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r; flf-' v: rk( tfyS A. v 1 0 BUBSCIUFnON PRICE: $8.00 Per Year. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11,' 1906. price itve CEirrn. e FOjTA LEGALIZED "BOSS'' suggestion . of ., bonaparte. An Individual Authorised on Behalf of One of Parties to Choose dl .dates for Elective OHloerr WltWii SnecUleri Territory, TUereby Doing Away . With Nominating Uons Hbould be Utxted Annually by Lmd Voters of Party at rlmr? t Which OiUy Tlua Position bo j iiicd. Each Voter Should Say at These mnwnwN " f inMi.LM-fscl Muni Suitable for 'the 1'laoe. Now i Only. Crude ;, Sugges- .-. s lions.' Baltimore Nov. 10. In an -Interview published to The New to-day secretary of the Navy Chapes w. ' Bonaparte suggested i' the '. ' esUbllsh- tnent of legalised "boss" In each po- ' imrmi nartv. In eachi of ' the State! and ciUMrthe bouT to be empow ered to select the candidates tor the various elective offices,1 thereby doing : awaw with nominating" oonvuuuua. Declaring that he was - speaking se- rloosly IJacretary;, Bonaparte , conUn- ' -Now. by a 'legalised boss I mean an Individual authorised on behalf of . one of our parties to choose all can HiiA.tM of that nartr for elective of fices with hi a designated territory- to do Intelligently, deliberately ana carefully -r the work wwhlch Is . up- ' posed to bexdone by nominating on rentlons of '.Crawford county , prt 'tneries, but which would be done by such, agencies so thoughtlessly, hnr- rledly and negligently that It la done usually,- In fact, by the local boss .r ling In secret . , ' "Of course every facility should too afforded for making 'Independent nomination whether wltbln, the or ganised parities or ' without, ao that all cltlsens who are dlssatlsfled for " whatever reason, with the "regular nominations may be able to rots .af fectively according to . their , convio- ttons." . : ',. l. "V ' - The reporter asked how Mr. Bona parte would choose ,hla ; proposed "lerallxed bosses." - ,".V .. ' "He ought to be elected annually,' nld tho gecrtotary. "by the legal voters of his party, at the primary held ander all the sanction of the law and at which only this one office or rather position, should be filled. Each voter would have only to say whom he considered the best man In the par ty, to bo constituted a nomonatlng oonventon of one for all -elective of fices wwithln the State, city or coun tly. as tho case may be." . The Secretary was htenu" asked whether he expected to get suT agita tion In favor of stbllshtng "legalised bosses." " 'No," - he said, "the thoughts . I have Just expressed are crude and undeveloped and probably worth no snore than you will pay. for them." -..- - . , ii ,. f "- . ' riAmnrFs wxs nnsr BiiOOD.y Cmm of netfsrlHo Indlvtdaals Against Amerloan Tobacco Company .Up . Array of plstlngmlshod Coonsel ' ' I' MntlniM tn IUanlaa Cansa...and ' to 'MUcuMeO' deral ' Co art ,lenlrl and Days lime Given.,.; ;. Special to The Observer. . . - v . Beldsvllle, Nor. 10 During the , first threo days of Rockingham county , Superior Court R P. Richardson, Jr., Ed. B. Richardson and B. R. Walters filed their complaint aa co-plain tlffa on their own behalf. The Richardson Company, a Jersey corporation, re specting the temporary Injunction of the Chanoery Court of New Jersey. the defendant, the American Tobacco Company, were represented by ansar ray of distinguished counsel, who ar rived on Thursday morning, being headed by Mr. Burrew, of New York, assistant general counsel; Mr. Frank Fuller, of Durham, Mr. (Staples Full er, of Pou i Fuller, Raleigh;" Hon. Clement Manly, of Winston; Messrs. Scott and Held, of Reldsvtlle. The Jlalntlffs were represented by CoL ames T. Morehead. of Greensboro, and Hon. A. J. Burton, of ReldsrUle; Mr. C. B. Watsoa being detained In Winston by Illness. The defendants entered a special appearanoe to-day and -moved dis missal of the cause. Motion was de nied; thereupon defendants entered a general appearanoe and moved for re .moval to the Federal Court. This motion was also denied. The defend ants asced time to answer complaint. mntA Thi- i. a Waterloo for the American Tobacco Company In the suit brought by R. P. Richardson. Jr.. A Co., . Incor-porated.- and R. P Richardson, Jry Kd. B. Richardson and B. R. Wal ters ss Individuals against the Ameri ;' - can Tobacco Company on the ltth day of September for a 'recisloa of contract and other relief 7 A WBXnUESALBBANK SWDfDLKR. I Chicago Police Holding Five Young " ; Mm Pending Investigation of $20, ' 000 Theft and Attempt to Steal " 94T.0OO. New ' Orleans, Nov. 10. Bank ' ,' swindles amounting to many thous , ands of dollars areunder-nivestl- gatlon by the police, who to-day ar rested and detained five young men as. suspicious characters pending the completion of the Investigation. The police announced that $10,000 was v recently stolen from two banks and ' that., a $47,000 attempted steal had ' toeen frustrsUd during , the ' last tew i days. This amount was deposited by ,: an alleged forged check with the Oer- ! man Trust and Savings Bank,, which. . X discovered the forgery before the de-"-- posited-.amount ; had4 been drawn " ' against. . m - ,?"" ' . : ''"' ' v - . Those under detention ares : Fred ... eHck Diebl,' Jr, - attorney; . John J. : . Flanagan. John Barrett, Louis '- Ar- snour, and Joseph Poreter. i . , i i .i if;.,?; u? ; . '' JUbense of Big Hotels. - : ' Chicago, .Nov. 10 Women repre 1 . f ' ltlng the Chicago Woman's Club kWe . a strong appeal yesterday In r of lloenalng hotels. The epeak- ld the license council .that the (ate of thousands of innoc-ut girls was bound up in the regulation of tthe downtown hotels and they pr posed to set safeguards thrown about '(,'; them.":.:-'t'.7i: v -'yv- ' Detectives employed to watch rer .vTtwr.dowmfoKW .tnrw;trwetl;,,R itlt : from that place to various downtown hotels, 1 Alt were accompanied by v men. ; The women- recommended tl.nt -v these 'hotels be wiped out., ;; To. Announce Decision Next Week. Washlncton,' T Nov. ' 10 Special Counnet Morrison and Kellogg, having in charge the Investigation of the Standard Oil Company, had a confer nce to-day with Mr. Purdy, assistant : o the attony genorsl. Another con ference probably will be held, Monday ina it ! oenwea iu ins miiorney general will be reedy late In the .nminr w,fV. to nnnnunce wh.th.r tiot hi will beitln proceedings against .. she pondiird OH Company for viola-1 Uon of the Sherman anti-turst act. ; AfX'TP SHOBTAGE- IS IN TBACKS LACK v CARS NOT : IT, , SAYS . TOtL hi''': '! .f ' -t v-.',i. - Great Railroad leader Says Country f Its tscdng i Problem Hint Only , Time, Patience and Expenditure of Enormous Sums of Money ' Can Solve Crying Need for Cons rnc ..' tlon of Canal Between Pt. Ixnls and New Orleans Figures Given Show ' lng Advantages to be Derived- Ad vocates More Liberal Trade Rela tions With Canada The . Present 4' Itemands .Ample . Reciprocity, lie Chicago,; Nov.lO.James J. Hill, the guest of honor at the banquet of the Merchants. Club to-nlghty jaldii? . To-day the entire country Is suf fering from : want . of transportation facilities to move its business without unreasonable 'delay, ' The ' prevailing Ids with the publio Is ; that tha; rail roads 'are short of cars, while the fact are that tha shortage la In tracks and . terminals to provide -. greater opportunity forthe movement of tha 'fvI'r'-ti.' ''""?.' . Tb speaker declared that the coun try to-day - face la a ' transportation problem which only time, patience andithe expendUore of enormous Leums of money will' remedy.. He as serted that there is a crying nee now for the construction of a 11-foot ca nal between St.. Lou is and New Or leans and he said that the necessity for . this would' increase with time. There was no more Important general work for the government to perform, he, said, than to construct a canal capable of . carryig vessels of 15 feet draft. Mr. Hill recited figures show ing that the trade with the people whom the-United 6tat-wiU be able to reach by the' construction of the Panama canal amounts to only about f54.eo0.000,' while our trade ' with Canada Is over tlOO.000,000 per an num. He asserted that the conserva tion and Increase of this trade is of greater importance than anything that will accrue to the Tilted States because of the construction of the canal. ' Concerning reciprocity with Canada Mr. Hill said: The plea, for more liberal trade relations is negatived only by unreas oning individual selfishness. The conclusive - argument for reciprocity with Canada always . has been and J must be the experience of the sev eral American States. Had it not been' prohibited .by the constitution each 8tateof the Union would have levied a duty on all commerce cross ing its boundaries. Canada will in any event and under ay system, be opeedj us and highly - developed. Would It then be disadvantageous for us to share in the products Of the fields of. Manitoba. -Alberta and Sas ksvehewsn, jy.hava aa much rea son' to dread - Canadian, competition as Pennsylvania has to cry for pro tection against' North Dakota. The time is opportune for a practical movement toward better trade rela tions with Canada. The consumma tion most to be wished, is the wiping out of custom houses along: the north ern frontier and the establishment there of absolute free trade. If the time Is not ripe for that the least that it demands Is ample recipro city." i IS CHARGED WITH BRIBERRY. Warrant Issued for President of Con struction Company In . Lake County, ina., superior court. Hammond, Ind Nov. 10. A war rant for the arrest of James W. Cole, president of the National Construc tion Company, was Issued to-day In the Lake county Superior Court, on the complaint of W. T. Carskaden, a stockholder In the National Con struction Company, ' of South Bend. The warrant was Issued by Judge Tutbill on affidavits charging Cole with bribing former Mayor W. F. HalL. former Alderman Thomas Hartley and Thomas O'Connell, of East Chicago, Cole is accused of bribing the Tgft'.Hi! -"'M':. 'V.".. ?" n-l lng the contract for the construction of the main sewer and pumping sta tion in. East Chicago. .: . MIGHT BE BAD FOR ATTORNEY. Judge Sneer Issues Warning on Mak ing Mandamus of U. 8. Supreme Court Judgment of Federal Court. Macon, Oa Nov. 10. In making the mandate of the United States Su- nreme Court In the Rawltngs case the Judgment of the Federal Court here to-day. JudgeSpeer took occasion to Cooper that If he became convinced mat tne attorney lur ziawunse iu advantagesflf any mere frivolous legal means for the purpose merely of de laying the execution of the Bute's Court's sentence he might find U necessary to make It (unpleasant for Attorney Cooper. t . , - The letter denied that any steps he had taken were frivolous and that he believed If a certain record had gone In ; the United. States Supreme Court from the Lowndes court the judgment of the Federal Court here would have been reserved. . ; ' .. t . , -a The Prod action of Corn In 1000, : , ;' Washington, Nov.' 10. Preliminary returns to the crop estimating board of the - Department of Agriculture show production of corn for HOC was S.St 1,091,000 busheds. - An aver age of 10.1 bushels per acre. The f eneral average as to quality is 11.9. t Is estimated that about 44 per cent of the 1006 corn crop Is still In the hands of the ' farmara;4Trr;('t -' :;, - r- Three Killed by Train. ; ; New York. Nor. 10. Three men were struck by a rapidly moving train and Instantly killed Jo-day at Park avenue and street. ' The men were electrtclCns and were working on the i..ii. f id. Haw Vnrk PnntraJ Hall. rroacr: : under mrnst- antwwur'' Dlee From ObrtrnrtI:n In Wind Pipe, Special to The Obs-rver.' ! V - Torbaro, Nov.. 10. Elma.jthe t-year-old daughter of Mrs. J. W. Price, who lives i near Bsttleboro,' died a horrible death yesterday. , A piece of sweet potato became - lodged In , her wind pipe, and she dide before it could be removed. ,.. ; '.. I ""' ' -. , McKlttredge Sens for $1,000. New : York, Nor:' 10. MoKJttredge; half brother to McChesnsy and First ; M ason.waa sold at the sale jf homes at Aqueduct to-day' for $4,000. the top price. W. , C. Johnson , w the buyer, ' v . " , ' ' s , . .. s TWO POSSIBLE CONTESTS IS CALIFORNIA AND VIRGINIA Scene of Activltv in Contested Eloc ; tlon Cases in South May Khlf t From . South Carolina to North Carolina ' and Virginia, if BUu-kburn and Dr. Klinnions lnt Up FlghtAgltatlon v of Jananese School UueeUoa Be- coming Acute on ' Paclno Coast Problem a Complex One Mayor McNinch Talks About Charlotte and :. thw Army Pom. . fJi-.'-V'i-i.r. Washington,'' Nov 10. It U reports that have been received in Washington since the -election of a few days ago are to be' relied upon, the scene of activity in contested election cases will soon shift, so far as the South Is con cerned, from South Carolina to Vr ginia and 1 North Carolina. , Repre sentative Blackburn will, make a con- tost with p. N. Hackett for his seat in the House, and Dr.Blmm.ons,, Re publican, of the fifth .Virginia district, will claim that he was fairly elected to Congress, and not Judge Saunders, the Democratlo ' candidate. . ' . ' For many years South Carolina has enjoyed a monopoly on contested elec tion cases. , Three districts In that Bute the first, second and seventh, where the colored population" is large, have regularly fought out these con tested cases before the House commit tees, before which they were assigned for hearing.' All of the. contestants being negroes, with but little to for tify their claims to seats in the House, the cases have never resulted in more to them than the payment of the fee allowed them U.000. In the, present cases, however, tne . a JiJf.ukK T3 .Kaaiiatla situation is different Representauve Blackburn, being a member of con gress at the present time, and thor oughly familiar with contested elec tion cases, will undoubtedly put up a long and vigorous fight for - his old seat on the " Republican ' side and there is little if any reason to think that -be will take any . other course. InVlrglnla the Republicans have for a long time claimed the fifth dis trict as part of -their territory, and should ths certificate of election go to Judge Saunders, the Detnocratlo can didate, it is mora than likely that Dr. Simmons will put up a fight to keep him from being seated. The chairman of the committee on elections In the House Is James R. Mann, of Illinois. Heretofore in the hearing of the South Carolina cases he has given entire satisfaction to the contestees. WON'T EXCLUDE JAPS. Agitation of the Japanese school question is approaching the acute stage and is rapidly cryatallxtng into a sentiment on the Pacific coast and Western Elates, not only against the admission of Jap anese children into the schools with American children, but also against their admission Into our borders, some even go as iar u to say openly that no distinction should be made between the Chinese and the Japanese, so far, as the question of allowing them to-sjev-jsaiseountry is concerned, and they contend that be tween the two races .the Chinese are vastly more to be desired tor many reasons. ' As a result ef Investigations recent ly made by the Bureau of Labor Into tha nnbllo school Question of Bewail, where at present the Asiatic pupils largely outnumber those of any other race, the bureau Is uncertain, whether under existing circumstances, the final result in the schools will be the Amer icanising of the Oriental or the Orientalising of the American schools. ORIENTALS OUTNUMBER ALL OTUliKB. The swamping of the " American schools with Orientals, it la believed, win not be compatible with the Amer ican school system, on account of the fact that the tatter ounumners an otn- er notions combined. The exclusive use of the English language in tne schools, where Japanese children largely predominate, is not thought to be possible. The result. It is believed, will be found in the same process of displacement that has been shown In wage-earning and mercantile pur suits, and that white pupils will be crowded out of the schools established for their. especial benefit The American, pupil brought up among children of all races and at- It.inf school in a district where a majority of hlTschooimateu are aJp- anese, never acquires a perfect mas tery of his own language and speaks "Pigeon English," often with a foreign accent His progress in all studies has to be regulated by the progress of classes composed In great part'Of young people whose knowledge of English is Imperfect at best - In other ways, too, he is at a disadvantage. In personal habits and customs and so cial and ethical Ideas he is strongly Inclined to grow much like those with whom he la thrown In school life, HAWAIIAN SITUATION NOT LIKE mawauah bj. w VJa There Is little or no analogy be tween the situation in, Hawaii in this respect-and that in an American city having a large foreign school popula tion. Most European immigrants have a certain basis of Christian cul ture, taken as an element of civilisa tion, which Is a powerful and in as similation, and they are for the most part permanent settlers, and ambitious to acquire wealth and position. In Hawaii the material to be American ised is ' much - more Intractable, and the assimilative forces are tar weaker than upon the mainland, nj, The chief danger of the situation lies in the possibility that a situation will be created where Americanization by association will become Impossible through the practical . exclusion ; of American pupils from the schools. Such exclusion would disincline Amer ican parents to remain in the Islands, especially in. isolated localities. - There Is a manifest tendency how completely realised It Is hard to say as yet for Asiatic pupils to displace American pupils in the public schools in something like the same way that their parents , displace whit workers In many occupations. . SAYS CHARLOTTE IS 1 BOOMING. If -Charlotte had 'm6re men: like Mayor 8. 8. McNinch to advertise her, there would be little need to exploit Mr"ourw source. Mr. McNinch, who has been here for" eevecal days past on business for - his city; spoke Interestingly to The Observer's correspondent to-day concerning the commercial Industry and- general business outlook In his section yv,,j..v-' v'vV;v-; "As I told yoti before," - said Mr. McNInoh, "and as you have probably seen from The Observer. I hope to se cure an army post for Charlotte. We have an Ideal location for suoh a post In 'every respect and I have not the least - doubt but' that ' the : people - of the city of Charlotte and of Mecklf n 'burg county would give the proposi tion their earnest support I would certainly like to see Charlotte get the post; it would be a big thing for ua FBAUDS IN KINGS COUNTY RECOUNT FAVORS REPUBLICANS Supporters Say Bruce Has Undoubted-. .- if iieon K3ected Lieutenant Govern or of New York Democrats' Claim That Chanter's Plurality In .King's County 34,000 I&uwgentrw v PluraUty Tluoughout Sute Was ' Near - I.S00 Will ' Demand That Board of Canvassers Open .Ballot i Boxes Koi Tiiat Void and Con tew tod A Votes May , be Counted A ppllca- tlon to This nd to be Made to fiu ' ITetno Court , : .." -. v ; New .York. Nov. 10. John vB. Smith, secretary of the Kings county Republican campaign committee, said to-day that in the neighborhood of . 000 additional votes had been dis covered for M. Lyon Bruce, Republi can candidate for Lieutenant Govern or. He said: i ' "We ' have ' received returns from practically every election district, in the county." W have tabulated them and have discovered that the Demo cratic : claims made on election day that Chanler had a plurality of S4.000 In Kings bounty. had been exaggerated. Our figures show that he received a plurality of less than 10,000. Ac oordlngto the reports this morning Mr.- Chanler's 1 plurality throughout the State was In the neighborhood of 1.Z00. These additional votes In Kings county will undoubtedly elect Bruce Lieutenant Governor." A. 8. Gilbert law partner of At torney General Mayer, announced to day that as a result of Investigations which he has made he will appear beforo "the board of canvassers next Tuesday and " demand that all the ballot boxes be opened so that the void knd contested ballots may bo counted. 4 " ( He declares that he has uncovered an astounding condition of affairs in Greater New York. He has been comparing the police returns aith these tabulated at the offices of the board of elections and says he has dis covered many errors. There Is an especially large number of void and defective ballots for Lieutenant Gov ernor, he claim. . lit view of the differences In the vote for Lieutenant Governor reported by Republican leaders application wilt be made in the Supreme Court on Monday by lawyers for the Republi can candidates on the State ticket to show cause why. ths void and pro tested hallo's should not be counted. ONE! KILLED J EIGHTEEN HURT. Broken Rail Causes Wreck In Balti more 4s Ohio Boutbwetitern Near Blanoliester, O. Injured Taken to Cincinnati. Blanchestsr, O.. Nov. 10. One per son was killed, one was -probably fa tally hurt and II others were more or lass seriously injured on a wreck on the Baltimore de Ohla Southwest ern road, six mUes west of bars to day. William Billings, extra brakeman, ChlUicothe, O.. was killed. Mary Sllbersteln, 19. an immigrant, was badly bruised 'and cut about I he bead and body and received fatal In ternal injuries. Of the others in jured the most seriously hurt are;. Charles Taylor, Cincinnati, dining cr conductor; bruised and cut about head and body and left hand broken; Arthur Francis, Newport, O., arras and breast lacerated, bruised about head and body; Mrs..Cha. Bennett Odin. 111.. Internally Injured, may dW; Mrs. C. W. Wolfe. .Greenville. Ind., back Injured, cut above legs and body. ;i The injured were brought to Cin cinnati and placed in homltalM. The cause, as given but at the of fice of the general superintendent of tli road, was a defective rail. . The enelne, postal and baggage cars passed the rait safely, tu: nve coaches were wrecked and rolled down an embankment Mrs. Charles Bennett who Is be lieved to be fatally Injured, was on her wedding trip. Her husband wn only rlightly hurt WRECK ON BALTIMORE A OHIO Five Coaches of Passengers Turn Over and RoU Down Bank Near Blanches tee Nearly a 'Score Injur ed. Blanchester, O., Nov.'lQ. A wreck on the Baltimore A Ohio Southwest ern road early to-day reslultsd In the death of one man and the injury or nearly a score of other persons, six miles west of fnere. Passenger train No. struck a broken rail." The engine,' postal and baggage cars passed, but five coaches wre wrecked, turned over and rolled down the bank. Three little children or one ramiiy were injured, ons naving its legs crushed. All the crews escaped ex cept Conductor Graham who was slightly hurt Fifteen of rne injured were taxen to Cincinnati and the physicians fear that several may die. ONLY SHIP'S CAT SURVIVED. Wrecked Bark Adeone Boarded and ) , Not a Seaman Found. Rlohlbutto, N. B Nov. 10. The wrecked bark Adeona was boarded to day for tha first time since she went ashore oft this port last week and not a single seaman was found en the vessel. Only the shin's cat survived It was known previously that at least five of the eleven men had perished In an attempt to reach shore In a boat -but the fate of ths remaining members, of the crew -was not defi nitely known until to-day., when 1 It became evident . that all had ' been drowned. . C'-'-'V""' ',:J;P '6 In many ways, more than, I can men tion m fact and the benefits to be derived from it would , be ;hard, to enumerate.; ".-u. A GOOD ALL-ROUND GROWTH. "'. As to Charlotte and her growth In recent years," continued Mr. McNinch, 'I do not think there is a place any where in the South that will show as good growth -all-round as we have made.- Our- railroads are doing all the business' thry can, and could do more it they bad the proper trackage .thaifttyfou have not leas than twenty-rive. In Mecklenburg county, were never In a more . flourishing ; and : prosperous condition, and -the people generally are contented and happy, Every line of industry, I bellevs Is on a boom, The railroads will short' spend , about tSOO.000 In the way of laying addi tional tracks in the, city so that our merchants and mill men can' do more business.- Everything down our way Is looking up.. ''. .. , ;. "While, of vonrse, we have the best town in the piedmont you should not forget that' there - are other ' good one also. Oreensboro. , Hlsh Point Raleigh. Oaatonla ell of these places and - others too ars doing well ' and are growing right Hong." . . LADT SHOT BY WAYAYEB NOCTURNAL CRIME AT MT. AIRTi Miss Behfanta Ashby, Popular Ntooe of Mayor Kpsrsrer, Heceivcs pwn A In Shoulder, Ball Glancing Upward ' and Coming Out of Her Neck Un der Uie ' Ctiin., While Returning From Visit to Country Neighbors :. Reins Are Leaped at by Man by Roadside. Uo is Knocked Off by Kscort, But Fires, .:vf.-v-:v : Mt ," Airy, ' Nov. 10. Last night about 11 o'clock Miss Bethania Ash by, a popular and well-known young lady of this city, was shot and serious ly Wounded and her physicians can not yet tell what the result may be. The shooting occurred one mile west of here on the Low Gap road In a dense woods, near what is known as Old Hollow churoh, a locality which has furnished much criminal history In the past few years. , Misses Ashby and . Minnie Burke, aooompanled by Mr. Jack Turner, were driven out to the home ef B. M. McGee, who lives two miles from here, and it 'was while return ing to the city that the 'cowardly crime was committed ., The ' young people were In a buggy and while coming through the woods saw Just In front of them a man crouching bv the roadside. Just as the vehicle came up with the man h sprang up and tried to grasp the tines, out Mr. Turner quickly anticipated bis inten tion and dsalt him a blow with Ins flat which staggered the atotckng party. The horse was urged forward at this Juncture and the man In the road opened ie on the occupants of the buggy. When about fifty yards from tho motl M!M Ashby i-xctaimod that she was shot 6 ho was driven rapidly to her home in this city. A physician was summon 1 and found that a forty-four calibre ball had entered her shoulder, glancing upward and coming out of her neck under her chin. The little finger of her left hand was also shot off. She had sustained the shock wonderfully and was the least excited of the trio. The shelrff and a posse of men went immediately to the scene of the shoot ing and an Investigation resulted In the arrest this morning of Elmer Brim, a well-known man of this place. When he was brought Into town In the custody of the sheriff feel ing ran high and talk of lynching was indulged In by some of the more excited cltlsens. He was given a tri al before a magistrate this evening and while the evidence was mostly of a circumstantial nature the court remanded him to Dobson Jail without bail. A large crowd saw the prisoner oft to jail and the sheriff sent an extra guard for his protection. At S o'clock to-night the wounded young lady is doing well and If no complications set in she will recover. The wounded young lady is the eldest daughter of the late Joseph W. Ashby, and a neice of Mayor B. F. Sparger. The young man charged with the shoot ing Is a son of T. L. Brim and splen didly connected in the county. Young Brim refussd to talk, but ths investi gation showed that two other young men were connected with the crime and Other sensational arrests are ex pected. MAY SUCCEED NEGRO TROOPS. Bvlleved Four Companies of Twenty Sixth Infantry Sent to San Antonio Are to Take Place of Those Dis missed ll Dla'.ic. Oklahoma City. Nov. 10. It Is be lieved at F)-t Rno. Okla., th-t the four corona lie o.' th twinity-tlxth Infantry, whfj h wer :art! fir that post last iilrhc on a special (rain from San An:o t!o, sre to tuke the place of the nesrro troops, members of Companies B. C and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, recently or dered dismissed by President Roose velt aa a rosult of riotous disturb ances In brjwnsvllla Texas, on Aug u 1. It was taled by a t ofllcur at Fort Reno that the Tza tiooos had been sent to Oklahoma as a precautionary measure. The negro troops are soon to be formally dismissed and the clt lsens of El Reno, where the three companies ars stationed, fear trouble will follow. The Texas troops come. It is said, aa a matter of protection to tha cltlsens. Since their arrival at El Reno, which Is two miles distant from Fort Rsno. the negro troops havs been placed under the strictest discipline being , subjected to a roll call every two hours. The formal order for the discharge of the dis graced troops was Issued at Washing ton yesterday. The date, of actual dismissal Is not known hsrs. ROBBERS LOOT SMALL BANK Secure $1400 at Rural Retreat Va.. and Make Good Escape.. Blood Hounds Trail Them In Vain. Bristol, Vs.. Nov. 1 0. The Bank of Rural Retreat, a small country bank at Rural Retreat Va., was looted by expert safe crackers at an esjrlyour this morning and M00 In cash stolen. -The safe was blown open and the robbery committed without any one being disturbed and the robbers made good their escape. They were trail ed with bloodhounds to a point two mites east of the town where they are supposed to have mounted horses and -rode away. -a- To Investigate Tobacco Trust . Washington, Nov. 10. An Investi gation ' Of the business methods of tha so-called Tobacco Trust will be un dertaken by the Department of Jus-tie.- K. N. Hill, of Boston, was todsy appointed as a special attorney to make the Inquiry. , Officials of the Department will not discuss the pur pone of the Investigation, but it ' is believed that prosecution under the Sherman anti-trust law is In view, ; n v. - "-ii ( ' Ambrose I Thomas Dead. .' ' Chicago, Nov. -10. Ambrose L. Thomas, president ef the firm of Lord A Thorn sa, known to newspapers all over the United States, dropped dead to-day while making some purchases In a retail dry goods store. . Heart disease Is thought to be the cause,, . Robt Fulton's Body to be Moved. , ' New York, Nov. 10. Four descend, ants of Robert Fulton, the Inventor of the steamboat, to-day gave their eon sent to Cornelius Vaoderbllt president of the Robert -Fulton Memorial Asso ciation, to remove the body of Fulton from the vault In Trinity churchyard, thle city, to a tomb In the 1600,000 monument which the memorial asso ciation Intends to erect here. .,,. , , ,.i i i 4 'Vi.,"' -'Methodist Episcopal Conference. Tulsa, It, Nor. 1 0. The confer ence of Indian missions of the M, K. Church, South, wss begun here .to dsy with an attendance of several hundred delegates. . , ' FOB ELECTBIC TBAILWAY $10,000,000 CONCERX FORMED . .,..., , , ':, ...-i-v ..- South Carolina Publio Service) - Cor poration Plans to Build, Not Trol leys, But an Klectrlo Hallway Sys . tent With - Fn Schedules ' and .Heavy Freight Carrying Capacity - Object to Get Outlet to Sen at '. Charleston From Piedmont Section Mr. .Cobb Probably Not Elected - Probate Jadgo After All His Cam Y Paigning, pwtng to . Accidental i Omission of Name. .. v i. ' ' ' Observer Bureau, ! . .-. ' ISOt Main , Street ' ' f Columbia, S. C, Nov. 10, ' If the purposes of the South Carolina Publio Service Corporation, a newly organised concern of f 10.000,000 cap ital, are carried out.- this State will witness a transportation development within the next two years that will revolutionise Its business. This Will be the first strictly electrto railway dv velopment In this section of the South. It Is not to be a trolley system, but an electric" railway system with a high rate of speed and heavy freight carry ing capacity. :-' ' '' Mr. Van Etton, one of the promot ers of the scheme, who Is at Orange burg with a number of his associates arranging matters for an important terminus there, talked to your cor respondent to-day over the long dis tance 'phone of the . purposes , and hopes of the new company. "Columbia Is to be the home ef the general offices of the company." . he said In answer to questions, "and we are to radiate from there to Char lotto and the piedmont - We will first ge through Columbia and branch out to Charlotte and Spartanburg, taking in Greenville in the loop back to Columbia or Augusta. The object Is to get an outlet to the aea at Charles ton for all that rich Piedmont section. "At Orangeburg we will branch out after leaving Charleston, with one line to Augusta and the Other to Columbia, branching again Just be yond Columbia for Charlotte and Spartanburg." Answering other questions the promoter said that it could not be said just yet whst exact routes any of the lines would take. ROUTES DEPEND ON GRADES. That matter depends on the grades largely." he said. "We ars after a high speed and want to avoid grades of more than one per cent We will first pick out the more Important towns and other Important Inter mediate centres the best we can con sidering the grades. From Spartan burg we will take la Greenville and Anderson In the loop." "And how are the cities and towns you touch expected to 'come across? How much purchasing of bonds will they be expected to dot" your corres pondent asked. "The company has plenty of cap ital," was the reply. "We won't ask the cities and towns for anything but franchises to enter them, and all we want of ths Intervening territory Is rights of way." Mr. A. U. Legare of this city has signed a two years' contract with the company to do engineering work. He begins operations with a force of as sistants this week between here and Charleston. From what baa been printed ao fat many people have gotten the idea that the only object the company has is to construct A 11ns between Orange burg and Charleston. NAME LEFT OFF TICKET. Though he went through a swelter ing campaign in the Democratic pri maries and won the nomination for re-election as Judge of probate for four years Wade Hampton Cobb of this city appears not to have been elected In the general election this week, by a curious oversight on the part of those In charge of the election machinery, his name being left off the only ticket voted. The only rem edy appears to He In the ordering of another election, as It seems doubtful whether the Governor has power to appoint In sue ha case. It is fondly hoped by Mr. Cobb and his friends that when the offlrtlal returns sre canvassed next Tuesday It will be dis covered that somebody saw the omis sion and took the trouble to vote for Mr. Cobb. Mr. Cobb himself voted, but did not notice the omission in the ticket. He had no opposition and ons vote would have put him through. MRS. COBURN IN SPARTANBURG JAIL. Mrs. Harlett Coburn, tha white wo man wanted aa a witness In the second trial of Lum West and OUie Pender at Spartanburg, on a charge of as sault snd hsttery, has been arrestsd In Lancaster county and placed In jail at Spartanburg undsr a witness war rant until the trial. At the requeet of Solicitor Sense Governor Hey ward some time ago offered a reward of ITO for the arrest of ths woman, it being alleged that West and Pender had ln tlmldater her and ran her out of Spartanburg, Poder having shot at her, it Is said. Revolutionist Take Machine Gun. 8t Petersburg. Nov. . 10. The most recent exploit of the St Pstersburg revolutionists Is the theft of a ma chine gun of the latest model and a large supply of cartridges. It Is pre sumed that the expert gunner is In volved because tn Tiecessary auces sorlee were simultaneously abstracted from the armory. The prefect of po lice Issued an order especially em phasising the necessity of recapturing; the gun. : Whole Train Leaves Track. . Bloomlngton. HU Nov. 10. The Nashville train on the Illinois Central northbound was derailed ' to-day v at Buckley, a small station north of here. The whole train left the track, but none of the coaches turned over. Fifteen of the passengers and train crew; were more or less injured, but none fatally.' The aocident was caus ed by a broken rail , . . .. v. v ', Reversed the FUlptaos. ; ''. ' , Rome, Italy, Nov. 10. Archbishop j, J. Harty, of Manila, said that the division of money derived front the purchase of the Frier lands by the United 8tstes government as estab iiahsd bv the Vatican, pleassd ths Fil ipinos, and tho Vatican. Is now Inves tigating the deeds of each Philippine diocese in oraer to nx snsir respevuve yearly; portion ' " .l.'':'V1..,, ' ..( jV-Jt' "A i-i-Ti1"; : -"&$vi3(& ;v Increase of $5 Cents a Day.; , ' Butte, Mont, Nov.:-. 10, Twelve thousand employes of the mine and smelters In Montana have been grant ed an increase of wages averaging SB cents a day, beginning Nov! 15. ' The Increase in the wages of the Amal gamated -Company - employee was awarded py II.. H. Rogers. -; Accidentally Shoots Schoolmate. ' Andovef, Miss., Nov. 10. Charles E. Rlggs, of Mt Vernon, N. Y a phlllps-Andover Academy student ac cidentally shot and -killed John T. Tracy, of Emporia, Kas., a - school mate, to-day, FIVE BBOWNEUIN YADXIi; THE FATE OF , ROWAN NEGRO I CaiMliing of Boat at Point Ferry. Six : . Miles From Sallobury, Semis All on Board to the ItotLoni lLxt Attend- ., ed Cora Shucking in Davidson ami ' Had Drunk Heavily, Being Then , fore ' Somewhat - - Bo4eroua M v.- - Hatley Gets Foot Mashed Burglars Frighten Family of Mr. T. M. hern , Dr. Kinard to be Installed To- .' Day..,f!1...';.,-;,...;!,.:.-',,;, Special to The;Obserren-yUi:;:l'- Salisbury,' Nov. 10. Five negroes, filled with .bad whiskey and ? corn shucking supper, were drowned about midnight or shortly after this morning at the Point Ferry six , hi tie from Salisbury. Jack Ratts, a colored wo man, the wife of Clint Sears, Henry Sears, wife and son made y up ; : the quintette that went to the bottom of the Yadkin river when the unfortun ate and inebriated crowd rocked the boat and turned it over. They were Rowan darkles and Went over into Davidson for a corn husk ing. The custom of passing around whiskey Is well known here and it went the usual rounds with the usual darkey drunk. When the crowd came back It .was a merry party and their shuffling in the boat capslsed it Farmers from the neighborhood say that the body of Clint Bears' wife was recovered, a grape vine tied to it then pushed back into the river out of su perstitious fright The remainder of the drowned people cannot be found. The Stewarts, of Davie county, upon whose land the shucking took place, say the colored people who , were drowned live in Davidson. The cries of those who were In distress were heard and a neighbor of the colored people swam out almost to the point where one of them drowned. The woman sank Just where the man was preparing to seise her. It appears from later accounts of the drowning that whiskey did not cause the acci dent but that the boat was filled too full and sank from overloading. Traveling : Road Engineer John Hatley was hurt yesterday on an en gine by having his foot -caught be tween the reverse lever and the boil er of the locomotive.' It was severely mashed, but will not Incapacitate him for any considerable time. Mr. Hat ley will be long remembered as the young fireman who twelve years ago figured in the great freight wreck on the Southern on the bridge over the Yadkin, six mile from Salisbury. The family of Mr. T. M. Kern . were badly frightened last evening by a ne. . gro man who was seen to Jump from the second story of the house after -concealing himself up stars. Carpen ters had been at work on the addition to the residence and when they left it their ladders were left In tact. The negro climbed up one of theei and hid In the garret When some mem ber of the family went up stairs the black rascal Jumped from the house and made his escape, despite the ef forts of the officers to catch him. 4 Rev. Dr.- M. M. Kinard, pastor of the Lutheran church of Salisbury, will be regularly Installed to-morrow. The sermon to the congregation will b preached by Rev. Dr. ' George H. Cox and Rev. V. Y. Booser will make the address to the pastor. Dr. -Kinard came here from Knoxville, Tenn.. in September. He has charge of on of the largest Lutheran congregations in the SUt and his parish is devoted to him. - - The young men last night gave a dance to the ladles of the city and . their visitors and the Coleman Or chestra played. It was a very pretty little affair attended by .a dosen couples. The dance began at tea and ended at midnight At the same hours, the younger so ciety people gave a farewell party to Miss Annie Laurie Ramsay on the eve of her departure for Seattle.. Washington. Mrs. Claude C. Ram say, an aunt of the honored guest of the young men. leaves for. her home. Uklng Mtas Ramsay with her. They will be away a year. Mrs. Ramsay has been on a visit to her sister-in-law, Mrs. James H. Ramsay, this be- , lng her first visit since If 00. 8he Is the wife of a Ballsburian who has had remarkable success in- the - West and was recently elected by the Dem ocrats to the Legislature from his home city. This Is remarkable in tho -light of lifelong devotion to the Re publican party. ' FOR FRAUDULENT USE OF MAILS SSasnsaMBBaBSMS J - Chlcngoan Represented IUmself mm Member of Brokerage Firm Which: Postnfflce Inspectors Find to be " FlCtltlOU.. - -----"--r-.-;.--- Chlcssjo, Nov. 10. 0arle Vf: Norton., accused of using the malls trs -promote a fraudulent scheme and ar rested at the instigation of postofflc Inspectors, was to-day held to the Federal grand jury at Toledo, by United 8tates Commissioner Foot. Norton will be taken to Toledo to an swer the charge of obtaining 11.000 shares of mining . stock through a fraud perpetrated on Thomas Smurth walte, an official of the mining com pany, by representing himself as a member of a brokerage . company, which government officials declared yesterday was flctltleus. - : RELIEF IS NOT LIKELY. V , enBSBBaaanSSSBS , .Ja' C ' Secretary of Treasury Announces Thai He Will Walt Until the Last Mo ment Before Taking Any Action To ward Relief of Financial Situation. Washington, Nov. 10. Secretary Shaw, when asked If anything would . be dona to relieve the financial situ ation, be replied that "unless condi tions materially changed he would not refund, buy bonds. Increase deposits, nor do anything else : The Treas ury, he says, holds t25.00O.000 which can be used as a last resort but it will ' not' e used until :? absolutely necessary. '' What has-been done has been In response to business condi tions.. 'Unless 1 business conditions generally are again disturbed nothing further', heed b; expected.' r r-' ' V- President Now Well on Wsy ' Norfolk. Vai Nov. 10. A wireless message received at the Cape Charle station from Captain Coudeu. com manding the battleship Louisiana, on which the President and party , ere en roufftr to .Colrr .tstd tfrtjt.l ts o'clock to-day the ship . was about 475 miles southeast of the Chena peake Capes, at a point about opposite Savannah, proceeding at a 13-knot gait with smooth water, good weath er and all well aboard '"v Convicted Murderer Tscapo. Amerlcus, - Ga., Nov. 10. Co,.. -Bundrtck, the Uooly county mm ! Who has ben In jull hfre f r months and lately saved from t lows by a stay of nton. t Governor, eseappl last n! :Ut t v ' lng 'the bars. Ho wa onv killing John fhrom1T an l w the hitter's wl'-'s 1 looly. r v county, several jc us
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