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ALL THE NEWS f WHILE; IT IS NEWS. | VOL 9 Si. ROM AND WIFE COMMITTED TO IKE CO. JAIL Coroner's Jury found Strange Came to Death by Unna tural Cause. Following Finding Tne Accused are Incarcerated. Were not Allowed Bail. Mrs. Rowland Wept as She Went to Cell. Case Set For July Term. Gist of Evidence. Raleigh, X. C., June IS. —At 1 o'clock last evening the coroner's jury returned a verdict that: "Taking into consideration all the evidence intro iluced lit fore us, we are of the opinion lius; Charles B. Stange came to his ,! atli from unnatural cause to the jury unknown. Therefore we re rvnr.iicnd that Dr. D. S. Rowland mil! \irs. l.iir.3 M. Rowland be held i.j .-nswer before the grand jury at the July term of the \Vake superior i u'.'.rt Both lncarcat'ated. On the strength of th:s finding Jus tice - parks issued a commitment for loth Hr. Rowland and Mrs. Rowland for them to be held without bail in the county jail until the July term. i»r. Rowland was already in jail and .-:io :s were sent to arrest Mrs. Rowl and. -.ho ahs been out on $2,000 bail until now. She spent the night in jaii. A- pas 1 into her cell she wept hint. declaring she could not spend the nig'it there. Cotinstl for the prisoners said last l.liht that they are undecided whether or not to sue out a writ of habeas cor pus. Tjiev may just let their clients await die July term and fight out the cases tiien. Gist of Evidsr.ce. Tile gist of the evidence on which , tii' 1 verdict of the jury was rendered : as follows: , Dr. Symms, chemist, testified that while no poison was found in the stomach of C. 13. Strange, aconetinak •iigitilis could have been injected hy iMidermically. and could not be traced i y analysis. Hpodermic injections by Dr. Rowl and were proven by W. E. who! also swore that while aiding Dr. Rowl ;ni with the treatment of Strange, hew land asked who the Stranges' wort. Thought he knew all railroad people but these were new ones on him. Conductor H. J. Stewart told of aid ing in arrangements for the funeral, rai'.nd Dr. Rowland at the house sit- Ji:i. by Mrs. Rowland, holding her hand. Later in the afternoon he and others became convinced that Dr. Rowland was drunk and were prepar ing to put him out when he left. That night they examined the body of Strange and became doubtful of his IK fng dead. He had been laid out 12 hours in a cold draft and his body was liiiji. the ilesh pliable, lips blue, and nails natural. They called three phy sicians over the telephone. They could not c.iine, but said that if the same conditions existed in the morning to '■all them again. Next morning there was no doubt of death. Rcycter Testified. Dr. W. ). Itoyster, medical expert, testified that, as to the effect of poi son by acouetin on the human sys ' this description corresponding closf iy with the description of the •' ndition of the body of Strange, as told by Conductor Stewart. Engineer Mike Tighi told of having •'"■'■n i). Rowland and Mrs. Strange to rt' thi.r several times prior to the death »»f Strange and having watched Mrs. Strange slip up' to the oftice of Dr. Kowland after night. Other witnesses testified to the same effect. Conductor W. E. Morris swore to havin; : i J3r. Rowland and Mrs. Suaii'je at the Atlantic hotel, Norfolk, f-fi'si rod as E. L. Stevenson and wife of 1' 111 .'lor N. C., and of calling Strange up in he- room as Mrs. • >i. venson, this being st weeks after 1,1 s cr.th of Strange, when they were linniod in Portsmouth by their real nainr•. •\i-- C. A. Turner, Constable Bynum •imi iher witnesses te ,- ,th cd to Mrs. Si range having dec 1 red the never lr. Rowlar until he was called in •>' ! r husband. That she called for '■a: K« to his office and called Dr. Rowl -1 direct, telling him that her hus -I'tta.d WPS clightly sick. The j -y out with the case about an hot'? Prominent Couple to Wed. High Point, N. C., June 17. —Friends in the city have received invitations ; nnouncing the marriage of a very i-opuiar young lady who is well known 'I High Point, having been a frequent vi'itor here. It is that of Miss .M"ry Stephens, who will be del to '■i • altar by Mr. H. G. Wagstaff on I hursday afternoon, June 27th, at Lea's Chapel, Winstead, N. C. At Salisbury Sanitarium. Salisbury, N. C., June 18. —Dr. H. i'itts, a prominent High Point phy '•'•'•inn, is at the Whitehead-Stokes •"anitariuin in this city for,an opera tion. v' ' AND PRESS Riper on Holmes 1 rial New York\ Broker Con tinued Testimony. Tells Amount of Profits De rived From Advance Information. Washington, D. C., June 18.—L. C. Van Riper, the New York broker, con tinued his testimony when the trial of Edwin S. Holmes, Jr., charged with divulging cotton crop reports was resumed today. Being questioned concerning the di vision of profits realized on the cot ton ginners* report for December, 1904, Van Riper said there was 143,- 071 to be distributed and that thu; fum was divided into four parts. This division had taken place Dec. -9, "1904, in New York, where he and Peckham had gone to meet Holmes and Haas. Haas' share of the amount was $10,767 but he had been given $lO,- SOO because they could not make the change. In response to questions the wit ness said Holmes had talked with liim concerning his mines in Idaho. He had first spoken of them in St. Louis, but later Haas had come into his office, saying to him he had a contract for him to sign that might show as an explanation as to where he had gotten so much money. He said Holmes had told him noth ing could happen to him as he had had legal advice and knew there was no law covering the case. He also said Holmes told him he had gone to the president when there ha dbeen leaks in the report and assured him the system was perfect, and received the president's congratulations on its excellence. Told Hew it V/as Done. Continuing a witness said he told him he had access to the reports of the special and state agents and that he had no difficulty in getting at the results. Business Changes At Salisbury \ Salisbury, N. C., June IS. —Two im portant business changes have been made in Ihij city. Mr. W. H. Wallace, one of the largest retail grocery men in the city, has sold his stock to Mr. L. It. Winecoff, who will continue the business at the same stand on South Main street. Mr. Winecoff was for merly an engineer. Mr. Wallace will continue in business here and will conduct a wholesale grocery house. McCall & Stewart have sold their saloon on East Council street to Mr. M. H. Coble, of Greensboro. Mr. S. Y. McCall, of the old firm, came to Salisbury from Charlotte. He will likely engage in business in Richmond, Va. Mr. 11. M. Wright is preparing to move his stock of groceries from the fiame building, corner Liberty and Main streets to the ioom just across ihe street. A modern business block is to be erected on the site of the store now occupied by Mr. Wrignt's store. Defunct Towaway Co. in Receiver's Hands Asheville, June 17.—0n application cl Attorney J. C. Martin, representing numerous creditors, Judge Fred Moore yesterday placed the defunct Texaway Hotel Company, a Georgia corporation, which formerly leased and operated the string of hotels owned by the Tox away Company, in the Sapphire coun try, in the hands of a receiver. Geo. H. Wright of this city, being appointed receiver. Mr. Wright will go to Lake Toxaway today to take charge of any visible assets. This step was taken by the creditors as a resu't of the failure cf the part ies who were on the bond of the hotel eompanv to come to its assistance. The liabilities amount to about $12,000 and the assets consist of stores at Lak? Tcxawry and Sapphire, a consid erable number ot cattle and a number of open accounts. These were some time ago sold to a man named Jacobs, but it v/as demonstrated to Judge Moore that the 'sale was a collusive one and that the purchaser held for the hotel company. The receivership does not affect the hotels cw.-.ed by the Toxaway Compa ny, which have been leased to, and are being operated by other parties. Statesville Air Line R. R. Co. Met and Elected Officers Special to The News. Statesville, N. C., June 18. The directors of the Statesville Air Line Railroad Co. met in Statesville Satur day and elected ex-Lieutenant Gov ernor W. D. Turner, president; Wm. W 7 allace, vice-president; D. M. Aus ley, treasurer; Capt. P. C. Carlton, secretary. It is the purpose of the company to begin the survey of the road bed— from Statesville to Mt. Airy imme ! diately and it is probable that work !on the road will begin in a few j months. Back From "Missouri." High Point, June 17. —Mr. John j W. Russell, who was a resident here ■ I prior to 18G8 is in the city shaking ! hands with his many friends here, i He has been a resident for many I years of Missouri since leaving High- I Point. QUO VACIS? Will Contin His Blockading King of Moonshiners Went to Atlanta on the Same Train with branc Jones. Prison Will Re form Him. F' - om The Charlotte News lSlli. Accompanying United States Deputy Marshal John A. Sims to Atlanta Ga., this morning was, besides Franc H. Jones, the "King of Moonshiners. This interesting person is Alfred Stewart, 48 years old, of the King's mountain blockading uistrict, who was convicted at ths present term of fed eral court and sentenced by Judge Boyd to serve 15 months in the peni tentiary. But this sentence will not reform the "King" for he has openly| declared that as soon as ho is liberat ed at the expiration of his term he will continue his evil doings. He claims to have relatives living in the vicinity of Atlanta and instead of op erating at King's Mountain he will start a business of illicit distilling in the "Cracker" state where he hopes to prosper and eade the law as suc cessfully as he has done in this state for a greater part of his life. Stewart talks interestingly of hiSj past life, and since his apprehension by Mr. Sims some months ago he has supplied the officers, and 'others I who have asked him, with an abund ance of information concerning him iself and his mode of distilling. His [capture was unique. Mr. Sims, repre- I seating himself as an insurance agent, though he had not less that half a dozen warrants for blockaders in his coat pocket, met Stewart one evening riding a horse. He did not know him, but being seized with a premonition that this man was one of the six he was after, hailed him as Mr. Stewart. Instead of_ stopping Stewart gauged his horse in the flanks with his feet, and when Mr. Sims commanded him to halt the second time the rider gallop ed oil up the road. A pistol shot fired into tho air brought him to the ground, but not faltering he made for the woods near-by, where he was caught a few minutes later by Mr. Sims' fleet-footed driver, who was deputized to follow him. Stewart afterwards explained that he jumped from his horse because "the horse was as much of a fool about a pistol as I was. That horse would have caried me into the woods and killed before you could have done it with that pistol." He told Mr. Sims that at one time there were no less than 38 indictments for blockading in one form or anoth er against him, "but I out-run them all." JUDGE MEET'S RULING. Interesting Decision Handed Down in Case of U. S. vs. E. S. Thayer. Dallas, Texas, June 18. —In the case of the United States vs. E. S. Thayer, Judge Meet held that solicit ing by mail campaign funds when the soliciting is done by persons not in the employ of the government and not on any building where persons soliciting are at work, is no viola tion of the civil service law, even I hough the persons solicited are em ployed by the government. Announce Engagement. Chicago, 111., June 18.—The Tribune received advices from London today, telling of the engagement of Mrs. Pot ter Palmer to Aubrey Fitz Clarence, Earl of Munster. No Fraud Attempted. Washington, D. C., June IS. —'The collector cf customs at San Diego, Cal., reported to the Treasury Department today that no fraud had been attempt ed by the officers of the cruiser Char leston, in landing goods, and the goods were released. A misfit bargain isn't fit for any thing. HICKORY, N, 0.. THURSDAY JUNE 20, 1907. MR. JAMES KENDALL DEAD Was C:ie c." Gastonia's Most Popular Young Men. Gastonin. N. C., June IS. —Mr. James Kendall, who was numbered among the b?st and most popular young men of this place, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. R. A. Hambright, last Sat urday afternoon, at 0:30 o'clock, and was buried Sunday afternoon at the Lutheran Chapel, two and a half miles east of Gastonia. The funeral serv ices were conducted by the Rev. E. L. | Bain, pastor of the Main Street Metho dist Church. Mr. Kendall was thirty-two years of i age, and has been living in Gastonia j fOr about ten years, having come to ! 1 his place from Stanley county. He j was at one time manager of the Avon i Ice Factory, and has held responsible positions as machinist at this and oth er places. The sisters and brother of the de ceased are .the following: Mrs. Jl. A. Hambright, Gastonia; Mrs. Julia Wai-1 lace, Charlotte; Mrs. Avery Cobb, Dil-i lon, S. C'.; Mrs. Hattie Blalock, Stan-J ley county; Mrs. S. A. Newton, Gas- ! tonia: Mrs. Sallie Stutts, Monroe; and Mr. D. B. Kendall of Aslieboro. Southern Power Co. Builds Sub Station at Gastonia Gastonia, N. C.. June IS.—Work has been sirrted cn the rew transformer he u e which the Southern Power Com parv is to bu hi at their sub-station in Crstcira. The structure will be of cor:.3 i;.r?dation, buck walls, tiling roe ; and tilir floors, steel-braced th; ci'Mcr.; and modern in every way. It is tc be lac £tr.iies high and its di mensions au' 30xG3 feet. The water cooled transformers have a ! ,sd ard aie c'x in number. They con e frcme the works of the Crocke WneelcV Company and are the r :-iert c: J. n. 15, 1907. The trans formers fifteen tons each and have the capacity of 44.0C0 vclts. The contracting on the plant is be ing done by Mr. Robert F. Rankin, of Mt. Holly, who is assisted by Mr. W. C. Grigg. They hope to make a turn key job in eight weeks' time. Five of Eleven Lost With Launch Recovered Norfolk, Va., June IS. —The body of Midshipman Walter Carl Ulrich, of Milwaukee, one of those who went down on the ill-fated launch of the battleship Minnesota, in Hampton Roads, was found late yesterday. This makes five bodies recovered thus far. One More Body Found. The body of Seaman Hurly Loyall Vanderne, was found in Hampton Roads this morning. This makes six bodies recovered. Statement to Metcalf. Gen. Uhler, supervising inspector general of the steam Vessels, told Secretary Metcalf the inquiry had es tablished the fact that not a single tug with tow had left Hampton Roads for sea on the night when the Min nesota's launch disappeared. Improve A. C. L. Strtion. Raleigh, N. C., June 19. —Yesterday afternoon the corporation commission approved the revised plans for re modeling and enlarging the Atlantic Coast Line passenger station at Wil mington for a uniou station tor the Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line. The revised plans are satisfactory to the chamber cf commerce and other or ganizations and citizens who petition ed for a union station. It is under stood that the work o frcmodeli :g and enlarging will l)egin within a few week:. Interesting to 7«7asons. Columbus, 0., June 18. —The su preme court today affirmed the judg ment of the Franklin county circuit court in the case of the New York lodge of Masons vs. Rufus N. Wea v or, trustee. ' This judgment means ; that so far as the court's opinion are concerned clandestine or cernau Ma oens will not be recognized. Brilliant at Ascot H , Opening of Four Days | Race Meeting was Most Brilliant For Years Society Turns Out en Masse. Ascot, England, June 18. —The | gathering at Ascot Heath for the , opening of the great four days' race meeting was the most- brilliant of re cent years. i Houses in the vicinity for which fabulous rents are paid for the few days use, turned hundreds of so-1 ciety people on to the famous heath,] whllethousaiids of others motored from London. King Edward and Queen Alexan dra, with their guests, including the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince and Princess Andrew" of Greece, drove in state from Windsor. A large number of Americans were present. OPTION ON RICH TRACT. Fine Power Sit-rs and Timber Tract Embraced in Piece of Land Just Se cured. Statesville, N. C., June 18. —Mr. R. V. Brawley has secured an option on what is known as the Weaver Bend property, on the French Broad river, near Paint Rock, just across the line in Tennessee. The property consists of 1,100 acres of land and includes three shoals cn the river, which are Considered the finest and most valuable water-powers in that part of the country. There is also a fine lot of timber on the property and it is estimated that 2,000,000 feet of lumber can be cut from the forests. Mr. Brawley looked over the prop erty while spending several days in that section a few weeks ago and was so very favorably impressed with the value of the power at the shoals that he began negotiations at once to se cure the option on the property. Farmers Institutes For Mecklenburg County Raleigh, N. C., June 18. —The itin erary for a long list of farmers' insti tutes, under the auspices of the state department of agriculture, was pub lished today, to be held during July and August in practically"* every county, except a few on the north eastern coast. Mecklenburg institutes will be: July 26, at Huntersville; 29 at Pied mont Industrial School; 30 at Hickory Grove; 31 at Sardis. There will be two institutes for women at Huntersville, Piedmont In dustrial School and Hickory Grove. The Victory Manufacturing Com pany Cotton Mills, of Fayetteville, filed a certificate to amend its char ter, increasing its capital to $225,000. Plans of Mob of 50 Men Were Frustrated Lynchburg, Va., June 18. —Early today an unorganized mob of about 50 men made an unsuccessful effort to take John Robinson, who is held for attempted criminal assault last Sunday, from the city jail, but the effort was frustrated by the city sergeant, who led the mob to be lieve the negro had been removed from the city. Funeral of Mr. James Menius. Salisbury, N. C., June 18. —The funeral of Mr. James Menius, of this city, was held yesterday afternoon from St. Luke's Episcopal Church by Rev. Dr. F. J. Murdoch. Crownless hats are being worn by j baldheaded men in the West to encourage the return of hair. In case of an argument, they are also easy to talk through. Annual Meeting Merchants Association Convened Effort Probably not be Made to Get Bail for Rowlands Raleigli, N. C., June 18. —In the case of Dr. David S. Rowland and wife, who are held in jail without bail, to an swer the charge of poisoning Engineer C. R. Strange, in accordance with the commitment by Coroner Separks, is sued last evening on the strength of the verdict of his jury, that Strange came to his death from unnatural causes and recommending that Dr. and Mrs. Rowland' be held for the grand jury of the July term of Wake superior court. It seems that no steps will be taken at least for the present to procure bail for either of them. In fact there seems to be some dis agreement amoilg counsel for the pris oners as to whether there should be an application for a writ of habeas corpus at all. The more conservative members of the counsel do not favor the effort for bail lest failure to secure it should further prejudice the case for the Rowlands when the trial is finally had. Mrs ; Rowland seems to be taking her imprisonment with more fortitude than she did last night. She wept bitterly when she went in to her cell, ueclaring she could not endure the night in jail. Prominent Couple Wed. Cleveland, 0., June 18. —The wed ' ding ol" Miss Edith. McGorray to Pro fessor Schwab, of Notre Dame, brother ■ of Charles M. Schwab, took place to day at St. John's Cathedral. } Vanderbilt Gives SICO,OOO. Nashville, Tenn., June 18. —At the alumni dinner at Vanderbilt University last night, Chancellor Kirkland an nounced a contribution of SIOO,OOO | from William K. Vanderbilt. 1 Proceedings In Haywood Trial ' -v Boise, Idaho, June 18. —When the trial of William D. Haywood was re sumed today Harry Orchard was ex amined for impeachment by Attorney j •Richardson. Letter Identified. [ J. T. Nichols, who was deputy i sheriff of Canyon county and in charge of the jail at Caldwell, identified a copy which he ha dmade of a letter received by Orchard from Pettibone. The letter was not signed. Orcahrd Made Denial. Orchard denied saying to Max Mal lich that he (Orchard) was going to kill Steunenberg if he had to swing for it. It became evident that the defence proposed to bring the witness to prove i that Orchard nursed a vengeful spite | against Steunenberg and had repeated-1 ly made threats against him. Richard son said they would have Malich here. Orchard also denied that he had said Steunenberg was mean, and had it not been for him he (Orchard) would have been a millionaire and that Steunenberg had driven him out of -fehe State. Orchard also denied having stated a number of others, whose names were given, that he was going to kill Steunenberg. Two letters which Orchard said were in Hay wood'shand writing were introduced in the evidence. One of them was to Mrs. Orchard, at Cripple Creek. Funeral of Mr. Wrrs. A. Eller. Salisbury, N. C., June 18. —The funeral of Mr. William A. Eller was held from Bethel M. E. Church yes-1 lerday afternoon, Mr. Eller was one of the county's most substantial farmers and was a Confederate sol dier. Rev. R. W. Tucker conducted the burial services. Aoki May Be Recalled. Tokio, June 18. —There are strong in dications that Ambassador Aoki will be recalled. Fear No Outbreak. * St. Petersburg, June 18. —The re turn of the guard regiments to their summer camp at Krasnoyo Selo indi cates that the authorities have defi nitely ceased to reckon on an out break of the disorder at the capital following coup D'Etta. Five Men by Explosion Williamsport, Pa., June 18. —Five men were killed in an explosion of gelatine in the department of the Sinnemahoning Powder Manufatcur ing Company, at Sinnemahoning, Pa., today. Only fragments of the bodies were found. As all the men in building were killed it is not possible to a 3-, certain the cause of the explosion. Two men at work nearby were in- j jured. The Duke Divorce. Trenton, N. J., June 18. —The court of errors and appeals yesterday af-j firmed the decree of the court of! chancery granting a divorce to Jas.j B. Duke, the tobacco magnate, from his wife, Lillian Duke. THE BEST JOB PRINTING OV ALU KINDS AT THI§ OFFICE* Gate City Throws Wide j Her Doors to Delegates j to Big Convention. 1 Large Number Were in Attendance at Opening. List of Officers of Asso | ciation. Program in full For Opening Day* Trol ly Ride and Barbecue Planned. Greensboro, N. C., June 18. —Every- thing was in readiness here for the annual meeting of the State Retail Merchants' Association, which began today and lasts until Thursday night. Officers of Association. Several of the officers of the asso ciation arrived yesterday aiul are quartered at the Guilford-Benbow Ho tel, the official headquarters of the convention. The officers of the association are: Attorney General, Norman H. John son, Raleigh; president, Clarence Sawyer, Asheville; secretary, Archi bald Nichols, Asheville; treasurer, J. W. Carter, Winston-Salem; board of directors, A. M. Field, chairman, Asheville, N. C., Henderson Cole, Wil mington, N. C., J. N. Sneed, Durham, N. C. Vice-presidents from the congres sional districts: First district, Willis Owens, Edenton; second district, A. L. Purrington, Scotland Neck; third district, J. D. Davis, Fremont; fourth district, Samuel Watkins, Henderson; ffth district, J. H. Scott, Winston- Salem; sixth district, R. H. McDuffie, Fayetteville; seventh district, A. T. Morris, Thomasville; ninth district, J. N. McCausland, Charlotte; eighth dis trict, T. B. Brown, Salisbury; tenth district, H. Taylor Rogers, Ashe ville. The local entertainment committee have had inserted in the official prp gram the following, "fair warning" fco that all may understand that the Greensboro retail merchants host is I not unmindful of a sense of hospitnl | ;ty to guests: , Cordial Invitation. "The Greensboro Merchants' Asso ciation extends a very cordial invi tation to the officers of the North Carolina Retail Merchants' Associa tion, the delegates and all visiting merchants, to accompany them on a trolley ride, visiting all points of in terest in the Gate City, and to attend a barbecue and races at the fair frounds Wednesday. All merchants are requested to meet at the court square at 11:30 where cars will be waiting/" Today's Program. The session this morning was large ly attended, for an opening oife. The following program being carried out: Convention called to order by President Clarence Sawyer, Asheville. Prayer offered, the Rev. Henry W. Battle, D. D,* Greensboro. Address of welcome, Hon. Leon J. Brandt, mayor of Greensboro; H. C. Huntley, president Greensboro Mer chants' Association. Response, C. T. Pearson, Durham. Appointing committees on creden tials, etc. ( Read minutes of last meeting. Big Four Was W Passenger Train, Known as "Twentieth Century Limited" Ran into Open Switch . Passengers Piled in Heap, Columbus, 0., June 18.—The Big Four passenger train, No N . 19, known us the "Twentieth Century limited," one of the fastest trains on the New York Central ran into an open switch in the northern part of the city, while running 50 miles a nhour. The engine and every coach was thrown on its slue and passengers were piled in heaps, a number being severely injured. The engineer escaped injury but Fireman Mahaffey was injured, prob tbly fatally. It is not believed any of the injur ed, except the fireman will die. Shullenberger—Barger. Salisbury, N. C., June 18. —Cards fcre out announcing the marriage on June 2Gth, of Miss. Fannie Shullen berger to Mr. Paul Barger, both of Steele township, Rowan county. The ceremony will be performed at the home of the bride's father, Mr. W. S. Shullenberger. No more popular ccuple live in Rowan and the an nouncement of their forthcoming mar riage was received with interest by their scores of friends. It is seldom difficult for a man to get rich after he has acquired the art of hypnotizing his conscience.