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VOL. XXV. NO. 125.
ASnEVTLLE, N. C, MQNPAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1909.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
Now On Trial For Their Lives
MOB CLAMORS
FOR REVENGE
CABINET MADE
UP ALL EXCEPT
BATTLESHIPS SIMMONS DOES
AT ANCHOR IN
HOMEWATERS
Whole Fleet Arrived at Drill
Grounds Outside Capes
Early Yesterday.
NOT REGARD MR;
THE ASHETO
SEAWELL AS FIT
Does Not Think That Carth
age Man Has Calibre
for, Judgeship. " ;
LITTLE CHANCE ,
FROM MR.TAPT
ON NEGROES
0NEP0SIT10N
Either Herrick or McVeagh
Long List of Crimes in Iowa
City Ends in Fiendish
Assault.
Likely to GekTreasury
Portfolio.
'j!
INVALID WOMAN
ATTACKED IN BED
Assailant Escaped But
Many Suspects Are Ar
rested and Jailed.
(By Assoelstad Prsss.)
OTTUMWA. Iowa; Feb. 21. Lack
of a leader waa all that saved Ottum
wa tonight from adding another
bloody chapter to the history of race
rlota In the United States. A mob of
men and boys, which has increased
from, 100 to more than 1.000, gath
ered around the city Jail, tffirsty for
vengeance en the negro who commit
ted a criminal assault on a white
woman early today. While three ne
groes have been placed in the city Jail
and one In the county Jail, and sev
eral threatening demonstrations have
been made, no man was daring
enough to lead the mob in the work
the wanted to do, and it seemed likely
that peace might be preserved.
John Junkln, a negro, suspected of
the murder of Clara Rosen, who was
elaln two weeks ago, waa taken out of
town secretly by the police following
the early manifestation of mob spirit.
A recently organized vigilance com
mittee is aiding the police, who de
clare they have the situation in con
trol. Company O. Fifty-fourth regi
ment, of the national guard, is held
in the barracks for any call to action.
Diabolical Crime.
Mrs. Johnson, an invalid, waa in
bed with her fotff-year-old child at i
o'clock this morning, when she awoke
1" And a negro bending over her. Be
fore aba 'could soream for help, the
black seized her by the throat and
began to choke her. Despite her
weakness as the result of a recent op
eration, Mrs, Johnston fought des
perately. She tore herself loose from
her assailant's hands and cried for
help." ' At the same time the child
screamed. The negro became alarm
ed and, seizing" a. curtain pole, beat
the woman until she became unoon-
ClJSf-W.i.-V.
how long the negro remained In
the room is not known. The cries
of the child finally aroused neighbors,
who found Mrs. Johnston lying on
the floor unconscious. By her side
was the bloody curtain pole. News
of the assault spread rapidly and be
fore daylight armed men were
searching for the negro. The homes
of negroes were placed under watch.
The city Jail "became the point of at
traction for the excited men who
formed the "nucleus of the mob.
Bloodhounds on Trail.
The trail of the assailant waa fol
lowed by bloodhounds to a deep ra
vine three miles from Ottumwa,
where it was lost. Other armed men
searched other parts of the country
all day and far into the night.
While this work was going on the
crowd around the city Jail continued
to grow. ..Threats being made against
the negro Judkin, the police toward
night took him to Chillicothe. ton
miles west, where he was put on
board a Burlington train and taken
to Albla. Trouble started again when
searchers began to 'bring in suspects
captured In the surrounding country
The mob contented itself with yell
ing It hate as the first', second and
third suspects woro taken in the city
Jail. When the fourth man was
hustled Into the county Jail the mob
became restive.
"Come on, boysTlefs get some one;
the police are footing us," cried a
man in the crowd. It was the mo
ment for a leader, but the leader was
not there. The onslaught never got
beyond words.
There were many of soBcr mind in
the crowd, and these argued with the
more violent to give the police a
chance. As darkness came, the less
vengeful went home and apparently
the danger of lynching was oyer for
the time.
Another Murder Found.
Although the slaying of Clara Ros
en, whose dead body was found in an
abandoned execavation of a house,
first roused the mob spirit today
there have been a number of assaults
on white women by negroes within the
last two yean that contributed to
arouse Ottumwena
The first was an assault on Mrs.
George McBrlde. Sherman Phillips,
colored, was acquitted of this crime.
Mary Mahoney, the' next victim,
died In a hospital. Oscar Hogan, col
ored, Is serving a lite term for this
(Continued en page fear.)
MILE A MINUTE FOR
AND BREAKS THE
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. II. Robert
Burman in his Bulck car today broke
the world's record for 100 miles on a
circular track In the feature event
of the second day. of the Mardi Graa
speed carnival. Burman made the
distance after a most remarkable drive
In l:t:Si t-t. this being over 11
minutes taster than the previous rec
ord made by Clemens at Indianapolis
In UOt. The track was In almost
perfect condition and fully ten thou
sand people were in attendance. -
In the first race Jimmy Ryall's
Matbesoa ear ran into the fence and
waa demolished beyond repair, 1111:00 !-.
FIVE LAWYERS ARE
INCLUDED IN LIST
Forebodes Rough Sledding
for Corporate Abuses Ac
cording to Prophets.
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, Feb.- 21. President-elect
Taft arrived here "this
morning from Cincinnati and, with
Mrs. Taft, who came over from New
York to Join him, is the guest of Dr.
8. Weir Mitchell. Mr. Taft attended
morning service at the Unitarian
church and, with Mrs. Tart, drove to
Rrvn Mawt where they called on
th.ir jtanrhter Helen, and returned
with her in their automobile to din
ner at the Mitchell residence.
a conference took place between
the president-elect and Frank B.
Hitchcock. Frank B. Kellogg wail
also a visitor. ,
Aithnntrh it was early In the morn
ing when Mr. Taft alighted from the
train, he was greetea Dy an enmun
astio crowd. When a few minutes
later he stepped from his automobile
at the Mitchell residence the street
was blocked with people.
An address will ne aenverea oy
.Tnriro Tuft tomorrow under the
auspices of the University of Penn
sylvania in celebration of University
day. A walking stick used by Ben
jamin Franklin and by him presented
to Lafayette will be a gift to the uni
versity by the president-elect. After
ih. fsiohratinn Mr. Taft will be the
guest at luncheon of the First Troop,
Philadelphia city cavalry, ana ai nigm
will attend the Pennsylvania univer
sity alumni dinner. He expects to
leave for New York Tuesday morn
Ing. I -
Only Treasury urn.
-Mr. Taft admits he is making head
way in the selection of a secretary of
the treasury, tout maintains tnai xn
place Is not yet filled. Franklin Mc
Veagh and Myron T. Herriek are two
nf iha men under consideration. With
.hi. .gntnn. the Taft cabinet is
complete, and, will be as follows:
Secretary of State Philander C
Knox of Pennsylvania.
Attorney-General Geo. W. Wick
ersham of New York.
Secretary of War J. M. Dickinson
of Tennessee.
Secretary of the Navy George Voa
L. Meyer of Massachusetts.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Charles Nagel of Missouri.
Secretary of the Interior It. A.
Ballinger of Washington.
Postmaster-General Frank IL
Hitchcock of Massachusetts.
Secretary of Agriculture James
Wilson of Iowa.
It will be observed that in this
list are five lawyers, of whom Mr.
Taft believes there are none better In
the country. It may be stated that
thl fart la not a. mere coincidence
but la an accomplishment carefully
planned.
Will TTha Tim on Trusts,
Constitutional legal restrictions on
corporate abuses are the accompnsn
montu he will strive for. The ex
treme difficulties of first framing
such measures and then of securing
their enactment have confronted Mr
Taft with great force. To meet them
with success he believes win require
the combined legal skill of the ablest
mfnria tin mn hrinflr to the task.
It will be Interesting therefore to
know something of the personality
and legal achievements of the latest
arniiiBltinn J. M. Dickinson of Ten
nessee. who accepted the war port
folio at the hands of Mr. Taft In Cin
cinnati yesterday.
rslM ITn nnnil Job. 1
Mr. Dickinson will give up the po
sition of general solicitor ior me 1111
nols Central railway system and I
salary of $35,000 a year to become a
cabinet minister. He is between flfty
four and fifty-five years of age, a na
tivn nf MlaalHHlDni: served three
month In thn Pnnferlerate armv
boy; graduated from the university
of Tennessee, and finished his educa
tion In Germany. His grandfather
was Phellx Grundy, attorney-general
of the United States; hie father a dis
tinguished chancellor in Mississippi.
Mr- Dickinson has always been a dem-
nro al.hntffrti h. fat a nernnnal friend
of President Roosevelt, and refused to
imiA far Rrvan. Mrs. Dickinson was
a Miss Overton, daughter of General
Overton, and ootn are reiaiea to
prominent old Southern families. He
(Continued on sg six.)
HUNDRED MILES
WORLD'S RECORD
escape was remarkable. The 100
mile race, open to stock cars started
with three entries: Burman (Bulck).
Robertson (Simplex), and Strong
(IsotU).
In the seventy-fourth mile Strang's
steering gear got out of order and
he waa forced to retire permanently.
Burman drove alone without the al4
of a mechanic, and his car was
stripped to a skeleton.
The world's. record for one mile on
a circular track, waa broken by two
and one-fifth seconds in the sixth' race
by Mrs. Joan Cuneo, her time being
ROBIN COOPER, SLAVER OF CAR
RIOTERS SEEK
REVENGE UPON
QUIET GREEKS
Shooting of Policeman by
One Led to An Attack ,
on Foreigners.
OMAHA POLICE
WERE POWERLESS
Many Houses Wrecked and
Several People Hurt in
the Melee.
y Associated Prsu.)
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 21. Bent on
avenging the murder of Patrolman
Edward Lowery, who was shot Friday
night by a Greek prisoner, some 8,000
men and boys today partly wrecked
thirty buildings In the Greek quarter
of South Omaha, and created a riot
during which two boys were wounded
with bird shot and a dozen other per
sons were Injured with missiles of
various sorts used In smashing bulld-
j ings occupied by Greeks. The riots
j followed a mass meeting at which two
state legislators and an attorney har
ranguod the crowd.
The police were helpless for almost
three hours to disperse the rioters
and Greek residents fled In panic
from the quarter attacked while the
mob wrecked property. Even after
the police gained control they could
not disperse the crowd. The on
slaught of the mob was made in
three divisions. The main attack cen
tered at Twenty-sixth and Q streets,
the principal Greek quarter.
Bricks and Rocks Used.
The maddened crowd began Its de
struction ny throwing Hones and
bricks through the windows of stores
and houses known to be occupied by
Greeks. In a short time havoc was
made of these places. Two blocks
east another crowd smashed the front
of a saloon and several men attempt
ed to pillage the Interior. A squad of
police prevented the mob from get
ting the liquor. At this place the two
boys were shot and the other persons
Injured. A third crowd rushed to
Twenty-fourth and L streets, and de
molished a confectionery store kept
by Demos Brothers. Mrs. Demos and
her aged father narrowly escaped
death at the hands of the mob.
The three attacks were made al
most simultaneously ahd the destruc
tion was completed before Chief
Bliggs could get his scattered force
together. Meantime Sheriff Bailey
rushed his deputies to South Omaha
to aid the police.
The mob assaulted many Italians
and Rumanians, who were mistaken
for Greeks.
Patriotic lawmaker.
The riot grew out of the arrest of
a Greek last Friday night by Police
man Lowery. While on the way to
the police wtation the Greek shot Low
ery to death and escaped. An unsuc
cessful attempt was made later to
lynch the Greek, and then a mass
meeting was called for this afternoon
to take some action with regard to
the Greek residents. State Represen
tatives Jerry Howard and J. P.
Krause, Attorney H. C. Murphy and
others addressed the meeting.
"The blood of an American Is on
the hands of these Greeks" Mur
phy is said to have shouted and "some
method should be adopted to avenge
his death and rid the city of this class
of persons."
The meeting dlminiaed, half of the
audience rushed to the Greek quar
ter, where the destruction began.The
crowd gave little heed to opposition,
one of the damaged houses, a two
story residence, being lea than a hun
dred feet from the police station.
MACK. 'I
BACK
N FRAY
RETORT
WITH
UNCOURTEOUS
Roosevelt Uses "Inaccu
rate and, "Misleading"
for Word He Means.
SECRET SERVICE
AGAIN THE CAUSE
Attacks Senators and Tells
Them How .Very Igno-
i-ani ThallyAre. ' '"-
. By Associates'' Prsss.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. Presl
dent Roosevelt today added another
stirring ehapter to the secret service
controversy In a vigorous reply to
what he terms "Inaccurate and mis
leading" statements by Senator Hem
enway of the senate appropriations
committee, attacking the secret ser
vice. Senator Hemenway in this re
port asserted that It never had been
the Intention of congress to build a
"spy" system. With evident reference
to this utterance, the president de
clared thnt If the limitation of the
United State secret service had been
In force when the startling land fraud
were unearthed a few years ago.
a senator, a representative and vari
ous men of wealth and high polltl
cal influence, who at that time wcr
convicted would liave all escaped pun
ishinenL The president's letter which
Is addressed Acting Chairman Hale of
the senate appropriations committee
also points out as "misleading" man;
statements made In the debate which
the senator'H report aroused, and a
mass of farls nd figures are present
ed In dofenne of the seeret service and
Its efficiency 'luring the seven year
of his administration.
Lnud Chief Wllkle.
"In not one single Instance dur
ing these scw-n years" the president
states, " ha it been shown that thcli
action Jeopardised any mnn who wa
not connected with Illegal transac
tlons." He lauds Chief Wilkle's ex
ceptional service to the public and
adds, that "no other man in the gov
ernment employ Is so dreaded an."
hated by law breakers, and they es
pecially divlre to see his activities
and those of the men under lilm re
strlcted In every way."
The president further charges thai
when congress last year forbade th'
use of secret service to put a clop
to crime aside from counterfeiting
It not only hampered Justice in othe)
department but "deprived the mc
retury of the treasury, the ofricia
guardian of a billion and a half o!
the nation's actual money of the pow
er effectively t exercise that guard
lanfchip.
"But in yor report, and the tub
sequent delMte." the president con
tinues, "direct and Indirect attack are
made upon the secret servtec, with 9
curious indifference to th act that
your comnilitee recommends that t
precisely similar secret service to (he
one attacked be now established in
the department of Justice and be it ob
served that no limitation is proposed
(Continued an psga six.)
BHOWER& pl
WASHINGTON, Feb- II Fore
cast: North Carolina Fair Monday,
preceded by-shower In east portion.
Rain Tuesday or Tuesday night, mod
erate winds, mostly southwest ,
COIi, DUNCAN COOPER.
RURAL ROUTES
IN SOUTH TO BE
ESTABLISHED
Improvements in Roads En
ables Department to Act
on Application.
ADVANTAGES HAVE
BEEN NEGLECTED
Over Five Hundred Will Be
Inaugurated Before Tune
In South. "v'
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.--Confl
dent that the time la "ripe" for a
more efficient postal service In the
South, the appeal of the people from
below Mason and Dixon' line for In
creased facilities of that character
will not go unheeded by Uncle Sam.
Plans now being formulated by offi
cials of the postolflce department con
template the establishment during the
present year of a greater number of
new rural free delivery routes In the
Southern states than In any other
section of the country.
It has only been within recant
years that the people of the South
have come to realize the great bene
tits to ho derived from the rural free
delivery service. A new spirit now,
however, has come over the South,
and the people of that part of the
country are appreciating to the fullest
degree th lieneflclent result of the
rural free delivery system.
Good Roads Required.
It Is one of the requirements of
the department In the establishment
of new routes that the road shall be
kept in good condition. Although the
postoffice department hae been as
lenient as possible In tho enforcement
of this regulation In the South owing
to natural obstacles, neany half of
the petitions for additional routes In
the past have been rejected. Now.
however, that the good roads Infoc-
j tlon U sweeping over Hie South, the
obstacles to Increased postal lad lilies
are rapidly being removed with con
sequent beneficial results in that re
spect. '
Tho South will share to a larger
extent than any other section of the
country In the proposed distribution
of rural free delivery service during
the present year. More than five
hundred new routes are to be estab
lished in various Southern states,
which Is nearly 60 per cent of those
for the entire country. There are now
In operation in the Southern states
nine thousand, eight hundred and ev-enty-four
rural routes, or about 24
per rent of the total number of routes
In operation, which cover 2J7.4B
mile of roads. These routes cost the
government a total of (1,(41,21 per
annum to maintain. '
The rural free delivery service Is
under the Jurisdiction of Fourth As
slktnnt Postmaster-General DeGraw.
In an Interview with a representative
of The Associated Press today Mr.
In-Graw furnished some Interesting
facts and figures on the subject of
the extension of rural delivery In th
South.
Beginning of System.
"The first rural delivery service
established In the TTnlted State was
on October 1, 1S." said Genera
DeGraw. "The first rural delivery
service established In the South, was
on October 1, MM, at Clarkavlll.
Johnson county, Arkansas, when three
routes were put Into operation, and
during that fiscal year several experi
mental rural route were established
Int nearly all of the other Southern
state. 1 - " '
''But, as In all section ef the coun
try, the people of the South did not
awaken to a realization of th bene
fits of rural delivery until about 1(02,
when th department wa literally
overwhelmed with petition for the
(Cootlnwed en pet dx.)
WILL ENTER ROADS
IN REVIEW TODAY
Officers' Wives Forbidden
to Send Wireless Love
Messages to Husbands
(By Associate rsa.) '
FORT MONKOK, Va,, Feb.
The returning battleship fleet reached
the Southern drill grounds, fifty miles
off the Virginia oapes, early today and
th battleship Connecticut ha been
In conettuit wine) ess communication
throughout the afternoon. The fleet
will remain on the drill ground until
B o'clock tomorrow morning, ge4t!ng
under way at that hour In order to
make th cape by 10 o'clock and
begin passing the Mayflower at the
tall of the Mors Shoe In Chesapeake
bay one hour later.
The weather wa well nigh perfect
off the coast today and ttyft battle
ships during the breathing pll on
the drill ground will b polished ahd
painted afresh for th review tomor
row, which will go down In hlatory
as one o( the moat notable In tho
annals of the American navy.
The number of vessels In th line
that will file by the Mayflower will
not be so great as at other rsvlews.
but never before ha the president
personally visited so many of the
ship as he plan to do tomorrow.
The review will aim be : notable .In
that It will bring together th great
eat number of battleships over
sembled undsr th American flag,
There will be twenty first-class bat
tleship In the Imposing column, two
mora than at the review In Ban Fran
cisco harbor last May. . In anticipa
tion of tomorrow' pagean, the waters
off here tonight ana filled with bril
liantly lighted yacht and many class
es of government VeaesI. . All, wafer
I lane eem to be leading to JMamplop
Road -.. t, ,
, Try to Spy Out Wilp'
Rear-Admlral Spnrry reported the
arrival of. hi fleet and the welcoming
squadron under command r of Rear
Admlral Arnold to th navy depart
ment this morning a soon a the
twenty-five .ships of th joint com
mand were brought to a standstill at
the ocean drill grounds. None but
official message were exchanged, Ad
miral Sperry having given or dors to
the wireless operators neither to end
nor receive personal or commercial
messages.
Hundreds of people went to Virgin
ia Beach and Cape Henry today hop
ing to catch a glimpse of the return
ing ships. They were disappointed,
however, as the ships lay too far off
the coast to be observed even from
high towers. The faint tracing Of
smoke from some commercial steam
er occasionally act the throngs' aflut-
tirr with excitement, but hopes wert
quickly dispelled when the unrmman-
tic vessels of commerce came within
range of vision.
The repair ship Panther steamed In
today, the third of the auxiliaries of
the fleet to make home after encir
cling th globe. A homeward-bound
pennant of red streamed far behind
the trim white vessel ss she steamed
in the capes and proceeded to an
anchorage almost directly off the gov
ernment pier. The Panther lsan
Ill-named vessel, having none of the
tendencies or qualities of a beast of
prey- Instead, sh has lxn more of
a guardian angel to the fleet, being
ready at all times to make any re
pairs that might be needed. This float
ing machine stipp has always been
within wireless hall of the battleships
Yankton a Treasure IVt.
The collier AJax also ctuine in today
a late messenger from the fleet. Col
liers have no borne other than the
restless ocean and so th black. AJax
flew no home-bound pennant today.
The Yankton slipped in last Wednes
day with the sentimental streamer
notably absent from the after mast
The Yankton was too busy fighting
the storms of the wintry Atlantic at
urtequal odds to permit of the weld
ing together of a pennant wnlch, to
have been appropriately long, would
have ben longer than the Utile, ves
sel Itself. This busy dispatch boat re-
(Continued en pa two.)
INDIAN RUNS AMUCK IN RAILROAD
STATION AND STABS THREE PEOPLE
(By Associated Presa)
CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 21. With
an ear-splitting war hoop an uniden
tified Navajo Indian war chief ran
amuck In the union station today and
fatally str.bbed and cut Mrs. Anna be
vord, of Huntington, W. Va., usnd
Max Meyers, of Cincinnati, and seri
ously wounded Joseph W. Gordon,
of Cambridge, III-
The Navajo, wtth four Sioux chief
from Kansas, alighted from a crowd
ed Chesapeake and Ohio train. As the
passenger stepped from the train the
Indian, with a yell, drew a long; knife
and started through the crowd, slash.
Ing right and left. Mrs. Devord was
walking along th station platform
Holp-Up of His Nomination
Is Attracting Universal
Interest Says "Tav,",v
BY ThV,
(Special Correspondent ot Th CRUwn)
WASHINGTON. Fh 11. Th fl.
tlon of th nte In holding up th
confirmation of Herbert F. Seawall,
who was named by Prealasnt Room
velt to be federal judg of th east
ern North Carolina district, la broad
cnlng out Into a mattar of national
Interest. , ' ,,,-;
While evidence for and against
Seawell I belng.,-conlderd by th
senate sub-Judlulary oommltu ap
pointed to weigh hi qualifications, th
public Is affordsd the unusual priv
ilege of getting a II ns oa a candidate
before Instead or after .fa ha been
made a Judg (or lit. - - . .
, Machine's Choloe.
President Rooaevelt appointed Sea
well at th Instance of th North Car
ollna republican machine, whloh tuta
frequently been charged with being;
one of th most Infamou political or
ganisation in the country.
1 From authoritative source, th best
information I that th man th pres
ident ha name's for th federal bench
I hopelessly disqualified by lack ot
experience. If not by affiliation with
the North Carolina republican ma
chine, and that March will eora and
pass without the senat oonflrmlng
the president' appointee. It la not
believed President Taft woukl May
point Beawell aftar h bad " been
turned down by th eeaate. It can
not b said for m certainty, however,
what Mr. Tatt would do under Mich
lreumtaiKie.? Therefor Seawall will
continue to be discussed Indefinitely.
Benator F. 'M. Simmon of Horth
Carolina object to th president's apt
potato an th broad ground that he
Is not, of Judgeship calibre. Benator
Simmon and , hhtm eUage, Benator
Overman, hav received acorea.of lot.
ter from prominent member of th
North Carolina bar, both from repub.
11 can and democ ratio lawysr, oppos
ing Seawall' confirmation. , .
. Why The Object.
One prominent member of th
North Carolina bar. 14 a letter to th
sub-commlttss. gav the following
reasons for opposing Scawell' ascen
sion; ' . : ' '
1. Because he has newer appeared,
In the federal court a attorney,
either for complainant or defendant
In cause of equity.
i. Because h ha never appeared
In the federal court either for plaintiff
or defendant In any civil actios that
wa tried. I "' ' ' I "'' i ' .'w.-.
I. Because he ha never appeared
In the federal court In any admiralty
case, either for th libelant ;
ponriont. .' ' -; v'
4. Because to ha nsver appeared
In any case In th circuit court of
appeals for th fourth district and
has never been admitted to practlc
in said court. ve-;.,V,
6. Because he 1 not familiar with
the admiralty and bankruptcy law, :,
which require a large part of ', th
Judge's time In hi district.
. Because he ha never argued a
cas in the supreme court of North
Carolina involving any serious ques
tions of law, and has never been oo
nected with any important litigation
In this state. "I
7. Because he ha never written any
legal treatise or brief, by which hi '
ability or knowledge of th law can
be Judged,
Conclusions: Because, though nl
character and even RT ability may b -exalted,
the federal Judgeship should
not be a training school tor aspiring ,
lawyers, but should b recognised a
a position always to be filled by 4
lawysr of eminent -anility and experi
ence, who can dispatch th business
or the court with the least Inconveni
ence and expense both to lawyers and
litigants.
Bcawell Is receiving strong backing
from railroad Influences, which ha
strong representation In th North ,
Carolina republican organisation. Re
ceiver Duncan of th Seaboard Air
Line has been in Washington on be- ,
half of Seawell. Circuit Judge Prltch- -ard
ot North Carolina also endorse
Me well. w '
with a child In her arms. Th India
had burled the blade in her back
and then slashed her across th body
and arms fin fell Insensible to th
platform. The child was not tiurt-
The Indian then attacked eMyera
V Meyers fell th Indian ran toward
Uordan. As the Indlans blade pen
etrated Gordon' clothing and flesh,
passenger and station attache
rushed on the madman and tituied
him prostrate to the platform. Th
Indian struggled desperately tras
himself but the dagger was knocked
from his hand and b was taken la
charge., , '-
Th Indian had been.ta Washing
ton to see the secretary of th Inter
lor. . ...