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1 V.:- 10 Pagcs lo-Dx 1 ONE SEOIOH j T SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : $8.00 A YEAR CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. I. mm m. m&S - TOU STIRS RALEIGH VOTERS BIG MASS MEETING IST NIGHT. The Eve of the Primary Find Excite ment In the Capital City at White Heal Congr""" Iou Bitterly Assails tbevAdnuVstratloi. For Ita Failure and Franu Not a Question Of Who WW Be Elected, But Who 'Will Go to the Penitentiary D i lares the Arrest of VaiKJill Is Only J . nMiulatand Plav by the AdB4nia- . SS tratloo Kins Follower AttempU to Lt Assault the speaker. Observer Bureau, The Holleman Building, V Ralelch, March 29. The dozen's mass meeting to-night w certainly notable. It was held at the court house and triers M an overflow meeting on Fayetteyille, atreet. near the court house. The tar speaker James H. Pou who made one of the moat speeches of hie lite, repeating- pari of it at the outdoor meeting. Me spoke in the plainest terms about the c ty administration's failure and fra.ua and aald It was no longer a a""1'0" of who -was going to be ' who was to go to the penitentiary y. Speaking about the mutilation of the records in the city hall, be aid all the evidence was that the of a domestic character. He ridiculed, amid roar, of laughter, th bogu. i ar rest of VanGlll. saying this ' gr?ntend Play by the adm n stra tlon. He pronounced the admlnlstra- on fool, and liars and gave solemn warning of the necessity of watching the ballot boxes all day t"0"' L any one of five fraud, might be perpetrated. Other Pek Alfred A. Thompson. Joseph O. Brown and J William Bailey. Excitement waa at white he at dur ing the speaking. One administration follower attempted to nt"rruPt Pou during the street speak ng and I called him a liar. Pou told him tfp on the stand and he would whip m. The man waa taken away, making threats to do Pou to-morrow. THE ARREST OF VANOILL. Raleigh wa. brim full of Inter eat- Sv.;0i... -hu. .; " drlv a ma 1 wagon aim -- 5,.n bottling company a Iven a ootumg -.." -I. . " u .v.. nnllee head- TurtVth.t ta had been talking aCt the mut.Ut.on and .oWtteratlon !,. records of Police Justice Badger and Chief of Police Mt.ll.na and had been heard to say that he bad a lot of the papers and knew stout everything. Thl. ad to hi. ar rest and after he waa in the station househs waa given what waa known .The third de grea", H. wa. . Ques tioned by one or two officer.. City At tTrney Jones. Alderman Upchurch and others. Finally after a long time he saw u no . ' .m ..v,tr.v ha knew. Then they wenUtbrougn the mot on of iuVntag him looae. but wojool!cwnen were put at. the head of each street v..nm -iwfl out with Aiaer- aS hurch".nd told the Utter , that a negro named Albert Davis. any time, arrested here under the ami of Total Stick, ha. d I the jpa. At midnight the chief of police ar re.te dDavl. who waa taken to the etatlon house and confronted with IVanGllL The two men live next door to each other and the police .ay have been pretty thick. Davis .aid that he knew nothing about any paper. cept that he heard VanGlll say he had some, but that they had not been .riven to him. Davis aald he had not Stated he had given the paper, to Davis, but had put them under hi house. Search was made but they were not found. VanGlll told story after atory. the police saying he was fatoxlcated. and the Investigation showing no proof whatever In any thing he .tated. Some of his state ments implicated several other per son.. TWO MEN 8H ADO WED. Ever since the new. developed a little before noon Saturday of the en try Into the room of the Police Jus tice and of tampering with the rec ord, mentioned, public Interest has been keyed up to the highest jo'nt and it la significant that It has dwelt upon two men as thoae who did the work and these have been shadowed. Nobody appears to believe that the arrest of VanGlll amount, to any thing. He was held In the station house to-day and It was said that he would not. be given a hearing at once, one reason being that the police jua tlce and chief of police are witnesses in the trial of Earl Cotton, Tim Hold erfleld and Red Hopkins. Mayor John.on say. that, every effort was being made to find out who did the work. , . One of the reports which went the round, this morning waa that Edward I Conn, The !w. and Observer man, who wa. Investigating the rec ord. Friday afternoon, would be ar rested, but the chief of police said he had heard nothing about this, neither had Mr. Conn. It Is algnlncant that lot of Republican, are talking about this phase of the matter. In fact the Republican, were very busy to-day about all sorts of cit yaffalrs. CHIEF OF POLICE SUSPENDED. The warrant for VanGlll and that lor Davis were issued by Police Jus ,tlce Badger charging them with vio lating Section I.B08 of the r.'jV-sal. The penalty for such an offense Is fine or Imprisonment, it being a mis demeanor. The police Justice said it ' ought to be a felony and that 25 years In the penitentiary would not ha too severe a punishment. The police-Justice Is greatly wrought up about the matter. Thla afternoon there was another sensation the suspension of Chief of Police Junius H. Mulllns, who has ; v held that position a dosen years, and who has been on the force since lilt. Captain f'Jack" Beasley was desig-'-r mated as temporary chief. The police N board, which tnade the order bf sus . " ' pension, announce dthat it waa pend ! v lng investigation. The air Is full of all sorts of charges and assertions. 'The. Republicans, through William . J. Andrews, president of the Raleigh - Rennblican- Club, announced tbie- evening that another ticket would-be ' offered the citizens of Raleigh in the vu municinal election. The Re publicans are, to-iUght boasting that no matter whether the present city administration or the citlsens ticket wins in' to-morrow's Democratic prl tnary the ' Republicans and in dependents can defeat either .ticket . ITNByjTmOR3 IX SMITH TRIAL. The entire day In the Superiot Court was , devoted to selecting the lurr la the murder cane of Dr. Edgar .... - i - v J rrl i 1 ' btnltn, OI niciinivnu. x ttrj ipn.-iw venire of H9 was exhausted when enly me Jurors hod been obtained. Another special venire of Si was drawn. Attorneys say they expect to take all day to-morrow to secure the three remaining jurors. Judge Boyd, of the Federal Court, spent most of vthe afternoon In the Superior Court watching the draw ing of juror, in the case. He aald he greatly enjoyed it. He shook hands with Judge Lyon and aat. within the bar. It wa .noticed at the opening of the case that Earl Cotton, Tim Holder field and Red Hopklna looked better than when they were first Imprisons 1. Cotton he. since early boyhood been a dope fiend and took enormous quan tities of morphine, but this ha. been entirely stopped by the jail physician. The men seemed to be In good spirit, and talked to person, around them about baseball and the Raleigh polit ic.: sensation. The court room was clear except for the court official, law yer., the special venire of 250 and newspaper reporters, but the lobby wa. filled with persona anxious to know what what as going on Inside. Solicitor Armistead Jones Is being aided by Attorneys Holding & Bunn and William B. Snow, who recently moved to Atlanta from Raleigh. Attor ney Sands, of 'Richmond, who la to aid the State, was not present. A largo number of the special venire prerented excuses, one millionaire be exc used. BOTH SIDES READY. Every Important witness for Ihe State was present and the solicitor an nounced that ha was ready for trial. Borne of the witnesses for the de fense did not answer, but that aide announced Its readlnesa. One wltneas Is sick and a commissioner was ap pointed to take his deposition. It re quired three-quarters of an hour to select the first Juror, W. D. Norwood. The other choe are: John B. Car penter, B. B. Fish, A. B. O'Neill, R. S. Brown, R. C. Sears, James A. Brigs, Jr.. T. L. Watklne and A. N. Jones, nil except Brlggs being farmers. W. H. Harvey begged to be excused because "Earl Cotton's father's stepfather's wife and his mother were cousins." Judge Lyon accepted this cause, and the defense took exception. There are hints of new evidence . It Is very evident that the State is going to put up a strong fight. The solicitor has said repeatedly that he whs very sure of the caae. The indict ment charges the men with murder in the first degree. A MILLION DOLLAR LOSS. Fire Destroys Two Piers of Havana Central Koad Containing Sugar Believed to Be of Incendiary Origin Boats Hat Loose and Blown Oat to best eXeamcr Alteubitrg Dcuiuigcd by the Tire. Havana, March 2k. The two plera of the Tiavaha Central Railroad In the up per part of the harbor were totally de stroyed by fire which broke out at 11 o'clock this morning. It Is reported that Jhs Ore was of lnuendlary origin. The total damage done Is estimated at (1,00 000, which is covered by Insurance. A number of lighters loaded With sugar were lying at the piers when the tire broke out. They were cut lose and blown to sea by the strong - southerly gale. threatening destruction to steamer, and ether craft In the harbor. Borne of the vessels hoisted their anchors and shifted their position to escape the peril. Sever al blazing barges drifted to the mouth of the harbor, being stranded on Morro Castle. The Hamburg-American line steamer Altenburg, which was lying at the second pier discharging her cargo of rice, was unable to get away. Tugs could not render her assistance on account of the dense smeke, and the crew of the steamer were compelled to abandon her and take refuge on the adjacent pier. It was thought at first that the steamer was totally destroyed, but the Ore was checked after It had damaged the vessel to the extent of SO,000. Both piers, which, contained a vast amount of miscellaneous rreigni. were 9pnsumed. practically nothing In the warehouses Being savea. n crew u mo German cruiser Hamburg, which entered the harbor while the fire was In progress, rendered much assistance in towing light ers out of reach of the flames. There was no loss of life, but several fireman were slightly Injured. A PRELIMINARY HEARING. James H. Boyle, the Abductor of Willie Whltla, Bound Over to Court I'ndrr the 8nm of $25.OO0 No Chance of Securing Bondsman Woman Gts No Help From the Mc-IV-rmot Family. Sharon, Pa.. March 28. It required but a few minutes this afternoon for the preliminary hearing of James H. Boyle, charged with the abduction of Willie Whltla. Two questions and answers made up the proceedings. "What Is your name?" asked Jus tice S. S. Gilbert. "James H. Boyle," wa. the reply. "Do you want a hearing on the charge of abduction now?" he was asked. "Not at this time." he replied, and the hearing was over. Bail wasTlxed st $25,000, which. It is said,' Boyle has no chance of se curing, end the prisoner was returned to the jail at Mercer on the first train. About five lyindred persons. Impelled by curiosity, surrounded the station where Boyle was waiting In mortal terror for the train, but not the slightest demonstration against him was made or indicated. To-night it Is stated Mrs. Boyle will not be brought here for a hearing at all. The statement that she was Helen McDermott Is doubted hers, from the fact that not one of the McDermott family has extended her any aid so far as the public knows or pnt In an appearance since her arrest. She has been positively Identified by Sharon people as James Boyles wife, but be yond that her Identity is not known here. The Whltla family -will lesve to morrow for some place which they refuse to name. In anarch of quiet and rest after their recent harrowing ex periences. SON OF LATE O, T. SWIFT TNRANE. Member of a Wealthy Family of the) t We II-Known Chiraco Family of Meat Pacsrers will Soon Have a Million Dollar Estate. Chicago. March .-Herbert L. Swift. 31 years old. son of the late Oustavus F. Swh founder of the packing Arm of Swift A Co., was adjudged Insane by a commission of physicians recently and sent to the Kenllworth sanitarium asy lum oa March U, by order of the county clerk. This became public to-day through the discovery of the files In the ease, Mr. Swift Is . married, but be haa no children. - He has aa annuity, of fS,(K) from his father's estate. At the end of four years be will receive IL 600.000. ' A cosserrator will be appointed for bis estate. . . , ......."- SENATOR HALE U NDER FIRE j OBJECTION TO THE STATEMENT. Senator Bacon Prt-seirts the Criticism Some Controversy on the Slatter Protest Agaliwl Exclusion of ' Minority ' Report Senator Elklns Joins With the South In Complaint Says the South is Being C'rucllird Mr, Hale Endeavors to Answer Some of the Questions Put to Sena tor KIklnH Calls New England In terests Clowe Corporations Criti cised Appointments of Finance Committee. Washington. March 29. Objection was made In the Senate to-duy to a statement by Senator Hale that the finance committee Is holding dally ses sions on the tariff bill. The criticism came from Senator Bacon, who said he understood that only certain mem bers were present. He referred to the fact that the Democratic members of the committee were excluded. "Perhaps I should have said sub committee," explained Mr. Hale. "Is It not usual to give the minority representation on sab-commltteea? asked Mr. Bacon. "Not on tariff matters," replied Mr. Hale, which rejoinder provoked gen eral laughter. Senators Money, Culberson and New- lands protested against the exclusion of the minority, but the criticism ap peared to be only perfunctory and without hope of changing the existing order of procedure. SENATOR ELKINS' REVOLT. Joining with the Democrats In their protests against the manner In which the tariff Mil Is being made. Senator Elklns (Republican), of West Vir ginia, declared "himself and his State to be of the South, 4he interests of which, he said, are "being crucified." He asserted that New England Is over-represented on the committee. while the great Middle West and the South are not represented at all. He said that he understood the commit tee would make a free trade measure for New England, and In the past the statesmen from the South,-like "poor, miserable, deluded people," had been compelled to support such proposi tions and had gotten as a return only high prices on articles they con sumed. PRAISES SOUTHERN STATESMEN. He complimented the Southern statesmen on their protests snd de clared himself In league with them. To make his position more forcible several Senators from the South ask ed questions of Mr. Elklns and Mr. Hale sought to answer some of these. "There you have It," said Mr. Elklns. "You can see what a close corporation this New England crowd Is. Speak of one of their interests and some New England Representa tive comes to his feet. Speak of somethtng in the Interest of the South and the New Englander comes to nis feet just the same." NO OPPORTUNITY TO CRITICISE. Mr Elklns referred to the fact that the Democrats In the House had hart no opportunity to criticise the tariff bill before it was reported. Excep tion waif taken by Mr. Gore, and In a sarcastic speech he said that the Democrats had been given four min utes In which to examine the bin De- fore voting upon it In committee. Mr. Elklns grilled the New England domination" of the Senate. Sneaklns of the appointment of Messrs. Lodge, McCumber, Smoot and Flint as new members of the flnartco committee, Mr. Elklns said they had been chosen from sections as far away from the South as possible. He -poi at length In defense of Southern In dustries and urged the Senators from that section to Join him in demanding that the South be given a fair show. BITTER ABOUT NEW ENGLAND INFLUENCE. SDeaklns sarcastically of the In fluence of the New Englanars In the Senate. Mr. Elklns sajd they had seen to It that the same influence is main tained In the finance committee. He protested against the summoning of witnesses before the committee, unless other Senators are given a chance to listen to their- testimony or read It before the bill under consideration is acted lipon. Mr. Bacon presented a resolution directing that all hearings and exami nation of witnesses by the finance committee, or the majority members thereof, be open to all members of the Senate. The resolutlon..went over under the rules. The order went over until Thurs day. A SPANKING FOR THE SOUTH. A Bill Has Been Presented by Con gressman Bennett, of New York, Limiting the Representation In Congress From the SonUtera States Disfranchisement of the Negro the Cause. Washington. March 29. Repre sentative Bennett, of New York, has offered a bill for the amendment of the apportionment act of the Fifty sixth Congress reducing, the repre sentation of States which deny to negro citizens the right of franchise. Mr. Bennett s bill specifies the re ductions he would have made, giving Alabama five Instead of nine Repre sentatives; Arkansas five Instead of seven: Florida two Instead of three; Georgia six instead of eleven; Louisiana four instead of seven; Mississippi three instead of eight; North Csrollna seven Instead of ten; South Carolina three Instead of seven; Texss thirteen Instead of sixteen, and Virginia seven instead of ten. NOMINATION CONFIRMED. E. W. Dnrsnt, Jr.. Will Be Collector of the Port of Charleston, S. C, Vice Cram, Resigned. Washington. Msrch it. The Sen ate to-day confirmed the nomination of Edward W. Durant. Jr., of South Carolina, to-be collector of customs for the district of Charleston. Mr. Durant was appointed to succeed William D. Crum, the former negro colleqtpr 6t the Charleston port. ROBBER MADE CONDUCTOR AID. Trainman Carried Sack Through Tra'a at the Point of a Revolver and Collected ' Passengers Valn - ablea.- . . ii,..Jf.'::,-- , Fairfield, Neb.. Marrfc !. A mask ed train robber with a red lantern stopped a local passenger train on the Burlington road last night near here, boarded the train and forced the con doctor to carry a sack through the passenger coach and collect $200 and seventeen watches from "the passen 7r nineteen women and two men. He pocketed the booty, dropped oft the rear end of the traia and escaped. WEXT l IETI Y r? X,CATU Mrs. Fanner, the Prim Jpal in the Urennnii Murder, Suffers the Death Penalty ir Her Doel Exonerates Her Husband Die With u Crucifix In Her Huiul Current of Kleo trloity Applied Tlireo Time De clared to Hai Died After Mrst Conta- Atitopy Kewalcd Normal Condition. Auburn. N. Y., M.irh 29. Mur muring a prayer for her soul, Mrs. Mary Farmer was quietly led to the electric chair In Auburn prison short ly after 6 o'clock this morning and executed for the murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan at lirov.nvllle laat April. The execution of Mrs. Farmer the second infliction of the death penalty on a woman by electricity in this State was effected without sensa tional Incidents. Father Hickey, spiritual adviser of the condemned woman, following the execution gave out a statement signed by Mrs. Farm er, in which she declared that her husband, James Farmer, was entirely innocent and knew nothing of the crime until after it had been commit ted. Mrs. Farmer Aalked unfalter ingly to the death chair, her eyes half closed and clasping a crucifix in her hands. One of the officials adjusted the leg electrode. The rubber mask was ad justed over the eyes and the head electrode fastened. A spoken word trom the State electrician and the at tendants, nursas and Warden Beham Btepped back from the thick rubber mat upon which the death chair Is placed. The hand of State Electrician Davis traced a slow arch with the switch behind the rurtain. A half spoken prayer was halted as the condemned woman convulsed in the leather har ness that bound her to the chair. A woman attendant covered her face with her hands. Only the clicking of the tightening straps and the mur mur of the dynamos In the adjoining room could be heard. The first contact lasted a full min ute, the voltage starting at 1,840 and being gradually lowered to 200, then raised again to the full limit of 1. 840 volts. The current was applied at 6:05 o'clock. The current was shut off and a strange sound half moan and half murmur, came from the woman's lips. Dr. Gerln and Dr. Spltzka applied the stethoscope to the heart while Electrician Davis felt the artery in the neck. Muscular ac tion was noted by the physicians, and again the current passed through the woman's body for a period of a few seconds. Once more the physicians stepped forward and applied the tesrs to determine If life .till remain ed in the limp figure In the chair. For the third time the State elec trician sent the current through the body. The physicians among the State's witnesses were then called up on one after another to examine the woman and pronounced her dead. Dr. Gerln directed the prison at tendants to remove the body to the autopsy room. ,The prison physician said: VMrs. Farmer was killed at the first contact. There was some slight muscular movement as Is usual In electric executions and the additional contacts were applied until the tremors had ceased, she was official ly pronounced dead at 6:15." The physicians report that the autopsy disclosed that Mrs. Farmer was normal in every respect and that Uis brain showed no lesions that would indicate a criminal tendency. INVESTIGATION STOPPED. Allegations; of G. B. West, of Mem plils, Tenn., Relative to the Fraudn lent Shipment of Cotton Found to lie Without Sufficient Grounds For Complaint. Washington, March 29. Declaring that there appears to have been no substantial basts for the allegations made by officials of the Farmers' Union Cotton Company, of Memphis, Tenn., regarding the shipment from the South of low grade cotton to New York to depress the market, Victor H. Olmstead. chief of the bureau of statistics of the Depart ment of Agriculture, In a report to Secretary Wilson to-day recommfmled that the whole matter be dropped. Recently G. B. West, of Memphis, general manager of the Farmers" Union Company, wrote Secretary Wil son that he understood a lot of cot ton was "headed" for New York and the Inference was that It was "dark blue and blsck, low grades, to be used In depressing the market." Let ters of similar Import also wre re ceived from officials of the Fiirmers' Union Company at different points in the South. . The Secretary ordered a thorough Investigation of the allegations to be made by six special agents of the bureau of statistics In the South. They reported that they were unable to secure any tangible evidence in support of the charges. HAMBURG ARRIVES AT AZORES. Governor of the Island Greets Mr. Roosevelt Dane and Festivities Aboard the Boat All On the Boat Are Well. Horta. Fayal, Azores. March 29. The steamer Hamburg, With Theodore . . . L . , - V. t - xtooeevviK ana lue meniuers wi mo party on board, put In here to-day to 'leave the malls. A. de Freltas, the Governor of Horta. came out to the Hamburg and welcomed Mr. Roosevelt, after which the members of the Roosevelt party were taken ashore by the Governor and driven through th.- town. There was no official reception. Mr. Roose velt attended a dance on board me Hamburg Saturday evening. He ' did not dance, but his son Kermit took part In the entertainment and danced with several of the young ladles on board. All the - members of the Roosevelt party are well. The Hamburg- left here this after noon for Gibraltar by way of Ponta Delgada, on pie Island of Sao Miguel. TRAGEDY TS HIGH LIFE. Father-ln-Law or Colorado's Former Governor Woons a Lady and Then Commits Suicide MoUre a Mys tery. Denver, March 29. John Collins, father ofMm. Jessie McDonald, wife of former Governor McDonald, to-day shot and wounded Miss Sarah Nichols, and then killed himself. The motive Is unknown.- Collins came to Denver recently from Plattsburg. N. Y. Miss "Nichols waa Mrs. McDonald's sunt on her piother's side. -Collins is believed to have been Insane. Mr. Collins, just before the shool lng, was sitting In a rear room of the McDonald home talking to Miss Nichols.; She arose and went lntov an other room. Collins - followed snd drawing a revolver flrsd. Miss SUchois' conJiUoa la' precarious. . PALMETTO CAPITAL SEWS' NO ENCAMPMENT THIS YEAR? Owing to the Financial Situation It Iooks Like the State iroops .Are m lie Denied an Encampment This Summer Funds Are Needed to Hold on to the Federal Kun.l Three Irsurwnce companies Qualify For Business In the stale Hero of Waterloo Wreck lie elves Carnegie Medal Starting a New Industrial School. Observer Bureau, 1230 Berkeley Buil.iing, Columbia, S. C. March 29. Ic1 Is quite probable that none ot tin three regiments of national suard of this State will o into en campment this summer. Ailjt:int Gen eral Boyd said to-day that trie matter had not been finally determine!, but from the present financial aspect of tilt situation it looked b If it woul 1 be test to call off the summer encamp ments and devote the money that wculd be spent on them to making purchases that would ! absolutely necessary In order to havo Federal aid continue to the State after Janu ary next. This State now nets about J70.000 a year from the Federal gov ernment for the military nd the hi 1 -jutnnt general's onVe Joes not w.int to see this endangered. General Boyd will know In a week or so whether there will be money enough to hold the encampments. If It Is finally determined to send the regiments Into camp. It Is certain the encamping points -vill hr selected with a view to strict economy. The Second, from the middle portion of the State, will go to Sullivan s island. The First will probably go to Spar tarburg. The Third, from the roust counties, prefers to encamp In the up ccuntry, but In order to save traveling expenses this will be fcent to some point near Charleston, poslhly as 'ar as Aiken. THREE INSURANCE COMPANIES QUALIFY. Three more insurance companies have qualified with Commi.-ioner Mc Master to do business In this State by putting up the necessary securities re quired by the new act. They are the Southern Stock and Fire and the Southern Underwriters, both of Greensboro. N. ('.; and the Home Friendly Society, of Baltimore. The last named put up J5.000 in Lee coun ty bonds. Mr. Walter A. Halbert, appraiser for the real estate departn 'nt of -he New York Life, whose headquarters have been In Chicago, was here a day or ao ago making reidy for hie company to place real estate loans throughout this section. Many of thei Insurance companies, including tne New York Life, have large holdings on farm property In the WeBt. LIVELY SCRAP WITH FOOTPADS. If victims of hlKhway robbery con stantly and regularly adopted the tac tics of F. B. Harmon, the shoe man, empluyed late Saturday night when he was attacked near the northern llm'JLs of the city, there would be a' quick en1 of this urtme In this city, aunougn when one recalls the tragic end of Mr. Charles Green, who was shot to death at Shandon a few years ago, the highwayman dylnK at Green's hands, he would not be encouraged to follow In the footsteps or Mr. Har mon, but rather to dispose of the matter as Judge Ernr it Gary and many others Tiavo done by letting the goods go. Mr. Harmon, who had boarded a 10:40 p. m. car olng out to his homo, was a tacked near New man's cut Just after he had left the car with hia little boy. Two white men in overalls stepped in front of him and demanded that he throw up his hands. Mr. Harmon, however, showed tight right away, and grappled with one of the men. The other cither fired at him and miseed him on account of the dark, or fired to frighten his vic tim. The little boy, who has a gooj voice, set up a call for help, which frlshtened the men away before they .got any loot. As soon as he got home Mr. Harmon notified the autnormes, but although good dogs were rushed to the sceneAno valuable clue has jet been discovered as to who the men were. RECEIVES HERO MEDAL. Several persons, of both sexes, have been awarded Carnegie hero medals in this State. James B. Goldman, of Cambridge, Greenwood county, a new entry on the list, has just received a medal and has been awarded in addi tion $1,000 In cash. He has been re warded for saving the life of a negro. Goldman is a railroad employe and was In charge of a force of hands at work on the C. & C. W. road near Wa terloo In 1907 when he performed the act which is remembered. A freight traits came suddenly around a curve while Goldman and his crew were go ing down the track on a handcar. As soon as the train was seen the brakes were suddenly applied and the abrupt stop threw Warren Flnley, a negro, to the ground fastening him between the track and the car. All .he hands fled, but Mr. Goldman stood by his post and succeeded in pulling the negro loose. The oncoming train struck Flnley and broke several bones and Injure. 1 Mr. Goldman, but If It had not been for his hard and perilous work the negro would have been In stanly killed. On one side of the medal Is a pic ture of Andrew Carnegie and on the otber side this inscription: "Jamea B. Goldman who saved Warren Flnley from being run over by a train, Water loo, 8. C, June 28, 1907." Where Napoleon's star sat Goldman's has be guu to rise. Since the Whltla case newspapers in this and other States have been editorially advocating enactment of a law providing capital punishment or life Imprisonment for this offense. South Carolina papers have been overlooking a special act passed by the South Carolina legislature in 1902. This provides that one convict ed of kidnaping a minor shall be Im prisoned in the penitentiary for his or her natural life. "ASK EVA RAY" WEDS. "Ask Eva Ray," the mind-reader actress who has interested and put tied thousands on the Southern picture shew circuit, and who was In Colum bia recently after pUylng in Georgia tonne, was married Saturday to M. H. Pearson, one of her assistants, behind the stags at Columbus. Mi-, while a row was on' between her and Manager Lucas, of the Dreamland Theatre there, and while she was being waited on to appear In her part before a packed audience at a special ladies' matinee. According to a special to The Bir mingham Age-Herald, when Miss Ray did appear it was given out that she bad lost her mind and was a raving maniac. When the Justice of the peacs asked whether thste waa any reasoa why the ceremony shon),1 not be per formed. Miss Kay replied: "Nothing on Goi's green earth." Mrfss Stay's near-name is Eva Green and she is a native of Ohio. She left the members of hr company at Columbus, telling no one where she and her husband were going. It in likely that agricultural high school work, with practical farming i.i correction with it, will be made a feaure of the state's new Industrial school for boys at Florence. Dr. Ira W. Williams, In charge of the farm deniotitsration work In this State for th-; Federal department, goes to Flor ence this week for a conference on the subject. Commissioner Watson will probably not be able to attend the meeting, but hi department will ned assistance to the project, which he ex pects to be carried through to success right away. Friends of this Institution and the farmers of that section of the State generally look for this to be the be ginning toward the establishment of a big agricultural school like Clemson. Agitation along this line has been In progress for several years, Clemson being more or less inaccessible to the lower half of the State. CBAZY SNAKE STILL MESSING. Indians and Deputies Have a Lively ficrap -Two Hundred (Shots Fired and One Indian Hilled Indian Band Broken Up In Small Numbers Several Are Captured Twenty Negro Renegades Killed In Fight With KftnnRr, HWlnvffi Crazy Snake's Band is Corraled. Oklahoma City, Oitla., March 29. A de tachment of Crasy Snake's band of bel ligerent Indians was surrounded by dep uty sheriffs this afternoon near Craay Snake's home, and a lively battle ensued. Mors than 200 shot were fired and one Indian was killed. Bight Indians were captured and the remainder fled with the deputies In pursuit. There were about 60 Indians In the bajid, and they had taken refuge in a house. The deputies had tracked them for some distance. Advancing from all aides, the posse fired a volley at the frail house. The Indians rushed out. scatter ed among the trees and made a valiant defense. The posse, firing steadily, aa vanced and routed the band. None of those captured Is seriously Injured but It la said that a number of other Indians weae hit with bullets. Craxy Snake's band apparently has broken up Into numerous small groups. It seemed at nlghtfull that each Indian was trying to accomplish his own escape without regard for the grand dreams of the chieftain to realise which they wers called together Sunday by the smoke of the signal fires. All efforts at organised resistance seemed to hava been dropped. The militiamen, too. scattered In bands, and Invaded the hilly wooded region of the Creek nation In a determined effort to hunt down both leaders and members of the war party. The soldiers soon cap tured eight members of Crasy ; Snake's forces. Among those arrested are Llttla Tlg-er, a sub-chief, and Simla Harjo. The latter la not related to ChlWl Harjo. Most , nt than worn haavllv armed. Ths eap- ttves were started for Uu mllltla camp at Hickory Grounds under heavy guard nrvi.T-. Ivor iniunl that the search ba kept up and numerous parties went out during the early noura oi tne mem. i round up the renegades. The Indian kill ed by the posse was ths only fatality of the day reported to Colonel Hoffman, .h u in mmminii of the State troops. There are numerous rumors of engage ments. One story was that a pose of farmer near Checotah fought a large band of negro renegades snd killed twenty. This and similar report cm- not be confirmed. rw.r,mv Prunk Jones to-day reported ik.i hoiivet hi oosse had part of Craxy Snake's band surrounded, includ ing the chlof hlmeir. This gave ne w a story that the Snake leader wa killed. Mr. ronfirmatlon of thl could be obtain ed and It probably la Incorrect. Tn.niht It u thought, that Crasy Snake had carried out his laat night's Intention of seeking, refuge In the Hick ory hills snd that he was supporiea there by som of his chief followers. r. !, .ii ih. iv nhout Craxy Snake, 1 n-n(mv ' - officers have yet to find anybody who haa seen him lnce aunaay mom.... Their only belief that he Is commanding the Indians personally I baaed on the Information choked out of his son by deputiea yesterday when they hanged him bv the neek until he expressed an anxiety to talk. FINED FOR CONSPIRACY. We-ocrn Railrosds Made to Pay For Refusing to Haul Coal For a Private Corporation. Salt Lake City. UU h. March 2. In the United States Dl.-'rlct Court here to-day Judge Marshall fined the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Oregon Short Line, the Union Pacific Coal Company and J. M. Moore, manager of the Union Pacific Company, M.000 each. Everett Buckingham, division traffic manager of the Oregon Short Line, was fined $1,000. The fines are the result of a suit against the coal company and two railroad companies by the D. J. Sharp Coal Company, of this city, who alleged that the defendants had con spired and had refused to haul coal previously purchased by the Sharp company. SIDETRACKED LOCAL OPTION. Ground Taken That the Tax List Fur niqhed by the City Treamirer Was Illegal. Dninnia V. March 29. Judge Waller P. Staples. In the corporation court of Roanoke, to-aay set asiue the local option election held here on December 30 last In which the saloon was voled out by a majority of 89 votes. The saloons -would have closed to-morrow night, had the elec tion not been declared void. Th elec tion Is declared null and void on the ground that the tax list as furnished by City Treasurer Lawrence a Davis was Illegal. The costs were placed upon the "wets." Big Colonization Scheme. Jacksonville, Fla., March t. Sen ator George W. Deen, of Waycrosis Oa.. and a party of Chicago capitalist have bought 15.900 acres of farm lands within nine miles of Jackson ville, the Investment representing tSOO.900, upon which they will col onise thrifty Western farmers. m i i i Better Co-Operaflon. Washington, March 1. G. Gros venor Da we, managing director of ths Southern Commercial Congress, and R. H. McNeill, of tha Washington ad visory committee, will .address the business men of High Point, X. C on the Slat Instant, relative to co operative work for a greater South. THE PILLAGE OF HUMAMIY PAYNE BILL BITTERLY OPPOSED Coitgreminsn Jaines, of KeolnckjY Kiddles the Measure What h t r Reasonable profit. Asks the Speak- -er Mr, Cu ah man Pleads for Better Profectlon on American Lamber ' snd For Duty on Coal Free Entry; or Sldp ConotrncUns; Material No ; Effex t on Trade Inheritance Tax ' Opposed Break In the Monotony of i lie Tariff Debate -ttepj leonmUw " .Moon, a Bolter, Turned Loose la . ' Tirade .Against His Critic. Wa.hlnaton. March 29. What probably'; win De the laat week of general debate on the Payne tariff bill was begun In the House of Representative to-day. Mr. James, of Kfntuoky. attacked tha maximum and minimum features of the -bill most strenuously. He declared that the plan of the tariff was that of punish- 1 lng the consumer in the United States because the governments across the aea won't deal fairly with American manu- facturera. He denounced the sugar aad tobacco trust and argued, at sons length for an lncom tax. declaring it ta I be most fair and equitable. . Declaring that the Payne bill "goes one step further In the pillaging of humanity," Mr. Jam, of Kentucky, asked. ' What is a reasonable profit?" that the Republican claim the measure would allow. "Who shall decider he -asked. "Shall it be left to Andrew Car negie?" pricked by a eonsctance , "that 1 . . has allowed him to loot for many years. M Mr. Carnegie, he aald. commenced to - , - -tabllsh In the various cities and towns ef jth country libraries whsra "hungry,, ragged men may read of feasts- they could not attend and of comforts they, . could not have." I He asserted that the so-called reason able profit waa to be upon watered stock1 and Actltlou values and eharaoter Ised th tsrtff on farm product, "a de lusion and a snare and a most consum mate fraud." Mr. Cushman. of Washington, pleaded 1 i for better protection to American lamber 'and for a duty on coal. Hs favored the ample protection of American industries.' "An altltudlnous tariff wall has no tar- . , ror for me," he exclaimed. 1 AS TO DUTIES ON SHIP MATERIAL., Claiming that th provision ef the Dingley bill for the free entry of soatartal and equipment entering into th ' coo-' structlon and repair of vessel built laV, America to be employed In foreign trade haa not bad any effect In Incresjlng the .American merchant marln. Mr. Jonas,' of Virginia, opposed tha re-nactnint of these provision. He charged . that a. proviso In the present law which declares," that vessels receiving the benefit of ths tot shall not engag In' coastwise trade , of the United States for mora than two months in any on year, without paying . to ths government the remitted.' duties, wa ths reason why no American ship- . yards sre constructing ooaan vessels out of free Imported matsrtala' Mr. Scott, of Kansas, declared ' that lumber ought ta tn pat upon tbe fre., list snd contended that- tha duty oa bids ought to ba- restored, that tbe duty on tsa should ba removed and that an additional internal revenue ta should ba levied upon beer. Hs also opposed t tha , snaotment of A Federal law taslng In heritances. '.;.' '' I." . . A SIDE ISSUE INTRODUCED. a hrak In th mniuitonv at the tariff debate occurred In the House of Reprs- ; aentatlve to-aay wnea sx. soon, . i , Tennessee, one of th twenty-three whom , tbe recant Democratic caucus "dlcllpllri d" (or having voted with the Republi can In th adoption , of the Fltsoerald amendment to the rules, defended his ac tion in language most vigorous. He scathingly denounced the attitude toward . him and hi 23 associates by the Minor- , lly leader and th other Democrats la , th House, who, h said, had shown an 1 Intolerance unspeakabis. , - Mr. Mosn sarcastically said that It might b well for those Democrats ,w ho had preed upon Mr. Clerk a - losing conflict to give up tbelr rights Into his keeping, and to have turned over their. ! power, "but why should thy attempt to . turn over the power of men that have . not stood by thra? Why shluld they denounce men as traitor to the party who have stood for Democracy la Its ourlty and th platform ot tnetr party llts Integrity?" DEMOCRATIC RESOLUTIONS CON- TEMFTIBLda. . , , He characterised th Democratic cau cus resolutions a "humiliating. dUhonor able, contemptible and pusillanimous." , -Th Insurgent Democrat and the R-. . publican loudly applaudd Mr. Moon a m hs at down. Governor wwiw , Tennessee, occupied a seat eioesro jax. Moon snd followed the speech with In terest. 6a impressed was Mr. Harrison, of New York, one of tha, lMurgsnt, that h rushed up th aisle and warmly congratulated the Tnno iifemv- Representative Edwards, of Georgia, baa Introduced a bill looking to a change In th ytm of paying mileage to mem . l: .i.r, ma as to recompens. Den wi u..w.-.-t - . them for their actual expanses tosfad of Ktvtng, them cent per mns mm s? pres ent. LIQCOR LAW NOT RETROACTIVE An Important Point Gained by th Liquor Element 1st Louisiana. New Orleans, March I. la tha State supreme Court this afternoon aa , opinion was handed down declaring -that the Oay-Shattuck Uquor tasr. passed at the last meeting of tho Louisiana Assembly, is not retroactive. This law stipulates that i O license shall be Issued to a saloon to operate within 100 feet of a church or school. Had it been applied to those saloon already established It would have done away with the bars la the prtn- . clpal hotels and clubs of flew Orleans and put out of business thousand or more saloons throughout, the State, . The liquor men also contended that if the law wera made retroactive ths prohibition workers, by scattering a few smaU chapels and business col leges around New Orleana and tha State at largo could easily add Louis iana to the column of dry States In . the South. - Tha court pointed out that tha ... treasurer nor tha Judges of election are to be criticised for the Insuf clency of the tax list. Tha law inv , poses upon tha . treasurer tha duty of ascertaining tha fact of "personal pay ment" of tha poll tax. - This. It was shown, the treasurer had failed to do. The court announced willingness to hear motion for another election, to ba predicated on the original petition. Anti-saloon league leaders met later but arrived at ao decision aa to what course will ba pursued. Death of Rear Admiral OonTerre. : Washington,' March 29. Rear Ad:nirat Converse. V. S. N.. retired, died her to- ight of ureento poisooinsV.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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March 30, 1909, edition 1
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