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RALEIGH, N. C, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1902. -TWELVE PAGES.
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
' DISCUSSES : THE' TRUSTS
He Argues That Reducing
the Tariff Is Not the
Logical Method of
Curing the Evil
Cincinnati. Sept. 21. After a recep
tion froai the people of Cincinnati, both
this afternon and this evening, such as
he has seldom bad from any coram .inlty
under any circumstance. Iresldent
Knoerelt delivered a speeth tonight at
Music Hall which created the deep
t impression It was the speech Avhlch
used a the basis of the discussion
whet the prtsident'and the fire Senators
met la conference at Oyster Bay last
Monday afternoon and evening. and
which. It was announced afterwards,
was regarded by those of the Senator
who expressed their opinion as about
the best speech the president had erer
prepared. The speech la an excellent
giMe to the temper of that conference.
It most be remembered in reading what
the president aald that the speech re
rirrd the approval of Air. Hanna and
Mr. Al lrich oa the one hand and of Mr.
Spooncr and Mr. Allison on the other.
Mr. uiooa was not enthusiastic about
auyfhlsg ia the speech which Indicated
ary, disposition to alter the existing tar
i2 for any reason, bat he and all the
others nnlted In the warmest praise of
the prvldent announcement that what
erer e:e was done In the way of trust
regulation, such rectilatlon must not be
attempted thrauzh the tariff. It Is here
that Republican man a iters general! and
the cone regional carapaUn managvrs
particularly hare said that the speech
lays d wn the lines on whU-h they want
t- see this fail's campaign carried
through.
Reports hare coaie to the presilent
from all over the country that thsort
of speeches he has been makias are
bringlns oat the rotes. It is noticeable,
bowercr. that rone of the" lenders who
are rnallns these reports are promising
support to the president in cr Tying out
the Heas he advance-. The pr-!ueat is
rrofonndly impressed with the knowl-
J;re that without the aid of congress
and statesrr'a guera!!y he 1 powerless
to lo anything towards his Ideals. lie
said so la his s?eeu fn!?ht.
The pr".tTr tsl'ie.1 in the presence
mrmnt or rmm on I Pprlg
pople. 11 aald:
In dealing-with the big corporations
we Intend to proceed cot by revolution,
but t y er. Isttb n. We wish to far ibe
fa.-ts deoiialnc to bate oar vbion Mind
ed either by th folly of thse who say
there are tw eril. or by tlu rare dan
gerous fJly of these wh- either see or
ninLe believe that they .ee nothinc bnt
-t!1 ia ail the txi.tine system, anil who,
if cien th;r way. wc-nM detroy th-
evil br t!.e simple pr.M-e Of brincing
rnin and disaster to the entire country.
The eviU Mtetidaat u;wn orer-capl-
tjlixarrn alona are. In my jud:nnt.
Hrr.i --fiirlr t.-v our utmost I
t dot aa ei.M rt by which lt can!
le con;- ;!e.l. Ii.iuitl-H some or tne
eri! exi-tiaz la or baue of the great
rorptratin -r"r.'t ! ' "TireJ l-y any
l-;i:it:n wbi.h hss Tt b en prejuwd
tnl d-tubtlC'M others which have really
Ken iaciieat t the sudden deveiop
t!nt in the format:n of corporations
f -V. kir.d. will in the en 1 cure thera-
h-,s. ISnt others will remain that can
I- ct- if we only set about curing
t!-n vc t!i Miii:r.
TL i.et way to prevent the possi-
Kll:
: any or tne evils is to
ubiect In a spirit of vio
lent rar complicated with ttal Icn-v
t i of bi:nirs conditions and of fnn
dit'rnral im-sparity or unwillingness to
';r i-.-HMn i the limitations on the powtr
f law-a;iL?ng boile. No probb'ms,
aa ! of all to ditacult a probCcm as
can 1 AjTd if the qnalltlcs
l :o tht to Its solution are panic, fear.
nrr. hvrei and imorance. And there
ht ia a frf e republic no man
it- - wicked, no man more danrerons to
th .w,e than he who would arouse
f"elias in the hope that they
ruay ri.onJ to his own political ad
vanraze. Corrrvrst!ons that are handled honestly
tr.i
?-'. rir. so far from belnr an evil.
r a natnral business erolution and
tne fr the zeneral prosperity of our
l-ta l. m .i not wiih to destroy cor
raj; . v wish t0 m.jjp them snb
f" - r;M;c Rood. All individuals,
ri.-h or j. ,r. r-rtrate-cr corporate, must
sahj t:, laws of the land: and
Tn-r.r.t win bold them to a
7i:., tAHtt.. thereto. The blitgest
e rpoMti-i. :.ke the hnmbl.-t private
rititea. mt t held to strict compli
'; tli- will of the people & ex
0 th" fundamental law. The
nca ro-tti ho d not ee that this is
ia fcu Invnr iaded short-sighted,
"hen nf ,,,-v,. him ober the law we
i. .Ye.f 'r i n the absolute rrotection
tf the
The sar-nr laaVs show wbt can be
in th w3r of genuinely rmfirent
h? norations when iatelll-
V- Liutustn-ed and superTiood.
more than all
eTer. greenoaras.
Vi'T.rnt to warrant a far cioer nper- to thl5 der1r
. . . ,.. vho--cr- - scneudle woui
. 1 ..I rUmilo t It 11
siNtaat:r.! ni-m ki r cn no .tiwu i
" " ""r iwraij-mi buui
,b';;;i? nf 3- lrve. n,oney aad pay
- T l.f" of interest
t 1" '' ?,VhA;p d-;tom. There Is
t n, .k !" 'r lrom ,re corpora-
l . ,; hr pnsfiji rreat power,
ling orer th.-J ,;, .hi .Uant of
- ri
.,u,at,oa ,n tbe t-ni, state,
if tr,r th being no talk
tk t .C T tbm 19 that they r
t?l0.tMlthtnUr dminlsterv1 for
tlliri ri nt 'A Hn!r laws which
S'rat fn! pnblication of
U x. fT1!?1 r!tion with which fhey
rV-- r?n5,y h M th same time
rTIV 1 f ir the bnoinrsa enter-
tst- v ,r msnrs within th
N0 ot coorae. aartnn banks
are as highly specialized a class of cor
porations as railroads, and we cannot
force to far the analogy with other
corporations but there are certain con
ditions which I think we can lar- down
as indipensableTto the nropeT treatment
of ail corporations which from their size
hare econie important factors in the
social dereiopineut of the community.
A remedy much advocated at the mo
ment Is to take off the tariff from all
articles which are made by trusts. To
do this it will be necessary first to de
line trusts. The language commonly
used b the advocates of rhe method
implies that they mean all articles made
by large corporations and that the
changes in tariff are to be made with
punitive intent -toward these large cor
porations. Of conrse. If the tariff is to
be changed In order to punish them It
should be changed so as to punish those
that do ill, not merely those that are
prosperous. It - would be neither just
nor expedient to punish the bl corpora
tions as big corporations; what we wish
to do is to protect the people from any
erll that may grow out of their exist
ence or maladministration.
Some of these corporations do well and
others do ill. If la any case the tariff
Is found to foster a monopoly which
does ill why of course no protectionist
would Object to a modification of the
tariff eufBclent to remedy the evil. But
In very few cases do the so-called trusts
really monopolize the market. Take any
very big corporation which controls say
something over half the products of a
giren industry. Surely in rearranging
rhe schedules affecting a big corpora
tion it would be necessary to consider
l'je interests of its smaller competitors
which control the remaining part and
which, being weaker, would suffer most
from any tariff designed to punish all
the producers; ior of course the tarin
must 1,a mad li-ht or heavv for blc
and little producers alike. Oloreover J
suA a corporatiou necessarily employs
vory many thousand of workmen and
the minute we proceed from denuncla -
tlon to action it would be necessary to,
consider the interests of these workmen.
Furthermore, the products of many
trnsts are unprotected and -would be
entirely unaffected by any change in the
tariff or ct most very slightly so.
The Standard Oil Company offers a;
case in point
which control
, and tne corporations ; ,ol.aii Mrnn-n.tinn
the anthracite coal out-j, theiruccss by means
whatever : mm anft.rrlte eoafr--mi fTorTW nraking it clear that ,w do not
now cHscuslng the question of the tariff
as such whether from the standpoint
of the fundamental difference between
those who believe In a protective tariff
and those who hellve in free trade, or
" , ,s.c 'y,n
from t.ie standpoint of those who.
whik they beheve in a protective tariff,
feel that there should be a rearrange-!
ment f our scheJu'es, either by dl-j
rcct legislation or by reciprocity treat-
los. which would result in n arinar out
market: nor jet from the standpoint
cf thoe who feel that stftbaity or eco
iMomlcal policy is at the moment our
economic need, and that the benefits
jsl from any change In
1 not compensate for the
suread aritatton which would follow
any attemj teil general revision of the
tariff at thi moment. "Without regard
to the wisdom of any one of these
positions lt remain rue that the real
evils connected with the trusts cannot
2e remedied by any change In the tariff
laws.
The trusts cannot be damaged by de
priving them of the benefits of protec-
tlve tariff, only on condition of damag- f
ing all their smaller competitors and all : tn, following telegram, verifying the
the wage workers employed in tne In- former report that there was no 6iiffer
dustry. This point Is very important and j lDg amonjr the Navajo Indians on the
it is desirable to avoid any save wii-,
ful misunderstanding. I am not now
considering whether or not, on grounds
unconnected with the trusts, lt would be
!:.. either bjT direct legislaMon or by
legislation treatlea designed to se
cure as an offset reciprocal advantages
from the nations with which we trade.
MT point is mai conr ia mo
would have Ilttlt appreciable effect on
the trusts save as they hared in the
general harm or good proceeding from
such changes.
iNo tariff change would help one or
our smaller corporations or one of our
private indiviaaars in dusiucss, smx, iw
one of our wage woncers as against
large corporation in the same business.
kju me ronuaij, i n. " r .
large corporations It would inevitably be ;
felt still more by that corporation s
weaker rivals, while any fU008
the employee and employer In the busi-
ness concerned. The Immediate reduc-
tion to eubstantlal free trade in all
tide manufactured by trusts, that Is
by the largest and most successful cor-
poratlons, would not affect some of the
most powerful of our business comblna -
tiona in the least, save by the damage
done to the, general business welfare or
the country Other would undoubtedly
b seriously affected, bnt mncn less so enffeilng among the Indians of San Juan
than tnir weaker rivals, while e loss . as reported, but that he would investl
would be divided between the capital-. Kate tue matter and report further on
ists and the laborers: and after tn-
yean of panic and distress had been
I lived through and some return to j?ros-
a a a-a . t i
lailxlBf ths evils in the trusts; nothing I
parity naa occurrea, even rnoufca toe xnaian ouu m buu-uhi a report y
were on a lower plane of prosperity than . mall.
before, the relative difference between TTiere has also been granted anthori
the trusts and their rivals would remain ; ty for said agent to expend $10.000-in
as marked as ever.. In other words the the employment of Indians at one dol
trot or big corporation wonld have euf-. lar per day to construct ' irrigating
fered in the interest of it foreign com-iditcnes Jn the San Juan country. With
petitor. but it relative position towards this opportunity for employment these
its American competitor wonld prob- India ought not to suffer from want
ably be improved. JJUle would have of aubslstence and they ought to be able
been done toward cutting out or mio-lto Irrigate sntficient land to make them
toward security adequate control and
regulation of the large -'modern corpora
tions. In other words the question of
regulating the trusts with a view to
minimizing or abolishing the evils, ex
istent in them is separate and apart
from the question of tariff revision.
Yon must face the fact that only
harm will come from "a proposition to
take the so-called trusts in a vindictive 1"" VY- f iT?" ? x?r, unuraaay, was
ztsl mM;T zr6 ,,e,r:VrMv ssrss
with a desire of hurting them without, tain Titus of the detective bureau in
any regard as to whether or not dls- this city had asked that it be returned
crimination should be made between the here just as it arrived in Chicago and
good and the evil in them and without ' that precaution1 be taken to see that
even any regard as to whether a neces- L4- "-not tampered with on the way
sary sequence of the action would be ! f ,but the pfrcaga police had ideas
thJ ,5niJ- if.f- of their own about what was proper to
the ruining of other interests. The aia h t i . r..
adoption of such a policy would mean Pulitzer's clothing, a suit of clothes be
temporary damage to. the trusts because longing to Young, a pawn ticket show
it would mean temporary damage to all lng that he had pawned her diamonds
of our business Interests, but the effort for $9Trat William Simpson's, 91 Park
would-be only temporary for exactly as yw, Wednesday, and a blood-stained
bad, ao the reaction would affect all rifht 8ide of her abdomen,
ahke, good and bad. before the police here were notified
I firmly believe the only method- of of the finding of the things in the trunk
elimination the regulation of the trust they had by their own. efforts located
must come through wisely framed legls- Mrs. ' Pulitzer's earnings at Simpson's
latioa which shall aim in the fat clace nrwn shop. Detective Moonev of Can
to give definite control to aome bovereign tain Titus staff, found them there and
over -the great corporations and which got a description of the man who
shall be followed when once this power pawned them Wednesday afternoon that
has been conferred by a system giving fitted Young accurately. The ear-rings
to the government the full knowledge were taken to . police headquarters to
which is the essential for satisfactory night. Joseph Pulitzer, the woman's
action. Then when this knowledge, one husband, was summoned and they were
of the essential features of which is shown to him. At the first glance he
proper publicity, has been gained, what j said: "Those are Anna'a eaT-rings. They
further steps of any kind are necessary are the ones that she wore when she
can be taken with confidence born of; left me last Tuesdair ndght."
the possession of power to -deal wlthr f his mornmg Captain Titus got word
the subject, and of a thorough knowledge that the trunk had arrived in Chicago,
of what ought and can be don.ln the Hethen called up Chief 'O'Neill, of the
matter. Chicago police, and asked him to send
- it back at once without opening it, and
The president repeated his argument m
favor of a constitutional amendment
giving tne government supervisory power ;
or" corporations. He alluded to the;
, JJ, 1" f!S
, tQt tfaer mnfft ,ay. ,n securlng flie
ndontion of snch m amendment insures
ndontion of such an amendment insures
! full discussion and calm consideration
on the whole subject and will prevent
any ill-considered action, "i nave no
intention," he said, "of trying to outline
the propT phraseology of such an amend
meet, for I know it must come as a
matter of agreement and discussion, but
I firmly believe that all these obstacles
can be met if only we face them in
intend to allow wrong-doing by one of
i the captains of industry any more than
by the humblest private in the industrial
, rnkv J ZnH.,t.J1 J2dnCramPilnLn
nti.wweh; lt cizny used, will
be for the good of all of us. The mar-
. ehjQg prosjpeTltJ. we have been enjox.
ing for the past few year9 has
due to the high average of honesty,
thrift and business capacity among out
people as a wholo. but some of it has
a oeen otm io me wcniity ot me meu
who are the industrial leaders of the
nation. In securing just and. fair deal
ing by these men let us remember to do
. 1 f A. -t i V
1 V 1 . AT I J i 1
ir tntf Mia TMi.Mwiia'iui mn.
them Justice in return.- We are the; no sign of activity in the house an ex
friends of the honest man. rich or poor; ; amination was made when it was found
and we intend mat an men. T)cn ana,
poor, shall oby the law alike and re
ceive its protection alike."
INDIANS DOING WELL
Reported Suffering Ameng
Navajos Is Unfounded
(Washinaton. SeDt. -0. The commis-
of Indian atTnirs todar received
reservations in Arizona and Utah:
Tort Defiance. Arizona. SeDt. 10.
Ulave returned from San Juan coun-Jthe
ty, Utah. Find no suffering among the
Indians. Iteport by mail.
(Signed) "IIAYZLETTT,
"Agent."
rfr .TTTltt AlrertA hr th
partment to investigate the condition of
tne inuanBi which was reported by
Senttor awiin8 and several citizens of
. those 8tate8 t0 aesperate. It was
egId that abrat j. thousand Indians
"were nearing starvation and that if im-
medite aBSigtance -was not given by the
epnment there would be great loss of
jjfe
JonM to Senator 'Rawlins shows what j
has been done. The letter in part reads:
replr to your communication I !
desIre t0 gtftte that receipt of your!
telegram, stating that G.000 Indians in !
San Juan county were sufferlngau-jat
thrtrlt w- ;V(n for th TTnitid States
Indlan a?ent at the Navajo agency, New
r-'MexlC0f t0 expend $3,000 in the pur-
0f snch subsistence snnnlles as
m5ght he necessary to meet immediate!
cessltles of the Indians. -The agent
, was notlfied by wire August 29 of the j
iauthority granted and. also of the con-
; tents of your telegram. He wired on
; September 2 that there was no such,
their condition. a teiegrnm received
this day states that he has just returned ,
and that he finds no suffering among .
. j t ..a m a
self - supporting in the future.
Young's TrunK in Chicago
tlfs the "Story-of Guilt
Convincing Proof of the Mur
der of Mrs. Pulitzer The
.Criminal Eludes Vigi
lance of Police
New York, Sept. 20. Tie trunk -which
William Hooper Young, the murderer
Mrs. Pulitzer, shipped to Chicago by
to put a seal over the Jock. Chief
t OTseill was very pleasant about the
matter ana saia ne would do as re
quested without delay. Later he tele
A Wayne County Woman
Murdered by Her Husband
The Man Found, With Blood
on His Hands-rtHis Little
Girl Said Shi Foared
Papa Had Killed
Her Mama
Goldsboro, X. C, Sept. 20. Special.
Mrs. James Pritchard, who lived on the
farm of Mr E. O. Emm at Faro, in
this county, was seen lying on a bed at
her home this morning by farm hands
who were passing the house. The doors
to the house were open and as there was
that the woman had been murdered
Suspicion immediately rested upon the
husband, due to the fact that their six-year-old
daughter went over to a neigh
bor's house crying and said: . "I am
afraid papa: has killed mamma." The
news quickly spread and a search was
made for Pritchard and he was captured
before he cbull make his escape, which
he was attempting to do. The sheriff
and coroner have been notified and they
left for the scene this afternoon.
Sheriff Scott and County Coroner
Thomas Hill returned tonight. The
sheriff had the prisoner handcuffed and
a large crowd, who were expecting the
murderer, were waiting at he depot. The
sheriff took his man on to the county
Ja vhere he will possibly remain until
November term of the Superior
court. The name of the prisoner is
Pritchard and he claims to have come
Over a Hundred Killed
in the Birmingham Panic
'Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 20. The list
(of people who lost their lives in the panic
ed at nearly one hundred. .Seventy-eight
bodies were at the undertaking estab-
lishments early this morning. Investi-
gatlon tms morning shows that no white
people were killed in the panic. A num-
the time and several of them were
tha ttm n Axrtri hm riv
hurt in the wild scramble, but none will
die.
Ty,rrr,ar tHaitp whr t-a-nAntt
t the exit endeavoring to quiet the mad
throng, was caught between the moving
multitude and the wall in the narrow
passage way leading down to the stairs,
and nearly all his clothing was torn
from his body. His legs also were
mashed, but he will recover.' His ef
forts to -quiet the crowd were utterly
futile and -not nntil the fire department
'and a Is-tpa nnm'W of nfflcpra arrived
on th& scene was anvthin? like order
restored. Then it was found that prac-
tically everybody had gotten out of the
buiming.
Those nearest the speaker's stacd
seemed to quickly realize that there was
no fire and no occasion for a panic, and
the speaker and leaders passed outside
through a door 1 the rear of the pulpit,
where they addressed the-wild mob o?
struggling humanity in an earnest, effort
to restore order. . Booker "Washington
was among the number, but even his
words fell upon deaf ears. .
graphed that the trunk had started. At
8:30 o'clock tonight Captain Titus got
the following telegram - from Chief
O'Xoill: ...
"Shipped trunk by Wells Fargo & Co.
by Erie 14, leaving here at 3:40 this
afternoon. Contains, the woman's dress,
underclothes, hat, shoes, man's clothing,
dirk knife, 'smeared with blood. Have
mailed by special delivery letter explain
ing. Trurrk con-tains memorandum book
having name William Hooper Young and
pawn ticket of William Simpson, 91
Park row, dated September 17." .
The contents of the trunk are pretty
good evidence in the opinion of the local
Ul tUC 1
police that Young had no intention of
following it to Chicago. They strength
ened the theory which the police held
all day today that Young is still in the
city or at any rate not very far from
it. Captain Titus directed his men to-
xiiKuw iteep uy , j clearer. In an Interview today he said:
relax their vigilance one lota. Half a .In a strong wind I should require a
dozen clues which were found today and j stronger balloon. The steering was ab
run down indicated that when he left solutely perfect. She answered her helm
the Clarence, apartment house Thursday ! beautifully and never made more than
evening with ' two bundles under his a four-foot pitch.".
arm Young had planned to hide himself I This, was not tbeimpression conveyed
ZZX,!- i -kT, an,. ,;vo to the casual obserrej. to Whom it ap-
somewhere lnjhlscity. The police be-peared thj machi'ne wag not undr
lieve he has done this. I anything approaohtng perfect control. At
Young pawned Mrs. Pulitzers earrings-times -whirled apparently In an eccen
at Simpson' early Wednesday after- trie manner, but for considerable stretch
noon. Undoubtedly he spent the morn--es it behaved wonderfully wen in the
ing preparing the body of the woman for ! wind. The all-important question is
removal that night, then came down jhether Spencer would be able to ex-
! ,.t7i J' j n iercise control over Jts direction in a
town with the earrings and went to Ho- L, This gUestlon4 has not beeIt
boken and the Clen hunting around for settled. Mrp Spencer made no announce
a suitable conveyance in which to take; ment beforehand as to the exact route
the body out to the canal where he eon- he would make the machine over. When
cealed It that night. he started his intention was to go over
Young was a dissolute man, fond of London in some direction. He says the
idleness and drink but with a certain li
sort of personal attractiveness. He of-. WfiS Jover Cll lsea wbgn the
ten saw Mrs. Pulitzer In the street and ;alTSQip went very oWf and the balloon
the police say he probably marked her ; pointed toward the earth,
for a victim, long ago. He got ac- It came down with great rapidity,
qualnted with her easily enough, for she,i "When I was about 500 feet from
a !the ground and 500 yards from a church
1 m mato th annnnint-
ance of men in the street.
from Greensboro, where he has rela
tives. He has been married twice and
he has two children by his former wife,
which his relatives are taking .care of..
He wen Vto Wilson yesterday 'with B.
O Einrn 'oa whose plantation lie has
been working. They, -returned home
about 9 o'clock last night., Pritchard
had been drinking. He went home and
demanded that his wife give 11m $50
"""u gave j-ici sume iiuitr ago, xie
bad several times before last night asked
v. ---j t;. i-, 7. j
which he gave her some time ago. Hel
her because she would not give up the'has been proved this week that the
money. When she refused -last night", mPre mention of his name was sufficient
he pulled out his pistol and placed it ause fr the assemblage of a mob of
against her arm. The ball broke her ' """7 thousands, all anxious to d griev
arm and entered her right breast and . ous Wodily harm to this impostor, lhd
penetrated her lungs. , (common people- refuse to treat with iln-
He then took his" little girl who is difference or as a joke the sublime ef
only 6 years old and carried her to. a frontery of h:s peculiar individual, Who,
neighbor's house. He asked if the there is some reason to regard as a
neighbor had any whiskey and when he monomaniac, instead cf a mountebank,
received an answer in the negative be It is a strange commentary upon the
asked that they, keep his child while he supposed pheJgmaticism of the world's
went off to get whiskey. After he left metropolis that it is necessary to as
the child " said she" was afraid papa semble several hundred policenioa for
had killed mamma. The neighbor did his protection whenever 'it is known
not notice the remark and it was 10 that flhis pastor of a small parish i
o'clock this morning before anybody going from iis hoaise to the church to
went to Pritchard' s house. His wife conduct a eervice. The offender has
was found lying across the bed. 'j never criticized or attacked the dnter-
A. search was made for Pritchard and ests of the populace. He has done
he was found in a canal with his gun. ' nothing of any public coacei-n except
He had blood on his hands. The sheriff to announce the other day to the mem
and coroner were notified and loft for fcers 0f his Kttle sect that he was the
the scene. On their way to the city j reincarnated Christ. He made no fusa
with the prisoner tonight he stated to a,bout it. He did not manifest the
the sheriff that he knew nothing about 6iightest desire for temporal power or
the crime, and that he hoped that the ;eTen reeognifcion outside his own small
sheriff would feed him well and give cireie of followers. His 'declaration 'got
mm something to annK ior tne tew aays ,
he had to live.
An examination of the bodies of the
victims shows that very many of them
died of suffocation, the congestion of hu
manity in the vestibule and passage way
where the crush occurred being so great
Those who received bodily injuries were '
the ones who were crushed and trampled j tonay in a dispatch se,nt by Secretary
under foot. QIany had broken limbs and ; nioody to Captain McLean of the Gin
one negro threw himself over the heads : einna,ti at Colon. The. dispatch' Was . in
of the crowd and had his brains dashed reply otf Captain .McLean in
out against the wall. which hk notlfiej boih the Colombian
' r rT. soldiers and revolutionists that obstruc-
. - n.u, Ll.tr.r.w. - railroad would not be1 per-
Birmingham, All u, Sept. 20.-The f Secretary Moody and Acting
of deadend injured resiimng fromthe gecret of state Adee di9cmsed Cap
panic at the tomloh -Baptist church in t , a conference
tms city. last nignt, wnere tne national
Baptist
convention icworeui is ueiug
held, is now known to
ballO dead,;
Tt-;th i
with no less than forty injured.
the exception of two all the undertaking
establishments In Birmingham, bothram, m u 2T
white and colored, have been busy to-jfm ea to sea be not interrupted or
day and police officers have been neces-1 embarrassed. United Statfa of, Colom-
sary in front of tne various pieces to, "a s" "a- ur ."
prevent big crowds of . lnq-uisiuve peo-j eross isthmus open and free to gov
ple from flocking in and disturbing the em,ment and citizens of ltJie United
wnrlr of Tireoarlne the dead for burial, i States and their property. Any trans
$ :
Elopers Sent to Jail
Reldsville, N. C, Sept. 20. Special.
Pink Purgason ian Mrs." Mary Loni
Cay ton, elopers, were given a prei-mi-rary
hearing " toJar and in default of
bend sent to jail to await the next term
cf Rockingham Superior court.
Thirty Miles Traveled
Wdv up in the
Spencer Talks Modestly of
His AchievementCon
siders the Machine
Perfect In a Light
Sreeze
London, Sept. 20. Stanley Spencer,
the aeronaut, who sailed his self-constructed
airship a distance of thirty
miles yesterday, received many con
gratulations today. He was not dls-
t IVSv1 tn PTO crfro-rn ta TOct ar-A nvr'e onkiaTo.
ment in steerin? an airshiD across Lon
don, yet he claims that his machine is
absolutery nerfect in a centle wind. He
had intended to cross St. Paul's Cathe
dral and headed that way. He found
it was too foggy, however, and turned
spire.'' said Spencer, "the people thought
was in danger and yelled frantically,
London Excited Over
a iSelf-SfySed Messiah
Ire of the -Populace Aroused
at Pigott's EgotismMen
tioaof His Name ;Suffl
cient to Fire a Mob- '
Iondon, Sept. 20. The public excite
ment in Uondon over- tne fanatic Pigott
, . , , . iVl f ; v, ,Tr
! styles . Melf the h; fnjT
inisnes a curious situdy in sociology. It
-i;to ,the paperg and forthwith the pas
i&ion seized many thousands of London
' ens to tear bim to pieces.
McLean Gets Orders
to Keep Transit Open
Washington, Sept. 20. The attitude
of the United States government re
garding the interruption of - traffic on
the isthmus of Panama was outlined
- - af0r
, ,
"-
commander of the Cincinnati
1!a ,i j m
portation or troops wnicn mignt con
travene, these pro visions ': of ; treaty
should not be Eanctioned by you, nor
should use of road be permitted which
might convert the Una of transit into
theatre of hostility. Any . transporta
tion of government troops not la rioJa
tion of -treaty and which would not sn-
Idanrtr transit ipvvek kostlllttes
-i'
thinking I would ha amashed against
the spire. The yells . aonnded fclood
curdllag and made me turn cfld. I
altered the rudder and swept bearatifully
around the -oh ilrch and glided away en
my course.
"I began the t ascent, atihalf-rxast foul
o'clock Jo the afternoon and descended at
the end of she iowney like ar butterfly
on a flower at alx o'clock. , I calculated
that the entire distance cqrrered wa
about thirty miles. Before crosslnjr tha
Thames I made two circular evolutions
and circumvented the big 'wheel at the
earl?s cewrt exposition. The people;
looked like ants. They oomld see and,
hear the. pwxpeller rorklng. I thought
of alighting at' Harrow, Imt there wera
many Jiousa, so I proceeded to JiU
cotte, where , I descended ' in panfect
safety without - any assistance, A few
minutes after I got down an cfl? farmer ;
came aknc. He was too fxlchtened to
come very near. Perhapa he took me .,
for the first arrival from ifart. Ho
came to my assistance, however, and
between us we managed to dUinflate the
balloon. Others came and assisted me,,
so that two hours after aljbting th
whole airship was packed for London."-
The skeleton framework of the air
ship in a fraiMooking affair, about fif
teen feet long, with a erndle for the
aeronaut a few feet from the back end.
The tractor, which is made of pine, ia'
piled fn the foreprlt of the framework
and draws the ahip after It. Mr. Spen
cer believes that the. blnnrne erf the
front makes; for steadiness, rlgldltj and:
progression. The gas bar,,1 which is
seventy feet long, la capable of hold- ,
ing 20,000 cubic feet of nylrogen. It'
is so constructed that if irt tha event
of a mischanoe it is torn, it acta as a
parachute, (bringing the aewmaut eafIy -to
the earth. lt own descend rapidly.
The gas can be replaced by air in a
very short time. : i
The motor ia the most interesting pacjjP.'
of the mechanism. A slender platforms- I
of banVboo and rope suspended from thrf
balloon acts as a car and carries the
engine. It also provides a footing for
three or four persons. The patrol inoter,
which haa a capacity for 30-horse power, '
is placed i as far as possible from the .
gas valve. ' j
This strange popular craze seems to
Ibe more characteristic of English reaent
ment against his amazing egotism than
a pious desire to punih his blasphemy.
The feeling is so: bitter and widespread
that the authorities are almost at their '
wit's ends. Thero was an awtofci'xhiuE!
example . of this last night. 'A coach-1
man stopped in front of the North Lon
don station and remarked jokingly, to si'r
bystander that he, was waiting for
Pigott. The rumor spTead like magic
and a large crowd which assembled with-
in a few minutes grew, to a mob of many
thousands. The .station and the con
verging streets were packed. , The rail
way authorites telephoned to Scotland
Yard and the reserves hastened from the
nearest police station. It was two hours'
before they succeeded in controlling the!
mob and traffic was resumed. The peo?
pie showed a very angry temper. Thi
cry was constantly "raised of '"Here ho
comes." This was followed-hr sh-Kit
of "Down with the im poster" and "Leti
get at him." Meantime the putative
Meesdah seems to have been rather
cowed 'by. the storm he has raised.. It
is said by his lieutenants that he will
remain in retirement foT'the present. '
A Sun reporter endeavored to induce-'
IMr. Pigott to send a special messngo
to American sinners, suggesting that,
perhaps it would not be received wiu'i
the same hostility in the United .States
as in London. Pigott V'reply was:
"The message that has been sent forth;
is complete and thereMs nothing to add.' ,
to it. No message will be sent separ
ately to any particular nation. Fur
thermore, we cannot move from our po
sition of not touching or communicating
iwlth the press In any way."
Journalism, ' therefore, must be con
sent to. rest under the unregenerate ban.
-
may not be objectionable. The depart
ment must rely on your judgment t
decide such questions as conditional may
change from day to day.
"Consult department freely when In
doubt." N
It is the determination of the navy
department that Captain McLean shall
have a force of marines at his disposal
large enough to insure the enforcement
of .ihis policy.
Secretary Moody isW entirely satis
fied that, the marines that ae on ths
way to Colon will be sufficient, and or
ders were issued at the navy depart
ment today for the mobilization of a
force of COO more at Norfolk, Va;t
where they will be held in readine
foy service on the iaihmu should condl.
tlons there warrant aach, action.
Colon, Colombia, Sept. 20. A Sperfal
armored train left here today for Pan
ama. It was headed by an American
gtrard and conveyed 50Colombian sol
diers. A conference is being b4d at Pan
ama between Governor fialazar, th for
eign consuls and General Buendia a
representative of General Herr0ra, the
rebel commander. ,
The marines expscttrt oa fie Panther
wHl bs stationed oc tbs sectJan of Go -gona.,a
village on the asrimus, twenjy
miles northwest of Panama. A Ji-'li
vr sWp les just ArttTsd. S'