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tlBe Cbatbam IRecorb. H. A. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: SI 50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE Splendid Memorial of Martyr GREAT THRONGS PRESENT With Imposing ' Ceremonies the Mag nificent Monument to the Late President McKinley was Dedicated Monday The Imposing Parade Includes United States Troops, State Militia, and Various Patriot ic and Fraternal Organizations Governor Harris Presided at the Exercises and President Roosevelt the Speech of Dedication. Canton, 0., Special. With an ad dress by President Roosevelt in which he paid a glowing and tender tribute to the martyr President the McKinley national monument was dedicated Monday. Governor Harris of Ohio, presided at the exercises, and on the speaker's stand with the President were cabinet members, Su preme Court justices, Senators, Rep resentatives, foreign ambassadors and diplomats and many other distin guished men. Miss Helen McKinley niece of the President unveiled the statue. President Roosevelt arrived Mon day morning and was escorted to the high school for the children's saluta tion, after which he reviewed the pa rade from a stand on the - public square. At the school building all the -public and parochial school children f of the city were massed, and joined in singing "America" and "The Star Spangled Banner." The President , delivered a brief speech to the young sters. The parade was the most imposing j ever seen on the streets of Canton, 1 the marchers including United States ' troops, State militia patriotic organ izations, members of the Grand Army fraternal bodies and several band3. Both union and non-union bands marched in the parade a special or der permitting this having been issu ed by the president of the National Federation of Musicians. After reviewing the parade, the President and other distinguished guests of the city were tendered a luncheon at the auditorium, after whioh they proceeded to the monu ment. An invocation by the Rev. F. M. Bristol of Washington opened the exercises. Associate Justice William R. Day,of the United States Supreme Court, was then introduced by Gov ernor Harris and told briefly of the work of the National McKinley Me morial Association of which he is president. Then came the President's j speech a tender, loving eulogy of (- 1 man who passed away at Buffolo over six years ago, whispering, "God wiiis it so," leaving to his successor ft today the glories and cares of he chief executive of a great nation. Following the President's address be thousands of spectators joined in singing" The Star Spangled Banner," pending up a mighty volume of melo fty that was heard throughout the city Floods in France Worse. ' Montpclier, France, By Cable. The ueavv tains recommenced and tho Jood situation is becoming worse taan heretofore. Between here and ai bonne streams are rapidly rising rnd theraten to overflow the banks A general panic is existing among the residents who fear that evervthina: they possess will be.swept away. . k IB -B&g&rp&c UPsSM,imSm4t fasts t VOL. XXX. PITTSBQRO; CHATHAM 10 Unveiled At Home President James Witcomb Riley recited a poem prepared for the occasion.. Bishop Hortsmann, of Cleveland pronounced the benediction. The McKinley national monument was erected at accost of a half a mil lion of dollars and was paid for by funds gathered from every State and territory of the Union. An addition al $100,000 has also been raised for an endowment fund, from the earnings of which the magnificent marble me morial will be maintained and kept in repair. The masusoleum proper is con structed of pink Milford granite and the interior finished with Knoxville marble. H. Van Buren Magonigle of. New York was the architect. The McKinley National Memorial Association numbers among its hon orary members President Roosevelt ' encircled with a wreath and draped and the Governors of every State and I with the flag of the United States territory of the Union. The trustees The bronze figure, which is 9 feet in charge of the work, nearly all of , high stands on a pedestral 18 feet whom were present at Monday's ex- j f rom the Dase to the feet of the flg ereises, include Vice President Fair-, ure- banks, Justice William R. Day, Secre- Twenty-six acres of ground were tary Cortelyou, Ex-Governor Myroa purchased by the monument commis- T. Herriek, Charles G. Dawes and , Franklin Murphy. Thousands of visitors from all over , Ohio and surrounding States witness- j ed the exercises. Shortly after the 0 McKINLEY MAUSOLEUM. completion of the dedicatory pro gramme the President left for Keo kuk, la., where he will begin his trip down the Mississippi. Description of Mausoleum. The mausoleum stands on an emi nence to which has been given the name of Monument Hill, about two miles due west of the McKinley homu in the city of Canton.- It is not an ornate affair; but its simplicity is re lieved by sufficient artistic embelish ment to make it an object of beauty, as well as one of massive proportion and breadth of design. Four States have contributed , a share of the material which has been used in -the building of the monu ment. The granite used in approaches and the mausoleum proper is form the quarries of Milford, Massachu setts. Tennessee has furnished the grey marble for the interior of the tomb, while the sarcophagi which now hold the bronze casket in which lie the bodies of President and Mrs.. McKinley are of dark green granite from Windsor, Vermont. The base upon which the sarcophagi rest is black granite' from Berlin, Wisconsin. From the first step to the approach Jamestown Officials Resign. Norfolk, Va., Special Authentic reports disclose that a number of heads of departments will resign with Director General Barr of the James town Exposition. John A. Wakefield, chief of concessions, and A. C. Sher wood, chief of admissions, announce their resignations. It is reported that W. M. Dixon, assistant director-general, and S. W. Bowles, director of publicity, have resigned. ? 12)6 cuxsasuBstt at the aetosl top of the gtrnctuzo is 163 fee 6 iodsas; tho masusoleum itself being S3 fee 8 inebes high above the summit of the ound. The top of the dianjeter through which eamea a softened light which adds greatly to the beau ty of the iterior. The mausoleum is 78 feet 9 inches in diameter. In the centre of the floor beneath the dome stands the sarcophagi containing the bodies of the President and Mrs. McKinley; and in niches on the north side of the dome are the caskets containing those of the "two daughters Ida and Mary who died in infancy. High Dorie columns are . placed around the interior in such a manner as to appear half buried in the sides of the building. The floor is of Mo salic, marble .having been brought from many States for the puxpose. Half way down from the top of the 125 granite stejjs that lead up to the main entrance on the south side of the mausoleum stands an heroic bronze figure of President McKinley representing him in the attitude usu ally assumed when speaking his left hand holding'a roll of manuscript and the right hand in trouser pocket. Behind the figure is a bronze chair sion and the utmost art of the land scape gardener has been lavished up- on the grounds. Natural streams flow past the base of the mound, and trees and flower-beds have been ar- 1 ranged with an eye to the greatest artistic beauty. From the entrance to the grounds on the south to thr foot of the mound is 590 feet and along this distance a double driveway 175 feet in width has been construct ed. Between the two sides of the driveway is a lagoon which is con stantly filled with fresh water. Long rows of trees flank the lagoon and the driveways. The mausoleum and grounds have been built and arranged at a cost of $500,000 and it is the intention of the commission to raise an endow ment fund of $150,000 which will pre clude the charging of a fee for ad mission. , At the next meeting of the mau soleum trustees, custodians will be chosen and it the intention to ask for the indefinite detail of soldiers of the regular army to guard the tomb. The architect was H. Van Buren Magonigle of - New York and design er of the bronze figure standing be fore the mausoleum, was Charles Henry Niehaus. To Colonize Negroes. Atlanta, Ga., Special. A special to The Journal from Birmingham, Ala., says: Governor B. B. Comer has sold his great plantation in Bar ber and Bullock counties, consisting of 18,000 acres, to Internal Revenue Collector Thompson, of the Alabama district for $162,000, who, it is un derstood, is acting for Booker T. Washington. It is said to V Wash ington 's itnention to establish colon ies of negroes on the land, nearly all of which is under high state o'f culti vation, the improvements alone ba ing valued' at $50,000. Fayetteville Gets Bryan. Fayetteville, Special. W. J. Bry- ! an has accepted an invitation to be here on the 15th of October and will be the guest of Maj. E. J. Hale, edi tor of The Fayetteville Observer. He will make two speeches that day, one public address and the other for the benefit of the Women's Cjvjc Im provement jpcoiety. mi COUNTY. N. C, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. SPOKE Jl MEMPHIS President Roosevelt Receive a Cordial Welcome HEARD BY IMMENSE CROWDS With Bands Playing Plags Waving and Torrents of Rain Falling the People of the Tennessee City Give the Chief Executive the Most Cor dial Greeting He Has Received on His Journey to. the Canebrakes. Memphis, Tenn., Special. With bands playing, children singing and enthusiastic men" shouting the slogan of deep waterways, Memphis threw wide her gates Friday afternoon to President Roosevelt, a score of Gov ernors and many other distinguished personages in the Mississippi valley. The President arrived on the United States steamer Mississippi shortly after 10 o'clock. The bluffs overlooking the river were packed with people, who gave the Chief Exe cutive a warm welcome. As the steamer landed the whistles of all eraft in the harbor were sounded. When all had landed, the President was conducted to a carriage by Gov ernor Patterson, of Tennessee, and Mayor Malone, of Memphis, and the most imposing parade ever given here was begun. The President was con tinuously cheered - throughout the march. The city was a waving mass of color, not only along the line of parade, but on many other streets as well. When the President's carriage turned into Main street he was sa luted by a regiment of Confederate veterans, who thereafter acted as a body guard. The President rose and warmly greeted the warrors of a half century ago. Rain Mars Programme. Despite a lively downpour of rain which lasted until noon, the streetj were jammed with citizens and ,visi tors. In Second 6treet 200 school children, seated on a decorated arch, sang patroitoc airs as the President passed. The President rose in his carriage and bowed repeatedly to the little ones. Arriving at the auditorium rink, where the deep waterways conven tion is holding, President Roosevelt alighted, chatted with several friends and ascended the platform. The huge structure filled up rapidly, tod when Governor 1 atterson, rose to present the I'ras'c'oii an immense hs scuibhice greeted him. President Roosevelt departed frou his piinted speech in several ihs win ces. Speaking cf the . Confederal guard of honor, he said it was a tousl ing sight to see these old Confeder ate soldiers carrying the flag of tills great Union. If any one wanted to know how they v uld fight for Lh: t flag, kt him sizk the boys in blue itsvr the boys in grey fought against it. He said, with emphasis, that he tv.13 a much the Piesident of the South as Hie President oi the North, and was devoted to the South 's interests. He said he was a half Southerner; and when he told of two or three of his uncle- having wore the grey, i?e was tremendously applauded. Speaking of the deep water channel from the Gaif to the Lakes, the Presi. dent said he favored rapid improve ments of the" Mississippi riven "Like Davy Crocket, the great Ten nessean," he said, "I favor his motto 'Be Sure Your Are Right, Then Go Ahead,' and this deep water problem is almost. to the 'go ahead' stage, but we want to be sure about it." Canal Doing Well. The Panama canal," he said, was getting on well, "and the reason it is getting on so well is because we did not allow ourselves to go off half cocked." - . When the canal has been complet ed, he said, this nation would not ask other, governments "kindly not to bother the canal; that we would pro tect it. "We must have a larger and highly efficient navy to patrol our coasts, not only the Atlantic, but on the Pacific," he said. He urged - the people to disregard party lines in all purely national af fairs. When the President closed his ad dress he was driven rapidly to his train at the Missouri Pacific station, whence he departed at 5 o'clock for Lake Providence, La., for a hunting trip. The President's speech was on the same lines as those he has made at other western points, and wTas atten tively llistened to by the immense crowd. News is Brief. Fourteen persons, among them one white, were drowned by the upset ting of a boat in Alabama. President Roosevelt announced that he would approve the Oklahoma Constitution. The unnamed new 20,000-ton bat tleship is to be called the North De kota. Floods caused great loss of life and damage in Spain and muc damage in France, ' 4 HORRIBLE DEATHS The Victims Literally Cooked Alive. 30 OTHERS SERIOUSLY INJURED. By the Upsetting of a Metal Pot in a . Pennsylvania Steel Plant Four are Killed Outright and Thirty Will Die. Butler, Pa., Special. An explosiou caused by the upsetting of the metal pot in the No. 1 cupola of the Stand ard Steel Company here late Satur day caused the death of four men, fa tally injuring 20, and seriously injur ing 10 others. Nearly all of the men were foreigners. The large wheel plant, 150 by 100 feet, was demolished, causing a loss estimated at $100,000. The dead are: Nick Dorna, Nicholas Blotar. John Vereck, Unknown man. The condition of the 30 men injur ed is pitiable. Although still alive the features of a majority are mutilat ed beyound recognition. The hot metal was showered , over them, caus ing horrible injuries. Arms, fingers and ears were town, while a number of men had their eyes burned out. Several men are in the hospital with their legs burned to a crisp. At mid night the physicians attending the injured said that at least 20 of the men would die. The explosion was caused by the up setting of a metal pot in the cupola, which contained 5,000 pounds of mol ten metal ready for. casting. A span in the pot broke, alowing the liquid iron to spill over the wet sand. An explosion followed so quickly that none of the workmen in the building had a chance to escape. Streams of the burning metal poured out on the workmen who were literally cooked. Twenty men near the cupola had everv shred of clothing blown off by the force of the explosion. Many were buried under the wreckage and were not rescued for an hour after the catastrophe. When the flames shot from the burning car works fully 10,000 people rushed to the scene blocking streets and interfer ing with fire companies and ambulan ces. Through lack of room many of the injured were compeled to lie for an hour on cots in street cars befpre it was possible to take them to the hospital a mile and a half away. Members of the fire department and citzens assisted in caring for the men who were totaly naked and suffering itensely with the cold. The Rowlands Acquitted. Raleigh, N. C, Special. The trial of Dr. and Mrs. Rowland for the mur der -of engineer Strange, closed on Saturday night after one of the hard est fought legal contests in the his tory of the State's criminal prosecu tions. The work of counsel for both the State and the defense was par ticularly able. The trial closed on Saturday night and after the judge's charge the case went to the jury. Sunday morning a verdict of com plete acquittal was reached and the prisoners were dismissed. They re 1 ceived the cordial congratulations of their friends. Dr. H. T. Inge Buys Shreveport Fran chise. Mobile, Ala., Special. Dn H. T. Inge, president of the local baseball organization holding the Cotton States League franchise, anounced the pur chase of the Shreveport Southern League- franchise conditional on be ing able to get out of the Cotton States League next season. Dr. Inge appears to think there will be no trouble about this. Cannot Pay Immigrant's Fare. New Orleans, Special. Louisiana cannot legally pay the fare of immi grants to this country, according to a ruling received from the immigra tion bureau. The decision was render ed in the test case of Geronimo Gar cia, whose fare the State paid from Cuba. - The grounds of the ruling have not yet been received. Engineer Killed in Wreck. Rocky Mount, Special. Passenger train No. 82, ran into a shifting en gine Sunday morning on the outskirts of South Rocky Mount at 2:20 o'clock ancl Engineer George Boney, on the passenger train was killed instantly. His fireman was badly injured. The train crew on the shifter jumped. Both engines were demolished and the mail coach was broken into shreds. Five mail .clerks were slightly wound ed. The baggaj e .and one passenger car were demolished. No passengers were injured. - - Rev. Dr. A, H. Moment Dead. Raleigh, N. .C, Spscial.Rev. Alf red H. Moment, D. D., pastor of ths First Presbyterian churchy died Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock of ty phoid fever. Dr. Moment was a na tive of Canada. He was born in 1S32 He was a graduate of Princeton prior to coming to Raleigh was pastor-of churches in New Yoik and Brooklyn. The funeral was held Sunday and (lie burial was in Oakwood cemetery. 1907. NO. 9. $ TAK HEEL , TOPICS Items Gathered From All Cotton Men Visit Charlotte. . Charlotte, Special. The party . of prominent foreign and Northern spin- ners who are touring the South spent ! a few hours here Saturday. j bath Union will be held in Charlotte The . party was composed of the beginning on November 20 and con following named eminent spinners ' tinning for two days. Rey. -R F. f . . . . Campbell, D. D., pastor of the First from various foreign countries. j presbyterian church of Asheville is From England: Richard J. Allen, president of he association and Rev. Thomas Ashtoh, Albert Ashworth, ' W. H. McMaster is the Field secre- Stanley Ashworth,, Mr. Banks, H. P. Bannerman, Edwin Barlow, J. R. Bar low, P. R. Barlow, R. H. Perry, George Buckley, Charles A. Byrom, T. 1 Union "is entirely in the interest of H, Chadwick, Walter Chadwick, Sam-! Sabbath observance and it is making uel Clough, Thomas Cbates, Frank ! commendable progress in many Dietens, Wi.liam Dod, Job Emery.l & ,. T. H. Forgan, Oscar Griffiths, T. H. J held in Greensboro early-in Novem Haggas, Thomas Hallam, R. Holden, ' ber for the purpose of fixing some ;.. William Howarth, H. O. Hutchinson, place as headquarters of the State William Hutchinson, R. H. Jackson, Association, (2) of taking steps look- " lT7. T , - ' , . T I mg toward making the work self- sup- W. H. Kilhck, E. Latimer, James porting and (3) Jf establishing a de Lawrence, J. O. Lees, J. Lonsdale, pository of Sabbath literature, etc. Jr., J. L. Lord, H. W. Macalister, C. W. Macara, W. C. Macara, Miss Mac ara and Miss A. Macara, G. R. Mars den, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McConnel, S. H. Milnes, W. C. Nation, G. B. Newton, Samuel Newton, W. J, Pear- son, James Prestwick, Aro Schmidt, . F. R, Sewell, C. R. Shaw, John Shaw, John Semthurst, John Smith, Ran-j dolph Smith, Ernest Stott, Harry Stott, J. B. and Miss Tattersall, J. M. 1 nomas, lieorge VYhitenead, nenaei Wbittaker. 1 Arthur Arnold From Germany : Moritz Brugelmann, Herman Burk- dash for liberty, riming out of the hardt, Mr. and Xs. C. Clauss, Erich passenger coach with the officer in Fabarius Max Gcll, J. B. Haeffelc, hot pursuit. . The deputy sheriff over Berthold Kahn, Herman Laurenz, 1 took" his prisoner along side the train Moritz Schanz, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. when the negro made a determined Schmidt, Felix Schwartz, L. Steineg-' resistance. The officer drew bis pis ger, Jr. ; Willi Supf, Adolf Waibel. j tol during the scuffle and according to From Austria: Mr. and Mrs. O. An- f an eye witness King caught the of ninger, Herman Broch, Karl Fishcher ' fleer 's arm and attempted to wrench von See, E. Frieser, J. G. Haebler, 'the weapon from Mr. Case's grasp. Franz Knappe, Sr., Arthur Kuffler, At that instant the pistol fired and Robert Mitscherlich,Hugo Moller, Mr. : King, fell dead at the' officer's feet, and Mrs. A. Raudnitz, Mr. Riecken, C. King was a bad negro. He had served Schindler-Doer, Felix Wolf. 'a term in the penitentiary and had From France: Poul Ancel-Seitz, G. just completed a term on the roads Duvillier-Motte, A. Jremaux, Camilie Lion, Mr. and Mrs. A. Mabire, Fer- nand Motte, R. Nicholle, Albert Pin gle. From Belgium: Albert Buysee,Mar-' eel Buysee, Adolph Hebbelynonck, Greensboro, Special. It was offi Carlos de Hemptinne, O. Vanderhaeg- cially announced by the president of hen. " , the Greensboro Alumni Association From Italy : Piero Bogni, Dr. Tullio of the University of North Carolina, Fosti, A. Sutermeister, Ettore Val- Dr. J. E. Brooks that the date for the lessi. ! celebration of University Day, which' From Portugal: H. R. Taveriera, Henry ' Thurmann. The editor of The Manufacturers Record comments tersely on the sig- nificance of the tour in the following language : the two weeks' trip in the South will be for the foreign spinners. It will give them only an inkling of that sec- tion's wonderful capacity for manu- facturing cotton. There will not be lacking for them evidence of what the South has already accomplished in textiles, but to acquaint themselves with the many opportunities still awaiting the manufacture they should after they have made their swing around the circle, return to the South study carefully some of the represen- tative mills there and investigate some of the great water-powers vow under development, the coal resources and other elements entering into success in cotton" manufacturing. Their knowledge unless thev visit other cit- ies than those included in their itiner- ary. For that the best arrangements possible in tf- time allowed were made,, but othft cities would be well worth a visit." Matters to Receive Attention. Particular attention will be made marketing the South's crop and sug- gest and advise ways and means by which improvement can be made along these lines. Besides being, visitors themselves, the tour is bound to result advantageously for the manufacturers and cotton-pro- ducers in the South. Negro Drowns in Bight Inches of Water. i Wilmington, Special. Seated n a small bridge- over a running branch in the eastern pft of the city where he was engaged in washing some bottles George Ch avers a middle aged negro fell into not more than eight inches of . water and was frowned before help could reach him7 He was found some hours later with his face buried in the mud and water.- The- negro was an epileptic and it is supposed that he fell in a fit. The corner was sum moned to review the - extraordinary . occurrence but he deemed an inquest unnecessary, IJorth State Items. -, Apples on the Mount Airy market are no longer sold by the bushel but by weight 50 pounds, . counting for one bushel of winter apples and 43 pounds for a bushel of the summer varieties. - The railroads have paid State taxes into the Treasury as follows: ' Southern $33,580; Atlantic Coast Line, $69,292; Norfolk & Southern, 11,132; Seaboard Air Line, $30,396. Zbe Cbatbam TRecorfr . RATES OF ADVERTISING; One Square, one Insertion $1.00 One Square, two insertions.... u.5 One Square, one month........ a. 09 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. Sections of the State f To Be Held In Charlotte. Charlotte, Special. The second an nual convention of the North Caro lina Sabbath Association which is thfl State branch of the American Sab- tary. The programme of the conven tion is being arranged and prominent speakers have already bee secured. ' The work of the American Sabbath Desperate Man Killed. Asheville, Special. Deputy Sheriff Pink Case of Hendersonville who Sunday night on a local train of the Southern jshot and killed Clingman King a negro was exonerated by the coroner's iurv here last week. The shooting occurred just prior to the departure of the Hendersonville train The deputy sheriff had come here for the negro a desperate character who was wanted in Hendersonville for housebreaking. The officer had his man on the train when Kinc made a of Buncombe county. About forty people from Hendersonville come in to attend the coroner's investigation Will Celebrate October 22d. is October 12th, has been changed for this year and will be held on Tues- day, October 22d. University Day is celebrated over the State and other States where there is an alumni asso- eiation on October . 12th, jjut the tion in Greensboro was made neces- sary by the fact that this date falN on Saturday and immediately pre- ceding the opening of the "Centra! Carolina Fair in this place. . Linemen cn Live Wire, Gastonia, Special. Vernon .Fogle, a lineman of the Piedmont Telephone Company, had a narrow escape from death when he, while at work on a crossbeam on a telephone pole in this place, came in contact with a live wire of - the city lighting system. The line carried 23,000 volts, but the full charge , did not affect him. He was strapped to the pole, this preventing him from falling to the ground. H was rendered unconscious and for a time was in a bad shape, but he .13 better and is expected to recover, Strane-o to sav, his bodv was not burned to any extent. Mr. Fogle i? about 20 3-ears of age. i Murphy's Succescr Choren. meeting of the board of directors at Morganton Dr. John MeCampbeil wae elected superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane to succeed Dr. P. L. Murphy the noted alieist, died 10 days ago. Dr. McCamn bell was first assistant phvsician ol the institution. To Have New Building. Raleigh, Special. It is learned that the management of Rex Hospit al here has decided to begin work on a -new building early next spring. The cost will approximate $75,000, of which $30,000 is in hand. The hos pital was established in 1884 and the main building is what used to be the town house of Governor Manlcy, one of the oldest places in the city. Tbl is to be moved to the rear of tin spacious grounds and will be used dur. ing the construction of the new build' ing. Tried to End His Existence. High Point, Special. A young white man by the name of White at tempted 6uicide here by swallowing a bottle of laudanum. He had been drinking and it is thought that this was resposible for his rash act. Dr. W. J. McAnally was called in and, with the use of stomach pump and antidotes, pulled the fellow around all right. Whitt was employed at the Kearns Fruniture Company, .r..-f I J :.'
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