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1 i r: Temperaturefor the past 24hours: Max. 72; Min. 64. For North Caro lina: Showers. VoL XII Ko. 22 RALEIG-H. N. C. TUE SD AT , JUNE 30, 1903 TPT1GS postal. to Be ;MMiclly Suppressed Fear of the Political Effect Will Result in Hushing up Further Inquiry Liv ' ingston Declares for Gorman DTTHeail J. PE!lfE Washington, June .29. Special. The j-cot office investigation is to be brought to an end by the strangulation process and it will be up to Congress to expose jy.se guilty of irregularities in high tp circles, whom the administration is closed to leave severely alone be cause of the future political conse quwes involved. This morning Postmaster General Payne summoned his four assistants ; his private office and announced to them by order of the president that , further information bearing in the $:;srhtest on the post office investiga tion should be given out. They -were ; r.f tructed to give all the clerks in :eir respective departments the bene tt of this information with the further wrong doers who were : detected weeks ago and whose cases are now pending before the grand juries here and in New York. Republican corruptionis'ts with influence will go scot free is the opin ion in "Washington.,, -. Representative Livingston of Geor gia, the ranking Democrat on the House appropriations committee, who was probably the : firsts Democrat In the country to mention the name of Judge Alton B. Parker of New York in connection with i the presidential nomination, says that Senator Gorman of Maryland is the man for the Dem ocrats to nominate. : "In my opinion," said Mr. Living ston tonight, "the time has past when the best Qualification for office a can didate can possess is. his obscurity. The people want to know something about the man a party places before them these days, i see interviews to me effect that Senator Gorman has a re cord' and the explanations which it will be necessary for him to make will hurt him. There is nothing in this. In my judgment Senator' Gorman's very strength, lies in the fact that he has a record, and a good one, one that none of hjs supporters and no Demo crat need be ashamed of. If nomina ted and elected, as I believe he would a wide and inti- lost their llves.-was due to negligence on the part of-the. Atlantic eoast Line in not using due diligence in having the line clear. " '" The funeral of Robert Covington took place today in Chesterfield county, and that of Harry Covington took place this evening from the Second '.. Baptist church of this city. V A Trolley Car Smashup Chicago, June 29. Crowded with pas- ond, and that of the United States flag- crashed into a belt line freight train shin Kearsarw. entered bv Lieutenant crashed Into a felt line freight train launch of the German . turret ship 1 Kaiser iWilh elm der Grosse was sec- Henry C. Mustin, jva3 third. Fatal Shooting Salisbury, N. C, June 29. Special. Lonnie Miller shot and seriously wounded Louis Whistler here yester day. Both parties are colored. A wo at Archer avenue and 47th street early today. Two passengers were killed and many injured. . . -. - - Collision in Tennessee Knoxviile, Tenn.i June 29. An , east- bound passenger train on the Southern man of unsavory repute was the. cause j Railway was run into today by a of the shooting. The ball entered the freight train at Mascot, five miles out. stomrch, making eight perforations. An The mail car was turned and the fol- operation has been performed, but lowing . were : injured," none fatally; Whistler is not expected to live. Miller Mail Clerks Tr M. Thomas and Charles was caught and lodged in . jail. i.iur.ction that any breach of this in c-vuction would be considered to. war- be, he will possess rwx the summary dismissal of those -.mate acquaintance with the public men of not only his own party but of the so nffendin; For weeks James S. Clarkson, T. C. piatt. and other professional politicians have been urging the president to bring the investigation to a close, and today( evidence was furnished that their ad vice is to be heeded, and that the un covering of rascals is to be hushed up. Ever since- Postmaster General Payne announced that there would be no in vestigation of Bristow's report , which .urged a Republican high up ir. f party councils with official irregularities, it has been appar ent that this investigation, Frident Roosevelt " anounced with r.uch gusto would go irom bottom to ?. -Ms -not sincere. Had it rot been for Robert J. "Wynne, the former newspaper man who hates ras---lilty, Ma.ehen and the rest would halve rn er been uncovered. . Wynne talked rut from the first until be was com rm.ded by Payne to stop, and now the Kief prevails that he v. ill ultimately Tox-ced out -as--first assistant post master general because he dared to tell the truth and expose the corruption t:-. t met his gaze in his own office. ".Mum is me wora in me poei umu-c 6".;irtment from now on. Mr. Payne !. ? decreed that he shall do all the taking, and even "he has his orders frwn the president to keep his mouth shut. Only the president can officially give out the post office news, and that r Tns that there will be nothing doing ?ive the arrest-of two or three of the Republican party. He can act inde pendently and will not have to askthe advice of party bosses. His experience in legislative affairs makes it certain that he wilf make no ' error on that score. I think Senator Gorman is de cidedly the best candidate the party can nominate next year. I believe he will be nominated and elected. "Mr, Bryan . should be ignored by the next Democratic convention, con cluded Mr. Livingston. "What can Mr. Bryan offer us?; He cannot give which I us a single western state that I know of. "We want to win, fand to do so we have gat to -have the east and nom inate a man who will have the votes of the east. Outside of his eminent nualifications for the place, the south j - owes Senator Gorman a debt of grati tude. The east has confidence in him. His nomination is desirable from every standpoint." : Albion W. Tourgee, ! the author and novelist, wrho is remembered in North Carolina as a carpetbagger, having re sided there from 1865 to 1881, was pxo moted today in the United States con sular' service. Tourgee has been consul of the United States at Bordeaux. France, ' for several years. President Roosevelt promotes . him to be consul Brown, Knoxviile; Mrs.vM. Jtu. uiras Johnson City; James Burke, Morris- town; S. D. Henry, Nashville; A. H. Gwynn, Reidsville, -N. C; G. F. Smith, Asheville, N. C; Will Inman, colored, Johnson City. ! . . "-; ; ' . " : WORLD WIDE PLATFORM United Christian Party Issues a Call for a Convention ; No Verdict Yet inn The Pope's Feebleness Rome, June- 29. The " pope did ; not make his annual visit last night tto the cript under the high altar of St. Pe ter's where the remains of St. Peter and St. Paul are . : buried. This : was wing to the pontiff's feebleness and a strong veto 'by Dr. Lapponi. This is the first time during his pontificate that the pope has abstained from pray ing at the tomb of the apostles on St. Peter's eve. SWINDLER'S SENTENCE Franklin Syndicate Lawyer! Gets Four Years New York, June 29. Robert A. Am nion, attorney for Wm. F. Miller of the Franklin syndicate, was today sentenc ed to an indeterminate term in state's nrinrm of not less than four nor more - .... i . v " " .- . . ai " tit ; - than four and one-half years. Davenport, JLOwa, J una xv- The sneciflc charsre on which AmmOn i Benkert, chairman of the national ex was convicted was that he received ecutive of the United. Christian party, Mft Knn of t.h monev obtained by the l has issued a, call for a national con- Franklin "520 per cent" syndicate. Mil- vention of that party for May 1 to 4, ler is now serving a ten year sentence, 1904, at the World's Fair in St. Louis, and was the chief witness at the trial. The call states that the convention rtfetrirt-. Attornev Jerome, it is under- will be held for the purpose oi eco- stood, will take steps to secure a full nomic discussion- and peace on earth n9rHnn for Miller as he is said to be in the name and spirit or Jesus nrist, - i ... it.i. and to rurtner accompnsn iuia siTOi. purpose by -recommending or nomtna ting candidates lor presiaent ana vice- neMon of the United States on a world-wide platform ; on whicn au Christians and patriots can stand and finally unite, pledged to stand for the Cotton industry in Distress f Manchester. Eng., June 29. The dis tress in the cotton industry, as a re sult of the high price of cotton is in creasing in England. All the mills at Alton-Under-Lyne, the manufactur ing center six . miles northwest of this place,- have closed down temporarily. Thousands of operatives are already outof . worki "It is feared that other mills will, close causing widespread suffering in labor circles. Jlfiall The Jury Comes Into Court and Asks for Instruc tions Mr. Pou's Ar gument for the Defendants dying of consumption. SAILOR DROWNED Sma nnX Ntr CKfin CnOOntJl union in his name, r- n The call nemovts rrom ucracuKo president suggests a woman for vice- general at Halifax, S. Under the carpetbag administration, Tourgee was a member of the North CJaiolina con stitutional convention and a superior court judge. ' i Norfolk, June 29. Captain Miles, of tin TTnited States buoy tender Majle.j just in after a southern cruise, reports ed today the drowning at Beaufort, rM. C on June 24, of Peter Brooks, a member of the Mable's crew. He came from.,Matthews county, Va., and-v.as rnwni while hathine. The Doav.'nas recovered and buried at Beaufort?. The Maple towed into NorfolK the Quarantined schooner Penny button, heretofore reported at anchor off Ocra- coke. N. C. with smallpox aboard. Four of the Sutton's crew are stricken and a rigid quarantine is in force. Bridge Gives Way Under a Long Passenger AHundred Bodies Taken out and Nearly as Many Re- Train main In the Wreck. The Railroad Blamed miles from the city on the tracks of the Southern Railway last night. An emp ty whiskey flask lying near the body tells the tale. Thus . far no one has been able to identify the negro. TONS OF FASTENERS Anotltir I nte resti ng Devel op- ' nfent in the Machen Milwaukee. June 29. Evidence which would tend to show that there had been something wrong in the postal depart ment at Washington for the past twelve or fourteen, years in the branch resided over by Colonel Machen, su perintendent of the free delivery, who is now under indictment, came to light in the Milwaukee post office today. Stored away in one corner of the base 0t, fa a hie- -nile of Groff fasteners Union Men Head Off U nor- that e sent to for ome UI1KUUW1I icasuu a.xiu " v.w tion, about fourteen years ago. There ar two or more tons of fas teners in the basement of the federal building which will probably never be used, unless they are shipped to Wash ington. None of them have been usea since the day they were received. No one ordered them, so far as it has been nnrsible to ascertain. There was no use for them. SHOTGUN REVENGE A Negro Shoots Into a Car Full of Passengers Media, Pa., June 29. Six persons Tiave been shot and severely Injured in a trolley car between Media and Ches ter. A negro, believed to have been seeking revenge because the conductor of the car recently ejected him, dis charged both barrels of a , shotgun at the car as -it passed , a lonely spot in the country. The car ,-was crowaea. and the shots, coming from rthe dark roadside, caused a wild flight, among the passengers, most of whom were wo men. Four of the latter were among the wounded. They received shots about the arms and chest. The negro fired from a clump oi bushes, and in the excitement which ensued made his escape. , 7 - MOB OUTWITTED STRIKE NOT BROKEN ganized Workers From the Mills M idrid, June 29. One hundred bodies . : - been extricated from the wreck -f the Bilbao train which was over tur:.e 1 Saturday night from a bridge irto the Nejerilla river, and it is esti rr.wi that seventy corpses remain in the wreckage. The bodies are horribly mutilated, - . !:::! ences between the civil and mili tary authorities rendered the work of icue more difficult. That many pros f..! r,Drnn. are among the victims is shown by the great quantity of mor.py and jewelry -collected by tne v:h details as are at hand show the 'istpr'tn yicv been one of the wors In the annals of Spanish railroad his tory. The train, which was composed ?f tv -o engines and sixteen ackes' as in the middle of the bridge, whicn fifty feet above the river, when two f the piers gave way. The bridge is V feet long and most of the train was vn the structure .when it collapsed. Tne !n?rines plunged into the river, pulling entire train, after them. rThe car "'fiages piled upn the river Dd, a mass f splinters and twisted iron.. The river as low, so those not fatally or seri ualy injured were able to make their ay to shore. Th cr, oKrti- thtr wreck- axe re- ported to have been horrifjring -Tn ?ifr -aa t.irnod red by the "rom the rmhi1 ssenjcers ides were heard the groans of the in jured anil fivlnc ' The newspapers are today calling for &e punishment of those responsible for 'he disaster. It Is asserted that the Company has known the bridge waa (in shaky condition twelve years and has or.e nothing to it. War of ExteYmi nation Washington, June 29. The state de partment has received tne ionowins cable from United States s Consul Mc Wade at Canton r j "Viceroy Then is conducting a war of extermination against the alleged rebels in Kwangsi with WUchow as his temporary headquarters. V Disturbers will receive no mercy." Philadelphia, June 29. conirary 10 expectations, the strike at the John and James Dobson carpet and blanket mills, Falls of Scuylkill, was not bro ken today. Although 1.500 day-workers last Saturday voted to return to day at the old scale of sixty hours work and pay less than 200 hands re ported at the mills. - . . . In anticipation of the unorganized day workers' attempt to break the strike union operatives from all sec tions of the city thronged the streets leading to the Dobson mills and induc ed the majority of those on tneir way to work 1 to return to their homes. blood On all Woman Charged Wph Slander Asheville, N. C, Jun 29. Special. About noon today . Mrs. Annie D. Mar tin who conducts'Victoria Inn, one of the most fashionable boarding houses in the city, was seen to walk up-Patton avenue, cross Court Square and enter ffl of Justice of the reace vvai in company with a deputy sheriff. This naturally excited a cteai 01 cum" nnn inauiry it was ascertained xfr-c Martin had been arrested on LUO-l. ...w. charge of slanaer. tne prosuu witness being young t. o Tnstice. The case was contln- nTt,,ai frlehds are making an effort to prevent its further prosecution. AMR!GANBOATS WIN Contestat Kiel Between Cnws From War Ships- TTnited States K.ielL islfo rTn's sailing cutter, enter cruiser c. Rowan ed by A"":" "w;nrV's Prize for today won J rj- competition Bottle Tells the Tala n1ariH. xt 1- Time 29. Special . ..... uc, v., - . the ho'.v nf an unknown negro witu v.-ar snips German ships nth the cuttess 01 me vrova. .Hohenaollem adne, Fraunloh, An a ,SVn. The sailing launch, or :.h 4nn the prize in the launches. The B-H V San TROUBLE IN GHURGH RAILROAD NEGLIGENT Verdict of Coroner's Jury in Regard to Wreck of Cannon Ball Train - Petersburg, Va., June 29. A coroner s .... . s AM XT T ftnla Jurv. with Justice ueuiec j ' - 1. . 1 j j oMInir a a coroner. Was neiu luuay v o..s . ' . . . . , J Dunlop's station on the Kicnmona anu Petersburg railway to investigate the cause of the wreck of the Cannon Ball train, which occurred at that place iasc Saturday morning, by which Engineer Harry Covington and his nephew and fireman, Robert Covington, iost mm lives, and Conductor Robert ; S. Eccles was seriously Injured ana sevein-pao- sengers hurt. . 'The jury was in session several nums and much testimony was : heard. It was shown by the. testimony of several passengers on the train that the dan rt. eijmals were up and against En gineer Covington who he ran into the open switch and caused the train to ta in collision with the freight train, standing: on the belt line .iHinir of the Atlantic Coast LineT Amnr,tr the witnesses who testified were Morton Riddle, superintendent of the imnn arid Petersburg railway, Judge W. H: Mann of Petersburg, and -r nroiro, nf -Richmond, who were passengers on the Cannon Ball. ; " The jury returned the following ver diet:. Negro Killed a White Man Who Made a Disturbance Hamilton, Ga,, June 29. In a riot at a negro church eight miles west of !here last night, caused by his efforts to break up the meeting John CashK a white man 40 years old,s was killed by Henry "White, a negro. While under the influence of liquor Cash went to the church and began to make trouble. The negroes tried to pacify him but could not do so. Finally he became so boisterous that threats were made against him. The negro pastor plead ed with his hearers not to harm Cash, but Cash, thinking from this that he a nw nocrmps intimidated, became more abusive and pulled his gun, wnen white emptied seven chamoers 01 a revolver into him, producing instant death. A Hungarian Saved From His Countrymen's Vengeance . rvwiiiaTe. Pa.. June 29. The foresight and the tact of the officers here saved Michael Gorber, a Hungarian, aged about forty years, from being lyncneu by a mob of his countrymen. Last night the foreigners neia a p uy at a settlement near here. During tne evening Gorber got into an altercation with an Italian named Serro. xne xwu men came to blows, and Peter Stroy, a Hungarian who is well educated and a leader among his people, tried to get between the men, at the same time -iis fhom in stnn flerhtinff. He caning ufuii m'-" " . succeeded in forcing Gorber into a cor ner and was trying to pacify him, when Gorber drew knife and almost dis emboweled Stroy, ' When Stroy fell to the ground Gorber made a break through the crowd and succeeded in making his escape. When the news of the attempt to kill Stroy became known the foreigners decided to search for Gorber and lynch him. A party of about 300 was organized, and all night long they searched the moun tains looking for the fugitive. This ) morning Gorber sneaked into this town and begged for protection. He said that if his countrymen got hold of him he would be killed. The officers concealed the man, and after great dif ficult v managed to get him out of town q ti d tn Potts ville jail. When the for eigners learned of this they were very indignant and talked of making an at tack on the jail, v Stroy was taken to the hospital in a dying condition. 'Wo- the iurv flnd that the accident .KI.H occurred on the Atlantic Coast T.ina n Sa turday. June 27, : iru which Harry Covington and Robert Covington j -.w -V - -r "'Si, OUTLOOK SEEMS BLUE TO PETTUS DUMPED IN A RIVER rH Frftiffht Cars Go UuUU vmi -o ; Through a Bridge Tjirhmnnd. June 29. An engine and two freight cars on the Seaboard Air Line had just crossed the high iron bridge across the Meherrin river near Granby yesterday when the abutment pillars and two spans of the bridge gave way. The coupling broke and ten cars loaded with various articles fell Into the water below. ' The cars filled the yawning hole in the bridge sufficiently to check the pro gress of the caboose in which were the flagman and conductor. To this cir cumstance is the fact due that .there ,-n no loss or me. las- 1 vestibuled. train fcad crossed the bridge a man just ahead of the freight. Democrats Will Ruin all their Chances by Internal Quarreling Montgomery, Ala.. June 29. Senator Pettus takes a gloomy view of the outlook for the Democratic party, in the next presidential campaign, lie think inter-part: quarrels will prevent Tiamnorflts. from Koini? into tne LUC campaign with any chance of winning ' "I have no - choice for president,' said the senator.' "and if I had a v.r4-o T -would not name -mm time, as it would cause him to be at tacked by one faction or the other. If the Democrats of the United feiaies keep up tire war among themselves thM-e is no use nominating any one. t nm in favor of burying the quarrels of the nineties out of sighf and I am tiiiariv onnosed to Democrats makine alliance with any other party, Before we made such alliances the party was the most conservative party that "ever existed in the United States. We have never gained one thing by nn alliance with any other party. If wants to be a Democrat let Ihim join the party.' Wilson, , N. C June 29. Special. At nine o'clock tonight the jury in the case of Ward, Rich, Allen, Whitley and Morgan, on trial for the murder of Percy Jones, was still out with no pro babllity of reaching a verdict; At 9:45 this rooming the jury came into court, saying they had not agreed and asked the court to again instruct them as to what constituted a conspi racy. This was done and they again retired, and court adjourned till 2:30 o'clock. Interest in the trial is unabated, evi denced by the crowded streets and .packed court room. Judge Shaw cas presided .with great amuty, ana sw courteous and agreeable has he been that he hasmade the gnest impression and endeared himself to this people, to the Jaw abiding portion at' least. Sheriff Sharp and his splendid depu ties Dildy, Mayo and Brooks have had splendid order, notwithstanding the intense heat and immense crowds that have been in attendance since the commencement of the trial Dir. Von far the Dcfnt The speech of Mr. James H. Pou of Raleigh to the jury in behalf of the defendants was delivered last Friday. Owing to delay in the mails it was not received in time for publication in con nection with The Post's report, of the trial; but in response to the desire of many readers, particularly in the east ern counties,' the synopsis prepared by The Post's "'reporter is herewith pre sented: r " Mr. Jaa. H. Pou, Ralelgh'9 great lawyer, and sinjeerely esteemed by all 1 our people, arose at 11.15 o'clock to gtve hia great abilities to the defense of the prisoners at the bar.- He commenced by referring to the great responsibility that rested upon, the jury, that it watT an unsought duty, a responsibility tha" was thrust upon them "by the frameri of our government almost countlesi centuries ago.-He went elaborately fntt the origin of the jury, why the num ber 12 was chosen; spoke of the twelv. tribes, of the twelve fruits -of the twelv stones and after very learnedly discuss ing the origin of the jury system, and the great responsibility attaching there to he came down to an analysis of tin case now attracting the attention of th people of North Carolina. At the out set he asked the jury"to know that nc only the eyes, of the people of North Carolina are upon them, but the eyes of Almighty God, too, were upon them, and to Him, too, they were responsible for a performance of the duty now con fronting them. The prisoners at the bar, said tjie distinguished advocate, are innocent In the eyes of the law un til the contrary is indubitably proven. and the character of each one of these defendants is good, in this court until the contrary is proven. He thanked Mr. Uzzell for' the testimony he in his speech gave for the defendants Rich and Ward, saying though that Ward was not the man to join in a party or twelve or more men to whip one man, but that the reverse was true, as was evidenced by the fact that at Malvern Hill and other battle fields of the great civil war he was on the side of the con test wliere there was seven to one against them. He' then took up the evidence of Bill Barnes and character ized him as another Judas who had bought his liberty by trying to. swear ; away the liberties of these five of his fellow men.-He discussed at some length the danger of accepting as true cofimnnv of an accomplice, t!he Hl. lkJ .w- - treachery and baseness of Barnes in accepting the hospitalities of Piver, eating his rations, drinking his whis key, and sharing his bed, and said no such man should be believed, ana mai such stuff was rotten and obnoxious and should be put out of the court room, especially this warm morning. He criticised severely and meid up to be. scorned the conduct of Barnes from the time he went to Mr. Uzzell, tne ac ceptance of his freedom at the price of the sacrifice of his rnenas, ana me final consummation of the trade on the witness stand. Mr. Pou here took, up the dead man Jones, discussed his mode of living here, and said that while such living was. obnoxious to good people and that notice had been given mm to leave town yet not one particle of evi dence had been adduced proving:;that the defendants on trial were in the con spiracy to whip and. drive him from town save and except the unsupported evidence of old Bill Barnes. The speak er then took up and with great adroit ness handled the Morgan hat which has been so much ki evidence In this case and Is seemingly regarded as a great big link in the chain of evidence wound about the prisoners at the bar. Mr. Pou argued that such evidence is spe cious, and that Allen had accounted for the possession of the hat as having bet n given to him by Morgan several weeks ago. . Mr. Pou closed with a magnificent tribute to the private soldier of the Con federacy, making one of the biggest speeches of his life. ! Wilson people al ways gladly hear this great lawyer. J this great advocate. i i i Ml 1 i n! 1 , i 1 1 1 i . race for -war A tte had severed ivas found four V--; -
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