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fiTTAHTiOTTFi ' WHITE MAN ; IS LYNCHED ,;:!- Jt ' '.- - :, .A '- WADESBORO SCENE OF - CRIME " " ';: , . .... i. J i ' Mob Batter Down Doom of Anson -" ! IMHWI - - A VII.. IlmlhA.llla rr, Jw, Owlnn Johtwon, From . Ilia foil String Him. to Tree and AVy Riddle HI . Body With Bullets ' , t rjitiro county Aroused Over lew- ;" lessr Deed and Every Effort WiU be maug to units; luom v -uniit-u overnor instruct .Judge mmv to ,' UO IO BOOM M on on. ,Wadeaboro, May lt. A mob com- jwwwm wj v v , -- vs.svs -v iwim tb jail door shortly after J o'clock , tola moraine - and 'lynched John V. .Johnson, a whlta nan about 40 years old, ; tha killing of ' nl broth- vara -aa-j v a y( . u .. . ajviiMwp - - - December -17,"" laat The'- mob, - It' appear e 'earn,;?. from Mc Farland, .Morven township,- a sma'.l place on the Bouth Carolina' line and, from report In circulation, they were largely unaer viia tauueiic ui wiii , key and treated the prtaonor In moat oruel manner, while taking hlra oat oflown.: One atory la that they told him' to ran for hi life and then filled hla back' with bird hot Thl may or may pot be true, but tn tak- . Ing Johnson out of jail on wrist waa almost aevered and the trail of the mob out of town waa easily traced by . blood splotches. USED RUSE TO GET SHERIFF OUT. About 1:15 o'clock two or three men, partially disguised, appeared at the back door of the Jail and told Sheriff J. A. Boggan they had a prla onor aad displayed a commitment pa ' petr The ahertfX cam out and tn door was bolted behind him. lie tried to set the men to leave, but instead doiena more swarmed In and took hold of the officer and begea to bat - Ur to the doof, at tho same time flr- . Ing aereral shot into the Jail, ono load from a shotgun at close range making an inch hole In the dour frara !" tad pistol bullet burr.lng mark on the Jailer's collar. Gaining admlueloa to tha jail after atxui ielf an hour, the m m swnrnud itp atalra, breaking do-vn two other doors. When the eell waa - reached vciat attempta were mado to brnak dwo tha Iron Coot and the m-! put a number of shotguns through the bar and threatened o all! Johnson, there, when a member of the sher iff family, tearing harm to that of ficial, opened the cell door and John sou was dragged out barefoot and scantily dressed. Re attempted to hold on to something, when he was badly cut on the wrist. The doomed man's appeals for mercy were met with abase a tha mob dragged him out Into tha street. Here tha crowd waa divided Into three squada, with' the prisoner In the center, and amidst vol ley after volley from a number of shotguns and pistol and many shouts, wended It way out the' Morven road In the direction of the scene of the offence . tor which -Johnson waa In JaiL 6HOT TO DEATH BEFORE STRUNG UPT A few block from the Jail John son waa heard to beg plteoualy for time to pray and immediately several shot were fired and the prisoner re mained quiet thereafter, which loats to the supposition that he was dead before the hanging. When a short distance outside of the corporate lim it Johnson was hanged lo a pine tree near the road and hundreda of shots from pistols and shotguns poured Into his body. Indeed, so many shot wr find that the rope waa cut In two and the prisoner' prostrate form was again atrung up. An examination by the coroner to-day showed that the body waa literally riddled from head to foot, "shot all to pieces," as one who has viewed It said. A crowd of townspeople, attracted by the shoot ing, followed tha mob, but when they reached the scene of. execution, all waa quiet and Johnaon had ceased to abow signs of life, even were he alive when banged. MEMBERS OF THE MOB WERE DRINKING. The member of the mob proceeded about a half mile further, where they had hitched their horses, and drove home. One fellow waa too drunk to get away and was found lying beside the road. He Uvea at Morven and hla name was taken but h waa not ar rested. People who saw the mob on Its way out of town say It waa com posed largely of men under the In fluence of whiskey and many empty bottles were noticed ajong tha road. There waa not reason to suppose that an attack would be made on the Jail, save from a report now and then brought to town by a drunken fellow, and just why the lynching should have occurred a month after the trial la a mystery. One of the at torneys for Johnson told mo, he waa greatly surprised, as he had never contemplated anything of the kind. He had, however, a day or two ago, I. .4 ,h, If .mrmm K.ln. MtiAiH mA In the Morven section that they would try to get a removal of the case. There waa no ground for this story, he said, aa no move In that, direction had been made. v.-. " ' '..-.. J - The plan of the lynchers seem' to have been carried out well. ' A nam . ber of picket were placed about town -Jours before the attack on the Jail, ' fn stopped any one and the show of force mad by the lyncher after securing the prisoner made It danger aiib far tha small force which arather d to attempt to oppose the mob. T nhAflfV DaIVIII At fl rjlAaV. anr A IhA tnafll rnA ivi A InlA tn jaw. n repueu, . weii, met is ; my bualnesa' I waa- told, ; however. during th attack on. tha Jail, recog- nltea somer ot - m mva inu caiiea ' here of the mob had their faces Smear- ad with smut bat many of them had , no 'maska at alL ' ' . ., : k JUDOB 0HAW ORDERED ; .TO . i i . - t w aii n.nni tit . ,. f " I learn from different source that ' t,. nama tit manv of them are known -n an 11115 7 wilt vuwuuvw i nuiivu '' to Judge Bhaw when he comes to be (In his investigation. : Th ahertfT said a knew nothing about th Judge's '," ,- coming, but It was known her that ner to come. Solicitor L. P. Robin- ""Sun ai.vTJV ..v.... - ..w f WOUIU -w wi ) . tmll.r.attnn hra and thrnnrh ; . Mt Anson county over the work of ! ins niuua bb.wwb m TO GET HOUSE QUORUM SERGEANTS . LUG ' IN MEMBERS Minority leader Cllllama Raised' the loint, a Uiusl Recently, ) ana ''After Roll 'Call ILid Known 'Ab. ' aenco of a Quorum,. Hotel Matt to - bo Koouixl----'Conipuljiory ' JEduca ' tJon." Kay Iowa Member, tare- - UovjJy4Jompulory Kducation BUI , for Dl.trlct , of lolambla Iaed V After Quorum Had , Mem Scscared. Washington, May 1 7 Early "In the session of the House to-day Mr. Wllllama. of ' Mississippi, the floor leador of the . minority, made th point that- there , was no quorum preaent, and It took a call -of the House to atatt the wheels of legis lation. After the appearance of a quorum the Houae concurred In amendment mad by tha Senate to -a number of Houae bill. The House then resolved Itself In to a "city council" for th considera tion of bill relating to the District of Columbia. v Th compulsory education bill or the District occupied most of the day In It consideration, the bill being finally placed on, Its passage. ' On a division tho absence of a quorum was disclosed.' Mr. ' Wil liam, of Mississippi not desiring to raise the point, moved that the House adjourn.' Mr,' Payne, of New York, mad a similar motion. "I am perfectly willing that the motion should come from that ' aide of the chamber." aald Mr. Wllllama But the motion did not prevail, th Re publicans voting In the negative. Mr. Wllllama mad the point of "no quorum" and a call of th House ensued, the ' yea and nay being called on the pasaag of the com pulsory education bill. The sergeant-at-arma and hi as sistant started on a round ef th hotel and ether residence of mem ber and one by on the members reported. Mr. Hedge, of Iowa, after having voted, mad a parliamentary Inquiry. "I this compulsory educa tion T" he askd, which created a round of laughter. On the appear ance of Oen. Groevenor. Of Ohio, Mr. Williams, In a facetious vein, stated that the rules of the House compelled an explanation. Mr. arosvenor replied tnat nit presence was the best explanation. At 7:41 a quorum was obtained, two hour having been consumed In the effort. Mr. Wllllama of Mississippi, stated that for th first time In the life of this Congies th strict rule of the House had been put In operation as te bringing member before the bar under arrest, and aa there seemed to be some misunderstanding In relation to the rule, he asked unanimous con sent that the whole matter or the making of a quorum be stricken from the record. Mr. Payne objected. The bill was then passed aad the House adjourned until noon to-morrow. citizens, despite th fact that th feel Ins; aaainst J. V. Johnson ha been very bitter, and I wa asktd to not the fact that the good people or tne county greatly deplored th dispiayi or lawlessness. It has been pointed out that It was not possible for John son to' have been convicted of mur der In the first degree, for a fight waa In progress at the time or had been when be fired the shot which killed young Owlnn Johnson. WAS A PEACEABLE MAN. The man who wa lynched la said to have been a peaceable character save that he was drinking. He re cently spent some time at a Morgan ton sanitarium for treatment for the liquor -habit There have been sev eral cases of Insanity In hla family and, altogether, the circumstances combine to make the action of the mob most deplorable. The body waa to-day sent to Mc- Farland for burial but. owing to th feellna axalnst th deceased. It was refused a place tn the cemetery. The same wa said to be the case at Mor ven and the remaine were Interred In an old field about two miles from McFarland. There la no excitement whatever here over th occurrence end th only Indication that anything un usual naj taken, place la a few small knot of men here and there dlscuss- 4ng th circumstances. Sheriff Borran la a man of feeble health and the experience seem to have gone hard with him. One wrist was eeverely brulssd In the souffle. and I wa told that hi son received a akin wound In the head from bird ahot fired Into the JalL , LAWYERS DECLINE TO AGREE TO i DEFEND LYNCHERS. . Several lawyer were approached to-day by men who wanted to retain them to defend parties who might be Indicted In connection with the lynching, but I could learn of no at torney who agreed to tak auch pros pective cases. J, v. Johnaon leavea a wife and two small children, vhn reside near Morven. It la explained tnat tne men oomnoslna the mob probably all cam from Morven town ship and In th vicinity of th Stat line where, aa la usual In auch sec tion, many tough character reside and that thla fact, combined with th bitter ' feeling over the crime.- nmh. ably, accentuated by a plentiful sun piy or liquor, nrougni snout th lynch Ing. - It seem certain, however, that th men who planned the attack on th Jail were not drunk. Th work was carried out entirely too well for that Altogether It wa aa occurrence which 'cause law-abldlrur cttlsena to shudder when they repeat It detail ana, rrom wnai i can oiscern, th au thorltiea will have every assistance In whatever move Is made to prose cut the guilty parties. ; . , ' THE HOMICIDE. ' J. V. Johnaon was triad1 th. April term of Anson Superior Court for th murder of Outnn Johnson, the Jury falling to agree on a verdict Judge Bhaw, who presided at th tnai, reprimanded tne jury for' It Inability to reach "a verdict and a mistrial was ordered, th prisoner be ing remanded to Jail . for a eecond trial at th next term of court The trial wa vlgoroualy contested on both idea Solicitor-1 . D. . Robinson, wa assisted In th . prosecution by' Mr. John A. McRae, of th Charlotte bar. and Mr. H. H. McLendon, of Wade boroj while th defence waa ably rep resented by Meeer. T. L. Caudle, J. A. Lockhart, Jr., John T, Bennett and Henry Bogan The evidence, showed that th two men were engaged In an altercation when tb fatal shot was After a trial which occupied near ly a week, the Jury took' the .esse. The first ballot 'was eight for mur der In the first degree, three for mur der In th second degree and on for acquittal. After being out three deya th final ballot wa eleven for murder In the second degree and one - for manslaughter. A mistrial waa then ordered by Judge Dhaw and th sec ond trial act for the July tTm of court. - - J. C, ABEUNETUr, JUiifiE ne'altowadesbObo ORDERED THERE BY OOVEnNOR In Compliance With Request of Solid t tor ltobcreon. Uovernor Glenn In- 'strtM ts Judge Jcal to go St Once t Wadeeburo -for Special Term of toart j ndemus ' Lynching . In Mrong . . Terms Ltllistoa . fcculeno " Attlrmnd Hniweroe Court Adjourns To-Day Over Two Hundred Moon- eiiloe Case for ' Federal Court .News Koto of State CapltaL i . ' . . -Observer Bureau, ... V 111 South Dawson street, .V -. ... Raleigh, May SI. Oovernor. Olenn was notified this afternoon., by, th , sheriff of - Anson county that a mob entered tb Jail at Wadeboro last night and lynched John V. Johnson charged with mur der. Solicitor. Robertson, telegraphed the Oovernor and asked' that a Judge be sent there to hold a special term of court. The Oovernor has ordered Judge Shaw to go there immediately and to .- thoroughly investigate th lynching. The Oovernor remarked. In the plainest terms, that there waa ao excuse In the world for, the lynching, as a special term of court had al ready been ordered to try th man charged with -the murder." lie added that th affair wa blot upon th good nam of the State and that It would be sifted f the botton. " LILLISTON'8 SENTENCE STANDS. " The Supreme Court filed flv oplav Ion this afternoon, it amrms tn sen tence of Bob Lllllston. th fakir Sen tenced to the penitentiary for the murder of -Charles O. Bmtth, another fakir, at the ciee of th State fair here. In th case of Wilmington va Bynum, the decision - of the lower court allowing 14,000 attorney fee I revered. The caae of Wallace va Railway, from Charlotte, te atlrmtd. The caae of the town ef Durham va Alien Kuffln'a- Cotton- Mill, at Hllls boro, te affirmed, thla continuing the Injunction against emptying sewerage Into th Kno river. ' The court will ad Jvura for- th term to-morrow morn ing. Only one case U yet opened, and this will probably be disposed ef to morrow, la the case of Coffee va Harris, from Swain, ths decision of the lower court la affirmed. To-morrow morning Bishop Chesh ire will lay the cornerstone of the new 1 11,000 hospital, to be known as St Ange Hospital, at St Augustine's Normal SchooC colored, at Raleigh. The United State District Court be gan an interesting term here this morning. Judge Purnell presiding. There are 110 moonshine cases on th docket which I about th aver age. . An Important case I on against an ex-rout agent, charged with stealing stamp between Norfolk and Edenton. The, most Important of all the cases, however. Is thst against Deputy Col doctors Downing and Standi I, charged with murder In the first degree In kill ing a moonshiner In Duplin county. The United State district attorney wtl. appeal for the defence while the solicitors of th third and fourth Ju dicial districts, Dodolph Duffy and Artniatead Jones, wtll appear tor th prosecution. -Th caae la set for next Monday. District Attorney Skinner says thai" HTund errUBd stTre -Bute wiU make a motion for continuance. Thla ease was removed by Judge Purnell from the State to th Federal Court The grand Jury of Duplin has re turned a true bill for murder. CHARTERS GRANTED. Charters are granted the Reversible Skating Rink Company, Ashevllle, E. L. Alexander and othera stockholders: alo a charter to the Dr. Terry Medi cal Company, of WUkesboro,. capital stock MO, 000, which will manufacture Dr. Terry's Electric Oil and : other patent medicines, taking over part of ths business of ths P. E. Dancy Medi cal Company. The baocalaureate sermon before St Mary's Female College was preach ed yesterday by Rev. Richard W. Hogue. of Wilmington, and was par ticularly fine. The chapel waa filled. Next Friday the executive commit tee f th Democratic party tor thla congreaaional district meet -her and will fig th date for th convention, which will be railed the day before the 8tat convention at Greensboro, so that tha delegates can go directly from her to th latter place. VALUE OF THE RALEIGH BOUTHPORT. Th Raleigh A South port Railway, now building Into Fayettevllle from her. 1 a much more Important line, not only to Raleigh but to various railway, than th publlo Imagine, Th attitude of Mr. Mill and th oth er owner of th road ha always been and Is now one of absolute Independ ence and frankness, aad thla ha had no little) effect upon the great railway system. Thla short line of road, a It now la. will give th Atlantic Coast Lin entrance into Raleigh and. the Southern and Seaboard road en trance Into Fayettevllle, to which place It will also give admission to th Norfolk V Western, ' which can us th track of Mr. Duke s read from Durham to Daan,-which crosses, near Puquay Springs, this county, th line of th Raleigh A Southport Th Ral eigh" Bouthport will also glv th Raleigh ' Pamlico Sound Railway, which . I a part of the now quit prominent Norfolk A Southern system, entrance to Fayettevllle. . With - Mr. Mill all th roads are on equal foot lag. - It was .thought that' hi line would -be finished Into Fayettevllle by th middle 'of June, but It will be perhaps a month later before . It 1 completed, trouble about. right of way having caused th delay. . It la not yet known, of course, whether thla road will' go te Southport or whether It will not get the benefit of th new road of which Mr. John Skelton Wil liam ha taken charge and go on lo Charleston, Mr. William -road. In tending to us tks Raleigh, A. South' srn yards at Fayettevllle. - r , . Chief Justice Clerk, la delivering the oplnlon-of th Supreme Court In th notable case - against 'Lllllston, th fakir, from which Justioee Walk er and Conner dissent, says In parti "la a leas restrained community than Raleigh, It la possible that the con tempt shown by these men, Lllllston and Harry Clark, who were firing re volver ' In th crowded union pas. senger ststlon, for law and the lives of othera would have mat with more prompt, punishment. .Certainly ther are places where . both, -would have been promptly taken In hand, by In dignant people and . hanged i to ' th nearest tree and tax-payer would not hav been burdened with th ax pens of a 'long trial nor courta with th examination of technicalities to sav th live of men without merit in 'any- aspect of the vlflenc, r But this community ' had faith In th court that Justice would be so ad ministered therein a to compel re spect for that law ' which- forbid murder.'''. . ."''.-! .'?. Judge Purnell -' In charging - th grand Jury In th United State Dis trict Court here to-day aald that per son In Raleigh were aelHng dtspen aary whiskey her by cample and that, unless such persons have govern ment license In this' district 'they are violating th - law and should b In-1 CANAL SUPPLIES DEBATER) XTPE OF DITCH .ANOTHER TOPIC Senatet Divide Time Between Reso i luUoa Authorizing Purchase Only 1 of American ttuods Unless Price are Extortionate,"' and the Ques tion of Sea-Level or Lock Construe - tlon Word wUnreaonabl" Deem . d Sufficient by Messrs. Mallory and - StoneMr.- Morgan Denounces Ca ' nal Zone lew and Would Have It i .Created a). Military Reservation. . T Washington My 18. In the Sen ate to-day Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, speaelng on the Joint resolution re ported from the .committee on finance, authorising the purchase of articles for th Panama Canal to be of United States production "unless the price were extortionate and unreasonable In the opinion of the President, denounc ed the laws put In force by the Presi dent for th government of the canal cone, which h declared to be an abuse of power. No member of Con gress would dare to Introduce such laws, he said. H mentioned aa an Instance the provision permitting the government to banish undesirable per sons. . This law, he aald, was abso lutely necessary to, good government and th canal sons could not be con trolled without It Yet, he said, the President had exceeded his authority. He said that two . years' experience had developed th fact that the canal never ran b built under existing law. The affair of the sone, he said, had been placed In the hands of men who hav no boundaries of power. PROPOSES .11 PER CENT. DUTY. In line with hla. remarks. Senator Morgan offered an amendment mak ing the canal sone a military reserva tion, and providing that all of the In come of th cone should be set apart for th benefit of th sone, to be ad ministered, lor thai purpose without having to b covered Into the Treas ury of th . United Statea Thla amendment provided for the payment of a duty of II per cent ad valorem on all good Imparted te the oanal eone from territory not controlled by the United Stat.- ' Senator Rayner,. of Maryland, op posed th resolution. He stated his objection, he said, because the Mary, land Steel Company, a concern In his State, was on t the beneflciarle of the resolution, and it waa the lowest bidder In this .country for two steel dredgea upon which blda have been mailed. - - i .; - Senator Mallory offered an amend ment to th resolution to strike out the word "extortionate," so that goods could be purchased abroad If Ameri can prices were unreasonable. Sena tor Stone favored tha amendment and spoke in opposition- to the resolution. Senator Galllnger offered an amend ment providing that all goods for the canal sone ahall be earrled In Ameri can ahlps whereever that la possible. SEA-LEVEL CANAL ADVOCATED. The resolution wont over until to morrow, and the Be net took up the canal type bill. Senator Klttredae spoke at length In .defense of a sea level canal. He entered upon a tech nical discussion of the sea-level plan. He said th only engineering prob lems to bo-met-iiy the plan are tho 'flam tor "buflt at.OaTtrboa and 4h proposed tidal lock eh tn Pacific aide. Senator Oallinger asked It It was not a fact that the great Datum dam for tho lock canal would be founded on mud. "Absolutely a fact," replied Senator Klttredge. - Senator Hopkins denied the state ment saying that th dam would be built on rock except for two points, and Senator Klttredge read from the letter of W. Henry Hunter, chief engi neer of the Mencheeter Ship Canal, in support of his statement concerning the canal. In reply to question - by Senator Clay It wa stated by th South Da kota Senator that the time of passage of a ship through th lock canal la much greater thai! through the aea lvl canal. Senator Bacon showed from statements mad that th sea level canal, could be deepened much easier than th lock type. At 4:45 th canal bill waa laid aside for th day. FOR TENNESSEE GOVERNORSHIP Bitter Contest Between Cog and Pat- tersoa to Reach Ilnal- Stage In , Ihrrnocratlc Convention To-Day Judge Bond a ComproeoJs Man. Naslwills, Tenn., May SI. Th Stat Democratic convention will meet her to-morrow. : to nominate candidate, for Oovornpr and railroad commissioner. Oovernor John L Cox, Congressman Malcolm R. 1 Patterson, of the Unth district, and Judg John R. Bond ar candidate for guberna torial honors, and th contest befor thconvntion promise to he a warm one. .. .- Cox and Patterson hav thoroughly canvassed the State separately, and bitter feeling has been . engendered, personalities, entering largely into their dlscussiona - It Is understood that Judg Bond's friends hop h may develop strength aa a compromise man. The candidate for railroad commissioner ar H. H. Hanna. Jame Allan, W. 11. Cletgu and T. L. Wllllama ., , "i REBELS INVADE GUATEMALA. Y?Mi Professed Object of MAmerloan r Icing- - G asternal," Revolutionary . Kxpedltlon Mae Troop Inside 'Border. Mexico City,. May Jt-Revolutlonary troop haf crossed th Guatemalan bor der from th north and from Salvador ahd British Honduras. . They' ar wall armed and equipped. Th stated object of i these expedition I to Americanise Guatemala. .' t'.:...'..;.' 1 Washington.' May - a.-Guatemal - Is threatened with a revolution which may endanger American Interests In the re public, according to dispatch reoelvd at th State Department to-day from Minister Combs and Sch warts A Com pany, an American concern owning rail way and dock property In Guatemala. The keen of the trouble Is In the north ern part of the republic, near the Mexi can frontier, but th cause Is Interna. ' Troop ar being massed by the revolu tionists In suoh numbers that foreigners with property Interests . In th republic are much alarmed. - -v - ., -, v .. dieted. ? These' persons represent dis tiller at Baltimore .and other place and ell liquor by wholesale. ' Th manager, of th dispensary can be sent for and questioned. .The Judg aid be . was hot a prohibitionist but that th: statute law must be en forced and that the act of auch liquor agent wa wore than those of opera tor ot blind " tigers. It la current rumor that Raleigh men, and som from other point, hav acted as such agents for many month. -; v'; : : C Tha . Oovernor w notified" that Judg Shew could not leav home on account of th ill nee of on of hi children." He, therefor, orders Judge Neat to go to Wadesboro Immediately and bold a special term of court1 to Investigate lynching. SPOTS CIUTTAK00GA- MOB GOVERNMENT ABOUT TO PUNISH. Lynching of Nogro Rapist In Defiance of United Stales Supreme Court' . , Order Granting Appeal is Followed, : After a Cotudilerable Interval of , Time, by Action on Attorney Oen rrel's Part Iave Granted by ' Court - to , File an Information Against Id Defendant, Who Are Named Sheriff and Deputies Scored. Washington, May 18. The govern ment ha taken steps to punish tho persona who are responsible for the lynching. In Chattanooga, Tenn.. on March II last of the nogro Ed John son, who, under the aentenc of death' for rape, had been allowed an appeal by the United Statea Supreme Court from the Circuit Court of the United State for the eastern district of Tennessee. In he Supreme Court to day Attorney General Moody filed an information requesting that In con sideration of the acts committed by the partlea named, it issue a rule upon each of them, to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of th court. The persons named as defendants are: John F. Ship p. Frank Jones, Matthew Galloway. C. A. Baker. L. B. Taylor, Fred Frauley, George Brown, Jeremiah Gibson, Marlon Per kins, Joseph Clark, "Nick" Nolan, "Sheenle" Warner, Luther Wllllama Paul Pool, William Marquette, William Heeler, Claude Powell, Charles J. Powell. "Bart"- Justice, John Jones, A. J. Carthwrlght Henry Padgett, William May, Frank Ward, John Warnell, and Alfred Hammond. SHERIFF IN CONSPIRACY. The Attorney General recited the facts of th arrest, conviction and sentence of Johnaon, the denial of hla petition for writ of habeas corpus by th Circuit Court in which it was al leged among other things that the petitioner had been denied a trial by a fair and impartial Jury and had been denied the aid ef eounseU In violation ot th order of the court ot March II allowing the appeal to the Supreme Court; and the fact ot the telegraphing the order of the court to John F. Shlpp, sheriff of Hamil ton county, who had Johnson in charge. The Attorney General then stated that th sheriff and his deputies had every reason to believe that an attempt would be made to lynch Johnson, and that notwithstanding thesfacU th sheriff withdrew from the Jail early In the evening of the lth the usual guard and left In chara-a only the night Jailer, Deputy Sheriff Gibson. WAS CONTEMPT OF COURT. It was also stated that about 0 o'clock of that night the defendants and a large number of other persons combined and conspired together to lynch Johnson with Intent to show their contempt and disregard for the order of the court The facts attending; the Ivnchtng are given In tb information filed and the statement is made that although Sheriff Shlpp returned to the Jail while it was In possession of a mob, neither h nor Deputy Gibson did anything to prevent th lynching, but id fact aided those engaged In It. - The court granted leave to file as requested, making th rule return able on the second Monday of the next term of court, Oct IS next Caused Surprise In Chattanooga. Chattanooga, Tenn.. May II. The action of the Attorney General of the United Statea came as a surprise here, the local grand Jury having failed to find an indictment acalnst the lynchers of Johnson, although strongly charged by Judge McRey nolds. It Is supposed that the evidence adduced was Insufficient to make out a case agalnsc any suspect. Ten of " the men named by th At. torney General ar officials, the sheriff and his deputies. The othera are not widely known or prominent CALLS TOBACCO TRUST WORST. Standard Oil Company Not In the Comparison, Says Mr, Stanley, of Kentucky, In Uie House Commis sioner Garfield Hot on its Trail. Washington. May II. Th Amerl can Tobacco Company, the Continen tal Tobacco Company and the Im perial Tobacco Company wer. th subject of a scathing denunciation at the hands of Mt. Stanley, of Kentucky, to-day in th House ot Representa tives. Speaking to'' his resolution, which calls upon the President to furnish the Hbuse with any Information the Department of Commerce and Labor may have aa to th combination be tween the tobacco companies above named, in violation of th act In re straint of trade, Mr. Stanley stated that he aad. not seek to push his resolution at this time. He had been In consultation with Commissioner Garfield, of th epartment of Com merce and Labor, and had learned that the Bureau of Corporations was "hot on th trail of Ikes companies," and as he desired to hav them run to earth, he would not Insist upon the passage of th resolution now. Mr. Stanley said that neither th Standard Oil Company nor the Penn sylvania Railroad Company, nor any other combination of men, outside of the penitentiary, hav openly vio lated the law .as th American To bacco Company has during the past two yeara He made the statement that It was the moat perfectly, organ lied combination that weighs upon th houlders of th American people, RATE BILL CONFERENCE OPENS View President Names Messrs. Elk Ins, Cullom and Tubmen on the Pari of the Senate and 'These Hold Preliminary Meeting With House Xmferee ' ' . Washington, May !. A mesas g from the House asking for a conference on the railroad rate bill wss laid before the Bsnst to-day by Vlo President Fair barks. Senator Tillman, who had charge Of the measure during Its troubled course thrOugh th Senate, moved that th re quest be grantad and oonferees appoint d by the chair, Senator Ballsy prtested 4 by the chair. Senator Ballsy protested the coal amendment which provision ex cepted lumber and manufactured prod ucts thereof. II said be was out of the chamber when the amendment .was adopted, 'and although he knew It had bene offered he had thought It defeated. Th conference asaea was asreea to and the Vie president named Senstors Rlklns, Cullom snd Tillman a oonferees on the part of the Senate. , h - Ten minute . after the Senat con feree were appointed, Chairman Elklns called a mfcetlns; of. tb Joint oonferees snd they assembled in Senator Kiklna' mom. The meeting waa only preliminary, thouah there wss some aisoussion or in bllt The House conferees wer asked to preaent aojr objections ther have to "th wlsdnm of the genaU," In amend ing th Rous bill. ''We commend to you." said on of th Senators, "as a piece of our monumental, folly, th anti pass amendment, but you may do as you Win with it." ; ; .-- The conferee win meet stain to-mor row. A,!--:V'-,-i;'':?;i',:,Vi. Ji:XMi lA.fi v. t-iv'-'v. BAD WBECK IN LOUISVILLE EIGHT KILLED AND S3 INJURED. Louisville Nashville Train Meet Accident While , Nearlng Union Station Through Breaking of Flange on a Car Wheel, Throwing Open Switch and Causing ' Two Coaches to Sideswipe Box Car on Siding Front End of Day Coach Broken In for ZU Feet The Dead and Injured. Louisville, Ky., May II. Eight persons were killed and II Injured to day -by the derailment of four cars of a passenger train on the Louisville A Nashville Railroad. 'The train was nearlng the union station at Louis ville at a moderate speed when a flange on a wheel of the smoking car broke, throwing open a switch and causing two of the coaches to side swipe several box cars on a siding. The dead: , . HOWARD B. COLEMAN. Stanford, Ky. T. W. THORPE. Broadhead, Ky. GEORGE W. PONDER, Broad head, Ky. JOHN C. BLACK. Louisville. WM. PRUITT. colored. Lebanon, Ky. FRANCIS WEAVER, Broadhead. Ky. MARTIN HILTON, Broadhead. Ky. UNIDENTIFIED WHITE MAN, laborer. Th severely Injured: John McChord. Lebanon. Ky., will recover; Charles Spetsa. New Haven, both legs fractured; Joel SpelssyNew Haven, both legs crushed, not expect ed to live; Murray Samuel, Lebanon JuncUon, right leg broken. Most of the others Injured were trainmen and negroes. The locomotive and .the combina tion baggage and mail car passed the switch in safety, but a flange on the forward truck ot the amoklng car broke, throwing the switch open. The rear trucks of the' smoking car ran on the switch, followed by th day coach and two sleeping- cars. The smoking car did not break loose from the train, and waa dragged 200 feet along tha tie until the aide of the car struck a string of freight cars, tear ing off the roof of the smoking car. The front nd of th day coach was broken in for 10 feet, seats being torn up snd all the windows broken. The hot water heater, which waa In the forward end of the day coach, was hurled to the middle of the car, kill ing H. B. Coleman. The Bleeping cars were not damaged to any extent. Tho bodies of the dead were so badly disfigured that identification was dlfllcult. EPIDEMIC OF BURGLARIES, Sallxbury In the Clutches of Houee breakera Retddmce of t W. Windsor Entered snd Tom Brown 1h Held for the Crime Attempts Msdo to Enter Other Residences. Special to The Observer. Salisbury. May 28.-Th- spring epidemic of burglaries btKn well last nlht but had a rather unfortunate ending- in tha arrest of the chief. He la now behind (he bars. Thers are reports of almost numberless sttempts throughout the city, but nnlv on was successful snd that carried with It the arrest of one of the men. At the residence of Mr. W. L. Rankin, an attempt to bresk Into the house was plainly registered in the dust on the blind where on of the Slats was broken. The watch dog made a nerce attack upon the marauder, but was kicked off the plaxsa and put out of com mission. In the same vicinity, at the home of C. W. Windsor, about 4 o'clock this morning, W. M. Davis, proprietor of the Osm Restaurant, waa aroused by a noisa and discovered a man going through hla clothes. The robber ran but Davis followed and ran him a close race. The fellow waa so hard pressed at the foot of the stslrs that he dropped a watch find continued the flight he had started. Mr. Ports retained a good de scription of his man and went back to m what had lMn missed. A Dlatol that he had borrowed yestsrday and 4 were gone snd he reported the case to tne or ilpr. Their search ended In th arrest of Tom Brown about 10 o'clock this morning and Mr. Davis positively Identi fied him. This afternoon Eaqulre T. M. Kern heard the case snd bound Brown over tn court without bail. Arrested nearly at the seme hour was John W. Fraley, whom Mr. Davia hl i.iil tn nronnunce the second of the two men found In his room. The resemblance was at rlklns but he would not swenr positively. Mr. Kern sent both men to jail, but Is inclined to th heller that Fraley may prove an alibi. Brown at tempted unfortunately to do It. His wit nesses were wise enough about the hour. They declared he was In their room about 1 o'clock, which waa near day break they thought. If Fraley can prove where he was this morning at 1:W be will be released. The offense is a very grave one and calls for capital punishment Th en trance wa effected by breaking the lock and burglary of tbe first degree will un doubtedly be the Indictment, drown is said to be a bad man and has spent much of his time on th roads. He re cently set himself and some prisoners free by opening from the Inside th city 8rlson. When he was locked up again he eclared that he would break out before morning and had almost mads his de fiance good when caught by an officer. Both young fellows ar Salisbury men snd hav spent most of their lives here. fr.i haa borne much th better record and there Is some hope that he will prove out. CLOSING OF CATAWBA COLLEGE. CommetKMsnent Exercise Inaugurated by Baeralanreate Sermon by rresi dent Knyder Exercise largely At tended. Special to The Observer. Newton, May tt. Ths exercises or com mencement week at Catawba College wore Inauaru rated Sunday evening, when Prealdsnt George Albert Snyder preach ed the baocalauraeate sermon before a large and attentive audience of students, tavninwinls and visitors. "And - who then Is willing to consecrate his service this day unto tne umar, waa rTeaiaeni Knvder-s theme end Its handling showed oareful preparation and a clear grasp of tb subject, it was, mrougnoui, strong and forceful, filled with rich truthe, beau tifully expressed. ... , Last nlsht the exercise consisted of a recital by the students ef the must de partment, oeror an suuienc oi aw peo ple. ' Tha nroeramme to-htxht waa rendered by the students of the school of expres sion ana was oi Brent interest, sinoe mis Is a new department at catawoa. Tha remaining exercises of the week promise to be the meet largely attended snd enjoyable In th history ot tb Insti tution. . .v V " jnany or tn siumni ana oia stuoenis will be present to inspeot th wonderful transformation brought about In th building and equipment during the past year, which will put Catawba along the first rank of moderniy equipped colleges In western North Carolina, ' safe Cracker Work la Georgia' VU- ,!..(,' ;.V-.'-''Hr; -age,.' , - - : Jssup, Oa., 'May . II. Two - safes were hiown oebn snd robbed last night at Odnm, II miles north of this town. T-i-k." carter company - lost about ' 1600. W.- J." O'QuInn - lost about 17. On ..hundred and forty dollars of th money taken rrom tne ate of Carter ft Company belonged to th poalofnc. NO burglar insur ance waa - carried by any of those who Buffered lose, nor I there : any Clue by ; wb.lch jtb robbra may be tracd. . I'v'V'-w v'V; -V'' V-;-.'' , ,..'' v ?,.'.'v,;'.',v v;:vv'l;;Mv'i,;' !:;!, 'jv' A YICTOBY FOB SOUTHEBN. DECISION EC. GREENSBORO CASE. Supreme Court of United State Af J firm Derision of Circuit Court In Case Wherein Corporation' Com- . i mission Sought to Force (southern to Place Car on Private Side-Track at Greeemboro Development Ex peeled Thl Week In ttallitbary V PostmasterHhlp Matter lr. Butler Alone, It Is Said, Knew of Mr. Rollins Intention to Itcalgi Chair ni.ntiln. .. BY. W. A. HILDEBRAND. Observer Bureau. - 1417 O street. N. W., ' t ' Washington, May 21. Tho Supreme Court to-day decided th cas of tb North Carolina cor f poratlon commission against tb -Southern Railway Company In favor -of the railroad company. This was -one of two well-known cases tnstttot- I : sd by the commission, th other be ins; tne - aeunan connection cas. . which has not aa yet been adjudlcat- d. Four cars of coal war shipped' to a coal and Ice concern of Greene- boro, but the Southern declined to place the car on th private side- track of th Greensboro concern, sim ply leaving th leaded cars on a aid " track In th yard of tho railroad company. Tbe Greensboro company , appealed te the corporation eommla.; slon, asking that the railroad com - -pany be compelled to mov th ear to ! -th prlvat track. Th Southern ex- pressed Its willingness to place th.' car on th other switches, but plead- ed Inability to comply with, th de ; . mand a to thl particular switch, i, Th railroad company attacked tbe law as unconstitutional en the ground that It Involves an interference with inter-State commerce and tha Circuit Court sustained this position. That'! decision waa affirmed . by to-daya , opinion, wblch was ' delrrered by Juatic Whit. In hi opinion Justice ; Whit ald that Stat railroad oean- r mlsslonsr hav authority to reason ably regulate th delivery of freight ; within th State, but not to th tent of Imposing a burden on eem-. merce between tb State aa waa th case in this Instance. EARLT SETTLEMENT LOOKED f FOR. Ther will be development thl" week In the matter of th poetoffic at Salisbury. If Butler succeeds la holding up th nomination of Post-' master Ramsey he will hav to pro duce some good and valid reasons for-.' , such course. Senator Slmmona says , Senator Overman will appear befor the Senate postoffice committee, of . which he Is a member, and will hav something to say on th subject on ; the ground that Salisbury la the home town of the Junior North Carolina: Senator. At last accounts, no formsl charts had been preferred against Mr. Ramsey, and 8enator Penross ha several times promised that ther shall be no undue delay In th mat- , ter of confirmation If th charge ar , frivolous. Benstor Overman says h V has had some Intimation aa to what the so-called charges wouia ne. out that h does not attach any Import ance to th atlegatioiM. - -' BUTLER ALONE KNEW ROLLINS' INTENTIONS. It Is aald her that Mr. Butler aloa anew wnst wum wurau's " . of Mr. Rollins when he was working! out his plsna to relinquish the chair manshtp. . Not only did frtenda of , the late chairman attribute to blm , the positive declaration that he would not resign, but Collector Duncan, who:, presumably does a good part of the thinking for the organisation crowd. ',, confirmed thla report by saying. Just, before he and Mr. Rollins left for , Greensboro, that. If Mr. Rollins had ' any Intention of resigning, he was not , aware of the fact. From th political; ' gossip heard to-day It I inferred that Butler knew all about what waa , going to happen, and it I furthr aatd that the former Populist Senator la going right ahead with hi arrange- nienls for the Republican Stat con-' ventlon and that he hae som but. prises in stor for his ,'opponnta 1 only one member of house deleg' tlon, Mr. Page, wa her to-day. . -. : Named for KcrnorsvUle Foe roaster, ship. Washington. May .1. The rresi, dent to-day sent to th Senat tbe nominations of Henry T. Pnn. to be collector of custom, district of Brunswick. Ga.: Branson K. Beeton.1 . to b postmaster at KeraerevUI, N - C, and Archibald E. MoCiintie. to d. postmBtr at FlncaU. Va. , ASK AMERICAS INTERVENTION. .. tr...i.j ...I rnnwll nf thj fit at Pani ma Appeals to vncie run so uw , unco rmvr - Council Denotmcv Act as Uapatrl-' Colon, May II. Th municipal'. council of Panama, In extraordinary . ,-,M Mav unanimously) adopted ths following resolution: "Reolvd, Tnat w solicit tne in ;. h.i w BiiOinrltv of the . IDl If Ukiun w - w - United Statea In tb popular election T..--. a m vA T,iii,t tn order that "K - -." i .... 7- they may a riixa witnon vw w . n n .4 without nreludlce to any . legitimate Interest allowing each cltl-, ; . a Mil annfitanMllH VOt. ' "Tn municipal cvsi rsu.., .1.1. i i mm mm mrnoratiaB that assumed on November S. 101, th re- , SDonalblllty for th movement for sep- . . - n.i-Hl.u fw fh. h.f- ' arauon mm vwiv.uum - i.rm.nt ot our natlv land and for eatabllshlng a just government, re , spectabl and obedient to th laws. consider lt thir duty to xprea nere. ,., k ilia, nana cnerisnea vue.t to inu-- trlous gfovernmnt of the United States, peneirstwa or BDonslbtllty. voluntarily aoceptad be-", .w. vin favnraihlv receive iurv in m. - - . this petition, which tend to strength ; ent tn tie yaii.w tude between the Fanaman people and th Uniud Sutea" . Th resolution la . preceded by a lengthy' declaration, claiming; that a fair election cannot otherwise by e Th .' municipal council of Colon held a session yetrdy at which th following was adopted: :' J - . . Hb.iit Thst wa nreteat In the nam of our constituent against the unpatriotic conduct of? th municipal council of Panama la assuming- sn at titude Involving function of national urvention of a foreign' powr( In the tervetnlon of . a foreign' power In th internal affair of thl country, to th detriment of, lh security of thl re public." i i'' " , 2 .. Th United Btt cruiser Cotumhin. arrived her to-day from Ouantnna mo with 400 marines on board. Th- marine, are expected to J.ina to morrow. Th re-enforement of t marlnea on th llius at th pre-.. . t moment ha no -direct, bearing ot th poUtlcal situation her. V '..( .. . T.i( i. - State cruiser Mtrblehesd. Comn a er R.' T .Muliipsn., arrirea ru i . t day, , w w--jw v i'. ' - -f ,yg .ft,T-"-l!'i-,'..v','. .-'-' -V". iVV.ii.1 :""-J : , far
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