VOL. YI I.
No. 76
fi
Climax Reached
the Court
I OF I
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Captain Clark Relates His Version of -the Santiago Sea
Battle-He Tells of the Gallant j Part the Brooklyn
Played in the Fight- Lieutenant ; Harlow's Evidence
Ll , , , n. i r- i L. r
raVOrable-rUaptain Lemley UlVeS an tXniDltlOn OT
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Bad Temper. '
Washington, Oct. 24. Rear Admiral returning, about the suns that were.dis
Wiufield Scott Schley took the stand atjeoyered or developed? k
, . . - A. A remark was made, I think, by
the court of inquiry this afternoon im-, deTelop.
mediately after the recess to disprove tfei the batteries. Commodore Schley re-
the charges made in the precept of the
Navy Department and to justify his
actions in the campaign ending with the
battle of Santiago.
The morning session was enlivened by
suie testimony from Lieutenant Com-
iuamler Harlow, which proved quite un-
hitter made several futile attempts t i
in rliV assent of the witness to cer-
-' t
.
rain stricture upon uuimuuvre ocme. o
mental condition and general bearing
The method of questioning was oDjectea
to by Mr. Ilayner, and when Cantain
I.enily interposed offensive personalities
he was promptly and determinedly call
ed to account by Admiral Dewey.
Captain Clark, of the Oregon, was
also called to the witness chair and gave
a description ot tne Dattie. Jiajor Aiur
pby told of Schley's magnaminity to the
foe in the hour of victory. Lieutenant
Wells was also on the stand for a short
tim
While Major Murpny was upon the
stand correcting his testimony, Mr.
Itavner asked: ; ':
. io you remember any remarks made
by the commodore at or about the .time
the Colon surrendered?" N ..-.w."--.-.
" X.. Very well, it was at the timerthey
trere preparing to send Captain Cook
over to receive the surrender, and the
officers and men were gathered near the
forecastle. Commodorft Schley made
a little address to them about receiving
the Spaniards, x-e spoke of their gal
lnntrv. sarins' that thev had .made a
cood fisht and that they should not be
humiliated: that we should treat them ;
chivalrously and not humiliate them ivj
cheering. It was a gallant speech and;
we all felt very keenly. ' The conn
modore made the same speech about i
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nudmgnt when we came alongside the !
Iowa and we learned that Cervera was
on board the Iowa. It afterwards de
veloped that Admiral Cervera heard the
commodore's remarks and he appre
ciated them very much.
Lieutenant Commander Harlow, who
was on the stand at the time of the ad
journment yesterday, was recalled. He
Fas cross examined by Captain Lemly.
Tiie judjie advocate handed him a bundle
of papers, and asked him to identify
them.
The witness said they -were the orig
inal notes of the battle ma'le by him on
bo.ird the Vixen, a corrected copy of
the same and4etters regarding his notes.
He said that the original rough copy of
the notes, written in lead pencil, and the
trann-ription of them and the copy
printed in the naval appendix were
.practically the same. Barring any little
inaccuracy in dictating them and :n
transcribing them., he thought they
were correct. There was a little mis
take in time, he said, owing to the fact
that his watch was about five minutes
incorrect.
Q. Can you tell how long it was !n
time before the Brooklyn completed her
turn? How long she was in completing
the loop :
A. I have a record of it here (refer
ring to his notes) that at 10:03 she be
can to turn, and at 100 the chase was
well formed, .mri t di,4 , u '
steamed well our tka .D.t,.if : I
.i . . . J " " " '"I
iuui inrervai of 2.j minutes. It did not
take all that time to maite the turn,
however. .
Q How long a time before the Span
ish vessels turned to the westward when
tney came out of the harbor?"
A. I have here the written statement
the first lieutenant of the Colon, writ
ten for me the next day, in' which be
Sies an exact reply to that ouestion.
taptain Lemly. I want your own
Knowledge only.
"vVitness.-I was told bv this of finer
Captain Lemlv Yah )nr un i,il
Ptain Lemly. You have been
'"'it mat was not proper,
answer that further.
Now don't-
1
- j
. nitness. I should sav that the lend-'
"iff vessel cleared the Morro at about
Lf anf tnat the Oquendo cleared about'
:lft- They were in the neighborhood
y about, twenty minutes coming out !
.lom ar(nd Caj-smith and straighten-'
s out in the shoal which lies near the
shore.
ontmmng, the witness said in refeH
we to the reconnoissance at the month
"f Santiago harbor, he remembered that
- shifted his flag to the Massachu-
s?tt and that he went and came back
"n b.iard,the V4xen. He remembered
Having spoken to the commodore.
W.What, if anything, was said when
1. A
in Proceedings of
of Inquiry
OREGON 111
'A
jplied that was what we went m for
A remark was also made about a 1Q
inch gun on a disappearing carriage.
We did not believe it. Afterward this
disappearing gun wns found to-be tree.
" Q. What was the conduct and bear-
ins of Conimodoie Schley upon . that
occasion? i
expected from a man who had been
n a M ji nirht T thnnirht
up u. u b w v. v. ui,ufci
. .. ... .
jje ns1 i thought he was laoonng un
der a great deal of feehng and respon-
s.nmty, and l naa tne impressKm at
the time mat ne was womeu o iuj
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this matter at that time that there
he arnation and afra!d to take the re- aark of the 0refr0Df -R-as and as-the trotter and galloper passed
responsibility. .1 called.- There was a flurry of excite- the half mile wire in 1:041 onlookers
A.-l said fhat in my jwn P"jate ,ent through the hhll as he walked down bnrst into cheerg of extraordinary pro
notes an my iiary as my opinion at the .aisle and was sworn. ithout sk- DOrtions ; nrnama kent no his tactics
he time. Ing him preliminary questions, Mr. Ray- j P?"f. urnme ept up mstact.cs
Y, 1 " . . p :a. . 1 ' ,f of 1 polling up the running mate - and
Mr. IiaJ-ner-Is that a mnttei of opm- Pg- H q g Jshoting at Cresceus. ThJ three-quar-
T ataSly "oSoSf i aS toSo r" ter pole was passed in 1. As
It is . absolutely -WC w ;Tnt the events came under your persooaJ reached the head of tne stretch Ketch
.lon t want the record stained with any oht3ervation, and the movements of the am was seen to call upon uis horse for
sni? nstaemenV : . ; 5rtrt 1 -?Fook,rn' and of oar own vessel? ; J 1 the final effort. The stallion came
Foltowing.this. ntU A,Wheu we-dUseredthe Sparfshthrough the-straight-iway moving. like
over the question enueaK durtnz the SO much. machinery. Ketchamdid not
it' was developed by Mr. Kayner tha.. fihips g0mg directly toward the harbor touch mm with the whiD bnt nrired him
the witness had written upon this sub-, ontrance. The Spaniards' tamed to the iii1
Ject to the Judge advocatl. . v
- After the colloouy had continued for
. .
, "The i
question was perfectly proper but the
answer went a .-WJe too far
CaDtam Lemly Wt was the man-
an(j bearing of the commodOTe on
njs occasion?
Qf course I shall have to limit
my answer" then to saying that he look-
ed ; -
(n- ff ft Mr Ravners dvel-
(Referring o ir. iwaj ner oevei
opment that the tness had written
.. .,. .to immi tb siih -
IV iUC I UUK'. . w-m-.x, 1 ' -" - - :
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ject) Was this not in the course of my
communication with you as to your
being a prospective witness?
Mr. Rayner objected and the witness
did not answer. Some discussion fol-
lowed as to the form and wording of
the Question.
Finally Captain Lemly barst out with j
this: "Now to adopt the language of
the would-be governor of Maryland-" I,
Admiral Dewey Xo, no; no more of
that. . . ! :f - r - " y -
Captain Iemly went on to explain,
but Admiral Dewey shut him off, say
ing: "The court knows all about that;
now let us get on with the witness."
Q. Now, under the ruling of ' the
court, and confining yourself to the
facts, I want yojt to state' whether his
manner was nervous or not nervous.
Mr. Ttnvner I obiect to that. AreH
we to go into a physiological discussion
of the various diseases? What is ner
vousness, anyway? Give us a defini
tion of nervousness. - I would like to
know any ! man who 1s not nervous
whMi he is performing a great work.
Witness (Answering Cap rain Lem
lys question emphatically) It was not.
Captain Lemly. went on:
Q. Now don't answer this until the
questfon is decided.- Did. or did not
bis manner -imnress you as that of -a
did
man worried ! over the situation and i
afraid to tane Tne respousiomiy j
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r - Pnmor ohieetetl acaih. saylng .
h was repeating, the question.
Captain, Lemly said.it was true tnat
.iijjtaiu. , ' ,wi at o7n-
rne question uau ucv-u "w Vl i
Murphy.
During the colloquy Mr. Hanna drop
ned in and said it was mere eliild's play
in counsel to make 5 bj-ctns, that
'n obj-ctnns-, that
A i,nA iw
atM had allow ett
they (the judge ad voc-
the broadest liberty in the inquiry as
to the conduct and bearing of Commo-
' dore Schley.
you tell me how one man can tell what
anotheT man is 'worried about. Can I
tell what von are worried about? I
liiink I can. however, in this instanced
You are worried about not getting this
answer into the evidence (laughter). I
would like to know, whether the law
as gotten to that stage of mind-read-
itg where people can tell what other
people are worried about
Admiral Dewey decided the matter
by stating that the, judge advocate
eould not ask. as to the cause of the
worry, but that he could ask if he
was worried or not.
Captahr Lemly Was he excited in
his manner? . ' ' - m
A. He was not. A. . . .
. Mr. Hanna, then took: np the exami-
na tion. He asked " as to the position i
of the Brooklyn when the Spanish' ships j
came out. ' '" 1 ..- )
Commander Harlow answered it, and
then went on to 'say that lie .saw' ther
Brooklyn, receiving and returning al- i
;lniost the entire lira of "the two lead-;'
dug ships of the enemy and occasional
sL'ots from the Colon. Tliiswas after!
the. turn and beore the Oregon broke) j
through the smoke. He said the Colon
was using smokeless powder; ' that he
was unable to" locate and determine
her fire, and how her shots fell. "But,"1,
he continued, "I have' a very good rea4
son for believirig.V from what " L saw.
that the sho. which set "on fire the"
Vlscaya and ; cajised . her destruction
came entirely; from .the Brooklyn
There was no other ship at that time'
within range of the Viscaya. I should
say that the damage that cahsed the
Maria Teresa to go ashore was Ltrgtiy
due to the concentrated fire of all the
ships. The Oquendo . I don't know
about at all. She was so far in the
ar and obscured by smoke that I
could not jsee her. . Neither eoukr 1 sea
what shots it was that destroyed thej
torpedo boats." !
l J-onuivuing, tne witness said That ne
iw the Indiana stop in the neighbor
liood of Cabanns and thnt he- snw nriHi4
hood of Cabanas and that he saw noth-t
ing of her afterward. Theships whica
wer. constantly under his observation
were the" Brooklyn, the Oregon and thd
Tesas. -' ' j
-jMr. Ilanoa . asked two or three ques-i;
tions as to the position of the Brooklyn
at various times. - . i
f& W? n!tred T-T
for a short time, aawi (then said that
he mdght be very dense, but he could not
see what the solicitor was driving at
or nndeTf tand his questions.
Q. Did you see the Texas at the time
of the loon?
1 A.--She was off to the eastward
f By the court Was the' Vixcm abk t)
u.aitw.u me rauuaru sueeu or tne
! squadron on-the passage from Cienf uegos ; -to
S.intiflor? .... i - ott.-.-. .- i ,-- - , - '
I Ao Remembering that the speed was
kuin sne was,
Q. Were , thf re ciny vessels of our
i h vesarfs n -M. .ir,- tho. Mri
made by the Brpoklyu? , - ,
- - jr - - w -
A.-ine Kc-ooKiyn advanced, to. the
rm a Cnntl iOnn Kin W . c- n r,r Kamm ahM
m aria if Via tivini vn n-wn L -
HPsed, some of which was token up .
1 A. A. . 1
yr swung over to -tne. westwarq
. d. ii .iL j j r
- 'J pursuii. xom siaes openea nre
obS urVdesS
jinR i(. difflcult to distinguish them. About
-th.it.timA th Orpp-nm ran w-n-epm h
Iowa and the Texas, the next ship to the
lestward in our line, and soon after?
ward we sighted the four Spanish ships
iear- apparently uninjured t the time,
They had pined so; much ground I. be-
P'e? ey had ln successful
,n their attempt to escape. But it was
Wn evident that we were gaining km
Uhem. nt iMst rtno of them, -which nfrer-
'
i j i i 1 1 - r m
ward proved to be the Maria Teresa,
and I thought we would bring her to
close quarters, but might be exposed to
the ?oncentrated fire of all the ships.
Just then the smoke broke away ! to
'the left, and I discovered the Brooklvm.
She was well forward our port beam
land broadside to the enemy s fleet. Her
course was diverging rroiu ours as tne
Brooklyn was attempting to draw up
to tne Jiaria -leresa, mix aiteo: e imu ;
Oregon maintained' their relative posi
tions for an hour and ia quarter approxi
mately, to the end of the battle, the
Brooklyn steaming straight ahead ;s
(nearly as I could judge, engaging nearly
all of the Spanish ships, and the Oregon
endeavoriag to take the foremost one,
and then when that, one went on the
beach to continue on and take the next
one, amd 5-0 on until the entire fleet was
driven ashoire. 1 s . V
' Q. Did you get any signals from the
Brooklyn on the day of the battle? i
A. Yes, .sir. I can recollect the sig
nals that impressed themselves upon
me at that hour. The first one reported
l to me was: "Follow the nag. 'the Ore
gon then, immediately hoisted the sig
iial, repeating it to the vessels following,
thinking they n.ight not have seem the
Brooklyn and might see us, and therefore
we repeated the signal: ' 'FoLlow the
flag."
Q. Any other signals? 1
A. I remember a signal from. " the
Brooklvn about one of her coimpartni'nts
iine 'filled with water or filling. ! I
was reanui mat iue Diw&yu iuibmi
- . . i. T l.ii
have to haul out or tne action ana-1
i-V V. V fkif 4o cricnnnl wo a triran iq 1
a warning fe me; that perhaps the Ore-
gon might have to continue on in the
fight without her. 1 also remember
.. , l. " 1 T JtiA 1 . ..
stand at first. It was to the effect that
the enemy "appears
IP itay. iy w iuu m.
officer to rep y that perhaps she might
omcei u i v
jp Italy.
she woufd land on the eoaist of Cuba,
I also remember the signal: "Congl-atu-
lations upon the grand victory; thanks
for your splendid assistance.". There
were other signals aim i nave s-peu iuc
Kst of them. These are the ones whk'h
imrcess themselves upon my mind. .! I
cannot remember what the others were.
rv,r.tin Ojark was then cross-exam-
'ne, bv Captain Lemly, but the questions
' " ',,.r;r " tn HTfnl nothiiiir
At this poin the usual
of imnortance
r.cc!99 wr.ii taken. r. . .
lieav Atniral Schley was called to
I
witness .nna ar v vv-
m!eSchnSthroVgan -
1Z
ation of the flying squiadroiv ai xif
Admiral Schley told of he gcm?ral
ofcampaign which wa mapped out while
he was there. He went into details and
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
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fPppppP Qmachpc Annther
Ol . . QllldbllBb AllUUier
World's Record
CLIPP OFF A QUARTER
' t
v .
Thft KitlP" of thf Tlirf RnPi
IMIIg Ul 1MB I UM UUBb
the Fastest Mile Ever Trot
ted on a Half Mile Track
Paced by a Runner
Kansas City,. Oct. 24. Cresceus, the
king of the trotters; broke the world's
innerecora xor a nan mue traeK tins
afternoon '.'at the Kansas City Oriving
Club's nark, eoinsr the distance hi 2:001
Club's park, going the distance .in 2 :09i
and clipping i second off the best p.-e-
vious mark made by him at Toledo two
weeks ago. - He made the new record
in his very first trial." ' .4. -;
, Just at 3 o'clock, Ketcham brought his
great horse out for his first actual trial
against the record. He warmed him up
with a jog of a mile and then Mike
fhfl rp !-,, r.,,,a'
tbe Tra.mo the, tunning horse, Cresceus
Pacemaser, west un to tne neaa 01 tne
stretch with him. and the scoring com-
menced. Three times the famous trot-
1 ter and hi3 running mate passed the
wire, but they were not going to suit j
Ketcham
The fourth time he nodded .
:f u. ,1 . j i .
The galloper had the pole at the
start, but Cresceus usurped that nosi-
tin at the first turn, and at the auar-
i.,T ' , rr.: r..J
mc . ci j icn ou ilico . 11x1 u -
name uld take the runner up and let
Li x a
. o
OD.
As ther turned into the stretch
1 Jdf ,!
iwatches'in tlie crowd showed that he
i'" - :r: lv r" V Ml
advance of Mike the Tramp, and hun
dreus of tne spectators caught the time
as 2:0j just as the, official timers did.
The hanging np of the numbers an
nouncing the downfall of another world's
record"was tne signal for a tremendous
outburst from tue spectators
" The record of Cresceus on a mile track
is 2:02.
ROOSEVELT RETURNS'
A Rough Rider aJGuest at the
White House
Washington, Oct. 24. President
Roosevelt returned' to Washington at
iu:JU o cloct tnis morning irom -ew
Haven. Miss Alice Rooosevelt accom-
paiiied her father as did Secretary Hay
and Captain Greeway, formerly of the
Rough Riders, who was at one time Cap
tain of the Yale base ball team.- Cap
tain Greenway will be "guest at the
White House for several days.
Visitors with business of the utmost
importance only were able to see th
president today. ,
Inasmuch as the cabinet meets to
morrow, Saturday will be the first day
on which the president will receive
callers on general business. The cabinet
meeting will be attended by all the
members tomorrow. It is probable that
several important questions confronting
the administratipn will be" discussed.
$
SHOOTING AFFAIR
IN DURHAM COUNTY
Durham, N. C, Oct. - 24. Special.
In Patterson township' near Durham
List night, a shooting affair took place.
From what could ' be learned tonight
seems that Alphme and Ihomas,
sons of .H. G. Heamdon. were on the
way to a neighbor's nome to get a oog
to take possum hunting.
When about
two miles from their father, s house
II III
s to the effect that 1uey decided to take a dog they had ! contained in the dispatch to The Eve
to have been brouffht from home in. 4 buggy. They j nine World. A high official said that
fnnned and went in m
Koppea ana em. m u
dog when all at
near bv woods to
"
once four white
men began to shoot in that direction.
i Several shots were fired, one hitting
; Tnomas Herndon in the right arm. It
; Clt a n0je through his coat and pain-
fully hurt hun. '
It is said that an effort will be made
t-catch 'thev guilty parties. Alphine
Herndon said tonight that he knew the
: guilty men
m. w ti nrJp. the innior Dart-
'Qf th Jaw firm of Guthrie and
; Cnthrie, was touched for his watch this
I afternoon. He went out of his office.
, when he returned some thief had
!Stol his gold watch and chain. Mr.
( umune nas uuuu v..v.
tor tne return or me siuieu iuuiij.
Supposed Post Office Robbers
Corning, N. Y., Oct. 24. The local
t police have arrested three men who are
: believed to have been concerned in the
robbery of the, post office at Chicago
and secured stamps to the vaiue ef
$ 75,000. The men were "found in the
New York Central freight yards by a
watchman employed by the railroad,
who telephoned for the police . and as
sisted in capturing 'them. ''"..'". .
Racing at Elizabeth Citv
Elizabeth City, N. C, Oct. 24. Spe
cial. The second day's races resulted
as follows: '"'x- -'
First race first heat Dr. S..K. first, j
Oldwood Fox second; time 2:28. Sec- ;
ond heat: Dr. S.K. first. Cold wood !
Fox second; time 2:27. Third h.eat.r
Dr. S. K. first, xColdwood Fox second;
tune 2:253. .. ' - - ";
Second race first heat: Baron -Wood
first, Bay x Line second, - Robin Hood
third; time 2:29. Second heat: same as
g.lKve; time 2:25. Third heat "same as
above: time 2:2S.
Third race Frank Yokxim, pacer,
against the track record of 2:19; time
2:14. .' , V ... ;
1 1 was the best race ever held here.
The crowds in attendance are large
ard the fair is a great success, f
M I N isfERWU FEELS EASY
No Danger of Losing i His
Washington Job
Washington, Oct. 24. W. W. Bock
hill, special commissioner to Pekin dur
ing the absence from the Chinese cap
ital of Minister Conger, returned to
Washington late last nisjht. He was
iu his office at the Bureau of American
Republics early, this morning, and soon-
after his arrival received Wu Tjng Fang
the Chinese minister. Mr. Rockhill and
Wu were together several hours.
Regai3ing a press dispatch from Fe-
Idn to the effect that the conservative
Chinese are demanding Mr. Wu's recall
on the ground that his popularity here
indicates that h eis not sufficiently loy
al to Chinese interests, the minister
said: "I can't tell. How can I tell?
It is 10,000 miles to China. This Is
not the first time this report has been
circulated. It's about the Huh, 12th
or 14th time. Four years ago it was
published that I was to be superseded
by some one. At the time I thought
there might ; be some reason for the
rumor, but investigation proved it to
be entirely groundless.
PRITCHARDAND BUTLER
Borh -Strike Washington at
2k - ; r the: "Same Time . ;
Washington, - Oct.. 24. Special. Sen
ator Pritchard and-ex-Senator Marion
Butler are here. .Both are stopping at
the Ebbitt House. The two senators
came by different trains, but Mr. But
ler, who usually stops at the Shore
ham, has switched to Senator Pritch
ard's hotel. - Congressman Moody will
arrive in the morning.
-Senator Pritchard spent the day vis
iting the departments, especially the
post office department. He had much
routine business to do concerning the
establishment of rural free delivery
routes.
Mr. Busier, too, looked after some
matters in the departments. He has
an - engagement, tomorrow to confer
with the President on the Southern
political . situation. In the afternoon
he will go to New York.
YELLOW JOURNAL RUM OF
- - -
Alleged Washington News
Concerning, Miss Stone
Nw York, Oct. 24. A Washington dis
patch to The Evening World says:
"The State Depaatment is 5n posses
sion of positive proof that the Bulga
rian government, wishing to wring Mace
donia from Turkey, planmed . with the
Macedonian conMiiittee to kidnap Miss
Stone on Turkish territory, demand a
heavy ransom for their captive and thus
create .the impression that, the sultan
was trying to get back the money the
United States' had gotten : from Turkey
in theayment of the recent indemnity.
Bulgaria will be caJaled ' upon by the
State Department for an explanation.
The information before the department
entirely exonerates the Turkish v govern
ment from any blame for the abduction.
"The information above outlined comes
from Spencer Eddy, secretary of the
American legation at Constantinople, and
from Consul General Dickinson, and it
is corroborated by a number of promi
nent missionaries -who have been wait
ing to rescue Miss Stone."
Washington, Oct. 24. It was said at
the State Depiartmeaiit this afternoon that
; nothing was known -there of the matters
i nothing nad neen neai-d from the Ameri-
,A A 'T" 1 ... iL.
V xu,jvcA wjuckdies tne
vase vi oivue lur turee uays past.
Hiss Not a Candidate
nr7 V . ;Tu Z
George B. Hiss, secretary of the South-
ern Cotton Spinners Association has
notified the Board of Governors of this
Qate Ior cae secretarysnip at tne at-
Ianta meeting.
:
T!IImane I n tact Rraolr
" tttlMl ulbUft
Guthrie,' Okla.. Oct. 24. Senator Till
man o South Carolina says:
"Tne action of President Roosevelt in
entertaining that negro will necessitate
our killing a thousand negroes in the
south before they will learn their place
again.'
II If
Dr. Stagg Wanted for .a
Great Work
20TH CENTURY FUND
Presbyterians Determined to?
Raise $300,000- Del e
. gates Pay a Visit of Inspec
tion to Davidson College -
Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 24. SpeciaJ.- .
The second day's session of ! the North
Carolina Synod,' composed-of Presby
terian ministers from all, over - the
State, assembled in the auditorium of
the Second Pxesby terian church thla
morning. One of the principal parts
of the program today, was the consid
eration of the twentieth century fund.
The one feature of this report which
caused a sehsation was the synod's call
to pr. J. W. "Stagg to become field
secretary of this movement at a salary
of $4,000 per. year. This came, as, i
surprise to the members of the Secoiri
church. This - twentieth century fund
committee expect to raise the $300,000
which the synod voted upon itself at
its meeting in Raleigh' last year. To
do this it was recognized as an extra
ordinary - undertaing requiring an ex
traordinary mjin. xue comnmi.ee ani
gently canvassed the entire southern
church for such a man, and its unani
mous opinion is that Dr. Stagg is the
man for the work.
Dr. Craig, the stated clerk, read an
interesting report regarding the . recent
work towards collecting and printing
the records of the North Carolina?
Synod. - ' . .
The committee on Bible Caus made
a report. Dr. T. H. Law of Snartan
burg addressed the synod in behalf" of
the American Bible Society.
In the afternoon the synod took the.
train for Davidson College, twenty
miles n-rrth of Charlotte, where the
college and its workings were inspect
ed. President Smith welcomed the vis
itors in fitting style. Several speeches
were made. " ' Th- partjreturned this
afternoon at 6-30 - o'clock greatly de- : .
lighted with the trip.; . ;V
-Thcse?sipns-: were contiaued. tonight.
OVER
NIAGARA
v IN A BARREL
A Woman the First to Make
the Hazardous Trip
Niagara Falls, Oct., 24. Mrs. Anna
Edscn Taylor, a widow aged 43 years,
born in Auburn, if. Y, went over the
horseshoe falls of Niagara in a barrel
this afternoon, and lives to tell the
story of her experience. To her be
longs the credit of making the first at
tempt and the first success. The barrel
with her in it was set adrift out in the
river toward the Canadian side about a
mile up stream at 4:05 o'clock. It rode
the waves and rapids- nicely, floating
upright very similar to barrels in going
through the whirlpool rapids. It re-,,
mained upright in passing over the falls,
making the leap on the Canadian side
of the centre. It immediately reappear
ed in the lower river, : and was carried
down stream and over into an eddy on
the Canadian side. It was 4.23 when
it passed the brink and 4:40 when land
ed - '. ' ; -
Mrs.. Taylor was alive, but the rescu
ing party had to saw off a portion ' of
the barrel and take o'ff one hoop to get
ber out, as she was practically helDless,
She suffered a severe scalp wound over
her right ear and is bruised, while th
shock was exceedingly severe upon her,
No. - bones were broken. She sayi
she would not make the trip again for,
a million dollars. ; Without doubt her
life was saved by the harness rigging
about her in the barrel. She was con
scious when she passed the brink, but
became unconscious in the falls.
ANOTHER JOB CUT
OUT FOR SHARETTI
The Bishop Has an Appoint
ment in the Philippines
Havana, Oct. 24. Bishop Sbarettl.
having settled the question of church
property in Cuba, uas been appointed
delegate extraordinary to the Philippines
whither he will go about the end .of. the
year to settle the church property oues
tion there. He will leave Cuba 'or
Rome next week. He will take with
him to the Philippines Dr. Bonaventure
Broderick, who was his assistnant in
settling the church , property question
here. Bishop Barnardo, of Santio.
will take Mgr. Sbaretti's place here.
Two negroes were garroted in the jail
here today. They had committed murder
for the purpose of robbery. The execu
tion was most orderly. General Wood
did not allow the public to witness it.
Consciousness was destroyed instantly,
though the bodies twitched for fifteen
minutes, When tne doctors pronounced
life extinct.
These were the first criminals exe
cuted under the present regime. .The
executioner was a negro who is servinsr
li'e sentence. .