VOL. LXXXV KO. 29. ?
GASES Oil APPEAL
11 SUPflE
Butler - Adamfc Controversy
and Baxter Shemweirs
Assault on Conductor; '
SEVERAL CHARTERS ISSUED
North Carolina Booklet Out Col. Mor
ton Talks' About Wilmington and
Taft Farmers' Congress Vis-
Itors May Come Notes.
(Special Star Correspondence.) .
'Raleigh, N. C., Oct ; 25. The, r first
case for argument before the Supreme
" court tomorrow when Ninth district
appeals are called, will be State, vs.
Butler, from Greensboro. This is the
noted case in which Chairman Adams,
of the North Carolina Republican Ex
ecutive Committee, prosecuted ex
IJnited States Senator Marlon Sutler
and his brother, tester Butler, editor
of The Caucasian for criminal libel,
growing out of charges. made by the
Butlers reflecting on the personal and
official integrity of Judge Adams while
he held the office of Chief Justice of
the United States ; court of Indian
Land Claims In the Indian-Territory.
The appeal to be argued is by the
Butlers from a verdict against them in
the lower court.. on which the trial
Judge Imposed fines of $500 against
ex-Senator Butler a$ $250 against
Editor Lester Butler, of the Caucasian
Appearing for the Butlers in the argu
ment will be Aycock; Justice & Broad
hurst and ex-Judge Robinson; for the
State in upholding the findings of the
court below, Attorney General Bick
ett, R. C. Strudwick, Charles M. Sted-
man, G. S. Bradshaw and J; A. Long.
v Another? appeal to come up tomor
row Is. State vs. Baxter Shemwell,
from Guilford, a sensational,, case . in
which Sheiriwejl; appeals from a sen
tence to Guilford county Jail for' five
months for assaulting Sfcuthfcrn Rail
way Cohdubtor-"W. . B,' Smithers with
two revolvers' because he refused to
. stop train Nol 37 Limited, Washington
to New Orleans, at Lexington for
Shemwell to get off, Shemwell shot
and killed Dr. Payne some years ago
at 'Lexington, that having been one
of the most sensational criminal cases
, In the history of the State.
Charters were issued today for The
Eclipse Guano Co., Cronly, Columbus
county; capital $5000 by William Gil
Christ, G. H, Smith and J. G. McCor
mick; Craven Foundry & Machine Co.,
Newbern, . capital $100,000 by W. T.
Brinson and others; Pender Telephone
Co., Atkinson, Pender county, capital
$10,000 authorized . And- $1,000 , sub
scribed by J.'.T, Haggardon, E. E. Mur
phy and others
The October number of The North
Carolina Booklet, published by The
North- Carolina Society, Daughters of
the Revolution, is out and is excep
tionally ' interesting. Mrs. Walter
Clark writes of the career of Gen
Joseph Graham; Mr. H. M. WagstaJf
contributes an especially valuable pa
per on "State Rights ln North Caro
lina Through . Half . a Century" and
Miss Bettle Freshwater Pool is author
of a valuable article on "The Nag's
Head Picture of .Theodosia Burr.''
, There is the usual valuable Biograph
ical and Genealogical memoranda by
Mrs. E. E. Moffitt and abstracts of his
toric wills by Mrs. H. DeB. Wills, -a
, A three week's, term of Wake Supe
rior Court convened today with Judge
W. R. Allen presiding. It Is for civil
causes, there being over 400 on the
calendar. ', '
Col. Geo. Jj. Morton, speaker pro.
tern, of the lower House of the Gen
eral : Assembly,3 who is spending sev
eral days here says Wilmington al
ready has assurance of the presence,
of 22 companies of the National Guard
and five fine bands for the welcome
demonstration to President Taft, and
that a regular and special train ser
vice is being arranged that will af
, .ford the best possible facilities for the
f people to-pOur in from every section
of the State and get back home with
exceptional promptness and comfort.
He says the great white way that is be
ing put up .for the occasion will cover
at least twelve blocks and will be the
most beautiful, ever seen in a South-
' em city, excepting, possibly that, be
ing constructed . how by. Atlanta. . Wil
mington's Ja to be kept Intact perma
nently by the business men , for fu
' ture use. ;-:,:71,r-iv.V;--, ' -,
Governor Kitchin has appointed an
additional 100 ' delegates ; from Nirth
Carolina for the Farmers' .National
Congress to meet in Raleigh Novem
ber 3, making about 300 he h as nam
ed thus far. He, expects to name still
others as the 'names of farmers and
others who can probably. . attend are
forwarded to him.'. There, is a move
ment on foot to induce members of
the Congress to go on a " special' train
November 9th to : Wilmington for the
great Taft reception there- and - the
indications are that this ; trip will be
taken. There has also been arranged
a side trip for-November 5th to Dur
ham and Greensboro to ' give the dele
gates an opportunity to inspect the
great1 tobacco and cotton factories and
other attractions afforded' " by these
two flourishing Carolina cities. "
Adjutant Oeneral 'Armfield Is noti
SKELETON " MYSTERY SOLVED
Bigamist Admitted. He SlewNHis Sec
ond Wife When Accused With :
the Crime Detectives Did
,:: ; Clever'work. -V ; . ;
New York. Oct 25. A vear and a.
half ago a friendless girl was murder
ea in a forsaken patch of woodland
near Isllp, Long Island; a week ago
her bleached . and charred skeleton
was found, with nothing to indicate
its Identity but her jewelry and a bill
of sale from a German shop: 'three
days later, through the police of Ham
burg, Germany, her Identity was es
tablished as Anna Luther, though the
cables first carried the name as Lat
ter, last night her husband, Freder
ick Gebhardt, who had married under
the name of Otto Mueller, was caught
In Astoria, L I., by a photographer's
flashlight and. tonight he confessed
over his signature that he is her slay
er. The confession follows:
About December. 1907. I first met
Anna Luther.' ; We were married in
February, 1908, and went to Europe
to live. 'We returned April 6, 1908.
She went to Henry Wertupp's in New
ark,4 N. J.; to spend a day or two. On
the pretense that I. was going to rent
an apartment for us to live in I return
ed to my home and .wife in Astoria.
I met Anns again. on April 8th, in
Newark, and we went to an address
in 34th street, New York, and then
to Jamaica, L. I. We stayed in Jamai
ca until next day.
V "April 9th we went to .Baysboro and
-we walked . about and I showed her
some property. I got into an argu
ment with her about some money mat
ters and I turned away and wanted to
go back. She followed me up, scream
ing, and I 'shot 'her in the head. I
did not look at .her and do not re
member, whether I shot her more than
once. . ' ..
"Immediately after. I .went to the
Isiip depot and took1 a train for. home.
It was nearly dark. On the way home
on. the train I threw the revolver out
of the car window. ' s i
. "I want to state that I didn't kill
Anna Luther for her money as the
newspapers have stated. My original
reason, for marrying - Anna is that' I
didn't carer to -live with my first wife
any longer but as 'she my first wife
had given me achild my" desire to
again see my child caused me to want
to get rid of Anna Luther' and return
to my first wife and child.' "
"This ia the reason Why I shot Anna
Luth er , and I told her in , Bay Shore
that I was1 married and had a wife and
child and must leave her. She scream
ed and ran. after me and kissed me
and wanted me back and I shot her.
"This confession is made on my
own free will without any1 hope of re
compense being offered me. ; "
From the time of his arrest last
night, until he broke down today un
der police questioning, Gebhardt, al
though he admitted that he committed
"bigamy when he married Anna Lu
ther, denied . all knowledge of her
death. . x v
In a letter written to the German
Consul last night, Mueller, the author,
spoke of a Mr. Bradley, of Denver, as
having called to see. Mueller's, wife
during his absence. ! The description
of this man, who existed in imagina
tion only, answered exactly to that
of Gebhardt - 1
Gebhardt, when he was In Germany,
bought two German police dogs and
It was by tracing these dogs that the
detectives found his home in Astoria.
While' a newspaper photographer
chanced a flashlight at the dogs, the
flare revealed the pale face of Get
hardt peering from the chinks of an
outhouse. He was run down and ar
rested. ;
KILLED WIFE AND SELF.
Roanoke Man, Shoots 13-Ye-Old Wife
and Ends His Own Life.
Roanoke. Va Oct 25. Following a
quarrel in ,their home near the Norton
Coal Company's mines In Wise county
this afternoon, Charles Kninenart fa
tally shot his 13-year-old wife ana
then killed himself... wnen tne gin-
wife started to bring a bucket of wa:
ter , from a well . she was shot three
times by RhineharV all the .gullets
taking -effect In the back ana. coming
out Just below, the Lreast, inmenart
then turned 'they revolver on himself
hand blew out his brains.: It "is said
fcfrs . ' Rhinehart cannot survive the
hight. ; J'. ." V.:.;.- ,
R
OBBED IN . WINSTON
Merchant Held Up by, Highwayman
and Shot Down.
Winston-Salem, N, C, OCt. 25. J. P.
Reld. a merchant . of . this city.- was
held uw ' earl v i this 'morning and rob
bed by an unknown white man. His
assailant shot him ; twice. ..Reld was
removed to a local hospltal where it is
stated he will . Drobablv die. . Reid
this afternoon identified' Earnest Dy
mott as the man who shot him. , Ofll
cers are now looking for Dock Brewer.
who is alleged to have been seen with
Dymott. , ' . . ,:
geant John Wadington. Co.. C, Second
Infantry Regular Army, is detailed to
teport to Gen. Armfield for . duty in
North Carolina under the !act, of last
Congress providing one especially
trained non-commissioned v officer f 6t
work in each State in connection with
improving the standard of training
among: the militia ' It is understood
that Sergeant Wadington will spend
considerable time in the Guard head
quarters here for a while until "weak
points" as to company; training! are
"spotted. ; Then1 he. will be sent from
place to p . lace to work with the yarl
ous companies.-' - ' V'a
WlLMIKGTbN; K. C,
I EVIDENCE
The Chauffeur Tells Startling
1 ' Story Implicating The .
, . Physician.' .
MURDER OF MABLE MILLMAN
Doctor Carried Three Sacks In Hi
Machine' to Lower Detroit River.
Dark Mystery is Being
' ; .Cleared Up. : . . ,
Detroit, Mich., Oct" 25. After
Chauffeur Joseph W. Leach had testi
fied in police court this afternoon
that on the night "of August 27th he
drove Dr. George A. Fritch from the
physician's office to Ecorse Creek,
where the. doctor threw Into the wa
ter three sacks, which they had taken
from his office, - Dr. Fritch was held
for trial in the Recorder's court on
the charge of manslaughter in connec
tion with the death of Miss Maybelle
Millman, of Ann Arbor.
' Miss Mlllman's body was' found in
three sections in sacks in Ecorse
creek and the lower Detroit rivers
early in September. The body bore
evidence, the police and county phy
sicians were satisfied, that a criminal
operation had been performed or at
tempted. ;
At the conclusion, of Leach s cross-
examination. - Attorney Lodge for Dr.
"Fritch made an unsuccbssful attempt
to have the complaint dismissed on
the ground that evidence necessary to
establish 1 . the manslaughter charge
had not been presented.
Chauffeur, Leach today on the stand
gave-aj graphic recital of . the story
he told the police about the events
of the night of August 27th, which led
to Dr.: Fritch s re-arrest Cross-exam
ination failed to. shake this testimony.
Leach said that he. responded to Dr.
gtitch'SvCalL for .an automobile ' early
in the evening of August 27th; that
the doctor told him he was In trouble
and needed a friend and asked him
about, accessible deep -water.
"Have you been killing some one?"
the chauffeur testified he asked Dr.
Fritch. ;-' .'i-1-.; - , :
"You are not supposed to know any
thing,", was the response Leach said
he received-, v . .
They . arranged that Leach was to
return to the doctor's office later and
drive, him down the river.
."When I called'for the doctor about
S O'clock," Leach testified, "he brought
but a newspaper package perhaps 18
inches long and said for me to drive
to his house. We drove into the alley
behind the doctor's house and under
the , doctor'8 direction J took half a
dozen bricks from a pile in the alley
and put them in the automobile.
While I was . doing this the doctor
went into the yard. He returned with
out the package and we drove back
to his 'office. We did not remain in
front of the office more than ten min
utes."-; During this time, the doctor
made .two trips up the steps into his
office. First he brought out a sack
that. was heavy enough to require him
to carry It with both hands. Then he
returned and v brought out two more
sacks, one in . each hand. While he
was at the office I saw him put a re
volver in his, pocket We drove out
Fort street to the Western boulevard."
In reply to a question what .was
done with the bricks, Leach said that
the doctor got Into the back of the
automobile on the way to the boule
vard, but the Witness was interrupted
by counsel for defense and admitted
that he did not' look around and that
the - automobile made too much noise
for' hlm: to hear- what his passenger
was doing behifid him.
Leach said the doctor rode back to
the city on the' front seat with him. ' -
"He said If any one asked me about
where I had been ,1 was to say that I
had taken a party to a road house out
Grand"- River, avenue , or somewhere
else.? ;;;'v ' : " ''
"We stopped under a ,tree and the
doctor gave me $25. ' He also told me
not to worrk about a bill I owed him.
When he told me he had another pack
age to dispose of I said I could not get
away' to, attend to it Since that tide
I. have seen, the Tioctor several times;
once by appointment. At his office he
told : me that her 'chum was nosing
around and that he had told her that
he . had sent Maybelle to some other
pdoctor.. I to id the . doctor ; I wouldn't
say anything '. to- anybody because I
was too scared." v: ;
On.' cross-examination " Leach - said
that '"while I mistrusted, that there
was something crooked about the bus
iness I was willing to do a favor for
a friend and did not think of it at the
time. as, crooked work. on my part".,
; V rflGERS' EASY VICTORY. -
Played ' - Game With v. Chattanooga
' Yesterday Score 7 to 2.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 25. ?The
Detroit Tigers today easily defeated
the Chattanooga UeanT of. the, South
Atlantic League by the score of 7 to
2. Thq Detroit team left at 6 : 25 P.
M.for; Jacksonville. Fla:, where they
play tpmorrpw.and Wednesday, going
thence to; Tampa, -'i :
Detroit- , '. i . . v 010 401 1007 7 2
Chattanooga: iT.001 W;O00 -2 . ,9 &
Willetts and Schmidt; ."Baskett. and
Meek; ,time 1 : 40; Vumpire . McDonald.
QIC
TU ESDA ORKESTG
THE
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Secretary Stubbs funded Note of
-"Warning to America for Attitude
- Toward : Chi ha Third
Day of Convention.
Richmond, Va., Oct 25. Hon. W. B.
Stubbs,'- secretary of the Laymen's
Missionary Movement, in the Metho
dist Episcopal church., took . America
to task In the Laymen's ' Movement
convention here' this afternoon for its
attitude toward China and gave warn
ing of the danger of this attitude in
time to come, -when the Oriental shall
awake from his lethargy.- 1 .
, The third day of the convention be
gan with a discussion of the general
subject of missions, and Moruay Wil
liams, of New York; .Charles A. Row
land, of ' the Southern Presbyterian
church, and Rev. Dr.;' -T. B. Ray, sec
retary or the Southern Baptist Fpr
eign Mission Board, were besides Mr.
Stubbs, the leading speakers of the
morning session.. .
. The convention is being held in St
Paul's ' Episcopal chjirch, John R.
Pepper, . of Memphis, is the presiding
officer. .!-'''- -";'!':- .
At the afternoon session Prof. J. T.
Henry, of Bristol, chairman of the lay
men's movement, Southern Baptist
convention, aroused great unanimity
of approval by declaring that oyster
suppers, ice cream festivals and other
entertainments of. the sort are not di
vine institutions for the furtherance
of the gospel and are means too petty
for raising funds for that great cause.
Horn, Joshua Levering, of Balti
more;Rev. Charles S. Pratt of the
Southern Presbyterian church, and J.
Campbeir White, of New York, were
the other leading speakers during the
afternoon. . ''".... -
Richmond, Va., Oct" 25. The even
ing session was a large and enthusias
tic gathering of delegates and others
to hear reports on the union , trium
phant progress of "Christ's Kingdom."
The speakers were Dr. W. H. Park,
medical missionary to China; . Rev. S.
w: . Brown, 4 missionary . in India, and
Rev. H. F. Williams, editor . of - the
Nashville : "Missionary" ; who told of
observations he made on a recent trip
of his through heathe&cT rr -
NEW YORK CAMPAIGN.
Hearst and Bingham Plead for Politi
cal RefornV-Speeches.
" New York, Oct. 23. William R.
Hearst's former political campaign,
known as the "Independence League",
the machinery of which was absorbed
by Tammany Htll at.ithe recent prin
maries, bobbed up tonight , as a legal
technicality which mty seriously in
terf ere with the preparation of the
official ballots for th; municipal elec
tion to be held on November 2nd.,
Clarence J. Shearn, counsel for
Hearst appeared before Supreme
Court Justice Gerard at a night ses
sion of that tribunal tonight protest
ing against the appearance of the
names , of Democratic candidates un
der the' Independence League emblem
"with the result that the court ordered
that the printing of the ballots which
was already underway, be suspended
until arguments for both bides can
be heard tomorrow.
, While lawyers were arguing In
Court over this latest phase of the
Campaign fervid oratory by the three
candidates for mayor was going on
throughout the greater city.:? Judge
Gaynor addressed a gathering of Co
lumbia students and others at the
University late today and spoke be
fore a labor mass meeting at '. Cooper
Union tonight Mr. Hearst spoke
first at the Murray Hill Lyceum in the
heart of New York city proper and
then crossed . over to Long Island
where he spoke at College Point and
Long Islarid City. Mr. Bannard, the
Republican nominee, delivered a se
roes" of addresses in Brooklyn.
The Hearst and Gaynor speeches to
night paralleled each other in many
respects. Both dwelt at length on po-
lice reform and Dotn cnucisea . uen.
Theodore A. Bingham, recently ousted
as police commissioner.
- OUTLINES.
President Taft and Speaker Cannon
with the Governors of Missouri and
Illinois at two notable gatherings in
St -Louis yesterday advocated water
way improvements as a National'poli
cy and not as a project. Over 100,009
people saw.. . the President. The
mystery of the murder of Maybelle
Millman was partially cleared up yes
terday. when1 a chauneur gave start
ling evidence against Dr. Fritch, a De
troit - physician- r-ihe : Laymen's
Movement convention is in session at
Richmond, Va.; W, B. Stubbs, secret
tary of the Laymen's Missionary, Con
vention, ' in. ;an, 4 address yesterday
warned America of the -danger of its
attitude toward China A : number
of cotton mills, in South Carolina yes
terday ' announced a . curtailment
Cotton -manufacturers ' in New Eng-
iana, represenung : several muuoa
SDindles . have expressea tneir mten
tion for a - curtailment of T224 hours
between November 1st and .August
Hext.--i New York markets: .' Money
on call firm 3 1-2 to i , 1-2 per cent.,
ruling rate 4 1-41, closing bid and of
fered at 4. Flour steady with a mode
rate-iobbine trade. Wheat spot easy;
No. 2 red .1.23 nominal domestic ele
vator. Corn spot steady; ,No. 2, 70
nominal elevator ' and 70 1-2 nominal
delivered. , Oats spot , quiet; mixed
nominal. ; ' Rosin r firm. ; Turpentine
'steady i ''':v :'l '
OCTOBER 26, 1909
ON AT ASHEViLLE
Black Mountain Constable
Who Shot Down Two
-Young Men.
PAUL COLLINS A WITNESS
Told Story of Fateful Night in Hotel
Room When .Yur.g John Hill
Bunting Was Killed Trial
Wilf Continue Today. ,
(Special Star Telegram.)
Asheville, N. C, Oct "25. Charged
with murder in the second degree in
connection with the shooting and kill
ing of John Hill Bunting, of Wilming
ton, in the early hours of August 7th
in a Black Mountain Hotel, at" the
time when he also' wounded Paul C.
Collins, - of Hillsboro, F. C. Watkins,
then constable of Black Mountain, was
this morning ; placed . on trial . before
Judge J. S. Adams and a jury in the"
Superior Court. When court - adjourn
ed for the day the testimony of Mr.
Collins and other witnesses had been
completed. r
There was a large crowd In attend
ance when court met this . morning
and the number of witnesses is large,
some of them coming from as far. as
Massachusetts. . The defense is repre
sented -by Locke Craig and Judge J.
D: Murphy, the latter retained by the
town of Black Mountain, while assist
ing . Solicitor Brown are Thomas Set
tle, Thomas Jones and B. F. Williams,
all or this city. The entire forenoon
was . consumed in: the. selection of a
jury, the panel having 'been finally
completed after excusing, a score- of
men. tThe. court adjourned ;until 2:30
o'clock after the jury had been select
ed.' to give the attorneys, time to con
fer-;. with.witnesewh,qiiad ' jusV.ar
rived. . ; ' "jmc w -ai I
Considering the widespread notori
ety of the case the jury of twelve me:i
was secured in a comparatively brief
time. -
Paul Cl Collins, being examined by
Solicitor Brown, said that he was 32
years old and was cashier of the Bank
of Orange at Hillsboro. He said that
he had come to Black Mountain the
evening of. August Cth and was there
Introduced to Bunting whom -he had
not known before, although he had
once talked with him over the tele
phone. Witness said that he and
Bunting went to the Gladstone Hotel
together -where he was assigned to
Room 17 . and Bunting to Room 19 in
which there were two beds. Between
8 'and 9 o'clock that evening he and
Bunting went calling on some young
ladies at the Daggherty Boarding
House. He said he started to leave
the house at 11 o'clock but there was
a sick baby in the house and he stop
ped to make a fire in the kitchen to
heat water for the child and . it was
11:45 when he reached his room. Then
Bunting" called to him from Room 19,
and going there, he found Bunting
with his coat collar and vest off.
Bunting said he wanted a drink and
witness .went to hjs room and each
had a drink, and he stayed a while
and talked. ' -f '
Bunting witshed him to occupy one
of the beds in the r com but .witness
said that Bunting was going to Asne
ville on the early . train, and he d',d
not wish to be disturbed by. Bunting's
rising. - . .. .:- v: '
Witness went back to his room and
took off his clothes and then Bunting
came in wanting another drink and
then witness accompanied him back to
his room. Wjitness had taken three
drinks and Bunting four. Collins said
that he had no drink before and there
was no evidence that Bunting had
had any. Witness was ;not Intoxicat
ed He knew what he was doing and
Bunting was only talkative. Witness
said that when he . and Bunting, the
latter also in underclothing, went to
Bunting s room. Bunting wanted an
other drink which witness ; did not
wish him to- have and they probably
talked louder than ordinary. He got
Bunting auiet and put him to bed.
put out the light and he andBuntlng
were seated on tne Dea Denma , me
door, when : somebody knocked and
said it, was the police, c One of the
two men said -come in, and Watkins
entered.' Witness said that .Watkins
struck - a ' match and . witness . arose
whereupon "vylatklnr. said: ' ?
."Dont come on me" to which wit;
ness responded: ; .V v". J
'"No one is coming on you.'V
Watkins then asked: ; - "What's all
this row about?" to which 'witness
replied: r - - - -
"There don't seem to be any : tow.'
Buntingthen arose and Watkins
raised his gun, and witness raised
his . arm in a '"wandering movement"
In an instant Watkins fired - and
Bunting "crumpled up." his . falling
closing the door. Witness said he
thought the light went out just as the
gun ' crack. ; 'Watkins whirled around
and sald:-v- -' :- "
"I'll fix 'you'-too." - Witness said, he
backed and Watkins pushed .the; gun
aeainst him and fired Bunting said
"You. have killed me." and I : said,
"You have shot ns without any cause
Witness said that Bunting was gettins
on ; his feet when he was shot. Wit
ness saw ; the ; pistol Twhen x Watkin?
EXPLOSIONS 111 INDIANAPOLIS
Police. Superintendent. Thinks
Work of Labor Agitatlon--Con-'tractor
Sent Family Away
For Fear of Harm,
it
Indianapolis, ind., Oct 25. Superin
tendent of Police Metzger tonight
said- that his investigation of four ex
plosions of dynamite .that wrecked
buildings in different part of the city
last midnight,-had (Convinced him that
they were brought about by a carefully
organized and skilfully executed con
spiracy by enemies of Albert von
Spreokelsen, a building contractor, in
revenge for his having employed non
union labor. No arrests have yet been
made but according to the police an
exposure soon will be made.
Spreckelsen fearing further violence
today sent his children out of town
His wife remains, with him. He em
ployed non-union hod-carrieds and
iron workers on the Mystic Shrined
temple and. theatre, under construc
tion. He received no warning of, the
explosions that wrecked his stable
and planing mill and . two . buildings
for which he had contracts,' a branch
of the city library, and a branch ex
change of the Central. Union Tele
phone Company. Two automobiles
and two horses were, destroyed in the
explosion and fire in the. stable at
his house.
The four explosions occurred with
in one minute' and evidently the dyna
mite had been set off by accurately
prepared time -fuses that no attempt
to damage; the Mystic Shrine Temple
said to be the finest building of its
kind in the country, was due, the po
lice believe . to the-, fact that it . has
been carefully watched at night,
THE COTTON GINNED.
Report of the Census Bureau Shows
Decrease In This State. .
Washington, , Oct 25. The Census
Bureau today issued a report shpw
ine that 5.525.591- balci. countine
round as half bales, had been ginned
rrom'tne growtn or lsya to uctoDer
18th. as compared with 6.296.166 for
1908;. 4.420,258 for 1907,-and .4,931,621
for 1906. : 51
" - ThA f rAnnrt shnwed ' that 513.525
halAfi' fcfiri heerti e-inned in Alabama, as
compared,, with 94404 .in, 190SJ. 327,T
645 . in Arkansas, as compared with
347.468; 34.903 in Florida as compared
with 34.027: 1.112.700 in Georgia as
compared .with . 1,119,228; 144.073 in
Louisiana, as compared with 207,992;
393.414 : in "Mississippi as compared
with : 62199': 25345 in North . Caro
lina as compared with 276,221; 329,
705 in Oklahoma as compared with
132,556 L 662,550 in South Carolina as
iromnared with 660.678. "101.190 In
Tennessee as compared , with 131,073;
1,0 4 4.816 111 lCAas 'Cxo tuuiaicu witu
2.047,796; and 19,799 In all other
States as compared with 23,623.
In this report 87,8l4 round Dales
Were Included as compared with 118.-
720 in 1908; 97.957 for 1907, and 132,-
144 for 1906. The number oi sea is
land hales included was 36.330 as
compared with 32.013 for 1908 18,775
for 1907, and 12,091 for 1906. 1
Th hnrean announced that the In
dividual, returns of, ginners had alter
tA the renort of cotton elnned to Sep
tember 25. so that the corrected num
ber of bales ginned to that date was
2,568,150. . . x X
f i
NEW VIRGINIA RAILROAD. ;
Work Has Been Renewed on the Rich-
' mond and Henrico Line.
Richmond. Va.. Oct. 25. rlt is given
out that contracts were closed today
for the construction of the Kicnmona
& Henrico Railroad and viaduct and
which .was beeun several
years ago and has for some time been,
tomorrow. The Blake Construc
tion Co., of New York, will have en
tire charge of the contract ana me ac
tual work will be done by. local con
tractors. It is expected that the work win
be-completed and the line put in op
praHnn hv Jnlv 1. 1910. It comprises
a new east and west line of electric
. -1 t IX 111-
street railway tnrougn me cuy, ,wim
a viaduct of Shockoe Creek , valley,
about half a mile long. .
NEWBERRY MURDER TRIAL.
Witness Testified ' That He : Distin
' guished Slayer of Saunders.
Beaufort, N. C Oct 25. Witness
fbr the State in the trial here today
of S. J. .. Sanders, charged with the
"murder of H. J. Newberry, late mayor
of Newport, testified that when ; the
fatal shot was. fired, they heard some
one running, and looking up," distin
scuished the cerson as Sanders.' Fol
lowing Sanders home, he having his
gun in hand, the witness testified, that
he put the gun down where it was
afterwards found.'-, An : examination
of the shells, witness testified, showed
that the; shotTised were No. 2 bird
shot which were the kind taken from
Newberry's back.. ; - 7 ,;V ,
.For the second time the case against
Joshua W. Ashlev: member of tne
South Carolina Legislature, charge!
with peonage was yesterday postpon
ed in the Federal court at Greenville,
S. C. The case is now set for trial.
at the April term of icourt ':, , ' 'J: '
struck the match. He did'not' hear
Watkins say anything about any one
getting back hi bed. Neither he nor
Bunting laid hand on Watkins and
there1 was no scuflle." y The ' v case will
continue tomorrow morning with the
evidence of the twe negro boys in the
room at the time. . - s .
. WHOLE NUMBER 13,135.
FOR WATERWAYS
L POLICY
Theme of Notable Gathering
in St Louis Yester-
day.
TAFT AND
SPEAK .
Governors of Two States Also Spoke
In Interest of the Project 100,-
000 People See ' The ' .
i President t V
St Louis, Oct, 25. Waterway im
provement as a part' of a. national .
policy of conservation of the streams,
the lands adjoining them and the for
ests at their sources today was the,'
theme of two notable gatherings in
St Louis and in Kast St. Louis, III.. ;
In which President Taft Joseph Can
non, Speaker of the National House of
Representatives and Governors Dien- -een,
of Illinois,' and Hadleyriof Mis- '
souri, took leading parts.
Cabinet members, .United States
Senators and Representatives- and
ministers from foreign, governments .
listened to the speeches at one '"or "
both, of the meetings. Added to "these, "
were State and municipal officers of
all degrees and close to 100,000 citi
zens who had flocked to the two citlea
to see and hear their superior officers.
Tonight the President, the Speaker,
the diplomats, the legislators 1 and
several hundred representatives of: '
commercial organizations in the Mis
sissippi Valley are speeding down the
.Mississippi4 river aboard a flotilla ot '
paddle wheel steamers, bound for New
Orleans. . - . . ' ; ' "
There they are ' to assemble' with .
hundreds of .others in the annual con-'
cention of the Lakes' to the Gulf Deep '
Waterway, Association. " ' . ' "' ' ' . .
.-, While the - President's utterance on '
waterway improvement was-not-so fac.;
reaching regarding the creation of the .
14: foot- channel as those of Presiden:
Roosevelt on a. similar occasion and
therefore not entifely cheering to the
advocates of an Immediate comence-v
ment of the work; yet, the fact that ;
Speaker Cannon unqualifiedly endors- ;
ed the chief executive's stand regard- ?
ing bond issues for bucU projects, gave,
these same advocates encouragement. '
The general good was the test which '
the President, prescribed-for the un
dertaking of ambitious work."
- "Let us take up eacn project on us
merits," he said, "and determine by '
all means ,at our command whether -the
country in .which .that project Is
to be carried out is so far developed .
as to Justify the expenditure of such v
a large sum of money and whether the
project. will be useful when done?
"When you have determined that,
on the general principle of good to "
the entire country, then. I am in favor
of that work as rapidly, as it can be
done and I am in favor. of Jssulng
bonds to do.lt", . v
Referring this sentiment which was
uttered In a meeting at the St Louis
coliseum at noon Speaker Cannon ad- ' .
dressing the gathering at the dedlca-
tion of . the new Federal building, in
East St. Louis later in.the,day said: :
"It is a safe and sound outlining of
a proper policy for us to ' pursue in
this great middle-wejBt nWo have Im
proved the Mississippi In t&e past, and
we shall be Improving It 100 years -from
now when we shall need all pur 1
water courses. We in this generations
will do our part wisely. . We will not ;
throw money into rivers to be wash
ed into the sea. !; ': ' '
f'WJe. shall do that ; flrst which
needs doing most." ' ' . -'
The Speaker endorsed the levee
system, congratulating East St. Louis
and its neighboring towns on the com- '
pletion of the river Carriers, the dedl-
cation of which : formed part of the v
day's celebration; He predicted , that :
the Mississippi , would yet be ' perma-
ently confined to its banks throughout
its length and urged that the States
adjoining the stream share the cost
with the National government ;
'Just previously to the utterances by
Mr. Cannon -Governor : Dineen of Illi
nois, issued an official statement In
which he asserted that the coming ex
traordinary session of the General As
sembly of Illinois would be expected
to enact legislation enabling the State .
offlcers to undertake Immediately the
$20,000,000 . worth of, waterway . lm-;
provements provided bv. the bond Is
sue recently, authorized ; by ;the - elec-
toratc, ,vv ''''.';."' !;
. Governor Hadlev, of Missouri, while
Introducing President Taft to the colis
eum audience, urged that the develop-."
ment of river channels into navteablo
ways would dON.much towards settling
the transportation problem,' which, he
said, was the greatest before the coun
try, today. . v
President Taft made, four, speeches ;
today but the longest consumed less
than . half an hour..-, Ar , - ' -
Except for his hoarseness the Pres
ident looked in fine trim and ready '
for the , final laps of his lon Journey
around the country. .' ' i
IIA1A
John Schreiner Reynolds,1 librarian , ; '
of the Supreme Court of South Caro- . :
Una and. author of ''Reconstruction In - , '
South Carolina" died yesterday at his ;
borne In Columbia. He t was 61 years ; :. ,
old. . !. : . . . . ' ; ' r,;,.-'1-: . -. n
a,.
1 I
I
fied by the War Department that -Ser
. -,;y: . '. . ;'- . ,
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