Newspapers / The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, … / Dec. 21, 1906, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
t r i P'r !: 1 ill ylplfl 'ft ) ' (tU . '1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $8.00 PER YEAR. . CHARLOTTE, K 0., FRIDAY; MORltfNG, DECEMpER 21, X90C.:t y " PRICE ITVE CENTS. 6ENAT0B FOBAKES: ANGRY SCORES PRESIDENT t JTHOyOLY. . $J Executive Misconceived! Tils, Con . etltutlonal Power When ; He Dis- charged, Negro Troops and AIM Testimony on Which Action-Wss Taken fenrt-Bfartlal Should Con- Trial In Cun ol Mutiny, With y,?Vhlch president Charged Diacluu-g-fV) Troop Cites Record of First I Oil on List. W ho Dean ' Excellent ' Character, laying ' An Atrocious Crime lias Deem Committed If That , Man Is Not GuUtyj He Uoe FortO Branded as a Muroerert....y -.'...., y Washington. Pec. 10. Senator For. ' aker occupied tbs attention of the Senate in tt -last' session, before' thi holiday recess to-day In nn. extended .y'eritlclsrn. of . th , basis of President ?. Roosevelt's action Ja.' discharging th v negro troops' of "tha Twonty-Ftttn In fantry on account of th Brownsville raid. He . waa s.replled to briefly by i .Senator Lodge, while Senator , Scott sustained the demand, of the Ohio " Senator for a full Investigation of the , matter by the Senate committee. A resolution directing such an lnvestl- ' gstlon Is before the Senate tor. action ? .at Its . next meeting. , -v . Senator Foraker egan his speech With th broad declaration that "Th President misconceived hi conetltu- , tlenal power when he discharged thi troops and b also misconceived in ' testimony on which his action was " btsedv v , ,'- Continuing Mr. Forakef said ' that ; the President's constltu tlenal power was simply to command tiie army and navy aa commander-in-chief, while to Congress the constitution gave power to raise rmle and to make rules and : regnlatlbnS' for lu government, - The regulations, prescribed - that no rnan ' ' could h . summarllv discharged- with a right to b triad and th articles of war, argued, prescribed minutely hour the trials are to b conducted. That all punishment should, be to ac cordance with th direction of courts- martial He contended after reading at length from the articles of war It Is Inconceivable that ' th - President should be absolutely without restraint ; ' DTJTT OF COURT-MARTI AI v The President, he said, stated In his ,. metaago that these soldiers were guilty -of mutiny and had been dis charged for that reason. Ha follow d this with th artlcl - of .war providing that a court-martial should direct this punishment. This Was all .to guard against the exercise Of an autocratlo power. Congress - to' pro vide afralnst exxceanvo' punishment, had limited the penalties. - ' .' Mr. Foraker cited , case from the work of General Davis on military law, where the refusal to "give testi mony was an offense under th head of "disorder." and was puatshablba by cOurt-martlaL -tx- --v : r Senator Lodge asked an explanation of the tit discharges. fcora th army "without honor" during th past yiear, but Mr. Feraker contended thai these . discharges had not been ordered s a pun is cntt r 1 n n ivm t hv been separated frora'th mii ; -m Hen of punishment by court-mar- tint, and In cases where the men would rather take a discharge without . honor than remain In the service 'and take punishment. The case of ' the negro troops was altogether different - The negroes had desired to stay (Tin : the service. . As to punishment In 'these cases" he read the President's remark that he - regarded the discharge as punishment wholly Inadequate. Mr. Foraker agreed that If the men were guilty of - murder the punishment was wholly inadequate, but tf they were Innocent '.' the punishment was brutally harsh, -', "as these men go forth branded aa . murderers and conspirators and per " Jurors." RECORDS OF SOLDIERS. Taking up the individual records of the soldiers Mr. Foraker said the ' "" first man on the list was a sergeant who bad served It years. Each time ; his enlistment has expired his record was good and characterised "as an . excellent, good soldier, character ex-V:-' cellent." eta "Why, Mr. President, declared Mr. Foraker, with great vehemence, "an , atrocious crime has been committed l ftia. man la n mlHu -a- forth branded as t murderer." When Senator Foraker concluded y' his remarks he received unanimous . consent to modify th resolution so 1 . that It, now directs the Senate com mine on fnlllary affairs as to in 1 ' vestlgat the circumstance leading up ' to th discharge of the negro troops. " - Mr. Lodge replied - briefly to Mr. " Foraker' speech and Senator Scott remarked that as he had read the . history of th Spanish-American war the Tenth Cavalry, colored, was large ' , ly respoislble for the preservation of the Rough Riders. "If It had not " been for the Tenth Cavalry we might . not to-day have the privilege of hav- tng that gallant soldier, that splendid . v, president to-day In th Whit House," ; --"i. be added. Th resolution of Mr. Foraker goes K., ever without action until after the holiday recess. The Senate adjourned -until January I, 1007 -iDrrciicocK msrAND firm. ; :fc bri1er VVIUidrawlng Land lYom In dlans Must D Proven Illcgnf by Investigation Now Delng Held. ' i Was'hlngton, Dec.. I0.-HBecretary of . the Interior Hitchcock, who was call " - ; ed before the Senate . committee on ' Indian affairs yesterday, decided to ' - day that his order withdrawing ,- 000,000 acres of land belonging to the '. ' five civilised bribes will stand and the . land will not be restored unless the "" Investigation as to th legality of tils " act, dow In progress, develops that he - ti exceeded his authority.- ;; . . previously Secretary Hitchcock had ' '' been In consultation with the' Presl-. , dent in regard to the -order with ' drawing from allotment about; Wnlch Secretary Hitchcock ana . Secretary Wilson were questioned by a Senate committee yesterday. Commissioner Leuppof th Indian office, and Olf- J ford -Plnchot chief .forester 1 of ths i Department of Agriculture, also were , r ,v present. .,. itf-v -1 .- Bepresentatlvs Stevsna, of Texas, Introduced a resolution In th House - :"" (o-day asking that Secretary Hitch I'" cock, of the Department, of Interior, . be requested to furnish th House wit's full Information concerning hi refusal to akt to Indians of th Choc taw and ths Chickasaw nations th nds on:; which ,they: .live. jU;. J 5 JP Warship to VMt IWsoo. vr'san Francisco, Dec. 20. Japanese "- warships will ' visit San Francisco -: within th next few months despite -" reports to th contrary. This is ths statement of , Consul Kuyeno, who v ssys h expects th training crul-er squadron under Vic Admiral Kata ' oka, on of th. Mikado's flag officers who: distinguished himself In fn op- srstlons against th Russian Vladivos tok fleet. A BECOBU-BBMIQ YEAR BlfJ OAIH IX ' POSTAL llECEEPTS Flipal Teer of 10 Ehows Gain of - Sia.Ot'U.t ") Greatest In One Yemr 1 In lltsiory of hrlffe Votnl He crtniH lToiU All houro, ilfl7,t5:l, 7i I :! UU'roa. U8.1,77t ',;roM 1. .t, llro JJiirtlsry and Uncullin-fr-d lcbt $10,543,sll eale of fctmnps Anioiinied lo fisun of Ov f lt J"-r C-nU, a Striking : Indies .an of Wondorful OrowtU of ' Country. , '.'. -.; ' -. r- " i " ' Washington, Dec, JO.A reducflon of more than t.000,000. or per oent. in th- etces of expenditures over receipts of the Postofflc Depart ment Is (down In the annual report -of Edwin C. . Madden, Third Assistant Postmaster General, wich was mad public to-day. Th total postal rr enue for the fiscal year of 1(01 shows an Increase of mors than $11,000,000 over tint 1805 the greatest Increase In one fuw In th history of Cns pos tal service. Th r total receipt from all sourcn a ere $H7,l,7a; and th total expenditures IITS.40,778. Th gross deiiclt Including losses by burglary and lire and through uncol lected deci amountea to i,sti,e. ' An enonnous Increase In the de mand for xtamps ., supplies nearly 10 0.000.000 stamps. v smounung .to Jain of moi than lfr per cent, over h previous' year ''Is a striking, In dication f t wonderful (growOa of postal business du to th country's great prospflty l .; ,., ' i' vnsiaraM space is nevoiea-in the report to a consideration of sec and-clasa mall matter. After dlscusr sing the work of th congressional commission hnolnted to consider th question iOf seeond-euuM matter ana tr move all present restrictions. . He urges that what Is needed is an "up-to-nat. workable, law--a law which' can "b enforced; a law th terms and limita tions of wWch will be plain to pub Ushers, to postmasters and to th De partment." ' 1 Mr, Madden says he Is "convinced that. an. tnnreaaa.ln tha rata of noat- aga would ultimately prove Vsnenclal to alt and would not -work dlaas trously as represented."-, .''.-.,; coirDrqoir cy south worst. Traffic-.-. at (Qalveston Congewtod . Ttirojrho-at Year Roads D7ing , everything Possible to lteuire tut- nation la Northwest. Harlan and. Lan. of the Inter-State commerce -commission, to-day contm uea-tna car. shortage investigation which was begun in Minneapolis. v m.r raa-ts "Ba, w s-Q ss ' -ws vs. k v Chicago, Rock Island A Paclfld-Railroad, declared tn at conditions In the South at th present time were worse than thos th North. This was caused, he said, by th inadequate telrmlnal faculties in the South. At Galveston. 4e, said, trsfflo on all -of th roads Is congested throughout th year . - .1 xn railroads are ben am a every fort to rush coartnto the Northwest district that, haa for seme days been snfterlnsr from a fuel famine. -, Th sa taih'e ,f1'V'c-"'-'---ft'n4 ihe c"(tl riv- Pf uvuvpr)itning'f9iiibl to help In relieving the situation, but tnre u -still considerahie dimcuity in getting cars. - "Cars once loaded are moved, from th docks without delay. it la neiieved, too, that there is con siderable amount of fuel In transit. OIL HEARING ENDS ABRUPTLY. Next One Win Probably be Held tn St. Louis -Method Employed by , Subsidiary Missouri Companies D ' soribed as "the Block ByHteilt Ap plied to Trade" by One. Wltnesa. New York, Dec. 20. The hearings in the case of the State of Missouri against the Standard OH Company, the Waters-Pierce Oil Company and the Republto OH Company, which be gan tn this city last Tuesday, ended suddenly to-day. -The hearing was opened here at the request of the de fendant companies In order to allow them the opportunity to Introduce testimony in rebuttal. The next hear ing probably will be held In St. Louts. The method employed by the Standard OH Company and Its subsld iry companies In Missouri was de scribed as "the block system applied To-trade" by a witness who testified to-day. The witness was P. T. Cren shaw, general manager of the sales department of the Standard OH Com pany, of Indiana. He declared that in. his opinion the plan adopted by the Standard was an absolute neces sity to the furtherance of trade. He said he knew of no agreement be tween th waters-Pierce Company and the Standard Oil Company of In diana; other than those already un covered. He never knew of any re bates allowed by any of the agents. "The glvlpg .of. rebates was against our policy," be said.- -' Counsel for the defense thereupon entered Into a conference with Gen eral Counsel Elliott, for the Standard Oil Company. Subsequently A. Deed, counsel for the Republic Oil Com pany, notified Commissioner Anthony that no more witnesses could be heard In New York. FORGERY IS CHARGED CASHIER. Employe'of " rammers' nod Drovers' Bank of Waynesburg, Pa., Must Answer to Two Charges Before . i ) . unwu t. m HTf. ; Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 20. Cashier J. P. F. Rinehart, of the Farmera' & Drovers National Bank, at Waynes burg, was to-day charged with forg ery In addition to the charge of mak ing false statements to th Comp troller of the Currency In connection with the closing of the bank by gov ernment officials a week ago. The charge of forgery was brought at the Instigation of th Greensburg Trtist Company. Bank Examiner John B. Cunningham to-day found a number of false entries in the books of the bank and a number of other forged !ntu rti. ihnriir. In th hank'a fund is now estimated at $1,000,000, but assurances ar given that th de- posltors In th bank will receive ev- erythlng du-them. ' 'Jty Next ExanwnatJon for Rhodsj 9f liolatv . slilp Iin. 17 and IS. ' ..s.-. v i Washington, Dec. 10. -The bureau of ducatioa ha been advised by Dr. George R. Parkin, - of ; th ' Khodos trust, . that th nxt examination In the United States of : candidates for Rhodes scholarships will be held oil January 17th and llth, 1007. Tiie examinations are held in each State and Territory under the direction of the commute , on selection In each 8Utt,:;.'f':':;.-T,y,;-'.,ft :S;-: Two Negroes Hanged for Murder. Knoxville, Tenn., Deo 10.- Will land Drew Upton, negroes, wer hsnged at Madison vllls, Tenn., to-day for the murder of Richard Johnson, an aged pensioner. noil CASE J1VEN 10 JUBY tasvmuLU -STRoxo ; speeches Argumehf la the Case of Fannie Mo t-am and Annie Turner, Negro Wo- : men. Charged With Complicity in , Ceiebrateil Shooting Completed and - Case Goes) to Jury -Thre Eloquent -; Appeaie Mr. ixing opens lor ve . fence by Attacking ; Walker's Ert- ; denoe Says no Mottv Ha Been ShownSpeecbea by Judge Bynura . r., ana tjoucuor iirooas, r Special 'to .Tha Observers V L Graham. Dec, 0. Th"ury In th cas of - Fannie McCain and Annie Turner. ; charred . with complicity in th shootlng-of Mr. L. B. Holt, has been out two hours at a lata hour tov nla-Ht. ana tSava raI vt fAuna thair verdict. There Is considerable doubt about ,: their reaching .. a decision. Thre of th strongest arguments ahd most j eloquent appeals vr heard her wer heard to-day In the court house, ;, Mr.J. A. Long. In, behalf of the women, exposed th 'utter an- trustworthiness of Henry Walker. "This convicted felon seeks to drag down: other victims,- and, to secure th postponement of his own doom- He heard all th videnc in his own trial,, and now weaves It Into a net to trap the Women. No motive has been shown for the women's alleged crime no resentment against th Holts, Annie Was. even then-seeking Mr, Holt's Influence for th pardon of her husband, with th Judge, who was ex pected next day. Th women's ac tion .that - day wer . not suspicious. hut nerfectly natural. There is io incriminating evidence,' but th: tes timony of Walker. U Walker .needed ho help and got none." ; ' .. Judg W. P, Bynum, Jr., followed With, a eolemn charge to guard -the rights of these poor helpless women, Who accuses themT After a search ing examination .they, were set free, till Walker accused them. - What mo tive doe Walker alleg for his crime 7 Fear, and of whom 7 Two wean, wo men, v And what does h say actuated these women? They wanted , to get Walker in trouble because they blamed him for losing their wages. What absurd lias! But th prosecu tion says their motive was anger against Mr. Holt Where is the evi dence 7 : .They say Walker tells th truth as a man facing death, yet here ha invoked heaven and lied. Nothing Incriminates th women but the word of this liar." The speaker drew a pathetic picture of Fannie pleading fo Mr. Holt's lire, on in wurung tlon road. ' Solicitor - A. L. Brooks cjosed for the prosecution. "These, women," said he, "are not arraigned on tha mere accusation of Walker. Tlrtr gout was strongly suspected from the first, and his confession is out in searchllsht revealing th true tale. His evidence Is corroborated by th women themselves and by others, Tha tnotlv for the crime wss Mr. Holt's Interference with .th lustful smour ef these three." Aunt Turn- that Tuesday night- were dramatical ly described. "Why did jiot Fannie McCain Inform the Holts of Walker's murderous plot, and why did she con ceal his guilt after the crime was committed? AH the evidence points to accomnllces In this crime, and th milt of thesa women." Judge Moore then gave an excel lent summary of the evidence, cnarg ed the Jury, and dismissed them to find their verdict. ADJOCRNS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. House In Session Only Tlirre-Quar tors of an "lour Time for Settle ment on Shoshone Reservation Ex tended Season's Greeting to Speaker. Washington, Dec. 20. After being in session three-quarters of an !nour to-day the House adjourned until January 3, 1807. Empty desks greet ed the Sneaker when the House con vened and even among the members who remained the desire to get away for the holidays was euprlor to the In cllnatlon for business. Representative Mondell, of Wyo mlng, succeeded in passing his bill extending the time In which entry men may make final settlement on the Shoshone Indian reservation. Representative Payne, of New York, called up his resolution relat ing to the distribution of the Presl dent's annual message to the several committees in accordance with a cus tom that has existed since the foun datlon of the government The House resolved Itself into a committee of the whole with Repre sentative Lacey, of Iowa, in the chair, and the references- by the va rious parts or tne message to appro priate committees were discussed The debate was perfunctory, mem bers showing little disposition to "tear a passion to tatters," with Christmas Just over the way. and after a halt hour a discussion ths committee rose. The House then, after .passing the resolution, adjourned tor th Onrist- mas holidays at 12:46 p. m. A hundred members wslted after the House adjourned to extend th season's greeting to Speaker Cannon, who showed by his manner that his heart was warmed by the , Interest shown in his welfare. r-v..' TEMPORARY RECEIVER NAMED. German Insurance Gov, . of Freeport, III.. .Restrained Front .Changing Status of Assets; In Georgia.' i. Atlanta, Ga., De. 10. Upon -peti tion of the Prowell Hardware Com pany, of Birmingham, Ala., Judg Pendleton, of Fulton Superior Court, has appointed Philip Alston tempo rary receiver of th German In surance Company, of' Freeport 111., and restrained the company . from changing the status of Its assets in this State. It Is charged that th company Is Insolvent, and attention f called ' to the fact that th Chicago .Title Trust Company has been appointed receiver' for th German Insurance Company ' lit ' that' Stat . of ;. Illinoi. Th company' Insolvency Is said to hav resulted from Its losses In th San Francisco disaster. . , Th Birmingham Company ' states that It holds two policies In th Ger man Insurance , Company for 11,00 each and has recently suffered a loss' by fir amounting - to . 14,074, which remains unnald.. ; The com Dan v has on deposit with ' the Stat treasurer of Georgia 110,000 in bonds to se cure Its policyholders In this Stat and It Is principally this fund which Is involved fn th receivership ro ceadlngs In this Stat. The case has been set for hearing on January . 1 . v Nominations Sent to Senate,' ". . Washington, Decf 2 o.Th .f Presi dent to-day sent to th Senate th fol- ivwiiiii iiviiiiun.iviia, - ' - postmsstors: Georgia. C. It. . Dyar. Adalrsvtlle; Tennessee, 1L o, Lee, Newport! 8. L. Parker. Sparta, ,- TUB. CREDIT CURRENCY BILL,' r ,?,. ..! ,(v '-' Submitted to House by Chairman Fowler, of Committee on Banking; and Currencv Was A creed te br the Currency Commission. A Washington, Dec. . 10. Chairman Fowler, of the Hous committee on banking and , currency, submitted to the Hons to-dsy his report, on the credit currency bill-agreed ..upon by the commission.; "-..'..,r ,' The advanUaes of - ersdlt currency ar , t . forth . by tha report aa f ol- ' lows:" . ...t"?- ' i ' t i ,Tt will lower snd equarlse the ates of' Interest throughout thv,r Unltec, State. '., -it v. .:-T-:!.':--i :.,!'It .will make tha rates-pYacWcall uniform throughout the year. fv-.f. K -RvWlll give to. th equntry dis trict as economical a form of credit as tha cities enjoy.where checks; aj- chiefly used. -.- " .--.r t, 4 ' ' "It will give 1 to th mas ; of . the people. . who -us ' currency in their smaller - purchases,-: aa ecobornlCal a form of'- credit", aa ' those" enjoy , . who us checks in , their lrger rt,apsac tlons.;';' - i' i l' - "It will make. It possible .for 'the banks generally to serve such pt their customers as may want. currency without disturbing their reserves , to th . great injury of other cuxtomere who1 have Joans which must be paid before th currency can be advanced; for It is Immaterial to a bank .wheth er it owes a depositor oe a.note hold er. -"S?- ' '.''..- , "It will almost prevent eny. Jianle Whatever- and 1 will r always;- avert a ruittma crlsja'x- .?-?. . . . V-'.f ff at any time contraction f crd-: It . becomes ; necessary ' because too much ef the - commercial f uad ' has been diverted and Uranajofmed - Into th Investment fund, a credit currency will facilitate liquidation without that destruction of . values Incident to a fixed ! quantity , of currency . uch as MUST FIX BREAK IN COLORATrO. ."(..'.- ' " t - '" President ' Ielara ' California De 7 vetopmewt- Co. la.' Ultimately ' Re sponsible for it and Order .Them to Act. at Once, .- , .; ; , Washington, Dee, 20. President Roosevelt Is exerting his efforts to have the break In the Colorado river In Mexico repaired as soon as possi ble by the California Development Company, which, h declares. Is ulti mately responsible for it wun mis end In view, he - to-day addressed a telearam to E." H." Harrlman. at New York, reciting tha condition as they now exist and th Inability to secure action by Congress because of the ad journment for the Christmas holidays. The President told Mr. Harrlman that It Is Incumbent upon him to close the break again ahd that action should be taken without an hour's delay. Mr. Harrlman replied, sayir.R AW- - .1 V 1 aB Vk. . J Ka. -mat,., a .. WIS OUUUltni nemo wbuui, over the California Development EKXLSL'Z " wu, ''""'' uons to v.onsrera 10 ims ena. Presldent Roosevelfa decision In tne mauer roiiowea conierence 111 tho White House, In which tho,.H 1, M.ni. mnm this mate President. Senator Flint, of Call- fornla. Charles D. Walcott the di rector of the geological survey, snd Frederick H. Newell, ths chief en gineer In charge of the reclamation service, participated.' It has be.-n repeatedly asserted that unless tho break In th river 1 promptly re paired, the losses In the Imperial Valley, already enormous, would, nt a conservative estimate, reach a total toss of 111,000,000. The President felt that longer delay was not justi fied In tha case. INSISTS ON RAPID SOLUTION. Chamber of Deputies Agree With Premier on Demand Thstt Some I)lloition bo Made of the New RellgoiM Lew st Once. Paris, Dec. 20. The Chamber of Deputies to-day decided to take up the debate on the new religous law to morrow. Tne postponement demand ed by M. Petlletan. Radical Socialist. In behalf of the extreme antl-clerl-cals for the purpose of preparing ar guments, led to-day to an energetic outburst from Premier Clemence.ad, Who characterised this demand aa a maneouvde of false friends desiring to embarrass th government by at tempting to deal separately with the question of sequestration of property and regulation of worship, thus caus ing delay. The Premier Insisted on a rapid solution of th entire ques tion a the government was facing a difficult situation In' an Ineffectual manner owing to the Insufficiency of the present law. Th Chamber of Deputies agreed with the Premier. Rome. Dee. 20. Th Vatican hns1 Issued a note of protest against tho! Iron, and also Injured a young riaush the course of the French srovernment I ter and a boarder. Tho arrival of a and forwarded it to all the papl rep- reseptatlves abroad, Including the apostolic delegatea A summary of the note will be published In The Ob serve Tor Romano to-morrow even ing. The note is calm and dignified In tone and protests primarily that the rlgnts of religion have been out raged by the French government pre venting the had or th Church from communicating with th French 'nelr archy by the expulsion from Franc of Mgr. Montagnlnt, who was secre tary or tn papal. Nunciature at Paris. ,r-; . nelr of $40,000,000 German Estate . Asked to Meet special to Th Observer. ' Newton. Deo." 10. Th neonle of this section ar all very much elated over th fact that tha contract for th erection of th Jamestown building for North -Carolina he been awarded to a Catawba county man In the per son of ths contractor, Mr. J. D. Elliott of . Hickory. Old Catawba and her sturdy, hard-working Pennsylvania Dutch forg anead every time, and can always be depended upon. Tha heirs to - th astat of Lewi Fisher ar requested to meet In th office of Mr, J. D.1 McCall. In Char lotte, on -January 1th. There ar quit a number of the heir in Catawba county. Th estate in Ger many Is said to be worth 140.000.000 and Mr.-,MeCaIl will' go over there sometime next month, for th purpose of looklns . Into , ths matter fnr tha rhslrs - in this section ', . v,.',u , ; , ... v v Assistant lire Chief of Savannah ,3 .. . , . Die of Injuries. u ...( Savannah, Oa... Dec. 10 Assistant Fir Chief Gaorg Mouro and Fire mans Ed ward Daley died this morn ing of Injuries received last night When th dynamlt explosion occur red, in a fireworks f sctory here. Jo seph Car bo, on of the - proprietors of. th factory, I In a serious con dition. , . 1 Tha grand Jury and city authorities ar conducting an Investigation, , BEN WILLIAMS IS RANGED "... . ,' 1 1 ' 1 .':''-. .-.' - ' ADMTTf ! QUILT BEFORE DEATH Execution ' of Condemned . Murderer 'v; Take Place at Raleigh on Schedule s Time Event , Witnessed by 15 , Spectators With Ticket Beside r , Those Wlio Adorned Neighboring 1 Roofs,' Telegraph and ' Telephone '. Poles Attorney, at Request of Wll 'v Hams, Make SUtoment to the Ef - feet. That Death la Well Deserved a-Keep Nerve to the End. '-' -A ' Observer Bureau, 4 v Th Hollaman Building. H r -: ' Raleigh, Dec. 20. $ On 'tha atrok of 11:10 here to-day, th wqrd was given which sent Ben Williams, condemned negro murderer, io his death. By him on the gallows stood Rev. J. B. King, thevpasto'r of th colored Eplscopa,! , church here, and hit attorney, . Charles U. Harris, who stood by him to tha last The neck of Williams was broken by the fall. Th negro's execution day was on Of gloomy and disagreeable weather which well comported with the nature of the occasion. A good stsed crowd were eager spectator. Only 75, Including the polio and dep uties, wer within the lncloeure, tick et of invitation bemg demanded at the gate as a requeue to admission. Quite a number of thos not thus privileged, however, climbed neigh boring telegraph and telephone pols and rof. ther indulging their mor bid curiosity to the full. Williams iron nerve, which has all along sustained him, did not desert him at thlast He waa perfectly cool. 'By his request Attorney Harris made a statement This was. In sub stance, that William was meeting a deserved fate, tbak he knew he was being dealt with according to law, and that he harbored no ill will to ward anyone whomsoever. . The body of Williams goes to the medical college of the Univereity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tha executive committee of tne State Fair recommends to the com mittee that a two weeks' fair be held. The aldermanlc committee on teie Dhonet recommends a 15-year charter to the Capital City Company at a rate of 11.60 per month for residence phones and Z.0 tor ousinesa phones. In reoortlns- to Governor Glenn fne result of the examination of the of ficers of the treasurer, auditor and Insurance commissioner, the legisla tive committee says it finds a growing customs among a number of Judges to fall to give receipts to auditor for salaries. It finds ag real Increase In ..... , ...b.ln .h. rfan.r. , Zl- Yht I Vorca of cierks LiWjf tgMlo the work. jasa, Ruffln. wh is wanted at Farm Vn of crimes, ln- ,i. 0 k.- h..rn,ri h , , ,.... m.n. He was ca " BRIBERY CHARGED ALDERMAN. Herman Kallenberg, Chairman of New Roclielle Board, Arraigned In Superior 5ourt In Connection With Plione Co.'s Attempt to Secure Franchise. New Tork. Dec. 20. Charsed with bribery In connection with unsuc cessful efforts which tho Stute Line Telephone Company was making to itct a franchise In New Rochelle, N. Y., Herman Kallenberg, chairman of the committee on franchises on the board 'of aldermen of that place, was placed on trial In the Supreme Court here to-day. President Rey nolds, of the company, and James Reynolds, who was the New Ro chelle's representative of the tele phono company, testified that Kal lenberg Informed them after several Interviews that the franchise could bo secured for 116,000. "Kallenberg Impressed upon me," said Jsmes Reynolds, "that it was not a question as to whether the com mutiny would be benefited by the granting o(.the franchise, but wheth er there was anything In It for the aldermen." KILLS WIFE! DEFIES POLICE. IlnHMlm TWIs Officers No One Has a Right to Interfere Fellow tVmii trymen Say He Is Wanted at Homo for Murder. Butler. Pa., Dee. 20. Max Kaftle, a Russian, killed his wlfo to-night hy striking hr on the head with nn squad of police saved Kaftlo from violence at ' the hands of a erowd which had surrounded his home. When asked by the police why he ha killed his wife. Kaftlo said: "I have a rlsht to kill my wife; It's nobody's business but my own." Fellow countrymen, who knew Kaftle In Russia. Informed the police that he Is wantod for murder there, asserting that he killed several wlvei and that there Is a standing reward for his arrest and return to Russia. Boykln Grocery Company Change Hands. Special to The Observer. Wilson, Doc. 10. Ap Important business deal has been consummated In this city. Messrs. W. N. Graves. Jsmes Bynum. Fred Eagle ard John Darnes hav purchased tha controlling stock In th Boykln Grocery Co., and th following new officers bar been elected: ' John rtarns, president; W. N, Graves, vie president; Jsmes By num. general manager, mi rri Eagles, secretary and treasurer, Th capital stock will be Increased from 110,000 to 140,000 en January 1st, when th new , stockholders take charg,' 1 " .1 Th Boykln Grocery co. is on of th largest wholesale Concern In the Stat, and with th Increased capital and hew stockholders all prominent young business ,-nen, th already large business-of th company , will doubt- lass greatly increaso, ; Two Klilcl ami 15 Injured In M I je ,, . Explosion.. . -. ; t pittsburgV Kas Da lo!In an ex plosion In a mine of th Fldslity Cos! Company at Stons City to-day, O. Cot teres and John Day, miners, , wer killed and 'It other miners severely burned. Five kegs of powdsr taken Into th mine by a party of 17 men exploded at lh bottom of th rain a th men were leaving th cag It la supposed that a spark was dropped from pipe Into ons of th open kf of powder. -' BUBTOFS TBIP POSTPONED WILL COME AFTER HOLIDAYS Representative Burton, "Chsfrmaa of House Committee on Rivera and , Harbors, Tells Representative Page That It Will be Difficult for Htm to Keep Engagement of iOtli . . This Date Is Cancelled and the Trip Will be Made After Holidays Wfll Not Affect North Carolina s Projects Carolina Delegation la Breaking Up. BY W. A. mLDEBRAND. Observer Bureau, 1417 G Street N. W., Washington, Dec. 20. Representative Burton, chairman of th river and harbors committee of the House, will not go to North r,nilln. hafnra tha holldava He TnM Ranraant.tiva Patterson to-day that It would be difficult for him to get away at this time, but he woul l do so If Mr. Patterson Insisted upon his keeping the engagement for the Uth. Mr. Burten added that If this engagement were cancelled he would take th trip shortly arter tne holidays, and would spend two days In the State Instead of one. Mr. Patterson did not have time to con-, suit the people or nis district, out, after consultation with other mem. bers of the delegation, he told Mr. Burton that it would be well enough to cancel his engagement for the 19th. If the trip could b mad shortly after Christmas, and two dsys could be devoted to a study Of the situation at Southport and Wilming ton. Of course, tha bill carrying these river and harbor appropriations will have been 'completed by ths time ths trip to North Carolina la made, but it was stated that the investiga tion would have no bearing upon th appropriations to be made this year anyway, as most of these expenditures had been tacitly agreed upon, and North Carolina projects would be taken care of. Very few members of the House wer In their seats to day when Congress adjourned for the holidays. . , TAR HEELS COME HOME Several members of the North Carolina delegation have already re turned to their respective homes, while others ar leaving to-night Senator Simmon will go to his farm in the eastern part of the State for a few days, while Mrs. Simmons end her daughter will remain at the HlRhl&qds. Mr. Page will remain here, and has been Joined by his two sons, who arrived to-day from North Carolina. The Senate adjourned this after noon without taking action upon the nomination of Postmaster Douglas, at Greensboro, although an execu tive session was held Just befor ad journment. In fact it was stated after adjournment that the paners In the case have been sent . back to the committee. MANN PERJURY AMJ AGAIN. ..v. ' r. 1 ' -i . 'V ' '-' -r" til. E. Wooster Ten title That He Saw fTha' "To w it Pri - t&ftorattWwl the So-CaUed Reginald Ward Hot ter "O. K W. D. M." New York, Dec. 10. Moses Ellis Wooster testified to-day In the trial of Col. W. D. Mann, editor of Town Topics, on a charge of perjury, that he saw Col. Mann endorse the so called Reginald Ward letter "O. K, W. D. M." It Is on Col. Mann's de nial of having affixed the letters "O. K." and his Initials that the charge of perjury Is based. Col. Mann's de nial was mado during the trial of the criminal libel suit brought by Justice Deuel, of tho Court of 8pedal Ses sions, against Norman Hapgood, edi tor of Collier's. Wooster testified to-day that he re ceived the letter in Boston and took It to Col. Mann afterwards. The lat ter, he said, read the letter, took a pencil and affixed his O. K. snd initials upon the letter. Wooster said this occurred in Col. Mann's office. After Wooster identified th letter again, Assistant District Attorney Garvan read the letter. in which Ward thanked Wooster for the kind things he was coins: to say about htm In Town Topics, and asked to be put on the subscription list of the paper. Continuing his testimony. Wooster said that Col. Mann told htm to 'take the letter to the circulation depart ment. which he did. Counsel for the defense subjected Woostor to a vigorous cross-examlnu tlon in a test of the wltnesse s mem ory. PERKINS BEFORE GRAND JURY Investigation Into Concern of Nejy york urn neaumea vice ireii- dent of Company Examined at length. New York, Doc. 20. Oeorgo W. Perkins was tho first witness beforo the grand Jurty to-day when the In vestigation into the concerns of fne New York Ltfo Insurance-Company was resumed. District Attorney Jerome was un communicative as to the scope of the Investigation and neither or the of ficers of the company who had been before the grand Jury was willing to give any hint of the line of tn testi mony. Darwin P. Kingsiey. vice presi dent of tho New York Life Insurance Company, was examined at length re garding the so-called Prussian deal. The report sheet for the year showed thst these blocks or stock Had been sold to ths New York Security Trust Company, a subsidiary concern of the insurance company for the sum of 11,(00,000. 'It Is alleged that there was never a bonaflde sal. tieorge W. Perkins, was re-called this afternoon and remained with the grand Jury two hour snd a half. His examination 'nad not been completed when the Jury adjourned for the dayP and he win appear Detor them again to-morrow. Student Shot to Death For Throwing iso mo. ( Radoro, Russian Poland. Dec to. A youth named Werner, 17 year of age and a student at th technical school, was tried hy drumhead court- martial her to-day, convicted and shot to death for having allied Col, Piotia, commissioner or tne genoem art of th government of , Radom. Werner threw a bomb at Col Pltrtta, Dec 11 and th Colonel died th next day of tils Injurlea When th work men of the vicinity learned of th ex ecution of Werner they,.; declared . a general strike.;.-.; :;yv ,- fi.J' : Brlce likely to Succeed Durand, 1 London, Dec 10. Th foreign of fice to-day said that " no statement could b mad St, present relative to th appointment -of James Bryce, as ambassador to th United States In succession to Sir Mortimer Durand, but - it Is generally ' understood that th usual formalities ar now going on, preliminary to an srly official ap. nouacemtnt of th appointment MS SENTENCE COMMUTED PATRICK TO , SERVE LIFE TERM ... .T;-. .,,,. ; -.'.. j. Got. Biggins , Change Sentence v of Man Condemned to Die for. Murder , of W. M. Rice, Aged Texas Mliilon- aire Executive strongly Mntimat Doubt of Patrick's Entire Sanitj, Attributing Mental State. to Strata Under Which, the Condemned Law yer Has I . bored AO These Year 1 in Sing Sing Death Cell PatrU Denies Having Sent Governor Ap peal for Clemency,;.'. -( .(.. Albany. Dec. 20. Albert T. Patrick was saved by Governor Hlggln to-day from th death chair in th shadow of which hs has stood for nearly five years. He was convicted March, 1(02, of the murder of , William Marsh Rice, th agedTexaa million- 're In New Tork City.; in brief memorandum laying stress upon the dissenting opinions of the Judges of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed Patrick's conviction by a vote of lour to three, the Governor, announced that he had commuted th death sen- tence to Imprisonment for lire. Latee in the day the Governor strongly ln- Urn a ted a doubt of Patrick's entire sanitv. attributing his mental state to the strain under which the condemn ed lawyer haa labored all these years ,. In the death cell at Sing Sing. Tho Governor was shown a dispatch . ; from a New Tork newspaper to a cor- i respondent In which It waa asserted ' that Patrick denied having sent th c Governor any appeal for clemency . and would refuse to accept the com- mutton and Insist upon bis "right to- ", die." -d "Patrick cannot determine what i- his punishment shall be," said Gov-, i ernor Hlggins. "He is mistaken if h -1 says he sent me no application. In , fact, I have several; one In partlcu -.' . Ian asking for a pardon. H ' wilt hav to be careful or. he may-find ' ' himself in Matteawan. The. long ' '' strain seems to have been too much for him." i'i Matteawan referred to by th Gov- v. ernor Is the State hospital for insane : . criminals. Th Governor said he had nothing . -, further to say aa to his reasons for commuting the sentence; ther was nothing further for him to consider, he declared. ,m Wilt Fight For His Freedom. 4 Ossinlng, N. Y.. Dec. 10 Patrtc'g' announced to-night that he was not , satisfied with commutation and would at one begin his fight for freedom " . A writ of habeas corpus will be ap-.'' ' piled for. It waa said, In th United . . States Court, making Warden John , son the defendant. The first news of the action of Gov ernor Hlggins was taken to tha prts- oner's cell In th death house In Sing -V Sing prison by his wife. Mrs. Pat rick left New York immediately on " receipt of the news from Albany and.-, upon 'her, arrival her sh waa per- , mltted to go at one to her husband' celt. Patrick-seemed not at all ur prised t to learn that th Governor ' had Intervened to sav his life. ' ' J "T""r-.irtri"r---i 'r .fiyr ir f "' WAGE SCALE OF MACHINISTS. " Southern Grant Increase of 9 Cents Per Hour, Except at Birmingham ' and Sheffield, Which Shops Receive , 1- 1-a Cent Per Hour. - , Washington, Dec. 10. Alfred P. -Thorn, general counsel of ths South- , ern Railway Company, and P. J. Con-" Ion, first vice president of the Inter- , national Association of Machinists, -two of the arbitrators selected to de- '. terrolne the wage scalo to be paid ma chinists on the Southern Railway . have reached an agreement without '.' the necessity of calling on Judge -Qeorgo Gray, of Delaware, who was : ' selected as the third arbitrator. Th award reached Is as follows: ",'''' "That the Southern Railway Com pany grant to the machinists at all '. the shops of the company, 'except at ,!, 'Birmingham ind Sheffield, an In- -crease of two cents per hour over th - pay such machinists were receiving ' , on August 31, 190; to the machinists. 4 at the shops at Birmingham and at Sheffield, an Increase of one and one- '' half (1 1-2) cents per hour; to ap prentices at all the shops an increase , of one cent per hour." , The wagb scale as fixed by this arJ . bltratlon Is to be effective as of Sep- . tember 1, 10, and shall remain in ; effect until November 6, 1107. IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE. Documentary Evidence to Show This Introduced by Prosecution in Case -of Com-erii Cliargcd Willi Conspi racy lo Control Licorice Pasta In-; dustry. New York, Dec. 10. Counsel for"',',, the prosecution Introduced documen- tary evidence to-day to show . an agreement in restraint of trade In th trial of th MacAndrews and Forbes ,: Company., tho J. S. Young A Co., of Baltimore, Karl Jungbluth and How ard E. Young charged by th Federal " government with conspiring to con-,', . trol the licorice past Industry. ' Counsel for th government read a -copy of u letter alleged to hav been . written by President Jungbluth, of the MacAndrews and Forbea Com pany, to David Forbes, agent of that company in Constantinople, in which th writer said that th J. S. Young ; Company would contlnu th opera-. , tion of its plant in Baltimore under., an arrangement giving tha MacAn- : ' drew and Forbes Company control. ; of the business, but that th Young company would . preserve . every out-, ward appearance of being a compel-. Itor. Counsel for th defense object ed vigorously to th admission of th evidence, but th court overruled the objections. - - --"-.,'. -j f BULLETIN OF CENSUS BUREAU.'. V - . ...- Cotton Ginned Up to Dec. 11 of Ttiht year's . crop ii.us.uvi uaies Aganst 907,81. , ,'i,' , .'-. Washington. ' Dec.; 10. According to a bulletin Issued by th census bu reau to-day ther had been ginned up to Dec. 11 of this year's cotton crop 11,011,001 bales against s.iii.iis at this time last year.. 1 , A - Th number of ginneries reported In operetlon this season prior to Dec. 11, was 11.111. , The total number of bales ginned by States wss as follows: 'Alabama l,lli,l7; Arkansas 70,- 411; Florida. 66.676; ueorgiaf I.bis. 411; Indian Territory. 111. 94; Km tucky, 1,104: Louisiana. 76S.9; Mh sIssIpdI. 1.117.714; Missouri. 14. OH: North Carolina. I4I.I4I: Oklahm ., 111.141; South ' Carolina, 83 7.7 : Tennessee, 111.171: Texas, t.4tl,6u:. Virginia. 12.114. Tb Sea, Island cotton for 190. d- -tributed by States Is: Florida. 11.8s . Georgia, 20,714; Souta Carolina, c -660. ... : . '." ""' - Th last report showed 1.0J7,?. bale ginned to Dec lit. 19o,i.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 21, 1906, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75