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i t llevemia ; : t .hom a 1 s- tt u.l. V 02ercJ ly , I j 0 ' i I.. to Cil'0,"j . - ly Two rro::(id t 3 1 Over u ilKTia rctree -,.,1 la Carried to Greensboro L -I j aaj a Freeiid Term of I'nit- r 1 t uj Court May Be Culled to 'ify Jl'.at TS-Q Captors 'very AnX' l )us About tte llen-artl Tart, Say J 7 Tl.ey Would Free tho Prisoner V'Llots tb3 Money Was Turned Over. r - " fpeelal to The Observer. " 1 , Greensboro, -Dec. 17. Oscar SLsk, the man who la accused of shooting; and killing Revenue Officer J. W. Hendricks at Smithtown, . Stokes county, laat Friday and tor whom a reward of 11,000 was offered, was captured to-day In Stokes county and la now in Jail at . Danbury. A long dlet&nct) telephone message' from that place this afternoon .to the of- ' lice of United State Marshal J. Ml Mllllkan conveyed this information, and 'Slsk will be brought here to ' morrow on the noon train and turned -r over to '-.Marshal "Mllllkan, .who .will : commit - him to jail In thla city to await trial before Judge James E. : ; Boyd la United States, Court The ' next regular term' of .United " States Court In Greensboro will not.be held ' '-until next April, Ibut a special term may JSe-held earlier to 'try : Slsk. There Is also a reward of 11,000 for , Jim Smith, ' a notorious moonshiner of Smithtown, and a reward of (SOQ ' for John. Hill, also of 8mIthtown, . both -of whom are thought "to be ac , complices" of Slsk.'' the particulars ef the killing of Mr? Hendricks are well known, It having occurred dur ing a raid by a posse of revenue of ficers on. moonshiners, at Smithtown. - Wlnuton-fiaJem, Dec. .'" 87. X5scar " filslc 'waa delivered to Sheriff" Peitree, . of ; Stokes countyby two1, brothers named Nelson.' " Sheriff Petree was at .. dinner when he received ' telephone - rneeaage to.the effec that the Nelson brothers tad Oscar Stsk "in custody and that if the $1,000' reward (was paid them they, would turn him over, otherwise, they -would carry him gack to Smith-town.; The kelsons wanted Sheriff Petree to telephone United . fUatea Marshal J. M.' Mjllikan at - Greensboro andaaceruafn whether or v not the marshal would pay them the reward. TO TEACH FAITH HEALING. "? ' Hcad of CI)rl8ttan Sclen Ciilt BrtalKl -. lislies a Fund i w inaigen rcrsous - , to Lear .Christ Healing ,V , Boston, Pec. 27. Details of the - plans' of Mrs." Mary Baker"- Gv Eddy, head of the Christian Science Church, ! in relation to 1he . charitable institu tion .which she is to found, are con tained In an editorial by Archibald MeLelland in the current Issue of The " Christian Science Sentinel. . The dl . ' torlal says In part; ' ' 1 - " ' - ' "Mrs. Eddy has consented' that the Institution .which fflie purposes to i found will tear her name,, therefore it will be known as, 'Mary Baker G. fclddy's charitable fund." The board of directors will be located In oaton, the recognised headquarters of the ' Church and In plan ' endoscope this v"- fund will he an- educational .opportun . , Jtv bv whlcih persona will be taught ' , Kratuitously the science .of .Christ : healing as practiced by Jesus and as " made known through the writings of Mr, fcddy. - - - 1 - i-,'' i j'The sum of $1,000,000 will e de , voted to this sole purpopse. ' '! "Mrs. Eddy's -benevolence will . be ' open to all those individuals who are genuinely v interested in Christian s " Science for Its truths' sake: and who shall present to the board of directors V of the fund satisfactory ; certificates , of their Indigence, their religious view and - their moral character. i The students of Christian Science will be maintained by . this fund ' until euch time' as the 'board of directors tfiall . have - pronounced them good -healers M the sick, and-deliver themselves to " this effect, The beneficiaries of this"' v fund and the families of those who . , haV e families, are -. to be supprted tfrom the Income of te fund and the number of students and' their fcmlUes to be supported will depend upon the ' amount of this incomo. , t - ; "Mrs. Eddy has turned thin matter over to a prospective board of direc tors for them to work'out the details ; of the charity. In the meantime .no further InformaUan on this subject . can be given out and no' letters of in quiry ' should be addretsed- to Mm. 7 ' 'NEGRO'S CLOSE SHAVE.,;! '; Telegram Reprieving , Murderer . Ilo eelved. Just as tho Black Cap as Adjusted. s .' Birmingham, Ala., Dec. . 2T. Just as' the black cap was about to be glaced to-day over the head of Henry fThaxton a negro convicted for r tho Jvitllng of S. T. . Hunstucker, white, a telegram from the Governor, ordering nuapenglon of the execution for ,15 fl'aj-s 'as delivered to the 'sheriff. Tlie prisoner raised his hahds and ex claimed: "My God," . The negro had made a statement from the. gallows,' and In a minute more the trap would . have been sprung. At this point a hoy rushed tip to the gate and handed a telegram to Chief Deputy Brown, who ouickly cried out: 'Hold, colonel, t. wait 5. a .minute." " , Then the sheriff mounted the steps of the gallows and read the message aloud. The prisoners In the Jail gave a loud cheer and the prisoner was ted hack to the Jail praying and weeping. Another Kenneky-Virginia Fend , is ' Inaugurated. , - rrlstol, Va., Dec, 27. A speclaf t The Herald-Ourlcr from pound C it, Va, mvs: ' News reached here to-day thait a feuvl In about to breaic out in the mountains near the Virginia and jCfntncky border line, 13 miles west r f iK-re, bs a result of the killing of A,a'-lnt,'on Pollev on Christmas' day tv Morgan Hut;hei, another tnoun 4i. !rrr. I''r;rr.,l3 of Tioth slilea ir 1 i- 'v1'' prr-" 1 jti1 t'i TeTTflvrti of t..O t .1 !.... L -OlimlJ Vl.iia 1- : i o.i t -3 I u.,-,-.-.-f " I "" .-.:iri 11:. j. ..' CarnJon, N. J., Dec. 27. Three per sons were killed t"-i . hteen injured la a col"ii!on on the tievr.ted tracks of the PennsjivanSa r.-'.troad Just out. '.,le the station here to-day when a Pemberton accommoJatlon train ran Into the rear of an Atlantic City express. A heavy fog was the prin cipal contributory cause of the acci dent The dead are: " . ? ' ; C P. SOXTJEN, Stanwlch, N. J. ' J. I GAIiBARINI, Mount Holly, N. X ,,, -: - - - T, L. "WEBSTER, Merchantville, N. All ' those killed or injured were pass-nrs in the first, car . of the Pember' i accommodatfon,' Both train"? w ere due in thS Cam Jen station at 8:31 a., m., the Atlantic City ex press having precedence. 'The fo was so thick that the engineers of the two trains were running cautious ly and Just Outside the station the At lantic City train 1 was elsmaled i to ion but -he instantly Jumped his ton train failed 'to see the Atlantic City train in time to avoid a collis ion but he Instantly' Jammed his his brakes downward when It loomed up through the fog. The sudden Jolt forced the tender of the Pembert ton train into the first car,, wrecking it badly and either killing or Injuring everybody in the coach.: The- train, however, did not come to a full stop but slid into the rear of the Atlantic City express,, causing 'the tender to still : further telescope the JBrst car. The force of the collision was slight and no one. was injured on the for ward train. ' . , - " " Hot coals from the wrecked loco motive of the Pemberton train set the wreckage on fire and it was at ftjst feared that many of the Injured pas sengers who were pinioned under the heavy twisted. Iron and -wood . would b burned to death, but the prompt action of the Camden fire' department in extinguishing ' the flames and r the efficient rescue worjc of the uninjur ed . passengers undoubtedly saved many lives. . . : I Vt?-' '$!r '- Several of the injured may died. V POWERS . ETTDEN'CE AII' The Defense Rests on Its Oarsand ' The State Begins the Introduction f of. Testimony in KebuttaL " , .Georgetown, Ky.r Dec 27. The de fense .to-day rested in the- trial of Caleb Powers, : who is charged " with complicity in the assassination of William Goebel. - The - prosecution then began rebuttal testlmonir, The proceeding to-day. were mainly, devo ted by the oeiense to DreaKing nown (the testimony of Noakes and Golden, e.nd for this nuroose they introduced Wveral witnesses, several of whom was Attorney w. . K. Je welu or Danviue, 111., who testified, that Noakes" made his Danville Astatement' in the pres ence of , himself and ' Attorney Max Lewis, but refused to sirn it unless paid to i6i8o,'t: He'ateo'stated tht nothing was said to Noakes about ' statement being ' wanted ,;to ;se.cur s. new ' trHO ?"for tPowwa, :-thus "directly contradlcttng NoakevS' i,-? , R. L. McClure,- a newspaper cor respondent . testified S that i Wharton Golden sail to him in Lexington on fni i day. that HenryToutsey's cpnfei "That damn fool (meaning 'XTut- aey) la talking too, much, a He won t get a eentccl had that fixed : or cinched." r-': '- The CM)uriadmonlshd the Jury that this evllence only affected the ttredi- .bility of Noakes and Golden, "State's Attorney ; Franklin asked for a sub poena compelling the State auditor to bring his' books and td show Ciow much of the $100,000, Goebel reward fund has been expended in th prose cution - of these i assassination cases. This order is returnable : Monday . Durlna- the noon adiournment " of Court, 4: Judge Sims, chief counsel for the defense, submitted a proposition to ihe Commonwealth for Judge- Mor. rls to 'instruct the Jury and submit the case without argument on either side, State's Attorney Franklin, how ever, refused the prosecution and. the argument will be gons Into. - i FIVE PERSONS IXCTXERATED. Entire J'anilly Bnrned to Death In .'Fire- Which DestrojroiS Home Near ' Boston, v - ' Boston, Dec. 27.- Five persons were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the house of John Clark at Watertown, a Tsuburb, early to day. Every member of the Clark fam ily met death in the flames. ' The dead are: -, ' ' ' John Clark, his wife" and 'their three children, John aged 11: Philip, Aged ,9, and Iporls, aged 1. The flames had made greatLheadway when first discovered by a nelghbqr, shortly after I'clock.-;The house was about two miles from' the centre of the town and by the time the fire men reached the scene the house had been burned' almost te the ground. The firemen were able to locate the bodies of . the father and ' two boya but the mother and little girl were not vr found until the . ruins of " the house had cooled sufficiently to per mit a more thorough search. 1 ' - Mr. Clark was a salesman in a storft on Faneull V square, , -Boston. The house was valued at about $5,000. Mrs. Clark was a Southern woman.-- IXSCWANCE; COMPANY DISBANDS Jefferson Company, of' RalelRh, w 111 , Take Over tlw Carolina Insuraneo Company, of nigh point the Lat- tcr Going Into Liquidation- ft?e!lii! to The Observer. ' ' High point, Dec, 2T.At a meet ing: late this evening It was decided to sell the Carolina Life Insurance Company, of this city, to the Jeffer son Life A- Insurance Company, of Raleigh, which will take over all the policies and assume the risks. rh company will go Into liquidation and mi. n.. a. , iirricr was appointed chairman ' of a committee with Mr, W. P, Jlagan and Mr. J. E. Kirkman, who Will practically wind up tho af fairs of the company, paying 1 tho stockholders their stock as fast as! i uu.r iu. ii-K.iiiu.noii. nave Deen roing ior several davs and the sale came as no surprlwo, the stock holders falling; to pay in the amounts subscribed, and as the law requires a $50,000 capital, this course was deemed the best plan. ; :- "-.. . .':'v. 1111 1 1 11 iiiii'.:-':'::.;!' -.'i John Mitchell Iinprovlnj;. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 27 John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, left at noon to day for Chicago to meet his wife and brother, who will accompany him to KvceHor Knrlngi. .Mo. Mr. 'Mitchell H hVjwIv rccoverlns?-, but Is Ft! 1 1 lit a .1:1 : .) i:: Fi." -'8 t!ie Theory Tlifit tlie - . w-,;. 1 ;'a r.icrcd in Xcwark s sit i.. -y t . ! r I to the Voml . ! ro It . 1 on" 1-ir-roii J l)i::l cM.it of Access and Murderer Must liave Known tlie Locality Where lie Planned to Conceal .Vietim . A . Carpenter Declares Woman fr'poiio to Him oui Christmas Kve la Newark and Asked to De Dl r rected to a Kestauranfr -The Bodj Hiowa No Evidence of a 6t rustle Coroner Views the Body, But loes Not Hold an Autopsy. New York. Dec . IX ,-rWMW the mystery jurroundlng the,. 4 clrcum etances of (the murder of the un known young twoman wnose body was found nearly submerged in a pond on the outskirts of Harrison, N. J., appears no ' nearer solution to-night than when the body "was dlcovered, (the theory which the defectives are now working on Is ,that the woman came to her . death in Newark and that her body was carried to, the lonely pond so ' that the real scene of the crime and the' identity of .the slayer might be concealed. The Newark police' are to-night search ing for the slayer, mno is believed to have enet the young woman" hy ap (polntment In Newark and then lured her to her death. Evidence was had to-day fthat the woman was seen in Newark on: Christmas Eve by. Wil lfam Snyder, a carpenter, who staited after aeemg the tody, that the young woaman ad spoken to htox In New ark on the night before Christmas and sked to be , directed to a restau rant.. He said .the woman told him that she -was a tranger.v"i'.':(yis -r NO LIGHT ON THE CASE, v Chief Rogers,- oil Harrison, and the detective working under his ,. dl rectIon,, admfit to-night that they are finable to throw any light on .the case. County Physician 'Converse viewed the body of the ' woman : this after noon but . did not perform the au topsy,' which the polh-o noped would determine whether the woman was drugged or strangled. , The ' body hows no evidence of struggle. The ipoUoe assert that the - murderer knew .the locality where Ira sought to conceal' the body, as the pond ts ex- tremeJy .difficult f aocoes In tht day time, . and only one wno was well aoqueinted' with , the ) neighborhood would atfteonpt to reach , the place at -mghlt, . 1 1 1 - . " 1 1 - An undergarment belonging to the woman was found near the Passaic Yacht Club to-day. The canment was silt op the back cne same as the wounan's walstT which was found Wth the other, clothing yesterday.:." (Many persons called ait the morgue. In Garrison to view the dy but no' Menttftoation nras made. ', . v: WOrtD RETAIN TROOPS." Senator NewbMnia;sNeiada, Sfoklng to Prevent Execution Of i Gotern S menfs Order Concerning Soldiers 'irt'CtoldqVvf? Washington,' f Dec. 'f 27. Senator Newlands, of Nevada, is endeavoring to prevent a withdrawal of the gov ernment troops from Goldfleld until some other means of protection : Is had. To-day he called ' upon Secre tary or war Tart and strongly urged that the execution of the order Issued by the Secretary; for the t withdrawal pf the ; troops next Monday, be sus pended until he has .had ah oppor tunity to communicate with Governor Sparks-nd endeavor to induce, him to - CalU the Nevsda 1 Legislature to gether. Secretary Taft . has: been ad vising with Secretary Root on : this subject and 'has communicated with the President at 0?ine -Knot A Unless the original order , is modi fied,' the troops must -leave Gdldfleld next Monday morning and before the President returns to -Washington. 'Administration officials ' feel i that the present "situation - in 'the matter of ; Ooldfleld's case ' Cannot be contln- Lued in view of the doubt that exists as 10 cno- constitutional ngnc or tne executive to employ any : part of the regular army in Nevada under present conditions,: ! Governor Sparks' atten tion has been repeatedly Called to the fact that this constitutional doubt might, be removed by : the simple de vlce of calling together the State Leg islature, wnen mat body could either give its warrant to the use of Federal troops,, or provide by legislation for raising a State force of some : kind, either , militia or .police, sufficient to Insure the maintenance of peace and the observance of law in Goldfleld. It is believed that 8enator Newlands' an- peal to-day is an indication of the willingness of the Governor to recall his refusal to convene the Legislature In session; and if thJsTbelief Is well founded the government troops would probably be retained at Goldfleld un til some other arrangement; can ,b made. - - - ' i CRUSHED BY FALLING TIMBERS. On Man Killed ami Two Others ;i Rerlonslv Tnjurcil in Accident Near ; Philadelphia. - Philadelphia! Ded1. 27. One man was killed and nine others were In jured, two of them seriously, by the collapse, to-day of a portion -.of false worit supporting a . new J concrete bridge- over the Wissahickon creek, In the northwest section of the cltv. Marlin . Simpson, - aged 80 - years, was crusnea to death y the falling mass. Bernard , Mears aged SO years, re ceived internal injuries .. and both arms were crushed, one, of them so badly that It had to be amputated, and Joseph Layton, aged 29, was in jured about the spine and both of his hands were crushed.'. Seven other workmen were cut nd bruised by the falling frame work. '-"'v.; The bridge, which is the , largest concrete structure in the country and me oniy one of its Kind in the world, has Just been completed. It is known has Just been completed as the Walnut Lane bridge and was built by the city at a cost of $390,000, to connect Germantown and Rox borough, suburban sections. Work men were removing false work from one of the spans, when the rest of ithe rrame worx under the span col- lapsed. The frame work fell 140 the feet from the highest point In bridge...' v"-,-' " ' - 1 iJeorRlnn Kills Ills Brother. Fayettevllle, Ga,, , Dec, 27. Joe ne".idles shot and killed his toother, Nut Beadles, lact, night at the home of his mother. . Joe had returned home to spend the holidays and began drinking. Ho ran his mother fnwn the house and she informed his t rother, who at tempted to Quiet him. Joe n-sonicd fi nlvunrf-j of V't and tho shootiPT f.::,ii ' li., dy err:: C --'a ?.V;.ro Who SXurdered Tma : .rshnl of r hlvllle Dealt i,...a. i-.ary Iunioluneut. .'-,. Midville, Ga., Dec. 27. John Ma jor, the negro who recently shot and j killed J. W. Brlnson, town marshal at this place, was this afternoon shot 'to death by a posse. Major was I found in a house about three miles from Midvllle and a Dartv of white citizens set out to capture the negro. During the attempt a shot fired from the house by Major struck Mr. .Wil liams, the presentitown marshal, in-feleting- a slight wound in the hand. The house in - which Major bad taken refuge was set on fire in or der to drive him out. After coming out and firing both barrels of his gun without effect, the negro was Immediately ,, shot down and killed.-:.-. . ;. v .i l - - ' . After hearing that Major had been located a party of armed men, came from - Mlllen to aid in . his capture. To-night nearly every man on the street is carrying a shotgun "or rifle, but it Is hoped there will be no. fur ther trouble. , s ' j Practically not a negro ' is to be seen to-night and at this time evry thlnj Is quiet , " , .' Mr, Leander Davis Slioots Himself While Out HunUng. -Special to The Observer. . -,'"''. Asheboro, Dec. 17. Mr. Leander Davis, son of Nathan Davis, a promi nent farmer of New Market township, accidently shot hlmseHr yesterday,- a whole load of shot entering the groin and .hip. He la now at the Junior Order Hqspltal at High Point, and Is lit a very ,sertous condition owing t the loss oil blood while being carried there and the bad ; wound the? shot made. . Mr. Davis was standing with one foot on a stump, resting when the gun shifted from 'his hands-and the .trigger struck against the atumpY 'Itf I - Young DavtoiDead.' ;fj :&'0j Special to The Observer.' ' ' ;.- t'j' t High Point. Deo. . J7.The ' young man Davis, who : accidentally ' shot himself while1 out huhtlny near Qlen ola and ;who was brought here to the Junior prder Hospital, died this af ternoon. The remains will be taken to his home.,at Glenola this morning for .burial. Young Man Who- Wa Shot WU1 . Probably Recover. Special to The Observer. Salisbury, Dec' 17-The condition of Mr. Claude Barber, who was acci dentally shot by his brother, William, yesterday afternoon, :1s so much im proved thlar afternoon; that his re covery seems assured. ' The operation at the Whitehead-Stokes Sanatorium yesterday evening -was . his' salvation and the wounds are not so dangerous as they appeared . at first. ! - : t - -. The younr -man's clothing" un doubtedly saved his life by causing the load to bunch inhls side and .by preventing- tlie scattering of 'the shota Nearly all Of these, have ,been removed and complications only will stand In the : way- ef Irecovem The wound will not; produce acatsj. VZLtiltA A, Farmer 60 Years Old Kills mmseiwt lfatM'Wn&mirHi ReIdsvllle,yDec ?7,-John Hagood, a farmer who lived near Ruffinv aged about 80 years, killed himself with gun which he placed against his breast and, 'discharged with a fire pok er. .His mind Is thought to have been i unbalanoed for the past; few - weekafc-i;?. fr'ffi"'. Cf-. Accidentally Shoots t NcplM(w.yi ' ' Alkeh, S.' C, Dec- 2 7.While tak ing part IB a dove drive pear: Aiken to-day B. F. 'Tyler accidentally shot the top of his nephew's head off caus ing instant-leath. The dead boy. was the - ll-year-old son of C. A. Hum phrey, of Atlanta.' 4 Tyler 'afterwards tried-to'' kill WMmttiibtr&&f i i.,,.-,.,.' ,a j-yc': :':"i57 Floretta Whale Belle ? to"1 Bo' in .v.t ivii,,',x: .Louisiana. '"'". -h;A 1 ' ? t New Tork,' Dec. 27:That Floretta Whaley, the f youngy girl who eloped last i April with t he x Rev. Jere. K. Cooke, pastor of KM George's Eplscoi pal church, of Hempntead, may now be In Louisiana Is Indicated in a let ter f received ' by ) Samuel T. : .Wright chief clerk--of the 7 Nassau '-County Surrogate's - Court ; The letter Is dated from Emden, La.; V Is I post marked New Vrede, La., and Is signed "V. O. Jones." It :says that a gin about 17 or-18' years of aire. who , gave the name of Floretta Whaley. was brought to .his heme last April bv a man named Cooke. Tie man said the gir-1 was his stepchild; that heri mother- was dead, , and that he was no longer able to care for her, the ; writer,- of the letter declares. v f "Luther Wallace, Virginia Murderer, 'R s!W ,'ptrcd , , , f Bristol, Va., Dec. 27. Luther Wal lace, 23 years bid, who shot and In stantly killed. Lee EldrlJge, a promi nent citizen residing near Bristol, on Christmas morning,, was captured by a posses of citizens,-headed by Sheriff Hortenstine. near Abingdon, late this evening. Wallace resisted, but was 6verpowercd.v Thera is considerable excitement and , t ; is reported here that a mob -has been organised to take the 'prisoner from the officers, He is being" heavily guarded..- - ' ' JUJrld re had been deputized byl pncnn wniie ana was assisting :. in the arrest of Wallace for breaking In a postofflce, when the latter ; fired, killing him . instantlyffi ; i , i , ' Twenty-Tl.re New Army Offlcers Washington, Dee. 27.-i-it was ' an nounced aV the" War Department to day that $7 capdi Jates' for appoint ment as second lieutenants in the ar my - has successfully : passed the re cent, competitive examination, ; and will be commissioned in the order in which they pawed. Of this list 14 of the successful candi Jates , have completed tn probationary period of two years service in the ranks of ths army.. The other 23 eucceiful can didates ara civilians. In the latter category are jubal A. Early son of the distinguished Confederafa cavalry leader of that name,, n.l Webster A, Capron, son of Major Allyn Catron, who died at Fort Myer as a result of exposure In the Cuban campaign.: r ;':.';'..,' "" . f ' v Important ' Sf eetiiigs - of , Inter-Stato CommiKHlon. V'aahlmrton, Dec, 2T. An admin J.'-tratlve ruling Issued . to-day by the Inter-Staite commerce comwiis eion holds that employes of produce companies must pay full fare In traveling to polrsts on the carriers' lines where (they expect to secure consignments and become caretakers and that the limitation of the rates (to shipments handled by st am pow er as agajnsi tnw nandjed by clec trlcUy power Is unlawful and must be eliminated from the tariff. The commiatflotn adheres to S prous ruling that curriers - mut exhaust their lf'Sl remedies' to Cfillcct tindf-r-charff S from the cor ' n-t ti f -re '.2T 'LO T HALEUPIlULn IZTm u:s cocKsr: xi::: rr.vM.Y exn C! ilrman of the Senate Coimnittc oil Naval Affairs Out-Token la Surrort of Uio Course Adored by tlie for mer Head of the Bureau of Naviga tion' tn Kofuslnjr to Arpolnt Naval Surgeon to the Command of a Ship V. -Surgeon Stokes Will Be Assigned : to U. Relief If Mercliant Crew can Be Secured, Otlierwiso Line Officer WU1 Get the Berth Admiral Brownson Formally Detached From Jlis Fost or Duty and Is Aow in lie , tlrement Washington,- Dec, 27.The orders assigning Surgeon Charles F. Stokes to the command of the hospital ship Relief, are expected o be signed soon It having been definitely decided according to Secretary Metcalf to ap point hin to that , position. ' With this end In view every' effort wilt be made to obtain a merchant crew and master for the vessel. Falling ' to man the Relief with a crew from the merchant marine the ' enlisted force of the navy wilt be drawn on and a line officer assigned as captain. -a v: t The scheme of having a medical officer command the Relief in K the event a merchant crew ; is secured Is to have a trial for at least six months and If the experiment proves satisfac tory, then the expectation is that the assignment of a surgeon to command hospital - ships will be a permanent feature. ' BROWNSON INDEPENDENT. , Admiral Brownson's rellnaulshmenjt of his position as chief of the Bureau of Navigation, carrying with M as It flld the ex-offlclo connection with the naval general board will reault In a considerable loss of pay to the officer. Being entirely without duty and rele gated to the retired list, Sis Income will be diminished by the loss of 23 per cent of the full pay of an admir al on the active list, namely $7,500 ft year. Also he will no longer receive the alio wance of $ 1.5 0 0 a year for quarters and $500 for heat and light It so happens, however, that Admiral Brownson Is a man of Independent means and abls to disregard financial considerations, . : -. ''",';: ? Staff officers of the navy nave dis covered a precedent for placing one of their, kind in command of a slilp. This precedent was formed In j, the period of the civil war and long be fore the passage of the naval person nel act , upon which the line officers rely to support their contention that suci assignment to command Is ille gal. The- civil war records . show that NInlan Pinkey, .a! naval surgeon, was in absolute command for a con siderable : time of the Mississippi steamboat Red Rover, employed as a hospital craft during the war. THE FORMAL ORDER. . The formal order, dated December 26th detaching. Rear Admiral Brown from duty as chief of Bureau of Kav,-t,on mft nubile at the r.naptment lo-dav. The same Navy .: Department to-day, .The, same order 'detaches nim irom ais mem bershlof in the Joint army and navy board. . Commander , - WInsiow con tinues to act as the head of th bu reau' pending the selection .of a per nwnent pfflcer w ' . Senator Hale, chairman of the Sen ate committee on naval affairs, when seen, to-day spoke very frankly in support of the admiral's course. , h 'T .think' that Admiral Brownson has acted wltj praiseworthy courage and promptness in tendering his res ignation,' said Senator Hale. - i ? ' "l have always sustained the staff officers in their fight for- positive, rank and complete recognition such as art received by their peers in the army, and I now have a bill pending which gives them, such recognition, through out tin service., ; But lnthat meas ure there is a precautionary provis ion against giving them actual com mand of any -vessel, ' This - is the continuation and an extension of the fight between the two branches of the servkfe., i That .fight Js the , crux ..of tne present controversy and because I filnk he Is right my support Is given unreservedly ; to j the Admiral ; as against 1 the contentions of Surgeon Central Rlxey.. It maybe that on soma occasions staff officers have been In command of vessels, but I( know of no Instance t when such officers have been given command after the point was raised and both sides Were beard. I do, not believe that the contention for command by staff offi cers has been pressed seriously at any time in the past.- Indeed I am of the opinion that ths old staff officers would never .have asked for such recognition. . f , ' HALE'S COMMOM SEN. -' 1 "Think what might happen If the command ' of the vessels should : be turned over to a chaplain or even to a paymaster and it is Just as rea sonable , to put the crews of naval vessels under the charge of those of fleers as It is to place theht under the command of a surgeon.. Evidently Admiral Brownson recognises this fact and being a man of ehrpt and yeclsion,. he did not hesltats toi , . tiiiiit,n wnen, as tne ac tive head of navigation, his view of pe law and of the best policy in tha i5iIJ 0,:i.h MTvic as overruled. Ha Will not lose anything by his man ly course,; either In tha navy or with the public", - , r . ;":- ' v Tlie Inprcss Alexandra , In Rad :i7..";.':':?,?;icallli. ' t Petersburg; Dea ifcNo offlclal announcement was made to-day con cerning the condliTon of Empress Alexandra, which leads to the pre sumption that thera have ; been T no new alarming developments in . her aliment For some Urns her majesty has been suffering front a slight at tack of Influensa: Previously she had consulted a spoclallat and dad sub mitted vt a severs reglme'to reduce her wdght,: an.1 her present affliction Is ascribed to this. , Information reaching the Associat ed Press from Taarsgoe-Solo is to the effect, that the health of the Empress Is extremely bad and that she Is still confined to bed under the care of Prof. Eugene Bolkln. . Young Man Shot In tlrs Foot, Observer Dureau. .The llolleman Building. : 1 Raleigh, Dec. 27,; While hunting with a boy com panion near -here Ed Chambers fmlth, Jr., wh-ce father Is widely known In this state, was accidentally shot lit the foot and amputation may be ncesary.'v.'''".''.-k--- . k - :'., It U found that there have been fewer - bankruptcy.' cane In this dis trict thU. year than at any other t'mo r'-ice t'o t-ui'-ruj'f'-y I'uy was i...;. l . ' ' ' - r.ow at ci:::r:::::Y. Tl Tver-Kcady Gun is Erour'it Into l liy Tlioiih No Serious Dama -e Is Dono Vl ent With Another's . . te and Got mini With LcaO Vouuj La.Hes Take Part in "Tirkcy Itojang." -;. '..0; Special. to The Observer. - . . . Concord, Dec. 27. Thrf first excite ment of a disturbing nature occurred at the city cemetery, at noon to-day when Charley and Jesse King, Marvin Whitlock and Jim Miller, all white. became Involved in a general row. It is alleged that Whitlock and Miller had threatened to Jo violence to the King boys at. sight and to-day they met at the back side or the grave, yard, when Whitlock and Miller pull- their guns and began firing at the Kings. Charley King received two slight wounds., one on tne neck ana another on the arm, neither of watch amounted to anything serious. W hit- lock and Miller have fled, while the city and 1 county officers are. in hot pursuit up to this hour the men have successfully eluded arrest Both the fleeing men ars well known in police circles, being old offenders. T.ie ru mor of the shooting was greatly - ex- ggerated.'.V'.V';-! - Keea W. Pharr, a well-known negro of the Pharr's Mill section of this county, was shot and seriously wounded Christmas Day by his broth er-la-taw, Hllbert Bajmhardt.;- Kees was seen In - company 1 witn , ; Barn hardt's. wife,; and a. Jealous passion came over the husband of the woman, and as a consequence - he sought his shotgun and fired on the would-be desnoller of 1 his domestic i happiness. shooting Off Pharr'a right arm Just be low the elbow and wounamg nun in the side. ;5 The injury Is not consia ered necessarily fatal though compli cations may set in. - ' -. ... ', --.... - Dr. J.(W.: Wallace returnej to the city this i. morning, after spending Christmas with hW father. ,-Mr.i Rob ert . Wallace, at Eastf leld. Yesterday a big nurkey roir was puiiea ore at the home of the colonel's, when a number of the ladv vuests took a part In the sport. Miss Williamson, of Paw Creek, won first prise, a beau tifui bronss aobbler: Miss Marie Cor nellus, of Mooresvllhv won second prise, and Miss jruta, 01 unarjoue, won third. Each successful contes tant was awarded ohe of the big fes tive fowla :. It Is said that this event afforded a new. and hovel amusement for the ladles and they all entered Into the spirit of the movement with enthusiasm. , ','.;' ' . CRASHES INTO A FREIGHT. mw Tnlnmm Killed in a Collision on the Grand Trunk Railway 'Near Lenox. Mich- Dense Fog Cause of ' Accident t N v Detrott, Michl, Dec 27. Speeding through a dense fog at 40 miles an hour, Grand Trunk passenger train No. S. which left Port Huron shortly Wam it tsin1r ta.nfa.ht for thla eltV. collided head-on wHh a double-header freight train, halt mue norm .ot t ifi-t, viva trainmen mt death blllMt nBntlv. the . fifth dvtna- three hours later. AUf of the passengers escaped Injury, except a Wtv arVA Wll IM)1 Sllffhtlv hurt bV being thrown out of Its mother" arms and over a -seat' when the trains crashed. t iSrfiA-'i nn AA Mr' ? .'s!v .ENGINEER BENNETT. ' of he NGINEEA 3OH0WSKf of the flrrt freight 'm'H FTREMAN BOtTGHNER. ' ' ' FIREMAN ALBERT M'CALLv SWITCHMAN W. O. TAYLOR. ' The passenger ' locompti ve plowed under: the snglnea r of the: double header .nd the trainmen were buried In the wreckage. .,0 Their bodlea were terribly markea anl scaiaea Dy; ine escaping steam' ,M'f:fiim Engineer Fred Haug and Fireman Washburn, of the .second freight en gine, escaped . death. Haugv was caught In his ab but was taken out nhup Wahhum iumned and was only slightly Injured. tiWW ' All tne.aeaa trainmen uvea in iw trott. 1 . ;''-' v-'1- - ';'',?'';' The' freight train had f switched from the main track to a aid in to allow ; the passenger to pass-f U tt alleged that the switch was not prob rly closeJ . and on account of the heavy fog which prevailed, the pas sengers could not see that the target was set against them.' . Arms Shipped to Central . A.nwrlcan New Orleans.' Dec. 27. A notice to watch for arms reported as shipped on the steamer Alps to soma Central American port yet unknown,: was to day cabled to' President Davila. of Honduras, by the Houndran ; consul here., The Alps, according ? to her clearance papers, varries a ship load of groceries consigned to the . Hon- duran government at Puerto Cortes. The Honduran consul says 1 that he cannot find that the Alps cargo was Intsnded for his government Despite the rumor that the Alps carried arms. the 'Honduran consul A attache no particular significance to the report ed Nlcaraguan r? destination; ef the steamer. .-. Shipments of arma from here to all Central American countries ara common occurrences. rudflc Fleet to Sal! From Trinidad s--:j 'iv.i- Knniiay, - :;s::',;f.i f Port of Spain: Dec. 1 17. Tha ten. der, Yankton left here to-day In ad vance of the fleet for Rio De Janeiro. She is convoyed by the auxiliary cruiser ramner. - ..." - . Five of the- battleships of the squadron weighed anchor this morn ing and steamed - out into the Gulf of Faria.to "swing ship for the ad justment of com passes. They ' re turned to the anchor at midday, -it Is probable that other vessels of the fleet will dp this same thing , to morrow, v. ' , , Th fleet will leave Port of Spain for Rio De Janeiro, Its next stopping place, next Sunday morning. Tha coaling will be finished by this even ing. t , " . ' . - r.i,m i .ni.i 1 in ..I.. 1 ' tC?:fc"j- Will Ak Thnt Icath Sentence Be - Commuted. ' Special to The Observer, . Greensboro, Dec. 27, A petition is being circulated here and it will be sent to Governor Glenn asking him to commute to life- imprisonment ths death sentence of Fraaler Jones, the Glbaonvllle negro who Is to be hang ed January Sid for the murder of his wife. - It is learned here to-day that a counter petition Is being circulated at Olbsonville asking ths Governor to let the law take its course, UlnAa Belt, Ono of Jeffermn DaiV - Captors, Dead. . frhornvllle; O.,' , Dec. ' 27, Klnsa Belt, one of the captors of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confed erate States, died yesterday, aged S years.. Belt was for years a mer chant of ThornvUle, and for some years has been living tin- his farm, ilt v a rt'spxtch bearer cf t9 T..::4 C'..:j VtU:.J. r c- '.;'. win echo cr 1 Some WeaWiv a: 1 1 ; .Gentlemen of Ne-.v I . ' . a Suit Asainat tl.c V, r 1 to Recover Daiua 1 tr O j : N;gro Soldiers Dis.har-r.1 j the III-Famous Twenty-i I -ment Plaintiff Sues the ; ; -' ment to Recover Fay Lout T.' r ? His Discharge Papers Sen e l JL'nitcd States District Attoitt' " Coun?l For U10 "Wealthy v , Englanders Declares Politics 1 Naught to Do With It . New York Dec. " 27. Unite 1 Stoites DSstrldt AUorney Henry L. Stlmson said to-day thai he ha 1 been served with the papers filed In Ithe United States District Court by counsel for Oscar r W. Reid, a mem ber of;the battalion of the Twenty fifth Infantry; whicn was disbanded, by executive order ollowuiy the riot ing at BrownsvlUe. Tex. The plain tiff sues the-government to recover pay lost; through his discharge t rom the army, but the attorneys In th- case havev. admitted tha they, were retained toy "wealthy ; gentlemen1 of New England," whose real object Is to determine the , legality of the ' President's action. - Uritl Stlmson said ? that he had to . yet given the comiplaint only a cursory : examlna (tlon, but that he did not think there was any evidence that -President Roosevelt had violated his conscltu-. tlonal rfehts In discharging the color ed aoldiers "without honor." The " dletrlct actorney added ,that he had not decided what he would do In, the master, i He Cmlgh t he thought de, mur o the complaint or, possibly,, waive that rhrht and. If he was con vinced that he was right in accepting service of the papers, try the case upon V.s merits. , - ,. , , ' A PHrLANTHROPI(; PURPOSE. .- Chase Mellen, of counsel for the plaintiff,' said to-day; 1 . - "I am not at liberty to tell who (the trentlemen back Of. this action are. ; They ;wlll discloss their iden tity at'the proper time and somcibody will be surprised. . They are all men of national prominence. They band ed together in an informal Vrganlia- , tlon for the purpose of seeing that poor Individuals received the rights .-; guaranteed them by the constitution of the United States. They selected ths case of Held because his dismissal appeared to them to be a particularly flagarant case of violation of tha con stitution.' He Is a very poor' man and could not seek redress . himself. They will help any other individual. Ilach or whtte, who has .bee n treat ed in the same manner, ' These gen- . tlemen are withholding their t mmes at presentlbecauae they do not want the public ito attach any polrt'cal aig- -ntfloanca to their acUon. f can state positively for them that politics has nothing whatever to do wtth it. Then action is animated ; by something higher than thwt" " t i k WAR DEPARTMENT INTERESTED New York lawyers Retained by Din. charged Negro h Sold?w to Bring i ' Suit Again th War Department .Grows Out of Brownsvlllo Outrage ' Washington, f Dee, IT. War De partment officials are much interested In the reported action of a firm of New York, lawyers in bringing a te?t case In the,. United States Court ' for tht southern district of New York to' determine ths , right of the" Executive to discharge a battalion of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. as an outcome of the rioting aVBrownsvllle. Ttx.. - It - caa not be recalled that any such action has ever before been; brought against the Secretary of War In v a H United States court tin der the- "Tucker" act of March Sd. lt7 Officially this Nev Tork . case has . not yet reached ' the - War Department In due cours it undoubtedly will do so through the service of papers upon the. Secretary of., war -by an officer of tha ; district court directing blm to make answer in the suit filed by the New York at torneys In behalf ot Private Reid, of Company C, Twenty-fifth Infantry, to recover . tllt.it, the amount of t pay - which ha claims from the date of hi dismissal November Ith, 190, to the date of the extermination of his en listment July llth. 1907,. W1ien the.ie papers reach " the -Secretary -he- - will ' notify the Attorney General and re- q,uest that tha Department of Justice designate one or its oincers to ap pear , for the Secretary. . , k Educational Prorresa of Sooth the f Hi rj Thnrno of Conference. , V LoxJngton, .Ky, Dec. 21, The features of to-day's session of the v Southern r Educational . Conference t. here were the reports of educational progress r t In the ' Southern States. ( Alabama's report was presented tby Superintendent H. C. Gunnets. of Montgomery: that ifor Arkansas by. Superintendent J. . J. Done. of Lit tle Rock; of jrionaa ny eupenmen-. dent WUIlwn Holloway. jof Tail-. basse t; Georgia? was represented bf . Supt. ,W. r Merrttt of. Atlanta; , Kentucky, py Spt J. H. Fuqua, of Frankfort; Maryland by ?: Supt.- M. B. Stephens, of Annapolis: .Missis-" sippl. by SuptnJ. N... Powers, of Jackson; North Carohna.? by Supt. I J, Y, Joyner, of Raleigh; Tennessee, by Supt, R. T.' Jones, of Nashvijle; Virginia, by Supt. J.; D. Egleston, of . Richmond, and 'West Virginia, by, Supt, T, C- Miller, of Charleston. Prominent Georgia ClUen Ktr.cl ty Ilia Wife. , - - -. '? Valdosta," Oa . Dec. 27. Join S. Moors, a well-known cltlxen of Stock ton, Gav" was shot and killed there by his wife to-day,; , Mrs. Moore claims self-defense. ;u She says her husband attacked her with a knife, threatening to cut her to death. Siva seised a pistol and fired, killing htm. Moore was drinking. . He was a go i citlsen when sober, but ugly h 1 drunk. , He killed a man sever A years ago in the room In which 1 -died. Mrs. Moore was a Mls r . daughter of a well-known c: . Mosea Bass. She has not been am -d yet. ; i... President Sicnd a Quiet Day at I; Charlottesville, Va., Dec. J7. Contrary to expH'UUIors, Pr ' Roosevelt did net po hunt'" . r norning. but whlled a a ay t ., around Pine Knot, f r - -f r stroll in the fields wr.n ,s.ie t: . took' ; atong th!r - 1 x - of rabbis. On the m r North rtiar.sen r.n .'. dent got ot of s emotion of Cw . arvJ walked-the -r- --- ? to Tine Knot, r' t 5 -pan led tr Kerr: :t. ; tl t l-o ' I 1 t 1 - (
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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