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,.rfln: firctov tritaHiVifr f tSi -to EV kit-; nVi r.vr i i 7 A ii i r i ii I i rr it ii ii v A . if SUBSCRlPnON; J8.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N, C THURSDAY, MORNING, OCTOBER 6. 1904. PRICE FIVE CL, MR. TAGOART'S BIG CLAIM. : MAXY STATES FOR nEMOCRACY; "The CluUrman Kays New York, Xew Jerxey. Connecticut and Indian Will Cat Their - Vote Mae Hu-ltev ; and Tliat " Wlsoonstljk U Now ' la thn ltoubtftU Colniun me Defeat t I'rancia E. Sltober, Formerly of ' North Carolina, Now of New York, a source oi KeTet JoUs Parker 8mihIs Most of the Hay Conaulttng vemocraue lieaaera.- -,. i ,J1Y W..A. HILDEBHAN'n. lJ v - '- v e 't v - Special to The Observer. - ; Nevr ; York, Oct. 6. Attention , haa frequently been called to the caution always ahown by Chairman Taevart when It came to muklng campalsrn clalme and propheclea, Jperhapa then It ir altogether noteworthy that to-day Mt. Taggrart dechared that New York, New Jersey,-Connecticut and Indiana are no longer doubtful, and that WIS' . 4-onstn may now be placed In the doubt ful column. Mr. Taggart a 'Btatement waa made at national Democratic head quarters, where he waa asked about the result of the canvass made by the , national committee in all the so-called oaubtfut States, This canvass, H has been stated, was completed a few days ago and the results were considered at a f meeting of the national committee yesterday;-'-'' "The icinVass showed very satisfac tory conditions," said Mr. Tuggurt. "and we are all very much pleased wKh the. result." " ... "Can you give any figures on New ' York?" "No, I don't care to give any figures, but New York State is safe for Parker. It has been removed from the list of doubtful States." f . "How about New Jersey?" "New Jersey is no longer a doubtful State. It will go for Parker." "What do you think about Connecti cut?" "Connecticut is all right, too. It is not to be classed as a doubtful State." "Do you consider Indiana doubtful?" "Indlatna was doubtful at' one time, but the dafiger Is passed. It is no longer a doubtful tSate," What do you think of Wisconsin?" ?That Is one doubtful State." judge Parker spent most of the day at1 Hotel Seville, consulting with Dem ocratic leaders. Mr.1 J. C. Buxton, of North Carolina, wae among those who cajled on the Democratic candidate, s FRANCIS fee SHOLER DKFEATED. Members of tne North Carolina col ony here regretted ; that Francis E. Shober was unsuccessful in his fight for renomtnation for -Congress in the Harlem district. He was defeated by Franklin Leonard, Jr.,. who. "the local papers agree,. has proposed to con tribute liberally to the campaign fund. Congressman Shoberts family was for a " number of years prominent ' in the social and political life of the Old North State. Shortly after coming to New York Mr. Shober' became promi nent in Tartimany - politics, but he . found difficulty iirt (dmpetlng with men Who possessed, wealth, and long acquaintance here. He was given the nomination in the Harlem district at a time when the nomination was very little. sought after, owing to the large Republican majority. Mr- , Shober was not, 'however, cast down. He was re porting for one of the morning papers, and continued this work. by day, but by night he conducted a whirlwind campaign that .resulted In Democratic victory. Since Mr. 8hober has trans formed the district from one that gave large 'Republican majority' to one that can be safely counted on by the Dem ocracy, there sprang up a warm con test for the nomination and It went to the highest bidder. Sentiment does , not count much in politics up this way. It is all a cold-blooded proposi tion, with money as an Important, if not chief factor, In every detail. BR YATTS MISSOURI TOUR. . Chairman Taggart, o fthe Demo cratic national committee, has an nonuced that William J. Bryan will begin his speaking tour in Missouri on October 10th, spending three days in 'the State, and speaking three or four times a day. He then goes to Indiana, where he will remain until the 40th, making several speeches a day. The 21st and 22nd he will spend in West Virginia, after which he will return to the West to fulfill engage ments which were made for him some weeks ago. Mr. Taggart said it had not been decided whether or not Mr. Bryan would speak in New York. . A story published in the morning papers to the effect that negroes were to be brought into Indiana from Ken tucky and Tennessee to vote the Re publican - ticket was called to Mr. Taggart' .attention. He said that the Democrats of Indiana are wide-awake and will not permit any such tricks to , bj. played upon them. . v ' Bulled his sox-ix-law. One ! White Man Shoots Another in the Back at Dawson, Ga Dawson, Oa. Oct. (.Jesse Wall shot nnd killed Hill Oxford, his son-in-law, ktst night in Oxford's yard. The cor oner's jury to-day decided that the kill ing wae unjustifiable and' Wall was brouwht to Dnwson to-night in custody of the sheriff. Wall's statement at the Inquest waa to the effect- that he was reprimanding Oxford for neglect ing hi wife, when Oxford caursed him end sdvencedj with en open knife, and that he fired, to save his own life. . A knife -was found by Oxford's side, unopened, and this, with the fact that he was shot in the back) and testimony of eye-witnesses, led to the verdict ren dered.. Both nartlee were well-known white men of Terrell county, ,. Governor Ayoocic In Western . Carolina, i Special to The Observer. - Henrienmnvllle. Oct E. Governor Avcock delivered a political address yesterday at Fmitiand. in this county, to about S00 : people. The Oovernor-'came to Render- WM1V1IIV ,1IC VCTITMC, WAV tnlned nt the Blue Rldee Inn. and yester- dav morning- he. accompanied by about a half a hundred people from this place, wended their way-to the place for speak Irb. The Governor ; went to Brevard. Tinnnvlvanla county, .last evening. at i ' r i, i, . . tM.i iv and iii to , is.ik "nUnty thu ,,,.. " . j in .ni j , i i i .ut v i . i '..r. i i .... .... - . WISCONSIN BOITEHS LOSE. State ' Snimne Court Deride Tliat tlie Xal'olletut Ticket Is Entitled to : Preference Over tlie 'Stalwart" Re Snblli an, r -' . -. ,v . - $ ladmon, Oct 5.-The Supreme Court to-day vJtcWel the LaFollette ticket regular, :-: Three judges,': Marshall Doddge and Wlnalow were ' for the La Follette faction. Chief Justice Cas soday . dissented.- ThM decision by Justice v Marshall says that the legal tribunal for determining- controversies between Repub lican nominees, under the Wisconsin statutes, -Is the Republican State cen tral committee, -whose jurisdiction is exclusive. Jurisdiction , of ift court is. therefore limited to determining whethes the decision of the committee was affected by Jurisdictional defeats. The court therefore decides; ' ; ' "The tribunal created by law to de termine the factional dispute In ques tion -for the guidance;- of the. Secre tary of the State v naving assumed Jurisdiction thereof, and decided, free from a Jurisdictional Infirmities, that the nominations headed oy KObert m. LaFollette for Governor, are entitled to preference in- respect to the use up on the official ballot, of the name Re publican ticket." it la the duty of the Secretary of State to act accordingly certifying both seta of nominations to the various county clerks, Dut giving trt those headed ty KODert ai. lairoi- lette for Governor preference aa afore said. At the-Wisconsin State convention held May 118 last, 106 delegates were given seats. Of these, 10 were con tested. The "Stalwarts" charged unfairness. bolted, nominated a separate ticket and went into the Supreme Court to compel the Secretary of State to put the "Stalwart" ticket in the regular Republican column on the official bal lot. Candidate Will Wltlulraw. Milwaukee. Oct 5. There was re joicing in the quarters of the La Fol- lette contest committee in this city to-night upon the receipt of news from ' the Supreme Court. At the 'Stalwart' headquarters, unairman Goldin announced that he had no statement to make ' at the present. Samuel Cook, who heads the "btal wart" ticket as candidate for Govern or, 'will withdraw. NEGROES FOR ARTILLEUV Brigadier General Barry Itcuoin for Sea- mends Their Enlistment coast Posts. i Washington, Oct 6. Brigadier Gen eral Barry, commanding the Depart ment of the Gulf, in his annual report recommends the enlistment of colored men for the artillery and their assign ment to the companies at seacoast posts from Virginia to New Orleans. Most of these artillery stations, he says, are in the formative period and -many are undesirable by reason of ex cessive and prolonged heat, ' isolation. mosquitoes and bad water. Men rarely re-enlist at these-posts and r General Barry says that the maintainence of the organizations at their authorised strength is a matter of serious moment 'It would seem only fair," says he, "to transfer the organizations after a term of say three years at these stations. which will maintain the -organization Intact and foster its traditions and his tory. With a view to encouraging their re-enlistment the transfer of the non commissioned officers, " mechanics and cooks of these organizations has been suggested, which will tend only to further dissatisfaction and disorganiza tion. The enlistment of colored men for the artillery and their assignment to the companies serving at these sta tions suggests itself. There would seem to be ample authority for their en llstment under the law. These men would be content at the stations refer red to can be obtained In any number desired and in time will master the re quirements of the coast artillery ser vice, and there would be no difficulty at all times In maintaining the organi sations at their authorised strength." THROUGH BURNING TRESTLE. Several Coaches of a Passenger a Vain on the Augusta Southern Burned, Baggage Master Killed and Eight mjureu. wasnington, Oct- 6. A passnger train on the Augusta Southern Rall- roaa ran into a burning trestle near Mitchell, Oa.. 69 miles from Auausta. early to-day. and one man was killed and eight others injured, The sixty foot trestle waa entirely destroyed by the fire and the tender,-compartment car ana two coaches also were burned. The injured were taken to Mitchell where physicians were waltinsr. All of the baggage and mall, was saved. The vruKiix i me lire is unanown. Tratnc was resumed by transferring trains to otner trains. The dead man is W. S. Shurley, white, baggage master, injured internally and aieo' in an hour. The Injured are: J. H. Wrenny, en gineer, or Augusta: C. D. Davis, con ductor, of Tennllle, Ga.; T. R. Harper, mail clerk, Augueta: N. 8. Nevlls. fire man, Augusta; c. H. Marks uassenaer. HUlsboro, Ga.; Will Jones, colored, pas senger, Chalker, Oa,; A. J. Dlemer, Au gusta; G. I, Kelly, passenger. Mitch ell, oa. , . ,.- .,'. . .- -f..r.'-..- ., , -, ; i ,n, " '; M'CLELLAN MAKES REMOVALS. All Five Members of tlie Civil Ser vice Commission and a Park Commissioner Ijose Their Positions Coler Made President of New Commission. , t 't New, York, Oct. - ' 6. William P. Schmitt, commissioner of parks for the borough of the Bronx, of Greater New York, and the five members of the civil service commission, - were .summarily removed from office to-day by Mayor McClellan. The removal was made af ter- an Investigation of charges laid before the mayor by the Civil Service Reform Association. These charges al lege that Schmitt exploited positions In tus department lor political purposes j by, discharging certain employes and employing .others bv; violation of the civil service ru!e.i,wtth the co-operation of the civil service commission.? ' Half an hour after these officials were removed, the appointment of a new board:-was announced, with Bird v g. Coler, former comptroller, as president The-president of the board Is the only salaried member and receives $6,000 per vMtr 1 ' " Greek Steamer Founders and IT are Drowned, v - , London, Oct 6.The Greek steamer Clementine, bound from Ibrail for Ant-, werp, foundered recently 23 miles "XT'hst Ushant. Seventeen l,prs of tho aw' r"'IlH'K he cap - 91U' c',hT ol'loers, were drowned, 'tf' itf von I.iicj &t Le'.j,, s, l'ort- THREE ItAILROAl) VICTIMS.; HORSE : OLERjXNYlCTl)..l0IS0ND BYJCE CREAM.' (.'SMI?' hf 0 YEBM AX'S STK0X( i SWITCH lCaK HITS FIIEICIIT. DLACKtJSV ,!BTa YIVK - YEARS. 'II COLUMBIA, PEOPLE KICK. ETlmi thlVs'lt wrJan.Xy i wmJ!2,TIIE SENATOR AT I.I .( . , , . . ,:, . .... v ,,. .. , . iii ,i, :-:.'."''. hiive to Mrt bct Ui with lil ehurcli. , , lapt. Wise, Switchman Walter Zelg- Antea)el l thfi StitrciiM Court and Kirne Will Die, lint five Are J'lUn- 1 Introduwid him -t, Captain lriu:harL yj,, . k,uii rvd ' lr, ami a Negro Con pier NuuhhI tia-e - 4.5(N ; IVhuI New Members fully III 'iVylng eute (!nuuu- alsl wm lme to as la ajivy 4MMt . s,,H ri Im' ' Jack Gooilnll, Were the Victim -for lUWgli'. Retail Merchants' As- Utlon of tlie Death HtNtewc'or a tianerswiioh Mr.ikeliy s.ml to eii- Jn,, J,,1(T 'mi-J.W 'he. ' Freight luln4 No. 1 Suddenly .'-MctetkmlnMiraml MriMml Facill- Young Man itonvlcted of Killing Till" iSriSiiJnt! ' lh m Vilw Vwnt Stonml Ist Nlgi,t Neaetl Vance ties-Col. Ohb Return -Fron, .St. Wife-Missing A,.gun Man ild ZtTTn? tiXLnSiZ "v iwu? to f i?ath r- i Street Crrwelnc and tlie Su-iteli- 10 n. glne, With Three Men Standing on Hoard, Oashed Into the Caboose -Negro. Killed Instantly, and the OUierfTwo Men IMed Sliortty After In tlie llnspltal Alleged Cause of tlw Disaster. Three men, all Southern Railway em ployes, were killed last night about 10 o'clock at the water tank near the Southern Railway crossing at Vance street, in the southeast part of the city, by the crashing of a switch en gine into the rear of freight train No, 73, south-bound. Conductor Wise, whose home was In Columbia. 8. O.s Walter Zelgler, a young white man employed as switchman, and a negro, named Jack Goodall, a 'coupler, were the men who met death. The negro died almost instuntly, his legs being virtually sev ered from his body. Capt. Wise lived but a few minutes ater he was taken to the Presbyterian Hospital, and youtiu Zelgler expired about an hour Inter there. No one else received any Injuries. The freight is always a heavy train and last night it consisted of about 15 cars. As la generally the case, the freight, upon leaving the Southern yards shortly before 10 o clock, gets up some headway of Its own power, and then is pushed out of the city with the assistance of the switch engine. This was done last night. The long line of carg attached to No. 73 had gained some momentum when It neared the wuter tank, and the Switch engine, with the three men standing on the running board, it was said, .came after it, 'ex pecting, of course, to make its connec tion with the rear of the caboose with ease. But something went wrong. Trainmen said that the draw-head of the heavy freight engine blew out and suddenly all the brakes became set and the long train virtually came to a standstill, with the switch engine bear ing down only a short distance away. Thf-re was not even time for the three men to jump to safety. The switch engine crashed into the caboose, crumpled and buckled It and ciushed the men on the running board. As soon as possible, an ambulance' was Htnt from the Presbyterian Hospital. First, Capt. Wise was taken away, and he managed to live Just about to get there. Before he was taken away, by standers heard him say: "Now I'll quit the road for good. All my men have got killed." His injuries were - "in ternal and he probably had no idea that he was hurt so seriously that he was soon to "quit the road" for good and all. j The news of the disaster reached. the n .asses of people uptown very slowly .md not very many people were on the scene for a long time after. There was no wreckage beyond the comparatively small bit of It represented by the i-rushed rear of the caboose, which was hauled away in short order. Passen ger train No. 29, leaving here at 10:05, was held up for about 30 minutes until: the track was cleared. Zeigler, who was a strapping youth, lied at the hospital, about five minutes before his brother, William Zeigler, ar- rived there. The brother, Is also a rail-1 roud man. The dead man was of this elty and unmarried. Capt. Wise was a very popular man and was under 30 years of age. Jack, the negro, hud been working for the Southern only a few days, having been formerly a switchman for the Seaboard Air I-jne. The Southern officials here made ar r.-.ngements for the preparation of the bodies for burial. It la supposed that the body of Capt. Wise will be sent to his old home at Columbia, and that the remains of young Zeigler will be burled in Klmwood Cemetery, L. & X. DIRIX'TORS RE-ELECTED. Stockholders Hear the Annual Report ut ixMiiHviiio New liine to Atlanta to be Ojieiied January 1. Louisville, Ky., Oct B. The annual meeting of the stockholders - of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Com pany, was held here ' to-day. Henry Walters, chairman of the board of directors, and R. Q. Erwin, of New York, held the proxies of the Eastern members. The annual report of Pres ident Smith showed that the Louis ville A .Nashville operated during the year just closed 6,866 miles of road. The gross earnings of the system were 636,493,792; expenses, $26,802,244;- net earnings, $11,802,244. The report notes the requirement of the -capital stock of the Newport & Cincinnati Bridge Company and states that $7, 202,881, has been expended In the pur chase of the Knoxvllle, LaFollette & Jellico Railroad and equipment there for, and that this line, which is used as a connecting link between the southern end of the Louisville A Nash ville, and the Atlanta, Knoxvllle & Northern, will give the road a direct route between Cincinnati and Atlanta, Ga. The line will probably be opened about January 1st The stockholders then elected the old board of directors. TUNNELEHS STRIKE DAYLIGHT. Great Stumbling Block to Completion of New lit x Ht itemovea. . TCroxvllle, Oct. 5. Daylight has gone tluough the famous Doeset tunnel, , on the Knoxvllle, LaFolette Jellico Rall- fou1. and 93 per cent, of the "heading" has been removed. 'This lb rural has been the ereat stumbling- block in the Icojppletlon of the pew Louisville & whviiie line between this city and Jel llco, Tenn. It Is now thought trains can be. run . through the tunnel not later .than the middle of next January. Great Naval Battle at Port Arthur r ' - :': .. ItcHrted. v ; . .- : '.. Bondon, Oct. 6. A news agency here sent out a dispatch dated Tok to, Oc tober 6, saying: v "it is reported that the- Russian squadron made a sortie from Port Arthur, to-day and that a great naval battle occurred. No de tails are, given. - Mistook Wife for Burglar. Mobile. Ala., Oct. 5. Benjamin, B. Baron, formerly a resident v of : New York city, and now living here, accl mem-'dentally shot his wife early to-day, mistaking her for a burglar. The ball from a large calibre revolver penetrated her lisft lung and her life U despaired taut HAleigh Uet I15.OU0 From tie AMsnenaary. . . Observer Bureau, v-'-.I7 Cn.hu r rue Street, , lJ. ;' Ralele-h. Oet s Announcement is mode from Demo- emtio headquarter that LitiutemuU Governor Turner will speak t High i-onu uctouer u liitisburo October ID; Durham October 19; Henderson October HO; Youngeville Oeter jtl; Haw River October itt. J. L, Weob will discuss the issues of the oampnjjr,: ut Gibson's Mill October 12, and at Forem City October It Appointments are made for T. C. Howie, elector in the eighth district, nt Concord for October 81; Albenwle Oc tober ili Statesvtlle October 24; Muores ville October 35; Taylorsvllie October U; Lenoir October ti; Boone October 2. Jas. R. Young, chairman of the Democratic '. executive committee for this, the fourth congressional district, announces appointments for Congress man Ed W. Pou to Speak In this Im mediate section from October U to 22, Including Loulsburg October 28, Frank tlnton October 19, and MUldleburg Octo ber 20. Superintendent of Putillc Instliuetlon J. Y. Joyner gives out 4 lie ntatemvnt that another rural Um.mi1 tux district lias been established In Henderson County, that one other election for looal tax will be held October 6, ami that three petitions were presented to the com-. nilHSloliers October Srd for the holding of elections on the queHtlon. He says that Just one year ago the first rural local tax district was established in the county at Pleasant Hill, and a beautiful building dedicated and1 doubt less the success of this first district has contributed much toward the establish ment of the other dlatricts In the county. The. Retail Merchants Association of Raleigh now has a membership of 66, having elected 28 now members last night. It waa first started aa a Hetull Grocers' Association but now extends Its membership to all classes of retail merchants. Its operation locally is proving very satisfactory. Judge Chaa. A. Cook, formerly of Warren county, and appointed to Hie Supreme Court bench by Governor Kusaell to fill out an unexpired term, was here yesterday und to-duy en route from hie new home in 1 mil an Territory to his former home In Warren county. Mrs. Cook Is with him. Ho expresses himself as highly pleased with his ter ritorial residence. Col. Frod A. Olds, who has been .out of the city for the past three weeks, has arrived at Chase City, Va., from a six- days stay at the World's Fair and ex pects to return to Rtdeigh in the next few days and take-up his newspaper correspondence again. The case of J. C. Blackley for the embezzlement of $5,000, proceeds from the sales of horses and mules for J. M McAdow, of Arkansas, on trial the past tow days, was given' to the Jury this afternoon. Blackley s defense was that he was a partner in the business and not an agent and that he was not there fore an embezzler, and further, that he would have paid out hud not his arrest ruined a subsequent Investment and lost the money. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty. Judge Ferguson irnJ posed a sentence of five yeurs on the public roads. Blackley epjieuled and jrave $4,500 bond. He Is a member of an excellent family at Loulsburg. Capt. V. E. McBee, late co-receiver of the Atlantic & North Carolina Rail road Company, with Capt. T. D, Meares. filed his bill of expenses to- 4uy in the Federal Court, the amount oelng about $75. He also receives by tlie recent, order of the court fvm us com pensation, this to be paid by the mil- road company The Secretary of State charters the Jenkins Millinery Company, of North Wllkesboro. with $4,800 capital, the principal Incorporator being T. B. Jwn- klns. Manager- Batchelor, of the Raleigh dispensary, to-day paid Into city treas ury $16,000, representing Raleigh's share in the profits tor the paat quarter. '1 he total recelots were $38,873.30. The re celpts since the dispensary opened in January have been $ 118,081. iZ. YOUNG MAN HURT. Piece or Timber Fell on Him at a Railroad Bridge Mooresvllle News. Special to The Observer. Mooresvllle, Oct. 6. J. C. Kale, young man whose home it at Eufaula Iredell county, was seriously hurtthis afternoon at the railroad bridge at the D. C. Brawley place, on the Mocksville road. He was engaged as a carpenter on the bridge force now at work there under Capt. B. A. Hewitt and while handling some light timber, a' piece fell with considerable force, striking him on the back of the head. An ugly gash, four or five Inches long, was .tut on his head. His back was severely arenched. He was brought town about 1 o'clock and to-night Is resting fairly wel on his bunk in a cab located on tne siaeiracK near tne aepot. A very interesting quiet wedding took place this afternoon at o'clock at the home of Mr. John W. Clark, In Falls town township, when - his daughter. (Miss Mona Kate Clark and Mr. I. C, 3hore were married. After a aumptous supper the happy couple left for St. Louis to take in the exposition. Miss Clark is one of Iredell's best known women and is admired wherever known. especially here, where she has visited jo often. Mr. Shore is a young bus! ness- man, of Shore. : - Messrs. T. B. Smith and W. D. Pharr have been appointed as registrars for :he two voting precincts of Coddle Creek township. '; The Judges are: No. t ; B. W. Pressly tan! W, M. MeUon; No. t, J. M. Deaton and D. C. Brawley. Miss Mary Williams left this morning 'or the State Normal and Industrial College, at Greensboro. She was ac companied by here sister, itflae Lillian Williams, who will spend a few, days at her alma mater. Four Colleges Still In Tennis Contest. - Philadelphia,- Oct. . CThe result- of i.he third day's play , in the Inter-col-teglate championship, lawn tennis tournament on the courts of the Mer lon Cricket Club at IHaverford, finds f out colleges, ; Yale. Harvard, Colum bla and Pennsylvania,' still In' the running for final ' honors. Surprises were the order of then day. Yale was well In the fore, as a result of to-day's to Hare Conn? This Way. Observer llureau,'. t1 - Hotel Jerome,-. Columbia B. t, pet. JS. Iourteen boarders and two servants were poisoned at Mr. Matils J, VYH Mil.' boar-ding house Sunday by Noting ice cream mads from unmd jtiuuppit lit which too much ut'ld imd been used 'jfthe conning prove None wilt die, but. live are still painfully 111, Borne lutif a, Uoaeii who ate tho creum were riot afleotedi Still others who wr lo ll Intoned' that day esraped by miSott of ettwtift lightly of the cream. Those atlll in neu rroni tne effect of the pulson are Mies Ida Boughnight. Miss May Meetse, Mm May Andorson, Mr. Maetse Muller ami Mr. uotireii. two servants who ate ths creum are the sickest of all; they are still In bed. Mr. jk1 Mrs. rum uiuoes and three cliitdren to whom Mrs. Wilson sent a pull of the ciuam were urtected, but they are all ui- to-duy. One or the little girls escuied becuuss she was sulferlng too mucn rrom a cu,lerpiller bite to eat any very sick In the beginning, Is now up. veil Mick in lliebiKlnnlng, is now up. Mr. C. D. Miller went ba;k to work to day. Mr. and Mia. It L. Burnett both are the cream, but only he was affected. Mr. Albert E. Fugle, the well-known Muson aiid member of many other secret societies, and JudB K. McC. Cinrkson, were Indisposed and touched the cream only lightly and for that rea sot both escaped. Half u doseu physt o.'iiiB have been huvlha a strenuous Hire with the vlctlme since Sunday, and for a day or so some of the patients vere badly frightened, but "none no leiui; serious results. Governor Hey ward spent half of his oillciul day to-duy giving a hearing to lawyers J. P, Carey, of 1'lcketis; W. J. Stiibbling and J. W. Sheila, of Wul- hallo. In behalf of their client, lloyt Hayes, the young white man from Oco nee county, wiio hus been sentenced to luuu. on the 14th Tor the murder of his biide, Lula, who wus foundwlth InUf of her head shot uiway lying in bed at their humble home In the country In April, VJU2. The lawyers are asking for com mutation, to life Imprisonmnent, the evi dence ugaliist Hayes being clrcuinstHii- mil, and their petition has been signed by over a thousand people. Another 4.lllloli, which lias been signed by Solicitor Boggs, lias been signed by UW prominent people, asking the Oov ernor not to interfere with the sentence. Judge Danlzler, the last judge In tho case, before whom Hayes' lawyers ap peared recently, lias refused to endorse their petition. The defense claim sul- cid, Hayes asserting that on the morn ing of the tragedy his wife awoke him and called his attention to a noise In tne farm lot that after he had been out about half an hour,- and going back to tho room, he discovered the body of his wife lying across the bed. His wife was despondent. The guilt or in nticeiifee of Hayes seems to hinge on tlie authorship of u note written on a half sheet of cheap ruled letter paper, which dropped from between two books ' that had been placed on the edge of a chair. The note was accidentally knocked from the choir by one of the neighbors un hour after the tragedy. A peculiarity of the note is that It Is signed at tho top instead of the bottom tf the imper. There is no evidence In the handwrit ing that the person who wrote the note was disturbed by any sort of violent emotion. It declares "that 1 ftin well treated by Hoyt, but I prefer to die rather than undergo the pain of motherhood." The cuee has greatly In terested and stirred up the upper tier of counties, anlf indeed it has engaged the attention of the whole State from time to time. A strange feature of the cuse is that the State hus entirely (ailed to prove any motive for the crime. There ure some dark hints ol there being another woman in the cas2, evidence of which could not be gotten in shape to be submitted to the Jury, but the defense lawyers deny this em phatically und say that this Is only a coiicoctlon of those who have allowed tfieir minds to be prejudiced against the defendant. At the first trial the jury, after being out all night, fulled to agree, but, at the second trial a verdict of guilty was handed in after a delib eration of live hours. The Supreme Court handed down an opinion on the 23rd of June declining to order a new trial. There is no doubt but that the Rev. William Aiken Kelly, of North Augus ta, who disappeared from nis home on :he 16th of September, passed up the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta line of the Southern that afternoon. Mention wm made in the papers some days ago of mi gentleman seeing Mr. Kelly somewhere between Columbia and Ruigeway, In conversation with an other gentleman, but this waa account ?.:! fir by the statement that there is a t uvellng man who is Mr. Kelly's double, and that it was probably be vhoi.i the gentleman saw. It now t-.uinpiiee that it was the missing man who rode on the train that afternoon, a,id that the gentleman to whom he was talking was the Rev. W. H. Ariall, of r.ock Hill. When interviewed -on the subject Mr. Ariall had just written a letter to an officer of the Rev. Mr. Kelly's church In North Augusta, and he kindly allowed vour corresoonaent to ue tne staiemeni on the subject , I use his own words: 1 came up 1 from cotumeia on ins ftemoon of the 16th of September with tho Rev. William Aiken Kelly as far as it.-.cif Mill. We were on ths regular Pas senger.-veetlbuled train. ' I did not see lilm for some little time after leaving Columbia. He came In from the front of the car, I suppose from the smoker. and took a seat in the Iront ot the coacn. I recognised him at once, and want . for ward ami snake to him. He CTeeted tne very cordially, and I took a seat by him and rode with him nearly all the way He seemed cheerful and In good spirits. We talked over associations of the past he recalling specially , an Incident which occurred when I was assisting hint In a meeting, over which he laughed heartily. He spoke encouragingly as to North Augusta. I Inquired . of' him as to his family and Dr. Clifton's family.' and he spoke very freely" and pleasantly about them. - He told ' me about the sickness he bad had -and about getting oil . the bed to attend the district conference. He told me he had been congratulating hint velf on - being well or rid of hay fever, but- that of a sudden- it had come back on and was giving him a good deal of trouble." - "Just before .wet separated he told me there was a little spot about as large as the -end of the thumb on the right side of his forehead, and that he felt as If there was a kind of pressure there; said he had felt It only a few days, "lie told me ie ftiii a im . I t) f nr- lotte, . 1 sNMitalned Slid informed htm that lis did not He. seemed satisfied. . ilOUK WmELV':iBTATIOXlk ''. Tim Navy to Install ttie System fit 00 Additional Points, Including Insu lar nnd Isthmian tJowsts lt of These and the Ones Already Es- . tubliNlietl. Washington, Oct. (.-Admiral ' Manney, chief of the bureau of equipment Navy 1 lepurtmont, bus Wwn pushing with great energy the establishing of wireless tele graph, stations fur naval nnd general riirlilmn use. A report addressed by him to ths Hecrtary of ths Navy some time ago, just miule ' putHk;, shows that the bureau bus already established 22 stations along the coasts, and contains a list of additional points where the wireless system Is to be Installed, These latter include-,; not - only the North American continent, but all ef the Insular posses sions of the United States, and extending clusr to- tlie Isthmus of Panama. Ths admiral requests the Department to take steps to secure possession ef the needed truc-ls of land at the points indicated. The bureau's Idea Is to equip the more Important of the stations In the near fu ture, and tlie remainder as the necessity, of the navy and the merchant marine make It delrail. having due regard to keeping the expenditures within the year ly appropriations. Tlie stations already established, but not generally known to the public, are as follows: Cape Kllsabiith. Portsmouth. Cape Ann, Himtiin, Cape Cod, Newport Montana I'oint, New York, Navuslnk, Cape Henry, Ni i rlk, . Annapolis, Washington, Key West, Dry Tnrtugns, i'enxucolii, San luun, CulHira, Yerbn, Hnena island. Mars Isiand, Itebm Island and Cavite. The stations to be sstabllNhed Sre as follows: Frenchman Tiny, Snnkaty Head, Nan tucket Hliijal lightship, Alisocum light, Culm Henleiien or Delaware Hreakwntw, Assategue Island between Currituck Beach lleht und Hoi lie Island light; Cape Look out. Cupe Fear, Cune Kemaln, Charleston. Hnvannall river, Cape Cunnaverlal, Cbiki I'leililii, Alligator Heef, - lloea Uruntle, Ti mpa, 'Cedar Keys, Cape Ban Bias, Mo bile itiiy, mouth of Mississippi river, New Orleans, ilaocoon Point, Hablns Pass, Oalvestnn, mouth of Klo urands river. Hiiiiia Hoiid i (uuuu), auantanamo-(Cuba), west end of Porto Rico, f'aaama Canal (mist end), Panama (tensf west end). Baa Ulego, Bun I'edro, joint Conception, Point Hur, Point Arena, Cape Mendocino, Cape iiinneo, .;oiumoia river, t;ape Flattery, l'i i t Townsend. Bremerton (Washington), Hilku, Dutch iiarlHir, Klska Isalnd, Hon olulu, Midway Islunils, Ouam, Tutulla, Ocpo Hojendor, Point Ptedras, Capones, Olciigiiiio, San Bcirnardino. Point Huban. Point Ccliu, Point Tabuna, Hollo, Burloa mi mis, Hufliiun Btraus, nitMI8IIi:i NITRO-GLYCERIMS, Ncnienced Safe Blower Mcnuoes De tectives in tlio Jail at Tavares, Flu., But Desists on Partner's Entreaty. Tavares,' F!a Oct. 5. Frank Dun can and his partner, "Kid Stafford, were convicted In the Circuit Court to day of blowing open the safe at the Lees- burg Bank and were sentenced to the rnlteutlary for 16 years the full limit for that offense. Sentence on Duncan was uspended and he was turned over to the Alabama authorities to be taken to Birmingham, where he was con victed of the murder of two policemen and sentenced to hang. When captured, the prisoners were well armed, and a bottle of nitro glycerine was found In their possession. They claimed that the bottle contained medicine, but Detectives Ahn and Badl ker this morning placed some of Its eon- tents under a stump a id blew It to iif.otne, startling the town with the ex plosion. When the prisoners were, taken back to jail and they, with the sheriff and detectives, were standing In the corri dor, Duncan drew from his pocket a bottle of nltro-glycerlne, raised It aloft and aald: t "Turn us both loose, or we will all go to hell together." Detective Ahn leveled his pistol at Stafford, who sank to his knees and begged him not to shoot. Duncan gave up the bottle out of consideration for Stafford. Duncan's wife came up from Tampa lust night and advised him to kill him self. It Is thought she smuggled the buttle of nltro-glycerlne to him. She left last night and did i.ot attend the trial. SPEECH AT HENRIETTA. Senator Ovotman Addresses a Large and Appreciative Audience. Special to The Observer. Henrietta. Oct. 5.-Unitd States Senator Lee S. Overman spoke in Henrietta last night to a large and appreciative audi ence. He came up on the afternoon train from Charlotte. He was driven from the station by Mr. B. B. Doggett and went to the Haynes House. The meeting was well advertised, and some time before the appointed hour for the speaking, the Democrats of Henrietta and Caroleen began to gather In the new halt until the large and commodious building was almost filled. Shortly before 8 o'clock Senator Overman, accompanied by Mr. B. M. Tanner, president of the Henrietta Cotton Mills, arrivod. When they reached the head of the hall nearby, all the peo pl of the assembled audience, which waa In a restless state of expectancy, ore ned their necks and strained to get a look at the distinguished Senator, whom they had never seen, as It was only his second visit to Rutherford county during his entire twenty years of campaigning In North Carolina." A few of Henrietta's most distinguished eltlcens. and : party workers went forward to meet him. He was applauded when he went on the stage, la a brief speech of a few moments, Rev. C. L. DoweUY, In- some well-ehosen and appropriate remarks, Introduced . the speaker. He was applauded again as he came forward, and in his opening re marks said; "I do not come before you to anneal to ivour nolitieal or sectional prejudices, but , to , your reason," and launched off Into an historical review of the two great nations 1 political ' rjartles from the founding of the. republic, to the ? resent time.' , The Senator proved himself to be sn able speaker and showed great earnest ness and expression la the presentation of his arguments. : Hie audience was cheer ful and responsive, ' and - he -held their attention 'with his - arguments, which he llluetrateu - witn an occasional anecdote. It was gratifying to. see the ministers with their wives and so many ladies nres- ent . - Woodward Nominated In Atlanta. Atlanta. Oa.. :Oct a five-cornered nnd one of the most. exciting mayoralty I j( 3 a pjfy tf. races in the history of this city, - Jame8jall(,i(,rM. , O Woodward was nominated to-day in1", ' .- .', . amounts to an election. , Jnrk Eveihardt foi: it. ,1-15 po'i'idt at V- e? hold to e In flood Kim ally -Masterly Pi-eMeimiix, Tariff yuesllon. Special to The Observer. : Lmcolnton. Oct 8. 1 om I address the merry-go-round i addressed his fathera ghost, ' ublqusV you may take the w Ii mornlni5l fly where you i Its b fcepertotre of "in "UlK le'y" nd the other ) rnt4i will greet your coming. ! d for a while to-night after i Wini; for Heist tor Overmans trig that the merry-go-round, t with some misapprehension us ; , hour of meeting, would prey, having more than . handful i ersjr, but there came in 97 men u women who were evidently tru i era and who followed the t , argumnk with profound intereci. argument was capital. He di I i, dertske to cover the whole li-; spent his time chiefly upon th sonsilty of the candidates and ti" iff, attributing the extravagam e t-r present administration and its . shortcomings to the erratic and Li character of Mr. liooaeveK. Mr. Overman waa Introduced by ! resentatlve A. L Qulckel, who k.h 1 the people have a great del to t crltleisirt of our last Legislatuie, one thing which stands aa a rn to the good Judgment of that their selection of Mr. Overman l r ator. - - . ' Mr. Overman opened wUh r' to the honorable history of l.i county and the generals, stati-n;-a Judges which it hus given to tt - try. "I want'! said hey "to know fteople of North Carolina, for lam their servant J want to see them i to face and shake their bond, for forbid that I should ever feel n : above the people, Nex't to the- m bers of my own family I love above else the people of my State. 1 speech waa of peculiar interest be. of his personal famUtarltr at v. IngUn with many of the points he cussed. It . brought , the thing home of his hearers when lie s ill, saw thuV or "I heard that" or "1 v.; for the other." "The Republican i rv. ns . kmiu. aw si si is rn. iil ta. m n t- iuJiiiticiam aid hatred of the South r lis history has not been .'-friendly, i Mits4renljMIi'':'tWsuye;. thc,i-8ouUh''Tl i ropwltlon be expanded- and Jjtmif n; ; by the Republican force hut, Imiiea ment proceedings against Johnson, i tireless efforts to foist the negro i ; the white man. ; f8ome one, said ; Overman, ''says -that there Is no fsrence between the parties.'' The 1. issue l Roosevelt Imperialism and s tloualism ag opposed to Iark. r ; liUI SWUIUWII, UTULWUI ru i-, velt for his Ingratitude to Chati imp it rnvaj Hiui ntfcu-iw nueintu it i y his persistence In keeping the r. Crum over that ' port He expl.t i now in uwnwiw m ui i-nm , vented the confirmation of Crutn'a - nnhlmul 'Wm ha4 fbrht i !.,., aa long as We pleased. Roosevelt I given his orders for Congress to ; iourn. We aald, . "There are 83 of i here and we will speak here Mt 1 1 tongue hang outeveryone or us i fore you shall confirm hlra.' So t ..... , .-i r xy.A,.,. ' 'Minn mm mini . , , liivt i r 1 1 i Washington Incident, he said: ' If I had taken, him into his own home i him into your home; the home of t s n illon." The Senator Know tne t .n anrn deal : lntlmateiyr having mm! speech on it in the senate. ; tie iuw m this inhlMt . onit meie it i fectly clear There - waa laugnt when, after recounting Roosevelt's t : gram of Inquiry, whether the revohu.. had yet deveiopeo, -rtnen mey the guns of the national pointed at pa ; a ma, a nigger, a Frenchman ami tv others got together ' and . conclu (. they'd secede." Having been a met cf the committee, on - pensions, i knowledge' of thW question was a inUmate. l Introduced In the i ate," aald he, "a, resolution calling t: sttenuon of ine country to me i that the President had usurped V ..,.Mw.iilu& rvr fnnirrPMk In nerneti';' I'lVlVQ..,'. . -CT . lag the pension order, . ctiiirn s, n First" t. aald he, "lost his head l Roosevelt must be beaten, not with t sword, but with the peaceful ballot x the people.' The best and most lucid dlscu.ion ths tariff which I have heard Is lu 1 illustrated ' the difference between tariff for protection by supposing i whole operation took place in the t -of Llncolnton and affectlnsr its r mUL- He read extracts from Moki. ley's Buffalo speech, where he proc-i. i td that the time tor exclusion i passed and the day tor reciprocity 1 come, xi a sdohcii sw.i " " - clprocity la damaging our trade how thu gave rise to me smu sidy business. .-' Because we win i reciprocate uermany ena omer w tries have inaugurated retaliatory t lft and Chamberlain -la preaching i gospel In England.-; He strikingly luetrated Roosevelt's extravagame. -old man Adam had lived down to t wesent time" avul had receive.1 ; every day of hie life he would i have aa much as Kooeevett nus m 1 excess ot what Cleveland spent." He has been In Parker's hc-m-. tlie contrast which he drew betw.. candidates waa glaring Park.-:, snne. noble-minded gentleman. to plain-living and hlgh-thini Roosevelt with his Inordlruit- for hohid and display.' 'ltie - apLlouse was of Cleveland end i sta.dird. the firm etJabli-iii- standard, which standard he attributeil t land,; though the Republicans a thtlr own. . - Mr.: Overman touched oi Uiv.'ii State Issues. The fi In his speech, however, as a oratory, was in1 defence of appiopriation to Conf .-)'- He-described a visit which ' the field Of Gettysburg i;i an Old Yankee ganer i!. t-een the fighting un ! j . Overman's presctM -. made a dramatic V.U i It. closed his spe. lb: 1 i (lay, '0' ' C'"l a 1 M' I i i ' v
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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