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'if. - J" . H Tv ri 1 W J I jM IXGTON, N. C, SATU RDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1904. VOL. XVII., NO. 260. FIVE GENTS fjjj? II ; Mill II I - II I II I II I II I II I II I IS I II I - 11 I I I 7 T MT. imu Willie McCue i Says He Did Not Accuse His Father. DENIES STORIES Th"e lad Persisted in Denial of Hav ing Marie Incriminating .Statements About his Father to the Detectives. He said the Relations iletwceii iiis .Father and Mother wer.5 Cordial. Commomvelth Attorney. Woods is Lfayirg the Foundation for Im peachment of tlie Testimony of the Young Man Two Detectives Testi fy as io the Admissions Mads to Tlien by Willie Mrs. MeCue's Bro tliers on the Stand. Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 28.Mr. F. A. Massey, whose residence is di rectly opposite the McCue residence, was the first witness called when the trial of ex-Mayor McCue -yas re sumed today, the examination of Wil lie McCue. the defendant's son. who was on the stand when court ad journed yesterday, being- temporarily suspended. Mrs. Massey said she saw Mr. and Mrs. McCue entering the Mc Cue house about 9 o'clock on the even ing of the tragedy. After learning later of the killing of Mrs.-McCue she and her husband wont over to the McCue homo The defendant sno said was 'dreadfully agitated and nervous and told them that a burglar had shot and killed Fannie." Mrs. -Massey saw no blood dripping from the wound on Mr. MeCue's cheek. When the examination of Willie McCue was resumed he denied mak ing the statement that his mother asked him to hide a pistol and that he received a letter from his father braiding him for hiding it. During the discussion by counsel as to the statement of the witness Cap tain Woods of the Commonwealth, said he was astounded yesterday at the testimcfiy given by the witness and it was not what he had antici pated; that he wn.s now cross-examining him as an adverse witness and laying the foundation for impeach ment. The defense excepted to all the ques tions embodying statements, on the ground that they were alleged The witness was taken over ground cov ered yesterday when he repeated his denials. The son denied having held a con- ! versation with his father at the jail as detailed by the jailer on the stand yesterday and denied that he had told Detective' Baldwin that his father had been trying to get him to forget and not state that his mother had ran in to his room. He denied going to a hotel several times to meet a de tec-live, and denied arranging with Mr. Baldwin to have John' Perry, a ser vant, at an appointed place!. An swering the commonwealth's attorney, the witness said 'he and the other chil dren left the home about two weeks -ater the death of their mother and went to ihe hdme of Newton Dixon, in West Virginia, the fatter being the father-in-law of William McCue; ah uncle. The witness declared they went of their own accord because of the strain on them here. He . testified that the relations be tween his father and mother were al ways cordial, that they had occasion al differences about the children and horses, but nothing serious. He said his father gave his mother everything she wished for and that his father al ways kissed his wife and children when leaving. He denied stating to Ernest Crawford and Albert Bald win when he drove his mother to the station on her last trip to,Round Hill that she wept on the way. He said nothing happened at the supper table to indicate any misunderstanding be tween his father and mother, and that they came down stairs to dinner to gether. Willie McCue denied saying his mother was very jealous and had ask ed him to watch his father's office. He also denied saying when viewing his mother's remains that she wore the first peaceful look he had seen on C. J. Paoli, a druggist, said Willie McCue had said to him that if he told the truth and his father was hung, people will point at him and say his evidence hung h!s father. A. H. Baldwin, a detective, who said his services were being paid for by the city of Charlottesville, testified that Willie McCue had stated in his pres ence .that he believed his father had killed his mother and that they had had quarrels.- The witness said Willie said on one occasion his mother ran -Into his roorrC his father following ON THE with a pistol. He said (Willie told him his mother waa jealous of his father, and had asked him to watch his father's oTicet which j he did, re- J porting to his mother, and that his father had threatened him for telling his mother He declared that Willie had said that his father and mother were mad with each other at the sup per table September 4thi that after supper his father followed him out on the porch saying he j "was tired of this and would be damned if he put up with it another day," and that his mother was worrying a great deal about the actions of his father. Wil lie, he said, had agreed to j get a state ment from John Perry, al servant, as to what Perry had heard on the night of the murder and identified a state ment, not admitted in evidence, which he said Willie got from! Perry and handed to him. 1 The witness said that Willie told him that his mother vept on the way to the train the last time she went away prior to the shooting. These statements, witness said, j were made some in the presence of Ernest Craw ord and some in the presence of Craw ford and his brother. W. :C. Baldwin. The recused, he said, told him that Mrs. McCue had disrobed to go to bed and that he was undressing before his chiffonier when he saw ir, the morror the form of a man and! was subse quently knocked down, complaining of pain in his head, and that he phoned to Dr. McCue arid Mr. Wil liams. W. G. Baldwint a detective and the brother of the former witness, who said he was employed in the city, and by the McCues as welli said he withdrew from the McCue side of the case a few days after the shooting, The accused told him his assailant was either a negro or a "dirty white man." He asked him who he suspec ted and witness thought he mentioned but one name, which was not revealed. He said he heard Willie McCue say that John Perry had heard two licks struck and that Perry had heard his mother begging McCue not to kill her. The statement regarding Perry was stricken out on motion of the defense as Willie had not been questioned con cerning it. Willie told in his presence, he said, that his father and mother had lived unhappily "on account of females" and that he had interrupted letters and that Willie remarked as they viewed the remains that that was the first peaceful look on his mother's face in many days. Edgar Crawford, a brother of Mrs. McCue, testified that he had heard Willie McCue say that his home had been "a perfect hell" and that hie fa ther and mother lived "like dogs and cats" I - j - Ernest Crawford another brother of Mrs. McCue. said he lived at McCue home during 3 899 and 1901 and that he had heard numerous quarrel's and that it was the most unpleasant house he ever had lived in. The trouble, he said, seemed to be about women. He said the accused never struck or knocked down his wife, but that thatJ he heard him curse and abuse her in a brutal manner. He identified statement which he said -Wi'lie got from Perry and said Willie had declared to him only yes terday that he would make the same statement on the stand he had made to him and corroborated the previ ous witness as to Willie's alleged state ments concerning the McCues family life and MeCue's saying on the evening the tragedy occurred he "would be damned if he put up with it another day." j The defense objected toall the testi mony regarding statements attributed to Willie McCue, the court over-ruling them but admonishing the jury that the testimony relative to statements could not be used against the defend ant, but only for the purpose of im peachment. Mr. Crawford admitted: that he had used Mr. MeCue's horses and guns and had worn his watch, but said he paid for his board. He admitted that he might have expressed admiration to a Mr. Bains for Mr. McCue as a business man, but denied that he; had spoken to him of a "delightful happy home." He also denied suggesting to Baldwin tbat money would have to be used in a certain instance, identified a letter which The witness he wrote? to Mrs. McCue from Harrisonburg, July 9. 1904. concluding with regards! to her "better half." He wbuld not say that Mrs. McCue was indulged: in everything she wanted, but admitted that she was dressed 1 "very, very nicely." : Suit Against the Seaboard Dismissed. (Special to The Messenger.) ; 'Raleigh, X. C. October 2S. The damage su't for $20,000 of Mrs. Mary A. Stewart, administratrix for Engineer S. K. 'Stewart, against the Seaboard Air Line was dismissed by Judge Long in the Superior court hete on motion of counsel for the road; The case abruptly ended after a three days trial and nfter the; examination of over a score of witnesses. Mrs. pealed. Stewart ap- Procecds of Operation of Subway Giv en to Hospitals. New York, Oct. 28. f-August Bel mont, president of the interborough Rapid Transit Company, today gave out the following statement: i i "For the benefit of those who were suffering yesterday while the rest of us were rejoicing, the Interborough Company -will send the receipts from the operations of the subway yesterday to the city hospitals." The sum to go to the hospitals "will be $5,550, the proceeds of the sale of ' 111,000 tickets sold auring the first five hours of business. ! TO THE HAGUE International Xommis - -I " ' sion will Settle North Sea Incident. AVERTS DANGER Facts for Submission to a Commis sion will be Learned Through, the Coroner's Inquest at Hull, an Inves tigation ?y the British Board of Trade and the Examination of Rus sian Officers Rojestvensky's Re port Ridiculed by Premier Balfour, AVIio Declared it an Insult to the British Government The Member ship of the International Commis sion will Probably be Decided by Foreign Minister Lansdowne fnd Ambassador BenUendorff. Details of the agreement between Russia and Great Britain upon a mode of settlement of the questions arising out of the 'firing upon British trawlers in the North sea by the Russian Sec ond Pacific squadron were supplied by Premier Balfour in a speech delivered at the 'National Union of Conservative Clubs' at Southampton last night. Tee ascertainment of the facts for submis sion to a commission formed under the rules .of The Hague peace conference will be through the coroner's inquest at Hull, an investigation by the British board of trade and the examination of officers of the Russian" ships which fired upon the fishermen. In his speech Mr. Balfour ridiculed the offic ial explanation of Admral Rojestvens ky, but praised the spirit in which the .Russian Emperor and government had met the crisis. In both Russia "and Great Britain the prevailing feeling is one of relief, that there no longer seems to be danger of war between the nations. DANGER OF WAR AVERTED. Points in Dispute will be Referred to The Hague Convention for Settle ment Roestvensky's Report an In sult to Great Britain. London, Oct. 28. All danger of war between Russia and Great Britain has been adverted and settlement of the only points in dispute regarding the attack by the Russian second Pacific squadron on British trawlers October 21 has been referred to an international commission under The Hague conven tion. Premier Balfour, speaking at a meet ing of the National Union of (Conser vative Clubs at Southampton tonight, broke that silence which had been so long preserved and had brought , the people of the United Kingdom to a condition of almost desperate, irritation and giving rise to misconceptions which Mr. VBalfour 'tonight himself exposed. "The Russian ambassador," said Mr. Balfour, "has authorized a statement to the following effect: "The iRugsian government on hear ing of the North sea incident at once expressed its profound regret and aico promised its profound regreat and a.ls3 promised most liberal compensation. The government has ordered the de tention at Vigo of that part of the fleet which was concerned in the inci dent, in order that the naval author -ties may ascertain what officers were responsible for it; thait (those officers and any material witnesses would not proceed on the voyage to Far East; that inquiry will be instituted into the 'Mr. Bafifour .i Interpol a ted, this had nothing to do with arbitration. It. was the constitution of an international commission in orderto find out the facts and any person found guilty would be. tried and punished adequate ly. The Russian government that prosecutions should be taken against a recurrence of such incidents. Special -instructions on this subject would bs issued. Preliminary to this court, said Mr. Bailfour, there would be the coroner's inquest at Hull over the dead bodies of the fishermen, a board of trade in quiry and an inquiry by Russian offi cials at Vigo. The board og trade inquiry would be spe ially constituted by the British eov ernmnt to include representative men. The Russian embassy had been asked to send a representative and ive as sistance. Apology and compensation having already been offered, nothing now remains but to determine which account is correct, Rojesvensky's or the trawlers'. Mr. Balfour plainly said that Thursday evening Russia and Great Britain seemed to be on the brink of war, and yet gave the frank est praise to the attitude preserved throughout by the Emperor and T the Russian government. While the pre mier was unable to praise the pacie attitude of the government too highly, he bitterly assailed Rojestvensky's re port, declaring that it was an insult to Great Britain as a neutral nation and ridiculed its probability. The im. mense audience received Mr. Balfours announcement of the settlement of the affair withi unbounded enthusiasm, which was echoed throughout the kingdom when the evening extras ap peared and set suspense at rest. The day was an eventful one in the metropolis. The ! population stirred b flaring headlines in the morning pa pers seemed convinced that war was inevitable. The cabinet meeting which was held at noon seemed to increase rather than ' allay anxiety. Through out the country there had spread a deep-rooted, though perfectly erron eous idea, that Great Britain had given (Russia a. time limit in which to reply and "Charley" Beresford, Kngiana s naval idol, was on the spoU Many in deed thought it was only a question of hours when he would be demolishing Russian ships. . Without the least nat ional desire for vv'ar, a great naval excitement had been worked up. In. the streets tonight many expressions of disappointment might be heard be cause the crisis had not developed into hostilities This merely voiced the opinion of the thoughtless, thick com prised a considerable section of public No further difficulties are expected. Foreign Minister Lansdowne and Ambassador Benkendorff particularly will be able to decide the constitution of the international commission and its date of sitting. In view of the cir cumstances neither.. Japan nor Soain is likely to object to the temporary prolongation of the stay of the sec tion of the second Pacific squadron at Vigo, and the inquiry will be ex pedited as much as possible. WORDS OF PURE FANCY. The Admiral's Story is an Attack on the National Honor, says Premier . Balfour Danger to Neutral Com merce. Southampton, England, Oct. 28. Premier Balfour addressed an im mense meeting in Artillery Hall to night. His appearance on the plat' form was the signal for great cheer ing, which was again and again re newed. Mr. Balfour said: "If this meeting had been held ves- terday evening I would not have dar ed preface 'my remarks in a hopeful tone. Everybody felt that if the tra-rr ler incident could be repeated a bellig erent fleet was indeed a pest, against Which all neutral . powers would be bound to combine. In the story of our fishermen there was much tragedy, but no romance; in the story of thu Russian admiral there is no tragedy, but I am i driven to the belief that there is much romance. "It is impossi ble to doubt which is the correct story. I ;should not have approached it but for the fact that the admiral's story Is really an attack upon our' national honor and implies that we are not doing our duty as neutrals. In an island kingdom, like 'Great Britain, the nationality of every craft is known. -It is inconceivable that -we could be harboring Japanese sailors and warships without Russia, and in deed the whole civilized world knowing it. I enter a most emphatic protest against such an allegation." The premier said it was incredible that a fishing fleet could be engaged in hostile operation and ridiculed the idea of a torpedo boat attack. The Russian fleet was thirty miles out of its course, and it was absurd to sup pose that the commander of the alleg ed torpedo craft would choose a posi tion for attacking the Russian fleet in the center of a fishing fleet. The pre mier expressed his disbelief in the existence of these Japanese ships, and said the nearest Japanese warship was 14,000 miles away. Such a storv a? that told by the Russian admiral was pure fancy.; The premier hoped the truth would be made manifest and clear as noon it was when the inquiry which the Russian Emperor welcomed took place. The Russian government had not at any time underrated the gravity of the crisis or failed to do what it could to diminish it. "It could not for a moment be sup posed that throughout all the chan nels of commerce from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok and the narrow ways of commerce, like the English channei and the Red Sea, an admiral of an other power could be allowed to pass under such circumstances, unscathed, unchallenged and unpunished after such a deed as that of the ni:ht of October 21. The Russian admiral had a theory of the rights and duties of a belligerent fleet, as against neutrals, which would really make the high sea a place of public danger. Suppose some dark night a liner or trans)orc fell in with the Second Pacific fleet at Gibraltar when they had .intended to divide, and approached within the magic distance, according to the ad miral's theory he would , be justified in sinking it. The position is one im possbie for neutrals to tolerate. A fleet -animated by that policy would be a freet which would have to be, elimi nated out of existence, if civilized com merce was to pursue 'its way unimped- e?' ara slSid to think that in this view Ru&sian government has given orders which will prevent a recurrence cf the tragedy that has filled our hearts with sorrow and the hearts of all those wlu had heard of it abroad with something approaching indignation:" Russian Ships Remain at Vigo. Vigo, Spain, Oct. 28. The Russian warships here finished coaling today, but no preparations for their depart ure are visible. It, i3 reported that Admiral Rojestvensky has received an important cipher message from St. Petersburg. Instructed to Stay at Vigo. St. Petersburg, Oct. 28th. Orders have been telegraphed to Vice Admir al Rojestvensky to detain at Vigo all the varships which took part In the North Sea incident. The "admiralty authorizes the statement that Admiral Rojestvensky has been instructed to remain . at Vigo, pending the inquiry. Into the North Sea incident. WORK TO WIN If Democrats do Their I Best Victory is Almost Certain. SAYS MR. PARKER It was the Candidate's First Predic tion as to the Outcome of the Elec tion In a Speech He Refers to the Recent Statement of Senator Knox, Answering the Charge of Campaign. Contributions to the Republican Party, Made by Judge Parker Ho Also Speaks of the Cablegram from Governor Wright on Philippine Conditions ana Refers io the Inter view with Acting Secretary Taylor Aboat the Expenditures of the 3ot orument. Esopus, N. Y., October !2S. Judgs Parker today made his first public pre diction as to the outcome of the elec tion. In his speech to delegations com posed largely of farmers from Orange and Rockland counties. New York, he interpolated the following: Before taking up the subject I wish to discuss, I want to assure you that if we work hard enough, if we each do our part, we can win this fight. I have not felt like saying so until lately1 but we are growing so rapidly that if our people do their best I do believe victory will be ours." j Judge Parker said: j l,No more satisfactory evidence of the widespread public interest" in the attempt to control the election! by moneys of great corporations j and trusts need be looked for than that furnished by the president and his: late, attorney general, Knox. Knox va.s bidden to the presence of the President for a consultation. About what? About the iniquity of the large con tributions being made by gigantic cor porations and trusts? Not at all. But rather to devise means by which the force of the. statement of this common ly accepted fact could be parried. Th outcome was an interview by Senator Knox. 'iNow this long statement of Senator Knox has nothing whatever to do with the question uppermost in the public mind. ''Shall the creations of government many of which pursue illegal meth ods control our elections control them by moneys belonging to their stock holders 'moneys not given in the open, and charged upon the books as moneys paid for political purposes, but hidden away by false book-keeping? "This interview was intended to cre ate a cloud of dust behind which he hoped to hide the charge he did not answer, and could not answer. That charge is that vast sums of money have been contributed for the control of this election in aid of the adminis tration by corporations and trusts." Judge Parker said trust officials were active in behalf of his opponent and continued "that activity may perhaps account in no small measure for, the abilty of both the populist and social ist parties to prosecute expensive cam paigns campaigns that appear to be prosecuted largely in aid of the Repub lican party. "The administration also puts out a cablegram from Governor "Wright of the Philippine commission, in reply to some quotations made by me in a speech delivered on the 15th day of October. The words quoted were the careful utterances of a man who has spent four months in the Philippines, studying the conditions there. He is vouched for by Charles Francis Adams, CaH Schurz, Edwin Burritt Smith, Herbert Welch and Moorfield Storey, i ask you, and through you the Ameri can people, to examine Governor Wright's cablegram in connection with that report and then ! answer these, questions: j "Do you believe the man thus vouch ed for by six of the best citizens in this country? Which is likely to be prejudiced? The man having no j mo tive but to learn the truth, or the gov ernor who may be in some measure re sponsible - for unfortunate conditions. "Is the governor a representative of such a character as to justify an ex penditure of the government of sev eral hundred dollars to cable a part of my speech to Manila and to receive his reply by cable. It was not gtrvern ment business. It was political busi ness. ' -I '..,'.' ' V " ! "If a few hundred dollars may be taken out from the public funds to thus j assist the prosecution of a political campaign why may not the money in treasury be employed for any purpose that will help the campaign? How do we know but it is? This is one of public building, to be announced later, the evidences of the growth of Imper ialism. "The head of the government 'can do no wrong.' An assault upon his policy is an assault upon the peopie, and hence the people's money can be legitimately used for his vindication. "My . speech charging administrative extravagances seems also - to have created some excitement. And to this the administration puts forward Hor ace 1A. Taylor. Ho makes a statement after a call on the President. "Now you will observe that he no where challenges" the figures given by me." They cannot be questioned. They show that after taking the fifty mil lions paid for the Panama canal and rights, the government spent one hun dred and sixty millions more last year than it did seven years ago under a Democratic administration. The de- (ficit for the present fiscal year to Oc tober 25th is over twenty-one millions as against $1,141,204 for identically the same period last year. "Returning to Acting Secretary Tay lor's interview: It would seem as if its purpose if it had any beyond that of creating a mist was to deny my assertion that there were 'administra tive orders forbidding government of ficers from making public any state ments of estimates upon which future appropriations- are based.' My answer is that the treasury department issued this order: " Treasury department, office of the Secretary September 7th 1904. Of the heads of bureaus nd chiefs ..of divis ions; . "Gentlemen: "It is requested that' no information bearing upon the estimates of this de partment for the fiscal year ending June 30th 1906 be made public until the estimates shall have been approved by the honorable secretary of the treasury. " 1By direction of the secretary. (Signed.) " ',W. H. HIDL.IS, " 'Chief Clerk.' " "I have copies of orders issued to other departments which I took th& precaution to obtain before making public the statement now challenged." Judge Parker then took up the tariff question which he discussed at somo length from the standpoint of the for mer, saying he has suffered even more possibly than the wage earner by ex cessive tariff duties. Judge Parker re ferred to the higher prices under pro tection as an assessment on the con sumer and asked: , "Now do you think the law oug'ht to compel you to continue to pay an as sessment every time you or the mem bers of your family buy an article of clothing or 'buy anything to use? That is precisely Avhat we have been doing until we have concentrated the wealth and power in this country in compara tively few hands. There are said to be 453 combinations, or trusts, !n thi country. - "In order to make many of these combinations pay good dividend, on' th watered stock, the tariff taxes .fhey say, must be kept up. And so these combinations are trying to give suc cess to the Republican party, becauso that party and its president have no tified the country that they 'stand pat as they call it, on the tariff, which means that they will not interfere with it." DEATH AT THE UNIVERSITY. Mr. John W. risk, Jr.. Member of the Freshman Class. Dies after Seve ral Weeks' Illness of Typhoid Fever (Special to The Messenger.) Chapel Hill, GST. C, October 28. A pall of sorrow hangs over the Univer sity today, because of the death of John W. Lisk, Jr., who died in the in firmary this afternoon at 1 o'clock, after a short illness: Mr." Lisk was only 18 years of age and hadbeen ,a student in college only six weeks, when struck dowh by the grim visitor. Mr. Lisk died of typhoid fever. He was taken sick about one week after hi? entrance in the" University, but recov ered sufficiently to go to his home in Norwood, Stanly county, N. C. He returned to the University, seemingly recovered, but suffered1 a relapse a day or two after his return. He was sent to the Infirmary two weeks ago and It wa3 soon evident that the ravages of the disease could not be checked. His father was telegraphed for and was with his son when the end came. . f The body was.-embaled and was sent home this afternoon accompanied by the father. The funeral will be held at the residence Hn Norwood toinorrow afternoon. Mr. Lisk was a member of the freshman . class and the dialectic society. IMr. Lisk undoubtedly con tracted the fever before entering the . University. The general health of the student body was never better and great sorrow is felt that the only csae of sickness this fall has ended In death. Archbishop Elder in Extremis. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 28. Archbishop William Henry Elder was taken sud denly sick today and has been Bind ing so rapidly that the communion; and last sacraments were administer-", ed shortly before midnight. -Jt is thought thatthe archbishop who is in: his 86th year, will not survive tfiei nisht. .... . ' He was born in Baltimore. March 22, .1819, and.descended from one. Of the oldest Maryland families. His . grandmother was a Spalding, the fam ily of former Archbishop Spalding OJt Baltimore and the present Bishop Scalding of Peoria- In 1857. he was consecrated bishop of Natchez, Miss., where he was conspicuous during tSa war. . ) ;;::1l;l2nZa N.' if
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