1 VOL. XIX. NO. 1KX, WZLMINGTOISr, N. C SATURDAY, MAY 12. 1906. FIVE LOST BY PARTY VOTE Adverse Action on Non-Suspension Bailey's Order DEBATE ON THE RATE BILL Senate Will Consider Allison Amendments To-day Sceral Amendments Offered by Dem ocrats Voted Down In the Voting, LaFollette Generally Stood With the Democrats and 3IcEhery and Mor gan With the Republicans it is Evident That the Anti-Pass Provis ion Will be -Modified Further Con sideration or th Dill and Amend inents Will Occur Today. aside the orders of that body were of fered by Mr. Cullom and adopted with out discussion. The amendment con ferring jurisdiction upon the circuit courts to hear and determine suits brought against the commission jvas read and that, with an amendment which Mr. Rayner offered to the amendment, wil lbe considered when the bill is taken up tomorrow. THE HOUSE. Washington, May 11. Three hun dred and twenty pension bills were passed by the house today in one hour and a half. This record has never been equalled in the disposition of pen sion legislation, Mr. Capron of Rhode Island, in the chair, developing auctioneer-like qualities of the first rank. During the consideration of the bills, Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, raised, the point of "no quorum" and until the chair hazarded a guess that a quorum was present the wheels of legislation stood still. After 15 minutes spent in counting Mr. Capron found enough present and the voice of the reading clerk and the voice of the acting speaker once more sounded in unison until all the pension bills were passed. The house devoted much time to considering a point of order made against an appropriation for a new steel floating dock provided in the naval appropriation. The chair held the point of order well taken. Mr. Hepburn of Iowa, made a vigor ous attack upon the court martial sys tern in the navy and especially criticis ed the officers responsible for the ac cidents that have happened to ships of the navy. M. E. GENERAL CONFERENCE Memorial Recommending 6 Years as Time Limit for Pastors ! SALOONS TO REMAIN CLOSED All Licenses in San Francisco Ordered Revoked FOR REPRESENTATIVE CHURCH Favorable Report on Proposition to Erect a Representative Church Building in Washington Committee on Appeals Reverses Decision Against Rev. W. W. Wadsworth. Washington, May 11. Senator Bai ley's non-suspension amendment ap plying to orders of the inter-state com merce commission as covered by the railroad rate bill, which has occupied so much of the attention of the senate in connection with that bill was today adversely disposed of by the decis ive vote or 23 to 54, practically a party vote. The debate on the provision was limited to a brief political speech by Senator Bailey, in which he said the president has changed his attitude on the question of maintaining the rate fixed by the commission until the courts reach a final decision. An amendment offered by Senator Rayner confirming the court review to constitutional questions was also vot ed down, bur not until after speeches had been made by Messrs. Rayner and Bailey in advocacy, and Messrs. Alli son, Fulton and Cullom, in opposition, The debate was in anticipation of the discussion that is. expected to occur upon the Allison court review provis ion tomorrow. Messrs. Rayner and Bailey contended that the Allison amendment authorizes the broadest possible court review, and the Maryland senator urged that in it Senator Aldrich had achieved a sig nal victory. Senator Fulton stated that he had first suggested the language of the Alli son provision. A number of other amendments, of fered in the main by democrats and by Senator JLaFollette, were rejected. The votes were generally along party lines during the entire day, but the Wiscon sin senator voted with the democrats In all propositions, and Messrs. Mc Enery and Morgan, democrats, voted with the republicans on most of them. The only amendments accepted dur ing the day were those offered by Sena tor Allison striking out the phrase "Fairly remunerative" in the provision allowing the inter-state commerce com mission to fix rates; limiting the oper ations of orders of the commission to two years, and making the inter-state commerce commission the defendant in suits challenging the rates fixed by. it.. The anti-pass provision heretofore adopted was again,discussed. It is evi dent that it will be .modified. The senate began at 11 a. m. and closed at 5:50 p. m. The senate will meet at 11 again tomorrow. Senator LaFollette offered an amend ment providing for sending back to the Inter-state commerce commission for its consideration any case in which new evidence is presented to the court re viewing the case, the court staying its action while the commission is considr ering this testimony. The amendment was voted down 26 to 49, the demo crats generally voting with Mr. La Follette in the affirmative, and the re publicans in the negative. A substi tute for the entire section four was of fered by Mr. LaFollette. In addition to giving authority to fix a maximum rate the provision authorized the fixing of a minimum rate, and also gave the commission authority over the classifi cation of freights. It was rejected after a debate on the maximum rate ques tion in which Senators LaFollette, Dol liver and Bailey participated. Mr. La Follette and Mr. Bailey agreed on the wisdom of an absolute rate. There was a sharp controversy between Mr. Bai- I ley and Mr. UOIllver as io wueiuer iue latter had not originally favored the fixing of a minimum rate. The Texas senator contended that the Iowan had said that ho agreed with the position taken by him in his four hours speech, and Mr. Dolliver that if he had at tempted to agree with that entire de livery he would be "greatly bewilder ed," to which Mr. Bailey responded that that was his antagonists "usual condition". ' Section 5, the court section of the bill, was then read, and the amend ments of Mr. Allison striking out the provision regarding the time when orders of the commission shall take ef fect, and providing that the inter-state J )? GREAT YEAR FOR BAPTISTS Address of Dr. Stephens, President of the Southern Baptist Convention. Birmingham, Ala., May 11. The ven erable Bishop John C. Granberry, of Richmond, Va., occupied a seat in the rostrum today when the eighth day's session or the general conference or the Methodist Episcopal church, south, began. Dr. John S. Hutchinson, of the Baltimore conference, conducted the opening devotional services. After the approval of the minutes, Bishop Gran berry was introduced and spoke briefly. He was given a cordial reception. A motion was unanimously adopted to send a telegram of greeting to the Southern Baptist convention, which met at Chattanooga today. The tele gram reads: "The general conference of the Meth odist Episcopal church, south, seud3 greetings tothe Southern Baptist con vention. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." A committee of physicians submit ted to the conference a resolution FOR AX INDEFINITE PERIOD Mayor Schmitz Attributes the General Good Order to the Fact That the Edict Against the Sale of Iiiquor Has Been Enforced Licenses in the Fu ture Will be Greatly Curtailed. IN FAVOR OF THE GOVERNMENT Unconstitutional Surrender in the Suit Brought tjr Dissolve a Combi nation Between the General Paper Company and Twenty-three Other Defendants. San Francisco, May 11. All saloon licenses in San Francisco today were ordered revoked by unanimous vote of the board of police commissioners on suggestion of Mayor Schmidt, who said that he had decided that all sa loons should remain closed for an in definite period. He attributed the ab sence of crime and the presence of or der since the conflagration to the fact that the edict against the selling of liquor had been rigidly enforced. In discussing this sweeping order the commissioners were a unit in voic ing the sentiment that the future wel fare of -the city would be enhanced by a fewer number of drinking places. A number of saloon proprietors are build ing temporary structures in which they hope soon to be permitted to dis pense liquors. To these the commis sioners issued a warning, advising them that the number of saloon li censes to be issued in the future would be greatly curtailed, and that it adopted by the Medical Association of J was unwise for them to incur any ex- Chattanooga, May 11. The Southern Baptist convention met here today for its 54th annual session. About 5,000 delegates and visitors are present. The convention was called to order by the president, Dr. E. W. Stephens, Ox' Columbia, Ma. 'President Stephens in his annual ad dress, declared that the past year had Alabama opposing the insertion of cer tain medical advertisements in relig ious papers. The itinerary committee made a non-concurrent report on sev eral memorials asking the removal of the time limit from the pastorate of a church: however, it approved a memo rial recommending that six years be the time limit, and reported an amend ment to That effect. A non-concurrent report was made on a memorial rrom Virginia request- pen se in the way of temporary build ing operations. STANDARD OIL AND RAILROADS Direct Charges of Collusion Made in Hearing Before Inter-State- Com merce Commission. been the greatest in the history of the Baptists, and that the prospects of the ling bishops to appoint no preachers as denomination were never so bright. presiding elders more than eignt years The convention, he said, comprised BaDtists. from fourteen southern states, covering an area of a million square miles, with a population of over 30,000,000 of whom 2,000,000 are Bap tists. Rev. Dr. Williamham read tne report of the board of roreign missions. The report stated that the churches have contributed more than ever be fore, the aggregate of the girts neing $315,249, against $2S3.415 last year, and $247,C29 the year before. "We are re ceiving from a number of young men and women applications tor appoint ment to the foreign field. We greatly need more workers. We are impressed consecutively, unless there, are extra ordinary conditions requiring such ap pointment. The church extension committee re ported favorably, on the proposition to erect a representative church .building in Washington, D. C, and reported a I l-""" II II I Mill l.illl LU. .UVU large to raise $200,000 if Mount Ver non church, Washington, would become responsible . for $75,000 additional for that purpose. Chicago, May 11. Direct charges of collusion between the Standard Oil Company and the St. Louis and Iron Mountain railroad were made during today's hearing before the interstate commerce commission of the investiga tion 'of the relations between the Standard Oil Company and the com mon carriers of the country. H. P. Cohn, of St. Louis, for fifteen years connected with the Standard Oil I St Paul, Minn., May 11. The United States government today secured an unconditional surrender in the United States circuit court before Judge San born in the suit which the attorney general began on December 27, 1904, to dissolve a combination between the General Paper Company and twenty three other defendants, on the ground that an agreement had been entered into by the defendants in restraint of interstate commerce. Attorney Kel logg, for the government, and Attor ney Flanders, for the deefndants, ap peared before Judge Sanbbrn sitting as a circuit judge, and Mr. Kellogg move ed that the mandate from the Unitt'd States supreme court affirming the or der that the reluctant witnesses must testify be filed. Judge Sanborn order ed the mandate filed. The witnesses then appeared before the United States examiner, and offered to testify. The defendants then withdrew their an swers. Mr. Kellogg announced that the gov ernment did not care to examine the witnesses and moved for a decree in favor of the 'government. Judge San born ordered that the decree be enter ed for the government for the relief prayed, and that the decree should be settled on June 16. The three witnesses who had refus ed to testify, namely, C. I. McNair, of the Northwestern Paper Company, A. C. Bossard, of the Itasca Paper Com pany, and B. F. Nelson, of the Henne pin Paper Company, paid $100 fine as sessed against them for contempt of court for refusing to answer the ques tions put to them at a former hearing. IRK IN HARMONY. Czar Grants Audience to Head of Lower House POLITICS NOT GONE IIJTO Formal Opening of the Recognized Council of the Empire Announcement of the Appointments of Officers and Signing of the Oath of Office Count Witto a Member of the Council Hopo of the Establish ment of Friendly Relations Between the Emperor and the National Par liament Strengthened by the Audi ence Granted at Peterhof to Profes sor Mouromtseff President of the Lower House. company, declared that tne agents of the railroads acted as agents of the oil company, and received a comyiission on oil they sold. He, nimself, acting as agent of the Standard Oil company A plan of campaign for the raising of I had, he said, appointed agents at vari- $200,000 was also submitted. j ous places on the Iron Mountain road The committee on appeals reversed I in Missouri. " the decision of the North Georgia con- Attorneys for the Standard Oil com with the advance which has been made ference suspending Rev. W. W. Wads- pany juring the cross-examination of alone all lines. The board has become more thoroughly convinced ot the im portance of schools in connection with our mission work. E. W. . Stephens, f Columia, ,bo.Mpp E. W. Stephens, of Columbia, Mo., unanimously re-elected president. H. R. Pollard, of Richmond, Va., and Charles A. Smith of South Carolina, were made vice presidents. Dr. Lansing Burrows and O. T. Greg ory were re-elected secretaries. George W. Norton was made editor and W. P. Harvey treasurer. FUNERAL DRIVERS ON STRIKE York Fifty Undertaking Business in New Tied-Uo One Hundred and Bodies Remain Unburied. " New York, May 11. The strike of 1,50 funeral drivers, ordered last night, tied up the undertaking busi nesfc in New York city today so com pletely that about 150 bodies remained unburied. Hearses and carriages were driven awav from churches, mourners were kept waiting all day in home3 of the dead, and In several instances non union drivers of hearses and carriages were attacked on the streets and po lice protection had to he called. In many cases undertakers appealed to the board of health for permits to postpone (burial beyond the fever day limit, while others asked for permis sion to convey bodies to tne cemetery on trucks or street cars under police protection. Southern to Newspaper Publishers Meet. Montgomery, Ala., May 11 To the members of the Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association: The fourth annual convention of this organization will be held in Montgom ery, Ala., May 15-16 next, and all mem bers are urged to be in attendance. The association's business sessions will be held at the new Exchange Hotel. An elaborate programme for the en tertainment of the delegates has been arranged by the Montgomery Commer cial Cluh. Among the pleasures will be an old fashioned southern barbecue at Jackson's Lake Tuesday afternoon. (Signed) F. P. GLASS, Secretary. worth on tne charge of immorality, tim snprific charge being kissing a woman Tr Wadsworth was Dastor of the Hartwell, Ga., church and was suspend ed for a year. PROPERTIES SOLD FOR $200,000 Oil Mill Plants and tanneries oi tne Independent Cotton Oil Company, Ronsht' bv the South Atlantic Oil 3Iill Company. Charleston, S. C., May 11. The pro perty of the defunct Independent cot ton Oil Company, consisting of oil mill nlants and ginneries located at Dar lington, Manning, Marion, Hamar, Cheraw, Kingstreet, Timmonsville, Mullins, Syracuse, Lamar, Swift Creek, Auburn, Davis Station, Summerton and at Wadesboro, in North Carolina, were soldat Darlington under order of the United States court today and purchas ed by the South Atlantic Oil Mill Com pany, for $200,000, the upset price. The failure of the Independent was followed by the sensational suicide of President R. K. Dargan, whose speculations caused the trouble. The liabilities of the company were nearly a million dol lasr. The new company will have a capital of $850,000 Maxon, an Illinois oil dealer, formerly employed hy the Standard Oil Co., showed that Maxon repeatedly wrote letters to officers of the Standard Oil company threatening to mate trouDie because he did not consider himself well treated. Maxon said he wrote the letters "just for amusement." - The last witness of the day was S. L. Hibbs, of Peoria,. 111., who gave evi dence regarding the methods of crush ing independent dealers similar to that given by previous witneses. During Hill's testimony, Attorney Miller, representing the Standard Oil Co., objected to the evidence, saying that it had no bearing on thev relations of the company with the railroads and that it was simply a "lot of muck rak ing." "Well," replied Commissioner Cle ments, "if the Standard Oil company is in the muck I see no reason why a rake cannot be used." The hearing will be continued to morrow. STATEMENT FROM W. J. BRYAN Will Not Do Anything to Secure the Nomination, Unless Circumstances Demand it. The Ship Clyde Floated. Norfolk, Va., May 11 The British sailing ship Clyde which was floated by the Merritts, having been ashore at Chicamomomisco was yesterday towed into the inner harbor by the tug Res- - . i mi. mv hp shin n.s soon as sne is reillL- ted, will be towed to New York. The sho wthat at the time she stranded on th ecoast she was bound in ballast from Barbados to New York. GENERAL PAPER COMPANY WILL NOW DISSOLVE. Menasha, Wis., May 11. George A. Whiting, first vice president of the General Paper Company, today said that the company will now dissolve. "The newspaper publishers will find to their cost that they have killed the goose that laid the golden- egg," de clared Mr. Whiting. "The General Pa per Company was an organization formed legitimately as a natural means for properly conducting the business of the companies comprising it. You will doubtless near a good J many rumors about what we are likely to do. I do not know at this time whether one company will be formed or not to combin? all the mills under one management. There have been great many plans suggested." FATAL ACCIDENT ON N. AND W Collision Between Two Freight Trains Four Train Men Killed and Four Others Injured. Lynchburg, Va., May 11. A freight train crashed into the rear of another with two pushers today on the Norfolk and Western road, a short distance east of the city, derailing two engines and Killing tour train men, and injuring fourvothers. The dead are: J-. A. WALDEN, fireman, Roanoke. J. F. CARROLL, Lynchburg, fireman. HARRY BONDURANT, apprentice fireman, Clays, Va. wmbiAM LANiiHOKE, a negro brakeman of Roanoke. C. A. Wygal ,of Lynchburg and A. B Wood, of Lynchburg, engineers on the pushers, and Engineer Farley of Rices, Va,. on the second section each have distorted shoulders, and James Hart, of Roanoke, who was learning" the duties of fireman and who was on the second section, sustained a broken leg. The accident occurred on the worst grade on the Norfolk and Western east of the Blue Ridge, where a block tele graph station, it is said, has not been located because of the steep hill. The trains follow each other in plain view for several miles, but in this instance the "train in front could not be seen on account of the fog. Chicago, May 11. A dispatch from -r,. - or cnarters tne KODeson meion muwei& M. C. Wetmore, of this city, a per- .. . 0fl1 ofv Two Charters by the State. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, May 11. The state Associatinn of Maxton. caDital stock sonal friend of Wr. J. Bryan, yester- j $25,000, stockholders residing at va day received from Mr. Bryan, who is in j rious places in the county; and the Egypt, a letter in which he says: ! Spainhour-Sydnor Mercantile Co., of "I am satisfied that the things I have ' North Wilkesboro with capital of $25,- been fighting for are growing.fout who , 00 , , , will be most available in i906 h a, . Fairbanks is 54 Years Old. question that cannot be answered now. j Washington May 11. Vice President I shall not do anything to secure an- Fairbanks was 54 years old today. He other nomination and do not want it sFm. ms xiiue urtiuiuB n unless circumstances seem to demand Arrested as a Fugitive from Justice. Boston, May 11. George Williams, sometimes known as John Green, a seaman on the schooner David Palmer, was arrested today by the harbor po lice as a fugitive from justice, Wil liams is wanted in Newport News, Va.f on a charge of robbery it time alone can determine that," , This is the first authoritative state ment of Mr. Bryan's attitude toward the presidency in 1908. The letter is personal, and "his comment on the na tional situation is the more Interest ing to the public from the fact that it is the frank utterance of a party lead er to a confidential friend. A Cool Kitchen Means Comfort in the rest of the hrtiien A -Oftt ranco Vi t nn!v the commerce commission snail be maao f0Qd . to be cooke(i not the whole the defendant in suits brought to set house. Cold Weather at Lynchburg. Lynchburg, Va., May 11 This morn- ing was the coldest on, record at this season or tne year, the government thermometer dropping to 34. Much trucking has been killed and fears are entertained , on. account, of the fruit though .the foliage protected it in a great measure. ate in one of the busiest days of the session. He received the congratula tions of his friends in the senate as well as many messages from friends throughout the country. Willie Hoope Makes New Record. Chicago, May 11. The world's re cord high run 18 inch balk, was broken tonight by Willie Hoepe who set the new mark at 3.07. The former record was held by Louis Cure, 255. Hoope made the record tonight in his game with-Jake Schaeffer whom he defeated in eight inning, 500 to 193, in the pro fessional billiard tournament at or chestra hall. Successor to Archbishop Chappelle. Washington, May 11. Right Rev. James Blenk, bishop of Porto Rico, has been appointed archbishop of New Or leans ,to fill the vacancy created by the death of Archbishop Chappelle. Archbishop Blenk left here this after noon for Baltimore for a conference with Cardinal Gibbons. Traveling protective Association. Richmond, Va., May 11. The Vir ginia division, Travellers Protective as sociation, met in fifteenth annual ses sion here today, with an atendance of about two hundred delegates, repre senting about eleven posts throughout the state. Officers will be elected tomorrow. S3IALL DAMAGE SUIT Instituted by a Negro Against the In dependent Manufacturing Company at Castle Haynes. ' Dancing Tonight at Lumina Cars every half hour until 10 o'clock. Last car leaves Beach at 11:45 p. m. Willard Carr, an eighteen year old negro who lives near Castle Haynes, on yesterday brought suit against the Independent Manufacturing Company of Castle Haynes for $500 damages ror allegedged injuries sustanined while in the employ of the said company dur ing the month of April,. 190 6. His at torneys are Messrs. Bellamy & Bella my. The complaint has not yet been filed but it is learned that the amount to be asked will be $500. The negro got his knew hurt in some manner. . mmm , : Dancing Tonight at Lumina -Cars every half hour until 10 o'clock. Last car leaves Beach at 11:45 p. m. St. Petersburg, May 11. -The hope of the establishment of friendly relations between the emperor and the national parliament was- further strengthened today by the audience granted by Em peror Nicholas at Peterhof 1 to Prof. Mouromtseff, the president of the low er house. Prof. Mouremtseff returned' to St. Petersburg from the audience apparently much impressed by the emperor's earnest interest in the prob blems of the country. Though the radi cal hotheads had been praying that Prof. Mouremtseff would lay down tha law to the emperor, and make a scene. the half hour's conversation was skil fully kuided by both the sovereign and the parliamentary chief, so that fric tion was avoided. To the constitu tional democratic members of the house, who awaited his return from Peterhof at the Constitutional Club, Prof. Mouremtseff spoke only briefly, laying especial emphasis on the empe ror's courtesy and consideration, and his thorough knowledge of the senti ment in the parliament and society. Prof. Moiiremtseff said political ques tions were not gone into, as he had re garded it as not fitting that the pres ent representative chamber should pre sent at an official audience the views of Any one group or body. The burn ing subject of the reply to the speech from the throne probably will not be reached at tomorrows session of the lower house, the time of which body will be taken up with the election of officers, the adoption of necessary rules of procedure, and the appoint ment of a committee on credentials. A commission to investigate the agrarian problem .perhaps will be ap pointed. Both the vice presidents will be constitutional democrats, the peas ants, though at first insisting. that, ihey be given one place, having been unable to agree upon one of their number. The central committee of the consti tutional democrats ds working out a reply to the speech from the throne The principal points will be amnes ty and equality of political and civil rights. But a faction is insisting on a demand for the abolition of the coun cil of the empire. An attempt will be made to come to an agreement with " the peasants who are drawing up an independent reply. Their chief de mands are amnesty, the reorganization of the labor laws, the reorganization of the army, the disbanding of the Cos sacks, the separation of church and state, a general extension of the schools, and equal rights for all na tionalities. The third act in the great drama of Russian parliamentarism, the formal opening of the recognized council of he empire or upper house or tne par- iament, took place at two o'clock this afternoon in the hall of the noble3, at he winter palace. After Gount Scls- ky, president of the upper house, had declared the session. open the transac tion of business began. It consisted of he announcement of the appointments of officers and the signing of the oath of office. The only surprise was the reading of an announcement that Count Witte was a working member of the council, the omission of his name from the previous disaster having been interpreted as deliberate slight, which - At A. t i-rv tne emperor eviaenuy -iook pains w correct. The unexpected appearance of the tall form of the former premier at the door was the first intimation of the emperor's action and it created a buzz of excitement. After the members had signed the oath, the house adjourned. Schooner Brings Cargo of 3Iolases. The schooner Rhoda, 199 tons, Cap tain J. D. Man thorn, has arrived in port from BarbadoeS with a cargo of molasses for C. C. Covington. Tho cargo consists of 488 hogsheads, 24 tierces and 28 barrels. This is. one of the largest cargoes of molasses that has ever come to this port In. some time past. . ... . . Dancing Tonight at Lumina Cars every half hour until 10 o'clock Last car leaves Beach at 11:45 p. m. v

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