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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
DECISION IS FINAL
fresideni Roosevelt Gives litim,iun
In Miller Case
NET TIE LABOR REPRESENTATIVES
The Presisent Of the Whole Peoris 10
unsble 20 Recognize the Demsses
OF Any Greed or orgsniratios.

washington. sp~oisi-Aa impostant
conference took place a. the waite
House Tuesday night between frcsi-
cent Roosevelt and ave members %
the executive council q the American
Fcieraiion q. I-Ator. including fTcAl-
dent GOmpsrx and John Mitchell. head
Of the Minerx' Cnlon. during which
the case of Foreman W. A. Miller. %
the government, printing orcc. wra
the principal ioric ot discussion The
conference was granted NJ tho TcaBes;
q the labor leaders The Miller case
WAS very fully presented by the mem
bers Of the executive council. At the
close Of which the President made a
statement in which he announced that
his decision not 60 dismiss Miller WaI
fnai. and tha. the question o, his per.
sonal fitness must lie settled in tha
regular routine OF administrator.
The statement says.
AS regards the Miller case. have
little To add 10 what have already
said. In dealing with IL ! ask you to
remember that | am dealing purely
with the relation of the government
20 its employees. I must govern my
action by the laws of the lard. which
| am sworn TO administer. and which
iifferentiate any case In which the
government of the United States In n
party from ell other cases Whatsoever
These laws are enacted for the benc-
nj OF the whole people. and cAnnO; and
must not be construed as permitting
discrimination against some 81 the
people. ! am President Of all the I,s-o-
pie ct the United States. without &C.
gard to creed. color. birth place. oc-
Cupation or social condition Ny aim
is 10 do equal and exact justice a.
among them al. In the employment
and dismissal Of men In the govern
ment service | can no more recognize
| the fact that a man does or does not
belong 20 4 union as being for or
against him than I can recognize the
fact that he is 4 Protestant or
Catholic. n Jew or n Gentle. as being
Tor or against him.
In the communications sent me by
various labor organizations protesting
against the retention OF Miller In the
government printing office the grounds
alleged are twofold:
/. That he is n non-union man.
2. That he is not personally 81. The
question OF his personal fitness IL one
TO be settled In the routine Of admin
istrative detail. and cannot be allowed
| 10 conflict with or 10 cumplicate the
large question CT governmental dis
elimination for or against him or any
other man because he Is or is not a
member OF q union. This 10 the only
| question now before NE for decision:
and as 10 this decision is final"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
Killed By Cave.ln.

Columbus, Ga.-While making
measurements in deep trench IN
2ublic street here Wednesday aftcr'
noon, Superintendent OF Pubic
Works Robert L. Johnson and a negro
workman, Brad Smith. were killed ny
g. mass of dirt caving in on them
The alarm was given Immediately and
a force of workmen was sent to rescue
the men. While this force was at
work, a second cave-in followed, bury
ing seven or eight men. Mayor Chap
pell ordered the hook and ladder
Nuck of the fire department to the
scene with several firemen to help N
the work. Quick work saved the lives
OF FIVE workmen, who were dug out oi
the trnech, but two OF them are fatal
ly hurt The bodies Of Johnson ano
the negro Smith, were recovered. The
injured men were sent to their homes
and physicians are giving them medi-
cal attention Superintendent Johnson
was one of the best krown civil and
municipal engineers in the South. He
vas formerly engaged in government
york. He leaves wife and four chile
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
FAv0pS An tlGHT,H0ll DAY.
The Committee OF orrsaiird Labor
Waits on the Presideat.

Washington. Special executive
council OF tie American F~derRtion %
Labor has issued an address 10 orEaa.
tied labor. which advocates the eisAt.
hour day. opposes abuse by tie courts
Of the writ OF injunction aud siTougiy
asserts the principle OF the unioa
shop. The address describes the recent
conference with President Roosevelt.
quoting the President as favoring the
eight-hour bill In the conference. says
the address. the open shop idea ~As
carefully considered. The address con-
tinues:
Replying TO statements on the sub
iect. President Roosevelt set forth that
in his decision he had nothing IN mind
but n strict compliance with Federal.
Including civil service law. and that he
recognized a difference between en-
ployment by the government o!rcum-
scribed by those laws and aay other
form OF employment. and tha. his de-
cision in the Miller case should not he
understood TO have any other ene-t or
influence than affecting direct employ
ment by the government in accugdanco
Herewith. He furthermore made plain
that in any form OF employment ex-
Cepting that so circumscrIbed. he be-
lieved the full employment of union
men was preferable either 10 non
union or open shop
In view OF the publicity given this
subject, the executive council OF the
American Federation OF Labor takes
this opportunity 10 say that the trade
union movement stands for strictly
union shop, experience having proved
that where the open shop system has
been tried. reduction in wages md
profits have ensued. with general dis
aster TO the industry practicing that
system, and therefore declares that the
best interests OF the labor moyeInp nj
calls for the employment of union
workers and discourage in every way.
shape and form the daIcri0ra;inS cf-
fects which follow recognition OF the
open shop"
The address argues that the success
Of agreements with employers depends
on the complete organizar OF labor
for only an organized bOly can carry
Into execution such an agreement.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
Not Coming South,

Pine Bluff. Ark, Special.-In re-
sponse to an invitation to visit th1
Branch Normal College, colored, here
in the event of a Southern tour by
him. former President Grover Cleve-
land has written as follows to Prof
Isaac Fisher, principal Of the college
THE reports in the press. indicatin
that intend soon to pay a visit Il
the South are entirely without founda-
ton. I have had no such intention
though | know that | would enjoy such
a trip. II it were true that | were tf
make such a tour and come to tbs
State of Arkansas, ] do not know ol
anything that l would like better thor
to pay a visit to your school"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
North State News.

Internal revenue agents Wednesday
at Milton, Casewell county, made the
largest seizure Of liquor known in the
history OF the bureau In North Caro-
itna. Six thousand gallons. valued at
$4,000, were seized by Deputy Collec-
tor StaTbuck, just as the barrels were
being loaded on the train for ship
mont. The 115 barrels were all prop
crly stamped, being seized for viola
ttCn OF the revenue law. Officers de-
cline to give the particulars. The
whiSkoy will be stored In government
warehouses in Greensboro, unless the
owner gives bond. The distillery be-
lOnged TO T. NJ. Angle, of Milton, 1t
being the most extensive government
diatipory in that district.
Knowles, the trusted night-watch-
man for the Hardin Manufacturing
Company, was taken to Dallas We'd
ncSday and placed in Jail by Deputy
Sheriff Robert Rhyme, for breaking
into thJ Company's store. The COM
pany had been missing money and
checks for some time, and set a trap
to catch the thief, allowing two per-
cons to stay in the store. About 10
o'clock the watchman entered and
went to the money drawer, where he
was standing when the lights were
turned on. Knowles then acknowl.
edged to the theft.
At a meeting Wednesday afternoon
of natives Of North Carolina who are
residents of Richmod, Va. steps were
taken toward the formation of what
is to be known as the North Carolina
Society of Richmond, and committee
was appointed to represent the society
at the gathering of the North Caro-
lima dispersed abroad" to be held at
Greensboro: October II. Rev. DR.. w.
W. Moore, at the Union Theological
Seminary, was chosen to be the
spokesman Of this delegation.
Appointments to University schol-
arships at Columbia were received
Tuesday. They are for postgraduate
study and are valued at $3.50 each.
They are awarded for excellence in
study and general merit. Among the
recipients is Leonidas Wakefield
Crawford, Jr.. Of Greensboro, course
in English literature. He is an A. M.
of Trinity College, of Durham. and A.
M. of Columbia University, 1903.
The grand jury at the Charlotte
court house Tuesday afternoon found
true bill against John Kirk, col
ored. for the murder Of Will Smith,
also colored, near Ebenezer, in Sahron,
about two weeks ago. The defendant
has not yet been apprehended.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
The Haywood Trial.

Raleigh, Special.-The trial OF Ern-
est Haywood for the killing OF Ludlow
Skinner was began on Thursday of
last week. The jury was selected with
out much difficulty. Twenty-Five wit
nesses were examined Friday. With
the exception Of two witnesses none
testified to having seen anything Of
the killing until they were attracted by
the sound OF pistol shot and saw
Haywood standing on the sidewalk
near the south end OF the postoffice
with his smoking pistol levelled at
Skinner. who was moving rapidly
across the street. AS he came near to
the center of It the second shot came
as Skinner slightly turned, and then
he circled till he fell to the ground on
his face, dying almost at once. The
evidence for the State was not con-
cluded Friday.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
Twelve Persons Drowned.

Mariette, Wis, Speciai.-The pas
senger steamer Erie T. Hsckley Of
Fish Creek, foundeded in Green Bay
Saturday night, during a hard squall.
and twelve persons were drowned and
seven rescued. The dead: Joseph Vo-
rous, captain; - Truchly. cook. OF
the ,Hackley. Passengers: Freeman
Thorpe. Fish Greek; Edna Barringer.
Fish Greek: Lawrence BarTinger.
brother of Edna Barringer. Fish
Creek: Francis Vincent. Egg Harbor:
Vincent. sister of Francis. Egg
Harbor: George LeClair. Jr.. Jackson
port; " Fitzsimmons. JacksonpOri t:
Henry Rabbiter. Fish Creek: Carl Ke!-
~, Fish Creek; Nels Nelson. Sturgeon
Bay.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
News of the Day.

Robert P. Skinner, the American
Consul General at Marseilles, will
penetrate the wilds of Abyssinia,
guarded by detachment of American
marines from the European Squadron,
to negotiate commercial treaty with
the King Of Abyssinia.
Fredericksburg.
Lilburn Bales, aged IA years, is said
to have fired 3S shots into the body
of John Taylor, Of Russell county, Vir-
ginia.
The orders for a restriction of the
anthracite coal output has affected
nearly all the collieries in the Wilkes
barre region.
H. H. Rand, formerly confidential
clerk to the Postmaster-General, and
lately assistant superintendent of the
Salary and Allowance Division, has
been dropped from the rolls after in
definite leave without pay.
In an address to the grand jury
Chief Justice Lore, of Delaware, took
occasion to severely denounce lynch
ing.
Leader Murphy, of Tammany Hall,
proposes to indorse Edward M. Grant
and Charles V. Fornes, nominees on
the fusion ticket.
James w. Erwin. one of the in
dicated postal inspectors, continued
his testimony before the United States
Commissioner in San Francisco.
Armed detectives were on guard at
w. G. Rockefeller's Adirondack cot
tage and around his estate.
Fourteen culprits were severely
whipped in the Newcastle County
(Del.) Jail yard and a large crowd,
including women, witnessed the
bloody work.
Gov. A. B. Cummings, of Iowa,
opened his campaign for reelection at
Des Moines.
The Sheffield Scientific School will
make test on 20 members of the army
hospital crops with a view to fiXin 6
the minimum amount of proteid neces-
sary to maintain normal life.
Snow has fallen on the Balkan
mountains, greatly increasing the
hardships of the Macedonian refu.
gees.
Gen. Ian Hamilton arrived on the
Lucania from England and will visit
Southern battlefelds.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
Fire at High Point.

High Point, Special.-The machin.
cry room Of the High Point Mantcl
ard Table Company's plant was de
stroyed by fire Thursday night about
1890 o'clock. The fire started in the
drying houses close to the machinpI y
building, which were also destroyed
Prompt work on the part of the local
fircmcn saved further destruction. The
loss outside insurance Is estimated at
about 100000. Enough factory prop
erty in close proximity was saved by
the Nrcmcn. which otherwise would
have burned, to pay for the water
works several times over. The burned
district will be rebuilt at once.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
fio:iIia Goes TO Man In.

Norfolk. Specialize first torpeI I,
boat fictilla, consisting OF the p :.
tur, Dale. Bainbridge. Chauncey. .
Barry. lis preparing for a voyage .
Manila. and will lie ready 10 sail. IL o
expected. about The first OF Noyenit I:
The fotilla VII - under the commaI
OF Lieutenant l. III. Chandler. and " y
be conveyed by the cruiser Balt;moI e
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08

10 come 10 him in the hotel lobby and
offer him a cigar. which was declined .
Was IL one or more occasions that
you heard him speak OF M. Tillman
la this derogatory manner"
'On several occasions. the fex
days he was in the hospital" replied
the witness.
She said she had known Lieut.. Gov.
Tiliman's family all her life and that
the families are connected by mar
riage. Miss Roper said she had never
heard Lieut.. Gov. Tillman make any
threats towards Mr.. Gonzales
After this the trial was adjourned
to Tuesday. Monday being assigned to
the con sidera1&Dn Of other business.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
Gets Scholarship

New York. Special-Appointments
- University scholarships at Columbia
were received Tuesday. They are for
Postgraduate study and are valued az
$3.50 each. They are awarded for e1ce!-
lence in study and general merit.
Among the receipts In Leonidas Wakc-
field Crawford. Jr. of Greensboro. -.
C.. course in English literature. He ia
an A. n os Trinity College. Durham,
-. C, A. II. Of Columbia University,
1903.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
s. & w. to Be Extended.

Johnson City, Tenn, Special
Georgt L. Carter, president of the road
announces that the South & Western
Railroad, formerly the Ohio River &
Charleston, is to be at once extended
from Johnson City to the West Vir-
ginia coal fields and from it's North
Carolina terminus to the Atlantic
coast. The extensions will aggregate
several hundred miles. The road was
originally projected from Charleston
TO Chicago via Cincinnati.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
A nafch Rece.

Memphis. Special.-Secretary Murry
Howe. Of the Memphis Driving Park
Association, announced that arrange
ments have been concluded whereby
Prince Alert, 1851. and Dan Patch,
1:59. will meet in match race on the
opening day Of the grand circuit meet
ing. which begins October 20. On the
second day Lou Dillon, the trotting
queen. an6 Major Delmar, recently
purchased by E. e. Smathers, will trct
a specially arranged race.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
A nasch Rec.

Howe, OF the Memphis Driving Park
Association. announced that arrange
ments have been concluded whereby
Prince Alert, 1:57, and Dan Patch.
1859, will meet in i match race on tie
opening day OF the granc circuit meet
'ng, which begins October 20. On the
second day Lou Dillon. the trotti9g
queen. and Major De.mar. recently
purchased by E. &. Smathers. will tfct
a specially arranged race.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
Eryan TO Speak

Columbus. O., Special.-1t is an
uounced that Hon. VIM. ]. Bryan will
be in Ohio on October 5 to lend as
sistancc 10 the Democratic cause. He
will speak at Napoleon and Oak Har-
Dor during the day, and in Sandusky
at night. He had promised to give
three days to the Ohio committee, but
preparations for his European trip re
drced this rumbar to one.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
THE WAY TO THEIR HEARTS.
Boiseerous Lads Proved Themselves
Not Wholly Bad.

There was nothing lacking in the
way Of rowdyism on the homeward-
bound car from Bath Beach. All the
boys" were on it, and made it perfect
ly apparent to other passengers that
the conductor had nothing to do but
collect fares, and that the motorman,
big as he was, had little concern in
what was going on behind him.
In the next to the front seat sat a
little, bert old woman, her white hair
plastered smooth beneath one Of those
curious little black silk bonnets that
are never seen in the shops, but which
old women seem to know where to
find. She wrapped her shawl closer
around her frail figure as the rowdies
became roiser and reared at the con-
ductor when he made feeble effort to
step them. Finally they started to sing
a shameless song. A man who was
riding home with his wife and two
children stood up in the car and man
aged to secure a moments attention.
''Oh, come, lads" he pleaded; mot
before nother!'
The shot struck home There was
order on that car until the little old
woman got off near the Brooklyn en-
trance to the bridge-New York
Times.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
Woman Defauiter.

New York, Special.-Marie Layton
Johnson, aged 29 years, the wife OF
Albert NJ. Johnson, dentist Of Larch-
mont, n. Y, with an office in this city.
was arrested Friday night on a war
rant specifically charging her with the
grand larceny Of $4,000. The total
amount of her defalcations, however,
may, it is said, amount to $4,000.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08
ALOsS BY Fire.

Messrs /. S. Phipps and John M.
Andrews, of Greensboro, lost their
tobacco barns by fire Tuesday night
Mr.. Phipps finished curing his to-
bacCo and the fires were drawn, TAX
ing the precaution Of putting water on
the embers, but on Sunday afternoon
in some way the barn caught fire, de-
stroying all of the tobacco and several
vehicles which were under the shed
Of the barn. Mr.. Andrews was kill
ing out his barn of tobacco when 1t
caught fire and was destroyed.
An education is not a short cut to
soft snap.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-08

German women use the word club
to designate a school organization, but
do not apply it to associations or
unions of working women They pro
nounce it "klOOb.'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-07-30

There is as much mystery ms history
connected with the common tuber call
ed the potato. Its nativity. original
place in the kingdom of nature and
several other things regarding it are
still open questions AS to its nativity,
the weight of argument seems TO favor
the tropical or subtropical regions of
America. There is a tradition that the
vines once grew to monstrous size and
that the balls" were of the "bigness
of melons, and mt that time the roots
were not tubers. the edible parts grow
ing among the branches. 1t seems that
they We're first introduced into Europe
in the year 1866.
Haskells Roots and Wild Plants"
says, "Wamllins first fetched a queer.
dubious root out of America which
some called 'bodado,' while others.
who had heard the Peruvians mention
it. spoke of it rs 4 potato Pcriam' 5
Cyclopedia OF Agriculture says that Sir
John Wamkins found it growing wild
near Santa Fe de Bogota at an alti-
tude of 5000 to 1900 feet. He also
says that it was fetched out of Amer
lea" at about the time settled upon by
Haskell-viz. in the year 1865.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-07-30

Carmen sylvia. the royal authoress,
met her husband the king of Rouma-
mia, in quite n romantic way. As a
girl of seventeen she was running down
the staircase of the palace at Berlin
when her foot slipped on the marble,
and she would have fallen to the floor
below. but at the moment Prince
Charles of HohenZollern stepped from
an anteroom and caught her in his
arms. She did not accept him, although
he made her the offer at once. In joke
for it was then most unlikel&she
said she preferred to remain queen of
herself, but if she became queen of any
country at all she would prefer Rou-
mania. Eight years afterward the
beautiful Carmen was married 10
Prince Charles. who had been proclaim
ed king of Roumania, and thus she re-
allied her ambition
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-07-30
New Books at the
Public Library,

The following books have just been
received at the library:
The Long Straight Road.
The Two Nanrevels.
Lady Roses Daughter.
Cecilia.
The 1ntrusions of Peggy.
Letters From Self Made Merchant
to His Son.
Eagle Blood.
Five Little Peppers Abroad
Lovely Mary.
The Blue Goose.
The Circle.
A Lad of the O'Friel.
The Captain.
Hohenzollern.
The Pilot.
The Pit
When Patty Went to College,
The Wooing of Judith.
The Four Feathers.
The Vultures.
The Adventures of Harry Revel.
Out of Gloucester.
The Legatee.
Veronica.
Judith's Garden.
Conjuror's House.
Six Trees.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-07-30
when water Was Avoided.

Until comparatively recent times
there was a medical prejudice against
drinking water Sir William Vaughan
in his Natural and Artificial Direc-
tons For Health" declared that water
"ought seldom TO be drunk" Another
doctor admitted that it might be
healthful for children, but not for men
Except some odd. abstemious one
among thousand perchance, degen-
crate and of a doggish nature, for dogs
of nature do abhor wine Indeed, the
recommendation of water rs a bever-
age was supposed to be the sign of the
quacll. Even Wesley in his primitive
Physic' wrote of it with caution:
Drink only water if it agrees with
your stomach; if not, good, clear small
beer"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-07-30
A PART OF THE PLAY,
Kissing That Brought some Russian
Actors TO Prison Cell

The course of true art does not al
ways run smooth in Russia. as. for ex-
ample, in the theater of Yelizavetgrad
In the fourth act of certain play there
is a tlieater within theater. as in
Shakespeares Hamlet" only that
some of the dramatis persona have to
mix with the public in the galleries
and 10 hiss the chief actress, who duly
faiuts. As soon as the gentlemen had
taken their places among the gods ara
begun To hiss and whistle the police
man on duty came down upon them
like wolf on the fold and before they
could utter 4 word Of explanation he
and his colleagues ''nabbed" two. re-
moved them by force and took them to
the next police station, where they
were charged with disorderly conduct
mt public place. They protested that
they had only done their duty, but the
police laughed their explanations TO
scorn. The public left the theater en-
masse TO see what was happening to the
actors. but the latter had already been
consigned TO the cells The crowd in
the street before the station house grew
rapidly in numbers, and It's noisy
protests threatened to eliminate in Sc.
rious disorders. Fortunately, the man
ager of the theater appeared before the
superintendent and by the light Of a
lamp acclaimed. with manuscript in
hand, the whole fourth act. in order to
show that Kissing was an essential part
of the performance. Only then did the
representatives of the law release the
innocent actors