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. -" - ( , ' x : it "v Yt ) p. V - !eV jf1 ' " ' . I,' N,.' O., , SUNDA 5 f ilORNING, DEGEA : SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $8.00 PER YEAR. : , " CIIARLOTTE, DECEMBER 9, 190&cf, PRICE FIVE 'CENTO." li o ' .. f - BUIXEX FELL8 EX-SEN AT0B ' RASH DEED OF 80CMWED WOMAN X , jlrthw Brown, Former ITnltod State j, senator rrora uun , . oualy Wounded by Mra Anna M. Bradley, of Salt Lake CityShoo. 5 In Occurred tn ' Bro wn'a Apart ' ments at the Hotel Raleigh and - tnu a - SensatlonBrown ta Critical Condition at th Kxaerrocy r, ''Hospital. Woman Followed Him to . , 5 -l -Washington to Avenge An Alleged " WronrToO tt 6o7 Senator ; 7 , Washington, Deal Informer Unit ' d ' Stat Senator Arthur, Brm, of , v UUn. te-nlcht Um in erlttoal ,con ClUon In SmergeBcr Hopltal, fronv plitol r shot , wound In tho : abdomon -V InflloUd bf Mr. Anna M. Bradloy, i ; Salt Lak. . who arrtred bar today from that clty. Ta thootlnr occur- Trad In Sanator Brokn's apartment In , th Hotal Ralalth. whr Mra Brad i r alto had regitrd under th nam . ( "A. B. Brown.". . 6h waa taken In - custody and wa locked) up for' the nlfht in tha-matron' room of ; th rirt Fredact poUc aUtlon. i'J-' t,' ' v - Twct hot wer flred. on (laslnf Brown lert nana . ana tna outer en. -1 terlnc . th abdomen and - lodclns In th pelvlo cavity, - After working orer - him for nearly two : hours. - the sur geon decided: that -for th present at Uut they. would mak no further at- ' tempt to find the bullet . It wa tat , " d. , to-nUjht Vthat whll . 8nator ' Brown' condition waa critical, hi Wound ara not neoe ruy rauu ; NO WITNESS TO SHOOTINa Mrs.' Bradley arrived, her shortly artr noon. , After being asagned ' a room sh v Immediately ' went to Benator Brown's apartment. There war no wltne to the shooting, but ' a floor maid heard th shou and noU '". Bed the management. According to her statment. J4r. Bradley oam to Washington Ao demand that Senator Brown marry her. Sh said that "their relations were well known In . Salt Lake. "I askd hlm U he-was r going to do th right thing by me," h oaid. maintaining a remarkable . composure. "Hi rply waa , that he - nut n his overcoat ana tanea io leava th room and I ht him. I ab hor act of (hi character, but In this ' -aaee It was fully. Justified." . Whll expressing no sorrow for her act, sh waa glad to know that Sena tor Brewn - mlgh recover. "I was practically penhiless when I got here td-dav" she said. "Having. only ll.tS, and after paying th cabman all the meney I had in the weno waa si.su. She said she urged Senator Brown , to marry her. that he had been lnstru- mental In the divorce . between her husband and herself.. and that as his wf wss dead he now could "do the v right thing4 by her. Thla, ah aaia ho poniveiy rexusea to ao. ... -... . TEZX8 8KNAT0B HUB 8TOT.J , Mrs. Bradley is a brunette.' about .- II year old. -ana trail or staiure. Her first act after being taken to the . nolle station was to send for-Senator Sutherland. of Utah, .who. caller on h to-night and baa a long tain wiin l' . her- Senator Sutherland 'Tegratted ' being brought Into tha casC nut-said that Mr. Bradley ad" sent tor- him because he wa the only man here ' whon eh- knew , t mi anetoia , ' the storr-of her relaUoui With "BCD i ator Brown. . She alleged that vwnof her children Owe their parentage to . .Senator Brown and that an nsa nam ed na of them ' after him. Mrs. Bradler was reluctant to apeak of her - former ".husband, but , questioning brought out the. fact that he now u living In Nevada with a ecdnd wife. Further questioning 'disclosed the fact that Mrs. jsrsaisy ror two years. 1100 and l0f.' had served in th ca nacity f aecretary to the. Utah State Republican committee and also - at one tune waa wrnnr m ma uuiw ors-an of the State Federation of Wo men's Cluba She declared that shs had a sister in the newspaper business In Salt Lake, but tha,t she would not communicate with members of her family because she knew that they would come to ner assistance. Manager Talty; of the Raleigh, was notified of the shooting within two - or . three . minutes after It. occurred. He hurried io Senator Brown's room to ascertain the facta BROWN RETAINS CONSCIOUSNESS Senator Brown, despte' the serious. ness snd snock of the wound, retained consciousness and was perfectly calm and collected. He made n statemnt to Mr. Talty beyond saying that ha hsd been shot by Mrs. Bradley. The woman continued In the room while Mr. Tatty waa attending to Senator' Brown, but offered no as . elstance. Finally, Mr. Talty ordered her to leava the room. - 8he declined with absolute, coolness to ooraply with th order. - "I will remain hsre." sh said. "I .-. am the mother of two of his chil dren.''. , An officer from the first precinct police station placed Mrs. Bradley un- ,.der arrest " 8 mads no resistance and ; offered no further explanation of th shooting. 8 wss asksd for a state v men of th laoldent, but referred all those who- Inamrsd to Seaator Suth erland, of Utah.. ., - BROWN INVOLVED WITH WOMAN .. ' Both FUraredT In Senaatloaal Criminal Case In Salt Lake City-War Sev- era! Wer k Before Hla Departure . ' for. the Capital Mra.- Bradley Had . Um a Persistent Caller Brown a Lawyer and Politician. Salt Lak City. Utah. Dec. I. Ar- thur Brown,- a prominent lawyer, who wss on of Utah's first United States ' Senators, being elected ' when Utah . was admitted to Statehood, left her for Washington: several days ago. An n M. Bradley, who has flguredntre In; a sensational criminal .. -ease. In ' . which she And Senator Brown were Involved, left th city two day after Brown' departure. .. ..v a About three years ago g charg In volvlnit Immoral conduct , wa ' filed ' asnlnst Senator Brown and th Brad " ' ley woman by Senator Xiown's wife, f ' H(or. th caa carpo tt trial Mra . i -w-rown' -withdrew fw ,' charge and Y rown waa re leaned. Mra Bradley N,'. faded guilty. Before, son tence wa 'Imposed however, sho waa permitted ! to withdraw her plea andthe charge ejalnst her was dlsmlssod. The .wife v of Senator Brtrn died f about ( two years ago. ..... . . , : ; ., , ; Ssnator Brown camho Utah from ' Mlohlgan. wher he was a conspicuous ' In politics and as a lawyer. 'It Is said that for several weeks be for th departure of lr, Brown u-r , V ashlngton. ' Mrs. Hradloy hn-1 't , t'atedly. called at. his of1in, but ! . refused to telle with her Mra Bradley aire went to Brown rcsMehc and . tne -annoyance luim ao pvisisteut IhiU h locked his houw and went to le at a hotel. -. . t -r.? ' Three day before Brown's depart ure for Washington : he tslked with Mra firadley ar.d sh agreed to go to San 'Wanclsco. ' It was tjppoied ah ka4 gone thrV. "LONE B0BBj:RM. : UCHED iUnSAKS -'iANJ) .' BLOC "'E JAW, Following an Attempt to Rob a Great ' ;.Bend BankKlngle-Handed,! Man . Who v Gives an 'Assumed Aame f ,i Surrounded' and Captured by CIU ' sens A Driver for the Wells-Fargo , -lpre Company Acdentally aUU ,kA by the Pursuing Party Alarm, - Which Led . to , Kobber'a Capture iWae Given by Plucky Clerk, W no Displayed. Bare Presenoa of Mind. 4 Great Bend, Kan, Deo. After atemptlng t rob th' J.' -Wi Brink. man Company Bank - to-day siogle- nanasa, a man wno gave nia name aa George A. Lewis, of Kansas City," was. surrounds and captarsa. una west fall., a driver tfor th Wll-Fargo Express Company, was killed by short flred . by one of the pursuers. Levi walked Into th bank a few minute after It opened to-day and pointing a revolver at cashier a-k. Taylor, ordered him to throw up his msnda , in an nstant a clerk dodgea Into the vault and set eft the burg lar alarm. ' .Taylor handed over f SS0 la bills and a crowd-of men and bora soon aiv chase, and seeing him self being hemmed In, the robber ran up the stairs of the. Wells-Fargo Ex press building.-; Locking himself In i room on th second floor, be defied arrest, . i. . ... -'". - 8TRAT BULLET KILLS DRIVER. ' Several shsts were fired 'Into' the room in an attempt to . dislodge the robber. One bullet, struck -and -Instantly killed Driver Weetf alL ' who was In th sxpress office on th street floor.- j Finally after, Parleytna- for an hoar with- his pursuers. Lewis surrendered nd was taken to Jail. The money Taylor- naa handed over to him wss recovered. He was , followed to the Jail by an excited crow. Cries of "lynctn him" were frequently heard and B. W. Taylor, father of the bank cashier, attempted to attack him. He first said tils nam was George A Lewis, of Kansas City, and then that tt wa George A. - West, and that he had com her from Chloaao. . 1 He admitted later that b had not given bis correct nam. SINKING BENEATH WATER. Embankineint, Breakwaters and Pier at Fort Macon lAte 8a ring Station Disturbed by Settling of the Eartn -riace May be Buomergea.- Special to The Obeerver. Newborn; Dee. I. A singular con dlUnVxlts at th Fort Macon life saving station, located near BeaufoL Yesterday' afternoon Capt Push was startled . to 1nUc the embankments large breakwater and pier wore set tUng. Th' breakwater Just m front of th main' building ha entirely dis appeared and . Wnere the water was eight, feet deep at high tide. It Is now e joev uapt. rugn, rearing that vner wouia o a genera, collapse, romThoaed bis men to save all thing posnbl. J At Cho present tlm th building is intact but Its' condition Is considered dangerous fd lack of the wotoctlna ssiWhewaanoaAok or any dmntrauon of a seismic naA tar, but V gradual settling ef.tta'e earth. The .disturbance lasted aboat t0 minutea The 'foundation of th main building settled about five feet Many think that the trouble w caused by a gradual heavy current settling against the point of theJ beach, cnttlng a subterranean chan nel nader the breakwaters and beadA. Some months ago Captain Pugh notl fled the government of danger and said that If steps Were not taken to prevent it, the place would be sub merged: Beach at Moreticad City Sinking. Special to The Observer. Uorehead City, Dec. I At 5 o'clock this evening the beach has sunk with in two feet of the life savlnr station. The besch Is now rraduallv alnkin. ine coon in me main building cannot os closed now. The beach has given away about 10 feet durins the dav. The station and all the buildings are expeciea io go st any time. THE VERMONT SHOWS UP WELL. Entire Forward Deck of Battleship njirased In Ice as Result of Trip in ivoruiwest uaie m &ero Temper- store. Boston. Dec t. When the battle ship Vermont successfully completed all her government trials at sea this afternoon. Including a four-hour run at full power a 24-hour endurance test and the usual turning and backing manoeuvres, ner enure forward deck from stem to bridge was encased In loe as the result of a S-hours trip in tn nortnwest gaie and ssro tem perature. Upon reaching the city to-nlarht Rear Admiral Hemnhlll, chairman of the naval trial board, notified the Secretary of the Navy thst ths beha vior, of the ship had been excellent In th four-hours full power run yester day . th .Vermont averaged 18.11 knots an hour. In- the K-hours test th average weed was 17.41 knots an hour and the horse-power 14,500. The requirements called for an aver aar of II knots at full power and 11,- IV norse-power at two-thirds spsed. Tn trial wer Held under the most ever condition yet undergons by a government vessel in ths official tests and the requirements were all com pleted witnin four da vs. which la the shortsst period In which a battleship haa been put through her paces. nKNRY WATTERSON BANQUETED The Distinguished Editor Ieaves for -w lura.xo-nignt to Spend tl winter. - v- , . , ...,iiiiY 7, utV, . ADOUt SOU cltlsens of Louisville gav a banquet to Jlenry Watterson to-night, - th vent being In' the liatere of a "stir UD CUD" for ths , dlatinvul.h. '.il tor who leaves for New fork Shnday nlgbt. salllag a; , few , days later for Spain where he will spend the win ter. Young E. Allison waa toastmast r and those responding to toasts id addttort to .Mr.' Watterson, Inotudad James Whlteomb Riley. Mr. Watter ton's remarks to hla "fellow towns men" as hs put It were informal. . ; Yonnger Most Needed for th Naty. Washington, Dsr, - . "We want younser men to commend the shlDs of the tkvy.'f sad Admiral Dewey, af ter an interview wun tn president to-day, "and th only way to ao- compllsh It la to retlr offloers early," This result is sought to be attained by tn enactment of th naval ur- sonnel bill which th Admiral dis cussed vim h JPresldent, , GBIDKOHEEB JI AEE ilEKBY '"' f aensasnesn " ' SLT DIGS AT HIGH OFFICIALS. Th Preddent of : th Ualted State ,. and Other Dignitaries Guests at ths Twenty-TtUrd Annual Dinner of th ;; Famous Club Initiation . of . Two 4 New Member Gives Opportonlty j; i or atrouinc me war Department Songs Without Number, In Which :; the Distinguished Gaesta are Intro. : daoed Wtua OiaraoterlsUo Mekxllea. Washington, Dq, . With th President af th UnlUd States sad th Vlo President with th Ambassadors from Ztaly. Great Britain,- Russia and Japan,: with , th 8paakr , ; of .ta House . of Representatives. 4 Senators andRopresentatlve in CongTees, with' many of the great captains ot indus try present. . th . t Ird annual . dinner of th Gridiron Club to-night at. th New . Wlllard ' maVket " th high ttd of th , club' prprty and Its achievements, ' Throughout, ' gentle satire, burlesqu and straight 'ooraedy were" the dominating; notes In the most successful dinner this iamdus club of Washington - correspondents ha jTrA lTn, Thar were sharp contrasts,' mirth and aeriouKtess chas ing one another. The tribute to. tfla dead members of the club abntted closely upon a burlesqu Cuban revo lution and an exemplification of what nappena in th "lawn tenrda cabinet' which meets with the President very asy eunasys excepted, and volleys with him over th nets.. A -DIG AT ROOSEVELT. Probably the strongest feature of th dinner was the Gridiron "simple speller" and dictionary which waa issued in.tne xorm of a booklet of some forty ., pages containing quaint speiungs and exceedingly tunny cuts, Illustrating the deflnltlona -, The initiation of the two new mem bers gave an opportunity for a quiet dig at the War Department growing out Of th discharge ot th three col ored" companies of the Twenty-Fifth Infantry at Brownsville. Tex. Mr. C Arthur Williams, of The Washing ton Herald, and Mr.' Charles Will Thompson, of The New York Times, were the two new members taken Into ths club the former Imperson ating an officer of the Twenty-Fifth infantry, while the latter was com pelled to read from His book "Party Leaders of the Time," wherein h spakt of the President Vice President Fair banks, Senator Spooner and Senator Aldrlch. ' BULLETINS FOR THE HOUSE. Throughout the dinner bulletins were read from the White House by different member of th clab out lining possible cabinet changes, at the end of which the club members sang to the tune of "He's a Jolly Good Fal low.' There were songs without number, ths President. Secretary Tsft Secre tary Shaw and Vice President Fair banks being Introduced with charac teristic melodies which put everybody In good humor. Throughout the dinner mere were telephone conversation held) with un known pernge in wnicn opportu nity wss ghren t to gently broil Sh guests in the delicate mannor tof which the club is famous. THE GUESTS PRESENT. Th following wore among the guests present: Secretaries Hitch-rcx-k Shaw. Taft and Wilson. United States Senators Aldrlch, Blackburn1 Crane, Foraker. Hepburn. Klttredge. Scott Spooner and Tillman; Repre sentatives Babcork, Dawes, Esch, GUI, Grosvenor. Lacev. Llttauer. Louden slager, Lowdno, McCleary, Parsons, Sherman. Sullivan. Tawny. Towns and Weel-.s: Assistant Secretary of State Bacon. John Barnett. Minister to Co- umbla: B. B. Comer, Oovei nor-elect of Alabama; Lieutenant General Cor- bin; Charles G. Dawea, Chicago: Stuwesant Fish, New York; D. R. Francis. St. Louis; J. R. Garfield; J. W. Gates, New York; F. N. Barksdale, Pennsylvania Railroad; Perry Bel mont New York; II. R. Charlton, Grand Trunk Railway: 3. IL Edwards, assistant secretary of the Treasury; E. H. Harrlman, president union Paclflo Railroad: Wm. Loeb. Jr., sec retary to the President; Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather Bureau: Paul Morton. New York. W. D. Pur dy, Assistant Attorpey General; Theo dore P. Bhonts, cnairman ot me ism mlsn cansl commission; Jsmei Spey er, New York; H. St. George Tucker, president of the Jamestown Exposi tion and Timothy L. Woodruff, of New York. JAPS WANT NATURALIZATION. Ambassador AoU Thinks Favorable Action by Congress on tne presi dent's Recommendation Would Go Far Toward Securing Continued Friendly iteiauona, Washington. Dec. I. Favorable action bv Conaress on' the recom raendatlon of the President In his last annual message that an act be pass ed sDeclflcslly providing for the nat uralisation of Japanesa who come to ths United States Intending to be come American cltlsens. will go far toward securing a continuanc of tn traditional friendly relation between this country and Japan, In the opinion of Viscount Aoki, tne japan am- bsesador. ..... The ambassador expressed tne be lief that there were not so many Jap anese in this country to tak advant age of naturalisation if it wor grant ed, but ha thought that such an op portunity should" be afforded them slona- with th cltlsens of other conn- f tries. Hs said h - did not think It probable that those. Japanese who were emigrating In large numbers to Hawaii and th Pacific, coast- would avail themselves of - naturalisation- as most of them ultimately returned to Japan. . I. :.J NARROWLY ECAPES LYNCHING, Insane Foreigner Cnta Off Glrl'i Hair and isareiy racapea- vwience - at Hand of Mob. 1 " . - Plttaburg., Dec, l. Michael Kuro- yik ,a foreigner of Homestead, Pa.; a auouro i mi ruy, siincasa nans Story, 17 year 0I6V In her horn to night and cat off her hair . with a rssor. He narrowly escaped . lynch ing at th hand of an Infuriated mob. Miss Story met Kurovik la a hallway and without a word he solid her. and with on slash 1 or the rssor out th greater part of her hair from her bead. Releasing th trlrl, tin tnan escaped from th house, .Ths glrl'a cries attracted a large . crowd of men, who captured Kurovik and wer nrenarlng to hang him when tie was rescued by a squad Of police. Surrounded by th mob, the Ulcers rushed Kurovik. to .fin police ta tloa, with several hundred . excited people In pursuit A For" half an hour th mob : llnaered . around the . sta tion but dispersed when additional of- fleer arriged to guard th jair . ' Kurovik. th sollc say. la gppar- tntly Instntv 1 SL CON1 jj-' y - ' ' . .a. ,:'-v.,'','.'-,"i;' EXt .AT WIISOTNGTON Committee en -Time and Place Rec ommends Wilmington aa Place for ' west Hoetlna' ana Tbl Carrie, le. epMe New born mnpru ' Paid Old Minute a K " , tnre vMr. J. W. BafUl'i Missions a Notable Effort Conven i tion ' Advocate . State Reformatory . or Other Corrective Institution for Youthful Crlmlnsls -proposHlop of ; Minister' Conference la Taken Un- .1 dar. Cosuridoratton, Special to The Observer. ' Greensboro, Dae. " 8.-One of th most Interesting and striking feature of the Baptist State Convention Is the presence of the many men in On body wno so pair naa grown whit tn tne serives of! th Church, but : who ar yet actively engaged In th work. Their greatest desir tn . this connec tion la to contlnu In Dnla on workof their live -until they can "their bod- las with their work lav down." The man who gives hla young and middle years falthfally to the work of the ministry naa no urns 10 prepare mm. self .for. another line of work upon wtolch to depend when his head be gins to whiten with age. There are men In this Convention who have no doubt-pasasd the mile stone which mark three score years and ten, but age doe not. always signify physical or mental Inefficiency and these men are still th much loved pastors of oongregaUona In tne different parte of the State Another striking feature of the Convention ' Is the high regard in which - the elder men are held by the young men ot the body. No ef fort as "pushing aside" Is visible on th Dart of n youna: men. but on th other hand deference to their ri pened experience - and safe opinion. The : able young men of the Conven tion are not In any wsy discounted by the body. They are prominent In the work of their denomination, hut they do not attempt to usurp the place or to disregard the wisdom of m - older members: Amonar the youncer lsymen of the Convention no one 1 mors prominent than Editor J. W, Bailey, of The Biblical Recorder. He Is a young man with the good of his denomi nation at heart, and he uses his time, hi brain and hi pen to further Its Interest, and th Interest also of ev ery cause In One State that tends V uplift humanity. The masterful ad dress which Mr.. Bailey delivered os State missions I, yet tns talk of ths Convention. AT WILMINGTON NEXT TIME. General pleasure Is evidenced at the thought of holding the next session of the Convention tn Wilmington, and the delegates of that city and of all eastern NorOn Carolina will spare no effort to give the delegates an cordial welcome as they nave bad In Greensboro. The committee on time and place recommended Wilmington and aa amendment was offered In favor of Newborn, but the commit tee's report prevailed. At the session) Of the Convention this morning the resolution favoring the establishment of a -Baptist sani tarium was favorably commended. The convention' also placed itseir on record Jf farorlng th establish ment of reformatory -or som-oth- Per" corrective institution-' for -young crltninsla in Nona Carolina. A communication aa received from the ' Women's Christian Temperance Union requesting the' co-operation of th Convention' In th suppression of various forms of evil, - and the Con vention voted in favor f this co operation. MINISTERS CONFERENCE. On motion of F. D. Hale, the Con vention voted to hold - a mlnlxtem' conference next year on the day pre ceding the opening of tme Convention. Dr. Hale asked that this be done as an experiment. He said he believed good would come of It and If It did. the Conference could be continued from year to year.' President Jones appointed a committee of five to take this Conference under consideration and arrange Its programme, etc. The report of the. committee on publications waa read by W. C Bar rett. In the report ail of th pub lications of the BajJUat denomination In the State were oommended, and greater support wss asked. Mr. Bar rett, in speaking of th report, snow ed how necessary It waa that then publications should be strong snd consecrated, because they are the me dium of communication between ths cnurcnea and because tney are a source of education. HOME MISSIONS. Tho report on horn missions, read by A. E. Brown, recommended an appropriation" of I1I.O0O for Vols pur pose the coming year. J. F. Love, assistant secretary ot tho home mis sol n board of the Southern Baptist Convention, addressed the Convention on the subject of home missions. In compliment to the rapid growth of the Baptists In North Carolina ho spoke of rne fact that , In Wilkes county alone there are IS Baptist churches, more than are to be found in the entire State at Maryland, snd about as many are la th Stata of Louisiana. u v Livingston Johnston announced that laat year thsrs was an Increase of fllO over th amount received the year before, while this year tno Increase over that received lat year waa more than 14.000. GREETING. A telegram of greeting from the North Csrollna Conference of the M. E. Church. South, now in session at Rocky Mount waa read, and the aec retary wss instructed to reply to th asm , Tn report of the ' committee on aged ministers' relief fund was read, and the members of th Convention wer requested to let .th committee know If they found-that any of -the dependent ministers Were not receiv ing means enough from 'th boVd t" furnish them sufficient unnort ii of the reports submitted were adop ted. , RV. N. J. Jona Whose daath curred at Clio, S. C waa formerly member of tnls Convention, and spent mucn wi ma ute ss a minister m North Csrollna. v thecPelWucC- tnC Rev. J. E. Masses left th ri.ii. tlon -In order .-to Conduct th funeral services of th deceased preacher. aa- V i; 'OIIN C. BRAIN DEAD. Paaso Away at Home at Tampa. Fin. - vvnwnnnro several vessels 1 Daring the Civil War . s 1 Tampa; Fla'.. Dec.- ; f.Wehn C Brain, Of the Copfederat navy, died here to-dsy of paralysis. During the civil war ho commanded several Con federate, vessels After th war ha want to England : and returning . a month later he wa arrested by or der of Secretary of the Navy Gideon Weils and waa held a prisoner until March., lift, being the laat Conferer ate prisoner to be released. He wa a doe friend of Jefftnoa Ztorisv , - - . v - ANOTHER BEAR-END CBASH TWO TRAINMEN TUB , VICTIMS. Engineer George Kinney, of Thomas vllle, Brother of the Enittneer Who . - Had Inch at Narrow EacatM Tnanaa- nUiilAc Day. and Brakeman W. B. "Kin-. Killed OutrUrht No. I Tel. X escopes a Freight In the Yard at , Danville Fire Follows the Wreck -A Number injifred, or Whom nt ; Least One jvill Die... , . , , u . ' Danville, Va., Dm. I .Another rail- Vay horror on th Southern which In many respect resemble that at Law yer nine day ago, which resulted In the' death of President Spencer, was penaeted In the yard here this morn ing at about 4 o'clock. Two persons war killed eutngnt. nan a nosen mora or lean Injured, on of whom will die aa a result of their Injuries. Train No. 140 northbound, a solid Pullman and passenger train, crash ed Into th rear of freight train No. tt, which waa standing1 on th mala Una, Th engine ploughed through tho caboose, and demolished several cars ahead of It Fire followed the wreck and tho local department waa called 'out Four or five car were consumed and other badly damag- ' THE DEAD AND INJURED. Engineer George C. Kinney, of No. 14, was scalded to desth and Brake man W. B. King burned to a crisp. The home of Kinney, who Is a broth er of .Will A. Kinney, the engineer on the train that crashed Into Spencer car, la at Thomasvill. N. C. King's horn la In Danville. The seriously Injured are: H. M. Patterson, of Chatham, brakeman. injured about the head and shoulders and leg broken. O. J. Mull, of Columbia, S. C. flag man ot No. 12. back sprained and hurt about the head. O. O. Mailer, postal dork, slightly hurt Robert Ford, colored flremsn on No. 14, injured Internally and will likely die. Several of his bones were broken. The blame for the wreck rests up on two employes of the Southern. Flagman Mull, of No. I!, who was In- lured, and one or the other ot the op erators at Danvtllo and Nea polls block stations. When the freight fame to a standstill It was the duty of the flagman to go back and place a danger sternal for any approaching train and the Information so far shows that Mull did not do this. Operator Skenllla, at Danville, and Ooerator Clellons. at Neapolla, make contradictory statements regarding the sending and receiving ot order of a clear block for No. 14 and only official Investigation wtll bring out the real fact.' Dispatcher Skenllle, at T)nvi11a hloclf station, waa former ly t' Rsoon and wasucoer4ed"DyTt Mattox. who is held responsible for the recent big wreck at Lawyers. An investigation by the local police au thorities will be held in the mayor's court Tuesdsy morning. TWO SPENCER MEN KILLED. Engineer Kinney. Flagman Mull and an Unknown Man Meets Death In Wreck at Danville. Special to Th Observer. Spencer, Dec. I. Engineer Oeorge C. Kinney, of Spencer, was killed In a wreck at Danville early this morn ing. In which an unknown man and Flagman O. J. Mull, of Spencer, aUo lost their lives. Engineer Klnny was pulling northbound passenger train No. 14. which left Spencer shortly sf ter midnight and ran Into a north bound fiielghi; trsln near the Danville yard limits. A number of box cars were demolished snd thn mxln lino of the Southern completely blocked for some time. It Is ststed that Flag man Mull Is responsible for the disas ter ss he failed. It I ststed, to pro tect his trsln from the rear, allowing the fast passensrer train to eollldo with It. MuU was knocked senseless by the Impact of the locomotive manned by Engineer Kinney, 'but lived about two hours. Robert Ford, the colored fireman on No. 14, Is also reported dead, but the rumor lacks verification. Ths wreck occurred In a manner sim ilar to the one on Thanksgiving Day when President Ssmuel Ylpencer and s number pf others were killed near Lynchburg. In that one train was turned Into a block before another had cleared. Engineer Kinney was ono of the best known engineers on the Southern rosd and had been running between Spencer and Monroe for a number of years. He waa a son of Mr. Jerome Kinney, of Thomasvllle. who was him self a veteran engineer snd wss so bsdly hurt in .a wreck at Harrlsburg several yeara ago. Two brothers, Charlie and James Kinney, both of whom are engineers, were also killed In wrecks on their engines. Another brother, Mr. W. A. Kinney, wss st th . throttl of th locomotive that ran Into and killed President Spencer last week. SEVEN KILLED NEAR MARION. Explosion In Tunnel on South es West ern Yemerda y Seven Men Are Re ported Killed bul no Names or Par ticulars Can be Learned. 8Dclal to The Obeerver. - Marlon, Dec. I. Io an explosion which occurred near Marlon to-day, In a tunnel on th South A West ern Railway, aven men were killed and seevn Injured, on whit and five negroes, and on Indian. No names, either of th dead or th Injured, have ben learned.. The explosion wa caused by a man hammering on a boxof dynsmlt with a hammer. Sturvraant Fish a Caller at the White ' ' V ,v .House. , 4. ' Washington, Deo. -Htuyvesant. Fish, former president of th Illinois Central .Railroad, called on th Presi dent at th Whit House to-day and later visited the office of the Inter Htate commerce commission and tslk ed with the commissioner. It waa stated that hla visit had nothing to do Uwith the proposed Investigation of the roads or the itsrriman system. Mr. Fish gald he wa not swar that he had any knowledge ' that would be ot value to th commission In It proposed investigation, but if they felt disposed to call on him b would Clsdjy roapoodU PRESIDENT; 18: CRITICISED MOST ETTRAORDINARY LETTER, Mr. Bellamy Storer Resent Dismissal - as Ambassador to Austria Hungary Because of Wlfa'a Alleged Interfer. ence tn Affairs at Roman CathoUo 1 Church Charred That Mra Storer .Meddled In French Politics by Tak . Ing Part In AntWRepnbllcan Intri gue to Promote Marriage of Victor Bonaparte With Member of Oriel anlst Famll y Extracte From Some of Letters, t ' Jr:.' Chicago. Dec. I. The Chicago Tri bune In Its Washington dispatches to day say that an extraordinary letter haa bean addressed by Bellamy Storer to Prealdent Roosevelt and th mem ber of his cabjnat In regard to hi dismissal from th post of ambassador of ths United State to Austria Hun gary. Mr. Storer was dismissed . because of his wlfs'a supposed Interference In affair of th Roman Catholto Church and her alleged misuse of letter from th President It waa also charged that Mra Storer had meddled with French politic by taking part In anti Republican Intrigue to promote the marriage of Victor Bonaparte with a member of the Orleaolst family. Both of these charges Mr. Storer de nies, and on the other hand, declares thst tho President's Interest in the selection of Archbishop Ireland as cardinal was not due to Storer or to 8torer's wife, but to the President alone. Tho text of Mr. Storers letter was printed and transmitted not only to the President and member of his cabinet hut to members of tho foreign relations commute of th Senate. FAMILIARITY OF LETTERS. The correspondence shows ths fa miliar relstlon of the Prealdent and the Storer from th tlm Mr. Roose velt waa Governor of New York. Just after th Spanish wsr. Some of the Roosevelt letters to Storer were ad dressed "Mr dear Bellamy" and to his wife. "My dear Maria" and Mra Storer addressed the President "Dear Theodora" Mr. Storer asserts that Roosevelt himself, while Govsrnor of New York, urged the Storers to use their Influ ence with the Vatican for Ireland'a promotion, believing the prelate's well- known patriotism would aid In solv ing ths problems connected with th Catholic Church in the Philippines. One letter of the President to Mra Storer. dated Deo, II. 1005, after the efforts of the 8torer tn bshalf of Archbishop Ireland began to attract attention, contained the following pas sage: Your direct or Implied complaint of and reflection upon my own per sonal conduct give me no concern, but I am very gravely concerned at the mischievous effect your 1 letter must hsve in misrepresenting the po sition of tho United Statea government and by the far-reaching governmen tal scandal your Indiscretion may at any time cause. TOTALLY WJtQNG IMPRESSION. "Your letter not only convey a to- JaJllfJrrong . impression of my atti tude, but they are aucn as run nav no business to writ. In view ot the position of your husband In the diplo matic service. The letter of Cardinal Merry del Val to you of Nov. II Is a rebuke to vou. expressing plainly his belief that vou have been unwarrantably offici ous In matters with which , yon have properly no concern. It ahould of It self be enough to show you how ex ceedingly unwise and Improper your action In writing to him waa." After referring to the report that Mra Storer was known in Europe aa the American ambassadoress to Rome. Mr. Roosevelt closes thus: "I must ask -ou to give ma this positive promise tn writing. If Bellamy Is continued In tho service, and If you ever Intentionally violate It I shell have tn ask Bellamy's resignation, for I can no longer afford to have the chance of scandal being brought on the entire American diplomatic eerv Ice and on the government Itself by such Indiscreet snd 111-advlsed action as vours has been." MR. STORERS STATEMENT. "I cannot trust myself to express fully the feeling-of Indignation with which I resd ths letter to Mrs. Store-." eevs Mr. Storer. 'Though I wss tn the publlo service. I felt snd still feel. I had lost none of the rights which a man hss to Judge for the propriety of letters addressed to hla wife snd to resent an Improper com munication. . "My wife was deliberately accused of having quote Isolated aentencea from the President's letters to con vlnce other persons that he waa doing exactly what, as he asserts, he had explicitly stated In writing that he would not do. 'This charge of shameful conduct was based on no evidence which could even have misled the writer Into hsstv tudgment but wss In answer to a letter which, whether spproved or not. st least furnished no such evi dence either In Itself er In Its Inclo sures. . 'The tone of long suffering and Out raged patience, the careful omission of sll msntlon of anything that the writer hnd himself done and author ised to bo done In the matters com. plslned of. the quotation from the letters written at the time of my er rand to the Pope, without any of the facta and clrcumstsnces relsted above which would give those letters their true character or show that thsy were an anary complaint, because what h had directed to be don had become knownthese things, with the abusive Personal chsrsoterisatlon of my wife and the assumsd Indignation with what had been In fact, permitted and encouregsd where not expressly di rected, seemed to put th letter out eld th limit of anything Justifiable even In a stranger. What a sense of outraged friendship It aroused in u csn perhaps be understood by anyone who has rsad even the small part ot th Privat correspondence given above." NO DIRECT STATEMENT. , No direct statement bearing on the Issues raised In the correspondence between th President and former Ambassador and Mra Bellamy Storer waa obtainable at th White House to-dsv and It Is not certain that th President win discus th matter at anv tlm In th futur. ..y ., it la ld by Persons familiar' with th correspondence that ther ara Im portant omission from several ot th President' letters as published and Inaocuracles In a number of them and that the deduction reached In a num ber of instance ar not Justified by th fact that would be disclosed' by a study of tb a publication In full 'of th President' letur and thos of th tmbaatador. JBIBDSONG ON r6TAN D ;-: m 14 --i.' i.'M . . ' . . v .. GIVES STARTLING , EVIDENCE. Defendant' la the Haslehurst Murder Oaaoi Charged Dr. Bauer With Hav. I? Trt"l. Assault He When Kb Went to OfflceSay Physician Was SSRJ ! Uer Into Adjoin ing Room When -Shooting Begant and Remembers Nothing More- HZ??X!2.Korm With Having Told Her of Stories Alleged to Have Come From Dr. BnUerW ""buret. Misa, Dee,. tw t,rt, ng evidence was givsa tO-ay ay'Mra. Angle Blrdsong when ahe went on the wltnew stand in her own defense sg.lnst Butler """wing ur. , Thomas Ths defendsnt mid 'that' , sawnt to"' tr. Butler's office where the tragedy occurred, with peaceful IntanOona and that Dr. Butler attmni . . ,, w, ,,im ner mwe T;. Ia UM that -ne Illicit relation had ever existed t tween her an Dr. Butler at any thn. Mrs. Blrdsong said that Mrs. Nor Gar rett had told her thst Dr. Butler had ' said he had been intimate with the de fondant and that she had mad ap pointments to meet him. These stories, witness said, almost -broke her heart and from ths tlm sh ' avmra mem sue scarcely knew what She ' waa doing, hi, said she waa In this half dased condition whan she went to ' ask him If It wss true that he ha tnis auch stories about her. an how, as sa ......, ... wj.y n,TB none suen a thing. j fit BUTUiR 81S3ZED HER. i Dr. Butler seisad her. too witness t- tilled, 'when she had asked thase que- , tlon. He attempted to drag her Into a ' rOAtn arflnlnlntf tk. mM-. aw.. Mm -. , .win in Mia an believed that he Intended to sssmult he 1 A I a . " no iwi sns orew a revolver and began' firing. He bad hold of her when aha ha. ' tan shooting. She said she romesjibered . that ah kept n shooting, but that th details of Dr. Butler e death wor con fused In her mind. Sh saU ah eould " not afterward recall how she reached homa atar tha ahmtlnv t r.., .. tlon eould nat altar "bar tiiNniM, u - though ah grew nervous. . W. A. fllllman, the first wtta for th ., defense, was asked shout statement said to hav been mad by Dr. Butler ' on Tuesday night before the shooting,' Witness ssld thf Dr. Butler was drunlg whom n. maaa ines sistementa Tn court ruled out most ttt tk - made by this witness concerning Dr. Butler's alleged remarka Seaator Ma. Laurtn. Speaking for the ssfsnse. ararusd ' ' strongly thst It was unjust to exclude' rviwiin v, in inunnnf. JUdg .. lfflllar. hAWvr minnA Srm im KIm ..11- - - . ...... mm a 111. i , that only those part of th remark which had been reported to Mra Bird- -song before the shooting could be .' mltted. . T .. W. A. 8TILLMAN TMTOTM. V ' SUUmsn testified that on the Tueadav night In queedon Mrs, Butler had asked ' him to prevrnt-her husband from going , . waa going Tor th put pose of meeting a : woman.'-'' '. (' ',""'; Letcher Qrice, mayor of Montloello, was not allowed while on the witness stand, to tall of conversations with Dr. w -""a" M wwssjas The defense attemptsd by questions to show that fhe msyor reported thee re marks to a 'man whose wife carried - them directly to Mrs. Blrrtsong. , - - Mrs. Mnry Hoffman was railed and tes tified that she had told Mra Ulrdsona- about thn stories alleged to have, been. loii ny ur. nuiier. . ' The defense rested Its rase to-day. Ar -' guments will begin Monday. . : KILLED BY NO. 13. ; ' Mr. 8. W. Bagley, a Promising Yoang Man of Bememer City, Hun Over and Killed by Train. ' r,.' Speclsl to The Observer. -.i.',, Bessemer Clly, Doe. I. Mr. S. W. Bagley. of Bessemer City, was killed -by train No. 12 to-night at :30. Ha waa attempting to cross the track a No. 'i waa slowing down at the star, tlon. He slipped and fell Immediate ly In front of the train. He waa mashed up badly. Hla left leg . was t off below -th knee and mat left arm wa broken above the elbow. Hip head and breast were bad man gled. s Mr. Bagley cam nere from Rock Hill six months ago to work in tho drug store of D. A. Garrison Comr pany, for which ha worked tor -flv montha At th time of hi death ha . waa clerking for George Brohoer. Mr. Bagley Is an orphan boy, having one ' brother living. Hla father and moth er died when he was a small boy. He waa reared by Mr. 3. 'W. MUler. of ' Newport, B. C. a small town near Rock Hill. v -" Mr. Bagley was a fine young man, with good habits. Hs looked after hi dutiee well and had promising? future. Hs waa a member of Tlr sab A. R. P7 church In York county. S. C. Tne deceased had many friends here who regret to hear of hi death, lie waa 11 yeara old. . . ,, . The remaina of Mr. Bagley wer shipped on train No. 40 to Rtehburg. 8. C. the home of hi brother, .Mr, Maiden Bagly. PLANNING AN INVESTIGATION '; Hill RaUroad Interests to Be Probed by Inter-Wete Oommeree Oommls. . slon IVo Sperffio Complains , Hav). as Yet Been Made- ; - : ; , . Washington. Dec. I. An lnvestiga. tlon of the operation, and manage ment of the railroad controlled by Jams J.' Hill and hla' associates. In cluding the Northern Pacific th Great Northern and the Chicago, Bur- , lington A- Qulncy, la in contemplatloni ' mission. Tne matter has been talkl ed over by the commissioner1 nd sf ter certain ' preliminaries hav been , arranged and counsel for the com- ' mission selected, formal announce ment of th proposed Inquiry will be made. j " - , '.., A In' th case of the proposed In vestigation of th management and control of the Southern Paclflo and , Union Pacific roads of the Harrimsn system, th Inquiry ta not rn out growth of any specific complaints ot meres- law, but I to be undertaken by virtu of the generlal nqulsito I power conferred on the comml vu i by Congress. The lnqu ry will be a broad and comprehensive one with a view to ascertaining the exact con dition of affairs regarding the ru. roads with relation to their comt -ano -.With she term , of the lnt ; Bute commerce act A member -the commission In speaking of ti proposed inquiry, ssld; "Although ther has been et ( v . compllsnce with th decree , f f preme Court in dissolving tli- . -m neur!' Company, yet t! re 1 been no difference In the rut t tha publlo on. It vnj.tl t 1 1 - I 4 1 1 t .U' I , . . ; 4 '
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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