Y7 ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. ft VOL. XXXV- -N v o4S8 CHARLOTTE, N. C. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1906. PRICE: 5CENTS Col. Andrews Would Not Accept Presidency f or Kjver i Gillotte Faced Rapid Fire of The Questions According to Report A 131 ME Wl All Morning Prosecuting Attorney Floods Young Prisoner zvith Stream of Questions, all of Which he Answers Coolly. Said he Left Grace Brown in Lake to Die and V 7 ."17 ft? Ashore. An other Girt Brought into the Imbroglio. Try Associated Press. Herkimer, X. Y. November BO. ( h-itr Gillette told his story of Grace ' cv. :i's death again to-day, this time in ; . s; onse to questions put to him 1 a prosecutor, who picked over every :'.,.v in the accused young man's testi ii:o::y. From 0:30 a. m. until the court ad-;'-timed at 12:45 p. m., District Attor-r-y Ward questioned Gillette with ?c:;rcely a minutes let-up, and to the s-urvrls-.? of every one in the room, Gil-I-.-iio was as cool and confident when i frpiied down to go to dinner as he v when he walked into the court i ni this morning. Gillette replied in the affirmative ir.-:i the District Attorney Ward ask-j t ; h'r.1. if he swam to the shore and j i:ice Brown to die in the lake. A feature of the morning's proceed- j inas v as the discovery of a picture j i i Hutio Benedict on a roll of films in Gillette's suit case. Giilotte had sworn that the film was ti::r-x: csed. Miss Benedict is a Cortland girl tin it was first claimed that Gillette va;r.!rtl to marry. Miis Benedict swore on the stand J thai F;ie was not engaged to young i Gillette. PRISONERS ESCAPE. Ten Prisoners Escaped From County Jail. T,y Associated Press. Xew York, Nov. 30. Ten prisoners escaped from the Queen's county jail at Long Island City today. How Six Escape. The men were among the most des perate prisoners in the Queens County Jl-.11 and are still at large. The first four of the prisoners to got out sawed the bars of their cells ;.n l of the window opening into the corridor of the jail at 2:30 a. m. Once in the yar.d they had only to j climb the fence and were free. I The absence of the men and the i sawing of the doors and windows was j unnoticed when the keepers opened the cell doors and allowed the other prisoners in the corridor. At six o'clock this morning six ether prisoners immediately crawled through the hole in the window. PRINCE'S COTTON EXCHANGE. Pr ir,ce of Wales Oper.s New Exchange Building Cost $1.750,C00. Associated Press. Liverpool, Nov. 30. The Prince of ales, who was accompanied by the incess, today opened a new cotton YV 1 ! fx change here, a handsome building .la st completed at the cost of 1,750 0. In the course of his speech the inoe referred to the efforts being .? to develop the cultivation of itish grown cotton, with the object making British cotton sninners par r. a la fit tially independent of the foreign sup Jlios, and said he had followed the development with great interest and iio;od the movement would ultimately be successful. GENERAL DAUGHMAN DEAD. Was Prominent Democratic Leader and Served in Civil War. By Associated Press. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 30. General L. Victor Baughman, one of the Dem ocratic leaders of this State, died sud U -ii;.- today at his home in Frederick of acute Bright's disease. He served on the Southern side during the Civil "War. Entered Plea of Guilty. Ey Associated Press. Chicago, Nov. 30. Albert Young, former president of the Teamsters' t'nion and three other men, now on Lial with Cornelius P. Shea, the in ternational president of the Team sters' Union, on charge of conspiracy connected with the teamsters strike o? 1905, entered pleas of guilty. News Comes of Timmons by Boy Named Gaddy 'l -x-jcii .J J. lit! XNtiYVS. Vv'adesboro, N. C, Nov. 30. Cor ner E. E. Fenton was notified from -TcFarland's, in Anson county, this rooming that a young son cf Mr. Ihank Timmons was shot last night t'tt'i killed by a boy named Gaddy. It is not known whether it was an accident or intentional. He and the county physician, Bennett, are leav ing for the scene. WORK OF ELECTION BOARD. Incomplete Returns From Several Counties, Notably Surry Republi can Vote 77,000, Democratic 123,000. Special to The News. ' Raleigh, Nov. 30. The work of can vassing the returns of the recent elec tion in this state has been gotten un der way by the board of canvassers but it looks now like the count will not be completed before Monday or Tuesday of next week owing to the imperfect returns from some of the counties, notably from Nash, Catawba and Union counties. A remarkable de fect is also found from Surry county. When this package was opened the blanks for the returns were found du ly signed and certified to by the proper county officials hut every space for election figures was absolutely blank. It is found that there is a discrepan cy of 100 votes from Jefferson district in Ashe county, Kackett's vote for Congress being short that number of votes. The authorities in each of the counties where defective returns have been found have been wired to forward proper returns with all possible dis patch. The canvassing board as selected from the state board of elections con sist of Col. Vvilson G. Lamb, Williams ton; R. T. Clay well, Morganton; J. R. Dobson and Clarence Call, Wilkesboro. They were elected by Messrs. E. B. Watts and A. J. Field, clerks. After roughly casting up the returns the members of the board estimate that the Republican vote in the state was 77,000 and the Democratic vote 123,000. BONI SEEKS STAGE. Ccurrt. Divorced and Broke, Trying to Get American Engagement. Xew York, Nov. 30. Law Fields, actor-manager, made public today a let ter received from C. Maase, New York manager for H. B .Marinell, the well known Parisian vaudeville promoter, in which it appears that Count Boni de Castellane is looking for a theatri cal engagement in America. In his let ter Mr. Maase says: "The proposition came to us indi rectly from a source known by our correspondent to be au thoritative and authentic. In substance, Count Boni is not averse to 'earning' his living through dramatic art, but for social reasons wil not accept any cf the numerous offers submitted to him by European managers. "The negotiations led to the consid ation of an American appearance, and I was advised to canvass the field for a suitable part. " Count Boni does not desire a vaudeville appearance, pre fering a role that will allow of his be ing an artist, rather than an attrac tion." Mr. Fields says that the Count would expect $2,000 a week for forty weeks, and that while he would be willing to pay him a fair salary he could not meet this demand. 'DOC" NAYLOR SURRENDERS. Indicted for Murder Three Years Ago and Never Apprehended. New York, Nov. 30. A white-bearded man over sixty years old walked in to Judge O'SuIlivan's court in General Sessions this afternoon. "I want to give myself up on the charge of mur der in the first degree," he said, when asked what he wanted. Then it came about that he was "Doc'' Naylor, indicted for killing Ed. Carpenter, a professional gambler, in the old Rossmcre Hotel at Forty-second street and Broadway, on October 19,1903. Naylor, whose right name is Thomas F. Lanahan, shot Carpenter three times. Naylor has roamed the country for three years. He has been in Philadel phia most cf the time, but he has made many trips to this city since a war rant for murder was issued against him, but the coroner held him in bail for the grand jury. "I never knew there was an indict ment against me," said Naylor. Later he was released on $10,000 by Justice Greenbaum in the Supreme Court, criminal bench. Two Are Pardoned. By Associated Press. Sacramento, California, Nov. 30. Governor Pardee has pardoned Stef f ens and Wyman, ballot box stuff ers, that they may testify against Abraham Reuf and Mayor Schmidtz of San Fran cisco. Condition of Money. By Associated Press. .. New York City, November 30. Mon- ' ey was loaned at 15 per cent here this afternoon. Killing of Frank Denied Mutiny Story. Washington, n. C, November 30. Pay Master O'Leary, cf the Cruiser Tennessee came to Washington to day and entered an emphatic denial of the stories that the stokers of the Tennessee mutinied. Mr. Ralph Purviance, who has been quite ill for more than a year, and who has been confined to his room and bed for the past two months, is still no better. J V erator C. Op To be Responsible for The Fearful Wreck PRESIDENT APPOINTS DEMOCRAT. ! President Roosevelt Appointed John Mcllhenny to Civil Service Commis sion Board Now Democratic. Bv Associated Press. Waschington, Nov. 30 The Presi-J dent today announced the appointment of John Mcllhenny, of Louisiana, to fill the vacancy on the Civil Service Commission caused by the promotion of A. W. Cooley to be Assistant Attor ney General of the Department of Justice. Mr. Mcllhenny was a member of the regiment of Rough Riders of which President Roosevelt was colonel dur ing the Spanish War. Mcllhenny is a Democrat and his ap pointment makes the board a Demo cratic one, Commissioner Black also being of that political faith. WERE NOT DETAINED. - Assistant Commissioner Denies i hat Immigrants Bound for South Caro lina Were Discriminated Against. Special to The News. Columbia, S. C, Nov. 30. In regard to the illegal detention at Ellis Island of immigrants bound for South Caro lina, Governor Heyward has received a letter from Mr. Larned, assistant commissioner general of immigration, setting forth the immigration bureau's position and denying that such immi grants have been detained. Frequently immigrants are sent back within a few hours, or as soon as their ship sails and for that reason Governor Heyward acted promptly on the case in question. She Died on the Train To-day Unknown Mulatto Wo man Taken from Train at Columbia Dead. Hadl Died on Way Between Charlotte and Columbia Special to The News. Columbia, S. C, November 30. An zColumbia, S. C, November 30. An unknown mulatto woman about 25 years old was taken from the Southern Railway train from Charlotte early this morning having died be tween Charlotte and Columbia. . The woman had nothing on her per son to indicate her name or her home. She possessed a Pullman ticket from Boston to Washington and a railroad ticket to Ryland, S. C. A slip of paper in her purse had written on it the name of Mrs. Mary Johnson, No. 188 Belmont avenue, Boston. The body was taken off here and sent to an undertaking establishment where it will be held until something is learned about the negro. The Baseball Situation. A letter received to-day from Green ville, S. C. indicates that the baseball enthusiasts of that city are as anxious as. those of Charlotte to enter the South Atlantic league. Mr. John Wood who is a leading spirit in the move ment in , Greene ville wrote to the7 offi cials' of the league and from what he learns, both, Charlotte and Greenville stand n good chance to be admitted, the league enlarging its circuit to eight cities. T -mrt1 fnnti nio KopUrrinO ttl Dm COl UOC these days arranging matters so that . 0 - i- ' . . J Z 1 4-ln4- i'ir -nrtll II, it s asuertaiueu lucil iuc ilj' wm be admitted into the league, all the details for organization will ' be in shape. There is no lack of, interest in the movement and the necessary funds can be raised with comparative ease when it is assured that Charlotte can become a member of the fast ag gregation. Mrs. Burch Very III. ATrs. A. W. Burch is seriously ill with i acute bronchitis at her home, No. 619 East Fifth street. Charlotte's Sons Differ as to Her Mode D. Maddox Declared o f Yesterday Morning Responsibility for the Ter rible Wreck in Which President Spencer and Others were Killed, is Now Placed on Operator He Failed to Notify Oper ator at Lawyers Depot That No. 33 was in Block. Maddox Cannot be Found. By Associated Press. Lynchburg, Va., Nov, 30,-rtThe fright ful accident yesterday-, morning near Lawyers depot, on - the Southern Rail way, in which President Samuel Spen cer and his party lost their lives, is de clared by a Southern Railway official due to the block telegraph rules being disregarded by operator C. D. Mat teax, in charge of the night trick at the block station at Rangoon, four miles north of the scene of the wreck and the first station north of Law yers depot. Assistant General Superintendent E. A. Coapman, of. the company, this morning gave out the following state ment to a representative of the Asso ciated Press, which explains fully the cause of the trouble: "The investigation so far made of the accident develops the fact that Operator Matteax. at Rangoon, let train No. 33 into the block and, disre garding the rules, failed to notify the operator at Lawyers depot of this fact. When the first section of train 37 ap proached Rangoon, Operator Matteax asked the operator at Lawyers for the block on 37. This was given by the operator at Lawyers, who did not know No. 33 had gone in upon the block. "No. 33 broke down at the south end of the curve and as soon as the train stopped a flagman ran back to protect his train. As far as we can learn the flagman had proceeded about 300 yards when No. 37 was in view on the curve. Engineer McKinney saw the signal and applied the emergency brake but did not have time to leaye his seat before the collision took place. "An inspection of the telegraph sheets in each of the block stations substantiates this belief. The sheet at Rangoon shows that No. 33 was given the block by Operator Matteax and the sheet at Lawyers shows that Matteax ha(f not notified the operator that No. 33 was on the block and entitled to it. "A fuller'investigation will be made as speedily as possible, but we do not expect to develop any additional facts. The company has a number of men scouring the country in the hope of locating Operator Matteax, but up to a late hour this forenoon we have been able to ascertain absolutely nothing as to his whereabouts." Man Identified. Identification was made this morning of the negro killed and burned beyond recognition. The victim was Benja min Boswell, of Toledo, Ohio, a dining car man taken aboard Spencer's car for the trip. Spencer's Body Removed. The body of President Samuel Spen cer was taken from the undertaking establishment where it was conveyed last night, to his home in this city this afternoon. . ; - Mrs.: Spencenhas been in consulta tion during the day with the officials of the Southern Railway relative to the funeral arrangements, but as yet no decisions have been reached. Many-telegrams of sorrow have been received at the Spencer home and at the general offices of Southern Rail way here, from prominent railroad men throughout the country. Injured Doing Well. An investigation is being made into the circumstances which led to the wreck of two Southern Railway fast trains near here yesterday, resulting in the death of President Spencer, of the road, and six other persons, and the injury of many others. The latest word from the hospital re garding the injured Indicated that all of Dress. of them are doing nicely and proba bly will recover. County Coronor J. W. Davis is ex pected to take some action on the ac cident today. All Day Conference. Washington, Nov. 30. The officials of the Southern Railroad Company were in consultation early today for the purpose of going over the condi- tions resulting from the wreck of yes terday. First Vice-President Andrews reach ed the city ilast night and was in his office before 9 o'clock tnis morning. Second Vice-President Finley also was on hand early. The conferences are to continue throughout the day if necessary. SELLS HIS WIFE FOR $50. Then She Pays-Her Husband from Her Own Pocket. Port Jervis, N. Y November 30.--John Schwartzer, who livea on the hills back of Honesdale, Penn., has shocked the good people of that section by sell ing his wife to Archie Hagan for $50. Hagan was a circus performer. He went to .Honesdale last summer and settled near the Schwartzer home. A friendship developed between him and Mrs. Schwartzer, culminating a few days ago in an offer of $50 by Ha gar for the woman. The wife was willing and paid the money out of her funds, her husband going with her to the bank, where her money was deposited. A justice was called upon to legalize the sale, but he could not sanction it. The couple are now looking for rooms in Hones dale. Hagan is aged 35 and his new spouse is 52. For Chairman of New Board Mr. W. M. Long May Contest Position With Mr. J. B. Ross. County Officers to File Bonds on Monday. The bonds of the county officers, both of those newly elected and those who retain their positions, are being prepared to-day and will be filed Mon day. The larger bonds are filed through surity companies, the officers who hold' lesser important offices giv ing private securities. Alf the county officers will be sworn in Monday before the county commis sioners, which, in turn, will be sworn in by the clerk of the Superior Court, Mr. J. A. Russell. The officers who will enter upon their duties next Monday are as fol lows : Clerk of the Superior Court, J. A. Russell; register of deeds, W. M. Moore; county surveyor, C..A. Spratt; coroner, W. A. Gresham; sheriff. N. W .Wallace; county treasurer. H. J. Walker; cotton weigher, Joe Withers; tax collectors, W. N. Peoples, District No. 3, W. C McAuley, District No. 1. The new board of county commis sioners is as follows: Chalmers V. Furr, D. A. Henderson, W. M. Long, W. N. McKee, and J.-B, Ross. Messrs Lpng, McKee and Hen derson are the new members. The old board of education which will serve another term consists of: Messrs. C. H. Caldwell, J. F. Caldwell, John McDonald. W. M. Anderson and W. M. Ross. The most important action to come before the board of county commis sioners in their first session will be the election of a chairman. The chair manship cf this board, under an act of the last Legislature, carries with it now for the first time, a salary of $900 Heretofore, the chairman has re ceived for his services $4 per day. or about $250 per year; Mr. J. B. 'Ross was chairman of the last board and will stand for reelection. The friends of Mr. W. M. Long, one of the new members, are urging his election. There may. be a contest for this position. HER MIND UNBALANCED. Baltimore's Alleged Woman "Fagin" Ordered Sent to Asylum. Baltimore, Md November 30. Lida Erman, the alleged woman "Fagin," will be placed in an insane asylum by her parents. This morning, when the hearing of the young woman, who is charged with directing the .opera tions of a band of girl thieves, was continued before Justice Grannon. of the Central district, Captain Pumph rey testified that, from investigations made by Detectives Hogan and Ham mersla, he believed the young woman to be of unbalanced mind, and that he thought the ends of justice would be better served if she were commit ted to an insane asylum than if she were sent to some penal institution. Miss Ehman is twenty-three years old, her father stated this morning, and about six years ago she had a fall and injured her head. Since that time, her parents and the family phy sician assert, she had shown signs of mental aberration. Mr. and Mrs. Erman said they would immediately take steps to have their daughter sent to an asylum. All of the children of the First Baptist church Sunday-school who will assist in the Christmas entertain ment are requested to meet to-mor-row morning at ten o'clock in the church. The Sunbeams will meet at 3:30 .instead of 4 o'clock as was pre viously announced. Two Charlotte Men Escaped Mr. Stuart W. Cramer had Close Call in the Fat er fu I Lynchburg Wreck. Mr. Heath's Unpleasant Experience. To Messrs. O. P. Heath and Stuart W. Cramer yesterday was indeed a day of thanksgiving, for both escaped the death by collision which overtook Pres ident Samuel Spencer and his friends in the wreck at Lynchburg. Mr. Cra mer had a very close call. He was in the sleeper next to President Spen cer's private car and occupied the sec ond berth from the rear end of that fated car. The engine of No. 37, which ploughed all the way through the pri vate car, poked its nose through the drawing room of the first Pullman and through the first berth, stopping just before it smashed the berth in which Mr. Cramer was asleep. Mr. Heath was in the third car from the rear of No. 33. When asked about his experience today, he said: "I don't know whether I was asleep at the time or not. Everything was in such confusion that I am not able to figure this out. I was not hurled from my berth but the first definite expert ence I can recall was that of falling of going down." Just then a wire came to Mr. Heath regarding the cotton market and he said he was in such a rush that he didn't have time to say any more. But one could-not but think of the ways of Fortune the busy railroader lying a charred corpse in a casket at Washington, and the busy cotton man spared to again, even the very next day, plunge into the activities of his calling. On the same car with Mr. Cramer were Col. Beneham Cameron, Hills boro; Geo. W. Watts. Durham; Dr. Parker, of New York, and others. "We had stopped at Lynchburg, again five miles below and still again this third time," said Mr Cramer. The stops were to tinker with the defective coupler." "Capt. Loving, of No. 33, was stand ing just outside of ourxcar. The flag man was supposed to have started back around the curve to flag No. 37. Almost at : that moment the crash came. It was dark and women and children were screaming, as the car was full. I lifted the curtain to see if we were over a tressel but saw there was solid ground outside, but fearing that the car would roll over the embankment, I covered my head with a blanket. But the car re mained still. What saved us was the defective coupler. It was loose, and when 37 struck us our car bounded forward, one hundred and fifty feet." "No. 37 ploughed all the way through Mr. Spencer's car. The imokestack and cab were smashed then the rest of the engine went clear through that car, leaving it like an overhead bridge, the sides and top in tact. Of course in the passage of the engine Spencer and his friends were instantly killed. The Mecklenburg Farmers May Discuss Extension To-day A special effort is being made to bring together a large delegation of farmers tpmorrow at the courthouse to attend the regular monthly meet- 1 ing of the Mecklenburg Cotton Grow ers' Association, lor the past three months the attendance has been slim, not even a quorum being pres ent of all the sub-civil divisions. Matters of general importance are to Semi-Official Statement Given Out to Effect that Col. Andrews, w h o Could Claim Presidency of Southern, will not. Prefers to Remain Among his People in Tar Heel State. Big Greensboro Co. Chartered. Two Women are Implicated. By Bell Telephone. Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 30. A semi official statement is made here today that Col. A. B. Andrews, first vice-president of the Southern railway, who could easily succeed President Spen cer, if he so desired, -will decline that position, as he would rather stay in North Carolina and continue his work here than to change his headquarters to New York. His transfer to New York and the taking up of the more general duties, which the presidency of the system would bring upon him, would make it necessary for him to give up the work that he is so well managing for the road, in this state, and would also mean the severing of old ties and associations. A charter has been issued to the Hunter Manufacturing and Commis sion Co., of Greensboro at a capital of ?500,000 by Z. V. Taylor, J. V. Scales and others. A charter was also granted to the Durham Mutual Protective Association to do a mutual life insurance busi ness. The principal incorporator was W. E. Moore. Governor Glenn has today been ex pecting a delegation from Alamance county to ask for a special term of court in Alamance county, to try the two negro women who have been in dicted as accomplices of the negro Walker in assassinating Col. L. Banks Holt. However, the delegation failed to come. The Governor states, though, that he will probably call a special term of court for December 17th. Wal ker was to have been hanged Dec. 6th; but the execution will be deferred so that Walker may appear as a wit ness against these two women. It will be remembered that he ha3 al ready implicated them in hi3 confes sion. engine ran through the drawing room and one berth of our car. 1 vas in No. 9, the berth at which the engine stopped. I was glad I had left my wife behind." "In the drawing room of our car a baby was asleep on a seat. The Ba ker heater was shoved against this seat, causing the baby to fall under it into a space, which saved its life. It was rescued soon after. "The crew has been criticesed for not saving the negroes in the forward car, but they were doing all they could to resucue, if possible, Mr. Spencer and those in his car all the time. There was not looting whatever, although I have seen the criticism of Mr. Curtis and others to this effect. I saw train porters, and others, carrying out traps and valuables, and they were always careful to have witnesses to what they did. "I have heard trainmen and others ask this question, 'If No. 33 stopped at 6:12 and the smash came at 6:15 why could not the flagman of 33 get around that curve farther back than 150 yards in that time?" "If train No. 33 had stopped at the foot of the hill, on the crest of which the accident occurred, to re-couple the detached cars, the result of the colli sion would have been a great deal more disastrous," said a railroad man who is familiar with the lay of the road south of Lynchburg. It seems that the Florida Express had stopped on the crest of the hill and was on the eve of going down it when the cars uncoupled. This point is about a mile distant from the next signal station, four of the five miles having been traversed, and therefore No. 33 was not out of the block, ac cording to reports heard in Charlotte this morning. This being the case it seems that the operator at the first station allowed 37 to pass into the block before receiving the signal from the operator at the second station that 33 had passed. "Yes, sir. The result would have been far more disastrous had 33 stopped at the foot of the hill, for 37 would have darted down that incline like a frightened deer," the railroader concluded. be discussed and it is the hope of j the leaders in the association that a j large representation will be present, j It is estimated that the farmers, ; especially of Charlotte township, will : take up the subject of extension of the city limits, but a positive asser tion can not be made in this connec tion. It is generally known that the suburban farmers are lined up to a man against the movement, and it is rot at all improbable that they will take attion tomorrow. I