CA
CASIAN
VMI.. AlA.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER. 12. 1901
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Dastardly'
Attempt to
- Anarchist at the Buffalo Exposition.
WHILE HOLDING A PUBLIC RECEPTION.
I ! Tre.drgj Occurred In tho Temple of Music lltilldlng -Nature
..r Wound (Serious but I'rohtttdy not Futul ltest Medical
M'cnduiice Immediately at Hand The Assassin Arrested and
I.Vm immI From Molt Violence.
I in train, N. Y., Hpt. 04:30 p. m This evening in tho Temple of
Mii-k- Pntddont McKinley wan fdiot twice by a Polish Anaithist
.luring I he reception. The man had a handkerchief wrapped around
In- kind in which h pistol w a oncealed. The first ball entered the
I'm -i.h'iit'rt chest and glanced; I he second ball entered the abdomen and
i u r 1 1 - I downward. Tlie first ha been extracted.
The l'Msident was instantly convey d to the hospital, where he is
im w renting and is con-cious. lie (aileJ his secretary to his bedside and
U ir.w lit tilting iiihtructians and his last wishes in case the wound should
j.n.ve la tul. An Immense throng ran after the assassin, who would have
Imtii Iviu IimI for the interference of k1 ice guards.
I'.ull'alo, Sept. r. President Me-, hand, rushed at him and handled
Kin ley was shot twice by an assassin
- he stood in the Temple ot Muse
nt the raii-American expedition at
I n't lK-k t his ufternoon. 'I lie shots
were were tired by Fred Nieman, of
I, tr.iit, w i o said afterward that he
uih an Hiiareliist and had only donej
hi.-, duty. The attempted assassina
tion took place in the presence of
;:,ihhi ..opU' who had crowded into
the Temple of Music and while ten
thuiistml ut hers stood outside the
t niple waiting for a chance to enter
mid -Iwikc liandi w ith the President.
The lirst bullet struck the sternum
in the I'rr-idenl's chest, dellected to
the right and traveled beneath the
i-kin to u point directly tielow the
riht nipple. The second bullet
I'eiiet rated the abdomen. Only a
-u ilieial wound was caused by the
tiiM l.ullet, and within fivemiiiutts
iil'l.r the physicians reached t lie
I'rei-idi nt it had lieen removed. The
-ei ..nil In. Ilet w as not found. An
Deration was erformed on the
I'loiileiit at t lie Emergency Hospital
en the exposition giounds at o'
clock by Dr. Matthew I. Mann, Dr.
John I'iissmenter and J)r. Herman
Myenter. The President's stomach
whs opened, but he bullet was not
found. Drainage tubts were insert
ed, the incision was sewed up, and
at 7: 15 o'clock the President was
removed to the homo of John (1.
Milburn at Delaware avenue and
Ferry street. The doctors stated af
ter the ojnTiition that they were
lio tul, and that while the wound
nui.-ed by the second shot was serious,
it was not necessarily fatal.
The man who did the shooting
wih seized immediately by the
detectivis He ottered no resistance,
nt first refusing to give any informa
tion about himself. Later lie said
1 1 i- name was Fred Nieman, that he
was 2S years of age and had come to
r.iitl'alo from Detroit a week ago.
He was living at No. 1025 Broad
way. He gave his occupation as a
hl u k-niilh and said he was born in
Detroit.
The reception to the President
this afteruiM.n was one to which the
general public had been invited.
l'ieident John O. Mnburn of the
exiMisiiiou had introduced ine l'rei-
lent to the greai crowd in the tem
ple, and men, women and children
'aim- forw ard for a ersonai greeting.
Among those in line was Nieman,
w1km left hand was wrapped in a
handkerchief. Enfolded iu the
handkerchief was a 32 calibre der
ringer. A little girl was led up by
her father and the President shook
hands with her. As she passed
along to the right, the President
looked after her smilingly aud, wav
ed his baud in pleasant adieu.
lfiw tho Deed Waa Done.
Next in line came the assassin As
the President turned to the right
again, bringing his right hand about
in ihe characteristic manner with
which lie extends it while leteiving
Meman thrust out both his hands,
bi u-hed aside tho President's ex
tended hand and brought tho re
volver hidden in the handkerchief
up against the President's stomach.
At the same instant lie pulled the
trigg. r. The first bullet entered too
iii'h for the purpose of the assassin,
ho tired again as soon aa his finger
"uld move the trigger. On receiv
ing the first shot, President McKin
l y lifted himself on his toes with
something of a gasp. His niove
uient caused the second shot to enter
just below the navel. With the
"yond shot the President doubled
lightly forward and then sauk back.
Detective (Jearv cautrht the Presi-
d'-nt in his arms arid President Mil
i'urn heljied to support hinl.'
It had all happened in an instant.
Almost before tho noise of the
w-cund shot sounded Nieman was
w seized by S. It. Ireland, a
United States secret service man,
who stood opposite the President,
Ireland hurled him to the floor, and
lie fell a negro waiter named
John Harper leaped upon him.
Soldiers of tho United States artil-
kry, detailed at the reception, sprang
upon them and he waa surrounded
y a squad of police and secret ser
men. Detective Gallagher
fc'nuueu Nleman'd right hand, tore
awy the handkerchief and seized
ie revolver. The artillerymen,
ng the revolver in Gallagher's
Assassinate the Chief Executive hv ani
him rather roughly
Meanwhile, Ireland and the negro
held the assassin, endeavoring to
shield him from the attacks of the
infuriated artillerymen and the
blows of the policemen's clubs. Hup
lorted by Detective Geary and Presi
dent Milburn, and surrounded by
Secretary George Cortelyou and half
a dozen exiosition officials, the
President was assisted to a chair.
His face was very white, but he
made no outcry and sank back with
one hand holding his abdomen. His
eyes were oien, and he was clearly
conscious of all that had transpired.
He looked up into President Mil
bum's face and gasped "Cortelyou."
The President's secretary bent over
him. 4,ortelyou," said the Presi
dent, "ray .wife; ie careful about
her. Don't let her know."
Moved by a paroxysm, the Presi
dent writhed to the left, and then
his eyes fell on the prostrate form ot
tho would be assassin. Nieman lay
on the floor, bloody and helpless, be
neath the blows of the guard. The
President raised his right hand, red
with his own blood, and placed it
on the shoulder of his secretary.
"Let no one hurt him," he gasped,
and sank back in the chair, while
the guards carried Nieman out of
his sight.
An ambulance from the exposition
hospital was summoned immedhttly,
and the President, still conscious,
sank upon the stretcher. Secretary
Cortelyou and Mr. Milburn rode
with him in the ambulance, and in
eine minutes after the shooting the
President was awaiting the arrival
of surgeons who had been summon
ed from all sections of the city and
by sj.tecial train from Niagara Falls,
The President continued
conscious i
and conversed with Mr. Cortelyou
and Mr. Milburn on his way to the
hospital. "I am sorry," he said,
"to have been the cause of trouble
to the exposition." Three thoughts
had found expression w ith the Presi
dent first, that the news should be
kept from his w ife; r-econd, that the
assassin should not be harmed; and
third, regret that the tragedy might
hurt the exposition.
The news thai the President had
e'en shot p?s-ed across the exposi
tion grounds with almost incredible
speed, and the crowd aroui d the
temple grew until it counted 50,
000. This crowd followed the am
bulance to the hospital and thep
divided itself in two parts one
anxious to learn the condition of the
President and to catch up every
rumor that came from the hospital,
and the other eager to find the as
sassin and to punish him. Certain
it is, if the officials had not. used re
markable diligence iu taking Nie
man out of the w ay of the crowd he
would have been mobbed and beaten
to death.
Nieman had been carried into a
side room at the northwest corner
of the temple. There he was search-
eel, but nothing was found upon
him except a letter relating to lodg
ing. They washed the blood from
his face and asked h m who he was
and why he had tried to kill the
President. lie made no answer at
first, but finally gave his name as
that of Nieman. He is of medium
height, smooth-shaven, brown-haired,
and was dressed in the ordinary
clothes of a mechanic. He offered
no explanation for the deed, except
that he was an anarchist and had
done his duty. A detail of exposi
tion, guards was sent for, and a com
pany of soldiers. A carriage was
summoned.
Rate Knew No Boands.
South of the temple a space had
been roped off. The crowd tore out
the iron stanchions holding the ropes
and carried the ropes to a flag-pole
standing near by on the esplanade.
"Lynch him!" cried a hundred
voices, and a start was made for one
of the entrances of the temple.
Soldiers and police beat back the
crowd. Guards and people were
wrangling, shouting and fighting.
In this confusion, Nieman, still
bleeding, his clothes torn, and
scarcely able to walk, was led out by
Capt. James F. Vallely, chief of the
exposition detectives, Commandant
Robinson and a squad of secret ser J
vice men. Nieman was tnrown in
to a carriage and three detectives
j umped in on him. Captain Vallely
Jumped on the driver's seat and
lashed the horses Into a gallop. The
crowd burst into a Rjar of rage.
"Murderer, assassin: lynch him,
hang him!" they yelled. Men
sprang at the horses and clutched at
the whirling wheels of the carriage.
Nieman huddled back in the corner,
concealed between the two detec
tives. "The rope! the rope!" yelled
the crowd, and they started forward,
all in one grand fight, the soldiers
to save and the citizens to take a
murderer's life.
Soldiers fought a way clear at the
heads of the horses, and, pursued by
the infuriated thousands, the car
riage whirled across the esplanade,
the horses at a full gallop across the
triumphal causeway, and vanished
through the Lincoln parkway gate,
galloping down Delaware avenue
until police headepuarters was reach
ed. Thousands left the exposition
grounds, and, learning that the as
sassin had been taken to police head
quarters, followed there, willing to
do violent justice if the President
had died.
As evening came, numbers giew
so that the multitudes blocked all
the streets in the vicinity of police
headquarters, ten thousand asking
one another, "Is the President still
alive?" All effort to dispel tne
crowds was vain. The conversation
of this mass of people peuet rated
even to the cell where Nieman lay.
Now and then the crowd would
surge over to one of the newspaper
building bulletin boards and cheer
wildly when the statement was
flashed out that hope was entertain
ed. Doctors Render Relief,
While this crowd threatened the
life of the murderer, every effort
was being made to offer scientific
aid to the President and to bring to
him the best surgeons that could be
secured. Dr. E. W. Lee, of St.
Louis, Dr. Storer, of Chicago, and
Dr. Van Peyma, of Buffalo, were
on the grounds and joined the hos
pital staff. Dr. Matthew u. Mann,
Dr. Herman Mynter and Dr. John
Parmenter were summoned by tele
phone, and Doctors Harrington and
Stockton were brought to the
grounds in swift automobiles.
The President w as borne from the
temple of music at 4:14 o'clock by
Doctors Hall, Ellis and Mann, Jr.,
in charge of the ambulance. The
crowd fell back when it saw the
figure of the President on the
stretcher. There was no need for
the police to ask the crowd to move
back. Along the route of fountains
and thiough the hall the crowd it
self eleaied a pathway, crying "keep
back," "keep back," umake wray ''
Colonel Chapiu, of General Koe's
staff, with the mounted escort, who
had accompanied President McKin
ley in his outdoor appearance since
his arrival in Buffalo, surrounded
the ambulance and they went swift
ly to the hospital. The doctors
were at the President's side within
30 seconds after his arrival, and the
nurses had made ready for the task
of the surgeons. Outside the hos
pital the police established safety
lines and the crowd fell back, thous
ands remaining there for hours and
whispering questions to those v ho
went in and out of the hospital.
There the President was stripped
and placed where the surgeons might
see his wounds. In the room with
the President were Messrs. Milburn
and Cortelyou. In the hall of the
hospital were John N. Seathered, of
the executive committee of the ex
position, and Secretary of Agricul
ture Wilson. Melville C. Hanna,
of Cleveland, was also present.
The first news that came from the
operating room was that one bullet
had been extracted and that this
wound was superficial and by no
means serious. Then came the news
of the second wound and the infor
mation that the bullet had not been
founel and that the doctors had de
cided to wait for a consultation of
surgeons before beginning an opera
tion.
LIFE IN THE BALANCE.
Developments are Anxiously Awaited
Crisis Expected In 24 Hours.
Buffalo, Sept. 7. President Mc
Kinley's condition is extremely
grave. Tne crises will prooaDiy
come within 24 hours. While his
physicians hold out hope and the
developments of the day have been
somewhat encouraging, in that none
of the symptoms of peritonitis or
blood poisoning which they so much
dread, have appeared, medical ex
perience with similar wounds causes
much anxiety and the physicians
shake their heads gloomily, when
they speak of the future. . Although
their distinguished patient's condi
lien has been favorable throughout
the day, they do not desire to buoy
the country up with false hopes.
Inflammation is what they, fear and
IWfiW TPIIP
Iniu II wulyj
Ed
at the first sign In that d I recti, n the
country must steel itself for the blow.
THE BULLET .NOT YET FOUND.
For the time being the bullet of
the as assin, which is still In the
body, Is a secondary consideration.
Wnile it has not been atolutely
located, they all agree that after
passing through the abdominal
cavity and perforating both vails of
the stomach perhaps it lodged In the
fleshy muse es of the back and if
ne'cessity required, it could be easily
located with the X-ray and extracted
They agree that it is now of more
importance that the President should
recover from the shock of the fird
operation than that the bullet should
be removed.
The President has ben dozing
drowsily throughout the major
portion of the day. Two physician
and tw7o trained nurses are constant
ly at his bedside. He has not yet
fully recovered from the effects of
the ether which was administered
to him. He was under the influence
of the powerful anaesthetic over an
hour. The result is that, although
he is perfectly rational when con
scious, he doses much of the time.
Absolute quiet and freedom from
excitement the physicians regard as
the great essential now and visitors
are rigidly excluded. ,
BREAKING NEWS TO MRS. McKINLEY.
It la Moat Gently Borne by Ir Rixey.
She Bears it Bravely.
Buffalo, Sept. 6. Immediately
the President was cared for at the
Exposition Grounds4Iospital, D. rec
tor WT. I. Buchanan started for the
Milburn residence to forestall any
information that might reach there
by telephone or otherwi e. Very
luckily, he was the first to arrive
with the information. The Niagara
Falls trip had tired Mrs. MeKiule,
and on returning to the Milburn
residence she took leave of her nieces
the Misses Barber, aud the Presi
dent's niece, Miss Duncan, as well
as their hostess, Mrs. Milburn, and
went to her room to rest.
Mr. Bunchanan broke the news as
gently as possible to the nieces, aud
consulted with them and Mrs. Mi'-
burn as to the best .course to pursue
in breaking: the news to Mrs. Mc-
Kinley. It was finally decided that
on her awakening, or shortly there
after, Mr. Buchanan should break
the news to her, if, in the mean
time, her physician, Dr. Rixey, had
not arrived.
TAKES UP HER CROCHETING.
Mrs. McKinley awoke from her
leep at about 5:30 o'clock. She
wras feeling splendidly, she said, aud
once took up her crocheting,
which, as U well known, is "one of
her favorite uiversions. Immediate-
tianan's arrival at the
Milburn home he had telephonic
communication there cut off, as he
decided thi3 the wisest course to
pursue, lest Mrs. Mckinley, hearing
the continued ringing of the 'phone
bell, might inquire what it meant.
While the light of day remained,
Mrs. McKinley continued with her
crocheting, keeping to her room.
When it became dust, and tne Presi
dent had not arrived, she began to
feel anxious concerning him. "I
wonder why he does not come," she
asked one of her nieces. There was
no clock in Mrs. McKinley's room,
and when it was 7 o'clock she had
no idea it so late, and this is when
she began to feel anxious concerning
her husband, for he was to return
o Mr. MJlburn's house about 6
o'clock.
DR. RIXEY ARRIVES.
About 7 o'clock, Dr. Rixey ar
rived at the Milburn residence He
had been driven hurriedly down
Delaware avenue, in an open carriage.
As ne came up Mr. liucnanan was
out on the lawn conversing with a
reporter. At 7:36, Dr. Rixey came
out oi the house, accompaued by
Col. Webb Hayes, a son of ex-Presi
dent Hayes, who is a friend of
President McKinley's. They enter
ed a carriage and returned to the
exposition hospital. After Dr.
Rixey had gone, Director-General
Buchanan said that the doctor had
broken the news in a . most gentle
manner to Mrs. McKinley. He said
she stood it bravely, though con
siderably affected.
If it was possible to bring him to
her, she wanted it done. Dr. Rixey
assured her that the President could
be brought safely from the exposi
tion grounds, and when he left the
house it was to complete all arrange
ments for the removal of the Presi
dent.
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t hleago, Sept. 7. A vial to
Tbe Dally Newn frouj Buffalo tj
the statement of Ixm Czolg tnade
to tbe police, transcribed ami -ijfned
by the prisoner to as follows:
THE riUSONEJl'ii OUNKEWION.
"I ws born in Detroit, nearly 20
ytars ago. My parent were Ruf
fian Poles. They came here it
years ago. I got my education In
the public K-hools of lH troit and
then weut to Cleveland, where I
got work. In Cleveland I read
books on socialism and met a gnat
many Socialist-. I was pretty well
know n as a Socialist In ihi Went.
After Ijeing in Cleveland for several
years I went o Chicago, w here I re
mained sevtu months, after which I
went to New burg, on the outskirts
of Cleveland, and went to w ork in
the New burg Wire Mills
emma Goldman's lecture start
ed his desire to kill.
"During the last five years I have
made me remorseful aud enviou-,
but Cleveland, Detroit and In other
Western cities and I supK-o I be
came more or less bitttr. Yes, 1
know I was bitter. I never had
much luck at anything aud this
preyed upon me. It made me re
morse and envious, but what stated
the craze to kill was a lecture I
heanl some little time ago by
Emma Goldman. She was in Cleve
land and I and other anarchists went
to hear her. She se't me on fire.
Her doctrine that all rulers should
be exterminated was what set me to
thinking, so that my head nearly
split with the pain. Miss Gold
man's words went riht through me
and when I left the theatre I had
made up my mind that I would
have to do something heroic for the
cause I loved.
PLANNED TO KILL THE PRESIDENT.
"Eight days ago, while I was in
Chicago, I read iu a Chicago paier
of President McKinley's visit to the
Pan-American Ex posit ion at Buff
alo. That day I bought a ticket for
Buffalo and got here with the deter
mination to do something, but I did
not know just what. I thought of
shooting the President, but I had
not formed a plan. I went to live
at 1,078 Broadway, which is a
saloon and hotel. John Nowak, a
Pole, a sort of politician, who has
led his people for years, owns it. I
told Nowak that I came to see the
fair. He knew nothing about what
was setting me crazy. I went to
the exposit ion grounds a couple of
times, but not until Monday morn
ing did the resolution to shoot the
President take a hold of me. It
was in my heart; there was no es
cape for me. I could not have con
quered it had my life been at stake.
There were thousands of people in
town Tuesday. I heard it was Presi
dent's Day. All tnese people seem
ed bowing to the great ruler. I
made up my mind to kill that ruler.
I bought a 32 calibre revolver and
loaded it.
TRIED TO SHOOT TUESDAY NIGHT.
"On Tuesday night I went to the
fair grounds and was near the rail
road gate when he presidential tar
ty arrived. I tried to get near him
but the police forced me back. They
forced everybody back so that the
great ruler could pass. I was close
to the President when he got into
the grounds, but was afraid to at
tempt the assassination, because
there was so many men iu the body
guard that watched him 1 was
not afraid of them or that I should
get hurt, but afraid I might be
seized and that my chance would be
gone forever. Well, he went away
that time and I wnt home. On
Wednesday I w ent to the grounds
and stood right near the President,
right under him near the stand from
which he spoke.
WANTED TO KILL HIM WHILE HE
SPOKE.
"I thought half a dozen tin es of
shootiug while hewas speaking but
I could not get close enough. 1 was
afraid I might miss and then the
great crowd was always jostling, and
I was afraid lest my aim fail. I
w aited until Wednesday and the
President got Into his carriage again
and a lot of men. were about him
and formed a cordon that I could
not get through. I was tossed about
by the crowd and my spirits were
getting pretty low. I was almost
hopeless that nignt as I went home.
EMMA GOLDMAN'S SPEECH BURNED
HIM.
'Yesterday morning I went again
to the exposition grounds. Emma
Goldman's speech was still burning
me up. I waited near the central
entrance for the President, who was
to board his special train for that
place, but the police allowed nobody
dui tne iresiaenvs party io pass
wThere the train waited. So I stayed
at the grounds all day waiting. Dur
ing yesterday I first thought of
hiding my pistol under my handker
chief. I was afraid if I had to draw
it from my pocket I would be seen
and seized by the guards. I got to
the Temple of Music the first one
and waited at the spot where the re-
ception was to be held.
THE ACT AOOOMFLISED.
"Then he came, the President
the ruler and I got in line and
trembled and trembled until I got
- rieht rierht ud to him and then
shot him twice through my white
I v,.wivrtwv,;r r t,.rA fiwA
I i a.' t -a. i l v. i
more, out. a was eiuuiieu. uy a uiuw
In the face a frightful blow that
- knocked me down and then every -
body jumped on me. I thought
would be killed and was surprised
fh wav thev treated me'
Czolgosz ended his story In utter
eihutiou. Whrn h bad aUnit
euocludrd tw km avtked:
"Did you rimlly una to kill th
Proidrntr'
1 did," wu the Cold -bIoud"U reply.
"What vm our motive; bat
good could it do?"
"Lam an anarchist. 1 aui a 4U
dple of llnnua Goldman, lit r w urvl
wet tt.e on fire,", be replied, with not
the slightest tremor.
h ad No ACfux ri.n r.
"I deny that I have had an accom
plice at any time, tiulgtx told
District Attorney Penney. "1 don't
regret my act, because I wait doing
w hat I could for the great mu-v.
I am not connected with the Paler
tton group, or with thorn anarchists
who sent lirew i to Italy to kill
Humbert. I had no one to help
me. I was alone ajolutely."
VICE PRESIDENT'S DUTIES.
Mast Ocrapy lrMklatial ( aatr If I'
dent Is Ilaabld.
Vice President Iloowvelt will
hold himself in readiness todo what
ever is necessary and to meet tbe
obligations imposed ujon the Vice
President by the Constitution of the
United States. These are contained
in paragraph 6, section 1, Article 11,
in the following words:
In case of the removal of the
President from offiee.or of his death,
resignation, or inability to discharge
the powers and duties of the said
oflice, tbe same shall devolve cu the
Vice President, ic.
Under the terms of this article, as
soon as Mr. Roosevelt is as-ured by
proper authority, probably in this
case by the senior member of the
cabinet, Secretary Hay, who w ill
doubtless be in Buffalo by this even
ing, he will undertake at once, iu a
provisional way, to discharge such
duties as may devolve on him.
Much will depend uion the reiort
of the physicians upon the character
of the President's injuries a- to the
extent to which Mr. Roosevtlt w ill
discharge the Presidential duties, if
he undertakes them at all, and it is
almost certain that in the absence of
great emergency in public affairs,
even if called to assume the ob
ligations, the Vice President will
confine himself in the exercise of
his powers to the discharge of the
most routine and Indispensable
functions.
For tne present the thought of a
fatal termination of the President's
condition is referred to with awe
like apprehension, and there is a
hoeful, even prayerful, antici (tat ion
that there may bo no need for meet
ing those grave emergencies which
would follow a fatal termination of
the tragic event. Should the worst
come, however, it is realized that
important changes iu the public
affairs of the country would soon tie
brought about. All this has leen
thought of here only in the vaguest
manner, and confidence is almost
universal, based on the President's
magnificent constitution, his present
excellent physical condition, and the
tremendous strides in surgery that
have been since Garfield's time, that
there will be no occasion to resort to
the constitutional provisions made
to meet the demise of a President in
oflice. Washington Poet.
STATE XEWS.
There is a marked increase In
valuation in real and personal prop
erty. The rate last year was 9o 2-3
cents. 52 2-3 of which went to the
county and 43 cents to .the state.
The state gets 43 cents this year as
usual but the levy for county pur
poses is only 38 cents or a saving
of 14 2 3 cents. The commissioners
are confident that with the decrease-d
levy a full amount of revenue will
be derived. Wilmington Dispatch
Winston Salem, Sept. 4. At the
meeting of the Winston aldermen
last night the tax rate for next year
was reduced from $1.25 to (1.00 on
the (100 valuation and the poll tax
from $4.05 to (3.00. The water
rent was reduced to 20 cents per
thousand gallons.
Last week John Henry Rose was
put on trial at Wilson for waylaying
and shooting from ambush Thomas
Farmer on the 27th of July last,
from the effects of which t hooting
Farmer died in a few minntes with
out sneaking a word. Evidence of
the prisoner's guilt was overwhelm
ine. ana tne lury was iorceu to
bring in a verdict of guilty of mar
der in the first degree. The an
fortunate John Henry Rose was
sentenced to be hanged Friday, the
11th of October.
Scotland Neck, Sept. 4. Mr. Eu
gene Medford, a young man about
25 years old. shot himself in the
rignl temple with a 32-calibre pistol
tni mnrnin, and diwi at 8 o'clock
He had been manager of the tele
phone exchange here for two years.
Norfolk's Saip-Balldbur Plant.
Norfolk, Sept. 5. Within the
next 30 days work will have com
menced on the water front of Nor
folk harbor upon the erection of a
million-dollar ship-building plant,
which will be owned jointly by the
Trigg Company, of Richmond, a big
ship-building firm of Philadelphia,
and another plant of Bath, Me ,
which constructs sailing vessels.
1 1 Watenaakm Molasses.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 3. rue
1 .rirJnla Cirmfra failim? to market
1 4 imtamialnn nmrta at
i tucu cuviuiuus w .u"" vv -
fair prices are making molasses irom
1 the juice. Ship loads to Baltimore
I and New York have been ordered
1 returned. The experiment Is likely
to lead to a new and profitable in-
' dustry.
MMK. I.IvmNn from a j ail
X. V. -"Winl.
Id t hlraro, a in rrrl other
cities isnts fasj a4 srrmnr fur
uivaiocxal ttHvUr In to ouity
jail, at w bleb a praker d
tbe itter t thrir JutW-n, aud
tuorallftea for their httrunkm. It
l a 4rMtit event for tin- airf.
at any rate, ltm the audit-ocr rate
nut get away, and the 4tltu4-
which prorlfty demand ui wdi
cavaalon require no thought, bu'
may Indeed be rullJ from aoy oKJ
Cupy Duok or voluute of tnota)
maxim.
Tbe other day then tmnlit lav-
njt thi function In rhargv iud-
mistake. Tbey aaled a man who
actually thought to talk.
Now a mm uho actually think
l rather a dangerous character any
where, but If he goc hi to a jail, in
tle present state of wlety, and re
flect on w hat be eewth re and tht-u
peaks frankly what i in his mind
be' Is apt tu My things more lesulng
to thune inside the wall than t
those who put them then-.
So It was w ith thU Chhago man
lawyer named Darrow, who ha a
bit of a reputation for plain -ak
ug. He wasn't particularly com
plimentary to hU audience, for he
remarked that If be met Mime ot
thetu on the street he Would In pret
ty apt to get his (ocket picked or be
held up, but, said he, "When I get
out outside pretty nearly eerylody
holds iua up."
This rather startling dr riptlon
of the pt rils of daily life iu i'lin-ag
to people unfortunate enough to be
w ithout the protection of a evil in
jail he supported by baying that the
gas company hold- him up by c harg
ing a dollar for something worth
twenty-five cents. If to eca this
highwayman he turns to burning
oil Mr. Rockefeller holds him up.
"and then use a certain ix.rtion of
his money to build universities and
support churches w ho arc engaged iu
telling us how to be goo. I." Nor
re these stoliat!ons all. As the In
structor in jail ethics truly said:
'When I ride on the street oars 1
m iieia ui l ty live cent lor a
ride that is worth two and a hall
cents, or three cents, simply lecau-e
body 'f men have bribed the City
Council and the Ijeginlature - that
an tne rest ot mem nave to iy
tribute to them aud cannot help li."
People outside of Chicago will
sympathize with this view of tb-
daily robberies to which the citizens
are subj. ct. From Philadelphia, for
example, there should come quite a
chorus of a ppt oval for Mr. Dirrow'
teachings, and we of New York ate
not wholly without vacancies iu our
xickets that testify ehwiuently to
his truths. But, like a good logician,
he reasons from the particular to tbe
general and shows how these spolia
tions of the many by the few help
to fill the jaih but not with big
robbers:
"Long ago Mr. Buckle, who wan a
great philosopher and historian, col
ected facts, and he showed that tbe
number of iwople who were arietcd
ncresed just as the price of food
f m,- a a
increase i. row wnen tney out up
the price of gas 10 cents a thousand
do not know who will go to jail,
but I do know that a certain number
of people will go. When the meat
combine raises the price of beef I do
not know who is going to jail, but I
know that a large number of ie-ople
are bound to go.
The speaker called attention to a
very significant truth taught by the
history of Australia. That country
was for years the dumping ground
for English criminals. These out
casts, ntidlng there opportunities
open to them which at home were
denied, reformed in great numbers.
As Mr. Darrow says, "they had the
whole continent to run over, and so
they could raise wheat themselves,
sheep, and furnish their own meat.
which is cheaper than stealing it;
they became decent, resectable peo
ple where they had a chance to live.
In the second general ion
the descendants of these criminals
were as good and resjectable a class
of people as there were on the face
of the earth. Bat finally
the descendants of the British aristo
cracy who sent the people over tp
Australia found they were getting
rich, and so they went over to get
possession of the earth, as they al
ways do, and they organized land
syndicates over there and got control
of the ores, and then they had just
as many criminals as they had In
England."
Mr. Darrow has been solemnly re
buked for saying these things in jail
where his auditors might construe
them as justification of their course
tn adopting the career of petty
criminals. Bot really there doesn't
seem to have been any other place
w here he could have talked that way
with any prospect of getting his
audience to listen to him. On the
Lake Shore drive or Fifth avenue
such hearers as he might have caught
for a monent would nave been as
little likely to stand still as a man
on whose biggest and most protuber
ant corn he trod with an unfeeling
and vicious thread.
Thxrx is ko Family medicine ax.
favorably known aa Pain-Killer. For
over aixir years it baa been uaed bj
muaionarits in all parts or tb world,
not only to eo (interact tat) eunatie
inflntnees on ttsir families, but for
the care of all diseases of the bo vel.
and for wounds, burns, bruiser, etc
Avoid snbstitates. there la but ona
Pavio-Kiiler. Perry Davis'. Prios 25
and 60a.
ROBBERS DIKE A RllH HIUl.
CIB6PAI I mm TtXil U3U-
CCU BCC1ID3IT.
OS-! Mm i
laey I rail It.
14 tfc
rM4.
Port Worth. Trt Sr. 4. Tbe
cotton talt i-t train. ulb
tajund. dot- to Ic-axr Tritrkaua at
V.ti oYlk ltt i-ifht. waa .Mijnl
In lla d. arture at4 dlJ ut gri out
until ll oVi.-k. ft rrrbrxj tbe
Tela aud Part no .nmmlt g, four miles
Mitb of Trtarlaaa, atut !l:ti o.
nt. As It toit 4a tr-i board!
tbe train. Tocfth f4 ott tb
engine and cotnpelUU etigiaer
autl C reman to rt back and cat Lbs)
mall ndeit car from the train
When Uda bad brea done tbe sit
men tbett I ami ml tbe r Of Ine. Wft
the Qreutan with tbe train ard the
engineer w a lntru-tM to ihiII mt
outh. Tlte train waa run to KjUu,
a atnall tddiuir. where a ston waa
- m
made.
While oo man guardrd the eo-
giue tlte otb-r wrtit taack to tbe ei-
! -ar, fum-d U dtmr and blcw
oia-u ii-r Mir. iim-v Ua.k tlirlr
r
time atlhewirk. and when tbev
had coticludM, returned to tlte loco
motive with l..aik havy with
laioty. TIm-hc tltey ttawl on ttte
engine. lurt;itig to the emrioet-r.
one of Ihftit id. "We will lut
a
bell ru.l you b re. You are iut
the only et lrlnei r in thi crowd, and
I guc we can run tlte tttai bine a
lew utile without vur a-wUtanc.
When you ha-ate ymr wtgon, flrur-
Ihe run in on our mileage, aa we
Mtt put iu time for the run we
make."
Putiing out the hdllght, tlte
ndil engineer oa-it-d the tbottle
and faulted out. Engineer J lender
mmi wa left with the eittrosi and
mail cat and the me!igcr and
.tal -Urk. He made hi way to a
nectioiehour near the tavn. and
procuring a handcar and Mime a-
1tance iu profiling It, ttaTted on
a march lor the locomotive.
At a Hint nouth of I to wan, with
in fur miles of IUlater, they
came upon tbe d-r-rtc-l onglne ubhi -
the main track, throttle cKmmiI,
lights out, and no one in fight. Th
engine wan at the Ioltoni or a grade
and either had tan dwrtd or been
left at a i-'ii.t further north, and
was allowed by It own weight to
neck tbe level track. Engltterr
Henderson took flon, talked
to tbe exprewt and mall car and
coupled up.
The pherigrr were not molented.
While ru-riiiteudnt Hum, of tbe
Pacific ExiT-mh (ouiny, admit
that the rohlier Mcurod much mon
ey, lie relumed to make a tatemcnt.
TIhj work was done by men metre
experienced in railroading than In
robbery. They ktw tlte ftoat of
the train and w. re prepnl 9r tbe
emergency tnu preM-uted. It was
not iiecejary for t Item to flag tlte
engineer, a-.id when he Mopped for
the creeping they rlunlail alaard.
They were armed, but did not make
unnecessary display of their w eap
ons. All were walked ana earn
wore a coat. The country where
the hold-up occurred In densely
wooded, j that the robber have
had an opportunity to double on
their track through the timber and
hide their route.
OrtlCEKA AIIANIhX Tilt: ITI'-XCIT.
Tezarkana, Ark., Kept. 4. To
night the. railroad' returned
here, having called the bloodhound
from the track. It ha been d la-
covered that the robber Mfured one
big of gold which took the combined
efforts of two men to carry from
the ex pre car to the engine. The
through hafe wa dynamited. It 1
claimed enough was learned to place
the guilt on parties believed to be
Teaarkana men, or at leant one man.
the remainder being boya. Tbe ar
rent of tee leader U looked for hour
ly. The amount of bxrty, It Is now
said, w ill reach nearly $'0,000. -
Tbe Cotton Kelt tu offered a re
ward of (1,800 for tlte robber aud
the express company 10 t cent, of
all money recovered. All of the
potwea have lieen recalled to Texar
kana and tlte search is now confined
strictly to Texarkana.
Arg-asaaat tor Ooo4 Itoaala.
Froaa tbe Portland Oreroman.
After careful Inquiry It has been
found that the average haul of the
American farmer In getting his
produce to market or to tbe oeareKt
shipping station Is twelve miles, and
the average co-t of hauling over the
common country road is 25 cents
per ton per mile, or 13 per too for a
twelve-mllA haul. An estimate
places tbe total tons hauled at 300,
000,000 per year. On the estimate
of $3 per ton for twelve miles this
would make tbe total oust of gttting
tbe surplus product of the farm to
the local market or to the railroad
no less than 1900,000,000 a figure
greater than Ue operating expenses
of all tbe railroads of the United
States. If anything could make an
argument for good wagon roads this
statement surely will.
How Few Pirjoxs EscaPZ a
toothache; how many safer uue
aaarily. Uy the nee of Perry De
ris Fain-Kdler the pal is almost in
stantly stopped and a complete emre
effeeted. Farm swollea jtwor faee
dae to nletrated teeth. Pain-Killer
acts like m agio- Da sot saCer a mo
ment bat ret a bottl Avoid rabati
tatea, taere is bat one Pata-Killtr.
Perry Davis. Priea IS tad 3
4 4 avaAats t ar
a liiMN'ri It.
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