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WILMINGTON. K. C, THURSDAY AUGUST 9, 1906;
1 FIVE CENTS
Ay Ay
I:
ET AT SALISBURY
City is Practically Under filil
itary Rule. ,
MILITIA GUARDING JAIL
Another Alleged Lyncher
' Under Arrest.
Placed
There Have Been No Furtlier-DeveM
opments Judge Long Very Severe
in His Remarks to the Grand Jury
Concerning the Lynching on Mon
day Xight He Said That Any Man
Who Aided .In That Lynching Was
Guilty of Murder in the First De
gree. Charlotte, N.. C. Aug. 8. Judge Long
called Rowan county court to order
at Salisbury at the usual hour this
morning. Barring the keeping of his
engagement with, it at this hour, it
was an unnecessary session. The
grand jury has not made a prest
ment of the case against George Hall,
who is accused of being one of the men
who lynched three negroes Monday
night Another arrest, that of a man
named Cross has been made.
Judge Long was still more severe on
the" mob this morning. He said::
"The court is informed that a kins
man of the murdered people pleaded
with the cut throats and murderers to
let the law proceed. Any man who
.aided In that lynching was guilty of
murder in the first degree. Any man
who gave encouragement by word or
presence or took any part in it was
guilty of murder in the first degree.
. "The question, now is simply whether
the law shall be enforced by, the courts
of by a mob, and Rowan county chali
find, as I have said before, that no
man of character and standing wa in
that mob. I 'am going to perform ray
duty as I see it, and have no fear.
I said before I apprehended any trouble
that the law of the land is stronger
than any local mob. I do not take
that back", notwithstanding the shots
about my ears that night The mills
of the Gods grind slow' hut they grind
exceedingly fine'. - ;
"The honor and integrity of Rowan
must be preserved."
The grand jury then retired to its
deliberating room and court adjourned.
The three companies of militia ara
still on duty around the jail and the
city is practically under military rule,
but beyond the arrests there have been
ao developments.
ALL QUIET AT SALISBURY
General Armfield Asks Whaht Dispo
sition Shall be Made of the Troops.
Governor Glenn Cannot Understand
Why Salisbury Troops Did Not Use
Ball Cartridges.
., (Special to The Messenger.)
. Raleigh, N, , August The gov
ernor received a telegram at noon from
General Armfield in command at Salisbury-,
saying everything was quiet
there.and asked what disposition
should be made of the troops. The
'governor directed him to see those in
authority, and ke.ep the troops as long
as was needed, and when it was
thought that their presence was no
longer necessary to . order them home.
Governor Glenn before leaving this
afternoon for Guifrord college, spoke
about the failure of the troops to pre
vent the Salisbury lynching, saying he
could not understand why they did not
use ball cartridges, the use of blanks
being absurd, and really forbidden in
such cases.. Had he known the true
situation, even as late as 9 o'clock
that night he could have placed troops
voio f-mm fTharintte A-ad Greensboro
in plenty of time. No- suggestion of
danger was made Until 11:30 o'clock
that night. He says the officers of the !
twn,vhe feels certain, are sincere in
their belief there was no danger until
: . . . . . a n j
it was too late to prevent me aisgrace
ful affair.
; HELD UNDER, BOND
Hart je, Hooe and Others Give Bond
QUI
in Case of Alleged Conspiracy. Pittsburg, Aug. 8 .While driving
" - I over a country road at Evergeen, - nine
Zr-?T,Sl T- tSs city tonIght. a wagon
Hartje and his friend John L. wet, ... , .
hons, with Clifford Hooe, the former staining twenty persons of a picnic
negro coachman" of Hartje, who are Prty plnnged over a thirty foot pro
charged with conspiracy, in connection cipice, and all sustained more or less
with the Hartje divorce case, aPPear" serious injuries. None was fatally
ed before Alderman F. M.'King today
for a hearing and waiving all proceed- ,
ure were held for court under bonds A lodge of the Daughters of Liberty
of $3,000, which was furnished by At-- from Allegheny were enjoying am an
tornev Edward G. Hartje, a brother of nual straw ride, and the last of the
one of the defendants. Their arraign- 0 became fast in a rut, on
ment had beenostponed several times mountain road. In attempt
owing to the disinclination of the com- . . f hp hnrsi stAnTwl
monwealth to go into the matter until W the rs stepped
the divorce case was finished. Hooe , too far from the road . which ran
who Is now in jail awaiting trial for along the bluff, and plunged over
perjury, did not appear, but was rep dragged the wagon with its occupants
resented by Attorney Hartje. - 5 with it.
ERS SHBEHfllMB SEft
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Six Japanese Killed and Twelve
Taken Prisoners.
REPRESENTATIONS TO JAPAN
By Our Government Covering Tills In
formation Tlie Japanese Surprised.
While Poaching? on Sea Grounds
Within American Waters No Apol
ogies to be Made to Japan Because
of the Killing The Prisoners to be
Tried by American Courts No In
ternational Question Involved in the
Case. "
Yv'ashington, August 8. Acting Sec
retary of State Bacon has sent to Am
bassador Wright at -ToktoTEesub-stance
of a dispatch received by the
department of commerce and labor I
from Solicitor Sims at Sitka, Alaska,.
regarding the killing of five Japanese
r fishermen and the capture of twelve
others on St. Paul island.- In sending
the dispatch the acting secretary states
that it is forwarded for the purpose of
giving .information such as this gov
ernment has of a regrettable incident.
. news of which may! reach Japan in dis
torted form. There is no intention of
offering an apology or any further re
gret han is contained in this dispatch,
as the state department regards the
Japanese fishermen as poachers if they
were within the three mile limit and
the dispatch from Mr. Sims emphasizes
this fact.
The Japanese charge, Mr. Myaoka,
called at the state department today
for information about the killing of
the Japanese. He had received no
dispatches from his government con
cerning the affair and acting Secretary
Bacon gave him the information which
was sent to Ambassador Wright. ; Mr.
Myaoka said that it was not a case to
cause an international incident.
No international incident can result
from the shooting! of the Japanese
poachers, it is said at the state depart
ment. This government has, no
amend to make to I Japan, other than
those that courtesy may prompt, and
a . mere expression of regret tha such
an incident should taKe place is all
that is looked for. !
Japan has no treaty obligations
which in any way require her to pro
tect seals in the Bering sea. The
United States, Great Britain and Russia
are the only nations abound by tne
treaty to offer protection in the Bering
waters and these three countries must,
according to the terms of the conven
tion to which they have subscribed,
patrol the waters in that part of the
world and exercise every possible pre
caution to prevent their subjects from
poaching.
The government of the United States
will take no further active interest in
the matter of the killing of the Japa
nese poachers. The twelve prisoners
must be tried by United States author
ities. " "S.... r-
HARNETT DEMOCRACY ; j '
Enthusiastic Coiinty Convention.
County Ticket Nominated.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Dunn, N. C. Aug. 8. Yesterday the
democrats of Harnett met in conven
tion at Lillington en masse, and put
a strong representative ticket out
named from the different sections of
the county. Mr. W. A. Stewart, the
county chairman, called the convention
to order at 11 o'clock and made a
ringing speech for democracy. Mr.
Thos. H Webb, of Duke, was mads
permanent chairman and the press rep
resentatives were requested to act aa
secretaries.
The township delegations were large
and enthusiastic and perfect harmony
prevailed.
Mr. T. W. Harrington was named for
the senate, Mr.' J. C. Clifford for the
house, Mr. Floyd Taylor for clerk. Mr.
H. C Stewart, the present register,
was re-nominated. Mr. Josie Williams
was nominated for treasurer, Dr. J. E.
Caviness for coroner and; Mr. Joe A
Stewart for surveyor, Messrs. J. A
Smith. T. Ar Harrington and Y .IC
wantnam ior couuij wmmi.
The convention recommends the
appointment toy the. legislature, going
back to the old rule of 5 commissioners
for the county.
PICKNICKERS IN ACCIDENT
Wagon Containing Twenty Persons
Plunged Over" a High. PrecipiceT
SEAL
POACH
flR gTILL MISSING
I
Na Clue as to YtoaiTouts
of Banll Officers.
TO RESCUE OF DEPBSITflHS!
All the. Property of President
Stdnsland to be Turned Over.
This vill Amount J to Probably $600,-
000 and it Will Enable the Receiver
to Pay Depositors Almost Dollar for
Dollar Conclusive Evidence That
the Former President Has
Highly Criminal
in Conducting the
Business of the Bank.
Chicago, August 8 Theodore Stans
land, vice president of the suspended
Milwaukee Avenue! State bank, and
son of the missing president of that
institution, has come to the rescue of
the 22,000 depositors, and tonight it is
the general belief of those who are en
deavoring to straighten out the affairs
of the bank, that there is an excellent
chance for all to receive almost dol
lar for. dollar when a final settlement
is made.
Vice President Stensland tonight an
nounced that he would, with full au
thorty, turn over to Receiver Fetzer
-tomorrow all the real estate and per
sonal property of Paul O. Stensland,
his father. "The son places a valua
tion of $600,000 on this collateral.
Paul O. Stensland and Cashier Herring-
are still at large.
Theodore Stensland, who was arrest
ed yesterday on a warrant charging
him with violation of the banking laws
of Illinois, appeared in court today,?
By agreement, the hearing was postjL
poned until August 18.
Conclusive evidence has been un
earthed by State Bank Examiner C. O
Jones that Paul O.! Stensland has been
guilty of highly criminal acts in con
ducting the business of the institution,
of which he is the president. This
was officially announced by Mr. J ones
today. Henry W. Herring the missing j
cashier, who was .1 declared to be an !
of large, sums of money, is J " C V -T o t
measure exonerated because emperor an addiUonal credit .of $27,
ck of. direct, proof against 500,000, in addition to $7,5()0 000 voted
being m a
of the lack
him. .
'When
Mr. Sten:
Jones today,
of the criminal nature of the acts of
which the banker j has been guilty.
Against Mr. Herring I have no direct
evidence. I can not say as yet pre
cisely how far the frauds operated
by Stensland have been carried, but
it is to a great length that is proved
by papers, already brought to light."
Mr. Jones confirmed statements that
Detectives were sent to Michigan to
day in pursuit of Henry W. Herring,
the fugitive cashier, who is said to
have been seen there.
Receiver Fetzer said today he was
beginning a rigid investigation of the
forged notes in co-operation with Ex
aminer Jones. It will be three or
four days, said Mr. Fetzer, before he
can get an adequate idea of the situa
tion. He said persons who alleged
their signatures to have been forged,
would be required to furnish absolute
proof.
FOR STATE CHAIRMAN
Rumored That Ex-Lieutenant Govern
or Woodruff 3Iay be Chosen.
New York, August S. The Evening
Post today published the following:
Announcement wacs made today by
authority that ex-Lieutenant Governor
Timothy L. Woodruff was to be the
candidate of Governor Higgins to suc
ceed ex-Governor Odell, as chairman
of the republican state committee. "
The Post also said it was announced
that Mr. Woodruff will have the V1P
port of the Higgins forces for United
States senator, and that Governor Hig
gins will receive the votes of delegates
in the state convention.
When asked about the reported an
nouncement Governor Higgins said:
I understand that Mr. Woodruff's bus
iness engagements - are such that he
could not accept the chairmanship of
the state committee."
: "But if he should consent to serve,
what kind of a chairman do you think
he would make?" was asked.
"If Mr. Woodruff would take the po
sition I am satisfied that he would
make an excellent chairman. He is
specially fitted for it," the governor
replied.
The Bryan Party in Rome.
Rome, August 8. William J. Bryan
and his party spent the day sightseeing
here visltlns gt, Peters, the Roman
Fortune and Catcombs. Mr. Bryan
did not see-the pope, having had an
audience of him at the time of his
former visit to Rome. The American
party left Rome for Lugano this even
ing. :- v :
I swore out the warrant for of "which sum is to provide rood ana
sland yesterday, " said Mr. j employm ent to keep the stricken
, "I was perrectlv assured fnnnnlation from starvation and the
jy J 0AYH
Peasant Member of Parlia-
ment j Be Tried.
WAS CAUGHT RE3 HOED
Charged With Inciting and Panic
ipatin? in Armed Revolt.
Other Prominent Extremists in the
Late Parliament May be Involved to
Such an Extent as to Prevent Their
- Election to Any Future Parliament.
Session of the Cabinet Devoted
Measures of famine Relief.
to
st. Petersburg, Aug." 8.-T-M. Onipko,
the peasant member of the late Par
liament,1 who was captured red-handed
at Cronstadt after the mutiny there
will be tried, it is said officially, ac
cording to the rules of war for inciting
and participating in armed revolt, the
penalty jlor which is death. The au
thorities are convinced that they have
a good case against M. Onipko, and
hope that it will involve several other
prominent extremists in the late Par
liament to such! an extent as to pre
yemt their relection to any future par
liament. , ? I S
. The ministry already is beinning a
far-reaching campaign preparatory, to
the election of a more tractabile Par
liament in December. The ministers
Insist upon a program that will consist
of promulgation of definite reforms,
and the nomination of candidates who
will represent these instead of ' letting
the election of a1 more tractable Par-
case in the defunct assembly. They
disclaim all intention of attempting to
throttle public sentiment, hut it i3
noticeable that their first step was
taken through the police who were
asked to report on the possible govern
mental candidates for seats.
The session of the cabinet today was
devoted to meaures of famine relief.
wfcich is recognized as one of the most
urgent problems in the administration,
ag5Well as being an eloquent campaign,
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remainder for the purchase of seed
grain. . . f
The official telegraph agency tonight
reports the! formation at Yetkaterino
slav of a reactionary organization,
whose purpose is to exact life for
everr official killed by the revolution
ists. The murder of the ex-Deputy
Hertzenstein
procedure.
is
an example, of this
EVERY INMATE RELEASED
From Massachusets Home for Intem
perate Women, Which Was Practi
cally a Prison.
Boston, August 8. District Attorney
John B. Moran sent an officer to the
Massachusetts home for intemperate
women today with orders to release
every inmate. There were 30 women
in the institution and the officer carried
with him a nol prosse for every in
mate. The women were liberated. It
was said at the district attorneys office
that this action was taken following
the discovery that instead of being a
home, the institution was practically
a prison, the inmates being deprived
of their liberty and forced to work from
morning until night, the proceeds of
tbsir labor going to them. Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, is the president of the
institution. .
repubAcans of s. c-
Edmund H. Deasi Negro, Matlo Chair-:
tnt Tickef Will Not be Put
man state AltKet iU x "l ,
Out.
1
C, August 8. The re-.
Columbia, S.
ivnrvntlnn met 'here
vuuiiui.il' siaie i,uii'-"u j
today to elect a state chairman and :
PEH
reorganize "the i executive committee. 1 .
The only contest of the convention 3Ien Discharged for Lact of Evidence
was the selection of a chairman. The ; Held for Additional Proof of Guilt.
faction led by John G. Capers, sup- ;. ,
ported Edmund H. Deas, negro, who Union, S. C August 8. -David L.
was elected by a vote or 8 8 to 26 over .-1 . of Hartsville, S. C; J. Rich
John R Tolbert, supported by a fac- . V .
tion headed by District AttdrnV Em- ard English, and two negroes. John
est F. Cochran. Capers and his friends Sarton and John Renwlck, charged
were in complete control of the con- with the murder of Mose Hughes,
ventiom ' whose body was found in the Tiger
UOnTTh"0" uaonPleu SSSSSS W "-were dlscged today
prosperity, commending tne work yor
both houses of congress and the "pa-
triot" ' nresident of the United States
It was decided not to put out a state
ticket. I . ; ,;. ; 'J ' -;- -.'..j;;: ' ' . . " ' '
Farmer Roosevelt knows the per
suasive value of a nestegg, and please
don't forget your dollar contribution
to the campaign fund. -hiladelphia
North American. , . " r -
m.mm order granted
Mutual Life Insurance Company
! to Furnish Lists.
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NAMES ; OF POLICY HOLDERS
To be Supplied to the Committee of
International Policy Holders in Or
der That Vote 3Iay be Taken on
Candidates for Directors A Sharp
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Tilt Before the Judge Refusal to
Make ! Company Furnish Stencils for
Directing the Circulars.
New York, j August 8.The Mutual
Life Insurance Company was ordered
by Justice Giegerich today to furnish
a correct list of its policyholders to the
International Policyholders Committee
and to file a similar correct list with
the state insurance department, at Al-
oauy wiinm ten aays. 1 ne order wasi
issuea in response to an application for
a write of mandamus made by Colonel
A. M. Shock, of Tennessee, a member
of the committee and was opposed by
counsel for the Mutual Life Insurance
Company. Justice Giegerich denied
the application of tie policyholders
committee that their circulars be sent
to policyholders on the stencils pre
pared for the j company.
. In his argument on behalf of the pe
tition Samuel Untemeyer, counsel for
the committee, said that they had em
ployed 12 post office experts to assist
in getting the committee s circulars out
to policyholders and that nineteen per
cent of the envelopes were returned to
them undelivered. On th other hand,
he said, the company, having a correct
listare sending circulars to the policyr
holders without delay in an effort to
influence votes in favor of the trustees
nominated by the present administra
tion ticket of the Mutual.
"A more infamous, unheard of per
formance has never found its way into
a court of justice," declared Mr. Un
termeyer. "We have only until Sep
tember 18th to nominate a list of thirty-six
directors apd unless we can ob
tain a correct list of poilcyholders we
can not reach them any many of them
will be disfranchised from voting. We
are in peril of not being able to nomi
nate a ticket unless the facilities we de
mand are granted us."
Mr. Brewster, of counsel for the Mu
tual Life Insurance Company, in op
posing the motion said that the com
pany was hot bound to supply the list
week by week as Mr. Untermeyer con
tended, but to supply one list, which
that the personnel of the Mutual is not
that the personnel o fthe Mutual is not
what is was during the executive in
vestigation," he added, ."I think," in
terposed j Justice Giergerich, "that the
poilcyholders should be placed in a po
sition toj receive the very latest infor
mation on all matters affecting their
interests. I think that, as the law re
cognized the right of the policyholders
to govern they should have the right
to govern." , j
During a sharp exenange between
Mr. Untemeyer said : "My friend has
said that the! company is not the same
as it was during the investigation.
No, a few scapegoats were sacrificed by
the main power, but the men who are
responsible for all, the scandals and
thievery of this company are in power
today." i?rmm
Justice Giergerich said he would is
sue the order desired except in so far
as it-applied to the use of the com
pany's, stencils.
FOR MURDER OF SIDNEY YORK
Governor Offers Reward of $75.00.
, Charter Granted to Cotton 31111.
( Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. C August 9. The
governor offers a reward of
$75.00 for the unknown person or
persons who at Asheville, on the night
of July 9th, murdered Sidney York.
s The governor left this afternoon for
Guilford college to deliver the address
( this evening before the great yearly
-meeting of the friends or quaKers.
A 4-3 "Iff
cotton Mills Company, capital stocky
,ttnn ATHla rnmnanv.' ranital stOCkia
5100,000. to spin yarns, maKe cioins j
, . J, tnr, th.
1 niiUL ixn suris ui louiivs o.mj. .
stockholders beina: Lee H. Battle, of
Greensboro; Edgar Love, of Lincoln-
tonf and others
'
N HELD FOR MURDER
on the ground of msurncient eviaence.
rnie negroes afterwards " were bound I
over as witnesses against vv. .
lian and Douglas English, charged
with the murder of Hughes, and who
now are out on $5,000 bail. Letters to
show that W. D. Smith, the name by
which Douglas English Is said to hav
gone In Atlanta, are In the hands of
the authorities. The letters give de
tails of the murder of Hughes.
TAKEN
TO
RALEIGH
Meiers of Beachmaon Safe
From Attach.
IS CONFESSED TO
Preliminary. Hearing. Held Without
Excitement. 1
All the Prisoners Remanded to Jail
Without Bond and Later Taken to
Raleigh for Safe Keeping rThls Ac
tioi Causes Intense reeling of Re
lief in Greensboro, After the Strain'
of Tuesday, When it Was Thought
Wise to Guard the Jail.
. (Special to The Messenger.)
Greensboro, N. C, August 8. There
is an intense feeling of relief here that
Frank Bohannon, Ki Crutchfield and
Oscar Crutchfield, the three negroes in
jail here for the alleged murder of
Southern Railway double track Fore
man Beachman .last week, have had
their preliminary hearing and will not
be in jail here tonight. The hpflrtntr
had been set for Friday, 'but after the
strain of yesterday and last nieht in
guarding the jail, counsel for the
Crutchfield prisoners agreed with
state officials that it would be best to
have the hearing thi morninfr. Not
over a dozen people knew that prison
ers were brought out of the jail. They
were taken by the private entrance to
the court room where Justices Collins
and Wolfe were in waiting. Colonel
Barringer, for the defendants, Crutch-
neia charged as accessories before and
after the murder, waived examination
and the prisoners were remanded to
jail without bond. Frank Bohannon
had no lawyer. Responding to a state
ment of Solicitor Broooks that he was
charged with killing Beachman, "Are
you guilty or not guilty," Bohannon
without the v least nervousness arose
and said: "I killed him," and sat down.
This was all of the proceedings. '
The negroes were quietly taken back
to jail.
Governor Glenn had previously been
communicated with as to the situation
stated and it was agreed to be best to'
send "the prisoners to Raleigh for safe-
ty. They were quietly placed aboard
an afternoon train by Deputies Crutch
field and Jeffries and taken to the pen
itentiary at Raleigh.
x STANDARD OIL INDICTED
True Bill Found by Chicago
Jury -Accepting Rebates
Grand
From
Railroads.
. Chicago, August 8. An indictment
charging the Standard Oil Company
with receiving rebates in the! form of
non-payment of storage charges to cer
tain railroad companies was returned
todayby the federal grand jury before
Judge J. S. A. Behea;. The Indictment
came as a. surprise inasmuch as the
grand jury had just begun ;the investi
gation today. The Standard Oil . Com
pany is the only defendarit, no official
of the company and no railway com
pany or officials being named. The
bond of the defendant was fixed by
Judge Bethea at $25,000. This Is the
case investigated, by the grand jury in
Cleveland, Ohio, - where it was found
that the grand jury had no jurisdic
tion. The' testimony taken there was
transferred to Chicago and the docu
ments in evidence were identified by
witnesses who testified In Cleveland.
It was on this testimony and evidence
that today's indictment was returned -so
quickly. The grand 'jury immedi
ately resumed its session to take up
the investigation of the charge that
the Standard Oil Compiny was given
direct rebates by some of the railroads.
The indictment contains nineteen..
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bills come nn-
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fin a of ti oon tn wnrroo fnr each viola-
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tiom.
The Indictment alleges that by a sys
tem of granting the Standard Oil cer
tain concessions the oil company ben
efitted to the extent of $8,106.52 during
a period of time from August 1903 to
plained by the government's attorneys,
means that in nineteen instances cer
tain consignments of oil 'for the Stand
ard Oil Company were stored by the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railway Company ana that the rail
roads received no payment of 15 cents
per ton per day from the oil company
for such storage, but that its competi
tors were compelled to pay this
amount. This is equivolent to grant-.
fner a concession it Is charged, the'.
non-navment of the storage charges
,emg nractically a rebate in iavor ox
the oil -company. Each count sets up
a discrimination of from $300 to $500
a month, in favor of the oil company.
It will be necessary for officials of the
Standard Oil Company to appear in
court and present bond of $25,000 for
the corporation.
KILLING