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l r9 i ' ' M i ! . . 1 f V 1 i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 Per Year. CHARLOTTE, N. C.,' SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1906V i.W. . PRICE FIVE CENTJ. rn hi x- - ' . 7 J ' i AXGBY WATEKS CLAIM TWO rpoilES LOST IX PA51LICO BOUND frraS. AJohnson and fla Jennie r UurrttS, OI nmurewni juk i.v !' ' lilvN In the Dimmer to the St-hoon- " - i MikM n k MvrhrMt fcurvl- ( " ' vors. Two Men and a Hoy, Rcm-ucd . After CUnirtnj to Capelwd Vessel . ...... . AM IPtiMM . Vlatra Their ' ' , l flit - ivr ...... , Mind Deranged by Huiiieer ana a ltd Crew of the Schooner Annlo Barron OomlKMMl Ui KeacutiMJ Party The Way Hound From Mai- ftnorlnl to Tha Observer. " - . Washington, N. C, Aug. I. -Capt , . Geo. McKlnney, of the schooner Anui .rarron." arrived In port thla morning from F airfield and reports heavy aeaa ' and rough weather in ranrnco wuou, Wednesday; August 1st. thecrew sighted schooner 'bottom .tip n Tamllco Bound, three mllea eouth o mh annals. 'After considerable dtf Acuity, they made , way to the wreck and found clinging to the boat'a bot torn L C Ballance, Charlei poster and f They had ' been . tHnglng to tho ; wreck three day- axpoaea w tna 1, weather and were nearly dead, their V mlnda deranged from hunger and fa ;' tlgua.-,' 'r' V'' ' ' : r Mra.' a.A-tJohnaon and:Miaa Jen v Wia Burma of allddleton. were In tha cabin when tha feaael capaleed and both were loetV-: J-.? r: i."?-. ,. ; ,Tha ahlpwrocked - men wera Jaken ' to Mlddleton for medical auenuon. : '" ; Tha wracked acnooner waa the Lu tier B." May. engaged In tha flah in V. daatry. i plying between. Hatterae : : ' and Englehard. Hyde county. The achooner left.Hatteraa lartMonaay " with m cargo of nan and waa unable : ;.to breast tha heavy weather aha en countered in, tha sound. ; i I i . - f i " ELAIN BY GIRL IX NEW YORK. ttallaa'la Shot by Cousin Biecauas Ha . Woulan l Marry iirr t-fruir vi Ilia Already JUting a W Ue Knew . of No Troubte, bajrs Ujvaf aian. . ... . : . s.New Torfcv Aug. I. Because ha had refused to' marry her, Maria Bhabara, r aa Italian girl S3 year old. to-day i , aaot and ' killed her cousin, Nicola Yrerrare. 14 years old. In tha Italian district nean, the rive Points Mission , ln , tha '.presanca 6f a hun dred !of their countrymen. .... Aa Ferrara fall mortally wounded the girl declared to a policeman who ar- . k th, H( rvil him rlthL Ha deserved to die." - Tha young wo- r man maae no aiwmpi o mcmpw, om mmiA that CamM . t hnurh allrMV wnmrriMA huA nmmluiA to mtkfl her nia win ana watwnen na raiuoea to . do ao. ane' aeierminea to am mm. Ferrara lived a few hours' after he , waa shot In his ante-mortem sute- ' nul n ttit rnrftnar ha aald that there was no trouble between any i woman and hlmseir ana mat na couia think of no reaaon - mhr- any on should have attacked him. , Maria 8habara had followed Fer- rare all tha way from her home in TJvnAVlvn War, hi, ha.lt rlllt OB hr. v They 1 quarreled, tha- girl said, about , bia conduct toward her. v - - When near-Flva Points aha came . upon Ferrara from behind ana nrea four shots at him with a- revolver. Tha first shot struck him In the back. - Ha turned with a cry of pain and two i mora - bullets entered hla body. At tha fourth shot a policeman rushed up and knocked tha pistol aside, the ahit' mninm wllrt- ' ' ' Tha tragedy caused - great excite ment, it requiraa a larga aetaii 01 police to restore order. ; p? . 'FIVE ITALIANS DISCHARGED. , gvay at Marlon Unable to Agree as to : the Other Two and Jadg Cooke Holda Tbem- Under Bonds of $300 - ach for the Next Term of Court. : Special to The Observer, -j. " ::C Marlon, Aug." I Tha Jury in tha caa of the seven Italian laborers charged with conspiracy ca'ma Into ' court thla afternoon and announced ' they were unabla to agree a to all tha defendants Five they held not guilty and disagreed aa to James MA ; aona -and Angelina Tespa.. ..- . . -" Judge Cooka thereupon discharged all tha defendants save Tespa and Ma one and "these wera held In bonds i of ISM each for their appearance .at tha next term of McDowell . county ' court.' Neither of the two has Wyet 'given bond. "''.;,,' .,,': DEATH. SETTEXCE COMMUTED. Florida Board -of Pardon Grant Life to Negro Murderers of N. W. Eppea . Had Been Hired by Folltlcal .- .Foea, Says Mnrdered Man's Son. ', - ? Tallahassee,' Fla.,' ,Aug. l.The ; State board of pardons to-day com muted to Ufa Imprisonment the death sentence of Caldwell . and Larklns. sentenced to hang for tha murder of N.' W. - Eppes," county superintendent nr puniic instrucuon. Ianac Edwards .was hanged last November for, this crime, a stay of execution "being granted- to Caldwetl and Larklns, n . the ; claim , of flew evidence. "The case has been", hard, fought, agree throughout ' -the v" Stat Jiarlng iubucribed , to tha fund , to save Caldwell and ': Larklns. Thla ts tha cas where an alleged Before Day Club'" Is said to have planned the murder of Eppea. The son of the murdered man appeared before the board of pardons to-day and stated aa his belief that tha three men had been hired .by political enemies of his father to murder him. j , BEA CHAM'S SLAYER CAUGHT. ' lYegro Who Commlttod Brutal Mur der of Itallroad Construction Fore man la Jailed at Danville and Ad mit III Identity. - - ' r ' ' Danville, VaH Aug. t.--Frank Bo hannon, tha negre who on Tuesday last shot and killed J. T. Deacham, a Southern ; Railway foreman em ployed near Greensboro, waa arrested hero to-night, and Is now In Jail, tha police at this jplace awaiting Instruc tions for his dlpoal from. Greens bro He was taken Into custody at 10:10 o'clock and after being ques tioned for soma time admitted that ha was the mn who shot Boacham, but statfld that he did not know thnt licacnam.was dnad. : There was a rewrt of 5 O'Tered for Is capture. $2,500,000 FIRE AT MILAN WOULD v EXPOSITION SUFFERS Perhaps aa Work of DiKrrunded Em ployea of ' Ute Great' Italian Miow, Kfx-tlong Dei-oted to Decorative Arts ' of Italy and Hungary Are Totally - lacwtroyed OUirr Seetlona Saved Only by. Energetlo u Effort Many , xine i-ainung , Damagea . oy uuu . ana tvatcr. . , ,. ......,, .N Milan. Italy. Auir. ' S. Flr which broke out here this morning in tha international Exponitlon did extensive damage. The sections devoted to the decorative art of Italy and Hungary were totally destroyed, as also was tna pavilion in which were -Jnstnlted the exhibit of Italian and Hungarian ar chitecture.- The damage is estimated at $1,000,000 to 13,000,000. Several firemen and carablneera wera Injured. The fire waa discovered at & o'clock thla morning in Ota Hungarian section and spread rapidly to tha art section. situated Jn an adjoining park. For a tlm the British, Swiss, Japanese and Netherlands sections were ' threaten ed, but by energetlo . work . the . fire-? men succeeded In aavlnar then. Tha Jewelry and fine arts sections 'also were threatened, but a large force of carabineers carried the pictures, many oi tnemoC almost priceless , value, from the gallery of fine arts into the corridor of sections beyond the Are son,-.' --j.vvr-'. ;. ; , S, The seen of the conflagration was the center of the most attractive por tion of tha exposition. The palace of decorative arts, . covering 150,000 square yards and containing 4,000 ex hiblta, is a mass of ruins. The build Ings waa- lightly constructed of wood and ' Iron .and . waa highly decorated with towers and handsome entrancea. The exhibits, chiefly fine examples of furniture, hangings, household goods ana clothing, are a 'total lose. . The architecture pavilion, which was a! so desroyedV contained many' exhibit of hlstorlo value, including the origi nal model or the dome of the cathe dral of Milan. many original docu ments referring - to ; Milan's famous scientist,' Volta, relating to Voltaic electricity, and numerous documents referring te Napoleon L -Aitnough ha Ulna arta - pavilion waa saved, many Una paintings were damaged, being splashed by mud and water while the firemen were hastily carrying; them to places of safety. The city was thrown into a stRte of Teat excitement and vast crowds of people collected, about uie exposition. The firemen, however, ' succeeded In saving all except the Italian and Hun garian sections, though ' dangerous spark fell on the Germs n, Persian Turkish and . Chinese sections. At noon the fire was considered to be under control.' The Edison . Company's statement that the electric current was cut off last night haa caused tha authorities to investigate tha report that dis gruntled employes. Who were recently discharged from position, aa night watchmen, are responsible for' the rev?.-. ::":;i:-".vi . . -t t REV. T. C WETMORK DEAD. Prominent and Beloved7Ilscopa -aunuuer nuccwnne v ' Attack', or 1 Appendicitis In AshcvUle UoapltaL cpeciai to ane ODserver, a Aahevllle. Aua.. t. -Rev. Thoa. C. Wetmore, of Arden, one of the most prominent . Episcopalian ministers In this aectlon of the State, and a man beloved by. all who knew him, died this morning at t o'clock .at the Mis sion Hospital,, as a result of an at tack of appendicitis, , suffered laet week. Mr. - Wetmore ha , been In charge of Christ's School, at Arden, for a number of year and haa ac complished a most excellent work for boy in this section. Ha waa In Aahevllle last Wednesday apparently In his usual good state of health. He returned to his home near Arden during Wednesday afternoon and that night waa taken 111. Ha was brought to Aahevllle Thursday, and taken to the Mission Hospital, "where an op eration for appendtcltia waa perform ed Thursday night by Dr. Stokes, of Salisbury, The operation was entirely successful.' The patient rallied from tha shock In splendid style and strong hopes were entertained -for .4-hls. re covery. Later he grew worse and yes terday afternoon It was realised that tha end was not far off- Death en sued this morning at I o'clock. Mr. Wetmore was a son of the late distinguished Episcopal divine, Rev. Ur. wetmore or Lincointon. Surviv ing are a widow and two children and two brothers. . The funeral serv Icvea will be conducted from Calvary church, Arden, to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. Bishop Horner,' assist ed by. Rev. Mr. Btubbs and Rev. Mr. Witaker, officiating. , The pall-bearers will be six members of tha clergy. ROOTS SAY" FAREWELL TQ IUO. Mra. Root la Presented With Hand some Gift by Braallian Ofilclala k Oil for Montevideo. Rio de Janeiro. Aur I. Prefect Passos to-day ' took Secretary and Mrs.' Root on an automobile trip to TIJuca, a mountain resort Later Mr. Root paid his farewell visit to Pres ident Alves, after which he went on board the United State " cruiser Charleston, where the Secretary held reception.- ,.. Mr. Root' . reception - on the Charleston waa well attended and the utmost cordiality - waa displayed. President. Alvea boarded, the Ameri can cruiser at 4 p,,m. and. was sa luted by the Braslllan, Argentina and German warships in tha harbor," He went ashore at i:t0. - , ,- In the name of the nation- Presi dent Alves presented Mrs. Root with a large and beautf ul Braslllan , dia mond, and the Minister or ..Finance, Senor DeBulhoea, gave her a golden casket inset with a watch. Secre tmrv Rnnt waa made an honnrarv member of the XnatltuU t Braslllan Lawyer wm..-, t i- .-' The Braslllan criuser Barroao' and the Argentine cruiser Buenos Aire will convoy the Charleston .to Monte video. The cruiser sailed at I o'clock to-night '.' ' South - Carolina ; Society j Cliartered. Albany. N. YM Aug. IThe Soci ety of Sons and Daughters of South Carolina ws mcorporaieo - nere to day at the Secretary of Stats' office. Tha directors are: Caesar H. R I vena. Peter M. Jacobs, James I Edwards, Caecllla Pol In. -Mattie M. Tonne-. Georgia E. Rlvens, Charlotte Nesblt, all of New York, , . , To Head Manual Labor School. " Richmond. Aug. l.--A. Charlottes- villa special says Professor Robert-B. Fulton, of the university of Missis sippi, was to-day duly appointed su perintendent of. the . Miller " Manual LaboriSchool, at Croset, Va. ; Ha la a native of Alabama. '; ; '.t: . .. Iluuslng at Lexington, Va.i r, Blchmnnd, Va., Au. 8. William K. Wllchfir wn hanged at Lexington. Vs.. to-day for Hi murder of Henry J. Pmtth In August l&tt, Doath was Instanttneoj. BIG ; STBIKE'S FIRST . DA i5T. ; PETERSB URG ' E DARKNESS Employes of Capital's Electric Light lug Plant Ceawe Work. But .lUU mad Men do Not Thua Far Appear to Have Heeded Call and SutxeM of the Strike Cannot be Predicted ' Before Monday Appointment of ' Grand Duke h'ichoUs as . Dictator Imminent Seven Ring , ' Leader . of Kveaborg Mutiny - to be bum- nmruy natevatexi. f , . v.T . :'. w St.' Petersburg. Aug. 4, 1:41a. we st. Petersburg Is in darkness to-night The employes of tha electric lighting plants, always the earliest barometric record of political condltlona, ceased work, during the afternoon In obedl enee to the call for a general strike. This call, already has been obejftd by 1.000 factory-hands In the capltaL Jt will " be Impossible, however, to pre dict, the success of this, universal po litical . strike until ; Monday, as the workmen In SL -Petersburg and the provinces have two holidays, Satur day, which I the fete day of the Dowager Empress, and a great relig ious feast and their regular holiday oi Bunaay.'V'. j..,.. . t i- , The- only other available Index to the situation Is the railroads. Up to t this morning, the railroad men had not heeded the call for a general strike, except In the case of an lnelg nliicant line running to Sestroretsk and other shore resorts In the vicin ity of St Petersburg. The men of this road barricaded the line, with the re sult that they had" an unimportant collision with Cossack' last night : DICTATORSHIP AT HAND.. In the meantime the fate of the 8tolpln cabinet sways In the bal nee and Russia la upon tha verge of disorders which may lead either to the reign of the military or the pro letariat.. It can be stated definitely that the first step toward a dicta torship may be taken Sunday or Mon day by the nomination of Orand Duke NlchoJaa to the chief command of all the troops In Russia. Thia would vlr tually place him In control of all the dlHturbed districts of ". the empire where martial law has been proclaim- This matter was a subject' el earn est discussion during the interview between the Emperor a ad Premier Stolypln yesterday from which -the Premier returned in a greatly vexed fciate of mind. The revolutions at Sveaborg and Cronstadt and the mu tiny on board the cruiser . .Pamyat Asova gave the tone to the conver sion between hla majesty and the Premier. - These ' . events. : although they have all ended fortunately' ap parently have left a strong Impres sion upon tha mind of the Emperor. One element of possible disorder for to-morrow haa been removed by the decision of the widow of M. Hersery teln, tha ex-Deputy who was mur dered at Teriokl, to Inter her hus band at Teriokl and to omit tha hold ing of services here and at Moscow. Tho prefect of police of St Peters burg to-day appealed to Mme. Her senateln to cancel tha procession here, saying- It probably would result in great disorder which h was resolved to suppress at whatever cost After consulting with the Constitutional Democratic committee Mme. Hersen- steln agreed to thla proposal. ST. PETERSBURG TIED UP. V Business house generally.. hav4 barred up their wlodowa as they did In the day of - the great , October strike. Practically all of the street cars In the city have stopped running and tha cab drivers are threatening 19 cease work to-aay. a aispatcn received by the Asso ciated Press from 8estroretxk says' that .heavy re-enforcement are being poured In there evidently In fear of an attack upon1 the government cart ridge and small arm factory located in that suburtv The long distance telephone station was occupied last night by half a company of Infantry" la order to prevent the anticipated at tempt or tna revoiuuonieia to sever telephonic connections between her and Moscow. - - .It was announced at the Admiralty last night that the drumhead court martial proceeding at Cronatradt probably, would be suspended with the execution of the seven ring leaders of the mutiny who were condemned to death Thursday. The other mutin eer will be subjected to 'trial by the regular court martial, which will be convened after the customary delays. Among the civilian agitator for whom the police are searching are two ex-Deputies. Their names ar not given, but they are believed to be M. Onitok and M. Michael. It has now been ascertained, that the-death list on board tha cruiser Pamyat Asova Included Captain Sos- insky, two lieutenants, the chief en gineer and tha Junior engineer, the surgeon, a midshipman and tha. chief petty officer, Captain of ' tha Sec ond Class- Motyroff waa mortally wounded., ' A priest and two lieuten ants were slightly wounded. About 10 sailors were killed or wounded. ".. f WAS DEED OF REACTIONARIES. Assassination of Constitutional Dem ocratic Leader in Finland Said to Have Been Announced in Advance by Black Hundred' Organ, 1 ' i ,. Moscow. '' Aur. :- 1. Premletv, fttnlv. pin has given orders to Investigate tha remarkable evidence that , the Black Hundreds of Moscow were aware , in advance that M. . Hersen stein,' the Constitutional Democratic leader, waa to be murdered at hla country , residence near Teriokl, Fin land. It develops that It waa av cor respondent of the Associated Press who. asked 8t . Petersburg, by. tele phone two hour before the assassi nation whether there waa any truth In the report In circulation In Mos cow that M. .Heraensteln had been murdered. The correspondent ob tained his Information from a local evening paper, Tha Malk. The editor of The Malk has Informed the police that ha oDtainea ni. 'information from tha editor of The' Vlecha, - a Black Hundred paper of Moscow, which has been - publishing provoc ative articles against the Jews' and revoiutioniatav) 7 . y.."V .( " SAY8 DEAD REACH THOUSANDS. Soldier From Sveaborg Ftirtrexa Give Iarge Estimate of Mutiny Victims MiM'lallst Mako Laet Suceeaaful Efforts to Bring About ' General Htrike. , f (i i. ,', lt. HcUlngfors, 'Aug. I. X soldier who came from the Sveaborg fortress dur ing the day aald the casualities from the fighting of Wednesday would be shown to number many more than (00, exjrelng the opinion that the totals would run Into the thouaands. The rarrfiion conMdted of 4.000 men. During the night the' trlcgrM(h lines were rut Severing tommnnli a ttfn with Vlbrg, and a small rnll road brUlge between hero and Vlljorg waa blown up. The bridge waa sub sequently repaired. .. :. . ..v.j Trains from St.- Petersburg are ar riving here after great delay. One of the - railway bridge; was , again blown up with dynamite, but It waa oon repaired. . -,''' ' 1 r 1 ' . The government la handling the sit uation carefully, fearing that tha movement may spread throughout the country. The Cossacks are used only In extreme rases and then the dis perse crowds with mora gentleness than they do In. Russia, x ' ,k , - The Socialist Red Guard yesterday evening made a last effort to bring about a general strike. They marched In , force to the power house of, the street railroad and -ordered tha men to strike. Upon - their refusal the garda attempted to flea troy tha bulldJ Ings. Police ' and' communal , guards were summoned and a fight followed, resulting In 'the killing of the assis tant chief of police and several com munal -guards and a number of tha Red Guards. . Cossacks were sum moned and separated the combatants. Troop Near Waresaw In Mutiny ' Warsaw, Aug. I.-J-A portion of the 'troops In the' summer camp at Rem bertoff, near her, muttned yesterday and are In open revolt to-day. The artillerymen have 'driven their of ficers out of their quarters. A detach ment of Cossack aent to overpower the -mutineers were received with grape shot. Detail are lacking, as extraordinary precautions are being taken to prevent" the facta becoming public.'-' -xi Troop " In ' Soetltcrn. Russia Growing ';,"- Ileptlees. ' Odeasa, Aug. I. The growing rest lessness among ' the troops compos ing tha garrisons In the Southern provinces is being carefully watched by the provincial commanedra-in-chlef. Protracted, staff councils are being held dally.' A revolutionary' manifesto wss cir culated to-day declaring that Russia la en the eve of a military and naval revolution which la sharp and desperate,-;, Governor of Samara Blown in Piece. "Samara Russia. Aegl S. The Gov ernor of this city wss tnstanUy kilt ed to-day by a bomb thrown by an assassin who wss. subsequently ar rested. ' The Governor's head and feet were' torn off by the explosion. Unsuccessful Mutiny on Cruiser Boga- v ,trr. ' Helslngfora, Aug. I., 11:17 p. m. An Incipient mutiny broke out to-day on board the Russian cruiser Bngatyr. It was immediately put down with the arrest of 200 men on board. GREENE AXD CAYNORS SUIT. Savannah Harbor Improvement Swindler Renew Action Dmnrtit Against Government for H.SO,ooo Alleged to be Doe on Actual and lYoepective Work. New Tork, Aug, I. At the request of .Kellogg at Rose, of this city, counsel for Greene and Gaynor, under conviction for embexxlement In con nection with harbor Improvements at Savannah, Ga., the Attorney General of the United States haa flxod Septem ber IT next as the, date for the ex amination by the ' government of Greene and Gaynor in their claims now pending against r the gov.r.i ment in the Court of Claimu. Tho examination will be held at the prbton in Macon, aa., where oruene and Gaynor are confined, according to a statement made to-day by L, Laflln Kellogg, who -said he had received notice to that effect , from Attorney General Moody at Washington. -This is the action." aald Mr. Kel logg, "brought by the Atlantic Con tracting Company, under, which name Greene and Gaynor did business, against the government to recover damages for breach of the same con tracts which formed the basis of the charges on which they wero recently convicted .at Savannah.- - Our clients' claim amount to ISKO.000 actually earned and certified by the govern ment officers and admittedly unpaid for,-in addition to over $S 00.0 00 In profit on work remaining to be done. After all - fhe evidence for' the plaintiffs In these proceedings had been Introduced tha government pro cured a stay, pending tha abiehce of Greene and Gaynor In Canada, Their presence In thla country now makes It necessary for the stay to be vacated and tha examination' had. Thla course was taksn at. the surmxtlon of counsel for tha plaintiffs, who ar anxloua to-proceed with tho case." Greene and Gaynor ware convicted at Savannah. They were fined I406. 000 and sentenced to serve two years ach In prison. - .",' SHAM BATTLE AT CHICBjAMAUOA. Spectacular Encounter Between For ce or imantry, vnvairy ana r-ieia Artillery. ; . - . Chattanooga,' Tenn., .Aug. I. A mlmlo battle between the "Blues" and "Browns" at the Chlckamauga Na tional Military park encampment took place to-day. Each "army" waa composed of , two -regiment or in fantry, half a regiment of cavalry and a battery or neid ernnery. to the "Blues," under Col. ' Chase, of the Twelfth Cavalry, was ' assigned the duty of- holding hlstorlo Mnod grass Hill. The "Browns," under, Col. Van Oradale. of the Seventeenth Infantry. were In the assaulting company which waa to advance and attack with mod ern ' methods, not In a charge, but In open order with a firing Una In front.-An ratlliery right wa a na tural accompaniment . 1 ' Large crowd saw . the "battle," which wa spectacular. 1 The Virginia and South Carolina reglmenu - will leav for heme to-morrow. . . ? ' . . ; Battle" Likewise In Indiana. ', ' Fort - Behlamln Harrison.' Indian. polls, Ind., Aug. I. Practical exer cises in connection with tha military camp of Instruction began to-day. The Twenty-seventh and the Twenty- eighth inrantry raced the Fourth In fantry and a squsdron of cavalry, The opposing forces were styled tha Blue and the Brown armies., each army established outpost and moved to wards each other presumably to en gage In battle. Ninety rounds of am munition were carried by each man. Tha manoeuvres war excellently ex ecuted." r ; f-; ' ;, 4 ., -1.1 :i - ' Battle at Texa . Camp Also. , : ; Austin. Te.. Aug. I. A great Dart of the day at Camp. Mabey was giv en over to an engagement between the infantry forces en a plain imme diately to the west of tha grounds and tha edge of tha mountains, where part of the force was permitted to ba driven back after a time into ' the mountain fastness, where they mad a successful stand, repelling tha forces from tha plain. ' , ,' , 1 1 ...... ... j, Belcher Gets 13 Tear In Ten. " Peterson. N. J.. Aug. I. William II. Bolcher, who while mayor of this city sbm-onded a year ago and ano aur- renlered hlmnelf on Monday lont, wn ontenred to-day t 2 years In the Trenton penitentiary. ., WOMAN-CniLD lABOR LAW XKV VORK'COUHT HITS IT HARD Restricting- Hour to 10 Day ' In I nctorltNt is Termed Invasion . of ;. Coiinutntional Rights aa Well as , t iawi jiegiMlatlon, Judge iuimnteau , DeUvering Dominion In Court of - Special Kewdona Itutht to Sell Sm- ,'.; bor Uplield Factory Women No ' More Mothers eft . Famlllea Than Other Women Who Work or Imnt Work Attorney General Appeal. New Tork, Aug. The State law of New Tdrk restricting the labor of women and children to 10 hours a day and 40 hours a week In a fac tory, was declared to-day by Justice uimstead, in a decision handed down In the Court of Special Sessions, to be "an unwarranted invasion of con stltutlonal rights." 1 : - The - rullng wa concurred In ' by Juetlc McKean and Justice Deul Judge Olmstead declared that the law waa class legislation. . - Judge, Olmstead aald In hla de cision: "To labor and employ labor ar In herent and Inalienable rights of our citizens and cannot be taken away in whole or in. part unless upon the broad ground of -public good, which must be apparent and cannot be pre dieted upon .legislative dictum, i RIGHT TO SELL LABOR. ' , "It may be stated as a well-settled legal proposition that the right to labor and contract for that labor ' is both a liberty and a property right; when. , therefore, - the Legislature enacts a statute auch as that under consideration. It muat be admitted that it has Infringed. In the enact mrnt, the rights which are very clearly recorded by the constitution to- the Individual cltlsen. The people.-therefore, are called upon to justify this Invsslon. and there I but one plea in Justification; that the statute .waa enacted to protect- the comfort -welfare and safety - of the whole people, and the individual must surfer this curtailment or his granted right In the Interest of the common good. . "In : the case under consideration the right of the employed and tha right of the employer are equally In volved. Nothing to the contrary appearing, It must be assumed that the woman who was a willing worker for a Willing employer, and that the result waa mutually satisfactory and profitable.- - NEEDN'T WATCH THE CLOCK. "The . present constitution of the State of New Tork was adopted In 1144 and became effective January 1. im. All of the rights which adult , women possessed at that time were confirmed by that document. One pf thoee rights certainly waa tho right to contract for her labor anj to work when and where sh-s pleased without reference tq tha position fet the hands upon the dial of the clrt-k. "It waa not until four yeara after that the law-making power fought to place the limitation under con sideration upon them. What was the legislative Intent In doing thla tha Attorney General finds and urges n- other reason than that the general welfare of the Stat demands that the progeny of - women of the fac tories shall have mothers with healthy bod lea to tha end that tha Stat may have sturdy cltlsen. Does the Stat look merely to the chil dren of the factory women for Its future good cttlsenaT Why should not the housewife, the woman who tolls at home, in mercantile houses, In offices, or she who tolls not at all the society woman be exempt from legislative Interference, Injunctive or fmandatory, for the same reaaon T Some of them may be mothers or fu ture clttsena, and It should be of as great Interest to the State that their progeny should have proper birth and breeding to conserve its welfare." Attorney General Mayer announced that ha would appeal from the de cision. TAKES UP UNION'S COMPLAINT. Acting Attorney General Instruct District Attorney at Covington, Ky In Investigate Charges Tliat 1xulmic Nashville I Threaten ing Union Telegrapher. . .Washington, Aug. I, Acting on a complaint died by H- B. Perham, president of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, Acting Attorney Gen eral Russell to-day Issued Instructions to United State District Attorney Tlnsley, of Covington. Ky., to make an immediate Investigation of charges that the Louisville Nashville Rail road Company haa violated the law In the matter of threatening to dis charge employes because of their membership In labor unions. Dis trict Attorney Tlnsley is directed to hrine- tha whole subject before the Federal grand Jury in the event that he finds the charge borne out by the Mr. Pearham had a long confer ence with Mr. Russell. He aald that his organisation had sub mitted affldavlta to the United State ' attorney for tha eastern district of Kentucky showing viola tions of the law by tha Louisville A Nashville and other concerns, and that the United States attorney. In stead of prosecuting the case, had re ferred the matter to the Inter-State commerce commission. In- addition to-instructing the district attorney to Investigate Acting Attorney , Oeneral Russell advised him that It waa his duty to prosecute cases of this kind without-reforrlng them to the , De partment at ; Washington. . ., -. . in 1 ', : V Admiral Train Die "at Clicfoo. Chefoo, Aug.." .... 4. Rear - Admiral Crales it Train, commander-in-chief of the United States Asiatic , Fleet died at 14 minute past I this morn ing , of uraemia. r r, "y ;:v . : - toaahtna-ton. ' Aug. t. Admiral Train was reported aa seriously ill In a cable dispatch to the Navy Depart ments to-day. wo particulars ; were given, '.-' ..',, .''.. - AS commanaer-in-ciiiri 01 m in atifl station, the Important duty of maintaining strict neutrality In Phll- innlna waters during - tne Russian- Japanese war devolved upon Admiral Train. He was 41 .years old and would have retired from active ser vice In May of next year. During hla service of almost a score of years at sea he served on many stations, During the Spanish - war he com manded the auxiliary cruiser Palrle In the North Atlantic patrol squadron and h had .been . a rear-admiral sine 04.:V:;v.-;i':,y-.:i-:.-,'-vv';;; Court JrUKl Mayor Johnson Guilt- '1 '.' ""'f-1 , ' IcHrta : '., V"',, -1 ' 1 v V - Cleveland. O., Aug.' .. Judg Ken nedy, of tha Common Pleas Court, te-day decided that Mayor Johnsgn wa not guilty of contempt of court a charged in connection . with - the tearing up of tha tracks of the Clave land Electric Railway Company let week In Fulton street, v The Court held that.W, J. Sprlngborn, director of public i-rvlce, had vloli-.ted the temporary Injunction Und Vy Judtfs Ford In tha case.' Cprlngburn "was fined 1100 -nJ coats, ', ' ' j" MISS WALKER DENIES 1 ALL THE v. PLAINTIFF , JN, REBUTTAL .- V -..v. .w '' " - '.-,-.; Declaree Slie Never Went on a Tally Ira Hkle or Drank Cocktail -V tll , CoL- Kttwards Anneared bi asi ' vUle Fair Plaintiff (area Way to Tear on tike Wit neon stand De nies Testimony of Chorus Girl and Other Wltneaacti W'lioee Evidence liu Rmn iwintrv Tlie Case Likely to Cotuo . to an End rly CX. Week.;;'; V.',;-,-'. !.-', Special to The Observer, '.'4' '': Union City. Tenn..- Aug. The rebuttal testimony of .' the plaintiff was finished - to-day, Lola Walker waa in the witness box. v v i . ' She denied almost In toto the testi mony of Edwards, Weaver, Porter, chorus girls, Mrs. Melvln, et al. She declared she never told Hattle Morgan, her aunt or the negro servant that she waa going to New Tork city to go on the stage; that ah had been on the stage once and was going back to make some money, Never, before Edward came, had she gone on a tallyho ride; never drank cocktails, beer,, etc In the Battery Park Hotel; never had been on a drive with Edwards, Weaver and Evans; she had never seen - Evans, and Weaver had never hugged , or klased her. She swore aha never told him Edwards had made it prao tlcable for her to go on the stage; that Roy Martin had never called on her; she hod never asked Edwards to help her go on the stage; she had never told any one of bad treatment from her aunt nor had she ever ex posed her limbs to Edwards, as al leged by him. She never gave her picture to Clarence Reynolds; that neither Edwards or Porter kissed her at tha depot when she left New York with the opera company; that the "'looking glass" picture shown to the Jury was not hers and she never knew of any such picture; that Miss Barry, chorus girl In the- "Mr. Jolly of Jollet" was not her room-mate, and while with that company she never "went honnlng down tne line. and If the chorus girls had done such things they would have been discharged. t ' Rhe aald that while in St-Loute she stayed with her mother and after the gerformances went straight home, he had never heard of Josephine Sawyer and. had nver told any one she was married to Kenneth Bruce, In California, and never" got a letter signed "Your loving husband. Ken neth." She never told Agnes Deamar all she had to do waa . touch the wlro to Union City and get all the money she wanted. Rhe denied hav ing been seen with Lelferman In any wrong way. Her father and -mother were with her all the time at the hotel that If It was a place of bad character she never knew it. That she never was a servant of any kind In Mrs. Melvln's boarding house; that Mrs. Melvln never saw her dis robed. In tears and sobs, she told how she had lately heard that she was born out of wedlock. Tha inrv was out all the afternoon. nendlne- tha discussion of rebuttal deposition by the defendant It I thought the case will be decided Monday or Tuesday. ' A UNION COUNTY FEUD . ' Carious Situation Developed by Cases in u pert or twin Agca nm Woman Defendant In Aasanlt Case Cownty Canvas Started Picnic at Beulah Church. Special to The Observer. Monroe, Aug. a. Tne service oi an expert statistician would be required to keep track of the various cases growing out of what seems to be a sort of feud between the H. B. King and J. K. Porter families,, of Vance township, which have ben cropping up In the Superior Court at Intervals oil this week. After tha first cas was disposed of, namely, the trial of Tolly King, charged, by J. R. Porter with the larceny or aeea conon, a oripa nf trials for assault and bat tery on charges made by the Por- . . . . . a a . aw. ters against tne n-ings ana oy ins Kings against the Porters have foU iui.j in auch bewilderln succession ht 3,tArm Juatlp. ablot snd clear- minded Juriat aa he is, must have had some difficulty in determining, ei times, who's who And what's what t.latenlna- tn It all In the court room. one haa visions of football scrimmages with human neaas nguring as ins football and no goal In eight for the end 1 not yet It is to ba hoped that for the good of the community, hrothrnn mav hereafter dwell together In unity and quit this "knock down and drag out" business. - To sav the least, there Is nothing at all adlfvlna- In it. ... " Cicero Culberson, a- young negro., no kin to Marcus Tulllns, charged with selling liquor, was acquitted, v "i Mrs. Harriet Chancy, an aged whit woman, was charged with assault and battery in throwing a brick at the'4-year-old son of Curtin -Boyt vTha boy waa worrying Mrs. Chaney's dog, she (Mrs. Chaney, not the dog) aald. Bo ' to frighten him she picked up something and threw It down near hla feet If this be so, the boy must have been scratching hi back with both feet at the time,' for Mr. Austin Boyt teat I fled that the boy waa struck in the back, and brought half of a brick Into court to prove it Mrs. Chaney acted a her own lawyer and failed to notice the subtle legal point she might have made right here: She wa accused of throwing a brick, whereas only half a brick was put In evidence; a clear caa of corpus delic ti as regards th other half. How ever, the boy wasn't hurt much, If at all, and when . the Jury found Mra. ! Chaney guilty, Judge Justice gave 1 her some good advice about restrain-i- h An from annovlnc the neigh bor and suspended Judgment till th October term. By th way, thla la tha same flee that Mrs. Chaney said sh would bequeath to Mr. Will Huey in her will. -.- ' .'- ' This term of th Superior Court ended to-night ? r ' ' . ' Bob Scott the whit man who thought the charges agalnat him for selling liquor wer nol -prossed and came Into court Just to view th pro ceedings and found to hi horror that charge were still pending, waa found guilty and sentenced to twelva months on tha;roads.- v.'. t. pv ,;, ., ' There wilt be a picnic at Beulah church, Sandy Rldga ; township, Sat urday, at which addresses will be de livered by Rev, C. R. Clegg and oth ers. ' ".'"''f' ';.;'.v .'-;.'' '-.'ii-.if . The coifnty candidate started their n-...... at WuliUnilnn lnrW.,1iiu. day and continued It at Indian Trail yesterday, a ira irowu eiienuea at both places. - To-day they are go ing through the, same programme at tlnlnnvlllo. and Will be at Olive Branch on Saturday. ' - Mr, D. S. Dodenhoff has moved in- a . Xte A. i' OAWftll'i nur pntUm on Jefferson streets, the Parkham rea Idenco, .which, be formerly occupied, navma owq iurniHeti ruc-cnuy Dy Mr.' George M Beanley.' who moved Into it a few Jays .- - . s. TILE FAIRBANKS BOOM OX SITUATION', IS BAD ; IN INMANA A Second Choice Not av Good Out- look for the "Favorite Son" Move- "j inent etpeaker Cannon Devoting; , ; HI - Attention to Indiana I'alr banks People Doing Lots of Mission ary Work In the houUi Meanrs,, Whlttam aaut Clarke Prenarlna- f,ir f-f.l m 1 ra., ... v. . . . .7 - . -"'."fc AriM iu ncimii VI IUO Cotton Interest of the Country. ( ; ,"''':':''.' by w. w. price. " - Speclal to The Observer. ! ' Washington,. Aug. ,' Campaign buttons bearing . the legend,- - "For President In -MOV Charle Warren Fairbanks," have made their appear ance in .Washington and have been distributed extensively throughout the South. .. The Fairbanks boom for the presidency is proceeding along com paratively smooth road these days. Thus fa.r It h a mt r M-tnuM ..mk ling block. Even In Mr. Fairbanks' noma State of Indiana, where he haa some dear enemies, the Vic President haa had reasonably clear sailing. Some disquieting obstacles have been en countered, but they amount to little more than brdlnarily la to be exnected In a campaign for th presidency. dentlals. Speaker Cannon ia manoeu- verlnr COVlV for noaltlon In tha nreat.. dentlal contest Th likelihood ' la that he will have . hi own State of Illinois at hla back, if he should con clude to permit th use of his nam before the Republican national con vention. What ia giving the Vice Pres ident and hla friends concern la that "Uncle Joe" Cannon la 1avnftns anma, of his attention to Indiana. There are' Indication In th Hoosier State of an effort to undermine the strength of Vice President Fairbanks. The work ' -'-. W"u. wv H uirvij mavft Ilia w mir banks people cannot openly object without putting themselves, possibly. In the attitude ef making a mountain out of a mole hllL - - - It Is quit certain that th Vic President will have the support of a solid delegation from hla own State, but the Indications are that' the dele gation will have a second choice. This la a bad situation in which te place a "favorite son." Backed by a dele gation which has a strong candidate aa a second choice, the "favorite on" movement will lack force from the atart It will detract from that e rtousnes of support which is abso--lutely necessary If a candidate .1 to win the nroalHantlal nri.a "UNCLE JOE" AND INDIANA.' Among Sneaker Cannon's friends In Indiana are Senator Hemenway and Representative "Jim" Watson, th Republican whip of the House. Both of them are under strong political ob ligations to "Uncle Joe." Hemenway stepped Into the senatorshrp from the cnairmanahip or . the committee - on appropriations which Speaker Can non gave him; and Watson has been the Speaker in every contest he haa had In the House for several years. uoin are zorcerui men. They nomi nally may support the Vice President hut -here they are regarded as at heart aval rt-rvs Aaaa L?naalraai "a ei -.ai - f l esse a m va ajrva aavi vmiliUHt A UWJ will be in a position to swing the In diana delegation to Cannon at th psychologic! moment if th Speaker should conclude to be a candidate. i naii rigorous support UK ina cannon movement la being given by several ef Rk.. ..I . . m r-. the important Republican- member of th House has been perfectly evi dent for several months. LOOKING TO THE SOUTH ' " While secrecy concerning the move ments Is being maintained, evidence Is abundant that the Fairbanks peo ple are doing lots of missionary work delegates and tha chance ar that tha Vice President may receive pret- - States. A literary bureau In the In terest of the Vice President is being m Afntalnjt tn InAlanannll an.1 th. Southern malls are being flooded with Fairbanks literature. Th South wants things from the next admlnle- t..(Un I I. .kA,iM 1, n,,V1l . k and the candidate who get th up- rvi VI aj nvHiiiri ga UvavsanaSTfl Will have to make ' some tall promise. Th Southern Republican will want mem aer of the cabinet - and soma . r. j ...i a.m.. , eluding, of course, th local Federal patronage of tha South. - They will deal only with candldatea who caa de liver these goods. - ir it ne rairDanas, wall and good; if not .then tney win determine upon aome other Republl- WHITTAM. . Wm. Whlttam. Jr.. of Charlotte. and Graham Clarke, of Joneaboro, tha two agents recently appointed by Sec-, ret ary Metcalf. of the Department of Commerce and Labor, under aa act of Congress to go abroad and Investi gate better markets for American cot ton goods, left Washington to-day for mew i or a, wnrre tney win meet prom- , In.nt Mimmltitnn matn tA.m rwrm anil talk over the work to be done by . them. Mr. Whlttam la accompanied . by his wife and child and will sail on the vynite star line from New York or Boston In the course of. the next week, for ' Liverpool. . He Will . make hi headquarters at Manches-, ter. Mr. Clarke wilt go to San Fran-. Cisco and, take passage, on th Man churia for Yokohama. , Both Clarke and Whlttam have been commission- ' ed for one vear. but exnect to return' to the -united ; mates in about ten ., DEATH , fJlMKrSVPUOU. , , Frank T. Hopkins, of Johnson City, Die - at wrightsvuio lleacti of . lmmw T,Ma ,.'..'. Special to The Observer.-' 1 i Of tha surf at Wrlghtvllle Beach this afternoon Frank T. Hopkins. It yeara tilA . m fV.ri TkA .r, ta, vhn latta.' , J .a,iuw .ivi.f wviBa.wi. - Tenn., and with his sons and family were ramping at Wrlghfavtlle, com I. .nn.. ew.M . TmKm.am M . u . plained or feeling badly and being unable to get hla breath. Hla daugh ter told him to go and sit down on the beach to coot and she wonld bring htm a glass of water. The man wa acarcely through with the water when h collapsed and waa dead before medical aid could reach htm. Death waa pronounced aa hav ing resulted from heart failure. Hop kins Is ev tile-worker and lately cam here to take employment . . Fatal and Destructive Kxiloalon I r Recti rylnjr Honse. Houston. Tex.. Aug. 8 W. T. Fletcher was Inatantly killed. T Brooks, a negro, waa covered - burning alcohol and re--tvci hi which will prove fatnl an I thn r building waa gutted by 1 re m i suit of in explo-irtn in the i room of the wholral i'i " ! of Jori'f-t ft Ci. h.-r thN Fletcher' wh frn'rnun of I -ment in h Ii i In 1 curred. Tho losi Is r 000,
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