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i. 17 r I I i WW SUBSCRIPTION PIUOE: v $8.00 A YEAli. CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. KOKTIICAEOLlNlANALErER patient found xx Washington Klin Early, ofLj nn. Polk Cwwity, v-.mi. raiMviinM. Found in a Ixxtg- I- vrn., within Two Bqoarea of H.ii. u..mrf JS8 nrlsuno Hw KCtracT scrVtagV soldier to- the, 111) p- nIPaiicnt 'Had Xo Knowledge i Hla condition Intll Informed by a Physkiai-Tho Young 3 Ian Re - nimwi m an Isolated Section of the itv and Preparations Made to Care For llliu Had Been Living; With His Xlt and Child at Lynn UntU . -I i ' An n . a ween .agu, mien o niw. v Washington, special to The Observer. ' .Washington.' , D . C. , Aug". 13 A ;. well-developed ; icaae ,'of " lep rosy 'i has been discovered,' in a lodging bouse on .Pennsylvania kvenu conducted as a mission by the Salva4 : tlon Army, and within two squares of cion Army, ana - "I b Capitol .TiUS subject, 3 ohn Ear I ly, came to Washington six aays .m T.7nfi v. r.l and had aone freely hout the capltol" eating at various aDOUl ine CSPIlOl .: restaurants, minaiuig. -vw people- ana using mo sixee .w The-vase was discovered by phy alclan called to attend Early for some . 'it r IT nhaervefl ' mrCC . -. thai : ananteioua lookttl Wllt SPOU OB 10S minor UimflUI. : ' r r ...... . l,.mIIahi4 vattent a loreneao. ? uw - t,im rnniwr insnecuon convinivi ... . ammntlv tele .wm v--.uVhbritlea if-the District t Coluttbia. An amnuiance responded and. aarriea many w an i.tl nuaxter of the i aiatrici, j ..,1 n H ,.t fllUII. TBS -;" i7hvdenartment of Washington ha, f IflHP : 1IUUCUUVU " " - officially pronounced Hhe case one oil leprosy. ' ! HAS KAMrliT AT lSF' no.. -..I... . -bout 15 Vears-ola, Tha. patient la adoui s yx . . ntlfa and Child in- Liynn, v- wKh whom he lived until he came to Washington nearly week ago. Hoi bad no knowieoge iw y acter of. the dlseasa until Informed by hs physicUn.,H says tha first symp- raill and croM tleB apparently Intact toms appeared about eighteen months and safe as seen from the en xim jutiiavea he contracted the gine.. That the 1 train waa running; 7 f - . ' .0i ,11-- inllwly is evidenced by the fact that dlseasewhlle serving aa a soldier w th. oache was Je- the Philippines. r The discovery ot tha case waa hm irridav. hut the facts were not maae . win h the health department until lo-dav. Early haa been placed In a V.nt BDeclaJlr erected' for 'hla Isola-j --- ,. .r f the smallpox, rfuar-1 antina atatlpn near tha dlstnct- jau An Cn Dana OI tno eoii i . . ' m . 1 . . . . w. ff, nt, AT I 4he iPotomac. He wHt be kept there .. , - -.nr.. m -gather omes unaer auo ... - rhen 4f necessary a, (hup WD built to make him mora comfortable. 'Be hat beQ supplied with bed Clothes .-ni tothlna- and utensils necessary and eiotning ano u f or Winvv ?W tood carried , to him and poured into xne veooi piled' for Ills personal use.- - ' I 1 iriv asked tha health department ' ww . . . k . i to keep from Ws wlfo inrormauon as to the character of Ola lnness. :- "B I v.i imMuihln e expressed a de- . ,i. wf- and 'hlld eraily conceded to stand for. "Blease pol aire to return to hla icies." One of their favorite stunts on to be permrtted to die near inem.- election day ts t0 Bend telegrams to their lf thfs Is not possiDio nen x 1 - merfectlw willing to remain right here or anywhere n"' aay unut.tne t . - " , ,, .,, miles I Lynn is in POLK oouny. I from Columbus. me ioreum lot wa. received too late last nigni ior I ' Tha Tibnerver to secure confirmation J L -L'.n .dditlonal facta as to "i. vi.'-j , i ,Earljr'a, family. HAS BEES AFTTjIOTED A YEAR. ITi'lEarly Worked t the Canton Pulp I Mill tr home unw umy " Have Contracted the Fatal Disease in the Phlllppures. . T J By Associated Fress. ' '.'. . waahinston. : Aug. -2. John R. Early a leper, Is held prisoner In Bn isolated spot In the out- Bklrta of this city. ; mrrvA in Washington 10 I days ago and was discovered to . be I Buffering from ue oiww wv - toe campaign. . ;tii statement was moor ing at a Salvation Army lodging house rect. In 1900 he was a candidate for clerk on Friday . ' - " " of court , There were three other eandl . rh health deDartment-offlcers dates, the two hlaieit receiving tia and v.vt written to - the authorities of North-Carolina, to obtain permission 1 to nemove the leper to Lynn. N. C, ii.TomV. The miblic health and snarlne hospiul service are co-operat ing with the local autnonues. " If .the North' Carolina authorities refuse to take care of Early, he prob ably will toe sent to the. leper colony In Louisiana. - ; Early haJ a wife and child, a moth er, two sisters and a orother living in Liynn, N. C, from where he cam to Washington toattend to his pension. He served In the army for nearly 9 nt la aim nosed to have con- I tracted the fatal diseas In the Philip- I nines ;t . ; .. - tor over a year.; In that time has been employed various stores anai mills, and was acUvely v engaged in Salvatlon Army.worit in numerous i cities in New York State. Amonsrthe k- h,, aiva iinm v. was discharged from the army .t " PlatUburg,- N. T, In : November 190, are Winchester, a supurn or Boston.- Mass.: Troy, Granvina and . Oswego, N. T. At the last two places j the symptoms of leprosy first became pronounced. From Oswego he went j to Canton, N. C, In May,-of this year. and was employed in a pulp null em ploying S 00 hands. Later he went to Lynn, whence ha cams to Washing- Work ProirreaKhig at WaWngtm on the ew Cooperage Plant. Special to The Observer. , Washington, Aug? 21. The preliminary work for the erection ef the large coop angs plant which la. soon to be operated at WashlPKlon Park.Jn lha.,4mhurs W "thls eity Is progressing at a rapid rate. The Norfolk A Southern Railroad has ; completed Its spur track running out to the site of the proposed site for the' fac tory and the lumber will be placed on the ground within the next few days wheil the work of erection will begin. It is un derstood that the machinery for the plant has already been shipped and the com- eft j"jiy hopes to hsve the r'.ant In .operant t-on wur.ia tne nextcree mvntbs. .' - ' . J . NO. 38 JUMPS THE TRACK. v: . . - ' v Southwestern Limited . Ditched Near Suwanee, G&., Killing; Uie Negro Fireman and Badly Injuring tlio tnglnrer No Pa.'Kcngers Hurt. Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 1 3. Train 8 o& boutnern naiiway. Known ai on tha Southern Railway, known as th6 -Southwestern Limited, which Mt Atlanu shortly after noon to-day wrecaed Jour mile, north , of Su- wanee. Ga., about I o'clock this after- I noon. . " , .: 1 - The colored ! fireman. Mason Wat I kins, was killed Instantly and the en I rineer, B. F.- Dewberry, of Atlanta, was so badly scalded that he died . later, both being- pinned undernea the engine after it left the track 'ai th and turned over. The mail car,' baggage car andcombination car also left the track and turned over, rolling down a 16 foot embankment The mail clerk escaped with minor bruises. None of the passengers was injured.' v; : ; ,';.-,,. ..: .,, , k Just previous to the train's coming three small boys, were seen running RWay from the scene, An-lnvestigation after the wreck developed th. fact j tnat a bolt had been placed upon the track and the flight of the boys leads to the! belief that they may have In a t - l-phl. laoa.1 th. holt In uch 04,-iti0 tn the train to Jump-the track. The sheriff and railroad officers are now at work on the case. I , a ,nMn -n.w -..nan I.HV uiuuu -mir. r , . f , I . ' . - i nms;inecr and urcnuMt or eeaooara j Tain usvaiy Mnjieo in wrecit 1 Near Americas. Ga, Amerlcus. Oa.iAug. 2. The mn nl hu coiorAd fireman, Eieklel MCKensle, killed in the wreck of Sea- ooara train o. 'is, west ot AmtntuK, I i IIIIB HIUI UUIli nvv 1 i . . , . , S?"" ?-!r-?,UW?"r.,DOla " Engineer Gllstrap's train' was the I tnrough freight and passenger from muuijomerr iv ntauraa. uwiui 10 the. torrential rains a few hours pre- Viously Engineer Gilstrap waa feeling vi. .ar-nllv Ihrnu.h th tritann. j roUi hillr or that region and ran upon the death trao without receiving- tlreiy undermined . by the . torrent dnwn nno ,V .Wvina- tha railed and none of the passengers in- jured, only the- engine turning over. , ' ' ' ' ' CODNTx CASiPAlGSf CMJSta. ram. rimA iimh Caididaien at Yorkvllle, 8. CThe Primary Tues- day A Previona Statement as to . r l III. n . - - . lorsviiie, o. ju. county campaign by the various candidates for the offices to be voted for at the pri- m.ry .lection Tuesday was wound up with meeUng in . the court house bera yterisy,, and the crowd was perhaps tha largest of . any that baa assembled here for the purpose of hearing views .of candidates for office during the present w b no further opportunity, to address the people publicly before the election, still Jh wua icavr iiu aiviio uuiui ueu uctwqao bust an4 t,ma the are cl0ied en Tuesday afternoon to influence votes for their hero and the legislative ticket gen- workers at the cotton mill feentres such as Bock Hill, Fort Mill, YorkvlUe ant dlcW of those not fully informed V. to the motives of the senders of such mes. 'ages. A telegram of this kind wss sent from Fort Mill to Clover two years aco. u ..Epp, favors ten hour law." It referred to Hon. S. H. Epps, of Fort M1U township, who was one ol the candidates or the House of Reprewntatlves brought out Dy me taction tnat souan. to unnoid the State dispensary. -It is claimed that the telegram was responsible for not less than a dosen votes for Epps. He waa elected hv a. malnrltv nf twit vniw. VT r Epr is a candidate again this year and iia Dacaea Dy ine same crowa tnst Drougnt I hm out two years ago and It Is very P'Keiy tnat anangements nave already been perfected for an exchange. ef tele grams Tuesday. The statement was made in this eorres- ndence a few days ago that Mr. W. H. Stewart had not been a candidate for an elective office since he entered the race for the Senate-airalnat Tfnn. r . V. vinl-v m MBS and withdrew before the close of 746 votes respectively end Mr. Stswart 717, being third and therefore not eligible for the second race, which resulted tn tha election of Mr. W. Brown Wylie, thelead- er in the first contest. A RALLY AT RAEFORD. ' Exercises to Be ITetd In tlie Anllto- rlura of Raeford Instltate Under the Blrpctlon of the New Principal Dr. McOonneil. of BavMaon, and Profewor NoWe, of the University, " tn Kneatr. Special to The Observer. Raeford. Aug. 2J. Everything here Is undersoins preparation for the great ed uoatlonal rally to be held Wednesday, August . ISth,' 1n tho andltorium of Rae- Lj, l"h. 7 - I -Z ' r . prosjramma, , M ,n erer, u- .uc- - . ' "Z' " , ZltUZ ZinZ former students of the school will pre- a h.ndmeh.nd-palnted Portrait of Ll T" - r"' """ I ' ll , , - jrauiLnu vj aaiaa - jnary - loonuinaon. i Sanlprd, easily one of the 'leading artists of the State, and Is said to be a work Of Very great artistic excellence. - ; v Immediately following the presentation of the portrait. Dr. McConneU of David son College, is ; expected to deliver an lT..J'..,r. , l? .t"v noon, at 1:30 Prof. M..C. 8. Noble, of the University, will apeak upon the same sub- TheM m.n mrt knowa throughnt the State as forceful speakers, as well as leaders in the educational work as rep resented by tbflr respective Institutions, and ''those who are present will beyond doubt be highly entertained and Instract- At ft :3 In the cvenlnc tha, momhara nt the faculty, assisted by the young ladles and gentlemen of the town, win give a short Informal concert, to which everyone, la invited.' Some of the numbers sched uled are of exceptional merit, and, added to as they will be by the personality of the participants, cannot fall to charm. The Raeford Orchestra win be on hand. and this fact guarantees a-tresl-lO-gSi , musio lovers. ! TREASURY STEAL SOLVED TELLER FITZGERALD ARRESTED Former EmDlove or ttw rhkoim Suh. J. Jr""7, Who Is Believed to" Have - Been the Chief Conspirator tn Con . iKHtion With tho DUappearance of ' trom inat Institution, is ; Behind the Bars Jdystery Pnssled tn Service Men For Months ; tMory of the Unraveling of the Af- 1 and the Trailta or Flxtgerakt Reads Like Romance The Defend tvant to Be Removed From State to Federal drurisdlctioa. .t.-.s. , .Chlca-goJ Aug. iS The mystery of ina xneu or xi 73.000 from the Unit' ed SUtes sub-Treasury a year and a half ago, one of the largest losses xne government has ever suffered in this manner. Is believed to have been solved by the arrest, at an early hour to-day of George W. Fltarerald. Oth ers are believed to have been Jmpli- vaiea in tne crime which for montns completely baffled aovernment secret! service. men. - ' ;r . -t Fitse-eralrf waa . w,rti.;. teller uuuer Assistant United Kta.tea Treas- urer William Boldenweck. Kiianlcron at the time, February JOth, 10T. rest- ea upon. Wm, ' but so plausible was his story and so intense his apparent Hiieresi. m Discovering the real eul - prit that interest ceased tn centra In him. Much work was done on the unwry ia tne crime nan Deen Btr v"ir.iea oy a negro. - ueanwniie , , , - . . Fltxgerald was discharged from tha Buvernment employ fop-culpable neg- n-- u bf.. " '-fA.'" niUMreU UllUCf Ilia fCi J ajjr The money stolen had been used and w. M.Ti .--1" -TI' beTnmaVkedTorreit Inrton. in. tha Mil. ra,i. llv have'naaaerf anwhara .ro.ni frr their large denominations. Nona ofITn,man- Both 'urge continuance of the tne Dills were under 1&00 and soma were for 1 1.000 and 15.000 denomi nations, the 11,000 ones predominat ing. . CREATED A SENSATION. The theft created a sensation throughout the country and Congress fused to niMu A.aiat.nt Tra...rar L 1 M A BRT AN ..MM f ,A. Boldenweclt from liability thouch It waa promised that Conn-ess would again consider the matter at Its next session. Meanwhile Herbert F. Younav a Chicago newspaper reporter, and now neaa or tne secret service agency, bo- came Interested In the case, at first witnout official connection with tho case but later as tha agent of Mr. Boldenweck. Mr. Young's attention was re-dlrected to Fitzgerald. The latter upon his ..nH V. I .. Jl V.. ' A . . L. ab-Treai...r ,tt.A that 1.1. whnl. uluii it in innvn.riti l u m ' ins fortune consisted of $600Tln cash and a stocn cerjiftcate . for 11,000.- HH wife had a $700 Interest in tha estate of her mother, which was valued at about 14,000 and was In litigation. Fitzgerald, however, according to Mr. I xoung, embarked in speculation on a I scaie, not consistent Wltn tne-? slxa I of his reputed means. There was, iiuwever, no ostentation in nizireraiu a i TV. ,..i.u j i-T. " ' .tw. a.io lavtDJi Uliuiaj ' wiAJVfl 111" ana stored them. In July. 107, he Ina u rwmxpn an cr A I whh-h ttltfl I mateiv. it i. atatAfT. imrnWa W a. pendlture Of 17,000 and the following March a similar, deal invnlva him. according to Mr. Younsr. to Uie extent or sis, ouo. v THE TRAIL GETS HOT.: Incidentally the former teller had become the possessor in hia wife's name of a neat brick residence in Rogers Park, a suburb of Chicago. and valued at f 8,600. Mr. Toung declared to-day that this; purchase was made in a roundabout way. pass- ino. tnronvh .,vnr.1 hand. ai fl.no 11 V into those of Mrs. Fitzgerald for . consideration of il. Last July the scent Is said to have become hot when Colonel Harry C. Gano, superintendent of A. Booth & Co., a business man of prominence and public spirit, reported to 1 Mr. I Boldenweck. It Is said, that .Fitzger ald bad approached him with a prop i osition to pass several 11,000 Dills. . "With your big connections, Flts- geraid is said to have argued to Col onel Oano, "you can easily pass them. mere is 1500 in it for you.- "v,s Gano is reported to have declared that he had a roll of similar bills "that would choke a horse.", - , , V CAUGHT IN TRAP, After conferring with Mr. Balden- week. Colonel Gano continued nego tiations with Fitzgerald with the re sult that by pre-arrangement, : Detec tive Toung aays, several wltnessea were secretly present when the for mer teller, it is said,'' proposed .to j pass two 11,000 bills to Colonel Gano. 1 will bring two." Fitzgerald Is al leged to have said, "for you can get ria oi two just as. wen a one. From the moment of Colonel Oano'a first Interview with the Assistant Unit ed SUtes Treasurer, it Is said, Mr. Young or some of his men shadowed Fitzgerald. The trail. It is intimated broadly, Involved others, not only In helping Fitzgerald to dispose of the! money alleged to have been stolen, but in the very act of his having ex-tin tracted it from tha Treasury vaults I nd In the later covering of tracks. 1 Who thea. neraona were. thoM work-I ing on the case state they are not I ',u..u.,, ii rw. n intt-il. ,1 . - . t m I A t 1 IT - .TL V" .i!r. ' I not only wanted against him but de- winfim.nl. . -m-.-j vik VSfFiZ'EZSX-.ZSiS However, it Is suted that those ander suspicion . had obtained an Inkling tectives invariably look for in trac- , ,!J " Vit 2LZZ ino- stolen funds waa atta.nf ,' wita, I immigration, selected with care and Judg r.frt hLVh, JI"e"t:- .i.Ft ment, and encourage by every fair and that untoward developments were go- I The victim of the aecident was a pros ing forward and It was deemed best I perovs Nsah county farmer and wss to waste no time In securing the man I about GO rears old and leaves a wife.- on. cnargea wun peing tne principal. .. i BENCH WARRANT ARREST. ' " J Tha MM htilna- on. 'mirl. ..ntar I Federal Jurisdiction a United States Judge was first-sought, but none could do xouna. - Assistant sutes Attorney Barbour waa -next' approached and shortly after midnight this morning Judge cnetthsln-Rt hia home Issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Fitz gerald, charging him with the larceny of 1173,000 ,frorn the government TKUiia. .. - Detective ; Toung with Detective Joseph Kinder, of the Bute's Attor neys office, climbed Into a high pow-1 er automobile and sped to Rogers Fitzgerald appeared at the door In his night gown and a pair of trous ers, Mrs. FtUgerald standing at the top of tne suirs with white face; and strained eyes - while Detective Knl- der read the warrant. Fitzgerald listened to the reading-with compo- trrer-kr-sed h twe youpg .jg-hlldratv I good-bye and left hla almost hystert-1 eal wife to enter the automobile with I . i ssn - . V I the officers. They've caught him at last, they've caught him at last." Is the exclama tion which Detectives Knlder and Young- declare came from the lips of Mrs. Fitzgerald In the half hys terical sUte into which she fell when ha-mprb4ida4becb)actof-4l. I onicers visit. nugerald himself MAY OUST COMM. WATSON I AXTI-I1LUIGRAIIOXISTS , STRONG The Sentiment In the Campaign -Ktropg and a Sufficient -Number of ,' Those - of . That Faith May ' Bo - Elected to the Legislature) to Put ther South Carolina Depavtnteirt of Immigration . out - of .. Bnsin , Such, a Move Would - Be a Slap tn . - the. Face of, the Attitude ef ' Both '. ; Senators Tillman and Butler, Who nave ' Been - fctrong Aavoratea oi ', Immigration Senator Butler Writes . a Strong Letter to a soutn Carolina- Friend Con im ending the Work : That Commlsaloner ' Watson . and , Hub Department Are Doing For the , ; state. I : " . , Observer Bureau," .. . ' 100 Skyscraper Building, , : Columbia. 8. C, Aug. H. The - anti-immigration sentiment, haa been most insistent in the campaign' this summer, and it seems likely that in next (Tuesday's contest enough -anti-lmroigra- I tlonUU will be elected to the Legislature I w un. ?uu. ja. iium!.., .. - I ' department-- -. I An unsoUdted letter from United States j Senator M. C. Butler was written to an old army friend tn Columbia is therefore 1 of peculiar Interest lust at this time; Gen I -r-i n..,i - e-i-n t,. .-., him a iwnv I e r-nmi.-i w.tn' hanhnak .-.- -- ci.i. t ,- -.. I V ll B WVUVMW V, u .... in.i---.i- j.-..,i i. .w.nr .w. v in this election It will be in the lace of the nraw appeal ox oom oenaior i liiman, Uho ha. bTa th. capstone of South Car- earnest appeal of both Senator Tillman olina politics for the past quarter of I century and Senator Butler, an ante-bel. who was United State. I Senator after the war until he was sue- I ceeded after a fierce conflict with Mr. I aepanmeni in ina interest ot wniie su premacy. GENERAL BUTLER'S LETTER. General Butler's letter follows: Edgefield, & C. 'Aug. Slat. 190S. Bear j I have received the copy of The Handbook of South Caroline." issued y the Department of Agriculture, Com nerce and Immigration, and than you I very much for sending It. I It is a most valuable and instructive I nresentatlnn of tha history, resources. I present development, and future posslbll I 'ties of the State,, and ts, tn itself, worth I tne annual appropriation lor tne support I of tha Department. It Is bound to attract I the attention of those seeking homes and opportunities for the safe Investments of capital. The commissioner, Watson, and his as i , . , . . . . I ... "snw are uoing a areai wora for in. i"L " P'fP1!' "PPort'd can and will render most valuable and Important service to all the people, Id view of what has been accomplished and can be accomplished by proper en couragement, I eannot understand how any enlightened cltlien of the State wbo looks Into the future, can odsoss the In significant appropriation made for Its sup- nart. I. mri.A a , ,, , t.i. " "-TV, " -."T " f m "y" , "w"i "--""i -t auw ..w-w,Uii,., Intelligent dtlsena. This cannot he ao- "nM.B..w. in or a year. rmju. dices, designedly created against us, mis represeniaiions a. to our religious, social and material conditions, circulated to our disadvantage : must be overcome, . This takes time, patience, and Just such meth ods as Commissioner Watson Is adopting, The State could make no better Invest, ment than to buy 10,000 acres ot land. In some healthy locality, convenient to transportation, surveyed and divided into 60, 75 and 100 acre farms, and then sold on time to a colony of Germans, Swedes o" the inhabitants of Northern Italy. It twouia d a peri ecu y aaie investment ana ""arauon proo.em. The Legislature ought to have thl handbook translated into the languages t Germany, Sweden or Norway, and In- to Italian ana aistnnutea in those eoun- tries, and perhaps others, through reg ularly accredited agents. My experience In official, representative life satisfies me that our people do not object to fair, rea sonable, even liberal, appropriations of public funds provided we get the benefit of them a quid pro quo. What we do object to Is to have the money frittered away on unworthy objects, squandered or stolen. The Department , of Agriculture, Com merce and Immigration Is a most Import ant, valuable adjunct In the admlnistra tlon ef our State government, and should be continued and liberally sustained... With best wishes, , Yours very truly, M. C. BUTLER. kllXED -WIIILE HUNTING. Mr. Reddlrk rlxon, a Prominent Nash County Farmer, Loses His Life In Peculiar Manner. Special to Ths Observer. Rocky Mount, Aug. 21 While hunting squirrels pear tha Sandy Cross district about eight miles from this city In Nash county Mr. Roddick Dixon met his death a peculiar manner. His death, was caused directly from tha, kick ot a shot- gun in ths firing ot sn ordinary loaded shell. ' u. t.i .vi-- vi- . . - tki lit In a rrofwheit nnaHInn arlth hi. gun ready to fire, the gun over hla arm . 'hm IJTa .h. some means the gun -fired and tha re. ond caught Mr. Dlxon In the Momjh. 'Iternsl Injuries., from which he "cr,Ku- daughter and fosr sons. Tha funeral will W Sundey by the Maeonlo order, of wnicn DS VH a member. merely remarked: " "I suppose yru want me to go to JaiT; guess I'd better go along. - -r . . . ... .t ; . I DECLINES TO TALK. -I Behind the bars to-day he refused to sea newspaper men. but 1 held s conference with his attorneys, J. L Ennis and C. R- LIUinger. J6hn M. Duffy, attorney for Mr. Boldent week, stated that to-morrow FlUrer aid would be removed from State to x sderai jurisdiction. v Tha detectives, it Is said, were un able to satisfy1-Mr. Boldenweck' cu riosity . to bow much of the 1171. 900 ft would be possible to collect Aside from the speculations already mentioned It is statea tnat Fitzgerald was interested In ether deals, and De tective Yeun 1 authority .for tha tate.mewt that Fltsgerald. had baeerna financially Involved even before tha colossal theft with which he Is cnarr a a m - . - . ed. Asked for the motive whfch Prompted the deed. Mr. Young . said that he bad reason to believe that part of the money went to satisfy a previously contracted speculative debt and he asserted that he had evidence th.f th. T, r i n r jHef he.n Im nlL.nl. 4 tnthaatheftH)rlor-tO-thacoup cf February 2 Ota. f lajt year. FORECAST OF WEEK'S JS'EWS KERN TJ BE NOTIFIED TUESDAY State Fair Grounds, at- Indianapolis to Be the Scene. of the CrrciiionJfM - In Connection With the Surprise to , Be Sprang on the Democratic Vice - Presidential Nominee Mr. -. Bryan to Speak, on Trusts and the Bank Guaranty Plaalc Daring the Week .-. Mr. Taft to Be Heard In a Formal Address) Saturday Vermont to Be . Invaded by 6pcakers or National ' : Repute During- the Week Aero- - nauUcs to Play m Part tn the Week's rrograrume. -v . , The news interest of this week will largely centre on political events. John W. Kern, of Indianapolis, will oe notined on Tuesday of his nomi nation by the Democratic party for the vice presidency and the week will he so full of other noUble political occurrences that at its close' the' na tional campaign will be well under way. , .. ; The Kfm notification exercises will be held in the State fair grounds In . Indianapolis. - Theodore E. Bell. of California, chairman of the com mlttee, ' will make the speech of notification and after the response' ot the . vice presidential candidate Mr. Bryan will deliver an address on the trust question, ' BRYAN'S TWO SPEECHES. Mr. Bryan's speech at the Kern notification may be his only one in Indiana during this campaign. Two days later on Thursday he will make another address In the West, going to Topeka, Kan., whpre his subject win wie guaranty ot Dana oe- posits. Mr. Mack on Thursday will attend the formal opening In New York of the Eastern headquarters of the party's national committee. He will then announce the sub-committee which will control the campaign In the East and name the chairman who wilt be In charge of the head quarters. . Mr. Taft also will be heard In a formal address on Saturday, when he will attend the Joint reunion of the Athens county, Ohio, civil war veterana and the Seventh Regiment Spanish war veterans. REPUBLICAN ACTIVITIES. Other Republican activities of the week will be the Invasion of Ver mont by party speakers of national repuUtion, Including Leslie M. Shaw, former Secretary of the Treasury; Senator Borah, of Idaho, and Sena tor Burrows, of Michigan. Chairman HltChcocK. of the Republican na tional committee, whonpnt Sunday In Dalron, Mass., as the guest of Senator crane, will confer with New England State chairmen and national committeemen In Boston on Monday and will go to Portland, Me., before returning to New York. The festivities In 8yd ney in honor of the American battleship fleet will come to jut end on Wednesday and on Thursday the sea fighters will leave for Melbourne. The week will see the Initiation of another Interesting . experiment by tne united B tales navy. . on Monday seven cruisers of the Pacific fleet will leave San Francisco for a two months' cruise In the South seas, six of them towing a torpedo boat each an attempt to develop a wider range of action for the so-called mosaulto craft than has aeemed possible for tnem nitnerto. THE VENEZUELAN SITUATION. M. de Reus, whose dismissal' by President Castro from his post of uuicn minister at Caracas accentu ated the difficulties between Holland and Venezuela, la expected to ar rive at The Hague on Monday or Tuesday. A definite development M xnat a peculiar international situation Is not unlikely this week. Aeronautics will have an Important pan in tne activities of the week. Orvllle Wright la expected to make his first flight at Fort Meyer on Monday. On Saturday a novelty In aerial competition will be offered at Huntington, L. V. where four women of New York and Philadelphia will start In a balloon In an effort to create a new women's record for the longest dlsUnce traveled In one ascension In any kind of air craft. The suD-committce of the Senate committee oh finance, which was ap pointed to consider different phases of tne tariff question preparatory to entering upon the revision of the Dingley law, will begin its sitting. In Washington on Monday. . This will be the first formal work of either house ef Congress toward the matter of tariff revision to which tho Sixty first Congress pledged Itself , Bryan Canoe la -Macon Date. , Macon, Ga.. Aug. 33. Joseph Hill Hall, chairman of the Bibb County Democratic Club, to-day received a telegram from Norman E. Mack, chairman of the national Democratic committee, Chicago, canceling the en gagement of William J. Bryan, the Democratic nominee for President, to peak In Mscon September 14th. The reason given for canceling the en gagement la that Mr. Bryan found he could not come to oeorgia without visiting other States In this section and It waa concluded to be advisable for him to confine himself i to the doubtful States. An effort will be made to get Mr. Bryan to reconsid er his decision to cancel the engage- went v.;.; Another Chapter tn the Newspaper History of xorkviiie, v Special to The Observer. ' ; Yorxville. 8. C. Aug. la the late eighties a stock company waa organised here for . the purpose ef supplying . "a long-felt need" by establishing a news paper. - An outfit was purchased and the paper, The YorkvlUe Enterprise, wss pub lished for three or four years, when It ceased to appear. Later the same outfit waa used by Mr. J. S. Drakeford In get ting, out The YorkvlUe Yoeraan, which continued to appear from week to week for about ten years, when it tailed. Next Mr. B. O- Ssnduer. now connected with the mechanical department of The Co lumbia Bute, made a trial with lbs same rig. t His venture was called , The New Era, and continued to exist for three or four -years, when the bottom dropped out and ths outfit wss sold at public auction and bid la for a nominal sum by credit or, and now has been sold by thenvto Messrs. J. H. Schroeter A Bra,, of At lanta, dealers In printing machinery and printer's supplies, and shipped to At- Us u. JL rrirrtrTttlr-E Montgomery. AU-, Aug. zs. Mack Holland, the negro alleged rapist, was taken from Montgomery to-night to Greenville By snerin watson, of But' .r county, and escaped from the sher iff at the Greenville depot- A large posse is said to be In pursuit - The egro attemntea to assault a little daughter off w. T- Watson, at Avant, last Wednesday -morning. 6 her 13 1 auon ia an uncle of tlje girl BLUE JACKETS HAVE BIG TIME. Four Thousand Men of the American Fleet Gee Sunday Shore liberty ' and Have the Freedom of Sydney : A Tame Kangaroo f Presented to ' Connecticut hailors Attend - Ca- ! thedral Services. -' Sydney,' N. 8. WV Aug. J I.-j-Four thousand men of the American Beet were permitted ashore to-day ;: and LJOO of these, including 14 J officers. attended high mass In tha Cathedral. The services were v Impressive - and f special "music had been Arranged In honor of the ' Americans. . Great crowds lined the streeU ', and took quite as much interest In the parading sailors as on the first day of their arrival. . - - V".- , A banquet was given to-night - In the town hall by the Catholics to 1.2 0 0 ; men and officers of the fleet. which was attended by the Federal ministers, judges and other official Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Syd ney, presided. Toasts were drunk to the King and the President, after which- Cardinal Moran, In proposing uur uuests." delivered a long hit torjeal address, showing that Catho lies nad advanced along the same line of material prosperity and re llgious liberty In America and Australia. The Rev. Matthew C. Geason. chap lain of the battleship Connecticut, responded In a brilliant address. He said that Sydney's reception sur passed any that the fleet had ceived, even at home. The matr nlflcent hoepiUUty of the Australians. he declared, would make an 'abiding impression ing the hearts of eighty millions of Americans, who were truly kinsmen. America knew no religious problems, wether English Scotch, Irish or other. Australia and American ideals and achieve ments were similar. Among the most cherished me mentoes of the visit that the Ameri cana will carry away will be a tame kangaroo whleh Cardinal Morgan will present to the flagship Con necttcut, as, he said, he wished tha men Of the splendid battleship to have something characteristic ot the country. . Rear Admiral Sperry, Lord and Lady Northcote, Sir Harry and Lady Kawson and a large number of tuo officers and men of the visiting fleet attended the Anglican Cathedral Tha Baptists and CongregatlonallsU united in aervlce, which also was largely attended. Chaplain Steven son, of the Minnesota, officiated at a .Methodist service of the American and British blue Jackets, while the Presbyterians worshiped In the town hall. Admiral Sperry and Vice Admiral Sir Richard Pnore. commander-ln. chief of the British squadron la Australian waters, accompanied by number of other officers, attended th chnrch Parade of .1,000 Australian troops. The troops later marched to Centennial Park, where th Governor presented tha kolors to ths Infantry regiment. . . . Glorious weather prevailed to-day, There was a gay scene In the harbor and the fleet .was crowded with visi tors. ... '' - TOUNG MAN LOSES FOOT. Attempts a Hobo Junket Out ' of KalUbury and Falls Under Moving Train The Sunday School Con vention Tuesday. '.-' Observer ' Bureau, 421 North Main Street, Salisbury, Aug. JJ. A young man, about 21 years old, by the name of Silver, claiming his home to be in Caroieen, had the .mis fortune to lose a foot here this morn ing. He and two companions were attempting to hobo out of Salisbury on No. 29. silver carried a jug ana had placed it on the steps of. the "blind" and boarded tne train wnicn was In motion. Soma one whom he took to be an employe of the com pany called to him and he Jumped off. losing ms naianre ana tailing peneain the car. His foot was terrioiy man fled snd he wss removed to' the Whltehead-Stokes Sanatorium where tha limb was amputated midway be tween the knee and ankle. He was resting well this afternoon. , The wrecking crew of the Southern was called out from Spencer to-day to go to Norwood to place a number of freight cars on the track, the del rallment being caused by a slight wreck. ' Mr. George F. Wise want to Mor ganton thia afternoon, -. where be spends several days In the Interest of the woodmen of the world. ' Mr. Wise has recently been tendered a po sition as district organiser In a terri tory embracing nine of th leading counties of Virginia, for tne Modern Woodmen of America. -. Next Tuesday evening. August 2Sth, at S o'clock. In the First Presbyterian church, the Salisbury township San day school convention will meet. P. S. Carlton, Esq., la president of the township association. Rev. W. B. Putters, pastor of : th Reformed church, will deliver an address on "Teacher Training," and SUte Secre tary J. B. Robertson will conduct a round table on the "Sunday School Teacher." It Is hoped that every Sun day school In the township will be represented. Delegates are to be chosen to the, county convention which meets at Thyatira church. In tha county, .next Wednesday and Thursday, August 20th and 27th. TELEPHONE AGTTATIOt. York t Uie Town Contv-il and the Trio- phone Company W resiling Over the Matter of a Sew Franchise. Special to Th Observer. ; Yorkville. & C, Aug. zf.Terkvftl has been somewhat agitated for several days over negotiations pending between th town council and the Piedmont Telephone Company looking , te the grant isg of a franchise to the latter by the former. Th telephen company has been operat ing th local system her lor about three years under, ths franchls of tha Bad ford Telephone Company, a local corpo ration which It absorbed, and under th old franchise, which expires tn May. lses. It claims that ths restriction are such as not to warrant It la making much needed ImprovemenU In the system and service. Rate at present are reasonable and the service fairly satisfactory. Many eltiaens oppo granting any franchla a all. while ethers favor It, provided Interest of Ihg.. people are perfectly safe guarded. It seems to be a case of each side being afraid to trust the oth er, and at this time it Is impossible to correctly predict what the outcome will be, YorkvtU haa always been exceeding ly cautious In th matter ot granting franchises and as a result no corporation has a franchls allowing tt to use the? six hours they swrpt over t streets except the slmost expired one of istroylne l.-1 hou si I tfe-tabphon compy.-Rj-thst of thetwss s::.l t ..-: . at f . Western Union Telegrsph Company. BflYAN IX FIGHT TO THE BATTLE BEGUN IN EARNEST. The Democratic Candidate Declaro That lie Realizes What a Task 1 Before Him, But Says Tliat 11 H In Fine I lea Kb and Spirits and He Never Entered Into a Contest Witt Greater Hope of Victory He Sew (he Seal of Hi Approval Upon the ' (Plans orxihe NatJonalCommiuee He Will No Be Called Upon to . (Make aa Many Speeche as in Pass Though the Demand Upon Him 1 Insistent and Heavy, Chicago, Aug. 21. Now that WI1-. Ham j, Bryan has set his seal ef ap proval upon the plena made by the Democratic national - committee t bring about his election, th Demo cratic campaign may be aaid to-day to be In that period ef transition in which practical organisation is com pleted and that th skirmish fir of the battle has begun. Ther will be a meeting of th national committee and sub-committees with Mr. Brvam on September Sth to consider whether th line, of action Uken - Is , provinr enecuve. poolltics waa eschewed at headquarters to-day and Mr. Bryan- wun nis orotner and a few friends at tended church, but to the national committeemen and frlenda who- spoke to to him of the hard struggle that Chairman Mack and . tho ' campaign managers had outlined, fa replied: . "I realise the task ahead of m and what it means, i am -not minimizing the demands that I know wilt b mad upon me. but I feel that I can . 'da what la expectedof me for my health la fine and I never entered a fight with more hope of victory. U Is th -people's fight and to battle for them. gives Added coursge and strength. If ' in trying nours or campaign... , ERA OF 8PEECH-MAKINO. Political developments In th last twenty-foour hours sine Mr. Bryan's arrival her sfcow that th managers of the Democratic campaign have put the fight Into th hands of Mr. Bryan and the hands of th neon la Mr. Bryan has mada tow arwerhea hla address, og notification and the Urift speech at Des Moines and thia week will find him making several speechea In the middle West, where Chairman Mack has decided to make the main. , fight of th campaign. New York la to be Invaded and In all nrnhahllltv New Jersey, Delaware. Maaryland and west Virginia, and In these States, as well as in Ohio. Illinois. Indiana.- snd Iowa, th Democratic candidate. win max nis prlnclnaal atrua-a-la- for. Victory. After Mr. Brvan haa ehnaan .-.. of the aeveral planks of th party platform as the them of an taniat speeche he Will then In those anaaehea : to he made later In th camplagn eiudlcate upon these various subjecU in greater detail.. Chairman Mack has informed Mr. Bryan that th com mittee does not Inlenr tn rait nnnn him to make -as man speeches as In ouier campaigns, out it is known that the demands for Mr. Rrvan'. a.rvi.. - have become inslaten tt from manv. quarters and there is strong prob ability thmat before th end of pxt month Mr. Bryan's speaking'' plans may undergo. many changes. ENLISTING AID OP PEOPLE. ' Acting on the advlca.'of Mr snu . th national committee. . t inriinin 1U eevery ffort to enlist th 'aid of tha people to effect Democratic success at the.pollaand to do .this most ffcU lvely Chairman . Mark la a..k(. t have. Democratic clubs organised la every voting precinct In th United Staes. Upon these Dmeocratlo clubs. . bothyMa. Bryan and th national com- . mltteee are depending for their, greatest aid and strength and they rLthV'alure' of this campaign. . , The Democrats club Idea Is be lieved by many In the national com. mlttet to have been developed to Its present scope by Mr. Brvan. who da. ' clarea that the whole campaign de pends upon them. WHAT CLUBS WILL DO,1 , After the clubs hav been r Under th direction of the 'Stat and county chairmen their work as out lined by Mr. Bryan will be to spread ' the doctrine of the party. .Campaign ' manaaers hav lone ain.. i that much of the literature aent out is eitner jpst or Is not efficiently ' placed. The precinct clubs will see that this literature la placed la - nrnn.p hmili mnA l . thl- committee hopes every voter may be reached. Th collection of camnalsa funds Is to a major degree to b put up to the precinct club and tha commute hopes that with small contributions from th thousands of inaiviauai mcmoers - tne - axsrerat sum win tx a large on. On lection ' day th precinct club will b called upon to get out ths vote and lastly to aea that It la fatrlv Such Is th general plan of th - - " - - J .w ...w Democratic national campaign, and whll here and ther minor chance will be made, th national com mitteemen -who are here, with Brvan to-day believe thst It will prov ef fective and Insur Mr. - Bryan's election. " -r..-.- - , .. INVITING POPULIST SUPPORT. ' It was announced at headauarters to-day that Thomas H. Tibbies, who ran with f Thomas Watson as vie presidential candidate on th Populist ticket tn 1104, had written-to th committee that he was urging all his friends. In the Populist party to upport air. wryan tni year. The head of the newly organised organisations bureau will b Mr. P. Burns, ef Chicago. Mr. Burns ts prominently Identified wtth th busi ness Interests of this city. Ills ap- poiptmsnt was decided upon last night ., ' John w. Clifton, of Nashvltle. Tenn.. who Is the vice chairman C the commute on organization, has arrived her to take up th work of. assisting In the formation of Demo cratic club throughout the country. Mayor Tom I Johnson, of C ! eve- kind, arrived tc-dy and after lunchlnr with Mr. Evans, talked of th Demo- cratlo outlook In Ohio. . Mayor John son Is said to hav assured Mr. Bryan of his heartiest support and of his be lief that the situation la his State is favorable to a Democratic victory. Another caller at th hotel wss Na tional Committeeman James Kerr, of Pennsylvania, who cam to talk over th direction ef the campaign in his State. , Mr. Pryan. accompanied by Nation al Chairman Mack and other mem bers of the national committee, will leave Chicago to-morrow noon fir Indianapolis to attend thenotincatict cf John W. Kern. . Big lire In Contant!no; ' -Constantinople, Aug. tt F!r br this evening In the StamNiul tj'isn, within a very brief irt I m fagratlon was rajj! 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