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THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CRAVEN COUNTY 1 Largest Circulation of . any Paper, in , Eater JVbrtfi ' Carolina. . . 7ft sherrlU Medium in Eastern North Carolina. -rr-T! - ' r - 1 c T Volume 3, lo. 74, rNEW-BERN :N. (Xt FBXDkL SEPTEMBER 25, 1908. Price Two Cent HOME: NoHh Carplim, Her People. Their Progress and Development in Education, Happiness and Prosperity J CAPITAL CITY NEWS BUDGE1 News of Interest From Raleigh OVERMAN DELIVERS SPEECH Governor Issues a Commission Order For Postponement of Date of Sale ; Lieutenant Bond Retired Other Items of Interest Special to The Sun. Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 25. United States Senator Lee S. Overman de livered a powerful campaign speech here last night to a crowd that taxed the capacity of the Wake court room. "First Principles," was his theme, the Democratic party being strikingly rep. resented as the guardian of the rights of the people and those Jeffersonlan principles that will perpetuate -the republic if It is to be transmitted as a priceless heritage to "future gener ations, A brilliant peroration of his in paying tribute to the Peerless Bry an as the exponent of Democracy was cheered to the echo. The tendency of the policies of the Republicau party toward centralization of power in the governemnt at Washington and con sequent invasion of States rights was also a phase of the address that met with hearty applause. Democratic leaders declare the out. look for Democratic success In Wake la steadily and very rapidly bright - ening. . 'i The Governor today' issued a com mission to M. A. Darden, Wilson, N. C, as a member of the board of direc tors of the State hospital for the colored insane, Ooldsboro, to succeed Dr. Albert Anderson, resigned. An exchange of courts between Judge Webb and Judge Long is au. thorlzed by Governor Glenn whereby Judge Long will hold the courst in the Tenth district and Judge Webb the courts in the Eighth district A negro woman, claiming to be the mother of Willis Wright, came here today to have a look at the negro be ing held here as "Boots" Brown, the murderer of Sarah Davis, colored, here seven years ago. He was ar rested in Norfolk early in the summer and brought here as "Boots," but claiming to be Willis Wright and In slstlng that he was never in Raleigh until brought here as a prisoner charged with the murder. When the woman arrived here to day she was admitted to the county jail and told to pick out her son from among the prisoners. She did this readily, insisting that the prisoner in question was Willis Wright and not "Boots", Brown. She is to be one of the principal witnesses . for the de, tense, when the case comes up for trial in the Superior court at the Fall term. At the preliminary trial some weeks ago in which the prisoner was held without bond there were a """ number of wltnesse who testified pos Itively that he is "Boots" Brown, the murderer, he having been raised and well known in the vicinity of Ral eigh. " The murder was cold-blooded to a degree. The woman was called from the piazza of her house out into the street in the early evening and shot down with a shot gun that Brown had borrowed for the purpose. Quite a number of people saw the killing, no one having persued, because he had another barrel of the fun loaded and threatened to kill anyone who Inter. , fered with him. He walked coolly past the police 6fficrs , who were rushing to the scene ot the. killing, He had not' been heard from, since until 'arrested " In" Norfolk on the strength of an.identiflcatIon by a Ral eigh, negro who knew , the murderer intimately here In Raleigh. .V,r ': An order wag made today fn the of floe of the United States Marshal here for the postponement of the date of saJe of the bark "Mats" and her cargo of mahogany at Wilmington, from September 25th, to October 2nd. This sale is -being made under the libel proceedings for salvage. A special order was made today by Adjutant General T, R, Robertson, of the North Carolina -National Guard retiring W. R. Bond, of KInston, first lieutenant Company B, Second regi ment, with the rank of captain. There were also commissions Issued today to J. L Brown and A. L. C. Hall as respectively first and second lieuten ants, Company B, Second regiment The Stem Mercantile Company, of Stem Granville county, Is chartered with $10,000 capital authorized and $5,000 subscribed by J. H. Stem and others. At the Department of Agriculture, the office of the commissioner is being reflnlshed and furnished preparatory for the arrival of Major W. A. Gra ham, who was commissioned some days ago by Governor Glenn to suc ceed the lamented Samuel L. Patter son. Major Graham being also the nominee of the Democratic party for that office. It is not known Just when he will be here. He has already qual. tiled by taking the oath of office, this having been done in Charlotte, where he is detained by the critical illness of Mrs. Graham. BLUNDER SAVES BURGLARS. Message Intended for Banker Goes to V Cracksmen at Bank. By Wire to The Sun. Goehner, Nebr., Sept. 25. While at tempting to telephone a bank president that cracksmen were drilling the safe la his bank, the telephone operator here last night made a mistake and rang the telephone in the bank Itself Instead of ringing up the banker's res' idence. The burglars answered the telephone and were given the information that their movements bad been discovered and that a posse had been formed and was .watching the front door of the bank, while , another posse was form ing to guard the rear door. The burglars thanked the telephone operator and escaped through the rear door before the mistake was dis covered. IN THE POLICE COURT Large and Curious Crowd There To. day The affray yesterday in D. E. Hen derson's office between Mr. Henderson and Mr. Treat Daniels caused quite a crowd to gather at the city hall today to hear the trial of the offend ers of the law. Warrants were read against Mr. Daniels, Mr. Henderson, Mr. F. Jus tice and a stranger by the name of Arnetfc. After Mr. Daniels plead guilty, the cases against the others were tried. Mayor Meadows dismissed the case against Justice, Henderson and Ar nett and taxed Mr. Barker with a fine of $2.00 and the costs. TIED UP IN GRAVESEND BAT Fog Would Imperil Liner In Ambrose . Channel By Wire to The Sun. New York, Sept. 25. The Maureta nla left her dock Wednesday and Is tied up in Gravesend Bay. The dense fog would imperil the big liner In the Ambroose channel. Member of Firm Arrested By Wire to The Sun. New York, Sept 25. A member of the failed brokerage firm of A. O. Brown and Company, has been arrest, ed. DUPOXT'S RESIGNATION Expected This Fact Is Now Admitted By Secretary Leob. By Wire to The Sun. '', "Washington, D. C, Sept. 25. Sec retary Loeb admitted today that Du pont's resignation,; is expected. ,T. Coleman Dupont Is the Republican National committeeman . from Dela ware, and the head of the Republican campaign speakers' bureau. ; It Is stated that Roosevelt request, ed Dupdnt's elimination on account of relationship with , the head of the powder trust. Loeb would not con firm the report SEVEN WERE INJURED In a Trolley Gollision Today ACCIDENT CAUSED BT FOG Fog Was Thick and Motorman Could Not See Preceding Car, Which Caused a Rear-End Collision Both Can Well Filled. By Wire to The Sun. New York, Sept 2 In a rear-end collision between the two trolley cars on Flushing Meadows, seven persons were Injured this morning. The fog was thick and the motorman on the rear car could not see the car ahead. Both cars were well filled with pas. sengers. IN SEABC.H FOR REST Several Royal Guests Expected In England London, Sept. 25. While Americans are leaving London by the hundreds on every steamer, several royal guests have announced their intentions of coming here. Queen Amelia will be the first to arrive in England in search of rest and recreation after the exciting times she has just passed through. She will stay with the Duke and Duchess of Orleans at Woodnorton Sastle for several weeks. Though the reason given is the one Just mentioned the main object of her visit is that the Queen is anxious to Invest the lm mense private fortunes of herself and her son, King Manuel, In English se curltles In case of anything untoward happening In Portugal during the next few years. Feeling against her runs very high In Lisbon, at present in view of re cent revelations that have been made of the diversion of huge sums of money Into her private purse and that of the late King Carlos. There is more than a probability that her ex pulsion will be demanded before very long by the Reform Party as a con ditlon for K ing Manuel's retention of the throne. The late King Carlos was a large holder of British stocks and shares and Queen Amelia has now decided to Invest every penny she can raise in securities of this kind. King George, of Greece, brother of Queen Alexandra is due to arrive here during the last week in October. He will remain about two weeks and will divide his time between Buckingham Palace and Sadringham. King George is anxious to raise a Greek loan In this country for the purpose of strengthening his navy and re-armlng his troops and he desires to see what kind of a chance this loan would have In London at the present time and how far the leading financial houses would support It Should his nego tlatlons for this loan prove successful he will give a guarantee that the mon, ey snail be spent in England for ships and guns. Should he fail, he declares he will go to the United States, where he expects to find mon ey plentiful and where he owns con siderable property that he has never seen. WELL KNOWN MAN DIES. Leslie Carter of Chicago Dies From Effect of Gas. ,i By Wire to The Sun. . Chicago, Sept. 25. Leslie Carter. one of the best known business men of Chicago, died this morning. He has been unconscious since last November 9th last, when, he was aa phlxiated by gas. He was the former husband of Mrs. Leslie Carter, a well known actress. Laporte, Ind., Sept 25. C. L. Fish, a detectiv weorking on the Gunness case In the interest of Ray Lamperis, arrived here today, He says he has lncontrovertable evidence that Mrs. Gunness Is alive and that It will be proved at the Lamperis trial. GWHASKELL REPLIES To Charge Made By President ISSUED TO ASSOCIATED PRESS. Every Charge Explained by the Gov. ernort-Says That the Oil Franchise in Oklahoma Was Granted by Boose, velfs Secretary. By Wire to The Sun. Guthrie, Okla., Sept. 25. Governor Charles N. Haskell tonight issued a statement to the Associated Press in reply to President Roosevelt's letter to William J. Bryan dealing with four specific charges against Mr. Haskell, namely: that he is subservient to Standard Oil; that he voted a child labor bill; that he dealt extensively In Creek Indian lands, and that he had allowed politics to dominate him in the removal of members of the fac ulty of the State University and the appointment of others to succeed them. Governor Haskell took up the four charges as dwelt upon by President Roosevelt in turn, dealing with each in a characteristic manner. The' Prairie Oil and Gas Company charges Governor Haskell declared to be a "Joke on Roosevelt's stupidity," asserting that he had done nothing which would confer upon the Stand ard Qir subsidiary company more au thority than It already possessed un der V fmnchise granted It by Secre tary Hitchcock. "1 assert that it is fair for me to as. sume that if my case was to be dlgnl- fled by an all day cabinet meeting that beyond -question Mr. Hearst and his campaign associate, President Roosevelt, left no stone unturned ot blacken my character. That being true they certainly raked Ohio fore and aft concerning the Ohio Standard Oil cases of 1899 and finding absolutely nothing reflecting on me, the president tried to waive his charge of last Monday aside by saying 'he will make no allu sion to that' He drops this subject be. cause his original statement was un truthful and he must know from what he knovs and tried to find In Ohio, that I spoke the truth when I said that I mever in all my life had any interest In connection with nor service for that company, "I say the president knows now that my statement is true and I regret that he tries to brush It aside without do ing me candid Justice. Were I to adopt the character of language so commonly used by the president would spell it in fewer letters than "falsehood." "Mr. Roosevelt, I hope to speak in Ohio soon, May I hope to divide the time with some partisan of yours or Prince William who will defend your action In this Instance? "President Roosevelt comes to Okla homa and finds- a substitute for his Ohio failure, does be, In the case of the state against the Prairie Oil and Gas Company, which he complains I compelled to be dismissed? "Yes, I did have it dismissed. We all know that the Prairie Company is a Standard Oil offspring, and don't forget the'' President claims to have known this also, and I charge that the political allies, Hearst and Roosevelt, both know that I acted properly. "First, the Prairie Oil Company got its franchise in our state not from me, but from Roosevelt's Secretary of In terior, long before StAehood began and had its main line built and oper ating and congress in our Statehood bill was careful to declare that our new state when organized must res pect all such vested rights and exist ing franchises. That was all I did. and the Federal courts, stood ready to call me down If I violated the Roosevelt territorial franchises. "Now, Mr. President, why did your Secretary of Interior grant what you knew to be a Standard Oil pipe line franchise in our then helpless territory and fasten it in our new state by a permanent statehood bill?' Will Mr. Hearst or the president please answer? I will also remind the president that the company tried to enlarge its rights so as to Include a gas as well as an oil privilege. This I defeated, and even last April, Mr. President, your secretary of Interior tried to help the Standard Oil gas privileges against my protest by actually granting them a franchise to lay an interstate gas line also. I notified the secretary that with statehood your days of giving val uable franchises in our state had passed and I would resist laying the pine line only after you yielded and cancelled your unlawful act. I again assert that my act In that case, was not only required by what Federal authority had been unable to do, but .that the public interest of our own people, based on conditions grow ing out of your original special favor to the Standard Oil Company in granting that franchise, required me to pursue that policy in the case you criticise. Child Labor Bill. "The president comes to the local affairs of our state and assails me for vetoing a child labor bill. "True, I did so, simply because the bill went too far and Included things not desired by our people. Union labor representatives approved my veto. I hope the president will survive this veto of a local bill and permit us to run our local affair. The University Affair. "The president complains that we removed certain professors from our state university, our three state nor mal schools and preparatory schools in violation of civil service rules. That is, the president, in his usual impet uosity and reckless disregard of others mis-states the facts. Less than one fifth of the faculties are changed. All changes were for good cause other than politics and done by boards of regents and not by the governor. Creek Indian Lands. "The president complains that there are several suits pending against me to recraha "'Creek Indian lands.' The president should have gone further and said that I was not a dealer in inaian lanas ana only came in as a subsequent purchaser and only inci dentally a party without personal in terest at all. And especially he should have said that it Is quite apparent that those who are being sued in those land cases appear to be and appar ently are the victims of political chica nery which the president can better explain than I. "In short the president and Mr Hearst picked the wrong man and are now driven Into ward politics rather than surrender like men. "The president assumes that all Oklahomans are grafters just because his territorial associates justified that name; that all ex-railroad contractors are bad just because Paul Morton needed his protecting arm ; that we all in Oklahoma violate the civil ser vice law just because Mr. Roosevelt removed the best United States mar shal we ever had, the only reason be. ing that he voted for a good democrat instead of a bad, republican, and then the president appointed his cousin to fill the vacancy. as 10 tne ngnts or laoor in a child labor bill and my work in the interest of labor, Mr. President, please remember, with me its do things. With you its talk only. You are the same president who threatened to turn down our constitution because It provides a jury trial In certain contempt cases. Don't forget Mr. President, I flatly dared you to make that objection. But as the price of your, approval you did compel us to cut out the prohibition of removal of personal Injury cases against foreign corporations from state to federal courts and several other good provisions that would benefit hu. inanity and curb special interests. Not content with your own threats against our constitution, you sent Secretary Taft here to speak In our campaign a year ago to induce the people to vote to turn down the best constitution ever written. We remember that. We preserved Mr. Taft's speech. It dif fers widely from his speeches of this year. "Knowing all these things, the president must pardon us for thus taking Issue with the occupant of the high office we all respect Let us hope that In the future he will appreciate and preserve its dignity and not try to reflect upon the character of humble citizen. He falls to concede his false position when he knows It Is false. "C. N. HASKELL," BLOODSHED IN ITALY Anarchist Mob Fires Custom House TRY BURN DWELLING OF MAYOR. City Hall and Custom House in GIr genti Entirely Consumed Mayor's House Saved More Bloodshed is Feared. By Cable to The Sun. Girgentl, Italy, Sept. 25. An anar chist mob composed of striking Sul phur Spring Workers today set fire to a cumtom house and the city hall and tried to burn the dwelling of the mayor. The first two building were entirely consumed by the fire and the mayor's house was saved by the police. More bloodshed Is feared as there Is much feeling. GIGANTIC CONSPIRACY To Rob the Gold Mines In South Africa By Cable to The Sun. London, Sept. 25. A gigantic con spiracy has been discovered In South 9frica to rob the gold mines on the Rand. Stylishly dressed ladles, who speak well, and always travel In the most luxurious manner are used as Instruments for getting the gold out of the country;'' 'it estimated that the gang .has succeeded in making at least $50,000 by their operations. That the conspiracy is widespread is confirmed by the action of the Trans vaal government, which is now en deavoring to find out the Whereabouts of the syndicate for illicit gold deal ing. The syndicate Is supposed to have been at work during the past two years and is believed to be one of the most gigantic criminal conspira cies of recent times. A few weeks ago a number of detectives were sent down to Durbm by the Transvaal au thorities with the object of endearv oring to locate the syndicate supposed to be in Durban in touch with con federates at Johannesburg. The de tectives constantly moved back and forth between Durban and Johannes burg, were ostensibly shadowing a few notorious characters attracted to Durban during the gala season. In reality they were quietly and cleverly piecing to gether the story of the con spiracy of robbery and fraud In the Investigation of which they are now so far advanced as to assure their next line of action. Meanwhile there has been a lull In the trfflc and It is believed that the gang, becoming sus picious the police are after them, hav ing temporarily suspended operations or have diverted them for the time being into some other channel than the port of Natal. A member of the gang, arriving in Durban with the gold Is never met at the station by anybody, but has pre viously received Instructions to repair to certain lodgings, and remain there until communication is established. Eventually the gold ls handed over to the proper quarter, and thence con veyed to another member of the gang, whose duty it is to get it over to Lon don. This is natururally a most risky proceeding, In view of the cus toms restrictions on landing, but It is carried out with the aid of such ingenious contrivances as trunks with false bottoms. The member of the gang travelling by. sea la generally a man always well dressed and well spoken, and Invariably going first class. It is stated that the gold Is specially treated In Durban, and Is Bometimes pvked in bones designed for the purpose, ready for shipment to the gold buyers In London. Once in London little difficulty Is expert, enced In disposing ot the gold. s t v: " r ' '
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