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- i. ;1W A' J 1 -i" -. ,.4.. SDBSChlPTIOS PRICE: $8.00 PKK YEAR: , :v CHARLOTTE, T; C., MONDAY MORNINO, JUNE '18, 1906. y: vH , PRICE FIVE CENTS. 0 .HIS BODY FOUND IN "WOODS NEWBERN MAN'S DEATH SUDDEN Death, Which a Coroner's Jury 6ays f wss vim co Apoplexy, uame 10 nr. ' ' C. IV Walaon In the Woods. Two MUm From Home' Deed Man V - Prominent Socially . and Coramw. w ' daily and i leaves ft Family A 1nl Thought to Have Been Vlo ',j 7 tlm f Tragedy and Negro Man and ' woman 'Were Jailed I or Auegoa .Guilty Knowledge. Spsetal to The Observer Newborn. June 17 The oead body - ef C T. . Watson, one oMhe most -? prominent men In , the .county, . was found In the woods two, miles from hare' this i morning. Circumstance V . show that .he was murdered.' y His ,.-v head was black and swollen as If hs ' , bad been choken to death. : ' .' He has not been seen sines Friday --'evening, and -It seems probable . that he was lured to' the place and mnr- clered: '". ;1,. . ;' - i' Carrie Foy, a colored woman, and Garrison ' Wllley, a colored transfer driver, are in Jail on the charge of 1 v. having guilty knowledge of the .af 'Jalr, The Foy woman Is said to have ... received . attention .from other men, " which: caused Jeatousy on vWatson's V ; part, and he had driven" out In the v country to snake invesugauona v some rumors. It is believed that he - was 'lured to this lonesome and nn ; ." frtianented Dlace and there killed, ; " possibly, by the Foy woman's para- - mour. - Mr. Watson was a man of 55 years. Jl.JLJIs.was engaged In the fish business ; and owned a great deat of real s i''., ' tat. He bad accumulated a gopd deal of property and had been a mem X her of the board of aldermen, eleo ; trie llsht and water commission, can 1 jnA- tn.- ma vnr and a man who . . v. . P'i stood'hlgh In commercial clrclea He v . has a wife and one daughter. The coroner'a Jury la deliberating on the case. The remains, after hav V ing been Ylewed by the Jury, were taken to an underUklng estaonsn ment and there prepared for burial. Death From Aponlcsy. Bpeclal to The Observer. J . icwn. June 17. ""he Jury In IK. Witann cut returned a verdict ' ' about 7 o'clock, an autopsy on the i-body of Mr. Watson having previously been made. The verdict waa death v from natural cauaea The reason given for hla being in such an unfrequented place Is that 1 he had chosen it to ooiain some -; formstlon In regard to the Foy wo man. The autopsy revealed that , death resulted from apoplesy super J Induced by probable excitement. The man and woman have been released, iir.i,. m,mm tronr friend of uov ernor Olenn. f nd waa a led th delegation from sjastem' Carollnaln the convention which1 nominated the Governor two years ago. , :. JUDGE BTNUMNO CANDIDATE. lis Denies tho Report That Hols in tlie Umm for the Republican State ChairmanshipReport Attributed to Blackburn'a Desire to Strength en His Fences. Bpeclal to -The Observer, Greensboro. June 17. That Con gressmsn Blackburn Is leaving no stone unturned to strengthen his fenc es in a desperate effort to secure con trol of the Republican situation in the Bute Is atUted by the activity of hla press agents In this city. Under tha lmDOSina title of 'The Tar Heel It r Ksws Bureau." which la composed of the business manager and editor or The Weekly Tar Heel, the latter Con greaaman Blackburn's private secre tary, Intervtewe and news of an en tirely BDuiious nature are palmed oft on unsuspecting news eauors oi m. n . . . u . I. imth In rfwil T t.t hmm. who in truth. In goodTon the programme makes it sssier .io faith publish the same only to oe compelled to retract them at a later date. The most glaring Instancs. of this character was the dispatch sent out -under a Greensboro dsts last mgni to the effect that ex-Judge William P. Bynum had announced his candidacy for the state cnairmananip -oi ins Republican psrty. This statement judge Bynum unequivocally denied to The Observer's correspondent this af ternoon. It was recited in the Des patch thst as attorney for Congress man Blackburn at hla recent trial In this city, Judge Bynum had bitterly denounced members or ths "organi sation" as political cut-throats and pi rates and that there was no health In the party. - It was further declared that four-candidates had loomed up on the political hoiison for tho chair manship, vis: ex-Judgo .Spencer B, Adems.t Congressman Blackburn, Mr, C. J.. Harris, late gubernatorial can didate, and Judge Bynum. It was also asserted that either Harris or Bynum -would be acceptable to- the Blackburn Wing. When approached this afternoon. Judge Bynum said: i , , - ,., pieaae deny emphatically for me ' ' ; that X ever announced my candidacy for the chairmanship., Tou-may go further and 4 say - that I have never been a candidate nor do X Intend to - be.' - The statement Is false from be- ginning to end snd waa sent out with ,. ..'out my having been consulted. Sev- rersl of my political mends nave ap proached me on the subject from time to time, but to one and all I de ' . clared that I could not consider such ' a step, since It would entail a sacrl Rifles to my practice, which demands 7Ty undivided attention. - I, can't Urn V. aglne how such a report became cur rent since It was circulated , without my knowledge or sanction." Other leading Republicans of this ' city declare that Judge Bynum Is a v , warm personal friend of Judge Ad- ams and has already pledged blm his support in the fight (for the chairman ship. ;!'' .., i; f 4 !:, ' f-. . . , - 1 ' a; .. Twentieth Century Flyer Wrecked, . Buffalo, -June 17. The Twentieth Century Flyer, - on the . Lake Shore Railroad, was wrecked hear Seneca, two biles west of hers early to-day. , One dsy coach and five sleepers were badly smsehed. .The wreck, it Is be ' lleved, was caused by a split rail. There were 17 passengers on the train. All of them were bsdly shaken up and a few slightly Injured. , - . n , - t Disastrous Wreck Near 'VUdlvostock. Vladivostok, Juns 17. A passen- ger train waa derailed at ' Progran- , Itsrhnala station, on the Chinese Hall . , way, to-day and 190 persons were killed 'or injured. .' -v-vty WEEK'S NEWS FOBECASTED COXGRESS OVER. BEFORE JULY' Both Houso and Senato Iaders Will . ICiidoavor to Hold Down Debate to - Minimum, With ft View to Rush .' "ig Business Throngh Vote on . Sea-Level Canal . BIU in ' Senate Thursday Hoomo r Malntainlos; ' Quorum by Sltrewd Device of Put ting Public Building , BUI Last V Four Field for Suburban Hand! In.prepsrUon lor.ths, yota.xn.tba sea-level Panama canal bill, which Is fixed for next Thursday, the' Senate will devote muoh of the time prior to that date to the consideration of the bill; Senator; Knox Is scheduled for a speech Monday or Tuesday in support of a lock canal, and he, will be followed by other Senators for and against the bill as It stands. Ths adoption 1 of a provision In the sun dry civil appropriation bill by the House In opposition to. the sea-level type of canal has had the effect of stimulating interest in the Senate, and It la probable that this provision will Itself be made the subject of discus sion. ..The Senate agreement calls for a final vote on the but before adjourn ment on Thursday and for beginning the vote oa amendments at I o'clock on that day. 1 - .- It is possible that late in the week the senata may be able to take up the audry civil appropriation bill or the conference report on the agricultural appropriation bill, the former con talnlrig the Houae prohibition against tne expenditure of money xor a sea level canaL and the latter the mea Inspection provision. There will be sn effort to hold debate down to the minimum . dimensions, with the hope of preventing the too great postpone ment of the dsy of ths final sdjonrn- ment of the session, which the Sen ate leaders are still hopeful of bring ing within the present month. - It Is therefore probable that these mat ters will receive more attentidn in committee rooms than on ths floor of tha Senate. The Lake Erie at Ohio Ship Canal bill will also continue to. receive at tentlon. RUSH WEEK IN THE HOUSE. There la to be more speed In the legislation of the national House of Representatives this week than In any other week during the session if the plans of the leader determined up on Saturday, are carried out. The programme contemplates tho paasage of the meat Inspection amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill and the sending of that measure to con ference, the passage of the pure food bill under a special rule, ana me pa- eage of tha Immigration bill, wo ua dr a kdacI&I rule. Tha laat dav of the session on which the rules may be suspended end bills passed by a two-third vote will occur Monday, and the Speaker's private list of members to be recognised un der this order Is rapidly growing to larra nrooortlona. Ths meat inspection amenamem will be called up Tuesday. The time tn ha anAnt on it la estimated at two davs. Tho debate oa this bill will be confined to discussion of the ..various provisions of the measure ana pro posed amendments toereio. ... POLITICAL DEBATE AHEAD. Tha sura food debate will be some what political la its nature. For Mverai Mki members who have sp oil for time to make tana speecnes and to discuss policies generally nm been told to wait until tne pure iooa bill came un. The immlsration bill, wnicn is 10 cloaa the Week's work, will be. given the consideration which the time per mits. To nniah tne programme me iMiim have aet for the House msy require' that body 'to sit during the avtinlna- aa well as carry oui tne apo dal order for 11 o clock sessions eacn 4av The omnibus public building bill and .the general deficiency bill will not enter Into the legislative consid eration thla week. The public build ing bill Is to be one of the last to be taken up this session. So many mem bers are Interested in mis diii ana therefore remain tthe Capitol while It Is pending that putting the bill lsst maintain a quorum of the House dur ing the wind-up of the session, HEARING IN REBATE CASES. The Inter-State commerce commis sion, on Thursday. June 11. win be in session in Wsshlngton and will bs ready at that time to hear the presi dent of ths railroad companies, con cerntnc which testimony has ' been taken recently to show that rebates have been grantsd or that the dis tribution of cars has been Influenced by favoritism. - The presldsnts who havs been notlned that toe commis sion will hear them -are: A. J. Cas- satt. Pennsylvania Rallrosd; Oscar O. Murray, BalUmore Onto; G. W. Stevens, Chssspeaks Ohio', L. B. Johnssn,-Norfolk Western, and W. H. Newman, New Tork, Central Hudson River Railroad. On Friday the coronation Of King Haakon Vtt of Norway will take place. The scene of the ceremonies will bs the cathedral at Trondhjem. The bishop of Trondhjem'wlll anoint the King with sacred oil, arter which the crown will be placed on hla head by Premier -. Mlchelsei. ..j .. . ... SUBURBAN HANDICAP- THURfl- ; OAT. .'v '. ..f . V- - Tha Suburban handicap will bo run at ths Sheepshead Bay course-of the Coney Island Jockey , Club next Thursday. This will bo the twenty third renewal of the big race. The field for the Suburban this year prom ises to be most disappointing, ss the horses which are destined to be the stars of ths ysar have broken down and gone Into temporary or perma nent retirement. Bysonby, Artful, Tanya, and lastly, Burgomaster, have all gone wrong and have taken much of the class from the race. Notwith standing their absence, - however, It will still take a good horse to win over the mile and a quarter course. The field will be a large one and even ly matched. . .' .,t MV The inter-coliegiste regatta will be held at Poughkeepsle on Saturday. June tl. There will bo three rsces a varsity eight, a varsity four-oar and. a freshman . eight. Crews from Cornell, :t, Wisconsin, . - Pennsylvania, Columbia, Syracuse and . Georgetown will compete.-''; ' - - :r-- -,. - Dead Premier's Remains Reach New , ... , Zealand Capital. v , . Wellington. New Zealand. June 17. The steamer Oweatry Grange, bear ing tne body or Premier Beddons, who died on bosrd the vessel shortly after It left Sidney, June 10, for New. Zea land, arrived here at 11 o'clock Sat urday night Despite the lateness of the hour thousands of persons were at the wnarf and witnessed the land-, Ing of the caskst. To-day the body lay In state In the Parliament build-(plant Ing. The funeral will take place here next Thursday. ,..?'. .4 . . J ROUTING KOBEAtf 'BEBEL JAPS FIGHT WITH , USUAL . VIM Taking Advantaod of Korean Troops' . Failure to Cope With Immrrectlon, . . Islanders Strengthen Protevtorate Over PeninsuU by Energetlo MUI - Ury Moasurea City of llongju , fttormea nd Itebel Loader Slain ., by Small Force Two Gendarmes Put Forty. Rebeta to FUgUtr-lprlii . Victoria, 1 B. f C, June 1 7. The steamer Tartar," Which arrived yester aay xrora Japan, brought further ad' vices of the Insurrection In Korea. At Hongju, a force of Jspanese with artillery, blewup the city gets and rushed the city. Five hundred rebels occupying that place were defeated and Mlngchyoagalk, the , leader, wa killed, with many others The Jap ansae took advantage of the failure or tne Korean troops to cope wita the insurrection to strength their pollt teat position n Korea. Japanese papers urged, the resident general not to lose time by making represen tatlons to Korea regarding the out break, but to dispatch troops without consideration of the Korean govern ment. This waa done, and two com panies of Infantry with some cavalry snd artillery left Seoul on May IT, Theyt arrived at Hongju three daya later, being delayed one day by heavy downpours of rain and flooded rivers. and re-enforced the two companies which were already Just outside ths walla Near-by villages were occu pled and Hongju thoroughly Invested before the attack on the city eom menced with a bombardment, the In' surgsnts replying with a rifle fire from the walla The following morn Ing two gates were blown up and the Jspaneae Infantry rushed the city with shouts of "Bansai." The defeat of the rebels was complete, . number escaped and made their way south to loin the rebel force. which waa much stronger, at Ksng kyong, where the Jspanese settle' ment hsd been looted and a number of Japanese killed. The rebellion was widespread, affecting several provinces, and sporadic outbreaks were reported both nortn ana soutn On the xalu the Japanese timoer compsnles hsd been attacked and driven away by Koreans with rifles, and the rafts that were brought down to Antung for the military were destroyed. ' Two gendarmes fell In with forty rebels st Pukkok while the rebels were estlng, snd notwithstanding the Immense odds, the gendsrmes opened Are. The Koreans, armed witn matchlocks, returned the Are but could not cope with the two gen ,rtnu lvlnv bhind rocks With magaslne rifles. The rebels flnslly fled, lesvlng eleven matchlocks for the doughty gendarmes. CHESS CRACK PILLSBURT DEAD, Noted Amerlcaa Player Succumbs to Apoplexy in -miiadeipnia itecora or ills xnumpna. Philadelphia, June 17. Harry Nel son Plllsbury, the cheas master, died here to-day of apoplexy after jip. ill ness of many months. Plllsbury. was born December S, 1171, at Somervllle, Mosa, where the body wilt be taken, the funeral to be . field there next Tuesdsy. In Ills he won the New Tork city tournament and in ltll won first prise 4ft the Hastings tournament against many of the strongest plsyers of the world. This victory logically mode him one of the quartette of the most famous players named to compete at St. Petersburg Leaker,' Stelnlts, Tchlgorin and Plllsbury. His score with the world's champion, Lasker, waa Il-x to I 1-3. In 117 Plllsbury won. from Sho- walter, the American chess champion ship, which he confirmed by a second match with Bhowalter in 1818. In all. Plllsbury played in 14 In ternational cheas tournsments and waa a prise-winner In all except at Cambridge Bprlnga, pa., in 1104, when he was ill. SEVERE STORM IN GUILFORD. Wind of Hurricane - Foroe Does Great Damage to Crops Tho Rain- ran inssuau; jieavy. Spsclal to Ths Observer. Oak Ridge, June 17 The past week naa oeen one or continued rein. culminating Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock in a tornado that did much damage locally. Five Inches of rain feu within two hours and the wind blew a hurricane, doing great damass to crops and trees, especially orchards. Ths rook dim at Mirror lake was swspt away, carrying with it the bridge over the small stream below. A very fine oak on the Oak Ridge Insti tute campus waa blown down and many outhouses were either blown down or unroofed. Eleven or twelve Inches of rainfall was the week's precipitation. If the coming week Is fair the largs crop of wheat may be saved; otherwise there is bound to bs great loss to fsrmers. UNDER 11,000 BOND EACH. , Three Greensboro Negroes Must Stand f Trial for Forming a Conspiracy to r Murder Policemen fakenea and Causey.. - . : v r Special to The Observer. - , , Greensboro, Juns 1 7. Matt Hollta Will. Carter and Alex Landers, allss biu - Bsuey, neia on a ensrge of forming a conspiracy-to murder Po lice Officers Bkenes and Ceusey, were given a preliminary .hearing before Mayor , Murphy ..yesterdsy afternoon and were bound to court In the sum of $1,000 each. In flsfault of which they were committed to Jell to await trial, Mark Colton, another negro, who is in a dying condition at St. Lea's Hospital, as the result of a bullet wqund Inflicted by Bill Bailey, will have to face tha same charge If he recovers, which does not now seem likely, v -"', .,'., . , .. '. s HELD FOR SAUSBURT POLICE, Jfn rro rresumeti to no one wanted for Killing Conductor Arrested at Roanoke. . . ,':.; - Special to. The Observer, v.'".- f,.".i'f Roanoke, Va.i Juns 17. John Da- via a negro, believed to be the man wanted at Salisbury for the murder seversl weeks ego of a conductor snd for whose capture there is a 11.000 rewerd. was arrestsd In the realiroad yards hsro lsst night by Baldwin de- tecttvea. uavis is in jail to awsit Identification by 'the Salisbury au thorities, v ,4 ,,. ..;, .. . 1 Baltimore Herald Suspends. ' . Baltimore, June 17 To-day's Is sue of The Baltimore Herald announc ed the euapenston of thst paper. The of the establishment has. been bought Jointly by The Baltimore News and The Baltimore American. : ;, JAPS IIOOOIKOMAKHUBIA YEAR OF OCCUPANCY' MISUSED AniericaQ and Enropeaa . Merchants, ; Hanks and Shipping llrms Increas- Ingly DlMsatiailcd With Japanese . : Administration, Which la Declared "To Have. Almost Blocked Foreign I CTommerce llio Foreigners Iay Chlncae Duties vat Newchwang, ' ' While Japanese? ' Import Through lainy and Antung vuty-jcTeo-Other Grievances. JPskln, '. June. 1 7 j Widespread, and growing dissatisfaction Is manifested byVmercan and European merchants, banks and shipping Arms against the Japanese administration In Manchu risw The , Japanese.;, occupation under tho Portsmouth ' treaty will continue until next April .and In the meantime foreign' commerce Is almost blocked, tha Japanese merchants gaining ad vantages which make It Increasingly difficult to compete with them. For eign goods enter Manchuria through Port Newchwang, where the regular Chinese customs duties are levied, while the Jspaneae Import through Dalny and. Antung without duty. Mukden and Antung are nominally opened to foreign trade, but foreign era are not permitted to go Inland without Japanese posses, while many Japanese merchants, miners and pro moters are allowed to travel the country free. Foreign merchants com plain that obstaclea are placed In the way of shipping goods to the Interior for Newchwang, as the Japanese con trol of tho railway fives them special advantages. . Antung and Mukden st present are practically worthless bases for for eign trads because of the difficulty in distributing goode from these points. The foreign merchants are further handicapped from the circulation or war notes to an amount estimated at between fifty and seventy million yen. which can- be used-only in Jspaneae trade. Large and flourishing settle ments are located at Mukden, Antung and other place.- Consul General Sammon visited Antung to arrange with the Chinese the details of ths opening of these . points to foreign trade under tho Amerlcsn tresty of 1908. It Is believed that the Chinese are stubbornly trying to Insist on reg ulations similar to those whereby Tatung Tsu and Antung were recently opened, which gives China a greater control of foreign settlements than In tho old treaty porta FOR NORWEGIAN CORONATION. Crowds Pouring Into Ancient City by steamers and Trains in Auvsnec oi the Arrival of the Roysl Yacht King Haakon Reviews Plither Fleet Kalner's Expected Visit a Source of Satisfaction.- -Chrtstlanla. June 17. Trondhjem, yesterday a city of flshors, to-day is a capital. Many of those who win par ticipate In the coronation or King Haakon have already swelled the poalstlon and Northerners are crowd ing Norway by steamers snd trains. The gaiety over the confirmation f the country's new Independence will reach Its full tide Tuesday when King Haakon, Queen Maud and the baby Crown Prince Qlaf attlve st Trondh jem. All over the wintry flics the' flag of Norwsy the' white-bordered., blue cross upon a field of red testi fying to the fealty of the people. One hears tates that the radical repub licans object to ths new monarchy. They Insist on calling Haakon "Mr. King," but undoubtedly the great ma jority genuinely welcome the new or der of things with re-awakened pa triotism which promises greater and finer accomplishments by the whole nation. King Haakon, Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olaf are continu ing their Journey northward along the coast To-day was spent in tha vicinity of Mold, where the party were given a banquet to-night To-day began with a demonstration by ths fisher fleet at Aalesund and ninety stesmsrs, fifty motor boats and scores upon scores of small craft par tlclpated. The royal yacht Hemhlal at first steamed through the fleet and was wildly cheered, and then the fleet formed In two long columns snd steamed up the fiord, the Hemldal leading. The families of the fisher men filled the boats. The crowd afloat numbered 1,000. At the con elusion of the parade all the vessels passed In review before the Uelmdsl King Haakon expressed his pleasure at the honor conferred upon him snd at the picturesqueness of the marine parade. . The royal family will lour- ney to Chrlatlansund to-morrow. They win De the guests or tne municipality at a state dinner. Trondhjem will bo reached Saturday, evening. . Their journey northward Is proving most popular and .comfortable. A great heat wave la sweeping over the southern end of the Scandinavian pen' Insula and the railway coaches re setnble bsks ovens. A majority of the vessels of the vis iting fleet will reach Trondhjem Wed nesday. Although many of the royal delegates snd ambassadors will sr- rlve there Tuesday, some officials and statesmen already have departed for Trondhjem and others will follow to morrow. The announcement that Emoeror William will visit King Haakon In July has been received with great sat Ufaotion. it win be the first visit of a foreign ruler to the re-established kingdom and therefors strongly ap peals to the people. , t. - JESCAPED FROM STATE FARM, - II- SJ V.', ,l!; - Prisoner Serving s Slity-Year Term ; returns me unards Bishop Hand , thaler at Raleigh. . ' , - ; .. ' ' Obaerver Bureau, .' . ,", ,r 111 South Dawson Street, ; ' " Raleigh, June 17. Fsn I tent is rr authorities . -t.it rxeison. a aara m nssr-caka norm n years old, I feet f 1-4 Inches high, weighing ISO - pounds, hair black, yes brown and crossed, has escsped irora ine mate rsrm near Wsldon. He was sentenced from Guilford In May,. 1808, for sixty years for "larceny and burning' . A reward of sit sna an necessary , expenses Is offered for his recapture. . , Bishop ' . Rondthaler preached' a striking sermon to a Isrgs audiencs In the A M. College Auditorium this morning. Two-thirds . of ' ths county superintendents . of edocatlon re here and, many heard hla sermon. The bishop preached to-night at the Church of the Good Shepherd to a notably large congregation. ' , Homldds During Billiard Gam at , liewscmcrv Ala, Birmingham, Ala., June 17. M. B, Chandler, a prominent merchant of Iiessemer. shot and killed j A. II. Handey, a well-known coal man, In rcagies Hail, at .that place, to-nlsht They were playing billiards and en gsged In a dtspiits over the game. It Is said that Handey draw a knife and dvanred toward Chandler, when the latter drew a gun and fired five times, InstnnMy killing Handey. - Chandler la In JttlL 7;:;; ". v.. J' . , MB. CBAWFOBD CONFIDENT UIS , SUCCESS SEEMS: ASSURED All the Thirteen Counties of tho Tenth District Have Held Primaries or Conventions and Returns Indicate That Crawford Now Has 1S7 Votes, More Than Knousrh to Nomlnoto Mr. Gudaer's Defeat. Said to bo Conceded by His Friends Sketch os of tho Candidates. ----Bpeclal to The Observer. Ashevllle. . June 17. Former Con gressman , William, T. Crawford,- of Haywood ' county, will probably be nominated for Congress by the Demo crats of the tenth district All the thirteen counties of the district have held ' primaries or conventions with the exception of Cherokee, which will be held next Saturday, and the re. turns, official and semi-official, in dicate that Crawford now has 187 votes. There . are Z48 votes in th congressional, conveution and there fore a fraction over 184 will nom inate. Mr. Crawford arrived here late Saturday night- He was seen to-day at the Hotel Berkeley by a repre sentative of The Observer and ex pressed his appreciation of the con fidence reposed in him by the Dem ocrats of the tenth district, and the flattering vote that he has received. The fact that Mr. Crawford's great strength was In the rural districts In dicates that hs Is still the favorite of the country people, MR. CRAWFORD CONFIENT. "Tea, I believe the people have honored me again with the nomina tion for Congress," said ho to Tho Observer correspondent "The returns Indicate that I have received the nom ination." Mr. Crawford's face beamed with pleasure In speaking of the result of the contest Ha hss declared all along that he would make the flght open and above board and that If It waa - necessary - to- get - down - In the mud and resort to shady methoda he did not want the nomination. He has been nominated, and nominated at the hands of ths country people. "Oh, Crawford will have votes to spare on the first balolt" said one of the Haywood man's stsunch support ers standing near Crawford. "He will have 14 votea from Haywood, IS from Henderson, nine from Transylvania. 14 from Jackson and practically all of Swain's 10 votes. He will also gst seven from Cherokee snd these votes, with the (2 -thst Buncombe, Rutherford, McDowell, Polk snd Clay gave, 'nominated him without anything In Macon and Graham. In these latter two counties Crawford will get at least half the votes." Mr. Crawford said that he had swept Jack son and all the large precincts went for him. ."I . carried . Haywood, my home county, said he, "about four to one outside of Waynesvllle. North Weynesvllle went for me three to one. have a messsge from Bwstn say ing that I carried that county almost solid." MR. GUDOER'S DEFEAT CONCED ED. Congressman Gudger's defeat for renomlnstlon Is conceded by his friends and supporters. He hss serv ed the tenth district In Congress two term and sought renomlnatian at the hands of the Democrats. Mr. Gudger hss mode aa able representative and his friends are sore ovsr his defeat W. T. Crawford, who will be nom inated by the congressional conven tion here June to, haa repreaented the district In Congress several times. He defeated Judge Ewart at the polls In 180 and Jeter C. Prltchard In 1812. He waa defeated by Pearson In 184 by 186 votes. In 18l Adams, of Ashevllle, ran against Pearson and was detested, in 1818 Crawford was again the nominee of the Democrats, opposing Pearson. Crawford won by more than 100 majority. Pearson contested snd Crawford waa unseated. He was defeated by the late JamfS M. Moody by an overwhelming major ity. His friends contend, however, that 100 whs the amendment year und that this contributed largely to Crawford's defeat Since hla defeat In 100 Crawford has practiced law In Waynesvllle, but has kept In close touch with ths people. Crawford Is recognised as one of the ablest cam palgners Jn the State. GUATEMALAN REBELS GAINING. Speedy Movement on Guatemala City Iredlcted Likely to Delay Cou nt nut ion Work on Pan-American Hallway. Mexico City. June 17, Chief En glneer Miller, In charge of the con struction .of ths Pan-American Hall way, now actively building down to the border of Guatemala, thinks there Is a possibility of ths revolution now in progress in Guatemala cutting off temporarily tne supply or isoor. lie expecta the road to be completed to San Benito, which Is the port of Tsp achula, by July of next year. Advices from Guatemala City show thst the government regards ths pro jected attempt of the revolutionary general, Leon Castillo, to capture the port of San Jose with the aid of the steamer Empire City as foredoomed to failure. San Jose Is well fortified snd can resist any attack from ths ship, which Is not an armed cruiser. The revolutionists are sanguine of success and predict a speedy move ment on Guatemala City, which will be besieged If necessary. Thers Is no doubt of the financial strength of the revolutionists, who are able to buy arms In large quantities. . MIL LESTER'S FUNERAL. Georgia Congressman Who Met Ac- rtdrntal Death to He Burled In Sa vannah Wednesday, Remains Leav ing Washington To-Morrow, Washington, June U The. funeral of Representative Lester, of Geor gia, who died here last night aa the result of a fall In the Cairo apart ment house,' will take placs from St John's Eplscopsl church. Savannah, Oa., at S o'clock Wednesdsy after noon. . The services will be conducted bv , Rev. Charles 1L Strong. Inter ment will be In Bonaventura Ceme tery, near Savannah. The congres sional - delegation to accompany ine body to Georgia Will Include nearly every member of the Georgia delega tion and some of those of the rivers snd harbors committee, of which Mr. Lester was a member for many years. The body, accompanied by the con gressional committee, and members of the fsmiiy, win leave wasnington at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning on. the Southern Railway. v ' , ; ... Five on Hand Car Killed by Train. Chattanooga, Tenn.. June 17. A spe. rial to The Times from Cleveland, Tenn., says that five persons wars killed tn Polk county to-day, when a hand car. on which they were riding was run down by a freight trsln. The accident happened on the new Tennes see branch of the Louisville A Nash ville Railroad. One of the men kill ed was nsmed Womack. Only meagre Information, cia be obtained DUAL CBIME AT BUBHAM ALLEGED PERPETRATOR IN JAIL Freeman Jones Charged With Bur v glary and Attempted Assault Dratrgert His Victim, a Hslf-Wltted White Woman, Into the Yard Cry I for Help Brings Timely Aid Of fleer Tracks Jones to His Home and Wo man Identifies Him Held Without 7 Bail. .,.,'', Special to The Observer. 'PtjrbaiTU. June, JJ. Frsemsn .Jones L col ored. Is in Jsil here charged with bur glary and attempted ernnlnal assault which crimes "were committed in East Durham thla morning about t o'clock He has been positively identified by ths victim of his brutal attempt, Mia. J. W, Barker, and has partially admitted the desperate charges against him. ; Ths hearing is set for to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock and In the meantime he haa been committed to ' Jsfl without ball - to await the hearing. DRAGGED INTO YARD. Mrs. Barker wss - dragged from bar home and Into the yard by a negro, in the scuffle that followed she was pain fully hurt, and Is suffering to-day from a bruised chest snd sprained back. Her cries and the cries of her aged mother awoke a negro mSn and hla wife - who lived near by, and when 'they started to ascertain the cause of the . trouble ths negro ran off, going over soft earth that enabled the officer to track him,' and bring about his arrest soon after the crime. When arrested the negro was dressed Just ss described by Mrs. Bark er, having removed only hla coat and had on his pants and wet muddy shoes. Hs was In bed. He wss taken immedi ately to Mrs. Barker, who positively identified him, and at the same time aba exclaimed, "Bee, there Is some Of my hair on his button." Sure enough, the officer secured a numbar of strands Of grayish-black hair, that corresponded to that of Mre. Barker. The only etate ment made by tha negro waa while being carried to prison. He waa asked why hs committed the crimes. He said: I have bean drinking snd guees I wss drunk." SCENE OF CRIME, The scene of this crime which has In It every element that goes to make up bur glary In the first degree entering a dwelling house at night for the purpose of committing a felony Is about a mils snd a half from the city limits. Mrs, Barker, who Is about SS or 40 years of age, Is naif witiea ana uvea aione wun har mother, who said to-day that she Is now 8S years of age. The flrst that these two knew that any one was In the houaa was shortly after o'clock when Mrs. Barker heard a noise In the room and asked her mother if she was up. The mother anawered and aid that she was not A lamp waa then lighted and the negro was standing In the room. When asked what he wanted he aaid that he waa a "Virginia negro" and wanted to see Jsck Barker, this be ing the woman's husband. He grabbed Mrs. Barker and she was dragged Into the yard and thrown to the ground. , It was then that bsr cries and ths cries of her mother awoke the neighbors who ssved her. The alarm waa glvsn and ths negrs tracked to hla home. Just before the officer reached the home snother negro said that he had seen rreeman Jones pass a short while before. Jones wss arrested In the condition named, having In hla hand a railroad spike that he bad r rrimA inia bad. The prisoner Is about 8S veers of age and lives near the scans of the crime. QUARANTINE A JOLT TO CUBA. New York's Action Received In Ha vana With Surprise Only Two Caw's of V el low Fever Since Janu ary. Havana, June 17. New , Tork's quarantine regulations against Cuba were a surprise to Cubans. - There have been only two cases of yellow fever In the Island alnce January, one In May, In Mantanaas province, and the other in June, In Havana. The former died and the latter recovered. At present there are no cases of fever and no suspects. It Is believed the action of the New Tork authorities was due to the pes simistic attitude of Dr. Von Esdorg, the United States Marine Hospital representative at Havana, who all along has predicted yellow fever epl demies In Cuba and contended that Southern State quarantines would be Ineffective so long as there was a pos sibility of Infected psssengers from Cuba resohlng the South by wsy ,of New Tork. 9430,000 FIRE IN ST. PAUL. Sis-story Ryan Hotel Annex Bnlhllng is uuitea oy fire, uae tttpiostous Handicapping firemen. - St. Paul. Minn.. June 17. The six- story Rysn Annex building wss gut ted by fire to-day. Ths damage to building and stocks of occupants Is lg,ooo. v A series of gas explosions prevented the firemen from getting at the flames snd caused the blass - to spread throughout the structure. Beveral firemen were cut by flying glass and IT were overcome by heat and smoks. Ten of these were taken to a hospital and the rest to their homea All of them will recover with the possible exception. of Lieutenant W. A. Edwards. .. . ,v The Ryan Hotel Is across the alley from the burned structure but It was not affected In any way, ,-.t. h ( . . FOR ROBBING NEW YORK BANK, Wheelock Harvey end Dave Mevllle Arrested in Fort Worth, Tex -, t Fort Worth, Tex., June 11. Whee lock Harvey and Dave Mevtlle, said to be wsnted In New ' Tork on a charge of -robbing the First National Bank of a large amount In cosh and securities, were apprehended here to- night ty local detectivea Harvey was employed by a bank as a messensrer. The boys had only a few hundred dol lars in monsy. a couple of six-shoot ers and a big dirk when arrested. They are In Jail here awaltlns advices from New Tork. They say they will re turn witnout requisition papers. ; i jt i i i ., , '-''),; . One Nicaragua a Politician Kills An- Mexico City. June It Nlcarasruan society Is exalted over the esse of Dr. Julian Iras, who killed Dr. Al- tamlrano, ' a politician and cabinet Minister. Irss has occasion to visit Costa Rica and left his wife tn care of Altamlrano, who was his intimate friend.. During irlaa absence Alta mlrano ' Is alleged to have - groasly wronged Senora lrias and when Irlaa demanded an explanation Altamlrano stabbed him In the arm. Finally Irlns killed Altamlrano with pistol Irlas will be tried, v . UPHEAVAL NEABIN BUSSI A GIGANTIC STRIKE2 IS ' PLANNED Maasovcre of the Jews at Blalystok is Apparently st An End, But Uio General KituaLiou la the Country Hourly; Grows More Disquieting Nothing Talked la St Petersburg and Moscow Except a General Strike to Paralyse tlie (government uc cese of Socialist Leaders' nans likely to he aa Destructive to- Par Uament as to the Csardocn. , , i--flt -Peteisburg,-June H-Ths' pttisble affair st Blalystok apparently has burn ed Itself out' No further bloodshed was reported to-day and no more is expect ed from the radicals, . who are satisfied' , that ths suthorltles now la control will do everything possible 'to' prevent a re newal of the excessea.. ',' ... , V ' -', The action is based Upon the action of the Governor of Grodno, 'who la. bated , ' and detested by ths bureaucrats, who, after investigating th situation at Bl alystok, took tha unprecedented step, In order to prevent a spread of the massa cres, of telegraphing the authorities of v: ' all towns within the Jewish pale deny ing the alleged official reports thst the ' disorders were due to the wanto throw- ; Ing of bombs at a Christian picnic by ( Jewish, revolutionists. Thla measure. -; : aided by the Catholic clergy, who to-day throughout Russian Poland addressed , their congregations, imploring them not 1 to ' believe reports spresd broadcast -for ths purpose of stirring up bloody excess , was efficacious In calming the agt- ' fated spirits among the Christian popu-- .. latlon. Tha Catholics of Warsaw can-, celed a great religious procession which' ", was to have been held there to-day In or- : der to avoid the chance of a conflict- . , " ON VERGE OF GREAT STRIKE. The general situation, however, , Is heurly growing more disquieting and the . country seems to be on the verge of an other gigantlo upheaval. In St Peters-""' burg snd Moscow the populaca la great-' ly excited,' and nothing Is talked of ex- .. cept a general politics) strike, which , would bring the government to Its knees,' Ths proletariat leaders, who havs beeitV, , preparing for months for a blow, believe . the moment bos come to strike. The r -atarlran-troubles now are sufficiently extended snd disorders In the army are rife. The government has openly refus ed to secede to the demands of Psrlla- ment, and a rupture la imminent there. The ultimate plans of the leaders de--1. pend upon the success achieved, but If ths government is brought down it Is not doubted they are determined that . they, and not Parliament, shall take over the reins of government snd forev er enjoy the-fruits el victory i-iL Incipient strikes In St. Petersburg ssd " Moscow with which the movement wss , started, while based ostensibly on eco-' . nomlc grounds, really are purely politi cal. The committee of the unemployed la only a revolutionary organisation, like ' . lsst fall's committee of workmen, la di guiso. i ne oasera or. tn. reiereourg ana u ilnlna towns struck la-da v and onlr the black bread eaten by the poor was sold. The streets were Ailed Willi crowds of workmen. - A correspondent of the "Associated ' Presa waa stopped to-day In one of the suburban towna by a man who demand- ' ed money without the allghteat embar- ' .. rassroent-- He - announced- that . those i , who had money mlsht aa well divide it aa tha workmen soon-would-be able to -w take what they wanted. OOVKKNMSNT IXJINU NUTHINQ. A monster meeting of 14.000 Boclal Democrats and workmen held thla at- . ternoon at Terlokl, Finland, waa ad dressed by several metnbera of the "Group of Ten" of the PaHiament and 1 -every revolutionary utteraac waa fran- " Dually applauded. The government ap- ' peara to be waiting for the blow to fall before raising Us hand, and It la raporv- ed that the design of several Minister to rulae the question of a mora active ' policy during the Cabinet meeting yes terday was apparently fruitless. Heavy Datruls have been placed in the street ,' nd stations have been occupied by troops, but no action has been taken to top the agitation. The ICmperor is rviMtrUd to urn spend Ins most of bia tima playing tennis at i'aurhoff. A general atrike Is eipected to be Int '. augurated on tne Nicholas Railroad be tween St. . Petersburg and Moscow, , which was the only Una out of Moscow . that was not affected during tho uprising Inst Deoemoer. - The workmen in tha ' hope of the Sysrsn and Visa- ' mar a Railroad havs already struck but spparently the demonairatloa is premature. The keen to-day again ap- ' peals to the Kinperor to try to save tne situation by dismissing Premier Oore- mykln snd placing members of Psrlla- ' ment, who enjoy a measure of publio ' ' eotiUdence, tn control ol the government Admiral Relief, commandant of tha fort- ' ress at C'ronstadt baa received a grim warning In the shape of a cofttn Wttica waa delivered at hla house. TKRROHISTS Bl'SY N POLAND. Two AssasMlnatloas Reported No ln ulcatioas of AnU-Jewloh Outbreak. Warsaw, June 17. A band of ter rorists this morning hsid up a moll wagon between Klensnowlo and Knewdordawr. The terrorists killed the driver and, his horses and two sol diers who were escorting the van and plundered the malls and decamped. 1 At t o Clock this evening Dve ter- ; rorlsts shot knd killed a police officer and his wife while they were wslklng the street. .The assassins escaped. The Jewa In this section are un rest tut but there Is no Indication of a Jewish outbreak. - v . ; , JEWS FEAR OTHER MASSACRES. Political : RepreenUtlvee la Su lriersburg Ask. Protection of Eng. llsh Influence. -:.., London. June 11. The Dally Tele graph this morning prints a telegram received In London. . It Is dated Sun dsy afternoon end Is signed by M. Varyma and four other Jewish mem bers of the Russian party. Messrs. Urano, Shelor, Katienon .and Lew- obg. The telegram says: .'-. , Th4 outbreak at Blalystok, clear-. ly, was the beginning of an organis ed massacre, similar to , the bloody ' October daya Only energetlo Inter vention can prevent It , Appeal to all Influences to help us." Parliamentary Committee Arrives. ' Blalystok, Via Warsaw, June 17. Order haa been restored. The three delegates sent , here by the lower house of parliament have arrived end begun an Investigation of the disturbance. ' Drought and Flood Divide Northern China. . Pekln. June 17. While the nn' era portion of the province of ( 14 is suffering the most severe drm since 1(00, ths southern ete experiencing serious flood, on; i ; heavy ralna The llnViw.i railroad for so miis, mil smaller atretches of th 1 Shentlnfu, have bn i t i traffic ha- been anr,,",l,,l ! day. Bome weeks U1 ba r . repair ths line. W :' --v ' 1 "
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