Newspapers / The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, … / May 13, 1906, edition 1 / Page 18
Part of The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, MAY. 13, 190G, Sod. Tide in - ' Tie Stary if. Vat Rappeatl to n -Astros ..tot :&U ;;v ''l;;.r.,,. , .' ,' mil, yy. u.T-.W . ;,;,t by chough: ade;; v ' v v ! undertaking trio r to foreign part I have had two object In view: U To strengthen end mors close ly cmcnt our friendly relation with : foreign Power I to furnish the ce ment ' -v.. - .; . - ':...: (b) To reform things . In g eneral ' over here. " ' ' I found that there wen no opening for a real reformer In the U. 8. A.. Inasmuch the magaxlnes were, up setting municipal rings, cornering the '.Beef Trust and camping; on the trail of svery corporation that seemed to : be making money. I seld:T"lf I ' Wih to make a ten strike a a re former I muni acek new fields." Se I decided to flit through Europe and apend all the time I could spare from dodging table d'hote dinners to bolstering up and regulating the con sular service . In writing today abuit thr happy experience of an American consul I am following the advice of a friend who urged me to send ome letter back home. "Don't put In too much about your travels," he said. "People have read about European travel until they know. Munich better than they do Montanna. Whenever the opportun ity presents Itself write something entirely irrelevant something that has nothing to do with anything par ticular. The leas you say about for etgn countries the better you will please your readers, and If yon can arrange to write a series of letters In - which no reference I made to elth- er Europe or Africa who know but what yen will score a hit 7" With no desire to boast of my ac complishment. I feel that up to date 1 have followed Instructions rather closely. If any dates, statistics or useful Information have crept into these communications It Is through oversight and not by Intention. in writing from Paris the natural Impulse is to describe Nspoleon's , ., wmu inn nanism ,J sees runs right out to the Arc de Trl omphe. and then cuts through the Bote de Boulogne. Fearing that thla subject matter haa been touched upon by other visitors. I shall disregard Paris and go straight to my task of reforming the consular service. To begin with, usually the Ameri can consul Is all right In his place, but his place la at home. Overpaid, Possibly, but he does hla best to earn bis M0 per annum. If he kept all th money that he handled in the cosree of a yesr he couldn't be a really successful grafter. He rinds himself plumped down In a alrangs country. About the time that he he gin to learn the language and has saved up enough money to buv even- ln . . t n I h W 1 1 1 - a . . . ... vpwiiiri nr i t. .ii-u noil soea i . ... . , , , back home with a "dress suit ' on his b " .'.I "h ,", WSl -J hands Take the esse of Mr Khen I bA t,y ,h" members of hi lodse Wllloughby. of Michigan. It la al"nd lh" b"n'' '"''""l'"! him the Simple narrative, but It win give you "'e' "for hp W"V. a line on the short-romnga of our! " "nd "m"" "loo,, "n bn'k consular service, snd It will rsrry its I P'lform and gased with inlty eyes wn moral. at th flutter of hndke-i hlof n "Old Man" Wllloughbv. a he was ! 'he station platform until the train known at home, owned snd edited a wung around a curve and they suressful dally papr on the outsklrt 'found Iheniaelvra headed for in.il of the Michigan pine belt. He waa a vHnila and glory. Moth of them felt "wheel horse in the party and for for- a little heart-achy snd iluhtotM, hut ty years had supported the rau ua " w" "' to back out. At New nominees. The aspiring polllldHn I Vot k they hoarded a ship and af who wished to so1 tn t'nnarea (mil to 'er several dai's of . unalloyed misery go snd see Wlllnushliy with hla hat . thev landed at (JalllvanciH. In hand. He helped to mke and uh- 1 Now. OalllvanrU la the mnke-he-luake United Slates Senatora and ws i Meve capital of a runt of an lal.ni'l 'consulted regarding appointments, having no commercial or other Impor But he had never silked snythlng for . lance. No matter where nn Inland himself. His two hoya went to nil- I may he dropped down, some n.ition lege st Ann Arbor, and when the , muat srah It snd hold It for lesr younger csme home with hu decree , that eome other nation will tnke and began to take a hand !n run- charge of It and pay th expense. Blng the paper Mr. Wllloughby found jThat la whv Oalllvatula had n g.vyer himself. for the first time tn hla life. nor general and a colonel m com- rJ 1 il ... Jtir.vAD-covh,fi:ouo Pastures Mem relieved ' of wearing responsibilities. He wa well fixed financially and till- In the prime of life not due to re tire permanently, but ready to take It easy. For year he had nureed a vague desire to travel beyond the lim it of hi native land. Mr. Willough by. who In the - home circle wa known a "Ma." wa a devotee of the Chautauqua Circle, 'and ahe too,, had an ambition born of much reading to pack up and go somewhere The family doctor ald that a visit to some milder climate, far from the rigor of northern winter, would be a posl- WHAT DO YOU dWPPOOC ME. DID f tlve benefit to her. Ho Mr. and Mrs. Wllloughby or gan to study the atlas. One of the sons suggested to "Old Man" Wll loughby that ho could lake a trip to an attractive southern country at the minimum expense by securing an ap pointment ss consul. And. of course, apart from the financial advantage, there would be the glory of represent ing a great nation and hoisting the flag over a benighted foreign popula tion. The suggestion appealed very strongly to Mr. Wllloughby. He wrote to the Congressman and the Senator and wanted to know If there was a vacancy salary no ubjct, but he would like to go Into a mild and equa ble climate where he could pick co cosnuts. His friends at Washington simply overturned the State Department In their eagernes to give him what he wanted. They discovered that there was somewhere on the map a city called nalllvancla. It was down by the southern seas the abode of per petual summer and already enjoying a preliminary boom as a resort. The acting consul had been a British sub ject. The pay was so small that no enterprising American had wanted the Job, "United , States Consul at OalllvanvW reverberated pleasantly in the Imagination of Mr. Wllloughby He told his friends at Washington to go sfter the place, and'ln leas than no time hla dally psper announced that he had "accepted" the appointment. The pnlltli'lsnn represented to the State Department that Mr. Wlllough by was a sturdy patriot of unim peachable rharacter and great abil ity ail of which whs true. They mfht have added that he would he Just as much at home n Qalllvanicla a a .polar hear would be on India's coral strsnd. The news of his appointment gave one section of Michigan th trem bles for several days, and the Wll loughby family was bathed In a new Importance. Mrs. Wllloughby wna given a formal farewell by the la (Ilea nf the inncrrHAlliin aakembled I In I ha rhnrrh nurlnri Mr. Wlllosh- mand. and 1 the Kliht Honorable Bklpper of the gunboat and a Judge and a cluster of foreign con-ulo. The men had a dob at which wbUkey and water, could be obtained, unless the bottle happened to be empty. The women exchanged cull and gsvs Ur mat- dinner and drove a Dour in rick ety lltUe victoria with terrified . no. tlves tn Mvery perched upon the box. The tine of social precedence were closely drawn. At a dinner- party the wife of the governor preceded the wife of' the' military cominandnnt who. In. turn,. queened It ore the wife of the. gunboat, who , looked 4'twn upon the wife of the magistrate, and o on. The ' women smoked cigar- ettee ' and gambled at' bridge. ' while every mem. who had won a. medal at a hooting match pinned It or. hit coat when he went to a ball. - It wag a third-rate copy of court life, ' but these small dignitaries went through! the motion and got a lot of fun out of It in one way and another. It we cannot afford a social position that Is real Ivory the next cmst thing is to get one that is celluloid. It had all the intricate vices of a trui no bility without the boi nd- titles to bark them up and give. the K!mour, Into this nest of pretentious, cere monies, strutting little mortals cam "Old Man" Wllloughby and "Ma" Wll loughby, of Michigan. Of the nut ward form and artificialities of a Ku rnpeanlxed aristocratic society they HAD wero moat profoundly Ignorant Mr. Wllloughby did not even own a "dress suit." When he got a "Prince Albert" coat ho felt that be had made a very large concession 'to tne mere fripperies of life. And "Ma" had her own Ideas about low-necked gowns! ('an you soe Mr, and Mrs. Wll loughby In Oalllvancla? Can you un derstand what must have been . the attitude o( these gold-brald peweea toward an old fashioned apple pie couple from the tall timbert Mind you, I am not poking fun at the Wllloughby'. In the opinion of every real Amorlcan a man of tho Wllloughby type Is worth a ten acre lot full of these two by four titles. The Wlllouahbys were good neonle the kind of people one llkjs to meet in Michigan. Hut when the ladles of the foreign colony came to rail on "Ma nd asld "Dyuh me!" and looked at her through their lorgnette, she was Ilk a staid old Plymouth ttock hen who suddenly find herself amonsr the bird of paradlae, Oh told Mr. Wllloughby that it wa thu Queerest lot of "women folk" she had sver seen, and although, sh didn't Ilk to talk about people until sh knew her ground, some of them did not seem any more respects ble than tho law allowed. Poor Mrs. Wllloughby! She did not know it wa good form for a women to smoke snd drink, but bad 'for her to be interested in-her husband. Sh tried to apply a Michi gan training ' to Oalllvancla condi tion. and th two didn't seem to Jibs. . v" .-.-A - If Mrs. Wlflorfghby amused th wo men -Mr. Wllloughhy more than amused th men.. ' II upset . thorn and left them gsaplng. . The Acting Consul had used a mell office adjoining his own placa m ousinsss on tn water rront, , Mr. Wllloughby called bn th former con su! and found Mm to be a dignified Britisher of, the gloomy and reticent sort,, with a mustache shaped like a horseshoe. The dethroned official was courteous, but not cordial, lie wa aaylng goodby to ome , easy money, and the eliAatton wa not one calculated to. promote'' good cheer. Mrs. Wllloughby action in coming down and pulling the Consulate from underneath him seemed to: hint al most ' unfriendly. h However, ha for mally turned, over to Mr. Wllloughby a table, four chair, several account books and a letter-press, all elng the property ,. of the , United .States of America.' i r,,.... . . f Mr, Wlllouahbv. had rented - a house on ( the hill overlooking the fVwa and decided to plant the, Con uiaie in me front room, or hi real' dence. Inasmuch as the Consul had a business caller about once- a month. there wa no need of maintaining two estahiisnmenta. - Already he had ta ken - Into his emclnv and hla warm est friendshis a native named Fran ciotto. r Thla name seemed formal and hard to remember, bo Mr. Wll loughby rechrlstened him "Jim." Me liked this native In spite 'of hi color because he was the only man In Oal llvancla who seemed to be pervaded by' the simple anlrit of democracy. Mr. Wllloughby said that the other put on too many "damlug" what ever that may mean. ' " If U. S, Consul Wllloushbv'S aoclal landing, in Qalllvancia. wa at all subject to doubt that doubt vanished on the day when be and. "Jim." came down to move- the office effect to the house on the hUU Mr. Wllloughby did ometblng that day which convulsed Qalllvancia a It never, had been convulsed before not even when a neigh boring vol cano blew off..; For day afterward me omciai- eu the men at the lit tle club and -the women nourlnar tea at each other,, talked of nothing else. aiany would apt believe when they first heard It,'- but there were .wit- nesses reliable witnesses who saw the whole thins; and were called upon time and time again to testify regard ing the most extraordinary perform ance of tke ."' United State Consul. Other Consuls may come and go and the year spin their weary lenelh and the obliterating drift of time may' hide some of the lesser event in the history of Qalllvancia. but until time than be no mose the resident of that city will tell the story of "Old Man" rviiiougnny, of Michigan. What do you suppose he did f No effort of the imagination can carry you witnin nailing distance of the horrible truth, so let the suspense be ended. Mr. Wiloughby. with hi own hand, helped to move the' furniture from the old Consulate up to hla new residence. He put the table' on ton of his head and balanced it carefully and carried It through the open streets of Qalllvancia! An official, a representative of a ereat power, ner- formlng cheap manual labor! Words are alltogether Inadequate to describe the degree of obloquy which Mr. Wllloughby earned for hlmsfllf by this unheard of exhibi tion. In Gallvancla It was not con sidered quite the thing tn Indulge In mental effort, and for any one except a menial of the lowest social order to perform physical labor was almost Inconceivable. The new consul was set down as either a harmless Imbe cile or an altogether new specimen of barbarian. In either case he was not a fit associate for well-bred gen tlemen, and Qalllvancia proceeded to TO CO AND 3Z.T. WiLLOUOnDY Ignore him and "Ma." That 1. they pretended to Ignor them, but a a matter of fuel they watched them at a distance and heard dally reports of their fnmlllarlt! with servants, their fondness for outlandish, Ameri can cookery and other eccentricities. It was all vastly diverting to the tiny aristocrats of Oalllvancla, but It was pretty hard on Mr. and Mrs. Wlllough by homealtk, hungry for soring chicken snd garoW truck, and yet aahamed tn pick up and go home so son after all those elaborate good by a. One morning ' Mr. . W'lioughby walked out on the veranda of his hill side cottage and looked across the harbor and saw something that smote him with' an overpowering Joy. . A white cruiser, flying the Stars and Stripes, had steamed through tho nar row entrance and wag bearing down to an anrhorage. ; ' :. v. . "Come here, mother!" he shouted. "Come here. If you want to see some thing that's good fop sore eyes!" . Mrs. Wllloughby csme running, and . nearly careened' with happiness. There Is was, an American war ves sel, with real Yankee on v. board boy from home; boys who had been brought up to believe that a man's character and his- sbllltles give him a worth which cannot be altered by putting a mere handle -to his name. Mr. and Mr. Wllloughby were eager to go down and call . on the "rolks from home." After the prolonged boycott which had ' been hanging over them they were pining for white society, n . .(. ,... '' '."" . f Mr Wllloughby , put on hla long black coat and Mrs. Wllloughby got out her flowered bonnet and together they went down to th water front- walked instead m of going ss they should have gone,' In one of the -decrepit local hacks. , Before they could charter a humble row boat, and go out to th ahlp th Governor General and the Lord High Commander of the Bcow and the Imperial Collector of Customs and all the other resioems of real importance had gone out in a launch and taken charge of the naval officer' Dinner parties and a ball at the "palace" were, arranged at oua. The servant at the club hurried eut and got another bottle of Scotch whiskey, and the town band began to moblllste at a cafe. Qalll rancla had no use for " a bumble American of the Wllloughby type, but it , gave hysterical welcome to the splendid war vessel and the natty men in uniform.. Over the first drink the Americans were told the remark able i story . of the new Consul ana werer assured that he was 'a "queer sort." And the naval officers, being accustomed to hearing United States consuls mallnged. took no further In terest in their government's represen tative;, merely ahook hands ' with him -when he cAme aboard, told him to make, himself at home, and then flocked away to the hlsh lights and the gayety which had been provided for them by tne court circles oi uaui vancla.'. Vt"i '- r : Mr. and Mrs. ' Wllloughby found themselves side-tracked, ana r tney went back heme not daring to talk about what had happened. - But that was the day which caused them to decide to go back to Michigan. . Mr. WlUoughby wrote to the mat De partment and said , that the climate did not agree with him. And when they sailed away "Jim'! was the only person who came to In dock to bid them good by. . . .; ' - . As the "Ex-Consul to Qalllvancia" Mr. Wllloughby Is more than ever an honored figure in. bis own town. Doubtless he ha more gray matter, more Christian charity . . and mora horse sense than could be collectively asembled by all the petty officials at Gainvancla. And yet Qalliva,ncia re garded him ss a very poor excuse for a Consul, i The naval officers saw in him s, well-meaning "Jay" who was bringing; discredit on their native land because of his Ignorance of so cial forms. ' .. -" Therefore' let us send out Consuls who can put up a "front," -Have each Consul- wear the uniform of a. drum major. -' Make sura that ho can dance all night, play bridge and keep up with the naval crowd when It comes to drinking. Let him be haughty with the serving classes, but Jovial wjth the military. Make sure that he is - averse to all forms o( labor. Such a-Consal will shed glory upon our .beloved country, and will never suffer the unhappy fats of "Old Man" Wllloughby. .. . i AN EDITOR'S SYSTEM. Credit HIM Sncoe) to Two Verses . from Proverbs Which He Has . Worked Into Panels In Ills Office. Nw ..Tork Commercial. 1 Before I entered my teen, say W. T. Elead, there were Imbedded in my memory two verses from the third chap ter of Proverb, I have them now work ed Into the panel of my of floe sanctum In Moors y House.' Probably these ver es are largely answerable for my lack of confidence in my capacity to ateer my own -course. , "Truit In the Lord with all thy hrt; lesn not unto thine own understanding. In sll thy wsys scknowledg Him and He shall direct thy paths." In the atmosphere of these verses I have spent my life, so far as It Is spent, snd the system upon which I hope to spend the years that remain will be dominated by its influence. I do not oar to defend the reason shlenesa of this conception of one's lit ss being best utilised if there Is ever a consciousness that yon are hut an In- jiirument In the band of th Master Workman. Those to Whom this la mere drivelling superstition are free to deride it as they will. I believe that some Power not ourselves Is actively concerned In making th best of u. and that this Invisible Intelligence can make the most , of. up If we combine the mental attitude of absolute readi ness to obey the word of command with a passionate determination to do what ever ,i given o x to do with o ut most strength and skill. In that faith I have lived. In that faith, I expect to die. -,, . '. ' v, -.." . '..y Ther la nothing in this belief antag onistic to the most careful ordering of one' Ilf Recording to.th most precis articulated system. If to you there le Vouchsafed the ' wisdom - requisite for Such f ore-ordering of the Categorical Im perative which Imposed this upon you a a clear and unmistakable duty, I. have only to. say that such wisdom was de nied to me. 'When 1 have tried to plan out ahead, some duty previously unfore seen has unset, everything, Speaking solely for myself and on th strength of siy own personal experience, I should say that I have com to believe that the best way to get the best result out of yourself for thebeneflt of thu -vorld la to frame your scheme. wlaely and a carefully a you can with all th Inform ation and counsel that you can command to-day but Sever cling to them so closely a to refuse to abandon them to-morrow. If you should be confronted by om plain, Otis voidable duty which sneak to you with the imuperkiui authorlity of divine call. ,v, ., i .y.; ....,.!, . The wsr brought many million of Sew money Into . Manchuria. This ready cash, a shortsge of staple sup-, pile lit th remote Interior, together with an unusually heavy fall of snow during the winter of 1I05-. Insuring good crops may result In still further record breaking Increase In Imports In l0fl and more - particularly In m7' ' : ', : : ' ' A gft gold piece In your pocket I bet ter then a five-pound gold brick In your band. ' r , DEFEAT OF THE DALTONS THE VlCTOn TKLLS TIU! STOHY V1k the Men Were Tliat Sle.la I'p the, (Mil law Hand Willi li Terror- : Izcd the SoutliwCMt TlM-lr Attack on the Hanks of CoffryylUe and . gign nun uio iiuscns. . , Topeka (Kan.) Capital -' : ' In the annals of the Southwest there Is no incident so stirring, so full of bloody snd dramatlo features as the story or the last1 raid of the Ualton gang at Coffey vllle. Wednesday, -X)c tober , 183X when that town was changed In an hour from a peaceful scene of' commerce snd pleasure to oiooasneo. i he tale.- pas been told many times. It. has., been- made the subject of epic verse. It haa furnished material for the author of the '"penny dreadful."-it' baa : been told in many languages, but the. author of the he- roio deed that rid the world "of tbs murdering .band of criminals ha nev r before told the story hfrnself.. This man is jonn J. Kioenr. wno nere tens th story of that memorable day: I don't like to tell this story. - have never told It before, that Is, with anythlna like completeness. just a wprd or two bot)t tbs DaN tona before beginning the story of their final raid.- They ware Kentuck- lans. Dorn and bred. They were cous ins by marriage of the notorious Toungers and Jameses. In them the lust of slaughter was inborn. In 18 the DaJton family, father and mother and thirteen children, among them the three who met their death here Bob, Emmett and G rat tan ---came to Kansas. They settled on a farm in Montgomery county, where they remained until the opening; . of tha Territory. Then be gan tho Ufa of adventure that proved their undoing.' First, unitsd states marshals, then train robbers, whiskey peddlers, and ' bandits In the mountain passes of .California: then, the final act. bank robbers. k On October Hit. five men. : Tim Evans, or Powers, Qrat Dalton, Bob Dalton. Emmet Dalton and Dick Broad well,- the last- having been - en listed In tha schema a day or two be fore, rode up from the Indian Terrl tory ' from that part , known . as the Cherokee nation.-'. -i -. They passed th night hiding In th wooded fastnesses along th banks of the verdigris river, on which this town tends. Early on the morning of the nth they took us thalr Journey again. their blooded horses refreshes by rest and food. ; . . -, For miles ther followed one off the main roads Into Coffeyvllle, th road that becomes Eighth street ben ; it enters tne town. , As they n eared the town they were noticed by many people riding to and from the city. Tne uaitons, wno were. of course, well known In Coffeyvllle, were dlsrulsed by false beards and by other means. Lng cloaks conceal ed their we pons Winchester rifles snd heavy Colt's revolvers. They look ed. ss they Intended, like a party of deputy united States marshals tiding Into the Ststs on official business. This was an occurrence too common to ex cite wonderment or remark. As they rode up Eighth street many eyes were turned upon them, hut with out arousing the slightest suspicion. It was evidently their Intention to tie their horses 'on Eighth street, where they would be readily accessible when the need to flee came. However. -the street was torn up, pending certain re pairs, making this Impossible. An ml ley running directly off the street at tracted their attention. They turned down It, the only false move they had made thus far, and tied their horses to a paling back of my livery stable. Then In single file they emerged from the alley, their long coats removed; their spurs clanking, their guns swing ing at their sides. Three of them. Bob and Qrat tan Dalton and Powers, entered the Con don National Bank, and covering the cashier with their Winchesters, com manded him to open the vault. Oral hurried around behind tne iron screen that partitioned the vault and the business part of the bank from the front, and opening a heavy grain aack commanded one ot tne tnree clerks to pour Into It all the cash In sight That done, be. with a fierce oatn and threat ening wave of his gun. commanded the cashier to open the vault and get the gold. I can t. replied tne casnier. xn time lock is on tne vault." "What time will It open?" "At half past ." returned the eas ier. The time waa oniy a guess on nis part: It was after 10 o'clock then, but Oat bit at the desperate expedient to gain time. "We'll wait," be announc ed. - : All this time the cltlsens were not Idle. Ho completely by surprise had the assault on the bank been that no one was In the least prepared. Even the town marshal. Prank Connelly, waa unarmed; The first Intimation that I bad of tha affair was when some one ran Into the stable shouting that Con don's bankwas being robbed. I had no weapon In th barn. but. running across the street to a hardware store, I fitted myself out with a smell Win chester, ths first thing that I came up on. Stationing myself on the street I began to fire , Bn the Condon bank, hoping' to frustrate the plans of the bandits. In this I wss soon Joined by others, who hurriedly procured wea pons from ths hardware stores. Tbs plsts glass windows of the bsnk were riddled and bank people narrowly es caped death from tbe flying bullets, but the effect of ths fusillade was to make the robbers chary of staying- too long In the. bank.' In the . grain aack was about 14.000 In silver- and gneerr barke. The silver was discarded, Orat Dalton stuffing" the paper money Into his coat. : . Then they made- their way to ths rear doors of the bank, driving the cashier and bkt assistants before them. When they swans; open the door they were confronted by Oeorgr Baldwin, II year otd, as brave and noble a lad aa ever breathed. In his hand he held pistol, a toy compared to tke weapons carried toy the robbers. Til have to get thst man," said Bob Dalton. and raising hi fatal Winches ter to his shoulder he fired, snd Bald win fell to the ground mortally wound- d, -,';-.'- .- ,-v . i '(,". -. At the other bank,, the 'First Nation al a similar scene was 'enacted. The cashier and others in the bank were msds to hold up their hands snd ths contents of the -vault" wars emptied Into a sack. Here, too the (Ire from tha people orr the' streets, became too severe and they were forced to discard the heavy . silver for the lighter, and more valuable gold and paper. v , , Charles Gumy, another of the brav est men this or any.otlmr tow ha ver known, opened fir on the bank but waa wounded by a shot "from on of ths robbers that splintered th stock of his gun and smashed his right hand into a mass oi raw nesn. mends rushed - out to him and dragged him within the shelter of a store. . i After leaving the First National Em met Dalton stid Dirk Broad well passed down Klghth street," where they wer Joined by" the three from the Con don bank. Therein front of hi shoe shop, stood George Oublne, gun tn hsnd, waiting for- them. Two shots rsng out simultaneously and Cubine fell back dead. Charles Brown a fel low workmen of Cublne's, saw him fall and ran out to help him. again the deadly ride of th bandit spoke and Brown felt a martyr to right and tbe lie of comradeship. - . Passlpg down Union street arter killing Cubine snd Brown, th five hsndlts espied Thomas Ay res, cash ier of the First. Nstlonat Bank, stand ing by the curb with a rifle In hi hand, tiob Dalton' rifle rang out and Ayrea fell, wounded in th head slthouRh the distance wa more than I yards. Bob and Emmet then hurriedly dodg- -ed behind building and were not seen , sgsln until they re-appeared In th al- h l-y where their horses were tied. Orat lltori and hla companions, Bowers snd Hroadwell, regained the shelter of ' ? the alley first. . ..'... "'' In the alley wa standing a Standard ' Oil tank, .to which a magnificent team 'v ' of gray was hitched, . Using th wag on for a breastwork, the thres bandits . prepared to deal death to all- who ' should dare dislodge thm. -- . All this time 1 was, so to , speak,' i' mounting gusrd over the horses, f saw 'i Qrat and his companions take up- their ';..' position behind. the wagon snd I de termlned to wait until the most au- ?., splcloua moment came before attempt-' ; Ing to do anything. Just at this mo' , rrient Bob and ISmmstt came down the : 't alley from Uv other way, making tor their horses. As I saw them they saw ! me. We had often competed In friend- ' ly shooting match. He knew that .X when I fired I shot to kill. , . i Helir he. exclaimed. ; "There's . Kloehr.' I hate to do It, but he's got.- to fall.? For a moment I was trans fixed, watching his fscs Intently as the bird watchea tha snake about to seise it . Then Instinctively iny own rifle csme to my shoulder. I fired Just aa Bon pulled the trigger. Hla bullet ' A went wild, gianclngly striking tha aids ''.' of 'the alley, taking a. .tangent courts ana tilling both Ubs - Standard Oil horses and entering my barn, where It demolished a buggy wheel. But Bob, fioor cnap. lay in .tne - alley, shot h rough ths , breast . Emmet fired ' st me, and I returned the shot. " He was wounded. I could see that. , but he sept sieeauy on. nis companions be hind the oil wagon now opened up on me. t naa no time to care for Em met. Hklrtlnw the .alls nallnar until he. came to a breach, r he ; crawled " U I . through and away. 1 . ' . Ural Uelton. Powers and Rrositwell ' kept up a galling fire on ins. I wa "!TC' not hit Bom wsy I felt exalted. lift- r ; cTBjuimg oa i nis esnn. A did not fear their bullets:-It seemed -as though I was invalnerable. ' finally, orat ex Dosed himself. T mnt him. Then, seised-with a. sudden. trw ror, . Powers and Broadwel) . made a rusn tor 1 tnetr, horses. Bfefora i thev t could mount I had bit them, too, but -Broad well, exerting superhuman effort, . dragged himself into the saddle and '. rode off. His body was found later beside a hedge a mile from town. .' . ummet who bad made hla way to a lumber pile, now re-appeared In the alleyj , obvlouy trjins. to. mcBwhls, horse. I shot him again. - He had enough, and surrendered, end is still doing time at Fort Leavenworth. , - , A DELICATE INSTRUMENT. " . Apparatns for Measurta the One Hcvcnty-MilHontb Part of an Inch t Haa Mow Been Perfected. Consul Mahln Vrltaa from Mnltlnvham ' that, after five years' labor, D. f. E. Shaw, of ths l'nlversity College, has completed an apparatus making Is pos sible to measure the one seventy-millionth part of an -inch, and whlrh will prove of greaV use to scientists la their The Invention consists af a very Ana mlcrotnet screw end a aerie of six lever acting In eonjectlon with It which must be suspended by rubber bands front a specially made, frame and inclosed In a boa. Tha frame Is placed la a vault under the university and aurrounded with. every safeguard against friction and vt- oration.- "out eves then.-, eay Doctor Shaw, ''it le Impossible to carry out ex-' pertinent to be successful while ther la traffic. In th street. Every factory, too. where motive power I emploey. muat be closed, even It It 1 eome distance 'ay." Even a draft Is said to be fatal to the successful measurement of such, minute quantities. as on Mvsnty-mlU llonth part of aa Inch. 'Dust must also be kerjt away from the vault and It la' said that even the bussing of ' aa ordl- : nary fly has mode Is necessary to sus pend experiments until the -Insect . has -been disposed of. v r - ; The apparatus. It I claimed, could be made specially serviceable, in measuring engineering guages. It le broadly assert- -ed that all scientist recognise that Do-' tor Shaw haa succeeded In surpaslsng . every other form of measurement on ' guegee In delicacy and accuracy. Ther . are said to be many other uses for It for Instance, that It will act ss a most ' delicate coherer for wireless telegraphy, ' and will promote th study of nature and posaiDiy or ine movemeaia oi ins mole cules of matter. Doctor Shaw la still Improving hi apparatus In th hope of niMiurini nuan titles still more minute. The general principle of tke method le' electrical touch. This explanation Is given: "If two surface, clean and polish ed, come In contact tho current can at enoe be mad to pass through them snd excite a telephone or other sensitive re corder. Phevtously It hae been impos sible to messure the ape rk Ing gap of an electric current of less than It volts, but with Doctor Shaw' apparatus a park ing gap of half a volt can bs measured. If physicists desire ' to understand end rials naiur nippening iniiaiin hat ther ahould be exact measurements of very email length end of extremely minute pamcies. " " deals In such small quantities It Is use ful to attempt to unravel her secrets without tbe flnt lntrumnU." IS A POISON FACTORY. 7 Visit to Plant Where Tbotisand of . rounds of Drugs Are Mstie An nually and Where Men Wear Class ,. Masks. r " .; - v, -yx New Orleans Tlmes-Deraocrst ' ' "Slip on this alas mask," said the lore- , man. "Tou will need It." The vlaltor donned the uncanny mask of glass, and the foreman led the way to tne cyanioe ot poiaaaium aonannnnb "We make l.ono tons of cyanide a year." ha aald. "A dose of five grain la a fatal on. Thus our annual product 1 enough . . wilt lnAAna mmhUI He. opened door, and a room Allied with' writhing flames, dense shadows, parks, amok snd weird figure In glas masks was ravealed. In the, center of the room, In a great cauldron, 100 pound of molten cyanide of potassium bubblea and eeethed. The flame glinted Strange ly on the glas maaka. . ,. . i ne foreman cougnea. c ThM fumsa." lis aald. "are whole some. The men, you see, are all robuat. I . have anown weaxiy cnaps, worains here among these strange fumes, to pick I.a IIH .n4 iMIHth'1 ' fit another elean. cool room 'the fin ished cyanide was stored. It looked like rrystalised whiS sugar, good enough est. '-'' ;.. .t'. : -.:.. Oood enough io eat." saia ine inre- men, gravely. "Well, .we nave nao mn eat it. Four men .committed suicide In ihat wav. The fuoiee seen to ereat in . our men a desire to taste the drug. They flght thla desire, most oi tnem, succsss- ... 1 1 u I..,. fJk I. ftU aama II avnrk-. era In coffee plants wsnt to chew th coffa beans, and some feel It so strongly a to succumb.".,,-, ; -,vv.,- '- -j . Chrlstlaalty in Vapan. Leslie's Weekly, v , , "'tf re. . Will am Kit nt flrims. WOO was formerly a professor. In the Imperial , University f Jspsji. and Is one of the v, highest suthorlllea In all matter pee-, k tslnlng to that eountry. expresses) K as hi belief that the prospects for lh -nread of Christianity In Japan are much . better now than hey were before the war. . The feet that so many of the , 7 prominent generals and Japanese state, men und the new regime sre professed " Christian ha undeniably given a great Impetus to this faith among the common , people. This promte is connrmeo oy ine ;, , reports of the mlaalonsrlae In Japan, and the American rc mK-mj, wnn-. nn , . . . - i . ......I.. n.b I. I. . . miiniiiiwu a ., r H ....... - - . . ; " , country and In Cores. Among th cities , , fntm whlcli in tne ww ywmr mt. onme reiiueota for in permanent eatsnntti- ; , n,...t nt .administrative eerretaiiee IS Toklo. In reference to the posalhU ex tension of 4hs Tract Society s work, we , are Informed thst England's entrance to Tibet has left Its gates ajsr. end that certain "sacred" eltie of Arable, seem ' shout to pass out ot tnis eeciuaion unocr , ths Sultans rule. y , . , Dr. Henrv' H. 'Converse ,of the Msthemstlcs Depsrimsnt of the Poly technic Institute, Baltimore.' .has re signed from that Inatitution and ac cented a position In Dsvia-and Elkln College, In West Virginia. ; vfi A j i . Ok' 7 j . . .. iy , ( . , ! i.. 1 J' y ,i " -if'.h :; .? , ... . -. 1 - 'J i. '' . I '?
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 13, 1906, edition 1
18
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75