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It 4 CHARLOTTE DAILY-OBSERVER, ' JANUARY 27, 1900. - JEHOME, IS BEBDY TO ACT MAY TAKE OVER UBEXHEAKPfO In Veto to Federal Attorney Ma sou the Xcw ork DlstrVt Attor. Shows the I'cMwlMlltjr oT the " lederel Authorities Having to ttuul Aside in the fkouu IiM lnTteti-atoo -Axrtion bboold Prp . arir'Be Urouglit In the Wew York Witt Cwrti- fact ItMU Heart naa at Washington Hute Rrm bufipend- . ed Until MotMlajr Rfgartfed aa Wj idftmnt. -- New Tors. Jan. 2.-Te possibility of th Federal authorities bavins to stand aside ta permit tha Stat and County of yaw Tors; to proceed against th publish ers f The New Tork World for the Ueged libel la coanecttoa with ih Pan ama purciias was made apparent lo-day to a tatter written by Iltnct Attorn -y Jerome to I'nlted State District Attorney Henry L. BOnsoo If Mr. Douglas Robinson, brother-ln-Uw of the President, la willm to ap pear aa a complainant witness. Mr. Je rome is ready, the letter ststes. to begin action at once in the State court It would be useless for him to do bo. how ever, he explains. If his Inquiry Is not given precedence over that begun before tha Federal grand Jury, aa acquittal or conviction in one court would act s suf ficient detenee In the other PUAINLY A MBEU "I have given th matter published In The New York World of October M, 1MJ, careful consideration." the letter say, "and ain of tU opinion that It Is plainly a libel upon Charles V. Tafl and Deuglea Robinson, assuming of course that It i untrue, aa to the syndicate men tieoed therein and their alleged conness Uon, therewith. I'nder the lawt of thle State, It publication Is a crime and aa It was published in the County of New Tork, It is ray duty under certain circum stance t prosecute those responsible for tike publication. "The publication has a much wider general importance than Is found In most libels. Jt In substaace charges that by corrupt and dishonorable. If not criminal mesas, the Treasury or m innw was depleted to the extern of $34,500,000 threugh the connivance, to give It no harsher description, of some of the chief ofneera of th State, and that this great mum was divided among government fa- vertte to the world of politics and ft sane.' ROBINSON CHIEF VICTIM. "Wails the whole of the fnlted State have been Injured by the publication of suck tes and libelous matter', th peo ple of this Stat hav received a dlt ttoct and separate Injury. in thai amm at lis cltlaetis. Douglas Robinson, has fcal falae matter published about him In the eommunlty in which he uvo ana respected, the direct purpose and tenilen- cy of which Is to brand him as a dlahon- i erable and dlshnt man and one who M wuiUig to trad upon ths honor of hi brother-ln-Uw. the President of the Vailed States "This oftBne I am loath to alk.w o psss unpunUhed. or at lo"t without an iffort to properly punish It Therefore, ehoald Mr. Robinson xpre to me his wish to have an action tor criminal libel Instituted. I shall institute such action, provided I may do so without an unwise Int. : renc with a matter over which the Federal courts have Jurisdiction and in wl.lvh action has already been taken by the Federal authorities." Taken In connection with the faet that hearings to-day before the Federal grand Jury -weft adjourned until next Monday after but one witness. John B. Wler. a reporter Tor The New Tork American, had bee aortnd. Mr. Jeromes letter I believed hy many to ugur the suspen sion, momentarily at least, of the Federal Inquiries and the eariy incpuu Inquisition by the State. DOIXGS AT DAVIDSON. The Two PpcakT For the Destc With Wake, Forest Junior Or tort -cals Ftuary 25th-lTth Numbor of ClUsNs Move to Virginia,- Bpeeisl to The Observer. , Davidson. Jan. W. Messrs. S. A. Llnley and K A itcLcinl wtie selected Satur- day evaalna to upresent Lavldson In the Joint debate to lake place with tVuke Forest at taster J. B White and Kobert K. Pnny wore chosen alternates. Mr Willi, lntercoileglat secretary of the V ki C A.. here to-day holding conferences with Hi Uaihers and com mltivef of the Blltle and missmlon classes of Ti.f- aftSoclatK'ti. Hi . lr C. ii Kichards. who 1 to bold a sek of services in the association t'Sll. preached )n mgnt. to an audience of students and faculty, a Krmuu of : special ekcellance. ! Th dat fur Junior stieaklng. uually ' understood as coming im Keftruary "J1. has been fixed f..r the ath. 2ih and 27tn i of February. Tliei em to be omethlng of an o dus of Davlisonisn. or those In th near tielghborhood, to hnc City. Va . Mr J , Wac Broun was rf.e nrHt purchaser or land In that t-rit-,r: t;ow Mr E " Kweet. who is an i''t;rr ft a part of the Bar ringer plantation, has decided to sell her and has airfady bought a farm of 240 scree In Virginia Mr. T K Johnson , Is another who with family c es to 'lr glnl, and Mr I 'harlet- Mwnry a 111 also tnove there. Mr Mr"npy h;, s"ll his i farm northeast of I.wid.-on to Mr J. Olbb. CiLDVVKM, Pl(.ni K .HIU;sTETj. , Trrd Gaitlier, a ej(ni, W'anteil Por Attempted Ilac, In C'ustxKly at Kuuxvlilc, lenn. Special to The Obirerver. ICnoxvllle. Tenn., Jan. :H Fred Oalther, a negro alleged to be want ed In Lenoir. Caldwell count). X. r., for attempted rape, was arrested ttere to-day by Deputy Flu-riffs Suf frldge and Klrby. The officers ar rested Galther fr carrying weapons ' and later learod that he Is badly wanted In North Carolina. They 1r d the sheriff of Caldwell county to ascertain if Gaithrr is wanted there, and Sheriff J. M. Smith responded that he JiOlds a capias for Qalther'e arrest. Gait her is taid to have brok en Into a girls' school at night, some two years ago. FCRMAXS HEAD HONOR GUEST. jaabertDe Y. M. C. A. Has Wed- Special to The Observer Ash evil i. Jan. M The banquet st the T. af, C. A. to-night eompllmentsry te tha suatalnins; and contributing members of the association waa largely attended and interest tng. Dr. Potest, president of purmaa University, was th guest of the occasion and the principal speaker. Among -the other speakers were Judge J. C. Prttchard; President John H. Carter, of the American National Bank; Presi dent J. C Martin, of the local association; Mr. W. T. Perkins, of New Tork, (on of lb international seeretarie and Inter state Secretary Huatingloa, of Charlotte. The fddreasae wet Umely subjects with reference te the work that Use aase ciattoa s doing sad were Interesting. To nrrew the local aaoeiatios) starts a t oar days' campaign fer sueecripttoae for the work of the aseoclatioa tale year. f-peciai The Observer. . " v v, SPEAKER THE BOSS GRAFTER, Blocked by Cannon, Member Vror Kansas M'auts to Knew What Any Individual Member Can lo To ward DfatctMrgsnc Bto Duty In tha House Asks borne pertinent J4 ca tions. Washington, Jan. 2. "Under tthe control of the Speaker of the House and the enormous power with which he la armed, can the individual mem ber properly discharge hi duties to the nation T" This wag the query propounded to day by Mr. Murdoch, of Kansas, in th course of a speech la the House of Representatives. Mr. Murdoch proposed four con crete propositions. In one he cited a case in which, he said, a secret service agent under a congressional commission, bad been paid over $28 a day, which, ha said, was an out rageous sum, and the second one, In which, for twenty-three years the president of the Michigan Central Railroad had been paid $1,000 a year as a mall meaaenger to make up pay for transportation of malls on rail roads, which Mr. Murdoch aald could not be done under the law. As a third Instance he charged that an exceas payment of $33,000 a year had been made to the Eads bridge at St Louis for mail charges. The fourth was the payment by the House of Representatives Itself of $$00 a year for a trivial clerical duty. "And now." he aald, "I challenge any mem ber of this body who is not a chair man of an appropriation committee, to aeonrp a correction through con gressional action In these four Items I have cited over the opposition of the Bpeaker or without his consent, or that of any of the chairmen." Ha would, he declared, at a later day attempt to bring out a re form In this regard, "bit with no hope of success." LONQ SFTR TO be bout. Southern to ContriM-t Track to Casket Company's riant. Biff Special to The Observer. Ashevllle, Jan. 26 Contractor ; ..mimy, uuiuioi a romrin rrora ine i ; Southern for the building of a line j j of railway from what is known as! ''ra-gy station, on the French Broad, ;lo Ashevllle. on the east side of the. river, is here to-day and making ar rangrments for teams and rock to (onimence work. The line of rail-i way Is being constructed to aocom- modate the National Casket Com- ! pany, which has decided to locate Ita ; Southern plant a mile below Ashe- i vlllo on the east side of the river. The railway line will be two or three . miles In length. ' It Is expected, according to board i of trade officials, that two other man urncturins; plants win he located In I the vicinity of the casket company's plant before the end of the year The ' casket company will get to work on the construction of its plant within o clays. (jompers and Company Ordered to Pay Cot,i. Washington, an. 28 President Samuel Oompers, Vice President John Mitchell snd Secretary Frank Morrison, of th Amertcun Federation of Labor, who were recently edjuriged in contempt pf court getting half Its body through a wln and sentenced to terms of Imprisonment , dow snd would have gone on through In the District of Columbia Jail, were to- ' but for the fact that It struck a flsy ordered hy Justice Wright, of the piano, broke both horns and set the District Supreme Court, to pay the costs l musical Instrument on end In tha Incurred In the proceedings which result- muhlle of the floor. The cow man ed in ths senteno for contempt. The aged to scramble back through the costs aggregate about SI. M0. I window and lit 30. minutes died. Sev- , I eral of those who witnessed the Incl- Hiattrtory PrnblMUon Killed In Tens. : dou declare that the animal was Cheyenne. Wyo Jan. 2I.-A Un- suffering from hydrophobia. Ion Parlflc train known aa the Oregon eipress, west-bound, struck a broken rail 15 miles west of here to-day. (five coaches are In the ditch. Two persons are reported killed and twen ty Injured. "Prairie Sctiooiiers" Oofttinuo to Roll In. Jtfioclsl to The Ot)Srvr Winston-Salem. Jan. 28. Heavy to bacco sales at high prices, which Is to say prrces which have prevailed on this market since the season start ed last fall, continued to-day. The growers are well pleased. To-mor row s sale will be heavy also. A ieat quantity or me leui is Deing ly the bumper load which the 'prairie schooners" bring In. Only One "BROMO fJUTMNl." that te L-uative Qromo Quinine QNAP-Vigor- Energy are re sultant of a night's good rest. You cannot get such rest lying on Corn Cobs, or on a lumpy cotton mattress. You cannot get such rest when your mind is uncertain whether you are sleeping on a germ infested mattress. The body and mind both need the rest. To insure perfect rest of body and mind demand the Red Cross Sani tary Felt Mattress and look for the trade mark. It is the guarantee that you are getting the kind of Mattress you need and want Made of highest class sanitary cot ton. Try it 60 nights at our expense. Price, $15w00 ZU sta.es te i ee tawewt la a Ma tell SOUTHERN SPRING BED CO, Atlanta, Georgia ; , "i McCOY CHARLOTTE, N. a A'p" 'V; ' - '''V;' ' J i '"""It On mv EecomceiiM' C HEWERS make no mistake in recommending "BUI Bailey" to their friends. Thtj know its qualities parity, cleanliness and flavor. The best chewing tobacco at moderate price. BAILEY BROTHERS (Incorporated! Winiton-S&lem. N. C. I Ha Better tobaccos Bade tasa those ssaaufao. tared r lAJUCV SAOS. NOT IN A THUST TUE ONLY PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT FOR THE LIQUOR HABIT SAFE, SURE AND PERMANENT. WE USE NO HYPODERMIC INJECTIONS. RKIDSVIXLK, N. C. MURPHY'S HOTEL ANNEX, Richmond, Va, ITJ5 Eye Strict, Waahlnyton, D. C. "OLl COW CROSSED ROAD" RCT Ynt Mad, Trlel in Vain to G Tlirougti Hoiwe, Ttrt-n Died. Special to Th Observer. Ashevllle, Jan. 26. Borne excite ment was created on Orchard street hero yesterday afternoon when a cow belonging to Mr. W. K. WilllamH attempted to run through Its own- er'n houno The animal succeeded In TLEPIIOXE MO.VW STOLJEV. Siu-lby Youth Charged With Robbing Cabli Itox at Pay Station. Special to The Observer. . fcihelby. Jan. 28. I J. Pope, Jr., son of L. J Pope, a well-known citizen of Shel by, Is under arrest on a serious charge, robbing the cash box of the pay station of the Fledmorrt Tslsphon Company, which 'Is situated over the Central Ho tel. Tho amount stolen was $13. The robbery was committed Friday afternoon. The arrest was made Sunday afternoon, suspicion being very strong against young Pope. The preliminary hearing was held Monday afternoon, by Mayor But tle, bond being fixed at f jnO. m ffij en every 2S 4 MATTRESS LOOK FOB TBADC MAKK The guarantee thai yew are rmss ine assmrews yew tsuaat yew are Dsiyiaa i so fare RFGaj, aiaM Feu Mali & CO cAgents Bloeaon Again the Champion. New Tork, Jan. 26. George gloason of this city, who won the 18.1 balk line billiard professional champion ship eleven years ago and lost It two years later, regained the honor to night by defeating Oeorge Button, of Chicago, In tha Madison Square con cert hall. The score was 600 to 828. It was a tedious game, lasting more than three hours. Only occasionally did one or the other of the players awaken the Interest of the spectators by flashes of brilliant play. fiuffey on' National Committee. Harrlsburg, Pa., Jan. 26. James M. duffey, the Plttsbcrg oil magnate, was to-day unanimously chosen as the pennsylvaala member of the Democratic national committee to succeed James Kerr, deceased. Oregon Lesrtalotors Balk at Hatpins. flalem, Ore., Jan. it. A bill pro hibiting the wearing of hat pins more than ten Inches long was passed by the Oregon House of Representatives to-day. PROFESSIONAL CARDS JOHN P. MXJNR0E, M. D. Specialist In' Nervous Diseases. Offlces In the Charlotte Sanatorium, 'Phone 621 Charlotte, N. C. DE. A. J. CEOWELL GEVTTO-CRINART AND RECTAL P1SEASES. I have moved my office from 18 South Tryon street to rooms 711-716 Realty Building. Hours: 10 to 12:00; 4:00 to :00. 'Phone No. 09. DE. 0. H. WELLS, Dentist Office over Ivey's Store. Residence T. M. C, A. Phone 4(6. Charley Clinic on Fridays to 11 a. m. for worthy poor of city. Or. A. M. Berryhill DENTIST Office No. 4 South Tryon Bt. Office 'Phone tl. DR. C. H. 0. MILLS Realty Building Practice Limited to Diseases of Women and Office hours ! to 12 a. m.. I to I p. m. GILBERT C WHITsC C K. CwasastlnsT CIVIL ENGINEER Isa rluun. K. C Waterworks, Sewerage, streets; Wa ter Filtration. lewsw Dlspoaalj Plans . ateperts. EKlmatee. .'Super vision of Coartruotloa. . , . TTJCKEE & LAXTON, Contracting Engineers, CHARIX)TTE. - Complete Ktesun, Electrical and HydraeJlolVrwer Flantaf "T' " B. PARKS RUCKHR, - CHARLOTTE. N. a ' ' : . Coosnltinc and Constmcttng ; ELECTRICAL. ENGINEER Eetlmatos. Flans. rpeelfleaUons and nopervtolea of -Cosstruetlon of Light Ing, Industrial and Pew.r ' Tustaiia tlons, Hydre-Eleetrle Plants. Power Transmission. Municipal Lighting, fcto. SACO ;AKD. ,. PETJE : MACHINE- SHOPS COTTON7 MACHINERY'"::: Pickers Plat Cardi Rallwaylleada and Drawing Frames A. H. VJAOHDUFiN, Southern Aacrit CHARLOTTE, NOETH OAHOLINA t-, V TVESTt RETURNS T1IT3RSDAY. Sixteen American Battleships Wll Turn Their Prows Toward America After Coaling; on North Coaat of Moroexw. Nice, Jan. 26. Ths entire American fleet of sixteen battleships will be plowing the Mediterranean westward on Thursday, headed for Tetuan Bay, on the north coast of Morocco, where it will reassemble on January list to coal and provision for the homeward journey. The division under Rear Admiral Keaton Schroedsr, composed of the Missouri, Ohio, Louisiana and Vir ginia, have already left Smyrna. The Georgia and Nebraska, part of the second division Rear Admiral Richard Malnwrlght In command, sailed to day from Marseilles for Tangier, under Instructions to salute the flag of the new Sultan of Morocco. Tho other two battleships of this division, the New Jersey and Rhode Island, will weigh anchor to-morrow. The first division of the fleet, made up of Rear Admiral Sparry 's flagship Connecticut, the Kansas, Mlnnoaota and Vermont, now at Villefrancha, will steam out of that port to-morrow, and on Thursday the fourth di vision, under Rear Admiral William P. Potter, composed of the Wisconsin, Illinois, Kersarge and Kentucky, wHl take their departure from Algiers. statutory Prohibition Killed. Austin, Tex.. Jan. 16. In ths Sen ate this afternoon Judiciary commit tee Number 2 killed by a vote of 6 to 1 the Senate bill providing; for the establishment of statutory prohi bition In Texas. This effectually terminates that feature of ths prohibition fight in the Texas Legislature, but It still leaves tho State-wide prohibition - submis sion bill pending, which Is vigorous ly debated in the Senate day by day. A bill providing that no liquor shall be sold within 10 miles of any school house is pending Jn the House. Inauguration of Pullman Chair Car Servtoe on Trains ST and tt He tween Greensboro and Montgamery. Effective January 26th. Southern Railway announces, the Inauguration of Pullman chair oar- . service en trains 37 and tt between "Qreansboro and Montgomery. For further Information call ''on your depot agent. K. L VERNON. T. P. A. P. L BONFOEY ARCHITECT . Supervision Of Construction. 11 N. Tryon St. Room t. Charlotte, N. 0. Wheeler, Galliher & Stern ARCHITECTS Cs BuUdlnr. (After January I Oth Realty Bids-.) CHARLOTTE. Jt. C New Tork Branch. MILBURN, HEESTER & CO. ARCHITECTS WASHINGTON, D. C LOUIS H. ASBTTET ARCHITECT Law BaHdUiS, Charlotte C SBSSBBBsSS HOOK AND ROGERS ARCHITECTS r. . 1 '-ii. CHARixyrra, jc. 0. Leodard L, Huntev Mi4 rrankJBs) Qoedon y. ARC11ITECTS v Iaw Bafldlnb Cltartottn, K.a a IMaattfc 'Fhoaa ST RANDT . MTERfl, .- . ,''Coosnltlnr Engineers. J Water , Supply and Purifleatloa Sewerage. Sewerage Disposal, Roads, Streets. ' Pavements, Water, Pewer. HydreElectrt '. Flaats, V Irrigation Drainage, Relnforeed Concrete,' Bar w. Estimates, Plans and Speclflca tlons. Construction Superintended. Complete Plants designed and coa- Main Office. 178-TT Arcade ill lng. Greensboro, North Carolina, ' , ' Branch Office; t , LaurinbHrg, JS'onJa CareKBa, I t-W .-.v-jev -. - '- - ' J(PI -sassW 'l1!. -.--'V.-.? ; 5 : "t have 'been subject to Rheume tlem and Indigestion for a number of years and tried one. doctor's treat, ment after anpther for stomach trouble until X was firmly convinced that doctors' medicine could not reach my case. It did not oren re lieve me. Whenever would eat solid food my stomach could not retain it. and I was constantly having vomiting- spells after eating. My sys tem became weakened down and nervous. I was at the time county treasurer, and I became so nervous il jweely do the necee- 7 .Vne- . F1.nilrn- change my treatment. 1 determined to try iiJ.I,,'non'u R-ntedy. I bought hree bottle, of the Rented and by betterVh 1 knw It wtarhrBJ con"n"a and took it regularly over a rear Thna. vomiting spell, wouldrrturnfor some irme, but I stunk TI LT u RheumatlBm and my lees VHa, woul wellio I could Rheumism0' STi. rtM I h.M J! i" th flnet mai- up ooida 1 httM tor largely n-, w. Meommended It where, n j, ? J?'.Vto? every- iSawtaTTs-T-ra BERRT A. PARKS. ' Aaron, N. C. May 11, hot, ; 1 " 11 ; ; , , . f eg a ! ELIZABETH COLLEGES AMD GOXSERVTlTOnY OF MUS1G caBicriTE.Xo.'' .7. .""'.';, ' A HIGH-GRADE COIJLEjE FOR' WOMEN. Conservatory of Muslo In Separate Buliain with a distinct faculty of Specialists. . Graduates In a. B. Course admitted to the Senior Class of Smjth. Wellesley. etc. Graduates In the School of Expression to the Senior Class In ths Boston School of Oratory. Special advantages In Art. Only experienced teaehers from the leading- American and European Universities and Conservatories. . 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