North Carolina Newspapers

1 Y VoL X rALLlGH. . C, TtJESDAY, OCTOBEB 7, 1902. No. 107 The MorotiNG : J : : f - . . . -POST; GOVERNOR STONE RISES EQUAL TO "THE OCCASION E:tir2 National Guard of Pennsylvania Ordered to the Scene of the Strike Disorders IT. :.'-;irr. O.-t. L Governor Ston3 . . .-.!rsi out the tutirc division of : , :::r.a! Guard for dir:y t:i the j- ...-a -itc tutl region. This iv.si.n ..-,? Lfl late this afternoon, but . t. ;2l o.der not promulgated I't'.Ui faU:ht. after a form a I con--. at the executive mansion be v c . t-v-rcor Stun. Major General - Aliiior. Brigadier General J. W. lur.intandinc the first brigade, i: ..:;.- General J. P. S. Gohin, enm r "i the third brlgad?. who rime r ;et-ial traki from Shrnandxih. j,.; iVlmel Willis J. Hnling. acting ..:. under of the econd brigade in the 3 r. e of Brigadier Geueral John A. V.. y. who u attending thi army m.v r - : r at Fort Riley. Adjutant Gen : Thomas Stewart was also present. ? ,..r: b-en summoned from W ashing- -.. Vre he went lat nlcht to further -??rets a promising candidate itt u.il commander of the G. A. R. i .v -e loe to the governor deny that :N a tonight was the result of a .;.:iin from Prtsddent Roosevelt. T .nt:raTed that h? -was convinced ::: the mob spirit in the coal region made the preservation of order -with the prenrnt foiCi- practically im:osiile, and that protection of those rrh. desire to wirk made necessary he culling out of the entire body of state troops. The neary orders were at once Issued bv the general ortfeer tonight, and it is expected that ill the military machinery will be In motion before the dawn f "oirorrow. M;or General stiller and the general occera are at the executive mansion late tonight arranging fo- such disjo itlun of the trooiHi as will secure. ihe brt possible ronlts. General Gohin ! familiar with 'the sltuatiou. and hi adrue i being followed by the other commander in the 1Ian of campaign. A map of the disturbed region is before iucm and they . arc assigning the va vion command to the: most advan tareons positions In the field. Hre is tho ordjr: 'In certain portions of the counties of Lnteme, S-huyIkHl Carbon. Lackawan na, Susquehanna, NrthirmbertiEd and Columbia, tumult and riots frequently ocvur and mob Jaw reikis. Men who desire to work have been beaten and driven away and their families thr it ened: ratiroad train have been deViy ed. stoned and the tracks torn up. Tie civil authentic are unable to maintain order and have called upon the gover nor and coa:-cander In chief of the Na tional Gu-ird for troop. The situation zrows more serious each day. The ter ritory mentioned is so extensive that j the troops now on duty are insufficient to prevent all dl&oxders. The presence of the entire division of the National Guard of Pennsylvania Is neccessary in these counties to maintain the peace. "The Major Gencml commanding will place the entire division on duty, dis tributing them in such localities as will render 'thenvmOAt effective for preserv ing the iniblic peace. As ,the tmmilts, riots, tcoi and disorder usually occur when men attempt tb work In and about the eosl mines hewlll see that all men who desire to work aod their families have iiaiir!e mHitary protection. He will protect all trains and other property from unlawful interference, will arrcsl all "persons in acts of Tlolence and in fim-l.latknis ami hold -them under fruard wntll their rrfeaee win not endanper the public peace; will see -that throits. Intimidations, assanrts ami all acts of vtolence cease at owe. The p-aMle peace nnd good order will be preserved trpon all occasions ani throuxhoni. the sev eral counties ivnd no Interference what ever will bo permitted with officers and rcei-fff,the discharge of their duties urder this order. -The dignity and an tho:lty of the State must he maintain ed and her power to snpress all lawless ness within her bor iers be assented. 'Hy order of AVilliara A. Stone. Governor. aTid commander tn ch1 Thomas J. Stewijrt, Adjutant General." BURNING THE WIND Rumored Efforts to Stop the Coal Miners' Strike Federation of Labor Suppos id to Be Interesting It self in the Matter. Meeting Behind Closed Doors ilie in er.ch t Distance irna n Taf r-.e.vr rehlcle. just paiTchasd by Sir Upton wh- had lent it to Mr. G-.ites to feihow the generals around the country. Sa.turdny- the party was driv ing through Windsor when a poUcnaan arretted the chauffeur and fcook the names and addTeses of -Mr. Gates and "General Young, who were the occupants of the car, and on Sanday the sume party, with General Corbln, . was near in Brig-hton when. a policeman stepped out of a. hedge a'nd stopped the car. When the smmmon'S are catiled ud no defense will be made, for as one of the Amerlcuns 6?aid, "the police (have got you at their mercy. . You may be mor ally sure that yon were not driving at over the speed limit, bant that is Ineffec tive against the police, with their stop watches." ENGINEER KILLED Collision on the Railroad at Walnut Cove Winston-Salem, N. C, Oct. 6. Spe- police dispersed the mob after much jl-"" difficulty. afternoon one mate north of walnut Cove. jV freight engine ran into the in:tche:i rr. rs f lib Wrfzkt (incoming passenger train from Roan- Wilkesbarre. P... Oct. 6.-Irident f r J- ; ,f f Jf Mitchell returned it 9 o'clock tonight ! I'snger train fataJIy injured. Be from I'hlladelphia, where during the dar jJdes being scalded all over, his sTsull he had an important conference with was crushed and the two physicians here show the same determined - spirit I -rroii ik urignt, commiasiftnei- or Ja- sent from here say he la unconscious which th-y have displaved since the i ?or' w.ho bore, pronosltion from rest- anj canaot live. Capt. Flgart ia about succeed- am.'kI; V a T'r. V ."MV.I . J o5 years old. His home is in Roanoke, all he will say of the meeting is: "I ! a5 h ia a Ife and onehild. saw Mr. Carroll D. Wright in Phila-1 He Is now at Walnut Cove. The fire delnhfa today." . man on the passenger train jumped At 11 o'clock last niuht President ! when he saw the froizhfr engtae comins Mitchell said he had rveived nothing flml jy s,,tained sfc'eht injuries. En- American Dignitaries Called , Down by EnglishPolice Tendon, Oct. 6. General Oorbln Gen eral Young and 'Mr. John W. Gates have had an unpleasant experwwoe with the Englisih motoilng laws. Both Saturday fjnd Sunday ther were dririnir n onr which was stopped bv the police, who ! The firft plant is to be erected at Litch- Srfr Sl . ' can brobUined ft- .he s.prcl linifit of 12 miles an hour.- tv m;naa r ,Btm ,at jr5not pass upon them. The actna.1 excshaaige of these securities has not yet been com plied with; As soon as l&e trans fer can be arranged the government bonds, those released, wtll be deposited against ad ditional circulating, notes to be taken out by the banks. -s- : ' Briquettes for Fuel St Louis, Oct. 6. A company capi talised at $1,000,000 was organized to day to manufacture briquettes for fuel. bitu oni uettes can be manufactured, and put on the market considerably cheaper than an- tnTacite coal, even, at the prices pre vailing before the strike, and that as a fuel the briquette will give out more heat than the best anthracite. CHINESE LAWYER A REGULAR CANDIDATE WaVV'asrtn. Oct. a The- report is r. ot in Wabjro?ria. but as yet s-'-.rjnnH rhat the nieeing of tae ei - t.ve coiumitUe of the Fedwat on of J ..Mr which t toxted all 'day behind f .. oors in some way diectly coa tiiji rLc "Jort of Preidn: 1:. t;U to Icdoce the rtrtVinc antbm- o-al nuer to return to work. T.-re ? rfi o"i to b-.Wve that Prewl . - MlrchtI of the I'mtol Mine Work I:o i-i a nieuiber of the exwutive uu.Irtee to be at the meeting be--re tr a Ijournmerf:. Tlw statement ra oat ot the hea iquarter of the '-nt' a i to t!ie effect that Mr. ?t:-.-ae!i is exji-ctel hrre during th r proUibly on Friday or Saturday ' ;; tlx' announcement is taken wirh grain of a'.iowance. It U also ! tVnt be m in P-offal to, lay attend i a !ih.r nveetinr. V"re-Pr.M.-nt 1'nncan of the Feder-i-Vt of I.i:.,r. ha 1 of h tone cut-u-j.'.vn. said at the heado,rters r-lyy that there s n probability of t --nI nr-rs retumin to wr-k. no i - ttiuin: appnla are made to them. ! :- thai Frank P. Sargent af '.'. ::i!k wirh rhe prwident t.lay I '2. t ': tor Philadelphia and New i - .. T -m m repot in circnlrttlon rhat t'.- r-v:dijt ad.h"es o the miners 1 i I mf.ni to John Mitchell rhrouirh. " .n,. pf Iil-r Cam-!! O, .-v. w ii hits alo Wt Wafh:-ton. I" at Mr. Wrfg'.it's office the w-ate- r -t h n ade that he has gone back to v.-.t,-.-.-. Mas t be inangurated r:':-t of Clark University. outbreak of the strike. E.ich ing day brings mcvtlngs of locals which adopt resolniions endorsing Mitcheirs action and expre-!ng detennination to stand firm to the end. Business people and the conferva live element aTe down hearted and less hopeful. There are many rase of destitution and house-to-house begging I on the increase. Just how the strikers will stand the train when cold weather sets in in mystifying. Temonal funds of the strikers are going low. and the relief fT? lXe Prf!id",V?d -h, WO"JdK':Riwer Wallace and -hw fireman of the leave the city until . tonirht and then? . . - .j,,,, - go to Buffali. Bat last night there cameprillt in onIy, tfstained slight came a telegram ami Its purport was that he should meet Mr-. Wright in Philadelphia in the morning. In order to kf ep his Buffalo engagement he quiet obtained from the union, is but scanty. ,r eft on the 4:3 Otrain so that he "re- U1JIUT l-llllilT roai-ums -n,,!, rt .a KntA Kr nmpinaiu. thronghont the city and picked r-oal H;men In Philadelphia hi gave o'rders be.nr used to a great ei ten t. Although ;that hls whereabouts should not be made the Lxeter No.. 14 and No.. 10 collieries vT,-. a . bruise. Conductor Johnson and several passengers were shaken np and a few came out with sJight bruises. JOB FOR' SANGER 'Honolulu, Sept. 30, via San Francisco,; Oct. 6. Nig Monowar, who has just been nominated by fte home rule party for the house of representatives of Hawaii la the first full-blooded Chinaman to be nominated for tii'at office. Although he received the highest nnmher of vot in has district some native Hawaiians ob jected to him on account of his rue and: one candidate William Mossnuui, with drew from the ticket. Delegate Wilcox aind Senator Oaiivid Kahiokalani, who control the party, say -the Chinese will remain on the ticket. Ng MonW was born in Canton and when 19 years old went to S'an Francisco where he attend ed school. Jle studied law in the late Paul Neumann's office and came here with Neumann when the latter was chosen attorney general undr the mon archy. When Neumann died Ng Mono war continued the practice of law. He wa naturalized a 'Hawaiian in 1890 and thus by the territorial act became an American citizen. (He still wears a queue, although he affects American clothes and when asked about this he replied naively: "Preshent Washington wore a queue, too." He intends to re turn to China next year to ris-it his mother and to enter China, without his queue would he impiety. RELIEF VOTED FOR CHOLERA SUFFERERS Senator PrifcKarcl Has a Tonffih With DArtsVPli' 'v-i -V ass . -w w . m m m. v-v w t ' - p White Republican Mevernejnt in the South Approved by the President-Independents in Edgcombe are tursing out a total of about ,o00 irr tllrB tonight rh eTe he had been. ions per day. none or it is oaeren to. While it i nnderstood that the pTono locai trade. Isition now favored by the president is Wllkesbarre, Pa Oct. C. A slight in- for the strlkerssto return to work nntil creae in the mined coal today was due Congress can take np the matter and to an lncreae lu the nnrolr of workers find some way bv which the strike griv- at some few places, and not to the ance may be adjusted. Mr. Mitchell and Manila, Oct. 6. The Philippine com mission has appropriated $50,000 for the relief of the cholera sufferers in the province of Hollo, island of Panay,' which has been devastated by the disease. The scourge is now abating. The Federal party has prepared a pe tition asking the Philippine commission to furnish free, transportation to the United States for youiig Filipinos, espe cially the teachers who will go to Amer ica to take a year's tuition in the public schools and - universities. " The ! petition states that several Americans, -including WMrnrton Oct. R. Seeretarr Root Professor -Schurman and Senator Proc- haa designated Brigadier General J. P. tor. have offered to aid the movement. Sflncrer to conduct the census in tne xne eaucauoaai aepanmeni iavoTs Army Officer to Count . Noses in the Philippines are now selecting the candidates. Affairs on the Isthmus Colon. Oct.' 6.--The cruiser Retrlbu- openlrg of nrw workings. Contrary to the district presidents will not speak j Philippines. He has also selected to plan and the diTlskn's superintendents expectation, there was no etroit mane, about It. If the outcome of today's j assist General Sanger in tnis -worn two to open new workings, and most of the : conference is to be given ont it is Mr. ! notable experts in the persons of Mr. operators report the conditions to be , Mitchell's idea that it should come from : H. W. Gannett of the geological survey about the same. The estimated output -Mr. Wright or the president, as he wasjhere and Mr. Victor II. Olmstead of the was ni.lfiO tons. 'merelv the reefnient of it. deDartmewt of labor. In addition to ATlhonzh it was exnectod that a nnm-l That there will he no hnstr settle- this. Colonel Edwards, the chief of the'inn ,, ni-rivri lmrp fmm Snnta Mnrta ber 6f men would return to work this mnt of the strike there is no doubt. bureau of insular affairs, has arranged gne reports that the town is held by morning, th? Increased force was bnt The public will not wake up some fine , with Director Merriam of the national government forces, btrt an attack by :icht. The Sterling wasliery. having morning and be snmrised and pleased s census to have twenty of-he most ex- the rebels was expected, as several bands repa!rtd the damasre; done by th mob to find it is all over. - Whatever ques-jpert workers detached from his bureau Tvere jn the vicinity. It was estimated last wefc. tried to start up. but did notation is to be decided whether the ac- I here "and sent to the Philippines to en-, tnat t insurgents numbered 2,500. The get snfflrient men. jeeptance of concessions, promise of fu-igage in the work. The revenues of the crnjger wiu return to Santa laita Wed- Mt Carmel. Pa Oct. R. As a mob tnre legislation or sirrrender the mattfr ' islands win ne arawn upon to pay ror n0sday. of strikers were assembling near the 11" n placed before a convention of 'the actual field -work in taking this pne rjui w Live mt Attaelc Prp4 rnrr. Me.. Oct. C C M. Holmwn e!-y. wto W a part owner in r:n-s ta Pennsylvania of whlwh T'..ael?hU Iteadmc Railroad t r-iay in lei'ee Is considering f!e r ' " n of imklns application to the r f ir lecal process to compel the r erntoM tt open mines and re--r ovatlotw at once. ri property m lesed on a royal lT fr. Holman saya that no Income tiaa i"- tVrived since the minca were s-hnt - a-d that t!ie actna! owners of the - are amng tSe pKncipal snfferer r'e strike. He s,ts also that a Richards collienr this mornine with the "he miners wnich will take almost a Intention of making a raid on the h!;veek to consider. mine. Companies E (HambuTg and -.C j f, (Ilainbnrgi were ruhed to the.sen T r-rlkl. n ,,,U 'A..Ai.i:. and put the mob to flizht. Tb triker , lerriole Urougn in Australia were later prevented br Sheriff Dhrick I Melbourne Oct. fi. The Seotember rains in Victvrki were disappointing. I Violent north winds nullified -tfie bene- from holding" np a Northern Central misers accommodation train. r.any in. morning me , 7 T fits that might pobly- have been de ment encrmnment was attacked by . . . . ri . . . . . strikers, who hnrW rocks at the troops, i f' he rams. Tlie stock, winch after which fber ran away. They were . arring. is Ivin transferred in thou, shot at repeatedly by sentries, bnt so cards to Gippsland. Many beasts are far as known no one was wounded or o emaciated that thev rtmnot stand killed. Shortlv before the attack three j fhe rarlray journer. Ilumiredes are dv striker armed with gnns were cap- lnif in tn ,!-, 0n a nracie iter , . rop. les are decrease 8.000,- The lambing averaged V7nly t wen- census. MITCHELL FOR GOVERNOR tnred by soldi era on gurrd at Kighter s saTe the wfceRt crop . .n--: ti, -Lwa,. ircm I 1 n losses in .ew jrnin a k.,nfin k:. t,i -of t t enuallr severe. The estimated warm thmslves at a wood fire. They 'in -heet inee January 1 m ever were releaed.'with strict orders to keep ,000. :y per cent. Met of the lambs died oar were killed to save their mothers. ' - Program Too Vague New York. Oct. fl. Mayor Jaw today sent a telegram to Mayor Maybury of iKtroit declining to appoint delegates to the coal strike conference at Detroit. 11 1 Li w i n. lui- , r ft b i r 111 ... i . a . . . i a i-.r n t r. riter ht are heln. tn . "ll.Tr"n r!,An'U.Dr",! October 0T' - ; " . . . on ner moinera proper.. i hc .. r t ..lijj - a? leat in Pennsylvania as the Ly-, detective, expect t make whole- rf-'teOThr.?! Vh -t. hare held that Weea tare full iaie arrests of tlw. Implicated in dy- LJ" VZZ.Alul??0! " .... ll!mn ha wired Predent - -vt It tint the iiKteret of the own- -.f'tl ttem to represenrrtrlAn in T ' I'jfernce which mnj be helJ with r '"-e to a settlement of the strike. TTi-rUSnrg. P Oct. fi GoTemnr Til! neirher affirm nor deny the "t r-m Washington that he tan t aJ by.-Presedrm ItooseTelt to " t?ra semton of the general s - t tie the roal etrike. He 11 dUcnsa the situation or the C of aQ early settlement of tlie s between the operator and -. f s. aSfc mntm IMit tatlai Tatf r '--n. p3.. 0t. a Althonsh greatly m"i ,' a: 1 Ter the failure of the a.i.f:oa coufereoc. mine woikers away from the collieries. rottsville. Pa Oct. C The efforts of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Comnanj to tun down the authors of the recent dynamite outrages in this connty were partially successful when IInrT Jenkins, station asrent for the Williams ValW Railroad at Tower City. and James Lewis, president of the local nnion or tne i.mtea 3iine oTKers oi KriT tol.iv h mmr K)Mir this place, were arrested and placed -frt,ij tele?rrm from fvm- f.T- 1 CPrt . ! nfrruwvn : " " -rf after arraitrnmtnt before Justice J. II. I "i Tiew of failure of the' nresident's Fisher at this place. .The charge was rf?orts to ettle coal difflcnltr. -nrhut .lo preferred by Mr. Amanda Robinson. JOU n(nv rny to sen(iing delegate who swore that r tne . cierenoants ana from TOr Cjrv to Dettoit conference follows: e presi- namite ontragew within a few days. jof th. Tarnenes 'at ronr Troram. I Following the blowing m of a portion have determined not to send delegates Of the I'ni.ademnia iteaoing iiau-jto tne conference at Imrolt way tricks at Silver cree -was an at tempt npoa the part of striker to sh;ot a non-nnlon man boardlnr with John Schneider at New Philadelphia. Several bullets were fired thronph hm bed room rweJT nnharmed. A nnmhex of wiaers Were brnnght here Jster of the colonies. that Mont Pel ee from Scranton today and pnt to work i ennrting smoke. The, trembling of at the Ruck Monnttltl eo!ery. The t,e earth ie felt nt St. Marc and Trinite. Readlnr company a Wo wPl red a nnm- The vAQn ,aaM by. M. -La-croir, coin romer" . .history museum of Pans, has started Shenandoah! PaJ Oct. Cu The first riot . t'ort de France for Morne Itonge. if the strike in fllrfrdville took placet : &TwSWU!i i i &nX,A it Death of Dr. Whitehead : AV'"l;."rt Wiffi! v. by an angry raab of 2X men and bov Frank w- Whitehead, one of Suffolk i who hooted. jeer..d and threw stoirs at most prominent young physicians,- died hrm In a runalr nbf from the statiou at 8 clock tonigiit. ageu years, or to his home. Here ; the tronble began castrWis. . Concluding a fnneral ser: in earnest. th mou n'trung stones and , Presbvtertnn ohtiTvh here club, at .Jh':",lw,i ",,mKS tomorrow morning the remains will be tHenfd the -window and fired into the ; fnrm. . cti.nii mob. The bnllet however, went wild ?k to his former home ut Scotland aad bo one waa Injured. The local "ck ioc Mont Pelee Smoking Again; Paris. Oct." 6. The governor of Mar- 'tir.iqnehas cabled M. Donmergne, nnn- Illinois Dmocrats Have an Eye on the Strike Leader Chicago, Oct. 6.-"I am for John Mitchell, president of the mine workers of America for Governor of Illinois next trme," Slid George E. Brenoan, secre tary of the Democratic state committee to a group of Illinois politlciajis the Sherman house headquarters and; all the others nodded assent. 4MIad WlWa.m J. Bryan been elected in 1900 the head of the miners' onion would hare been u-ppomted commlsiion er of immigration for his Illinois friends had obtained that pledge from Senator Jones, the head of the DemocraUe na tional commdttee. Since beconnlng the head. of the miners organisation Joho Mitchell has kept out of 'politics, but the (prominence he has achieved this year land the good- record he has made have turned the attention of Illinois Democrats toward ham as a guberna torial instability." J $ A Noted Chinaman Dead Honolulu, Sept. SO, ria San Francisco, O t. 6. Pung Fook, one of the veterans of the Tal Ping rebellion m China, was buried last Sunday, over three thousand Chinese folowlng nis Doay to the grave t Trna. the most lmnosine Chinese fu neral ever seen in Hawaii. ,Fook came here as a prescribed baTber after the downfall of the Tai Ping leaders. He organized a society of reterans of the rar. wnicn was maae a mutual Benevo lent organization. At least two-fifths or the Chinese on the Islands belonged to the society, of which Fook'Temained the head to his death. Fook bore a trnnr resemblance to LI Hung Chang. whom he hated as an enemy of the Tai Pings. Exchanging Bonds Washington, Oct. 6. ApptlicaiHons ag gregating J.00,000 were received at t.(he treasnry department today for renSac jsrvg wffli rtale and mnijicipnl bfcon.s that amount of government . .cuds mow deported by n.ntiona'1 banV-i ais socurrty for dfposi s of pobJie tnixK. The total anolirrtiTts to date fovt npynearly $4. 500,000, of which some $4,000,000 have received the approval of the special board appointed mj Secretary Sha.Tr to nited ' States cruiser Cincinnati is coaling. She will leave for Hayti Thursday. : - . The running of armed trains on the Panama Tallroad continues. The gen eral situation is quiet. s Harmless French Duel Paris, bet. 6. The . death of Emile Zola was the idirect cause of a duel today between General Percin, chief of the cabinet of the minister of war, and Gaston Pollonais, a well-known Nation alist writer who was responsible for the statement that General Percin met DTev fus at Zola's late residence and shook hands with' him.. The general, in his letter replying to t-h ouestion of Count Boni De Castel lan on the subieet. described M. Pol lonais as a "renegade Jew," and also told the couftt he did not admit the lnttPT bad anr Tleht to judge his action. M. Pollonais then challenged General erein and .they fought with swords near St. Cloud today. The general was slightly wounded in the nand. B, THOM AS J. PENCB Washington, Oct. 6. Special. Senator Pritchard is notlost, a many had fear ed. 'He was diacovered. tonight at the Ebbitt hoye for the first time since, his arrival here Friday. (No-one Is able to give raoy. Infoitmajtion j with reference to the emi2 tor's movements. It was istated tonight that he has been to New Yofk doing missionary work with the IiepaibGl- oan national ooimmi'ttee. This evenlngSen- ator PTitdhard called; at the temiporary Whtt House and had a long talk with the president. The interview was' about on13ienn ipolitics and referred to the North Oarolina situation in particular. Seaabor Pritdhard gave the presidient a very f avorabile report in . behalf of the southern Republicans. (He expressed himself sls well satisfied with the sit- uation tn Nonth Oarolinia. : The president was much pleased with the news that the senator .brought him. He took occasion to ay to Mr Pritc hard that he had received a number of reports as to the efforts f the southern Republicans in tills camipiaign and ex pressed his gratification at the result of the renewed 'and active efforts that aTe being made to break the solid south. The president was able to sit up in his rolling chair, but he does not attempt to stand. . . ; Tomorrow Senator Pritchard wiH ye-, turn to North Carolina aad resume his can-peas with Mr. Locke Craig.' . --: The fact that the president told "Mr. Prittflrard that he was 'pleased with tha work aaid ' efforts q-t soutdiern RephhW can in his campaign leaTea no doubt as to his approvia.l of their effort to eliminate the negro as a factor to the Repijbllcan organization. It will he re called that Senator Pritchard went di rect from 'his Oyster Bay conference to Greensboro and the negro was nncere-mfoni-ou'S-ly bounced from the state con vention. It was necessary to resort to drastic measures to accompli'sh this, ibut there was no hesitation. At the time the opin ion wa expressed to this corresnondenoe thiit the .president had given hia ap proval to ie scheme for the, elimination of the egro in order to build np a white Republican party In the sauth.j The negro was cast out" 10 ; order to bfd for the manufacturing element. ? Then ' came the Alabama Republican state convention with Senator Pritchard, the president's apolkesmanr in all southern Kmatters, on tho sfcene. I TtT, t.. V7 V MA1 1.. 1)MntillK,ni did to tshie negro was equalled by the Alabamiaiaa. The colored man wras de nied ,, any .representation. Two -weeks later the Texas Republican followed suit, the bfotber in black betng denied recognitleh. That Mr. RoosevJt has given his approval to this scheme for converting th Republican party in the south Into a "white' organization at the A-r-nenfto of .neervk itliere seems not to be the least dbubt. Thirty years of' effort with the; negro n in harness was' without results. The whitewash haa been applied withofflcial sanction and it is to be illy whifies from the Old Do miai on to Texas. - Washington, has surrendered to the Grand Army of the Republic Fully one hundred thousand risitors are here auu luuuiauua ai c -vluiiu iu ciw; icn . minutes. It is the gVeatest crowd that Washington has'had M yeaTs. Jlistorio Pennsylvania avenue is packed and jammed. Forty bazkfci, and more are parading the streets tonight, playing martial music. The NLrth Carolina rep resentation Is not vary large as yet. The headquarters of the North Carolina-Virginia division isfat Henre's Hall, corner of Eighth and D streets. The Virginians were! there 4n strong num bers this afternoon. T. T. Whitcomb of Elizabth Cityi was the,only Tar Heel -in sight. An interesting faot was learned at the hall, and that Is . that there ara about ; flf teen negro- veterans from North Carolina in Washington. , The negro veterans are quite conspicuous. They seem to enioY-if he reunion verv much. The afternoon papers started that serenty- nve orth larollnians and Virginians were at 43 M street. Wry few- of this- No. 40, i making headquarters- at 213 East Capitol street. 1 IT .11 T, : . T 1- . CI lit- - . "kill-and-burn" fame in Samar, Philip pine Islands. He has been enthusias tically received by the veterans. James B. Lloyd of Tarboro, right bower to Senator Butler ia the Populit organisation several yeaTS ago.' is here, tilt. Lloy'd has fire-escape device which he came here to 'have patented. It la portable and oan be carried in a grip. His lawyers tell htm that it is bound to. , be a i success. 'Mr. Lloyd, asserts that Edgeeombe will h ft ve the' strongest "In dependent" movement in the $tate,; and that a ticket is to be put in the field in a ! few days. He says there 4s no . wellTdefined opinion as to "who will be the nominee for Congress against Rep resentative Claude Kitehin. -1 Mr. Will Primrose of Raleigh, who has-been in a hospital in New York for several "weeks, was here today. He is going to California for .his -'health, but'ufiil visit Raleigh in the maantimo. , Arrjvals MrJ and Mrs. Frank Brown, Miss! Genera Brown and Miss Isabella Brown of 'Salisbury: Mr. and Mrs. Aug. T Brown, B.f C. Mason, J. G. Stike- i ati r T-ts ari Trs-tt- r t . D. Weaver, E. P. Brownell, Jr.. and . H. Lindsay of Asherille; Mrs. and Mr. r-t - Y.r ' x . l - T -1 l . r rt tt of Charlotte; J. S. White of New Bern Williams of Mississippi Rejects the Puck Notion Democrats Can Be Trusted With a Majority in the Next House Fare-. . well to a Popular Newspaper Man Washington, Oct. . Special. Hon. John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, who has recently returned to Washing ton from stumping tour in the north under the auspices of the Democratic ooneressional committee, commented rather severely in the1 following lan guage upon the utterances of a few Democrats who have thought it unwise for their party to .control the next house of representatives. He said: "I have seen the discussion of so called Democrats who -are publishing to the country the idea that In the cause of good government, and in the interest of the Democi'tlc farty,lt would be best for the Democrats to lose the next J house. While not presuming to confirm what has been said to the effect that the Democrats who say this are asses, fully prepared to say that the assump tion underlying the statement is that all Democrats" are fools; that the iparty is what Puck pictures it, 'and that the assumption is that fnndamental pli tical truth is idocy. Thomas Jefferson said, 1 am not afrudd' of error as lonig as reason is left free to combat It.';. "If the Democracy and Jeffersonism i is idiocy, the soonor the people are able to find it out the. better. h 1 "Until freedom becomes a mere sound, individuality a word, of no meaning, community independence nonsense, the -rtr.v; r aMenr AdmJrnl i oeoole Oi tlie umiw owies wm FTank Wildes commanding officer at the j be prepared to believe -that Jefterson- Pernicious Activity " Washington, Oct. 6. Charges of al leged political activity in the recent pri mary eJect'on. have been filed again: E. M. Morgan. 'assistant postmaster at New ork" atod E. Post, superintend- enit of the registry division of that office by Latvton Republican club of that cil:y. The 'charges have been refei'Ted bv Assistant Postmaster General Wynne . , ... i - to the postmaster at ww xwk iw in vestigation.. , -"' ; Q " Earthquake at Guam r"!.T-i.. T I. naval station, has trans mitted by cable information received from Commander' Schroeder, at Guam, o follows: ' "' "Destructive earthquake at Guam. Sep-, tember 22. No Americans injured. Dam age to naval' station $23,000; to the insular public buildings and bridges, 000. Authority required to purchase the necessary material for the island to make immediate, necessary repairs. - ' r . WhyGosvernor Hesitates Coliimbus. Ohio.' Oct. 6. Gen. ?C. H. Grosvenor.'in an interview printed here tvwtiir. said -that if the coal strike con- t?nnes until the November election it will cause not only financial and indus trial disaster, but the defeat of the Re publican party all over the codntry. He hesitates to begin his congressional cam paign in - which he will have to face 5,000 coal minw . - , ism la idiocy. "A Democratic mttjoxity in a. Demo cratic house under wise and proper lead ership will hare, common-sense and common conscience enough to. outline for a presidential campaign ' proper policy upon which Democracy will win. If it has not these elements, it ought not to win. If one who believes; in 'equal opportunity for alt ,-and special privileges for none' Is -an idiot, and the party com iposed of such men is not epble of con trolling itself and through itself the des tiny of the. country, then the idea of ipoputer sovereignty nd common i-tght is lost, and the-'experiment "of -'a. govern ment of the people and for the people and by the people is lost.' "A Democratic house can bo trosfed because Demoenacy is functanien tally and eternally right and federalism under whatsoever guise or "name 4s funda mentally wrong.. Democratic represen tatives in Congress are not blitant fools, who, dressed in a little brief uthority, can be looked to only to voice the future prospects of their party's success, as is assumed; by those who say it is better for the party' future not to have a Demo cratic house." A pleasant Incident of the past week wiis the farewell given Mr. 1W. P. Leach, the business manager of the Times,, who goes to . San Francisco to take a similar position with the Cnronl clee at a salary of $10,000 a year. His splendid' business capacity mod enter prise has miaule the Times a wtaner and those who Jtcow hlmi are sure that he will make the Chronicle the leading paper on the Pacific coast, an, even' mors successful paper ithtan it now is. "At the farewefl given. Mr. Leach thefe wer present Mir. .-W. P. Whltafker, Inuslness manager of the iMornlng Pott, tnd, oews paper men from New York nd Sa ' Francisoo, who cams here to extenj happy felicitations. ".Being one of -tha most popular newspaper unea tn .Wuh tnigtn Mr. Leach Was kept busy all .the week attending f unction in his boa- or ana ne was tne recipient of many 'handsome tokens of esteem. Mr. Leach's successor is Mr. Paddock, for many ' years with theNew York Son (and tnore lately with the News. He is one of the beat known, oewsiii per men In, New York, and be received a unost hearty re ception from Mr. Leach's friends. ' ; .WHEREliEwALK Street Cars in New Orleans Completely Tied Up ..NeTle,n- 6. The people of New Orleans, continue to walk or rldt in ramrtiackle wagons from place tt place. The order of the mayor to the company to run its cars at 9 o'clsck to day, which was recalled, doubtless pre vented violence and gave the pnblic rea son to hope that a truce and a resump- V tion of traffic was in sight. Chief of Police Jouraee, who had issued orders to his "entire force to hold itself In readi ness to protect cars of the company said today that the withdrawal of the mayor's order was entirely Justified b.r conditions which developed after It hail been sent. , - Rieports of the cutting of street rail way and telegraph wires" were snmerous today. It was thoaght Jiat the. street railway company, as a measure of pro tection, wouia, msiie a move In th . Unite States X court todav. President Pearson says that tf a receiver l m pointed the property of the comua.ny vi:i be wrecked. ., ,