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! rip SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $8.00 A YEAR. CIIARLOTTJE, N. MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1903 PRICE FIVE CENTS. A PLOT TO DESTROY FLEET ABORTED BY BRAZILIAN" POLICE , , r Anarchistic Conspiracy, Having For -It Object the Instruction of at JpmsH a run or ug iiiitua i tes Warship Comprising the Pac-lno Fleet, I'nearthed at Kin tie Janeiro Oiler of Police GUen Out an Official Statement Dealing Willi tire Matter Conspirator Kald to Hare Taken Refuge In the Interior and Uie Police Are on tlie Trail of . the Leacer Exposure of the not Will Create Profound Sensation In Rio. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 19. The Brazil ian police have discovered an anarch . Isttc plot, here, having et Jta object the destruction of part of the Ameri can fleet- now lying- In the harbor. The conspiracy, whjle centring In , Rk Janeiro "and , Petropolis, has ramifications In Sao Paulj tind Mlnas Geraes. An Individual named Jean Fedher, who resided In Petropolis, eras the chief conspirator here, al . though it is understood that foreign : anarchists are deeply Involved in the plot. Fedher is believed t. have fled to Sao Paulo, and the police, who know him, have -been sent to that place for- the purpose of apprehend ing htm. One of he detectives, who -. was well acquainted with Fedher, having .served on the police force at , Petropolia for some time, ' returned from that place to-day, after having ' made Investigations there and 'had a long conference with the chief of po lice at Rio Janeiro. The latter gave it to e understood later that the Sao Paulo police are on the track or the arch-conspirator and expect to ar rest him Soon. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. V ' In. an official note which the chief of police sen to the correspondent of The Associated Press, ha says: ; "Some time before the arrival of the American fleet at Rio. Jonelro, the Brazilian government received from Washington ' and " 'Parts advices that anarchists of different nationalities Intended to damage one i.r several of the ahlDS of ths American fleet. The names and addresses of Uie conspira- tors .were Indicated toy information .which the police here had received SHALL DOOES BE CLOSED WIIEN MRS. TIIAW TESTIFIES? Justice Dowllng W ill Settle That Point This Morning When the Case Is Called, Thpugh JIo. May Await Furtlier. Suggestion From tho Attorneys interested Gener ally Believed That He WiD Allow tle .Newspaper Men to Itetnafn. But Close tire Doors to the General IuMI -Exclusion of Spectators Would Establish lreccdent Dc fetidant Himself said to See an rilerlor Motive In the District At torney's Sudden Regard For Pub lic Mora Li. ... . New York. Jan. 19. When the Thaw trial Js resumed to-morrow morning, Justice Dowliag will ba called upon to determine whether -or-not the-testi mony of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw shall b taken behind closed floors. it is freely predicted that he will refuse to exclude both publio and newspaper representatives, but a 'compromise may be reached by the exclusion of those who come from idle or morbid curiosity. By leaving the newspaper men In the court room the constitu tional provision as to a publio trial would be met and the young woman on the stand would have to face only a handful of people as compared with the vast crowd which thronged - the court last ' Friday afternoon. As to keeping the story out of print Justice Dowllntf told District Attorney je rome when he sprang his surprising suggestion that If any newspaper car1 ed to repeat the details of the recital It could do 10 simply by reference to its files of a year ago. WOULD SET,. A -PRECEDENT. Justice Dowllng stated Friday' that he would tear further suggestions from counsel to-morrow morning, pro vided, of course, there should be a general consent to the closing of the doors a thing never before done in this Jurisdiction in a murder trial. Martin W. Littleton, Thaw's chief counsel, who partly concurred in the district attorney's .motion when It first was made, has decided to with, draw that concurrence and leave the matter entirely lh the discretion of the court. Under these curcumstances, it is declared. Justice Dowllng will not attempt to keep the proceedings se cret, but he may co-operate with the attorneys in an endeavor to. keep the general public out of the court room during the young woman's ex amination on the witness stand. The non-concurrence of the defense In the plan for a closed hearing Is said to be due to the attitude of Thaw the subject. "What Senator Crane and others sought to do was - p-clsely what every other State convention does when it nominates a State ticket. ttOULD NOT HUfiT PABTY SO THINGS MR. IICpII CHATHAM. Chairman of the State Democratic Ex ecutive Committee Expresses Hie Ur.li.lnr. Vh llu TcLlnr. Will " nomirj ,mrt lwjht.i f tfmi That' Lin ohl tor n illustration, if the Such Cour. WUI Not Reduce HU,; nJ7" hould nominate a candl Partys Majority In the State-Na- fp ?tr? the "?ber" tna. Board olde. In aWVcTW fo M.T A iirlTjT Ut' lieutenant Governor from the .outh- w i, TlTLLT rt f the state. The State Week In W a8lungtojv--It Treasure and other Important of- fcy Some That the Brilliant Jlero or. ficlals would be distributed in like the Merrlmac Yl ill Ixws Ills Balance manner to other sections. In the rn a Hobby Foraker. Talks of' same wv th rtin.n -t,.... on.i Taft. ' . I nationalities comrjosln h nsrtv wouia do represented the been made to him. or that for some ! ENTOMBED F0KT Y-SIX DAYS B V H. E. C. BRYANT. previously from France and Germany, "himself, who believes that he sees in The police of this district are work, y"11 y .1 i . ... , , motive other than the public moral Ing with the police of Saa Paulo and 0n which he based It la his address iMlnas Geraes an'd I am pure every l.to Justice Dowling. v Thsw believes precaution will be exercised and the that behind closed doors the prosecu- most vigorous vigilance observed both on land and at sea to prevent any injury being done." ' The Thief -of -peiicer after .having 'made this official statement, said tlMt he did not feet he .should go nto any further details Vith regard the ronaplracy, but he . authorised the statement that the plot wl organized fry FeJher and he added that the peo pie of the United States could rest ' easy as all of the conspirators had taken refuge in the' interior. IGNORANT OH DETAIIA - As yet , the people of uraxii are Ignorant of the details of -the plot to do Injury to the visitor although there has been some slight Inkling of the matter. The. impreatlon which the exposure of this plot will create here will be a profound one, . he cause It is the first' anarchistic con- "splracy that has ever Des.i known 1n BrasH. . .The police at Sao Paulo haye sent word that -they are on tho track of the malefactor, who, tl-ey declare -will not be able to come to Rio Janeiro. Nothing From Evans; Navy Bcirt ment is Incredulous. WaHhlngton, Jan. ' 19. Rear Ad miral John E. Plllabury, chief of tire Department, was greatly surprised to ( - learn through The Associated Press to-night of the, discovery of an anarchist plot at Rio De Janeiro, the object ofwhlch is the destruction of a part of Admiral Evans' battleship fleet It was "the first Intimation the admiral had had of such a plot. "I cannot believe it; it seems pre posterous," said Admiral , Pillsbury. He said that It .would be a strange thing If the anarchists should go bo tar as Brazil, bent on the .destruction of the Paclflc-bound fleet when they probably could carry out their plot . wlth much greater ease in this coun "try. Thousands of visitors annually visit th eAmerlcan t battleships at Hampton Roads, New York and other place, and it would not be a1 very difficult matter for any one having as an object the blowing up of a ship to carry, out their intention. No advices were received at the Navy Department from Rear. Admiral Evans to-day, and Admiral pillsbury .expressed the opinion, that he would have notifleil this government If ha had been officially informed of the existence of a plot at Rio. - v WOULD MINIMIZE PERILS. Danish Comiany to Be Formed to Es taMlsh a Complete Towing Service Through the Strait of Magellan Dangers Attending the Trip. Berlin, 'Jan. 19. The impending V-aseage of the American battleships through the Salt of Magellan and the widespread discussion among navlga- tori regarding the dangers of that pas sage, lend unusual Interest to the an nouncement that a company Is being organized-in uenmarx to establish a . complete towing service in these "wa ters. According to a dispatch to The Vosslsche Zcltung from Copenhagen the scheme orlglrates with the well known Danish writer. Otto' Larssen. who was iflmself for many years a sailor ana onen made the voyage around the Horn. The number of sail ing vessel from English. German, Dutch and Scandinavian ports passing . around from the Atlantic into the Pa cific Is estimated at about three thou sa"hd yearly. As is well known, this to one of the most dangerous points tn the oceans of the world. Lanwn estimates that an average of tenve. sels wlth-300 men are left there every year. The vessels that round th cape are mostly on their way to Chilean ports for the purpose of taking on cargoes of nitrate of soda for Euro pean markets; and as most of them make the outward voyage under bai lor woufd go even further In his cross examination of his wife than he did at the first trial when with pitiless per sistence he drew from her many de tails of the story which were omitted in " the direct "evidence details which did not reach the. public through any newspapers. I MAT SPARE MRS. THAW. Mr Jerome based his cross-examlna Hon last year on the ground of testing the credibility of the witness and 'under the rulings of Justice Fitxger. aid this threw the doors . wide open. Justice Dowllng Is Inclined, however, to cut down both direct ' and cross- examinations to the material ' facts and it Is generally believed that neither Mr. Littleton nor Mr. Jerome will put the defendant's wife through the same severe ordeal last year. When young Mrs. Thaw has con. eluded her testimony M has been put through the Are of cross-examination, the elder Mrs. Thu.w probably will conclude her evidence. This will leave but three or four regular wit nesses to be heard before the eix In- sanity experts retained by the defense are put upon the stand to answer a hypothetical question covering all of me testimony, two or these physi cians. Drs. Evans and Wagner, will tell again of the examination thev maae or Thaw in the tombs prison fo! lowing the tragedy. The trial will be pushed with all possible haste to an early, conclusion DENIES PUBLISHED STORY. Mr. Bryan Mas Not Stated Tliat lie Would Stand Aside Should Onr Thlrd the Delegates Oppose Ubn. Washington. Ja"n. 19.WillI 3. Abbott, of the Bryan publicity bu reau In this city, to-night denied tho published statement that he had re ceived a letter from Mr. Bryan to the effect that he would stand aside should it develop that one-third of the delegates to the Denver conven tion opposed his .-nomination. I have , never received a letter from Mr. Bryan . making the state ments attributed to -' him," Mr. Ab bott declared, "and I have not heard from him on political matters for ut least three-weeks, go far as the statement that he had expressed the most" pleasant, friendly senti ments toward Governor Hoke Smith, Senator Culberson and Governor Johnson Is concerned, it Is literally true. - I would not have singled out these ' three . gentlemen as the . re cipients of expressly or uniquely friendly utterances by him.-' I am willing, however, to - state my. per. onal belief not speaking for Mr. Bryan that I do not doubt that any I -i Observer Bureau, '-r:?(mgrBaa Hall Hotel, V ' Washington, Jan.-19. Chairman Hugh G. Chatham, of the North Carolina Democratic executive committee, was In tho clly to-day on his way to Baltimore on business for his manufacturing company. He rays that trade conditions have Improved very much within the last two weeks and business Is looking up. When asked about the special session of the Legislature, called by Governor R. is. Glenn to consider, the railroad rate controversy, he safd that he had noth ing in the way of an interview to give out. He believes that the Legislature will give the State a prohibition law.l and "under the circumstances he ap proves of this. He does not believe that such a course woui.l reduce the majority of the partv in the State, as lending men of the Republican party favor it. He thinks that It would be a fortunate thing to have the. matter settled and take It out of politics. Mr. George A. Stevenot, of Charlotte, WBs at Congress Hall to-day on hlfr-1 way home from the North. Mr. A. C. Phelps, of Draper, Is at the Raleigh. ' Robert D. Douglas, who has been at the National for several days, left to-night for Greensboro. He Is hope ful that his appointment as postmas ter for the Gate City will be confirm ed now, as no charges against!" him have been filed. Mr. Douglas is among the original Taft men of North Caro lina. He was shoutine for the Secre tary of War when others were afraid to take a stand. i " NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE .' .., MEETING. A number of Southern neonle will be Interested In the meeting of the National Board of Trade to be held here this week. The following per sons will be here and an attractive programme will be given: President Frank D. LaLanne, Philadelphia, Pa.; First Vice Presl dent Ambrose Kwasey, Cleveland, O.; second Vice President William R Tucker, Philadelphia. Pa.: - Commls. sioner Albert M. Read," Washington. , Managers: . James F. Patker. New York; Clinton - White, Boston. Mass.; W. B. Rodgers, Pittsburg, Pa L. L. Gilbert, Montgomery, Ala.i Joslah Marvel, Wilmington, Del.; Harry Weissinger, Louisville, Ky. The thirty-eighth annual meeting of the organization will be held at the New Wlllard Hotel Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The pro gramme is made up of propositions offered by the constituent members of the national board located throughout the country and covering a large range of topics of public in terest, all of which recommend policies but not projects, as It Is the purpose of the board to consider matters of national importance only. The president will give a reception to the delegates Wednesday at 2:30 o'clock. - The president will, at. the reception, make an address to the delegates upon topics ' pertaining to tho work of the National Board of Trade. The annual banquet of the board will be held at the New wlllard Hotel on Wednesday .' night. Tho following persons Jhave accepted the invitation of the board to be its guests and speakers at its banquet Vice President Fairbanks, Attorney General Bonaparte, Postmaster Gen eral Meyer, Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus, Speaker Cannon the Italian ambassador, Senators Du- pont and Richardson, of Delaware, and "Newlands, of Nevada; Congress men Jackson, of Maryland; Burton, of Delaware; McCreary, of Pennsyl vania; Olcott, of New York; Wag ner, of Pennsylvania; Lafean, of Pennsylvania; Burton, of Ohio; Loundenslager, of New Jersey; Wood, of New Jersey; Cook, Moore and Bingham, of Pennsylvania. HOBSON'S WAR HOBBY. Richmond Pearson HobsoneTs said to be a man of learning, wide and varied information and high order of intelligence. Those who have heard him speak declare that he Is most eloquent and most powerful, but there Is fear in many minds lest he lose his balance, If he has not al ready done so, on a hobby. The pa pew of the country are rubbing him hard on account of his talk about war between Japan and America. FORAKER ON TAFT. Political news continues to be the most Interesting of all news here. present probable nominee of the t Senator Foraker. of Ohio, has given Democratic convention will receive his hearty and loyal support." Prominent Richmond note! Man Dies ery- fcuuucnly. Richmond. Va., Jan. 19.- E. Henry Gilbert, owner or Gilbert s hotel, dropped dead to-night In his room. He had been talking to friends In the lobby of the hotel and seemed in good health. He walked to his room and there three minutes later his wife found him lying dead on the floor. - Mr. Gilbert was soon to be elected to the city council. He was a mem ber of the local Shrine,- Knights Templar and Elks. last owing to the difficulty of finding outward cargo, their passage around (he Horn Is attended with special dan ger. Vessels must waste much time tn buffeting with wind and wave,' and even after rounding the cape they often need repairs owing to the strain that they ha.ve undergone, it takes sailing vessels four to six weeks to round It, while they could be tugged through the strait In thlrty-slxj hours. As the. rate of insurance for vessels rounding the cape 4s very high, own ers would get much lower rates by sending ' their vessels through the strait; hence the promoters of the new scheme assume that all owners of 2, 000 ton vessels and larger will he willing to pay liberally to hnve their . vessels tugged through the strait. 1 out a very significant interview, and the two Buckeye factions - may sheath swords and, present a solid front to the enemy. The talk of Democratic victories In Ohio has alarmed the Republicans, and parti san onlookers are anxious - to , see peace declared between the Taft and Foraker forces. Concerning Mr. Taft. Mr. Foraker said: "I am not surprised to learn that Secretary 'Taft spoke kindly 'of me. for we have been friends for many years. I am surprised, however, to learn that he alone, is responsible for the failure of all the efforts that have been made by Senator Crane", of Massachusetts, and others to bring about an adjustment of dif ferences and restore harmony to the Republicans of Ohio. A good many people will feel more kindly toward President Roosevelt than 'they have been feeling recently after'' having read- the Secretary's "statement. A CANDIDATE'S DUTY. , "But as to the statement Itself. I have always supposed It was the duty of one aspiring to the nonoH of a party, particularly Its highest honors, to help compose Its dif ferences, and thus add to Its strength against the common enemy. I have never before heard of any one speak ing of such action as a deal or-a bar. gain of : reprehensible character. Without meaning U criticise Secre tary Taftv I feel that he either mis apprehends the character and pur pofce of the suggestions that hart old sol diers, the German population, the negroes, and so on, to the end, would all have, in so far as possible, a fair representation, on the ticket. - PARTY MATTER ENTIRELY. "X never heard of anvbodv con demnlng such practices; but. on the contrary. I supposed that all recog nized their . necessity. In othel worcrs, suon an arrangement, or agreement, or whatever you may see nt to can it, is in no sense a bar .galn or a dal between individuals. for it is not in any sense an indi vidual or personal matter: but, on the contrary, something the party does on party responsibility and for tne good of the party. .' "It was for this reason that I an nounced publicly, when a harmony proposition was proposed, that. If such was the wish of the Republi cans of Ohio, no one would support Secretary Taft for the presidency more cordially than I. The Secre tary answered that he would not ac cept the support of the Republicans of Ohio for the presidency if coupled with an endorsement of me for the senatorshlp. At the same time, It was given out by the Secretary's managers and friends that I must be eliminated. - "Just why, has never been spe cifically stated; but, in a general way, we have been told that the reason for elimination Is that I have dif fered with the President on some questions that I have, been called upon to consider as a Senator. I won't stop to speak of them, except to say that all I did was within my conceded rights as a Senator and in accordance -with my sense of official duty. If a Senator be not allowed to speak and vote as his Judgment and sense- of duty require, but only as some one else dictates, then the of fice is' -without honor, and one agent may as well hold it as another. MUTUAL. FRIENDS TRIED FOR PEACE. 'The overtures for peace were made by mutual friends for the sake of harmony, without any request or Leven suggestion from me. Neverthe. less, i gave prompt and cordial acquiescence, not for any tielflsh reasons for I had no desire again to become a candidate .for the Senate, and long before these troubles com mencedhad made that announce ment to my frie,nds but because I felt If a duty ito agree to what seenied to be the desire of the party and calculated to strengthen It. "When Secretary Taft rejected all these peace offerings, I had either to run away like a poltroon or to re sume the contest. The resulting situation is disagreeable, but I do not regard myself as responsible for it. Moreover, In view of the facts I have given, I could not, if I so de sired, take the Initiative as to any new peace negotiations, or even con elder .or talk about anything of tho kind on my own motion until Secre tary Taft or some one speaking for him fchould lead the. way. Andi from all I hear, nothing of that kind is likely to occur".-It may, therefore, be regarded as settled that the con test will be fought' out to the end. Beyond this you must excuse me from making any comments." THREE MINERS DUG OUT ALIVE CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAMME. Nothing Very Active In the Outlook For the Week -Penal t'Hle Delmto Luckily lo Be Dlwplaewl hy More Pressing Matters. . Washington, Jan. '19.- Congress does not promise anything very stir ring during the week. The penal code hill, which , is the unfinished buHlnens in both houses, wijl lie dls pticod In the Senate Monday by the bill authorizing the extension of the street car racks to the union -depot In Washington and in tho House a day or two- liter by tho urgent de ficiency "bin. The street c-r bin prob ably will be discussed at considerable length hecause of the oesire of some Senator to amend it so as to secure universal transfers. As retorted, the deficiency bill will carry nn appro priation of sometninjr over Jiio.ooo.- 000 and as 112.000,000 of this amount will be for the continuation- ofthe work on the Isthmian caual. It is considered as almost certain that the canal question will be discussed ex tensively in connection with this bill. The bill will alao carry large deficien cy appropriations for both the War and iNivv Departments, anc It is not Improbable that there will he more or less dealing with these twj branches of the government service. If oppor tunity offers, the consideration of the code bill will be continue.! In both houses hut there Is no prospects In either houe of concluding the work on that measure. Senator Aldrlch. chairman of the committee on finance, hope to report Ms financial bill aftr the meeting of he committee on Tuesdav, hut even If h should he successful in getting the bill out of committee un early. It is exnerte that discussion of the measure will be defeTel f tn dnvs oe tw'. eein o pernio Senators te Twpse tim1ve for If. It Is enn re.. rt'oMble that th financial iMiate will consume of lat two or three weeks of h Senate's time. A Rousing Reception Awalto Uie Men W ho, For Nearly Seven Weeks, Have Been Buried Alive in a Nevada Mine The Imprisoned Slen Kent Alive bv Means of a Pipe, Through Which Food and Drink Was Conveyed Their Uvlng Tomb 'One Thousand Feet Below the Earth's Surface Rescuers ttmirht Asrulnst Heavy Odds ana the success of Their Efforts Is Re warded With Enthusiastic lH-inon . KtraUoii. Ely. Nevada. Jan. 19. After hav ing ieen entombed rarty-slx days, ru thniiaunit fet betow the surface tn th Aloha, shaft of the Giroux mine, a Ti Hsiiev. P. J. Brown and Fred .Mprwinsia mpr rescued last -night. Whistle all over the camp blewloud ly, while crowds cheered in the streets of Ely to the ringing or. oens. "Ah." -was the only word of Bailey, the first to reach the outer air. He tottered forward into the arms of comrades, who in a few minutes re cunprsted him. ' "Is that you. Arthur?" queried Fred McDonald, as his brother step ped forward and embraced him after nearly seven weeks of separation. "By George, it certainly seems good to be out of that, hole," he said as he was led away, telling his brother of his terrible experience. "Somebody give me a chew of to bacco," said Brown, with a laugh as he was led from Vn mine shaft to the change room of t:ie mine, where the three men were maae comfort able. CITIZENS GREET THE MEN. The news that rescue was near at hand reached Ely from the mine shortly after 11 o'clock yesterday and many citizens went to the mouth of the shaft to greet the men. Maw hours passed while the crowd waited and the entombed men and their res cuers dug vigorously to remove the earth that blocked the mouth of the 1,000 foot tunnel. Finally the anxious crowd around the shaft heard the bell signal "hoist away," and a loud cneer burst forth. The basket soon rose to the surface, bearing one of the rescuers support ing Bailey. Mrs. Bailey was not present, as one of her children was sick. As soon as BaUey was provided with clean clothes he hurried home supported by friends. Another shout of Joy greeted Fred McDonald, and when the last man, Peter Brown, came out the crowd be came almost hysterical, realizing that the long entombment was ended. v. SHAFT CAVED IN. On the morning- of December-4th, MoDonald, Brown and Bailey and two Greeks were worklhg tn the bottom of a shaft 85 feet below the pump station and 1,085 fee: bclnw the sur face. The shaft caved In. snapping the cable used lo haul the cage from the shaft and hurling thousands of Ions of rock and timbers Into the shaft. 1 From the bottom of the com partment In which iTia were working to the pumping station, a series of rickety -ladders, offered the only means of egress. (With falling rocks and timbers streaming down on them the five men struggled up these tadders. Half way up falling timbers ?: nocked the two Oreeka from the ladders, killing them. Bailey, McDonald and Brown reached the pump nation. Its tlm- SPUBMD LOVER SUICIDES LACDANCM THE MEANS USED. George B. ProfTctt. a Young Colum bia Draughtsman. Infatunted Willi a rUeiMUrranlicr Who Did Not Re turn His Love, Takes Laudanum to .Kurt Ills MlM-rahle LilJenc- Drank the Drug W hile ii Bed With JHa Kown Slate Early lesterday- Some Small Suspicion -f - Murder Entertained by Friends Chief of IVdlce - Durgnii. of Darlington, roumi xeul in Uie ltv Hall Uuthl Ing With Itullet Hole Through His ' Head -Coroner's Jury I'nable to Decide as to Suicide or Murder. Observer Bureau, 1422 Main Street, Columbia. 8. C. Jan, 1. Mr. George Berry Proffett. a well mannered and attractive young draughtsman about 23 years old who came here last September from his home in Elberton, Gtu. to work In the office of Architect Zelgler, In the skyscraper building, committed suicide at his boarding house on lower Main street early this morn ing, apparently on account of un requited love, by taking an over dose of laudanum. His father. Mr, P. P. Proffett, has been communi cated with at Elberton, and the- body will probably be shipped there to morrow. The yourur man left no note ex plaining his rash act, all his letters ana photographs " being destroyed mis motner has been dead about a year. There was suspicion 'among his friends to-day that Proffett might have been murdered for the purpose of robbery, nearly $100 In cash he nan on nis person Saturday afternoon not naving been accounted for. These friends deny that there Is any. thing . in the theory of unrequited love. They say Proffett and the young lady mentioned had had been merely friends and had recently quarreled. The facts brought to light so far by the coroner, however, all tend to strengthen the theory that the young man committed sui cide . on account of the love affair. There was not a scratch on his body anywhere. An empty bottle of laudanum was found at his bed side. Occupying the room with him was Mr. 8. P. Press, who says he mistook Proffetfs first struggles for bad dreams and did not realize until too lute that his bed fellow was dying. Life was extinct a few min utes afters the arrival of the physl clan. Proprietor Delk, of the boarding house, says Proffett attempted suicide about- two weeks ago .about this same love affair. Proffett said then that If the stenographer In the office with whom he was In love did not mnke up with him that he would kill himself. Mr. Delk says Proffett came In early Saturday evening, but for the three hours , before he re- tired he seemed In a bad way men tally. He paid his board up to date, saying he expected to go away and did not want to leave In debt. Just before retiring he asked for a photo- grsph he had given Miss Delk and tore it up and threw the. pieces ..Into the parlor Are. . CHIEF OF POLICE FOUND DEAD Chief of Police A. E. Dargan. fa miliarly known as Rah Dargan, a bered roof wlth-stood ti rock and ' bachelor about 60 years old, who had timber that came down the shaft and ! been chief of police of Darlington or offered them a safe prison where for fifteen years, was round dead In a room In the city hall building there about 10 o clock this morning by a policeman whom the chief last night iisked to urouse him at that hour. Opinion differs as to whether Mr, Dargan comnlltted suicide or was murdered. Tne coroner's Jury, after holding a lengthy - session to-day and obtaining all facts obtainable, was not adjourned until next .Wn1lna; D'sfrlet ' xvire Clerk Tsken BacV fo WssMton. Washington, Jan. 19. James Ar thur Kemp, former chief lerk of the police department of this city who was arrested recently H New Orleans on a ehsree of having embezzled about' $8,000 of police funis, arrived here to-dsy In custody. Kemp dis appeared last July, and rrtning wn known as to his whoreahou's until he was apprehended in N.w Orleans. Upon his arrlwil here to-day he w taken to the Untt.eJ S'stes marshal's office and released on IJ.OO bond. a whole day the men crouched, -while at intervals, rocks and timbers kept crashing about them, threatening mo mentarily to crush the deep tomb.. SUSTAINED tiY A PIPE. At first It was 'thought on the sur face that all five of trie men had per ished, but twenty-four ;ours after thir accident the three buried men man aged to muke themselves heard by ' satisfied and lapping on a six-lnci water pipe that nursaiy. reached from the pumping station to Mr. Dargan's body was cold and stiff the surface. Communication was es-'an'l ha had evldantly been dead sever lablished with the vorld above and 1 nl hours. There was a bullet hole In food end drink were plenteously low- his forhead, the bullet going entirely ered through the pips, a large sup- through his head as If he had been ply was sent down, as It was feared I "hot from directly in front. If Mr. the pipe might bo brosen before the ! Dargan suicided, he left no explana. rescuers could reach the Imprisoned ,,oa of his 'Jet and gave no Intimation men. Rut throughout the long weeks beforehand nf such Intention. So far or imprisonment this pipe was dally I Known, nil omclal record was used. A portable tele ered and the men were able to talk with people above. This telephone carrlod from frlenffs - news of the world and messages- or cheer, and from the buried men reports of neth er conditions. Clearing the debris was" slow work, as timbers, rocks anf earth were s. twisted together that a new shaft had to be cut for most of the 1.000 feet At no time did the entombed men suf fer greatly except for the dlstastef ul ness of their forced seclusion. WANT CONSERVATIVE PLATFORM Old Line Dcmot rats 16 M.-ef7ii New York Tli.irs.liy jv,r Pttrnose of tormiiluilng a "Safe ami Sane" Programme hi the Event of Bry an's Nominal!. n. fNew .York, Jan. 19. It was learn ed late laat night that a conference of old line Democrats will be held In Ihls city next Thursday to discuss and formulate a programme to be follow ed In case William J. Brya-n Is again nominated for the presidency. Ann ne ttle conferees will be Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, Governor Claude Hwanson, of Virginia; Richard Ol- ney, of Massachusetts, and other prominent Democrats. The aim of those who are behind this conferace U to obtain the adop tion by the Democratic national con vention, which will meet In Der.ver, cf a conservative platform, accept able to the bu-tl-iefs Interests of the coirstryr To a certain exten:. these men are eckonlnx on the choice by the Republicans of a candidate dictat ed by President Roosevelt and so committed to a continuation of his policies. ' If the moving spirits In this confer. ence can us a :helr way there will be adopted on Thursday or at subse. quent meetings resolutions pleogln; all the conferieg to work for a rlat form ah!'.it.?ly "wife and sane" and a candidate h would stand on such a platform w'ltljvit reserve. President' Sends Gold SMMn to a New York Youngster. ' New York, Jaa. . President Roose. ve.it has sent a g!d spoon us a gift to S-yearld Charles Baldwin, the ytiunxet of eight children of PoMoe Captain Sylveier Baldwin, of the Chr!es street ststlon. Cnptsln Bald, win has known ITesiient Roosevelt WAR ON MEMPHIS CAMfjl.KRS. Srtenty-One Prisoner.' N?arly AU Ne groes, to Face Police Justice To- , Day as Result of New Police Com missioner's Campaign- Pledge. Memphis. Tenn.. Jan. 19. When the docket Is cleared In the city court to-morrow, seventy-one prisoners. practically all of them negroes, will -stove answer to the charge of gambling of .near the fire until after midnight when I . . . . . . . , 1 . a. . L. - m . cnnuuciing a gamming noue, the result i 'c IKIta lnw " was unaer of several raids durln last nleht imliWiroi, Killed In a Pireet Flalir. Detroit. Mich., Jan. 1 Caslrr.Ir Duzlrlkl. a Polandtr, of 61 S Rlvard strset, was kll'ed In a street flftht at Camneld and Rlvard street early t- f for many years and recently visited day when two groups -f foreigners' the Whke House with his youngest Joined a!tle In the street. Duzhlkl son- The President ta;ked with the was stabbe,) through th neck and j younstf r f.r several irlnutes. The raa half a blM frtna the scene be-je-t.l spoon will be framed by Captala fore he dropped d'-wd. i Baldwin. without blemish His own sleeping room Is In this same building and the policeman who went to arouse him, not finding him there, Instituted a search, finding him In another room on the same floor. There was one empty chamber In Mr. Jhirgan's revolver found by his side, hut this Is not regarded us convincing evidence of suicide because the chief was known to carry th hammer of Ms weapon on an empty shell to les sen the danger of an accidental ex plosion. He wja In his night clothes. Mr. Dargin Is mourned by one sister, Mrs. Lela Evans, of Darlington, and a brother, Alonzo Dirgan, of New York, with Sharps & Dohme. Mr. Dar gan was a cousin of Robert Dnrgati, whose sensational suicide occurred In Darlington a few years ago, his tomb being opened a few months after hi burial to satisfy an Insurance com pany which held a policy for 125,003 on his life. Early this morning fire gutted the two storerooms on Main street Imme diately north of McGregor's drug store, opposite the Jerome Hotel, oc cupied by Syrians as a restaurant and frultstand. The loss It covered by Insurance. , BIG FIBEIMHE TWIN CITY THE DAMAGE IS NEARLY $100,000 At 7:15 Last Night a Blaze Was Dis covered in the V, W. C. A. Over tli Big Hardware Store of Brown-Rogers Company, and For Four Hour the Firemen Tad a Tremendous; Ba:tlo to Save tlie Block From De-. straetlon Private Company of K J. Reynold FSxTory Call.'d to Give Aid CaptalnMartln, of Hose Com pany, Is Fdund IncoiiS'loiis tn tho Burning Structure and Other Ftre . men Are Nearly Suffocated Iliaio Started From lire In Stove at Ves per Service. . S Special to The Observer. , Winston-Salem, Jan. 19. On of the most stubborn flrei that has vis ited this city in years occurred to night and it was only by the per sistent and herole work of the firemen that one of the city s principal busi ness block was saved from destruc tion, The fire originated in the rooms of the Young Women's Chris tian Association over the store of the Brown-Rogers Hardware Companyk on the corner of Main and Fourth streets. It was discovered at 7:-5 o'clock before it had made . much headway, but it was evident from the start that it could not be easily ex tinguished, as it started In the celling of the ton floor. The , fire- denart- ments, hoth white and colored, of the two cities, struggled desperately with, the names for four hours before they The Brown-Rogers company does oneof th biggest wholesale and re tail hardware businesses of any con cern of th kind hi the Stat and carried about a I75.0oo stock. Only a small portion orltne stock was de stroyed by Are. but the water damage will amount to thousands. Some es timates plac the damage at $40,000 ta 150,000. The flames were,conflned to the top floor, the partitions and tpof being burned out. The flames spread to the building In which are the retail" stores of F. C. Brown and the Winstnn mnHi.. Company, but the Are damage to these was small, the damage to conllned to the second floor here also. The water damage wlit amount to a considerable sum. The dams. t, ii iA 1ll,ln? ta elmated at from 110,000 to 115.000. mavln. . ...... i ul f?n nLater dRmfe at somethin like 170,000 s estimated by coneerva- wo men . ue.jri-i.NQ TO THE BLAZE. The fire was discovered .bv nm one who happened to be passing alon Main street near hte bulldins- t, of the fire companies are- located -within few yards of the burnmg structure and were upon the scene be- ir0 me nre naa made much head way. It was evident from the start that .the names u-nniit k .. subdue. Located as it wss tn the cell ing on me second floor of the build ing. It was indeed hard to ret to n the streams of water that weie p;ay- ed Upon the hiirnlnt :........ amounted to practically nothine til the partitions had burned and the roof had fallen In. Then the flremsn were able to get to th blaze itr and when Ihls was done it was only a short time until the blaze was un der control. The nre was witnessed hrt v.r-.t thousand people, the stree'n on niths side of the square being lined with, men, women sind children. They be gan to gather at th first tap of th nre aiarm and rrom then until mid night there was a steady stream of people from every section of ths eitr The crowds were orderly, however, and gave the firemen little or no trou- oie. several times during th night the building looked as If it were doomed to destruction. The firemen directed . several streams of water over the top of the building, which, were effective from the time being. From the spectators' view the fir remained about the same until 9:45, though, of course, it was rraduativ eating Its way into the heart of the minding. , EXPLOSIONS SCATTER CROWD. At :8S o clock the ex&loeion of seme four or five cartridges caused the crowds to scatter, going in vari ous directions, for no on knew whether or not there was stored in th9 building several hundred nounda of the combustible. The flames rekindled at that time and the third alarm was turned In. this bringing out the R. J. Reynolds Company's efficient fire-fighting force, a line of hose being run from the en gine house of the fuctory. This gave the firemen an additional .stromc stream, which aided materially In subduing the flames. About the time the alarm was turned in one of the partitions fell wit ha crash which was heard for some distance. FIREMAK FOUND UNCONSCIOUS. During the conflagration one of the firemen. Capt. 'Vlrglnua Martin, of the Liberty Hose Company, was found In the Y. W. C. A. rooms In an unconscious state, by one of .his fellow Bremen. Captain Martin was carried from the building and after being out in the fresh air for a short time recovered sufficiently to go back to his post. Several other fire men came near suffocating. The Brows-Rogers Company carried about $15,000 Insurance on Its st.n-it f goods and the building. The building Is owned by Mr. W. B. Carter and Major T. J. Brown, members of the flim. , . The members of the Young Women's Christian Association held vesper ser vtit in th room this afternoon and they had a big fire In the stove and it Is supposed thnt Are caught from the flue. The crowds remained t'iirly to-day, conJucted under the per sonal supervision of Police Commis sioner Edward II. Crump and without the knowledge of th police depart ment. Mr. Crump was recently elected as a member of the board of fir and po lice commissioners on an Independent ticket and among ' his pre-election pledges were that fhe law prohibiting gambling and the Sunday closing riw should be rigidly enforced. Notwith standing the fact that Chief of Police O'Haver had Issued positive 'Instruc tions to those under his Jurisdiction, Mr. Crump was Informed that the In structions were not being carried ortt and, securing a force cf special depu ties, personally iupervissd the raids. Interesting developments are antici pated. Ths pollre to-day were espe ENGINEER DIES AT HIS POST. Only Victim of a Wreck on tlie Cen . iral of Georgia Railway. - Savannah. Ga., Jan. IS. A wreck occurred on the Central of Georgi Railway, near Macon, at S o'clock this morning, when the pa.senger tratn bound for Savannah from Atlanta, struck a split switch at the Macon and Athens Junction. c The engine was thrown breadth's Into the Jitc-h. two express cars vera wrecked and Engineer W. B. Trvor was killed. His colored fireman, J l--i Williams, was p-alnfully hurt. "Jj.ia fireman had Jumped, but the ensirw-er remained at his post. Mjill Clerks Roonev and Burke an 1 the rxpress messenger, wre shaken u , clally vlgUAnt In enforcing tha Sun-Jbut u-talnej only sH.ht br-.'j---day law and several arrests were! None of the patengprs were mad. . Jured. I
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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