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l!V 'v . "V V y v ' . GTOSCTJTTION PPJCJl: 3.00 Tor Year. CHARLOTTE, N. 0., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18,' 1906,; PRICB FIVE C il J. , .DEATH llIS EEWI;TdUil!K ,("Ml TEJIJ fOESJl El ' ' ' 1 ' " "' ' , ' ,',-'...".' NEBRASKAN EULOGIZES. M'lVF.R. Triumphant Tour of tbo -.TarJ Heel State, by lion. W, J. Bryan Marred by a Ufc-Trafftnly at,'1 Durham In . Bad and, Sudden Death t Df, .- Charles J, Melver, One of the Pnr ty Whkh Greeted Htm on III En- trance to the' State Crowds at IllUwboro and Burlington Heard No Political Speeches, at tlie letter ' Places (he , Nebraskan Making , Brief Speech In Eulogy of HI Dead - Friend Ills Greensboro Speech Also a Magnificent Tribute . ; to ' State's Dead F-ducMor Enthusiastic Dent' ocrats Ilcnr Uie Great Commoner at . Raleigh and 7 Durham Again Xte V AsmtU ill . belief In Government Ownership Ue Answer ; Secretary , Ebaw's Argument In Raleigh Speech, Special to The Observer. , Greensboro, Sept IT. Mr. William . Jennings Bryan came to North Car olina this morning. He has met with warm ' welcome all' day. ' Th peo ple of Raleigh, Durham and Greens- . boro beard hjm speak. ' At' Durham - ' and 1 Greensboro.', he was given ; great ' ovations.' .The crowds at these points wera unique, ' They were , made ' up - of all sorts of men; women and child ren. The ' death of i Drv Charles JD. Melver came as the Bryan celebra tion, waa In full bloom and cast i .. great gloom over the entire touring --party. ;yr---h::-.-''::? To-morrow 'Mr. Bryan- will go to .- Kernersville, Wlnstoa-SalenV Lexing , ton. Salisbury, Concord and Charlotte. He la la fine form and full of facts and argument. Hon. Wm. 41. Bryan. accompanied by ... Mrs. Bryan, Mr. A- D. Watts, private , . secretaryto Senator T. M. Simmons. , of this State,' and 'two' newspaper .-, men, arrived here at 7:18 o'clock this morning. ..; 'The party was met at tha . : station by a local committee and es '. eorted to the McAdoo House, ; where breakfast, was served. -At' ' .- o'clock 'a special train, ia charge ' of Bupt W. , S. Andrews,; of the Danville -division of the Southern) Mr. Tv H.. Weston, trainmaster at Greensboro; and :' Mr, . ;iy Vernon, ' . traveling J passenger agent, left .here for Raleigh. On the T train were Mr, and. Mrs. Bryahvol. and Mrs. W. IL Osborne and Mr. and Mrs. P. IX Gold, V of '" Greensboro: Messrs. C. B. Aycdck. Ed. Chambers Smith, ' r. B. Arendell. Herbert - JC : elghi Walter Murphy; of Salisbury a.- u. -watts, - or Btatesvuie; A. M. Bcales, C D. Melver.. A. L. Brooks. E, J. Justice and T. J. Murphy, of this jKace. . .A . , At Baleigh a commttteo of proml- . nent Democrat, headed by Governor It.r 'B. - Glenn, Senator Simmons, the .Third Regiment and a half hundred men on horses met the train.- The Jam at the station was not great- A , cold rain had set in an hour before . and dampened the enthusiasm of the - crowd, i The distinguished visitor Was : vut in a carriage and driven to the Metropolitan Opera Hall, wh4e, the . speaking was to take place. He was escorted by Governor Glenn, Senator 'i Simmons, Judge .Walter Clark and r others. .- By the time Mr. Bryan , - reacnea tne hau It was full of men. women and small " boys. " AsV he marched ' down the aisle to the ros- trum the specUtors aoDlauded heart tlx.'-patting their fast and clapping ueir nana. - wnen tns crowd had . assembled thsf ban played Dixie, and put everybody In good shape. . Mr. josepnus Lanieis . announced . that Governor Glenn would Introduce the speaker. - . INTRODUCED V BY i GOVERNOR. '.-. r. ... GLENN. , i)-:t ;-. , In presenting Mr. Bryan Oovernor Olenn said: "North Carolinians, this Is a pleasant duty to me. - Who - Is this man ; that I am to present to yout He Is no. potentate. He is not 'President of the United States. ThU jrreat audience has come bare this dark,' damp, gloomy day to see and . hear a man who, . by , his fidelity to - principles and stand for the poor and humble against the great-and mighty, has endeared himself to millions of people In his country. This -man is as learned asCihojjn . or -Webster, as eloquenfas Clay or Henry. But above all ha is. an humble, sincere Christian gentleman.' He is the Great Commoner of the people, of the Dem ooraUo party. He has the approval of his own conscience. . He Is states man, orator and defender' of the peo ple's rights." ,.';,'-'!'-' -a' - When Mr." Bryan came forward the audience yelled. Ths Nebraskan has aged since" he was here , last. He looks strong.-robust and healthy,' but his hair is turning gray andhe lines In his face are becoming mora pro nounced. Mr. Bryan has the same Vtongi wftt. musical -voice that he V'Ta decade aaro and It carries Just k vell as it did In the campaign of vWhen he speaks his audience vhears and understands.,- . - . ' . NO NEW ARGUMENT.',''.:;' j In his speeches at.; Raleigh to-day he did not Introduce any new. argu ment. . He prefaced his- remarks by aying that North Carolina had a lainv on him. It was this State, he said, that came to him at Chicago 'und irave htm support when he needed It. He declsred that he had always lieen well received here. -.He admit ted that North ' Carolinians do not tieed to have Democracy preached to them. He told his audience that he w ould come to this State ? whenever lis services were needed In any mm ! iis "Too have stOcl by mi," said i ", "and I will stand by you. Rome f the original Bryan men are North Carollnlsns. Sometimes ; I think ' I w nnte my time when I come South. "You have so many men here who can I reach Democrscy as I see It. There ere so mny democrats here who Jong Just for a chance to voto. , j, , ' . . ., ,. , -. , ; . - axwi hs RiX7:i:TAnir piiaw. Ii ! irc U.e Kvr-tiu-y pHlmr,! Off m !,1 e'l. on Hie fclnto ami I K.fi-vm-T- ML, ;rH(lulo for tho .,' ( .-i-r'i Vlt it. , J'r. I'rynn took up f v-crrtsry I,fs!le ' T. iv's 1'H cnt sr---h-s In North s . siii ai,ire l certain por-, them In d.rtall. Ho declared aa grateful tof.lr. fihaw fo kh tluit iio hud said in this (state. JUo claimed Unit Mr. Shaw had palmed oil an old speech on .North C'artillnluiia. Iowa has already re Jocted the doctrines that he advocated here. fr.'ocretary Khaw is the hlfth prleut of the Jtepubllcan stand-pat ters. Ha Buys that the Republicans Have done all they should huve done lie. sees no need of tariff reform. In other States to New -England, Iowa and elitew here, the Republicans wan revision. . Even Mr. McKinley. lust before his deaths saw that something naa io do aone. nut Becretsry tihavv lavors no cnange." .w Here Mr. Hryan provoked a hearty laugh by saying that he had to use glasses. . What ha Wad seen with two eyes before he saw with four how, He put on bis glasses bo that he could read from; Mr, Shaw's . SalUbury speech. ,!.''. .--;(, - It was arrued that' the Republican party had come to the place that it coum name , dui one- - man wno had a chance Of election in 1908. That man, Mr.. Roosevelt, had had the cour age to take and use' planks from Democratic platforms.' His ,,' great popularity can be . accounted J or ' In that way. The , speaker ; said that President Roosevelt had - carried out Democratic plans, had brought peace between warring nations, and bad set tled strikes between coal miners and owners. .These Ideas came from the Chicago v platform:-: T r wrote ., the plank myself." said Mr. Bryan, In discussing the coal strike and Its set tlement. The President had enforced the anti-trust law and won additional quently to the effedt that the Repub lican party had brought and fos tered socialism. The trust, bad caus ed the growth of the socialistic Idea. The question is: Shalt the monop oly be owned by, thofew or by all," declared Mr. Bryan. "The man who saya that the trust la here, to stay helpa to Increase . socialism. EVery defender of a -trust do so on the grounds that it Is economlcNothlng is cheap that destroys industrial ana political Independence." In referring to the election of Ills Mr. Bryan stated that coercion of labor by em ployera defeated him. He .said that. when agents of monopolies told their employes on the day before the eiec tlon that If . McKlnley were elected they could come back to work but If he was defeated, they need not re turn; the work was done; That, na atd.def sated-hnv; - ' t REMEDIES FOR TRUST EVH ) Three remedies for trusts were sug gested: 1.. A reduction of the tariff; I, Legislate agaihst a duplication et directors In corporations .and, . , Do not-- let . trusts use mails, telerranhs snd railroads. : The railroad rate law. said Mr. Bryan, is a Democratla measure.- It was advocated In Democratic platforms, by Demooratlo leaders and carried -throuah the Senate - by' the leadership of Senator-'.Tillman, ; of Bouth Carolina.- -,..,- . .- , v "As to the railroads," declared Mr, Brvair. "we must own them ultimate ly. - I "km lumped 'on by all of the papers thai were against merin former campaigns and the people who only voted for ma because mey ieir tna they ought to do.lt for my views on rvernment ' ownership. v l - saia tnat did not - know whether the , time was rloe for It or not ' But I think that the doctrine Is right and do not hesitate to say so. President Roose velt said In two of his messages to Congress thaV If the railroads did not atop doing certain things, the gov ernment would- have to own tnem. "Every SUte has felt the corrupt- Inr Influences ot the railroad. - Iook at your own State platform. To de feat a measure la our state a ran road carried . a - legislator out of the State on an enlne and be has not been aeen, -; there - since,. President Roosevelt could not. have secured the nassaa-e of the rate bill bad be not threatened the railroads with govern. ment ownership. If any one nwre prsfera- resulation now, but owner ship it that cannot bo had, I can be patient with him. for X stood there and hoped and - hoped-. It ,lsr only a Question of time., Mine mnst.be the ultimata plan. : in it there la no nan ger of centralisation. . The dual plan would anve toe state control ox ine roads within their borders. .. This, of course, would be a matter ' of State regulation. If the State preferred to le&veThese roads in the bands or pri vate owners that would be all right r shall not strgue with you. . I think as I please. Every Democrat should do his own"" thinking. It '-everyone thought for himself ws could find out what the Democratic majority is, Mr.- Bryan touched - on , the ' Phllip- nlne anestion. He said tnat tns unit. i States had spent 1500.000,000 In the, Phllpplne Islands. Thl ' sum would' have built the Panama canal, irrigated the arid lands ot the; West, or- built a railroad-' from NewN Tork to the Pacific coast In closing, Mr. Bryan aald that the, argument used bv .-the - Republicans Vindicated " the money policy ot the Democrats. Having concluded bis speecn in me hall, , Mr,' Bryan , . went to Capitol Square and spoke for ten minutes,-so that those who feiiea.io get in me hall . might ' have an opportunity- to and hear mm. ins eninusiasm at Capitol Square was even greater than that In the hall.. The followers of the Nebraskan . were- out in : ths open where they could give vent to six years of pent-upJ feeling. : '-' r. . The . crowd, ail toldM at .; Raletxh, summed , up about ,0 00 persons. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, -flenator and Mrs. Simmons and Mr. and Mrs. Josephus Daniels dined, with Governor -, and Mrs. Glenn at -the Mansion. ; ' This afternoon at 1 1 : l o - tne , Bryan special pulled out of the Raleigh, eta- tlon for areensDoro.; , . ; : TWISSTXr MINUTES A DURIIA5L Magnlfloent Crwwd Awaited -the Ne- , brasaan in ino . MUMirroy janmp , Mr, Bryan Makes a Better Speech ! Than .We Did at itaieign. , " The train tarried at Durham JO minutes and Mr. Bryan was carried to the Academy of Music,' where a mag tiiflnAnt rrowd. ' full of enthusiasm. greeted him; The aadlence , looked like one that assembled to see rrand opera or Richard Mansfield In Julius Caesar. It was 'dotted iWltlr well dressed ladles--- "-V" -.J ' '' Mr,. Jamer S. Ms nnlng presented Mr. Bryan, who made a better speech than he did at Raleigh. At Durham the Democratic ledcr took up Sec retary fuwtw's tariff argument, and dlsnerted 'It 'The crowd was very responnlve and whooped the speaker up ss he warmed to his suhject, Half way between Durham snd University Btatlon Dr. Charles D. Me lver died of a n'rnke of apoplexy. He was sitting In Lis seat when the summons came. This sad Incident converted ttin train Into a hearse. At l!llll)oro, where Mr. Pryan was to have Kpoken, Governor tilenn went to the rear of Ilia train ami onliouncod (Continued on I i Tw elve) I. CIIAS; D. M'lVEB DEAD Hl5 ANSWERS SUDDEN 6USUIOXS President of State Normal and In- ,dtiMtrial S4-I100I at Greensboro Sue. oiinba to Attack of Aixpleiy While ' 011 JBryan Spocial Train at Durham, 'l'axshisr Away Ik-fore Medical Aid , Vuld ItcM.h Him Ouo of State's ' Itewt Known Men Iaya Down 1 Jfe's .- labors in tne Prime of MaiiiuKMi . - A BlogrsplilCMl bketcti A lYlb- . ne lo llu work as an lJucator. j Speclat to The Observer. V ., ... DurhSept It. Dr," Charles D. Melver, president of (he State Norma) St Industrial College, at . Greensboro, died suddenly . oa . tjie Bryan special train ,at' 4:40; o'clock this afternoon as the result of a Stroke of apoplexy. The end came when the train . wak but a short distance from Durham en" route to Greensboro. -; - ' ' This afternoon, after I bad seen the crowa in ine Acaaemy ox .uuno 11 Durham , and heard Mr. Bryan begin his speech X , walked back , to .' the train and went Into on of the nrat- clasa.T 'coaches,'"'; where j I ,saw', Ur Charier D. Mclver'slttlng on the front seat with bis feet 6n the lounge-seat ahead. ; When asked why. he did not atrend 'I the speaking; 1 he kaW: . have an acute atmck of Indigestion and "am suffering Considerable dis comfort". 'He looked, oale, ''b,ut hot enough, to cause any alarm, we talked about different things for aev eral 1' minutes, when' States Treasurer B. R. Lacy came up and sat down' byJ ur. Melver and eneared htm in con versatlon-i about ' his . scjiool. A. few moments later Dr. .Melver tapped his chest: and sal that he was suffering there from indigestion. He tossed his head v toward : Mf,; Lacy 4 and whispered, "Call a doctor;-1 1 am"des perately ill." j.Mr.' Lacy ceiled - for help nd 1 Mr. Waiter 'Murphy: of Salisbury) Mr.' A. D.; Watts, of States- viue, ana ur. p. v. ooia, oi ureens- boro, responded ' and 1 helped S to stretch the sick man on . tbe long seat The end: had. come already. Dr. .? Melver ,was dying when he called tto' Mr. . Lacy. Dr. Jones." of Hlllsboro, : was -, -1 on the train and rendered what service he could, but his patient waa beyond human aid. "The-sudden death of , Dr- Melver cast a. gloom - over the ' train. , . Mf. Bryan. Senator Simmons. 'Governor Glenn and all others on- board were stupefied , at tha - suddenness of the summons. , The ladies secured flowers and made two ' large . bouquets . and placed t one on eK her aide of ' the dead man's face. . The remains. were brought "to Greensboro on the special. H. Ev a. B.; A SKETCH OF Sit M TVER'S LIFE. The thing which decided Dr. Melver en hl life's purpose was the difficul ty encountered-In finding a suitable in stitution for r hts slater's educatien. This difficulty opened, his eyes to the fact - . that v whnreas any young man could secure the best of educations at a cost made merely nomtnaP, by, the general endowments; whereas the ne gro boy or glrL on his father's farm had the same privilege, the white girl had.no provision made for her either by the Bute or phllantroplsts.. He found .that In the private "schools she must pay twice as much for' half as good an education an education that helped her In no - wise to cope with the conditions -with which modern women" meet. - ' .:".' ?-."'. ''' v- - From that day - forth womankind has had 'her warmest and boldest champion In. Dr. Melver, and to him many thousand women owe the edu cation without which they Vould have pined and chafed, letting noble talent wither and die In cramped and belittling-environments. .v , '. . ... Dr. Melver first began teaching wo men in Peace Institute In Raleigh in the year 1880. '.He remained, here three years and it was here that he, as chairman of the Committee of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly to memorialise the Legislature to estab lish, . a . normal college, , undertook the herculean, task of making a per sonal appeal, to all the legislators. -Tbe result of this effort was to gain an indifferent ' Legislature' almost unanimously for the cause, but the ap proaching of all the members of the House In the same way having been impossible, the ' bill failed to pass that body and the fulfillment ot ths champion's dream delayed.' . In llll Dr. Melver - and Edwin A. Alderman were elected State Isstltute conductors' and began a work which few men would be able to perform. Every -county In the State waa visited. aome two or three times, and at each county seat one of the men remained week lecturing for four days In a week- on the relation', of the teacher to. education of children and on Fri day speaking to the public at large as well as to the teachers on the rela tion of the. people to the education of chlHren, (This general educational crusade waa an epoch In the intellec tual history of the State, for the fiery crusader proclaimed In a way that In flamed the coldest heart " the great doctrine of universal education. -, He did not neglect tha 'opportunity to add many a word on his pet theme, the education ot women, and v won. many converts by his Incontrovertible reasoning., . . ,:., ; (.;'. V"r,-- COLLEGE! CHARTERED INJ8II.; In 1891. almost unopposed. 'an' act chartering the State Normal and In dustrial College was passed. 'In, Oc tober, 1892, ths - college began , Its work. Dr. Melver having been elected Its president Since, then the cause of woman's education has swept on triumphantly and results have shown how great a thing can come of one man's labors, for 1. 000 women, edu cated because he fought for It have in turn pnsed on freeing, ennobling enllrhtmtyit to 100,000 children. ' "When a man Is educated it Is simply one more taken front the lists of. Ignorance,,- but In the education of woman the. whole family Is taught for she will Pass on. what she has learned to her: children. - The educa tion of 'one womnn Is far more Im portant for the world' advancement than thst of one man." k . When Dr. Melver wss load to break his other early resolution that he would never make a public speech, he had no idea that he could do more than, mnke a bnre statement of the fads1 he had to present But, as. When the mnn wns needed to act In a way diametrically opposite 1 to Ms own Intentions, he devote, hin Ufn to the acting; so, whi n.th- power of moving speech vi-n needed for ttist jnan. It enme. Without th sllrhtct sifempl l orsfot y, j r. r.lclvr.r can make a speech wlin a re'iri buck of (Continued oa Page Twelve.) I SEVlbf PIXWTED TO fcsCAPli Hecapt ure , olt Dnrhaml '-Negto Wo wns niMM, wiiiie 1 tutcaping, oy (Juard.-s Develops Fact That Kl OUtera Had 1'ormcd Plot to Get - Away. J... , ... . -i :r:,i- Special to Th Observer., .f .,.,, . Durham, Sept. 17. Robert .Doram the negro prisoner who escaped from the cbunty road gang a few days ago running off from . four guards,, all Ot wnem took snots at mm, was cap tured east of the city' yesterday. He was -dressed In citisen's clothes, and waa on. the Durham A .Southern road. between here and Apex. . He Is pow at, the county work house, where the wouhdV he . received 7-hlIe escaping have seen -dressed end he Is being cared for. tH nV..Wl,H , Doram was sent to' the road gang at the recent .term of court for six years, five being for perjury and one for - false representation.' Last week. on Wednesday; he jnade a break, for liberty while he waa Ming Uken witn other prisoners to the. works. As he darted , into the - woods one of the guards fired at him. with his .44 cal ibre pistol ana tne oiner inree guaras oneaed fire with rifles .and shot guns. The negro stumbled and fell Just as ho entered the woods but was on his feet in an instant and made his es cape, The guards . reported that he was shot down but got up and as- eaned. --: . ' -.:. .' ' ' - - v When " arrested yesterday It ' was proven that the guards were correct in tneir report. "i. ne, nesxo n .i pistol : ball through his ankle and was wounded about the hip and leg, Tils iniuHes : will not prove serious. however. It will be some time be fore he Is able to return to the road forces. Since tha capture of this pris oner It Is learned that tnere was a plot' made by seven te toake a break at the same time. no piaa ior eacn of the seven Jo take different direc tions and keep going.!' Robert Doram ran when the designated Point in the read, was reached but the hearts of the other failed them at the last mo ment. - An effort is being made to find from whom Doram secured the dtisenM . clothes. j - , ' , ; , RELEASED ON SMALL BOJfDS. Edward ' F. White art John Davie, Durham Men Jieia for ourgmry. Are Allowed Bail la Sam of $200 Each by Justice Connor. Special to The Observer. - t Durham: Sent lTzThe habeas corpus hearing of Edward F. White and l -John uavis, " cnara-ea wun bnre-larv. was had before Justloe Con nor in Raleigh to-4ay. The de fendants were discharged upon gtvtng bond in the sum of 8100. - This wss riven In Raleigh. -. The .two men were accompanied to Raleigh by Of ficers, bur came back to this city as free . citizens. . - ' - . ' - v it waa intended, tnat oeins ine last announoement. to have the hear lng here, but since Sundsy morning the hearing. -was .Mianged. Justice Connor ordering the prisoners bremgb before him , In Raleigh. Solicitor Brooks,1 who waa there representing the State, came-. Jiere yeateraay ana went tq the county home for ' the purpose of taking the deposition of the Coley woman wno rausea tu am trouble. Tnil aeposiutm -was ukn fto Justice Cnnor this morning. Ac- iMimninrini the nrisoners ana omcers were two. attorneys and a-vnumber of witnesses. , . - '.. The womsn In her deposition swore that four men -went 'to her home on that night and , that two of those were Edward T". ' White andv Tom Smith and one of the others was John Davis. She did. not know the fourth man. This was her deposition. At the preliminary . hearing here - she swore that there were but - two men that went to herhodse and that one of ' these was Edward . F. White and the . other Tom smith,' pointing mm out in tne. court. : s - .-; ; , , ALEXANDER GIAD HET8. CATJOnT. Defsultinc Aagnsta Cotton Man Says Ha is Sorry He Ban Away ciauns That Souritla- Ha ' l , Behind Will Kearls Cover Shortage. - Pittsburg. Sept. Y 17.- Thomas W. Alexander, whojKajLarrested In Pitts-burs-, Isst night as a fugitive from i unties from. Augusta, Ga.. where It is alleged be la cnargeo wim oerautt. lng to the amount or ijoo.ooo, stated to-day that he wouldreturn .volun tarily to Augusta with the officer now on tils. way here. --.-, , . :,. , The amount involved in this trans action la not nearly so great as the published , reports 'mske-it." said Alexander. '" to-day. fl left behind securities-which hare either been disposed of already or will be short ly, which win realise sumcient to nearly" - cover' the '- ahortage.- The stories printed relative to matters I left behind and such stuff are all rot I cannot agygnythlng more umtjl I get back to Augusta and see my at torney,":. V,--.v:-.', ' ty.-r-w-.A-t Mr. Alexander said there would be no trouble about, securing balt when he reaches" 1iom. , The accused spent to-day In seeing the sights of tbe city under the guidance Of two detectives. Alexander says he Is sorry he ran away from Augusta And Is glad to be la custody. '7 -,.,v. .' ' ;- ', r ' Will bfl Prosecuted to the) Limit ' Augtuta, Os., gept 17. In reference to the statement made by Thomas W. Alex ander to the-- Associated I'rtm, the st torney for the firm of Alexander A Alex, ander tayi thsrr-Were some ssmU 'of the firm that had been realised on, but nf the securities referred te by. Thomas V, Alxander he knsw nothing.. ' '- ,- Preldent Jacob Phlnlssy, ot the Geor gia 1 Cull road Rank, stated to-day that Alexander would be prosecuted by that institution to the fullest extent of ths lawv' :,'?,', ''.'' V"'- v':' ' " f'v""' .PRIMARIES IN ; BALTIMORE, ' Dh Parties Votv Otmi Indirectly for f iwo Congressional AOmlnoee ani (" pnr Judicial. ' ? U: , ''-' ' Haltimore, Bept n. . Democratic and Republican primaries were belli in mil city to-asy,. ine jjsmocrsts v i Ing C;re tly for nominees for Ongrsss In the third and fourth districts snd for ar. additional Judge of th. Su- pn-me' Court of Ualtmore city and the BepuMlcans for delegates to conven tions which will select nominees .V th'ic offices.. The Democrats nomi nated Harry D. Wolf for member tf fonirress from the third district and Hrpirsentstlve John Gill, Jr., to suc ceed himself from the fourth district. IVll'lam A. Wheatley was nomlnoiel by the Iemocrats for Judge -of Ihe Supreme Court If I I On I'mhrexlciiicnt Charge. In kv.nvllle, FU.. Kept. IT. Anir.-ta i ur.Ki, a young, white num. la he, In (m.i.miv l,.r Io swult the nrrivn! of n (i;:i' T fmiri Mont tr.itnei y, AIh., wlu-io l.a Is w .m. I on s i itiuga allesing tlie ssn be2iiuuut of 8.s A AVIID D AY OX THE C(tASl WRIGIITSVILLE ; BEACH - SWEPT. Fierce) . Nortlieester ; nurls 'Wavoa . Across '- to Sound, . Rolling Them High on Mainland Two Miles Be "; yond and Perilously Isolating 300 , ' Persons -Vx Hours , by Carrying Away Trolley Tronic Iajiix Strac- turo Gave War After Last of Five Cars Had Crossed Surf Boat tit Means. 4f Kencno . Damage ttl,0u0 l to $10,000 Souks Damage at Caro- -, uua ueevt-i. ;'.:-"' -':., :. i-,r.Jr Wilmington, Sept J.7. -Cotwge, ho tel and, railroad property was dam aged 'to. the extent of sight 'I to ten thousand dollars-and, tor, six or eight hours upwards of. 100 men,' ' women and children" werl ctt off from tha mainland In Imminent peril by a fierce northeast storm which swept Wrights vtlle Beach, nine miles east of .Wil mington v to-day; - The storm came without warning and hundreds of cot tagers at the beach received their first Intimation of. danger upon awakening to find breakers sweeping clear across the beach to the sound and rolling high up on the mainland, two miles beyond. ' ; A : trolley car kept at the beach in case of an emergency,. took about 28 early risers across the sound on the trestle by which It Is reached and four other cars v responded from theclty te a telephone message, and brought .others across while , waves swept ths trestle. Those left at the beach , were fearful of crossing the trestle and;, refused to come across, the structure giving way Immediately after th4 last car reached the main land. .The . storm- Increased In fury until noon, when tbe rescue work was begun by a number of anxious; ones who' sent sort boats across the chan nel at great '. risk, bringing first the women "and: children and later the men, : tha last of -the ' number being brought over at 8 o'clock. Sheriff Frank H. Stedman was among those caught at the t beach-, and at once swore In a number of deputies, who closed the bar rooms and are patrol ling the beach to prevent looting of the places there. , ; ; ; ' 1 Al Carolina Beach, further down the mainland, there waa some dam age to cottages, but the residents had left there the day before upon a fall ing barometer. At South port at the mouth of the Cape Fear river, the harbor craft had a narrow escape from' the storm, sev eral ot the passenger , boats being slightly damaged. : ,( - At Old -Brunswick, between ,WI1 miagton and .South port the steamer Atlantic, of the Fisheries Company. of New Tork, was blown broadside ashore on tbe hank,' but Is not namag. ed to any grat extent The Clyde liner Navahoe,. due here at 4 o'clock thU morning; has not yet arrived. 8he probably encountered the gale oft this coast and put out to sea to escape the fury of It To-night the storm has abated and no further damage la ex- pecked.. nWlte .communications. with South port "have ' been cut 'off since early this morning. ,' . ' . - " TWO LIMP '"ijfTo' NORFOLlt. Norwegian Steamer and' Ocean Barge fight Tbrougli storm to Safety, r Norfolk, Va..- Sepf 17. The Nor wegian steamer Freke, Captain Fraliand. bound 'from - Charleston. 8.. C, ' for New Tork, ' caught In - the northeast storm oft this coast find ing herself short of coal, turned after getting some distance up the coast and put In here to replenish'- her bunkers. She will await clear weather before nailing." v , - The tug Defiance has arrived -here from New York with the ocean barge Elisabeth vane, after a severe ex perlenoe In the storm, during' which the Vane lost ; her rudder and had other mishaps. Including an Injury during the storm to her commander, captain Hale. , . , Storm's Fag End Strikes Chaiiosfon. Charleston. ' 8. C. Sent' 17. Tha fss end of a storm struck Charleston to-day ann ror a tnorx time ine wine reacnea a velocity of 47 miles aa hour. It was so oomnanled bv heavy rains.. No daman wss reported further, than the failing ot a rew trees and mixing of some sieotrio sAIlOOT .A niOT.' .. , Difficulty Between Conductor , and a Negro Incites Both , While e end Blacks; at HamletMany ' Arm TiMTOselree,' hut Troublo Subaldea. Special to The Observer. , 1' ' Hamlet St. 17Tssterdav and last night It looked as though a real riot was Inevitable ' here. Whites and blacks were armed with Win chesters, pistols and everything- in the shooting line that eoutd be- had. Ammunition was-ordered and ''all preparations for an. uprising waa made. The -cause ' of the trouble, from all I can learn. - began several days ago, when Capt Boll, a freight conductor, whose run . Is from here to Columbia, and a negro train-hand, John Hubbard, got Into a -difficulty at Camden, 8. C. Capt Bell ordered the negro to go on top of some .oars and release, the brakes. , When he went up to obey the orders of the conductor he began ' to curse the engineer-and conductor! end It' Is stated that Capt. Bell threw a .rock at Hubbard. When he did' so the negro made for him,' wheroupon the conductor drew his pistol and fired upon the train hand- The negro ran- and boarded a -passenger-train. He cama to Hamlet reported the conductor -and had him suspended front the service of the company. After-a thorough investigation, how ever, the conductor was' reinstated. -Saturday night . several engineers and k conductors - were - sitting In Gresham "" A - Jamison's1 -Hotel dis cussing the episode as related above, wnen , nuDoara came along and of fered some Impudence, whereupon he was given , a 'flrst-clase thrashing. Others -who cama op as onlookers wore knocked down ss fast as they can . This e- Incensed some of ' the colored rsce and threats of burning, shooting.; killing., etc., : were freely made. These threata incited tome of the white people of the town to make preparation for '.'-defense and oulte a number armed tlsmselves for any emergency. . , , V ' It seems thst the leader of Ihe ne groes was a blind tlgei artist Bob I Gordon; - Ue was the oih the men were after late last nigh. Tbr thought they had located hi r in the house of Uxe Itenton, and hundreds of shot were fired lno the hcjise, but no slrn rf the mnn wns fouiti., i ms morning nonton naa wi.r rsnt IxHued fnr those who ehot- Into his li oii"e. It Is Sn Id tll'lt a SlrSHter wss at!. irked In the rHlln.-id cut Jiint ftliovo the spot nrvl severe ."y whli ped ly smne neifroes.' but Ms report hna nut lirn verified. , Everything is inl- t to-" y and no further tiu.uble lj sxpectuJU . : BALTIMORE ' CAPITALIST: DEAD. Warren G.- Elliott, Native of FJlsa- belli City ami Director- in Atlantic . Ooant Line and Various Other Hall ;'road Cwoipanlee,'SuViimba to Kid V Aiiey XJiseaee) a Age ot os, - r ', l nDiHmnr. , O-nt 1 7 Wrrn Q. Elliott, president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway 5 Company , ot Connectt. cut and general counsel of the com pany, r Vdled ' at' v!, Watklrf V Jm N. T.i to-day. A , dispatch to,thle ef fect has-been received at the offices of the eomoanv Inv this city, . Mr. Elliott died of kidney disease, He had been In failing health for) a long. time, l 1 He went to Watklns Glen about a month ago. ' Mr. Ellott was' 18 vesrs of .aare.- -.'-. '".:t." Mr. Elliott was a director of the Atlantic Coast Line Company; - th Atlantic Coast Line ' Railroad Com pany, the Louisville A Nashville Rail road Company,' the Charleston A Western Railroad Company and was president of the Albemarle at Chesa peake Canal Company. He waa also prominent socially." His widow', wss a daughter' of the late Judge George Blow, of Norfolk. J He also '"-leaves five sons and two daughters. .' Mr. 'Elliott waa.. born' at Elisabeth City. N. C. The funeral will be held at his late residence here next Wed nesday, , KILLED BY' A MtXK. ' ; Tonng School lyncher Meets Tragic l)eth wear .Chester, B.'- v. Special . to The Observer-V V ' . Cheater, S.7C Sept. 17 Mr. John W. Jeff ores, of Feastervtlle, Fairfield bounty, who had come to this city Saturday preparatory , to openlhg school at the Wright school house, In the southwestern part of the coun ty, this morning, was thrown from his' mule about three miles from the city while en his way home, and was so seriously injured that he died this morning. - On being thrown, the yeung man plucktljr remounted his steed, but after having gone four miles further, he began to feel the effects of his Injuries and waa com polled te dismount - and ek as sistance. He gsew steadily : worse, despite all that could be don for htm, and died yesterday morning. Young Jeffores waa a successful teacher. " He was a graduate of the civil engineering department of Clem son College, and also took a post graduate course In the University of NashvHle. The funeral - waa held at his . parents' home, near Feastervllle, this afternoon, and the body, laid to rest In the Coleman burying, ground, - - . MUNICIPAL GRAFT AT KEY WEST Discovery of Several ' Thousand Dol , lars of Fraudulent City Scrip Lewd .' to Orders for Arrest of Three For - mer pOciata. . - . . Key West Fla.. Seotl 17.-Tbe re cently elected city officials, have Just discovered among srancefed cttr serin several thousand dolls rs worth ',h at was fraudulently-Issued, ' the. pay roll for- street Iraprovemesrta ' having inLmumtn ia ronsr force t ttrnM doubled. Exact figures of the amount of the 1 fraudulent . Issue to not, yet known, but auditor are at work on the accounts. Farmer City Clerk Jo seph Curry, who had to algn all, scrip Issued, left here recently on the Mai lory steamer for Galveston and tele- graphlo authority' caused his arrest there. He will return under a r reft without waiting for requisition from the Governor; At a. meeting of the board of aldermen this afternoon, the arrest of former. Mayor Ben Trevor and the former chairman of the finance committee, Thomas Roberts, waa ordered. LINEMAN BADLY CUT,;. R. U MQIs.' of Monroe, Victim or , Vicious Attack of Fellow-Worker '. at Clieeter, 8. C. w--- j").--., Special to The Observer. V ' v --Chester, 8. Ci Beptv'-l? Ii.'--I Mills, of Monroe, a member of a par ty of Western Union - linemen ; who have been around this city for sev eral days, 'was badly - cut Saturday night by Frank Biaxe, anotner mem ber of the same party. Mills waa lying on the ground near the private car ot the party, engaged in twitting Blake, when tha , latter . suddenly leaped upon the reclining man. and, before the others could Interfere, had cut him In several places, ''"-. " - Blake then took to his heela and, despite the : efforts of the 'others to ratch him, succeeded In making off. Dr.' J. M. Brice examined the Injured man and dressed his wounds, twenty five stitches being required to sew up the places. . Mills . wss taken to his home at Monroe yesterday afternoon, ' INCENDIARY USED DYNAMITE? lTeavy Exploalona rrecede Fir Wtilch ietroye xnree .Mores - ami two Dwellings at Dover Bloodhounds to he Put on the Trail. rrw.il Special to The Observsr.'. t ' " ? Klnston. Bept ' 17. Fire at Dover this morning about 1:10 o'clock de stroyed three storoa and two. dwell ings. - -.;...'..' a .--,.. v Heavy, explosions occurred Just previous to the discovery of the fire. The build Ihg In which tfie fire start ed seemed to be completely enveloped In flames; Immediately after t ho ex plosion. A good' many of the Dover people, think that a largo . charge of dynamite was used, . . There seems to be no doubt that the fire waa of In cendlary origin., . , : ; it is not known if there was any Insurance. f Bloodhounds were telegraphed, for. ,, I,, i . ., -i . QtlTS, TICKET IN COLORADO. Itcpubllcnn v Nomlneo for Govrrnor tin willing to Make -Race In Com- V pany . With Chief Justice Uabbcrt Denver." Col.; Sept. 17. The Post In an t extra edition ' to-nlgbt , an nounces that, Philip B. ' Rtewart of Colorado ' Springs. ' Republican nomi nee for the governorship of Colo rado, has withdrawn from the. ticket The Poet also saya: . , , . "Ostensibly Mr. Rtewart baa with. drawn because ot "the condition of his health, having Just" rallied from an attack of appendicitis, but In reality be has refused to make . the race with Chief Justice Oabbert on the ticket." - ,.,,.:. , - i i . VOn'. MAGNOLIA'S PASSENGERS. Transport Rtiford CJoIng l.m Hono lulu to Aid or MrnniliNl Kii'nmer ' Irailsport Hl-erlian Sttll AktouikL Honolulu. Sept. 17, The transnort Puford will leave here to-morrow for M'dwsy to get the stenmer M -i -nlla's pnssenwers. The transport t-h.-i t l.'in's pessenxers are still stinn.l- i hero, 1 here Is cnnMdcrntde snulrty f. it In llonolul'l reRiirdltig the i-ussenrprs i n Ihe Miirnollt, It is expected tmt e i BiteinpV .e ma.Vj to flout "Ui i ueiidun on f au i.iy, i . ' . N ' CUB BEVOLT SUJDSID I : NO LET-UP BY UNITED 6TAT1 DeAutte SeUloment of TroabUi Im mediately Seems to Ckminiau.i r ColweU Very Pollilr, But Ac civl ..' ot War and Navy , Depart mem , i!, Which Has Had This Good i:rfct, . WUI Contlnaw-Troop and Trsns ports to bo Made Available in Cu-e V llOMtltltleH f. Are ' Itenewed Ucn. Funnton Sunuuoned to . Waalilngton Warslilia Hovering Nearer. , , Washington, Sept l7r-Commander Colwel), oC'Mth'g';cftt.taer Denver, ' at Havana., telegraphed ,the Navy ," De- parunent to-day that , all was quiet In Havana,' Hostilities; .formally .ceasea yesterday and a definUe- settlement of the troubles seemed fy possible to day. Formal renawal of hosUUtles Ij not probable..-',-: &--, ' This reassuring .jSlapatcli,'-. together with the visit ot Secretary Taft an : Acting Secretary Bacon, Indicates that the movement towarT.peace in Cuba, is well under, way. ; At th? same time no" changes have' Wen. made Jn , tbe naval programme.- The Louisiana was given orders to proceed south to the drill grounds, below; the Chess-' peake capes, and when Joined by the Virginia, to continue south to Ha vana. The New . Jersey was ordered to proceed independently iof " these , two ships to Havana and la now on her way. By wireless the Naavy Depart ment was inrormed , this afternoon that the Louisiana and .Virginia had passed the capes and were - selling southwsrd at a speed of 1 knots an hour. The Newark sailed from -Norfolk this afternoon and tbe Minne apolle will ail from League Island to-' morrow morning. With the force al ready at Havana and that which will' be there in a few days, the Navy De partment feels assured that it will be amply able to prevent any- trouble in Havana. , . - , ; ,. f . ., , , ... CRUISErf AWArriNG TAFT. . The "Navy Department has been In formed that the Dee Moines will ar rive, at Tampa Bay at midnight The train bearing Secretary Taft and party was reported three hours lata ht. af ternoon, so that the Dee Maine, vlil be ahead of time and retv tn taU- Lthem aboard when they arrive: ' ne xixie is expected to arrive at Clenfuegos to-morrow afternoon - - A report has been received from Clen fuegos saying that gross outrages have wmmiuia.in mat vicinity and that-a. Plantation hail tutn , . and another .threatened. A demand was made . upon the ConsUncU plan tation for 1.800 rounds, of ammuni tion and the Insurgents threatened the place-if -their demanda wera not complied wlttw-1 - . ' . X-TAKINO. NO CHANCESL ' , WAflo tno-e i, K ; paclfls feeling. rreparauotis urg going forward by the sr M Jearunent to meet anything thsAjiiHy ariao'lf R should be neces- it is statea xnat troops and transports will soon be available and only await orders in esse the mission nt furr. tary Taft falls and hostilities are re- newea oeyona the control ef the Cu. nan government General- Frederick .Funston Is , en route rrom American Lake, Wash.; to this city aad la expected to arrive here on the tOth. Instructions were issued by Secretary Taft foe General Funston to. report here, at the earliest moment, ana telegraphic orders at once were, sent to him. ; A R was supposed that General Fun. ston was to accompany Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon to uuba. put the orders Issued do not contemplate any such arrange. ment - As explained at the War De partment General Funston will re- port at the Department, and await instructions rrom. secretary Taft. DYNAMITE OUTRAGE IN HAVAXA. Six Killed by Explot4on Which Wreck- , ed Two Brick Buildings. ' i --' A Havana. Sent 17. A violent ex plosion occurred - here this morning1 and wrecked two brick buildings. Six persona were killed and many were r wounded. No details of "the case are yet at hand. An Investigation Is be ing made. : -- -....'. J ' Some alcohol waa on storage Jn one" of the damaged buildings, but the force of. the explosion causes the be lief the deliberate use of , dynamite waa made.-' , . - -.". Cuban Secretary of Stase Sees Pence , Near. , , Washington. Sept. 17 Tbe Cuban : legation to-day received tbTollowing ' cablegram from the Secretary of Bute of that countrys , "Hostilities are stopped' on both . sides and I believe that peace la at hand" -..: CHARGED WITH INFANTICIDE . Newborn Negress Arrested for Dis poning of Her Child Official Re cords May Get Others Into Troublo New Bank; Begins Opera tlon. ,. , Special to Tbe Observer, 'f - Newbem. Sent 17A colored woman. Annie Whlttsker, Is under arrest pend-. lng Investigation - on . an Infautlelde charge. - She caused the arrest of a neigh- . bar for some disorderly conduct or as the result of some quarrel and the defendant else a colored woman stated while, on the stand that the whlttaker woman ha l srlvan birth to a child In the back y.i 1 of her home and that tbe child had prob ably been allien, wnen tne WhitUr -woman was placed on the stand slj t. milled theae statements and It wit r a ther . developed that tbe child waa ..', alive -- but , that - threuah careleasne... violence, or ' both, .tbe rhlld's seek wua broken, .- - It Is stated that," tome IrregulasUie have - been committed In the record ot burial which if taken up will prove oulte serious matter tor others beside those directly intereated. , The new ben a known, as the Newbern Banking A Trait Co. opened Saturday under clrcumatances which aave the cor poration every icnann to see a aucceasTd esrser .for tha Institution. Xumes IX. Wades., president of the L'lxls Life ln.ur- snc Co.. of Greensboro, Is also prMlli t ot this bank, and be baa associated : him men, of hitch. Hnniiulurtnndlnir tsistneas Integrity. '' The eanltnl l 1 snd shareholders' liability sj )00.X. Hlndes r Contemplates erecting a 1 tulldlng en his property, comer of F Front and Middle streets. In whl.-'i Iwink will be permnnenly located. 1 the aim of tlie srtiVH'lora to hvfl t - bulldlna apeelnlly adnpted tn he tik poaes siul win t e one or Ihe h.t i atrueted; buildliiirt of the kind In Bouth. We, lei ko B. Ilnder..-i. :. ' nierly Of Eitsnbetli City. U en i ,.i . Boy Qualities r r 1 Mnenn, Gi K, i t. T'l.-menh f.-'iu , l,ini"t. I i v plxyieT en oi.' m. h..r ll-ve.ir-i. 1 I r lit.a; . u ti 1 i itl . -. '1 tie lo.iJ 'f 1 1 (.ill. . . 7
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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