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XT XT Weather To-Day RAIN . tfmf. timm 20 Pages Ifi-Dsy TWO SECTIONS SUBSCEIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C. SUNDAY- MORNING, MARCH 21, 1!0!. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SECOND DEGREE MUKDER VERDICT WAS QUITE A SURPRISE Stents Moved Swiftly Alter the An nouncement No particular Demon trMton Cooper Tke Result Stol 1.I1t Rami Fixed at S25.000 Which in oiven -People Willing to lie Sureties Smurood Vp rihe Clerk's Desk to Sign Bond Coopers Went ih niM nf Jndirs Rradford to Make Arrangements For Appeal rgnunnnn rum a i wnuij Daughter of Cooper Heartbroken Over the Verdict. Nashville, Tenn, March 20. Guilty of murder In he second degree pun ishment 20 years' Imprisonment this was the unexpected y.erd1ot rendered by the Jury against Col. Duncan B. Cooper and Robin J. Cooper when the court opened to-day. The jury yes terday acquitted John D. Sharp, in dicted with the Coopers for the slay In of former U. 8. Senator Edward W. Carmaok. Kvents moved swiftly from. the. mo ment the verdiot was rendered to-day. Immediately the defense moved to eet It aside because of the verdict of disagreement of yesterday and asked the court to declare It a mistrial. Judge Hart said he would listen to ar guments on this motion later, proba bly next week. He then fixed the de fendants' bonds at $25,000 each. RUSH TO SIGN BOND. Although Judge tlart fixed the .bond at $25,000 there was a rush to sign It on the part of wealthy citizens of Nhvlll which fairly swamped the clerk of the criminal court. In vain ho protested over and over again that mere than enough sureties had signed but the invariable answer was "We want to put our name on that bond loo." It seemed as though every friend of the Coopers considered It Incumbent upon him to sign the bond. 'When there was no mora room for namas at the foot of the document the new bondsmen endorsed across the face until It was difficult to decipher the signatures. When filed the bonl totaled nearly a million ana a omi. COOPERS CRBLEA8ED. T-K rnnnun returned to the Jail this srfternoon late and removed their peisonal effects. For tme preseui. Colonel Cooper will make his home with Mrs. Rurch and Robin will re turn to Mi old quarters with his uncle. Judge J. C. Bradford. To-night the father and eon retired to the home of Judge J. C, Bradford and discussed the next move in the esse. . Various and Insistent rumors that the Jury had agreed were responsible for a crowded court room hls merh dnj and for the preeenos of attorneys on both sides Ion before the usual lcr for convening. An soon as Judge Hart entered court and after he removed his coaft be or dered the defendants and the Jury brought Into court. "I understand they iave agreed, lie remarked to the pfess table, "and Kin sending to sea." THB JURT'B VERDICT. In almost a moment, at 9:25 to be exact, the 12 men entered the. room and took the same seat they have occupied for nearly 8 weeks. "Have you agreed upon a verdict, Gentlemen?" said Judge Hart. "We have," replied-Foreman E. M. tBurke hoarsely. "Advance, Mr. Foreman, and read the verdkrt." "We, the Jury, find the defendants, Jluncan B. Cooper and Kobln J. Coop er, guilty of murder In the second de gree and assess their punishment at confinement in the State penitentiary for a period of twenty years." "So say you all. gentlemen?" "So say we all," in chorus. "1 thank you, gentlemen," said the court, "'for vour patience and devotion to the State, and dismiss you to your ihcrmes and to your personal vocations. The Jurors were tlred-Iooklng and disheveled but with the conclusion of this remark the entire 12 sprang? from their seats as one man and hurriedly Jeft the court room. VERDICT A SURPRISE. The verdict, coming as it did upon the heels of Foreman Burke's dec laration yesterday that "we are hope lessly tied up as to the Coopers," was a decided surprise. The defendants took it coolly almost without emo tion. In a second aftsr Judge Hart ceased dismissing the Jurors, Judge Ander son, of the defense, was on his feet exclaiming: "Your honor, we move that the case bo declared a mistrial because of the verdict yesterday; we contend that yesterday's verdict was the only one, and that it acquitted John Sharp but declared a disagreement on the other defendants. We also ask that the de fendants be admitted to bond at Bnce." A BAILABLE CASE. The verdict of the Jury makes It a bailable case," was the court's re tort. "Hence I will fix the bond of each defendant at $25,000 unless there be some objection. In that event I will hear arguments." "It Is satisfactory to us," said At torney General ilcCarn. "And to us, retorteo Judge An Herson. "There seems nothing left but for the court to pass sentence," added trudge Hart "I do not think that necessary," aid Judge Anderson- We move that Judgment be suspended and that we tie given a new .trial. We will be prepared to argue the motion later probably next week." "All right, judge." remarked the court. "I -know you will not delay unnecessarily and I will take it up at four own convenience." "Bring In the bond book," said Judge Anderson, it was done and the defendants signed the bond and returned for a few minutes with their relatives and friends to the room they tiave occupied In the tall building. daughters bore ordeal -bravely; " As the verdict Was announced Mrs. Burch and Mrs. Wilson, the young. daughters l Colonel . Cooper . were brave and aside from tearful eyes, re- ' trained their emotions gamely. Mrs. jRurch sat with her arm around her brother Robin's shoulder and Mrs. Wilson was at her father's right. The suspense for the - two young women fied been heart rending and any ver- f lct, however unfavorable, was a re let Mrs. Burch, however, as she . reaohed the narrow corridor leading to the Jail collapsed and had to be snip ported by her husband. Mrs. Wll tron's eyes were streaming with tears. (Both young-omn have counted eon- , fidently on an acquittal although even ,.r (-yfl:,..,; ,;;-! - - r.-.. - . .-- their counsel advised against building too many hopes on the result. HOW THE JURY VOTED. The Jurors were not inclined to talR Kut ...... ...41. & "On the first ballot we acquitted John Sharp and disregarded the con splracy theory. On this same ballot we stood six for guilty of murder In the first degree with mitigating cir cumstances, five for murder in the second degree with. JSQ . years, the maximum penalty and one for ac qulttal. The ballots all day Wednes day and Thursday showed the same result, lesterday the man who vot ed for acquittal came over to murder In the second degree but demanded that only 10 years be assessed. The rest of us did not deem ten years as anything like adequate, so we dis agreed again. Of course, all this re fers to the Coopers, not Sharp, whom we had acc.iitted. "Early this morning the man who was holding out for 10 years agreed to 20 years and tho six who were vot Ing for a first degrje verdict agreed to this verdict," While the Jurors would not say who the man was who held out for acquit tal. It Is known from remarks over heard by the deputies that he was 8 J. Hyde. JOHN SHARP APPEARS. John Sharp hurried to the court house when he heard of the verdict and was soon closeted with the de fendants and their counsel. Mrs. Sharp was in court whin the Jury re ported and comforted the two daugh ters of Colonel Cooper with her pres ence and sympathy. Several other faithful girl friends were with them during the ordeal and accompanied them to the room of the defendants where they awaited the arrival or bondsmen. The llrst to trrna was John J. Greener, who signed for $10, 000 on each bond. Several others had been sent for and telephoned that they would come ag quickly as auto mobiles would bring them. In a few moments Walter O. Parmer arrived and signed for the balance. "I will sign for a million for these men," he remarked. Others signed later.. There will be no further proceed ings In the case for about a week. DIPLOMATIC CHANGES. Ambassador Lelshman, at Present In Turkey, Transferred to Home Post at Argentine Republic Filled. Washington, March 10. Tire fol lowing contemplated changes and ap pointments In the diplomatic service were announced following a confer ence between the President and Sec retary Knex to-day: Ambassador Lelshman, now at Con stantinople, to go to Rome; Charles H. Sherrill, of New York, to be min ister to ths Argentine Republic, and Henry C. Ide to be minister to Spain. There are to be no further changes In the embassies for several months and probably not until autumn. The announcement was made of ficially that Thomas J. O'Brien, now ambassador to Japan, would remain at that post. A number of additional selections for appointments as min isters have been agreed upon by the President and Mr. Knox. Their names will be made public as soon as the countries to which they are to be accredited announce that they are persona grata, which Is largely a formal matter In most cases. Mr. Sherrill, who goes to the Argentine Republic, is a lawyer of New York City, about 46 years old and speaks Spanish and French fluently. Mr. Ide, who will be minister to Spain, has been Governor General of the Philippines. Neither Ambassador Lelshman at Constantinople, nor Mr. Griscom,.at Rome, whom he succeeds, will ren quiih their respective offices for some weeks. FOUR TAKE LEG BAIL. Three Eseape While the Fourth Man Holds the Officer. Who Thrusts the Latter Behind the Bars and Also (jets Away. Amerlcus, Ga., March 20. Four prisoners confined In the Sumter county Jail made a successful dash for liberty this afternoon when Deputy Sheriff Fuller entered the lower corridor to feed them. One burly prisoner seized the officer from behind while the three others dis armed him and escaped, the fourth prisoner locking his captive behind the bars. Tom Adams, who took the officer's pistol, Is still at large, but the three others were caught when the alarm was given. Fuller was unhurt after his struggle to prevent the escape. Furniture Shippers Must Pack Their Wares. Mobile. Ala., March 20. Tht Southern classification committee ad journed to-day to meet in Atlantic City In July. The committee devoted mostof Its time to correcting errors In the packing of freight, with a view to decreasing tho number of claims for damages against South ern railroads. It was ordered also that fibre boxet must be made waterproof. A new rule was made to compel furniture manufacturers and shippers to pack all their wares. Negro Wanted to Sooth Carolina Ar rested In Wadeeboro. Special to The Observer. Wadeeboro, March iO. Chief of Police Williams arrested a negro this morning who answers the description of an escaped convict from the South Carolina penitentiary. The negro was found btdinar In ths viuiti The sears on his face were as de scribed. Officiate from South Carolina are on weir way to identify him. - Derailed Car Causes Delay. Norfolk. Va., March 20 A derail ment resulting- from a broken, truck on the tank of the engine caused three hours' delay on the Seaboard Air Line Railway, through limited train from Florida to New York between Qrandy arid Skelton, Va.. about 7( miles from Richmond early to-day. The dining ear. one sleeper and a combination car left the track, but Seaboard offi cials report no one injured. - ' Vice President Ehermast Not ITL , TJUca, J. T., March 20. Vice Presi dent James ; 8. Bhermaa laughed heartily to-day when he was (old that there were rumors in Mew Tork and elsewhere that he was ill. Mr. Sher maa is to excellent health. ' Earthquake la Spain. . Barcelona, March 20 An earth quake shock was felt In . Cataianla province at' t o'clock this afternoon. No details hv yet been received. CAROLINA WOiJ AN HONORED MEDAL GOES TO MRS. TIER NAN Coveted Distinction. Annually Con ferred by the Catholic Church, Gw s This Year to the Famous Authorc of Salisbury Known to tiie Lltorar; s World as Christian Held An nounceiiient of the Award Will Be Made To-Day From tlie Pulpit of tle Little Church jt .Notre Dame College The I1rl Time In Its His tory That the .Menial Has (ione to the Sout 1 1 Tho Medal a iJtrge Disk of Puro Gold, Handsomely Omumenteri. Special to Te Observer. Notre Dame, Jnd., March 20. The Laetare medal, which la annually conferred by the University of Notre Dame on some lay member of the Catholic Church !n the United States for distinguished service In art, lit erature, science or philanthropy will be given this ear to Frances Chris tine Fisher Tlernan, the author, bet ter known In the -Iterary world as Christian lt"ld. She has written nearly forty n.ivels of distinct liter ary merit, and she. Is also a constant contributor to the literary magazines. Her books and articles are of strong moral tone, wholesome and elevating, and It was for this reason specially that the officials of Notre Dame con ferred the medal on her. Announcement of the award will be made by the president of the univer sity from the pulpit of the college church to-niorro Although the award will lie made to-morrow and the recipient mimed, the actual pre sentation will not take place until some time later. The occasion of the formal Riving of the medal always brings toKetlier noted dignitaries of the Catholic ehuph and aim other men and women eminent In their lines of work. AN ANCIENT OBSERVANCE. The Laetare medal takes lid name from the fourth Sunday of Lent, on which It is always awarded. The cus tom of giving it is modeled on the anclont observance followed by the Pope of sending a Goldun Rose ss a mark of especial honor to sovereigns and other notable persona The gift of the medal Is confined to members of the Catholic Church In the United States. It is a large disk of pure gold beautifully enameled and chased, and bears some appropriate design, which changes from year to year, and which Is suited to the profession or line of work for which the recipient Is dis tinguished. Surrounding the design appears in Latin the motto, "Truth is mighty and shall prevail." The' ad dress of award which accompanies the medal Is a beautiful piece of art work, done In water colors on silk. FIRST TIME TO SOUTH. This Is the first time In Its history that the medal will go to the South. It was fjist given in 1883 to John Gllmary Shea, the historian. Then followed for this distinction Patrick J. Keeley, architect; Eliza Allen Starr, art critic; Gen. John Newton, crvH engineer; Patrick V. Hlckey, edi tor; Ana Hansen Do-'sey, anther; Wil liam J. Oaahan. publicist; Daniel Dougherty, orator and publicist; MaJ. Henry F. Bfownson, soldier and soholar; Patrick Donahoe, editor and publicist; Augustln Daly, theatrical manager: Anna T. Sadller. author: Gen. 'William Starke Rosecrans, sol dier; Thomas Addis Emmett, physi cian; yon. Timothy E. Howard, Jurist; John A. Crelghton, philanthropist; Hon. William Bourkb Cockran, law yer and statesman; Dr. John B. Mur phy, surgeon; Hon. Charles J. Bona parte, lawyer and statesman;. Thomas B. Fifzpatrlck. merchant and philan thropist; Hon. Richard C. Kerens, publicist and philanthropist; Dr. Francis Qulnlan, surgeon; Katherlne Eleanor Conway, author and editor: James C. Monazhan, publicist and educator." SKETCH" OF MRS. TIERNAN. The recipient of the medal this year was born in Salisbury, N. C, where she now lives. In 1846. She is the eldest daughter of Col. Charles Frederic Fisher, who vas killed In the battle of Bull Run. .She was married to James Marquis Tlernan, of Mary land, in 1887. Her first novel. ' Va- erle Aylmer," was puolished In New York by D. Appleton & Co., In 1871, and was so eminently successful that was shortly followed by "Morton House," a story of Southern life of thirty years ago. Her novels now number nearly forty. By literary critics her style Is pronounced as singularly pure. The award of the medal will meet approbation every where, especially In the South where Mrs. Tlernan Is admired and be loved. Fine Live Stock Perishes in Burning ui ireorgia iiarn. Americus, Ga, March 20. Fortv head of fine live stock. Including a herd of Jersey cows, a pair of fine horses, ten mules and a drove of hogs, were burned to death, together with the barns, corn cribs and other outhouses of the Ray-Bagley Orchard Company, near here early this morn ing in a fire that has all the ear marks of being Incendiary. The property loss outside the live stock will probably not be more than $10, 000. Efforts are being made to de termine who caused the blaze if the suspicion that it was Incendiary is correct. Bryan Rebukes Backsliders. Lincoln, Neb., March 20. In a late speech at the Bryan birthday banquet which ended early to-day William J. Bryan rebuked the 2 3 Democrats in Congress who had sided the CaNinon forces. "They could not say they did not know," said Mr. Bryan, "for any man who did not know that 'Joe' Cannon is the agent of plutocracy ought to be sent to an asylum Instead of Con gress. These Democrats ought to hear, from their constituents," he added. Bental Murderer and Incendiary Kills Himself. Richmond, Va.. March 20. Henry C- Wheatley, the confessed wife murderer -snd-'fnrendlary. com m ltted suicide in the Culpeper Jail to-day by hanging" himself with a towel. Tbe crime was one of the most atrocious erer known in Virginia. Wheatley, for spite, set are to a tenant's house and then killed his wife with sn axe. nearly . severing her head from her body. . Sign Painter Iwned Bogus Ceeka. Special to The Observer. ' Elisabeth City, March Ji. 'J.Bev erly ' Hoi land, an agsd itinerant sign painter was anseted hers this After noon on a warrant sworn out by Po lice Officer KUrgi a, of Littleton, charg injr htm with obtaining goo on false pretense, Issuing bogus cheeks, etc. The prisoner was carried to Littleton, FOUR GE0K(ilANS EXPLAIN! CRITICISM FORCES STATEMENT In the Matter of the Fltcci ulil Amendments Say They Differed Policy, Not in ITlnciplc I or a Pe riod of Twelve Years No Pemm rul ! cauru i mm Been Binding- Cu tns Gate No Time For a Full and Free Discussion Matters Would Hate Been L"nd!rntoid Better-s-Xow Is the Time to Revise the Kul- Violated No Caucus Pledge In Tlicir Action. Washington, March 20. For the first itlme since their Democratic brethren in he House began to criti cise them for voting in opposition to Minority Leader Clark during the con sideration of the Fitzgerald amend ments to the rules of the House last Monday the six Georgia members to night made, an explanation of their course. They are Livingston, How ard, Brantley, Edwards, Lee and Griggs. These Georgians say they differed from Home uf the other Democrats on a question of policy, not of prin ciple. "We believe It more in keep ing with Democracy an 1 the plank of tht Denver platform declaring for a revision of the rules," they say, "to present a Democratic proposal for suoh revision, rather than create a committee composed of nine Republi cans and eix Democrats to carry out the Democratic plaitform." VOTES CAST FOR A DEMOCRATIC MEASURE. They say they believed that now is tb.e time to revise the rules not nine months hence, when the Republican Insurgents and regulars will doubt less have patched up their differences. Their votes were cast, they point out, for amendments proposed by a Demo crat and prepared In strict accordance with the Democratic platform. "We could not understand how it could be iK'rtKKratlc on the one liar u," it Is stated, "for Democrats to vote for a resolution dictated by Re publicans, creating a Republican com mittee to revise the rules, and on the other be undomocxatlc to vote for spe cific amendments prepared and pro posed by a Democrat, simply because these amendments met with support from some Republicans. If It is Democratic for some Democrats to (imitate and vote with some Republi cans, it can't be undemocratic to per mit the remaining Republicans to fol low the lead of the remaining Demo crats. Wo not only voted for amend ments In strict accord w ith the Iienver platform, but we violated no caucus pledge In doing so." NO CAUCUS BINDING. For twelve years. It is claimed, no Democratlo caucus has been bind ing. The statement Is made that Rep resentative Howard during the cau cus of Democrats on Monday Just be fore the Houee met, obtained per mission of Minority Leader Clark to present and vote for amendments oth er than those Mr. Clark was to pro pose. While it la stated that the Georgians are not criticising any one. It Is urged that they were not Invited into any of the caucuses or conferences that led vp to the reported agreement be tween "a few Democrats and a few insurgent (Republicans." It Is pointed out that the Democrats of the Slxty flrst Congress were unorganized up to wtthln two hours of the time the House convened. We regard It as unfortunate,' they say. "that a caucus on eo im portant a matter as accepting tne leadership of Republicans on any thing, could not have been called ear ly enough to have allowed a full and free discussion. It was perhaps In evitable that a caucus called for a time Just two hours before the House was to meet, had to be conducted un der arbitrary rules thit denied dis cussion and Information. It is prob able that If the caucus had been held at an earlier period that a complete understanding between all Democrats might have been reported. We .iee no reason now, however, for Demo ciats to fall out with one another be cause every one acted according to h!s best Judgment for wlhat he be lieved wes for the best interest of the party and the country." LAWRENCE WILL PROBATED. New York Millionaire Bequeathed His Rocky Mount Homeatead to Ills Infant Great Granddaughter, Josephine Hopkins, of Irvlngton-on-tbe-Hudson, N. Y. Mrs, Hop kins Also Gets a Slice. Special to Ths Observer. 8t. Louts, Mo., March 20. The will of the late Dr. Joseph J. Lawrence, of New York, a millionaire, filed to-day n St. Louis, his former home, leaves the Lawrence homestead at Rocky Mount, Nash county, N. C to his nfant great granddaughter, Josephine Lawrence Ben net Hopkins, of Irvlng- ton-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. The residue of the estate Is left In trust, two- fifths for ths testator's grand daurhter (mother of the Infant In heriting" the homstead), formerly Miss Vera ftlegerlst, who when 15 years old eloped on a yacht and was mar ried to Russell Hopkins, an Atlanta millionaire; and the other three fifths for the testator's widow, Mrs. Josephine Lawrence. The widow also Inherits the contents of the testator's Fifth avenue mansion, in cluding the carriages and auto mobiles, and the privilege of retaining the mansion as her residence. Virginia Railroad Watchman Mur- dereo. Roanoke, Va,, March 20. Thomas Drawbond, a Norfolk & Western Railway watchman at Vesuvius, Va-, was murdered last night by unknown parties and his body placed on the railroad tracks near Vesuvius, where It was early . to-day run over and mangled by a train. Several bullet holes were found In the head. It Is not known what the motive of the murder was. The watchman leaves a family. Bloodhounds were sent from Roanoke tojrar the murderers. Dickens Case Continued Indefinitely. Mobile. Ala, March ,20. The case ajralns Charles C Dickens, who was arrested in Houston. Va., on charges of embesslement and perjury, was called In the Inferior criminal court this afternoon " sn continued 'Indefi nitely. . ; W lfe-Morderes Committed to Prison. Wetumpka, .Ala.. March 20. Alfred Allen, woo shot and killed his, wife a few weeks' ago, was to-day sent to the penitentiary for 25 years. Allen claimed that he mistook his wife for a burglar but in the trial it was shown that he had quarreled with her.. KEPI IJLH'ANSAKK FAKIMi DEMOt It AT VIEW OF REVISION. lU.'prc'iittlxf Pago Daclsres Tlist'xHE the TaiitT Hill as Reported to the Hon-.- Will rcr Ite Passed Measure Will Not I,"Ok lJk( Itself When i ho TriinuiiiiK Is Finished ami if Pa.-vs.-cl Will Have No Material Effect on i i- Ui-esoul Schedule Will Fix hi the Propis-tllon to Put LiiiiiU r on tho Free Lis Mr. 1. A. Tonipklus Discusses' wHton and Hie Tariff. UV II E. C. BRYANT. i diiervrr Uiireau, t '!.. ;r.-ss Hall Hotel, jahhift'to.i. March 20. The tariff bill prepared by the ways and means committee of the House, where all revenue bills originate. I now before emigres. The i modera tion of its various -ction8 and provi sions will begin next wee in ths House of Representatives, and. if the usual course uf procedure is adopted, ten days or two weeks of general de bate will follow, the members being permitted to discuss whatever phase of the measure they see fit At the end of that time the bill will be read sec tion by station, each section beln-g open to amendments, and considered In the committee of the whole, with Chairman Payne In the chair, wlif-e no record vote will be taken. Imme diately after the bill conies out of tho committee of the whole 'lie minority leader will, most likely, move to amend Its particulars and, on this motion, there will be a roll call and a record vote. THB SENATE WILL AMEND BILL Having been passed by the House the bill goes to the Senate where It will be amended according to the de sires of Senator Aldrlch and others of that august body, Senator John W. Daniel, ranking member of the com mittee on finance, leading the fight for the Democrats. After the Senate passes the bill It will then go to a House- Senate conference committee for final changes. Senator Aldrlch, who knows more than anybody else in the Senate about such things, has Intimated that all would be over by the first days of June. The Payne bill, as the new tariff bill Is called, is cleverly drawn. At a cas ual glance It Is almost the measure that conservative Democrats would have presented, but on closer study a cunning person becomes suspicious. Experts say that the measure, wblle dealing directly and satisfactorily with the whole protective list, and with the articles placed upon the free list. Im poses such conditions restricting the levying of maximum and minimum rates of duty according to the treat ment of the United States by the tariff regulations of foreign countries that It becomes necessary to compare It with every other tariff regulation made by every country on the globe with which the United States main tains commervtal relations. In ocdet to ascertain lust what duties will act ually be collected. AN INTERESTING PROVISION The bill provides that if any coun try admits to its markets any article which Is also manufactured in wnoie or Id part, of the United States, from anv other country, or nrovlnce. or de pendency, or colony, .of the country Itself, at a lower rate or auty man the same article Is admitted from the United States, then there shall be added upon all imports from that country to the specific rates of duty made In the direct provisions of the law, from 20 to 40 per cent, ad va lorem. 1 There Is no way to tell what the tariff will be unless one knows the revenue laws, commercial treaties, what policies other countries pursue with respect to Its colonies, provinces and dependencies. This feature of the bill, It Is said, will be hard fought In the Senate. It will cause resentment abroad. MR PAGE'S VIEWS. Representative Page, of Norh Carolina, who Is a man of affairs at home, when asked for an expression of opinion concerning the Payne bill, said that It was much better than was to be expected from a Republican committee, but many of Its schedules are far from being Ideal when looked at from a Democratic standpoint a "tariff for revenue." The reduction of duty on steel rails, he argued, of fifty per cent, seems considerable, as does 37 1-2 per cent, on pig Iron, and the cut on scrap Iron from M to 60 cents per ton. Still, In the light of the evidence, which Mr. Carnegie and others gave the com mittee, all that remains Is that much too much. The placing of hides on the free list and leaving IS per cent, on shoes Is not very ranch In the Interest of tho farmer, provided that the statement that even half the hides marketed In this country are sold by ths farmers. Is true. The Democratic Idea that duties should be lowest upon necessities of life Is not et by the sugar sched ule which makes the duty 11.90 per pound against $1.95 in the Dlngley bill. PULP GOES ON FREE LIT. The demand of the newspapers has been met by placing wood pulp en the free list, and by a reduction In the print paper schedule from 3-4 a cent in the Dingley bill to 1-2 cent. The duty on lumber, continued Mr. Page, has been cut 50 per cent, to meet the demand of the lumber de nuded districts of the central North west, and Americans owning large timber tracts in Canada. The Standard Oil Company Is taken care of by increasing the duty on coal tar dyes 17 per cent. People who wear gloves, said Mr. Page, had better lay In a supply rfbw, since they Increase the rate on tfiese considerably. The cotton schedule, which Is- of much Importance to the South, la left hi tact for the reason that it Is r second largest revenue producer In the law now In fores. The necessity for revenue saved eotton farmers and manufacturers, but they will have pay as much as ever for wool clothes. Ths bill as reported to the House, Mr. Page believes, will sever become a law. The Republican .members, he declares, will pass It practically A It stands so that they ean say to the people in ths election two years, from now that they fulfilled their pledge and did all they, could to revise the tariff downward, at .the Same time thinking, if hot knowing, that when it j? tZ-Tt ! ; ?a Cff8pr"' befre INHERITANCE IT. A R. TAX POP- Th,e Inheritance tax will meet with the approval of the general public, as It does of every Democrat. While the limit placed upon the quantity of I'hUipplne mgar aiul tobacco allowed to come In free. Seems to be unjust to our "dependencies." The failure to Increase tin- tax on beer--certainly an easy method t., increase the revenue lends color to the report that this whs the price paid for enough vote on the Democratic side to re-organize, and re-f'annonlze, the House. The estimate placed upon the amount the bill will rale. J320.000, 000 said he, while a bis; sum, Is really very little when measured by the enormous appropriations of recent Congresses. Mr. Pase does not expert to see as g"od a bill enacted Into law as was introduced In the House on the 17th. "How, Mm Page, will you vote on lumber?" I asked. 1 do not like to go against my party, but If any man proposes to put lumber on the free list, and 1 under stand such an amendment will be introduced, 1 will. If no one else vol unteers, propose an amendment pro viding for the present duties." MR. D. A. TOMPKINS INTERVIEW- ED. In talking with me of the tariff the : rieXt week. Opinion as to the best other da, Mr. J). A. Tompkins, of course has not yet crystallised. Charlotte, said: To-day President B. S. J arm an, of the "itaw cotton used to sell at 5 cents 'Commercial and National Bank, and a pound, it now sells for 10 cents. Claud B Barbee. a well-known cotton, Htop the cotton factories and put all buyer here, went for a month's tour of the operators oack on the farm where 'the WeHt lndlaa. they came from and cotton would To-day 1 r. C. A. Bhore, the specialist again go to cents in one season, jwho has had suoh wonderful success In Southern towns would lose the active, treating persons bitten by mad dogs, re alert appearance, wltn everybody ;celved the 62d patient, Marvin Bell, S profitably employed, and return o the Tears old. from Falson, who was Mtten listless, Inuctlve" condition of years ln ,h 'ac Other patients under treaV a ment now are Tanl Lee. aged i, and "The difference between and 10 cent cotton means that the farmers get $700,000,000 tor their cotton In stead of 13770,000.000. "The factory system with dlverslll cation of pursuits means other advan- , . ,5 ,u- . tages besides the advance in the price of cotton. It brings J100.000 000 of values to vegetables, fruits, chickens, milk, etc., formerly of no value for lack of markets. "We now manufacture 2.000,000 bales of cotton in the South and 4, 000,000 In the United States. The 2,000,000 manuraciurea in me mm brings back for all the people, for they all participate In the dlstrlbu- Hon, $150,000,000 to $200,000,000 more than they would get for the cotton. "The South has now an income, dl- reef and Indirect, from cotton, manu factured and raw, of at least $1,000, 000,000 against a former Income of $35?,0OO.O0O. "No,.o.n.can go to the South with out noticing on every hand signs of great prosperity. Why change the conditions which have brought this about? "I have sent to Dr. Edward Mima, of Trinity College, editor of The South Atlantic Quarterly, an article for his magazine entmea ine Houms imer- coUr a tvn frx ago, and who est in the Tariffs which, I think. wJM waa hH(1 wltnout hall en the charge of be published In the April number. murderi WM before Chief Justice Walter That story will give my views on the Clark to.day under habeas corpus pro tHrlfT much more fully than I can give t,edlngs. the object being to be permitted' them here." !t0 Biv9 bn. A charter la granted the Williams MRS. RIDLEY MAKES STATEMENT Bros. Company, of Rockingham, to mao- lufacture ice, the capital stock being $20.- Atlanta Woman Under Arrest Sus- peeled of Stealing Money and Jew- : Mr Q jj, Linobeiry, of Wlnterville. Pitt elry Has an Interview. i county, whi has teen elected educational Newark. N. J.. Maroh 20. Mrs. 'secretary of the Baptist State Board, was Frances J. Ridley, of Atlanta, Ga.. here to-day. He takes the Meld April L who was arrested Thursday charged j He Is principal of the high school at Win wlth having retained a handbag she :tervllle and will remain there until June found on a train, Issued a statement and then will make Raleigh his head-to-day showing how she came into Quarters. possession of the bag and what were j The Baptist Southern Sunday School her Intentions regarding It. I Board, with headquarters at Nashville. Mrs. Ridley states that she saw the 'Tenn , has taken a new atep by estab bar hanrlntr fro a hook ln th la- llshlng lecture courses on Sunday school dies' retiring room shortly before the ork at Wake Forest College and the train reached Washington. Her at-jRapt'8 Cnlverslty for Women at Ral tentlen wan rnllerl to It hv om. loHla. lgh. The first sorlea o lectures Is now and she Informed them that It did not belong to her. I cannot furnish the names of these ladles," Mrs. Ridley says, "but one of them stated that she Intended to stop ln Washington to see a rela tive who had married a Coniressman. I think she stated she was from northern New York. The other lady siaiea mat sne resided ln Syracuse. i ne train was two hours In Washington, and when I again enter ed the retiring room, three hours af ter I had seen the bag. It was still hanging there. I put It on my arm. waisea oacK to my seat and placed It ln my portmanteau. I hava heen asked why I did not Immediately re- port tne nna. it was because I once j lost Jjrwelry on a train which turned over to the porter and never ion real,y an 'mmeDse caJe- JuUa -recovered. About two hours after I Carr tt,,a other gentlemen betna deeply rouno tne t.ag. I casually asked the poner ir anytntng had been lost on the train. An hour tutoi- t ..i.- .i.- conductor where missing artrcles were usually reported. He said at the In formation bureau In Jerr y City. "I made up my mind to report to Jersey City." Mrs. Ridley states she cannot derand how her berth check rsms to be in the bag. as alleged, and she calls attention to the fact that no one told her who had lost th k.. ,..o w-j ... ". " " v , oTfL rEfiJ , '"J1" or the reported loss of a diamond ting. she says: The fact that I was thomurhiv r ? L, 1 . eo"Y,nc "n? on at v. v, r.fJn lh di"mon(J r'ng wnicn Mrs. Albright may have left elsewhere, or which may have been taken by any of a large number of people who had acceasJo the bag dor. 5 1 f P1"'0'' of 10 r 1 hours while tt was hanging In the retiring room ' ACCPEPTB ADVICE TO DISARM. Servht Consider the Stisrenteo of the Power Sufficient and will Not Pre pare For War. Ft. Petersburg, March 20. The Belgrade correspondent of ths Bourse Gazette, says in a despatch that M. Mllovanevirh, the foreign minister, told him to-day that Servta has ac cepted the advice of the powers to dis arm. Servia considers the action of ths powers to be a guarantee, and she no longer has reason sto fear armed at tack from any side. BALEKill .NEWS OF A DAY MORE CASES OF HYDROPHOBIA Over Sixty Cases of tbe Dread Ws eae. Hydrophobia, Have Been Treated by the State Baptists Are Tran.surmJng Bluemont Into a Model Summer Resort Two Hin dretl Acres of Land Have Been Purchased For Truck Raisins; Fight For a Better t'itr (iovern- ment Warming Up Weather Con ditions In the State During Febru ary I -t u res on Sunday School Work. Observer tiureau, Tha Holleman Building, Raleigh, March 20. The corps of ladles assigned to the duty of securing signatures to tlie DS- ; tition for the Immediate reopenln; of the public schools, reported this even in' aa having met with wonderful suc ! ' ess Tho school board orders the i reopening Monday, March 29. Near ( I., one thousand signatures were ob tallied to-lay. The schools wljl be i open two months and the next ses ! sion will last ten months. The State board of education met thia afternoon, Governor iKtchln prs-f-iding, and discussed the draining of Mattumuskeet which covers over fifty ibiusand acres. The Legtolatiure au thorized the board to drain th land or ell it. No decision was reached to-day. Another meeting will ba hli Emmett Iee, aged 6. brothers from Kin- i fcton. Mary Fort. 14 yel.ra old, from Hope Mills, was deply bitten. Mrs. Smerson, from near llulsboro, was licked on the hand where thtre were some Cuts and U"B Z.? ? he going mad. having been bitten by a Forty-six Wjg of nttEl, f-hore fur exumli fctton and ln about two- thirds of the caves It was found that the animals were mad. In several eases one dog lil sevtral persons, ll la perhups significant, though It Is hardly po&slb'e to say that the principal advocates fo Herbert F. Seawall for the yederal judgeship yet stick to It that they j, ,and hlnv Republicans who think the other way smlls and aay It will never be done Bo thore Jt Botn ,Me, the Question. I vn-NIr,Ar. tttoht wbm ttj X vroa tl ,r 1 1 1 u nn I. or. fnp n.W .11, administration. The gauntlet bas been thrown down. Of course the las have tbe advantage of the machinery There are many persons who. sax. the city govern ment should be non-partlsao. Ths pri mary will be held on tbe . .despite tbe strenuous protest of the other side. Feel ing Is very bitter and the Whole State will watch the fight. Lovle Upchurr?!, the 17,-year-old negro -gM wha Btllthud ,nd ulUiA nu McCoy. ! being delivered at these places. BAPTIST SUMMER HOME. The i'renbyteiians have their noted iununur colony at Montreat, on the flank of the Blue Ridge, near Swannanoa Gas on die Western North Carolina Railway, and the Baptists are building a similar resort at fcluemont. The manager !here to-day and ald that work will be- gin next month on an open-air laoar iiaxle, hn feet in dimaniooa. He says that six mUes of streets have been clear ed and that 13 cottages have been erect ed. The colony bas a Xls-acre farm and this will ylold a great supply of vags tables as well as stock, feed, etc Lots lhave been sold to people from 13 States. !wno live the way fnm Nw Iork ' t-uuisiana. iu jmn.uvueu. v lso havtt a reat """"" colony, ,,mer,, 1 ' Rev S. V, . SUllmun. who bas charge ox the Bluemont colony, and has dene a ireat ? of ork ,ln " ??L here to-day and went on to Wake Vvreat I College, where ho delivered the first of the lectures on Suaday school work. Ha ider the auspices of tbe Southern Baptist, Sunday School Board. He will also de- '"Ter 'eClUrM " "'l., for North Carolina for February was made public to-day- bf Section Director Thlssen. The tempera- 'ture was consiaaraoij wove wiu !m cold wave and was the highest since im xhe r,infji was a Mttlo below nor- t - . . , k ..r Mr - - c...- . rk. Tnn iOVer H Inches fell. Tbe snowfall avers. Ud only a third of an inch, which is muon below ndrmal. The mean temperature foe 'th8 whole State is 474 decrees, which is jjjj sbove normal. The highest mean was jw at Wilmington, the lowest 4evJV- jtauga county. The highest temperature was 80 degrees, at several points, and the (lowest was S degrees below sero in We tauga. The average rainfall was 4 in ches or half an loan oetow normal. Derailment at Newton. By Bell Telephone to The Observer. Hickory. March 20. The regular weekly derailment of the Southern Railway occurred this afternoon at Newteo. Three freight ers of train No. ? were thrown front the track and the track tern up- for S0 yards. The wreeklnir train from Ashetiiie passed here to-night at, 11 o'clock te clear up the wreckage. No ne was hurt and no trains delayed as the sidetrack wast used to get around tse wreck. . r 1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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March 21, 1909, edition 1
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