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PRICli nvi: c; GUTSCniPTIONTKICE: $8.00 Per Ycnr. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTESIBER 29,1906. 1TNSAC0LA HABUEST, HIT WRECKED AS GALVESTON WAS fctoriir Damage it Erttlmated lit $5,000, 000. Water Front and BuKlnese Dis tricts ' lrettcnting Indescribable Krcnes, Whllo Heavy Lo of Life Has Occurred Among oi es. wa In Harbor Gnvt Iron Ship Driven Through Houwee Home Destroyed for lllck and lJke J nncd by Inruslilne Hay lire .' A d Jed to Terror of the Wild Jiight - Pensacols, .Fla., Sopt it,,, via Flo 'maton, Ala. -The worst hurricane to vliilt this city in Its hlntory and al most equaling the -Galveston' disaster, raged hero furiously all last night ad this morning,' and to-day, with a gale atlll blowing, the city present & (wrecked appearance and the damage la estimated at $5,000,000.: The loss of life will be heavy among the mar iners, but so far only one body has teen recovered, a man named George Morgan, a fisherman. Other bodies 'are. reported along ' the' shore,, but 'have not been recovered. , . . . Commencing at 1 o'clock last nlghi the wind blew at SO mile for three Jiours, then Increased to 15. From that time until I o'clock it remained about (0 and 10 miles an hour. The tides from the bay tacked into the city for blocks, destroying homes and making rivers out of streets.. When the gale was at Its highest this morn ing and women and children - were running frantically about the streets In darkness, the alrem of Are was sounded and this added to the confus ion. . The Are started in the Pitt Mill. hear the business district, and horses of the flre department refused to go out tn the weather. With the tin roofs flying about them, trees And vires falling over them. the firemen took their hose wagons by hand And rushed down the streets to the scene and after Jiours of work controlled the blase.' This afternoon the water front and business ,- districts present an almost Indescribable seen. Of the 60 or II big steamers and sailing vessels lying in the harbor, only five or six are there bow. They, have been driven ashore and along the water fmnt is a mass ot wreckage ot steam ers, tow boats, launches and sailing craft of all descriptions. Thirty fish Ing vessels In .port have been destroy' ed or damaged and theythree big fish houses, with their wharves, are gone. Muscogee wharf and the Command ncla and Tarragona wharves of the Louisvllls A' Nashville Railroad are ' fcadly damaged. Great Iron ships of 1. 000 and 1.000 tons nave Been driven. nut only ashore, hot have gone through nouses, a , clock from, the ""water front," ' " r ' - '. DUSINES3 SECTION WRECKED. Every house along the water front for a distance of tea miles has been destroyed ead the wonder Is that the toss of lUs 4m not greater. The tsacke pi me urmiwi THiwi who- ut( yard ana narracKS nave su peon, de stroyed, as also the trestles and brldgea - . ' ' , . " ' " 5 No communication can be had with the navy yard, hut the report Is that It has been badly damaged. And there Is no doubt that sucn is tne case. Every business ' boas - from the wharf on pasfTox. street to the Union depot has been unroofed, many plate glass wiouuwv urvigotuivu ; . damaged and wires and poles all Mixed up together.' There are no electric tights, ears or telegraph or telephone service. . The track of the Louisville St Nashville on the Penaa eol and Atlantic division has been washed up" for .19 miles and two en gines and cars sent out to the quaran- tine station hava been destroyed. - . Sight - sailors . from a British steamer were In the place and as It Kvent over they clnng to the roof and five were washed ashore on this aide this morning, the other, three being browned. ' : - ' ' ' ': ' " Acting Mayor Maura ordered every saloon closed this morning and ex tra police Ulcers have been sworn In, The homeless families are housed' in all portions of the city, but many will walk the streets without food or a place to sleep until something can be brought out' of the chaos now exist ing. Added to the horror of the sit uation are the thieves, who are break ing open trunks all along the beach, entering unoccupied house and stealing eveything .in sight. Several arrests have been made, but It Is lm nnaaibis to nrotect property under such- condition ; -v - ' While the storm was at Its height Wednesday a steamer, barkentla and schooner were sighted In the Gulf, but no tug could ventora to them. Waves were running mountain high end broke entirely over eanta Rosa j-i.ina inu ..me bk .w . hoonors anchored .In the bay brpke their catolee and drlftod seaward, nothing having alace; been ..heard from them. ' '" . ' : in the city the tide backed V9 two and three blocks In the western part, coming as high as Government street and oomplotely, , lnundating that ter ritory. , .... ; ,: ; , .;, ;: WLLY $5,000,000 AT MOBILE. , Etorm 'Danisgn Immense, loe of Life Anywlmro From FIt to 60, and Kevrro Suffering Cansed by Shutting Off ot Bnppllro Klght or - Moro steamers bunk and Many Smaller CraiU . '.'.:'....".''. Mobile, Ala.. SpL tU vi Meridian, Los ot life, variously estl- Wed at from five to 60 persona inliireil. 1. 000 hoURO Managed, the bulnes quarter devss-. . i r.nn.pt, 1 nam Af fill I V t'Aiau, mit m v 11 nnn nno . the effect of a tropical hurricane of the last 41 'hours pn. the city of Mohiie, - - . The storm struck Meblle Wednes dny night at midnight and raged for many hours, the wind reaching a ve locity of 10 miles an hour. Water from Mobile Bay was blown Into the city by the gale snd for a time stood seven feet deep in the wh'olenale quar ter from Royal street to the Alabama river. The los of llfs Is believed to be mnlnly among negroes, slthouith con dition are so chaotlo that informa tion l Indefinite. -Shipping suffered severely. Amon tho iieamfri sunk were the 'J. 1". fwhuh, MQry K. Flaples, Mnry . l lccso, Cam, Overton, Ilntte 11. Moore, City of Camrtcn, United ptates revenue cu'ter Alert, snd mnny siniill er crnft. It U fenred thnt the crews ct the bonis weri IokI. T ! lu i tl Jl.'! ( mvlef con- tf I rf t!ie mllin.i. Nn!o(ly si pcr- ' ' " .-'IV . r'- I Much apprehension is folt for the suburban . towns. It is feared they, havt been obliterated. The chances are that the loss of life on Dauphin Island la heavy. Many fishermen live on luphin Inland and other outiy ing marshy tracts from which no tluings have -been received. The "suffering in Mobile Is severe. The annihilation of transportation fa cilities hss shut off all supples, .and unless help reaches Mobile from the outside world soon, great distress wm result. ' Every church In Mobile was dam aged, the Chrlut church atnearai ana bt. Francis Street Baptist church suffered more than others. The dam age to Christ .church cathedral is es timated at 140,000 and to St, Francis Street Baptist church at 110,000. The revenue cutter Alert was rammed by an unknown vessol in Mobile river and sank immediately, I'jor crew -,1a . believed .to - have , es csped, ' .. All wharves. from Frascatia street. the extreme south end of the city, a far up the river as Three Mile creek are wrecks. This includes the new Mobile A Ohio docks and the Louis ville Nashville docks. . ' Telegraphic communication is par alysed,, with no prospects of wires for several daya - , Electric light companies, street rail ways and. In. fact, all business, have been suspended. . . - . ' The Mobile A Ohio Railroad the first road to get out of the. city, Its first train left Mobile at 4 a m. to-day.'-.: . .. ' ..' Numerous saw mills In the northern and marshy regions have been either washed awsy by the terrlflo waves or torn to splinters by the wind. Their lumber and timbers are to be seen scattered over - the city tnd 'floating down the slowly falling river. ' v . The barber lUamer James A. Car ney, plying between Mobile and tha eastern shore, ties beached Just across the .river and opposite St. .Francis street " ' ; ' .V ; ... Much fear Is entertained for Fort Morgan, where the government quar antine station Is -situated and many soiaiera live. . . "-' v . . ,x Provisions are almost exhausted. Resturants feed many, but have no supplies on nana.. Ham and rn constitute their rood supply. These, too, will soon - become - exhausted. Wholesale houses lost many thousands or aouars rrom- the flood and wllllns. ly pay as high as $1.60 per hour for common. labor and earnestly begged men to accept such pay, so frantlfl wre they to save gooda : MISSILES ITLLED STREETS. ;" , 1 " - .... .. 1 Driven by 'tho Horrlcanev Strips of nooung ana other Debru Injarod Many leopto at Mobile Hundreds , of Bales of Cotton Carried Out to oome of the Losses. ? y , i Mobile, Ala.' Sept. 28. Between o'clock Thursday evening and Friday nisni irees were leuea ana roofs were crushed by hundreds. Throuxh the streets, -carried, -tv.the terrlflo wind. were hurled thousands of pieces . of siaie, suips or un rooting, cornices, shlnglea and, In fact, aU kinds of denna Unds were torn from their fastenings and windows smashed as though or tissue paper. . 4 , Many persons were seriously Injured and out by flying slate, Un and glass. u ne oroce or the western Union Tel- graph, Company was six 'feet under water. Its batteries were flooded and it will be some time before business can be resumed. The Postal Telegraph ouuojng sunerea severely, v . The Cawthorn Hotel, lust eemnUt. ed. and the BlenvlUe HoUL facing Bienville Square, are damaged to the extent of IS.000 each; the Windsor Hotel. IS.000; St Andrews, $1,000; the Southern, 11,000. t The Southern Supply Company es timates Its loss at 1140.000. Among the - wholesale nouses that have sustained the greatest damage rat . 4 . . ... , Pollock A Bernheimer, wholesale dry goods; th English Manufacturing Company, wagons and buggies: - B. Jacobson. dry goods; Dorgan de Toung, hardware! . Cunningham Hardware Company,' Barney-Cavsnaugh Hard ware Company, Mobile Drug Com pany, E, O. Zadek Jewelry Company, Draper at Burns, clothing; American Supply Company, mill supplies; Chris tian Supply Company, Cleveland Bros wholesale grain; T. O. Bush Co.. wholesale grocers; James McConneli Co., wholesale grocers; the Marshall Lyons Grocery Co., Muscat sc Lott, produce dealers; the Mobile Brewery, the BlenvlUe Brewery, the Dixie Grain Company, James McPhllllps. Grocery Company. Besides these many other wholesale houses tn the city sustained heavy lossa The Merchants' Bank, the First National Bank, and LlnekauS Bank ware Inundated. . , Hundreds ot bales of-cotton Hotted through the main streets and were carried out to sea. Cotton not lost In this way was damaged, by muddy wstsr. w ; 7 DEATH AND 1IAVOO IX MOBILE. Nnmber of lives Lost, Msny People Injnrrd Id Collapse ol Ilnlldingn. ml Damnve Between ' Three and Four Millions Negroes" Canght Imotlns Beaten to - Death Water live Vett lo IIuslncM Section.. Louisville, Ky., Sept. SI. Ths gen eral manager's office of the Louisville A Nashville Railroad received a -dispatch at 1:11 tils afternoon from Flomaton, Ala, confirming the re port 'of loss of lite snd the devasta tion of property in the city ot Mobile. The dispatch says: ' "The editor of The Mobile Register and the, Louisville A Nashville tele graph operator have made their way to Bay Minette from Mobile, making the trip by boat and on foot. They report a number of lives lost in the tropical hurricane and much damage done to property in the city of Mo bile. Many people ware Injured in the COllapxA of buildings. Negroes caught looting property are i being beaten to death, 'A great mnny ships and one or two revenue cutters were sunk and their crsws drowned. Ths city Is praeihnly under control of tho military, snd no one 'la on the street except nnwupsper 1 men and tUusa wearing badge. A largo number of houses were deritroyed snd mniy peo ple were Injured In the cnllnpiM r.t building. lUenvllle Square has been destroyed snd Chrlut church cathe dral. The water Is five feet deep In ho buntncHS section of th city and balos of cotton, trunks, hotmehold ironds snd other debris la floating about th city. Th wind reached velocity of 00 miles an hour. Fort Morg'in, at tho entrance of Mobile IJay, find suburbans towns In the vi cinity of Miiiib ere believed to hav ."1 ci Ttz T.) WILL INTERVENE TO-DAY TAFT TAKKS THIi! FIRST STEPS Stage of UoprtcHsnt'HS Was Reached at a Late Hour LaM Xl;lit When All Three Political Parties Declined to Act Upon Government Resigna tions or Do Anything Klwe, Vhere- , upon Peace CommlHHioners Prepare to Take ltcin Taft to lroi;laiin . Himself Military lVovlwlonal tiovcr- ; nor To-Day Twenty-five Marines Landed to Protoct Treasury-MaM- es clconie Step, r . , v Havana, Sept i S. American Inter vention In . Cuba will, be, an, acconv pushed fact to-morrow. : , President Roosevelt's peace com missioners, although clothed 'with the fullest authority , from him .- to ' take such action whenever It became ob vious that the securing, of peace by harmonising the warrlhg Cubans was Impossible, have ! patiently - withheld their hands from' thus setting aside Cuban' sovereignty until the last hope had disappeared. . This stage ot hope lessness was reached at a late hour to-night when the great majority of all three of the political parties re fused to i attend the session of Con gress called to act upon the resigna tions of all the members of the gov eminent and declared definitely that they would have nothing more to do with, the government of Cuba.' t -'1 WELCOMED BT.MAJORITTr.' ' As was expected, there has been considerable rabid denunciation of the course pursued by the American com mlssloners ' who, if has been alleged, .have acted unfairly toward the gov ernment party, . but the great . mass of the residents of Cuba, Cubans and Spaniards, American ' and .' all other foreigners, welcome Intervention . as something for which they have longed throughout tha last six weeks of un rest disorder snd ill-feeling. ' i . MARINES ALREADT 1 LANDED, Twenty-five United States marines were landed here to-nlirhf to guard tne Treasury, building. There will be no further landing to-night but Sec retary" Taft a proclamation, ereatlns himself provisional' military Governor of Cuba will be Issued to-morrow. A further force of -Americans' will be landed to-morrow ' -vt .,- To-night the . elty ; Is policed i ' by rural guarda..' ' ' r y-y t'V v. General. Rodrirues. "eommsnfler of the ; rural v. guarda U. co-operating wnn Becreiary Tart. ,"'.", i DEBATE ' IN ' CONGRESS. ' The; Joint session' of the Cuban Congress called to consider the resign nation ' or 'President - Palma a sembled at l:llp. m.- In the House of Representatives. Crowds thronged the entrance of the House and In the sate-room , there i was much'1 sup pressed excitement -A' message was read rrom rresident Palma-present ing ins resignations . or .the cabinet officers,, of the Vice President and, flnallv. nla Awn mlrottlnn.. Senator Zayde .4eneujieed,-ialma for accepting the resignations ' of the cabinet -omcers witbou naming sub- Consressraan Betanconrt. ' renlled that the President had acted entirely within his - rights and he - proposed that the resignations of the Presi dent and i Vice President. Mendes Capote, be declined, and that a com mittee be sent to the palace to urrs them to withdraw -their resigns tlona Benator'-Zayas-sald that Consress must accept Palma's resignation as it was irrevocable., : ( - WANTEp , RESIGNATION ! WITH- " Senor Betanconrt replied that Con gress should demand the withdrawal of Palma's resignation.', because ... he was the only man who could now save the Republic, ' The . ..Congressman pleaded that the .American commis sioners ought also urge the President to withdraw his resignation. Senor Diego Tamayo also argued . that only the withdrawal . of - Palma's , resiama- tlon eould save the Republic - The vote en whether Congress was legally authorised fo request Palma to withdraw his resignation resulted affirmatively by T ayes to II noea Congressmen -Betanoourt and Man daely moved that a commission be ap pointed to proceed Immediately to call on the President -' The .'commission was appointed and Congress took a re cess until o'clock. . r ' Ail the Modsrste and Liberal Na tional Senators and Representatives went direct to the. palace, and ths scene enacted In Presldet Palma's pri vate office was not without Its sadness. arter the oeject of the errand had been stated President Palma replied dejectedly that it was Impossible for him to continue as President of -a nation whose people evidently had be come out of accord and sympathy with him and his government Neither could he continue at the head of a government when a portion of the people was disposed to remain In armed rebellion. Palma voiced his deep . regreta. but reiterated - that his decision was irrevocebla Thereupon the Senators and Representatives, with little more than an adieu, -withdrew, ' .. ' - - . REFUSED TO TAJCB AN ACTION. ' Later the Moderates met In con ference, and after a long discussion, by a vote of 10 to II, the Moderates refused to assist at the night seslon of the Congress and communicated this decision, sealed, to Senor Do Is, as presiding officer of the Sonata The night sesiort wns called for o'clock, but at 10 only four mem bers were present Senor Msnduley demanded -a roll call to . determine whether there was a quorum, saying If there was not he would move that the session sdjourn. , DEPARTMENTS ON VAn nASlS., Both Army and Navy Ready to . Do Ilnslneea in Cuba First Expedition of 5,600 .Troops Would lTobably Leave Newport News, Ye. , 'Washington, Sept. 11. Both the War and Navy Departments have been practically on a war basis to-day and to-night many of the offices In the Departments were open and advices from Cuba sre anxiously . awaited. The cruiser Des Moines wss ordered to-day from Havana to Clenfuojcos to assist In protecting property at that point against the Insurgents. In the war Department there were many conferences, but few orders of consequence were issued, as the srmy Is practically ready for any emergency snd the hiring of trsnxport is the only detail neceery to complete wsr preparations. Ths first expedition would probably leave Newport News made up of 1,600 troops gnthercd from poets near the enstern seaboard, and other rxpedltlotis from points further south In esse the government can r rimee. for t h sii'-;,enori ,( trouMe snmn qunrantin rt!ii!.iH'ir,s, New !' is v ' I tn V im.llj point from which an expedition made up of Texas troops and troops in other Southern - States adlacent to Louisi ana would be sent The purpose of the general stall is to avoid raiiroaa travel wherever, possible ' and - send troops from the seaports nearest the posts at which they are stationed. i The departure of President Roose velt from Oyster Bay for Province town caused many' officers in both the army andvnavyto believe that the President does not expect any emer gency In Cuba before Monday,, when he will arrive In Washington and be In close touch with the situation. AGREE! AGAINST INTERVENTION, RenrexentalivA of Roth Cuban Fie- niciiia. mm Result of t Vnf ereneo. I)e- cldo Mutually ; to Yield Anything ana neryunng u I eociwta r 7 at -. redatlons by Rebels Xleported. ' Havana, Sept - II.- The leading representatives of the Moderate and Liberal watwnai parties were in con- M,niA iiirtll jbarlv thia tnnrnlnfr and decided to yield anything and every- thlnv In mt a-um nft an Intervention. 8hortly before noon a detachment of marines began preparations to oil tribute . tenia ammunition and mis- eAtlanAAii aim nlloa stored on' the Ca- bailerla -wharf, among three batUl- lnn nr mnrlnna nut to lana Iters. orders having been received to have everything in readiness xor oooaraa- tion about' two o'clocg. : V)rtmlip neneral Fnnston board ed the .United States fiagshtp" Louis iana this, morning and conferred with finiila rViiittii. commander of the naval forcea-and other naval offloera Quartermaster . captain Kooseveii, of the marines, says he, has been or dered to stand by for a landing from nvinnir t,hi afternoon onward, but not to move, unless ordered 4-do so. Prominent Moderates declare they are willing to accept anybody, sven Pino Querrs, - as r a candidate for President rather than Incur an Inter ventlon... . . ; p ' - '; , ' . Others," Ihcludln Vice President Capote, said they beiievea tne amen- . . AatAMninul An an Interven- tlon , Ih any ease, ' whether Palma s resignation, was aoceptea or muvr srlsa v . V ,::' t- Dalm-i' Is mnnrttA hv frlendS Wh0 tion. to put aside personal pique and disappointment ana no guinea mum, by patriotism, w have replied: .. .v. "I have been smitten on one cheek, I cannot turn the other." ; It Is reported tne reoeis nrto vn the . government force . near Toledo Mnn lannth af - Marlanao. and had' 'attacked Marlanao . electric plant The cruiser Des Moines sailed ti C1nfueros to-day. . . . " . ' .' ' . - ? ; GIVEN BOTA1 WELCOMK. ', A Thosuismd PeoplO 'Greet Mr. T. H. . Bianchard, piew uoci msi-y Mm'n Chrlatlaa Asso ciation A Token of Esteem to Ro- tornlnsr secretary; . . , : ; ; - cinoiai t , The 1 0bserver. V; ' s ; to'jrinfY-mxMnr 4han .-ene (thousand people attended trelcome recepUon tenderea ,sar..w. . , tv.m. inuuur Vnuns Men s cnaru - - . . ChrlsUan AssooUUon ,laat night tary. Together with his wife,. Mr. uiancnam -. tv nn . Ua.: where gni iv tiviv - " v. .ma mwi4 for three yeara They were given a most cordial: welcome here by the nnnareas wno'cauea th, hinAimi naw association duuu- Ing last night j. President ,W H. .Bur ... mtA majtfae tit ceremonies and iwu - introduced, the .various speakers of ths evening. Mr. Roy E. rnuups, or the Southern Railway, In , a brief nunk nvaaant mit tna retirine secre- y.vv..t ' . - xr A. -D. VanCamnen. with purse of 140 in goia as a.toaen oi the esteem or tne memoerpnip or n association which he hss served ao .M.i.nM, tnr fltra -eara. Mr - Van- Campen responded In words of t ap- preciauon ana love ror sis worn in Spencer. v i ' - ; : ' : ..." - xtr - SI !. i Rsdfern. who reeentlv became . assistant secretary of the Spencer association, : was- introoucea A Mill ihiut aneeh' which was wall received. Mr. J. W Payne,: for merly ox uanvuis, was presentea oy Mr. Burton as the man who runs the association resisursni ooin aay ana night and feeds all the people, . Af la lielns Introrfnead. Mr. .Rlanehard. who Is a good speaker and an.as-v sociation woraer or wiae experience, made an appropriate address .asking for the co-operation of all the mem bers In his work here. Mr. A. . O. KnebeU of New' Tork was present and reviewed the history of the Spen- m aaenelatlon from Its ora-antullnn to the present time.- f , . . .,. - The large attendance was ' splen did demonstration of the substantial Interest takesw.ln the association by the people of. Spencer. Hundreds of railroad men were , nresent trnm nne divisions of the Southern Railway and scores oi isuies irom tspencer. xnere was- musto- In' abundance. Mr. Van Camnen was voted a tnnnth'i vaeallAn after Which he will remove to Lam- Den s roint vi, -wnere ne nas ac cepted the secretaryship of the. asso ciation of that place.' . f re BITNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LOADED League of ', American Munldpallt lee .( iiefoses to Toucn tne Subject With Tongs eltandard t lire Equipment .Favored...,-' 4. ; v, . y.,-. . Chi nag o, Sept., tl. -The League of American Municipalities to-day flatly refused tq put itself on record as be ing "for or s gainst" municipal owner ship of public utilities in a resolution demanding a'vote,, the question being killed in ths committee. - v This action was followed by ths tsbllng ot the; report which recom mended, the constitution be changed so es to read "this organisation shall not be committed on the question of municipal ownership of public utili ties nor be used for the furtherance of any particular feature of munici pal government" The convention adopted an amendment to the con stitution : declaring alt officers of the league must be bona fide municipal olllcers at the ttme of their election, A resolution .was adopted declaring for national stnndard hose coupling snd hydrant fittings for puhllo fire service as promulgated by ths Na llonsl Bosrd of Fire Underwriters. , e "' President Start for Visit to Ileet Oyster IW, N. Y Sept. St. The Prei.lent l-f t on the Mayflower at 1 1 this numing for I'rovlncetown, He will reach the turret grounds to-mor row irmrnlng snil spend six hours on i tlin battleship Missouri, witnessing the trslntnar "rclH snd tergot practice I tf f .i 2' ;'.:i Afar.va Flceu " ' GALLOWS FOR BOHANNON LIFE TER3I FOR K. CRCTC1IFIELD Negro Slayer of Foreman R. E. Beach- . am Swoons Into Insensibiuty , Death Sentence Falls Front Judge's ' Llpe, While Ills ; AccomplU-o lid 'mains Stoically Indifferent -liJlot-u-Uon Set for October 95Ui But. Ap- - peal Is Taken to Supreme Court Mocks Murder Case " Dismissed - Alex Londera Negro Murderer. Gets V Fifteen YearsThe Special Term ' Adjourns. . t t t ' Special to, The Observer. t v o . Greensboro, ' Sept tl. -Frank Bo hannon was this afternoon sentenced by Judge Long to be7 hanged October ISth for the murder, of R. E. Beach am at Hilltop July list last Klser Crutchfleld, convicted of being an ac cessory, was ,' sentenced to life . Im prisonment' In the State penitentiary. The other defendant , Oscar Crutch fleld, was acquitted by the Jury, which returned its verdict last night at, 10 o'clock r ? v. v j When Bohannon arose to hear the sentence of Judge Long he was ap parently calm and hi features' were fixed, as if he were using every en ergy, to malnUln hit stolid appear ance. Judge Long" spoke to the pris oner several minutes, before pro- noundns' the ' aentenca ' Bohannon atood 'erect with. : hie feet loae" to- a-ether.- . v. . 8WO0NS DJTO INSENSIBILTrr Before ths judge was halt through the -prisoner began swaying nnsteaa lly, although he bent every effort to maintalnlne- his eaulllbrum. Just as the sentence was announced the prli" oner, already steadied by two officers. drooped Insensible Into nu cnair. A physician was In ths court room snd every effort to revive him was put forth. The county physician was also summoned. " After a tew minutes the nriaoner- was removed Into an ante room, where he was treated. When the prisoner dropped Into his . chair the ' spectators In the r eourt room craned their necks to get a glimpse at -the prisoner. Kiser Crutchfleld, by his side, sat as composed as Judge Long himself, this 'reseat sentenoe making little Impression upon mm. - It was more than an.hour after sen fence was nassed before the prisoner was carried to the Jail and It was some time later before he revived. He was certainly In i most precarious condition.- Bravely- he naa gone through the trial, but when It was all , over and , hi sentence wss an nounced, though he knew It was In evltable. he broke down. ' Now that It Is all over, people who have, watched the trial do not hesi tate to say that they believe Crutch- field Is the meanest or the two men, He .It was who. as Bohannon saya ursed him to commit . the crime, Crutchfleld.. al . heipea . nim to es- DEFENDANT. TAKES AN APPEAL. O. K Bradshaw, counsel for the de fendant offered a motion for a new trial before sentence was passed, but his honor, after giving his reasons, denied tha motion. ' and nassed aen tenca ? Notice of an aDoeal to the Supreme Court was then given. ' No appeal as to the case or crutcnneid will be made. '. , - John F. Strong, who was convicted Monday', of obtaining money under false pretenaea was aentencea this af ternoon to XI months on tne county roada Judge Bynum and ' Captain Hobgood, of counsel for the defense, made appeals for: their client, and, after sentence wss passed, gave notlcs of an appeal to the Supreme Court MEEKS , CASH, DISMISSED. , When court convened thla morning, Solicitor ' Brooks announced that he had decided net to ask for a verdict of e-ulltv In the case against George L. Meeka Indicted for ths murder- of Pleas Oakea He said that after U inking over the matter, he would not ask the Jury to convict the man. A not pros In the case was taken and the prisoner discharged. - He was be ing tried for, murder in tne second degree. ' Mr. Brooks snd, Judge By num were to hava spoken this morn ing but on, account of the not pros they did not speak.' . . ' .. y ' The evidence In ths case as given yesterday was largely In Meeks' fa vor, and those who heard the testi mony were, of .the opinion that, the man could not be convicted on such slight tesUmony. The' deceased 'was . . . . . . . - . . m .ft . . m . Kiiiea si tne nomi or ins stienaini snd was trying to force entrance, Into the house when shot. ;w. ; ' COURT ADJOURNS. V ' The special term of Superior Court, which began Monday, adjourned thla afternoon. The criminal docket has -been relieved of a number ot im portant cases as well as several for smaller offences, and ' the Jair is al most empty. .. -The regular term, pre sided Over by Judge Moore last week, tried the oases for small offences, snd this week the two murder cases were tried.': i - v.- ' .., ; The first regular meeting of the re cently organised Christian Endeavor Union was held to-night In ths Chris tian church, j , ' ' .-. i State Treasurer B. R. Lacy and E. J. Justice spoke to number of peo ple tn the hall over ths Proximity store to-night discussing political Is suea Both made Interesting speeches and were warmly applauded. GIVEN - FIFTEEN TEARS. t Alex Landera indicted for murder In the first degree for killing Mark Cotton at the "Do Drop Inn" last spring, submitted a plea of guilty lit the second degree. This was accept ed by Solicitor Brooks and ths de fendant waa aentenced to II years In the State penitentiary. V . , MEXICAN TROOPS IN PURSUIT. Hot on the Trail , of Bandits , Who lUMcrt Jimincs -Aiore xroops Ar- plvlnff. : ' . v ' ' El Puso.'TeX.. Sept. II. -A special to The Herald from Eagls Psss this fternoon says: . , ' Colonel Agullas, Is command of the Mexican troops, telephoned early to day from Jlmlnes that he waa In hot pursuit of the bandits who raptured the town hism nerore last ana mat they were headed east. (tne hundred snd twenty men from f.iltlllo, under command of Lieuten ant Colonel Antonio Itojox, reached I.hrIo Psss Inst ftiftht after ml'lnleht from Sultlllo anil the rsrty left this mornlnd for Jlinlnex,' Two hundre cavHlrynien from Monterey sro , ex pected to-night St thn bordor. All Is t'-iot la ciulal ror::rl3 Diaa. . SELECTING A BITE. Treasury Department Official at Con cord to, Choose Location for New . Postonico Bullillng Sererni Sites unered. . , . , y-. .;; Special to The Observer., v . - v Conoord, Sept II.-Mr. d.' D. Ells worth, of Washington city, repre senting the Treasury Department, Is here to-day and will be here' to-mor row looking into the matter of pur chasing a site for the proposed new postofnee buidlng. An appropriation of 110,000 was set aside for a site for such a building, and - there are at least half a dosen In the central part of town on the market . F. M. Teeter. John K. Patterson, the P. M, Morris Realty Company ' and ' Mrs. Dusen- oury nave come to the rescue or tne government's agent R la not yet de cided, and -will probably not be known fdr some time to come, Just what de cision will be made In the matter. It is pretty certain, however, that a cor ner lot will be purchased. Mr. It M. Klutts, representing the Postofflce Department was In the city to-day looking after . the ' . contracts and leases and other matters concern In the Concord postofflce. ' Ex-Congressman .John &. Fowler will be in Concord Friday, October 12th. when he will deliver an addreaa He la a Republican of some note and Is sent here by Chairman Adema , ' A new engine and crusher have been added to ths county road machinery, The acquisition .-was taken out to the camp in No. 11 township this morn ing.- Some excellent road building la going on. and Superintendent uooa man deserves much credit . for the dLsnatfh of the work. - Mr.' Lee P. Johnston left last night for Annapolis, wnere oe is in tne Naval Academy. . ;., : WOMEN BEATEN. BY STRIKER. Pursuing ' Workman Into Boarding House and Failing to Find Run, Us Brstally Attacks Women, ; ' Maoon. Oa Sept II. A pseclal from Savannah, Ga says: ' M M. nilUlt a atrika-hreaker of the Kehoea Foundry, waa attacked by five strikers while on nia way noma, ns drew a platol and ahot Robert Fech- nar vkannnon Olllett'a assailants fled. ; Glllett rsn to hla boarding houae pursued by Fechner, wno rouowea Glllett into the housa w nenr ecnnsr raiiitil Inla tha dwelllna ha met MrS. Paul and struck her a sever ' blow, and then atruck her motner, wno naa inm Irt haraasistsnca Falling lO find nniail. Knchnar laft the house, strik ing Mra. Paul a aecond tima wnen her husband came upon tne seen wiui niaini in hand. Fechner ran. Pursued by the Irate husband, who emptied his revolver, at tne fugitive witnoui uwi. Macon Street Car Strike Adjusted. Maenn. Ol. Bent. II. For several nights conductors and motormen on strike here have neia'meeungs ana paraded the -streets to, sucn an ex tent that traval an street cars dimin ished. To-day atiike-breakers arrived from Chicago ana to-nigm n was thought's cllmaxweald be reached In iai. Aut Sraaka when an arresment was reached through meeting ot clt tsena wreheby dleffrencea In the future can be amicably setuea oy a jm committee. '. : Kt ,-. 'i . . - v ' " ' v '! t. ALLEGED WBTTECAPPEIl FREED PIU County Jary, Contrary to Gen- era 1 uxpertauon, nexsnn i ctw . ... . . . . . , or ISO tinuiy . in xmwo npum K. BarnhlO. .-: Special to The Obaerver " ' ; ' . , riManiillla. N. C. ' stent llThe case sgalnst J. K. Barnhlll for white- capping, whicn nas neen in prosTeas alrw Vfnmla mornlnaT. .WSS ClvCO' tO the Jury Just before o'clock this af ternoon and aoout s.io o cioca a, jIIaI a' ant an lit m returned. Ths I. u... AlMnnAlntlna tn man V TVIUIVI, - - " " peopls. aa the opinion prevailed that tne prosecuiion oa iuinw . strong case of guilt Six speeches were made by counsel by Messrs. Pou, Gil liam and naming tor un ownit sou k. . Ur Jamaa.. Hollcltor MOOTS and Oovernor Aycqck for the Stata the latter maaing tne ciosbi sniuniwm . ail tha sneechaa both yester day and to-dayr were good, that' ot Oovernor Aycocg nas never etvn r .mmmA ttafnrs a Pitt eounty lunr. The oeechea were listened to by a large crowd. ' Judge Shaw i finished hla charge before o'clock. . , ': ' Ten New Sterl Bridges for Buncombe. '..havllla. Sent' II. Within, the next f ear daya Buncombe county will begin the .erection of ten new ateel w.i... ,' TkM' bndsea wra Dur- chased by ' Chairman Reed, of the board of county commissions! irom ... . M.-ttvllla Rrltltra ' Comninr. of Nashville, Tend., and theaterlalfor .inwtiiMi la bow. on the ground. The brtdgea will be erected at a cost of approximate. IM na win oe -... - .... wtthtn la dava With the addition of ten new ateel atruo- tusea Buncombe county win ooaai i nan steel bridges than any: other county In the Btata ' ': : .';., '-( geay Murder Case Goes Over to Next r-' , Term. ' . Special to Tha Observer. : - . V ; Spartanburg, R C" Sept. . ine r... . f rianarai Sessions has ad journed and the case of the Stets va Henry Seay. charged with .killing his brether-ln-iaw, vnanes usvsn, wm not be heard at thla time.. The ease ar.va.iiiiad lo beatn Saturday morning, but . Judge Dantsler waa aummoned last night to Columbia to sir with the Judges of the circuits and the Supreme . Court on me ; Aasms ease. '.- ;J ,v . ; SO American Sailors Kiss rioa Va . , ;:. llano. ' : ' Rome .Sept II. -The Pope received 10 sailors from the American war ships now at Naplea Tbe pope gave each ot the men his hand to kiss and delivered a short address urging ths sailors to be loyal to their religion and country. The Pontiff bestowed the apostollo benediction on the sail ors and caused each to be presented with a souvenir medal. The Pope was heartily cheered by the visitors. Seaboard and Conductor Reach Set. tlement ' Norfolk. Va. Sept. II. The ofTlclnls of the Seaboard Air Line annoum-n that a satisfactory settlement has been reached, but the actual Increns f wartes will not be kndwn until a computation has been mde undr t!' ssreernent for ."two mliea" over tn Increase. The conductors ee?n en tirely satisfied. Hut'erlnti nili nt 1 said he bad heard f no ili'iii.in,l f ,r IncreHscd wrjcs by either Un:ut.ii ct carmen. v. TO ATTEND TIIE LAUN C II II ; ' GOVERNOR MAY GO ON mXIAL Stste'a , Chief Executive, TosreC.-r ,; With Wire and Dane liter, lrcpr- Ing to Attend Launching of Crn r s North Carolina at Newport N ' October flth Carolina Traunport i- tlon Company, of Wilmington, N iUi '$20,000 (.npiul. Chartered Truo Bill for- Murder Against (;)r" Ooss, Negro Who Killed Urn . Father News Notes of tlie Staio Caplut , v ' r ,, Observer Bureau, ; . ; ,IJI South Dawson Stfeet w'k.-v, Raleigh, Sept, iil. . Governor Glenn is making arrange ments for the visit, nf himself. lfa and daughter, the Council of State and dib btsk to tne isuncning oi tne cruiser North . Carolina ' at Newport News, Vav October th. The ship building company baa Invited the uouncil or Rtate an1 in nnvarnnr-a staff. Tbe Oovernor will endeavor to secure a .special - train . on' the Sea board Air Line from here to Ports- moutn. , " , : The Carolina Transportation Cora- . panv. at Wllmtnston. was chartered . to-day to operate freight and passen- ser ooais on me v;ape rear river ana its tributsrlea; - The capital stock of the eomnanw la HA OnA T V.' timnh. and Edward Taylor are the principal Hw-snoiatn, . .. v:' Oovernor Dlenn has raealvait and accepted an Invitation from the may or and common council of .Newport Newa to be a special guest at the Banquet, on me evening or uctooer fith. tn nrM J. tha la,,nlilna A? th. cruiser North Carolina He will be . the guest of the Newport News Ship- ouiiaing company oirectiy. arter the launching. : . The Ralalah A Psmllm Onnn Oal1. ' way begins next Mondsy Its line from Pamlico Junction Into Ralelsh. It, will not enter the union passenger sta tion, not being able to effect a tracjc- ' ge arrangements, so will have a sep- mis iwuoa - The grand Jury In ' the ' Superior Court has returned true bill arainst - George Cross, a negro, for murdering his Seed father bv knarklnv Kim m of door against a fence and break ing nis neca. . v , ' Governor Herarar r.t 0naft rnm Una, hss mads requisition fpr William Henry Jackson, charged wKh seduc- . noil, .wacason is in Jan. at Franklin-, ton. . .,',...... . . This afternonn eAmmiii-.. sentlng ithe North Carolina policy-' i me Mutual ute and New York Life Insurance, companies met In Governor Glenn's office, Thomas B. Womackr president It was de cided to meet In New Tork October 6th snd th snd ' make Investigation as to what each aet nf ,iimi.mh nominated by . the companies' eom- mi uvea snq ' mternauonai policy holders' committees proposed to d aa resarda the future nnunmint of the compantea - , ( State Chairman - Simmons an nounces that the appointment of Secretarv nf Rtata (Irlmaa i. Cleveland Oct th U changed to lit." tiukM mt same f atv - . , BANK FAILS; PRESIDENT GOVE. - .. , . . . . . IanlUtor of .' Stenelsnd on Small ,' Nrale , at MJddleport Ohio - SS.OOO Cash and Paper Nominally , Worth 950,000 to Account for 118,000 Deposits. ' ; , ... Pomeroy, O- Sept II. Ths Mld- dleport Bank, a private Institution at. Mlddleport O.. failed to open Its doors this morning. It Is stated that deposits, amounting AO. Illf.OOtV are missing and great, excUexnent pre- valia' .-" ' .' Most of ths depositors are " poor people and the deposits represent nearly all their savlnga . President Fox Is away and no offi cial statement has been made. - President ' Fox left Tuesday. The examination, ot the vaults revealed 11,000 cash and paper worth less than. 110.000 face valua to account for the 1111.000 deposits.. Fox and his wife withdrew., their personal de- posHC Ths bank building was nrort- - gaged to the full value and Fox's res idence was transferred to hla wire. It la not believed Fox took more than 11.000 cash with him. .He left his young wits and babe behind. .. HOLINESS PREACHER'S FALL. ..,.. 'n ii I , f . Dole Davis Behind Bars In Spartan burg, H. CX, for Obtaining Goods lu der False Pretense, ' . Special to The Obeerver. Spartanburg, B. C4 Sept It. Dole Davia a ' holiness preacher. Is In a doleful plight He la behind th bars charged with obtaining gooda under false pretenaea The story of Davis' fall from grace la related in tbe com plaint of Press Fuller. a ilverymmi at Converse, who hsd ths warrant Is sued' for. the minister. Davis, it see ma hired horse and buggy from Fuller, telling him that hla name v.u i Cash and that he wanted to visit Mi father at the Cowpens battle groun ). Instead, i It la alleged, Davis rode t Old Fort N. C where he dispose l ot the outfit to John Phlllppa Magistrate Potter, of Cowpens, giv the case's prellmlnsry hearing an i committed Davie to Jail to await t action of tho grand Jury. M'CLELLAN DOLTS HEAP. T. Will Vote Remainder of Ticket He la inslteraMy Opow, i ; phy ami Everything Jio t i,m u i New York. Sept II. Mayor J : lan gave out a statement tint i aoon in which he said ha won! I i vote for Meerst for Governor. "I am a Democrat and accei t t action of the Democratic conn i I will be a Democrat while mv i has the name, but ss a Dcmoi r i as msyor'bf this town, I m w; abl opposed to Murphy snd to things he stands, for. MI recognise th huniillation I i endure In common wttii oth. r ; erata Nevertheless I will ticket of my party In this never for Hearst, lllmlul i i for." Cannon to Stunn f .r I New York, Scrt. non Will takes th itmnp i Alubama i:-C'oi iiiinlN,ni. Al . Iiiniwin, ot IM man of the tcvi-n' t tirrt to-'l ty, nc l ' ' ons of ' I ' wss a t nf- i i i i ' To f 1 f ; m'i-ti. t , , : uel It. ' ' '. ' !-...!,.., I.,-.' f I -,,; i !-,:. I . ! ' f 1 . 1 i I
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 29, 1906, edition 1
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