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JL 1 jj H m THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. VOL.XXXV--NO. 62, CHARLOTTE, N C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1906. FRICE:3CENTS 1 FEDERATION OF THE CHURCHES mr outcome The Committee on Closer Relat'on SERIOUS TROUBLE RUSSIAN EMPIRE CLASS OF CHINESE 1 C SID of ail the Presbyterian Churches of the United States, Now in Session at the First Presbyter ian Church, The Officers who Presided at the Meeting in Pittsburg-Pa., were Re-elected. 1 he Report of the Secretary Made at the Morning Session of the Committee. The most distinguished gathering of men of the church ever held in Char lotte was that of. the committee on. federation of the Presbyterian churches of the United States which was called to order in the First Church this morning. There were present men of State and National reputation from all over the United States, gathered in Charlotte upon invitation of Dr. How erton, to carefully consider a question of national importance to the Presby terian church in all of its branches in the United States. There were men present from the great Northern Presbyterian church, j the Reformed Church in the United ' States, from the Reformed Presbyter-1 ian Church, from the Reformed Church in America, from the Presby-, terian Church in the United States of America (Southern), from the German Reformed Church, the Associate Re formed Church. The Cumberland Pres byterian Church, however, was not officially represented this morning. Officers of Meeting Elected. The principal business transacted at this morning's session of the commit tee was the election of a moderator or president, and of a secretary. Without opposition the former offi cers were re-elected: Dr. J. P. Searle, of New Brunswick, N. J., moderator, and J. D. Steele, Ph.D., of Passaic, N. J., secretary. The officers being . already in their respective places, it was not necessary for them to be formally inducted into office. Both made appropriate re marks, stating their appreciation of the fact that the committee saw fit to entrust them for a second time with the offices to which they had been chosen. Reporters in Hot Piace. After the preliminaries this1 morn ing Dr. Neal, of Kansas City, ' was heard in the conference: "I move that reporters be excluded from the meet ing, as they were in Pittsburg," and "I second the motion," came close after, and the warmest discussion of the day followed. The bad habits of re- porters as well as the good were fully j gone into by the august assemblage, who had gathered together to discuss weighty matters of the church. Inen Dr. Striekler. of Richmond. was on his feet and was telling the! conference that he did not believe in j secret meetings; that he hoped noth-j ing would occur in the conference that ! the people would not have a right to j know. Dr. Howerton arose to say , that he hoped the motion would not pass in its present form; that he had told the reporters that they could get; in with the understanding that they would not print notices of motions and plans that were merely mentioned, without anything definite being done. Dr. Howerton championed the cause of the press in the meeting,as did Sec retary Steele, of Passaic, N. J., who declared conditions here' were differ ent from those in Pittsburg. The discussion was growing inter esting, especially for the reporters, when Dr. Neill arose to say that he al ways live in the open, etc., but that Charlotte had a remarkable set of re porters if they could tell things just as they happened every time that the ecclesastical terms of the conference might prove dangerous ground for the reporters not that he intended any reflection on the moral stamina of re reporters, but sometimes they, got mix ed cn the logical terms that was all. Another eminent man said that there was a difference between strict information and "newsy" stories that the reporters might get hold of, but that if it stopped with information on !y it was all right. Still another member of the confer ence wanted to know if the public was not admitted. He was informed that nothing had ever been said against their being present unless the com mittee held a secret session. Dr. Howerton offered an amendment that the reporters should allow a com mittee to go over what they wanted to use, to see that it was correct. Somebody had suggested the word "censorship," but this did not meet with Dr. Howerton's approval, and he wanted the word "examinition" or something akm to be substituted. Still another member hoped the con ference would take the public into its confidence. - . It was finally decided that' the meet mgs should be open unless otherwise ordered and that if the conference should want to hold a secret session at any time, it might do so. Finally a member arose to state that it must e understand in this motion that the Public included the reporters, and by a vote on a substitute motion, report ers were allowed to remain in thecon feronce hall during the sessions unless "th(-rwiso ordered, and with the under standing that they should submit their HON. CLARK Editor of the Atlanta Constitution Georgia. DENOUNCE President Gompers and President Furuseth Create Sensation Be fore House Committee on Judi- - ciary. Furuseth's Opinion ot President's Endorsement. By Associated Press. Washington, March 14. President Gompers, cf the American Federation of Labor, and A. Furuseth, president of the Seamen's Union, caused a furor before the House Committee on Judi ciary by denouncing the Gilbert Anti Injunction Bill. Regarding President Roosevelt's reported endorsement cf the Dill. Mr. Furuseth said:. "If he under stands this bill and then gives it his endorsement, he is an enemy to honest labor struggling under adverse condi tions for a better life; nay, he 'would be an enemy to human liberty. We do not believe, will not believe it." DEBARRED FROM QUOTATIONS. Two Memphis Brokerags Firms Re strained From Receiving Quotations of New York Cotton Exchange. By Associated Press. i Memphis, Tenn., March 14. Judge . McCall, cf the United States Circuit Court, isued an order restraining two j Memphis brokerage firms from receiv ing quotations of the New York Cotton Exchange. The decision upholds the j New York Exchange's contention that the telegraph companies shall deliver quotations to only those subscribers sanctioned by the exchange. Gacslene Advanced. By Associated Press. Cleveland, Nov. 14. The Standard Oil Company to day advanced the price of gasolene a half cent a gallon. Mr. James Stinson, bookkeeper for Davidson & Wolfe, is absent from his post of duty on account of illness. "copy" to a committee or to the secre tary of the meeting. In Favor of hederation. The meeting next heard the secre tary, Dr. Steele, read the reports of action taken by seven of the churches represented at their general synods or elsewhere on the question of church union, and with scarce an exception, all endorsed the movement, but some with conditions attached. The rencrts from the churches as read by the secretary were in part as follows : The Reformed Presbyterian church, in their general synod, voted that the report on federation be printed in their minutes and that the minutes be continued for discussion, the church favoring the effort to bring about a union. The Reformed Chiirch in America was heard from through the secretary, who said that at the meeting of the church synod a resolution was adopted that "We report the sentiment of our church to be in favor ' of federation, and that we approve the plan of fed Continued on second page. III- t bill Judge Goff or Judge Morris To Hear the Blackburn Case - . By Asociated .Press. Raleigh, N. C, March 14. A special from Asheville says that Judge Pritch ard and Judge Boyd have signed a joint order for the holding of the special term of .court at Greensboro April 17, for te trial of Congressman HOWELL, and a Candidate for Governor of E MEETING OF K, C. About 200 Operators and Num ber of Lumbermen Present at Opening of Session in-Norfolk in'erest Embraced by Associa tion is $20,000,000. By Associated Press. Norfolk, March 14. The North Carolina Pine Association, embracing an interest in Virginia and North and South Carolina that represents $20, 000,000 and has an output of 1,200,000, 000 feet annually, opened its annual convention here with about 200 oper ators and a number of lumbermen from distant states in attendance. The morning session was devoted to reports of the officers and this after noon the regular and special commit tees met. Tonight there will be a ban quet. Among the speakers at the con vention will be Gifford Pinchot, a for ester of the National Forest Service. LOSS BY FIRE $150,000. Large Cotton Platform, 700 Bales of Cotton and Seven Loaded Freight Cars Destroyed By Fire. Was In sured. By Associated Press. Tcccoa, Ga., March 14. Fire of an unknown origin destroyed the large cotton idatform and warehouse of the Inman Aker and Inman, the plant of the Atlanta Compress Company, 700 bales cotton and seven loaded freight cars. The loss is estimated at $150.- 000, fully insured.- SPECIAL TERM FOR WILKES. The Governor Ordered Special Term cf Wilkes County Supreme Court. Special to The News. Raleigh, March 14. Governor Glenn this morning issued an order for a special term of Wilkes county Su preme Court for the trial of civil cases to convene June 11. Judge W. B. Coun cil will continue a two weeks court ordered because of the congested con dition of the docket. A charter was issued for the Kingsdale Turpentine Manufacturing Company of Kingsdale at a capital of 820,000 by H. B. Snell of Jacksonville Ma., and others. REPORT OF TOBACCO COMPANY. Amount of Earnings and Surplus, etc. of American Tobacco Co. Given in Annuai. Report. By Associated Press. New York, March 14. The -net earn- !ing cf $25,212,285 for 1905, an increase !of S2, 907,589, are shown in the annual jrepoit of the American Tobacco Com Ipany. The net balance for the year ! was $14,204,551, an increase of $1,- 969120. The total surplus, after de ducting $9,9S8,990 far bonds purchas ed, and $8,048,480 for dividends on American Tobacco stocks, was $25, 6S5.961, a decrease of $3,832,919. The retiring board of directors was re-elected. Blackburn, indicted by the grand jury for accepting fee for service performed before government department. Judge Goff has been designated as the trial judge. In the event Judge Govf cannot preside, Judge Morris of Baltimore will be named. PISE Mr. John Foord Appeared Before House Committee on Foreign Affairs in Support of Foster Bill to Amend Chinese Exclusio n Act. Favored Admission of High Class of Chinese. Mr. D. A. Tomp kins Spoke as Representative of Nat. Association of Manu facturers. . By Asociated Press. Washington, March 14. John Foard, Secretary of the American Asiatic As sociation and representative of the commercial interests in prominent icmes cr tne united States, anneared before the House committee on For eign Affiairs in support of the Foster Bill o amend the Chinese Exclusion act so that the high class of Chinese may be admitted with less inconveni ence. D. A. Tompkins, of Charloffp N C. representing the National Association of Manufacturers, said his Association, had no desire to admit Chinese coolies. He said that class distinctions were made in China and must be recognized by the United States. The coolie was so easily recognized it was desirable for this country to say all Chinese but coolies may enter our ports. . ' He urged that there was no desire among manufacturers to bring Chinesa laborers here' to' comuete with Ameri can labor for he said intelligent labor using improved machinerv excels cheap lahor. ' ' In response to the ouestiens as to the effect of the . Chinese boycott on the machinery and cotton .trade in which he is interested, Mr. Tompkins said the effect has been very injurious and threatens to grow if conditions are hot relieved at once. THE COMMISSION MET. Mr. C. B. Sikes to Be Station Master At Southern's New Passenger Sta tion. At the meeting of the Police, Fire and Health Commission last night, Mayor S. S. McNinch presided and all the members of the body were present except Mr. J. K. Wolfe. ' Mr. J. A. Durham, chairman of the police committee, submitted the Feb ruary report of the police department. Chief H. C. Irwin stated that his force was in good shape ; that there were 151 arrests during February and that $14.65 was collected from all sources. Chief Irwin recommended that the two ser geants, Messrs. Farrington and Pitts, be paid $5 additional per month. He also asked that blanks suitable to make out the monthly reports of the depart ment be furnished. Mr. C. B. Sikes, who has treen filling the position of po lice officer at the Southern railway depot, was selected as station master at the new depot. He will wear the uniform of the Southern, railway, though he will be under the direction of Chief Irwin. His full salary will be paid by the road. ...''' A communication from the Southern asked that a special officer be detailed to meet all night trains when the occa sion demands. Col. A. L. Smith, chairman of the fire committee, submitted the report for February of Chief. W. S. Orr. The resignations of Messrs. R. A. Kennedy and E. F. Creswell, call firemen, were read and accepted. Mr. W. C. Owens was elected to succeed Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Creswell was made honorary call fireman in recognition of his long and faithful service. Mr. J. J. Williams moved that the ordinance committee of the board of aldermen be asked to draft an ordi nance ordering all vehicles to stop when the fire bell rings. The motion prevailed'. 28 MAY BE LOST. Steamer British King Foundered Sun day Only 28 Out of 56 on Board Known to Have Been Saved. Boston March. 14. The Phoenix Line steamer, British King, from New York for Antwerp, foundered Sunday and only 28 out of 56 on board are known to have been saved. Cornelius N. Bliss Treasurer of Republican Nat. Committee in 1904 Jn Conference with Jerome. ' Reported he Received Contributions. By Associated Press. . New York March. 14. Cornelius N. Bliss who was treasurer of the Repub lican National Committee in 1904, and who, it was testified to before the Leg islative Insurance Investigation com mittee received contributions from the Insurance Companies for " Campaign purposes, was, in conference with Dis trict Attorney Jerome. The nature of I the conference is not divulged. ABDUoNTRiaUT10HS HON. HOKE Formerly Secretary of the . Interior in For Governor OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT Opinions in Supreme Court. In teresting Case of Mast vs. Sapp. Other Cases, Effort to Get S. A. L. General Shops Located at Raleigh. Special to The News. . ... ........ Raleigh, N. C, March ll.-r In a batch of 15 opinions delivered last evening by the Supreme Court-"by odds the most interesting was Mast vs. Sapp, from Forsyth. The involving an unusual point of law, the opinion orderly a new trial on account of error in the trial below. Chief Justice Walter Clark files an opinion dissenting from the majority cf the court and inisting that the orig- inal trial should be sustained. In November 1904, the reservoir burst in Winston and distroyed a num ber of residences and other property and killed several people, Mrs. Angi- line Peebles lived in a little house close by the reservoir with husband, a son j and a step son. She owned the place. 1 The impact of the water pouring out of the reservoir smashed the house. The two boys were rescued. The woman' and her husband were found dead j under the debris. D. P". Mast was ap pointed guardian of the son and H. O. Sapp administrator of the mother. The city paid $4,500 dollars to the adminis trator for the death of Mrs. Peebles and agreed to pay $865 for damage to the property. The dispute arose over whether this should go to Mast as guar dian of the son or to Sapp as admin istrator of the mothers.; And the issue was as to whether or not Mrs. Peebles lived at all after the damage for which the money was paid was done or did she survive the distraction of the prop erty. The jury' held that she did not, thereby deciding the case in favor of Mast, as guardian of the boy. Justice Walker writing "the opinion of the court holds that the liability of the city for damages began the instant the waters from the burs ted reservoir invaded the premises and broke in the end of the house, being liable for all the ensuing damage at once so the ad ministrator was entitled to recover all damage since Mrs. Peebles must have been living and formally administer on it The court holds further that the is sue was improperly drawn, that it was not whether Mrs. Peebles survived the distinction of the property but whether the damage was committed before or after her death. That the plaintiff must show that his ward was already come to his inheritance when : the damage was done. Deputy Sheriff Dawson, of Edge combe county, was here today "to de liver to the penitentiary Geo. Smith, colored, to serve thirty years for kill ing his wife. He was found, guilty of murder a the second degree for the Continued on page 10 Louis Brown, to Have Been Hanged Friday, Commits Suicide By Associated Press. Norfolk, March 14. Louis Brown, 29 years old, awaiting trial Friday for the murder of Flossie Reese, at, whom he threw a lighted lamp which explod ed, fatally burning the woman, com mitted suicide in his cell in he Nor folk' jail this morning by. cutting his throat with a sharp pen knife which SMITH, Cleveland's Cabinet, and a Candidate of Georgia. CHINESE REBELS WERE The Leader of the Reuels and Three Implicated in Attack on American Missionary at Fatl in February were Beheaded Mon day. By Associated Press.' Canton March. 14. The leaders of tho Rebels of Kuans Si Providence and three othres who were implicated in the attack on the house of Rev. Dr. Andrew Beattie, an American Mis sionary, at Fati in February were be headed March 12. A BIG PRIZE FIGHT. Battling Nelson and Terry McGovern to Meet in Six Round Bout Tonight. By Associated Press. Philadelphia, March 14. "Battling" Nelson and Terry McGovern will meet tonight in a six round bout before the National Athletic Club of this city. Not in the history of the prize ring, it is said, has receipts for a six round fight equalled the sum which has been re ceived for tonight's bout. President Ed wards, of the club, said more than $20,000 has been realized and not a seat remained to be disposed of. The few in hands of scalpers are command ing $20 each. The boys are to weigh in at 133 pounds ringside, but both are well within the weight limit. The fight ers are to receive 75 per cent gross re ceipts. Nelson's share will be 45 per cent of this sum, win or lose. The fight is scheduled to commence at 10 o'clock. "Jack" McGuigan, of Na tional Club will referee. GREENE-GAYNOR. Bank Examiner E. I. Johnson Contin ued Demonstration of Alleged Di vision of Spoils. By Assrciated Press. Savannah, March 14.- The National Bank examiner, E. I. Johnson, acting as expert accountant, continued his demonstration by means of the charts of the alleged division of spoils secured from the government by Greene and Gayner, and Carter. PURSUING OUTLAWS. No News Received Today From Posse In Pursuit. By Associated Prss. Vinita, I. T., March 14. No news from Manshal Darrough or the posse now pursuing the Wycliffe Indian out laws has been received today. The concert at the Manufacturers Club will take place tonight between the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock. The en tire orchestra will be present and the concert promises to be one of unusual interest as Mr. Richardson has ar ranged a special program. ( he had, in some unknow manner, smuggled into the jail. Brown was formerly prominent in Portsmouth. Brown was without friends or mon ey, his family having abandoned him, and he grew despondent as the day of the trial approached: During the' re cent jail fire here he escaped, but sur rendered a few hours later. A Conspiiacy for the Purpose of Sleeping Away Reforms Pro vided in Manifesto is Reported. Many High in Authority Thought to be Implicated. Idea is to Demonstrate by Renew ed Slaughter of Jews and Fur ther Massacre That People are Not Fit for Self-Government. A Deep Laid Plot. By Associated Press. St. Petersburg, March 14. At to day's session of the Cabinet Premier Witte insisted on the suppresion of the organization known as the League of the Russian people, through which the agitation of the reactionary "Black Hundred" is propagated. . It is reported that he was forced to arrive at this decision but this is not' absolutely confirmed. The police prefect, M. Von Der Launitz, was ask ed to explain the printing of the pro clamation calling for the extermina tion of the Jews in the official print ing office attached to this department. The Prefect denied having any per sonal knowledge of the printing. How ever, it was established that there is constantly accumulating evidence that a plot to produce a counter rev olution in the hope of sweeping away the reforms outlined in the manifesto of October 30, had its origin in a court cabal. x ' The conspiracy includes General Trepoff, Commandant of the Palace and. General Count Egnatieff, M. Sti chinsky, a former Adjutant of the In terior Department; Count Shermetiff, a noted reactionary, and General Prince Putiatin, who are said to be utterly reckless of the consequences. The plan is to provoke riots and mas sacres of the Jews and revolutionists over as wide an area as possible in order to justify still more terrible re pressions, and thereby prove to the emperor that the people are not' ripe for any sort of self-government. Premier Witte and the Liberal sec tion of the cabinet will be - compelled ' to fight ' the conspiracy -and conse quently a break in the Ministry is not regarded as improbable. -' Danger of an outbreak about Easter is regarded as very real. : : WORK ON CHURCH BEGINS. To Build New Baptist Church May Build New Postoffice Building Death of , Woman Other News Items. Special to The News: Concord, N. C, March 14. Work on the new. Baptist church in West Con cord began today. J. M. Blackwelder is the contractor. " ' . The Mt. Pleasant Comedy Club will present "A Country Kid," in the Junior Hall on Saturday night. The younger set have arranged to attend. A petition is being circulated today, the subject of which is to keep on No. 97, the fast mail train. There has been some talk about taking it off. The petition is being signed as fast as it can go from man to man and will go to Congresman E. Y. Webb of the Ninth district with the name of every prominent man in Cabarrus county. Jim Turner, an operator of the Buffa lo Thread Mill, who assaulted his un cle, R. M. Turner, a section boss on the Southern, near the depot with . a knife, while intoxicated, was fined $7.50 by Mayor Caldwell. R. M. Turner was fined $2.50 for fighting. CASE OF J. E. WHITBECK. Preliminary Hearing of Whitbeck, Charged With Having Been Impli cated in the Murder of Henry Ko bre Concluded. Special to The News. Winston-Salem. N. C. March 14. Upon the conclusion ofthe taking of ev idence for the State this morning in the preliminary hearing of J. E. Whit beck, charged with being implicated in the murder of Henry Kobre, the de fendant was committed to jail with out bail to await the May term of the Superior Court. -The counsel for the defense did n otintroduce any testi mony. , NEW FRENCH MINISTRY. Presents Chamber of Deputies and Outlined Its Policy. By Associated Press ' . Paris, March 14. The new Ministry f resented itself to the Chamber of Den ies and outlined its policy as follows: "The Government intends to carry out the Church and State separation law with inflexible firmness, and to estab lish the responsibility for the resis tenoe to taking inventories.' Fourth. Class Postmasters. 4 By Associated Press. r' Washington, March 14. The fourth class postmasters are appointed for Alabama, at Brompton.Lonnie Veason; at Davis, John W. Lawley; at JSewell, William R. Vowell. For Florida, at Haines City, Isaiah' F. Tower For Geor gia, at Elsworth, R. H. Simonds; at Stay, Whittle Brady. For South Caro lina, at Filbert, Nannie L. Brown; at Richburg, Barbara A. Thrailkill. For Virginia, at Gertie, Noah O. McPher son.
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