North Carolina Newspapers

I r .J3 VOL. XIX NO. 195, WXLMESTGTON. N. C, SUNDAY AtTGrTJST 26, 1906. JFTVTS CENTS Iffif 111 I" ji DASTARDLY ATTEW1PT TO ASSASSIMATE PREMIER St OLYPIN WITH A BOMB f wenty-Efght Killed and Twenty-Four Wounded. PflHT OF VILLA WRECKED Man Who Threw the Bomb Among the Killed. The Premier Was Slightly Wounded on the Face and Neck Among the . Dead is the Premier's 15-Year-Old . Daughter A Number of Persons Prominent in the Social and Official Worlds Were Among the Wounded. A Large Section of the Front Wall of the Villa 4 Torn Out Attempt .Was Made During a Reception, and the Villa Was Filled With a Great Concourse of Visitors. St. Petersburg, August 25. Twenty eight persons are dead, and twenty four wounded as the result of a das tardly attempt this afternoon to assas sinate Premier Stolypin, with a bomb while he was holding a public recep tion n hio rmntrv Virmcvrv vn ATvtPirnr- sky island. The premier was slightly j j L : , , - wounded on the face and sck by fiy- ; ing splinters. " ; v ! Among the dead are the premier's j 15 year old daughter, who had both j , . , . ..- , . , . j legs broken by the explosion and sub- ; sequently succumbed to her injuries; j , rr J 2 . j., i-l ' . vi-enerai zmuhxlliu, mw , preiiixer iwi- sonal secretary: ' M. Khovostoff, for mer governor of the province of Penza ; Colonel FTederoff, chief premier's per sonal! guard; Court Chamberlain Davidoff, Court Chamberlain Voronin I and Aide Doubassoff and four women tusion ax tne vma. ZuZ i of spectators gathered there, Handling and: two children. . ; ; horrible remnants of the tragedy and The wounded include M. Stolypin's ' carrying some of them away as souve three year old son, who is seriously - nirs. The police apparently lost their though not fatally injured, and a num- ' presence of mind, for idJ,tJf - . x , . . . . or nothing until the arrival or jvi. her of persons prominent in the social ; assistant minister of the and official worlds. The man who j interior; under whoses orders the villa threw the bomb was among the killed, j and the grounds were cleared and an According to the official account of j investigation of the tragedy begum the attempt on M. Stolypin's Mfe, it . According to statements of the sur appeara that at 4 o'clock this afternoon vivors none of the overpowering fumes a carriage containing four personis, 1 accompanying the explosion of me'iin two dressed in civilian clothes and two I ite, lyddite or pyroxoline was noticed in foreign military uniforms, . drew I after ' the explosion and it is thought tin at his villa. The men entered the :' ia bomb was charged with camphor ante-chamber, one of them holding j this helmet in his hand as though concealing a bomb, which accidentally fell in the ante-chamber, with the ter rible results already detailed. Genera Zameatin and M. Davidoff, a court harnberlaint. wtere instaJntly killed, and M. Voronin, a court; chamberlain', and Voronin, a court : chamberlain', While the correspondent oi xne -a-who was atteikling the premier's of- ! sociated Press was at the Stolypin villa ficial reception, was decapitated, while all the other persons in the ante chamber, including the three men. ac companying the individual who car ried the bomb, were killed.; The legs of M. Stolypin's daughter, the official account adds, were so se verely injured-that they had to he amputated, and death ensued. His son had a leg broken. . Prince Shach owskoi, who was in an apartment ad joining the ante-chamber,- was hi jured. The coachman, in the carriage which brought the terrorists to the villa was killed, , and the vehicle de stroyed, but the horses were not much injured. - v ' - - - m M. Khovostoff, former governoor of the province of Penza, ; was amons those killed. -h-i The fact that the two assassin were disguised as gendarmes doubtless was - due to an effort on, their part flx make; it appear that they were escorting a political, prisoner, the third man of the group being attired in the clothes of a civilian, v . ; The police authorltieo this evening ' declsed ?: that the assassins carried portfolios, which it is helicved contain ed bombs.'' , -f,"-; '.i';;:,-; ' Tne ! whole of the centre of xne house was blown out. r The correspondent of the Associated Press later visited the scene of the explosion and obtained from, one of the premier's secretary, from a ser geant of police and rrom some or xne -. T- & Grove city in the after survivors, the following account of the n-ger Washington, event: :y I - i ! The police sergeant, wno was siana- - . . j n at n corner of the nouse aooui twenty yards from the entrance, notlc- ed a landau, drawn by a. 'good pair ot horses, roll up the carriage -way and stop in front of the door. The three occupants of the carriage, one of whom . rwore the ; uniform of an officer of gendarmes, and ' the other being in livery of functionaries of the ministry of the interior, and who were osten tatiously laughing and chatting as they approached the house, descended from the carriage, one of them car- rying an article about a foot high, (resembling a gilded vase. They ascended the steps, passing di rectly in front of the policemen at the door and had scarcely disappeared in side the house when a thunderous ex plosion was heard. The explosion, which was louder than the report of a cannon tore out a large section of the front wall of the villa, demolishing the partition walls Inside and brought the upper story down in clouds of mortar and splinter ed wood. When the dust had cleared away slightly the sergeant saw the mangled bodies of the porter, a police man and three revolutionists on the ground in front of the door. The landau, which had been stopped direct ly in front of the entrance, was lying on the driveway a mass of shattered wood and iron. About ten, yards from the dcor was the driver, who, it is thought, was also a revolutionist and who had been killed on the spot. The horses were wounded, but only in their, hind legs, showing that they were partly protected from the force of the explosion by the walls of 'the villa. At the moment of the, explosion a large reception. " room at the left of the ante-room was filled with a great concourse of officials and visitors as today was the premier's ' reception day. M, Stolypin himself was in the reception room talking to his visitors. In his office, which was still further to the left, were three of his secretaries J and a footman. The violence of the explosion was such that at tore out the wall between the reception room and tii ft nrftmi era office in addition to killing one of the secretaries and the footman, and wounding another sec retary. It was from the latter that the correspondent of the Associated Press rkhtniTiftd thcte detalils. The fourth man whojras in tie office P injured. Every one m the villa and its vimity was thrown to the ground by the shock. After the explosion of the . bomb a few moments of stupefaction followed among the uninjured survivors and per- nJn the neighborhood, including a numler cf soidiers from a grenadier . T Jl j ojl -. nvtrl ru"yY regiment, Tusxreu io m yu uu. inenced to carry away the dead and wounded from the villa wnicn aaa caught fire as a result of the explosion of the bomb. " For over an hour after the explosion there was a scene of the greatest con- dynamite, which are extensively used in loading the revolutionists, bonds, and which explosive was employed in the assassination of Alexander II. Among its advantages is the fact that it is safer' to handle than ordinary dynamite and it is more powerful. a piece of torn, bloody paper was takni from the fragments oi nesn represent ing the dead revolutionists. This was the premier's sentence of death, passed on him by the fighting organization of the social revolution ists, and which, contrary to the usual custom, was not , sent to the premier in advance. , With what was left of the revolu tionists three revolvers, two of them automatic, were found. ; y When M. Stolypin accepted the pre miership he was perfectly conscious of his personal danger. One pf his remarks at a recent interview was : T have no doubt that , attempts will be made upon, my life,' but I nope that order will be restored and stability es tablished in Russia before they are enccessfui." ' - j;r: ' .- ' Addresses by Vice president Fairbanks y ' : and Booker Washington. ; Columbus, Ohio, August 25. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks and Booker T. Washington, the colored leader and president of Tuskegee col lege today addressed the Ohio state col ored industrial and educational exposi tion at- Grove City, a suburb. Mrr Fairbanks attended , a reception at the state house at 10 o'clock and Governor Harris stood in line with him, a com mittee of prominent citizens having been appointed to receive him. He then lunched at tne uoiumDus ciuu, Schdol Boy Wins cauunplonship at Norwich, Conn., August 25. G. Clif ford Howard of Washington, D. C, a school boy in his r 16th. yepr, won the national championship at Rogue this afternoon by defeating: Harold Bos worthi of New Uondon in the game to break a tie. This . is . Howard's first year at the game, and as Champion C. C. Cox of Maiden, Mass., did not defend the title he won last year, the highest prize goes to the young player. STILL Hi THE STATE OF TEXAS Negro Troops From fort Brown How at Fort Sam Houston. " AT JURISDICTION OF THE STATE They May be called on as Witnesses Against the Soldiers ... Now y Under . Arrest in Connection With the Trou ble at Brownsville Troops Have lieft Brownsville for tFort' Reno . Houston, Tex., August 25 A special from Austin, Texas, says: "An entirely new phase developed today in the Brownsville situation rel ative to the sending of the negro troops from Fort Brown. Yesterday it appeared to be the intention of (the government to hold the negro troops at Brownsville as witnesses against the negro soldiers who were larredted on bench warrants, while today, by direction of the president of the United States, the negro troops are to be removed to Fort Sam Hous ton, and kept there subject to the civil authorities at Brownsville." Governor Lanham today received the following telegram from Brigadier. General McCaskey, commanding the department of Texas, regarding the latest move on the part of the federal government: "San Antonio, Texas, August "25. Reference to your telegram this morn-f ing. Soldiers held on civil warrants at Fort Brown to be transferred to Fort Sam Houston by order of the president of the United States. The president further directs that the sol- diers shall not be removed" from the jurisdiction of the state of Texas." It is now believed that the desti nation of the three companies from the 26th infantry, which left here last night is Fort Brown where these com panies will likely accompany the negro troopers back to Fort Sam Houston.. Washington, August 25. A dispatch was received at the war department from Major Penrose, commanding tie battalion of negro troops of the 25th infantry, which has been stationed at Fort Brown, Texas, announcing that his command left Brownsville for Fot Reno, at 6 : 30 o'clock thiss morning. Major Penrose, makes no mention In his dispatch of a number of his troop ers said to have been arrested by Tex as Rangers in connection with the recent disturbances at Brownsville. 150 FROM NORTH CAROLINA Distinguished Delegation Will Attend the Bryan Reception Visitors to New York Will Reach Tremeidous Number. . ' New York, August "25. At the head quarters of the Bryan reception com mittee, at theHotel Victoria,it was stat ed today that crowds of visitors from other states to this city to attend the reception of Mr. Bryan bn"August 30. Louis was in town today, making State Senator David Nelson of SU Louis was in todwn today, making arrangements Uy lodge at the ,Saranac Hotel a delegation of 250 members from the St. Louis democratic club. A still larger delegation is to come from the Jefferson Cluo of St Louis. Senator Nelscon said that Missouri, to a large extent "is going to empty itself Into New York next Thursday. Josephus Daniels, the democratic national committeeman from North Qarolina wrote the committee that a delegation of 150 will come from North Carolina, including the governor, his staff, both United States Senators, and eight members of the house of repre sentatives. Governor Warfield, of Maryland, and his staff, wil arrive Tuesday. -Their headquarters will be ai tae Waldorf Astoria. Governor Folk of Missouri, the chair man of the reception committee, will be here Wednesday and will put up at the Gotham. v The governors of all the southern states except Florida will be here. The governor of Florida Is kept; away by a campaign now in progress but the state will be represented by the, afcr torney general, two Judgs of the su-f preme court ad other officials. 4 Vv- The National Demicratic Club . arid the Manhattan Club and various clubs composted . pf f ormerv resid ents of var ious states ? expect to entertain many of the distinguished guests. ENTIRE CREW SICK - British Schooner Bonidon Arrives Off Pensacola and Asks for 'Assistance. Pensacola, Fla., August 25. With every member of . her. crew sick, includ ing the -captain, and one man dying, the British schooner Bonidon arrived off Pensacola! harbor today and asked for assistance. She is bound from Co lon for Ship Island, but the men were no longer , able" to man her. The pilot boat "Pilot" went out and was told by the master, that when r out some days from Colon the Tnen were taken with a fever of some nature and -that one by one his men took it untiL everyf mem ber of his .crew was down Including himself. He asked that a tug be sent him to tow- the ship to Ship Island where he could go in quarantine. ; THREE YflUNB VOMEfl DnOWNED Distressing Occurrence on a Small Branch Hear Griffin. 4-5TEAR-OLD TOT SAW ACCIDENT And Gare the First Alarm No One Knows the "Full Particulars of the Drowning All the Bodies Were Re covered, Efforts to Save Them Were Fruitless. Griffin, Ga., August 25. Three young and beautiful women Were drowned this afternoon while bathing in a small branch in a northern suburb of Griffin. Those drowned were: i Mrs. A. R. Spahgler, a bride of a few months, aged 15 years. Miss Beulah Hancock, aged 16 and, . Miss Pearl Ramsey, of Columbus, aged 18. :Sy r: The only eye-witness to the affair was a 4 year old sister of Miss Han cock, and the little tot is so badly frightened that she can give only very meagre particulars. ., j About 2 o'clock in the afternoon Mrs. Spangler called at the Hancock home and asked Miss Hancock and her guest, Miss Ramsey, to accompany her to the branch, only a few hundred yards dis tant, to get some white clay. Reach ing the branch they found in a seclud ed spot a pool about twelve feet wide and 20 feet long, ana some one sug gested a bath. They disrobed and a negro woman working in a field nearby saw Mrs. Spangler jump from the bank into the water several feet below, and a few moments later the young ladies followed. Soon the woman's attention was attracted by the cries of Nita Han cock, four years old, who screamed that her. sister was drowning. The -.negro woman ran to the rescue but nothing was seen but the placid surface of the pool, the terrified! child ran home giving the alarm in that di rection, while thevnegro woman! sum moned help nearby. Mr. Telfair Thur man was the first white person on the scene and without a moment's delay plunged into the pool and at "a depth of 10 feet recovered the three bodies. Physicians were in attendance, but the young, women were past help, j i NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH Xoung Cincinnati Man Saved From Drowning by Heroism of Life Saver. Atlantic City, N, J., August 25. Roy Ellis, a yong man from Cincinnati, O., was saved from drowning in the heavy surf here today by Life Guard Andrew Heard who nearly lost his own life in making the daring rescue. The guard was painfully injured. Ellis was bath ing near a stone jetty and owing to the rough surf and strong under current got into difficulty. His cries for help were answered by Heard. As the guard seized the young man and start ed for shore a big breaker threw them with terrific force against the stone abuttment. Heard retained his cour age and threw himself between the bather and the dangerous stones. Both went down but Heard was still able to swim, and worked his way In until the bathers waded out and pulled both to shore. .: ' . ' '. - - FIGHT AT RAILWAY CAMPS Two Men Killed and live Persons in jured, in Battle Between Officers and Negro Workmen. Lexington, Ky., August 25. Two men were killed and five persons were injured today at a fight at a railway, camp at Crab Orchard, Va., between officers and negrro workmen led - py John Powers, a white man. Powers and Charles Smith, white were killed. William Barker, an officer -and white a white woman and . three negroes were wounded. A negro secured goods at the railway commissary on a. uauu order. Officers were sent to arrest him but Powers and the negro chased the officers away. Seventy-five depu ties then1 wentl to the camp and the fight: followed. - : : v-:r--.r::"J . Terrific: Explosion Tof -Powder Caused : by L1ghtnmg.: . Birmingham, Ala., August 25. A special from Bessemer, Ala., says that during - a : thunder Sstorm lightning struck " the powder magazine of the Tennessee Coal, Jron . and Railroad company, located on the highest point of Red Mountain, four,and a half miles from Bessemer. Two hundred and fifty cases of giant blasting powder stored in the magazine exploded, shak ing the mountain and almost complete ly Seeking the buildings. The new barns of the mines were destroyed and the windows smashed for miles mamy In Bessemer being broken- Two men were-hurt by flying glass but not seri ously. The damage "done is estimated at $25,000. ; : , , - Death of Captain Nathan Appleton. Boston; Mass., August 25. Captain Nathan Appleton, the well known au thor and traveller, died at the Hotel Nottingham in this city today. He had been ill for two weeks. - He was 63 years of age. - FOR RELIEF OF STRICKEN General Committee to Have Charge of Distribution of all Contributions. Communication Between Santiago - and Valparaiso Reopened. Santiago Chile, August 25. Railroad communication between here and Val paraiso was established today. PresicBent Riesco, accompanied br the minister 'of justice, left here today. for Valparaiso.- He has appointed a geaeral relief committee, which shall have charge "of the distributing of all contributions received. The govern ment has bought 50,000 sacks.of flour to be distributed among the people who suffered in the catastrophe, and several trains carrying fresh provis ions left here today for Valparaiso. The towns, villages and hamlets de stroyed in the Terremoto district num ber 140. - President Riesco has appointed an astronomical committee to study the recent seismic disturbances. Accord ing to the latest news the earth shocks were felt in all the southern provinces of Chile, but they caused no damage. The authorities of Santiago have, resolved to put down robbery and pil lage with the same energy that has been used in Valparaiso. Up to the present time 3,000 persons have arrived here from Valparaiso. BEAT TO DEATH BY SOLDIERS Horrible Tale of Cruelty Told by Young Jewish Girl Who Arrives in New York From Kishineff. New Yprk, August ;25.-Rebecca S. Kolefsky, aged 12 years, one of the thirty Jewish orphans who arrived at Ellis island today, told how her parents were whipped to death by Cossacks in the public square at Kishineff. To an interpreter she told the following story: -h ;' s "'My father was a tin smith, and he had done something to make the Rus sian soldiers cross with him. They came to our house and beat my mother so ''hard that she cried. : Then -my father came home and struck one of the soldiers who went away. That evening a dozen Cossacks .came to' our house again and took my father, and mother away. I and my little brother Josef followed them. Josef Is. 6 years old. On the way to the market place where they beat-my parents, they bound (them hand and hand at first, but when they reached the public square they bound my mother and father hand and feet, back to back. Then they took great whips and beat theitt both across the face and body, and. each time they fell down they picked them up again and beat them the more. Withmy brother I had tried to get where my'parents were, but the soldiers dragged us away, and because I screamed and my brother cried, they locked us up for three days without food after which my brother died. The soldiers then told me to run away. I found afterwards that my parents were dead." COMPRESSION OF COTTON Rules Heretofore Obtaining; Regarding Density Not to be Obeyed. ' ' New Orleans, August 25 The ex porters of cotton, members of the cot ton exchange, have posted a notice to all ship agents that rules heretofore obtaining regarding the density of compression of cotton for' export will not be abided by. The directors of the cotton exchange have rescinded the former rules, which were passed by the joint action of the maritime ex change and the cotton exchange. In the future no claim for faulty com pressing will be regarded by the ex pOTters hat - relating to missing bands. - When bands are missing such bales are to be set aside and the ex porter notified, when the condition will be rectified at once. The export ers say they are convinced that the average density of cotton received at this port is fully up to the standard tt other ports. SHERIFF OF COUNTY INDICTED1 Official of Dorchester. County Will bo Prosecuted for Surrendering Negro Into Hands' of a Mob Without Effort to Protect Him. -. - - : v-- " :' Columbiav S. C., Angust 25. Acting upon testimony: adduced arrthe coron er'e - inquest into the death of": Willie Spain, : the negro who was lynched at St. George, on -Thursday last Governor Heyward tjayordered the indictment fflttd -prosecution of. Sheriff Ltmebouse, ot- Dorchester county. : It Is 'charged that the official surrendered the negro into the ' hands f of -a. mob . without proper authority or . any effort to -give him protection. The - sheriff -, admits that, he surrendered theOnegro tof the mob for the purpose ; of ''investiga tion." The law provfdeo that in such cases, upon conviction, the sheriff shall XTT' CA7lmZ f Trt- be ineligible to hold any office of trust or profit in the state. Death of an Arizona Newspaper Bian. that it has good financial support and Tucson; Ariz., August 25. O'Brien , is thoroughly , organized. Moore, owner of Tucson Citizen was , So - far the state ; department has found dead in his bed at home today, " shown no disposition to interfere In He began newspaper work in Houston, any way ; In Cuban affairs and more Texas, and afterwards became manag-: overofflcials .f Ser ?o 1 editor of the; Ronton PosL He; 0 o SeSibaS later was; managing editoivof theSt. J gSn puttinr down the in Louis RepubUc and also Washington frrectn. However, the state de correspondent of the paper. During yg showing far greater in the Spanish war he was colonel of a teiest in Cuba's unsettled condition regiment of-West Virginia troops. than it did several days ago. v ALL QUIET III CUBA t So Far There is No Change fit in 5 BOSIIIESS A! STflHDSTJLL People Desire Permanently Settled Conditions. Commercial Interests are With Palma. Fate of Revolution Appears to Rest on Result of an Engagement Be tween Colonel Bacoliao and Insur gent Forces Commanded by Pino Guerra Eastern Provinces are Quiet Insurrectionary Blovement in Santa Clara is Not Growing. Havana, August 25. So far as act ual developments go the situation her a today is unchanged. The eastern provinces are perfectly quiet, and no encounters of any consequence have -yet taken place In the province of Santa! Clara. The insurrectionary; movement there fs not growing.' The loyalty of the people of Matanzas ap pears almost as well established as that of the inhabitants of Puerto Prin cipe, which so far has been the model province for peacefulness. There has beeuL some skirmishes in the vicinity of Havana, and large bands of in surgents are -still roaming about the southern part of Havana province, but there have been no disturbances - in western Havana since the death of General Bandera. Governor Nunez, of Havana province informed the Associated Press today. . that this province will be free from in surgent bands within a fortnight. The centre of interest continues to be in Pinar del Rio, in which province only is there a large and well organ ized movement against the govern- ment. Considerable criticism has been. aroused by the policy of the govern- ment "in dividing its forces in Pinar deli Rio, -but the die in this regard is cast, for Colonel Bacallao, with a force of - artillerymen and recruits, sallied out, of San Juan del Martinez today in the expectation of encountering the in surgent forces commanded by Pino Guerra. The fate of the revolution, appears to rest largely on the result of the coming engagement between. these two forces. The people of Cuba will be relieved to hear some news of tEk decisive nature either way from Pinar del Rio. The sympathy of the people of Havana is with the govern- ment, but there is no general over whelming anxiety to see its forces pre vail. - , ; , Meanwhile business enterprises are at a standstill. NThe commercial inter ests, while with President Palma, de sire more than anything else, perma nently settled conditions. Up to the present time the govern ment has not suffered a reverse of any consequence, and today It chron icled further victories. The principal of these came as a result of an attack of 15 mounted rural : guards under Major Gomez upon Reinosos . band of 2 0 0 insurgents at Cascajal, near Santa Rosa; This engagement came at the end of a three days pursuit of the en emy. A forced march brought the government troops suddenly upon the revolutionists. After a first exchange of shots the rural guards chased' the' enemy, who had dispersed and fled, and inflicted severe punishment with machetes. A report of this occurrence received by General Rodriguez this evening says at least twenty of the revolutionists were killed or wounded. This makes' the 1 engagement the most 'serious yet fought, The rural guards did not sutain serious loss. Minor en- -'counters have resulted, in -uniform victories for the government. ctThose who are responsible for the conduct of affairs are considerably encouraged and are perfecting system atic methods' to down the Insurrection.' 'Hundreds of volunteers i are enlisting; every day. The battalion formed to day, clad in new, uniforms,', big straw, hats, Wd beltsn.dlegins, ? looked? stronger and more fit ithamenyvjret. mustered. . Their officers, are. mostly -veterans, , although there are a few volnnteers among: them.' ' ,y . ';. . ;" Washington, August 25. The Cuban situation is receiving much attention from state department officials who are keeping: carefully In touch with the development in the little republic. ' The departmnt received no dispatches , . 2 . iL-j on ilfrv. n tha situation. - Officials believe from the nation j it T.v