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i. - V 1 1 i -V, ; J 7 j " L- ! . ; V v - Ui ;Ci:ri'TION FIUCH: (TO IVr Year. ,' CIIAKLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AIORNING, AUGUST 8, 100G, vine:: 'ive c. r nil!'. o.'.soi:;g iiie ji ;.;...ts csnifL is cj:et mi :.( more trouble expected roilowlns Exciting Scenes et.. Salis bury Monday Night When Angry Mob Took From Rowan Jail Three Negroes and Lynched Them, ' th Town la I'nuMialiy Quiet ail ' No Further Trouble W ,ow 'Anticipate cl The Mob Scatters, the Streets Bexuino Their Normal At-pcet ami the Citizens Go- About Their BuhI . ness With a GiUlluS tun on Each ' Side -of Jho Jail Doorv the Iredell Blues and the Hornets Kent Rifle nu-n Stand Guard, Together With ICtrmb-er" of Special Deputies George' nail, Ex-Convict Wlio ad Mob, Lfciigul.-hee l Jail Unround ed Rnnior Tliat Mob 1 WoiiU At tempt to : Prevent Cbarlojto -Artll Icry From Landing. . - ' . . ," Special to TTi Observer.- H,-v" ' Salisbury, Aug;. 7. -At 10 o'clock ' to-night the Iredell Blue of "Btfttes- vllle, under command, of Gert J. F, Arm Held, MaJ.- II. I Flantgan and Capt. J. E. Delta, ndths Hornet Nest Riflemen,, Capt. W. 8... Charles, are In the jail yard. Sentries are P trollng the four streets The First Battery.. .Field Artniey.- of Charlotte, ' Capt. Mark W. William, is also on . .' guard and a' Gatllcg'gun stands on either aid of the Jail door. The num ", ber of spectator! wmi and wanes a but the sidewalk on Main street has ' furnished enough standing1 room for them. The place Is brilliantly, lighted Soldiers are breaking down the high boardj fence which separate ,' '. the , front from the back yard. Those not on other duty are - pitching '-. tents. their rifles - stacked - opposite ; each tent. There Is very, little liquor- An avldonc In the crowd. It Is composed; or seems to be, of mere curious spec tatora, awed Into silence.'- : v'1- A number of special police officers are on duty outside the Jail 'fence, and 11 or It special deputies are sit ting on the steps. I asked a police man, as a test,. to let me -cross the . fence." He, replied that. If' Z did .be would shoot me, .But he wouldn't have done so, "for a few minutes la ter a young drunk man came shout . Bering his .way . through the crowd. loudly and profanely announcing that j. o was oooty ana that he would say . f what he pleased, s;o where he pleased and do as he pleased, and that the first man who laid hands oa him he would shoot him dead. This with his hand on . his hip pocket He vaulted the fence and went boldly up to the entry une ana a shiver went through . the ranks of onlookers lest the polloe or the eoldiprs should fire on aim. Chief J. F. Miller arrested him. how ever, and sent him away. How trem ulous tnings are is illustrated when " the passing cars run over torpedoes, placed on the track by mischievous ". boys. At every explosion the crowd ... starts and shakos. ' w ; There was a rumor that a mob would meet No. "13 at the depot and prevent the Charlotte Artillery from leaving the. train, Capt- Williams had taken the precaution to set one of his . Oatllng guns at the door of the bag gage car and, If the mob had matcri- allied, what be would have done for It would have been a rautlon. ' , At 11. o'clock there Is hot a mouse stirring. The streets are- almost de serted, there being scarcely more than a dosen people on the sidewalk be tween the court house and the Jail. . Guests of . the Vandeford Hotel have drawn their chairs out to the street, where they are sitting quietly, enjoy. Ing their cigars and watching the sen tries en their beats. One Gatllng gun now stands In tho-court houae square, , commanding a broad-side of the front of the Jail yard,' and the other has been placed in the back yard. They r nutting electric Hunts on the rear of the Jail. The soldiers are taking It easy, eating good ham sandwiches and making merry. It Is plain W fore tell that there will be no mc her ' o-nlght. t ;,,..y - J.-CI .- WOMEN WITNESSED LYKCIUXO. Nnmhors of Thcni Followed Salisbury ' Mob mnd Saw Negroes Wrung Vp and tshot to lMixen Men Who ! Kaed Jjf, Krrln and the Woman "Prom leath Cnma From Lverlr ; Neighborhood The Town u it Apieard the Next Day.. Special to The Observer. - Salisbury, Ang, t. Had a stranger entered this thriving Utile city this morning without having read the pa pers, he would not have dreamed -or Imagined 'that three dead negroes dangled from lynchmen't" ropes with? In two miles : of ,the Rowan county court house. All was quiet save the , marching of a few pedostrtans and the monotonous call of the soap seller. The mob had completed its work and scattered to the four corners of the earth. Here and there In popu lar gathering places groups had as sembled and were discussing the crime of last . night . Many curious men were going about the Jail exam ining the shattered windows and the bullet marks on the outer walls' of the JalL At Henderson's . baseball grounds; far removed from the busi ness soctlon of the town, a swarm of human vultures, cut fingers, toes and ears from the victims of the mob. Uy 10 o'clock the remains of Nease end John Gillespie had been no mutIA lated that they were " gruesome . to look upon. Thousand of people went out to the scene of the lynching. THE STOUT OF TUB MOU. The mob here lnnt nlitht was a drllberato one. Its pro(tres mlKht bo likened to the cloud that precipitated the flood that destroyed the ' entire world except Noah's ark and Us ln hAhitants. It irrew from a small fcnnt of qitet men to something like J.ono howiimr maniacs. Minute by minute the crowd swelled, Increasing ly the etrectcnr load. , At 7:30 o'clock a fow feHceful looklng rltlf.ens leaned' on the Iron fem e In front of. the J S I and tnllied emoiisr thomm-lvcs. Tlwofj se-iinil to Id atnlalile men, who hnj forei;:itIier e 1 there to look at tho nherlTw runr.I. J ut at t'i ni -'it ni mn i.n thrt huihImii- 1'rr.iu a i - 1 to a loilf Into Ir. t. f.', lii' : ; .-it-! !f i t t , o i!... t, 1m 1. t tnmo th.iu a large, unwloldy, lifeless HHseniblni-a of jieoplo. No yells, nor nol.to of uny Kind was uttered. The thrungs thut spread all over Main street, between CouncllNand Liberty, moved unTuJl circles, and talked but lit t in. Tho yelling did not begin until after' S o'clock. Then a few boys In short pants began to give vent Iq pent-up - feelings. As the konn shouta bevutne more general and more frequent the crowd became mora compact and more animated. AKaln it can be likened to A dark threatening cloud, it grow darker and larger. Hundreds of men came in from Spencer on the one side and Chestnut Hill on the other. Every railroad train emptied car loads of biamy, Cabarrus, Davidson and Meek lenburg men in- the city. Kverybody joined the mob. some to look on an others, to participate In the lawless ness. - , . ! By 10 o'clock those who have cour age and love fair play trembled with fear. Judge ' Long, ' Sheriff Julian, Senator Overman, Solicitor Hammer, Thomas Vandeford. John M. Julian. Mayor A. H. Hoyden and many other good cltlsena were begging the would' be lynchers to disperse. At this time there were no leaders in the crowd. The same sort of a gathering could have -tome together to see a balloon go up. The dangerous men had not yet arrived. The otneera had about concluded' that tha multitude bore no 111 will to any one. but had assembled to see 'what some other" fellows were going . to : do. Hosts , of beardless youths and collarless ' laboring' men sat on: the alley fences, -the curb- atones and adjacent doorstep. , u 'DETERMINED MEN' APPEAR, , . But a few determined men made their way to the back door of the JalL where they were repeatedly beat en back by the deputies and plucky citizens. Solicitor Hammer made a strong speech, warning and threaten ing the .mob.:' Three men ..carrying sledge hammers , had ., entered J the kitchen . of the prison building, but were soon-arrested. ' Later, when tha leader Of a small bunch outside prom ised to desist if the three men were turned loose, the officers were advised to turn out the newly arrested prison- era. The man . who had effected the entrance with his sledge hammer was George Hall, an.ex-convlct, an Illicit distiller and an all-round bad man. When ha mot on the . outside he Mounted the steps and made the fol lowing remark? to those who bad been with him: "zou would not follow me and I want to say to you- that you are all a -set of ; cowardly a ; s." He then shook hands witn Mr. Hammer, much agaiast the lat-i ters will, and Joined the- retiring crowd. Although Mr. Hammer bad prosecuted this man in Montgomery he could . not recall his' name nor nis record last - night This morning. however, he had htm arrested. There fore, when -Hall ana Us fang re treated It was more of a sham than anything else. He and tha oulet und er, who was. with him but did, not get inside the Jail, were backed by a little band of dangerous men rrotn tha. neighborhood of, 'Whitney. They composed the radical element Of tuft mob- which later oroae into ins jn and - secured the negroes. Toe con servatlve element the men wbe saved the doubtful defendants and the Wo man, came from the neighborhood of the Lyerly murder. The mob that did the workniot-have, numbered about 600 'men. The great tnronr was out to sea and hear. , WOMEN WITNESS DEED.. Many women followed the surging crowd la all or Its meanaering borne nf then went to the Discs of hanging and saw- the negroes swung to tne limb and shot to death. Had the guards-used their guns they could have kept back the lynchers, -but manvSn-lookers would have . been killed. , - ;.. ; ' . ' INFURIATED" THE 'LYNCHERS. Close to midnight Capt Max Bark er and his military, company left tha court house. The guard - of deputy sheriffs had already gone.- This vir tually left the building unprotected Sheriff Julian had Instructed the sol diers not to Are until lie ordered them to do so. The mob was shooting oat the lights, the windows and pepper ing the Jail. The defenee ottered did no more than Inflame or Infuriate the lynchers. Instead of bolting when the Rowan Riflemen began to fire blank cartridges they moved on the Jail. Three men had been shot, one of whom was mortally wounded. The fury ot the law-breakers was Increas ed at the sight ot blood. - Therefore when the soldiers quit the Jail yard the mob had a. clear field.. It -was not long before. the grating fit Iron, twisting and breaking staples' and locks. The silence mat reij on tne crowd that remained outside , while the leaders went In was appalling. Instead of being merry and noisy, the throng bad become serious and sol emn. - - '.'.'-. .''., The" Lyerly murderers were on the third floor.- Neaae and John Glllns. pie, George Ervin and jack viiiing ham were In the cell With a number of other negroes. The hunters climb ed the -narrow winding stairway and found the right place. The door was forced and the negroes hauled out It was then-that soms cheerful fel low announced to the crowd below that he had the negroes and urged some one to get the ropes., This news did not cause sny commotion. Dark ness and silence prevailed. The gaiety had ceased and many wanted to turn and flee from the fire that they hod encouraged, i- The men with their game come running, tumbling' down the steep steps. The negroes were Jerked, cuf fed and kicked until they landed on the ground. , -.., . , ' . WOMAN WAS BEATEN ; i ' ' Delia Dillingham was In an ' out building. Several strong - fellows forced the door and entered end beat her with their fists. - She carried, a number of bruises from the effect of blows received. Hut she was, not removed from the room. - ! Having taken . Oorge Ervin two blocks away some conservative mem bers of the party questioned him and then decided to let him go. lie wns about to be turned loose when some onii declared that ha . would . be In danger of being hurt by some section of tha mob. :' ' ,: ' ' " MADE FO SAY THEIR' PRAYERS. After going up Swain street for some distance the procession turned lKt to the Henderson placo acrona the Houthern Itnilwuy. The neRioes were led to a lnrte ok tree en the Hender son ba.ii hull ground. Thero they were lunde to hu.n ker down and sy their prnyer-1. Ka-h one wns Riven on op. portm !'y to mnko ft. confession. Nrimu nnd J. n It Ijii llngham declared that they would neither own or disown th ri-inm. John, Nene's i 1 1-year-oM l-oy. piiK laiiiu d th.it he was Innocent to t ha very hi t. ?,'( ii-in ni hnrv.r fir-t. The llmh lf i r i tn I hi. j-r.iei1, 1,'H feet v'-r ;.! -I t 1 !... J ' f""' ' I. CURTAIN OaN IIABTJJ2 CASE DlXlsro.V MAX. BI3 DELAYED T1H Between Attorneys Brings Hear' Insr to Its Out Jmmtic I jid . Ihirtjc, Who MMmed lOinotion the lTt-viou Day, Nat Htolld as SO Im ' Stre 1ui Injt Yeeterday's lrooooilln(rs Jinljto I rsier May Not tender ills . Judgment I'utll liSte In Ute tulH- , iioiids riirobdieu for Uie Aocusod I4rctlves. .' ..... 'V .' . Pittsburg, Ps, Aug. T. The Augus tus Hartje divorce case has been clos ed. .With, a brief add Impassioned address by Attorney J. Scott Fergu son, the curtain dropped to-day, but not before Mr. Ferguson's word was declared to be false In open court by Attorney John. M, .Freeman, senior counsel for Mrs. Hartje, the respon dent. ,. ' . . . a i .. . .' At the close of Mr, Ferguson's brief argument;. Mr, Freeman advanced to the rail and said that he wanted to correct Mr, Ferguson's account of a conference In Attorney '.Watson's of fice. ; ' '., ' ' v . . .- ' ... "What vou say took nlaca did not take place, he shouted at Mr, Far guson, who colored and cried out: "Thar a matter -of veracity be tween us. I'll nut my word against yours any day." v.-; "Gentlemen, we can t permit this,' said Judge Eraser, and this Incident closed -the trial. Immediately Mrs. Hartje was surrounded by attorneys and frlenda .-..'-.-'. Hartje eat In the court to-day un der a storm ef biting, stinging criti clsm from - Attorney. Freeman,- who made the closing argument for. Mrs. - STOLID AS AN IMAGE. ' Hartje, who showed emotion yester day, when the children were referred to, sat stolid as an Image to-day when Freeman accused ' him ot being tha author- of the alleged love letters from. Mrs.: Msry . Scott . Hartje. to "Torn" Madlne, and the mainspring. ot the alleged conspiracy to blacken his wife s name. . As Judge-Frasor ' stepped - down from the-bench ha said: . "I'm glad Its over. When this case started I thought It would take no longer than a week. had no Idea it would be so long. I am going oa ray vacation now and won't be back Until tha Saturday be fore tha" first of September. . I Will take ud this case after that decision may not be given until late In the fall." . .. : ' -; ' . . - Herman Staab and John Anderson. the two detectives who were charged with having stolen 'papers and other. articles from the trunk of Tom ' Ma dlne. during their search for evidence prior to the Hart Jo. divorce case, waiv ed hearings to-day in tne court of Al derman F. M. King. Attorney Ed ward Hartje, who defended, them, furnished bond. In tbe sum of $ 1,000 for each man. - , . , ; MAY CANCEL NAVY CONTRACTS. Secretary Bona part Finds That Sup . Hy of l-Yenh. Sleat and Bread Are Not lp to tbo standard at Norfolk, Washington. - Augr. 7. Secretary Bonaparte has received a preliminary report concerning the supply of fresh meet and bread at the Norfolk navy yard and similar conditions -to those eexlstlng In the New York navy yard have been -found. - The contractors have failed to furnish these articles In as good condition as the Department demands. ' It Is probable that tha eon tracts will be cancelled. - The Report of bad meat supplies for both the New ' York and Norfolk yards wsa made by Captain Llttlefleld, of the- Bureau of Supplies and Ac counts, who has Investigated the con dition In both yards. No action has yet been 'taken by Secretary Bona parte because the official reports con taining all the data have Just arrived at the Department and he has not yet had time to go over them, but tha verbal reports were sufficient to con vince him that drastic. - action - was necessary, and unless the contractors Immediately take steps to remedy the conditions and ' furnish meat - and bread according to the terms of their contracts these contracts are to be cancelled and supplies secured else where. The conditions at both Nor folk and New York are said to be equally bad. It . Is pointed out that the matter relates to fresh meat only and supplied by tha contractor local ly, and has nothing to do with meal conditions elsewhere In the navy. IOWA ENDORSES BnTAN. ' Democrats Nominate a Full Stato Tk-ket Headed by Claude) It Putter The) llatform Along Usual Linen. Waterloo,' Iowa, Aug. I. The Dem ocratic State convention to-day nom inated a full State ticket headed by Claude It. Porter, of Appanoose coun ty, for Governor, and John D. Denl- son, Jr., for Lieutenant Governor, adopted a platform and a resolution pledging to William Jennings Bryan the support of Iowa Democrata for the presidency In 1901 and adjourned sine die to-night. Th platform demands legislation to destroy trusts, favors rate legisla tion In Iowa to give rates as 'low as Inter-State rates, a two-oent passen ger fare, a State primary law that 111 protect all parties, election of United States Senators by the direct vote of the people, laws to punish corporations for contributions to polit ical funds, expresses sympathy with the political programme .of the na tional labor leaders, snd asks for the assessment of railroads In Iowa by a non-partisan commission. The following was added to the plaform as an endorsement of Bryan: "We endorse the exalted character. peerless statesmanship, the . high- minded and pure personality of Dem ocracy's conceded leader, William Jen- nlnjr Dryon, snd jdedgs him our un qualified support for the presidency in 108.M r . ' - SAWYER AND ADAMS RESPITED. Prrld-nt Roosevrlt Mr Dentil Sen tence of Ncirr Miitiiii-rn In UI- mint tun Jail tntll Xov. Int. . Oyster Bay. L I., Aug. 1. Presi dent Roosevelt to-dny granted a re aplte until November 1 of the exe cution of the (ienth sentence In the rum uf Robert r'.twyer stul Arthur AdamM, nerns, who sr confined In the Wilmington, N. '., J.dl, hnvlmi been ronvh ted of - tinier nn.l tnutlriy n the titan S"n. n st;iv whs i- rant ed Iwhiiih Of the i otifem.l, hi of I : i-nry Heott-whO nh u the eiii.T.iM Jut before he Was lwir l Unit h liml Killed tin t!ire , n en I the j-onlc f.f t! -r I i r In, I, It. Ji 1 t! re. I I in ; 1 f v. I h h v . - re it-.l I ' I !l-i . ' It n . I I- e.. A BLOT ON THE . STATE GOVERNOR Dia-LOUES LYNCinNQ OWef Executive of Stato Greatly De plores Slob's Awful ttine at Kall.i- . bury and AddrejiKon ICttrr to Jutl?re 1oug Calling on liliu to SiNiro So l:leiM la llrlnglng tlio LintiU-rs to JuhUc?- orders Militia to Ir servo Uio Iesce' at. All Hazard , StriUiur CnrrxMiters Ie-avlng Hal curii jvoys of r taie capital. ." , ' OtnWver Bureau, "..w III Fouia - -'- 'L' . - Raleigh, ; Aug. t. Q-yernor Glenn was seen In hfs of flee this morning and. at once began to speak .about the. horrible affair at Salisbury last night, : when a ."mob lynched three men. The Governor said: "When I returned from More hokd City the Id Inst. I wrote Sheriff Julian at Salisbury that If necessary. i wouia put the military under tils order. On the th a letter came, front him saying that he did not - think there .was any necessity to order -out tne -military, as it seemed that .th people were desirous -to -have a fair trial. and that It -was better not to order ' out the troops ; as that would only serve to Incense the people I made ' no order therefor for . the troops and I was very much : surpris ed, to be awakened last night after it o'clock by a - telephone message rrom Judge Lonff. asking that the military be -ordered out This promptly did- and also called -out troops from - Greensboro,.- Charlotte and Statesvtlle. Tbe- Stateeville ofl'.ce could not be reached, but the captains of the companies' of Charlotte and Greensboro answered the call prompt, ly and had their men ready when an other message -came from the Judge stating that the mob had -.done Hs work and the orders to the troops were tnen countermanded. To-day ' l sent the following telegram to Judge Long: 'Spare neither time nor - ex pense In trying to bring the mob to Justice. If needed 1 will go to Salis bury.'. The following telegram was sent to Sheriff Julian: 'Make every effort to Identify .and arrest the mob which lynched the prisoners. If I am needed wire me and I will go to Salis bury at onoe," I- think this lynching a terrible- blot on the Bute and I will act with- the Judicial department in trying to Identify and bring to Jus tlce the. persons wh committed the crime. . - - , . -. ... GOVERNOR CALLS OUT TROOPS. At 1 o clock this afternoon Govern- nor Glenn- received a message from Sheriff Julian asking that ISO troops be -sent Immediately to Salisbury to assist lh maintaining .order.-The Gov ernor ordered thecompanles at 8tates villa, Charlotte and-Salisbury to 're port this afternoon) ' to Sheriff Julian for. duty. He talked with the captains over the telephone and gave tnem Imperative Instructions to - do r their duty, to use ball cartridge only and to preserve the peace at any hazard. The county of Rowan, under the law, has to pay the expense or sucn troops which are under the sheriffs com mand.' If necessary more-troops will be sent to the. scene.. Naturally , . it was desired to send those nearby on Itia . w Aim A af LlTnfTi. . - Governor Glenn mtleu the follow- Ing letter to Judge Long this after noon: "The killing of Mr. Lyerly and his innocent family was a -most Hor rible crime and doubtless aroused the anger of the peopto, but the deliber ate and wilful taking of the prisoners from the Jail last night was likewise a crime and Is a bint upon the fair name of North Carolina. The amount of damage to the State can not bo es timated .In dollars and cents for It shows a lawless spirit nmongst cer tain of our' people which may deter enterprise and Immigration Into our midst? .. . '..- - ' ; 1 ' ' j A charter is granted the Durham Hosiery Mills. No. t. Incorporated, at High Point, to manufacture holsery and knit goods of all kinds; capital stock $100,600, Julian 8. Carr, Jr., be ing the principal stockholder. . - . The sub-oommlttoe on test books. which -met and organised here July 10th and has since been continuously at work, will finish to-morrow, ad. Journ . and make its report to the State board of education, which Is to State text book commission. . Late last night there was, a fire at r.. . . , . -. i . i nnu..j ' KtMM.l Dh AUIUUUV W ,,. lll.l School near here, which destroyed a large barn and li cattle, some of the latter being high-class animals.-. The fire was Investigated to-day by tha county authorities, who will report to the Insurance commissioner upon It as required by law. 1 , .- STRIKING CARPENTERS LEAV. ... i u. mo, e - v , .-- ,. The carpenters oh strike here seem to think that some other . building trades will loin with thorn. A man came from Norfolk to-day to organise a painters' union. Some of the union carpenters are 'leaving, havlmr gone to Morganton, ' Henderson and Nor folk. Work la In progress on a few buildings where there are two . or three non-union white carpenters and some negro carpenters. The latter have no, union; otherwise the union carpenters would have had an under standing with them. The latter say the typographical union, : th pressmen's union, bookbinders' union and the clerks' association have adopted' res olutions of sympathy, all being affili ated with tne central labor body, of which Mr. Barrow Is the president. nd which is acting under, a charter from - the , American Fedentlon of Labor, The builders say that they can get mon from outside and that the latter are now coming into itaieign. CAN CARRY TUB EIGHTH. The Democrata as has been noticed by a number ot Interviews secured by your correspondent .with Chairman Hlmmons and -otners, sr more man sanguine as to carrying the eighth district In the congressional fight, but this much must be snld, that - the Democrats must not think that they raa win without errort as iney nave very determined enemy who has plenty ot money behind them. A rominent KepuDiwan, wno aoes not like Mr. Blackburn, tho Republican nominee In that district says that. If the Democrats unite and fluht,- tHey can win an rignt nui aivisinn or a eellng of too great security 'would mean defeat. . . LUMHKRMEN 'TO RKHOI7K, Most of the leading lumber dealers here sre taking a . band In the car penters' strike by snnounclng that they will not knowlnirly sell lumber to any person employing union labor. Most of those dealers vro also con tractors. They sny they ran' get plenty of esrpenteis to come hers to repine striker. Lui'i Mil Kit orrs'KRAr. A t!it FIELD tiltUl'IU'M T l!U,l :;i.ny, Oovernor .Glenn lute thw aftrnoon 1 ordered HrldHilier - i J(. I. ArmtirM to go. to f 'IImIhii y imd f nke r-uiririiHO'l of troop there, three Com- fi;nil. -.. Cuptaln of Fulieiiurv lotnpiinr Informed the Governor t'"t three more onnpsne ool Gnt!ln I.Httery nere nefiled.' T!n-" nr t timiU Ivii. Ii J.iiler for (', ii rutin r t tiiKht end !;!!! thrent-j to r leu x l , i-i ! i e J I il ' -', - -e ''Mil ' ' . .'. -'""i-.' i, fi.'iii i .', v : -) 3,300 VOTES WERE POLLED A l'EW 'CUAXGES IN THE OFFICES Tim Results of Democratic Primaries , Det-Ulve Pliarr snd Moore, for Uto . Kcnat and ltegister of Deeds, Ite- .'.wpertivciy, lead tho Ticket Wltrt . Majorities of About 1.10 RiosHai , Beats Monro for Clerk of Hie tourt . , by . 609 Votf Two. and Slaybo , a lire', New Mentbera of tle Board Of tjounty ' Commissioners nA hec . oud Irlmury Will I'l-obnhly bo In . neeeeNary---'J:he Iteturus lu ,.JctiL The Democratic, primaries held yes terday for the nomination of . mem bers of the . Btata. Legislature from Mecklenburg county and for county omciais was without any unusual in cldent. -About 3,300 Votes were polled and th results were' decisive, there being only two. or three offices -: In doubt , Two : precincts. Steel Creek No. S and Clear Creekr No. I. were not heard from , last night and It la possible, even probable, that a sec ond primary, will not b' necessary. ' " There ' la some doubt as to tlftb place on the board of county commls sloners and It la not yet known wheth er j. u. uiuyas or W, C Mccauiey win be tax collector In district No. I. The other results are definite. The nominations are as follows: , . ., Senator -H. N.' Pharr. ' ' ' v : . House -W. c: DowtL . W. A. . Grief ana m. . i-resion. - -i ' ' . - Sheriff N. W,- Wallaee." ;-' , 1 Treasurer H. 3. Walker. ' .i, Register of Deeds W, M. Moore. t Clerk of Court J. A, Russell. , i Surveyor J.-B, Sprstt ;-v Coroner W. "Ai Qrtshnm. ' Cotton Weigher J. 8, Withers, v . County ' .' commissioners W. 'VL Long, D.. A. Henderson, John H. Ross, Chalmers V, Furr. The- fifth place lies between W N. McKee and Hou ston J, Brown. ,' v r ' i- - e Board 'Of Education William An derson, C. H. Caldwell. J. F. Cald well, John McDowell, W. M..Rosa,,. Constables, . Charlotte , Township- James H. Orr and T. J. Grtbble. -v : Tax CoUeotor, District I W. N. Peeples. . - ' - ' i ' Sheriff Wallace, Treasurer Walker, Surveyor - Spratt Coroner . i Gresham and Cotton Weigher Withers had no opposition. "Among the candidates with opposition, Messrs. Pharr, for the Senate, and W. M. Moore, for reg ister of deeds, esslly - led the ticket Who had the largest majority could not be ascertained ' last night, - but neither had a majority ot less than 1.H0. . . The race for clerk of the court, which had been considered one of -the closest resultsd In a majority of alightly more than S00 for Russell, the present Incumbent against J. u. Moore. In tax .district No, I, Mr. W. O. Peeples. the present Incum bent, won over Klrkpstrlck by a ma jority, of about too. in district no. 1 the collectorship Ues between uiuyas and McCauley, The fifth place on th board of county commissioners lies between-Brown and McKee. - : Tber will bo few chahgee lv the county offices, ' Mr- W. M. Moore will succeed, as register ot deeds, Mr,. A. M.s McDonald, who waa not a canai- daU. There will be two new mem bers of th board f 'count commis sioners, and . th third . place-, la in doubt between an old member and a siew candidate.. Mr, Pharr succeeds Mr. C H. Duia in tne Henaie, put nas served there before. Mr. Orler was a member of the. last House of Repre sentatives. Mr. Dowd has served in the- Legislature before, and Mr. Pres ton Is nsw In the business. The nomination In . the uemocrauo primaries of Mecklenburg Is equiva lent to election. Th candidates nom inated will be voted upon in tn regu lar election, Novembor th. If, 'after th other ' two precincts have been heard from, It la found that a-socond orlmarv Is necessary, It win ne. neia nest Tuesdsy, th 14th Instant v ' Th result of tne primaries yes-, terdsy, with th exception of Steele Creek prlcinct J ana wiear , . vrvea precinct 1. follower , -, -; 7 CHARLOTTB TOWNSHIP.. WARD , , . . PRECINCT l. . ' For the Benate Pharr US, - Wat- kins tt, :;.: . House Dowa lil-urier i i, fvmm- ton 191.- '- k-..' . ,; r-:..-';' . Sheriff Wallace ioo. 5 ; Treasurer Walker 101, , 4 ; Resistor of Deeds Cunningham -1, Moors 17s, Spratt II. '; ' .' . Clerk of Court Moore 101, Russell 104 .-! '1- - !)- D'...n, ffnrett ITS ' - Coroner Gresham H7. ' . " -, -. Cotton Weigher withers 119. r County1 Commissioners Brown It, Forr 02, Henderson' 114, Hutchison 81, Kelt 41. Long 100, McKee 100, Newell ll. prlc 41. Ross' 148. Tuck- or 11. - ' " ' - ' Hoard of EducaUon-Ahderson IBS, C. H. Caldwell UI, J. F. Caldwell 1SB, McDowell 118, Ross IM. - V - . CHARLOTTE TOWNSHIP, WARD t, ,v PRECINCT 'I,"-.- v- ' " J:.. ..Tot th Senate Pharr l I,. Wat kins 6l. v-"ir. House Dowd ill, uriec,27i, rrss- ton ..-.- .T'-w'-,':.",' Bherlff Wallace us.'-.; . Treasurer Walker 110. ' : ? neaister of Deeds Cunningham 4, Moore l7i SpraU 41. , . . Clerk; of court woore xvi, -us- all 111. :.'. ,'.. , r . Surveyor Spratt - 1 , Coroner Gresham 111. , , ' Cotton Weigher Wlthen 111. - ! County Commissioners Brown 100, Furr lOi; Henderson 111, Hutchison 64, Kell II, Long 147, McKee 17. Newell llli Price 40, Ross, 187, Tuck er 10, '' ft - . .' A. " ' ' PIARLOTTK TOWNSHIP, WARD I, " PRECINCT 1. For the Senate Pharr II, Wat- kins IS. House Dowd no. urier , rres- ton 1X4. "': - '- Sheriff Wsllacs lis. .- ..,,-. Treasurer Walker HI.- Register of Deed Cunningham I, Moors IPS, Spratt IT. , ,"' ' Clerk of Court Moore 10,' Russell 0. , '. ' ;'' " N , Surveyor Spratt 1Z Coroner Oresham 131.' " Cotton Weigher Withers 111. , County Commissioners Urown;' 71, Furr II, Henderson II, Hutchison IS, Kell II, Lon IB, McKee 61, Newell 3, riles in; itoss loi. Ttx ker ss. - -Board ofEdticaflon Anderson 101. f?. ILX'shiwell 1U, J, V. Caldwell 109, McDowell 10. Ross 110, CHARLOTTK TOWNSHIP, WARD S, l.: I'UKtl.NtT a.. : ,. For the Senate I'harr ISO. 'Wat Ins 11. llouHe--Dowd US, Oder 159, Pres. on l&S. -1 - - " -', .- '' .. , Sheriff Wsllaee 172. Treasurer Walker 174. ReRlster of Deed Cuniflncham 2, hfoore 157, h'pratt 11..' Clerk of. Court Moore 19, Ilti.in-ll 1. " ,. . Purveyor f-'prntt 13. ' ..-,'. " t -iiioiier J renhurn HJ, '..( I ..U . Wei ''--' r V. Mhers 184. GITILFORD JAIL GUARDED. Renort That Mob Would Make F.f ..fort to Lyru-ti Bohnimon -and " tins - OutehHeliW. AUeaed Mayers of l-nrtMiiaii luaeluun. Caused tJovern, , or to Onler Out Militia Mob I'alla - to Materializes .' , , , . Special to The Observer. . -V ; ; Greensboro, Aug. ' 8, 1 It m At this- hour a rumor , which has been current during "the i afternoon and early evening to the effect that a mob would Storln the Guilford county. Jail and lynch the three negroes. Frank Bohannon and the twoCrutchflelds, charged with the murder of -Foreman Beechnut, la gaining credence and. It really looks as It something jrM come of It before daybreak. Accord Ing to the rumor,. the mob,, perhaps two or , three thousand strong, ; lead by members of the Southern's double tracking forca, haa assembled at Llndley. a small station 11 a few' miles south of 'the city, and la awaiting the arrival of reinforcements from Spen cer, ': When these reinforcements ar rive. It Indeed they do, they will, so the rumor goes,' march to Greensboro, storm the Jail and deal out summary penalty to the three negroes named. The sheriff of the "county has the Jail well guarded by the local military companies, which were ordered out this afternoon by Governor Olenn to protect the alleged murderers.- A big gun stands at th door, , while the armed guardi parade th yard, ready to respond in an lnetsnt ' The sheriff says that, should an attempt be made to storm the JalL. he will protect Its Inmates from th mob at all haxarda, th. soldiers being prepared, to. fir cartridges that are loaded. . V ' . ; So far there has been . no demon stratlon In th city. Everything la aa quiet as ' usual and th - Greensboro cltlsens evidently . ar : not staking much stock tn th rumors, ; aa th majority ef them ha v gone'to their homed. :'' ' '. - ' About 10 men from Spencer, where the southern's anops ar . locatea. came to Greensboro , on pro. 11 to night . :-..- ... i, . -;' -,; At 1 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning the expected mob haa not ap peared on th seen. It Is believed that the efforts Of the leaders to seure sufficient number ot men to storm the Jail did not prove sufficiently ef fective. . It a movement Is on foot to lynch Bohannon and the Crutchflelds It seems evident tnat tne moo win, at all events, defer further efforts till to-night. : H. c C;B. USS WALKER. GETS $S 1,609.' Cnlon City. Tetm anry Give Astio - vllle - Girl Judgment for This ; Amount Against Col. Dick Edwards ? Trial Lasted Thirty-Two iaya. Special to Tha Observerr i . Union City, Tenn, Aug. T. At last th long-drawn-out ahd hotly contest ed breach of promise suit of Miss Lola Walker, of Ashevllle, , N. C, against CoL Dick' Edwards, of Union City, Tenn. has dragged. Its weary course to, a close. At I o'clock thU after noon the Jury, after being out about two' hours, rendered a Judgment for $31,009 In favor of the fair complain ant Judge R. E. Maiden will open court Wednesday to hear any motions that .may be presented. - Nothing Is known aa to what course th defend ant, Col. Edwards, wilt take. It Is thought the suit haa already cost him $10,000. It has been on; trial for 8 days and th sheriff ot this county, Obion, estl metes th .'- cost to " th county at $1,500. Everybody draws a long breath as much as to aay, "I'm glad It'a over with. . , ? . - LEPER ALONK IX A HUT.-. ' Ffopto In tho Vicinity of F.lkln, W. va, I'anie-rttriekcn over . tt-eseiM' of Afflkted Syrian May be Deport Cd. r- ' . .'' i... " ;.:.' -' ... ."' Wsshlngton, Aug. f In a tent, on a' bleak mountain side, In Randolph county. West Virginia, not far from the town of Elsln, George Rossi, the Syrian leper, about whom there has been so much concern on tho part of ths health authorities of dosons of cities during th past three weeks. Is existing without tare of any kind. The people In the vicinity ar said to be panic-stricken over the presence of th leper and the health authorities of the State of West- Virginia are threatening the- Baltimore as Ohio Railroad with all sorts ot dire conse quences for bringing the diseased rasn Into th Stat. . Orders - were Issued to-day ' that Rossi be visited In his mountain tent, and examined by a surgeon of the Marin Hospital Service and a Syrian Interpreter, with a view of ascertain ing his status In this country. It Is understood, In an unofficial way, that ths man came to the United States about four years ago. ; How he got into the country, at what port, what examination he was subjected to snd various other Inquiries are what the officials rfvsnt answered. It Is believ ed he Is deportable, under the Immi gration laws, to tbe country whence he came. .." ;. : .- -, Furr 115, 1 Henderson IS, Hutchison 12, Kell 84. Long 112, McKee 101, Newell 41, Price 71, Ross 114, Tuck er 14.-".'. .. ' ' ' ' .: Board of Education Anderson 141, C. H. Caldwell 142, J. , F. .Caldwell 141, McDowell 141. Ross 142. -CHARLOTTE TOWNSHIP, WARD I, ; " - pRECiNtrr l. For the Senate I'harr 100, Wat kins II. ' - ' - ' , ' House Dowd S. Grief 101, Pres ton 101. .;' ' , ':.;'.'. -'- ', ,:' " Sheriff Wallace ISO. -' Trensurer Walker 111. '" ' Register of Deeds Cunningham 1, Moore 18. Spratt IS. Clerk of Court Moore S3, Rus.ieU ce. . . ' : . . . Surveyor Spratt 115. , ' ' foroner jresnom in. Cotton Weigher Withers 115, ' County CommWHloners l!ro n S7, Purr 76, -Henderson 51. Hnti-hl"ri n:'. Kell 84, Long 83, M Kej 4 H, Newell 12, PrlilS 43. 77. Tinker 19. Board 'Of )Miii'tloii An'lerinon Tfi, C. 11. Caldwell 70, J. F. Cal Uvt II ', , McDowell 78. R.i :n 71. CHARLOTTn Tow;:.- i;ir, v,-.M:!i .?, l'Kl.r::-,t"i' 2. For th- f r l'!-.rr f, -. 3 H iton t it. , vice rm ; : :niai:!:: CHICAGO BAN i, I . SOUHV I LICH T Institution I'l-u-.- l I t tli. Bun U of ' Iteeelver and - r Jreni,i.-nt e. i Cahifr le lnr. ,1 i ui-Hlvc J r.i i , Jnstk-e Safe l f i iioieit I:.1, .t ', Flrs Hsy of jioj i for the In posltors Afi'uirs of t l!ank in a i ili)MleHS 1 Tailglo I'ret- i.h-nt SU-in- "'! land and Caeliier Herif Hiotight to be in Caiuidi l.ii-i us to i t ' Work on the Cane. i -Chicago, Aug. 7. Theodore Si.-ns-land, vice president of tli Jtiihvsuke Avenue Htats Bank, was arn-f.,. l lat. this afternoon on a churgt of vi-; "in -the banking laws of th State, i iriy In the day the Institution was t .1 nnl in the hands of a receiver an 1 i'.uil (X gtennland, president of the hark, and father of tho -vice .presi-jent. t -gether with Cashier Bering; wer of ficially declared . fugitives from J u liet and their, personal -. dscrt, :- n placed tn the bunds of the . j-,- - throughout the country. This a. tf i. was taken "by tho authorities ati r developments to-day bad shown t a the finances of the failed instituti i were In a deplorable condition an I had been for a number of years, up sides' the discovery of many irregu larities In the. management of tiu bank,. It was also found that even Um safety deposit boxes owned and rent ed by the bank had been tampere.1 witn and lined. ' .- ' The specific charge on whicn The odore Slensland waa arrested wathat of having accepted deposits at the oana wnen he knew the institution t be Insolvent.' Th arrest was made in the office of Chief ot Police Collins. where Slensland had come to confer with. the head pf the police depart ment. ..'..'-, ','. ;'. , -.. , " , - , UQUOR DEALER COMPLAINANT. The-warrant for the arrest of th vice-president was sworn out by Mr. J. P. Straub, a liquor dealer, who de clared that laat Baturday he deposit- en (160 in the hank and that Theo dore Stenaland. a one of the officers of the Institution, had knowledge then that the bank waa insolvent. Straub conteada that th vice pres ident should have notified the acting officers of the bank not to receive any deposits but that this bad not ' been done and his money wss taken In vio lation of the banking laws. - ' Later In the day Jacob Kern, a former State's attorney, signed bonds for 81.000 for th release ef Theodore Slensland. ..'- .. Th . promises - held Out yesterday that th elder Stenaland would appear In Chicago to-day were not fulfilled, and It la th belief of th police, based on dispatches from severs! Northern cities, thst he has fled Into Canada- Cashier Bering, sought on a Similar warrant, is thought to have reached the Dominion by another route. The day s developments were pro ductive of the first rsy of hope for the depositors who yesterdsy believed their savings of - years . swept - away in the wreck. David R. Forsan. vice president of the National Bank, and such of those to. whom the statua of the -defunct bank's sffalrs has been laid bare,, declared that probably sev enty' cents ; on th dollar would be paid In the final adjustment. Djf A HOPELESS TANGLE. The affairs of the bank are said to be In an almost hopeless tangle, and new Irregularities are - being dis closed as the examiners go further Into the books. Iresldent Stenaland loaned money to himself. It Is alleged. by tbe subterfuge of having employes s(gn the notes." Specific Instances came to light during the day of the looting or safety deposit boxes. One In particular to which the attention of the police waa. called was that ot Mrs. Lydla Herman. - who declared that llto of her funds had been tak en.'' - . - - .? "-. The. clearing house committee L spsrlng no effort t bring the mis sing president to Justice. Handwrit ing experts, it 1 said, will be put to work at once upon the case to estab lish the evidence of forgery. Reiluf that Ute nets nd has made his escape In Canada Is supported by a report rrom Superior, v is., to the ef fect' that Sergeant of Police Darwin Seoon, of that city, asw the missing banker on a Duluth Superior car en routs to Superior. ' Another dispatch from Superior, from Chief of Pollen McKeunsn, tended to show that Stena land made his wsy to Canada by boat from Duluth, - Cashier Ilertng In thought to have reached the line by way of Detroit, - "STRONG-HANDED REFORMS.". Cardinal Plank In Russia's platform Said to be an Attempt to Arre"-" Peasantry Government - Deltere tlM Storm Haa Passed Now t'ahl ne Members May be Announced To-Day. j- ..' , St. Petersburg, Aug. 7. From a member of the cabinet the Associated Press learns that th government re gards th storm raised by the dis solution of Parliament as passed, an I that. It intends Immediately to pro ceed . lo carry out , vths policy of stroag-banded " reforms" to which Premier Stolypin committed himself. The. cardinal .- plank - of- the pro gramme Is an' attempt to --append th discontented peassntry as fur possible.. Th government's sgrart - programme, which will not dir greatly from-the Sttchlnsky proj. i will not only be promulgated,: tn probably will be placed in eii.-rt i temporary law. the Emperor h:vi the right to-' Issue temporary la during a recess f Parliament. 1 -other words. It Is the Intention of t government to attempt to !vi i most d I til cult problem Irre- of Parliament, In -the 1 -lief ti. will meet with " enough support t make it Impossible for tho i : arllament to refuse Its n-nt. Appointments . to the three v- cancles In the cablnot. eirrU-uJni". commerce and the holy eynoil. pn- i- ly will be announced to-mort - . M. Samartn.' 1 member of the rnun, :t of the empire, who was offere.i t Inst named post, has finally r f s It, thus ending the hnr of - th desired co-opei-Htlnu of tho l house and the upper hou.-m ei.-m- J'rtnce vaiwiioriikorr. ot th" r - Russian family, father of t!-. - nown llterateur of that r.mv. probably bo mlntnter of n nother memher of th (.im recently relieved of the com he itrifji il dlvlxion In ci-r'n.-, r ha muttny of the fir (. t he 1'1-eobraJonHky r- ' t. -I V I n. i. ! 'i I 1 r I mi n ( llii-.l r-1 n 1".'V !'"! ; " j -in t !lml l I
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Aug. 8, 1906, edition 1
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