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I : H V ... ''; , r- .v'V.s.-V';.; II a -y, . . 1 it I I II.: W! J- '-v.. 'i ..I I . 1 ' I 1 -7 1,1 r I., ! I hi -n I ri I J J ... iV'V y ;v OJS SOUTHERN KHIGBTIOJS " !'AIC PTFLtTX OP WHITES , NEEDED Gov. Heyward, of South Carolina, M Honor Guest of bontliern Club In . pblaldelnhl. Say. This Is the On. L ly Possible- Mean of Developing the Idle and Fertile Soil Lienor Froblems in North Different Our feVroblern la to obtain Sufficient La- rfor for Our Factories ana to sua fLLMWftTully Develop UUT wm r .ui-- '.! Resources. : v ."' . . - Phl!adeliAla,:Pa,. Dee;.; Jt-At 1 TacapUon glvn in Wa Honor at tha - Southern Club Tiara v to-night,- Got. ., HeywardV of South Carolina deliver y. ad an addreaa on "Soythern Imralcra- tlon and IU Real Meaning." , in wmoo - ;'. pleaded for an Influx of whiu working people to the. South aa the only poMlble means of developing the Idle and fertile aolU ' Ua aald In jart: "The problem which confront the , South to-day la an economic one, ana on atalch ! moat vital to our future ' develoDment nd thero la our labor . problem. 4n 1 the North, your ; labor problem a differ radically from oura, : Ta.ur difflcuitv la to . absorb and to - make content Jthe large numbers of BKiuea ' ana . unsituiea iaooror wa are in your territory to reconcile the dUferencea between thla labor and the capital which employs It Our prob- lem is to obtain sufficient labor for , eur factories and to successfully de 1'velop our great natural resources to V 'aay nothing of our farVtlng Interest ' development and oultlvation of -our . .'idle laadaL Tne South has outgrown ; Ita labor posslblUtles; It haa. by its V , wonderful development outgrowq : its v labor supply and unleas something Is , . done it haa Itself barred the door en y, opportunity to those who are ready ' . . wlfcb their -brains and their capital to - ' help continue our progress. 1 "Our. fields were left more and '1 more eacfn year to be cultivated by '; the negro labor, thla lafcor being Jn ' capable of adapting iUelf to menu . . factoring pursuit. Nor la thla all, for an experience 'of years has : '' demonstrated that the negro labor on . the farm la not aa . effective as it . should bethat the negro haa failed ' , to meet fne responsibilities in a field .. where he had little or no competition and the Sooth cannot depend upon f him solely aa an agricultural laborer. . "The meana proposed te satisfy the V demand for labor In the South will In the same time afford us Wnat I i consider the only practical settlement of the race question,, namely, a large . white majority in every - Southern v ' State. I believe thla can be done .7 . without Injury to any class of our clt- .;. laena." PRESIDENT DIRECTS FUNERAL. Complies With Written Request of Mrs. IiOla B. Grover, Who Cotni mltted Salddo In Her Harlem Home Deo. S Pets Menllooed, Two An- 5' w Cata Are Now at Wbito onso. . New Tork, Dee. 1 1. -Before Mrs. tula B. Grover committed suicide by taking poison ' In her " Harlem ' home on December aha expressed In writ ing the wish that the President should receive .her neraonal pionerty. She Md.l3 1-1..!0.P a , would execute the disposal of her body and take care of hex pet, two . Angora cats. To-day it was learn td that 1- : though President Roosovelt had never -known th woman, her wishes have . been respected. Acting under the :, President's orders. United. 8tau Dls- trict Attorney Henry L. Stlmson, in ; conjunction with the publia adminls-V-.' trater, personally wporvlsed th . cremation of the body and tor , warded the two pet Angora cats to the White House. Secret service men also saw that ' all the property left by Mrs. ."' Grover was taken In chartro by the '' publlo administrator and advertise 1 .. rnenta Inserted In the newspapers ' notifying her relatives of her death, y. Mr. Stlmson said to-dajr: ' "When President Roosevelt heard - of the death of Mrs. Orover and the contents of the letter nhe left behind, ' - he notified me to see that her wishes V -" were carried out and that her body was .' given decent burial. I worked In con h Junction with the publij administra tor, and as he did not know what to ' . do with the Angora cats she had left v . behind, the President told me to send - -v them to hlro and he would take care '. of them. I did ae, and thoy are in .. .the White House now." ; - IJttle was known of Mrs. Orover, further than that ahe described her-.-- eelf aa a magaalne writer, was ct Independent means and was an ad , -, mlrer of the publlo career of the Chief of the nation. ROAD TO ISSUE $2,000,000 BONDS Macon. Dublin A Savannah to Consid er Abandonment of Georgia Cen tral Lino to Macon and Arrange Through Line From Atlanta Ui Sa- Maoon, Ga., Deo. 21. Stockholders of the Macon, Dublin A Bavannah Railroad will meet in Macon to-morrow to authorise the laaue of $2,000, 000 bonds for the purpose of consol idating Indebtedness, and to consider " the feasibility of extending the line to Savannah and abandon the use of the Central of Georgia Railway to that city, It Is further contemplated . to arrange with the Southern to use that road from Macon to Atlanta, and .thus establish a through line from '. Atlanta to Savannah. Then tne Louisville t Nashville, principal Hold ; or of the Macon, Dublin A Sevan- nan stock with termmal facilities in Atlanta, will have a direct connection with Savannah. , COURT RESERVES ITS DECISION. Action Against Mayor ' McdeJlaa Brought by lr. Hearst Cornea up in A; Appeal In the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court..,- .'.u.......'. ' " New York,. Dec, 21w Th appllca Uon of William R. Hearst, to Attorney1 uenerai uiiua aiaysr : xor ' leave '" to bring an action In quo warranto against Mayor George B. McClellan, cam up on appeal oerore the appel , late division of the Supreme Courtfo ' day. Assistant Corporation' Counsel Butt, who appeared for, the mayor, ,' aald that Hayor-McClellan, although nominally th appellant, . was not really a party In Interest. The real party he represented was ghe board of . election. ", '- ' "W maintain," said he, 'that the ' title of th mayor to hie orflce ahould not be attaoked Indirectly in thla manner aad the matter kept going so long." ' ' . ' ' ' i-4 Mr. Bhearn, for Mr. Hearst said thst It would seem absurd that Mr. JI r11 m , aliMntif ,nni1 Ih M-u money to Issue a record At 1,200 E tinted page and ero-pioy the city' , , ' , . ' wnrgesse ,. iwyer to prosecute an appeal , In ' Norfolk. Va., Dec. -31. Th Nor wht"h, he had no Interest. He de- folk Branch of th society for the clared that It had been proven that; preservation of .'Virginia antiquities ' in three out of four boxes thsf hsd voted to erect a $1,000 monument at been opened there had been a fraud- ; the Jamestown Exposition .; to the Ulent count. '. . jt i Th court rorvd decision. KEWSOFTUECAJPITALCITy "PHONE STTTJATIO NOT CLEAR Bell and Inter-State Have Not Yet -Men rgedPeople Seem to be Walt lor New. Capital City Company tnr if to boi Granted - Charter Some !: Citizens , ' Iemore Inter-State Ro il porta to CommlsRloners of Labor r Hhow That -1 ' New Cotton Ulls Wrrti nuilt In North Carolina Dor ,. lng l0 Charlotte Lead CI tie In Number or lactone. . . .x-.-.-i Observer Bureau. . ? , The JHollaman Building, i-y, Ple,b. Peo, II. XCharteri ' were to-day Trnted i follows: ' The Eastern Chemical and Manufacturing: Company, ,' of :New bern, to make fertilizer and to manu facture lumber And furniture, capital stock 928,000 the Goldsboro Argus Publishing Company, " J.E. Robinson and others, -capital 125,000, and the W. 8. Shoemaker Company, of Char lotte, to do a general jobbing bust nesa In-merchandise., 125.000. W. O. Shoemaker and. others. The city of Raleigh haa granted charter to the Capital City Tele phone V. Company 'for .25 years. the rental rates to be. $18 for rest denoe and 930 for business houses. . - The American Locomotive ; Works was awarded a verdict of 13,500 against the Weldon Lumber Com pany In the Federal Court, having sued.for 15,000 for repairing two loco, motlvea. The lumber company hai appealed the case to the Circuit Court at Richmond. - Deputy ' Insurance . Commissioner Scott went to Durham to-day to In vestigate a suspicious fire. F. B. r Arendall, chairman of the chamber of commerce, committee on the extension of Raleigh, says: "There is very uttie opposition think that the movement haa the al most unanimous endorsement of the people, who have found out that It la necessary. Reports to the State commissioner of labor show 18 new cotton mills, In North Carolina this year, there be lng three at Gaatonla, two each at Concord. King s Mountain and .Low ell, and one each at Raeford, Fayette- vl He. Dallas, liiledown, ML Holly, Weldon, Uncointon, Blscoe, Central Falls, Draper and Monroe. This brings the total number up to 115. The largest la the Henrietta. Oaston county leads In the number of mills, Alamance being second, and Meek lenburg third. Charlotte leads all the cities and towns in miscellaneous fac torles and Guilford county all others In the same respect. senator Simmons arrived trom Washington to-day, and went at once to his farm in Jones county to spend the holidays.- , . ! . MISSION BOARD MEETS. The Baptist Stat mission board, John v, . Bay, , president. Rev. H C. Moore, secretary,, met to-night with Portioned the 40.000 set apart for over 0 members present, ana P mission work. Tracts are to be dls tributed widely. - Two evangelist were chosen and a commute was ere ated to confer with the leading negro Baptist preachers, regarding question affecting- the two rices, in order to secure a better understanding of afratra. As yet the situation haa not cleared In regard to telephone here, the Bell and lnter-Btate not naving yet merg ed. Aa haa been stated, the Bell haa taken an option on the site lor a 5X0, 000 building, on West Harget street. not far from tne capitol. but every. thing aeems to be waiting for the city to give a charter to tne new capital Telenhone Company, wnlch. it Is de clared. is to be a blending of the two above named. Meanwhile a great many merchants de not give any at tentlon to the Inter-State 'pnones. either In using themselves, or answer ing calls and some nave piacaras stal ing that the pnone la not in use. SUGGESTS SOUTHERN MAN. Hon. Francis Lasslter Roasts the Ad ministration ae the Banquet of the New Pngtand Society and Point Out a Remedy for Possible Trouble. Charleston, S. C, Dec. 20. In re sponse to the toast "Forefathers Day" at the annual banquet of th New England Society to-night, the Hon. Francis Rives Lasslter, of Virginia, took occasion to score the .adminis tration roundly and In conclusion sug gested as a way out of possible or probable trouble, the nomination of a Southern man for President ' next election. "The strategy of modern national ists . Is . the Indirect -enlargement of Federal power No scheme of taxation la too reckless now that will pile up th millions, millions used In exaggerating national splen dor and In debauching the-unthinking, who hope for everything from an overflowing government treasury. "We are not here to devise details, but when one Cabinet officer haa it in his power to lock up fifty millions of dollars needed in The country's trade, there la -something wrong. To-day the President, of ths United ' States form himself on the "model of Caesar , and adopt the manner of ' modern ' emperor. Though occupying no official place he I nevertheless unmindful of partisan necessities of the ? political power which elevated him to office." Allusion wa made to tho sugges tion of personal Intermediaries look ing for assistance of the Vatican, to the proposition made to Congress that the President be given the right to dismiss officers of the army or navy without. trial and to, fix tenure of of flve In civil service, and. the remedy for all this wa said to b to choose a conservative ; Southerner ' for . Presi dent - ;' - ::' . ' , ; San ford to Succeed McReynolda,. i Washington. ; Dec 21. Edwin V. Sanford, ' of Knoxvllle, ' Tenn r ha been selected for appointment as as sistant attorney general in rn De partment of Justice to succeed J. C. McReynpIds, who will retire January 1. , Mr. Sanford la a native of Tennes see, a graduate of tne University of Tennessee, of Harvard College, and Harvard Law School. He has sever al times led the Republican campaign In Tennessee. He was president of th Tennessee Bar Association last year. He la a part owner of The Knoxvllle Journal A Trlbun. '., ;,' ' . ;.-: Monument to Fl Colonial Itonae of memory of th flrn colonial house of J Burgesses la Virginia. nm At noBknivm WOULD-BE ASSASSIN LOCKED UP Judge : Cutting, off v CMcago, Haa Nar row nacape trom Deatu at it an as ': of Man UeUeved Insane Had lYe- quenUy Asked Reopening of Case . oi in vision oi wiu oi otstery woo , Died Several Year Ago, Relieving He Had Not Received His Share Judge Aocwited aa He Entered Court Chamber Shot Being JUred a itange Xwo trcet. i ,-.., -. . Chicago Dec 21 A desperate effort waa made to-day to assassinate Jade Charles &; Cutting, of the Probate Court, the assailant , being Frank F. Ellerbrock of 810 North California avenue. Ellerbrock. la believed to be Insane. Judge Cut tin escaped Inju ry by a hair 'a breadth and overpower ed his assailant after a fierce fight. As tne Judge entered the criminal court building on- his way ., to his chamber Ellebrock. who waa stand' lng in, . the hallway, stepped forward and when within two feet of Judge Cutting drew a revolver : and fired. Judge Cutting Instantly turned - and struck his assailant a heavy blow In tne race, almost knocking urn down. Berore. Ellerbrock - could recover Judge Cutting grabbed him. by the throat and threw him backwards over a steam radiator, where he held him despite th man's efforts to escape. Deputy Sheriffs Brown and, Wilson, who had heard the shot, hastened to the assistance of Judg Cntting and wrested the revolver from Ellerbrock. Judge Cutting then allowed Eller brock to rise irom tne radiator and the man attempted to attack him once more. The two men struggled back and forth across the hall and the Judge' with the assistance of two deputy sheriffs, finally threw Eller brock to Cne floor. Ellerbrock, fought until exhausted. He then commenced to beg for mercy, saying: iwn t nun me, pieaae aon i nnrt me." He was taken Into the . office of 'Deputy Sheriff Stelnert, where he rerusea to give any lniormanon re garding himself. He was then taken to rne police station, where his name wss ascertained. ' Judge Cutting throughout the ex. cltement remained cool and collected. After seeing that Ellerbrock waa safe ly in custody he went on to hi court room and within a few minute was transacting: business as usual. Ellerbrock has frequently been about the Probate Court and for some time nas labored under the hal luclnatlon that he had been deprived of his right to a share in the estate of hi sister, who died several years ago. He haa repeatedly appealed to Judge Cutting to reopen the case. Judge Cutting told 'nlm that If he would furnish proof that, the estate had been improperly closed he would reopen it at any time. This waa an. satisfactory to Ellerbrock, wno - has repeatedly accosted the Judge, de manding that he be paid what he con sldered his share of his sister's for tune. The police declare that Ellerbrock Is undoubtedly Insane and will take steps to have him aent to the asylum. BRIG. GEN." DUV ALL REPORTS. Trouble on Oar Between rensacola and Barranca an Ordlnsrv Pav Day Disturbance, No Knllsted Man Having Revolver - and No Damage Being Done. Washington, Dec. 21. As the i suit of the demand of Secretary Taft for a report of facta connected with the publication that an attack had been made by armed soldiers from Fort Barrancas, Fla.. on a trolley, car on tne une between rensacola and the fort. In revenge for the eject' ment of one of their number from the car. Brig. Gen. Duvall. command. Ing the Department -t the Gulf, at Atlanta, telegraphed a report to the Military secretary to-day. He says ne was advised December mh by Col. Stewart, commanding officer at Fort Barrancas, that the trouble between the conductor and a corporal oc curred over the lattar's fare, which had been paid by one of the soldier' comrades. A quarrel ensued, during wnicn a negro porter struck the cor poral with brass knucks. The con ductor and the porter drew revolvers and a stampede followed In the crowded cars. No complaint - had been made by the railroad authori ties that shots were fired. In a later dispatch Col Stewart presented some additional facta He said that on account of the absence of an enlisted man of the band an Investigation by the adj'itant on the morning of the llth revealed the fact that there had been trouble on a car between this soldier and the con ductor between Pensacola and Bar rancas on the night of th 17th. It appears to have been, he said, ' an ordinary pay day disturbance, and so far as ascertained, no enlisted man had a revolver on the car and no damage waa done. Th conductor told the adjutant on the night of the lfth tnat tnre snots were fired by parties from ambush n the nloht of the 17th. The conductor thought th shot were fired by soldiers. Cot Stewart aaya he ha not established the fact of any firing by enlisted men of hi command. A boart of officer now Investigating th matter, . ANNIE TURNER GUILTY. . " - Negro Woman Geta life Sentence for complicity in secret Assault at Gra ham Oonnsel Appeals New. Trial for Fannie McCain, .t. Special to Th, Observer. ' ' ' ; " . . ' Graham, Dec, 21. The Jury In. the -case -of the two negro ' women charg ed with' being accessories ; of; Henry Walker, 'In the shooting of JJr. I Bank Holt,, after deliberating , trom o'clock yesterday afternoon till 11:20 thla morning, . brought . in ' a verdict, of guilty against Annie Turn er, and ah was isentenoed to life in prlsonment .In, the penitentiary. 'VH Aa ' to Fannie McCain, nine . were for conviction, two, for acquittal and. one undecided. . She Is remanded to Jail io .Await,-anothr,;trIal,i,VV;1:w)f; Annl Turnery counsel ha given notice of .anAppeaL':'Vr:: '' Send Bullet Through III Read. ; Macon, Ga., Dec $1. At noon- to day Tom Wilson want to the home of his brother in this city and wa met by a niece at the gat. As she ex tended her nana to greet Ulm, he drew. a revolver and sent a ballet through' hi head. , H wa. bicycl officer or. tnis city. - in a not Uft to relatives he assigned financial , em barrassment a the cause of fit rash act! Express Box Containing $30,000 Stolen 1 Reno. Nov., Deo. 21. A Wells-Far- re express box, said to have contained 20.000. ; wa stolen from the .com- pstiVs oftjee after Its arrival' . last l$i . mm LEAVE tHAIN OAKQ EFFECT ESCAPE NEAR BARBER, .WU1 and Charles Camhen, Of Sail. bury, who Made Fiendish Assault on ' Walter Crump, of Salisbury In Fall "of . 1905. aiklTom Drown, Convicted of Burglary, But 'Other Convicts Adieu Iteward of $10 Is Offered ; f or Return of KaonClyde Rudesel " Arretted on cnarge of uignway ; Robbery Manley Kettles Arrear- agra. . v Special to The Oberyer. K.r. Salisbury, Dec 121. Three of .Ro wan' longest-termed prisoner kiss ed :;;themselve 'goodbye ' yesterday evening at th camp, 11 mile wt of Salisbury, hear Barber Junction, and there haa been heard nothing th them elnce. Of all the men In the county, they are most, wanted and they stand, convicted of high crime, all of them. .T i ; .. August 25, 105, Will and Charles Carruthers made a murderous assault upon Walter Crump, a foreman In the Kelser Cotton Mill and stabbed him almost to death. They wer caught and, before Mr. Crump could be brought te court, they were convicted of aecret assault' with Intent to kill, and might Jiav been given '20 years as the maximum penalty. Learning butted In here, and It waa discovered that, the solicitor' bill of Indictment did not have all of Roosevelt's simpli fied words in it and because "feloni ously" omitted," an arrest of JJudg ment on the ground that the men were not - tried on tho cause they were' convicted, was made, Judge Long presiding. He held that he had no right to sentence the men without reconvening the grand Jury, and It gone. icverypooy agreea wun him. Erudition again piayea me billy goat, and the men could not be arraigned again on the secret assault charge, and a new bill was found, the defendants having been once placed in Jeopard- At this court, Jim Car ruthers, 'the eldest brother, waa In dicted for conspiracy, though he was not engaged in th assault. Sam Carruthers, theAather, was here and a witness. The boys were convicted and went up for two years. Later the old man was convicted of per jury, and the family of four men wore shackles. Charles and Will were given- two years hi ore on account of an Indictment of a different character. Old man Sam served his time, Jim got tired and walked off one day, and yesterday the family of four again became free. Tow Brown waa convicted In Sep tember .of burglary, and was given ten years on the roads. He pleaded his own case, tho first time he ever acter a fool, for he Is an unusually smart fellow. Brown waa caught by a Charlotte man In hta room, and es caped but wss later Identified. He spent three months In Jail, waa there when the mob lynched the Ulllceple DilUngham company, and released by the lynchers. He attended It, con tended toy somev a' an active- rop artist, but be came back to Jail after it waa over, ana etoa trial witn men tioned misfortune. - There is no especial blame attach ed to anybody because- the men were carefully shackled and guarded well. They used their wit well, and It Is up to the (Superior Intelligence to bring them back. -A reward, of $10 la offered for the return of each. Officer Torrence last night nabbed Clyde Rudesel, a white man badly wanted In Llncolnton, where he and two others are charged with high way robbery, and almost killing a man in oraer to get nis ibo. i ne other men have not been caught. An officer from Llncolnton 1 expected to come here to-nlgnt, and take his prisoner back with htm. The case against W. W. Manly, In which the Virginia Safety Deposit and Trust Company offered a reward of $100 for him, la off and Mr. Manly la a free man, never having, been actually under arrestf .The attorneys for the bonding company Issued this statement to-day: "Mr. W. W. Manly, who has been charged with a shortage In his accounts as agent for the Robert Portner Company, and for whose arrest a reward of $100 was offered, has made good the al leged defalcation, which was largely due to careless bookkeeping, and the offer of the reward haa-been with drawn." . J. Henry Helllg. one of the county's well-known farmers, cltlsens and a soldier, died thla morning at his home five miles from Salisbury. He had been in poor health a long time, though be held on to life with a re markable grip. He was a man of extraordinary popularity and was known more for his hospitality than probably any other man In his sec tion. He waa 7 years old, and leaves wife and numerous relatives. Mra E. E. Lewis, who has been on a visit to her father, Engineer P. D. Rouche, is back from Johns Hop kins hospital, where Mr. Rouche Is being treated. He has been Injured 10 months, and hla broken leg at that time was of such seriousness aa to make amputation a possibility. He has managed to escape thla, though the wounded member has not begun to mend yet There I hope now that Mr. Rouche will be able to return to Salisbury by th first of, February. CAPTAIN WOUNDED BY NEGRO. Officer of Twenty-Fifth Infantry Dan gerously snot ny Trooper I Na tive of North 'Dakota, . Oklahoma City." Okla.1 Deo. 21. Captain. Macklln, U. S. A., was ahot and dangerously wounded by a negro to-night at Fort Reno. Washington, ueo. n. -captain Ed gar A MackUnr who was dangerously wounded at Fort Rsno . to-night by a negro, I an officer-of th Twenty fifth; Infantry, to Which belonged the battalion of negro soldier, which fig ured in .the Brownsville. Tex: shoot ing Incident. Captain - Macklln rose from th. rank, tie i a native of North Dakota, . but was . appointed fjroin.'MlatonH.' i'A':;;; .;. ,.;. Curtis Jott Get life Sentence, 'Louisville. Kr- Deo. ti. Curtis Jett was to-day found xulltv of the , aasassanatlon of1 James -. Cockrell. at Jackson. Kr., four years aso. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, , Jett conrossea yesierasy mat during, tne progress ,of hi tiisl at Cynthiana that- h alone naa kiua cockreiu Jett is now serving s life sentenc for com plicity In' th murder of Attorney aaarcum, ..several years ago.: ,. ; Bribery Included in LUt of Extredlf Washington." Dee. 2ll Secretary Root and Sir Mortimer Durand to- day signed a supplementary article to rle of robberies, bomb outrages and the existing extradition treaty -be- murder - extending , over several tween the United State and Great months snd wer concerned in the Britain Including bribery In the list plot to kill the Governor-general Of of xtradiUbl crime. , ,, v ; tbe Baltlo provinces. , ' v .,'.,;.. .V..'.-.-"',:''. , .-.',- '.J"' t ,V -' t NEOBQ 'LYKCHEU t BY MOB ANNAPOLIS JAIL DOORS BROKEN Henry Davis, Who Committed Crlm- - Ina) ' Assault on Mrs. John Reld Near Ingleharts button Friday, - Taken From Jail aud Hanged to a . Tree Half a - Doaen Shot. veu Into Swinging Body Negro Kick, ed and Cuffed Every Step to Place of Lynching Davis, Who Also Was - Known as Chambers, Haa uonies ed His Guilt. . , Annapolla.1 Md., Deo. 1L A mob numbering- 25 or $0 men broke down the door of th Annapolis Jail at an early hour to-day,' took ' out Henry Davis, the negro who on last . Friday criminally assaulted Mrs. John Reld (white) near "IgleharU Station, and lynched him. Davis, who also was known by the name of Chambers, had confessed his guilt Little or no re ststanc was offered the mob by the officers at the Jail and none whatever by the prisoner. He was dragged to a vacant lot on College creek, a quar ter of a mil distant, whsre he was strung up to a limb of a tree and half a dosen bullets fired Into him. As the body was-being let down one of the lynchers . exclaimed: "Another white woman Is avenged." On the way to the place of exe cution members of the lynching party kicked and cuffed Davis at every step. HI body was left lying under the tree which had served aa the gal lows. It waa viewed by hundreda of persons during the day. Later a coroner's Jury was empaneled and after hearing the testimony returned a verdict of deathat the hands of persons unknown. The prison from which Davis waa taken Is a hundred years old. It is situated In Calvert street, and la. only about BOO yards from the State House and the execu tive mansion. MOB MOVED QUIETLY. The lynching party used Senior Hail of St John's College for its as sembling place. Thla fact Is taken to Indicate that most of the men con nected with the affair were Annapo- UUns and did not come from Igle- harts Station, where Mrs. Reid lives. As early as 11 o'clock. It appears. the mob began to collect on St John's campus. Some time after 13 the crowd entered the lower floor of Senior Halt There Its members pro ceeded to blacken their faces and some of them ddnned masks. They were quiet id their movements, but some of the students were awakened. Theae latter came down and watched the proceedings but did not Interfere or give an alarm. The college au thorities strongly denied to-day that any of the students were implicated in the lynching. Most of them are at their homes for the holidays On the way to the Jail the mob stopped at the Annapolis gas plant and tried to enter, but failed. It Is presumed that the Intention was to cut off the town lights. SHERIFF PLEADS, WITH MOB. Sheriff Smallwood pleaded with the mob. to let the law take its course. He waa told, he aaya, to "get up those stairs, we want that nigger, and we'll get him or kill every man In the JalL" At the point of a pistol the warden, George Taylor, aurrendered the keys. Sheriff Llnthlcum In explanation of the apparent lack of preparedness for an attack on the jail, aald he did not expect the talk of lynch law to amount to anything. There had been talk of mob violence Sunday and Monday, and on these two nights the sheriff said he remained all night at the Jail. Davis was arrested on Sunday the 16th on suspicion. At first he pro tested his Innocence of any connec tion with the crime, but the next day after being confronted by his victim, who identified him, ho confessed. Davis had already served a term In the penitentiary for a crime similar to the one for which he was lynched. In 100 he waa convicted of an as sault upon a colored woman and served two years In the penitentiary, (irand Jury Will Take Steps to Dis cover Mob, Baltimore. Dec. 21. Governor Ed win 8. Warfleld, who came here to day from Annapolis, where he spent last night, said he knew nothing about the lynching until he read It In the newspaper extras. He added: "I had no Intimation that any auch act was oentemplated so I could not co-operate in preventing it. I hope the grand Jury of Anne Arundel county will Immediately take steps to discover and punish the men who participated In the lawless art I greatly regret th occurrence and de precate and denounce such tlswless acts." JAS. BRYCE TO HE AMBASSADOR. He Now Admit That He Will S no- deed Sir Mortimer Durand Ap pointment Will be Acceptable, London, Dec. 21. Tho appointment of Jamea Bryce to be embassador at Washington In succession to 81 r Mortimer Durand Is now admitted by Mr. Bryce himself. During the closing session of Pxrlisment to-day Mr.. Bryce refrained from maklne any specific statement regarding the reports in circulation, but being re peatedly questioned by hi colleagues, he did not deny that this was his last day In Parliament Washington, Dec. 21. iu reuly to Inquiries by the British government, President Roosevelt has - IndlcsUd that th appointment 'f James Bryc. to be British ambassador to the kUnlted States, will he entirely c- ceptabie to , tni government ' THE WEST VIRGINIA BUILDING. Commlmilon in Charge . of Exhibit Meets In Kcsiator I'.lklim' Committee Itoom Feature Will be Pyramid of Coal . 100 Fret High. ' Washington, ' Deo, 3 1. The West Virginia commission which . has in charge the exhibit that It Is to make at the Jamestown Exposition, con vened to-day at Senator Kl kins' com mittee room kt th Capitol. Among (those present were ex-Senator Davis, former Governors Atkinson and Fleming. Bute Superintendent of Schools Miller, State Historian Lewis and Messrs. Stanton and Robinson. Th commission will open bids to morrow for furnishings fur the state building. . A feature of th exhibit wm t a pyramid or coal one hundred feet . high, showing stratus of th vsrlou kind of eoal mined In West Blrglnla. ,. .,. v'--'." ;' ''. ,. '"'.. 'v"' ' 'in II ; "' I - ii iii ii i i .i ii j ' ..... ,' 'i- Ten Terrorist Executed. .'J:.'V Riga, 'Russia,! Dec. 2 1. Ten Ter rorists were executed to-dsy. They belonged to the band guilty of a so- THE AGE OF : OPEBATOBS SIR. ACKERT ISSUES STATEMENT After Investigation lie Say Operators on tlie Soutltern's Line Are Well Up to the Standard Aire, it Being Universally Considered That a Alan at 28 Who to of Sufficient Intelll- ., genee, Is Competent to FID. Such ; Position Some WeU-Regulated ' Companies Accept Ttiera at IS - Man Held Responalblo for Lawyers Wreck Is 22. Washington, Dec, 21. Vice Presi dent and General . Manager Ackert, of the Southern Railway, to-day gave out a statement In answer to recent publications concerning the age of operators on that system. He says. "Some question seems to have been made in the newspapers recently as to the age of the operators employed on our Una While this comment has been made "in connection with the catastrophe which happened Thanksgiving morning near Lawyers. Va.. In which President Spencer lost his life, no such question could properly arise In connection with that accident because the operator thero at fault was 22 year old. "These comments nave, however, caused m to make special investi gation to ascertain definitely the age of operators employed on other standard lines. I find that the ages of operators on our line are well up to the standard age. It being uni versally conaldered that an operatoi, if of sufficient Intelligence, Is en tirely reliable for auch work at IS years of age, which Is the ago per mitted by statute in one or more of the States. 8ome well-manared com paniea accept operator at 16 years of age, if their character and In telligence Justify. "While heretofore the superin tendents and trainmasters have in spected the offices an! work of our block operators, we oro now Inaugu rating a system of special inspectors, who will devote their entire -time to this duty end act under the direction of our chief dispatchers. "The system of requiring the block sheets to sbe filed in in chief dis patchers office was discarded by ua some time ago becaus of the possi bility of fixing up such heot before they wer sent in and hence this would give us no reliable Informa tion as to the actual performance of duty by operators. I: haa been de termined that Inspection of the work Itself at unexpected periods and at Irregular Intervals la a more re liable and satisfactory test i the fi delity and efficiency of the operators. Thla is the methods we have been pursuing and under the ayatom of special Inspection will continue " HAMILTON HANGING GRUESOME Rope Broke First Time and Boy Con- vhted of Five Murders Hsd to Be Again Taken to Scaffold First FaU Was Fatal. Houston, Mo., Dec. 21. The hang ing to-day of Joda Hamilton, a 20-year-old farmer, for the murder, of five member of .the .family 0f Bar ney Parson, waa unusually grue some, two attempts being necessary before the execution was suocessfuL The first rope broke- as Hamilton shot through the trap, with a Jerk. The spectators saw Hamilton drop vto the ground and II there writhing. Part ly conscious, hs waa picked up quick ly and carried a second time to the scaffold. The rope was hurriedly re paired and placed about the boy neck and five minutes after the first attempt the trap sprung th second time. The second atempt waa auc cesful. The attending physician expressed the belief that Hamilton was fatally Injured by the first fall and died be fore the second time. The body was turned over to Hamilton a father. Hamilton kited on October 12 last, Barney Parsons, a neighboring farm er, Mrs. Parsons and their three small children. Parsons rented a farm near a farm owned by Hamilton. He sold his crops to Hamilton and start ed with hi family overland for Iowa. Hamilton had become dissatisfied with his bargain and lay In wait in the roadway for Parsons He asked Parsons to repay the money and upon Parsons' refusal, Hamilton shot him twice with a shotgun. Then he club bed Mra Parsons and the children to death. He wa arrested and con fessed. DEBATES AT WIHTSETT. Two Fore nslo Contests Within a Week A Good Year Closed. Speclsl to The Observer. Whltsett, Deo. 21. The term of Whltsett Institute Just drawing to a close hss been one of th most suc cessful In the history of th school, both In attendance and In work done. One of the most Interesting event waa th debate last Saturday evening by the Athenian Society. The speak ers were Messrs. I. C Trotman. of Oatea, and Walter Dixon, of Pitt, who debated the affirmative of the com pulsory educstlon proposition, and J. C. Parker, of Pitt, and J. L. Harris, of Person, on the negative. The medal for the best speech went to Mr. Trotman; the prise for the most Improvement In debate went to Mr. A. B. Cosart. of Gates. On Wednesdsy evening the Dialec tic Society debated the question, "Resolved, That the sign of th times Indlcst prosperity to th American republic" Messrs. P. L. Shore and W. E. Boon spoke on- the affirmative C. R. Wharton and J. H. Vaughn on th ntgttlv. 1 i ,., .''' A FIGHT TO DEATH WITH KNIVES Boy Sweeper m IVxk Bindery Causes I tow In Whleh Foremsn Is Kl'lecl , Half a Hundred Women View the ' Death Struggle, r -- r -y . New York, Dec tl. In the, pres ence of halt a hundred women Abra ham Los snd Louis Segal fought to the death in a book bindery ; In a Center street loft to-day. Loss, who was foreman of the bindery, received a deep knife wound In his heck Just as half a dosn policemen, who had been attracted by th scream of th women,' rushed Into the room , His Jugular vein wa severed and he died In a tew moments. Segal 'was ar rested. Henry Lapldua, a 15-year old boy, who was employed as a sweeper In the bindery, caused th row which resulted In the tragedy. . '" v,,.- New President of Alabama Consolt- dated Coal A Iron Co. .. , ,: Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 21 It Is ani nounced here to-day that Cot, T. O. Bush baa bsen succeeded by Jos,, it. Hosdley. of New York, ka president of the Alabama Consolidated Coal A Iron Company. Morris y. Bush will be In charge of the Alabama proper tie Of th compuny, and Wm. C Ke den, of Baltimore. -become, a mem ber of the executive committee. , . , BLACKBUBN MAY GET A JOB PARTY WELL LOOK OUT FOR HIM ...... i i i u 'vyr'-j i -"'i Rumored That Present Congressman Blackburn Is Not Pressing III Con test With Uackett For His Seat, lu The Expectation That m Govern ment Berth , Will Be Created For Him r. President Roosevelt - May Create Another . Assistant Attorney Generalship Mr. TUlett . DImcusm Cases of Cotton Mill Men W ith Of ficials of Departments Enlightens iicn. .. s .... . v: sv .. .... . V RY W. A. IHLDEBRAND. :? : ""sews" ' , r, ,'C , j,,' v(. " '.-J ' . Observer Bureau,' V 1417 O. Street, N. W-' Washington,; Dec, ,21. Representative Blackburn, ' It ' waa asserted to-day, is not ouhlng his contest against Mr. Hackett In ' the eighth district. Th lone Republican: congressman from North- Carolina will, It is further said, after Man: h 4 th, either enter the dlplomatlo service, or become special assistant attorney general of the VTnlted States. Speaker Cannon, Chairman Sherman and other prominent Republicans have convinced the President that Mr. Blackburn Is one of the "lame dncka," who should bo provided tor. Ac- ; cording to the story. Mr. Blackburn's friends have asked that he be ap pointed as a special assistant attorney general, with the idea that he can be in a position to aa;u enter the race for Congress In 1908. - ' -.v Mr. Blackburn's name was first mentioned to the President in con- nectlon with the vacancy caused by. the retirement of Assistant Attorney General McReynoId. of Tennessee.' but this position was filled to-day by '. the appointment of E. D. Panford, of " Knoxvllle. Of course, should Mr Blackburn fall to receive this recog nition at the hands of the admin Is tr a-' ! tlon. it Is assumed that he will pro-:' , ceed with the oontest but It la under- stood that the President is Inclined, to give the defeated member an as slgnment In the consular servlcs..: ' SAYS OPERATORS ARE NOT. TOO YOUNG. Mr. Ackert, vice president and gen-, eral manager of the Southern Rail-.' way, said to-day: "Some question ' seems to have been made in the -newspapers recently as to the age of ' operators employed on our Une. ' While this comment has been made in con nnrt Inn with th. ', which happened Thanksgiving morn-". iu nr Lawyers, in wnicn presi dent Spencer lost his life, no auch question could properly arise In con nection with that accident, because th operator at fault was 22.. years ' old. These comments have, however, caused me to make a spoclal Investi gation to ascertain definitely the as-a',: of operators emtloyed on othar standard lines. I find that the ages of operators on our line are well tip to the standard sbm. It Uelnr J versally considered that an operator, , ii or sumcieni lnteuigenco, is entire ly rellabl for aurh mrmlt t 11 v of age, which la the age permitted by statute in ons or man of th States 1 Bom well-managed . com-. panie accept operator at. H years of age, if their character and in- tallla-mea tuatlfv WHIli ' th superintendent and trainmasters nave mapeciea m onices ana tne . work of our block operators, ws are now Inaua-urattna' a. mtm nr ,iim... i Inspectors who will devo'e their en-. ura urns 10 inn auiy ana act under the direction of our chief dispatcher. Governor and Mra. Olann Uft tni day for Ralelah. aftur a ahurt ttiv. in the city. Governor and Mrs. Glenn came herb to do some Christmas ' shopping. But the Governor topi: occsslon to look after some mattara. of interest to th Stat. Amen other thing he had a talk with Port- - niaaier uenerai uorxeiyou aoout in proved mall facilities in Ralelah dur- Ing the sitting of tho Legislature, The Postmaster General agreed to establish a sub-station in the capitol building for the convenience of the, ' members of the Legislature. THE CASE OF THE COTTON MEN,-" Mr. C W. Tlllett, of Charlotte, who ? Is here, discussed to-aay with the of ficials of the Department of Justice, and the bureau of Immigration - the esse against th North Carolina mill operators, charged with violation of the alien labor law. H was accom panied to th Department of Justice by Senator Simmon. . A new question has entered into ' these cases It Is contained in see-' tlon 2 of the Immigration set, and,.' In ths opinion of many people Justi fied the movement of the English op eratives to North Carolina. Thla see- ' tlon provide mat (killed labor may be Imported, if labor of a Ilka . kind unemployed csnnot be found In this . country. It is not denied that spin- . dies snd looms In North ' Carolina hav been Idle, because of th inabili ty to secure sufficient skilled labor with which to operat them; ' These condition wr discussed by Mr.. Til lett They present the cases In a new -llgtot to a number of people.. : ... t MEXICAN EDITOR IS RELEASED. , . Wa Arrested at El Paso, Tex., as a RevoiuUonlat. Bat . Government Failed to Make Case. " - V . EI Paso, Tex, Dec .21. Lauro Agulrre, the Mexican editor arrested here a a Mexican revolutionist,' wss. released to-day, the Mexican govern- ment havtna faltaif tr, wimW . for extradition, the alleged murder ' naving oeen commuisd beror th extradition treaty wss drawn. To morrow Antonio VHlareal, arrested on a similar there.-, will tiu k , leased, r But Immigration authorities mav hold .Vlllareal and atinmnt i deport him on the ground that he la an nttdaalrahla eltlann it 4h ir,.u.. government can prove the 'Charge of muraer egainsx mm.. Msn and -Woman Held for - Steeling , -.V-vJ - Jewelry. V, - -. , Utlca, " N. Y.; Deo. . 21. A rnan giv ing the name of Frans N!edgtlki. un J a woman, who claims thst her name Is Madelaln Kreeger,- were arrested on a train arriving here this mornim from Chicago, and are being held up on the charge of having robbed C. v. fitetn, of Chicago, of a large quantity of Jewelry and silverwar. - w i When searched the man was foun i to hav from 17,004 to 110.000 worth of Jewelry and diamonds in bis pm- Sesslon.'- ;!,4- J ; ;i : President to SnU I'wt of HoIMn-i at J'lwo Knot. ' Washington, Oce. 21. Cn!- r' are disarranged President Kw" will spend a portion of the Ohn holidays at line Knot. AU county. Virginia, the country l... . Mrs. Itooat-vptt. The lr.sll-ia v not lesv Wa-hlnston until i Christmas Day1 and rro. t.t y w : main at pine Pnot until ) : following, returning to W--time for the ,T i y'n N ceptlon at tho Vvul.? i; .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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