North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME 1. - . . . . ? ? ? WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THUfoDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 1^1909. NO. 93 MOTHER KILLS anil RHD CONFESSES Man Figures in Case She Slays Her 8-year-3ld Child and Tells Police She Pu^ Little One Out of Way Because Girl Was Being Abused. GIVES REASONS FOR ACT -" Washington, D. C., Nov. 18. ? Af ter being examined for more than three hours last night "-by? Acting Chief of Detectives Evans and Detec tive Mullen, of the central office, fcjqna Hataon Howard confeaacd to the shmrder, of "her *-year-oto child, Mary, whose body was found In the woods near the line r'of the Chesa peake Beach Railroad last Thursday afternoon. ? -=-* ? ? ^ ? Detectives Mullen, Berman, War ren, and Pratt, who were assigned to the case, were In front of the Muni cipal building when a negro woman entered the office of Inspector Board man and said she wanted to see the body of the child. On Mother's Trail. The detectives learned t,hat the caller had lived at the home of 4Cdna Miller, 1739 Beaton street northwest. There tire-Miller woman told Detec tives Mullen and Berman^ that the child had been missing since last Tuesday, and that Its mother yester day moved to 1429 Church street northwest. They wmil tu the Church street laurpiB miu auwieu tuw mathfer. The police eay that she made a con fession, as follow!: ' "I left home between 8 arid '9 /o'clock last Tuesday morning, taking ? Mary with me. I bdarded a car at Eleventh, and u streets northwest, and transferred ~to the New York ave-~ nue line. I rode to Fifteenth and H street* northfinnt. and then tuuk a car for Chesapeake Junction. When I reached the junction I found a newspaper on a bench and took this wtth me. Going along the railroad tracka for about three blocks. I en tered the wood 8. Mary asked me where-we were going', and I told her into the country. She seemed pleased. . - I had a razor In my right hand, and wltK'my left I grabb5ct~~tbe back of the child's head. I then drew- the razor across her throat. I cut her twlf-a inH T thl 1 II ? I* I ? ?? ? li .cheek must hive been caused by her throwing up her hand. She said, Oil : iTTu iirstTTma 1 urew iuo inaoirj across her throat. Why She Killed Her. "After shie sank to the ground I j gathered -up-tfrs-leavns and rover her"body. I threw the razor In. a clump of? hushes, and then started again for the Nobody saw me enter or cosrcout oT*the woods. I killed the child because a man T know who owns the razor was con tinually abusing her, and I would | have rather seen her dead than treat ed In that manner." The mother- le- at lliu Tlfat pmctnet police station, and will be taken to Maryland as soon as the necessary -papers. axriYfi, Deputy Sheriff Suit reached-thls city last night. The man In the case is at the Sixth precinct, police station, being held as a wit ness. ? * BAPTISM LAST NIGHT. I,ast evening after the regular prayor meeting services at the First Baptist Church there was one candi date for church membership baptised. There win be other candidates bap tlsed neat Sunday ftT6bing. < The speaker sunda^. Mr. JrR. Latham will M the speak- 1 er at the Young Men's Christian wfcg ara fo>t^iie* lu Ug'piym wUl be amply repaid*. Mr. Latham Is a< speaker of magnetism and always makes good when called upon. Th^ music wm be one o?*tta features. - 2 New Advertisements ] J ? in Today's News ? '? J. K. Hoft ? Uodtrwwr. "? Jus K I nr? IU.~ All P?u?l?. ? ment. ? 4Joan r K 'dnej Piuir ? Fran l- Miller? -Pure Whiskies. ?' ? + 1 ? CNrra Thwtar. - ? FIKM COAL MINE- AND WORK SUSPENDED Women Are in Need The Chicago Fire Chief Aban dons Idea of Opening the Mine for the Present? There is No Hope for the Men. 8 FUNERALS YESTERDAY Cherry. III.,' Nov. IB? Troops were called (or today to prevent any unto ward dewuuutratlunat the St. "Paul coal mine when the bodies of the 300 men entombed by last Saturday's dis aster are brought to the surface. ? Sheriff Skoglund of Bureau county telegraphed to Springfield asking Governor Deaeen to Bend several companies of mflltla. So far there has been no vlolonce. and It is hoped by the presence of a small guard to prevent any Hl-advlsed move on the part of the'Snlners, whose' feelings have been wrought up by the Iobs of their comrades. When the entombed men, or more likely, their bodies, will be brought to the surface Is doubtful. None of the officers believe that any of the 300 entombed men are alive, but" nothing more is now actually known about their fate than was known the day of the aosjdentT Fire ln the mlne today was even more Intense, than it was when the men were entrapped three days ago, and no efforts could l>e made to en- \ Fire Chief Hor&n/of Chicago, ar rived today with assistance and a sup ply of hose and chemical flreiuctln gulshers. The seal over the mouth of the Bhaft was perforated, and it W&* Intended to force crater and. chemi cals down through -pipes. A ther mometer plunged Into the sand scat temperature of no degrees, indicat ing that the heat in the interior of the mine must have been Intense. ___ . "It's no use," said Chief Horan. "To lift the lid today would mean ?that the whole mine would blaze up and there would be no possibility of recovering even the bodies. The coal deposl^ would takeSilre and the tim ber supports*would crumble." ^"Geo. S. Rice, of Pittsburg, chief of the field works of the U. S. Geologi cal Survey, also was positive that the "H'UlJiuing of the mlno wnnlil huvi- to be. postponed. The only" progress made today was "In organizing relief woVlc ro7*~th e many destitute families. Eight Funerals Yesterday. In making the rounds of the min ors' homcn. Duncan McDonald, presi dent of District No. 12 United Mine Workers, today discovered that- the 66 homes visited were, with the ex ception of small children,, without mates. 7 T Only tho most frantic of the wo men who lost husbands vontured to visit the shaft today and these had to be almost forced back. > l ie<4lK?utly tt puff of smoke issued" from a crevice In the cover over the shaft This was taken as an evidence of -the ftre raging within. It was cold enough outside,' an icy wind sweep ing over the prairies and whistling mournfully^ through the superstruc ture of the mine. Funerals' pt .eight of the miner* who were killed Saturday were held today.' Two of these died while en gaged . In rescue work. Severs? of the n^InerSi'on <|uty at the shaft left their work to follow the procession to the cemetery. The Grants in a fire 4 ' * 'rT\ ? Chicago, Nov. 18. ? Mrs. Frederick Deat Grant, wife of General Qraatt was carried down* ladder from her j burning homo, 1604 Deasbow> ave nue, early today while the General made his own way out of the flames, [escaping in his night clothes. Several servants were reported In jured In attempting to escape the flames and they, too, were rescued by | firemen. Mrs. Gfcat, suffering from shock an<f exposure, was taken to the home I of Mrs. Potter Palmer, nearby. , T>? f ?? ?ll ?l >>? U tartar of the tbre? ,tory brick hoUM l>l ART CHINA IHSFUt. MIm Matilda Kaaatngar, of 1UOIi?. bars. Pa.. la aow raan)lns> la Mir idMnTvTlffldnilSHMliiMiwMfiBftfliflHHttilifll HIGH OFFICIALS TO BE INDICTED Started Investigation The Indicted Sugar Men Are -to d Plead Today? The Prosecutors in New York City Are to Press the Cases. CABINET DIRECTS ACTION flew York. Nov. 18. ? In the great Sugar Trust conspiracy there was added today more incriminating evi dence of fraud and of questionable relations wllh_gov'ernment -officials. ? ; ? The Department el JdiUf helloes i it - has evidence sufficient to Indict one-or more officers and directors of ; the Sugar Trust" In connection .with the frauds. The cabinet Will prob ably direct the Attorney General to day to prosecute these men. James- F. Bendernagel, former gen eral superintendent of trust factor ies, had a brief hearing before United 8tatea Commissioner Benedict In Brooklyn, and will be arraigned this morning before Judge Hand to plead to the Indictment charging' conspir acy and fraud. Six Other truBt em ployees will be arranged aL the same time, and the intimation is given that ono or more of them may volunteer some surprising statements. _ James B. Reynolds, who was ac cused by Richard Parr tff attempting to stop the sugar investigation while an Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury, gave oat at wasnington a de^" nlal in detail and quoted documents and letters to discredit-""- Parr's charges. - "? I One director of the Sugar Trust is to retire and three now men are to be radded^nrtbe-boaTJT i Treasury DepartmentT records show that former Secretary Cortelyou was | the man who stiarted the sugar inves ; ligation: ffor president Roosevelt. Cortelyou was Agent Parr's backer. ruM |;lrrrtoni Are TfoldGniltjr. 1 .Washington, Nov. 17. ? Attorney | General Wlckersham has sufficient, ?evldenco in his possession to con-, vince him that one or more, officers ancy^umber of the directors of the ' American Sugar Iteflnlnlf Company ! can he punished for complicity in the I wholesale robbery committed by the trust in New YorJk for many years PMt - ? The cabinet will go over that phase of the caae today, and. it is expected. dirtiOt "iitTimrai" id bring these individuals into court at his earliest convenience. There is an unmistakable atmos phero of high tension at the Depart- i ment of Justice and toe-Treasury De-j partment- Developments are follow- 1 Ing each other rapidly. It was said I tonight by an official who has kept the ultimate exposure will astound! even those who have been expecting! i the , most sensational result. 8EI1 CSMr^NY WESTERN UNION Billion Dollar Concern The American Company and the Western Union Telegraph Com ply Have Been Merged Into One Great System. POSTAL MAY BE INCLUDED Boston. Mass., Nov. 18. ? A long stride toward the complete' control hy one corporation of all wire com munlcatlon in the United States was .Company ol lhe control fil'lhe West ern Union Telegraph Company. In ^ order" to-make the absorption com plete the incorporation of a new bil lion dollar company, it U said, will be necessary to Include the $592,475, 4 00 of bonds and stock of the Ameri can Telephone Company, known as the Bell Company, and the outstand-l Ing $156,000,000 of bonds and stock jof the Western Union. The acquisition Of the necessary stock and voting rights of the West- I ern Union by the Boll -Company has been in progress for : about six months. The work has bMltijconducted quietly, and only a sufficient amount to Insure control, salcL.fo'be 51 per jeeiit, was take"n over: ?' ~ The officers of the Bell Company Binge the telephone has betii'n fucloi in human life it has had to compete with the telegraph. Lines have been parellel and there has jbeen an Im mense amount of duplication. The officers of the telephone pnny-be l'.eve that the merger. tha Bell Company $75,^00.000 in new [construction while Tt will also ena,ble thp iltlll??t<nn flt thr qnma Ump r,f wires for both telegraphing and tel ephoning. ? : The hlBtory of th?f Western Union dates back to before the .civil war, but the Bell Company is of compara tively recent origin. Both companies pursued the usual method of absorb ing smaller companies. The small ' companies acquired by the Western Uvilou have been lost In oblivion. I The telephone system annually 1 transmits 5.956.SOO.OOO * messages, while the Western Union handles fis.nri3.min xlu ? uiapl mtia system has 8,098^679 miles of wire and the Western-Union 1,382,509. The total ~pf operty ^'afoe ffrtneTcTermbne pany is $545,045,600 r.nd ypt of the Western Union $124,086,920. * While the report has been current that the MacKay companies control! Ing the Postal Telegraph Company, will ultimately be Included in - the plan of reorganization, np confirma tion of this could be obtained in New ; -York.- Officers of '-the Postal were emphatic in their statements that the| company would remain on an inde pendent basis. Corn Show and Oyster Roast at Aurora Dec. 3 Valuable Prizes Given rne nusuingtOwn of Aurora la to" have an Agricultural Contest and Corn Show December fr. _ 190JL which will 4)e limited to^arm product* of Beaufort and pamlico counties. The Retail Merchants' Association of that town will ofTer valuable -prixafto the farmer* exhibiting tho beat assortment of corn, cotton, po titow. puflPlhMl. <Hi, in fact. every thlng grown on the fa/m Is included. '? The prises to be awarded consist Of gold coin, barrels "of flour, wire fencing, farming implements, tools, and ot|Mr premiums valuable and useful to farm life. In additjon to the prises the citi zens 'of Aurora will give a free oys ter roast. A cordial invitational* ex XamOeA^UL e**n cltlien of peaufort CITY flOKHK HAH LOOKIAW. Th* hl> haw nIHr dTTll oped atcas* of tetanus, or lockjaw. and>?amIlco counties. ~~ Gsblbita for the contest will be received' by the committee in charge up until' 11. o'clock, December 3. The music for this auspicious oc^ caslon is to he furnished by the Au rora Concert Band. A great day is looked for. The good citizens of Aurora know how to do things and thiB corn show December "3 will be a crowning buc cess. There will be large crowds present. The'Hetall Merchants' As sociation is doing a fine work for Aurora, and thia last move on their part la but another evidence of their desire to carry forward tfcelr town and^omm^fty. December 3 will be a gala one for Richland ? township Quite a number of the citizens from Washington Wfct-U bm present mmv ( HARI.EHT<i}r LAW VF.R COMMITS Morgan town. Nor. lg.? Charle* Julius RfKldlog. aged 38, a lawyer and real fsUte.?rQk?r o t Charleston. : hl? mrt. Wiip, NEGRO COMMITS ROBIf R? -HHft H. LliCTION Pants and Knife Taken Robert Pickert, Colored, Arrest ed at N. & S. Depot Today for Robbing House Near Vanceboro ^ This Morning. COMMITTED TO JAIL In response to a wire to Agent T. Harvey Myers of the Norfolk and Southern Railway, this city. Chief of Police George N. Howard arrested at thp morning train today Robert Pick ert. colored, for robbing Mr. tlsgac _Robblna al the Junction o?- the Nor folk & Southern and Beaufort County Lumber Company, near- -Vanceboro, early this morntng. The ' house in wjiich Mr. Robhln8 resides was en tered by pickert and a pair of pants and a pocket knife taken. Mr. Rob bins is the watchman at the Junction and was in his house at the time the negro entered. After the theft Pick ert boarded the train bound for Washington. Mr. Robbins, who is an old man. saw the act committed and he notified the agent here of the robbery and requested that the thief be arrested. Mr. Robbins also arrived on the same train. The negro has been itf'the employ o* ttre~ Beaufort County Lumber Com pany for some time and was -paid off -by-Hte company-only yeaterdtfy. He Btates that in passing the house Tf Mr Robbing thla mnrniny hp Bfl,W the door opened and he entered. Nothing was missed by Mr. Robbins saving his pants and knife. The ne gro tells several different tales, all to the sheriff's office and questioned he was locked up for safe Keeping. " ~~ FAMILY REIT RESULTS M _ THREE DEAD . _ Three-Cornered Duel One of the Principals Was Ac cused of Making a Slight Re mark About a Young Lady and an Apology Was Demanded. TWO ooiEnIn custody New Orleans. La., Nov. IT. ? -N^wal reached here today telling ^ I the death of a whole family 4n a three-, cornered duel at Pioneer. Clarence Compton. one of the principal* and I his wife and little daughter were] killed. Sylvester Owen was wound ed. Hfc and his brother Clarence. Oompton'a o?p?nent8, are In custody, i An- alleged slighting remark about I the Owens' slster'twas the cause. Tl?e | brothers demanded an apology. ! Compton retaliated by offering to fight both at the same time. Armed with two automatic revol vers, he took his place against the Owens at a distance of t?<enty paces,1 the Owen brothers standing five feet; apart. At the* given word, all three opened Are. Sylvester Owen fell first. Raising his weapon. Compton de manded of the other antagonist If he had had enough. "You have two children." Compton declared. Have you had enough of this?" I The otlier refused to allow a ces- j [aatlon of hostilities; Binding htg WOuhd . Sv IVPS t <T- took his pihpp again As the Owens. In answer to Corap ton's first 6hots, flred a fusillade the latter's wife and child dashed from their home nearby and hurled them Hftlvpia In the line of the imHpts. Ah I they fell, Compton toppled over, mor tally hurt. The Owens dertar^That the woaan Land ? rhfr child ? threw thMWlm in range before they could ceastf firing. [MUIID :i Ml ! ' RELATE HIE May Be An Embezzler They Had Known Each Other Bnt Two Weeks, But the Pact Held Good ? Body of the Wom an Sent to Relatives. TWO ATTEMPTS TO DIE Hartford, Conn., Nov. IS. ? The gruesome tale of a"sulcide pact which 111 ?lvr fulfillment- cost the life of Blanche Ferguson, of Washington, land nearly that of her companion Fred J. Reid. of Cleveland. _wfts told. . ' today by Reld at a hearing before the chief of police. Though the couple | had *now'n each other only two ' wHtn they had m&de two attempts to ? ? Idle.'tccordlng to Reld. The night of their at-rlval here they drank the rOlVtttols of a phial of morphine. This 'belrtfc' without the* desired effect, jReiti had the bottle refilled and the ctfuple spent tholr last money In dec | orating their death chamber with i white flowers. Then they drank the mixture and lay down to sleep what they hGped would be their laBt sleep. Thtf* girl never awoke. Reld was saved by prompt medical attention. Ghastl* white and emaciated from thV. effect a of the drug. Reld denied "today' that lie handed the poison fo the giri. Ho .helped himself and she did the same, "lie saiar^^As. a reauiroT If tHthpir hpllnf thnt hP ... ed to make an attempt up6n his life byremorse and because he had used morftfy belonging to hlB employer. Thlft money, according to Reld was hlm'lu Cleveland, tf dozen of whom were to have received a week'B pay eaclT~~ ? Tho body of the, woman n ag ?ont to relatives at Iia Plata, Maryland. POPULAR COUPLE - WEDDED AT BATH Mr. Silverthern of This City, Married to Miss Gurgauus. 'The Methodist Church, Hath, N. C-, was the scene of a beautiful wedding J last evening, the contracting parties 1 being Mr. .James M. Sllverthorn. oft thig elty. to M Isa Willie Clyde Gur-| ganus, of &atRV *a?fie^v^dfng^was I solemnized at 7:30 o'clock Und was witnessed by a large concourse of friends The chtireb- had- been most tastily decorated in evergreens, holly? and hothouse plants; the color scheme being green and white. The bridal party entered the church as follows: ard and Edward Tarkington, who took thetr places on each side of the i chancel. They were followed by the . maid of honor. Miss Llda Rollins, of MtddlHmt! Ci, gownod in n ha?4 . some suit of gray messallnc, carry ing bouquet of. white chrysanthe mums. The groom entered on the ' arm of his best man, Mr. Frank? A. | Wright, of this city. At the chancel rail they separated and awaited the! coming of the bride. Preceding the bride was the ring bearer, sweet lit tle Miss Phroclne Hamilton, dressed in white riatin. She bore on a silver waiter the ring to be used In the con summatlon of the marriage vows. All eyes next centered on the brldo as she wended her way down the aisie. tier bean ty neV67~shone 'tor~bet-~ tor advantage. Gowned in a golng away gown of grey -cloth with hat and gloves, to match and carrying a lovely bouquet of white chrysanthe mums, she was the cynosure of all. At the altar she was met by* the gp?um. Together., they faced ? the* Rev. W. O. Wlnfleld. of the Christian Church, who made them one. The weeding march was skillfully played | by Mrs. Elisabeth Windley.of th,B city. During the ceremony the sweet1 n^cs of "Hearts and Flowers" could | be heard. Amid congratulations and bestj wishes Mr. and Mrs. SUverthorn Im after , the ceremony drove Ibis citv. arriving here between > d 10 o'cock last night. They will ' jobUs, a> ?8i Wast Beeoad street ? ? The bride Is a daughter of the late Editor Mayo Wires that ^ Waterway Convention is Conspicuous Success (SporiaUo Daily \r\vs. ) ^ | News la in receipt of tho following dispatch from the editor, Mr. .lames L. Mayo, who Is attending the Allan-] tic Deeper Waterway Association In that cltyr The city . is- gorgeously decorated. There are already 500 delegates reg istered and 1,000 are expected by to morrow; ? -Pra^ttoally every St?tr-<m ?the Atlantic seaboard in represented] I at thlB second annual convention ] Fully 150 representatives o{ the I press arp on thd* grounds- The fa I moub ? Otldl.cu. ? stttI ? f^tre ? tTCInrft Clubs are expected to arrive tomor row night by a special boat from Washington City. The city of Nor folk is entertaining ft* feast 1,500 people. The city has raised $20,000 I for entertaining and th^r are doing it In royal style. The city government appropriated $7,500 and the balance was raised by popular subscription, j The convention was called to or der by" its president . Congressman J. uUTC' tMHiajfifffSlfrift the hall at the Montecello Hotel aiuld the greatest enthusiasm. There were a_ la tgC-Uuiabtu^-ul ladies pres- ? ent. The invocation was made by ? Rev. Dr. Melton. ~~ ~ Mayor Riddick welcomed the dele gates to the city of Norfolk. ThiB was responded to by \\\ \V. Cocks, of New York, on behalf of the dele gates frotn-thp mrrtherTr-States, and by Congressman Charles R. ThomaB, of Nor,h Carolina, on behalf' of the Southern States.^ Others making ad dresses were Lewis Nixon. Joseph E. .lames I,. Wells, Fred W. Donnely, David Carroll, \V. D. Morgan and CJeorge F. Miles. There are more than one hundred delegates from Eastern Carolina. The people are enthusiastic over the deeper inland waterway. It is a great convention and Nor- - folk is doing herself proud in enter taining. It is a great occasion. Governor Issues His Proclamation Governor Kltchln yesterday Issned a Thanksgiving proclamation to the people of North Carolina, following -? lonely ? upon ? thai ? written ? the President of the United States. It reads: "I, William W. Kltchln, Governor of the Sta'o of North Carolina, do hereby appoint Thursday, the 25th day of November, 1909, a day of ihanksflrlng ><? Almighty God for ^he good we *iave received and the evil we hav<1 f -vaped. "A Kreaf -?u< prosperous people to be happy reu.-v t?c grateful and char itable. Th?'i< . re, let the people thtonghout 8t?te Mwinlil* on hat day In the i- accustomed places of ~ ' '??? Lord for bis m:?'ilfold .blessings; and let tbem cnnr finite to the relief of the poor attTH he needy, the afflicted [ "I? wltp?M whereof. I hare kw? WEST END ENTERTAINMENT. Misfl Lillian Bonner gave a most delightful entertainment at her home on West Second street last night in honor of "Miss Annie Laughinghouse, whose wedding will occur next Wed 'nWflay KTTernoon. Misses Rachel Rumley and Estelle Davis served fruit frappc from an exquisitely dec orated howl, and after 9 o'clock the guests fndulged In euchre. About seventy-five people enjoyed a most delightful evening, a fid fun held high carnival until midnight. Cake and cream were served after the ?ard?, and the prlies awarded. Miss Annie Laughinghouse won the first prise and waa given the honor-guaet's prise . also, while Mrs. H. W. Carter won j the 20-hand prise, and Miss Jennta^ Cox waa given the consolation. EDITOR JONES H*RE.