Newspapers / The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, … / March 13, 1907, 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
w - 1 ' ! LJ lv..Jl.i:U! v v ... 7- EC SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $100 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. vV , urns for verdict op murder , tn District Attorney Abandons 1 Ms Tentative Plan of , Sending ' Harry Thaw to Madhouse, and Will En I deavor to Secure a Stralghtout Con duction tor Harder In the First De- he Succeeds In v,?: Getting , Mrs, lie's Brother on the Stand in -3lie Face of StrongOpposltlbn From the Defense He Details Conversa , ' ttonV He Had With Thaw to Show That the Defendant Was Not Insane -The End of the Long Trial is Now t1 In Sight and Plans for the Final Stages Were Arranged Yesterday. ' New York, March ll.--The end of ? the Thaw trial at last seems to be In Bight and the twelve men who hare V r been, in the Jury, box for nearly eight J Greeks are to, Harry Thaw's Judges (Tentative plans for the final stages of the trial were agreed upon to-day by opposing counsel, even to the detail of Jallotlng the time for the summing up. District Attorney Jerome has at last burned behind him all bridges leading to a lunacy commission, and has ir- - rsvocably pointed his course to prov- - Jog that Thaw was sane the night he shot and instantly killed Stanford White, and that being sane his crime constituted murder in the first de gree. Within ten days or two weeks the case should be In the Jury's hands. ' JEROME'S STRONGEST CARD. Mr. Jerome played to-day probably the strongest card he holds evidence . which came to his knowledge but a few days ago, and which undoubtedly caused him to abandon the Idea of ending White's slayer to a mad bouse, and to try for a stralghtout conviction under the. criminal Statutes. The evidence came fromMrs. Stan- . ford White's brother, James C. Smith, who told a remarkably suocint story "of the events on Madison Square Oar ' den the night White was killed, and of a long conversation he had with Thaw Just prior to the shooting. It aeems that Thaw sat for some time with Smith during the fateful first performance of "Mile Champagne" and discussed with him a variety of topics in a manner, Mr. Smith declar ed, such as any sane man would talk. Mr. Smith gave the conversation In detail, omitting nothing, he asserted, With the brother-in-law of the man who was so soon to be a victim of lhs pistol. Thaw discussed the play, Wall street, common acquaintances, plans for the summer and many other things. Including a 'buxom brunette' whom Thaw declared he was anxious to have Smith meet. Thaw said he and his wife were going abroad later In the summer. NO HINT OF , TRAGEDY. There was no hint anywhere In the repeated conversation of Thaw's In tent to inflict bodily harm upon any one. Mr. Smith did say, however, that Thaw, not having a reserved seat, roamed about the garden and contin ually looked la the direction of the epot where he subsequently killed Stanford White.. -Attorney Delznas, for the defense, bitterly fought the Introduction of this testimony for nearly two hours to-day, renewing his argument began yesterday. He declared that Mr. Smith was properly a witness In chief and should not be allowed to testify In re buttal. Mr. Jerome replied that he had known only for a few days the real value of Mr. Smith's testimony the conversation with Thaw and he appealed to the discretion of the court to allow the testimony to go In. Justice Fitzgerald held that In the Interst of Justice that the Jury was entitled to all the facts. It was one of the most serious blows the Judge has dealt the defense since' his trial be gan. POLICEMAN ON STAND. There was another policeman on the stand to-day who saw Thaw the eight of the tragedy and who declar ed the defendant at that time acted tn a rational manner. Mr. Jerome also summoned to the stand Dr. Carlton Flint, the physi cian to whom Evelyn Nesblt is said to have gone with, "Jack" Barrlmore, the actor. Mr. Delmas objected and Dr. Flint was not allowed to testify. It was said later that Dr. Flint had been served with a new subpoena--by the defense and that he would be called In sur-rebuttal to answer the questions he was not permitted to answer to-day. As the last witness of the day for the District Attorney was Rudolph Eckmeyer, the photographer who took the pictures of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw which have been introduced in evidence when the photographer was employed by Stanford White. He had tio sooner been sworn than It devel oped that Eckmeyer had also been employed by White to make photo graphic copy o fthe affidavit Evelyn Nesblt Is said to have made in Abra ham Hummel's office. Mrt Eckmeyer identified the negatives made from the affidavit, but they were not offered In evidence. Mr. Jerome next tried to get the photographer to tlx the dates of certain pictures for which Evelyn Nesblt posed, hoping thus to estab lish the day the Nesblt girl says she had the experience with Stanford White in the 24th street house. Mr. Delmas objected on the ground that the evidence tended to contradict ' Mrs. Thaw's story and was not permis sible. Mr. Jerome said h desired to take advantage of the waiver Mr. Delmaii had mads In the beginning of the trial la regard to Mrs. Thaw's story. MR. JEROME EXCITED. "If you will let me fix the date of these pictures," ne said neateoiy, t win (show onUh night following, the day they were taken when Mrs. Thaw says ! wu ruined. Stanford White was not V In the 24th street house at all." . Air. Jerome miny snouiea me iai 1 words and pounded the table before him. ' fMr. Delmas said he must stand upon his " objection, and It was sustained. Hs then moved that the District Attorney's lm ' .proper remarks, to which he has given 'much emphasis of voles and gesture be - stricken from the records. - Mr. Jerome retorted by asking the . court to instruct the Jury that the al- lged ravishment or non-ravishment of . Evelyn Nesblt had nothing whatever to . to with the case. Justice Fitsgerald merely admonished the Juror to pay no heed to the re marks of counsel addressed to the court , and to confide themselves strictly to the evidence. , THE CL08INO PLANS, . It wae after this conflict of counsel J that the agreement as to the closing f stages of the ess was reached, Mr. Jerome said he would Introduce as wlt- I and his stenographer. Then If his plane M Ml I II II Wl carried, ne woum oonciuae the State's case with the testimony of three experts, Prs. Austin Flint. Carlos F. MacDonald and Wbv Mafeon. It was agreed that af ter the defense has put In Its ease In ur-rsbuttal each aide shall have one clear day for the summing up. Then will follow the charge of the court and the consideration of the evidence by the The eseerte will aot be reached be fere Thursday, ana figuring upon the I dlsjassl ef eas a say, the last et the trio Will hot be examined until Monday next. The defense will probably occupy the remainder of next week with eur rebuttal and the summing up period probably will begin on Monday, the 25th instant. That would bring the charge to the Jury on Wsdnesday the itfta. I n ;. HOMEWARD BOUND. Ens-llxh Oneratlvea Have Left Greens ; boro Good progress Being Made in Case of Government vs. J. W. ; Hasty To Improve City Schools Too Mnch Whiskey and a Dead . - Negro, v irJ irM, Special to The Observer, , . - n.A.mhnm Marrh 1. "Ood Be With You Till We Meet Agaln-was the song the English girls sang as they marched to the Boutnern passen ger station . and took the train vfor Baltimore this) morning. When Bal timore is reached the marshal will turn them over to the immigration officials and they will be sent back to England. At first all of the girls said they wanted to go back to England, but finally they began to: doubt whether or not it wae besl to go back, andtwo 'Of them, Mary Oannon and Esther Hayden, decided to -ty In Greensboro. They have already se cured work. They, together with a large number of others, went to the depot to tell the Brlttons good-bye. The girls were accompanied by Mar shal Milllkan. Deputy Marshal Huf flne and Dr. Ashworth; Marshal Milllkan stayed over this morning in order to vote .in the election to-day.. Splendid progress Is being made in the United States District Court in the triaUof the case of the govern ment against J. W. Hasty, a former deputy collector of Internal revenue, who Is charged with making false re ports as to the destruction of certain distilleries in Wilkes county. Several witnesses went on the stand to-day and gave testimony for the govern ment. Among those who have testi fied are Jackson Morris, a clerk In the Department of Internal Revenue at Washington, and A. F. Brace, as sistant deputy collector of revenue In this district. Others who were ex amined were a number of illicit dis tillers who have pleaded guilty and who were summoned as witnesses against the officers. Judge Bynum ave the distillers vigorous cross-examinations. The election to-day on the question of issuing $30,000 bonds for the Im provement of city schools passed oft quietly and the bond Issue was car ried by a safe majority. There were 972 voters registered for the election, a special registration being provided, and 397 votes were necessary to car ry the election. About 800 voted and only 10 or 15 votes were case against trie Issue. There was a shooting affair at a double-tracking force of the Lane Bros. Company near Jamestown Sat urday night, in which Sam Harris shot and insetantly killed Warren Blackwell. Dr. J. P. Turner, county coroner, was summoned there Sun day, and held an Inquest. It was learned that the negroes went Satur day night to Salisbury and got a quantity of whiskey, and began drinking. Soon the negroes quarrel ed. It seems that the negro Harris was holding a pistol in his hands when It was accidentally discharged. At an election herd here to-day It was decided by a vote of 498 against 7 to Issue $30,000 In bonds for the Improvement of the city's public school buildings. There were 792 who reg istered and 397 votes were necessary to carry the election. INDICTED FOR LAND FRAUDS. Federal Grand Jury of New York Re turns Indictments Against Certain New Yorkers. New York, March 12. Several in dictments were reported to-day by the Federal grand Jury, which has been investigating important alleged viola tions of the Federal statutes It was rumored that among the Indictments were a number dealing wtth the recent taking of title to val- unable coal lands In the Big Horn ba sin of Wyoming by certain persons re siding In the suburbs of New York. These persons assigned their rights in the lands to the Owl Creek Mining Company and the Northwestern Ooal Company, both bald to be subsidiary corporations of the Burlington Rail road, which Is now building a branch line Into the Big Horn bason In or der that It may get the coal haul of that section. The applicants made oath when making entry to the lands that they were not acquiring 'the title for any individual or corporation, but solely for themselves, as required by law. The grand Jury's Investigation of the entries was made at the instance of the Interior Department It is also known that the grand Jury has In the past month spent con siderable time in an Investigation of certain transactions of the American Tobacco Company affecting Inter-State commerce, and the maintenance and creation of monopolies In .connection with the tobacco Industry, especially of the export trade. It Is not known, however, that this Investigation has been concluded. KILLED IN SALOON BRAWL Former Professional Baseball Player Shot by Bartender Slayer Claims Sdf-Defcnse. St, Louis, March II. Patrick J. Hynes, who two seasons ago, pitched for the St. Louis American League team and who was signed with Mil waukee for the coming season, was shot in the head and killed to-day in kthe saloon of Harry V. Grover. Louis w, nicnaruson, me Dar lenaer, was arrested charged with the killing. Richardson declared he fired In self defense and W. O. Stanbury, held by the police as a witness, corroborated the statement. Both said the trouble arose ovvr Hynes having ordered some beer and refusing to pay for it Hynes threw a pretsel bowl at Richardson and then , brandished a mop whereupon Richardson fired. When word of the tragedy reached the Hynes home the mother sobblng ly declsred she would rather her son had been slain than be the stayer. Hynes was 21 years of age to-day. Commercial Party Back From Pana Charleston, B. Cf March 12. Representatives of the. commercial clubs of Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, and St Louis, returned to-day from a three week's cruise in the West Indies and Isthmus of Pantma." The trip Was made with the approval of the President and at the suggestion of Secretary Ta.fl. The party visited St Thomas, Porto Rico, Jamaica and several ports In Cuba, besides making a tour of the Isthmus. The Western members left for their homes this afternoon, the, vessel proceeding to Boston wlta the part from thai city. r ' . . : ANGBYPJ50PLE SEOEGBO ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL ' ASSAULT ills Plttman, Muslo . Teacher , In Marion OounCr. Flercelr . Assailed ; by Negro Brute Woman Puts np .. a uame Fight and Frightens Negro r a way a? (suspect Arrested at DH . Ion and Domitiea Take v Him Through the Country to Fayettvllle ; The Governor of Sooth Carolina ;- Orders a Sheriff to the) Scene Alias Plttman Ablo to Pae . Upon ; the Duspecis urougnt uerore tier. - -Observer Bureau, 1209 Main Street, ' s. . Columbia, March 12. , This afternoon the indications were that tho assailant of Miss Plttman, the music teacher, near Oak Grove, Marion county, yesterday, would never be captured. But In the opin ion of Dr. J. C. Mace, who talked to ycur correspondent over 'phone from Marion, a lynching could not be prevented If the right man "were caught, even of the Governor went to the limit of his authority to stop it A number of searching parties were out, and If any one of them caught the negro he would be lynch ed before any sheriff or military company could be gotten to the scene. A SUSPECT CAPTURED. . A suspect was captured at Dillon early this morning, but It Is -not thought likely he Is the guilty man. He appears to be a weak-minded ne gro. The circumstances against him are that he has not given a satisfac tory account of himself for the past twenty-four hours, and that he inti mated when arrested that he knew more about the case than he would tell He Is thought by some to be the negro who eluded capture at Latta last night. This negro attempted to board a train and when some whlte men attempted to arrest him he got away. This capture was reported to the Governor this morning, who Im mediately communicated with toe sheriff's office at Marlon and ordered that official to the scene. SHERIFF ON SCENE. The Sheriff went at once to Dillon, but has not been heard from slnc The Dillon suspect left that place in charge of two depu ties estenslbly for the Mar lon Jail,- but was carried on to Fayettevllle instead, the purpose be ing to finally land him at Ralelg.i. Miss Plttman has not seen him. Miss Plttman was in a terrible nervous state all yentirday, but she Is much Improved to-day, and was able to look at several suspects carried be fore her. As each was presented to her she promptly declared he was not the man. The attack on Miss Plttman occur red near the school house,, the crimi nal being frightened away by her screams. Sln put up a game fight and the brute succeeded In merely tearing some of her clothes, except of course, her nervous sy?tem was ter ribly tested. VICTIM OF BLACK DEMON. North Carolina Lady, a School Teach er, Outraged at Mallory Lustful Wretch Taken to Raleigh for Safe Keeplng. Special to .The Observer. Fayettevllle, March 12. A lady named Miss Plttman. of Rowland, N. C, was outraged last night at Mallory, a smalll station on the Const Line be tween Latta and Clio, S. C, where she was teaching school, by a negro named Nathan McClary, who was brought here to-day by officers from South Carolina to be placed In Jail for safe-keeping after Instructions from Governor Glenn. Sheriff Wat son and the South Carolina officers carried the negro to Raleigh through the country as the best safe guard against mob violence. This last action was more necessary, as It is confidently believed here that a crowd Is coming to Fayettevllle from South Carolina and the neighborhood of Rowland to-night, thinking the negro Is In Jail here to lynch him. To be Taken to Raleigh. By Associated Press. Raleigh, March 12. Officers are on the way to this city with Nathan Mc Cleary, a negro who was arrested at Dillon, S. C, for an assault commit ted upon Miss Plttman, a school teach er. A mob gathered to lynch the pris oner, but the sheriff got on the train with him Just as It was pulling out for the north. The prisoner was taken to Fayettevllle. N C, where he was placed in Jail, but fearing an at tack by a mob from South Carolina, Sheriff Watson started with the pris oner for the penitentiary In this city, where toe will be confined temporarily. TRAGEDY OVER DISPCTED TREE. Tennessee Farmer Shoots and Kills His Brother Men Lived on Adjoin ing Farms. Knoxville, Tenn., March 12. Joe Hill, aged 60 years, shot and Instantly killed his brother, Dock Hill, aged 40, near Chestnut Hill, Jefferson county, to-day. The men lived on adjoining farms which had been left him several years ago by their father. They have been at outs for a long time over a disputed boundary line. To-day they had trouble over the cutting of a tree on disputed territory. Dock Hill fired three charges from a shotgun at his brother, but at such long range that no harm was done. Joe Hill at once went to his home, secured a rifle ami returning to the scene shot his broth er through the forehead. At last re ports Joe Hill had not been arrested, although he had not left the scene. ICICLE DROPS OX CAR. The Motorman Killed and Several Pasacngers Injured Chunk of Ice IV 11 From Niagara Gorge. Niagara rails, N. Y., March 12. A huge Icicle dropped from the cliffs of the Niagara gorge onto a trolley car of the gorge road this afternoon as It was passing the whllrpool rapids. Motorman Everrett Ramsdell was kill ed. Dr. and Mrs. M. B, Nervy, of Slous City, Iowa, and Miss Nervy were struck on the back ana badly bruised, and 8. C. Lindsay and wife, of Pitts burg, were Injured, the former having his hands mashed. The Injured wsre taken to the Propec House. 1 ' i . i - 4 To Extend a Virginia Railroad. Roanoke, Va., March - 1!. Ths stockholders of the . Big Stony Rs.fi. way Company met here to-day in the offices of the Norfolk Western Rail way Company for Uw purpose of to curing an amendment to the charter whereby It ran build extensions and branches. The proposed amendment was adopted and a line will be bu.lt from Interior, Va.,'1nto Pott Valley, a diets &c of 20 miles. The stock of the Big Stony Company la owned by tha Norfolk A Western Cemxtanr, WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE. The President, Members of His CaW. net and a Number of Prominent . Citizens Including Mr. D. A. Tomp ; kins, of Charlotte, Discuss Every Phase of the Southern Immigration ..Problem. ' ? . r-V; Washington, March 12.-An im portant conference on the subject of immigration wae held at the White House to-night. Attorney General Bonaparte, Secretary of Commerce' and Labor Straus, Commissioner Gen eral of Immigration " Sargent, Com missioner of Labor Nelll, Assistant Attorney General ; Cooley, Senator Foster, of Louisiana; President Gom pers, of the American Federation of Labor; D. A, Tompkins, of Charlotte, N. C, and former Mayor Smythe, of Charleston, S. C, were among those who participated in the conference with President Roosevelt. The conference, which was a sequel of that yesterday, in which the mat ter of "assisted immigration" in South Carolina was discussed, lasted two hours. Every phase of the Southern Immi gration problem was discussed. The questions rarsed by several States In the South bearing on the labor problem, the need for the pres ent of bringing certain labor from abroad forwork in the mills In those States, the recent decisions of the AN torney General and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, on the subject were taken up and a general under standing was reached as to the appli cation of the present Immigration law nd the new law that Is to take effect on July 1, next, to the situation into the South. The representatives of the Southern States in the conference, in cluding besides those already men tioned. Major E: W. Lues, of Wil mington, N.. C, and Thos. F. Parker, ot Greenville, 8. C, took an Important part In the discussions, In which they outlined the attitude of the States along these lines. . While no statement was given out at the conclusion of to-nlghfe confer ence, the discussion bore largely along the same general lines as at the meet ing of yesterday and there was the same satisfaction expressed as to the outcome, the discussion Indicating, on the one hand that the new law would not deprive the States of any of their rights already conferred and that the construction of the law as given by the Attorney General was satisfactory and on the other hand, that the States have no desire to go beyond the law In assisting Immigration and that they expect after a short time Immigration will naturally drift to the ports of the South. THE PRESIDENT INTERESTED Messrs. Tompkins, Smythe and Par ker Have Two-Hoar Conference With Chief Executive on the Sub ject of Immigration. Special to The Observer. Washington, March The confer ence of D. A. Tompkins, E. A. Smythe and Thos. F. Parker and Major B. W. Lucas, of Wilmington, with the Presi dent and a number of Els advisers to night lasted two hours. The Southern representatives express themselves as highly pleased with Hie result of It, al though there are no specific' results they can point to as yet. "I have talked with the President a number of times before on similar sub jects," declared Ckptaln Smythe, preil dent of the Pelxer Manufacturing Com pany, "but never before has he shown such Intelligent and eager Interest In nil that interests the South as he did to night. Evidently he has been studying the South during the past few yenrs." QUICK ACTION IN VIRGINIA. Edward E. Mahoney, Who Married North Carolina Lady, Convicted of Bigamy and, Sentenced to Hire Years' Imprisonment in State Peni tentiary. Ppeolal to The Obeerver. Newport News, Vs., March lt.-Wlthln the short space of 30 minutes this nftnr noon Edward E. Mahoney was Indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of bigamy and sentenced to serve three years in the State penitentiary. The grand Jury was out only a few minutes before returning with an Indictment. The prisoner then threw himself upon the mercy of the court, pleading guilty to the charge. He was given th minimum penalty. Mahoney, who Is a driller, employed at the shipyard, has a wife and eight children In Herndon. Fairfax county. He and his wife separated In 1X, the man comlnr here two years later with hla second wife, who was Miss Beatrice Parker, of Wilson. N. C. Two children have been born to the second wife, one of which, a babv of 10 months old. Is still living. A letter from the second wife to the chtef of polio caused the man to be arrested Saturday night. Ma honey thinks that ha has done nothing morally wrong. He says that he and his first wife agreed to disagree and that she told him he had her permission to marry again as early as he pleased. He believed that he has been 111 treated by his second wife. He has sent word to his second wife that he will return and marry her when he has served his sen tence. If his first spouse will secure a divorce from him while be is In prison. WINS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP. Philadelphia Colored Man, Now Stu dent at Harvard, Chosen Over Four Other Candidates. Phtladehphla. March 12. Allen Leroy Locke, colored, of Philadelphia, who will be graduated from Harvard University In June, It was announced to-day, has been awarded the Rhodes scholarship at Oxford University, which this year was allotted to the State of Pennsylvania, The election was made by a committee headed by Provost Harrison, of the University of Pennsylvania. Locke wae chosen ov ur lour oilier candidates. Former Prewldent of France Dead. Paris, March 12. M. Caslmlr Perier, ex-President of France, died suddenly at It o'clock last night of embolism of the heart, at his resi dence on the Rue Nttot here. Jean Paul Plre Caslmlr-Perlcr was the son and the grandson of statesmen. His father, Augusts Caalmlr-Perler, was minister of the Interior in It 71 and his grandfather was leader of the Opposition when Louis Philippe ascended the throne end afterwards wts Premier. The ex-President was born Nov. $, IS ?. Southern Ice Exchange Meets, Atlanta, Oa. March 12. The .n nual meeting of the Southern - Ice Exchange began a three days session here to-day with delegates present from all sections of the South. The morning session was devoted to wel coming address and responses. Be cause of the failure of the arrival of many members, the, committee re. port which were to have been made this afternoon wars, postponed until to-morrow. -, The delegates were entertained at a reception, Jo-aJUlU .', . , EASY TO GET AMMUNITION ACCESSIBLE TO NEGRO SOLDIERS Evidence at Hearing of Brownsville Affair to the Effect that ' Ammuni. ? tlon for the Army Rifles Is Hot Guarded, as Closely as the Soldiers . Would Have the Investigating Com mittee Believe Residents of Brownsville Had Made 'Threat " ' Against Negroes Bullets Might Have Been . Fired From Mauser Rifles, According to Army Officers The Time Required for Cleaning a Rifle. Washington, March 12. That am munition used in infantry rifles fs not guarded as closely as has been claim ed by discharged negro soldiers, and that It Is possible for soldiers to ob tain extra ammunition was brought out in the Brownsville inquiry to-day before the Senate committee on mil itary affairs. This testimony was giv en by Capt D. W. Kilburn, of the Twenty-Sixth Infantry, which preced ed tfianegro soldiers of the Twenty fifth Infaktry at Fort Brown. The same witness declared that citizens of Brownsville made threats that they woud, run negro troops out of town If they were brought there to supplant white troops and on this point he was corroborated by Lieut. Edwin Thomp son, who was quartermaster of the same regiment at Fort Brown. Testi mony also was. given concerning the bullets taken from the walls of houses in Brownsville after the affray and It was developed that these bullets might have been army ammunition Intended for Springfield rifles and fired by Mauser rifles, which, accord ing to previous witnesses, were in common use In Brownsville. SOLDIERS LOSE THEM. On cross-examination by Senator Warner the witness said that It was not difficult for a soldier to obtain a few extra cartridges nor was it un usual for soldiers to lose one or two from their allowance. He said that tho Inspecting officers could not always be exact in counting the ammunition. When soldiers lose ammunition the cartridges are charged against them, but the witness said that they were only tried for negligence when they became chronic losers. At target prac tice he said the men were supplied with 10 or 20 cartridges, according to the amount of shooting to be done, but he rnought If they were disponed to do so they could take a few extra ones. At this point a recess was taken untU 2 o'clock. ( MINUTES TO CLEAN. Capt. Kilburn estimated that a rifle that had been shot a number of times could not be cleaned In less than 45 minutes to stand a rigid Inspection, and that It would require 10 of 12 minutes to clean the barrel and cham ber. When asked If the rifles could be cleaned In the dark he said he should hate to try It and then "go up against inspection." Lieut. Edlwn Thompson, also of the Twenty-sixth Regiment testified that he heard remarks derogatory to the negro soldiers at the time the order was promulgated sending them to Brownsville. COLONEL GRAVES ASSAULTED. Editor of Tlie Atlanta Georgian Knocked Down by J. H. Crutchfleld The Attack Without Warning and from Behind Crutchflold IiOter Ar rested. Atlanta, March 12. Col. John Tem ple Graves, editor of The Atlanta Georgian, was assaulted on a promi nent corner here to-day, being struck from behind without warning by J. H. Crutchfleld. Colonel Graves was knocked to the pavement ejid stunned for a few minutes. Crutchfleld, who used his fist In the attack. Is a mus tiiar man towering above Colonel Graves by many Inches. A friend of Colonel Graves immediately attacked Crutchfleld, who fled and escaped, vii. rii was ordered from DOllce headquarters and he was taken Into custody an hour later, ruicnuoiu, who was recently acquitted of a mur ,,, aoMult unon his wife, who lost a leg as a result of his shooting her, as he claimed accidentally, complain ed that certain statements published In The Georgian were false and unjust to him and that when he demanded retraction, he got no satisiaciion. INTEREST IN JAP CRUISER. The Tsukuga, Which Is Coming to Hampton Roads, Was Built In Two Years by Japanese Workmen. Washington", March 12. A goodly number of American naval officers will watch with Interest the entry In to Hampton Rotds of the big Japa nese armored cruiser Tsukuga. Their Interest Is explained by two facts, first, that this ship with a speed on natural draft of about 22 knots, which is better than any of our own cruisers can do was turned out from a Japanese snlpyard by Japanese workmen, who are Just beginning naval construction; yet, according to naval experta, the ship Is perfect In every detail. Second, that the Tsukuga was under commission and on the high seas within two years from the date her keel was laid down In Japan.N No such speed of construc tion ss this hss ever been attained In American shipyards, at least where naval work Involved, and the best British record, namely In the case of the Dreadnought. Is only slightly bet ter thsn that made by the Japanese shipwrights in the building of the Tsukuga , THE JAMESTOWN STAMPS. A Five Cent Blue Stamp, to Bear the Head of Pocahontas Added. Washington, Msrch 12. The Post master General to-day decided to add a five cent stamp to ths ones and twos already determined upon to con stitute the memorial series - for the Jamestown Ter-Centennlal Exposition. The five cent stamp will bear a like ness of the head of Pocahontas, print ed In blue. Eight million stamps are to be used of this denomination, to supply the demand for foreign post sge. The head of Captain John Smith, In green, la to decorate the one cent stamp, of which 10,000,000 are being printed, while a descriptive scene, "The Founding of Jamestown," repre senting the first landing on that isl and. Is pictured In red on the two cent stamps, of which 14,000,000 are to be Issued. Convention of .life-Savers. , Norfolk, Va, March 12 June II. II and; 14 have been fixed as the dates, and Norfolk as the place, of the next meeting of the Atlantio 'Coast A, Gulf - Llfe-Ssvera 'The' arrange ments for the convention are la the hands of a committee from the lUs avers of Ul ths ssvsaUi uUitrlat, , ' :r' :;; w , - ' i " . v.- , ; FORMAL SERVICES OVER D0WIE. Little Band of the Faithful Pay Tribute, While Thousands of Res . toratlon Host Ridicule and Scorn Dlsputo Over His Last Hours Body to Rest in Hermetically Seal , ed Vault. v Chicago, March" 12. Funeral ser vices were held last night for John Alexander Dowle by the little band of the faithful who have ' stood by him while thousands of the onoe great restoration host ridiculed and scorned. Refusing to accept conciliatory measures offered by Gladstone Dowle in the form of a share in the last rites over his father's body, Deacon J. W. Cutler and his six assistant dea cons, ohosen by Dowle as the ecclesias tical rulers of his church In Zlon City, held formal services, which, they said, were the only possible ceremonies un der the Christian Catholic Apostollo church in Zlon. Cutler had persuaded five of his au thorized assistants, Deacons Crowford, Snelllng, Chad, Gottschalk and Braun. to hold to their original stand. In spite of a drizzling night his residence was crowded, mourners finding places on stairs and window sills. Under these conditions, with every person present an ardent follower of the "first Apostle" In life and death, many of whom had been with him from the founding of the church, the service had a deep religious tsne that made It unusually Impressive. Deacons Samuel Chad and B. F. Morris, who were with Dowle the night he died, were called upon to re late Incidents of those hours. Deacon Morris denied tho "nrst Apostle" was delirious at any time. He said he was merely "talking in his sleep as he had done every night for weeks," and that fever or any of the symptoms of delirium failed to appear. The meeting closed with declara tions from almost everyone present that they would remain In the present body until Dowte's wlfl reveals whom he chose as his successor. Then they will flock to his support. Many ex pressed the belief that this will be Overseer Bryant now In South Africa. Arrangements for final services on Thursday continue to show a concil iatory spirit Overseer Wm. H. Phipp, head of the faction in Chicago that re volted from Vollva after his victory, has been asked to sit upon the taber nacle platform with Deacon Sprecher, head of the Chicago party remaining true to Dowle. The equlogy will be delivered by Judge V. V. Barnes, of the Vollva faction. For the funeral a largo white hoarse will be brought from Kenoeha, the coffin will be white and the hearse will be drawn by white horses. The coffin will be sealed her metically and burled In a stone vault CLAIMS TOTAL NEARLY $800,000 Amerlenn Audit Company, Still Check- nig i p reona Concern Says Dis pensary Could Not. ITrvm - - - - v. c. a -1 Visit. Observer Bureau, 1209 Main Street, Columbia, 8. C, March 12. When the dispensary commission met this afternoon the claims on file for whiskey totaled nearly $300,000 and the American Audit Company Is not yet fin ished checking up. 1 will be ready with a fine report about Thursday. There was no sworn testimony to-day. but four representations of whiskey houses asked to make statements and were allowed to do so. The Peoria concern, which claims a halsnce of over Ki.Oi0 on the celebrated John Black purchase, was represented by Senator F. H Weston, of this city, and by Mr. Hough. Mr. Hough said tho goods were full valim and that Major mark got no rebate; that tho sttitt would not have been sold to the Stato had not Major rtlnek gone to Illinois to explain the financial standing of the dis pensary. The representative of a Richmond concern pleaded for tho payment of his claim for Jfi.000 worth of goods refused by the hoard. The State has sold through the aul-d!spensnrles 140. 0U0 worth of cheap goods. The representa tlv claimed the profit -,n this was only 4 per cent Ullman & Co. also had a representative present to make a state ment. Mr. Stevenson had to leave to-day on account of Illness In his fnmlly. and Mr. Henderson was absent on account of his own Indisposition. Hoth will be here to morrow. At the afternoon session Woodmen fif the World offloers were elected as fol ows: Dr. R. A. Gyles, of Barnwell, head counsel; Robert Llde, of Orangeburg, head adviser; T. C. Hamer, of Ben nettsvllle, chairman board of managers: the other members of the board being A. M. Booser, of Columbia; R. B. Gross, of Holly Hill; Tomllnson, of Spartan burg, and Carroll, of Torkvllle; head banker, F. K. Lots, of Charleston; dele gate at large, Maj. J. Bryant, of Rock Hill; alternate delegate. N. R. Oreen. of Anderson; head clerk, R. S. Hood, of flumter; head escort, W. H. Cobb, of Columbia; head watchman, T. B. coop er, of Branchvllle; head sentry, M. Brogdon, of Sumter. The camp held an other business session to-night and will adjourn to-morrow. COTTON CONGESTS AT MEMPHIS City's Exchange Makes An Appeal to the Inter-State Commission. Washington, March. 12. President Crump of the Memphis Cotton Ex change, presented to the Inter-State commerce commission to-day, a state ment regarding the congestion of cot ton at Memphis, and asked for re lief. The commission said that It would take the question under consideration, and If deemed advisable, would make an Investigation on Its own account In Memphis. It Is said there are at present over 22,000 bales of cotton In the hands of the carriers at Memphis awaiting cars In which to load. From the statements made and the evidence produced before the commission the situation In Memphis wtth respect to cotton was shown to bo as serious as that respecting wheat In some of the Northwestern States. i Brokers Sued for Teller's Defalcation. New Orleans, March 12. Seeding to recover money w hich Its paying teller, Alexander R. Chlsholm Is alleged to have lost In cotton speculation, the First National Hank of Birmingham, Ala., to-day filed suit for $51,950 against Gilbert tt Clay, brokers of this city, Birmingham and other places. Ths bank alleges that this sun repre sents the amount of bank funds which Chlsholm psld to Gilbert Clay and which was never treturned Ito ' the bank. The bank charges that the brokers permitted and Induced the teller's speculations, which were made under the name "F. M. Webster." Italians Shot by Negroes. Monroe, La., March 12. Two Ital ian shop-keepers were shot by negro robbers last night. One ' of them, Frank Lombardo, died to-day and the Other, Joe Dalllo, Is nsar death with a bullet near his heart , Three armed negroes raided the Italian quarters at tempting to. rob other. ihQp , pENCH SHIP BLOWS UP DEATH LIST MAY REACH EIGHTY s MagssJnee on the French Battleship ' Icon. Explode, Hurling Officers and Bluejackets Into Space and Be. : J . Veeset the Accident Said to , Have Been Caused by a V- Torpedo tho; Warship Snick and 'i '" Span For a Cruise, Having Only .. . lT"1 --VnAttttono Inspection Shells and Powder Explosions Con- : tlnuo at Short Intervals, Adding to X Work of Destruction Sailors ftW. fully Mangled by Flylag Fragments and Many of the Victims Blown ta ' . Pieces. .. .. .v,,. Toulon. March II. A terrlbla d!s . : aster occurred here this evening. The ' O powder magazines on board v the -French battleship Iena blew up at -f'- 35 minutes past one and as a result '"' Capt Adlgard. the oomsnandM. nt ': i ' battleship. Capt Vertles, comsaander ' m-onisf or staff of the Mediterranean; squadron, and from 70 to 80 blue Jackets are dead, while Rear Admiral xuaceron and hundreds ef ether men are suffering from Injuries, some ef them horrible in their extent. Naval circles are aghast, and the pubHc is stunned by the appalling catastrophe coming so soon after the loss ef the French submarine boat Lutln, In which 16 men met death. BODIES HURLED INTO SPACE. Ths entire after part of the Iena was blown to pieces. The bodies of the victims were hurled through the air by a succession of explosions and the panic-stricken workmen at the arse nal fled from the vtctnlty of the dry dock for their lives. Scores of the men who were aboard the Iena Jump ed overboard, or on to 'the stone quays and sustained serious tavjuttea The primary cause ef the aooidaat was the explosion of a torpedo. What caused the explosion Is not known, but the magazines of the Iena were set ea fire and their contents in esrpJodhrg destroyed what was considered one ox the finest vessels in the Frenoh aaaay. The Iena had Just undergone a final Inspection of her hull and machinery, the latter having been corrHpkstoty overhauled, preparatory to Join tag the squadron to-morrow. The crew was rn Its full strength, being composed of the rear admiral, 24 other officers and ' 630 men. The magazines had been re plenished recently and contained many tons of both smokeless and black powder, as well as a number ot charges for torpedoes. WITH AWFUL SUDDENNESS. The crew of the Iena had finished their midday meal only a short time before the explosion and had diapers- ed to various parts of the vessel. , .'; Most of the men were engaged la work connected with the approaching v departure of the warship, but quite a largo party had been detailed to at tend u lecture that wus being given , forward. ' The explosion came without warning Thrt first shock was extremely violent and shook the vessel fore and aft It was followed Instantly by other shocks. The crew were thrown Into a condition ef panio. They rushed wledly hither and thtther about the dack. The men forward who bad been attending the lecture clamored over the bulwarks and Jumped down, some of them Into the dock and others to the stone quay. Many ot thorn who Jumped sustained fatal In juries. THE FUMES SUFFOCATING. The hundreds of men below d-K were In a fearful position. Thy were enshrouded In blinding smoka and while, they groped their way t -wurd tho exits they becamo tho prey of suffocating fume9 which caused many of them to fall unconscious. In ttio meantime the detonations had b.'en more frequent and the entire afttir part of the Iena, which was virtually blown to pieces, caught fire. Shells and charges of explo slves In tho magazines continued ta - , explode, and masses of metal were V hurled Into tho air to fall everywhere " about tho docks and the arsenal. TheHe flying missiles demolished the torpedo shed, the engine works and the pump house nearby and constitut ed a most serious menace to the lives of thofe who made their way toward the battleship to begin the work ot rescue. In spite of the danger many, heroic efforts made to render assls tance, but for the most part In vain. The Iena was aflame from bursting; projectiles and the fire prevented approach. ; ' WATER STOPS EXPLOSION. It Is declared that for SO minutes) y thd authorities were unable to dls- , cevtr the keys with which to open '? ths locks to flood the dry dock and submerge the ship, but when they did) , ; finally open the locks the water rushed in onto the Iena and the et ; plosion camo to an end. Then amldt masses of dense : smoke the search for the dead and! wounded wag commenced. The lower decks of the Iena wer lltered with) ' the fragments of shattered and torn "y bodies, while the surrounding a;et 'J; was dotted with human fragments. It will bo ImpoHslble to ascertala ; tho exact number of killed and . wounded until to-morrow when roll call will be held ss many of the ; ' men were completely blown to pieces, ' while others were Incinerated. m HELD UP HARBORMASTER. ' ; Assailant of PhlladcJphlan Arrested . at Savannah His Two Accomplices) ' Get 10 Years Each. Savannah, Oa , March II. Arthuf) ' Stone, of Philadelphia, was arrested here to-day as he left the steamship -Alleghaney on her arrival from that port on a charge of having robbed . -Harbormaster Pollock, of PhUadet . phut, on Tuesday night by holding ; him up In the street. Stone confess : ed and Implicated his brother-in-law. ' John Strickland and "Billy" Keith, of 1 , Philadelphia, as accomplices. He will return without a requisition.' tt : Philadelphia, March II. With tha v arrest of Arthur Stone at Savannah', to-day on the charge ot holding up Harbormaster Pollock, of this City, the authorities have In custody all tha men implicated in the robbery. : John , Strickland and William Keith, whom Stone Implicates in ths hold-up, were arrested here last Thursday. They pleaded guilty and were yesterday sentenced to 10 years each ' In tha county prison. They Informed tha police of the whereabouts ot Stone. Seventy-Tlireo . Indictments . Against . tne Southern. 1 ., Roanoke,'. VW March II. The Franklin county grand Jury t Rocky, Mount, yesterday brought In 73 in dictments against the Southern Rail-, way for violating tho Jim crow liw and falling to provide proper armm, modatlons for the traveling puHi The violations are laid to be en a branch of . the Southern . bet v.-. Kocky Mt and Fraukila JuncUao,
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 13, 1907, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75