SUBSCRIPTION PRICE s : $8.00 PER YEAR.
CHARLOTTE, K C, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH '25, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTO.
I G ER A L U PRISING FEARED
, ; SITFERING USED AS f CAPITAL
Ruling Dynasty - of China Seriously
'... Alarmed Over Effect of Spread 'of
limine and Opportunity it Offers
gedltlonary Socltlc to Enlist coo
vert to Caddo Against Government
- Propaganda .Organised to urca
late Stories and Ofllclala Fear
Spread of nyaterla May Engender
v General I'prMnfc In Such . Event
' Government Might Not be Able to
:l(, ,f rol and Foreign Interests
, WA ,,ild be Jeopardized --V ;. nf-?
vahtagton; March ; t 24.- From
Shanghai, advices received ,,' ty the
State Department It appears that the
rollng dynasty In China J seriously
alarmed, oyer the effect of thejpread
' or famine through the .country and
.' the opportunity It, offers to sedition
ary societies to enlist converts to the
cause-directed' against the. govern
ment The ', suffering . of the people
.. 4 is used as capital, ft is said, In that
judicious assuaging or want . places
the persons given assistance .under
" - obligations to the societies. The gov
ernment's ability to relieve suffering,
It. is said, has been magnified and th
hardships of the people attributed to
, Jack of sympathy by the government
for the poor classes.
OFFICIALS FEAR UPRISING.
The information received Ifcere In
Ineatea that a propaganda has been
organised to further the circulation
of stories of the Character outlined
and It is said that State Department
officials fear that a spread of. hys-
. terla may engender a general uprls-
- Ing. If such should be the "result
there la danger that the government
might not be able, to control the
situation. American and other for
eign Interests then would be Jeopar
dised. So gTeat is the concern that
diplomatic and consular officials In
China have been Instructed to keep
.Washington advised In regard to the
situation and every turn taken.
That the Chinese government
reoognUea the danger Is shown by
the fact that Viceroy Tuan Fang, of
(yanking, has memorialised the
z throne for 11.000,000 to purchaae
East Indian rice to feed his people.
Undoubtedly this step was taken to
offset the work that has been done
by the sedltlonary societies, as well
as to relieve the immediate suffer
ing. In taking this action the Viceroy
' predicted a general uprising in the
famine stricken districts , unless
prompt relief is provided, but he did
not refer to the trouble that had
been stirred up by the anti-govern-tnent
societies.
" AN EXTRA EFFORT TO AID.
An extra effort will be made in the
United States to broaden the scope
of the movement to find relief for
the Chinese. Already there have
been large sums of money oolleoted
and dispatched to China to be used
h) the purchase of food and In the
.,' bear future the transport Buford
will sail, from San Francisco with a
ship load of provisions given by Louis
Xlopsch, editor of The Christian
Herald. A . general movement
throughout, the civilised world to
aid the sufferers, it Is believed, will
enable the Chinese government to
Strengthen Its hands and possibly
suppress uprising and riots. For the
protection of foreigners in China the
United States and European countries
are prompted by self, as well as hu
manitarian, interests to come prompt
ly to the assistance of the celestial
empire.
That any movement which threat
ens the overthrow of the present
dynasty In China gives alarm to the
United States and every European
nation, which has Its Interests and
Jieople in China, Is not denied. The
Ifs of every white person in China
Is believed by officials of the State
Department to depend upon .the con
tinuance of the Chinese government
as it stands, the Boxer uprising being
cited as an Instance of what might
result it the present government
should be weakened.
TiOTS TRIED STATEMENT A TBAGEDY IN CXBABRUS
PRESIDENT OFFERED PARDON T
Former Senator Burton Says He De
clined Papers That Would Have
Given Him Freedom From Prison.
Abilene, Kas., March 24- Former
United States Senator J. R. Burton,
efter delivering the speech which he
had prepared In advance, made the
statement last night that the Presi
dent had offered him a pardon. He
said:
"Five days after I was put In jail,
thj President offered me a pardon.
It came to me personally at Ironton.
The communication was over the sig
nature of the pirdon clerk.
"I never answered It I would not
answer It. I would not accept a par
don from him under any conditions.
He, gentlemen, Is the one that should
have the pardon."
BTJRTON'8 STATEMENT DENIED.
V. 8. Attorney In Charge of Pardoug
Declares no Pardon Was Sent the
Former Senator.
Washington, March 24. Peyton
Gordon, United States attorney In
charge of pardons, to-night denied
the statement of former United States
Senator Burton that a pardon had
been offered to Mr. Burton a few
days after he was placed In jail at
Ironton, Mo., to serve his six month's
term in Jail. Mr. Gordon declares
that a few days after Mr. Burton's
Imprisonment a number of letters
were received at the -Department of
Justice asking for a pardon for the
former Senator, and as there was
. nothing to Indicate that these letters
. had been written with Mr. Burton's
Snowledge, Mr. Gordon wrote to Mr.
urton and called attention to the
i letters and suggested that If Mr. Bur
ton so desired the communications
rould be forwarded to the President,
lo answer, however, was received
rom Mr. Burton.
SNOW IN ALBANY, N. Y.
Weather Bureau Say Hot Wave Has
Boca Broken m the East And
Throughout Ohio Valley.
; Washington, March1 - - 14. Th
Weather bureau to-night announced
that the hot wave has been broken In
the East and throughout the Ohio
valley, though the summer like weath
, er will continue in the South and
' Southwest for several days. According
to official advices received at the
weather bureau it Is, snowing to-day in
Albany. N. T., and In many parts of
few England. 'The highest . point
Slached by the thermometer here to
ay was ( degrees at I o'clock la
the afternoon, and at I o'clock to
1 night the mercury had dropped to SI
degrees. Prof. . Franksnfleld predicts
that there win now be several weeks
of ) weather. i,
In' f 1 I, , i i -) V . " ..t V It
DENIES REPORTED DISSENSION.
Refers to Affidavits Filed With Justice
? Fitzgerald in' Opposition to Appoint
jnent of Lunacy Commission Mon
otonous Sunday at Tombs. Broken
H-'by .Visit ?? from I Evelyn .Thaw
'.O'Reilly and Hartrldge , Busy pre
paring Brief While Mr. Jerome
- Spent Part of Day In" Dictating Long
, Statement to . Stenographers Re
' ported That District. Attorney WW
;H Submit New and Corroborative
r Facts 1 Supporting ' Affidavit ' on
' Which I Original Suggestion Was
' Made..' :-r.--Svi;''-y'--'..!.i'. .', 1
li New York, March (14 Harry K.
Thaw' to-hlghf made " public another
statement, (this time denying a rumor
L which he .believes Is current, to the
effect that there is dissension among
his counsel.' He also refers to the af
fidavits filed with Justice Fitzgerald,
by rhiB' attorneys, in opposition to the
appointment of a lunacy commission
to examine him. i
A. Russell : Poabody,'. who gave the
matter to the press after he had had
a conference with other members of
Thaw's counsel, designated It as:
"The third statement : Issued ' by
Thaw since August 10, last." it fol
lows: '. '; ' ,.i v,' ' ' .
"I wish to deny the rumor that
there is dissentlon among my counsel.
Owing to th limited time affidavits
were prepared simultaneously at the
office of Mr. Dumas and of Messrs.
Hartrldge and Peabody. Four, that
were Completed March 22 at the' let
ter's office were transmitted to the
former and all of that dae were
printed together under Mr. Delmas'
supervision. These 'made March "ii
were brought te me, as I was nearest
the court. '
"I examined the last four from
Messrs. Hartrldge and Peabody, and
one from Mr. Delmas' office and found
them eminently satisfactory.
"This method was sanctioned by Mr.
Delmas. Had I considered that any
thing In these last- affidavits might be
considered inappropriate for this oc
casion they would have been with
drawn for the time and corrected un
der Mr. Delmas' direction.
"My mother sent her exceedingly
clear affidavit Friday morning to be
copied at the office of Messrs. Hart
rldge A Peabody, and proceeded there
later to affix her signature under oath.
"It was written by her at her hotel
with no suggestion from any one
whomsoever, and is filed exactly as
she prepared it"
WIFE VISITS THE TOMBS.
Tb monotony of Thaw's Sunday at
the Tombs was broken by an unex
pected visit from his wife. This was
the first time since his detention that
the prisoner was allowed to receive
callers other than his counsel on Sun
day. Mrs. Thaw had come to the
Tombs with a message for her hus
band and was agreeably surprised
when told that she might visit him.
The two were together tor a half
hour, and when Mrs. Thaw left she
said: .. . .... ,
"Harry is In excellent health and is
sure that everything will come out In
his favor."
The prisoner's attorneys did not vis
it him to-day. During the afternoon,
which he devoted chiefly to his cor
respondence, Thaw received a note
from Lawyer Daniel O'Reilly, explain
ing that none of the legal staff would
call during the day and stating that
Mr. Hartrldge and the writer jjere
busily engaged In preparing briefs to
be presented' to Justice Fitzgerald to
morrow.
District Attorney Jerome and hla
chief assistant on. the Thaw case
were at their offices to-day and Mr.
tferome for about two hours dictated
to stenographers a long statement
which took them until late In the day
to transcribe. Mr. Jerome said it was
a statement to be submitted to Jus
tice Fitzgerald and would not be given
out In advance of Its presentation to
the court.
DISTRICT ATTORN ET RETICENT.
' The dlstrlot attorney would not say
that hl statement was to be used In
rebutting the statements sworn to by
Thaw's mother, hla lawrtn and ht
alienists, and contained In the 12 affi-
aaviis niea Dy tno defense yesterday.
It was reported but not confirmed'
that Mr. Jeroma lntandi tn
only facts refuting the affidavits pre-
nemeu Dy me aeiense out to submit
to Judge Fitzgerald new and corrobo
rative facts stiDDortln the a.fnidavtta
on which he originally nte.de his sug
gestion to tne court that Thaw s sanity
should be Inquired Into.
When asked if h lntendnd in nhnit
the 12 affidavits filed by the defense,
air. Jerome said:
"My opinion that Thaw Is now cra
zy and should not be on trial for his
life has undergone no change since
reading these affidavits. And I cer
tainly expect a commission to settle
this point definitely."
Even if Mr. Jerome makes answer
to-morrow morning to the affidavits
filed bjr the defense, there will be no
further devsloDmenta until Wdn.
day morning, when court will reconvene.
When court ediournad last FVIdav
the volumes containing the typewrit
ten transcript of testimony were filed
wim more inan s.uov pages.
As the pages average 250 words, the
total to data exceeds l.KOO.OftO wnrda
The people have made use of 119 ex-
nioiis to support their witnesses' tes
timony, and the defense has Intro
duced It exhlblta for a similar nnr.
pose. Ninety-seven individuals haye
een examined on tne witness stand.
ARTHUR SANDERSON ACQUITTED.
Tried For Murder of Dr. Meredith,
Family Physician, Because of Im
proper Conduct Towaad Hla Wife.
Carthage, Mo., March J 4. Arthur
Sanderson, to-night' was acquitted of
the murder of Dr. Solomon D. Mere
dith In Carthage on. January I last
Mrs. Sanderson testified that Dr.
Meredith, the family physician had
mads love to her when she went to his
office to consult him. She had detailed
her experience - with the-' doctor to
Sanderson, who Immediately left the
house and soon , returned - with Dr.
Meredith. Bafore Mrs. Sanderson, the
husband accused the physician of
ruining his home and shot and killed
the doctor.
, In the. arguments of counsel for th
defense, a parrallel with i the Thaw
case was drawn. ' Attorney Shannon
Said there was no evidence of an ex
aggerated ego, In that the defendant
thought himself "providentially oalled
on to avenge the ravishment of his
wife.-'" ' j
In as dying statement Dr. Mereflth
denied that Ms . relations with Mrs.
Sanderson naa Been, crmupal.
WHITE ' MAN SHOT TO DEATH
Grovcr - Page;: 19 Years Old; 3 Wlille
Travcllne- In Bad Cbmnanv is Shot
by the Husband of the Woman
V Whom His Drunken Companion
Insulted-Entered Home of Re.
t spectable Family in Dead of Night
ana irea on ituHbana Tne peaa
: Man Probably Innocent in the Mat
torHis Companion, Dan Black-
welder, Bears an Unsavory Reputa
tion. ' ' . , j ,4 , i
Special toche Observer.'?- .
' Concord, March 24'j-Orover : Page,
a young white boy about 19 years of
age, , was shot v and ' Instantly kllletjl
last night about three miles south
west - of ;' town, near the home of
Henry. Walker.. In the vicinity of the
old White Hall school building. The
particulars, as well as can be ob
tained to-day, are about as follows:
' Walter Blackwelder, a young son
of . Dan Blackwelder, . who lives at
the 'Buffalo Thread Mills, in company
with Grover Page started to the
home of Mary Herron, a woman of
disreputable character, who lives be
yond Henry Walker's, and being in
a slightly Intoxicated condition, the
men stopped at the home off Walker
and tapped on the front -door. Mrs.
Walker is said to be In bad health,'
or an invalid, and her husband works
as night watchman at the mill store.
When her husband left on fats rounds
about 11:80 o'clock the front door
was left unlocked, as usual, and when
the young men who were prowling
around knocked at the door, Mrs.
Walker thought that It was her hus
band or a man named John Deaton,
who was with Walker Saturday night
as an assistant, and told the In
truders to "come in."
FIRED ON WALKER.
Walter Blackwelder, accompanied
by another man, entered the room
and Blackwelder went straight to the
bed where the sick woman was lying
and began with his Improper pro
posals. He was under the Influence
of liquor. About that time Mr.
Walker, husband of the woman, came
in through the back door, accom
panied by the man Deaton, and when
he saw Blackwelder sitting on the
bedside, he Immediately asked htm
for an explanation and ordered the
men to leave the house. Black
welder became vicious and whipped
out a pistol, shooting five times with
out effect. Page, or the man who
was with Blackwelder, In the mean
time was endeavoring to quiet the
man and to get him to leave. After
the Blackwelder mail had emptied
five chambers of his revolver, he
accompanied the other fellow from
the house, but stated that he would
shoot the damn doors off the hinges.
WALKER SHOOTS PAGE.
Mr. Walker got down Als trusty
rifle and went Into the front yard
and when the men started to ap
proach the second time, he fired one
shot, but he states in a different di
rection fro mwhere the body of Page
was found some time afterwards.
When Page had received his mortal
wound Blackwelder sobered up
enough to start on a dead run for
safety, but was apprehended by
Henry Moss, who heard the shooting
and who was on the watch with his
rifle. Blackwelder was held by Moss
until an officer could get there from
the city. Policeman R. Will John
ston, accompanied by Dr. Morrison
King, left town and wended their
way to the home of Walker, but the
man was dead when they got there.
Within about ten feet of where the
dead mab lay was found the frame
of a pistol, with the breech broken
and the cylinder gone. Blackwelder
was taken In custody by Policeman
Johnston, and when searched the
cylinder of the pistol was found on
his person. He was brought to town
and la now In Jail.
From what can be learned to-day,
Page wss a quiet, unassuming younsr
fellow, whose home has been at the
Young-Hartsell Mill for some time,
and there seemed to be no complaint
against him, for he did all In his
power to quiet Blackwelder and to
get him away from the home of
Walker. Mr. Walker stated.. It Is
said, that if the shot that he made
from his rifle killed Page, he was
sorry for it . for he did not think he
was guilty of any wrongdoing, but
the affair occurred at a time of
night when he was unable to dis
tinguish one from the other. Black
welder Is said to bo a rough, rowdy
character. Page, the dead man, Is
not well known here.
CORONER'8 INQUEST TO-DAT.
The remains of the dead man were
carried from Walker's premises to a
nearby blacksmith shop, where It
was left to Uie keepls of some re
sponsible parties' ttll this morning,
when Coroner George Richmond was
called out to make an Investigation.
The coroner'e Jury could not render
a decision to-day on account of In
sufficient evidence, but will convene
again to-morrow at 12 o'clock and
the matter will be concluded. The
ball that killed Page entered the
tbdomen on the right side snd pene
trated the intestines with an upward
tendency, and was a .12 calibre.
The bore of the rifle usod by Mr.
Wrlker and the pistol used by Black
welder are the same, and some par
tie seem to think that Blackwelder
did the kllllnsr. Will Ttunton and
Charlie Collett Who were returning
from the house of Mary Herron, were
In the vicinity of the shooting when
It occurred. If not members of the
crowd, and are being held at police
headquarters as witnesses. Walker
and his fnmlly bear a good reputa
tion and Walker himself holds a re
sponsible position out at the mills.
Cortelyon and Woodruff In Confer
ence With President
Washington! March 24.flecretary
of - the Treasury Cortelyou and
Timothy Woodruff, of New York,
chairman of the Republican State
committee of NcW York, were in con
ference with President Roosevelt at
the White House for more than. two
hours to-night Mr. Woodruff said
the conference1 related to presidential
campaign plans for 1101, but that
candidates were not discussed.
Congressmen. Rack From an Inapec
' tlou.of the Canal. -;
New Orleans, March 24. A party
of Congressmen, who have been In
specting the Panama canal, arrived In
the Mississippi - river to-day en the
steamship Kills from colon. The El
lis is expected to dock In this city,
either to-night 'er ..- early ,ln "the
morning.
TAP! Party off for isthmus.
The Dsy at Charleston, 8. C, Was
Greatly Enjoyed Luncheon Taken
., On Board the May ; Flower at a
O'CkKk, ;V.,;;,:,.Vi:.,r'V,;. V,: i' 1
Charleston, & C, March 24. Hon.
William H. Taft Secretary of War, ac
companied by Frederick P. Stearns,
civil engineer, Boston, Mass.; Alfred
Noble, civil engineer, New YorkfClty;
John R. Freeman, civil and mechani
cal engineer. Providence, R. I.; Sen
ator Alfred B. Klttasdge, Sioux Falls.
8. D.; Representatives Theodore Bur
ton,: of Ohio, and David A. DeArmond,
Missouri; -r the Hon. Richard Reld
Rogers, general counsel of the Isth
mian canal' commission, and Wendell
W. Mlschler, confidential clerk to the
Secretary, of War, arrived In Charles
ton at 7 o'clock this morning and were
met by Mayor Rhett and a number of
citizens. At o'clock the visitors were
entertained at breakfast by Major
Rhett at the Charleston Hotel, there
being , about 26 persons , present
representing the navy, the army
and the city. At 10 o'clock an
expedition to" Magnolia Gardens
on the . Ashley, , was made In
automobiles, and greatly enjoyed.
Returning to the city at 1 o'clock,
the reception committee became the
guests of Secretary Taft and went
aboard the, Mayflower. Luncheon was
had on board after which the May
flower raised anchor at 4 o'clock and
sailed for - the Isthmus, Colon being
the first stop according to announced
plans.
The Secretary and party are tn
splendid health and the best spirits.
While talking pleasantly of every
thing, Mr. Taft only laughs when sug
gestions of. his possible eandldacy for
the presidency are made.
RACE MATTERS DISCUSSED.
William Lloyd Garrison Presides Over
Maas Meeting Held in 1'r.unont
Icinplc, Boston.
Boston, March 24. William Lloyd
Garrison- presided at a mass meeting
held in Tremont Temple to-day under
the auspices of the Industrial Depart
ment of Morris Brown College, of
Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Garrison said In
part:
"What disturbs me more than the
attitude of the Southerners who are
making capital out of race hatred,
are the concessions of Northern
friends of the colored people who
have been truly helpful in the en
eor.rngement of Southern schools.
Poi a use prejudice is deep roofed aul
auain demonstrating its strength li
thu North it is all the mors urgeat
thai no countenance be given to thl
hateful spirit. Not even Southern
lynchlngs are so disheartening to
friends of equal lights as the acqules
ence of such men as ex-President
Cleveland, President Elliot, of Har
vard, and Bishop Lawrence, of Mas
sachusetts, (all desirous of uplifting
the colored race), In the nullification
of the ISth Amendment, and the
maintenance of caste schools."
Mr. Garrlso nargued that the white
South, has shown "no sense of respon
sibility" Since "su,rplng aU political
power" and that It has discriminated
against colored schools in appropria
tions. Rev. R. D. Stinson. of Atlanta, vice
president of Morrison Brown College, i
presented a statement Of the work '
of the college and the needs of the
constitution.
WEEK'S KEWSFOfiECASTED
BRYCE TO SPEAK IN NEW YORK
After Addressee- Before i Chamber of
Commerce Tueeday th New Ambas
sador Leaves For Ottawa, Canada
Taft Party Due to Arrive at Colon
-March SO Commission to Pass) Up
' on, Thaw'a Mental Condition May
; be Appointed This Week A 12
. Year-Old Girl to Stand Trial tor
, Murder at CarmeL N. J To-Morrow
Important Meeting of ' Railroad
Men. ; ' , .( '.Vi;v"'
A' special meeting of the New York
chamber of commerce will be held
in New York City on Tuesday, at
whioh Ambassador Bryco will make
an address. Afterwards he will leave
for Ottawa, Canada.
Secretary Taft, who with a party of
Congressmen and engineers, sailed for
Panama canal sons Sunday aboard the
dispatch boat Mayflower, Am due to ar
rive at Colon March to. The trip will
Include visits to Havana and San Juan
and Mr. Taft expects to return to
Hampton Roads April 22.
This week may see the appointment
of a commission to pass on. the mental
condition of Harry K. Thaw and the
consequent interruption for some time
of his trial before a jury for the kill
ing of Stanford White. Justice Fitz
gerald now has the affidavits of both
Mdes and may be ready to announce
hla decision on Monday as to the ref
erence of the question of Thaw's sani
ty to a commission of experts. If he
determines against such a course,
hoWever, the trial will go on
as practically all the evidence has
been, a verdict should not be far off.
A murder trial presenting features
of unusual Interest Is scheduled to be
gin at Carmel, N. Y., on Monday,
when Jennie Burch, a 14-year-old girl,
will be called to answer the charge of
poisoning Wilbur Winshlp, a two-year
old child, whose nurse she was. The
defense will be Insanity.
A MEETING OF RAILROADERS.
A meeting of the Order of Railroad
Conductors and the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen will be held at
Buffalo on Thursday to ratify an
agreement of co-operation between
the two organizations. The agree
ment to co-operate will not affect the
separate Integrity of the orders.
The tournament of the National
Bowling Association will be held at
Atlantic City from March 25 to April
8. The entire list shows that 120 five
men teams, 260 two-men teams and
187 individuals will compete.
Contests for the national gymnastic
Contests for the national gymnastic
championship of the American Ath
letic Union will be held In New York
next Saturday.
FALL BR0KE HIS NECK.
NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION.
The Inter-State Organization to Meet
in Columbia To-Day in Sixth An
nual Con vemtion Go rernor Ansel
to Give Visitors a Reception.
Columbia, S. C, March 24. The
Inter-State National Guard Associa
tion, comprising the militia of vari
ous States of the Union, will convene
here to-morrow In sixth annual con
vention. The delegates from every State In
the Union will be In attendance.
General Charles Dick, Senator from
Ohio, accompanied by a large party
of military men will reach Columbia
early to-morrow morning In a private
car over the Seaboard Air Line.
The oonventlon will be called to
order by President Dick at 10 o'clock
In the hall of the House of Repre
sentatives. A feature of the convention will be
a formal address by Colonel H. C. S.
Helstand, adjutant general of the
South Atlantic division, which Is re
garded by the War Department as
of much Importance.
To-morrow night Governor F. M.
Ansel will give a reception at the
Colonla In honor of the delegates.
Tuesday afternoon the visitors will
be entertained at on old time South
ern barbecue at Ridges Park.
During the convention a meeting
of the secretaries of the various
States of the national association for
the promotion of rlflle practice will
be held.
TIED TO TREE AND RIDDLED.
Neero Who Attempted to Aseault Mrs.
Rice Near Florence, Ala., Summari
ly Executed by Mob Was Fully
Identified by Intended Victim.
Florence, Ala., March 24. Cleve
land Harding, the negro who attempt
ed to assault Mrs. Ben F. Rice, near
here Friday and who was driven off
by Mrs. Rice's shepherd dog, was
summarily executed to-day by a mob
of 200 or 200 persons.. Tied to a tree
with his arms up, the negro was rid
dled with bullets, the first shot. It Is
said, being fired said being fired by
Rlcs, following which every man In
the crowd emptied his revolver at the
pilsoner. Over 1,000 shot were
fired. The negro was captured to
day half a mile below town and was
taken before Mrs. Rice, who fainted
at sight of him. Upon recoverolng
she fully Identified her assailant and
on being asked what should be done
with him, told the negro's csptors to
do as they thought best. Harding
was taken a short distance from the
Rice home where a conference of the
mob leaders was held. Some . said
bnrn him, but shooting was decided
on.
Beyond confessing his guilt, ths ne
gro had nothing to say and waa
stolidly Indifferent, It seemed, to his
fats. The body was left tied to the
tree by. the mob, members of which
made no attempt to shield their
Identity. The sheriff overtook the
crowd before the lynshlng but his ap
peals were unavailing.
Spalding Sporting Goods House Badly
Damaged by Fire.
Chicago, March ' 1 4. The sporting
goods house of A. O. Spalding tt
Bros., on the west side of Wabash
avenue, near Monro street, wss part
ly destroyed by fire to-night, the dam
sgs being lltO.000. The firs, which,
started in the basement Is thought
to have burnsd nearly an hoar before
It was dlsoivertd. The flames spread
through the fire floors of the building.
Coroner Investigates the Unusual
Death of a Young Stan at Wilming
ton Found Dead In the Street With
Neck Broken And an Ugly Wound
on His Face.
Special to The Observer.
Wilmington, March 24. The coro
ner to-day completed an Investigation
of the circumstances of the most un
usual death of Ed. Davis, a young
grocery clerk, whose body was found
shortly after last midnight at Front
and Castle street, his neck being bro
ken and his face bearing an ugly su
perficial wound.
There waa no evidence of foul play
and the body was turned over to the
family for burial.
Davis left the store where he Is em
ployed down town a few minutes be
fore 12 o'clock last night, shaved at
a barber-shop on the way home, and
was found SO minutes later by a ma
rine engineer, also on his way home,
close up to a fence on the sidewalk,
breast downward and face slightly up
turned. His watch, $19 In money and
some bundles of merchandise he was
carrying home and other articles of
value were found untouched.
After a full Investigation of the
facts the coroner Is of the opinion
that with the bundles under his arm,
the man fell against the side of the
fence, breaking his neck and that tn
falling the wound on his cheek was
Inflicted. Davis wss 37 years old and
leaves no family save a sister. He lived
with his step-parents.
FOUR KILLED IN COLLISION.
Special Loaded With Students Meets
Eaetbound Limited Head-On in
Los Angeles City Limits Seven
teen Persons Were Injured, Sev
eral Probably Faulty.
Los Angeles, Cel., March 24. A
special train on the Atohlson, Topeka
& Santa Ve Railway, carrying scores
of students home from an lnter-col-leglate
field meet at Claremont, col
lided head-on with the eastbound
limited train while both trains were
moving at a rapid rate, within the
city limits last night.
Four persons were killed and 17
Injured, several of them probably
fatally.
Both locomotives, one of the bag
gage cars on the limited and the
smoking car on the special train were
demolished. The crash was terrific
and was heard many blocks away
from the scene.
The dead:
C. O. FRANKLIN, student at Uni
versity of Southern California.
A. H. EDWARDS.
MAJOR C. OALU
FRED HOOSON.
Three latter students students at
Occidental College.
Most of the Injured live In Los
Angeles. The collision occurred In
that part of the Los Angeles river
bed oocupled by the Santa Fe tracks
and directly beneath the Buena Vista
bridge.
INTER-STATE CONVENTION.
B0NILLA ESCAPES BY BOAT
NICARAGUANS TAKE CHOLTJTECA
Steamers Will be Sent In Pursuit of
the Fugitive President -Gov ern
; Ment Without Details of Capture of
jCholuteca, But They Are" Expected
Jater Statement - of the Fight
Made by Santos Rambra, Director
' General of Telegraph v and - Tele
' phones. Who Expressed Belief That
the War la Now Ended Captured
, City la the Most Strongly Fortified
Town in Honduras..; - ":'':
. Managua, Nicaragua, March 24.
Santos Ramirez, director general of
telegraphs and telephones, to-day
made .the following statement to The
Associated Press:
"The Nlcairaguan: forces have cap
tured Cholcuteca, Honduras, which
was held by the Hondwran and Sal
vadorean troops and President Bonll
la has fled by boat
"Steamers will pursue the fugitive
President
"I'belleve the war is ended."
The government Is without further
adyices concerning the capture of
Choluteca, but details are expected
shortly. Choluteca la the most
strongly fortified town of Honduras.
It is on the Choluteca river, about
three miles from the Gulf of Fonseca.
It was here some years ago, that ex
resident Vazquez was defeated by al
lied revolutionists and Nlcaraguans.
THE WAR PRACTICALLY ENDED.
Fall of the Honduran Capital To-Day
Predicted by Nlcaraguan Secretary
of Foreign Affairs Steps to be
Taken to Force Salvador and Gua
temala to Keep Neutrality pledge.
Washington, March 24. President
Bonllla has fled from the battle field
and the central American war has
been practically ended, according to
cable dispatches received In Wash
ington to-day by the Nlcaraguan min
ister, Mr. Corea. The fall of the Hon
durn capital, Tegucigalpa, to-morrow
Is predicted by the Nlcaraguan secre
tary of foreign affairs, Mr. Games.
The cablegram from the secretary
of foreign affairs follows:
"Choluteca taken, Salvadorlan and
Honduran combined armies defeated.
President Bonllla hidden In San Lo
renzo with two hundred men. Sent
steamers to capture them. Tegu
cigalpa will be taken to-morrow."
Gen, Romlrez, director general of
telegraphs and telephones, sends this
message:
"It is my opinion that the war Is
terminated. Bonllla has fled from
Choluteca to sail."
When shown the Associated Press
dispatch to-night announcing that
President Bonllla had fled from Hon
duras by boat. Minister Corea express
ed the opinion that the fugitive Pres
ident would go to Salvador and again
recruit his army for a second attack
on Nicaragua unless the United
States and Mexico exercise their good
offices to the extent of Insisting that
Salvador and Guatemala maintain
neutrality. If this Is done. Mr. Corea
says the war Is ended, otherwise he
1s firmly convinced that It will only
be a question of a short time until
hostilities are again resumed. The
nlcaraguan minister to-morrow will
ask Secretary Root and the Mexican
ambassador, Mr. Creel, to take some
steps to force Salvador and Guate
mala to keep their neutrality pledge.
TROOPS DRIVE OFF MOB.
Following Aseaeslnatlon of Dr. Man
champ at Morocco City General At
tack Is Mado Upon Europeans
BrltlMh Consular Agent, Forced to
Fire, Kills Two Persona.
Tangier, March 24 Later dispatches
received from Morocco City says that
the assassination there of Dr. Mou
rhamp, who was connected with the
French geodetic mission, was followed
by a general attack upon tne Europeans
besieged In their houses and that the
Brltleh consular agent was forced to
fire, killing two persons.
The Pasha Anally sent troops who
drove off the mob. Troops are still
guarding the houses, although compara
tive calm has been restored.
Paris, March 21 Public opinion Is
greatly exercised over the assassination
at Morocco City of Dr. Mauohamp, who
was connected with the French geodetlo
mission, which It Is regarded should be
the sign! for a total change In the
French policy in North Africa. The
Temps urges the abandonment of the
"flabby policy" In Moroooo. The paper
rehearses a long list of outrages on
Frenchmen, reparation for which. It
say's, was nnver exacted. The article
traces the gradual decline in French
prestige In Morocco, which It says, haa
now almost reached the point of non
existence. The near sighted German po
licy, The Temps adds. Is encouraging
the Maghsen and the population In their
antl-forelgn attitude, but It believes the
Oorman government will be the first to
regret these outbursts.
Other Journals speak of the situation
In a similar tone.
DETERMINED TO END HIS LIFE.
SesNioiM Will Clone To-Day With a
Conference of Employed Officers
Two Interesting Addresses,
Special to The Observer.
Wilmington, March 14. The Inter
State Y. M. C. A. convention, In ses
sion here the put two dsys, will close
to-morrow morning with a conference
of the employed officers -In the work.
To-day there was a fellow-ship meet
ing at the local association building
at 1 1 o'clock, many oity pulpits were
filled by association speakers.
This afternoon Mr. Onebel, of New
York, Spoke In the theatre to a large
audience of young men on the subject
"A Great Challenge."
.To-night the story of the railway
movement la America was told In the
First Baptist church, by Chaa, R. Tow
ton, of Philadelphia. The weather con
tinued fair and extremely warm to
day and there was a large attendance
on 4i th sessions, . , . :
Saloonlst Interrupted in Attempt to
Kin Himself, Seriously Wonnds
Brothcr-In-Law and Fires Two Bui
leu Into Hla Own Brain.
Memphis, Tenn., March 24. Inter
rupted in an evident attempt to com
mit suicide, Charles Wallace, a sa
loonlst, to-day shot and seriously
wounded his brother-in-law, J. E.
Rouslp, and firing two bullets Into his
own brain, ended his life.
According to the .statement pf
Rouslp he discovered Wallace alone
with two revolvers when he entere.1
the room and when he questioned Mm
as to why he was so armed Wallace
fired on him Inflicting three wounds.
Wallace then turned the weapon upon
himself.
Wallace has been in 111 health for
some weeks and It Is believed that hla
mind was temporarily unbalanced.
REV. DR. W. W. KI.VCAID CALLED
First Presbyterian Church Votes to
Extend Call to Rev. Dr. Klncald
WUI Likely Accept
The members of the First Presby
terian church yesterday morning vot
ed to extend a call to Her. Dr. W. W.
Klncald to beoome their pastor, suc
ceeding Rev. Dr. J. R. f Ilowerton,
This action was nothing more than
th formal endorsement of th choice
of th special committee ". appointed
some time ago to select a new pastor.
Dr. 4 Klncald la on , of the beat
known Presbyterian ministers In th
country. , He was formerly pastor of
a large church In Minneapolis and
later pastor of a Presbyterian church
In Honolulu. He haa vtsksd In th
city quit often and la well known
hr. It la believed that h will ac
cept tb call tendered bin. ,
MAY NOT MEET DICK lkY
8. C. M3XITL1 NOT PROFICIENT
Some Few Companies Will be Cut O.T
and Perhaps More The Fire Year
. : Period Expire This Bummer Last
Legislative Appropriation Will Not
Cut Any Figure With the Adjutant
Gewral-Trlnlty Churob Passe
Through the Ordeal of ; bternal
Strife. ;.v.;;'"--,:;"v.r.;'7
Observer Bureau, ' : '
1209 Main Street "W;'.' t
. Columbia, 8. C, Maroh 4. '
The prediction has been .'soberly
made from time to time in I recent
months by prominent members of th 1 ".
militia of this State, some of th
prophets holding commissions as high,
as that of colonel, that the South.
Carolina mllltla would not be able to
neet the requirements of the Dick ' ,
law. This summer mark the end of
the five year period the Federal gov
ernment allowed the mllltla to equip
Itself and get proficient on the Feder- ,
al appropriations that have bn al
lowed the State annually in that time.
The inspections now being mad by 1
Colonel Cabanlsa ofr the government , '' .
together with his reports on the man
oeuvres the regiments engage in thl
summer will determine the resulfth
War Department basing its finding; on ' '
these reports. The 'South Carolina ,
mllltla is now getting $36,000 a year, ,
from the Federal government; and . '
some fear this will be cut off. . ? , l
"Some few companies, I have 'no ,(
doubt, will have to xo cut off aa.a " i ,
reault of the government's finding ' -after
the Infection and the summer , '
encampment," tulj Adjutant General -Boyd
to your correspondent to-day, '
"but there Is not the slightest fear ln 1'
my mind that the appropriation will '
be cut off. The mllltla Is generally in ,
good shape, although I hav been t
warning the officers for soma tftna
that the government has not been , , 'I
spending this money on th troep -' '
merely in order to allow th men to
have a good time. ' -'
"There are three things th gov
ernment Is very particular about, and
which it In-lets on having, and thesa
things are ability to shoot well, fit
ness for taking care of government
property and training on h part of
the Individual soldier to take care of .
himself In a sanitary way a well aa ,
In other dangers. I don't think there '
will be any difficulty on the part oC
most of the companies to meet thesa '.
requirements." S
TWELVE COMPANIES INSPECTED. U
Colonel Cabanlsa speaks well of th v ' ' ' F'
twelve companies ho nas so far in
spected. These are four at Charles- 4;S 5
l UIWSUUI BUM KUI WWII . ; ' i
at Sumter. F.lloree. Rambarr. WaJtar.
hnrn RnpruxrAll an1 nt,.tAwn
These show up better on the whole .
than they did last year. Of coura
he cannot tell what the War Depart- A( ).!
ment will decide upon from his report.
but Colonel Cabaniss thinks thea
itiv mum ww wa aa a,ua uiauuu , r-
ims summer. '(-' i
The low country, or Third Regi
ment, nas asitea to De assigned to w :
duty with the batteries on the coast -this
summer, and their rsauest n-
peals to General Boyd not only be-
cause the government will foot all ' "
the bills, but because he wants thla
vviiiuMtiiu iv uniiuiB iu iuw line. .
He would like to see the other two
regiments go to Jamestown, but if ' ..;''
they do go the men will likely have Vr
to pay at least part of their traveling 'v"'
expenses. Whether this will be done, (';;
or whether a State encampment will
be held will be decided by the mill-
iary ooara at a meeting to De neia
several weeks hence. . .
The last Legislature appropriated
1SO.A0A tnr tha mllltla In nn A ,: :. j
Insure Its meeting the requirement - ' if
of the Dick law tn the muter of
juiiuinm, wiaii a, pruTiao none
V. Ill, ,t U.UM I WVIIPI.I. TW V. 9 M UW a- ,
disbanded unless It were neoeesary. :' tl
General Boyd, however, does not
think much of this string holding htm
Off italnir what ha think la hla Antv " '
He says that If certain companies
show up too poorly m the Inspection '
to warrant their retention he will do
all his office will allow him to do to
get them disbanded, so aa to replace
them by more promising commands, v ,
It Is likely that the changes alone
this line will cause much heart burn- -, .
ings. ...-'J...-INTERNAL
STRIFE.
Trinity cnurcn, cultured, dignified ,
and nlaild. nna of tha atrnna-hnMa . '
hid ouuvn Vsarvuna, aiucaao ior nearly
a century, has Just passed through a
aavar nrrta&l of IntarnaJ atHfa aa a.
result of a vigorous fight that waa
made upon the rector, the Rev. Dr. v .
cnaries Martin Miles, a now Yorker
of poise, who though some acouaa nlnx
of a lack of tact has never forgotten :-. '
to smile and move on unruffled " '.
through all the strife. And he haw
come out victorious, the conflict hav- V '.' '
Ing ended with the rector retaining '"r.v
his place and the teredos, over which
the contention was made, retaining --' '
Its position. The objection to th 1 '
reredos wan that It partially obscur
ed a very hsndsome memorial window : .
to a former rector, the Rev. Dr. V;
8hand. This reredos was the gift al
most entirely of Dr. Ntles's last wife. . ', .
and It Is, perhaps th handsomest af
fair of Its kind In th State. A ort ,
of compromise ha been reached
whereby the chancel celling la to b
remodeled and th window raised aa
that It will no longer be obsoured.-
For a time it looked as if th eon- .
tentlon would end in Dr. Nile's reslg
nation, and hi resignation was to b:' -sent
In tn certain oinaarurtaace. -The
vestry adopted resolutions against ' .,
the arrangements at the altar, but . .
were to submit the matter to a-meet- .
Ing or the congregation before taking ' '
action further. Thl reached th :
ears of Bishop Capers, who advised V
that this meeting be deferred at least
until after Lent This waa done, and
largely through the bishop's Influence ','
the strife was ended altogether during
Lent Members of the vestry say it - 1 ,
has now been finally adjusted. Thera
Is therefor no foundation tor th re
port that th fight la to b renewed
Immediately after Lent ' : ' . v i. ' '
Th position Dr. Nile fills is aa ex-
tremely difficult trying and deltcat
on. .'Dr. Nile Is a polished as well .
aa a scholarly man, urhan and suave,
dignified without sacrifice of good na- ;
ture, and h 1 very popular with,
perhaps a majority of the congrega
tion. But some of the member are.
Irreconcilably opposed to "him, and
are still, om of them, in a state of
suppressed' mutiny against " him.
Those who hav th Interest of the
church organization moat at heart ar
now bending their efforts to sulvln?
th wound and restoring hearty a
well aa apparent. peace, and i-very-thing
now bid fair for a brllllan'. an t
thoroughly snjoyed Easter cokt ra
tion, i,;
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