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SUBSCRIPTION. PRICE : $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. 0.; FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1908. ?RICE FIVE CENTS. - BROWN WIKSJS GEOBGIA HOKE SMITH ETE1TEI BY 15,000 v The Primary Bring To an End One f the Hottest Political Campaigns la Georgia History -The Vot Very 1. Heavy, Hundred Standing in Une For Uoon in the Larger CtU. r .1 WiNint'u Mark Their Balk Smith Force light to the Last - Ditch, Hi Supporter Claiming the , XOmlnatloa Alter me neniiBww 4 d a Foregone Ooncluaion The Re . 'suits In the Various Congressional ' District or the State. -' Atlanta.' GaT, June return nta. ua., jun " n io midnlcht indicate :th election - - - L Brown a Governor or Georgia in th general .Democratic primary held to-day bjr a majority t about 18.000. , -v w ordered a verdict of not guilty a to Awmorium, and the . ennounc . rn.tintinn MiimnfM Chat I Mm. Tk. - .n iK.t I ment was made y a number of ooli-i , XUV wWM.l.fc.WM. ,- Browa.toar,r X&.ooo. Tne urown manager th malorltr la larrer. - . o i s, - w - ' ' era decline to nlak a statement, ana - . . . a UVIV1UVI CUiiW vwfa-'B" -" ' :' the Governor himself say that he X -, cannot comment on in primary uu . Ul to-morrow. . - . Thv campaign was th hottest ,. In the hlstorr of Georgia. ltf all vth eleven congesslonal districts :" iadlca tlon ax that th present Democratic Congressmen. wM pe-returned ' v-i - W-. fth whr - Jam. I Mayson may contest th lection with Congressman' IJvlng stone. Ther wa no contest over th United State senatorshlp, 8. C Clay being th popular choice. Th rjrimary results mean election in y. Oeorida. the other parties in th Stat anaklngnoconte ; . "-W . . Atlanta... Oa June 4.-WIth both Governor. Hoke Smith and Joseph M. Brown Claiming victory m uw BUte primary in count is comm. m slowly to-night. Th Brown managers claim the nomination which la equivalent to election by from 25,000 to - James R. Smith, political manager for Brown, gav Th Associated Prfess th followlnrstatement to-night:-. "We fought clean fight and won. Thason for the T victory are so :Siih.MhwnHZrt pronounced . that they w 'v ad" mlt of discussion. The attitude or tne adminlBtratlon toward Invested capl- tal 1 perhaps th , paramount issue, It wa not an Issue between men but what they represented. To-day' elec- tlon shows that the prevailing opinion . . f , n . m T5nrrrm anion; uie yeuyio ia vui&b wa. j v i election - would go far toward restor-1 Ing confidence." I nuir Hmlth'a . manaiers. how-1 ' - -m .. nrnwn'tf wtiQn I . -1 . m . - 1 - - . V. . .i.I ..I. Will h. I -t.rmina tha-ranoit. .-v I ' ww i i . A tusavi vuijin-ui,. ; I Ona .if the heaviest vote in the his- I torv .of Georrla .was cast, men stand- I tag In lln for hours in the larger j cities like Atlanta waiting tor a cnanc to mark their ballots. In th Interest of th Governorship U other, were practically lost sight of.- - . Th congressional districts, the hot test fight was in the fifth; where Con gressman L. F. , Livingston was op nosed, by James L. Mayson. . Returns to-night indlcat Livingston' re-elec KswSj-SirJ win insist on an omciai coum. Mn th first district Indications point to tne re-eiecuon 01 ongrestunan x-u- wards, in the second to the re-election of J. M. Griggs, In.the third to the re- um of E. B. ILewls. the fourth to congressman Anderson, the fifth to I I F. Livingston, the sixth to congress- man C L. Bartlett, the seventh to Congressman Gordon Lee.-tha ihth on- ' .CI SaSHJ .1.. -1 i. . pnn,,..nif,ii w on , United States Senator day, who was also a candidate in the primary, had ... nnnosttlon. - -r" . j --. . t The Morning News' Estimate. . I i Savannah.' Ga., Jun 4. The Morn- ins- m.wi .itimttM . nnnservativaly I that Brown has carried the Stat by - 7 . .. . I a majority of 10,000 to 15,000. ; , CROWDS VIEW NEW CRUISER. The s Gallant North Carolina the . Chief Object of Interest at theCUnlt- . ed States Naval Academy Four North Carolina Mldrtunmen to ZlM.ln. tVnm thn Ttlutltjlt Inn TO. I t Daymen. Horace Porter to Dellv- .opeciai to ins voperrer. -. V A. . . . . . . - . I . i . r . , IPI..n..v Annaj)i, uu.. 4 u. v new armored cruiser Morut tjaroiina,! .learned up the Severn river to the door, of the Navalcademy to-day an Was this sreat feature of interest I ... - . 1 J country who are attending commence- ment ai Annanolla. .The North Caro-I '; - I Una is to sail Saturday for Its "shak- ing down" crui. and yUl probably go as .far south as Cufa. j She holds th record as tho -fastest armored cruiser ,n th navy, and jlist . before he left Bbton hroke the navs' record for ooaUng. n"?-:a.;m,V: - !Four Jforth Carolina mldshlDmen " ' - - . - 1 -TiU graduate at the Naval Academy . Week William Cook Owen.; Far- ""i'attevlUe; William R.! Smith, Jr.. Wei- don; Paul Ii Holland, Laurtnburf. and Robert S. Young. of Concord.- They mnrf. in, wirt. i.n.nAii. I In the ZOO graduates, th largest" class aver graduated here, Holland tands . eleventh, -Smith,-fifteenth; Owen. flf- ty-eventa and Toung ninety-seventh. 1 It Is a handsome and popular quartette and well represent the Old North Slate. Drill on land and water, sham bat- (lea, boat ' races, athletic" contests. eWMtinn. ...- I. .v.. ek- notablcThv defeat -.f!1fllntn? 'LiJfS the army baseball team 14 to 5, has , caused rejoicing. ,.VUb the two- hun dred other graduates, the North Caro linians will to-morrow - receive their -diplomas at the. hands of Gen. Horace Porter. " ' -- '; . . - , Official Vote of Bladen. D. , Special to' The Observer. . ' . v", -. Ellsabethtown, June 4. Kltchln. .4.41: Craig, 104: Home, .Si; is the a result in Bladen's county convention, held, to-day. , ' Oodxln was endorsed for Congress. No other lntractlons. MILLS OBDEBED KOI GUILTY 1 CASE OF BEQUEST WITH JURY. Insurance Caaea on Trial at Lsiartn- bT Nearly Concluded Yesterday Jade Jones Order Jury to Bring w a verdict or Not tiullty as to Mill Bftqne Teatlfle That H Received All Honeys From. Him ana Deposited Them In Mr. Twit s' ty's Bank Gay He 61gned Letter in uecembesv . 106, Under Dure, N iiut Mr. Hyatt Denies This Ctroom stance Verdlpt a to Bequest Ex pectea some Time. To-Day. , Speolaf to Tfce Observer, r y '' ILaurlnbur Jim a Thavtdenc I i ... , . 1 ... vuw luomuiv, vwa Jjvn - v J her -was concluded thla afternoon at -cock l th. attorney, .mme- r I . vt.vouuv wt, fv nou I . ' I .m..i . I aiaaFW4 SW LOOIU1QU. VUU . Vlj s- I niMits W eJ vuuv-i ay I M...a a 4V.i. . l 1 "'"f"--- ... mornin-; h. vhf ..nrt in ii- t'other of the fiecretary of War, owl "hih.M ? .S i.tfflJ? hvin came to Chief go to-day and prompt ?,hf "d.J?V5J..S?...h2SF wnouncedthat he 'expected the wuuvvs, tHV aaavrua aia uteifutv ,av Mills, and ' then stated that he had put it In Mr. Twlttv's oan In Char lotte, from which he had checked it out to. the Mutual Life" Insurance I Company of New Tork. He denied tameo:. ?n bis possession a aingle cent that belonged to th company or that he or "any on else hadcollected .: X.. c"ujr n jiu i ramj into hi hand. 'He also testWed to having signed th letter dated De- -,,,,u" vo. swuna- nai m I Anil ka w . at' v .th?.Jr!' Ab : h I m7. HVa hadW I nave him arrested in twenty minutes. A this was later denied by Hytt0a": and hi. assistant. Kendley. Th l- &yC&- uJ. re eaaminauon ot tsequest wai .non. out tne ecoss-examinaiion ot "ln T Solicitor Robinson was long and tedious and cleared up many heretofore unexplained circumstances, "" u "";ini w very pe- cullarly worded telegram from Mills ."f- n Nvember llth. 1901. Mt0k,M, MoLu1hlln PP" ca,t,on 'or uranca nd. r.cne'vtead her "um 1. ,4,80-51 and that night sent to his superior In Charlotte . th following telegram: uH n.n... ..in .kin. iut or head of time." he himself follow- I lng it to Charlotte. Mr. E. H. Gibson opened the case for th Stat and was followed by Hon. G. B. Patterson for the defense, .ft.. .l.lnb n.. n A n I . n ( 1 m i . nuivii vuiv cujvu.i.u uum i after supper, when Messrs. H. B. Aqams, jr., and w. H. yveatnerspoon "Poke for the prosecution and twite. ' respectively. ' I -.1 ...l..t V A- i .11-) UVHOI lu. I iendant have been continued until I VtvmiMr . th... in tint. mmrlAnt I . . . , i time left this week to take up thos i ease. The verdict in this case will b reached some time to-morrow, LIGHTNING'S DEADLY WORK. Toon Woman Instantly Killed Near n..,!, mrA w- ;Y""""V" JZZZX. ininni AVem Mother Seriously injured were Picking- Cherries in Their Orchard When caugnt in (storm. By Bell Telephone to The Observer, Burlington, Jun 4. Miss Pearl !S1T-1 " ' ' . ' " " Shepherd, seriously, perhaps fatally injared, by a stroke or lightning to- da ' - . . The tragedy occurred at noon near the home of the Shepherds, eight miles southwest Of Elon college. Mrs. Shepherd and her daughter .were pJcklng cherrlM ln near their home when a storm cam up. carted toward the house, but AAfnra th. rcorh.il it th.ra ni, a"arIDO" "n mT " ' -a in,n"L k'"' nd Shepherd was picked P.?n a. nc?n- acioua onriitian nnn msaicaL urtAnimn summoned. She is In a critical con dition, though some hops Is entertain d lor tier recovery. n-k. .j- it... im 1 Clapp plantation, near Alamance bat tleground. Mrs. Shepherd is first cousin to Postmaster J. W. Ingle, at I ion couege, .' MINE SUPERINTENDENT LOST. BlaSk, Mountains of Wise County, Va, . . .rc ian " " ,1 "n luls VU. ml, vilnl. '.hl.h h.. VWa .a aJUllB A IBUUILirum . - , " yet been confirmed, sars that Mine euperintenaent w. f. Kelly, of a -ounty coal Mining Company, S -;k"' Z" k'a."'' has not been Innate A. Keiiv u ihaut th fourth MMnn I since Edward L wentzT th founi pff,. ig.nn.or t. ,.. mnnfDin. ..- I none of the others wera ever found. ."0' $150,000 was offered for hi body, and 'hundreds "of men scoured .th $fJr"g jTwm rtddTed with 11 ii?.r S.'T. Oearhart. a Brirtol lnsursnc man. disappeared. in th Black moun- til..' ..ii-.,. .., k.. I - a "Wftl . k.I Ta . - D.L.t.,rni. ...in. lost in the Blatk mountains and was I fvT J01"1,1 .r'J",ve" n-VSS i h. nnnniiim vliioh .r. i.t I . . M . , - , I "cross th line from the country Jn- mtiSnm and th theory la that they have aU been murdered and . their Doaie nia. One More.Yot For McCIcHan. New York." Jun 4. -The' contents ot b?5tM aU wf xam'" 'I day and another vote was added to Clellau recount.h mayors net gala for the day being fiv votes. . , . From 111 boxes so far opened Hearst's net gain Is 111 as against 121 when to-day's count was begun.. Mr. L. Bank Holt Gettlnc on Wen. By Bell Telephone to Th Observer. Graham, June 4 The condition of Mr. L.- Banks Holt to-night ts very favorable. He rested well both last night and all to-day and a speedy re covery is expected. The wounds are only slight, th skull not having been peaetrated.-; j ITO HEAB CONTESTS TO-DAY REPTKUCANS BUST AT OHIOAOO Foil Republic n National Committee M Meet To-Day at 11 O'clock ana Begin the Hearings Will De , termlne Contest Involrinar 229 Seata In the Convention -Upon the xwTsuii jtrsta tne Matter of Tart' Nomination on the First : Ballot Cannon Headquarters Already Open and Foraker Will Follow - Suit , : TM Contest From Alabama Prom ises to Consume Much of the Com' mittee's Time. . . Chicago. June 4'.-Political activity I oommenced in earnest to-day around I the Auditorium and h Auditorium i , . - - . . - nn?.,Jia the Coliseum, wherestne Quarter, werVprmaliny opened in 1 . 1 , - . . . , , . . , neaaquarters wiM be opened soon in I lne ureat Northern Hotel. Charles y. tr - 1 i..... 1 rfKe- L- o I AU. I U. tUO OVUftlVr B UlCfVBI ' Charles P. Tart, of ClnclnnaU. Secretary to t nominated, on V the first ballot. He smiled ai ha 'cau- tiened listeners to renumber that he was a prejudiced witness, tut assert mlnd that only on hajl0 would be , , - vice' eresidentlal essh wa orom- ed that there was no doubt in fits lnent tay for nrU time., the V"t &rv7&mZZ:ZVt i jowa. and jme 8. Sherman, or New Tork sinr mentioned., John I Hays Hanrmond, the well-known min- m engineer, was also talked or. I viio aiottuu u&rici vx nupcpu Cannon it was declared that the 4s- I : . ..7, i headcyuarters. asserted that th 111U candidate -would not only have strength than has generally credited to him. Unit that the Taft people would not be . able to how mor than 150 vote on the nrgt ballot. Tha ful, Republican national com- Jrtttee will meet to-morrow at U o'clock and begin th hearing on which will be determined th contests Involving 22 seatsin th convention, The .number of contest, filed, 1 so ..... ... . . J..n.. , n-.. ir.nt f th. pre-conventlon proceedings. The nomination of the Republican cam- dldate for President hinge upon the decision of the merrtbera of the na- . 1 I I . . J . 1 .1 . . . . vufiimiLi.cQ kjiq me lumwiiucni approval of that decision by the I credentials committee of jth oonven de-ltion. . . .Half of the contests decided in fa c. . -v... .u 1. u& OnUllUT AWb 1.UUIU BVBUII. Ill his winning on the first ballot, while falkiir. in v.irfii,. thla nnmhr wauM - - - ----- put the nomination in doubt. 1PT1TT T-l in 1 TK-iVT T A IT"!" Realizing th necessity of keeping a majority of th contested delegates out of, the - Taft .column th repre sentatives of other candidates have ,ed ' TZLf. he?r htfms and. as elUes, will urge their claims to the national committee. The . m -aawwvaaMSO wictVoivt a wait be resolved Into a Taft and antl-Taft controversy. ', - 60 far as the Sooth, is concerned, and most of the contests are In KKff5JST.ffl are being looked after by Major F. C. Bryan, .of Washington, who arrived to-day. Major Bryan announced - that he would base his arguments chiefly on th nttntl011 ,-, ,n moet of the southern States, the Taft forces had oisqruaiinea in negro voters rrom participating in tne etaje ana amn kiT L: tlon from which no class or race hadfceen jarred - There are 11 State! outh Carolirfa, Tennessee. Texs and in onLt .r. , from aatteHnr districts contest are from scattering districts in the States named, and Arkansas. Kentucky. Missouri. Ohio, Alaska, Arizona and Pennsylvania Fifteen minutes on each side are to be allow ed in the argument of each of the district contests. Chairman New es timated to-day that, if this schedule Is followed, it will, require 114 hours to dispose of the contests. ALABAMA CONTESTS TO-DAY. It Is not likely that the committee will to. abl to dispose of more than the Alabama- contests to-morrow. Thes are regarded as the pivotal cases in the entire controversy. All of the. nine districts in the State are contested as well as the four dele- KHtes-at-large. The issues In the State and that of th various districts are identical. : . There are two factions In Alabama Republican politics and both have sent complete sets of delegates, in volving 2B seats in the. convention. of the advocated by Julius Davidson and National Committee, rman Charles H. Scott and the other , HI.,, .w-l nr., lL vS t." 1B71,7n' the 7 that the organisation of which h'is th State an iathje me orranlssvtloii oSnVgondU?h:! " " l? th-".Sf !2?tt5Jf J? f'rl.fu. o.0?." ? -wiiinui- tZl State ticket should toe put In the field boTram ffl!la! was submitted to a Th question ' -Ul WV LCM m VIIIIM.1T, WIU, K. MrTwu anoiaaies iot any omce, it was ej. ,Na?knal ommitteemann Scott participated la - ths proceedings and decided not to M t candidate for the governorship. T 8om time later Mr. Davidson, who also had participated In the delibera tion of what was then th recognis ed regular organisation, issued a call on his own account for a meeting to elect a Stat ticket There were but twenty-four participants in this gath ering, but nevertheless a ticket -was named. , - HINGES OS THE EMBLEM. The - regular Republican ' emblem had Sjeen filed with th Secretary of Stat., by the Thompson faction and under th laws of Alabama, aa em blem can be changed only by th. party which created it. Recognising that they oould not se this emblem th David son-Soot t faction " got on the ballot tinder th caption "Repub lican party." but not la th tmual pace allotted to that party, which was left blank, with th old emblem v.-,;--;--,:: f&Vi J h Aai AfmtA f rlA rm and Vio mm Ai I a the emblem ot th party, tout tbel secretary or State for Alabama, has ruled that under th law the "vulcan" which is the emblem filed by : the Thompson faction, continues to be the Republican ' party emblem. - The Thompson faction claims that, if the delegates of the Davidson-Scott fac tion are recognised It will be . im possible for the Republicans to get on the ballot of the State at aU. The Thompson delegates are Instructed for.Taft.and the Davidson-Scott del egates are not Instructed. '. At the Republican State convention In. Alabama held in May, 1904. Thompson was chosen -State chair man for four years, and It was while he wa serving that term that he called the last convention to name delegate to the national' convention 4 his year. Mr. Scott has some strength that - cannot be weighed. Outside of the merits of the case It 1 not known what effect the courtesy rule of , member of the national committee standing by one of their own membership may have on the vote. ' f - THANKS FROM MAINE. Adjutant General in Letter to Presl ; dent of Old Hickory Club of Salis bury Expresses Appreciation of Courtesy Shown the Party. Special to The Observer. ' Salisbury, Jun 4. Mr. P. B. Beard, president of the Old Hickory Club, received a letter to-day from Augustus B. Farnham, Adjutant Gen eral of the State ot Maine, thanking the club and cltlsens of Salisbury, through Mr. - Bearfl, for the kindness and hospitality shown the Maine visi tors here at th unveiling of the monument in the National Cemetery last month. ' Mr. " Farnham ' was ap pointed by th Governor to represent the State of Main at the .unveiling of the monument her, as he could not himself come, and th following is a copy of ths letter received to day: State of Maine, , Adjutant General's Office, Augusta, Maine. June 1, 1908. Mr. P. B. Peard, President the Old Hickory Club. My Dear Sir I deaire to thank you for myself and our entire party for the kindness showered upon us dur ing our visit to Salisbury. It was believed by our party that every man, woman and child did everything pos sible for our comfort during our stay In your hospitable city. I am sure I do not know how we can repay you. but should any on from Salisbury visit us, we will try to make Jt ap parent that we appreciated your kindness. Again thanking you, I am Tours very truly. AUGUSTUS B. FARNHAM, Adjutant .General Stat of Main. GIRL SERIOUSLY BURNED. A Tarboro Home is Destroyed and the Whole Family Has a Narrow Escape. Special te Th Observer. Tarboro. June 4. Miss Constance Rnrnott wa seriously burned, Or lando Burnetfttfid family barely s rnd with their lives, and their home was destroyed early that morn ing by fire which originated in the kitchen and rapidly spread to other narta of the building. The loss Is estimated at $1,500, covered by $1,000 insurance. Muss Burnett was conveyed to the Pittman Hospital for treatment, She was burned In attempting to save a trunk which contained a large amount of money. NOTHING AS TO COURT-MARTIAL No One at Fort Caswell Could Glvo Any Information Last Night Spe cial Lecture Yesterday ss to Billies 8 ham Battle For Tuesday. Special to. The Observer. Wilmington. June 4. A long dls tance telephone message late to-night from Fort Caswell says nothing Is known there of the reported court martial of any members of th Char lotte company for alleged disorder at Monro while on the way to the post. The usual routine of artillery In struction wa observed to-day with a special lecture to th officers of the Stat troops by captain iHesDrouca in regard to mines, planting, firing, eta A sham battle is scheduled for next Tuesday lust before th breaking -of camp on Wednesday. On Sunday all the exercise will be suspended, except guard mount in ths afternoon. "EPIDEMIC OF INSANITY. Many Case Reported In Buncombe Within Past Few We?k and One Every . Day. ThU . Week. . Special to The Observer. , . Asheville, June 4. What some peo ple term an "epidemic of Insanity" has - prevailed around Asheville for the past several weeks. - During this time several cases of Insanity have been reported to the county authori ties with request that the patients be placed' In Jail to prevent acts of vio lence. A case or insanity rrom tne county has been reported every day this week. SherlnT Hunter has had as many as six persons In Jail await ing examination or admittance to tne Stat Hospital. , Funeral of the Late Jane K. fOnev Washington, June 4. The funeral of former Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas, was held at the family res idence in this city to-day, many of his colleagues' in Congress and repre sentatives of the Washington bar at tending. Floral tributes were receiv ed from every part of the country. Rev. J. W. Duffy, of Harrisonburg, Va, officiated. - The burial was in Rock Creek Cemetery, The honorary pall-bearers were Senator Robert T. Owen, of, Oklahoma; Senator E. .J. Burkett, of Nebraska: Judge C. B. Howry. Of the Court of Claims; II. McGowan. C- F. Norment J. 8. Worm, stedt. Col. J. Bright and Jam.. D. Alabama Congressman at Hot Spring. Hot 8prlnga, Va., June 4. Congress wan A. A. Wiley, of Alabama, arriv ed her to-day from Washington. Aside from a severe attack of rheu matism for which he has com to take the hatha Mr. Wiley Is feeling very welL He Is accompanied by Mr. Wi ley nd their .on. Lieutenant N. tj. Wiley, and hi. family. , Official Vote In Iowa. Da Moines. Ia Jun 1 Official re turn from ail - counties gtv Senator W. B. Allison 102.159 vote, and Govern or A. B. Cummins 917S5 vote for th Rejiulican. - nomination for United Stat Senator. Th Allison majority therefor is 1,171" 1 . . THE IIEABING AT WINSTON RATE CASE AAIXST X. W. Special Examiner Brown Took More Evidence Yesterday ln ' the Case - Brought Against the Norfolk Western ior . Discrimination Freight Rates Messrs. J. W. Coxe and T. 8. DeVant, or That . Road, Testify Tliat the Earnings of tho ' Road Wilt Not Permit it to Give, i North Carolina Cities Same Rate a Virginia Cities They Also " Claim Expenses on Durham and V Winston Divisions Are He tier. Special to The Observer. . Winston-Salem. Jun' 4. Bexore Special Examiner George N. Brown of the. inter-State commerce commis sion, la th court house her at 10 o'clock tbis morning was begun the final hearings of th case of the North Carolina corporation commis sion against the Norfolk tc Western Railway Company for alleged dls crimination In rates on Western freight and the case of the Winston Salem -boaxd of trade and the City of Winston against the same railroad for alleged discrimination ln rates on coal from th Pocahontas and . other mines in favor of-vlrglnla cities, not ably Petersburg and Norfolk. There were present members of the cor ooratlon commission and represent atlves of several railroads and their attorneys, the entire space la the bar being taken up with these. As soon as the court convened Mr T. C. Guthrie, of Charlotte, attorney for the corporation commission, in quired Just what interest the ' Inter venera the Southern and Seaboard roads, had to do with the case. He wa told that the interveners were In terested In the case and had volun tartly made themselves a party to the action. The question of whether th two cases should ib heard together or separately cam up, th counsel for th railroad contending, or course. that it waa right and proper to con sider both cases together; that is. the evidence In one case should be considered ln the other. Mr. Clement Manly stated that this matter was settled in Washington some weeks ago. when he and several representa tlve cltlsens appeared before Judge Clement and asked that the case, be considered separately. " Mr. Brown stated that hi. understanding was that the evidence wa. to be taken separately, but when the commission got hold of the case It would con slder all of the evidence, and so far as the evidence ln one case related to the other It should be considered with the other case. R. W. Moor a counsel for the Nor folk 4c"Western, fought the effort of Mr. Manly to have the cases heard separately and made a motion, which was recorded, that In considering the cases the- inter-State commerce com mission make up its decision from ths evidence brought out In both cases so far as "one related to the other. Mr. Manly entered a motion that the counsel for, the defendant stipulate in th coal rate case such evidence taken In the other case they thought pertinent to the case In which h Is Interested. MR. COXE GOES ON STAND There was some delay in getting down-to business on account of the difference In opinion of the counsel for the complaint and the defendant as to the mode of procedure. The defendant called to the stand Mr. J W. Cox, who was on the stand in Raleigh at the hearing of the case of th. corporation commission. The railroad want.d Mr. Coxe to continue hi. testimony and anaw.red the ques tions that had been asked him in Raleigh, but which he could not an swer then. a. he had to compile lot of figures. Mr. Manly objected td this on the ground that the witness had never been examined In the case instituted here. Mr. Manly stated that he desired to cross-examine the witness regarding his testimony In Raleigh, but did not care for ' the exhibits which he proposed to make at this time, to come up ln the coal case. Mr. Moore again got the floor and stated that th complainants in eacn case had rested; that the defendants would toe allowed to proceed in the manner that best suited them, and If the commission did not think their course proper 'the matter could be gone Into again. Examiner Brown stated that the commission looked at cases different from th court. In that they secured evidence from whatever source they could In order to arrive at the truth In the matter and if the testimony In one case threw light on the other they would use that evidence do not think. Judge Manly, that your case will be Injured by a consolida tion," said Examiner Brown. MR.': MANLY WINS HIS POINT. Mr. Manly again urged hi point and scored. It wa agreed that Mr. Coxe to turned over to Mr. Manly for eross-examlnatton relative to the former testimony In Raleigh. Only one question was asked. Mr. Manly Inquired Of th witness whether or not he had finished hi testimony in th case of th corporation commis sion against th. Norfolk tc Western Railway and upon hi. answer In th negative Mr. Manly told th. defend ants lawyers to proceed with the case In which the corporation commission is the complainant ' Mr. Brown then announced that th local case would be left aside and the case of th corporation commis sion taken up. Mr. Coxe was allow ed to continue hi. testimony for the railroad In thla case. The testimony of th witness had to do with the earnings and expense of th road since its organisation some 10 1-4 years aro. a mas. or figure. and table, (being given as evidence.. - Asked what would be the diminish of the company's revenues if the' Vir ginia rate, applied to Winston-Salem and Durham, th witness gave, the following -figures: To Durham town and Durham district a loss of $4,- 191.19. and th winston-saiem dis trict a loss of ITI.I41.7T, an aggre gate Joss of over 1117,000 a year. Th -witness was then turned over to Mr. Guthrl for cross-examination. Mr. Outhrle brought out th point In his cross-examination that notwith standing the-cry ot depression and decrease In business the ro.d : was able a short time ago to declare the usual 1 per cent semi-annual divi dend which js payabl about th llth of. June. Mr. Coxe stated that he was only showing that the earnings had been considerably reduced dur ing th past fiv months. Owing to th fact that th witness wanted to leave this afternoon for horn. Mr. Manly consented to the cross-examination of him relative to the coal case at this point. Mr. Manly wanted to know how it wa. th oper ating expense, of th Winston-Salem division war so much more than other, portion of th aystenv Tois th witness could not answer FIVE YEGGMA CONVICTED FIVE YEARS FOR 'EACH. ONE Jury of Federal Court at Raleigh 'Returns a Verdict of Guilty in -!. Case Against rive Men For Rob- . bing Dunn Poatofnce, and -Tacit -is . Sentenced to Five Year in Atlanta . Penitentiary and Fined 1508 An . Ex-Yeggman Star Witness Against ; 'lnent, and HI Ce Is One of la , . usual Interest and Note Candidate Kluhia Speaks in Raleigh and iaaee sugiuy Claims About - Ills ... Strength News of llie State Cap! . ' Observer Bureau, ; The Holleman Building. Rllilrh Jim, 4. : Again to-day the Federal Courl room was thronged with people to hear the trial of the five Dunn post- omce robbers, which waa concluded United State. Special Agent McCarthy wa. tne .tar witness for the govern ment. All the implements, etc., found In the grip which one of the safe crackers had when captured In South Carolina were spread out and Me Carthy told how each waa used. Post office Inspector Gregory, so widely Known m the service for hi. admlra ble work these many years, was an other Important witness. The Jury wa. not out with the case over half an hour and returned a verdict of guilty. Judge Purnell gav. eacn prisoner nv year. In the At lanta penitentiary and a 1500 fine, The father of the youngest one. who Is from South Carolina, went up to nis son and wept and said to the offi cer, that this boy had given him more trouble than all his other boys and that he had a year to serve In the South Carolina penitentiary. The older yeggmen appeared pleased at their sentence. WAS A YEGGMAN; NOW AN OFF CER. The case of John T. McCarthy, of Boston, alia. John Odoudrell, alia. John Wilson, Is much fuller of hu man Interest than that of the five yeggmen. He to-day helped convict tnem here, A. Odoudrell he was sen tenced here to the United States pen Itentlary at Nashville, Tenn.. eight year, ago for 12 month, for cracking the safe In the Edenton postoffice. He served his term and soon after wards dynamited safes In a store at Littleton and at Wilson, was sen tenced te the State prison here for 15 years. Klghteen months later he escaped In the day time, getting some cltlxen's clothes and passing out as a visitor. He next cracked the safe In a New Jersey postoffice. was sent to the Federal prison there, where he reformed and became a church mem ber and was pardoned by President Roosevelt. While a convict there he was utilized by the Postoffice De partment in attending trials and Il lustrating safe-cracking methods. He went to Boston, has sine been on its police force and also a special detec tive for an express company, also aiding the PostoffUe Department and making a nnn record. He was arrested her by Warden Fleming, of the State penitentiary, wno laentinea mm, but in a few mln ute. Inspector Gregory telephoned tne. circumstance to Governor Glenn. wno ordered McCarthy s release. The latter left for Boston to-night. The session of the board of agri culture continued to-day, the Jast member to arrive being Mr. Dough- ton, of Alleghany. At the afternoon session of the fjoard of agriculture rtev. w. Hi, Key, who has done In vestigation work In England, ad dressed .the board, speaking particu larly for the East Carolina Trucking Development Company, saying he wished the department to push the work of securing English and Scotch Immigrants for North Carolina. Expert Itawls. of the dairy divi sion of the United States Agricultural uepartment, to-morrow addresses the board and will urge an extension of this work In North Carolina la which thn government and State are co-operating, the purpose being to enlarge the system of personal visit, to farm. which show the bent methods as to milk and butter and the selection of milch cows. CHARTERS ON THE INCREASE. Charters are Increasing In num ber, this being another prool of the Improvement In financial matter. To-day they were granted the Al liance Motor Car Company, of Haw River, to operate electric, .team or horse cars or vehicle, between that place, Oraham and Burlington, or other point. In Alamance county. Iha'lmmmf if .ahllal .ll Kln- ..... - v. I ( jz&.ooo, J. w. Mcfnerson and others being stockholders. The Craven Grocery Company, of Kewbern, get. chsrter, 115.000. it. c. Armstrong and otners. a third goe. to th. Muddy Creek Telephone .Company, 110,000, Intended to cover Davidson county. The American Canning Company, of Winston-Salem. Is chartered, capital stock 1 111,000, to can meats, vegetables, etc., Charles K. Messlck. of Charlotte, and A. F. Messlck, of Winston-Salem, being among the stockholders. The Con solidated Granite Company, of Win- ston-Salem, Is chartered, capital stock fUO.OOO. O. W. Patterson and others stockholders. In th office of the Stat Superin tendent of Public Instruction there Is a list of counties which have voted peciai taxes for public schools. Ther.. have ' been seven counties which made no showing at all. but to-day notice wa received that Alex ander had gone on the right side. This leaves six counties which have never voted such a tax, these being Alleghany, Oraham. Hertford, Orange, Tyrrell and Yancey. It certainly seems strange aa to Orange, under th very shadow of the University. The County of Wilkes leads In the number of Its .school tax districts. - Candidate W. W. Kltchln, Introduc ed by Mr. Ernest P. Maynard. spoke here to-night to an audience which crowded the Superior Court room. He criticised Senator Simmons, whom he termed no longer1 leader but boss; attacked The Charlotte Observer and dwelt at length on Craig. He said to. night that the latter had a lead of only 11 vote and that Saturday night Kltchln would have a lead of at least 20 and tbis mould Increase until the Charlotte convention. lie said Craig; was, a sick man and first Dr. Aycock was called to hi aid and failed, and now Dr. Simmons wa called 1T He said he and Brother Ashley Home were up against the "machine" and that th light for Craig a a act politi cal but personal. . Chairman P. B. Adam waa unabl. (o be her and ad J Teas the Republican club to-night and sent telegraphic re. greta Speeches wer made by Dls trtct Attorney Harry Skinner. Federal Court Clerk H. I Grant, W. B. par- lTOW - ' ' t,u"' oitmaater Brlggs iana -n. r. uarreii. Aoout two hun dred were present. ' DBEYFUS SHOT BY EDITOR VICTIM'S WOUNDS NOT SERIOUS During the Canonization of Emlle Zola In the Pantheon Louis Gregort, a Military Writer of Note, Draw lttol um! Shoot MaJ. Alfred Dreyfus In the Arm The Shoot ing Creates a Tremendous Sens- ' tlon In Paris, and- the Police Have Difficulty in , Rescuing Their Prisoner From the People Hi Motive.! That He Shot Dreyfns In Protect Against the Army Taking Part in the Zola Cere monies. Paris, June 4. Just at the close of the ceremonies attending th canonisation of Emile Zola in the Pantheon to-day, when th. Presi dent of France, th Premier and a host of minister, of State wre taking their departure,- Louis An thehne Oregon, a military writer of note, drew a revolver and fired two shots point blank at Maj. Alfred Dreyfus, for whose . liberty Zola fought and won. Men distinguished In all walk of life filled the pantheon, and when the shots rang out there was In-, tense excitement In fear that th President had been assassinated, but even the attempt upon th life of Major Dreyfus created a profound Impression. Soldiers speedily sur rounded Gregorl and he was taken to jail, bruised and bleeding' with hi. clothes almost torn from his back. Major Dreyfus wa. not seriously Injured. A bullet entered hi. fore arm, but did not Injur th bona. At a late hour to-night the official statement was made that hi. con dition waa very favorable and that no complication, were feared. - The affair has created a tre mendous sensation In Pari, and the motive of the would-be assaaln la the cause of much mystification, for Gregorl, Instead of being an ordi nary fanatic, such as Is carried away by the political passions of the mo ment. Is a man of mature age, hav ing been born In 1144. and was high ly esteemed In thn circles wher he was known. Although born of Italian parents, he has been an ar dent Frenchman for years and ha written authoritatively on military subjects, enjoying close relation with many high French officer. His friends are at a loss to under stand what Induced him to commit such a foolhardy act, and many are disposed to question his statement that he simply shot an Individual In protest .gainst the participation of the army ln the ceremonies attend-, ing the placing of the ashes of Zla In the pantheon. TOOL OF ROtALISTS? Some do not hesitate to express the opinion that he may have been the tool of a little clan of Royalists, ho, under the name of L'Actlon Francaine. have never ceased to ln- sist that thn Court of Cassation Illegally -prevented an appeal of th Dreyfus esse, nor abandoned hop of seeing a revision favorable to th contentions to the Nationalists. , By thn shooting of Dreyfus they point out, the whole affair may b Indirectly reopened before July, be cause assasslnatlonor attempted as sassination must come before th Asst. Court for trial. Some color I lent to this theory by a series of re markable articles that appeared In this morning'. L'Actlon Francalsa from the pens of Charles Maurra and Leon Daudet, son of the poet. who are the leading spirits among the rtoyallst supporters of the resto ration (t Phllllppn of Orleana Thn articles apparently antici pated to-day's event, that of iiaur- ras declaring that ther "may do a rumbling before the revolution." , A PLOT AFOOT? Daudet wrote; "The real here will be Dreyfus, and Dreyfus may ask -himself whether this nocturnal . glorification of modern crime win not conjure up a terrible dawn. He has aln-ady heard the stroke of mid night." Furthermore, The Solell. a Royalist organ, this morning printed an en tire page eulogizing the Duke of Orleana accompanied by hi. plcturo. Other stories ro afloat to the effect that there was an actual plot of Royalist Catholic students to dump the hearse containing Zola's body Into the Seine last night, but that It was discovered and frustrated. Such rumors, however, receive ae l , n 1 .tnllrm.llAn and th gen them a. tar x I' " . eral public rejects fetched and absurd. The opinion prevails In Parts that there is much truth In Gregorl' avowal that he has been driven to the deed by the appeals to hatred with which the anti-Semitic papers have been filled since the government resolved to place ths body of Zoia In the pantheon. Th state of this feeling can b gauged by an Interview with Henri JZochefort. editor of Th Patrle which 1. published to-nlgnt ln which he says: "It would have been a glorious death for Dreyf us. It ' would hav been his first and only time under fire." ' " TWO SHOTS FIRED. It was definitely established fhl af ternoon that Gregorl fired th first shot from behind , Dreyfus, th ball penetrating the-eleeve of hi coat and burying. Itself In a flower pot at th base of the catafalque. . When Drey fus wheeled at the sound of th. deton ation he threw up his left arm over his heart. The second shot wa fired point ' blank , at . ; his . reast. th bullet,.- entertain the wrist and ranging upward. It was located thla afternoon by means - of a radloscope, bat was not extracted. Mathleu Dreyfus, the brother of Major Dreyfus, who sprang forward to save him, chivalrously protected Gregort from the crowd,' whclh was raining blow, with canes and umbrella, on the man. shouting: "H 1. not for us "to punish, let the law take It. course." - - Gregort mad a statement to th police directly after hi arrest, and during a second Interrogatory to-night, he saidr "I didn't wish to kill Drey fus. It in true I aimed at him but I I only -wanted to grase blm. My ob ject wa to protest against th partlcl- " patten of-the army. In. the. gloriflcation of ' Zola and the rehabilitation of Dreyfus. ' My blow whs aimed less at Dreyfus than at Dreyfuslsm." , MANY ARRESTS' MADE. During the day the police made sev eral hundred afreata. but no serious Importance la attached to these, for th prisoners are mostly students an 1 rowdies who took part In numero ; street brawls. - A. curious feature ot th ore (Continued ea Page Three)
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