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t THE WEATHER. MR. ADVERTISER: ):.- Showers; Wednesday .. in -west and Wednesday or Wednesday night KJ past Dortlon: Thursday fair, Ught N If yon wut (Mtcrons rrtvn fra iBTMtment, advertls in' Tb Moraine Star. , It reaches the people. 1 A reqneot wtU fcrla rates and all peeessary Information. ... .-j,-r:.i... : :;-;c;::-..v--:V;; 1 nioderate aouth winds , ... .. . .1 WILMINGTON, N. C, .WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1910. NUMBER 13,369. TEDDY IS ACTIVE BIG BOSTON FIRE V VI; WITH III LOSS ' V r t i mi imoaiw qui ismii Mi ii i " .11 VOL. LXXXVINO. 122. ':?V - r' , j' a - ' . ... , . ' F 1 , : . WHOLlT Bullet of Assassin v;'S TMI!!. IT AUTO : MID KILLED FIVE SHADOW IS OVER .KNIGHTS PARADE Mayor Down Yestemay gruntled City as He was ing Steamer, WOUNDMAYBEFATAL Hit Assailant Borne to Deck by Former Princeton Football Star. HAD REMARKABLE FORTITUDE Sank to Chair and Later Hurried to St. Mary's Hospital Would-be As sassin Expresses No Ffemorse. : Excitement. ;44.4..H"I"I"I-I"I"I"I"I"I"I"H' s New York, Aug. 9. Mid night: The following bulle tin on Mayor traynor's condi tion was issued at midnight: . "Mayor Gaynor is doing; as well as could be expected. He slept some. He is" perfectly conscious. There is no el dence of infection, i v'; , , (Signed.) ' ; ; "FERDINAND C. WOLFF , , "House Physician, St. Mary's Hospital, ;:iiitUJ New York, Aug.i 9. William J. Gay nor, mayor ot New York City, was shot in the head and seriously wound ed today as he stood on the prome nade deck of the steamer Kaiser Wil helm der Grosse, by James J. Galla gher, a discharged and . disgruntled city employe. Gallagher was almost instar-tly overpowered and arrested. The shot was fired at 9:45 o'clock this .nomirg, fifteen minutes before the steamship was due to, leave her pier at Hoboken,; N. J.; and the Mayor WHf receiving god-speed from a group of fr tends preparatory to a vacation trip to Europe. The bullet struck him behind the right ear and ranged down ward, inflicting .a dangerous,' though not neceasaiily fa'tal wound. And un-, less blood poison develops surgeons are hopeful of the, Mayor's recovery, although at his -age, 59 years such fa. wound is esKentially grave... Tonight the Mayor 1 at St. Mary's hospital, Hoboken, surrounded by his f pecial'sis, w'th members of his fam ily gathered near, awaiting the out? com - whh anxiety. All early reports from the hospital were hopeful in tone and this evening six X-ray nega lives of the wound eie taken to fa: cilitate an 'operation. for the removal of tli bullet. GallagLer. the would-be assassin, is locked in a cell at Jersey City, held without ball. He expresses no remorse. ' ' -' '' The big liner was gay with, flaga ')d ringing with shouted good-bys iien the tragedy occurred. Most of those who had been aboard the ship o say farewell to friends or relatives had gone ashore, but a little group remained to talk with the Mayor. They were standing on the port side ' ot the vessel near the promenade ward au(i were in the act of posing for a toup photograph when Gallagher un noticed, pushed his way almost to the Mayors side and fired point blank at his head. ' " ile used a 38-calibre revolver and an examination later disclosed that Jhe first cartridge had missed fire. Jhis probably saved the Mayor's life for Gallagher when . he first pulled the trigger wa? less than two feet a'aj. Backing away slightly in his excitement he pulled the trigger a secend time and sent a bullet crash n into the Mayor's neck, below the ear. William H. Edwards, commissioner or street cleaning and the former Princeton football star, lunged for wrd with his. 300 pounds just as ot)ert Adamson, the Mayor's secre- -y. struck Gallagher's arm. As he u so a second shot pierced Edwards '"eve, inflicting a slight flesh, wound on the commissioner's right arm "iLii remained ' undiscovered for .iUr,8, l)0cau8e Pt the excitement. Un- ",,I11U1 or nis wound Edwards hit man a crashing blow; in the face and they crashed to the deck together, Washer struggling with the strength 'operation and pulling viciously u triRKer In an attempt to fire .. ...iiit-r snot. . ;. ' . ; Tint Edwards was too much for hlmi e rained blow after blow on Galla- of ;2S7ew; York Shot by - Dis- gher'a now bleeding -face, while A4 amson and Archibald R. Watson, cor poratlon counsel for ;the city, flung themselves on the struggling two In an attempt tQ grasp the weapon. When Mr. Watson '. had obtained ' possession of it . Edwsj-ds and Gallagher, had a bitter , . struggle, about ' the deck Ed- . wards - nbw . crying and shouting in his anger and excitement; and Gallagher panting as exhaustion 'began, to " grip his limbs. When completely subdued in the Tormer 'football' star's vice-like grip, a pair of steel nippers were slip ped on his. wrists by a special officer aboard the ship and ' he was rushed through a hooting and threatening crowd off the vessel . and -into an au tomobile and arraigned before Record er McGovern, of Hoboken. ; During the struggle with the man who had' attempted 4 to take his life Mayor Gaynor though badly -wounded and bleeding from the mouth and nose did . not once , lose consciousness. The impact of the bullet did -not V even throw him from his feet but he rais ed .his hands to. his ears and with his face centered in pan he staggered In a dazed ' condition,, leaned across the ship's rail until Adamson came to hia assistance. Then . some ; one. drew . a steamer, chair to his side and In this the Mayor sat with relief. A few min utes, later he was.removed to a state room where the ship's surgeons tem porarily bandaged the wound prepara tory to his removal to SL' Mary's hos pital.. He was taken there' in a spe cial automobile. - ' ' . - "." Rufus Gaynor, a son," was the only J member of the .Mayor's family pres ent when he was shot. Hid wife and other children. were' at ' the Gaynor country place at St. James, I I. wnen Mrs", Gaynor . .was notified by telephone of . 'the . tragedy ; she . made a . spectacu lar run by -.uutomobile, accompanied by. her son,' "Norman, - crossed the Queensboro bridge to Manhattan, sped across the Island -to 4ne Hudson river and was1 taken to Hoboken, in a po lice patrol boat-. She was almost over come, when '. she reached , St. Mary s hospital and was permitted to see her husband for but a moment She was joined there shortly r by Mrs. ' Ethel Vingu, a daughter, " recently married, and they began their vigil near the bedside. -. ' ' - - !i .; . Rarely has a wounded man evidenc ed .more fortitude and : cheerfulness tha!n did William J. Gaynor today. He evidently - thought: as -he 'was ; being carried down the companionway from the ishlp on a stretcher that his wound was fatal - for he' smiled faintiyr and said, to those near him: "Tell the peo ple good bye." ; To '. his wife ami . his son, Rufus, ; he said at : the .hospital later: "It is very strange,: very. strange I wonder why he did it?" . . v But at no time did 1 he express . ill feeling toward the man who would have Wiled him. And that he looked calmly on the ever-present prospect of assassination is indicated in the tone of a recent letter to a. citizen who had '..warned him of - the ' danger of , going in T the subway . withou,t an escort. Tor ; this .. sollcltlous friend, Charles Weinblatt, a lawyer,' he wrote on March 22nd last: . 1 ; 1 , "1 , thank you very much for . your letter,.' but I : have no fear about go ing alone.) I do not .think any oie w.nld do me any harm unless he was a lunatic,' and . it is hard to. guard again situ lunatics. C s ? : ; I K Gallagher, judging by appearances and actions is "hot a lunatic' His mind Is" apparently as 'sound as any man's of 30 odd years, but he has nourished in hie heart hatred for Mayor Gay nor ever since he 'was discharged as a night watchman in the " department of docks , and . ferries In July last: for incompetency." S v: ;'v f :, ; ' 'L: " ' , Since then he has , repeatedly writ- Etripl Board jr- : A.I' !f h I teu to the Mayor anonymously and otherwise, harping on an obsession that he had been persecuted and de manding redress. He has even writ ten to the Governor, so Is becameJ known tonight and' he went on board the .Kaiser Wilhelm der . Grosse to day. with :. the - expressed- purpose 'of murdering the man, whom he charges with having robbed him of his bread and butter. : - "You took the bread and butter, out of my. mouth, he shouted as he ap proached the Mayor, then he leveled the revolver and fired. The struggle about the deck ensued almost instant ly. As he grappled with the man Com missioner Edwards was heard shout ings "I've got him; I've got him," anrt; as , he pinned Gallagher to the floor he beseeched those afburid him to bring a pair of handcuffs. It was then that Henry (Jeering a special officer of. the North German Lloyd Line, brought the nippers and ; Gallagher was pinioned with steel. ' There was no panic on board dur ing the disorder. Many, tried to bela bor the prostrate Gallagher and the excitement of course was Intense, but the ship's officers used severe meas ures' of discipline . and . effectually shielded the. Mayor in his state room from the crowd of over solicitous pas sengers. President Pedro Montt, of Chile, en route to Europe after his visit to thi3 country, was a spectator of the tragedy-and its epsuing scenes. He had been talking with the Mayor before the shooting occurred. "The man was hanging around for several : minutes," said President Montt.; "I" noticed that he carried one hand under his coat tail as if In the neighborhood of his right hand hip pocket, but . I was not suspicious of this and paid no particular- attention to the fellow. ' "He did not seem to me to show any signs of excitement The Mayor had Just inrtoduced me . to a friend of his. from , his own neighborhood in Brooklyn, v who" was going ..with " him and' asked me laughingly if I minded posing for another, group photograph for the benefit of a newspaper man who. had. arrived-late. when I heard Gallagher yell rout something and saw. his flash of his gun and then the shoot-, ing.and the, jstjugglmg Ijegan.- -V, vmmiftstbiier Ed ward s -; said '- " - "1. ttaa standing with ' Corporation Counsel - Watson, : Dr. " Lederle; the health - commissioner, Commissioner Thompson,, of the water department, and Mr.' Adamson. the Mayor's sec retary, on the forward deck when'tht assassin approached. . "We were wishing the Mayor a safe voyage. As we chatted I heard a shot directly, back of us. It was immediate ly ,; followed by - another. We turned about, iand saw this man with a re volver smoking in his right hand and not three feet. away. He had the re volver almost against the Mayor's back. Mr. Watson grabbed the fellow pistol hand and held it upward. The man began to struggle desperately. -"I then seized him around the body and -slammed '.him against the railing. I didn't xcare much what I . did with him and for . a moment I thought he was going . overboard.. He continued to fight-furiously, but a well-directed blow or two took the fight out of hinr Just as they got the man into the machine on the way to the - look ,u Mr. Edwards said the fellow looked about him rand said so that all heard him distinctly say that: "He robbed me of my bread and butter and that's all there is to it' ' Mr. Adamson and others made statements which practically corrobo rated those made by President" Montt and Mr. Edwards. Gallagher is a' short, thick set man, weighing close to 200 pounds. He smoked a cigar cheerfully after his arrest,: and at no time expressed sor row because of , .his deed. . On" the other hand, he repeated stolidly that the Mayor had robbed him of a livell hood and that he had meant to kill him. He is 56 years old Gallagher made the following sign ed confession of his act to Robert W. Bell, acting chief of police of Ho boken: ; .. "I came over to Hoboken at 9:20 this.mbrning. , I went to the steamship pier; and I went on . board the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. I met a clergyman on board of the steamship, and I asked him to point out Mayor Gaynor to 'me. ; : i "He did so, and shortly after I fired a shot at the Mayor. 1 1 do not know if I fired more than one shot or not' "Knowing i that Mayor .Gaynor was going , to : Europe this morning to : en- Joy himself after depriving .me of my bread : and - butter, not : - porterhouse steak, I was irritated to the point 'of committing the act. - "The revolver you ' show me Is the revolver; that I done the shooting at the :Mayor, with. I ' don't know how many shots were in the revolver when I used it - I have had this revolver a long timev In my possession. I carried it when I wis In the employ of the city.' : :: -''.-;".;" , . Gallagher seemed : remarkably, cool while making this statement to , which he affixed his signature. V v . ,.' -f. ; After his; arraignment" before .'Re corder ' McGovern and held ; to await the result of the Mayor's, injuries this afternoon, Gallagher ;was sent to "the Hudson county jail at -Jersey " City, where he sat in his .cell tonight contentedly- Smoking a 4 pipe and " seem ingly pleased with the attention, he had attracted.. ;v '' ; ..Condition very Favorable.- t Wh'le V, i the official ' bulletin stated that' thd bullet had ben split during xs-(Continued on. Pagi Baltimore Touring Party En Route to Cape s May Were Victims. STBliCK BY PENNSY EXFRESS Effort Made to Prevent Vie Acident Proved, Fruitless AH - Instantly Killed and BodiesCadly Brusi.ed. ' Cape May, N. J., Aug.-9. Five per sons were crushed Uo daith 'tonight when an express, train on the Penn sylvania Railroad dashed into ah au tomobile at Mill Iiane. Grossing on the j V est. Jersey,, and Seashore' Rail- roact. .-,..' - ; ' - The , dead aie: Frederick Wv Feld- ner' and wife,' and Fritz Mergenthaler and. wife . and. tneirj cnauifeur M. C. Jones, all ;of .Baltimore. Mergentha ler was the son-in-law. of Mr. and Mrs. Feldner.' ; '"7', The party had .been spending a few cays in Atlantic (Lity and this , after noon left for an automobile trip to Cope May, ,. As they api'cbcnea me tracks,1 the fast runn.'ng, v.ypits8 as hidden from view-by a fccrn iield and it was im poesibln for the chajiffeur to see "the train until ce was within a few feet of the tracks.' i As the automobile bore down to wards the, tracks; Mrs. Thomas Mc N'eill,-who resides close to the cross ing, saw the rapidly approaching- ex press and waed heriand for the au tomobile driver to atop his, car, but the man either id nqt see the danger signal or . thought that he could cross the t tracks before the train reached him and dashed oa to the . road just as the train reached the crossing. The express struck the stKomobile .square ly " between theV wheel and threw it andall of-the occupants clear -ot Jthe tracks. All-.-five cf tuft-xiders were in stantly jRUTvd Jmd ftei' cut and, bruis- The bodies vtrer' quickly gathered together and a physician :. hurriedly summoned," but a glance at the 'man gled forms showed plainly there. was no need for . medical aid. v.. . . Coroner -Reeves was summoned and reached the; scene a few minutes af ter the accident occurred. He. took charge of the five bodies and had them brought to his morgue, here. - So, severe was the compact that pieces of the; machine. were driven Dn the piston rod. 1 ' Residents of BaltImoe. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 9. Fred W.' Feldner, of this city,, who with hl9 wife, son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Mergenthaler, and -t their chauffeur, were killed when a Penn sylvaia railroad express train struck their automobile near Cane May, N. J:, tonight, was a well known lawyer of -this city, and was' associated with Frank A. Furst also of Baltimore, in a contract which contemplates, the draining of the Everglades, and in other large enterprises. Mr.'. Mergen thaler, who was also a resident of this city, was a son of Ottmar Mer Kenthaler, the. Inventor of the Mer genthaler Linotype. , r FLOODS IN JAPAN. V Houses Submerged and Railway Lines -.; Badly-: Washed. ',Tokio, Aug. 9. A torrential 'rainfall that continued today, has caused de vastating floods principally, in Shiu zuoka province, on the southern coast Hundreds of houses nave been sun merged and one occupied by students in the province of Shiuzuoka was bur led with ' its . tenants beneath a land- sdlle. Washouts along the railway lines are reported and several trains hac been , derailed OUTLINES. Mayor William J. Gaynor, of New York City, was shot and dangerously wounded yesterday morning, - by ?a discharged city employe,; as he '.was about, to leave' for a vacation in Eu rope. The Mayor's condition is con sidered favorable One fatal, acci dent and several mishaps cast a shad ow over the parade of the Knights Templar in Chicago yesterday. Forty thousand Masons were in line Wve persons were killed when a Pennsyl vania train struck an automobile near Cape May,,N. J., yesterday. The party were returning from Atlantic City and all were ; killed Ex-President Roose velt held a political conference yester day with William Loeb Jr., in New York. ; He has arranged a number of other political conferences Twelve persons were killed on the Northwest ernPaciflc Railroad in California" yes terday -The loss of probably a mil lion 'dollars and the Injury, of several firemen resulted in a Boston fire yes terday. -New York markets: .'Money easy, 2 to 2 -2 per cent; ruling rate 2 1-2; closing bid, 1 3-4; offered at 1 - ; spot : cotton closed quiet ; five points lower; mlddung uplands 16 cents;, middling! uplands,' 16.25; flour steady but quiet ; wheat, -spot steady ; No. 2 - red, 11.06 1-2 , elevator,. and J1.07. J-4 f. o. b.; ;No. 1 northern, $L2 1-8 f. o. : b.; corn firm', No. 2, 72 1-4 .nominal' elevator domestic, basis to arrive; oats firm; . mixed nominal; Serious Accidents Marred Feature Day of Masons' in Chicago, FORTY THOUSAND WERE INLINE Greatest Gathering of Knights Templar : on Record One Man Killed and Other. Mishaps Resulted. Features. .. - .. " . Chicago, Aug. 9. One tragic death, one accident which physicians say will prove fatal and a dozen minor mishaps, due to the crowds, cast a shadow to day over the parade of what . Masons say "was the greatest number of Knights Templar, who ever formed in line in any city! i .. . ; . -; Except for a slight thunderstorm lasting, but a short time, the Weather during the long .march' was perfect From 9 o'clock when the signal to start was given, until after-1 P. M.,-when the last Knight had passed before the reviewing' stand the thermometer ranged from 71 to 97 degrees while a cool breeze prevented any considerable discomfort from heat among the as sembled thousands. " ' More than 40,000 Knights were in line over. half a million spectators sat n the huge reviewing stand occupying the entire east -side 6f Michigan boule vard as far south as, 12th street and stood patiently along the line of march. The first note of tragedy in the day came when Hermann W. Grossmann, of Chicago, on his way to join his com- mandery was caught in the death strip between two cars on Templar Way and. received injuries from which he died on his . way to the hospital. In the grand stand, two blocks -away sat Mrs. Grossmann, unidentified for three hours, while she scanned the march ers for her husband, hot ' learning of aeatn. until, tne parade naa passed ana sne reacnea nome.. . ; .: . William HackettTa Khischt from Fos- teriar was ihrbWh f iilshdrseff th parade and draggedith his heel 'in the stirrup for a block before the ani mal could be stopped. At the hospital here tonight it is stated Mr. Hacketts injuries are fatal. W. B. Biddie,' of LaPorte, Ind., was struck by a cab and received serious injuries. Scores of women who faint ed n the rush received attention in the emergency hospital booths which had been erected at intervals along the line of march. -' Behind a platoon of mounted police, the procession was led by California mounted commandary of San Francis co. Immediately following came-100 open carriages, each .containing four members of the Grand Conclave, the highest body in Knight Templardom of this country. Acting Grand Master William Melish occupied the first- Ac companying the Grand Conclave were noted guests from Priory of England, the Earl of Euston and representatives from the great priory of Canada. "' .Immediately after the parade the first formal session of the conclave was held. These business sessions will be held daily until the conclusion of the gathering here. The selection of tne city wmcn is to have the next Conclave and the elec tion of officers will not be reached be fore tomorrow. ."'"' Unless some .unexpected candidate develops unusual strength in the Con clave the choice for the next triennial gathering lies between Los Angeles, New Orleans, Denver and Cincinnati, the home of Grand Master Melish Is also making a fight for the Conclave Atlanta. Ga., which has among the most imposing headquarters is doing effective advertising with a view ol landing the conclave m 1916." S.-v ' . Tbmorrow will be occupied - with competitive drills and entertainment at their headquarters by tne various com manderies. In the afternoon there will be an equestrian exhibition at the. big pavilion in the stock yards and In the evening the Grande Cpmmandery,.of Illinois.- will give a banquet to the om cers and men of the Grand Encamp ment - , SODA FOUNTAIN ALTAR Young Couple Have P.ropietor of Drug . Store to Marry Them. Athens, Ga., Aug. 9. A drug store was the place chosen by . Adolphus Bradley and Miss Smith, of this city, in which to be married. All the clerks were busy- When. Miss Smith and Mr. Bradley entered and seated themselves at. a little .table. Miss Smich told' a waiter she would like to see the proprietor. The store is kept by the Rev. H. C Compton, and when he appeared, she asked him . to brine two glasses of soda water. Kev, Compton complied and as the" glasses were about drained, nis customer, saias .; ?'W11I you marry, us? A wedding license was laid 6n; the table to back up this request., ' Key Compton is known in this section1 as the "drummer 'parson" and when the license appeared, he justined his bo- briquet by changing from business man to dominiei,. m i approximately r .iwo moves. He Veafched for, his ,coat and nut it on.' --....-i - i The young people stood up, and so quickly and quietly was the ceremony performed that not even all the Cus tomers in the store realized what was transpiring.. ' it -. Conferences Arranged to Discuss State and Nat ional Issues. LOEB GREETS FORMER CHIEF Gifford Plnchot' Will Talk With Him About ' Conservation ' Today In vited South to Southern Com- . mercial Congress. v Oyster Bay; N. Y., Aug. - 9. Theo dore Roosevelt ! spent this evening talking politics with William Loeb, Jr., collector of the port; of New York. Tomorrow he expects to have a conference with' Gifford Pinchot, for- mer chief forester, and James R. Gar field, ex-Secretary 'of the Interior. They may be able to( reach ' Oyster Bay tomorrowhowever.- For. the past two weeks Colonel . Roosevelt has practically, avoided political confer ences. - The. renewal of conferences of such a nature: is' taken as an indica tion that : the" ex-President may be preparing -to engage more actively in political affairs. State and National, although he allowed no comment to escape his lips today., Mr. Loeb spent the night with his former chief. Before their confer ence began. Colonel Roosevelt . re marked -with a smile: that he did not know wkat the - would -talk1 about ' When; arr attempt was made .later to learn what, had-been-discussed. Col onel Roosevelt sent word t that he has notning to say tonignt about tne mat ter, but might say something tomor-. row. - ' ' The colonel was equally reticent about the expected visit of Mr. Pinchot and Mr: Garfield. All three men are numberedN among his closest friends and most trusted advisers. Mr Loeb was suggested some time ago as a possible candidate for ".the Republican'i nomination" for - Goverr of New :Yorlc and .Mr.iPinchot's'name has -been .mentioned lnvrthe; same con? necticmrTt; Was "generally-umletstodd that Mr Loeb had determined not to allow himself to be considered as a candidate. He 'was unwilling to say tonight whether "his .talk, with the Colonel had anything to do with the Governorship.. It is regarded ascer tain, ' however, that .the subject and consideration of the policies to be advocated by the Roosevelt-Hughes forces at , the . Saratoga convention formed the chief topic of discussion. One of the principal objects of Mr, Pinchot's coming visit, it is believed. is to acquaint colonel Roosevelt wjth public affairs, especially conservation. which is to be one of the chief topics discussed by Colonel Roosevelt on his Western trip. Mr. Pinchot has just returned from a trip to California Mr. Garfield, it is expected, will talk over the political situation in Ohio with the Colonel. ' New York, Aug. 9. Theodore Rooset relt spent the day at his editorial of fice, in this city. Senator Jonathan Bourne, of Oregon; G. Grosvenor Da we, of Washington, D. C, and Charles H. Davis, of Petersburg, Va, met him by appointment Senator. Bourne told the Colonel about . the progressive ideas enter tained in the far West and described what : Oregon has done in " passing reform laws. , He sought the.ex-Pres ident's endorsement of all these meas ures. - "Was your talk- with Colonel Roose velt about politics? he was asked after it was over. "No. no in the ordinary accepta tion of th word," he replied, "yet If successful in my mission,' the result will be' of the utmost importance to this country and by example- to the rest of the world. "I , explained to Colonel Roosevelt how Oregon. , through her Ihitiative and referendum : direct primary, cor rupt practices and ' recall laws, has evolved, adopted and demonstrated the mdst effective form . of popular gov. ernment known fb the world. These laws provide and insure equitable pro tection of the Tights of men and of property to; establish absolute sover eignty of the people, the accountabil ity of every public servant directly to the party and the general electorates, instead of to the political ,boss, and through him to the campaign contrib utors. This accountability makes Ore- eon's .government " truly representa tive. " t-- ":: .. :.' "Colonel Roosevelt's endorsement la not essential to the ultimate success Of the cause, but believeing he has the samet confidence in the honesty and intejlligence of the people - that they have4 "demonstrated they had in his, and X appreciating his -prominence be fore the 'world. 1 realize tnat nis aa vceacyrwill accelerate the adoption of similar laws m otner states.. . inis was- the mission of my call. "What did he say?" - ; "You will have, to ask him." Colonel . Roosevelt, after 'the Sen ator's . deDarture. said that he -- was greatly interested in his visitor's re cital, and was aireaay on recora favorine nroeressive legislation. i Dr. Dawe and Mr. Davis called to gether to ask Colonel . Roosevelt to at tend the Southern ' Commercial con eress. which is to be held next March Definite arrangements for ; the, Con- ptprs -hnvfl not been' made. but. Mr. Roosevelt said - that : he probably wnnld attend it and make an. address, V Mr. Dawe said that on October. 7th, Five uildings and Ten Mil lion Feet of Lumber 7 Destroyed. ; FIVE FIREMEN WERE HURT Occurred in Wholesale Lumber 'Dla. " , tret and Loss Will be Upward of ' Million Dollars First General V,' Alarm In Years. . - Boston, Mass., Aug. 9. A loss of' upwards of $1,000,000 was caused to. -night by a fire in the wholesale , lum- ber district. Starting from an un- ' known cause In the lumber yards of Blacker and Shepard, at the' cornei ' of Dover and Albany streets, the blaze ; assumed early proportions ' of such magnitude that a general alarm the first sounded In this city since 1872 v followed within ten . minutes , of the first alarm. '-" - ' The fi re zone extended along both ' sides of Albany, south from ' Dover street, on the east side, wiping out the ' buildings and ten million feet of lum ber piled on the Fort Point channel " docks of the Blacker & Shepard Com-,, pany, and on the west side extending; . to the Thayer street nubile Dlar ground. . Five brick build ines on the ' west side of Albany, street were de- : stroyed. These Included a v three story tenement, block, four Woodwork. ing factories, and the Boston Flre De- ; partment repair station. . ' ', It was estimated that, the Blacker and . Shepard Company's loss would , be upwards of $300,000. '.The Boston.: Fire Department damage .on the re- ( pair shop and Its contents are . est!- inaveu . to ue aoout jldu.uuo. be about $150;000.; ' ' . '. . . ' ! j called out practically all the ! ' ''. :' h4 ; ire . Department together ' - ; " L- i t 1 m " i V 1 I The fire Boston Fire with, large numbers of.- men and. .nu merous pieces or apparatus from near-..; by cities.' Five firemen were caught in ; a- shower of bricks and, burning em- r hefs when the rear wall of ; the Paul!, ' DUiioxng,, . a . woodworking, establish-. : vnaa, oucaieo ana imk i ae men were all rescued, but . Hoseman. Edward . O'Connell is seriously ' injured. v ' . ; SHOOTING IN UNION. ' . '. V t' " J r. ' ' ' ' One Dead and Other Injured in Five- " - Handed Fioht. . . Monroe, N. C 'Aug.. 9. tn a five- ' handed fight last night Id Buford town- ' ship, near this place, about 10 o'clock. Ben Hunter was shot and killed and his companion, Walter Stak; was shot 1 in the arm, by three brothers; Gus, Bill and Wlnfred Belk. '.' Details are meager, . but it seems that there had been some trouble , between the men, 11 of -whom are , farmers and well known In this coun ty, and at the meeting last night there ' were some words passed, and then the ' shooting began.. It appears that Hun ter was shot while trying to make his ' escape, as two of the bullets entered ' his back. It is also said that he was . shot twice after he fell, and. that both bullets took effect in his temple, kill ing him instantly. ' . . . . Owing to the prominence . of the men and the suddenness of the kill- ' ing, the entire community is highly excited and a hurry ' call ' was sent into - Monoe about , 10 o'clock last ; night after the shooting, and the sher iff was asked to come to the scene. '- He left immediately, and as yet noth ing has been heard from him. . " SHOT FROM! AMBUSH. Henderson County, Tenn., Farmer. Meets Untimely End. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 9. NearSar- die, in Henderson county, Tennessee, , yesterday afternoon, Mart Green, a white man, was assassinated from am bush. He was Tiding horseback on his way home when some one emptied . the contents of a double-barreled shot gun into his body, death resulting In a short while. " In his dying words he Is . alleged to have mentioned a neighbor, Abe Mar- -tin and Martin was arrested, but his friends claim he will prove an alibi., Green leaves a widow and thirteen . children. , . . - 1 - ' ' CATTLEMEN'S ' DUEL. .- 1- '-. i . - - Hall Kills Bonavidas, Whom He Ac cued of Stealing. El Paso, Texas, i Aug. 9. Pedro Bonavidas was shot and killed near Deming, Netf Mexico, yesterday by' Tom Hall a prominent and wealthy' cattleman. ' ' - . . ; Hall charged Bonavidas with steal ing cattle, and aflght with revolvers ensued.- -- Hall surrendered ' to the sheriff; f - " '. t the day 1 lef ore Colonel Roosevelt. Is -to visit Atlanta on his Southern trip? a meeting of 160 business , men, repre senting 16 Southern States, will be held in Atlanta, to draft , plans for the -Congress. - These plans, will then be' laid before ColoneV Roosevelt . "The v Southern .Commercial Con gress is J a non-political .. movemenf said Mri Dawe. Vlts object is to make the South understand what it had got . and to arouse it to U8 great opportu nities, The secopd purpose is ; to teach ihe, rest of the . world what the South has. We believe the movement is destined, to Influence the future of the South greatly, -and to stir it to a sense" of its responsibilities and , Its great future" 'A-.5 n ';f: i't" i1 1 -i -i -Hi .'1 . i X v . 1. j V i l i; :. it .I Ii: -'ii -.1 il i i 1 i e Eight.) i. ? rosin and turpentine steady. , 7 ? :. 'transpiring. '. - . ,- . ,'' ' 4 - ' JT.-T: -' -. ".r "'-,-.-' ,'"'-r-'Ci 'r " " ' 1: , h-i. t t-; ..." f ' --,''; . - C; ."-,', ' 1 . ' ' ; , ". 'trf', J ' ,.' '
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Aug. 10, 1910, edition 1
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