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VOL. LII. NO. 139.
Leads all North Carolina Dailies in News and Circulation
WHIPS THE DEVIL
mm THE STUMP
I Want Laws that Will Control
the Trusts.
THIS CANNOT BE DONE
A Little May be Accomplished by
Nation and State.
AND NOW BE SURE THAT IT IS A LITTLE
Koosc-velt’s Boston Speech Seems Chiefly Re
markable for Hedging. “I am Not Ad
vccatine Anything Very Revolution
ary,” He Says.
(By the Associated Press.)
Boston, Mass., Aug. 25. —The week’s
work for President Roosevelt in his trip
through New England began in earnest
this afternoon when he departed from
the summer home of the junior Senator
of Massachusetts, Hon. Henry Cabot
Lodge, at Nahant, and, amid the en
thusiasm of the greatest number of peo
ple he has faced since the Pittsburg visit
on July 4th, rode into Lynn under
cavalry escart and snoke from a plat
form at city hall. Then he was taken to
Boston by special train and on arrival
went to Symphony Hall, there addressing
a great gathering of Boston business
men. His speech here was devoted al
most entirely to consideration of the
trust question. He said:
“It is worse than useless for any of us
to rail at or regret the great growth in
industrial civilization of the last half
century. The most practical thing to do
is to face the conditions as they are
and see if we cannot get the best there
is in them out of them. We are not
going to get any complete or perfect
solution for all of the evils which come
to our minds when we think of the trusts
by any single action on our part. A good
many actions in a good many different
ways will be required before we get many
of those evils even partially remedied.
We have got to, first of all, think clearly
—we have got to, probably, experiment
somewhat. We must, above all, show by
out actions that our interest is perma
nent and not spasmodic and we have got
to see that all the steps are taken to
ward to the solution. Everyone who
thinks knows that the only way in which
any problem of great importance was ever
successfully solved was by consistent and
persistent effort toward a given end, ef
fort that did not or 1 with any one elec
tion or with ary one year, but was con
tinued steadily, tcmporately and reso
lutely'.
“It is a little difficult to -set clearly
before us all of the evils, but I thjnk
that those gentlemen, and especially
those gentlemen of large means, who
deny that the evils exist, are acting with
great folly. lam far from being against
property when I ask that the question
of trusts be taken up. I am acting in the
most conservative sense in property’s
interest. When a great corporation is
sued for violating the anti-trust law, it
is not a move against property; it is a
move in favor of property, because when
you can make it evident that all men,
big and small alike, have to obey the
law, you are putting the safeguard of
law around all men. When you make it
evident that no man shall be excused
for violating the law you make it evident
that cvcrv man will [be protected from
violation of the law. 1 am inclined to
think that much the greatest trouble in
any immediate handling of the question
of trust comes from our system of gov
ernment. Let me go back one moment.
I want to guard %vhat I am saying. I
yant you to understand that my words
arc being taken at their exact face value.
Remember I am not saying that even if
we had all the power we could com
pletely solve the trust question. Gentle
men if what we read in the papers is
true, they are speaking of a member of
international trusts now.
"It would be very difficult for any set
of laws, on our part, to deal completely
with a problem which it becomes inter
nal ional in its bearings, but a great deal
can be done in various ways now. A
great deal is being done anvv a great
deal more can be done If we can see that
the power is put somewhere to do it. On
the whole our system of government has
worked marvellously well, the system of
dividing the functions of government, of
arranging a scheme under which Maine,
Ixmi.siana. Oregon. Idaho, New York and
South Carolina can all come in together
for certain purposes, and yet each bo
allowed to work its salvation as it de
sires, along certain lines. But while I
most believe in fixity of policy, I do not
believe that that policy should be fos
silized. and if it is to be changed we
must change our governmental method
to meet it.
“I believe with all my heart in the New
England town meeting, but you cannot
work the New England town meeting in
Boston. You have got to try something
else. Now, when this government was
founded, there -were no great individual
or corporate fortunes. There was no
particular thing at that time to bother
as to whether the nation or the State
had control of the corporaions. They were
easy to control. Now, however, the exact
reverse is the case, and remember I say
‘corporations.’ I do not say merely trusts,
merely combinations of corporations or
corporations under certain peculiar con
ditions. For instance, some time ago the
The News and Obser ver.
Attorney General took action against a
certain trus. There has been consider
able talk as to whether the trust aimed
at would not seek to get out from under
a single corporation.
“I want laws to enable us to deal with
it, no matter what shape it takes I want
to see the government able to get at it
definitely so that the action of the gov
ernment cannot be evaded by any turn
ing, within or without Federal or State
statutes. At present we have really no
efficient control over a big corporation
which does business in more than one
State. Frequently the corporation has
nothing whatever to do with the State in
which it is incorporated except to get
incorporated and its actions may be ta
ken in entirely different communities—
communities which may object very much
to the methods of incorporation in the
State named. I do not think you can
get action by any State, action by all
the States, that will give us satisfactory
control of the trusts or big corporations,
and the result is at present that we have
a great, powerful, artificial creation
which has no creator to which it is re
sponsible.
“Os course, it is a mere truism that
the corporation is the creature of the
State; that the State is sovereign. Now,
I want to make a real and not a nomi
nal sovereign; to have some one sover
eign to which the corporation shall be
really, and not nominally responsible.
“What I hope to see is power given to
the national legislature which shall make
the control real. It would be an excel
lent thing if we could have all the States
act on somewhat similar lines, so that
it would be unnecessary for the national
government to act, but all of you kuow
perfectly well the States will not act
on somewhat similar lines.
“Nothing has been done in the direction
of intelligent dealing by the States as
n collective body with these great cor
porations. Here in Massachusetts you
have what I regard as a whole, excellent
corporation laws. I think that most of
our difficulties—here again remember I
am not promising the mlllenium—it is
l ot in my power to promise it—would be
in a fairway of solution if we had the
power to put on the national statute
books and did put on them, laws for the
nation much like those you have here, on
the subject of corporations in Massachu
setts.
“So you can see, gentlemen, I am not
advocating anything very revolutionary.
I am advocating action to prevent any
thing revolutionary. Now. if we can get
adequate control by the nation of these
corporations then we can pass legisla
tion which will give us the power of regu
lation and supervision over them. If the
ration had that power, mind you, I
should advocate as strenuously as I know
how that power should be exercised with
extreme caution and self-restraint. No
good will come from plunging in without
having looked carefully ahead.
“The first thing we want is publicity
and I do not mean publicity as a favor
by some corporations. I mean it as a
right from all corporations affected by
law. I want publicity as to the essen
tial facts : n which the public has an in
tc-st. I want the knowledge given to the
accredited representatives of the people
of facts on which these representatives
if they see fit, base their actions later.
The publicity itself would cure many
evils. Some of these things I have said
can be done now. A good deal is being
done now.
“As far as the anti-trust laws go they
will be enforced. No suit will be under
taken for the sake of seeming to under
stand it. Every suit that is undertaken
will be begun because the great lawyer
and upright man whom we are so for
tunate as to have as Attorney General.
Mr. Knox, believes taht there is a vio
lation of the law which we can get at,
and when the suit is undertaken it won’t
be compromised excepting on the basis
that the government wins.
“Then J believe I am not going so say
I am sure, but I believe it is possible
to frame national legislation which shall
give us more power than we have now,
at any rate, over corporations doing an
inter-tate business. I cannot guarantee
that, because in the past it has more
than once happened that we have got
laws on the statute books .which those
who made them intended to mean one
thing and when they came up to decision
it was found that the intention had not
been successfully put into effect. But I
believe that additional legislation can be
had. I think we have got to" make up
our minds to the fact that no matter
what our reverence to the past may be,
our duty to the present and to the future
will force us to see that more power is
conferred upon the national administra
tion.”
Guilford Republican Convention.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. Aug. 25.—The Re
publican county convention to select dele
gates to the Judicial, Congressional and
State conventions, met here Saturday,
and th<* list of delegates, which had
be< u prepared, typewritten and distribu
ted by somebody before the meeting as
sembled, went through all right, there
being considerable kicking at it, but it
as usual amounted to nothing. One name
on the inspired list was omitted, the par
ty named putting some one else in his
place, saying that if after working for
the party twenty years, holding no office
and he hadn't got any higher yet than
alternate to a Judicial convention that
“wasn't worth a durn,” he preferred
staying at home and w’as going to do it.
Resolutions praising Pritchard and de
nouncing Democrats were unanimously
adopted by a rising vote, and thinking no
doubt they had done enough for one day
the convention adjourned.
Fighting Among Themselves,
(Special to News and Observer.)
Hillsboro, N. C., Aug. 25. —The Repub
lican county convention met Saturday and
decided not to put out a ticket for the
present. They broke up in confusion, aud
are fighting and wrangling among them
selves.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 26 1902.
1 WRECKER’S WORK
Fast Mail Dashes Into an
Open Switch.
Engine* r and Fireman Save Their Lives By
Jumping, Several of the Passengers
Injured.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 25.—At 3:20
o’clock this morning passenger train No.
35, the Washington and Atlanta fast
mail, on the Southern Railway, ran into
an open switch at Harbins, a station six
miles south of Westminster. S. C., and
was wrecked.
The engine, tender, postal car, two
baggage cars and the second class pas
senger coach jumped the track and over
turned. The fiist-class coaches did not
leave the rails. Engineer Busha and his
colored fireman, Williams, jumper in
time to save their lives. Chief Postal
Clerk Lowenthan and Clerks W. A. Dag
nal, J. W. Gray, J. R. Anglin and E. E.
Smith were painfully injured. Lowen
thal’s injuries are serious. Twelve or
fifteen passengers were badly shaken up
and many received painful cuts and
bruises, but none w r ere seriously injured.
The cause of the wreck was an open
switch, the work of some unknow’n mis
creant. The lock of the switch was
found at a point some distance from
Harbins in the woods and far removed
from any habitation, was broken and the
switch changed. That there, was not
frightful loss of life is due to the
presence of mind of the engineer, who
reversed his engine and applied the
brakes before jumping.
So far there has been no train from
the South to reach this city. The track
is badly blocked.
RADICAL JUDICIAL CONVENTION
It Nominated Blythe for Judge and 0 E Eavea
For Solicitor.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Marion, N. C., Aug. 25. —The Republi
cans held their judicial convention here
today to nominate candidates for the of
fice of Judge and Solicitor for the Four
teenth district. It cannot be denied that
the convention was harmonious, no mat
ter what the feelings of the delegates
were. Rutherford. Yancey and Polk sent
delegates here instructed not to vote for
straight Republicans for these offices.
Your corespondent is informed that Hen
derson’s delegates were also instructed,
but for some unknown reason they failed
to arrive. Mr. Cam Pearson was called
to the chair, and it was soon easy to see
how the Republicans who are making
such a howl for the freedom of the peo
ple and against the “machine”, manage
to have such beautiful harmony. The
Rutherford delegates, who were saying
openly that they would not be a party
to the endorsement of a sore-head Dem
ocrat, were convinced that the chairman
had everything his own way and their
kick would be in vain, so when Mr. W.
H. Bobbitt, a Democrat, favoring the
candidacy of Mr. G. G. Eaves was re
cognized by the honorable chairman,
placed Mr. Eaves in nomination before
the convention. It was seasoned by some
resolutions of endorsement and voted
through without dissent. Then the chair
man suggested that they could nominate
a Judge if they desired, and Rutherford
county said her delegates wanted Mr. O.
V. F. Bylthe, of Henderson. This was
seconded by a McDowell delegate, and
when it appeared that a Burke delegate
was going to oppose it, the chairman
called to the speaker to come to him and
whispered. The speaker hesitated for a
little lime, then sat down without say
ing anything except that he was always
with the majority. Mr. Blythe was nom
inated.
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Teath of Mrs. M. A. Holland.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
New Bern. N. C., Aug. 25.—Mrs. Mar
garet A. Holland, widow of the late
Philemon Holland, of this city, died at
5:30 a. m. today at the advanced age of
?.2 years. She had suffered much from a
cancer and only recently had stood the
shock of taking out her left eye, which
operation was performed in Baltimore.
She leaves four children. Mrs. A. B.
Howell, Mrs. Dan. Jones, Mrs. S. H. Lane
and Hughes B. Holland, all of this city,
and numerous grand children.
The funeral will be conducted from the
M. E. Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock a.
m. o'clock. Mrs. Holland was a devout.
Christian, whose death is sincerely
mourned by many.
Burke Lemoeratic Ticket.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Morganton, N. C., Aug. 25.—Burke
Democracy has nominated a strong
tieket in one of the best conventions ever
held in the county. Mr. T. S. Drury was
chairman and T. G. Cobb was secretary,
and the convention was largely attended.
The ticket named is as follows:
For Representative, J. Ernest Erwin:
Sheriff, C. M. McDowell; Clerk Superior
Court, H. O. Houck; Register of Deeds,
J. B. Holloway; Treasurer, John M. Mc-
Galliard; Surveyor, D. F. Denton; Coro
ner, Carlton Giles; County Commission
ers, B. A. Berry, J. D. Glass and J. T.
McGrinsey.
In Madison Radical Primaries.
(Madison Record.)
The fellow who did not use money aud
liquor in the primary a few weeks ago
failed to shine, no matter what liis in
fluence was as a citizen or his qualifica
tions were to fill the office.
THE HMIMS SUNK
Game of War Ends i.i Pills
bury’s Surrender.
Unable to Make a Harbof His Squadron is Sur
rounded and Put Out of
Action.
(By the Associated Press.)
Rockport, Mass, Aug. 24.—The naval
search problem on New England coast
was terminated at a:4O this morning but:
the signal “Surrender; demand uncondi
tional,” from Rear Admiral Higginson s
flagship, and the reply, “Accept 6urren
der from the fore truck of the Prairie, j
Commander Plllsbury's flag ship. The |
battle between the Blue*, or defending, (
Squadron, and the White, or attacking,
Squadron, was thus quietly ended eight :
miles south of Thatcher's Island. The
enemy had most signally failed to make
a harbor, having for its objeetve Salem.
A preponderance of fighting strength,
relatively 04 points, represented by the
battleships Kearsarge, Alabama and Mas
sachusetts, Scorpion and a torpedo boat,
had overwhelmed the 45 points repre
sented by the auxiliary cruisers Prairie,
Panther and Supply. Theoretically, the
White Squadron was entirely destroyed
by the guns of the defending battleships.
Thus on the fourth night the game of
naval strategy was brought to an end, it
having covered a period of unceasing
toil, sleepless nights, of anxious and
wearing vigil and of grave uncertainty
to its participants.
At 9:30 o’clock last night three battle
ships of the Blue Squadron got under
way in a hurry and sailed to the east
ward. The intention was to move on to
Portland and if that had been carried out
Admiral Higginson. as it later developed,
would have unconsciously swung the
balance of his fighting force to that end
of the coast line, as Pillsbury had In
tended he should, but which was not
done on account of heavy seas runniug
outside Cape Elizabeth.
Higginson, however, deflected his course
back to Gloucester after a swing seaward,
in response to a report that the enemy
had not been sighted when it was be
lieved he had been, but in the
of the night Pillsbury sailed toward Cape
Ann from the outside, and as it proved,
right under the very guns of the defend
ing squadron y Commander Pijjsbury
when still out to sea. after manaeuvring,
headed straight for Salem harbor. But
the desired vantage point was never
reached. When his boats had arrived
off Magnolia they were sighted by the
signal station on Baker’s Island. A mes
sage was sent to the station at Rock
port here, and the torpedo boat Barney
was sent out to notify the Blue Squadron.
The station here had before this been
informed that Higginson's battleships had
been sighted off Gloucester and that
later they had returned to their berths
under the lee of Thatcher's Island. The
Barney’s commander was mystified there
fore when, after rounding Straitsmouth
he saw no evidence of the presence of
the Kearsarge. On a hazard the Barney
was steered southerly. After Higgin
son’s ships had cruised up and down the
coast they went to their anchor off
Thatcher's Island. At this time the of
ficer on the deck of the Kearsarge was
Lieutenant Ray Stone, with Midshipman
Wm. Dilworth. The morning was clear
and the stars bright. On the bridge a
dozen jackies stood upon the watch. One
of these was Daniel Staehle, an appren
tice of the first-class. The flagship w*as
just falling down into a trough when he
notified the ensign at his side that he
could see the enemy. The officer of the
deck called Flag Lieutenant Evans and
Flag Secretary Bristol, and it was the
work of a moment to inform Admiral
Higginson of the probability that the
time for decisive action was at hand.
General quarters were sounded. There
was a quick rush of many feet, the man
ning of a hundred posts, the clank of the
anchor chain, the ringing of bells, the
giving of orders and a general, clearing
for action. Not many moments passed
before the flagship was underway steam
ing at 14 knots, with the Alabama and
Massachusetts many lengths in the rear.
Some distance back was the Barney
rapidly overhauling the ships ah'*ad.
At 5:40 o'clock the three battleships,
aided by the converted yacht Scorpion,
which had come in from the south in
time to be in at the finish, and the
Barney, which had overtaken the fleet,
formed a horseshoe about the White
Squadron. The elation among the men
on board the Blue Squadron ran high.
There wag something pathetic in the
picture when Commander Pillsbury, after
he had signalled his surrender, passed
in his barge from the Prairie, walked
up the starboard gangway of the Kear
sarge and offered his sword to Admiral
Higginson.
“Keep your sword, sir,” said the sen
sor officer, his voice quavering at bit
iu spite of himself. “1 would not ac
cept the sword from so gallant a foe.”
“And I, sir,” replied Pillsbury, with
dignity, “could not surrender to a nobler
or better officer, sir.”
This exchange of words ended the
actual surrender.
A 810 FIRE AT SALISBURY.
Wallace and Son’s Dry Goods House BofFera
$15,000 Loss. Insured.
(Special to Nes and Observer.)
Salisbury, N. . C., August 25.—Fire
broke out this morning on the third floor
of V. Wallace & Sons holesale dry
goods house. The loss is estimated at
$15,000, fully covered by insurant^?.
Mrs. R. G. Barrett, ife of pU3tor of
East Salisbury Methodist church, died
here yesterday morning. The remains
were taken to Statesville for interment.
BULLETFORHIS LOVE
Young Girl Accidentally Shot
By Her Sweetheart.
0. Lingerfelt Killed By a Blow on the Head in
a Drunken Brawl at
B< ssem tr.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 25.—While toy
ing with a loaded pistol in the home of
his pretty sweetheart last night, William
Kemp, an employe of the C. and N. W.
Railway, accidentally shot and seriously
wounded the girl. The bullet entered the
young woman’s breast and lodged in her
back. She is Miss Alice Martin, and is
the belle of Lenoir. It is thought she
will recover. She exonerates Kemp
from all blame for the shooting.
At the store of Mike Akers, two miles
from Bessemer City. D. Lingerfelt was
killed by a blow on the head from a stick
in the hands of Akers. The tragedy was
the result of a drunken brawl. Linger
felt w'ent to Akers’ store on Sunday and
asked to be admitted. The two men
bearan drinking and an hour or so later
a dispute arose over the price of aTbox
of sardines. Lingerfelt claimed that he
had paid for the sardines, while Akers
declared that he had not. Lingerfelt
knocked Akers down and was beating
him ferociously with his fists when in
some Akers wrenched loose, se
cured a heavy stick and dealt Lingerfelt
a blow over the head that felled him and
produced almost instant death. Akers
was arrested and taken to the county jail
at Dallas. Both men are well known,
and hitherto have borne excellent repu
tations in the community.
On the Diamond.
American League.
(By the Associated Press.)
At Washington— (First game.) R H E
Washington ....5 001 001 1 *—B 7 4
Detroit .. 11 030 00 1 o—6 13 3
(Second game). RHF.
Washington 2 1003000 4 —lo 16 6
Detroit 0 1204000 0— 7 72
At Philadelphia— It H E
Phila 2000 02 0 2 *—7 11 0
Cleveland 0 01 00101 o—3 9 2
At Boston— R H E
Boston 2000 00 0 6 *—B 8 1
St Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—o 5 2
At Baltimore — R H E
Baltimore 16074021 *—2l 25 0
Chicago 0 0004101 0— 614 2
Rational League.
(By the Associated Press.)
At Cincinnati — TtHE
Cincinnati .. ..100010 0 1 *—3 S 2
Phila 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 I—2 8 1
At Chicago— R H E
Chicago ~0 00001 210 0 0 I—s1 —5 10 5
Boston ....0 001001 0200 o—40 —4 8 2
At Pittsburg— R H E
Pittsburg 5001 2 000 * —B 15 1
Brooklyn 0 0001001 4—6 11 7
Eastern League.
Newark, 4; Providence, 1.
Montreal, 5; Toronto, 4.
Jersey City, 13; Woscestcr, G.
Rochester, 9; Buffalo, 8.
Southern League.
Atlanta, 19; Shreveport, 7.
Chattanooga, 8; Little Rock, 7.
Nashville, 4; Memphis, 5.
Birmingham-New Orleans gane post
poned on account of rain.
THE ALABAMA PRIMARIES.
Senator Pettns Has No Opposition Two in the
Field for Governor.
(By the Associated Press.)
Birmingham. Ala., Aug. 25. —Democratic
primaries to name the nominees of the
party for the election in November were
held throughout Alabama today. In Ala
bama as in every strictly Democratic
State lit the South, the selection made
at the primaries is equivalent to an elec
tion. State officers will be chosen, legis
lators elected, 3ud in many parts of the
commonwealth county officers also will
be selected.
There is more than ordinary interest
attached to this primary for the reason
that the coming Legislature is to select
a United States Senator. The term of
Senator E. W. Pettus i= about to ex
pire. He is a candidate for re-nomination
and re-election. As far as is known there
is no opposition.
There are two candidates for the gu
i bernatorial nomination—\V\ I>. Jelks, at
I present Governor of Alabama, and Capt.
Jcs. F JohnstoD. former Governor.
SMALL POX EPIDEMIC AT LEAXSVILLE-
Pifteen Hundred Dollars to Be Bp»nt Improv
ing Btddaville Postoffica.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Reidsville N. 0., Aug. 25. —Smallpox
is epidemic among the white people of
Leaksvillo. this county. Heretofore it
has been almost exclusively confined to
the colored people. The disease is said
to be of a very malignant type.
The money order department at this
postoffice has been enclosed with a nice
iron fence and a brass railing lias been
placed iu front of the delivery window,
which only admits one person at a time.
Postmaster Wray says $1,500 additional
improvements on the building will be
spent bv the Government.
Primings have been bringing on the
Reidsville market during the past two
weeks fully as much as. ana in many in
stances, more than fairly good qualities
of the regular crop brought two years
a no.
Mr. George Anderson, a highly esteem
ed citizen of this county, is critically
ill, having suffered a stroke of paralysis.
Last Sunday the members of the Odd
Fellow’s lodge here attended the services
at Main Street Methodist church, and
Rev. Dr. Vance Price, the pastor,
preached a strong sermon. There w’ere
about seventy-five of the Odd Fellows
present-
Mr. Dorsey Jones, who has been secre
tary Pipkin's assistant in the Edna Cot
ton Mills here for several years, has re
signed to accept a more lucrative offer
in New’ York. The force of overseers
presented him with a costly suit of
clothes and expressed genuine regret
upon hearing that they would have to
give him up. Mr. Jones will be suc
ceeded by Mr. James Mayo, of this city.
Mr. R. L. Wyatt, who has recently un
dergone a number of operations, has re
turned from the Protestant Hospital at
Baltimore much improved. His medical
advisers think that he will be able to en
ter upon his duties as cashier of the Cit
izens’ Bank soon.
THE PRESIDENT ACCEPTS.
Will Attend the Convention cf the Locomotive
Firemen at Chattanooga.
(By the Associated Press.)
Peoria, 111., Aug. 25 —“President Roose
velt has honored labor,” said Grand Sec
retary-Treasurer Frank W, Arnold, of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, to
day.
T have just received a letter sent
acting Grand Master Hannahan by the
President iu which he accepts the invita
tion we extended a few days ago in per
son and he will surely be at the bl-ennial
session of our brotherhood at Chatta
nooga.
“I think it Is quite significant, for it is
•ecognition of labor by the President of
the United States that we must not lose
sight of.
“We felt that the President’s accept
ance of our invitation and the assurance
that he will be present, will be received
throughout the entire country with feel
ings of satisfaction and delight.”
The acceptance of President Roosevelt
Ik as follows:
“Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1902.
“My Dear Sir:—Referring to the inter
view had by Mr. Arnold and you with the
Pr< sident yesterday, I am directed by the
President to say that he has concluded
to accept the kind invitation of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen to
be present at their bi-ennial convention
at Chattanooga, Tenn., on September 8
next, and that it will give him great
pleasure to be present.
“Very truly yours,
“WILLIAM LOEB, JR.,
“Assistant Secretary to tfio President.
“To MR. JOHN HANNAHAN, Acting
Grand Master, B. L. F., Peoria, 111”
FCO r CUT OFF BY CAR WHEEL.
An Old Negro Killed By Train Near University
Station.
(Special to Ntws and Observer.)
Durham, N. C., Aug. 25. —Atw-ell Ram
sey, a son of Mrs. M. M. Ramsey, of this
city, sustained a very painful accident
Sunday afternoon by having one of his
feet cut off by the wheels of an electric
car, near the Chapel Hill street cross
ing of the S. A. L. and Southern roads.
The young man was on the front end
of the car and fell forward. As he did
so one of his feet rested on the railroad
iron, and before the motorman could
stop the car, the wheels had gone over
that portion of his body. The young man
was picked up at once and carried to the
Watts Hospital. Physicians attended to
his injuries and made him as comfortable
as possible. It is not thought that the
accident will prove any more serioift!
than a maimed foot.
Passengers who came dow-n od Southern
train No. 8, this morning, reported that
an old negro by the name of Ben Johnson
was struck by this* train and killed just
beyond University Station. Johnson, who
was eighty odd years of age, was -walk
ing across a trestle. The engineer blew
his w’histle repeatedly, but the man could
not or did not. get cff. He was thrown
some distance by the pilot of the en
gine, and died within about three min
utes. The body was not mangled.
Durham Superior court, for the trial
of criminal cases, began this morning.
Judge Thomas A. McNeill, of Luinberton,
is presiding. There are but three or four
cases of special importance.
HIBSIB THEIR CANDIDATE-
The Republicans of Mecklenburg Endorse Bim
for Congress
(Special to News and Observer.)
Charlotte, X. C., August 25.—1 n con
vention today the Republican hosts >f
Mecklenburg county endorsed George B.
Hiss for Congress in this Ninth district
threw a largo bouquet at Senator Pritch
ard and denounced in unmeasured terms
the State administration- D. Kirby
Pope, of campaign contribution collect
ing fame, presided as chairman, and the
cut and dried details wore put through
in a hurry. In the matter cf putting out
a ticket in this county the convention
decided to leave that question for the
county executive committee to decide.
A poll of the delegates disclosed the fact
that a majority were in favor of naming
a ticket this fall.
The delegates to the Congressional
convention were instructed to vote for
George B. Hiss.
It takes the plowshare of effort to open
up the furrow of success.
X THE WEATHER TO-DAY. 4
X For Raleigh:
| Clearing. |
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
JONES TIED 10 ft LOG
AH D SHOTTDDEftTH
He Creeps From His Lair in
the Swamp.
HIS CAPTURE FOLLOWS
Ten Men Disguised as Negroes De
mand Him.
OFFIC R WALKER RESISTS AND IS SHOT
Ihe Wound Not serious The Negro’s Body
Buried By the Authorities, Mrs Smith,
His Victim Will Live Though
Horribly Disfigured.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Kinston, N. Aug. 25.—Tom Jones,
the rape fiend, paid the penalty of his
crime at ten o’clock this morning. He
«as tied to a log, riddled with bullets
and buck shot and lefr half dead by
lynchers, afterward being finished by
citizens to put him out cf his misery.
Parties from Seven Springs, LaUrange
and other places had been scouring the
! country from the moment of his crime
until apprised of his capture. He hid all
Sunday on a pocosin in the midst of a
dense swamp, eight miles from the scene
of his brutal crime. He emerged soon
after midnight and went towards Keans
ville, but was met on a bridge by a party
from Duplin county, Messrs. J. M. Rich,
Frank Simmons and John Marshall. They
ordered him to hold his hands up and
he submitted without any resistance.
They locked him li an outhouse on James
Maxwell's farm, and he was then taken
to the Smith farm and identified by his
victim. ~
He confessed and gave up a razor sto
len from Smith. He was bound ajid
locked iu a tobacco burn on the farm
cf Monroe Rich to await the arrival of
the sheriff.
Later, ten nun, disguised as negroes,
came out of the woods with guns aflft j
axes and demanded his person. Officer V
Walker, who wa3 in charge, resisted and |
was shot in the neck but not seriously.
The men battered down the door, tool:
Jones, placo£ him on a tram car and run
down into the woods. There he was
bound to a log and then men stood off
some distance and fired a volley, mostly
of shot, into his body, wounding, but not
killing him. The rnen then withdrew and
afterwards some other citizens fired a
volley that ended his life.
The body was viewed by many. But
tons and pieces of clothing were cut off
rs souvenirs and the body was buried by
the authorities.
Mrs. Sruitn will live but is horribly dis
figured. Her right hand is cut into strips
by the razor Jones stole from her hus
-1 and, her eye is gouged out, her jaw
bone smashed and splintered, her face
terribly lacerated, her throat and breast
discolored from choking and beating.*
THE VERDICT OF THE JURY-
Lynchers ‘'Would Have Been Recreant to
R Their Duty Had They Acted Otherwise ”
(Special to News and Observer.)
Goldsboro, N. C., Aug. 25.—Thomas
Jones, alias Frank Smith, has met a
swift fate at the hands of an incensed
people. On Friday evening last he en
tered the sanctity of a respectable home
and dragged the wife and mother to a
woodland a hundred yards distant and
thfere, after felling her with blows, coin
• mitted the nameless crime. His victim
i was Mrs. Smith, the wife of Mr. James
Major Smith, a farmer of most excellent
standing in the community, the neighbor
hood of Seven Springs.
Since the hour his crime became known
1 the whole neighborhood have kept vigi
| lant watch, day and night, guarding
j every highway and surrounding swamp
!h ss ths villian might escape. At the
| hour of 1 IF> this morning the vigilance
i of the watchers was rewarded. Jones, as
’ it were, walked into the jaws of death.
Diligent among the searching party was
Messrs. Morris, Rich. Frank Bennett and
Dr. Walter Jones. These, though fa
tigued from long watchfulness, were alert
and when Jones would have passed them
by Mr. Rich arose from his hiding and
with upraised gun demanded “Halt!
Arms up;” and Jones was soon a prisoner.
Wh n securely tied in obedience to an
! agreement, Mr. Rich fired several shots
j and the crowd began to gather. Simul
eancou-ly the farm bells in the vicinity
{ began to ring.
j Jones was captured in Duplin county
near Outlaw’s Bridge, some twelve miles
■ distant from the scone of his crime. The
• captors brought him to the homo of Mr.
| Rich, a mile distant from the home of the
negro s victim, and he was locked in a
tarn.
j Pretty soon some two hundred people
■ gathered and demanded of Mr. Rich the
: prisoner. He leelined to surrender him,
| saving he must deliver him to Sheriff
j Scott. Mr. F. Walker, n deputy sheriff,
i arrived, and Mr. Rich turned the negro
over to him. Mr. Walker proceeded to
| make arrangement to take his prisoner to
Goldsboro, when the crowd broke into the
barn and taking possession of him car
i lied him to Juniper swamp, a mile and
a half distant, and there riddled Jones
with bullets.
In the interim Jones had made a full
confession of his crime to Mr. Rich. Mr.
Walker and one or two others, and had
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