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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-17
Leads all North Carolina Dailies i'm News and SPECULATION

at this church had to seek the different
churches in town for services. At all
the churches here there was preaching,
morning and evening, and all had full
house. At Washington Street NJ. E.
church Bishop Coke Smith preached in
the morning after which Ordination Of
Deacons took place. At nine O'Clock pre-
ceding the morning session a Love Feast
was held, conducted by Revs. II. H. Pc
gram, f. H Wood, I. A. Boone and p.
j. CarraWay.
There were memorial exercises fol
lowed by the sacrament of the Lord :
Supper in the afternoon at three O'Clock,
conducted by Revs. S. II. Helsabeck and
j. w. Wheeler, which services lasted
until late in the afternoon. I mis- was one
of the best services yet held
AT the evening service DR.. A. F. Wat-
kins preached. DR.. j. c. Kilgo was to
have occupied the pulpit, but was called
home Saturday night. This service be-
gan by the singing of hymn No. 154,
which was followed by prayer offered by
Rev. w. R. Ware, OF Winston. Dr. Wat
kins chose as his text the first verse of
the eleventh chapter of the first eplstle
to Corinthians: BE ye followers of me,
even as / also am of Christ" DR.. Wat
kins began his discourse with the remarn
that the Apostle Paul must ever remain
the apostolic pattern of all churches
Paul was the model Christian-the in
carnation of personal devotion to Jesus
Christ; the brother to every Christian
man. He stands before the church to-
day as the first full-orb Chrstian-a
model of what Jesus Christ can do with
a sinner. In comparing Stephen to Paul
DR.. Watkins said: Stephen was the bud,
Paul the full grown flower; Stephen the
child, Paul the full grown man. Greater
was he than Elijah, Moses, and other Bible
patriarchs He held out Paul's life and
character to the world begging it TO
pattern after the same. His discourse
was much enjoyed by the vast audience
present which was followed by the ordl-
nation of some fifteen or twenty elders.
The ordination services was very i'm
presslve ending up with the benedictlon
in which the Bishop and five preachers
took part, all laying their nands upon
the applicants in turn as the Bishop pro
nounced the benedictiOn as follows upon
each one: THE Lord pour upon thee the
Holy Ghost for the office Of elder III the
church of God now committed unto thee
by the imposition OF our hands and be
thou a faithful, dispenser of the word
of God and OF His holy sacraments. In
the name of the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost, amen"
Continued on Page Six)
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BOTH ARE INDICTED,
ChampIaIn and Tennent Dis
appear Charged with
EmbeZzlement.
(By the Associated Press.)

Asheville, n. c., Nov. 16.-Daniel c.
Champlain, former mayor of Biltmore and
cashier of the Biltmore estate, and George
r. Tennent, heretofore a time-keeper on
the estate, We're today indicted by the
grand jury of the Superior Court for the
embezzlement of funds from George X
Vanderbilt. Both men have left the State
and thei whereabouts are unknown.
The finding of the grand jury is the re-
suit of Investigations which have been
conducted for the past two months.
When the rumor of speculation of the
estate moneys were first started, a general
denial was made at the office. The sud
den return of Mr.. Vanderbilt from Europe
and the employment of expert accountants
to examine the books resulted in open
charges being made against the two ac-
cused men who were dismissed from Mr.
Vanderbilt's employ for violating the reg
ulations of the Office
The master of Biltmore made no effort
to prosecute the offenders, but at the
special term of the criminal court last
month, Fred Hull, expert accountant,
and E. j. Harding were summoned before
the grand jury to tell what they knew
about the alleged irregularities. From the
information thus far received, present
ments were returned by the grand jury
and this afternoon true bill was found
against the men
1t is alleged that the amount appropriat-
ed by the accused reaches almost $11 900,
which sum was secured by padding the
pay-rolls. Both Champlain and Tennent
belong to prominent families
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A 100000 LUMBEn CO,
Yadkin Lumber Co., of Lenoir, Charters Three
Other New Companies

Four new companies were chartered yes
terday in the Secretary of States office,
one of them four hundred thousand dol
lar lumber concern, as follows:
The Yadkin Lumber Company of Le-
noir, with an authorized capital stock OF
$40O, 900. The incorporators are: J. New,
ton Peck, Philadelphia, Pa: Angie c.
Fuller, Wellsville. n. Y; Gertrude F.
Davis, Proctor, VT; D. A. Ritchie, Rich.
mond, Va, and Edmund Jones, Lenoir, n.
c. land others. There are twenty-one in
corporators in all, only Mr.. Jones being a
North Carolinian.
The Shaw Brothers Company, of Greens
boro, with capital stock OF $4,000, to car
ry on a general mercantile business. The
incorporators are: Jas. H. Shaw, Chas. S.
Shaw and Claude S. Shaw, all of Greens
borO.
The Edward Manufacturing Company, OF
Edward, Beaufort county, with capital
stock of $4,000, to deal in real estate
mills, gins and carr yon general mercan-
tile business The incorporators are: w
B. Reynolds, w H. Dixon, w. r. Boyd
n. w. Potter and w. r. Smith, of Ed
ward.
The Fremont Building and Improve
ment Company, with a stock of $4,000
The incorporators are: Jno. l.. Hare, L.
o. Hay and u. d. Mumford, of Fremont
The Cleveland Cotton Mills, of Lawn
dale, Cleveland county, filed articles Of
of amendment of charter, changing its
name to the Lawndale Railway and Indus
trial Company, and reducing its capital
stock from 100000 to sec, 900 The articles
were signed by H. f. Schumck, president
and j. E. Reynolds, secretary.
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LO! THE TREATY OF 1916
A Violation of Article Forty-Seven OF
This Convention is the Accusation
Brought Against This Govern
ment. Colombia Trumpets
Her Grievance to
the World.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York. Nov. 16.-The New York
Evening Post has received the text of
the Colombian priests against the action
of the United States. 1t is addressed to
the United States Senate and is sighby
President Marroquin. The Evening Pist's
dispatch Is as follows:
''The President of Colombia has today
addressed the American Senate five in
the following terms:
ITO His Excellency, the President of
the Senate, Washington
'''Excellency: The government and
people of Colombia have been painfully
surprised at the notification given by tie
minister of the United States to the eff
feet that the government at Washington
had hastened to recognize the govern
ment consequent upon a barracks coup in
the department of Panama.
The bonds of sincere and unnter-
rupted friendship which united the two
government and the two peoples; the
solemn obligation undertaken by the Am
erlcan Union IN a public treaty to guar
antce the sovereignty and properly OF Co.
lombia in the Isthmus of Panama: the
HplOleCllOn WHICH the CITIZENS OL that
country enjoy and will continue to enjoy
us; the traditional principles of the Am
erican government to secession move.
,nents's the good faith which has charac-
terized that great people in its interna-
tional relations; the manner in which the
revolution was brought about and the pre-
cipitancy of its recognition make the gov
ernment and people of Colombia hope that
the Senate of the people of the United
States will admit their obligation to as
sis us in maintaining thc integrity of ou1
territory and in rep ssion that insur-
recton which is not even the result Of
popular feeling.
In thus demand just.:e, Colombia
appeals to the dignity and honor of the
American Senate and people.
(Signed) ''MAROOQUIN.
1T is to be heed the petition for JUS
tice which Colombia makes to the Ameri-
can people viii be favorably received by
sound pubic opinion among the Sena,
tors of that country.
(Signed) Minister of Government,
Esteban Jaramillo.
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No FedaraI Question InvoIv
ed in the Matter.
so DECIDES THE COURT
therefore, The Tribunal Has No Jurisdiction ano
The Men Must Serve Out the Sen-
t-nces Imposed by the
State Court.
Especial to News and Observer J

Washington, D. c., Nov. 1.-the Su-
preme Court of the United States decided
the gold brick cases today in favor of
the State, and Howard and Hawley, who
appealed the case, must complete their
ten years terms of service in the State
prison.
1t was held by the court that no Fed
eral question was involved and that Tor
this reason it did not have jurisdiction.
The case appealed on writ OF error was
dismissed and judgment in the habeas
corpus case affirmed. The motion o.
counsel for the convicts, asking for trans
fer of custody because OF danger from
mob violence was consequently denied.
Justice Brewer wrote the opinion of the
court and he declared that the State was
to be congratulated rather than con-
demned, if the effect of the sentences IN
the two cases was to induce like criminals
to avoid her territory. The two cases
on which appeal was brought were treat
cd Jointly in .he decision Of the court.
Representative Kluttz presented Repre-
sentatives Page and Patterson to the
President at the White House this after
noon. Mr.. Roosevelt spoke in comph-
mentary terms Of Walter H. Page, editor
Of Worlds Work, whom he declared was
a worked for great good. He also com
plimented the delegation, saying that
North Carolina was we'll represented in
Congress.
At the Democratic caucus of Senators
this afternoon there was discussion of
the Panama situation. There is divis-
ion as to the policy the Democracy should
pursue. The North Carolina Senators
while condemning the Presidents hasty
action think it would be unwise to op-
pose the negotiation of new treaty with
Panama. They spoke today for conserya-
tive action and advocated further delay.
No action was taken and another caucus
will be held to consider the question later
in the week.
FRED L. MERRITT
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The Protest to England,
CBy the Associated Press.)

London, Nov. 16.-The Colombian au-
thorities have cabled to London lengthy
protest against the United States action
toward Panama. in which they claim that
the main responsibility for the secession
of Panama lies with the United States
government first by fomentlng the sepa-
ratist spirit, of which there seems to be
Gear evidence; secondly by hastily ac-
knowledging the independence OF the le-
volted province, and finally by preventing
the Colombian government from using
means to repress the rebellion"
The cable message goes on to say that
President .Morroquin has enerseticaly
protested to the United States and wishes
that his protest should be known through
out the civilized world The President
contends that the United States has in
fringed on rticle So of the treaty of 1S4f
which he asserts. implies the duty on the
part OF the United States to help Colon
bia IN maintaining her sovereignty over
the isthmus and adds that the ..Colombian
government repudiates the assumption
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from Greensboro, where they heard argu-
ment in the case, but rendered no decision
Chairman Franklin Mcneil said yesterday
that the Southern had returned the freight
held on last Saturday, and so the fine is
not still piling up, but was due for every
day up to that time that the order was not
complied With.
Now the case will get into the courts
but the Corporation Commission will OF
course not allow that goodly sum of
money due by the Southern Railway to
slip through its fingers. 1t must be paid
The partial adjustment effected between
the Ice Company and the Southern Rail
way does not in any way affect the Corpor-
alton Commission, because they were not
Il party to 1T. They issued an order, which
was disobeyed. The law specifies the pen
atty, and the people expect the law to be
enforced.
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THE OFFER APPROX: D. D
PRESIDENT Williams Explains
How the Seaboard will
Use the Money
(By the Associated pregs.l

Richmond, Va, Nov. 16President John
Shelton Williams, Of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway system, who returned to
the city yesterday from New York, said
last night to an Associated Press corre-
spondent: THE financial proposition
recently made to the Seaboard Air Lire
Railway by Messrs Thomas F. Bryan
and Blair & Company, of New York,
Will be acted upon by our board of dl-
rectors at their meeting on Tuesday.
The proposition meets the cordial ap-
provel OF myself and my associates, who
own large majority interest in the sys-
TEN. The money which is offered, if ac-
cepted, will be used to pay off the COM
panys floating debt, which, by the way,
is lnconsiderable, amounting to scarcely
more than one months gross earnings,
and also will furnish the funds desired
for certain important plans of develop
ments, including the amount required for
the completion OF the Birmingham line.
The funds necessary for the con-
struction of the Seaboard's new road
between Atlanta and Birmingham were
secured more than six months ago,
through the sale of $6,0000 900 Birming-
ham division per cent. bonds at 85 and
interest, and the additional funds now
desired in this connection are to be held
for the purpose of providing extensive
terminals and equipment for the old
East and West Railroad now part of the
Atlanta and Birmingham line, which ex-
penditures were not covered by the bond
sale above referred to.
THE Seaboard Air Line Railway is
in a thoroughly sound and healthy con-
dition. The last annual report shows
htat the floating debt of the company
at the time of that report was consid-
erably less than $1,000O00. The surplus
earnings of the property for the past
year were not only largely in excess of
all interest, rentals and fixed charges,
but were equal to more than per cent
on the company's preferred stock and
its physical condition is good"
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the caucus bitterly complained
OF lack Of harmony which prevailed
and compared the Democratic position
with the attitude of the Republicans, who
they said with twice as many represen-
tatives hadn't a straggler, while hardly
two Democrats were of the same opinion.
Senator German said of the caucuses:
ut was our first pow-wow in which
We all talked and we Will do our thinking
afterward."
The resolution which was discussed at
greatest length was offered by Senator
Carmack, of Tennessee. 1t declared the
sentiment of the Democrats to be that
the present canal law should be put into
operation by the President. The reso-
luton declared the Spooner Act to be the
present law governing the authorita-
tive course of the United States in regard
to the building of a canal, and held that
under that act the President should
proceed to the building of the canal on the
Nicaragua and Costa Rica route. 1t as
serted that the reasonable time for ac-
quiring the Panama route lapsed at the
death of the Hay-Herran treaty, and that
the President consequently was left with
no alternative but to build the canal on
the more northerly isthman route. In
support of this resolution, speeches were
made by Senator'S Carmack, eller, Black
burn, Patterson and others. The speeches
We're interrupted by Senators differing
with the proposition, the principal argu-
ments being made by Senator's Beacon,
Clay and Cockrell 1t was apparent at
the outset that motion of such radi-
cal character could not harmonic the
minority.
Censure for the President for his al
legged assistance of the Panama revolt.
were negotiated with the new republic,
was the purport of a resolution offered
by Senator Bacon as a substitute for the
Carmack plan. This opposite extreme
met immediate rejection. 1t was at this
point that osme of the Senators with
drew from the caucuses. Two compromise
pans were suggested. The first was Of
fered by Senator Newlands, who pho
posed that the Steering committee, be au-
thorized to hold a conference with a com
mittee of Democratic members OF the
House to be appointed by Representative
Williams, the House minority leader, for
the purpose of preparing some party policy
on small matters which will come before
the Senate in the extraordinary session.
This resolution was antagonized on the
ground that the Democrats of the House
already have adopted their program in
relation to the Cuban reciprocity enabling
act and that any opposition the House
Continued on Page Six
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SCHOOL WORK OF TIE LADIES.
Committees For Improvement of schoolhouse
ask Cooperation

Meeting teachers and citizens and held
at the Wiley School on November 4th to
consider the organization of a Woman's S
Club In Raleigh township for the better
ment of our Plibstouces.
The school committee We're invited to
anded
attend to which they kindly respond
ed, some by their presence, and letters
were read from others giving their APP
proval and hearty concurrence in this plan
to beautify and otherwise enbelish the
goods or the school rooms which may be
practicable.
The city was decided into three divi-
sions and committee adderehhhh ae
sions, and committees appointed.
The divisions are bounded as follows:
The Murphy Division; all that section of
city north of Hargett east of Fayette-
vile and Halifax to city limits.
The Wiley Division; all that section
north of Davie and west of Fayetteville
and Halifax to city limits.
The entennial Division; all that section
south of Hargett and Davie to city iupms.
These committee which were appointed
are to canvass their respective sections
are solicit the cooperation of the ladies
Of Raleigh in a movement to make at
tractive over public school rooms and
grounds
This association will be AUXILIARY to the
school committee.
No fee for entrance Only the interest
and cooperation of the women of Raj
eigh is requested.
At the meeting of each school will be
held near December 1st.
The day and hour will be announced
later
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THE M0NEY, PLEASE,
Southern Railway Must Pay for Disobeyins
order of Commission

1t is understood that some adjustment
has been arrived at in the matter of the
controversy between the Greensboro Ice
and Coal Company and the Southern Rail
way, which grew out of an embargo placed
upon freight belonging to the coal COM
pany to pay demurrage alleged to be due
the railroad. The Corporation Commits
sion, it will be remembered, ordered the
Southern Railway to place cars for the
Coal Company upon side-track and to de-
liver freight held in embargo. The Iai,-
road did not obey this order for some
days, more than week, and thus incurred
a penalty of thousands of dollars, for the
fine is $500 a day, according to the law,
for failure to obey an order of the Corpor-
alton Commission.
The Corporation Commissioners are back
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It Reaches Washington.
(Bv the Associated Press !

Nby
Washington, Nov. 16.-The protest OF
the Colombian government against the
recognition by the United States of the
independence of Panama was received
today by Senator Frye as president pro-
tenn of the Senate. The document was
not laid before the Senate because of the
diplomatic requirement that it should be
transmitted through the Secretary OF
State. 1t is in Spanish and Senator
Frye had it translated with a view to
transmitting it to Secretary Hay tomor-
row 1t will be sent to the Secretary
with the request that i be speedily re-
turned. when Senator Frye will Icy it be-
fore the Senate.
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Struck Down With Heart Disease.
(By the Associated Press

Richmond, Va, Nov. lev. Y. Abram,
manager of the Richmond Typewriter
Exchange, was stricken with heart disease
in street car at Main and Ninth street,
this afternoon, and died in a few min
utes IN a nearby drug store TO which
he was taken. He leaves a wife and tWo
daughters. His age was about sixty.
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Distinguished Express Visitors

Raleigh had the pleasure Of having with
1t yesterday the chief officials of the
Southern Express Company, who came to
the city on "a tour of inspection of the
Offices of the company.
The party were here in the private car
OF Mr. NJ. j. O'Brien. the president of
the Southern Express Company, and with
him were Mr.. E. M. Williams, assistant
to the president; Mr.. T. w. Leary, assist
ant TO the general manager, and Mr.. w.
]. Warren, the route agent.
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FALSE FRIEND IS
COL0MBIA'SCRY.
One Protest Has Reached Washington and
Another London----Bad Faith IS
Charged in the Latter.

that they have barred the way to carrying
out the canal"
The protest asserts that the delay N the
negotiations had not affected the ultimate
issue of the canal project, and concludes:
THE haste in recognizing the new gov
ernment, which sprung up is al the more
surprising to the Colombian government,
as they recollect the energtic opposition
of Washington to the acknowledgement OF
the belligerency of the Confederate3 by the
powers during the Civil War.
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The Massachusetts, Monumens.
(By the Associated Press }

Vicksburg, Miss, Nov. 14.-The hand
some monument in the Vicksburg mill
tary park to the three Massachusetts, in
fantry regiments that participated in the
siege of Vicksburg, was unveiled today
with appropriate ceremony.
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What Pulliam's Friends Think.
Especial to News and Observer.

Asheville, N. c., November 16--
The friends of Lawrence Pulliam, who is
under five years sentence, believe that
when Pulliam is summoned at the Decem-
Der term of Federal court at Charlotte,
Judge Boyd will suspend sentence and al
low Pulliam to go free. They give as evi-
dence for this belief that attitude of Judge
Boyd in endeavoring to secure a pardon
for Pulliam.
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Self Confessed Forger Released.
(By The Associated Press

Z -N.1
New York, Nov. 16.-James L. Gard
ner. young South Carolinian, who, yes
terday, went TO a police station in this
city and handed in a statement of n
number of forgeries he said he had COM
mitted, was discharged after a hearing
today.
A former landlady of Gardners to
whom he had given fraudulent check
refused to press her complaint against
him.
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CAUCUS OF SENATE DEMOCRATS.
Unable to Get Tog.her on Program Of Canal
Legislatiop,
(By the Associated Press }

Washington, D. c., Nov. 16.-Demo-
cratic members of the Senate caucused
today from 1870 until o'clock but were
unable to get together on a program as
to canal legislation. Four distinct propo-
sitions were submitted in the form of
resolutions. and many other suggestions
were made informally, but no agreement
could be reached and the caucus ad-
journed to meet again on call of Senator
German, chairman. Several Senators IN
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FRED L. MERRITT.

New York. Nov. 14.-Rev. Joseph Cir
ringione, pastor of Catholic church in
Williams Bridge is missing and the po-
lice are endeavoring TO locate him. Re-
Gently he had been very active in SUP
pressing vicious Italian resorts and in
consequence he had received several
threatening letters.
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Morgan Panama's Fiscal Agent.
(Bv the Associated Press }

(By the Associated Press)
Washington. Nov 16-M Bunau-Varilla,
the minister from Panama to the United
States. announced tonight that the bank
ing house of j. P. Morgan and Company
had been appointed fiscal agents in the
limited States of the Republic of Panama
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Appointment of Postmaster.
(By the Associated Press. J

Washington. Nov. 16.-The President to-
day sent to the Senate the nomiIation OF
Cicero F. Harrison to be postmaster at
Sandersyille. Ga.