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' ..... j.l . , . i i . NO. 223 WEDMINGTOST, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1907. FIVE CENTS THE BliCE PROBLEM! TIRED OF THE STRIKE EIEMITFIICIS JOSEPH Rilf 10 f AHTIJEflT HOUSE LUMBER PUflT PARTLY BURNED I Telegraph Operators Seeking Re-in- statement In Many Places I l.nnSriflll hniinflTinn tnfi n vimuiiuti uuuuuiiuii uiu y ii it Solution JUSTICE BREWER'S VIEWS Principal Speaker at Missionary Association Meeting Says He Had Done a Little Preach- - ing From Bench of Supreme Court Compares Negro Race with Im migrants from Other Lands No Anarchists Among Negroes. Cleveland, Ohio, October 14. Jus tice David J. Brewer was the principal s peaker today at the meeting of the American Missionary Association. Ha dealt mainly with the race problem, saying in part: - - ' . , "The uplift thtrough christian educa tion is the-rincipal work of the Ameri can Missionary Association. True, they are not the only objects of its in terest and care. 'All the despised races in our borders are included. I have myself done a little preaching from the bench of the supreme court on the duty of Christian America to the heacfc en Chinese. What I - said made but slight impression on the courts but it will yet be heard and heeded by the great ody of American christians. Bat the numbers of, the colored people so surpass those of all the others and their relations to the nation are so pe culiar that not unnaturally we loon earnestly upon the work of the associa tion among the colored people. And their very numbers attest the vaule of this work to the nation. Surely any thing which is uplifting one-ninth of our population must be of profound interest to all. "Many of the vast multitudes pouring into this republic are racially eoU blooded and selfish. Not a few coma tainted with the spirit of anarchy and are willing to .destroy all social order in the hope of personal gain out of the wrecks These immigrants become cit izens as we are citizens and as is this colored and ..enfranchised race. And while the colored brothers may be too fond of the chicken coop and the water meloh patch, they are firm believers iu social order. You will find no Johann Most, Emma Goldman, Czolgosh, or Guiteau among them. In the struggle which may be expected to come be tween order and anarchy, may it -iot be that these people, grateful to, the nation for thefr liberty and to the gold people of the land for their uplift in knowledge, purity and social standing, will prove themeslves a mighty force, upholding law, order and supremacy of the, nation Stranger things have happened than that these people, crush ed and wronged for generations should become at last strong defenders of the nation and the community at whose hands they have hitherto received injustice- 'They are here as citizens. What ever temporary restrictions may be ptfaced upon their apqroach to th ballot . box the time will come when all arrier&.wili be broken down and they will enjoy everywhere the full rignts of citizenship. - ' . , ' s "One of our first tasks is-: that of multiplying skilled workers. It is one thing to pick cotton or Tioe potatoes nnd something more valuable to make a watch or run an engine. - ?The skilled laborer is worth more to the nation than the unskilled, and the industrial training . at Hampton, Tuskegee" and elsewhere is creating a higher class of labor hx the midst of this people. And so far as the institutions under the care of the American Missionary Asso ciation are doing this work of indus-' trial trainincr thftv-arf Tln.Hncr thp na tion lit debt to them. " "So "we stand before the Amercah people and say here is one-ninth c our population cuuuug uul irum in-j ignorance and immorality of slavery." We are making its uplift our business. We are striving to train the hand and the ' mind, and to fill the heart with a love of purity and a sense of the beau ty of holiness. As we are faithful in this work we feel that we make a stronfe appeal to the nation's assistance and gratitude and we know that we K is gaid the negroeSfiWe drinlc. eighf!Nr C as expected The postows shall hear our Master's voice sayx inr ?nA,. J '.Wiir " ler general has designated Fourth Aa- Inasmuch as ye. have done: it . unto one of the least of these my brethren. . ne it unto me. 1 ye have done Notable addresses were also de livered by Bishop C. B. Galloway, of Mississippi, on the christian educa tion of the negro, and by former Gov- uur m . o . nuiiucm,. w. ucuigia, t who told of the work of the Chris - League, of Georgia, an organiza- IT" r" ,r ol members of both races, and has Qft xauh to lesaea crime. Swesi 'tftndent Bftlvidere Brooks, of. tha Ws iSH JftrSSKES!! Vit four of the company's former j telegraphers appeared for reinstate-! Iment today.. L. Late today the telegraphers held a meeting at which resolutions were passed calling upon President S. J. Smalt": to '-resign .his office immediate - ly. . . Several addresses were made and there was considerable discussion ov er the resolution,? a ; number of the telegraphers declaring that President Small was guilty of nothing more than a. tactical error and. should not be so severely censured. Columbus, O'.,. Oct--14. Notwith standing the formal resolution adop ted 3-esterday at a meeting of the lo cal branch of the telegraphers union to continue the strike indefinitely, a number of men applied for their old places today and in several instances were reinstated. !: Among the men who- returned to work -were two former officers. in. the local branch of the union. Charleston, S. C, Oct, .14. All the telegraph operators here have filed 'a petition for reinstatement. The. president of the local union formally called the strike off today... Washington, October 14. The Washington local of the Commercial Telegraphers Uifion, at a meeting to day unanimously voted to : continue the strike STANDARD OIL RUSE Sold Product Through Companies Which Public Believed to be Inde pendent. ' ' " New York, October li.ftampton c. Westcott, vice-president -Qf ie. Stand ard Oil comany of Kentucky, testified in the hearing of the federal suit, against the oil combine, that in several of the southern states the Standard had found it expedient to selFinuch of its products through companies which the public believes to be independent. The practice of selling ' .through so-called independent companies which were a part 6f the combine was discontinued two years afeo, according to Mr. West cott. . ' Mr. Kellogg, counsel for the govern ment, drew from the witness that the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky, which acts as a selling agent of the oil in Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Lou isiana, Tennessee, and Alabama, had purchased numerous small independent selling compaies and through many of them sold cil to. the consumer. Some of - tke plants of these independents were dismanteled and the business taken over by the Standard, i Mr, Kellogg stated tonight that he expected to call William G. Rockefeller assistant treasurer of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey to the'stana when the hearing is resumed tomor row. " . BEARS ELUDE PRESIDENT Several - Sighted, But Escape Gune of the Party Stamboul, October 11. No person p.ched Stamboul from the president's new camp-on Bear Lake today except a party which started from here early this morning, and no messenger is ex pected until tomorrow. Thp party ar riving today consisted of Secreary Lat ta and Messrs. Parker, Shields and W. Mangum, the last names a Mlssissir pian with whom the president became acquainted at Smeeds and Who was iin vited yesterday to the camp. Thev brought only the report that the pres -dent and his " remaining companion? had made an early start and that they were in high spirits and hopeful"oT better fortune than has yet attended the hunt. Several members of the party hae seen bears at the lake, and bear tracKs are reported to be numerous. Two timber wolves yesterday passed withii: sight of -the camp. The president, spent Sunday in and around the camp, the only exercise ; by him bing .a . wTLlk altog Bear Lake and a row 6a the water In rompac; with Mr. Mangum. No member of the party . made any attempt to hunt. -The weather remains perfect" lor hunting. J There was a slight coating of! ice on .the water this morning. -The1 president will come into Stam boul next Sunday before starting Mon day for Washington. FIGHTING AT CAMP MEETING Two Negroes in Jail Badly Injured Three White Men Wounded Toccoa, , Ga., October 14. As a re sult of fighting yesterday among negro members of the Lula Baptist Associa tion, which is holding a meeting near here, two negroesare in jail, badly In jured and three white men are wounded to restore rested Rich Harber. a negro, who was ' ) -.ji,. kooT. nfflxam .rT- I ixidly beaten by - omcers before he could be subdued. Thomas Browder, another negro, is reported to have tak- ; jea possession of the home ,of John New York, October 14.; wr, a. loimti, vujw ouuiiiiuiicu n;. Aiontgomery juunuu, aau ouv (a ujc ne$ghors and a fusillade of shots were i oldest editors ' of . the - Alabama ,press, exchanged. The negro was finally cap- Was today appointed sheriff of Mont- tured. Three Of the white men wer . TTL w. pauituujr ujuxeu.u tno ngnt. ! Condition cf Aged Ruler Takes M Chance for Better, Able" to Devote Considerable Time to 1 State Affairs Reports , Published j in English Press - That Germany ' I Would Absorb Austria Declared to by Groundless. - ; VienifaV October 14.' Today brought about a distinct change for better in the condition of . Frantes Joseph, iths- aged emperpr-king of 'Austria-Hungary wh&se liliness of the last fortnight has aroused 'the interest- cf the civilized world, arid the apprehension-, of j his Subjects. The doctors consider that the immediate danger has passed, unless unfox-eseen complications arise, and a result hopefulness has come to tiit- people: - ':& Sunday and felt" better when he arose this morning. Today he has rested easily and although he still suffered considerably from cough,, the day on the whole, was a good one. The fever has amost entirely disappeared and the spread of the inflammation has ceased In fact his majesty was so much better that he was able to devote considerable time to state affairs, and he granted audience to a number of court officials. ' It is semiofficially asserted that the recovery of the patient really begins from today, and even the body phsi cian, who up ta.the present time has been pessimistic Is more hopeful. Berlin, October 14 Regarding, tie persistent reports published in Eng lish press that Germany desires to . ab sorb Austria in the event of the dejith of Frances Joseph, it may ? be stated ence to the internal affafrsof-Austria-Hungarian monarchy, has been declar ed to be one of entire aloofness. The' foreign office some months ago, sent a despatchon this subject to Ba-! ron Speck von; Sternberg, Gerpaan am bassador at .Washington, for) - the in formation of President Roosevelt. v The entrance of Austria into the Ger- 9 ... man imperial system would, according to the Prussian view, tend to revive the old antagonisms which had come to an end with the entire exclusion of- Austria from the German councils- Furthermore, a strong Austrian em pire was shown to be. of advantage ttq. Germany because it was friendly to 'the government of Emperor William an J a support to the present equilibrium of Europe. In addition the German offi cial view is that the Austro-Hungarian monarchy is not in the slightest dan ger of dissolution. INVESTIGATE CANDBDATES President Gompers Sends Appeal to Organized Labor. New York, October 14. The Central Federal Union has received an appeal from President Gompers of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, which has been sent to all the affiliated unions. asking them to request all political candidates in the present campaign to commit themselves openly as" t gov ernment . by .injunction. Gompers said that the misuse of the power of injunction occurs constantly and i& dangerous to the liberty of the people. It is the dutly of unions to in vestigate all candidates for judicial and legislative offices, so that they can be put on record as to how they .stand on thejjuestion ot government by injunc tion. U. S. SUPREME COURT October Term Begins Calendar Lar ger Than any Previous One Washington, October 14. The -supreme court of the United States began its . October term today.. ; The court room was crowded with attorneys and spectators..- Thirty-one motions: fcr ad mission to the bar were made apd ap- (piicants sworn in The calendar of the court' contains 481 cases, which is a considerably larg er percentage of business than has con fronted the . court at the beginning cl any previous term. Besides iecelvmg the new attorneys the court entertain ed motions regarding 26 pending cases and four motions from the department of justice. The session occupied 36 minutes and the court adjourned until tomorrow. . , ' ... '. Unable to Attend. Washington, October 14 Postmaster General Meyer, who is in Boston 'will be unable to attend the convention of the.North Carolina Postmasters at Ral. -tslstaa.tnter Ctoterrf 'Twhkv department.. Editor Appointed Sheriff.; Montgomery. Ala.. October 14.-Hor- ' ace Hood, editor and pari owner, of the gomery county, one of theDest wing - wuwj.'aiww pomwons in tne state. Occupants Seek Their Safety in (light Clothes Men, Women and Children -Drench t ed by Water as They Fled Down Stairway Sick Man Rescued from 6th Story Damage Amounted to 915,000. New York, October 14.--The occu pants of the Tosemite, "a fashionable seven-story brick apartment house on the corner of Park aveDue and Sixty- seventh street, were forced to: vacate early today by a; fire which damaged the 'building to the extent of $15,001 When aroused by telephone, . many 4of them ned .from .their apartments clad only in their night -robes. Some of them "were carried down by the eleva tor which continued to run during the fire, while" others, too frightened to wait, made their 'way down the staii- wavs. mpn. wnmpn an; f hi nrpn hou-p- drenched by water as they descended. E. J. Wells, of the Wells-Fargo express company, who lives on the sixth floor, was carried to the office by firemen and policemen. He has been ill anA was unable to leave his aportmentsith out help. Jud&e C. M. Hopgh, of the federal court, was among those driven out by the flames. The fire started at the bottom of the dumb waiter shaft, and before it was extinguished the entire building was flooded. Some of the tenants, however, were able to return to. their apart ments. SEEKS ADD OP COURT r- Eish Will Try to Down Harrinian in Stockholders Meeting. : Chicago, Iill., October 14. Stuyves- ant Fish, "through his attorneys, H. W. Leman and Frank H. Culver, of liiis city, and Edgar H. Farrar, of New Or- leans, today secured a temporary in- junction which will, if made perman ent, restrain the voting, at the Illinois Central meeting here Wednesray, .of 28 ,731 shares of stock of the Illinois Central railroad company which would otherwise be voted in the interest or E. H. Harriman. . : The writ is directed against the un--ion Pacific railroad company,, the Rail road Securities, company of New Jer sey, and the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, which, combin ed, hold the above sh tares of stock. In addition to the temporary injunc tion, sought, a final decree was asked, declaring that theUnion Pacific Rail road company, and the. Railroad Secur ities company have no power, under the laws of Illinois, to own stock in the Illinois Central. It was also askei that these companies "be directed to sell their stock within a reasonable time... T ' - ... The petition : charges an unlawful scheme of the Union Pacific Railroad company to control the commerce or the United States by buying large blocks' of stock in the principal trans portation companies." . PREFERS GOLF TO PULPIT Minister Resign, so That He Can De vote All of His Time . to : ' the Game. - ' Worchester, Mass., Oct. 14. The Rev. Dr.- Willard. Scott, of Piedmont church, has resigned his pastorate, it is stated so that he can devote all his time to golf. . The clergyman who has conducted a successful pastorate here for nine years, is quoted as follows: "The presentation of my resig nation was a cool and contented ac tion. I have a whole lot to do out side if I want to do it, but I want to loaf and play golf. "I have worked hard, yes, I have done more work in thirty years than a good many men have done in six ty yearsT I have- collapsed . twice under the strain. . . 5 "Wnen . biisness ' iflterferes with nleasure drop business, i ,fThat is what I am going to do -drop business and" play golf contin ually." . Fire in Nashville Nashville, Tenn., October 14. Fire today i gutted the store of John Hitch cock and Sons, dealers in wagons, har ness and seeds, entailing a loss of $80,000. - John H. Hitchcock , senior, was overcome by ' smoke and barely escaped. The stock of McKay. Reese & Company, wholesale hay and seeds, was considerably damaged. ' Thieves Entered Mr. Bilbro's Harness ' Shop. e - The harness shop ot L. A Bllbro, No. 220 Market street, was broken into either Saturday or Sunday night and the drawers and chests : In : theplace w'ere ransacked and books and papers scattered about Ty 'the ; intruders, but so far nothing has been missedie thieves evidently searching only for money. Entrance to the place was gained - from the rear of the building, ; the back door having been forced open. : DAINTY -DESSERTS will prove, much" more tempting if flavored lflth Blue Ribbon Vanila ex- rc tract. ""'ttrr Fiis in the H. C. Buck Plant at Artesia Dry Kiln Destroyed and Three Cars Belonging to the A. , C. L. Were : Burned Loss Will Probably Amount to Between $5,000 and $6,- . 000 The plant of the H. C. Buck, Jr., Lumber Co., situated at Artesia, the English -colony of the Carolina Truck ing Development Company, on the W. C.-&A. railroad, 37 miles from. Wil mington, near Lake Waccamaw, was seriously damaged by fire yesterday, the big dry kiln having been com pletely destroyed. The fire is thought to nave been started shortly, after noon, by a spark from the engine room, and the bfg dry kiln filled with, thousands of feet' of manufactured lumber furnished fine fuel for the flames. The big force of employes worked energetically to put out the fire and their efforts sucr ceeded in saving the main plant from destruction. The fire burned throughout the alter noon and the debris was still in flames late last evening. Besides the dry kiln, which is a building 30 by 60 feet in size, in which was stored 300,000 feet of manufacture ed lumber, three freight cars, belonging to the A. C. L., filled with lumber, were also destroyed. The loss will probably amount to between $5,000 and $6,000. The plant was started about two years ago, shortly after the town of Artesia was founded and it has been very successful in it operation. CMr. H. C Buck, Jr., pf Newark, N. J., is president of the company and its manager is Mr. Oscar Lynch of Kin- ston it io' cnnriieoii ctmv . portion of the plant will be immediate ly rebuilt and that the company will not suffer any delay in resuming oper ations. " ' ' '"r - TRAGEDY IN GOLDSBORO Young Man Shot and Instantly Kill- .ed by a Disreputable Woman Golflsboro ' r October 1 4 T;ast niht NVjOiasDoro, uotooer 14. uast niaiit about 9 (o'jclock a most outrageous shooting-'occurred - here, resulting in j The Rev. Dr. Wllkins, of Los An the dealh of - Mr. Sam Watts, 23 years ! geles, had paased tonight a resolution of age, and the son of Mr: R. A. Watts, ' rtains a commission of ten bishops ... . 4 . . fifieen clergymen and twenty laymen a prominent jeweler, of this city ; to raisA a fun of fivo minion Mr. Watts was employed by the firm ; of Robinson & Bro., ice dealers, and went to Webbtown to deliver some ice at the residence of Ernest Fent. Afte- making the delivery - Mrs. Fent told young Watts that her husband was at the home of a woman by the name ot Hazel West, and requested that he go and tell , her husband to come home a.. once. Mr. Watts did so, repairing to the.woman's house and knocked at the door. Hazel West met him, and after delivering the message, she said she would not have her. friends interfered with in any such manner, and pulling a . pistol shot him through the head. Mr. Watts was a splendid young man and our entire city is convulsed over the outrage. The woman-is. in jail. The coroner empaneled' a jury this morning, and they . returned a verdict that Sam Watts came to his death as a result of a pistol wound," the weapon being in the hands of Hazel - West, Wilson Times. . NEW RAILS ON THE S. A. L. Large Force Now Engaged at Work on the Carolina Central. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, October 14. -The S. A. L. reports to the corporation com- j mission that during September it laid ! 6,000 new cross-ties and 20 miles of 70-pound rai, on tne Carolina Central division between Wilmington and' Hamlet; that it had previously laid 35 ; miles of new rail there, and that it ; has now a large force laying rail. rrv. . - . . . . , Jhe above special from Raleigh shows that about 55 miles of track be- tween Wilmington and Hamlet on the Carolina Central division has been relaid with new rails, the order for the improvement of the track having been made several months ago by the corporation commission. THE EUCHARISTIC LEAGUE . Delegates From All Parts of World will be Present. the Pittsburg, Oct. 1 4. Dignitaries noman Catholic church ' fill Tioro ' r9 -nmvl r j-k Mw.fMM here tonight to attend the interrv- tional congress of the Eucharist IrH city and other friends and the re League .which convenes tomorrow? remains were taken to Cross ' Creek morning in,, St. Paul's Cathe-' cemetery and interred. At the grave dral. .' r the Pythian service was used, the of- ; The meeting which is the first' in- fibers being . Past Chancellor W. S. ternational one to be held in America ; Cook, of Fayetteville ; Past Chancel is expected to deal with a number of lore W. F. Robert son an d John Haar . important matters . affecting the church. Archbishop Ryan, of PhlladelMa will celebrate pi hi eh w - at the opening o : the Right Rev. Benjamin B. X Vlly. Savannah, Ga.-, Trill preach the per- Work Among Ifiem Discussed by Episcopal Conyention AT t JOINT MEETING Earnest Pleas Made For Its Con tihuance Bishop Ferguson, Only Negro in Con 'vention Makes Interesting SjKech So-Called Archbishop Bill Defeat ed Resolution Passed to Raise $5,000,000. for Disabled Clergy." . . Richmond. Va., October 14. The most important event that occurred today in the general convention was the defeat .of the so-called ArchblshcfD or province bill, whioh has been hold ing the attention of the house of bishops and the house" of deputies for the' past few days. The house of bi3hopS passed the meaure. and the clergy were overwhelmingly in favor, of it. The laity, however, defeated the v measure by . nonconcurrence. The vote was not taken until half pass ten o'clock ttonlght, after some sixty or seventy speeches had been made .for, and against the proposed plan. " 7 Ax a joint . meeting of the bishops and the deputies, held in St, Paul's church - thi3 afternoon the bishop of Mississippi and the bishop ot Georgia spoke on the negro 'question, both contending that the work among the negroes In the Southern states had advanced rapidly within the last -ten years, and both making carneiit pleas church woul con'tuiue the work. I The bishop of South Dakota and the assistant bishop of the same state spoke on the work among the Indians in the United tat; bu the most in teresting of all the speeches was made by the Rt. Rev. Samuel Ferguson, bishop of Cape" Palmas, the only negro sitting in either house , of, the convention V Bishop Fergteson made an excellent expression, and was warmly : .11 . - . mi . exceuent impression, ana was warnuy; -!flTlv Hv fllA HiAt frm' tfiA nH ern states - dollars for- the relief of disabled .cleryg of the church,. FIRE AT NAVA3SA PLANT Damage", it is Expected, Will Amount to About $15,000. The fire at the Navassa Guano Com pany's factory across the river early Sunday morning, briefly reported In the Sunday issue, completely destroyed one of the large . storage warehouses, situated between the main building of the factory and the railroad tracks, 80 by 130 feet in size. .The wareuouse was filled with a stock of fertilizer materials, all of which, however, was pot burned, hut the! amount savedcan not yet be estimated. The end of the main building caught fire once but the flames were quickly extinguished. Part of the tramway, extending from the warehouse to the wharf, was also burned. -,,-. ' The reason that more damage, was not done can be "attributed to the splendid and efficient ! work' of the employees of the plant. . f - The damage will amount, it is esti mated, to about $15,000, which is en tirey covered by insurance carried by the company with Col. Walker Taylor. INTERRED IN FAYETTE VBuLE . ' . m ' ToLK "wJSZSZ . - The remains of the late Col. W. J. Woodward, who passed away at his ho.me in thif city early Friday eV- ening, were taken to Fayetteville on the A. and Y. train, leaving the city Sunday moraine at S 40 nVWir Before the departure from the resi dence for the station a brief, but im pressive funeral service was held, ' being conducted by Rev. J. M; Wells,. D. D., pastor of the First Presbyter ian church of which the deceased was for many years a member. There were in atendance a large number of friends and relatives and a big dele gation from the various Knights of Pythias lodges In Wilmington, these Knights later acting as an escort of honor from the residence to the rail road station. : .' On arrival at Fayetteville the fun eral -party was met bv large num- Lber of Knights of Pvthias of that and Supreme m a ster of Xxchequr T D.'res of thli Hty. Mr. Woodward, of Memphis e deceased, met the - r janied the other members 02 the family and friends hack to tfcla