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THE CAUCASIAN. VOL XXX. RALEIGH. N. C, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17. 191: No. 40. COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT Shooting Occurred in Milwaukee When He Started for the Auditorium to Deliver His Speech Monday Night Speaks for Hour and Half With Bullet in His Breast Manuscript of His Speech in His Pocket Probably Saved His Life The Assailant Was Caught and Would Have Been Torn to Pieces But for the Colonel's Pleadings to the Crowd Colonel Now in Chicago Hospital. Wound More Serious Than First Thought. Col. Roosevelt is now in Mer cy Hospital at Chicago. His wound is more serious than first thought, though his physicians do not consider his condition dangerous. The bullet has been located by the doctors, but no operation has been performed. The Colonel has cancelled all his speaking engagements. Mrs. Roosevelt and his daughter, Mrs. Long worth, are with the Colonel. His room in the hosp pital is banked with flowers. Mr. Roosevelt is resting well but is weak. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 14. Theo dore Roosevelt was shot in the breast here tonight by an unidentified man. The extent of the injury is unknown. With a bullet in his body, Colonel' Roosevelt went to the auditorium to make his speech. He refused to per-' mit nhvRirians to examine the wound until he had finished his speech. I Colonel Roosevelt's physician re- fused to express an opinion whether ! the Colonel was seriously hurt until he had examined the wound. Colonel Roosevelt saw his assailant arrested and taken to the police sta tion. Henry F. Cochems seized the man, and held him until policemen came up. A mob surged around the pris oner, who apparently is mentally up set on the subject of Roosevelt's run ning for another term as President. The man, who is small of statue, admitted firing the shot, and said that "any man looking for a third term ought to be shot." In notes found in the man's pock ets at the police station, was a state ment that the assailant had been vis ited in a dream by the spirit of Wil liam McKinley, who had said, indicat ing Colonel Roosevelt, "this is my murderer, avenge my death." The Colonel felt no pain at the time the shot was fired and was not ed the hand that held the revolver, aware he was shot until he was on In another second he had disarmed the way to the auditorium. His at- him. tention was then called to a hole in Colonel Roosevelt stood calmly bis overcoat and he found his shirt looking on as though nothing had as soaked with blood. He insisted happened. Martin picked the man up he was not badly hurt. A superficial as though he were a child and carried examination was made when he him the few feet which separated reached the auditorium and three them from the car almost to the side Physicians agreed he was in no imme- 0f the Colonel. diate danger. j "Here he is," said Martin, "look at Colonel Roosevelt's life probably him Colonel." as saved by a manuscript of the All this happened within a few sec sPeech which he delivered tonight, ond.i and Colonel Roosevelt stood The bullet struck the manuscript, gazing rather curiously at the man hich retarded its force as it passed who had attempted his life before the through into the flash. His assail- stunned crowd realized what was go ant was prevented from firing a se- ing on. Then a howl of rage went cond shot by Albert H. Martin, one of up. Colonel Roosevelt's two secretaries. "Lynch nim! Kill him!" cried a Colonel Roosevelt had just stepped hundred men. wlo an automobile when the would- e assassin pushed his way through the crowd in the street and fired. Martin, who was standing in the car ith the Cplonel, leaped onto the i. an's shouliers and bore him to the of maddened men. It seemed for the ground. Captain A. O. Girard, of moment that he would be torn to Milwaukee, vho was on the front , pieces, and it was Colonel Roosevelt Seat. jumped tlmost at the same time himself who intervened and motion and in an instant the man was over- ed to the crowd to fall back. Powered and disarmed. I "Stop, stop!" he cried. "Stand A wild cry of"lynch him',' went up. back; don't hurt him." Colonel Roosevelt spoke to the peo-! After a short struggle the assassin Pie and told them to spare tho man, ' gave up and was carried without re 'ho then was Uken into the hotel sistance out of reach of the crowd. and held there uttil he was removed' "Are you hurt, Colonel?" a hun to the police station. j dred voices called out. In spite of the entreaties of physi-j "Oh, no," he responded with a ans, Colonel Roosivelt insisted upon 1 smile. "Missed me that time. I'm Slivering his addrss. j not hurt a bit." "I'll make this speech or die, one ' "I think we'd better be going on," 0r the other," he said. j he said to the other members of his Henry f. CochemsWe of the Wis- party, "or we will be late." trill Prgressive liaders, told the! They had driven hardly one of the toriumC?,Wd assemb1 ln the audi-' four blocks from the hotel to the au beenTh Colonel Roosevelt had dltorlum when John McGrath, anoth calm ri aSked llT people to be er of Colonel Roosevelt's secretaries, into n ,crowd was thrown almost uttered a sharps exclamation and r ' me announcement, IS SHOT BY AN , but Colonel Roosevelt calmed the j people by rising and assuring them .he was not badly hurt. Then he be-j t gan his address. Several times he . seemed to be growing weak and mem- bers of his party arose to help him. He motioned them to sit down. j "Let me alone, I'm all right." he ' said. The shooting occurred in the street in front of the Hotel Gilpatrick. Col. Roosevelt reached Milwaukee shortly .,.-,.. r ' 1 1 - w, A r, o lr i n re Vi t a rtratr unci o u tiuv.n aiiu marking no w . ...... through the crowd which, naa gatner-' ed at the station, entered an automo-. one au w a ur.v.n ,u lu , - j tooK ainner in a private uiuiiig room, with members of the party on his private car. After dinner Col. Roosevelt went to his room on the second floor of the hotel and shortly before 8 o'clock he started for the auditorium. His automobile-stood in front of the door and about it was a big crowd waiting to catch a glimpse of the Colonel as'helP of two other doctors, who were he started off. With the Colonel Philip ' were Roosevelt, a young cousin, Mr. Coch ems, Mr. Martin and Capt. Girard. Thfi crowd nressed close about the Colonel and gave.a cheer as he peared. As the party approached the automobile, Col. Roosevelt's compan - ions stood aside and he stepped into i the car. Martin entered directly be- one or the other," was Colonel Roo hind him and sat on the further side sevelt's reply. of the car. j Despite the protests of his physi- Colonel Roosevelt stood up waving cians the Colonel strode out of the his hat in answer to the cheers of the dressing room and onto the stand. A crowd. The assassin was standing in large crowd packed into the big the crowd a few feet from the auto- building, cheered loudly as he enter mobile. He pushed his way to the ed and without a word to indicate side of the car and raising his gun what had happened, went to his seat. fire(j j For several minutes, no man of whom Martin leaped over the car a sec ond after the bullet sped on its way. Colonel Roosevelt barely moved as the shot was fired. Before the crowd knew what had happened Martin, who is six feet tall and a former football player, had landed squarely on the would-be as sassin's shoulders and had borne him to the ground. He threw his right arm about the man's neck with a death-like grip with his left arm seiz- The crowd pressed in on them and Martin and Girard, who had followed Martin over the side of the automo bile, were caught with their prisoner in the midst of a struggling throng nnintcwl tn tTia nstTnnol'a . hraaaf ASSASSIN "Look, Colone!," he said, "there is a hole in your overcoat." Colonel Roosevelt looked down, saw the hole, then unbuttoned the big brown army overcoat which he was wearing and thrust his hand beneath it. When he withdrew it his fingers were stained with blood. Colonel Roosevelt was not dismay- ed by his discovery. "It looks as though I had been hit," he said, "but I don't think it is inVtilinC 0 T 1 PI 11 Q " - -t rr it n.ii i ur. scurry lerreu, oi uauas, Texas, Colonel Roosevelt's physician, j " : T : ZZZZ "ciuic n dwi icu vu., iusioicu mat mo Colonel return to the hotel. He paid no attention to the suggestion, how ever, and the car was driven on to the auditorium. As soon as they reached the build ing Colonel Roosevelt was taken into a dressing room and his outer gar ments removed. Dr. Terrell, with the in ine auauorium ana came to ine dressing room on a call from the platform, made a superficial examina tion. They agreed it was impossible to hazard a guess as to the extent of ap-jthe Colonel's injuries and that he ! should by all means go at once to the 1 hospital. "I will deliver this speceh or die, ! let in his body, kept up its cheering. j front of the platform and held up his hand. There was something in his manner which had its effect upon the crowd and the cheering died sud denly away. i "1 havp Rnmpthinc tn t11 vnii. said Mr. Cochems, "and I hope you ' will receive the news with calmness. His voice shook as he spoke and a death-like stillness settled over the throng. "Colonel Roosevelt has been shot. He is wounded. He spoke in a low tone, but such was the stillness that everyone heard him. A cry of astonishment and hor ror went up from the crowd which was thrown into confusion in an in stant. Mr. Cochems turned and look ed inquiringly at Colonel Roosevelt. "Tell us, are you hurt?" "Tell us, are you hurt?" Men and women shouted wildly. Some of them rose from their seats and rushed forward to look more closely at the Colonel. Col. Roosevelt rose and walked to the edge of the platform to quiet the crowd.' He raised his hand and in stantly there was silence. "It's true," he said. Then slowly he unbuttoned his coat and placed his hand on his breast. Those in the front of the crowd could catch sight of the blood-stained garment. "I'm going to ask you to be very quiet," said Col. Roosevelt, "and please excuse me from giving you a very long speech. I'll do the best I can, but you see there's a bullet in my body. But it's nothing. I'm not hurt badly." The crowd gave an outburst of tu multuous cheering. Thoroughly re assured by the Colonel's action that he was in no serious danger, the peo ple settled back into their seats to hear his speech. 1 Colonel Roosevelt began to speak in a firm voice, somewhat lower than his usual tone, and except that his chief gestures were less emphatic than usual, there was nothing to see about the man to (Indicate his condi tion. After he had been speaking a few moments boweyer ,hia Voice sank somewhat and, he seemed to stand rather unsteadily. Dr. Terrell and Colonel Ly oi stepped up to him and the doctor luc!ted that he stop. "I'm coins lo SnUfc this spwb." 1 said the Colonel emphatically. The Colonel continued hU speech evidently with increasing effort. Then he vu rushed to bis aatonio blle and to the emergency hospital. The operating room had been placed in readiness to receive Colonel Roosevelt and tlx of the leading sur geons of Milwaukee were awaiting his arrival. An examination of the wound showed that it had been made by a ballet of large site. It entered the fleshy part of the right breast, half way between the collar bone and low er rib. The physicians found that they knew no more after the exami nation than before as to the location of the bullet, and it waa decided to send for an X-ray machine to deter mine where the missile had pene trated. While he was waiting for the X ray machine Colonel Roosevelt tat upon the operating table and talked politics and Joked with the physi cians. 4 On the Way to Chicago. Milwaukee. Oct. 14. Col. Roose velt's special train left for Chicago at 12:50 a. m. Mrs. Roosevelt Hears the News. New York. Oct. 14. Mrs. Theo dore Roosevelt was attending a mus ical comedy at & Broadway theatre io-nignt at the time the attempt was made upon her husband's life in)"1" u,tJl i'-ohk) acuuireu irom Milwaukee. The news was broken to that Instant the Kingdoms ov Italy jher as she sat in a box with a party , frarira oi irienus Mrs. Roosevelt was very much alarmed and Immediately leftlPeror an' Augustus, till he had re-j tfae tneatre Shortly after midnight Mrs. Roose- velt received a telegram which had evidently been dictated by her hus band assuring her that he was in no danger and making light of the at tempt on his life. The telegram; read: "I am now in the American Hospital. The bullet did not hit anything vital and think they will find It somewhere around. It is not more serious than the injury the boys received. My voice is holding out well, and I will go on with the trip. Don't worry. Love to all. T "(Signed) "THEDORE ROOSEVELT." Assassin a Fanatic. A written proclamation found in the clothing of the man who did the shooting reads: "September 15, 1901; 1:30 a. m. In a dream I saw President McKin ley sit up, in a monk's attire, In whom I recognized Theodore Roose velt. The President said: 'This is my murderer. Avenge my death.' " Lives in Xew York. New York, Oct. 14. John Shrenk formerly lived at the address given in laundryman who left here about a! month ago. here. The his history He has a wife and child police are investigating U. S. SUPREME COURT OPENS. Many Tmimrtant Cases t lie Heard by This Term of Court. There were twenty-one cases ofjture, you hev gotten up a concoction major importance set for argument that even a Taft Republican or a before the Supreme Court when the j Wilson Democrat can't stomach, un- fall term opened last Monday. Among the important suits to be argued are the International rate case, the cot ton corner case, the suit against the alleged bath-tub trust, the L. & N. rate case, which involved the power of the commerce court to weigh evi- dence presented and previously pass ed upon by the Interstate Commerce Commission and the embezzlement case of William R. Breese and Joseph Dickerson, of Asbeville, N. C. It Is also probable that the Kan sas ballot case, involving the right of the Roosevelt electors to remain on the Republican ticket in that State will come up. The ballots must be printed for the November election several days before that event. If the Supreme Court Is to say anything of practical effect on the case, its de cision must be rendered during the latter part of October. Kissed His Wife Then Shot Himself. Mr. Matt. Rierson, of Madison, N. C, shot and killed himself Monday, October 7th, at his home in that place. Mr. Rierson formerly resided in this city and for two years was a; member of the police force here. No cause for the rash act is given other than that Mr. Rierson had been in ill health and as a result jwas despond ent. He returned home from his work, says Mrs. Rierson, last night as usu al, and ate his supper. Arising from the table he ask ed her if she didn't want to kiss him good-bye, and she says that when she did so, she thought he was going to walk out in town for a while. To her horror she saw him draw the gun when he reach ed the. door and shoot himself to death. Union Republican. Prti- n u,,4 j rr; tor One Hundred and Rfty Years Saxon Ruled Germany GEM1ANY OFICE RULED ITALY Shrewd Game flayed Ily the Iore of Home to CVmtrol the tkver mre t Cti arc h mmi Mate Mas, lie main Separate aad IHU act Flrt German Army Made Up of Soldier Fmuiu The Old King Koronr aged Town Building in Germany. (Correspondence of The Caucasian Enterprise.) Bilklnsville. SC.. Oct. 7. 112. Germany wuz ruled by a line ov Saxon princes from 912 to 1024. They were Henry I., Otho I.. Otho II.. j Otho III., and Henry II. Durln this? period the limits ov Germany were extended, chiefly by Otho I f" ; times called Otho the Great. This monarch subdued Italy durin' hlz reign an fixed the imperial crown in the name ov Germany. In 962? r mA(ma tn)tlt a ( i Iim fu juMuurmrip,,,. auction an the drmand .made were introduced. Hrst. that the fh.. nH. hirk " Ui v-vicu m int.- ut-r- an' Ilome; an' second, that he could j not esay assume the titles of Lm-j ceived the crown irom the hands ov j the Pope, awl ov which goes to show! that the Catholic politicians were not out for business even at this early day, an' that they hoped to make sure ov the government ov Germany from that date on az they did In France an Italy at a later date. But the scheme wuz only successful In part, and at times they nearly lost out. The time lz comin', will soon tffe here, in fact, when Catholicism an other church machines will be compelled to play hands off In po litical affairs. Two such machines practically rule North Carolina to day. The State lz not much benefit ed by such rule, an' many disadvan tages might be pointed out. One ov the denominations referred to lost a member lately on account ov the ten dency ov said denomination to dab ble In politics an the end iz not yet. The notable deteriation in political parties plainly visible just now throughout the United States lz most ly due to mixin' Church an State. An remember, that no matter what the name ov the denomination, no matter how smart the politician. Providence will not prosper the man, nor the Church ncrr the party, which gets mussed up in such an unnatural alliance. We need an' should hev re ligion an' morality in politics the more the better. But remember that !he raan or 6et ov men who empt. io use any Drancn, or numDer ov branches, ov the Christian Church for political advantage, az hez bin done many times lately, iz himself without religion or honesty, an' the two are inseparable. Dishonesty in politics iz bad enough. But when you add trickery, deception, hypoc- I risy an everythin' else ov that na- less he hez gotten very low- In hlz ideas ov a political standard. In the time ov Tacitus, az hex been mentioned, the Germans were an ag ricultural people in every sense ov the word. But az they spread over the country west ov the river Rhine, a change came. After the Triboci. Nemetes, and Vangolns settle in the country between the Rhine an the Vosges, the cities ov Strasburg, Spire. Mentx an Worms became important enough to attract some attention. But az these villages, for they were hard ly more than villages, contained no great temples, no important build ings ov any kind, they attracted but little attention for many years. But after the Francic sovereigns began to reign cities an' towns multiplied, an, in some cases, received substan tial encouragement. Under "Henry the Fowler," when many ov the able bodied men were serving In the standing army, that ruler picked ev ery ninth man for duty ax a soldier an the other eight were encouraged to till the soil an sell the surplus to the ninth man, the soldier, who. In addition to hlz duties az national guardsman, wux to act ax merchant an dispose ov what he an the eight men could not consume, their fam ilies. If they had any, bein among the consumers, or course. That wax primiaive farmln with a vengeance. But hit had some semblance or sys tem an divided the population Into certain proportions. Az there wax nothin doin in the way or manufac turin. but little in building except very small habitations, which did not require skilled mechanics, "Henry the Fowler" wux not such a bad ruler after awl. At any rate, he establish ed system among a disorganized peo ple, an' If hit wuz not just right they K.ir wy warn t tit !OT ossr lr Wta lif a tl farts. i Atth0f frxtm vp OT g !. ? lo fax tort, store or tfe profotwisaa. j -flack to the fare- waits froa writ r mha i!aa'i am Ia in to take their own adtk kt bet lit tle erect at a rale, tho jffc a fett do grow tired or "city life4 an drift I back to the rooatry. Ta Clevdaad bond panic put thousands back aosae years ago. an u wusoa rts a chance lo "panic" four years hit may rrenlt in a general motins back to the farm arala. Cleveland -soup" wut aa!4 to be a hard doae. Thoee were the days when you ronld ret a good dinner for ten cent but couldn't ret tho ten cent. If you are you&g or Inex perienced you might try the Wilson era ov prosperity an see how hit will compare with the good (?) old Cleveland days when cotton (tlfit) wux four and fire rents per pound. "Back to the farm" will be a sad reality then. In ancient Germany the lower or der ov people united themselves with the soldiers. The Kraperor ordered the courts ov Justice, the fair an' things ov that kind, to b held In the towns. In that may the towns began lo grow Important. At flrt aw! prod ucts ov the farms which were brought to the towns for sale wer sold at . . !he tj,.Kjrf yor lhlt or tha. nrojuc. Awl product were rli;hd or meas ured by a public w elchma.trr. at cot ton iz Rold In tnoit ov our towns an weighed nowadays, the town setting a certain proportion ov the price ov such products, awlto a percentage ov the price ov any goods sent out from the town. If weighed by the public weigher. At first no man could hold any public ofljee unless he wui of "noble birth," but by degrees this re striction wuz removed. The German population up to about the beginning ov the twelfth century wui divided Into three classes, nobles, rltitens, an' slaves. In the year 1200 Henry V. enfranchised awl slaves tn cities, if they were mechanics. From 1027 to 1137.. one hundred an ten years, the German Empire wuz ruled by emperors ov the house ov Franconla, ending with Henry V., when Lo thai re wux elected King. Under Henry III. the German Em pire had the greatest territory. It comprehended Germany. Italy. Bur gundy, an Loraine. Poland an oth er Slavonian districts were tributary to hit. Denmark an Hungary recog nized the German government in a way, but were not a part ov hit. Yet the Emperor ov Germany made war upon the Duke ov Poland In 1077 be cause he called himself a King. But after reaching this great height In national Importance, Germany failed to hold her own, goln backward a considerable way, chiefly because she didn't encourage an hold up her for eign States. The so-called clergy, the priests, began to grow too important, they having grown vastly rich, which threatened the government Itself. The priestly districts became greater In their own estimation, an they claim ed more authority than the Emperor in local affairs, at least. At various times the States comprising the Unit ed States hev stood upon their dig nity an hev argued that they could or would do thus or so. I am sot speaking ov the causes that brought on the Civil War in 1861. but ov oth er things before an since the Civil War, when State authorities. State Legislatures, etc., set themselves up a bit. But up to this time the Su preme Court hez bin able to sit down upon most ov em very gently, but firmly, but in such a dignified way that peace hex bin preserved. Wbea hit comes to dignity, the Supreme Court fx great. Az ever, ZEKE BILKINS. SHOULD DEFEAT KI3IMON8. Col. W. J. Bryan Bays Simmons Is Sot In Sympathy With the People. Mr. William J. Bryan, in the last issue of his paper, the Commoner, says: "Simmons 'ought to be defeated because 'North Carolina Is in reality a progressive State. It Is entitled to representation In the United States Senate of a man whose heart is known to be in sympathy with the hearts of the people. Mr. Simmons is not such a man. He would do very well as a representative of the stand-pat Republican party. He will not do as a representative of the Democratic party if that party is to be true, to its principles." Locomotive of Great Power. (Chicago Tribune.) The most powerful locomotive ia the world has Just been built by the American Locomotive Company for the Virginian Railroad. It can htui 155 loaded fifty-ton capacity goods trucks at ten miles an hoar. It has sixteen driving wheels. The locomo tive and tender weigh 752,000 pounds and the fim-box is large enough to hold a shutting locomotive. ' if -3
