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cSfiyf- If IT i 1 jmm I sr-nr VEll YEAR SUBSCRIPTION $800 CHARLOTTE THURSDAY MORNlX(5 JANUARY 12 1905 Pi? ICE FIVE CENTS Re in Lincoln county DEBATE IS THE SENATE! A STUDENT HANGS HIMSELF ommiltee on courts Mr New lands addressed the Senate on his joint resolution providing for a commission to frame national cor- JEN MILKS PAY UEDLTEI) iioim: democrats resentitl 1 received ovations Amid the big ap- plause which greeted Judge W'in-j ion there were two or three hisses I When Judge Winston had taken and Gale to regulate hours of labor in 0 EIU OME factories Referred to committee RY HOMESICKNESS on poration act for the onsrruetloii and consolidation of railroads engaged in inter--sta to commerce "The time has now come to ignore ROBERT GLENN TAKES THE OATH- MrMlulI Li Charge of the Army Ap- pi'opriatioii Hill Creates Stir by! ottering an Amendment That Higher I smermet the oath there fell a momentary silence and cries of "Glenn! tllcnn!" broke out Senator Eller rose ami saiil simply "Governor Avrmk" tlOVKKXun AYCOCK CHEERED CEREMONY WITNESSED BY MANY Looking every inch the statesman i that he is Governor Aycock pise quietly at his sea and started to speak The crowd had not seen him at first but when it did see him it rose to its feet with tremendous applause llut- Retired Olliit-rs Shall ot Receive 1 'till Pay When Assigned to Stale Militia Duty Lively Jolate Before Adoption Mr Slaydcn Cites the Customs Otlico at Lean fort as an Instance of Republican Economy Washington Jan The appointment of Lieutenant General Nel toring of handkerchiefs clapping of' (tids waving of hats shouting The MONUMENT ISHL Till SITU I XT There Was at First Some Opposition Offered by Mr Williams to the Mcnsure to Provide for the Erection of a Memorial at ApiwuiiattoY Put the Riil Finally Fassril second and Third Reading Uii-mimouly A Number or Local RilN Offered In Ruth Houses of the General Assembly Observer Fureau 17 West Canarrus Raleigh Jan 11 The Senate was caned to order by Lieutenant Governor Turner The reading of the journal was dispensed with and the reports of committees called for The following bills were introduced Thorne to amend chapter S6 laws of 1S93 to provide for working roads and highways of Halifax county Put on calendar Toms for the protection of growers of ginseng Ricks to appoint a Justice of the peace for Nash countv Mr Picks mamifaotures Gale to to protect game in Halifax and Warren Graham to amend game law of Granvill'' Referred to committee on propositions and grievances Ryrd to allow taxes to be refunded to sheriff of Yancey county Referred to committee on propositions and grievances Cuningham to provide for additional term of court in Person county liefer- red to commit ice on courts -Mitchell to amend law of 1SU9 re- latiiig to election of rommissloneis of Hcrtie county Referred to committee on judiciary Young to amend the constitution of North Carolina Referred to eonstitu- tional index i The calendar was taken up as ol- lows: To provide for an election for a bond Issue and reduction of poll tax for Mooresvile Passed third reading and ordered sent to the Senate To provide for extension nf tin-corporate limits of Lexington Passed Oscar A Whittaker of Paragon Intl student of IliiiEliani IhmiI Takes His Onn Life at ictoria a Suburb Ashcville Tin- Act Had lleen I- Iiheraiely Planned in Every Detail Hotly Sent to His Home in Indiana Sp'eclal to The Observer Ashevllle JJn Oscar A Whita-ker of Paragon Ind aged 17 years and a student of Bingham School committed suicide last night in Victoria by hanging himself with a half-inch ct)t-tou rope to a small white oak tree The only reason assigned by those who krvw the boy and by Col Bingham is that he was homesick Some time after 6 o'clock this morning several fonail negro children while -'ing toward the Southern Railway tracks from tiie town of Victoria saw object hanging to a tree in the woods surrunding Victoria Inn and Owing to Rain It Wus Necessary to Hold the IttaiiK'tirattoii la the Academy of Music Which Was Packed In Presenting the Governor-Elect Governor A'cock Was Heartily Cheered an' When Mr Glenn Ciune Forward to Take the Oath the Demonstration Was Repeated The Inaugural Address Occupied -15 Minutes in Its Delivery Resinning at 2:1" His Eefeivnco to Governor Aycock's Administration Was Heartily Cheered and the Demonstration Rroiight Tears to the Retiring Officer's Eyes The New Governor Made a Splendid Appearance and Was as Fstial the Master of the Crowd Considering the Weather the Occasion Was Well Managed State Olliolals Present the Retiring Governor With a Fine Watch Special to The Observer Raleigh Jan Long before the arrival of the Winston train which brought Governor Glenn to Raleigh at o'clock to-day the union depot was crowded The several bands tjovernor waited with his eyes downcast Jin as his people looked upon him their enthusiasm grew and a minute or two had passed before he could make himself heard to announce in a few perfect sentences that Governor-elect Glenn would take the oath of his offiep GLENN TAKKS THE OATH There was a tremendous demonstration when Governor Glenn came forward to be sworn Dozens of Ulenn Haps sprang into evidence and the activity of the hats and handkerchiefs and stamping was a sight to see This done Govenor Aycock advanced to the Speaker's table He looked over the 3(Wi people and they grew quiet "Ladies and gentlemen" said he "I have the honor to present to this niasniticient body of people lion Hubert IS Glenn the Governor of son A Miles as inspector general of the State of Massachusetts overshadowed all other questions in the discussion of the army appropriation hill in the House of Representatives to-day The debate had proceeded leisurely until Mr Hull in charge of the bill offered an amendment providing that retired officers above the grade of major should not receive the full pay of their grade when assigned to duty with the militia of the several States Several members declared that the amendment was directed especially at General Miles but Mr Hull insisted that he had no such thought in mind and argued that the best results were obtained from officers of the lower grades He asserted that not until the law was passed allowing increased pay for of- i State lines as to tie construction oper-iatlon and management of the inter-i State railroads of the country" he said He held that because of the rc-I lations of tailroads to inter-State com- merce and the jurisdiction of Congress over irter-Statc romr-ierec Congress had a (dear right to exempt lnler-Slate railroads incorporated under notional legislation from all State or lot a I tax-lation and from the regulation of rates by such States He advocated an Increase of the authority of the inter-State commerce commission so as to art Imrize it to regulate rates "The only way to get the railroads out of politica" he concluded "is to take away their interest in politics by making taxes a mathematical certainty by providing for a fixed and just return upon their capital and by unifying the control or the operations-in a body of great character and dignity such as I believe Hie inter-State commerce commission to be" Mr NVwlands was questioned by Messrs Pacon Spooner idallnry and Plait of Connecticut regarding his proposition In reply to a query by the latter he said the gnv-u nment had the power to take poss-p-nion of inter-State commerce The prohibitory liquor clause in the Statehood bill was opposed by Messrs Gorman Morgan and "allory The former calld it a bad form of paternalism The bill making the restriction on the transportation of lottery tickets between the States applicable to Irairtyorta-llon between the States and the Territories was passed Mr Clay said that under the decisions of the courts the existing law did not apply to traffic with the Territories lie expressed the opinion that the hill would effect a regulation of lottery ticket joouc jw yards from that place The uimreii lici ame trighn ntd and 'toinic to tin Imiii 0f Nichols a short instance troin tiie place informed that gentleman of tiie (ind Mr Nichols explained that this was to place a I justice of the peace in a town where no justice of the peace was In four miles Put on the caioinlar Tverett to protect quail in Kich-j mond county Put on the calendar Senators Ward Webb and Vann I were added to the committee on the publication of new laws SECOND AND THIRD HEADINGS To provide for the erection of a memorial tit Appomattox The deed North Carolina lovernor Glenn's speech occupied 45 minutes beginning at It was interrupted frequently with applause the heartiest being when he turned to tSivernnr Aveoek and said: "The in company with a boy named Earl Hollingsuoi th wiio had also heard Gift screams of the children and nad followed thitu went la the sceae of the liaiiginy on re the plie Mr Nlchois saw that the oiWr u-i tt State can well sav to the retiring ad- third reading and ordered sent to Senate To re-enact the law of 1S1 n-latincr to collecting taxes in Person enmity Passed third reading and sent to Senate i To extend the time ftr collection of I taxes by sheriffs and tax collectors i Passed third reading and sent to Sc'n- 1 ate To authorize the removal of county home in Lincoln county Passed third i reading A resolution introduced by Mr Riggs of Durham thanking the Capital Clul of Raleigh for courtesies extended members of the Legislature was tuinnl- mously adopted I Speaker Guion announced that Judge- Graham of Granville was designated as chairman of tho House inauguration ceremonies and that reserved seats had been nnloed for all members The following committees were an- nounced by the Speaker compli'limc the' list: Federal relatimis lira licit chairman: Joyner Wade Wood ligs Ryhurii Fowler i Expenditures of House Mitchell chairman Wllianis Woodward of Wilson Edwards Hawkins Kthcridgc At 1- o'clock on motion of Graham of Granville the House took a recess until to then assemble and go in body to the inaugural ceremonies I stood in readiness When the train ministration "Weil done thou good and came in and the gates were opened the faithful servant' When the people people flooded through Into the ear I buist cheering Governor 'Aycock's face flushed and eyes filled with shed and struggled for positions from t(irs ThP I1(xt bigcest np- which the Governor and his party pin use was in response to this: "Let might be seen The Forest Hill Band us take no backward step in the edu-uniformed In olive green and KoM of the mnHWH" The new Gov- ernor was in fine trim dressed fault-headed the procession followed by the ieKHy his voice pood and himself the Third Regiment Hand Only one com-I master of the crowd as usual It was minv nf had entrance Intn touching to see the intense interest ticers assigned to the militia did retired officers of the higner grades apply for the appointments He said it was such increased paj and not patriotism which prompted them and he characterized their conduct as unseemly This statement roused Mr Cockran cf New York who declared that it was simply penalizing: superior officers to the advantage and profit of inferior officers After a lively debate the anvmdment was adopted Mr Williams of Mississippi was outspoken in the statement that the real motive behind the amendment was an attack on General Nelson A Miles inspector general of Massachusetts "who is extremely peisomi non grata in high clrch in the Republican! party" It was he said no new thing for the Republican party to slight the heroes of the nation and push its fa- vorltes to the front It had not been long he said since the country wit- nessed the manner in which Admiral Schley was treated and the way in with the Philippines and Porto 1 111 'Vil llnp traffic Rico The row Senate adjourned until to-mor- even liter the railroad yard-the Maxton Guards mnre' thm hjs wife nrl(au' DAVIS FAVORS A'AKDAM ANISM They had Mr Glenn a picture pinned upon their breasts A dozen or so Confederate veterans followed the soldiery and then came Mr Glenn "Three cheers for Governor Glenn!" leaned forward to catch every word and glanced from time to time at the crowd She was unfortunately behind lady with a big hat and had to sit in an uncomfortable position in order to see her boy Governor Glenn spoke as follows: Till INAUGURAL ADDRESS cried Insurance Commissioner James Young but the people did not was given to the State by a Confederate officer for the urpose of placing '1 hereon memorials to commemorate the deeds on that field of his State Tho bill authorizes the Governor to receive the deed for this site and to appoint a North CarolJna Appomattox commission The comm issioners will have charge of the site and erection of memorials The hill was passed favorably by the judiciary committee and Senator Everett of Richmond spoke in favor of thf bill Senator Williams said he would' vote against the bill and was sorry for some things he must say lie declared this bill a dangerous precedent and that the Stale could not commemorate every brilliant achievement of this State He said $1000 was a very small amount but that hereafter more must be appropriated lie said that if the bill proposed to maintain some widows and orphans of Confederate veterans he would willingly vote for it hut not to beautify some spot in Virginia beyond our borders lie (ifd not think it a proper consideration of the old soldiers Mr Foushee said he trusted the bill would pass by a very large vole It was the intention of Maj London he said to erect a monument where Cox's Brigade of General Grimes' division made the last charge of the war The Stale ought not to delay in fixing the places with these monuments where the rapidly passing away veterans may point with pride to the Held where these glorious deeds were performed This Is a small a pprnpria-t ion the Confederate veterans favored it and he did not consider it a dangerous precedent Gentlemen of the General Assembly SEEIOl SIIOOITNtJ AI'FI! AY Following His Third Inauguration tho Governor of Arkansas I rges the Legislature to Make Negro Schools Depend on Negro Tuxes Little Rock Ark Jan 11 Jefferson Davis was inaugurated today with simple ceremonies for his third term Before the legislature in joint session the Governor delivered his message recommending sweeping changes in existing laws The Gov- catch on and the response was faint The Governor occupied a carriage which General Miles was snubbed in public for what reason was not known "I tut" he said amid laughter and applause "don't snub him 1n his new State militia uniform Don't take that away from him in this 'time of his pride" He then attacked the principle of a man und telling the Holiings-j Worth bey to remain near by went to tin (ilfim Koik Hifi and liotihcd Sheriff UlcJ Sheriff Reed hastened to t)10 scciij and immediately i)0k otllciai liary ut tiie case He cu iupn and i-i-rtainiiig that the man waj dead wearclied the pockets for ail eftecls! and sending a messenger a utll- telephone summoned Hare Lard Company to take charge of tiie re- mains Reaching the city with tlej corpse the sheriff iiotitied Coroner llempliill at Arden and that ilKer arrived Hiorlly after IZ o'cloi and held an inquest this alleruoon Tiie htiicide of young W'hitaker was I evidently planned with minute care "'id executed in a nietii'idicl manner I The place selected by tiie Indiana boy for ending his lite is a thick wooded close to a trad leading from the main Yivtorii mad to the tracks the Southern Railway and some liiw yards from Victoria Inn The rope used Mas a new cotton affair and every ptecautliin was taken by the Intended suicide t'a prevent any accident or mis-v linage ut his plans I'pon reaching-j the woods and the tree a'lected a small white oak with several limbs not far from the ground Whiiaker re- moved ins collar iiml tie t'jgetiier with I lus hat and placed theni near the bast- of the tr-e Tiie rope was then duu-I Ided and running noose formed and I placed about his neck Climbing tho tree to a limb some 10 feel from the 1 Kioirid and while resting his feet oil i another small dead limb tied the rope I around the upper limb in a secure manner There was too much rope lviwever and tile ends not In umh of a large standing army or a great navy Economy should he said com-1 "'nor urges the Legislature to enact a measure separating lite school taxes I mence with the military establishment but he added in a spirit of ridicule Negro Almost kills White Man es Notes From Southern l'lncs Special to The observer Southern Pines Jan 11 Quite a serious shooting t'aok place in Johnston Monday night when Knutts colored shot Frank Maples while The ball struck Maples' collar bone and ranged upward Into the shoulder and was taken out by Dr Furgusnn Had the ball downward Maples would have been kilb'il instantly Rev Geo Howe of Randolph Vermont who Is here for the winter will build an addition to his cottage on Massachusetts avenue of 8x" feet lie is well pleased with Southern Tines A very neat and comfortable looking room is being added to the real estate building of Messrs Ingle so as to make the negro public schools depend upon taxes paid by negroes He declares that the body must pass what is know as the King anti-trust bill which he staler will bur from transacting business in Arkansas any corporation that is a member of a pool trust combination or agreement anywhere on earth "Don't take it all out on General Miles' additional pay and his Massachusetts State uniform" Several members severely criticised army and navy expenditures and Mr Prince called attention the hug retired list which Included 2fi brigadier generals ho he said could not Friends and Fellow-Citizens: Four years ago at the close of an administration that engenderd bitterness between the races and promoted riot instead of peace ths present retiring administration commenced Us arduous labors under an amendment to our organic law far-reaching in it3 provisions and untried as to its results Knemies of the measure predicted that dire calamity would follow its enactment and enforcement that race prejudice would be deepened and lawlessness and disorder prevail while its friends claimed that by curtailing the negro's power at the ball'ot box ami eliminating ignorant and irresponsible blacks from participating in State and county government order would be brought out of chaos and peace and safety assured The effects of the amendment have been most beneficial There is miw no friction between the races and our' State after bitter turmoil stands renewed and strengthened in all matters involving its material educa- tional and moral welfare To-day no have been retired by operation of law though he disclaimed any intention of JAMESTOWN PROJECT COMFS I charging any maladministration of the law Mr Slaydcn ridiculed the General Eithiigh Lee mill the Expo-idea of economy as practiced by the sltion Architects Address a House Mr Mason of Northampton said he i Heck on Broad street would accord to Mr Williams every i Republicans and cited the customs office at Heaufort (' where he said Committee Washington Jan 11 The James- patriotic motive hut he assured that it cost $lr09 ti) collect $155 by two cost $1 ti) collect $1-55 by two town Exposition tiro feet was eonsiler- I wt-re thrown across another short limn York Maine J2C3 to ti to-day by the Houtte commit tot on one officer He SUg- I industrial arts and ev nosl 1 ions (ten officers and at collect $2rO by About forty residents of Maine met yesterday afternoon at the resilience of Mr J- Webster for the purpose of becoming better acquainted and also to make arrangements -of the rotningr reunion of Malnelfes to be held in March Forty people of the Maine Is the number now with us and by reunion gentleman that North Carolina could never go'too far toward honoring her dead He said Maj lyindon spoke before the judiciary committee and that it was but another act turning the eye i toward that long line of graves of men one save the vicious who desire to use the in gro's vote for corrupt pur- poses would willingly see the amendment repealed and a great majority of our people if the constitution of i the United States shall rightfully! GOVEPXOU ROF5ERT GLENN' with his mother a beautiful old lady who looks far younger than her years his wife whose line black eyes and features indicate a resolute character and his brother" Sir Glenn of who -wore-the gray 1 his Is not a distinction of one man who stood in our front four years but it Is the commemoration of the finality tho closing chapter of rnat long snug gestecl tnat it mignt oe na visa me to abolish the Heaufort office and give it to Crum with the revenues of the office as his compensation "as it seems" he said "he won't be happy unless ho has a custom office" Consideration of the army bill was not concluded when the House adjourned until to-morrovr COTTON HEARS RENOUNCED Representative Johnson of South Car demand it would rather give up a Fttzhugh Leg and the architects of the exposition company were given a hearing General Lee outlined the desire of the company fur an appropriation by the government in an aimiunt approximating $riH)00U No action was taken by the cinumiltee The project as far as Congress is concerned is still in the hands of a subcommittee instructed to prepare a plan and suitable legisaltion for the exposition Tins plan Is practically completed and will be presented to the full conmiitttv within a few days DID NOT MUtDER III SIUM) part of our representation con Georgia Jn the next carriage came (J gress than return to conditions that time the list will be considerably larger The social season at Fluey Wtmds Inn was formally opened last evening wilh a very enjoyable tlag euchre and flinch parly about tin people taking purl Very appropriate prizes were awarded and the visitors Ma-re given a cordial ami hcarly reception by Mun-nuer Leon John and wife assisted by his father and mother Col and Mrs ('has John Miss Mary 1 1 enry matin gave the Ladles- Euchre Club a most tlelhdilful and cordial reception a few days ago Prizes were glen and won by Mrs Shwariy Miss Marie Schwirty and Mrs Hill COMMISSION MHRCANTS MEET 'anI the body of the lice Af-j ter disposing of tliu slack or unused portion of the roiK young U'hitakcr placed boih hands deep hitu his tens r's i kets a lut i then Jumped i 1 1 i space '1 ae drop was i perhaps three feet and was sufitcient to iisliicate Ids ne Wh-n taken lnwn by Sh-iiiY Reed this morning the body was stiff and nae evidence that th" a 1 had been toiiiinaied sometime caily last nicht i tire to which tho 1 1 idy was hanging snowed signs of xv In -re muddy had placed against (lie trunk and the trousers win by Whit ile also showel ulicrti I they had rubbed against the bark of the tin- 1 The llinghani cadet went to his deatll clad in a neat suit of brown iloilus- a double breasted affair ith a hat of tin- same color He won- nice pair lf sill its illil Mere lovclfll With Ullld showing that In- had to the pdac by wuy of a tint mad In the pock-! ets of Ills dotes several including a pocket book which he cur-i i lei! In his left trouper's po kd an I which bis band dasn I when death ciiMli in one of the pockets of his olina Assails New York Speculators in a Spcccli in the House Iteprescn- confronted us prior to its enactment FOUR YEARS OF PROSPERITY Looking backward we see a four-year era of Stale prosperity: for while we have heard of wars in the far East race troubles and labor dissensions in other States and know that pestilence and famine have come with gle and North Carolina was there signaling the outgoing if a meat cause to her immortal glory When the North says that saertflelit altar shall not he forgotten shall we sit lu re and say It shall'' No It is not a question of $1(100 but the question of III icing North Carolina win-re she he- longs I trust this General Assembly will do this one act to ciinmieinoiiife i that one great glorious event and era in the history of North C-tmlliui Mr Long of Person asked that Senator Williams withdraw Ills oh-' the Governor's daughter and niece and their escorts anil behind these a procession of carriages containing prominent people Under the exhiliarating influennce of martial music they proceeded to the Yarboro where Mr Sherwood Iliggs informed the occupants of each cariage as they alighted that the Governor's party wmlld in a few mo- Slaydcn of Texas Deprecates Curtailment Washington Jan During the de- i bate on the army appropriation in the rum and death into other lands none of these evils has troubled us but House to-day Mr Johnson of South Carolina made a short speech on the cotton question He called attention Muioritv I'iniir the Selection of an White Woman Implicated In Confessions by a Negro is Acquitted statements WCre Conflicting Jacksonville Fla Jan Jake Bradford colored was ti'i! yesterday and Mrs Nellie Plainer white to-day charged with the murder of John Plummet' Mrs Plitminer's husband last November Mrs i'lumiiur was acquitted Hradford when accused of the murder confessed and implicated Mrs Plunimer He afterwards retracted his confession saying he made It under fear of lynching lie mudo two confessions that did not agree First he said that Mrs Pluinmer lired the gun which he had banded to her and afterwards he staled that he lired the fatal shot while she held a light POLICIES ON COTTON STAND jection and the bill pas unanimously Mr Williams explained that lie did not Intimate tnat the monument would be to the memory of a single man but that If this were hidcod so great a thing why Jldtifl Is an insignilic-int thing and as Virginia lias erected a monument costing greatly more North Carolina should erect one not inferior to that of Virginia The bill passed second and third readings unanimously and was sent to the House without engrossment To make It a tiil'-demoannr for a partner to uppropriale the partnership on win was coat was si long ird ccldeat notify on Ind" Tin viiltin: 'Iii ca'c of Wlntaker of Pat a I'licket bank eont lined wo one lr people happy and contented have 1 been thankful for merri-s received and rejoice In their intelligent prog-I ress Our farm products have usually brought fair pricps enabling our farmers to pay heir dcbt and improve their lands Business has gen-! F-rally been good with only few fail-I ures while great enterprises furnishing: new markets and paving good vnires have been established in many localities Education has received a new Impetus law and order have been maintained and mob law scarcely heard of Our people are living sober industrious lives with work for all willing hands so the incoming administration will have little to do but push forward along lines that have added so greatly to our wealth and improvement The State at large tnn truly say to the retiring administration "Well merits resort to the capitol RIG CROWD AT THE CAPITOL At the capitol round about the Vance Ftatue was gathered In waiting an immense crowd The young ladies of the Raptist University occupying the vantage ground Just at the time appointed for the Governor's arrival there the unsympathetic heavens be-' gn to weep and hundreds of Umbrellas went up Huddling under the shelter the folks waited until word came that the ceremonies would be conducted in the Academy of Music ACADEMY OF MUSIC PACKED Leaving the patriotically decorated platform the crowd poured itself down Fayetteville street and thronged into the Academy until in a few moments all the room in it not reserved was occupied to the last inch The Gene-a! qua! ters hil dollar bills and two what he said was a systematic effort unfortunately successful to bear dlown the price of cotton and asserted that there was no justification for such a brutal campaign of deception and misrepresentation "I know" ho said "there are some kid glove gentry in New York who would not know a cotton patch from a pea patch who are undertaking to tell the world that the Southern farmer tan make cotton at 4U cents If he had tbe power he said he would have every man who gambled in cotton on the New York cotton exchange and who said tjiat cot-'toii can be produced at 4'i cents go down and with his own naked hands puil the bell cord of a mule and make cotton at that price Mr Douglas of New York interjected the remark that most of the men speculating on the New Y'ork cotton exchanges were Southern men which oek-t a- 1 j-cent ni" m' cer is" with tint cntairil 1 a traust-r tint Sin riff I) hei llll' bms in the same I piece In tile our' was a si imii ho di a a' st amps a It was this check in ladling 111 was jjivi-r bv th" '1JII1IU1V an I cOt 1 (Mlicial Oruan More Light I pon Armour Co' Exclusive Contract New Hileans Jan 11 At the af- ternoon session of the commission inert ha ut Edward Mason of Haiti- more of tin- press committee rrpurletl I that a majority of the assoclal imi fa- vored the selection of an oftlclal tuKan the transportation committee through Its chairm-lli George Folid of Hal- tinioro submitted an exhaustive report on transportation matters eiiiln-acln-reports ftmn siili-comm i 1 1 ecs in va rlotis parts of the country Muth In- teist wais taken In the repml sub- milled by John Scales of Chit ago 1 on refrigerator car lines ll was upon this report that President Ayers ham-il his arraignment of Armour's exclusive contracts The convent ion will lie in session until Friday Milwaukee and liulfalu lire maklmr the litfht for the lu st enliven- timi The local entertainment Includes a steamboat excursion and a banquet on Friday nttrht at which Governor 1 Uancluird will be among Ihe speakers 1 I Atlanta Insurance Men Deny Reported Caneidlinit Some Companies Won't Insure Outside Warehouses niali 'ihe chedi Asiievii'e Transfer ha th" "Gi'vi" al- done thou good and faithful sit- I caused Mr Johnson to declare that whether they-were Southern men or Atlanta Jan II Local representa- lives of various insurance companies to-tlay denied that any of their compa- I nies had cancelled policies on coiton! In any locality They further tleclar- ed 'that there has been no con cried action in this direction Several com- I panies refuse to Issue policies on cot-t tin outside warehouses Of litis say that they are working for new busl- ncsn and that nothing Is further from their indentions- than to cancel policies I funds or property for personal uses It was recommended that the bill do not pass ami the hill put to a vote was lost For the relief of Pace clerk of the Superior Court of Henderson county relieving him from duty 'hiring the months of February March and April The bill pass'-d second and third reading and was sent to the House To appoint justices of the peace for Jackson township and Stony Creek township Nash county The bill passed second and third readings and was sept to the Horse An act to provide for working th roads of Halifax county The bill passed second ami third readings and was sent to the House Relative to the killing of gnino In Noithampton county The lull passed second and third readiriKS and was sent to the House To protect quail In Richmond county that it lie unlawful to kill quail between March 1st and November Fth The bill passed second and third readings and was sent to fit- House Mr Gilliam moved that the Senale take a ret ess until after the Inaugural ceremonies when the Senators would not they are enemies of the Southern people and of gmxl morals everywhere 'The people of the South were holding their cotton and they had no more idea of parting with it at the present price than the owners of United Itonds of sidling them at 23 cents on the dollar He predicted that before September 1 1I)0" thousands of ispintlles In the Un'ited Staifes and abroad would bp idle because of their Inability to get cotton to spin Mr Johnson argued that It would bo i already in force vants" Death only its natural course has cast lis shadows over us for during these years we mourn some of our noblest ami best occupying all conditions mid callings of life and notably among thein one of North Carolina's most gifted sons Matthew Ransom Truly we can sorrow over "tliis old man great" who as soldier orator sd'ilesman and citizen in war and in peace ever stand for the defense btilldiig and glory of the State he loved so well Looking to the future we will not attempt in detail to map out any fixed policy for this administration preferring to meet emergencies at they come "suflit lent unto the dav is Architect Has Atlanta I Yi a lytic Stroke Cotton Oil Mill Preshleiil Dead Charleston (' Jan 11 A special from Wnterhoro says that I1' Saunders president of the VU-t rboi'a Cotton till Company tiled suddenly of heart failure lat" yes'teiday at his home lie had spent the eidiro lav at Ids duties apparently In excellent health Dr Saunders who was i'i years of age was a graduate of the Stat'- Medical College having abandon the practice of nii'dl-inn several ars ago Vice president A Withmati will since -d I 'r Siun-d A-ssembly occupied the front seats to the right Prominent citizens and their families those on the left The gal- lery was simply packed to its ut- most standing capacity The party of State had gathered behind the curtains 1 It was nearly 2 o'clock before sufficient seats had been prepared on the stage and Speaker Guion and President of the Senate Turner came forward and occupied'' the seats of Lh? presiding of- fleers The State officers the Gove-ernor's Guard the Chief Justice and a i score or so of distinguished men fol- lowed Then while the orchestra of: the Institution for the Klind rendered stirring music just before President Turner called the house to order the Bun broke through the clouds and nmiled In at the windows CEREMONIES OPENED WITH l'RAYER i The distinguished and venerated Dr Huff ham opened the ceremonies with a beautiful prayer his voice clear us a be and he standing there like a patriarch invoking the blessing of Hod on the Commonwealth Even the: perfectly right for tiie Southern cotton growers to agree among themselves to a reduction of the cotton crop to the extent -of fifty per cent Mr Slayden of Texas said that a sai marked scries ill the hand tin- hat was this name: A VVhit-' 1 1 With tic nam of the suit ide and til" heck tie- sheriff went to the ot tice of the transfer company mi! uied that the haggaX4 I' wliiii th" ineck was given hal le li tlelivciel to Ringham School I11-i Minry at that Institution revealed thti fa-t" that A W'hitaker was a stu-! ileiil of ill" school and that he hail 1 disappeared yesterday afternoon Col Hiiigliaiu was told of the occurrence of last rlwiit and requested to come b) Ashevllle ami if possible identify tho In Col I'ingham came in about ou anil after viewing tin: corpse is 1 iii that he ldentitled the suicide an tiiit ot young Whitaker At the coroner's inquest Col Ring-ham testified that he 'had viewed the i-eiiialiiH aiul was positiv the holy was that uf his former student In answer to the question of Coroner Hemphill Col liingham said: "The boy's ame Is A Whitaker He was about 17 yeais old and a new studt-ut Ho came here with his father Whitaker ef Paragon Ind last Tuesday or Wednesday to cuter the lUughatn iSchool" "When was he last seen''" asked Coroner Hemphill "He was reported absent at retreat" Mid CI iinghain "and also at supper That was about 630: He was absent hist night and I hal not heard from him until notified of the affair bv the siierift" "What do you tittilbttte as the causw uf the suicide'' Was there anything wrong wilh him?" asked the coroner -He was homesick" responded Col I'irgham "That the only reao: Atlanta Jan 11 Norman one of the best known architects of the South is ssrioui-ly ill hTe as the result of a stiiok'- of paralysis last night lie has erected public buildings in many Sout hern cities it ml Is known among- the profession throughout the country Cotton Stall -tic- Sent to the House Washington Jan 11- The diieclor of the VuMia to- day transmitted to the House a report on cotton slallstlc tho evil thereof" only sugf 'st ing cer- I tnin measures that may aid in our de- velopment i curtailment of the cotton crop in this country would only encourage the greater production of it in other countries He warned the Southern mem- IMMIGRATION Many Mecilngi In I duecd Aon ilS I convene to 1 1 1 1 1 iii-1 ttie ne-v presiucni Into his office HOFSE The House was called to order at 11 in the past as a ftaie we have i that they should twt deluded been too modest and shown too little by the idea that the South possessed Folf-asterCon thus detracting from 'the only climate or soil which could our dignity and worth and leavin- produce cotton profitably the world little acquainted with the called for by the Williams resolution 11 vol' Rc- M-( tiiik': Texas ti-of n-duc-Wlthout iptcd (rounder the o'i lot by Speaker Galon pi a vr being ioftci'd by Rev Dr Mi 'in i ken of the Tex Jan 11-at many ponts in iiih the picst Inn lore Ip" in cnttoii the l-soiutlons -id ut of per cent Hoiislor wn-e In Id day to co ha: tiie except 1011 vide for a resources of our land the worth of our people or the history of the FEDERAL HEGI LATTON CR(EI) For examples every patriots North inurmurs at the rear of the crowded Carolinian glories hi the Me kleiburg theatre were hushed while he prayed acieic'e of th" last crop and generally this was accompanied by a resolution thai the farmers hold all cotlnn on hand There is su a rev aval in price as to reach the cost of prodll tloil Meihodist i bun Durham The bill for rePef of slu i iff'a and tax collet tors was favorably repnrled The following bills were- Introduced and referred to committees as In dioated: Graham of Lincoln to allow coin- missloners of Lincoln In eh mg" site of county home i'ut on cal'-ndo I'uulrigha concerning killaiK of deer In Person county I'ut on calen-p Pot liratlnu -if Independence made on The rcpoi shows tin- amount uf cot- ton ginned in each county In the South I lip to each of tla- four report dates in September October November and I)e-j eemler Nominations as I'oM master Washington Jan The I'rc-ddent to-day sen! to the Senate tbe fulluw- lug ruminations as postmasters: Gtor-jiia I 'overly Ha'- W'nghNvlllo South Carolina James Horton Pel-ton Wealthy Georgia Planter Dciitl i Mai on Pi Jan A Fpet lal to The Telegraph from Valdofdii Ga eayj that John ll-trrrl former member of the Siale House of Rep Mei-t at Miami 'aseliger Agenl to Fla Senator Now land Argue That Interstate Hailroads Should Re Exempted From State Taxation or 1'oiilrul Amendment Excluding Liquor From Indian Territory Fails Washington Jan 11-The attention of the was to-day divided between the Statehood question and the qicstiou of governmental regulation of railioads Mr New lands made a formal speech on the railroad subject and at its lose was er gamed in a spirited controversy over the points involved with Messrs spooner For-aker ard others All the to the Statehood idar 1 the 20tu of May 177" yt riot having given uritil recently proper publicity to Its a IP heal 'city outsider hepeve it a myth and spoke of it as without foundation So likewise we know the valiant part t-ikn by our Stat" in the iv'i war: In the defense of the Southland ami Us great prim iple-' yet for years our true position remained In dnknesi nrd It liwinn' the patriot duty of niir pr'-s'-nt iat Inguished f'ltii Jrtdve wth his corps of capable writ' is to prove to listening "senator A Eller Lieutenant Governor Turner" "The Senator from Forsyth" Senator Eller: "I have the honor to present Corporation Commlssioner-eiect Samuel Rogers who will now take the oath of his oftic-" Chief Justice ('lark administered the oath reading It in a low tone Senator Eller then Introduced one by one the ether State officer Th firit applause greeted Hop Patterson The crowd seemed not i have bethought Hs'-lf to app'aud b' fure this Hut it slighted none of tiie others Hons Joyner and 11 Lacy i Harrison to lie in pora the Rank of Enfield Referred to committee on ba nks and cm i vie law kins to amend law of 1 SIT rx-t fend'tiff corporate limits of Lexington I Referred to committee on counties and 1 can give A telegram lug from J- Ml ml Fla Jan The Soiitheast-j cm Passenger Averts' Association will illicit In if February fr the purpose of discussing passenger traftl" and the rates Elaborate preparations lire being made for the entertainment of the visiting railroad men The uss-M-la- was received this fVil-WhitaUer of Paragon the dead boy directing" of his sMi' be sh'ppe I The remans have been ill be placed on tin tow IIS resentatives and foriia I Stat and lml father of th it the body home ut otn 1 enhuhned and train to-night S'itotor Cnniaham to re-enact law relating i bill except that relating to liquor traf- one or the wealtle tioii embrace all the railroads sou tit of the Potomac and Ohio and east of the Mississippi I planteio of Gcor- i (0 tuxes in person county I Grahaifi to abolish kccoh 1 wet-k of (Continued on Page Two) i flc in Indian Territory wre agreed to jia Is dead.