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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JULY 18. JS07.
NO. '28,
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jve p...r.uvcrship Plan an Effective
2nd Complete Remedy-Harridan's
Wc: -1 Transportation Trust
RooH'jviii's Continued and Effect
ive Prosecution of the Commercial
Tru.ti The People Applaud, But
n the Meantime the Trusts are
Buying up Delegates to the Next
National Convention Let the Peo
ple be on Their Guard.
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f i ." aucasian.
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,im apparently not many
! ;i ials of the government
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V.!-i 'ii'-!"!' now, yet the active
: , i. - i the government to check
I . i ;it' the great trust evil
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i more active ami euecuve.
. iiMi ts of the government have
' inssarv to reach the root of
i.;it evil which has grown up
I with our tremendous indus-
vi'lopment.
The First Means Used.
Ti c tiist means to remove the evil
writ- in hrinir suits under the Sher
man auti-tnist law to disolve every
tin-;. A -nit oL this kind was sue-
e f. i H" conducted through the
fuuri- airainst the Northern Secun-
i i h'ailmad trust or merger, as it
mi- railed. The benefieient result of.
';iv-i.lving that great railroad trust
Hill be more apparent in t lie luture
tluiii now. While President J. J
liill may he able now to continue
while he lives to do nearly the same
thin:.', as agent for all the other
rnals that the Northern Securities
Holding Company was organized to,
ct lie can not do it many vears long
er, and no one individual may b
ahle to take his shoes. It takes ;
(Tiiunanding personality to do what
Hill is doing. But if the great Rail
road Merger Corporation had been
I emitted to stand, these pigmies
cul'l have done through it more than
liill can now d; 'through his wonder
ful and masterful personality. It is
like the difference in letting a rich
iran entail an estate forever, and pro
h. biting an entail.
The phohibiting of the permanent
entailing of large estates marks j
wonderful step forward in the his
tory of Anglo-Saxon civilization and
jurisprudence.
Heavy Fines Tried as a Remedy.
Along with the many efforts to dis
solve trusts and illegal combinations,
there were also many efforts to pun
ish and to correct the evils by large
lines. ,udge Landis has recently
made unusual efforts to bring John
1. Rockefeller and other leading offi
cers of the Standard Oil Company
into court to learn the extent of their
pr-'tits and illegal operations so as to
tix adequate fines for their offenses
Jin lire Landis may fine the Standard
Oil Company over $2!),000,000 for of
fences of which the company has al
ready been convicted before his
I'i'urt.
Km it is clear to the administra
tion that fines, no matter how large,
will never reach the root of the- evil.
So the President has been deligent to
tind some other wav to effeetualy
break up monopoly in every line o
badness and to restore the kind o'
healthv competition that will start
up a thousand small and independent
enterprises in competition with each
ether and thereby at the same time
to stimulate and develop the growth
el the individual man.
Receiverships as a Remedy.
But the government has been quick
to see that while all of these remedies
ould be more or less effective, yet
that none of them would really reach
the root of the evil. ,
This has caused the President to
try two other plans. One is to
acquire stock in certain corporations,
as to ensure the government at
least one member of the board of dim-tors
sa as to know everything that
was being done on the inside. The
otha- and most effective of all is lo
Put into the hands of receivers every
corporation or trust that is violating
the law, just like a national bank is
Pt into the hands of a receiver. In
thi? way the government ean effect
ual hieak up the monopoly and re
to? competition without question.
te government will push this rem
edy the Avhole question will soon oe
sett'd. The remedy here is effective
andc-omplete.
he Harrinian Railroad Trust.
Te Inter-State Commerce Commis
oiiias made public its report on the
riaiman Railroad Trust, showing
thenormous and illegal power which.
Mrllamman has acquired over the
importation business. The report
say
Harriman may journey , by
Steishin fi-om "NTpw Vnrlr to -New
Mns, thence by rail to San Fran-
Cl across thp Parifir Ocpnn tn
Cha, and, returning by another
Ss&e-TSHK
without leaving the deck or platform j
of a carrier which he controls arid
without duplicating any part of hU j
journev.
Furtlu rmorc, Mr. Harrirnan can
continue his tour from Kansas City
to Chicago over the Chicago and Al
ton, which is practically under his
control, and leaving that city may
journey hack to his starting joint
New York City over the New York
Central or the Baltimore and Ohio,
and still feel at home, for his inter
est in the first-named road amounts
to over 19,000,000, and in the Haiti
more and Ohio to 1S.02 per cent of
the stock, valued at $-45,000,000.
The Commission recommends that
action be taken at once to dissolve
this world power trust.
The Commission has also made
similar recommendations as to the
tobacco trust, the Standard Oil Trust,
the powder trust and many other of
the great industrial trusts.
Agents of the Allied Trusts are Busy
in Politics.
While the administration are thus
busy in trying to enforce the law, in
order to break up monopoly and to
restore competition and rive a suuart
leal to every one, the allied trusts
and money power are busy in trying
to capture Republican conventions.
And if the administration and the
people do not Dot Intake notice and
be on their guard, the enemy "wfil
buy the next convention.
UNWRITTEN LAW AGAIN
Mother and Son Acquitted of Charge
of Murdering Man Who Ruined
Their Daughter and Sister Ver
dict of Jury Announced to Judge
While They Were at Dinner Dur
ing Recess Just After They Had
Been Sent From Court Room to
Consider Decision.
Laplata, Md., Special. It took the
jury in the Bowie murder trial but
five minutes to decide that in South
ern Maryland at least, the "unwrit
ten law" is the law to which the se
ducer must " hold himself answerable.
And while there was no marked de
monstration when the verdict became
known, there was sufficient evidence
that the verdict of the jury was the
verdict of the people of this section
of the country. Both jury and people
acpuit Mrs. Mary E. Bowie and her
son, Henry, of all blame for their
acknowledged slaying last January cf
Hubert Posey, the seducer of their
daughter and sister, Priscilla Bowi?,
who with her child, has made a pa
thetic picture in the court room. That
there was n6 demonstration was
doubtless due to the fact that the ver
dict of the jury was announced lo
the judges while they were at dinner
during a recess, just prior to which
the jury had been sent out of the
court room to consider their decision.
State Attorney Wilmer's request t
the jury that they bring in a verdict
of- manslaughter, was not more, nol
worthy than the frankness with which
Congressman Sidney E. Mudd, cf
counsel for the defense, appealed to
the "unwritten law," in behalf of
his clients. Throughout his addres?,
which evidently voiced the senti
ments of most of his hearers, Mrs
Bowie and her son sat in stolid com
posure, while Pricilla Bowie wept
continuously.
said Congressman
Mudd, "we shall claim that the.e
defendants were justified, by wuat
the newspapers have called the 'uu
written law." He then cited many
cases in which the avengers of wroivj
ed daughters, sisters and wives have
been acquitted, and continued:
"Never since the formation of
this government has there been tried
before a jury of American citizens u
sinsrle case of murder following wan
ton seduction in which the verdict
has been other than instant acquit
tal." He arsrued for the supre
macy of the law indelibly written oj
the quick-beating human heart, ovei
the cold type oi the statute dook&,
and said:
"The- family in this land of our
is the nuclueus and the nursery o
the Commonwealth. The prptectioi
of the sanctity of the family ties., the
chastity of ..women, the development
and maintenance of a salutary ano
exalted respect for the honor of the
mother, the sister and the daughtei
become a natural and essential lea
ture of the law in this land. Ii
nearly every State of this country
there will be found an exemplihcr.
tion and recognition of this fact and
an adoption of this doctrine.
"It is in this sense that I conn
dently claim the protection of wha
I have called and claim the 'unwrit
ten law' as an adequate defense fo
these defendants."
State - Attorney Wilmer argu3
against the "unwritten law," but
urged the jury to give the defendant
the benefit of every possible doub
and repeated that he did not ask fo'
a verdict of murder, but for one oi
manslaughter. The jury, however
evidently took Mr. Mudd's view oi
the case and when they "filed int
court it was to declare that the kill
ing of Hubert Posey was justified. '
EXPLOSION KILLED 8
fi a j . r -
f atal Ardent On the Georgia
While at Practice
MANY MORE SEVERELY HURT
C&se of Powder la Hands cf Gunner
Exploded on New Btttlship Sev
eral Miles Off Provincetown While
Engaged in Target Practice.
Boston, Special. By the explosion
of a cae of jnjwder in the hands of a
gun;;er in the after sujK-rim posed
turret of the battleship Georgia in
Massachusetts bay eight men were
killed and thirteen injured.
Not one of the persons in the tur
ret escaped injury.
The dead:
Lieut. Casper Goodrich, New York.
William J. Thatcher, chief turret
captain, Wilmington, Del.
Faulkner Goldthwaite,
man, Kentucky.
W. J. Burke, ordinary
Quincy, Mass.
G. G. Hamilton, ordinary
South Framingham, Mass.
W .M. Thomns. ordin&rv
midship-
seaman.
seaman.
seaman,
I Newport, R. I.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
William F. Fair, ordinary seaman,
Brooklyn.
The injured are:
Lieut. Casper Goodrich, New York;
Midshipman John T. Cruse, Nebras
ka; Frank Sc-hlapp, North Adam.-..
Mass.; boastwains mate, second class;
Charles Hassell, New Y'ork, gunner ?s
mate, first class; Orley Tagland, Fich
ford, Minn., chief yoeman; William
S. Plair, ordinary seaman, Brooklyn,
N. Y. ; S. L. Rosen!erger, ordinary
seaman, Philadelphia, Pa.; Edward
J. Walsh, ordinary seaman, Lynn,
Mass.; John O. Mallick, ordinary sea
man, Cleveland, 0.; John A. Bush,
ordinary seaman. New Y'ork; L. O
Meese, ordinary seaman ; Berea, O-: '
H. L. Gilbert, ordinary seaman, South
wick, Mass. ; John A. Fone, ordinary
seaman, Trenton, N. J.; Charles L.
Eich, ordinary seaman, Frankfort,
Ind.
Lieutenant Goodrich and Sea
man Maleck jumped overboard im
mediately after the explosion, with
the apparent motive of ending the
ernble suffering from their burn-?.
Both of the desperate - man were
quickly rescued by uninjured com
rades. Lieutenant Goodrich died at
11:40 at night.
The accident happened while the
battleship wa several miles off
Provincetown and the men were en
gaged in target practice, togeher
with other vessels of the battleship
squadron of the Atlantic fleet. The
powder had just been taken from the
ammunition hoist to load an 8-incn
gun. It was seen to be burning and
in an instant it exploded in the very
face of the loader of the gun. No
damage was done to the vessel,
the powder was not confined, and
early in the evening, under ordes
from Washington the Georgia sailed
back for the target grounds off Prov
incetown. ,
How the powder became ignited is
not yet known, but the theory held at
the navy yard is that it was set off
by a spark from the smokestack of
the warship.
Immediately after the accident the
Georgia headed for the Charleston
Navy Yard. There the dead and in
jured were taken ashore, the wounded
men being conveyed
Hospital at Chelsea.
to the Naval
School Rifle Practice.
Ovster Bay, N. Y., Special. Presi
dent Roosevelt has put his hearty ap
proval on public school rifle practice
In a letter of congratulation ta Am
brose Scharfenberg, of Brooklyn
winner of the shooting trophy of the
Public School Athletic League, hi
takes occasion to encourage the sys
tem of rifle, practice inaugurated by
Gen. George B. Wingate, retired.
Saw Mills to Shut Down.
Atlantic Beach, Fla., .Special. By
a vote of 27 to 7 the Georgia-
Florida Saw Mill Asociation decided
to shut down all saw mills owned or
operated by members of the ossocai-
tion for one month, . beginning Au
jnist 1st. This action was taken on
account o'f low prices of lumber, the
mill men claiming that the lag
prices paid by them for timber lands
and the prices received lor tneir out
put causes them to operate at a loss,
They wrll endeavor to secure action
by all other yellow pine lumber asso
ciations in the Southeast.
Receiver's Sale Limited.
Dallas, Tex., Special. Federal
Judge Bryant at Sherman refused to
turn over the Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany's affairs to the State receiver,
but the court stated that the Federil
receiver would not be allowed to sell
anything but commodities handled by
the company pending an appeal on the
State's judgment .against the com
pany for more than $1,000,000.
NORTH STATE WEATHER
OSciil Report ca tbt Weathtr Ccrdi
ticcj for tko Wetk Zzdizg Mctday,
July 15.
The North Carolina wctum of the
weather and crop n-ricr of the De
partment of Agriculture iue :Le
following bulletin of weather condi
tions for the past week:
Temperature The week was rr
Iorted as generally very favorable.
The temiKfiature was evervv.hire
above normal and averaged about 2
degrees above the whole State. TIr.
maximum temperatures were very
high during the rht three days of
the week; the highest reputed was
100 degrees on the Oiu in Robeson
county. The last four days averag
ed somewhat cooler, and the lowest
ternjKTtturcs generally occurred dur
ing this jK-riod. The lowest for the
week was 53 degrees on the 9th r.
Jackson county.
Precipitation. From the 9th to the
12th inclusive was generally fair in
the eastern half of the State; show
ers fell during the remainder of the
week. In the western half rains
were general nearly every day. Th?
rainfall as a whole was unevenly di
tributed but was generally above nor
mal. In the southeast counties i:
was particularly heavy; 4.92 inches
were recorded in Lenoir county. In
Davidson county heavy rains did con
siderable damage.
Sunshine and Cloudiness. There
'was plenty of sunshine, during the
'fore part of the week; there was moie
cloudiness in the latter half, but
there was no day on which there was
no sunshine.
AN INTERESTING LECTURE.
Dr F. I. Stevens, of the A. & M.
College Will Address the Farmers
on a Live Subject.
A new feature is being added to
the Farmers' Institute program this
year in the form of an evening lec
ture illustrated by. a steroptican lan
tern. An experiment is being made
of holding evening meetings for the
paxpose of this lantern lecture in
connection with the regular Farmers'
Institute in many of the counties of
the State. This lecture will be deliv
ered by Dr. F. L. Stevens of the A.
& M. College and of the N. C. Ex
periment Station, and will discuss
many'' phases of agricultural prob
lems such as plant improvement.
breeding, selection, cross-breeding of
plants, protection of plants from
their enemies, diseases and insects;
the various methods of plant culture
and propagation, tools to be used,
and the method of using them; the
economy of farm labor, and the
proper improvement of tools This
lecture is to be illustrated by a large
selection of beautiful lantern slides
which will be exhibited on an eight
foot screen in the lecture hall. The
lecture should be interesting, instruc
tive, and profitable to all farmers,
and also to the students, teachers and
to the farmers wives and children.
Several requests have been receiv
ed from various counties that this
lecture be placed at an earlier hour
in the day in ordtt that it might be
Convenient for farmers living at a
distance to attend. This, however, is
obviously impossible since it is nec
essary, to have the room dark in or
der to exhibit the illustrations.
Among other points in the Stata
this lecture will be given at Hunters
ville in Mecklenburg county on July
2Cth The public is eordially invited.
Assistant to Southern's President.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. The an
nouncement was made here that J. S.
B. Thompson, for many years general
agent of the executive department
of the Southern Railway, with head
quarters in Atlanta, has been appoint
ed to the position of assistant to the
president of the road, effective last
Saturday. Mr. Thompson's head
quarters will remain in Atlanta.
Believes in Southern Presidential
Candidate.
Richmond, Va., Special. Judge Al
ton B. Parker of New York, who has
just returned from North Carolina,
said that the South is full of Presi
dential timber men who would make
a strong run and that Democrats of
the Northern States would support
the man nominated. The Judge is
very firm in his conviction that the
South is entitled to -he Democratic
nominee and that if the' right man is
put up he will go to the White
House.
Southern Train Wrecked.
Greensboro, Special. North-bound
train No. 30, due' here about 2:30
o'clock in the afternoon, met with
tan accident near Jamestown, this
county, in which Pullman conductor
and one or two others were severely
iniured and several others hurt
slightly. Three coaches, the diner, a
Pullman and a private car, were de
railed . The cause of the wreck i
said to have been the spreading of
rails on account of heat. ' 1
CONFLICT OF THE COURTS
lively Tilt lasineri Ettwcta the
State and Federal Judicial Slachia
ery Over Eailrc&i Rate Matter.
Raleigh, Special The lice of lb
contest now Wincj wtped between the
Southern Railroad and the State of
North Carolina drew into cloer an
tagonism by the filing in the Circuit
Court here of the juppSeaientaI bill
of eornpaint of the Southern and the
restraining order of Judge Pritcbard
issued thereon whereby it is mugr.t
to restrain certain citizens of the
State from prosecuting fuits in the
State courts under the penalty clause
of the passenger rate law for viola
tions thereof.
The restraining order also enjoins
til other persons and individuals and
corporation from prosecuting any
action for damages or proceeding for
the imposition of any penalty or pun
ishment upon the complainant rail
road under or by Virtue of the act, oj
account of the violation of the pro
visions thereof by said railroad.
At practically the same hour that
the supplemental bill was filed iu ttir
Circuit court, the grand jury of Wake
county was returning indictments in !
four cases against T. E. Green, ot
the Southern for violation of the lav
under the provision thereof constitu
ting such violation a misdemeanor
punishable by fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the court.
When capiases are issued for Mr.
Green from the Superior court on
Monday the question of State or Fed
eral sovereignty will be actually pre
sented. Although the restraining or
der does not specify solicitors or of
ficers or presume in terms to restrain
a court, its spirit and intendment can
be nothing else. When the solicitor
of the district takes steps, thereof, lo
prosecute the indictments the ques
tion will be fairly presented to Judge
Pritchard whether or not he will at
tempt to interfere or not TAOIAAA
tempt with ' the procedure of the
North Carolina courts.
In case he should so attempt to
interfere the conflict or jurisdiction
would be so sharply drawn as to cre
ate a situation practically without
precedent ; if he should not attempt to
interfere with the State court the
jury in the cases gainst Mr. Green
will be called upon to pass upon all
the matter set up in the bill of corn
paint of the railroad, since it is only
upon the idea that the rate is con
fiscatory and the act therefore un
constitutional that the Southern can
hope to defend its violation. The
legal controversy on the constitution
al question will be shifted at once
from the Federal to the State courts.
In the meantime the individual res
pondents are cited to appear at Ashs
ville, August 12, and show cause why
an injunction pendente lite should not
issue restraining them from prose
cuting their actions for penalties al
ready begun in the State courts.
Individuals Enjoined.
The individuals against whom the
bill of restraining order are directed
are Messrs. J. A. Spence, Elijah Mof
fitt, J. R. McKeiuie, E. B. Hatch, W.
C. Hurley, A. Armstrong, L. F. Nance
Spencer Howell, Robert HowellCoon
Armstrong, Henry Smitherson, Jesse
Eldridge, Claude nowell, Wallace
Armstrong, Guy Smitherson, J. M.
Way and B. C. Beckwith, all of whom
are made parties defendant to the bill
originally filed against the Corpora
tion Commission and the Attorney-
General and his assistant.
In the case of each of these new
parties, with the exception of Mr. B.
C Beckwith, it is alleged that they
have either brought suit or suit has
been brought in their behalf for the
recovery of the five hundred dollar
penalty prescribed as recoverable by
an aggrieved party in case he is
charged more than the legal rate of
fare by any railroad.
As to Mr. Beckwith, the allegation
is that he has published publicitly his
willingness and intention of bringing
such suits for penalty in spite of the
pending injunction by Judge Prit
chard and it is alleged on information
and belief that he is in fact contem
plating and preparing the commence
ment of suits against the complain
ant for the recovery of such penalty.
The papers were left with the Clerk
of the Eastern District Hiram Grant,
to be served. Mr. Beckwith, the only
local party named in the bill, was not
served until late in the afternoon.
Service on the other parties will be
made by the Marshal as' soon as pos
sible.
Conflicts Between Courts.
The very interesting matter in con
nection with the new bill and re
straining order is, of eourse, what ef
feet if any it will have upon the crim
inal proceedings started in the Su
perior Court of Wake county for vio
lations of the law, which makes the
charging of the illegal rate a misde
meanor as well as the basis for a suit
for penalty. A reading of the injne
tion as quoted in part above will dis
close that, by implication the solici
tor, the grand jury, and the judge are
alike restrained and enjoined from
prosecuting any action, civil or enm
inal ,and from proceeding to impose
any punishment provided by law "for
the violation of said acts.
It is just at this point that the
State and the Federal courts seem
to meet irreconcilably in opposition
with one another.
KITCHIN OPENS CANVASS
He DUcnucd Tntru asi Print M
scpiies tzi Made rise Isprtjuicn
Tte cpeniaj peh ia the rata-
p&ijpi for tb desjoctmtie iw:mtiaUua
for Governor of North Caroits a
made a Saturday by Mr. W. V. Kit
chin. Jit the bae mere pre-tty ibur
BgLly gone into by bita, jrne
brief account of the meetii. ar-4
ratter eopiua extract, ewreni :'.;
principal poiuU in LU h.
Monroe, Special. Hi bundled
people heard W. W. Kitrhin tire C
opening gtm in Li campaign for t! c
gubematiuual nomination at
Church, Sacdy Ridge tonhip, Sat
urday. The occasion waa a rally arJ I
ficr.ie of the fanner of the tuwnthip
L I Stephens of Monroe introduced
the fpeaker, saying that be himself
was not committed to anv candidate,
but that he could ay Of Mr. Kitrhin
that he has always tood for the iu
tercets of the pep!e of his own Con
gressional District had endun-ed him
in six election. Mr. Kitrhin poke
for an hour and a half and held th?
interest of hi audience throughout.
Most of Lis peerh was taken up with
the discussion of trut and private
monopolies, and he said that hi-
rition on these questions now wa ::t
new, but that lie had been ronsjstint
to it all through his public career.
He believed in pvernrncntal control
of coporations and if that meant be-
inS a radical be was willing to accept
that title. In discussing the attitude
of the railroads toward himself, he
said they opjtoscd him because- he
stood for the interests of the jHple.
Mr. Kitchin said in part:
"If any competitor or his cham
ion questions my statements or -ritions
I shall be glad to enter a pub
lic discussion with him, for I want
the people to understand the true
facts and the true situation in mak
ing their selection, with which I shall
faithfully abide.
Certain of our people denominate
the lat legislature as radical, be
cause instead of being satisfied with
evils existing, it undertook to correct
them. Had it been content to leave
the trusts and railroads untouched bj
legislation it would have by many
been considered entirely satisfactory,
while proving itself unfaithful to the
people, When the people fully un
derstand it, in my judgment they will
most heartiy approve that legislation
which has been most bitterly criti
cised. 5
In reference to the suits in the
Federal Court over our rate act, while
we must patiently abide their deter
mination, believing that the State's
attorneys will so far as attorneys can
protect the State 'sjnterest, yet in
my judgment under the sound doc
trine announced in Fitts vs McGhee,
the Court erred in not dismissing the
actions, and I hope the Supreme
Court, if they reach that court, will
so find. If the officials of the State
can be so enjoyed in this manner in
such a matter by the equity of powers
of the Federal Courts instead of com
pelling the railroads to resort to their
legal remedies, how long will it be be
fore some Federal Judge, at the in
stance of some railroad company will
assume to restrain 6ome Speaker of
the House from approving an act of
controverted merit or even restrain
the Legislature itself from consider
ing a bill which the railroad opposes?
In my judgment the law officers of
the State ought to indict those who
violate our rate act, anl let the Court
of law decide the controversy. I sup
pose no man will contend that it is
proper to restrain the offices of our
Criminal Courts. They should per
form their duty under the law, and if
any effort is made to restrain them
they should resist it by every known
legal means, and the State of North
Carolina will sustain them and call
them blessed. The dignity of tbe
State is affected and the State
through its officers should act. It is
folly to expect a private individual
to raise the issue with the Federal
Court. Individuals mav be protected
by their rebate slips, and no one man
wishes to incur the troubles and ex
penses which properly belongs to all
the people.
"I want to commend in "the high
est terms the charge of Judge Long
to the Wake grand jurv. He has
done well as an able, patriotic and
fearless judge, determined by lawful
means to uphold tbe honor and dig
nity of the State and to punish those
who violate her criminal laws. All
honor to him."
The issues involved in the contest
are greater than whether the Char
lotte Observer, and its independent
element that tried to defeat Judge
Clark shall regain their lost prestige
in the party greater than whether
Joe Daniels shall be retired as Nat
ional Committeeman, as was publish
ed in that paper as a purpose of the
conservatives greater than whether
certain distinguished gentlemen
named in that paper oppose mo
greater than the personal ability, am
bitious and fortunes of aspirants.
In my judgment among the matters
involved in this contest is whether the
Democratic party shall persist and
advance in its detremination as shown
by its last platform and the last Leg
islature to fully protect the people
from private monopolies and from
the extortions, discriminations and
unnecessary delays and dangers of
railroads, or whether it will call
halt, desist in that determination, and
leave the people at the mercy of those
who ever desire to keep all advant
ages they have and constantly seek
new ones. Should the railroads and
trusts defeat me, they know that who
ever is nominated must feel under ob
ligations to them' and they have con
fidece in the gratitude of men.
6 DEAD: 20 -HURT
fast Passenger Train CcSdcs
With light tninc
NO REASON rOR THE ACCIDIKT
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d;taJ:cf Ie!rp?o;ie TTi! ta' TV
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C:tv,
Six jwi.: rr-t is?!i?t J-ath atJ
! wltmi eat?uud ie-
ttbu'.r t:ain Nv TJ n thr Si!be-m
Railway collided tb ft r itfh er
it.e one mile tvett of Jiv-iurt Cktlf
at 7:30 o'!ock Sotutay n.ijbt. Tl "
switch engine ws iu clr7r tf t
bottler, who, tru be sa tbe- (mt
jw.s-ci,er c;uiii toward Iu.ti. mrf
d hi engine ci.d j,mp4 la afrly.
Scarcely had he dw.ie ben the
passenger cinhel inU tie lijjht u
i tit- with fraful fone. Tht cnjinr cf
the passenger, bag age, niiil cat anl
Mcoi.d-cla coach wcrv derailed aul
overturned, but the m.trh e;'.-;uc
not lilted fiom the nul ad with full
head of steam started on a wild ruta
which not ended vul. a wildt
was thrown Tor it an-1 it m Hlcbc
at Carnegie.
The live of the niail rlik were
saved tw-eausc of the fa-t that their
car was of heavy steel ioilruc tufv
This heavy car, however. ;wayrd hav
oc with the light MeorJ-rJaM Mal
liehind. which a ertir-ly trlcseoprtl
The second-class cnrh s ocrupeI
by George Moore, white, a laUr agrnt
for the Virginia & Southweirrt
Railroad, who was conducting a party
of 20 negroes funn Alabama to NortU
Carolina Mtore wo jerhajw fatally
hurt, and of the riegros ix we
killed outright and all others maim
ed and injured.
Six Unidentified Negroes.
The injured are: Engineer Ham
Bush, of Knoxville, slight tfijuriec; F.
(. Shie, Knoxville, mail clerk, acri
ously injured; Arr-heola More, roa3
clerk, one leg slighty hurt; (Jeorjtr
Moor?, labor agent, bady cmaUeJ,
perhat. fatally hurt.
1'OHCiaiiH from the fat tonal rx4
diers Home at Johnson City wrrt
first upon the scene. Relief trains
were trtit to the wreck from botb
Knoxville and Bristol.
Appeal for Protection.
Loraino, 0. The Anvriraq Skip
buiding company baa appealed to tbe
federal circuit court for protectiou
against a possible damage to prorty
and violence against employe, u a
result of the second strike. This week
the shipbuilders walked out again
account of not desiring to work with)
former strikebracksni. Injunction
were issued by the United State
court in Cleveland. Heparat
injunction against each striker were
served. There were 125 ordcra for
bidding the strikers from interfcrrinjj
with the company or its employe.
Conductor Shot to Death.
Augusta, Ga., Special. A tele
phone message to the Chronicle frn
Sanderville saya Conductor J. M. Ma
son of the Central railroad was U
to death by an unknown negro two
mi'e from Sanderville. The nejjro
csjaped and is being chase! by m
posse. The negro attempted to ri&tt
on a note and was pot off. H Rwt on
the rear car and when put off again
drew a pistol and bred threo times oa
the conductor. The shots wore rr
turned, but it is net known whether
or not any were effective.
Festive
Ex-Convict Wounded by
Virginia OCcer.
Bristol. Va., Special. Jm Fartr
worth, 23 years old, and f.r ncvral
days a fugitive from justice, was rbot
and perhaps fatally woanded by Po
liceman A. L. Hill, in the mountains
near Bristol. The officer was attempt
ing to arrest Famsworth, who i
wanted on a chage of idiot ting WiJ
iiam Kirk in Bristol July 4tl
riccrs of Building FalL
Philadelphia, Special.-- Fortunate
Lagar.do end Franc iseo Bruneo were
killed, two other men fatally and m
severely hurt by the collapse of floor
in a building on Water street abut
Market, which waa being razed.
About 8,000 brick were piled on one
of the upper floors, when the at ad
ding gave way and the floor went
down, earning with it the floors b
low. Lagando was dug oat dead. Eo
gene Scutter and Is real Jones wevr
buried under bricks and heavy stan
ding and badly crushed.
News Notes.
Governor Hughes is meeting with
opposition on nominations by direct
vote at the special session of the Leg
islature. Archbishop Messmer and others ad
dressed tbe Catholic Education Soci
ety in session at Milwaukee.
Clarence Mackay, president of lb
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
denied the existence of a tdegrapl
combine, .
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