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'Frederick Ges Taken to
City Hall
MEET PUZZLING CIRCCKSTAflpS
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Cause of Death According to the
' Undertakers, Was Bright's Disease
Suspect Has Beea Absent from
Employment for Tea Days,'.
By Wire to The Sun."' .
Philadelphia, ' Pa,; " July 7. Frede
rick Gles was taken to city hall early
.... .a.-
yeterday by detectives as a suspect In
connection with the murder, of Dr.
William H. Wilson, who died on June
26, after drinking a bottle of poisoned
ale( which had been sent to him
from a local express office.
Developments in the case came
rapidly today. Unless all signs are
misleading the, murder of Dr. Wilson
was Inspired by ,the death of the wife
of a department foreman in one of
the big publishing houses.
In the woman's death the authori
ties have come upon some of the
most puzzling circumstances tiey
have ever been called upon
to re-
conclle.
The police say that they learned
that she was formerly a school teach,
er, and that her relatives knew
nothing of her marriage to the sus
pect until Just before or-just after
her death. The stories of different
members ef the' families of both the
point, and alBo as regarding the time
of death. r
. On the day that Dr. Wilson receiv
ed the decoy letter from the murder,
er notifying him that a sample of ale
would be sent to 14m, the notice of
the death of the wife was published
In the newspapers. It was stated in
the notice that she die).1 two days
previous.
A downtown undertaker declares
these facts are correct, but, accord
ing to the police, a man at whose
house the young woman died, admit
ted .ih at death becurred a few days
after the first of June. Strangely en.
ough, an uptown undertaker was first
called to prepare the body for burial
hut subsequently '.turned ; it over to
the one who interred It The uptown
undertaker declares the woman died
- early in the month of June, and be
fore the date of death': given in the
death notice.
The cause of death In the case, 'ac
cording to the undertaker who burled
the body, was Bright's disease. The
physician who attended the case is
"'out of the city, 'end cannot be found
bv the police. The uptown undertaker
t according to the police was called
. upon the day before . the woman's
..death to bury her -newborn infant
'- .The suspect has been absent from
nis place 01 employment for ten days,
Besides this, it is admitted by rela
tives of the suspect, that he was fond
' of chemistry as a study anjd, as writ
.ten to the coroner by the supposed
murdered, he was at one time in the
printing business,
" f LEAGUE SE-0B6ANIZED.
-KewA Bern and Klnston Withdraws
y Mew .Schedule. ' '
. ' ' .By Wire to Th8 Sun. '"' '
- Raleigh, N. C., July 7-Becaus New
Bern withdrew from the' league Satur-
t day; night releasing all of her players,
' wh then left the? state, Klnston has
'also dropped out, her action being vol
; , untary. At a meeting In Qoldsboro the
'pennant was awarded to Wilson and a
V'.'. new season will' beeln Thursdav. The
clubs now "ara lson Wilmington,
Qoldsboro, and RalelgH, Schedule for
weelt has been arranged i ' '
" , r July -10 Raleigh at Wilson, '"Ctolds-
boro at Wilmington. - y:.
July 13-15 Wilson at Ooldsboro,
Wilmington at Raleigh
' '. t : Payette was .anxlons, to "enter vthe
league, oui ue.re ; were . no players
available,
,i You doh't find any widows "willing t
' believe that lightning will never strike
twice In the tame place.
Progress and Development in
LENOIRIN
EXCITEMENT
Horsewhipping of a Boy
fcy a Man.
TEOTBLJE OVER BOYISH FIGHT.
By Actual Count There Were Twenty.
, One Stripes Caused By the Whip on
j the : . Boy's ' Person The Conduct
Arouses Indignation.
By Wire to The Sun. y
Lenoir, N. C, July 7. Yesterday
about .f 1:30 o'clock the town was
thrown into a state of excitement,
caused by J.- W. C. McCall brutally as
saulting and horse whipping a ten
3 jar old boy by the name of George He
bron, who works for J. A. Bush, Jr.,
the meat market man.
The . trouble grew out of a boyish
fight between J a son of McCall's and
the Hebron boy in which the former
'came out with a wound on the head
from a rock thrown by the latter. They
had a habit of rocking each other, it
Is reported, every time they met and
this time the McCall boy got the worst
end of the meet. The boy, it is ru
mored, took his troubles to his father
and the father went to Mr. Bush's mar
ket, and inquired for the Hebron boy
and Mr. Bush informed him that he had
gone to. dinner and asked him what
the trouble was and McCall laughed
and said he would be back later and
see ..the boy. About thirty minutes
afterwards he returned to the market
and took the boy hy the arm and led
tnrew tne rock that struck him. He
held the boy by one hand and a buggy
whip .in the other. When they got
back to the market' McCall took the
boy to .thrrear of the building and
began to whip him with the buggy
whip and' the boy howled pitifully. By
actual count there were twenty-one
stripes on the boy's person. Bystand
ers interfered and upon examination it
was .found that the blood had been
brought from the. boy with the whip
several times. This aroused the in
dignation of the men and times were
squally for a few minutes. McCall was
taken before the mayor and put under
a two hundred dollar bond for his
appearance for a preliminary hearing
next-Monday. This was done on ac
count of the lawyers for the defense
being out of town. The sentiment here
is against McCall for this dastardly
act '.
ANNIE GOULD MARRIED AGAIN.
Chil and Church Ceremonies PerJ
, formed Today.
By Cable to The Sun.
London July 7pAnna Gould and
Prince Helie De Sagan married today
at the Strand Registry office by Regis
trar Oraddock. After a civil, came a
church ceremony of the French Pro
testant church In Soho Square. There
were no attendants and George J.
Gould and family, who was thouht to
be in London, were not present at eith
er ceremony., The couple will leave
tomorrow for Paris and will probably
go to Princes Villa at Marais,
MARKET REPORT.
, Cotton s:
New York, July 7. Cotton had a
fair volume of professional . business,
the list falling slightly on fine weather
in the belt. July 9,50 bid.
Stocks - "
New York, July . 7. Union , Pacific
lead with a gain of 1 1-8, B. and 0.
went up 7-8, Northern: and Southern
Pacific 1-2, Great Northern, Preferred
6-8, Copper and steel common 1-4,
Smelting" and. Santa Fe 1-8, Reading
and Canadian Pacific unchanged. ,
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Trade Shifting.
By Wire to ThSun. ' "T . ' ,
San- Francisco, JJuly 7. Statistics
of American .commerce shows , that
trade with the 'Orient- Is gradually
knitting from-the Atlantic to the.Pa
Clflo, coast, In -1907, 59 per cent, of
exports to Asiatic . countries moved
through Pacific coast ports, while In
1901 the percentage was ' less than
NEW, BERN, N. a,
MR.TAGGART
IS PRESIDING
Chairman Bell Just Ax
rivedon Special
NEBRASKA FLOODS DELAY BELL.
Taggarf s Speech Could Not Be Heard
Fifty Feet Away Delegates Shout
While the Band Plays Dixie Bell
Begins His Speech.
By Wire to The Sun.
Denyer, Colo., July 7. The conven
tion was called to order at 12:15 by
Chairman Taggart, of the national
democratic committee, whose voice
could not be heard fifty feet from the
platform on account of the incessant
uproar among the state delegations,
particularly Nebraska, which rent the
air with -screams of Bryan and the
noise of the convention band playing
"Dixie," at once Taggart commenced
his short speech. The preliminary to
Introducing Theodore A. Bell, of Cali
fornia as temporary chairman. Bell
was held up by Nebraska floods and
had just arrived on a special train.
Order was finally restored after the
band had been playing Dixie and all
delegations had continued shouting
about an hour and at -2 o'clock, Theo
dore A. Bell, of California temporary
chairman, commenced bis speech,
The
hall was comparatively quiet.
GUARD EXONERATED.
The Coroner Jury Exonerated Guard
the
Craven, county convicts camp, a few
miles fromiNew Bern, who was shot
Saturday by Guard Abner Parris, while
the prisoner was in, the act of trying
to make his escape, and from which
wounds he died yesterday at Stewarts
Sanitarium just after the physician
finished an operation. He was prepared
for burial and turned over to the
family of the deceased. A coroner jury
was empanelled to Investigate the
cause of Toler's death and after hear
ing ten witnesses, they rendered the
following verdict:
We, the coroner's jury, empaneled
this the 7th day of July 1908, to inves
tigate cause of death of Thos. J. Toler,
hereby render the following verdict
, That death resulted from shock due
to gun shot wounds received at the
hands of Abner Parris,' a guard at the
Craven county convict camps, while in
the discharge of his lawful duty.
A. H. Bangert, foreman, E. W. Wads
worth, Edward Clark, C. F. Ellison,
Enoch Wadsworth, C. P. Bartling, sec
retary. ".
To Strengthen U. M. W.
By Wire to The Sun.
Washington, July 7. The cruiser
Maryland nas demonstrated on a
special trial that she is the fastest
American warship of gun and tur.
ret class with the exception of the
new scout cruisers. Rear Admiral
Dayton commanding the ; Pacific
fleet has notified the department that
on a special run from Santa Barbara
up to Mare Island the Maryland her
self acquitted with remarkable ere.
dlt. He stated that 00 a four hour full
speed force drought trial the Mary
land averaged . 22.25 knots, which is
a quarter of a knot above the con
tract speed. -
. ' ' ' ' NaTal Stores, j
The schooner Lena, Capt Sewall, ar
rived this morning from Queens' Creek
with a full cargo of naval Btores. The
cargo will be shipped by the Norfolk
and Southern to Berkeley, which is the
distributing point for this freight.
I Freight Holds Ins Own.
It was learned .this morning that
conditions' in freight traffic at the
Norfolk & Southern was, by no means
discouraging. The usual . force kept
on duty has not been reduced' and no
tear of a reduction is entertained.
It can be. Been that there Is no Jndi-.
cation of dull times at this point of
vantage. ' , "
Anent J. Gans' departure from the
miglUrtic limelight "It's a long pike
that has no twist." - , . '
TUESDAY, JULY , 7, 1908.
OPERA HOUSE
Extensike Improvements
Norn in Progress
NEW WALLS AND NEW PAINT. '
Old Walls Completely: Tom Down and
WUI Be Replaced By New Ones
Wanescetlng to Be Five Feet from
the Floor Other Improvements.
Patrons of the New Masonic Opera
House In this city will have scenes,
other than the plays on the stage to
attract their atention when the season
opens this fall. The work of remod
eling and improving the interior of the
play house is well underway and when
completed will measure favorably with
tfie best of the state.
The work of improving the opera
house is being superintended by Mr.
W. G. Gaskins, who told a reporter
this morning that when the work was
completed the house will be more com
fortable than before.
The new walls to be put on, said Mr.
Gaskins, will be at least an inch or
more from the brick, whereas the old
ones were made fast to the brick. That
of course, had a tendency to hold a
dampness, while the new ones will
allow air to pass between them and
dry this dampness.
There will also be five feet of wanes-
coting, said Mr. Gaskins, and the
doors will be re-arrangedso as to
make them swing to the outside.
The new woj&.WIU be nicely painted,
and decorahompiated;
admired.
The work of improvement does not
end with the work now underway, said
Mr. Gaskins, there are other changes
In mind, but he could not tell just
what they would be but would state
them as soon as a decision was reach
ed. This property is owned by the Ma
sonic Order, who are carrying on this
work of improvement. This fact, with
the assistance of Mr. G. Gaskins, who
is superintending the work, means that
New Bern will have an opera house
that her people will be proud of.
Steel Cars on AH Roads.
By Wire to The Sun.
New York, July 7. A demand will
be made for the use of steel fire,
proof cars on all the railroads in the
United States by the Travelers' Pro
tective Association of America. It
has been stated that a large percen
tage of loss of live and limb on rail
roads is due to the telescoping and
burning of cars in train wrecks,
which senders it impossible to release
the victims. In the opinion of a pro
minent car builder agitation and leg
islation will not be required. The age
of steel in passenger car construe,
tion and equipment, "he says, has ar
rived. The railroads are responsible
and will see that it advances and de
velopes as rapidly as circumstances
will permit. s
C & P. Extends Its Line.
By Wire to The Sun.
Chicago, III., July 7. It is reported
that the Canadian Pacific will build a
road from-Sarmla to Komoka next
spring. It has been survey and will
run north of the present tunnel
entrance of the Grand Trunk. Trains
will be ferried across the St. Clair
river between . Port Huron and Sar-
nice unless . arrangements - can bo
made with the Port Huron Tunnel
Co. which Is Under the Grand Trunk
control. ":
This line will enable the Canadian
Pacific to enter Chicago over the Pere
Marquette and will reduce the mile.
age from Montreal to that city.
Educator from China Speaks.
Asheville, N. C, JJuly 7. At the
Young People's Missionary Movement
Conference today a feature of the
morning exercises was a sermon de
Uvered hy Rev. Dr. C. B. Ray, of Rich
mond, Va.j A song service this after.
noon ' by the Vanderbllt University
quartet was largely attended. Dr. F.
L. Anderson, president of Foochow
University, Foochow, China, was the
principal speaker tonight. . .
Education, Happiness and Prosperity
TO BE ONLY
ONE BALLOT
When the Roll is Called
Bryan Will Win
JOHNSON -GRAY MEN WORKING
Their Efforts Futile The Opposition
Has Fallen Flat New York Aban.
dong Ylee-Presidential Effort, if
Gray "Will Consent
By Wire to The Sun.
Denver, July 7. If Chairman Bell,
who is slated for temporary chairman
Df the democratic national convention
gets here on time, a matter concern
ing which there is some doubt, on ac
count of bad washout'' on the Union
Pacific road, which is bringing him
here from California, the convention
will be called to order at noon by
Chairman Thomas Taggart of the na
tional committee. If Mr. Bell does not
get to Denver on time Mr. Taggart
will call the convention to order at
the time prescribed and let the dem
onstrations and whooping of dele
gates fill in the time for an hour or
two. This should be easy.
' There will be only one "ballot, when
on Thursday, the roll is called for
vote of candidates for president. That
much is clear today to every delegate.
Johnson and Gray managers are
still going through the motions of button-holing
delegates and telling peo
ple Bryan may not be nominated on
the first, 'balh&(4hj . is simply the
Since Chs. F., Murphy- decided -to
climb into the Bryan band wagon
with New York's seventy-eight bal
lots, it has been clear that all oppo
sition to Bryan's nomination has fal
len flat. On the vice-presidential situ
ation New York has abandoned all
effort to get together on a candidate
and if Judge Gray will consent, New
York will try to force the Delaware
judge on the ticket.
FLEET READY TO SAIL.
Will Leave Golden Gate Next Tues.
day Afternoon.
By Wire to The Sun.
San Francisco, July 7. Fresh
from dry docks, with bunkers full of
coal and magazines filled with am
munition, newly painted, and looking
as spick and span as the day they left
Hampton Roads, the sixteen battle
ships of the Atlantic fleet are riding
at anchor today in the harbor ready
to sail next Tuesday for Honolulu on
the second half ofthe long cruise
aroqnd the world.
At 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, two
months and a day after it entered
the Golden Gate, at the end of a 13,.
000 mile voyage, the flower of the
American navy, headed by the flag
ship Connecticut, will steam out of
the harbor of San Francisco under
the command of Rear Admiral C. S,
Sperry, the third commander in chief
since the fleet sailed from Hampton
Roads.
Due at Manila October 1.
ine neei win reacn Honolulu on
July 16, remain a week, and then pro
ceed to the antipodes. Elaborate pre.
parations for its entertainment have
been made at Auckland, Sydney and
Melbourne. The fleet will reach Man-
lit after a visit to Japanese ports
about October 1.
Before returning to Hampton Roads
the latter part of February, fourteen
months after starting from the At
lantic the fleet will have sailed near,
ly all the spas on the globe, and com
pleted the most remarkable cruise in
naval history.
Contract Awarded.
By Wire to The Sun.
Alpena, Mich, July 7. The United
States corporation has awarded con.
tracts for the machinery to convert
its . 2,000 acres of stone land north
of Alpena, Mich. into quarries. Im
mense docks will be built to permit
the loading of vessels transporting
the stone to Gary, Ind. The cost of
the plant at Alpena will reach several
million dollars . , " , . ; l
v Medium in .
Easier North Carolina.
Price Two Cent
C. DUNCAN
LEFTT0DAY
Will Rejoin the Com
mittee at Hot Springs
PROGRESS ON MASONIC TEMPLE
Raleigh Baseball Player Has "Scrap"
With Umpire Regrets Expressed
That New Bern Had Withdrawn
From League.
Special to The Sun.
Raleigh, N. C, July 7. E. C. Dua-
can, co-receiver for the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad and national commit
teeman from North Carolina on tha
republican executive committee, left
here today for Hot Springs where h
will on Wednesday with other mem
bers of a sub-commitee from the na.
tional committee confer with William
H. Taft, republican nominee for presi
dent relative to the appointment of
a chairman of the national campaign
committee. Mr. Duncan had nothing
to say as to the probable outcome.
Rapid progress is being made now
in putting the finishing touches on
the splendid $25,000 temple erected
here by the North Carolina Grand
Lodge of Masons. The fixtures are be
ing placed in the drug store on the
first floor and it is expected that the
place will be ready for occupancy by
July 15.
The banking house on the corner
for the Raleigh Savings Bank is also
being equipped rapidly and will be
ready banjtimm.iiv on. or
ready for tenants and' by. October "
1 it is expected the Blue Lodge and
other Masonic apartments will be
completed.
The "spat" that marred the Ral-
eigh-Klnston game yesterday in
which blows passes between Umpire
VanArman and Pap Harris of the
Raleigh team is much regretted here,
being the first that has developed with
a Raleigh player. The fine of $50 fan.
posed on Harris by Umpire VanAr
man for his demonstration was rais
ed by admiring "fans" and paid for
Harris. The trouble grow out of the
fact that "Pap" was at the bat third
man up and had two strikes against
him when the umpire called a ball
pitched to Harris a strike. Harris
thought it was not a strike and as
he passed into the field with the
change of sides he made a protest to
the umpire. Words passed and then
blows. Neither was hurt.
Raleigh baseball fans learned with
distinct regret of the disbanding of
the New Bern team in the "Eastern
Carolina League, the mangers of the
team having paid off the players and
released them all Saturday night and
filed formal notice oj withdrawal
from the league and forfeiture of the
$350 guarantee fund filed at the op
ening of the season. It is understood
that Fayetteville, Henderson and
Petersburg are seeking the Vacancy
in the league made by the retirement
of New Bern. In the event no team
is secured to come into the league to
keep up the six-team combination
the management will go right on with
a four league team instead.
The organization of republican
clubs in this county continues, one
being organized Saturday night at
Garner, on the Southern Railway with
25 members. The officers claim that
the membership will be increased to
5' at the next meeting. D, H. Stancil
is president.
Charters are issued for the Farm
ers', and Merchants Bank of Elkln,
capital $50,000,, by W. S. Gough, J.
E. Tharpe and others; The Asheville
Coal and Lumber Company, capital
$10,000, by A. H. McCormlck , and
others; The Burgaw Brick Works,
capital $5,000, by H. F., Pierce, D. B.
Falson and others, and The Globe
Lumber Co., Of Lenoir, capital $125
000, by J.,i M. Barndardt and others.
Gus Evans, colored, died today at
the hospital from wounds received by
being fired on through his bedroom
window last. Sunday morning at his
home near the state colored school
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