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3 U '"in -' iA.j C11AKL0TTI, N. C, Hi I DAY NOUXIAG, OCTOMJU1, 1C07. :VLoii:uiij:;a3 dlmed ? rr ty r : I u's 1 ' I .V 5 Master .. I.xamiantkm I'rior to Juno fc,,.ite'a Counsel, r sotjf i) ..i, 1 i-!altut by JiuV'O Prltcliard Ex- ci) f''n Akcd l or Without Any v ju i " Declares the Circuit . Court Juilo Opportunity Grunted, How - ever, to Inspect Indexes of Books . Containing Record of . Disburse ments and Vouchers, in Uio 1 Pres ence of the Standing Blaster, ' Fpectal (to Th Observer. AshevIUe, Oct. 10. -Judge Prltch ard to-day handed .down his de i cislon : In the matter of the appeal ' of counsel for the defendant, the railway commission, 'and. the -vt , torney General and . Assistant At : Morney General 'of North Carolina, .'from a 'ruling toy Standing , Master Montgomery in the railway rate con-v troversy, granting the State's coiftisel -v an opportunity to Inspect the , In- dexes of the. books of the co m plain - entcompany, the Southerly Ballway, 1 but overruling the exception of . the ' 'defendants' to the standing master's ruling refusing , to allow the dei ' f endanta - to v examine the books ' end J accounts bt the - complaln-f " President Mitchell cannot be tn T t "t .nw - .(.nr lced to reconsider hla decision to. not ant prior ' to June , SOtlv USaln be ft candidate for the preaiden- relative to.' . the Question of m vestlgating stocks and bonds -of the C s, Southern. At the hearing Saturday complainant's counsel insisted that , ' Comptroller Plant's ' affidavit, con ; talned ; a full , and complete, stats- fi tnent1 as to the bond and stock -ac-1 ' . ... r ..1 i T..J.'I count of ine compiiunui.. -, iiuugu . Pritchard says: "The court is of the opinion that the. f, 4efendants shQuld be allowed all proper examlnatlpn and Investigation s to the amount and na,turs j ot ' such " bonds ; nd '.stocks.', . : ' ' 7 , , CONTENTION ACCEDED TO. , -It -was. the cdntentlort of the da- fendanta jlhat they , be given an 6p--, portunity to Jearn from the -books i ' v and r papers connected with the;, or . ganiaatlon, ofth Southern t Railway v Company what was paid for tne , stocks and . bonds Issued" by Ifr ftnd " if any of the stocks and bonds ot ' tho company were paid for In 'prop erty instead of money, what the property so paid foe-them-was worth; ' and to learn ' what ; the property - of " the Southern ; Railway eost Judge -Pritchard holds that the defendants ' , shall have , this opportunity. ,Belatlve to the contention of coun , sel for -the defendants ... that they . ; should be allowed to examine :. the Indexes of the 1 books 'of the com pjalnant relating -to. disbursements and, vouchers for the years beginning .' ; Jvily 1st, 1J05, and ending July 1st, v 107, the court,i in holding , that they shall-inspect tbesa Indexes of books, says: w h i , 1 BOOKiU ' run? JlOOiUiV .'After argument of , counsel . and . ' ' ft s careful consideration of the .mat tcr, the . court is of opinion that the ' defendants should be afforded an op- portunity, In the k presence ' the master to Inspect the Indexes of the k books of complainant relating to the . disbursements and vouchers pertinent to the issue Involved in this contro . .! versy, . for the years beginning July ; . 1st, 190S, and ending Jul 1st. 1907, ' notwithstanding the fact that It ap pears from the record that they have . already made an examination of the hooks which . contain the , disburse : ' ments for .. the- years mentioned and v had before them all of the vouchers to ' which references were made ' In the indetes. r The court la, of khe . v, opinion that : defendants' counsel in ' making this - application,, have not -:. complied with the rule, and as a mat- . ter of legal right are not entitled to an' inspection of the - Indexes in question;: but Inasmuch as counsel v, for defendants. Insist that there can r not Je ' thorough' and completo ' cxsmil nation of all items pertinent to this Inquiry without' the aid of the indexes, . the t defendants W411 there- fore be allowed to examine the in- .- dexes herein before referred to, sub ject to the limitations fixed by tha c master with respect to the examina tion of the - books containing si ft record of disbursements for the - years, mentioned." , j OTHER EXCEPTIONS WITHOUT "V t-y : MERIT. -, I y "V Tho court then ' disposes of "the other , exceptions to ' the Master's ' ruling, which includes the one rela tivo to an examination of books and ; vouchers prior to June i0th,lK05, In the' following i language; MThe court ' - has carefully considered . the' other exceptions that have been made to ., the rulings of the master and is of the opinion that . they - are without merit and ,tne same are therefore ,-4 overruled. ' , . . . . , , v Judge - Prltcharcrs opinion ends , with a request that the . standing master aavise . ine court , at the earliest possible- moment as to the ' date when bis . final report - can. be suomuiea.' - i . The g landing Master' Uullng Sua ' , ' . talned. By Associated Jress. . AshevIUe. Oct. 10.Tn the TTnttl States Court ' here, to-day Judge 'vrntcnard .renaered jhis.. decision, sus ; talrrtng the ruling of Standinsr Mas J ter . Montgomery in .refusing to al ;t; low'' the State's attorneys In ; the rauway rmu cuae neanng to invest! gate the books of the Southern Rail v, way prior to June-30th,' 1905.' 1 The '. 'curt says that the exceptions to e rulmg of the standing master 7" are wunoui merit ana are therefon - overruled.' The appeal of ' the de fendants was argued last 'Saturday oy counsel' ana since then , Judge -v? Pritchard has had the matter under 4 1 'ft 11 H , ,; t : : , VESSELS TO C1UNGE CREW&. 1 - ... ..... . .. ... , . .,. , Central American Stenmera Wilt Re place NorweRians With Chinamen Owing to til-satisfactory - Labor ' of xneir countrjmcn. , Mobne, Ala., Oct JO. Nearly ell vessels in the Central American fruit trade will, it is said. In the next tew i creeks, replace their Norwegian crews , "With Chinamen- About 80 ner cent. of these steamers are chartered .from Norwegian owners, wno, it is? said, have concluded that owing to the un satisfactory 'labor of their ? country. men. their unreliability, intemoerate habits and the Increasing number of desertions, partly on account of inter . Terence of boarding house : ruhnern, they will no longer employ them. Bsch . eh! p. will ..,.alga ... probably;,, 25 mn, brlng-irnr the total number of Chinese "A. i W A . . . e - - V, j. 1 '!' :. . t of tV-e X'r'' 1 Workers i -v j:e j :hw ,i,t I "-ril i:imstlf 1 ; ' to rily AttenJ to the,. 0.1.1-0 III A..:iouuccmcnt , C'atises ile;-ret. , Indianapolis Ind., Oct. . 10. John Mitchell, president uf the United Mine Workers, announces m the current is sue of the United Mine' Workers jour nal that he-will not be a candidate for re-election as president He says in his announcement that.. he does' .'. not regard himself as. well enough to at tend properly to the office. , N v , 'wilkesbarre, Pa,, . Oct,'- 10. The news from Indianapolis that John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers; of 'America had announced that he will not be a candidate : for re-election because of the state of his health, caused regret among the union mine workers and their sympathizers throughout the anthracite, co-at- re gions. . r -', Mr. Mitchell, who led the miners to victory In the great strikes fflSOO and ivut, us exceeamgiy popular wun tne m&ny expreMlona of disappoint ment were made when the hews spread tnrougn the regions. The mine work ers' haveoften heard rumors that . he Intendod'to give Up the presidency of the organization, and to-day'a report was at nrst not believed cy, -lfla expected that the mine work ers of the anthracite rerlon will nom inate Thomas D, Nichols, of Scran ton; Pft-i president of District No.1, as their candidate for the office. , Mr. Nichols last November was elected to Congress and wiH take' his seat in De cember. VMr., Nichols has several times been mentioned as candidate in the event of Mr. Mitchell's retire- INDICATIONS OP MURDER. The. Body of Miss Jennie Tj. Stevens, rormeriy in-gams in. tne Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, Found Floating in Chicago - River ll Head, Face end Shoulders Were Cut and Bruised.'... i s . ,.( '. Chicaro. Oct 10.-The . body of MIs. Jennie It. Stevens, of $921 Lang- ley .avenue, . rormeriy organist m the Wesley' Methodist .'Epiifcopal , church, was found floating in the Chicago river te-day near the-Helsted street bridge. Tb,e bead, . face and shoulders; were cut and. bruised and there are other Indications that the. woman -had been ltt lied and thrown Into the river; ill is kne(n, however,- - that Miss Stevens has been tor several, months mentally kinbaJahced because - of , her brooding over the murder of Mrs. Bessie Hoiiis- ter. or which Richard Ivens .-waa nanged k last year. miss elevens-was ft. wefm .friend of Mrs.' Hollister, and had been greatly depressed ever since the death Off the latter. ' .The Btsf seen of s Miss' Stevens alive Svas last night when she approached kx uogroaum. in a. nervous, ado ex cited manner,'' and-ftsked ,the way, to Thlrtyihlnth street and Halsted street Hogbatnjt' informed ; the poiica to-aay that 'while they were talking ft men who overheard the conversation stop ped and offered to ihow Miss Stevens the way and they vtalked off together. The watchof iMlss Stevens and other Jewelry wag on her person when the body was taken from the river . The autopsy shbwed that death was caused -by 'drowning and Coroner's Physician Rlnthart declared that jMlss Stevens bad committed suicide. ' r i - DEAIJXG with labor. ' T At the Clofdng of the American Boiler Manuiacturers' Associauon in a la natev It Was Decided to Unit in Fighting Unjust Demands -i ur gan'zect Labor. -v , ,, Atlanta, Oa.; Oct 10.--A' the clos ing session of , the ' American ; Boiler Manufacturers' Association this after noon, one of the important questions was that of dealing with , organised labor. " It was decided - to unite in fighting the unjust demands of taqse employes. - 'Captain Thomas M Rees, of Pitts burg; ' Cole D.: Moler, New Yorls ; 1 H. J. Hartley, Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia: J. D. Farasey, Cleve land!- M. A., Ryan, , Duluth, and John J. Finegahv Atlanta, tookpart la tho discussion. ; '-,? r--.,..-y, -vvv-.,. : .The " association also ' ' declared against what Is designated as unjust onrenrerence : of , government inspec tors and mechanics! r engineers who are charged with acting as attorneys and in legal advisory capacities wlt'a 'purchasers to the detriment of the traoinoKs of the manufacturers. The convention ended, with, a banquet to night ", j -, - ' THREE MKX KILLED Bt DERRICK The Accident Caused by en FJeven Ton Girder Becoming rnbalanced, Also Seriously -Wounds Several Oth- .v efsV-v:"-.vs ,;f iiW "?f:'i'J?'?y" Cleveland. O.,.Oct,10.-Jrhree;men' were killed and several ethers se riously hurt; two. oj whom are-thought to be fatally,- by the falling of a der. rtek to-day, . where a new bridge li being erected for the New York; Chi cago anl St. Louis Railway company, over the Cuyahoga Mver. , The dead! V. T. BEAHL, of - Conneaut O.. trainmaster of the eastern division of th Nickel Plate road. J." S. YATES, Cleyeland,- auperln tendent in charge of. the work. ' ALBERT FURRER, a watchman, Cleveianl. -, 1 , t , , - The fatally Injured: - ' "Joseph Constette, a watchman, and one other whose name 'was . not ob tained. . - , , ' ' The names bf 'those less seriously Injured ftlsa are lacking at this time. While -lifting an 11 -ton girder it be came unbalanced and knocked the derrick over ujon the men below., . ;fcj;',f tC ii ' in j .'li.j'.: 'j I . ,Si; A. Damage Suits Brought Against Seven ' Durham Merrliants. -' Special to The Observer. v ' v. . v ' Durham, Oct. 10.Mrs. Octft D. Thomas has brought suit against sev en merchants for damages in the sum of 15,000 for each defendant' Some time ago Mrs. Thomas, who had a boarding house here, went to Ualtl' more on ev business trip, and during her absence a number of creditors swooped down on her furniture and had attachment papers served, v Mr. Thomas then hurried ibacR here and claimed her personal exemption! She his how brought suit for damages. t? business .-and personal ' damages . in even suits. : The defendants r are; Traans co.. at. anevei, x. M. BteohJ' ens & Co., C. E.. Jotirdan, -A. A. Thaeker, W, T. Shepherd and tht Durham. .Wood,. Cral A . Lumber Cn, The comi'luuiu in theja emma were filed late this afternoon. SPECIAL TAX SUSTAIN LI) court nr.v: ci.d decision. In an Oilnion lllcil Yestei-day in the Case Appealed , 1-Yom . Jt'ranklln County Si!ireme Court Sustains Lower Judiciary and a Special County Tax to Make Possible Four Months' Schools Is Declared Just and Constitutional A Decision of . Twenty Years Ago Swept Aside RfflT Batch of Other Opinion Hied Good-Lje to leading Stamps. . " . - - Observer Bureau, r., ' - The Holleman Building, ' 's Raleigh, Oet-10. The Supreme Court rendered ft. de cision this .evening In a very impor tant case.. The State constitution re quires that all public;-schools must be kept open at least four ' months In each, year:. :s ; The State : has for sev eral years made an annual appropria tion to eld In this "-but has contended that it was really the duty of the counties to levy a Special tax for this purpose. (Franklin county commis sioners levied the tax and the taxpayers enjoined lts collection. :,The lower court decided the tax to be nroner end contltutlonal. The Supreme Court amrmg this and thus reverses ft deci sion madefy it , 20 years ago, which all (these years' had ., hampered "the rural public schools.. , v OPINIONS FJLEp YESTERDAY, ? The Bupreme ?oart flied the follow ing opinions-to-day: Raleigh, Real Estate- & -.Trust " Co. vs. ; Adams, no errffr: (Mangutn vs.' Railroad, from Wake, no 'er'orj Williams va McAden, J irom sampson, amrmea; .ormona vs. Insurance Company, from Lenoir, af firmed; Webb vs. Borden, from Le noir, ; affirmed; ' Bland vs. .; Beasley, from Pender, affirmed; State vs.; Her rlng, ;from Pender, nbs errors Collie va Commissioners, from Franklin, af firmed; Horton vs. H., A. Leroy, from Vanceafflrmed; Swindell vs. --Latham, from BeauforU new . trial; State vs. Toler, from Craven, 1 no-error; ; State vs. Dowdy,1 from - Craven,; ; noi errof; Pope vs. Telegraphs Company, A per curiam.' affirmed i Bond vs. Edenton, from Chowan, -'appear? withdrawn Brown vs. Seaboard. Air Line Railway, from Cumberland; appeal dismissed by consent; Boyette Vs. Southern Rail-' way. ;,from Johnston; .appeal f-rwitn-dnrwn; McNeill y;' &' Ai L.I Railway, from v, Robeson, f appeal ' ' withdrawn; Stanland vs. Raybon. from Brunswick, dismissed under rale 17; (McNeill vs. Tyler, from Robeson dismissed under rule 17, Railroad vs. -Oosslar,; 'pey curiam, dismissed; Ross vs,. 8. A. L. Railway, -f rom Rohesoh, per., curiam; affirmed; Oreen- vs. Williams,, from Craven, per curiam, dismissed? Ws cott vst Smith, .from Brunswick, per curiam, affirmed on authority; Walker ys. Carpenter, UK N. C. and Bowser vs. Weseott at this . term;v "Matthews v. Lumber ComDany", from Sampsoni peif curiam, affirmed; Penny vs. Chap man, from now Hanover, per uripm, affirmed. .. NO MORE "TRADING-STAMPS. i At ''lanceT meeting r of the Retail Merchants' Association te-hlgh.t U was decided to eliminate trading siampa and rebate checks as premiums..; .All merchants' present evem those ) not members of the association agreed to discontinue, the nse of these -after November 15th. - The meeting was addressed by Mayor James L Johnson, Mr. Norman . H ' Johnson, general counsel of the North Carolina Mer chants'. Association, ' J. B Pearce, . of the Ralelrh association and others. Trading stamps were 'denounced by the merchant handling t;iem as wen as other merchants. - The Rich Fork ' Telephone Com pany. of High PolnUls chartered.to build lines In Guilford, v Davidson, Randolph . and Forsyth counties. ' '.. A charter Is granted the Realty & Securities, Co., of , Hendersonvllle, capital srock 15.000. "' - . . . " The sales by the Raleigh liquor dispensary for the three . months ended September Jffth aggregated 1(7,473. f k , CLEYELAND A YERY SICK MAN. ; The F.x-Prel(lent of the Nation Bnt a Shadow of Hie Former Self Acnte ., ... Indigestion Sapping IBs .Vitality .j. Hie Friends Anxious About His Con . ;'; dltlon. : f -. ;;:; t";- kri'" Special to The Observer. .1 f ':: Jersey City, N. 3- Oct 10. Leaning on cane and seemingly Just able to limp, Orover Clevelind, accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland and a Woman whoso identltyi could . not be learned, passed through Jersey: City shortly after 9 o'clock thlfl. morning. Mr. "Cleveland looked Just the, shadow of his former self and very sick rnTtru- V.. v The Cleveland train came In front Princeton Over the Pennsylvanla Rall rdad and arrived ixi Jersey City at 9:10 a- m. j After the 'passengers . bad al most all left the. train shed, Mr. Cleve land alighted from a forward coach and came op the train' platform , on the arm pfi.Mra, Cleveland. v He lean ed heavily on ft stfrut1 cane, and. was scarce -a W to limp along. Ffr years Mr, Cleveland har used the Pennsyl vania, Railroad on his trips to IN'ew York, and the majority of the ettlon masters know him. They? wereshock ed at his altered appearance. , The - former President, It. Is . said. Is suffering from acute indigestion and this, combined with his advanced age and disregard 'of his doctors orders, makes his rfrlends feel very anxious about his condition.-' . . Former President Cleveland ' 1slts !-t"nf'J,?rNew:; Yorfc.'.Vs'VM-if s,- Princeton. NT. J.; JDct. 10 For 'the first tlmt since his Ticent illness, former-President tGrover Cleveland to day was able to go to Nework City. The purpose of Mr. Cleveland's 'visit is understood to he private business. He will return to Princeton to-morrow afternoon. , , , ', LOSES IIIS EYESIGHT., Employe in Furniture. Factory' at - High Point Struck in Face by Belt, an Eve Being Pat Out . . Special t The Obmver. ,'-. High Point Oct -10. This morn ing a deplorable accident -occurred at the Globe Home Furniture Company's plant and as a result one of -the op eratives will' lose his eye. George Stout, an employe In the machinery department In attempting to move a belt with a stick got the stick caught In some way and it flew back' and struck him In the! eye. ; lie wai brought up town at once to Dr. Dun can's, office and received . Immediate medical treatment. The phvM"!nrt be- iive t. .t t..t juui.i niu.i . :.i l.j hi'a eye. i:::rir.i: stati: day. Tl.c Features of the Oct-aslon Were "Addresses zy Governor Iluglies mid . Fresldent St hiirman, of Coi-iiell Vni verity A lirillinnt Reeeptlon at tlio New Yurie Building The Weather Ideal. Norfolk,. Va., Oct- 10. Empire State Day was celebrated to-day at the Jamestown Exposition, addresses by Governor Hughes,' of New York. and President Schurman, Of Cornell University, being the features of the observance. The weather conditions were Ideal. --.-'', v:- ; , -;- . v.. - The day's events began when Gover nor Hughes and the forty New York State officials left the New York Building under escort of the Visiting NewiYork troops for the audltdrlum where the format exorcises occurred. There Governor swanson, of Virginia, President Tucker and. others received the New York visitors and thetwo Governors arm in arrn proceeded to the stare. state senator Dunn, of New YorkV president of . the 'James town v commission, presided. Ad dresses ot Welcome - by President Tucker and s Governor Swanson were followed Tjr the speech of Governor Hughesvt:v!;-sv;.;.i...v.1 A public reception ; by Governor Hughes and a , buffet luncheon con cluded these exercises, i The official exposition dinner at th e Swiss village followed andrthen came the 'military features on tha Lee parade grounds A brilliant reception- occurred at the New York Building from .1 to. 11 ociock to-mgnt. , ,- TO ELIMINATE MIDDLE MAN. The Object of the Farmers' Education al andi Co-Operative Union Was to Perfect Terms Whereby the Cot ton Growers of the Union Could Deal Directly With European Con somen. . j , Atlanta, Ga., Oct 10. Immediate and practical results of the ., interna tional ' conference , of o. cotton growers and spinners, which closed yesterday, developed to-day In a conference held by th, executive board of the Farm ers' - Eduoatronal , and Co-Operatlve Union and H. W MaeAllster, of Man chester, Eng., one of the 1 chief- ex perts on . eptnnable grades of cotton, with tha' European delegation ; to ?;he late iont eren ce. - The object of a the conference was to perfect X. and . as speedily "si pbsslbleto t agree upon terms whereby the growers of the union eould deal;" dlrectu "thK the European consumers. . It was ; stated by the union's officers that already the union :had arranged i to locate . an agent ?ln England; ; that a ' central agency had been established" hi 'Mem phis ana that thl office will notify the European agency of all cotton ready for sale. Mr. MaeAllster guftN anteed that all. cotton offered would be bought' He explained, however, that the cotton; offered . by the union must conform with 'the grades-sold. and 'that the baling and compressing must be In accordance with the terms adopted by the conference.' This was agreed to. s i, "( The Arctic VesoI 'Vti Homeward Bound, -and Hfevlnsr Been Damaged Vby Ice, Waa-. Unable to Withstand - Encountered Storm Oft Cape Lan ganes The Captain and IS of Her - . Crew Drowned. . ' - Copenhagen, Oct: 10. The. Arctic steamer; Frlthjof, Which accompanied the Wellman1 Chicago Record-Herald expedition td Spitsbergen was lost off Cape Langanesi Iceland,; October 8 th. The captain and IE of 'the crew were drowned, s The; engineer clung to a plank; on which he drifted ashore. .The Frlthjof was homeward hound to Nofway, having been damaged by ice and consequently was unaDie to withstand a storm which she encount ered off Cape Langanea. , New. York,' Oct 10. The Arctlo steamer" Frith lof. which was lost with her captain and Is of her crew off Cape Langanes on ; October B th was regarded as the real veteran of the Arctlc-exDloration service. '" She had been .under vcharter,majiy, times ; in Arctic' work and was the most widely known 'of all the- Norwegian ateam- er engaged In similar enterprises. The Frlthjof - was used by the expedition sent out In 190L' by William Ziegler to search for the North Pole, as a companion ship of the eteamer-Amert-ca,1 and; after returning three years later went back on1 what proved XgA be an unsuccessful attempt to carry relief to the party aboard the Amen ; SLICK POSTAL ROBBERY. - ' U :- 1 -' : .'. .'-UJ.;' 1 The Sum of . $J.00O ' Taken From '. a Registered Package Sent From Richmond to a u North ; Carolina Point and a Newspaper Skillfully Substituted An - Employe . Suspect- ed. , 1 ' - ' J ' ' " Special to The Ohnerver.'-- '' rv Richmond, - Va., Oct. ' o. The smoothest ' robbery .of the United States postofflce which h'as taken place in this section for many years came to light td-day when It became known that ft- registered 'package "containing $8,000, sent by the, Bank of Rlchmoffd to a correspondent' In North Carolina, had been robbed and a newspaperurC stltuted for the bills. Government de-i tectlves have been working hard ion the case for the past ten days and a suspected e,mploye has 'been put through she third, degree, but nov arj rests have yet been made. The robbery was the work 'of expert'for thpapers placed in the envelope were the exact weight and ulster! the bills that had been placed there by. the bank officials ; In the presence of a government clerk , and a representative of an Insurance com pany. The bank will not lose, as the package w fully insured. -v . - v CLAUPJ5 lAMEB COjaiCTEP,' " Th Verdict of the -Jury Is Man- Klsuirhler State ' Contended For Murder In First Degree and Defense Foe AequiMBi on urvuuun oi ecu- 'Defense ' ' e.Aini ti Th nhwrver. Winston-Salem, Oct. 10. After, de liberation for three hours the Supe rior-. Court Jury at : o ciock, (t,na eftemoon brought ' la a , verdict of gallty of manslaughter against Claud James, the young wnue man wno urn. ed Jillev smith, colored, in. tlie north em part of the city on the night of August 17tn, iast. ;'. eemence will pe passed ' at to-morrow morning's ' ses sion of court, The State contended for a verdict of murder in the first degree, while the counsel for the de fendant pleaded for arqulttal on the around of self-defense, '. s . The eass- was begun in Superior Court Wednesday afternoon When court convened this mornlnff the ex smlnation of wltnfi.i.ie for both the FtM fin'l defendant won resumed. Ti ' ,y V.-. -1 f!ri t! o t. - at l:H o'cloi.ic this afternoon. coxu MYU. D. c. :iki;t MRS. FAISOX' MADE PRESIDENT Cliarlotte Lady Honored by Election to Head or Stato Division The Daughters Decide to Build Me- . morial Arch at Confederate Ceme- i tery at '- Raleigh, Each Clispter Contributing Stone Address .Prepared by Col. William Bingham Read, as Arc fteveral- Report ; North Carolina Contributed-'l'argc. ., , ly Ui Davis JlonuniCnt at . Rich mond (Sessions End . To-Day. Special to The Observer. . Greensboro, v Oct. 1 0. At "l 0:80 o'clock this rarrning began the ork of the second day of the tenth annual State (V- convention ; of ' ; the Itfnlted Dauglitersof the ' Conf ederacyy . tho meeting being "opened with prayer by . Rev. Melton Clark, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. The ton vention was then favored wl:h two excellent vocal solos, by Miss r Edith Moore of High Point, k ho U pos sessed of one of the -finest voices of any young lady In , the SUte.'i J The president Mrs. L;W, Falsoni, then - declared the meeting open for the transaction of business, and 'he first matter 'heard was the ; reading of the a minutes of the , previous meeting by 4 the secretary Mrs. F M. .Williams,' of1 Newton. f -Kf-' Upon motion , of Mrs. ,H. A." Lon ioatot Plttsboro,' It was decided to send a message of love to MrsvAVll llam ? Parsley,,; of t Wilmington who was unavoidably ; : detained , from being present f ' , " -, 1 - HISTORIAN'S ' REPORT READ. ' tn the absence " of the ' State his torian. Miss Rebecca " Camwon, ? of Hillsboro, her - annua) report . was read ' by the secretary,; and it j os most heartlly received by V con vention. It urged upon the members the necessity of educating the chil dren :; of 4 the State, ; for upon them will .rest the . responsibilities . ot furthering 'the cause -' of patriotism andr the confederacy. ' A message was sent to Miss Cameron, express ing the ; regret of the convention at her being unable to ' attend.. ' , The t assistant historian, Mrs. W, O. Shannon, of Henderson, sub mitted a patriotic report In which the commended the Daughters on the work? they have done In the past and she most heartily sanctioned the movement for -the erection of a monument to the memory of Henry W. Wyatt at Raleigh. , . The report wm accepted with a vote , of thanks v Mrs.' John P. Allison,1 of Concord, submitted a report on the part of the. committee on the , Jefferson .Davis monument' which was finvelled . at Richmond the first of June,, and in the course of the report she gave aVletalled review of the work the North Carolina division - of the Daughters of the Confederacy played In the erection of the , monument North .Carolina contributed the sec ond largest ' sum, "yrglnla con tributing the 1 largest '- ' ; Mrs. Wlls read an address . pre pared , by Col. JVlUlam ' Bingham, the address bemg-of a patrlotto nature In concluding the readlnr ot - the address . Mrs. Wills moved that a , me mortal - be made by the . Daughters to the memory of George Davis, In the way .of , an educational. building somewhere . in rthe state. Fledges for the'support of the movement were made by, a number of the Individual chapters, and a " number, of personal subscriptions were also - made. -WILL BUILD MEMORIAL ARCH. Probably the ? most Important topic, discussed during the . whole session was. that of the erection at Kaieigtr or a memorial arch over the .gateway . leading' into the Con' federate, cemetery r. at that ; place, The organisation has decided to build such - an arch, . and yesterday several hundred dollars were- subscribed for the support, of the movement. ' Each chapter also' pledged Itself to con tribute ft. minimum amount of 110 for the memorial, and In case-- thb chapters cannot raise 'the sum them selves they will be Instructed to call upon the county to "help 'them'' In raising the sum. The idea Is to have 'the arch built' of stones, a stone ; to be contributed i' by ; , each chapter in , the : division, with , the name of the chapter Inscribed upon theock. r The matter was left in the Viands Of Mrs. E. E. MofllU, of Raleigh, and she was directed to see to It thai each chapter contributes ft StOne. .:;"' ;",W.:'. ... ' 1 if. - Miss Sue Kirk man, of the Normal College, on ;the part of the college extended to the convention a hearty fnvltatlon to be the guests of the col lege to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at an afternoon tea. The invita tion' was most gladly received by the daughters in convention, and ft rising vote of thanks was returned. -.---, v-,. From I to I d'clok the delegates were the guests. of the local chapterf- at luncheon served in tfhe Smith Me morial Building. - - MRS. FAISON " ELECTEri PRESI . ,' , DENT. , '. At t o'clock- the convention again went into session, only one hour being given for luncheon as there was so much work waiting to be done, dur ing the afternoon, session. 'As soon as the, ..session convened the house turned to the election of State officers which resulted as follows: President, Mrs. I. 'W,, Falson, of Charlotte; first vice-president 'Mrs. R. : Fv Dalton, of Greensboro; second vice president Mrs, M. S. .Willard, of Wilmington; third vice president Mrs, Q. p. Er winr . of Morganton; recording secre tary, Mrs. F.'M. Williams, of Newton ( re-elected ) ; corresponding secretary, Mr Gordon . Finger, , of Charlotte; registrar, Mrs, Leo , Heartt of Ra Ifegti; treasurer. Miss Aires Nelson, of Greensboro: historian, MUs. Rebecca Cameron, of Hlllshoro ' I re-elected ) ; assistant historian Mrs. W, O.. Shan non, of Henderson fre-elected). Following the election t of officers a portrait of Gen. Julian ,8. Carr was presented to the : convention, , the speech of presentatlosf being made by Mr. Charles M. Stedman. ... This evening from .1:10 until 12 o'clock the delegates and members of , the Greensboro chapter were the guests of Mrs C. ,M. Vanstory at a reception given at her home on North Elm street. Pomet. ilng like three hundred ladles were at the reception, which has rarely if ever .been excell ed In Greensboro. . . f , . Hr CONVENTION ENDS ,TO-DATH i To-morrow morning at "10:80 o'clock the last meeting ,of the con vention fwlll be held th.Mish most of the delegates are expected to remain over until Saturday morning. The feature of to-morrow's proceedings will be the elaborate rereptlon at the Etate Normal and Industrial College. It is thought "that at the : morning se.ifdon some Jeflnlte steps ,wlll be t.iken toward the Hfttlentent of soma i ..liters that are renltrg the action ef TWO DESPERADOES TAKEN. ltcvenuo Officers Run' Down Sloon- tliiiioiN, One of Tiienv Being Des perately Shot Before Doing Captur ed llw Men Were Waited tor OperaUng a Still Widen . Olllccrs vKeiacd liast Week. Special to The Observer.. urfcensDoro, OcU lO.--lt Is not an oruinary tnlng lor revenue .officers to maae tin atiack, upou moonshiners in a iiy, but la, inxiit a posse ot United Siktes ottlceis had an encount er with a couple ot desperate charac ters la the way of dlstuiers on Sum mit avenue.,, vne was captured and the other was shot twice while nee- Ing, one of the buileta taking effect In nu leg and the other piercing his lung, inflicting a dangerous wound. , jsince tne . deatrucuon of an UUcit distillery Saturday ; afternoon about six .miles north, of the city, in' wnicn one of the blockatlers was captured at tne etui, the officers . nave been con tinually on the watch for John Brame and George Vickers, i two. desperate characters known to ibe connected with . the destroyed stilt having men guarding the roads into Greensboro both day and night ' Last night , two squads of revenue officers were sent out one party going to the road lead ing oy the county home, a few miles east or me city, and tne other squad of 'Xour going out on Summit avenue; aust opposite Mr.. Caesar. Cone's rest dence. , In the latter posse were Unit ed States Marshal James- M. Mlllikan. Officer J. T Slwpard, E., W. Scret- ens, ana , united States Pension -v E miner Curd le. i About -11 , o'clock jurame and vVlckera came drlvlna out the avenue r In the direction of their homes,' and when fthey ; were under me eiectnc iigni tn iron or Mr. Cone's residence the officers, f rushed out ' of their places of. concealment and. seised Vickers, Brame .. Jumped from the buggy, and- at th same Ume drew his pistol, leveling li on Marshal Miuikan. He ran and the officers be gan firing, shooting, tn all fifteen or more times, and during, the course of tne shootlna Brame is thought to bAve discharged hut pistol a time or two aiso. tie was wounded with two shots, yet nevertheless kept ; running ana maae good. hlSj escape, . ; The officers gave up the chase 'and brought Vickers to town1 and lodged him Jn the county Jail.. The Attorney uenerai, or the United states, was conferred "with and he instructed Mar shal MUHkan -to . offer a reward of 1100 for the capture of Brame.,Thls morning a 'phone message was re ceived in the United. States marshal! s office' convey lng the surprising v news that Brame was, in the hospital suf kferlng with two pistol Wounds, one of which ' was very. . serious, x ; A revenue officer hastily went to - the hospital and. learned that In th shooting last night Brame received toe wounds, but ran on to a house a short distance from the scene of the shooting and gave up, The parties living at the house had him removed, to the hos- P'taL - ew 4 ' Both BranW and Vickers are per feet desperadoes , and ' outlaws, and for tvears have beeit- Riving1 a great deal .of trouble"' Both are wanted.'by th police officers' here Brame" for retailing and Vickers for an ' arrray, They ' have ; been 'arrested ' eeveral times before and always gave the of ficers no little trouble,-in. ' handling them after arrested. TWO MEN " SnOT AND MAY DIE. Brothers-in-law at Ward's Cap. Va,, Wlillo partly Drank. Have a Qnar ': rel About Domestic Affairs and Both Aro Wounded Badly. Bpecliil to, The Olovr.,. .' ' j ' f Mount Airy. Oct. 10. News ha Just reached this city of a desperate shooting scrape near "Ward's Gap, Va.f several "miles Irom Mount' Airy, in which 1 two men were, probably fatally wounded.- The men , are brothers-in-law Orvlll McMillan and Sydney Tow. They quarreled Sunday morning over family affairs, .mcmii lan -, accusing Tow v of abusing his wife. In the afternoon the men met again, v Tow in tho meantime having borrowed; a shotgun. ? Be was -ob served by McMillan as he approached, and McMillan secured : his own gun and, both men began firing. McMil lan was shot In the stomach ' and lower limbs, while. Tow's wounds are In the shoulders and neck. Both men 4 are, dangerously " wounded and may die of their wounds. The at tending physician could not say as to whst would be the result Tims will tell the story. " McMillan," how. ever,; will hardly recover, Report; ays wnisaey cut " a conaioeraDie figure In the row, as both men were under the Influence of llqtrer. Vv fiENSATIOJr AT CRBEDMOOltl l The Crnnvlllo Connty ' Town Attrred "-; Up ' Over a Slander Suit Many f Prominent Peopld Being Involved, is saui. , ' v , , SpeMat to The Obterver. (, ,. . Durham, Oct Id. A doclded aensi tlon at Creedmoor, Granville county, reached a climax to-day when Thomas Thomasonwat arrested, on the charge of slander. Mrs. Will Garner Is the prosecuting witness and the - matter has." stirred the entire cotnmunity,Mn volvtng a number of prominent peo ple. - - - , tit is charged that Thomason and others made charges touching the character of Mrs. Owner and Dr. San derford. It has been talked for so vs oral days,. and Dr. fiandorford is up In arms and furnishing money for the prosecution of those who have s heen talking about him and Mrs. ; Garner. The case la set for trial be fo rel Jus ties of the Peace J." K. Wood, irf Ox ford, to-mdrrow; . It Is expected , that before the matter ends several parties of prominence wilt be drawn Into the criminal proceedings. CHILD DROWNED IX BUCKET. Two-Year-Old Baby Falis Headfore : most Into Water .. In Bucket and Was Dead Before It Coold Be lteacned. , ' . - Special to The Obiervcr. ,. A Greensboro, Oct .10. The news" of a ' distressing accident, which hap pened in the eastern part of the county yesterday . afternoon', . was brought to. the city Jate last' nlitht by parties ' from the locality. The little 2-year-old child of Mr. Charlie Burr, farmer In that part of, the county, while playing in a room bv Itself, . accidentally lost Its balance and Wt headforemost Into a bucket of water around which It was play ing, and being unable to free itself, drowned before an v one could eme, to Its assistance. The child's mother was in "the houe at the time, but was sick 1ft bed and did not know anything of the terrible accident that had befallen her child until it had already been eVa-l some t1 mo. cassil' ciiAD;;rj: DRVTII USD in..: r IYlrndless end AVaic, -l f-.-r t . 'i- teiulins l'hysK-lan. 1. man Who' Astonllif. i t; oy ttie Iioldness of 1 hmnr ial i -actions ".Which Wmkrl a i Dies in Ohio Penitentiary f i Been In a XmatOrie ton.Ulou 1, r Honrs and Her End Was 1mmh' Her Kon, Emil Hoover, Who i l Been Sent For, Kipcctcd to Arrive at Ills Mother's Beuslde To-Day. Columbus. O.. OcL 16 Mm raaiA Chadwlck,; whose .amazing financial transactions culminated in the wr?rk- ing of an Oberlin, O., bank, died In the womens ward at the Ohio peni tentiary to-night at 10:15. Mrs. 'Chad. wick had been In a comatose condi tion for some hours previous to her death and the end came peacefully. No -friends or relatives waited t hr Lbedslde, only the prison physician and wuapuai attendants being present. Her son, Emll Hoover, had, been summon- ed. from Cleveland, but he -was not expected to arrive before to-morrow. . . Mrs. Cassis L; Chad wick, - whose maiden 4 name'; was Elizabeth Bigley, was a native of Woodstock, Canada. She first came Into public -notice In Toledo, O., about 20 years ago, where she told fortunes, under the name of Madame Devtere, .While in this city she forged the . name - of Richard Brown, Toungstown, 0., and for thia" w Him nn3 io me penitentiary at Columbus for 9 years. . , , , fihe served but a portion of this sentence and then located In CTeve. land, where ahe married a man nam ed Hoover, tier second husband wa " Dr. Leroy 8. Chadwtck. of Cleveland. a man of good family and excellent standing in his. profession. . In the latter part of 1801, or early In 1S03, Mr Chadwtck, in the pres ence of her husband, gave to Irs. Rey nolds, the cashier of the Wade Park Bank, of Cleveland, a box containing notes signed with the name of j An drew Carnegie. These forged notes are alleged to have amounted to 17. 600,000, s Reynolds gave a receipt for the papers, which described the notes and the signatures upon them. Mrs. Chadwtck left with Reynolds as en explanation ; of the notes, the state ment that she was a natural daugh ter of Carnegie. , JUGGLED "WITH MILLIONS, v With the receipt of Reynolds . in her possession, Mrs, Chadwlck .went to different banks and many capital ists making : loans 'and paying.'! not only, high interest to the hanks, but . heavy houses to bonk officials who loaned her the money. .The extent of these transactions wlll.never be fully known, but they ran up Into the mil lions. They Involved men of high, standing in, the financial world and caused heavy losses to many banks. In November. .1904. she was sued by? a mn named Newton, of Brook line, Mj(ss., from "whom she had bor rowed a large amounts other credit orsora came down upon her and Soon she was arrested by the Federal au thorities on the charge of .conspiring With t Charlea 4Baokwthj president njU'W ' Bparv cashier i. ef - na- , tional bankar OberllnrCv which had been substantially footed. Mrs.? Chad wlck r had obtained from this instUu Uon' such large suwa that It was com netlAA in pIima - it doors.: causlnsr heavy losses to the depositors and ruining many of them. ... ' : WRECKED' TWO; LIVES.' ' r Mrs. Chadwtck. Beckwlt'h and Spear were indlcied for a variety . of of fenses agilhst the national banking laws, . Bevkwlth . died berore coming to trial. Spear plead guilty, was sen tenced to seven years in the peniten tiary and Is now serving time at Co lumbus, O. V ' Mrs. Chad wick was brought , to trial March 6, 105. and aftr ahear ing wblch listed two - weeks, wa found guilty of conspiracy t defraud a national bank, and was , sentenced to 10 years In .the penitentiary;'.:';; Her health, which was not good at the time of the trial, failed steadily after Its conclusion. Mrs. Chadwlck left one son, Emll Hoover, born ot her first murrlage. He Is now about Trfe'Verlhie' tn Mrs. Chadwlek'a he1th hegnn almost from the time she enter"! . the oenlUmtlsry In January, 1 She fretted IneeiMntlv over her eonflnement until it beeam slmnst ImpotsiW for her to sleep, At time the wn peevish th rwUence nf the prlnon ofrlelala sorely, tried, Mr. Chadwlck wss a robust -woman When he eam to the eenltentUrv. but h gradually wasted awy and hid lost -full SO neufds it the time of brr iieatto, Itw Inst lllne dated back ehmtt three W.S whe she suddenly ollnwe1 during an tnierview with her ton, Emll Hoover. -She w confined to the hfnital from that time until her denth. At tlmei the became dell rlom but never talked, ot her ml9f."rtime durlnu thes periods Tha Iu1mA Mm, f'h.dwtrk lt th vietlm Of total nervoua eollawei de terthed In wediesl aclenes n nwremlo.- Mrs. Chl wick's son Ernll Hoovit visit-' ed her Biindnv. hut returnd to Cleveland. This morntne when It was apparent ht Mr. Chadwick wi dying he wai noMnel but wired be could not come until to itmreww. TwonUtera. Mrs. S. M. Yonk. , ef Cleveland, and Mr. We(n. of Wlndi;.. or. rand. wre slso notifleit yesterdny f Mr -Chadwlck i eondlton.x Neither haa replied. TOT DROPS DEAD ON STREET. Wan Returning Home From S'hool ' When She Was Stricken Down On ly t Years Old. " -Bpeclnl to The Obterver. " , . Sallshurj', . Oct 0. While going home from school to-day about S o'clock little ' Leila ; Jordan,' a pupil of the first grade,' felt' dead on the street about , two blocks from ,' the school. The child was but 6 years old. and if she suffered organic heart trouble she cUdyiot show it and it was never known. ' she attended the exercises and left In perfect health at 1 o'clock. '". Nothing ould have ; been more nnrtpected than her dealX . The bright . little girl was carrte-' from the street Into . the residence of Mr. D. M Miller and efforts were made to restore her. Phe Jted short ly after her fall, to the street before a physician reached her. The takln? away f. the sweet little creature is the lad'lest occurrence yet registered In, the life of the achoot. MISSIONARY coxirnEXcn. Lnjmens Mating in Be Ilett In C: t-tncK-.f in April Will Be Lnr ly A t- tended. . . '. Chattanooga, Tenn,. Oct 10. laymens mlrfplonary conference w.'! : held In this city In April next, " meeting will be attended by at l ' thousand d'l,,.it,. rei'ro.it i : ; . , Southern Methodist Chun1 i i t Sattth and . the Vtst, frmu i ; ; ' to-liichmond, and will be 1 rel!ion gathering ever h- l.l i country, , Th-re tvltl le a-.Ur-?- at f? Ifi ir,;."V .-ro:,.i .-nt i :k. i. l :i ft' tiie v r' I. the convention. 1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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