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THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
VOL. XXXV NO. 6287
CHARLOTTE, N C, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1906.
PRICE: 3 CENT
NEWS
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PRESiDEHT SPEAKS
"THE
TIE MUCK
E
r?1r. Roosevelt Took the Prominent
Part in Impressive Ceremonies
of Laying Corner Stone ot Office
Building for House of Repre
sentatives, Many Dirtinguished Persons Pres
et. Masons Play Prominent
Part. Story ot Former Like
Ceremonies, Detailed Account
ot Ceremony and President's.
Speech in Full.
i:y Associated Press.
Washington, April 14. In the pres
sure of a distinguished assemblage
wiiii tnc President of the United
:-'uues taking the prominent part, with
the Supreme Court and Senate, House
i'! Representatives and Diplomatic
vorps as spectators and before a large
tviK'oiu'se of people the corner stone
Vr tiie oinee building for the House of
lu-nresentatives was laid with impres
sive ceremonies this afternoon.
The address of the day was made
liy President Roosevelt, who spoke on
the -Muck Rake Brigade."
A century and thirteen years ago, j
r.eorge Washington, the President, as-1
sistin? tne acting Grand Master of
.Aiasoi's of Virginia and Maryland, laid
t : i o corner stone of the national capi-
Forty-eight years later Millard Fill
more, then President, laid the "corner
i-unw of the extension of the capitol
under equally impressive circumstan
ces, assisting like his illustrious pre
viiccssor the Masonic fraternity in
their solemn rites of consecrating the
building "To holy purposes and lofty
i-ic'is,."
Today with even a more impressive
f-ei ("gonial the corner stone of tho
largest office building solely devoted to i
the primary purposes of legislation
and comfort of tee legislators in the
world v?s laid, with the Masonic fra
ternity as active participants, with the
Prvidont, who like PresicUmis Waeii
inutou aud Fillmore is a Mason, and
who tollowitig the custom delivered
thii principal address. i
Previous to the ceremonies the cop
per hi two an one-half feet Ion; and
eighteen inches wide was placed in the
si i ue in the presence of the Grand
Treasurer of the Masonic Grand
L'dL'. The box contains many rare
and unusual articles, together with
ci in:; of the United States and a se
ries cf postage stamps now in use.
Tho box was hermetically sealed
and in position when tbe Grand Mas
ter of the Masons of the District of
Columbia, Walter A. Brown, began, the
ancient ceremony of placing the cor
ixr stone in position.
Tlie "corn of nourishment, the wine
el refreshment and the oil cf joy"
were severally deposited according to
the litual and practice of the Masonic
iratornity.
The trowel used by the Grand Mas
ter was made especially and presented
by the Sons of the American Revolu
tion. The building dedicated today is in
classic design. Architecturally the
front is divided into two parts, the
lower corresponding to the first story
"f the building, constituting a "rusti
cating" base, on which extended
through the sceond and third stories
is a coionade surmounted by its en
tablature and ballustrade.
It has a total frontage of 1,740
feet, and will contain 410 rooms for
members, together with a multiplicity
of caucus rooms., audience rooms,
post office, restaurant and otlier fea
tures ct the modern office building in
any of our large cities.
The long unbroken cornice lines cf
the office-building leading up natural
ly to the capitol building and from
thence to the great dome, the crown
ing arid dominating unit in tho group
of buildings now on the capitol plaza
;;re calculated by its designers to con
hi'e the desired effect cf making the
('s'phol building more imposing and
effective.
Ti-.e President's Speech.
President Rosevelt saidt
Over a century ago Washington laid
the coi ner stone of the Capitol in what
was then little more than a tract of
wooded wilderness here beside the Po
tomac. We now find it necessary to
provide by great additional buildings
for the business of the Government.
This srowth in the need for the hous
ing of the Government is but a proof
and example of the way in which the
nation has grown and the sphere cf
action of the National Government has
grown. We now administer the affairs
(Jf h nation in which the extraordinary
P'owth of population has been out
stripped by the growth of wealth and
tli" growth in complex interests. The
material problems that face us today
tre not such as they, were in Wash
ington s time, but the underlying facts
t h -.man nature are the same now
sis they were then. Under altered exter
Tlal form we war with the same ten
dencies toward evil that were evident
Washington's time, and are helped
hy the same tendencies for good. It is
!ihout some of these that I wish to say
a won! today. .
In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress you
ri1ay ler.-ii the description of the Man
Twih rno Muck-rake, the man who
couh look no way. hut. downward, with
muck-rake in his hand; who was
Ml WITH
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offered a celestial crown for his muck
iake, but who would neither look un
nor regard the crown he was offered
coAtlnned to rake to himself the
filth of the floor.
.Inn?1Irim,s PrSress the Man with
the Muck-rake is set forth as the ex
ample of him whose vision is fixed on
carnal instead of on spiritual things
itc ne aiso typifies the man who in
this Ufa
. ... wuoiotcuuji reiuses to see
aught that is lofty, and fixes his eyes
with solemn intentness only on that
"oh vile and debasing. Now, it is
yery. necessary that we should not
n.iich irom seeing what is vile and
debasing. There is filth cn the floor,
and it must be scraped up with the
muck-rake; and there are times and
places where this service is the most
needed of all the services that can be
performed. But the man who never
does anything else, who never thinks
or speaks or writes, save of his feats
with, the muck-rake, speedily becomes,
not a help to society, not an incitement
to good, hut one of the most potent
"Ji t;t.j5 tor evil.
There are, in the body politic, eco
nomic and social, many and grave evils
and there is urgent necessity for the
sternest war upon them. There should
he relentless exposure of and attack
upon every evil man, whether politi
cian or business man, every evil prac
tice, whether in politics, in business,
or in social life. I hail as a benefac
tor every writer or speaker, everv man
who, on the platform, or in "book,
magazine, or newspaper, with merci
less severity makes such attack, pro
vided always that he in his turn re- !
members that the attack is of use only
if it is absolutely truthful. The liar
is no whit better than the thief, and!
n nis mendacity takes the form of
slander, he may be worse than most
thieves. It puts a premium upon kna
very untruthfully to attack an honest
mean, or even with hysterical exagger
ation to assail a bad man with untruth.
An epidemic of indiscriminate assault
upon character does no good, but very
great harm. The soul cf every scoun
drel is gladdened whenever an hon
est man is assailed, or even when a
scoundrel is untruthfully assailed.
Now, it is easy to twist out of shape
what I have just said, easy to affect to
misunderstand it, and, if it is slurred
over in repetition, not difficult really
to misunderstand it. Some persons are
sincerely incapable cf understanding
that to denounce mud slinging does not
mean the indorsement cf whitewash
ing; and both the interested individu
als who need whitewashing, and those
others who practice mud slinging, like
to encourage such confusion of ideas.
One of the chief counts against those
who make indiscriminate assault upon
men in business or men in public life,
is that they invite a reaction which is
sure to tell powerfully in favor of the
unscrupulous scoundrel who really
ought to be attacked, who ought to be
exposed, who ought, if -possible, to Tic j
put in the penitentiary. If Aristides is
praised overmuch as just, people get
tired of hearing it; and overcensure
of the unjust, finally and from simi
lar reasons results in their favor.
Any excess is almost sure to invite
a reaction; and, unfortunately, the re
action, instead of taking the form of
punishment of those guilty of the ex
cess, is very apt to take the form either
of punishment of the unoffending or of
giving immunity, and even strength,
to offenders. The effort to make finan
cial or political profit out of the de
struction of character can only result
in public calamity. Gross and reckless
assaults on character, whether on the
stump or in newspaper, magazine, or
book, create a morbid and vicious pub
lic sentiment, and at the same time
act as a profound deterrent to able
men of normal sensitiveness and tend
to prevent them from entering tho pub
lic service at any price. As an instance
in point, I may mention that one se
rious difficulty encountered in getting
the right type of men to dig the Pana
ma Canal is the certainty that they
will be exposed, both without, and, I
am sorry to say, sometimes within,
Congress, to utterly reckless assaults
cn their character and capacity.
At the risk of repetition let me say.
again that my plea is, not for immuni
ty to but for the most unsparing ex
posure of the politician who betrays
his trust, of the big business man who
makes or spends his fortune in illegiti
mate or corrupt wars. There should
be a resolute effort to hunt every such I
man out of the position he has dis
graced. Expose the crime, and hunt
down the criminal; hut remember that
even in the case of crime., if it is at
tacked in sensational, lurid, and un
truthful fashion, the attack may do
more damage to the public mind than
the crime itself. It is because I feel
that there should be no rest in the
endless war agaist the forces of evil
that I ask that the war be conducted
with sanity as well as with resolution.
The men with the muck-rakes are
often indispensable to the well-being
cf society; but only if they know when
to stop raking the muck, and to look
upward to the celestial crown above
them, to the crown of worthy en
deavor. There are beautiful things
above and round about them; and if
they gradually grow to feel that the
whole world is nothing but muck, their
power of usefulness is gone. If the
whole picture is painted black there
remains no hue whereby to single out
the rascals for distinction from their
fellows. Such painting finally induces
a kind of moral color-blindness; and
people affected by it come to the con
clusion that no man is really black,
and no man really white, but they are
all gray. It other words, they neither
believe in the truth of the attack, nor
in the honesty of the man who is at
tacked; they grow as suspicious of the
aceusation as of the offense; it be
comes well-night hopeless to stir them
either to wrath 'against wrongdoing or
to enthusiasm for what is right; and
such a mental attitude in the public
gives hope to every knave, and is the
despair of honest men.
To assail the great and admitted
evils of our political and industrial life
with such crude and sweeping gen
eralizations as to include decent men
in the general condemnation means
the searing of the public conscience.
EULOGIZES BRYAN,
HOTLY DEUCES
PRES. ROOSEVELT
Representative Towne Responds
to Toast in Which he Defends
Bryan and Silver. Said God
was Responsible for Prosperity,
Not a Policy.
Said President was "Greatest
Prorriser and Smallest Perfor
mer Since Day ot Judas Is-
cariot." Spoke of House's De
generacy. By Associated Press.
Kansas City, April 14. Represen
tative Charles A. Towne responding
to a toast last night at the Jefferson
Day Banquet went outside his set
speech to eulogize Bryan and bitterly
attack Roosevelt. Mr. Towne said:
"I cannot accept in silence the pop
ular version of why the predicted panic
that was to follow the adoption of the
gold standard did not materialize.
"The panic did not occur because
since 1S96 the country has produced
enough gold to supply the money mar
ket without a material increase, in the
silver output. We owe our prosperity
to Providence, not to a policy. When
men refused to open the mint, God
opened the mines."
Mr. Towne then attacked President
Roosevelt. "I'm going to take you into
my confidence this much" said the
speaker, "By telling you that I am
going hack to Washington with the
avowed purpose of exposing President
Rpoesvelt. He is the greatest, promiser
and the smallest performer since the
days of Judas Iscariot.
"He filched his rate legislation pro
grame from the National Democratic
platform and has now laid down on his
own bill; he sends for legislators and
lectures them like boys. ad his tools
consider them for a morses. They are
a Speaker and a degenerate House.
"Nowadays, there are three steps
in National legislation Getting the
permission of Uncle Joe, to introduce
a bill and then securing its passage
in the House and Senate. I get no show
in the House. I might as well makq.
power of attorney of the speaker and
go hack home and get to work. I
wouldn't stay in Congress or in the
Democratic party if I did not believe
that the Democracy will eventually
triumph in National affairs."
300 HORSES BURNED.
Fire of Unknown Origin Burned 300
Horses and Mules Loss $65,000.
By Associated Pres.
Baltimore, April 14. About 300
horses and mules were burned to death
in a fire of unknown origin that com
pletely destroyed the auction stables
of Moses Fox, in North Street. The
damage is $05,000.
A Whiskey Case.
There was only one, case in the
Recorder's court this morning and
the hearing in this was continued
until Tuesday morning
Ike Dixon, a negro was charged
with selling liquor. Dave Massey, his
partner who was caught with the
"red eye," told so many stories that
the court decided to continue the
case until Tuesday, in order to get
other witnesses.
There results a general attitude either
of cynical belief in and indifference to
public corruption or else of a distrust
ful inability to discriminate between
the rood and the bad. Either attitude
is fraught with untold damage to the
country as a Avhole. The fool who has
not sense to discriminate between
what is good and what is bad is well
nigh as dangerous as the man who
does discriminate and yet chooses the
bad. There is nothing more distressing
to every good patriot, to every good
American, than the hard, scoffing
spirit which treats the allegation of
dishonesty in a public man as a cause
for laughter. Such laughter is worse
than the crackling of thorns under a
pot, for it denotes not merely the va
cant mind, but the heart in which high
emotions have been choked before they
could grow to fruition.
There is any amount of good in the
world, and there never was a time
when loftier and more disinterested'
work for the betterment of mankind
was being done than now. The forces
that tend for evil are great and terrible
but the forces of truth and love and
courage and honesty and generosity
and sympathy are also stronger than
ever before. It is a. foolish and timid,
no less thr.n :i wicked thing, to blink
the fact that the forces of evil are
strong, but it is even worse to fail'to
take into account the strength of the
forces that tell for good. Hysterical
sensationalism is the very poorest
weapon wherewith to fight for lasting
righteousness. The men who with stern
sobriety and truth assail the many
evils of our time, whether in the pub
lic press, or in magazines, or in books,
are the leaders and allies of all en
gaged in the work for social and po
litical betterment. But if they give
good reason for distrust of what they
say, if they chill the ardor of those
who demand truth as a primary virtue,
they thereby betray the good cause,
and play into the hands of the very
men against whom they are nominally
at war. , '
In his Ecclesiastical Polity that fine
Continued on page 3
DOWIE'S ATTORNEY SPEAKS.
Says Trouble In Zion City Will
Be Settled on Basis of Dollars and
By Associated Press
Chicago April 14. Attorney Wet
ten, for John Alexander Dowie is
sued a statement to the effect that
the reported compromise of the Zion
City troubles on basis of paying
Dowie five percent of the gross as
sets of Zion City is untrue.
It was furtner declared in the at
torneys statement that the troubles
of Zion City will never be settled on
the basis of dollars and cents. Wet
ten adds to his denial of the cash
proposition, the assertion that ne
gotiations for a settlement outside
of the courts are still in progress.
THREE WERE KILLED.
Mother and Two Children Killed in
Grade Crossing Accident.
By Associated Press.
Greenville, Pennsylvania, April 14.
As a result of the grade clossing ac
cident at Atlati, Pa., near here on the
Erie road, three persons were killed
and two others injured. The dear are:
Mrs. Maud Calvin, aged 27, and her
two daughters, one an infant and the
other six years old. The daughter aged
three had an arm and leg broken, and
the young son was badly cut and
bruised.
Mrs. Calvin and children were in
the carriage which was struck by the
train running 75 miles an hour.
ROBBED OF $20,000.
Negress Feigning Need of Charity,
Deftly Took $20,000 Worth of Jew
elry From Inside Pocket.
By Associated Press. ' .
New York, April 14. A pickpocket
stole $20,000 worth of jewelry early
today in the tenderloin district by
feigning need of charity.
Emilo Sergen, a diamond cutter, re
ported to the police that while he and
another man were walking together
through West 27th street near Sixth
Avenue, they were spoken to by a
negress who appeared to be in dis
tress, i
Serges says she took hold of his coat
wThile asking for money. After she had
disappeared he found that an inner
coat, pocket had been picked of its con
tents. FOR TO SHIPPERS
The Southern way is Reteiv?
ing Forty New Freight and Coal
Cars Daily. They are Part of
the Big Order of 8,000 Given
by this Road Last December.
Mr. J. N. Scale, Superintendent of
transportation of the Southern Rail
way was in Charlotte for a short
while this morning. Superintendent
Seale stated that about 40 freight
and coal cars were being delivered
daily to the Southern railway at
different points along the system.
They are part of the big contract
for over 8.000 cars which was given
out some three months ago with the
fist deliveries promised for the last
of March.
vvniie we are iust getting about
forty cars per day at this time, the
number will be increased in a short
time. I feel sure that they will do
much in relieving the congestion
which has so interfered with the
best results in the way of
traffic during the past few months,"
said the superintendent.
"This prosperity which ' is so gen
eral in all parts of 'the south has
made plenty of hard work for the
railroads, and with the big fertilizer
movement coming along at the same
time delays have simply been una
voidable. Now that the fertilizer
movement is practically over in this
section and the heavy cotton move
ment will not start in until Septem
ber, it looks as though we would
have a breathing spell.
"The general traffic business is
still tremendous, but I believe that
in about thirty days with the new
cars and the new engines which are
being delivered we will be in better
shape for hurrying business right
through than we have been in some
time."
In addition to the cars that are be
ing delivered daily, some seventy
five locomotives nave recently been
delivered to the Southern and as
many more are how in course of con
struction in some of the largest
shops ill the country.
GOLD FROM NAT. TREASURY.
National City Bank Permitted to Draw
Gold From Treasury Department.
By Associated. Press.
New York, April 14. The announce
men that Secretary Shaw has permit
ted the National City Bank to draw
gold from the Treasury Department
pending the arrival here, of over $10,
000,000 in gold engaged by their bank
for import from London, was made to
day. The bank allowed the use of the
government gold upon depositing
bonds sufficient to cover the amount of
import.
EARTHQUAKE REPORTED.
Occurred This Morning on Island of
Formosa.
By Associated Press.
Tokio, April 14. A violent earth
quake occurred this morning in the
southern part of the Island of For
mosa. The casualties and damage re
ported are heavier than those of the
last earthquake. J
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CHAMPCLftHK
TO BE ORATOR IE
TWENTIETH OF MAY
He will Deliver the Main Oration
on Wednesday, May 23. He
Will, at a Later Date, Announce
His Subject for this Occasion.
A Happy Selection.
The Distinguished Missouri Con
gressman is One of the Ablest
Speakers in the Countiy. Mr.
Dowd Returned Home this
Morning.
Mr. W. C. Dowd, who went to Wash
ington representing the Speakers Com
mittee of the Twentieth of May Cele
bration to secure an orator for the oc
casion, returned home this morning.
Mayor McNinch and the other mem
bers of the Charlotte delegation who
called- on the President yesterday, re
mained over and will return home
either tonight or tomorrow morn
ing. Hon. Champ Clark of Missouri was
selected to deliver the address. He will
arrive in Charlotte Wednesday, the
23rd of May and the address will be
delivered at an hour to be named later.
Mr. Clark will notify the committee at
some future date as to the subject of
his address. Charlotte people and the
entire State will learn with pleasure
that so distinguished a personage as
Hon. Champ Clark will deliver the 20th
of' May oration. He is a resident of
Bowling Green, Missouri, though a na
tive of Kentucky. He was born in An
derson county, Kentucky; was edu
cated in the common schools, Ken
tucky University, Bethany College, and
Cincinnati Law School.
For 22 years he was president of
Marshall College, West Virginia and
during this period he held the record
for being the youngest college presi
dent in the United States.
In 1894 he was elected to Congress
from the Bowling Green district and
has been re-elected ever since.
At the last Democratic convention
held in St. Louis, Mr. Clark was select
ed as permanent chairman. He was
also selected as chairman of the com
mittee notifying Judge Alton B. Par
ker of his nomination for President by
the St. Louis convention.
In the big political landslide of 1904,
Mr. Clark was one of the few Demo
cratic congressmen elected in Mis
souri. He defeated his opponent, Mr.
J. B. Garber by 1,571, out of a total
vote of 41,445.
This distinguished Missourian is one
of the most popular men in public life
today. He is 56 years old, a man of
splendid personal appearance and a
speaker of unquestioned ability.
Mr. Dowd, Mayor McNinch and in
fact all the Charlotte delegation think
the selection of Mr. Clark, a most hap
py one.
In speaking of the delegations visit
to the President yesterday morning,
Mr. Dowd says that the Chief Execu
tive received the party with exceed
ing cordiality. Besides those from
Charlotte, Governor Glenn, Senators
Simmons and Overman, Congressman
Webb and Col. Macon, the latter of the
Governor's Staff, were members of the
delegation that visited the White
House.
President Roosevelt expressed deep
regret that he could not visit Char
lotte. He recalled his short stay here
last fall and said he was impressed,
both with our city and our pple.
Owing to pending legislation more
particularly the rate bill he id not
think it would be possible fc . him to i
leave Washington.
After leaving the White House,
Mavor McNinch and Mr.. Dowd called
on Secretary of War. Taft. He was ex
tended an invitation to attend the fes
tivities. Owing to a previous engage
ment, this official had to decline.
Both President Roosevelt and Secre
tary of War Taft, informed the repre
sentatives of Charlotte that the gov
ernment would do anything possible
for our celebration. All the features
that have been mentioned in The News
and more, will be here. The Marine
Band, two troops of infantry, a cavalry
troop and the Marines, will be on hand.
Besides these, many other real features
will be furnished by the government.
LIEUT. BATES REPLACED.
Placed Upon Retired List of United
States Army His Successor.
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 14. L.cut. Gen.
John C. Bates was today placed on the
retired list of the United States Army,
having reached the statutory age. He
was succeeded as chief of the staff by
Brig Gen. J. Franklin Bell., but the
rank of Lieutenant General will go to
Mai. Gen. Henry C. Corbin, whose sug
gestion it was that the younger officer
be plaopd at the head of the staff.
rr. J. L. Orr No Better.
The condition of Mr. James L.
Orr, assistant Chief of Police is
about the name today. A telephone
message to The News this afteraoon
stated that he was very v. Jir
condition -last niSht was extremely
critical.
- Mr. .B-.tler ..Here.
Mr H t. Butler of Spartanburg
is a Charlotte visitor today Mr. But-p-r
resided in Charlotte 2d years ago
and "T1 owns valuable . property on
South Tryon street, His many friends
ae always dad to welcome Mm.
"SANGSTAD" ARRIVES.
First Steamer to Arrive For Cotton
This Year Great Shipments of Let
tuce Arrangements for Bia Cere
mony. Special to The News.
Wilmington, April, 14. The first
steamer to arrive at this port for
cotton this year is the British Steam
er "Sangstad" which came up the
river Thursday afternoon and is
now docked at the Champion Com
press. There has been a scarcity of
cotton for some time and there
fore no steamers have been here for
cotton.
The last steamer here cleared in
the latter part of December and the
compresses have been shut down
since that time undergoing, repairs
The Grand Lodee of the order of
Royal Arcanum is holding its annual
meeting in this city this week and
there are a number of prominent Ar
canumites from an over the state are
in attendance.
Mr. M. A. Buttler, Secretary of the
Copper Company of Portland, Ore
gon, is in the city in the interest
of copper mines.
Many hundred of baskets of let
tuce are now being shipped from this
poin and extra express cars have to
be added to the regular trains to
handle the movement.
Arrangements are fast being com
pleted for a big time in this city on
April 19tb, at which time the local
Cclonial Dames will lay the corner
stone of the monument which will be
erected on Fourth and Market
Streets to Cornelius Harnett and
other notable men of the days pre
ceding the revolution. The North
Carolina Society of the Cincinnatti
and the officers of the-Grand Lodge
of Masons will be here on this oc
casion. WILL WAS NOT REVOKED.
Charlotte Lawyers Return From Lin
coln County Court.
Solicitor Heriot Clarkson and
Messrs. E. R. Preston and Thomas Ruf
fin have returned to the city after at
tending Lincoln county court, at Lin
colnton. They appeared in a case en
titled Shelton vs. Beatty in which
there was an interesting argument con
cerning a will that was left by Mr.
F. M. Shelton, who died in January
1905.
The contest over the will proved
very interesting. The property equally
divided giving one half to Mrs. R. L.
Beatty, an adopted daughter and the
other half to Mr. A. F. Shelton, a
brother. It was signed on one side of
the paper nul and void by F. M. Shel
ton which was denied by the Sheltons.
The trial lasted two and one half days.
The case went to the jury Thursday
morning at 8 o'clock. The jury de
cided that the will was not revoked.
The Beattys were represented, hy
Ruffin and Preston, of Charlotte, and
A. L. Quickel, of Lincolnton and the
Sheltons were represented by Solicitor
Heriot Clarkson and C. E. Childs.
This case will be of interest to
Charlotte people as the deceased lived
here a number of years ago.
GOVERNOR RETURNS.
Governor Glenn Adjusted Trouble Be
tween U. S. War Department and
N. C. Nat. Guard.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C. April 14. Governor
Glenn returned this morning from
Washington where he says he effected
a preliminary settlement of the diff
erences between the accounts of tho
United States War Department and
the North Carolina State Guard that
will result in saving several thousand
dollars' to the North Carolina Guard.
NO. 97 GOT 97 VOTES.
Appropriation For Fast Mail Won by
a Majority of One.
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 14. Soon after
the House met today several members
endeavored to take the floor to cor
rect the record of their votes on the
Southern Railway mail subsidy.
With the corrections the subsidy
remained in the bill by one majority,
the vote being 96 to 97.
Mrs. Shaw to Children.
Mrs. Mary H. Shaw will meet the
young people in the Sabbath school of
Tryon Street Methodist church tomor
row, April 15th at 4: 45 p. m.
Mrs. Shaw will wea rthe embroider
ed gown of the Chinese lady and de
scribe the Buddhist Temple in China
where she lived for 10 years, show-
ing the gay silk robe of the Priest,
children's costumes, idols and many
other curios, objects. The young peo
ple from other churches are cordially
invited to attend. -
Heroic Deed.
Middletown, N. Y.. April 14. Tom
my and Harry Lee, aged four and
five respectively, were saved from
drowning by Joseph Sweeney, a
newsboy, tonight.
The children were1"- playing about
an excavation for a cellar, which
was filled with water, when Tommy
fell in and Harry, in attempting to
rescue his brother, followed him,
Sweeney,, twelve years of age, suc
ceeded, after a hard struggle in
pulling both out. They were uncon
scious, and a physician had great dif
ficulty in resuscitating them.
Decrease in Cotton Receipts.
The local, cotton receipts today
were 71 bales at 11 3-4 cents, .For the
same day last year 188 bales were re
ceived at 7:55 cents.
466 Bales have been received for
the first two' weeks in April again'st
1684 for the first two weeks, in April
last year, showing a decline of 1218
Mj John C. McNeely has been
elected Clerk of the Session of the
Second Presbyterian Church Vice
Mr. C N. G. Butt resigned.
STRIKE HAS BEEN
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ULULnilLUI IIIUUUI
MINERS AFFECTED
United Mine Workers Convention
of Sun District No: 5 Received
Answer to Operators Demand.
It was a Flat Refusal to De
mands. Offer to Arbitrate was Made which
was Rejected. Operators Im
mediately Declared Strit e.
Agreement Reached at Other
Places.
By Associated Press.
Wheeling, W. Va., April 14. The
United Mine Workers convention of
the Sun District ho. 5, met to re
ceive the answer of the ' operators
demand for the 1903 scale. The an--swer
was a flat refusal to grant the
demands and instead an offer to ar
bitrate on tie lines proposed by John
H. Winder was presented. This the
miners would accede tp. The oper
ators then withdrew and the strike
was declared. Eleven thousand min
ers are effected.
Agreement Reached.
Greenville, Penna., April 14. The
miners and the operators at the Mer
cer and Butler county fields reached an
agreement on the wage scale effective
for two years. The miners were grant
ed ah advance, but it is a compromise
oh the 1903 scale demanded. About
1500 miners, who have been on strike
will return to work immediately.
RAM BUT3 BOY OVER CLIFF.
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Clam-Digger Risks Life to Save Child
From Surf.
Portland, Me., April 14. After a big
ram literally had butted him tover
the edge of a steep cliff onto a jagged
reef below, over which the combers
were pounding furiously. Milton Web
ber, the four-year-old son of J. A. Web
ber, of Orrs Island, Casco Bay, was
pulled unconscious from the water this
afternoos by Albert Storer, a clam dig-'
geV, who was working nearby.Storer
Storer . plunged . into the teriflc surf
at the peril of his own life.
The child was playing near the edge
of the cliff when he was suddenly at
tacked by a vicious ram owned by hi3
father, and which had droken out of
his pasture.
Storer was twice carried out by the
strong current, but finally made the
reef, almost too exhausted to carry the
boy to safety.
The child is in a critical condition.
TRIP WEST IN JUNE, 1907.
Yielding to Pressure, President' as
Good as Accepts Invitations Now
Deluge of Requests Expected.
Washington, April 14. President
Roosevelt is planning another Western
trip. He has yielded to pressure, and
in the summer of 1907 he will visit a
number of States. Some time ago he
announced that he would not make any
mere trips as President unless some
great issue should make it advisable
for him to go before the people.
The President not long ago tentative
ly accepted an .'invitation from the
Missouri Agricultural College to attend
commencement at Columbia the first
week in June in 1907. This morning he
received an invitation from the Michi
gan Agricultural College to attend its
semi-centenial at Lansing in the same
month. While Le did not definitely ac
cept, he gave much encouragement to
Gov. Warner and Representative
Smith, who tendered the invitation. It,
is expected that now he win be delug
ed with invitations from the West.
TO DISMISS 300 PRINTERS.
Issuing Patent Office Gazette by Con
tract Will Save $60,000.
Washington, April 14. Three hun
dred printers will be dismissed from
the Government Printing Office and
the Govenrnm ent will save " between
$60,000 and $70,000 annually by the de
cision of the Commissioner of Patents
to have the Patent Office Gazette pub
lished by private contract.
Commissioner Allen, when before
the House Committee on Appropria
tions, asked $200,000 for the purpose,
but told of the saving that could be
made by private contract. The commit
tee reduced the appropriation to
$130,000.
Closing of School.
The Oak Grove School closed yes
terday with a big Easter egg hunt and
dinner. A large number of Charlotte
people were present at the closing ex
ercises and the day was one ot much
pleasure. Miss Mary McMurray had
charge of the school during the year.
Prizes were awarded to Misses Ka
tie Moore Rankin, Mary Lee Rankin,
Ella May Philips and Mary Pharr.
PERSONAL.
Dr. W. L. Grissom, of Greensboro,
N. C, spent the day in Charlotte on
his way to Monroe where he will
preach ah Easter sermon in the First
Methodist church. -'
Mr. Ben Kendall went to Shelby to
day on business. -
Mr. Theodore Parker, of Oregon, S.
C., is here today on business. "