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0 - i i -. "" - Ti l i i!- rt. . r. ( ;i Vs! f 'A 'V - SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:; $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, WpDNtDAT MORNING, HAY 6, 190SV a , PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 YOUNG MAN KILLS HIMSEL TRAGEDY SHOCKS 6TATESYTLLH Gittrm Haskell Copeland, 17 -Year-Old . - Sou of Capt a. W. Copeland, .Snoots lilmr!f Whiter by Accident? or De i" aia-Bil Bullet Penetrate the . i anri neath Is Ingtantaneoc Tnaredv Or-cnrs Just asf Members ' m ti liHuniiv Ieve mm la the Stt- ting Room Alone Complained of Feeling Unwell a ' Momeni jjeiwre s Death, , bat Had Been In Good Health and Spirits All Day Death 1 casts a Gloom over tstatesvuio. Special to The Observer..: . . '. . i Rttvni. Mar s. One of the most " horrlbl tragedies n the history of fitateavilla occurred to-night ' at o'clock when Mr. Haskell Copeland, ' youngest son of Capt J. W. - cope- land, shot and "killed himself at the Copeland home nv Walnut street The . shocking news of the terrible affair has spread like wild Are and has cast . , a gloom over the town. The immeai ate family of the yonnf man are ml . most prostrated with grief. They can " not believe the killing was self -de ; - structlon and are Inclined to feel .that it was an accident r' DETAILS dTRAOEDTr" The shooting occurred "almost In sasbt of those of the family who were at home at the time. Haskell had Just returned heme from down town ' a few blocks away and u sitting In the family room of the house with his Slaters, Mrs. D.- J. .Craig and Misses Ellis and Katharine Copeland. when the supper bell rang. AH rose to go '' to ths dining room except HsskelL Me was sitting in a large chair near the V open door leading to the main hall of the'Jiouse, and when one of the sis- ters InsUted on his going to the table he leaned back in the chair and po litely refused, stating that he 'was not feeling well and did not care for sup 1 per. The others went on to the dining . room and had Just seated themselves at the table when a pistol shot rang , ' out Bushing back they found young Copeland leaning back In the chair (with blood gushing from his breast and a pistol In his hands. r DEATH WAS INSTANTANEOUS. . Neighbors and physicians were call- ed Immediately and the young man waa placed on a couch for examine . tlon. - Dr. H, F. Long was on the scene In a few minutes, but life was extinct and he could do nothing. "While the - muscles moved for ten minutes after Y Mr. Craig reached htm, Dr. Long Is of the opinion that death was instan . taneous. Close examination revealed that the ball had entered Just above . ' the left nipple, passed through the - heart and body, and lodged in the . heavy, back of the chair, where it was found. The pistol used was a .IS ,. calibre Colt which young Copeland thad borrowed from a friend a week ago, stating that he wanted it In the '. house until the burglar scars subsides. or else take with him to the 'springs - this week. . , VV '. V - Mr. Copeland waa out driving with . tils brother-in-law Mr. Craig, until i o'clock and seemed as cheerful as usu I. He-talked with his sisters and . Mr, Craig freely pp to the -time .they went to ins tapis. , t .- ,ATHEB''A'WATiFROM; HOMR" The fact that the young man's fath r was. at his hotel at Alkallthla Ciorings, seven miles from Taylorsvllle, - "and it miles from home, when the tragedy occurred adds to the sadness. ' The father was notified by telephone as early as possible and at 9:10 o'clock he Is driving toward Stateavllle as fast j as horses can bring him. A team will , leave hers to meet him." All other ' out-of-town relatives have been notl fled and will arrive early as possible. George Haskell Copeland ' was not . quite 17 years old and died In the morning of manhood.. He was clever and agreeable young fellow who has a large circle ot friends who were 'very fond of him. ' He was the young est child of Captain Copeland and was a favorite of his father and slaters. .. His mother died about a year 1 ago , and he Is survived by his father, one brother and four sisters, vis: Mr. J. : W. Cooel&nd. Jr.. of Clinton. 8. C Ofrs. David 5. Craig and Misses Ellie - and Katherlne Copeland, who are at hone, and Miss Come Copeland, who - is a student at Converse College, Bpar tanburg. a C - , . ' No funeral arrangements have been anade lyet - " - f STRIKERS ARRESTED. Tliree Members of Pensacola fnion Held on Chargo of Burning. Trestle 1 Over Bis: Uayoo. Pensacola, -Fla May. t Charged with burning the trestle over the Big payou,- the property of the Pensacola , r.lectrlo Company. Tesiaem u. u. McCain,. Henry Fllllnglm and John Malqne, of the Amalgamated Associa tion of Street Railway Employes, were arrested on warrants issued by 'the . county circuit court - At the sams time ' they were served with papers from the United States Court itlng them to appear next .Friday to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt . John Benson, former employe ' of the company, who 'was arrested 'for hurling a , rock into a car' was dls . charged In the recorder's court to day, but is cited to appear before the "United States Court Friday. . . ... , i i. i , ii Mount Airy Elects a Democratic Ma nldpal Ticket. , i E pedal to The Ooeerver. v Mount Alryi May S. The city elec tlon on yesterday resulted in the elec . tlon of the entire Democratic ticket ' no other ticket being. placed n the . field. " r 'i,'. ''- The services of the present board and mayor hava teen so acceptable to , the people,, it Is supposed no - one thought a change was necessary,' not- v withstanding other, good men wers , J mentioned hefors the Democratic con- ventlon. . (. - , . - . Mayor Prather has lteen true to his . town, the people and himself and de serves to succeed himself. . , Mr. A. E. smith, town-commission-er-at-large, is a hustler and works for the upbuilding of his town. He was elected without opposition. " The following Is the ticket elected: J. H. Prather. mayor; commissioners " A. E. Pmlth. F. M. foore. 8. M. .! Hale. N. p. Short and A. VWest. The cold weather has injured the fruit to a rreater extent than many suppowc. While thjs Is trne it Is now thought a fairly good crop will be raised. Maine Representatives Leave For allbury. Portland, Me., May I. A party of thirty people representing the Ftate ef Maine, left here to-day for Salis bury, N. C to attend the dedication, nrt Friday, ef the monument erected In th national cemetery In memory ef the Maine soldiers whs died as prisoners of war. 0 DAKGER TIMBEBFAMINE FORESTRY BUREAU CIUTICISKD. Secretarr of Aeticnltnre WotUles Sen- ; ator Warren. That He Will Be Able . to Take Care of the Pore Food Lw Without aa Additional Approprlsv Uoq smd the Amendment is V un drawn Sir. 1 ley burn Ridicules ' Chart Showing the SnmlxT of Years ' the Forests in Various Parts of the ' Country Will Ijnst Timber Grows : 'Sad the Supply is as Great To-Day ,' as It Has Kver Been Objects to - .Government Setting Up , a - Lumber xara. ..- - . , ... . .. .1 ; v SGNATO BUMMART. ' An-extended speech In opposition to i the forestry service was made by - Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, in the g Senate yesterday while the agricultur al appropriation ' hill ' was under' eon-' sldera.Ion. , Mr. , Heyburn ' ridiculed the charts H the forestry service, one of, which he exhibited on the wall of the Senate chamber, marked with 'such legends as "about 90 years sup ply left" sod declared that the chief 'forester had undertaken to prophesy : oonoernlng the life or the forests In a . way that would require more wisdom "than "was possessed by thesagea of old. - - said such men forget that forests grow, and added that there is . ss much forest growth to-day as there ever-has been in the history of the world. . Y-,: . - v He criticised the practice of speak- , Ing cf "any man's policy," saying that the only policies of the govern ment that are not fictitious are those that are written in the laws ot the " IsndC ' . v - ' ' -, Mr. Heyburn spoke upon his amend ment to the blU excepting the forest reserves of Idabe- from- those from which timber may be eut by permit of the Secretary of Agriculture and ex ported from the State.. Senator Warner, of Missouri, con tinued his speech on the Brownsville affray but did not conclude. , . The, Senate adjourned at :S0 o'clock. Washington. Msy , 5. On resuming consideration of the agricultural ap propriation bill in the senate to-aay Mr. Warren stated that, as he had receive a. communication from the Secretarr of Agriculture, saying that he would be ablex to take cars oi tne purs food law without an additional appropriation lis wouia not oner m amendments Yor mat purpose wuico h hui intended. ' On a Doint of oFSer fcy Senator Clark, of Wyoming, the amendment authorizing the secretary or Agricul ture "to advise the owners of wood lands as to their proper cars" was stricken from the tUL . , ... THE TIMBER SUPPLT. Susrestlnr an amendment excepting Idaho from States from which the Secretary of Agriculture may give permits for the exportation of timber from forest reserves. Senator ' Hey- burn ridiculed a chart of the forestry division, which was swung on the wall of the Senate chambers, marked with statements as to the number of years the forests in" various parts of the conn try would last -The forestry division, he said, was launching Into the realm of prophecy in a way that would require rreater wisdom than that possessed by the sages of old when it declared that a certain sec tion would be shorn of its forests In 20. SO or 40 years They forget he said, 'that timber grows, and he de clared that "the supply of timber 4s as great to-day as ever in the world's history.' There was, he said, no danger ot a timber famine. . . --' I an prove." retorted Senator Smoot "not by prophecy but by abso lute figures that the timber of this country is 'being destroyed rapidly and there is not anything like the amount of timber in this country that there was 10 ox even 10 years ago." Mr. Herburn said he objected to the government setting up a lumber yard ana selling umoer: in any eisie. Reading from a document concern ing expenses of the forest reserve, he criticised statements of expenses as indefinite. . Senator Smoot said if the Senator would refer to any Item of expense he would give him the details, -r POUCT OF THE COUNTRY. . Senator Clarkv of Wyoming, said that Congress had sent for that infor mation and the department had not sent it He wanted to know how the Senator from Utah had become the mouthpiece of the department and Air. Heyburn added that it was sin gular that the Senator from Utah, bad undertaken to answer questions for the department that Congress had fruitlessly ssked the department . to give..,, . . .. . . ' ' Mr.' Heyburn read the names oi or fleers of the American Forestry As sociation, declaring that Mr. Wager- nouser, tnev eesena w , yreeiueni, "owned or claimed more timber un lawfully obtained than any other man on earth." Mr. Heyburn declared that It was dangerous to talk about "this man's policy or thatr man's policy." The doiicv of the country, ne aaa ed, "is the policy of the people- as found in the written law or tne land, and vhn It la found anywhere else it is fictitious The people put ihelr policies in the statute books. Tet ws hear that the . administration's forestry polfcy is hers to stay. Ws will ses whether u is nere o stay or not" ..-'v. ' :- . The Senate adjourned with the ag ricultural bill still uncompleted and the forestry question undisposed of. : Federal and Superior Courts Both in Session at ewpernu Special '.to The Observer. I ; v .... Newherci .May B. Superior Court pened here yesterday for civil cases only,-Judge W.-R. Allen,, of Golds boro. presiding. There Is a large number of cases on the docket many of which are against the. Norfolk Southern Railroad, and none - thus far of special interest have been ta ken up. V" Federal Court opened this morning. Judge T. R. Purnell, of Raleigh, pre siding. There is a number of cases on the docket but little could be done to-day, as there: is at -present no Jail ready for. nse here, snd those in Jail awaiting trial will havs to be brought here from day to day as their cases are reached. Some of the pris oners awaiting trial are at Klnston, others at Qoldaboro and others, at Washington. . , " , Stackers In Critical Condition. Eastman, Ga May 6. Oscar and Walter Stuckey. were' shot by Tom gptres and Steve Rontwell and not by Spires alone, aa first reported. The difficulty Is said to have arisen about some misunderstanding growing out of the rent of land by Spires and Boutwell from the Stuckeys. 8teve Boutwell is now in the Dodge county Jail. Spires Is still at large, i Neither ef ths Stuckeys is dead, but both are in a critical condition and era not expected, to live, being riddled with buckshot mm TO ESDpESE, TAFT NEW JERSEY IS UX1XSTRUCTED, Republican Convention of New Jer sey votes Down Resolutions t- dorsing Candidacy of . Taf t and Fa . vorlng Re-Xomination, of Roosevelt j ormer Governor Alurphy Ui 2 dorsed For Vice Presidens Resolu- tlon Expresstnr Sympathy For Ex- President Cleveland and Hoping For His Oulck Recovery Is Adopted by a Rising; Vote Convention Clear- ly in the Hands of the Regular Ijeadern . Delegates Selected . Are Hot All Favorable to Taft. Trenton, N. J, May I. The Repub lican tftate convention to select oeie- sates to attend the national conven tlon at-Chicago named a delegaMoa that is unlnstructed. The conven tion also voted down resolutions en dorsing the candidacy of " Secretary Taft for President and favoring the re nomination of President Roosevelt A resolution favoring former Gov ernor Franklin Murphy for VicePres- Ident was adopted without opposi- tlon. 4 ' ' - Ths following were elected 'dele- gates-at-large to ths Chicago conven- tlon: , . -. - .' -v . Governor Fort Unlted SUtea Sens tors Frank O. Brlggs and John Kean. and State Assessor David 3aira Alternates were chosen as follows: David S. Vorbees, Morris county; Wal ter - E. - Edge, Atlantic; C. Edward Murray. Mercer: Lewis 8. Thompson, (Monmouth. United States Senator Brlggs intro duced - a resolution expressing sym pathy for former President Grover Cleveland in his oresent Illness and hoping for his quick recovery The resolution was adopted by a rising vote.... ," , ,:,-.: - , THE TARIFT QUESTION. . The convention was clearly In the hands of the regular Republican lead ers in New Jersey. For delegate select ed are not all favorable to Secretary Taf t's nomination. The Idea' of the Republican - leaders ' In the State Is that the New Jersey delegation should go to Chicago unpledged and be in a position to secure whatever favors might be obtained for new jersey. strong effort; will be made to have the national convention accept former Governor Franklin Murphy as a vice presidential candidate. Ths platform adopted endorses the administration of President .Roose velt It contains the following plank on ths tariff question: "Ths Republicans of New Jersey Stand for principles ratner than de tails, and if changing conditions re quire an adjustment of tariff sche dules, we most emphatically insist up on ths full maintenance of the pro tective policy, that the revenues of tne srovernment .may do preserved, American - wages - maintained at tne highest standard and American mar kets preserved for-American Indus tries. , i TEXAS FAVORS BRYAN. County Conventions Universally In struct For the Nebraskan -Major! ty of Counties Adopt Resolutions Favorable to Senator Bailey While Several instract For Him FdirVioO . President. . .. a. Dallas, Tex., May S.-r-Democratlo county: conventions held ' throughout the state to-day universally instruct- eeni?orBBX gate-at-large ln the primaries held last Saturday is, shown by. approxl-1 snately complete returns to be in the neignoornooa or oniy iv.vvo, out or a total vote of 110.000. a very consld-l't rahU Malnl-Itv nf tha i in Mhv.n. HB. rtr. .i..nVr I KeTefa5 4r..::..r."; r vsjiuui sa, astasia vat vi II I, i. i i. i I vHv.vwwHMwei wMswu-aiMMi iudviu" clT x, tZ T - tuuul"ILU' ( Ull uuu b.iiu uiuiuiumi that the Legislature shall pass laws forbidding public offlcers to serve or represent corporatlona ... I First District Republican Convention I Endorses Taft. I epecioA w xne uoserver. ? Elizabeth City. May 6. The Renub- llcan congressional convention of the a modern milt - fhrst congressional district met herej.Mr. Norris read figures from an chairman -andD. O. Newberry, sec- retary, i - I Wheeler Martin and Harrv Skinner I wre elected delegates to the national I convention, Frank G. Paul and Clar-f ence R. Pugh, alternates. Resolutions endorsing Roosevelt's administration and declaring In favor of Taft's can-1 dldacy were . unanlmoiisly passed and delegates were instructed to cast their votes for Taft. E. C. Duncan was endorsed for national committeeman. 1 P names were presented for Con- gress or elector and the convention took recess subiect to ths cn.ii nt that chairman for naming candidates for cords, valued at 2, 400,804, an aver Congress and elector. The convention " P" cord of 14.11. For the year wrseiy aiienaea and harmonious inroiiffnAiit .4--- w--- i throughout - Two Sets of Deleeates Selected. ' - Atlanta n vro s d...vii I cans of the fifth eongnesslonal district neid two conventions here to-day, eacn selecting delegates to the Chi cago convention. Neither set of del egates was Instructed. The administration faction at it. meeUng selected E. F. Blodgett and Ananias Brown (colored),1 both of Atlanta, as delegates, and W. R. Wat- son and Dr. William Penn, negroes, at the mills has been the result of ship has earned ths respect and en of Atlanta, as alternates. ,j artificiality." ' .,? . (couragement of the nation, and that The convention of the anU-ad minis-1 tratlon forces named - Thomas M. Blodgett and C. C. Wimblsb, the. lat ter a negro,' both of Atlanta, as dele gates and H. A. Rucker and W. S. Duggard, two negroes, of; Atlanta, as alternates ., district Convention Endorses Taft Birmingham, Ala., May 5- At ths ninth congressional district Republi can convention , held hers to-day. a resolution wss Introduced by Postroas- ter Carter, of Blrmlnghsm, instructing ucicBBica w. """ w""1" for Secretary Taft for the prestden tlal nomination. N. X Steele and Jo seph Montgomery of (Birmingham, were elected delegates to the nation al convention. ' - The' administrations of President ' Roosevelt and Btste Chairman Thompson were endorsed. Th altarnatea are 9t. t .Wilson, of Elocton, and Joseph Brice, of Blount I county. Fifth South Carolina Unlnstructed. Columbia, S3. C 'May i. The fifth district Republican convention at Rock Hill to-day elected F. R. Mas eey, of Lancaster, and George sA. Watts, of Rocx Hill, as delegates to the national Republican convention. The convention was friendly, to Fairbanks but did not instruct the delegates. ' ' A factional contest was-puued off and two other delegates. W. E. Boy. kin, of Camden, and Thomas Ecster, of Osffney, were elected, and. instruct ed Tor Taftx " ; . First Georpla Tavors Foraker. Waynesboro, Gs Miy I. The R-1 rbo R. Wright of Savannah, and J. N. Elder,, of Hagan, as delegates, to the cnicago national , convention. Tne alternates chosen were H. D. Puches ley, of Swalnsboro. and E. F, Allen, j or eummertown.- . . t The delegates were Instructed to vote for Senator Foraker for the pres- lucniwi nomination. - Taft Their Choice. Winchester, Ky,v May S John W. I Langtry was renominated by acclania I tlon for Congress by Republicans of the tenth congressional , district ; in convention hers to-dsy. - James 'A. Wallace and 'Allen N. Cisco, both ef Morgan county, were elected delegates to the national convention. --They I were Instructed to vote for Secretary of war Tan for the presidential nom ination. . s'X'- !;':,?..' Fifth' Louisiana Distracts For, Taft Monroe, La.. ' May B. The , fifth district Republican convention ; here to-day named delegates to ths Chi- I csgo convention and instructed them for Taft and adopted resolutions en- I dorsing President - Roosevelt's ad- I ministration. The -delegates selected jwere James C. Weajcs. of Ouachita, J and .W.T.. Jnster, of Richland;, alter- nates, 8. J. Crump, of Claiborne, and Leopold Eigutter, or Tensa. "Will Vote For, Taft Annlston. Ala.. May (.The Re publicans ef the fifth : congressional aistrict met here to-day.. ana elected vjcui go rirwDj, oi. muaaeRa, nan j, L - Abercrombie, of , Columbians, as delegates to the national convention at Chicago. The delegates were in structed to vote for Secretary Taft for the presidential nomination. The administrations of President Roose velt and Chairman J. O. Thompson, or the state committee, were . en dorsed. Third Kentucky Favors Taft. Bowling Green. Ky.. May 5. The third district Republican convention here to-day -instructed for . J. Tom Doores, ot Warren - county, and H. B. Rister, of Logan county, for dele gates J. Frank Taylor, of Barren, was re-elected chairman of the . dis trict committee, and John A. Logan, f Edmondsondlstrtct elector. - The delegates were Instructed for. Taft Taft's Candidacy Endorsed. Frankfort, Ky., May 5. The seventh district Republican conven tion was held here to-day. The re port of the committee on resolutions contained endorsement of the na tional administration and Instructed the delegates to vote for. Taft at I the Chicago convention.. . Nomina-1 tions were made as follows: ForlP Congress, L. L. Brlstow, of - Scott; delegates to national convention. Charles Kerr, Fayette county; George t .Barnes, r'ran win county. Alter nates, Miles Williams, Henry county; German B. Miller, Fayette cqunty; ts lector, a. w. Cunningham, Bour bon. i "... .. . .... .., . .... NORRIS -REPEATS STATEMENT. Paper Manufacturers Have Pur. chased Large Tracts of Wood Lands fa Canada . and Consumers Should Not Be Saddled ' With Penalties Of : Such Speculation Paper Can . Be Made For $20 a Washington, May S. John Norris, New York, the representative; of American Newspaper Publishers' Association, to-day reseated his -tatemenf hfnr th. ; - enm. ,,.1 . t ..1ve?f Un,T-ih?.-WOOA P?J? ' ---- . American paper manufacturers have M.ooo.ooo.' and charged that Instead nf fHirf lnsF thsT tlmhon nta . vKIss anil trhinit f haw Mbwa- s earisw m ssaaw wusiaa milt ' sa most recklessness," they have gohe into . tnt mnrirr f anf .Mni.ii marked us the nricea on them.iv. He protested that the American consumers should not b as.ddid wu the . penalties of any such speculation. .. , " ' I ne expressed tne opinion thai I paper can be made for t20 a ton at of th paper manufacturers that the increase In the cost of making paper was due to the increase . in ln cost oi wood was not correct "A very considerable quantity - of the wood used by the paper makers," ne said, "i tnink, nearly 60 per cent of that used In the East, has been obtained by " paper - makers ? from Canada.- The figures for 1905,1901 and 1907 actually show a decrease per cord value for ' the year" 1 907 as compares; witn the - year 190S. In 190S there were ; exported from Canada to ths Unite Rtatea ks a in i me exports amounted to-(14, 9Ha. am.. tnhj 1907 they were 628,144 cords, -valued ai i,(is,w. inese ngures show a ;tcVn,r,,m.i ViU per cord In and $4.17 In 190S to $441 in 1901 1907. i no not - pretend ' from thou figures to say that there has not been An In rests a tt tka sa4 av Zm.. K..s i 'iSZ ' u 5 Mr. Norrla. "bnt I .m ta i show that whatever Incress ther. has been In the price of nolo mi I ' " 1 1 I i i. a.iu u, n. LAAAli : I i'i?" rrom AUant Appears Be-j irc vviMiiuhot ana irgee ravor. nant to the supreme' law of ths land, able Report on Bacotr 1UU Appro, wo favor the reduction of represents prloting $75,000 .Foe. Surrey of AU tlon In Congress and the electoral lantlo and Great Western Canal. . college in all States of this Union. Washington. Mar 6. A favorahta I report" on tne Bacon " bill, aeproprlat- disrrancniseq, to tne end that " the ing 175,000 for a survey preliminary I fourteenth amendment to the constl to the construction of the Atlantic I tntlon of the United States msy be Pa Great Western canal, designed to connect .the Atlantic ocean with- ail I the tributaries ot the Mississippi river, which hss passed the Senate, was urg ed to-dsy before ths House commit tee on railways and canals by a del egation from Atlanta, Introduced by RepresentaUve- Brantley, "of Georgia. I The committee was addressed by Asa o.'Candier,' cnairman of the delega- tlon; .Walter G. Cooper, secretary, of! the chamber of commerce and of the Atlantic and Great Western Canal As sociation; C. -AlT Caverly. chairman of the canal committee of the -chamber I of commercer Colonel C. P. Good. year, of Columbia, 8. C; Represent ative Burnett of Alabama,, and Sen ator Bacon, of Georgia. , The object of the proposed canaL as stated to the committee, ls to con nect the f?od-producing States of II linols. Indiana and Ohio with the Hbor-em ploying mineral and cotton belts of the South. The canat would! nave us nonnern terminus near Cairo, HU and its southern end at Bruntalcic, Ga. ' FIGjTT GETS IKTEBESTIKG THE; FIELD IS AGAINST BRYAN Eyes of ' Politicians Everywhere i. Centred on -thei Contest In - the Demorntlo ' CunU Frlenda of . Judge -Gray and Governor John- son Claim That They W1U Prevent Bryan's Nomination on the First liallot The SltaaUoa In Ohio and Alabama Commanding Attention . . v. . ..'111 . - Instructed The Inflaence of '- the Nesro - Vote In - the -North - and . West Taft Making a Strong PUy ' Forlt - . ' ' ' - BY H.E. O. BRYANT. Observer Bureau, s v , ' Congress Hall Hotel. . Washington. May I. The President ' has ' seftt John J C. Dancer, a North Carolina negro, to Norfolk to speak to the delegates at tending a meeting of colored Metho dists. Dancer, who is recorder of deeds of the District, of Columbia, goes to advocate peace. . - The Nor folk Afro-Americans have' been pro nounced In their denunciations of the I r-. c.-. J j?' . , Z , The flght in thsDmoeratlc cam Is becoming interesting. ; The friends of. Judge Gray, of , Delaware, and Governor Johnson, ot Minnesota, claim that they will go to North I CrnllnaL . tnmllnr South, with I enough votes to keep Bryan from being nominated on the first ballot ; FIGHT GETS INTERESTING. ; All eyes are on Alabama and Ohio now. For ths Southern states the Democrats are voting on Bryan and jonnson. candidates for delegates to the Denver convention hava an nounced themselves and the contest promises to be lively. The Johnson men have organised .a formidable club and will press his claims The primaries will be held on the llth. Johnson entered at the last moment but nil supporters believe that he win make a good showing. Ths Alabama Congressmen were called on for an expression of opinion on Johnson to-day. Each one received a telegram from ths chairman of the J ohnson - club, - with " head quarters In Alabama, i Judge t Harmon.- who. waa ona of President Cleveland's Attorney Gen erals, will be nominated for Gov ernor In Ohio. The Democrats of ths nation could not tolerate him as candldats for . the presidency, but ths Ohloans believe that he can come nearer being elected Governor than any other man they could put MAY HOLD UNTIL JUNE. Those who . should know mors about it than others predict that Congress will not adjourn until some time in June. The President has at last succeeded In bridling the House. senator John Walter Smith, of Maryland, gave out an Interview to day in which he said, that his 8tate would end an unlnstructed delega- U. ,M . Tt.... ...... X.I J 1 J . I A .VM HI VVUTVI. Ill UQVWIVIl UlSI this would.be the wise policy for aU of the Southern States. , . : ,,: v NEGRO VOTE IN- NORTH. . A. Southerner does not realise ths importance of ths negro vote - In the North until he talks with members of congress on this side of the Potomac tejrth. d.man noids ths balance of power at the ballot box. . The deciding, vote in many Northern and Western consres slonal districts Is cast by .the black man. Therefore, Mr. Negro la quite a factor, in elections. . In the. South the negro is not considered. Dem ocrats and . Republicans disfranchise him. : -".. There are some, .among them' Sen- ator Tillman, of South Carolina, who neueve tnat the Afro-Anglo-Saxon dinner given by the Cosmopolitan Club In New York last week was with design a forethought In order to arouse ths hot-heads of the Soutli and provoke anti-negro speeches In Congress Inter-msrrlaa-a butwun races had to be advdeated. If th New York affair was- mannei m,nu such an end in view It succeeded ad- mlrably. Tillman. Heflln and others are on ths wan path. Southern Rep' reeentstives d not care a snap of tne finger for ths negro, but Demo crats from Ohio, Indiana and other States In that section of the country tear outoreaxs against tne negro. "In one precinct In my district there are iboui iuu negro men," said a Democrat from Indiana to me one day, "and I got four-fifths of the vote. . Many of our negroes vots- ths Democratie Ucket" FIGURES IN OHIO. people wbo read - the newsnaners win recau many stories about ' the negro vote in Ohio, where SecreUrr Taft and Senator Foraker have wag ed fitter; war on . each other. Ths Afro-American has figured there ex tensively. Ths Republican Stats con vention of the Buckeye State, which unanimously endorsed Taft for the presidency. Inserted in Its platform. at the Instance of Representative Bur- ton, of ' Cleveland, the following plank concerning the negro: Believing, as ws do. that this mar velous progress' (of ths race) In In- telllxence. industry. and sood citizen thoss leglstaUvs enactments that hiVA fur- their r1 aim t Hl.f. cnlsement for reasons of color alone are unfair, un-American, and repug- where white and colored citlsena are enforced according to Its letter and spirit. Mr. Burton is a wise man. - His foresight Is good. There are $0,000 negro voters In Ohio. No one South of the old Mason- Dixon line could be induced to believe that the negro would, under any clr. cumstances, vote tne democratic uck- et, nut ns acxusuy eiecw ueraocrau tna North and West THE STATES AFFECTED. The States In which their votes would count in November are: la New York, where there are 19.000 of vot ing age; Connecticut with 1,400 ne groes of voting age; New Jersey, with J4.000 of voting age; Delaware, with 9,400 of voting age; Maryland, with 94,000 of voting sge; West Vlrgiaia. with 17.100 ef voting sge; Kentucky. with 81,009 of voting sge: Indiana. with 92.000 ef voting are; Illinois, with 14.000 of voting age; Missouri, with 14,009 of voting age; Kansas with 17.000 ef voting age; Nebraka, ' (Continued- ea Fags Three). MUBDEEED BODIES FOUK U AWFUL CRIME ; JEALOUS - LOVER A Grewsnme Murder Mystery Conies - to I4gbt When - Five ; Marderea Bodies Are Unearthed In the lard . of the Home' of Mrs. t Gunness, . Who, With Her Three Children, Was Burned to Death Last Toes ' day One Body Was Dismembered r and the Arms, Legs, Trunk and - Head Buried in Different Parts of the Yard Body of Man Is Idcnti :: fled as That of -Mrs. Gunness : ' Lover, While the Other Is . That of . a Chicago Girl Three) - Bodies . Unidentified.' . V Ls ports, Ind.. Msy B. One of the most grewsome murder' mysteries ever unearthed in this section of the country- came to light when the bodies of five persons, all of them murdered, were found In the yard of the home of Mra Belle GunneaaJ. who, with three of her children, wss burned to desth on the night of April 28th. .... . So fsr, only two of the bodiesvhavo been identified. These are . Andrew Heldgren, who- came to this - city from Aberdeen,-a D., for the pur pose of .-. marrying ; Mrs Gunness, whose acquaintance he ' bad made through a matrimonial bureau. The other Is that ef -Jennie plsen Gun ness. a Chicago girl, who heft "been adopted by. Mrs. Gunness.. She-dis appeared, in September, 1100. and it was said had gone to - Los Angeles to attend school. , The other bodies were those of two men and a woman. Nona of them hss been aa yet Identi fied. BODY DISMEMBERED. The . body of Heldgren was - dis membered and the arms, legs, trunk and head were buried In different parts of the yard. - It is believed by- the ' authorities that Guy Lamphere, who has been under arrest since the burning of the Gunness home, on the charge of murdering Mrs Gunness and her family, committed - the Heldgren crime. Lamphere Is a carpenter and the manner In which the body of Heldgren was dismembered leads to the belief that It was dons by some body familiar with the use of a saw. In some quarters It is believed that Mrs. 'Gunness may have known something of the murders of the five people. There havs . been rumors that Jennie Olsea Gunness had knowledge of the manner In which the first husband of Mra Gunness came to his death in, Chicago. Little Is- known, however, on this subject. It Is known thst Heldsrren hsd loaned 11.&00 to. Mrs. Gunness and that be had another 11,(00 In his possession . Just prior to his desth. It is believed that he was kilted by Mra Gunness or by Lamphere or by both of them in order to procure the cash he had and to avoid the necessity ot repaying the loan he had made. - -' - - ti, - .'.-.;: LAMPHERE DENIES CHARGE. tampnere, against whom a strong case or. circumstantial ev'jence exists in connection with the burn ing of the Gunness home and the death ot Mrs. Gunness and her three children., denies all knowledge of the bodies found to-day. He has said, nowever, on Other occasions -that Mrs. Gunness was. anxious . to send him to- an Insane asylum because ot his knowledge of her career. It was current gossip, , however, that Lam pnere waa Insane Jealous . of Mra Gunness and of Heldgren and . It is well Known that the woman atniwl In fear of him and had asked for ponce protection. The seffrch by XNch the bodies were round to-day was inaugurated by- John Heldgren,-the - brother' ot Anarew, wno has always believed that his brother was murdered and that he had never gone to Norway, as claimed by Mra Gunness and Lamphere. He noticed some recently upturned sarin in, ine yard and sur pcaiEu iu oiierin omuiser -. that an excavation bsy mads. Ths body of ms orotner was dug up after a brief aeari-a. ... wo identification - of the other poaies is expected tor . some time. TO ARRANGE FOn CONVENTION. Piintn Judicial District . Committee Will Meet In Greensboro Thursday Night Sixth Annnal Convention of the Federation of Women's Clubs in session. -. -,.;-, - Observer Bureau. r The Bevill Building, Greensboro, i May I ? Mr. jonn n. Wilson, of., this city, chairman of the Democratic execu tive committee of the ninth Judicial district has called the committee to meet in Oreensbor Thursday night to fix the time and place for holding a convention to nominate a successor to Solicitor Brooks, who placed - his resignation la ths hands of Governor Glenn when he entered actively Into the congressional campaign. , In ad dition to Mr.-Wilson, the members of the executive committee are: A. M. Garwood, of Alamance county, secre tary; Frank Nash, of Orange: H. A Foushee, of Durham; W. A. Devln, ef Granville, and J. A. Long, of Person. Nearly 100 delegates are hers from all sections of the State to attend the sixth annual convention ef the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, which will he In session until Thursday. The visitors are being en tertained by the members of the six federated clubs at Greensboro, The opening session wss held la the Elks lodge room this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and was wen attended. After an Invocation by Mra Lucy Robertson. president of Greensboro Female Col lege, the address of welcome was de livered by Mrs. Mary 'Kettle Sharpe. ef the faculty ef the Bute Normal and Industrial College, who extended to the visitors a cordial greeting . and gracious welcome to the homes of Greensboro. The-response was made by Mrs. J. E. Reliiey. or Charlotte, a leading spirit In the federation. The members were delighted with an 'ad- "Parliamentary, Usage Tor Women's' Clubs," who spoke on the work of the general federation1 . This evening the Greensboro clubs tendered the visiting delegates a re ception at the home of Mrs. E. P. Wharton, on Asheboro street. Monument Unveiling at Mount Zlon. Special te The Observer. Spartanburg, S. C, Msy S. The Daughters of the American Revolu tion will unveil, a monument at Mount Zlon May ISth, which has been erected to the memory of Joshua Hawkins." a soldier who fought in the war of the revolution. Interesting exercises have been sr raeged and a large number of peo ple will go out to Mount Zlon, about eight miles from Spartanburg, to at tend' the ttaveilin eeremonif. Joshua Hswkins fought In the btr) at Brandywine and the battles cf Cfiwpeoi and King s Mountain, EXPENSE BILL IftCEEASCP NO ADDITION TO FT. MKHOXY Provision Appropriating $180,000 For rnrchsse of Land as an Addition to Fort JI sUnley, Philippine Islands, 4 is Stricken Out by a Unanimous Vote Mr. Bay Argues That There Is No Military Necessity For It Even Though Taft Did Recommend It Fort Already Has MOO Acres Which Mr. Fltxgerald Says, is Snf 1 fident For -Drill Pnrpoees Fort . Oglethorpe and. Leavenworth Prison i Get an Increase 4n Appropriations. ' -' ': ' HOUSE SUMMART. A lively debate was kept up all day yesterday In the House on the sundry : civil appropriation bin. Repeated ef- torts were made by Messrs. Oatnea, ef Tennessee, snd Cheney, ' sf Indiana, , supported by many other members, to procure aa appropriation for an in vestigation looking- to Increased safe- - ty in mining and they had about got . ten Chairman Tawney to ths point where he would consent to aa appro- -priatton of $50,000, when Mr. Under- wmn, n Aiaouni, oojeciea ana utl ' proposition. . for . the -; time, at least. was defeated. -:. A provision in the bin for the pur chase of over 4.000 seres of land as sa "- . adlt1oa-t- trt -MoKlnleXA Philip-. . ' pine Islands, based on a recommenda . tlon by General Leonard Wood elicit- : t ed savers criticism ef thst officer by , Messrs. Fitsgersld, et New York, and . Mr. Butler, of - Pennsylvania, . the . .former continually refwring to hint ae "Dr. Wood," r The provision, osj.' motion of Mr. Hay," of Virginia, was stricken eut by an unanimous vote. , The additions to the bill yesterday " . were tl 00,000 for the , military prison , st Fort Leavenworth, Ksa, snd Hi. mo for an addition to Fort Oglethorpe.' ' 'Georgls. or a total Increase te date , ef fl.ttl.ono. - - , ' Ths three remaining ' hours' ef the session were tsken up almost entirely . ' by a succession ef roll calls, caused ; by a refusal of the House to take a -recess at I o'clock, as a result ef a Joke on the part of eome ot the Re publicans td hold the . Democrats In tne, House until the time the Repub-' llcan caucus was scheduled te be held. '. In - this they were successful. ', the House finally at 7:47 p. m.' Ties Ing until 11:51 a. m, -to-dsy. , t ' t Washington, May . When eonsid- , eratlon Of ths sundrv elvll -: innm. prlation bill was ., resumed in ths House to-day, Mr. Gaines, of Ten nessee, offered an amendment provid ing for, an Investigation of the causes of explosions in . mines located '. en publlo lands and nrged Its adoption. The Gaines' amendment was lost on a point of order by Mr. Tawney, aa were also a nraetlcaliv similar ana i . Mr. Chaney. of Indiana. J - v When the provision of the bill was reached appropriating $180,000 for ths nurchaaa .at lanrf aa an tltu. to Fort WilUam.McKlnley. Philippine Islands Mr. Hay moved to strike It out H maintained there was no military necessity for It and especlal- "t u in 7 uMi pruviaea - $111,000 for additional land for ths fort In that view of the case Mr. Slayden coincided. At the lnsunce of Mr. Smith. :of Iowa," there was read a ' letter from Secretary Taft strongly , urging - the purpose of ths land based on the recommendation of General Wood. DOCTORS CRITiCISED. '' The ' proposed appropriation was bitterly opposed by Mr. Fltxgerald. of New York. He said that Fort Mc- KInley already had l.t 00 acres, and -he contended that 1,000 acres -was sufficient for effective drill purposes for all the troops In the Philippines The recommendation for the pur chase, he said, was msde by . "Dr. Wood,? the commanding general in the Philippines. Mr. Fltsgerald read a letter from General Wood recom mending the purchase of 17,000 acres of land as an addition to Fort Keith ley, which he said already contained a similar average, where was station ed one regiment of Infantry and one battery of mountain artillery. ! un dertake to aay," said he, "that Judg ing from Dr. Wood's recommenda tions, he would find it utterly impos sible to drill a etngle regiment ef the army if he had the entire United States at his disposal.' The time, he said, "when these distinguished doc tors should have such an influence In this administration - should cease." - Doctors, he asserted, were In com mand of the army and In, command of naval vessels. "Doctors are tuck ed away In. every - conceivable posi tion," he declared. He maintained that where their knowledge and edu cation nnflt-them for the duties io which they are assigned, "these dis tinguished doctors should fee permit- , ted to practice medicine for a while. even If to the Injury of the people of the United States." Mr. FlUgera'ld Inquired . why it would not be a good idea to send Dr. Wood out on to the arid lands of the West The President he said, al ready had exiled one officer because he thought differently from v some body. - . -, AMENDMENTS ADOPTED. In. the opinion of Mr. Butler., of Pennsylvania, the proposed ' addition to Fort McKinley was a "most eut- ntMiil nlera of avtntraranra " General Wood Was defended by Mr. Kelfer, ef Ohio, who said that officer waa conscientious , and ' capable, and one . who ; had spent most of his mature life in the Wmy. The proposed appropriation was also crit icised by Mr. Sherley. of Kentucky. The motion by Mr. Hay to strike out the provision was carried unanimous ly.. .-:' . . . - Amendments were agreed to . ap- S5rS"f k'".MJi.,0.Vs lIllZ Fort Oglethorpe, Gan and Increasing by $100,000 the. sum originally car ried by the hill for the military pris on at Fort Leavenworth, Kas. . A motion by Mr. Payne, of New York, at 5: IS o'clock to take a re cess until to-morrow was voted down 74 to 154. most of the Republicans voting in the negative. .' ' The sundry civil bill was l.i!l aside and the House proceeded t other lousiness. - Judjre Webb Adjourn 'l "' C Owlnsr to Fathrr's 1. ''- Fpeclal to The Obrvr. ' Plttsboro.' fay 5. Ju ! - J Webb, who has ln h'1. ham county cnurt 1 1. r ed a telfsrarr! xt-Ciy i' of the s-rtru i,'n'ts rf t -lie immediitelv a 1 irRi tbe segslon a - 1 1- . t ci ai traia for itcr?y.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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