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ID Pu-cs -I:-t;y if. ' I'll i . ! , i ' P'T CFfP"! f ! "N f ...i 1 SULSCKIPTION PI i ICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC EMBEB 30, 1908. -. VRICB JIVE CENTS. GHEAT CALAMITY STUIiSlTALY SCCEE OF CITIES V.'IF EO FEil! I'lP DKATH LIST NUMBERS JOO.OOQ Xrlhquuke, Followed by Tidal Wave. Destroyed City After "City u South Italy and eiiclly "mid Obliterated HniaUcr Towns aud Villages With- out unioor jxewtuua, win Its Tragic History, ,Wsa Shaken to Uulns and Flames Hasten to 0ra- let the City's Destruction The Strait of Medina so Shaken and Twisted by the 1'pheaval of the Earth Tliat the Slap la Changed and Navigation of the Surrounding Wafers lg Impossible The; Seaport Tdjwn of Repgol la In Ruins, Mount 1 . Aetna, the Volcano on the Island of . Sicily, is Inactive Eruption and Adda to the Tvsror of the Situation -Star lug and Bleeding the Bur vlvors From the Devastated District , Are , Fleeing In ' All ' Direction, Knowing Kot Where to Flail a 6afe 31a ren Reports Indicate That, the ; American Consul at Messina ' and Ills Wife Have Lost Their Lives The Hands of All Nations, In the , Time Tliat "Makes the Whole World Kin, Are Extended to Stricken Italy nd W arships of Many Nation Are , - Rushing to tlie Seen of the Appal ' ling Disaster to Render Aid Sur- . vlvors of . the Catastrophe Narrate With Dramatic Details the Story of , the shock That Within the Fraction of a Minute Blasted Completely One of the Fairest Lands on tho Globe. '..Borne,-' Dee.,! J9. One . hundred thousand dead; Messina In Sicily, and Regglo and a score of other towns in southern Italy overwhelmed; the an tnrs Calabrlan region laid waste,; this Is the earthquake's record so far as Is at present known from the' reports that are coming slowly IntoRome on account of. the almost complete de struction of lines of communication to' the stricken places.'-';;. v The death list In Messina Granges from 13,00? to 0.000;that Of Regglo, . bered 48,000 people. Includes almost the entire population. At PalmL 1,. 000 are reported dead; t Cassano 1, 000; at Cosenza 5 00, and half of th population . of " Bsgbara, about 4,000. The Monteleono region baa ieen de vastated, nd Rlposto. Bemlnara, San Giovanni, Scllta, Laxiarro and Can nltello and alj other communes an! villages bordering on the straits are In ruins. " ) ' KING SAILS FOR MESSINA. . ' The King and Queen of Italy are now on their war to, Messina, having sailed to-nlglA from Naples i aboard the battleship Vlttorio Emmanuele. The Pope has shown the greatest distress at the calamity and tie him nif m the first to contribute a sum amounting to $210,000 to the relief of the afflicted. ,f - ' -r.4 i'j t .V; British, French and Russian' war ships are steaming toward the south and already several of the ships of Great Britain and Russia have reach ed filclly. Officers and men of these hips have performed heroic service In the work of rescue. . . ' It Is - feared that many foreigners have been killed as a number of the hotels at Messina and doubtless at Oincr pjace wci. vivvucu ivui. Ists.--- ." , - Little Is known of the fate of , the dlplomatio - - representatives of the foreign - powers stationed ' , at these ports, "although the Italian govern ment to using every effort to relieve the anxiety felfon their account.; : v There Is the gravest danger that a pestilence will follow the destruction of the towns,' where on account of the vast havixs , wrought, bodies will He "unburled for . days and weeks. Those who escaped death, many -'of whom are badly , Injured, are making their way by the thousands' to the nearest place of refuge. Their suffer ings even now must be. intense as they are without food or clothing. Messina and Catania. In Slcjly. are the two largest cities that have suffer ed in this earthquake. Messina has a population of about 100,000, while Catania hasvabout 140,000 people. Messina la on the west side of the strait of Messina near the narrowest part. Catania is south of Messina on the east coast of the island. Reseio Is the capital of the Prov ince of Rppglo dl Calabria, and the population Is about 50,000. This city la on the east side of the strait not far from Messina. - , Riposto is in fciieib'. 10 miles south west from Taormlna. It has a pop ulation of something over 7,000. The other towns mentioned in" to !fiy's oippatchea are in Calabria. 1 arnara Is 1 miles northeast of Rr y and has a population of 7.500. nsta Is the capital of Cosenxa province In a commune that has 1.0oo Inhabitants and 34 milfs ta the north is Cassano mith 6.700 people. I'al:i 1 is 20 miles to the north of clo and has a population of some thing over 10.000. while Pan Giovinnl, Rita a population of 12,000, Is 25 miles ea.t of Co.'enza. All Italy Stunned, Rome, Pec. S3. Stunned at the ni?gn;tude of the calamity' ws'ch has overtaken thf-lr WIojt countrymen, all Ittly mourns to-n!.-'-.t. for" the stricken I'rovlnce of Ca'.. : i end the Island of 1 Tir centuries to :," e-ir.is ever In v 3 r r pared for ia t' fraction of y ,:,vr,-ated cities . 3 f.a da'h of Ac-oi;.-! !. bu r - i D u ; J J'l" : : ! to- 1,3 and t-.- h-i3 a- j r, 1 1 t en to ruins. Flames burst forth. to complete the city's destruction and to burn alive untold numbers hopeless ly pinioned beneath fallen walls and broken timbers. '.i . . ' THE MAP ALTEREDr The Strait of Messina was shaken and twisted by the earth's trembling, for mariners report the channel alter ed beyond recognition.' The ports and villages on both the continental and Sicilian Bides were wrecked or Inundated and all lighthouses along the coasts were swallowed up. ' Navi gation now la dangerous and in some places impossible. V '.' . In the Calabrlan district, which was only bexlnntnr to recover from the effects of the earthquake . of . , 1905, Regglo was the centre of the earth's upheaval, The seaport of Regglo Is reported as no longer existing and the city proper Is in ruins. 7 .?.'. The loss of life on both sides of the strait and In eastern Sicily was enor mous. .One of the refugees ' from Keggio, who was the first to bring the news . of the city's destruction, tried to make his way to Sicily In a sailboat but was compelled ' to re turn and Anally, found safety. at peninsula port In describing 4 his experiences he .said; :1 jTv '!'' " 'The sea was strtngely, mysterious ly aeltated and "the heavens were ablaie, , Kearlng Sicily the clearing smoke revealed the mystery; Messina was in flames. - in the frenzy or oe- spair, I turned my boat to Calabria.1 : SURVIVORS FLEEINO. - Starving, bleedUrg from Injuries, and almost insane from' their terrify ing experiences, Messina's survivors are fleeing in all directions. The spectacle presented . by the ruined seaoert Is described . as terrifying. Tumbling buildings both killed and mutilated, wnue nunareas 01 xne in lured. . imprisoned in the wreckage were abandoned to their fate by the fleeing populace. ., One of those who eacaped said;- t ' "Tin earth seemed suddenly to drop and then turn (Violently on Its axis. The whole population, who practical ly were precipitatea irora ine nouses rent In twain, were spun around like tops as they ran through the streets. Many fell, crushed to death, ana oth ers, bewildered, took refuge for breath beside the tottering walls where they soon met the fate of -their compan ions,'" ' .. , ': - AID FROM jOREiaNERS. ti '; Already British and Russian squad rons have arrived at Messina.1 Sailor and marines have been disembarked and they have performed courageous acts In rescuing the Injured and re- movlnv the wounded, a larite num ber of survivors has been transferred to the warships which are transformed Into great floating hospitals. .It .Is imperative that the dead be removed from the ruins In order to avoid A pestilence, '.;', '"- -'"".. ivt- - Steamers with doctors, aruggists, firemen and workmen have arrived at Messina from ,. Catania and other Places. .;- - .-' 1-y.i '-V' Special dispatches : received here from Calabria confirm the destruction of Regglo. - They report that the sit uation is as bad if -not worse than at Messina. The streets in Rome are jammed with people, who snatch the special editions from the newsboys. The people are plunged In grief and lamentations are heard on all sides. Here and there one asks another, When will end this awful repetition of devastation ' and y death in our country J" ' :-'v?. -! '.. . ,;,'i.yV, ; ' HANDS ACROSS, THE SEA.V ," The hands of all nations have been extended to. Italy. In her 4. affliction. From rulers have come messages of condolence and from-the people spon taneous promise os? that aid which brings the world closer together in times of great calamity, i Great Brit ain, France and Russia have sent their warships quick as the flash of the telegraph could, carry the- orders to lend assistance to the stricken cities. Relief funds have already been start ed; and a hundred ships and trains are on their way carrying supplies and reinforcements to the south. Rome, Milan, Florence, Naples, and other cities, are sending physicians, police and firemen. .To-day aimambassa dors and ministers expressed sym pathy with M.' TittonL Minister : ef Foreign Affairs,' whose emotion 'was profound. .:,-.r' ''?'.';' '.; " v.i;" - The bourses ana treasuries have been closed throughout Italy, and dis patches of sympathy continue to pour In from all quarters of the globe. At the time of the earthquake the torpedo boat Sappho was lying iln the harbor at Measina and one of the officers told of the occurrences as fol lows: - -i- , .-, -. - NAVAL OFFICER'S EXPERIENCE. "At half-pase five In the morning the - sea suddenly became terribly agitated, seeming literally to pick. up our boat and ehake it. - Other craft nearby were similarly treated and the ships looked like bits of cork bob bin sbout in a tempest. Almost im mediately a tidal wave Of huge pro portions swept across the strait. mounting the coasts and carrying ev erything before it. Scores - of ships were damaged and the Hunga rian mail boat Andrassy parted -her anchors and went crashing into other vessels. : Messina bay was wiped Out and the sea was soon covered with masses of wreckage which was carried oft in the (Win .of the receding wa ters." : : - Kight Bailors from the Sappho were landed snd took up the work of res cue. Officers and men from Italian and British steamers also went ashore as soon as possible, the Britishers savin a family of five who were im prisoned In a burning house. Many prisoners from the jails made their escape and looted rieht and left. Hundreds engaged In the work of rob bing the banks and business houses. In the opinion of the ol'icers of the Fappho, half of the population of Messina perished. A3IEi;iC.y CONSUL VICTIM? Arthur S. Cheney and JH Wife Sup-po-ed to !ave Ixih H.rir Live in I ..11 hqu.-ikf a CoMMii of the luiied J-;iitcs at MeWna. " W'Khinct'in. Dec. 23. Th.it Arthur S. Cheney. American c-nsul at f;na, Sicliy, and his wife lost he'r i'vrs In the earthquake disaster whi h !" .i--,'itHl that ci?y yesterday. Is In-Oi.-,',n d t'V an o."U'i,kl !c,HU-ii receiv ed f-night ty t'-ie fcitdte L'ep.-irtment Irorn Stuart I.upton, Amerlran vlce crsul at J!A,m, The dei stch, wtu.-h. a from itaMa, fl!ows: ""i : M cor-itijiiitrt !-: rcyel ari l consul and wile sur !,.! t.- I d c , !. i.t'i'l'- :." C 1 o.' et V.Hf.a, in forw."r1- i v:i 1 r, ADMITTED LOVE f OK ASMS MRS. I HAIXST MORALS RIDDLED Ncfrro Kmnt Tells the ' Jury In Hushing Court How the Wife of nptain peter ; Mains - Carried on With "Billy" Annls She Told the . (aptnln of tlie Misconduct, During ins Abwcnfe -Another Witness Te' titles to the Captain's Irrational Conduct When Relating tle Htory or tne lTaredr lu ills miiy eiald Ills Wife Caressed lllm One Night : , and Denied Her Baseless and the Aext Alght Admitted It, ' Flushing. N.' Dec. t. The de fense of Thornton i. Hains, Indicted with his brother, , Captain Peter C, Hains, Jr., for the killing of William E. Annls, called two witnesses 'In to-day's session of the trial to show certain alleged sets of Mrs. Claudia Hains, which the lawyers for the de fendants claim so affected Captain Hains that he became mentally unbal anced. - ,-, .,-: fi ... v Samuel Chester Reld, of Chicago, a friend of the Hains1 family, . swore that Captain Hains told him of all his marital misfortunes and that the cap tain evinced signs of being irrational. Before the close fit the day's session the defense called to the stand a serv ant In Captain Hains household,, Min nie Rhone, who related certain -alleg ed Incidents In which Mrs. Claudia Hains and William E. Annls figured at the Hains home ' while Captain Hains was In the Philippines. - These incidents, the witness said, she. .told the captain on his return. , She was still under examination when court adjourned for the day. She said that Mra. Hains had declared her affection for Annls and told of alleged orgies held at the Hains home at Fort Ham ilton. . : :yr:: v ,;' '- - v-i RELATES DOMESTIC ; TRAGEDY, ; ' Samuel C: "Reld, a building Inspect or of the United States training sta tion at North Chicago, was called. The witness related a conversation he had with Captain Hains, who, the witness said,, used such expressions as ' My life is ruined.'? and "l . wisn 1 . was dead," -v-; -:V,y;: Mr. Reld said: "Captain Hains said ha went to Fort Hamilton, and found his wife, who wanted to know wny he . had returned home.- -wny. Claudia, your resutatlon Is at Stake. I have come from tne utter can 01 the earth to save you. I have neara gossip of you and Annls.' .The cap tain said his wife tola mm mat me goasin was ridiculous. , ,1 ' . . . : - v Mr. Held said the captain stated be invited Annls to dinner to show : he did not believe the gossip. ; Witness said Captain Hains said- his : father told him there, were, things 10 oe in vestlga ted, and that he (Captain Hains) again spoke to his wife and she replied? "I do love Billy AnnW" Mr. Bel4 further testmeo; ; , , , , , "The captain said his wife then told him alK thatlshe loved-Billy AnnU and not him. -1 nnnld not Understand !t. said Captain Hains. w The night before she gave me caresses and told me it was not so,' avs H;y,--:?:-;-.JS'i t HAINS WANTED TO DIE. Wit item said 'Caotaln iHalns fre- onentiv exnressed a desire to die and said Thornton had been so good, to htm. ; Mr. Reid said the captain sign ed, moaned and quoted from Kipling's "VamDlre." and said he never unaer- stood the poem before, but did so now. Reld: was excusea, ana - mmnie Rhone, a negress, of Washington. D. C t-k the stand. She is the cook In the Hains household. , The cook related the occurrences In the Hains heme of which, she said, she told Cap tain Hains on his return from the West, The witness said Mrs. Hains was intoxicated at : the house with Mr. Annls and the wife of the army captain turned somersaults and- Mr. Annls smacked her. 1 The cook said she : told the captain that his - wife smoked cigarettes and that she went out auto riding with Annls and stayed away all-, night, v : . 1 "What did the f Captain do '-when you told him that?" -; , ,t ". : THE , WITNESS DRAMATIC. :. The witness jumped from her seat and gave-an exhibition of how the captain acted, crying out: "Oh, my God.. Did she say that T What will become of my children ff "When dld.yod tell Captain Hains all this?' asked Justice Crane sternly. ' "The " night ' he came 'home ; from the Philippines, was the reply. - The witness said she told Captain Hains that Mrs. Hains had told her that she loved "Billy" Annls for five years and that she did not know what love , was when she married. ' -The cook further testified that Mra Hains called Annls "papa" and her "affin ity" and on one 'ocaslon Captain Hains young son called Annls "papa." The witness said she told all this to Captain Hains. She said she told the captain that Annls made himself at home In the bouse and that he hid when some one called at the house. At this point the court adjourned until, to-morrow. - ; v t TOrXO LADY B'tRXED. . - - ...... v s ru - , Clot lil ng of Miss Bessie Loy Catches as She Is Seated by lire 1J urns Not Thought to Be aFtaL -Special to The Observer. - ' ' . , i Burlington, Dec. 2.MIss Bessie Loy,, the Sl-year-old daughter of John Loy, It was thought, was fatally burn ed yesterday, though to-day the doc tors are hopeful of her recovery. She was seated near the fire at her home three miles from Burlington when her clothing became - ignited and was burned from her body. The flames were extinguished after, she' was burned almost beyond, recognition. Lucius K. Lfldd Turns In His Last Copy. -New York, .Dec. 29. Lucius E. Ladd, for several years enaped In newspaper work in this city, died at the Swedish Hospital In Brooklyn to day. Mr. Ladd was born in Spring field, Mass, and old his first news, puper work on The Union of that city. Ilia !-ut duties were hoe of corres pondent of the Associated Press at At'-mta, Ga. Shi!e in Boston Mr. Ladd married J'lw? Leonora von OttinKer, who sur vives him. His mother resides in Allston, Mass, Daiifjsiot of T. P. A. ; -n at Winston- -..: Epeelal to The 0!'"-rver. Wln'-.n-S ilm, Inc. . The e'-hth. annual t - n , t of Poet 1!, Tr-'vf ler' irototive A-ofitlon, was hel 1 at the ZinzrHorf Hotel last tiiirhti nl wis a hnppy au.ilr aitogetfier; ";r. P. ;. Masten,-presMent, acted s t !-,:r ...r. end a Dumber of snappy, t (r-i rite toasts was res ponde.i to, t!.' kerS Ir"!'i lingr il, .,r i:.-.ton. of V inwm, eiid Votrl-. r, of m. A f" r of ca.t-of-towa men wajt la THE JUDGESHllVpATTER PRESIDENT FAVOUR EASTERXER It Is Said That President Roosevelt Witt Not Oo Out pf the District to ' . Name SUHTCsaor to Judge Purtiell, If 8nltahkrMaa Orn jle Fouiid-Some . Able Men In the Dlstrk-t Besides Kklnner Why Is . Duncan support--lng Adams? an Interesting Question I What, It Means to Some Others If v Judge Adams ticts to Wear the Er mine The Fight Just Beginning, It is Thouglit by Many.!- , )J VJt B. E. ! C. BRYANT- y, "" ? -.',..' Observer Bureau, " IZ t,;-ti?:& Congress Hail Hotel. ' -. Washinston. Deo. I. Shall the President go out of the district to get a successor to the late Judse' Thomas - R; PurnellT? Is ths all-absorbing guestloa la eastern North Carolina at this particular time. National Committeeman E. C. Uun can has declared himself for Judge Spencer B. Adams, of GreensDoro, which Is In the western district, and is fighting for him with all the seal and cunning that, he does, for any one to whom he gives his support. President Roosevelt must decide upon a ' man. Col. Harry . Skinner.-of Greenville, has been here and seen the President - i He, has the support of many of the . leading Democratic lawyers of the esst, where . he has practiced for many years. In this contest Mr. Duncan Is at ;a dlsad vantage,' not being a lawyer; and It Is claimed that he is coins a little too far on account of personal and politi cal reasons. He, it Is argued. Is taklnjr a srreat rlsk-fdr In the east there are the follpwlng-named Repub licans who stand well at the bar: T, T. Hicks, of Henderson: E. W. Tim- ui , , t. v a . t.i, v. ... .. m ken. of iWhltevllle. H. F. geawell. of Carthage: George E. Butler, or samp son; James R. QsskilL; of Tarboro, and others. Why then, It Is asked, should a western man be appointed f I was told to-dsy . that President Roosevelt said he would not SO out of the district for a man unless he could - sot get a ' good one . without doing so. - If this be true and I have cause to believe tnat u is tne end Is not yet' - ! The men mentioned in tne lorezoing paragraph ' are well known. . T. T. HlckS is considered a lawyer of fine ability and a citizen of sturdy char acter and . judicial temperament. . He was a Democrat in his early aaya, out a number or years - ago- ns Deoame a Populist and. later, a Republican. Ev W. Tlmberlake and W. B. O'B. Robinson were on the Superior Court bench during the fusion regime. : J. a. ttcnuiken ha Dean enaorsea ior the Judgshlp by the bar of his coun ty. He is reputed an; excellent law. yer. He was a Taft elector in his district . , H, F. Seawell is a loyal Re publican His friends say that he made a first-class solicitor during the Republican-Populist days. George E. Butler -stands well la his county. He- was a Taft' elector. The. name of Iredell Meares has been mentioned. WHY IS DUNCAN - SUPPORTING ;?-v-y . ; ADAMS T . Therefore. It will be seen that Mr. Duncan is at a very delicate task. He is an eastern man and a fellow Republican of the gentleman named here; yet he la trying to have a western man , appointed to a place which rightfully belongs to his own section. Some are asking: --"Why Is Duncan doing, this?" Mr. Duncan has-' said that from his standpoint he felt sure that Mr. Adams Is the right man. . 'Being a clever, success ful politician, Mr. Duncan looks at most appointments as Dick Croker. Charlie Murphy, Frank Hitchcock, or other practical leaders would. Some who do not 'like to see Carl Duncan rise-and shine in the .political sky Insinuate that his eup Is not yet-full; but, in addition to being national committeeman for North Carolina, in a political way, and .receiver for the Seaboard .Air Line, in a business ca pacity, be would like to be - State chairman of his party. The offices of national committeeman and State chairman .would sound large at ths White House,;.- ; t . The fight is Just beginning. A Jiew Richmond - may enter the field. It is being said here that Senator Over man, who is a member of the Senate judiciary committee, was friendly to Judge Adams, and that there would be no danger of a hold-up in the Senate by hlmi if the appointment were made. It is safe to say, how ever, that Mr. Overman has not giv en - the matter more - than a passing thought ...The Senate .Judiciary la composed as follows: Republicans- Clark, of ' Wyoming; Nelson, Minne sota; , Depew, New York; Foraker, Ohio; Dillingham, Vermont; Klttrldge, South . Dakota; Knox. Pennsylvania; Fulton, Oregon. ' Democrats Bacon, of Georgia; Culberson, Texas; Clarke, Arkansas; Overman. North Carolina, and Rayner, Maryland. ' : T , - 11 judge 'Adams is appointed ana Mr. Duncan beileves that he will be the fight may not end there. WHAT IT MEANS TO OTHERS This Is ths situation to-dsy. There are other things to be con sidered in connection with this posi tion. One or more friends of District Attorney Holton has told me that Mr. Helton had said that he would not stand for reappointment I do not know what Mr. -Holton Intends do ing; but it is a fact that he does not harmonize with the organization, and his peonage suits bave not made htm many friends any where. He fell down on the English girls' case and others of less fame. But whether he stands or not, there Will be a strur- gle for the place now held by him. Among those who 'want it are: Thomas B. Rollins and J. J. BrlU, of Ashevllie, and Mr. Rollins Is a -son- n-law of Judge Jeter C. Prltchard. At this Juncture Judge Prltchard Is on the horn of a dilemma. if Judge Purneil had not died. Judge -Adams might have been a candidate for this district attorneyship. If Judge Adams fails of appointment to the Judgeship, he may yet enter the race, and that honor ia in his own district; and on account of service, if nothing else. he. no doubt, would feel that he was entitled to first consideration. There fore, Judge Prltchard must hsnds off. Adams out of the way, securely tuck ed away in eastern North Carolina, would clear the water in the west ern district, and Thomas Rollins could have smooth sailing. - .. , Abraham line Gets It Years. Fan Francisco, fw-c. t9. Abraham Ruef. formerly political btws of fan Franrlpco ,to-day was s-ntenced to fourteen years In the rotate . peni tentiary at fan Q'linto. Sentence vao pronounced hr Jurlte Willi.im P. tawlor, who presided over liuef's trwl on t " char- ef hrihlng a mem ber cf t , Fchmits bofrd of super visors in the award of en overhead trolley frarij!e to the Cnlte.l i.ail-roa-'n. Tr tnl ended in the con v1 tion cf Ruef 'on I-ctnbrr I?ih n.ler ls'zs n.dny .,. HANDY MEMORIES WTI: WtOSECFTE ' OFFICERS. Convention cHSer.' of Stock in' fecinlnole Securities Company Meet in Columbia and Take wtepa to Sue Trustcee to Recover Louses Criminal . , Prosecution Y to . Be Brought Against Directors siul Ofli- j rers Nine New Directors Elected, -Gen. J. 8. Can- Being One Flnan-. . rial Statement,' : PrejHired by Ac- coununt, . Read Trustee . Clark 'Called on For sttatement Tho .Three Trustees paid for Their her- ' - " -, v Observer Bureau, -; ' " ' I2S0 Berkeley Building, - ' '? Columbia, S. C, Dec t." 'i Much : Indignant feeling; was man! fested at the convention to-day. et the stockholders of the famous Seminole Securities Company, held In the court. . . . m . ... a . t ' rKi.m.l. ;hl stand. Tid Burton and Fred Pinion llngton and his o racers- and the diree-j ,ve 0 testified yet - i v. tors of ths compsnyr and the eet-j .... Q. ln aefeBdants remembered rng, which was attended by ; about a,tiacUy many persons who were In three hundred prominent men-repre-j tnIr Boms, the night of the Ranken sentlng five neighboring States, took( murder, and recalled many Incidents action looking not only to legal pro-ithat occurred then. Pressed to name ceedlngs against ths wealthy, trustees to recover the losses Of the company, but to criminal prosecution of the dl rectors and officers of the company. President Garllngten, who promo ted and carried the scheme to com pletion through the assistance of the trustees, was called for; ut nobody volunteered to say wner ne migm no found. An attempt was made to In clude the trustees in the criminal pro ceedings, but this failed fter heat ed discussion. c,v.:..,'- p-?ifriJ' '" Three and half hours of hot de bate ended with adjournment for, din ner- after a committee : of five had been appointed to nominate nine new directors to take the place or - tne present directors, whose resignations wsre accepted along with those of the trustees and officers. ? - , . . . WILL PUSH PROSECUTION." . The' final action of the morning session wtas the almost - unanimous adoption of the. following reaolutlon offered by ex-Speaker of the House' W. F. Stevenson: "Resolved, That the; hurd at Alraetora la he elected to- day proceed at once to collect all evi dence of criminal actlon on the part of any agent,- officers or employes of the Seminole Securities Company ana lay the same before the State's At torney General and request ' that. wherever the evidence Justifies, crimi nal proceedings be : Instituted: ' and that the directors do give careful at tention to pushlug the prosecutlog," 'V SENSATIONS FALL FAST. ; The afternoon was still more pro; llflo of sensations. After the election of nine new directors, who' were em powered to negotiate iwtth g commit tee of the Southern Life Insurance Company to affect the best Settlement possible with that concern and - wind up the sffairs of the company if thay ueemeot oest ,-ineonvenuon ;" ! closely to the reading of the flntmclnl. statement - hurriedly prepared . by. Charles H. Helley, of Helley tt Co, public accountants, of Augusts, Ga., whom ths trustees employed to go to Chattanooga ' and' Investigate . the books of the Seminole Company, The new directors. are:- R. T. Cas. ton,' Cheraw;' Campbell ' Courteney, Newry; , T. W. Berry. Latta; ;E. J. Etherldge, Leesvllle; A.,' M. Kennedy, Wllllston: J. B. Watklns, of Florida; Julian S. Carr, of. North Carolina; S. M. smith, of west Virginia; u. m. Snelting, of Athens, Ga. These were the names suggested by the nominat ing committee. - . '.-; v ' :'Ji; ' INQUIRY AS TO BOOKS. , , . During the reading of Mr. Heller's report1 Inquiry - was mads for-v the books carried to Chattanooga.' J i Mr. Helley sald that as he was about to leave Chattanooga,-. Mr. . Oarllngton told him he was sending In his res ignation as. president and asked Mr. Helley to carry the books along and. turn them over to the proper author ities at Columbia. On arrival at Ashevllie Mr. Helley said he missed the- suit case containing the books. which he. had placed - by the aide ot his ; berth in the Pullman, and the most diligent , search : " through . the train failed'' to recover It Voice; "Was Oarllngton , On the train?' - iir. Helley: "Nor I recognized no one I knew on the train. ' Fortunate ly,: X had my report in anothe travel ing bag. I immediately wired Gar- llngton to institute search, at his end." - v-....,. .v.-..;;;,-:';. Voice:. "I understand Garllngton was In Ashevllie to-day.,V-i.-i.--.. .--:-r"'! Mr. Helley said the officers made no pretense to keeping books. From check stubs. In different records of money, psld out snd records of stock Issued, the records. 'st Chattanooga and elsewhere showed 270.671 shares; of stock. - Of the . money received! ever f 130,009 went to agents for; commissions on sale of stock. Among the. assets, totaling $4 J, 071. 11, , the company holds 1,600 shares of South ern Life Sseck, $324,885.75. . The next largest Item is f 75,000 worth ofi stock In the Carolina Agency Com pany, which holds the general agency for this State of the Rome (Ga) mu tual Life. Mr. Clark Is president of the agency company, , A ? " STATEMENT FROM MR. CLARK. ' Called on for a statement, he said the company was orgtnlxed with a capital of $125,000, Garllngton bein given 176,000 stock for his genera sgency. But Oarllngton ! was to get nothing until the company earned enough to jay a dividend of SO per cent.-for a period oi years. He ad mitted that he had not this and that the market value of the stock was hardly mors thsa SO cents on the dollar. He said he knew nothing, as trustee, of this deal with the Semin ole. The sgency still held this stock snd he would refuse to turn It over till the dividend conditions were met. Mr. Heller's report showed the Seminole was still due Mr. Garllng ton 124.000. It seems Garllngton as signed this agency stock to the Sem inole for an equal number of shares In the Seminole snd got busy selling this Seminole stock, falling by 124, 00 to finish when the crash srrlved. The books revealed a curious trans action between Sales Agent McKin cey and the Seminole directors. He entered Into a contract to sell stock at i per cent commission. Later he sold at a premium and the company bought up his contract for 125,000 and all hands began selling at a premium. . - THUF.a TUCPTKES PAID, . , I;i mr to Questions Mr. Clark admitted be was j,at4 11,000 and the MGHT-RIDERS PROVE ALIBIS FJ7,?.ni!, ' AT,' 4 " Kememlier Wiiore Tliey Were on 'the Night Itanken Was Killed, But , Caimot Retail Events of Prior or Subsequent' lcrkd Cross-ijta ni natton of , the Attorney General, Wrlch Demonstrated That the De fendants) -.v Could - Not Remember ' Anything Except What They Want ' ed to Reuiemberi Is Severe Witness ' Punctures Oonf csnlou of One , Who - Turned state's Evidence.' . s Union City, Dee. It. The weight night-riders on trial for the murder of Captain Quentln ' Ran ken i having pleaded not guilty, are trying to prove alibis. The testimony of -the de fendants that they were- not present ft the "P11" . "? Jf !?eLe,liLih lmf persons Who were present on other nights, or to recite Incidents that oc curred a few days prior to . the mur der, they said they were : unable to do SO, . A , . v - , - !- . i CROSS-iatAMINATION. bevere The cress-examination of Attorney General Caldwell was severe. It de monstrated that each witness could remember nothing that happened on any other night - save the one - that Ranften was killed. A Mrs. Graney, mother-in-law of Wad Morris, one of the confessed riders, swore' that her son-in-law was In -bed In the same room with her at 1 o'clock on the night , of the killing, and therefore could not have been St the murder as he says he was. .4 ; She could not recall what time he went to bed on any other night since she had known him, ; Sam Baker swore . that Herschet Hogg, another confessed rider, was In bed with him the night of the killing of Ranken. . His memory as to other nights was vagus, however, and he oul,noi "TMsmbe' whet?I . " ."v defense last nlzht. - M. 1 V, Reld, father-in-law 'of Bud Morris, one. of the defendants, testi fied to an alibi for' him and denied that he. told a 'different story before the grand Jury.1: -Withered, wrinkled and poorly clad, Morris mother, tf years old. In a tired,; hopeless voice. swore thst her son was-at home the night of the murder. Other witnesses swore the same and the defense In dicated that It would prove an alibi for each of the . eight men, one by one,.; y -;- - .-. ' "THE LEADER -TESTIFIES. ' ' Garrett Johnson, the reputed leader or the riders, detailed their move ments the night of the Ranken mur der. ' '..J. -'q v Johnson swore the night-riders met at Marsh's store to prevent a raid by Lake county men as detailed by Frank Fehrtnger. ' The sheriff , had author- Ised - them to gather, for protection, Johnson denied that any one was masked or that , the men ' gathered there were night-riders. In fact, he had never seen a night-rider and would not know one if he saw him. : Arthur Cloar, one of the defend ants, admitted going masked to a meeting called to give a whipping to an alleged thief. ' He declared, how ever, that the men at . the meeting decided not to act and all went home. He denied- Joining the night-riders or going en the- rides. - . Joe Hogg, father of Herschet Hogg, one of the confessed riders, testified that his son. who turned State's evi dence, was at hems and In bed ssleep on the night of the. Ranken murder, Herschel Hogg swore that he was present when Ranken was killed, and identified some of the defendants as participants. . WEALTH COMES BY THREE II'S. Rat King Horses, Hogs and Hay James HaiUkMM'k Becomes the Possessor of I :ight Good I 'arms, . and a Few Thousand Dollars In Good Secur- Rleev , Soeoial to The Observer. Troutman. Dec, 21. One of the neatest tricks turned here doting the holiday was the manner In which Mr. James Hatthcock remembered his daughters, ' -: He la what you call a reasonably old man and is nearlng his (Oth mile-post while his daugnters, four In number, are a little younger. --: Uncle James, realizing the uncer tainty of life and conscious of the fact that ene of the girls might per chsnce -pass over the river before he did, wanted to make them a little Christmas present; so he placed ISO in gold In each of four envelopes and marked on each envelope simply "A Present From Pa." This was In ad dition to the usual tokens of ths sea- son. He has saved back for iach of a good farm which they will them Inherit at his. death, but he wanted to remember ' them la . this - manner also. To each ef his four sons he has already given . good farm, but tor. some reason of his own he has seen flt to withhold the titles to the 'rms for the girls during his life- time. - This old Dutch gentleman has bought and , paid for these farms by producing corn, cattle, hay horses and. hogs snd has never been - a cotton raiser at all. - Besides - tithes and taxes of Church and State and the ex pense of rearing and educating a family of eight, this old gentleman has bought and paid for these eight farms and has a few thousand of bonds snd gilt-edge securities extra, all by the production of horses, hogs and hay..- -.-.,, .-.',- other trustees $500 each - for their services. '. ' -i.v , ';f- Outside of the stock in the South ern Life, Mr. Helleys statement shows less than $0,000 in cash can be got out of the visible assets. . The examination of the trustees revealed the fact that Mr. Clark had applied for 1,009 shares of stock but bad never paid anything; that Mr. Bryan never had any stock and that General Jones subscribed . for only 100 shsres. Already attorneys sre being em ployed la bring individual suits sgalnst the three local trustees. j The convention at the night session! waited two hours on the directors. who were still in conference with the committee of the b-'outhern Life. The committee reported that it could make no report to-niaht Director Kerry, who brought this message, re- fued to answer any . further ques tion. I Judps Watts to-day announced the; appointment of three tmstwn fur tW Seminole Company: f. o. Tompkins, K. J. E'.aerUiie and Huger Linker." NO 35 COMES TO GRIEF EJfGIXEER RATTERFIFXD KILLED Southern passenger Train, Runs Into , a .Misplaced ftwitch One Mile This Side of Danville and is Wrecked, i '. Several Crr Turning Turtle I n glneer SatterlieldV Wlioee Home W a In Spencer, the Only Victim . Strange Prank of Fate Tliat the "'. Engtiwera Son Wrs at psaeenger on II UMWed Train Dead Man Leaves B Wife and Three Children 5 The Fireman and Several poal Clerks Store or Less Injured. But '. the passengers Escape Unscathed. - - Washington,' Dec.' 29. A misplaced twitch caused the .: derailment of melt and passenger , train No. it on the Southern Railway at Stokesland, Vs., six miles south of Danville, at 1:50 p. m. to-day, ' Engineer Satterfleld was killed and Fireman Davis, colored, and - three postal clerks were Injured. No pas sengera, as far as is known, were :n- ;t.The train. Which left Washington at I:1S a. m. for the South, ran Into a switch that was turned into the Dan ville 4k Western tracks which connect at that point with the Southern, al though the signal light was properly displayed, ; The engine, baggage aar nd mall par; turned over. -:-, ;"' There was no Interraptlon to traf fic, according to an official riport at Southern Railway headquarters here. It Is not known at this time what caused the switch to be turned. No. St is du at Charlotte at 1:13 p. to. It la not known whether there were any Charlotte people on the ili fated train, s By Bell Telephone to Tts Observer. - Spencer. Dec. J9. Engineer A. P. Satterfleld, who was killed In the wreck near Danville. . lived here and was well known, being highly regard ed by the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers. v He leaves a wife snd three children, who will leave early to-morrow morning .for Danville to attend the funeral. Representatives of the B. of L. E.Meft to-night for that city to make preliminary ar rangements for the funeral. ; whhhv will be held In Danvlller the former home of the dead man.. There i 1 be a special meeting of Division tit. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers, here to-morrow - morning at 1:10 o'clock to make final arrange ments for the funeral. By a strange coincidence the U-year-old son of Mr. Satterfleld, John, who had been spending the Cir: t mas holidays in Danville, ws a t ' senger on the ill-fated train -which his father was pulling.' Elite Davis, the colored fireman, also lives at Bpeneer. He la re ported here as being seriously in jured.' It is alao said that two mail clerks were badly hurt The Southern's Spencer Wrecking crew was called to tho scene of the, wreck to clear the main lino. The n$WB received by the crew was that the cars were badly torn up and the track effectually blocked. , WORKING OX HIS CABINET. The President-Klect tm Apply IIImwTf Awlduouftly to the Tak lk-rore i ' Makes a New Record on tho Ov..f Links. ' ' - ' Augusta, Ga., Dec. 29. The arrival here to-day of Frank II. HitrhcocK.i Republican national chairman and, future Postmaster General, and the' announcement that Senator Knox, Jlr.i Taft's Secretary of State, will be here on tho th Indicates that the Frel-. dent-elect Is to occupy himself active ly with Cabinet construction. Mr, Hitchcock will remain a week or more, during which time Mr. Talt will , obtain the judgment of the na tional chairman particularly on the political bearing-of appointments un der consideration. Finding men of Cabinet calibre and making the selec tions with due regard to exacting geographical conditions,';.' Is admitf t to be somewhat difficult. This w ' e Mr. Taft will apply himself to .aasi d uouMy from now on. Mr. Hitchcock had a short con ference with Mr. Taft this afternoon and dined with the family to-night. The President-elect made his best record on the golf links this morninir. drove witn M ramlty ten miles to Richmond mill. In the- automobile, and finned for bass without catch In, any In the afternoon snd occupied, a box at the local theatre to-nitrht. Incidentally he received delegations from .Columbus and Savannah. Ga., and declined their very pressing Invi tations to visit these cities. An extended conference with : Mr. Hitchcock Is on the boards for to morrow, v- Charles Clark, an editor and long; time friend, of Hartford, Conn., has an appointment with Mr. Taft to-morrow. Another Conference Regarding il'Zn .''..... ; ' , Sge Books. . ; V ; ' " Observer Bureau, -AT'.v:V''It Berkeley Building. ,' Columbia, 8. C, Dec. If. ' There was a conference here to-diy between railroad passenger ofticU and representatives of the U. C. T. and T. P. A. In regard to the travel ing men's objections to the new mile age book regulations, but no definite agreement was reached. The under standing is that the traveling men will attempt to get the Legislature t give them relief, in which case the railroads may withdraw the present low rates, . Twin City V. StVC A. Circus To-M r- row Night Special to The Observer. Winston-Sal em. ' Dec. is. One of t e the features of the week will b t T. M. C. A- circus, which will held Thursday night in the har some new building of the asx-iati. The advance notices are In tn c cus fashion, abounding in aU:te tives, and give promise of en e ceptionaily interesting ainibatlc a smuRlng programme. J!r. Oi Stock, the physical director, haa ,. most -efficient work with th y.. men In his charge, and t' t the j formers will acquit themselves ir ably goes without sayinsr. Fresiileut I'rcf Brin A- -- r t : rli ii i;i-3'tiii"ii. Washington, p.-'.':?. i'.'' cers are su !; ' ' inc t ii Roust'velt th-.r r-':i;'i i i r the A'n'.ri.h re:..:i.,n t. t rvlo. and (t u o n- ' , ths I'resnii-r t v ;: I . ; simm.t to tr." n ; ; r ! tee rt t : -.'- i soon aft'-r t r i Kre-. It t - 1 . . to a.'t r-'ort;.;: '..i : .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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