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HE ASHEKiIE CITIZEN j THE VV V , ' FAIR- WEATHER, TRY A, CITIZEN WANT AO, : f THEY BRING RESULTS. . ft 'WARMER. w T VOL XXI NO 161 The Only UPPER! HOUSE - ADOPTS THE BILL CHANGE EIRIns Amendment Goes Through but Six Members Voting Against it. MORE SPARRING ON PARLIAMENTARY LAW New- Amendment Divorces Production of Com mod ties From Carrying. (By Associated Press.) WAi9jONTON, May 9. The Senate spent the great part of the day again In the consideration of the question of divorcing the production of coal and other commodities from their trans portation and closed thnt branch ol their work by adopting a modified pro vision formally offered by Senator El- kiriH, but oilginally suggested by Sen ator MvLaurln. The vote on the Elklns amendment stood fl7, to 6, the negative votes being cast by Messrs. Ankeny, Bulkely, Clark '(Wyn.), Millard. Pettus and Warren. The provision Is In the language of the original McLaurin substitute and Is as follows: "From and after May 1. 1908. it shall be' unlawful for any common carrier to transport from any state, territory or district of the United 'States to any other state, territory or district of the United States or to any foreign coun try, any article or commodity manu factured, mined or produced by It, or under fta authority, or which It may own. in whole or In part, or in which l( may have any Interest, direct or Indirect, except such articles or com modities as may be necessary, or used lu the conduct of its (business as' a common carrier." There was again muA sparring ov rt .pa?tfafoeptery.;polrrts, 'but there was at no time s much confusion- as on Tuesday, add when the coal question was finally closed the progress wo so rapid tat tne nrst section was en tirely disposed of before the Senate udjourned. Other. amendments were also adopt ed, butfa long and short huul provis ion suggested by 'Mr. Lafolette, was voted down by practically a party vote, all but two rU'publeans voting against it.- When the Senate adjourned there was tjr general feeling that the rapid work 'Of the latter part of the ses sion pressages the early final disposi tion of tne 'bill. None of the Allison compromise -amendments were conslilr t-red '' todsy. SHOT BY MILL FOREMAN (By Associated Press.)-' CONROE. Teexas, May 9. John and Steve Beeson, brothers, .were shot and killed this morning by Harry Bendy. at a saw mill about two miles from tills place. Bendy is foreman of the mill, The men killed, former em ployes, appeared at the mill this morn Jng and attempted to close It down. Bendy remonstiated with them and An ally succeeded In partly pacifying them. They returned later, however, and advanced on Bendy with drawn knives, when tii opened fire on them with a shotgun, killing them both In stantly. GLENN OEFERS A REWARD FOR. FIEND (8peial to Th Citizen.) RALEIGH. X. O, May . Governor CAmn lias offered a reward of $130 for the arrest of the unknown assailant of Miss tMcCord In Mecklenburg county, Sunday. , , ,' This Is the case In which the woman was ruught, lound and brutally mal treated y the fiend after she has given him food for which he had 'begged. . AUTOPSY SHOWS tKACTION WAS KILLED (By Assoc is tsd Prsss.) NEW tORK. May . Following the funeral -today f Charles L. Spier, the traction majnate, who was found dead lu hla home on Slaten Island. Monday morning following an alarm of bu'j lars, a se ond autopsy was performed ots the body and the bullet extracted. It. was found to b? a 32-calibre. l-.iis was the calibre of his own pistol. The bullet was located in he back onder the lett shoulder blade. In its course through the body It had penetrated the heart. The ih)sirlans and off la Is at tbe autopsy declared themselves pu aled aw to bow Spier enuld have stag BROTHERS Associated Press Newspaper in Western North OPEN MARKET OR CONTINUE MANUFACTURE On This Question House De voles Lots of Valuable Time In Session. TRANSPORTATION COST OF COAL NOT LIMITED Effort to That Effect Falls- Reading of -Naval BUI " Continues. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. May S. Nearly the entire time of the House today was taken up by two propositions, first whether the navy department should go into th? open market and purchase audio: s, chains and cordage, or i.outin ue to manufacture these articles In the government navy yards us Is now done, and second, whether the cost of trans potting coal from Atlantic and OuK prr.s to ti'.e Phi Iptlne Islands in Amer lean bottoms should be limited to 5 or $6 per ton. On the first proposition one of the prettiest leg.slatlve combats of the ses slon occurred, the debate extending over tha major portion of the session Representative Loud (Mich i insisted that there could be a saving of $350,000 a year to the government if the navy department was permltud to go Into the free market and purchase anchors chains and cordage under regulations of tiie department. General Grosvenor (Ohio) and numbers of the Michigan and Pennsylvania delegations aided M", Loud in his fight, the opposition being represented by Mr. Roberts (Mass.), Mr. Fltigerald (N. Y.), Mr. M Cleary (Mass), and Mr. Rlxey (Va.). Mr. Grosvenor offered u substitute to Mr. Loud's amendment,, giving the sec retary of the navy the right to purchase the articles above referred to In fr&e maiket,-"Trtioul4'-rt ' be Uemonst rater that they could te had from manufac turers cheaper than they could be marl-? at Government navy yards. Kils sub stitute was ado; ted S5 to 76. As to the second proposition, limiting the cost of transportation on coal to J5 or $6 a ton, the efforts put forth by Mr. Fitsserald N. Y.) and Mr. Slay den (Texas), were of no avail, al though votes we:e had on- both amend ments limiting the cost. After these propositions were dlspos ed of the reading of th? naval hill was continued until the hour of adjourn ment, without exciting .debate. SENATOR GORMAN CRITICALLY ILL Marylander has Complication Of AUments and hs Recov ery Is Very Doubtful. (By Associated Press.)' WASHINGTON, May 9. Senator Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland, Is critically III at his home In' this city. He ha not been in his seat in the Senate chamber for many . months. Within the last ' few days he had a severe sinking spell, and his life was despaired of. ' His sickness began sev eral months ago with an attack of the grip, with every Indication that this would -terminate In pneumonia, but this was averted, and now It Is learned he Is suffering from a complication of ailments which give no promise of his recovery. . It was stated at Senator Gorman' house tonight that he was somewhat better tonight and and had spent some time in reading, although, of course, too 111 to I?ave his sick cham ber. MOON RENOMINATED. (By Associated Press.) , CHATTANOOCtA, Terin..' May 9. Congressman John. A, Moon, was. re, nominated by acclamation today by the Democrats of-nfie'. f lhrd .Tenws' see district.; . .i ''Of.,i six I . 3 MAGNATE WITH HIS OWN PISTOL gered or walked ihe distance he did after the bullet had jrlerced his heart. Hs body was found fully 1$ feet from where the first blood spots In the hallway of his home were noted. Having been shot with his own re volver it Is the theory or the family that Spier grappled with ihe burglar he is said to toave detected at work, and that the -marauder turnec the wea pon upon Ms owner. Strong objections were made today by Mrs. Spier to the holding of a second autopsy which she declared would prove nothing, but Cor oner Cahill would not give a burial pT mlt until the bullet had been extracted. ASHEVILLE PNILADELPHIAN SAID TO HAVE GOT BIO HAUL Clerk of Brokerage Firm Charged with Embezel ment of $100,000. GREENFIELD MAKES A FUKK CONFESSION Same Old Story Told of Spec ulatlon Through Bucket shops For Years. (By Associated Press.). PHILADELPHIA, May . Charged with having embeizled upwards of $100,000 from his employers. Edwin S. Greenfield, head clerk of the banking and brok-rnge firm of Hanson. Snyder & Hon, of this city, was arrested here today and held In $10,000 ball by u police magistrate for n further hearing to morrow. In default of ball he was sent to the county iprison. Greenfield' has made a full confession and Is doing everything possible to as sist the firm In straightening out its tungled books. Following the public announcement of the" embezzlebent, creditors tiled a petition In bankruptcy against George E. Snyder, trading as Harrison, Snyder & Bon in the United States court, and later Judge McPher son appointed Charles X. Vollum as receiver. . Greenfield Is about 30 years of aje, and hus a wife and two children. About two months ago Mr. Snyder w;nt to California and gave Greenfield a power of attorney to carry on his business. He returned froin the west about a month ago, an, tine Aral Intimation that something' was wrong came to him when -he trrlsajd valuable -securities from his safe. It was not until last Monday, however, that he was able to find cwhere they had gone. Greenfield thcu broke down and admitted that he took money at various times during the last six years and that he lost most of It speculating in bucket-shops. Mr. Snyder and the accountants Jjp- lieve the amount of money embeizled will be considerably over $125,000; and may reach $175,000. Mr. Snyder said he defalcation Is a hard blow for him. but he feels tha.t he will be able to pull hrough the difficulty. UNITARIANS MEET. (By Associated Press.) .LOUllSVILLR. Ky May 9. The milium conference of Unitarian hurches met here today. Rev. C. M Gray, of Charleston, S. C, was electee secretary pro-tem. Reports on the con dltlnn of churches were read. Unci Sam Great Gasoline Ralei.1 fours. ' - . fr N. C : THURSDAY MORNING MAY 10 1906 JUDGE FINDS SECRET NEED NOT BE KEPT 'la Case of Moses Haas Char 01 with Coiton Leik I rlsoner Freed HOLMES NOT BOUND TO KKCP REPORT SECRET Alleged That Conspirators Gave information Making Thousands on It. (By Aaseoiatsd Press.) NEW YOIUC, May !.-Moiks Haas, who was ui rested lu this city lu con nection wjth the cotton "leak" in the department of agriculture. at Washing ton, In which, former Statistician E. 8. Holmes, Jr., and Frederick H. Peck- ham, were Involved, was discharged from custody by: Judge Holt of the United States court today. Hans was discharged some time ago by United State Commissioner Rldgo way, but was rearrested at the request of the Washington authorities.) " Huun and Peckham were charged with con spiracy to . Induce Holmes to commit the crime of ''imlsconduct In office," In giving them advance Information on a coiton crop report, by whidi It Is alleged they profited to the extent of several thousands of dollars. It was argued In behalf of Haas that the Crime of "misconduct ill ottlce" was recognized only under the common law of Maryland, which still applies to the District of Columbia, and that It did not constitute an offense in which an United States court could take cog nizance. Judge Holt upheld this view of the matter. 1 He said the common law of Maryland cpuld not obtain In the State of New Yoik. where Haas was indicted and arraigned. Judge Holt further said that there was nothing to show, that AMHUint statistician Holmes was bound to keep the cot ton report secret, however reprehensi ble his actions may have been morally. BAPTIST DELEGATES ARDIN CHATTANOOGA (By Associated Prsss.) CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. May 9. Delegates to the Southern llaptist con ference, which opens Its session ill Chattanooga tomorrow, have been ar riving on all trains to;lny. iTonight the number of deli eates already Is esti mated at 1500. Dr. Lansing Burroughs, of Nashville, secretary nf the convention, said to 'ilght that he predicted an 'attendance of not less than ti.OOO. Thie is 4w tostert-machinej I eWt HAS AMERICA BOUGHT PLAN OF GERMANS? imperial Court Sentences Toutons for Treason In . Selling Mines. COURT SESSIONS ARE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Washington as Matter of Poli cy Denies all Connection With Affair. (By Associated Prsss.) LftrPSK.', Germany, May 9. The im perial sumpre court here today con cluded the trial of Otto Senftenben, a former clerk In one of the government departments In Berlin: Kontad, a me chanic, and lo. Lucke, u commercial travel: r, all of whom are charged with treason In selling to representatives of the American legation at Brussels, a submarine mine, with . anchoring ap para(us and the drawings belonging to them. The prisoners are also charg ed with selling similar drawings to Russia and with having constructed a mine In Brussels which was bought frpiii theni thiougUJl .FrencU. Interme diary. . Senftenben was sentenced to four years and Konrad to three at penal servitude, and five years loss of civil rights and to police supervision. Lucke was acquitted. The session of the court was hel-1 behind closed doors. WASHINGTON SAYS IT IS NOT TRUE (B Associated Prsts.) WASHINGTON, May 9.-PlBns for submarine mines with shore connec tions RUch as are referred toln the Lelpsic dispatch, fall within (hex con trol of the army In this country. Hence It 'Viould be fairly assumed that If arty effort had been made to obtain pos session of the secret plans of any Ocrmnn .device of this kind, one of the American military attaches In Europe must have hen the active agent. At She war department It was, of cnirrse, stated (hat nothing was known of any such transaction as the report ed secret purchase of lilans of the mine, and attention was directed to the fact that that there was nO mill taiy'atutchn to the American legation at Brussels and the officials were prompt lo disclaim any knowledge of the affair. think," when it's run by those ehauf- FEDERATION IS TOPIC OF THE CONFERENCE It Is Proposed That Southern Shall Form a Federal Coupe". , t t NORTH GEORGIA GETS TIME FOR BOUNDARIES Special Committee Recom mends Passage of Resolu tions Concerning Fallh. (By Associated Prsss.) DIRM1XOHAM, Ala., May 9. At to- duy's session of the General conference Of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, a plan olf federation was intro duced in a resolution offered by James A. Anderson and others. It proposes that the Southern confe ence appoint commission era with a view to forming a federal council, to bo composed of like commissioners from the Methodist Episcopal church, the purpose of vh.lon council shall be to prepare and sub mit to the ensuing general conferences of the two churches respectfully, such a plan of federation as shall divide all American Episcopal Methodism Into not less than three administrative bodies. H 'he jesolutlon was referred The conference adopted that .portion of the report of the committee on bqun. durie giving the North Georgia, con ference four years more In whl.h. to clear the matter olf changing Its boun dnries. The request of the pastors of Wnojt vlll? that the boundaries of the Ho). ston conference be better defined was concuri ed In. The committee on Itinerary .reported by non-concurrence lit memorials from various conf-rences asking that tha authority tq license local ipreuchers by transrerrea riom tne district to me il uar telly- conference. . , The special uommltte named to: con sider concerning the new statement of Methodist faith and doctrine,- recom mended the passage of the resolution proposed, with the understanding that the preparation of the statement shall be undertaken by the commission only when such co-operation of other rep resentative bodies of Methodists 'shall 'have been secured as shall make It nn expression or wor!i';-wue Methodism. Neegro Causes Tears. Theunusiiul scene was presented In Riringham tonight nf. a full-blooded African addressing at the First Metho. (Mst entirely un audience which was so large that standing room In the great building was at a premium. Hev. Vv. 8. Sheppaid, missionary to tha Congo Free State, and fraternal delegate to the. Methodist Episcopal conference from the African Methodist church, was the speaker, and for'Ah hour and a half the audience hung upon his words as he related his thrill ing experiences as a missionary in the heart of the Dark Continent. Near the close as he spoke of the great work the church Is doing by making possible the spread of Chi Istlatilly In that coun try, appealing for more men to aid in the work, many of the bishops of i gists, and In order to become such l'he conference, anil prominent church-I member be must agreie to observe the mn, were touched to tears by the .established price at which such pro speaker's appeals for further effort prletnry medicines shall be sold to the among the African tulbes. I consumer. NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. (By Associated Press.) WAPHtNGTO.V, May 9. The Sen-' ate today confirmed the following nom- inatlons of postmasters for North Car olina: P.-J-.' O'Brien. Durham; J. P. Jessus, Hertford; J. G. Wulser, Lexing ton; J. O. Burton. Weldon. PAIR AND WARMER; SAME TOMORROW (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 9 Forecast for Thursday and Fri day; North Carolina Fair and warmer Thursday and Friday: fresh northeast to north winds. REAL TREASURE TROVE IS SPAIN BUT . (Citizen's Special Service.) , MADRID. May I Like a fairy tale Is the story published In the Madrid press this week of the sudden weal'h acquired by Andre Gomalex, a peas ant of Colmenar de Oreja. Struck by the peculiar Appearance of a piece of stone sticking out of the ground near his house, he dug and brought to light an earthenware pot full of gold coin. Andres took into his confidence his wife, brother and sister-in-law, and It was decided that the matter must be kept quiet. A few days later the two men set out for this city and soid their treasure for some JJ.OOO. In order to allay the suspicions t.f the neighbors. It was arranged that Andres iThould write to his brother a letter saying that he had won the PRICB FIVE CENTS Carolina DRUG COMBINE COMES UNDER : SEARCHLIGHT Injunction Filed Against UnN ted States Drug Trust For Law-breaking. - .1- :t.' ... i RETAIL DEALERS ' FORCED TO JOIN Cannot Obtain Goods. From Wholesaler Unless He's In The Combine. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 9.The attorney-general today m;ide public the fol lowing statement: . . - "The government has today filed la the Circuit Court of the United States a petition for an Injunction against certain associations, corporations and Individuals, comprising what Is com monly known as the drug trust of the, United States. .. The parties defendant specifically named In the bill have voluntarily combine together to con trol .the pnlces at which proprietary medicines and drugs shall be sold to the consumer throughout the retail druggists, in violation of the Sherman anti-trust las.. "The parties to the combine Include the Proprietary Association of Ameri ca, The National 'Wholesale Drugists' Association, and the Na clonal Associa tion of Retail Druggists. Injunction iPrayetf. , "An Injunction is prayed for pro-, hibltlng these associations from actinjr In consort for the purpose of main taining prices and the individual firm and corporations who are members of the respective associations, from act ing together for the purpose of main taining" uniform prices to the consum er throughout the United States. The Mil charges In substance that these association their officers, dele gations and members are all engaged In a icommon undertaking to-wlt: the business of manufacturing, buying arid selling patent medicines and drugs, and proprietary articles throughout . the United States; that these associations and the members thereof have enter ed Into a conspiracy to arbitrarily fix and regulate the pt'lee at which such articles shall be sold to the consumer, and that they have established rule und regulations to enforce such n un lawful agreement by restricting ' the purchase and sale of such commodities to those members of the several as- - snclatlons who shall live up to and ob serve the rules and regulations thus arbitrarily piscrtbed by the respective associations. , "There .Is but one ultimate object In the conspiracy, vrist: To fix the price whHh shall be observed by alt retail v druggists In selling to the consumer1 ihe various commodities manufactured , by the several members of the pro prietary association. ' The plan toy which such object Is effected Is In brief as follows: No retail druggist can obtain goods from a wholesale druggist or a manufacturer of a pro prietary medicine unless such retail diuggist becomes A memtoer of tb National Association of Retail Drug- , "If such retail druggist, after be-, coming a member of the. National As siK'iauion of Retail Druggists, cuts prices in the sale of such articles to the consumer, he is immediately placed upon the list of what is known as aggr;ssive cutters, and thereafter such. retail druggist Is unable to obtain froin any manufacturer who is a member of the Proprietary Association or fro.tt any other wholesale druggist who it a member of the Wholesale Druggists' Association, any of the commodities which may be manufactured and j sold by them or any of- them." ? MURPHY GETS PIE. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON May . The presi dent today sent to the Senate the nom ination of Oelrge H. Murphy of North Carolimi, as the consul general-at--large. FOUND IN HAPLESS FINDER JAILED money In a lottery. But, unfortunately, the women concerned could not keep the story of their wonderful luck quiet, and as soon as the story leaked out Andres received a visit from a lawyer, who claimed half of, the proceeds on behalf of the landlord, to which tha latter is entitled by the law of Spain, At fli st Andres denied all knowledge; of the find, ibut. involving himself af terwards In contradictions, he 'had tr make a clean breast of the affair and pay up. But his troubles did not end here. He was summoned before a magis trate on a charge of concealing treas ure trove. He was convicted and sent to JaiJ for six months, while the othsrs c-nerned got . oft with sentences ot two months each of aiding nd aW- ting the concealment of the treasure.
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