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Mv -An attempt by rd,ils in the (.'huroh, to ltn o( the other denomina ted to deliver addresses, was po-day by the Keneral com- charst- of i' Kiiiscopal 'onsress. in sei-Mf.n in this I 0;ir.ress does n it repre- Episci.pal i'h.in h in an of- ;lty. b'jt th- rommittee de t& admit outside speakers to the i mult, which arose fcasMite oi 'the open pulpit" t adopted liy the last gen- pntion. ht 8 je.-sion i as discussed psy lio-lTie ra nv as cm. 'hi ijnnUiIllH-l tniivcnient Hi inr.ta; and spiritual heal- ed In- o,.- i)r. l, , o( this i it Mfpv H an 3iH In e.o. a (lefi r.ued hv Rv I.v- i. Niirlhamnlfi'n R. I'r Jfemn. 1 S Mar. r"lt Ilr Thnn,,. h..li.. ' ' ' ' 1 1 1 - wn-'T 'if ,.w Vnri, t n.. B)r. '. i'hare. i . .ui,n. ' Mais,, fr.rmc-K ,iooV.' I'll Of Or: -r Mer. if ul Pavior Minr. hpl'i dissenting ir.f ih Cor.tr'h,e M rf "iriental I3 ' hrlstlan- fr? ""urn. n' London, 'hn.isht in tr rl2ir ' m the WeM The fell. ... ' le-eive the lnp art. . a. not ln- r'1- I Ilr cm -1 t 1 r Thar tK. n-.... P F.at ' m W.T.I a'thniBh fhft F4 in The TV. . vi er he. W1TH IKTH. Kto Rea-h HnnM. f the 1 iP.vii.'v.,. ' niv? as- eiteh A1"xis Lau fc to i:nR:S "ith a ' atten T Ala. tn -v, " ,rir from ri - 6 man rside ' due in an over- I ' Ka! 1 Jour f H . Jersfv dtv ! burn., 0 RUMia. He F 'S, ' a few tot horT, u, c Mpdqnar. ' r ', ."- hed: ' ' IS I On nf .. Tr ip, '"-ana. aH . I w i-l - , naries I!.mJ -""lis. mart! .. . sen , PW of the T. 'th. ea.Vr"1,Ur ,h Snera U rw. Blr"h-rT,a,,:'r Till. fft v.,, imnd- "ait "E tea The il ln tea in i us- A.AN.C. MUST SHOW CAUSE IX GOUDSBORO DEPOT MATTER. The Corporation (Comiulasloai. on the Straictb of tbe Norfolk A South ern's satement ThM It im Poverty. Strickeo, Cites the "Monet" Line to Show a Reauoa For Not Ebterlnc toe Union Depot ot Wayne' Capi tal'taitMUarv Directors JESeet a New Steward The Episcopal Dio cesan Ooaventkm la SeealOB Charter Oranted to a New Cotton Seed Oil Company Cotton- Manu fadorera Award Student" Medal to A. & M. CoUege. ObMrvar Bureau, Tbe Holleman Bujldlnc, Raleigh, May 13. The Corporation Commleaion made a order to-day ciUng the atlantlo & North Carolina Railroad Company, that road .being leased by the Norfolk & Southern, to appear before It May 22, ta show cause. If any, why U ihould not enter the union passenger station at Ooldsboro and pay lis proportion of the costs of tho same, as had been agreed upon months ago. The Norfollt & Southern having pleaded that It waa now too poor to en ter, the station and pay the costs, the Commission will see what is the financial status of the atlantio . North Carolina Railway. Hence the hearing will be of very peculiar Interest, the State being a very heavy stockholder In the A. & N C- The directors of the penitentiary have elected T. T. Bender, of Pollocksville, steward, succeeding W. A. Smith. Di rector W. A. Davis has resigned and T. J. Ren fro w. of Charlotte, succeeds Him. To-day 41 convicts were aent from the penitentiary to chop cotton at the great state faxm near Halifax, where the crop is said to be very promising. There are now only 100 convicts In the penitentiary proper. Work at the brickyard has been stopped until the cor.victe return from the farm. Charters are granted the Cape Fear Oil Company, at Wilmington, capital stock tli.OiiO. Thomaa F. Cooper and others stockholders, and the Christian Construc tion Company. Durham, $10,000, L. S. Christian and others stockholders. EPISCOPAL. CONVENTION. The attendance at the fifty-third annual convention of thin protestant Episcopal Dloceae,, at Christ church to-day waa very large. The report of the treasurer, C.harlea E. Johnson, showed 17,000 raised, a balance of (7,379; a permanent'' fund of 0.522. and two legacies to tailing $3.7u0. Bishop Cheshire delivered his annual ad tiess. Reports were made on church t'owth. There were noonday prayers for missions. One special order was St. Mary's School, with addresses by Rec tor Lay and Charles E. Johnson; another special order being tha Thompson Or phanage, with addressee by Rev. Walter J. Smith and Archdeacon Osborne. The night programme was Sunday schools, with talks by Rev. T. A. Cheatham. Thomas (i. Faulkner, Hon. John S. Hen derson and Robert O. Klttrell. The Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions Is holding its annual meet ings here at the same time as the con vention and thee are held mainly In the chapel of Christ church. A large num ber of women are In attendance, representing- all parts of the Diocese, whloh extends from Raleigh to the Blue Ridge. This evening in the spacious and beauti ful grounds of Christ church and th rec tory a garden party was given In com pliment to the convention and the Wom an's Auxiliary. To-day M. A. Parker, for forty years a well-known cotton buyer here, died of paralysis. He was first stricken last autumn, and a second stroke occurred Friday. His age was 6S and he served during the civil war in tha Junior Re-servss- MEDAL. TO A. & M. COLLEGE. The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, composed of the leading cotton mill men In the United States, has for the second time awarded the students' medal to the textile department of the Agricultural A Mechanical Col lege at Raleigh, this being the only tex tile school In the South to receive It. The medal" Is given for the encouragement of textile education and In erder to receive it a textile school must) have a force of recognixed Instruction which Includes carding and spinning, designing, warp preparatlon. weaving and dyeing; a com plete equipment for Instruction In these branches; fifty students and not less than four graduating students. The textile school at this college meets all these re quirements, y The mayor of Raleigh' has turned over to Col. F. A. Olds, to be placed In the Hall of History, the .homewartf-bound penant flown by the Cruiser Ratoigb, on her return to tills country from the Philippines, where at hte battle of Ma- ntla bay ibis veasel fired the opening gun. The penant la ef chinasilk, was made in Hong Kong and Is HO feet long. It will be shown In a series of loops around the hall. With It is the Raleigh's stand of colors. THE TOPIC OF THE HOUR. There was quite a lot of talk to-day about the filling of the vacancy en tbe Supremo Court bench. One man gave It out that not a few (Mlleved Governor Xitehln would appoint Judge Biggs to succeed Justice Connor and that thea he would name James S. Manning. Esq., as Superior Court judge to succeed Judge oikkb. miners nem to id yicw ui.i mo Governor would appoint Mr. Manning to the position of Associate Justice and de clared thatns in the case of Judge Con nor and tbe Federal Judgeship, tt was a twenty to one shot thayt this would be the thing done. It really lookerlike Manning Is the man. Governor Kltchln appoints H. C. Carter, of Hyde county, a member of the state board of education, sue-1 ceedlng J. J. Laughinghouee, resigned, to become penitentiary superintend ent. Cant Thomas C. Daniels, of New ar . 1. 1 bern. commanding the North Carolina; ral i naval militia. Is here and expects the gunboat Elfrlda m about SO days. It will accommodate two divisions of naval reserves, there being six divi sions. Member Demotes Cotnedy Oosrrpany SboC , Laurens, a C", May IS. J. Ross Wilson, member of the Demorest Comedy Company, was to-night acci dentally shot by Dick Lewis Just be fore the performance at the opera house. The bullet entered the lower abdomen. Physicians say tbe man win probably die before morning. Wilson U married and is a native of Sullivan, HI. i J. J. B1Q is Optimistic. Washington, May IS. James J. "111, the railroad magnate, called on President Tart to-day. He expressed the belief that If the tariff agita tion was cut -off short, and the era wleal steam ln Congress was shut off. the country would fcegtn a great er t prosperity at aa early. tuts. IRON OBE DUTY RETAINED SENATE UPUOtDS OOMJnTl'KE. Action of tli House in Piscine Arti cles on Free list Is Not Approved Bailey Adbouikw His Reasons For Favoring the Duty, Declarina; That It Did .Not Affect Prosperity of United states rrteel Corporation Party Llues Annihilated In Vote on Amendmeut, Seventeen Democrats Voting- For It and Twelve Republi cans Against It Bailey Says Next House Will Be Democratic if Da ties Are Not Lowered. Washington. May IS. After a day devoted to discussing the duty on Iron ore. the Senate, Just before ad journment, adopted by a vote of 61 to 24, the recommendation of the committee on finance for a duty of 25 cents per ton . on iron ore. The House had placed that article on the free list while the present law levies a duty on It of 40 cents Der ton. In this vote party lines were annihilated, as seventeen Democrats voted "aye" with the Republicans and twelve Re publicans voted ."no" with the Demo crats. During the day Senator Bailey, in announcing that he proposed to vcrte for the duty on Iron ore as a revenue measure, declared ' that such action did not affect the prosperity lot the United States Steel Corporation, and added that even if it did there was a better way to deal with that organi zation, which was an enforcement of the anti-trust law against It. He declared that he expected to see this law enforced and be expressed con fidence that eventually the officers of the steel corporation would either be In the penitentiary or fugitives from justice. For the first time there was a suggestion looking to a vote, (but It came to naught because of objection from Senator Beveridge. Mr. Burrows opened the debate on the tariff bill In the Senate with a speech In favor of a duty on Iron ore as a source of revenue for the gov ernment. Tha present duty of 40 cents a ton, which the committee proposed to reduce to 26 cents, yields. he said, a revenue of $332,000, which would be lost by placing Iron ore on the free list, as proposed by the House. Mr. Rayner said that if the Senate should reject the amendment of the committee on finance placing a duty of 25 cents a ton on Iron ore he would later move to put that article on the free list. Mr. Smith, of Michigan, quoting from Charles Schwab, said that wit ness had stated before the ways and means committee of the House that to put iron ore on the free list would not reduce the price of tlte manu factured product. "I don't believe a word he says," retorted Mr. Rayner with energy. Mr. Daniel, Democrat, wanted Iron ore to pay the duty of 35 cents as he wanted the revenue, and as there was a great deal of Iron land In his State not owned by the steel trust. Mr. Tillman Inquired whether any thing was ever to be done about the "illegal" absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by the United States Steel Corporation, and Mr. Cul berson replied that If the Attorney General had no Information to show the illegal nature of that combination, he could furnish it to him. MONET FAVORS REVENUE. Mr. Money, a minority member of the finance committee, introduced a statement giving the total value of products, and the total wages enter ing Into each under each of the schedules of the bill. He said he presented the statement particularly 'because of its bearing on the Iron schedule, In which the labor repre sents 20.8 per cent. "I am convinced that this bill does not carry revenue enough,'' he said. "I am of the opin ion that the expenditures of the gov. ernment cannot be reduced, and I will venture to predict that the next supply bills, Instead of carrying $1. 032.000.000 will amount to $1,100, 000,000. I am for revenue. I am one man at least, who Is for the United States of America, and next for the consumer." Declaring that he intended to sup port the finance committee on the Iron schedule. Mr. Money said that he believed the Increased rates pro posed were necessary to produce suf ficient revenues. Differentiating sharply between tax ation for needed revenues and high duties to support interests, which do not need the protection, Mr. Money said It had been his observation that In whatever country there Is a pro tective tariff there is built up a sys tem of morality of Its own; a system, which not only permits one to covet neighbor's goods, but to take them away by force of law. Analyzing the economics feature ln volved in free Iron ore as giving the United States Steel Corporation the same advantage of cheapness as it would give the Independent compan ies, Mr. Bailey was proceeding to argue that the levying of the tariff was a matter of revenue, when Mr. Rayner interrupted to ask how It hap pened that the steel corporation wag using every effort to keep the duty on Iron ore. Mr. Bailey said he could undese . t ' re.r,rentir,- States along the Atlantic seaboard would desire free iron ore for their Industries.. "But," he added, "the remission of duties to increase commerce Is not, different from levying of duties, to en courage commerce." He argued that there was a better way tocontrol the steel trust than taking. Off. the duty from iron ore and that was to en- force the Sherman anti-trust law. Tf the Attorney General," he said. "is quoted correctly, he- has 'no pur pose of prosecuting anybody, and by that I assume he means criminal prosecution." He declared that he wouio. give nis gooa ouic,io mo a- ministration" to solve the anti-trust problem by telling how It could be enforced. Mr. Bailey proposed a penitentiary sentence sa an efficient method for correcting abuses of the anti-trust laws. -BAHjET CHIDES REPUBLICANS. Chiding the Republicans with dis sensions within their own ranks, he declared that If they passed the pend ing tariff bill without the Income tax and -without reducing rates of dutix' the next House would he Democratic. He said that If the Republican ma jority failed to carry oat the pur posesof the people in this respect the people would call Into tneir services another set of men and they were bound to be either rf the Democratic party or to be. denominated by what are known as the Insurgents within the Republican party. r Uii Bailey asked Senator Aldrlch whether he would agree for a time for a vote on the income tax. . Mr. Aldrlch asked Mr. Bailey whether he would expend that agree- ment to include a time for voting upon the Jjill and its amendments. Mr. Bailey proposed a vote on the In come tax amendment next Saturday ana a vote on me lartrt oiu on juna a "That is satisfactory to me," said Mr. Aldrlch. Mr. Beveridge said there was no reason for taking up the time of the Senate by talking about unanimous agreement on June 1 or any other time. He said the bill would be vot edj upon when Senators had conclud ed discussing It. Mr. Bailey then said that if Mr. Aldrlch would agree to vote on the Income tax amendment next toatur day he would use his good offices to bring about a vote on the bill June I. or as early as possible. Mr. Aldrlch said he might be will Tng to consent to that proposition to morrow- morning. Senutor Bailey declared that In the present tlnanclal condition - of tue country, there was a necessity to do one of two things, cither to maintain the high rates of the Dlngley bill or to sell borras. A BANK KU IT TREASURY, "You dare not sell bonds to pay the exoenses of the government." he shouted. He added that the Republi can administration had a bankrupt treusury snd they ould have either to sell bonds or te allow their obliga tions to go by default. He suggested that his amendment, providing $80,- 000.000 of revenue would take the burden of taxation from the consum era and place It upon Incomes that are abundant and solve this difficulty If tho Republicans would only accept it. On motion of Mr. Aldrlch. a vote was taken on the committee amend ment making Iron ore dutiable at 25 centa a ton. The amendment adopted by a vote of 1 to 14. Democratic Senators who voted for the committee amendment were Ba con. Bailey, Chamberlln, Clay, Dan iel, Fletcher, Foster, FTaxler? Johns ton, of Alabama; McEnery, Martin, Paynter. Simmons, Stone, Taliaferro, Taylr and Tillman. IXTK11ESTING APPEAL CASE. Presbyterian General Assembly Will Pass on Matter of Rev. M. B. irler. Missionary to China, For Baptizing a polygamlst. Observer Bureau, 1230 Berkeley Building, Columbia. 8. C. May 1J. Muoh Interest Is felt by South Car ollna Presbyterians in the coming fortv-ninth General Assembly of the Church, which convenes in the First church. Savannah, on. the ZOtn, witn the Rev. Dr. W. W. Moore as moder ator, as this State has an appeal case of general Interest and Importance be fore the Assembly that of the Rev M. B. Grier. of the Due West section. serving as missionary to China, for hantizlntr and receiving Into 1'ne Church a polygamlst. So far as the case itself Is con cerned, the appeal Is of a purely friendly kind. In the nature of a test case, and there Is no bitterness con cerned with It But tne questions n volved have "been discussed and ar gued throughout tbe country for sev eral years, by members oi otner ae nominations as well as Presbyterians snd these are of great practical In terest, especially to the whole foreign missionary field. Mr. Orler baptized a polygamlst who had three wives who had been Incurring expenses tor n:m for some twenty years, and some in teresting side questions have arisen as to what attitude the Church should assume toward him and them and what disposition he should make of the wives. The South Carolina Presbytery, fol lowing the non-committal attitude of former Assemblies, which left those matters to the discretion of the mis sionaries themselves, decided not to go into the case. It then went to the South Carolina Synod on appeal. This body sustained the action of the Pres bytery, and now it Is desired to get the case before the Assembly In such shape as to force that body, the high est court in the Church, to definitely outline Just how far a missionary may go and exactly where he shall stop. The missionaries argue that the churches had best be satisfied with making these heathen Christians, and that it will not do to draw fine dis tinctions. The case Is being appealed by the Rev. W. H. Mills, of Clemeon, while the Synod will be represented by Rev. J. M. Holladay, of Winnsboro. HUNTING TRIPS SUOCESSFUIi. Former President Roosevelt Adds Two Glruffen and a Rhinoceros to His Collection Visits American Mission. Nairobi, British East Africa. May U. Theodore Roosevelt s hunting trips continue to be successful. The animals that most recently have fallen before his gun Include two giraffes and a rhinoceros. Kermit Roosevelt, his son, nas succeeaea in bringing down a big bull giraffe. Mx. Roosevelt to-dsy visited the Ameri can mission at Machakos. The en tire party will break camp near Machakos to-morrow and move to the Ju Ja ranch of George McMillan. All the members of the expedition are well. Tho American mission referred to n th ahove deiDatch is maintained by the Africa mainland mission, and is in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Johnstone. The object of the work Is the evangelization of the natives. GOES TO SUPREME OOrRT. Circuit Court of Appeals Refuses Pe tition of Taylor In Case of West felt Against North Carolina Mining Company, Involving Possession of Tract of Valuable Land. Richmond. Vs., May 13. A petition waa filed w1th the United States Cir cuit Court of Appeals to-day by Han nls Taylor, of Washington, to grant an appeal to the Supreme Court In the ease of Westfelt against the North Carolina Mmlng Company, iwhich was dismissed from the appellate court during Its" last term. The petition was refused and Mr. Taylor will apply to the Supreme Court fora writ of mandamus to take the case higher up, - The case Involves possession of a tract of land ln western North Caro lina valued at ever a million dollars. president InvHed to Virginia. Washington, May IS. Senator Daniel, of Virginia, to-day Invited the President to attend the Confederate gathering to be held at Cedar Run on the border of Shenandoajh and Fred erick counties. Virginia, some time during the summer. The date will be decided upon later and the President will give a definite answer. MB. 1I0LT0X WELL PLEASED WITH CONNOR S APPPOINTMEXT. The District Attorney Thinks the President Marie a Wise Choice and Thinks the Republicans of trie tstaxe Have Only Themselves to Blame If They Are Disappointed A Lively, Interest Throughout the South In the TeeitT DiscasKious In Congress The rtot Manifested In the I .letters the Representatives of Hie People Arc Recelvinc From. Tbeir Constituents How Some of the Tariff-Kramers Work at Cross Purposes. BY H. E. C. BRYANT. Observer Bureau. Congress Hall Hotel, Washington. May 13. District Attorney A. E. Holton, who la In the city, was asked to-day what he thought of the appointment of Judge Connor. His reply was: "I think it the best the. President could do under the circurnstances. Some of tho Republican leaders, who claim the right to speak for the party In the State, made such a condition, that the appointment was but the logical result They fly-blowed every Repub lican lawyer or prominence In the district with the view of naming a Judge from an Individual standpoint. This the President would not stand for. When the Republicans of the State are fully Informed, they will say the President waa right and place uie responsibility for our failure tq get a Republican as Judge where it properly belongs. Judge Connor will make an ideal judge, and will meas ure up ln the administration of the office to the satisfaction of the people and the expectation of the President." INTEREST IN TARIFF FIGHT. The South Is becoming thoroughly Interested ln the tariff discussions, and the representatives of the people are beginning to hear from their con stltutenta, some of whom deplore the fact that their Senators and members of the House seem to be departing from the ways of th Peerless One of Nebraska and his declarations ln the Denver platform, and others who have an eye on the various "Infant" Interests of their respective commun ities. Seaator Aldrlch Is marching on to his goal regardless of the Insurg lng of the Insurgents. He has put through his lead schedule, and. In doing so, oar r led two Democrats, Hughes, of Colorado, and McEnery, of Louisiana, with him, and lost ele ven Republicans, namely, Beveridge of Indiana; Brlstow, of Kansas; Brown and Burkett. of Nebraska; Clapp and Nelson, of Minnesota; Cummins and Dolllver. of Iowa; Gamble and Craw ford, of South Dakota; and LaFollette of Wisconsin. The insurgents have done their utmost and failed to rally enough support to thwart the plans ot the cunning man from Rhode Island The tariff discussions are most in teresting. Some of the speeches are well worth careful study-- Two very able speeches have been made In the senate ny juoniver, or iowa. and Blm mens, of North Carolina. If one will read the remarks of these two men he win be able to form an Idea of tits course of the dividing line between two great sections of the crjuntry. Dol llver, who has no cotton, would like to see the duties on cotton products reduced, but would Increase the tariff on hides, a product ot his section, while on the other hand, Mr. Simmons, who represents a lumber and cotton producing state, desires 11 that bit section Is entitled to under a protec tive tariff. Former Governor Jarls, of North Carolina, ln discussing the tariff with a few friends said: "Hancock jald that the tariff was a local matter; If he were here now he could add that It was also personal." COTTON MEN SATISFIED. Outside of the production of corn and cotton, the largest Interests In North Carolina are the manufacture of cotton goods, of lumber and the production and manufacture of tobac- oo. Virginia and South Carolina are largely interested In the same Indus tries. These are State-wide enter prises in the Old North State and there is hardly a community or section in the State whose prosperity does not depend upon either one or the other of them. Lumber was ln the Dlngley bill at about 11 per cent., and In the present bill at about 5 1-2 per cent.; cotton goods was in both bills at about 44 per cent.; tobacco at 89 per cent.; (this being the highest rate lri the whole bill). There are other duties: Peanuts, for Instance, Is ln both bills st a good stiff i rate, and rice, at (S per cerJ-. Kaolin, mica, monoelte, thorium, and barytas, all products of local Impor tance In their respective sections of the State, are provided with profitable rates. The cotton mill men are neither asking for a reduction nor an Increase but are Jealously guarding what they have. The tobacco men, whether manufacturer or farmer, are saklng for no reduction, but n the contrary they are demanding that the rate on Turkish tobacco be ' practically dou bled. The lumbermen are Insisting that there should be no reduction ln the duty on lumber and the same is true with other products. There are three courses open to Southern. Senators, one is to fight to have all of these things put on the free list, as some are demanding In the case of lumber, the second was to rut the duties now on them, in half. as others are demanding for lamber, and the third, is to let the duties re main as they are. Briefly stated this Is the case. EVERY INTEREST AROUSED. The representatives of these sev eral Interests are letting their Sena tors and Representatives know their wishes. Now. if the people as dis tinguished from the producer of these articles. It Is argued, desire that their Representatives should pursue a dif ferent course they should let them know It. If the consumers of peanuts, tobacco, rice, cotton goods, want the duties taken off these things m order that they may get them cheaper from Spain and Cuba, and other countries where they are produced, they ought to communicate with their members of Congress. This Is what the- men who are lighting for the share of protection that they believe the South is entitled to under the Aldrlch bill are arguing. If, on the other hand, they say, the representatives of these various) Interests and the communities ln which they constitute the chief in dustry, do not wish them put on the free list or the duty reduced one half, they should not complain when their representatives ln Washington DAVIS BROTHERS INDICTED SEVERAL CHARGES IN COUNT. Five True Bills Are Returned Again John C. Davis. Among the Charges Being Embeaalement and Forgery Km bexi lea ieat Charge So Far Acted Upon hy the Grand Jury Ag gregate $53.0O0 AmOstaut I'nited States Attorney Says Total Claims Brought to His Attention Aggregate $150,000 Martin T. Davis Is Charg ed With Kmbesalement From Building and Loan Association Tlioroaa A. Owen Is Exonerated by United States Attorney Baker. Washington. May 13. John C. Davis and his brother, Martin T. Davis, whose alleged questionable dealings In high finance came t6 an abrupt close last week with a deluge of complaints from residents of this city, Alexandria, Vs., and other cities, were Indicted by the grand Jury here to-day. The indictments charge em bezzlement and misappropriation of vast sums of money, forgery and the uttering of the forged papers and false pretenses. Five true bills, charging embeiale inent and two charging forgery and utterance, were returned against John C. Davla Embezzlement from th Potomao Building and Loan Associa tion, of wthlch he was secretary and treasurer, and forgery ar alleged against Martin T. Davis. In addition to these, joint Indictments charge th brothers with torgery and false pre tenses. The embezzlement charges so far acted on by the grand Jury against John c. Davis aggregate $51,000. As sistant United States Attorney Proctor says the total claims brought te his attention aggregate $150,000. In ad dition he knows of a case where $15, 000 was secured from a person, who has not made complaint up to this time. Other claimants, It Is expected. desiring to avoid publicity, have not J lliaUQ 1.UII1JJ1K1111. Including these claims. United States Attorney Baker to-day esti mated at $160,000, the total amount secured by John Davis from in vestors. Mr. Baker to-day made a statement exonerating Thomas A. Owen, who was arrested on a charge of conspir acy with the Davis brothers, and re leased on $1,000 bond last Saturday. GARRETT WILL RESIGN. Preoldent of the Seaboard Air line und Chief Executive Officer Under the Receivers, to Retire on Novem ber 1. Baltimore, May 13. Confirmation was had to-day of the report that W. A. Oarrett, president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, and chief executive officer under the receivers of the road, would resign his position. Mr. Gar rett will, however, remain with the railroad ln his present capacity until November 1, next, at which time h will become vice -president of the T. H. Symington Company, of Baltimore, extensive manufacturers of railway equipment Mr. Garrett said that to handle properly and economically the enor mous volume of business that will be offer od ln the next few years by the shipping public, the railroads must make large expenditures for termi nals, additional facilities, power and equipment and he believed the manu- facturlng field, especially the manu facture of staple Iron and steel prod ucts, was a broader one and offered greater rewards than the railroad service. HALTS CUMBERLAND BRIDGE Right of Uie County to Replace Burned Clarendon Structure With out sanction of Congress Question ed by United States Engineer. Special to The Observer. Fayettevllle, May 13. The right of Cumberland county to construct a. bridge across the Cape Fear river to replace the Clarendon bridge, burn ed some time ago, has been question ed by Capt. Earl I. Brown. United States engineer In charge of this dis trict. In a letter to J. J. Hullard, chairman of the county commission ers, he asks if the court has Becured congressional authority for the erec tion of the bridge, which is about one-third completed. County Attor ney Charles G. Rose, to whom the matter was referred, wrote Captain Brown to-day that ln his opinion au thority from Congress was not neces sary, as the bridge is being built above the recognised point of navigation. He has also written Senator Overman and Congressman Godwin, request ing Investigation and asking If neces sary, the passage of a bill granting permission to build the brdlge. Wright Brothers at Home. Dayton, O., May 13. To an Asso ciated Press correspondent, Orvllle Wright this afternoon said he and his brother would give a flight In Day ton, if it could be arranged. The home-coming reception accorded the brothers to-day had been announced as informal, but they were greeted by a multitude. As they passed through the streets lined with cheer ing throngs, it wss plain that the Wrights were deeply touched. Wright Flying Machine Company. Berlin. May 13. The Wright Fly ing Machine Company, limited, has been organized here with a capital of $125,000. It will construct and operate aeroplane. on th Wright system. Adler's Fate With Jury. New Orleans. May 13. The trial of William Adler, former president of the now defunct 8tate National Bank, of this city, who was indicted j on 72 counts for alleged misapplica- tlon of the funds of that Institution . to the amount .of more than a half million dollars, went to the jury to day after lasting nearly a month. resist the doing of the things that they would not have done. In talking with me about the con test ln the Senate a well-known man, who Is thoroughly Informed on the subject, said: "There should be no hypocrisy about this business. Men ought not when they consider these things from a business standpoint take on -course and when they consider them, from a political standpoint take another." The fight is on in earnest and will continue for sometime to come. It Is safe to say that the Aldrlch bill, al most In toto, will pass the Senate, and be carried to and through the House. "Every man Is looking after his own bull nd will not, have him gored, if h can help It. - -. . '' : . M Kl STEDMAN NpT IN RACE, HE SO INFORMS THE COVER OltV Distinguished Greensboro Citizen, Whose Appointment as Successor to Justice Connor on the Supremo -Court Bench Has Been Urged by His Friends. Request the Chief Executive Not to Consider His , Name in Connection With the An- . pointment His Idea Not to Em barrass the Governor ln His Selec tion Gate City Get a New Physi cian Southern Railway Division Superintendents Meet New Notes of a Day. t Observer Bureau. :i : The BevUl Building,, Greensboro, May II. In a conversation With Th Obeer-' . ver correspondent this afternoon Major Charles M. Stedman, who has) Y been urged by many of his friends lA different sections of the Stats to aW low his name to be presented to Oov". 1 ernor Kltchln as a candidate to sue ceed Hon. Henry G. Connor on the Supreme Court bench, stated that, in order to set the matter at rest, ha, had to-day, written the Governor letter asking him not to consider hi ,' name in connection with the appoint ment. He said, moreover, that, even If he had desired the appointment and, the Governor should conclude that -v his duty demanded that he give th ,, place to some other friend, he would far rather discard every Idea ln oen nection with It than embarrass Gov-., ernor Kltchln. He stated In his let ter to the Governor that he had na thought of the place in his mind.'-, and even If It were in his mind ant the Governor should not appoint him, hs would have none the less friend ship and regard for him. Major Sted man further stated that be had no Idea, whom th Governor would appoint. but of one thing he was very certain that Governor Kltchln would appoint, no one to the high place of Associate Justice who rwaa not worthy In every . respect; that two of the cardinal vir tues of Governor Kltchln wore, w courage and a sense of duty, and that . he felt and knew that In making the appointment the Governor would b guided by his sense of duty and would. not he deterred from doing what he . thought was right and Just for the people Of the State of North Carolina, It mattered not whom It might please ; or displease. Many of tbe friend ef Major Stedman will be disappointed to know his conclusion about this , matter. 1 Dr. E. C. Laird, formerly of Chase City. Vs., has located ln Greensboro) for the practice of medicine. The regular monthly meeting of ths division superintendents of th Southern Railway waa held here thl afternoon In the office of General Superintendent Westfall. The board of aldermen to-nignt re elected Judge T. J. Shaw olty attor ney and C. F. Neelley, chief of police. J. B. Tomlinson was elected tax col lector to succeed R. M. Rees, who has held the position trwenty-nv years. GREENVILLE INSPECTOR ANGRY Absolutely Refuses to Pass Ormderan ed Meat and Complains to State Health Officer of the Attitude of Swift A Co. Special to Th Observer. Greenville, S. C. May IS. In a let ter to Dr. C. F. Williams, Stat health officer. Dr. C. E. Smith, Green ville meat and milk Inspector, state that agents of Swift ft Co. have en deavored to get htm to pass the It. 000 pounds of meat recently con demned here on aocount of having been submerged in filthy water for 24 hours. Dr. Smith absolutely re fuses to pass the condemned meat. In his letter to Dr. Williams h says: "My Idea Is that they will keep It until they think It has blown over and then try to put it on our market. All the representative of Swift have assured me that they are wlHlng to do just what Is right and what I de mand, but I cannot believe them a they have tried every way to get ra to reconsider and pass the meat and when I positively refused to do $a they refused to do anything and now they are criticising the city health department. They claim that the meat is all right and that the city health department Is a set of 'boneheads,' df -you know what that Is. I think th matter has hung fire long enough and . should be disposed of in some man ner. If we have not the authority to handle the situation I will writ Dr. Mslvln at Washington for advice, ,. 1 think it would be a disgrace te the etty and State tf we cannot pre vent this meat from being used tor food purposes. AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL. The Moet Important Happenings ef st Day Briefly Summarised. Washington, May 13. Th most . Important happening ln the nation' capital to-day were as follow: A protective duty of IS cnt on . Iron ore. recommended by the finance . committee, was endorsed by th Sen- ata by a vote of 1 to 14, venteia ' Democrat voting for and twelv Re publican against rt. Consideration of th 'Philippine tar iff bill consumed th greater part eg the day in the House, th maar - coming ln for gen ral criticism from - Representatives Harrison, of New r York, and Underwood, of Alabama. y President Taft's pro wss as a golf playsr waa completely overshadowed by ths performance of Vice Presi- dent Sherman's son. Thomaa, who d ' feated W. J. Travis, th former ama teur champion. In th qualifying -round of the Chevy Chase tourna ment. '"," ! James 3. H1U -visited the Whit O - M A-l .'' V K- -v r Sl? n!,,!r5Li?a ooUoolt WM ' as.vrTg a as saaa witwuvu. Indictments ware returned against John C Davla, a lawyer, and hi brother, Martin T. Davis, charging embezzlement and misappropriation of vast sums of money, forgery and the uttering of forged papers and false pretenses. With a Shotgun. Chatham County Citizen Kills Himself Special to The Observer. Pittsboro, May 13. Mr. W. M. Gat tls, of Baldwin township,' committed suicide this morning by, shooting himself In the head with a shotgun. For several months his mini has not been right and not long ago he lost what money he had !n a merchandise ventuye. Since then .. he- ha , been watched for fear of what happened . to-day. He was about 4S year oldV a man of good character and was gen-' erally held In esteem la his communl- - ty. " .'- - -' - -. 4- a'
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