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1 ir S . ' ' J . ' ; . , ' , ' ' ' t- t - .4 ' : ;:N".v.w-:-is-.:-'e:'-i.5'r.'-v:.v 7 y-,,t6'Piics.Ifl-C:j fAIS " aassaasai $8.00 A YEAR' , ) r t CHABIX)TTE, N SUNDAY MORNIING, MAY 2,1909. y ' ; PBICE FIVE CENTS, . a ssn i a ..v,.' ..... ;t . &e Times Before ftf-P w ro Giraffe. Africa. May J- D""fP:'" y' the celebration imr'n.f ool Uuk- t u f . lgsed yeterday. Colonel Bc-om- 1 J farth ch ht thr o ,h'Th,S on of the cf fpnd?th, prouJ. too, Ul ,ar',' f The junitle kinB" ('"' !;;',.r;'r took three shoU 'M.,J;ia,rir;i ..n are Jubilant It ft f,n"r 'hunt and so miS-thf- rr,: h,U;r- t,yond their es V l have been :;t.on-- -"l for ,he past r 1 111 V" l'nclish hunter, F. C u KrrWr extinction. How a ns :rr ' . .. v. ppn from If""" 01 .h. former Iden:. t." ;er9 A a rule , ,, me Jims" e'U:r' L ia.wn. but as Colo- "m-utatlon a hunter 00,e , l, uns before be arrlv- 1 p,r"" vr,"., t l.!iallv enthusiastic, n ' ! ' r to play a "-xrrt ':',.; nf the dlstln- --rcnors.A.fre TnVr.v.r.naproceee- L th,- Ma'i nilis- j."'" F V Me are.. but, in places. fcnful The " - hVr chM -9 heard nowind ,nrn,jghfi:t 'he night, bat at ,lf a,:,r, and the drive ly "--a"'- ., ra,'ve ter srt out in mi u.- t ,,P(jor the mstru. u.'o bP1,Pr- armed with all sorts i,r., .i-xsrps whifh i-oultf t ,ro,i.e inv same wltnin r. -om. of he beats proved blanks, rlghtfall no less than ten kinds v,een hazeed. Kermlt ' within esr- km he greater part of the day did u-,.rlt with his camera it t rtM with his Ron, he ami the h I m.mhers cf the party allowing nMvlt the much prized shot. Llle of the actual shooting were irouht down to Nairobi tn-day I . ,. nf 1 '1 r1 the iimp. nut u "? v.-'--in earh . ase a smele lilllet from H-rreplJent s t itle sunucu i t down h;i ll'n From this It Is riitd that rolnnel Roosevelt Is t un to the rep nation, which he t.ilr.ed here. 01 ueing a t ia n un--i. F. .. normal f9A alter th" t;Htie: had dragged irjgr: iii in ' fc ' the usiinl dan e around the tro pe part-.- plan? to t" south to-mor- kith :. hope ,,f ,aiiing one or ginfe The hames are Mr. lfvelt s (too.1 in k w;!l continue lt!e. mid ,..tt!erp from all sec- repirt c h s . e very plentiful. Sfll TON IN AD.WV f Thousatul Soldiers Patrolling v Danger I rmn Conlairloiis DIs. r fc.". n Tin new Governor kil of t:i,. I'nu'ii;.!- of Adana ";..) Thro.- thousand r ' M.nt the rity. The Kst r i.., is from con- us d.i... I.-- iv ho h have broken f" ivteon hundred ni .,.;,.' .1 ,,,4 thousands of frefj.'S h.i.e bfen transferred ,iital I:, tt... itiyniK dlstrfcts. f"ni.'r lo,.iri'.r llcnpml n'hn 0 t" mak- -no. . ff -rt to our II th frier!, . .. r ,,;a..(.j under ar- Nefro ( ,,im1i t Drouiied. la I t" T' r,i, ,,r fczaheth o, M.n , A n(,Kro pet prf) thu afternoon r imm-r,s :r, the river nan EOtn, i' i in.ii ,,n lha r,lBl.lM. fltV. The IS and :h rr.-nt was extremely pro pettins too far d ar.d fank before h-rr.. lie was a 1 i J- it served his sr.,' of th-.. iiinr n- ' ,' na Tn? serious Jdr;.-'1'! si-, " IKr 14. .nr.. a. J ! r K last night A suarrel over '""'h families fat ii meeting In "' home. Strih. Bed. . - .. Of th j, 'r , sec. a . fPexted i , H-nrs Dunaway lxt on ,irwat Iik b..t r.v; , ,M;V 1 -Three vet even m- ' 7" 'th h'r crew fl flna-.':-' "fourth craft i!an -v, on Lake ,0r.. h t' "f her cxrw f"n I,-. : 'J.mnary of F Uke... " ' ,re on the HUflr ,.'... , "w.lemrnt. f Park ,l ashler of ' "as to-dav er.t of j50i. Hi idwii. if V., i r lr.k . k., jP n' maninnUti- ' i YPari Chir,.' :a"Ts Bail Pv,-" 5 ".ef.' 1 York. L. ."'r:1mi o v u '0.000. P Jury t0'day by the I Gnih. ..T I'TIi.'i t-5" N'at'', f 'Jlitv r,, fr"m that i ft eit-.. . ht.r. thr c rr,,.,. THIED TO JVKB WATTBESSES. . fc' ii I i '"- -.- v.. SDsrtAoborr Howl Man EJecU JToong jMen. Who Call oo Ui Hrfp mmi jMXKt Hu Them Arreated ; Prose- cutor laila to Soatato tbo Cbarjt) Ciutd'tbo Cam to Dismissed. Special , t Th Oaerver. " . ' Spaxtautburc a C, ;.My 1. Sol Rosshetm, Claud Taylor an R. I Felden lh latter a welj-knowa young man of tha clty an4 tha former trmvellnt; men,, wera ejected from tha Spartan Inn laat MlhUf J. , EL John ton, tha proprietor, who a, few minute later cauaeA their arrest on the chaw of treapaaaing. Taylo and Roaahelm are aueata a the Hotel Finch, and laat plht , accompanied by Mr. FeWer, went to pie Spartan inn to call on three of the waltreeaea ahd to perauade them to go to the motion picture ahowa. While wait ing In the parlor they - began to moke and Proprietor Johnaon told them they rauet get out. that smoking wae not allowed in the parlor. After showing them downstairs he pointed to the front door and told them to get out on the eldevalk- The young men walked JuatHoutlde the entrance and waited, when . Mr. Johnaon had them arreated. At the station house, last night they gave bond for their appearance thia morning. Mayor Floyd went Into the full history ofjthe case and not finding aufneient evidence dls mtsaed them-V The young men feel that they were badly treated by the proprietor of the Spartan Inn. Mr. Johnson takes a different view of the matter. He aaya they were acting in a euapicleua manner, slipping about the hotel and holding conferences and he did not propose to have them smoking - In the ladles' parlor and Interfering with hia help. INSPECTOR COXDEMXS MEAT. Heavy Rains Hood Warehooae at OreenvUle, 8. C, Causing a Lorn of $4,000 to Swift Jk Co. Meat May Be Stopped to Other Points. Special to The Observer. Greenville. S. C, May 1. Seventy thousand pounds of meat in the local warehouse of Swift & Co., was con demned to-day by City Meat and Food Inspector Smith. The heavy ralna of last night backed up the water In 'a nearby atream and the warehouse was flooded with . city sewerage. Nearly three carloads of meat was submerg ed, causing it to become soaked in the filthy water. While the meat has been condemn ed, it has not yet been determined as to what disposition will be made of it, the opinion of the city attorney being awaited In the matter. It Is learned, however, that the meat may be shipped away from the city, but It is apparent that it is unfit for food- It will certainly not be sold her. The loaatL the iacklpc concern, if U.ia. not allowed to take the meat to an other town for aale, will be about 14.000. PASQUOTANK RIVER RAGING. Waters HlgbeM Since 18J and Mnch Damage la Done at Elizabeth . City Steamers Unable to Get Away. fireclal to The Observer. Elizabeth City, May l: As a result of a severe southwest storm that has raged here all day the tide of Pasquo tank river is said to be the highest since 1879. All water front, property Is flooded and in several storage warehouses much damage la done. Large quantities of wood from the wood yards of the water front have been washed out. It is Impossible to estimate the damage at thia time. Jennet Bros, and W. C. Glover, owners of large fertiliser warehouses on the water front, ,are said to be the heaviest losers. The storm has abated and the tide Is receding with no prospects of further damage to night. Several steamers sailed from this port to-day, but returned to shelter before going far. I , TO IXVESTIGATK MASSACRES. Parliamentary Commission Win Re Dispatched to Adana and Guilty Persons ConrUnartlaled. . Constantinople. May 1. Following a stirring debate' In which the 'lata Vali of Adana and the assistant min ister of the Interior Were attacked as creatures of the Hamidlan regime, the chamber of dtputiea to-day adopted a resolution that, a ' Parliamentary commission be dispatched to Adana to investigate the massacres and to organise a military court to court martial the guilty persona. One hun dred thousand dollars haa been ap propriated to relieve th distress in that district' 1 The deputies also have under consideration a proposal to pension the families of those killed or wounded In the recent fighting in Constantinople. . Senator Smith to More to Spartan bur. Special to Th Observer. ' Spartanburg, S. C, May 1. United States Senator E. D. 8mith. th lunlor Senator of South Carolina, whoa home is now at Magnolia, S. C, may move to - Spartanburg to malt this, city his future hem. He is well-known here, being a gradqate of Vofford College and having married a young; laJy of this city. He wanta to com to Spartanburg, on account of the ex cellent educational advantages and the superb climate .and many other advantages to b found here. , y n . ., ii. i i,n. ii, Gridiron Club Entertained. ' Washington,' May 1. The Gridiron Club and other invited guests wer en tertained at dinner to-night by Hon. Thomas V, Walsh, of Washington- and Colorado. Among those in attendance were Vic president Sherman. SpeaW er Cannon.1 Postmaster General Hitch cock, secretary Nagel ' and ' Senator Aldrieh. Burrows, Warren,' Scott, Cummlngs, Hughes, Carter an J De Pew. 1 , . - Eighteen Indictment Returned., - JacksotC Mlch May ' . 1. Eighteen Indictments wer - handed "down thia afternoon by th grand Jury Which has been Investigating th . State prison hers and various local matters. Judge Parkinson announced that until war nts.T -sworn out and arrest made; th Vames ot the persons indicted may not b taade public . - " Snow tn 'Virginia. " h Roanoke. Va, May l. This was the coldest' May day in this section in many years. Snow Is fairing to-night in the mountains and it is predicated that fruit and vegetables will bo kill ed unless there la a ehang In the Urn- pe rata re before morning. BALEIGH UEWB OF A DAT REV. THOMAS PIXOy, SR PEAP Well-Known Cleveland County Mlnls , ter Passes Away at the Home of His Daughter, Dr. Delta.' DUotw Carroli leather of Thomas DUoa, Jr the Author and Playwright Had Been . Pastor 'of One Church For More " Than Sixty Years Governor KiCebin Xooklas; Into the Appllcatloa Por Pardoo of H. T. Griffin, of Hamlet Negro Woman, Who Attempted to Cut Mrs. Cars well's Throat, Held For the Higher Court. '.. . Observer Bureau, Th HoUeman Building, Raleigh. May 1. Governor KItchinvU luauirlg with great care Into the application for pardon of H. T. GrlfBn, pf Hamlet, who Is in th penitentiary for killing a negro. Sandy Gilchrist. The judge who tried the- case telegraphed the Governor 'to-day. "Conviction was fully warranted by evidence and pun ishment reasonable. Therefore, I de cline to recommetfd' pardon or con sultation." a telegram from the so licitor who presented the case la in these words: "Cannot recommend Orinffl'j pardon7 at present. May help him later." - A telegram signed ' y three attorneys, who say they are disinterested, 'says that new evidence produced since th trial warrants pardon. Hannah Harris, th negreas held In the station house her for three weeks ior cutting the throat of Mrs. Cars well, a houserkeeper, whll In bed asleep, was to-day given a. prelimi nary healing and sent to Jail with out ball on the capital charge of burglary and attempted murder. Mrs. Carawell, who so narrowly escaped t'eath, gave positive evidence against the negress. Rev. Thomas Dixon, father of Rev. A. C. Dixon, of Chicago, and of Thomas Dixon, Jr., the well-known author and playwright, of New York, died here to-night. aged.BO, at the home of his daughter. Dr. Delia Dixon-Carroll. His illness was very brief.. He came here three weeks ago from Vis home at Shelby to visit his daughter. Rev. A. C. Dixon spent last week with him. 1 asked, Josfuh William Bailey so widely known among the Baptists,' to give me an appreciation of this man of God. Mr. Bailey said: "Rev. Thomas Dixon, Sr.; was I one of the noblest men end ministers our coun try has produced. In my Judgment he was the last of the . patriarchal type and osj of the best His min istry in Cleveland county was without a parallel In this Slate and not sur passed in all his history of the ministry- He baptized more than 1,000 believers and iw-as shepherd of one flock more than sixty year. He was more than a precaher or pastor, he was th patriarch of. a great tribe, In aU .things he was. tried, and in, none found wanting." . The funeral will be aWfaiai Prespect church, Cleveland county mt I o'clock Monday. , , J ' " TREASURER LACY RETURNS. State Treasurer Lacy returned to day from New York where he wen ton matters connected with th Issue July 1 of half a million dollars. -of 4 per cent, bonds. Speaking about the sal, of the bonds the Treasurer remarked that he hoped they would net bring less than 105. Insurance Commissioner -Young re turned to-day from Lag rin burg, where he went on matters connected with the hearing In the case of Mills and Bequest, two Insurance agents, charged with swindling. The main case comes up in June, but the trial now on Is that of Mills on the charge of embezzlement of $1,400 which he obtained from Mrs. McLaughlin, tell ing her he would take it to Charlotte and deposit it for her In a bank. State Superintendent Joyner re turned to-day from a"trlp to Chero kee county, where f he spoke at An drews. There was another arrival to-day at the State laboratory of hygiene, a man SO years of age, D. B. Park, of Concord, ywho was bitten on the ankle by a mad d8g onWhursday, the wound being about an Inch in length.' The laboratory received the head of a mule from Duplin codntyi the animal having been bitten by a dog and being mad. The dog be came mad five weeks ago and his owner shut him up in a stable in which there were a mule and a cow. The dog bit both animals. The cow died some time since. A curious case was brought to Dr. Shore's attention to-day, when a man came from the western part of th State in a greatly frightened "condi tion, saying 'that while handling an iced package, on the train he pulled out of.lt, the head of at dog, which wae being sent here by express lrt order that Dr. Shore might, make the test for rabies. This man also had some scars on . hia hand but they were not fresh and wheu the doctor assured him -he was in no. danger he was a very hsppy fellow.' A charter is granted Tho Wilming ton Star Company.- which will pub lish that paper and do general print ing, the amount of capital stock be ing $27,600. There are a number of stnc.kholdera. all men of romlnence. William Hi Bpringer-harisa; a larger amount of stock than any other. Another charter goer tot the -. Pitt Lumber Company, which, wiumanu facture all kinds of -hons supplies at Greenville; capital stock $109,000, C. B. Russell and other stockholder The iSternburg Foundry , and Supply Company at AshevUl,. with $J6,000 capital stock is chartered. - An automobile line oetween iw flourishing towna of Spray and Relds- ville in Rockingham county gets a charter, capital stock, szo.oeo, and ill one rate motors oetween tnoe nninta aiona the public highway. dr - awarded Poor and Isley, Com pany. of Atlanta, th contract for furnishing rural library books for .the next - five . years. - Th contract amounts to about $60,000, the At'n ta firm being tbe'loweet bidder. - IwsJded Mm, Monroe A $3,000 Da T .'.. . ,. ..,; Speciat to Th Observer, 4 Favettevllle, May 1. Mrs. W, M. Monroe, ofithte city,"; was . awarJed tJ.000 damages to-day In the superior Court in. a suit against, the AUajrUJe Coast Line Railroad, for Injuries re ceived by falling Into turnUbl pit in th rallroaa ysjfda Sexxetary Xagel "Will Makia 6peech. Washtntton May. 1. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nhgei will at' tend pi Republican tac convsatlgn in Vlrsinia.tb latter part or juiy and make a speech. This hag been arrana- -d by president Tan. . ? LUTflEKAN fcYNdl) CLOSES NEXT MEETING AT ALBEMARLE After Boms; la Session Flva Pays th Annual Meeting Of the- Synod Of the Lutheran Church Comes, to a Ooe Three Churches Put la Bids For the Kext Meeting, Which Final ly Goes to the First Cbnroh, Albe marh" Judge- Milk, of Salisbury; Addresses Synod on the Subject of Bcoettceoco"' Mlnlstertura - En dorses Report on the Candida is For Ordlnatiou Work or -EUaabeth College Highly Pialsed, Special ."t The Observer. v ' " Salisbury. May l.Th annual meeting of th Lutheran Synodl of North Carolina, which Is holdtiguts closing business sessions at Faith to day will be remembered as on of th most pleasant meeting of that body, and on In which several forward steps wer taken for th advance ment of different Interests ' of the Church. The business has been dis patched with the greatest delibera tion ahd car and at no time has there been a tendency to undu hast in connection with th report of any committee . or with any question brought up on the floor of Synod. President Booser has the business well in hand and he is an executive officer of ability. . While it ia true the business "ses sions of Synod will close to-day and most of the ministers and lay dele gates will return to their homes on the evening trains, interesting - ser vices will be held at Faith to-morrow morning and ' afternoon. Ther will be preaching at both hours. Rev.. M. M. KInard.D. D.. of Salisbury, will be the preacher at th morning hour, and at tha close of the seromnthe two candidates, Mr. R. A. Good man. and Mr. M. L. Rldenhour, will be ordained to the ministry of the Evan gelical Lutheran Churcn. Rev. R. A. Yoder, D. D., of Hickory, will preach at the afternoon service to-morrow. Rev. J. L Morgan, of High Point conducted the opening devotional ser vice this morning. COLLECTION FOR ORPHANAGE. The first 'motion adopted at this session was one providing that ,the collection taken In this church at the preaching service to-morrow morn ing shall be given to the orphans' home of the Church, located at Sa lem, Va. Rev. RS A. Yoder, D. D., chairman of the Board of Home Missions of the United Synod, addressed Synod on the subject of .home, missions, . and a resolution of appreciation of his address and the work which he rep resents was adopted. The subject of "Beneficence" was considered at 11 o'clock, and the first speaker was Rev, J4- C. Fisher, of Mount Pleasant. Hl theme, was ' The Objects of BeneflVnce,'.' and he mad a strong plea for the . entire Church to com to th sid of th few upon the shoulders ot wnom rests"-h"buyaer5 tst th CtfurohV howVfr IngJttiat while th burden rests upon a tew. tn nur cnuren is -equ"y respohsfbls. . . '. Judse B. B. Minor, or eaiisoury, was the other sneaker on the sub ject of "Beneficence,1' and he empha- selsed especially the pnase ot n known as "Development at , Benefi cence. . i A Short session er tne minisienum was held,, during 'ins amner oour, i the purpose of considering the report ot th AKaminlnr cafnmltue in the case of th candidates for ordination; to the min istry. The mlntatenum passed ravorawy upon the report of -tne committee ana Synod confirmed the action of the minis- (eiium, at the -opening of the afternoon Msslon. The report of the committee on apportionment was read and adopted. The reports of the committees 'on speakers for next oonventjon and onythe president's report were suomitiea ana approved. . ' The report of the commutes on literary Institutions was concluded and was adopted - as a whole. The last item ot this report read was with reference to the debt of $1,400 now standing against Mount Amoena Seminary, the seminary owing this amount tQ the North Carp lina Coll.- The report recommended hat Synod rellvs the seminary -of th payment of tb Interest n this debt m order-to enable the seminary to pay oft this debt . by contributing $100 annually to this purpose. ", ., ' ELIZABETH OOULEUE. It will b f Interest to many to know that the report of this committee with reference to Elisabeth College was high. ly commendable. This college while , not the property of tb Church receives from year t year It hearty approval. The report submitted to-day stated that the college Is just closing the best end most successful year In its history. Also that th passing years add favor ana prestige to the collece and tnst tne jutneran Church records .with pride Its high stand ing among, the rschools of the country, and Synod considers that the college has proven itself, worthy of the position it has attained in the regard of tb patrons ot higher education of women," The report of th committee on letter and petitions was read and adopted. In this connection tne Lditnersn enureses recently organised In Greensboro and Mooresville requested to be admitted to Synod and enrolled, and th)s request was granted. In connection with the report or tins eommttte th selection of the place for the holding e the next Msfcm of Synod was deckled. Three ehorehes were placed la nomination: First church, Albemarle; Holy Trinity. Mount Pleasant and St Bnoch. Enochvillc. The latter two wer finally withdrawn and tb choice of First ehurch.'AbemarIe, was mad unanimous. nv r L. Patterson offered a reso lution recommending that th time ef the meeting of Synod be changed, so that in the future Synod shall convene oo Wednesday befere the second Sunday In May, on week Is ter than tne present tun ot meeting. This resolution was adopted. " , Ther was considerable discussion con Mrnhir the subiect of appropriations. In this connection th work that la- being don for th Church, -by tne women through their societies' was highly com mended. " . y J? ' ' nvH. A McCollough and prof: O. F. McAllister were .elected ,fruse of the disabled ministers' fund.?.lUv. R- ,C. Holland. D. D was fleeted fraternal deiezat to th Tennessee; Synod. Rev. C I. Morgan 'fraternal, delegate to the South Carolina synod.' Rev, c. a. cox to tha southwest - Virginia Synod, w Rev. C h. Kins? Was aboointed 'archlvest ef nod. Judge B. B. Miller, of Salisbury, was elected as additional menjber-ot ne J executive committee. v - i e Resolution of - thanks to ' the pastor, member and friends - of ; the congrega tien of Faith -church for. bospitabls , tn- tertahuncat and - to TK Charlotte Ob server, for sending a special reporter to this meeting at Synod ? were .adopted unanimously. ?. - -- Th' business beinf , completed. Synod adjourned at" 4 JO. . '.: ; . ; . . HIVEB TBAF FIG-DECLINES MISSISSIPPI LOSES prestige; r; Appendix to Preliminary Report of . . uie watersways tMnmisaton u aiaoe PubUo and Shows That Building of Railroads Has Operated Against . ' (shipments by W ater Supremacy Once Enjoyed by the Mtastsslppl River Has Been Transferred to the Ohio Causes of Decline la Traffic Movement by the MlssaaslpprRe' port Charges That Railroads Tak Shipments at Less Than Cost For Purpose of Shutting Out Water Competition. Washington, May 1. Few people, perhaps, realise that the trafflo move ment on th lower Mississippi river, once so tremendous, has so materially declined in recent years, that the supremacy once enjoyed by that great atream haa been tranaf erred to the Ohio river and that therefore, Pittsburg rather than either 8t Louis or New Orleans, Is to-day the most Important river point In America. These and other interesting facta are gleaned from the "appendix' to th preliminary report of th Inland Waterway Commission. The report itself was mad public recently, but th "appendix" which haa Just com off th government printing - ofAc prVsses. was made public to-day. Tb greater portion of the data contained in it was prepared under the direc tion of Herbert Knox Smith, commis sioner of the bureau of corporations. It is shown that the lower Missis sippi which always has been recog nised as of greater commercial Im portance than the upper part still retains this - relative importance. Among th important factors fn th decline of traffic on the lower 'Mis sissippi may be mentioned that form erly large quantities of wheat, corn and oats were sent down the river from St Louis and other points to New Orleans, but the building of railroads through Nebraska. Kansas and Oklahoma to the Gulf, together with the lack of attention to river Im provements, haa operated against the shipments of grain down the Missis sippi. This has resulted In the gradual dlaappearanca in the last fifteen years of many finely equipped steamboats on the lower Mississippi a a result of sharp railroad competition - and other cauaes. CAUSE OF DECLINE. Another Important caus for this decline in the traffic movement on that great stream has been the In troduction of th cotton compress re sulting In the overturning of the old system of handling cotton by river. Formerly the only cotton compresses were located at Important centres, such as Memphis,, Vlcksburk and New Orleans, but now any town of alight Importance has Its ow:. compre which have excellent facilities for re ceiving and shipping bales of cotton by rail.; " : , " The report declares' that the de velopment of river traffic Is hindered many ways by the railroad- who at some Imoortant points on th Ohio river way MlDed, control f, hiuch of the land aviij4blfr terminal facilities. On pf . th serious d If floultle for lines operating on tha Ohio, and Its tributaries la th matter of exueeaive wharfage' charges. , Th packet lines charge that it is a com mon practice for little towns along the rlver 'to levy charges which In some Instances run from onf0Wrth to one-third of the net profits of th boats. Boat lines, as a rul, make lower rates than those of rill car riers. The loss of pro-rating arrange ments with the railroads added dif ficulty for the river lines, for instsad of being able to quote through rates, the pasket lines muat new quota their own rate to the. point wher they connect with the railroad and then add the local tariff rate of th rail road from that point to deattnatlon. Thia loss of pro-rating arrangements has seriously affected the packet line and haa practically ruined th traf fic in horseshoes, cotton ties, bar Iron, wire nail,. staples, etc., in shipments to th South, and West where former ly the river freight was heavy, A significant feature of th report la that dealing with "railroad control of rlrar traffic and private eauls." Anumber of packet line engaged tn business on the Mississippi and Its tributaries are mentioned as ahowlng "traces of railroad influence." sev eral private canals are also mentioned as being dominated by railroad In fluences., . 0 In this connection the report strik ingly shows the extent to which But and private cabals have been aband oned, the total mileage abandoned to data being 2,444.2$ mile, repre senting a cost approximated at $81. 171,174. Among the more import ant cause for thia wholesale aband onment of canals ar th Inability ot some canals t compete with modern railroads and the mismanagement of other canala, together with a popular impression that such systems of pub lic works have don, mora harm than good, and. ' finally, a belief that tne chief means of internal communica tion was not to be water but rail. In discussing th. relation of water transportation to railroad rates, the report says: "It- haa been claimed that water transportation is a safe guard against exorbitant charges by rm tlroarta thraiiKh . lar-" sections Of tha country. I Via undoubtedly true, at any rate, that water competition Is a petent caa of local, discrimina tion In railroad rates. ' - - It is pointed out that the import ance of water competition depends very largely, upon whether it is by canal, river, lake, or ocean. It ap pears! vary with the physical char acteristics of the navigable waterways employed and the number and size of the vessels which can be used there on. j 1 IMPORTANCE OF CANALS. The Importance pf canals as regu lators of freight rates; it Is shown, la much lees than formerly. Relative to river, it la stated that their Influ ence on railroad charge vanes with th length of th navigable route, and also with tha depth, wharfage facilities, etc. - The Mississippi Is paralleled on both sides by railroads operating long trains over easy grades at tb least possible cost Riv er steamers can stitl underbid the railroads to come extent on local traffic, but they ar at a disadvantage In looking or terminal expenses, and hi insurance or risk, .as well as on account of the rise and' fall In the river. It . is claimed 4bat the rail roads take traffic at unduly low rates a.iong the rlver and at competitive points generally, and ".recoup them aelvea by high charges at non-com petitive point. The serious declaration Is made that In many cases railroads' art. prob ably carrying goods at leas than cost tor the -purpoee of shutting out water competition. It Is evident that in such cases an Increase In the rail rat would be an advantg"to ail concerned," lit 1 declared, "for It would restore certain bulky traffic to the waterway, where it economically belongs, and leave the railway equipment- available- for traffio properly moving by land, and at the same time making possible a reduction ot other rail rates by Cutting oft business done at a loss -epd by Increasing the voiuma.et profitable business. Nor should the railway fear th restora tion of water trafflo to this extent, for th history of water transporta tion shows that it frequently makes trafflo for.. the railroads more than sufficient to roak up for th apparent loss of business,'' . -- BLUFF FAILED TO WORK. South Carolina Farmer AUearps Fo and Dog Stunt and Gets usugm IJtUe Damage Front StormYoung Woman Fined For Va4prancy. Observer Bureau. 12S0 Berkeley Building, Columbia,' 8, C May, 1. Pone Howard, a Saluda farmer who appealed to th Governor . yesterday to send bloodhound to hia place near Harvardsville. to hunt down tha per son or persona who a few day aq In attempting to assassinate him. shot and ktUed his mule while he was plow ing in the field, has gotten unexpected results, accord inr to a 'phone message thia morning from th Saluda sheriff. Th sheriff reporU that he has plac ed Howard In jail to await trial at Edgefield next month for a particuia ry atrocious murder of a negro nam ed Tom Scurrv about, ten years ago. The sheriff say It is beUeved in How ard's neighborhood thatunere ia nout Ing In the alleged attempt at assassina tion ot Howard, that Howard shot hia own mule to create sympathy for him self and to divert attention from charges brought against him. The telephone and telegraph people report that this State received very little damage from last night's storm, though thre was a heavy rain and a windstorm over the State ' generally, as was the case In Georgia. Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia. The telegraph people are having much trouble with their Western connec tions. Friends over the State will he grieved to learn of the critical Illness of the Rev. Dr. P. F. Kllgo. at Cheraw, while there on a visit The latest re port from him .'Is that his condition has somewhat Improved. A mild sensation was created here this morning by the appearance be fore the recorder of a strikingly hand some young woman, stylishly dressed, on a charge, of vagrancy. And she was found guilty and fined $10, get ting out of her trouble by getting out of town. The evidence disclosed thst fthe had been caught at the home of Mrs. M. E. Kelly, at. the. northwest corner of Park and Taylor streets, which Is In the heart of on of th best residence portions of the city. Th Kelly woman. was.aUo fined Sot Ifeep Ing a disorderly, nous.. The, young woman gave her name a Sallie Relss, and said her horns wss in Hender sonvlil. but those who.cUlm to know her, say -hen hom is in Spartanburg. ; , ., ;', -r r- .V . - AT THE NAVIOJf'g CAPITAL. . , The Moat Important Happening of a Day Briery Summarised, Washington',' May" li Following Is the summary of the" Washington news to-day: The State Department gave formal notification of . It. Intention, to term-lnate-Important commercial agree ments with other countries under the Dingley law. The Senate . finance committee will submit to the Senate Monday amendments to the tariff bill. Chairman Aldrlch, of the com mittee, and other congressional lesd rs who talked with th President, as serted their belief that the tariff bill will be ready for his signature y June 1. The President was pleased with the prospect. The entire way and means committee will be asked to vote on the Philippine tariff bill next Mondsy, that measure to be reintro duced In the House with committee amendments. The scout cruiser Chester and Birmingham, carrying the investiga tion commission to Liberia, are mak ing 425 miles a day. -The Senate will have an oppor tunity Monday to order an Investiga tion by the. Interstate Commerce Commission of charges that th Mis souri railroads are exacting unreas onable rate. The treasury reports on receipts and expenditures for April show a deficit for the month of about $!,- 000.000. Negro Shoots Another For "Con Jar. tag" Mis Wife. , Special to The Observer. Gaffney, S. C, May . 1. A Birs named Jim Crawford, who lives on the plantation of Mr. L. R. Ross, a mile 'from Gaffney, shot another ne gro named Melvln Edwards a few day sgo with a shotgun, Inflicting several painful, though not dangerous wounJs. Crawford aaya that Edwards has been trying to "conjure" his wife and that he had warned him more than one to stay away from hia prem ises and that if he did not do so he would have to tak th consequences, and that when be came home and found him In th house he seised his gun and ran after EdwarJa who fled and shot hint: Edwards is able to walk around anj aaya he will not prosecute Crawford for shooting him. - Spartanburg After Confederate -Reunion. Special to The Observer. Spartanburg, 8. C, May 1. At a meeting of Camp Joe. Walker held In the court house to-day a resolution was passed inviting the State reunion of Confederate soldier In 1110 to be held in Spartanburg. A committe was appointed te confer with the city council and the directors of the cham ber of commerc for th purpoee of ecurlng financial help for the enter tainment of th veterans. - Consecrated Bishop of CI ere land, O. Rome, May 1. The Rv. John Far relly waa consecrated bishop of Cleve land, O.,' to-day by . Cardinal Gottl in tbe Church of the American College In Rome. Cardinal Gottl was assist-' ed by Bishop Kennedy, director of the American College, and Monaig nor J. B. Morris,, coadjutor bUhop of Little Rock, Ark. Practically all. the Rome were present. , Negro Lynched by Moo. Tyler, Ark., May 1 A mob to-day took from. jail Jim Hodges, a negro, and hanged him to a scaffolding at the court bouse building. Hodges, was charged with 'aseautting and seriously injuring Miss Winnie Barman-near her last night. MANMllLEItvIK: GEOEGIA STORM CONTINUED ITS RAVAGES Thirty-Four More ' Deaths Are Ro- . ported and Additional Property Los -Is Heavy Some of the Vic- .' Urns Had Been Reading Tat Two Days of the CotnlnC of the Storm, i Which Waa luaklng It Way TC. . . wards the Atlantic Ocean Tha -Worst Is Now Thought to be Over as the Storm Was pastdng Into the . Ocean Last Klgtrt List of Dead la Georgia by Towna. Atlanta,. Ga., Mayl. The .'atorm. which, for thre days, " ha been sweeping eastward across the South- , ern States, to-night .wts passing out ' of the South Atlantic State Into-the Atlantic ocean. . . , r Despite three days of enuring out" human lives, crushing habitations, do- " Ing perhopa millions -of dollars dam-. . age and, for a few hours In soma ex- tensive sections, well nigh 4 om oralis- -ing business and communication, thia tremendous atmospheric disturbance . to-day had apparently lost Hon of. . it vicious energy. Late this after- noon wires, suddenly regained, flash- -. ed the news ef thlry-four more death In Georgia, live taken by a storm, of .. th coming ot which some of th vie- -tlm had been- reading- for two day -in the newspapers.' ' ' " Last night whn the news of the, extent of th destruction in Tennes- see, with, between 0 and 100 deaths . was speeding by trains from , the ' presses toward 'Albany and Cedar town, Ga,, and when even old hands at predicting the course of tornadoes, wer drawing a sigh ot relief and y Ing that it was all . over, the wind wr racing with th train towards thoftel towna. , Before daylight th -tornadle struck: iboth places, killing 12 In the vicinity of Cedartown and t to a few miles south, of Albany. The Georgia death Hat by Jownai , as received -by The Constitution to night Is: Buchanan, 1$ reported dead; Albany, : ' Meigs, 1; Cedar-, , town, 12; BOwden, 1; Gainesville. 1. At Savannah.' the tornado had 'lost much of Us fury. It tore through th ', old town, however, unroofed many houses and destroyed much property not only In the city, but in adjacent country. From Norfolk came .rtewt . of high winds and some damag to property, while the towns In North Carolina and many in Florida con tributed their quota of etOrtn devasta tion. , , That the worst I over, now seems certain and It only remains to cast up the cost In human life -end prop eriy. That this list will be incomplete for several day is probable, for wire ; er down and railway communication : is wurloualy interrupted In the Inter-1 ior of several State In the path of the .. tornado. WIthv th Information at hand, however. It seem certain that at least 100 have beep killed, prpbably ; twlc as many Injured nd that prop- . erty worth several millions ot doK ' lars has een destroyed. d '. mtkm- is ' 'Mkv&ritAxjif-, - Tornado .Injured Two Persons - and Caused 1100,000, ISsmage Unhnr-' neaafd; n Horao in th Street n Slvgnnah.Oa., - May---I.--A-"'tdTBa46 struck this city this morning, injured t o persons and caused $100,000 dam ag. The southwestern section of the city was struck at 11. $0 o'clock by tho , storai. which uprooted trees, unroof- y ed houses, tore down fences and In jured twn persons. The storm moved -in a northeasterly direction. Th Me Kan hoiplUl for 'negro patint-wdls-v badly damaged. The three-story con crU factory of th HendersonRulI Company, manufacturers of bugg1 -was unroofed and on workman ba,d- , ly Injured. A house at Barnard and -. Thirty-first was blown down and on ;' ' of the occupants Injured. v The storm listed npt mor than half a minute but was so sever that It sounded louder than a train as It cam on Its way. One of the' pecul iarities of the blow was that It com pletely unharnessed a horse, stand- v' Ing hitched to'a wagon in th etreet. but did not Injure the animal. ,' , v MAJOR JOHN MAINS ON STAN P. '. i Second Week of the Mains Trial CJos- ed With Brother of Pefertdsnt la ' , Witness Box. . ' .". Flushing. N. Y.May l.Twb wk ef the Halns trial hav passed.' Court adjourned to-day- after a forenoon session only, with Major John Pow 11 Hlns. U. 8. A., a brother Of .the defandant on th tUni.ZZX ,li ,' Llk Thornton. J. Halns. tha broths ar who preceded hlra. Major Haln at- tempted by hia. teatlmeny for -the de fense to show that Peter C. Halns. Jr., was Insane when he emptied the contents or a magaain revolver. into the body of William E.Annls at .th Bayslde Yacht Club last Au rust He ' was les drsmatHr thin . ' Thornton Halns, whose explosive methods of testimony startled the court room, but apparently, was torn . by emotion. ., Ther "Were- suppressed eobs' in hts ucflc a h told of hie meeting end talks with Captain 'JHalns after " the captain's return from the Philippines laat May to clear up rorhor concern- " In hia wit. Claudia, and Ann is. t " That th broth r on trial for mur- der was lrratlonar' was th burda of Major Hains testimony. , v , n ' i Hi. i i 1 :(t, a--:, Llghrulnc Strike Church Steeple, , ' Special to The Observer: - ' v ' Troy, May l.--Tn "long 'drouth" waa v broken last night by one of the heav iest rain . and severest electric storms'-that has -visited this" section In a long time. The yralnfall . last night is estimated' at about four inchea During-th atorm the ateeple - of .the Methodist church was struck , by lightning and badly demolished - and would doubtless have et fir to ;. the church had iX not been for'th heavy, downpour of ram. Outside Of the steeple no apparent damage has f been done t the church. - ; . f . i Two RohbrloB at Green vine, S. C. Special to The Observer. Grnvtlle. S.C May I. Police , here ar working on two case of rob- , bery which occurred in the erly hours this mcrnlng. Th sai at, in ' ; Wit End -Drug Store was rifled and th store ot John Fa hart waa also rob bed. A clue Is being followed and It r Said B me Of the stolen gwuoa --,e- been located. Arresta will probably be mad to-morrow. .-. ,- Cooper Case to Snpreme Court. .' Nashville. Tenn.. May 1. Th bill of exception in th cas of the Stat vs. Col. Duncan B, Cooper apd Reb tn J. Cooper wa signed by . Judge Hart to-day.' This takes, thej. record to me fiuprem vviut. i V . . , jr. -. ' ' V' o.': '-- :A'cv: j I- X V f '-' :, - !v 1 i; I
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