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LEE'S GREATNESS
ABGVL VENGEFUL
CARPING OF 6M
Wlckersham Declares Statue
vis Properly In Statuary Hall
and Will Stay
PRESIDENT APPROVES
WITHOUT COMMENT
Law and Illustrious Career of
' Great Soldier Both Entitle
Him to Place
BEVERLY, Mam, July Sl.Prej
Ment Taft has approved without com
ment an opinion by Attorney General
Wickersham, to the effect that there
U no provision of law by which the
statue of General Robert E. Lee in
Confederate uniform can be removed
from Statuary Hail In the capitol at
Washington. : f
In adcHtios to deciding the question
on a purely legal basis Mr. Wlcker
ahant argues the matter from an ethi
cal point of view, declaring that Lee
haa come to be narded aa typifying
all that wu beat in, the cause to which
he gave Ma services and1 the most
loyal and unmurmuring acceptance of
the complete overthrow of that cause.
That the sta.de of Virginia should des
ignate ' him for a place in Saituary
i Hall aa on Illustrious for distinguish
ed military service, the attorney gen
eral declare la but natural and war
ranted under the reading of the law.
Grand Army Protested.
Mr. 'Wickers ham's opinion was call
ed forth by protests to the president
from the department of New York,
Grand Army of the Republic In his
opinion, addressed to and approved by
the president. Attorney General Wlck
ersham says:
' "I hav read tha resolutions adopt
ed by the department of New York,
Grand Army qf the Republic, at Syra
cuse on June fJrd, and "the commu
nications of Hoik Jiwniea Tetner with
respect to them. The act it July 2,
18(4, referred to provides for the cre
ation of suitable, structures and rail
ings in the 14 hall of the house of
rpreanttivtea, for the reception and
protection-of statuary, which, rs to be
under the supervision and direction of
the chief of engineer In charge of
public building and grounds, and the
statute authorise the president to in
vite each and all the states to provide
and furnish statues in marble or
bronze, not exceeding two in number
(Continued on Page Two. )
mous CONVICT
SUIT CASE FOR TRAVEL
Has it Embellished .With
Family Crest and Motto
and Pays $100 for It
SWELL ENGLISHMAN
NEW YORK, July 31. There has
Just been filled by an uptown furnish
er a dress suit case order for a convict
who is an enigma. He Is in the Fed
eral penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. Whether his name is Edmund
Burke, the Hon. Edmund Beresforcl
or he la entitled to be called "Duke."
as his present associates address him,
convict No. 8,28( is certainly a swell
Englishman. When his term of three
years for swindling ends next April he
will -walk out with his effects in a
receptacle that is strictly class.
It cost 1100 and was made over
after his own drawings. The toilet
furnishings Include ebony military
hair brushes. All the movable fittings
are mounted in sterling silver and
decorated with a coat of arms, a crest,
the family motto and the monogram
"E, F. L. B. P.," these Initials raising
further conjecture as to his real nam.
In payment for this extraordinary
order he forwarded to Mark Cross
four Ave pound Bank of England
notes.
Correspondence over the order be
gan In April when Burke, as he sign
ed himself, wrote for a catalogue of
suit cases and traveling bags and said
he would like something to cost about
1100. The letter was written on paper
on which wa printed that it was to
be used only by prisoners and contain
ing apace for the name of the writer
and his prison number. The outfitter
decided that whatever there might be
queer about the writer he knew what
he wanted and a .catalogue was sent
to Mm. ' . I ) '
Soon a second letter arrived from
him, stating hit wishes more precise
ly than hs had done at first and
politely calling the attention of the
house to a marked difference between
New York and London prices. This
opened a detailed correspondence, in
which Bnrke went Into dimensions
very particularly. He finally selected
a model rather smaller than his letter
had demanded, but the largest made
In this country. With such altera-
( Cent in eed ea page Jour.)
CRIPPEN AND HIS
GIRL COMPANION
IN TOILS AT LAST
Pursuit Across Atlantic Ends With
Their Arrest by Inspector Dew;
Doctor Broken in Spirit Woman in
State of Utter
FATHER POINT, Que., July !.
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crlppen, and Ethel
Clare Lemeve, his .stenographer,
who fled from London after the dis
appearance of Bella Elmore, the dec.
tor's wife, were arrested here today
aboard the Canadian Pacific steamer
Montrose at the command of Inspector
Dew of Scotland Yard.
- The identification of the long sought
fugitives) on board the fog shrouded
steamer by the English detective, who
had raced aoroa the Atlantic ahead
of the Montrose, marked the culmi
nation of one of the most sensational
flights in recent criminal anna la Ac
companfetd by the Canadian officers he
boarded, the vessel at (.SO o'clock this
morning, and fifteen minutes later
both man and girl were locked in
their staterooms, Crlppen broken in
spirit but mentally ' relieved by the
relaxed tension; the girl, garbed in
boy's clothes, sobbing hysterically.
They were, no longer the Rev. John
Robinson end son, a booked from
Antwerp on July 20.
Will He Taken Hack.
After a brief delay the Montrose
continued her ISO mile, journey up
the river towards Quebec where Jail
awaited the pair. Crippen is charged
with the murder of an unknown wo
man, believed to have been his actress
wife. The girl is held aa an acces
sory. In charge of Inspector Dew
they will be taken back to England
for trial, on the Royal Line steamship
Royal George, leaving " Quebec on
Thursday next. Inspector Dew spent
a sleepless night at the Marconi op
erator's side, communicating through
the fog with the liner that bore the
man nnd woman he sought. The man
had lied to him In London by fleeing
the city with the mystery of Belle
KlmoiVs disappearance unsolved, and
a strong personal feeling entered Into
the case, accentuating the detective's
desire to carry out the task assigned
to him by Scotland Yard!
tUmi4er-1t. Pilot. V
"At 4. SO ft, m., thla approaching ship's
whistle was hear above the bell oft
Father Point. Like a giant alarm
clock it awakened the nervous villa
gers and the expectant newspaper
men who dressed hastily and waited
In a drizzling rain for the liner's ar
rival. The minutes and the hours
passed with tantalizing slowness. If
was after 7.80 o'clock when the Mont
rose pushed her nose through the fog,
ONE TIME SOCIETY 61
ARRF5TED WITH A COKE
DEALER IN TENEMENT
Once Reigned as Beauty
From New York to Flor
ida Resorts
NOW MERE SLATTERN
NEW YORK, July SI. Mrs. Har
riet Grange Bulmer- Uewender, well
known in Norfolk, Va , and Tampa,
Fla., for her resemblance to the Gib
son Girl pictures, was locked up for
a Bhort time In IMS city yesterday.
She has figured In two divorce suits,
In one of which a nurre told of her
hair being il"d around a nobleman's
neck in a rose-strewn room. She was
arrested in -"ront of the tenement at
No. 250 West Fortieth street early
yesterday morning alter purchasing a
bottle of cocaine from a sallow-faced
rtreet peddler of the drug.
She was taken to the West Thirty
seventh street police station with the
"coke" seller, but wan soon released
and removed to Bellevue hospital,
where Dr. W.'lkerson said she was in
a state of h"terla, dun to continued
use of "dope."
While In the police nation and at
the hospital he was a pitiful figure.
She did her best to conceal her iden
tity and Insisted ho was the wife of
a Dr. J. D. Bulmer of Tampa. Be
coming Indignant over her arrest, she
Inally said her parents lived at No.
719 Twenty-ninth street. Norfolk. A
.lespatch from that city said that she
was the daughter of John D. Grange,
a retired lumberman and had married
John Bulmer a mechanic of Troy, N.
Y., when she was vry young and who
afterwards became the wife of "Wil
liam H. Dewender, a wealthy druggist
of No. 1(7 Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn.
Mr. Dewender lives at No. 171
Amity street, and when seen at his
home last night said that he had
left her two years ego.
Patrolman Beadle was walking
through Fortieth street Just before
daybreak when he saw a tall, dishev
elled woman glide up to a stoop
thouldered man who stood in the
shadow of the tenement and whisper
something to him. Beadle knew the
deftness of the cocaine dealers. He
saw a swift- passing- - change and
a small package ana the pair start to
Collapse.
and at 8.16 the pilot boat, Eureka
mt out from shore, with a host of
newspaper men and photographers
and a few fortunate townspeople
aboard. Inspector Dew was not
among them. As a precaution he had
embarked on the Eureka's small ten
dmr, accompanied by Chief McCarthy
of the Quebec police and ex-Ohief
Dennis ' of the same city. All wore
the garb of pilots and over his florid
face Inspector- Dew had pulled a
pilot's visored cap. He did not wish
Crlppen to recognise him and take
advantage of the only avenue of es
cape suicide. Four sailors quickly
rowed the tender alongside the Mont
rose and Dew and his companion!
stepped aboard.
Crlppen Nervous.
Crippen. was standing near the rail
talking with Dr. Stuart, the ship's eur
geon, attempting to appear calm! but
that he was nervous was Indicated by
his furtive glances and his remarks to
the doctor.
"There are thtae pilots coming
aboard," he said nervously, "Is not
that unusual?"
The physician did not reply but kept
his eyes on the strangers who walked
rapidly toward them.
, "Crlppen, I want you," said Inspec
tor Dew quietly aa he approached
The dentist recoiled involuntarily at
he recognized' the man who arrested
him, then the blood left his facs, hie
breath came short and fast and he
gurgled Incoherently. As he was be
ing led away to the captain's cabin
whence he was transferred later tp
his own stateroom, he said, gratefully:
. "Thank God the suspense Is over
and I am glad."
Woman Collapses.
' Crlppen' arrest accomplished, Dew
hurried to Miss Leneve's stateroom
where he found her on the verge of
nervous brtoakdowiW Her appearance,
Vhen told she was under arrest, wa
pitiable. All control that she . had
fought so hard to retain throughout
the voyage left her. She cried out
hysterically, and became so faint that
restoratives were administered. Shut
In her room' and restored to woman'i
dress, she was closely guarded as the
vessel continued Its Journey for fear
(Continued on pace six.)
NEGRO FIEND CORCES
HIS CRIMINAL LUST ON
WHITE AND BLACK ALIKE
After Assaulting and Rob
bing White Woman Kills
Negro and Steals Wife
LYNCHERS ON TRAIL
, MOBILE, Ala.. July 31. Many
posses hasp een scouring the woods
around Axis, Ala., elgrtten miles from
Mobile, since shortly after one o'clock
this morning, for Pli. Walker, a negro,
who had been loafing around the mill
town, and who criminally assaulted
Mrs. Nettle Gibson, 31 years old, wife
of J. O. Glbnon, superintendent of a
t'uck farm. The negro told Mrs. Gib
son a friend was dead, and that he
had been sent to uccompany her to
the house where she was wanted to
help prepare the bod,-. Proceeding a
few hundred feet from the aibson
home, the .negro assaulted his vic
tim. Her eight year old brother, Clar
ence Howe!', hearing her screams,
ran to the nr -ne am' tried to protect
his sister. Clarence Howell was cut by
fhe black. Wr.lker alter 'forcing Mrs.
Gibson to give him what money she
had, left for the home cf Jesse Brown
another negro- He slipped up to
Brown's window and shot him while
asleep. Walk-r then forced Brown's
wife, Katie to accompany him. Walk
er and Katie Brown have not been
found, . Citizens of the community
ray that tho law will not be needed
If Walker is caught.
Mrs. Gibson and her brother are not
fntally hurt hut Jeaeo Brown will die.
At midnight tonlj l.t word reached
Mobile by t)!, phono from Axis, that
Bill Walker. Mrs. Gibson's assailant,
had undoubtedly been shot or lynch
ed by a poss4. It is reported that the
wife of Jesse Hrown, forced by Walk
r to accompany him after Walker
had mortal'y wounded her husband,
had returned to. Axis. Phe said Walker
had taken her to a water tank at
Cold Creek station, near Axis, and
when a train pulled up Walker tried
to board It. Member of a posse were
on the train and as Walker attempted
to board It, the posse opened fire. The
woman said the suddenly realised
she was fre and made a dash for
nome. She could not say what fate
Walk? met-i- - - .
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Papal Head Of CntltollO Church Woo
lad T rttae in Itrrsklng
PAPAL NUNCIO TO SPAIN
HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED
Vatican Shows Lima Forbearance With Rude Diplomacy
of CanaJejas Hoping That Threatened Rupture .....
May Yet be Avoided.
ROME, July 31. The papal nuji-
c10 at Madrid, Mr. Vlco, has hot
been recalled by the Vatican, which
ls awaiting the official announce
ment of the recti!, by the HpanUh
government of Marquis De OJeda,
ambassador to the Vatican. The
situation remains practically un
changed. The Vatican is greatly offended
at the methods adopted by Premier
Canalejas In the recall of the Span
ish ambassador, as the . snnounce
ment was made through the press.
and neither the Papal Nuncio at
Kidrld nor the Vatican was notified
directly. As a consequence the pa
pal secretary of stte Cardinal Mer
ry Del Val, haa not been able to
take any measure of retaliation, but
HADLY HESITATES TO
ACCEPT APPOINTMENT
Not Eager to Undertake
Investigation
road Issues
of Rail-
i
BBVEfiLY. Man.. July 31 Presi
dent Arthur T. Jiadlcy of Yale has not
accepted the appointment tendered
him by PreKldi-nt Tail to head the
commission authorlz. : by the last ses
sion of congress to investigate the
subject of railroad flocks and bonds
and to devise a menus lo prevent the
practice of "watering." Ir, Had ley
spent two ho urn vtlth the president
yesterday. Dr. Hadley agreed to take
ten days more In considering the of
fer and will return to Beverly at the
end of that time.
WASHINGTON, July . II. Fore
cast for North Carolina, fair Mon
day snd - robblr Toesdsrj''! moder
ate - tempreature . light . variable
winds.
PIUS X.
.' f! I ' Jv
t.l t4 .a, 4 . J
hpnln and f'urtugul rVUuiug
from If T to Vgil.n. ' -1
It is believed that Mgr. Vlco W"'
Instructed to leave MaWd, immedl
ately after the official announcement
of Marquis De OJeda's recall IS re
ceived here.'
The opinion is held In some clr
cles, however, that the Vatican will
give further proof of Its tolerance
by permitting the papal nuncio to
remain at Madrid, notwithstanding
the withdrawal of the Spanish, am
bassador, i
There are some who still hope
that the recall of Marquis De Oleda
Is merely temporary, his absence
from Home assuming the nature of
a simple vacation and that . he will
return when an agreement has
been reached, .
LEFT HIM HANGING THERE
'Negro Caught in Girl's Bed
Room Gets Short Shift
at Hands of Neighbors
CAIRO, o,i. Jui 31 Screams of
the young daughter of John Wade,
ten miles northeast of this place last
night, resulted In the capture and
lynching of a negro who had entered
her room and was discovered at her
oedfslde.
The negrj entering through a win
dow, 'awakened the young lady. She
screamed and members of the family
rushed Into the room. The negro had
no time to escape but dived under her
bed. He was dragged out from- his
hiding place. News of the capture was
sent from house to house among the
neighbors and a body of men quickly
gathered and .leclded to lynch the ne
gro Immediately. He was placed in a
ragon and cne end of a rope was
tied about his neck and the other to
a limb The wagon was driven from
under him titid his body was riddled
with bullets
KILLED BY JSltJHT RIDEBS.
PADUCAH, Ky., July t. Night
riders today rhot and killed Tom
Cooper, a relative of Milton Oliver,
the state's chief witness in the night
rtder cases in he tried this fall. Three J
of the Allegtd assasblns are said to
te under arrest, '
UNARMED FiEGRDES
E
BRUTALLY KILLED
Texas Mob Acted More Like
Savage Indians Than Civ
llized Men
TRIVIAL DISPUTE LED
TO BLOODY BUTCHERY
Terrified Blacks Fled to Woods
Only to be Run Down and
Murdered
PALESTINE, Tx, July " !. At
cast fifteen and It may t twenty ne
groes all ef them probably unarmed.
were h untax down and killed by
mob numbering pe'lmps tOO or 800
1 1 i .1 in the Slocuni and Dsnlson
Jl. .iff neighborhood of Palestine
las night and yesterdity, according to
the opinion of Sherirt Black, who re
turned early this morning ftr a
! hour absence in that district.
Th sheriff told of a item man-hunt
in me wooaa, or ri.mied bodies found
lying on lonely roads and of th tr
ror almost undescrtuttbls among th
inhabitant in th southeastern part
or Anderson ;unty.
Wanton Murder.
"I found the greatest xc!Umnt
prevailing throughout that section of
he country," tald Sheriff Black, "Men
were going About and killing negros
ss fast as thsy could fnd them, and
so rar as i nave been able to ascer
aln, without any real cause at all
These negroes have never don any
thing that I r-ould aim-over.
We found eleven dead bodies, but
from what r have heard the dead
must number .fltyeu or twenty. We
came across" four . bodies in one
House,
'I don't know how many there
were In the mob. but I think there
must hav been twv or three hundred
all together. 1
'"1 sent two detective out through
the- country o collect til the, arms
they could find In th bouses of the
.agree. They, made a thorough search
but found only nine little slngled-bar-
rviea snut guns. v ;
Csuss of Murder Trilling.
"I bellev th main trouble was
due to a controversy over a promts
ror ynot. A, Alford, a whit man
who la a cripple, had ton on ne
pro' note, Tit note tame due and h
got after the negro to renew It or
pay It. Th negro would not do it
and cursed him. Th Incident eauatd
bad feeling. Then t think Mr. Spurg-
es probably bad lltei trouble with
them, at least the claimed that he
had whipped one. and somebody saw
this negro slipping up to Spurgss"
house ,the noirro was killed and then
they went to killing them all over
the country. I ha been told that
two were killed I think the moat
of that crowd of men came from
Houston county, and ' according to
what I am told, lh shooting wa
still going on yestsriiay evening. Thsy
were hunting the negroes down like
sheep. We found two in the road that
(Continued on page aerm.)
ELECTRIC MOTOR H! 9
EXCITESTHE NATIVES
One Now Eunning on
Southern Between And
erson tnd Greenville 8.0.
OREENVILLH, 8. C, July II,
Electric motor r service without
the us of trolley wires or the third
rail attachment Is now being given
on the line of the Southern railway
and the Blue Ridge railway be
tween OreenvUle - andj Anderson,
perhaps tho most thickly settled
milling section In the South, Includ-
ru important points, Piedmont,
Peliser, Wllliamston and Bel ton.
Only one motor car 1 now ope
rated and two round trip a day are
made. Though a large number of
tops are made the car ha no
trouble in making the schedule time
The car now In use I the property
of the General Elwtiic company
and will be used until two cars be
ing built by that company especial
ly for the Southern railway are de
livered; The new car will provide
seat for 07 passengers.
The car Is run by electricity gen
erated by gasoline engine. The
powerful machinery 1s compactly
placed In the forward end. It It
easily manloulated and the car u
bandied with perfect ease. The
greatest Interest is felt throughout
his section In th motor car and
It la crowded every trip. The first
day It wa greeted by 'great crowdi
at every station.. At one place
elttsen was so anxious to get a view
that he left th barber's chair run
ning to ths station with, hi face
covered with lather.
The new service is in addition to
the steam trains run between Oreen
vUle and Anderson and 1 expected
to prov a great convenience. Th
operation of these cars, the first of
their kind In ths South, will r be
watched with great mtret
HUNT
D DOWN AND
PASSENGER Ti ll
PLUr.GESTHRQUGI
BURNING TRESTLE
Fireman and Engineer killed;
But Passengers Escape
With Few Injuries
AFTER THE WRECK FIRE
DESTROYED ENTIRE TRAIN
v
Ashevllle Man With His WD
Lost Their Baggage But
Escaped Unhurt i ;
AUCJU8TA, Oa., July !. Pasnfe,
train No, 1, on th Spartanburg divuM
Ion. of th Char Vest on Western Car
olina, due to arrive In August fro ml
Spartanburg at .U p. nv ran Inta
a burning trestle, about a mile and
half from Wood lawn, resulting In ths
total destruction of th train, thai
death of engineer Hang. Tsylor and
fireman Simon Dunbar, colored; of!
Augusta, nnd alight Injury to sixteen!
pMsengsrs. .
When the train was entering Into di
revsrs curve, baggage master Onrg
Box directed th attention of conduc
tor W. B. Verdery to large volume ol
smoke, which he believed, to be com
Ing from the trestle then a mile dla
tant from thai train. Conductor Vem
dery watched the amok, until th
train had rounded th curve, and he
aw the fire was on the tret.
-c Pulled Brak Too Late. ?
Immediately h pulld the dangee
signal and! ran from the baggng cad
to the first class coach snd pulled th
emergency brake, but already the en-
gin had run onto the trestle, n 1
plunged through to ths little ere.
below, pulling with It the tender, bag
gage car and the front of on of ih
passenger coaches. The coach tllllmc
front" th wreckage to the rnaIl f
formed flu throush i"Vh tins
flames from the trestle d..ils w.-re
carried to thei train proper and In 1.
than five minute the entire train
wa flam,' - i it ., :
Engineer Taylor anrV Fireman Pun-
bar went down with the eriKihe, so 1
wiere caught undir th teml. r. I'o
bodies are-atUl 4a tli w, ... ...
Baggagemaster Box also went doK-nf
with his esr, but succeeded In !
Ing from th firs with slight InlurlesJ
Mall Crerk Bloom, of Spartanburg
did) not leave bis car and was serious
ly though not fatally injured.
None of th passenger were Injured?
beyond minor cuts nnd bruises. - Re
lief train were afent out from Au
gusts, and all passengers brought tier.
Mr. Vf. O. Muller. of II Charlotte)
street, received a wire from hi son
Mr,. Carl Muller, who with his wife,
was on the burned' train bound for .
August where he was booked for sn -
engagement at a vaudeville house, as
a hoop roller, telling him that they
lost all their paraphernalia In the
wreck. Mr. Mullrr did) not mention -
any injuries they bad received. No
other Ashevllle people are known to
have been on the train.
Hf.iyOFnCEH5L!ll5Ti;3T
BE EITHER FAT OR LEO
Gen. Wood " Orders That
They Must Keep Their '
Adonis Figures Trim 7
WASHING TON, July St. Army of
ficer may ride hobby horse,' play '
croquet, or any other strenuous form
of cxercls Just so long as they keep .
up former President Roosevelt' rid-,
ing test. Major Oenersl Leonard WoodlV
th new chief ef guff, has put Into
fores a chang of program by which,
th commandant of posts and com-"
menders of departments will be the '
Judge of th ntness of men, ' It con
template leaving to ths Individual
discretion of officer the form of phy
alcal exercise they shall take, bar
fing of course the abandonment ec.
the long horseback Jaunt prescrib
ed by former President Roosevelt
Under the plan It I ctpected that
the exercls be ft adapted to each man :
will be taken. Officers who ar ovr- '
weight wIM be enp'-cted to reduce.
snd those who art under normal will -
be expected to increase. Th xercls
beat adapted to the ' climate under
which It 1 to be conducted 1 to bo ,
followed as far as possible.' All gen- -
ral officers are excused from the an- '
nual test and th phvslcat examina
tion. Department commanders will be
required to conduct one riding test
but not a participants, .0. ;V,
Officers of the e,aet -artillery mar
take the, annual test by either riding '
or walking. One Important change In)
he condition provides that officers
shall take the . riding, test at their
home post, as far a practicable and
use their own mounts. ,
GOES TO CHAPEIj IITIJU
RICHMOND, Vs., July II. Rev.
. R. Li Bralth. D. D... naotor of (he
Second Baptist church, announcedi
today bis resignation or that, po
sition wkth a view to accepting the
pastorate of the Baptist church at
Ohepel IliH, N. C, the seat of the
University of North- Carolina.