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BULLETIN VOL.11. ASHE BO RO. N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 0, 1906. NO. 10 THE RAHDOL G0ND1TI0NS ARE SERIOUS Russian Affairs Grow More Complicated With Every Passing Day LABOR TROUBLES ADDED Flans of Revolutionists Miscarry. Meeting at Sveaborg Collapsed. Sit uation Greatly Changed. Order for General Strike Probably be Counter ! niandd Baltic Squadron not in ! Hands of Mutineers T-mnnmr t. 1 ders Court Marshall for Those Im plicated in Meeting at Fortress of Sveaborg Other Mutnies. t i t. 11 . ! London, By Cable A dispatch from unglors says that serious conflicts hi tween Communal police and the So cialist Ked Guards occurred. Warsaw, By Cable. General Mark rallsky, chief of the Warsaw Gen da ims, was shot and killed. St. Petersburg, By Cable. A col lapse of the mutinw at Sveaborg, coupled with a breakdown of the plans of the Revolutionists to secure possession of the Baltic Squadron and provoke an immediate rising of Cron ctadt. greatly changes the situation. fhe -, of the government ofti tials have risen and those of the Rev olutionists are correspondingly depres sed. Arrangements for ordering gen eral strike Saturday may be counter ma tided. The strike in Finland is already a failure. The latest reports show that all rumors that tiie Baltic squadron was in the hands of mutineers were Captains Kriuitzki and Patou and En untrue. When the mutineers ho were sign MultzelT. led by the agitators from the shore Big Strike On. and who believed that the squadron St. Petersburg, By Cable. St. Pet was coming to their rescue found that hope m that direction was crushed, lisseiitions broke out among them and they turned their guns upon each other. Those who had determined to die rather than surrender fired into the ranks of their more faint hearted comrades who hoisted the white flag. Number Dead and Wounded. During the night the mutinous sail ors, soldiers and sappers and miners seized Fort Constantine at Constradt hut were subsequently dislodged and compelled to surrender, after heavy fighting with the loyal regiments. A hundred were killed and many n n..AnA ;...,). .i;., a ,i...;.oi T,,ni-; wisheff. Some mutineers succeeded . in boarding a steamer and escaping to Finland. edRtroops iD-mh o-S. f Ta- K CMF Mutiny at Constadt. The wildest rumors are in circula tion, one of which is to the effect that the mutiny has broke out at Constadt has caused the utmost alarm, which has been increased by the faet that telephone communication with Cron stadt again is interrupted. It is asserted that four mutinous warships have arrived at Cronstadt and that the guns of that fortress have been trained on them, but that the fire has not yet been opened. Mutineers Surrender. An official telegram from Helsing fors announces that all the mutineers of the Fortress of Sveaboarg surren dered and that by order of the Emper- or, court martials have been instituted for the trial of the men implicated. The prisoners are being landed in batches guared by loyal troops. They are sullen and seem to have little bought of the punishment, "which awaits them. I Neff Guilty of Grand Larnceny. Warsaw, N. Y Special. The jury - in tne case oi -un ... .eu, loruier county auditor of Erie county, in- dieted for grand larceny in the first degree in connection with the Old North Street Cemetery deal in Buf- fiJo returned a verdict of guilty. The specific charges on which Neff was tried was the stealing of $7,500 from Erie county on October 1. ! . v - T . 1 r "V . It J Condition of Cotton. Washington, Special. The crop estimating board of the Department nual convention of the Commercial of Agriculture, finds the average con- aw League of America adjourned ,. T , n- oon Thursday afternoon after electing dition of cotton July 2d, 82.9 com- the following officers: President, H. G pared with 74.9 last year and 91.6 y Dinkelspiel, San Francisco; first in 1904 and the ten year average of vice president, Edgar F. Brown, Sy- 82 By States, Virginia, 83; North racuse, N. Y.; second vice president, Carolina, 75; South Carolina, 72; George M. Napier, Atlanta ; third vice . . -3 to . , president, Henry Deutch, Minneapo- Georgia, 74; Florida, 72; Alabama, treasurer w q Hart( New 0r- 83; Mississippi, 88; Louisiana, 83; leans; recording secretary, W. F. Car Texas, 86; Arkansas, 89; Tennessee, roll, New York. Members of execu- 88; Missouri 9o; Oklahoma, 92; In- dian Territory, 85. At Negro Conference Washington, Special. The sessions of the Negro Young People's Chris tian and Educational Conference given mainly to the reading of papers. A vote of thanks was accorded Rev. S. S. Lawton of Orange, South Carolina, who in a o i it i aumc3a umih.-i n. . - i ..:,. .1 l ,.,i,. . 1 1 i.l 1 1 1 m giving up of the race question, follow- in" the whites and paying more atten- tion to following the nag. Train Kills Aged Fanner. o . T Hagerstown, ma., Dc.a..-u. Drury, aged seventy-nve years ,a r.rominent farmer, was run over and Uilleil bv a Western Marvlaod pas - r-i.,n q; enrer tram ai vuni sen0ei j the Potomac Valley division. He was walking on the track, in a cut, to the station to take the train which struck liiin. Both Drury 's feet were cut off and the back of his head was erushed. lie was partly deaf. - Crew of Ship Mutinied. Startling news reached here to the effect that the crew of the armored cruiser Pamyate Azova mutinied off the Esthonion Coast and are now in full possession of the ship, which sailed no th ward in the direction or the Finish Gulf The Captain Killed. St. Petersburg, By Cable It is stat ed that the captain and four other offi cers of the armoured cruiser Pamyate .ti-zova were killed by the mutineers who took possession of the warship. It is rumored that the Emepror and l"c iMiuaiai lauiiiY nave Peterhof to Barskoe-Selop. the imperial family have flud from Immediate Strike Ordered. London, By Cable. A dispatch from St. Peterburg says that an extra ordinary conference of all revolution ary bodies decided on an immediate general strike, the exact date and hour to be settled at the meeting soon, and in the meantime railwavs and fac tories have been ordered to prepare tor future events. Fonr Officers Killed. The Associated Press is officially informed that only four officers were killed and four wounded at Cronstadt. No figures regarding the losses in rank and file are given. Those Injured and Dead. An official statement of the Con stradt mutiny gives the following list of officers killed and wounded : "Naval captains Rodioneff, Dogro welsky, Sehomoff, Stayanowsky ; wounded. Rear Admiral Beelemschuff, ersburg is iu darkness. The employes ot the electric lighting plants, al- ways the earliest barometric record on political conditions, ceased work in obedience to the call for a general strike. This call already has been obeyed by 2,000 factory hands in the capital. Says Dead Reach Thousands. Helsingfors, By Cable. A soldier who came from the Sveaborg fortress during the day said the casualties from the fighting of Wednesday would be shown to number ninny more than 500, expressing the opin ion' that the totals would run into the thousands. The garrison consisted ' Cheatham is Censured. Atlanta, Ga., Special The commit tee of five to which wus cominited the investigation of the charges brought by State Representative An derson against certain officers of the Southern Cotton Association, met here, after concluding the taking of testimony. The meeting to consider the evidence and formulate the re port to President Jordan, was held bejiind closed doors. The report was completed and sent to President Jor dan, and is to be forwarded by him to the executive committee of the as sociation for final action at the meet ing, which is to be held at Ijot Springs September 6. With reference to Mr. Cheatham the report says: Mr. Cheatham having admitted to your committee such dealings in the names of himself and for Michael O 'Grady and P. A. Lee, such action on his part while an officer o fthis association meets with our strong est disapproval and condemnation, "The A. P." Boy Injured in MilL Jonesville, Special William Briggs a ab(mt n oU anJ an A. . , eratlve m the yarn -department of JonesvUle Manufacturing Company was caught in the machinery in the rom and fatally injured. Dr. W. G. Southard, attending physician stated that he entertained no hope fr recovery. Commercial Law League. Asnevuie, special. lae lzth an- tive committee: E. P. Allen, Minne apolis, and A. V. Cannon, Cleveland. Bound Over For Peonage.. Pensacola, Fla., Special. An in vestigation of the alleged peonage at the Jackson Lumber Company's camp at Lockhart, Ala., by the United States commissioner was held and re sulted in three men being held to the Lmted States Court trial under iicavy lmjuu. 1 in v it i e jvouci l iaiia I, ,. i . i rm t i . i i gher, superintendent; W. N. Grace and Osear S. Sanders, employes of the company. I Insurrection Collapses. St. Petersburg, By Cable. An offi- cial telegram from 'Helsingfors an nounces that all the mutineers of the fortress of Sveaborg have surreuder- - , ed and that by order of the Emperor ' court martials are being instituted , . , . . . - , i for the trial of the men implicate'!. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany announced a reduction of the one-way passenger rates to 2 1-2 cents a mile and will issue transferal 1 mileage tickets at a flat rate of $20. ! KILLED ON WEEDING DAY Bridegroom of an Hour Slain at Bes semer City. Bessi mer City, Special." William Brown, a traveling loom-hxer, was shot to death here by John Y. Kin. .aid, night engineer at the Vermont Cotton Mills. The killing took place it 8 o'clock, just one hour after the lead man had become a bridegroom. Immediately suffer shooting Brown, Ivincaid broke his pistol, threw out ihe empty cartridges, handed the weapon to an officer and surrendered. Before the mayor of the town he waived examination and was sent to jail at Dallas without bail. The tra gedy has excited this prosperous lit tle town from one end to the other. The cause of the killing was fhe seduction under promise of marriage .y Brown of Kineaid's sisier. When Brown was married to another woman Siiicaid went to the station and shot bini as abov staled. SERIOUS AUTOMOBILE DENT. ACCI- Mr. Eugene Cannon of Concord, Strikes Iron Eridge at Tearful Speed and is Probably Fatally Hurt. Concord. Sneeial Eugene Cannon he IS year old son of Mr. J. W. Can ion, while riding at, probably 50 miles 111 hour, on the night of July 30th, .rashed into the iron linage near the ,leiot at Concord and received in juries from which lie has remained uu- .,w k ins condition is reuaru- "d as most critical. The scull is frac tured and expert physicians from Bal timore and New York with the local medio. men are "ivuiir lam every at tention. Mr. Cannon was manager of the Franklin Cotton Mill, a late purchase bv Mr. J. W. Cannon and Sous. A lady who was with Mr. Cannon in the automobile ha. I a leg broken and was bruised severely. The ma chine was demolished. South Carolina Supers. Columbia, S. C, Special Accord ing to figures compiled by Secretary B. F. Taylor, of the South Carolina branch of the Intcr-Stafe Col ton Seed Crusher' Association this State has suffered more than any other in its cotton crop. The falling off is 21 per cent, as compared with last year. Mr. Taylor's conclusions are reached from detailed reports he has received from all the Southern States. All show in creases except Geortria, North Caro lina and South Carolina. The Geor gia decrease is 16 per cent, and the North Carolina 11 per cent. These States show increase: Arkansas 29, Mississippi 28, Louisiana 53, Indian Territory 24, Oklahoma 14, Texas 10. President Smith of the cotton associa- tion says the crop in this State this year will be the smallest in ten years. Fred Scarborough Drowned. Mullins, Special. While in bathing at Red Bluff, Fred Scarborough. nephew of ex-Congressman Scarbor ough, was drowned. It seems that a picnic was in progress, and several of the young men went in swimming. Fred, who was but a moderate swim mer, was warned not to go too far out or too near the current, which is quite strong at that point, but he paid n attention to the warning and was soon struggling in the water eall i"7 for lelp. Several went to his as sistance, and Percy Bryant secured a boat and got within about six or eisrht feet of him when the boat cap sized and he was unable to rescue him. For Passing Counterfeit. Sumter. Special. Frank P. P.uff- mgton, a shrewd white man Jrom Iowa, was tried before Recorder Hurst for passing counterfeit money. Tie was bound over for trial at the high er court. In default ot .$1,000 bond he was committed to jail. He passed a $5 counterfeit on a colored merchant getting $4.90 in good money after purchasing 10 cents worth of lemons. Missing Negro's Body Found. Fat rick, hpeciaf. Joe Brown, a negro who has been missing from his home here for two weeks, was found at Steer Pen Spring, about live miles from Patrick, by Jack Donahue, a white man who was passing through that section. The negro's body was in such a decomposed condition as to Tender identification almost impos sible except by clothmsr and shoes- nothing remaining from the assaults of the buzzards except bones and clothes. So far an inquest has not been held. No one knows what cous- ed his death. Anderson County Fair. Anderson, Special. Mr. W. E. Eai'?,. secretary of the county fair association is busy getting everything in shape for the annual fair to be held in the early part of October. Liberal premiums have been offered for the different departments, a com plete list of which may be had from the secretary. The merchants of the city have given the enterprise their hearty assistance by contributions. Governor Ileywardd will have a number of petitions for pardon to submit to the consideration of the pardon board when it meets Wednes day. An appeal for executive clem ency was received from Cherokee county. Maj. Jno. F. Jones of Blaeksburg has urged Governor Hey ward to save Ed. Raiuey from the gallows. Rainey was convicted of an assault upon a negro girl. As an ex tenuating circumstance it is pleaded that the character of the girl was not above reproach. MAKE FINE SHOWING Progress of Southern Bar.ks During Past Year LEAD THE ENTIRE COUNTRY With Exception of Middle Western States, South Led All Sections o Union in Establishment of National Banks During Period Prom 1800 to 1905 and Forthcoming Report of Treasury Department for Past Year is Expected to Give This Sec tion Another Fine Showing. ...... .. . Washington, Special.- The Depart ment of Commerce and Labor has re ceived a report of the cotton spin ners' and manufacturers' meeting that was held ill Bremen, June 25th. This convention discussed conditions of the cotton industry, special con sideration having been given the growth of cotton in this country, methods of baling, cost of transpor tation, etc. This report will be of special interest at this time, inasmuch as the two agents, Messrs. Yv'hittam and Clarke, recently appointed by Secretary Metealf to go abroad and investigate markets for American cotton goods, are now m aslumrton receiving instructions m their work preparatory to taking up their duties in foreign lands. At the Bremen meeting there were present a large number of delegates and representatives from 12 different countries. Many carefully prepared reports and papers were read upon a variety of technical ami commercial subjects. The question of cotton sup ply, cotton statistics, cotton growing, moist cotton, etc., were thoroughly discussed. The forthcoming annual leport of the Secretary of the Treasury is ex pected to show that many national banks have been established through out the South generally during the lin eal vear that ended June 30, 190(5. The industrial development of the South has caused many corporations wanting to do a banking business to secure commissions during the last few years, and it is expected that when the showing for the year just ended is made it will be a good one. The report will also show what banks have been made government deposi tories since the last fiscal year ended. From March 14, 1900, to September 30, 1901, there were organized m t he Southern Stages a total of (Ul nation al banks, employing a capital of $3(5,- 801,500. These were: The States of Virginia, which organized 51 banks with a capital of $2,570,000; West Virginia, 49 banks and $-J.005,000 capital; North Carolina, 22 banks with $960,000 capital; South Carolina ten banks with $910,000 capital; Georgia, 40 banks with $2,143,000 capital: Florida, 21 banks with $1,- 550,000 capital; Alabama, 45 banks with $2,252,500 capital ; Mississippi, 15 banks with $1,455,000 capital ;Lou- isiana, 23 banks with $2,685,000 cap ital; Texas, 238 banks with $12,565. 000 capital; Arkansas, 23 banks with $1,450,000; Kentucky, 57 banks with $4,020,000 capital; Tennessee, 2 banks with a capital of $1,G30,000 The total for all Southern States was only exceeded by the total for the Middle estern States, which reach- ed the enormous figure of $49,051,- 000. These States were Ohio, Indi ana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. During the period that the South ern States organized 671 banks with a total capital of $30,801 ,."00, the New England States, consisting of Maine, New Hamshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Conneticut, had a total of only -'5- banks and a total capital of .fo,l.S5, 000; the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Deleware, Maryland and the District of Colum bia organized 445 banks with a capi tal of $35,361,500; the States of North Deketa, South Dakota, Nebras ka, Kansas, Montana, Wyoming. Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and the Indian Territory organized 578 banks with a total capital of $19,050,000. In Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Nevada. Arizona and Indian Territory the total number of national banks or ganized was 140 and the total capi tal was $10,822,800. The fact that from 1900 to 1005 the Southern States led every other part of the United States with the exception of the Middle Western States is an excellent indication of South. Homicide Bee at Texas Election. . . Cold Springs, Texas, Special. In an election fight here, E. B. Adams, Democratic nominee for tax assessor, was instantly killed, Sam Adams, his brother, was shot in the head, and it is believed fatally wounded, W. Y. Robertson was badly wounded and G. W. Williamson wounded, but not dangerously. Williamson, it is alle: ed, did most of the shooting. Epidemic of Burglaries. Asheville, Special. It leaked out here that three burglaries were com mitted iu Asheville Thursday night and that the combined offorts of the police of the city to find a clue to any of the burgalaries were futile. The police sought to keep the burglaries quiet, thinking that they could more easily get a line on the guilty parties. It is admitted by the police that the burglaries were committed in differ ent portions of the city and at short intervals apart. 300 LIVES ARE LOST Emigrant Vessel Hits Reef and Goes to Bottom A FRIGHTFUL PAN.C FOLLOWS Italian Vessel Sirio, From Geona via Spanish Ports for South America, Meets Disaster Whls Threading Difficult Passage Through Ho f mi gas Islands and Goes Down, Speed ily, Stern First, Amid Terriific Scene of Panic. Cartagena, Spain, By Cable A ter ible marine disaster occurred Sun day evening off Cape Palos. The Italian steamship Sirio, from Genoa for Barcelona, Cadiz, Montevideo and Buenos Ayres with about 800 persons on board, was wrecked oil llorniigas Island. Three hundred emigrants, most of them Italians and Spaniards, were drowned. The captain of the steamer com mitted suicide. The Bishop of Sao Pablo, Brazil, ilso wa.-, lost and it is reported th.".t a uot her bitLop is among the mis-ung. The remainder of the pa.s-.eng ms and the otlieers and crew got away in the ship's boats or were rescued by means of boats sent to them from le shore. A number of fishermen who made attempts to rescue were drowned. These rescue.! from the vessel are now at Cape Palos in a pitable con dition. In ;n-- without food or clothing. The Sirio struck a rocky reef known as P.ajos llormigas and sank soon after, stein first, llormigas Is land lies about two and a half miles to the eastward of Cape Palos. The Sirio was owned by the Navl- gazione Italiuna, of Genoa. Before he committed suicide the captain declared the steamer had 04; passengers on board and the crew numbered 12 men. The Sirio had 171 passengers when leaving Genoa, but additional Spanish passengers were taken on board at Barcelonia, where the vessel touched a few hours before the disaster. Will Pay For Looting. Governor Swanson and Adjutant General Anderson of Virginia have written J. A. Spence, merchant here and manager Wright of the Union News Stand at the Releigh Union Sta tion that steps will be taken at once to remunerate them for the large quantities of fruits and other adibles that were taken from their places of business last Friday by the Virginia troops while the train that was con veying them to Chicamauga was in the Union depot, the men having ,it is alleged, helped themselves to large quantities of fruits, saundwiches and other articles on display without offer ing to pay fer them. Col. Vaughan of the 71st Regiment has been directed by the Governor and Adjutant General of Virginia to make a thorough inves tigation and report to them as soon as this is done. The two Releigh mer chants will be compensated for their losses. Randleman Bank Prospers. Randleman, Special. The directors of the Bank of Randleman held their annual meeting and declared the us ual six per cent, dividend. The bus- ness of this bank has steadily in creased under the capable manage ment of Mr. James II. Cole, cashier and the board of directors. Held Captive By Black Hand. New York, Special. Paspuala Gre- coss, aged 35, who was reported sever al days ago as having been kidnapped by a Black Hand gang, was found in the hallway on Eleventh street gagged and blindfolded with feet and hands tied. He told the police that since late Tuesday night he had been a prisoner of several Italians, who had given him neither food nor water in SO hours of his captivity. Eugene Duche, a tailor, who notified the police of Greeos' presence in the hallway, was arrested on suspicion. Five Italians Discharged. Marion, Special. The jury in the case of the seven Italian laborers charged with conspiracy came into court and aceounced they were unable to agree as to all the defendants. Five they held not guilty and dis agreed as to James Mazone and An gelina Tespa. Judge Cooke thereup on discharged all the defendants save Tesna and Mazone and these were held in bonds of $500 each Homicide in Knoxville. Knoxville. Tenn.. Special. Frank Brown, aged IS, was shot shortly be fore midnight by Owen Nesbitt, a traveling salesman, at the latter 's home, this citv. Nesbitt returned from Chattanooga unexpectedly and found Brown at bis home. Brown started to flee and Nesbitt shot him, the bullet taking effect in Brown's groin and after a short run he pitched headlong into a creek, dead, bis skull having been fractured by the fall Nesbitt surrendered. Telegraphic Briefs. It is believed the plan for the new Cabinet has been virtually accepted by the Czar and the program promised is one of immediate and liberal re form. Winston Spencer Churchill, Parlia- meatary Secretary of the Colonial of fice in the House of Commons explain ed the Government's plan to confer a constitution on the TransvaaL THREE ARE LYNCHED Alleged Lyerly Murderers Pall Into Hands of Mob NO CONFESSION WAS MADE Crowd of Over Two Thousand Men Attacks Rowan Jail and Removes Nease and John Gillespie and Jack Dillingham Lives of Three Spar ed Negroes Marched to Baseball Field Near Col. John Henderson's Home and Hanged to a Giant Oak The Dangling Bodies Riddled With Bullets. Salisbury, N. C, Special. A mob of over two thousand determined men entered Rowan county jail short ly after 11 o'clock Monday night, re moved therefrom Nease' and John Gillespie and Jack Dillingham, charg- -! ,.!. 41. n ........1 T 1 1 e -, . . ,. . , i tamilv nt. Karher .liiii.-ti..., Tl viti. I ...I. uic uiuiiitri oi nit? i.vpr v I and marching them to the ed-e of l.--.., " -I" t 1 L- l 1 1 1 town, strung them up to a tree, rid- dling the dangling bodies with but- lets George Ervin was taken from his cell with his associates, but after closely questioning him, the leaders ot the mob returned him to his cell. Be tore getting in Us work the mob gave the three victims an opportuni ty to confess the crime. Dillin'ham and .Nease (ullesiue refused either to confess or deny the crime. John Gillespie, in tears, mainained his in- I nocence to the end. Tiring of efforts to get confessions from t lie negroes and heedless of the pleadings of cit izens who urged that the victims be spared, the crowd hurried the victims to the baseball field near Col. John S. Henderson's residence and complet ed their work. At midnight, less than an hour from the time of the final attack on the jail the three bod ies were swinging iu the moonlight from the limbs of a big oak. Fireman McLendon, an emplove of tlie Southern Railway, was shot and laiauy wuuuaea presumably uy a stray bullet from a weapon in the hands of some member of the mob during the riotous scenes around the jail, and Will Troutman, a negro drayman, was also seriously wound ed by a stray bullet. Both were sim ply interested spectators of the pro ceedings. Judge Long, Solicitor Hammer, Mayor Boyden Senator Overman and other prominent citizens did all in their power to persuade the lynchers to desist. Iheir appeals fell upon deaf ears.. As the clock struck 11 the mob came out of the jail with Nease and John Gillespie and Jack Dillingham and lead them out Main street to wards Spencer. The yelling had ceased and the crowd was solemn. The negroes were walked along in the mid die of the streets, each one between two strong men. There were about 2,000 people in the crowd that fol lowed the lynchers. The crowd grew as the procession marched, The party that went in the jail was about 50 strong. Hodge Krider, the jailer, was the last man to give way. He argued m vain. When si lence fell on the mob it was evident that a serious lot of men had taken control of the lynchers. The inysterv is where the leaders came from, for none ot the Salisbury officers knew their faces. It is believed that they came from hitney. ll :ju o clock: At hrst it was thought that all six of the accused negroes, Nease and John Gillespie, Jack Dillingham, Henry Lee and Geo. Ervin and Delia Dillingham, had been taken from the jail but it develops now that the mob left Henry Lee and Delia Dillingham in their cells and brought George Ervin back after inestioning him as to his guilt. Nease, Jack and John were lynched. It is considered fortunate that Henry, George and Delia were left unmolest ed for it is generally believed that the two men are innocent and Delia is a woman. So soon as the proces sion marched into Main street anJ turned toward the country, the tow took on a calmer aspect. Many men, sick at heart, went to their homers and their beds. The officers here did all they could except shoot to death the members of the mob 12 o'clock: Just at midnight the mob halted beneath a large oak tree at Henderson baseball ground near the home of the Hon. John S. Hender son. Instead of killing the men at once the leaders tried to make the prisoners confess to the murder. Oik1 of the lynchers, had climbed a big tree and was sitting on a limb smok ing a cigarette, waitinsr tor a rope. The negroes were obstinate. A re port to the effect that thev would be burned came to town, but this proved to be a false rumor. Nease and Jack said that they would neither deny nor own that thev did it. John held out to the last that he was innocent. Mr. W. J. McMahon, of Pittsburg, Pa., was at the scene of the death lle did all that he could to stay the mob, and bis words of counsel were heard, but not heeded. Little John clung to his arm and begged him to save his life. Ed. Barber, a relative of the murdered people, begged the crowd to listen, but it was bloodthirs ty. Each negro's feet were tied to his head, he was drawn up to the tim ber and riddled with bullets. Nease and Jack were stubborn. Governor Will Act at Once RaleHgh, Special. Governor Glenn was at 11:30 told of the mob by Judge Long over the telephone, He at once wired orders to the military companies at Charlotte, Greensboro and Statesville to hurry on by spe- cial trains to Salisbury. Finding these were too late, he countermand ed the order. He savs that the crime is a blot upon the State" and he wilil do all in his power to bring the guil ly parties to justice. CHEATHAM'S DENIAL Secretary Cotton Association Under Fire SAYS HE TRADED FOR A FRIEND Before Cotton Association Committee of Investication, Charges That Sec retary Cheatham and Press Agent Fairchild Have Been Speculating in Futures Are Preferred and Only Partially Denied. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Before the committee of investigation named by President Harvie Jordan to hear evi dence that certain officers of the as sociation owned an interest in a well known brokerage concern, and also have been speculating in cotton fu tures, Representative J. R. Anderson, .-11 Ai x oi neamam eouiuy, " repeated the i , 1 1 - cnarSes ma,,e W uun the floor tue House last week. He charged that Richard Cheatham, secretary of the association, speculated in cotton futures, carrying the accounts in the names of Mike 0 'Grady and P. A. Lee. Mr. Anderson also charged that Arthur A. Fairchild, who appears as the manager of the bureau of pub licity of the association, owned one- eighth of the stock of the PiedmoivJ Brokerage Company, a concern which makes a specialty of cottou futures, To support these charges, Mr. An derson submitted a number f affi davits and declared that an order from Mr. Cheatham on certain brok ers would bring forth further evi dence in proof of the charges. Mr. Cheatham produced in his de fense a statement in which he de clared: "I do not at the present time. nor have I directly or indirectly in any manner, owned any part ot or interest in a bucket shop or wire gambling house. 'I have never speculated in cotton futures for my own personal gain." Mr. O 'Grady of Chattanooga, was on hand to substantiate the charge of Mr. Cheatham that the "0 'Grady ac count" was handled for him by Mr. Cheatham merely as a personal act of friendship. Mr. Cheatham refused to reveal the identity of P. A. Lee, in whose name the other account was carried. The charge that Faircbiid owned an interest in the Piedmont Brokear- age Company was not dleniied, al though it was declared that the in terest was disposed of some time ago. Brokerage People Testify. Mr. Fagan, manager of a local ex change, was the first witness at the afternoon session. He testified as to Mr. Cheatham having opened an ac count under the name of Mike O 'Grady. Mr. Fagan admitted hav ing given Mr. Anderson the informa tion on which he based charges. The next witness was B. C. Cothran, local manager of a broker's office. He told about Frazier telling Dr. Crawford that Mr. Cheatham was a stockholder in the Piedmont ex change. Holland Curran, who was book keeper for a brokerage firm with of fices in this city, was the star witness of the day. He declined to testily without Mr. Cheatham's consent, whereupon Mr. Cheatham jumped t his feet and exclaimed: Cheatham Flames Up. "You are just here for a trick. Thi3 thing has been tried on me before, and I am tired of it. You are trying to play at the wrong game." Mr. Curran flushed up angrily anc proceeded to tell what he claimed he knew, and it was that Mr. Cheatham had bought cotton futures three times at his office. "He came to the office," said the witness, "and wanted to open an account. He did so and when we asked him what name to put the ac count he said: 'Oh, Mike will do.' 'Mike who?' he was asked, and said Jones was a good name and so the account now stands ond our books as Mike Jones." Dr. J. M. Crawford took the stand and said be was a stockholder in the Piedmont Exchange. He said he was always positive Mr. Cheatham owned -toek, although he never said CO rectlv. A. A. Fairchild, manager of the publishing bureau of the association, was the last witness ol the day and submitted a written statement. Governor Cummins. Renominated. Des Moines, la., Special. Governor Cummins was nominated for Gover- nor by the Republican State conven- tion. The ballot resulted: Cummins, 933; Perkins, 603; Rathbun, 104. The committee on resolutions submitted a platform which they had unanimous iy agreed to, favoring protection and expressing satisfaction with present prosperous conditions, Croton Oil Put in Whiskey. Jacksonville, Fla., Special. Thomas Callaway and Fred Walters, hostlers at a livery stable here, are suffering I intense agony and are in a dying con- 1 dition from drinking whiskey given to them by Arthur Kine, hostler at I an opposition stable. Kine has been - 1 arrested and sent to jail without bail to await results. Investigation shows that a large quantity of croton oil - 1 was mixed with the whiskey. What ' prompted the deed is not known. i NORTH CAROLINA CROPS General Summary of Condition of North Carolina Crops for Week Ending Monday, Aug. 6, 1906. General Summary. It haas rained nearly every day in the greater portion of the State dur ing the past week. The average rain fall was slightly below the normal and a great deal less than that of the week ending July 30th, but it was :xcessive in the central counties and 'ias done a great deal of damaage by excessive wetting and flooding. The weather was sultry and generally cloudy, and the need of sunshine is greatly felt. Many correspondents in all portions of the State report that sunshine is greatly needed. The temperature was uniform throughout the week averaging very slightly abo-e the normal. The highest tem perature was 90 degrees the 5th in Lincoln county, and the lowest tem perature was (JO degrees on the 1st in Iredell county. Companies Chartered. The Forsyth Manufacturing Co., of Winston-Salem, was granted an amendment to its charter by the Sec retary of State authorizing the coir, pany to increase its capital to $50,000, of which $30,000 is eommon and $2, 000 perferred bearing 8 per cent inter est. The Rowland Cotton Storage Co., Robeson county, was chartered at $10,000 capital authorized, and $1,750 subscribed. The principal incorpora tor being J. W. Ward. The Mil Ion Warehouse Co., of Cas well county, was chartered with $15,000 capital by J. J. Lipscomb and others. The Goldsboro Knitting Mills Co. also received charter at a $25,000 capital authorized and $10,000 sub scribed. N. 0 'Berry, Royall and Bor den and others. Still another charter was the Cut lar Blades Hardware Co., of New Berne, at a $50,000 capital by W. B. Blades, L. II. Cutler, Jr., and others. Sewerage System for A. & M. Raleigh, Special. There was quite: a long session in the 'Governor's of fice of the council of State and the executive committee of the trustees of the Agricultural & Mechanical Col lege considering the very important question of sewerage, the college never haviiv had any system what "?er. The council decided to apro priate $7,50(1 for a proper system to connect with that of the city, it being understood Ilia', the latter will make no objection to such connection. The action thus taken is the result of the Cleatlis. oC .i j . u 1 1 , v 1... - in the public schools, who attended the recent summer school at the col lege, the deaths being due to typhoid fever, and another young lady being still sick with the diease. Work on Dam Stoped. Raleigh, Special. Work on the great plant of the Cape Fear Power Company at Buckhorn Shoals, near Haywood, Chatham eounty, has been entierly stopped. The company is in the Federal Court. Four hundred thousand dollars has been spent and $100,000 more is needed to complete the work. Unpaid interest will bring the sum up to $000,000. The court ordered that the contractors should go on with the work, but they will not do this, some of them being de pendent upon others. The judge is now at Mt. Vernon Springs and the receivers will go to see him this week and ascertain what can be done. Owing to the stoppage of work the property is deteriorating. There were three principal contractors, Pennsyl vania, Virginia and local firms. Bank Looted $1,000,000. Chicago, Special. With a deficit in its accounts of close to amillion dollars and with the whereabouts of two of its chief officers unknown to the authorities, the Milwaukee Ave uie State Bank, one of the larger outlying banks in Chicago, was clos ed by State Bank Examiner C. C. Jones. rriends Preparing for Yearly Meet ing. Qremsboro, Special. The Friends of the county are getting ready for the Yearly Meeting, which begins at Guilford College next week. A num ber of visitors from other States are expetced. Among those who have promised to attend are: Rev. Allen Jay, of Richmond, Ind.; Rev. P. W. Kaidabaugh, of Plainfield, Ind., and Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Chilson, mis sionaries to Africa, Governor Glenn will speak on temperance Thursday afternoon of next week. Fifth Anniversary of Settlement Hinton, Okla., Special The fifth anniversary of the opening of the Kiowa and Comanche country is be ing celebrated not only in this city but also in Anadarko, Hobart, Apache, Lawton and other points within the Territory. The celebra tions will be in the form of outing3 with addresses by prominent speak ers. Trolley Cars Meet Head-On. Worcester, Mass., Special. Two cars met in a head-on collision on the Worcester and Holden trolley line five miles from Worcester and 17 persons were injured. The most seri ously injured are: Miss Cambello Bresto, Boston, fractured skull, may die; Mrs. Florence Johnston, Wor cester, broken knee cap, condition serious; Miss Bertha Royce, Worces ter, lacerations about lower limbs; Roland Johnson, Worcester, abdom inal injury, condition critical.