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TA'R HEEL. TOTICS.
Items Gathered from AH
Capitalists and, Contractors Becoming
Intersted in Statesrilfo "Air Line.
Statesville, Special.- Capitalists
and railroad contractors are becoming
intersted in the Statesville Air Line
Company's proposed road. Mr. T. D.
Clairmorn, of Baltimore, a represen
tative of the Johnston & Berin Con
struction Company, of Baltimore ,and
Mr. W. H. George, Jr., a railroad con
tractor of Richmond, Va., weee in
town two or three days ago negotiat
ing with the officers of the Stateaville
Air Line Railroad Company with a
view to building and equipping the
Sroposed road from Statesville to
fount Airy They examined the sur
veys, maps and estimates of the
road, which were prepared by Civil
Engineer Greenlee, and were given
all the information they desired. The
contractors expressed themselves as
being highly pleased with the sur
veys, etc. ,the bonds and the prospects
of the road. They have the matter
of building the road under advise
ment and will probably submit a
proposition to the officers of the com
pany in a few clays.
Advantage Taken of Decision.
Asheville, Special. George W.
Vanderbilt, the largest taxpayer in
Buncome count, has taken advan
tage of Judge Fred Moore's repent
decision in the injunction henring of
the Southern Railway against the
commissioners and tax collectors of
this county, holding that one-third on
the tax levy in Buncombe county
was unconstitutional, and has refus
ed to pay that portion of his tax rep
resenting the 15 cent road -and bridges
and IS 1-2 cent interest on bonds,
which amounts lo about $S,000. Here
tofore Vanderbilt has paid his tax in
two installments. This year his tax
was almost $24,000, half of this
amount having been paid in Decem-
ber. This week Vanderbilt through
his agent paid the remainder of his
tax with the exception of that portion
represented bv the one-third declar
ed by Judge Moore to be unconstitu
tional. It is nnderstod that other
large taxpayers in paying their taxes
are holding back the 33 1-3 per cent.
Salem Commencement.
Winston-Salem, Special. The or
der of the exercises for Salem Acad
emy and College has just been an
nounced and is as follows:
Friday, May 22d First concert of
the music festival.
Saturday, May 23d Senior class
exercises, literary nad musical, in the
afternoon, and second concert at
night.
Sunday, May 24th Baccalaureate
sermon by the Rt. Rev. J. Taylor
Hamilton, D. I)., of Saxony.
Monday, May 25th Alumnae so
ciety meeting in the afternoon and
the third musical concert at night.
Tuesday, May 26th Commence
ment, the literarv address by Presi
dent William Louis Potest. Ph. D., of
Wake Forest College, and presenta
tion of diplomas by Rt. Rev. Edward
Rondthalcr, I). D., of the board of
trustees.
Hardin Germany Gets Eight Tears.
Greensboro, Special. In the Su
perior Court here, Hardin Germany,
charged with sending an infernal ma
chine to Mr. Caesar Cone, was con
victed of m assault with intent to
kill. Jndg '.Vcbb announced that he
would pronounce sentence later. Un
der cross-examination, Germany ad
mitted that he made the box contain
ing the explosive, saying he did the
'work for a man whose name he did
not know aud whom he could not de
scribe. Germany faced Judge Webb,
who sentenced him to eight years in
the penitentiary.
Two Pardons Granted.
Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn
Friday granted two pardons and re
fused seven applications He also or
dered the sheriff of Buncombe county
to place Adolphus Boon on the roads
to serve out his unexpired sentence
for larceny. Boon was given condi
tional pardon, but got drunk and
now in' Ashcville jail.
Franchise Rejected.
' - Salisbury, Special. The board of
aldermen granted a franchise to tbe
Southern Power Company, but Attor
ney Coche for the company rejected
it on account of certain stipulations.
; The aldermen gave the company until
May 2 to accept, and if it still holds
' out the franchise will be revoked.
Safe-Blowers at Shelby Depot.
' Shelby, Special The safe at the
Seaboard depot was blown to pieces
- Thursday night by burglars and the
contents taken which amounted to
about fifty dollars. There is no clue
to the perpetrators.
i . - Fine Crop Outlook.
. .Raleigb,' Special. State Horticnl
... tnrist Hutt has returned from the
mountain section. He says fruit was
unhurt by the' recent freeze and the
'prospcet is remarkably fine, notably
' for apples. His assistant, Mr. Shaw.
' baa returned from the eastern truck'
- ing region, and says track crops are
growing with , remarkable ;. rapidity.
The crcps-will be heavy. No injury
done them or the strawberry by
-ell "3p. J V'"; f! ' ' ,''
Sections of the State
, State Farmers Union.
Charlotte, Special. The farmers
nnion delegates met here last week
and perfected an organization with
the following officers: President, Dr.
H. Q. Alexander, of Mecklenburg;
vice president, A. C. Shuford, Cataw
ba eounty; secretary and treasurer,
E. C. Faires, Cleveland county; door
keeper, J. Ernest Cansler, Lincoln;
sergeant-at-arms, U. S G. Phillips, of
Cherokee; conductor, A. C. Stroup,
Gcstor county; State organizer, J. E.
C. Ford Gaston county. The execu
tive committee is composed of the
following-named : Messrs. Orson
Morrow. Rutherfordton ; P. W. Ply
er, Union ; J. J. Logan, Cleveland ; T.
F. Cornwcll, Lincolnton; D. A. Ran
dolph, Bryson City. Mr. R. B
ter, of the county, was made
lecturer.
Hun-
State
New Chair Factory Sunning.
Thomasville, Special. Mr. C. C.
Lantz, general manager of the Bard
Lumber Company, the new chair fac
tory, says that his plant is now com
plete and running on full time. A
large supply of material is now on
the yard and the company is making
chairs at the rate of 200 a day and as
soon as the trade will brighten up the
output will be 400 a day The com
pany manufactures high-grade chairs
ranging in price rrom sjis to JfbU a
dozen. It is working now about 50
men. This factory has been built
during the past six months and is one
of the largest and best equipped in
Thomasville.
A Cottaga Destroyed in Statesville.
Statesville, Special. Just before
noon Thursday a six-room cottage lo
cated in southwest Statesville, the
property of J. M. Adams and occu-
J pied by J. Lee Steele and family, was
destroyed Dy tire witn practically ail
its contents. The fire originated from
a defective flue and the roof was in
flames before discovered. The fire
department responded to the alarm
at once, but the flames had done their
work beforo the firemen reached the
scene. The house was valued at $1,
000 with $600 insurance. Mr. Steele
had no insurance and his loss of $100
to $200 falls heavily on bim.
A Rowdy at Last Gets His Deserts.
Statesville, Special. About 13
months ago, in the edge of Olin town
ship, Ab Lambert, white, assaulted
and stabbed Doc Daniels, white, in
the latter's store, dangerously injur
ing him. Lambert ran away immedi
ately after the trouble and went to
the mining regions in West Virginia.
He was noted for bis rowdyism and
had a very bad reputation. Recently
his father, who lives in Sharpesburg
township, received a letter from a
boarding bouse keeper in a mining
town in West Virginia, stating that
he (the boarding bouse man) had
shot and killed Lambert and had been
exonerated for the shooting on the
ground of self-defense. Lambert was
drunk and was advanciag on his host,
shooting as he advanced, when the
latter drew his revolver and killed
Lambert with the first shot. Lam
bert 's father has further investigated
the killing and it is understood that
he realizes that his son got only what
was due him.
Bank Burglary at Kernersville.
V inston-balem, bpecial. It is
learned here that the Forsvth Bank.
of Kernersville, was burglarized Sun
day night, but the robbers failed to
gain entrance to the vault where the
cash is kept. They were either fright
ened awav or were amateurs. They
entered the building through a rear
window by prying off the iron bars.
Fuss Over Wife.
Spencer, Special. Willis Franklin,
aged twenty-five years, a colored fire
man on the Southern Railroad, was
stabbed to death near the passenger
depot here Thursday morning by An
drew Linden, a colored laborer at
the Spencer shops. The tragedy is
said to have resulted from a quarrel
f. r th "".i" -f Linden with whom it
is alleged Fklir. was in'.iniate.
Farmer Kills Ex-Convict
Durham, Special. Effa Wimbisb,
wealthy merchant and ' farmer, of
Halifax county, Virginia, shot and in
stantly killed Gregord McCrow, who
made a murderous assault upon him.
McCrow was an escaped convict, hav
ing served three months of an 18-year
sentence for murder of .another ne
gro. When Wimbisb met him i the
convict fired, wounding. Wimbish in
the arm At the merchant's first shot
the negro fell dead. Wimbish was
taken to South Boston and placed in
the hospital. .
Inspecting Coast Defenses.
Wilmington, SpecfttL Col. G. N.
Whistler, U. SJ A- in charge of the
submarine defenses along the Atlan
tic coasts is in Wumington with his
wife, spending a few daya after an
official inspection of the mines, etc.,
guarding the approaches to the Cape
Fear -at Fort Caswell. Mrs, Whwtler
was formerly. Mine Ellen Everett" of
South port and .' .Wilmington, and it
was while here as a lieutenant just
titer tie civil war "-. 'r
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
Doing of On National Law-Makers
Day by Day.
' Serious Charges Made.
Charges of a serious nature aeainst
Gilford Pinchot,chief of the Forestery
bureau, Were made in the House by
Messers. Smith, California, and Mon
dell, Wyoming, during the consider
ation of the Agricultural Appropri
ation bill. Mr. Smith accused him
of entering into a secret understand
ing with the city of Los Angeles with
the view of securing the city valu
able water rights in the Owens Riv
er Valley, as against the interests of
private parties having prior claims.
Mr. Mondell denounced him for,' as
he charged, illegally paying the ex
penses of forest officials, in attend
ing conventions in the West, in which
the government bad no part and also
of spending government money to
boost his bureau in the public' news
papers. Mr. Pinchot was defended by
Mr. Pollard, Nebraska, and Mr. Scott,
Kansas. The bill was under discus
sion all day and every line relating to
the forest service was fought over,
with the result that many provisions
were stricken out.
The Agricultural Appropriation Bill.
After having undergone manv
ehanges, the paragraph of the agri
cultural appropriation bill relating
to the bureau of forestry, was finally
passed by the House of Representa
tives. Messrs. Mondell, of Wyoming
and Smith, of California, continued
their attacks on the bureau and in
this they were supported by Messrs.
Bonynge. of Colorado and Gushman
of Washington. These embraced
charged that the bureau had created
timber monopolies in favor of large
corporations, illegally assumed juris
diction over the water rights belong
ing to the Western States, and jug
gled wkh figures in order to obtain
large appropriations from Congress.
The work of the bureau was vigor
ously defended by Messrs. Hepburn,
of Iowa, and Scott, of Kansas.
Considerable time was devoted to
discussing a proposition by Mr. Hum
phreys, of Missippi, to increase the
appropriation for the investigation of
soils, which was carried.
Correspondence Submitted.
The long expected correspondence
between America and Venezuela re
specting pending American claims
against the latter country was sub
mitted to the Senate and is almost
certain to create a profound impres
sion. It will be difficult to digest
the vast mass of material which Sec
retary Root has placed before Con
gress, but even a cursory inspection
of the documents makes it evident
that the negotiations have reached a
critical phase. The President's reali
zation of that fact is shown by his
transmission of the matter to the
Senate without any comment, regard
ing the correspondence and especial
ly Scretary Root's strong presentation
of the American case, as sufficient to
instantly enlist the attention of Con
gress.
All the correspondence and docu- i
ments were referred to the Senate
committee on foreign relations.
Those members of the committee
who have already familiarized them
selves with the situation have arrang
ed tentattively a programme which
consists of three propositions as fol
lows: A Tentative Programme.
Place a prohibitive tariff on Ven
ezuelan coffee, the exports of which
constitute 45 per cent, of the entire
Venezuelan foreign trade and 90 per
cent, of the coffee is taken by the
United States.
Exclude all importations of asphalt
from Lake Bermudez, the product of
which has been taken almost entirely
by the United States.
Authorize the President to exercise
the general power invested in him to
take whatever steps he may consider
necessary to treat with Venezuela in
the future.
In a letter to Minister Russell on
Februarv 2Sth. 1907. Secretary' Root
reviewed the difficulties encountered
by the various American claimants
and instructed Mr. Russell to demand
remedy and redress. The letter con
cluded with this statement:
Root's Letter Strong.
"You are instructed to bring these
several causes of complaint to the
immediate and serious attention of
the Venezuelan, government and to in
sist that the government to which you
are accredited shall give to each and
every demand herein set forth iniji?
diate consideration."
In issuing general instructions to
the American minister, Secretary Root
said:
"Yon will call the attention of the
government of Venezuela to the fact
that notwithstanding tne long and un
broken friendship manifested ,by the
United States for Venezuela; notwitn
st an diner the repeated occasions upon
which the United States has interven
ed as a friend in need to relieve
Venezeula from ' disagreeable and
dangerous complications with other
powers ; notwithstanding the patience
and consideration which has always
characterized the treatment of this
towards Venearaela the
government of Venezuela has within
the past few years practically confis
cated or destroyed all the substantial
property interests pf 'Americans in
that country.' TJbis - has been done
sometimes aeeordluiee with 3 the
forms-of law axtdf' contrary to the
spirit of the law; sometimes without
even form of law ;: by" one device or
another, with the action- of the gov-
eminent .apparently ' .always' hostile to
American interests,' iintil of the many
millions of doCar? invested by Ameri
can citizens in tv -i-c"Tstry practical
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WATSON IS NAMED
Populists Name Georgian For
Presidential Candidate .
WILLIAMS GETS SECOND PLAGE
After Two Stormy Sessions the Peo
ple's Party Kominates , Thomas E.
Watson, of Georgia, as Its Stand-axd-Bearer
in the Coming Cam
paign. St. Louis, Special. For President
of the United States, Thomas E. Wat
son, of Georgia. For Vice President
of the United States, Samuel Wil
liams, of Indiana.
The foregoing ticket was nominat
ed Friday by the People's party cen
vention, after two stormy sessions,
during which the Nebraska and Min
nesota delegations bolted because
they could not procure a postponment
of the convention until after the nom
ination had been made by the Demo
cratic convention so that the People's
party might nominate W. J. Bryan
for President, if he were defeated at
the Democratic convention.
Delegations Bolt.
The Nebraska men fought desper
ately to the last, and when Jay W.
Forrest, of Albany, N. Y., mounted
the platform to place Watson in nom
ination they withdrew from the con
vention, followed by the Minnesota
delegation, which consisted of one
man, T. J. Weighan. If Bryan is
nominated at Denver the men who
walked out of this convention say
that they and tbe Populists of Ne
braska will support him to a man.
Debate on the proposal to postpone
the convention and the discussion of
the phraseology of the money plank
of the platform consumed the great
er part of the day. The discus
sion of the money plank was long,
but all the oratory went for naught
as the plank adopted was that recom
mended by the resolutions commit
tee. The platform was adopted as re
ported from the committee on reso
lutions. At a meeting of the new national
committee, James H. Ferris, of Joliet,
111., was re-elected chairman and Jay
W. Forrest ,of Albany, N. Y., was
chosen viee chairman.
The platform, after setting forth
that the government has been con
trolled so as to place the rights of
property above the rights of human
ity, and that financial combinations
have exercised too much power over
Congress, gives the position of the
parry on finance as follows:
"The issuing of money is a func
tion of the government and should
not be delegated to corporation or
individual. The constitution gives to
Congress alone the power to issue
money and regulate the valued there-
0f. ye therefore, demand that all
money shall be issued by the govern
ment direct to the people without the
intervention of banks and be a full le
gal tender for all debts, public and
private and in quantities to supply
the necessity of the country. We
demand that postal savings banks be
instituted for the savings of the peo
ple."
Alien ownership of public lands is
opposed, and lands now held by
aliens or by corporations which have
violated the conditions of their grants
should be restored to the public do
main. Government ownership of railroads
i3 urged on the ground that that pol
icy would prevent unjust discrimina
tions. Also that in order to per
fect the postal service the govern
ment of conditions of the wage earn
general telegraph and telephone sys
tems and provide a parcels post.
The platform favors the enactment
of legislation looking to the improve
ment of conditions of the wage eran
ers. demans the abolition of child
labor and the suppressing of sweat
shops, opposes the use of convict la
bor in competition with free labor;
demands ttie exclusion from American
shores of foreign pauper labor; f av
ers the 8-hour day, demands the en
actment of an employer's liability
bill within constitutional bounds, de
clares that in times of depression
when wbrkingmen are thrown into
enforced idleness, that works of pub
lie improvements should be at once
inaugurated, emphasizes the declara
tion ef the Omaha platform . that
"wealth belongs tQ.hinx.who creates
it ,and every dollar taken from labor
without a just equivalent is robbery,"
and opposes gambling in futures.
-On. the subject of injunctions the
platform' says. - 'u:-.
"We condemn all unwarranted as
sumption of authority of the inferior
Federal courts in annulling by in
junction the laws of the several
States and therefore, demand of Con
gress such legislation as shall inhibit
such usurpation and restricting to the
i Supreme Court of the United States
er."
To Settle Big Question. .
r Syraeuse, N.' Special. One of
the rave problems now confronting
the country will be finally settled by
a debate between the wind-jammers
of Syracuse University and Wesleyan
College. The' latter will affirm the
Sestionl i . Resolved," That. ; aside
m the question of amending- the
constitution, the Federal government
should exercise further control over
quasi-publie corporations doinglinter-
rt&te Irr-aesa. '
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Indications of Great Prosperi
ty Throughout the South
COMMERCIAL LIFE VERY ACTIVE
President Finley, of the Southern
Railway, Believes the Situation in
the South is as Favorable to an
Early Revival of Prosperity as That
in Any Other Part of the Country.
Washington, Special. President
W. W. Finley, of the Southern Rail
way Company, who has been looking
carefully into commercial and indus
trial conditions in the Southern
States, was asked for a summary of
the result of his inquiries.
"While business conditions in the
Southern States are not as favorable
as we would like to have them," said
Mr. Finley, "I. think the situation in
that section is fully as favorable to
an early revival of prosperity as that
in any other part of the country.
Throughout the South, the banking
irstitutions are in sound condition
and although their managers are gen
erally pursuing careful and conserv
ative policies, sound business enter
prises are generally able to obtain
all of the credit needed.
From most localities come reports
that Southern farmers arc in a pros
perous condition, and have substan
tial br.nk accounts. In the United
States as a whole and especially in
the Southern section, agriculture is
the predominant industry. Last year's
crops were sold at remunerative
prices. Largely as a result of the
purchasing power of the farmers, re
tail trade in most Southern communi
ties is fairlv active. In those local
ities where cotton mill employes and
other industrial workers are most
numerous, there has, of course, been
more or less falling off in retail bus
iness as a result of the industrial de
pression. As in all other sections
there is a tendency on the part of re
tail dealers in all lines to buy verv
conservativelv and reduce their stofk
for goods. This necessarily has the
effect of curtailing the business of
jobbers, who in turn are conserva
tive in their purchases from manu
facturers, and this, in turn, tends to
accentuate the industrial depression.
"That the depression should have
been so widespread and serious is
due. I think, not so much to funda
mental unfavorable economic condi
tions as to the genoal uncertainty as
to the future which has prevailed and
to the consequent tendency on the
part of the American people generally
to economize in their expenditures.
The cumulative effects of all these in
dividual economies passed on through
retailers and jobbers, have fallen with
full force upon the manufacturing
and transportation interests of the
country, which are consequently feel
ing the depression much more acutely
than other interests.
"The question of how soon a reviv
al may be expected to begin is one
which no man can answer with cer
tainty, for the reason that some of
the reasons for the continuance ot the
business depression are psychological
Tins being true, one of the most im
portant results to be brought about
is the creating of a constructive senti
ment based on faith in ourselves and
in the future. A few weak spots in
our banking system have been elimi
nated; the natural resources of our
country have not been diminished
and the industry and enterprise of the
American people are as great as he-
fore. Under these circumstances, be-
force. as a result of the prolongation
of existins conditions, economic com
plications arise, it it the duty of each
one of us to look to the tuture, rath
er than to the past, and to contribute
to the best of his ability, to the bring
ing about of such a sound construc
tion sentiment as will substantially
aid in return to prosperity."
Cotton Seed Crashers Meet.
New Orleans, Special In response
to the call of President L .A., Rrn-
son, the executive and rules commit
tee of the Inter-State Cotton Seed
Crushers' Association met here
Tuesday. These two committees will
pass upon all rules which are to go
before the annual meeting ot tne
association at Louisville in May.
Socialists -, HoldMeetiiig in Grant
. Central Palace.
New Yorky Special. Without sem
blance of disorder and under the sur
veillance of scores cf police and de
tectives, 1,500 persons took part in a
meeting of the Socialist party in
Grand Central Palace. The purpose
of the gathering was to discuss the
attitude of the authorities in not per
mitting them to hold a public meet
ing in. Union Square last Saturday
and let it be known that the Social
ists were not in sympathy with the
act of the bomb thrower.
An Opinion. From Bonaparte.
Washington', Special The Presi
dent lias received from Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte an pinion on the sub
ject of the extermination of anarchy.
As soon as the President has time to
readand digest the opinion he -Will
probably recommend to Congress leg
islation necessary, to carry out the
astions. - - . " ' f '
MANY LIVES LOST
Thirty-Six Hen Lose Their Lives
When the Torpedo Beat Destroyer
Tiger and the Cruiser Berwick Col
lide Off the British Coast.
Portsmouth, Eng., By Cable.
Thirty-six men, including Lieutenant
Middleton, the commander of the
torpedo boat destroyer Tiger, lost
their lives in the collision off the
Isle of Wight Friday night between
that vessel and the British cruiser
Berwick. The vessels belong to the
Portsmouth division of the British
home fleet and were engaged in
night manoeuvres in the channel
while on their way to Portland. The
night was very dark and the Ber
wick was steaming slowly. When
the destroyer attempted to cross the
big cruiser's bow she was caught
amidships and cut in half with
knife-like precision, sinking almost
immediately.
The dock crew, who were dressed
in heavy oil skins and boots, went
down with the vessel, not having
time to free themselves from these
heavy encumbrances. Of the 22 men
who were rescued most of them
were engineers and stokers, who,
having light clothing, were able to
keep themselves afloat until boats
from other ships, which were im
mediately launched, picked them up.
The collision occurred at S:10
o'clock at night. The ships were
manoeuvring without lights, fi is
believed that several of the men
were killed by the impact. Tugs
were dispatched to the scene of the
disaster at daylight.
The smaller naval vessels were in
the midst of an attack on their big
ger consorts when the disaster oc
curred. Tbe entire fleet was under
masked lights, and in the absolute
darkness the Tiger was suddenly
struck square amidships by the Ber
wick. The stem of this vessel, to
Hse the words of an eye witness, cut
the destroyer in two as if she had
been made of iper. The forward
half sank instantaneously and the
sea became dotted with struggling
men.
Most of them, however, sank be
fore help could reach them. The
warships in the immediate vicinity
quickly had their boats overboard
and the scene of the tragedy was bril
liantly illuminated by a concentra
tion of searches. After the accident
the Tiger floated for a minute or two,
just long enough to enable those on
board to seize life belts. They
throw themselves into the water and
were able to keep afloat until picked
up. William E. Middleton was on
the bridge at the time of the dis
aster and went down with the fore
part of the ship. The Tiger had a
complement of 59 men and was of
400 tons.
A stoker rescued from the Tiger
gave a vivid account of the accident.
"The Berwick flew up out of the
blackness and seemed to fall on us,"
said this man. "The noise of the
impact was not great, but in a few
seconds we were ripped in halves.
The forward half of the Tiger reared
up like a frightenede horse and then
sank beneath the waves. I he engineer-lieutenant,
who was in the
engine room in the after part,
shouted: 'All hands on deck,' but
owing to the hissing of the steam
and the noice of the engines many of
the stokers could i not hear him.
When we did realize what had hap
pened, we made frantic efforts to get
on deck. The water was pouring
down into the hold in great torrents
and it was all we could do to iake
our way against it.' Everything hap
pened with startling suddenness. A
minute or two after the collision we
were drifting past the Berwick in
the full glare of the searchlights.
, The next thing I remember is being
dragged into one of the rescuing
boats in a semi-conscious condition."
. Girl Adopts Man of 46.
Boston, Special. By the action of
the Superior Court at Lowell, James
Butler, aged 46, legally becomes the
adopted son of Miss Wilhelmina
Crawford, a young woman of 28.
Butler was raised by MisS Craw
ford's parents and the girl declares
that she entertains a most motherly
feeling toward hir" despite tho dis
parity in their years.
Negro's Educational Needs.
Chioago, Special. - - Educational
needs of the negro in the South were
described by Booker T. Washington,
principal of the Tuskegee Institute.
The meeting was arranged by a com
mittee of prominent citizens with a
view of forming a permanent organ
ization to encourage interest in the
schooling that is given at Tuskegee.
Mr. Washington declared that educa
tion as a force for the uplift of the
negro had not been given a sufficient
test to warrant judgment as , to its
efficiency. ' i '
. Straus, at Ssrannah.
, Savannah. Ck.,; Special The Twenty-fifth
anniverr.ary of the Savannah
board af. trade' - was celebrated ; Fri-.
day,:;,, "The chief feature of the cele
bration was a largely attended ban
quet at j which Secretary : Oscar - S
Straus, of the Department of Cora
meree and Labor, was a guest ; and
speaker; ', Other . distinguished visi
tors were present-and reepoaded to
Late fi&QUf
In 'Brief A
MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST
The 124th annual session of the
Baltimore M. E. Conference adjourn
ed Tuesday to meet next year at Bal
timore. The conference endorsed the
central church to be built at Wash
ington and pledged a contribution of
$25,000 for that purpose. It was
recommended that the conference
during the coming year undertake
to raise half a million dollars for
missions. It was announced that
T. T. Fishburn, of Roanoke, had
given $10,000 to be used for build
ing churches in foreign fields.
The five Democratic members of the
Senate committee on military affairs
succeeded in defeatiug both the War
ner and the Foraker bills for the
restoration to duty of negro soldiers
of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, who
were discharged without honor be
cause of the affrav at Brownsville,
Tex. The success of the minority was
accomplished by voting as a unit
against the divided majority. Tho ef
fect will be to cause both bills to be
reported adversely.
United States Senator Jefferson
Davis and Deputy Prosecuting Attor
ney Thomas Hchn became involved in
nil altercation on the street at Little
Rock, Ark. Helm, it is said, struck
Davis and fio latter then went into
his office. Davis soon re-appsared
and by-staiicers claim that he was
looking for Helm. Helm says that
Davis made s n insulting remark to
him, which In resented with several
blows.
Between CO and 70 Democratic edi
tors of Nebraska were the guests at
an informal dinner tendered by Wil
liam J. Bryan at the Lindell Hotel,
Lincoln, Nebraska. The editors main
ly were old friends and acquaintances
of Mr Bryan. Mr. Bryan arrived
from Kansas City and went directly
to the hotel, where the Democratic
State Editorial Association had been
holding its annual meeting during the
day.
President Roosevelt sent to tho
Senate Tuesday the nomination of
David Jayne Hill to be ambassador
extraordinary and minister plenipo
tentiary to Gerraay. He also named
Arthur M. Beaupre, of Illinois, to be
minister to the Netherlands and
Luxemburg, and Spencer F. Eddy, of
Illinois, to be minister to the Argen
tine Republic.
Isaac I. Rice, president of tb
Electric Boat Company, made a sweep
ing amial of the charges preferred
by Representative George I. Lilley,
of Connecticut, before- the special
committee of the House that is in
vestigating those charges. He de
nounced several statements as mali
cious lies, and said that others were
too absurd to answer.
Bishop T. H. Lorcax, one of the
leading bishops of the African Meth
odist church, died at his home in
Charlotte, N. C. Tuesday. He was
well thought of by the white people
of the city, and was greatly honored
by his own race. He had accumu
lated an estate valued at $70,000.
It was announced that the Rhodes
scholraship board of Virginia has
awarded the scholarship to Frank A.
Reid, a senior of Roanoke Collego
and a native of Oriskany, Botetourt
county, Virginia. Of the four stud
ents who took the examination only
two passed.
Herbert Parsons, chairman of the
Republican county committee, won a
decided victory in the Republican
primaries held in New York, candi
dates favorable to his leadership win
ning in every district where there was
a contest.
Miss Lollie i Smith, 17-year-old
daughter of a prominent business
man of Winston, N. C, died as a re
sult of burns received while lowering
a hanging lamp Sunday night, it fell
and exploded. Miss Smith's dress ig
niting. A battle royal was fought by the
rival factions in the Tennessee Re
publican convention;
Emperor William was entertained
I by King " " J5 ii TTcuicc.
oenaior iiuman s condition con
tinues to improve slowly, although he
will not be able to return to his
duties in the Senate during this term,
and, his physicians have advised him
to go abroad for the summer.
The new passenger rate of 21-2
eents per mile went into effect Wed
nesday, April 1st in North Caito
lina. Chester Gillette was executed Mon
day for the murder of Grace Brown
in 1906. ' He made a confession be
fore going to his death. .
Ignatius J. Dunn, of Omaha, will
make .the speech, nominating Bryan
at Denver. ;-;.'v':---W." ,',v:
A coroner's jury declared William
F. Baker, of Boston,' died in Hacken
sack from arsenic poisoning given by
an unknown 'person. -; '"-V vv-'-
Chairman Taggart, of ;:the Demo
eratie .National ; Committee,, won; bis
fight' for re-election as committeeman
front IndianaO'vi
The 'President sent :i Bpecial, mefc-.
tor". Congress recommending
changes in. the Anti-Trust law and
the passaged of amprair ? peniicj;
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