saturday, December IHh, to Monday y January 4th, and adjourned for the ' day at I n.- m.'; t.Mwjp- fc'.iH'f" Washington, Dee,' 14 -Senator For aker to-day Introduced an amena ment to the bill providing for , th re-enllstrrient-' of wegrwV-treep- Aiw charged' without Honor eecaus ,01 alleged participation la.th affray-at Brownsville, Tex., and addressed tn Senate concerning the; amendment He proposes In hi new measur to establish a tribunal consisting of re tired, army bfflcersi, before whom evl dence may be submitted a to th guilt of th defendants, and befor whom th defendant', themselves mlo-ht ennear to answer charges. Th measure I also drawn practi cally to Uk out of the hands of th Executive and give to a tribunal ap pointed by Congress full authority to consider the Brownsville question and by It finding provide for th r-en lutment of-the discharged negroes. In addressing th Senat Ml. 'For aker aatd It wa an elementary proft esUion In American Jaw that th ao odsed may hav anVopportunity to confront th ecuserand to appear In nerson nd answer" evidence with evidence. H said that h had not expected if would be pecessary to en ter upon a new Investigation of 'th BrownsvUI auestion, but that during th aummer letters had bean coming to-him from these discharged negro soldiers - declaring " that s detective wr constantly engaging them In conversation, a 'These men," said Sen ator Foraker, "are not secret service detective ef cours,for they would have no right under the law to engag in anch nrie.H-r:&';;ir--4 TROUBLED WTTH. iBPTS. .- :- Continuing th Senator spoke of the activities of th 'detectives, ks out lined by Til correspondent, - sylng that In many cases they went so far ss to take up their dwelling wMh the discharged soldier for the - pirpose of securing their confidence and spy ing upon their movements. The- Ben ator read' some extract from letters, a batch of which he held In bis hand a h spoke, :''''"-u.V'V,rr'''-'-rf ' One of the soldiers wrote to Sen ator . Foraker that h waa questioned by a detective in respect to any let ter he might- hav received from th Senator. "There seem to be a good deal of interest aboat my correspond ents," added . Mr. Foraker. .. . 1 ' Upon th conclusion of ' Mr.- For aker' remark Mr. Culberson asked that the President's message en trt BrownsvUI affair b read - and ..Vic President . Fairbanks ;. directed that thl be done, all Senatora present re maining in their-seats and .listening attentively to th reading. , ' 4 . .The President's message follows! , TILE . PRESIDENTS ItESSAGEL - To the Senate: ' I encloee herewith a letter from the Secretary : of War transmitting a report -of the Investi gation made by - - Mr. Herbert 'J. Browne,. employed byth 'department In conjunction with Capt W. U. Bald win to Investigate aa far as. poaalbl what happened at BrownsvUI on th 11th and 14th of August 10 (-- Th report and , documents contain soma Information of great value and some staterasnts that ar obviously worth less, 'I sj,t I submit them in their entirety-. j ; ''"-. ..-. - . ' . -.-.,-' ,' This report enables us to fix with tolerable definlteness at least some of the criminals who took th lead In the . murderous shooting of private cltixen at Brownsville. It establishes clearly-the fact that th colored sol dier did the shooting' but upon this point further record was unnecessary. ss the fact that th colored soldiers did the shooting has already been estsblished beyond all possibility of doubt The Investigation has not gene far enough to enable us to de termine all th facta and we will pro reed with it; but It has gone far enough te determine - with sufficient accuracy certain-facts of enough Im portance to make it advisable that J Pjara the report before you.. It ap pears that l most all th members of Compsny B must have been actively concerned In the shooting, either to the extent of being participants or to (Continued en rj Ttiree). WEIFABE VOMERS MEET LONG LKT OF ABLE SPEAKERS. National Ovlo Federation Convene fa -, New York With Many Prominent Men and Women In Attendance First Day ta Given Over to the Dis cussion of Trade Agreement The '. Speaker Include John Mitchell, ' Herman Bidder, Samuel Gosnpera, . Seth Low and Other Mra, Taft ; Frcelde at the Meeting of the Woman' Department Mr. Taft . W ill Speak To-Nlght at the Annual Hanquet, the -ChMng Session Of the :iFTederatlos.,.'.-rt-,;;v.;j i - . vVV.4.--S't : Ww York. Dec 14. With a essloh of th woman' department at which Mra. William. Taft, .wife f the President-elect presented a report of th committee n welfare work for government-employes, of which ah is chairman,- th NaUonal Civic Fdra tlon epened It annual meeting her to-day. Morning, afternoon ana even ing session were held,, all devCted to discussion of the general topic, ef thl annual gathering th promotion ei frlxnrilv relation between employer and employe and th consideration f measure designed tor w iuh Of the working people ; .! y - f ., n Roth Mrs. Taft and her husband are on the Hat ef speaker for , thl year meeting, th , tnresiaeni-eieci being scheduled to speakvtq-nierrow nigbt - .- . '" ' . F-- -. C AFTERNOON SESSION, '.V; Th afternoon meeting epened th session ef th federation proper and wu devoted to a discussion of trade agreements, addresses on the subject being delivered by John Mitchell. Herman Bidder, Samuel Compere. James M. Lvnch and others. - Seth Low, national chairman, la opening the session, devoted part of a lengthy address to th work aon 07 am ie- sranon ana us Sinn vr w, then dlacusslns- - the demands ior amendment to the Sherman . anti trust law. '. -. '.;-'; .";--': :':f .-'' Otto M. Eld let, former . cnairman ef ' th board of governor of th Building fTrade Employers' Associa tion, presented some friendly criticism of thl trad agreement Jam n'Connsll. nresldent of th '. Interna'. tlnnal Annotation of Machinist, fol lowed, James M. Lynch, president of thv International Typographical Union wa another speaker. Her man Rldder, president of the- Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' ; Assoc ta rion. discussed. "Trad Agreement of NewsDanera." Jama . Duncan, first vice nresldent of the American Fed eration of Labor, presented another phase of th topic. , :., , MELVILLE INOALLS, SPEAKS. Melville E. Inralla, of th , "Big Four" Railroad system, said th trade agreement plan wa not necessary for him or hi men when ne unaenooK hi Bret railroad. ; Every man.couin se him If he wanted to do so. but eventually they cam to number zo. 000. Mr. ingau aaaen. . ana men formaj. agreement became a neces sity. , But Mr. Ingalla declared, that even thas agreement did not meet Dresent reaulrementa - W ire going to MR, in iraa of th: world," he gaid, "and we must develop to th point of profit-sharing, Only when employer and employes are partner . will the relation be tween tbm Be penect.r .--s A. B. Garretson. president of tne Order of Railway Conductor, follow ed with a strong ndorsement of the trad' agreement ,-' v.-August Belmont r commended the principle of the trad agreement plan, but said that law would hav to be passed giving it th fore of a con tract before public service transporta tion corportatlona could -adopt it -MR. GOMPERS PLEASED. Samuel - Gompera " said ; It had pleased him to - hear - th -numerous tributes to tn trad agreement Me continued ; ' . 'i x --;. (,'!;;'-.''; ' "I wa amused when 1 heard gen tlemaa after gentleman making state ments from the platform which can be ; mad th subject of prosecution under the Sherman - anti-trust law. Indeed . th , Existence of the trade agreement to which w all point with prid 1 In itself all the vldnc that is necessary,..--. J'y Vj.y .i-vU-., : vt,v-' Surely It doe not lie with m to even criticise such men as th .Jus tice 'of our Suprem Court if their Interpretation of the Sherman anti trust law la correct That law, mad at the .demand of .th people to pro tect them from greed and discrimina tion tf trusts, now applies to every association of working people, and to the: men themselves, not dealer' in anything, not organised for profit, but trying only to protect th only thing of valu to. them. their power to labor,". " -. ',-. -.'; Th meeting of the federation will close to-morrow night with th an nual banquet, when th officer for the ensuing year will b elected. NOT A NORTH CAROLINIAX. ' Tb T Srhank, Who Wa Robbed of geoo in Washlne-ton I , trom Indiana Senator Tillman ' at the Capital. v....-: -v- Observer Bureau, ' . , ' r,. ; . ,.; Congress Hall Hotel, 'J.;, ' Washington. Dec 14. . Th man John ; H. Schank. . or Rrhieck, ho. claimed to b from Charlotte rtd , wa robbed , of . $400, turns out to be an Indiana eltlsen. He became involved In a eras gam, th officer allege. 1. .v.;.: T".t,'c. Jdessra. C. Ar Bray. Of Greensboro. T. C. Linn, and Dr. R. V. Braw. ley. ef Salisbury, and Dr. H. W. Lilly. of Fsyettville, wer her to-day, : . . To-day Senator B.' R. Tillman was her for' the first time since hi re cent lllnes .,' " v ",r. v - 4 ' 1 1 ., - .. ' - Seaboard Receivers to Issue $4,250,000 -, '. . in ceruncatea, :,.,. ; Richmond, .Va- Deo. 14. On mo tion of R Daviea Warfleld, R. Lan caster Williams and Edward C. Dun can, receivers of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, Jodg Prltchard, of th unite states circuit court to-day authorized an Issue of 44,250,009 in receivers certificates, payable semi annually at t per cent . , The cer tificates are Issued to pay the debts of th corporation under the receiver ship and to make Improvement In its facilities. The order win be entered to-morrow. . Receivers Cited to Appear Before Supreme Court.' ' ; , Washington, Dec. 14. S. Davie Wartlcld, of Baltimore, R. Lancaster WUIlamx, of Richmond. Va. and Ed ward C. Duncan, of Raleigh. N. C. the receivers of the Seaboard Air ,lne, were to-diy cited by Justice Wricht of the Supreme Court cf the District of Columbia to show cause on January 11th next why they have not rendered an accounting to the court of the assets of the railroad. They must show cause v;hy the road should rot be el,i and a Judgment of 4.$ut) paid to Hoover and Denham, lxtal merchants, ho furnished supplies to tfc company's dinlnj car. ATTACK OX CARACAS PAPEH crnlENs HOSTILE TO i CASTRO Decree of ' Acting ; President Goniea 5 Placing- Venezuela In a State of le Cfenun Bring Forth a Big Demon, , - steal loit Against caatro Crowd of - Infuriated Citizens Attack Newv "" per Ofiw-e and a pitclted 1 tattle I n. ' sue After Five Minute of Fhrtit ' Ing the Police Sm-eced In Dllerln5 the Crowd Xevrs Spreads Itapiiliy sand the Whole City I In aa I'proor Speakers V'rge Cltlsen to Sup. pert the Acting president. " Caracas, Venezuela, Dec 11 via Port of Spain, Dec 14 The new of th capture ef the Venesuelan coat gaard ship Alexis by th Dutch cruis er Gelderland last Saturday became known In- Caraca this morning, a big crowd at- once assembled in th plaza bolivar and demonstrated , - tn support ot the government A decree Issued by Acting President CMme place the, republic in a Stat of defena. ,v ' ' : , '-i-.t'' :-;;. A crowd of, cltlsens. Including a large . autber ef etudenta, went to th office of. El. Constltuclonal, th organ of President Castro, and Indulg ed In a demonstration. -; The feeling ef thl crowd wer plainly hostile to Castro and ito .the steps taken by Go me. VA . pitched battle' ensued :. be tween the employe ef th paper and th crowd on th atreeta Many shots wer exchanged, and ,th , fighting lasted for flv minute. Several men wer wounded and on ha sine died. The police were summoned and when they appeared en th scene armed -with riflea the crowd dispersed, i. DUTCH OFFICER'S DEMAND. . Th captain of - th "Alexis, who cam ashore -at Puerto Cabello, has ent up to Caraca the communica tion handed him by th Dutch - officer who cam on board from the Gelder land, Th note I a follow: 5 On Board th Cruiser Gelderland. De. 12th.- ' - - '' - "- " - "Her Majesty, .the Qneen of .Hol land, has given-'orders for her war ship temporarily to sequestrate and embargo -all Venesuelan government vessels.-, This Is a relatory measure. W demand that you lower your flag and surrender your ship and your person to the commander of the Gelderland. ' All reslstanc ' will be useless. If you resist the result will be th loss of your vessel and death to many, of you. , . ; -,;, "SECOND LIEUTENANT BOINAR. Acting President Gomes Issued ' a decree to-day in which he relates the capture of the Alexia, after which h declares: ' '- ' : - "I consider these acts a true Inva sion of Venezuelan territory and in aggression against the Venesuelan gqvernment. They constitute a grave offense.- Th national sovereignty is threatened, and the territorial Integ rity, honor and dignity of th father land la In danger. "I decree the nation In a efnte cf defense, and consequently the Execu tive assume and will exercise the ex traordinary faculties conferred upot. him by section VIII of article LXXX of th Venesuelan constitution." CR0WD3 GATHER AT EXECUTIVE! : . : MANSION. '' Th hew that Veneiuela Jiad been placed in a state of national defence against Holland ran through the city Ilk wildfire, and in a few moment! there waa an enormous crowd la front of th Yellow-House,' the Executive mansion, to greet Acting , President Gome. ; , j ', ::;-;' : ... Speeches wer mad demanding that all political prisoner be set at liberty and that the existing govern ment monopolies be abolished. - The threatened danger from without ha 4 a double effect on th peoples they 1 mandad measures of protection, bu( at th- earn tlm they insisted upon th termination ef on, of th most unoppular course ef th Castro ad ministration,, th maintenance of "gov ernment monopolies In th necessaries Of llf. ' V - - ' : ::'':' :. Foreign Minister, Paul replied : on behalf of the i acting. President He exhorted th people to trust Gome to solve - the difficult problem con fronting (Veneauela to-day, and to help him carry his burden- ot tre mendous responsioiiity. - -, The - hostile demonstration at the Offices of El Constltuclonal ta an evi dence or th unpopularity ot jrresi dent Castro. , v-1)- . . - s " nOLLAVD MXJST ANSWER. Foreign Minister Paul Enter Pro test Against the . Act "- 01 ' Iftitcli Warships Declares That . Holland Will Be Held Responsible, - t-- Caracas. Vneuela f Friday, Dec. 11, via Port ef Spain, Trinidad, Ie. 14. Foreign Minister; Paul to-day sent a' not to th member of th diplomatic ; corps her y protestlnit gainst the repeated violations ct th territorial rightsLof vnesueia" by th three 'Dutch warships that have been cruising In4-venesuelan water sine December 2d. -'-v f The minister concluded: '-. ; "Venesuel ' protests ? with enersry gainst these aggression -upon the territorial - sovereignty of th repub llo and aha hold Holland responsible tor all the consequence." Senor Paul recounted the followlnz facts;-' ; ' -- V""' " ' The Dutch cruiser Frlesland, 'on December Id stoppedvthe Venexuelan schooner Victoria In Venezuelan wa tera near Cumana by firing a shot cross her bow, and then sent ; a launch with 24 armed men on board and examined the schooner's paper. On- December 4th, the crniser Fries land sent a boatload of sailors arm d with revolver to examin the pa pers of- the Venesuelan schooner Car men Josefa, at anchor In the hnrb'.r of Tucaca; .-furthermore a Dutch warship appeared yesterday at th-; Maracaibo bar. took soundings an 1 Interfered with the local chipping t target practice, the shot being 1 tn the direction cf Fort San Carlos. , BAR&EE TTIIAL POSTPOXn. Preliminary Hearinit Win Be 1' ' Monday Next The peremiant Concerned Over His Arrest and 1 Uevea He WU1 Be Ireett , Special to The Oteerver. Durham, Dec 14. The prenmii hearlnsf Of Reuben Rarbee w;,s j poned this afternoon to Mon -.' - . next week owing to the inav : : . Victor S Bryant, for the d-' appear. The defense Is J -;r : i th prosecution serioin', 0 its ability to set up an s' '.. Barbeo Is not cmifr arrest and s.ijs lis ' when the heari-r Is t cution 13 as cert. .in , f li Bounces its al.:,'y t .' fcalf tryiiij. ! ;
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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