Tj-m MoRwlwav; Port
Temperature for
the past 24 hours:
Max. 82; Min. 66.
VoL XII
RAXEIG-H. N. C. SATURDAY. JULY 18, 1903
No. 38
DUMA
AT
LIGHT
LAS
T SEE
UNION
Thn Southern and Seaboard
Come to an Agreement
Alter an All Day
Session Taking
Testimonv
Purh..i;i. N. C July IT. Special.
lAshi broke on the union depot situa
tion in Purhim this afternoon when
th Sni!';-ns and Seaboard reached an
.ir "t Mit twfore the corporation com
nu... 'fi. After nearly an all-day ses
y.i jcrtrnen t came suddenly as
t attorneys were about to enter Into
.- arcurmmt 'f the cae.
A ; r;ittn was submitted by
J:;-U W.itti to the effect that the
.-'.i'.v.iril nnuM j.dn the other road
ii th" -ontruetIon of a tlpot and pay
o .--th'rd the ot. provided they were establishment of a union depot
Jatr.es II. Southgate. chairman of the
peace co:nm;-sion. He was examined
by Co'ouel Henderson.
Mr. Southgate said he had lived In
Durham about twenty-five years.. He
said the peace commission has not
been discharged by the board of alder
men. Mr, 5eorge W. Watts, one of
the other members of the commission,
is out of the city. Other members are
T. B. Fuller, W. A. Slater. M. E. Mc
Cown, B. N. Duke, L. A. Carr, all In
fluential and representative business
men and citizens of Durham. ,Mr.
McCown was mayor of the city' and
Mr. Fuller a city alderman when the
peace commission was formed.
Colonel Henderson desired to know
If Mr. Southgate had any documentary
reports of the work of the peace com
mission. Mr Bryant, for the petition
ers, objected to allowing Mr. South
gate to tell the action of the com
mittee. Continuing, Mr. SouthgMe said that
since March the committee had held
several consultations looking to the
The
war. It looks as if their barley crop
would be Very short and they are al
ready distressed by th. total failure
of the rice croc
In reply to the circular of the caan
'of the diplomatic corps, calling atten
tion to the fact that the agreement in
the protocol that China would " not Im-
iport arms for a term of two years is
Southgate said in the case of through :about to expire, and asking if an ex
passengers it is necessary to cross thetengion of tni3 term was desiredf the
city. The present stations are very ministerg have -unanimously replied in
inconvenient and pretty well scattered. Uie neative, Tne traffic in anTls is
On further examination by Mr. Bus-,stea (increasing. The' Japanese
b Mr. Sniith'rnt aniri-the Southern:. . . , . .
. L " " " : " - . ! lately entered neavy guns and rifles
DEPOT
for the use of Viceroy Yuan Shih Kal
under a declaration that they were for
Japan's owri defense.
and Seaboard would both have to reach
the base ball lot by means of a very
sharp curve in Cigarette street and
would then have to run trains in and
out from the station backwards. It
would not be as near the center of
population as the Carr street, Corco
ran street or Church street sites. At
Carr street the people of the southern
cart of the cKy could reach the depot
without the danVer of crosslne the rail- I law. He is a graduate of Wake Forest
road tracks, as the street runs under ! College and of the law department of
the road at that point. (that institution, having secured 'his
Questioned by Colonel Henderson,.' license in February last. This will be
Mr. Southgate said theSeabo&rd could J Spencer's first lawyer. Heretofore this
not reach the rock crusher or th; base town, which has a population of about
ball lot without the track in hcs dis- js.r.CO, as enjoyed the distinction of
puted right-of-way . in Peabody street, j being without a lawyer, an undertaker,
The hearing adjourned until 3 o'clock. ! a cemetery, an old maid, a saloon, or a
Spencer's First Lawyer
Salisbury. N. C, July n.-Special.
Mr. Pritchard Carlton of Warsaw has
located in Spencer for the practice of
iTh
Live
s. OB
pie rope
Though Rea to Bie
Days or Weeks May. Be Add
ed to His Span of Life.
In Sleep He'Appears
as. One Already
, , Dead .
Rxanilnn!lon l W(iireii Prortrdi
At the beginning of ti e- afternoon cs-
m'.nrt tr W A "sin f r a msmhnr nf thft
t " r t l it. the sit to bj near I matter ha-s been cenerallv talked about i
" ,. . fceniriiij : peace commission, was examined by
tr.i. k thrmtIi lV.itxxly str-t to Duke's I board as far as Koxboro street.
te said he had heard no
tion to locating the depot
factory and pay a prict fr such richt Mr. Southga
t h? fixed by a board of arbitrators cp..(ial object!
rhxfn in the uual way.
on the site of the present station, but
ro.on.fl Henderson, speaking for the: the trouble seemed to be the difficulty
S.t:thrn. at first pjrred to this propo- in all the roads reaching that point.
sl:ion. not understanding that part ofj-Qur committee did not consume time!
th projsl:ioii !culin; with the Fea- jn discussing the various sites; but we j fore wltn tr
Wly street rls:ht-of-way. When that J centered and agreed upon the old mar- One object!
was explained the Southern made a'ket house site because of Its central ls tnat 11 ,3 near the freight terminal
modification In its acceptance to the J location and the accessibility of the!of ne Seaboard Air Line. The depot
Henderson. Mr. Slatar said that
I of all the places suggested for the de
pot, . he personally preferred the old
market house. He thought that would
best subserve the interest of the Rub
lic. One reason he had for preferring
this location was that he did not ee
that the pending litigation would inter
fere with the depot being built at once.
on to the rock crusher lot
colored family living within its corpo
rate limits. '
-rrect that the right-of-way In Pea
body street be left to adjudication by
t!: courts. Judge Watts then agreed
point to all the railroads."
Mr. Southgate described the various
sites suggested, and declared from his
to the proposition of Colonel Andrews. ;knowIH,Ke of the ,tuat,on tnat the
th dt pot to b KvaUd between i Man-; presen iocation or the market house
sum and Koxhom streets. It is thought ; lot woulJ c,ve generaI sau5faction to
the wirkrt place selected by the peace ;the pfK)p,e of Durham. In his opinion
cor.unis.ava will be chosen. Mr. Southgate said the places known
Th- attorneys are engaged tonight I Q, the ba5e bn ,ot or tne Green ,ot
ia iraw.rig up tne agreement, wnicn
vi!l lw submittal to the corporation
rori-.n-;-5.:on tomorrow morning. Dur
i. Ju! llant over the ending of this
vcvJ itifs:lon.
TJr. niiih;lr om tfc 'land
would not do. It would necessitate
crosflng Peabody and Main streets for
the Southern to get into the base ball
lot. He thought the Soaboard would
also find it a very Inconvenient loca
tion. There is no place in the city
at Corcoran street would necessarily
Mock the street, and traffic there would
be congested. The base ball lot would
be the most dangerous that has been
suggested, as two streets would have
to be crossed on a very sharp curve.
Mr. B. H. Wright, president of the
Durham .Traction Company, was next
examined. He said he had understood
(Continued on 2nd page.)
A MOTHER'S DEATH
CAUSED BY GRIEF
PORT ARTHUR
where the three railroads have physl-
Turham. N. C, July 17. Special. , cai connection except through the use!
Tho hearing of the Durham union by the Seaboard of the disputed rlght-
pot question was continued in this of-way in Pcabcu7 strout.
city today befcre the North Carolina! Mr. Southgate said he did not recall
Corporation Commission. The commls-'a single passenger going through Dur-
riorers came up on the m,.riXJ-2.,n am and having""to cross the city from j
rim I'-!lirh arcomnanied "fjvClerk rino trt 'nnnthr tr rnntlnno hta i;
mmmitiH of Durham cen- : hi. nnninn Rrt,Krr !Rtone for the cathedral at that place,
t:- :r.n. accomp.n!ed by counsel rep- I Hallway does the bulk of the passenger
rcr.ting th? variot:? factions, met the business in Durham. The present depot
commissioners at the station, coi. was built twelve or fifteen years ago.
Russians Intend to Make It
an Impregnable Fortress'
St. Petersburg, July 17. A dispatch
from jfort Arthur says that in an ad
dress at the laying of the foundation
A. It. Andrews, first vice president, j and since that time the population of
and Co!. W. A. Henderson, chief coun-,the city h.ns more than doubled. The
d. and Mr. F. H. Husbce. state coun- ? Seaboard dpot is also a small one,
of tho Southern Hallway, and with two rooms, not nulte so large as
nr;"rnl Manager J. M. Harr and Judge' the Southern depot. The Norfolk and According to intelligence from Pekin,
General ' Koaropatkl'n, Russian minis
ter of war, expressed the conviction
that Port Arthur would become a fort
ress so strong that it would be inac
cessible to all the enemies of Russia,
no matter how large their numbers, or
where they came from.
Watts, chlf counsel, and Judge Win- Western depot Is still smaller, a two-
s:-r.. local counsel for the Seaboard room wooden structure. Many of the
Air I-i:ie Hallway, were present. The j seaboard passengers get on' and off
petitioner., the city of Durham, were the trains in Peabody street near the
r. prcnted by Hon. H. A. Foushee. ' Southern depot, where there Is no house
Vi.-tor S. Dryant and J. Crawford t all. Mr. Southgate did not know
lUcs. J this was a universal practice, but It
An hour was spnt In making a tour, was pretty generally the case,
of inspection of the various proposed j Mr. Southgate was cross-examined by
for th union dpot. One of the Judge Winston, who called attention
m; i th old narket house place, to the fact that the . railroads have
omer of Church and Peabody streets, physical connection at the base ball
Another Is alongside the orient depot lot by the usevfif the belt line; also at
m l on the property now occupied by the Green lot Mr. Southgate was not
th. ScaKxtrd track In Peabody street. n po.sesion of informptlbn that this
Another is at the corner of Chapel Hill true. The Southern runs within fifty
r.r. i Peabody streets. Still another ; 0r sixty feet of the Green lot, and not
proposed site Is north of Main street. I far from the base ball lot by the Duke
?"xt to the American Tobacco Com- factory. The trains on the three roads
piny's warehouse, on property owneJ aj pa3sS each other at a point near
ly th Norfolk and Western Itailw ay .'j Rowland street toward East Durham.
From talking with a number of gen- JudKe wn9lon asked ,f the corre.
tt.men it appears the concensus of 5pondence fcy the peace commIssIon
opinion Is in favor of the old market tQ mtee the matter. Ob-
hou-e location, which is just two blocks t by Mp nryantt for the peU.
r-t of the pr-sent depot and one block Uone Judge Winston Insisted, and
.-outh of Main street. J Mr.. Southgate said the efforts of the
The commission met in the court j commlssIon have been to get the mat.
I.ox-- at 11 oclock. A large number, ter Jn businesa sh ao that it can
of citizens were present, manifesting be handIed
ih- interest of. the people of Durham.! ExamInei by Mr Bryant for the peti
Mr. Victor S. Hryant stated that the !t,oners Mn Southffate 9ald ne thought
P :it!oers would not Introduce further hap, lhe seaboard road could reach
ttltr.Ony at present. lhm P.-,m,' nr,, nrnn.rt,. orrl
e answei . . , . . . , . ... .
me oiu raarsei noose ai ine junction
China has concluded a loan of 2,000,000
taels with the Russo-Chinese bank,
which, in lieu of Interest, is granted
certain privileges in Chinese Turkes- ties gave way under the strain
tan.
TAR AND FEATHERS
-
Heroic Treatment Adminis
tered to a Wife Beater
Wayward Sons Responsible
for a Pjemature Grave in
Madison County
Asheville. JN. C. July 17. Special. A
telephone message was received here
during1 the forenoon announcing the
death, jin Madison county, of Mrs. Mar
garet jMurray, wife of Isaac Murray.
Mrs. Murray was related to two or
three I well known Asheville families.
i She was known as one of the best
women in juaaison county, 'ine an
nouncement of her death will lead the
minds of many to dwell upon a story
having in it a large measure of human
Interest. It will be a premature grave
in which the remains of this good wo
man Will rest.
She' was the mother of Augustus and
John Murray, who are charged with
the murder of James Rice. The men
had differences, and' one day when old
man Rice heard the Murray boys ap
proaching his house he planted himself
in the road with a gun. The boys
opened fire on the oldman, but before
he expired he fired at Gus Murray.
With; his -gun filled with slugs, the
scraps of iron and lead tore away some
of the young man's fingers, and liter
ally jtore the breech from the , gun.
John' Murray, being unhurt, escaped,
but GUs was captured and locked up
in Marshall jail, from which he es
caped several months ago, together
with four other men, all charged with
murder. Th waywardness of the boys
weighed very heavily on the mind, of
theirj mother, until her mental facul-
A
I short; time ago it became apparent
that ;the body as well as the mind had
become affected. The end came this
morning.
Rome, July 17. a p. m. The follow
ing bulletin has Just been issued:
"The 'day has been passed calmly
enough. The august patient had in
tervals of rest and his general condi
tion is a little less depressed. Pulsa
tion S3, respiration, - which is less su
perficial, S2; temperature 36.6 centi
grade. "LAPPONI,
"MAZZONI."
Rome, July 17. Dr. Mazzoni entered
the pontiff's bed room at 8.30 this mor-,
nhig, after Dr. Lapponi had reported
to him how his holiness had passed
the night. He found the patient, as
the pope himself said, 'unrefreshed,
and tired."
The pontiff prefers' to sit up in bed.
as in that position he feels less op
reason to expect that the holy fathA;
would die for the next day or two.
jjr. iappom informed one or the
pope's nephews today that he T?oull
if necessary perform another opera
tion on his holiness, as his general con
dition was much stronger than a weel
s.go. 1
Several cardinals visited the hol
father today and they said afterwards
that he was bright and cheerful.
The criticism of Cardinal Gibbons of
Baltimore at the Vatican rt week ago
because he started for Rome before
the death of the pope seemed absurd
today when workmen, under H diice
tion of the Vatican authorities began
the preparation of St. Peter's for jno
lying in state of the pope's body. Con
siderable work is necessary J in order
that the great crowds may be handled,
and the erection of barriers, etc., is
proceeding.
One of the newspapers here yester-
iday published a full biography of fhe
pope, explaining that the recovery of
the holy father was hopeless.
Xse Peps Malady Kxplniaed
I Rome, July 17. The pope has had
the most comfortable day today since
his illness began. He is passing one
of those respites, or rallies, which are
pression on his lungs and can breathe ! Palmar to the last stages of, cancer.
more easily. Dr. Mazzoni spent much
time in examining him. As his holi
ness is reduced almost to a skeleton,
if a new operation is decided upon It
'will not be because of anv hone-'of sav
ing the patient's lite, but simply for
the purpose of rendering the death ag
onv less acute. ,
During the night, as well as through
out the morning, the pope continued
calmer and his breathing was better.
While he does not want any one con-
for there is no 1 longer the slightest
doubt that that is the malady from
which he is suffering. The following
medical statement of the case may be
accepted as accurate:
j In 1899 a skin tumor on the pope's
right side was extirpated by Dr. Maz
zoni. Its nature could not be ascer
tained because the pope did not wish
it examined, but he kept it himself
for some time and then threw it away.
His present illness was at first diag
nosed av pneumonia. Dr. Rossoni,
stantly in the room, the pontiff rings when he 3 caned in consultation.
uiUD 1 tnougnt it was pleurisy until tne pieu-
ric fluid was withdrawn. Then the
physicians found that it presented
' (Continued on Second JPage.)
frequently for trivial causes,
showing beyond doubt his desire for
company. He takes very frequent
sips of meat broth, alternated with
half spoonsful of chicken gelatine. His
urine continues scarce, amounting in
the last 24 hours to 36 cubic centime
ters. - . . '
When asleep the pontiff appears to
be dead. His cheeks are sunken, his j Courts Are After the Head of
eyes are nonow ana ms jaws are ex
ceptionally prominent, the skin being
tightly drawn across the bones. When
BEAVERS INDICTED
awake the pope usually appears to re
tain life only in his brilliant black
eyes, though he recovered the lucidity
of his mind this morning and gave
proof of his wonderful memory, say
ing: - - -
"Today' is the fete of St. Leo. I have
never failed to ; assist at mass since,
when almost a boy, I came to Rome
to participate in the jubilee of Leo XII.
I wish to hear mass today.
the Promotion Syndicate '
New York, July 17.-Ge6rge W. Bea
vers, former chief of the division of
salaries and allowances of the post of
fice department, at Washington, has
been indicted by the federal grand
jury at Brooklyn. It is believed that ;
a warrant, has been Issued for his ar
rest. It was said tonight that Beavers
would probably surrender tomorrow
or Monday to United States Commis
sioner Shields in Manhattan. He may
Mr. F. II. Ilusbee read th
ff th Southern Railway, also a num
Wr f letters and propositions, here
tfr published. In connection with the
'ifrereiu-es existing between the rail
road. and the petitioners. One letter.
of Church and Peabody streets without
coming on the disputed land or right-of-way
In Peabody street.
Mr. Rogers suggested - the question
not hrr. tnfore published, from Presl-a to whether a depot on the market
drat William of the Seaboard to - BW
To'oi el Andrews, denied that three : leave Peabody street open to the pub
courts have held that the Seaboard c as ItTS now used. Mr. Southgate
has no rights to Peabody street alter Mld he thought it would- be more or
J?)l, as constmed by the counsel for ess 01 an oosiucie iu irauic m mai
the Seaboard. Mr. Williams stated the "treet. but thought the same condition
Seaboard does not intend to yield any
thing In Teabody street until every
gal remedy has been exhausted.
Meanwhile, Mr. Williams said, Jhere is
r.o reason why matters may "not be
Adjusted so that the immediate con
struction of a union depot may be pro
cMed with.
The reading of these letters concluded
th pleadings of the Southern Rail
way. Mr. Victor S. Bryant moved for the
PMltlnTS to strike out the corre
spondenre read between the officials of
the eSa board and Southern.,
Juige Watts said the Seaboard de
sired to make the fame motion, stating
the letters had no connection with the
matter before the commission and It
Ithaca, N. Y., July 17. A coat, of tar
and feathers was administered to'The
odore Underwood of Pureville, near
Ithaca, In the early hours of the mor
ning yesterday by a number of men,
presumably his neighbors. For some
time Underwood has been mistreating
his wife cruelly, and has also beaten
his children. This angered his neigh
bors. For some days Underwood has
been on a drunk. Three days ago his
wife fled In terror from her home, for
her husband had threatened to, take
her life. Wednesday her neighbors
told her to go back and .they would
guarantee her protection. She did this
but as she entered the doorway Under
wood drove her awayV
When the neighbors heard of this
they prepared for action. .iJeaders
were appointed, a big barrel of tar. was
procured, and the good housewives
gave up the feathers which they had
saved for beds for months. A bonfire
was built and the tar heated. Then a
committee was sent after the victim.
Fighting, he was dragged to the spot.
Sand the tar and feathers were smeared
on his skin. The crowd then quietly
disappeared, leaving Underwood suf
fering intense pain from the hot tar.
THREE ON ONE
would result at almost any other point
that could be selected. If the depot
ls built at the site near the rock
crusher lot called the Carr street loca
tion it would necessitate putting part
of the building on the disputed terri
tory In Peabody street. Placed on the
Main street side of the Carr street loca
tion, the depot would be near the cen
ter of population. It would also be
off the disputed right-of-way.
The roads could come together at the
Green residence property, but at very
great risk to life. The streets so con
verge there that much travel comes
together at that point: " The street cars
nlo cross there, and a great deal of
freight traffic Is handled "about that
point. Mr. Southgate did not recall
was entirely Irrelevant and should le ' thatinny member of the committee had
stricken from the records.' Colonel favored that locality. If the depot was
Henderson said the Southerly wished! built on the base ball, lot there wonld
to reply to the statements of counsel be plenty of room for carriages. It
but did not regard this as the proper! is west of the center of town,
time. I Judge Winston recalled the matter of
I
GOREA'S DILEMMA
Pressed by Japan on One Side
and by Russia on the Other
Pekin, July 17. The Japanese and
Corean ministers arc both urging Chi
na to instruct her representatives at
Seoul to consent to the opening of the
port of WIji by Corea to foreign. trade.
Representations have been made by
A Virginia Farmer Makes a
Brave Fight Against Odds
Richmond, , July 17. An attack on
Walter Vaden, a farmer, at Winter
pock, occurred yesterday. Vaden was
at work with his son ploughing corn
when three young men Edward, Rob
ert and Llnwood Webster came upon
them and began to talk to them. Just
what the conversation was about is
not 'known at present, but a few mo
ments afterward when Vaden's son left
him- and went to work in another part
of the field, Robert and Edward Web
ster attacked Vaden. With rocks. , Va
den j drew his knife and slashed Robert
Webster in the throat, making a gash
about three inches long and as deep as
the j neck bone and severing the' arter
ies and the jugular vein. . The man fell
and expired almost instantly.
- Edward Webster then clinched with
Vaden and received an ugly cut in the
face from the old man as the two
fell to the ground. While the strug
gle! was going on Lijnwood, the young
est) of the three, remained at a safe
distance from the combatants, throw
ing rocks at Vaden. After the fight
between Vaden and Edward Webster
Linwood landed with a huge rock on
Vaden's head which knocked him
senseless.
Edward is badly hurt. Vaden is 45
years old and has a wife and five children.
The Dontiff's desire was immediately 1 demand a hearing which will , compel
gratified by Mgr. Marzolini celebrating j the Brooklyn authorities to produce
mass as he did yesterday in the cnapei wnatever eviaence iney nave against
adjoining the sick room.
After the visit of the doctors the
pope said he could not stay in bed,
as it made him restless. His limbs
were uncomfortable and he felt pains
all over his body. Therefore he wished
to go back to his arm chair. No op
position was made, as the doctors think
that nothing now can do the pope much
harm, but' to the pontiff's astonish
ment he found he could not dress him
self as he did some days ago, or walk
to his chair; so his ever watchful
valet, Pio Centra, assisted by Seneca,
another valet, clothed the pope and
almost carried him to the arm chair,
the pontiff frequency thanking his
servants and remarking that they must
be very tired. ;
The pope understands the gravity of
his condition and says he is ready to
die, but he does not realize the immi
nence of his danger. The doctors real
ly think that, j unless a complication
arises, the pope may live for days and
even weeks longer.
The Observatore Romano and the
Voce Delia Verita, both Vatican or
gans, give prominence to their latest
issues to the news that prayers for the
recovery of thepope have been offered
in American Protestant churches. The
Voice Delia Verita refers to it as a
fact truJi symptomic."
him.
Beavers Is in Manhattan. He refus
ed to make any statement tonight. The
report that he had turned or would
turn state's evidence was denied by
his friends. Beavers has been called
the head of the "promotion syndicate,"
which post office inspectors have been
investigating . for some .time. fhere
are said to be two indictments against
him. In one he Is accused of deceiving
$480 from ex-Congressman Driggs, who
is under indictment in connection with
the sales of automatic cashiers-' to th&
post office department. Mr. ' Driggs
does not deny that he got $12,500 from
the company for acting as its agent
in procuring a contract with the post
office department for two per cent, of
the machines. I
.Doctor Sllnt as tCaaer
Rome, July 17. The weather today
was beautiful and the heat was less
oppressive. The bulletin issued this
morning re-established Jthe optimistic!
views in regard to the pope's illness.
There was no sign in Rome this mor-!
ning that anything unusual was going
on. ine curious waiaiers uuwiue mc
Vatican had disappeared.
Today it became known in Rome for;
the first time that the pope was dying
of cancer. The reported denial of this
statement, even. if it was ascribed to
one of the pope's physicians, can be
disregarded. Absolute proof 0 the fact
that his holiness is dying of cancer has
been furnished by the highest possible
authority on the subject, but permis
sion to publish his" name has not been
granted. When the'eorrespondent ask
ed Dr. Rossoni if he would state frank-
TLe first witness
sworn was Mr.' the transfer of passengers, and Mr.
Receiver for Car Company
Trenton, N. J., July 17. The Stand
ard Steel Company of Pennsylvania
has secured from Judge Andrew Kirk
patrick of the United States circuit
roiirt an order appointing Thomas A.
Gillespie of West Orange, receiver of ly what disease the pope was suffering
the Southern Car Compary, which has 'from, the doctor replied 'that the
Japan at Seoul in order to -place the an; authorized capital stock -of $3,500,000. ! physicians or ms noimess ' e
sole responsibility on Corea." but that 1 The Southern company operates plants .to make no statement for tne ipre.ent
e pontiff
tumor which
PMn0 .iii oV., nr.-. now on their way south to secure was removed trom ns siue ww.,
o, - thV. aooointment of auxiliary receiv- Rossoni replied that that was the pre
The Corea ns on the Yulu are In a .ers in Alabama' and Tennessee, to pre
bad way. They are harrassed by Rus- jvent. if possible, the attachment of the
sian encroachments and are afraid of J company's property. In those states.
sole responsibility on Corea; but that t The Southern company- operates plants ..to make no statement lor
country is afraid of Russia, and also at1 Gadsden and Anniston, Ala., and ; in regard to the matter, wne
thinks that the treaty obligations to ! at! Memphis and Lenoir, Tenn. - ;if the, presen. I malady or the
China in regard to the opening of elites ; Counsel for the complainant company .had any relation to tM ttno
cise .point on ; which tne doctors nad
decicel to maintain silence for the
present. He adfiei th.t there .was no
GALLED TO THE DOOR
Two Negroes Killed in the
Road by Whites
Columbia, S. C, July 17. As the re
sult of an assault on William Hall,
postmaster at Cinquepfn, Aiken county,
Wednesday, two negroes were killed
by a. mob of whites last night. The
mob .is still scouring the country for
other negroes, said to have been in the
conspiracy to kill Hall.
Dennis, Mead, 'one of . the negroe?
was called to his door last night by'
two men and asked for a drink of wa
ter. They seized him and Jesse Btft
ler. Later shots were heard in the
road and Mead's body was found. But
ler was also killed.
VOMAlno"TED4 GUN
Remarks About Her Cost a
Young Man His Life
Pottsvllle, Pa,. July IT. J, Lawler of
Donaldson Is dying at tlw. Pottsyllle
hospital as the result of a bullet
wound one Inch below his heart. Law
ler, who Is only 15 years old, was shot
by Mrs. Bessie Witmer of MarshfUld.
While Mrs. Witmer was passing a
crowd of young men some remarks
were made about her. Without an?
warning the woman reached into her
dress, drew out a revolver and firI
point blanft Into the crowd. Lawler
fell to. the ground, fatally wounded.
Mrs. Witmer was arrested. Bail was
refused and she was placed In the
county jail.