The Weather To-day: CLOUDY The News and Observer. VOL. XLVI. NO. no. LEADS ILL lim DAROLHUTDAIUES 1 lEIS IS- OiOP^fll, II WAS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY That is What Mr. Woodward Declares. CAN!ESTABLISH AN ALIBI SAYS IIE WAS OX TIIE DOCK OX THE DAY PREVIOUS. DECLARES HE HAO NEVER SEEN THE LADY Was Dumbfounded at the Assault and Can Es tablish his Innocence. A Friend Wri'es of his High Standing at His ’Home. Goldsboro. X. C.. June 2”. —(Special.)— I met Mr. J. F. Woodard, of Warsaw, here this morning: returning from Wash ington. >^*itli reference to the affair he nKikes the following statement: “1 have been in Washington fourteen or fifteen days soliciting and buying po tatoes for G. M. Snyder »V: Co., of New York. So far as I know my relations with everybody in Washington were pleasant. I had no trouble with any one. •'During the day (Wednesday, .Tune 21st). from 8 a. m. to 12 m., I was at work on the dock looking after the in terests of my house. 1 shipped the last ear of potatoes on Wednesday and spent the entire afternoon on the dock. About 3 p. in., I started toward the Hotel Nicholson with Mr. Joe Taylor, of Washington, X. (\. and Mrs. Joyner, of Pittsburg, Pa. When we got about half way to the hotel, Mr. A. Hndnell. of Aurora, joined us and we all walked together to the hotel. There we talked till about (5 p. rri.. when Mr. Hndnell left us. I did not leave the hotel again (bat flight. 1 went to supper at about this d'-gree re: -ler tardy justice. M •. Woodard has lived here all his life; is known and respected by all, .|v jovial and courteous gentleman of unim peadmhle honor, and in the rorty odd years of his life no breath of s«-aivbil has ever been allied with ills fair mum-. X“fi<> that know him can for a urnm-m lelieve tiiis shameful story, and nil are alike indignant over the barbarous irea;- nn ul In- received. v. ilhouf opportunity for explanation or defense. It is a case of mi taken identity that in likely to get the perpetrators amt others in endless trouble before they are through with it. for it is not t<> la* sup posed that these valiant defenders see her. that he did learn on the train, however, that she was driven down to the de[*ot. and pointed himself out as tin- man. Your correspondent gave as one of the means of identification the suit of clothes lie wore. In this connection Air. Woodard says that he had on an entirely different suit from the day before. JOS. E. JOHNSON. STRIKE AGAINST THE TRUST. Richmond, Ya.. Juno 23.—-The- diffi culty at the I*. Whitlock branch of tin- American Tobacco Co., which began yesterday has developed into a strike and today more than three-fourtlis of Die 1.500 girls employed there a* bumii hrenkers, rollers and packers, are out. with bright prospects however, of a so lution! of the question satisfactory to all parties concerned. Tomorrow morning a meeting of those who have grievances will Ik- held and a: that time a statement will ?*o made by the young ladies, which it is honed wi’l end the strike. The trouble has grown out of differences respecting the rates of pay now prevailing and certain rules recently established. PROSECUTION GIVEN UP NO EVIDENCE AS TO INTIMIDATION IN PITT COUNTY. Commissionfr Ormond Cismissed the Case Wj h the Assent of Assis’ant District Atbrn y ?pears. Gm nville, X. 0., June 23.—(Special.) —About the middle of May twenty eit - zens of I’itt county were arraigned be fore United States Commissioner Or mond on tile charge of conspiracy to in timidate and deter certain voters at Par ker’s X Roads pm-inet. The govern ment dosed its testimony and further hearing of the case was adjourned until June 22nd. Yesterday morping court met. Assis tant District Attorney Spears was pre-s --en t prosecuting, and defendants opened their testimony. The court sat all day yesterday and today till about 4 p. m., taking the testimony of defendants. A< this hour Governor Jarvis, of conns-? for defendants, arose and made a brief address. He went over the testimony showing the impossibility of convicting any of the defendants upon the charge/. Mr. Spears said In- concurred in tin view expressed, and that the evidence was insufficient to convict and that the government did not wish to annoy citi zens with trial upon insufficient testi mony and that he concurred in the sug gestion that all of the defendants be discharged. Whereupon they wen* dis charged. Both Commissioner Ormond and Assistant Attorney Spears have ailed with commendable fairness dur ing the investigation. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Rev. David Morelle, Formerly of Wil mington, Tired of Life. . : New York, June 23. — Rev. Davit! M< relic. an Episcopalian clergyman, foynierly of Wilmington, X. C., at templ ed suicide by turning on six jets of gas in his apartments on West End Avenue in this city today. All the furniture in the apartim ids was removed several days ago. Mrs. More-lie, the clergy man’s wife, left the house about the same lime and did not return. The can takers in the house says that Mrs. Morelle left in company with a young doctor, with whom she had been seen a number of times. Mr. Morelle is (1 years old. He is crippled in the lower pail of his right leg. Mrs. Morelle is 3is years old. From letters found in Mr. Morelh-’s rooom it is thought he was formerly connected with preparatory schools for West l’oint and Annapolis. A letter ad dressed to Captain Martin. I . F. R. < • S.. «if Detroit. Michigan, apparently written by tin- clergyman, was found in his room. Mr. Mon-lJe was taken to Roosevelt hospital. His condition is serious. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE 24, 1899. MUMMY ALGER WOULD BESEKATOR Declares He is in the Race in Michigan to Stay. INSCRIBES HIS BANNERS Wi*H “ANTI-TRUST” AND "ELEC TION OF SENATORS BY DIRECT VOTE.” HE GETS HIMSELF INTERVIEWED And Declares that Trusts are Fndang rpg ha Coun'ry’s Comrrwce. Says the Mxhi igan Contest Will be a Fair Stand up Fijrht. Chicago. Ills., June 23. —«General Rus sell A. Alger. Secretary of War. an nounced hero to-day that ho is in the Michigan Senatorial light with "Anti- Trust” and “Election of Senators by di rect vote of the people,” on his banners. The General is at present at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles I’iko. after his trip in Northern Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota. He gave his platform on the heels of its announce ment by Governor Filigree, "who,” com mented the Secretary of War, “always gets in ahead.” “It is perhaps a little early to say that trusts and trust legislation are to he great factors in coining elections.” saiti General Alger. “Other issues of greater importance may arise, but. how ever, that may he, it is certain that the widespread spirit of consolidation of great financial interest* is an evil which 'must be contended against legislatively. 1 am a foe t<» these great amalgamations and believe in the election of Senators bv a direct vote of the people, as Gov ernor Filigree states, and on these planks I will stand. “T he concent rat ion of wealth in trusts Is detrimental to the interests of Un people. It the small dealer out of business and. greatest of all. elimin ates the middleman and stifles competi tion. With a certain commodity eon trolled by one man or a coterie of men they are not compelled to seek custom ers. The dealer must come to the trust, take what he can get ami pay without a murmur the price asked. "Everywhere manufacturers are moot ing to agree.on increases in their prices for articles manufactured from raw ma terial and monopolized by a trust. This is noticeable in articles in which iron and steel are used. The results of mouojwdy are so apparent and have been so widely discussed that further com ment is not neeesßsjry. I am not an ex tremist. but the growiug tendency to ab sorb a certain part of the industries of tin- country into one big company, that others may he frozen out and a monoply secured, is a matter for consideration by legislators on behalf of the people, who are vitally interested. "The present system of electing Sena tors through the agency of the Legisla ture is one which has always, had its critics, and I believe the criticism is just. I think the direct vote is the bet ter method and, while the attainment of this end will doubtless take years, it is worth laboring for. A senatorial tight in a State Legislature generally sends to Congress a man who is more the rep resentative of a machine than of the people. “The contest in Michigan for the nomination will he a fair stand-up tight. Mr. McMillan, aided. 1 believe, by Bur rows. will try for re-nomination. Gov ernor Filigree has shown himself very frieudly to me. especially since the be ginning of the war. It is too early to make calculations on the strength of the forces which will contend, hut there will not 1m- two Republican candidates in tin* field—nothing to disrupt the party.” BIBLICAL ASSEMBLY. Charlotte. X. (’.. June 23.—Rev. Dr. J. S. Watkins, of Spartanburg, S. ('.. Presbyterian cliiireb. addressed the pas ter's conference of the Southern Biblical Assembly this morning. A paper was read contributed by Rev. 11. E. Rond thaler, of Salem. X. (’., of the Moravian church. The subject of both were- "The Bible- in the Pulpit.” The vonng pcnplo's conference was ad dressed by Rev. G. F. Wilson, or Sum merville-, S. C., on the subjoet, " The Bilile- and Character Building.” A paper by Miss Carrie McLean, of Char lotte, was read. Rev. Dr. J. Egilbc-rt, ed" Washington. !> ('.. spoke al night on the- subject. "The Bilde God’s Bonk.” T he- various schools and classes oft Tit? assembly e-ontinm-el as usual in the vari ous city churches. RECEPTION AT PLUNKETT'S. Adorns. Mass.. June 23. President and Mrs. McKinley and their party, who are- guests of W. F». Plunkett here, re nin i'ncd indoors this morning, owing to threatening weather. It has been de cided that the President shall hold a public reception at iho Plunkett resi dence tomorrow afternoon. This even ing a reception and dance were given to Misses Duncan and Barber of the President's party, in Forest Park. A dug’s pants i-iiiv ir Pente warm weather, but they don't bag at the knees. MAY AVOID A STRIKE. Though Alabama Miners and Operators ] Have Not Yet Agreed. Birmingham, Ala.. June 23. The coal miners of the Birmingham dls rlct who have been in session here since Monday trying to come to some agreement w>th flit I 'operators on the scale of wages to he paid during the coming year have thus far failed in their attempts and tomorrow will adjourn until next Tues day in order to refer the question back to the minors themselves. They will vote on tin* question Monday and give their delegates further instructions as to what they shall do when the con vention reassembles. Representatives of the mining com panies attended the convention today and announced they could not pay the scale asked for. This scale provided for a minimum price of 43 cents when nig iron was selling for $7.(50, wh n iron gees above tlint price the wages were to he kept on a sliding scan-. The Sloss Iron- and Steel Company gave its answer today that lliev con'd md confer with the eon vent ion as their miners had never instructed the com pany whether the convention was au thorized to make a contract for them or not. The Tennessee Iron Company has offered to renew the present contract for another year with the exception that tlu-y wanted a maximum price of 32' (e per ton fixed. The operators i f the Steam and Domestic Coal A!im*-;, ask that tlu- convention make ♦.hern a propo sition for milling coai on a fixed '-as;s without the sliding scale. Thov say tlu-y are not in the iron business and cannot compete with those ci mpnn'es who rely for their [ rolif* on the prr;e of iron. President Young, of the Alabama dis trict of Mine Workers, said today mat after the miners had voted again on the question he thought tlu* convention could come to an agreement with the (qa raters without a strike. TO HANG SEPTEMBER 20T1I. Will the Execution be Public—Concert by Music Class. Newton, N. (’.. June 23. (Special.) The date of A very Kale’s execution has been set. Sneriff Blackwehler received his warrant from the Governor yester day. fixing the date at September 20th. The warrant was read to tin* prisoner fliis morning. Tin* county commissioners will decide at their July meeting wheth er the execution will be public or pri vate. Miss Beulah Witherspoon's music vu,«s gave an a bo* -feottal at fc.*r home ini last night. The programme was well rendered, and the performance showed what pains had been taken in the training of the pupils and what great improvement they had made. Miss Witherspoon is a graduate of Peace In stitute and is a splendid iierforrucr. WILLIAM WON’T SECEDE *1 L STAND RY THL POWERS ON AFBI TRVION MAMlh*. M. De Staal Wants J o fig ee on a Sla d Still in Armaments. A period of five Yea s Suggest'd. The Hague. June 23.. —The informa tion from Germany is that Emperor William will not separate himself from tlu* other powers in the arbitration ques tion: and the German delegates antici pate a favorable decision on that point. The conference probably will take a holiday after June 23th. to allow the delegates to refer to their respective gov ernments for final instructions. M. De Staal. {'resident of the Peace Conference, at a meeting of the enm niift-e today introduced the Russian projwsals looking to the arrest of arma ments and read a declaration disclaiming all intention of proposing a reduction of the armaments at present. He believed that if a standstill could be agreed upon, a reduction would soon come of itself. He now appealed to tin* powers to de vote their energies towards the arrest of the continual increase of cost of armed peace, which, he asserted, cost more* than a tremendous war. Colonel Gilimky, of the Russian dele gation, moved that tin* [lowers should enter into an understanding for a term of, say five years, not to increase the effective peace footing of their forces, except in colonial troops, nnr Increase the amounts of their military budgets. A naval standstill resolution will lie introduced later. THE ZKALANDIA SAILS. Having on Board the Twenty-Fourth I nfnntry. Washington. June 23.—The transport Zealaudia has sailed from San Francisco for Manila, with the tirsl battalion. Tweuty-fourlh infantry, composed of s(*vc n officers and 1 enlisted men. Twelve men of tin* signal corps and a detachment of recruits for regiments serving with General Otis are also on hoard. The regiment was conspicuous for its conduct in the Santiago campaign, and volunteered to guard and nurse the yel low fever patients Os General Shaffer's army. This regiment is armed with Krag-Jorgensen rifles and provided with 3Sl> rounds of ammunition per man. DEAD BY THE TRACK. Alexandria. Vn.. June 23. -The dead body of a well dressed white man found beside the railroad tracks near this city yesterday has been identified as that of Sidney Walker, of Savannah. Ga. H- Was 3X years of ag<*. Two outs in the throat and an open pocket knife beride the body indicate suicide. STORMY SCENES IN THE CONVENTION Bluegrass Democrats Howl at the Chairman. WANTED NO ADJOURNING MR. BROXSTOX'S FIERY CHARGE AGAINST THE MAJORITY’. NO NOMINATION AG* IN YESTERDAY Credential Cotrmith e has No! Yet Made its Report. Liveliest Meeting hat Fv»n Ken'ucky has Seen A Bolt is Possible. Louisville, Ivy., June 23.—For the third time in sis many days the Demo cratic State Convention to-night broke tip in disorder. It will enter upon the fourth day of its sessions to-morrow without having accomplished anything more than temporary organization. The report of the comndttee oil credentials was reaoli“'l in tlie order of business to night, but its consideration was prevent ed by the disturbing influence of persons who wen* admitted to the Horn* of the convention, though Wot entitled to seats. 'I In* Hardin people place the responsi bility for this on local sympathizers with tin* Stoned Joehel combination, but the latter candidates disclaim all knowledge of an attempt to pack the convention, and allege loose methods of the arrange ments committee. Hardin is most likely to profit by the occurrence. It "s thought the convention w ill get down to work in earnest to-mor row. The first order of business to-niorrmv j will be tin* •eport of the credentials com : mittee. and if outside interference is pre vented, tin* convent on should reach the nominations she,:(ly. THE DAY SESSION. Louisville, Ky., June 23.—Kentucky Democracy' went adrift today. After tugging for two days at her cables, which i had been securely placed in the hands of ! temporary chairman Redwine by tin* j Stoue-Goebel combination, she finally ; loosened her moorings and for half an ; hour floundered about rudderless in the I open stream. There were thirty minutes j of wild excitement, of cheers and yells, j jeers and cat calls. The Kentucky ; Democrat is emotional by nature and demonstrative by training. Two days in the leash had tried his self restraint beyond the danger jMiint. So. when the chairman for tin* fourth consecutive turn since Wednesday night declared the convention adjourned, after a viva voce vote which his opponents declare was too close to be determined in that man ner and had refused tin* call of tic* coTlhties as demanded by them, they were primed for an explosion. Judge Redwine left his seat, but not so the delegates*. They had come to at tend a convention, not to run up hotel bills and swelter in the streets. There was no lack of leaders from among tlu* Ilardinites, and soon they were wrought up to a high tension. The Goebel-Stone followers remained in the hall to see what was coming off and tried with their cheers to drown the angry yells of the opposition. When the noise and confusion had lasted about 13 minutes, Charles Bron ston. a fiery Hardinite, elbowed his wav through the excited delegates and mounted the stage, lie only added fuel to the flames. “The body I love better than life it self,” lu* exclaimed at the top of his voice, "is in the hands of cut throats and assassins.” The frenzied crowd was on its feet, waving hats, canes, fans and handker chiefs and yelling like mad, the minority in approval and the Stoue-Goebel people to cry them down. Every man was on his l'eet and flu* space immediately in front of tlu* stage was jammed with an excited, gesticulat ing, noisy crowd. Bmnston tried in vain to proceed. The battle of voices raged for several minutes. Finally 'Bronston resumed, but his voice was lost in the storm of yells. Whether Bronston mis calculated the effect of his words, or had not counted on being interrupted before he could qualify his remark, is not clear, hut when he made himself heard again, after five or ton minutes, he continued in a more conciliatory vein: "But we must Im* patient.” said he. “Come back at 8 o’clock and let us set tle our differences in this hall. If this conventi< n is again declared adjourned without regard to the rights of the dele gates, we xx'ill elect another chairman and proceed with the business that brought us here.” This brought cheers from both sides, and after several minutes of gradually sul siding excitement the hall was clear ed. This may have been tin* exhaust of a safety valve, which prevented a bolt later in the proceedings. Two short sessions- of tlu* convention were held today, one in the morning at which the only business transacted was the adoption of resolutions in memory of the late Richard F. Bland, of Mis siuiri. Then a recess was taken until 1 o’clock p. in., to await the report of the credentials com,mittee, which, it was an nounced, had lax n in almost continuous session all last night, and still had yuoiigh of tin* 337 contested seats to pass upon to keep it busy until the* hour named. . When the convention re-assem- PIUCF "'VIS CENTS. bled afternoon a plea for more tine *3" d'de oil behalf of the creden tials eo. ntt.ee. A Hardin man offered a resolution for the discharge of the com mittee and the* disposal of the contests by the convention itself. This was de clared out of order, the decision provok ing, tin* first demonstration of the gath ering storm. Then came the motion to adjourn, and it broke with full force. After half an hour of the liveliest mass meeting even Kentucky Democrats ever saw, tlu* delegates left the hall with ominous looks and words which betoken ed little tranquility for tlu* evening ses sion. HON. T. .1. BEMM ES DEAD. Fussed Away Suddenly at His Home in New Orleans. New Orleans. June 23. Hon. Thomas Jenkins Semnies died almost on tlu* stroke of 12 last night. His death was unexpected: his passing tragically sud den. As was his custom the judge spent the evening at the Boston Flub. He seemed in unusual health and spirits and entered into the general conversa tion with noticeable animation. At about 11:3d he arose and hade those about him a cheery good night. Mr. Semnies seems to have gone di rectly to his home. As nearly as the servant could recall he arrived there at 11:40 o’clock and there was nothing about li is 'Upp-canince that attracted un nsual attention. In about ten minutes tlu* maid servant heard his calling in a loud and strange voice. She ran at once to his room and found him partially disrobed and ini great distress. Dr. Miotbn was called but by the time lu* reached the bed-chumbe; the sufferer was far beyond human aid. It was evi dent at a glance that he was in the throes of some vital collapse, probably failure of the heart. Thomas Jenkins Si mines was horn in Georgetown. I). ('., Dceemoer Ist, 1824, and was tin* son of Rachael Scnimes, a prominent merchant of that place. The Kenimes family is of French and Eng lish descent and was among the first settlels of Maryland. GAIN STEVENS HANGED. Eastman. Ga.. June 23.—Cain Ste vens. colored, was hanged this morning. He confessed his crime and said whin key, cards and women had been his ruin. A HEAVY STORM. Fine Bluff. Ark.. Jne 23.—A heavy storm swent over this city about noon today and did great damage to telephone and telegraph wires. Lightning struck in several places doing much damage. On James Truliek's place. Win. Fatter snn and Jim Jackson were killed. Her bert Truliek was dazed by the lightning. DEWEY FOR EXPANSION GEO. H. HOLDEN TELLS OF A TAIK WiTH HIM. He Requested die Passage of a Law Na*urdl:z ieg Chinese Wfo Fought at the Battle of Manila. Minneapolis, Minn., June 23.— George 11. Holden, who has just returned from the Fhilippiues, tells of a talk with Ad miral Dewey in Manila during which the latter expressed expansionist convictions of the strongest type. The Admiral ask ed Holden for his opinion on the future course of the government in the islands, and when his caller declared that the American people could not afford to withdraw, that they were building for the future and not for the present, and that they owed it to the world to re main, lu* heartily approved of the words. "Impress your view upon your friends and every American citizen," said Dewey. Holden was asked by tlu* Admiral to visit a certain member of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate and urge him to have a law passed extending citizenship to tlu* (50 Chinese hoys who participated in tin* battle of Manila Bay. “They were good enough to light for us and they are good enough to he American citizens,” said Dewey. TO FROTECT FARMERS. Suggested That tin* Tariff Be Extended to Cover Them Also. Washington, -him* 23.—The farming intersts were represented before the In dustrial Commission today by two wit nesses. Richnian Coles and Samuel B. Keteliam, New Jersey farmers. The former said there was a genera! feeling that conditions might improve: that prices for products were generally lower, while farm hands’ wages were higher for some time. Twenty-live farms in his section had depreciated 3*o per cent, in value. The depreciation of prices, which he said was not so great, was attributed to competition from tin* West and South. He thought putting farm products on the same tariff basis as manufactures would save the United States over $300,000,000 now sent abroad. Mr. Keteliam contended that the in crease in population in the near future would result in making the demand fm* farm products equal to the supply. VAFA R A ISO FLOODED. Santiago (’<* Chile. .lime 23. —A tre mendous rainiall has interrupted ail eoiuijniiiieation between this place and tin* rest of. tin* country. The city ov \ alparniso is half under water.