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Petite WEATHER Showers today and Sun day; west winds becoming variable. The rJews A paper for all the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. ..,.n'.-v '" u VOL. m. NO. 201 LAST EDITION GREEN SJiOKO, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 30, ''.1908 LAST EDITION PKICE FIVE CENTS CLOSING SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY HELD YESTERDAY Presbyterians End Eight Days Ses sion and Delegates Leave for Home. CREATE COMMITTEE ON i CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR Question of Admitting Polygamists Into Churches in Foreign Lands Comes Up for Discussion Resolution Thanking Greensboro for Hospitable Treatment. The general assembly of the South ern Presbyterian church came to an end yesterday afternoon at 4.50 o'clock, after having been in session eight days.. Dr. W. W. Moore, the moderator, delivered a short address just before adjournment, expressing his thanks to the assembly lor BUpporUIlg mm ill ma minima h.hiwuv a single appeal of objection. He at tributed this to the goodness of the com missioners rather than to the wisdom of his actions. But everyone who at tended the sessions of the assembly could ; not fail to have been impressed, not only with the fairness of his rulings but with the goodness of purpose back of the ruling. Dr. Moore is rrecty spoken of as one of the most pious and gracious men living and his appearance and conduct justifies the statement. The closing prayer and benediction was by Dr. Moore. A resolution thanking the people of Greensboro for the hospitable manner in which the commissioners were enter tained was adopted by a rising vote. A number of the commissioners, said that they have never attended a meet ing of the general assembly where tbe commissioners were as well cared for as they have been at fireensboro. New Committee Created. The most important business tranacted (Continued on Page Five.) NEW INDICTMENTS BROUGHT -IN FAMOUS COTTON LEAK OF AGRICULTURAL BUREAU .. i Theo. H. Price of New York Now Involved With Peckham, Haas and Holmes, Who Figured in the Notorious Scandal of 1905. Washington, D. C, May 2!). Almost simultaneously, in Washington and New York, indictments were today returned against Theodore H. Price, a prominent ' ra . . t- .t..:t New York cotton operator, ircoencK A. Peckham, and Moses Haas, both of New York, and Edwin Holmes, .Jr., ot this citv, formerly asistant statistician of the department of agri'ulture, for al leged participation in government crop report leaks. '"'.""' . , ''Price is charged with having conspired with the other three men to furnish ad vance information regarding the crop reports of the department of agriculture, and Price, Peokham and Haas are charged with conspiring to lrlle Holmes to shape the official reports to suit their interests. , , There were four indictments brought in by the Federal grand jury in both cities. AH but Price nave heretofore been indicted under true bills returned here in October, 1905, following the sen sational exposure of the crop report leaks. After a long legal fight, Peckham and Haas succeeded in preventing their ex tradition here from New York, but Holmes was placed on trial in Juno 1907, the jury reporting a disagreement. Holmes has not been ro-tried. : The indictments were returned here late today. According to one of them, Price made $750,000 as a result of his ad vance information regarding the report for December, 1904, and raid Haas $125, 000 out of rJhis sum. hile not stating how much Holmes received as his shaTe, the indictment charges that Haas paid Holmes $r,000 for Information on the June report of 1905. The indictment, THEATER CROWD SAVED IHAIR TURNED WHITE FLOOD CAUSES 816 LOSS BYPROMPnCTIflN DOHINHO TEL FIRE AT 1HMY, TEBi COOLNESS OF ATTENDANTS PRE- MILWAUKEE MAN REFUSES TO 0C- MOST DESTRUCTIVE OVERFLOW IN VENTS SERIOUS PANIC AT NEW CUPY BEDROOM IN AN EVANS- THE HISTORY OF THE ORLEANS PLAYHOUSE. VILLE HOSTELRY. PLACE. New Orleans, La., May 29. Several ,, ."' Bristol, Tenn., Mav 20. The worst hundred women and children were in Evansville, Ind., May 30. The excite- , . , . , , 1 . the Schubert theater witnessing mov- of ege.nin- from the Aveline hotel 8try f Johnson Clt-V' ing picture exhibition when fire broke 0f escaP,n8 from the A' e,,ne hotcl Tenn., visited that city late this af- out in a five-story building separated Are, at Fort Wayne, Ind., has caused ternoon, causing much damage, from the theater by an arcade passage- the hair of Oscar H. Rndloff, president Several of the business streets cen- The theater exiU were quietly opened f forthern Lithograph Compa- tPrig at the Southern railway station and the audience requested to leave, n? of, M"v?aukee, is., to turn sudden- wcro flooded and the loss is heavy. The the announcer saying there was a fire white. Mr. RudlofT arrived here last railroad bridgo near tho station was a few doors away. The big crowd passed night and registered at the St. Ccorgo washed away, and as a result traffic is under the arcade above which the 0tcl His nerves are in such shape Rtl" blocked on the main line of the nreLlnffih. bui.ding ft he cannot sleep ln a hotel Wnxm,. raV wholesale houses, the elect occupied by the American Oriental Im- He insisted on aleeping in the lihjy on pnnt gd other cmi'erns uirorl heavy porting Company, a couch. t loss on account of the high water. THOUSANDS SEE CEDHRO HURLED TO Flying Auto Skids on PImlIco Race Track Near Baltimore. BROTHER, WITH HIM, BUT LITTLE HURT Italian Racer's Neck Broken When Hit Machine is Wrecked, and Both Occu pants Are Thrown Violently Against a Fence in Sight of the Crowd. Baltimore, Md., May 29.Emanucl Cedrino, the Italian automobile driver, was instantly killed on I'lmlico race track this afternoon. : r Spectators saw his car skid and turn over, throe ot its wneeis ueing smashed. Cedrino and his brot her, who is mecha nician - and was with . mm m the car, were thrown out violently against a fence, and while the brother was littlo hurt, Cedrii had apparently died in stantly of a broken neck. AN OFFICE AT SALISBURY BROKEN INTO AND ROBBED Salisbury, N. C, May 29. The ofliee of R. R. Thompson & Co., grain dealers, was broken into and roblied by un known parties here last night and a ijuanity of cash stolen. The thieves opened the safo with apparent ease, but failed to find $100 stored in an inner vault which could riot be opened. There is no clue to the robbers. Today Is Legal Holiday. Today is national Memorial Day and is observed as legal holiday in most of the states, Tho postoftice will be open this morning from eight to ten o'clock, and the carriers will make the morning delivery only. The banks will also bo closed. . . . . ' which sets out seven overt acts, says that on May 31, luiU, Price and Haas, conspired by promising, offering and giving to an official of the United States .. 0.1.1. nf uinnm- In lnilnno Holmes, in a sum of money to induce Holmes, in violation of his rtutyr to iurmsn such advance informatin. It recites the conference in New York on May 31 between Price and Haas, following which Haas came to Wash ington, met Holmes and promised to pay Holmes for. nrtvance intormation; that on June 1 and 2, 1905, Haas received such information from Holmes and it was conveyed ' to Price, and that on June 2 Haas paid Holmes $1,000. The second count of the inuictment says Haas and Price conspired to bribe Holmes to arrange the June report so as to show a greater cotton i-rop ihan the information in the statistician's of fice justified. ,' - The other indictments charge the three New York men, in eight counts, with bribing Holmes for the information, with conspiracy to shape the report as mentioned; cnarg Holmes, Peckham and Haas with conspiracy to defraud the government by getting information in advance; and the fourth indictment charging PecWiam and Haas only with conspiracy to bribe Holmes to give out advance information.: Price Denies His Guilt New York, May 29. Theodore H. Price, at one time known as the "Cot ton Kine." because of his tremendous trades in the staple, and more recently (Continued on Page Two.) AWFUL DEATH First Presbyterian Ess OF ABANDONED SYSTEM OF PULLING MILEAGE Georgia T. P. A. Appeals to the Southern Passenger Associa tion for Relief. NEW SYSTEM A HARDSHIP Savannah, Ga. May 29. Complying with many requests that have reached him, Chairman Max Krauss, of the rail road committee of tho tleorgia division of the Travelers' Protective Associa tion, has addressed the chairman of the Southeastern Passenger Association in an effort to have the railroads compris ing ,it return to their old method of permitting their conductor to "pull" mileage from mileage books when ten dered for transportation. April 1, last, a new rule went into effect requiring that holders of the books present them to ticket agents and secure tickets to desired destinations, the agents extracting the corresponding mileage. Chairman Krauss claims that this en tails difficulties ami inconvenience for the holders of the books. INDIANA CLERGYMAN WEDS CHINA GROVE GIRL Salisbury, X. C, May 29. The Rev. E. P.' Conrad,' a well known Lutheran minister, and Miss Myrtle t Oraeber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Grae ber, of China drove, Rowan county, wore married at that place yesterday, tho ceremony being performed bv the Kev. W. IVAull,. of China drove.'-'.' A largo number witnessed the nuptials. The Rev. Mr. Conrad is pastor of an important charge in Indiana, to which place tho young couple will go at once. Weekly Cotton Statistics. Liverpool, May 29. Following are the wei'kly cotton statistics! : Total sales all kinds 52,000 bales; total sales American 4G,000; English spinners takings (iS.OOO; total exports 9,000; Sports,, II kinds 21 000; imports, American 15.000 c Stock, all kinds, 701.- ! 000; stock American 588.000; quantity afloat, all kinds, 10(1.000; quantity afloat, American, 60,000 j- total sales on specu lation 2,700; total sales to exporters 4, 700. To Stop New Orleans Racing. Baton Rouge, La., May S3. An anti race track bill, similar to the measure already introduced in the House, was introduced in the Senate today bv Sen- I "tor vwmneriy. liotn senate and House I hills abolish any form of betting on j horse races in this state and are designed to close the New Orleans race tracks. Church Where General Assembly ACK KALE IS FO GUILT! AND SESSIEICEU TO PRISOIFOE LIFE Hanging or Life Sentence Optional With Judge Mercy is Re- ; commended. JURY OUT EIGHTEEN HOURS Bristol, .Term.,.-. May '2. After, do liberating eighteen hours, " the jury in the case of Ack Hale, the youth charged with the-. murder of his sweetheart-' this afternoon returned a ' verdict of -murder in the first degree, recommending mercy, The court sentenced Hale ' t life im prisonment, though it was optional with him to either indict . the death penalty or the life sentence, . At twelve o'clock the jury was callod in liy .Midgo i iii'r, nut me loreman stated that, they were divided and he feared coilkl ti"'. .- arrive at a vcrdicl. It was feared that there would be another mistrial, but a lew hours later tho jury came it; and annO'inccd their finding. The case will be 'earned to the. 'Supreme Court. . , .. Tim tragedy ccenrred in East Hill cemetery, iu-ihU city, on the night of May 27, 1907. The girl left home and went to tlw cenii tt rv in company with Hale. She was found' dying and he pro tested that she h.m committed suicide by shooting herself with his pistol. He Was immediacy -arrested and it was necessary to hurry' him. off to Blountvillo under heavy t,.:ai-.! t( pri'vent a threat ened -lynching; Th" irirl was to h:i i been married oh Hosier Sunday, three days later, ts ' '. lv !c Roberts, a young man of fieor'i, a'., and hid already prepared her yeldin; - clothes. The theory of the slate was that Hiilo assaulted tho girl and then murdered her to conceal his. crime.'' It was known that he objected strenuously to her marriage to Mel'oberis, and the general opinion is that, he-, killed the girl be cause slin had rejected him. Kov Hale, a brother of Ack Hale, va I sentenced to t'lie penitentiary for twenty Vears, a few weeks ago., tor the murder i of rbv Davis, a brother ot I.illio JJavis ,fe an'otU;r ,,rol,or who is under in dictment in Washington county and a brother-in-law serving a twenty-year sentence, iir North Carolina for highway robbery. - . Raymond Stroops, a member of the notorious Hale family gaiifl, shot a Bris tol policeman a- few weeks , ago and is now a fugitive from justice. Hale had made a strenuous fight to save himself. He was exceedingly ner vous all day, and very much feared an other mistrial, lie did not show any emotion when the jury announced the verdict of murder in the first degree. though it might have meant hanging. The judge overruled a motion for a new trial and an appeal was taken to tho Supreme Court. UNION MEN WILL MEET AT SALISBURY TODAY Salisbury, N. ('..May 29. Tho union men of s'alisb:iiy--p'hccr and vicinity are looking ' fur a big day tomorrow when representatives of organized labor from all parts of the .it ate are expected to participate in the meeting to be held here. For the tirst time in the historj' of organised labor in North Carolina, the farmers are joining hands and the Farmers' Union will be represented here tomorrow as it was at - Raleigh and fireensboro. Act ion is to be taken vi tally alTeet ing every union man and while nothing' official is given '.out it is ru mored that the attitude of the organi zation towards the old political parties will be made plainer. Fatal 0uarre' 0vcr Horse. Eastman, On., May 29. A. Jones was shot and killed tonight by Gus Ragan at tho latter's stables. There were no witnesses, but the trouble is said to have grown out of the driving of a horse by Mr. Jones. Jones leaves a widow and six children. Ragan is a singlo man. OFFERS iiiBLF IS v POSSIBLE SfiGRiFfGE LF OF SGIEKGE Once Prosperous Man Inoculated With Germ of Tuberculosis - -' : for Test of Cure. DISEASE TOOK WIFE AND SON New York, May 29. In Hie hope of discoverin'" a iireveiitive and cure tor tuhcrctiio.sis, Frank Merrit.t, who, about two weeks ago, volunteered to surrender hi;i body in the interest of humanity and medice.i science, lias permitted a physi cian to inoculate liis symteiii with germs of the dread disease. An (wainin i'-ion made yesterday showed that already tuc disease has made progress since the m oculation a week ago. Men-itr, who is a middle-aged man, was at one time a - prosperous book binder in a western state. According' to Mcrritt, his wifo and a promising son died of tuberculosis. Their loss preyt-d on his mind to such an extent that lie failed in business and became a wan derer. Offered His Body. Two weeks ago he applied to the Sal vation Army headquarters in t'lis cite for lodging, and was sent to the Salva tion Army hotel, in Chatham square. It -was there that he llrs't announced his willingness to die if his death might aid in any way in combating the spread of tulieiviilosis. "1 have had dil'dculty in keeping body and soul together,"' lie said, "and diMth li:is mi tenors for me." For several .dins after .Merrilt's an nouncement he wailed, for a reply, but no one appeared to lal-ce advantego .'f his oiler. Finally.' Jr. ('. C. Carroll found Merrill. I. ist. Thursday and iiiTU lated him with. -the germ - of tuhc'cu losi. A stateiiant, from the doctor's oilico today . S;i.'. s that the disease has ilow thoroiiglilv-'i-iitiTed into .Merrill's svstcm. and -it is 'expected th case wi !' 1 l,o well under way in the next f.'W days. ' Mi mil '.myites', mcmral - men, I ;. - philanf bvopisis. and others interest ed in! Sermon, .to-Red Men,' his case ) call on bim at his room in . The Bev. T. Ta vlof. of South Car the Shei-!t,.iir liiiilding, in Broadway. j oliea, will deliver a sermon to ihe mem Will Try to Cure Him. f bers of the .Improved Order of lied Men "My. action was voluntary,"' said Mcr ritt. tod:) y, "and I hope that, as a re-, suit of the experiment, a preventive and! cure for tuberculosis may he found. 1 1 was n well man when 1 "was inoculated I last Tlmrsday. - but today - the -disease i seems to he pretty well developed. ; My j condition will be watched from hour to! hour, and at a certain otage of the dis ease .efforts will be made to cure, mo, and the doctor seems to be pretty sure be can do it. Of course, I am not anxious to die, but 1 feh, like doing what 1 !ia" done.' in the interest of Immunity and science," Mcrritt is not the man's real name. He admits that much, but refuses to discuss his antecedents. PROHIBITION MAJORITY WILL PROBABLY REACH 43,44a Raleigh, X. C, May 29. The official vote from fifty-eight counties in the re cent state prohibition election havo been received here, and presuming that the unofficial returns from the other forty are practically correct, it would seem that the majority for state prohibition is about 4:1.412. On this basis, prohibi tion received. 114,022 votes, and anti prohibition 70,580. It appears that there is a heavy fnlling oil in the prohibition election vote in practically all tho coun ties west of Raleigh and middle and northern counties cast, while tho south ern border counties and tho extreme east voted a strength that compares fairly well with the general election two years age. In Wake county the official canvass ' of tho vote shows 743 majority against j prohibition, 3,188 ayuinst and '2,44.5 for 'prohibition. Held Its Sessions BORTDM PROBABLY WILL lOlilATETAFI AT CHICAGO ; COHVEHTIDB Secretary and His Managers 5elect Ohio Congressman for the Job. HONORS ALL NOW DIVIDED ' . Washington,- P. C, May 29. Unless an arrangement agned upon yesterday lv,. , ., 'r.,f.' ..,,1'i.;,. ,...i;,:ni . , , , 1 L ., I - ' - iio reason ivay it -slioulu. he," Kepresen (ativc -T.'. E. Burton, of Cleveland, will inane tlio speech placing .Mr. iatt in nomination before the -Republican na tional convention. . The question who should present the secretary's name was undecided Wednes day, although Mr. Burton 'was .being se riously considered. Ho was slated either for this honor or for a place on the committee on resolutions. - Having been chosen for the former. Wade II. Talis, ' Ohio's attorney-general, will : get the coveted place on the resolution com mittee. So far as the Ohio delegation is concerned, the convention honors are now virtually . distributed.-. Harry; M. Daimberty, of 'Columbus, will bo the state's representative on the committee on credentials, and Arthur. I. Vorvs will be elected natii'iiar couiniillcemair to saeeeiii lormcr imv. Jivmn. 1. llerrii'K. .Mr. orys and 1'raiuv H. Hitchcock, who liava been associated in the manage ment of the To ft campaign, .spent most of the day together,- and had another talk about the presidential situation with the -President'..- Mr. Vorys took ltuieh with . Postniiister-Ccneral Meyer, who has liven workim; diligently to bring the uninstnieled dele;T.!es in Massadm setts into line for ;he seeritary. of war, with (iromisiug. chance of suc;t's. Vorys and llilehcoek took dinner with llepre sentntivii Burton yesterday" evening and wen- with him until a late lioiir.. -The associated managers; went over their plans ytsterday for corralling such nn irueled delegates, ell lassooed. have not yot Sunday morning at eh von o'clock in tin Methodist church at White Oak. Red Men will meet at the wigwam at Revo lution graded school . building', at ten o'clock.' Minneota Tribe and . visiting members ar invited to attend. SOUTH. Y.DKII BAPTIST ASSOCIATION MEETS CONVENES AT SPENCER FOR ITS ANNUAL SESSION FIVE COUN TIES REPRESENTED. Spencer, X. C., May 29. The union meeting of tho South Yadkin Baptist Association convened in annual session hero this afternoon in the Spencer Bap tist church, of which tho Rev. J. M. Dunaway is pastor. Among tho representatives already on the ground aro the Revs. C. fi. Wells, of Mooresville: S. ('. I'ashwell. of Mocks- ville; K, K. Neighbour, of Salisbury; W. P. Southern, ol Salisbury A, J. hum- mev, of Rockwell, and many others who arrived late today. All of the delegates were entertained at dinner today by tho Kev. .Mr. Dunn way. The first session of the association was held tonight. Two services will be held tomorrow and the annual sermon will lie preached a the close tomorrow night by tlio lie v. VV. I'i Southern. LA FOLLETTE IN ILL NIGHT TALK II YET KILL CURRENCY BILL Undertakes a Personally Conduct ed Filibuster Against the Ald-rlch-Vreeland Measure. CALLED TO ORDER FOR ATTACK ON ALDRICH Only After Vote of the Senate is Ha Permitted to Continue Remarks He Then Starts In For An All Night Talk. Washington, D. C, May 29, It has been a long time since the Senate was tied by a filibuster with such slendef support as was in evidence todnv, when Senator I.a Follette undertook to defeat the conference report on the Aldrich Vreeland currency bill by talking it ta death. - . The report being brought up shortly, after one o'clock, Mr. La Follette took the floor. He insisted that a quorum should be maintainel at all times, and; up to six o'clock ho had demanded twenty rollcalls. He thus was able to obtain more or less relaxation and at the same time keep the supporters of the bill in their seats. The heat was excessive, and many were very rest less under this restraint. It soon be came evident that the Republicans would have difficulty in maintaining the pres ence of a majority, and it was just as apparent that proceedings would be sus pended whenever the necessary forty seven, senators .-.vera not present. Mr. I.a Follette complained of his re cent illness and during much of the day leaned strongly upon the arm of his chair, half sitting as he talked. He en gaged .ur. Aioricii m a colloquv con- cernmg the provisions of the currency uui,. aim inter, uccianng mat tne cnair- man of tho finance committee had not been frank in his replies, he was called to order, and only after a vote of the ; Senate had restored him to his right to lii luiijL- mu no continue ms remarks. All senators except Mr. Foraker voted to permit him to continue. Shortly before six o'clock Mr. La Fol letto inquired whether a proposition (Continued on Page Two.) STREET CAR RUNS AWAY; Y HURT GETS BEYOND CONTROL ON STEEP INCLINE AND SCORE OF PAS SENGERS ARE INJURED. Montgomery, Ala., May 29.-A score or more persons were injured in a panio late today on a crowded electric car returning from the baseball park whicu ran away down a steep incline cast of Madison avenue. None of the injured are fatally hint. There were a hundred or more pas sengers on the car. Jt is customary for the ears to come down the steep incline one at a time. Car No. ;l(i was too close to the car ahead and when it became apparent that the car was beyond control and while the motorinan was shouting to the crew ahead to pull out and givo him room, there was a scramble tor safety among the passengers. Men, women and boys jumped off the car and in a f"v moments the roadway was lined with injured persons. The car was stopped at the foot of the hill with out accident. COLIN 1Y RUN FOR BELMOMES TODAY KEENE'S GREAT HORSE NOT OUT OF IT AS REPORTED INJURY BUT SLIGHT. New York, May 29. The great three- year-old racer, Colin, who was reported to have broken down while exercising yesterday, may race in the Belmont stakes tomorrow. Announcement was made tonight by De Courcey Forlies, manager of the stables of James R. Keene, that the in jury to Colin, which was first thought to be a bowing of the tendons of the fore legs, is nothing more than an Injury resulting from stepping on a stone, and that the swelling has now practically subsided. Mr. Forbes stated tonight that Colia'a tendons are perfectly straight. '
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