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GUEoCItlPTION PRICE: $8.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, 'N. C., SUNDAY; MORNING, JANUARY .7, 190& : 'f V?; rrf y r PRICE FIVE C 11D. IT. WITflERSMON SItOT A T :ti3Y,AT LANCASTER, ' JB. C. J ! - .lager f of ' Lancaster ? Mercantile , Company, well ; Known . ln; Cuiir tto, (Shot - and Dangerously vounded toy Pr K. 6. McDow, Who ' , Became Infuriated at Company's J ' ltefunal to Send Him a .Lamp--. v - Condition' Critical, but There 1 ' Home Hope ' of , Recovery Phynl j : i clans ' Go s to Lancaster - on Special 1 Train W. M. Brown is Also bin . McDow "Arrested and " Placed In -JailHod Two 'Pistols on Person Special to The ' Observer., , Lancaster, S.'. C, Jan, C Q. Hazel Wltherspoon,' the popular "manaser of 'iJthiJjancastet' Mercantile Company,' of - which Colonel Leroy Springs "1 presi dent, "was dangerously shot to-day by Dr.'E. 3; McDo a prominent prac- '..tlclng .physician of Lancaster."?The difficulty occurred In front of the com- , pany store ana the' particulars, jaa , ! , learned by your correspondent, are - -'about as follows: ' " - -' 's ' V i -Mr Wltherspoon was standing talk' : Ing to Mr." Samuel Roberts farmer f-om, bom"be bad Just bought aocne ' ', cotton,' when, Dr. McDow walked tap ' and asked WrvTVHherapoon eomehin 7 ' Vbout,the company'a refusal to aend , " " -blm a lamp which "iio ad ordered, X 1 ' ' Mu: TVltherepoon .replied that the doOr , .V' tor "had not; (treated-him right abont -a baby carriage, referring to a previ- t ' ; ous matter.,: Ur, McDow 1 struck t . ' ".'!Kr''WltheMpoon over the shoulder of Mr . Robertc, . who "wu standing be - tweert bem, knocking off Mr. "Roberts -J.- V CLERIC IJiTERFBRES. ' V it ,V W-McD Brown, a clerk in the store, ' ' raa up and trtaok Dr Mclkntf, knqck ifingt Wnif down,' 8 athe. 'doctor, arose, , lie began shooting -with the ; reviver ; -x which bd ' had drawn. ; 'firing .' three 'v Bhot.i,T"o f the bullets struck. Mr; , "WUhattpoon., bne to1", the tody,' enter v '" ' lAt the lungs, and 'the other "hitting f l hhtt on the wrist. One, bullet struck f. rr,-gBrown on the nnger,; .. ' ; 'V 5 " Mr leorger Heath,' manager; of the T " -fc Heath-Jones Company, -A and others, t 1 ran up and stopped the, -shooting, 'Mr. ' ' ' Heath placing himself In front of Mr, Wltherspoon and geggtng Pr, McDow , - to snoot mm. - . , - . j -- 'V r . Dr. McDow was arrested and taken to jail by Sheriff Hunter and polioe , ' men. TheaherlS flrrt disarmed the doctor who hail two pistols."' As soon ; ' as a conveyance could be secured Mr, i -,i Wltherspoon was carried 0 Jhla home. ., , " J" la addition to local physicians, he Is ,- 1- being attended by Mr. Pryor. of Ches- " . ter,'afld Drs. Fennel! and Steven, of .v Xtock Hill, .the latter having been , A ' brought ' to 'J lancaster - on special ' - trains." The physicfans regard Mr. Wltherspoon's condition 'as .extremely -'- 'critical. They eay that there Is some (, hope for him, howeren H "pneumonia . .does not set, in or if an ancess does ' v , not form around the bullet, which they . tblnk lodged in the lunf -The shoot ing - ha canned Intense excitement ' herev Mr.' Wltherspoon is one" of the most popular young men in Lancaster being a universal favorite and the en inga from his bed-side. , ' i ' This' sad s occurrence recalls one of ; the most tragical event in ' the his tory f South Carolinathe killing by the late Dr. Thomas McDow, a brother of Dr. E. S.-DcDow. of Cant. F. W. Dawson, editor of the Charleston News ?, and Courier This was some 13 or It s'yeara ago. .A few -years later . Cant v Dawson's slayer-was found dead in the j. same house v where , .the tragedy oc 'AVr "'curred.' l ; tv", ' Mr. Wltherspoon I Well' known In ,.-, Charlotte, where he has visited .often . ' nd where he has a "large- number of rriertds.. There - were many ' Inquiries last jilght as- to hte condition. ' He, Is ;-- cousin of Dr; B 3 'Wltherspoon. of f, .'thla.clty. r- iy, ; ,, k TURB WOJIEJf. BCTIN TO BEATll. Boarding Jlonse in St, Louis Catches ' V , . Fire Jroitt furnace With Iital Re. ' j SuitOne Life Lost in; Trying to f Save Other, g. fi 'f' y, ' r '. - J3t.- Louis, .JanJ 6Three v women , ' ' were V burned to ; death j-Jtnd one v'was. Injured today la a fire that de- atroyed a boarding house at 1,611 Mls ' - souri. avenue. The building caught fire , from a furnace. , TX The-deadr- . --.u j. J . SPJ EvfiKUt RBE?D aughter of roPotor.. . - . K, , '' Mrs. HUger, aged 70 years, who was sick, jumped from window, breaking ' her leg. " 1 Miss Jewell Reed lost her life in . 'Varying to'eave others.' She rushed Into - f , the street and cried for - help." ,Then ' she dashed back into the - house- to ,. alarm the occupant. --The three bodJ ..' . 4es . wore found in the jwth yoom. .. t ; ) "CONDUCrOB SHOT. JBX HOODUai. RailroRd Employs nefJts Ejectment .'-i, for Disorderly t Conduct 1 and Is , , i Overcome After a - Struggle Con- ductor Wounded In Ann., . ',sf -" BHstol, Va Jane.' WhUe- hwas 1 - being ejeoted from a Southern Railway - a .s - passenger train near Jonesboro, Tenn.. on account of disorderly conduct and urtwanton demolishing ' ot - railroad property, R.-B. Elevens, an, employe i AVJ 'I tn fra'Sh department of the road, r'jroi&t Conductor1 John S. . Henry, war r- rowly. missing his heart and striking ; - blm in the arm, The-oonductorr ftnd- Ing that he was not entirely, disabled, dashed upon his assailant and quickly ' threw him to the ground and disarmed him, later, turning him over to the po- - lice at Jonesboro, where he was lodged la JalL Captain Henry r brought.. his - train to Bristol. LOVG-STAPLE COTTON GROWERS Meeting of Association at Lake City, , 11a.. Urges Acreagcr Rednction of ) 2 Per Cent, and . EsUblishment f Warehouses. " -. " v Lake Cltr, Fla.,' Jan.'. The Asso ciation of :;Long-stape Cotton Grow aia, which met bore to-day adopted resolutions strongly advocating a re red uctlon In lung-staple cotton acre age neit yenr of 25 per cent. The resolutions also favored the estabUbsh mrnt of warehouses In county Seats and Insisted on changing the day of paying fertilizer bills to Dec. 1 In. etcad of Oct. 1. Ilia farmfrs were urrjptt 'to borTow niniiry froin banks rather than mo:-!- tne colt m rrop, end also to soil no cotton; in t.; aned. The a?""' i-t! hi "if ; '-n"Hrly ti.J.ClO w oi l.i gl U . j"-iiai la cotloa. OIL MAGNATE EOGEKS MUM BALKS ' COCXSEIi JXB MISSOCKt Sot Muck Progress Is, Made at Hear tng In New York in the Direction of Including Allejred Subsiuiai-y Companies of the Standard Oil ' Company From Gov,- Folk's State Answers to Questions Hearing on ,! Stock - Ownership Refused Attor : fj ney General Hadley Announces- In '. tentlon to Cai-rj-, Matter . to , ' New i York Snpreroe Court. , j- New -Tork,-' Jan.:- a.'w-It' developed from- questions aekd' by Attorney Gen erai Herbert S. Hadlev. of Missouri, of ? Henry : Hi" Rodgers, vice- president ana oireotor or the standard Oil vom pany; of : New Jersey.' that one Of Mr. Hadiey'a chief purposes In ( conducting u ciMjiiiuanoii vi oututsrs oi mm cum- pany in this city, (a to find out wheth er that" company owns a 'controlling interest in the Standard Oil Company, of Indiana;' the t Waters-Pierce Oil Company, -of Missouri, and the Repub lic Oil Company. .Tbls, Mr.? Hadley said tonlght, he regards as a step in the -direction of excluding' the 'latter companies from doing - buietness in Missouri. To mot of - the important questions : asked : Mr.-, Hadley bearing directly, on the -question of stock ow nershlp,' Mr. .Rodgers declined to give any answer "on. advice of .; counsel.1? and , Mr ; . Had ley requested -Commie sloner frank -H,' Sanborn . to , certify certain questions ana Mr, - Hoagersr refusal to the Supreme Court of this state for a determination as- to wnem er , or not Mr. Rodgers . must ' answer them tSr be adjudged in contempt. Mr.-? icodffera . flicilned to -reply to questions as to whether , he controlled any stock' m the- Waters-Pierce Oil Company, whether M. Van Burden, of New Tork; holds a controlling Interest in that company for the Standard Oil Company, of New jersey; whetherane New 'Jersey " Company controls , ' the Standard Oil Company, of Indiana,' or the - Waters-Pierce , Company, -v and Whether two-thirds of the dividends of the Waters-Pierce Company are not paid to u M. xiitora wno, Mr. itoag ers said.' baa an office at 26 Broadway, this. city. ' - - , . t .'-'4 Mr.. Hadley to-night declared that he- would take all these questions to the Supreme Court of New York Slate to' secure an order from Mr Rodgers to show, cause why he could not answer them. Mr. . Rodgers- did say,- however, that her never heard of - an agreement be tween the-. Standard v Oil Company, of IndiaJia. and the Waters-Pierce' Com pany to divide (he -trade of Missouri ana inwino aiu ,ik. neueve ii --was ever made.' " - . Mr Hadley said afterwards that ha had an Injunction .against such a di vision, -but that- he was unable in Missouri, to f Show from ' the officers of the oil companies that they are owned by the eame company. .This is what he la ' aiming to , show . in the New York - hearing. Mr. ' Rodgers to-day de clined to answer th question whether he had a transaction with H. Clay Pierce In 1904 toy which Mr. Rodgers secured all or part ot the1 Waters Pierce OH Company's - stock . for the Standard Oil Company. of New Jersey or for the. Indiana, company. Mr. -Rodgers was still on the stand when the hearing .was adjourned until Monday, r ? TOUR CHARTERS GRANTED. Wlioleeale Shoe Honse, Capital $25, . 000, 'for Charlotte N. C Section American Chemical, Society Electa Officers Report on Newspapers. v' - - " Observer Bureau. ' . ' k ."12 South Dawson Street, .' - . i,v ' ; Raleigh, Jan, 8. City Engineer Blake Is making the survey for the entry of the Raleigh & Pamlico Sound Railway into the elty. It- comes - In near -Glenwood, crossing the track ,of the Seaboard Air Line a mile; north of the track here and Rs depot' wilt be within a few yards of the- power house of the Raleigh Elec tric Company. Worn on. this, road Is now. to je pushed! very rapidly. , C, M.. Willie & Co., Washington, N. C, , are to-day petitioners In bankruptcy- In the. District Court. LlablU ties tl,.e5; assets 1970. Charters were . issued to-day to BerryhlU-Suther-Durfee Co., at Char- lptte, for . wholesale and retell shoe business: capital-' stock '$25,000, J. A-. Barryhlll, Charlotte; ' E. SJ. : Durfee, Henderson vllle' and-, others Incorpora tors! North State ysobbln Co.. of Mt. Airy, T. L. Brton, J. B.' flpargr.'of Mt. Airy, and -others, of -Greensboro, are stockholders, capital stock being 25,- 000;" Lee - Dupree .Hardware - Co., at Dunn, wholesale and retail. capital stock iJO.Ow, -ml ijee,; I- Dupree. and ethers" Incorporators: Interstate Ma chine and JBupply Company, Wilmlng ton; T.-D,Love.' R. W. Gibson and others ' stockholders, s capitalised at ,30i000 haifof whIth it ,ubcribed. - T, K Bruner,. Esq., secretary ot the hoard t agriculture; nas sent out In specters who have begun, work In the extreme eastern section of-the State to analyse both fertilisers and food, , The -North. Carolina Sfcotlon of the American - Chemical Society , held 'Its nald-wlnter- meeting this morning In the rooms of the agricultural depart ment. ; An interesting and technical programme,' t appertaining, tov Southern products ana -producers, was ' carried outs- The. following named - officers were elected for the ensuing' year; President, Dr, Charles H, - Herty, Chapel rHUU svlce i president' Chaa, Walker, A. and M. College; secretary and . treasurer O. M. MacNlder, - of Raleigh .-The next; meeting place has not been . announced Thirty mem bers were ' present, , eight . of , whom were visitors. A dinner was served to the visitors. ; y. -.- . Commiselonep Varner to-day made public' his annual report on newspaper, a summary of which, follows: .Morning dailies 10, evening- dalles 20. weeklv 174, semi-weekly W,' monthly 44, semU monthly 12. annually t. Quarterly 6: Circulations 1 respectively 40,875; 28,754;t Z97.0&7) " B,&30; 7,82; i 119.580; ' l150,800; 2,840; circulation not given."' evening daily . 1 ; weekly 6 ; monthly ; f t 'semi monthly 1;.' quarterly 1; politics, de nomination, . etc.--DchKM5r-tlC' 131" Re publican 17 Independent 41, populist 2, BapMit 11, Methodist 7, Christian' 1. Moravian 1. Protestant Episcopal 3. Presbyterian 8... Primitive Baptist i 2. Free Will Baptist 1, Catholic, 1, Reli glous 1, Philanthropic 1, Quaker 1, In dustrial 1, fraternal 2 W. C. T. U. 1, trade ,: educational 14, literary 8, medical t, agricultural 4,' athletic 1, textile - 1, almanac 8, " Lutheran ' 1, Pythian I, Masonic 1, Holiness 4, labor L: Reformed Church l, news 1,1a w 1 a total ot papers. $32,000 Cotton o:i ?:::i rire.," ' Blakely, Ca., Jan.- 6. The n'afrt building end seed limine, with con tents, of the i;inVily (a ntul FwtHSzfr Conipany. WPre l( trovf.f y fir t -c!;iy." lis. Is about V.2,00l)," partUi.y c? cii.J ty insurance, . i yOKGERY OF .N. STOCK BOGUS i CEI1TIFICATES . 1 AFLOAT Over 479,000 Worth Are Known to j Have " Been Offered to the PubUc and Many Mora May be In ' JSx d iMtence Detection . . Made ' Through - Mistake in Printinar' Picture of lo- i cotnotlve on Certlheate New .York r urokerage .Firm - Said . to . be in volved Railroad . Company ot j Liable for. Losses Sustained. , - Philadelphia Jan. A . number ff forged certificates of the common stock of the Norfolk' - Western Railroad have recently been detected, 'ft is not known how many of. these, fraudulent certificates are In circulation, but eight certificates of 100 "shares , each have been- discovered. VArS $- ' Detectives Jiave been at work on the case tor several days and they are re ported to have learned that a New York .brokerage firm Is involved. K, H., Alden secretary and assistant treasurer of the Norfolk A Westers Railroad, to-day went to New York to make a persona) investigation of . the matter. v-vi- r s : New York. Jan. B. Mora than $77,000 wortn oi lorged Norfolk & western stock, certificates have been offered to the public. The New York stock ex change announced to-day that -such certificates for 900 shares of this stock have already heen found, and It is not known how many more may be in ex tstencev Shares of Norfolk A Western were quoted at 186 each in the stock exchange to-day. The forgery we dis covered only a few days' ago. Detee tlon was made through a mistake in printing an lnch-anl-a-quarter-long picture of a locomotive on the ceitlfl- catealn the genuine certificates this engine appears headed toward the left. whereas on the forgeries it is headed. to the right. It was announced that the Norfolk A Western RailwayCompany'is not name tor any loss sustainea ,ny brokers by whom the certificates ere passed. , ' ACCUSES CONGRESSMAN HULL. Mrs. Morris and Husband Declare That Former's Mission at White House When Ejected Was to Ac- case Brother to President In Mat' ter of Father's Will. Washington, Jan. "This White House outrage is a burning shame and a. national disgrace." So said Dr. Minor Morris, husband of Mrs. Morris, who was forcibly re moved : from the executive offices on Thursday last and taken to' the house of detention. Dr. Morris arrived here early to-day. .-:..:..: ?,; Mrs. Morris received newspaper men in her. room, where she and Dr. Mor tis . discussed wth them the story of hen father's .will,' which had brought an estrangernent between Mrs. Morris and her brother, Representative Hull. and t which has led to much personal bitterness. According to Dr. Morris, he was re moved from the surgeon, general's of fice ort charges filed by Represents tlve Hull at a time when Mrs. Mor ris was about to proceed to Pueblo. Col., to get at certain facts pertaining to the will which, she alleged, bad not been made to appear in the case. It was these charges. Dr. Morris said, that Mrs. Morris desired, the President to have investigated. . ; Representative ..Hull made a state ment to-day denying the charges that he had. violated the provisions of his father's Will or, had failed to' file a codicil to that Will, or forged a part of -the will. - v. , . . , ; V . f Dr. Morris to-night said that Mr. Hull's statement evaded the Issue. which'. wa the- "outrage perpetratedH on Mrs, : Morris at the White House." TRAIN'S NARROW ESCAPE. Timely .J Discovery s of Broken ! Rail Saves seaboard -. Passenger - Tram From' Wreck Liquor Laws Openly Special to The Observer, - TAlirlnhnrg. Jan. S ttnt for thw timely, discovery , by Messrs. Drewry Walters and L.' P. Gibson of a broken rail Just below Laurel Hill this morn ing there would probably have been a very serious wreck of the mail train from Charlotte , to Wilmington to-day. As it was, the train was stooped .by tne ' people ana - .repairs were made. after which ; the ' train' moved slowly over the place and reported the mat ter through the agent at Laurlnburg. It -was the unanimous opinion of the passengers - Chat' the railroad people ougnc to anow these men some mark ot appreciation for ..their act in this matter. '-'.a iv ' , ' .,( Tho whiskey question tiaa been very complicated in this. section for some time., and It was to relieve this si tu atlon that the State "line. between this State and' South) Carolina was estab lished this past , year, - and that at considerable expense to' both States Now the authorities of South Carolina have taken Steps to blot out -that blind tiger hole commonly known as on toe line.") , out nave met with an other failure for,, when . they i . jurlve theee men place their goods on the North Carolina Side - and say stand back. 'One of these men it' is said has gone so far as to build a new bar on the North Carolina elde, thus openly defying the whole of the State -authority of North - Carolina.: It.., Amu seem that , since' South, Carolina has taken . the steps that she has In this matter that it Is now up fo tbe North Carolina authorities to either come to her aid or put their wild liquor busi ness down or-to repeal some of her whiskey laws and let the business be run according to lawL.Thls nlaca is en the State line sorq miles, above Gibson, Irt' Richmond county, where wnisxey nas noen sold 1 almost aa long as man- can 'remember.- ; i s . RECEIVER - FOR DUXCAN ROAD, Action of United btates ClrcultJ Court la m Answer to Petition Filed by Baltimore Trust Comjany. , .,v -Charleston, 8. C, Jan. I. The Union Glenn Springs Railroad.- another property in which Thomas Cv Duncan, former president of the Union and Buf falo Cotton Mills, was heavily Interest ed, was. pieced in tne hands of a- re ceiver to-day m the United States nr. cult Court In answer to Complaint and petition filed y the Mercantile Trnitt A Deposit Company of Baltlmoro. Ed win-W. KoDeruon b(lng appointed r reiver. The. Union A Glenn Springs Kallroad" traverses a rinmbfr ot tnwn. ships in Union county bririnnlng at a point near carsme, cruiiisr tiie Broad river nd extending to the Jmfiuli Cot ton J.ims.- it has a tnitntior or exten- s:irm and trie road is tne pHut'Sror Of coMMderable real estate, fr.un hla' and otl.er property, . - , . CXOSED Bt TH EXAMINEB RUTIIERFORDTON BANK' rAIli State Ba nk Examiners Haywood, ; by Order of Corporation CommlSMioit, '"Closes Doors of Bank of Ruther- fordton and Will Ask for Appoint-, inent oi receiver i-rcsiaens jnor row Says Failure is Due to Unpaid Notes and Loans Past Due 1 and I Claims , Depositors Will ?be 'rPaid X Dollar for Dollar-Asaets $2&,000, Liabilities Not Stated Oiarteml ; in "1891 , With $10,000 CapltaL ', Special to The Observer. "' i Rutherfordton, Jan. fi.Mr. ' V. H. Haywood,: of Raleigh, State bank e- amlneiv ; arrived .,-on the Southern's)) morntnff tralp, and, after maklnsf an examination of the condition of the Bank of Rutherfordton, at noon to-day Closed it and posted the following no tica on the dodr: "Bank closed,' by order of the North Carolina Corpora tion Commission, F. C. Haywood, Jr., State Bank Examiner, January Kth, ivm ' sour-i-corresponuent at- once called on . Mr. .Haywood, but nothing further could, be obtained except that he was In charge, and that a receiver would be asked for and, of course, would te appointed, . r., 'A, Mr, D. F. Morrow, the president, was Jthen seen and he stated that the bank was closed on account of notes and loans-that were past due and had not been paid, , but which . he considered good papers, le aiso saia tnat tne as sets -were far In Qjess of the liabilities, and- that alt tb.aeposltors would be paid dollar for dollar and that 'the. stockholders would loose very little,, if anything. -;"' The -assets, according to the presi dent,... are $8,000, In -cash; l4,000..in notes and bonds and furniture fixtures. and the banking house valued at $3. 000, making a total of $25,000. The cash and the Rutherford county bonds of $1,120 which are now due and tor which money is ready for payment. It Is Claimed; Will pay the total indebtedness of the bank and' leave $7,000 worth of notes, which-will go to the stockhold ers t The .eapltar stock of the Institu tion was $10,000,, The bank was organ ized In 1891. " -- ' WAS. SLAIN AND PLACED IN BED, Important -Fresh Evidence In Mys tenons JHuraer -'ase at new jiaven Discovery of Blood Clot on Stock ing Cause of Charge or Theory. New '' Haven, Conn., Jan. 6. The announcement of the discovery of evl dence, pointing to the belief that Chas. A. Edwards, of New York, the victim of , the mysterious murder at the Hill er family homestead, was not shot In the bed where he was found, was the most interesting development In the case to-day. This evidence came to light-when an examination was made of the Clothing on the body. On one of the 'stockings, the left one.' a blood clot as large as the end of a man's tnumo was owcoverea andoiood had soaked through the stocking and spread over the top of the instep. This Is considered to leave little dought that the body was ptaced in the guest chamber bed , arter shooting, ana the detectives are working on the theory that tne man was snot while standing or in some other position whera the blood from the wound In the left eide of the head would fall upon his tooL, The fact that on the left stocking also there was a collection of lint or carpet dirt, IS believed to lend color to the theory that he was dragged . in an unconscious condition to the bed. There was no lint on the stocking which covered the right foot. It was said to-day that two bullets have been found imbeded in one of the walls, of the guest chamber.: Reports circulated during' the day that poison had been found in the body were denied by the surgeons who as sisted in the autopsy, but the result of the chemist's , examination, of the stomach was nevertheless awaited with Interest. The search for the pistol with which the crime was. committed went on to day without result. At the coroner's office, it was eald that his: report on the inquest would not be given out to-night- though the investigation u about complete. , ' s - CUT LANDLADY'S . TBROAT, Sfurdor - From Unknown Motive : In Chicago Threw ' Victim , - Down ' Stairs and -Fled Slayer Son of Wealthy New yorker-. . - - Chtcaao. Jan. ".-Mn ' AT' W. 'Gentry. a years old, wife of tbe prealdetX- ot the Universal Trading .- A Supply .Company, was murdered .to-day. for some unknown reason by a man whom, the polios declare h W. J. Constantino, a boarder in the Gentry home. Mrs.- Gentry died before he could make a statement and Constan tine fled from the gulldlng ' without hat or coat. He' faj now being sought- by the nolle. At the time of the. murdar Un Gentry and Comtantine were alone in- ths aoartmentr whore ths Gentrr fatmllv Mived. : Mrs. Gentry was about .to go down town, wnen ino .muraerea attacked her with a rasor, and after cutting her throat from ear Jo ear,' pushed her out into the halt and tTirew her down a fl-hfc nf stairs. ' She fell against the door of the apartments i. ocoupiea Dy ur. uavid 3, rohrtv on ths floor below. Th .nhvi. clan took Mrs. Gentry into- hit office anil enaeavorea to save ner lire, put she- died witnrn a iflw romuiM. a rasor peionglni to Comtantine was found on tha floor m the room, in -Which the crime waa com- milVOU. J - . I ,-5 1 - t J i'r" .,.', -v : Constarttlne Is the sob of a wealthy man living In New York city.' It k reported that he Is a member of the firm or John Constantino A Son, whose place of buil nei -in situated -in . Harlem. ; , 8o- far aa known,' ho had no employment.; hut wsi nvms on mvnvy sent w nun irom JVew York. fr . 4. , y . ? v X s f t :'ynrsEss becomes in8ajte.11' f-S ." 'i 1 lit, i ii 4 a., ' Climax, tof ' a -Strange 'Case lit 'New York .State polish .Hoy, .Badly Frightened by Tragedy, Loses Ills Mind. fii'V,:,':;,, i Hi ' New York. Jan. . The climax of the strongest psychopathla cases with which the New York State medic al authorities have ever had to : dnni came to-night when Frank Wlsnewskl, young? polish' staDio . boy. who had been detained as a witness in the mys terious shootlng-icase in which Tt. J. W,'. Simpson, a'-New' York' dentist, is accused, of v killing : ilia' father-in-law, Inland, was taken to the- Long Island Hospital for the insane, at Kings Park, The ooy was an eye-witness In-ths tragedy and was counted the Bute's most important witness in the hearing of Dr, Simpson which was began this week. Badly frightened by th tragedy Itself. Wlsi;ewkl was - thrown into a tatement of terror when taken Into custody by: the Northport. authorities nd held as a witness. lie soon I armed Into a sort t stupor or com, which e was,arouwd with dlfliculty and then ecinne violent,-, and attacked bin guard.t, ills condition : ncccxslUiteil a utt;iOiiement ef the Elmpson bearing.: TALK TABIFF NO MENACE TO HOME TOBACCO In ' Thrce-ltbuir Speech in House, Mr, ..Hill, jr Connecticut. Details Knwi- - edge Gained From Tim Visits, and on the Oilier Hand Mr. MondelL of Wyoming, Opposes BUI In Beet sugar urowenr interest suumw ; - Export Tobacco " Practically Con .7. lined to Single Valley In Luaou- Mild term of Slavery Among Moros Massachusetts Demand for ree uaes voiced. . ' Washington,- Jan. In a session of fiver hours to-day the House placed .on record a speech in favor of the Philip pine tariff bill, one against It, and a 20-mlnuts talk for tariff revision ac cording to the Republican demand of Massachusetts. Mr. ,HlIt of qonnectl cut. occupied three hours and was list ened to with tbe ; greatest interest in detailing the knowledge he gained from two visits to the Philippines the last ono as a member of the party of Sec retary Taft last, summer. He paid par ticular attention to the tobacco feature of the measure. :;Mr, Mendell. of Wyoming, who has led the fight against the bill in the In terest of the beset sugar industry Of this country, spoke vigorously against the measure and against the policy of help ing the Philippine people by granting mem open maraots m the United States. He said the passage of this bill would be the death knell of the beet sugar industry in the United States. The abolition of tariff on hides Was pleaded for by Mr. Lawrence, of Mas sachusetts, who presented the position taken Dy tne Republicans of that State. Mr. Hill said the agricultural land of the Philippines was but per cent, of the , total area He said that a mild form of slavery existed 'among the Moroa - Substantially all of the export to bacco ot the Islands comes," he said. "from a single valley In the Island of Luzon. The valley la about two mites wide and about GO miles ion. It was the Wildest imagination to suppose that aft-any time would Philippine industry ever be disastrous to American Indus triea." Reverting to Mr. Hill's statement about slavery. Mr. Claton (Ala.) asked; ?Is It true, did I understand the gen tleman to say, that slavery still exists among the Morels; the traffic In human beings, where men and women are sold for-$o to $ioor ,"I did not see any of this traffic," re plied Mr. Hill.' but I believe slavery ex ists." '. ."Five years the great Republican party has been in power, and these conditions still exist?" v "It is true." l would like the gentleman to tell us Why "this great Republican assimilation has not eradicated this condition," con tinued Mr. Clayton. vOh, yes." replied Mr. Hill, "and we would have slavery In this country to day if it had not been for that treat Kepuoiican party." ,, Mr. Hill reviewed at length the to bacco Industry in the Philippines, ex plaihta the primitive methods of to bacco and the limited manufacture of smoking and chewing tobacco and cigars.- He .said single factories in the United States make more than the en tire output of manufactured tobacco in the Philippines. V Mr. Hill said a careful study of to bacco production in the islands and the expert ;tobacco trade had persuaded him that the United States has nothing to fear from competition with Philip pine ,-' tobacco, because its Inferiority ana jne unpossipiiiiy oi ejneueivu iu bacco culture In the Islands. ' Bpeaxing oi ine urgumciu mm um chea labor of the Orient would be hrought : in ; direct competition with American tooacco worxers oy a reauc tlon Of the duty on Philippine tobacco. Mr. Ball called attention ot the fact that American exclusion laws kept Chinese out of the Islands and contract- labor- cannot be employed. He said practically all the cigar and cig arette ' makers are Phlllpplnos, few Chinese toeing now employed, As all WOTK Oi tniS son is prsce worn, iiu mu( a man's earnings increase as his abll itv Increases. Mr. Hill said the manu facture of a first-class hand-made cigar In Manila is almost as expensive as in the United Statea. '. The House adjourned until Aionaay. S KILLED BY TQN OF DYNAMITE. Explosion in Quarries at Garry HI., -' is Felt for au allies arouna ana, i Besides the Dead, Four Are Fatally ri. Hurt All the Victims Foreigners. " Chicago, Jan. Five men were In stantly killed, four others fatally hurt and seven seriously Injured by the ex plosion of a ton of dynamite at the quarries of the Dolese A Sheppard Company, at 'Garry, III., to-day. Ail of the men killed and Injured were foreigners, who were laboring In the quarries, v;;'' ,' " J" The causa of the explosion Is not known, but It is, supposed that a box containing 100 pounds of the ex. plosive fell ' from the top of another case wnue it waa warming prior ta use fro blasting purposes, and that the ex plosion of this amount set off the rest ot the $.000 pounds. 1 ;,. . The building in which the dynamite waa stored, ' was at one end ef a qaarry in whicn anout 40 men were working, Three of the men who were lnstantlv killed were at work In a trench about 50 feet from the building In which the dynamite was stored. Pieces of the wrecked building were showered upon them, crushing tnera to the earth. The other, two men were killed by the air concussion wnue working in a black smhh shop close byj The total loss-to property Is $25,000. ' The force ef the explosion waa felt for 20 miles around, and many window were broken In houses standing three 'or. four miles from the quarry, .- ., ,A Negro Boy Seriously Cut. 1 .Wadesboro, ' Jan. I. Yesterday'., af. iiernoon ' a little negro feoy .Charlie Smith, while playing (With v- another boy with a knife, was cut very seri ausly In the right "slda- -:., k- Mr.' and Mrs. , Irving : . Tinker, ' of New Haven, Conn., . will ariivia to-, nlglit' to visit Mrs. JO, Boylin.-The Bachelor G Iris had a very enjoyable meeting last night at the , home ' of Mrs T. ' A. Marshall. ,- .. -. . Lynchburg Man ' Killed by Train In - Pennsylvania, , Scranton. Pa., Jan. 4. W. T. Roe, of Lynchburg, Va., traveling repre sentative of the , Modern Woodmen of .America, and whose mother lives In Knoxvllle, Tenn., was struck by a train on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. a( MoohIc , Piatlon, neur Uercj and loaUntly killed. COUBTACQUITSh BEOATUB DATII. AGAINST. ;,OATH,' CASE 4 v - First of. Alleged Haxcrs Is Restored ' to Duty, but Re-Arrested Shortly . Afterward on Fresh Charges, While -Conviction of Midshipman Coffin Is Announced Existence or Fagging t System, Whereby Under Class Men n Bring Food From, Table to Belated -v unner uiass Men. u aiww in ir i xonl i Case Southern Midshipmen Friendly Among Themselves , Annapolis, Md., Jan. 6. The devel op'ments to-day at the naval academy were , Important.' ' Stephen ,M Decatur, Jr., the first of the, members of the first class to be nut on. trial. wa ae eiarea acuultted and restored to auty, but iwas, re-arrested shortly after and will be tried under other charges of hazing under the act Of 1874,, and Of encouraging or countenancing basing under the act of 1893. it is autnonta ttvely stated that ha will fight these charges. Announcement - was ' made unofficially that Midshipman Trenmor Coffin. Jr., of the third . elass, from Careon City, Nev., has been convicted of hazing Midshipman, Kimbrough and dismissed, During the trial of Midshipman Mar xonl. it developed that a naging. sys tem exists at the academy under class men being expected to bring food from breakfast to upper class men when they miss the formation. ' LETS CAT OUT THE BAG. . It was also made clear that since the haalng investigation began upper class men have been subjecting each other to the practices generally visit ad upon fourth class men, so as to ne able to testify that certain things were not done it o under class men only, and consequently, do not constitute bas ing. An Intimation of this has been gained by previous testimony, but it remained for M ids run man Robert W. Cabantss. a first class -man from Bir mingham.' Ala., to finally let the 'cat out of the bag. when he stated that since that sessions of the court or Inquiry begun the first class midship men and others at his table had been required to report dessert. This was only required" of fourth class men up to a few weeks asro. In the Marsonl trial. Cneeter S. Rob erta testified that he was ordered to Marsonl's room, where he had to do No. it." ' -:.?!;:" -A, Roberts said that he had been told to go to the room and say to Marzoni, if she tiad been a dog, do you think Bhe would have taken It?" " INTIMACY AMONG SOUTHERNERS Benjamin W. Tyi. of ; Atlanta, a fourth class man. said that he had brought Marzont's breakfast to him. I did not mind It a bit." he said. He had done it about six times. Tye said that there was friendly i, feeling be tween himself and Marsohl and that they wore from adjoining Southern States. This fact, he said, made bim perfectly willing to do the service for M arson!. ' - -,--:-;:4-iAAi On cross-examination, Tye said that he did not oonslder the services he performed for-Marsonl as menial, nod LdldUthey annoy him . or ; harraes. him. He said that he had seen Nagie. Mar sonl's room mate, bring Marsonrs breakfast MIdhlnman Albert C. Brvant tettlfled hs hud earrled milk to Marsonl on several different occasions. Morsord came to his room aaa maae mm sutna on nu nsau. un Brvant waa croaa-examinea or Marsonrs oouncll to mow tnat tne Dnoging or iooa from the breakfrut tabi Waa a. eourtety and not a humiliation. Bryant said South ern mldih'lDmen uaually perform d court - eties for. each othar. and declared - that he waa not hammed or annoyed In any way by bringing the food. Ha said be un derstood It to be a requeit rather than an order. . , .,-. ACCUSED DENIES TESTIMONY; ''? The aecuaed mldahlpman wt ealled to the stand by hla counaol. Ha absolutely denied that he had haaed Roberta er ever knew him. He aaa that Tye had brought him food by requeit. He hnd thanked blm for ao doing and Tye did not appear to make any objection to thla. He only knew of two occasions when Tye had brouaht h art food, 'f Bryant had - alw brought him food and a glati ot mlllu- It had' been done under the same clrcum Marsonl then absolutely denied that be had compelled ' Bryant to und on - hla hnitil aa allesred In the aoecill cation. He aald that be had never stood a fourth class man on his head and did not brlleve it a. nrnnnr thlnar tn do. On crnaa-eiuimN nation, he said that be had never in any way caused a fourth, class man to stand on his head. , DONE AS " ACT OF FRIENDSHIP. Whnn niksd for an . axotanatlon of Bryant's testimony, Marsonl said he eould not explutn It, except to say that Bryant waa . mistaken. The aeouaed midshipman was then asked In regard to the bridging of breakfast to his room by Tye and Bryant. Ha said that both boya were from the same section 6T the country as himself and that it waa the - custom among southern miasnipmen to ne on a friendlier footing- - than others. He bad BijuimtKU ilia ' jruuii,, iu' wum j.fnn, to bring hU breukfurt when he was not down, and tney baa none ao, : w .$ The defense contended strongly that the iinrior fltu. men did these thinars as a courtesy to Marsonl and an act of frlendl ship, and not- under compulsion, i ' - Marsonl was followed on the stand by Charles A. Woodruff, his room mate, who testified to Marsonl fondness for a little morning sleep and that he -missed break fast formation frequently -in consequence. , Bevva ether midshipmen said they had carrletTmlls and milk to HarsonL v . John DlHn, of FayettevlUe, Ala., member of the second elass, said that he considered that Muroxont was very nice to Bryant, , k ' , WOOD TO SUCCEED CORBIV. --yr- .-..'.1...-.n-v Clutngo In Chler Command In Pliillp- - pines,1 Gen. Corbln Being Assigned to- Home lwty-puer Transfers of Commanders, f, j eJtf. V-5vt Washington, Jan, ' 4. Order - wre pre tared at the War Department to-day re ievlng General Corbfn of the eominand of ; the. division of vthe Philippines Feb. 1st, to b relieved by General .Leonard Wood? ; also assigning General John F Weston, now In command of the Nortftern departments to the , command of the do pnrtment of Luzon, nilllpplnra. ' . OH the same date, Oeaerai William. In command ot the department bf Columbia, wilt be orderd to the Philippine to com mit nd the department ot the, Vkaya . i General Corbln mill be assigned to the department of the North with ' head quarter at , St. Ils, sacceedlna; General Waaton, General Weston will relieve Oen erai Tanker M.. Bliss, who la . BMirnea tn command the department pf Mindanao, v Washington, vJan." I. With reference to the sending of two additional regi ments to the- Philippines, it was ad mitted at the War Department to-day that the possibility of conditions that may arise In China had an influence on the sending er the additional, force. It waa explained., however, thdt the gov ernment . has-" no 'knowledge of nv situation In China at tMs time wi,!. i makes it i even probrllo t!i'it ouy emergency: mUbt arl.?. - but ..,-. . China'. t ;undrolng a cis-n . r i Is the possibility t t . i i tercets may rc'i-ilte ; ro- , t 1 this government tic : 't i t j 1 i i ImnJt-d In the inaUer tf procauiiMi...- nicasurcs, . .(. rTp ' 9 CM BIG SIX READY TO STEP C I T - h f j i - r,s i,n .mi n , . Contest Over 'Western District Ci ! - lectorslilp Expected , to - Open 1 i 5-i SoonDeclared That Mmrs. Uar . kln, f"Uolton. and ' MlUikan Ai a Willing, to Retire Without tiiu-t . Prof. Britt . Mentioned . ns 11a i--. kins' Successor Only 371 - 1ir -' Heels In Departments 51r, Over- man-' Will Ask for Information as to Number of Employes of Canul Commission. , - -. f j ". - , ' ; by' w; a. Wdebrand. ' -'-.. - u-Z'Ji '"',' ' Observer Beureau V'''V! i H$ a7 fit.' Jf W,' "'J'i'vVit, -Washington. Jan. '.Those, Who take an active interest In .patronage mat etrs era looking for the contest to open up very soon over the Western district collectorshlp. It Is frequently said that few office hold ers vdle and . none resign,' but while realising the, axiomatic : force- of this remark it nevertheless seems true that such a thing as the voluntary relin quishment ef a seat at ' the ' Federal pie counter Is possible. . It , is now declared that Collector. Har kins, Dis trict Attorney Holton and i. Marshall Mllliken, all members of the Big Six. expressed their willingness to- retire from service without the least show of contest, if this waa to' be the policy of the- National - Administration, - and the State organization. ; Collector Har- klns, it is said several time showed a disposition to resign, but each time Chau-man Rollins asked that no ..im mediate action' be taken; for the rea son, It la said, that - the Bute chair man did not want- - the State' chair until after the disposition Of the con test over the Ashevlile post-s office. Now Collector Harktns, Bo the story goes, has notified the State chalrnut that he does not wish to serve after the first of June. Other' appointments are being- held In abeyance until after the cases pending ' In the - Greensboro Federal Court shall have been disposed of, but there la nothing to prevent an immediate Inauguration of . the Collect orshlp contest. e. -The situation at - Ashevlile Is made doubly intereetlng by tbe appointment of Prof. Britt as special assistant district attorney, especially as there U much talk to the effect that the1 De partment of Justice may. find, .perma nent employment for the Buncombe man. . Prof.. Britt s name was heard it i connection with the Collectorshlp' gos sip with much frequency and hts re moval from the patronage equation leaves the field - wide open,., W. Er Logan, of West AehevHto, has a good ly number of endorsements for .the place, while others take the-view that much party good would be' ; accom plished by the appointment of C. J. Harris, of Dillsboro, who at the last election made the race for Governor for the Republican!. , It is hot known, whether Mr. ' Harris' would consant to do so, but It la realised that he would make a formidable candidate shou ui he enter the Usta.f The appointment of either these gentlemen would. It is as sumed, result 'in keeping the office at Ashevlile, and this phase of the mat ter win be constantly kept in mind by ths people generally of the tenth d!a- At least tbe Tar Heel I takinsr an active part In the Indian appropriation bill which has - been introduced by Representative Curtis, who Is looking after all the legislative affaire relating to tbe Indian Territory; That person Is M. L. Mott, who was a long time ago appointed attorney for the Creek In dians, but whose salary has, since his appointment been tied Up by litigation of one sort or another. The bill in question authorises the Secretary t the Interior ttt liquidate this item, and It now seems probable that Mr Mvtt will get his money WKhln the next three months. ' -".-'' In looking over the Blue Book which contains - the names of, hit those em ployed here In the' classtfried- service, , It waa ascertained that-374 Tar Het'la . are employed here in the Washington departments, end that they'd raw an nually from Uncle ; 8am'a treasury . $261,964. The civil service commission has contended that, - North ; -Carol! u.t and other Southern States are getting "asquart deal in the matter of ap pointment s,, but- if one consults the Blue Book, to "determine vthe actual number of person employed. it will be found that the Southern States are very far short In the apportionment. -Since, the- first announcement that President Roosevelt had given a per sonal friend the position of press agent to the canal commission at a salary of $10,000, there baa been much specula lion as to the exact number of peo ple employed In various capacities un der the commission and as the amount they are receiving. To ( the end that the country may have, this informa tion,' Senator Simmons will Monday Introduce a resolution calling , for thl.1 information, y ?-.-' w -,'; .-, l , --- . t-, Ii ii i'H Iiu" " ill, II, Ml vvVtiV5 -v scrrixED snip LV REVENGE. Holes Bored in Bottom of Norwe?la-t Vessel by SI embers of ' Crew Near Savannah, Causing it to Settle on a Mud Bsmk carch , for Male factors. s ' J. . Savannah, - Ga., Jan. Rqvenieful at being placed in, irons by. the cap tain Of the Norwegian ship Regent, ly ing at Sapelo, several members of t; crew, after helng ; liberated, scuttled the craft by; boring holes In ; the bo t- tom. i'tfY) '. "lvv r" ' v s " The men after -arranging to send, the ship to the bottom, deserted.. Tim authorities here have been searchni; for them, aa they are known to li.ne come here atei' leaving the ship. . Immigrant ; Inspector Curry and th-i Norwegian, consul. J. . J. Rankin, are carrj'Ing on a vigorous search for Mm men. vv ' MS-f$vrx;- , v The owners of the ship1 have bo i cabled and have arranged for the rac ing of the ship off the mud bank wh--she Hes,," They; have also' instruc- i that no expense be spared 'in trac. : the malefactors. ' , j, ; ADMITS PUBLIC ROAD KH.LU Three Xegroes. Prlm-liml and A" Accessories, Jailed for Dv:r j lTonilnont Farmer, , ;1 MUledgeviUe,. Ga., Jan." R;is : ders, a young man. has been a and -is tin Jail for k:iM"T i Meadows,, a prominent in merchant, wno v;ii f ' In his buggy. J " ' a - i ' colored, are ch:r:'.-- i v , . eorii's. ' v . l-.iuitdcra a' i' h J but H VS It v ' 1 : l! vi i lit ' WttLMBsIIAIlKIKSti:
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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