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v r V y -wr v"-' v Vol VIII RALEIGHVN.' C. SUN DAY; DEGEMBER 8, .1 9 0 1 TWELVE PAGES. No; 104 -yy T V .Post Me conference is Nearly through appointments Expected Monday Morning Del- eeatas Elected to the i General Conference vl-lle. X. C. Dec. 7. Special. .ic devotional exercises were 1 u In n eonference reassembled Kev. L. E. Thompson. ry W. L. Cunninggim read the r Vesterday's session, which was rivet.- . , .tin i i I!' K. Dixon was announced by I - . . - n n tnncfiip frnm flip .Vi-i' !"- .Conference. ri.iii of Kev. W . ss. lione tne ,. reconsidered the vote of w'ed ,v which the body declined to sp.i.iy. :, f-r i: !;-.er.'n i. T. .1. Gattis name for tne lMiiCO 1 relation. After short dvi,ic:iting such action oy ltevs. 1 . ue. I j. 1- jonn a. L.-oif, E.. (;'.'. A VIki's ;iul others, tne conterence. .:!- t.'l l majority, voted to refer Mr. me for the superannuated rela- i;. v. N. -xl. v. atson onerea a resoiu f..:V mriiKiiializinz the General Confer-e-, -p m require reports ' of preachers f.v.ui a'l charges as to how many copies !,'f 'tli.'- 'conference organ are subscribed raid for. . Wion ..f Dr. -T. T. Gibbs the bishop revested todraw for $90 on Rev. V. II. Moore, conference trustee, .U'i'ft ' -being payable 'to the joint 1 .-if finance to be distributed to reii'-e claimants. i:.'-.' call of Question 20 the preach a Elizabeth City. Warrenton and dasti.u districts passed examination Dr. ;- (-ha:-;ie.ter' and submitted yearly re-"pn:ts.'.wWeh- were-of a most encouraging -hanit-t rK When 'the-name of O. Ryder a , Ailed Rev. J. L Underwood, his former presiding elder, stated that he hn.i withdrawn from the ministry , aiid nemRf-rship of the M . E. Church, South, a..,i rrnied over his credentials to 'the secretary of the conference. Kev. John X. Cole, chairman of the vmnniittoe appointed to try Rev. R. J. M norma ii. charged wkh drunkenness, re j.rted that he did use stimulants under th,' advice of lii,s physician, but the .harce had not been sustained by the .'videnrt' before t the committee. His .biri'tT passeil' and bis name was re-'e-rl 1 the conference relations com . i: tor the superannuated relation. ijftvlVH- Law, I). D.. superintendent "i "lie ""American Bilde Society for the C:;olinas. was intnxluced to the con ference and spoke of the increased need of funds to furnish the Bible to "the fnr-?icners who are coniinsr to our shores, as wi-U as for those who live in neg jWr,i districts. The conference went inro the election of 'delegates to the General Conference ' a few minutes to 12 o'clock: , with the following result: Lay J. G. Brown. W.-E. Springer. J. II: Sonthsate. D. B. Zolliooffe'r: alteniat?s-J, F. Miller and I. . L. Smith: clerical John C. Kilffo. T. X.-Ivey. J. T. Gibbs. F. I. Swindell: nitn-natcs E. A. Yale's and 11. F. Burn ous. ' It nv. F. p. Swindell spoke of the loss .of intercut in the conference trust fund which is invented in The Advocate, and snzir'-sred. a collection at once to re imburse the conference claimants: but thf nintter was finally settled by a resolution to collect the arrearages due the conference orjan. The morning ses ;on ended with benediction by Rev. John-X. Cole. r eif. r.-nee was called to order at 3 oVh.ct; i,y Rev. Dr. E. A. Yates. Prayer T.-a offered by Rev. W. II. Pucketf. Tli.' co'iiniittee on Conference Relations -'P'tr.-d recommending four names for tli.- suiK-rniimerary. also seven for the s'waiiimated relation. Anions the lat ter are the names of T. J. Gattis and II. J. Moorman. The Sundav school Ioard made a re Frt thronzh"Rev. It. H. Willis and the .-;mc wn-i adopted. Rev. N. E. Coltrane s'h.ke the interests of he Confer ence Brotherhood. Rev. D. Tiller, of tlse South Carolina Conference, was in tr'vluc,., to the body. Rev. J. M. Rhodes, of the special com i'i;tce o-.i legislation, submitted a report. Rev. M. T. Plyler spoke of the post--;'!..' i.i'e course of reading, and many j'iiired the -ircle. Conference adjourned t 4 with the benediction by Dr. Ya:,s. : - . - A rateting of the Conference Brother bif.ii was held late this afternoon and i.h.' old officers were re-elected. The missionary anniversary was held t'Hii-'ht ami "addresses were made by Rv. .1. R. Scroggs, of Greensboro, and ":!i.t. ' ; , Oiih one or two more committees have t rep-.rt at Monday's session. The ;'!'i'"h!-ii!cnts will probably be announced 'u 11 o'clock. ; Tomorrow nearly all the pulpits in' T.cva will be occupied by visiting minis ''i s. Tlie bishop will, preach in the con-f'-if-ar-e room at the morning hour, and at the conclusion' of the sermon will hiiii 'he class of deacons. At 3 o'clcn-k " the afternoon memorial services will held and memoirs will be read of Rpv.,. a. It. Raven and Solomon Pool, 1v'i'V have died since the last session. A.t,:iiuht Dr. John C. Kilgo will preach "nl the holy communion will be admin-i-tpr,-,'l. - The w eather, which lias been very cold 'i.'l cloiulv. hns modPrntPrJ nncl lparwl up: f v .there will probably be a multitude it'i s here tomorrow. Broke His Neck- ' i lelphia. Pa.. Dec. 7. E. J. Mat- I' president - of the American Dis- l!''t I'llptri-inili frrrTiTXT. u rkirtTT I'cir' I'i'.iker, fell from his horse while '-'ii!i.ir iiearhis home at Valley Forge iVj and his neck was broken. Ho u "i hisiaiitlv. No Hope for Stiff ViHbington, Dec. 7 John Q.- Stiff. x.Ilf. of Marx's .victims, is still at. the rei.t-v 1 1 inn! r 'il i,i -rliio i.itr All , . . I ...... "-'i'e f-if his 1-pmrt.ri- Ix-ia 1'ti r.liiil'ulon- f,l I, J. !he 'physoians in charge of the EXPERT TESTIMONY All Day Argument on a Dis puted Point in the Bo- ; nine Trial . "Washington, Dec. 7. Counsel for the defense, in the trial of Mrs. Bonine for tfre mprder of James Seymour Ayres, Jr., presented a lengthy argument ito- day over the right to ask an expert wit ness certain questions"' bearing on Ayres' wotfndis. The court directed the jury to retire during the discussion. The defense stated tha,- it would endeavor to show by the witness, Dr. W. P. Carr, that the government's contention that Ayres received his wound at long range was wholly untenable- from the very na ture of the wound. Theipoint was not Settled when the noon recess was taken. Before the. question was raised Dr. Carr stated that he could tell by practi cal means thf height within one inch of the muzzle of :he pistol from the tloor if he knew the height of the person receiving the wonnd The government objected to the question on the ground that a difference of an inch would make a derided difference in the angle of the wound. When court-met for the afternoon ses sion i:he jury was dismissed for the day and counsel continued their argument as to the legality of the dispuiexl question. The court will render its decision 3Ion- dLV. A DISCORDANT NOTE Gov. McSweeney Springs an Unpleasant Surprise. Washington, Dec. 7. The second ex ecutive session of the trustees of 'the McKinley National Memorial Associa tion (the Canton organization) 'was held here this morning, Judge Willlri -R. Day presiding. Judge Day submitted for the consider ation of the trustees a report of the progress made thus far in" ithe work. Secretary" Rysonrnade a report on the work of organizing the states. A discordant note was struck by the reading of a .letter from Governor Mc Sweeney of South- .Carolina, who de clined to promote the enterprise by as sisting in the organization of his state. He had no reason f orchis decision. The replies from governors of other South ern States were uniformly in favor of the scheme. - Replies- from editors and prominent citizens, of Governor Mc Sweeney's state showed that the move ment there was progressing irrespective of Governor McSweeney's attitude. MRS. CROPSEY CERTAIN IT Wm NOT NELLIE Mother .ofvthe Missing Girl Interviewed in Regard to Norfolk Story Wil- . cox Is Mum Norfolk, Va., Dec. 7. Four but of five persons seen in ELzabeth City today did not believe the report that Miss Cropsey had been traced to Norfolk and bough.: a ticket on a Baltimore steamer, though many persons have faith in the vheorv of the Norfolk police. Mrs Cropsey, mother of .the missing girl, when interviewed at her home in Eliz aleth City this afternoon, said there were three discrepancies in the descrip tion of the girl's dress as told her by Edward F. Kelly, who visited her yes terday as an agent of the Norfolk po lice, but who in Elizabeth City repre sented himself as connected with the patent business. Kelly said the girl whom' he saw in Norfolk wore a red waist with brass buttons, new shoes and a light jacket. Mrs. Cropsey: and, the Misses Cropsey said Nellie did not wear any coat at all, wore no new, shoes, but a red' ' waist with no brass buttons Mrs. Cropsey brought from Nellie's room a blood red waist with brass button on it, but said the one Nellie wore had different but lons. The rest of. Kelly's description was exact. "And how could Nellie have bought new. shoes or a jacket, or have changed her buttons?" put hr one jf Nellie's sisters, three of whom and their cousin, Carrie vCropsey. of New York, were in the room. "Nellie only had five cents in her pocket; I am sure of that." v ; . "Wejnojjed here four years ago," con tinned Mrs. Cropsey, "and Jim Wilcox was one o fa the first young1 men Nellie met. I diiftnot fancy Jim so much, but the giris had -a good time with him and did not object to "his coming. He' was changeable, Someitiutes he would hard ly speak to' me for three or four days, and then he would come back and bring llowers." , ; " "Nellie and Jim - had 1 cen going to gether about three . years, but I know they were not engaged." said Miss Ol lie Cropsey. "She said she did not court him, and I rhink sShe liked an oiher better. On the night of Nellie's REFUSED TP TELL Secretary Hay . Declined , to Divulge Secrets of State' Washington, , Dec. 7. There was .an unusual proceeding in the State Depart ment today, when attorneys representing parties to a New York law "smt-sougnc . , i to compel Secretary Hay-io give tettrl mony. ine case wn-an acuuu iur uyj brought against a New York newspaper by Carl Fischer Hansen,-- a--Danish banker resident in- New York, and in it is involved Captain Dirkfeldt Christ mas. These persons were said to he interested as agent's in the attempt to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States - government, and the pub lication which forms the basis of the libel suit is said to have reflected upon their competency. , Some days ago Secretary Hay noticed that his testimony had been called for by the defense before the . New York court, and this morning Mr. CK ence '. Shearn, counsel for the rewsn-aper In question, applied at. the State Depart ment with United States Commissioner Frank- Blackstone , of this city and a stenographer. The parties were received by Secretary Hay, .the. secretary being accompanied -by Judge Peufield, solic itor of the State Department.- The counsel for the newspaper at Baptist Convention Hers Next Session to Held in Durham Committee Ap ' pointed to Visit. Bap- tist Schools WTins ton Salem, N. Xt., Dec. 7. Spe cial. The next session of the Baptist State Convention will be held with the first church in Durham. The opening sermon will be preached by Rev, Dr. Biackwell of AVilmington. Soon after opening this morning's ses sion the convention was delighted, over the receipt of a telegram from Dr. Sykes announcing rjiat Wake" Forest had won the cup in the debate with Trinity College last night. A telegram was also read from the faculty of the Baptist University, Raleigh, expressing joy over the convention last night raising the big debt hanging over 'the institutiontf. Rev, F. M. Jordan, who is old and quite feeble, made a touching address in which he referred to the organization ,bf the First Baptist church, in Winston in 1871. He said this was the last con vention he ever expected to attend un less it came beyond she Blue Ridge. On motion of Prof. Hobgood 'of Ox ford, Dr. W. C. Tvrc? of Durham and Rev. W. C. Newton' of Greensboro were appointed a committee to visit Baptist I disappearance she would not go to the door when he came; none of us wou'd but Carrie." f Jim Wilcox, w$o had just returned from a gunning trp in the country, was found. He listened intently as Chief Veilines' story wis read. "I do not care to say whethier I think this is the Miss Cropsey, htg said. ''The commit tee of five knowt everything 'and they tan tell you." f , Martinelli'l Successor Rome, Dec. 7. A newspaper here -announces that Btehir S, C- Alabrini will succeed Cardinal Jilartinelli as apostolic delegate at Washington, i ' -ths - Indemnity Paid t-i Washington, Dee. 7. A draft for 6.(XK) in paymenj of claims of Ameri can citiiens expelled from Sirtith Africa in thei Boer warwas received at the State"Departmenttoday from the Brit ish Government. 'The agreement of Great Britain to ply the money was the result of friendlyjlbegotiation. Governor Taft Improving Washinrton. Deta 7. A cablecTam was received by Screfary Root today from Vice-Governor Wfight at Manila, re porting that GoveTior Taft will leave for the United States December 20 on the transport Grinf, and will reach Washington as sdbn as " possible after the arrival of. the ifsteamer -at San Fran cisco. as to Juace xarts neaitn, tne dispatch says his cJ&ndition.was improved by the second operation. His recovery Is fully expected tfy the time San Fran cisco is reached. - Children Bijrned to Death tjondon, Dec! pT. D. ! Westcott , of Hacknev, a subulrb of London, . who hoWs the position ibf coroner, has drawn public attention o tne terrible yearly record of six hundred children burned to death in Londoii. As a result of rep resentations on this subject made by the coroner's secretar to the home secrer tary. the government is consiaering me advisability of legislation which would enable the coroners to fine and imprison nersons who leave children alone with fire or with material for making a fire if the child is thereby burned to doath. tempted to. propound .. some . questions touching the negotiations that had oc curred betweeni Secretary Hay and the Danish agents in 899-19007 The sec retary; flatly refused to answer ' these, and through , Judge Penfield announced his Teasons - for so- doing to be that he had no pergonal , knowledge of the mat ters at issue. Whatever knowledge ,he possessed bad been acquired in his ca- pacity of secretary of state and hot as flnvJTdlv5rfi4n1 i Hfnnniroi- ,.ti : n f rw .1 - - ' --"v.". v V. , -1 I.XifT tu.l tk) - tor. Mcjtd s privi. ced eomm.lnition to the crnvemmv fK. riA-4s i j . , ... . ji; oantos uumont. naa accompusnea. otXhe Umted.States.-and tomake thw Gn the other hand. .thoW, seeking to public wo.uldrbehighly prejudicial to llavigate the air with machines heavier the interests bf the. country. i than the air had not even started.. All . N . . I kinds of flying machines heavier than OnDDOC 'TI If CP ! "' I the air depended entirely upon the de- Illinrilt I flRI I velopment. of dynamic energy.' Petro- HV "Mi liV . Ileum motors had already been developed ;' - : "I- I iOT I nfl sufficiently light to propel machines : A LHil I 1.1 1 1 1 IV which flew in the manner of a bird. He - nw W 1 ;thonffht people should be able to, fly . ; " L " s ! whenever it was ascertained how this .'.CittH'ock.Dee. T.-rBud WDsn.'-the. powec might be advantageously, eni convict wib killed R. H. Taylor, a guard ; ployed. ' The only question now was pf of r.fie Y'eli county oonvict camp, last : time and money in the matter of . actual December,,1 was; hanged yesterday ;at flight. In time flying machines were not Danville.! Twentv minutes after the only possible, but practicable Mr. Maxim t?an wfts'sDhrn" the tiodv was but 'into Panted out the necessity of practice in trap waBpro,, tne oooy was put mto thg gpt flf maiaapring machines, and com- a-coffin, s Befpre the lid was screwed parpn this work to that of learning how down Wilson Opened his eyes. He was . to "ride a bicycle or to skate. ' taken f rOm- the cofhn and carried' up $ the steps'- to the scaffold again. When I V 1 1 A M Q H I H K A I tlw nbffnrm roonl.t ll, hnrlvr Wi came rigid ani '-Jheii linro. Wilson wasr examined by 'the physicians who pro nonnced hiu dead. - : ' schools not directly connected with the convention. 4 ' -: Rev. C, A. O. Thomas made an en couraging. report on the Thomasville Or phanage i find its work. - Nearly $700 was raised for ithe institution. ; W. N. Jbnes, K. B. Broughton, C. J. Hunter, J T, Pullen and R. N. Simms were appointed to' Constitute the cenn-al committee! on the Twentieth Century movement At the afternoon session the committee on monmntnt td the late Columbus Dut ha'm rexxjrted that for various reasons it had not succeeded. '" The committee was continued jfor ahother year. The reTXrt": on .otituaries included sketches of fh late Chief Justice Fair- cloth and Mr. Virginia Sw'epson, who left large, tions..-' r beqqests to Baptist institu- -v i. Tonight' esion 'was devoted to "woman s work."" Fine addresses were made by Rev. J. ; . W. Jones of Charel'! Hill and DrriMcConnell of Atlanta. The report , maden rthis department showed tnat during tne pat ,year .the -women had eontributivi3),76(.3a for home, for eign and ) state ' flissiows. During the summer the secretary sent forty-six of its number as! teachers into desolate sections of the State. Into these schools wero gathered 2,111 pupils. Pulpits of city churches will be filled tomorrow by members of the cpn vention. .; President Marsh announced to night that the closing exercises of the convention will be held in this church Sunday night, conducted by Dr. Skinner, of Raleigh. ' ' ' Trains Across Gqoq Tidings Under Stars and Stripes Washington, Dec.. 7. Detailed . infon mation .pfj the operations of the United States marines and blue jackets on the isthmus vof Panama in carrying out the treaty obligations of the Unjted States to prevent the interruption! of trans isthmian !traffic, has been received at the Navy! Department from Captain Thomas p Perry, commanding he battle ship .Iowa, the senior Ameriqan officer in 'that ,vicinity. In one , report, dated November 25, Captain; Perry tells of landing 1$0 men at Panama that morn ing on ahj armored car. This went ahead ,of a traiq which flew the United States -flag, and j succeeded in getting through to Colon. 1 "By the time we reached Co lon," says Captain Perry, "it was com pletely understood from one end of the line to the other that in the future and while thi? disturbance continues . the train . wild be guarded by United States forces, underilhe United States "fiagOhlthefwayrhacto Tanama the AiDUTCH PROTEST .iff Ambulance Staff and Property Seized by the British : i 1 J it i The Hajrue, Dec. 7.-r-In the chamber today jnkherr ' Deyissier protested against the action of. the British in im prisoning ithe staff and ' confiscating the property, of the Dutch Red Cross ambu lance corts in South Africa as being contrary to the Geneva convention. Dr. Vonderlinden, the minister of justice, explained that the Geneva convention onlv guaranteed the inviolability of -am bulances jof; belligerents and did not refer to those of neutrals. The ambu lance staff of either belligerent could be imprisoned if y they violated neutrality. The government - had several times de manded tlie liberation of the Dutch staff on parole; They would repeat the re quest if they thought a more favorable result could be anticipated. x S , .' Senatuf Sewell Going Home -Wftshiflgton, Dec. 7. Senator Sewell of New Jersey, passed through the city this niorning on his way home froiu the sduthU accompanied by his family. Theyloctjupied a private car. There was "no change in me Senator's condi tiou. j - POSSIBLE TO FLY Hiram Maxim on Navigating - I - the Air - London, Dec. 7. Mr. Hiram. Maxim, the inventor of guns, etc.. in a paper which he read before the Aeronautical " SocietT. s-aid that so far ns balloons . . . were concerned he did not think it hos- improve on wnac tne crazuiau w f 1 1 1 J I I I I iThe New Viceroy Wants Al ! lies to Evacuate Tientsin ! Pekin, Dec. 7. Yuan Shlh Kai, - the new viceroy of Chili province, has fin ished his formal calls at the various legations. The argument he has pre sented in favor of the evacuation of the nntive city of Tientsin byl the troops under the provisional government is a very strong one. Yuan Shih Kai has ; ntade a more favorable impression here khan any Chinaman .who has come in contact- with the foreigners 'since the siege of the legation. ; Several foreign ministers, including Mr. Conger, the American representa tive, are in favor of the evacuation of Tientsin. The final decision is in tha htrnijs of the military commanders. It is believed now that ft meeting of the ministers and commanders will be he'fd to consider the matter. It is recognized that Yuan Shih Kai i3 a man who caa keep the peace, which he promises to do if the city Is evacuated.! s BlewOutthe Gas v , T. .. . I New York, Dec. 7. Two Italian la- j borers were killel and two nearly as- nhyxiated by eas in the Star hotel in Harlem tthia mmornine. The Italians i -Were alpenlns' in nno i-onnii ti-nH is ! Supp0sed that the.r either blew Ou the as or rauea to completely jturn the gas ock when extinguishing the light. - Gov. Yates at the White House ; Washington, Dec. 7. Governor Yates, of Illinois,-whose pro-Boer proclanja tion attracted much attention, - was a jjuest of the President at luncheon today. Governor Yates remained af terward for some time in "conference with the President. Isthmus irreatest respect was shown and no ob jectionable act was committed by either the Conservatives or Liberals." jj Capt." Perry arranged to have a guard pf fafty soldiers on every passenger train. He needed no other force, he said. i In a second report of the same date, ICaptain Perry says that he went with United, States Consul General Gudger to see the acting governor of Panama, and notified him of his obligation to protect transit in accordance with the jAmericah-Colombian treaty. He also ent instructions td Lieutenant Com- Jmander McCrae, of the Machias at Co jon, to be prepared to land a force and ake possession, of Gtun, but not to jjict until further orders. The officer lias instructions to see the Liberal com mander at Colon and notify him that interference, with transit must cease ini mediately;: r f MOLINEUX CASE pe Trial Will Take Place in January or Feb uary. I New York, Dec. 7.' District Attorney ;Philbin has decided that Roland B. iMolineux will not be brought to trial Ujuntil January or February The Pat- rick murder case will be disposed of first, and then the Molineux trial will begin. . -. -. . ... .' -. 1 Assistant District Attorney Osborne, who prosecuted Molineux 4t the former trial, will probably act in a similar ca pacity at the second trial. Barlow S. Weeks, attorney for Molineux, says the defense is ready for trial any day. In pe meantime Molineux's counsel iriy (seek his release on bail, but the district attorney has announced that he will Oppose any such' action and will, begin jit once the : preliminary work of pre senting the case to another jury. The prosecution, however, will have a much harder time; in proving its case, as the decision .of: the Court of Appeals bars the testimony which aimed to connect jtfolineux with the death of nenrv C. Barnet. SIMMONS SEES -TIE PRESIDENT GARRISON AT MANILA Action to Be ; Taken on Gen eral Chaffee's Recom - . - mendation Washington, Dec. 7. Secretary Rrxt took up the consideration today of the question of constructing a. permanent s garrison, at Manila in conformity with j the recommendations" made on , that sub ' ject by General Chaffee in h. annual ! report. General Chaffee has cabled ithe War Department ' asking that the quar termaster general send to . Manila as soon .as possible 'an expert to prepare plans for the garrison and estimate its cost. In his report he states thac- the cost wilt approximate .1500,OUO, but this is provided that: "lumber, roof material, nails, iron and pipe are brought from the United "States He: has urged in his cablegram that the subject be taken up at 'once in order to take advantage of the dry sasori. As to tht need of permanent quarters for troops he says: "And that during the next year partial cocentration of uhe troops may be safe ly undertaken. In a few provinces pro vision for auarters them muscbe made, as an concentration whatever will ne cessitate 'construction of barracyks for men and Quarters for officers." s j All the available space for sheltering ' troops in any town is now occupied. General Chaffee recommends that the I expense of construction -e borne by the ! insular government instead of the War ; Department. He explains that the esti mated expense of quartering a company of our troops in aouses of bamboo frame thatched with nipa leaf or. grass, is about -,0p in gold, to which should be added as a temporary expense also, payment of rent fomthe ; ground where on buildings arejocated. It is the intention of the War Depart ment to defer action on the general plan of providing permanent garrisons until the Philippine Commission has . settled the land question ihfhefolands; but Secretary Root has directed that work begin on the preparation of( plans for a permanent garrison at Manilla," which ; will be constructed. to accommodate two squadrons of cavalry,, two batteries of artillery and tiro full regiment! of in fantry. . ... . . . SMOOTH SWINDLER Brief, but Brilliant Career of a Bogus Baron New York, Dec. 7. The . Hamburg American liner Galatia, that brought over Johnann Beck in a packing box, carried as a second cabin passenger a young man who i9 thought by the police to be the smoothest swindler; that has reached this town in jmany a day. What name this young man traveled under on sljip board the , police do not know as yet, but they do know that he has been living in lavish style at the Waldorf Astoria since his arrival under the name of Baron M. De Orly. That the man has not any right to the title the police are certain; that he did not get a'Say with several' thousand dollars worth of jewelry from -Tiffany & Co. was not due to his lack of nerve.-. - iiis alleged baron' registered at sthe hotel as hailing from Paris. ; He hired a ?3 a day room and immediately , got to work to let every one in the hotel know he was the real thing in the no bleman line. Just as soon as his bag gage was stored in his rooni , he called on Joseph Seich, proprietor of the livery stables 48 east 32d street. Mr. Seich has the carriage privilege at the Wal dorf Astoria, x'he livfery -stable-keeper, with several others, was easily taken in, by his visitor. Further efforts at swind ling were frustrated and the young man was arrested. MADE SURE OF IT A Man Kneels Before an Ele vated Passenger Train New York, Dec. 7. A man about 50' years old; well dressed and apparently well to do, committed suicide late this afternoon by deliberately kneeling in front of a south boud Sixth avenue ele vated train just above the 50th Street station. He was' instantly killed. The police found, on the body papers which they said might lead to an identification of the suicide, but at a late hour-tonight they declined to make the name he is supposed to have Dorijeypublic, because they, said the identification was not yet complete. The man was six feet two inches tall. In his' pockets were found a ?ohl watch and $10.40. y Government by Commission .' Washington, iiec.- . Commissions are still f avoriteis with Congressmen. Bills have been introduced authorizing the appointment of commissions to in vestigate trade relation of the United States in the Orient, to study and make full report upon the commercial and in dustrial conditions of China and Japan, to investigate the chemical composition and economic uses of cotton seed and its products, to investigate the monopoly manufacture of "article?? threatened by tariff'! duties, to investigate and test .African timber.' ' , -. The President Promises to Appoint Pearson Consul to Genoa. Trouble for Cheatham Wiuhington, Dec. 7. Special. Sena tor Simmons was a visitor at the Whitfl House today and had the pleasure of hand-shake with the president. 'Mr. Roosevelt was so busy today, botU houses of congress not being in session,, in receiving senators and members,-thatv he could give to each but a moment, bo Senator Simmons shared' the1 :f ate oU ' hundreds of others. At times a quorum1 of either house could have been found ap the White House. Senator Pritchard did the gracefu) thing by accompanying Mr.. Simmons and presenting him to the presidents AVhile there the president told' Senator Pritchard that he would within- a few days name Mr. Pearson for consul at Genoa, Italy, confirming the president's -former statement to Mr. Pritchard thaV e would provide for Mr. Pearson., j With Mr. Pearson off his back Sena' . tor Pritchard will now wrestle with, tha problem of providing places for ex Congressman' Skinner, ex-Congressmar White, ex-Congressman Linney and ex-' Judge Adams. ( Bishops Arnett and Derrick, 'iolored called on the president today, Bishop Arnett . being accompanied by his son, . H. Y. Arnett, until recently chief clerk of the office of recorder of deeds in this city. They did not have an opportiini ty to talk with the president, but it i& , the intention of Bishop Arnett to pre sent the ease of his son to the president. By reason of differences with Recorder Cheatham the resignation of H. L. Ar nett as chief clerk of the recorder's .office was asked. ' This resignation grew out of charge made against' Cheatham's conduct of thai office, which his friends alleged young Arnett had something to do with. These charges are of such a nature that tho president has so far refused to reap- t point Cheatham, although letting 'him J hang on. He had previously promised Senator Pritchard that he would a'gaiui . name. .Cheatham,, but the president . would not hesitate to break his prom ises if the charges :.made :mr& ? jf such character ,ias he , considered uafitted , Cheatham "to hold the office- again. At " torney General Knox will look . into t&i. matter for the president. Pension granted Winslow NixotV Rocky Point, $0. . LABOR MEN IN COUNCIL An Orator Among the Frater nal Delegates Scranton, Pa., Dec. 7. The addres'se$ ' of the fraternal delegates were the fea- -tures of ithis afternoon's session of tha American Federation of Labor. , Frank Chandler, a carpenter from Manchester, England, and Ben Tillett, a Londoni docker, are the representatives of tha British Trades Union Congress, and H. Dnaper, a printer from Ottawa, Ont. in th delegates' from the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress. Tillett is a wonderful oracor and his speech created . considerable enthusiasm. Themorning session was given up ta the. adoptions of ' resolutions and to an address by 9Iiss Marietta A. Keyser, secretary and organizer of the church association for the advancement f tho interests of labor. The reslntiona re-, ceived during the day numbered 100, Many of them were socialistic in char acter and some have made their ap pearance Tat every t convention of tha' Federation for years past, only "to b4 smothered in committee. One of jthese warned all workingmen not to join military companies. Thit afternoon there were several resolu tions introduced opposing the ' ship subsidy bill. The one that attracted the most attention expressed sympathy for the Boers and condemned' Grea( Britain for the South African War. IN A BAD WAY :' , ' Pan-American Companyuan . not Pay for Diplomas. Buffalo, Dec. 7.The Pan-Americar Exposition Company is so deeply embar rassed financially that it is unable t even provide diplomas for exhibitors wh won them. Thjs announcement was mads when it was stated that diplomas costing 82 cents each would be too experfsiva and the best the company could do would be to furnish two kindsone costing 33 cents and another 25 cents. About ten thousand in all will be issued, and tne total expense would be $30,000, which, the company is unable to Jneet. An effort will be made to get the New York State commission to uw iome of its. money for this purpose. The .commission has a large surplus. 1 3- Signed the First Act Washington. Dec. 7. The President to. day for the first time affixed his signai turd to an act of Congress. It was i joint resolution passed by the Snat an. House proridiag that tariff duties remitted on all exhibits for th Oharle ton Exposition imported from foreign countries . . . r t r-v"t sl ft. v r f ,- L .xi s . "V '-
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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