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- s s .if " - WEEKLY OHAKLOTT.B OBSERVER; JULY 59 1897. TS T WEEKLY OHAHLdTTg OBSERVER, JULY 5. 1897. ' . " - Y WRECKS. tWO BAD OOLLUIOKS IH 11XUTOIS. Christian Endeavor Delegates Killed n Oatd-ln. Ooodlng Ctubed Be tween the Clnelng Partitions ef 'Bar Berth An Knglne Crashes Threnah Tw k-ullmaa Cars Filled With Sleeping Peo ple l mm Air Brakes Failed to Work ud the Engineer Thinks They Were Ti pared With. vjmcago, June 30. Tfiree persona were killed outright and about twenty or miny persons injured in a rear-end collision rn the Chicago tk Northwest ern il&tlroad. at 12:4a this morning, at Wwt Chicago, 30 miles out of Chicago, on the Galena division. The dead are, Mrs. Shipman. of Ap- pieton, wis.: Mrs. jonn Uooding, oAp pleton. Wis., and an unknown tramp, w ho was riding on the baggage car. The injused are. Wm. Micheistetter, Seymour. Wis., back hurt; Mrs. Wm. Micheistetter, Seymour. Wis.. body bruised; Miss Sarah Shipman, Apple ton. Wis., left foot sprained and arm and right side of body bruised; Miss Shipman, Appleton, Wis., lip badly cut and other parts of face bruised; Mich ael Courtney, engineer. Belvidere. 1H.. two ribs broken; L A. Williams, Fond iu Lac, Wis., badly bruised and right ankle sprained; Dr. A. E. Miller, Clm tonville. Wis., right ankle sprained: W. H. Finney. Clintonville, Wis., left aim sprained and forehead badly bruised, Mrs. M. D. Mcintosh. Fond du Lac, Wis., right side bruised; Miss A. E. Mc Allister. Oconto, Wis., contusions of, forehead and nose; Mary Baird, Nee nah. Wis., badly bruised on left side of the face: Mrs. S. A. Kussell. Appleton, Wis., back seriously hurt: Amelia Mc Kay. Appleton, Wis., le.t arm fractured and lacerated; Mrs. W. D. Gibson, Ap pleton. Wis., right side of chest hurt and one hip sprained: S. B. Merch, Appleton. Wis., left wrist broken and otherwise injured; W. D. Gibson. Ap pleton. slight scalp wound: Mrs. A. E. Peffer. Neenah. Wis., slight bruises; C. K. Shipley, Fond du Lac. face and hands slightly cut: Mrs. Ripley, Fond du Lax-, left arm strained: Mrs. Algi mon Galpin. Appleton. Wis., slight bruises: Miss. I aisy Blackwood. Deep Rye. Wis. The victims of the collision were Christian Endeavor delegates who left Chicago last nialit. en route for the FTrtat ennventien in San Francisco. The' """'.""s ii.iu.s ere sections .os. 4 nd ;i. of a Christian Kndeavor soe'ial ! nt out Sections. Ifeinnin? af. 10:30 p. in. S. tion No. f, ran into N'o 4 Section N'o. 4 carried the Wisconsin delegation, n- arly r.iM.t stronK. and in the car were pe,,p,- from Foni ilu I.ac. Creen Hay. Appleton and ether Wiscon sin citifs S -. ti ti N. 4 had come to a stop just mil of West Chicago, where the Iieepoit line diverges t roni the main line. Section No. 5, came up be hind at fjre.it speed, and the shixk of the collision as terrific. The pHseiie'oi-v in the two rear sleep ers or secti-'ii ,n t)erths. Thi-y ie 4 were all in their eu no warning and tnose not ki:lrd outright awok- to find ineniseies jaoin.eri jn the wreck a Re Passenger on both trains hastened l the scene an.l In gran the work of res cue. One of the v oist inlnred was Kn gmeer ("has .-t range say. tne rear sleeper of section No. 4 was not the one to suffer most. It was driven with great force upon the second sleeper, and such was its impetus that it crushed tlin.ugh it as though it hart been a c ardboard box. and reduced It i to a mass t f w reckage. The passengers . in the second sleeper were therefore the I OrieS ti. C1lM..r n-..,.. -. i:. ...... ... iu"m. nu it was in it -on. uiosi ox me victims were hurt. Mrs. Shipman and Mrs. John Gooding were Loth in this sleeper. Men and wo men could he se,-n struggling to extri- e-ate themselves from the wreck. Oth ers pinned (town bv some crushing "eight, were crying for help. Here and there was an arm or a leg protruding ji.'hi me uenns A ....-- - the lescue of two daughters of Mrs. Shipman. .f Appleton. The rescuers were attracted to them by their cries. They were unable to exlricate them selves, and thouth hut t refused assist ance, begging that ihir iii"th- i be titsl helped. Mrs John -od'ng of Appleton. was probablv instantly killed The force of the collision crushed together the par titions of hi berth, and she had no possible chan. e of escape. Prof Leo A Williams, of Fond du Lac was found buried under a pile of debris, and though he was unable to extricate himself, and it scmedas if he must be seriously injured, he es caped with a broken arm and a cut w rist. The Chicago & Northwestern officials did everything in their power to relieve the sufferers. The two hotels in West Chicago were turned into hospitals, and able physicians were promptly in at tendance. The sections following those which met disaster. Nos. 6, i. x and , eoiTvine- -'"ec) i;eoii!e. were delayed up ward of three hours. Finally the north imind track was cleared and they were -nabled to proceed. Ow ing to the crush raused by the rush of Christian F.n deavor business, all schedules were abandoned, and trains were sent out as fast as filled. Nine sections left the Northwestern depot at intervals of fif teen minutes, beginning at 10:30. The trains sent out early in the evening, sections 1. . and 3. got through West Chicago safely. Section 4 was made up of a baggage car. day coach and seven sleepers containing alx.ut 400 passen gers. , . The responsiouity ior ine wrec nas not yet been fixed. The road l?tween Chicago and Turner Junction is pro tected by the Hall block system, and immediately after arrival last night, the signals were tested and found to be in perfect order. The assistant super ' intendent said to-day: "Courtney must have been insane to have passed two danger signals, which indicated that a train was ahead. These signals are placed l.t-t'" feet apatt. and when at night eats pass over the place where thev are situated a red light shows, and anv following train is supposed to stop until a white light shows. There can be no doubt that the scarlet signal for caution was exhibited." Engineer Courtney declares that the signal displayed denoted a clear track. He also says that he was running care fully and that there was ample time to etop his train after he had sighted the train in front, but for some reason or other, the air brakes refused to work. As they were in good order at Dixon, five miles back, he believes that tramps intentionally or accidentally tampered with them. Naturalization papers, taken out in New York, show the dead tramp's name to be Reed, a native of Ger- many. He was about 4d years oiu. A HEAD BSD COLLISION. Wnu k af the Christian Endeavor Train t TaadaKa Postal Clerk and Baggsge master Killed-. Indianarwdis, lnd.. June Sit. The spe- - rial Christian Kndeavor train that left this city last night at 8:?0 o'clock, over he Vandalia. west bound, collided head end. with the fast through express this morning at Vandalla, 111. l ne aeciaem occurred about 1 o'clock this morning. The engines were smashed and two baggage and one postal car were de molished. R. T. Shimer. postal clerk, and W. P. Coon, baggage-master, of this city, were killed. Emanuel Parkinson, of Colum bus. O.. mail clerk, and Frank Owens. of Terre Haute, fireman, were fatally iniured. From information at hand it Is claim ed that the accident was due to the crew of the special train misunder standing orders. The Christian Endeav or train was run out of this city as sec ond section of No. 11. of the fast mall. It was scheduled to leave nere at : o'clock, but it did not leave until 20 min utes later. Arrested aa aa Aeeeeapllee. "Richmond, June 30. Robert Way. of Stafford county, has been arrested and committed to the Fredericksburg Jail, charged with being an accomplice in tho murder of Peter Schroder, of that county. In 1884. William Hunk, who was indicted for the murder at the time, but whose case was nolle prossed, ajt u'hn hu Kmd living In Washington THETRII I oui tney. of section Nee r.. : u ho nr.. well iu.otet u,ilir.,l :n....i . .- .'. He had s, k to bis post .ike a hero. ' os and w ho 'are no, a. w ys" on he ' p.a 7, v hrroThS W.M and ,s s.. ..-re. us,y .njured that he can-; move wi.l nver have to worry about Way for" ml he Z-'.Ln " can stop'' A,, immedi:,.... an w as mad- for help l'".' ."he" w ho VX,? tam-e :h'c'.go u"sl 'Id.flTd'nnd V,a"y n'H "aS aml maJe fre" 'th r "Ufferers "WrmSTZVy for to send ,, J n" "t i M,c ind la na'i" '""V"8 1 tni" to another , yourself.' Delirious with pain andvhol- help " f,s n ,u ' e, f ?nr.va Tm Ti n ,'' T "w" Way!"- r,v1- l''-essed by this new and terrible engine ,..f's,!co,,'x'n5 a" ' t.S IT. XZlT IV. .." out a shriek of tor some time, has been tntn arrested hegbo ukaou thx mm i The Charleston Exnertnsent Bates; Watch ed With. Mah Interest The Moving a bent Ma bit Anne White Onerati Another Claaa Wba Will Merer Have Caaae ta Worry A boat Negro Conine Men. w Correspondence of the Observer. Edgefield. S. C", July 28. Yesterday I met a gentleman who has been to Charleston, and who visited the cotton mill there. This visit was made about a week ago. He states that about one hundred negro operatives were then employed in the mill. Four policemen were on duty In the mill yard, presum ably to prevent interference by the white ex-operatives with the negro employes. This gentleman saw no signs of any disposition on the part of any wnne people to interfere with the ex periment with negro labor, and he thought there was being more talk of Interference than the circumstances or evidences up to date would justify. He minus it is not a question whether the white working people will permit ne groes to work in a factory, but that the question to be solved is whether ne groes can be trained to make a success of a factory. Individuals will undoubt edly be found who can do good work, but this man thinks It is yet to be prov en whether a full force of negroes can be organized and maintained to operate a mill of fairly good size. The experiment at Charleston. if it is a future, will not settle the question. The Charleston mill has failed with white operatives. If it fails again with ne gro operatives the experiment proves nothing. If it succeeds, then it will be shown that there is profit in using negro iator under certain conditions. Some of thoBe who have seen the Charleston mill say that the fault is in the mill itself, and not in the operatives, The mafhinprv i mnra r- I , , date and needs a complete re-organiza- tion and overhauling. If this is true the new management w ill probably rThyexpeSridmeeflntTsCyone that is being watched with much anxiety by those Interested in the mill and with much interest by many outsiders, while cot- ton mill operatives are eagerly interest- ed. Some people think that success at Charleston would be a blow to the In- terests of the white operatives In the South. Others think it would be to the advantage or the white operative in giving up the coarser work to the ne- pros and making the -levelopment of mnnnfact urini. fine m.ia ni.v, .. v.:... nhiir at hctlap rxriaa rA,.olKIA It has leen said that something must be done tn prevent the white operatives i roin moving almut so much. Some families move four or five times a year. This sort of thing eots very far to cause mill owners to consider the sub ject of n-crn labor. The letter class of mill operatives might do well to use their influence to check this habit that some families have of moving so often. The surest protection of white labor against encroachment is efficiency. Careful attention t "otk ana regular- ilV Will iln ... L-.,, . . .., ..... .. ..... ... ,e,, ,, ,,eti.. ui of the nulls than any amount of aom- ment or objection. The younger people ought to go to school. and the older ones ousht to see to it that the children do go to school. Those white operatives nifniern times e.l .. , . ,,iu,ii"t'. iiiiiuMii rtiiu sicaoiness purrx.se w in all tights. of HENRY CL1VS VACATION OF 1K40. The One in Which His Adversary in Poker Changed His hirt Uurlue the Dim. ChicaK TIm--Herakl. i The story is told by the grandson of the former owner of Olympian Springs in Kentucky; "in the summer of 1x40 Henry Clay i came to Kentuckv on his vacation He said lie felt the need of the O.vmpian water. But beyond bathing in" it no. J.'lSll ever saw him foul with it Three began. Ken then there was a little I hotel at the place, and the players oc cupied a room in the top story, where Ihc clicking of th. chips would not in. ike envious the guests who were bar red oit. Iti the game were' Mr. Clay, my grandfather. Josiah Blackburn, John Hardin and Sam Clay, a cousin of the statesman. It was a 'no limit' game. Those were the days when gentlemen played with gentlemen, and the vulga rianism of table stakes was unknown. A man's word was as good as his bond, and whatever be bet he was able to pay. The game. Igan on Friday night and ran along with varying luck. They were all old hands and had the nerve to back their cards. At 1- o'clock Sat urday night Blackburn quit, a little ahead. He had been married only two months and was afraid his young wife would think he was dead. Sunday morning at 9 o'cloc k some one rapped at the door. It was opened, and a ne gro gir; st 1 in tne nan. ns nao a clean shirt in her hand, and on the bosom was a not.- from iklardin's wife: For Mr. John H erdin. w rffrever he may be Jound.' The door was c losed and nlav resumed. Hardin changed his linen at the- table. "Sunday afternoon the men were wan, but nobody thought of quitting. The cards were dealt by Mr. Clay. My grandfather came in for t'0. Hardin staved. Sam Clav ydropped out. Henry Clay stayed My grandfather took one card. Hardin drew two. Mr. Clay stood nat. Mv grandfather bet ti:0. Hardin saw it. Clav raised it '. My grand fierier raised it ?!)(. Hardin dropped out. Mr. Clav raised back $1,000. My grandfather said he was sorry for him. and came back with an elevation 2.5O0. Mr. Clay remarked that it pain- d him to rob an old and tried friend particularly one ujn whose assistance he counted in the fall election, but ne was compelled to put up $5,000 more: hat he knew more about poker than any man in tne worm. My granotatner bet him another J5.'K in excess that he . . . . . . , was mistaken. Mr. Clay stated that he might have made some errors of poll ics, although he could not recall mem ust then, but he had never yet over udged a hand. That he meant to bet another $5 ."'. My grandfather signed uitif ull V. "He laid dow n nis nano. iock. a sma.ii en-knife from his pocket, and careful v trimmed nis nans, ne suuc cir ne knife and slowly replaced it. He picked nn his hand and glanced across the ta ble at his gifted opponent, upon w nose high forehead tivc. drops of perspiration were glittering. I raise you I36.0O0.' he id gravely. Mr. Clay tnougnt long and hard. 1 haven't that much money here of course.' he said at lengtn. ana I don't think my bank account would utaod a check for that amount. But the Springs property here is valued at 1.15 000. I w ill put it up. You are the first man that ever made me can What have you got?' my grandfather asked hurriedly, his iron nerve at last giving way. 'It is your place nrst to state your hand.' said Mr. Clay ligbtiy, hut no matter. oman, woman, love Iv woman! The full measure allowed to a good Mussulman.' and he placed four queens fa.-e upward on tne lame. In those days the sequent nusn was no Dlaved. My grandfather, w 1th a sigh o relief for himself and of regret for gallant adversary, showed wnat was called an 'invincible four kings and an ace. The Springs have remained in our family to this day. IXPICt A TOTE SATUBILA.T. Rennblicaas Say There Is Cnderstaa- lag That a Vote on the TarlST Bill Will be Keached at 1 hat Time. Washington, June 30. Senators say rather confidently to-day that a vote can be reached on the tariff bill Sat urday. They say that nothing would be gained by having the final vote taken before that day. as the bill cannot be sent to the House before Monday, and into conference before Wednesday. Prominent Republicans say that there is a general understanding:, though not definite, that the bill will reach a final vote Saturday, but the Democrats have entered into no agreement. nor do they feel under any restrictions by any Implied understanding. Occasion, they say, may arise which win Induct them to debate some paragraphs longer slothf ulness. In these SUTONTOJI'S LEASE DECISION. KM CJtilGE. SPECIAL .JfASTEK. Ta Hiss is B feared the Third lane, as aa Whether There Was Fraad la the Exe cution af the I mi of the Horth Carotins Ballraad ta the leather Stairway Be Will Tahe Testimony sad Report ta the Cean-Jedge UaotM Decides That the Bead Ceold Lum, aad That the Lease Was la Conformity With the Charter. Special to the Observer. Greensboro, June SO. The decree in the case of the Southern Railway vs. the North Carolina Railroad ct als. was handed down to-day by Judge Si- monton and filed here by the clerk of the court. The decree goes over the ev mence, and is contained in 18 type written pages. ro the three questions: "1st, as to whether the North Carolina Railroad could lease; 2nd, was the lease executed in conformity with the requirements of the charter? 3rd, was the lease executed bona fide, without fraud and malprac tice?" Judge Simonton answers: First, the North Carolina Railroad had the right to lease. Second, the lease was executed in con formity with the requirements of the charter. Third, as to whether there was fraud. the question is referred to Hon. Kerr Craige, as special master, to take tes- timony and report. State Attorney General Z. V Walser oovernor D I. Rei. ad .h board of directors are given 60 days to file testimony. The complainant and the eld board of directors are given an additk,naI 60 ' testimony, af- ter w'h'ch Attorney General Walser and Governor Russell are given 20 davs to reply. The special master shall then , ,v, . , ' report to the tourt a son as possible. 1,1 tne meantime the restraining or- der remains in force. . -TO HULL LIKfc a majs w la-r- Mary A. Uftniiore'i Adrlre to KvangelUt. I ndiani. polls Journal. I ashed Mrs. Livermore If she had ever seen any one afraid of death or that which would follow death, at the actual hour of dying. 'Never but once." she replied, "and then it was the fault of an evangelist. It was after the fight at Fort Donelson. Eighty mortally wounded men had been brought into mv ward at the St 1,,! Hosoltal. amone then. -oidi 1.0th legs and an arm shot off . . ... c,i ,v ..it.. Jill man w as lying in t nat stuor that usual. Iv nrecedes death w he,, ... o.,.n. entered, and. bending over the bed said; Have you made vour peace with God? If not, vou will be In hell in, less than an hour' een w icked roar,'" i, a u 1,1 ...o His c ries aroused and excited the other . .. e-ctru nu.il men, and the ward became a oandemo- ium of groans and screams and be- seec lies. In vainl urged and the sur geon commanded quiet. I directed the octor to send the evangelist out of the ra. ana I got upon the bed of the man w ho who had first been aroused. Taking him by the shoulders and look- ng straight into his eyes. I said: Stop his screaming at once" But I am go ng to hell!' he cried. 'Well, if vou must to hell, go like a man!' 1 reDlied. But why must vou go? What is chriac r if a man like you. w ho has stood un o be riddled and torn and killed for Hi, '.i'llTUj 1 nanm. hapUun. W he n be came. 1 said: uont a.V ,C " '1 o . ct. . r- ...Cl..,r ,o e, Ihe ward Will e the How I listened t- '.lesiis. 1ivcr of There'll l No Sorrow Mv S.oil bei. . I.h. k of Age, and many oiner ,-f.,,.r I ket.l mv ulace 1 " h . n the bed softly repeating prayers and ea,S'-c.niig pass.tg.'s oi .--. 1 1 pc ci e mi m. ati. nt whisper- d. I do believe Jesus ill save in...' He mho mat nigiu. The ovei -itealous evangelist received ' utniiiai v treatment at i ne nanus m Mother Bif kerdyke. When In- began to i u. stion her 'boys she approac-neu mm th the w ords: Look nere. you iea e his ward quick or I'll take you by the nape of the net K and pucn you oui JOB N RI-8SEI.I. TOI'SO. I 1 BRARIAN. he First Chief Kiecutle of the ew 1.1- 1,1-arr Bullctlug -Yesterday's Appoint ments by the President. Washington, June :J0 The President o-day sent to the Senate the rollow ng nominations State. John Russell Young, or r-enn- ylvania. to be Librarian of Congress: Bernard R. Green, of the District of Columbia, to be superintendent or tne brary buildings and grounds; fTancis B. Loomis. of Ohio, to be envoy extra ordinary and minister plenipotentiary o Venezuelu. To be consuls. Henry Bordewich. of Minnesota, at Christiana. Norway; John C. Caldwell, of Kansas, at san Jose. Costa Rica; Phillip C. Hann. of owa. at Trinidad. West Indies. iuis Iinge. Jr.. of Illinois, at Bremen. Ger many: Joseph J. Evans. Indiana, at Plymouth. England. John Russell Young, tne nrst cmei ex ecutive of the magnificent new Congres- onal Library, soon to be opened to tne public, was liorn in Rowington, Pa-, In 1841. and was educated in me puouc schools. He is not a college) bred man. but by his own endeavors has taKen high rank as a finished writer. He be gan work as a reporter on the Philadel phia Press and at the beginning oi tne iv 11 war joined the army of the i'o omac as a war corresiondent. Sub sequently he started a newspaper in Philadelphia and anotner one in .-ew Tork city. He studied law and w as ad mitted to the bar. but after practicing awhile went to Europe as correspondent of the New York Herald, and as Its representative accompanied eneral irant around the worlu in l.i. ne was appointed minister to China in 1S82, and tilled the position until the acces sion of President Cleveland. It is understood that his first assist ant will be Mr. A. R. SpofTord. w ho has been connected with the Congressional Library since 1861. most of the time as Librarian in chief. One or tne import ant offices to be filled is that of regis trar of copyrights, a place created un der the act of Congress for the govern ment of the library. The leading appli cant for the place is Mrs. Virginia CampleU Thompson, who was appoint- postmaster or ixwisvine. ny.. oy i-m. ident Hayes, and continued in onice- oy Presidents Carlleld and Arthur, among her endorsers tieing ex-President Orant. Mrs. Thompson Is a daughter of Alexander Campbell, the founder of the Christian Church, and she has the earnest backing for the place she seeks, of Senators Deboe, Elkins and Hanna. Vandalism In PleevlUe. Special to the Observer. Ptneville. June 30. A very unusual niece of mischief or "devilment" was committed here last night. Dr. W. K. Reid takes special pride in the flowers, shrubs, etc.. In his yard. He recently put out about W0 worth of rose plants from the Dil worth gardens. Last night some one went into his yard and de stroyed nearly every flower and shrub. They pulled up from the root an crys anthemums. geranium and pot flowers and threw them In the streets and cut and twisted the shrubs so badly that they cannot be saved. Two tracks were found in the yard. They were made by neat lady shoes, bout'No. 2. or 3. It in a verv mysterious affair and has caused almost as much excitement as a burglary, especially among tne lauies. Irfcy Will Baa for the Senate. Columbia, 8. C, June 3ft. Ex-Senator Irby, in an Interview to-day. Indicated Iris purpose to enter the race for the Senate against McLaurin, 'If some oth er good reformer does not run." It la fbelieved that there Is a combination be BUTXKB AJTD WATBOR. OailauBxataaatar Editorial ta Bla Paper EHd Bo PaKIUh Watona'a Utter af Aeeeptaan Becaaae It Weald Bare Helped MeKlalay A Charge That Daaaiag Was la the Pay af the ItepaMleaa CaMpalga Cooaatlttee. Observer Bureau, Park Hotel. Raleigh. June 29. In Senator Butler's paper there will appear to-morrow a four-column edito rial signed by him. in which he says: "Here are two reasons given hv the People's Party Paper (of Tom Watson) why the Coxeyites want a conference. First, they want a meetinr.vhnTlii I they may call on Chairman Butler for a Dctter explanation than he has yet giv en of his reason for not forcing Sew all off the ticket, they claiming that this was his duty and that he bad the power to do it. The national committee ' did not have the power to force the with drawal of Sewall. If it had it would certainly have done so. The committee made diligent efforts to find out if there was any contract, promise or agreement made by Chairman Jones or any other person representing the Democratic party to the effect that Sewall should be withdrawn as a condition for the nomination of Bryan by the People's party. We found that there was abso lutely nothing on which to base such a claim. Watson refused to co-ooerate with the committee by stooolng his at- ?!LffiE the excuse behind which the Democrat ic party was sheltering. Watson was the one man who could help the com- mlttee create public sentiment in favor ZirJA Y,et he ref,u8f'd to do 80 whlhTh . Un"iin a c1ourse which which created public sentiment against him. To' no one was this more painful or disappointing than to the ..wona. committee, in snort, Watson, """ ohhjjsc ana unexpiainaDle i- r".'' unaer ine innuence , d ki? J whom e be- .." "" " ! uiraiug inrew away one of the greatest opportunities that ever came to anv man for himself and also to give his party a command- J. . .w joio. n-couia nave put the cause of humanity above self aou oeen tne star attraction in the cam. , M ""-"" nonKer me position of the People's party would be to-rta v nalmi II ... ... a. . . . to forge to the front in tht rrrea t r-. form fight if Watson had had the breadth and patriotism to take such a course. The question was. should we help elect McKinley out of spite and put out a oei.jiin.ic electoral ticKet tn every ... 8 " nal watson wanted the committee to do. Reason number two is. They want r . .. ' 1 man cut- ler s action in suppressing Watson's let- ter of acceptance than has vet been given; ine letter was not published be cause it would have helped McKinley and Hanna as far as Watson's influence extended. For proof of this we refer ... iaar-minaea man to the letter itseir He refused to leave out . , . "i""1"" not to vote tne joint electorial tickets. Then the com mittee refused to be responsible for the puuncation of the letter. Chair man Butler refused to publish it because he did not want to do anything either directly or indi rectly to help elect McKinley, and . - - . . l besides he did not want to give any one an opportunity to charge the People's party wiin tne defeat or Brtan. if such should be the result. Populists all over the country would have held meetings and repudiated the letter. He was afraid to publish it for himself before tne election. The committee knew he would publish it after the election to try to call attention from his own blun ders and cowardly hide behind his at tacks uixm others." Senator Butler says he believes N. A. Dunning, the go-between of Watson and the Republican committee, "was in the pay of the Republican campaign committee." BOLTON IS ALL RIGHT. He Has Been Assured of His Appointment as uiiinci attorney About the First of I August. I fecial to theObse'ver. I Washington. June !. Senator Pritch- I t nd 1 rout the P- rrr-n-mtrtfril . P l .1...J. .. I e appointment or a. iv iioncn i district attorney for the western dls- , , .....l '0,,L,n iu r,T-oe II'ICI "I iV.IIII V ai ,a. ..e,v ....... (tlcally no opposition to Mr. Holton, and j ni!. fri,,t)(s urged t h administration to send bis nomination to the Senate at ...... .... I once, w one an'ini-j e.eue.a, .. na naa assurea tne norm ci'.nnrt egation that Mr. pe.ati0n that Mr. Holton will eventually e nominated, lie will le obliged to wait until Ca.pt. R. B. Glenn's four years" term expires, which occurs about Aug ust 1. Mr. Holton was at the capitol to day with Representative Linney, ex pecting his appointment to be made without further delay. He was gratifi ed to receive the assurance that he has been decided on. but he would have been much happier had he received his commission and been able to return home to-night with Internal Revenue Collector Harkins. The following fourth-class iostmas ters were appointed to-day in North Carolina: Benson, Johnson county, E. J. D Boykin, vice E. C. Harper, re moved; Black Mountain, Buncombe county. T. W. Ingle, vice J. M. Stepp. removed: Candor. Montgomery county, J. G. Tomlinson. vice A. B. McCasklll. removed: Conover. Catawba. C. R. Bra dy, vice F. P. Smith, removed: Mount Gilead, Montgomery. H. T. scarnoro. vice J. A. McAulay, removed: layiors- ,-uie lexnnder. A. M. Matneson vice E. J. Bivers. removed: walnut Line Stokes. W. .T. Morefleld. vice J. w. Da removed: Ward s Mills, unsio. J O Little, vice W. J. Montrord. remov - ed: Westfield. Surry. W. R. Needham vice J. M. Smith, removed. A VERDICT AGAIK8T TAUDBBIBLT. J. K.lwsrd Hontt. Injured D- a atone from a Blast. A warded S,.r00 Damages from Agent MeBtnte, Hpecial to the Observer. Asheville. June 3. The United States Court jury, in the case of J. Edward Huntt vs. Chas. McNamee to-day re turned a verdict awarding the plaintiff eS.500 damages. Huntt was injured in '95 by a stone from a blast on Market street, as he stood In front of the Swan annoa Hotel. The stone came from an excavation and was thrown several hundred yards, passing over a three story building and falling on South Main street, breaking hie leg. The ex cavation was for the Young Men's In stitute which George W. Vanderbllt erected for colored people. The verdict is against Mr. McNamee, Vanderbilt's agent. The case will be taken to the Court of Appeals. The school report of the year ending June 30th. shows a total of 14.917 chil dren of school age in Buncombe. Woodford to Sail About July xo. Washington. June 30. Stewart L Woodford, the new minister to Spain, called at the State Department to-day and took the oath of office. Later, in company with Capt. Bliss and Lieuten ant Drer. respectively military ana na val attaches at the United states le mlnn at Madrid. Mr. Woodford, called upon the Spanish minister nere, ana nald his res Dec ts. In accordance with the Usual custom, and one observed on his side by Senor Dupuy de Lome, De- fore he left Madrid tor wasmngxon. Mr. Woodford expects to sail for his poet about July 20th. Hark Twain Befaaea Aid. New York Dispatch. S7th. "Mark Twain" (Samuel I Clemens) has written a letter to the Herald from London thanking the paper, hot de dining the fund It was raising for him. The fund had reached sz,93S.4S. tne tier aid and Andrew Carnegie having given tl.eoe each. Twain aaya that his family persuaded him that he should not ao cept aid while his health Is good, and adds: " . "I was glad that yon Initiated that movement, for I was tired of the fact and worry of the debt, but I recognise that It ia not permissible for a man whose case is not hopeless to shift his burden to other men's bouldera." THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. ABSC4UWTS IB THE UA8TOH CASK. Uaestioe as t Whether the Taws 8 hail be Left Threa Qwtsra af a Mile freia the Track The Why af Still Aa- etper PardoaCatUaa Dow a Trees the Capital oaara, KaUag Then Look Idha MaJaa' Tails The Baptist ta Vfarht Blhar Kdacatloa Hard Claad Beraard Waats Bigger Belief. Observer Bureau. Park Hotel, Raleigh. June 30. The railroad commission to-day be gan a very important session. It is the annual assessment meeting. The first matter taken up. however, was the ghtenlng of the line of the Ral eigh & Gaston Railroad at Gaston. By this Gaston will be left three-ouartera of a mile from the road. There will be two delegations of the Gaston people nere. one ravortng the change, the other opposing it. The Seaboard Air Line officials and attorneys were pres ent in force. Messrs. MacRae and Day argued in tavor or straightening the line. Mr. Mason opposed it. The decision is re served. The commission heard the complant of Mr. Griffin, a merchant at Manteo, o " ."... ,l"c "ota uare county, against the Norfolk T' """l J. n m Elh cTy to'oaok'e ESSE Manager King, of the Norfolk South Zl lr ern, was present, and his counsel, H. c. resented Grimn The commission granted the Amerl- can Telephone Company a re-hearing . .i, .v. , ' Tne decision of the Attorney General .r .v, l' school election must be met out of the zenornl fund nrwi tvot out of the vhnAl fund is very important. The Superin I tendent of Public Instruction says the election will cost 150.000. In other words it ia likely to cost more than the I ..... . k ....i . . held and the people of each township ought to see that the extra tax proposi tion is carried. The Secretary of Stat chsrter the I - Salisbury Hosiery Mills, the incorpora I t.ino- u,w..m w i Kluttz, J. L. McCubbins. Lee 8. Over maun, S. II. Wilson, Theo. F. Kluttz and T. C. Linn. The Commissioner of Agriculture ac cepts the following list of farmers' in stitutes to be held by Dr. D. Reid Par ker in July: Guilford College. 7th and gtn: Ka8t Saienli 9th and 10tn. Eaat I Bend, 12th and 13th; Statesville 14th and 15th; Salisbury, 16th and 17th; Con. cord, 19th and 20th; Charlotte. 21st and 9!5r,d 22nd Rev. John E. White, secretary of the Baptist Sunday school board, says that the Baptists will this year push their anti-higher education " movement everywhere in the State; that they con sider this a wise course and that it ii also in self-defense, to protect their scnoois. ne says tnat there are now H schools in the State under Baptist control, which are "feeders" to Wake r orest College. An interesting story is told about Governor Russell's speech at the com oivic v iinni s i tile iiui lliai CLI JU X ll I Uly" trial College, to the effect that he said mencement of the Normal and Indus- it was sometimes impolitic to speak the truin; tnat ne once spoke a plain truth about the negroes in North Carolina and that it got him in trouble. The gen tleman who spoke of this aid no news paper had reported the Governor's re marks and that his reference was to the statement that the negroes are largely savages. Stewart Bros., the public printers, say tney have not as yet selected their at torneys to appear for them In the two suits against them by the State Treas urer. The entire State Guard will this year be issued blue flannel shirts, a very nec essary and useful part of the equip ment. Few or no dress coats will be is sued, as there is a supply. The issue will be almost entirely of service dress. The inspections this year will be in service dress and in heavy marching or. der. There is plenty of comment here upon lh? way in w.ni,-'h tne new administra- .' ;sLjiiiaiiKiing tne trees in tne caniuu worst of it is none of the officials seem to care. The Secretary of State remark ed in his dry way that the keeper of the capitol was "wild to cut down trees." AI the south end of the capitol the drooping limbs of the elms framed the .-.lute of Washington. Off went the limbs to-day and now there are only snag:-. In the grounds were several of the paullonia imperialis trees, which bear great clusters or puipie ucu-ime blossoms. The keeper said these trees were I'pas trees! He has cut them all down save two and one of these is trimmed so it looks HKe a muie s mil. (-laud Bernard. State solicitor, was here to-day. He has one piece but wants a bigger one.his fancy being ior tne ais- trict attorneysnip. wnicn imjn t.w.. He beseeches me to ask the Observer to put him on the list for "relief." J. B. Fortune -told him to-day, this was- the only way to get anything these days. The State Auditor says tne iiki of the various banks, etc.. are sending him in the names, posoffice addresses and amount of holdings of their various stockholders. He says ne is wonting hard to get a list of all the corporations in the state, so he can procure reports as to their stockholders. He spoke about the new law, which, as viewed tnrougn the legal glasses of the Attorney Gener al can nut a citizen in jail for the non payment of taxes. The Auditor says a tax is an obligation and not a aeoi. ice the oavment of a tax Is not a volunta ry act. but that the State requires it as a condition of citizenship. So the State can put its citizens in Jail. It will be a fine sight to see three or four dozen cit izens of each county in Jail for this rea ...n The tails will need to be pretty strong to hold them. The matter of increasing the size of the Jails will have to lie provided for by next autumn. The Auditor is getting up quite a li brary of books which tell what Is done In various States to people who don't pay taxes: punishments ranging all the wa.- from boiling in oil and removal of oi--haila to snlitting the nose. Two or I three Russian officers ougnt to ne im ported to snow now to carry oui co- new North Carolina "blue laws. The city has sold J25.0W or a per cent bonds at $109. . . . The evec utive committee or tne ash- cultural and Mechanical ouege eieci as assistants to the professor L. B. Whitted. J. W. Carroll, w. A. t.. c ia.n. Lee Waton and Hugh Primrose, all re cent graduates. Austin Dunston. w no since im u most faithfully served as a messenger of the executive departemnt, was to-day displaced. . , Governor Russell pardons Lafayette Summerlln. who was convicted of barn burning, eleven years ago. at r,oS r.rmi coort and sentenced to twenty years in the State prison. The Governor makes tne roiiowmg eimo, i....-. . "Thta conviction is for barn burning, a most serious offense. The pardon would not le granted but for tne nign cnac- c ter of the citizens wno asa tor it hi writing, giving what appear to b suffi cient reasons. It ts urgea oy ex-v rnei Justice Sheppard. who presided at the trial bv the solicitor wno pnwec-umi. and by" ex-Judge Phillips, who says in express words that, with a full knowl edge o. the case, tne onense natiug been committed on the plantation ad jacent to his own. he would grant the pardon if he were Governor. It is also recommended by prominent planters and merchants, the chairman of the commissioners ana other county offi cers, and by a majority of the Tar boro bar. It is also urged by the su perintendents of the State farms, where the prisoner has been confined." Rumored That St. John Will Go to the Canadian Pciflc New York. June 30. A dispatch from Raleigh to the Evening Post says: It is reported to-day on good authority, that Mr. E. St. John, the general manager and vice president of the Seaboard Air Line, and for two or three years the ac tive bead of that company, is to resign his position with the Seaboard, to t.ke a better place, said to have been of fered him by the management of the Canadian Pacific. Dented y Mr. HcBw. Raleigh. X. C, June 3. The rumor relative to Vice President St. John of the Seaboard, resigning, Is denied by General EunarlBtcndent McBee, and other officials, a PORhTKB ennn xhdobsbs. Col. J. C. M nmOas ta Charge at Bateaaragea the Meveaaestt Signers of the Declaaatien PI t Memories af ChariatteJ f Col. J JP .Thomas, formerly In charge of the Charlotte Military Insttitute, now of Columbia, S. C, writes the fol lowing letter to the editor of the Ob server, which will be read with interest by his old friends and the people of Charlotte generally: My brother. J. O. Thomas, of vourl Pious extracts from Judge Simon ton',. i1" toJwLS !ace on "ad nils- OtServ ot tZ hta relive. oiwervpr or tne -cm inst. 1 1 revives Pleasing memories and high associa- tlons in connection with my North Car- olina citizenship of nine years, to me I after reciting the circumstance: I As has been seen a lease was exe and mine, dead and living, so eventful! I'nder these circumstances, tf t he Icuted of 1U property and franchises bv and so satisfactory. I read with inter- I complainant can maintain and nrove I th North cn rj.u.-j est Mrs. John VanLandingham's patri - otic letter and your judicious com - ments. As amicus curiae, pray permit me to say that I agree both with the good editor and fair correspondent Mrs. VanLandingham, whom W re- member most pleasantly, reasons" well, and displays the wisdom of a Portia, She is not apt to err in matters of taste and of art who accepts the views of Ruskin. While the idea of Mr. Heriot Clarkson is correct in the main, yet the suggestion ef preserving personality by means of a statue in marble of the no- ble dead is an excellent one. I would say that Mrs. Van Land Ingham 's idea and that of Mr. Clarkson are not inconsistent, the one with the other. Krect a becoming personal monument Senator Vance, and then, in addition thereto, establish, if you please, some memorial of a character to do rood in his name and the Master's great name for the ages to come. But the main reason of my entering your preserves." for the occasion, is to endorse your advocacy of a monu- ment to the signers of the Mecklen- burg Declaration of Independence. Twice when I lived in Charlotte I was honored with the task of making the fact, a great act of bold patriotism. Whether followed up or not. the fath - ers of Mecklenburg made the Declara- ration of Independence, and held them - " oiaiicm. i nave examined i ' . uig i"e remaining lounn oi tne I is a question wholly of fact. The charge the proofs. I have come to a conclu- J stock, name four directors. But when I is. made by the defendants Messrs. sion. I hold and I verily believe that I they have been thus selected the board I Russell and Walser. and of the new tne sata declaration Is a great historic I ox directors meet as a bod v and .,t hnaril nr selves ready to maintain the sameswlth I wih thaprlvate stockholders and I he take such testimony as may be oro "their lives, their fortunes and'thelr I forms with them one body. Kach di-duced before him touching all matters sacred honor." I rector tn the one Instance sits as the I relating to-or incidental witk thi. That the declaration came not to a head does not detract from the honor due to the patriots of 1775. Thev led the way; they took the first step. They sounded the keynote and were the "van- guard" of the sons of liberty. In my address, when in your city. I am on the record as proposing the consummating and closing of the annual commemora- tion of the 20th of May with a suitable monument in the nubile square to the signers. May Charlotte assert herself and erect these tw o monuments to the rev- olutionary patriots and to Vance and thus link the Old North State's oast with her present. And allow me to add that my best w ishes are now and ever have been, since 1873. with Charlotte, Mecklenburg and North Carolina, all. I have the highest appreciation, especi- a.. j wrc-iMruuuiK county; oecause know that county liest. -ecklenburg i onuocie i noia in my neart or nearts. I I was loyal to them when I conducted I ine c . ai. i. in your midst. I am lovaJI9S: Heath va Udij now. i nave never railed, s nee 1 ex hanged my North Carolina garment or my rormer South Carolina robe, to stand up tor my adopted association. The citizenship of Mecklenburg I found rotiust. its spirit true. Its youth and n:oials"such as Milton held. Let me hope mat some memory or the good fruit age of the Charlotte Military Institute, no oi me ana mine, may still obtain in our enterprising city, where I and mv family made such strong friendships no rorgea sucn strong links of love. With best wishes for vour communi ty, and invoking upon it Heaven's bless ing. Yours most truly. JOHN P. THOMAS. REPUBLICAN LEAGUE MEKTIKO. Convention. Special to the Observer. Asheville. July 1. The State ttranco. f the National Republican League to- tay organized here It is the intention of the National League- to organize clubs throughout th State, the primary hject of these to he the dissemination of tariff literature. In the peimanent organization Judge H. G. Kwart was elected vice president for North Carolina. The National League officers for the Slate nody are: President. A. D. Cowles: secretary, H. Grant: treasurer. E. C. Duncan. An executive committee composed or one member from each congressional ais trict was chosen as follows: First, Geo. W. Cobb: second, uen. . wnne. third. Robert Hancock: fourtn. K. t. Bailey: fifth. W. T. O'Brien: sixtn. rt. C. Dockery; seventh, H. .. vowies. eighth. S. F. Shore: ninth. C. B. Moore. The delegates to the National nepun- lican league convention at uetroii. Ju ly 13th, are K. C. Duncan, H. l- urant, i!,.bert Hancock. C. T. Bailey, itooen n Done-las A D. Cowles. II. C. Dock ery. Fred Rice. Spencer Blackburn. S F. Shore, C. B. Moore ana n. o. nri Walt for the Wagon and We'll All Take a Bide. t'harle .tou News and Courier. The Richmond Dispatch, the Char lotte Observer and the Augusta Chron icle and the Savannah News, which have noked a good deal of fun at Charleston In times past, will please take notice that the electric railroad in Charleston will have its formal op ening on July 6. The cars are now mobint. evoerimental triDS. and every bodv is charmed with them. The road is the finest in the South. What our ir reverent contemporaries should do is to send their special correspondents to Charleston to take nart in the July ju bilee and ride on a real trolley. While the correspondents are here they would find a great many interesting things to say about our unrlvanea naroor, aciu the Jump that we are taking in live. nroeressive. uD-to-date metnoas. "There is no place like Charleston.' Death of Mies Baldwin, at Staunton. Staunton. Va.. July 1. Miss Mary J Baldwin, principal of the Mary Baldwin Semtriarv, and one of the most dis- inguished educators of young ladies in he South, died here to-day. She was a cousin or t nitea taies oeimiui oim W Daniel, of Mrs. Alexander H. H Stuart and a member of the distin indsheri Baldwin family, of this State She was a woman or great executive ability, and of remarKaniy strong ensr acter. HOW GRANDMA DAKCEI). Philadelphia Press. Grandma told me all about it. Told me so I couldn t doubt it. How she danced, my grandma aancea Long ago. How she held her pretty head. How her dainty skirt she spread. Smiling little rose! How she turned ner utile toes. Long ago. Grandma's hair was bright and sunny Dimpled cheeks, too, ah! how tunny: Really quite a pretty girl. txng ago. Bless her! why, she wears a cap. Grandma does, and takes a nap Every single day; and yet Grandma danced the minuet Long ago. Now she sits there rocking, rocking. Always knitting grandpa's stocking. (Every girl was taugnt to s-nit Long Ago.) Yet her figure Is so neat I can almost see her now Bending to her partner's bow. Long ago. Grandpa says our modern Jumping, HwiDim. rushing, whirling, bumping, Would have shocked the gentle folk Long ago. No. they moved with stately grace, Kverythlg In proper place; Gliding (lowly forward hen felowly court esying hack again, tong ago. . JUDGE SIMOHTON'S DECISI0N.!w fiw established it . I can come to a clear and definite con- thai , to I TBB KT1TC . n vtt-r anmmxn.it Whea She Beeaaie C Partaar la the Marth CaroUaa BaUraad CaBmay. aha Strip pod Haras! for Mar Severelgaty to That the Pod oral Overt jnuui-i.. a Osteto-Tke Three UmmmtmwmiZ mm she Answers Tkes. , A Special from Charleston to the Co lumbia State, dated June SOth. gives co decision, In the North Carolina Railroad l!se m"r- from " Ing , . , ! In his decision. Judge ST jnton aB. 1 thot.the lease under which it holds was 1 executed to it by Its lessor In the full I exercise of its powers under its c hAter Is' a proper and orderly way according to the terms of Its charter, and m good faith, without Jfraud, covin or malprac- tice, the case would present a strong and Irresistible appeal for the exercise of the preventive remedies of this ;-Jurt. And this remedy must Include ar. injunction against the North Caro- 1'na Railroad Company, Its oiHcers and fcgents. and all persons connected with it. from molesting, disturb1 ni- or dis- putlng the rights of the complainant in said .'ease. ConiDsre Orton vs. Smith, it I How., 263. I A between two private corporations, I 'heref ore, a bill of this natuie c an be I enteitn.ned in this court, .ind upon I proper p;-oof of the characte,- Indicated, 1 relief could be given. How Is the lurls- miction affected by the fact that the! On this point it has not been denied I Stale of North Carolina is the owner (that the lease was executed ftr I "f throe-iourths of the capUai stock i a I the lessor company? Under the charter of this company the State of North Carolina by virtue of its ownership of three-fourths of the stock, names eight out of the I twelve directors. The private stockboid - I a unit. Their action ia reviewable hv a meeting of stockholders tn which the! I stock : of the State is represented by a I Proxy in her behalf, who sits and votes I equal of every other director, bv whom - soever appointed, and each stockhold - ler acts on equal terms with everv other stockholder. The State as sovereign does not meet with etther body. When the State entered into this enterprise with private persons she did not rrrv I into it her functions of sovereignty, I but stripped herself of them. I Whenever there has been waste or I misapplication of co mo rate funds or abuse of its interests by officers or tagents of a corporation, whenever con- I tracts of a corporation are to be enforc- ed. or claims against it resisted, the ac - I tion to secure its interests mnt he in I the name of the corporation, it is only I when the directors of the corooration I neglect or refuse to protect its lnte.ests, J closed. And that satd special master or are in collusion with the wrong do- I port the evidence with all convent ers. or are still under their control, thatlspeed thereafter. t time siocsnoiders or any of the ac t. (Robinson vs. Smith. 3 Pai tinned states vs. Union Pacini road Comtianv Federal vs. hederal Cases. 6. 3061 ule is absolute. It was held in the Cnited States vs. Cnion Pacific Railroad Company. Just quoted. afHrm- i in fx i . s.. S69. that the I'nited States, the sovereign, could not inter fere in such a case, and that the relief as through the corporation, or in ex- eptlonal cases by the stockholder. In he case at bar the newly annointed oard of directors made narties at heir own request, who answer for hemseives and for the corporation, do not come within any of this category of ejections ana give no reason for the nterposition of the stockholders. So far as respects the transactions of the coriioration. its contracts or its torts. he State exercises no power, enjoys no rivilege with regard to them 1-I l'is-VoT ?fufirf4$? "ITir li CtlfTk fil rltiff J State equally and to the tame extent us it acts for and binds every private tcxkholder. This has been repeatedly decided by the Supreme Court f tne I'nited States, and is established law. The Supreme Court of North rolina. in Marstiall vs. the Western North Carolina Railroad Company. !M N. C. 322.' declares: "When the State is stockholder in a railroad company it is bound by the provisions ot the cnar- ter in the same manner as an indivia- al stockholder on account of Its sov- reignty. for by becoming such It lays own its character as a sovereign ana places itself on a footing of equality ith the individual ptcx-Ktioiaers. The State of North Caro lina having thus laid down her sover- Ignty when she entered Into this en- erprise with the private stockholders so far as respects the transaction or the corporation, exercises no power and njoys no privilege In respect to tnese ransactions not derived from the harter. Her interest, therefore, in this contract which has been assaulted, is not a sovereign Interest nor are her functions with regard to them func- ions of sovereignty. She stands ex actly as any other stockholder would tand. The State as well as they are bound by the charter. And if this Jease was made bona tide without fraud of nv kind within the powers and ac- ording to the requirement of the char ter, the action of the corporation will bind every stockholder. This Is the uestion at issue in this case, and hav ing assumed jurisdiction of the ques tion. with all proper parties before it. the decision of this court, subject to review bv an appellate court, is final n this point of view the Governor of he State and Attorney General are nrober parties to this case. In them alone is invested the right to bring, suit in the name of the State and it is al leged that the threats of suit and of the destruction of this contract come rrom one or both of them. Now as the inter ests of the State as stockholders of this corporation are not sovereign, if these wo defendants seek to use tne name of the State as stockholders to set aside he act of the corporation, they are not discharging the functions of sover eignty, but are simply seemng to repre sent a stockholder in a private cot-po. ration. And if the State as shareholder Is bound by the terms of the charter hese two defendants cannot in the name of the State, do what she herself as stockholder cannot do. To this extent only has this court Jurisdiction over them. In the discharge of the exec utive functions devolving upon them under the constitution- and laws of North Carolina, In all matters within the executive discretion, in the exer cise of that control over all domestic coroorattons which belong to the State as the visitor of them, in tne is sue of any of the great prerogative writs against a corporation, this court cannot no court can interfere But in bringing such a suit as Is threatened to destroy this lease these two defendants would represent not the sovereign State of North Carolina, but only a shareholder in a private cor po rat ion and in this respect they come within the Jurisdiction of this court. They are high public officers. They are entitled to ana they nave tne proiouna respect of the court. But no one in his country, however exalted in station or illustrious in character M anove tne law. No State official can, in assuming the name of the State, shelter himself behind her sovereign immunity if he attempt any act which the State her. self, being a shareholder, cannot ao. Pennover vs. McConnaughty, 146 V. 8. 1. Reagan vs. Farmers Loan ana Trust Co.. 154 U. 8.. 362. It being clear that this case is wltMn the Jurisdiction of this court, its merits can be Inquired Into. The parties to the suit are the complainant, and the defendants, the North Carolina Rail road Company, the board of directors who made the lease In question, ana the board appointed by the Governor upon the removal of the old board, 'mis removal was effected alter this suit was brought, but the new board have come In and have fully representee- their side of the case. Bestoea tnene. the Hon. D. L Russell, who is the Got. ernor of North Carolina, and the Han. Zehulnn V. Walser. who ia the attorney of North Carolina, are parties. Besides questioning the Jurisdiction of the court, the answers of Messrs. Russell and Walser. who protest that tney an snvee onlv in their Individual capacity, and of the new board of directors make n elssr and distinct Issues Upon the merits. It the Jurisdiction ef the court 45 Co.. This I elusion oi these Issues and settle the I controversy once for all. These issues l rirst. was tne North Carolina RaH- I road Company authorised by its ehar- - ! ter to make the lease of Ha roadbed and franchises claimed by (he complaln- I ; 1 second. . mas um jean executed in I fg'grt the I Third. Wu It ciecuted bon.' fide - without frauo, misrepresentation or - 1 SYJSrI " .5 l!!pe5 M I V. . .T-T. H . "Z11 North Carolina RailroaCompany . to ' It. franchise and psopTrty. It has no relation whatever' to th nnilov or moUm hlcild i it ffi Iwdone- nrnluhlv t .h. .hi,-t i. J to the Richmond Danville Ralkroad I Company in 1871 and for thirty yean! I The rii.hr rf th. l . I make such h.. rCv Supreme Court of the State, in State of North Carolina vs. Richmond A Dan ville Railroad Company 72 N C 34 The same against the same U N C - 52, and the validity of the 'lease 'was sustained. In Logan vs. if, C R. R. Co.. 11 N. C . Ml) h -o,,. ..... ouestion of the authority of the lessor company to farm out Its franchise and property Is no. longer an open one" These decisions 'of the courT of last resort nr K-ih Ch.ii.. I stltntlon of Kt.t. ....,. .v,. I Federal court nanart from th mtv ' I high authority "of that court Itself. I Second. Wis ni. i. ..i I conMrmity with the requirements of I the charter' i I unanimous vote of all the dlnricit. I confirmed and nnmv-. v.. , I mous vote In a regular stockholder' I meeting. . , -"", I Third. Was the lease executed bona I fide, without ,i. c 1 tatlon or malpractice of any sort. Thii I the Isunr mui k Let this thlr i..,,. - - - - "' I Kerr Craige, Esq., as special master I under the fnllnwtna- in.t...- ...' I tion. bold ins- f... .i " I and place as may be convenient. Tnat I unon this ih. . board of directors and Messrs. Russell and Walser, have the affirmative of this issue and the opening and reply In the testlmonv nnd ih.t i -o. . il I days, if so long be necessary within I which to produce the testimony datiner I from th. urvtM .1 0.1. Il" I comnlnlnant inH ih. i i tors have the negative of this Issue, and I that thev iu un.H ca j...- . I be necessary, after the ooooflite nartv I announce their evidence closed and I that fin H..o it . IT-. ' be allowed for reply, beginnlnsTwheti respondents announce th.t t,T t, re- convenient In the meantime the raslninlna. or. der heretofore Issued is continued until further order. i CHAS. H. SIMONTON, Crrcirlt Judge. ; CHAPMAN IS MAMKD EOB GOYEHNOR. Everything Was for Free sliver mm Every Bpenaer urew Cheers by gem Mention or Bryan The AtWmn to Make Itlf pear Tbnt McLean Did Mot Bees the Con vention Ko Sliver stepnblleaa Was Pat On, nnd They Will HoM a Convention Mo Pope. Were Pnt Oa, nnd Tnotr Wrath Can Only be Appeased by a Con von Hem and a separate 1 teket Six State Tickets to be la the Field. Columbus, O.. June SC-t-The "ticket; For Governor Horace XA Chapman; Lieutenant Governor Melville D. iw: 8uPren, OwaxX. Judge J. P. gPggs; Attorney Oeneral-W. H. mosT"n"cfmlc5ra'3W o-day was one political associations In the history of Ohio. It was a convention of unani mity on nrinclnles. and of difference on money, especially on those who were candidates for plaees on the State tlck- . In the contest ror ravontes n wu so a convention of endurance, as the delegates took no recess, and It was in session continousiy irom u n. " .immi that hour to-night. It was a free silver convention throughout. Ev-. ery candidate wnose name wm iitv oontod waa announced as' orthodox In sliver doctrine as the cardinal principle, for his favorable consideration. While- there were some oltierences oi opwiuu about adopting the antl-trust and the Cuban resolutions, there was not a dls- ntlng voice in the convention w ww r.,lneatlnn TtLT gnaw, n-tff U uiuiuuvw w coinage of silver at the ratio of X to J, without the co-operaiiop w nation. And the name of William J. Bryan was mentioned In some way by every speaker as the only sure way of. bringing out a cnorua oi Fh- , While there was no place on the State, ticket accorded to either silver Repub licans or to Populists, yet the repre ...i.ci.... of both these elements CO-, operated In the convention. The allver Republicans ana ints themselves responsive c ' " .v. representatives on the ticket, as they would not ask it. and stated they were more interested in the platform than In the offices, out ot tne SZZl for. Supreme Court Judge, there were 2 for John J. Harper, a " .I . " can. R. J- nwiiM o""- Governor, was UK"2 'TZZZT. i the opposition in tne ruiai the McLean men. ,. Hough's name was " he balloting began, and the name of Sorg was withdrawn oeiore of the first ballot was nnounceL Al though the McLean men had been In conference during the night and the morning, and had agreed to go to Chapman, they scattered their vote on the first ballot and did not ccentrate on Chapman on the COI"L i" "T. more than necessary to n'-." to dissipate as much as possible " port that McLean was h.m"-""o State ticket. ' ' It Is conceded tnat "'.;,,:'.. : had an understanding with Mr. Chap man and his managers before tn con ventlraconvened and the voteof the strong McLean ""adtSn'tTtSe bears out the report. In 'ddlt'0". State ticket nominuea, -plied arrangement for John R. Mc Lean for Senator! with the State t as well as the party ""s"'"-" -him. The McLean men did not name tneir first favorite for Govr nor hold the resolutions as they had fixed them last night, nut tneee JV'' were made In tne inieonn " , They wanted nothing In the platform out Re declaration for free -yer a. the paramount Issue, and they claim Favor and eo-operaUon with Mr. Chap- jTdVHgn. Xwi enYalllng-Prejn-afronTlne rural d Utrict. ''".f arbitrarily bum ' Mriian became necessary, for the McLean forces to rally to Chapman on the sec- Ue wMf IE i r Umcrk VHlt With half Ot tlrS delegation; frm Cincinnati. 7- Toledo ana oxner i". tt . strong for whatever Mcln waited. A motion was maue t"""' , - -- -Bryan for the presidential nnatkm . - w kur. for Bryan were then given. ' P- The -Uyer Repuu- r - toIU ence ana pi Thev said it was true inn on tne nta ""' were l..s - utate committee to call a -.tT- - -,- -nmlnate I statewuCM . . . rate ticket. The Populists atso '" Sit they would hold a State conven tion and have a separate ticket. The Prohibitionists will haje at east two separate tickets, ao there will b al State tickets to the Held. ' . Seetfeed's Bridge Whiskey Barrels. Louisville Coarler-JoiiroaJ. The little village of Hertford, on the Perquimans river. " In eastern Nortn Carolina, boasts the pton oflhe only floating bridge supported by air tight whiskey barrels, 4n . old irSabitint half a ntury ago. and Ks result suit stands, a monument to hi. ftnlu. wad taken to FrderKksouxg. than they anticipate. tween Irby and fcvan. J S V .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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