North Carolina Newspapers

ALL THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS. VOL 9 New Year's R The White House was A. Brilliant Thousands of Persons Gathered To-day a t White House to Offer to the President and Offi cials Greetings. All Rank and Station was Forgotten and Officials Mingled with Laborers in Happy Equality. Pro gram of Reception. Washington, D. C., January 1. —The Now Year's reception at the White House was a, brilliant function, and al most a perfect day served to attract thousands. The White House doors were swung open to all the nations, and those who called to pay respects to the Chief Executive never received a heartier welcome. New Year's cheer banished rank and class distinction. The President met Ambassador and laborer with the same firm handshake. A great throng moved slowly through the executive mansion while the Marine band played patriotic airs. The diplomatic corps, judiciary, ar my. navy, and civilian officials in the various departments were received in turn before the thousands of citizens who had been standing in line for hours could be permitted to meet the President. At about eleven o'clock the Presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt, assembled in the library where they met ths Vice-President and Mrs. Fairbanks, when they exchanged New Year's greetings. The entire party then descended to the Blue Room with the President and Mrs. Roosevelt in the lead. The President took his position near the door and at the head of the re ceiving line, on his right being Mrs. Roosevelt, and on her right was Mrs. Fairbanks and so on down the line, the ladic-s of the cabinet taking their position in order of the President. Behind them stood the Vice-Presi dent and the members of the cabinet. Opposite receiving party were the Presidents aide who made the in troductions. Last of all came the general public, thousands of whom had been in line several hours waiting their turn, and for the time being, the doors of the White House were open to all. FATE OF MANY BISHOPS. A Number are Ir. 11l Health —Some Have Died —Hard Work For Ones Remaining. Norfolk, Va., January 1. —Bishop A. W. Wilson, of the college of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, announces that the recent deaths of Bishop Tigert and Bishop Smith; the illness of Bishop Galloway and the state of health of Bishop Key and Bishop Duncan, will put the work of holding the annual conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South on Bishop Morrison, Bishop Hoss, Bishop Chc.ndler, Bishop Atkins, Bish op Ward and himself. This may necessitate a change of dates of some of the annual confer ences so that the bishors new in ac tive, vigorous life may be able to pre side over the deliberations of these bodies. ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN. Rocks Piled on the Track Derail the Engine of the Florida Express. Danville, Va., January 1. —An at tempt was made yesterday to wreck train No. 33, known as the Florida Express, the same train which carried the ill-fated car of Persident Spencer and his party at the time of the bis wreck at Lawyers on Thanksgiving Day. The scene of the attempted wreck was at Whittles, about 20 miles north of Danville. The train was running about twenty five miles an hour, when the engine ran into a pile of rocks that had beer placed it is though deliberately, or the track. The front wheels of th* big locomotive jumped the track anc all the passengers were more or less shaken up. Railway detectives art now at work on the case. CONDITION OF COL. BOYD. Nevly Elected Adjutant and Inspec tor General Suffered Stroke of Paraly sis—ls Sti!! Conscious. Greenville, S. C., Jan. 1. —Col. J. C Boyd, of this city, adjutant and in s-pector general-elect, who was to tak the oath of office Jan. 15th, sufieret a stroke of paralysis yesterday even ing. His condition this morning is criti cal, though he is still conscious. Fellow Servants Act. Memphis. Tenn., January 1. —Judg McCall of the Federal Court today de clared the LaFollette Fellow Servant act unconstitutional. The action wa that of Damsello Howard against th Illinois Central Railroad Company, J special representative of the deparl ment of justice at Washington argue the case for the government. Every time a largem an shrink from his duty a small man rises to th occasion. ThC HICKORY DEMOCRAT TRIED TO BLOW UP SHIP. Desperate Struggle With Crew and Unknown Band. London, Jan. 1. —A dispatch to a news agency from Odessa, published today, says a band of unknown men made an attempt last night to blow up the Russian Steamship Company's Atlantic liner Gregory Morch, which has just completed her first trip to the new Odessa-New York service. A desperate struggle took place be tween the crew and members of the band during which several sailors were shot. The lighted fuse of a bomb was extinguished before any damage was done. M'LELLAN'S TITLE TO OFFICE. Mr. Hearst to Contest Mayoralty Election of New York. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 1. —The first paper served on the new attorney general, Jackson, today was an appli cation for re-argument on the peti- I lion of William R. Hearst for leave to begin quo warranto procedings to test the title of George B. McClel lan's to the office of mayor otf New York, of whinh Mr. Hearst claims to lave been deprived by fraud and violence in the election of 1905. \ NEW ORLEANS MAIL CUT. Large Part of City Cut Off From Free Mail Delivery. New Orleans, Jan. 1. —Today a con siderable portion of New Orleans was cut off from further free mail deliv ery by the order of the Postmaster Genera!. The inhabited portion of a large number of New Orleans streets are without sidewalks and these are the parts of the city deprived from free delivery. The city has already contracted to build many necessary side walks and it is expected that within a year most of the delivery will be restored. FOG TIES UP WAR SHIPS. Most Powerful American Squadron Ev er Gathered is Now at Hampton Roads. Newport News, Va.. Jan. 1. —Rear Ad miral flagship, the Maine, and the battleships Kearsarge, Kentucky, lowa and Illinois, are anchored off the Cage Charles lightship waiting for the fog to lift. The battleships Rhode Island and Missouri cams in today and joined the ■ Indiana, Alabama and Connecticut. It will be the most powerful squadron of i American war vessels that ever gather |ed for any occasion. The ships go South from here for the winter maneu vers in and arourd the One of the heaviest fogs in the his tory of this port is hanging over the j harbor. Quite a large fleet of vessels : of all descriptions are tied up. Investigate Rwy. Corporation Commission will Begin at Once In vestigation into Cause of Recent Wrecks. Test Block System. Washington, .ran. 1. —The Inter state Commerce Commissk n today reached an agreement to investigate the block signal systems on both the Southern and Baltimore and Ohio Railways, in view of the recent dis astrous collisions and derailments on these roads, attended by serious in jury and loss of life. The first hearing, which will be P'jblic, will occur in this city Friday, the 4th instant. The commission will make its in vestigation under a resolution of Congress approved June 30, 1906, em powering the Interstate Commerce Commission to report the use and necessity of the block signal sys tems and appliances for automatic control of railway trains in the Uni ! ted States. The resolution which the commis ; sion will make the investigation pro ■ vides "tbat the Inter-state Commerce Commission be directed to investigate and report on the use of and necessity for block signal systems and appli ances for automatic control of rail . way trains in the United States. For this purpose the commission is autho rized to employ persons familiar with the subjects and may use such of its | own employes as necessary to make [ a thorough examination into the mat ' i ter. "In transmitting its report to Congress the commission shall recom mend such legislation as to the com mission seems advisable. "To carry out and give effect to the improvisions of the resolution the com mission will have power to issue sub poenas, administer oaths, examine 1 witnesses, require the production of - bocks and paper , and reeeive deposi -3 tions taken before and proper officer * in any state or territory of the United 3 States." i. Vicar's wife (sympathetically) —Now i that you can't get about, and are not able to read, how do you manage to oc cupy the time? s Old man —Well, mum, sometimes 1 e sit and thinks; and then again I jupst sits. —Punch. / HAPPY NEW YEAR! New Lazvs are Now in Effect A Number of New Laws Enacted by Congress Effecting Nat ion at Large, Went Into Effect To-dav. Washington, Jan. 1. —Today marks the beginning of the life of several legislative acts of Congress of great importance to the nation. Those are the free alcohol law, the i pure food law, the anti-pass section of the interstate commerce law, and the modification of the navigation laws to simplify enrollment and licens33. The pure food law contemplates i barring from interstate, commerce injurious to the health, and the free alcohol law intends to assist the farm ers and smaller users of power to have r fuel that in efficiency and cost shall be cheaper than gasoline, or kerosene. The anti-pass provision of the inter state commerce law forbids common carriers, directly or indirectly, giv ing interstate free tickets or passes for passengers, except to their em ployes, and families, agents of the car riers, and their surgeons, physicians, and attorneys, to persons engaged in , religious and charitable work, and to certain other specified classes. FOR RECOUNT IN NEW YORK. i Attorney General-Elect to Consider Application Once Denied. ► New York, January 1. —Attorney General-elect Jackson, who is to take 1 office Tuesday, sent the following let ter to William R. Hearst to-day: "Dear sir: In the matter of appli cation of William Randolph Hearst to Hon. Julius Mayer, attorney general of the State of New York, for leave to | ) institute quo warranto proceedings ! against George B. McClellan, mayor ' of the city of New York, which leave " was heretofore denied, you are hereby 1 notified that should you desire to re " new, or to make another such applica tion, a rehearing and consideration of 5 said matter will be granted by mo , as soon as I take office as attorney general on January I, 1907. "You are thus informed because 1 1 f deem that the welfare and dignity of - the people of this State demand the ] } immediate settlement of the serious j i questions involved. Yours truly, "W. S. JACKSON." ; The representatives of Mr. Hearst! - announced / immediately that they j would accept this olfer that the papers , looking to the institution of a suit for : a recount were already prepared and 3 would be presented to Mr. Jackson to-• a day, Tuesday. y WILL OBEY ULTIMATUM. r New Yerk Central Labor Body to Reseat Ousted Delegates. s New York Jan. 1. —By a vote of 64 s delegates gainst 54 the Central Fed (rated Union has decided to obey an 0 ultimatum of the American Federa- L- lion of Labor, issued'at its Min i- neapolis convention. This means that not only will the e C. F. U. have to reseat the dele l" gates of the Theatrical Protective Union, the Musical Mutual Protective ® Union and other of A. F. of L. or ganizations which it suspended, but L* tlso that fifteen or twenty indepen- dent unions which were represented in the body must get out. It also means that unless the offi n | cers of the American Federation of ,t I l abor and its .international unions exert the nicest diplomacy a split is likely to occur in the C. F. U. and 1 the unions which are legislated out it of its fold may, with other unions, I form a rival central body. HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY JANUARY 3, 1907, DORMITORY ROOM TAXED. Presbyterian College Plans Many Mu sical Events of Interest. The Presbyterian college re-opens after the Christmas recess with this Xew Year's day. The college year, so far, has been one of unprecedented success. As the college bearding ac commodations has already been taxed to its utmost this session, it will bo» a problem of no small moment for the authorities to satisfactorily place the new students that seek admission with the New Year. Four new practice pianos have been added to the conservatory this session to meet the increased requirements there. A concert on similar lines to the "Colonial Concert," that proved so great a sucess las session, has been arranged for. under the auspices of the college alumni. This is in answer to the many calls made for its repeti tion last session, but which could "not be complied with then on account of the many other musical events that crowded the latter par* of the last session. Dr. Fisher is also booked to give another series of recital-talks, on sim ilar line to those that were so instruc tive and attractive last season. The series are as follows: "Songs and Sing ers," "Humor in Music," "Expression, Interpretation and Emotion," "From Suite' to Symphony." The graduating recitals will follow this series of addresses, when the pub lic will again have opportunity to hear the college specialtists in music. The recitals will be followed immediately by the commencement concert, the whole of the evening giving a summary of the practical work done by the students o? the conservatory. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS. Pennslvania General Assembly Open ed Today—lmportant Matters to be Considered. Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 1. —The gen eral assembly of Pennsylvania con vened at noon today. The session was entirely routine. After the or- I ganization and reading of Governor Pennypacker's lost message a recess i was taken until Jan. 14th, to give ; the presiding officers time to select ! the standing committees. The Re publican party is in majority in both houses. The real work of the session wil begin immediately after the inaugu i ration of Governor-elect Edwin S. 1 Stuart, Jan. 15th. j The most important subject dis cussed in the governor's message re lates to the controversy over decora : tions and furnishings -of the new State capitol. The erection of thif ; structure cost $4,60u,000 and the de i corations and furnishings $9,000,000 ! Charges of extravagance were made in connection with the expenditur o $9,000,000 and the matter was made :an issue in the last gubernatorial campaign. The money was largel: ; expended by the board of public | grounds and buildings of which the governor by virtue of his office if a member. The governor in his message court! an inquiry and requests the legisla ture to make a thorough investiga tion of the charges. JOY AND SORROW. ' While New Year is Being Celebrated Funeral Processions of Which Vic tims Pass Silently By. Washington, Jan. I.—Happiness and sorrow were closely allied today in the National capital. On one side were the new year's receptions, beginning with that of the Presidents and des cending through the cabinet officers tc the residential set while on the othe; were numberless funeral corteges bear ing to the "silent cities" of the dead the victims of the Terra Cotta wreck cn Baltimore and Ohio Sunday. Notwithstanding the evidences of joy throughout the city, the pall of death was universally felt and for the first time in many years Washington temp ered its pleasures over the birth of the new year with the rememberance iof th dead in it's midst. AND PRESB CASE iGAINST MININGGOMPANY Adjusted in United States Court. Indignation at Blackburn's Statement. Judge BynumDoes not Re present Blackburn. Greensboro, N. C., Jan. I.—ln all the comment here yesterday and today, and there was very much of it, over the letter given out by Congressman Blackburn, and published in Sunday morning's papers, charging Governor Glenn and Congressman Hackett with a corrupt bargain with the book trust, and the Governor of the State with absolute malfeasance and acceptance of &. bribe, there has not been heard a single man, Democrat or Republican, who does not indignantly resent the imputation cast on the chief executive and through him on the State of North Carolina. Gentlemen here from the governor's home at Winston do not hes itate to say that should Blackburn show himself there it would be difficult to prevent his being openly cowhided by some of the governor's neighbors and intimate personal friends. Tne lawyers here, without exception, and regardless of their political uias, seem astonished at the publication, all agreeing that it is a criminal lible, per se, many of them declaring Blackburn could be indicted by grand juries in ev ery county in the State where the pa pers publishing the leter is circulated, and some of them warmly averring, that it ought to be done. In connection with the published re port from Washington, that ex-Judge W. P. Bynum, of Greensboro, was one of the counsel for Black-burn in his con test against Hackett for the seat iu Congress, Judge Bynum desires it stat ed that this report is entirely a mis take. He says not only has he never been consulted by Blackburn over the matter, or advised him or conversed with him in the slightest degree, but that he had sometime ago in response to a request from Mr. Hackett to ap pear for him, written that he would do 30, upon the making of satisfactory ar rangements. In the United States court today the case of Julian Leroy White vs. the Montgomery Mining Company was ad justed. Some time ago the creditors of this company filed a bill and asked that the property be sold and it was sold a few days ago at Troy by the re ceivers. W. J. Adams, of Monroe, and ex-Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr., of Greens boro, the plaintiffs, bidding it off for SIO,OOO. The minority stockholders ob jected to a confirmation of the sale and :he plaintiffs came into court today ind increased their bid to $25,000. It was agreed for the sale to be confirmed at this price, the money to be held for listribution until the debts had all jeen made known. The matter was re ferred by Judge Boyd to Major J. E. Alexander, of Winston, referee in bank ruptcy. Judge Boyd today signed the bill of ixemptions in the case of Louelle May idminixtratrix of George B. May, vs. the Norfolk and Western Railway Com pany. Mr. Clement Manly, of Winston- Salem, appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. J. C. Buxton, of Winston-Salem, ap peared for the railroad. At a recent term of the court the plaintiff recover ed a judgment of $5,500 against the road as damages for the . death of her husband, \vho was killed in a wreck in Virginia two years ago. The case now goes up to the United States Cir cuit Court of Appeals. At a called meeting yesterday of the stockholders of the Southern Life and Trust Company it was decided to in crease the capital stock from $200,000 to $300,000. The business of this well known institution is increasing so rap idly that an increase in capital is al most imperative. Scarcely more thsn a year ago the capital was increased from SIOO,OOO to $200,000. The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the company will be held next month at which time the reports of officers will be made. The Secretary of State From Messenger Boy 1 o Assistant Manager recently authorized the company to increase its capital to $500,000. It is learned that Mr. J. T. Latham and family, who resided in Greens boro for about two years previous to going to New York, a few weeks ago, will soon return to Greensboro to live. Mr. Latham arrived in the city -this morning to spend several days. He is a prominent cotton buyer. Mr. R. L. Boyd, who came here from Raleigh one year ago to become superintendent cf the Bell Telephone Exchange has been promoted and will leave here January 15th for Charlotte, which will be his headquarters in the future. Mr. Boyd becomes maintain ance supervisor of the third district of the Bell Telephone Company, with headquarters at Charlotte. The dis trict embraces all North Carolina and the Western part of South Carolina. He has well earned his promotion, and since coming to Greensboro has made hosts of friends who regret to see him leave. He will be succeeded by another Raleigh manager, Mr. E. A. Woodruff. The passenger train arriving here from Mt. Airy yesterday at noon, when running at slow speed up grade, just south of the main line in the yard limit, struck the caboose of a freight, standing on a curve, but beyond turn ing the cab over, slightly injuring the fireman of the pasenger and jarring the passengers, no dpmage was done. But for the fact that the train was moving slowly, there would have ben a terrific wreck. The freight, besides being at a standstill on the incoming passenger trains track, was just beyond a curve, where it was impossible for the engi neer of the passenger train to see it in time to succeed in slacking up, with, the very fortunate fact that it was al so going up grade. It is understood that the reason the freight was stand ing on the passenger track, at the hour it was due here, and no flagman sent back to protect the passenger,, was that the freight conductor's watch had stopped, and he was misled as to the hour. CHICAGO EDITOR VERY ILL. Alfred Seapf is Stricken With Pneu monia at Hampton. Newport News, Va., Jan. 1. —Alfred Seapf, of Chicago, editor of the Electri cal World, is very ill at the home of Hfenry Schmeltz, in Hampton. Accompanied by his wife, the edi tor came to spend Christmas with Mr. S«?eltz. On his way he contracted a saf ere cold, and pneumonia developed upon his arrival here. Gov. Warner Begins Second Term. .Lansing, Michigan, January 1. —Gov. Warner, Lieutenant Governor Kelly and other state offieers-elect took the oath of office at noon to-day in the hall of the house of representatives. This evening the regular inaugural re ception takes place. The legislature will convene to-morrow at 12 o'clock, when Governor Warner will read his message. Inauguration of Charles E. Hughes was To-day Inaugurated Governor of New York State. Program of the Ceremonies as Followed Albany, N. Y., Jan. 1. —Charles E. Hughes was today inaugurated gov ernor of New York in the. presence of a large number of men and wo men, representing the various cities of the State. The ceremonies in the capital oc cupied little more than a half hour. Bishop Burke, Roman Catholic, delivered the prayer at the opening of the proceedings, which were closed with a benediction pronounced by Bishop Doane, Protestant Episco pal. The oath of office was administered by Secretary of State Whalen, fol lowing which came the address of welcome by the retiring to the in i coming governor, and the response of the latter, both very brief. The inauguration was preceded by a parade of various companies and commands of the third brigade, Na tional Guard of New York. GIRLS SEE FATHER KILLED. Say He Provoked Tragedy By Attack ing Their Escort. Monticello, Ga., Dec. 1. —James Falk, a merchant was killed at 2 o'clock this morning on the veranda of his heme and in the presence of his two daughters, Ruth and Mary, by Hu bert Waldrup, a young man who had just returned with the girls from a dance. Mr. Falk did not want the girls to go to the dance, but yielded, when Mr. Waldrup promised they should be home before midnight. Waldrup did not keep hi 3 promise for it was 2 o'clock when he returned with the girls. An effort was made to get the'girls into the house through a window with out disturbing their father, but Mr. Falk heard the noise and apepared on the veranda. He chided Waldrup and the girls for being out late. Waldrup remonstrat ed, and it is said Falk atacked him. The young man drew a revolver and shot the father dead in the presence i of the girls. THE BEST JO3 PRINTING OF ALL KINDB AT THI3 OFFICE. Mr. P. L. McManus, Pop ular Superintendent of Charlotte and Atlanta Division of Road, Wins Deserved Promotion. Charlotte will Lose Mr. McManus, Recently Transferred Here, to Washington, where he Will have Headquarters Charlotte News, Jan. Ist. From messenger boy in a railroad telegraph office to assistant general manager of the largest system in the South and one of the largest in the country is the alpha and omega in Ihe career of Mr. P. L. McManus who, before his promotion, was superinten tendent of the Charlotte and Atlanta division of the Southern. The ap pointment came from Vice-President ' and General Manager C. H. Ackert and was in the nature of a surprise to Mr. McManus' railroad associates in Charlotte and to the dispatchers and other employes of his office. Mr. McManus left Charlotte this morn ing for Greenville, S. C., his head quarters for the past few months, to spend the day with his family and will pass through" Charlotte tonight c n his way to Washington to take his new position, appointment to which went into effect this morning. The railroad career of Mr. McMa nus extends over 26 years. He start ' ed out as messenger boy in a tele j graph office of the Chicago and Al ! ton system and after three or four I months service joined a section mas- I tor's force and worked on tracks for | a year, after which he went into the [! road master's office for another year. .j He then learned telegraphy and ac ; i cepted a position as operator In the / j dispatcher's office which he retained . • for five years. After this he was . j promoted to train dispatcher and af -11 ter holding this position three years I, was made chief clerk to the superin tendent cf the Chicago and Alton route and served in this capacity for two years. Then he accepted posi tions as general agent and freight solicitor for the E. J. & E. system with headquarters in Chicago. In 1902 he came to the Southern as in. spector and later was made chief clerk to the general manager and boon afterwards superintendent of • the Charlotte and Atlanta division, which position he held at the time of his promotion. The appointment of Mr. McManus as assistant general manager, suc ceeding Mr. R. A. Dugan, who re cently resigned to accept a position with a large machinery manufactur ing concern of Chicago, will be of genuine interest to Charlotte people. Mr. McManus and his family made , their home here until his headquart ers were removed to Greenville, S. C., and after a few months residence there, in the re-arrangement of the divisions, he was transferred back to Charlotte. Before even his entire - office force was located comes the announcement of his promotion. Mr. McManus is -one of the most popular and widely known officials of the Southern. His popularity ex tends all over the system and espe cially over the Charlotte and Atlanta division. Railroad men in all capaci ties admire him for his geniality and politeness and all of them and his friends as well will rejoice to know of his flattering promotion. Official announcement of the ap pointment has not yet been received in the local offices of the Southern, fn the meantime all •flfcmmunications under Mr. Dugan's department will oe addressed to him. The appoint ment of a superintendent for the Charlotte and Greenville division will be made in a few days. PRINCE VISITS NORFOLK. Henry of Coy Mixed Business With Pleasure While There. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 1. —Henry of Croy, Prince of Westphalia; Germany, who has been in Norfolk for several days, returned to New York tonight. He stopped at the Virginia Club whila here. He was here on business, he de : clared. He is a business man as well as a Prince but also made himself a part of local society, having had letters to , social leaders here. He was more in terested in the Jamestown Exposition than anything else here. New Year In Paris. » Paris, France. Jan. I.—Paris observ ed the birth of the New Year in the customary enthusiatic manner. New Year's Day in fact is more generally ; celebrated in the French capital than j Christmas, and this year was no excep tion to the rule. Outdoor fetes were held almost without number, special performances were given in all places of amusement and countless receptions and social entertainments given in i the homes of rich and poor alike. Pres ident Falliere3 received at the Elysee •and receptions were given at the i i American and other foreign ambas i sies.