PROBE
I THE
REVENUE GRAFT
i
Senator Simmons Sees Attor
ney General Moody
HAS NOTHING TO TELL
VHiat He Learned Evidently Related
to the Investigation in the West
ern District and He Was Gratified
in ConsequenceEconomical Road
Building in the East
By THOMAS J. PENCE
Washington, Aug. 8. Special. Con
firmation of the announcement made
in this correspondence that the depart
ment of justice at- the instance of At
torney General .Moody is making a
searching investigation of the charges
relating to whiskey frauds and col
lusion on the part of the revenue offi
cii.;? in western Carolina was not
reeded, but it has been given in
xest emphatic manner. This morning
?;nator Simmons had an extended in
terview with Attorney General Moody,
and although he would not discuss the
object of the conference there is no
ioubt that graft in North Carolina
Kas the subject under consideration.
The senator, who gave outward , evi
ler.ee of the fact that the interview
tvas highly satisfactory, went so far
is to declare that he had every rea
son to believe that the department of
i.utice intends to probe to the bottom
the charges iri" reference i to graft and
rorruption in the administration of the
revenue laws in North Carolina and
to bring the offenders to punishment."
What Mr. Moody said to the senator
:ou'd not be learned.
The publication at this time of the
character of the evidence secured by
the special agents of the department
would be almost fatal to the investiga
tion, and nothing along" this line- may
be expected, unless it comes from the
grand jury room at Greensboro or some
r'aer point in North Carolina. ; Sena
tor Simmons would not say what he
knew about the investigation, but it Is
PArfain thef lio. rrn trm filiated Mr.
Moody on this move looking to : the j mittee on Insurance of the American
improvement of the public service in Bar Association, has completed the re
North Carolina and towards the ap- J port of that committee, which is to
prehension and punishment of theibe presented to the annual convention
guilty. Senator Simmons practically at Narragansett Pier August 23 to 25.
alnvitted that he brought to the at- ( The report makes five specific recom
tention of -Attorney General Moody the nmiaHoni:' - "
ea?e of Editor Deal of Wilkes, who
was assaulted by two revenue officers
some weeks ago. In discussing this
subject Mr. Simmons commended
Judge Boyd and District Attorney
Kolton for their efforts towards en
foirin? the liquor laws and punishing
violations. He declared, however, that
they received little assistance . from
revenue officials.
The construction of sand clay roads
in Eastern Carolina is a subject that
is interesting Senator" Simmons, and
he discussed the practicability of this
v.xrk in detail with M. O. Eldridge, as
sistant director of the public roads bu
I'.M. Highly important was the de
cision reached by Mr. Eldridge, after
the conference, that he would send an
expert to any county in North Carolina
desiring to enter upon this kind of
road improvement. The sand clay roads,
which have been built with great suc
cess in South Carolina, Florida and
other South Atlantic states are con-'
side-red as good as macadam and can
he built for one-fourth the cost. Roads
of this character have already been
constructed in Wayne and Robeson
counties. ; Senator Simmons hopes to
have the agricultural department send
fxpf-rts to Jones and Craven, where the
construction of good roads will shortly
be undertaken. These experts will go
to any county to superintend, the con
duction of a section of sand clay road,
.so that the work may be intelligently
carried on. i
senator Simmons said a i good sand
day road can be built for between four
an"i five hundred dollars a mile pro
vided the material does not'lhave to be
-ransported too great' a distance. He
nas rpcpntlv . inctW -r-aAa h1a
character and considers them the verysays that the welcome extended to M. cepted and went back to hisv launch,
tc-st The; senator will be pleased to ! witte lh the 'United " States has pro-I to the accompaniment of morje ruffles,
ffna literature upon the subject to duced an . excellent- Impression at the flourishes and pipings. Then the launch
ny county road officials and also lo j Russian foreign office and has . given ! went over to the Dolphin, where.. Ad
i'Mst . county authorities in securing rise 'to hopes that the fraternal rela-' miral Mead met Baron KomuraaijiJ
experts. o machinery is required to ! tions existing in former days between j Mr. Takahira, the Japanese- plenipo-
uiia the sand clay roads. Two inches i
" sand on eight inches of clay is the ;
?roportionate part of the materials em-
"oyeo, and it is said that this kind
f road will soon pack like asphalt. ,
, Senator Simmons has renewed his ef
orts to secure an officer In. active- ser
?ce detaiied as military' instructor at
-ne A. and M. College irf Raleigh. It
18 custom of the war department
10 detail retired officers for this duty,
ut it is not generally believed that
:"ey P?ses3 the zeal and enthusiasm
" stimulate youth. General Chaffea,
. lft acting head of the war department,
nas refused vi- . .
leg,
uppucaiion ot ine sui'
e for the detail -to this work of
eutenant J. A. S. Young, who has!
the endorsement of both the North
Carolina senators and Representative
Pou. Lieutenant Young is a North
Carolinian. Senator Simmons has taken
the matter on appeal to the acting sec
retary of war, who has the matter
under consideration. The department
is disinclined to assign officers in active
service to these positions.
ASPHALT DECISION
The Venezuelan Crisis fs Brought to
the Front '
Washington, Aug. 8. By a decision
rendered yesterday by the federal court
of cassation of Venezuela, the highest
tribunal in the land, annulling the. con
cessions of the New York and Bermu
dez Asphalt Company, the difficulties
between Venezuela and this country are
again brought to a crisis. What Presi
dent Roosevelt will do now is an open
question. In March Venezuela was
openly threatened by the United States
with trouble if an agreement was not
reached to arbitrate the matter. The
ultimatum, for that is what the
late Secretary Hay's communication
amounted to, had no effect. President
Castro insisted that the asphalt ques
tion was in the hands of the Judiciary
of his country, and accordingly that
it would have to be finally disposed
of there before it could be arbitrated.
On one pretext or another he dodged
the arbitration issue. This government
allowed the matter to rest in the hands
of the courts of Venezuela, although
government officials here had no hope
that the asphalt company would get
justice from the judicial institutions of
the South American republic.
There is no doubt that the United
States government, will insist that the
asphalt . question be subjected to arbi-
. -1 . . , . . ji
i uauuu, ovj iirmiy convincea is tiig a.J-
I immsirauon in at ine company nas
been subjected to unjust treatment by
the courts in Venezuela, tribunals
which Castro controls from top to bot
tom. REFORM OF INSURANCE
Federal Regulation and Con
trol Proposed
t -
Recommendations by a ; Committee
of the American Bar Association.
President Roosevelt Said tO Be
Favorable to the Innovation
V . '. . .-. ,
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 8. Ralph Breckin
ridge of Omaha, chairman -of the com-
1. Legislation by congress providing
for the supervision of insurance.
2. The repeal of all valued policy
laws. '
3. A uniform fire policy, the term of
which shall be specifically defined.
4. The -repeal of all retaliatory tax
laws.
5. Stricter incorporation laws in the
several -states as they affect the crea
tion of insurance companies; and a fed
eral statute prohibiting the use of the
mails to all persons, associations or
corporations transacting the business of
insurance in disregard of state or fed
eral regulations.
President Roosevelt is quoted as hav
ing said to the committee that he is
very much in favor of federal supervis
ion of insurance.
The committee would require reports
to a governmental department showing
i .
the amount of money collected, for
what purposes used; showing honest
mnnnsrement and the protection of
policy holders.
W. R. Vance of Virginia, a member
of the committee, is expected to present
a minority report in which he will dif
fer with the committee not on its gen
eral findings, but qn the proposition
that there is no constitutional obstacle
existing to the inauguration of federf-1
insurance business.
"Wild cat": companies are strongly
criticised. , The report says that state
laws denying companies the right to
defend against death claims In suicido
cases encourages self-destruction.
Peace Not Probable
Paris, Aug 8. The St. Petersburg
- A tha Potlti Ta ricion
RUSSia and the United States may be
restored. There is little faith, how-
ever, in the attainment of peace.
A dispatch to the Matin from St.
Petersburg says that in governmental
circles peace is neither believed prob
able nor desired.. ,.
French Squadron in England
Paris, Aug, 8.r-The newspapers here
devote columns to the visit of the
French squadron to England. ' They
dwell upon the extraordinary cordiality
of the reception given to the fleet. The
Petite Parisien says the British nation.
always noted for the magnificence of
its hospitality, has surpassed
Itself.
PEACE ENVOYS
AT PORTSMOUTH
Admiral Mead Does; the
Honors of the Occasion '
A STAND-UP BREAKFAST
The Foreigners Meet American La
dies at the Navy Yard Naval
Honors and Salutes to the Pleni
potentiariesMilitary Procession
Escorts the Party to the City
Hotel Wentworth, Portsmouth, N. H.,
Aug. 8. Of all the great days in its
history this was the greatest ,Ports,
mouth ever had, for Portsmouth wel
comed and entertained the envoys of
two powerful nations sent here in the
interest of bringing an end to the most
sanguinary and far reaching war ever
fought.
Portsmouth awoke to be greeted with
disgusting rumors that the peace
squadron, the popular name applied to
the three vessels which conveyed and
convoyed the Russian and the Japanese
emissaries to this curious old town,
had been again delayed and would
r.ot get into the- harbor until after
noon. But this report proved ground
less, for about 8 o'clock, the Mayflower
and Dolphin, with their convoy Jie
cruiser Galveston, came boldly' and
squarely out of a light mist, and after
maneuvering around a bit dropped an
chor off the lighthouse just inside the
harbor entrance, three or four miles
from the government navy yard. It
was 9: 20 . when theanchors were, all
down, and not much too soon either,
for the ceremonies were set for a time
shortly thereafter. ',
M. Witte, the head of the Russian
mission, wa informed that the ships
had come, and he lost no time in leav
ing the. Hotel Wentworth, where both
parties have been quartered, and going
jovero tne,JM.aynower in. a government
launch provided for. the purpose, ac
companied only by Gregory Velenkln
of the Russian embassy in Washing
ton, ..who will act as his personal sec
retary throughout the negotiations.
Over at the navy yard every detail
had been arranged for the reception of
the envoys there. Rear "Admiral Mead,
the yard commandant, started out In
a steam launch at 10 o'clock to pay
his- respects to the plenipotentiaries
and to invite them to the breakfast
which was served in the new building
at the navy yard known as the gen
eral storehouse, in which the peace
terms are to be discussed. Admiral
Mead wore the special dress uniform
of his rank. With him went his aides,
an ensign and a marine lieutenant,'
who were likewise dressed in full re
galia. The launch put out from the yard
with no other ceremony than, the custo
mary ruffles and flourishes from bu
glers and drummers and it made good
time to where the "peace squadron"
was lying.
It proceeded first to the Galveston,
where Herbert H. D. Pierce, the Uni
ted States government's representative
with the envoys, was waitings to be
taken -to the Mayflower. Col. J. . H.
Bromwell of the engineer corps who
is commissioner of public buildings
and grounds in Washington and has
charge of official . functions ' at , the
White House, was on the Galveston
also. ' . ''; ;. ' !
With Mr. Pierce and Col. Bromwell
on board, the admiral's launch steam-:
rd to the Mayflower to greet the Rus
sian envoys. The officers and crew
of the Mayflower were at quarters
when Admiral Mead's launch arrived
alongside. Asthe admiral and his aides
and Mr. Pierce stepped aboard, offi
cers and crew saluted, the boatswain's
mate piped shrilly and the ship's band
gave the customary ruff les and : flour- -
ishes. , . '; v. .".,' :';;' V
Admiral Mead, was not long ' about
the business which took him to the
Mayflower. He was presented to Af.
Witte-and Baron Rosen and the mem
bers of their suites by Mr. Pierce, and
after some pleasant conversation ex
tended his invitation for the Russians
'. t- Inin him o f Viroo Irf a at had If "an-.
tentiaries, and those composing their
party. They also received and accept
ed the invitation to breakfast. : - ' y -Just
after Admiral Mead got bacTt
. . -
xvjr jr.i. """sentence on a technicality.
mere in a launcn irora me wuvesion,
and fifteen minutes later thosewho
were at the yard heard big guns boom
ing away pff in the distance.' Every
body there know what it meant,' - The
Russian, envoys were leaving the Mayv
flower, and that ship and the Dolphin
were saluting them. ' " - , i ' v
Admiral Mead had provided his own
steam barge for .the use of the Rus -
plans. It was big enough for all of ed and injured are being- brought to " disaster -and death wmen naa rouow- ; gmeer at cuieDra, wno naa peen ap
them. It was a good fast boatv, and ; Fort Russell. Names are not yet ob- ed in the" wake of the shock. J pointed from St. Louis,, Mo., bad died
made rattling- time going to the navy
been built at 1 he shore' end of the
yard's . small boat slip .and- signal flags '
of yellow, red and White and. blue
flew; from it, which looked blight ana
gajv Down at the 'bottom J of the stage
Admiral i Mead and Mr. Pierce were
standing awaiting.: the Russian en
voi's. - - '. - -
M. iWItte was jthe first to step from
the.Iau'nch to" the gaily decorated land
ing stage. He was greeted by Admiral
Mead and Mir. Pierce with, cordial
handshakes. Baron Rosen followed and
v as received in like manner, and after
him came other members of the czar's
mission. .The two envoys and most of
the members of their ; party were in
sombre : black frock : costs and top
hats. As Admiral . Mead grasped M.
Witte's hand a petty officer up at one
corner of the building, which is built
along . the right side of the boat slip,
waved a red flag to the commander of
the saluting battery over in the mid
dle of an, open space upon which the
meeting, hall of the p? ace conference
faces. Instantly the first gun boomed
out, and it was followed by eighteen
more. A marine battalion, drawn up
on the ground, presented arms, and
the buglers of a. band at the right of
the battalion sounded their ruffles and.
flurries to do -honor, to the distinguish
ed emissaries from Europe.
Mr. Pierce and Admiral Mead es
corted M. Witte and Baron Rosen uP
the inclined gangway and presented
them tosi .the yard officers in waiting.
It was not long 'before a second
launch came steaming; into the boat
slip bearing the Japanese envoys. As
the launch bearing the Japanese neared
the landing stage. Mr Pierce , said
something to M. Witte " and Baron
Rosen, and in a 'moment was leading
the way with M... Witte by his. side
toward the conference3 hall, where the
breakfast was to take place.
- Admiral Mead greeted - the Japanese
as they-stepped on the; landing stage.
The . marines presented arms again.
Baron Komura was ' the first to leave
the launch . and Admiral Mead met
(Continued Aon page 7.)
RUSSIA NOT SATISFIED
t . ...
The Czar's Advisers Want ilic
War to Go On
Wirelest Messages Between the Czar
and Witte Are Believed to-Indi-cate
a Want of; Harmony-Russians
Still -Talk of ,Vitirtr- x
St Petersburg,' Aug. 8. The ex
change -.- of ' icipher telegrams - between
the czar and M.-? Witte continues on
the eve of the-opening of the peace
negotiations at Portsmouth. These
messages pass to and from Portsmouth
and the palace at r Peterhof direct
without" the intermediation "of thejmin
istry "of foreign " affairs. Whilevi the
contents can only be conjectured it is
accepted as a fact by all parties that
want of harmony exists between the
emperor and his chief plenipotentiary.
The preponderance of sentiment ati
the - court is now so unpeaceful that
the . hope is expressed that the terms
of Japan will be so severe that it will
be immediately seen that they cannot
be accepted. There Is an .energetic
and increasing group among the czar's
entourage who now maintain that the
continuation of the war is necessary
irrespective of the terms Japan is: will
ing to offer. They hold that the Rus
sian empire, which in the past has
sacriflflced all for prestige, is an im
mense - military power and cannot
abandon after onlyveighteen months all
that .such prestige means. Even If a
long war does not bring glorious vic
tory, to the present army it will con
firm the reputation of the Russian
soldier, for endurance and courage.
The- czar again today presided over
the "'council, '-which is . considering the
constitution of a national assembly. It
is expected that he will issue a mani
festo on the subject Saturday, the
czarevitch's birthday. It is thought
it will commence with an appeal to
the patriotism of. the people In the
name of the heir to the throne.
' Reports continue to' be received of
f amine-and misery in the strike affect
ed' districts. It Is the unshaken senti
ment of the court that the war ought
to proceed. - .
No Appeal From Judge Lynch
Wacov Tex., Aug. 8. At 2 o'clock
this morning mounted citizens number
ing about 600 surrounded the court
house ' and, jail, and after making
prisoners of Sheriff Tilley, th jailer
and all- the deputy sheriffs, broke open
the 'Jail, took Sank Majors, colored,
out, -and after hearing his confession,
hanged. him from the new bridge.-
of criminal assault and given the death
pen.a!ty but had been granted a new
trial by Judge Surratt, in order that
there might be an opportunity for x the;
court of criminal appeals to revise the
j v t a. v j x.
Soldiers Killed by Explosion.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 8. While
maneuvering in Crow Creek forest re
serve, -'twenty-five miles west of
Cheyenne,' six soldiers of the Eleventh
United States infantry were "blown up
this i afternoon by the premature ex-
1 plosion of a four-Inch shell. The kill-
. taihable.
Big Building Collapses and
Unknown Number Dead c
A GREE MANY INJURED
Department Store Went Down ' in a
Heap With Hundreds of Employes.
List of Dead and Wounded Incom
pleteEight Dead Taken Out of
the Ruins Large Number Missing
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 8. Death and do-
struction followed the collapse of tffc j
central section of. the five story build
ing occupied by the department store
of John G. Meyer Company in North
Pearl street shortly before nine o'clock.
Of the hundreds of employes, three
quarters of whom are women, girls and
cash boys, nearly a hundred were
buried in the debris. ;
It was next to impossible tonight to
get anything like a correct list of the
dead and. missing. The offices and
books of the .' corporation were carried
down in the wreckage, including the
list of employes. - Of the four hundred
employes on the pay roll fifty were on
vacation, and of the remainder the
names of two hundred and fifty were
secured. .Of this 250 forty were missing
or unaccounted for . tonight Of the
other hundred fifty were cash boys, of
whom there is no list, and fifty were
men and women, clerks, whose names
could not be learned. - -
Up to 8 o'clock tonight five dead were
taken out of the ruins. - They .were
Michael Fitzgerald, Anna Whltebeck,
Anna L. Sharp, Minnie Bullman, Frank
Leonard, cash boy,
.The more or less injured number up
wards of 75,' but only 25 found it nec
essary to go to the hospital. These in
clude thirteen men and twelve women,
all employes. ..Those most seriously in
jured were" Miss Helen' Dorfahue; back
broken and injured internally;"Miss Ma-
lone, badly, crushed, and Miss McAvoy,
legs bruised. ' ' "
Robert M. Chambers, one of the
members of the firm, was cut out of
the wreckage, but was not seriously in
jured. ; , " '. ''.'-.. " ...,.-'" '."''.'
It was estimated tonight that there
were at least twenty-five more bodies
nuried in the ruins, but this, was. pure
guess work, though considered conser
vative. The employes who were figur
ing up the missing at 8 o'clock to
night said that seventy-five employes
were unaccounted . for. This number
grew gradually less as the night ad
vanced. ; v
The building-is in the center -of the
block on Pearl street and runs through
to James street, and is sixty-four feet
wide and two hundred feet deep. Al
terations have been going on for the
past. two months, and under. the cent
tral sections of. the.: building excavation
was being made In order to construct
a sub-cellar twelve ! feet deep. The
main supports of this central section
on' the basement floor .were steel gird
er resting on' a pillar in the center
of the ' building, which was continued
on up to the roof. This morning work
men cut . the 'floor alongside this pil
lar. This work, however, was delayed too
long, for whle the work was progress
ing the pillar, which rested on a stone
foundation standing on-a clay bottom,
slipped and in less time than It takes to
tell it all four floors of the central sec
tion of the building buckled downward
in the center, to .', be followed a few
minutes afterwards by the roof.
These was hardly a moment's warn
ing to the great mass of employes of
the impending catastrophe. Those in
the danger' zone had but a few mo
ments' notice. . They were in the base
ment where the main pillar, to the
shored up, was located, and while this
work was going on the counters were
noticed to slant. The head of this de
partment at one warned every one
on the floor, ' and all the clerks under
him escaped, so did the thirty-one men
working for .the . contractors in that
section. li was; on V the upper floors,
or main business section of the build
ing, where "the employes were taken
unaware. " That so - many escaped even
with slight . injuries is nothing short
of a miracle. ' .
Within three minutes after the first
alarm a section of the building from
?-P?J Sl
lapsed and all four floors, heavily laden
wltn goods ana tne root naa piungea
into the: basement. -; The scenes which
followed beggar description. Many
thought the . building had been blown
up by an explosion. Numbers of em-
jployes were too stunned ty the shock
to move-.1 They had to be forced out
of the building. Those who kept their
presence 9; of- niind: quickly choked the
hack fire escape and the front en
trances. - Many found themselves in
the street, not"-showing how they got
there or why they were there. Then
ouickly came a realizing sense of the
VAViwvM o
the fire department, and the poUce re
serve were on hand in a Jiffy. For a
time the work of rescue was delayed
because of the fear that the remaining
sections of the building .would "fall.
The side walls in the devasted section
remained standing, but looked omni
ously dangerous. Within half an hour
a corps of twenty-Aye physicians were
on the scene and the hospitals prompt
ly dispatched the necessary nurses
and ambulances. So far as known only
two shoppers were injured.
All of the killed or Injured so far
as known lived in Albany or across
the river In Rensselaer, and all were
employes. A few suffered ar broken
arm of leg. The ringing of the Are
alarm box in the shopping district
quickly brought an unmanageable mass
of people to the scene. News of the
collapse of the building spread through
the city like wildfire. Elbowing their
way through this crushing mass of hu
manity came fathers, mothers, sisters
and ' brothers and husbands and wives
seeking dear ones. Then -followed
scenes most pitiable. -Employes who
had got safely out of the building were
scattered here and there - Rumor had
this and that one killed. There was
no one who could still the anxious in
quiries of relatives or friends.
Meanwhile Mayor Gaus and the city
officials had arrived and they brought
order out of chaos. All city laborers
and trucks were ordered to the scene.
Then the work of rescue began. The
groans of the injured, pinned down un-
derneath the great mass of steel and
wooden girders and covered, with bricR
and mortar, were heartrendering. In
a short time over twenty-five injured
had been extricated and removed, to
the hospitals. A number of bodies were
seen- which could not be reached. !
The work of clearing away the
wreckage continued all v through the
day and night, but it was apparent
that the full details of the worst car
tastrophe that "this city . has experi
enced in years would not , be known
until tomorrow, as the debris can not
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FINE CHURCH BURNED
St. Thomas in New York a
Total Loss by Fire
It Was in the Heart of the . Million
aire District and Was Furnished
in Keeping With Its Surroundings.
Works of Art Lost
New York, Aug. 8. St. Thomas Epis
copal church, at Fifth avenue , and
Fifty-third street, one of the-most rich
ly furnished religious edifices in" Ameri
ca, was wrecked by fire today. Within
a block of the ruined church4 are the
homes of half a score of the country's
wealthiest men. On 54th street, directly
in the rear, is the city residence of
John D. Rockefeller, and near. by are
the residences of William Rockefeller,
H. McKay Twombley, Col. J. J. Cooke
and the home of the late Daniel
mont. The fire was confined, to the
church. .
Defective electric wiring is supposed
to have started the fire. The loss is
estimated by Fire Chief Croker at at
least a quarter of a million dollars.
Only a mere shell of stone wall was
left standing and many valuable paint
ings and ,bas-rellefs were ruined. One
bronze bas-relief called '.'The Adoration
of the Cross," and valued at $50,000, was
destroyed. V
Two large paintings, "The Resurrec
tion" and "Christ Healing the Sick,"
were also burned. J6hn LaFarge exe
cuted the paintings and , the bas-relief
was from Augustus St. . Gaudens.
Sumptuous altar and ; chancel furnish
ings, including a $20,000 organ, were de
stroyed -by the fire.
For a time John D. Rockefeller's
home was In danger. Firemen, who
stood with their hose lines in Jhe win
dows of Mr. Rockefeller's . homS, con
centrated the streams of water on the
206 foot stone tower of the' churcih.
which for a time threatened to topple
over on the Rockefeller home, ' owing
to the intense heat at the tower's
base. . : .
A dramatic incident, the ringing of
the big bell in the tower, marked the
close of the struggle just " at the mo
ment when the firemen had succeeded
in saving the surrounding homes from
the impending danger, - The; peril was
greatest when the roof of the church
fell in. The shock shook the great
tower to its top. The onlookers sank
back, but'the only sign the tower gave
was one stroke from the clapper , of a
shaken bell. Only a little . more than
an hour elapsed between the time the
smoke was first seen and the fall of
the roof. '- - ': .. - ."
The church, which was closed for the
summer, has stood on its present site
for fifty years and has . been the
theatre of some of America's most
brilliant weddings. Rev. 'Ernest M.
Stires is the rector. ,
The furnishings of . the residence of
Dr. W. Seward Webb were damaged
by firemen, who broke into, the house
in order to drag-their hose' to an ad
vantageous position.
Died of Yellow Feyer
-Washington, Aug. 8. The isthmian
canal commission today received a ca
ble from Governor Magoon, reporting
that A.
G. Livington,7 a division en-
- At ' ' :. -
TOOK IT OUT
- IN SHOOTING
Ade Walker Kills Eugene
Lamar in Kernersville
BOTH MEN WERE DRUNK
They Had Been Gambling and
Walker Wanted to Try His Luck
Again-Lamar Refused and Walker
Began Shooting Both Had Pis
tols and Used Them
Winston-Salem. N. a . a no- s
cial. At Kernersville, about 1:S0 this
afternoon, vAde Walker shot and killed
Eugene Lamar, a married man about
35 years old. The two men were in
the blacksmith shop of Granville
Manuels near the Southern Railway
depot when the crime was committed.
Walker was found an hour later at his
home half a mile away and was ar- !
rested. He told the officers that he '
had decided to return and surrender
to the authorities.
At the preliminary trial before a
magistrate and Mayor W. S. Ldnvllle
oiiciuuun, lvianueis, owner OI
the blacksmith shop and the only eye
witness to the shooting, testified that
Lamar and Walker were drinking;
that when the two men came into the
shop Walker asked Lamar to play an
other game of cards with him. The
witness gathered from the conversa
tlon that Lamar had won $1.50 from
Walker in a game played this morn
ing. Lamar said to Walker: "You are
too drunk. ' Ade;, besides you are fussy
when drinking; wait till you sober up,
and I will play with you agafn."
"D it, let's shoot it out then," ex
claimed Walker. Lamar replied laugh
ing: "All right, then." Walker drew
his pistol and fired twice. Lamar drew
his gun and began shooting, emptying
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of the blacksmith shop decided that
Jhe was in dangerous territory and . he
ran, out in search of an officer. When
he returned Walker was- leaving 9and
Lamar was down on his all fours,
groaning. A physician was summoned '
ana ne arrivea just Derore ine wouna
ed man died.
Lamar was shot three times, but th
wound, that proved fatal was from a
ball which entered the right breast. It
was found just under the skin in th
back. One ball took effect in the right
leg and the Other in the left leg.
' One of the balls fired by .Lamar
went through Walker's left leg just
above the knee; another went through
the coat, and another grazed his right
ankle. . ' ' .
Walker was ordered to jail without
bail until the next term of court. He
was brought to Winston-Salem to
night.
Walker is known as a dangerous
character when drinking. He killed; a
man in Winston-Salem a' few years
ago, but was released on the. plea ,pf
self-defence. He also killed a negro
a number of years ago. About four .
years ago he pulled down a deputy
sheriff, R. C. Hunter of Kernersville,
with a shotgun, peppering him in tne
face and breast. Walker claimed thaf
he did it Just for fun, though he ad
mitted that he resisted arrest and told
the officer to. move on. He served ; &
term on the roads for the last men
tioned offense.
MURDER AT CAMP MEETING
Ardor of Negro Worshipers Unaffected
by the Tragedy
Statesville, r.
Jim Summers, colored, who served a
trrr, of three years on the Iredell
f county chain gang for shooting at Jim
Deaton of Mooresvine, men uCpuiy
sheriff, nad who had the reputation ct
being a very bad negro, was killed Sun
day evening about 6. o'clock at a n5c
camp meeting near Mayhew. Davidson,
township, this county. Coroner J. P.
p,irir went to the scene of the killing
yesterday and found the body of Sum
mers lying where It fell when he wa
shot. The camp meeting was in full
blast and no one seemed disturbed by;
the killing. ' ...
The coroner's jury returned a verdict
that the deceased came to nis aeatn uj
pistol shots at the hands of Jim Shu
ford, also colored. Shuford is a Ca
tawba county negro. Plenty of negroes
were willing to testify that Shuford did
the shooting, but no one seemed tc
know what was the cause of the mur
der. Shuford escaped.
Wholesale. Cannibalism in Congo
Antwerp, Aug. 8.-Fassengers from
the Congo Free State, who arrived by
steamship today, state that a report
is current in me vvu"
of cannibals known as Niems havu
killed and eaten 2,000 negroes and eight
German colonists.