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The News and Ob.«^**ver YOL. XXXVIII. NO. 136. TIHE [LftffidEST GBOOSGBQDILMTOK] ®F ANTif MUSTTBC ©AOBffiILOKIA [MOOf. THE EVIDENCE ENDED BOTH SIDES HAVE NOW MADE OI T THEIR CASE IN THE SHEMWELL TRIAL. THE ARGUMENT BEGINS TO-DAY. Judge Montgomery W ill Lead cfl tor the State and Probably be Followed by Congressman Linney lor the De fense—There Will be Five Speeches on Each Side—A Number of Charac ter Witnesses Examined—The Widow and Daughter-in-law on the Stand. Sepcial to the News and Observer. Lexington, N C., July 10. The day was consumed until five this afternoon with the examination of the remaining witnesses for the Sta f e in cor roboration of Dr. Lee Payne’s story. Both those put on yesterday and those put on to day corroborated Dr. Payne fully, with the exception of details that were unessential. So that the eorrobo rated story of Payne stands against the corroborated story ot Shemwell. The jury is now face to face with the two stories, a jury by appearance, composed of four quite intelligent men. four less intelligent and four by far less intelli gent still. What these three classes of men will do with a story of wilful murder on the one haud a story of self-defense on the other is probably the situation in sight for the lawyers who will begin their summing up to-morrow morning The State will lead off in the morning with Judge Montgomery, who will probably be followed by Mr. Linney. It is not yet determined that Linney will follow and the rest of the order is not known by the lawyers themselves. This much was ageed upon before court adjourned, that there should be five speeches on each side. The judge adjourned the court a li t e earlier than usual, as all were thoroughly exhausted with the long sittings, and Judge Montgomery will begin his argu ment at 8:30 tomorrow moning, when the instructions likewise will be handed in to the judge. The witnesses called for the State to day were J. D. Neal, J. H. Hamner, J. D. Redwme, Little David Jacob Crotts, who was along with Dr. Payne at the time of the killing, John H. Crotts, Frank Miller, 8. H. Passlin, J. W. Ken nedy, Dr. J. W. Thames, Miss Gertrude Hamner, Henry Tussey, Mrs. Dr. R. Lee Payne, Mrs. Dr. R. L. Payne, widow of the deceased. Then character witnesses were intro duced, first to show that the character of State witness Teague was good; then as to Lisk's character, concerning which some were doubtful; then as to Shem well’s character. As to Shem well’s char acter, George R. Berrier, 55 years in this country, said: “Think it is bad.” Re plying to Robbins, he said Dr. Robert Payne was his physician. L. T. Conrad “had known Shemwell all his life; can’t say it’s very good. ” To Robbins he said he had been examined as juror and formed and expressed opinions. Rev. Henry Sheets: “General character mixed; bad for shooting, assaults, etc. ; good in other resoects. ”To cross examiner Robbins: “Never heard of his shooting anybody hot his uncle Charley Thomp son.” Rev W. P. Cline: “Could not regard it as good in every respect.” To Bobbins: “Regarded as a schemer; makes sharp trades. Father-in law Bern heim and he had some troubles.” To Boyd: “Regarded as a violent man.” R. T. Nance: “Bad in some respec’s ” To Robbins: “Joined in affidavit to remove this cause.” John J. Black: “Dangerous, violent man, fighter and fussy.” (Objected toby Wat son and excluded on account of Black’s knowledge not extending beyond his ov n neighborhood > W. A. Berrier: “High tempered, gets mad at most anything.’ To Robbias: “Dr. Payne was my pracj ticing physician. Shemwell and I had a misunderstanding but we were quite good friends, I have not got anything against him.” I. E. Green: “Bad for violence and swindling.” To Robbins: “Had some dealings with him. My physicians were Dra. Vestal and Payne.” To Boyd. “Vestal is a brother-in-law of Shemwell.” R. L. Franck: “As for violence its bad.” To Robbins: “Always liked.” Mr. Bern heim made affidavit about Secrest. My physician was Dr. Lee Pane. Jacob Hedrick: “Bad.” To Robbins: “Busi ness, money-making man.” Conrad and Wadsworth testified to the good charac ter of old man Crotts. Probably the more important witnes ses of the day were little David Crotts, Dr. Thames, Mrs. Lee Payne, and Mrs. Dr. R. L Payne. Mrs. laje Payne, the wife of the young Dr. Payne, took her place on the stand very composedly. She was dressed in deep mourning, is very handsome in appearance, and her evi dence was given graphically and with positiveness of tone. Referring to the first fight, she said “I was dressing in my sitting room. The shot attracted my attention. I ran directly to my front gate, my husband was on the sidewalk, Mr. Shemwell on across the street, I turned immediately, ran up my walk, into my father’s yard, my thought was of my children; I saw Mr. Shemwgll behind a tree, saw my father, (referring to old Dr. Payne) behind a tree in his own yard, I continued to look to see if my chil dren were in range. After the first shootiDg was over,” Mrs. Payne, continuing, said, “I saw Mrs. Shemwell go by, I got a warning that Mr. Shem well was coming; I rushed immediately to the office and warned my husband that he was coming, I said ‘Lee, Lee, Mr. Shem well’s coming.’ I implored Mr. Michael (the policeman) to stop him, for the Lord’s sake stop him. My husband said, ‘Yes, stop him; he will kill us, or we will have to kill him.’ I saw Mr. Shemwell up at Mrs. Adderton’s fence, and heard an exclamation; I did not see him brandish the gun.” Describing the second shooting Mrs. Payne said, “Was on the fence between the gate and the corner of the fence, watching them (the Drs. Payne) coming down the street; 1 was looking at the crowd; I saw Mr. Shemwell at Mrs. Ad derton’s gate: they (the Paynes) were somewhere about the cross-street; they continued and he continued, and he seemed to gain, but 1 thought noth ing of it; I knew he was a fast walker; the first thing that fright ened me was when he raised the pistols. 1 screamed and as I screamed my father-in-law turned, and he (Shem well) fired. I looked immediately at my husband and saw him as he pulled a pis tol out of his pocket, he darted towards Mr. Shemwell, it was almost instantane ous, the whole of it. My father-in-law looked as if he were huggiug Mr. Shem well, his arms were around Mr. Shemwell. My husband started after them and I thought was about at Mr. Shemwell when they all fell. They were about in the ditch when they fell headlong, plunged. If there was aDy difference in the fall, it was almost instantaneous,my husband went down last.” In answer to tl e question M s Payne said, “There was enough distance for me to see the shot that passed from Mr. Shemwell to my father.” Passing over a little that follewed, Mrs. Payne, continued, “Some one said, your fathers shot, taey were taking up my father in law, and my husband sprang to his side, the next thing was his legs wabbling under him. I knew immediately that he was shot seriously and I turned, and as I turned, I heard my husband say ‘they have murdered my father,’ I went for brandy and camphor. When I returned they had gotten him on the street and my husband had his finger in the wound. He turned and pointed down the street and said, ‘Hold that man, he has mur dered or he has shot down (I don’t re member which; my father.’ I presented the brandy, and put it to his lips. He made an exclamation for water, he died a few seconds after he was brought into the house.” Cross examined by Watson, Mrs. Payne said she heard her husband say, “Run you cowardly cur,” that she did not see anything about Shemwell that would have excited her notice; that she did not see the pistols; that he raised the pistols before the Doctor turned. The Payne family gave way freely to their distress at the recital of Mrs. Payne, during which Mrs. R. L. Payne, the widow, was called to the stand. Mrs. Payne is a small, fragile looking woman, seeming to be of serene temperament and self-control which comes from settled sadness. Her hair of iron grey color, hung low upon the back, and was carried back under her dress crepe veil. Her features are .delicate with the nervous sensitive ness of gentle refinement, and her voice even but distinct. “I was in my dining room,” said Mrs. Payne. “I heard one shot, but I did not think anything of it I went out, I ran immediately down my front walk to my front gate. There was no shooting after I got out.” Arriving at the gate, Mrs. Payne said to her son, “let him (Shemwell) alone; let us go and see what is the matter with your father.” (Here she closed her eyes, unable to proceed for the moment.) “He turned then and went into the of fice with his father.” (Here Mr. Watson exclaimed, “object,” as Mrs. Payne was about to proeeei to speak of the other ladies and her under lip twitched around.) “All right,” continued Mrs. Payne, “I went into the sitting room. I did not see my husband any more until he went to the trial. I was at my sit’ing room window when they returned. I had taken my seat there when they left, they were walking back very leis urely, for my husband had suf fered years before with a lame ankle, (“years or days?” interjected Watson). “Years,” replied Mrs. Payne, and she proceeded. “They had passed a few panels of the fence. I saw Mr. Shemwell and ashe heard them he quickened his pace to almost a run. Then I saw Mr. Shem well’s arm go up with a pistol, so (and here she held up her arm), I heard the report of the pistol and the next I saw they were over in the ditch, (here she indicated posi tions and people). “He turned bis body and threw up his hands. I immedi ately ran out of trie house, to the spot, and when I got there they had just raised my husband up and he was tottering and could not stand. I was taken off immediately.” As Mrs. Payne got to the word totter ing, her lips trembled and her fan went up before her face, she was almost unable to speak and her frame seemed to quiver from head to foot. The jurymen seemed much impressed as was the whole court room, and the whole of the Payne family were, the women of them almost silently sobbing in their seats. On cross-examination by Watson, Mrs. Payne said she did not see her son have a pistol in his pocket and she did not’see her husband have a pistol in the first fight. Little David Crotts, who was along with the Paynes just before the shoot ing, told substantially the same story as to the shooting as that given above. Dr. Thames said that ten or twelve days before the shooting in Shemwell’s drug store, Shemwell had said to him, “ ‘LeejPayne is a damn son of a bitch, and you can tell him I say so.’ I said, ‘You tell him so yourself,’ I said Dr. Lee Payne never did anything to me as I know of, and I am a friend to both parties. RALEIGH, N. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1895. Shemwell said,” continued Dr. Thames, “that Dr. Payne had not done anything against his business since he had been in charge of it, and when he did he would make it hot for him.” On cross-examination by Watson I>r. Thames said he did not know as he ever heard Shemwell swear ever before or since. Shemwell was called later and denied emphatically Thames’ statement. A. A. Springs, Sr., said he took his son to Dr. Paynes’ in connection with what his son testified yesterday to hearing Dr. Payne say in order to find if anyone else was present, and found that Mr. Michael had had the conversation. W. E. Christian. The Presiding Judge. In speaking of Judge Boykin, of this place, who recently held Beaufort court in Washington,, the Messenger ot that place says: “From our childhood up we have al ways been taught to honor and respect our judiciary; that the office of Judge should only be held by men whose pri vate and public character are above re proach; that they should be men of learning and ability, men of firmness tempered by mercy. * All these charac teristics combined in one great whole go to make up the good and great judges that have reflected honor on the fair name of our dear old State, and it affords us no little pleasure to bear testimony to the spotless character, decisions and unwavering firmness tempered with me:cy, exhibited by Judge Boykin at this term of the court. He is an honor to the State, a great and good Judge. We have been deeply impressed with him, and what we have said is not in the spirit of flattery, but in simple justice to a man who we believe is d< ing his duty fearlessly, and for the best interest of society at large.” THE FIREMEN’S TOURNAMENT. Dr. Gritfiith has Beat the Record in Preparing Attractions. Special to the News and Observer. Winston, N. 0., July 10. Dr. J. W. Griffith, Secretary of the State Firemen’s Association, has beat the record this year in preparing attractions and inducements for the annual tourna ment to be held in Newbern in August. Heretofore the grab races have been a side issue, for tbe reason that induce ments were not strong enough. This year the prize is something worth work ing for. A solid gold badge, donated by a New York Gerta-pereha Rubber Com pany, and valued at fifty dollars. It is the shape of a Maltese Cross, with a place left for engraving the name of the winner. He also has a gold badge for the hook and ladder race, offered by a New York Company, and a fine lantern to the foreman of the company having the best uniformed men. Present indi cations are that the tournament this year will eclipse all previous efforts. Mr. 8. J. Nissen, a substantial “bache lor” of this city, surprised his relatives and friends by stealing a “fair damsel” in the person of Miss Dora Clodfelter. The couple were married in Tennessee last week. The first news of their mar riage was received here yesterday in a letter from the bride to her parents. The Forsyth county Sunday School Convention will be held at Maple Springs church, a few miles northwest of Win ston, on August 3rd. The Home Moravian Church, Salem, is undergoing extensive repairs. A Philadelphia artist will design and exe cute the work on attractive stained glass windows. Rev. J. H. Clewell, Principal of Salem Female Academy, aceompained by his family, and four young ladies who are spending the vacation at the Academy, are at Fancy Gap above Mt. Airy. Miss Lillian King, of this city, and Mr. L. L Clegg, of Greensboro, were married early this morning at the home of the bride’s mother. They left for Greens boro on the morning train, which place they will make their future home. ATTACKED BY MOONSHINERS. Revenue Officer Dancy Shoot* One of Them and the Other Two Run. Special to the News and Observer. WILKESBORO, N. 0., July 10. Revenue officer Dancy was attacked in this county one night last week by three men, who pulled him from his horse, and two held him while the other stamped him with both feet. In the meantime Dancy got his hands on his pistol and shot one of them through the shoulder blade, and immediately the other two took to their heels. Upon the wounded man attempting to run Dancy was about to shoot him again but the man exclaimed, “For God’s sake don’t shoot, you’ve nearly killed me already.” They had a grudge against Dancy, as he was leading the company when young Hayes was shot in Mulberry township a few weeks ago. There was an txeursion this week to North Wilkesboro of the Winston col ored people. Mr. Blair, of North Wilkes boro, managed it, and he intended to sell the negroes lots about three miles from town, but very few came on the excursion, so not many lots were sold. There will be an excursion from Win ston for white people on July 23rd. Nii Persons Drowned. Norfolk, Va., July 10.— Capt. Brock enborougb, of the fishing smack Sallie, brought the news here to-day of a re port at Gloucester that a sailing party of thirteen was capsized near Wauea preague, six of them being drowned. The names of the parties drowned he did not know. TRINITY WON EASILY CORNELL WAN BEATEN BY EIGHT LENGTHS IN YES TERDAY’S RACE. BRITISHERS WILD WITH DELIGHT, Cornell Started Out Ahead, But the Crew Soon Went to Pieces and One After Another they Dropped their Oars Exhausted and Fainting While Trinity Pulled Ahead—The General Opinion is that the Cornell Crew was Hopelessly Overtrained. Henley, Eng., July 10. —The Cornell University eight was badly beaten by Trinity Hall (Cambridge University) to day. The men were rowed out before the finish line was crossed. One of them, Fennill, fell in a dead faint. The day opened hot and clear with the wind lighter than yesterday, though still blowing from the Bucks shore, and as the Cornell crew upon this occasion had the opposite, Berkshire shore, the weath er was considered slightly against them. Courtney, Cornell’s trainer, was again ill all night, and is under the care of a doctor, who says he io suffering from a chill. The members of the Cornell crew rose early, were well rubbed down and had breakfast at 7:30 a.m. They were all well and in the best of spirits. The scenes of yesterday were repeated along the course, although the crowd was much lighter. Ah the crew of Trin ity Hall, Cambridge, paddled into posi tion, in order to meet Cornell in the fourth heat of the trials for the Grand Challenge Cup, the Englishmen met with a rousing reception. Their average weight was 165 pounds and their names were as follows: T. B. Hope, tx>w; J. A. Bott, W. J. Fernie, F. C. Stewart, W. A. Beiber, B. H. Howell, A* Ik Bell, D. H. Wauchop, stroke, and Paget 'lom linson, coxswain. The word “go” was given at 12:32 p. m., and Cornell first caught the water and started with a stroke of 46 to Trini ty’s 42. Cornell was half a length ahead off turning into the course, after passing Regatta Island. Then the Cornell run ners began to encourage the American crew, and under this stimulus, Cornell, who had dropped to 38, spurted and in creased her lead to a length. Trinity was then splashing slightly. Cornell made the half mile in 2 min utes, 26 seconds, but passing Frawley Court went all to pieces. Freeborn, No. >4 in the Cornell boat, dropped his oar and put uis hands te his face. The Cor nell crew seemed paralyzed at this. Hall, stroke of the Cornell crew, seemed not to understand what was in terfering with the momentum of the boat and half turned round. By the time the Cornell boys were again at work Trinity was ahead. The Cornell crew was so rattled that they rowed like a lot of school boys, and Hager, No. 3, in the American boat, dropped his oar and fell back into the arms of No. 2, Spellman. The latter instantly received him and as Hager did not try to recover himself, Colson, the coxswain, called out sharply, “What are you about there ?” Hager then resumed his oar and seem ed to try to row; but no sooner had the crew recommenced pulling with Trinity Hall five lengths ahead, than it came Freeborn’s turn to hinder matters. He dropped his oar and with one band be fore his eyes seemed to grope blindly to recover it. By this time Trinity Hall was seven or eight lengths ahead rowing along, even stroke, and they could be plainly seen laughing to each other. Passing the mile post in 5 minutes and 26 seconds, Fennell’s head fell forward and he seemed about to faint. He also dropped his oar and rubbed his forehead. The shouts of encouragement of little Cornell coxswain, could be distinctly heard above the din of cheers from the shore, where the Cornell men were run ning along the t ank frantically endeavor ing to encourage the crew. Fennell re covered and tried to row, but bis oar struck the water fiat, although it was sometimes in the proper position. Then again the men on the opposite side of the boat seemed unable to lift their oars, and were occupied in tiying to steady the boat. Hall, who was rowing steadily, looked the picture of despair. Nevertheless he kept at his work, and almost alone seemed to pull the boat. After passing the mile post Hager, for the second time, dropped his oar, but he recovered himself, although he seemed ready to taint again. Dyer, No. 6 in the Cornell boat, and Roe, the bow oar, who with Hall had been doing the best work, also began to show signs of exhaustion and began splashing badly. The Cornell crew was then hopelessly behind and the race was virtually over. The crowds on the river banks and in the boats along the shore were frantic with delight at Cornell’s unfortunate situation, but the Cornell men continued to run along the shore shouting all kinds of encouragement to the demoralized crew. The Cornell men in the boat, however, seemed more fit to be m their coffins than in a boat race. The Ameri can spectators ashore and afloat were heartbroken at the collapse of the Cor nell crew. The grand stand was filled with brightly dressed women and many of them were crying at the finish. Trinity Hall won the race easily by eight lengths, and as the Cornell boat crossed the finish line Fennell tumbled from his seat in a dead faint. Trinity’s tune was 7 minutes, 15 seconds. The second time is 6 minutes, 51 seconds. Cornell rowed over the course Saturday in 7 minutes, 4 sec onds arid before leaving it yesterday, rowed tk» distance in 6 minutes, 5£ seconds. The Britishers were wild with delight when Trinity passed Cornell at the three quarters pofN, but words failed to express ttaeir degree of enthusiasm when Trinity Hall won'and Cornell tail ed along past tile grand stand. Then the Cornell men were received with hisses. They stopped rowing be fore they passed the judges, who hoisted the sign “not rowad out.” The band then played “God Save the and the crowd cheered itself hoarse and poor Fennell lay as if dead in the bottom of the Cornell boat, while kis nearest companions splashed water m his face. Happily he soon recovered and the Cornell crew was slowly paddled to their boat house, wilieh was situated about a quarter of a mile beyond the finish. The Cornell men presented a pathetic sight as they arrived at the boat house, where their friends in v;aiting did not know the result but there, was no neces sity for asking the question. The ap pearance of the crew only too surely gave the answer. Tears stood in Roe’s eyes as he stepped ashore and the crew was so exhausted that they coaid scarcely lift their boat from the water. Several members of the Cornell Glee- Club tried to arouse the drooping spirits of the Cornell crew, saying: “You have no rea son to feel ashamed; you did your best” The general opinion is that the Cor nell crew were hopelessly over-trained and that there was no climate or mala ria about it. Colson, who acted as spokesman for the Cornell crew said: “We had a hard race, and w? were fairly and squarely beaten. ” “Hao the crew been over-trained?” Colson was asked. “Mr: Francis’ orders are that there should be no talk on that subject, ,r was the answer. The following are expressions which some of the Cornell crew made after dressing : F. W. Freeborn—-“ The Englishmen are the best men.” George P. Dyer—“l think we have nothing to be ashamed of.” Tom Hall—“I am not sorry we came.” O. A. Louis—“lt is waste of time to talk about defeat.” WEDDED IN WASHINGTON. Marriage of Mr. Chas. A. Webb and Miss Belle Bruce Banks. Special to the News and Observer. Washington, D. 0., July 10. A briHianC marriage was solemnized to-daj at the New York Avenue Presby terian Church, in which Mr. Chas. A. Webb, of Asheville, was happily united to Miss Belle Bruce Banks, formerly of Asheville, but for the last few years a resident of this city. Mr. Webb is a prominent young lawyer of Asheville and also Grand Councilor of Knights of Pythias of North Carolina, the youngest officer of that rank in the United States. Miss Banks is a beautiful and highly ac complished young lady and has been director of music for the City High School in Washington for the past few years. The services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Chester, of this city. The bride was given away by Mr. Clarence Smith. Miss K. H. Banks was maid of honor and Mr. Wm. R. Heston, of Asheville, was best man. The bride’s maids were Misses Ethel Browne, Gertrude Buckingham, Sadie Dorson, Clara Duv ill, all|of Wilmington. The ushers were Messrs. Alex Webb, of Asheville; Turney Ross, John B. Gaddis, Harry G. Lewis, Edward Lewis and 8. M. Banks, of Washington. The presents received were numerous and exceedingly valuable. The couple left immediately after the ceremonies for Baltimore, Old Point Comfort and other points along the coast, where they will spend a few weeks before returning to Danville, their future home. ♦ * $ John B. Davis has been appointed Postmaster at Warren Plains; Giles Q. Motley at Lawsonville; Leonidas M. Caudle, New Salem; John C. Howell, Onion; Wm. 0. McPhail, Shannon; Johu C. Friday, Lusty; M. V. Fleming, Man son, all of North Carolina. * * * Special mail steamboat service from East City to Nag’s Head has been estab lished to continue till Oet. Ist. BASEIJALL YESTERI>AY. At Louisville: Louisville, 00150001 I—B Boston, 00000000 I—l Batteries: Inks and Warner; Sullivan aDd Ryan. Base hits: Louisville, 11; Boston, 11. Errors: Louisville, 0; Boston, 2. At Pittsburg: Pittsburg, 03000010 x—4 Brooklyn, 00010000 o—l0 —1 Batteries: Gardner and Merritt; Gum bert and Grim. Base hits: Pittsburg, 9; Brooklyn, 6. Errors: Pittsburg, 4; Brooklyn, 0. At Cleveland: Cleveland, 00000000 o—o New York, 00000100 I—2 Batteries: Young and Zimmer; D. Clark and Farrell. Base hits: Cleveland, 3; New York, 4. Errors: Cleveland, 0; New York, 0. Bolivia’s Ultimatum. Lima, Peru, July 10.— Bolivia has sent an ultimatum to Peru, demanding an answer within twenty-fours as to whether Peru will give satisfaction for the alleged offences committed against Bolivia during the civil war. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IOWA REPUBLICANS MEET. Effect of the State Convention on the Allison Presidential Boom. Des Moines, lowa, July 10.—The lowa Republican State Convention to-day at tracted more than usual attention on account of possibilities affecting the Presidential boom of lowa’s favorite so®, Wm. B. Allison. The utterances of the temporary chairman, Jos R. Lane, of Davenport, were listened to with marked interest, as an outline of the Allison idea as to the present political situation. On the question Mr. Lane said . “In my view we>bo’.ild favor bi metal lism, the use of both silver and gold, with the largest use of silver in our currency that will not impair nor endan ger in any way the parity in value of all money in chroulation, whether metallic or paper. “In the past, the Republican party has espoused the cause of the people on all the great questions affecting their inter ests, and now the Republican party must not be lured aside. The United States should not open ,ts mints to free coinage of silver until an arrangement shall have been made with other leading commercial nations whereby they will agree to con currently open their mints to free coin age at an agreed ratio.” The list of candidates for Governor in cludes Gen. F. M. Drake, Centerville; Senator Jame 3 Harlan, Mount Pleas ant; Senator Matt Parrott, of Waterloo; Senator J. B. Harsh, Creston; Secretary of State W. M. MacFarland, Des Moines; Senator J. T. Camerar, Webster City; Col. E. S. Gramby, Emmettsburg. SIX WERE BURNED TO DEATH. A Livery Stable Burned With a Loss of Six Lives and fIOO,OOO. Detroit, Mich., July 10.—At two o’clock this morning fire was discovered in the livery stables of G. F. Case, 41 West Congress street, a brick four story structure. All of the employees were lodged and fed in the budding. On the fourth floor were sleeping accommoda tions for twenty-five men. How many occupied beds last night is not definitely known, but five horribly burned and charred bodies are at the morgue await ing burial and one other person is miss ing. There were many narrow escapes and heroic rescue by the firemen and police. The following are the victims: John Shaw, driver, 35 years old, came from Canada some time ago; John W. Bow man, second cook, aged 20, formerly of Bay City; Thomas Webb, painter, aged 55 years, came here from London, Ont., where he leaves a widow, and a son in this city: Edward Hughes, hostler, aged 28, of Detroit, body still in ruins; James R. Shaw, harness maker, aged 27, has relatives at Caledonia, Ont.; Charles Davis, barnman; James Cummings, aged 18, a stableman reached a window on the top floor but was overcome by the smoke and flames and fell headlong through the window to the street. He was badly injured and may die. The total loss will reach |loo,ouo, par tially covered by insurance. All of the eighty horses in the stable were gotten out safely except two, the celebrated pacer, Little Mac, valued at $3,500, and the trotter, Ethel G. KILLED HIS SWEETHEART. In a Fit of Jealous Frenzy James Mc- Gowan Murdered Rose Finn. New York, July 10. —In a fit of jeal ous frenzy and drunken madness, James McGowan, a third rate jig dancer and singer, sent three bullets from a revolver crushing through the head of Rose Finn, the girl he loved, killing her instantly. The murder was committed in the midst of the throng that filled the street at Tenth Avenue and 20th street, at 7:30 a. m., but none of those who witnessed it had the courage to interfere with the assassin, who fled from the scene of the tragedy and was not apprehended for nearly three hours. The victim was the daugh’er of a widow. She had been acquainted with McGowan for about a year. The latter made a living by going about the city singing and dancing in saloons. Mrs. Finn learned McGowan’s char acter and forbade her daughter to re ceive his attentions. As Rose was going to her work to-day McGowan met her and, saying, “You shook me for another fellow, did you? Take that,” fired at her, the bullet taking effect in the right side of Rose’s head. She fell, when the murderer placed the pistol to her head and fired two more bullets into it, kill ing her instantly. Then McGowan put the revolver in his coat pocket and ran away. MADISON’S NEW COTTON MILL. It W ill Have a Capital Stock ol £300,- 000. Special to the News and Observer. Wentworth, N. 0., July 10. The Mayo Falls Cotton Mills at the new town of Mayodon, two aud a half miles from Madison,this county,has been incorporated with a capital stock of three hundred thousand dollars. The following names with amount of stock are men tioned in the articles: J. H. Ruffin, J. H. Frieze, five hundred shares; W. Duke, and G. W. Watts, two hundred and fifty each; O. W. Crandy, one hundred. It is said that the water power in and around Madison equals that of Niagara Falls. One huudred cottages are being erected around the site of the mills. The Madison Observer will be issued for the first time about August Ist. Mr. John T. Oliver, formerly of Reidsville, will be the publisher, Albert W. Woodley, who was to havo been hanged yesterday at Pittsburg, has been granted a respite by Gov. Hastings until October 22,