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VOL.20. SMITHFIELD. N.C.. FRIDAY. JUNE 7, 1907. NO. 14.
"TRADED III BLOOD"
Miners' Leaders Arraigned in
Haywood Trial.
GIANT CONSPIRACY CHARGED
?
State's Attorney In Opening Address
Says Union's "Inner Circle" Hired
Assassins to Destroy Opposition by
T errorism.
Boise, Idaho, June 5.?Through \
James H. Hawley, the state of Idaho i
made the opening statement against
William D. Haywood, whom it charges
with the murder of Frank Steunenberg.
Testimony by which it hopes to prove
the indictment laid against him was
then begun.
The opening statement was a sweep
ing arraignment of the leaders of the
Federation of Miners, who were charg-,
ed with plotting wholesale murder and
hiring assassins, all in a giant con
spiracy of vengeance upon those who
obstructed their sway, to destroy op
position by terrorism; to control the
political destiny of the communities
covered by their organization, and to
perpetuate their own power within the
organization.
It charged a widespread conspiracy I
dating in Inception from the North
Idaho disturbance, 15 years ago, down
to the murder of Frank Steunenberg,
and whose murdered victims, by bul
let and bomb, numbered scores. Haw
ley declared that wherever in the min
ing sections the federation had been
in control there had been left a trail
of blood to mark its operations. Of
the hired assassins he cried: "To them
murder became a trade and assassin
ation a means of living.'
As to the general conspiracy, Mr.
Hawley said: "I have said, gentlemen,
it has been part of their object and j
policy to control the politics of the i
various sections where they have j
lived. This conspiracy caused the
death and was the real cause of the j
death qf Governor Steunenberg. We
will show that a scale of wages was
even devised fixing the amount to be I
paid for different crimes to parties j
who committed those crimes, and chief
among those who were doing the act- j
ual work that was planned by the 'in- j
ner circle' and paid for by the mem-'!
hers of the 'inner circle' was Harry |
Orchard and one Stephen Adams. "
Mr. Hawley spoke for nearly an hour
and a half to a court room crowded but
silent, to a Jury which, sitting bolt
upright, listened for every word; to a
prisoner who, with his family around
him, was several times moved to deep
emotion. Counsel for the defense open
ed Are before the statement had pro
ceeded 10 minutes, and the repetition
of objections from them led to three
or four sharp exchanges. They protest- |
ed against the charge that the feder
ation was guilty of "scores of mur
ders."
Right witnesses were examined.
They were all from Caldwell, and those
who did not tell of the crime Itself
were called to locate Harry Orchard,
who went to the town as Thomas Ho
gan. at various hotels and around the
Steunenberg home, and to show that
two months before the crime John L.
Slmpkins, a member of the executive
board of the Western Federation of
Miners, had ,1oined Orchard and had
lived with him for several days in the
same room.
Tired Negro Nurses Strike.
Augusta, Ga., June 5.?With no par
ticular grievance, except that they
were "Just tired of work," every ne
gro trained nurse in the Lamar hos
pital, a large institution for negroes,
walked out, leaving no one but the
white superintendent and three in
ternes to care for 40 patients, some of
whom are in a critical condition. The
management states that the places of
the strikers will be filled with whites
at once, and that negroes about the
institution will be dispensed with.
Two Suffocated in Cesspool.
AllentoSvn. Pa., June 5.?Mrs. Sarah,
widow of John Handwerlc, 64 years
old, and her grandson, Lawrence Kern,
aged 5 years, both of Clatedale, were
suffocated by falling into the cesspool
on the premises of her son, H. L.
Handwerk. at Slatington, whom they
were visiting. The floor was rotten
and gave way under their weight.
They fell 25 feet, and before help
could reach them both were dead.
Schmitz Jury Complete.
San Francisco, June 5. ? The jury
was completed for the trial of Mayor
Eugene Schmitz on the first of five in
dictments In which he is accused
Jointly with Abraham Ruef of having
extorted from Joseph Malfanti $2175
as the first installment of a $5000 an
nual bribe to secure the French res
taurant keepers of San Francisco their
licenses to sell lie."or.
MURDERED MAN IDENTIFIED
Philadelphia Victim of Black Hand
Was a Young Italian.
Philadelphia. June 5.?The decapi
tated body of a man supposed by the
police to have been the victim of the
"Black Hand Society." which was
found in a gully along the railroad!
tracks in Mount Airy, a suburb, was
identified as that of Tony I.ebon, also
known as Augustine Narta, a young
Italian who was employed as an as
sistant foreman by Thomas Malloy, a
landscape gardener of Germantown.
The coroner's physician in making
an examination of the head, which was
found some distance away from the
body, found that the man had been
shot and killed. A large bullet hole
was found behind the left ear. The
police say the head was severed after
death ensued and the body carried to
where it was found by the murderers
in their efforts to conceal the crime.
Lebon was last seen on Friday, so far
as the police can learn. He started out
thpn to employ some additional labor
ers for Malloy.
KILLED BY BURSTING MOTOR
Miners Were Quitting Work When
Accident Occurred.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.. June 5. ? The
bursting of an air motor at No. 14 col
liery of the Pennsylvania Coal com
pany at Port Blanchard, killed John
Munley, driver boss, and Richard Mc
Cawley; fatally injured Michael Dillon
and Henry Waters and caused minor
injuries to eight others.
An air motor is used in the colliery
to haul the loaded cars of coal to the
surface. The last trip of cars was be
ing made, and many of the miners
boarded them to be taken to the sur
face. The motor was being charged at
one of the air stations, when it sud
denly blew up, doing great damage to
the interior of the mine.
A BALLOON TRIP
From Washington to Harrisburg In
Four Hours and 37 Minutes.
Harrisburg, Pa., June 5.?Captain C.
D. P. Chandler, of the United States
Signal Corps, and J. C. McCoy and Leo
Stevens, of New York, made a balloon
trip from Washington, D. C., to this
city in four hours and 37 minutes. All
of the men are members of the Aero/
Club of America. The trip was merely
for pleasure.
The balloon landed at Llnglestown,
nine miles north of this city. The trip
was without incident, an average
height of 4500 feet being maintained.
The balloonists came to this city with
their collapsed vehicle after the de
scent
FIVE BLOWN TO ATOMS
Car Load of Giant Powder Explodes
While Crowd Looked On.
Kankakee, 111., June 5.?Five per
sons are dead as the result of an ex
plosion of a car load of giant powder
on the Chicago, Indiana & Southern
railroad at Reddick. 111., 20 miles west
of here. The car, loaded with matches,
caught fire and a crowd gathered. It Is
supposed that the burning matches set
off the powder in the adjoining car.
The bodies of the dead were torn to
fragments. The explosion was felt for
20 miles and many windows were
broken.
$90,000 Fire In Wilkes-Barre.
Wilkes-Barre. Pa., June 5.?A fire
broke out in Swift & Co.'s large meat
jnd packiug house, and the entire
structure, a five-story brick building,
was completely destroyed. The loss on
building and contents will reach $90,
600. The Hotel Wilkes-Barre, adjoin- j
ing the Swift establishment, caught
fire, but efficient work on the part of |
the firemen saved this structure.
Spoiled 297 Eggs to Get 7 Chicks.
Jersey City, June 5.?Alexander H.
Cornish says his wife threatened to
knock his block off with a frying pan
If he did not stop scolding their 8
ycar-old son. The boy spoiled 297 eggs
in an incubator and hatched only seven
chicks. This all developed at an ali
mony hearing here. Mrs. Cornish was
denied alimony pending a suit for di
vorce charging cruelty. ^
Free Rides for Little Invalids.
New York. June 5.?To carry on the
life work of his wife, who preceded j
him in ueatli, James Morris, a son
of Dr. Stuyvesant Morris, made a pro
vision in his will for a bequest of
$37,000 that the crippled children and |
the sick little ones of St. Luke's hos
pital might enjoy rides in Central Park
and music to make them happy.
Life Sentence For Abusing Child.
Richmond, Ind., June 5.?George T.
Anderson was found guilty at Shelby
vlile of mistreating his 9-year-old
niece, JJessie Anderson, the daughter
of his brother, and was sentenced for
life in the penitentiary. This Is the I
fliat life sentence imposed for the
prime In In liana.
tMfff J BABIES
Bought and Sold in Place of
Dogs in Des Moines.
SOME WERE BURNED ALIVE
Former Nurse Makes Sensational Affi
davit at the Trial For Murder.,
One Baby Too III to Sell, Was Pol-:
soned.
Des Moines, la., June 5.?It Is a
stra. je web which lias been woven
about the lives of Mrs. Fred West,
proprietress of a baby farm, and Miss
Anna Beattie, her head nurse, who are
on trial in the Polk county court for
the murder of Baby Jim. There is no
such baby and never has been, is the
defense. But if the prosecution presses
the point too hard the attorneys for
the accused women intend to produce
a boy and claim it is the one reported
killed. The Iowa, Humane Society
through its state secretary, Mrs. Eliza
beth Baird, caused the prosecution.
"Babies have been burned at the
West baby farm before they were
dead?thrown into the furnace to end
their helpless cries"?is a charge
which Miss Flora Ooblo. the chief wit
ness for the prosecution. an<iji former
nurse at tjje home, makes a sworn
affidavit. She declares she saw Miss
Beanie give ten drops of laudanum K>
"Baby Jim." under the direction of
Mrs. West.
"Mrs. West asked me to give the
laudanum to the baby and brought mo
the poison bottle." she said. "i re
fused and Mrs. West told me not to
lie foolish?that it was the way they ,
always did?when the babies gave
am irouble they put them out of mis
cry as fast as possible."
That there has been traffic in babies
is admitted. The infants were bought
ami sold, and when this was impossi
ble. git en away. Inmates of disorderly
houses, it is said, bought the babies,
using them ns one would a poodle, to
;-?? y>r U.ttly girl babies were want
ed by these women, but they were will
ing to pay good prices. Mrs. Baird
tlaints also to have discovered that
the baby farm proprietors were run
ning their own graveyards without le
gal formality.
Baby Jim is alleged to have been
adopted by a family who wanted a
baby to get a fortune, but he became
afflicted with an eye disease and was
exchanged for another. Then he dis
appeared. Miss Goble declares that
Mrs. West ordered him put out of his
misery with laudanum. Mrs. West de
nies this and says she will produce
Baby Jim.
Blow at Low Trolley Fares.
Columbus. O., June 5.?Mayor Tom
L. Johnson and his low street car fare
hobby received a knockout blow In
the supreme court by the court up
holding the decision of the circuit
court In Cleveland, which upheld the
validity of the franchises that were
given to the Consolidated Railways 1
company in Cleveland on Brie and
Central avenues. This means that high
street car fares will continue In Cleve
land in this section of the city.
May Arrest a Barrel of Whisky.
Washington. June 5.?By arresting
a barrel of whisky and bringing a libel
against it, the government hopes to ,
get into the courts the question "What
is whisky?" At a cabinet meeting of
the president's advisers it will be de
cided whether to arrest the barrel of
whisky or a large number of Uqupr ,
dealers who are defying the pure food
law.
Boy Drowned Playing Ball.
Paterson, N. J., June 5.?Grappling
irons are being used to recover the
body of William Sinio, the 7-year-old :
boy who was drowned In the Passaic
river. The boy was playing ball with
some companions in a yard in the i
rear of his home when the ball rolled
toward the river and he ran after it.
The ball went over the retaining wall [
and the boy went after it and fell
into the river and was drowned.
Ministers Build Church.
Kansas City, June 5.?Ten ministers '
of the christian churches of this city
have started work in erecting a 1
church. The structure, which is to be
called the Roanoke Boulevard Chris- 1
tian church, is to be built entirely by 1
ministerial labor, and will be finished
by Sunday- perhaps.
Horse Bites Man's Nose Off.
Leicester. N. Y.. June 5.?While
George Kennedy was attempting to
catch a horse, the animal turned and 1
snapped off his nose with his teeth.
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The Weather.
Forecast for this section: Showers
and thunderstorms today; tomorrow, j
fpr cooler, fr..:h west. w*nds
FENNSY TO ADJUST RATES
Owing to Two Cent Fare Bill Soma
Tickets Will be Discontinued.
Philadelphia. June 5.?The Pennsyl
vania Railroad company Issued a state
ment announcing that should the two
cent fare bill, recently passed by the
Pennsylvania legislature, become a
law, it will be necessary for the com
pany to adjust Its passenger rates in
order to preserve its passenger reve
nues. At the same time It Is announced
that several classes of tickets which
have been used largely by suburbanites
will be discontinued.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
recently instituted suit in the common
pleas court here to test the const'*'
ttonality of the act, and the company
in the statement says It believes a de
cision "holding the said act to be un
constitutional and non-enforceable"
will be rendered.
The classes of tickets and the new
regulations affecting the same are:
Beginning June 5, 1907, tickets of the
following classes will not be sold for
use within the state of Pennsylvania
beyond September 80, 19071 80-trip
family or firm tickets; 100-ride tloketti
180-trip quarterly tickets; all 10-rlde,
6trip and package tickets, and work
men's tickets.
LOTTERY MEN FINED $284,000
The Hondurase Company Knocked
Out at Last.
Mobile. Ala., June 5.?With the
pleading guilty of 32 defendants ac
eused of conspiracy to cause the in
tor- te carriage or lottery advertise
i nts. the assessment of fines aggre
? . ? * ? *.i at >i.e promise of the
di i i ? I ? s io su i all lottery1
pi i he <= Tt: tlia. and
to i 1 -111 plants at
Wllnjiapi O 1 t Hon luras Na
tional Lotte- - ( av against which
the govern ni " -u linking war
will go cut 1 . 1
Amort l! ? ' a pb'tt led guilty
wore John 1? J sse K. Bay
lis and 1.. r K. Cavils. all of Wll
mlngton. I;el.
40C0 KILL Ef IN EARTHQUAKE
Chinese l?ativ-s Crushed When Build
ings Were Demolished.
Victoria. P. C.. June 5.?The steam
er Shawmut brought news of great
loss ot lite following an earthquake
at Hslng Klang.
A telegram reeeived from Peldn by
the N'ishhi Shimlmn at Toklo shortly
before the Shawmut sailed, reported
that 4000 persons were crushed to
death, a vast number of houses de
stroyed and many persons left starv
ing. The empress dowager has tele
graphed urgent Instructions to the la
cal governors to take measures to re
lieve the distress.
Will Endorse Knox For President.
Harrisburg, Pa., June 5.?United
States Senator Knox will be formally
endorsed for president and pledged
the support of the Pennsylvania dele
gation to the next Republican national
convention by the Republican state
convention which will nominate a
candidate for state treasurer. Senator
Penrose is in hearty accord with the
movement for the endorsement of his
colleague by the state convention.
Will Make Harriman Answer.
Washington, June 5.?After a con
ference with President Roosevelt..
Commissioner I.ane, of the interstate
commerce commission, announced that
before July 1 legal proceedings would
be instituted to compel E.. H. Harri
man to answer certain questions pro
pounded to him by members of the
commission at the recent hearing in
New York, when the merger of the
Harriman lines was under investiga
tion.
Japan May Ask for Apology.
Tokio. June 5.?The Opposition
newspapers quote Count Okuma promi
nently as urging the concentration of
Japanese national efforts toward the
settlement of what is known as the
San Francisco question; that Japan
should demand a public apology from |
the mayor of San Francisco: and also!
that the Japanese should receive treat
ment similar to that given to Anglo
Saxons in the United States.
Army Worms Delay Trains.
Hickman, Ky., June 5.?Army worms
are so numerous between Campbell,
Mo., and N'emons, Ark., that traffic
in the St. Louis, Kenneth & Southeast
cm railway has been interrupted.
When the car whepls mash the worms,
the rails are as slippery as If they
were soaped.
Missionary Mercilessly Beaten.
I/)ndon, Jcne 5.?A special dispatch
received here from Hong Kong says
that Mr. Pollard, a Methodist mission
ary at Chao-Tung-Fu, has been merci
lessly beaten by the Chinese. His lung
?as pierced by a weapon The mis
sionaries are docking into Hong Kong
from th ? Swatow and Pal. hoi districts
SAWED JAIL BARS
Three Military PrisonersEscape
From Governor's Island.
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THEY HAD OUTSIDE HELP
Used Rope Ladder to Leave Building
and With Boat Reached Mainland.
Carried Steel Window Bars as
Weapons.
New York, .Tune 5.?Sawing their
way through the steel bars of their
cells In Castle William, three prison
ers escaped from Governor's Island and
have not been captured. A boat Is miss
ing from the island, and the men car
ried the steel window bars with them
as weapons. The escaped prisoners are [
Henry C. Tomer, R. C. Campbell and
Frank West. They were serving two
and a half year terms, respectively for
theft, sleeping on post and desertion,
and wore confined In the same cell on
the top tier In Castle William. The
men used a rope ladder with which to
escape. They sawed the bars of their
cell, and the fact that they had saws
and used a rope ladder leads the au
thorities at the Island to believe that
the prisoners had outside elp, and
General Grant has ordered a rigid In
vestigation.
A sentinel Is on guard at the prison
every minute night and day, nnd the
first knowledge of an escape was when
the sentinel spied the rope ladder
dangling from the cell window. He
called out the guard, who searched the
tier and found the cell empty.
An immediate search was made of
the entire island, In the hope that the
prisoners might have hidden on It, but
they were gone.
One of the boats used by workmen
who are building an extension to the
Island on Its western end was miss
ing.
Castle William Is an old building,
and there have been many escapes
from it. It Is easily accessible to out
siders, and it is believed that the three
men who got away had friends bring
them apparatus with which to make
their escape. A party of women visited
the men on Sunday.
Tomer belonged to the 30th Infantry,
Campbell to the Second infantry and
West to the New York Coast Artillery.
They were to have been of a squad of
80 prisoners who were transferred to
Fort Leavenworth.
Published Dog's Death Notice.
Newark. N. J., June 5.?Impressive
ceremonies marked the burial in a
field, near here, of Pluto Rutherford.
Pluto was a St. Bernard dog. 8 years
old. owned by Mrs. Sarah J. Ruther
ford, of Newark, and following his
death this notlee was printed In a
Newark paper: "Rutherford?Pluto, on
May 31. at No. 12 Lombardy street,
aged 8 years and 2 months. Members
of the New York Kennel Club please
take notice. Funeral private at con
venience of family."
Murderer Starving Himself to Death.
Middletown, N. Y? June 5.?Con
stantly under guard of watrhmen and
with no opportunity of doing himself
bodllv harm, Charles II. Rogers, the
self-confessed murderer of the Olney
brothers, who is in jail awaiting trial,
Is slowly starving himself to death.
Unless he consents to partake of food
a physician will In all probability be
called in and foo<\ forced into his
stomach In order to keep him alive.
Price of Steak to Be Increased.
Chicago. June 5.?The price of beef
will be advanced from one-half a cent
to three cents a pound in Chicago. The
reason for this arbitrary advance is
that the farmers and cattle raisers are
on a strike against the packers. They
are not sending in the usual amount
of cattle, and are establishing small
slaughter houses throughout the coun
try to compete with the packers in
dressed meats.
Made Escape and Then Moved Jail.
Atlantic City, N. J., June 5.?"We
mav come back for the jail if we
find we can get anything on it." ,This
is the message two tramps left at the
Jail at Pleasantville, near here, when
thev escaped, and then with the iron
bar used In freeing themselves moved
the two-cell prison. The police, who
were proud of the Jail, have a posse
after the vagrants.
Peary May Not Go.
Portland, Me., June 5.?"Unless the
funds come in faster than at present,
I fear I shall not have a chance to real
ize riv hope of starting northward In
the Roosevelt on July 1," said Com
mander Peary. "Only a small portion
of the needed amount has been raised,
and the remainder must be forthcom
ing before I can start the expedition."
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DON'T KISS THE BABIES
It is Said It Will Prevent Spread af
Tuberculosis.
Atlantio City, June 5.?The cry af
several hundred members of woman's
i lubs from all parts of the country
tvho met here to form the woman's
auxiliary to the antl-tuberculests
league was "don't kiss the bablas."
Franklin Dye, secretary of the New
Jersey state board of agriculture. In
telling of the state's work In killing
off diseased milch cows, started the
discussion by demanding that the
"don't kiss the baby" sign bs bung
In every household. This, he said,
would bar out aunties, cousins and
callers from planting kisses on the
mouths of the little darlings.
"All the work of the state in getting
pure milk will be thrown away," ha
said. "If tuberculosis Is to be spread by
allowing the youngsters to be hugged
and kissed."
Plan $10,000,000 Hospital.
Philadelphia. June 5.?A plan Is un
der way, backed by Henry Phlpps, the
Pittsburg millionaire, and other promi
nent men, to purchase a large piece
of land In this city, for the erection
of an institution to cost $10,000,000 to
tight tuberculosis among the poor of
the city. Mr. Phlpps has already con
tribtued $1,000,000 toward the project
BASE BALL SCORES
Following Is result of games played
yesterday:
American League.
Chicago, 10; Athletics, 0.
Boston. 7; Detroit, 5.
Cleveland, 4; New York. 3.
Washington, 7; St. Louis, 1.
National League.
All games postponed account of rain.
Trl-State League.
Wllllnmsport. C; Johnstown, 2.
Lancaster, 14: Wilmington, 1.
Trenton, 11; York, 4.
Harrisburg-Altoona?Not scheduled.
Atlantic League.
Pottsville. 4; Reading. 0.
Allentown. 12; Brooklyn, 3.
Elizabeth, 8; Easton, 3.
Princeton Play Shocks "Profs."
Princeton. N. J., June 5.?R. S. Bar
be, '07, who takes the part of Vivian
Dasher, a bewitching girl in short
skirts In the Widow's Chorus In "The
Mummy Monarch." presented by
the Princeton dramatic club, gets the
credit for causing trouble with the
Princeton professors. Barbe, In his
bewitching costume, sang "Come Play
With Mo" and "What We Learn From
Mother Eve" so effectively that the
professors immediately went ouL talk
ed it over, and decided that the play
needed expurgation.
Will Prosecute Coal Carrying Roads.
Washington, June 5.?It is under
stood that the matter of the prosecu
tion of the coal carrying railroads
charged with violation of the Sher
man anti-trust act was considered at
the cabinet meeting. The question waa
gone into fully, and it is believed, as
already stated, that the department
of justice will soon take steps to
bring the matter into the courts.
Birds and Roses for Workhouse.
Cleveland. June 5.?Twenty-flve
song birds and roses and carnations
will lie provided for the workhouse In
mates here. The Council of Women
has decided on the innovation to light
en the gloom of the prison, and the
presentation is to be made on June
16. John D. Rockefeller has been in
vited to attend.
NUGGETS OF NEWS
The steamer Tourist, of the Leroy
Steamboat company, was destreyed by
firo at Elizabeth City, N. C.
Joseph Moore, a farm hand, com
mitted suicide by hanging himself in
a barn at Pitman Grove, N. J.
Edna May. the American actress,
was married in London to Oscar Lew
isohn, son of a New York banker.
President Roosevelt received 50
Confederate veterans from Tennessee
in the White House and shook hands
with all of them.
Neil Ferris, Washington Griffith and
Ilyron Becker were drowned by the
capsizing of their boat while fishing
in a lake at Cement City, Mich.
John C. Capers, of South Carolina,
wilt be appointed commissioner of in
ternal revenue ad interim, the appoint
ment to continue until December 1.
when Pearl Wight, of New Orleans,
will become commissioner.
Raisull For Variety Stags.
Paris, June 5.?A dispatch to the
Petit Parisian from Tangier says that
the board of foreign affairs has offered
a pardon to Raisull, the noted bandit,
on condition that he leave Morocco
and live far from Tangier on a pen
sion to be paid him by the govern
ment. A friend of Raisull propose<
that he make a tour of the British and
American music halls. It Is believed
that Raisull favors such a scheme.