RANDOLPH
imnn
NO. 18.
VOL. III.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1907.
1DTTT T
IS
A MAUSOLEUM TO M KINLEY
Splendid Memorial
of Martyr
CREflT- 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 Orgainzations
Governor Harris Presided at the
Exercises and President Roosevelt
the Speech of Dedication.
Canton, O., 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
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
ever seen on the streets of Canton,
the marchers including United States
troops, State militia patriotic organ
izations, members of the Grand Army
fraternal bodies and several bands.
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
which 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
speech a tender, loving eulogy of
the man who passed away at Buffolo
over six years ago, whispering, "God
wills it so," leaving to his successor
of today the glories and cares of
the chief executive of a great nation.
Following the President's address
the thousands of spectators joined in
singing" The Star Spangled Banner,"
sending up a mighty volume of melo
dy that was heard throughout the city
Floods in Prance Worse.
Montpelier, France, By Cable. The
heavy reins recommenced and the
flood situation is becoming worse
than heretofore. Between here and
Narbonne streams are rapidly rising
and theraten. to overflow the banks
A general panic is existing among the
residents who fear that everything
they possess will be swept away.
Rock Hill Negro Shot.
Rock Hill, Special Police Officer
Miller of this city shot and killed
Elliott Jackson a negro 24 years of
sire on Massey Row a negro section
of Rock Hill. The officer was trying
to arrest Jackson who resisted and
was about to pull his pistol. The of
ficer pot his first however and fired
three times the bullets taking effect
in the negro's breast. He was born
and reared in Lancaster county. The
coroner's jury exonerated Mr. Miller.
Unveiled At
President
Home
James Witcomb Riley recited a poem
prepared for the occasion. Bishop
Hortsmann, of Cleveland pronounced
the benediction.
The McKinley national monument
was erected at a cost of a half a mil
lion of dollars and was paid for by
funds gathered from every State ami
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
iii repair.
The masusoleum proper is con
structed of pink Milford granite and
the interior finished with Knoxville
marble. II. Van Buren Magonigle of
New York was the architect.
The McKinley National Memorial
Association numbers among its hon
orary members President Roosevelt
and the Governors of every State and
territory of the Union. The trustee?
in charge of the work, nearly all of j
whom were present at Monday's ex
ercises, include Vice President Fair
banks, Justice William R. Day, Secre
tary Cortelyou, Ex-Governor Myron
T. Ilerrick, Charles G. Dawes and
Franklin Murphy.
Thousands of visitors from all over
Ohio and surrounding States witness
ed the exercises. Shortly after the
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 home
in the city of Canton. It is not an
ornate affair; but its simplicity is re
lieved by sufficient artistic cmbclish
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 Eesign.
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.
Eddy-Frye Suit Dismissed.
Concord, N. H., Special. At a
special session of the Superior Court
for Merrimac county in this, Judge
Chamberlin granted the motion to
dismiss the suit of Eddy vs. Fr-ye,
filed by the plaintiffs on August 21st.
This was the "Next Frineds" suit
instituted by George W. Glover, a
son of Mary G. Eddy, for an account
ing of the affairs of the head of the
Christian Science sect, and its dis
missal ends the litigation then begun.
of the monnairat at ibm actual top
of the structure ia 163 feet 6 Indies;
the masusoleum itself being 93 feet
8 inehca high above the summit of
the mound. The top of the diameter
through which eomea a softened
light which adds greatly to tha beau
ty of the iterior.
The mausoleum is 73 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 Doric 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
saiic, marble having been brought
from many States for the purpose.
Half way down from the top of the
125 granite steps that lead up to the
main entrance oh 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
encircled with a wreath and draped
with the flag of the United States
The bronze figure, which is 9 feet
high' stands on a pedestral 18 feet
from the base to the feet of the fig'
ure.
Twenty-six acres of ground were
purchased by the monument commis
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
ranged with an eye to the greatest
artistic beauty. From the entrance
to the grounds on the south to the
foot of the mound is 500 feet and
along this distance a double driveway
173 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 in 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 II. 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 .$102,000, who, it is un
derstood, is acting for Booker T.
Washington. It is said To V Wash
ington's itneiition to establish colon
ies of negroes oh the land, nearly ail
of which is under high state of culti
vation, the improvements alone be
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 Civic Im
provement Scoietj-.
Two Lives Lost in Storm
Bost
Special. Wireless di.3
patches received from the Atlantis
sriuadron anchored at lm f
( ape Cod Bay off the Barnstable
shore, show that two lives were lost,
two vesols damaged tnd the entire
fleet was given a seve-e shaking up
in the storm which raged Sunday in
the bay. The fleet was anchored on
a lee shore and only the strength of
their ground tackle saved some of
the big war vessels from being
thrown on the beach.
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
Chief Executive Delivers a Touching
Orantion at Uneviling of McKinley
Mausoleum.
We have gathered together today
to pay our meed of respect and af
fection to the memory of William
McKinley who as President won a
place in the hearts of the American
people such as but three or four of
all the Presidents of this country
have ever won. He was of singular
uprightness and purity of character,
ilike in public and private life; a cit
izen who loved peace, he did
duty faithfully and well for four
years of war. when the honor of the
nation called him to arms. As Con
gresnian, as Governor of his State,
and finally as President he rose to
tie foremost place among our states
men, reaching a position which
would satisfy the keenest ambition;
but he never lost that simple and
thoughtful kindness toward every
human being, great or small, lofty or
humble with whom he was brought
in contact, which so endeared him to
our people. He had to grapple with
more serious and complex problems
than any President since Lincaln, and
yet, while meeting every demand of
statesmanship he continued lo live
a beautiful and touching family life,
a life very healthy for this nation to
see in its foremost citizen; and now
the woman who walked in the shad
ow ever after his death the wife to
whom his loss was a calamity more
crushing than it could be to any
other human being, lies beside him
here in the same sepulcher.
Singularly Appropriate.
There is a singular appropriateness
iu the inscription on the monument.
Mr. Cortelyou whose i-elations with
him were of such close intimacy
gives me the following information
about it: On the President's trip to
the Pacific slope in the spring of
1901 President Wheeler of the Uni
versity of California conferred the
degree of LL. D. upon him in words
so well chosen that they struck the
fastidious taste of John Hay, the Sec
retary of State who wrote and asked
for a copy of them from President
Wheeler. On the receipt of this copy
he ser.t the following letter to Presi
dent McKinley a letter which now
seems filled with a strange and un
eonseiovs prescience.
Dear Mr. President:
Piesident Wheeler sent me the
inclosed at my request. You will
have the words in more permanent
shape. They seem to me remarkably
well chosen ,and stately and dignified
enough to serve long hence, please
God as your epitaph.
Yours faithfully,
JOHN HAY.
"UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Office of the President.
"By authority vested in me by the
regents of the University of Califor
nia, I confer the degree of doetor of
laws upon Wililam McKinley, Presi
dent of the United States, a states
man singularly gifted to unite the
discordant forces of the government
and mold the diverse purposes of men
toward progressive all salutary ac
tion, a magistrate whose poise of
judgment has been tested and vindi
cated in a succession of national
emergencies; good citizen; brave sol
dier, wise executive, helper and lead
er of men, exemplar to his people of
the virtues that build and conserve
the State, society and the home.
"Berkley, May 15, 1901."
It would be hard to imagine an
epitaph which a good citizen would
be more anxious to deserve or one
which would more happily describe
the qualities of that great and good
citizen whose life wc here commem
orate. He possessed to a ver,y cxtra
o:dmary degree the gift of uniting
discordant forces and securing from
them a harmonious action which told
for good government. From purpos
es not merely diverse but bitterly
conflicting he was able to secure
healthful action for the good of the
State. In both poise and judgment
he rose level to the several emer
gencies he had to meet as leader of
the nation and like all men with the
root of true jrreatness in them he
grew to steadily larger statue under
the stress of heavy responsibilities.
He was a good citizen and a brave
soldier a Chief Executive whose wis
dom entitled him to the trust which
he received throughout the nation.
He was not only a leader of men but
preeminently a helper of men; for
one of his most marked traits was the
intensely human quality of his wide
and deep sympathy. Finally, he not
merely preached; he was, that most
valuable of all citizens in a democra
cy like ours, a man who in the high
est place served as an unconscious
example to his people of the virtues
that build and conserve alike our
public life, and the foundation of all
public life, the intimate life of the
home.
Lessons of His Career.
Many lessons are taught us by his
caieer, but none more valuable than
the lesson of broad human sympa
thy for and among all of our citi
zens of all classes and creeds. No
other President has ever more de
served to have his life work charac
terized in Lincoln's words as being
carried on "with malice toward none,
with charity toward all." As a boy
he worked hard with his hands; he
entered the army as a private soldier;
he knew poverty; he earned his own
livelihood; and by his own exertions
he finally rose to the position of a
man of moderate means. Not merely
was he in personal touch with far
mer and wn dweller, with capitalist
and wageworker but he felt an inti
mate understanding of each; ad.
therefore an itimate sympathy with
each; and his consistent effort was
to try to judge all by the same stand
ard and to treat all with the same
justic. Arrogance toward the weak,
and envious hatred of those well off,
were equally abhorrent to his just
and gentle soul.
Surely this attitude of his should
be the "attitude of all our people to
day. It would be a cruel disaster to
this count rv to permit ourselves to
adopt an attitude of hatred and envy
toward success -worthily won, toward
weath honestly acquired. Let ns in
this respect profit by the example of
the republics of this Western hemis
phere t the South of us. Some of
these republics have prospered great
ly; but there are certain ones that
have lagged far behind that still con
tinue in a condition of material pov
erty, of social, andpolitical unrest
and confusion. Without exception
the republics of the former class are
those in which honest industry has
been assured of reward and protec
tion; those where a cordial welcome
has bee extended te the kind of en
terprise which benefits the whole
country, while incidentally,as is right
and preper, giving substantial re
wards those who manifest it. On
the other hand, the poor and back
ward republics in which the lot of
the average citizens is least desirable
and the lot of the laboring man worst
of all, ar precisely those republics
in which industry has been killed be
cause wealth exposed its owner to
spoliation. To these comunitics
foreign capital now rarely comes be
cause it has been found that as soon
as capital is employed so as to give!
substantial remuneration to thos
supplyling it, it excites abhorent
envy and hostility which result in
such oppressive action within or with
out the law, as sooner or later to work
a virtual confiscation. Every manifes
tation of feeling of this kind in out
civilization should be crushed at the
outset by the weight of a sensible
public opinion.
Chicanery and Dishonesty.
FrOm the standpoint of our ma
terial prosperity there is only one
other thing as important as the dis
couragement of a spirit of envy and
hostility toward honest business men
toward honest men of means; this io
the discouragement of dishonest busi
ness men, the war upon the chican
ery and wrongdoing which are pe
culiarly noxious when exhibited by
men who have no excuse of want of
poverty of ignorance for their
crimes. Men of means, and above ail
men of great wealth, can exist in
safety under the peaceful protection
of the State only in orderly societ
ies, where liberty manifests itsehl
through and under the law. It ii
these men who more than any others
should, in the interests of the class to
which they belong, in the interests
of their children, seek in every way
but especially in the conduct of their
lives, to insist upon and to build up
jespeet for the law. It may not be
true from the standpoint of some
particular individual of this ela.c,
but in the long run it is preeminently
true from the standpoint of the class
as a whole no les sthan of the coun
try as a whole that it is veritable
clalamity to achieve a temporoary
triumph by violation of evasion of the
law, and we are the best freinds of
the man of property we show oursel
ves the staunchest upholders of the
rights of property, when we set our
faces like flint against those offend
ers who do wrong iu order to acquire
great wealth or who use this wealth
as a help to wrongdoing.
Wrongdoing is confined to no class.
G iod and evil are to be found among
both rich and poor and in drawing
the line among our fellows we must
draw it on conduct and not on world
ly possessions. In the abstract most,
of us will admit this. In the con
crete we ean act upon such doctrine
only if we really have knowledge of
and sympathy with one another. If
both the wage worker and the capi
talist are able to enter each into the
other's life, to meet him so as to get
into geniune sympathy with him,
most of the misunderstanding be
tween them will disappear and its
plnce will be taken by a judgment
broader, juster, more kindly, and
more generous; for each will find in
the other the same essential human
atiributes that exist in himself. It
wiis President McKinley 's peculiar
glory that in actual practice he real
ized this as it is given to but few
men to realize it; that his broad and
deep sympathies made him feel a
genuine sense of oneness with all his
fi ilow-Amerieans,whatever their sta
tion or work in life, so that to his
soul they were all joined with him
in a great brotherly democracy of
the spirit. It is not given to many of
us in our lives actually to realize this
attitude to the extent that he did;
but we can at least have it before us
as the goal of our endeavor, and by
so doing we shall pay honor better
than in any other way to the memory
of (he dead President whose services
in life we this day wnwmorate.
Negro Masonic Congress.
Norfolk, Va., Special. A national
negro Masonic congress with 14
States and the District of Columbia
represented, began here for a ses
sion of four days. There was a
parade in Norfolk and elaborate
opening cermonies in the negro build
ing on the Jamestown Exposition
grounds with W. I). Crutn, the negro
collector of customs at Charleston,
S. C, as the principal speaker. Col
orado, Missouri, Maryland, South
Carolina, North Carolina. West Vir
ginia, Iowa, Texas. Florida, Virginia,
Indiana, Georgia, New York and Mis
sissippi are represented.
Reported Race Riot in Mississippi
turns Out Untrue.
Hattiesburg, Miss., Special. G. M.
Kennedy, a lumberman who arrived
here from 'McLaurin, Miss., where six
negroes were reported killed, said
that the report is untrue; that he
was at the mill where the trouble was
alleged to have occurred and that
everything was quiet there. Several
flays ago, he said, all negro laborers
were driven away from the lumber
mills near McLaurin, but that no one
was hurt.
Miss Virginia Lee Weds.
Alexandria, Va., Special. Miss
Virginia Lee, daughter of the ' laic
General Fitzhugh Lee, was mariicsi
here to Lieutenant John Carter Mont
gomery, Seventh United States Cav
airy. The ceremony took place in
Christ Church and was performed bv
Rev. Dr. Morton, pastor of tho
church. Miss Lee was given in mar
riage by her brother, Captain Fi(z,
hugh Lee, U. S. A. " ' ""
A PRETTY CONTEST
Being Waged Between Cotton
Growers and Speculators
INTEREST IN FINAL OUTCOME
Mr. E. D. Smith President, of SonMi
Carolina Cotton Association Says
There is Now Being Waged the
Most Interesting Contest in the
History of Cotton, Between Farm
ers and Speculators.
Columbia, S. C, Special. Mr. E.
D. Smith president of the South Car
olina Cotton Association and organ
izer of the general association has re
turned from a tour of the West, and
several days spent in New Orleans
and cotton centres.
"The most interesting contest in
the history of cotton is now ou be
tween the farmers and the New York
speculators" said he. in answer lo a
question as to the falling off in the
price of spot cotton. "The price of
the manufactured goods is now
based on a price of 15 cents or more
for the raw material and the demand
for the cloth is unprecedented. The
mills a few weeks ago were paying
14 to 14 1-2 cents without a murmur.
The crop is unquestionably short, far
below the needs of the trade while
the trade conditions of the world are
excellent and . the money situation is
easy.
'Now what has caused the decline V
Certainly no lack of demand for cot
ton. There is no ovcrsupply in sight.
No strikes or other curtailment of
spindles. Every mill is running on
full time. There is no financial strin
gency or rumor of international com
plications. "Therfore the low prices of cotton
mans simply that the speculators en
trenched behind a lot of low grade
cotton held in their warehouses are
putting the future quotations down
for purely speculative purposes. And
it is a clean-cut fight between them
and the farmer, merchant and bank
er of the South as to who will win.
"If the pepole of the South simply
refuse to sell below 13 cents the fight
is won. If they put their cotton on
market at the absurd caprices of the
gambler then all the work of the dif
ferent organizations goes for nothing.
Mr. Smith says with the except iou
of South Carolina and Georgia and
parts of North Carolina, where the
mills are located not half as much
cotton has been sold for future de
livery as was sold in the same man
ner last year. The South Carolina
association has received a report that
in York county alone 8.000 bales has
been sold for future delivery.
"It is the weak cotton that breaks
the back of the strong." Said Mr.
Smith. The great bulk of cotton that
would be held for the minimum price
is forced on the market by conditions
brought about by the weak fellows
going on the market. I am going to
call a meeting of the South Carolina
county presidents in a day or so to
see what can be done to put our
holding schemes into practice. 1 These
holding concerns are being operated
with success in other parts of the
South, and I have reports from sev
eral South Carolina county organiza
tions that 4he money is available. If
we can hold this weak cotton off the
market the fight is won, as the strong
will stay off itself then."
Charged With Treason.
Havana. By Cable Charged with
treason Masso Parra and Gener
al Ducasse were arrested in accord
ance with orders from Governor Ma
goon. Several other arrests of known
revolutionaries have been made but
the identy of those held has been
guarded. It is stated that one of them
is willing to confess the plans of the
alleged conspirators who intended
leading a general uprising throughout
the island.
Killed By Derrick's Collapse
Parkesburg, W. Ya.,Special. Rob
ert Conlcy of P.iiruing Springs was
instantly killed in the Burning
Springs oil fields. He was at work
on the inside of the derrick at tho
Dennis' O 'Brien well on Chestnut run
when the top of the derrick collap
sed. Heavy material fell on him,
crushing him to the floor. He was
taken out as soon as possible but life
was extinct. He was a Mason and
was well known by the oil fraternity
all over the State.
Charked With Robbing Express Co.
Richmond, Special. Seven new
warrants charging him with stealing
all manner of express parcels from a
diamond searfpin to a pair of shoes
was sworn out last week against G.
M. Shumate who is now in the city
jail awaiting trial for the larceny
of three suits of clothes from the
Adams Express Company. The case
will be heard the latter part of this
week.
Cargo of Cotton Burning.
Havre, By Cable. The cotton in
the hold of the British steamer Mada
waska, Captain Hitchin, just in from
Galveston, is still burning in spite of
the efforts of the firemen to put out
the flames. 200 incinerated bales
were taken out of the hold and theh
a pipe from a chemical fire extin
guisher was introduced and the hold
heremetieally sealed. The chemical
extinguisher will work all night and
it is thus hoped to save nart of the
8.000 bales.
News of the Day.
William Seal now accuses Fred Jen
kins of the murder of William Smith
in Culpepper county.
Bishop Van de Vyver returned to
Richmond from his trip abroad.
II. II. Rogers, the Standard Oil
magnate, is said to have sunk $40,000,
000 in the Virginia Tidewater rail
road project and to have been com
pelled to sell gilt-edged stocks.
ROOT VISITS TEXAS
The Secretary of State Spent a
Strenuous Fifteen Hours Period in
San Antionio and is Entertained in
a Befitting Manner by the People
Representatives of the Mexican
Republic Meet Him in the Texas
City to Escort Him Over the Fron
tier. San Antonio, Tex., Special. Elihu
Root, Secretary of State was Satur
day the guest of San Antonio. He
was entertained in a befitting man
ner and after a strenuous 15 hours
left the city at 11 o'clock to con
tinue his journey to the Southern Re
public of Mexico.
The Secretary was met here by the
Mexican welcoming committee, which
consisted of General Pedro Rincon
Gallardo, Chairman Major Porfiso
Diaz, Jr., son of the President, Julio
Limatcur a brother of the secretary
of finance for the Mexican reoubht
and Lieutenant Col. Samuel Garcia
Culla, of the President's staff.. The
formal meeting of the represents
tives of the two republics took place
Saturday morning at 11 o'clock ia
the parlors of the International
Club. From that time on Secretary
Root and the representatives of tho
Mexican government participated
jointly in the receptions and carriage
or automoble rides through the city
ending with a banquet in the evening
on the roof of the International Club
where the Mexican and American
colors were entwined.
Met By Committee.
Secretary Root reached the city
shortly after 7 o'clock Saturday
morning and two hours later was met
by the local reception committee.
The special train with the repre
sentatives of Mexico and Ambassa
dor and Mrs. Thompson on board,
reached the city from Mexico at 10
o'clock. Shortly after the arrival at
the club the party was introduced to
the Secretary of State and the State
and city officials.
At il:30 o'clock Secretary Root
and party went to the city hall where
the public reception was held. An
immense crowd of citizens was there
to greet him and bid him welcome.
Welcomed by Governor.
Governor Thomas M. Campbell wel
comed the secretary and other visit
ors and the mayor also spoke. The
Secretary responded briefly and
citizens shook the Secretary's hand.
At I o'clock there were a lunchean at
the hotel at which were the Secre
tary, the representatives of the Mex
ican government.Ambassador Thomp
son, Brig. Gen. Albert Myer, Gover
nor Compbell, Mayor Callaghan and
J. E. Jarrett, president of the Inter
national Club. Secretary Root and
party later drove to Fort Sam Hous
ton where a reception was tendered
him by the officers and ladies of that
post.
Eleven Poisoned by Cream.
Statesboro, Ga., Special. Eleven
persons were poisoned by ice cream,
made from condensed milk, 10 miles
from here Tuesday night, and it was
stated by the attending physician
that there were grave fears that 10 of
the number could not survive. The
poisoning occurred at the home of
Cone Hagan, a well-known Bulloch
county farmer. Some of the children
of his brother were visiting at the
home of Cone Hagan, and the eniirc
household partook of the refresh
ment, nearly all eating heartily. Al
most immediately after eating they
became ill.
Atlanta Viaduct Collapses.
Atlanta, Special. The Jones ave
nue viaduct collapsed Friday when a
switch engine jumped the track and
struck a pillar of the structure. A
negro driver and his team went down
with the structure. The driver was
badly injured.
Goes Laughing, to Death.
Pensacola, Fla., Spertal. Laughing
and joking, Kemp Holt, a negro, was
hanged Friday at Milton, near here,
for the murder of a man a year ago.
The negro, with a rope adjusted a
round his neck, was given an hour in
which to pray or make a talk to his
friends. lie chose to talk. Not one
reference was made to the crime for
which he was convicted, nor did he
utter any prayer, but consumed th?
time in teliing jokes and joining in
the laughter. The smile thai l'olow
cd the telling of his last joke had not
left his face when the black cap was
adjusted and the trap sprung.
New Yorker Under Arrest in St.
Louis On Serious Charge.
St. Louis, Mo., Special. William
J. Scott, of New York City, who says
he is a wealthy mine owner, quarry
man and contractor, is under arrest
here charged with embezzling $3,500
from St. Louisians. The indictment
alleges that he was engaged to wind
up the affairs of a mining company
at Tulsa, I. T., for $.5,500, of which
$500 was his fee. It is alleged Scott
kept all the money.
Norfolk Man Given a Life Sentence
New London, Conn., Special. Jas.
I. Beckham, of Norfolk, Va., who
came here September 1st and killed
his brother-in-law William M. Petty,
by shooting in a local hotel, was
found guilty of murder in thes econd
degree and immediately given a life
sentence. Beckham claimed that
Petty had induced his wife and
daughter to come here and live in an
immoral way and this was the de
fense set tip.
Current Events.
The ouhxr squadron of the As
iaslic station arrived at San Fran
cisco after a 36,000 mile journey from
Newport.
Further testimony in the Standard
Oil case showed large profits of sub
sidiary pipe lines.
Ten perosns were hurt in a Penn
sylvania railroad wreck near Duncan
non, Pa.
WRECK KILLS EIGHT
A Collision of Swiftly Moving
Passenger Trains
MANY PASSENGERS INJURED
The Chicago and Wheeling Express
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Dashes Into a Freight Train on a
Siding at Bellaire, O. Fifteen Are
Instantly Killed and a Score Injur
ed, Many of Them Fatally The
Richard Carle Opera Troupe A
mong the List of Passengers The
Wreck Due to the Failure of an
Operator to Throw the Switch
Officials of Company Personally
Superintend the Rescue Work.
AYbeeling, W. Va., Special. Eight
were killed and a score injured, a
number fatally, at Bellaire, 0., at
3 :15 Saturday afternoon when the
Chicago and Wheeling express traiii
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
chashed into a freight train which
was moving slowly on a siding.
The wreck was due, it is said, to
the failure of an operator to throw
a switch. The west-bound freight
had received orders to meet the pas
senger at the western limits of the
Bellaire "yard, and was moving slow
ly along the siding. At the point
where the wreck occurred there is a
ry sharp curve which prevents the
engineers of the east-bound trains
from seeing more than a few feet
ai.iii.d. The passenger train swung
firoimd the curve very rapidly being
three hours late, aud should have
goue en the safety on the main line.
The switch to the siding, however,
had not been turned and the train
shot into the siding and into tho
freight. There was scarcely time to
apply the air brakes and no timu
for the negineers to jump. The two
big engines were reduced to junk by
the impact, but the worst damage
was done to the smoker which was
telescoped so completely by the bag
bagc car that every seat was thrown
out of the coach. Every occupant of
the smoker was badly injured. The
passengers in the other day coach
and the two "Pullmans were tumble
from their seats, but not seriously
injured.
Engineer Burned to Crisp.
Engineer Galbraith was burned to
a crisp by escaping steam. The injur
ed were taken to the Glendale, West
Virginia, and Bellaire Hospitals. -
General Manager Fitzgerald who
was In the neighborhood on an ir
speclion tour, and General Supt. W
C. Loree, of Wheeling personally su
perintended the rescue work. Great
difficulty was experienced in remov
ing the injured passengers from the
wrecked smoker. Work was slow,
because every movement of the de
bris caused some one to shriek with
pain as the victims were entangled in
a mass of timbers and twisted irons
Among the passengers on the
wrecked train were the members of
Richard Carle's "Spring Chicken"
comic opera company, which was to
have played at Wheeling Saturday
afternoon and evening. All the mem
bers of the company escaped serious
injuries, except Alfred Bolby the
musical director. It was found nec
essary to amputate his right arm,
thus ending his career in his profes
sion. He was riding in the smoker
and was found with heavy timber
tighly binding him about the arms.
Train Had Six Coaches.
The wrecked passenger train left
Chicago for Pittsburg and Wheeling
at 0:30 Friday morning. The train
divided at Chicago Junction part go
ing on to Pittsburg by way of Akron
and the other part coming through to
Wheeling via Newark. The Wheeling
end of the train consisted of six
coaches.
At the office of Superintendent Lo
res it was said that they were nnl
yet certain which operator is lo
blame for the accident, but a thor
ough investigation is under way.
The property damage will amoun1
to- about $(50,000. A curious feature
of the wreck is that the baggage car
and the smoker were the only cars o;i
the passenger train damaged
Tobacco Growers Celebrate.
Guthrie, Ky., Special. Over 30,000
tobacco growers are here to take' part
in the third anniversary celebration
of the formation of the Planter's
Protective Association of the dark
tobacco districts of Kentucky, Ten
nessee and Virginia. One hundred
cords of wood, (500 head of sheep and
hogs, (5,000 loaves of bread and 13
barrels of pickles have ben provid
ed for the great barbecue. The great
advance in the price of tobacco
brought about by the efforts of the
association has rendered and tlje
planters unusually prosperous and
the celebation is on a more lavish
scale than any previously held.
Hale Jury Disagrees.
Bristol, Tcnn., Special. The jury
in the case of Ack Hale, who is
charged with the murder of Lillie Da
vis, a prettv 155-year old Bristol girl,
in East Hill Cemetery here, last
March, failed to agree and the jury
was discharged. It stood eight' for
hanging, three for a penitentiary
sentence and one for acquittal. The
trial has been in progress in the Cir
cuit Court at Blountville.
Current Events.
The testimony in the Hale murder
trial at Blountsville, Va., is all in sml
argument of counsel began.
Judge Blackstone went to sleep in
the trial at Newport News during the
trial of Julian Pavlinik and it is said
may make the trial of Pavlinik ab
orative. Fully 2,000 strangers are expected
to attend the annual reunion of Coi
fsderate veteians at Elkins, W. Va