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,J' , -. .. . , . I ) I . - - I ' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $3.00 Per Yeaiv "ciiarlotte; Tuesday morning, September-ii, 1906.V , PRICE FIVE CENT Yriii. -rtf,'' lAINE 0. 0. P. HARD III mttltheld pinches, mnoccu , As Result, of Popular Discontent With prohibition. 'Dutch Cirj-y Holland Irr Uti Than S,000 Vote, While . (ha lMlntt -Fight on Representative IJtUenvld Reduces HW Majority to About 1,000 -ov. Cobb's Plurality . Only a Fraction ot,Vsual .HepubH ', can Marstln On Congresidnnal '.' DMrirt Oose--LglWture Mfdy js ' Republican. .-; ... -, 7 Portland. Me.. Sept 10. Governor .llllajn-T. Cobb., of Rocwana, publican, standing on a p'atfosm de Voted almost- exclusively to con tinuance of the prohibitory law of tho state. VwaS , re-elected to-day by ' cluralltv of lei than 1.0,00, with' but few exceUona' ihe smallest . marirl of 'votes, ever- given a? Republican . Governor of the State, of Ma'ne.r , . Cyrus W, Davis,' of' WaCorvllIe, the Democratic candidate tot ' Governor, boiled one" of the' largest -votui... In the history of the narty In this State, The Issues of tlie campaign Were re submission of the. liquor Question. which wti . Incorporated la ' the State - legislature ' four yean ago. ' . L - More Interesting i from ' . certain standpoint was ' the - re-elect Jon of Concreami&n Chajrlea . B. r Uttlefleld. Republican, of the aecond dletrlot,; by ' rreatly .. reduced plarmllty, Con ' rreaaman XlttleAeld'a candidacy was the' subject K of . bitter -oppoaltlon on the part of Samuel Qompera, presl dent of tba American FederaUon' of ; lbor, who. naked! Sot hto defeat on the rroupd that be had voted agalnat certain ; labor meaaurea . atthe lat ' - aeaaioa of doncrea.' ,' v ':?,"', . : , The Issue between pom peri and Uttlefleld waa taken up by the Re ') publican conrewlonal committee and - for three weeka the district has been -' the. acene f a hard fight, la which j SecreUry f War Wllllairt H. Tart. fenator Lodr and Senator Bever tdge and several Congressmen Were . pitted araJnst the head of the Federa te not Le.bor.- Mr. littlefleld's pln , ralfty was estimated te-ntcht at about Conirreasman Edwin C. Burlelcb, ,' of. Augusta. Republican, ' was. re . elected la the .third district by -ai estimated plurality of ,000, and . Congressman' Llewellyn i Powers, of . ' Holton, Republican, In the ' fourth , district by. a plurality estimated at ' t.000. . The re-election of.ConsTess- . man Amos It. Allen, of Alfred. In- the ' first district Is claimed by the , Re- publican leaders. . ' - The Legislature lll be-Republic can by aaXe majority, t . ,.. V ;.PtAIJTT CUT TO A THIRD. v RcpuWlcan ' State - - Chairmam Only . Claimed T.000 So S.000 to O'clock ays . LUUeHeld i, U Ol .Shftve .Portland. Me,, 'Sept. 1 -Returns rrem 4e'cmes sua towns orvi ko : ' rive Cobb, Republican, tl.HJ; Davis. Democratic, tt.114. f - 4 - The same towns- f oar years ago gave Hill. Republican, .7I4; uould. AJem .: ocrat. tt.4tl. ' : v ' . At o'clock1 to-night Chairman Carter of the Republican State com .- mlttee claimed the election of Oov v emor Cobb- by- ft- plurality of 7.009 - to .00. He also oredtcted Congress man LUtlefleld's election by ft safe but greatly reduced plurality. I. LltUcfleld'S Majority to. County Re- ,"' Lewlston. Me- Sept 10. McOIlll ouddy. Democrat, carried this XAndre- scoggln) county ..for ConTeiny by a ;.. vote ot S,lf to I.S74 for Uttlefleld. .Republican. . . ' ' . - LlttleHeld carried the county four Vj DEAF, MAN; 6CICTDE&- .trailer Matlhcws, of Guilford, Hangs Himself -was ft Man of ungovern- : ' able Temper. ,'.;.. '.-::'' ' Special to The' Observer. ri-" ' HlaOi Pelnt. Sept; SOWftlter Mat . ' thews, ft white man ' aged IS years : . and residing at Deep River, committed . suicide to-day by hanging- himself. : Going to bla room In the back of the house, he tied a plough .line to the :. rafters and then - around -, bis neck, , Jumlng fo his deaths He was found - about, ah hour later. - No note' or v anything was lert to throw Jlght on the suicide. Matthews has been hard v of hearing for some time and lately v- had 'become almost deaf. -'He was a young man of rather peculiar dlspo v sljjon and, when onoe aroused, was ' almost unmanageable. Saturday after noon he engaged. In a quarrel with a negro man, who alapped hint In the face, '' This so angered - the ; young ' man. that he secured his gun and would have killed the negro, had he ' not been restrained. Fearing that he would be arrested,, coupled - with . other things which he brooded over, probably caused him to commit the rasa ww, - ". . '. .' COAXt BIIOKJ2 AUL RECORDS. V' ' ..-..... v....' i ' ; V''' t prodnctlon In the tTnltcd Ktstes - m 1 SOS Amounted 'to ' S93,ftla.S41 Khort Tons, Having Velno at Mines Of 47B,756(B8S. Washlngtoh, Sept. IOj- Accordfng to the report of Edgewood "W. Parker, 'Tit statistician of the United States Geo Hologtcal Survey, the productlo n of coal In the UnitSd States In 1I0S ' amounted to St 1,119,141 short tons,, . having a value at the mines of 476 7t,l, surpassing in both quantity and value all previous records In the history ' of, . the country. ComDare! with 1104 the output in ltOS exhibits increasi V.T M 2.1 15, increase jot 41,l02,4l short; tons, i per ceni. in quantity and ,142 or over seven per cent Of the total ' -production In 1108, 77,469, 850 short -tons wars v Pennsyl vania anthracite,, with a - value of 1141.178,000 at the mlnss, - , s The total production of bituminous coal and lignite wns I18.2(,ti short tons, valued at 1114,877,941. . , COD UVEIt OIL'.BIAir TTRN8 VP. Henry K. WsmrMilc, Ilillad.l.lU Miilloiinlrc, Had. Nrrvous lircak lovn us Result of Worry,-', ( rhlladelphla, Bopt. 10. Henry fC Wampole, a millionaire of this city, who, it Is' reported, dlnnpponre J In New 'York yenterdsy. Is st his home at Merlin.' a enburb. Mr. Wsinpilu fi hend of the chemical di m of Henry X. Wampole ft Co.,. and It in sod the manuger of a branch in Canada nbsoonied with, 1 10. 000 .if thfl firm's monoy.:. The bi-het tliat his pflrtiif-rs wmlil think him crelm in the rrvin sifirnent fit the afralrs of the linn c;iii"1 Sfr. Wampoln much worrhrn-nt ml f oully 'rcsultnd In a - ntrvom 1 i i ;ik Jow n, , . , UIUTT-CIl.iW'I'X)KD CONTEST. Joint fnnvs In the Tenth ' RcfrJ as - at Hnbblnsvllkv IMmocratS" and l(tubllcns Mingled In Audience. Special to. The Observer. , Andrews, Sept. . 10. The campaign In -this,' the tenth congressional dis trict, was opeqed at - Robblnsvlllo, Orsham county, by Messrs. Crawford and Oritt to-day. this being tho first meeting oi these gentlemen on th issues. Much Interest was manifested In the event, by bQth Republlcana and Demoorata. Mr. Crawford being an old-timer who has measured lances, so to speak, with many Republicans, there was considerable . speculation aa to how Mr. Brttt would hold up his end of the line. '." The verdict ' of the good-slsed audience waa that tho Republican candidate proved a ready debater and , that the Series of meet- In. i will nrove exceedingly Interest Ind i" . . . ..... . . ; . Mr. Crawford.' by "way of "establish Inr the assertion that the offlce-hold tntr elemenS of the Republluan party In North Carolina did -not have an Idea above a Federal Job, quoted from the speech of Secretary Ten and al luded to the- Adams-Blackburn am brogllo and said that when Brttt and Charles Toms, the last named recent convert v to - Republicanism spoke at Rutherf ordton. The Indus trial News, twhlch Is. ha1 said.' con trolled by Marion Butler, devoted two columns to 'Tomi ana anuaea ..Mr, Brltt entirely. In his rejoinder Mr. Brttt declared that . Democrats had the earns yWarning for pie and that. if Mr. Crawford and bla party were In power, he, Mr, Crawford, would -have to - employ - two secretaries .to answer the letters of Democrats seeking Jobs. The candidates speak her to-morrow, - VKAH 131 Tlllfi tWAD. Body of Vattoathcrn, of. Greens boro, Found Near RekuvtUs, a lial- IeC Uole in His Drain Case of Su icide or Murder.' , . - v Soeclal to Th Observer. ';' ,L.t Reldsvllle, Sept. " 10. Watt South hern., a white man - apparently 'about 17 'years old, was found dead in the road about air miles south of . Relds vllle this morning. A revolver was found at his side, and Investigation showed that he bad either -shot him- .self or some on else had Jlred the ratal snot, toe onuet going through his brain. Papers found on hla neis. son Indicated that Southern's boras was on west xee street, oreensboro. and the remains were sent to Greens boro for interment! .,' Probably Committed' Suicide. 8peclal to The Observer. . . : . Greensboro, Sept 10. It is aup posed hers that W. C Southern. whose 'dead, body waa found to-day near Keiasviue, committed, suicide.- He left horns early Sunday' morn lng not telling hla wife where he waa going. - He bi recently been in the employ oi me. wytand- Newman Ma chine Cow nd his fellow employes say he has often, spoken of taking his life. .The body will be brought here :or fnterment .- ' ' MERCHANT DISAPPEARS. r r' l -( , . - . I I a. . Goldsboro Buslneas Msn Tieaves Atnro Keys aiMl Not to Creditors Coder Wife' llate ftt Table. AT , k opeciai to xne uoaerver. - Gsldaboroi-Sept. lO.i-John Lane, a mercnani seeping a general store on North John street, hss disappeared from his. home In this city and his whereabouts are unknown, - Hla wife waa not at horns for supper last night and he left the, keys of hta store, to gether with a note to his creditors I.I l Ma ,t.AMa tjk , I m - and - take their pay. The keys and not were- left under his wife's plate. She thought It some Joke he was playing on her and did not take the matter seriously until he did not re turn this afternoon, t It is not thoua-ht that the few small debts that hs owed drove him away iron hta home and It ' is hard to account for" his disap pearance.' He wad a very caatious buyer and usually discounted his bills tor cash. v - - - , RO XICNT IN DELAWARE. Assailant of Two Women Being Pur sued in vicinity oi wumingto Story of the Crime, - . k Wilmington, Delaware. Sept." 10.- A negro hunt Is on in this vicinity for the assault or Mrs. Beattrlce rrankish, and daughter. - Mrs. Gussle Leach, both of whom are seriously .111 at their home to-day. . - The - women were drtvlng-along ft lonely road when a negro sprang from behind ft tree and struck the women with rocks, dragged the unconscious form of Mrs. Leach from the carriage and Mrs. 'FrankisB fought- desperately until her clothes were almost torn oft py wis nrute wno nnauy nea. : - - i. V Native, South Oarollnlan to -be Army . " anspecsor uenpras. f. ., (Washington. Sept. - 10. -Biisadler uenerai oeorgs It. Burton. Inspector general, win oe pieced on the retired list- at his own request on Bent 10. He wilt be succeeded by Col. Ernest Garnngton. the senior colonel of tbe Inspector corps, and who Is a member of the . reneral staff of ths army.. Col. Gariington, who Is to be the Inspector general, Is native-of south Carolina and was appointed to the Military . Academy from Georgia Prominent Georgia Republican Dead, Atlanta, Ga., Sept 10. tolonel A. A. Donnell, former United States dis trict attorney "tor the northern dis trict of Georgia and one. of the most prominent - Republicans In the State, died at his home hers to-day, after n brief Illness, aged 41 years. Colonel Donnell was a prominent member of the Georgia G. A. It and contracted hla final Illness at ths recent gather ing or the national Ut A. It In Min neapolis.- - ' ' ; ' Oil Trust OnViat 'Arrested to Sec are . . ; . .,- Attendanoe, ,' ; , . 4 St. Louis. 8nnt 1 0. II.' Clay rierco. chairman of the vesecutlve . board of the Waters-Pierce OH Co.. waa arrested on an attachment Issued and sorvtil several -weeka, a go to compel tits 'at tendance, ss a witness In ft civil suit Pierce was taken to the sheriffs oflli nd arrangements wers made for ft re- lesse to permit hi ' attending the earing of the oil company ouster suit. . u ' New Ilnllillnfr on Long Inland ' , Col- uiMfs witn i-sisi itesnit. , New' Tork, Pent 10.-One mnn was killed end live others 'seriously njtired by1 the collatme of. a new uil.iititr at Mlneols, I I., to-tly. not her msn is reported burled in he ruins end Is prnlwhly deiid. . Tho bulMlntt wns Ik . a rarns nil wa lirlliit bull! f'ir llobrlt invci Tlio ti.cn burle.t In l ruins 'to IiaKtn wiikMnn. ALLEGED ' KIDNAPPER .'TALKS odhua'Harrlso'n, Arrested and jnlled on Cliarge of .Compik-ltr 'la KUl napping ot State Senator DoasleyJe v hon. jiennetii, JicieaHed From Kllza- - bctli City lrison on 93,200 Bond-r ',w ucturn xo-iMiy to ills Home In ', Hurrlturk Kays He Did Not Know i the Boy and Never ' Saw Him lie . Ileves He Was , rYosen to Defttit . ; Feeling , Against ..llarrlsdn lias ,kGreatly Abated, ;.t ;y-:. Special to Tbe Observer. 'j-jt"'z'-' ' Elisabeth City, Sept 10. Impris oned. lnths-counjrJall at Pasquotank county," where4 he was brought, from Currituck county') Thursday night Joshua Harrison, under Indictment tor kidnapping Kenneth, (he nine-year- old son, of State Senator Beaaley, Feb ruary 1 1 th, 1 105, was to-day liberated on hall la the asm of 11,100.; Xfiy Mr. Harrison, with the consent of his attorney, Mr. E. F. Aydletti' gives out ths following, statement: "r em absolutely Innocent In regard' to the charge' against me of kidnapping. the1. Beasley boy, or having anything .to do with It v For three or four w.eeks or more before the boy was missed I bad been continuously at home., The boy,' was missed, on Monday. ; I knew nothing ef It until Tuesday at dlnhar, When Mrs. Julia Forbes spoke of U at th table. I was at home Tall day Monday and 'Tuesday.' Wednesday I went up to John, Fisher's store about o'clock and ' remained until about Jl o'clock, and went, fronv-iheret ' to Colnjock bridge.. . Prop there I went to Vanslack's and from there i home. reaching home about sunset Zl remained at home then cohtlnu ousty. until Friday morning, at whleM time I took ' the boat-, to ' Elisabeth City and, ' la company with . John Newborn and wife and others, reach ed Elisabeth city about night lire malned at the Stokely House' untlt Baturdsy afternoon and took tbe train from Elisabeth City about t o'clock. and wen to Bhawboro, Mr, Tull Bell sent me from Shaw boro to Baco and X went from there to "John Guard's at Colnjock. and went from there to Mr. James Saunders and , remained there ail night and went from there home Sunday 'mornlna. 1 was at home then for weeks. 'DID NOT, KNOW BEASLET BOY. "I did not know the Bessley hoy. I never saw hlra te know htm. "My (re lation with Mr. S. M. Beasley has a! ways been of the most pleasant character, so far aa I know." I am a Republican and Mr. Bessley a pernor crat but our relatione have been so pleasant I . have voted for him each time he ran as ft candidate to repre sent tne county and when he ran f of the- Senate. . The report, that Mr. Beaaley had laws passed against" sell ing wine, which was, hurtful and ob- JeetVonable 41 sue Is uW,ue--If this bad been so, 1 would not have voted for him to go . to the eenate. in No vemoer . betore his - boy was lost in reDruary loiwwmg. . There haa never been a moment since the boy . was missed that I would not have made any sacrifice to help 'And blnrand re lieve his heart-broksn parents. FAMILT, RELATIONS CORDIAL. $ "The family relations were the most cordial and had always been. I ant 7. years of age and live six. miles from where the boy was. attending scneoi. . a ne report mat , my daugh ter,; Mrs. Gallop, went to New Tork one one or more tripe regarding the jueasiey ooy is untrue, fihe did. go to Newark.. N. Jn as I -am Informed. to sea. Miss Hannah f. 'Lyons for a lumner company in Norfolk to try for' the company to buy Miss Lyons pine lumoer -on the Gauop track of land 4a - Currituck. . I, - like ' many others, had my opinion that the boy waa treses to death n that bitter cold day and night but where X. can not aay. x wish I could. - v. . Mr. Harrison spent to-night la this city where he has been tne center of intense interest The affair of which hs Is the central figure Is the- one toplo and many groups-of men may be seen, each now advancing some new tneory regarding the mysterious disappearance of the. Beasley , lad. reeling against Harrlaon Is much al layed, while last Wednesday public opinion in nis own county ran So high s w: inreaien mm witn personal in-Jury.- At one time the solicitor ques tioned the uftlv. nt tiirnln kin. pn ball and his bail was vigorously fought . Mr. Harrison leaves - , v V . H u. MUU VUft row for His hom la Currituck: tv . la, L. a.s.s . . a . , wii vnv (ruu neii- Mtrca. KEKItO LYNCHED Uf GEORGlX TUini From Officer and ntddtal by latdaK tnm A taMw s A MuiVHfAK IV amaTmilU! AM- Year-Old GlrL .T , Culloden.. Ga.. Sent -. lo.7hsrlA Miller. negro 10 veers old. was sr. rested here charged with an attempt ed assault 'on the 11-year-old daugh ter of a. prominent farmer,' living; here. . . . , . ..';;.. .- ; He was started to Forsyth In charge of an officer. When six roUes from here he wss overtaken by a crowd of determined .men who demanded the prisoner. The officer resisted, , but Was overpowered. . The negro was taken away and in ahortxime one hundred shots were heard.' His body was found In an. old well. v .He was riddled with bullets and his neck was brotcen by the falL . . ,,. .-, i . . Hsnglng In tVesence of 1,000 People. Gainesville. Ga.a Sent 10. Have Moore, colored, who assaulted the. year-old .daughter of Jim Hood, of White county, some weeks ago,, and wno waa convicted at special term of White' Superior Uourt ten days ago, was hanged at Cleveland to-0a,y in the presence of 1.000 people. ' . ' 1 4 . in 'i i ii Negro Brought to Norfolk, for Safe . i ' - ivrcinng. . , , . , ' . i Norfolk, Sept. 10 Fearing i he would be lynched, John Smith, the negro, was brought Co Norfolk for safe keeping. .. Smith was out on ball fol lowing hung Jury In which he was rhsrged Wfth, assault on the wife of Henly Owens. The-' negro , la now Charged with .having attempted an ssnult on Mrs. Leggett in Princess Anheo cpunly Saturday night. , - To llx k.t'p Re IUand G rower V . lTlres. Lake City, Fl.. Sept 10.A Strom nnnrlat oriranlxstinn was formal ere to-diiy to- back un the ttrlcen dopted at the recent meeting of the Hea.lslnnd Cotton Growers' at Vul. ohIs. A resolution wns adnptol hit the orintiiiiili.n shall buy all cnltnn offered at the iirlces frrenl lion et the rnoi(lnir. It la rei,iirli' int New York cspiullwis ar behlrd the orga tiUiitlon, TWO WAHAUELED CASES CHARGES v AGAINST- ATTORNEYS Hiram Boggctt. of Kampson, and B. '.CJ. TaviM. of J?Nryth, eiotlt Recently - LldonwHl to Practice . Law, Have " Hearing: Before Supreme Court, the One 'o a Charge of Perjury' and .Fraad, the Other v for PracUcuig Vsun Wlthont Tarallcl in State's History Dy of Kad Incidents - at . Hjiaicrtt Home evii. Notee .oi state capitaL ';- :: C . ; - . r. '.'. ' Observer .Bureau, ... . '!-:-.llj South Dawson street, u yJ .v; . . Raleigh. Sept 10. i Before v the Supreme Court to-day there was a hearing -of . two cases ,vhlch . are' without V parallel ' la " North Carolina : - In which - two young ; men, who sue cessfully passed then '.examinations to be attorneys at the recent exam! nation, had. their papers held up and had i to await a", hearing upon very (rave charges. One of them Is Hiram Raggett of Sampson county, who Is charged . with perjury and fraud In connection with , the burning of house and the collection ot the Are Insurance ' thereon In July of last year.- Against' him Henry A. Grady anpeared, - while e -was represented by E. W. Kerr J. XL Clfford and H. L. OodWlB. - : .? t Many affidavits were read on each side, Mr. Grady appeared aa com plalnant and, v with hla own-affidavit read those of J.. B. McPhall, Jonah Wilson, an uncle of Raggett, and R. H. .Hubbard.- Counter 'affidavits were read, from' a number of cltlsens of - Sampson, k from Mingo township, where Baggett lived, these being main ly testimonials good character, In tenaing to snow prejuaice on tne part of; Grady and Wilson. On one side It was . stated, that Baggett had fled the .county and on' the other It was set out that he , had told everybody good-bye and had returned to the University at Chapel Hill to resume his studies. There was no argument In the esse.-The Supreme Court re ferred It to the clerk of the Superior Court of Sampson-to take testimony and then set the matter Tor hearing, upon - his testimony on the 8th : of October.- As soon as this case was disposed of that of Travis came up and ft number of affidavits were read, The other case la that of Berne C. Tavia, from Forsyth county, he being charged with usury In lending money at -excessive interest. For him ap pea red L. M. 8 wink and J. E. Alex ander and a gainst him Lindsay Pat terson, Manley and. Henaren, Watson, oiuwn at- waison ana v. tt. tsiair. Hiram Bagget '.. Is charged with burning a store In which he had a half Internet if being alleged that rn bogus Inventions; hs got money on the stock from a Greensboro company, Bagget's affidavit showed he had no Interest In the store and was at home asleep ; when the Are broke out He and both his brothers were her to-day. - His side pet forth that his ancle, en his dead mother's side, Ell Wilson, was at the bottom of this en tire proceeding, that Wilson had dead ly enmity towards htm, had used bad language concerning him and sought in every way to injure, him. It was farther alleged that Henry Grady had sworn out warrant charging Bagxot wiui arson in oroer x arouaa sus picion against nim. Grady asked the court .to lot him give more evidence and he could get this only, upon compulsion: hence, he asked tor a referee and .ttua resulted In she appointment of the clerk of the court. Associate Justice Brown an nounced that court : would ' pass and rely on the general reputation of Bag get,' and that the deposition should be confined to them.'' - . THE THAVIS . USURY' CASE. In the Travis case soeclflcaflBd&'Vlts charging usury end false charges ss attorneys' fees was signed by Cyrus B. -Watson, Clement Manly, Llndsey Patterson, George Pell, William Hen dren, J. C. Buxton and T.W. V.'aison, theae saying Tavls- had for some time operated a loan office, lending money to poor people; refusing receipts for partial payments,- requiring- frequent renewals and using a notary public employed ty him st a regular salary and . lawyers paid by the month. There are on Tavis side scores of affi davits by well-known people to the effect that his character .is good and that he Is fit to be a lawyer. Tavls himself stated that he . never; made Inane at usury and denies aft other chargejnmade. Mr. Hend ren read a lot of affidavits from people who bor rowed money from Tavls and also re ports of the letter's trial before ft magistrate, .;- . .-.-r, :-v fA'.:- -V. DAT OF SAD INCIDENTS AT, SOD- ' , DU5RS HOME, v - . Testerdsy was a dayfull "ot Incl- denta of the saddest kind at the Sol diers' Homs. Captain : Brooks, the perintendent went to Weke Forest to attend the funeral of Mr. Alexander. Dunn.' Captain Brooks lert' bis wife; In charge. Saturday night Green-; berry Upchurch- a veteran fr,om Ashe county, died st the home and his body was In ths chapet .At dinner, la the hospital, J. J. Bryan, - from Halifax county, as soon as; he had flnlshud eating dinner, lifted his set 1 upon his bed and eted without a struggle. He had been In the home three yeaift and had been In the hospital practi cally, all .ths time,; having been paralysed.. Last year" he - fell and broke his V hip. In ' the afternoon Jacob Dlltlard, 11 years ' old, , j of Wilkes county, bocame violently in- bsane.; An effort was made to get him In the hospital at Morganton and at ths one here but at first It seemed that this eoold not be done, the su perintendeats saying both Institutions were full."' Then a., commitment to Jail- - war -Issued. Superintendent Brooks Immediately went-to have a conference with Auditor Dixoft, of the hoerd of directors of the - home. nd it was round that ft patient from the Ivoute' who Is In a tiosoltal -hsre could be taken back, his case nojt be ing, so " extreme as that of Dl$lard, and so the latter escaped JaU and was taken to the hospital, to ths great ro ller of Superintendent - Brooks. J , Two suits for damages have been brought by M. T. Norrls, of Raleigh, and also two for slander, theset being against ,the 'North Carolina Home In surance Company v and Alexander Webb, Its president. The amfyunt of the suit Is not sUted. - There had been ft previous suit for IB0.0OO dam- ges brought by Mrs. Norrls. oarlv in the year. r- -- ::: '''"" i y orand Secretary . Drewry ot the Grand .Lodge, of Masons say orders are, made for work to. begin on the Ms sonic Temple here March I , and there is no question about Its th inning- on thst date. , 'vVllflsm - O. Idge Hill, of Raleigh, has subscrib ed 12,000 td the temple and several other lodges 11,000, and the' Orend Lodge, 126.000.'",'' :. ''"':"' , Charters sre granted the Charlotte riann Company, with power to manu facture and deal In any kind of n.iislcul Inxtruments, the -erttal stock botniy 120.000 and the svockholdf rs C. ti. Lostwlck, Ii li Terry, W. . C. OYEB200 JEW3 MUBDfBED ,'i. '. '.4',; ,i ', . k . ' ST0RTf OF SIEDLCp " BIASSACRB i v' , i . .,'. 1 '. ... I,, i V. ,, ' " i After Wairilng Christianas to nang v- Out Sacred Emblems as Means of ,. DfetlngulNliliig Tiielr Abodes, tlie Troepa, Infuriated by Terrorljit' As- sawiiiiations,' Fell Upon the. Jews. . Killing. Fully too and Wounding 1,000- No Steps Taken by,. Local ,i iiovemor to Prevcntr the Outrage- i Loot Openly Sold. .-.f "v.v'.;'"V' Sledlce,' Sept ; JO.-A " J'ewlsh mes sacre ' surpassing In seriousness all previous ones . In this vicinity took place Saturday , and' Sunday., Xt - was carefully planned, the soldiers warn ing the ' Christian , population ', in ad Vance to hang out their ikans, so that they' might remain undisturbed,- ' -'' Saturday night some, terrorists kill ed two soldiers and' thereupon the Llbau regiment. broke' forth In uftre strained fury,(, . if v i t'l.f; , ; They ' began, murdeflng Jews upori every hand, and continued the "work of slaughter all Saturday night and all day Sunday.' The ghastly work of, murdering! and pillaging continued until an early hour this morning, when Governor Gerela telegraphed for permission to use the artillery; Four batteries -then, opend fire down Plenkna, Warsaw and Aliena, streets, which were ' Inhabited by thous ands ef .'Jews. The destruc tion Was (horrible, - As the re sult of the! general ' slaughter. It Is estimated . that fully 100 Jews were killed and 1.000 wounded. There are 1.000 prisoners in custody, , a great many of whom are wounded. Not ft, soldier was killed. v This morning squads of sollders were parading through the streets selling pillaged watches and Jewelry. The army officers openly contenanced the selling, of the loot. The local Gov ernor took' no steps to prevent the outrage. . i' '' The telegraph offices are closed and nobody Is allowed on the streets or to leave town. The soldiers are drunk and behaving with extraordinary bru tallty. The artillery opened fire' at I o'clock this morning. Shots were dl rected arainst the building from which the terorlsts-had fired on the soldiers. Over - 150 Jewish shops wers looted. Christians escaped massacre by hanging holy fmages and crosses In their windows. Moat of those arrest ed were Jews and were beaten with out mercy. ' OELRICHS' WILL SXrBS WIFE. Bulk of Wcll-Knowu New Yorker's Fjitate Left to Brother and Sister With. Statement That Wife, From Whom. He Had Been Estranged, Has Ample Fortune of Her Own- Only, Personal Ittreots to bon. New;' Tork, Sept 10. 'Herman Oel rlchs, who died at aea on September 1. left' the bulk of hla estate to his brother, Charles May Oelrlchs, and to his 'slater. Mrs. Lucy Jay. Hla wlfo. from .-whom he haa been estranged for siwn time, is cut Off from anv hr. quest1 and the. sfateraent made that she "haa an ample fortune of her owi'! To the son, Herman Oelrlchs. Jr., nothing Is left but pieces of jeweu-y, guns ana som.- otner i"r sonai 'effects. Other relatives; his secretary and -bis valet are remember ed. In- his will. I The will wss filed ror probate to day.' Mention Is made of the wife and son in the opening paragraphs aa follows: "As my wife haa an ample fortune of her own. I make no bequest or de- vlao to her. "As my son, Hsrman Oelrlchs, Jr.. Is ths. heir and next of kin of my wire, and will doubtless be amply pro. vicfed for by his mother, in her. last win snd testament or by the law In th event of her Intestacy, I mske no bequest or devise to htm, other than the specific bequest contained In thlr will." Ths . specific bequest to the son Is tuus made: "I give and boouest all of my watches, scarf pins, and Jewelry of esery kind whatsoever, my furniture. gmna and otner personal effects, abso lutely and forever, to my son, Her- 7 an Oelrlchs, Jr. To his half-sister, Mary Singleton IJvingston, Mr. Oelrlchs bequeathed the sura of 110,000, with the proviso that In case shs or her heirs contest the bequest shall be null and void. A specific bequeat of 1100,000 Is made to his brother, Charles May Oelrlchs, and 1100.000 Is left to Mrs. Jay. Ths residue of the estate, both real, personal and mixed. Is left to the brother, Charlos May Oelrlchs, who Is alao named as sole executor. The will Is dated June 11, 10. The petition accompanying the document states that ths value of the estate Is unknown, " ., Coleman and . Ray Dleht Another charter Is to the Mcintosh Company, Waylesvllls, to take over the business Of Mcintosh A Co. wholesale and re tall chemists and druggist,' capital stock tit. 090. , - . y . . Governor Glenn had expected to leave here to-night for Norfolk to at tend the meeting to-mqrrow of the commissioners -or North Carolina of the Jsmestown Exposition, but found this afternoon that on account? of pressing business, he would . not ' be able to leave. -- .- ,.-: i - The Governor makes requisition .on the Governor of Virginia for J. . West who, under the assumsd name of Edward B, Grtftt, Is charged with obtaining money under false pretense at Wilmington and who is In Jail at Norfolk., ?, t v; f. tjJ .. -'r, - A PARDON GRANTED.":! v. ' The Oovernor " pardons , ; Edward Gallop, who In ISOf was oonviotsd of larceny In Camden county snd wss sentenced to seven years In the peni tentiary. '.( sy,-.; . I .....'., .'.; t . . ... ,.: . : - ,Tfe Supreme rCourti devotes this week to sppeals from the third Judi cial district 4 ;'s ' ' t , ;V burglar! identified, ' Mrj Thomas B. s Moore- positively Identifies the negro, Tom Ellis, ss the burglar who, ten nights ago, entered his home.; He Is In Jail without bait He says he came; here from South Carolina. It Is generally believed he was concerned in s ft ' number , of burglaries: t;. f s,V , Judge Webb denies an Iniunetion Applied for by the Seaboard Air LlWe to restrain Percy J. olive and others, of Apex, this county, from permitting that road from using what Jt claims aa rlgbt-of-wsy ., to side-track and union station. . . 1 At Democratic headquarters ' the following appointments are announc ed: Governor Glenn, at Albemarle, September th, at night; Norwood, the 10th! Gsstonta, the list: Senator Simmons: IUrham the 12d. Gsstonla the Sth; Franklin McNeill: Clinton the 10th; B. ill. Usttls. Durham the 17th, night; ilaw River ths II th. - j . CUBAN PEACH PLANS OFF, Cabinet Decides Tliat' It Cannot Con . alder Intmrgeul , Demand ,. That ' IreslcVnt. Petaia,-; Urn. Vice' Prcsl- lent and ' Mists ters Out ; Offioe - or ;' Order New Klcctlon.., ,'',;''' Havana, 8ept X0,. Forv a while this svenlng the v prospect .' ot ;. peace looked decldedlySmore hopeful This condition was the result of the arrival here of one of the peace commissions which had visited the Insurgent lead ef Pino Ouerra In Plnar. del Rio pro vince with the news that Ouerra had Informally consented to suspension of hostilities pending negotlfttloha., The clouds which appeared - tov be breaking with . the announcement of this news gathered again within an hour when It became known that ftt ft special meeting of the cabinet this evening, which was attended by Presi dent Palme, "Vice President Mendex Capote and all the members of the ministry,' It bad been decided to de Clare all peace, projects .oft. It was agreed at this meeting that the gov ernment could not consider the pro positions of the Liberals, ths main features of which are that President Palma. shall resign snd; that the Vice President, and members of the cabl net shall do .likewise. The members of the veterans' ' peace commute. when Informed of the cabinet's ac tlon, expresed great disappointment and said they would hold a meeting to-night or to-morrow and that If nothing was agreed on then they would give up their efforts. DESERTS TO THE REBELS. Murderer Released by Government to Raise Force of 100' Men Goee Over to Insurgents, Who - Accept Men and Arms, But lieciine Xlim. . Tampa, Fla., Sept 10. -Information from Cuba to-day says that Alfred Laborde and a hundred men deserted to the Insurgents, that Pino Guerra, 1 leader of the Insurgents, sent LAbord back to the authorities, saying he did not want such men. but adding th.i he was grateful for the men and mu nitions that came with the leader. lAborde was charged recently with murder and was placed In Jail near Havana. He offered the government that If he should be paroled, he would organize a hundred men and fight for the government, agreeing to return ror trial after the conclusion or hos tilities. His offer waa accepted, with the Tesult that he deserted with his command to the rebel leaders. La horde was prominent as a Cuban fill buster previous to the Spanish-Amer ican war. . Palma Institutes Virtual Dictatorship Havana. Sept. 10. President Palma to-night decreed the suspension ot all constitutional guaranties snd revoked all offers of amnesty. Many Liberal leaders arebejng arrested. JONES STILL MISfilXG. Cashier of nope Mills Bank Not at Crewe, Vs., as Staled in Hla Tele- grata to Ills Parent. Special to The Observer. Richmond, Vs., Sept 10. A, tele gram from W. A. Jones, ths missing cashier of the Hope Mllls Bank, at Fayetteville. N. C, to his "parents at Red Springs, to the effect that he had secured a position In ths train dispatcher's office at Crewe, Vs., Is-i Itself not without mystery. The may or of that town. In snswer to an In quiry, said W. A. Jones was not In the train dispatcher's office and that he would mske further Inquiry. Jones seems to have misled his pa rents completely. HELD WITHOUT BAILv Durham Man Acquiesced In Immoral lilfe of Hla Wire, With Whose Mur der He la Charged ' Eye-Wltaeee KxamlneU. Special to The Observer. Newborn. Sept 10. Developments in the McCartney shooting. affair' of Sunday Indicate a ease of murder or manslaughter. The missing wit ness. Pat Barry; wAa found and ex- Mmlned to-day. Hla testimony showed that he, (Barry) had stayed during the night Barry and McCartney had a fight Saturday night and McCart ney and hla wife had a dispute In the yard before the shooting. There was no Jealousy between the two, as hss been said, as the man acquiesced to the Immoral life of the woman. The coroner's Jury 'Thsld McCsrtney for trial In the October term ot court witnout pan. s 1 . -. LEAVES WIDOW OF A DAY. Salisbury Man Dies In Georgia on Day : , Following Hla Wedding". Special to The Observer. . 1 Salisbury, ' Sent. 10. The remains Of Mrs. Cylrfe C. Krlder, who died sudden ly yesterday In Hsselhurst, On., srrtved In Salisbury ' this afternoon and were tak en Jo the home ot bla brother-in-law, Mr. J..M. Brown. Not until to-day did Mr. Krtder's people- here know thst he wns married. He leaves a widow of one day. They were married Friday night end her parents sooomnenled tier and the funeral 4 rain here. The funeral was held this sftemoou from Mr. Brown's heme and the Interment made In Chestnut Hill Cemetery. .(! kMr. Krtdef wss In ths best .of-health until yesterday when he dropped dead of henrt failure without the slightest, warning or complaint. lis had a tine chvsloue snd one of ths etrnnaest hum ever res red In the city..' He wns a genernus-heerted man and, notwith standing this, hsd snoumulotsd consider able property and leaves his sorrowing widow well cared for. He slso leaves a considerable amount of insurance, - v , To Be Burled in Ctiarlotte. '. 1 '., Special te The Observer., , ,. nmmnurj. nii. x" j ne lunsrni ser vices ever Mrs. J. A. Olll, who died tes terdsy ef paralysis, will be held to-morrow aiWnooa from the home at 1 o'clock, Kev. Dr. J. C. Rower of the , I M - . ' , ' m,.. , . Methodist church, officiating. From her the funeral party will, go to Charlotte,' where the burial Will be fnade In Kim wood .Cemetery. ' Mrs, Olll haa three ohlldree who rest Shere. . . Went Insane and Made Torch ot Her- Tampa. Fla., Sept 10. Mrs. Iret. te Bond, of Palatka. here on a vUit to her sister, Mrs. T. W, Duann, sud denly became deranged throuxh con. . . 1 . . . . L. . . . . . . iiiiuoua iii-iu-un ii. miuraiiHi ner riotti Ing with kerosene, loc ked herself In a closet ami applied 1 a msti-h. ll- r screams attrarted the atti-ntion if th household. When found " wss hor ribly burned and soon J; 1. MB, ' SUA W AT SALISBURY t'.-.; ;,.' V.' .in 11 i ? LARGE ; AUDIENCE HEARS III" I Fully ft Thousand 'Voters, Both I 4 publicans and Democrats, Hear tlx- Secretary ' of the Treasury at f: Itowwu's', Capital, Where - lie u EnthiiMlastlcaUy ..- Received -lntro-1 duced by CiMigreasmen E. Spetiwr Rlackbom rlpAker Paswe tiov- enuuent Ownership y With Miro , SUtctnent Tltat Government Cnn- not Operate as Cheaply as t' 1 Individual 'Principles of tte 1: .' publican Party. , and - Pertin.- Topics IMscunsed. .;'.'- SpecUl to The Observer, $ Salisbury, , 8ept 10.Secretai Shaw called the Sa'rfsbury J audience mell, but probably a thousand voters heard him to-night i He ; errived on No. SO, thirty minutes late. He was met by the Hanford Cornet Bund. ' and as he entered the court house It played "Dixie." The ': paclflo temperament ef the speech made the ; song' peculiarly appropriate. ; ' . Upon the rostrum were Senator , Overman, " ex-Congressman Mender- ' son, Mayor Boyden, Chairman . T.. H. " Vanderford, of this district all of,, Salisbury; Judge Spencer -Adams and a Congressman Blackburn came with ' him. ... : "..'";.-;;" Congressman Blackburn intro duced. In a speech of fifty words, the distinguished visitor. As' he began, v to speak. Mrs. Charlss M. Brown re celved a gracious, recbgnltlon from Mr. Shaw. As she was struggling to " get through, he said, "Come utf here,' ; my good lady,, and take - my ssat The men cheered as he (Old the atory of an Illinois Senator's ganantry. TRIBUTE TO THE AUDIENCB. He began wlthr a trfhote " to his audience. Hs said that court,' under ft Judge differing politically-from him and a mayor of different faith: had adjourned In his honor and all .4 through the State for ' 4ft hours' he had been handsomely treated. X promise in the 'beginning to be good to-night. He spoke to a fine sudl ence, many Democrats listening most -attentively. H asked to be Inter rupted If he spoke untruth and as he "X proceeded one drunken voice ob jected, "I don't understand the. questioh," and later, "I object" v" Secretary Shaw begged that he be ' ' taken out The owner of the voice, " suggestive of a lawyer, was Ab. X. , Llngle. sn antl-Blackburn Republi can. The Secretary admitted that If .. the people read his speech, they might seeMhlngs he did not say. , They will fall to read a little colloquy between him and Hon. John S. Heo- .' demon. He waa making light of. the PiHuUsU and Mr. Henderson, -Jn In - undertone, said, 'Ton oughtn't to - complain of the. Populists, they have ; gone. to the Republicans. , Mr. . Shaw said. "They have? Wel,U , think they ought to have dona It an1 have promised them not to ask , where they have been." The crowd yelled. - " ' DI8CU8SRH GOVERNMENT OWNER8HIP. ' Discussing government, ownsrshrb, ' Mr. Shaw was Interrupted by. a. Boclallst, but the fellow was howled down. He declared the. government could not operste ss chesply aa the -Individual. He aald he would not die cuss this now. "But I will treat It at length Saturday night. I shall ; tell them then that this is the Issue. do you Democrats the fslrnesa to" say that Mr. Bryan received such an ovation on his return as mortal man never achieved. Tou may accent his platform now, for though you can take government ownership froth the platform, you can't take It from f Bryan. ' I like him and hie wonder ful oratory. I wish I , had it X like 'ogle, too. I wish he had It" v Never , has such speech been heard hefW, Its wit was killing and there weV s msny Democrats present SECRETARY SHAW'S ADDRESS.' - Secretary Bhaw said in part: Our Dolltlcal onDOnants bur munh - on the fact that some American manu facturers are sold abroad aheaner than. . at home. That the prartloe prevails to . some extent all must admit, but that it . does not prevail generally or to any con siderable extent Is easily established. A nonpartisan Industrial oommiaelon was ' appointed by Congress In lies, wbloh, a- ' ter spending mora than three years in ' the Investigation, filed its report la 1 which wss published in IB large volumes. This report contains all available vi. - denee on this subject After making careful compilations from the del therein contained. Renator OelUnger, of New Hampshire, stated en the lioor of, the United States gefiate, In April, 104, that aDDroxlmately a4.00Q.llus Mrik nr ' American manufactured produots sre annually , sold abroad cheaper than In cur own domestlo market. No one has ever attempted to disnroveHSenator Ual llnger's conclusions, though our polltt-ul ipponeats eontlnue to speak ef the rc Ice ss well-nlsh universal. This sl um).. m worth esn be far more than aouunt- ed for it is quite likely the esUmata is too low. - It baa been the no I lev ef tbe rtunnH. Ilcan party for many years to allow manufacturers who export their proii ,, t the sdvantase eft the cheapest t, .. raw material. 1. The- Dlnsler taniT 1,, ..- provides two ways by which exn.iri. may avail themselves of this ailvum -geous privilege. First the law author! ths manufacture of merchandise for V- Kri 1 nonaea Tnctnrtea and permits i transferred thereto not only Import.-. 1 ores,, Iron, and ateel billets and 01 material free or dutr. but also snir 1 , and tobacco free of i Internal-reven, 1 taa. Durlns the last flaral vr , . proximately flMuO.OOO worth or I si rxiri 1 ores for smeltlns. materlsl ror mumif,, ture, ' and distilled spirits and tiiliH were thus useir and the entire pnm exported and no duty or Internal rev paid thereon. Unit this materlat I entered for consumption In this , -try, the duty snd Internal-revenue t would hnve been quite a lares em.. and, to the extent nt this saving In . cost of the finished pnuluot. ths sn, and msnufsoturer could rrrtu bin . -port Price anil stllf nmke the m p,, I'minr tbe American s-nle of .,(.. i . value of ordinary nnrli'n in turns Is about enual'V dlviii. l 1 mnli'rlnl snd Inlwir. '1 he eonvt-r-finiMhiHl pnMlni'(r thr.'f,,rw, of i worth of rnw nm i 1 i-",,.-bon, I.., t fuctor'-'S wiiuij Juslif s siiroiiil of !,. t ut nnwii' i if i or iii iini! ictiii I i t,T'i'ii t Iioiiip. i .1 t be h lesrn Hint ' of tne mil : n . bu,,l0,l pin.- .1 nn-i f , ' .t pi Si i tVltr.l f i li 't (C the I i'-e -i , i ill'. 11k., I -I cm 7
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