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- 7 :;uBSCrjPTiONiTiiCB $ oo ij:r yi:aiv CIIA1CLOTTK, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 190G. , ll. GIRL'S EODY IN MAUL HOLE I IYST1 '.HOI'S TRAGEDY IX WAYNE !.! Body of MImi Minnie Weildc.1 )mtoii Fiu-mcr, Hsdly limlncd and Iteming JlMrks IiulUatliig That KIm JUl'l JX'Uin Alter m WlHTniO niruii " ir-lo. 1 on ml in Marl Hole Near ire , i mont iDeed Believed to Have Been -J tt ,., Lr knnia Vlllnfiv llrt Unit , I j v. ....... .j . - I . I ...... a I .. lli alprv ' a s.i.... ..... lwfnll Are ' rUMf'UlHH VlilllV Hull A.. - Iju-klng. - ' I . f 'pedal to The Observer. 1 : ; Uoldsboro. Aug. ,20. The people in the section around Fremont 12 miles north of here, are mild with excite ment over the nnains ei ins body of a young lady In a marl hole early thla morning-. ' The whole coun try for mtlea around suspended work anj gathered around the spot where the coroner to-doy hold. the inqupst, ruirt irnlara rnutd not be obtained rfrom parties who, aro Here attending court from, that section, because they left, homo be'orB the i body of th" younf may waa iouna ana oeiore me newa of the tragedy bad 'become ': The coronor and deputy sheriff, were notified- by 'phone about 10.. o'clock thla morning and lmmeautoly left for - the seen. -.''."; -. ." '.-' The' latest. Information .regarding mo uui riviv iiuiir mum m t- vm message from Fremont at. 3" o'clock this afternoon to Tha Observer's cor respondent' MlaaJlinne WaddelL-i young lady about 16-yeerf old and a daughter of George Waddell, a pros peroua farmer living about four miles ; from Fremont left home yesterday afternoon about t o'clock to visit some . neighbors ' by tha .name ot Holland. There waa no one at home at tne Holland realdence and It Is presumed thet' having started back home, aha met soma Twain on tne roaa wno car- , rled her into tha woods, where her umbrella waa found and where, the around ours eviaeuoe ot sv oeouni v place la a marl hole where' her body -was found this -morning. Her-Hps were badly cut and her neck was ter rlbiy brulaed. - ,:; :, y- ' Y; v It Is a very myaterioua. case and. until mora evidence Is obtained, all ..tnj conjecture, but U Is thought that ' tha young lady waa choked to death mnA IhmvK in thm marl tin1 ' DEFAIXTINO TKIXER BQCKAUS. A. R. Clilsolm. 'Who. Embrtxled '. J'lradr Not UoUty and Voluntarily oners to Tell on Bucket KDop Mm Jalle4 la Default of 25,000 IlalL Birmingham, Ala., Aug. SO. The preliminary trial of Alexander R. Chlsolm, who, aa paying teller ot the 'First National Bank; of Birmingham, defaulted for 1100.000, which, he clultna td kut ' bit In' tiuckat ahon specalatlon, and W. 11 films apd C. M. HaySy manages &nd cleric far Gib- 'ert ft Clay, brokers, charged with aid Ing and-abetting in Chisolm's. defalca ' tlons, began to-day . before United pleaded not' guilty and waived exam nation.. He then volunlaiily offered . to testify against tha brqkera' and made a full statement of his dealings with them and tha losses ba had sus tained, saying that the money ueed by him belonged to the bank. . P. Q. Smith, manager for Foster A Com 'pany, broker, with which firm Chls . olm is alleged to '.. have squandered over 170,010, and who ' haa . charges Bendlnr inlnat him almllar tn Ihnu against Blms and Hays, waa not pres ent It la expected, nowever, that Pmlth will ahow tip before the hear ing ends, as he la aald to' be en route from New York. . - ', -. - Chlsolm'a bond waa reduced to 115, 000, and failing to- make It he waa 4n.fll.rh talr.n n 4 V. . OT ' 1 " aa . -I I ".W a KV UIH" ent time he has lived at local hotel - In custody of deputy marshala. , The caaea of W, L. filma and C It. Haya, manapr and assistant man. ager, respectively, of the local com mission house of Glbert ft Clay, with whom .Chlsolm Is alleged to have lost the money speculating In cotton, were llM- alnjui fealaa aaaa.l TT ,A I aiso caiiecu Kims was bound over to wu mo mcuon 01 me reaerai grana jury under 125,000 -bond. and Hays' Yr Ft (1 Wats fflvaftat .1 tK AAA - S Walter Perry, director ot the First National, testified as to conversations with Chlsom Immediately after -his arrest Other - Witnesses . ' examined .were Directors Culpepper,? Exum W. Hassenger and AsalsUnt Cashiers Tom .Brown and A. K. Forsythe. v ; . TSO ELIGHT FROM YELLOW JACK. rple of .New Iberia, La., f Calmly . l urtlierlns; rreventlve Mcawrea , No.Qitnrantlnes, But Indiscriminate New ' Orleans,, . Aug. ' xO.Advlcea from New Iberia, whjo a negro Was reported yesterday as suffering- with yeuow tevnr, report tne arrival of President Irion, of the Btate board of health, and members of his staff. Ryitematlo fumigation and screening Is to be pushed. The fact that the rase is isolated on the outskirts, ot the town, encourages th belief that there wjll be further infection. There la no excitement at New Iberia and no exodus. . Quarantines have not been Imposed, but 'for the time Indiscriminate travel to and from the town will be prohibited, The doctors think the present" case waS probably Imported from some point 'along the Mexican coast. - - V aaaaaaa aaaaaaaw. Mas ' j BIDS TO FURNISH LABOR ASKED. Canal rrmillr. Invites PronoW on J.Bt) t More f 'lilncse Il-ii(-.-n Ages of 21 and e3. , ' Washington! Aug. ' 20. Invitations for proposnls in . furnish I.B00 or more Chines. Inborers to worli on the Panama Canal wera made pliblio to-day by the Isihmlsn Canal tern. mlwilor The propomils are to ha in fhs hiinds of the commission before Fept. 0 and are so lie acrornrtinlo bv ch.i k or certificate of diw,flt for 150.000. , The Invitations' provide flint rtl ilio luhornrs re to be nliln-doillod an between the sp.-s of 21 and 42. Thf-y liuivt be men nrcutiime- to 'I'rrJn.i ami parth work. l'ormon alx-i, aro to be sinipll" '1. one fnr p;u-h J0n. snt a j.liviii lnn fur evei-y 2;0, 'ar1 en ntT.ictT fur rvry 600, of liio 1, ' r: s. i YADKIN K0AD IN BAD FIX IS SCOKl.I) IIY X1IE COMM1SJSION SoullM-rn Ittilhvay, ControlUiig Yadkla I.li.., Itoiuully t'1-iu.uiCU by MtU) CuriMimdou 1 oiniiiiNnUin for Allow Inf K.uuliiol unit iiuulpmont to Ic t4iiortu luiniiincimn liuitrove- ik-ii(h, IIuvIk N l'tmer to Onlr TlM'iii Aiiuilor Dixon Hearing K- porta on Text Ifcjokx 'lutUiaii , ianufacturiitts ui,mny Iiu-ri'asoii aplml to S.l.0,0UO Now Notes of btate Capital. . , : ; ' k ' i Observer 'lJurejlu, '-. i . 123 South Dawsou., (Street, m Raleigh, Aug. 10 The corporation commission made a very warm report to-day on the con. dition of the Tadkln Railway frqm Salisbury to Albomarle. ..The com plaint, waa made by. citizens of the town Of Albemarle, against the South- em Railway, which owns the Yadkin by oontrolllnar lta atock. The com plaint sets forth that the station and the tratks at -Albematue are inade quate and that 'the cuncatlou ofthe' road-bed between Salisbury and AJ bemarle Is very badK in fact danger oua, and that1 the line is almost Im paaaable, w1.Uo wrecka are frequent, the track being aa-bad that wrecks occur - nearly every trip and- some times -two trains are on the ground at the aame time, all on account of the carelessness and negligence ' of the railway . company, - which desires to save -expense. The- commission aaya similar con.pia.ni w miau over year ago and in April, 1J05, It waa found . by . the commission that tha complaint waa certainly well founded. The commission waa assured by the railway ofllclals . that . the necessary repairs -and Improvements would-be provided, pome Improvements' were made; some heavier - rail a were laid and a better passenger car waa pro vided.. In May of thla year the gen eral superintendent said he was prar parlng plans for enlarging the freight taeniae's -at Aitwmarle and to lay 00-pound rail. There are many de fective ties, rails are light,, the road bed .bad. tha track force- waa. at the time - of ' a recent Inspection, either discharged. or unavailable. The com mission, -In' view of .the facta, aaya it adheres to dts ''opinion v In - that tne complaint Is1 -well founded; that the railway la not free from negligence In allowing such conditions to continue and ahould be required to employ the necessary. laior. .-It will be observed that the powers of. the commission are so restricted that lf-cannot make an order In thla case. .The next Leg islature will greatly enlarge Its pow era. It la expected' An act to this end . passed - the lower . house at the last session, but for some reason fail ed In Ahe Senate.- - - ' - - ' , - Thla. afternoon Auditor Dixon and Mr. A. B. Stronach, members of the Soldiers Home board of truateea,'- In spected 'the home. Dr. Dixon aaya that there are now 25 or. 10 appll- eanta for admission. . The . home la nearly full. A few rooms pn the sec ond. floor of. the -new dormitory are yet unfurnished. The- norat will be full by October 1st. - ,..- ; 1 REPORTS ON TEXT BOOKS. Auditor Dixon was thla morning at his doak treating some of .the 15 re port on books made by the sub-corn mission on school text-books. These reports cover each of the 15 kinds or books to be used. When Governor Glenn returns the text-beolf commis sion frill take up the matter ot selec tion, it la composed ot the Governor. Lioutonant U over nor. ' Secretary - of State, auditor, treasurer. Attorney General- and. aupeiintendent of public instruction.- it. wilt devote, the remainder- of thie week to the selection. A rore of book agenta. are hers. While Auditor Dlxan waa lookln.tr vr tne reports nan a dosen .or tne agents sat under the shade of the sheltering oaks in Capitol Square. - They were coatlesa and one was nodding. 'They were waiting for a hearing which the com mission will give them. The State authorises the Home Tur pentine Company, of Raleigh, to ouAMe business. . It office was at Raleigh but the plant waa at LUilngton and was burned. It costs now va It -fee for a ' company to ; dissolve. ' "Up to i the last Lealslature the tee waa 120. It la aald to. be Aore trouble , to dlasolve than to Incorporate at all - accounts such "Is .the atatement of State offi cials. -i, :r ;-. . ' INCREASES CAPltAL TO. vttlO.000, The Chatham MifMufacturing Com pany, which makee blankets and oth er woolen goods and of .which Hasrh O. Chatham la president increases its capital atock from 1100,000 to S50, 000 and changes its place of business to Winston-Salem. - ' ' " Superintendent 3r 8.' Mann, of th penitentiary, has returned , from -a Visit to his home fat Hyde county and spoke , about - the deathe ot horses there. - The number of deaths have been heavily eAiggerated. The dis ease la mainly In two townships and in those' almost 100 horses have died thus far, mostly in one township. He says- poultry has not died, as stated. While it seems almost certain mouldy forage causes the-disease, yet this Is not entirely certain, and Iwo experts are now bd the spot, making an In vestigation. Mr. .Mann says while many crops in the county are ruined, corn fields abandoned vend looking as they usually do In November, with cotton In shoulder-hlgn grass, yet there are fair crops in other parts. There Is no danger of a famine, by any mannw of means. ., ' ', " . A strong committee ' goes to-' New York the 20th and haa rooms at the Hotel Victoria. It Is to Invite Bryan to come here andcpeaic at the 8Uite Fair. ,He wrote from Europe he wanted to come to North Carolina and Raleigh. Governor Olenn,, fen atora Simmons and Overman, Jose phus Daniels, W. R. Cox, H. II. Bat tle, Julian Carr, Bennhan Cameron John a Cunlngham and others are on the committee. - The State charters' the Waring Bank Agency with headquarters at Tarboro, capital atock 1 115,000, held by Hiram H. Jones, N. Al . Keatler, Andrew Geddes, A. J, Posten and Cur tis E.' Grsyam. all' of Washlmrton, D. C, and John 1 Brldgers, of Tiirboro, The company will act as agent for banks, issue dally advance reports and publish records of depositors And of notes. : - ; , ,. -' ;, ,.,'.,'-, . 1 , : r k I -ann nvi viv sAvnAr ntrr In View of Terrible Calamity, Seore . t.irv Will Limit Visit to a Simple '; fall. ; .." Wnshlnfeton, Afig. ' 20. A tologrmw rerelvei lute -tnt Bight from SetT- tary ltoot by the State Department siiys thnt he wa lnnvlng liuno yres th.it r.rtfrnin sfter a mont hos I.lta.Mu nnd friendly reception Snd en-' terttilmii-nt. .Mr. Root adIed thnt in view of the tf-rrlhle t-nlnmlty In Chile he l-ropom-il, with the Hcqiiicscem-e of the 4 1ii!i-ni government, to limit his vlnlt In CbitH to a simple cell of con-rtolen:-o, f'r. lxut (Onteil that ha of-fi-rd iur i.rlite synjpnthy to the Chiles'! g' riinicnt In a dU'-i-iiteh S.nt froia I ucnos yrc. . ... CIIIUAN 0UAKES' CEASE I'EIUOB OF RELIEF . WORK ON I,.., . . , ICwtlinalva of Casuultieif aivl Material Jnjuire ..re of roumo IroIng to ... nive lieen iMiornioiiHly jxaggt-rat-, M, and a lU-ntizlng S-iuo ol This, . logether Willi ltruuiuriiig State ment Irom ObMrvatry. Makes ; I-lrst ISteiMi Totard lU'llef Organi sation " l'oMwlbla- Government In "- tVmi)h-(e (Vtiitrot No Foreigners jvuk-u or I'iUcir lTopcrty jueaivuy jiavuutgea. ' .The earthquakes in ' Chile - have ceased, the resultant fires have been extinguished, and' people of the two cities, Valparaiso and Santiago, - are taking organised stfps to .relieve suf fering, ' care for the wounded and bury the dead. - The period of succor has entered. . - - Dispatches received from Chile to day. tend to show that the first estl mates of casualties and material dam ages haa been greatly exaggerated and ie capital Is paring for all refugeea rom Valparaiso who make their way across the. mountains. It la sun impossible to Teach any correct estimate ot the dead and in jured. The reports . from . Chilo . are moot conflicting, w . ' '. "GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE. Relief la being organised with sys tem and the government haa .taken complete control -of the situation. The foreign legations are active in- relief measures, aa are private persona, ana the greatest energy is being, devoted to getting in supplies, lor .the desti tute. . The government has authorised the- provincial Governors to spend all money -for the reconstruction, at' Val needy in 'their districts. The funds subscribed In Iqulque to celebrate the election of Pedro-Montt to the presi dency will be expended to relieve tne sufferers. Publto relief subacrlptiona have been opened In Buenos Ayres aud the Argentine government will paaa an appropriation to tne aame end , Chile will ask its Congress for money for the reconstruction of Val paralso. The people are engaged In seeking relatives and friends, in erect ing or perfecting temporary outdoor quarters-agalnat the cold, in getting food supplies and helping each other, Food and -water are very scarce and at this Juncture many . merchants have made material advances. In the price ol provisions. -- ; ' . ;. ; REMOTE D18TRICTS - CUT OFFv The -remote, districts have, not vet been beard from and' efforts are being made to . establish - communication. either by w-ire or couriers, with the provinces.' ; ... .1 . 1 . . . The statement 'Is made that 'every Duuaing in Valparaiso baa been damaged- and the city haa been de scribed as " u n in 'Abl table.'' The peo ple still throng the surrounding hills ana tne seashore and many are leav ing the' locality as best they may. . The -English Arms located at Val paraiso do not appear to have sus tained neavy loss, and It does not ap pear that" any foreigners have been killed. ',-..- .-V, . c-. Santiago suffered much less, than Valparaiso; The number. of dead In Santiago Is reported at twenty. A local relief committee haa .been or ganised, the street. cars have resumed running and the normal aspect of the city is rapidly returning, - Refugees from Valparaiso are" -coming la In greater .number every - hour. -1 The railroads are not yet In operation. APT TO STIMULATE, IMPORTS. Clilles Consul General t. New York iNsuee . istatement 1 ltcgartllng iTobable I.ffoct of Dtoaaer on Uie Country' Xmm-rc Many Ports uewac.'vajperauo "' v' " - Km Torlr An . 0 Th ennanl general of Chile at New York to-day gave out the following statement: -"Now that the proportions of the catastrophe In Vaiparaiaoi are known, it la' necessary to- inform the mer chants in " this country , that . all the consulates of Chile In the , United 8 taxes and 'posaeaslons will-continue aa customary -ta vise shipments des tined for Valparaiso, giving the ship pers authority to land their merchan dise at their own option- in Valpar. aim Alt In mnw Athw fftAf f 4PKI1a .muv va a' ' w a a. v . .wa w v. ...awa . "It i& timely to mention, that out-1 aide, of Valparaiso the other ports of the republic have not Buffered . by the earthquake and . will continue. as usual, dispatching cargoes. ' s "The principal ports In the north ern sons of the . country are: Arlca, Plsagua, Iqulque, , Antofagasta. Tal ta. Caldera. and Carrtsal Bajo:' la the central sone: ' Coqulmbo, - Valparaiso, Talcahu'ano. Coronet, Valdivla, Puer to Montt and Aacud, and lastly inhe aouthem aone, Punta Arenas (free- port). .. " , - . - "We can assume that on account or the disaster the- importation of for eign goods will aurely become more active and probably the custom house duties on certain necessities will be lowered - ' .,;'. '; av', W"' "V-.: ". LATEST ADVICES SAY 500. Valparaiso's Estimated Fatalltlea- ; Propejrty Lose Runs Into . Millions, i Thougli Rnslneaa ' Center Is' .Not . Herioualy Damaged. ' : Santiago, Chile, ' Aug,' 20. Five hundred persons are 1 dead at Val paraiso aa a result of the earthquake shocks, afrjordlng to the latest advice baaed on the. reports of refugees Who reached this city thla morning. The mometary loss s4 Valparaiso runs Into the millions. Six or sight other .cities have been destroyed. The railroad, street railway, telegraph and telephone systems are thoroughly demoralised. ... " S- The known dead In this city num her 20. Madame Mont, wife of Ad miral Mont, who was reported killed. Is alive but seriously Injured. ' U Is expected that the street railway anl lighting systems, in this city will be restored to-day. - -' ' '''.-. .-.','. The banks at Valparaiso are af. and the dam.age.to the rommerclal center Is not serious, but the populous quarter haa been completely wreck ed. u: J--r '.-. : -. ' v.; PRESIDENT tiEXDS KYMPatTlIY. In Strong .Terms Hn Expresses Rcr. row of Anterlcaa 1'eopio at Chilean DisaMtcr. ' 1 t s , Washlnatow.-AuB-. 20. The. concern with which l'reslilent Roosevelt re ceived tha nyws of tT earthqimko s evlib-ncod by two telerrams whl-h he sent to the President of Chilo, ono dated yesterday ar.d the other ldny. They were given out at the State De portment to-day: . ' The llrst telegram was as follows: 'ln the tinme of the people of. the United mutes I off. r tnl.ute of si.v? row ami svmrathy to th-ir ai-lcti-J brethren of Ciille 1-v t-.i .un of the awful disaster that Ins l fallen Vlil parnlBd." '." - :' .''. The one sent to-day was n follows: "Let me. repat my eir'HKlon of lnti-nse sTnpt).y ar.d -.ri"s tin shocked li'irror thrs iie! .m fi-cls ot th appalling . dl-;iiter to-.t has to. f .1 1 Ion-your nr- it t -itlon. W e are fol lowing the es v.'.th the mtn e.-;--r r 1 l:vr'y 1 ti(.'--t!," EVEN IF HE DISLIKES IT II.IJXOIS TO ENDORSE BRY.N Though aXetirax1i in) Haa Stated That llo Desires , Instructed Dele rites 1 rom Illinois In Next Na tlonal Convention Vnlesa National , ConimltteruiHit hulllvan la Itrpudl ated, Men Wliont He la Ilgiitlug . Will Endorse, Him If they Con trol To-Duy'a Convention llrvau's frrlcnds baying Hiey Will light Kndorscntent of Hiut If Attacks on Sulllvsu. m.' , i : ";, Peoria, 11.. Augv 20. 'VtTiether It please him or not WHMajn J. Bryan will bd endorsed as the next, presidential candidate of the Democ ratio party by the- Btate convention of the Illinois Democracy, which will be called , to morrow morning at -11 o'clock. Mr. ' Brvan has stated : that under certain conditions he does not care -for tha endorsement ot the Illinois Democ racy, but thla will have little bearing upon the convention and be will be endorsed Irrespective ot the fact that be has snnounced that he doea not care . for the approval of the Demo crats of the State officially expressed if Roger C. Sullivan, of Chicago, la al lowed by the convention to retain the position of national committeeman to which he waa elected in- lOOf.. Jt Is egtoocted that there will be stormy times In the convention, much display ot temper and a great deal of angry talk, but all debates will lead to the aame ending, which will be the endorsement of Mr. Bryan aa a presi dentlal candidate. If his frlenda are successful . In their 'attempt , to gain control of the convention, lie will bo approved aa a matter of course., If the men to whom Mr& Bryan haa aald that he la opposed are successful la retaining control of the party organi sation, they will endorse him no mat- ter -what he says.. The mends of Mr. Rrvsn have been ' Dosltinei , In their statements that if the convention does not call for the resignation of Roger C. Sullivan as national committeeman from Illinois they wUl fight with all their strength against the passage or any resolution endorsing Mr. Bryan. ' Bryan Party. Safla for Home. 5 : Gibraltar. Aug. fO. Mr. 1 Bryan and party boarded the ateatner Princess Irene which sailed at I o'clock. Mr. Bryan exm-esaed hlmaelf dellchted with the tour, which closed with visits to places of - interest (a and about the .. SLAIN BY , ins . BROTHER .-. . t. in ii .-- - ; Parrls Barton of Ctevcand - County. Mmt to- Deth. Apparently tn Cold niootl, aa Result of Old Grodge Ilia b layer tn aloi-ganton iaiL Special to The Observer. : ; Kings Mountain, Aug. 20. News haa Just reached, here of what appears to bare berft the , , cowardly, ;. cold blooded murder last -Wednesday eve-, ntng. near Morgan ton, of Parrls Bur ton a quiet, InofTensire farmer, who lived about four miles above here .on the CherryviUe road.- by his brother, Josh Burton. The details of the trage dy could .. not be learned ' until this morning; when a nephew of the dead man was In town land gave, the fol lowing, account: About tea days s,go Parrls and Josh . Burton. . brothers. started on a trip Into the mountains above Morganton to look at some land which Parrls waa negotiating for. On the way back heme they fell In- with a man by the name -cf Green and- woman walktag. Green. '.told them he wanted wont and i'arrla employed him to help gather his crop.' Josh hlre& the woman o cook for him. Ate t- they had traveled together ' some distance, Josh, who was sitting In the rear of the wsgon with the woman, became boisterous and Parrls asked him to behave hlmsetf whlle in his wagon and on the public road. ' ' - - . Nothing more waa aald. but a tew minutes later Green and Parrls Bur ton saw Josh put a shell Into hla gun. but thought nothing of that-until he fired? knocking Parrls out on "the double-trees. The horeS took fright and ran several hundred yards when Green stopped them. He found the entire load had entered Parrls . Bur ton's hip and ranged down, the thigh. Josh Burton and the woman took to the woods, hut were caught later and are now - In Morganton Jail. Green brought Parrls on to his home, arriv ing there , Friday - morning. The wounded roan died that evening. . An old grudge of eight or ten rears" standing la supposed to be the cause of the tragedr.. About ten years ago Josh" Burton was convicted of betray ing daughter of Parrls and served a. terra In the penitentiary for it. Ha haa an unsavory reputation. The dead man leaves) a wife and' seven or eight children.' He was betwm to and 10 years of age.::. , ;,v,-. ,'; ,r ;- r -i , . N'EAn HI LI JON DOLLAR SESStOJt. Chief Clerks of Houses and Senate) ApproprlaMohN Conmnlttee Issue) KtiMcment Placing Total at 9H7t MO.Igg.ie IWoflloe Department In lcad, Pensions Next, v. , . , Washington, Aug. 20 According lo i statement . issued to-day - by Thomas - P. Cleaves and ' James' C. Courts, chief clerks, respectively, of the Senate and House committees on appropriations, Congress, -at lta - last session; appropriated for t the fiscal year'1107 nearly a billion Hollars. The exact amount Is $7.68.1I Vi, represonting an Increase of tG.4t4. 160.20 over the mint appropriate! the Inst session of tie Fifty-eighth Con gress for Hot. The . largest item Is contained In the appropriation f r the postofflco Department, the amount allotted being llil.f tS,IS8.7S. The next largest sum wss given for pen sions, the money appropriate I amounting to 1140,245. BOO, or nearly twioe aa muon aa wss allowed for the support of the army and ovrr forty milllnns more than was xranted for the naval establishment. Of the net Increase of f $0,404.- (ir.0.20 over 1906, it Is stated that 142. 447.201. 01 wss for the Isthn.lnn Canal, the balance being accounted or through the appropriations for the earrylng out of the meat in spection law, the continuance ot .on trdcts fer river and harbor work, the reomani-tatlon of the diplomatic and consular service, and the extension of thw rurnl free delivery service - ' STRIKE .ritOBABLY CALLED- OIV Mioers In Alabama District Vote on OhchIIoii of Continuing Two-Year oiitcst. ,;- '"' ' 1 I'.lrmlnghnm, Ala.,-Aug. 20.i-Whlle the reuit of the ballot taken to-dy hy the local unions of dtHtrlct 10, t.'nlteil Mine Workers of Amorloa, will not le definitely known until to morrow. It Is generally b'-lleved that (be miners have voted fi j-iill off tne strike In this district, which hits to-n lr riTi'ct for a little ovi-r two vesm. ):.icll locnl union enst Hi se-iMl ruin on the suhl'-ct to-l.iv. sml th--in will be open'! ami roooted ly the ditrl4-t. exeraitive comniume to p. - rrw v nurnlnj. . . ' . 1 BY SOUTH :CAn0LIfNf A : MOB ANOTHER M-XSRQ IS . lUDDLED PeriK'irstor b Brutal Attempt to As sault f Year-Old DauidiU-r of ha. loda tVrtinty. I-Yirnwr ia Captured by Vk'tlAi'a Father. Who Was Tak ing Him to Scene of Crim to rihoot Him When Met by Mob Planed on . Iry Cioods liox. ana -Arter Aanui ting Ills Guilt, Riddled With Bui- , kHs liltUc Girl Mar Burvivo. ; Colombia. S. C. Aug.'IO. Bob Eth eridge was shot to deaih by, a' mot) nine miles from Summetrland. Saluda county, about o'clock to-night. It was the intention ot the father ot the child upon whom he made a bru tal attempt to assault on Thursday last to take him 'to the scene of his crime and there shdot, him "to death but ha 1 wag overtaken fbr tTie mob, Etheridge waa placed ' upon 'a - dry goods box-, and asked if hv had any thing to say. ' He' refused to'talk fur ther than to aay that he was guilty, The, mob then " proceeded to rludle him with bullets. - The mob numbered Etheridge, on -Thursday, last, at tempted to criminally assault, the T year-old daughter ot T H. .West..' a well-to-do' farmer of the Mount Wil ling section- of Saluda.' Etheridge was . employed at the home of 'West. Thursday afternoon he asked thg little girl to accompany him to the barn to feed the stock. It was whUe , there" that .Etheridge made a desperate effort ty assault the little girl, placing his hand over her mouth to muffle her screams.' Bhe was horribly Injured." but the negro failed In his purpose.' . Vv ' It was reported this morning: that the girl could not recover from her injuries and, that her death -was ex pected' at any'- moment' -T-nIght. however.' a long distance -message from the attending physician, stated, that there waa some hope ot her sur viving... '.. .'. ; - : ''."; f. ..v . z ..- - WENT CRAZY OVER LYXCIUNGS. Three Colored Women. in ....roesslun and a Whit Woman Attacked by Negro Near ' Greenwood. . g. C Jail(L a Raring Maniac Charleston-r, S.i, Aug. lOA special from Greenwood to-night telli of the -arrest and placing in Jail of Bob Faust, colored,' 10 years ot age, who thla afternoon went erasy. think ing over the . recent lynchlngs - and announced ' that he . would assault every woman he met . Three times he attacked colored women And was driven away without doing them In Jury, and at last he 'entered the premises of Benjamin King; a white farmer, living In tha Coronaca sec tion, loudly proclaiming that he meant to assault . the- women of the place. He had a gun, but King sue ceeded la disarming him, and later, securely , bound, he was j taken to Greenwood, apparently a raving luna- MOB YIELDIO) TO APPEAL. Negro- Accused of Attempted 'Assault Is Temporarily Raved by KIoqnenoM ; of Mayor, and When slob Clamored - for Him latter lio Had Been Taken to Tampa.' . . . ' -,i- - Tampa, Fla., Aug. 10.W11I Law rence, a negro' IS rears old, was brought here to-night . by. ' Marsha) Logan,' of Lakeland,, and placed in Hillsborough county Jail for , safe keeping. It being feared that he would be lynched by a mob at . Lakeland. Lawrence Is accused of attempting to assault a 11 -year-old daughter of Sec tion Foreman Davis, of the Atlantic) Coast Line, near her home, one mile from Lakeland, thla afternoon. When the negro advanced upon the girl she screamed and he ran. A poase caught him ahortly afterwards and the girl Identlfled hun. -A crowd of one hun dred men gathered and took the negro away from the officer, but Mayor Cox, of Lakeland, appealed to the mob to let the law take Its course. The negro waa then delivered to the officers and Placed in Lakeland Jail. Later. It be ing reported that an effort would be made to lynch htm to-night, he waa spirited to the depot and put aboard the Coast Line train for Tampa, but a number of men assembled upon learn ing that the prisoner was being taken away and trouble was threatened at the depot This waa avoided and the negro, was brought safely to Tampa Afi&rLT IX ATLANTA 1 SUBURB, English Woman and.IIer Little Niece Are Attacked by Hegro and Former la In Dying Condition- Lynching if Assallaut is Caulif. . ' ,; , . f-, Atlanta, Oa., Aug, 20. As the re sult of an attack on Miss Ethel Law rence, ot London, Eng., and her 14- year-old tlece .by a negro early to day near the home of the little girl In a suburb of this city, Hiss Law rence ,ls in a dying condition and the child its suffering from blows from a stick Inflicted byJhe negro. The coun try IS being s3urd by posses to night sad if the negro Is captured he win proimDiy oe lynched. Miss Lawrence and her niece were picking flowers a short distance from the house when the negro attacked them. The young girl escaped after being anocaed uown, ana orougni aid to bar aut.t . ' . ( )'.: " , , j DIDN'T JIAVK HIS PAPERS. " . - .. ', Bepnty Wierllt N, W. Wallace. Jri of SKX-aienourg, ee to ICicl.twittd After 1-jmmhI Convict, but r'orgot to Take His Credentials Akinir. Speclat to The Observer. " Richmond, Va.. Au. 10N. W. Wallnce, Jr., a deputy aherift -f Mecklenburg county. N. C. called on County Policeman Garnett thla morn ing and requested that the negro, John Hoss, alius Robert Irving, an escaped convict, be placed In his hands. , He. was eskert for his papers, but could not show them, and hawe dl'l not, es the prisoner, , : . ltoss Is believed to have escaped from the North Carolina penltnt,nry some fotir or live years o when he was good for a itny of 14 years. He whs rxtight by otllcer (Inrnett several weed 4 SKo.'after he had murderously asiiiifilted a tieirro woman, Mary Alex-ani)i-r. On this lnttr chnrKe he will be examined before 'Snulie tleorte nutilnton Thomas next f" .tunluy. fiarncit hss written to the Governor of i.uith ("arolina with refcrenc i ttie reward. He Is Inclined to think t.'.at it wUl be a i'.'.if I'M S'l.rv, &EGE0 TEOOPS BEM0YEB -v , 4 . m m -I "' --- V- - . KILLING CLEARLY THELtt ACT Following Renort to President on Sit , nation at l'ort Drown, Texas, by Ma- Jor - Penrose, laJor General Alns -worth, tlio 31 Hilary . tiecretsry, ur dera Korroen RcfUtced by Whites lOvhlcnUy tSII)ed Out, Kngaged In I' served Had Undoubtedly . Been . UaralUy Treated by Townpople. ' -Washington, Aug. X0. Orders ere lasued 1 to-day by the military , secre tary.. Major General F. C. Alns worth. for the transfer of the colored troops rrom Fort Brown. Texas, where thre haa been serious trouble between citi zens and soldiers, to Fort Ringgold, Texas,, -which la about 100 mllos above Fort Brown and la also , on the Rio Grande, and to replace them with one company or tne s. Twenty-stxtn infantry. .'. -vv,-,., . The . company ordered to- Fort Brown is made un of white men. This shifting about of troops waa made suosnquent - to -a report from .Major O. W. Penrose on the situation . af Fort Brown-and after an . anneal by Senator Culberson to" Preald.mt Roosevelt In hia report Major Fen rose aaya he was persuaded that the killing -of one citlsen in Brownsville and the wounding of -another were the work of soldiers, although he has wen ' unaoie . as yet to discover wno the guilty men are.' , , Of the atUtude of the.cltUene of Brownsville.- toward the . negro sol- dlera. Major Penrose aaya: . - - "i nat the enlisted men nave been subjected to indignities since -their arrival here, there can be no doubt and thla haa caused a good deal, of feeling among them." The one caae to wtilch I attribute ' this outbreak - I will make the subject , ot an official report aa soon aa John W. Vann. the collector . ot customs, returna to . the City.: v : -x v .'-.'.; ":. . FACTS REVEALED BY ' INQUIRY On August II. Major Penrose says, a Mr. Evans and Dr. Combe. Mayor of Brownsville, called on him. Mr. Evana aald his wife was seised while entering her home by a negro sup posed to . be a soldier, as he wore . t khaki uniform. That evening Major Penrose made an attempt to get all the soldiers Into the reservation early. All hut two men . who were out on aasses were gathered Into the ooat but shortly after midnight the en gagement which resulted so seriously took - place and the whole! garrison was awakened by a fuallade. . Aa soon aa the shooting ceaaed and it seemed safe to make an investigation alt but two soldiers answered roll-call and the rifles were - all In place and showed no marks which Indicated that they had been fired. Cartrldgea and shells made at government arsenals were found near where the ahootlng took place, and Major Penrose expresses the opinion that eight or nine soldiers who had keys to the guts, racks got their weapons, supped out ot the post and engaged In battle with cltlsens and managed to clean their guns, re place them in the rackets and regain their places In, the barracks during the excitement w hlcn prevailed lu the post. . y , . . . ';.. FED HOGS ON CITY'S COR. That Is -Grave Charge Made Against Chief of JHIioe Beeknell, of Green ville, 8. C Investigation In Prog- Special to The Observer. Greenville.. 8. C .AuglO. -jFoe more than two hours to-nlght . the police commission looked Into the charges brought against Chief . of Police Beeknell by an Investigating committee appolntod by the city coun- oil. The commission adjourned after considering some of the charges,' for further ' meeting. The gravest charge against Chief Beeknell Is that he raised nogs at the city stockade. feeding them corn paid -for by the city and selling them for-, his own private gain. This charge will 4e looked into at the nsxt mooting of the commission. When the Investigating committoe made It report to the cqunciL Beeknell said he had not been given an opportunity to reply or est plain the alleged Irregularities and appealed for a hearing to the polloo commissioners. Beeknell- haa been suspended until the charges , are vestlgated. ,- .Ki'.- -, .,- v in- ftt OFFIClAIiB SLAIN IN WEEK. Statistic; Showing Jlnrdnroas Activity of Rnsslan Terrorlata a,SOO Per one BanUitied by tiovernnieot From . ht Prtcraburg. : , - i n '.. ) Rt. Ptershurr. Anr. 10. Last week's statistics show that SS officials were murdered and 41 . wounded in Russia proper, ID bomb depots were discovered, six safes were rifled of money and is persons roDDed. . . . These official flgurea do not take Into account the pillaging in the coun try, nor do they give tne number of military executions or arrests of agi tators and revolutionists ana there re no figures showing the number of persons sent into exile. v The t Petersburg ussette says i. 100 persons ' Were banished Sunday from St Petersburg atone and mat 760 were placed on trains bound for the interior. 5. v ,m .',?'" V; .'. , DISABIiED STEAMER TOWED IN, Atiotrlan Vessel Marglmrlta Pldlted Up lit itm Unit by Britisher After Having Drifted IlelplesNly for Three Days... i . -rf ,.;-, j Pensacola. Fla.. Aug. to. After rifting about the Gulf for three days In a disabled and helpless condition the Austrian steamer Margharita, from New Orleans for Marseilles, reached port to-day in tow of tha British steamer Rlpllngham, for Gulf port, which alghted the steamer last Friday 100- miles smjtheaat of Pensa cola and went to her assistance. The Margharita. 1 with a general cargo, had been out rrom New . Or lesns about three days when the pro poller waa. disabled. A survey will be held to-morrow snd the disabled steamer will be libeled in by a master ot the Rlpllngham In a causa of sal vage, ... :"V -. ,. .'....- :; ".. : ' , ;.C STRICKEN BY PARALYSIS. . Col. MVP. Trihhle, Candidate) for Sec retary nf Mnte In South Cnrollna, Taken to tJrecnvllle Sauttarliiui In lrecarluiis t'oiuinion, Special to The Observer. . Greenville, S. CL Aug. 20. Col. M. P. Tribble, on of the eamlldates for Secretary of State, has been In HI ealth for the past three months ami was not .able to Join the campaign arty -until It reached hi home at Anderson, He whs really not strong enough to take the road at all. To dny while In a carri.me on hu way bi'k from I'lckens to 1 .itstey h hid a stroke of paralyMs, l--jvl!, si most helplss. lie win Iron t to (Jreenvlllo to-nlpht and r-ot lu ix s ini- tniitiin. TJie Ooi t.-r m) 1 f ari gpopkxy. NEEDS BEPUELICAN JIOU ..'.'.. PRICSIDEXT APPEALS TO VOli Clianjre at Tlds Tlmo Would Result lit Hurtful Osrllhuhm Between the J ' treme Radk-al ami U10 i:xu-cme 1..--CUonarv, hays tldef l ntlve In letter Made Public Through lU'imb , ' Committee Promises Tart f Revision When the People Really , want It aariff and Trust Proi , lenta Not Related Would Keep M lent if National Welfare Waa Not Gravely at Stake. .- . v v . ' - . New York, Aug. 10. A letter writ ten 'by Preside - - - . ' - W mmrJ y v 1. S.V VVII gressman James E. -Watson, of Rush Vllle. .Ind.; rsviewlnga'and approving of the work of the present Cor.gres and declaring: !"To change the lead ership and organisation of the House at thjs time means to bring confusion upon those who 'have successfully en gaged lu the steady working out of a great and comprehensive scheme for the betterment of our social and dvto conditions." 1 wss mada nuhtin wt,v p"iua. uie ttepuDiican national cam-, a . a.v... iic fimunai wiso eclared that such' a change would re sult In a hurtful oscillation between the extreme rsdlcal and the extreme reactionary. The, President aald also that he hopes the present Congress win enact laws prohibiting political contributions by corpora tldta, .lower ing the duties on Import from the Philippines and llmitlns- tha numhoe Of hours foe rsllwav amnln... v - . - ix.r. xvuviKTcii says; - TARIFF REVISION IN DUE TIME' ' We stand nnenulvoeall tnr tecUve-Urlft and we feel that the phenomenal Industrial . prosperity which we are now , enjoying la not iigntry to be Jeopardised; for it would be to the last dea-re foolish tn cure hare and there, a email benefit at the cost of general business de pression. But. whenever a given rate or schedule becomes evidently dls advanUgeoua to the nation, because ot the changes which go on from year to year In our conditions, and where It la feasible- to change this rate or schedule without too much dislocation ot the system It will be done; while a general revision, of the rates and schedules will be undertaken whan. ever It shall appear to the sober bus iness sense of our people that whole, benefits to ba derived from makino- such changea will outweigh the disad vantages; that is, when the revision will do more good than harm. . TRUST REMEDY. A THING APART. Let me 'add ona word nf Mniinn however. The Question of ravtin- the tariff stands wholly apart from, the question of dealing with the eo- vueu u-usxa mat ,ta, with the con trol of monopolies and with the su pervision Of great wealth In buslnesa. especially in corporate form. The only way In which It Is possible to deal with those trusts and monopolies and thla great corporate wealth la by ac tion along the Une of the laws en acted by the present Congress and lta Immediate predecessors. The cry that the problem can be met bv anv changes, la . the tariff" represents, whether consciously or unconsciously, aa effort to dlvertHhe publlo attention from the only method ot takfng ef fective action." , Mr. Roosevelt antra that If Anl m.. tlsan Issues were involved lu this contest he should hesitate to say any thing publicly In reference to it but he does not feel that thla is the case. He feels that "all sood cttisana whA have the welfare of America at heart . ahould , appreciate the lmmen amount that he been accomplished by JMTrent Congress, organised as it Is. and the urgent need of keeping thla organisation ; In power." The, President declares that "with Mr, Cannon aa Speaker the House haa accomplished a literally phenomenal amount of good work. It haa ahown a courage, good sense and patriotism such that It would be a real and se rious misfortune for the country to faH to recognise.' . t , ; i-. REVIEWS WORK OF' CONGRESS. Mr. Roosevelt then enters on a to. View- of the work of the Congrees and the Important meaaurea passed' by It. measures which, he declares, are im ports nt hot In a partisan sense, but are important because they subserve the welfare of the people as a whole. Of the Panama Canal he expresses the opinion that It Is the colossal en gineering feat of all jure,. and the credit for the acquisition of the canal strip is given to Congress. m 0ai. - s a a i. attitude of . Congress toward the up vB as rfa v y mm vaviriinfiu ua. IBSbV building of tne navy, and then the President takes up the meaaurea deal ing wkh government regulation of business. - ;t. -f ,?-. s- . GOVERNMENTS NEW SPHERE. ' T1 s tramamtotlaanr-lal anil tnaH. al changea in our nation." he says. 'nave rendered evident the need of a larger exercise' by the national gov- viiorai 01 11s yuwar to ueai wim tne business use ot wealth, and especially of corporate wealth, in inter-St&tt business. It is not too much to say that the course of Congreas within the last few years, and the hearty agree ment between the executive and legis lative departments of the nation la taking the needed action each within its sphere, have resulted In the nation fori the first time definitely entering upon ino 1 cau-eor proper per formance ot duty 111 these matters. INTER-STATE COMMERCE LAW. Instead of enacting anti-trust laws which war either mi vrirtin sweeping as completely .to defeat their own objects, it haa given us an Inter State commerce law whrch will enabla us us to exrcise In thorough fashion a supervision over the common carrt-r ot thla cirtintry, so aa while scrupulous ly safeguarding their, proper Interests, to pro vent them from charging ex cessive rates; to prevent their fav ording one man. at the expense of anuther, and especially a strong man at the expense of a weak man, and t. require them to be fully accountable to the public for -the service to whirl. for Hhelr own profit they render the publlo. The previous Congress, by the enactment of the Klklns law and b the creation of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Including th Bureau of Corporations, has enahNiiX s to make great strides In advan.- long the path Of thus trlnrlng th. Use of wealth in buMnens under th uperylslon and regulation of the n 1- tlonal government for actual practVo It has proved a sham and pretense t say that the several States can thn- upervlsa and regulate It." ASSURANCE TO LAHOtt. Preslilont Roosevelt reviews an I rovei th iie..xur-s taken ti ertHln rlshts to w .ip--oi k--r 1. hi Uiiir ttm eiuployer-V 1: it in! the elfrht-honr l.nv. ! 1 tieeil-.J to InuUil 4 ha !iv 1) V i'l II f I 1' )i;it n t J ! H- I: j. nt . f I' t t
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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