North Carolina Newspapers

I ALL THE NEWB ! WHILE IT IS NEWS. "VOL. 9 Fatal Clash With Armed Negro Mob *itlT** w**" ' Four More Negroes Added to List of Dead this Morn ing. Trouble with Armed Negroes at Brownvilie Sub urbs Early To-Pay. Sur rounded by Militia. Already 257 have Been Ar rested, Most of whom were Heavily Armed. Negro j Postmaster Among Num- I ber. Policemen Anxious to Avenge Death of Offi cer. Atlanta. Ua., Sept. 25. —One negro was killed in Brownvilie, suburb, by the militia early this morning while t.ying to break through the lines. Two hundred and fifty-seven negroes Lave already been placed under ar rest in Brownvilie. The majority were heavily armed. One other negro tried to get away pnd was shot. The raid started shortly after 5 ("clock. The negroes were searched for arms and every one armed was 1 laced on the cars to be sent to the police barracks. One of the first arrested was L. J. Price, the negro postmaster, who is charged with supplying ammunition the blacks. The negroes who tried to break through the lines were fired on, halt ing promptly. Captain Wilson held a conference with the president of Gammon Semi nary on the situation. The negroes are hemmed in by the militia. The members of the Governor's Horse Guards and mounted county po licemen are anxious to avenge the death of Officer Heard and the wounding of other members of the force. The negroes are badly fright ened. Two Negroes Killed. Two negroes were killed in a fight w : th officers mounted on bicycles. Ihe negroes had barricaded them selves in a house on the edge of the city. The officers were not wounded. A Terrific Fight. The fight was a desperate one at close range between the bicycle offi cers, Smith and Maddox, and Police man Casen and two negroes barrica ded in a house near the corner of Macgruder and Randolph streets. Officers Maddox and Smith had been notified that the negroes were shooting in the vicinity of Houston Jifld Randolph streets when the offi cers reached the scene there was no shooting. The officers were told that tne difficulty was in the vicinity of Randolph and Macgruder streets. Whether this was a trap laid to kill the officers is not known, but a i.egro pointed out the house in which Le said the negro who had done the shooting had taken refuge. The officers went to the house, Smith going to the rear door and -Maddox to the front. Smith at tempted to enter and the negroes be gan shooting. Maddox ran around the house to his aid. As he did so he saw two negroes leaning out of the window firing at them. The offi- i cers returned the fire and the negroes cropped below the window. Officer Lasen had come up in the meantime f.nd the three charged the house. I'laddox went to the window and 1 tilled himself up, gun in hand. A ristol was fired to the left of his head. He fired point blank and cropped to the ground pulling the window down with him. He then ran to the door and broke it open, his brother officers running with him. As he opened the door a shot was fired, the bullet passing over his head He and the other officers then fired lulling the two negroes. Two Dead In Woods. Col. Clifford Anderson, decided on a raid on Brownsviiie as the result of the killing of policeman Heard and the seriuus wounding of three other mem bers of the county police. Brownsville is the home of 1,500 ne groes. It is asserted that none of those arrested were students or con nected with Clark University. Two negroes wounded in the fight with the county police last night were found dead in the woods. Citizens Sworn In. Sneriff Nelms, swore in about 300 citizens as special deputies. It is un derstood he will swear in as many many more as he can properly arm, up to 500. Governor Terrell has wired for supplies of guns and ammunition. List of the Dead. The total known dead as the result of last night's encounter as reported are five negroes, besides policeman Heard and Mrs. Thompson, a white woman, who dropped dead from the excitement of witnessing the shooting ot two negcro prisoners. Two of the dead negroes were track ed from the scene of the attack on the police to their homes by trails of blood. There they were easily found to-day. Two more died at the hospital, both Shot during the last night's fight and THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT " ■" ,n '• •• .•»* , f„3 : -fj iu "*; ; ■ J .f-i t..* 1 AND PRESS an unknown negro was found dead near the scene of the same fight. Governor Terrell declared to the Associated Press that he does not believe it will be necessary to declare martial law but as a precautionary measure he intends to ordtr several companies of the State militia, prob ably four, to be in Atlanta by eight o'clock to-night. DEMOCRATIC SPEAKERS. Hon. John Sharp Williams and Rich ard Pearson Hobson to Speak in This State. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 25.—1t was an j noUnced from Democratic headquart j ers that Hon. John Suarp Williams 'will deliver campaign speeches in this i State at Statesville, October 13th; at j Greensboro, on the 15th and at Golds boro on the 16th. Hon. Richmond Pearson Hobson will speak at Morgan ton October 6th and at Salisbury on October Bth. Men are Discharged. New York, Sept. 25.—John Banda kos and George Capenake, two Greeks, arrested on suspicion of knowing about the murder of the man whose dismembered body was found Sunday afternoon, have been discharged. The police have not discovered the identity of the supposed murdered man. BRYAN AT MEMPHIS. k • Is Given a Warm Reception in Spite of Downpour of Rain. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 25. —Mr. and Mrs. Bryan arrived from New Orleans and were escorted to the hotel for a few hours rest. Despite the down pour of rain, a large crowd was at the railway station. Mr. Bryan delivered an address at the Lyceum theatre. Mrs. Bryan will go direct to Lincoln. Mr. Bryan will leave tonight for Lit tle Rock and Oklahoma.^ DID SHE KILL HER HUSBAND? Mrs. Clara J. Mahaffey Arraigned Un der Charge of Murdering Her Hus band. Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 25. —Mrs., Clara J. MahafTey, widow of Judge Mahaffey, retained counsel *o de fend her on the charge of murdering her husband five weeks age- A chemical analysis of Mahaffey's fctomach resulted in finding strych nine. The State will claim Mrs. Ma haffey killed her husband to secure insurance. AMERICAN LEAGUE MUNICIPALITIES Tenth Annual Convention will Open To-morrow. About 1500 Delegates to be in Attendance. Most Successful Convention Ever Held is Anticipated. Chicago, Sept. 25. —The tenth an rual convention of the American Lea gue of Municipalities, which will open tomorrow at the auditorium promises to be the largest in the history of the organization. President Rhett, mayor of Charles ton, S. C., said: "We will have ap proximately 1,500 delegates here with their wives and this will mean the greatest convention of the kind ever held. Mayors and other city officials of the United States and Canada have taken a deeper interest in the coming meeting than ever be fore. This is shown especially by the early arrival of hundreds of delegates." The convention will continue through Friday. HUGE OCTOPUS KILLED. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 25. —A 500 pound t octopus was caught yesterday by a f l:3hing party in the Mississippi sound i killed after a struggle that last " c,! eight hours. The octopus towed the boat of the party, stern first, for ' ten miles. It finally was killed with rifles. Col. Isaac Hill Dead. \ Washington, Sept. 25. —Colonal Is aac R. Hill, better known as "Ike' of Ohio, for 35 years employed almost continuously in the house of Repre sentatives, died from complication of of kidney, liver and heart trouble. 1 Negro Baptists Denounce the Dual Crimes of Atlanta, Ga. ! • IT>- __ Wasbiusw.., ocpt. 25 At the meet ing last night of the National Negro } | Baptist Preachers' Union, of Wash \iigton and vicinity, resolutions were i adopted condeming mob violence by 1 the whites upon innocent negroes and HICKORY, N. O.i, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27. 1906, A Problem That the South Will Have to Solve for Itself. CUBA REJECTS PROPOSITION. Cuban Government Rejects Proposi tion of Secretary Taft and Bacon. Havana, September 25. —On behalf of the government officials General Andrade speaker of the lower house said to the Associated Press: "If the Americans wish to take our ' government and give it to the rebels, I they may do so, but not with our j consent. We should never consent to ' holding new elections. It would not ' only be a great injustice, but if the | rebels won. Cuba would have the J worst elements in control and if the I government won we would have an- I other rievolution on our hands." The general said Vice-president Ca | liote had gone to inform Secretary j Taft that the Cuban government posi tively rejected the Liberals proposition [ laid before President Palma by Secre- I tary Taft and Senator Bacon. Thinks U. S. Should Control. ,| General Andrade said the only satis factory way he saw out of the difllmil ty was for the United States to take control of Cuba for one or two, or pos sil**~ 'our years. Thirty Marines Ordered. Secretary Taft has ordered a de spatch of thirty marines to Sagua la Grande, province of Santu Clara, to guard the shops of the Cuban Central railroad, a British concern, which con tain $1,000,000 worth of supplies. The manager of the road declares it has already been damaged to the extent of $400,000. Rutherford College News. Rutherford College, N. C., Sept. 25. — To-day one hundred and fifty students have been enrolled of whom one hun dread and three were boarding stud ents. Owing to the poor health of Presi : dent Thompson he has been advised by his physician to take a month's rest. He left for his home on Friday. Prof. Peele, A. 8., Trinity College, who taught here for three years pre vious to this has been secured to take his class work. Prof. Peele came to us, by no means a stranger, and the work will move on well in his hands. He is expected to-night and will be I ready for work Tuesday. | A very rare opportunity was afford- I ed the school and the people of this town on Saturday evening by the well known Dailey Quartette of Philadel phia. This Quartette was in Charlotte only a few days ago, and it goes with out saying that they gave an excellent programme of vocal music. This con cert was highly afpreciated by the people here. They spent Sunday in our midst. The eleven o'clock hour was given them at which time they held a very helpful entertaining ser vice of song. Rev. D. P. Goodloe opened the ser vice with prayer. Such meetings as this are calculated to do much good. THE PIKE CELEBRATION. Pioneer Day Centennial Celebra tion Given to Glorification of Man Who Discovered the Peak. I Colorado Springs, Sept. 25. —Pioneer l day, in the 'Pike Centennial celebra [ tion, was set aside for the glorifica • tion of the efforts and achievements I of the man who blazed the trial and ■ belonged to. the vanguard of civiliza tion. Vice President Fairbanks spoke to 10,000 people and was given an ovation. If we could see ouselves as others • see us, what a disagreeable old world t this would be to live in. Gas trusts would be unable to de f clare dividends if peopxe didn't have money to bur*. > the assaults on white women by ne groes, "the dual crimes in Atlanta which disgrace our Christian na tion," and calling upon all negroes cf this vicinity to assemble in their churches Sunday, Oct. 7. and offer grayer for a peaceful solution of the rcce problem. 1000 Marines are Ordered Dispatched to Cuba at Once One Thousand Extra Marines Ordered to be Assembled at Once Prepara tory to Bailing far Cuba. Washington, Sept. 25. —One thous and extra marines have been ordered to be assembled at at the Atlan tic coast points, preparatory to sail ing for Cuba. - ✓ The men will be concentrated chief ly at Norfolk and League Island. Probably all of the marines of the Atlantic coast stations will have to be employed to meet this draft. Those at the small Southern naval stations and yards will probably b transported By some of the sforgah Line steamers, while from Northern points the warships will be used. RATE OF VENEERING. Reduction Made of About 33 1-3 Per Cent—Company Chartered. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 25. —An order was made this morning by the Corpo ration Commission changing the class ification of - veneering so that one eighth inch veneer will be fourth class freight and all over one-eighth inch be sixth class. In car lots the rate is changed to the same as lumber, plus 20 per cent. The order has the effect of reducing the rate about 33 1-3 per cent. / A charter was granted the Forsyth Sporting Goods Co., of Winston-Salem, at a $25,000 oapital authorized, and $4,- 500 subscribed by Chap Bodenheimer, Russell L. Vaughn, G. C. Thomas and W. E. Beck to handle all kinds of sporting goods. MMMITTEO SUICIDEJISPEICtfI Charles R. Addison, of Danville, Threw Himself in Front of a Moving Engine. Tragedy Oc curred Opposite Passenger De pot at Spencer. v Salisbury, N. C., September 25.—Mr. Charles R. Addison, of Danville, Va., committed suicide at Spencer at 7:30 o'clock this morning by deliberately throwing himself in front of an engine. The tragedy occurred directly in front of the Spencer Depot in the presence of half a dozen people several of whom were talking to the man as he threw himself in front of the engine, which had just pulled out of the yards to be coupled to a north bound freight train. As the engine approached near the men Ad dison said to a call boy "Good-bye" and without the least warning fell across the tracks the engine passing over his body\mutilating it in a hor rible manner. The body was taken to Wright's undertaking parlors. Letters were found in the dead man's pockets addressed to Charles R. Ad dison, Danville, Va., and in addition to this indentification the man was rec ognized by an acquaintance at Spen cer. Addison came to Spencer last night from South Carolina and on his way told the conductor to remember him after death and speak a farewell to his relatives. He was a man of good ap pearance being neatly dressed and in telligent. He was about 35 years old. No cause is given for the deed. Addison first attempted suicide an hour previous to this time. He threw himself in front of an engine but the engineer stopped the big mogul just before it reached him. N. C. JAMESON NOMINATED. i New Hamshire Democrats Nominate Jameson For Governor. j Concord, Sept. 25. —Tne New Ham shire Democrats nominated Nathan C. Jameson for Governor. MEASURE TAKEN. To Guard Against Illegal Voting Mas sachusetts Voters Must Run the Gauntlet. Boston, Mass., September 25. —The man who undertook to vote on some ' body else's name at the primaries in this city today had to run more of a "gauntlet" than heretofore, for in ad dition to having the name called out ; by the precinct officer when he asked for a ballot, the precinct officer also announced the hight of the man whose 1 name had been called. Then the po lice officer on dutvat the polling booth . looked over Wg d#scripttve> Itet-of vot ers to see if the man who had called 1 for a ballot answered the description against that name on the descriptive, fist. This was only putting into effect the new state law governing elections. At each polling booth there is a meas p uring rod near the ballot box under which the voter must stand in case . there is question about his hight. Bryan in Tennessee. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 25. —The wel come which Tennessee has given to 5 William J. Bryan has been quite in i keeping with that of other States in ? the South. Hundreds of people were , at the station when the train arrived ' this morning, and they cheered the 1 distinguished Nebraskan all along the r route of the procession and also at the conclusion of his address. Mr. Bryan i at the close of his address here left , for Nashville, where he is scheduled - for a speech tonight. 1 •- Indiana Labor Federation. f Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 25. —The In dianapolis State Federation of Labor began a three days' convention in In dianapolis today with an attendance of delegates representing the local la bor organizations throughout the State. A number of important mat | ters are slated for consideration and | action by the convention. Building Collapsed. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 25.—The j building at 95 South Main street, oc cupied by L. Ginnochio, a saloonist, I collapsed this afternoon. Six people were taken from the debris in an ■ injured condition, one seriously. No loss of life. Wyoming's Big Fair. Douglas, Wyo., Sept. 25.—The pro . of mine, farm and orchard are display ed to their best advantage at the Wy ' oming State Fair, which opened here ' today under conditions devoting an ' unusually successful exhibition. "A good programme of races has been ( arranged for the week. Many visitors , are already in the city. Among the [ arrivals are many members of the ; State Teachers' Association, whose an ' nual convention opens tonight and will j continue during the next two days. Schooner Towed In. 3 Norfolk, Va., Sept. 25.—The schoon j er Laura C. Anderson from Charles , ton, with crossties for New York, r was towed into Hampton Roads last ' night) l The Anderson suffered con j s'derably, lost her jib-boom and fore topmast and all attachments. She s is leaking. : Paul Stensland, Bank Wrecker ' Spent Last Night in His Cell I - . . New YorK, Sept. 25. —The discom fort of the night in a narrow and bed less cell which was experienced by Paul O. Stensland, former president cf the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, of Chicago, who was returned from Morocco last night a prisoner on the JLY. Democrats and Republicans Meet Tin FIVE NEGRO PRISONERS REBEL Band ot Negro Prisoners, Among Whom were 18 Murderers Re belled Against Officers. Offi cers Held at Bay Two Hours. Atlanta Riots Incited Negroes. Knoxville, Tena., Sept. 25. —Thirty- fve negro prisoners, including 18 murderers, two of whom are sen tenced to die, rebelled against the jailer at the Knox county jail last Bight, refusing to go from the corri cer into their cells. For two hours they kept the offi cers at bay. Although inclosed behind bars four if the officers were cut with bottles thrown by the prisoners, and C. A. I-.eeder, Jr., son of the sheriff, was slightly cut. Ihe jailer's turned the hose on • the refractory negroes, but this fren zied them. The negroes finally cap tured the hose and turned it on the officers and then attacked the latter ' vith bottles, plates, cups and saucers and with broom handles on the end cf which open knives were fastened. Three of the officers were hemmed .n by the negroes and had to draw " their pistols in order t to get out of 5 the range of the bottles. The arrival of the sheriff and po s hce finally quelled the negroes. The trouble is said to have re i suited from the negroes reading of i the Atlanta riots. MATTHEWS NEWS. I ) News Notes and Personal Items — • New Cotton Gins. ! Matthews, Sept. 25.—The people of . our town and community had the I priviledge of hearing Dr. Miller, of t Sardis, preach last Sunday at the > Presbyterian Church. Quite a crowd t attended the service in spite of the . unfavorable weather. Our people will be given a treat ' this afternoon and evening in the ■ way of a one-ring circus given by • George W. Rentz & Co. Mrs. J. A. Bennett continues very ill at her home. Her friends have very little hope of her recovery. , Mrs. William Freeman, who has ! been very sick for the past two L months, is improving. i A bright youth, Master Otto Pitt l man, died last week and was burried j in the Matthews cemetery. ; Mr. Ben Wolf, of Sharon, has been ; visiting in our town, i Mrs. J. H. Hood, of Charlotte, is t visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A. Ben l nett. The new firm of Hood & Simpson have opened up an enterprising busi ness in the way of a livery, sale and feed stable. . Our community has good accommo . df.tions in the way of ginneries. Five » big gins are operated by Funderburk - Bros, on Church street, while the i Matthews Manufacturing Co. on - South Main street have a new and I up-to-date ginnery and are busy late tnd early. ROBBERY AT MORVEN. Wadesboro, Sept. 25. —The mer , chants and clerks of the thriving town ! cf Morven, seven miles from here on i the Atlantic Coast Line, were sur i prised this morning on going to their stores to find that several of the most prominent stores in the place had been robbed; The burglars were amateurs and it - is-surprising that they were able to - behave as they did and not arouse 5 the citizens. i Four stores, those of Messrs. T. J. >- Ballard, Little & Co., T. V. Hardison 1 end Henry Liles suffered from the Marauders. Mr. Ballard is the great est loser. A number of watches and pistols were taken from his store j amounting in value to about $2OO. Entrance was effected through doors, windows and transomC .* "Your friend, that political leader, " seems anxious to get into society. Do • you think h6 will?" : "No; he has.no family tree." "He's pretty solid with the plain i people, though." s "Yes, he has a plum tree that in terests them." mm charge Of the wrecking the institu tion, was followed today by the ad ditional unpleasant details of a po lice examination; after which he was .measured by Bertillon system and photographed. • The formalities incident to the re moval to Chicago were carried out in the distriet attorney's office. ' I)— 1 * THE BEST JOB PRINTING OF ALU KINDS AT THI3 OFFICE. I • i" Both Democrats and Repub licans of New York Open To-day. Few Definite Steps Taken so Far. Hot Factional Pights in both Parties. Jerome May Withdraw. Nixon Selected Chairman. A Victory for Tammany. Chairman Odell Calls Con vention to Order at 12:20. Forces Allied. \ Buffalo, N. Y., September 25. —The late conferences following the meeting last night of Democratic State commit -1 tee did not deter the delegates of the State convention from appearing. At ; noon State chairman Meyer, introduc ed the temporary chairifian, Lewis Nix ! on, of New York, former leader of , Tammany Hall. • , A permanent organization may not ! be reached until Wednesday. There is , apparently a disposition to put over the serious work of the convention until to-morrow when it is planned to adopt a platform and name candidates for governor, lieutenant-governor, sec . retary of state, state comptroller, at torney general,, state treasurer, and state engineer and surveyor. i Three of the candidates for gover nor, Hearst, Jerome and Sulzer, ; from New York county; Gaynor is from Kings county, and Adam is mayor of this city. Others are talked of in the event of a dead lock which is re garded as not improbable. Jerome Withdraws. District Attorney Jerome's candidacy was poetically withdrawn at the ad , journed meeting of the so-called Al bany conference of the anti-Hearst ; Democrats. At the meeting which was attended by representatives from about ! 25 counties it was decided that the delegates opposed to the nomination of Hearst should concentrate on either Gaynor or Adam. A Tammany Victory. Jerome would make no statement. He has let it be generally understood during the past few days that his object in entering the race was for Ihe purpose of defeating the nomina tion of Hearst. Any combination that could accomplish this would be satis factory to him. The selection of Nixon as a tempo rary chairman was the first Tammany victory. It is also regarded as a point for Hearst. Nixon spoke briefly. The Republi can party, he said, was entrenched in power in both state and nation. The State victory which he predicted, would be a forerunner of a national victory. f \ A Twenty-Four Minutes Session. When the necessary preliminary work was completed the convention adjourned to 11 o'clock . tomorrow, the session having lasted twenty-four minutes. Negro Offers Resolution. On motion of Charles Anderson, the colored, delegate from New York, a resolution denouncing the mob •vio lence and lynching and demanding equal protection for all races, was , adopted by unanimous consent with a shout. Routine business was concluded and the convention took a recess till 11 tomorrow. Everything Is Vague. Saratoga, Sept. 25. —There has been no such crystalization of sentiment in favor of any one candidate for the Re publican nomination for governor as to make it possible to predict with ac "■ curacy the choice that will be made by the State convention called to or der at noon. Ex-Governor Black has [developed some strength, but is quot ed as saying that he will be a candi date only on the unanimous demand of the delegates; and New Yorjc coun ty, with 150 votes, is alleged to be op posed to him, and for Charles E. Hughes, insurance investigator. Lieu fcenant-Oovernor Bruce's friends are hopeful that he will be chosen. X here has been some talk of Secretary Root and Judge Hiscoclt, bu«. it cannot be said to have taken definite form in favor of either. Convention f}alled to Order. ' State Chairman Odell called'the con vention to order at 12:20 and Con gressman Driscoll, of Syracuse, was\ i chosen temporary chairman. RAILROAD FATALITIES. An Average of 26 People Killed Daily By Railroads. Washington, Sept. 25. —During the year ending June 30th, according to the statement by the inter-State Commerce Commission, an average of , 2C people were killed and 238 injured a day on the railroads in the United States. The total number killed dur ing the year is 9,703, injured 3C.008. Prepose To Send Troops. Washington, Sept. 25. —Th£ battle-'* ship Texas cruisers Brooklyn Columbia, and aqxiliery cruiser Prariej are being put in readiness for the ■ transportation of troops to Cuba v if the necessity arises.