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Lutherans.
firove. P?
ial The Luth-
eresti!1? session in tne L.u
voel just outside of China
This is tn0 one lmnarecl and
-Hal nit?1'11--- uuuv uuu.
The op-mug &ession was
esday nn-ining, at which
.tirin2 president oi the
II. Cox D. D.,
1 n:3Jlff as ICJkb nuius.
1.:. tn-vt- J -
thou taar sieepesi. -
.afternoon session ur. l,ox
ill report, lhis report
4 much interesting: infonna-
riivf the wors ana progress
Church, especially during the
, Several important recom--s
were made in the report,
je beii-ir that a committee
ited at this session of Syn
rsal'te a report which shall
stand of Synod on the ques
Bro'ibition. This recommen
Pr. Cox met the hearty ap
) -he members of Synod as
desirous tor tins Doay to oe
3 ri'or,i with regard to the
of prohibition.
election ot the following orn-
lie comma; year took; place
afternoon session: President,
Y. Boozer. St. John's church,
county: vice president. Rev.
sfhenk. Concord ; secretary,
.A- MeCr.llough. Albemarle;
-.Mr. J. D. Heilig, Salisbury.
:? exception of Mr. Heilig, all
Seers elected are beginning
t vear r-f service. Several
tt reverts were read at the
i session, which showed the
of the Chr.ri.-h to b? advanc-
veir en co
mating wV.
05c2:s J:.:l CScers.
ity. Special. After being
p on the charge of being
hoes and beating a freight
puties Y. T. Adams and
r?:s awl Journey were
lor an esesporl murderer
1 a tram headed for Salis-
leaeiung ijaroers. twelve
1:
be communicated with.
n oncers ret used to recn"--
?c; uf the Iredell depu-
- Ferra Making Money.
Special. In the citv last
H. H.
mailed renort showing that . shipments from the
is boing done and that
ii making money.
Elian Sills Himself.
alea, Special. Edward
,r nu as car-
JlCTKltrm o 1
V ' several monins
,ni . " 1 LUUUlillLCU
'n. i ' ie was iouna
nrif iot? Vi rt
-e brought to Mocksville
WTdephone Pole.
te sfcial-Rowland Blant
r.p0ye of the local elec
: ,ra"road. received eleven
of electricity through
"'"'6 StT!,T.rA i.- L.
Henesd.nv :
fat
en down by means of
"I'l'iPr
He lived an hour
on
Lady.
' 'v Mrs. John B.
iao vidim of
1
a brutal
out 7:30 Wed-
vas returning to
k street and when
fih Ti i. .
L
hro tt . u Soppeu to
1 '!fv,
1 1 7 I
urned on her.
tok a bag con-
v. Ill Mi hH
ver $15
and wrenched
her hand. TTer
7' .th man and he
1;i-.innpS are not se-
liei
'iu;' Handed Over.
f)Pf ! M 1 T
insurance
finn.
Com-
waived a telegram
HiirT"i"KioncT w. a.-
!,( i'j' ' !!)1'a informing
- lvama authon
to him W. J.
mee as-ent of
for defrauding
"rinburg. Scott
f"1 ?'-nnty, where Mills
fA R HEEL TO TICS
ms Gathered from AH Sections of the State W
A Large Rose Garden.
Charlotte, Special. The Suburban
Realty Company through its agents,
t. Abbott & Co., has leased to the
Dingee and "Conrad Company, of
est Grove, Pa. two blocks of the
Colonial Heights property for the pur
pose of establishing a rose garden
there. This company is said to be the
largest grower of roses in America,
and its establishment of a branch
farm here is of some significance to
the city. It is proposed to open this
farm to supply Southern territory
with roses. The company will ship
at once to Charlotte 75,000 rose
plants for the season's planting and
if Mecklenburg's soil is suitable for
such growth, the planting for another
season may be largely increased. A
million plants a year is its average
in the present location at West
Grove, Pa.
Two Mechanics' invention.
Charlotte, X. C., Special. Messrs.
Edward T. James and George W.
Webb, both of whom' are with the
Southern Railway Company and work
at the round house near the passen
ger station have taken out patents
on a new locomotive cross head which
they have invented. There are no
gibs nor tap bolts connected with the
apparatus, nor other parts to become
loose and entail trouble. In the place
of a gib, they have arranged to
use a flat bronze plate which is held
in position by side pieces fastened
with bolts going through and through.
This arrangement means a much
cheaper device than the old methods
and one. also, cheaper to keep in re
pair. It is claimed that by the use
of these cross heads, any railroad
could save $100 a year on every loco
motive. The Assailant of Mrs. Wells,
Wilson, Special. Thursday after
noon Lee Jones was brought to Wil
son from Middlesex, where he was
arrested on the charge of being the
i negro who assaulted Mrs. Robert
uraey. two well-known of- u ells last Monday. Mrs. Wells was
Iredell county, returned to j brought here and identified Jones,
le. asserting that they had j positively, as her assailiant. The ne
ghly treated bv .Rowan offi- gro . disclaims any knowledge of the
crime. He says he is from Durham.
Although no fear of lynching is an
ticipated the negro will be guarded
by the military. Manv countrymen
ot tuts city, thev were ar- frcm Mrs. Wells' neisrhhorlinod oa-mr
"iiu iicm mi- ""v.. j. lie iuuuiuuu UJ. Jlia. tils IS
or officials in Tre- most pitiable. She is snffprino- mnoh
from her injuries and the shock' of
her torrible experience.
Commencement at Oxford.
Oxford, Special. The commence
ment exercises of Oxford Seminary
will occur on May 17th and 1th. The
i baccal Jin rprtf Sfimini will 1-p inrpnoh-
. M B. Stickey, of ( C(1 on Sunday morning by the P.cr.
hicks, of Rockv I? r xr -rk t -ri: -ri
u i. i. Baiimger, of Tvron. The sermon before the V Ar P A
tne committee appointed wiII be preached Sunday evening by
CI f: " l"e --;Rev. L-.S. Masscy. On Monday morn-;-:rJ.
the cultural iaff the grauduating exercises will
t0 met aru re- take place and the baccalaureate ad
J tJaauicns and to advis : j i tt mi ht .
hv,... , . ; uic&s uy iiie non. luomss . mason,
r;1.1;:1 01 agr-lt-rd :f V-rttampton countv.
t! : tbc;r wc-;': and the mem- 0ns Hnndrnd fiars a. Tla-tf I
tcc-ni33lvos as greatly -nth
the condition of af-1 Wilmington, Special. Strawberry
trucking belt
j handled through the junction office of
the association at South Rocky Mount
consisted of an even one hundred
cars. New York received 23. Boston
14, Pittsburg 8, Philadelphia and
Buffalo 7 each, with a smaller vou
ume to twenty other markets. The
prices show improvement, but are not
yet what the growers would like to
see. The financial depression North
has without a - doubt had some ef
fect upon the market acording to
tlije informed of the situation.
A Caution to Hardware Men.
Raleigh, Special. Insurance Com
missioner Young annoanceel that sev
eral mutual insurance companies are
writing to hardware men in the State
for business. He says these com-
panies have no license 2nd the poli-.by this agreement, is permitted to use
cies would be void. They are for the j East Liberty street from the city
most part poor companies their assets : limits to the present Salisbury-Spen-being
not over $15,000. jeer gas' plant, for the purpose of
Found Desd in Winstcn-Salem.
Winston-Salem, Specisl. W. R.
Taylor, who claimed to be from High
Point, where he has a family, vas
found dead in bed at his' boarding
house here. Excessive drinking is
ffiven as the cause of his death. 1
Tavlor told his room mate tha
he i
lost $bo in ft game or poser wi. i two. 0clock Saturday afternoon. ' The
white men on Sunday n.s-ht and that hoase had been ' ciOSed since last
tho money was secured by him from , 0ctobei Mrs Morrison having spent
the sale of a horse and buggy. A!t,e winter iu Qbariotte at her resi
letter directed to his wife was foiyd J dcnee on TenVa avcnuef The famny
in tne aean man s pociier. an uus
he promised to write her again from
Roanoke, Va.
Luinbertcn's New Mayer.
Lumberton, Special The town pri
mary for selecting town officers pass
ed off quietly. Though much . inter
est was manifested. John Rowland
was elected mayor by 97 majority
over E. J. Britt. the encumbent. Geo.
G. French. L. H. Caldwell and John
D. McMillan were elected commis
sioners for two years. Frank Gough.
J. P. Stansel and T. A. McNeill were
reelected members of the board of
audit and finance. :
A COMMENCEMENT MONTH
This is a Season of Peculiar Pleasure
Fcr it Marks the Close of the Col
legiate Year and the Beginning of
the Vacation Period.
Raleigh, - Special. May is com
mencement month with the colleges.
It will mark the closing of practically
all of the State schools, the Univer
sity, Davidson, Wake Forest, Trinity,
A. & M., Bingham, Greensboro Fe
male College, Baptist University for
Women, the Normal, St. Mary's,
Peace, Mars Hill and a host of oth
ers. It will be attended with fitting
and appropriate exercises, ringing out
the old and", to those wTho have com
pleted their collegiate courses, will
pave the way for an introduction to
the activities and trials and suc
cesses of life.
Convict Ed. Riggs Escapes.
Charlotte, Special. Ed. Riggs, the
white man who was sentenced to the
Mecklenburg county roads for a
period of five years for stealing Mr.
H. C .Dotger's horse and buggy in the
rear of the First Presbyterian church
one Sunday morning several months
ago, and who. since his trial, has been
a member of Mr, H. C. Little's con
viet camp, escaped from his keepers
Saturday night and up to a late hour
Sunday evening had not been recap
tured. That Riggs was aided by
someone on the outside goes wouth-
out question for a number of auger
holes had been bored in the heavy
two-inch floor from the underside
thereby enabling a gap the size of a
man's body to be pushed out through
which not only did Riggs escape, but
also Jim Hanes, a white man who had
been sent to the roads to work out a
"drunk and disorderly" judgment
after which he was to be carried down
to Monroe Where he was wanted by
the Union county officers. No traces
so traces
to their
were left behind them as
probable destination. Early Sunday
morning, as soon as the fact of the
escape was made known to the keep
ers, the dogs were put upon the irail
and the two men were tracked to the
Bennett farm near the plant of the
Southern Cotton Oil Company. There
in a marshy cane brake, the trail was
lost. It is believed that the two men
came on to Charlotte and here caught
some early train out. Riggs is one
of the shrewdest criminals the local
officers ever came in contact with.
While he was in the county jail
awaiting tial, he and his partner,
Charlie Logue, kept the entire jail
force in constant turmoil and trouble.
Drugged and Robbed White Woman.
Charlotte, Special. Jim Watson, a
hack driver, and John Boyd, a one
armed porter, both colored, were ar
rested by Officers Merritt, Fisher and
Youngblood Sunday morning charged
with having drugged and robbed a
white woman by the name of Mrs. J.
M. Morgan, of Atlanta, Ga., Friday
night. Mrs. Morgan will be recalled
as the woman who was found in
Myers Park in a dazed condition and
from whose person were missing two
diamonds aside from other valuable
trinkets. When questioned by the of
ficers she could not tell anything
about how she came there other than
that she got into a carriage. She
could not even tell whose carriage
she entei-ed. The officers, however,
gathered up several clues and the ar
rest of the two meivfollowed.
An Epidemic of Glanders.
Charlotte, Special. Veterinarians
say that there is practically an epi
demic of glanders in the city, sever
al fine horses having been lost during
the past week. One liveryman stat
ed to an Observer man . that he had
issued strict orders to his drivers not
to allow any of his animale to drink
at the public watering places of the
city. He added that he was taking
the most careful precautions to pre
vent the spread of the disease. This
course is also being pursued by other
careful owners of stock pending the
arrival of the State veterinarian who
has been sent for.
Agreement is Reached.
Salisbury, Special: At Saturday
night's meeting of the city aldermen
an. agreement was arrived at between
the city and the Southern Power Com
pany. The Southen Power Company,
reaching a sub-station to be erected
and equipped by the Salisbury &
Spencer Railway Company and the
; Southern Power Company. This sta-
tion, it is estimated, will cost $20,000.
"Cottage Home" Burned.
Lincolnton, Special. The beautiful
country home of Mrs. J. G. Morrison,
npar Mnrinnsn in T.inpnln pnnntv. was
"J
fr,o?i. nr,tnr i
home at Mariposa, Mrs. Morrison and i
I 1 H i I I LLo L 1VjLU111V,U V 1 Vll VVUlltl I .
daughter, Miss Anna Morrison, hav
ing come up Saturday morning to
spend the, summer.
Large
Wilson Firm Makes
Assign-
meat.
Wilson, Special C. E. Blount &
Co., large dry goods merchants, as
signed Saturday for the benefit of
their creditors. The assets and lia
bilities are not known. Ernest Deans
is named as trustee. The assignment
comes as a great surprise. It is stat
ed that the assets Avill cover the lia-
bilities.
12
DE N
Tetzl slctcl Fire of Unknown
Origin
FORT WAYNE KOTEL BURNED
New Aveline Hotel at Fort Wayns
Destroyed by Fire Early Sunday
Morning a-nd at Least Twslva Per
sons Lost Iheir Lives.
' Fort Wayne, Ind., Special. At
cast twelve persons lost their lives
n a fire which destroyed the new
Iveline Hotel here early Sunday.
The entire interior of the building is
t smouldering heap of ruins and how
riany dieao are concealed by the de
ris can only be conjectured.
The hotel register was consumed
y the fire and there is no accurate
neans of determining who is miss
ng. ' The known dead arc :
R. fj. Johnson, Pana, 111.
M. Hirsch, New York.
J. B. Miller, Sheboygan, Wiscon
;in. J. Ellis, salesman for
Pierce, Scott & Co., Chicago.
Carson,
W. A. Pitcher, Fort Wayne, sales
nan for S. F. Boyster & Co., Fort
Vaj-ne.
J. W. Deviney, salesman for
Detroit Neckwear Company, Detroit,
Mich.
Mrs. Sarah Hathaway, Mishawaka,
nd.
Unknown weman, companion of
llrs. Hathaway.
The complete destruction of the in
ferior of the hotel makes the work
)f recovering of bodies difficult.'
Charred wood, bricks and twisted
rirders Qr0 :kd between the
r.ii. t 1 -.4. :- u..
liiv; tuuiiu fiuiy. riTO UV
piece this must be removed before
;he roll of the dead can be complet
sd. Some cf the bodies taken out are
nangled and charred beyond
lition.
Entire Tamily Lost.
New York, Special. An
norning fire in a four-story
;enement at No. 17 Humbold
recog-
early
brick
street,
i thickly populated section cf Brook
yn, caused the death of six persons
ind the scriour. injury of four oth
:rs. Every member of one family,
insisting
:hildren,
of a. mother and four
re among the dead. Th
ere
were many thrilling rescues by
po-
ice and firemen and it
was due to
:heir brave work that the death list
va:; not larper. A half dozen or
rorc persons v.ho were trapped in
he upper stcrici; were saved by jump
ing into lift? nets. The financial lass
;auscd by the fire is estimated at
F10X00. The dead: Mrs. Dora
A.bram-3 and Sadie, Carrie, Anna and
riiarlcs Abrams; and Mrs. Jennie
C'oh?n. The injured are: Mrs. May
Soble. Mrs. Amelia Hirschhorn. Fan
lie Hirsehl:crn cud Anna Hirsc-h-iiorn.
Msy Stop at New Orleans.
New Orleans Special. One of the
nost important concessions ever made
by the railroads to a Southern City
becomes effective whereby ten day
stopovers will be r.I!owcd by all cas
''id wrst linr-; r.t Vrw Ovl. ic "V
Iv 100,000 people piss through New I
urieans annually and it is believed
that a large majority will take ad
vantage of the stop-over privilege.
The concession is due to a total eli
mination of ticket scalpers frcm the
Town Half Buried in Landslide.
Montreal, Special. The little vil
lage of Notre Damo de Salette, about
IS miles from Buckingham, is report
sd to have been half buried in a land
slide. Details are very meagre'. Abjuf
25 lives are reported lost. There is
neither telephone nor telegraph in
Notre Dame.
Bailey's Majority llzy Ec Reduced.
Dallas, Tex., Special. Additional
returns from the Democratic primary
election are scattering. . Several coun
ties not reported cast majorities for
Johnson, end it is probable that Sen
ator Bailey's majority for delegatc-at-large
to the Denver convention
will be below 25,000.
Ilill Oparativo Sheets Painter.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. James Huff,
of Porterdale, Ga., was shot and in
stantly killed by Jack Pierce, a cot
ton mill operative of this city near
the corner of . Decatur and. North
Boulevard. Pierce made his escapo.
The cause cf the shooting is not
known, but persons in the vicinity
heard Pierce say to Huff: - "Jack,
don't come any further, or I'll' kill
you. " A moment later . a shot was
hrad nnd Huff fell. Huff "was
a
-
pointer and bore a good reputation.
News cf the Day.
The peace of Central America i$
again gravely endangered by a crisis
in Guatemala. .
'Funeral services over the body el
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, ths
British Premier, were held in West
minster Abbey.. I .
A landslide in Lebelle county, Pro-
, vince of Quebec, btiried more thr.r
a seor0 cf fcotiscs ad cost 30 lives,
'
FLAMES ROADS WANT TIME
Have Not Had Opportunity to
Get Rid of Mines
COMMODITIES LAW SUSPENDED
Senator Elkins Asks For the Suspen
sion of the Operations "of the Com
modity Clause of the Railroad Rate
Law.
Washington, Special. Late nr th
session of the Senate Senator Elkins
succeeded in getting consideration foi
his resolution to suspend the opera
tion of the commodity clause of the
railroad rate law, which clause be
came effective May 1. Under the
operation of this clause railroads
would he liable to heavy fines if they
undert6ok to haul in inter-State com
merce any articles or commodities
produced from the manufactories or
mines in which the railroads have
an interest. The railroads contend
that they have insufficient time to
divoree themselves from the owner
ship of such properties, or to test the
constitutionality of a law compelling
them to dispose of such property in
terests. The resolution originally
proposed to extend the time for the
commencement of the operation of
the i commodity clause until May 1st,
1510, but the Senate inter-State com
merce committee changed the day to
January 1st, 1910.
Culberscn Opposes Resolution.
When the measure was called up
several days ago it went over under
objection from Mr. Culberson, the mi
nority leader of the Senate, but it
was taken up by a vote of the Sen
ate. Mr. Culberson had refused un
animous consent and he was first re
cognized to speak against the reso.
lution. He said that the committee
had given no reasons why the exten
sion should be made and he called up
on Chairman Elkins for an explana
tion. Mr. Elkins answered that the
condition of the country demands a
delay in the operation of the law;
that the railroads have been unable
to find capitalists to take over the
coal lands owned by the roads. For
this situation he blamed the recent
panic and he said that had it not
been for this money' shortage and
business depression the railroads
would have been able to comply with
the law. He called attention to the
fact that the bill did not repeal the
law. but only suspended it tempo
rarily. The Lackawanna and ihr
Reading Railroads were specially '
chartered by States to own coal lands
the Senator said and he showed that
the properties were mortgaged and
re-mortgaged and that difficulty had
been experienced in separating these
obligations. Other railroads owning
coal le.nds were in the same positron
he 'declared. "
Mr. Nelson said it appeared that
the attitude of the railroads was
against compliance with the law and
to litigate as to the power of Con
gress to enact such legislation. x He
expressed the opinion that the Yail
rcat's were not entitled to any special
consideration.
Amendments to Resolution.
Mr. McCumber construed the com
modity clause as not preventing the
railroads from owning coal mines,
frnjic mining the coal, or selling the
product of the mines. He said that
the coal could be sold at the mine to
independent dealers who could ship
the coal over the railroad wherever
thev pleased, and there would be no
violation of the law. Mr. Warren
said that such a transaction would
be a perfectly patent evasion of the
law. Mr. McCumber admitted that
a deal of this character might be
opert to suspicion but he believed
there would be no technical violation
of the law.
Socialists Celebrate in New York.
New York, Special. Socialists will
celebrate by a parade of ten thousand
men and women to Union Square
Park where Selig Silverstein threw
a bomb on March 2Sth that may yet
kill him. Police Inspector Cotright
agrees to permit the parade if no red
flags are parried. Other demonstra
tions are planned all over ti. city.
Fraternity Convention.
Iowa City, la., Special. Represen
tatives from every chapter of the
Delta JSigma Rho Fraternity are hero
for a meeting of the general coun
cil of the society, which is being held
at the University of Iowa. Delta
Sigma Rho is an honor fraternity,
founded in 1905, and has had rapid
growth. Chapters have been estab
lished at the Universities of Michi
gan Winconsin. Minnesota, Nebras
ka, Chicago. Northewestern, Illinois
and Iowa. The Northern Orotorical
League's annual contest will be held
here.
Work Horse Parade.
New York, Special. For the sec
ond annual New York work horse pa
rade, to be held on Memorial Day
entries are closed and competition
for all prizes will be limited to horses
named before midnight, v The parade,
which promises to be the greatest of
its kind ever held in this part of the
country, will be held under the auspi
ces of the Women's Auxiliary of the
American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals.'
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
Doings of Our National Law-Makers
Day by Day.
House Summary.
Ostensibly considering the sundry
livil appropriation bill the House de
moted most of its time to speeches
covering a wide range of subjects
tnd concluded the session by giv
ing an attentive hearing to the Pres
ident's, special message. When the
portion of the messago referring to
ihe multi-millionaire "whose son is
i fool and his daughter a foreign
princess" was reached there was a
storm of applause ecmally prominent
3n both sides 'of the- House.
Mr. Leake,.? of -New Jersey, gave
some caustic remarks on the Presi
lent, evoking applause on the Dem
jcratic side.
Sumptuary laws and especially the
shutting out from army posts of the
janteon were the subjects of remarks
by Mr. Boebel, of Ohio.
Predicting that "Roosevelt , poli
jies" would prevail at the next nat
ional Republican convention. Mr.
Madison, of Kansas, paid a glowing
tribute to the President, declaring
;hat his forestry achievements alone
bad realized "the dream of the
iges."
The great advantage the country
would reap from the manufacture of
ill of its cotton instead of sending
two-thirds of that product . r.broad
was the subject of a stirring speech
by Mr. Byrd, of Mississippi. By
abandoning protective tariff princi
ples Mr. Byrd believed that result
would be achieved.
Need for further educational re
striction in immigration "was -discuss-
d by Mr. Burnett, of Alabama, who
deprecated the condition of immi
grants from Southern Italy.
Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, ad
vocated the passage of his bill , to
limit the jurisdiction of Federal con
trol over inter-State commerce to per
mit States to control the liquor traf
fice within their borders.
Representative Keifer discussed
pension legislation and directed caus
tic criticism towards bills introduced
by his collegue. General Sherwood.
Latter Mr. Arisbcrry, of Ohio, in &
brief speech defended pension meas
ures presented by General Sherwood
and expressed regret that two vet
erans of the war should be at odds
aver pension legislation.
Other speeches were made by Rep
resentatives Hitchcock, of Nebraska;
Vreeland, of New York, and Hamlin,
af Missouri.
Senate Summary.
The pension and the District of Co
lumbia appropriation bills were pass
ed by thfi Senate. In addition the
peeial message of the President urg-
,n" a . legislative programme was read
and another chapter of Senator War
ner's speech on the Brownsville af
fray was read. Several measures of
minor importance and the resolution
of the House to give government aid
to cyclone sufferers in the South were
passed. The resolution to extend the
time when the commodity clause of
the railroad rate law shall become
operative was called before the Sen
ate by Mr: Elkins, but went over
under objection from Mr. Culberson.
The Senate at 5:27 p. m. adjourned.
The Apisropriation Bill.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
was under consideration in the House
of Representatives and the greater
part of the time was consumed in
general debate and discussion until
the five-minute rule, which will be
resumed.
Mr. Fowler ,of New Jersey, de
nounced the Aldrich currency bill and
pleaded for the passage of his bill
to create a currency commission.
Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, pre
sented a petition signed by 164 of the
166 Democrats composing the minor
ity, asking the Speaker to recognize
some member of the House to move
the discharge of the ways and m"in
committee from further consideration
of the Stephens bill for the removal
of the duty on wood pnln and prinf
paper and to pass that bill or a simi
lar one.
Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, offer
ed' an amendment to the sundry civil
bill appropriating $60,000 for the es
tablishment of a national art gallery
in the Smithsonian "Institution. The
amendment was defeated on a point
of order.
The House disagreed to the Senate
rmendments to the naval appropria
tion bill and the bill was sent tc
r- on f "TPr :nn .
Jeff Davi3' Speech.
Senator Jeff Davis,, of Ankara-is.
created a mild sensation in the Sen
ate whenr in discussing, his resolu
tion calling on the Secretary of the
Interior for information about the
tribal rolls of the- Choctaw and Chic
kasaw Indians of ' Oklahoma, lie . de
clared that 10.000 names were being
kept off the rolls bv the Secretary
and instanced a case in which he said
nine members of a family were rated
as negroes and only one ps an Indian.
Advancing toward Mr. Foraker. oi
Ohio, his voice thundered throughout
'h chamber and adjacent hall? as be
asked if the Senator "loved niggers''
ejr well, why did not lm rrrn& fiVVtwfl
and defend these members of that
race. Only laughter greeted this, and
Mr. Foraker reausted in a mild ton,
that the Senator speak louder. Latei
Mr. Davis' resolution was passed.!
All the pension frlls on the calen
dar, and manv other measures oi
minor importance were passed durin
thf day.
Senator WnrT"vr "f Afisouri, being
;I1 with a cc1fl "Tron!r,Drt was
-"pHied to tv"-"-"' Senators tc
rad for Mtv " ".vrtrW of hii
Li&fe
4&
I MINOR MATTERS OF IM'ttffi&i X
West Virginia RcrmfeT-earas laaw
3ndorsed Judge Taft for presacTt.
The Republican esmastiKr? f
Pennsylvania endorsed the xAaims
tration of President Roosevelt torl
?ndorsed the candidacy of P ?
Knox. The orphanage of the Wesiff-ro
North Carolina Conference- f Uie
Methodist Episcopal Chnrrfiy Syrtatb,
will -be located at WinstcwSairav
that city having- oHercS ihrf Ikrsfc in
ducements. Young Lieut. II. Fairfax Jtycrs,
son of ,ieut.-Col. Charles CL Ayrss.
has resigned from the army
Mrs. Donald McLean says lau
ters of the Amerieari EerrjlKlion
are almost unanimously io' fafTw F
ssuing bonds t eomplet "Gtsnilrscsti
d Hall.
In the Senate Mwssprs. BsrvrrJc
t'iles and McCreary spte isr fxrvn-r
f authorizing four ranr tmttlshifm.
The Senate voted $100,000 srr
vsy the proposed infarn? .'waterway
prom Boston to Wilmington. Nl d
Judge R. E. Bovkin died ai 3vrr
folk. Ej:-Jndge Lovirrg' hs& vtsiiigiroc?
charge of Mr. T. Fl ICyaxr's tfaJw
in Nelson county; Virginia, 1 xb&tc
to a far distant State.
Henry Goodman, a T'orfoTi jw-t-chait,
who- was pliot year atn Ity.
a n ogro bnrrglar jhT rfver ikiJj- aw
eovered committed' sTKciJisu.
A torrrad'o- swept ross Tjcenriami,
Mississippi aiTtT Alabama sod ai is tp
ported thaf close' to TfKJ- pcrsc
mostly negroes, were tiHedL
The suspension- of" T. A. Mclnlyre
& Co.. New York IVro&ers, ves strt
nonnced. Society people at Los AvsXts jaw
themselves up to t?? iasteriaaiffiar1r.
of the men of the cwr.
Three persons -weiw JtesrorQ io
death at Corry, Pk.
A girl is the only strrravor -nf a
family of five), he others hxrirrg jter-
ished in a pararie ftre in Sasfctsii!
wan, B. C.
Ex-President Cleveland ist ssm? lo
be slowly but surely imjnxvrivyf.
The President 's racsssge iirjgiri!
action on his poEcies- Avas mot sveiutS iw
either house.
Two battlcshlivj a ytvar w?rs agrf??
on in the Senate when the four-tMn-yecr
plan was defeated.
PublisIifTs gasve figures on the Ywiw
of paper tn the- Paper Trnsi mvmii
gating conimfttee.
.The Secretary of tffC Trea;a-v
palled in $-15,000,000 fror "rnatin7l
ba n ks. .
Brick m'annfactnrcrs CKfnrplMfif
of rates on the Baltimore smd iXtu
and other ; railcoads. , .
The Home of Dempsey Ifowt'lL
near Holland, Va., was wrecked ky,
a cyclone.
J.W. Gosney corrrrmxCefl su&tlils
Danville by takirg; njorpliine-
The Governmerrf rTesed its 5ty
the prosecution of T. M. Angle ;fiT
whiskey frauds at DanvaHa.
The Fairmont Coa? Comjjany -will
send 1.000.000 tons of coal ficn its
West Virginia mines io the IaJ?p.
The new arrred cruiser 2Cr
Carolina was delivered by iho luil3r
eis at Newport News to the HrnrftiJL
Navy Yard.
The death fist in the SouS?flerr
tomadoes will not eieecd 4KM ri
thought, and relief 13 now txoSt ri ,
Cardinal Gibbous and Csmfjoai
Logue, of Ireland, met in TTew Ysii
An issu9 of city stock a -wfrJtfj
Philadelphia asked bids bixmg
offci-s to pay $104203
A beantifnl battle o llawpjs stZ
Sau'a Barbara. CiL v.:ts pa jiii$wrf
ed in by the 3:eii aavl voun f Im
Atlantic fleet. -, , v
Alfred E. BfeCerich. of Rit2mn'
Va., obtained an fb.sofjjte Zitrore'
New York ftoni Edna
terith aod tla essstwL- of tficax ifiKJ-it-tcv.
,
Samuel SaFycrs, cf Wiso county,
said to be srrow'ng uew blatk Lair aV.
I ho r.ge f 114.
I"t-;r... ,: pm
singer, has t.;Ki h?r f wmfr li&tm..
fn-m whor.i s'le oarf -sl a ix-tv.,
for a large un:ucv?r of jverscwaal hif
longings and hour.ehoLl efSecta. wSsk-ia.
she says are lier pi-operty.
The body of a wovnnn, iaHy
ped with an ax, was forad in a ItuwU
at her heme in Bvo.'s-Evine,'iiejr ftrat
ertown, N. Y.
Three-cent fares, jt tins etrvvt ejr
lines of Cleveland were uaads a T.v-
sibility by final actitxa cj& ihtt pa
of the City CouiiciL
Mr. Bryan apivsar to ie far Io
lead in the race for. the IJkaBtficratit
nomination.
Davis district, West VnsnsiiB, eemc
out for Bryan in convestiou
The death list fxoss tfc trnB2s
in Mississippi, Lomiieaia, Als&usazi
and Georgia is beHeved t be &cut .
350 with 100 hurt xal scvrr-i
thousand homeless.
The new bridge at 5aU xirer wasr
dynamited, the occurence Ikexn
liar to a recent attempt at UradsJnaw
Md.
: Raisuli," the Moroccan fcmfit,
reported to have been IdlLsd.