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RAXEIGH, C, "WEDNESDAY MORNING AUGtjST 25f 1909 J
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fjCHARLQITEHAS
CAPITULATED TO
TK e !B at ie s ?lpT-t n q g? Q u e e n
City flung : Wide
IIIIIEI!
KxGorernor JarvU " Amotij ; First or
i list.tnsuMuJ 'Jltor8 "to Arrive-
fieneral Care.
to
Arrive With 125
IN Durliam
VeteransAdjutant Oen-
eral tondon and Sta ff There About
400 ireadv 1 Have Arrlted About
3,000 'KapecteoVlvldlni: for laif
tertUinent-Eerctee In cademy
of luslc This
sublied Speakers.
Morning Dlstln-
THE STATE ITS
Ail
1HD
C .'t I (Special to Jfew and Observer.)
: :J-i 1 Charlotte, Jf.C- Au. 24. Char-i
' lotte U belnir . Invested tonijrht by the
vr glorious remnant of oneuof the great
; ept armies; that ever took ;.the field,
v and the capitulation of .the city, heart.
: pocketbook ; and ; all alse': Is assured
vv lthout the tiring of a single gun. The
( old . soldiers bejran comlnr early to
- i day aad this. afternoon" and tonight
s ; the records show that there are nearly
. 'four hundred present up , to eight
, o'clock, -with probably twise that hum
V! .."j ber comlnc tn before midnight. The,
, : total attendance lll 'be between five
'.' hundred 'and fires thousand,' besides
. - me ouwers wno win auena. . - , - r
' ' u ' Ex-Go v;',"-.Xr-V-''Rrvla w"aa amons
V- the hrst 'dlstliiSTiIhod. visitors to ar-
r rive. ! He Is the uest of Judse Arml
Head Uurwella.the. la tters elegant
-f--; hoHe-tn4 Cli q rXQiyai,,
Oeneral- J. S. iUx-i head . of ; the
, ; ' North Carolina refers n?:. organization;
has sent word that he would arrive
, tonight lToni Durham -with 125 veter
' .. an. ('; .
I Adlntant Genf"31ru l C.Icf of
. II. A. LiJon, cf VIV. yoro, i3 Z.lzcz.lj
J here, havln.? ;. .c?UUl ; hed hl3 head
quarters t the Central Hotel, , He an
i Itiounces that; he will give out the 137
badges to the 137 delegates entitled
. to vote In the business aession, these
belnjc given to the heads of the State
, . divisions for' distribution among the
:r delegates -from other districts. ; ; 'V
,i The Charlotte Auditorium has been
transformed Into a great dormitory, In
which hundreds.- of ; comfortable, cots
have bcenrc laced. and - veterans not
able to. meet the-pecunlary demands
' .!fi the - reunion f i'l -bs handsomely
cared for b:? the local camp and the
city. A lar3 lrlUt eighty :by one hun
; dred feet, has ben iltted:up as a'tls
dining hall-, two blocks. from. the aacl
torlum, -and here -several hundred vet-j
erans will be taken care of.l The re-!
malnder will t v at the hotels or amons:
the'.famllier jo(,th9 jcl(y where doors
:have ben tthrownTrpen wride. ' .
, 1 Charlette recognizes that the honor
;ef the reunion -isnot. cajlly , won
- and -the" people to a man are 'united
, In their determliaion tomake. ;tUs
'visit pteanant 'and agrreaHe ;to" the
fast thlnnini?llns of the old soldiers
who wore, the gray-uniforms. f
. v Wednesday's .program . includes an
address of welcome In the Academy o1
. Music, Aftd rreanonae ' by Gen. .J.. S.
'Carr, and format ;Rddre-'s hy Chief
Justice WaiUs-CWk. and ex-Governor
T. J. Jarvis In tha morning,' while the
Afternoon sesakm - will consist of a se
Yles of songs, recitations, etc:, under
the manapment. of-the - Daughters of
the" Confed;iracy, .'reminiscent of .the
, eventfiil- cars .of the war,' following
which thta.lecU jo t.-officer wlll be
held. ' The, grand ' parade v will take
s place Thursday, followed by the bar-
becue for four thousand people, The
rlty Is for, the rtlma being: wide open
to the veterans, ana eacn one may De
raid to carrz a. key to the Queen City
in his pocket"-.','
r There' left hefre yesterday to attend
the Confederate Reunion In Charlotte
Chief; Justice Walter, Clark, who de--
livers an. addressr, MaJ. W,. A ,. Gra
ham, Commissioner of " Agriculture,
and. Capt.,. Vf.T. Davls. i . s,
45K-KIIIGI1II0TEDCEDE
'ANTICIPATING . SUIT SWEDISIX
CMlOsiT6RS UNION PLACES'
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I iiJNDS IN PRIVATE HANDS. .. 1
-I .. ( By Jlhe Associated Prpas.) q
, K Stockholm, Aug;.; 24. Anticipating
a . courtorder. sequestrating Its funds
pending the trial of the suit for dam
sees beaun ' by the - newspapers of
Stockholm liV connection, with the re
cent strike,, the. Swedish Conipositors
Union har transferred all Its. posses
sions to f private ihands. . , , if'J-'
; A petition ; signed by women from
all classes of society, has been-pre-
entd to th Klnsr begging Jiim -to In
terCede to bring about , arbitration : of
the depute betweea the laborers and
their employers that resulted 5 In the
strike now . almost a "month - old, ;
? The mlnlstery of tb Interior has
sent telegraphic instructions to all lo
cal .governors to take drastic meas
ures to protect the laborers ,vh4 have
returned to work: ; a. - i '
I One hundred and twelve German
twed ores hv rtvAl - here from
Travemunde: to .unload .a ' humber -of
coal steamers, that! have been;' lying
in tne narogr-over. & fortnight. ' r
OF
FOR THE STRIKERS
,..
Long Funeral Processions
Yesterday
THE DEAD CAUSED TiCE
Tlirre . More Dead Bodies of Strike
ytupathlzers Found Yesterday by
. . ,Troopers Searching for Dead Debs,
on the FleldV Says Men Have placed
Themselves Ontl -of ' Pale Law
- Reigns. .",'
(By. the Associated Press.).
'Pittsburg, Pa .1 Aug. 2,4. Gloom cov
ered; the 'little manufacturing village
of McKees Rocks Uke a pall , today.
Long: funeral processions, pitiful In
their attempt -at proper ; decorum,
wended their way at queer hours from
the , Greek Catholic , ChurcTi ; to St.
Mary's. - Cemetery, r. a small, burying;
plot just outside of SchoenviUe. Strik
ers and their families crowded In the
van of these funeral trains, dressed
In their finery and bearing; ah air of
deep grief. One band of eight musi
cians furnished the tunes to which the
strikers tramped in dust and grime to
pay their respects to : the men they
look upon a martyrs to a now lost
cause. .'"'-' ':':'': -:.: . t
r The finding late today of three more
bodies of terribly beaten strike sym
pathizers was also- horrifying in its
ghastliness. for troopers appointed, to
the 'work of - searching, for the "dead,
and - wounded.,- made little . effort , to
spare the feelings of ' the men who
gathered about them when the bodies,
two .under a pile of railroad ties, and
one under a culvert on the tracks of
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad
were pulled Into sig-ht- The. corpses,
hardly recognizable as those .of human
beings, were . - hastily piled r Into a
morgue wagon and turned, over to the
'county facials,," i-. " ' - - i
With the. -burial or. the; dead. striK
ers" and the ; finding ;of - the; additional
bodies, came a trucei tn. police. From
dawn., to nishtfall. not' a pistol ehot
made. ; ; -. i; ' 1 ' ; , i . v '-' '
The striking men nd their sympa
thizers during the day kept o.uIeUand
even gave up t rn&mis1 slieeCS planned
for t!;e late afternoon,' as they be
lieve 1 any gathering of the workmen
could do no good at this time. Debs,
the- Socialistic oratox1, was in McKees
Rocks' to- address? the strikers, ' but
even-he -declared thit words were of
little avail. nowi as the riots of Sunday
night had for once and all placed, the
strikers In the position of outcasts
whose cause was all but lost.; ' ; .
And on every hand tonight It Is con
ceded that the strike rs have lost their
fight The Pressed Steel Car -Company
plant "today wis . in " . operation
with over 1.000 men at work." These
men. while not all s tilled or finished
workmen, turned oht three steel cars,
whic were placed on view Just out
side the;plant :gates. ,'"":-;?; V-':
Law was supreme In the strike zone
today. -There was little chance-for
disorder to - have Ideveloped much
headway.-' ;;;k- r-i. .r
Elxty-six men , were loaded-" Intd a
special car from the! box car jails' In
the car company punt ' yara -'. ana
brought to Pittsburs; ,ln the afternoon,
where they were arraigned before a
magistrate , oa -Charges- or , disorderly
conduct and carrying; concealed weap
ons. The informations were sworn to
Btate trooper. ;The tmen . Were', later
transferred to the county jail to await
court hearings....;"-- ;; , :"1-:-f"-:
AX sundown tonight the search be
gan for weapons by the State police.
uslmrr. search warrants, -Issued -by a
magistrate unaer a law passed by the
last Legislature, making it Illegal for
foreigners to ;have m their homes or
la their possession fire-arms of any
description. - '"' i X .. ; i . ''. . .
" The total "death- list resultta f f 6m
Sunday, night's : disorders now totals
eleven, .wOxlle. two rln- hospitals ' ex
pected to die within the next twenty
four, hours, r The lessseriously injured
are all reported to be Improving;
SlOWiy.C; ' 1, -'-. - .;. r :-
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' Washington, Aug. 24. -eyond ad
mitting that Instructions - had been
nveft to the United States Attorney at
Vlttsburg to maintain close observation
of affairs at the tlant of Pressed Steel
Car Company at McKees Rocks, near
Pittsburg, officials of the ' Department
at Justice would not discuss the strike
conditions today. It la rumored that
there may be prosecution or officials
of the company on charge of peonage
but this could not be confirmed y:
f Dividends j Declared. '
r . ; 5 ( By the 'Associated Press.
.J New York, Aug. 2 4. Directors of
the Union -Paciflo , Railroad Company
today declared a regular -4. quarterly
dividend of : J 1-2 per cent on the com
mon stock and a regular semi-annual
dividend v of 2 "per cent on preferred
stock. - f y i t ., ; , .v v i . ,
Directors .? of ; the Southern Pacific
Company declared a regular quarterly
dividend of 1 12 per cent on the com
mon, stock. ;
Saratoga Races.' ; T k .
-;. -';l By, the Associated Press. ) : pi f,''
Saratoga, N. Y., Aug.. 2 4. Nlmbusa,
the 4 ?. toy.S favorite, - easily won the
Amsterdam selling! stakes, one niile,
here today In the fastest" time of the
meeting, when : he stepped the dis
tance vin 1:31. He was always . the
choice and taking the lead at the
start, led all the way and won by 1 1-2
lepgtbsu ; -X.z,,yc.ti a;---'.
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' Church Struck by Lightning. '
-.r! 'V --' :v.'.,;'-'J:' i , .-'h- ;"
; " (By the Associated Press; )
Lucca, Italy. Aug. 24. The; village
cnuren b.i ukiiu. i nci(nuunn( nam- 4
let, was struck by lightning today. The
roof of the building collapsed, killing
two of the . worshippers within and
Injuring fifteen others, j.. ; -
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STATE POLICE GUARDING WORKS -
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I vCU tyS? . - -V - i Vk 1 5;'::' f &l;5i'sl:M '
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CEK3tiniTIIS!!0T(lUO
:::VccfcroiioV;w Killed
1115 CODY
WAS
BURNED
William Wade, a Negro, Runs Amuck
on'rrmclpai; Streets of Monroe, La-,
$lUnax Indiscriminately at Wliltes
ipor
'Fancied
Injury Three of
: Victims ; Seriously W ounded.
":-.',;:P;,. :4-' .
., 5? By; the "Associated Presa )
MonroeLa Aug. J4.--Angered, it
Is belleved.'.because two of his friends
had recently , been f shot: by; police offl
cera In thlsj city William S.- Wide, a
negro, today raft amuck on the prin
cipal business street pf Monroe with
a double : barreled ' shot ' gun, ; shoot
ing "first ' at every : white mkn he saw
-1
every oojeci uexore mm. . ; r .
t-TheHre was returned and tne-negro
finally fell dead with a bullet through
his eart, but not before twenty-nine
men; three of' them member sof his
own racei had been more or less ser
iously wounded. 1 .t' s '
THU SERIOUSLY WOUNDED:
- Hugh Bigger; police officer, ahot In
abdomen and thigh, may, die,: j '
. - T. H. Grant, deputy sheriff, ; shot In
neck : and . breast, may die. , v ;
Simon 'Mark, merchant, Tuskegee.
Ala shot.. In . breast and face, may
die. - : ' 'A'': - ,
i George -McCorrolck; r manager Ou
chlta Lumber . Company, West Monroe,-
arm shattered.- f
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED:
Tit. A- A. ,rorsyth, Mayor of Monroe'.-'-:.
'r - ; : ; - . , . .'
D.a; Bread; banker; - Ed. 1 Strong,
cashier Southern Express Company;
Steve Burke, telegraph operator; Joe
Thompson, dispatcher; A. A Grenly,
lumberman ; " Manuel k Abromowltz.
ciet-k ; Alberts Marx, merchant; C. E.
Bynum, stenographer; J. L. Kendall,
trainmaster; D. C ' Trousdale, mer
chant; JjV W. Merrlman, ! express
agent; 'Armand Bere. clerk; j D. En
sell, traveling salesman; E.P. Da vies,
clerk; D..t Bran blacksmith; Roy
Fisher, messenger boy; E. B. Edwards,
steamboat man; I. L. Haas, merchantr
Herman Ablona, merchant; R, R. Ross
clerk: Fred. , McGrath, clerk; three
negroes shot In -face and body. ;,
Wade's. I body was publicly -burned
after It had "been cut down, from, a
pole on which It hung half an hour or
more . after he ; was , stilled. I ;
-' An : investigation by. the police this
afternoon t shewed that when Wade
purchased .the shot gun - and 'a box
of shells J a few minutes before he
Opened " ftre ; on? the first man there
was nothing unusual In ' his,; manner.
Other , negroes, - who . were .with him
in the ; morning, say that, he; had . not
been : drinking . nor did he show any
evidence of having taken cocaine.'
Wade" removed to Monroe- recently
from Pine Bluff, Ark. rHe ! was ac
companied by several ; other negroes
and they commenced to make trouble
for the local police" soon after they
arrived.' i;'V;;-7Hr yu "" ..
It; was alleged that they were mem
bers of or society In Arkansas, which
had at itjr ,obJoct revenge for all In
juries done the black race.: tAs a re
sult these negroes '. clashed with the
police on Fmany occasions and twice
recently they, have exchanged shots
wKh officers'., .. .' ; . ,
, It was alleged, that Wade was heard
to say. that no white- man Taa going
to shoot nun.". -.no .more attention was
paid to him, however, until he started
1 oh' hi wild rampage today, i . - ,
' - AT SCENE OF
V 1
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Judge Webb Imposes a Fin? cf
I $250 and Costs
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HE IS; TO, PAY1 WIFE $3,000
-t-
Tlio Sensational . Shooting Case ' In
Cliarlotte Is AbruptlyTernimatecl
in the Second; For Disfiguring
DuUdOg, 11 Was Taxed With Cost,
the Matter
DUposed of in
Open Conrt.
(Special id News and Observer.) -H
Charlotte, N. C Aug. 24.Mr. D.
A. Hurley. 'charged with assaulting his
wife, Mrs. Katherlne Jordan Hurley,'
with s- pistol several months ago at
the apartments of the couple in the
.
Buford Hotel, this morning submitted
ancl entered a plea of guilty In - tlte
l criminal! court and ! Judge James L.
Webb fined! the defendant $200 and
the costs. He pays his wife the sum
of.js.ooo. ; ;..,"A:.'rv;-.v";,' '' - ;
In thei second case against Mr. Hur
ley, in which he was charged .with
disfiguring -a . buildlag, the - defendant
also pleaded guilty and was taxed
with the. costs. ;Ths pleas of the - de
fendant ;w ere. - entf-red before "Judge
Webb by Mr. R. G. Lucar, attorney
for the defendant, tnd the entire mat
ter was disposed of In open court In
a very short time, -In fact it was not
generally known yhen the case would
come up,, and the abrupt ending of
the matter today, was unexpected. It
was at one time believed, that there
would be a sensa tional hearlrig held
and, that the caserwould , require sev
eral -days in being disposed - of, but
today's action puts ' an end to the
whole matter and'. Mr, Hurley, who
has been a social leader here. Is now
a free man a'to everything that the
court might hold against him. e. .;
OLYMPIA HOTEL WRECK.
On
Person ' Ki tlctl Caused ,v by
Ex
plosion, Origin Unknown:
(By the Associated Press.) ,
Elmlra..N. Tf.. Aug. 24.- An explo
sion of unknown origin today, early,
wrecked the Olympia liptet and caus
ed the death of Mrs. E.AV. Roby. who
was sleeping In an adjoining frame
building. . :. , . ,
The force of the explosion tore a
hole 12 feet long and 20 Inches wide
through the ceiling of Mrs. Robys
room, and. the concussion ,threw her
from the bed to the floor. She had
been suffering from heart trouble and
the shock kilted her. The
whielrwas.hdt occupied, was burned.
The money loss ws small. "
FIX PRICE OF YARN.
Spinners Meet to Make Minimum
-.v Price to Prevent -Undercutting. ; :
; -N (By the Associated Press.)
Manchester. Aue. 24, At a meeting
held here today of the owners of two- j
thirds of the ring spindles In the Lan
cashire cotton, .trade. It was decided
to form an association to fix, a mini
mum price for. yarn and prevent un
dercutting,' :.
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Steam Unrge WrecketL
C (By the Assoclate Press.)
Frankfort, Mich.,? Aug.: 24. The
kteam bartre Tlnhcrt C. - Wente. 141
Being
feet long, of Manltee. Mlch is re-' Lexington, Ky., Aug. 24. Mrs. ."'Hen
pored wrecked on Piatt. Bay .reef, off rv Youtsev. wife of the only man who
Point Betsey and in danger of going
io pieces unless, me ino suosioes.
The Frankfort life saving crew has
j gone to the rescue.of the crew.
FATAL STRIKE RIOTS
Ono of ridst Popular Edi
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toro:of nt".to
OF'"-
piti-h;.'
4 ;-",,- .. . i - --',;, r
Tlie-.Endf Was Nt-Ui
ed awTAU
. .- . :
Knew tlie IlHiese
FaUH-AU the
Members'; of Fa
lit The
End Cam
tO:SO
O'clock -The
'... - -; f -' - A ' ' ' - ' 1' :
Funeral Today at 5 O'clock.' '? ' s
. i-..-. f 4 V.V..JX.--.- .:ii . .-. Tc' ?--s
(Spe.cial to7 News apd ,ObirverO
; ,Louisbg4ug:v24d(iJ'.vOU
Thomas i dled, here tonight at il& : 3 OXy;
... The -end " was not 'unexpected.; and
he v-rim unded by. the memters ct
hlsfartU;-.. X Wlgbr0thers es4ra.Tr.
G. Thn laa and ,; Henry L. Thomas
were also 'dierei.j;.-;-... A-
Id the u-ath of Mr. Thomas Frank
lin county has lost a most useful cltl
sen - and- rt. who Is greatly - belo ved,
not only here, but .throughout , the
State.- . :Vv..-';-::;-i;v ir
! Mr., Thomas was a toyaft Democrat
and his paper, the Franklin Times,
has been a power for the cause of the
party In this county and section . as
WU as fhr the moral uplift and .ad-J
vaucemeni . qi mis secuon. , 'in the
Democratic councils he alwas took a
prominent part, He was also honored
by, liia peppier politically, with -the of
fice of county, treasurer, besides other
.'Offices ofJ trust. 1 '- : v, vv
Among! the press of the SUte hi
was a welcome face. He always car
ried gladness and sunshine,; and he will
be sadly missed In these annual gath
erings, as he was at the last . rrteeUng.
and at which time he was president of
the association. v - .'.; v. -J
lie was a native of Wake eountv
Land came to LouUburg about 35 years
'turn anrf Kaj., m, tH. ,t.
ago and became Identified, irr the pub-
The. funeral will be held tomorraw
afternoon; at I o'clock. , A
v MillDIST MOVEteXTv -
Takes on Revolutionary Character at
: Yemen i Southwestern Arabia, ,
r (By the' Associated Press.) v , , .4
- .Home, Aug. 24. A semt-offlclal note
says the Mahdlst movement at Yemen:
southwestern Arabia, has taken on
acute revolutionary character, the rev
olutionists Indulging in massacre and
pillage.-vj Turkish troops - are H inow
marching! to.Hodelda, a seap ort on the
Red Sea.) . ' ' -' .- :" .
It is stated that the governor has
telegraphed to Constantinople, urgent
ly requesting reinforcements. Pending
their arrival he will ask for the as
sistance of the British and v Italian
warships: in the Red Sea. -'
At the request of the under sec re
tary of the foreign offlce. the Italian
minister I of marines has dispatched
the gunboat Volturne from Aden to
protect its own Interests.
i
OLERA ON STEAMER.
FIv Deaths on Vessel From Russia
Wlilcii Arrl-es. at Antwerp, r- ..
( By the . Associated. Press. '
Antwerp, Aug. 24. The stesmer
Singapore arrived here todav frnm
Riga. Russia, with five -members - of
her crew dead. Dresumablr- from
cholera
appreh
The news has caused much
apprehension. The Singapore has been
delayed
in quarantine. - v :,
Takes
DeiKisex -'eh's Residence,
(By the Associated Press.) ":i "
St PdlNhnrir A ii tr 91 Th,a fn.
nex
nauy :
at"
hotej4elgn office has 'leased; the Dalstein
vuia at Odessaas a residence for the
the deposed Shah of Persia. ; The vil
la Is situated picturesquely -on. the
! cliffs fronting the sea at the outskirts
or me eity and anoras rne seclusion
desired
LaGrang Items. '
(Special to News and Observer.) .
LaGrange, Aug. 24. J. W. Graham
expeets to leave, for a trip to the Pa
cific coast, including Seattle. , next
week: Others will probably accom
pany him. .'.,-'. .
Dr. BJ. M. McDonald lert for a' two
weeks' visit to Wilmington this week.
MrsJ Yontsey Wants Divorce.
- t
tin serving sentence for "complicity ln:f
iin the murder of Governor ooeoei in'
lists h suit for divorce. The'
paper were filed at Winchester, Uy.
Rather Nettled at Actions
. . r; ;
of Attorneys
3MlEllSlHl!lSESilllE0
' '-. i -.tft ;" -i. ;' ;u-f..-k -Xrf.V':it':7Ji
His
Honor,
However, Vaa Assured by
the Rar Tliat Soon ahd Good This
Slornlrtg Tliey Wonld
Put Hint . Ui
' Work Jind Give
Him
Enough Re.
Observer.)
fore Saturday Night.
4 Speclal to News ; and
- Greensboro,, N. C. Aug. 24-ln the
Superior; Court this morning, after the
attorney had secured ' continuance
of : every case on the .diy's 'calendar,'
except a little one hofsi appeal case
from High Point "; justice, Involving
a ,clain4 of fifty dollar ; In .a horse
trade. Judas Birrs asked the attor
neys lf.s the .court had not aa well be.
adjourned for the term. - He said he
wagjanxioua to star here and er
but It wa Impossible for him .to have
cases ' tried, when every one set - on
on ' the, calendar' for trial, . for. one
cause or another, had to be continued.
His; honor w assured by the bar
that th;y woutl put him to work good
and -' ocn ' ;eiaesday morning; and
five hls enc -h of It before Saturday
iht. ; So V. r devoting two: hours
a, trying the dollar horse case, j
and -aout ;u,, "tea ln;twotdl-'
-Wednesday.-:- -- - - . . '
yorcf , cases, court t 'turned until
A well posted law-er iere said last
week that the Board of County Com
missioners were s not only? indictable
for neglect of duty In not summoning
a Jury for last week's term of court.
but he thought a' civil suit for dam-
at least to - the extent of the
cost of the court and the! amount paid
to the Secretary of -: State for a certified-copy
of the ' statute . giving ; the
extra week, could - be brought - by ' any
tax payer, and the amount recovered.
. ; This same attorney ; was asked , thP
mornlig-t if, 1 ,tat. payeri and party
p jamim or oeienasni m some imp on
ant
tfor-
the
costs
holding court, with, nothing .done- be-'
cause the - attorneys . wpuld - not try
cases. ' The lawyer looked e. little bit
shocked at the novel 1 and Impudent
suggestion. i But after scratching his
head a moment he -saldi in all serl-
ousnes; . . . "By. George, I! am not cer
tain but what there , might not be
something In that proposition. Any
how X believe I wtll think over It and
Investigate It. as a matter' of novel
action , In damages." - NOV. wouldn't
that be a peach of .a law suit. If any
lawyer could be obtained I to press It.
Dwelling Partially Rurned. F
The dwelling of- Mr. 3. J. Cooper,
on mutt Washington street, was par
tially burned this morning before the
fire company, succeeded in Quenching
the flames. The roof , was burned off
and i the damage to the furniture by
water was considerable.
was Insured for 12.000
4 m- m,m . ..u
?Mra Coop-
er, who keeps a boarding .-house, was
away from home when the. fire burst
out in the attic. Mr. Cooper waa la
bed sick, rand It ; was . with the great
est difficulty that he could be induced
to leave, the building. . He was so ex
ftm7 ISsB 9miMl.mMiA (a laava1 .
men picked him up and r carried him
across the street to a place of safety
ana comfort. ; , v -1
Mr. C-A. Pike,-who has been stew
ard at a hotel here for some time, ha
gone to Raleigh to accept , a , similar
position. Mr. Barker
er succeeds, Mr.
read. i. 'r,"ri y 7 ?'
Pike.
i ' . Elegant Spread.
The member ' of. the ..Greensboro's
baseball team were given an elegant
spread last night by Mr. Wr F. Clegg.
proprietor or Hotel Clegg. ; The.-oc
caslon waa greatly enjoy deby the
nail players and a few. invited guests.
Ejt-Mayor :. I . J. Brandt
capacity of - toastmaster :
TSAmJIA JmmmAmm.
acted 1nthe
and happy
speeches were made by several around
the .banquet, board.
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MISSIONARY STE.3IER.
Veaeel nod Her Master Are Reported
- -?:.,vi';;r; Lost, -',
' (By the Associated
' Boston Mass. Aug. 24.
th missionary steamer
Press.) V
The .loss of
Hiram Bing
ham and the death of 1 her master.
Captain Alfred C. Walkup. were re
ported In a cablegram if rim : Sydney,
that was received today by the Ameri-,
can board of commissioners for- for
eign mlssiona The cablegram gave
no details of the disaster and did not
say where. or when It occurred.
The Hiram Bingham sailed : from
San Francisco on November; 10. 10S,
and after visiting Honolulu proceeded
to the Gilbert Islands. ISho waa last
heard from on March 25. when : she
was at Ocean Island, one of the Gil-,
pert group. - i
Death of 3Ir. p. T.
pteaunan.. ( '
(Special to News and Observer.)
- Winston-Salem, N. C, Aug. 24. Mr.
D. T. Steaoman, in many, respects a
remarkable man. died at his home.
pear Germantown. last flight 'as a re
sult of a stroke of apoplexy. His age
was 2 years. He -; hail always been
remarkably active and Was out driv
ing yesterday. . J v U t ""..
y Coffee Exchange WIU, Close.
t (By the; Associated Press.) J l:i
. New York. Aug. - 14. The? coffee
exchange here will be closed Saturday,
September 4th. and, Monday, Septem
tth. ;. ..- ::;..'.-..,
' ';;' ' narriaonborg Went Wet. . :J
- (By ;the': -Asoc,Utedl: Press. )'v
:";Roanoke, Vtu, Aug. 24. At a local
option election today.- Harrisonburg.
Va. voted wet by a majDrlty of 11.
anlt COUlo-AOlUialn:jactk!S' ptaceand t ..--is io connect i..:n ci
zmagea agalnxt the members, of lywltmt:f r-vrcr- i - .
bar toxthe, extent. at; least of -the ff Trinity Ci.:;..'. t: J ;,T ,
the , county was being, put ini wa pul u?' R 1 -1W" '.-'r J 1
RIGGSOEE DOES
OT GUGu COURT
lie and James Hunn Sub-
nlit'ThcirrCasca
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Tliere Was No Cliarge Against 'RVgjs-
bee As to Actual- Sale He. Was AI-
leged . to Hare , Been Owner of k the;
PUt-e-CbJef Evidence' Waa
nLnheJ jr Detective rajflcLlJ
.'- ."!.'" -i-'rl f":-i.i ,' i- .
FurwV'j,;
. , (Special, to News and' Observer.).
4 r Durham, ; August. 1 2 1-What ! was
prophesied ; .a ; furious1 legal battle
came quickly : to.'ut jend ' ,thls "af ter'p-;
noon when William; T..'Rlgsbee! and
James Nunn, .charted.! with; Totalling
lager beer; for near beer; entVred a,
no! contendere and' submitted (to 'dnes
of; 1250 In. eachcase.j7; r' V' '.1
The defense had worsted, th 4 Suite,
Fernle Foster the Eiate'a tar witness
evidently having losthis 'nervi;nd
making a better defense testlSsr than
a 'States lie 'has been In Jail .some
deys and not knowing"; what was to
happen to him In therway of pualah
menu he did not assist the State vs
he had done before. ! There waa no
reference to the affidavit -of - Foster
which played such an important part
in .the Rawls cae, "and the tactics,
were entirely different. '
- Chief Evhlence by MayCeld. ;
.The chief 'evidence "in this notable
case was-that furnished by Detective, i
Mayfleld; who said he sent Fernle '
Foster out end asked .him to vffat him
some real beer, : not the abominable .
subterfure.- ' Fernle told him tht he vi
could get It; himself by .going -to the
Man gum street stand and calling for
nothing, lust laying down tho monypi i
He went and bought i,t. Mr. Rlcsbee
and Mr Nurni were there ; and Zlr. . j
Rigsbee'asked Foster what he wanted. '!
Mr. ,Nunn did the selling. : - ;
:Vn--v Analysis. cf .the Xicr. ;l : .,''
There Was no - charge as Inst Mr.-
Rigsbee"as' to actual .sale, . lie was t
alleged to have" been the owr of the
made Unsafely over the coninaerc!
beer alcoholic star.ajrd. One bottla
was 3.a5 and the other 3.t0., He, said
it had every eylderijce of b?la;4he real '
thing, j f- : j " f ni:- '-'
Cross Examination of Detective.
On cross,-exam!natlon of Mayfleld,
Mr. Rramham, representing the de
fendants asked, hlra'. by; whose dlrc-
tlontthe detective came here, He said
the Baldwin Agency had sent him.
A-'rr-
t M
t'-. I' -
i analysis- or - two 'ooiucr cr -i-e t iv.-
down here and the city attorney .had ;
oaid him $ a day and expenses. II " !
was asked if It was his bu l-ess t;
work. up these .eases, and. fcv replied :
that It as. -Questions "wera" asked I
him as'; to whether, he hr. 1 not bej ?! I
instructed to proceed aalr-st Ricbee ;
And the detective r Id not krci'cally. v t
He was saked If he had been-es'ied tOj ;'
omit from his surveillance any pan;,;:
In Durham. lie replied, that . Mr. ; -A
Everett pad told him that It waa un- ' '
derstood 1 that druggists sold concoc- r - ;
tlons like . tonics and liniments which ;
had tod much alcohol in - . thorn, and r
that one, of. the; -druggists waa Mr. - r
Yearby,v 'a police commissioner, that ;:- j
the detective understood that these. ;
men were aware of his being here and :
he did not watch them. ' -; - 1
; : There wa no objection 'upon tha ;
part of the city attorney to-thla. ev1- .;
dence. and nothing waa put up show
ing what was-meant '".It. had Jeen . ;
bit of town talk some dayn,.:' .'; J ; r;
. c."-: Stat Rests . Case, -V' -:
At the conclusion of the charactsr T
witnesses the State announced that U v','
would' rest,? and the defense' decimal , i
to Introduce testimony; If was ap ;
narent . that the-, derencam itigse.
indicted In other cases, bad " hot been, ;
connected with the ownership of the ;
stand. There waa not a little wrang- .
ling among counsel as o the. admission '. :
mr mvtAmfmfm JnArm ... Pvkea deciding '-. !
HI . " v. w . a f:
with tne state generauy.; y-v j V
;; :, V .(; ;vr .1 : Agree' to Fine. ',-''': t i
The attorneys, ' Messrs. Bryant and
Broaden., uramuam ana jorawiey ana .
ex-Mayor .Graham. ".for p the .'defense, ,-jr ' ;
and Messrs, Holton, and Everett re-('jK -;
tired for a short consultation, , ' On m ; '
returning Mr. - Bryant - addressed tha t
court and said that while the defense ?
believed that there had . been no testl-
mony that ? tended to show the guilt .
of Mr. Rigs bee. there might: be found
(Continued on Pag?1 Elgbt.). ,,.a;a
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SEVENTY-NINE NEW
7ASES RE-
; PORTED TWELVE DEATHS
;.;vr-4-;V:,ijc; i hours. .V' .-.-!"';;;'
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!:- f f Bv the Associated Press.)
i'-f,
St. Petersburg. Aug. 24. Thero-
were 29 new cases' of cholera here
nd 12 deaths from the disease during-.
the 24 hours ended at', noon todoy. v
Tmlrt .m.-m nlinlMA -& hVA Vlt .'i
registered at Kolplno.; in ; the -Tsarkoe- ,
M. l.k.J -- -
Selo district.
CHOP
Pnrtv.nn nessanta ."have been' ar -.1
rested at Pakov charged with parti- t .
clpatlon in the present cholera rioting ' :
In that town. ' .' " '.. ' i -t ',; i. ,-,'; .;' -
' Large Dry KUn Burned. S
--'.: -v- f. ' "' .. -; .'-,--, - r"
? Statetvllle, a Xiigi" 24. A" large dry ; 1
kiln with Its contents of lumber was ,.;
totally destroyed by fire i yesterday at ' f
noon at Mr. R. F, Gaither's lumUer v.
plant In the viclalty.of Harmony, The "i.
loss Is; probably from - 22SO to $200.
A cutton . rln and a large amount of s '.
1 nm her 41111 aide - tn kiln WiM mved .
bK-tho hemic work of the number of i
persons who responded t- the alarm .
and used backet , of ,w .n- to relt -','-,
advantage.;
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