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l n J x fit) c l hi !Sr . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ; $8.00 Per Year. CIlXRLOTTIi, N.; C., FRIDAY MORNINQ,; SEPTEMBER 14,06: rPRICE HVE CENTS. :fci". J, S, SAILORS GUARD PALACE it wm ma mm iwm . ACT A MEASURE OP PRECAUTION Id falory Planted Outside President Palme's Residence and 'American (iom Ktaiid a: Slirnlncani Warn :xlng to Any Approaching WW Hos- lUe' Intent Sailors,' Armed Wiin Herniation ' Rifles. Wer- Landed Front the'. Cruiser Denver; Alter i V Conference Botweei Cuban 'iPreel dent and Ship's Officers MovO Caused , the ", Greatest Surprise. .'V Special Setwion oT Congress To-Day ". .. ; Xen-Npapera Welcoraa j American , ..V ' Warshlpa I . -.;:' V ?r v,-,' , ' Havana. Bept'lSvV: There are ona ' hundred and twenty Bailors, from the United Btatea protected cruiser Den ver camped" to-night. In front.' at old La Fueraa caatle facing tha Plasa da Armas, tba little park In front ot tne '"' presidential palace, which la tha seat ';' of ' tha , Cuban 'fvorum'smC, Tha .American flag la planted Just Inside X of tha low atone coping separating '"J th? castle grounds from ' O'Reilly street, which thoroughfare' paaaea be. . tween; be .camp - and tha - Plata 'do ' ' Armaa' 'Tha American aallors ara ; armed with' regulation r'nea,wlth,lh exception ot a few , who Scarry re N ;volvera or carbines, ' Two. -.Held fcowitxers and ; , two rapid-fire funs , were sent ashore with tha sailors and V now point across tha ; pretty little Vv park, a significant warning to any one , approaching tha executive neaaquan.. ' ra, of tha Cuban government, with ' hostile Intent . - ' :7 ."': J CAUSED GREAT SURPRISE. ' Tha whole business waa done so V; quietly and quickly that It caused Ufa "r-'irreateal surprise. The reason for , -.tha sudden landing of th American , v aallors was conference between Jrealdeat iPahna, Charge d'Affalres - fileeper: and Commander Colwell thla '. afternoon. On the occasion of the . latter formal call upon President ' Palma; Mr. Sleeper asked-the Prert ' dent tha direct question whether he considered that tha government was able to protect all American rateresrs '.'In Havana unaided. Tha President - replied that ha. hoped the government ' would be able to do so, but himself . atiggestad that tt might be advisable Un meainra of precaution In tha In- '.; teresU ot Americans as weir as for ;. ,tbe maintenance of ordtr In geperal - v a lanA maVinaa at loma convenient - u prolog aargestlnr th riamttrnirf v , the place. ! Mr. eieeper ano vum . mander Colwall after a brief confer - nca decided that thV landing should -'- be made this evening, and at 1:10 o'clock the detachment under Com tnand of Executive O nicer Miller be ,: gan coming ashore, with arms, am t munition and camp paraphernalia and ' - v approaches to the pahvee. Two hours later the commissary outfit followed "-" with auppef for the officers and men. Questioned whether their - dotIVs on 'shore would simply be protection ' ot ; ' Amerlesn Interests or defense of tha ' talace and President Palma. Execu . va Officer Miller and the other offl- rera of the detachment unanimously . , replied thst If the town should be at . , tacked or If an uprising, occurred In the city they undoubtedly would have "" something to do regardless of -fin . quesuons as 10 wno aiuusaea. t ' i 'TO PROTECT PALMA? Tha general impression here sems to. be that It Is tba Intention of the V'. United Btates not only to protect 'American Interests, but also the gov 1 ornment of President Parma. nresancs Jn the city of American aajlors has had tha, effect of creating at feeling Of comparative security , against attack from without or ot an .. ; International uprising. ' Reports had ' been current ' today that the' worst elements of tha population wera'ptan nine to sot fires,, under -the t cover white Ubberles might be committed '. St was slo reported that Insurgents In considerable numbers' were ap proachlng Havana from several dl , . rectlona . There haa been no news . received here to-dsy from the wester , portion of PInar del Rio province on ocount of the interruption of tela irraphio communication. The prov . loco of MaUnaav it reponervto 1 ,-atllI free of Insurgents. Santa Clara, .' the most disturbed of the provinces, ; 1 reports mora accessions to the in ",' aurgent cause, but 'there haa ben no flrhtlng PuaftO Principe reports that - coma small parties have gone out to ' r Join "the ' Insurgents. " In Santiago ' , provlnco there Is considerable antl- , government feeling but there are few actually. In .Insurrection. Several villages adjacent to Clenfueros are . occupied by Insurgents but the city nas not been . molested. ..- Although there had been soma questions of Its departure, tha through trala for San tiago left to-night as usual. Tha ' United Cuban Railroads have not been anrlously Interfered with. v f PFJCIAL BESSIOf OF COaRESS. , The special session of Congress will x convene to-morrow. The Moderate , i caucus to-day decided to back Presl ' UiM,t Pelm'" .course In all respects. - One of the great questions that la " tiowty but definitely cropping out as ' the result of the Insurrection Is that of race, the Moderatea la general con demning the Insurgents as a mob -of negroes Jed by white men of lower ' character than the .negroes..' them- . , The newspapers this evening com mented favorably upon appearance Of American warships In Cuban watera. . ; OITER v TO HURKEWDER. Inmirgmt Win Turn Over Arms aad .;. mmands to AmCrU-aa Oflicrr If , Tlicy ere Oaarantecd a hlr Trial . . ( by t'nitrd butca U6TernmcnL' Havana, Sept. lt-An extraordi nary Incident In connection with the . ireence of an American force In Ha vana happened late , this afternoon when Commander Colwell was ap proached by an accredited emissary of Alfredo Zayas, 'president of the Liberal party ' and ' General Lsynai 1et Cftxtllln, commander of the in eurtfonl forces Jn Havana province, with a !cnd offer from , sach., of the men named to surrender, thetr commands and hand over their arms to , Commander Colwell oo-'the aole. condition that the United Slates gov ernment through him guarantee them fair and Judicial trials. ' Commander Colfelll, accompanied, by, Charge: d' Affaires Sleeper, immediately v carried the proposition to President Palma; The President wae ImmeaseTy pleased and asked Commander Colwell If he would accept the surrender. Cbmman der, Colwell replied In the' negative", but advised thq President to comma nlcate with ? the Washington; govern raent on the subject , which waa dqne accordingly.-." , -rL-in-- kv- T "i ' . , EGRET NECESSnr OF STEP, Profound Interest at 'Washington In v. Cuban Sltnatloa Rcoueet for Arm. led Force From ' Denver Stated to ,- Have Been Mado . by American Charge at Havana, iczJ'- l'- '--$x:' .' Washington,'1 8ept. . H'.--Ths land Ing of one hundred of the blue Jackets Lot the .American protected cruiser uenver on fuean sou ana their camp ing t in front . of ; President ' Pal ma's palace In Havana to-night In antici pation of possible attack or uprising, caused, tha-mobt profound Interest 'in official circles here, .as well as regret at the necessity for such action. 'In taking, thla step,' It Is believed Com mander Colwell, of the Denver, did not act upon his own Initiative. In fact It waa stated on official authority to-night that the Instructions to the American officials were such that the armed force would have been landed only upon a request coming through Mr. Sleeper, the American chargaJ d affaires at, Havana, who perhaps. Is better acquainted with the Internal altuatlon in the Island republic than any naval officer. It had been tha ex pressed hope of the Washinrton offl- ciaisnnst no sucn eveniuaiity as md ing troops would ansa. - Officials of the Stato and Navy De partmenta . stated to-nigh at .10 o'clock no official report had been re ceived regarding the landing from the Denver. .T In the absence or, omciai dispatches from the diplomatic or na val officers of the government on duty In Cuba tba government officials do-' dine to comment upon the action. Aotrng Secretary 'of State Bacon left on a late train for New Tork for a conference' to-morrow with President Roosevelt. V' -... . SAOiORS ORDERED TO KETTJRX, Instructional From Waatihigton Are to iiearve a Smau.uaard for tne American Irtitkn Tl e Idea la Simply, to Protect American Inter, et. --,-.V,.- - - . ' - .. . Maahlnrton. Sept ll.Lato jto night ' It waa offlolally - announced here that the sailors who were land ed at Havana from, the 'American cruiser Denver' have been ordered to immediately return to their vessel, leaving on shore a small guard for the .American legation. This -action followed. JLhajecelpt of aa.offclal re- cort ov Act ins Heoreiary or Btaie ot- con 'from Mr. 81oepor. tha American charge d'affaires at Havana, regard-ins- tha landiAev of tha man. Tha report waa. not. made public, but It announced . omouuiy snoriiy aiter ward that the aallors ware landed from the Denver solely for the pro tection ,of the Uvea and property of American cltisensi that sucn action was In pursuance ot a discussion be tween. Mr. Steepen tne cnarge, ana the naval commander, with the be lief that It was a wise .precaution looking to tha protection of the Itvea and property 'Of Americans. ? nere was no Intention. It Is stated, to do otherwise than safeguard American Interests. ' That the landing In any way contemplated the protection of either tha Cuban govevsrnment or tha Insnrractlonarr government, waa disclaimed officially ana it was point ed out that . tnia .racx coma no om emphasised too strongly. , Haa Received No Bnrh Order. Havana. Sept.. ' i S. Commander Colwell to-nlghf waa shown an Asso ciated Press despatcn rrom wasning r.n atitlrvr that tha eltors from the Trfee"1"' Denver had been ordered to m ftn4 aald ha had received no auch order, adding that he believed the Km Department , had not recon sidered. - J ' r Marines Tanded at CIcnfuet-oa. Tsmpa, ria., Sept. 11 A . private cablegram received' nero - w-nigni. from Clenfuegoa, Cuba, tataa that marines from tne viniiea oiaies iun boat Marietta were landed at that place to-day to proteot '.American ln- JJtrRRY ORDEirta TO JfORFOLK. Screral Crwlsera at Ksvy Yard Thore , netting In Readiness to rrooeaa to 7Caba; ' " ' ' ' Norfolk. Va Sept' 11,There wera several hurry order received from Washington to-day relatlva to the dle patchlng of cruisers now at this sta tion to Cuba, ' ;:....- '' ' . ' ..'.;', Orders were Issued by the , com mandants of tha ' cruisers Newark, Tacoma and Cleveland, that all mem bers of the crews who desired shore liberty to-day, must report on, board before 11 - o'clock to-night The cruiser Newark wee ordered to tako board supplies sufficient for a alx mths cruise. - '" " v ..' The Newark returned from Balti more this morning, where ) she .had been with a draft of seamen to parti cipate In tha Jubilee celebration held In that city this week. She waa to have been fitted up hero and sentto Charleson, 8. G, as a station ship. Her officers were to have been granted to days' leave of absence. The fact that the Department Intenda to rush the Newark to Cuba without that ahlp first receiving needed repairs is signi ficant Red flags warning other ves sels that ammunition was being stor ed on board, were nring .rrom tns cruisers Newark, Tacoma and Cleve land all of to-dar. ' It la expected thst the .Tacoma will get away to- morrow morning. The Cleveland may leave In the afternoon and the New ark Saturdaymorning. ; ? ,'..-; TO CONFER WITH PRESIDENT. Mftwrs. IUmapaH and Hacon Will I.tinrh With Clilcf . Ixecntlva at Ojnrtcr lay To-Dai and. Talk Over ' Cuban liaallon. ' - ;' - rWte v V .. Bf.ni 1 1 Th. Cuban situation la, to be made , th subject of conference1 here to-mor row between . President ' Roosevelt Acting Secretary of State Bacon and Secretary of the Navy lionaparte.'The latter two officials will reach , here to morrow morning. They ere to ' be gued of the President at tha lunchean on the Mayflower. It Is enpecteil ;iat the conference relative to Cuba Will take' pta.ee at Sagamore Hill. SULLIVAN UNFIPfOBl'llACE RUX8" Wrni TRUST, SAx'8 ItyAN NebraRkan (Jives Out Reply to Statc- , ment ny Aational (Ximnuttecman ; JKrom Hllnbls - Itefusea to Iower -Jlis Ilctuwlon ; to One of Personal Omtrovfrfiy.- Party Organisation .: Aliwt lo Above Kuxplclou and - a Man With Corporation Oonncrtiona Mnwt Not be Prrmlttel to Become a ,I"arty Manarcr Will Vr& Party to Take a Position In WbJctt It Can ,. . r mm pvuujr, , r f r t Lincoln, Neb... Sept. H. The reply of William J. Bryan to the statement of Roger Sullivan, of . Chicago, was given out to-nlxht. s MK-Bryan had cusslon with' Mr. Sullivan to one of persons! . controversy. ; The ; iext , of uia rcpiy ioiiows;. ... v , 1 -. ... .! - . ciub In Chicago on the evening of tsepiemDer,. t, Mr. .jBryan referred -to the V esse of . Mr. Roger , Sullivan, Democratic national 1 committeeman from, Illinois. , Mr.i Sullivan has, re plied In a statement -quite character- istio or trie man ana bis methods, but he will not be permitted to lower this discussion to the level of a per sonal controversy. - MrT Sullivan is the Democratic national committee man from; Illinois, balding Ma office bys virtue of unfair methods. This matter was presented to the St Louis convention and the evidence " would have convinced the ' convention . had not the delegates feared the effect of an adverse decision uopn the' preal-. oenuai candidate whom they . were pledged to support. If Mr. Sutllvsn disputes the assertion that a consider able majority of the delegates to the Sprinrneid convention were opposed to him be can fight thequetlon out with the Tnajorlty league of , Illinois which will doubtless accommodate him.. - ';. .' NOT VtTP TO"- MR SULLIVAN. 7 - as Mr. Bryan haa not asked for a nomination and hag not announced that he will be a candidate, ha will, not submit- tha question . whether he should be -a candidate to tar. Sulli van . or to any, body of person less numerous man the members of .the Democratic party of the . United Btatea Neither can the question a to whether Mr. Sullivan should be re elected to the national committee be submitted to the members ot a con vention already adjourned. Such A decision would have no binding force. The question must be submitted ti the delegates of Illinois when they meet to select delegates to the- next national convention, and Mr. Sullivan wilt not.be permitted to, dodge tha Irsh that la raised aaralnst him. Me Is officially connected with ; a favor- seeking, franchise-holding corpora tion, and the-question Is whether the Democratlo organisation should -be paralysed by the Influence of ' . men whose private Interests make it Im possible for. them loe guardians of tha public.; ;, ... . v . v , , CAN'T SERVE TWO MASTERS.; "In speaking of the Sullivan case at Chicago. Air,-Bryan -ssldf- I-hold that oo man who 1s offlolally connect ed with, a corporation that Is seeking privileges ought to act as a mem bet of a political organisation, because he cannot represent his corporation na me people at the same time. He can-, not aorve tha publlo while he is seek in w tA nrntnnta tha flnenotal 7tnMata of the corporation with which hs is connected.' - , - "This is the Issue. Before - the trust question became the dominant one It was not so Important what a man's corporate connections were. but when this question is the supreme question of the hour, the party organ isation must be above suspicion and tha Domecrats of Illinois and all other States are Invited to Inspect the connections , of those who aspire to the position -of pary managers. '. The people cannot be fooled and the oartv that attempts to fool them is sure to learn of Its -mistake when tha votes are counted.' . .; . . - "Mr. Bryan will urge the . Dem ocratlo party to put itself In a posi tion where It can fight boldly and persistently for the regulation of such corporations as are not monopolistic, and for tha prevention of Any private" monopoly whatever., ' DfVESTIQATIXO PEONAGE CASES. DcfMrtment - of Justice Has "Many ,, Complaints . lTom , Soathern States no w Making Htreauoue Effort to Eradicate) . tlie ' Kvii NawmmW . ,ni ' Italians the AUegrd Victims. : , Special to The Observer. . ' wasnington. Sept It.- It wss an. nouneed at the Department of Jus tice to-day that a Urge number of peonage caaea In the South are under ..rwiiauvn . 117 uia vepartraent nrough Ita various branches, in most InsUnceo United- States attor neys are making the Investigations and are bringing the Indictments, bat In Some Instances - special aa-ente of the Department are at work, running down tanta and mMmm .. Tk. , complaints from Florida, Georgia and nearly every other .. Southern State that negroes are being- held la a state of servitude without legal 'reasons. In Florida, North Carolina and' a4se- where the charge la made that Italians have been' subjected to the same treatment . A recent case - in North CaroUna would : probably have reaulted In prosecutions; but the Italians, so It is claimed, ' were bought oil and got Away befuri they oould.be held aa witnesses.. ;'. ,t An Important trial la ' now In progress at " Capo, Girardeau, Mo, where J 4. orll negroes,' , including severs' former soldiers In. the United States srmy, -were held Jn a state of servitude for nearly a . year, being threatened with death or arrest if they attempted to escape. 1 ' The Department of Justice nrODoses to followl all complaints that appear to be well-founded -. and to . brlna- prosecutlona until the - practice Is broken. no la the South. and hrir else . it may exist, ,' . ,., -i . . . AOAIN8T REMQVAL, , Govern mcot's Special Agent Reeom WM-nil Tltai tx Hector-a onioe bo Krtalocd at Aaliotlllo . and This win rronaniy nn pone, ;, Special .to The Observer. -Jv Washington, t Sept. 11. -Com mis. sloner Terkes of the Internal revenue bureau now has before, him the pa pers In the case of the request for he removal or tne omre or the col- lector of Internal revenue from Ashe- vlllc to statesvllle. He will render a dnclalnn In a few days. It Is pretty well unaerxtooa inm ne win decide that the office Is to remain at Ashe- vllle. It Is understood to-dny.that the special Sft-ent who wss sent down n Invent Urate the matter has report ed arnlnut making; a change.- Jurttn Prltrhard and other important lie-1 publicans have used their Influence to have the, office remsln at AshsvlIIs. I ALLEGED MUBDEBEIt; FLEES SMlTOnELD ! HAS A'; SEXSATION Charles Tcacock, - Agahwt : .Wliom . Jofuifrton tirand Jury itcturas Trao HUI M Murder of Akmao Jonwi, Takes to Ills Heels and In Still at IargeWaa Recently Krfc-ased In . . Habeas Corpus . lTooeodlns Kvl fdenco Agaiiut Him Strong Nrcro, Com lctcU of FlrM-Degrce JBurglary, , is (Mntcnocd to ure-iimc iiniriMu ; nient liMtcad of Uallows on Plea of , . x-roHOcutlns; Witness. . r ; v Special to The Observer. 4 ' ' Selma, . Sept, H. There were de velopments of a sensattonl character at Smlthfleld to-day. when the Jqnes murder case , waa called for trial in Johonston Superior" Court Following tne announcement ' that the grand jury na returned a true bin of mur der la the first degree against Charlea rsacock,' a .well-known young" mau of the town, for the killing of Alonso j ones, Congressman r K. W. Pou, -' of counsel for defense, . informed the court' that Ur. , Peacock, was at his home ready fa submit to arrest when ever the v officers ot ths law should call for . that purpose. When the sheriffs officer arrived, however. Pea. cock waa not at home and all efforts so far to locate ' him' have proved fu tile. He was seen In town this morn ing. When last seen he waa about Ave mllea from town. ' All Smlthfleld . was shocked when young Peacock; a social favorite and a member of one of the town's best faVnllles, was arrested, charged with tne murder of Alonso Jones, a tner chant of Smlthfleld, on the night of July ISth. At that time the belief was general that a mistake had been msde and all were loath to believe that Pea cock waa In any way connected with tne Horrible crime. Since that time. howeverv evidence has come to light wnicn strengthens the belief thst he Is guilty, and .this is still further strengthened by tha act of the young man in fleeing on the eve of his trial. Shortly after his .arreat a writ if habeaa corpus was granted Peacock by Judge Connor", since which time he naa remained at home. Every effort It la believed, will be made to apprehend tne alleged murderer. It is the sen era! belief here that, should he be caught and brought to trial, he wlU do convicted; EVIDENCE AGAINST PEACOCK. Following an investigation by tha coroner's Jury,- in the course of which several wltneases were examined. Pea. cock waa arrested. - The principal wit neas waa BUI Holt negro, who tes tified that-on 'the ntaht nf tha 11th of July, he passed Jones and Peacock together near the Highland bridge. wnere Joues' body waa found the fdl lowing morning, thla being ten mln utee before he heard shots In the dl rectlon In which he had left the two men. Three negro boys also testified that they passed tha two men near the Highland bridge that night and a few momenta ' later heard three pistol shota - Indisputable evidence has been obtained which contradicts tha tastl mony oT a younr Smlthfleld man be fore Judge Connor In the habeas cor pus proceedings, 'to ths effect that Peacock waa seen going along a cer tain street In the town towards his home ten minutes-before the time at Which other witnesses state they neard the shots which killed Jones. The bridge where the tragedy occur red Is half a mile or more from the town. The only evldenoa ot welsh t for the-defense is that of Peacock'a mother and sister, who say be was at homo in bed at the time the crime, la believed to have been -committed. The motive for the crime was rob bery. Witnesses have been found who say that Jones had In hia pockets, a lew moments before' he left town, be tweenr MOO and S00 in bills, When hla body waa found thereswaa no money in the pockets. PEACOCK'S REPUTATION. Though a son -of one ot Sniithfleld's oldest and most highly respected clt Isens and a social favorite In the town, young Peacock'a reputation waa some what cloudy. - For several years he was employed In the West aad North west as a telegraph operator and ever and anon there floated back to ' his home town vague rumors of events wnicn piacea a unge upon nia reputa tion. About twelve mbntns ago ha returned to' Smlthfleld- and opened a grocery store. He had, so far aa the public knsw, lived a correct life here during those months and astonishment was great when he was Jailed on a Charge of murder. , v. . , -.The defendant Is represented by congressman K. w. pou, ex-Qov. .ft B. lAycock, E. 8. Abel and John A. Marrons. Solicitor H.. W., B. Jones, for the State, is ssslsted by Col. T. it, Argo, of Raleigh, and John E. Wood ard, -of Wilson. Mr. Woodard la here and Col. Argo Is expected to arrive to morrow, .;. '. . Jim Merrltt, a negro, was to-day arrigned on a serious charge, that of attsmptlng to enter the central tele phone office at Selma on tha night of July 10th with the Intention of com mitting criminal assault. Merrltt wss' arrested on .the strength of a death bed atatement by Bud Richardson, an other negro, who wss shot by Miss Pearl Jones, he night telephone oper ator at Selma, and who died of bis wounda ; There is no other, evidence agTnst hla except the statement of a white man that ha saw. Merrltt near the central office about fifteen mln utes before tha attempt to enter was made.' , Bines hla arrest Merrltt thas been confined In the penitentiary for. safe keeping. -With the avldence at hand It seems hardly. probable that a conviction can be secured In this case, f A, white men named Hudson Is son--rrnoed to fifteen yesrs In the State prison for manslaughter.- f ' ' ' ( LIFE-TIME FOR BURGLAR.,,,; V Jim Jones, a hegro, wss to-day sen tenced to life-time Imprisonment on a charge . of burglsry. .; The 'deed 1 waa committed at Clsyton. The Jury re turned a verdict of burglary in tha first degree, the punishment for which Is execution at the hangman's hands. Mr. Oeorge El I la tha prosecuting wit ness, however, appealed before the court and atated that he did -not want to see the' negro banged and asked that the sentence he changed and that the Judge Impose a sentence of life time imprisonment , Instead. This was done.-. ;: rr;"",- '..;".,.; ' Examining Georgia Rivers, ' , V Macon, Oa Sept, 11. 4nirreMe. man T.'. E. Burton, chairman of the House committee on rivers and har bors, arrived In this city to-nlcht. on a tour of Inspection and Investigation of -th wsterwsys Of the Htste.- The Ormulgee. and Chattahoochee rivers will rar-elva anaHal attention, aa In rtr annroorlatlons are to be Baked at tha next sln of Congress to improve these streams. . ( ONiTBIALj:fORi;niSLIFE SHOT. SISTER'S RKTRA VER DEAD John Y. KlnivM. niin Sliot to' Death .Will Brown, a Ilrulcarwoid of an Hour, at tlciwenur City August lnt, t ArraianHNl on. Murder Cluuve In flastoa Court at Dallaa HjTd and " I'owkr Sentenced on Minor Count !: and Held Under Bond to Answrr ;. Cluirge of Conxplrafy to ;. Liberate Prisoner- Tltreo Asstillanta of fias tonla Man Apply for Writ of Hetea .v Corpus, Hearing Bclns; Set for Bat- Special to The Observer. 5. li - Dallaa Sept IS. The. .trial of John T, Klncald, of Bessemer City,' for the murder of .Will Brown was oegun.ln Gaston Superior Court this morning, The court room waa crowded through out the day and unusual Interest is De ling; manifested In the case. The deed for which Klncald Ms now answering to the court . waa committed on the morning of Auanst 1st in the pack room of a store nesr the passenger de pot at Bessemer City when he shot Brown to death, claiming that the lat ter had betrayed hla sister,. Brown had lust that morning married a young woman of Bessemer City and had come to the depot with the inten tion of leavtngpn an early train with his bride for a trip to Danville. Va There waa quite a crowd around the depot and the killing created some thing of a aeosatlon. Klncald surren dered himself to the officers and was Immediately committed to the county Jail here, where he haa alnce , been confined. It haa been alleged that the dead man had two or three wlvea and It seems thst public sympathy Is large ly with Klncald. v When' court convened this morning Klncald waa arraigned for trial, hla at torneys being O. F. Msson, of Dallas; E. T. Cansler, of Charlotte, and C E. Whitney, of Bessemer City. The State Is represented by Solicitor Harlot Clsrkson and 'Mr. C. B. 81 ma of Spar tanburg, 8C. Four witnesses were examined to-oay. Tne state naa aim ten or 11 wltneaaea . to introduce. These, together with the witnesses of the defense, will probably occupy the time of the court for the remainder of the week. THE FIRST WITNESS.. Mr. C. W. Clark, a mercbaM of Bessemer City, was tha. first witness put on by the State. He owna the store In the back room of which' the tragedy occurred. He said that, on the morning of the killing, he waa In his store and aaw Klncald and Brown enter the back room. When they had entered Klncald aald to Bcpwn, "You have mistreated my stater," to which Brown replied. "It -Is not so." Klncald said to Brown, "Brown, when you came to me and asked thst you might call on my sister I fold you that, when she was a mere child, a man had be trayed her and that I wouM let you coma if you would treat her right. But you did not treat her right." Brown replied, "I did .treat her right" where upon Klncald called Bro wn a lying Continuing: Clark aald. "I turned to ward Klncald. saw hla pistol In his right hsnd snd ssld, 'My Ood, don't do that' Kincald fired and the ball went Into the celling. Klncald then reached around me and fired twice. I turned and walked out." A NEGRO TESTIFIES. The second witness wss Tom Mc- Skelley, a negro, who said ho was In the back room of the store the morn ing Of the killing. He saw Brown come into ths room with Klncald behind him. Brown turned to Mr. Clark, the proprietor of the store, and said, "Mr. Clark, here Is a' man who sccuaes roe of mlstrestlng his sister but I did not do It" Klncald answered him, saying, "You did do It I told you that as long aa you came to my house, and treated my sister right. It wss all right but you did not do that." Brown acknowledged that Klncald had told him this but Insisted thst he had treated Klncatd's sister right. Klncald cursed Brown, pulling his pistol from his pocket st the same time. Mr. Clark caught the pistol and cried, "Don't." Clark got In front of Kln cald but the latter reached around him and fired twice. "Aa I went opt the door," said the witness. "I heard. aomethlng mil. Turning around I saw Klncald coming out the door. I did not go Into the room agatn but looked through the wlndoWand saw Brown's body lying on the floor." The third witness was Phillip Mc- Skelley, brother to the second witness, whose testimony he corroborated In all material points. Mr. D. M. Tats. Bessemer City's no- Itceman, waa next called. He told of Klncatd's surrender to him and stated that the prisoner told him thst he killed Brown because ths latter had betrayed his sister. ' . Klncald Is a large man, witn muscles ot. iron. . His hair is black and wiry, his face strong and de tsrmlnsd. His wife and three chil dren and his sister. Daisy, over whom the trouble arose and for whose name her brother aaya ne committed tne deed. Sat with him. He waa re markably ('aim and reserved and. aa ho eat with his blue-eyed bsbv air I across his knee, a smile played from time to time across his race. BTRD AND FOWLER : TO . OANO. , i ne ww mm ,, mjj t u mi) Fowler, who made a desperate but uiw successful attempt to rescue Bee Rus sell, a pal, from the county stockade near Tuckaseege- several weeks ago, were to-day sentenced to the county roads for three months on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. The eases for conspiracy against them were continued till the November term of court, each being held under a bond of 11,000. , v- - :,' v .-. A ' HABEAS CORPUS HEARING. Attorney C. D. Holland has applied to Judge Peeblea for a -writ of habeas Corpus for Htnton McDonald, Ellsha Branch and Robert Inman, ' three young Vhlte men held under bonds of 1 1.000 each on the charste of secret assault on Mr.' J. R,. Feyasoux and his son, Hunter Fayssoux, at Oastoma two or three weeks ago. The additional charge of assault with deadly .weapons la lodged agalnat them. , .. , Argument in tin matter will , be heard by Judge -Peebles Saturday morning. 'Fayssoux was dangerously wounded and his recovery, Is still a matter of grave doAibt ; ... i ' : -, , j ;'. u" - Territorial Convention Names Dckv f ;' ; v gates to Congress. .';. ,y . ' Santa Fe. ' N. ' M- Sect It. Tha Democratic. Terrlorlal convention to day nominated O, A. Larrasola Of Las Vegas for delegte to Congress. Reso lutions containing an Indorsement of M'llllsm J.'Hrysn for tha-presidency In 1(01 were enthuslsattcally cheered. Joint statehood for Nsw Mexico and Arltona wag endorsed. - , r,l.KAJ WITH ;'AMa, ijusif- v Tlio Mountain .City'-Very Favorably -. Unpremes Secretary of the Treas-urj- A Thonsand IteiHibllcaiM and VDemoerau near junt vcitver xo . ; Partbian Address. ,;. ,;; :,'r.. ' .'' "v Special to The Observer. , t . Ashevllle, SeptMI8ecreUry, of the Treaaury ' Leslie M. Shaw ; left Ashevllle this morning at. 7 o'clock for Knoxvllle. Tenn-- after a i three- Ways visit .to North i Carolina.-;.. Mr. snaw waa sreativ oieaseu wiin Ainr vllle and Ashevllle - people literally fell In love with Mr. Shaw. . Republi cans and Democrats are agreed that not for many years. If ever, have Ashevllle oeonle been privileged to hear so interesting and entertaining a spesker as Secretary snaw. At tne invitation of the board of trade he delivered a - non-partisan- address at the. auditorium last nignt wnicn- wm heard by almost 1,000 people. Net withstanding the fact that there was some confusion on the part- ! of the arrangements committee relative to the place of speaking, large, crowds of men and women heard Mr. Shaw at both the noon and evening aa. dress and the Secretary, before leav ing, said that the crowds were larger than at any place in the State wnere he had spoken. After the drive over the Blltmore estate yesterdsy after noon and to other points of Interest In and around Ashevllle Secrets ry Shaw said that he waa delighted with Ashevllle and this section. SECY SHAW AT KNOXVILLE. la Introduced aa "tlie Lincoln of . RooHevelt's Cabinet" and Addresses 1,500 People. Knoxvtlle, Tenn., Sept 11. Secre tary of the Treasury, Leslie M. Shaw, addressed an audience of 1,(00 peo ple at Market Hall here to-night on the political Isaues of the day. Mr. Shaw was Introduced by Congress man N. W. Hale, aa "the Lincoln of Roosevelt's cabinet" and a man whom thousanda would be glad to see ires Ident. . The speaker was given an ovation when he appeared on the platform. He confined hia remarks to a discus sion of the task or aell-government, and to tariff. In closing he declared thst the Democratic party la aarch- Ina for a nnllrv with Which to Win a campaign and put It In office rather than aeeklng the up lining oi mi American people. Than that he knew no severer criticism -of. auy party. His Crowd Small at Newport. Newport. Tenn., Sept. 1 1. Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw spoke here to.dav to a crowd ot aoouc tsu people. He defended the Republican administration, upheld the trusts as a reneral proposition, snd vigorously .tt.xkerf Mr. Brvsna doctrines, par ticularly his government ownersnip oi railroads policy. He acknowledged Mr itrvan to be "the most prominent private cltlsen In ths unuea oiaice to day," but declared that should Bry an'a ideas nrsvall. the country would Vgo to ruin as It did when Q rover Cleveland was President" also that the. enforcement of Bryan a jneoriee would, in effect, "change the whole plan of government which, Thomaa POLICE SUSPECT FOCL PLAY. MIhs Edith Pinner, Prominent Yonng Woman of llonokrn, ines in a oa falo Private Hospital Under Circum stances Hut Seem Unusual- Child birth Given as Cause of Death Physician Held on an Open Charge. Buffalo. N. Y.. Hept 1.-Huper1nten- dent of Police Beaan Is Investigating the death of Mls Rdlth Pinner In the bos- pltsl of Dr. W. W. Turver st 101 Niagara atreet. The body la sold to have been shipped to llnlmken on Sunday night Ths certiorate etnted that the young woman died ot childbirth, - '. nr w. W. Turver is being held at police headquarters on an open chsrga. In trunk found In a room la the House occupied by the doctor was a complete outnt ot weanna apparai. pnmir wwu dlns snd aeveral pnekscea of bloody so aorbent cotton are also saldto have been huinrl aa tha result of an- Isveattaatlon entered upon by tha polios to learn the eause of a disturbance, Si ths doctor's houie early yesterday morning when a number ot winaows were' omiin, oor. tles were strewn about the floors and the furniture overturned, y Miss Msbet deddea a nurse at Tur ver's place, ths woman with whom Tur ver ssys he quarreled Tuesday nisnt. will sppaer Derore tne, onirics attorney. Family SatlsAed That Young- Woman - Died or Heart Trouble. was a daughter of J. Pinner, of No. W7 Waahlnaton street, liobokea, N. J. Ths fs titer hns been- a business man of suinainv ior mi rearm. ..- Mrs. rialow, a sister of the dead alrl sneaHina tor tne lamuy, 'io-oay, aald: "Wa sre sstlsfted that mr staler dlarf' from heart disease. 1 wss with herl when she died. I took her to Smith Hall, jun oouigt di uunaio, . ior traaimant. Blia was suffering from neurssthenla and heart trouble, hlie was very slt-k when ws left lloboken. She died on MaturiUy snd I brought the body home on Bun ds y, I do not know Turver.' When told that ths cause of death aa given on the death certificate waa child birth Mrs. Flatow snld that this wss cer tainly a blunder thst a greet mistake had been mads. BnYAJT AT CINCINNATI. f ' ssi ss sat ssi He Addj-eear Over 10.000 People .- From Stand Erected on llasrball Cirounda, ' Clncinnatr. O., Sept 11. Introduc ed by . Mayor K. J. Dempsey, and speakina from a stand erected over the diamond of tl)lnrlnnstl baseball park. William J. Bryan, to-night ad dressed an audience , that v occupied all the 10,000 seats ,i In the grand stand and several thousand additional chairs. Mr. llrysn arrived from Louisville at noon, and spent tha af ternoon In receving a , large number of callers.- -.. ...'..;,.,:... Mr. Bryan to-night returned thanks for the great crowd, the grand re -J datlons given him by the moyor In his introduction. He rlaimed no credit because, principles which he advocat ed had grown more popular -for he never thought he. stood alone In the advocacy of the Democratic prlncl plea "The Democratic idea la larger than thla republic,' said Mr. Bryan In hla speech. "There is no nstlon which I have visited In which there are not the seeds. of Democracy, and In them Democracy la growing. , The men who puts country above self is the reformer. I have found every where men Striving to bring govern ment nearer Ihe will of the people. It la strana-e that reformers some times are discouraged. Like Elijah's time, all. "have not yet bended to Baal, Boms are -In. our party, some are He. publicans.' but nil unite for the better things; Your Democratic' mayor waa elected with the help of Republican votes. ' He spplled, not to the bos, but to the musses of ths people and their conscience responded In bij election. ... ...' gIFTIXO BATE; I AY 4-DAx'' CLAUSE'AT' ISSI'JJ THE Railroads East and West of tit SlW slaeipiM Divided on the Mstter of Waiving or Knforcbng tbo Itequire ' ntent lach Gronp Accuses Other . of Had Faith - KensMton Injected Into Protwdlog by Letter Itotu Western Haliroad President, Warn ing the Commlwdon AgalnMt Sharp . Practk-ea and t'rgtnc That It Do Ita ' Full Duty, vy -vy '-;wV' , Washington, 6pt II. VuusnsI In terest attached to the hearing of the inter-State commerce commission :' to- . day on the question of the . require-, msntVf the new. rail way rate law of 10 days notice ot Intended changea In freight ratea . Aside from the fact , Lt bat . the teatlpaony and discussions brought , out . charges : and counter charges Of -endeavoring to restrict competition upon the part of lines east of the Mississippi aad those west of that river, there was Injected Into the proceedings something of a sen sation when' Chairman Knapp read at letter from a party, whom he aald ' was a well-known, president - of '..a ( Western railroad, inatnuattbg, la con nection with the question of waiver of the SO days notice, that the commis sion might "wink at certain practlcea of the cotton exportera while certain railroads might scoop their competl- tors by Inaugurating "Instantaneous midnight Urlfra" ' :' Chairman Knapp promised tha reading of the letter with the state- ' ment that It was for the Information of those present and that hia action ehould hot be construed aa, lending approval to the sentiments therein ex-. pressed. The nam of the author of the letter waa not announced, but jit ' appealed to the commission to do its full duty and not permit ttself "to be winked af' in order that "aecre midnight rates might not be given : to some favored shipper. Ona pass age of the letter la aa follows; "I protest Against the lsttlng down - of the bsrs which will reader the of-, forts of the company to obey the taw useless, and result In a flood of II- ' legal practlcea and compel railway . officers to again alt In the ahadow of the penitentiary the remainder; of ". their Uvea." . JUDOR BAXTER SCORES WRITER. Judge Baxter, counsel for a number - of railroads, upon the conclusion of ths reading of the letter declared that he believed he knew the name of Ita -, author.. - - ' ; '"-.' ' : I think," aald he. "that he belongs to a class yf railroads that nominally profess obedience to the .law and . make what profit they do make by secret-midnight rebates. we are not here, before this commission to ask It to wink at anything.. Judge Baxter declared that a defendant of rich; ought to meet hla accuser . face-to- face. In ' thla case, be aald. the op portunity was not given I of even knowing the name of .the writer of the letter. He was not willing, he ssld. for the people he represented to be put In the attitude of Judging with the commission. Thl,'l be .said. "was a public hearing and It' was w extremely unfair that an anonymous letter writer should put us In ths at- . tltude of endeavoring to obtain some advantage over the commission. - ; X wish to acquit tha gentlemen I rep resent of any atnster or underhand or - nefarious purpose toward obtaining- . anything from thla commission." Judge Baxter declared. that so far aa hla roada were . concerned they never had been accused - before of ' ',. making anything analegooa to a mld- hlght secret tariff." -a Tha letur. be aald furthsr, "Is an Insult to tha com- mission aa much as It is to ua It Is an Insult to us to suppose wa would ask this commission to wink at any thing and It la an Insult to ths com mission to suppose that It would wink at It If we asked It" The letter, he ' ssld, was a virtual confession of " the ; writer "thst the rebates and Iniqui tous work thst he haa been carrying " on la about as bad. as you have, ever read of." ; , Ths commission passed the matter over without announcing the letter , writer'a name and ordered the hear- ' Ing to proceed. ' VIEWS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. . J. D. Moss, of Athena Oa., aa ex porter of cotton, favorsd a return to the old system of making through rates good for 14 houra A. F. Churchill, of Savannah, of the Churchill Una of stfamera, an. nouneed that ha waa prepared to give ratea on cotton In advance for every day In the year. ' ; v. tt. m.- niracaan, a . steamship . broker of Brunswick, and Savannah. Q., snd Fernandlna. Fla argued ' that the publication of an export rate on cotton to the several porta and the observance of that rate wlhout change In less than 10 daya , notice would operate to the advantage of regular, line steamers and against - tramp steamera ' - He, theretore urged that the commission, under Its .discretion, waive the 10 days' notice of proposed chsnge of ratea 1 " ... The hearing developed Into a sen- - sral discussion of the whole subject of cotton traffic, the outcome .. bclns that the representatives eaet of th Mississippi who srefaVo'rable to tho waiving e4Lihot0 days' notice, an, l those west of tne Mississippi w ho fsvor the enforcement of thst pro-, vision ot the law, charged, each other with endeavoring to restrict com pet I- V f TRACED IX WILMLVOTON. In nersl Row In Temtorloln Ii ' . W. Ih Wllllaius U Mortally V ' by " Irftnnie pinliiea, Who K ; ; Aliot by an ouw-cr. ' . . 'Wilmington, Sept 11. In th t derloin hero early this morning v (Pete) Williams, a well-known t. Ipa- ., man, was shot and i woumloj In a general row In !!, t room by Lonnle Fnipes, c u with one of the local lir oi ; ran. but a apectut i!:i-i-r I ' followed him nl In a i ' tlVO Strt-Ct S'lllpt"4 AV T wounJcd In V i ' '
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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