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it Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XII. COLUMBUS, N. C, THUSSDAY, MAY 31, 1906. NO. 5. 1 III NORTHERN PRESBYTERIANS iD CUIERUOS UNITE Most Important Ecclesiastical Event of This Generation. SEPARATED NINETY-SIX YEARS Asseir biy Also Agrees to Join Na tional Federation of Evangelical Churches For . Charitable and Humane Work. Dcs Moines, Iowa. One of the most Important ecclesiastical events of this neration is the union, which is for mally tnnounced, of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of Amer ica (the Northern Church) and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. It i important in itself because of the ex ;ent of the two communions; it is im portant as a political sign, for it unites a Northern church with a church which is propone! eratingly Southern. The Nort -em Presbyterians have 7. 7J1 churches and 1,CGO,170 communi cants: th '-.;imber)and Presbyterians have I2nsr churches and 18j.l04 com iuunie:iuts. Tin announcement of the reunion was received with great rejoicing at the assemblies of the two churches at Pes Moines and at Decatur, 111. "I do solemnly declare and here pub lielv announce that the basis of reun ion and union is now in full force and effect and that the Cumberland Presby terian Church is now reunited with the Presbyterian Church in ue United States in America as one church." As with these words Moderator Hun ter Oorbett officially established the imion of the two branches of the great denomination, which had been an ob ject of labor and prayer for many years, tne vast ecclesiastical assem blage at the general assembly here hurst icto a storm of rejoicing. Hand clapping, cheering and waving of hand kerchiefs continued for many minutes. Following the receipt of a telegram from the Cumberland Assembly at De catur announcing the adoption of the joint resolution authorizing the union it became necessary for the Presbyter ian assembly to take similar nction. Moderator... (orbett put the question, wli'uh was in the form of a resolution, ami called for an affirmative vote, to h? expressed by the commissioners ris iuz. In an instant the assembly hall was converted into a stamping, cheer ins: crowd. As the hand-clapphig and cheering died down and the commis sioners took their feats, the Moderator saiil: ' All who are of the opinion that the motion should not prevail will please rise." . ! A laugh went around the hall, for it was believed the request was a mere formality and would meet with no re-, sponse. To the astonishment of all present two commissioners arose. Pan 'iiiionium broke loose, and it was feared for an "instant that indignity wnnid bo offered the lonely men who lpo.-ci fhe union. One of the men wa Dr. William Laurie, of Bellefonte, 1'ii.. and the other Rev. Roger F. Cres ey. ,c Jacksonville, 111. .Tin- forni?r was a stalwart Scotch man, spd his personality dominated the convention as. he said: "('really as I dislike to record my vofe airaiat this union, and deeply as I leei ihe nam of beinir forced to dis- fljjrw with my fathers and brothers. yet I cannot conscientiously vote for this union. It is purely a question be tween me and my God. I have t$ op pose it." Rev. Mr. Cressey said: "This is a .matter of conscience with me. I can not honestly vote for the union."t A motion was made that the nega tive votes be recorded. Cries, of "No!" were raised. Dr. Laurie was on his feet immediately, declaring: "I desire that the negative votes be recorded. 1 never yet was ashamed to stand by my convict k;ns." The record. was duly made. The proposed federation of the evan- scii.al churcnes 'I of the coun'Ty for charitable and humane work was ap proved by the General Assembly. The report of the committee recommending that the Presbyterian Church go into the federation was unanimously adopt ed. The preamble to the agreement adopted declaring that all churches which believe 1n the "divine" Lord and Saviour should unite in the work. The Unitarians, disclaiming the divinity of '"hri.sr, are thereby excluded. The branches of work -upon which it is agreed to unite were marriage and divorce. Sabbath dc deration social pvils. ( liiid labor, the relation of labor capital, problems that are created by foieitn immigration, the bettering of the renditions of the laboring classes, the moral and religious training of the '"'.;;:. etc. PASS FREE ALCOHOL BILL. Senators Make But One Slight Change in House Measure. Washington, D. C The Free Aleo hol'biU, relieving denatured alcohol fiom an Internal Revenue tax, was passed by the Senate, substantially as sported from the Committee on Fi mni. e. The only amendment made 111 the Senate was one providing that naturalization shall be done upon jj' .implication of any registered dis jiKoiy m denaturalizing bonded ware houses especially designated for that P'H pohe solely. . 1 too.sfc velt Said to Favor Taf t. '. Many public men in Washington, D. Hunk President Roosevelt aims to ave Secretary Taft nominated to suc--eed him in tie White House. FEATHERED HATS DOOMED New York's Game Commissioner to Prosecute Users of Plumage. Wages War on Milliners and De votees of Fashion Who Sell and Wear Aigrettes. Albany, N. Y. Milliners, manufac turers of millinery, and followers of fashion will risk prosecution if there be a continuance of the sale and wear ing of aigitttes. ; Commissioner Whipple, of the State Forest, Fish and Game Department, served notice through the press to the milliner of the State,, retail and wholesale, that his department intends to use every legitimate means to en force the law prohibiting the possess ion or sale of the bodies or feathers of wild birds, whether taken in this State or elsewhere. Realizing the op position which will undoubtedly meet his efforts to rob woman of her most popular hat trimming, he says "this department, being intrusted with the protection of bird life, is desirous of obtaining results without working any hardship to the public and the trade." The" penalty for each violation of the law is a $60 fine, and an additional $25 for each bird or part thereof sold, offered for sale, cr possessed. Com missioner Whipple's notice follows: "I respectfully call attention to our State law covering the possession or rsale, for the purpose of dress or orna ment, of the bodies or feathers of wild birds, whether taken in this Com monwealtii or . elsewhere. This law covers the skins and feathers, or parts thereof, especially of insectiverbus birds, herons (aigrettes), gulls, song birds, terns, etc., whenever and wher ever taken. It is respectfully suggest ed that you can best observe the spirit and letter of the law by removing from sale all such feathers and return ing them to the wholesalers, i-nd, fur ther, by refusing to buy or sell such feathers, aigrettes, etc." The Audubon Society has for some time waged war on the use of aigrettes made up from the plumage of, the her on and osprey. It is a fact that the destruction of heron has been wide spread of recent years as the dictates of fashion called for the manufacture of. thousands of these millinery or naments. Commissioner Whipple says the law has been sustained by the Court of Ap peals in the Silz case, which involved the use of game birds out of the closed season. " ? TRUST GOT RIVALS' MESSAGES. Interstate Inquiry Expected to Involve Telegraph Company. Cleveland, Ohio Theevidence which the secret agents of the Government have unearthed is said to show, among other things, that through an arrange ment with one' of the large telegraph companies the Standard Oil Company is said to receive information regard ing every matter, business, political and social, which can in any way af fect its business interests. By alleged arrangement with one of the telegraph companies, it is stated that messages which are sent by the telegraph company and which are of interest to Standard, are repeated im mediately over the wires of the pipe line company and thus to the Standard Oil general offices in New lork. In this way the Standard Oil Com pany is enabled to obtain daily infor marlon of the business of their compet itors. All of this information, gathered daily from all parts of this country and bv cable from all foreign countries, is sent to the general offices of the Stand ard, at No. 2G Broadway, New York, and there discussed. PERKINS NOT GUILTY. No Crime Committed in Giving In surance Money to, Campaign Funds New York Citv: George W. Per kins, former vice-president oFthe New York Life Insurance Company, was ais charged from custody by an unani mous decision of the Appellate Divis ion of the Supreme Court to the ef fect that contributions to political cam Txiism fnnds bv life insurance com panies did not constitute larceny. Mr. Perkins paid $48,000 to the Na tional Republican campaign fund at the request of President John A. Mc- 011. and later was reimbursea irom funds of the company. The charge of-larceny was made and Mr. Perkins was arrested. REBATE GIVERS GUILTY. .Tnrv rnnvieted Broker G. L. Thomas and Clerk Out Thirty Minutes. Kansas City George L. Thomas, a freight broker, of New York, ana Lj. i 1 .1. aas1 1-lYT B. rt,K J' 'inomas. were iouuu gum; m thA United States District Court of r-oTisnirAcv with shinners to give re- bates. The jury considered the case only thirty minutes. Valuable Cape Cod Cottage Burned. The Cape Cod (Mass.) summer home of Roland C. Nickerson, of New York, was destroyed by fire, and Mr. Nicker son, who was in the house, ill with an attack of heart disease, was awak ened and carried out safely. The TvriMcprson home was one of the finest on Cape Cod, and, with its furnish ings, paintings and bric-a-Drac, was said to be worth nearly $oo,uw. . Deep Snow in Colorado. San Miguel County, in Colorado, is covered with eighteen mcnes oi snow. GRAFT HONEYCOMBS THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD High Officials of Road So Testify in Federal Investigation. DIRECTORS ORDER AN INQUIRY William A. Patton Assistant to Pres ident CassatJVice-President Rea and Clerk Purviance Wealthy Through Frejs CoaJ Stocks. Philadelphia. Further revelations concerning stockholdings in soft coal mining companies by officials of - the Pennsylvania Railroad were made when the Interstate Commerce Com mission resumed its investigation into the alleged discrimination by railroads in the distribution of coal cars. William A. Patton, assistant to Pres ident Cassatt, admitted that without the expenditure of one penny he is to day in possession of $307,000 worth of coal mining stock, gotten while he was an officer of the railroad company and without the expenditure of energy or effort. Mr. Patton was by no means the only witness through whose admissions the system of graft prevailing in the Fenn sylvania Railroad was thrown into prominence, for many others told the same tale. A notable case was that of J. M. Purviance. chief clerk to Mr. Patton, who through friendship with Mr. Patton and Colonel Huff, a coal operator and promoter, has now about $38,000 worth of coal stocks which cost him not a cent. Just what he did for them the witness failed to tell very clearly, the main feature of his evi dence, like that of his chief, being an indistinct recollection. First Vice-President Green and Third Vice-President Samuel Rea were also witnesses. Captain Green attempted to justify the system, at the existence of which, a few days ago, he expressed great surprise, and which he promised to investigate. Mr. Green does 4iot possess and never did possess any coal mining stock, and this fact led Chairman Knapp, of the commission, to ask tne witness it nis failure to have stock in coal companies did not lead his subordinates to believn him eccentric. v - Here follows a summary of graft otoks that the recipients swore they pocketed: William A. Patton, first assistant to President Cassatt, got this coal stock: 2300 shares Keystone, 400 shares At lantie Crushed Coke, 140 shares Lu- cesco, 500 shares Huron, 500 shares Howard, 100 shares Apollo, 1000 shares Greenwich,, 500 shares Cochran, 200 shares Latrobe, 500 shares Henrietta, 1000 shares Counellsville 7340 shares, valued at $307,000. Third Vice-President Samuel Rea got 1000 shares Greenwich, 400 shares La- trobe-Connellsville, 100 shares Acme 1500 shares and bonds, valued at $87,- 000. Theodore N. Ely. chief of motive power, got los snares, vaiuea at ioou Purchasing Agent Daniel Newhall got 120 shares, valued at $6000. J. M. rurviance, chief clerk to Will iam A. Patton, got 770 shares, valued at $38,500. ! All is virtually admitted to have beeu downright graft, if not blackmail. This, added to 7824 shares, par value, $391,200, already admitted to have been pocketed by seventeen other rennsyl vania officials and employes, totals $897,350, and the surface, according to William A. Glasgow, counsel for the commission, is only scratched. Chief Assistant Patton swore that his superior officers, including Tresi dent Cassatt, had known for years that he held the stock and had never pro tested. Sworn evidence of flagrant discrim ination on the part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's distribution of cars among coal producing companies was also forced on record. News of their admissions reached the Pennsylvania directors in session at the Broad street office of the company and compelled them to take action. As a result, Directors C. Stuart Pat terson. James McCrea. E. B. Morris, W. II. Barnes and Thomas Dewitt Cuyler were chosen a special commit tee to probe the graft charges. At this meeting of directors the re tirement, January -1, of Robert Pit cairn, Cissatt's assistant at Pittsburg, was announced. Pitcairn got a lot of free coal stock. As a result of the investigation, minority stockholders of the Pennsyl vania Railroad are considering plans to bring about a thorough probing through the State Legislature. Such an-investigation would include details of the contracts for steel rails, loco motives and other equipment. HENRIK IBSEN DEAD. Kormtan DramaUrt Whose Tlays , . . a iXr..11 Caused a Great Stir in the World. Christiania, Norway. Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian poet and dramatist, is dead. - He was unconscious towara tne end and passed away peacefully. The news of Ibsen's death made a great impression in this city, where he was much beloved. "The Goethe of the North," as the great mystic and philosopher was sometimes called, was born at Skien, Norway, in 1828. Ibsen's, fame rests popularly on his plays, but his greatest works are con ceded to be the two philosophical poems, "Peer Gynt" and "Brand." Among his many plays those most fa miliarly known are "Ghosts," a biting social satire, and "The Dolls' House." M BRQUWER INDICTED : FOR POISONING WIFE Mew Jersey Physician Pleads Not Guilty and is Sent to Jail. CURSE'S DAMAGING TESTIMONY 5ick Woman Seized With Convul sions on Taking Medicine From Her Husband--Died From Ar senic and Ground Glass. Toms River, N. J. In the presence of his aged motherland two small chil Iren Dr. Frank H. Brouwer,-awell-fcnown physican and prominent citizen )f this place, was arrested here charged with murdering his wife, Carrie Brou- wer, last September by administering to her ground glass and arsenic. Brou wer was locked up in the county jail, and his trial is set for the first Tues day in September. The Grand Jury, after considering ; all the evidence, in the case, had re turned the day before an indictment charging murder in the first degree. County Prosecutor Brown made a hur ried trip to Red Bank, where Supreme Court Justice Hendrickson was trying a murder case, and laid the facts be fore the Court. Justice Hendrickson arrived in this village next morning. He went at once to the Court House, where 4 large crowd had assembled. Hardly bad he been seated when the Grand Jury handed up the indictment. rhe Justice read it aloud and then or dered Sheriff Jefferys to arrest Brou wer. The arrest has caused a great sensa tion in the quiet vVillage where the doctor and his wife were known by everybody. The Grand Jury came into court at noon and made a presentment, ana sobn after Dr. Brouwer entered in the custody of the Sheriff, accompanied by his counsel, I. W. Carmichael. The prisoner was very pale and nervous. While the Indictment -was being read to him he kept biting his lips, but at the conclusion of the reading he plead ed not guilty in a firm tone. He was then taken to jail. ' Vacts Leading: to Indictment in Toms Riyer Poison Mystery September ' 25, 1905. Mrs. Carrie Brouwer, wife of Dr. Frank T. Brou wer, dies at her home in Toms River. Dr. W. II. Cate, of Lakewood, signs certificate of death, by Bright's dis ease. September 29, 1905. Funeral. In surance company begins investigation. Mrs. Brouwer s brother, T. J. Hyer, states he does not believe cause of death to have been correctly stated. December 3, 1905. Dr. Cate mysteri ously disappears. Had wandered away similarly in 1903 during a period of al leged mental aberration. December 18th, 1905. Mrs. Eliza beth Heyer, sister of the dead woman, declares she has learned that Dr. Cate signed the certificate ot death, by posi tive direction of Dr. Brouwer. Also, that Cate and the husband had quar reled about certain medicine Brouwer was giving wife. December 20, 1905. Body of Mrs. Brouwer ordered disinterred by Judge Hendrickson, of New Jersey Supreme Court. Detectives guard grave December 22, 1905. Mrs. Brouwer's body, disinterred in presence of physi- cians and chemist, Dr. F. A. Centh, to whom parts are delivered for analysis. December 24, 190o. Dr. Cate turns up in Springfield, Mass. Declares he remembers nothing. Sent to Sanitar ium in Goshen, N. Y. May 17th, 1906. Announced that the chemist has informed the Ocean Coun ty Grand Jury that arsenic was found in the body. Powdered glass was also discovered. Public sentiment had forced a reopening of the case. Mav 23. 1906 Indictment against Dr. Brouwer, the husband, is found by the Grand Jury, and his arrest ordered. Nurses had testified that medicines mixed by Brouwer had strange effects. Dr. Cate returned to be a witness. EQUITABLE TO BE MUTUALIZED. Thomas F. Ryan's Stock to be Trans ferred to Policyholders. New York City. On the initiative oi Grover Cleveland and Paul Morton and with the harmonious assent of Thomas F. Ryan. -decisive steps have been taken for ts mutualization of th Equitable Life Assurance Society un- der the terms specified by the New York State Insurance laws. The charter of the Equitable Life will be radically amended to provide for the election by direct vote of the policyholders of twenty-eight members of the Board of Directors, or a major ity of four in the total board member ship of fifty-two. The remaining twenty-four minority members of the board are to be elected, as at present, by the stockholders. Provision is to be made for the re tirement of the society's stock, the con trolling interest in which was bought from James H. Hyde for $2,500,000 by Thomas F. Ryan, and by him was trusteed in the hands of Grover Cleve land, Judge Morgan J. O'Brien and George Westinghouse. Cos t Hobson $6984 to Run. j Richmond Pearson Hobson certified at Montgomery, Ala., that it cost him SG984 to defeat Representative Bank head for the nomination for Congress. It is said his. recent lecture tour wai eery profitable. NORTH CAROLINA CROPS Official Summary of Crop Conditions of North Carolina For Week End ing Monday, May 28, 1906. The average temperature for the State for the past week was slightly below normal. The days were gener ally warm, and the nights cool. The highest temperatures usually occur red on the ,26th in the eastern and central districts, and on the 24th in the western district. The lowest tem peratures were usually recorded on the first three daysXof the week. The highest temperature for the State was 90 degrees on the 22nd ; the lowest was 52 degrees on the 25th. The weath er was dryland windy during: the first part of the week; the latter part was cloudy and on the 25th showers occurred in the western district. On the 26th rain became general and con tinued on the 27thand 28th ; severe drought of three weeks was broken. The rainfall was somewhat abovenor- mal and was well distributed. The heaviest fall occurred -at Goldsbor, 2.68 inches. In the remarks by cor respondents, it will be noticed that most of them report a dry week as their reports were mailed just before the rain occurred. This rain relieved the droughty condition which in. many places was serious. A. H. THIESSEN, Section Director A $300,000 Hotel in Asheville. Ashe ville, Special. Asheville is to have a new hotel located at the corner of Walnut and Haywod streets al most in the center of the city. Mod ern in every respect and costing when completed $300,000. Frank Lough ran, of Asheville, owner of the Swan- nanoa hotel and lessee of Hotel Berk ley, and one of the best 'business men of the city will be owner and builder of the new structure and will proba bly conduct it after the hotel's com pletion. It will be constructed of steel frame and concrete re-inforce ment, will be eight stories in height with 294 rooms and 150 baths. It will ' be one of the largest hotels in the State. Dealt a Crushing Blow. Durham, Special. As the -result ot a fight between two negro ren, Frank Green is. in the Lincoln Hospital in an extremely serious condition, and Wil liam Turner is in the cidy lock-up charged with assault with intent to kill, and the outlook now is that this charged may have to be changed to murder. The two men had words when Turner struck Green on the head with a rock, crushing the skull and pushing part of the bone" through the brain tissue. An operation was p3riormea, reiievemg the pressue. The man is in a serious condition. Insurance Affairs. The Southern Life Insurance Com pany, of Fayetteville, has deposited $100,000 in bonds and securities with the .insurance commissioner. It be gan business in November., It has done a very fine business, its officials state. The insurance commissioner announces that the Buffalo Fire In surance Company, of Camden, has been admitted to do business in North Carolina. The charter of the Eastern Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, of Wilmington, has been ap proved by the commissioner. j North State Brevities. Governor Glenn's address before the students at the University of North Carolina at the approaching commencement will be on "Norta Carolina, Past, Present and Future." The Eastern Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Wilmington, char tered Friday, has no capital stock. Thomas E. Mask and others are in corporators. Mr. Coxe, who is in charge of the grading, force of 42 convicts now on the Wilkesboro and Jefferson turn pike, says it woll require about ten months to complete that important highway to Jefferson. Ashe -county has put up $4,000 to pay for certain parts of the cost for the nine miles hetween the top of the Blue Ridge and the town of Jefferson: The total cost of the road will be abont $65,000. The Governor reappoints Mr. D. Aj Tompkins, Mr. William S. Primrose. Mr. W. H. Kagarf. and Mr; E. M Koonce as members of the board oi visitors cf the Agricultural & Me chanical College for six years. AnEMJRllSTS Standard Oil and the Fertilizer Combines SUBJECTED TO EXAMINATION Pronty and Clements Now Go to Washington Where They Will Begin Preparing the Report Which They are to Submit to Congress. Cleveland, 0., Special. After three, days spent in taking testimony con- cerning the affairs of the Standard Oil Company, the Interstate Com merce Commissioners Prouty and Cle- ments adjourned, and shortly there after started for Washington, where they are expected soon to . begin the preparation of their report on the testimony here and in Chicago for presentation to Congress. The report , however, will not be closed until the Standard Oil Company's attorneys. , have had ample opportunity to reply to the many statements and charges put in evidence. Attorney Virgil P. Kline, for the Standard Oil Company, gave notice just before adjournment, that he desired to answer some of the testimony produced, and requested the commissioners to name a suitable time and place for the . reopening of i the case for this purpose. Mr. Kline was told that this privilege would b extended to him and that announce ment of the time and place would be made in the near future. In the three days' hearing just completed a total of thirty-five wit nesses have been on the stand. About. fifty or sixty were subpeonaed. Some of these were not called. Qonnsel f os the commissioners, however," had five or six on handye.ytctJje ESfcMS biii the commissioners declined to hear them, indicating that the things ex pected to be proven were not import ant. FERTILIZER TRUST ALSO. Engaging in a Combination in Re strait of Trade as Denned by the Sherman Act. The Case Against Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com pany, et al. Nashville, Special The grand jury of the United States Circuit Court, which has been investigating the al leged fertilizer trust, for the past four weekc returned an indictment against about eighty fertilizer manu facturers, including a number of local men. The indictment contains six counts detailing in specific form alleg ed violations of the anti-trust laws and, charging the defendants with combining and being engaged in a trust or combination. The defendants live in various parts of the country " where fertilizers are manufactured and certified copies of the indictment will be sent to the various districts, , in which the defendants reside and . there served. The defendants will be required to execute bonds for their appearance at the October term of the court in this city, when the cases are to be tried. The grand jury examin ed during the inevstigation 140 wit nesses and the indictment returned is a volumnious document. The six counts in the indictment are in a double series of three each. The firt charge the defendants with en gaging in a conspiracy; the second charge the defendants with conspir acy, and the third with conspiracy un der section 5440, revised statutes, .to Commit the offense of engaging in a combination as defined by the Sher man law.- The punishment under section 5440 is two years in prison and a $10,000 fine; The third counts charge the com mitting of an offense against the Uni ted States by engaging in a combina-, tion in restraint of trade, as defined and .prohibited by the Sherman act. The style of the case on the docket indictment is United States vs. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company et al, and the indictment is described as ."indictmentfor violatiog act of Can gress approved July 2, 1S90, and en titled "An act to protct the trade; and commerce against unlawful. re straints and monopolies" and section 5440, revised statutes, United States v. I i f.'l M ! ' i!