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-1". If'"1 - - SUBSCRiraONr.$8,0O PER YEAR , .! .CHARLOTTE, 'N.tC., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1905. PRICE ETVE CENT 'f T0 1904 REPUBLIUAN FUND. JHE REW YORK LIFE GIVE 1(1,712. tJD THE SAME IV 1800 AND 18M, y Ceorgs W.' .Perkins, Insurance Com Muw'i tint Vice President and Member, of he Firm of J. . Morgan A Co., Divulges , the Meaning of Chock Made to Morgan A Co. Last -.i Y'eajr Lisurance Company Thought v Democratic Success Would Endanger It .Assets. No Significance . In , die j v Fact That tbe Transaction Was Made Through Morgan' & Co., or That It - Was for Odd Amount Similar Con' ' ,rtbuUons Made in 100 and In 1896 i From the Same Motive Denies In . tent to Deceive Commissioner of In r. aarance by Selling and 1 Re-Buying , $800,000 Bonds Recently. ' s K-Nw.Yotsy Sept 15. George W. Per , fclns, msmber of the firm of J P. Mor i gan, At Co.,' and first vice-president of ; juis New York Life Insurance Com ; pany, was the star witness at to-day's session' of the special legislative com ' thittee probing life Insurance company methods, and his testimony " was re plete with - revelations In finance, as applied by insurance companies. - Mr. Perkins was first called just pre' ,Vious to the - hour for luncheon. He ", resumed immediately after ' the recess - and was on the stand when adjourn meat was taken for the day. The climax 61 the day came when Me, Perkins was asked concerning an entry of .48,702 In a - ledger, marked ? Ordered paid by the president," nr. Randolph, the treasurer of the New Tork Life Company, who had been on fhe stand earlier In the day, had been : sharply questioned as to the purport Of -this entry. ' but he was unable to explain it He thought no one but the resident could. Mr. Perkins had been called to testify as to some other trans actions and after a recess he was ask' ad to produce the check. It was made out payable to J. P. Morgan & Co.. ;" and Mr. Perkins frankly stated it was a contribution to the national Republl - tan campaign committee and had been , paid to Cornelius N. Bliss. Mr. Per- kins said: FEARED DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS. This payment was made after very careful deliberation. It must not be considered an ordinary contribution to the campaign fund. It was paid be cause we felt the assets of the New (fork Life Insurance Company would pe Jeopardised by a Democratic sue cess.;- ;;? ;;'": Mr. Perkins said, contributions were also made In 1900 .and m as an Illustration, witness said the first con tribution made was in 189C, by Presi dent McCall, who Is & Democrat. "He contributed money to the McKlnley campaign, fund and voted for McKlnley because bs felt it was In the best inter- ests of the policy-holders of his com pany,", This bomb caused a! murmur of conversation about the room. 'Which had become packed . with"- spectators. Standing room was at a premium, and everyone bent forward to catch the testimony. This was hardly necessary, (or Mr. Perkins spoke distinctly. In a Voice audible throughout the room. He paced the smalt platform upon which the witness chair Is placed, Just before the committee's rostrum, and accom panied his explanations with earnest gestures, often times suggesting ques tions to the counsel. . Pursuing the check inquiry further, , Mr. Hughes brought out that this ex pendlture was never brought to the attention of 'the finance committee, the Witness terming It a "purely executive ; action." It was charged against cash on the books of the Hanover Bank of- (Ice or financial department. The wit; - iiese did not know on what account the ' ether contributions were made, but he would furnish data. Mr. Perkins here interposed: "I would like to make one statement . The fact the check is drawn to J. P. Morgan A Co. has no significance. ' J paid out the (noney and It was merely because of a convenience of . re-payment that the check was made payable to J. P. Mor gan & Co." What otner contributions to poiia- campalgn funds have been made the New York Lifer Is there no self-restraint allowed the officers in these campaign con tributions T" 'None, to my knowledge." CELLING AND RE-BUYING EX - ,- PLAINED. Mr. 'Hughes , asked Mr. Perkins to explain how on the books in the syn dicate action by which $800,80$ In bonds waa sold on 'December SI, l9t)l, and brought back January 2, 1902, there jwaa shewn on the debit side of the ac count $180,000 and on the credit side 1 800, 000, amTMr. Perkins replied: "I am glad that you brought ' that matter up. In that - transaction we asked for $5,000,000 of bonds and only got $4,000,000. Ws made up our, minds to sell $800,000. v When . it came to the end , of the year we. sold the $800,000, and. instead of taking a loss of $160,000 iws only took a lose of. $80,000.. I ar ranged With J. P.: Morgan - v Co. to ell Jt at a price and then I bought it fcack at the same price. After re-buy tng held on to it and finally sold it at to. Our first idea was to sett at 80, but we finally got $0." ?-' i , The money ' was paid by' check to t; P. Morgan"; Co- " - , "Were not the sale and purchase for (he purpose of deceiving the commis sioner of insurance T" , - ' , ' , "No, it was not; securities were de- rred at the time and it was consid the Teal purpose was to have books read $3,200,000 instead of '.ooor , , , , - ' Senator Armstrong; here queried About the $48,000 check to the campaign fund. He asked r . ""',; v , "How came the check to be such an add amount?" -r ' "I do not know exactly except that ftlf. Bliss had asked for $00,000." , "Were you in a position to know of ether campaign contributions?" asked Senator Armstrong. . . ' ' "I don't know; that is a question hat ought to ' be looked Into; In all ; eampaJgn contributions I believe that (he fuUest publicity should be attach ed. They ought .to be-publicly known gnd there ought to be a law passed to ' that ffed-:"i'fe j. it : OPFICER8 MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS "None that J know of. ,1 think we Jiave a right to leave the' matter to the Judgment , of the of fleers." --"If -the president out of his own fxeeuttvs authority without reference I M0BDKOUSLTr ATTACKED, LEFT FOtt DEAD OX; RV TRACK. J. D. Hawkins, Greenville Cotton Mill Operative, With Skull Fractured and JUmtM Broken. Wn. Thrown on - llallroad Track, tmt fVaw ltvl Off and MWr aww vicil, Arraiiou r iflrimesenator Hiease wii Ap ply for Ball Naphtha . Launch, Kx " plodes. Killing One The JlartsBeld 0 , 1 " i '.observer, BurediT ' X .T : U09 Main Street,' , 1 , '''-. Columbia, S.-C!.1 Sept,.-15. At last light : is beginning to" dawn upon the mystery of the fiendish at tack, upon. ' D. j Hawkins, .Jt Green ville cotton mill operative,' whose ter- rlbly lacerated body was found . near the Southern Railroad tracks near Cal houn station by Mr. and Mrs. Chap man, who live nearby and who havo oeen caring for the injured man. ,As a result of informations, Hawkins has given the Greenville sheriff. Deputy Sheriff , Qatheart to-day went to the Olympla. Mill here and arrested . P. L. Vaughn and J. D, Henderson,, who were at work in the milt They re cently s came here ' from Greenville. There are said to be five others im plicated in the murderous assault, but whether Hawkins was able to Identify more than the two cannot be said. Warrants may.be out for others in Greenville or elsewhere. It Is exDected the , Greenville, officers will come for the prisoners here tomorrow. - As welt as the facts can be gathered from. Hawkins It seems that h was attacked ; UP Greenville Saturday, "the ana or September, by a igang of seven, because, It Is said, he. had (n his pos session incriminating evidence against two of the gang In, a murder case in the shape of a letter, which hb re fused to Surrender. Hawkins thinks he was then put on-a southbound train and ' carried to Calhoun station and Seneca river bridge. Hie skull was fractured and three places on his head required stitching, and one arm and hand were broken; still, when he was placed across the track in the hope that. a pasting train might obliterate the evidence of foul nlnv ha wan pnn. acious enough to realise his danger and roiled off Into the grass, where, on Sunday, his groans attracted atten Won. It is expected that application for can win De made for Senator Eugene S. Blease before Associate Justice Gary at Ashevllle next Monday. Mr. Blease is now in the Saluda Jail. From what can be gathered, from Saluda visitors to Columbia, the sentiment of that community appears to favor the man In Jail, although of course- the other man had many friends, and. generally, speaking, the people in Sa luda avoid talking about the matter for fear of offending the one side or the other. . One of the lawyers in the case told The Observer correspondent that the affidavit Mrs. Blease had made to be used in. connection with one from Mr. Blease before the coroner, verified his, statement-, as to the cause, so it won't be another Sanarord case. IV 'S said that- Mk Bleas's first knowledge of any illicit relations came to , htm through-pieces of a letter he picked up at home and pieced together. An investigation he then made at the post office confirmed his surmteM it is said, and immediately lead to the tragedy. Still these stories are not yet confirmed and are merely given for what they are worth. The real facts in the case cannot be given until the inquest, which is to be held to-morrow. The sad and shocking news reached here to-day of the horrible .deaiii yes terday, near Jacksonville, of Mr. Fred Green, a well known and very popular former Columbian, who - lost his life by the explosion- of his naphtha en gine while out in his launch. Mr, Green was .the.. brother of Mr. Tom Green, a well known hotel man, formerly pro prietor of an Atlantic Beach resort, but row conducting a New York hotel. A sister survives' him here, Mrs. R. W. Moodv. " Mr. Green was out with a party, but the othera savad themtlv hy jump. ing overboard. - Mr, Green in attempt ing to : get back, was drowned. His body has not. yet been recovered. Interest In the $400,000,000 Hartsfteld heirs suit against : the city of New York is being revived by the discovery of local claimants. Col, IT. K. Brooks, of the South Carolina Supreme Court, is representing a number of the heirs In this section. 4 Mrs. Nannie Harts field and Mrs. Claud Hartsfield Phillips have notified him that they arc genu ine heirs and have placed their claims in hts hands. Col; Brooks had been informed by New York lawyers that the claims will be sold to a syn&l" cats. ' ,. .'ivxr ;lV'.Sil';.t:-.t.i'..-''-. Governor Hey ward to-day received a letter from Supervisor D. M. Miles, formerly chairman- of the State "board of dispensary directors informing him that, in accordance with a petition filed -with him, he had Ordered the dis pensary election for .that county for the-Jthr . on November. "Out or an abundance of caution,", however, ho wanted ' the , present election commis sioners re-commissioned if there was an, doubt of their eligibility. After consulting , w 1th the attorney gene ral the Governor replied that the old com missions were good, and that It was not, - only useless to rc-commlsslon them1, but that ho could not legally do so fWhfle their present V commissions were " Hvs." , ' ,,:.. A special term of court, has been or dered , for Spartanburg,- the session to last - two ' weeks beginning the SOth ef October, with Mr, Li ohumpert, .of Newberry, acting as special Judge. to the finance committee, pays out large sums as these, how do they ever come before the officers of - the companyT" "I have said the finance committee has no authority over the agency ac counts and general expenses.- J think there should .be a broadening of, this authority' ' intJ -! , t Mr, Perkins was questioned as to the conduct of Joint accounts . which he originated. ' " ' 1 As to -these Joint accounts Mr. Per kins said: "When- we desire a cer tain security; ure go to a firm and tell them' that if they will take half of a Quantity' ot bonds we' wilt take the other half. -v 'These people sometimes say, .'We would like to do this but It is Inconvenient at this time; ws haven'tJ the money As we are looking to loan money -we say, 'If you will be res'pon sible for your share we will loan you the money -and - withdraw - our -s bonds, Jmd carry .the rest at bond interest on olnt account' - - Adjournment was taken to-day ' to enable members of the rnmmlttee to return to their homes. ' There will be no session until-Wednesday. ' .' HABEAS CORPUS ' WRITS, 4 , ' t V l i ) '. .- i ? e - SECURED -BY ATTENDANTS, ; , , .. -v. ' i . i High, King and Peel, Three of the . htate Hospital Attendants m Jan on . Clwrge of Murdering NaU, Secure Writs or Habeas Corpus, Returnable Before. Sunreme Court . Monday i State Wins Decision in Raleigh Polico ; Justice .. Cases An Interesting Knit ' Against Hartford Life Insurance vm. Dispensary Hcarlojr, Continues Charters : Granted - Other ' Capital ,, News.,-' i ,-. ' '! A I ' , Observer J3ui-eau, .122 th Dawson Street, .Raleleh.' SeDt. 15. :'.Xi. JEUHIgh, J. C. King and Jack Peel, three of - the : four attendants at the Central Hospital here, in Jail charged with murdering - Thomas Nail, a pa tlent to-day secured writs of habeas corpus issued by . Associates Justice Brown, returnable next Monday In the Supreme Court room. This action' was decided on by their attorneys as a re suit of the evidence given by a num ber-of phyBiclans yesterday that Nail's death was due, not to blows on the head, but to, heart trouble, brought on by excessive efforts in endeavoring to escape and struggling with the attend ants. . CHARTERS GRANTED. Charters were to-dayf granted the Cox Lumber Company, of Asheboro, to manufacture sash, doors and,, blinds, capital 125,000, Incorporators, e. L; Cex, w. L Ward, J. K ward: :the Taylor Mattress Company, of Salisbury, cap ital $25,000, incorporators, R. B. Thomp son, is. H. Hamilton and c. A. lay lor. DECISION RENDERED FOR STATE. Judge Purnell, of the Federal Court, did not file' his decision In the police Justice case, regarding the power of the Raleigh police Justice under a special legislative act, until this afternoon. having given the subject much consid eration. The contention of the Attor ney General was that this case is not in line with the Georgia case, In which there Is no regular trial, while here there are always regular trials, with counsel and the right of appeal. Attorney General GHmer was very confident that Judge Purnell would decide the police justice case In his favor, and he proved to be a very good guesser, as the Judge's decision is with the State and city on every point. The judge denied the writ of habeas corpus and remanded Bertha Brown, the ten derloin woman who waa fined $100, and the three negroes who were sent to the roads for fighting and gambling, to the State and to the city, to pay the fine and serve the terms. The conten tion of the State was that the pro vision aS to trial by Jury relates to the Federal Courts and that the State has a Jurisdiction of Its own courts and that there was, In this State, a proper hearing, written evidence submitted, the proceedings being regular, every defendant having had a day in court, with counsel and with the right ot ap peal to a higher court. The decision, the Attorney General says, settles the status of the courts held by police Jus tices at Ashevllle and at Charlotte, of which he has knowledge, and of course those at any other point where the Legislature has conferred such jurisaic tlon. The Raleigh & Pamlico Sound Rail way will, within 60 days, open its first section to traffic, this being from Ra leigh northeastward, about 15 miles. SUIT "AGAINST INSURANCE CO, A very important case has been ar gued in the Supreme Court, this being Green against the Hartford Life Insur ance Company, involving greater inter ests than any case before this court in many years. . The principal question is whether an assessment company has the right, under legislative authority, to change its future business from as sessment to old-time Insurance. Over twenty of the largest assessment com panies, confronted by the; failure of assessment Insurance, have been per mitted by the laws of ten States to make this change and hundreds of millions of Insurance have been issued in consequence of and relying upon the legality of the change. The courts, including the' Supreme Court of the United States, have uniformly approv ed the change. If, now, a different rule shall be generally adopted the dissolur tlon of an immense number of insur ance contracts will be the inevitable result The bass comes up upon conv plaint of Mr. Green, of Newbern, that too Hartford Life Insurance Company, which, by Its charter, has always had authority to Issue both assessment and legal reserve insurance, for the first few years of Its existence, did nn old time business; then did exclusively an assessment until 1898,' when it ceased this and re-commenced the issue of old-time Insurance, but has continued to carry out its contract with assess ment- members.' holding their reserve Intact for their sole benefit and pro taction. The change of business was caused by, the failure of assessment Insurance. Mr. ; Green was an assess ment member and claims that the com pany is bound to .go on with that class of business and that by making the change, the company "has broken its contract- with him. He therefore de mands the re-payment to him of all the assessments he has ever paid, with In terest. Judge Alien iion-iuited the (lalntlff In the lower court and he appealed. The plalntlj was represent ed - in j the Supreme Court . by A. D. Ward and Charles L, Abernathy, and the company by Chas. W. Hinsdale and W, W. Clarkv,,'. -'-l - V. INSURANCE COMPANY' CHARTS IV - , ' .,- 1 ' , ED." ' -1. J- Insurance Commissioner Young an pproved the charter of -the Southern Life Insurance Company, of Fayette vllle. capital stock $50,000. which is to be immediately increased io $100,000, C. J. .Cooper' and others,. Incorporators, Three- other lire insurance companies are now in process of formation and two fire insurance companies. -Commissioner Young says that North Car olina will speedily become the insure ance State, of , the South. . J ; INCORPORATED IS NEW JERSEY. - t v Spencer Waterworks Company Char tered With .V,00 C apital. , Special te The Observer. v ' - - Trenton, N. Sept, 15. The Spen cer ..Water Works Company , was, in corporated here to-day with a capita! of $50,000. The purpose of the com pany, as set forth in the incorporation papers, 'is to operate water, works in Hpencer. N.' C, and : other cities in North Carolina.". .., 'si.' The Incorporators -., are "James. -U. gtout. Henry A. Pressey and Clinton K. risk. They ., are all said, to be North Carolina men.- FEYEB KEEPS BANK II0LD, n m . 5 ... V - FEAR OF SFJPTEMBER REALIZED. ' " f ' ' " " Day's Record In New Orlenns Is 43 -. New Cases, Recalling the tact mat ' ttie Present , Month Ih Always the ..Worst for Such Visitations Surgeon White Sees No Reason Why Pythian Grand Encampment Khouid Not Meet In the City. During September, . .'tUOft FWtlval tn (niiilpt .. iWi' .New Orleans, Sept 15. Official report to p. m.:- , , : New cases, 43; total to date, 2,505. Deaths, total,; 331. , New foci, (. V'. ; Cases uftder treatment. 330; cases d'is charged, 1.M4. .u'' ;. Tile number of new cases continues larger; than w-fts hoped for, but this has not had any .dispiriting effect on the people. ; There la the same hopeful pees1 and confidence, that thu disease will eventually be stamped out, and it Is -recalled that September is always the worst month for visitations such as the present., In fact, during the latter part of August, when the situa tion began to look SO bright. Dr. White warned the people In several of hla speeches that the Worst was still ahead of them, and, be pointed to the Sep tember records bf previous epidemics. There has been some talk about the possibility of : the grand encampment ot the Knights, ipf Pythias, scheduled to meet in New Orleans In September, 1906, being transferred tn same ether city, but: in response to u letter from Col. Blakely, Dm White wrote the fol lowing statement; "With the work: now being dono In the city at the present time and pro jected for the future, I see no reason for changing the place of meeting, and I am strongly of the opinion, on entire ly logical grounds, that 5e Orleans will be In better. sanitary condition in 106 than In any preceding year of hex history which has Immediately fol lowed an outbreak of yellow fever." The Diamond Festival, gotten up by a great popular?, movement, for the purpose of completing the fund for the fever campaign, gives promise of being a great success. It Is confidently pre dicted that the net proceeds will reach $20,000. t f Passed Assistant Surgeon M. J. Rose nau has arrived here to study the fever scientifically. .. Country reports were a little more encouraging, there being fewer cases and fewer .deaths reported than for some time. Lake Providence Is now desirous of having the State take hold of the situation there, just as has been done at Tallulah, and two more physi cians will be sent there. The reports were: Wills Wood, two cases. St. Rose, three cases. Kenner, five cases. Terre Bone parish,, six cases. Patterson, 19 eases. Tallulah, 18 cases, , one death. ... "4 v.'.'.'. .''I ' ;'! ' '"" v.,seven..:dwe. m'jnric. Slight Explosion' tot Building of Fuse Company Starts vafai stampede, Spreading Flames Consuming Bodies Other Buildings of Plant Take Fire, Entailing Total Loss of $100,000. Avon, Conn., Sept. 1$. The explo sion of a fuse, followed by a fire In a building of the Climax Fuse Company here this afternoon, caused a panic among twenty employes in the build ing and resulted In the death of seven and injuries that doubtless will prove fatal to several others. ( There was no way of coping the flames, which soon spread rapidly and in less than an hour the explosion occurred those who were unable to escape were In the clutches of a fire that eventually burn ed their bodies to ashes.- As the day wore on the great crowd that collected in the hamlet saw the, bodies of men and women roasting in the fire, power less to even check the . flames. The exact cause of the accident may never be known, but It Is the accepted theory here, that in an effort to burn out a stoppage in one of the machines, a workman caused an explosion of a fuse, with the hot Iron he held in his hand. Those who were ; In the room where the the explosion occurred say that the explosion was not severe and ordinarily would not have caused a panic .-. i, . Boon after tnt nuuaing in which the lives were lost was consumed, the fire spread to the new structure which was Just completed at a cost of $35,000 and in a few hours this building was sutted. only the four walla remain ing. Two smaller buildings were re duced to ashes, making a total of four burned, the loss on which Is estimated io be 4100.000. FALL DISTRIBUTION IN SWING. pnly Where Caused by. Fever Quarau- : unes is Any irregularity or jjemswi ' Visible to Brsdstreet's New York Dry Goods Bnnlness Slightly Off. New York, Sept 15. Bradstrect's to morrow will say: . ,t Trade and industry continue remark ably active in neany at. lines. Cell dis tribution is in full swing and In portions of the West Is of unprecedented volume. Interior merchants are still greatly In evidence in many primary msrlrets. iron and steel are in exceptionally good de mand, with output heavily sold ahead and . with prices tending upward, and building material Is apparently as active as at any preceding period this year. Labor seems to be very well employed, though a fesstrtkeSr notably in the prtntiiMf-sTld building trades, disturb the otherwise very quiet appearance of the industrial situation. Only at the South, and there only because of (ever quaran tines and not owing to real luck of bus! nnaa. Is there any SDDcaranca if trroir. ulurttyof demnd. , "At New lors. ciy gnoas jnintne Is than sz-year ago. but anrinir of drees goods are of good volume. Ir regularities in tne- cotton market have made for seme quiet Jit cotton goods, but prices are nrmiy neia. , - ALABAMA TO SUE PCBUSHERS. State Will Ask Damage for Alleged , jiefanit or nctiooi work Contract. Montgomery, Aya., Bept. 15,-On ac count of an alleged default of their eon tracts, uovemor juikn. rhnirmnn of ttui State text book committee, to-day In structed Attorney' General Wllnrin- to bring ' suits for dumuga agnlnst the several publishing compiinles who: have n greed to furninli the books for the pub. lie. schools Of AlMhrftn&w. As th Atfnrn.tv General Is abrent from the cltv the amount to be claimed from1 the publish- rrs,. wui ,,wui' m , hiiuwu ior a auy '. or ' two. : His Judsment will be depended o after he hus thoroughly examined each - contracts, - . - , , CongregatlonallHts Deckle fn Favor of "Tainted Money." 4 - Tseoma. Wsstw BepL 16. Itv vote tit 4 to 10 the American board of -foreign missions, of the Congi-esatlonal ohurclt. to-day derided : to tnhlr all resolutions en the question of "talned money.: , Dr. (Hndd. n mi.rle o long -drp.li In favor of bis rsolutinn nn the subiect-which was Introduced to-day. MISHAP TO QIW PABTY. i ' , - JOIN CILRLES McXEILL HURT. Four Companions of Governor Glenn, Who Was In Machine Following, Are Injured Near Wichendon, Mass. in Plunge Over . Bridgre, Csr Finning Them Down Observer's Correspond ent Badly Cut About tlie Head ami All Three With Him More or Less Painfully Hurt Car Con taining Governor Almost in Collision . With First. Wichendon, Mass., Sept. 15. An auto mobile containing members of the party accompanying Governor R. B. Glenn, of North Carolina, plunged over a bridge on the road' to Royalton here to-day and landed at the bottom of a ditch; pinioning, the occupants under neath. The injured are: J. C. McNeill, of The Charlotte Ob server, badly cut about the head. Guy Townsend, of Wlnchendon, se riously hurt. , Selectman Henry N. Raymond, of Wlnchendon, head cut and bruised. Owen Hoban, lawyer, of Wlnchendon, knee injured and back sprained. The .motor car containing Governor Glenn was directly behind the auto mobile which met with the accident, and only the prompt action of the chauffeur averted a collision between the two cars, as the, first automobile swerved from Its course and crashed Into the ditch, capslaing In its passage. It Is believed -that all the injured will recover!; Mr. Townserid was the most seriously hurt, having three ribs brok en and a badly bruised head. Governor Glenn and the members of his party arrived here to-day to take part In the Old Home Week celebra tion. In tho afternoon a visit was mado in automobiles to Watervllle. The party was reedrnUig; when the ac cident occurred. The highway, ap proaching a bridge which spans a ra vine, makes a sharp descent. Down this road the car driven by Mr. Town send was speeding, when, just at the end of the bridge, a wagon obstructed the passage. . To avoid an accident, Mr. Townsend applied the full force of the brakes, at the same time steering to the left to escape the wagon. The motor car careened on Its two side wheels, struck the railing of the bridge, and then, turning upside down, crashed Into the ditch. The softhess of the un dergrowth prevented a fatal termina tion of the accident, since all the occu pants, who were at first (Mnned down by the machine, were able to crawl from their positions. When the Townsend automobile. stopped, the car containing Governor Glenn and E. M. Whitney, manufactur er, of Wlnchendon, was close behind and Mr. Whitney, who was driving, prevented a second accident by steer ing quickly out of danger. Governor Glenn and Mr. Whitney, as well as other members of the party, who near at hand, assisted the Injured. Governor Glenn was scheduled to speak to-night at a mass meeting of dsiUaH.-of-ineneiuioik xz MR. MCNEILL'S INJURIES. Sustained Severe Contusion on the IIeud anil Several Stitches Were Necessary Also Suffering Internal pain Taken to Home or Kllsha Whitney. Special to The Observer. Boston, Mass., Sept. 15. Toppling over a bank In the city automobile and hurled 30 feet down a steep slope, four men of the party of Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, were serious ly Injured this afternoon by a car near the Nolan bridge, in Wlnchendon. Guy Townsend, the driver, was pinned down by the fall and had three ribs broken. John Charles McNeill, of the staff of The Charlotte Observer, re ceived severe cuts on the scalp and face and several stitches were neces sary to close the wound. He suffered a considerable shock and complainjflf internal pain. He was taken to the home of Ellsha M. Whitney. Selectman Henry M. Raymond received cuts on the head and bruises, and Owen Ho bah, of Wlnchendon, a lawyer, was injured on one knee and his back was sprained. The accident was caused by the backing of horses attached to a wagon as the auto was passing. Tho machine was turned aside to avoid them and capsized over the slope. THROUGH ALABAMA COAL FIELD. Detail of Illinois Central's Plans Au thoritatively Stated Will Become Competitor of Southern Railway In Delta Region. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 15. Important d.-talls of the Illinois Central plans to reAch the coat fields of Alabama have become known through an official channel. It Is the Intention of the company to build a line from Sardls, through Panola, Tate and Marshall counties to Holly Springs and thence In a slight northeasterly direction to Corinth,, pas sing through the counties of Benton, Tippah and Alcorn. TUe company has acquired the log ging road of C. M. Carrier & Son, run ning In a southeasterly direction from Sardls. This line Is to be extended to the Mississippi, and through It the company will be given connection with all of Us Yatoo tt Mississippi Valley lines In the delta, and , become an ac tlce competitor with the Southern Railway for the coal trade in that territory, after the Birmingham con nections are .opened by the , building of the proposed line . from Corinth, Miss,, to Jasper, Ala. The contem plated construction in Mississippi alone aggregate $50 miles. AWARDS CONTIM'ED. South Carolina Board of Education -Inquires Into Complaint of Abuse of Hclinjantlilp Awards to State Institu tionsNegro College Meets Require v incuts' .i's 1 i ; 1 ' . Observer' Bureau, ' 12W Main Street, '," - s Columbia, 8. C, Sept. 15. At the quarterly meeting of the Stats board of education to-night the county awards of scholarship In the various Stats schools were continued. Though ' there was a . disposition to inquire closely into some of the awards. as there, has been soma complaint of abuse. The Harbison , College. an Abbeville negro school, ., supported by Southern ; Presbyterians, met the re quirements and ;waa granted the privi lege of having its graduates exempted from teachers' examinations. - PBOF, D'0 MEETS DEFEAT. MATCH MARKED BY BRUTALITY. Prof. .Chas. Olscn, "the Terrible Swede," of Chicago, Defeats Prof. Ono, the Jap, in the, Mont Brutal . Wrestling Match Ever WltnesHed la ' Ashevillc His Face Beat Into a Pulp and His Right Eye Closed, Ono In Jlolpcd to His . Dressing Room Bout , Lusted One Hour and Nine Minutes Olneii Kicks Hlrano Off the Stage, the Andlcnce Went Wild and Mayor Was Asked to Stop the s Fight -Wagers Amounting to Several Thousand Dollars. Placed. Special to The Observer. Ashevllle, Sept , lb. Prof. Charles Olsen, of Chicago, the "terrible Swede.1 defeated Prof. Ono, of Japan, in a jiu jitsu wrestlins: match here to-night before an audience numbering fully two thousand people. The contest wrestled under the Jlu-jltBU rules of "every man take care of himself," was the most brutal ever witnessed here, the twisting or breaking the -.lingers was tne only hold not allowed., and Olsen, resorting to the tactic of but ting with his head, literally beat the right side of Ono's face Into a, pulp. At the end of one hour and nine minutes, Ono gave up tha bout. His right eye was closed, his face was bleeding and ho was helped to his dressing room. Fifteen minutes be fore the match ended, two Japanese friends of Ono rushed oh the stage and attempted to Interfere. They were restrained by the police officers and held back. ONO REFUSES TO QUIT. ... With Ulsen'sflheer. wound into Ono's collar and the right" side of Ono's head and face bruised and black from the punishment he had received at the hands of the "terrible Swede," the referee, Prof. Schoenfeld, allowed Mr. Hlrano, Ono's manager, to speak to tho sou of Nippon and ask if ho was ready to give up.- Ono refused to quit and tho wrestle continued. There was great excitement during the match and continued cries of "Ono" and "Olsen" were heard from the audience. Olsen was cool throughout the en tire struggle. Once he stopped and, smiling at the audience, wiped his face. It is estimated that about $10,- 000 changed hands on the bout. Most of the money was bet at odds of 2 to 1 on Ono. The curtain was rung up and Ono and Olsen Hitting In opposite corners and the mat In the middle of the stage. Prof. Schoenfeld announced the terms under which the wrestle would be nulled off, that it was Jiu-jitsu, American or anything else. Every thing went with the exception of the fl,nger hold. BEGINNING OF THE MATCH. The men shook hands, and, quick as a flash, Olsen sprang at Ono. The Jap was quick and Olsen went to the mat forward. Regaining his feet, Olsen attempted to trip, but failed. Olsen began working his head Into the Jap's and butting the Jap in the face. It, looked an even match, with odds in favor of Ono. Olsen was the taller of the two, with slight lower limbs. Olsen was fully 40 pounds lighter than Ono, "After being oh tHSv fnat several minutes, Ono resorted to the hti lock. Olsen was quick and caught. Four times Ono threw Olsen forward and twice he had half-nelson on Olsen. Olson attempted tho trip, but Ono was too quick and heavy. 'Ihe men were continually doing foot work. OLSEN RltlNGS BLOOD. -Ono's face began to swell while he wiped the blood from his face on Olsen's Jacket. Just before the close of the match, Hlrano, who had lost his head and was claiming foul, rushed on the mat. Olsen turned his at tention from Ono to Hlrano and gave the little Jap a vicious kick that sent him several feet off the mat. At this stage of the match the audience was wild and standing up shouting. There was a perfect din. Cries of "put the ' little Jap out" were heard from the audience and Mayor Barnard was asked to stop the bout. But the excitement soon subsided and the men remained on the mat until Ono gave up. At the close of the contest Referee ScRbenfeld stepped into the front o( the stago and announced that Ono had given up. Schoenfeld said he disliked such brutal wrestling, but that, under the ruUi.1, It was fair. "Tho strange hold of tho Japanese Jlu-jltsU" said ho, "Is the most dangerous of holds, and. Prof. Olscn had to resort to rough tac tics." Olsen said Ono tried and would have broken his arm if he .could. He told the audience that he defeated tho Jup at the Jap's own game. Olsen challenged Schoenfeld ror a maica to be wrestled under tho Uruoeo-Koman rules, which eliminates all brutality. The challenge waa accepted. CONTROL OF MILL IN ISSUE. New York Commission House Socks Injunction Against President of Laurens, S. C. Cotton Mills, Who Alleges That tho Concern W rongfully Holds 500 Shares of Stock. Ashevllle, .Sept. 15. Argument was begun here to-day before Judge Pritch ard in the United States Circuit Court on the rule to show cause why William E. Lucas should not be enjoined from further proceedings In the State courts of South Carolina against Peering, Millikcn A Company, - and why the present board of directors of the Lau rens Cotton Mills should not be re moved. -1 This is an . important stage In the fight of the president of the cotton mills at Laurens, S. C, to compel Decrlng, Mllllken & Company, . their former commission agojits at New York, to transfer to Mr. Lucas 500 shares of stock, which he claims to have purchased for the sum of $75, 000, and which the commission men ars alleged to be using to, depose Lucas as head of 'the enterprise. ; It Is said, that the commission houso is unfriend ly because tho contract which they had to sell the products of the mills was terminated a few months ago, and given to another concern at 24 cents, Instead ot 44 cents, which was charg ed under the old contract. Nine of the most prominent attorneys in South Carolina are engaged in the argument, which will ot be well under way be fore to-morrow, owing to tlte volumin ous records. 'Indications are that tho contest -will be tierce on both sides. r 'v V'-"V:':r V:-'L IHtfmMf "T in"" rJ' -'""'''"' j- :f - t-i ' Full Hirer Cloth Market Qnlet. ; ' Poll River, Mjss.. Sept. M.The week'. !y sales- lit-th print cloth market r estimated at 10,i pieces. The market bus continue quiet mnl pruotlcnlly roatureler. . the sales tliiK eqilul to about half , of the week's output. - The break In cotton after the fulni of the bureau report and the rirtd weaken ing on the part of the Southern riant ar. desplts the action C the Ashevlll convention bae been the. cause, of much encourttijomcnt here. . Tho lowering ' tn dency of tho raw material l. given nlsn A the cnuso of the falling off In oi'tiiuiid for cloth. , . DISMISSED FROM 'SERVICE. REVENUE OFFICERS MUST GO. Commissioner Yerkes, of the Interna! ltcveuue Department, Directs Col- lector Ilarklns to Dismiss Six of the Officer Indicted byi the Federal' Orand' Jury .several Have AJreart JiKnedKeniovai ; of Collector's -Office From AsltevUIe to Eastern Dis trict Being Agitated Salisbury and Statesville Would Probably Bid for it Ex-Governor Aycock In Wash ingtonOilier JTcws From National CapltaL , i , , . , , Special to The Observer. Washington, Sept. W.-A letter ', :- reeling tho dismissal of thoss officers L or the Internal Revenue Department "uiviu Dy , to . eaerai . grand Jury at , Greensboro Uwt .week, . tf.f aadressed to Collectar 'Har- Kins by Commissioner Yerkes, who aa- -nounced, on his return to the city early ; this week, that the indicted men must " be dismissed from the service. Yaster aay ho Issued Instructions to ibis affect to Collector Harklns, who hits the ap-4' pointing power lii the selection Of dep uty collectors in tho western, district Mr. Yerkes said to-day that, In ask-', ng lor the remnv.il nt tnAttA v muri l, I i .... . , : v o intention of prejudtc- ing their cases, but that he could ot retain them in the public service after V tneir indictment by a Federal grand ' uVv r. "OM OI statutes. SIX OFFICER UNDER INDICT- MENT. ? xt was Btatoa that there are six of- fleers now in the service ondor indict- , meut, namely, three deputy collectors. -two employer of the revenuo airertf and .one store-keeper and guager. Ono of liiwro mulcted has recently resigned. . two .others having resigned some -t months ago. R. H. Hardin, who has so- many Indictments against him. resign- ' ed June 30, 1805. Starkey Hare and A, S, Patterson tendered their resig- 4 nations some months am T. ii , r-,i-' another of the indicted men, was re moved at the direction of Commission- V er of Internal Revenue rerkes . last year. v The published statement that the priv vate secretary of the revenue agent at Greensboro, and also one of his assist- ' ants, have gone on the bonds of revenue J; officials who were Indicted, has been the occasion of a lot of talk here. One C official said he could hardly believe that such a situation exists and he In- ; timated that there might be an invest!- -' gatlon of this matter. ".Suppose,", he ma 1,1 "ft,.. ,-( .... , .. ., . . . , . CT SJti V,HrV i-osimasier ueneral Payne and One of his assistants had gone on the bond of, Machen or other Indicted postofflce of- -flcialB. Such an act would have cre ated a national scandal. It is difficult to believe that officials of the Internal " Revenue Department would become bondsmen nf nsfann, in -a-.,im .. .:?' der indictment." The subject was called to the atten- iion or commissioner Yerkes. but h" said he had not heard of it before, an. he declined to make comment , . s ronuer tiovernor .;nas. a. Aycock spent the day here, having a legal mat ter before one of the departments which required his . Presence In tha,cttv He returned hdrH ttvnlght, . This was Governor Aycock'.i first visit to Wash--lngton In some years. 5; He nas manv admirers here, who gave him a hearty t welcome. ''You have gained in weight and look better than I ever saw you,"' said one of these enthusiastic friends ? in extending his greetings.. -."Why - shouldn't I?" was the comment of the ; f-J , V P m i , I' ' ' 1 nm rif. l.tnar - wm w.K of that charmed circle 'the ttjssed,' .'' I v ; am now one of 'the cussers.' " ,The former Governor takes a-natural Inter est In politics, but he is very much wrapped up in the practice of law. He : says ne iis.es it ana enjoys the work. Secretary Shaw, of the Treasury, and . Commissioner Yerkes, of the Depart- ', ment or internal Revenue, had before' them to-day the question of the re-.- iiica. vk wT7 iMLltc Ul lilt VUllCVLOr VI , Internal revenue at Alexandria 'to Lynchburg or Abingdon, Va. The con- f test Is a very spirited one, and it Is believed that one, in many respects similar, will soon come from North Carolina. There is a disposition on the V part-of a number of Tar Ht Repub licans to have the collector's 011100 at ' Ashevllle moved further east. Kpr. ' sentative Biackburr., and the eighth -district Republicans, think th Collec tor's office should bo In their hallwlcU.' , lehtly located for the transaction of tho", business of the office and that the ninth ' district has failed to make good in a ' political way, thus losing its claim or consideration. Salisbury and State3 vlllo will probably urge their claims, ' when the contest is started, and Greensboro and Winston are mentioned ' In this connection. The fight for tho removal of the office of the Ylrginla collectors was not decided to-day, only ' argument was heard. - A settlement of the estate of tbe late Mrs. Caroline Harris, who was , the wife of Cicero W. Harris,' has been. ' enected. Its value was about - $4,000.'; There was a division among Ave brothers" and sisters, two of whom, re-' ' stde In North Carolina. They are , W. H. Jenkins, of Henderson, and Webster Jenkins, of Bullock, N. C.1' ' f Nathan B. Berger Is appointed rtira.1 ' carrier on route No. 2, from Plkevllle.' with John W. Bamtt as assistant. ojhI Albert 8. Smith is mafie - carrier . on a-oute No. t. from .Wadesboro, ' -with Thomas B. Smith substitute. . To-day's arrival Include: Ex-Judge W; P. Bynum, Jr.,; of Greensboro; Wal ter H. Woodson . Salisbury; -'.Sidney. Chambers, of Durham; J. M. Taylor ' and A. L Butner, of Winston;' J. P. Leach, of . Uttletonv Benehan Came- ; ran of StagvlUe; Mr. and Mrs. S, H. Strange, Misses M. . K. and " F. H. . Strange, H. R. Home; Mrs, Barnes and r C. W.' Elliott, of Fayetteville; -P.' A. Laum, a brother-in-law" of Judge J. C. Pr I tchard, who does a big irchad! business at Thelma, N. C, is here : his return from ' Northern markt, Where be purchased a stock 'of goods. , Representative R N. Page spent the day -looking-afters departmental nut ters and returned homo to-night IL'A. Gudger.i,Judge of the Pacvna Canal tone,, who tverntly lanti'l 1-. New York, spent tth day her.-. I" goes to Ashevllle to spen.t his --'.. ' . J , 1 ' , J'. . '. ,. '' -ij il , 11' ' "I ".Na Verdict Yet' In Potter Trial. " aindersville. rt.."" Sept. .l...--Tlie c agalest-'fosmcr cashier M: 8. IVu.-r. . tlie Wink 'of lovitHi-o, w!in . ed with enibesilemeut. fnKety . eeny after trust, went to J af ternoii,.- and nt a lab"- bo:ir i no veitlict bad been reuehe . St rlksf Among Roanoke J-v . Roannke. Vu S.-pt, 1 .-:' twenty-seven nir! j ,.' t ploved In the IoohI J h i " roeilts tn-d:iy. went on -tl employers ret'u-.--l mont for an cU,M-!. r .
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