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. .: - 1 . 7 i ;;' ? t Ti: '.is r f i.;-! r -- 'a- ,1 1... 1 ! I liOW 1 1.-- V. V.Vr i '. June 25. Between ;, with toirs t-treaming from .t blue eyes, and 'vainly ; tj control her emotions, " th Loving, who has ac ientre"bf the stage In the r father, Judge William, G. the murder of Theodore : on the witness stand here ;e storj' or her alleged ruin ads of the young ;nan.her aot down. The recital Vas the most dramatic ever heard ginia court of justice and, rl ' not surpassed in point of at ess the story told by Evelyn Thaw of her experience with .v.'hite, -.It . was the same 'a said she told her father on (of the tragedy. --. 'ORY OF HER RUIN. , ead man, she declared gave jrink of whiskey from a flask n his pocket while they 'were .ling the day prior to the kill :ter taking the drink, she said mediately began; to feel dizzy brain whirled as if she had ei some powerful drug. . In ikion and despite her pro fa ioclared that her escort nr through a road ' not fre : - ! and despite her screams her, Exhausted - by the md her mental faculties up ie stimulant, the witness de ' at she recalled nothing more regained her senses, in: bed ! nip-lit at the home of County L. ladd, where she had been , On the following morning father asked her to explain I came to be brought to the Mr. Kldd in an unconscious ared condition, she related ; , ionded knees the same story 1 to-day. It was this recital, . tne , aetense, which so ip Judge Loving' that he was , to hunt up young Estes and life. v. '.r , : ;jV 13 HANGS ON STORT, - : jer the -story told by the 19- ! girl to-day can be weakened osecution remains to be seen he disproving of this story o fate iof the defendant- The - it can be shown that ji.i ,.uir j to the; man whose "aieci . iorever was impos . rebuttal , by the prosecu I ably will be the most Imper s?h not most sensational fea he case. -i H , mission was wrung from Miss iat she had taken two drink ng Estes, daring tn drive, one being - while at Estes e was asked about other oc- hen it Is charged that she , uskey,' but the defense ob i the ground that It had no n the case.. The proseeutlpn , le question for the present, I Insist upon pressing it later V Aside from the testimony joung girl, ,the . examination ysicians concerning the pos ilty of Judge Loving at the re-killing and the testimony lendant mmself and Harry re features of the day's pro 4 JUDGE WAS INSANE. W. Tunstall,' who saw Judge fore and after the killing, iat he thought Loving com- j crime while Insane. Tun- i practicing physician or Nel- Jy and upon cross-examlna. owled&red that he was nn' ex i Inanity. - His theory that .lhsane"was that he failed o .him In passing before the I d after the deed"hls head 1 and he was pale," coupled tersonar knowledge of Judge ho he said, frequently "got en debauches," - ending In tremens. Dr. Melvin, who urs practiced In this county oout the effect on the mind ,ues by excessive drinking. I adjournment of court yes- r flefendant had just begun to ) A ersatlon with his brother , arry Snead, who told him ked drugging of his daugh led to the killing when the t'for the prosecution objected younds that Judge Loving's fi would be hearsay evidence, pllY FOR DEFENSE. ,'arksdale this morning ren- .'opinion which allowed Judge j relatethe conversation with Ilia scoring 'a victory for the (Judge Loviiig who then took ,1 testified that on the morn 'ril 22d, Harry Snead came lire and with me hesitation IH mrtHt nninfnl ittnrv tn tt occurrence to his daugh- "t-t said while he . was out nfr on the evening prior he U'th Loving and Theodore riding. . v " ' . 'jdd -came to the home of . the jM inquired for Knead,-say Loving had returned ij buRgy rido in a bad con- u'titinvlng tne wltnesB sala; t wnt to ihe room ' at Mrs. sM saw Miss Loving in bed .lelirious and her condition H Fnoad said that In the pf Kldd home he saw Mrf. y Theodore Estes and told iho. would go for' a doctor, ever, insisted on getting a !!!f. Dr. Ftrqther arrived ! 3M not rccoenlze him I that my daughter was-in "f Hr. .Strother., He then . mi Uie street, when W. B. of hit? wife, told him ;:! her .aid that Theodore i i af rniod him (Strother I'fih was drunk and to f"i- tliat and say ; nothing Jul said that Dr. Strother hm and requested him it, to me. . , i; . "'"1 ui iH d home that night to tell me. was i m'A far my wife, who ( .- itH-th in a surrey, re r' M-cniTER'S STORT. imr-r I told Elizabeth of 'atton .with ,llfirrv gnead i ! -."I i f.-. 1 t. -' and he rt-ii'.ut.d t.ini u drive J--' i1:;.! return hor:e i:-, ;il of con-t:-. . to Lovin'ston. He went raj Idly up the mountains in an op rositi direction. After that she: be came unconscious and did not know what happened'. When asked if Estes had assaulted hr she said Estes had forced himself upon her and she had only a faint recollection. This revelation came to me as a thunderbolt from a clear sky. I loved my daughter and no power on' earth could have reptralned my hand." The witness began to weep when he came to the part of the statement about his love for his daughter Continuing Loving said; HOW HE KILLED ESTES. 1 "In this condition of mind I went out intending to put that man to death. I got my shotgun and drove alone to Lovingston. When . I . got there I called a boy and asked Estes, but found that he for was Oak at Oak Ridge. I went to Ridge and inquired for Estes. learned that Estes was in a car at the station. I then turned my horse to a livery stable nd gbt out of the Buggy and loaded my gun. I saw Estes in the car with two ' negroes and waived them aside and said to Estes: 'You are' tho young man who. takes ladles out driving and ; drugs and ruins them?' I heard no reply and when he - made a motion as if to leave the car, I shot hinv I then surrendered myself to the nearest magistrate." : , : Judge Loving stated that to record was made cf his language at ; the preliminary hearing and could not recall the Identical words The wit ness In a reply to questions stated that for two months prior , to the killing he had not drunk any whis key. He related his struggle with the whiskey habit and how it had injured him even to the ; extent of separating him from his wife. He then told of going to . an Institution for Inebriates in 1895 and from that data did not drink until 1904. ' The witness stated that - since October, 1905, he had gone on sprees which impaired,' rjis health and his ; mind. He had suffered several' times, he said'from delirium tremens. IGNORANT OF HIS MOTIVE. Harry Snead, who lives on the Oak Ridge farm and who Is assistant man ager of the estate of Thomas Fy B.ya.nK was the next witness. "Did; you ride off very rapidly to avert this meeting of Theodore Estes by Judge Loving when you heard that Loving had left his office with a shot gun?" - .-'v -V1 The witness replied that he had followed Judge Loving, but did' not know what his motive1 was. , . Dr, William Tunstall, of Lovingston, was called by the defense. He had been connected with ' - the University of Virginia and had on a number of occasions: passed on cases of Insanity. The wltn6ss, stated that he had known Judge Loving all of his life. . He saw ; him a, fev i minutes before the shooting. He was driving In a buggy and his . general appearance was so !tianged that Dr. Tunstall stated that he did not " recognize him. The wit ness .said -Judge- Loving, after ihe shooting,- seemed to .be " wandering aimlessly about.- Dr. Tun stall asked him about the tragedy to which he tLovlng) replied "that man (Estes) took my daughter out-driving . and drugged and ruined her." v LOVING'S MENTAL CONDITION. The witness ,t, testified : that Judge Loving In 1905 got on a spree irt Lynchburg and his mental condition was seriously affected as a result. . "Will a long' series of debauches af fect the brain ?" he was asked. "Yes," was the answer. On cross-examination Dr, Tunstall said that he had never heard the san ity of Judge Loving discussed before the tragedy. He had heard his tern per, his unreasonable acts, his pas sion and his harshness. "You are not an expert on insanity are you? "... ' . . .. ? . "NO." :7 !. Attorney Bouldin remarked "I thougHt not." (Laughter) Dr. H. B. Melvin. of Halifax, was the next witness called by the defense He stated that he had passed upon the mental condition of many people. He testified , that v continued drink hrotght on excitement which often ended In insanity. - , . Dr. Melvin was -cross-examined by Attorney Bouldin. 1 He stated that-his practice was mostly for bodily dis eases. He' explained the effect on the brain of excessive use of liquor, , COURT ROOM CLEARED. , At . the afternoon session" Judge Parksdale ordered the y courtroom cleared of all persons except those di rectly Interested and the newspaper correspondents. In ft few Becondj the crowd nad filed thelm way out. Ev erybody knew this step was prellml nary to the placing on the stand" of Miss Loving. Miss Loving was weeping when she took the arm of Attorney Lee, leaning counsel for the defense, who led. her to the stand. , - She wore a black skirt and waist, Mack hat and veil of the sam eolor. She lifted her veil and began her story. , For the first few minutes she had to be allowed to ston at Intervals in order to dry the tears which con jtlnually ran down her fac''''''V"":';v";'.; During the recital Feveral of the at torneys for the defense and Judge Loving, his young son and Miss Annie Snead, a sister of Mrs. Loving gave way to tears. " ; Miss IiOvlng testified that she was 20 years old; that her relations with her father were always affectionate; mat ne naa always 'been a most de voted father." "Relate to the Jury in your own words everything that took place be tween yourself and your father when he called you into his room." r MISS LOVING'S RECITAL. He told me that Uncle Harry Knead had told him that Theodore Estes had brought me home the night before, in a drunken and unconscious condition and he. wanted me to fx- piam to him what it all meant. . went over and knelt down by father and put my arms around him and lie put his arms around me, and as soon as I could speak I told him that while I was In Lovingston Theodore Estes had askea me to go driving with him: that I first refused, but that on Annie Kidd's insisting I did go finally, hut thought we would only go a ifttle ways... did not put my hat on, just thought it would oe a short drive. We first drove out townr-r n-u I:: ' ftalon", drove about half w.-v t - p-t,n, . ' th"r' V:rv i ; AIl.-vj Ai-l:;ioii cf to rre'!. "t of NU-jjrmri to 1 i a Union tf t'.a Central Atnerii u ;i states Or ':; lits of Trouh!;' The Dink-tinj News I'rom That Quarter Leai's the State Department to Dispatch a Warship to -..ha.l;r to lTotcct American Interests Guatemala and Salvador Doth Soiuling Troopg to tho 1 Yonder Nicaragua Said to bo Planning Another E-pedltlon -No Details Available. Washington, June 25. The possi bility of serious trouble in Central America grooving out of the disturbed conditions existing there incidental to the alleged ambition of President Ze laya, of Nicaragua, to form a union of Central American States has caused the administration to dispatch the fine new cruiser Milwaukee to that locality. Orders for her to proceed forthwith from the Mare Island navy yard, Cal., went forward fornvthe Navy Depart ment to-day. The vessel Is In com-s mand of Commander Charles A. Gove and will go to La Union, San Salva dor. The collier Savurn also has been directed to proceed to La Union,, and from this vessel the Milwaukee and the gunboat Yorktown, which Is now at Acajutla, will coal. The stay of the Milwaukee In Central American waters Is probablematical and will depend in & measure upon the conditions that develop in that section of the world. She goes ostensibly "for the protection of American Interests" . which, are threatened because of the situation as It now exists. The cruiser St. , Louis, now on her way to a Brazilian port. Is enroute to the Pacific coast and will arrive In Central America waters in about two months. It may be that she will relieve the Milwaukee - In . the event that thje administration decides to have that vessel return north and it Is deemed necessary to continue the presence of two American vessels In that section. - THE SITUATION SERIOUS. The State Department to-day receiv ed a cablegram from American Minis ter Lee at Guatemala City stating that the situation in Salvador Is disquiet' Ing; that both Guatemala and Salva dor are sending troops to the fron tier. , .- r . Coupled with the news received by the State Department reporting dis quiet In Salvador and the movement of troops to the frontier by both Salva dor and Guatemala is the Information received by Senor Majla, the minister from Salvador, to the effect that news has reached his government that Nicaragua Is planning another expe dition against It The information comes in a dispatch to the minister from President Figueroa. No details are available regarding ,the expedition.- --. Wf V'"-' Less than two weeks ago an expe dition which It was reported was arm ed and equipped by President Zelaya and which was carried aboard the Nicauraguan gunboat Montombo, landed at Acajutla, and made an un successful attempt to proceed inland, v.- iaver since ne Became invoivexl in trouble i with Mexico in connectloa with the assassination Of former Presi dent Barillas, President Cabrera 1 of Guatamela has been apprehensive that his neighbor,, President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, would seize the opportuni ty to overthrow him by attacking from without, and fomenting a revolution from within, and this is believed to explain: the co-operation with the President of Salvador. i l" ,1 '. V,.) t ii a llun s Lome -What ta do r tcr I I '. ' : ,;' :'.;: v I i naiiroi.j ! f Seville. F;tc!il to The Observer, ;'..::.-'-ury, June 2b- with an eplleptie-fit citizen this morn Ing was an officer's problem. He also had alcoholic predilections, and when hi.s powers of locomotion began to fail him Officer Graves started to the city hall with him. . He fell Into a fit and drew a large crowd to the un expected event. Chief s Julian had him removed from the cell, and late this afternoon had not decided how to-treat the unusual case. The Lutheran Congregation pic nicked to-day at Granite Quarry, four miles from SalisbHry, the date being set apart for the Sunday school children. A tremendous crowd went out and were chaperoned by Rev. Dr. and Mrs. M. M. Klnard. The day was spent about the quarries and the piaces or interest arouna tne place that has grown from a hill to a small city set upon one ; , ' At the Fourth of Julv elehration here next week it Is Ihe plan of the committee on Invitations to have the mayors from a- number of . "State towns. While Governor Aycock has not decided whether he will speak or not, the managers are confidently expecting- to have him' here, ,ffhe big baseball game will be the feature of the day. ..r, - Mrs. .W. J. Hendrlx and her two daughters, Misses Mary and , Agnes, were slightly Injured yesterday in a runaway on West Innlss. street. They were driving when their horse became frightened at a bicycle. V Running In to a tree, the ranlmal turned the buggy over into the street and all were thrown to the ground with more or less bruises and sprains. The morning western trains car ried the railroad magnates to Ashe ville to-day, where they ga before Judge Prltchard with their com plaints. They will be there several days. Nearly all of the big systems had their heads except the Southern, whose president is now in .Asheville ; ) - . .: ';;'::';.;,.v THE GOVERNOR AT ASHEVILLE. CANTON'S SUBSTANOAL BOOM. Current Report That the Champion V Fibre Company Will Add a Finish . ing Department to its Million-Dollar Pulp Plant. Special to The Observer. Astievllle, June 25. J. W. Scntt and wife, of Canton,N where is building the .great million-dollar pulp plant of the Champion Fibre Company, were in the city to spend Sunday. Mr. Scott while here talked interestingly or developments in. and around Can ton and the progress that the litt'a city is making since- the commence ment of operations by the Champion Fibre people and declared that Canton' was perhaps on more of s. substan tial boom than, any place in western North Carolina. Mr. Scott said that it was ourrently reported in Canton that the Champion Fibre Company was preparing to erect a "finishing plant" at Canton; which will. It Is al leged, utilize the pulp product of the mills or much of It In the manufac ture , of paper.. He - stated that the Champion Fibre Company was now having delivered at Canton from ten to twelve cars of brick daily and that it; was understood at Cant tn that these biick i were for use a erecting the addition to the pulp mlH plant for turning put the" unshed pr iduci. If It ,4s a fact that the Champion Fibre Company Is preparing for the manufacture of not only pulp paper, bnt the finished product at its Canton works, it Is probablo that when the plant Is comp'.'t-j oni In operttkn Canton will have one of the greatest manufacturing Industries in the State, If not the South. It was the original plan of the Champion Fibre Company to simply manufacture the , pulp at Canton and ship this product to the big fininshing plant at Hamilton, O., to be converted Into paper, Now, ac cording to Mr. Scott's Information, the big concern wlll not only handle the raw material at its Canton works, but the flnislted product also and this will mean a great deal for Canton, making necessary the substantial enlargement of the plant and the subsequent em ployment of many more people. - BISHOP CAPERS BETTER. Next Sunday He Will Deliver Two Art : dresses on Tempemnce The Condi tion of Mr. C. D, Daniel Such as to Put Him Out of Danger. Sj ecial to The Observer. ' Asheville, June 26. The neople of Ashevllle will 'be- privileged to- hear Governor Robert B. Glenn twice next Sunday,: June 30th. : He has accepted an invitation- from a mmittee of Asheville gentlemen ; to. coma to th is city and speak to the people on the tm iperance question and will occupy tho pulpit of the First Baptist church hext Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. In the evening Governor Glenn will address a mass-meeting at the city auditor lum subject of temperance, i The Governor's address at the First Bap tist 'churchy will be principally to the young men of the city -and wiU deal strongly, it is said, with1 tue question of , temperance.. W has been s knewn for some time that the prohibitionists of AshevUie were endeavoring , to se cure Governor , Glenn ; for v tho latter part of June, and now that th? Govr nor has accepted an invitation - to come, it is believed, in some quarters that this is the first move of the tem perance people, of Asnevjile for a fight on the liquor question this year. In quiry relative to an alleged hi ih3 -meeting shortly developed the reply that' th! temperance people had not ytt formulated their plans ; and that the brigade together there, temperance movement wag yet in complete. It ' decimal, h,vev r, that the prohibitionists .of the city are quietly at work in an effort to ascer tain the true sentiment of the people on . the liquor question and that a sort of straw ballot is being, taken. The coming to Asheville, of Governor Glenn Is admittedly in the interest of tem perance. , .. - f ' 1 i v " The condition of C. D. Dahiel, student-secretary of the T,i M. C. A. for the Carolinas, who Is ill, at the Mis sion Hospital, was reported, consider ably Improved yesterday afternoon and the patient's recovery is now prac tically assured. -Mr. Daniel .has been 111 for the past two weeks, and for a time hi condition was extremely grave- During, the past. 48 hours, however, there has been a marked change for the better, and it is now believed that all danger is past START ON EUROPEAN TRIP. Tho First Crisis is Passed and Consci Ausness Returning No Spread of Paralysis in Past 64 Hours Ills Sons at Ills Bedside. Special to The Observer. Greenville, S. C., June 25. A son of Bishop Ellison Capers, who arrived here late this afternoon, states that the-bishop has safely passed the first crisis, although "still critically ill. He has regained consciousness to a con siderate degree. The doctors say it will be . several days and possibly weeks before another turn will cnarjle them to pass upon his chances for re covery., ; There has been no additional spread of the paralysis for tho last $4 hours, but the effect of the paralysis upon his left arrn and leg Is most pronounc ed and disffeMwIti.- ' Dr. r.- , ( ire' - . ' Party Iieaves for Baltimore, From WTiich City They will Kan lor : Bremen. Special to The -Observer. ' , Salisbury, June- 25, The Salisbury European party, composed of Super intendent I. C Griffin, Mrs. Griffin, Misses Annie Kizer, Sadie Davis and Edna McCubbins, Miss Margaret Wil Hs, of ; Charlotte, Revt;- and Mrs. George H. Crowell, of High Point, and Miss Elite Copeland, rf Statea- vllle. auirmeinited by several South Carolinians, left last night for Bal timore, from which place they take the steamer Rhein to-morrow morn ing for Bremen. They will toe gone until August 25th, : returning for school In September. ' This party is largely one of school teachers and -they are expecting to tour Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Isingland and Scwtlaind. They go with the Pratts and th erf r travels will be fat and freriueiiit. Thpre are already several Sallsburlans in Eu rope, some studying and others tour ing. The party has ordered The, Ob server sent them while away. In the Role of Pacificator Mr, W. T. Hot is Hurt. ' Special to" The Observer. ; s y; ; Salisbury, Junb 25. W. T. Bost, the newspaper correspondent, Is car rying a magnified countenance as the result of a scrap last night. He was an observant bystander, whether in nocent o-r not, to a struggle (between tho ; Maupm brothers and ; George Penny, in which Mr. Penny was ait tempting to use a knife. The alterca tion grew out of a business deal, in whlcn the partners 4n business disagreed and Penny abused the brothers. When - the elder 3i ' M. . Maupln , started , to re sent the epithets Penny attack ed him with a knife, but was caught and held. It was here that, the newspaper man appeared and, in closing the 'knife end attempting parlnratlon, was Etruck a back-handed blow under the eye, rsils,ing an ab normf.1 bimip. The witr was en.1- As. : !- t f .:'! C:.cmit Williams I c:: :s I r of tl.o C' lU'-o Ex- . I'Tl.'ifr.t ."'it:.::i Durlr; ;ii Miliary i,nv, .my ' -trro.l l: i:.ptlst Sun day bciund l,e;;3 Iembers rar mcrs Del! -.tl Over Chan; In the Weather tva board Putting in SKI ing at A. ar. i 31. College In New York Studying Insiirauoo Work New Railroad is Connected With One of the Large Sjstein9. , - ' Observer Bureau, The Hollartian Building, Raleigh, June 25. The change in ; the Weather, from cool to warm, is 'simply a delight to the farmer as crops are picking up. Your correspondent met a score of farmers to-day and one of them ex pressed the view of the entire lot when he said: "Cotton has come out a lot." The weather report Issued to-day for the week ended last night says that as a whole the seven days was more favorable than any of the preceding weeks of the present season. The temperature average has been very nearly normal, there being a small de ficiency In the eastern part of the J, State. The "temperature rose over 80 degrees in all sections :ln the east ex cept on Tuesday, and many stations reported a temperature of 90 degrees or more last Friday and Saturday. Tuesday was cool, the temperature being as low as 50 degrees at points in the . mountains and the Piedmont region. The rain fall was below nor mal everywhere except in the extreme east. There was plenty of sunshine all over the State and this had a very fa vorable errect. BUILDING A HOSPITAL. Work is in progress on the granite hospital at St. Agustlne's Colored Nor mal School, ! The stone comes from tho quarry on -the school property. The money for the building, $15,000, is a gift. From the quarry the Raleigh Street Railway is now procuring crushed stone for use along this line. i Letters of inquiry have been re ceived here from the North stating thafa colored man named Lattt who had a school at Oberlln, a negro vil lage a couple of .miles from Raleigh, Is now North, soliciting funds. He has a charter from the State, obtain ed a good many years ago, for the school ' which was .hen called Latta University, but it was understood that It had not been In operation for some time. Under the State charter the school, or university as it was called, had the power to grant degrees, etc. Two Raleigh ministers have made re ply to the Inquiries from the North. NEW MILITARY COMPANY MUS TERED IN. Adjutant General : Robertson last night mustered in a company of in fantry at Durham, which will become company M of the Third Regiment Its officers are Captain R. B. B. Hack ney and Lieutenants Thomas S. Hall and Sidney C. Chambers. The com pany has 43 inllsted men a number of whom have served before. It will be 'completely equipped at once and will be in camp. General Robertson expressed his pleasure at the" person nel and also at the enthusiasm shown by both officers and men and said 'he was very glad that as live a place as Durham Is now to have a company. It is expected thut an order as to the movement of the National guards of this State to the Jamestown Ex position will be issued this week. Two regiments go direct to Jamestown, one going first to the permanent encamp ment at Morehead City and then to the Exposition, so as to throw the entire There will be a review of all the troops by Governor Glenn. It will be the first time v in several years that all have come to gether. About 20 years ago the entire brigade used to camp together an nually. BECOMES DIRECTOR EXPERI MENT WORK. .;:.:;., Mention was made some days ago that the agricultural section of the trustees of the Agricultural and Me chanical College had tendered State Chemist Kllgore the position of di rector of the college experiment sta tion. He has declined this, and the position been- tendered to Assistant State Chemist C. B. Williams. The college has a fund of $30,000, one of the trustees says, for experiment work, of which about $6,000 Is paid in the way of salaries of professors. This experiment fund comes from the Unit ed States and from several different appropriations, Mr. Williams to-day accepted the tender of the position He Is a grad uate of .the college and is a native of . ! , i 1 '. y a . - r, uh r-'i "u: 'n . ' t. . i Vp i.r.JI Tra.' 'i . I l;i f r II Honrs Vice ITe-! I' A AnJrcws One of 11;ose in ! t !. Special to The Observer. Durham, June, 25. A wreck on the (Southern road six miles west of Durham last night at midnight sent seventeen freight cars to the ground and ditch, and four others were de railed, but not thrown to the ground. Train No. 174, freight, eastbound, was the one wrecked. An investiga tion shows that there was a de fective rail and while the heavily loaded cars were coming around a curve at a high rate of speed a piece of one rail broke and this threw thje first car following the engine. Six teen others followed and then four others left the track. The only per son hurt was J. M. Hunt, head brake man, who was thrown from the top of his car into an old field. He Is now at Watts Hospital, this city, and his condition is not serious. As soon as possible the matter was reported to Superintendent Bennett's office In this city and bi went out on a special train and took charge of the working crews. One ."wrecking crew came from Spencer and another from Selma and a large force of men were put to work. At daylight the passengers, freight . and baggage of the night trains were transferred. Later on the n.orning trains trans ferred and at 2 o'clock f this after noon the track was opened for traf fic. The mass of wreckage Is piled about the scene, but trains are now passing through. .The work of clear ing up the wreckage will begin to morrow morning. v .. The cars were loaded with lumber, cotton, factory products, wool and two . with merchandise. s Three hun dred feet of track were torn up. Particulars of the wreck' did not reach here until early this morning and it was late In the afternoon after vlslsting the scene that your cor respondent could get details. Super intendent Bennett remained In charge of the working forces, establishing a telegraph office at the scene of th wrepk, until this afternoon when the first train passed through. Col. A B. . Andrews, first vice president of the road, who was on his way to Asheville to attend the rail road, rate hearing, was cooped up here until this afternoon, when he had. a special train made up and pro ceeded on the trip. t ; ' it- i 1 1 . . He;ird f tenner. with t: . .o 1 FIGHT OVER THE RATES. To-Day tho Contest Between the Cor poration Commission and the Rail roads Begins af '-Asheville Many Railway Officials Present for tho Hearing Before Judge Prltchard. i Special to The Observer. : ; . U ' Asheville, June 21. -The fight' by the railroads against the reduction of freight and passenger rates by the States- of Virginia and North Carolina will be called before ' Judge Prltchard for the first round to morrow morning at lO o'clock.' Both sides , are apparently ready - for the firing of the opening gun.: The North Carolina corporation commissioners and counsel arrived this afternoon. as did also the high officials of the Southern Railway and other rail roads directly Interested In the hear ing. . ; v ; The railroad officials arrived in prl vate cars attached to the incoming trains, the officials bringing with them stenographers ' and assistants. The Southern Railway officials ' here are President W. W. Finley, Vice President Henry B. Spencer. General Counsel Alfred P Thorn, Comptroller A. H, Plant, Assistant General Coun eel C. B. Northup, Assistant General Manager M. M. Rlchey, Chief Engin oer D. W. Lum, Freight and Traffic Manager Green, General Freight Agent E. H. Shaw, Passenger Traf no Manager S. H Hardwlclt and As sistant peneral Passenger Agent H. B. Allen. Henry Wtckham, of Rich mond, Is here as general counsel for the Chesapeake & Ohio, and Luclan Cocke, of Roanoke, general counsel for the Norfolk & Western. H. Wal ters, chairman of the board of di rectors, and President Emerson, of the Atlantic Coast Line, are here. The railroad . officials and counsel and the corporation commissioners and counsel, with , the exception , of Judge Winston, . are at the Battery Park. To-night the corridor of the hotel was filled with the distinguished Visitors, while the main topic of con versation was the approaching legal fight. One of the assistant counsel eastern North Carolina Some years of the Southern expressed himself of Several l ' Haywood. Boise, Idaho, Ju:;? . direct testimony in ! Ham D. Haywood v. . was chiefly directed in that Harry On: Frank Stuenenberg f -r his interest in the - Ji had threatened to I, killing him and that t Orchard and K. C. Ster. fore the Independe n cn e a frequently seen together wards, when Sterling bloodhound that was '. chard's trail, justified th that the mine owners i crime. The calhng of the first -.- the defense was. preceded ther examination" of Orel: mit the defense to com pi. al impeaching questions, nearly all in connection claim that Oachard kill. berg because of aa .i it- growing out of the sale est in the Hercules mine. who came Into court un tlon of the some squad of j. always acts as his escort, eo. mis old raininess and s low pitched soft tone., He nied that he ever threats Btuenenberg because of th mine and again asserted th ma interest in the irano two lore the trouble tha,t dr v of northern1 Idaho. Tw called later In the-day Orchard did threaten to k ; berg because of the Here and the defense has pre; way. for such testimony fr more witnesses. The two day were F, R. Redd, or, t pie Creek, and now ot Nev., and Charles A. Sullh erly of Calpple Creek en 1 watchman in the Brown I Denver. -., , , - - ; HEARD ORCHARD'S T! Redd said he heard Ore' the statement and threat In era hall in Cripple Creek . van swore that while he an were fellow boarders at . vllle's place in Cripple. C chard repeatedly, said it hat Stuenfinberg he would e man and that he intended to The cross-examinai.lon sho, boi.t wvre members of the Tr. it - . . i ; . wioniiion oi iiiiner,!, ana er and many of the union 1 Cripple Creek. . - ' lr. I. L., McGee, a" mins Of the Co uer ; 4' A le nes, an peaching witness,. etwore thn' told hi in 1904 at Wal'.n that he was a "potter" for ; agency., .Orchard denied -v versutlon; denial that he Idaho at any time in 1804, ' . Several witnesses, prinei . men ; who kept lodging lv viripple Creek, located Ore various conferences with St? detective for the Mine Ow CXDlosion. and there w.ns i showing as to meetings hr Chard and D. C. Scott, the for the . Florence & Cripr Railway. jAnotiher . witness the effort to locate the r of the Independence static oy starting a uiwoanouna chair rung used In' pullir imine expltwion. He said took th road to Colorado the one over which "Orrh.. . the night end that when h 4iA JfcTHn 3. t. tvrt V l-n A dog off. Sterling said 'he i blew up the station and i that Steve Adams had ,. - The State fought the n ' the Woodhound story, i posed the admission of ev orado labor law, but in mi' the wurt ruled iwith the aro he married ; Miss iMorlng, the daughter of Mr. Frank O. Morlng, of Raleigh. ? He will leave In a day or two fori the northwest, to make a study of . experiment stations and farms there. He has for a number of years done considerable experiment work here and has been over a great deal of the State, as one of the con ductors of farmers' Institutes. To-night the four members of the, State Board of Education who visited the-eight places which, offer sites tor the eastern training school returned to Raleigh. Auditor Dixon was sick two days and could not participate In the Inspection of sites at Edenton and Elizabeth City, but saw those at other points. The board finished with Kinston this afternoon. ; ' Mrs. Floyd, of Angler, this county, has been-bound over for selling whis key.; Hr husband said he had tried to break up her business. The com missioner said as head of the family Floyd was technically guilty of crime and cited him to appear without bond. The 5-year-old daughter sat on the father's knee and heard him tell how his wife had promised she would stop selling whiskey and then broke her promise. - Fleming Bevins, sentenced last au tumn to two years in the penitentiary for murder In the second degree . In Mitchell, has applied for a pardon. Gcorsre M. Ashe, son of Cap t. 8. A. Ashe, has passed examination for ad mission to tho Annapolis Naval Acad emy. His father graduated there and was In the navy several years. I R. & O. Not After Central of Georgia. Baltimore, June !5. The report sent out from Atlanta, Ga., last night to the effect that the Baltimore & Ohio was believed to have acquired the Central of Georgia Railroad was de nied here to-day by Baltimore & Ohio officials. They said that there Is no foundation for the rumor and enrmot as entirely satisfied that, the railroads would 1 bo able to sho- that they could not stand the reduced rate. Neither side Is giving out anything for publication and much speculation and interest is attached to Just what course will be pursued at the opening of court. . , , GAMBLING HOUSE RAIDED. Six Men Arrested at Greensboro, Wlio win UQ Given a Hearing To-Day. Special to The Observer. Oreensboro, June 25. The arreM of six anen on tih charge of gamb ling, tne discovery of a lat er poker chips, several decks of cards and a numwr or empty beer and : whiskey bobUfM. was the result of a. raid made by trie police iast night in a 'build, Ing at the . corner of South Ashe street and Walker avenue. Those arrested are C C. Rdberson, John Suflllvanj John Roberson, Ed Orrell, Tonn Boyd and Hawry Coualns. All of the men will be given a hearing in mayor's court to-morrow .morning. There were four officers in the' party that made the arrest. The police have had the place under suspicion for some lime, but did not get the evidence that they wanted until a few days ago. Body of Seaman Plumlce Found. Washington, June 26. A telegram from Read Admiral Berry," com mandant of the Norfolk navy yard, reports tho finding tday of - the body of Seaman Frank B. . Plumlee, who was one of the 11 who went to the bottom of Hampton Roads In the Ill-fated launch of the battleship Minnesota on the night of June 10th and the recovery of whose bodv.com pletes the list of those who lost their lives. : Plumlee enlisted at Mt. VeN non, 111 , but the 1 residence of his mother la given as Mabton, Wash. Extra. Dividend Declared. GaHonla, June .25. '-' n -- ' ASHE'IIJiE liAWTER A I Prominent Young, Man 1 Close Friend Af s'$5t).t Some Mosey and Lan.!- i ; Suys Ha Was Only l'laj 'His Conduct Suspicious Doing. ; , , s Special to The Observer, nsut-lliis, VUtlC U . (fi prise was sprung here this when H. H Fisher, a well-Ur yer, of Asheville, and fonr teacher, also late candidate nation for register of doe county, was placed under i landed in jail, charged wi;:. 8. W. Radford of a $500 bank books and $32 In tn er admits taking the ch t that he was only playing u It seems that Fisher - and two others were t office this afternoon, wh and shortly, Radford m' el book, containing t i . check that" had been t piclon rested on Fishcr ; was located It was r r i be searched. Fisher in the men with a police r for the city hall. It is alleged that wh i i was reached Fisher wev t ter superintendent's c down the check. It w but not the money. S for the money and it , the street outside of f wadded together. It i; Fisher threw the mo-, en route to th,e hail, i he took the pocket t Fisher and Radford v. friends. AITER LEXINGTON Rev,' C. A. r.ll'in-s Preached st t!.e I.e Church Iivt Sun ." He Was "Inn ' Special to The C - w . Lexington, June-? ; ville, S. C. fpecl.;l ' x er, reiour.tln;'th.; a-C.'A.- "i!'ins-. cm- '. comm. nt here for
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