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i 11 JVwl mm Pages' Id-Day FAIR iwo-SEcnojis j T?1PTIQN PRICE; $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS, mm Tl aMIM D AGAIN GIRL S MURDER A MYSTERY BRtlEE TRIAL TO-MORROW HOOD TrJSl it xjimx. n'juj a suu fcJt lK.OWX , Tnl1 Her Mrs. iwks"" -. - tl1 was tio"1 STe the Fore. ' ..nt by Semrinfir f-t11 1 1 . v imnortinw to S " , i View of Nervous afeftJ, thTptvotal Point gradually forged a chain of P1!"1 n "frt rrior to the klllinB ,o,j - "unsel lor defense M",,u , will K ,vr against Will S. - . ,. ,-orie its best point , Mrs. Harvey ri. , ianr of the deceas initiation that some , the tragedy Mrs. to her that her crazy. This was t."1 tfr:7 fi,- story. rr-ju.".n struck a hard. i He force of this Im- 1 v.on Jlr HOOd on irroboraUon of Mrs. ,-onducted by Mr. I re-' ..; afoot-ii'.-- 'or th. fcwh'u :!1e fcnth.'lnii'- r WOP .;vtn Minn s stfm""!' in the mind as well field of medl Munroe main very ably be- ! a renin:,' questions of Mr. kirt h n his feet half the khipi souinted, hia face ftuah- itWi dptprmr.tion, his voice Of trliimstt4r. -It:!"' '' ir -hi conducted the Bhust : t i t i . . n of l)r. s. 11 . crow- ihfi n- hi-.i pulled across the 1'irr of the trial wax ;.m the rourt ordered l 0. and upon re r.. -; t-morrow morn- 1 again take up the ' h- export alienists of ! prutiahly reah the t.iminntion, which. It : w only been ap- 1" . ..ulnir r rpf fliiea iu'i . . . . ' .nr.rtanre tO this fiti" n (rcwr !-z 'he s.ructure or ii LtlmoT:v 8h,7W tnat trce .,....-k Ih. fa mil v tv ra-. T jffendan' the neienw piuuR- - expert eviaeucc, ic p Vfunroe and 8. M. und to them nypo appertaining to the iTiind of the defead ultnessed the entire in connection wlt) in!' w firs. ' mm U W prr I STiTK I'' -i - NO GROUND. :!t;iily held ita own n i : i s t the strong flow i n upon the men ,,l ihe defendant as h nutitber of people in .lialely and several i wired y. The physt ilefense examined aa lei across burning , fnntillating crosi-exaral-Mr ,Mwart and Solicitor T-,. i,H. tinning of Dr. m-a.- .ionf I'V the former if work and bore tlwit the attorney Cntil Iong iilng, AlUs William !. l4on, a OonvertKt Mongolian, Vndr Arrest Uie Murder Will ProbaWjr Remain rnooiTrxi Mur dered OIH Had a Oase Itr Mission Work Among the Chinese and Al though She Had Been Warned of the Danger, she PersiMed In Asso ciating With Them. Her Relations With the- Han, Who Is Supposed 10 Have Killed Her, Disclosed by Iet tera FYtond In Lion's Room. New York, June 19. Until a dap per, stocklly built Chinese, well ed ucated and when last seen dressed in a black suit of American cut. Is un der arrest and put through the "third degree," it is likely the murder of Kl sle Sigel, granddaughter of the old German civil war warrior, will re main unsolved. Lfonjr Ling, alias Leong Lee Lim. alias William L. Leon, alias William 1 Lion, converted Mongolian, restau rant proprietor, admirer of white women and lover of Elsie Sigel, is the man. When or how he left New York while the girl's body lav cramned and decomposing in a battered trunk in the stuffy little r6om he formerly oc cupied, remains to be learned. "With him is supposed to be his erstwhile room-mate, rhung Sin. Some re ports Sky they are on their wav to Vancouver via Panama.. Few murder cases In New York have developed more rapidly and at the same time come no nearer solution. That part of the story unraveled here to-day brought out principally the mysterious phases of the rirl's life- her apparent craze for mission work among the Chinese, her associations with the man. who is supposed to have killed her. and lastlv the fart that on his account she left home June 9. It has also come out that the i girl's mother, now prostrated accord ing to reports, had been fearful of her daughter's safety ever since lipr disappearance and had searched Chi natown day after day without sucrrns MYSTERIOUS TKLK' J It A M Both parents ollnsr to the evasive clue that a telegram signed " K. S.." was sent from Washington, on the fateful Wednesday. This message read -NOTED BANK CASKS CP AGAIN. LMig-DnM n-Out and Much-Tried Cases Against the Asheville Bank OffMads Are Scheduled For To Morrow in the District Court at Asiierllie Charges Are Similar to Thoee in the Angle and Reivogar Cases, ReeBily Decided by the. Court of Appeals, and the Indica tions Are That Tix-y Will Bei Thrown Out If the Point Holds Good the Cases Cannot Again Be Brought Into Court, as the Time For Indictment Has Passed. Special to The Observer. j Asheville, June 19. Interest in the i scheduled calling for trial Monday i morning before Judge W. T. .Vevrmtn m the United Wales District Court here of the old First National Bank, of Asheville, cases, involving indict ment against Major W. E. Breese, Joseph E. Dickenson and W. H. Pen land on a charge of conspiracy In connection iwith the failure of th bank 12 years ago, was heightened to day by the statement from an au thoritative source that the final end ing of these long-drawn-out cases was fast neanng an end; that the three alleged ' bank wreckers" would not again iface a Jury on a criminal charge; that the cases would, In all probability, be thrown out on a tech nicality and that the prospective in teresting trial would end in a fluke. It is contended by lawyers here to day that under the law, rather under the law as construed hy these gentle men, the indictment in the bank cases is identical with the Indictment returned in the case of the United States vs. T. M. Angle, and the Rene gar case and that when the bank cases are called there will be little for Judge Newman to do but accept the decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals In the Angle and Renegar cases and order the bank aes dismissed. This highly interest ing and important decision In the Anj?le and Renegar cases will, it is Known, be Invoked in the bank cases, WILL CASES RE DISMISSED? The decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals Involves the irregular return in open court of the grand Jury in- Major Breese to seven years in prison. An appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals and the Judgment revessed and the caso thrown out on the ground chat two members of the grand Jury two negroes had failed to pay their taxes. Afterwards the old conspiracy indictment was lugged forth and the cases removed to Asheville. Last ytar there was a hearing before Judge Newman on motion to quash on The ground that three members of the grand Jury had not paid their MORE "GRAFT" UNEARTHED WILL ERECT TWO UV AYS SALESMEN LIVED VP TO SCALE 'OPENING OK KAST FIRST STREET Attorney Fur tlrisliniann Claims Atl-iTlie Southern Railway ami the 4Cs taxei. motion trial. Judge Newman refused the and the cases- were set for INJURIES PROVE FATAL. Miss Bertiia LauXord, of Afthevllta, Succumbs to Injuries Received In Runaway Friday Afternoon Mot ti er K.-h -aiM's Without Injury. Special to The Observer. Asheville. June IS. Miss .Bertha Lanford, who. while driving with her mother and a small negro boy to the Avery's Creek section of the county yesterday, was thrown from the bug gy and badly injured, died at the Bllt more Hospital last night. Miss Lan- ford suffered a fracture of the skull .at the base of the brain and the at tending physicians at the hospital where the young woman was taken yesterday afternoon expressed the fear that the Injury would result fatally. Mrs. Lanford and her daughter were on their way to Mrs. Lanford's son's, where there is a very sick child. Miss Lanford was driving. In going down the long hill at what Is known as "the four-mile branch" and over a stretch of macadam road, one of the shafts broke, the broken shaft Jab bing the horse in the side and caus ing it to plunge forward and run away. Mrs. Lanford was thrown from the buggy first. She escaped Injury. The negro boy. sitting in the bark of the bujgy, was next hurled out and also escaped injury. Miss Ianfnrd, a short distance further, was thrown from the buggy and hurled against a rock. The accident occurred not far from Rushy Hall, and froi John Hay Williams over the telephone to attend the in jured young woman. Dr. Williams niits to Wi Kl lug lu Conunlssioii That Salesmen Representing the Li quor Houses paid tlie "tiraft" as Levied by the Goodman tx-sle of Prices Exact Amount Is Not Known, But a Witness, W ho is l et to Testify, May Throw borne light on the Matter Mr. S. Wittkowsky Tslka B. and L. to Columbians. bbse rver Bureau, 1!30 Berkeley Building, Columbia, S. '.. June 19. Ready For the Opening of a New Line- Through From Mint Street to South Cedar Street. Win-re. Connec tion Will R .Made With Hie Koa klns line to Lakevrood Park and Beyond Railroad Give Contract Fur Two Subways, Each 2R Feet In kitli Street Car Company Pur chases Property Will Be Readied by October 1. Along with the announcement giv en out yesterday that the Southern Colonel Carroll. In presenting w nat Railway Company had awarded the is known an the Kleischmann group jcontract to tne nrm or r-orier, roc at of whiskey claims to the winding up Boyd for two 28-foot subways under commlseion to-day, lrsnkly admitted i neath Its lines, between West First that the salesmen representing the and West Stonewall streets, to cost houses filing the claims paid "gratt" to I something like $20,000. Mr. E. D. the dispensary directors according to Latta, president of the 4C's, stated that the now famous Goodman scale of j he had completed a series of transac fcrices at so much per case and bur- Hons whereby the street car com rel. I pany secures a private way for Its "The houses are not in position to bracks through from the present ter- say Just exactly how much was paid I " "'"'"'"V"" l" on all the accounts" said Mr. Carroll "as the salesmen were paid in curren cy and paid it out in currency. I Un fortunately we are rfct In position to deny that rebates were paid to the State's agents, and while we cannot calculate this accurately, we are wtll- the bend of South Cedar street where connection will bs made with the Hosklns line stretching to Lake wood Park and beyond. These an nouncements, which are official, the one coming from the railroad company and the other from the tC's, should ADDITION TOA.&H.C0LLEGE WILL BENEFIT FARM WORKERS. lng to admit the basis of the scale ar- w ' exoeeaing .merest io vnsnociw ranged with the board of dtrectora by Popl generally for It means that this the salesmen. In fact 1 have talked "lr"r " propowia cr uu i in with the witness who will go on the stand and testify definitely as to thse payments snd know these are the things he will testify to." This admitted graft in the FleUh mann group will amount to about $20,000, which will be deductej from tho accounts. How much of the re mainder will be paid remains for the commission to determine. Colonel Fel der said he would not ask for the books at this time In view of the show Iiik the concerns mude and on account of the valuable disclosures they had nuide. river has been overcome and that so far as the lnterurban development west of the city Is concerned that ths question of an outlet will not here after stand in the way. From time to time within the past year. The Observer has reverted to the fact that negotiations were still pending between the 4C's and proper ty owners on West First and adjacent streets relative to the purchase of a strip of land through the block for the proposed street car line to con nect the Mint and Hosklns lines. When the proposition of building the stib- . . , .'ii iiii. .. . 1. 1 hi iiii- r u i wan in inue ine group o. . ' -- " i broached several years ago. the wnicn were nrsi io iubii m me reu.M- ; "Will be home Sunday nr soon, j ,;i, t ment. The point Avas argued by , ,pft Asnev,e ,n nlg automo Do not worry." The father. It I thought, hurried to Washington to day, to determine whether the tele grame was sent hy his daughter or as blind The police maintain It was sent hy a Chinaman quickly after the murder to aid the murderer to es- i.-nt in knowledge Irape. ts of anger or Ijoon or Lion and ( hung Bin were well-to-do. Investigation shows that they conducted four restaurants. Elsie Sigel' s entry into the myste rious ways of the Chinese came ton,-: i i ' turani' ' Won ' HStM; ku of ; FHE I'hFKNSK XUAR8 END. b prcfuiin ,l that the defense the en. I -! us testimony. The gtBor:;.'.g m,i- i onsumed in hear- i"Kl'n - :r mi tin- mouths of manv ad u v ' -.. .j Hi,, manner of Ble- fo: ? . . : i ! 'I n s and In a few Utt! ! ni. weks nrlor to his bi Ti.- -. 1ii1 not nose an e-c- ofrn ;: -. i , each was asked uopi c, .: .my had been form- mi 'v h h.,,1 come to the con- lot thi mi m A r.'.t hai-.r, . Ns,r the defendant showed "t ms.tnity, with the '.ni s. of one or two, wro r i : -i.it themselves to an ; ninn. Evidence of Utliri j, . -i, i.d.H tr.v fho nvnn eil a sort of back M ore lmDortant and 'y sTiimi' tl'fitimnnv rt tytk M '.hat (i Ua nlUnl.l. .w ancuivui, who attendinc to Rin-irerl Thi. Pt (Vtijen-'e is !,reiimrt in fn.m the structure and thai questions are d. the defense will hot. iP-It(ine the In ;., ind nt ., to it? a vri.Il,s !;K'-n ttll r has. r.ret SHAPED. Iierchance, public tty well shatied Itself tl.r r, . i.nnolKIll .. I m . r '.aiuiillj VI XMB&CIS ""' in-r.t h ki. ... . .uruij it, 11D 1 -.;' - in.) V. u . a ucj yiiu rxprcca- uie reason tnat travels along the esiatance. Bigzers. a Rith many friends what larralv In ni r-? that he was driven ;i 'fsed tyranny of a ' was pressing him and '-rally invites public "'.ition, however, on "' spectators has "Hy to the front the a:" Is getting along bet- '."en anticipated and it !lbfr, '"' Btl-oke has ir,t' ;': ed. While the coun lii -7ndant is covering the fc. , ' " thoroughness and ktei-l' ;,''""ti0ns it moves Fik. e.' '" l Iose of 'ts testi t'. irtihJt l-a-t :n.. i. by unih. . Nut through her now grief-crazed mother, who waslong Identified with Sunday schools and mission work In China town. When Leon, whom she met at his Fort George restaurant, became at tentive, he was received In the Slgol home ar.d continued his associations wttfl the airl until his love became vioU-nt. Then, it Is said, her father fsrbade him the house. It was then that Elsie, although afraid of her ad mirer, deserted her home never to be seen ajive again by any of her house hold. Where she went directly aftet leaving home, whether she Joined th Chinaman or was lured to the room and murdered must be cleared up LETTER FROM GIRL. The following note, undated, wa found in Leon's effects: "You seem to be growing cold to me. Just think of the sacrifice I made for you, my family, my friends. Fur God's sake don't forsake me. "ELSIE.'1 As to the motive for the murder, the police are inclined to accept first Jealousy and then love mania. The Kirl was loved at least by one other Chinaman than Leon and this may have caused the crime. A letter to Leon, threatening him if he persisted In his attentions, gives a clue to this phase of the case. A Celestial known as Yun Bing Is known to have admir ed her. Three Chinamen, associated with the restaurant keeper. Sun Leung, aboev whose place the body was found have been arrested, but are held only as material witnesses. Sun Leung is missing. DIED FROM ASPHYXIATION. In the meantime physicians are making a more minute examination of the body and its organs. An autop sy held this afternoon determined that the victim died from asphyxiation, but since there were indications of poi son present, a chemical analysis will be necessary. Fran Sigel. an uncle of the mur dered girl, and one of four sons who survive General Franz Sigel, has come to the aid of the stricken family of his brother. For some time, it is said, h has been estranged from them because of Mrs. Sigel's activity among the Chinese. He said he warned her many times against associating with Chinese in the hope of converting them to Christianity. "Speaking as the uncle of Elsie Si gel," he said. "I would warn all wom en against association with China men, either in Church or otherwise. I do not believe one in a thousand of the so-called conversions of China men is eenuine. "My niece was innocent. She hon estly believed it was her mission to Christianise Chinamen. Too late she realized that the Wrij -j . ' h'a' been aomewhayfeelidg of the Mongolian toward white women is animal reeling, i oe lleve this Chaniman. Leon, killed El sie in a spirit of animal revenge," I Jon and Girl Were in Washington? Washington, June 1 9. Another thread was added to the tangled skein of clues in the 8lgel murder case to night, when the police learned that three days after the disappearance of Elsie 8lgel from New York, a young woman accompanied by a Chinaman answering William Lion's description and another Chinaman and a white woman registered at a Pennsylvania avenue hotel. Searching For lion In Philadelphia, Philadelphia. June 1. The police of this city are searching the local Chinese quarter for a clue that would lead to the apprehension of William Lion, the Chinese, wanted in connec tion with the murder Of Elsie Sigel, in New York. While it was learned that Lion was In this city about a year ago. no clue as to his present where abouts baa been found. It is said that at on time Lion was employed at a Chinese restaurant In this city. Lion, under that name, is no known at any of tha local Chineae mission, strk. .. " so iar in com- m i- 7 iorce or me kj. y" favor of Biggers. In insanity of the de- -r, tv ' " ""''utlon trying to Nim S ' !nd f the Jury that ,'P berre the commis si " .,r-d is perfectly sane BSv.'", "" beinar nracticallv kn " V ' "withstanding the ' appearance of the r.H;i'nRBX IX COURT. V' 'et. the four lit- '1P defendant appear- li',,. day. They came in rri mpanled b' the frail """ner. Biggers klss- ind then lifted with youngest, a flaxen h s knees and held r. 'r,"rning- Tne other t--i IB TWO tfits-r sTTfl i' a-- 1. ' ""rounded the ' " fe- The little at'y dressed and reg,, ' , T tnen appear- o r, " cneerful. Upon or them appear ndicating that they ft d on Pag Six. State Senator James J Rritt, of Ashe ille, in the Angle case and won. It was simply, In effect, that the rules of practice under the common law, under the Federal practice and the practice ad'hered to in a greater part of the State of the Union; that all Indictments shall be returned into open court by the grand Jury In a .body. This, It Is contended, and, ii U understood, tacitly admitted, was not In the hank cases. It was this point that Mr Brltt nrgued partlcu- j larly before the Circuit Court of Ap-J peals In the Angle case from Danville, Va., and which was also involved In rhe Renegar case. The Circuit Court of Appeals held thst t!ie u well taken and in the Renegar cas handed down an important opinion, deciding both the Renegar case an.l the Angle case on the point, ordering that the Judgment of the lower court be dismissed, the cases thrown out of court and the defendants released. In the cases, however. where tho statute of limitation does not bar the bringing of another Indictment, prop erly returned into open court, the de fendants mk' be indicted and again brought to trial. This, however, does not obtain with the ban.k caaes. Th time for another Indictment by grand jury in rhe matter of the three bank officials has passed and in the event that Judge Newman next Monday holds' that the return of the indict n.nt against Messrs. Breese, Dicker- ron and Penland was irregularly pre sented the defendants will be dis missed and the cases that excited so much Interest end attracted so much attention here several jears ago -will nd forever. Just w"hat course Judge Newman will pursue when the point Is present ed and Just what authorities, if any, will be presented by the district at torney and his assistants In the mat ter Is, of course, not knoiwn. In this contention, however, a rumor comes here from the district attorney's of fice to the effect that the district at torney and his assistant have con sidered the point at length and that, according to the rumor, they realize) that the decision 1n the Renegar and Angle cases affects materially tho hank oases ?nd that in all probability the end of the bank cases is very near It is said to-day that Judge Newman has been consulting authori ties with reference to the matter and that he Is fully cognizant of the point, that will be presented when the cases are called Monday. HISTORY OF THE CASE. ' In the event that Judge Newman holds Monday that the decision in the Renegar and Angle cases obtain In the bank cases and orders the cases dismissed, one of the longest drawn out and one of the hardest-fought cases In the history of western North Carolina will end. It will be "30" for the three officials who for 12 years have lived beneath the shadow of the bar of Justice. It w ill mean the ringing down Of the curtain on one of the most sensational and at one time the most feverish Incidents In the history of Asheville. It w-as i not long after the failure of the First National Bank, of Asheville. In July. 1897, that warrants were Issued for Major W. E. Breese, the president: W. H. Penland. the cashier, and Joseph E. Dlckerson, one of the di rectors of the de-funct Institution. Subsequently Indictments ere se cured at Greensboro against these three officials. The Greensboro in dictments simply charged conspiracy. It la on this old Indictment of con spiracy that District Attorney Hoi ton Is endeavoring to try the bank of ficials next week. After the con spiracy Indictment at Greensboro an other indictment was secured at Asheville. This latter Indictment charged embezzlement and misappro priation. Major Breese and Mr. Dlckerson were tried on this charg at Asheville and both found gutlty and given prison sentences. The case was appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals and a new trial granted. The second trial of Major Breese resulted in a mistrial and the cases were .removed to Charlotte. Again Major Breese was tried and again the Jury failed to agree. Once more the oases were called. 'Major Breese was tried and a conviction had on tha misappropriation count with an ac quittal en the .smbsaslement charge. Judge Keller, presiding, sentenced. bile and rendered all possible medi cal attention Dr. Dunn also was summoned and went to the scene, ar riving after Dr. Williams. Miss lan ford was taken to the Blltmore Hos pital where she died before midnight last night. al courts for justice have now, fol- that place Dr. lowing the decision there against was summoned , them, turned on the mate s agents ana given the prosecution about- the most valuable evidence it has so far been able to secure. The committee, after an execu'lve BISHOP CANDLKR DECLINES. Will Not Act as Arbitrator in Strike of the Georgia Railroad Firemen David C Barrow, Channel lor of tho Unlvrrstty of O virgin, is Chosen in His Mead and Has Accepted. Washington. June 18. In view of the - declination of -Bishop Candler, of Georgia, to act as arbitrator In tho strike of the Georgia Railroad fire men, the arbitrators to-day agreed upon David C. Barrow, chanc,ellor of the University of GeoTgia, as tho third arbitrator. The time for the appointment of the third arbitrator expired last night at midnight. The appointment of Rlshop Candler 'by the arbitrators was declined. By a strict construc tion of law the appointment of the third arbitrator reverted to the oard of mediation, consisting of Chairman Martin A. ICnapp, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Dr. Charles P. Neill, Commissioner of Iibor. However, at the conference of the arbitrators to-day Hd"n. Hilary A. Herbert and Representative Hard wick. of Georgia It was decided to tender the appointment to Professor Rarrow. This -was agreed to by th board of mediation. Assurance had been received that Professor Barrow would accept the appointment. It Is likely that the first full session of the board of arbitration will be held in Atlanta the early part of next week. Under the law the arbitration of the controversy must be con cluded within thirty days from th date of the appointment of the Chlrd arbitrator. Chancellor Rarrow Accepts. Athens. Oa., June 19. After con sideration of the Invitation extended Southern Railway Company and the iCs reached an agreement about the construction of a subway. It being generally understood that the railroad company would provide the under cut as if the street car company would agree to give up Its grade crossing ion West Trade street. A compro- eeMiion, adlournsa 10 meet again ai m8p wa. C(.nerllv believed to have the call of the chairman. However, j blpn r(,arnPa ntf,r whereby the street this practically closes up this phase. rilr company screed to pay a part of the coat of the subway and continue Its Seversvllle traffllc but take away of the Investigation, though several witnesses on the criminal side are yet to be examined. The whiskey man who is to reveal the Black-Rawlin-son-Wylie alleged scale of orle.es Is yet to testify s is the expert who vlll demonstrate the new test of the purity of whiskey. HOTEL LEDGER MISSING. Mr. E. L. Gaillard, clerk and book keeper at the Columbia Hotel during the worat of the alleged saturnalia of the whiskey men and dispensary its Hosklns business from the grade crossing. This is the basis of the present agreement, the Southern Rail way and 4C's bearing the cost of the suhways, all of whloh however has depended on the street car company's securing easements snd rights of way leadlnjr up to and stretching sway from the proposed subway under the A. T. A O. trestle. When the deals werer-eempletd -several days ago. the railroad company was Immediately no- directors there, was put up to-uay toitiflp sn(1 tne contract for the steel testify as to the account or uuecior midges with concrete abuttments was Black, but he said that after a tnor oiiah search he had failed to find The. ledger containing this account. Colonel Felder said he would have Proprietor Wheeler summoned later. "And we will come very near put ting htm in Jail If that book Is not forthcoming." The prosecution has the bills of Major Black made out by the ho'el people, apparently, and will Introduce these In evidence at the proper time. One bill was for $400. Mr. K. Wittskowsky, of Chariot;, delivered an Interesting talk to the members of the 6tandard Building and Loan Association at the chamber of commerce yesterday, many building and loan stockholders of this and oth er associations being present. Includ ing a number of ladies. The meeting was presided over by Col. R. W. Shand. who holds executive offices In a number of these locui associations. The threatened strike of local plum bers, on account of their demand, that in order to become a master plumber or partner of one, the man so step let. tual Nothing now remains hut for ac- work to commence. THE NEW ROUTE TO HOSKINS. 'Heglnning at the terminus of the present Mint street line, the tracks will run through Irwin property, a right over which was bought outright, to the Charlotte, Columbia and Au gusta trestle and on through the other properties purchased outright by the 4C's from the Tracy estate, Miss Bar nette Miller, of New York. W. S. Clan ton and G. W. Mlllerahan, to the main line of the Southern, where the new underpass Is to be constructed. Passing underneath the railroad at this point the line will be continued following generally the course of tha small stream which runs In this sec tion to the corner on Cedar street where the Hosklns line turns to en ter the Wadsworth farm. The link connecting Mint street with Cedar street will be a double track, con structed after the latest and most ap proved plans, with the best of cross ties, heaviest rails and the most sub stations! roadbed. The Hosklns line ping up must be in good sianauvg wun out to Lakewood Park Is double the union, has been averted, the twotra(,k u) ,ne way so that cari )eav. sides getting together to-day and i independence Square will not have tling their differences. Hereafter ltltne 1agt difficulties ss to service qr will be impossible to maKe a maaicr iglhedule. Cars will run down Trade siaeration or ine invitation extended , ' , -nnJ ... nd- ; I . . . 7 - to become an arbitrator In the Geor- i Plumber out of one not in good stand ,t Mlnt out M,nt to nt, from First gla Railroad strike question. Chan cellor David C. Rarrow reached the conclusion at 10 o'clock to-night that It was hi duty to accept, and accordingly will report In Atlanta Monday morning ready for the meet ing of rhe board. RUN OVER BY TRAIN. lng with the union. , along the private right of way to AUTO THIEVES BOUND OVER. hCedar and out across the Wadsworth Magistrate Fowler this afternoon lands to Lakewood. bound over to the September term of; THU SUBWAY Sessions Court, on the charge of house-breaking and grand larceny, j The contract which the Southern the two voung men, W. C. Rlchbourg .Railway closed yesterday with Messrs. end Charles A Provost, who last I Porter, Poe A Boyd calls for the com 'h. 'k-v oner, the Columbia Auto, Potion of the underpasses by October Mr. Joe Chatham, of Taylorsville. Meets Horrible Death Under Car Wheels. Special to The Observer Taylorsville. June 19. Mr. Joel Chatham, an aged citizen of this town ship, was run over and killed yester day afternoon by passenger train No. 23, which leaves here at 8.30, Just out side the town limits, near Connally. & Teage s veneer plant. He had i Company's garage and took out Mrs. Lilly Fagan's touring car for a Joy ride. In default of $500 bond both men went to Jail. Policemen Morgan and Beckham, who had been detailed to watch the garage, iwere the chief witnesses. Morgan saw the men force the door of the garage and take out the machine. Beckham found it la'er. abandoned temporarily, In the red light district and took charge of the Joy riders when they appeared. Governor Ansel was to-night in- been to town to do some shopping d h w Department that .he r!arn?r"r8 -"alking on c Q Don. the railroad track. The engineer, ... r- m blew the danger signal, but It seems he did not notice the approach of the him train until it was too close for to get out of the way. Death was instantaneous, his head being crushed, both legs broken below j the knee, and one foot cut off. Mr. i P0"!"! Chatham nun veara ntri hn n Held markably strong for one of his age. i 1 oeen detailed for duty with the State i troops on encampment after July .'. CONFERENCE CIAJSES TO-DAY. 1. These subways will be 28 feet wide, of sufficient width to hold two rail road tracks and affording a clearance for street cars of 18 feet. Work will commence at once, the contractors, who are Just finishing a similar Job at Hickory for the Southern, will move their forces here Just as quickly as possible. President Latta, of the 4C's, when told yesterday that the subway would be ready by the first of October, declared that the line would also be finished by that time and that cars would then be ready for Imme diate operation. These bridges, which will be of steel, as previously stated, with concrete abuttments, will cost from $15,000 to $20,000. In discussing the opening up of First street yesterday, President Latta stat ed that this had no connection with the proposition to extend th line nn Devotional Exercises Will Bat0 the river as this matter was yet by Y. W. C. A. In Elizabeth unsettled. He declared that it wo. Boyd Memorial Chapel. idone for one purpose and one pur- i Asheville. June 19. The Southern , pose only and that was to Used Mall to Obtain Spurious Bank ) Students' Conference of the Young secure a safe outlet west of Women s christian Association will the city and thus In a measure do close to-morrow with special devo- away with the congested traffic at the tlonal exercises at the Elizabeth Boyd Southern passenger station grade Memorial chapel, after being in ses- ' crossing. Mr. Latta believes that the sion here for ten days. I travel this summer out to Lakewood To-day's sessions were of the usual (Park will be very heavy, routine order with addresses by Dr. j Lakewood Park will be ready for C. A. R. Janvier, of Philadelphia; juse by the first of July. Tt would Prof. Jesse L. Cunningham, of Nash- have been thrown open to the public ville. and the Rev. Robert Wells i some time ago but for unforeseen dif Veach. of New York. A student conf j Acuities which presented themselves, ference and a platform meeting took The feature of the park la the splen- up to-nignt s session. aio lane wnicn is something like three- fourths of a mile long and one-fourth Obligations. Albany. Oa., June 19. On the charge of using the mails to obtain spurious obligations of a bank. D. D. Einstein, a well-known man of Ca milla, Ga.. w-as convicted In Federal Court here to-day. It was alleged that during the period of financial stress, when many Georgia banks were Issuing clearing-house certifi cates. Einstein wrote to a Chicago house which had printed clearing house certificates for the Pelham. Ga., banks and obtained certificates with a total face value of $5,000. Small Fire at Elizabeth City. Special to The Observer. Elizabeth City, June 19. Fire broke out this afternoon at 8 o'clock in the plant of the National Box Fac tory and did considerable damage be fore the flames could be checked. Victor Jenkins, one of the firemen, while engaged lit fighting the Are, sustained an. accident In which his Coot was badly sprained. Ex-Senator Reld, of Wentworth. Suf fer Paralytic Stroke. Special to The Observer. Wentworth. June 19. Ex-Senator Reuben David Reld. of this place, suf fered a severe stroke of apoplexy at the home of his mother. Mrs. David S. Retd. in Reidsville. yesterday at noon. Dr. Irvin. McGehee and Ellington ire at his bedside and Mr. Reld's condi tion is extremely critical. His hun dreds of friends in the county are deeply shocked. At this hour the result cannot be foretold. of a mile wide. The dam Is 4S6 feet long. $0 feet wide on top and 105 at the bottom and 24 feet high. On the west shore is being erected an ele gant pavilion 250 feet long and 45 feet wide. In the centre of which is the stand which George C. Brandman's New York Concert Band of 1J pieces, ope of the best ever heard in Char lotte, will give concert each after noon and evening. Tha boat house Is underneath the pavilion, the fleet con sisting of IS row boats and one gaso line launch. About the lake are beau- Board of Trustee and Officials of the , United States Department of Agri culture Agree Upon the JEetablisIi ment of an Agricultural Extension Department at A. M. College Practical Teaching Will B Carried Direct to the Farmer's Door . Greensboro Fertiliser Company Chartered Hospital Bonds Award ed to Raleigh Savings Bank at 1 )& New City Officers. . Observer Bureau, : The Holleman Building, Raleigh. June II. Observer Bureau, e The Holleman Building. Ralegh, Jane It. The trustees of the Agricultural and Mechsnieal College. In conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture, to-day agreed on plane for a most important addition to the State s agricultural forces by the . tabllshment at the college of an agri cultural extension department. Full, processes will be put in charge or this new work. Dr Knapp, special' agnt for the United States demonstra tion work, and President Hill formta- lated systematic plans for the new de partment to begin the work of carry ing practical agricultural teaching di rectly to the farmers. The man who will have direct charge of the work was also selected, to be announced when he accepts. The new department will aim to lay before tho farmers the best methods In agricultural practice and keep them Informed of all new Isbor-savtng pro cesses and economical handling of crops and sols, u will be the connect ing link between workers on the farm, workers in the college experiment sta tions and agricultural teachers. In or der that new work and the State dem onstration wprk may be closely coor dinated, the government will move the offices of Stat Demonstration Agent Hudson to th college after October 1 These two officers will arrange their work so that each may be supplement ed to the other. The Secretary of State Issued to-day -a charter for the consolidation of the Dixie and North State Five Insurance Companies, of Greensboro. He also Is sued a charter for the Dixie Guano Company, of Greensboro, to make fer tilisers and chemicals; capital stock $175,000, Ashley Horn, of Clayton, James B. Blades, of Newbern, C. C. Taylor, of Greensboro, snd othera stockholders. STATE BONDS AWARDED. The Oovernor and the Council of State to-day passed upon the bids for the half-million dollar isaue of 4 per oent. State bonds, for the hospitals for the Insane. The award of the whole Is sue was made to the Raleigh 8avlngs Bank at 103. Some of the bide were so low as to b really amusing, not ably on "at par less $20,000; It being stated that the sum deducted was for attorneys'' fees." The Corporation Commission hold! that the bonds are non-taxable In the hands of Individuals or corporations; that the value of the bonds ts not de ducted from the value of the shares of individuals in a corporation which holds them us capital stock or surplus. The Corporation Commission Is hard at work assessing the more than 6,000 corporations, public and private. In cluding all the public service corpora tions, banks, building and loan asso ciations, etc. A great deal of this work has up to this year been done by the State Auditor, but the last Legislature transferred tt to the commission. This puts a world of work on the shoulders of the latter. NEW CITY OFFICERS. Walter Clark, Jr., son of the Chief Justice, is the new city attorney; Le onidas H. Lumsdeh is the chief of the fire department; Dr. Thomas U. Jor dan, city physician; Charles M. Wal ters, sanitary Inspector: Richard B. Heawell, street commissioner and en gineer; B. 8. Joiner, treasurer; W. C. McMakln. city veterinarian. This ts an entirely new deal. The case of the State against Court ney Jeffreys, the young Oberltn negro of very bad repute, on the grave charge of attempted assault upon' lit tle Miss Marie Curtice, is to be heard Monday. This negro haa been In trou ble before about a little gtrl named Rice. Yet other things are said about him. Major Henry A. London, of Pltts boro, who is the adjutant general of the North Carolina Division Unitetl Confederate Veterana, of which Major General Julian 8. Carr is the com mander, was here to-day.. He said that Mecklenburg Camp of Charlotte had invited the division to holj in that city Its great annual reunion next Aug ust, and that In all probability the In vitation will be accepted. The date Is August 26-27. The last reunion was held In August, at Winston-Salem. CONFEDERATE CONSTITUTION. Original Engrossed Manuscript placed on Exhibition in the Library of Con gress. Waahington. June 19. There haa been deposited In the library of Con gress and placed on exhibition in the manuscripts' divlson, the original en grossed "Permanent constitution of the Confederate States of America." The constitution was adopted March 11. 1861. by the Confederate Congress st Montgomery, Ala., and signed by delegates from South Carolina, Geor gia. Florida. Alabama. Mlssiasippi, Louisiana and Texas. When the capi tal was moved to Richmond, It was carnea to that city, and, upon the evacuation of Richmond, was sent with other papers farther South, with other papers farther south where It was rescued hy Mr. F. G. De Fontaine, at Chester, 8. C. from a band of looters. Mr. DeFontalne kept this and oth er documents for some years, and, in 1883. It passed into the hands of Mrs, G. W. J. DeRenne, whose son, Mr. . J. DeRenne, of. 8avannah, Ga., now owns it, and has- recently deposited it. as a loan, with the librarian of Congress- Major Samuel Freeman Retire, Washington. June 19. Major Sam uel D. Freeman, of the Ninth Cavalry,' now at Fort D A. Russell, Wisconsin, was to-day retired from active aer- . vice at his own request after more than thirty years' service. , Major Freeman is a native of Virginia and was appointed to the Military Acad emy in 1879 from North Carolina., tiful wooded walke for the delecta tion of those who desire . to atroll about The Lakewood Amusement Company haa the contract (or tho concessions, ;. k,i . N. - t
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