HELD IIP STAGE AND GOT 515,01)0 Nerve of a Lone Highway man in California KILLED EXPRESS MAN A Hold-Up That Smacks of Old Days Before the Locomotive and Tele graph Were Known The Robber Will Be Lynched if Apprehended. Officers are in Pursuit " ' I . Redding. Cal., Oct. 9. The tradi tional lone highwayman, with a mask, robbed the stage that runs from Bed ding to Delmar today, fatally shot the TVells-Fargo express messenger, Dan Haskell, and with the help of a con federate got away with the $15,000 in gold which was to have paid off the men employed at Bully Hill copper mine. The stage had reached a turn in the road near Pitt river bridge, when a masked man appeared near a small, clump of bushes and with rifle leveled on the messenger ordered the driver to throw out the treasure box. As he spoke the messenger, who is a veteran in the service, drew a shot-gun whicrt he carried between his legs and opened fire. Whether his shots took effect is not known, but the robber fired with -deadly aim. Hefired three shots in all. One bullet entered the ab domen and two penetrated the chest. The second robber then appeared, and while the first bandit covered the driver and the,messenger the confederate lift ed out the chest, broke it open, secured the contents and fled with the treasure Into the woods. The driver made good speed to the nearest town, whence the news was telephoned to the sheriff at Redding. A posse was formed and the chase begun at once. If the robbers are caught they will be lynched, as Haskell was very popu a. '!''. COM'R CALHOUN RETURNS But Will Make no Statement Yet Anent Panama Affairs r New York, Oct. 9. The f steamer Caracas, in today from La Guayra, brought Judge Calhoun, President Roosevelt's- commissioner to Panama. "I can make no statement until I save given my report to the president," laid Mr. Calhoun. , Judge Calhoun will go to Washing ion to see the president al once, but bis formal report will not be present ed for several days. Judge Calhoun left here on August 5 to make a thor ough investigation of the Venezuelan situation and upon his report to the president will depend largely the out come, of the recent commercial and diplomatic difficulties. Captain Wright has had little to do since the New York-and Bermudez As phalt Company was put into the hands Df a receiver, A. H. Carmer. When isked about the reported revolution he said: "That's all. cooked up so Castro can have an excuse to arrest a man that he wants to. I guess we were the only company in Caracas that did not contribute to the revolution and Castro accused us later of having' done so. Of course we paid them .something 'when they were in control, but we paid Castro, too." Captain Wright said some one asked Castro why he did' not seize the French Cable Company's property at the time be took the asphalt and lake. . , Castro said there was something to seize in the latter case, and only the hot end of a wire in the former. ' , A Whirlwind Accident Denver, Oct. 9. Frank R. Wright, an engineer on the Colorado Southern, had a wonderful escape from death today. While leaningout of the cab of his en gine near Castle Rock his jumper caught on the open door of a cattle chute and he was jerked out of the cab. The Jumper was new and strong, and he hung in the air until the last coach passed, when the cloth gave way 4nd he fell to thef ground. The train was running forty miles an hour, but the fireman stopped the train and backed up for the engineer, who was found to have 'only a few cuts about bis head. Noted Kentuckian Dead Louisville, Ky., Oct. 9. After' an ill ness which began last September, John Ouchterlony, physician, author,- sur geon and professor, died at his home tn this city tonight. The immediate eause of his death was nervous pros tration, induced by a complication of diseases. In 1894 he was knighted by Pope Leo XIII. and two years prior to that by King Oscar of Sweden, vho made him a Knight of the Polar Star. H ewaa born in Sweden in 1838. Funeral of John W, Pugh Greensboro, N. C, Oct. 9. Special. 'At 10 o'clock this morning occurred the funeral' of Mr. Tlohn W. Pugh, who died Saturday night after a protracted Illness. The service was conducted from the residence on Church street by Rev. Dr. G. H. Detwiler, assisted by Rev. Dr. E. W. Smith and Rev. r S. B. Turrentine. A number of Confederate veterans attended the funeral and burial in Greene Hill cemetery. The deceased was born in this county sixty-three years ago ana for the past 28 years had been in the mercantile business here, He is sur vived by two children, Mr. Charles E. Pugh and Mrs. "W, A. Hayes. Students Fight Fire San Francisco, Oct. 9. President Ben jamin Wheeler today suspended all work at the University of California, organized a fire-flhgtlng brigade of 2,000 students and led. an attack on a brush and grass fire which for several hours threatened to destroy a number of out lying university, buildings and the Greek Theatre. A pasture worth $3,000 was destroyed and several pretty homes were badly scorched. ' at . M'CURDT ON THE STAND Mutual life's President a Witness in New York Today New Tork, Oct 9. Richard A. Mc Curdy. president of the Mutual Life I Insurance Company, will appear as witness before the Armstrong commit tee tomorrow. Members of the com mittee believe they have struck ft lead in the Mutual's 'jffatrs that may de velop sensational results. They have heard that the amount of money ap pearing in the company's records as having ben expended in 1904 for ad vertising purposes is more than $200, 000 in excess of the amount actually '; paid out. In this connection it was pointed out today that the amount given by the Mutual in its annual report as haying been expended in advertising, printing, postage and sationary is $1, 134.83S.83 In the saniVyear the Equit able spent for the same purpose only $772,643.50 and the New York Life $851,284.63. . President McCurdy will be asked tomorrow to explain why the Mutual's bill for these . items were ' so much larger than either the Equitable or the New Tork Life. He will be asked also to product the books show ing the records of payments on the advertising account. I A. C. Fields, the Mutual's superin tendent of supplies, will be called be fore the committee to testify in detrdl concerning the administration of his department, It is pretty certain now. that James H. Hyde will voluntarily appear before the investigating com mittee and testify on the same condi tions as other -witnesses. Samuel Un termeyer, his counsel, has, it was said today, advised Mr. Hyde that he ought to appear before the committee. KILLED BY STREET CAR How An Old Colored Woman Met Death in Greensboro Greensboro, N. C, Oct. 9. Special. A street car coming in from Lindley Park at . 7 o'clock this evening struck an old demented colored "woman named Tina Staples and Instantly killed her. The body was not mangled, . being thrown to one side of the track. Coro ner Turner investigated -the accident and deemed- an inquest unnecessary. The woman was walking in the mid dle of the street in front of Pomona graded school and stepped in front of the car, which was running down grade rapidly and the collision could not be avoided by the motorman, who reversed the current and applied brakes promptly. BANKERS' CONVENTION Thousands Attacted to Washington inis Week to Attend It ! Washington, Oct. 9. About three j thousand people, members of . the ! American Bankers' Association and their guests, have oeen coming into Washington by every train since Satur day to attend the thirty-first annual meeting of the association. tary of the association, believes the i . i. I meeung win De one - of the largest in the history of the association. The hotels of Washington have been taxed to the limit to accommodate the visi tors. The association set aside $5,000 for the meeting and the Washington local bankers raised about $15,000 more ior entertaining the visitors. n BRIGANDS SEND MEMENTO English Consul Receives a Human Ear and Threat by Mail Salonica,- Oct. 9. A packet containing a human ear has been delivered at the British consulate at Monastlr, accom panied by a letter stating that the ear was cut from an Englishman named Wils, whose death was threatened un less a ransom of $30,000 was paid be fore October 14th. j Wills was employed by the Turkish , Tobacco Regie, and was captured by brigands in July. Now Its a ''Tourists' Trust" Denver, Oct. 9. A tourist trust com prising nine western states having the bes tscenery to offer is to be organized to fight Europe and the fashion of going abroad in preference of seeing the wonders at home. The idM is to i control the American tourist and show him that the best and most profitable vacation can be spent in the west. The Sale Lake Commercial Club fath ers the movement and asks the gover nors of nine states to join in advertis- I ing. Special Rates via. A. & N. C. Railroad Rates one first-class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip, which includes admission -to the fair grounds, have been authorized from all points on the A. & N, C. Railroad to Raleigh, f. Q.n and return, account North Carolina In dustrial Fair (colored), October 30th November 3d. 1905. Tickets to be-SQid October 29th to November 2d, inclusive, with final limit November 6th, 1905. THE MORk-G CENTRAL CAROLINA FAIR Governor Glenn Will Formal ly Open It Today 1 ' I . I. L Will Surpass Previous Fairs at Greensboro Visitors Arrive and Among Them a Clumpy Burglar. Blind Tiger Pulled Personals Greensboro, N. C Oct. 9. Special. Mrs. C A. Bent of this city died Sat urday night in Asheville, where she had been for several weeks in the in terest of her health. Her husband formerly conducted a retail grocery store on West Market street in Greens boro, but closed out his business re cently on account. of Airs. Bent's ill ness and accompanied her to Asheville. The remains passed through the city last 'night en route to Boston, v the birth of the deceased, and the inter ment will take place there tomorrow. Mr, Bent went to Boston with the re mains. . The trains arriving tolay fcrought a great many visitors to attend the Cen tral Carolina Fair, which opens to morrow morning with an address by Governor R. B. Glenn and will con tinue four days. The midway has been enlarged, and the entries in the exhi bition buildings are greater than ever before. The fair this year will far surpass all former events and every body is looking forward to a great time. A white man by the name of Jolm Brim. was arraigned before Justice Col lins this morning to answer the charge of retailing whiskey promiscuously at his home north of the city. The hear ing was continued until next Saturday morning. Brim was arrested Saturday night by Deputy Sheriff Jeifreys. There are sixteen cases against him. Mr. A, L. Ware, who has been a resident of Greensboro for a number of years holding a position at the car pet mill, will leave this week for South Carolina to reside. His family will accompany him. Mr. O. F. Pearce's home on Ea3t Market street was visited' by a burg lar after 2 .o'clock this morning, but the noise he made in attempting to open a window on the front porch awoke Mr. and Mrs. Pearce and Mr. Pearce went to the window and saw the man, who took to his heels and disappeared in the darkness. Mr. Pearce did not get a good look at the burglar and can not tell whether he was white or colored. Ellis, Stone & Company, a leading re tail dry goods firm lies just leased from Mr. C. D. Benbow for a term of year 8 the two store rooms at 226 and 228 South film street, having a front age of 35 feet and a depth of 110 feet, two stories high, and the place will be fitted up in the most modern style, with plate glass front, steam heat, elec tric lights, etc. SHOULD HAVE REVERSED IT T This Hushand Ought to Have Killed Himself First Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 9. Perry Wheeler, a farmer near Wyaluslng, this morning shot and killed his wife and 'then, shot himself. He died three hours later. Three months ago he tried to kill her after a quarrel, but failed, and fearing arrest he fled to Michigan. This morning at 6 o'clock as she open ed the kitchen door to go to milk her cow her husband, who had secretly returned burst in, placed a revolver at her head and killed her instantly. He then shot himself through the head and lived three hours after wards. What Gov. Vardaman Will Do New Orleans, Oct. 9. Governor Var daman has given the Southern Cotton Growers' Association o Mississippi no tice that he wilt officially do all in -his power to assure the farmer the eleven cents a pound for his cotton, the mini mum price at which it was agreed - at the Asheville meeting to sell. The gov ernor expresses the belief that the crop is nine and a half million bales, and that if the farmers will stand together they will get twelve cents a pound. The governor pledges that Mississippi will sell .none of its state cotton raised on the convict farms for less than eleven cents. The association -will try hard to advance the prices of cotton from theMdecline of the last few days, and all cotton growers belonging to it have been urged to keep their cotton off the market for the next twenty days. The big planters of Yazoo and other counties of the Yazoo delta have agreed to close their cotton gins until there is an a ivance in prices. Funeral of Mrs. W. M. Scroggs Statesville, N. C, Oct. 9. Special. The remains of Mr. W. M. Scroggs, who was knocked off the trestle work of the Tennessee river bridge at Gil bertsville, Ky., last Wednesday and drowned, as ,has been mentioned in The Post, were brought here Satur day night. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from the Asso ciate Reformed Presbyterian church. The interment took place at Oakwood cemetery. New S. A. L, Chief Engineer Norfolk, Va., Oct. 9. Special. Division-Engineer W. L. Seldon, with head quarters i Savannah, has been named as the successor of W. W. Gwathmey as chief engineer of the Seaboard Air Line Railway. Mr. Seldon will have his offices in Portsmouth. Mr. Qwathmey and B, F, MacKail, assistant, who left the Seaboard to form an enjln ring company, will open POST. TUESDAT, OCTOBER, up quarters , at an early date in Nor folk. : -; - Acceptance With a String to It Berlin, Oct. 9. Germany has accepted the czar's invitation to attend The Hague .conference on condition that the powers -concerned previously fix the subjects of discussion. The Weather Washington, Oct. 9. For North Caro lina, rain Tuesday and probably Wed nesday, bolder Wednesday; fresh to brisk east to southeast winds Tuesday. '' . ; : SCHOOLBOYS FIGHT And One Is Carried Badly Hurt to a Hospital Charlotte, N C, Oct. 9. Special. As the result of a 'fight, ..William Shan nonhovise," a student at the Glascow University school,' is in St. Peter hos pital, suffering from painful cuts in flicted by James Morrison, a school fellow. The boys arc each about 11 years of age. The toys fought over a trivial matter and Morrison getting the worst "of the light, drew his knife and slashed Shannonh use several times in the stomach and body. Th3 victim is painfully wounded not thought that the wounds Qualify T;v-s Convlrclnr.'y Than Salo-rei .My .house was painted about a year aso (1900) with Davis WO per cent Pure Paint, and I beg to state I am vt'rv mnr-n ii nori w rn it; imnorm much pleased with its uniform color, durability- and covering- capacity. T think thp uTaminntim nf thp nninl- on mv liniiBP will h, siilTifif nt p;u ' ... - ; " r- ---w.. dorsement for it. W. II. LEWIS, Supt. Motive Power, N. & W., R. R Roanoke. Vri. Dec. 31-01. Young Hardware Co.,-Agents. MRS. R008EVELT !S COMING TOO J (Continued from Page One.) j cheon will follow, which is to be given j by Chief Marshal Mebane and aides, j At 1 o'clock promptly the president j will take the train at the grounds for Durhamwhere the next stop is to b j made. The governor learned that tho j train. will consist of four. car.-?' and that jit will run as a 'special, 'having' right j of way absolutely, -during the trip I through the state. I v j Governor Will q&'impany Presd't to Charlo'ta The governor had thought of char tering a special car for use by his staff, but he found that, it will be imnrac- jticable to increase the length of the j special. The president has invited him jto accompany him through the state j and he will go as far as Charlotte. In addition to the governor invitations will j probably be ettended, to the senators i to join thoj. president aboard the train. As he was leaving- the White Hous'j : Governor Glenn said to a crowd of (newspaper men? "I am going to be with the president on his journey through the state, and I guarantee that he will have a good. time. We will take good care of him." V ATTACHED THE VESSEL ' i Why thedooci Ship Barendrecht Was Not Allowed to Sail .Wilmington N. C, Oct. ' 9.-rSpecial. Just as the Dutch steamship Barend j recht was ready to sail today for Sa vannah a United States marshal served a writ of attachment upon the cap tain. The " papers had ben sworn out by the Charleston Bridge Com pany. This company brings suit to recover damages to the amount of $2, 500 which they claim to be due for images to a Driage . by the steam ship Barendrecht at Charleston harbor some weeks ago. It will be necessary for the capital to give bond in the sum of $5,000 before -he can leave this port. Mr. Vandiver and His Power to Order Jefferson City, Mo.; Oct. 9. The let ter of Superintendent Vandiver to President John A. McCall of the New York Life Insurance Company demand ing his resignation from the presi dency of the company and the restora tion to its treasury of money, said to have been contributed to the Repub lican campaign committees, the penalty for refusal to comply with these de mands being revocation of the com pany's license to do business in thi3 state, is widely discussed here. Doubt , as to 'Mr. Vandiver's power to execute his threat has grown more general, this doubt being based upon the -very section which, the insurance superintendents hold gives him thj power he claims to have. BY NARROW MARGIN . . New Cruiser Galveston Cones Up to Contract Speed Norfolk, Va,, Oct. 9.-It is announced here from unofficial sources that the United States protected cruiser Gal veston, Commander William G. Cutler which returned here .yesterday from her trial exceeded the contract speed of ley. knots an hour on the fortv eight hour trial. This was a narrow margin, .the ship making 16.56 knots meaning an excess over the contract speed of .6 of a knot. Big Lot Hemlock Lumber Burned Duluth, Oct. 9.-Word was 'received here tonight - from Houghton. Mich that the schooner Noquebay, laden with one hundred million feet of hemlock lumber, was burned on Lake Superior off Outer Island yesterday afternoon. Tne -crew- escaped to the steamer Lizzie Madden, which was towing her The schooner was valued at. 35,000 and her cargo at $100,000. The lumber was con signed to Hurd & Co. of Buffalo. IQOZ METHODIST CONFERENCE May Be Held at Asheville in stead of Birmingham ''- Executive Committee of .the General Conferenca of the M. E. Church South Meets at Asheville This Morning Will Meet Next May Asheville, N. C, Oct. The executive committee of the eral conference of the M South, of which Major B. Church, Millsap is chairman, will meet here tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for the purpose i of selecting a place of meeting for the (.nnfurprrfl in. May. 1906. ,c:nd.i v. - executive committee is composed -oi fit-A members, coming from as many southern states, and the sessions to . -, , ill v. ntmrtcst im- Vmt i,- i De neia next; -win are f ita' portance to the thousands of Meiho rHsts all over the southern states. It was ; learned today that the commit tee will probably be in .session two days and that the pia ce - oi rn -x will likely not selected until Wednes- ''aV- ., ,,. Ashevine is a siiuus . the committee ana it is kiwwu ma... t MaiOl Millsap desires that this city be selected. Birmingham, Ala., was originally chosen as next year's meeting place, out-owing to inadequate hotel accom modations it. was deemed wise by the ' executive committee to make a change. ! Birmingham, however, will not give up the convention without a strong i tfeht and it is known that a large delegation from that city will be prea ; ent tomorrow to urge that the com rm'ttpp tnlro ro action relative to a ) change but allow the great conference j 1 of Methodists to meet in the Alabama ) city. It is also said that the citizens i of Birmingham have subscribed a con siderable sum of i money for free en tertainment as an inducement. In addition to the delegation from Birmingham .lt is said that Nashville, i Tenn., has its eyes on the general con ference and will ! send a number of representative citizens and Methodists here for the purpose of laying Nash ville's claims before the committee. Asheville has offered inducements and it is believed that this place will eventually be chosen. The conference will last for twenty-five days during of the largest religious gatherings of y the yar. . The church appropriates about $60, 0C0 io ctfray the expenses of a por tioi! of the delegates, while others who will attend the sessions will defray tli'ir cwn expenses. Every state, in the south will be represented at the general conference. OLNEY MURDER MYSTERY An Arrest But Apparently Little Ev idence to Base It On Middletown, N. Y., Oct. 9. Milton Cuddeback, wl o worked on the, farm adjoining the Olney place, was arrested this afternoon at Port Jervis on sus picion of being concerned1 in the mur der of the Olney brothers and Alice Ingerlck. Cuddeback was very drunk when ar rested. He was brought to Middletown. Cuddeback left Beak's farm Sunday afternoon and did hot return to work today. He was examined tonight by District Attorney Rogers. He denied any knowledge of the murders except hearing the sound of six revolver shots Saturday noon. He said he did not ae turn to work this morning because he was having a fine time in Pqrt Jervis and hated to break away from it. A rumor was all about town today that Mrs. Ingerlck. whose skull ?was' fractured by the murderer and wh is at the Thrall Hospital, had made a full statement about the crimp .n the police were withholding the nam ! r -wu HIGH- of a man of which she had spoken to This was denied tonight by Assistant District Attorney Rogers, who visited ,,?!?erlck twlce today.- He says that although .she seems to be physi cally on the mend, there has been no mprovement in her mentally. She is. In fact, entirely irrational. The coro ner tested her today by asking simple questions, to which she should have re- J ledeS,Ut t0 Whl she anawered n0t remember being at the Olney farm on Friday. There Is no IP A nnn rp .. AT MODERATE PRICES TfiE I PJIHSv ft mm mm :.DBVKWANCER 9oooaooopoopo0ooi S. BERWANnPD nVAI addition to the In Glassware, ; - . . 111 flora Wft haVe 4. t w a. m. r .. . the price of Cambric anc Insertions Torchon Laces have II find ou wi very Rugs, Table Linen and and Blankets, We have a $40,000.00 new, that will be sold February. 1st, 1006- OUR IViENT is 14 EAST MARTIN STREET, telling when, if ever at all, Mrs. In- gerick's mind will return. Fuller, of the PinkertOn force, ar rived in town today to help solve the mystery. He went in an automobile with the chief of police, Brinckerhoof, oCunty Detective Wood and Deputy Sheriff Herman to the house of Little Dan Davis this afternoon. Davis was the nearest neighbor of the Olneys and is the man who found the body of the little girl in the cellar. The officers took Davis to -the Olney house and closely questioned him for an . hour. Nothing of Importance was learned from him, s "The truth is," said Chief Brincker hoof, tonight, "we don't know anything more than we did on Saturday." GREENSBORO'S POLICE CHIEF. Charges Prefined Against Him for Choking a Drunken Man Greensboro, N. C Oct. 9. Special. Dr. J. W. Griffith, a dentist here, is preparing in writing charges which he will prefer against Chief of Police Nee ley before the board of aldermen, claim ing that the officer cruelly choked a white man named Tom ' Phillips, who had been arrested Sunday by three other officers on the charge of drunken ness andlwhrt wo. nMti n .. orously to being locked ,m. Tt t known when the matter will be investi- 1 gatea, Honors and Flowers for Miss Alice Toklo, Oct. 9. Miss Alice Roosevelt was given an enthusiastic reception at Nikcmd. Nearly all of the prominent families were represented at the sta tion to receive her. During the jour ney she received greeting of welcome at the principal stations. At Ustouno mya she was met by the governor and delegates from the Ladies' Patriotic -s' who presented flowers. THe y One-Prlco Clothier. x cut Juices on .Trunk Coy s Uothing and put the knife deep in0 I TVT 1 T7 1 ana iMatnsooK, .ragmga i i Also the wnole k of scoc been reduced. interesting prices Qa JNapki ns, Lomior3 stock of root between now Is. r and I MILLINERY DEPART ready a take orders. - HAYS IS SENT TO HELP KOLTOS CContlnued from page 1.) the advice -of the Chinese govern ment in the matter which is giver. 3 a consequence of the attitude of th president. Should congress fall take the desired action the boyr?: will against become effective and w:! be pressed with renewed vigor, A press dispatch announces th?.' Prof. J. A. Holmes of the T'rsi'.?; States as well as well as the Nor.i I Carolina geological survey, -vis ir.ve?::-1 gating the German Railway system particularly the life of railway ti1? Prof. Holmes has received ev" f facility from the German governor.: Including a permit, rarely given, : ituo on iccomotives. He found erf1 soted timber ties in France laid thirty- two years ago still in use and in -thi Rhine country steel 'ties twelve years old, which were in excellent state o? preservation. . ? Rural delivery carries and sul f tutes are appointed as follows: 1 Route 1, Berea, Stephen. L. Sinush- f ter, Solomon Slaughter; route - ; Boober, John P. Swanson, Lei? P Phillips; route 1, Castalia, Dr.-: r If" Pearce, Doctor B. Leonard; r ute Trenton, T. A. Windley, F. C. - II'--'- ritage. I J. Gilmer Korner of Kernersv; le :? a visitor here. ' ! Rural route No. 1, from Fa r,h Ashe county, was authorized t iy '' ( begin operation December 15th. f King Edward has revived crbvt;et I' England, it is said. This ! ' ' game has suffered a decline uu-f the recent royal boast. Christiana, bet. 9. The storth': a vote of 101 to 16 today adoi : Karlstad convention. thi $12.50, $15, $18, ?20, 522 and $25.00 We. are showing the best val ReadyTto-"W ear Clothing at t.h prices. They represent true vrM. are without an exception th; made garments men of Ralth possibly buy. s The Berwanger Clothing is rs rectly, it fits perfectly. There i care taken in the building of - Clothes than' any other. Tl; " reason they will always out ordinary suits and are looked the favorite in the ready-to-vye Let's show you this immens. -' f ment of dressy garments. Ghi i you make comparison. FREE! A HANDSOME V s STEEL TRAY WITH EVERY CHASE OF J5.Q0 IN OUR B.-; ing . Department., -Kid purs-. - trimmed with every man's suit- ... I i. 1

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