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'.I L : : Oh -Hi 0 , - I I , Vv . f f V x' I suj;;.:crjrno:; v::icu .. .) r.r CHARLOTTE, N. C.MONDAy MOItNlKG, SEPTEMBER 24, 190G. price five c::i, 1 C-I nil in :;o m ATLRSTA KOT -YET QUITE CALf. . colored population fleeing Screaming Headlines, in Extra Edl tlons of-- the Newspapers IIh Wrought tho Populace to a High . Fitch of Excitement and When, About' 10 O'clock, : Negro Ruovctl White Wouutn. 1-Yom the Side. vwalk the Mob Let Itself Loose Vj- on the Entire Colored population Every Incoming Car Was Scanned for Negroes, Who Were '. Beaten, Cut and Stamped .Upon Streets la One Section Cleared by Fire" De- . partmcnt Negro Women the Moat Warlike, Fighting like Araasons Hundreds of Blacks - Fleeing ' the City, With KeaulUnr Effect on Pub V Ho ConVcnleures , Dependent , Upon Their :; Service Stor ' Wlndowa ; Smashed by Mob From Sheer Hool ' Iganuun Night of Terror In Real . dene Districts . ' , Atlanta, Oa..', SopO tl.-Twent- four hours have passed 'elnce' a race war of no mean, proportion began In Atlanta, In that period at lea tea Uvea hare been aacriflced, . , and number of injured will fee at least 40, aeveral of whom cannot recover. At 10 o'clock o-ci;ht the. city 4 con . trolled by (he police aided by nearly . a thousand of the Btate tnllKla, vEverr part of town la patrolled by the sol -dies and thd i autborttlee seem ,' to hava the situation well In hand. Got - arnor Terrell, voir .ordered . eeven tampanlea of the Stat military ser- . vice from points outaldo, of Atlanta to aid' the eight local companies, stand . ready to-night to declare the city ta der martial Jaw, If the scenes of last night are repeated.' He has declared within an hour that ho sees no neces sity at present to take these eartrenr . Numerous and pertletentS rumors art reaatilns: the ottr oz neaToes at- taoklnf whKe persons and otontnv . street cars In the, suburbs and out skirts of the elty. '.Moa of those re port doobtleas are false, but several street cars arrt-Wng from their runs show broken window,' - whUo their - crews are rafualnc to ro out to-ntshc ' ' The- larcpr part of the tnUltery Hi concentrated in tne downtown die- trtot. Marietta and ' Decatur - streets. hoth frequented by neyvooa crowded "wltlv whtte rrien. Tho troops are marchinc through theso : crowds constantly, trylna to enforce 4hs ,or- ' der Of the mayor that the streets shall be cleared. The efforts to clear the streets, however, so ar seem Co be meetlrif with only -ratr-' succom Very few oc the better class of cltl sens who are ot called out by neces sity are on the streets to-autht. . Uo to4his oventnr snore than- 60 arrests have been -made of members of last night's mob. xiharginr rnclte- ment to riot Five hundred doUars bond has been 'required in eadh case. ' No names of prominence are found on this list, ---t rjv. n j. Of the dead It to Impossible to got the names. Only, partial ilU hav been prepared and no two of (heeo agrea -, Atlanta, Qa., pept. 11. K race war of alarming proportions began here last night. . Through-the night .Jt raged with varying vigor, and -when ' morning dawned to-day. it found the down-town street in powearton of eight companies of the Fifth Georgia Infantry,- with a battery of light ar tillery In reserve. Through the day little of importance nas occurred. The police claimed, with the aid of the military, to have the situation under control. ' v 'j -j This condition came as the result of numerous .and repeated 'assaults er attempted assaults upon . white women by negroes. The Hat -of '.an even dozen of such assaults, within the limits -of Fulton county , within the last nine weeks, came yesterday. when four attempts at assault were reported. Flaring . headlines . In ' the pedal editions ' of afternoon' - papers wrought the populace to a high pitch of excitement. The usual ; Saturday night crowds were largely increased by men and boys who thronged the down-town streets ' There Was ,no leader and no ovort act unm late in . the evening.' ..'! .'-.'' .v." ;' EXPLOSION FOLLOWED INSULT. AbonfMO o'clock a tiegrb man shov ed a whits woman from the-sidewalk on Whitehall street. In the center of town, . Almost simultaneously-a - ne gro woman made an lnsultlna remark to a white man on an adjoining streot end he administered what he con sidered due punishment. From this tart the excited crowd, whioh, had become ' a mob, began - Its work of dcntruoOon. Five thousand men and boy thronged the down-town streets looking for negroea News that a riot had started 'hrougbt thousands more from their homes In the suburbs snd realdcncs districts, until fully 10,000 men thronged the down-town octlon. They made attacks on the Incoming street cars. . Knch -car was scanned for negroes. The trolleys were pulled from the wires - and In the semi-darkness of the .unllghted ear nerroes wers beaten,. ut . and iHmDOd unon In an unreaaonlns. mad 1rnr.y. It a negro ventured re i intance, or. remonntrated, It meant practically sure 'death. Ono car hslf Mind with .negroes approached from an outside run. The mob dashed for the. car. RenlRtance was made lay the , negroes, who had not been apprised .of trouble. Three negroes lay dead on the floor of the car when It was permitted to move on, and two more were seriously beaten and uncon sclotia , . , f , FlUB DEPARTMENT , CALLED , . - -.,', out. , :.: ;. When IhH crowd seemed to be getting beyond control, at about 10 o'clock, Mjiyor Woodward mounted a car j'lutform on Foarlitree and Marietta streets and urged the crowd to dls jorii, dcl:irlng that the aanallantu of tlie,whlte women would bo JetUftteIy snd promptly pun!nhed by duo procMa of luw. Mayor Woodward was given a r"H'ectful hi'nrlnR;, but when he liiilchiul, the work of destruction was r'tiimid. He made unotht-r apieal n fi'vr tnomenls ittir, but without re sult. Thfn h turned In a funeral tirn s' lrro, ciiUlnic the entire oVpart j M-nt ht the n i-nt'. To Chief JoyrnT, ' I n p;ive the lai onlo Order: "Clear the :re.'t." 'I 'ho re;jii!t to the mob In i' work In tlnt Imim dl-Uo nci tl-xi i 1 tj (ive It tj oi:,-.r ttic-ts. 'iho' situation bwcame so threatening at 11 o'clock that (governor Terrell was appealed to, to ordr out the .State trowps. Although no ' request had come from the KherltT, Governor Ter re.ll gave the order mobilizing "the eight local Infantry companies . at once. Previously a police riot call had been sounded summoning all po lice reserves to headquarters. With the decision to call out the troops, the big lire bell sounded Once more, this tune tne can tor every mem Dor or tne militia to report forthwith, at his ar mory. It was almost 1 o'clock this inorniiig oeiure ine nrsi . squaa 'ip- pearea on tne streets, ana at s o Clock MX companies were under arms. , i ' HUNDREDS FLEEING CJTT.' " The attacks on negroes had the ef fect or clearing the streets of blacka Street hacks were abandoned at curb mgs; drivers on - baggage - wagons vanished ; and ' their ; places were taken by white men. This fear of trouble has affected several public conveniences to-day. . The postofflce omciais had much dimcuitv in deliver log special letters; ice' deliveries have, seen soars to private homes; In some restaurants service has been restrict ed by the absence of regular waiters. Throughout to-day hundreds of ne groes have been fleeing the ctty; by train and wagon and on . foot, they have hurried from the city, . fearing the nosslbllltles of trouble in the 1m medleto future.:. - M i' NEdR0 1 WOMEN; MOST. WARLIKE. In the fighting last night, negro wo men were the most warlike,' urging resistance to the mob and themselves fighting like - Amazon " In he rest dence districts great anxiety was felt last night. The police force was centered down town, practically leav ing the residence - districts without Lprotectlon. .'Many families temporarily without male : protection feared the possibility of danger .of which tney knew but little. The fear of troueje was . accentuated' ' by ' the new boys. who-crledon the night air through the residence sections the headlines of - late edltlona It was a night of terror to hundreda i t The lawless character Of the mob last ntgbt was fully demonstrated dur ing the Jatter part of the evening. When negsoea had vanished from the streets, (hs aimless . mob from pure wantonness ; broke windows t, 'sAd damaged property. . The crowd, after puiilnv the-negro porters from the Pullmans of a Western it Atlantic Railroad - train standlnr ready . to atart, proceeded to smash' the win dows m the day coaches and mall and baggage cars. They then crossed to tne Jvimnsii House, and continued the -; ' - window-smashing amusement. causing a loss of several hundred dol lars. - Numerous windows .In r stores on Peachtree street to-day show ths fact that the mob passed that wav.i A close watch was maintained to ruard against' Incendiarism, but fortunately mis precaution was annecessarr and fire was not added, to the horror of last night. '. QCTETEIL BtT NlGnT FEARED. No. fiedotia .Usee Rlota rrtrrtnr 'Tsy- ; ligrtt Hours Sunday - Over 1.000 " Milhia Now on Duty, Including ; Companies From- Slit Other Towns AO Martial Imxw as Yet. - v ran passea wstnout serious (roubles followmg the riot of Saturday nhrht and .Sunday.' morning. Unoonflrmed rumors or a whsto. -man v. kalled . by negroea and of a negro being ehot to pieces by enraged 'whites have been heard. Governor Terrell has order ed to Atlanta seven, com ramies of the Btsjte mums, 'two : oompeoles from Macon, and ono from each of the fo towtr places: ' ' Jackson. Barnes- vtiie,'- pnmn, , Rome .. and Ltmdala Theso companies haver arrred and ars on tfiatv n (the mtrtm.. Wtth th local comparaea. the force of militia.: on 0uty 1s aomethlnjr more than' a thousand men,.- bewtde a battery ot light arUUory heid ln reserve. - AKnough urgently .Tequeetedi from many sources to declare martUl law. Governor TorreU has; so far .declined to do eo.- He said to-night thatJtf the scenes of UMst-nhfht shall be re- peeAed he wlU not hessUto to "put the military In - sirpreme control. Mayor Woodward has nrged that the ctty and ooanty police, with the mili tia, are amply aWe to handle .the sttuatioA. The local , soldiers ' i and police, who havs 4sn on duty since mldmgM, aviii t field hi resorve to- nwM-a&rzrtS CrGOimr. men tiave been put on active duty. - TJieu.'.' cHy is peine psitroiiea, ooth Mi ths cemi and In the resldenoe distrlota, where great anxiety has been experienced last mg-ht and to-day ta antlolpatloa of to-night's posstbHtIea Mayor Woodward baa ttmrA a re hueet that an vttdzens, white and black,' remain oft the streets to-night. He announced thaC he will order all saloons closed to-morrow morosn av al I day. If aeceasary. AX boys under Zi years have been ordered to keen oft the streeta It was the consensus of, opinion durinsr the early evening that If to-night ahaU . pass y without serious disturbance no runner trou ble need be expected.. - v .. GUILT ON VEllJOVf jrOCRXAUSU Meeting of Ilcut Element of Atlanta Cttlxcnshlp J legs Local Papers to CenM llcraldina' In Flaming Kitrss A suits on White Women KkiU Ing Condemned- by ' Kpesvknrs as, a lilot Urge Closing of Negro Dives. Atlanta'. Ga,, Bcrit. '. A meefllng of citizens, beinkera and bunVneta, and professional mn, representing : ths best element of Atlanta citizenship, was held here this afternoon to con sider the present emergency. Oovr nor Joseph M. Terrell, fayor G. Woodwonl, Ool. Robert Lowry, Col. James English amd others to ' the number of three hundred were pres ent. . Bpeehew were made and warm ly applauif d, In which the killing of half a ecaot innocent negroes and ths wounding of a score or more of whites and blacks were condemned asf a reflection on the beet splrt of the city, the UUe s,nd the South. The heralding of recent -Afwrnult on white women by negroes ki flaming head lines In the exiirss or local parxsrs. was condemned rn unmeasured terms nd the earnest requKwt was mads that hereafter no special editions cov ering theee toph-a be insued. Such Intlitmma'tory headlrnes were de clared to ihuve been the direct Incite ment to the ouC-rnges of hurt nlRht. -Resolutions were doitod urging Don Hie city council' enactment of laws olo!lnar low negro dlvne, In which It wa (biMarsd much of he crime monir th negro els awes I W lis oi1- In. Clow'T re-trlvon of ons for both wlilte an.l bkwki w 4 demnnd- 1 from the c!iy autliorlth l. .".' Governor Terrc'll 1lni"ed tl.e wl Tlom or iiec enMHy of proclaiming mar- al inW snd dei.liire.l that he v 111 set If the necesHli'y mhnl wm Imtnlnent, he hemty supp'Tt of the let cHI- tm v.n pic! .! to th( i'.'v, county nd Fi.i-te i in hot It . h in tiieir re- ectlve and corn i -im-d effU to con- rol t!,o j'Ti-iNMit mua'Jyn 1 CONSTABLE'S HANDS TIED NO ; EVIDENCE A3 TO TIGICKS Columbia Law and. Order League ". Wants Olllccrs to Arreat ThoHe Who Hold, l'ctleral Rcta II Licenses, But Aiiorney uencrai , Says 11001 .. Is Necefry Ilryan Itccrptlon as Wat Fnnctlon Wss a' lluke " A ;' Sketch Of the Pcraonallty of Gov- ; ernor-i jeri Ansel Governor Hey ward a Favorito With ;. Newspapc .. men.. , . .'.. c A; V Observer Bureau.' ' lfOVMaln 'Streft, '.',,. .i V....rjolumblsT 8.- a. Sept. J3 A matter of Interest touching the blind tiger situation throughout the State Is the recent action of ; the Richland bounty . Law and Order League, which eent Chief ' Constable iiammett s: list of those. Holding Fed emj retailers' ,llceruiea" and directing his attention to the fact that vhe dis pensary taw looks upon poeeeeMon of such licence prtma facte . evidence of violation of law. : : Mr. Hammett sent the letfcer to the Attorney , General and anked his opjn ton as to t'hether such evidence was sufficient to convict.' The' chief con stable said in his letter to the attor ney general that the law - Is so f re quonly changed that. It la difficult for him to keep up and wanted to know whether there had been any change' in h is feature. , - ." ' ' .The Attorney General repned, say ing: ' '"''. !.';' ' ' -' 'I am not awans of 'any change having been made in sect Ion ., 87S, criminal code, volume 1. to which you refer. In my opinion, however, a .' conviction . would reure soma proof as to time, p'aco and circum stance, - The cjuestkMi of sufficiency of evidence to convict Is-the function of the jury under charge, of the judge trying the case. - ; . -- . .. - tt does not seem likely tnac . us letter of the Law and Order , League will make any chance in the attitude of the constabulary. Chief Hammett has always carried a list of these tto enttes. but he has never considered boidinc such a license sumcient prov ooatlon . for ao arrest, aa an arrea under such circumstance .. wtthout other evldonc would be uselesa . v BRYAM AFFAIR A FLUKE. ; . As a rand Stats function ths re cent Bryan demonstration was a stu pendous fldke. less than ' 100 visitor belnsr here to hear . the Nebr&skan, Land half of these coming from Lex ington" and other adjoining countlea. The Lexington brand 'manifested It If in the splendid abandon it om- played In the hurrahtac and whoop lnar it did at every casual mention the Westerner made of Tillman's work la the Senate. The regret or mm oxata fair society oeopls Is that Mr. Bryan could ' not accept their Invitation to be here -fair week, in -which oaae no would have spoken to 10.000 Caro linian. Some officers of the society did not wan to see film coma at .all after ha could not accept the society's Invitation as -they reared h1a oocnlng ao aooa before the fair would prevent laraa number of people aranding the fair who could not afford to wlt- dm both dthnonBtrationa "' But they are reconciled now to the fact that Mr. Bryan did not seriously carnage the fair attendance. t , , Of course thsr waa no apodal prov. ocatlon for Mr. Bryan to apeak hers, this State betac ' already hopelessly Demooratio, .but as ha aald nunseu ha likes to speak and needs but en opportunity. And . thra hla fourth speech in Columbia perhaps snoreaa- ea tola clnoH on the delegation from ehla State to Ore national convention. In a clever sort of way po-Mkbly K was mora accident ha has gamboled an both add as of the factional -fence In Hhs Stats recently. . . When the Madison Square garden .- affair waa pulled S Chairman Jones named the ootnmstitee from this Stats, but a dif ferent 'wort of bunch did the parad ing in last week's function. Both sides havs -been prancing down' the boulevard wfth the man who Is push ing Rooaewelf out of hie lob aa '.'It" THE NEXT GOVERNOR, In hta refusal to In any manner dts- euas any State matters for publica tion Oovernor-oleot Artsci has Inchoat ed a policy f Maladministration of far-reacJurng lrrvortajcs. Thoas who are Intimata with htm, '.who , have been aeeoolatM. wtth him profes sionally end otherwise at Greenville, say that: his refusal to da-cuss mat- tw Wore, hla Inauguration la not merely a revolution on his part to fit wis csae, nut is a tra indication of hla nature. Not that he dtotrust the newspaper workers, ror betng- a. man of lmertrrlty and honor himself h (a not alow to recognise truMworthJnewa In othera. ' Bhi as simply not a mmI tire and decisive nature. Partlcu hylr i hsv not impulelve. lie la Ger man, phlegmatic and oonscrvaUvs, which qualities have their value sure ly.' The story told on him that -Mr. A. B. WUMams for many years had up a standing offor of flOO to anyhodv who could tell hint -where Mr. Ansel aver stood on any publlo question la characteristic of the man. . He prom. sea to be- a duplicate of Mr. Ellerbe in his attitude toward the newspa per people. Mr. Ellerbe waa always elaborately cautious;- rn fact his cau tion was hla greatest danger. Governor Ileyward'a poHcy has al ways been the very opposite. He is frank and open with the newspaper crowd, and both aklca appear to thoroughly enjoy the dally seadons thaiLoocur m ths executive chamber. Jla haa a clevei vrnicUmiv a provok ing way. ot putting the "claes" on Its honor, and he says he has never had occasion to regret doing so. , GOVERNOR II KT WARD'S ' MIS- ' TAKE. t. 'V , . On one oocsskm the Govern nr un dertook to allp aa affair past ' the newspaper bunch. A . letier beairlng on a State matter he had received from abroad he placed In his pocket and thought he would make assur ance dontHysurs by vnylng not a word, vvnen the class lined uo a day or so later a member of It made hi in wNggnv In his chair by fellcltang on the fact that he was one Oover- or who had never 14t runt 01 the bunch. The Governor has a rruwrt en gaging emtio, but t old not wit ex actly sti-algM that morning, lie wn making a fin bluff, however untH that membi beiran to give him some pf the detiMla op that letter from broad, snd When w1km sentences ere repeated the muni frna CoiWon liroke down axl confessed," es thAy eay 1n the police court viorU. ,It ppened that the welter of the lifter bad a fil"nd in lown'whoin lie waiiwt- .1 to enlist In his bi-hnlf end had -n-lowd to thl trfenil enl the frlond iiKht a member jf the tla for Ivmiiini snd guidance a copy of h Uer he sent the Governor. Thn overnor ariys lie liiv lrr-n efmM sf. -r that to try no ri'n py run pun. u Mh nnyttihisr worth .while, Tlio riit ri M, no I ov i n - n a v ry i r true- v i n) iri n-fv v - i4 i in! l,.fii- his sMe' flsrhtln with him and pro telng him trom troublos 'you feel ought to be .common to both... He atainda gutting, editorial .'and other a'lae, fairly well, but he haa gotten off very light in tlhla regard. .The cl wiJl be sorry to lose Gov er nor Jlley ward, . however, desirable hla succes sor, and t to glad ho la to remain in Owumbla. ; !- An evidenoe of the State's . steady progress in an industrial way la to be found in the tact that up to date the rece ofcs of charter feea rn The eeo- retary of State'a office thia year have been 1 1, out) gTeacer tnan ror we wvvoie of last year. Last year the zees eoxnui ed 1,11&.I2 ' whdl up toSaturday of lent week the feea amounted to til Oi&.fl. . Alfhouslh there hsa been but one large fee this year, that for 11.500 paid by the Auguaia-cvium bla electrlo, street railway oonosm. NEW jTOItK' HAS NEW MYSTERY. Latent Mnrdcr Siiltahlo to Itevel hi to DiHckiiMMl by Finding of lMsj-ton v lAlilllig mim in un Mmjy posed to bo Tltat of a - Syrlaa Limhs Wrapped h Separately v W . Nraspaper. ..''. :' , New York, Sept Mi-A bnrlap ' bag stamped with thname "Z. K. Mano. ' a strip of a woman's skirt, and.aa oil cloth table covering bearing a rude ketch of ' the ..landing of Columbus, are the only Immediate clue to the perpe trators of a revolting murder committed In the sarlr hour of this morning, and accidentally revealed 1y a gruesome d!t- covery in. wes Tniriy-eixiu su-em i" davj ,.., . i' : ' ... . Th Mlamomhersd body of a man. iff" uraitlv in Italian, wrapped In the bur lap bag, -was found In a hole U feet deep forming a part of an exaavatlon at. west rniriy-eixvn -srreesi ,'wnere aa -Auto to s brawsrv is to stand. The dis covery-was made by the day watchman for UiS building contraciors, ma-nwr systematic search by tbs pollqe rtsultea in flniiin the mru oi a man a ten irom tha knrr down, snd v tbe arms . and )unik a ThM wera wratmed toaetlier a newspaper dated Sept. 10. and bound hnut th bundle was a strlo of a wo man's skirt. Alt was jieauy ana seeursiy tied with a string,, ruggesung deliberate preparation. - Thb latter - Bundle... was round under a covering of hay In freight car at Thirty-Sixth street and Eleventh avenue. The car was unloaded of a shipment of horses yesterday. The head and the thurh of the man are misting. It le the theory jt the. polio that the murder -. was s. eommiuea near where the . body was found and that three packages of ths dismembered parts had been maae witn mi purposa inw they be disposed of at some distance from the scene of the crime. The police be liar that ths persons carrying the bun dles became alarmed and hurriedly dis- Iposnd of them at the nearest convenient hiding placa ' They ezpeet to pad thim package in tae same vicinity. -ftnraaar'a Phnlclan VFSiton. who OX amlned the body, said that the work of dismemberment -had been 'deliberately . .. . ... 1 . M V. . I M . 1 b M ana saiiruuy oops. na sniu uii iivin appearancos the remains were those of an Italian or Syrian, about h feet S In ches in height, weigtng approximately 1M pound.-- and probably a mecnanta The bodv had been washed after death. which had evidently-preceded the dla- nnvarv or the -murder enlv a few hours. The physician said death bad occurred after Saturday - mldnlxtit- " . YDS punap-tMHr was 01 nn type wnioo are In lue in the importation r ayrtaa nuts to -this country. . la the; directory tne 'name jv.. siano- appears as a am Importer, of No. 67 Washington street. and inquiries inerenow tint nr. Mano, Syrian, dler sis weeks ago, and that about three weeks since. ' rna' wife suc tioned off the stock la trade of her late husband's Business. Something like 14 sacks, similar to tbe one In . which the body was louna, were among tas eirects sold. . 1 . . , WABni.VOTO.V8 , CIRCTS DAY. ' Crowds Partake of Peanuts and Jlrd Jjenionaae wnue Appianaing uie Antics of the . Ueptiant JIotcl Pamlico- - Changva . 1 lands New Banking House. ... Special to The Observer.' f ., Washington. N. C Sept, JI. Tas- terday was circus day In ' Waahlngn ton. Cola . Bros.' "Enormous ' Kail road , Shows" were here and one of the largest. crowds that baa aver as- seembled la this city was here to witness' tna performance. " Large crowds from adjoining counties pour ed - 1st- the city and the i. principal streets were packed and Jammed with people eager to witness the parade long oetpre tna appointed time. Tne parade was one of the finest aver seen on- the streets of Washington, and with their many fine horsca wild animals, beautiful costumes and rich trappings presented a gorgeous spec tacle. . Two very creditable perform ances were riven at"iemln Park. which were attended by at least ,000 people.-' v - The Hotel pamuco or this city has recently undergone a change of man agement Mra Olivia Blakely. . who baa been conducting . a first-class boarding bonsa.on Second street, has recently taken charge and will oon d.vt same as a boarding hodse Instead of Hotel. She takes the management 01 tne ramiico in order to nave more room ft ths accomodation of her In creasing number of guests. . . .', i, , ', Washington expects to have a gala time -alt next week. The' Pierce Amusement' Company, who will bold a carnival on McNalr Green are ex pected to arrive to-day and on Mon day evening the carnival will be In full blast The Pierce Amusement Com pany It the most elaborate and best equipped carnival conxnany that has ever visited this city, ana- the flashing of. hundreds .of multi-color ed lights on ths fronts of the -big shows, the pretty girls In confbttl battles and ths twirling and whirling of the. riding oe vices, togemer wun inspiring mu sic, will mske a beautiful scene and one that will long be remembered by Work on the Savings snd Trust Company's new bank building on the corner of Main and Market. streets Is progressing rapidly and the contractor hopea to have It completed and ready for occupancy by the middle of. No vember. When finished It will be one of the handsomest snd most modern banking houses In the State, . llOrt.OOO Lnmber Mill lire si Macon. , Macon, Ga., Sept. II, At an early hour this morning flro broke out In Central City Planing and Lumber Mills, the. largest la this section, de stroying all machinery knd piles of lumber extending 100 yards alongside the Southwestern Rallrod The buildings of ths Central City ' Ice Plant, on adjoining 'lot, raught flro, from flying sparks ..and were nearly destroyed. The fire rsged for hours, endangering the cotton seed oil mills' and other property. The loss so fan Is estimated at 1100,000. , Daltle Impending In Kan Domingo. Washington,' Sept ' ' 21. Accrd Ing to Information whMt iwis re.h ed Washlnrton from San Iomino, a battle between the government troop and the rebol forces Is lirtmlnent, and the forthcoming engagement U ex- Im-led to be a derisive one. T1k cn- ten.lnit forces ro netahllnir in tha vli-lnKy of Monte "ti r I i 1. here the luitfle 1s etper-tcd to 1 " fon -ht. It in e.-l.l tlint should tde fr" eminent c-itii a vii "i v over t'. reie) it may Vut aa til t the r." '.'vnu TO YOBK POLITICAL PO SITUATIONr VEKY COMPLICATED U , ..". -, .... Both Republican and . Democratic Mate Couventlong Are to be Ilekl " To-Morrow, each With Hitter lao tlonal llrbts on Its Uanda, While V Hearst's Independence League lias . tireaay Acted iTospects in Wemo scraUc Convention of Hearst, ' Jo- rome,:- Sulzer 'and . Oaynor ' for 7 Gubernatorial Nomination Ilevlewed -Cortelyon Now Mentioned for He publican . Nomlnauon. ' - New. Tork, Sept,. IS. The 'determl nation of both the old political parties in inia estate to hold their Htateoon venlona on .ths same date this year is in 11a way indicativs of ths un precedented situation In the political af talis of this Commonwealth. 10 is a situation - which has 'attracted the Interest of the entire country and la looked to have an effect' upon the' presidential '-campaign of ,two years hence. The situation Involve men- ofvnational political repute and President. Roosevelt himself has let his Influence diplomatically .be felt though oatenslblv .keening ."hands Off.", .-- '- . ' , - ., Both Republican and , Demooratio parties' are- torn with ' factional, dis- putea.' With these . Internal -dls sensions afflicting the old parties. third political . party, has - been launched under the title of the In dependence - Leagua .This ; league. wnicb now haa completed its organ! tatloit In every county of the State, Is , the outgrowth of the Munloloal Ownership League, .which made the mayoraiity fight In New York city last November,' with . William'-. Ran dolph Hearst, ths ' Congressman and newspaper, proprietor, at the head of the ticket. Mr. Hearst fell short of election on the face of the returns by some 1.000 votes. He contested but the. ballot boxes have never been opened. A petition to the Supreme Court to burn the ballots was re cently made by tha corporation coun sel. Mr. Hearst resisted this move and was sustained by. ths court with ths understanding that Mr. Hearst would furnish at his own expense tha new oawot boxes needed ror the local primaries and ; tha regular election In. November. V '. ; BOTH ; CONVENTIONS TUESDAY. . The Republican State convention Is to bs held at ' Saratoga, beginning Tuesday, September 16th. and will continue probably ..through Wednes- usy. .v.', r c . . , . -, The Democratic State convention la to be held at Buffalo, beginning the same day and continuing through Wednesday, or until a nomination haa been agreed upon. ' Former Governor B. B. OdelU Jr. as Stats chairman, ' will call , the Re publican assemblers to order. Cord Merer, of New. York. Is chairman of the Democratic State committee, hav ing' been elected to that position for tns parker and Herrlck campaign iwo years ago, .Tba Dernttarals.aia a convention data. .The Republicans had apparently been undecided as to whether they should meet before or ensr tne "-.uemocrata . Chairman Odell called the State committee to rether soon after the Democrats had announced .their .decision and the Oordian knot was cut by a decision to meet . simultaneously with tha Democrat a It was argued that it the Democrats met - first they would place r tha Republican administration on the defensive,, whereas If the Re publicans met first the ' Democrats would be In a position to attack the platform In convention and get a food supply of political ammunition before tha publlo through tha medium of convention. addresses. The ' Demooratio convention ' nrom- ises to oe one or tne liveliest aver held In this State. Mr. Hearst's name will bs placed before It by the dele gates who -have been Instructed to vote for his nomination. Mr, Hearst likely to be attacked by his op. ponents on ths ground that ha Is the head of an "outlaw" ticket and (hat he cannot '. be named or endorsed without turning tha Demooratio party over to tna . newiy organised inde pendence League, which Includes both Democrats and Republlcana In Its membership. , These lines of battle have already been laid down and there la no need for conjecture on the point. . The naming of a complete ticket by 'the Independence League caused Nstlonal Committeeman Mack to withdraw , his . support of Mr. Hearst,'. ., , ; ' ' 7 - ' JEROME'S CANDIDACY, . 1 Another hams to ' co before ' the Demooratio convention Is that of the present district attorney of New York county, William Travers Jerome. Mr. Jerome lent Immeasurably to tha In terest of tha situation a few weeka ago by tha brief announcement , of his candidacy, which read:v "In tba present shameful condition of our political Ufa in thia State I am willing to run for the office 0? Governor of tha Stat If the Demo oratio convention shall nominate me without any understanding, expressed or Implied, other than that, If sleeted. shall obey my oatn or office as 1 understand It In letter and spirit" ' 1 Mr. Jerome made an Independent campaign for re-election aa district attorney last rail ana was successful over tha rsguiar nominees - of ' ths Democratic, Republican, and Munici pal Ownership parties. Ha haa al ways been a .Democrat, but has on every occasion expressed - his ab horrence ,. of so-called - political boasea" Mayor Oeorge B. Mo. olelian, of New York city, has ex pressed his preference for Mr. Je rome for Governor and has announced- his Intention of voting for him at tha convention. Mr. Jerome la without political machinery and cams Into tha race too tats to bays his name go before many of the county conventions, called to name delegate to Buffalo.? ; ' u. c . TALK OF DARK HORSES. A Jlf the so-called "regular" " Demo. crats prove unwilling to accept either Mr. llearst or: Mr. Jerome, because their independent attitudes In the past, there Is much speculation as to Just whom they will bring before the convention. There has been talk of Mayor 1 J. N. Adams, of Buffalo) of John N. Carlisle, - of . Watertownj, ,of John P. Stanch field, of Klmlra; of former Judire D. Cady Ilerrlck, who was. tha , Democratic gubernatorial candidate two years ago; of Justice William J. Gaynor, of Brooklyn, and Edward V. Shepard. Justice Gaynor has also been urged, because of his Independence. '.He and - Mr. llearst have long been regarded as political friends snd last fall It was said 61 r, Hearst run for mayor only because he had been unable to Induce Juxtlce ( in nor to take up the flitht. Con rri'MinaB Hulxer'e name will bo pre sented by friend lnTnmmnny Hall, leader Modirreii, of Brooklyn, haa deciiirct for voor. The ftinioiis 'luinniHny Hall orRnnl- .(Continue! ca Page -EisUt.). HEARST STRONGLY I THE LEAD A Clans Gather at Buffalo Conner r Declare That ! the IndependeDca . -Leas-tie Man Has 178 Votes of 22' ' Neornaary to Nominate Vigorous Work .for Jerome Outlook en certain, ; ; f?--:';r ' .'Buffalo.: Sept. a Many delegates .to the Democ ratio Bute convention, which will be' held In this city beginning Tues day next, arrived from -various sections of the SUte to-day.. The lot delegates from New York county, generally term ed the Tammany-; delegates, wUl reach here early to-morrow, v Upon the out- of the. caucus of this delegation de pends much as to the situation In tbe convention, .',. ' . - The day seemed to be devoted for the fnnat nirt In a. meaiurlnsf of strenstb Of William R. Hearst, who is the nominee of tbe Independence League, and whose namo wilt be presented to the conven tion with the greatest number of pledged votes ot any or tne eanauiaiss. ... W, J.' Connors, one of the Erie county delegates t to the. convention, whose pro- pcssT to the Independence League that IU nominations be deferred until iiwir ths Buffalo convention was voted down today declared that Mr. Hearst has 171 delegates. Tbe entire number' of dele gates is 460. - with. 220 . necessary for a nomination. ' . ' . -, 1 : Mr, Connors went to Rochester early to-day and Joined Charles F. Murphy, the leader of Tammany -Hall. ' who wai en route to this city. nr. uurpny nas been quoted a number ot times as say Ins that ha had found Plenty of sentl ment In Tammany HU for Congress man Haant. - ' . ' .1 Plitrlct Attorney Jerome, one of the leading oanoiuatea tor me' gubernatorial nomination, was in conference to-oay with several memben of the Albany con ference. . ' . ' Mayor McClellan. of New Torn, one 01 Mr, Jerome s stanchest supporters, arriv ed to-night. The supporters or Mayor 4, N. Adams, ot Huffulo, for tha nomina tion as Governor, wore bRdges with May or Adams picture stamped upon it. - - The advocates ot Congreaman Will Ism Sulser were also' active, and, Sulser badge were numerous. Apparently, the most orsanisea rem' palsns among the deieeate are - being waked in favor of Jerome, Meant. Adain ana buiser. justice William J. uaynor, of Brooklyn, Is pften spoken of. If none of the avowed candidates show enough strength on the nrst few ballots to win. however, there is no telling Just Where a compromise might occur. There is said to be a movement on foot to have the convention declare for 'Wil liam J. Bryan for President In . The nght lor the- governorship m so en- growing, however, that the question of presidential endorsements will probably noi come up unui arxer tnat is seitieo. - t THINK HIGGINS WILL REFUSE. New York Republican Loaders Gather at earatoga. All frankly Dependent I'pon Final Word From Oovernotw vp-Ktate Men . friendly . Toward Unghea. ... ' Saratoga. N. Y Bept It., The situation Is practically at a standstill tha leaders and delegatea gather for tha Republican State convention. all franklyn dependent upon the final word crom Governor Hlggtna ' aa to whether or not he will - eonaent to asVstiaahQnsrlsSssd see a.srmomlnauen-That de- ektlon, st Is expected, will he given by tha Governor from Albany to-mor row. . .'.'. , : .' ; i Vw. . '., Most Of the leaders who have been In hla confidence Incline to the belief that ha will refuse to be a can did at a The names of Lieutenant Governor Bruce, - Charles E. Hughes -and Trmoihy L. Woodruff are the other names most prominently, mentioned. While It Is acknowledged: that Mr. Hughes would be a strong candidate. K Is freely asserted that the up-Btate politicians do not take kindly to hint. Another statement made to-night Is that the- nomination of Hughes would ho regarded as practically a victory for Odell, as Hughes waa his candidate originally. In this connec tion It Is said that Governor Hlgglns' friends are not favorable to Hughea It Is intimated Mr. Bruce la not a favorite in Now York county, but tnat ne nas a strong couowtng .up State. ' '' - It la generally supposed that Lieu tenant Governor Bruce will . be tem porary chairman of tha convention. and that the . permanent chairman wNI be State Senator Ww..WArovi strong, of Rochester, who was chair man of the special legleiatlv com mittee which investigated tha ; Insur ance business. '.. f : ,:h- . Tha vlatform will heartily endorse the national and State .. adnunlstra tlons and strongly commend Republi can legislation in ooth. Congress and In the State Lealalaturs. '-'' .- Chairman Odell, of the State com mittee,', arrived thia evening, hut made It apparent that ha -was , not taking any particular Interest In ths settlement of h'e -: Republican 1 State aKuatloiy ; ,.;;.-, ;. --..a i 'y COTTOX CROP LABOR SHOUT, . Itcnoria to New' Orleans Dealers Indl .i rate . uomiiuona in Uiur " Mates Similar to Those In Carol Inaa New Orleans, Sept II. Reports of losses threatened to the cotton crop by reason . ot negroes leaving - the plantations In large numbers - to en gage in other orencnes,or labor nave been received by. New Orleans cotton dealera v '',.;. v -.'", ''; '"'.' ' ' i Tha loss of negroes from tha plan tation la attributed principally to In ducements offered them la - railroad conatructlon.';', :..'" ' . " ; Two . SDccclies by Bryan In New' V . :;. ', utHWis Avintf r if. A -;. New Orleana Sept. II. Wlllam"J. Bryan will deliver two speeches here to-morrow afternoon. He la due' to arrive In New. Orleana from Jackson Miss., at 10:11 a. m. and aner a par ade, In which he will bo escorted over some of the principal streeta of the city, he' will go to the St. 1 Charles Hotel for a reception followed by an ftomoon banquet. The first speech will be made at the banquet, after which Mr. Bryan will be hurried by n automoblla to the pow grounds at Cltv Park.' where arrangements nave been made for hhn to address an open air gathering- i a o cioca. ria ill leave inr Mempnis, inq,,rrij la the. evening'. .:.; ;; r-- liyncblng IlcrKirtcd In LouWana. Shrsveport, La., Sept' II. A mob of several hundred armed men are searching for a negro who this after- noon a tempt oa an assault on iis Pearl Quarles, daughter of O. - It. Oimrlea. A rebort waa received to night that a negro had been lynched ve miles irom ins city. 1 1 50,000 Hard-Wood Lumber Fire. ' Nashville,. Tonn., Sept, - 83. Fire to-night at the lumber yard of Leber man, Loveman A O'Brien, destroyed 5,000,000 feet of oak and poplar, one, dry kiln and three Crying sheda. The loss is $160,000. - , ' : 1' 1 1 Gunlioat 11 lens Kalil to I" vo I' en , Inrnt, Manila. Fept ' 14. It In r. 1 that tho I'tille i f fitten gontxint i i has been lout oif the Chloene No partiou; r bave bci:it tf-l- .. ANOTHER lfiIAL i;on GUI BrSIVESS MK.V DISArpOIM : ScrTCtary Tafti Though Aware- f :i Urnrral Opinion That IVa-e Ca 1 - not Last lulcea- ICniorced by Ai.. r . lean Army, -Ktatca lhat He t - alders It the Duty of Uie t'! States to -Give U Republic t More Oiance . ftualnees Intcrt I: Openly Jtavorlnc forcible Inirrvm tlon or Annexation No Marhi, .Lauded. .;- ; , . Savana, 'Sept!!. AU classes sre now waMirrg for tha conditions under which tranquillity will, Ukely, be re stored la -Cuba, and . disappointment U expected on every side because of tha likelihood of peace being brought about without armed American Inter ventton. , . , C'l'i' ,'-'-;' . That aha- differences of the oppos ing factions could, be reconciled was not generally be Moved to be possible until to-day, when at as announced that , tba Liberals and tha Insurgents had' empowered a' committee to rep resent them before tho. American mediatora - s- ,- .-' r" - '. 1 - - It la evident that the business In terests ef the Island hava no confi dence In the ability of tha Cubans to rule themselves and now when at ap- - pears too lata they are openly favor- . ing forcible intervention, and possibly annexation. . , '-.:'. -:,-,', ".: . i .. . : ' ' TAFT FAVORS ANOTHER CHANCE Secretary of War TaCt la oognlxant of thia general k eprnlon that peaca cannot last unless K la enforced by aa American army, but ha considers that ' It la tha duty of tha United States t glva tha republic another chance and , believes that K would be bad policy for tha United State to keep a force In Cuba longer than waa required to supervise the laytnsr down of arms. He said to-day that it the -Liberals and Moderates harmonise their dif ferences tha United State must re gard tha compact aa made - in .. food faith. . .' . - That peaca will coma mm tha result of the mediation of tha United States la now believed by Cubans, regardlesa . of party affiliation, but whether K will be oa terms which will tnewe permanent tranquillity la questioned. Secretary Taft and Assistant Secre tary1 of State Bacon spent - Sunday quietly, receiving few persona Rep resentatives of tha veterans and of tha diplomatic corps made brief visits. Senator Alfredo Zayas later met the mediators at the American legation and arranged for their first meeting with the insurgents' and Liberals' . committee at 10 - o'clock to-morrow morning. All conferences hereafter will be held at tha legation on account of Ita accessibility, sines most of the visitors to Messrs. Taft and Bacon re aide In Havana i . RECEIVES FORKIQN MINISTERS. When the diplomatic represent-' stives of the foreign powers visited Mr. . Morgan' villa at Maviaaaa. -today, Mr. Taft significantly slated that he could give them no definite assur ances, of peace f or the reason that terms had not been . put forward. . This atatement Waa la response to an expression rrom uaytaa ae Ayma. tne Spanish minister,' that the world ex pected tha United States to settle tha turmoil on such generous but firm conditions as to maintain tha Integ rity of the republic ; i ' There was conelderable '" eomment to-day over the fact that a salute of ; -10 guns was given , Secretary Taft when he visited, tha wars hi pa Pre- ' vlously he had bean given-tha usual - IT guns to which the Secretary of War Is entitled.' Tha - two . extra grins means that be ta recognised, aa an ambassador extraordinary oa a spe cial mission with plenary powers from President Roosevelt It is now known that ho haa been authorised to exercise hla own judgment In all mat ters pertaining to the--negotiations. and that the squadron with itanttre force la under hla Immediate control. NO MARINES LANDED. V - Concerning tha ' reported . preparar ' tlons Saturday night for ths trans portation of mactnes and blue Jackets by rail to Camp Columbia, Secretary Taft said to-day: -, ' -. "The United States force are under my or d era I have given no order for them to land, and not a man ahall land until I glva ouch an order. "- It now appears that Acting Secre tary of tha Interior Montalvo ordered tha trains prepared In anticipation of tha possible landing .of a supply of quartermaster's store at the wharf. Tha captain of tha port gave color to tha report that they had been placid here In readiness for tha landing ef men. - The -stores consisted of tent floorings, poles, pegs, water barrels and 150000 rounda of -ammunition. Captain Couden. commander of th squadron, to-day explained that the stores were hurriedly placed aboard the cruiser Newark , when ahe sailed for Cuba, and that they so encumber ed her deck as to Interfere with ven tilation, and that It waa necessary to hire space ashore where they might be stored, i Captain Couden also said that If no occasion arose for ths use of these stores they would be placed aboard the supply ahlp Celtic, when sh arrlvea. ' c ::':.'.,-". , FTNSTOX HIMSELF Ilk DARK. At Jacksonville on His Wsv to Tampa to Sail for Havana, Uie young tien eral My a He in Merely Oohur to be at Taft'a Orders May. be Wanted aa Intermediary. ." V Jacksonville, true bept. zs. iii I adlar General Frederick Funaton ar. rived here al I p. m and left wi" ten minutes for Port Tamot. be will board tha ateamer Olivette i e. night for . Havana,- via Key Weet, General . Funston saJd poattlvelv that he hsd no other orders tlun the original order from Secretary of AVr Taft to report to him . In Hivnu as moon as possible. "It 1s poselble." sold General Fun aton, "that Secretary Taft wlnhea to send me out to confer with some ef tha Insurgent leaders, aa h ta wur that I am well acquainted with a. large number of Cubans who wero prominent during the. laat Cui-n revolution against PpanUh au'hor! I cannot now recall meeting any the Insurgent leaders whose iwclm have been mentioned In tho ireri- .. - paiUhes, but I am well anun' ' with a large number of the pnm Cubstns connected with the p ment of Cuba. When I was n Cuban revolutlortiirts I vi r ly la the eastern end of t' . ! ' not with any of the Insure western provin I ri- v ' General l'lno t. ira, in I he muft V'ivo n i 1 M.'( i lit 1 i - r 1 1 '. "As to w li it pre- niailo f e i troop to (' i i dwl.l.'rt t . - ; ' -l.l.ellV t .. ..1 In f (.. .h ; 1 v ' t .1 V 'I . 1 I t I.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 24, 1906, edition 1
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