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I 'It . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19,. 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. YOUTH CONFESSES KILLING EATS IIIS FATHER FORCED HIM Make Smith and Son, Charles Smith, Are Arrested Near Star on Charge of Killing Milton Bunnell to Cold BloodCharles Confesses That He Killed Bunnell With Blade of Axe, ' Being Ordered to do ao by Ilia .Tathcr 5 In Money Was Secured C, --Alleged Conspirators lightened $ Away by ApproaolUng Train. Special to The Observer ,'v - v Ttoy,' Jan.l8.--LMt nljht Maka Smith, and hla son, Charlei Smith, were arrested near Stari on the charge , of killing Milton Bunnell, some daya '.ago. Some suspected these, parties from the beginning hut yesterday the ' first clue Jeftked out; when Charles Smith, 17 years bld" exhibited some - gold to a boy at Blscoe and, on being , askei where he got IV said: ; "About and about." These facts were called to the attention of Mr. Frank Pager who immediately swore out "warrants for the arresVot the boy and his fath ' er. ; Then young Smith made ft full confession of the' whole, affair; Impli cating his father as welV as him . . self. .. , -.'j';-'. . Charles Smith's statement Is about , as follows: That on the night of , , the tragedy MUton Bunnell, deceased, came by their house and after supper exhibited a considerable ' sum of money; after he h: I gone In the di rection of Star, Charles and his fath er entered Into a plot to pursue, over take and kill him for the money. Make Smith, the father, started In the direction In which Bunnell had gone and ordered Charles to get the axe and come on. They went In the di rection Bunnell had gone, traveling by by-way. They overtook him on a railroad about one mile from the. Smiths home. Make Smith ordered Charles Smith to kill Bunnell, else he, ' Make Smith, would kill Charles. Young Smith struck Bunnell one blow In the back of the head with the blade of the axe, knocking him to the ground. He struck him twice more after he had fallen. They got only $56 but would have got the rest had it not been for an approaching train, which frightened them away. Make Smith gave Charles $10 of the money. Charles told where his father hid the rest of the money and also told where the axe was with which he killed the deceased. The money was found exactly where young 8mlth said It was hid, and the axe also where he said It was. Court convenes here next Monday and Charles and his father will be put on trial for their Uvea Make Smith denies having had anything to do with the killing. LEGISLATURE .TO INVESTIGATE. Texas House Passes a Substitute to the Resolution Providing a Probing of Senator Bailey's Connections With the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. Austin, Tex., Jan. 18. By a vote of 6 to 55 the House of the Texas Leg islature this evening? adopted the Ken tucky substitute to the Duncan reso lution looking to an investigation of Senator Bailey and his connection and association with the Waters Pierce Oil Company. The substitute as adopted provides that a special committee of seven shall be appointed by the Speaker to pass upon any charges preferred against Senator Bailey and If In the Judgment of said committee It be comes necessary to hold an extra ses sion at any distant date, or point, or summon any special witnesses, they shall have the option of doing so. The substitute was drafted by friends of Senator Bailey so that Its adoption may be looked upon as a Bailey vic tory. It was announced to-night on the adjournment that the charges would be preferred against Senator Bailey before the House committee and he would be given an opportunity of ex plaining these charges. Both the 8enate and House adopt ed a Joint resolution to-day providing for the election of a United States Senator next Tuesday, January 22. Ten Indklmenu for Violation of Anti Backet Shop Law, ' Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 18. The Fulton county grand Jury to-day returned In dictments against 10 persons charging Violation of the Boykln anti-bucket shop law, passed by the Georgia Legislature at Us laBt session, pro hibiting the operation of brokerage houses or Arms by which futures are traded In. Bench warrants were is sued and bond fixed at $1,000 for each-defendant. Among those against whom Indictments were returned was Holland Curran, secretary and treasurer of the board of trade, and T. M. Hamilton, Sr., manager of the commercial exchange. Ask Removal of a1 Co-RecclTcr. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 18. Seventy-five San Francisco policy holders In the Atlanta-Birmingham Fire Insurance Company, representing about $860,000 of policies, through their attorneys, filed. Jn the Federal Court' here to day J petition asking for the removal 0i Jy T.' Dafgan, one of the co-receivers of the company. The peti tioners allege that Dargan Is not a fit person to hold the place, and set forth various charges In support of K allegations, . , Yegro Killed by Officer In Attempt- tog to Escape. Xndowicl, Oa., Jan, 18. William McDufne, negro, arrested to-day for disorderly conduct, attacked Deputy Marshal Delk and a cltlien deputised by the officer, McDuffle secured the revolver of one of the men and struck Mm down. , He then ran,. exchanging shot with his pursuers and .slightly wounding a cltlien named Gordon. A hot struck McDuffle tn the head and ;ed him,' ; . ... i " ,- Agree to Inter-Change Of Mileage. New Orleans, Jen. n.-The statement that the Sothern Railway has agreed to Interchange1 mileage with other systems In the South, Including the territory iut of the Mississippi and south of Ohio riv er, was made to-day hy r. W. Crandall, chairman of - the rational railroad com mittee of the Travelers Protective As sociation. ' Reductions In the deposit re Quired on mileage books by the Pouth . WHtern Passenger Association were also announced. , ..' . v, :p Rk-hmond Negro Hanged For Murder. . tiara, vomtvm, wu nanRoa ners 10- day for the murder of Carrie Meekina, 'also colored.- ' ; ".,-,,..',",. I MAN Y pl BEISE ATU iUINS FEW HOUSES CAN BE OCCUFIFJ Not a Round Building Remains In the Whole Area of Klngnton En tire Business Portion Wiped Out- Whole of Jamaica Felt- fcihockn, but , Little Damago . Was Done Beyond a Radius of 12 Mile From King : ston six 10.2-Inch Guns Dlsnlaccd and Barracks In i Shaky Condition at tort Royal Up-Park Camp Also Destroyed Death list Grows. The situation at Kingston seems to be Improving. Order has been re-established,' and: tJhie work of bury ing the 'dead, and ' earth for - the in jured . Is progressing on an organized oasis. ?u v..-fi,-V';,,v;''' ' . 4 : The work of sending relief to the stricken city Is proceeding with ener gy. ' Kingston ' Is receiving supplies, as jfar as. possible, from . the Island of Jamaica ' Itself The American warships In fhe harbor have put on shore all the foodstuffs -and medical supplies they could spare,: and ttue Jamaican : authorities 'y have taken charge of the. distribution of all pro visions In the city. ; In addition relief is being hurried In from outside Quarters. The Sen ate to-day passed a bill . authorizing relief for the stricken Island; the peo ple of the British Island of Trinidad have sent a first instalment of relief; H. M. S..Indefatlgable has left Port of Spain Trinidad, wltJh. provisions, clothing and other supplies for the stricken people; the French govern ment has started a cruiser from the Island of Martinique with supplies for Kingston;-the Mansion House fund In London .is growing rapidly and the British authorities are perfecting the details of relief on a large scale, and In addition various other steamers are either on tJMeir way or about to start for Kingston with food, clothing and medicines aboard. The report-that a tidal wave had devastated the southern shore of Jamaica had not been confirmed up to a. very late hour to-nlg'nt Cable communication with the Island has been partly restored, but even so, messages from Jamaica are coming through very slowly. The total estimates of deaths re- main at about 1,000. i Great relief was afforded to-night to all those who have American friends In Jamaica by a statement received from the office of the cable company at Kingston that up to 7 o'clock Tnursday evening no Ameri cans had been reported killed or severely abounded by the earthquake. The list of known victims Is grow ing, and the names of no less than 40 persons of more or less prominence In the Jamaican capital already have been given out as dead. About 20 well-known people are either injured or missing. The reports received to-day make no mention of further earthquake, and the fires all have been put out. Kingston. Jamaica, Jan. 17. (De layed In transmission). The follow ing Is a continuation of yesterday'a dispatch describing the earthquake at Kingston: ' The awful devastation caused by the earthquake became more ap parent as time passed. The shocks were most destructive along the har bor front, where entire streets were leveled. Crowd of frightened, shriek ing people streamed , northward to wards the race course, hundreds with heads and bodies cut and bruised, covered with blood. Those who escaped with slight Injury re ported that . large numbers of per sons were burled under the fall of the stores and tenements. As the dust lifted pillars of smoke arose in Harbor street, near the parish church, and shortly after wards flames shot Into the sky. It waa then perceived that fire would complete the work of the earthquake. In half an hour the flames were spreading from block to block In the business section. The fire depart ment was unable to stay the con flagration owing to the Inadequate supply of water, the earthquake hav ing broken the mains. Fortunately a northwest wind was blowing at the time, which confined the conflagra tion to that portion of the city. The fire raged all night and ultimately spent Its force Tuesday before noon. A MOST PITIABLE SIGHT. The buildings In the upper portion of the city were uninhabitable, and the residents sought refuge In the public parks or on lawns adjoining the -wrecked houses. It waa a pitiable sight. Thousands -of persons were homeless and hundreds were endur ing agony from broken heads and limbs under the open sky. The city doctors were busy all night ampu tating limbs and dressing wounds. The worst cases were taken to the public hospital, where the staff doc tors attended them, but many ex pired before morning. The work of rescuing the en tombed people Waa continued Tues day and Wednesday and fully 400 corpses were recovered, but many more were burned to ashes In the fire. Attempts. at looting were made by the rabble, but the military guar&s stationed at the principal corners succeeded In restoring-order. Efforts, as this dispatch Is filed, are being made by the government to clear, the debris from the streets, but the laborers are afraid. of the ruins and of further shocks, and consequently slow progress Is being mane. - On Monday nlsht . II distinct shocks were felt, but they did no aamage. On Tuesday there were 20 shocks and on Wednesday there were 10. ' , Not a sound building remains In the entire area of Kingston and less than a dozen houses -can be occu pied. The entire business section Is wind out The loss cannot fail short of $5,000,000 and probably will total, double that amount. Prominent ; persons killed. Among the killed are Sir .James Ferguson, of Kllkerran, Scotland; Major Hardyman, of the West India Regiment; v Lieutenant - Lamont. of the same - regiment; A. MacDowell Nathan one of Jamaica's merchant princes' Solicitors B. I Verley and R. . D. Hornlball and Messrs. J. w. Mlddleton,- Alnsley Jdordecal; M,'B. Twaltes, D. I. MotU, Edgar D. Cor dova and Charles Sherlock, all mer chants of Kingston; the Cuban' con sul. General Peres, and Soetor dlbb and Motta. , . r. . - The whole of Jamaica felt : the shock, but no' serious damage " was done beyond a radius of 12 . miles from Kingston. Borne houses wars cracked at Spanish IToWn. the - forti fications at Fort Royal were aban doned by the artillerymen and ene-tn. eers,, the western part of the town Is . partly submerged, . lit t.i-lnch guns are .displaced and the barracks are in a dangerous and shaky eon- anion.. ' r: ;, .. f ' v Uo-nark Camp, north of Klnrtn U also destroyed,' and about 40 sick VETERANS SEE PflESlDENT RETTJRNIXG FROM FT. FISHER. President Delivers an Address After Shaking Hands With Each of the , V Veterans Action of Organization : in fraternizing-' with isx-oon tftrfxm ; Accentuates ' Truth of ' What - 1I Has Written In Letter to be Head on Occasion of Annl- versary of Birthday of Lee Badjre , f Presented to President Commemo- rating. Reunion Delegation En ' dorses Action on - Brownsville Af 5: fair. j r- " V:' Washington,'! JanJ 18.- A number of veterans of the civil war, who have beenattend.tng the reunion of the. Blue and the Gray on the 42nd an niversary of the battle of Fort Fisher and Wilmington, who are eh route to their homes, were received at the White House to-day ; by ' President Roosevelt After shaking each by the hand, the President addressed the veterans, as follows: "It glveB me peculiar pleasure to greet this organization. Many dif ferent organizations of our country men are received here at the White House but, after all, while they all have the right to come,' the right is most complete in the case of those to whom we owe it. that we have a national government at all you vet erans of the civil war. I am pleased to learn how well you were received by the men who wore the Gray. To morrow night a letter of mine will be read on the occasion Of the 100th anniversary of the birthday of Lee, and It is Just such action as that of your organization In fraternizing with the organization of the ex-Confederate soldiers by whom you were re ceived, which accentuates the truth of what I have said in that letter; and this war, the greatest war for the union, alone among contests of like magnitude In modern times, has left us the right to be proud, not only of the Union (which by your deeds has become In very truth a union throughout the length and, breadth of this land), but of the courage and steadfast devotion to the right as each man saw thev right alike of the men who wore the Blue and of the men who wore the Gray. "I want to bear testimony to the fact that wherever I speak to an audience of veterans of the civil war, I speak to an audience composed, not only of good citizens In their several localities but of men whyhave been consistently striving to show In their deeds tbeir belief In the words of Abraham Lincoln, by conducting themselves 'with malice toward none and with charity to all." " The veterans presented to the President a badge commemorating the reunion, asking htm to accept It both from them and from the Con federate veterans. Just before the President left, the chairman of the delegation, which In cluded aboet 100 soldiers, two of them colored men, went forward and said: "And, now, Mr. President, one thing we want you to knowi We. and so Tar as we know, all Our comrades, are with you as one man In what you have done In connection with the Brownsville affair." FOTJNTJ DEAD BY THE ROADSIDE. Mysterious Murder of Young Georgia Man Arouses Community In Which ne Lived Xo Cause Assigned for the Deed. KeysvlUe, Ga., Jan. 18. This whole community has been aroused over the mysterious murder of John Moore, a prominent young man of this place. In company with his brother, Thomas Moore, and a negro named Joe Daggltt, he went to Atwell, a few miles from here, Wednesday to secure a cow In part payment for an account owed to the owner of the store. On ,the way back the negro and Thomas Moore drove the cow, while John Moore was in a buggy return ing In another direction. Not reach ing home, search was instituted for him. This morning John Moore's body was found on the roadside about two miles from town. The horse was tied to a tree and-the body of Moore was lying beside the buggy on the ground, with four bullet holes In his head. No trace has been found of the murderer, nor any cause assigned for the deed. soldiers were burned to death before they could be removed from the hospital. The King's house, the residence of the Governor, Is badly Injured and all Its former occupants are now tir ing under tents In Trafalgar Park. The residence of General Marsnau Is totally demolished. The death list is constantly grow ing. PAINT A HORRIBLE PICTURE. Seventeen Refugees Arrive at San tiago, Cuba, Aboard Steamer Thom as Brookes from Kingston 130 Workmen Die In Crumbling Cigar Factory. Santiago, Cuba, Jan. 18. The steamer Thomas Brookes has arrived here from Kingston with 17 refugeea They paint a horrible picture of the catastrophe and confirm the reports of the destruction o( the principal buildings. The pilots do not dare to enter the harbor owing to the changes in the channel. The Machado cigar factory, tn which many Cubans were at work, crumbled and 120 of them were killed. The casualties list at the Mlrtle Bank Hotel was , heavy. The electrlo power house was destroyed, and many persons lost their lives by coming Into contact with charged electrlo wires. The manager of the cable of fice lost a leg. The postoffice build-, lng was not thrown down.. Along the water front the cracks In the earth are six Inches wide. Superintendent of Posts Gardner Is among the kill ed. Captain Young, commander of the Royal Mall Steamer Ar no,' lost his life at the Mlrtle Bank HoteL Dr. Blegle,- physician of the Arno, Is here. The'Arno, as well as other steamers In the port, was used as a ' hospital Three persons died on the Arno, ' The Governor's residence also is being used as a hospital. Captain Con stantino, superintendent In Jamaica for the Royal Mall '8tsamshlp Com pany, was burled at sea,; Captain Toung wss burled on - shore. There Is great shortage of bandage material, and women's clothing la being torn up and used for. this purpose. . ' ; V Senate Pasncs RcUcf, Measure, , Washington, Jan. ' 12. The Senate passed the Jamaica relief bill Imme diately on Its receipt from the House to-day without discussion. ' , . The President 4 later signed -the measure, , :; ; , , ':- ; -' . , LEGISLATURE'S DULL DAY NOTHING NOTABLE BEFORE IT Tlie Senate Holds a Two-Hour Session - to Permit Senators to . Take 1 After- noon Trains HomeSome Bills of Minor Importance Introduced and I . a Number Pass Final Reading -De-" bate In the House on Doughton's "Bill, to Prevent Fraudulent Sale of ' Merchandise BUI to Prohibit In ' decent or Immoral Shows and Fun t Ish Exposure xof Indecent or Im moral Picture Passes House The Celebration of Lee's Birthday To .' Day. j:: .v, ... ' Observer Bureau. ' " The Hollaman Building,' - 9u . i: Raleigh, Jan.-laY" The Senate and House committees on the corporation commission held a Joint session this afternoon to give the officials andattorneys represent ing the telephone companies a hearing on Manning's bill empowering the corporation commission to compel telephone companies to make connec tion in long distance messages. Hunt Chiply, of Atlanta, chief counsel of the Southern Bell Company, and other at torneys from all over the State rep resenting the Independent companies, made argument In opposition to the bill. The discussion had not ended at 7 o'clock, and the matter was held .open for further, hearing until next Wednesday. - The House Judiciary committee re ported unfavorably Yount's bill pro viding that solicitors be elected by the State at' large: - The constitution re quires their election by Judiciary dis tricts. , A great many) legislators left for home to-day and to-night. The ad journment of the General Assembly to-morrow In honor of General Lee giving them an opportunity to leave. THE HOUSE. The House session began at 11 o'clock, Rev. Livingston Johnston of fering prayer. Mr. Hankins, of Da vidson, presented a petition from the merchants of Thomasvllle asking for a modification of the homestead law as to garnishments. Bills were introduced as follows: By Foushee: To amead the Re vlsal regarding landlorUAenants. WInborne: To pay cerVln NWftlms acta 1 tint the State arlsinir froffniti'k. done by the Cape Fear & Deep Rg Navigation Company. Bv Wells: To appoint magistrates In Gray township. Pender county. By WInborne: To regulate trials of criminal actions in Hertford. By McCrackln: To appoint magis trates In Columbia. By Glbbs: To amend the law re garding assessment of railways In stocklaw territories. By Douglas: To extend the crime of vagrancy and provide for the enforce ment of the law against vagrants; (also 'to exclude minors from bar rooms, pool rooms, etc. By Yount: To make solicitors State officers and provide-for their election by the State at large. By Laughinghouse: To prohibit fishing with pound pets In the Neuse, Pamlico. Tar and Itoanoke Rivers. By Byrd: To appolnti, magistrates In Yancey. v By Doughton: Tt., authorize the survey and proper marking of the State line between Virginia and North Carolina. By McNeill: ' To -provide separate schools for Croatan Indians In Cum berland. By Morgan: To amend the charter of Saluda. By Turlington: To appoint trustees of the loan bond fund of Iredell. By Peele: To amend the Revlsal regarding removal of cases from magistrates courts. By Price, of I'nlon: To pay passen gers' expenses incurred by delayed passenger trains. DEBATE ON DOUGHTON BILL. The bill to prevent the fraudulent sale of merchandise In bulk, com ing up on second reading, Doughton explained It, declaring It Just and equitable and saying It was designed simply to prevent fraud, and was In no respect a restraint upon legitimate trade, but would break up the prac tice of secretly transferring an en tire stock of goods to a purchaser, leaving creditors of the seller help less to get their money. The bill is practically a copy of ' the Kentucky law, which has been corfstrued and approved by the Supreme Court, this same law being now fn force In Vir ginia, South Carolina, Georgia and twenty other States and much needed an a law In North Carolina. WIn borne opposed the bill, declaring that Its provision requiring the would-be purchaser to send notice of his intention to buy tovthe creditors of the seller would simply put those creditors in a mad rush to secure Judgments and get priority of claim and this would practically prohibit any merchant from selling his stock In bulk, however honest his pur pose might be. Stevens, of Union, supporting the bill, said It had been very carefully discussed and deliber ated upon by the committee and upon this close examination all superficial objections were found to be untenable. Manning gave a lucid explanation of the bill, saying It was analagous tn the present law for the protection of material men and own ers of buildings, as against possible fraud or carelessness on the part f mechanics and contractors, the bill belnsj Intend 1 to. prevent' fraudulent sales of stocks of goods and certainly not affecting or embarrassing any honest seller. MacRae, In opposition to the bill, contended that a good business man did not' publish the trades ho proposed, to make and said he feared the-effect of this bill, re quiring five days notice of an In tended sale, while designed tn pre. vent fraud, might have the effect of embarrassing legitimate trades, if not absolutely preventing them. WIn borne offerod sn amendment pro viding thst any creditor during the period of five days notice should sue out an attachment must give a bond conditioned upon the payment of damages should the attachment proceedings be dlsallqwed. Dough ton accepted this amendment. Prominent members bringing for ward several further objoetlons to the. bill, Doughton asked that the latter be printed and made a special order1 the Tuesday - next and this course was taken. k ' v- - .; BILLS PASSED. The - following bills" : passed final reading!. ' ",r '"' ' ' '" ' To submit to ths voters ,ef Bun combe trie question of Issuing road Improvement bonds and , creating a highway commission. , To correct mistake tn the charter of 'Mooresvllle. V . , , To consolidate th various charters of ' Lexington K ' .- . ' To pay Irvln Nail, of V Chatham county, 0, which he expended fof embalming and burial of the body of his son. Charles .Nall,. who died H at (Continued on Pag Ten). J ASK RECEIVER FOR HOTELS ACTION I AGAINST TOXAWAY CO. Petition is Filed With District Clerk Asking; That Toxaway Hotel Com ' pany. be Declared Bankrupt Pe t tl tloncrs Represent Eight Creditors, Having Claims -Aggregating $10,000 - ummona to the Company Direct ing Answer Within a Week Will be '- Issued To-Day Company Bald to be a Georgia Corporation Embar rassmentf Not Dne to Lack of -Patronage. .".'';. ;s'':"v Special to The Observer. ABhevtlle, , Jan. 18. Creditors rep resenting claims aggregating approx imately $10,000, this afternoon filed s, petition in the Untted States district clerk's office here requesting that the Toxaway Hotel Company be declared bankrupt: There are eight creditors named. The attorneys, who, repre senting these creditors, have taken the initiative against the famous re sort' hotel are Julius C. Martin and Charles M. Malone, of Ashevllle, and W. W. Zachery, of Brevard. The creditors on wlhose behalf the petition was '.filed, and the amounts claimed by them are Lee, Bryant & Company,' $216.18; C. C. WilllB, $900; McCon nell Bros., $250; G. A. Grler, $2, 626.30; J. L. Smathers & Co., of Bre vard, $$33.63: MUler-Devane Supply Company, Brevard, 1124.12. It Is understood that Zero Nicholas Is an other creditor and also Hoffman & Kent, of this city. It is said that Hoffman & Kent's claim Is more than $4,000. MUST NSWER NEXT WEEK. Summons directed to the Toxaway Hotel Company, directing It to make n,nswer one day next week, will be Is sued to-morrow, and then the pe tition and answer will go to Judge Boyd, at Greensboro, for adjudica tion. It is probable, however, that before this Is done other creditors will make their appearance. The ho tels operated by the Toxaway Hotel Company In the Sapphire country are now closed for the winter, and there will be no interference with them In any event for the present. The announcement that a move has been ma(le to declare the Toxa way Hotel Company bankrupt will come as a surprise -to the thousands of visitors who have spent a time at any one of the hotels during the past two years. The news, however, will not come as any surprise to various business houses acquainted with af fairs and Who have been prt-sentlng their claims for the past several months. It is stated that the Toxa way Hotel Company Is a Georgia cor poration, and entirely distinct from the original Toxaway Hotel Company, the owner of the hotels, and the vast and beautiful estate of the Sapphire country. The present company was formed to operate the hotels which it holds under a 10-year lease at a yearly rental of $30,000. It9 presi dent Is J. C. Burrowes, formerly su perintendent of the Southern Rail way's dining car service, while its stockholders are said to be I. H. Aiken, manager of the Toxaway Inn; J. C. Burrowes, who invested quite a sum in the company, and Bluen thall & Blckert, wholesale liquor dealers of Atlana, who are said to have furnished much of the $60,000 bond which the hotel company gave to the Toxaway Company to secure the pay ment of the aggregate 1300,000 ten year rental. DUE TO SHORTNESS OF SEASON. President Burrowes, of the com pany, Is an Atlanta, his secretary Is also away, and no authoritative state ment from the company Is obtainable. It Is said, however, that the financial embarrassment Is not clue to the lack of patronage, but rather to the short ness of season; that the bulk of tho business being crowded Into practi cally two months, the rental was too great to meet expenses. A number of creditors have figured It out this way, and while they do not attack the In tegrity of the management they do not believe that the company can meet Its obligations. The petition In bankruptcy filed to-day alleges that on November 13, tho hotel company assigned the lease to Bluenthall & Blckert, on the alleged ground that It owed the firm money. This transfer the petitioners attack and ask that the transfer be set aside. This lease, It Is said, Is the main asset of the company. Some of the creditors believe that the company cannot meet Its obliga tions and will have to be declared bankrupt, while on the other hand It Is learned on good authority that Mr. Burrowes has been to New York recently, preparing for the opening of the Sapphire country hotels, and that many hotel men would like to have the lease. It Is considered val uable. It Is said. In fact, that more than one capitalist on hearing of the failure of the Toxaway Company to pay creditors have been here recently to see If they could secure tho lease. Among the hotels operated by the Tox away Hotel Company are the Toxaway Inn. Fairfield Inn. the lodge on Mount Toxojvay. tho Sapphlro Cottages and the Hotel Franklin. CASHIER SHOT HY ROBBERS. Daring Attempt to ttxtt Hank of MUI vllle. Ga. Three C'lwrgcs of Dyna mite Exploded Ofllrrr Now In Puitmlt With lllnodlMMituls. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 18. A special to The nerald from Mldmllle, 70 miles southwest of this place, tells of a dar ing attempt made to-day by three men to roh the Hank of Mldvllle. Four Ineffective charge of dynamite were exploded and before another charge could be fired, C. V. Powers, the cashier, who had been awakened by the explosion, opened fire with a rifle on a man In front of the bunk. The fire was returned and the man was Joined by two others who had been In the bank. Powers was shot doWn and the robbers fled. The vaults of the bank containing $3,000 In cash, were saved. The sheriffs of two counties are tn pursuit of the would-be robbers with bloodhounds. Powers will recover. TO ASK RATES GIVES ST. LOCI8. Circular Will be Rent to All Rail roads Making This Request oa Be half of Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Va.. Jan. 18, The pas senger representatives of railroad and steamship lines entering Norfolk, af ter a conference of two days on the subject of passenger rates to tho Jamestown pxposlllon, decided to-day to Issue - a .circular1 to all railroads and transportation lines In the coun try requesting that rated practically similar to those In "effect during the St Louis Exposition be made effec tive during tho . Jamestown - Exposi tion period.. The rates will Vary ac cording to distance and - time limit and will bo of a considerably reduced nature, '-'-f'''''-", ---..-;- -,-:- MRS. BLAIR QUESTIONED TALKS TO CORONER'S JURY. Investigation Into Shooting of Con ductor Blair Concludes With Visit to Mrs. Blair at Her Home, Where, J Lying In Bed, , Wie Tells Story ' Says Husband Was Drunk and Threatened to Kill Her Both Ran for PlKtol Shooting Occurred Dur ing Struggle Contradicts Ills Story and Testimony of Neighbor, . Observer Bureau, 1209 Main Street, ' Columbia, 8. C, Jan. 18, After examining other witnesses in the case of Conductor McCully W. Blair, wlho, according to his own statement, was shot last night by his wife In their home on Marlon street, roceiving wounds from which he died Shortly after, Uhe coroner's Jury went to the home and took the statement of Mrs. Blair to-night. She lay upon her bed In the very room In which the tragedy occurred, and told her story. Mrs. Blair by the way, was formerly a resident of Salis bury, N. C, and not of Greensboro, as was stated last night. She Is a handsome woman, with fine black eyes. Conductor Blair, according to hlR wife's story, came home last night Intoxicated, and began as usual to take It out on her. He threatened, she says, to kill her. 8he told him not to curse in the house, as he would drive all Jier boarders away. He then knocked her down, and Cnere began a race for a pistol which lay on the mantle in another room. She reached It first, she says, and told him not to approach her. He ran at her, and In the struggle Uhe pistol was discharged. The weak point In her story fs the fact that she Insisted that the pistol was discharged while held In her hand below his waist. The ball enter ed Blair's abdomen above tne waist and ranged downward, coming out at Mie right hip. No powder burns could be found on her hands, his hands, or on her apron. She con tradicts also the statement of a neighbor, Mr. H. W. Woodward, a re liable man. He says that when W rushed Into the room Blair had hold of 'nls wife's hands, clinging to her with a look of terror in his eyes. The pistol was in his upper left hand vest pocket. Blair made a dying statement last night while In the ambulance en route to the hospital. He said he was shot In a quarrel about Conductor Armes, who was an Intimate friend of both. He regretted the affair ex ceedingly for tne sake of his wife, his children and himself. He fell upon the floor of the ambulance and prayed for tflwm. Relatives of the deceased arrived to-day. They do not want Mrs. Blair prosecuted, as they were all fond of her. Tho coroner's Jury Is still locked up, and have returned no verdict. NEWS SHOCKED ASnEBORO. Conductor. Me. W. Blair Killed at Columbia, S. C, Wan Well Known at Ashcboro, Where His Aged Mother Lives Remains Will he Brought There and Funeral Held Sunday. Special to The Observer. Asheboro, Jan. 18. This communi ty was shocked this morning by the knowledge of the death Of McCully W. Blair at Columbia, S. C. He was well known here, which Is the home of his mother, Mrs. Cynthia Blair, who Is aged 73 years. This grief -stricken lady left this morning for Columbia, accompanied by her son, C. A. Blair, of Ramseur. He Is sur vived by four sisters, Mesdames. John ('. Ingolil. of Asheboro; C. K. Allen, of Empire; and R V. Klvett. of Ramseur; R. M. Mahaly, of Salis bury, and a brother. A. B. Blair, an engineer of Ashevllle, who married the sister of the wife under arrest. Another brother J. T. Blair, was kill ed In a wreck nt Danville, three years ago. The deceased was seven years con ductor on the Southern between Char lotte and Washington. He was In the employ of the Southern 26 years. The family here had no knowledge of any serious domestic trouble for years. The mother received a letter Monday which recounted a happy Christmas. He was expected to arrive this after noon to visit the aged parent, but last night she was prostrated by the death message. Both the deceased and his wife were esteemed, and al ways seemed devoted. The hasband had known her from girlhood and had In her chlldhod trotted her on his knee at Greensboro. They had Just bought a home at Columbia. His remains will be brought here and Interred besldo his father. They are expected to arrive to-morrow, and the funeral will be held Sunday. Mrs. Blair Known In Salisbury. Special to The Observer. Salisbury, Jan. 18. Mrs. McCully W. Blair, who Is held In Columbia. 8. C, on a charge of the murder of her husband. Captain Blair, was a former resilient of this city, and she Is a sister of R. L. Manalcy, of Salis bury. Mr. and Mrs. Blair lived here several years and was probably as well known In this place as at any In the State. She was a sister of Mrs. W. A. West, the wife of the engineer killed tn t'h Rostlnn bridge wreck of 1891, and has relatives In Greensboro. She had been admired here for her .beauty, thought It was known years ago that rfne and her husband did not dwell In peace. 1 v Fatally Injured by Switch Engine. Jeaup, Ga., Jan. 18. Judge O. F. Llttlefleld, a prominent cttorney, was run down by a switch engine here to day and probably fatally Injured. While he was awaiting the passage of a freight train which blocked a crossing the yard engine ran Into him, Inflicting serious Internal In juries and mangled his left leg, nec essitating amputation. Judge Little field Is the local legal representative of the Atlantic Cast Line and the Southern Railways. , 10,000 Negroes Endorse President's Action In BrowuwvUto Affair. Baton Rouge, La., Jan. It. Speak ing for the 60,000 negroes who com pose its membership, , tho Grand Council of the National Industrial Asosctatlon of America,- In convention here, to-day adopted a resolution en dorsing President Roosevelt's action In . t I I aistl Mas ti A t AarSA swv A lau a Jiaiiiinisas) siw sstrsji v IVIUini f( Brownsville. , y, v . .s f , For 11,000,000 Rank at llonduraa. New Orleans, Jan.' 18. Announce ment of a concession to Chicago and New York capitalists' to establish In Honduras a bank having $1,000,000 capital, to be known as the Honduras A United Suits Bankt was made hers tO-4V.'-M '-.'? . - t- A .A-,.'!..'.)-.-, HOUSE; TOTES. EOR RAISE $37,500 PAY FOR CONGRESSMEN Representative Littancys BlU to In crease Salaries of Members of Con- i grcss to 17,600 and Tltose of Cab inet Officers to 912,000 Pawes Af- , tor Some Talking for Buncombe Brlecoir Motion for a Yesj and Nay Vote Superinduces Chilly Atmos phere Previous . Question . Called for and Passed Commissioner Greene's Trip South Postponed Dreads Job Laid Out for Hun. BY W. A. HILDEBRAND. ' .,' ' , Observer Bureao. 'Ch ' . 1 HI' G Street, N. W -' H-K ., Washington, Jan. II. " S Commissioner Greene, of the civil , service commission, has found it i'. necessary to postpone the trip which. V ' he proposes to make to North Caro- rf'?' 1 Una for the purpose of conducting an '-'"5 1 lnquisltln Into the affairs of Federal Js '. . office-holders, against whom Senator ' rJ' ' Simmons has made charges. Mr.'' "' Greene said to-day that it might be ' the first of the month Defore ho 4 would go to the State. There are ln-4 '! dicatlons that Commissioner Greene Is entering upon this investigation with . 'f reluctance, owing to the magnitude of ; V ' , the prospective Inquiry. He has V been heard to say that Senator Sim-' mons has cut out enough work to -' keep the commission engaged for s- t year or so. It would take former Postmaster Wray, of 'Reldsvllle, a I week to tell all he Knows if he should -if 'A conclude to unbosom himself. It is " , ', Air. Wray who is opposing the con- "'.,' flrmatlon of J. R. Joyce, as postmas-' tor at Reldsvllle. Mr. Wray was do- Hf -posed at the Instance of Chairman;''" Adams who, together with Collector VV' Duncan, is now here looking Into '-0il ' these matters. . ; SALARY QUESTION UP. The Increased salary proposition - -got hot again in the House to-day. ,! The Senate. It will be remembered. Wm; knocked the provision for an Increase ' ' of pay to members of Congress to $7,- 1 ' 000 a year out of the legislative MUp4 1 ' and thereby Incurred the ire of tho-'-; House, including those members who ?f& voted against the increase when it - V was up, but who ardently hoped it . ' would pass. f ''n:'t,K Representative Llttauer, of New ' v" ' York, called up the legislative bill , t , from tho Speaker's table this mora--.'ft " lng, and. being one of the conferees, moved to disagree to all of the 8en $t -v ate amendments to the bill except tho ';; one providing for an increase of pay , to the Speaker of the House and ' President of the Senate, and to amend ' It with the .vital paragraph increasing 5 the salaries of the members to $7,-,.; ' 500 and ol cabinet officers to $12,000.' ' There was some little talking on tha -proposition, but the move was nicely . cut and dried. ;' v Representative Drtscoll, of New'$ York, thought there should be, by alii; i'1 means, a yea and nay vote, so that the people of the country might see i Just what members of Congress fa- ' vorod the Increase and Just what ; ,1 t members opposed it. A severe frost :' ' followed Mr. Driscoll's suggestton, y : 1 and he turned up his coat collar as , j . he sat down amid silence. After all t - ' the members who wanted to talk had . , had 1 chance, Representative Litteaa . moved the previous question and it ' was carried 1S3 to 92. On a viva voce vote the friends of the Increase seem- v'i" ed to hnve It. and when John Sharp J Williams asked for the yeas and nays ,'- V the Speaker could see only St gentle- ' men standing up In support of tho t' -; ? motion. v V "Not a sufficient number," remark- -X "f ed Uncle Joe with a smile and a mo-.' 1 -ment later the members or the House were patting themselves and each" ", other on the gack, shaking hands and apparently mentally spending that extra $2, BOO a year. "' The bill was then sent to confer- ; . 1 ence, the conferees of the House be- . '!.:.. lng Messrs Bingham, Llttauer and ' Livingstone. S GLENN APPEALS TO SPEAKER. " All the North Carolina members .. . . who were present voted against tho bill to Increase the salaries of mem- . ; ' bers, though some of them said they f'.'v would favor such a step If It did not affect their own salaries. J Governor Glenn was a member of a ; distinguished party that discussed tho forest reserve bill this afternoon with , . Speaker Cannon. Governor Glenn as spokesman of the delegation, went : ' : ' into the matter at some length, but apparently to no avail as the Speaker, A ' . with even more than his usuaM degree : of candor, Intimated that the visitors , were enlisted In a bad cause. The Speaker said that he was only one y 1 . member of 307, but so far as he waa personally concerned he did not think ' .-. ., much of the bill. The advocates of ' tho bill are discouraged, because they ,.. , had reserved this visit of the Ooy . ernor us their trump card. Speaker ' ! Cannon said that there were some-' .v-.' thing like 2S.00O bills pending, but hs- Y " was frankly of the opinion that aona : but the big supply bills would see ;Vv ' daylight this session. Governor V,, Ulenn even reminded the Speaker of V.V his North Carolina birth, saying that 1 ''. his mother State was longing for the'tr: enactment of this legislation, but to this Mr. Cannon made no reply. SOUTH CAROLINA RED CROSS. -' Secretary Taft and Other Members of Sorlcty Leave Washington (or Charleston to Attend Meetings. Wsshlngton, Jan. 18,-Secretary Taft-and other members of the Red Cross - Society left , Washington this evening for Charleston, a (X, to at tend tho meetings of . tho South. Carolina branch of . the organisation. ' The party was In charge of A. C. Kaufman, or Charleston, president of the South Carolina Red Cross and consisted of: . v Secretary Taft. Mrs. Taft' Mtiur Mabel Board men. Surgeon O'Reilly, U. S. A.: Surgeon General Wyman, Marine Hospital Service; Colonel Win. (1 Sanger, New York; Mrs. William K. Draper. New York; Assistant At torney General Cooley, Mrs. Cooley and Dr. John 8.. Wise, U. a N. , Secretary Taft and party became the guests of the ctty of Charleston, and the South Carolina branch. Red Cross, when they entered tho private car "CourUr, whloh had been char tered for their use. and will remain at their disposal until they return to Washington, probably next Sunday night, -'fi " -,''...'.. : A Fatal Shooting In Franllln County, " r '.' :'- ' Virginia. i Roanoke Vs.. Jan. 18. John Fos ter was shot and killed by Arthur Stanley last night at the h"- i of Mr. Sarah 8lnk, In Franklin .-m .wr. i " ter was an unmarried man an 1 h:i slayer is single. After the k ! i r 8tanley escaped and has not ! captured, Sheriff Dickenson U 1 1 pursuit. - A. A i i I. ' ' t
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