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7 C K i U, I VOL. XXI. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1903 NO. 42. CAUCASIAN. ii I 1 j KflRTH xTATF MQTTFDS 3 I1UIUI1 WUIIL IIHIIILIIU GOVERNOR AYCOCK SPNAKS ! X Newsy in it lt;m Gleaned From Murpity to flanteo. 8 2 5 MrckL'nburg Fair. Th? M"'l;lrr!mr Fair which Is to bo held yn,rv 27 to 30 promises to be n very 'Xf'l!'nt cine this year. Splen ili'l '-xhiM's have been arranged fof from all ovr the country and many promlnmt new features have been add ed. Th premium list is a long and liberal enf, covering every department of industry. The races will be some iMng extraordinary. Entries have l n madr- by many leading sportsmen. Thf railroad 3 have offered attractive latrs, and a Hrge attendance is as-B'jrcd. State I cni'. At the office of the State Superin tendent of Public Instruction, it was Warned that since the people at Indian Trail, I'nion county, began their school hu'l'ling rvf-ry available farm In reach ff the H'liool has been sold or rented to outsidera who will move In. In one place, a ninti from another county has bonqht a f.Tr i in order to be near the frsihool. nnd the man who had occupied the farm cannot rent another In that loc:;l!ty. An the State Superintendent fut it. "A pood school puts life into the dry bones of a community." The State Superintendent .says that while his last report showed n,R53 villi-' public school districts and 2,441 colored, there have been a- great num ber of consolidations, particularly of llie white schools, these amounting to 11I out 40 in the past 12 months. These cop oliditinna make a net decrease of iifbdol districts for white children of ; bout r.OO, and the work goes ster. Jily on. Some of the newspapers have asVcd the ((urstiou how much money the State had on deposit In the Farmcr3 nnd Merchants' Bank In Newbem, the funds of which were plundered by the absconding cashier, Thomas . Dew ey. State Treasury Lacy says the State had only $."7.r on deposit in the bank, and held bonds of the par value of $5, 000 as security, nil these bonds b-p-ing worth more than par. The State Treas urer does not believe that Dewey will ever be captured or surrender himself, and does rot think there is any pros pect of getting him. Spencer has an excellent night school In successful operation. f T-III-.. T.lb r .. K.' it, f-- t if . Chief flazlstrate. At the great reunion of former North Carolinians at Greensboro last week one of the leading addresses was delivered by Governor Aycock, of North Carolina. The address was able and cheracterlstlc, and is given in part: GOV. AYCOCK'S ADDRESS. "Ladies and Gentlemen: The com mittee in charge of this celebration have honored me with the high duty of extending to you a welcome to your old home. If I could but find fitting words in which to set before you the breadth and depth of the gladness which Btirs the heart of North Caro lina today the duty , would be trans formed for me into the highest pleas ure. We are glad to have you with us once more. You come to us not as younger sons who -have wasted your portions in riotous living, but as Bona who left us with our blessing to seek the favors of fortune elsewhere, and having won your places in other States, have come home at last to renew vour acnualntance with old friends and rejoice again amid the p.cenes of your youth. e shall, there fore, kill no fatted calves for you, no robes will be brought out, and no rings placed upon fingers. You are at home again to share with us all the things which we have. The North Carolina look is in your eye; her speech is on your lips; her ideals live in your hearts. We rejoice in your presence; take delight in your pros perity; praise you for the things which you have done, and hope the utmost of your future. We wish you to feel that this is now again your State. We would awaken the memories of your early youth and stir afresh the old time affection. And this State of your nativity is worthy of your love. Her history is such as to justify your pride in her. Her achievements com pare with those of any other State and make her sons, wherever they be, proud to bo known as North Caro linians. You can sing with us: News in Notes. A new cabinet has been formed in Sorvla. One of the jurors in the Tillinoa trial was sick on Sunday. . Gen. George F. Elliott formally suc ceeded Gen. Charles Hey wood as coa manclnnt of the Marine Corps. The secretary of Russian Foreign Minister Lamsdorff declared that the lattcr'3 conference with the Austrian Fc reign Minister showed the two pow ers to be In enre accord and that war 'Carolina, Carolina, Heaven's bless ings attend her. While we live we will cheish, protect and defend her, Though scorners may sneer at and witlings ttefame her, Our hearts swell gladness whenever we name, her.' "She was the first of the colonies to be settled, and although that settle ment was not successful, it is a source of gratification that it was made un der the patronage of the soldier, navi gator, scholar, statesman and martyr, Sir Walter Raleigh. On her son me first white child born of English par entage came to bles3 the Western World. Here liberty had its birth, and here it rejoices in its fullest beauty. North Carolina was settiea Dy men who found the liberty of other colonies and States short of their de sires. English, Virginians, French, New Englandcrs, Swiss, Germans, Huguenots, Scotch, Irisn, cf whatever nationality they might be, thoy sought this land in order that they might found a State which should be a fit hnmp for 'the freest of the tree.' i ney were imbued with a passion for liber- sued announcing the arrival of the stamps, and directing ail persons au thorized to distribute them to apply to her commander. As the sloop rounds to her anchor there stands upon the shore Colonel John Ashe and Colonel Hugh Waddell with two companies of friends and gallant women at their backs. By threats of violence they in timidate the commander of the sloop, and he promises not to land the stamps. They seise the vessel's boat, and hoisting a mast and flag mount it upon a cart and march m triumph to Wilmington. Upon their arrival the town is illuminated. Next day with Colonel Ashe at their head the pecnl go in ciowds to the Govei tor's house and demand of him James Houston, the "stamp master. Upon refusal to deliver him up forthwith they set head. Terrified the Governor at length complies and Houston is conducted to the market house where, in the pres ence of the assembled people, he Is made to take a solemn oath never to execute the duties of his office." "1 shall pronounce no euloglum'' on North Carolina. "She needs none There she stands. Behold her. and judge for yourselves. Mark you, 'this was more than ten years before the Declaration of Independence; more than nine years before the Battle of Lexington, and nearly eight before the Boston Tea Party.' You will not fail to remember that it was on the 12th day of April, 1776, that the Prov incial Congress in session at Halifax, instructed her delegates to the Con tinental Congress to concur with the other colonies in a Declaration of la dependence. This was more than a month before action was taken by Vir ginia, the home of Washington and Jefferson, the seal of whose people had been inflamed by the words- of living fire that lept from the impas sioned lips of Henry.' With those facts of authentic history, known and admitted of all men. It should oc casion no surprise anywhere to hear that it was this State, which on the 20th of May. 1775. at Charlotte, in the county cf Mecklenburg, issued the first Declaration of Independence. Men may doubt that the patriots of Meck lenburg used the very words which have been handed down to us, but cer tain it is that Governor Martin, whose seat cf government at that time for reasons of safety, was aboard a ship in the Cape Fear, knew that they had severed the bands which bound them to Great Britain, for in a proclamation which he issued in August, 1775, he used these words: 'I have also seen a most infamous publication in The Cape Fear. Mercury, importing to be resolves cf a set of people styling themselves a committee for the coun ty cf Mecklenburg, most traitorously declaring the entire dissolution of the laws, government and constitution of this country, and setting up a syscem of rule and regulation repugnant to the laws and subversive cf His Majes ty's government.' "It was another great day for lib erty when the patriots of this State, on the 27th of February, 1776, gained the signal victory at Moore's Creek over the Tories who were seeking to unite their forces with those of Sir Henry Clinton. The result of that early victory for American arms broke the backbone of Toryism and gave to the patriots a zeal and confidence which stood them in stead in the darkest hours of the war for independence. It AN AWFUL CRIME Father, Crazed With Drink, Slays Bis Own Children ARRESTED AND LOCKED 1M JAIL One of the Most Fiendish Acts Ever Committed la the Old North State Occurred in Buncombe County. TILLMAN ACQUITTED Stayer of Gentiles Pronounced Not GoiUy By Jury WERE OUT FOR NUMBER OF -BOWS Closing Scene In a Famous Trial- Judge and Jurors Thar.krd James it Tillman Released. lave dose cn Jr the tame circumstance.-and what I was compelled t dx My position u fully stated in th testimony 1 gate on the stand. I diJ at for chance of venae, bees use 1 was convinced, on account of preju dice in IUchlacd coonty. I could no; fft a fair and Impartial trial la that county. 1 felt sore a ac-on .vs my case could ba presented to an Impartial Jury I would bo vindicated The verdict justified the corrector of my J'-dc-tifnt of Lexington couaty. selected by the prosecution. Its people ara law- abiding and have long been tote4 for ' tne rorreciness or weir veraicia. ta have been praised by tha preaa." between Turkey and Bulgaria need not ty, says Bancroft, and in their earliest ancestors who in this very be feared. Mail Clerk Lewis W. Spies is dead, making the eleventh victim of the Danville wreck. Khaled Pasha, the ncv Governor of Beirut, Syria, arrived at his post. Comptroller Edward M. Grout will rfs'st all efforts to force him off the fusion ticket in New York city. The unfavorable Government cotton crop report cn-used a considerable rise in prices on the New York Exchange. A terrible explosion of dynamite at Greensboro Friday night did a great deal of damage. Ex-President Grover Cleveland, In a speech at the commercial club In Chi cago, pointed cut national dangers Rt. Rev. T. A. Ilcndrlck, Bishop of Cebu. arrived in New York from Eu rope and his new ecclesiastical vest ments were held up by the custom3 officers for tariff duties. The American Board of Congrega tional Missions in session at Manches ter, N. H.. ieported that in its foreign Sunday schools there were 70,000 pu pils. The Eastern missionary convention cf the Methodst Episcopal Church is in pcssion at Philadelphia. John Alexander Dowies"restoration host" left Chicago en its way to con vert New York. 1). Leroy Pressor, testifying in New York in the United States Shipbuild ing Company case, blamed Charles M. Schwab for the company s conapse. Ernest Haywood, charged with the murder of Ludlow Skinner, was ac quitted at Raleigh, N. C. In the trial of J. II. Tillman at Lexington. S. C.-charged with the murder cf N. G. Gonzales, the case dava thev secured for themselves and transmitted to us both 'liberty of con science and of conduct.' 'Witn aDso- lute freedom of conscience benevolent reason was the simple rule of their conduct.' They were tender ana open,' gentle to the weak, and fierce only against tyranny. They were led to the choice of their residence from the hatred of restraint and 'lost them selves in the woods m search or inde pendence.' 'Are there any who doubt mans capacity tor sen-sovemiueui. Savs Bancroft: 'Let them siuay mo history of North Carolina. Its inhabi tants were restless and turbulent in their imperfect submission to a gov ernment imposed on them from abroad. The administration of the col only was firm, humane, and tranquil, when they were left to take care of themselves. Any government but one of their own institution was oppres sive.' Living far removed from con tact with the government which sought to rule them, freed from the blandishments of power, 'disciplined in frugality and patient of toil, it is no wonder that our North Carolina anrestors resisted to-the utmost the vmnnv of Drovincial and colonial rule. They were in constant warfare with their governors, and repeately turned them cut of the province. When the struggle with Great Britain r-nmp North Carolina was in the front "T rt hrieflv eive you two short pages of history. The first shall be de voted to Massachusetts, and is taken from Bancroft: "On th'5h6th day of December, 173, the men of Boston assembled In the Old South Church. They remained in session until after dark. The church In which they met was dimly lighted. At a quarter before 6, Rotch appearea and satisfied the people by relating that the Governor had refused him a county fought the great fight of Guil ford Court House, and while suffering a defeat, so cripped Cornwallis that he was compelled to yield his sword to Washington at Yorktown. When she had won her independence. North Car olina- set such store by it that she de clined to join the American Union until the sovereignty of the State, anu j the liberty of the .individual had been provided for by the proposal or tno first ten amendments to the constitu tion of the United States. But once in Asheville, N. C, Special. Trans formed into moneter after a weeks debauch. Dr. J. V. Jay, a physician of prominence in the northern part of buncombe county, Saturday drove hia wife from home, brutally murdered hi three children, and attempted to burn down his house. The man became vio lent Friday night, and after going home terribly abused his wife. Mrs. Jay had put the children to bed, and was endeavoring to quiet her husband. when the man attacked her and drove her out of the house. She went to the home of Thomas Dillingham, not far from where she lived, and there spent the night. Returning to her home next morning she found her husband in a dangerous mood. The man was even worse than before. Jay was continual ly looking for his pistol, threatening to exterminate the whole family. Mrs. Jay, however, had taken possession of the revolver and hidden It from her husband. During the time that Jay was searching for the p5stol, Mrs. Jay was engaged In preparing the morning meal, at intervals assisting the chiA dren to dress. When the children had been dressed and Mrs. Jay had finally finished getting breakfast, the brute had worked himself Into a frenz'ed mood. Failing in his search for the pistol he had armed himself with a claw hammer, and with this chased Mrs. Jay around the house. The fright ened wife, feeling that her own life and the lives cf her children were in danger, went out of the frant door and started for the little grocery, where there was a telephone to ask the neigh bors for aid, and to notify the officers at Asheville. As she reached the road she turned and saw her three children standing on the top step crying, and begging for her return. The mother stood for a moment in helpless agony, knowing that the lives of her children were in danger, and knowing also that she was of her own strength powerless to shield and protect them. Her indecis ion was of but a second's duration. Steeling her heart to the cries of her little ones, she turned and ran with all speed possible for the store. There she hastily told the story of the chil dren's peril, and accompanied by sev eral men who chanced to be at the place, hastened back to her home. The mother had been gone but a few mo ments, but in that brief space the de mon had done his work, and as she entered her home a sight met her eyes such a3 words of no language can de scribe. Lying upon the porch with the blood oozing from their heads lay her three children. The two oldest were already dead, while the baby was bare ly breathing. The men who had ac companied Mrs. Jay tenderly gathered up the little lifeless bodies to place them in the house, but the door was fastened and Jay was called upon to open the door. This he refused to do, and declared he would kill the first one who entered. It was then thought that he had found the pistol and had bar ricaded himself in the room, and that death awaited the first one who en-tc-red. But this was not so. The man at that moment was preparing for self destruction. Without waiting another moment the men burst in the door, ana i-. ! re it KwiiTiB- nnert instead or tne cracK ernment was one oi our own wimauuu o 0 . , , and our people have ever been willing of a pistol, to yield obedience to the laws of their ; 'Hello boys, come In, I am Just start, own enactment. Even when the people i ing a nre to get warm by. . Jay was thouRht the constitution had been vio- i found standing over a Quantity or SSd i and theriSte infringed, their ; burning clothing that he had fathered rcvl for the Union was s ogreat that and placed on the floor near the fire-Sn-ular unanimity they deter- ' place. The men rushed upon him and m ned to r remata fn U and I wcure if i succeeded in extinguishing the flames nsible unSr the Stars and Stripes ! The man was slightly burned, but not ffifMJS to which they felt -ously Hi. cloth ng was covered pelves entitled. But when the , vh . Serir? Relas otner douuiwu owlco ncui. . ---- - Union, and we were brougnt iace co face with the necessity of taking sides, then our people, in convention assem- telephoned for, and the man was held intil the sheriff arrived. Upon receiving word of the horrible trneflY this morning anenn nwu a. bled, without a single Qissenung yu j ; h,i Pnrnner Hemphill, and n ana sougai aa - ' ni a . w 1T1 ll O. I 11(11 lLL -' everv cost to secuie agwu - - - a n Ashpv r j m-r fatw harl -non. fcnenu imucu went out of the Union and sougl hour had not rendered a verdict The trial of Daniel V. Miller and Joseph M. Johns on charges connect ed with the postal frauds cotinucd in Cincinnati. force at Port Arthur as an object lesson to Japan. , The Turkish government gave- or ders for the dislandment of some of its rer.crves in Macedonia. The Czar and other royal visitors nt the wedding of Prince Andrew of Greece, at Darmstadt, left by auto for Wclfsgarten Castle, where they will have a h ouse party. The King and Queen of Italy were piven an enthusiastic welcome in Paris. The arbitration treaty between Great Britain and France was signed In London. Lord Rosebery was quoted as say ing he believed the farmers of Amer ica would become tired of aiding the trusts through protective tariffs and would demand lower duties. The strike riots continued at Ar mentieres, France, and a number Of persons were injured including a priests. .imn inrv wMh nt n into I horiniso his shin wiis not proper ntt :"' 7 - i finiahnri ly elearea. A3 soua is his report, Samuel Adams rose and gave the word, "This meeting can do nothing more to save the country. On the instant a shout was heard on tho nnrrh. The warwhoop resounded. Russia continues demonstrations of A body of men, forty or fifty in nura- ber. disguised as inaiaua, vmvu the door, repaired to Griffin's wharf, posted guards to prevent the Intrusion of spies, took possession of the three tea ships, and in about three hours all 4v,Q too wa Mnniied into the hay. This is the account cf tne gre. ton Tea Party. It is world famous Daniel Webster in his reply to Hayne, thinking of this great transaction among others, says. T shall pronounce no euloglum on Massachusetts. She needs none. There she stands; behold her and judge for yourself.'" "Now let us look at the other page, taken from a speech of Honorable George Davis: 'On the 6th dny of Jan uary, 1766. the sloop of war Diligence arrived in the Cape Fear, bringing the stamps. She floats gaily up the river with sail3 all set and the cross of St. George flaunting apeak. Her cannon frown upon the re- beliou3 little town of Brunswick as she yaws to her. anchor. In his' palace at Wilmington sits' the royal Governor of the State, whose proclamation had just been is- L the prn ,5,1 tn firrht. fnr independence, she sent to the front more soldiers than there were voters within her border. She lost more men in killed and wounded than any other Southern State; charged fartherest at Gettys burg; laid down the greatest number of guns at Appomatox, and quit the fight with as deep regret as any or ne. sisters. I care not on which side one fought in that great contest; the achievements of North Carolina sol diers were too great to excite bttter ness in any breast that loves heroic sacrifice and daring deeds. Her men won for humanity a still higher place for stubborn courage than had there tofore been gained. They went into the fisrht reluctantly because of their deep love for the Union which thir fathers had cemented with their blood. They went to the front well-clothed, well tA in hieh snirits. certain of success. They left at theend in tatters and rags, foot-sore and hungry, dui iui watered the ground where the greatest leader of soldiers, the highest type of r-viricHnn manhood, the mirest and tru est and the best of men, General Rout. E Lee, surrendered his sword. They came back to the State -weary, worn and sorrowful. They found the popu lation depleted. Their farms had gone to ruin, their fences were down, their ditches were filled, their stock was slaughtered, in too many instances their houses were burned. But tnty did not sit down in the desolation of their despair. With a courage w-orthy of the great men who fought during the Revolution, they turned their faces to the morning, put their trust in God i-osnintelv determined to bmia again their homes and do honor to their motner ior , J fered so much. ed his children Dr. Jay said he just could not help it after catching sight nf thPir blood. All Asheville is shocked by the tragedy. Dr. Jay is brother of VJ N. Jav. who for many years held a position as deputy clerk in the office o? register of aeeas. Worst Storm in Year. St. John. N. B.. Special. Since mid night the storm which developed Fri day on the South Atlantic coast has been raging here, the worst cf the season. The wind reached 48 miles an hour and 1 Inches of rain fell. To. nie-ht it is clearing, but the wind blew 40" miles an hour. The three-masted schooner Edna. Captain Donovan, from Columbia Fall3, Me., drageing ber anchors during the high win-? storm Friday night and drifted two miles towards the Red Head shcre o--pssite the harbor. Distress . signals were hoisted and the crew were taken off bv the life-boats and ianaea on Pnrtrin-e-P Tsland. Later the wind sub sided and they were returned to their vessel. Nut Growers lo fleet. Atlanta, Ga., SpeciaLThe National Nut-Growers Association will hold its convention at New Orleans October 23 and 29. President G. M. Bacon, of De Witt, Ga., has prepared an interesting programme, and the foremost authori ties in the United States will discuss various topics connected with the cul ture of nuts. It is expected that retary of Agriculture James Wilson will be among the speakers. The first trouble between Tillman and Gonzalps begun in 1S92. renewed during th Spanish American war in 1&3S. became violent in contest for Lieutenant Governor in 1900. The relations became absolutely strained in gubernatorial campaign in 102. Tillman ihot Gonzales January 15. 1903. Gonzales died Monday. January IS. 1903. Coroner's inquest brought in charge of murder against Tillman January 20. 1903. Application for ball made In New berry in February 1903. was refused. July. 1903. term of court in Colum bia trial was postponed on account of absence of witnesses. Chang of venue to Lexington county granted at same term of court. Defendant arranged in Lexington September 21. 1903. Date of trial fixed for September 28. 1903. X Tillman plead not guilty September 28. 1903. Jupry secured and taking of testi mony begun September 28. 1903. Prosecution closed October 3. 1303. Defense begun, but court adjourned on account of legal public sales Mon day. October 5th. Another adjournment necessitated on ; account of illness of Juror Sharpe ' Tuesday. October Cth. j Defense begun its testimony Wed- i nesday. October 7. 1903. Tillman on stand October 8th and 9th. 1903. Defense closed on afternoon October 9. 1903. Rebuttal witnesses for both sides heard October 10. 1903. Argument begun October 12, 1903. Jury charged October 14, 1903. Tillman acquitted October 15. 1903. Lexington, S. C. Special. The trial of James H. Tillman for the murder of N. G. Gonzales, has come to an end. resulting in an acquittal. The jury be fore which he has been on trial since the. 2Sth of September. Thursday brought in a verdict of not guilty, thus ending a judicial hearing which has engrossed the attention of the public of South Carolina as none ether has in a quarter of a century. The jury was out for 24 hours before arriving at a verdict. Never was a case in South Carolina courts more vigorously contested than this. The solicitor was assisted in the prosecu tion by four other-lawyers, while the accused was" defended by seven law yers, an exceptional array of counsel. More than a hundred witnesses gave testimony, about as many on one side as on the other, and nine lawyers ar gued before the jury. Not a sound had emanated from the Jury room when Judge Gary convened court at nine o'clock this morning to indicate that an agreement had been reached. Civil busines was taken up. and more than an hour had .lapsed be fore a knock was heard on the door leading 4nto the jury room. The bailiff announced that the jury aesireu to come into court, but the deep signifi cance of the sound had already been appreciated and all eyes turned toward the the jury room. Juage oary ai rected the bailiff to ascertain if an agreement had been reached. hen the word came from within that the jury was returning with a verdict. Except for the court officials, members of the local bar and the newspaper men who have followed the trial throughout, the court room was practically deserted. Summonses was sent for the attorneys In the case, and the sheriff was di rected to bring the accused into court The word soon spread up and down the street that the jury was about to re port, bringing in others. The jurors filed in and took the seats they had occupied for so many days, but as all the attorneys had not arrived, there was a delay of a few moments before their decision was announced. The few minutes elapsing between the coming In of the iurv and the announcement nr its vprdir.t were anxious ones. The defendant occupied his customary po -sit ion among his lawyers, facing the jury. Not all the attorneys had come in when the court inquired if there would be any objection to having the verdict announced without waiting, calling attention to the strain so ap parent throughout the room, no oujec tion was officrcd. "Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a verdict?" was the time-worn inquiry made by the clerk of the court, the foreman replying In the affirmative, and at the same time hading the ver dict to the clerk. It took but an in stant to read it and when the words "Not guilty" were read some of the friends of the defendant gave vent to their feelings In a shout The previ ous admonition of the court did not prevent the demonstration. The motion of counsel for the de fense for the dismissal of the defen dant was Immediately signed by Judge Gary, the solicitor assenting, when Mr. Tillman was at liberty to walk from the court room and go where he pleas ed. When th.e legal formalities ha.d been gone through with, Mr. Tillman walked up to the bench and shook hands with the judge, after which he shook the hand of each of the jurors, and later was surrounded by his friends who extended their congratula tions. He left the court room in com pany with his attorneys, but lert tnem at the front door to go across the street to the jail, vialting that Institution for the last time. Gathering up hi3 effects at that place which had been his abode for many weeks, he bade It good-bye. He has been In custody since January 15. his application for bail having been refused. -James H. Tillman, after his acquit tal made the following statement to grateful at the result of the verdict, hut at no time did I apprehend any se rious consequences. I, of course, deep ly regret the death of Gonaales, but 1 wa fnrepd to do what 1 did, 1 have nsror nnnrehended conviction, tor I a'V "Kr A BATCH OF NEWS. Many Items cf Interest Crowded Into Column. Porter's Ditcharg. Omaha. Special. Fifty-two meMn gers of the Pacific Kxprea Company, whose headquarters are In Omaha, re ported for duty, as usual. One train came In from SL I-ouis without a rn senger. but a man was upp!lM by the local manacer. Manager Patter son tatel that he had anticipated no trouble and that all rf hi men bad expressed themselves a against a rtrikc. A number cf the express m-s Fengers reporting to the Omaha ofilro were sent forth to take thp ktrlkcrs places, and the company requested the porter to take ar.s f those lead ers. The porotcrs r-fud to do so. on the ground that they were bondrsl as porters r.ni mt as m?.!-enrTs. The porters were at c nee d!sharg d. All money. Jewolry and other val uables, live ttcck an 1 perishable prop erty i3 Icing refused for shipment until the sltic i n ttb-1. HAYWOOD IS FREED Jcry Satisfied as to tbe Iifiocescc Cf tfcc ACCBSCd QUICKLY MACE IP A1 0PIJU01 Jury ta lliy wrolSklnncr Cats Tried In Raleigh Del beiated Oaly a Fw Minute. Typhoid lipidrmlcv AlbaDy. N. Y.. Special. That sum mer vacations and winter trips to the South arc fruitful sources cf typhoid epidemics Is the belief expressed by Secretary Stuart, cf tho iitate balth board, in connection with au outbreak of typhoid in the town of Athens. Greene county. The local health board reported two eats in the fam ily cf a farmer, whose name the board withholds. While but two cases have occurred there, 14 racs in other parts of the State are reported to be tho?o who were this farmers boarder. It Is the belief cf tbe board experts that the peiiodical recurrence of typhoi l by fcimms. Schmltz. lU'.elfh. S racial After belRf ont rot more than IS minute Wc-ne4ay. lh Jury in tbe tail of Kret Hay we! for tbe murder of Lailow fUta ner returned a terllct of not guilty. There w& no demonatratioa. but mllr cf dllM were on the face of Ha j mood; b counul and alt four brother. bo have beea roaataatlf with him. Hajwool hook hands wlta h'.a counrrl. and wbrn be was dis charged went at odi to tbe Jury boa and atook handi with rtxh Juror, re turning thanka. Next be wrut to JuJf 1'eebka and dii tbe aante. Colooel T. M. Argo clonal fur the dfenae. urg. lrc aelf-deftn for Hayvood and a persecution of him and wttneae for the defne. Jud iVebiea next cuia-iiient-d on tte rvlJence anl charted the Jury. It charuM ery fatora blt to the defendant. llr"d a hot and kllle-l Skinner ta frtnt of the poat ofRce tere oa Ieiruar ;i. A prtUml tiary ht-aring malved and at tha March term tho trU! maa itponsl cn arrount of aS nt rltncca. At tb bbaa carpus, tho flrt of Junr. Hay wood was releis-.l on IHM) ball, la the caw wtm layria appeared for the defetih and fle for the tate. An actltiR solicitor waa employed, as lb solicitor det Jtned to a t Lccaue of bit relationship to llayooi. The de!en tiant did not t:if. JudKo TeeLlca rtated that at tha Stale admitted there a a Mow strkkm. th n the (hrg of murder In the seven 4 un waa eliminated. It was 11:3j oVUx k when the Juice gave bis charge to the Jury. huh occupied fifty minutes. He nid it not the duty of the Jury t. t led oS by at tackt on the pro.ecuticn. The quetUon which concern the Jury wat whether the defendant waa gu;lty of any crlma murder In the nrM or aerund dejre. or nothing. Th Jury thould be fildftd by evidence anl nothing else; to ta the e; Hence from tbe itneia and the law from tb courts, and not tb law from the attorney. There It no e-xpe-M-d malice in thit cajw. there It Ira. plied malice. The burden It on tbe de fendant to prove there waa no mallc in the case. Clalnia be has done that Hocutt. Ilarnes twice in each year is traceable, that cf the spring to nbe winter vacatl-m In the South; that of the fall to run nier vacations at farms having con taminated water supply. Cec sion Not Reachc. London. By Cable. The Associated Press has the highest authority for and Fuller, and saya there was not a witnesa. except Sault who contradicts that. No wltnctset. exctpt fault say they saw any of tbe beginning of tht trouble. Tbe defendant says you ouitt to ht-Heve him. because It It five to one. The defendant y Sault It not bad ' character, and that there ar othtr . wltnesMt who strengthen hi contfrn- tlun. Two witness . Mr. Billings and ' the Jailer, say the defendant had a ted s;ot cn hit face. The oerenaaai w eayiag that the announcement tnadj by the Morning AdveriUer. that the ; bays h? think he was excusable tin- boundary I der the circumstances decision of the Alaskan coramiesion virtually concedes the i American cafe. Is entirely untrue. The commission, thus far, baa rcachsd no j decision and no veto haa been taketi. even In the private cessions, which would Indicate Chief Justice Alver- stone's position. It is quite true th?.t the general trend of opinion amon and that Schmltx. HocTitt. Fuller and Barnes all ewcre that xvhea Haywood rose op Skinner had jumped away 8 or 10 feet, and all of them aay he had hit hand oa Ma poket. tome say the right, soma the left band. He claim there 1 not as much conflict cf evidence a might be Imagined. That unr those condi tions be believf d hi life in danger, ana aside from the commissioners. U that ' lJial ncbojy con'.raaut excepi ui. be in favor nd fc- defendant mink tee otr.era the ultimate decision will of America, but there i?. as mc siignicst warrant tor sa has been reached. vet not mskt lo L b lved In pnfertnee. iius: it lhi JJ,1 read Joat Fuller' etl ! and aid it was for tbe Jury 1 Hera ldenca. to say vrlether tbe shot could tsve ilruck him as Fuller thought. Notwlthitand in tbe fact that the State claimed to have proved tbe b3d character cf Scbmilx and Hocutt. ytt there are dr cumJaace to show they teld tbetrutlu TLe defendant claims tbelr testimony l corroborated without regard to their character; that he bad apprcbenaioa he wa abcut to l-e shot and that then the law excuaes him. But the ara matters for tbe Jury to decide. Becausa a man acts coolly It doe- not debar him from the benefit of the law. The Stata say the Jury ought to believe Fuller, who said wfae'n be saw tbe deceased ho was making no effort to draw a Divorced Persons Debarred. Woostcr. Ohio. Special. The Pros byterlan Synod of Ohio has adopted resolutions declaring that "all our ministers are hereby enjoined to re fuse to perform the marriage cere mony in the case cf divorced persons, except such persons as have been divorced upon the grounds and for causes recognized aj the Scriptural in the standards of our church." The Synod also adopted tbe report of the trustees of Woostcr Universi ty recommending that an endowment fund of $1,000,000 for the school b raised. A deficit of J 12.000 In tho ! r.iauA building fund cf Woo s ter University j The State says It ought not lo be raw-as raised by pledges and subacrlp- i ff.tVrd because of tbe blow. Tb blow Uons- di j not eiru?e the kl'ilng but did away with mlice. If tbe Jury believe the killing was done from anger ani passion, and not from reasonable fear, the defendant Is guilty of manslaugh ter. Tbe jury I not responsible lo an body fcr It verdict. If tbe deceaaed Jumped back and wa attempting to raw a pistol the defendant Lad a right lo fear. The Jury was not out long barely 15 minute, when It came In. There waa a rush. Foreman Wlgg gave tht ver dict. - Not ullty." G rl Students Heroic Chicago. Special. During a Are that destroyed three residences In Irving Park, three children were rescued from death by glrltudenU of Jeffer son High School. Raymond Saunders, five ytara old. perished In the flames. The students were on their way to school,, which is located two block from the scene of the fire. learning j that there were children in the houses several girls entered and bore the hn- prUoned children through the dense smoke Into the street. In the confusion the Saunders boy was not found. Third Advance in O.I. Lima, Special. The third advance for the month waa made in crude oil Tuesday, prices of Western oil going up 2 cents while 3 cents was added t3 quotations on Eastern products. The advance did not result in active selling. as producers look for still higher pri-1 ee. Quotations ere now Tion. 1.S2; Pcnnrylvania. l.SS; Corning. 1.4S; Nesr Castle. 1.53; North Lima. lC; South Lima and Indiana. 1.21; White House. 12&; Neodosha (Kans.). 1.25; Eoxer .tet, Ky.. 1.21; Ragland. Ky.. $64. 5,ooo Truants In Topska Topeka, Kan.. Special. L. T. Gsge, truancy officer, notified the city super intendent that there were 5,000 chil dren of school age who are not at tending the city schools. The truancy law requires all children between the ages of 8 and 15 years to be sent to school. A list of the missing children Is in the hands of officers, ar.d ac felt I did no more than any man "oul3 ticn will be talien. Senator Green Arrested. Birmingham. N. Y.. Sperlal.-Senator George K. Green was arrested and ar ra:gaed before United States Coromls sicner Hall on an indictment found Oc tober 8. in Washington, charging hi ex with conspiring wlta George W. Baa rers and WilUard D. Dor ernes to li the rovernmtst. through Beavers, stamp cancelling machines, known aa the Dorrmu machine. In which Greea v,i iargiy mreTiea. ureea u-csn-Ied an examination, and the easa z.tt set !owa for November 2. when tie previous indlfjcect will ccm up. Bail was fixed at 15.000. whlth waa fura'.shed. Reports Dented. London, By Cable. The Japaneaa government has Issued a denial of tha alarmist reports of the Irsmrneor cC war with, Russia. In a dispatch from Toklo, dated Thursday, and ser.t tb tha Japaneaa ministers abroad. It says: The negotiations concerning Mancho rla and Corean questions are following their normal coursa and there 1 no reason to antldpaia a raptor between Japan asd Qusafa. ( i ft r v - y
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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Oct. 22, 1903, edition 1
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