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c .a::lotte, n. c, tui:.-day ::o;::c::;(j, ociocr.it 1, icot. UilJ 4. jiiLAi)" .aIAX ELGIN'S ir.: niiij. crmxQ A jury ,. a ndl . Mrs."' Thomas L. Rowland .'n-ancd at Raleigh For tho "Vurder of Engineer bfraniro, -Mrs. Rowland's- ! orcner llu.sband -' I tato Will Endeavor to Prove That i - In n J W as a "Doctor Jck) 11 and :.r, lljdo" Judsre B. E. Long ilYesiauig Regular Panel end -'Special Venire of 153 Exhausted With Only 9 Jurors Secured f Remaining Three Secured Prom 25 Freeholder Eleven Farmers - and a Jeweler Compose the Jury. - Observer Bureau, : .. ., " The Hollaman Building, .-. Raleigh, Sept. 80. , The trial of Dr. -Thomas L. Row land and Llllle, his -second 'wife, charged with the 'murder of Charles R. Strango, a locomotive engineer, be ' gan here to-day; Mrs. Rowland is the .widow 'of Strange, the murdered man, and the theory of the v prose cution Is that the . pair poisoned Strange In order that they . might wed. When court adjourned to night a jury had teen secured, 'and r the : first witness will be called to morrow morning. k .'.Effort will be made to prove that Dr Rowland was "Doctor Jekyil and . Mr! Hyde" In real life, and that they, to. all appearances, led an exemplary "existence, while secretly bnaklng a .' study of deadly poisons and -plotting murder, c He was even arrested on a - charge of having poisoned his own little child to get some"' insurance money, but he was let ao because the J .chemists could find nn trace of rioison - In the testa which they made. . In .. ; the present case pr. Rowland is 'a- ; leged to have used aconltlne, a yeg& table poison, ..,' ' 1 Judge Benjamin F. Long is" pre-' ; aiding at the trial, and prominent : counsel axe engaged on each side of the case. t . ; w , . ' - . HARD TO GCTJ JURT. , , ' (After the 17 men on the regular - panel ana the 150 on the special . venire had been exhausted and only Jurors secured. Judge Long at 5 "o'clock ordered recess and called for a special venire of ill freeholders. It required two hours to get the Jury. , leven of the. men are farmers, Jt ' seemed at on time as if no Jury would be secured and Judge . Long f . said that If this was not. done with f come dispatch he would move the trial to another county; , ,- . .y- - Louis Mahler, of the well-known . Jewelry Arm here, is the only; town man on the Jury, It la said to-night ' that he and Jesse Duke, of Rolesvllle, will largely control the Jury.' Duke was on the Jury which convicted .Will ' Adams of murder.. Both State . And defense profess to be well pleased with the Jury, which is certainly anintel- r Wgent one. It was 7:3.0 o'clock when the last Juror was secured? "i?;?V'C4v - ft will -be remembered that Dr. and ' , (Mrs. Rowland were arraigned in July, --A when the grand JurrTeturaed a true ' J t i, .it -..nlt,,.,., tm,V .;--BON JSLECTIOX TO-DAY, - f ' , ."V , ' " Saloons of Salisbury Close Up For I - This Uninteresting" Event South Illver people ? Going to Have J ; 'Phones Washington Woman - Al leges She- la Mrs. George Cromer. Special to The Observer. , Salisbury, Sept' 10. The Mlooos obaerv " the taw here to-day find shut tuop - from this afternoon until opening hour v - Wedntaday morning. The bond election . to-morrow caused this action. There 'has been absolutely no tntereet ahown in the, - - contest. there beinar nracticallv no retr-' r iktered opposition to the meaaure,' though ,, Jher. are promises , of a contest ; after , tke,. R is nf to bet that no fight will be mada., - j., ; . .? .. ,..-:. '",.'; Mr. tW. Henry Hobson, chief clerk m i tlie postofflce, has been made chief niar ' . aiial tor the Yadkin Valley Fair Aaoocia tlon and will in 'a few days name; his Subordinate. - On Thursday - night,' Oc tober ilit.. th marshal's ball will be the " great social attraction,, and a Very swell danc b to take place. ( The manager are . ' getting their advertising wall disseminated and, with ' Hearst as one card, great . ciowda are sure to come. Mayor Boyden . t eornea back an sdmirer of Hearst Hi , says he believes f, the i great newapiper . ' Iran la an earnest reformer, honest . and iiiasnetio. He thinks the New Yorker 18 working for political reform and is no demagogue. Mr. a H. Fowlkes, one of tho ' Bell Telephone Companya best young men,-it In Salisbury and is planning the extension cf the Bell'i lines over tho South River xOTitory, nan a doroa subacribers deslr i ? ' lug Instruments, v He will meet a repre sentation of those citizens Friday. The oftioors to-day had a tel'jgrm firm Washington in whicn is related the ' atory (hat a woman, alleging herself to be4Mia George Comer, and tho wito of -an admirable oldgantlentan who spent yeara here as a machinist, has attempted to qolleot monev on hi life Insurance Wr. Comer, well Into 00. hvd here.aev ' - r eral ytars ago and during thr, Utotun of 1 Ma wife, who died four years fgo, was a ; : model of affection for her. v Pn lost her . leiaon and dlod at Morgmton. Since then he has betn afflicted with:- total . blindness and tknendg much unon fi friends who . have teen loyal. The oiti- : . can nave not oeen aoie to curuy matteri " any. ( - - ; , .' STATE AXD FEDERAL RELATIONS Strong Desire to Do Away With Con. ; nice me i one of tno convention of state Attorneys General at St. Louts. - , t . St. Louis, Sept, 30. A strong Je vf sire to do away with the conflict of Jurisdiction between State and Fed ' eral courts, and, . as . one of the phasau of that to restrict the power of Federal .courts in their dealings ' lth affairs pertaining wholly, to a .fctate, seemed to .prevail at a -cort-- 'jventlon of Attorneys Oeneral or as jsistants from thirteen . States at thi southern 'Hotel to-day, ., - Jlost , of the trouble was traced to the . fourteenth , amendment to the i constitution by. Attorney General R. ,V. Fletcher, of fclssleslppi, who said ha did not see why it should not" be repealed, as It did no good 'for the , negroes for; whom it was originally parsed and succeeded only In m ,i barrasalng State courts.' . - t.. . Papers were read to-day by t Jewel P. Llghtfoot, Assistant Attorney Gen eral of Texas; Herbert S. Hadley, At , ,torney General of Missouri, and JErl ward T. Young,. Attorney General of Minnesota. - Peculiar Interest was given the pa rer on "Confllrt Between tHate and Federal Courtif by Attorney Gen era! Young, of Minnesota. . hv fi fact that he expects to be arrested I on his return to-Minnesota in connection-with a contempt case.Arlslng out of conflict between courts.- Murmurs of approval greeted Young's statement that the most trouble aroso from-the. exercise by ..Federal courts of powers which, the founders of tho government never intended they should have, but It i-ialu these - powers - niuat be Jimited. ';. ' .:, - COURT ONT. Ciwi Tvrix I. M ei, i i ' : r R K ' l'o Weeks Con- . 'if r.iRs' Pre k Court Ends a, ..ij mi 1 1 cotton tioes Out l'roni Wiiji n-PuIkJIc Schools Open With i- ' ra Aiteuaance. Special to The Oi server. .. ,i :. . .. Wilmington, Popt- 30. A two-weeks' term of New Hanover Superior Court for the trial of civil actions convened this morning with Judge J. Craw ford Biggs presiding. The first case called was that of J. M. Branch, ad ministrator of the estate" of his son, W. II. Branch, against the Atlantic Coast Llne for . J 26,000 damages. Young Branch was conductor of a material train in Florida two years ago and whiles coupling cars. was caught between; the - bumpers and crushed to delta- The case has been hanging fire for "severat terms, .but was peremptorily aer for to-day, and the hearing was taken up the first thing this morning. . The docket for the present term is preuy- iuu ana th' entire two? weeks wiH.he taken up with. the trial of only a partial number of pe causes set down for the term. , I - " ' f ' Brunswick superior Court has ad journed at' Southport and Judge E. B. Jones, of-Winston, who rnaa been presiding there, left this morning for Lumber ton to (hold a . two-weelks' special - term "tor Robeson county. The ' old court - house at Lumberfbn has been torn iaway to make place for the handsoine new structure that will be built there and . the court will be ' held ! tbe large tobacco warehouse neai the depot. The B. F ,. Smith Conrtructlon Company has the contract r forKr building ; the new Court ' house at- Lumberton.'- 4,' rr The third cargo of cotton tor for eign": export from WHmingtoiv this" season "rent forward on the 'British tramp-, ateamer -' Mariner early yes terday v.mornlng. i It consisted of ,B6R bales, ' and Is .consigned , by Messrs. Alexander ' Sprunt A Son to partlea' fn Brsnien, .. Germany. , The exports -f of. the month of September have been about 96,009 bales, already. Comparatively little cotton ! shipped coastwise- fromWUmlngton. The re ceipts here thus far have been largely from $outh' Carolina ' and Georgia points.. ' ' ' ;The Wilmington public schools opened this morning with a largely increased attendance ever 'last year, when the record of children in the schools - here txceeded that- of any city In the State, according to' Superintendent: John J. Blair, The enrollment this year is expected to reach above 3,600. Teachers are all In thelr placet and the -machinery of the system; started . oft -well this morning. ;v" f i,..." '- - - -v - ,- m DURHAM COt'RT COXTEXE&. Jadge Allen Presides in place of Judga . Council Wh Is Still Slek Divorce . Cases Dlspoeed i of Big Suit Over Little Cart fay.'; ' . . .... Special to The jCbserver.,' ' .-. v . Durharn, Set JO.-6uperIor Court convened thlsTOornlng for" ' a : two weeka' term t. R." Allen presiding In the-place or-JIdge Council, -tr bo. is -on the sick list fhe court is for trial of civil cases onli ' ; -". 1 , The' first ,wtrk o the court to-day wis to grind iit, in quick euocesslon. tnree oi tne nfe aivorce cases sei xor the day. Twdof thosev'were white, Foster again Foster, and Curtis aainstiCurtis; and one was colored, King against Ung. Then the court took up the! case of George W; Cook agalnet ,Joe yfckera and others, this Consuming the, remainder or thi day and 'all other cases had to go over. The two remaining dlvorcecases set for to-day andtnot tried were Gibson against Gibsorf and Morgan ' against Morgan ' Therp ar eight or ten di vorce cases sei for, the term of court. The cases of Cook against Vickers and 'others wllle a email .matter In Its nature. Is ene of i the ' hardest- fought cases On docket in recent years.. While All that 10 involved Is the opening of a rartway so as to give Mrt Cook a hearer; approach' to his home, still It has already been to the Supreme Courif .ott two- occasions and will certainly tfy baek a third time, as the case will M appealed, regardless of who wins the puit, f The case 'began when Mr. Coop made application to ina .uoaxo-flx cqunxy-commissioners m reality Ibeen oiert several years, bat was closed-by Mr. -VIckera, The cart way was ordered opened and Vickers went into tb Jourts in atflght that is worthy of) greater- property Rvalue. There Are six lawyers ; in the v case, Messrs. .tWlhstoft & . Bryant appearing for Cook 'and i Messrs. Guthrie fy Guthrie and. Pramham & ' Brawley appearing fos, Vickers. , The costs in the case,; whfg finally settled, will be equaj to theAJce of a small flanta, tlon. Regar Council hm been 111 for some . fcount Of Which Judge blnted to hold the pres. I court. Clerk of 'Court ceiv'ed a letter' from Y morning, saying that pot improve and that ' ible to be here either time and Allen wt eht seas! C. B. C Mra. Coi her husbif . he wouM . week of thX ;rt is understood that Judge Jhuncll Is sufferinar from a general breakdown of his health and may be confined at home .for some time. mCMS FROI DAVTDSOV. Mlmlonnryf Mnkefc Keverol Talks . Small Boy Fall From" ' Tree and Break Arm Executive Committee or College Meets, Here To-Day. '. Specif to The Jbaerver. ' Davidson, Seot, 1 0. Dr. Forsythe, g missionary i of the i Southern v Presby terian Church to Korea, waa in Da vidson yesterday , and ifiade v several talks on mission work.- He left th! afternoon. ; s f , Little James Harrison, the.l2-yi, Old son of Dr T; P; Harrison, c' of a hickory-nut tren this aftr' and broke a bone In'one of hi ' The injury fci not . bf d, but V the boy much pain., t 'H f i The executive committee son College will meet to- Charlotte. Dr. Henry ) president, and Prof.' J' bursar, will go down ti Mrs. Dr. W. J. Mnrt , ternoon for Salisbury f few days., Hlg tlH Cspture.1 on : ' , cr In forma Pp;lal to Tha Otservrr. Favettovllle, Sept i squirrel hunter dleov shine still In Rock.lph ' night Deputy Sheriff it. - .it - w-f 110 r Ho elrfo destroyed Sdo IIEAHLNG :ESU!IED TO-DAY j:tu casl: tt):.:::3 up-, again. Attfn-ney Justk-e Snya State Will To Day Put on Konie New Tesiimony in Southern l:ate Case Hearing bubpoenas Ined fr CoL.A, B. Andrews and .Mr. G. B. Crater If hat Inf ornui;wn Is Wanted is Not Immediately Secured Senator Drewry Will Ee Put on Sund Main Object of State In Examining Southern s Cook is to Get Compar- ative Ton Rates on Inter-State and ; Ditra-State Busljiiess. 5 s . Observer Bureau, ' TSr.VZ The' Hollaman Building,. -.. hv-t'.' 'i: Raleigh, Sept. SO.v Tour correspondent this Afternoon had a special interview with Mr. Ed ward J. ' Justice, one of the "Site's Lease. , He Said regarding the hearing to-morrow, in tne i corporation " com mission rooms before Special Master Montgomery ihat the State;, would put on some rlew testimony but that -it had much it did hot propose to put on until after It had systematized fig ures from the book of the Southern Railway He , said! everything which bad happened recently had deepened the idea that, the books ought to be thoroughly search far back. He remarked that he idid not think- even at the present status of affairs, that the" Southern could .possibly win V its case, and added that If it did not de cide to let Us books be looked at as far back as the State wished. It would certainly mHitate against the road be fore the United States Supreme Court. : He said all wltniesses would ba. put on to-morrow whd could be handled without disarranging the order of the j State's testimony, x f A aubpoena la is-! sued for First Vie President A. 'KB. Andrews, of the; Southern " Railway, and another for' (staorge -B.' Crater, business manager of The - Evening Times, It being tne purpose of the State to see the cooks of Andrews' office, also those of ..The Evening Times. ..Unless thi, information de sired Is promptly forthcoming . It s. is very probable, Johri C. Drewry will b subnoenaed'also. The Stated will not puton its experts Until It has exam ined all the books! of the Southern It desires to see, . I , , - Chief Freight Akent Green, of the outhern, tells thd state tt will' take 0 days for him ti furnish the infor mation It desires; and, If he does not furnish ' It, It la tl ie purpose of the State to Hself secure It -t One of the chie t objects the Sta'te has in view in its examination of . the Southern's books U to get comparative ton rates on intrs i-state and lnter Stiate business and miles of tooth pas senger and freight business and work out from these tl .e cost of doing each , class, of bus r.ess upon ; a - cost basis. ,The Stat challenges ; the Southern: that it :an Arrive at - the cost of doing buslr ess by knowing the earnings, and it gl ren'the opportunity, the State thinks t can demonstrate from the Southen 's books error - 1n this theory of ,thf , Southern.- t The State wtlj .to-morrow .put on several traveling. men to orove that bulness has increased tnc the new basengr rate went into eff ct REVIEW OF SlJNDAT SCHOOL. Governor '.Glenn and other State officers this after ioon ; at the Capi tol Square review d over a thousand teachers and ? pup Us of - the Baptist Tabernacle Sunday school The pa rade was the most striking ever made by a Sunday schooO here and also the largest. The school went over the city on the street railway-and Ahen picnicked at Pullen Park.' Announcement is made that Bishop Anderson, of Chi sago, one of the foremost of the. hundred Episcopal bishops,, will preach in Chlrst church here twice next Sunday, - coming from the", general ; convention at Richmond. It is oosslble that two .other bishop may also come. i4 FOUGHT: IN COURT. , V,!-.' i In Justice gepark'a court this after noon there was a desperate rflght, following a ' trial on v the charge . of stealing v watc. Davis . Fann, the ptaintiff, declared waiter Savage stole it, wnereupon wavage sprang on .him and yas on the pfclnt'of killing Ihim wnen tne magistrate seized him.. The iatter was sent to hall for thirty days. VARIETY OF ttYFFNEY XEWS." Measles Sitnntlon jiVell In and .Tfow Boy Who Rum Away Writes - Homo llttene(i Xot Sufflelent to Warrant Blndtn Negro to Court t-ersonat oiention, - Special te The Observer. QRyf. i S a, flept ; ao.Sirperlnten. Oent; Bpeara, of the I city graded 8chool. says that the altuatlon in regard to the epiqemie or fTTn tfteatles la well in hand: The bT s have all been thor oughly fumlg ) knd Dr. S. H. Griffith has beenap) I medloil Jotpector '..liy the board J t he will pass upon ie school children an! sll cases an that none W o had the 'tease will be allowad t to the sehoola until mltnna- the d'scase ti all danger p 0itera ha r a ertaln. Mr. J. J. 1. boy ran awn) has- receive.!, both letters) consequentlvi tumble to lo'l - Edle MayfiA gfo from thf) before Unite,' nU Friday, i Wliie the ' the Kutlt oft which was al clent to wan. court ' - l Rv. G. P.f Avenue Bar protracted nu which will ' will be r" Pacolet Dr rits, whoM 1i-yeaf old i iioiTis some titYM HOO. leMera' finm him, , but mailed or. the train, Humphries has been im. - " ins Eklle Crtmp, a re nt Uuaton Khoiils. Ws n LommiaaiOIKT J. M, -ed with aelllng whiskey. Ac nor . waa aitiofltxi of ( scoured, the evWenee d was not Outto sufTi tils aendirg the cse to - nrlek. of he tierokee j chiirchf w)mnenwd a Jr t his church VnipM. through the weok. tin by Rer,; J, W. Ouy, of 'ns, ptUr of the 1 Flint eturnt from ftalelgh, vhore he ' Had been on id his pulpit t the Flint atoi'.lay nd lnrt night. maour, Ur m.my yean i eon-tfiotor, but now of few ihy in GnlTney laat Kamtiir.'ls eiuhuaiaitlo vf Ouoa, . - - , IZE NEGROES. ngton Said to DTave i Comer Plantations ullock Conntles. pi sb.-A peclal rom Birmingham, or B. B. Corner has itations In Barber ii consisting ' of rnal Revenue Col ' the Alapama dls ho, it i under !ookerr. Wash Uo be Wash tabllih colonies 1, nearly all of ' state of 'cnl clor.e t- HUIU1AJI NEWS EtBGET. Charles Hamlet, Who as Watchman Shot a NeaTo. Given .Preliminary Triii 1 Hosiery Mill Erects Irjie Warehouse Michigan Man Con fesseu . to Theft lis press Agent Transferred to Danville. - Special to The Observer. . 4 - Durahm, Sept 80.- Charles Ham let, the young man who shot and Wounded BUI Walker, a negro, while on duty as watchman at the Golden IBelt Manufacturing Company, in Edgemont, some days ago, was given a preliminary hearing this morning, Mayor Graham trying the case. Ham let admitted that he did the shooting and his bond was "fixed at $100 for appearance , before Superior ,' Court. Hamlet told the same story that he told. the morning of , the shooting. He saw some person entering the prbper tey of the company early in the morn ing; about o'clock. , He called to the person to stop and as that was not done he called to him again and then fired. ' .It devoleped" that he had shot ' and badly wounded . Bill Walkef, ' who worked for the com pany and was on his way to his work to clean np the mill. - Mr. Hamlet said, that on two occasions he had been 'fired at by parties who were on the property and this time he took no chances. The ' ball entered the thigh" and passed Into the abdomen of Walker- and ; at one time -4t ; was feared the shot would be fatal; ? but Walker ' was able to , come to-, trial "this morning. ; The mayor had quite a "lengthy court, ; among the f cases tried being three'others . for assault and battery with deadly weapons and one,; for selling whiskey. The whis key case and qne of the others-were dismissed. . , The Durham Hosiery Mill Is having erected a storage warehouse 18x100 reet in slse. - This will oon be com pleted . Recently there was talk that locally raised cotton would not be .purchased, by some of the cotton mills and this caused Mr.' J. & Carr, Jr., president of the hosiery mill, to announce fhat if necessary he would buy every bate of cotton offered for sale here, would pay theimarket price and store It away. He then gave an order for this additional storage house that is now being built and will soon be completed, " Henry Baker,- a white man who says he "nails from Michigan, , was be fore Justice Owens this morning oh ithe charge of ' stealing " IS "from : a young fellow namefl Arthur Couch. From tlhe attitude of Baker it seems that he wanted to get a Job on the county road forces. When' charged with the crime he tpld the ' court: "Tea, I stole $ 5 from him He had the money. ' I needed it and took Jt from his pocket He then told that he was. from MlcJKlgan. was away from home and had to have money; he had- been at work for Couch and after stealing the mbney he went to one of the mills here in town and was at work wen the officer arrest ed him. . ; He went to Jail in default o( ball - and . will appear : before- the nxt arand lurv. e' - Mr,7. M. Dav!A.who has been agent for the Southern "Express Company, in this 'city faf -quite a while, left this afternoon for Davli Va., where he will take .charge osjlhe, of flee of tho enmDanv as agent. Ha Is succeedod ' here by Mr, Stone man, who came (hero from Atlanta, :, MOUNT AIRY TO DO HER, PART. ' , t t - . t, . . Tho Granite City Realises What the gtatcsviHo Air Line Would Mean Tor It and Will Com Acrons,tWlth , Uie Money Ice Plant, Doing ; En lniwd Andes That 'Weighed a Tound Each. ' ::y';:yiz4,. Special to The Obaerveri 't -Vx-'i'v'. - .Mount Airy. Sept ;80. The irtinff facturers and other,busIness men of thte city and lmmedlae vklnity be gtik-'-- to realise.,, the Importance j of building tlhe , Statesvllle Air Line Rail road ffrom: Statesvllle to , Radford, V,,vla Mount.Alryj and the money for' the portion of the aurvey through Surry"counly will be forthcomlng',ln due timejv j ; Mount ' Airy feels she cannot afford to miss this opportunity of securing better railroad facilities, and It is generally understood that she will do her full duty In this great enter prise. The city has great an J pressing need of better , and quicker transportation and (hopes to secure it at no fllstsnt day. Ample mortev is in sight for building the road, man capitalists having already expressed a willingness to furnish every- dollar needed as soon as the road is survey ed and every mile located ; ' A proml nent gentleman of this city Inform ed your correspondent yesterday that the money was now reaJy and all that the (friends 'of the road had to do was to get things in proper shape. A' road from Btatesvllle to Radford, Va.V Is needed and i would be one of the best paying railroads In this country, and the .moneyed men know it, and. are not afraid to , put " their cash into a project that has such a fine future before ttSf The North Carolina Granite Corporation needs an outlet such as the 8. A, L, would be. tot say . nothing of the great ' and growing industries ? throughout the entire section that a railroad ; from Statesvllle to Radford, would pene trate, - . , An order has been- placed for ma chinery doubling the capacity of the Mount,.Alry lee Company's plant. ' It has been impossible to supply the demand for Ice during a part of the past summer; and, besides the local demand, a large scope or country nearby is to be supplied and, present facilities are Inadequate to meet the needs of aJJolnlng. towns - and vil lages. -:.. :;. "M;.v ,.-.;,..;. -' 7 " P.' D. .Muse, apple dealer of this city, bought a load of pippin apples the other day, of twenty bushels, that breaks the 'record. The apples weighed . ovee an ; average1 . of one pound -each, . One-pound apples, , as a rule are a scarco article, and the reader can Imagine that the- load present a - prettv sight. -'. The dealer got the lot at ii cents bushel Another Assenlt Case at i Wlilstlcr Aroue Alobsmlans. :Montgomery, Ala Sept. 80. A spe cial from Mobile to Tho t Advertiser says: !- '..!' Sheriff Casalss Aid a fxm ' have gone to Whistler to begin pursuit of nn unknown Aegro who seized -.Mrs, Johnson at her front gate early to' nlght She scrofumiFrt and the negro fled. A neighbor shot at him several times as he ran. The negro W said to have pnrchaM!d a ticket and boarded a northbound train. The sheriff -took blood-hounds with him. Whistler peo ple are 1n a state of frensled excite ment This Is the pu? where n at tempt was made on Mrn. RreniJpr fi weeks ago, for which one luro, Mwto CkuMati, ava lvnr.haJL HOOT LN MEXICO CITY n,VT.v . ,",-. vr, VrTmvr GIVEN A LOIMNG VIJAW L The Artillery Band Plays Amerlcau and Mexican' Airs as tho SetTtary of State's Train Pulhi Into the Sta- h tion The Party at One Conducted to Chapnltepec Where the Members Were Allowed to Itecuperate The '' Castle PormaUy : Turned Over to 1 the Amcrk-an Official To Be His Residence During His Stay in Mexi co Occupying the Republic's Most Elaborate Apartments, . ;i ; Mexico City, Sept. SO. Oreeted by several thousand persons, among whom J were many, members of the American colony In this city. Secretary of State Elihu Root arrived in Mexico City at 4 oclock this, afternoon' on the special presidential . train,- which brought him, from, the border as the guest of i the . Mexican government. Accompanying him 'were "Mrs., Root and Miss Edith Root. ' ' - As the train pulled into the national station the artillery band played an American patriotic air and the states man was given 4 rousing welcome. k ThepSrty ! was nat once conducted Outside the- stauon where ; carnages were waiting to take Secretary ; Root and .'party t tosi" Chapultepec i The gendarmerie: band ; played American and Mexican patrlotlo air Shortly after the arrival fct Chapultepec tea was served.; Th officials of the city and f Federal - government with their wives were present. There were no other functions on the entertainment programme for the day. and Mr. Root and party will be left to recuperate after their long Journey from Wash ington here. - -.!" In accordance with the Mexican custom, Chapultepec Castle waa for mally turned over to, Mr. Root,: who waa told that the historic palace would fee his residence during hla stay in Mexico, The apartments that Mr. Root and family will occupy are the most elaborate In Mexico. - ,.t , - "DR." BOLIJT UN5LSKED. Supposed Wealthy 'Physician of New Rot-hello Only a Bar-Tender He Forfeits Ills Hall and His Wife, Af , tor Attempting Suicide Also Disap pears. New Rochelle, N. T Sept. SO. The excitement under which New Rochelle labored yesterday when Samuel - Bo lln, who posed as a wealthy physl clan " was arrested on ' a 1 charge of burglary, was augmented to-day. Bolln . failed , .to appear In court when the case - was called, and the 11,000- ball which friends had put up for (him, last - night, was forfeited. The next shock .-.r came when Mrs. Bolln told the' people fnat while she believed her husband owned an in terest la a drug store In Harlem, his tragulefr occupation was that of bar-tender In a saloon In the Bronx. Then came the assertion that Bolln Iwd.served a prison tarm ln.Jew Jerr sey-and had been arrested for bur glary and otflier; things In New York. v.Mrs. oBlin threw herself in front of a slowly moving trolley car on Main street this afternoon, but the car was stopped before eh was in, any parti- nlar dRnrir ' T.ufer thn nollea atftt d that : she had ' disappeared from town and they did not Know where sne had gone. - According to Mrs. , Bolln her hus band attempted twice to kill "himself After 1 he was ; released on b&n last nigtht ': but ' she prevented hlmT He then left the house and disappeared. 4- Mrs. 'Bolln told the fol1ce that she had married- Bolln in vashoff, Russia, in 1902. Soon s aftrr her husband came fa America and two years ago sent for her, and she came here and Joined him. It is stated that Bolln was arrested ' December 1, 190$, on complaint ct .Gussls Llchtensteln, his common law wife, on a charge of as ault, ff-Cy- i '' TWO LIVES LOST. IN STORM. Lieut. JnQ. n. Furw, of the Battleship ' Illinois and a Dine Jacket of the : .-.Minnesota Crew Perish In Accident : cff. Cape Cod Ray. , -Boston, Sept JO. Wireless patchesrecelved to-day from, the At lantto Squadron anchored At the head of , Cape Cod bay- off the Barnstable shore, show, that two lives were lost, two vesmls damaged and the entire fleet waa given & severe shaking m in- the. atorm which ragd yesterday In the bay. V The fleet was anchored on a lee shore and only the strength of their ground, tackle saved some of the big war vessel from being thrown on tb beach -'";:',r"'-:f ', x-.y : 'Those who loet their ; live , were Lieutenant John H. Furse of the bat tleiihtp Illinois and an ordinary sea man of the Ibattleshlp Minnesota. Tae refrigerator ship Glacier dragged her anchor and collided with the cruiser Des Moines, necessitating the sending of both vessels to the , Charlestown navy yard for repair '.'::, ,- i ,V": ' More than 20 hours the great ships were tumbled about fn the big ' seas, which surged Into the bay. Lieuten ant Furse waa thrown1 against a hatchway on the Illinois and so badly Injured that.he died during the night. The seaman on, the - Minnesota . was washed overboard and drowned, while nearly every vessel had some .of her rrew bruised by 'being "hurled about the ship.' - i . - - The following vessels ', lost ' their anchors and chains: The Minnesota, the Kentucky, the Des Moines (two anchors), the Mar cellus, the Ohio, the Glacier (two an chors); the Caesar and the Mayflower. The. Kearsarge and Maine lost their anchors getting undr way,-but those of the Maine were recovered. , Lieutenant- Fur . 27 J years ; old, waa a native of South Carolina, but appointed to the Naval Academy from Georgia., V , . ' - 'MaAMaribMnMeHMMMa I'-1"; V -'V. v PEACEMAKER SHOT. . Agcrt Colored Man Klllod When He Tr! to Stop Quarrel of Husliand ' and Wife. , " . Special t) The Obaerver. " , -Lumberton, Sept. 20. Tsatah Cur rie shotjand killed Dick McNeill, an. aged colored man, yesterday ' after noon at the . home f Currie, near Shannon, McNeill had gone on a 'vi!t o Currle'a home and the latter and his wife were quarreling. M?Nein, in the rolo bf peacemaker, said: ' "I would not do that , way, don't fuM," when Currie turned to him' and sat Si "I'll kill you, then," nnd sht 5iim .town. CurtL.i uu arrci'Li-J and wtu brought to Jatl here to-lay. . , r ' " L MGHEE-IRWIX. Mlt Helen Irwin Becomes Wtfo of Mr. Zaeh McGhec, of Washington ' City Description of Wedding Cere HioiiT Bishop Bratton, of Missis sippi, olUciated A Happy Oc casion. Special to The Obterver. - Spartanburg, S. C, Sept. 20. This afternoon at 4:30 O'clock Miss Helen Irwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Irwin, was given In mar riage to Mr. William Zachariah Mc Ghee, Washington correspondent . of The Observer,, The Columbia State and The Savannah Press. The cere mony was performed at" the residence- of the bride's father by the bishop of j - Mississippi, Rev, T. D, Bratton. i , The home was' beautifully f deco rated with, .goldenrod, roses and ferns. Only, member of the two families and-particular friends were guests. The bride came down stairs, preceded by. her sister, Miss . Elolse, and accompanied by her father,- and the groom entered along the hall to a violin and i piano rendering of Mendelssohn's March. - The bishop performed the cere mony with the finest dignity. When he had finished the- printed foim and pronouncedthem man and-wife, the bithop stood looking Intently at Mr, McGhee in silence, until the guests began-; to ' wonder, 1 Then the blthp raised the bride's veil and com' manded the ' groom . to ' salute her. Even then Mr. McGhee hesitated for A moment -;! "After "you,: said he bishop. . And the solemn strain relaxed Into laughter - when - the bishop gave the bride a resounding- kiss.- : It- was wholly s a happy- occasjon not a tear i or a sigh. . ; There were oceans of fun over the cutting for the ring and thimble and the delicious refreshments served. The happy couple left on the 2:20 train for the North, EIRE DESTROYS KILX. Mr. I'Vank Teeter, or Cabarrua Coun ty, Loses Much Lumber and Ills Home Is ldangcred Rev. C. L. Brown Will Lecture' on Japan Pastor Coiitea to Look Over Field to Which He la Called. . Special to 'I he Observer. - Concord, Sept. 20. Saturday night about 12 o'clock fire broke out in the dry kiln at the lumber yard of Mr. Frank Teeter, in No. 1 township, and destroyed the kiln,' several lum ber shanties and 7,000 feet of well selected lumber. The . flames were beyond all control when discovered. The origin of the fire Is attributed to a very hot fire in. the kiln, which ignitea ue lumner wnuo ma man who : had been firing .waa absent or. had gone "to sleep. ':., x ' Mr. Teeter was in .the city to day And stated that had the wind been? blowing in- any- other -direction his handsome new home would have been destroyed- The ' loss : of the building, kiln and' lumber-1 wilt not exceed 1200, all without. Insurance. Next Thursday night, Rev. C. I Brown, who has spent many years in . the missionary .fields of f rfJapan, will give an Illustrated lecture on Japan, the customs and manners of that nation, at St, -James' Lutheran church. 1 Mr. Brown Is a native North Carolinian, ' and' his lecture is one of the finest -productions of the kind that has ever come to this city, It is said. ,. Rev. D. W. .Branher, of Mtlledge Vllle, Oa., spent yesterday with the congregation of the First , Presby terian churoh , and occupied the pul pit morning and evening. Mr. Bran nerhas the 'call to the . Concord church under consideration and will come to; a decision at an early day. In his home town he is greatly be loved by all and there is being made a strenuous effort to keep him there. FIRE AT ROCK HILL. Ralterree Building Catches From De fective' Flue, But the Damage Done la Onljs Slight ' , , Special to The Obaerver.' i - x Rock Hill. .8. C, Septr 20. About 4 o'clock this afternoon : fire broke out in the Ratterree Building adjoin ing the Carolina Hotel, - and excite ment ran high' for awhile.- Every thing wa removed thac could be got out and but UttU-damage was done, The Southern. Railway has tts of fices in the -building .and the Com mercial Club rooms are also located on the second . floor. Spencors & Dunlap, lawyers, are also on ,' that floor. The' railroad people - removed all - their papers before the i building was flooded. - - : The fire originated from a defect Ive- flue, it la thought 'and - it was fortunate it 'broke out In , the . day time. - - FAYETTEV'ILLE GETS BRYAN The Nebraskan Orator Will Be. Guest . - or minor uaie ana - jjcuver tw 4 Addresses. 'J- " . Speelal to' The Ofcsrvf ' "'. i ' v. Fayettevllle, Sept 20. W. J. i Bry an haa accepted an invitation to be here on the 15th of October and will be the guest of Maj. E. J,.Ha.lo, edi tor of The Fayettevllle Observer, - He will mke two speeches that dhy.' one pubrlo address and th$ other for the benefit of the Women' Civic Improve ment Society. ' , j." ,t ""i ' 1 ,r 11 1" "' "J- i ; . ' " Eddy-Frye $nlt Dlmnlwed. . :., ,-' Concord,' K. "H.; ' Kept" 20. At'' a speelsl session of the Superior Court for Merrimack county In this city to-, day, Juige Chamberlln- grantej the motion to dlsmlns the suit of Eddy v , Frva. filed bv the nlalnllffa on August 21st' This waa the , "Next Friends" suit Instituted by George W. Glover, a n ot Mary Bakr G. Eddy, for an sceountlng of the affairs of the head of the . Christian Science' sect nnd. Its dismissal end the , litigation then begun, ' ..--: . , 'f ipMMiMMMMMeWNMM'''' ' i' - ' Hearted That Fohv Jamestown Oftl- v dais Have Re.Ume(l'i , , Korfolk. .Va... Sept, 20, Authentic reports to-night disclosed . " that ; a narnbef tirneaJs of department wtfl ' Tealgn with Director . Oeneral Barr of the Jamestown Exposition.. Join A. WakefleM. chief ot concessions, and A.'C. Sherwood, chief of admis sions, announce their; resignations.' " It is reported that W. M. Ptxon, aiwlftant director general, and S W, Bowles, director of publicity, have re slgned. .,-,- , ' ' Balloon Nwtf Wloi Race. , Paris, tiepl. 20. The balloon Nor d, piloted by M. de Lobe!, hits been ,! dared the provisional winner of; tho race for the grand prize of the Hero Club of Franc, .which ftartM , fr.nn the TuUkrica Oardvns j v.rri.ty ternoon. ' - " " . t r::ic...i iiv... c the MiioNrAYSiio:.iA.f; M'KLNLEY 'litLHOIUAL UXVr.'It: In the Presence ot : 3! re Tluvii E ).r ) Persons, I"rora j:Very Walk of 1,1: -, the Iresldent f tho United StafV-i Pays Touching Tribute to "A Ot.oJ Citizen, a Brave Soldier, a AVi-iei;x-efntlve" The Mausoleum, in Which ; the Bodies of tho Dead Ireklent . ; and His Wife Ilepose, the Gift of a Million Americans Mr. Justice Day Describes the . Undertaking ',' l'roni Jts Inception to its Com pie- tlori Description of the Magnificent f .Memorial.- - :..... '.-., Canton, C Sept 20. The - nation paid homage to-day to the memory of William McKinlcy when the eplendrd monument - which mark the ' last resting place was Unveiled In the -presence of an. assembled throng such as Canton never vsaw before and with the President of th. United States as . the principal speaker. It t waw the . tribute of a! grateful nation both In word and in deed to "a good Citizen. ' 4 brave soldier, a wise Execudve,1 and more than 60,000 persona Vepresem-' Ing all walks of life' and every part - of the country participated inane cer emonies dedicating the monument, the loving gift ;Of a million Ameri- . cans, whose contributions aggregating -1800,000 provided the splendid -comb In which rest the bodies 'of the third of the martyred Presidents, his wife and their two 'children.' 1 " ''.'' ..v Distinguished men from all parts of J thd country: and many representatives of foreign countries made che ' ptU , grhnage here to "participate . In - the dedication of the mausoleum and , ' made the event a notable one. . " .A MAGNIFICENT MEMORIAL. . : ;' v The monument! is S a magnificent -structure, simple but Imposing. In ( the sarcophagi Are :he bronse caskets , ' . containing the bodies of both Presl- i dent McKlnley and hla wife, ' In niches In the wall of tho tomb are ' two little caskets containing the Ashes . of their only children, Ida And Mary, both, of whom died in Infancy. " - ' The President arrived at Canton at - ' 10; 15 a, m. and after reviewing" the . parade he - proceded to w Monument 1 Hill, where .the ceremony took pfece. Judge Day, president of tho monu ment commission, ; first. -Introduced . Governor Harris, who spoke for on 'hour. f He -waa followed ' by Judge Day, who at the close of his remarks Introduced President Roosevelt : The ' y President said: " . ,. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. ' We have gathered together, to-day : to pay our. meed Of respect and af feotlon to the memory of William ' McKlnley; who as President won a place In the hearts of the American .... people such as but three or. four of -all the Presidents of. this 'country, have -ever won. He waa of-singular '-' uprightness and purity of character, - -. alike in public and private life; a clt- V ' isen 'who loved, peace, . he did hia duty faithfully and well for four J years of war when the honor of the , nation called- htm to arms. - As Con gressman, as Governor of his' State,. , , and finally as President he fose to the foremost place among our states men, reaching a position 'whtch would satisfy the keenest ambition; " " but he never lost that simple and t thoughtful kindness:" 'toward J every human being, great or small, lofty or -humble, with whom he was brought in contactr which so endeared him to -our people. He had to grapple with ' more serious and complex problems ' than, any President since Llnooln: and ,. yet, while meeting every demand of statesmanship, he continued - to live A beautiful and touching family life, a life very healfty'f or this nation to . see In its foremost citizen; and now the woman who walked lit the shad- -oir ever after his death, the" wife to whom his loss was a calamity more crushing than It could be ' to any other human belngvi lies beside him here In the earns sepulcher. v - SINGULARLY APPROPRIATE. ' ; There Is a singular appropriateness In the inscription on his monument. Mr Cortelyou, whose relations with, him were of suoh close, Intimacy, gives me the following information about It: On the President's trip to the Pacific - slope In the spring of 1901 President Wheeler, of the Uni versity of California, .conferred t; degree of LL. D. Upon him in words . so well chosen that they struck the fastidious taste of John Hay, the Sec-, rotary of State, who wrote and asked for- a copy:, of them from President Wheeler. On the receipt of thla copy he sent the following letter to presl-. dent McKlnley, a letter which sow.' " seems filled with a strange and un conscious prescience: i. Dear Mr. Prentdent; ' President Wheeler sent .me the Inclosed aunty rarueat Tou ,wiu have s the words In more permanent, shape. They seem to mo remarkably well chosen, and stately and dignified , ' ehough to servelong hence, please God as your epitaph. . - , , Yors faithfully. ' , ' JOHN HAT. . "UNI VE RS rr Y 6F CALIFOKNLV, , t- "Office ofj the President ; , .."By Authority vested in me by the regents of the University of Calif ir--nla.' 1 confer the degree of doctor of " , laws. upon William McKlnely, Presi dent Of the United States, a 'states- man singularly gifted to , unite the discordant farces of the government and mold the diverse purpom-y of men Mowtrd proirrlve;snd salutary ac tion; A magistrate - whose poise- of Judgment ha been tested and vindi cated In a succession , of national emefgencles; good citizen,, brave sol dier, wise executive, helper and lead er, of men, exemplar to his people of the virtue that build and eonerv the Btate, society and -the home. "Berkeley, May 15, 1901." It ,would be hard to Imajtn epitaph which a good fltizon -be more anxious to deserve which would more happily the qualities 'of that great i Cttii'm whoso life we iiore orate.' He poses,.ed to r. x ordinary degree the gift discordant forces and s them a harmonious artl for good government. 1 es not merely diverse, conflietliiB, ho was til healthful action f r t Staty. In both i "! he rrwse level t- th. genciej he had 'to li the nation, and I root of truo. f rt-. Rl'frw t" SU-.lt1;!- 1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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