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SUDCCrjPTIOir PRICE: $8.00 PER YEAR, charlotte, js1". c, sunday icining,1 sepIeaiber 29, 1007; price rivi: c I BTATlIENTBOJt DREWRY "editor of . times resigns Senator John C. Drewry Breaks Ills fcllence and Jxi Sensational State ment Tells About the Vouchers For - $6,000 Southern Did Not Contrlb . .",Mte a Mckel to His CaniDalzu Fiuid. t Jile Says The Third Voucher Was V Returned February 4th Ins Same Issue With This statement Appears Resignation of Mr. S.L. Hotter Mi tor of The- Times ltVuor That Others Arc to Follow.- . . Observer Bureau, 4 ..;'--...-. ..wTh Hollaman Building, ' " . - ,- Raleigh, Sept,;2S." .. The ' Raleigh. t Evening Times, Which , appeared . In ,. one edi tion f late " v this ; af tenrapn,1 j con tained two sensational statements. y .TThe first was signed by State Senator ' John C. Drewry, grand secretary of thej3ran,I Lodge of Masons, and pres ident of t the newspaper . company, '.';''; Breaking his alienee of five daya re garding the "vouchers' for $6,000 paid him in ten months, last year" by First Vice President A. B. Andrews, of Ae ; "Southern Railway. ' ' ; " ; Drewry " says that two' year, ago, , then owning an Interest In the paper, ' he approached Andrews an dasked him - how he, would like to -see a large af ternoon 'paper id Raleigh. " Andrews replled'that he would greatly llke;it, as The News and Observer had never ' treated hlmr oY the Southern fairly, i bearing personal animosity against ' Both. . and;- he insisted on an imuar- tlal paper. Andrews said lie: could not tak,e any stock but would give ad vertising to the value of , a few thou sand dollars upon the paper's pub? j, lishlng the scheduled special notices an such clippings from other .papers 1 as"he might designate,. the editorial department to be left entirely to. the editor. ' , . k ' t , - RETURNED A j VOUCHER. , ' Drewry saysv the paper was then enlarged all this Lbef ore he had any idea of being State Senator; that it - - was' April, of last year; that Andrews v J?! J him a Southern Railway voucher for $2,000, which was turned ovW to . Business Manager George B. Crater, and deposited to the , credit of The Evening Times; that in August, last year,' Andrews again sent another for $2,0000,' which was similarly Han dled, as the books show; that late In January last, after Drewry was In the Senate, Andrews again gave him an f . other like voucher for thesame sum ' 4 whfch was deposited In the , 1 bank. Drewry says that a' few hours later lie realised that as Senator he might be criticised for, accepting such a vouch ee even though as president of the v"' newspapen -and o ' returned It'Tand that It wascredlted February 4th, as paid Jback by the, .newspaper.. Drewry dentes that Andrews or the Southern RCay contributed, a nickel to his campaign fund directly or - indirect ly, and saya neither controlled iilm In the Senate or ever tried to doso and that in nearly all cases he votted " against the railways and for the 2 1-4 cent rate., ' ' He says this Is a full' and frank statement and that he delayed making i :; It until ha could verify' each state' , tnent, ' V ' : The second sensation was the foi . lowing,, which appeared at the head y of the editorial column: "A WORD PERSONAL. ."T"jls, afternoon I tendered my res "ignatlon'as editor of The Raleigh - Evening Times to take effect at, once. ": (Signed) "Si L.' ROTTER." It .is rumored that other ." reslgna )',f Uons will folo w. It . is no ' secret that : the Stats will use with special effect v in Its fight for the new passenger rate the revelations made ' as to these , Southern vouchers and that Drewry's 'statement will cut" a large figure in this matter, A State, officer so inform v ed your correspondent this afternoon. Editor i Rotter took- that position ' ' last March. ' J BOY WHIRLED TO DEATH. John L. Hell Iff, Pulled Into JIachlnery of Furniture Factory by Belt," Re cicves IJnurles That Prove Fatal. Special to The Observer, ' ' ' . -Salisbury, Sept. 28. John Lewis Helllg, l-year-oid boy, the son Of Mr, K. P, Helllg, died about noon to ,s aay arcer a day's suffering from a horrible - accMent of yesterday. The. young man was employed by, the Grace Furniture Company, doing business 'On the main line of the . , 8outheTn, and about 2 o'clock yester , ' day was adjusting a belt that runs the ;macj;lnery. The Btlck which he , wag, using was ca,ught up by. the , wheels and Jerked him into the ma , chinery. The most frightful of inter- --il injuries resulted, and so badly ' 'battered was he that he. never could give . an intelligible account of . his - rnlsfortu He was taken to the 'WhHehr 'd-Stokes Sanatorium .yester day eV , jg, but the wounds were too ... serjvv ;; nd ne died to-day; The ' fa- v, t5?i'lV ''tno youn min 19 a "Plendld , crtlJind farmer. He lives five miles 'v' f rolfSallsbury. to-morrow afternoon . from St. Paul's Lutheran church the v funeral will be held. Tennessee's Pendleton Law Constitu- ,. tionaL t Knoxvllie, enn, : Sept ' Jg-The State Supreme Court to-day held the Pendleton law to-.be constitutional. v- This statute, enacted by the Tennessee . Legislature last taring,, makes man datory the abolition of saloons in aft ' cities in Tennessee of JO0.O0O inhabl- . tants or less "hereafter incorporated," In It being lan amendment to the so- called Adams law which lnh'.blled sa loons in all towns of 6,000 or lees .ipopulaUon. It Is a virtual extension of t the "four-mile law" to all citliens In the "State. ,, ' Senator Cannaclc CandUlate for Gov ' rrnor of TrnncMoc. ' ' Columbia, Tenn., Sept 28. Former United States 8ehator Edward V. varmacK to-aay announced nimself a candidate for" Governor of 'Tennessee against Malcolm R. Patterson, . . ' A MAVS GOOD INFLUENCE ADDRESS BY BISHOP OF LONDON. Distinguished Prelate JIakea an Infor - nial Talk to the Members of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at the International Council at Washingtdn , The Delegates to the Council Re ceived by the President, who After wards Entertain In Honor of the Bishop The Election of Officers a i Feature of the Day's Proceedings. ;: Washington, Sept. 28. -The address of the Bishop of London at a grea garnering at Continental Hall and the election of members of the:. Interna tional council of the organUatlon were the features of to-day's sessions of the twenty-seventh annual session of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. The dele gates were . received by President Roosevelt at the White House, thls aflternpon."' ? The- President also entertained- at luncheon Rt, Rev. Winning ton Ingram; the bishop c-f London; Silas McBee, and Chaplain, Andersop, of the bishop's suite, and Secretary of the Interior Garfield, and Assistant Attorney General Cooley 'were ;, also gueHs. . The address of the bishop was mainly ' humorous. 'H v ; ' " ; , , v , i INFLUENCE ' FOR GOOD. : - The influence for good ot man over hts fellows was the thene o? his in formal remarks and he eald that the orce of unconscious Influence he had found to be greater than conscious ef fort, .sin fact, he said, he always "made a, "sad mess tit It" when he went out deliberately to influence, any one. v; ;;U'Vf,j.' ':"" t: J '. v ' .'-. ' He had many times been Invited to the United - States to address the Brotherhood and at one time had been offered f 109 and all expenses 40 come. That offer, he said, gave him a great Idea of the solvency of the Brother hood. He said he iwas In great fear during his talk, of pressing the button 'that would release one Txf the three addresses he 'had arranged to deliver to-morrow. He Is the principal speak er ( at the great open air meeting to morrow. , ; s . r USED' MODERN SLANG. ' ' In hf talk the bishop used modern slang phrases which he admitted he had picked up on taris side Of the Atlantic. ."That your influence shall bo lunquestloned," he s&M, "you not onlxanust have nothing up your sleeve, but, obviously there must toe nothing up your sleeve. ':...There-.hmst' be . no suggestion of cheating or jockeying and, no under-hand methods." He re ferred to an Incident connected with a glft of a book to Blhsop SatterleeJ on -the occasion of his recent visit to London Addressing the' bishop of Washington the bishop of London said: " ' ' "'' " ; VShall I inscribe hb to iHenry of Washington ?' whereup on, according to the speaker, the bishop of Washing ton replied: 'By no means. The people will think I am. putting on f rilia.' ' He declared that the world over the people you want to reach will not stand for a person having too good, an opinion of himself. . H declared that the wcrld over the people you want to reach will not f.laml tor a pemon having too good an, opinion olf himnclf. "To hva a goed. Influence over Teop!o you : must ba ahtolutely Btralght,'' ,; eaid the bishop. "And right hero let nie say tfut that teems, to be the leading chartc Jleristlo of four splendid president. Slnco MXlving. ysteyday,;I have had: three or four hours of the most delightful con versation I havo ever had "with ny one in my life." v ' , TO MEET IN ENGLAND. , Announcelhent was made that the next meetitw of the Brotherhood iri England would te held July 2d to 6th intlusive, 1908, at Oxford University. During the afternoon members of the various councils were chosen, nd special moetlnps.held by thig. Brotherhood in tlio United Sute and "lie Brotherhood In Canada. The delegates Uter vWted the White Houe nd were received by Presi dent UooMvelt. x Bishop Saterlee, of the diocese of Washington, this evening gave dinner in honor at tho Lord Bishoti of London, who li a iiouse guest. Ircludcd in the dinner party were a number at the noted prelates from abroad and this country, who aro here in attendance upon the con vention of tho Brotherhood. A reception followed the dinner. SUICIDE BY HANGING. A Wilkes ; County Citizen, of Un balanced Mind, Hangs Himself In . His Barn He Tried to Kill Him self anrf Family Two Years Ago Had Been to State Asylum. Sreciat to The Cberver - -Winjton-Salem. Sept ". 2S Inaanlty, which Was ofvtwo years atanding. Is the cause (dveii'for the aulclde thl mornlnir cf Zolfy C Church, son of Mr. T. r Church, a prosperous hiercliant of Beady Branch,. 15 niila f rom , Wilkenboro. Tt.e suicide lived In the same neighborhood. Tho lifele body ot Church was wound about 10 o'clock Ihla morning, dangling from a rope sunpended from a joist tn hU barn. Tha family missed him ttout 3 o'clock ad began a search for him.1 He was cold in death when found. Church was about 32 year old and ia survival by a -wit ..and tteveral Childrenv 4 : v About two-yer ago he attempted, to commit suicide and crwlrgjlo his family by aiituratlng a, portion of tho . house -with oil and salting Are to it. He Intended to be turned "up In the flame, -Tho Bro- wa discovered In tlirfs to thwart iila purpose. It was then discovered that Church was mentally unbalanced fnd he was sent to the State 41opi.al, efc : Morgan ton : for treatment. -, He was diacharged as 'cured nbout a year and half ago. The only motive for .his rash-act Is that hii was again atUcfted by tile malady. , ; MULE JtltY DISAGREES. ' ' i y " ' 4 Case of Tenncsccan Charged With . tho Murder of Pretty Llliie Davis, Rcsulfs tn a "MlntrlaL Bf'lstol Tenn., Sept." 28. ThV Jury in the, case of Ack Hale,; who . is charged with the murder of Llllle Da vis,, a pretty 18-year-old Bristol girl, in East Hill?' Cemetery here,; last March, failed to -agree to-day and the Jury -was discharged. It -stood- eight for' hanging, three for a penitentiary sentence and one for. acquittal. The trial has' been In .progress in the Cln cult Court at BlQBtvlHe. ' JACOB" GAXT, GETS SIX YEARS. llan Wh Killed Vllllam Stafford Found Guflty of Manalahghtciw . GKen Sentence of One For . Re ; tailing Also Liquor Sellers Given Shake-l'p. ' ' Special to. The ObfTurver. - Taylorsville, ' Sept 28. Superior Court for Alexander county a'djourned yesterday, Judge Ward leaving on the afternoon train. , ' .Jacob - Gant- for killing William Stafford was convicted of manslaugh ter and sentenced to imprisonment for five years, on Iredell county, roads, and one year for retelling. - . The solicitor and grand Jury 'ivere busy all week and the illegav.sale of whiskey In - the county was given a shake-upf Offtrwrent Dor agalff -last night to arrest liquor sellers, , , , pMibition cms euom PRITCHARD AXD CRAIG SPEAK, i Ashcvillo and Buncombe People Hear f lwo well-Prepared and Convincing . Addresses Delivered by Hon. Jeter C. IMtchard and. Mr. Locke 'Craig bpeakers, of h Different Folltk-al I alths, Talking on the Same Sub- J oct, Arouse 5Iuth Enthusiasm Mr. Craig Made His First Prohlbl- tton Speech While He Was at Chap- el Hill The Erection Ortober 8th. Special to The Obsesver. .' 4 . ' Asnevqie, v S)t. 88. This was 'Prohibition Day," , in Ashevllle. . It was the day set and fixed by the- tern perance committee of Ashevllle for a grand 5 rally df all city and county prohibitionists and the "cold -water" advocates fronv every part of Bun- comoe county were .here. 'Mingling with and swelling the crowds front the country were the Ashevllle pro hibitionists men, swonien and chil dren, x From the rural districts men and women and children came, a-foot, horseback and In vehicles. There was to have been a parade of the city and county prohibitionists, but eon tlnuous rain last night: and , to-day prevented the parade and the attend ance from , the country . was not as large as was expected The speaking was at the Auditori um on" Haywood" streetand the two speakers of the occasion were: Mr. Locke Craig.pemobratiocandldate for the gubernatorial nomination, and Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard, Judge of the United States Circuit Court. State- Senator Charles A. Webb presided over the rally. Judste Prltch Ird was Introduced by Colonel Lusk and -Mr. , Craig by Mr. w. J. Cooke, The appearance o( these two distin guished gentlemen on the same plat form, representing separate political parties,' but agreed pn the temperance question, aroused much enthusiasm. : Judge Pritchard spoke first. His address was a carefully prepared pre sentation of the question. He . had given milch thought and study to the preparation .of the address and, to the prohibitionist it was convincing. He dealt in facts and figures relative to the whiskey question. He cited ln- fitanee after Inutn nee" of where nrn. hlbltlon In North Carolina - and - in other States or the Union had. proven a success and declared that It would be a success In Ashevllle, BOTH'' SPEAKERS AGREED. - In opening his address he said:; ; "I am glad to have the opportunity of saying a few words In regard to the issues Involved In - this campaign. The last time I made a speech in thts city In regard to public questions was during the fall of 1902 when my dis tinguished friend, Mr. Craig, and'my self, had a Joint discussion in "regard to the pollttCal Issues of the day. We were then opposing each other In re-i gard to questions that were purely political in their .character. , Under t 1 ana ' Vvt rnnm oto n rem 11- le (iahiiII a hIh' gratifying to be able to say that, we are here to-day to "discuss aa'uestlon which is not political In any sense of the word, but one which relates sole ly to the welfare of the people of the City ot. Ashevllle. And. in regard to this question Mr. Craig and I are in accord. ,We,are standing shoulder to shoulder , in opposition to the sale of whiskey in our city. "Before" I begin a discussion of this matter I wish to clearly,-define my position in regard to the sale of whiskey, I am unalterably opposed to tne establishment of bar-rooms, and likewise I km unalterably op- posed to the establishment of a , dis pensary in Ashevllle. We are 'here to-day to plead for the cause of hu manity. It is my purpose to make as strong a plea as I can In behalf of the wives, mothers and children- of this city. The issues Involved f this, controversy affect every man, woman and child in this community and un der these circumstances It is with' a sense of grave responsibility that . I enter upon a discussion ot the issue thus raised. The good people of t the City of Ashevllle are engaged in a de termined effort . to drive bar-rooms from our midst. While this is true, yet I wish It to be distinctly under stood that 4t Is not my" purpose abuse those who may be engaged 1n the liquor traffic. , I believe that the saloon keepers of the City of Ashe vllle, taken as a whole, will compare favorably with any das of Indivlfl uals engaged In that business. With but few exceptions they are honest and intelligent. -Therefore, . it is with spirit of kindness and good feeling for this class of people that I - shin endeavor to convince you that It is for our best Interests from every con ceivable standpoint to drive' liquor from -our mldsW. .v..r . ---. WICKED OLD ASHEVILLE. "Ashevllle, according to her Op portunities, is about as'wicked as any city of which I have any knfwledge and while we.' have many other evil agencies in our midst, nevertheless the sale of whiskey responsible for nine-tenths of the crime which' has recently been committed in this , vl tinlty. Within the last month a num ber of murders have been" committed within "our city limits, and I believe that In every instance these unfortu nate affairs wercsdirely traceable to the' use of whiskey,, gome1 of the brightest ! ahd ablest yoling men of Ashevllle have been absolutely ruined by whiskey." J ; Judge Pritchard. then entered Upon a dfscussion of the question and spoke earnestly-and eloquently . In , favoi of tnperance. His address 'was logically sound and his arguments , ))ard . td combat ' i.'ii: ''," S-'T-: w f" vMr.'Cralg followed In an equally fer vent and eloquent manner. He stated his position clearly aV concisely. He declared that he stood with the great Democratic party of ' North' Carolina on this temperance question; that he was opposed to 'the open saloon and that his services weraever at' the dis posal ' ot the temperance cause; r MR CRAIG'S ADDRESS " . Mr. Craig began 'his pecc:i'by saying' that he regretted to antago nize some' of his very test personal f rlehds, but that this was . no personal matter.' - r - 4 , j , "I would,' said he "be unworthy of the respectyand esteem of my coun trymen were I to refuse to - speak clearV and unequivocally my convic tions on this question, or on any oth er question that; Is of. vital concern to,the people 'among whom: I live. I will not denounce, men because of opinion, but 1 come to arraign at thoi oar. or puoiic conscience a great insti tution of iniquity. ' , I VI thank my talented friend for the graceful' words of- encomium wkh which "a has presented ma to yout but 1 claim no great credit for the postion that I take. As of bid upon Belshazzars walls the,. . doom-sen-teat'r8r',wrlttn'by the. awful han, so hasthe death sentence been writ ten opori every saloon in Ashevile and every one In North Carolina." He then gave a short history of the contest in this State against the t li quor traffic. He said that while a school boy at Chapel Hill he made his first publlcspeech for prohibition; that', prohibition was defeitef , m. the State by 100,000 : 'majority; that the people who advocated it were not dis couraged; that then saloons were ev erywhere, In almost ev$ery,town and city and at every cross-roads; that the temperance: movement was not the . result of any wave of temporary enthusiasm or fanaticism, but that it was a contest born of conviction and a fearless determination to press for ward , with victorious assurance, v . Mr. Craig said that for more than a quarter of a centurythe battle had been , waged 'all over North, Carolina; that the saloons" had been driven from county - to county, from towns and cities; - that In 1908 the Watts' ' law abolished liquor traffic jh all the country districts of the - State;? and that on the 8th day of October the whiskey "power would be overthrown In " this, its strongest citadel in North Carolina, after the greatest contest on this question In the history of the State. , . . . ; , , " ; ,HediscjJssed the saloon rom moal and economic standpoints. . He said "that it could not be defended; that It was an institution that demoralized, corrupted and ruined men; that Its product .was altogether evil. It was khe training; school for the, poor house tne mad house, tne prison, the gal lows. It blighted the true and beauti ful In human lives. It took bread from the' mouths of children. It brought the (Innocent to broken-hearted sorrow. It cannot , be defended on - any nne- LT lr,ZIi .Z.ntlVll01- nglnemea to Jump,. The r. theories were never intended for theKV ,.. WAr tt) 1unk protection of iniquity; Jhat the .pur pose of government and of civiliza tion and of society was for the-crea-tlon of an environment that ennobled and purified the' lives of men. CONSCIENCE BASIS OF LAW. "The -univrsal conscience Is the basis of all. law"and that the con science of the--jrtople would not longer tolerate this Institution. . 41 Said he: "The question 'is not whether John CDonnell and other saloon-keepers shall continue this busi ness,, but Whether we shall continue in the liquor, .business. When as a peo ple We vote that for a money consid eration or a part of the. profits we li cense the salobn:we are partners tn the business. The man who vates for It Is as much responsible as the man who conducts It." He said we had. long since passed the question of the right to prohibit the liquor traffic; that? the rllcense system was a denlal4of the right to conduct a; saloon. . Mr. Craig discussed the evil that it had done, and paid a glowing, tribute to Mrs. Pease and - the women of Ashevllle who had so long , fought against it..'-.,. ., ' t . ' , ONE MILLION ANNUALLY. He said $1,000,000 annually were spent for whiskey in Ashevllle; that this . money . was worse than wasted. Said he: "We want, another railroad in. this mountain country to give us competition, and with this $1,000,000 we could ' build s, railroad fromthe seaboard at Rutherfordton through Ashevllle, on to the, northern part of this county and connect with the South & Western," grade It, buy the cross-ties, and lay the track with the money which is spent for liquor In (fne year In this town. And yet peo ple, would talk about the prosperity brought by the bar-rooms."- Mr, Craig ; spoke extemporaneous ly for over an hour. POSTOFFICE AGAIN ROBBED. Taylorsville the 8cene of a Robbery, Postofflce Being Broken Into, Safe Opened and Money and Stamps Stolen No Cluo to tho tuUty Per sons. " 0 Special to The Observer. Statesvllle, Sept. 28. The report got abroad In Statesvllle tonlght that the postofflce at Taylorsville was robbed last night of $1,200 and that the roBbers had stolen a horse and buggy from a livery stable there and left town, coming towards Statesvllle, Your correspondent made use of the telephone, this afternoon , and secured the following facts Jroni Mr. E, L. Hedrlck. of Taylorsville', 1 Unknown parties smashed the front door -of the' postofflce building at Taylorsyile last night between 1 and 2 o'clock, opened the safe by the use of a chisel and other instruments taken from ft blacksmith shop and took money and stamps from the safe, amounting to About $125. The money drawer and the Instruments were found near the nbstofflce building this morning. There no clue as to the guilty parties. Postmaster Deal, was In the office last night till 1 olock and the robbery ts supposed to have occtrred soon after his departure. This Is the third time the postofflce at .Taylorsville has ben robbed dur ing the past eight, or ten years. SHOt A XEGROj KEPT IT SECRET M. and Mrs. Vhnlel Rosrrnan .Vttarlc , Wecla Ago by a Vcgro, Wliotn Mr. RoMman Shot Mrs. Rose man . Was Badly Frightened. Special 'to Tho Otwrver. ; ;' Salisbury, ,; Sept. 28. Mr. Daniel Roseman and Mrs,? Roseman. living firTeen miles from . Salisbury.. .; had an experience a week ago that has never been given the officers and fell into oewenaper-hands- acclientally; - They wets On their way; liome from Salis bury, when hear the Yadkin Railroad crossing at Faith they werj attacked bjr a negro, "Tha'fellbw called' to Mr, Roseman id; stop, ; but ; 90 r attention was; paid f to hbn. Then he stopped the horse and slipping up behind the, bugXV. Seized Mrs Rosemnn tvfcn o.ti- -eda? 'her husbahd.u' Mr, iRpsemjh1 orew nis pistol rrom the. 'bottom of the buggy; and fired 3 Into' th negro's body, causing him td fall, Mr.' Rose-! man shot a second time and snapped the weapon a thlnftlme when the, ne gro scrambled to .his feet and made his! escape, 'They came to Salisbury and spent the night here, Mrs. Roseman! being compelled t go to bed follow. j lng her fright. She has not been ablo! to leav"e her 1)ed since, 4 , j Rowdy Norfolk Inrmcr Vor Jnry. Norfolk, Vs., Sept, 28. R. T Pow ell, tne onto ik county farmer who opewd fire last Wednesday on . trol-! Icy-car loaded wufi S7 Jametowtt Ex position employees,,; eight of i (whom were injured, was iit night.held for tho hext grand Jutf upon 4wo. MuntK flrsff shooting Into a public convev nce. and second,, feloniously injuring O. B. Dalby, whose nosem'as penetrat! ed by one of the shots from Powell's gun. Powell gov bond.! Powell shot at a youth who left: ths ear to-enter- the Powell-Watsrmsloa ; patch." , ' r ; ; EIGHT DEAD IN A AVRECK AN OPERATOR'S FATAL ERROR The Chicago-andWhecllng Express on the Baltimore &. Ohio Railroad Dashes Into a Frctglit Train on a v siding at BcDairc, O. IXtecn Are " Instantly Killed and a Score Injur cd, Many of Tliem Fatally The f Richard Carle Opera Troupo Amonar , the List of Pakscngers-rThe Wreck ,! Duo to the FaJlnro of an Operator ; to Throw Uie Switch Officials of ; ' Com pany ' Personally i Superintend the" Rescue Work. C; Wheeling, V.. VC Sept. 28. Eight were- killed and a score injured, a number fatally, at Bellaire, O., at 3:1S this afternoon, when the Chicago and, Wheeling express train on tho Baltimore & Ohio Railroad : crashed Into ; freight train; which Was mov ing slowly on a siding.' '':;.:. '':-,;' The wreck was .due, tt is said, to the fallufo of an operator to throw a switch. Th west-bound freight hgd received orders to meet the pas, aenger at he -western limits of the Bellaire yard, and was moving slow ly, along the siding. . At the point where the wreck occurred there Is a very sharp curve which prevents the engineers cf the ast-hpund . trains from seeing more than a few feet ahead, " The passenger tram swung around the curve very rapidly, being three hours late, end, should have gone on in safety )n the maln line. TJie switch to ; the siding, however, had1 not -been r turned and the train shot onto i the siding and Into the freight. There was scarcely time o apply the air brakes and no time wo b'fg engines were reduced to Junk by tho impact, but "the worst damage was done td the moker, whlch was telescoped so completely by the bag gage car that every seat was thrown out of the coach.: Every occupant of the smoker was badly. Injured. The passengers fh tnte other day coach and the two Pullmans were tumbled from their seats,tut not seriously In jured,''; ;.V-' V'H;-'. "'":';- .ENGINEER BURNED. TO CRISP, Engineer Galbral Ji was burned, to a crisp by escaping steam. .The injur ed were taken to the Glendale, West Virginia and BellalreOlospttals., General Manager .Fitzgerald,--, who was In the neighborhood on an in spection tour, and General Supt. W. C. Loree, of Wheeling, personally su perintended the rescue work. Great difficulty was experienced In remov ing the Injured passengers from :he wrecked smoker. Work ".vas slow, because every movement of the debris caused some one, to shriek with pain as the victims were entangled in a mass of timbers and twiete,d Irons. Among .the passengers on the wrecked ' raln were the members of Richard Carle's": "Spring Chicken" comic opera company, which was to have-iDlayed at Wheeling this after- nooti and evening.. All the members of the- company escaped serious in 'Juries, except Alfred Bolby, the musW cat airector. was rounci necessary to amputate his right arm. thus end inf M career 1n his profession, t He was .riding In the smoker;' and -was found with a heavy: tlm.ber' tightly binding hint about life arms. ' TRAIN HAD StX.COACHEa Ths wrecked passenger train left Chicago for Pittsburg and Wheeling at M0 last night. Th0 train Is divid ed at .Chicago Junction, art going on to Pittsburg by way of Akron and the other mart coming through to Wheel ing via Newark. ; Tne Wheeling end of the train consisted or six coaches. At ths office, of Superintendent Lo ree to-night it was said .that - they were not yet. denaln wMch operator is to blame for ths accident, but a thorough investigation Is under wav. The- property damage will ,amoun.t to aoout, $80,000 A currous feature of the wreck '1s that the baggage car nd thl smoker wereihe only cars on the passenger train damaged. BIG BAXQUET AND' SPEAKERS. HIIISI SS Brvan's VImU to Greensboro Will Be Made Notable Owaslon Other Speakers to Make AWrcsws Are , Ex-Governor Aycock- anil Congress " man Pago About 400 Good Dem ocrats Will Bo Guests. Special to The Otservcr. , ' Greensboro, JSept. 28. -The ar rangements for the banquet which , is to De tenaerea uon. vvunam jenmngs Bryan when he comes to Greensboro during fair week to make an address are all under way and the committee having It in charge report that It will be a notable event. The chairman of the committee, Dr. J. E. Brooks, has heard from all the out-of-town men, Including Mr. Bryan, who have .been Invited to .be present and .res pond to toasts, and all have said they are "going to be present on the oc casion. They also express their ap proval .of the Idea of 'haying an oldr fashioned Southern1 supper,- where true democracy can be preached wlth ,out giving offense, to any one. The date for the' banquet is Wednesday night of the fair, October 16th, and the cvcaslon ; will be one of national Importance since not only Mr. Bry an but others who will speak will probably sound fitato as well as na tional keynotes on which wtll be pitched the issues of the next cam paign. , - , ,.. . . ' The following la. the programme as arranged by the committee ..', .Toastmasterr - Hon, v Alfred Moore Scales, of Greensboro. ...,,', i,' "The Things Upon Which We- Are Agreed," by Robert N. IJage, ,ton grtiwman from the seventh district. "States' .. Rights, ex-Governor Charles B. Aycock. - - . After th above-tiamed' gentlemen hay giventhelr' toasts and response the- speaker of the evening will be .In troduced by Hon. E.'J.Juatlee, Speak er of the House of: Representatives, The banquet will .be glvenin an lm mense btllldlng knawn as Neeae Hall en the corner:, of East Washington and South Davie streets, C Arrange ments will be made for the acvommo. datlon of something over four hund red guets who will 1 be 1 (lumbered among ths best Democrats' and most prominent men from- all parts of the Sttte. Ths citizens of Greensboro and Guilford have beea 'very, enthusiastic over, the Idea of having Mrl Bryan here, and have ' readily responded to suggestions of ftnanclat aid to mske ths occasion what Jf should he. The necessary amount could t haVe heen trebled bad it been necessary.., y, Vlrjcinla Incrrnws Conwrstlon Xsschs '-V4'v,:.: -.-liiitJ. . . -Richmond, Va., Septal. The State cdtrporatlon' c.immis"lon ,has increased ths assessment on telegraph ahd tele phone com-panles , In. the. State for 1991 to the aggregate amsunt of $5,. 82$.li Ins. total valua of all proper, ty Is put at $2,$$7,120.12. - , - TAFT LAISDS AT Y0KAII0MA GIVEN A. ROUSING WELCOME la His JunkM Around the World the Secretary of War Reaches Japa Doesn't Believe War Between full ed. States and Japan Imminent American Association . of China 1 Invites Him To Speak at Shanghai When He Arrives There, and He Accepts This Speech Expected t0 Announce a Policy of America's SIoi'j Careful Attention to Her In terests Abroad. BY ROBERT H. MM11UUY. .1 By Cable to The Observer, 1 Yokahoma. - Sept. 28. Secretary Taft's arrival ' this morning" did. not deter the Japanese or American resi dent from extending a reception suit able to the importance of his mission, The reception committees were ready. t.The official Tepresentatlves of the government stood waiting as the Min nesota reached the dock.' The Sec retary with Ambassador O'Brien, Mrs. Taft and .Mrs. O'Brien met them in the main saloon of the ship and ex changed formal greetings. Crowds of people, w ho remember 'the ? Sec retary's former visit, .watched wRh truo Japanese " curiosity the party's progress toTthe grand hoteU Secretary Taft's only statement re garding, the questions supposed to be associated with his visit was in his most optimistic vein. "There is no reason whatever," he said to your cor respondent, "for apprehending- diffi culties in the relations between the United States and Japan. I d?lre to express unequivocally my personal dla belief that war is ' imminent, or that Lit is even a remote possibility, unless conditions radically . change. And of this there Is a prospect" ;V: He sai that, according to 'hls'un derstawdlng, Japan does not want the Philippines, but desires the United States to remain in control and uphold strong permanent government Then he emphatically added: "We shall never sell the Philippines." In response to a pressing invitation from the American Association of China the Secretary agreed to speak at a banquet in his. honor when he visits Shanghai, The significance of the invitation and Its acceptance la that Americans In charge of commer cial Interests In China have lung been eager for an authoritative declaration from a government representative of what our attitude will be if dismem berment of China is attempted by foreign powers. They believe thata clear statement of our opposition to Interference with Chinese autonomy will have ,the effect of popularising thB'Amerlcan name. ', The association entertains a hope that Mr. Taft will assure Americans in CHIna that the Federal government P'oposes always to uphold our Inter ests, and assert our national rights. This hope, arises fronts the weakness representatives of our commerce have left In the presence of an, oriental be lief that we do not care for our citl seni as England, Germany, Russia and France have cared for theirs. .In other words. Americans In Ohina hope that the Secretary's visit will be the announcement and the beginning ot a policy of more careful attention to dur interests abroad. To these intimated hopes Mr. Taft has no reply to make at this moment, That he has ascent ed the Imitation Is construed on all sides to indicate his entire willingness to discuss the relations of the United States to the Chinese question. In Its International phase; to add, If neces sary, emphasis to former declarations of opposition to dismemberment and to vigorously promise our 'govern menfx purpose of dua vigilance for American cltlgens, and property. WHITNEY ON' TO SALISBURY. The Great !wer Company. Will Be In Tliat City by the Mrst of Next July Tlw Announcement Gladly Hailed by Thoso Wanting Power, Special to The Observer. Salisbury, Sept. 28. As a plecVnf Commercial news there has been nothing lately In North Carolina thut can be of greater Interest than the subjoined telegram which has come directly from Whitney headquarter to Mr. C. W. Smith, mayor of Oranlte Quarry and manager of that end of the company which has torn the countless tons of .stone , from which was msde tho great dam and a portion of the race. The message Is from Mr, T A, Glllcsplo and reads: "On receipt of this please gov to Salisbury, spending to-day and Mon day among the cotton mills, flour mills, machine shops and anybody wanting power, nd say Whitney will be in Salisbury July 1st, and that Kennedy or I will be down next week to make contracts. Telephone Bob, for me, to come up and work with ym We are entitled tothls con slderation beoause of the- large amount of money w have, spent In that vicinity and we are naturally a home concern, tret busy and try to inn mo jroiu nausnuryt oil', telephone to'day. Answer. T,. A. Gillespie. While July 1st Is a trifle later Mian the enthusiasts had hoped, thls-an nounccment will bring great Joy to the people in the scope of the power. Those best acuoalnted with trie orit of, the constructing company knew s moriniiy n(v m progress ha been niarvewu,- Not the IeaT wonderful acGompiisnment tia -been that ot Mtt- Bmlth's men, who have handled the largest amount of, stonV put into any . Southern enterprise ; within 20 years-f ;",;:.,,, ,-v,4'v,.-si.- .'CASSIE C1IAJ)WICK VERY ILL, Prison Hospital iMiyKk-ttm Kays felie siay rop on Any Momctit. Columbus,-0 Sept:;; 2 8 .Mrs. Cas sis Chadwlck. who is serving a term in the .penitentiary fdr wrecklng the sank at Oberiin. O,, is quite weak to day, according to the. official state ment of the doctor In charge of the case at toe state prison hospital. Dr. Helmlck to-day Issued an official statement In which he said that al though' Mrs, Chndwick's condition is not dangerous U is such that It Is not Improbable that she may drop off, at any minute, " ' j' v:- 'mV'i.i'' j-;;,;f' . (icmrai Burr Do; line to Talk.. . Norfolk,' V Sept. 28. Director General Burr retu'med' from South west Virginia and was at his office at the Jamestown Exposition. - bu de clined to say what he would do In reference to the request of the direc tors to withdraw his resignation . . ; Qrand Puke FrvHlerlck J)catt. Constance, Grand Duchy of Baden, "pt, Sg. Grand .Duke Frederick, of Baden,, died to-night of lfttesnlal In flamaiioaHe was unconscious for many hourse, before his death, v . 3IB. R00X (JUISI OF IlXAU CONTINUES JUNKET TO lir.:CO. Tho Secretary of State Speml a Spi nous Fifteen-Hour lerlod in ; ,t 1 Antonio and is 'Entertained isi u Bcntting .Manner by the Pco; Ac i Kcpresentatlves of tho Jtexlcan i: publlo Meet Him In the Texas City to Escort Him Over the Frontier Governor Campbell Welcomes tho "Secretary of State andT Luncheon Is Served tho Party at a Lead lo sr. Hotel The Secretary f Visits Fort - Sam Houston Where a Reception is Also Tendered Him. San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 28, EUhu Root, Secretary of State, was - to-day the guest of San Antonio. , He was en tertained In. a befitting manner and after a strenuous 15 hours left the city at 11 o'clock to-night to continue his Journey to the wouthern .Republic of Mexico. . f i The Secretary was met here to-, day i by the Mexican welcoming com mittee, wnicn consisted , or uenerai Pedro Rineon i Gallarrto, chairman: Major Porflso Diaa, Jr., son of.' the President. Julio Llmateur, a brother of the secretary of finance for , the Mexican republc,' and Lieutenant Col.; Samuel Garcia Culla,. of the Pres ident's staff. .The formal meeting of the representatives' of tht two rpub-v ,jlos took place this morning at 11 o'clock In the. parlors of the Interna tional Club. From that time on Sec tary Root and the representatives of the Mexican government participated Jointly In the reception and carriage or automobile rides through the city, ending with a banquet this evening' on the roof of the International Club, wheer the Mexican and American col ors were entwined. , MET BY COMMITTEE. Secretary Root reached' the city shortly after 7 o'clock this morning and two hours later was met by the local reception committee. The special train with the repre sentatives of Mexico and Ambassador and Mrs. Thompson on board, reached' the city from Mexico at 10 o'clock. Shortly after the arrival at the club the party was Introduced to the Sec-v retary of State and the State and city officials. - v " 1 ' At 11:30 o'(S)ck Secretary Root and party went to the city hall where the pub!J.c reception was held. An 1m-, mense crowd of cltixens was ', thero to greet him andjbid htm welcome." ; ' WELCOMED BY GOVERNOR. " Governor Thomas M. Campbell wel coined the Secretary and other visit ors and the mayor akto epoke. t The Secretary responded briefly and. cltlaens shook the Secretary's hand. At 1 o'clock there was a luncheon at the hotel at which were the Secretary,' the representatives of the Mexican government, Ambassador Thompson, Brig. Gen. Albert Myer, Governor Campbell, Mayor Callagihan and J. E. Jarrett, president of the International Club. Secretary Root and party later drove to Fort Sam Houston, .where a reception was tendered him by. the. officers and ladles of that post, " KEndvs awTnCaaSO.f.trLBBlftsty v . THE ASHEVILLE CASE IN. Fa pern In the Appeal of Hherlff 1 llMinas V, Hunter Against Soufli- ,; eni Agent J. H- Wood Reach the Supremo Court Contentions ,bf Tthe.Parfles. . Washington, Sept, 28. The papers ( In - the appeal Ojf Sheriff Thomas F-! :, Hunter, ; of Buncombe county, North Carolina, against James Hv Wood, the agent of the Southern Railway -Company who was found guilty ,by a State court In Buncombe county of ; violating the North Carolina railroad rate law, reached the Supreme Court 5" of the United Stales to-uny. Mr' ' Wood was Indicted and sentenced to 30 days' imprisonment, . when Judge ' Pritchard, of the United States Clr-. cult Court, intervened, in his hehalf and discharged htm on a writ of habeas corpus on ths ground that the rate law was unconstitutional. The proceeding as it, comes- to the, Supreme Court Is In the nature of . an appeal by the State although it 1 in Hunter's ' name, - as hs was In . charge of Wood as the executive of ficer of ths county In which be was ,. tried. In his, petition for an ap peal Hunterv contends that Judge : Prltchard'g dccklon was1 erroneous in that he assumed Jurisdiction and ad- ' mitted , testimony to .which' exception Was taken. It al-o Is declared that Judge Pritchard was out of order In holding' tho law to be unconstitu tional and in assuming that beqause ' he had taken cognisance of tho rate law In "a previous case he had con trol of the litigation under the law. fi.ILI.ED BY SvYrTCH ENGINE.-.; V Mrs. Henry Holme and Mr.' V. G. ' .'.-.Munsell Ron Down and Killed br ; Switt'li ; Engine Dragged Several Hundred Yard. Norfolk, Va., Sept. JH. Mra Henty Holmes and Mrs. V. o. Munsell, of Springfield, .Mas.', delegates to the convention of Ulble students of America": lit session here, ?ere run ' down by a Norfolk & Western switch engine in this city to-night almost Within sight of their husbands.-and instantly killed. , No headlight was on the tender of the engine, nor was there a flagman on the running board as the ualn backed out ftf ths Merchants & Miners warehouse across Main street. The crew declare they heard ho soiesms and saw n one, although eya witnesses say that , the, tome nhri(fed for help at the top of their voices. Caught by the brake beam vL , the tonder, .their , clothing - became entangled In the rods and they. -wer' dragged for sev eral hundred .yards. - Their bddles wer4 found a ew feet apart. . . It was pathetic sight. ' Recog nising the body as that of his wife, Mr, Muifll gar a. groan and then ran to toil his friend. Mr, Holmes, of the accident. P.isv'ng the body of Mrs. Holmes, he "hurried toward the foot of Jackson street, where he met Mr. Holmes. The latter was greatly overcome and was prevented korn ' Jumping, '" ;b t'cH' by tho police. ; BOI L I.KGS MASHED, OFF. Victim of Tcrrihlo Aceldcnt nt I.imi br Mill Dies in Wllmlngtoirs Hos pital of His Injuries, Special to TJie Observer. .. ' T Wilmington, Pent'. '28.- L. S. Powell. 28 years old. had both h IfK mashed off up to the "Knee eaity this morning at the plant of ' th Whltevllle Lumber , Company, ,ut Whltevllle, Columbus ' county, ..vvtitro he "Was, employed.. Jle wss liotisht to ihe hospital here f-T trfatrnt-nt this afternoon, hut 4H 1 ..wltWn;.- an nour aner : recmng tne institution: H was" married. His remain -a 1:1 e,sent, t. W"h!teIHe t-nirrr,. -ntotiupg forntC'f runu. ' . t-.
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