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- v v v vvvvyvv v v v vv v? ? ' r -f V V V V w For North Caro lina: Fair. Temp? v for the past Max. 88; Min. v Vol. XII RALEIGH. N. C. FRIDAY. JXJNE 19, 1903 Morning THE Post. LATH 10 Payne's Retention in Office a Reproach to Roosevelt Arguments More Po- tent Than the Pub lic Good I TM931AM J. PKftCB Washington, June 18. Special. Post master General Payne made the amaz ing statement today that no further utloii 'will be taken with reference to t he alleged wrong-doing of former First Assistant Postmaster General Perry S. Heath. The abuses of political and of ;:, ial power, which were laid at the ,i. of that gentleman by Fourth As - -t .i t Bristow. will be passed by in -H o. and what is more, there' will ! .: .10 investigation of his subsequent r'. :ovl while first assistant postmaster general. " , . ," The excuse offered by Mr. Payne for in.pping the Heath case is that he.has ;k..ie nothing to which he is amenable t the law and that at most he-was i iiy guilty of indiscretion. This is his excuse today. Yesterday he advanced the miserable plea that the alleged v. rongr-doing was a charge against the late President McKInley, and that slnc6 hp was dead there is nothing for this drninistration to do. The effort to Sraar in the name of the late President M. Kinley is treated with contempt on ill sides. Mr., Heath may be innocent of every rharge that has been preferred against him, but the belief will prevail in many uarters that his high position in the Republican organization has saved him the necessity of answering some em barrassing questions. The bond of .sympathy between Heath and Payne - strong. The former is secretary of the Republican national committee and the latter is vice president. The president's mugwump friends, and reform admirers are pushing him to the . orner. He is being urged to kick Payne, the pioltician, from his cabinet. They are asking what he meant several months ago when he said "words; are Eforl when backed up by deeds," and :nly so." His declaration when he lan.Ved in Washington from hi3 western :nti that "no guilty man should es rap?" is being questioned by his ad mirers. They can't understand why Payne, the politician, is kept at the ead of the department, especially while the investigation is in progress. N"-" one questions Payne's honesty, but ven the children in the streets of Washington know how forcibly and alls BY ML Russia JD tssf ice to pegicides r.he Imperial Government Looks to Peter to Punish ; the Murderers of Alex ander Wishes Sue- . cess to New Monarch ?t. Petersburg, June IS. An official v- te was published in the Gazette to iay, recognis-ing Prince Peter Kara-, orgevitch as king of Scrvia and wel :oijning his accession. In brief, the note declares, it i3 in tumbent upon King Peter to avenge the assassination of King Alexander p-nd Queen Draga, and expresses the r. nviction that he will know how to F'-verely punish the regicides, whose n isdeeds should not be vlsitea on me ?i tire Servian nation or army. The -nte adds that it would be dangerous lo the tranquillity of Servia to leave "iha crime unpunished. ; The text of the note says: ? : ; "A week has not elapsed since the lay of the bloody revolution-at Bel--jrade, an intimation of which" could lot be given to the imperial govern E ent in the customary official form because legal authority 'was lacking ji Servia. ' ' ' "The. imperial government, . while kailing the election of the new mon irch, scion of a glorious.' dynasty, ancl ishing all success in the task he has jo well begun, to the supreme head 9 the Servian people, ""Which is allied lo Russia by the ties of religion, can Jievertheless not refrain from express es: the confident hope that King Pe f,v will be able to give evidence of his lense of justice and firmness of will hy adopting measures at the outset to investigate the abominable misdeed hich has been committed and to mete aut rigorous punishment to those traitorous criminals who have stained themselves with the infamy attaching to regicides. x "Of course, the "entire Servian na tion or army can not be held respon sible for the crime which revolt pub lic conscience, yet it would be danger r Ui Servia's internal peace not to CEEENED ITICAL INFLUENCE persistently he t endeavored to belittle the .'investigation with the object of stopping it. They know too that he sought to compass the downfall of his first assistant, Robert J. Wynne, the mah who is responsible today for the disclosures of graft, - rottenness and scandal in the post office department. The president knows all of these things full well, and he is a much T.-prried man. Will he force' Payne's resignation, is the question heard. The relative is the answer. Mr. Roose velt ""wants to be president, and he will make any: sacrifice to gain that honor. His appointment of John S. Clarkson as surveyor of the port of New York, a iran whom he had often denounced, cut him to the quick, but his advisers told him 1 the Clarkson selection was a political necessity. .. So was the ap pointment of Payne, - whom the la mented MeKinJ.ey refused to take up. Jealous of Hanna's power, Roosevelt called Payne to his official family cir cle, :r because, next v to Hanna, he was considered the most adroit politician in the Republican party. : Since then Payne has heard from Roosevelt's lips his ambitions and his hopes. He knows the president's elosest secrets, and for this reason Washington does not be lieve that Payne can be chised out of the cabinet. ' ' - 5 While these things are known of all men official Washington was htartled this? morning when it read Mr. Bris tow's report and learned the extent to whith official abuses had, been carried by high officials In the post office de partment who are equally as, high in the ranks of the Republican organiza tion.; The very remarkable aspect of the affair is that Bristows report has been in Payne's hands nearly six weeks and its contents must have been known to kirn before thaU Mr. Payne must have known that Tulloch's charges were true, for he had the specific al legations and evidence" in his hands when he published ex-Postmaster Gen eral Smith's vague defense and Perry Heath's flippant and abusive answer to Tulloch. The country has not forgot-ten-what Payne said of it as "hot air," "stump speeches" and "wind," when sieaking of the Tulloch charges. Only public- opinion and the press is respon sible for. the publication of Bristows report. .". : Mr. Payne's action is accounted for by reason of his political instinct. That he showed- more anxiety to protect his political friends and to save the rep utation of the Republican party than to make , known the truth with refer ence to the post office irregularities seems j apparent. While Payne is a kindly: hearted man and generous in if of eact expiation for the revolution car ried out with violence by the military Such neglect would inevitably react in an unfavorable manner on the relations of all the states with Servia and would create! for Servia serious difficulties." Belgrade, June 18. The telegram of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria to King Peter has not been published here because of the emperor's strict ures ion. the murderers of King Alex ander'and Queen Draga. Later in the day a leaflet giving the text of Empe ror Francis Joseph's telegram to King Peter; hvas circulated, but the strict ures were slurred in the translation. The telegram, however, was otherwise f,o sympathetic that it was accepted here as being eminently satisfactory. Geneva,- June 18. King Peter of Ser via "attended a service at the Russian church here today. A ta deum was sung in honor of his election. The new ruler was loudly cheered by the Servian students who were present. Eelgrade, June 18. King Peter is not expected here before next .Wednesday or Thursday. DUELS MUST STOP Lawyer Byrd's ClosingSpeech ha Solemn Warning Jackson, Ky., June 18. When court convened today B. B. Golden concluded for the defense and Commonwealth's Attorney Byrd made his argument, Byrd has purchased a home in Win chester, Ky., and is preparing to re move his family to that place as soon as these cases are over. Byrd spoke of how Ewen had to be protected by soidiets, fearing that he would be killed if he ventured frorn his home unless protected. The defense objected frequently to his statements, and.,in some instances was sustained and the prosecution re primanded by the. judge. Byrd asked the jury to be .willing, if necessary, to make the same sacrifice that Captain E.ven had made for jus tice.; Raising his hand aloft and shak ing ; it threateningly toward the two prominent men who sat fin court, he raid: "I want to gve warning to you and all of your followers that your his way, there are few who will say that he is the man to conduct the in vestigation that promises to uncover rascals by the score and probe- from "top to bottom." Rcro Visiters at lbs Walts Bans JDt. Booker T. Washington arrived in the city this afternoon and at once called on his friend at the White House where he received his usual warm wel come. Booker t spe.nt some time with the president, to whom he disclosed the fact that he had been "invited by officials of the English government to visit South Africa and make a study of conditions in English territory there, especially as they related to the African race. The president would not listen to Booker's invitation to go to. South Africa and advised him to stay where he is. The invitation came through Lord Grey of the British House of Lords and head of the great South Af rican Company. The object of the visit is to have Washington to make a re port to the South African Company first and to the English government second, of his views as to plans for the betterment of the industrial, educa tional and moral conditions of the Af rican race and people. The trip would involve an absence from this country of many months. When asked .about the offer today the negro educator ad mitted that he had received proposi tions from Lord Grey and W. T. Stead and that he was giving them consider ation. The president told Booker this afternoon that his time and talents are too valuable In the education of thet colored race in this country for him to be absent from the United States as long as would be necessary to fulfill the important duties rdesired of him in this case. It is said he assured the president he vo..M not accept. John C. Dancy, recorder of deeds of the district, called at the White House this morning to refer to the fact that the Grand United Order of True Re former, the strongest financial organ ization of the colored race in the world, is to dedicate a new .building here, costing $75,000, July 12. Iancy request ed Secretary Loeb to bring the fact to the attention of the president and. ask him to write a letter on the objects and aims of the organization, to be read at the dedication, if he has time. The president will not be here at that time. , . . . A new light house is being erected on Bluff Shoal, in Pamlico Sound, N. C, and vessels loaded with new material for the new structure are sailing every few days from Baltimore. The light house, it is understood, when complet ed, will show a fixed white light and will mark a dangerous shoal. blood thirsty duels must stop In Breath itt county. I leave this county and its people. God knows they have suf fered enough; God knows the day has got to come when the arch-assassins, the men who are the controlling pow ers behind the Jetts and Whites, will be exposed to the world and either sent to prison or to the noose." With clinched fists and shaking with emotion, Byrd walked toward the jury and said: "Gentlemen, you are on trial as well as Jett and White,' and you must answer to the bar Of public opin ion as well as to the bar of Breathitt county. You have got to do your duty or be pilloried by public opinion." The case was given to the jury at 11:30 this morning. CONSOLIDATION Seaboard Will Take Over the F. C. and P. Railroad Baltimore, June 18. The formal con solidation of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad with the eaboard Air Line will take place shortly. The Seaboard owns nearly all of the stock of this company, and has been opei-a-ting the property ever since the pur chase. The earnings of the Florida Central have been included in the reg ular statements of the Seaboard for some time. It will have the effect, how ever, of bringing under the consoli dated mortgage of the Seaboard Air Line Railway about 800 miles of addi tinal railroad owned by the Florida Central. This is of considerable inter est to the holders of Seaboard 4s. MILL MERGER REVIVED A Proposition "Submitted by New York Capitalists Charlotte, N. C, June 18.'-fepecial. An important meeting of those inter ested in the merging of the cotton yarn manufacturers of this section was held at the court house this morning. The merging bf the yarn mills has again been brought into prominence through a scheme devised by Messrs. Percy H. Brundage, Victor I. Cumnock and Henry F. Seving of New York. These gentlemen, it is said, represent an Im mense amount of wealth and are ble to carry out the plan. To further the scheme these gentle men issued a call several days, ago, requesting all yarn men who look with J favor on the merging of the yarn fac tories of the south to meet in Charlotte today and to discuss the proposition they would make. In accordance with this call about twenty yarn manufac turers "met "in the court house. Mr. Percy H. Brundage of New York called the meeting to order, after which Mr. A. P. Rhyne was elected chairman and Mr. Joseph -"Norwood of Greenville, S. C, was elected secretary. Mr. Hehry . F. Seving. representing the yarn department' of the firm of J Spencer Turner & Co. of Philadel phia nd NewTork, explained the ob ject of the meeting and read the im portant paragraphs in the conditional agOreement of purchase and sale. At the close of Mr. Seving's remarks the mill men present engaged in a two hours discussion of the proposition. At 1 o'clock the session adjourned to meet again at the .Manufacturers' Club at 3 o'clocft. After further discussion it was decldfd to reserve decision on the plan and call another meeting for a later date. Among the mill men present were Capt. F. Diiling of King's Mountain, A. G. Falls of King's Mountain, E. R. Cash of Gaffney, Joseph "Norwood of Greenville, W. A. Mauney of King's Mountain, J. R. Barron of Rock Hill, C. E. HutchLr.cn of Mt. Holly, A. P. Rhyne of Mt. Holly, J. C. Smith of Newton, W. P. Nisbst of Fork Shoals, W. J. Graham of Greenville, J. A. Ab ernathy of LIncolnton. EMINENT DOMAIN Final Measure to Settle the Friar Land Question in the Philippines Washington, June 18. Advices re ceived at the war department from Manila Indicate that the Philippine commission may determine to exercise the right of eminent domain tOj acuire the 'lands of the religious orders in the Philippine Islands unless Archbishop, Guidt, the Vatican's representative comes to some agreement with the Philippine government within a short time. Every effort is being made to effect a settlement without resorting to this power, but the latest Informa tion from Manila is that all other re sources have been practically exhaust ed, and so long as the friars continue to oppose the efforts of Arshbishop Guidl, the ; papal representative, no agreement can be looked for. . The present status of the case, as ex plained by an - official today, is that while tbJ Vatican is perfectly willing to adjudicate the questions relating to church property it has absolutely no authority to compel the friars to give up their possessions. The church prop erty, consisting of cathedrals and other buildings erected on land belonging to the Spanish government, is separate and distinct from the friar lands which belong to the different friar bodies. The policy of the government has been to endeavor -to secure the influence of the church to bring the friars to terms, in consideration of which a liberal settle ment would be made for the church property. Governor Taftsecured from the Vatican assurances that it would support the Philippine government in its negotiations. Positive Information has been re ceived here . to the effect that Guidi has failed to secure any concessions from the friars, but on the contrary the friars have begun to use their In fluence in Rome against Archbishop Guidi. The friars also Insisted upon the payment of extremely high nrices for some of their property andmamed figures that were considered by the commission to be absolutely prohibi tive. BUCK REGISTER CAUGHT His Captor Will Eeceive a Re ward of $200 ' Wilmington, June 18. Special. Buck Register, who is charged with being implicated In the murder of Jesse Soles, in Columbus county last March, was captured yesterday afternoon about a mile from Whiteville, by Eugene Cooke. Two hundred dollars reward was of fered for the arrest of Register, and Cooke will receive the money. Soles was shot dowii in his home at night. It is alleged that Register hired two men to commit the deed. After the murder Register disappeared and had not been heard of up to the time of his arrest yesterday. He is a man 60 years of age and was at one time a United States commissioner. Hatteras Wireless Station Norfolk, Va., June 18. Professor G. IL Barbour, the wireless telegraphy expert, w-ho has been working upon the government's wireless station at Hatterasf N. C, announces that the Hatteras station is about complete and that everything will be in working or der for transmitting messages in about three weeks. Professor Barbour is go ing to New York for a brief vacation. ; Mr. Kluttz Out Again Salisbury, N. C, June 18. Special. After being confined to his room for about two weeks from injuries sus tained in a runaway, Hon. Theo. F. Kluttz is able to be out again. At first it was thought that he was only slightly injured but his wounds after wards proved more serious Grover Cleveland the P j He Neither Desires Nor Ex pects the Nomination Next Year-His Only Wish to Live in Honor able Retirement Princeton, N. J., June 18. George M. Bailey, the Washington correspondent of the Galveston-Dallas News, sends the following dispatch to his paper, to night: r "The man who kjLows more about the desires and ambitions of Grover Cleve land than anybody else in this world utterly repudiates the suggestion that the sage of Princeton is trimming his sails for another experience in the presidency. That man is Grover Cleve land himself. In a plain, old-fashioned mansion, built by Commodore Stockton something more than half V century ago, almost obscured by stately trees, the Clevelands reside undisturbed by the various noises which agitate the political world. The former president lives in true democratic simplicity,"- with every suggestion of comfort, but not a solitary intimation of luxury or extravagance. It is doubtful if it re quires as much as $3,000 a year to main tain the Cleveland family, for all the surroundings bear testimony to a stand ard of living in full keeping with the quiet dignity and plain tastes of . the head of the house. There is not an indication f-of wealth to be seen any where upon the premises except the wealth of contentment and repose, and It is hard to believe. that after a career rich with political honor and full of stirring events, the occupant of West land would ever seriously wish to aban don the honorable retirement, which he enjoys so much to once more mingle in the rack and distracting commotion of political contention. 'It is perfectly absurd," he said to the News correspondent, to suppose for an Jnstant that I have any desire to re-enter public life, nor have I remotely entertained the thought since I; left Washington oyer Six years ago. The matter, is as far from my thoughts as it was in 1896, when all must admit ft was not within my hearing or Vsight. I- have no higher aspiration than to pass my days in peace with my family around me, and to take no part in poli tics . which any private citizen cannot take with utmost propriety.' "Mr. Cleveland has not failed to no tice what Colonel Waterson and Mr. Bryan have declared to be a move ment inspired by him and constantly receiving his industrious attention and l encouragement, to capture the present Democratic organization, reverse the recently declared policies of the party and become for a fourth time the standard-bearer of the Democratic party. He is also thoroughly informed as to the real status of the so-called Cleveland movement,- inaugurated by some of his friends. What his friends have done in this direction he depre cates. What Mrj Watterson and Mr. Bryan say about him he does not care a fig for, nor does he intend to dignify their utterances with any notice what ever. He thinks that the American people can easily understand that it. is proper for him to refrain from angry controversy and to pass in silence the many misleading statements which ir responsible or uninformed men may please to utter about him. "As for the movement inaugurated xrby the Brooklyn Eagle, Mr. Cleveland said: 'I have never spoken to anybody on the subject of a fourth candidacy, have never written to a single political friend one way or another, nor have I been written to or spoken to by them. There is not a political leader of any prominence endeavoring to advance any movement to nominate me in anystate, so far as I have been advised,-nor do I anticipate that any such effprt will be made by any leader, prominent or obscure, in any locality in the country. In this respect the situation is more than pleasing. In earnestly desiring the Democratic party to become strong and united as of old, committed to the simple traditions and sound principles which made it aggressive and victori ous, no thought of personal interest has disturbed me. I have on several occa sions within a year undertaken to per il form the labor which usually falls to the private- in the ranks, but there has nui lurjteu wjmin me me nope or any reward save the consciousness of hav ing made an effort to assist in bringing about salutary conditions in the party.' "The question has been frequently asked: "Why does not Mr. Cleveland announce that ,he does not want the nomination? Mr. Cleveland has on many occasions7 declared that he does not desire to re-enter public life, but thinks it is not incumbent on him to decline a political honor which has not been oftered him, and which he does not anticipate will be offered him. Some of those who have been disturbed at the apparent aggressiveness of the Cleveland movement have declared that if Mr. Cleveland is sincere he ought to come out flat-footed and announce that he will tiot accept the nomina tion if it is "offered him. This too is an absurd position. If there is no ves tige of a movement on the part of anybody m any state to elect Cleve land delegates, and if it is improbable that any Cleveland delegates will be cent to the national convention, then rivate Citizen Mr. Cleveland objects to occupying the ridiculous attitude of announcing to tho Democratic party throughout the country that he will not under any cir cumstances accept something which is not going to be offered him. "Mr. Cleveland understands that those who are persistent in Question ing his motives would not be satisfied with anything he might say, and those who ae constantly calling upon him :or declarations regarding the next campaign cannot comprehend the sens of propriety which Impels him to main tain the silence which comports with his retirement. Jf Mr. Cleveland I annoyed by anything it Is by the fact that his privacy, and rtpose are dis turbed by the constant noise which some of the hysterical brethren per sist In. He feels that his very free dom of movement is restricted on this account. When I suggested the splen did tarpon fishing on the Texas coast, he quickly observed ' that he was da prived of the pleasure of such sport because if he should start to Texas on any such mission, it would be herald ed abroad that he was out for dele gates and not tor tarpon. He said that possibly after the national convention next year he could move around with out arousing the suspicion of some of . the more excitable members of the party. ' "Mr. Cleveland does not like to dis cuss politics. He was always wary about interviews, and is yet. When the negro problem was mentioned, however, he was greatly interested. He said that he had received numbers of letters. from the south, and that in every instance his speech at Carnegie Hall several weeks ago had been highly commended. He was gratified, of course, at being able to render any service whatever in the direction of ameliorating the trou blesome conditions which had arises in the south. Those who have been writ ing him from the south have usually, thanked him, not only for what he said,' but have realized that the value of his speeches was not only in the soundness of the views he presented, but In the fact that he could command the at tention of the north whereas southern men could not command attention in certain localities where mistaken Ideas of the race problem prevail. "After the negro-problem speech Mr. Cleveland was glad to observe that much of the harsh feeling in the south toward him because of political differ ences had melted away. He has always accounted himself a true friend of the south, and of late years realized with , sorrow the misconception growing out of the political asperity aroused by the party quarrels of 1894-1896 ;which had alienated the friendly regard of those to whom he was ever ready to render any service within his power, comport able with what was proper In the premises. "It is not strange that many of these messages which have come to him from the south have reaffirmed the old- time confidence in1 his. wisdom and statesmanship and sounded in no un mistakeable terms the affection and es teem which greeted the mention of his name in the day of his ascendency. And the fact that'' some of those who had become estranged - were again willing and anxious to see him once more the chief magistrate, because, as they ex press it, the south could realize that in him it had a sympathizing friend. "In conclusion it may be repeated with absolute confidence that Mr. Cleveland neither desires nor expects the nomination next year. He is con- tented and happy here and contem plates only the continuation of his pres ent environment, which brings all but absolute completeness to the remaining years of his life. If he has any yearn ing of a political nature it is to live to see a restored and' virile Democracy once again , in power, led by wise and honest statesmanship along paths of safety and honor and himself a prlvata in the ranks." LUMBERMEN MEET All Day Session of the North Carolina Pine Association Norfolk, Va., June 15, Special. Att all day meeting of the iNorth Carolina Pine Association was held In the Chamberlin hotel. Old Point Comfort today, with President John L. Roper in the chair. Matters pertaining to the business of the association ware, discussed, but nothing was given out for publication. Following tho busi ness session an elaborate banquet wtis held at the Chamberlin. Amonff those present were J. B. Biggs and Z. W. Whitehead of Wilmington, N. C.. W. F. Harrison of Baltimore, Geo. T. Ix;ach of North Carolina, John Wilkin son, Belhaven, N. C.f E. C. Fosburgh and others of Norfolk and T. W. Tilghman of Wilson, N. C. Moving to Oyster Bay Washington, June 18. President Roosevelt has begun to move to Oyster Bay. A wagon load of office stationery is now on the way to the president's home, and during the next ten days enough more will be shipped to theillt tle town on the sound to run the sum mer capital until the president returns to Washington in the fall.