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v r. Til SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAH. CHARLOTTE, N. G, FRIDAY;; MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4,: 1908. PRICE FIVE CENT J. liil JsV if si i .; ... w . . STATE BEFUSES THE LEPER UNCLE SAM MUST CAKE FOR KM Acting on the Opinion Rendered by Airtant Attorney tieneral Haydeii - . Clement the- StU oara 01 - Kotlties the Federal Authorltlea at Washington that Um state Cannot - Receive Early and Glvea Reason Hoard Will Write Wife tiiat It She Heturna o the State She Will be - Q,tranUnI-wFneral of Late F. H. Husbee Ttii Afternoon, Conducted by the Masons Sew Enterprises ' Chartered News of Interest Gath ered Around the State Capital. j -v Observer , Bureau. . ., , .The Holleman Building, . ' r -v Raleigh, Sept I. '. North Carolina ' refuse to recelvaJ from the Federal authorities the lep er. J. W.'Early, of Lynn. found to have leprosy , while in ; ': Washington looking after an application for an army pension. This action, through the Stat board of health, Dr. George 3. Thomas, chairman, la based on the ruling of Assistant Attorney Gen eral Hayden Clement to the effect that . a State is not required by either " SUte or Federal constitution or stat- utes to receive cltlxene from beyond her border having contagldueor pes tllentious diseases; that even If the SUte. were Inclined to do thi In the present Instance it would be Impos sible for the reason that, the railroads would refuse to carry the patient, ana since Early evidently contracted the disease in the army service he was a ' leper when discharged whether lep rosy had shown Itself or not. There fore the United States government is morally bound to retain and provide for him in quarantine. SERVES NOTICE ON WIFE. With reference to the wife and child of the leper, who have gone to Washington In the Interest of husband and father, Mr. Clement aavise tne State board that the board should write her In Washington and acquaint her with the fact that If sh.xeturns to North Carolina she will be quar antlned in Polk county by the county authorities. This, he says, should te done not to prevent her return, but la fairness to her in oraer tnat sne may know what to expect should she , decide to return. : -HITCH. OVER EARLY'S PENSION. the Bureau Seea No Legal Method of Turning' the Pension Over to the "Unfortunate Cltlsen and Still Trying to Figure It Oat A Suggestion That It Be Handed to Him on a JsJiotci. Observer Bureau. 12 Poet Building. Washington, tept 2. Attorney General of North Carolina haa given H his opinion that worm Carolina ha no legal responsibility to care for the leper . Early ana tn chairman of the State board of healtl has notified the health, department t the District of Columbia in a letter re ceived to-day that neither Early nor his wife will be permitted to re-enter North Carolina. This reply aevna to ba In the nature of a knockout blow -to the plane of the health officers here, but so far a Early la concerned be ia perfectly sat isfied; especlall yif be gets his pension. Meantlma thera ta a hitch about the pension. The. Dietrlct Court to-day decided tnat it couia not appoint guardian fo- Early, to whom the pen w'r. -rnor'. ct $72 a month could be rald,''ia asked" for by hla wife. Hav ing been refused thia appointment herself Mr. Early prayed th J court- to riealirnata.th American JSU'. ana Trust Comov.v. bui. tnla refuted Judge Stafford expressed the opinion that according to the laws or tne JJi" t Hot such a. aruardlan should be ap pointed only In casi the man la insane or habitually drank. The bureau of pensions has no Intelligence In It capable of discerning any way to pay over the money which U officials de clare Early Is entitled to, because, they aay, he 1 segregated and incapable of receiving and OiSDursing money. The monstrous absurdity of this Is apparent to everybody else except the officials themselves. Either early la entitled to a pftnsion or ,he la not If he la, then It ehould be eent to him. What he does with It la nobody" busi ness. No guardian la necessary. He Is himself capable of giving a power of attorney to any person he chooses, and thia he can do without either ait ting in anybodya lap, kissing any one, or rubbing any of hla aorea on the chief of the pension bureau. But they are still trying to ngure w nguro all out. Some one her auggest a hovel as a mean of handing him tne ZACH M'GHEE. T, iiuuey,. ; , ; ; CONSCIENCE hurt him. ;; tvimip North Carolinian" Now Living im Vew Mexico Scnds Home e Onta to Jay For Petty Theft. : Brorlal to Th Observer. ' -' - Wlnston-8alem. Sept. 1 A consclence strtken man in -New Mexico has sent a letrcr to Mr. W. T. Baynes, a merchant here, writing as follows: ,. . "Dear 81r: Pleas , find enclosed " cenu for some tobacco and ' water .melon I Hole- from yoti 'several years ago, and I ask your forgiveness for steal ing them. You may ask why I am send ing this money for that purpose, but the . Bible commands us to straighten up eur : I ack life, just a morn a it does not to sin. So I send this o cents, noping you . . will understand it." 4' Th lorty cent was enclosed and a - man's name was signed.- Mr. Baynes thinks he remembers the occasion of the petty theft" He will seed the man a re- ' Celpt v.. '.f'fii . ; . ' -vV J' VANNIlEIjT VOn COURT. ; fnnnir Kalponatn Uhn Obtained Com- niitwtoiM on FlrUtloun Order For Charlotte Concern ' Committed to New Hanorer JalL $ - 1 Ppeclal to The Observer. ''C ; J . ' WUmuigton Sept . E. B. Vann, the young wjhite man arrested here yester- . day lor' obtaining something over $S3 for ' eommlsslons on flctltloua orders- sent to the Cochrane Show Case 4 Company, of Charlotte, by whom be was employed as salesman, wa given a preliminary trial this morning and held -tor Superior Court - tinder a bond of $309, In default of which he went td JaiL - ; -, . -' Vana comes of a good family In Jack sonville, lis., and confesses bis guilt at- tributlng hie downfall to following a pare that kills. An effort will he made by ais people to make restitution to the com pany and have the indictment dropped. Plucky Woman Shoota Intruder. , Fractal to The Observer. ' , Winston-Salem. Sept S. Mrs, J. 2. Cofer fired a revolver at a ttfgro who at tempted to break into the residence last rlKht while her h(jhhd. who I a spe cial officer at th Hon them Railway sla - tion. w sbt. The Intruder screamed. Oh God, I'm hit:-' and ran away. FOUR rOLICEUEN INDICTED JURY COMP1ETES 1 ITS V WORK. After Being In Settion Fourteen Days a Mna Returning a ToUU of 117 lit' dirtmeuu. Sueoial Jurr lnvHtlet ' tug the Springilrld Riot Adjourns -. -tur of Uie Last Batch - Are CAgatiMit Policemen For Alloged : failure to Suppreas the Riot When - Called Out or That Duty Their V Action Denounced aa Cowardly and Contemptuous Orders . an Inreetl- . gaUon of the "Sweating Prooeea' - Jarrled ou fa the Ctty Prison. ;. Sprlngfleld, 111., Sept S. The special grand jury called to probe the recent race war' adjourned to-night after re turning aeventeen more - Indictments, this making a total of 117 during the session. ; ; Among those returned this afternoon were indictments' against four"? Sprlngfleld v policemen. - Oscar Xteblkamp, Joseph Perendes, George K. Ohlman and ' George W. Dawson. They ar Indicted for alleged failure to euppresa .the riot when detailed for that duty. The report aay s: - ' '. "After the most diligent Inquiry we condemn in unmeasured v terms, the cowardly contemptuous action of -those memDers of the police force who, hav ing taken the oath of office, failed to do their dutrrtnen who were ordered by the heada of department of the police to go out and disperse the mob and who not only f ailed , to use at club, handle a pistol or raise a voice against the mob on the side of the law and order, but some of whom are shown to have assisted by act and work In doing the' work that haa brought the blush of shame to every law-abiding citlsen of thia -city; men who under oath were bound and who, caa tney acted promptly, could have driven back to chhe obscurity from whence It came, the mob that for a time assumed to hold Sprlngfleld In it bloody grasp TRIAL OF OFFICERS ORDERED. "We recommend that the civil ser vice commission of the city of Spring field, without fear or favor and while evidence can easily he obtained; de termine iv fair .trial who failed to prove himself a worthy member of the force and deal with him accordingly. "We further recommend that the civil service commission inquire dili gently Into the eo-called 'third degree' nr 'iMtinr tirocess' said to be car ried on in various cases in th city prison and If It la found that after an arrest a prisoner la struck by hand or club or otherwise mistreated either in tne city prison or In any ot the rooma connected therewith, that the aame be stopped. " .. The grand Jury haa been In active aesslon fourteen aays, ourma time hundred of witnesses have been examined Abe Raymer, "Slim" Hum phrey and ra. Kate Howard were In dicted for murder In connection with tha lynching. Mrs. ttowaru cicted for th muraer i u v-.-mltted euicide. . , CLAIM VICTORY FOR ADAMS, f Vk,ak Tn I nr rat Manireat In the Judge- " r . , . ship Contest HOOK Will Be tne monuuw. Soecial to The Obssrver. A..vin. sDt S. Keen interest la etill manifest in the Judgeship conr tet although tne o ... tht the thlnr Is practical ly settled; that Adams already has enourh vote to nominate hlm.ven u..nhv'a flmm In Bun- counujii .. - - o combe. : . . The Buncomoe vote win pru ably 10 for Adam and, JJ(or Mur- ifAmuHnn from Madison COUnty t to th effect that more tnan nan of Madison's Judicial vote la 'already Instructed aoiiaiy tor aujh. wimw the Adams people have information tn th affect that the county will give Adams a solid vote of 22 in the con vention. ? Thl. wltrt nis vote in bob combe, would nominate him with rmiviviiia to hear from. Tran sylvania holds primaries Saturday and convention-ionaay. i inciius v Judge Murphy, however, still main tain that with Murphy'a vote in Bun combe and what he will get in Tran sylvanla and from Madison will give him the nomination. -- It looks . to-night however, aa though Adama will be the nominee. MR. W ATKINS NOTIFIED. J Prohibition . Candidate -Tor , Vice President Hears tne ewa m siis Home ta Ada, Ohio Greeted by an Immense Audience, Ada. O., Sept. 1. Before a large audience sin Brown Auditorium or the Ohid Northern University to night Prof. Aaron 8. Watklna was nfflroiiv notified of his nomination aa the candidnte for Vice President by -the national PronlDition party. Felix JT. WcWhlrter, of Indianapolis, treasurer of the national Prohibition organisation, was tne cnairman oi the evening.' ' He spoxe at con Blderable length and then Introduced National Chairman Charles R. Jones, of Chicago. Mr. Jones made only brief remark, and then Hon. Robert Patton. of Springfield, deuverea tne formal notification address. - . When Prof essor . Watklna mom l respond the vast audience waa on It feet cheering and waving hat and handkerchief, while little glrla pre aented the candidate with huge bou quets of flowers. The ovrftion lasted aeveral mfhutes. . " , ; :, , i;" South Carolina Supreme Court Hand Down Ita Briefest optnion 'j '. . , Observer' Bureau, -T- ; ; - The Skyscraper Building, v, - - Columbia, S. C, Sept? t. v. The shortest opinion ever rendered fcy the State Supreme Court 4n die- IKTinjr or an appriiy kwo wu mv handed dewn' to-day in the caae'of J. H. McTlndall agamst the Piedmont Mutual Fire Insurance Company of 8partanburg. South : Carolina Su preme Court 'Opinion are noted : tor thelr- length.-, ranging I usually from ten to thirty-odd typewritten pages. This takes np two lines: : "For the reason nated by hla hon or, th circuit Judge, the Judgment of the Circuit Courr In affirmed.". - The Opinion wt written bv Justice Gary and is concurred la by the otn three numbers of the court. King's .Mountain Presbytery to 'Meet at orem tity. Special to The Observer. -Forest City. Sept; 2. King Moun tain Presbytery is to meet with Forest City Presbyterian church next week, September 8th, at 8 p. m. - Delegates coming via the Southern ahould rated the early morning train from Cnar lott and make 'Connection at Blacks borg with the train for Marion, This train arrives at Forest CItv at 10:19 a. m. ' The evening train on thia line arrives at Foret City at 8:07 p. m. 1 Delgatr coming Via the Sea board Air Line-will arrive at t: 39 p.-m- ' Carriages wilt meet the trains to tarry delegates to their homes. PARKER ASP MACK CONFER SPEAKING CAMPAIGN PLANNED, " - - : . , V 9 ndge Parker Returns From r the Pariflo Coast SUtea With Encour ' agina; News for Chairman! Mack .; Surprised at the Growth of SenU- ment for the Dentorratlo Ticket , WU1 Tont the East in the Interest of, the Party, the Speaking Dales , to lie Announced I Iiter Ref one ' to DlM-ues the -Rumor That Uo Will Be Nominated for . the Gov- i ernomlilp of New "ork Speakers' 5 vonuniuee Appointed. . ; :,.it j New Tork. Sept 9. Formei1 Judge Alton B. Parker, , who has returned from a visit to the ' Pacific coast where he made several speeches for William J. Bryan conferred .overman nour to-night with National Chair man Mack at - Democratic national headquarters. Plamr'jor a speaking campaign in the Eaat by Mr. Par. ker In the interest of the Demo cratlc ticket were discussed. A re pert circulated to-day , waa to the effect that the . former Democratic presidential candidate might be nomi nated for Governor' of thia State. Mr. Parker had nothing to aay re gaining the report As to . Demo cratlo prospecta generally, Mr, Par ker said he waa surprised at the show of early Democratic strength in the west. "I visited Oregon, Washington and Montana," said Mr. Parker, "and everywhere there waa a aurpristng growth of sentiment for the Demo cratic ticket. ; ,:,. REPUBLICANS FAVOR SRTAN. VI talked with many Republican wno toid me they were going to sup port the Democratic ticket Some gave one reason, soma another; I met an Ohio manufacturer who told me he was seriously considering sup porting the' ticket on the ground that he wanted to maintain tha status quo. He said that with Bryan In the White House and a Republican Senate nothing could be don and everything would go on In business just the same. " "I am going to : make several speeches In the Eaat for th party but the dates and place have not been tlxsd." -. Homer S. Cummlnga. ot Connect! cut chairman of the speakers' com mlttee of the Eastern headquarters, ha appointed the following to serve as members of his committee: Her bert P. Blssell. New York: E. L. Jones, Maine; John TomUnson, Ala bama; J. Walter Smith, .Maryland; John W. Coughlln, Massachusetts; R. E. Lee Mountcastle. Tennessee: J, Taylor Ellyson, Virginia; W. E. Chil ton, West Virginia; Charles F. .Thay er, Connecticut: Edwin A. Newman. Washington, D. C; .WHiard, Salisbury, Delaware: Eugene E. Reed,' New Hampshire; Thomas H. Brown, Ver mont; John J. Walsh,. Connecticut; Frank Jerome Hoyle, New Tork. THAW APPLICATION DENIED. Sheriff Attorney Afik That He De Removed J-rom Duchena County Jail, But the Court Refuse to Grant the Application -Tl ms Jail Not m Suitable Place For Uie Con finement of aa Insane Person. . Poughkeepsie. N. T Sept- 2. Al though an application to remove Harry K. Thaw from th - Duchess county Jail here to some other In stitution waa denied to-day. It tnayt yet have the effect of stopping the frequent trips to Fish kill Landing, ia the proceedings before, a referee. which have been the source of much annoyance to Sheriff R. W. Chanter, while they have provided the prisoner with no little diversion. The application wa made by Ed ward E. Perkins, attbrney for Sheriff ChdTtaler, before Supreme Court Jus tice Jdorschauser. It waa based, on the report of an Inspection made by the secretary of the Stat Prison Commission and waa supported by an affidavit of the sheriff that th Jail it not a suitable place for tne . con finement of Thaw aa an Insane per son. It waa Justice Morschauser himself who committed Thaw to the Duchess county Jail temporarily last May, pending the determination of habeas corpua proceedings Instituted . by 'maw to obtain nia release from th Matteawan asylum. After ' a trial Judge Morschauser adjudged Thaw Insane and ordered him recommitted to Matteawan. - Before th order could be carried out however. Thaw obtained rrom justic Miller a new writ of habeas corpua and . Judge Mills ordered him . detained In the county Jail until the new writ ahould be beard. Thl bearing was ad journed to September 21st and Judge Miner I tnen to De asked to allow Thaw a Jury trial on the question of his sanity, - - , Judge Morschauser said to-day In declining to entertain the motion of Mr. Perkins that not only did Judicial comity restrain him from interfering with Judge Mills' order but also that there appeared to be no proceeding needed fer doing so. ' t . West Virginia Matter WiU Be Decided. 'jjv ;.. Aext Wednesday. . vNew Tork,' Sept . After 'hearing the argumenta in behalf of the rival Republican gubernatorial tickets in West Virginia, for more than three hour to-day, a sub-committee of tha Republican national committee an nounced that a decision . would : be tendered as te which the national Committee, would support, next Wed nesday; , Meantime the case will be submitted - to National Chairman Frank II. Hitchcock. The sub-oommlttee consists . ot Committeemen DuPont of Delaware; Brooker, of Connecticut and Ward. of w Tork, v Forest Clfy to Have a Newsnaner. Special to Th Observer. ; Forest City. Sent 2. Forest CItv is soon to have a newspaper plant In opperation tne first issue Is expected to -make it' appearance next week. The machinery i now being Installed and work i begun on the first Issue. The- editor, Mr. C. V. Fowles. is a man of wide experience In Journalism and will no df.ubt give the people a splendid paper.. He also ha a Job outfit and la prepared to do good Job WOrk. , -, , ;- ' " . i JPadflo Fleet Offlcera at FekJn;.' Peklng. Sept 2. The thlrj squad ron of the United State Pacific fleet Rear Admiral Giles B. Harber com manding, arrived at Chlngwang-tao yesterday. "Admiral Harber and the members of hi staff to-day came up tto Peking on a three-days' visit '" wseMaMsasaaasBMsaPaMaessB - - t Two WarehouseaJBnrned. ' -Columbia, Hdi- Sept . 2. Two warehouses, th property of the Lamp ton Company and another own d by the Hill Hardware Company, were destroyed by Are of an unknown origin to-day. - causing a los etl mated at IJS.OO, partly covered by Insurance. , , , wHaiiNN-cTrPBo Mas Meeting HeU Jn Academy of Music ami Sten Taken tor Relieve the Flood Sufferrre CondlUona Not Improving; Ra pedly. Special to The , Observer. ?' Wilmington, Sept . There ' was no change in the flood 'situation here to-day. all railroad traffic being still tied up be tween here and. Navassa on account of the flooded condition of I he tracks in the lowlands at tb confluence of the Cape Fear and Northeast rivers. Further re ports' from Pender - cannty above Wil mington" Indicate thar estimate of the appalling 16s by the 'floods there, espe cially In Canetuck township, have not been exaggerated. - XX, the special Thanksgiving service for the deliverance of Wilmington, from tne sever flood in th Academy of Muslo to-day at noon Upward ot 1600 In cash n subscription were received for the sufferers In the surrounding territory and a committee was appointed, with James H. Chajlbourne a chairman, to have these funds la hand and distribute tne re lief wherever needed. -A boat has been chartered aad wilt make . a trip up the river to the flooded region carrying sup plies to-morrow morning. i jWATEIi RECEDING SLOWLY.1 Flood Situation at . Kihston Practi cally I nt hanged 8d Far Bridge . Have Withstood the Torrent Special to The Observer. KInston. Sept;.' 1 The .flood situation here remains practically unchanged The water has fallen about foot from the highest point reached On Tuesday night but la receding so slowly that conditions are In nowise relieved. All the lowlands along the river from Qoldaboro to New bern are submerged and there Is no doubt that when normal condltfVis are restored great damage will be found to have been wrebght to roads, bridges, crops and livestock. So far none of the bridges over the Neuse In this Immediate vicinity have been washed away, probably be cause of the flat, country allowing Jhe water to spread sufficiently to relieve the peed of the current The water has reached a point two or three feet higher than haa 'ever een heard of before. Improving at Fayettcvlile," Special te The Observer. Fayettevllle, Sept 2. The situation re sulting from the flood Is still further Im proved to-day, contributions reoelved from several parties In New Tork having been received. BODY STILL UNDER WATER. Searcher Find Xo Trace of the Re mains of O. W. Patterson, Drowned at KInston Relatives Aid in tho Search. ' , Special to Th Observer. KInston, Sept 2. Though searching par ties have been out all last night and to day the body of Mr. O. W. Patterson, the prominent young business man who was drowned yesterday at the county road bridge near the city, has not been found. The Pythian Lodge has offered I2S to the party finding and bringing th remalna t KInston. Mrs. Patterson arrived -in the city this morning from her home at Flor ence, S. C where she , waa on a visit when .th accident occurred. She Is heart-broken. Mr. Patterson's relatives from Granville county are also here, all making stren uous efforts to recover the body. No ether fatalities have occurred o fsr as can be ascertained at thia time, but a communication with th country east aad south of th city la entirely cut off a different situation may develop when trafflo la again restored. , The decline of the water i expected to be very slow. O. W. Patterson, Drowned tn KInston, Waa Native of Granville. Special to The Observer. Oxford, Sept 2. Mr. O. W. Patter son, drowned In KInston, waa a native of Granville county and a aon of J. P. Patterson, a prominent farmer of Salem township. . Announcement of the death was received here by a telegram to Mr. Breedlove, brother- in-law of the deceased, who Imme diately sent to the country home con veying tne sad news to ni parents. His father and mother left Oxford Thursday morning for KInston. Mr. Breedlove will go Friday morning. Just three weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Patterson visited in Granville, and this eomfnunlty, where he has many friends and relative who feel deeply grieved by the audden death. VERMONT RESULT PLEASING. Nominee Taft Believes the Drop InJ the Republican Majority In V ermont Will Ieaaen the Danger Of Over Confidence Refuses to Discus the tFo raker Incident. " Middle Bass Island. Mich., 8ept I. NeltbefMr.. Taft, General Cofbln, nor Representative v Keifer wouVd com ment for publication to-day on ' the Foraker incident of yesterday in To ledo, with the exception of the gen eral admission that the meeting be tween the candidate and th Senator was brought about without the pre vious knowledge of Mr. Taft i Comment, indicating that tha Re publican situation generally might have been Improved if the; Vermont .majority had been less, wa made to day by Judge Tart Tha returns," ne saia, -are. very satisfactory. In round numbers, the majority is 20,000. which Is nearly what It was In 1104 and equal to what it waa In 1100.' It is aa indica tion, that ther is ne undercurrent againrt the Republican party and ther la no trend toward auch a radi cal change In the opinion, of the elec torate as Is essential to uemocratio success In November. ' It, woul Jer haps have been better, from th standpoint of tne party managers. ir the majority had been lea. In order that the danger of over-confidence might be lessened among th Repub licans. The vote in Vermont is mucn more significant as one east under normal conditions tnan win tne vote In Maine next week, because It la understood that th peculiar local situation ther thl year prevent a reduced Republican majority, there having national bearing." ...- . James R. Garfield and Mr. Gar field reached here to-day. After a conference It was announced that Secretary Garfield would put In four days on the' stump In Maine. , Champion Pauper Dead. Utica, N. T Sept . Th cham pion pauper la dead after being a public charge for elghty-nv years. Heseklah Mona was Mm in the Herklmer.eounty poor house eighty Ave years ago, spent all hi days ther and died In that Institution to-day. Mrs Fiatt'e Murderer Arrested? Ocala. Fla., Sept 2. Deputy Sher iff Brlganc areated to-day Thomas Allen, colored,- suspected Of being tha murderer of Mrs. Piatt In Tampa some weeks ago. .Allen will be taken, to Tampa to-night . , DAMAGE,': HOWEVER,': IS SLIGHT! After Covering a ' Distance of About Three-Quarter of a 'Mile, a Slight Mbliap . Occur to tlie Aeroplane, Breaking Up th Trial Test rMI :. take Due to a Cliange , in the IVnUtion of the ' Operator, With Which Mr. Wright Had Not IU ' ' come Thoroughly Familiar Crowd uiccra wildly. Thinking., tne ie- ; scent la Made Purposely Inventor Kstimatea the Rate of Speed at Tinny-Eight Mllca an Hour. : Washington. Sept. 2. Orville Wright made a flight in hla aeroplane at Fort ! Myer, VW thia evening. While making the second circle of the drill grounds Mr. ; Wright pulled the lever which control the planes in the wrong direction and he waa compelled to descend in order to avoid running into some wires. The machine encircled the grounds once and was half way around . tha fluid when the mishap - occurred. . The areoplane wa Jn the air for one minute and fifteen seconds. -" MACHINE BEHAVES WELL. ' . Oxyllle Wright was at work all day preparing for to-day's flight The starting apparatus was thoroughly tested and shortly before 5 o clock the aeroplane waa wheeled acroea the drill grounds to the starting track. Over an hour was consumed in testing the 'motor and arranging details. Standing back from tmS aeroplane, a crowd of several hundred people, including ' distinguished offlcera and scientist, formed a semi-circle.. The gasoline did not foed properly, when th.! motor was first started, but the . ' V"... n W WWW.. 111. ua. u a..... ... motor wa started for the second time - ' At 1:55 o'clock the aeroplane shot out along the single track, and reaching the end. continued to travel along the ground on It runner for about twenty feet, when Mr. .Wright turned th forward planes upward and the machine gradually rose from th ground. Mr. Wright directed it toward the other end of the Held, where a. graceful turn was 'made for the return trip. ACCIDENT OCCURS. Turning directly over the starting apparatus, Mr. Wright continued on the second lap. Just as the machine started to : make the turn for the second, return trip It was seen to start down to earth In front of the tent Ther waa no one at that end of the field and the crowd ran pell mell for the aeroplane, cheering wildly. The general impression was that Mr. Wright had descended put poseiy directly in front of the tent where the aeroplane Is housed. it was found, though, that the for ward part of th right hand runner had been broken off In two places. Mr. Wright was uninjured and calmly told the crowd how the acci dent happened. H-said: I pulled 'the lever the wrong way ana tne machine turned In the di rection of those wires and that wood pole, t L therefore, had to bring the machine down to earth rather aud- aeniy. in mi states was due to the change we have made In the position of the operator on the machine, with which I have not become thoroughly laminar, me aamage could, be re paired within a few hours If we had the material here. If I had not made the mistake In turning I would have made several mora Circle around the Held." FIRST FLIGHT IN MACHINE. Mr. Wright expressed hla entire satisfaction, with the machine, which wa built for the algnal corps of the army. Throughout the short flight the aeroplane made- numerous un dulations, coming very close to the ground at tlmea, but never rising nigner man z feet from tne earth Mr. Wright said the undulating movement waa due to the fact that he paid little attention to the small plane in front, which control the ascent and descent ot the machine. "I was giving all my attention to making th curves," he raid. Mr. Wright aald he' was a little nervous, because it was his first flight in tne new macnine. He aald. how. ever, that the future flight will be easier. Mr.. Wright estimated to day's speed at 21 ml lea an , hour. covering a a .stance or about tnree quarter of a mile. . . . Two Policemen Arrested For Feloni : . ' ous Wounding. . ' , Scran ton. Pa.,- Sept ' 2. Warrants were Issued to-day for th arrest of Troopers Helm and White, . of the police In connection with tha shoot ing of th two women In th Dun more strike rioting yesterday. Felon ious wounding is charged and the prosecutor la Michael Javalko, hus band of one of th Injured women. They will be given a hearing . to morrow. . ' i There was no further trouble In Dan more to-day. Sheriff Ha lpn no tified the State nolle. that he could 'handle the situation without their help and they did not go to Dunmore as requested by th company. . -. v Over, $4,000,000 XWt to College and ' . Charitable Institutions. ,, t Oswego, N.jT4 Sept I. Mora than 14.000.600 Is left to charitable In stitution. the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Tale University by the will of Frederick Cooper Hewitt who died at hi horn here last Sunday. To relative and friends lea than half a million dollars ta left The estate Is estimated to be worth frn 25, 000.000 to 21,000,000 and In addition to receiving a bequest of 11,500.000, th Metropolitan Museum of Art Is made the residuary legatee. The largest bequest mentioned In th will la the girt of - 23.000.000 to the New York Peat Graduate Medical School and Hospital.. . Atlantic Coast tine Permitted to Pat . Frelglit Rate lato Effect. . Special to The Observer. - Ashevltl. Sept S.-Judg Prltchard has signed a final decree In the nut of the Atlantic Coast Lin Railroad to the x tent of permitting th company to put into effect the freight rate agreed upon by the railroad and the Legislature. - Thl leave open the question as to the liability of the railroad company upon Ita bond to secure tb holders ot coupons tn tases whereby ticket were purchased pending tb Injunction which waa Issued by the court In the first Instance. , Two Aged Women Burned to Death. Gadsden. Ala., Sept 2. Mrs. Eliza beth McNVaL aged "5 year, and her Invalid dauthter-ln-iaw, Mrs. Jo Mc "Neal, aged 15 yeare, were burned to death last night In a Are which de stroyed their hom on Lookout Moun tains, eight mil-- north of this city. It Is thought the fire originated from a -detective- flue The .two women were alone in tha house -at the time. SALISBURY NEWS OF A DAY COUNTT FARMERS ORGANIZING Branch of the Educational and Co- v Operative, Inlon 'Formed at a Meeting In : ScotchrIrbdi Township .Only One Capital Case Before - Snperior ' Court One Prisoner Sent ( to , tne Koada iw Mealing trora Senator f Herman A ' Movement . For the Sy-rtcmatlo Study of the i Bible Sundry News Item of Interest. ; '. ... ;t ',. - d Observer Bureau, , , , 421 North Main Street. Salisbury, Sept 2. ituclen'. Byen waa convicted .: of larceny In Rowan Superior Court to day and sentenced to four months on the county chain gang. While he waa indicted on another-' offense, it cam out in the -trial that a search of Byers' g-oom revealed the fact that he had at some time or other atolen wearing apparel from the horn of Senator Lee 8. Overman, aa a num ber of garments bearing the stamp, and belonging to the Senator were found. . , ' The grand Jury haa returned a true bill against Sam Massey, a well known Salisbury negro, for rape, his alleged victim being Lucy Houeer, a colored missionary worker of Statea vllle, who, coming to this place aev eral months ago and seeking a lodging house claims she wa enticed to a clump of woods beyond Town creek by Massey and assaulted. This Is the only capital case on the docket for this term. . TO STUDY THE BIBLE. A movement for the systematic study of the Bible was launched by a number of cltlxens of Chestnut HIU, Salisbury's southern suburb, last night. The purpose (a to get a clear, comprehensive knowledge of " the Bible, and all men who wish will be welcomed as members. The plan for this class Is first to get a brief outline of the life and teaching of Jesus In chronological order - by studying about 40 select chapters from the four Gospels. Then to study the remaining books of the New Testament book by book, enquiring for the author, the occasion of the writing, a aummary, etc. Also black hoard and short lecture method of Dlble study wllf be taught. The student Is required to use his note book and Bible In and out of class. The Rowan farmers are fast organ izing themselves Into the Farmers' Educational and Co-Operatlve Union, and an organization was effected at Teague's school house, Scotoh-Irleh township, last night by Mr. T. D. Brown, county organiser. Mr. E. J. Johnson was chosen president; F. A. Niblock, vice president; C. A. Ouffy, secretary; J. P. Burton, chaplain; H. I. Foster, doorkeeper: "T. A. Galther, conductor. The Baraca class of the First Methodist church ,held a sociable to night at the church that will long be remembered by the members and friends of the class. More than one hundred were, present and listened to addresses by several well-known speakers. Light refreshment were servea, a general social hour was spent and It waa pronounced ne of the most enjoyable occasions in the nistory or tne uaraca class. OPENING OF CAMPAIGN. On Thursday. September tha 17th. th campaign In Rowan will be formally opened, at which time Sena tor Overman will speak at Gold Hill, and a large crowd, many of whom will go out from Salisbury, will hear mm. Mr. R. o. Eleman. a staunch Democrat has charge of the arrange ments. The Salisbury officer were sur prised to-day to see Will Fisher, the notorious legies negro, on the streeta Fisher wa serving a two-year sen tence on the Rowan chain gang for highway robbery, the offense being committed In the Spring Hill section some months ago, late at night, his pal being another negro, who la atlll on tne gang. Tb Governor, In com menting on the case afterward said It must have been a serious one or else the presiding Judge would not nave impoeed a two-year - sentence on a legless man. When the question of a pardon first came up th board of commissioner for the county, at their meeting on April tth, aa ia shown by the official record In the office of Register Miller, passed the following resolution: "Ordered that the county attorney, b Instructed to write to Governor Glenn and aak that the application for pardon for Will Fisher be not granted." In the face of- thl the officers wonder whyi the pardon waa given. ; , 0 ; , , BUSBEE FUNERAL- TO-DAY. Remains WU1 Arrive tn Raleigh This Afternoon New . Enterprise Char tered. .;; v Observer Bureau. -t , . The Uolleman Building, '. , Raleigh, Sept , t. ? The remalna of Fablus 1L Busbee are expected to arrive from Seattle, Wash., Friday afternoon at : 4:10 o'clock and th funeral will follow at, I o'clock under the auspices of ; th North Carolina Grand Lodge of Ma son, ot which, he waa past 'grand master, w. h. pace. a. B. Andrews, Jr., and Murray Allen, tor the Raleigh Bar Association, went to Richmond to-day to meet the remain there to morrow morning. Tha Grand Lodge offlcera ar expected here Friday ; in time to open 2h lodge for the funeral. . aiav A. j. Barwickv chief clerk for th State Superintendent of Public Instruction, underwent successful operation' for appendicitis at v Rg Hospital to-day. He left hi desk last evening and walked our to the hospital to be prepared for the op eration to-day without cerioua lllnesa Tha Farmer' Supply Company, of Kenly, Johnston county. a chartered Ith capital of 250.000 authorised 1.000 subscriber, j. i, Woodard and R. R. Hale and others are atock- holder . , ,--- - COLLAR FOR MASCOT MULE, , Collar Maker at Galewburg, III.. Send the Netwaakan a Collar For Hla Male Texas tiend a. Hale of Hay. Galesburg, UK, Sept 2. Horse- coUar makers employed by a manu facturer nere sent to William J. Bryan yesterday a eollar for Mr. Bryan's mascot mule. , Every man In the shop took part in making the collar. Mr. Bryan had been previous ly asked If he would accepty the gift He replied: , "I thank yott for the frlendtv u. terest of the horse-collar maker, of your factory. Upon Investigation I find that an 12-lneh collar win fit our meot' and that he weighs about 27S pound. Democratic friends seem to be quite Interested n him. a bsle of hay came to him recently from Texas. I appreciate the good will hlch prompts thl offer and send iy cordial . greettne to these who wUh to contribute." . PICKS BRYANAS A WIMSE ll BOB FTAYLCR IS ENTHUSIASTIC) The Fiddling Senator From TenneH ' see Talks Politic Declare That the Sentiment For the Nebrakaa the Country Over Is Treroendouw ' - In HI Deliberate. Judgment - the Outlook Frr Bryan la Brighter Now , " Thau It Wa For G rover Cleveland ' In 1884 or 1803 He Goea so Far as to Express a Belief That Rock-Rib-bed Kansa Will Get on the Band Wagon Thl Tune Convinced, He Says, Thai the Country ta . For Bryan. BY ZACK M'GHEE- Observer Bureau, 12 Post Building, . Washington, Sept. 2. Senator Bob Taylor, Fiddling Bob, Yarning Bob, but ever Interesting and, perennially picturesque Bob, of Ten nessee, you know, leaned slightly for ward, spit a sousing flood of tobacco Juice into or partly into a spittoon about six feet away, wallowed his to bacco quid around his mouth a .time or two and in his familiar droll drawl spake thus: "I have Just come back from a trip through Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas. Nebraska and Indiana. I have been lecturing at Chautauqua six nights a week. You know the' Chautauqua movement all through that country out there Is something uvhiiuvu j ivmg . v. i . ... wtae Dy tne tnousana, come in tneir , covered wagons, and canp Just Ilka the old time Methodist camp-meeting, and, my soul alive, they have every kind of entertainment a man can' tkl.L . m ..i I ....... lectures, ever kind of thing. s,Tbafe what I've been doing. I Just stood on the platrorm and turned loose on env what I had. And they stood H re markable well, too, eonsldertn. . uncAi nit i am BJVivmar, r. -ti v "Politics. he went on, . stopping now and then to shift th ' tobacco quid, "why, you never heard tell of. the politic there 1 out there. No body' mad, though; everybody In tho! best of humor. I would Just alt about' after I got through my little plat form business, and listen to - 'em. They don't mind saying what 'they re wtra to Aa. Dither. And ' I tell you the sentiment for Bryan la some thing tremendous." That ttasnsatAS wsaa ailrvlma Alt ah if1A. In hi room at his hotel here last night when I oalled on h,lm. He had shut himself up In this room for' some reason or other so that at the desk in the hotel office the clerk said to me. "He Isn't stpppinr here. This was strange, for I had been told: by a friend that he was there, '.and 1 so said to the clerk. "I haven't seen him," he aald. "He Isn't stopping here." "Hasn't been here?" I asked. -"No." he replied, but a I wa turn-., lng away, he observed, "It you will , give me your card I will see It I can. And him." The significant way he said . this brought the card at once, - and ' after the porter had one taken me to the wrong room, to ex-Sena ter Wel- was forced to talk for about fifteen, minutes because he had my card on , his table and thought it had been sent to film, and another little wait I waa ' snown into mo ruum ui xiuunu Bob." who waa all smiles aa ha usu ally 1st-And he waa wound -, . up, as usual. - V,v . Til tell you," he aald. "I was a presidential elector in Tennessee in , 1124, and a presidential . elector In . Tennessee means more than It doe In most State, for there a man is ex pected to get out and run Just like for r. .th.. AflleA. f itumncd th Stata that year for Cleveland, and I stump ed It again for Cleveland In 1212. and it Is my deliberate judgment that tninaa iook Dnxnier mia year - ior Bryan than they ever looked " for, Cleveland in either 1224 , or 1202. Judging by the way the people talk, you understand," he added. "I feel confident Indiana Is going Democratic. Nebraska la certain to Jto. f0rBrya.n."; And here he stopped, "How about KansasT" I asked. ? J W It IllJT .ll.i.i.f.1.1 believe Kansas will go Democratic. WILL PULL REPUBLICAN VOTES. ' "I heard numbers of men out there talk thia way. 'I've been a Republican and have always voted th Republican ticket but I'm going to vote for Bry an. . We've tried to down Bryan In every way because we thought he waa not safe, that he wa all .wind ani that sort of thing, but ha Just will not down.. After both hla Overwhelm ing defeats he haa shown himself a big enough man to absolutely dominate the Democratic party and to keep up a big enthusiasm for him tn all part of tha country. Ha la far bigger to-day than ha ever waa, and ha always has had th Interest of . th people at heart and 'I'm Just going to Vote for him. Of coure, l'dTvot for Roose velt If ha wera running but as he ia, not I'm going to vote f r Bryan." - -,; HE IS ' CONVINCED, v That there la nothing new, aa othera who have come from th West have told us before, but the Tennessee Sen ator and lecturer says he ha heard so much of thl sort of talk that h I convinced that the country . la for Bryan. c; ;" " "The talk about Tennessee' golnt? Republican Is ridiculous." he sai l when asked about his own State. "If ther I anything I do know It Is tho Stat of ! Tennessee, every county, every toam and hamlet every rock and rill, vine and figtree. and I know the Democratic State : of Temiesnee will give Bryan a bigger majority than It has aver given anybody In many a day. Oh. yes, I'm going out there to take the stump. I'm going to get up and tell the boys what what and how' a how." Tha Senator paid a high tribute to ex-Senator Carmack, hla opponent in the race tor tha Senate, and expressed great nleasar that Carmack had axirt become tha edttor of a daily news paper, The Nashville Tennesseean. "He' a wonder," he said. "The pen's hi fort and he will become another Henry Watterson if he continues hi present work. He will be a power thU year for tha Democratic ticket" Weat Virginia Physician KUled on Train. - . Roanoke, Va. Sept. 2. A Bluefk-M. W. Va., special to The Times eas Dr. H.. Howard Saycrs, of Northfork. W. Va., was shot and killed fto-J by W. Wenley Wilkfs on a t-n standing at Keystone station. 1 had be-n bad blood between te i men for some time anj It i.-" the physician had theatened t Wl!k on sight. 'When th-'v r Keystone depot flyers i : . t In the thro.it an.l t'n ! In the face. U'e n.r--his revnlvt-r out of I'' ' Savers thro . i--j. - :a ! a few ni;n... .. . . . v
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