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CHARLOTTE, N C, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1906.
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CHIEF ORATOR FOR
TWENTIETH .OF
MAY CELEBRATION
Secretary of War Taft was Invited
this Morning but Because of a
Prior Engagement, he 'was
Forced to Decline the Invitation.
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CREED UP
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PEACEFULLY
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Is is Probable that Charles A.
Towne, will be Asked. Com
mittee May Ask Other Promin
ent Public Men to Come and
Participate in our Festivities.
An Associated Press telegram from
Washington received by The News this
afternoon says:
Senator Simmons, accompanied by
a delegation from North Carolina today
called on Secretary Taft and invited
him to deliver the address at the Meck
lenburg Celebration in May, next. The
Secretary while expressing his pleas
ure at receiving the invitation was
compelled, on account of a prior en
gagement, to decline."
ROOSEVELT TALKS TO N. C. MEN.
Discusses Railroad Rate Bill With Del
egation From North Carolina To
day. By Associated Press. .
Washington, April 13. The railroad
rate legislation again wras the topic
of important discussion today at the
White House.
The President talked over the sub
ject with Senator Nelson, of Minne
sota, one of the staunch supporters of
the rate regulation, and later discussed
it with Senators Simmons and Over
man, of Xorth Carolina.
The President suggested to Senator
Nelson that, in his judgment, it would
be wise to attach to the Hepburn bill
cither the amendment offered by Sen
ator Simmons or that by Senator Mal
lory of Flirida. Both of these are de
signed to prevent unusual delap in the
consideration of applications for tem
porary injunctions.
Later, when Senator Simmons and
Overman called with the delegation of
Charlotte, North Carolina., men, to In
vite the President to deliver an address
on the occasion of the celebration of
the Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde
pendence, May 20th, an invitation the
President felt obliged to decline, he
talked wit hthem regarding the pro
posed amendment.
It is known the President told them
about what he had told Senator Nel
son. It is regraded as likely that such
an amendment may be adopted.
The railroad rate bill was not taken
up today in the Senate the day being
devoted to the passing of bills to which
there wp.s no objection.
DOWIE MAY TRY COURTS.
Conference Between Attorneys Two
Factions Make Counter Claims.
Cy Associated Press.
Chicago, April 13. Unless the con
ference between the attorneys repre
senting the warring interests in the
Zion City controversy reach some
sort of an agreement at the conferen
ces which arc being held late today
the matter will be taken in to the
courts tomorrow or cn Monday.
It was announced today by lawyersj
retained by Dowie that they will proo
ab!y file a bill asking that the transfer
of Zion City and Zion church proper
ties to Deacon Alexander Granger by
Overseer Voliva be set aside by at
torneys for Voliva contend that the
bill will be denied for the reason- that
all the property assigned by VoTlva to
Granger, was not the property of Dow
ie but was held by him as trustee.
It is also expected that ah appli
cation will be made for tbe appoint
ment of a receiver pending the set
tlement of the dispute as' to th.3 con
trol of the property.
WILL NOT HUNT AGAIN.
President Says People Jest too Much
Of His Sporting Proclivities.
By Associated Press
San Antonio, April 13.. President
Roosevelt will' not hunt any more
while he is president, according to
Col. Cecil Lyon, Republican national
cornmitteman for Texas.
Col. Lyon had made arrangements
for another wolf hunt in southern
Oklahoma this epring, but he has
received a letter from the President
saying the people make too much
sport of his going hunting.
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GOOD FRIDAY
Was Not Observed in New York To
day Because of Money Conditions.
By Associated t ess.
New York, April 13. For the first
time in many years Good Friday was
not observed as a holiday in New
York today. All the city departments
v.ere in operation and the stock ex
change opened for business as usual.
In both these instances mony was
responsible for the change in the city's
tradition.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis, of Bristol,
Tenn., arrived in the city this morning
to spend the Easter holidays with Mrs.
Davis parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Baird.
HON. CHARLES
Who is Spoken of Ac
One of the Spea kers
' bration.
President Roosevelt Cannot
Attend Our May Celebration
Special to The News
Washington, D. C, April 13 A dele
gation composed of Senators Simmons'
and Overman, Congressman Webb,
Goyernor Glenn, General Macon of the
Governor's Staff; Messrs. Lotte W.
Humphrey, W. C. Dowd and myself,
accompanied by Miss Lila Blanche
Russell and my daughters, Mattie and
Julia McNinch, were received by Presi
dent Roosevelt this morning.
Our delegation failed to secure his
presence at our Twentieth of May In
dependence celebration because of the
fight over the rate bill. We anticipated
that this would make it impossible to
have the President with us and we
could only accept his excuses which
we knew were frood and reasonable.
His sympathy with the celebration is
manifested by his aid which has al
ready been given most freely even to
helping me today in seeing that every
possible detail be covered by his own
personal orders. So, no one need doubt
that -- the Marine Band, the Marine
and infantry and the fine troopers of
the cavalry with their fine drilling, Will
be with us for this celebration. .
The President's interest in our cele
bration, our citizens and the Carolinas,
as expressed to our delegation was
hearty and inspiring and would thrill
all our people could they but meet
him and hear this illustrious person
age. I had hoped to secure this , privi
lege again for them under better con
ditions than before.
Our Senators and Congressmen and
Governor Glenn have big influence
here. We can be proud of them. The
President's personality is remarkable.
One exoects the extraordinary in the
Chief Magistrate and none could so"'
charming fill that emmment position,
it seems to me, as he does. His mind
is marvellously active and his person
ality most magnetic. His physical
being shows splendid health and abun
dance of stored-up-vitality and conse
quent magnetism.
I am glad the South and especially
our own State and city has the friend-
MEANEST SPEECH
HE EVER HEARD
Goldspogle Waxes Warm Over
Paragraphs in Journal Covering
Hopkins' Speech in the House
YesterHay. Says Hopkins' State
ment is Unqualifiedly False,
By Associated Press. ,
Washington, April 13 When the
house convened at noon today chaplain
Couden called the attention cf the
members to the sacredness of the day
and incorporated in his prayer refer
ence to the subject of the present
season.
Immediately after the adoption of
the journal trouble broke out over cer
tain paragraphs which appeared in the
speech of Mr, Hopkins (Ky.) printed
in this, mornings record and to which
Mr. Gardner (Mass.) seriously object
ed. Mr. Gardner, under a question of the
highest personal privilege, presented a
resolution striking from the record cer
tain reflections on the motives prompt
ing the passage of the bill through
the house bv Mr. Bennet (N. Y.) author
izing the ; admission ot J? anme inner
(a pronounced idiot), which Mr. Hop
kins says in the speech was prompted
hv "the steamship companies."
Mr. Hopkins further animadverted
on the part played by Mr. Goldf ogle
CN Y. in also supporting the bill.
Mr. Goldfogle immediately after the
reading of the resolution, in a speech
bristling with anger said that the gen
tleman from KentucKy. uvir. nopKinsj
han "meanlv" misrepresented" him;
that he had taken, advantage of a right
given by the house to "extend his re
marks in the record" and had inserted
in the record insinuations that were
"unqualifiedly false."
The house was in confusion over this
statement. Mr. Goldfogle insisted as he
took his seat that "it was the meanest
'speech he had ever heard."
A.TOWNE;
for the Twentieth of Mav Cele-
ship of President Roosevelt to such a 3
great degree, because he is open and
frank and, knowing the right, does not
hisitate to try to do. We can certainly
give ohim our confidence. There is no
deception and political humbuggery
with .him. He may make mistakes, but
does not remember them after knowing
and understanding him.
I think he does what he believes is
right in his position, not counting the
cost. Few of us are strong enough to
do that. I have in a personal confer
ence met the President five times
and he loom's up bigger each time. His
friendship, is to" be a priceles jewel.
S. S. McNINCH.
BLIND TIGER CASES.
Temperance Fcrc'es Attend Court
Determined to Break Up Blind Ti
gers. Special to The News.
New Bern N. C, April' 13 Wed
nesday's session of the superior court
was. largely attended by the temper-:
ance forces of the. cit!y- Several blind
tiger cases were on the docket, nota
bly that against William Sultan, a
prominent eitizen of the town. A
night session of court was held in or
der that these cases might be wip
ed off the docket. No verdict has ,yet
been rendered. New Bernites are
determined to break wr blind tigers,
and they are using their remedy the
courts to good effect. '
A Knight of Pyhias lodge will be
instituted at Beaufort Monday, -April
2Cd. It is learned that a large char
ter membership will be presented.
Dr. S. S. Primrose, a prominent phy
sician of this city, has returned from
a two-months' trip to Cuba and Jamai
ca. His health was greatly improved
by his sojourn in these points.
Quite a sensation was sprung in
court Wednesday afternoon when Mes
srs. Harrison and Land, and the ne
groes Bryan and Ginon failed to ap
pear in answer to the call. It was
found ti at Harrison was confined to
bed by sickness, but the others have
doubtless taken "leg-bail." The charg
es against them were retailing liquor
without license.
ATTEMPTED TRIPP LE MURDER.
Man Shot Another and Seriously
Wounded Another Man and Woman.
By Associated Press.
New York, April 13. Edward Scan
ion was shot and killed and Patrick
Donovan and Mrs. Hannah Miller
wounded but not seriously' by Miller in
the apartments of Miller in East Thir
teenth Street today. Miller asserts
that the shooting was done to protect
his wife who he alleges was seized
by the throat by men when she an
swered their knock on the door. Miller
also said that men who had been his
friends attempted to rob him.
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS . LAND.
Ethelbert Lands With Letter For
President From Count: V i t 2.
By Associated Press.
New York, April 1?. ethelbert
Watts, United States Consul General
at St. Petersburg, was a passenger
on the steamer Pensylvania arriving
to day from Hamburg. He said that
he is the bearer of a letter from
Count Witte to President Roosevelt.
Among the steamer's steerage pas
sengers were 1.600 men, all register
ed as unmarried and nearly all Rus
sians who said they had served as
soldiers in the war against Japan.
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FLOOD MAY BE AVERTED.
Water Rises High Above Danger Line
Probability of Flood Disappears.
By Associated Press. ..
Memphis, : April 13. After a rise
marking 3.5 feet above the danger line
the Mississippi river is stationary
here today. The crest of the high wave
has passed and - a gradual decline is
now predicted. The levees- have re
mained intact and the probability of
a serious flood has deepened.
.. Gov., Pattison's Condition.
By Associated Press.
Cincinnati, April 13. Gov. Patti-
son's improvement continues. He had
a restful night, and was very cheer
fjl today. .
Attended Final Argument in In
vestigation of Protests Against
Senator's . Being Permitted to
Retain his Seat. A. S. Worth
ington Counsel for Smoot,
Smoot's Belief in Divine Revela
tions is not Different Savs At
torney from Other Church
Creeds. Nothing New in
Church's Activity in Politics.
By Associated Press. ".-.-
Washington, April 13 The final ar
gument in the investigation of the
protests against Senator Smoot being
permitted to . r retain his seat were
made today before the committee on
Privileges and Elections by Mr. A. S.
Worthington counsel for the Utah Sen
ator. For the first time since the proceed
ings were begun three years ago Mrs.,
Srrioot attended the session of the
committee.
Taking up Mr. Smoot's confession
that he believed in divine revelations
Mr. Worthington compared this belief
with the services in other churches
where divine guidance is sought and
argued that Smoot's belief is the same
as that cf the followers of the other
creeds.
It was argued by Worthingtcn that
everything- that has been charged
against the Mormon church in the way
of activity in politics and business was
known when Utah was admitted as. a
state and that one of the first Senators
from Utah was Frank J. Cannon, who
was a Mormon and more subject to
criticism than Mr; ; Smoot can be and
yet no protest was made against him.
MRS. MORRIS AGAIN.
Senator Tillman Objects to Name of
Barnes as Postmaster For D. C. Be
cause of His Treatment cf Mrs.
Morris. ;
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 13. Senator Till
man today filed formal charges : with
the sub-committee- considering'' the
nomination of Benjamin F. Barnes
assistant Secretary to the President,
to be postmaster at Washington and
protested against his confirmation.
These charges relate to the expulsion
of Mrs. Minor Morris from the Exec
utive offices and assert inhuman and
brutal treatment of the woman and
also allege that Barnesvmade false
statments about the case.
CAPT. KENNEDY DEAD.
Captain of Cruiser Colorado died
Yesterday as Result of Operation.
Washington, April 13. Captain
Duncan Kennedy, commanding the
cruisr Colorado, died a Guantaname
yesterday, as a result of an operation
for apendicitis. The body will be
brought to , this country on one of
the vessels of the Second Division
Battle-Ship Squadron, arriving at
Hampton Roads : Tuesday morning
next. Captain Kennedy assumed com
mand of the Colorado a year ago last
January. He is a native of. New York,
SCALE COMMITTEE DEPART.
No Other Meeting to be Held Until
After Operators Reply.
By Associated Press
New York, April 13. President
Mitchell of the Miners Union, is busy
preparing to close the headquarters
here and return to Indianapolis tomor
row. All members of the General Scale
Committee have left for their homes in
the anthracite regions and will not be
called together again until after the
operator's reply to" the propositions
submitted yesterday by the miners. In
the face of the pessimistic expressions
of some of the members of the scale
committee, President Mitchell is hope
ful of a peaceful ending of the contro
versy with the operators.
IN TEXAS T
Several were Also Injured in Tor
nado Which jswept Over Briggs
Texas. List of Dead. A Num
ber of Buildings were De
stroyed. By Associated Press.
Dallas, Texas April 13. It is re
ported that six were killed and sev
eral injured in : a tornado which
swept over Briggs, Texas, yesterday
afternoon. " - ,. . : .
The dead are: M. R. Hickman
and daughter, Arnet Taber and wife,
R A. Patters on and wife.
a number of buildinsrs were de
stroyed.
At Cleburne. Texas, the storm blew
down the grand stand in the ball
park during the progress of . a game
Several persons were injured.
The heaviest rain in years fell in
Dallas last night and a general rain
is reported over North TeTxas.
SIX WERE
KILLED
OR DO
SENATOR
The Utah Senator Who is Now Under Fire cf the Committee on Privileges
and Elections.
CHARTER GRANTED
CHARLOTTE FIRM
The Greater Charlotte Chautauqua
was Incorporated at $10,000
Capital. Petition Being Cir
culated for Election on "Pro
. hibition" or "Dispensary'
Special to The News.
- Raleigh, April 13. A charter was
issued this morning for the Greater
Charlotte Chautauqua which was In-
corporated with a $10,000 capital,
subscribtd by R. E. Mason, David
Ovens, F. R. McNlncn, Walter Brem,
L. W. Jenkins and C. W. Tillett.
Petitions asking the Raleigh Alder
men to call an election on the ques
tion of "dispensary" or "prohibition"
were started in circulation about the
city this morning under the direction
of Rev S. J. Betts, the well known
Baptist minister who has for the
past week or more preached by spec
ial permit of the mayor, each evening
to the patrons of the dispensary who
go there between five and six o'
clock. Rev. Betts says the, time is
passed when liquor will ever be sold
in saloons in Raleigh again and it
only remains now to fight it .out as
as to the issue of dispensary and
prohibition. He thinks that he will
secure enough signatures to require
the calling of the election with in
the next few days and present the
signed petitions to the aldermen on
the night of the first Friday in May.
The game of base ball here last
afternoon between the North Caro
lina A & M College and the South
Carolina College teams is generally
pronounced the poorest exhibition
of the national game ever seen in
this city. The score was 18 to 4 in
favor of the North Carolina farmers
and the score of errors' was ridic
ulous for both teams.
President and General Manager J.
A. Mills of the Raleigh and South-
port railroad said today tnat tney
vill not be able to get trains into
Fayetteville by May 1 as they had
expected but they expect, certainly,
to be there within the first few days
of June. The grading and placing of
track are being pushed with all pos
sible speed.
. State Treasurer. B. R. Lacy is ex
pected to arrive ' from Arizona Fri
day or Saturday of this week. He
writes that he is not troubled now
at all with the asthma that has
afflicted him for so long.
State Superintendent of Public In
structions J. Y. Joyner . received a
letter this morning from, the super
intendent in Tennessee for additional
plans and specifications for the of
ficial school houses provided by the
North Carolina department and sta
ted that he had already distributed
a large number of these plans for
use in Duucung scnoui uuuaco m
He added that if Supt Joyner
should travel through the rural dis
tricts of Tennessee and observe the
new school houses built ' he would
think it a part of North Carolina
from the style of architecture. .
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Athletes Reach Gibraltar.
By Associated Press. ; -
Gibraltar, April 13. The steamer
Barbarossa, which left New York April
3rd, for Naples, having on board the
American athletes who will compete in
the Olympic games at Athens, Greece,
arrived here today. All the members
of the team enjoyed the voyage and
are in good condition.
REED SMOOT,
ON TO NEW ORLEANS.
Confederate Veterans From Mecklen
burg Who Will Attend Reunion.
Thirty Confederate veterans have al
ready handed in their names to Mr.
H. D Duckworth, adjutant, thereby sig
nifying their intention of going to the
Reunion of the Confederate Veterans
in New Orleans on April 25, 26 and 27.
While vthis number has already de
cided to attend the reunion there is
little doubt but what many more will
join the Charlotte contingent before
the time of departure arrives.
The Mecklenburg delegation will
leave next Monday on a special train,
which will start from Raleigh, and on
which General Julian S. Carr of Dur
ham, one of the best friends the Vet
erans have in this state, will make
the trip.
The train will carry several hundred
of the North Carolina veterans who
will travel via. the Southern Railway,
and are expected to reach the Crescent
City on Tuesday afternoon.
Already abundant enthusiasm is be
ing shown by the members of Meck
lenburg Camp, and the indications are
that this camp will have a larger rep
resentation than any camp in the state.
The special train carrying the North
Carolina veterans will reach Charlotte
on Sunday morning following the Mon
day on which the trip down is begun,
thus giving the veterans nearly one
week of travel and attendance upon
the reunion.
The train on which the veterans
travel will be known as the "Jule Carr
Special."
GREENE 10 GAYNOR
RECEIVESENTEHGE
Defendants Must Pay Over Half
MMIion Fine and Serve 4 Years
in Prison. Attorneys File Ex
ceptions and will Prepare Volu-
minous. Bill End cf Noted Case.
Special to The News
Savannah, Ga., April 13. Judge
Speer today sentenced Greene ind
Gaynor 'to pay a line of $575,640 and
serve four years each.
At 11 o'clock the prisoners' were
brought into court. Judge Speer asked
counsel for defence if they had any
thing to say why sentence should not
be pronounced.
Colonel P. W. Meldrim, answered in
the negative, whereupon the court im
posed sentence. ..-
Each defendant had been found guil
ty upon all the counts of the three in
dictments charging conspiracy, embez
zlement and presenting a false claim.
Sentences upon the three indict
ments were respectively two, four, and
four years, but the court ordered
that these run concurrently so that
the sentence was really for four years.
Imprisonment is to be in the federal
prison at Atlanta.
The defense will file a bill of ex
ceptions, and ask for an order of court
extending to thirty days the .time per
mitted counsel for preparing this bill
which will be very voluminous, and
that the order act as a supersedeas.
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English Author Dead.
By Associated Press.
London, April 13. Richard Garnett,
an English author, died of internal
hemorrhage. V
Mr. ant Mrs. H. M. Victor are spend
ing a few days at Cleveland Springs.
Fall ot Ashes Almost Ceased. .Sun
Shining Tranquilly Over City.
Hope Stirred in Hearts of Dis-
pairing at Signs of Cessation
of Eruptions.
Nearly -6000 Men Engaged in
Clearing up Debris. People
Come out in Gay Attire. Daring
Observations ot Crater Made.'
Result Encouraging.
By Associated Press.
Naples, April 13. The news this
morning is encouraging. For the first
time since Tuesday the sun is shining
over Naples and although above city
the usual gray cloud is discernible the
fall of ashes has almost entirely
ceased. Ashes, however, continued to
fall throughout the night, adding sev
eral inches to the accumulation in the
streets. Nearly 6,000 people are em
ployed in clearing the roofs and main 1
thoroughfares.
Gangs of men are engaged in piling
ashes in the middle of the narrow
streets, which makes the passage of
vehicles exceedingly difficult and adds
to the discomfort of pedestrians.
The Neapolitans have become, tq a
certain degree, Sun-worshippers. One
doy they are plunged , in the depths of
despair because the Sun is obscured
by falling ashes and the next day
their spirits are .buoyant for the Sun
shines and no ashes are sprinkling
over Naples. Today the inhabitants of
Naples are practically happy for not
only is the Sun shining brightly but the
air is clear of ashes and invigorating
with the result that automobile coats '
and goggles, the ashes storm costume, ;
have been replaced by the usual gay
colored apparel, i People are. driving
about in open carriages and so much
color has returned to the surround
ings that the grayness of the build
ings, palms and other ash: 'covered
trees makes a pleasant contrast with
the sapphire tinted sea.
Several men, apparently, . have brav
ed the' terrors of the wild wastes of
lava about the royal observatory on
Mount Vesuvius. One of them returned
here this morning and gave an ac
count of the most interesting conversa
tion which he had with Professor Mat
tucci, director of the observatory, who
was in a very hopeful mood when his
visitor left him. ' ' '
Professor Mattucci climbed up
Vesuvius" to a point along ways
above the observatory, tt iminent
risk of his life and ascertained that
unless the conditions change radically
there will.be no further discharge of
lava at the oresent. He added that it
was impossible to determine the quan
tity of sand in the crater, but as the
cone had diminished considerably in
height and the showers of cinders
thrown out had been transformed into
ashes he believed the end of the dis
turbance was near. ,
King Victor Emmanued and Queen
Helena expect to return to Rome to
day. V
"UNCLE JOE'r CANNON.
Psalmist Innocently Asks All to Join
in "Battle Hyrnn of Republicans."
Washington, April 13. Uncle Joe
Cannon is getting religion.
Toight he attended the . private,
"Congressmen's service," which Is
held Sundays at one of the hotels
here. With him were Representatives
Grosvenor, Grumpacker and Graff.
The service is held in the lobby and
the singing is of a high class.
There was an accidental mixture
of religion and politics because of an
innocent error in the " announcement.
One of the hymns which should have
been announced ; as "The Battle
Hymn cf the Republic" was read out:
"The Battle Hymn of the Republi
cans," and immediately thereafter
the gentleman who'" raised the hymn
began to sing "Pull for the sh6re."
Mr. Cannon was very thoughtful
during the singing of the latter.
COMING TO NORTH CAROLINA.
Miners From Shamokin Coming
to
North Carolina.
By Associated Press.
Shamokin, Pa., April 13. About 500
miners from this section of theanthra
cite region, believing that a strike is
i inevitable, left last night and today
for North Carolina and the western
states to work for railroad contractors
and in soft coal mines.
BLEW TOP OF HEAD OFF.
Self Confessed Incendiary Blew Top
of His Head Off With Shot Gun.
By Associated Press. '
Columbus Grove, Ohio, April 13.
Clarence Frank, self confessed incendi
ary, blew off the top of his head with
a shot gun at Leipsic Junction today
when the officers were about to arrest
him. . -
Postmasters Appointed.
By Associated Press. .
Washington, April 13. Postmasters
appointed for North Carolina: at Pe
kin, John M. Mclntire; for Virginia, at
Burgess", Permilia F. McKinney; for
Providence Forge, Wm. F. Gilliam. -
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