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lowed by fair, cooler;
Thursday fair, warmer In
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PRICE 5 CEXTS
Leads all North Carolina
Dailies M News
CircM
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llllESIDIO
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te and Ho'jss Both
Busy With Auger
SECTI0:iS7A':012 GUTCUT
H Mrl Referred to the Traffic Agree
ment Provision Ti Latter Would
Hate permitted Any Railroad
' trnwlng SVty Fr Cent ' Another
Bead to Absorb It Section Prohlb
Itiaf ' Hlft-har lUle for a Short
! Haul Titan Long Haul Adopted.
' ' (By the Associated Press, y
Washington, D. C.May 1. The
dlamantllng of the Administration rail
road bill proceed la both houtei of
Congress today.;; ,
Section 7-the traffic agreement
provision wa eliminated by both
Senate and Houset the Senat struck
: out also aectlon 12, which would have
. permitted any railroad .owning . .fifty
par cent of another road to absorb It
altogether. Te7ct,on prohibiting
a railroad to charge a higher rata for
a ahort haul than for a long haul waa
adopted by the Houae la form report
ed by the committee on Interstate
. Commerce, but with an additional pro.
vlsioa for an Instigation and report
: to Congress by tha Interatata Com.
mere Commlarton on the fact relative
1s the lone; and ehort haul question.
There Is no aectlon corresponding to
this in the bill aa It Is pending In the
rnt; hut an amendment offered by
Ketiuor Heyburn today to modify the
extatinf law to similar effect precipi
tated an extended debate, which waa
still in progress .when the Senate ad'
, Jeurned. . v
i Strictly speaking, each houae today
u boring hole in a separata bill
the inflate In tha Renal bill Intro
Cured by Senator Elklna; the Houae
In the House bill tntrdueed by Rep
teutatlv Tow mend but the bills
t the ' outset were Identical;
thvnth Oicy were made . . differ.
ent In ve.rtout respects by the commlt
. tr! . i, ri-nrt-iwl Hit-ru. Eeu. li Ver-
ot t . bin I m yet to be fawd
n Its own houae and then will have
to uudi-rpo tiia temiur mercies -of the
ether. V, eether either wilt ever
emerge fnim the flnil stage f Joint
tonferenrn ts a thing nobody la pre-,
pared Jvt now to prophesy.
NVver rtnee It was reported to the
Senate some nln weeks ago, has the
bill moved nng with such celerity
as leday. The entire program outlin
es at yesterday"! conference of re
puhllean leaders wss carried out and
rittoded. In rapid succession the
t'titamlas and the Crawford-EIklns
mnlmetita to the finance committee
provision, mere withdrawn and the en
tire merger provisions strickea out
The Clay amendment striking out
the agreement provision waa accepted
without division and thla action waa
followed immediately by the addition
t a motion by Henator Nelson, strlk
l"f out without division section It,
hH rovers the nuesUons of mergers.
X, Hryburn then precipitated the
obt f tae (jBV hy presenting an
anendmeat prohibiting a greater
for ihort than for lonr hauls. In
Jirrort of his amendment. Mr. Hey.
burn presenting; many Inetances of al
. l'ged. dlactimination.
Admitting that apparently there are
aome eaaew nf Injuattce, Mr. Aldrlch
I4 the trouble was to find a remedy.
Ieelarlng thst roanv cities, ouch as
JL lsui. Kansas city and lnver had
area built up by the railroads, he
lied Mr, Heyburn whether he advo
cated their annihilation. In the Inter.
fur I net an re, of some unknown
JrV Idaho. He declared that Mr.
Jlejhtirn s contentions, carried to their
h-IHImsta eeault. would convert the
great central part of the country Into
a harr waate.
"That la the old alren song." re
P"ded Mr. Heyhum.
He would not admit Its applicabili
ty, and declared that If the terminal
rhanres Of the railroads were fsir and
remunerative, there could I no In
joeilce In charptng the same price
lor a ehorter haul
The Hevburn amendment was still
mjder consideration when the Senate
adjourned. .
, Voting was begun on amendments
he bmg and short hsul aectlon
.v .., hours' debate upon It la
-ne House.
l. JL li ,0 ,B mndni nt b Mr.
'Urtv. f Teta a, to strike out the
prT.e,n perrolttlna- the Interatats
,,l!m,'' 'omnt.ton to permit the
"ir, of ,. thrr,UK1i ratw In view
cornpetltms, was dlsgreed
awli fr,,0B dialing to the long and
.2 11 elane. , -M then agreed
w m practically the form In whkh
,1 rP"rted. As sirreed to by
tZa. th too permiU rsli
," to charge low rates for a lot.g
m view Pf m competition
arlL!r "'n ,o,r, r' h bMn
,1? br Interstate Commerce
- ProvlaUw ant heetln t
m .re"U between raUToa.la then
MM,! Un Mr Townaend, of
vidin " ufr''r', amendment pro-
J' in f any such ssree
than w""l'd reault In higher rates
tate r,,'",ir charged, the Inter.
SnitL, f'min,r!; commnwlon should
effecr th rate.. . t,efra ,.r became
intm Mr' '8r'in- f footh !"
thal.t"1 'H.lte vrovidlng
r"' rna.le t, trufve seree-
!! h"n,'l he enroi e. bv the com.
n7-r'B ''for beromlfg eSecttve In
nincea.
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Mr. Martin t
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SENATOR LORIMER AND OFFICIALS .
INVESTIGATING ERICERV SCANDAL
1 V y SS
GREAT CONFEREflGE! 7 &h
OFTHEMETHODISTS
.... . . v f
Will Begin At Ashevills
' This Morning
DELEGATES PDURIKGiH
AM Bhshopsi Present Estvp Biahop
IlUgcrakl-Wlio It to Pired VU1
'o Arrive, Owing to PacMe Con.!
dIUon AdJress) of Bishop Usos) ,
Concurred Is) by Um Otber Bbthopa
Will Be DcUvcresl This Morning. '
(Special to New and Observer.)
Ashevll K. C. May I. From all
parts of the country, where there la a
Conference of the Mettiodist Episco
pal Church, South, delegates have
poured Into the city today for the
Quadrennial General Conference,
which begins IU three weeks aessloa
tomorrow morning at I c'clock.
Bishops Wilson Hendricks, Key.
Candler, Morrison. Hose and Atkins
are hare, but Bishop PHsgerald. It Is
feared, will not arrive, aa he la Very
feeble. Fourteen extra Pullmans have
arrived In the city, each with lie full
quota. Going several mile out from
Aahsvltle. each train waa boarded by
a recsptioa commutes and the hand
ling of the delegate was thus greatly
facilitated.
The headquarter ef the conference
are at the Battery Park Hotel where
all ot the bishops and correctional of
fleers and about two hundred of the
delegates are slopping. Ths delegates
of the North Carolina and Western
North Carolina Conferences arrived
today and are at the Battery Park
tibial. -Rverytftlng to In readiness for
the opsnlng session. -
The address of Bishop Wilson, eon.
furred In by all the othar bishops, will
be delivered at thr- morning session
and It la espected that besides die
raaslng the history of ths church. Its
pro trees in recent j-ears, etc., be will
touch upon some of the mors impor
tant queetlons that will come op for
discussion. , His sd drees will probably
contain a recommendation as t the
nnmber of bishop the conference
should elect. '
A meeting of tbe Board of Fdues-
i.., , .... .. ""ti. i " -
ternoon and their report compiled la
to be made to the conference. , ;
nnu, ITATE SOLD.
T,,J htrjtrr rrcTrtv sf,Itoi.lnj
"" Imin f-ol.i fe li.BJi.
' Ruckttighein, N. i May
very valuable plecwi of reel
estate
changed hHjida at puhllc acaln her
, Mt . r .4 . .
erdar. "amon them belrg the ;
Whlte.ker uropertr on nffh im
which waa bid In hr fiherlff HlpeoBfn rr mf Flot
for I5 15 A mnoth ago thU prop- On yewerdav a wagn, .nt frr
ertc was eold for .llvtaion and brought ' ihem nrd ther wre ( .od n and
li t?, but ens of ths nlilwrs leter ierred r. the h.,m ef tbir fahr s
rted the bid. ablch neceitate. afreets Is Nah fosmr, r -r ah.
re-aaie. Hberiff ll'non will Improve vile. fVfor (casing the cm- !or
tbe pr..perv end tt wltl be one ..f the ; Tborne diked eer i of thn e, K
moat deairable ete In the tosn. i new suiting, wn-ch in' ludej ai-: arel
m mm m I from heed to f ct
Tisrbev-wo tmt Itrwnra-b k New, .
Wihaton-Saiem. Mir p.t "W
j, ,(v a "barbeene and Kr;mvn k
.t.. at b.:en rrk. hih n on. Hit-
f,,, - 1y, Mv 7. 111. In honor of the
: deleeatee attr-dm the ftnte I'.inrm.
: rir.n of the Sonh t.'amMr l"iaiei
Trvers Prc!e tivs 1- a-.lc of
j Am?ii-s.
EEliZiXTO EXPLODES
0E MAX IS IXyrAXTLY &.IIXKD,
"AJf OTHER ' Kl.RIOrSLY : MAX
. - mlD AVD A SCORE or OTUKRS
VERIorSLT BllOiKD.
By the Associated Press )
. FhJUdelphla, Pa May J. One
ma wss Instantly killed, another waa
seriously mangled and a score ef oth
er were seriously burned today when
a i.eo gallon tank of ben cine ex
ploded Ire the extracting house of the
M.-L. shoemaker Company's fer
tiliser plant. East Venango street, and
Delaware River.
Wilson IJoyd. ag'll 4i years, and
Fredeiick Schumann, aged 14 yeaua,
were tha only person ls the eitrsct
ing house when the tank exploded.
Both men were burled through the
roof. Lloyd fell bark Into the bias
ing structure and perlalwd in the
flames, fkhunwaa. who was found
lying sa the river bank, a hundred
yards away, had a leg and ana torn
off and waa frtshtfollr burned. The
physicians say he cannot survive.
Two score of workmen who were in
the vicinity of the building, were
showered with the biasing oil and
benalns and other chsmtcahv Many
of them had the clothing burned from
their backs.
I. R. kern, aged li years. In at
tempting to escape from tbe fiery
shower, waa knocked dosrn by
frightened team of horse His ana
waa broken and shell frsvotnred.
DEbiXTS IIKK CHILD IlEX,
vYomaa Did Xot fVieiuwit Kalctdc, liat
l4t W lti M "Arnnttjr.-
(gpeclsl to New sad Ubserver.)
Bocky Mount. May I, Krtday
night event that pat the tonrue
of many la the city to wargtnv. ben
the report that Mrs Wfcttfteid,
young white woman, had drowned
herself hi Tar rtver, has reanlrM It
self Into a aataalloa entlrelv differ
eat from wbat wa first renorted and
arter a thorough Investigation by ths
police of U city H was learned thst
the woman had hot gone near the
river, but thst her dtsaappearae waa
doe te the feet that she had roa awav '
free home with mm "sfnajtv." Isavtn
her four smslt chlldrea. the oldei
twelve years old. to ths car of say
person ini! wih". it-i ,nFj mifnt
fall. Tlie woman" wrote MstoT;
Thome a letter. sattn tint she was '
going t take her life and after j
mailing ine wmmm ene in ,ne cttr
isrlth a man who had been paying her j
!(,nnon heretofore. . '
, TM tbe city placed !
the children twir er or a
h'nd
neighbor, while the faev iJ the chil
dren, who r Idee In , Naeh ceajity.
"inrai hot'f ed of the oiiH'e.jrs stt
told to send Tor me little ones The
icanse of the womfen's a- tloom. ft t
j'nongni, - ' ' "at
nuwo o -''I ci ar
jend thai ine.r owwip wmiom h4
of lVlae.
Hymr'Hl tO
a, tee Norn.
-I tn 5 ' eer )
Haire te q iite e at h.e f,m tn th.
r hi-
c.ar.a. l T j 1 e-n-i-p.
rave peonoun-e tr-.
n acd
4 a t
.i UN (. pe'iBjfTa.
DEASOi EK1F0II
Increase In Gold, Extrava
ganced Waste '
liE'SJIf.EO'TlFEJ.IIi
WlM-m thci Blanio I Placed by &pc
, rial Masaarttasctt fitate CommtMsaoa
Wliirb Has Boca Investigating
' tha SubkM fo Kigbt Wcesufr
sihlla Xot Ia.ll.-Unx the . Tariff It
Thinks M rupwlioal to Kesnova Pa-
tic on Food Products.
(By the Associated Press.)
. Boston, Mass., ilsy 3. A marked
Increase In the . world's gold kupply
aad extravagance' and waste public
and private, are the principal reason
given for the high cost of living by
a special tat commission which has
been Investigating the subject , for
eight weeks. In the report of the In
vestigation Issued, today the commis
sion gives ths Increased gold supply
ss the primary cgues and classes as
a contributory factor the "enormous
waste of income in the I'nited State,
through uneconomic expenditure for
war aad national firmament, and mul
tiple form of extravagance both pub
lie and private.",
Although agreeing thst tha tariff I
not a contributory; factor, ths commis
sion is of the opinion that when the
tariff is further revised, the expedi
ency of removing the duties- on food
products Sho aid ie carefully consld-
erea. t , j .
! regard to trasta the commission
also feel that while. they cannot be
held responsible for the present con
dition, constant vigilance With refer
ence to the action of combinations
dealing with the necessities of life to
diHtbty Incumbent.
(9.0OO IX 12i (,OLO PIKCK6V :
Second iAMsllmetit of i Um ' JctTrin.
Vilinsan light Paid Over. ,
Bv the Associated Press.)
Ran IVanctoce, Cat. May I. Thirty
thousand dollars la twenty dallar
piece waa ths second Installment of
the JefTrtea-Johneon fight money de
posited today In the Metropolis Bank
rn this city bv "Tex" Richard and
Jack Oleason, Jhe promoters.
The gold was heaped In a glittering
pile at the receiving window while
Richard, nieeson. Jack Johnson. Ber
ger and "Little grouped themselves
about It ta pose for a picture. John
son' famous "golden smlls" flaahlng
across ths stack of coin from his post
behind the windoe . rivalled the heap
la brilliancy.
KOLAM) STILI. BTl'CK.
Othew Barge In the Rex we to Ught-
ea liic Ioad.
. Norfolk. Va. May l.-The Oermaa
steamship Roland, from Galveston to
Bremen with a cargo of cotton, which
stranded ha the Currituck chosJa dur
ing dens fog Hunday night, eras to
day ertn hard aground, all efforts to
float her having proven futile.
- In addition to the wrecking barge,
Haggerty. sent out from Norfolk today
In tw of the salvage steamer Coley,
the Parse Chittenden wa started to
day from Near York In tow of ths
steamer I -J. Merrill. Both barge
wtll be need In lightening the cargo
of the Roland.
tia
ANTI
Democratic
Mass Meeting
to be held in
JIALEIGII
Saturday
May 1 4th
Let Every Dem
ocrat who En
dorses Platform
Adopted by the
Regular Mass
Meeting Come
Official Call
to be made later
f
RING
TO EHD THE
WAR IN NICARAGUA
Action of Court of Justice
of Central America
PLEAD FOB I ARMISTICE
The Court Would Act Mediator Be-
tweea the Wsrrlng y Faxtkms ' and
:. brads RcsolnUon Both' to Madrls
and Itrada - Koretary Knox t'pon
Bc4n Informed, Bead rongratuhv
s tory Mrmmgm to the Judges.
' (By the AssocJsted Press.)
Washington, D. C, May 3. Anoth
er strong sffort I betog , mad to
bring about peacs1 between .the two
warring factions In Nicaragua. A
dispatch ha been received . at th
8tat Department from Vntted Rtate
Consul Moffatt, at Bluefields. stating
that the- Central American Court of
Justice st Cartago, Costa Rica, had
unanimously passed resolution
which had been sent to Or. Madrii at
Managua and General Kstrada at
Blueflelda, gtrongly urging That an
armistice for eight days be declared
with a view to aa agreement through
the mediation of th Cartago court,
looking to the establishment of peace
In Nicaragua. Th t resolution mad
sn earnest appeal W the two com
mander nrglng that for love of
country and In the Interest of peace,
a further effort b made to reach an
tmlcbh " ubderslanaihg througa'
which further lost of life would b
prevented.
In reply to tfis disust.h received
from Consul Moffatt. at Klueflsld an.
nounolng tha action which the Cen
tral American Court of Justice had
taken In (he matter, Secretary Knox
by telephone from Pittsburg, di
rected that the following telegram be
sent to Dr. A 1 hero Uoles, President ef
the Court; ---- .v. ,- .- .. ..
"Using advised ihat the Central
American Court of Justice, acting In
ths spirit of ths high purpose, for
which It was Instituted, haa, by unani
mous resolution made to I)r. Msdrl
and General Kstra.la Identical repre
sentations urging armistice and direct
agreement with the frjendly media
tion of the court, even before receiv
ing the text thereof. I hastened to
congratulate th honorable judge
upon thla high-minded Idea which I
hop may contribute to the establish
ment in Nicaragua of those condi
tion of good government, progress
and prosperity which th Cnlted
Wates, like 'te Republics of Central
America, so greatly desires to see."
A dispatch received from Consul
Osneral Ollvar.es at Managua, state
that tleneral Irtae. whom In-. Madri
recently appointed commissioner to
tsks charge o affairs on ths Atlantic
Coast, had left Managua for Drey
town, presnmably for ths purpose of
assuming ths offensive against the
Estrsda for use.
BKQVEATHKD BY ANCESTORS.
Borne Defect titfi Whltew Have YA hk-ii
i Um Kegroe) are IVwe From.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C, Msy S Ths
whit man' educated ancestor has
bequeathed to him a lot of afflictions
from which ths negro of today Is
free, according to the declaration of
lr. J. L. Minor, of Memphla, Tenn.,
mads to th American Ophthalmolo
gics! Hoclaty, ons of the constituent
organisation of th congress of Amsr
lesn Physlclana aad Burgeons, which
began II sessions hers todsy.
A comparatlv study of children
In th two races. Dr. Minor said,
showed that negro children had a
better average of normal vision than
whit children, and that the negroes
showsd a remarkable absence of re
fractlv errors Ths eiUteno ef
these char set eristics In children, he
contended, was du to ancestry. H
aatd that old ago did not make the
Inroada on the -eye of the negro that
It did on a whit person, aad that
muscular defect war Infrequent In
th negro. Cross eye were almost
unknown among negroes, he added.
On th other thnd, h said. th.
choma. often waa seen among colored
people. .
' MARK TWAINU VTM'
Leave All of HI 1 elate t III Dah.
tec tiara,
(By th Associated Press.)
Redding, Conn., May t The will ef
gamuel U nemens,, (Mark Twain
vii filed for probata her todsy and
leaves th entire estate tn ths sur
viving daughter. ' Clarax I a ng home
Clemen, wife nt Oselp Gabiilnwltsch.
The amount of th estats Is not given.
Th will was drswa August 17,
lll
Ths tiofns. H"Tmr)e,Jd, Is valued1 st
I1M and ther Is thought t be
about tlie.et on deposit In banks.
No estimate "has been made Of the
literary asset, but they will he gene
through by th trustee of tn will
later.
Th will eats that his daughter,
n&ra, end h biographer. lr. pains,
know his desire ss to Irs literary as
sets and directs thst th trustees b
guided by them at their dlpi.
Apfdlea tmly to Bookmaker.
v tha Aaaoclated Preea k
Albanv. N. Y . Mar S. Tbe "eosts
Modus amended the Agnew' bill pro-
Mbitlng the publication of betting
iv.-l so s to make It apply soleij- to
; txenk-m&king on horse r-eac As ln
tmdwed ib bill ir.terpreted tn
im hide In its prohintirn btitng odd
on host race, ootoail, baevbsil ana
, areatejr por
TRYING
l!0
OFF TO CHRISTIANA
I Feature of Visit Will Be
, Nobel Prize Soeech
r
Tli Colottd 1 JYesented With Two
Lovlrfg Cap. Also IW 'placqeea
Iom the Royal Porcrlaia Wort
Municipality Grrc m Dinar In Ml
HotkswPsjssvw Tlirough 8qaadron
of Warship an Honor Vmaalry paed
Only to Royalty, .
(By ths Associated Press.) !
Copenhagen, May . a. Mr. Roost- j
velt left here at l;J8 . tonight foe
Christiana, where he wltl arrive
ahortly after noon tomorrow.' .The
feature of hla vlalt there will be the
nobel prlie speech Which will be de
livered on Thursday afternoon.
An enormous crowd gaUtared at
the station to bid farewell to the
Roosevelt party.
Col. Roosevelt was tha redolent to
day of two loving cup. ons bearing
the Dnnlah Coat of Arm and the
other the American arms ana 'also
four placques from th Royal Por
celain Work, upon which were pic
tured several wild beast, in mskinir
the presentation the manager of the
works told Mr. Roosevelt thev were
"wild beast of Africa
Mr. Roosevelt n cc-nt.l 4K -l,...!..
graciously, and while examining the
figure of an elephant, looked up sud
denly and aald smilingly "This Is not
an a in can eiepnant.
"That Is quite true." replied the
manager. "These plates were btade
specially. rVe have ao study of Afri
can elephants, and so used Asiatic."
The Incident caused a great deal
of amusement, and the Colonel re
marked: -I am very glad to have all
kinds of elephants."
Th municipality gave a dinner at
the-CttyHaM in honof of th -President
t i- ;v
Th Lord Mayor pral,!s1 and all
tha members of the cabinet were
present The Mayor proposed th
health of the guest of honor and
th eomnanv cheered enthrilatlnv
as h concluded "long live Roose
velt"
Mr. Roosevelt. In responding,
touched upon the similarity of tha
problems confronting all free coun
tries. He wa cheered when h left
th dinner and by big crowds that
had gathered outside the City UalL
During the rourae of the day the
Roosevelt party motored to Etainoi
I m -In WIMT I',...- ,,h, nl-,u
shown In the old Klalnog Castle, "the
"W " t I . .mi irtuilini I, ,
Copenhagen on the aeamer Queen
Maud which pasaed between squad- I
ron ef Dsnish and Hwedlah warships i
that accorded honora to the former j
Chief KleCHtlve of tha I'nlteH dletee
which are usually paid only to royalty. ;
PK4JTE8T AGAINST TI1K
JK.I"FIU-JOHNM)N FIGHT.
lvbUo Mas Meeting H,4 In Re.
nHHWtratne. .
(By th Associated Preae.)
Oakland. Cat.. May 3 Branding ,
ths match m ''desecration of our na- I
Hons great patriotic bolldsr." the
greater Oakland Charter Convention!
last night adopted a resolution pro.
testing against th holding of the Jef-fries-Johnson
prls fight on July 4.
A public mas meeting held In re
monstrance asralnst "this threatened :
violation of th moral sentiment snd 1
good order of th community" Is
planned.
Mlnistrw Protest.
Han Diego, Cal, Msy 3 The Mln
Istsrtal Association of thla cltr has
sent a tslegram to Governor Otllett,
protesting against ths Jsffrles-John-son
fight
' beis 1.B0O ItaJcs of Cotton.
(By th Associated Press )
Nsw Orleans. Msy I Through a
restraining order Issued In the Cnlted
Htste court a shipment of 1.1 bale
of cotton alleged to be among th as
set of the failed cotton firm of
Knight, Yancey a Company, ha been
luld up at thla port.-
This cotton had already been stored
on th steamer Ingelflngen consigned
to Bremen aad Genoa Th restrain
ing order wsat brought.' about by a
petition which th receiver f Knlcht
Yaocer Com pan r filed todsy. alieg.
Ing thst the original hilt of tailing
for thla cotton hsve been destroyed,
Th master of the vessel Is ordered to
appear next Friday and show rsus
why th cotton should not be seised.
IV I h of Dr. 5nh Davl.
I Br th Associated Press.)
Charlottesville, Vs. Msy i. Dr.
Nosh Knowles Davt. who until his
retirement four years sgc, hsd held
the chair ef moral philostphr In ths
Cnlveratty of Virginia, died todar.
lie was distinguished scholar and
aithor-wbv had been educated at
Mercer Cnlvers'.ty. Georgia. At on
time h.s president of Jndson In
stitute "ed t another heed of Itethet
College. Kent'ickv. Aside from being
! the author of tnsvty works on logic,
' prhoogv and ehh-s, he had written
j Juda's Jewels and the storv ef ths
Naxsrtne. a study In Hebrew
PontmaMcr Appidnted.
I Rpecisl to News and Observer I
hington, I. Mav .1. P'g
' Pjrtes la srtoir.ted pratmaater st Tin-
jaai. ioiiiu couii.j, a. e. evw
4rrtgned. . - -,
AlllCH f.Ufj
TO YIELD
Trust Crowd Losing Out
On Railroad Bill
BILL MAY FALL THROUGH
TU Indication Arc That the Insur
gents and Drtnorvats TAW Pa as I'p
Radical) j Different Measure From
that WbMi tl Administration
Tried p Paha Off on the Coantry
Tle Democrat and rnaurgveit
Cnntplctnly la the Saddle.
By THOMAS J. I'KNCK.
Washington. l. C. May S.Tha
complete eurr-nder of. the Aldrlch
mschlns In the Senate on sections
seven and twelve, the two most rher
Ished provisions In the bill from th
reactionary standpoint., haa raised a
doubt In man;- quarters a to whether .
ther will really be a railway hill out
of the slit -second Congress. Ths
Indications ars that If the Democrats
will vot with th Insurgents to th
en.l. there will be a railroad bill and
it will he a rsdlcal bin that the In
surgents and Dtnocrata will pass up
to President Taft for his signature.
If the Henate Democrat will con
tinue to vot with the Insurgent In
the efforts to perfect th bill. It will
then be necessary rr the Aldrtih
Klkins regulars to vot agalust It in
crsls generally, if Is expeted. will
vote against ths adoption of the bill,
even though so thoroughly reformed
ss It I todsy. though such Iem.
rrats as Kenator Uore or Senator
Chamberlain will probably not b
found voting against perfected
measure. On th other hand, many
Republican .Senators from th Mid
dle West, like those who have joined
In ths young revolt against th ma.
rhino on Th long aad ehort haul .
clause, would not darn to. follow. Al- ,
drlch and iUkin In any anovs w de
test the bill, should such a course be
deemed expedient. 8o it Is sxvected
thst the Senate will pass the railroad
bill with the pooling clause, th
merger provision and the stock and
bond features eliminated, trail tha
entirely reconstructed bill la the
House la in such shspe that Demo
crats who were f.irmerlypped to
ths measure now confess that the bill
la getting into such shape where thev
will no longer l able to oppose It.
and Its pssstg In th llouee appears
assured.
With the insurgents and Wmwreii
rotnplstely In the saddle In the tlnuas
they will probably control the llniieo
conference. In tact th pact hss been
about concluded wherel.j the lm-
crats and Inaurgsuts will R.-tual!
nam th conferee. Everytliing in
view of recent developments lml I. -a tea
that there will be either a bill more
radical than wbst Is left of th Senate
bill or no Mil a all.
The victory of Cum m me, lfolett-.
Dolllver. Clap and other tfeoate pro
gressive over th A 10 rich marhla fa
one of ths jsoet remarksbie lesielativs
episode In year. It I the surrender
of a powerful machine to a group of
fighting men who have been read out
of the Republican party . time and
again by the mschlne which now ha
completely surrendered o (he fry
point which the mm bine said consti
tuted treaeon. While the president
and the Bcnate organisation sere ew
rendering to the progressives. Attoe.
fiey -i-,neral w irkereaam wss again
reading them out of th party tn a
pee. h tn Chicago,
Mayor Cmig snd a delegation from
flsatonla came here today and aaw
: President Ktnlev, of I he Southern
1 Itsliwsy with reganl to the .construc
tion of a new depot at thst place.
A W. McLean, of Robeson, Is her
Rl'ILDIXO FEVER
I AT RteCKJM.HAM.
Ma More Are. Dean Is III ANrt
! gwlte a Xsbe ot Dwetllagw. -.
8peiJ to New and Observers
. RoealrMrbam, X. C Msy 1. Th
' building fever seems tn hsve struck
Rocktneham good and hard N'lna asr
store are In prerea of erection, sat,
livery stabls la nearlv complete-!, and
a brick building to be occupied a a
negr restaerant will soon be resdv
for ocwpaaey. - In addition to thee
quits a number of dwellings are well
under way in varVou parts of th
town. It seem a. benrewee. ths with
all these new dwelling going ap tha
apply sf bowse t not near snasl
th desnaad. Bom famllle hare beew
want teg bowse for weversj anowth
The t'twn seem to be tn healthy
state of growth.
RRIM.N HI IT nm tS-wM.
Wcgr lahnree Ulaats Dasnsgei FVorrt
tnstatrartlnsi tbainaw.
Opedal te News aad Observer 1
Wgdeaborn. X. C. May 3 Jht
, Hubbard, colored, IhrousSTiTs eli--Inej.
T. 3. Coxe and W. C. Brock.
! brought a action t tr aawlnat Me.
IJ. T. Bennett a Boathbowwd Ra.teowi
1 contractor, snd th owthbeond Ei'l-
mad for II. damaare an account if
Injuries reeeived in an ecident whl;s
working at Mr. Reentt s ramp oef
town. Mubbsrd hd t(i fingers gnash
ed off while coir le rare.
jt'Due roxtttn if AJiurviLLE.
i ri
pedrewl fowrt l
Itorbe to Be IVafel
l
tgoec'sl t News snd Chserver
Afhevi.le. May Judge H. O.
I Connor. tiiav opened the M- t-rr
i ef Crated iate tstrt t ronrt here,
i Me asd gne aldrxs to the smi.d
' birr, snd n 1 iteeed he win
here several week, s Cere sre rc- - "
Important Hrtt rase to coma ur. Tb
day wss tsken up cftieSr 1 tbs trial
sf "moonahuj ' case.
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