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'JB I mm VMM SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $800 A YEAR PUICE ITVE CHARLOTTE CL FRIDAY MORNING JANUARY 3 I1MB EXTENSION GRANTED boy axd graxdmothkr irk i iiis ULLSTIOMTHM' MATTERS AT FEVEl HEAT MB UANER'S IMT FROTT1 I I MAS RIGHT OF VY IN CONGRESS sorETHIXi liaCHEY He Will -cd Rear Admiral Browoson a- Chief of the Bureau Of Navigation Though the Appointment is Prolwiblv Only Temporary TWO RECEIVERS FOB SEABOARD COURT RFCOGNIZES BOTH FACTIONS UiMKlJ) AM) WILLIAMS NAMED leiopments importance ID- Hate Matlr seem to Be Atlanta Birmingham Air Lino Railway the Tallahassee Ferry Southeastern Railway the Florida West Shore Railway and the Plant City Arcadia Gulf Railway and adds: "It thus appears that while the increase in gross earnings from operation for the year ending June 30 1906 over the preceding year was $159X076 the Increase for the same period in operating expenses and taxes was $1 505 838 85 and while the Increase in gross earnings from Washington Jan 2 After a confer mile in Raleigh rtBRstramsj ence with President Roosevelt to-day iMfsafaitof- 5 Be Called Jn Suite of Secretary Mi tcalf announced that siab ihs cousin Kills the Former ami Bright Causes the Death ol Hie Latter Special to The Observer Fayetteville Jan 2 To-day five mile's west of Fayetteville an vnusual homicide took place Ollie Manuel and his cousin Lu-'u Manuel were playing ne-ir the home of their gran 1-mother Mouring Manuel when Ollie stabbed Lush in the heart with a knife The wounded boy who Is The Order Issued December 4th by the Postmaster General Affecting Thousands of Newspapers Will Not Into Effect Until the 1st i April Instead Of January 1st Third s- sisuiiit Postmaster General issues an Order to his Gffeut Re La in-vited by President V'amer and Will Deliver an Address Before the Next Meeting ol the National Editorial Committers of Both Houses Arc Engross Willi liCgUlallon That Will Afford Relief to the Financial situation Though tlii- House and Senate Are Not Working Along the saiiu- Lines House committee Favors an A'sct Ciirrciic Hut the Ssnste Committee is proceeding Senate Committee Is Proceeding Alone Extremely Conservatlre coa 1 Lin to Agree With Hh-ktft OoonUSskHO and Transact Some I mBsssjpiHa 4 Itn-iirss Directors of Pi submit Th'-ir Report to the cowans 1 ---state Pris Treasury is ls IP: As-ik kation Washington is oiiiijtioit charier Jrer a Great Fuac- operations for the year ending June 30 1T07 over the preceding year was $1404162 83 the increase in operating expenses and taxis was or more than $1 100 000 in excess of the increase in earnings" to isit Many Social lntiirssuar bOic Other it lions iioe Senate Bill When Completed Will Pro be hi He Offered bj Mr AMrieh Democrats Will Not Block Financial Legislation if tin- Proposed Measures Are Reasonable ''coo i 1-0111 the State CsMfAb years old ran into the house ami on ut server Bureau Th If llcman Building BY IS BRYANT telling his grandmother what brad 0 curred fell dead His grandmother Raleigh Jan i--rs Judge Piitchard Grants Prayer For Reeeiverhlp For the Sen board Air Lino System and ippoluis Davie WiiriM'iii and Lsacnster William to Take Immediate Possession of the Railroad The Re-reivers Given i nlimlted Power to Reorganise the System ami Plaw it ui it Paying Basil! and the Warring "actions in the Dire loratc r- Recognised in lite Court's Decree Each Receiver Put Under a Bond of $60008 The Receiver! Empowered Pay Ken tab and Interest on Roads ISmploj and Discharge amenta ami Other Employe ami to Purchase Needed ol-'it to-night ttttrt mf Captain Pillsbury had been selected as chief of the Navigation Mure of the Navy Department Cap-t-iin Pillsbury participated in the conference between the President and the Scsietary just prior to the announcer ment The selection of Captain John Elliott Pillsbury to be chief of the Bureau of Navigation is at best only a temporary one unless the President should decide to again have recourse to the expedieut of commissioning a retired officer as chief of the bureau Certain Pillsbury was born In Loiweti Miss December P46 and will consequently have to retire on account of age December 15th next Captain Pillsbury occupied an exceptional position is the navy for a man of bis rank in being praet illy out of line for promotion to the grade of rear admiral though in his capacity of chief of the Bureau of Navigation he will temporarily enjoy that title This is owing to the conditions on realizing what had happened al-o fell in a faint and died three hours MSLS4kl' loprr eit: in the rm! later Dr McGoughan the coroner matter are mm incut It -1st was notified ami empaneled a jury that sun- tho Atlantis Line att iinti to block the whose verdict is thai Lush Manuel 1 -en the State and rilluays the thing to do Is 4o came to his death by a knife wound a- -n the heart inflicted by his S-year-old cousin Ollie Manuel and the old iady's death was caused by fright vane the Leg -s-ianire at ones srti Ik -nt rire for the iiig the Coast I4n St- 1-4 cents anl then have 1W that the matter canttO be th-' Federal courts' IpJfc 1 courts You-1'' CS- i ibserver Bureau Congress Hall Hotel Washington Jan I Prcnnent II Varner of the National Editorial Association to-day saw the Piistorfii-e Department people about the recent order passed concerning newspaper subscriptions The following order iias been issued to the postmasters of the country by Third Assistant Postmaster General A Lawshe: "Your attention is invited to the to the postal laws an i regulations appearing as order No 907 printed on yellow paper dated December 4 1907 of the Postmaster Genera! in the December supplement to the official postal guide "With respect to the rules in amended Section 436 governing expired subscriptions you are informed that notwithstanding January 1 1908 is the date the same becomes effective it is No arrest was made but the boy was placed in charge of an unHe who is" Mil WILLIAMS A PROPHET Former lresldenl of tin- Seaboard Uj Line GiveS Old a Maluiieiil in Which u- Declares That is -Ium us Predicted" His Confidence In lie Outcome Unshaken Richmond Va Jan 2 Mr John Skelton Williams former president of the Seaboard Air Lines said to-night to a representative of The Associated Press: "In no spirit of boasting hut as evl-dence for those who are interested In Seaboard securities that my opinion on the affairs of that system are well founded I ask attention to the fact that my prediction of the course of the property and the results erf its financial and operating management in recent years have been fulfilled exactly "The passing of the Seaboard Air Line system from the control of Messrs Ryan Rlair ind Coolidge into the hands of olllcers of the court is under which he entered the Naval Kqulpmrul When Necessary The Williams Interests Verj Well Satis-fted Aith the Receivership Which They Declare Will Result in Good to All concerned Outline of the responsible for him pending future developments 1 a--e-rtams that ittornejs are now such law cannot Wv 'aimed that the declj- '1 1 'oast Line Is a sur-ttd -or i' ha--- -used a loss of PMtIS NEWSPAPERS YELlLOW Washington Jan 2 With the approach of the re-convening of Congress there is renewed tali of legislation for the relief of the Huancial situation The sub-committee of the House committee on hanking and currency appointed to frame a bill to meet the present conditions will resume Its sittings early next week The Senate committee on finance also will take up the subject immediately alter resumption of the sessions of the Senate so that it now looks as If there might be something of a rivalry between the two bodies as to WhlcS will be able tn first report a bill The Senate committee has not so far formally considered the subject hut some of Its members notably Senators Aldrieh Allison and Hale have been working In harmony in the preparation of a bill which probably will be ready for presentation to the committee shortly WORKING ON TWO PLANS The committees of the two houses are not working on the same lines Both have plans for an emergency currency to be issued by the national banks but while the House committee Is apparently inclined to what la known as an asset currency the Senate committee is proceeding on the theory that only a very limited list of securities should bo accepted for tin-increased issue to be provided for under the terms of the proposed bill Some of the members Of the Senate committee would limit the pledges to State bonds while others are Wfllini the America u-Japan ea Give space to War Scare friends to that road ami Print Aianuis: HANM for HIOH SCHOOL i icports rans Jan some of the Pans newspapers notably The Matin which have been giving considerable promi-ence to the American-Japanese "war Acadeniv md graduated The beginning of the Spanish war fmind Pillsbury a lieutenant-commander und because of Ids tendency toward high explosives he was placed In command of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius then rewarded as extra hazardous service Since the Spanish war he has hnd service at the Boston yard on the general board at Washington and the army and navy joint board of Which he is now a member He Is 1-millar with the duties of the chief of the Bureau of Niivlgation having serv-S 1 St assistant to Admiral Converse wliin he was at the head of that bureau from November to July 1904 His hist dutv before coming to Washington as chief of staff to Admiral Evans in command ot the Atlantic fleet Secretary Metcalf announced this afternoon that Captain Pillsbury would scare have taken the cabled reports Text of Judge Prilrhard Decree Richmond Van Jan 2 Judgo Pritchard Jude of the Raited States Circuit Court entered a decree today naming Davies Wartield of Baltimore and Lancaster Williams of Richmond as receivers to take immediate possession of the property of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad The bond of each was fixed at $30000 By the decree the receivers are empowered to borrow money if needful to pay such rental aa may become due purchase cars etc and pay for labor and supplies but not for any other purpose without an order of the court having primary Jurisdiction They are ordered to pay forthwith the desire and purpose of the department to give to every publisher a reasonable opportunity to adjust his business to the new conditions Publishers who show good faith and that they are making progress sould in fairness have such opportunity The purpose of the new regulations Is to correct real abuse and not to put into the hands of postmasters instru- ments with which to annoy and vex To-d i Mp re was issued from ttf0 State Superintendent fr Public Instru -tion tho handbook fo'f high tea hers containing the courses rf etfidy prescribed for the public high seh ls" of the State ij prepare! bj Mr W-iIhiJ who is professor of seconds tion in the State L'niverrny' I if Dt lerrther i'ii I I ite 1 1 i 11 1 1 I nor Inspector of public high so 1 'Vic says the handbook mirably prepared and will he of ol Japan's refusal to accept the American conditions in the matter of immigration together with the decision of the Navy Department to keep the torpedo boat flotilla and the battleships together for the remainder of the cruise to the Pacific and made of them a subject for fresh alarm The Matin regards the coincidence of these two facis as high ly signlllcant and expresses the Opinion that Lilian intends to press for a diplomatic settlement of the queition before the fleet reaches the west coast This paper asserts also that the present situation is ftimoet unalgous to that which existed before the Russo-Japanese war highest value to these schools publisher! whose practices are normal "Therefore you need not question expired subscriptions as defined by section 436 nrior to April 1 190S ex not an event which should cause stockholders alarm or discouragement This is not a case where the unexpected has happened but the present situation is the logical result of forces which have been at work during the past four years It Is hoped that all Interests may now unite on some plan and platform which may look to the speedy rehabilitation of the system and the carrying out of some scheme which will produce the most satisfactory results to all security holders of every class and without unjust discrimination Business Hue policies makes strange bedfellows Probably I shall be required to work for the restoration of the Seaboard with men of whom I have said very harsh things publicly and who have injured me deeply The interests of my fellow stockholders and of the Seaboard property and the Southern country in which there are irfi they being counties All are now In operatlot ci perhaps halt a dozen This feature In the State's educational to accept municipal paper 1 ry nw tool assume the duties or tne cim-i in the Bureau of Navigation until he had been confirmed by the Senate His nomination is expected to be sent to the Senate when it reassembles s- so tar as Known would ne wi i-'n go further cept in cases which in your opinion based upon evidence In your possession constitute flagrant abuses in that retard nmt should therefore he So far there has been no agreement as to the percentage ot increase in the volume tvf currency but the in- speed ilv eliminated The facts in such COUNT hum A SCRAPPER linatlon of Senators seems to be to permit as large an augmentation as the conditions of the banks may justify The Intention is to provide for a cases will be re-ierreu to tnuv Assistant Postmaster General for further instructions "You are not to understand that amended Section 436 is not to be uniformly applied Uniformity of application is the end sought but the department does not wish to be Hooded with minor complaints while endeavoring to deal with tiie greater abuses Publishers nV expeCcd io comply all Installments and 'merest that was due and payable January 1 190S notes or trust equipment certificates and all coupons and interest maturing January I 190S on the lirst mortgage bonds of the Seaboard Air Line and embraced roads such as the Raleigh und Qajtton Raleigh and Augusta Air Line tne Georgia Carolina and the consolidated mortgage bonds of the Carolina Central TEXT OF TI1K DJ8CREE The language of the decree regarding payment of interest is that the receivers "are hereby ordered to pay comparatively high rate of interest some favoring as much as 8 per rent with the object in view of securing the retirement of the increased cir Schooners Collide und no Goes iowu to Davy Jones' ockcr Newport News Va Jan The schooner Elizabeth Palmer arrived in Hampton Roads to-day rrotn Boston and Captain Smith reports that on Saturday night off Barm-gat his vessel ran down the three-masted schooner Estelle Phinney Captain Phinney and his crew were taken aboard the Palmer and Ibrought culation as soon as conditions so Im tern has made a' great hit In the I'nited States Court here today nn order front Judge PriteharJ was filed appointing 7o receivers for iio- 1 id aii- bin- Hallway the same order having been filed in various St 1 Ps In which this system hc The Council of State to-day deci cd to id with the aVk on ine full way In Hyde county which Is be ing constructed under a special act of the last Legislature The directors of the road desire the State to pormlt them to substitute a bond for the cash deposited hut this the Council of State decline's to Jd Of the road eighteen miles have been built leaving twenty ivo yet to be constructed it Is expected that thieroad will be complct-d by July or August The ponlteiitlTTv will carry the road's cer-t'llate-- This matter was very- fully discussed at to-day's aosfereuee Tlo- Increase in the ussessed value of the property In the State under the assessment of 1907 did not pan prove that it Is not needed It is to divide the country Into dis which it is such a vitally Important factor outwaigh with me any personal grievances I may have I expect to put those grievances aside at least until this work is done So long as the Ryan-Blair Interests may give evidence of honest purpose to build up the property and protect and promote the interests of the stockholders they will have from me hearty cooperation I can work with these 1 Sect! in 4 36 within a tricts for the purposes of administration with the sub-treasuries as centres sit that the Officials of the sub- Dapper Little Frenchman Who Squandered Anna Gould's Millions 1 nggg) 4 in a Rough and Tumble Ftghl with Inother Tilled Person Regulation French Duel May Follow Paris Jan 2 There was a violent quarrel In the Rue de Cluiillot between Count Boni no Casteiruie and Prince Hello de Sugun The count Is reported U) have denounced tin prince In unmeasured terms and a dud Is believed to be imminent The altemitlon occurred outside the Church of St Pierre He Cluiillot where a service had Just been celebrated In memory of mdy Stanley Errington who was the only daughter uf Baron de Talteyrand The two men who are consuls met upon emerging from the Church and immediately became involved in a sharp tiutirrel Hot words were passed and '111111 liiinl according to some in nere Thc Phinney filled rapidly and sank The Palmer was light and Is bound to Baltimore sne escaped se-rious damage The phinney was limited and Srsl bound for Boston The Phinney was built at New London ronn In 1S91 and was 188 feet long 35 feet broad and 18 (set deeo treasuries can pass upon the securities offered and make allotments to the batiks THE SENATE BILL When completed the Senate MM probably will 'be Offered by Mr Ald-licli Those who have the matter in haffd are hopeful of the acceptance of the bill by the Senate und ultimately bv the House Senator Bailey one of the leading reasonable time" MB VARNER PLEASED When seen to-night Mr Varner said: "No legitimate publisher need be uneasy as I feel sure tlat the Postmaster' General will not issue any order or enforce any former rules that will do any injustice to legitimate publishers of the country "Mv interview with these gentlemen to-day has been very pleasant and satisfaetorv I extended an invitation to the Third Assistant Postmaster General Mr A Lawshe to deliver SddrSBS before the next convention or the National Editorial Association which meets In St Paul which he accepted wroo to --ill fi meeting of the Revenue Cutter Seminole Gets silver Sen ice For Conspicuous Service Wilmington Jai with th men to a good end for a good cause quite as hard as I fought them while I believed they were doing wrong or following unwise policies "My confidence in the possibilities of the system under proper management is unshaken For the calendar year the Seaboard Air Line Railway and its affiliated lines earned approximately tl9noo000 On this basil of earnings over $6000 per mile the system ought to be operated at an expense ratio of approximately 70 per cent or less On this basis net earnings for the past yea would have been or nearly $2000000 in excess of fixed charges With the let urn of normal business conditions consent and approval of 8eortary of the Treasury Cortelyou and In recog- nltlon of Invaluable assistance rendered the British steamer Shoppy Democratic members of tne Senate committee on finance expressed the opinion to-day that if the bill to be suggested by Republican members reasonably approaches the demands of the Democrats It will be permitted to pass without extended opposition epnntt spat In the princes face According to other reports Omit Honl struck his cousin in the face slightly Cutting him The men finally were separated by Count Jean de Cnstellane a brother of Count Boni who interposed himself between thu combatants When Count Jean reached the two forthwith all installments and interest that was payable January 1 190S or on any equipment or equipment trust Certificates of the Sea-iboard Air Line or of all its subsidiary companies and all coupons and interest maturing or that matured January I 190S on iho first mortgage fconds of the Seaboard Air Line Company the Raleigh Qaston Railroad the Raleigh Augusta Air Line the Georgia Carolina Northern Railroad and the Florida Central Peninsula Company and of the first consolidated mortgage bonds of the Carolina Central Railroad and of the Georgia Alabama and of the Florida Central Peninsula Railroad Company and the mortgage 'bonds of (he Florida -st Shore Railway and the first mortgage land grant extension bonds of the Florida Central Peninsula Company" The receivers are directed to iborrow money to make such payments The receivers also are directed to take executive committee of the national association to meet here about the l7th of this month to fix the time Ot tinn niil nrcpare the Allison 01 west Hartlepool which was saved with the captain and crew when the ship was dangerously stranded in a fog on Cape Lookout shoals while bound with a cargo of timber from 1'ensin ola to Medlter-rsnean ports LJoydS Underwriters of the Royal Exchange London through Mr James Sprunt British vice consul at this por' to-day presented to the 1'nited States revenue cutter Seminole a very handsome and costly silver service suitably inscribed to commemorate the occasion on 11 1 1 in a many people itit In ing aleut ninety-Uvo million dollar- Some had figured that It would approximate two hundred million dollars Your correspondent 11 assured by some observant men that the Increase Is mainly In towns and cities one man said In his county the assessors virtually mau no In- ie (ml tui the old figure His vlrv seemed to be that this was 0 good tiling though the assessment ire the lay troubles hs siro-i 'e'iiig that property 1 mu depreciated In value during the past three months tiiit In a nil miter of iss it below the a- value In unties which put a upon However this din not do away with the fact thnt in such unties there was under iluiiib-i at the time It wa made also trite that because fif the rel-m-i'l increase in valuation at next ear will not reach 1 it was expected they would touch 1:1 An Nirr Ihsurbd I 1 re 1 Hi nals from ail rii keep pa bobbing ci in No Ik ci Southern about I 1 same-other 1 hing fti tt For ons I- mild that Just now hihL ng Abehn buy- and the tremendous development Which has been going on vigorously for the past 10 years in the entire territory traversed by the Seaboard "Air Line system the arrest of which development can )nly be temporary I believe that results still more favorable than these may be confidently expected "1 hope and believe it will be the policy of the receivers to make the Seaboard deserve the good will and confidence of the public with which it will do business and result In fair treatment from government and State authorities" Hit- IirM programme" WASHINGTON A GREAT CITY The average citizen does not appreciate Washington as he should do The civil war had something to do With breaking the South away but after one lives here awhile he wishes that everybody could realize the greatness of tiiecapttol of the nation List Bummer while talking with a young country woman of Mecklenburg county after -he had returned from a visit to Washington 1 asked her what she thought of the place "Why" she said "1 never realized what it means to be an American mini V1 Keen ill Washington for a STREET Ittor vr Ml di: Striking Street car Employes end Strike-Breakers Clash and Several Persons Are Injured Milhla Held in Readiness at Indianapolis Muncie Ind Jan 2 Rioting occurred to-day on the streets of Muncie be ween striking employes of the Indiana Union Tract I in Company and strike-breakers shots were fired ind stones and other missiles were thrown Nine persons were Injured those hurt the most seriously being Morris Malay who received a bullet wound in the groin and Harry Gardner who was badly beaten Others were hit with stones Cars were idarted to-day without interruption each protected by from seven to nine strike-breakers A men they were both iiiwn rolling in the gutter Prince HHMe was BJ top bleeding from a wound on the lend where Count Boni hud stiuck him with his cane st A big crowd at once collected The police arrived on the scene and marched both men off to Die police station Each claimed that the other hid been the uggressor and Prince Helle formally charged Count Honl with assault The taller claimed tluit Prince Belts and some of his friends were lying In wait for him Subsequently botn men were released irpen their own recognizance Count de Cnstellane was rece ntly divorced by his wife was Miss Anna Gould of New York it SSS repotted In November- that Madamo Anna Gould was engaged he married 0 Prince Hello tie Sugun but this rumor was primOtly denied by Madams Gould herself BONDHOLDERS WILL bintiit Dr Nicholas Semi ll-knoun Sur-gSOn Bead at ClUcSigO Chicago Jan 2 Dr Nicholas Senn one of the most idely known surgeons In the United States died here to-day Dr Senn was chief surgeon of the sixth army corps during the Spanish-American war and was -chief of the operating staff of the army in the field He was the author of many medical works and was generally considered one 'if the foremost operating surgeons of the country Inning the last two years 111 health had debarred him from much active build lew a 11(1 seen me 6i i up it men ings rrvniinients to our Baltimore Bankers Declare There is I am proud and other grand tilings a s' nerai thing funds It Is- crowd soon gutnere 1 at ine 11101-urbuti station ami in 30 minutes two thousand persons surrounded the building Cars were stoned as they started out Kt other parts of tin city cars were stopped and the strilo -breakers were driven off Two cars collided on account of tl9 inexperience of the motormen and several people had narrow escapes re hard put to It be doubted wheths (hey have eeer No Ground lor Nervousnrssti Sketch of (he Men Who Have Been Appointed Receivers Baltimore Jan 2 Lancaster Williams and Dnies War Held who were appointed recelvaW) of the S-t-board Air Line to-day are bankers of this city Mr Williams being a member of the banking house of Mid-dendorf Williams Co and Mr W-anield Is president of the Continental Trust Company Mr Warlield who is a director of the Seaboard was chosen to represent the majority II Its I I 1 NCIIINO Ol immediate possession of "all and singular the property of the corporation in all States and to continue the operation of the railroad system and 'to run and operate the said railroads and such other property as is held by the corporation and such manner as will in their judgment produce the host results and to exercise the authority and franchises of the complainant and to conduct systematically the business occupation of a common carrier ot passengers ami freight" They also are ordered to direct and protest the railway property as it has formerly been controlled that it may be advantageously used and developed GIVEX UNLIMITED POWER They are empowered to employ and discharge and moreover to tix the Mp- along thin Itne- practice The malady thought to have been the result of the high altitudes of South American mountains during a recent trip 1 a 1 rear ami "th na is not yet maigm Mob in Broad Daylight Takes d--sjs-ippi Negro Iwsj I'l'om (MBcei ami shoois Him Victim Vccnsed or poiii eman's nrder Brookliu ven MIsb Jan 2 1 mi i itriiroKS RATlif of mv country Why I don't believe there is any bull ling in the world that Is finer than the Library of Congress and just to talnk that I have an interest in It!" That is the sort of feeling that it gives one to roani ahOttt Washington The very fact that the law falls on all alike here is sufficient to Impress one with the greatness of his country The man or woman who behaves here will be while the person who offends whether of high or low degree must answer When one roads in the papers or the rulers of other countries and the danger t'ant thev are in every day of being blown to pieces by bombs and then realizes that the President of the Pnltd States can go to Virginia or anvwhere else in this broad land without fear of molestation he feels proud that he is an American SOCIAL FUNCTIONS GALORE There were many social functions 1 fimry Bropa Fr6S Probably the first lynching of 130s Hank in the pro erty while Mr Marion Ind Jan 2 The Marlon street car men are all at work and car service is being maintained as usual No Influence yet brought to bear has changed the determination of the men here not to strike OfftcJa He-port of Alabama Mine Mis aster Hied Birmingham Ala Jan I State Mine Inspectors tlray James Hiilhouse and Ed Ward Flynn to-day tiled with Governor Coiner a full report of 'the explosion which took interests Williams will look after the affairs of a considerable brother John minority led by Skeltoa Williams 1 i- ot is Result csT tm 1 1 luioiis eiernssiiy "futf i-i eve to now Haft i "2 i-The I the Oar of Kagiand to-dgy I inn it ntt a SlNaif his of In the in last their opin- some place In the Yolande mines months in which jfi men lost lives Chief Inspector Gray's ion Is that a miner allowed Richmond The receivership for the A will have a far-r aching effect Baltimore where tie- securities of company are mot' largely dealt Indianapolis Jan 2 Three com- panles of the Indiana National Guard! are being held ready In case there should be further trouble on account of the street railway strike at Mini- cle Anderson and other places along occurred here to-day wnen a mob broad daylight took a mgro uway from police officers un1 snot him The negro whose name was not known either to the police or mob was accused of killing potieomau at OSk vale Miss on Tuesday night The negro had been arrested as a USpieiOUs person because be came to Hrookhaven looking for medical treatment for a gunshot wound In Ihe abdomen The men got him away from the police by using a lasso which was thrown over the negro-s neck as the Officers hurried him to tall The j-T rrr-AM -m I -per cent wkas shed a a rv- l3 Am richn ftnaneiat oondl- dynamite to go off ami that this ignited dust The assistant inspectors express the opinion that there was a gas explosion followed by a dust and held than in centre The bond the property since into one system ag any other trading issues placed on has been merged regate 113786000 the line of the Indiana lnion Trai Hon lines compensation of suh employes counsel lawyers superintendents agents etc as are needed to assist them in the discharge of their duties In reply to inquiries by a representative of 1he Associated Press John Williams Sons one if the partners of which firm Williams was made one of the receivers expressed themselves as very well satisfied with the present Situation which they believe Secretary "Hot Receives Traiiscrlpi here Wednesday vice rresioeiu aim Mrs t'h-irles Fairbanks received Mrs Lee Overman the charming wife of the junior Senator from North Carolina was to assist Mrs of which amount it is estimated nearly t2r00n000 is held here Baltimore bankers declare that there is no necessity for nervousness on the part of the bondholders over the receivership action If they will take the announcement coolly and quietly watt itairl i umi I ii I ulnBl of Japanese Reply Washington fan cretarv'i Root to-day revived from Arnba-csa- dor O'Brien ul Toklo a transcript of the renlv of the Jananesn govern- lassoing of the black man occurred near the central part of town about I 8 o'clock and owing to the uuick gathering Of crowds an effort to luuur ment to the memorandum submitted njm Attorney QenersJ Bonaparte Mum Washington Jan 2 Attorney General Bonaparte when Questioned today us to the truth of the statement that suit would soon be begun to dl--sedve the relationship between the Vnion and Southern Pacific Railroads known as the Hai rimun system would only say that the matter was under consideration but he was not prepared to either affirm or deny was abandoned After the 'p H-t eonp'ed S'ltJi be situation Oerirssag directors in thetr sleet-? ie stiiageut rate if bad been handlcap-1 i speculation (tos the past effect of the radue- however distaunfed an i ick rachanajb as the I'orit competii ion tor arri -a is and a sharp" drop in u- mi rates foreshadowed in -the uttii ia I minimum rat of disc mrtt 111 quickly lead to a complete re- Wmuch more to the mma shooting a city official perscadsd the 1 mob not to drag the body through the streets as Its mmter proclaimed an Intention of doing "The mob advantage than to rush into the market now to sell Persons close In the inside of thc property are outspoken in the opinion vo-ganization ot the management and readjustment of the finances of the road and so enable the property to resume its position in the upbuilding of the South They view the present By him stutie lime ago in relation to the regulation Japanese immigration Into America The reply is avion tliscusjlpg Mr O'Brien's' proposition in the greatest detail far Secretary Root ha not had tin opportunity to carefully consider the reply but It is stated that In the opinion of the state Department it exhibits a disposition on the part of the Japanese government to meet the desires of Ameri i In a satisfactory manner Ambassilor O'Brien eoln- Ides- In this view of the Japanese Kairbanks in receiving but owing to the fact that she lost her mother some time ago jj Overman is not going out and decline Nothing has been said of the punch served at the Fairbanks home hut the general impreaslon Is thai buttermiu cocktails were I be strongest offered The naughty forward caterer who furnished the plies that caused so much out In Inidiana has been dismissed Uncle Joe Cannon's two daughters Miss Cannon and Mrs Le Seure received Thev were assisted by the wives and daughters of a number of 'ongressmen The silk hat fellow was on parade New Year's Iay He had Da his bist clothes nni hi" most becoming smile Washington kept open house I sa more than three hundred silk hats come out of one hotel There -ire to be a numbr-r of to- Is said to have been compo'ei' mostly of men from the Of Oak4 vale After the lynching negro who saw the hody scild ft was that of Coot Atttmaa accused or killing 1 policeman this vicinity TVccmbcr 10th that the security holders both stocks: und bonds will benefit They say no holders of any of the underlying bond need have any fear of default at any! time in the interest One of the assets of the Seaboard is '4 St Phil In piM to I 111 low Nc Orleans Enterprises Know No Decrease in Dividends New Orleans La Jan 2 Dividend payments of about $15000000 will be made in yew Orleans tiiU month These payments show no decrease under the dividends paid a year ago for although rates have been reduced In many cases a large in rease In capital Invested makes up the Qi it which otherwise there would be arrangements as a union of all the I interests In the system In which here-! tofore there have been strong antag- onisms and the preliminary step to-1 ward harmonious astlon for development and the earning of profits The title of the ease in which the decree Is entered 1st "Seaboard Air ILIne Railway complainant against the Continental Trust Company as response tne rsammore nieam fai net 1 pany better known as the old Bay Line The operations of this line it Is win will not be affected by the receivership An effort Is bring made by local bondholders independent of the Williams' intetests to secure representa- Home lor Young tirls Norfolk Va Jen jhjggil Ttonc of this city to-day announced that he will build a home for young girls at the comer of Holssevaln and Collev avenues (JhPnt and endow it with a gift ef $250000 The home will cost 130000 rPhe reduction Is I In Sou's rati uf dis- a received uith lasch Vl 1 UNB satisfac- o-rntan tin acta com- mki'i however '-''t! saopting too 0 ot Bis results of riiat action on he rn 1 stgn siruati -a The ueclara tlait ions hsrs bee too irmnt t-ie p- 11 of I i the ra'e of npei'Ial Baah hieh res tsned ths tick of grrtd a amP vtlti( Th rate gck- Germany igf TO tion In 'he receivership and they are eh! functions here tins among urging CuHtavus Ober a banker of! them three or four inlte House re-Baitimi-n as a third receiver Alter- ceptkwis Tne most popular or ax- Itabama Closing Us in Be Tested hi the Courts Mobile Ala Jan The Alabama 9 o'clock closing taw for cities of over 15000 will be given 11 test hearing in the courts and carried to the State Supreme Court The law went hito effect last night at midnight but only One-third of the "saloon-keepers observed it The Irst arrest was made sts this afternoon Kvrry other nev Ki win Baetler counsel for a tra- iive om- is of the committee of local bondholders went tion when the representatives foreieii countries here wiv Ds out I ii Editor Killed Mis ic Halletsvllle Tex Jan I Thls afternoon as lie- was entering hU ofll H- deaamisr editor of The hi- ietsvilie Elersld was shot and killed bv his wife Hhr was arrested and placed under S-'iOO bail Iometc troubles are said to be the cause of the to Richmond to urge the court to at tniFtee nn'ler the first mortgage made tiy Seaboard Air Line Railway defendant FINANCIAL ENT Th bill filed In the case gives a tabulated financial Jtatement of the Seaboard earnings and charges for the three last fiscal years Including its water lines and not lncludmg the I nknnsrs -sci sinks Norfolk Vs Jan 2 News was received this afternoon that an unknown se-hooner was sunk 4 2 miles off "ape Lookout Three masts are vls- point Mr o-ber to art with Messrs War field and Williams Neither of the receivers is in BalH- People like to see big folks and line tejs from othr lands The women sre likely to he on hand when th wives snd daughters of foreign ministers ambasMdors or what not auuear city In the State where liquor is ibie The whereabouts of Ihe crew are unknown (e'emtinued on Pge Tiirec) Is osservins the iat.