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1 THE ONLY AFTERNOON TEN PAGES. First Part Pages 1 to 6. VOL. XXXI NO. 4889. IK NEW COUNTY FICERS TOOK THE OATHSJJF OFFICE the Meeting of the Board of Gou ty Commissioners Today, a Large Amount of Important Business Was Transacted by the Board. The Officers Presented their Sev eral Bonds and These Were Accepted by the Board, Treas urer Walker's Report is Given in Detail How Money is Spent, r . county officers, and seven of the new constables, were sworn in today: the new board of county commissioners took the oath of office Dew county attorneys were named, and a large amount of other important business was transacted today at the . f the board, which was held at tin unty court house, the sessions tig at ten o'clock and continu ing throughout the day. The county officers installed were as follows: The new hoard of county commis sioners, J. H. Weddington, chairman, and H, J. Brown, B. T. Price.. S. H. Kill and C. V. Parr, were sworn in by the clerk cf the court. " N. W. Wallace, sheriff. $10,000 bond, with S. S. McNinch and W. S. Mc Laughlin, bondsmen, and a $5,000 ax collector, with G. A. How ell an T M. Shaw, bondsmen. A. Morris McDonald, register of Is, was sworn in before the com tiers, his bond being $10,000, with C. C. McDonald. Parks Kirkpat rick and Z. T. Smith as bondsmen. H. J Walker, county treasurer, bond furnished by surety company. V. A. Gresham. coroner, bond $2,000, with C. Gresham and W. L Fri day, bondsmen. J. S. Withers, cotton weigher, with bond $1,000, with B. F. Withers, bonds man. J. B. Spratt, county surveyor, bond $1,000. with W. M. Long and Z. T. Smith, beadsmen. The sevoa, constables sworn in be fore the beard of county commission ers were S. C. Ross, Charlotte town slip; E. W. Rigler, Charlotte town ship; L. R. Culp, Pineville; V. C. Fesperman, Long Creek; P. L. Vail, Jr., of Providence: J. S. Morris, Morn ing Star and D. W. Teeter, Crab Or chard. The remaining constables unable to be present this morn ing, many of them living a eonsidera-1 Me distance from the city. The repeat of the county treasurer. Dr. H. J. Walker, which was received by the board, showed that the total disbursements for the year ending November 20. 1904, were $179,863.56, and 121,893.50 tor road improvement. The cash receipts of the county treas urer from the general fund were $1S0, 123.33, and the public road fund re ceipts were $13,682.05. The disbursements in detail were as follows: Assessors and list takers Books and stationery . . . 749 274 970 ,747 ,667 227 516 ,093 .233 600 ,146 2- 70 98 54 SO 55 20 35 82 00 00 85 00 GO 55 50 02 vicm oi commissioners ... Contingent 56 Convict 53 Coroner and pest mortem . County commissioners County coupons 18, County jail 3 County physician County treasurer . 2 Court house 1 221 131 87 824 306 103 332 312 087 17 12 finance committee Lunatic Poor and county home . . Printing and advertising Registration and election Roads and bridges Smallpox hospital . . . . . . Superior Court Unclaimed fees Board of pensions' . . . . . . Total . . . .23 .00 .22 88 .00 .$179 ,663 56 Charlotte township Jwryhil township ,$ 19,312.03 294.33 231.87 447.05 234.22 580.50 416.21 337.29 r" 1 v,reen township . . . onaron township . . . Clear Creek township . . . Crab Orchard township . Mallai ; Creek township . w Crook townshin Total .$21,893.50 The treasurer's report covers many jge of closely written paper and is eJi , ' !'artK' the road fund- and geu' ral disbursements, in two parts, on weount of the length of the report, ine board today reappointed Bur e" & Cansler countv attorneys, and 2 named Mr. R. c. Simpson, assis ts m tton w';iSner upon the request -' J. S. Withers, cotton weigher. noneri is made up of the old board ui tne exception of Commissioner ", wno s the onlv new member. h" board named the following com bodV8 fr the term of the Present Cour; house Brown and Kell. Jaunty Home Price and Furr. "I". C. 3 frT .finohlin IA urii nh vai.'.iciv, n t- i ! ctn annum. In. the r reP0rt f the superintendent of shn , 0Unty Home was received and Ik,' Lhat there are at present 29 ' ' and 24 colored inmates. The ise3 for the month were $227.22. ne bard today audited a large M uvAicu jtjxcoo in n w rirtLK 1JN I HE STATE OF NOI iECHARLOTTE NEWS number of accounts and t?.acted considerable routine business, being in session all of the morning and the afternoon, with a recess for dinner. A NEGRO COLLEGE. Lutherans to Establish One in Greens boro to Cost $50,000. (Special The New? ) Greensboro, N. C. Dec. 5. The Lu theran Synodical Board of St. Louis of the Lutheran denomination of white people decide,! Satnr.iQ,, nftn . lecate a colleere in (Jrppnchn i education of colored boys and purchas- j "f acres ot land adjacent to the city for a site. The college and necessary residence buildings will cost ntty thousand dollars and work will be gin in the spring to be ready for the opening in September. Facilities for the accommodation of three hundred students will be provided. This will make the third college in Greensboro for educating colored people the State Agricultural and Mechanical College for boys and Ben nett College for boys and- girls being already established, crowded and emi nently successful. Several Southern cities. had been making efforts to se cure the location of the college. Salis bury having been next to Greensboro in the estimation of the committee. EXCITED IN LIVERPOOL. Cotton Market Trkes a Drop of 48 Points. Liverpool, Dec. 5. Owing to the cen sus report on the American crop and the consequent break in the New York cotton market Saturday, the cotton market here today opened very excited. March and April fell to 422, or 4S points lower than Saturday's closing. January and February opened 34 points lower. The tone, after the first hour was somewhat steadier. After the opening the market was subject to fits of excitement. When the first New York prices were received January and February dropped from 425 to 418 and the ether options were correspondingly lower. A slight rally followed and at 3.30 o'clock prices were about 40 points under Saturday's clos ing quotations. MORE COTTON FIGURES. Given Out By the Agricultural Depart ment. Washington, D. C, Dec. 5 The re port of the Department of Agriculture today indicates the totrd production of cotton in the United States in the year 1904-1905, amounting to 12.162,700 bales. The area picked, or to be picked, is estimated at 30.053,700 acres, a reduc tion cf 1,676, f.00 acres, or 53 per cent, from the acreage estimated as plant ed. The report says that from the pres ent indications the average weight of the bales is not likely to lall below 500 pounds, net. JRound bales have been included in tffsT estimate and reduced to their equivalent in square bales. Estimate does not include linters. The esti mated production in bales by states, is as follows: Virginia, 19,300: North Carolina, 609,000: South Carolina, 1,099,700; Georgia, 1,764,900; Florida, 77,209; Alabama. 1,278,900; Mississippi, 1,539, 800; Louisiana, 917,900; Texas, 2,992, 300; Arkansas, 832,700; Tennessee, 343, 000; Oklahoma, 246,000; Indian Terri tory, 398,100. IS DOWN AND ODT The Bay State Boy Was Forced to Leave the Bicycle Race on Ac count of a Bad Fall, His Nose Broken and He is Otherwise Badly Injured. New York, Dec. 5. The first serious accident in the six-day bicycle race which began at Madison Square Gar den, occurred early today, when Pat rick Geegan, the Lowell, Mass., boy, was so badly hurt that he was forced to leave the track. While the man was engaging in a heart-breaking sprinting match, Rocko witz, while rounding the Fourth ave nue embankment, suddenly went down. 'Several other riders crashed into him, including Keegan. The physicians said the latter 's nose probably has been broken. One team had been practically ridden out of the race before Keegan accident happened. A long, hard sprint, led by the French team, which continued for near ly an hour, however, ended in King Rossino team losing three laps and going out of the race. The long sprint added many miles to the score and at the end of the hour the figures were within one lap of the record distance for time. After that time the pace slowed con siderably. After a rest of an hour or more, Kee gan appeared on the track with his head swatched in bandages and reliev ed his partner Logan. Falls were numerous during the fore noon but none of the men were badly hurt. Buildings Sold. St. Louis, Dec. 5. It was stated to day that a contract for the sale of the 11 big exhibit places, stock barns, Festival hall, the colonnade of States, pavilions, aerodrome, bank intramural railway, hospital, press building, police fair structures that cost $15,000,000 will and fire stations, with other world's fair structures that cost $15,000,000 will be signed this week with a Chicago wrecking company for $288,000. Everything except the rolling stock of the intramural, which has been sold separately and the State, foreign and pike buildings, are included in the deal. The work of demolition it is said will begin Tuesday. PATRCK ISSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE, N. EGIE'S NAME T It is Now Claimed That Notes are Now in Hands of the United States Government Authori ties in Cleveland, Ohio, They Will Not Deny or Confirm. Ir. Carnegie Issues Another Statement Today Saying, He Does Not Know the Chadwick Woman and Wishes the Use of His Name in the Case to Cease. Cleveland, Dec. 5. According to a statement published here today, there are two notes in the Citizens National I Bank of Oberlin, bearing the endorse I ment of Andrew Carnegie. These I notes, it is stated, are for $500,000 and j $250,000 respectively. It is further claimed that these notes I are now in the possession of United ; States Government authorities here, al- though the latter refuse either to deny or confirm that such is the case. Carnegie Makes Statement. New York, Dec. 5. Andrew Car negie s secretary gave out the follow ing statement today: "Mr. Carnegie wants me to say he does not want to be bothered aay more about this Chadwick woman. He is quite angry over this persistent use of his name and wishes it to cease at once. Once for all, he never knew Mrs. Chadwick or any other such woman and he never signed any such paper as reports credit him with, that is all." District Attorney Saw Note. Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 5. District: At torney Sullivan this afternoon acknow ledged that he had recently had in his possession a note for $250,000 signed with the name of Andrew Carnegie and endorsed on the back by C. L. Chadwick. "Now remember," said Mr. Sullivan to the representative of The Associat ed Press, "I do not say this note, was signed by Andrew Carnegie but simply Carnegie's name was signed thereto." Waive Preliminary Trial. Cleveland, Ohio., Dec. 5. President C. T. Beckwith and Cashier A. B. Epear of the -closed. Citizens National Bank of Oberlin, appeared here today before United 'States Commissioner Starke, for a preliminary hearing of the warrants sworn out, charging them with misappropriating the funds of the bank. Both men waived preliminary trial and were bound over to the grand jury, which meets in February. WILMINGTON'S NEW PAPER. Articles of incorporation Were Filed With Secretary of State Today. (Soecla! Th News) Raleigh, Dec. 5. The Independent Publishing Co., of Wilmington, was chartered today with $10,000 authorized capital and $2,000 subscribed to conduct an independent afternoon newspaper. The incorporators are J. H. Gore, Jr., fifteen shares; Jas. W. Sneeden, four shares and Geo. Garris, one. The company will begin business with $4, 000 subscribed. Mt. Airy Jewelry Co., chartered, $25, 000 capital authorized, $6,000 subscrib ed. H. C. Cooper, principal incorpor ator. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, and David Clark, of Jonesboio, are here to day as a special committee to select the most convenient and suitable loca tion for heating and power plant of the A. & M. College, the selection to be with the view, as to the present needs and the future .growth of the institu tion. Their report later will be to the State Board of Agriculture. THAT NEWSPAPER SUIT. Mr. Stahlman Given a Verdict For 1,200 and Costs of Suit. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 5. Judgment for $1,200 and costs was entered today in circuit court in favor of E. B. Stahlman, owner of the Nashville Daily Banner, against the News Publishing Company and T. Burford Goodwin, editors of the News. The suit grew out of the publication in the Nashville Daily News of an article reflecting up on Mr. Stahlman which sought to re vive and magnify various forms of an attack previously made upon him by newspapers, political antagonists and persons misled or unfriendly to him. The case as to two of the defend ants, R. M. Dudly and John M. Gray, jr., was dismissed. They were owners of the News at the time of the publi cation but disclaimed all agency in writing or the publication of the ar ticle. COCHRAN WANTS INFORMATION. ; As to the Costs of the Various Elec tions. Washington, Dec. 5. Representative Cochran, of New York, introduced a bill today providing when any sums exceeding $50 shall be contributed to !the funds of a political party or any monies shall be expended in behalf of any candidate for representatiove in congress or for presidential electors, a statement of such contributions or expenditures shall be filed within three days, in the office of the clerk of the District Court of the United States. Representative Cochran also intro duced a bill providing for the appoint ment of a special commission to in quire into and ascertain the amounts of money expended by both parties at j all elections for presidential electors from 1892 to 1904 inclusive. C 0 BE On TWO NOTES FOR $750 C., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1904. r GENERAL TYNER DEAD. Was Postmaster General During Grant's Administration. Washington, Dec. 5. Former Post master General James N. Tyner died at 9.35 o'clock this morning of para lysis. Mr. Tyne was Postmaster General during President Grant's administra tion. His last official duty was as Assistant Attorney General for the Post Office Department, from which office he was removed last year and af terwards indicted, together with his nephew, Harrison J. Barrett, on the charge of conspiracy, in connection with use of the mails by certain alleg ed "get rich quick" concerns. On this charge he was acquitted by the jury. He has been in ill health for many years. He was born in Indiana in 1826. NAN PATTERSON PALE. Again on Trial W. R. Hearst is on the Panel. New York, Dec. 5. For the second time Nan Patterson, the former show girl, today prepared to face a jury which is expected to decide whether she is guilty or innocent of causing the death of Caesar Young, the wealthy bookmaker. The name of W. R. Hearst is on the panel of 2C0 special jurors from which the Patterson jury is to be chosen. , Miss Patterson was very pale when she took her seat beside her father in the court today. BUFFALO BANK FAILS. Insufficient Funds to Meet a Run Given as Reason. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 5. The German Bank, of which President Emory of the German-American Bank is also presi dent, has closed it's doors. A notice posted on the door gives as a reason for closing: "Insufficient funds to meet a constantly increasing run." At the German-American bank today there were no evidences of a run. PARKER'S MAJORITY 41.769. The Canvassing Board Finished Its Work This Morning. f (Special The News.) Raleigh, Dec. 5. The state board of elections completed this morning the work of canvassing the returns of the recent, elections. The work today was principally the rounding up of the state presidential vote. Cherokee coun ty returns having been out of pocket Saturday so that it could not be includ ed. -The total vote is 124,121 for Parker, 82,352 for Roosevelt. The members of the board left for their homes this af ternoon. RD OF ALDERMEN LL MEET TONIGHT Many Matters of Importance Will Come Before Body. The Se lection of Two Aldermen Will Probably go by "Exchange." Other Questions to be Settled, The regular meeting of the board of aldermen tonight premises to be one of special importance, there being nu merous matters of weight to be dis posed of. There will probably be an election of new city attorneys' it being under stood that Messrs. Clarkscn & Duly, who have served for a number of years, will resign. The names of Messrs. J. D. McCall and Hugh W. Harris are mentioned in connection with the selection of successors to Messrs. Clarkson & Duls. The board will also have up for con sideration the question of electing suc cessors to Aldermen J. H. Ross and B. F. Withers, who have by removal from the wards from which they were first elected, relinquished the office of alderman. As a satisfactory solution to the question of choosing newr aldermen to take the places of these two gentlemen, it is beiieved that the board will elect Mr. Ross to take Mr. Withers' place on the board, and Mr. Withers to take Mr. Ross' place, Mr. Ross having moved from the Second to the First Ward, and Mr. Withers having changed his place of residence from the First to the Second Ward. This solution of the matter is generally admitted to be the most satisfactory. For the first time in the history of the board cf aldermen for over twen ty years, there will be no applications for license to sell liquor in the city during the year 1905, the election on the question of prohibition having re sulted in a complete victory for the prohibitionists. The first occasion on which liquor licenses were applied for by the liquor ciealers at the hands of the board of aldermen was during the administra tion of Capt. De Wolfe. There is a possibility that at to night's meeting something mere will be said about the new passenger depot matter, and further discussion of crossings. The new grade crossing under the tracks on East Fourth street having been about completed, the chairman of the committee having this work in charge may also make a report of the completion of the work and other matters connected with the building of this crossing. Notes From Newell. (Sueciai The News.; Newells, Dec. 5. It is reported that Mr. John Frazier and Miss Lola Tee ter, both of this place, will be united in the bonds of matrimony this week. Mr. H. B. McLean is visiting friends fsnr! rplntivpa in Paw Hreek. Mr. Walter McLean and Mr. Waiter Junker, of Mint Hill, went to South Carolina for a few days visit. BOA W ANNUAL REPORT Of THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO-DAY Mr. Moody Asks That a Law be Enacted to Insure Bringing to the Bar of Justice the Defen dants, Wherever They May be Found in the United States Such a Law Would Relieve the Embarrassment the Government Has Had to Contend With in the Noted Post Office Case and in Other Similar Cases, Washington, D. C. Dec. 5. Attorn ey General W. H. Moodv in his annual report to Congress recommends the enactment of a law which will provide in substance that where an indictment is duly returned to a court of the United States, the judge of that court may, in his discretion, issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the defend ants wherever they may be found within the territorial limits of the United States, and that it shall be the duty of all persons authorized to serve such process to arrest the per son or persons indicted, and, if they fail after reasonable opportunity to furnish bail for their appearance, to bring them to the court in which the indictment has been found. The Attorney General explains that much embarrassment of the adminis tration of the law has arisen from the inability of the United States to bring an offender to the place and the court where by ths constitution and laws the accusation against him must be tried. By the Constitution the trial of all crimes must be hold in "the State and district wherein they have bean committed." It frequently .happens that persons accused are not found within the limits of the dis trict where the offenses alleged against them are triable. The fre quency of such absence increases with the gravity of the accusation, and where it consists in a conspiracy al most invariably one or more of the alleged offenders are without the juris diction of the district. That at some time, injustice might result to individ uals, says the Attorney General, can not be denied. The occasional abuse of power is inseparable from its ex istence. That innocent men now and then are indicted for crime must be confessed; but the. indictment of a grand jury, guided, as such body usu ally is, by the instruction of the judge and the counsel of the district attor-. ney, affords assurances that such in stances of oppression will be rare, in deed. On the other hand, the possi bility of delays and defeats of justice which the present system affords ren ders the power of the United States ridiculous, and brings contempt upon the administration of the law. In sup port of his views Mr. Moody cites a number of cases under the present law in which justice has been defeated or greatly delayed and large expenses unnecessarily incurred by the govern ment. Among these cases is that of the co-defendants with Captain Ober lin N. Carter in the Savannah harbor improvements frauds. Mr. Moody out lines the proceedings and says that only after a delay of twenty-six months did the United States reach the point where, under the law, it was permitted to take men charged with a grave crime to the place pro vided by the Constitution for their trial. Then the two defendants, whose presence was most desired, fled the country, and although persist ent and continued effort for their re covery has been made, the'' are still at large. Until they shall be appre hended, it has been deemed undesira ble to proceed with the trial of the other defendants upon the indictment. Another case is that of George W. Beavers under indictment in connec tion with the Postoffice Department frauds. In relation to this case the Attorney General says: "When Beavers can be obtained for trial no one can predict with certain ty. How much further immunity from trial the intricacies of practice, the delays of the courts, and the ingenui ty of counsel may serve to procure for him no one can foretell. It can only be hoped that at some time before the witnesses are dead, or have for gotten the circumstances, the power of the United States may be proved sufficient to bring the accused 228 miles to the place appointed by the Constitution for his trial." Another case is that of Hyde, Ben son, Dimond and Schneider indicted in February" last in the District of Columbia for defrauding the govern ment of large tracts of public lands. Only one of these defendants has so far been placed under bail for trial, land yet the case has cost the govern ment $20,000. The Attorney General renews the recommendations of his predecessor for a new Department of Justice build ing; for amendments to the naturaliza tion laws, and for laws adequate for the protection cf government officers, agents and employes while engaged in their official duties. Postmasters Appointed. Washington, Dec. 5. -The following fourth class postmasters were appoint ed today: Alabama, Chystine, Roy H. Osborne; Elkmont, Edwin G. York. South Caroline Cassels. M. C. Cas sels; Switzerland, Mrs. Eulalia Howard. DANIEL'S CASE CALLED. Defendant Failed to Appear Bonds Will Be Forfeited. The most important transaction in criminal court, which convened this morning, was the calling of the name of Walter Daniels, who was condition ally pardoned by the Governor, with the understanding that he put up a $500 bond and also make his appear ance at the December term of court, and show that he has not been guilty of any further violation of the law. Daniels failed to appear today when his name was called and his bond is for feited unless the judge orders other wise, and the bondsmen will have to appear in court at the next criminal term and show cause why the bond should not be paid by them. The bonds men are Dr. R. J. Brevard, and F. W. Shumam deceased, the estate of the latter being held responsible for his portion of the bond money. The case of C. H. Dudley, against whom a charge of abandonment had been pending, was settled this morn ing by the defendant's paying the costs. Mr. Dudley, who had been or dered by the court to appear at this term, arrived in the city this morning and the matter was soon adjusted in the court. The other work of the court was entirely of a routine nature and the following cases were disposed of: Isaac Jackson, assault, fined $15 and costs. R. F. Kirkpatrick, C. A. Fuller and S. R. Bennett affray. Kirkpatrick was lined $10 and costs and the other par ties were taxed with the costs. The court this afternoon was engag ed on the case of Luther Gordon, Earn Broadway and Robert McCoon, charged with an affray. Will Wright, assault, $5 and costs. Dora McManus, trespassing, taxed with the costs. W. T. Rushton, carrying concealed weapons, fined $5 and costs. Charlie Reeves and John Williams, colored, gambling, fined $10 each and costs. Will Propst, carrying concealed wea pons, fined $10 and costs. Charlie Samd, carrying concealed weapons, fined $10 and costs. allie Black, cruelty to animals, sen tenced to thirty days on the roads. Jurors Named. First week J. K. Alexander, S. A. Armstrong, J. Wilson Alexander, W. A. Allen. J. F. Cashion. Mick Wilson, W. S. Caldwell, W. E. HiU. Sr., Adolphus Freeman, S. M. Hinson, Frank P. Dix on, J. B. Hudson, G. W. Littie, Joe A. Freeman, W. E. King, W. C McWhir ter, W. L. Long, John G. Fisher, A. M. Sammonds, R. B. Baxter, W. EL Cham bers, W. E. Campbell, T. C. McGinn, W. B. Beattie. Second week M. W. Cranford, James N. Gibson, J. G. Moss, J. H. Bigham, J. F. Youngblood, James A. Knox, E. L. Barnett, R. H. Carruthers, W. M. Crowell, E. S. Berryhell, J. J. Hutchi son, Holt Armour, G. Ij. R. McAuley, P. H. Phelan, Joseph Garibaldi, Chas. Bell, J. E. Brown, J. C. McClure, W. D. Alexander, C. P. Alexander, J. G. Free land. W. Mack Smith, W. T. Holder, H. G. L. Bea. ! Noted Novelist Dead. London, Dec. 5. Adeline Sergeant (Emily Frances Aceline Sergeant) the novelist, died at Bournemouth today after a long and painful illness She was born in 1851. COST OF RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT Estimates of Appropriations For Fiscal Year, Ending June, 30th, 1906, Were Transmitted to Congress, by Secretary of the Treasury, This Morning, Washington, D. C, Dec. 5 The esti mates of appropriations required for the support of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, were transmitted to Congress today by the Secretary of the Treasury These esti mates aggregate $619,669,Ss2, as against $614,548,937, the amount of the appro priation for the current fiscal year. The estimates for 1906, which are nearly $5,000,000 less than the esti mates for 1905, include $146,839,320, the permanent annual appropriations already provided by law. PANAMA DIFFERENCES. These Have All Been Amicably Set tled. Panama, Dee. 5. The differences be tween the United States and Panama, which made nescesary the visit of Sec retary of War Taft to the isthmus, were settled today by the issuance of an executive order, signed by Secre tary Taft, for President Roosevelt, and assented. to in a letter to President Amador of Panama. Panama reduces her rate of postage to two cents and is to furnish all stamps in the republic and in the canal zone. The zone authorities are to pur chase stamps from Panama at 50 per cent, of their face value. Russian t-aper on Race Prejudice. St. Petersburg, Dec. 5. The Novoe Vremya, discussing the question of recognization without discrimination of American passports, which has been referred to a commission to revise the passport regulations, contends that so long as the present Jewish laws are in force in the Empire, it is impossible to grant foreign Jews greater privileges than are granted to the native Jews. "Besides," the papr argues, "from the frequency of lynchrags and the gen eral treatment of the negroes in the south" that there is more race preju dice i n the United States than in Russia. TEN PAGES. First Part Pages 1 to 6. PRICE: 3 CENTS. DOTR HOUSES OF CONGRESS MEET IN THE FINAL SESSION The Usual Opening Day Throng Was Present. Republicans Fresh From Their Wonderful Victory, Gathered in Groups and Talked of Their Success. In the Senate the Scene Was More Dignified, Many Floral Pieces on the Desks. Senator Tillman th,e Largest Single Flo ral Tribute. Washington, Dec. 5. The House of Representatives convened today at noon for the last session of the 58th congress. The ever interesting event attracted to the House side of the Cap itol the usual opening day throng. For an hour or more proceeding the call ing of the body to order by Speaker Cannon the members slowly filed into the chamber, and exchanged greetings. Some came in for hearty congratula tions, while others received the sin cere regrets of their colleagues, who, on account of their misfortune at the polls, were meeting together for pos sibly the last time. The Republcans, fresh from their re cent victory, gathered in groups and talked over the late campaign, while their Democratic brethren gave no outward sign of having suffered de feat. Men of both parties freely inter mingled and discussed the issues cf the last election. In his private room for some time before the House met, Speaker Cannon held an informal reception. The floral display was beautiful in the extreme. There was hardly a desk that was not banked with floral pieces of some kind. Speaker Cannon promptly at noon rapped the House to order. Chaplain Cowden offered prayer. The new. members elected during the recess to fill the vacancies, sub scribed to the usual oaths. The mem bers included F. G. Croft, of the Sec ond South Carolina, and J. Thomas Helflin of the Fifth Alabama. The House adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Sen ators Quay and Hoar, and as a fur ther mark of respect at 12 : 53 p, m. ad journed until tomorrow. In the Senate. Washington, Dec. 5: The Senate convened for it's final session of the 58th congress promptly at noon today. Long before 12 o'clock the galleries were filled but the buzz of convention ceased abruptly when President Pro Tem Fry's gavel fell. Rev. Edward Ev erett Hall, D. D., Chaplain of the Sen ate offered prayer. Two seats had been vacated by death, those of Senators Hoar of Massachu setts and Quay of Pennsylvania. The floral decorations were equal to those of any session in the history of the senate. The largest single tribute was placed on the desk of Senator Till man of South Carolina. It was a huge basket of American Beauty roses and chrysanthemums. When Senator Fairbanks, Vice President-elect entered the chamber he was greeted warmly by his colleagues. The i visitors applauded his entrance with cheers and hand-clapping. After the transaction of routine busi ness the senate at 12:13 adjourned out of respect to the memory of Senators Hoar and Quay. MASTER PLUMBERS MEET. They Appoint Committees and Then Call on the President. Washington, Dec. 5. The Atlantic Coast Matter Plumbers' Association met here today in annual convention. Nearly one hundred delegates', includ ing representatives from North Caro lina, South Carolina and Georgia were in attendance. The convention was called to order ry President Van Bnren Griffin, and was welcomed to Washington by Col. John Biddle, engineer, commissioner of the district. After tie appointment cf permanent committees the mem bers called on the President. The Letters Came Back. Washington, Dec. 5. The Boone let ters, which wore introduced by the prosecution against Judge Charles Swayne and mysteriously disappeared, have been recovered by the House Ju diciary Committee, through the mail. It was stated by a member of the committee that the letters had been inadvertently mixed with some other papers, and when discovered were re lumed. As to Annexation. Washington, D. C, Dec. 5. The Su 1 reme Court of the United States to day dismissed, for want of jurisdiction, a writ of error in the case of Toner vs. the city of Macon, Ga. This case embodied the opposition of the sub urb of Vinoland to annexation to the city, undei ?.n act of the Georgia Leg islature. The Supreme Court of that State upheld the law, and today's de cision has the effect of affirming the State court. Consistory Held by Pope. Rome, Dec. 5. The Pope this morn ing held a consistory for the canoni zation of the Blessed Gerardo Maiella, and Blessed Alessandro Sauli, one of the chief functions, of the celebration of the golden jubilee proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. V
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 5, 1904, edition 1
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