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Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. '. . ' ' ' Leads all North Carolina Af ternoon Papers in Circulation. LAST EDITION. , ALL THE MARKETS.,; THE; RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. - - -' -4. , " . - : - - - - - VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1906. PRICE BANNER RETURNED TO BEAUFORT VETERANS Comingling of Blue anil Gray Here in the Happy Event JUSTICE DOUGLAS' GRACIOUS MESSAGE Rhode" TslamI Veterans Restore Flap; Captured From Company H, 'at Fort Macon. Hcitity and Appro priate Responses by Lieutenant Oovornor Winston, Chief Justice Clark, Lieutenant ' Hnhdors and Auditor DixonA-lliniior Solved to 100 (luesls. llistiiiuiiisliod Visl . tors. - This afternoon in the senate chain lief fit thceapitol was witnessed.!!, hap py eomlngllng of "the blue" and "1 In gr.i" when n delegation of Rhode Is land statesmen rind capitalists, who lmil lonrneVod lino frtr the purpose, re lumed, Willi appropriate ceremonies to tiie surviving veterans of a Confed erate company the bnniicr captured from "ll-.p grays" .forty-four a-enrs ago Tlio visit 'of the Ulimlo Islanders on tli Eh happy occasion, tlio warm wcl ' I'onio they received from the people oi tliiH oily ami state, tlio addresses in tin ' Hcnnlo chamber by the chief jisi Ii-e;- n 41-a (iKmiAmu tiAHI'lli tf Mm I Wit HtiltCS .the welcome by -Lieutenant liovcrnoi Winston, the acceptance of the Has by Lieut. Jolm.AV. Hauliers of lieuuforl for the survivors of Company II, 10 N C. Keginienl, and by State Auditor H. V. Dixon for the Misses liohinsoie ol Itcnuftirt, the four-sisters who Hindi the banner, and lastly the dinner served to one hundred guests at the Yarbor- uiKli Hotel, nil conspired to make ih.in day both . pleasnnt and : menfViruble in the history of -the Mate. '.""'' The Rhode IkIhikI Delegation. The delegation from Rhode. Island entrusted with thiH most pleasing; mis sion arrived Iti Raleigh in two '. prlvatt oars over the Seubnard Air Line at 4 o'clock this morning. They breakfast ed on the cars and later were taken foi n drive over the city, in the delegation wer.1: Chief Justice AV. AV. '.Douglas of Rhode Island Supreme Com t. Mr. Maisdeu ,1. Perry, of Providence, president of the I 'nlon Tnisi Company, .also president of the A. & N. C. II. V. and the Norfolk and Southern Railroad. Mr. Frank S. Cannon, vke president Metropolitan Street Railway of New York City, also vice president of both the A. & N. C. P.. R. and. the Norfolk & Southern Railroad. Mr. J. K. Studiey, a banker of Prov idence, J'.. I. Mr. A. H. AVatson, a manufacturer ol Providence, R. I. i . : Air. George. L. Shipley, capitalist and head of one of the largest New i'.ng lnnd insurance companies, Providence, R. I. ' - ?" - '.' A. H. Laikln, .Esq., attorney at law in Now York City. : ' Mr. AV, AA Kins, general manager of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad. Mr. ,M. -AW Magulre, general super intendent of the Norfolk, and South ern, Railroad. Mr. F. J: Case of New York Cfty. Mr. Fred L. Merrill, industrial agent of the A. & N. C. It. 11. and the Nor folk and flout hern Railroad. '-'-''-. .. Mr. It. K. L. Runcli, traffic manager of the A. & X. t It. U. and the Nor folk & Southern Railroad. The party was welcomed at the union Station by a committee of Raleigh cit izens and taken for a drive. On tills oominltiee were Chief' Justice. AViillor Clark, Lieut. tSovernnr F. 1). AVIuston, Mayor James I. Johnson, President jos. O. Rrown of tiie Clianiherdf Connnoroe, Secretarj' R.M. Phillips of the ('haiu bor of Commerce, Gen. Julian S. Carv of Durham as president of tlio North Carolina Confederate A'cterans' "Asso ciation, and Mr. Joscphus ' 'Daniels. . 1 The Historic KIiijj. Chief Jastlefe Douglas i here as a committee ofone fron the I'nion A'ot erans' Association of Rliode Island to return to Company, H. 10th N. ('. Con federate troops .their battle Hag, which was captured from, the' company at the fall of Fort Macon, upril 26, 1S62. The Hag, as has been stated, tvas taken by Company E, Sth R. I. troops, and was given to Capt. Arthur Dexter of Prov idence, who orgajilzedjthe bAtfalion of which Company ,E .wiia'n part. After the death of. Capt; Dexter, a few years since, Ills widow presented the flag to the Rhode Island A'et era n' Association special train, which arrived shortly af ter 1 o'clock tills nfternoon-to tako part. The Rhode Island Chief Justice. .Judge Douglas 'is the ordy veteran among the northern visitors, but from his appearance one would senrcoly judge him a soldier in the civil var. Ho. enlisted before he was twenty-one years old and saw service din ing a part of the groat conflict.- Ue impresses one as ,a successful, progressive man, with a .strong, clear eye, an almf step and (l bearing which denotes that hrd.nl scholarship VjMiloh does not wean a man from 1ieeu Interest and pleasure, in the every day affairs of his fellows. He is a. pleasing, gracious speaker and his remarks were received by his audience with the utmost approbation. (iatlioriiiK in Seualo Chamber. Tlio senate - chamber, was tastily dec orated Willi Hags, slate and national, for tlio ceremony, and the veterans and ladies were present in largo numbers. The audience was typical of the blue arid the gray. -The special train from tteaufoi t, in charge of Manager Foster; started" for Raleigh with fifteen suriv-J ors of the famous company IT., twenty, five ladies anil thirteen Confederate veterans.- Tiie company was augment ed 'at. f.ioldsboro. The flag was made by Misses Robinson, four sisters of. Ueaufurt Misses Mary and Henrietta Robinson, Mrs. Cirtderilla Poole and Mrs. Susan Rowland. Their descend ants. Mrs. C, A. Clawson. Jr., aid Mrs. MOTIVE FOR THE KILLING Wife Was Faithless Slate Rested Today, in Trial of ;rocnsloro l'liysiciini foe Wife Murder Strong Evidence That Prisoner Had Reason for I'uttinii Her Out of the Way. MORGAN SNARLS AND CROMWELL'S DEFIANT Hot Passage of Words at the Panama Canal Investiga tion Way HIGH POINT MAN IN. IT FIGHT MYOWN BATTLES, WAS MORGAN'S REPLY (Special to The Kvening Tinies.) Greensboro, N. C, March 2 The slate rested in the Mathews murder trial to day before the dinner recess. Dr. Farrar was examined, Ids evi dence being corroborative of oilier phy sicians. Now matter vyas Unit Mathews, piodicted all' through the day thut his wife was bound to die. Refore lfCr death Mathews had offered to .pay' him for his services and lold him to keep ills nioulh shut about the events of the day and inake nlil a ci rlillcale iltfll death was from heart disease to save him and Ills Ibtle boy front disgrace. The witness refused iinv pay anil to V. S. Robinson, daughter of Mrs. j conceal . anything. "He repealed this Poole, mihI Misses Nannie . and Kliau I offer," said Dr. Farrar, "as I was Inn- Howland, were: in (lie Ilea ufort party and luld seats of honor during the cere mony. The local interest in the event was shown by the proseuce of ..mem bers of llje L. i IT!, llrancli Camp -ui Confeilerativ veierans, the (leneral Meade Pusi of the (irand Army of tiie Republican, of t lie Johnston l'etligrew Chapter of the. ITiited. Daughters of the Confederacy, the Colonial Dames, the Daughters of the Involution and other patriotic organizations. Then l apt. R. II. Ilrooks brought a 'larg delegation from the Soldiers'1 Tlonit Among those veterans was Saniucl ! Howlnud of Reaufoit, who served in' Company II. and was at Fort' Macon when it fell hito the bands of ihe fed eral troops and the banner s cap tured. 1 - ' Jcn. J. K. CalT Presides. General Julian S. Carr, president of the North Carolina Confederate A'o't- erans Association, culled the company i to ortier ami spoke brielly, His re marks were a. masterly. and succinct review of the parr-" North Carolina played in tlio great civil war. He' was freriuently annlfiuded andh s irray of facts exi iieil 'deep 'interest iiriong the visitors as well as inspir ing villi pride , his local henrei-s. Xorlli Carolina's AVclcoinc. Whon (leiioral Carr concludod his brief and timely Inraducl ion lie i)ie- Hented Lietit.-Gov. Francis D. AVIu ston of Windsor. Governor Winston spoke as follows: r '.Air.' Chief Justice and Gentlemen: . "Acting tor the governor, whoso ;nforocd absence ho regrets, in the name of all the people of our patri otic state, I bid you a hearty welcome to North Carolina. "No doubl your trip inlo the stale, and even' this short slay, have given you a feeling of at-liotiie-nes.s. . "It takes mighty little time for a good, citizen of Rhode Island to he come a naturalized : North Carolin ian. ';...'. "Ae have recently wolionied to our feast of wonderful business, ac tivity a citizen ot your great slttle, who comes among us to bring .to realization the dreams of our fathers,' and to carry to completion the great ! transportation schemes that "others have hoped for. : This occasion does not. permit a discussion of the era of material development ' in which thank Rlvode Island for the loan of i Mr. Marsden J. Perty. 'Today we live in Rcnlinienf. AW, w-elcome you, sir, M'iih , the olive branch you bear and with candor I and with-truth. I declare that, warm i hearts prompt outstretched hands to receive il. I cannot recall witli you ; and them those scenes of tragic; struggle that have made American! manhood immortal. I knew the Con federaey in its weakness, not in its strength; I(new it entwined with cypress.' not. crowned wiih lauYel. I knew its new made graves, its mourn ing homes, the sightless eyes, ils armless-sieves. I have seen the Con federate soldier weary and wounded and worn begin life's fight anew, and log (lie house before her death.. In the tnoiiihig when we. needed a new bat lery lie refused to let me have his horse, and buggy.. : There were no symptom of suychnlne poison when I got lliej-'i ami never was uiiiil after .Alalnews got ihe last Injection in -her aboui " o'clocls The .opinion is thai this last injection was the immediate cause of her deatli though she was suflerlug from nior- 1 phbie poison before dial."' 'the witness was given a long cross j examinatioiv The defense tried b t show by 111 hi i hut (lie coiiduel of Hit .awyoi'-Witness said Oucsiions Were Impertinent mid Morgan Declared that" Answers Were Indecent Let ter to John Hay figured in Ihe Kvaininiitioii. Smoothing' Over the Kxcitemcnt. (it:. AVashin from AVil Ihe Associated Press.) it on..." March . The lellei liam Nelson Crbniwoll to, the prisoner of that day was not 'that ot a sane inan. but the -.witness 'Stuck in it that he was perfectly rational, while very 'dopy, bin acted willi deliberation and intelligence' nil through the day. The state- then Introduced two po licemen who .'arrested : Mathews -and -at wlth him in Jail, and their recital of what -he- toUl them established : motive. Ho told' theni she was inti mate 'with other men and lie would have killed her live years, earlier but for bis Iviy. Said he had to leave I'ilis- boro on her-.account, and since coming lo Greensboro, had a shoot insr scrape about her. - He said a man In High 1'olni was the cause of the. last trouble. Mathews hud in his pocket a -diamond ring which lie said was given her (wo days before, w iili $lir. line iwllncss for -the 'defense .had been examined by leuess, be being a .'telegraph operator w il li whom messages of deal it were lih d at II o'clock that morning. STATE RESTS IN HAMT CASE Attempt to Show that Actress Was Immoral late Secretary, of Stair1 Hay, under date of December H, 1S98, was. irikon up by Soiin.'or Morgan loony in ibo exam. na tion of Mr. Cromwell before tin- senate connnlttee on iiHer-o, . mic c ir.als. TI.e period, covered by tin' lent i- w,:s. v h : he I'aiiama Canal company was seek ing a prolongation ol' on tiie islhaius. The let . iiiclOoiire, and Mr.' peat. 'del;.-.' declined to si. t! I lie' inelosiire or lo dis snoiidcnco in any ni.i.Mti nivty political coniUil mn l-oferr.-d to in Hie leltc". ALL READY FOR FORESTRY MEET CHINESE INDEPENDENT ' v-. '"'' riiDicTi a f riinnrii mit Gov. Glenn to Preside To morrow Afternoon FOUGHT FIRE IN BULLET HAIL Later News Shows looting to be. Due to Aotl Foreign Spirit MR. TILLMAN TO SPEAK Artillery Building of Arsenal Burned TO OUST ENTIRELY Convention in Ciiariolie (,'oteriior Terrell Will lie Tliere ijncl Proba bly t.'overnor Hevuard I'or .p palachiaii ijeserve and Slate Por cstry Avsocialiou, HEROIC WORK TOLD i's tMncesits I PI' referred to Cloaiweli re iie (lie nalure t-ass i lii; corre- 'V. lOxi raordi- .i llogn::t were; and .Mr. Mor- (Speci.il to Tiie Kvening Times.) ': Cliailoiio.. X. C., March 2. nr rnngenii nis have iieeu complnlod for I ho fores l ry' coti.venlion which ' will be held 'in iliis ciiy tomorrow .iifler noon and night, and il is expected Ihal a very largo crowd; of distin guished men will lie present: The chairman of Hie Invitation committee. In I'lanliford Arsenal l-'ire in Phila delphia Krai; Jorgenseii tCar tiidges, Shell Fuses ami Alier Ammiinilion Kxploded ' Around Firemen, Scattering; Missiles and Pouring Out biases. A Chinese Presbyterian Pastor froiii Sau 1'runclsco is at. the- Head )t tiie Movcinont at .Shanghai, When $10,000 Has Been Subscribed M Campaign Fund for the IndependV ent Church. , - tP.v the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., March 2. Fire in .the artillery building of the Frankford Arsenal today endangered the lives of lire iirenien, who fought Ihe : (lames while Krag-Jorgensen sail asked coneernlng anil when the. .'.vltnoxt: cui's t, 'ihe senator as wiuics felt tlia't be wa. iliis .referene.' di elined lo (K:;. ;i'd wliffhrr I hi : oiiligf.'d lo c:m- i c.-il any actions thirl h im- against, the1 interests- if 4he ,l?niied States, "t re) use lo iinswer siicll iiypot helical and ' iinpe'rUnent inicsiiiuis,; said Mr i 'roiin, el;. . . ' T flu ( ir.npellod, li'Vllle. uttitude of till cpniini.Tee, to in'i'ei.1 your unusual and iHcleeeht replies." s;i id Mr. Morgan .. 1 bey are .no tn-ne, .unusual., or in decent 'than, .yot-fii ji;.'cst!ons.'v asserted Uie witness. : . Sen;! tor tirtintimled RULED OUT BY COURT fudge Kid Held thai Question jit Issue Sot Concern the Chastity of Tali i l? l.i in was liiilecei: the Indecency'';' that lie hail be hiiisv, : against' t'nitcd S'.ali s. miimletl ihal :";!n mil to m,'i onirics. ' I'liairman Mil character, of. l a was uncalli'd -!'' sn'ggeKreil 1 1 1 i t couched' in dilTi his is not ;i rot u-eil an na hia lae witness ,n i :- s.ii.1 All',, r.ilia:,'"! The ciillHjiiy.'I'i't tt'.tttltillee W r:-s in .Mr. Al. .1!.', I it. Ipi -'m an h -ii!' ncss: . t hni lie had for that. : H t til a olna 1 it I half. - In resuming : M.irg;ui had' I cad seta clary of 1 in pany. lu t'ore i bo years ago. disiaisi eoiiiiHiiiy -.;. o sin n ject to lla- ITiiH' well rcfaaed to tt taking shelter be l o uiierrupicd aim wherein the qui tit .and tli.'. witness s; as , tit me assuiiirilion ii -employed ;o. do any ihc. iiM. rests of the .M i ": 't'a liafei ro ilien d --In- v iiness be instrui't"d i asiiii iag l eplie't lo iii-- Herd- said he hoiighl (ho reply by 'She witness a.iil Senator Kitlrcdr.o tt.,' i fti-'st Ions should be enl l.anguage. ! lie Iii st time ' 1 have laMita) on llie pttft Vt :.)( his in.rios.iiors.'' .ee'n utemliers ol' t'le tight In at cloae l y said be enieriiiined I' instill f ro): the w i! -I leii liiecli Relf-i ospe t tiiii i'lletl his colleagues liaap-i'lves in liia li:'- he Mr. the oxa in inalion -the "testimony.. of Panama'. Cunr.T i a.iiitl commili'H'. I'a'ii :iag the desire of ihe e:id'!' the: canal pro il States. Mr. Ciom-.-:lfv mi this subject, hind itis professional tiii io"-. in ill'.' coaiiiany. As .Mr.' Morgan -construed the tes timony of this sairehiiy, Mr. .11111 pre, he said the company iilanned to take the canal project out of the Company, Two Actors of Which 1 reach of Colombia and Americanize Wore Murdered for Protecting .y-jit. Mr. Croiuwoli refused to answer any quoslions. on the subject but .Mr. Morgan pursued alio' inquiry, asking the witness if he had not; hinisell males. The Ho louse IJegins. (Special to The lOveniiig Times.) drawn; I lie plan. Again the senator asked .Mr. ' Crrim well if he had not shown tins plan to a number of pcr ctum mid Mr. Croi'iitt'oll said he had prose- .,,'.. . . i 0 tlllllllH'll a ttiteii in 1""," '" ' 11, tin and. harbors comniii toe of the house but he 'refused to state the dinor- jed this morning lhat they bo nllowed,i(,nce I UI"1'"" """t'"' ......... (0 offer one Strickland of Oastonia..!tnnt .suhmified to Ihe house oommit N. C, where those ladies with Hon-1,,(-Inett. and Havidsou had played while -Mr. Taliarerro appealed to ; the 'with Ihe "Xothing Hut ..'Money. Com J chairman -whether, the wit- :pany,J' wlio niighl ho allowed to tes-jns ronld' refer to the plan offered . tlfv as be was forced 10 return home: to the house coinmiilee and then ue- Gaffnoy, S. C, March 2. The trial of" George Hasty was continued in i this city today. Aliss Sheridan, one of Ihe star witnesses foi'- the ctnion, concluded her losliniony 'yes- 1 leiauiy aiiernoou, :tnu was noi ex- 1 mined today. The defense. rcn.uc.Ht- has received assurances from Gov. It. i t'a rt ridges, shell B. Glenn of North Carolina and Gov. 1'iotfes ol Josepli M. Terrell''-of' (ieorgia. thiit 1 hey will iillend and iual;e addresses, and ii is also ligely, that Governor ilevward of Son I h Carolina will bo iirosenl . . ; . . After a reception at .Ihe Southern -Manufaciiiiers' Cluli from 1 1 11. in. to I , p. 111., j.he inooting will he held in the Academy of Music, beginning .11 2::',0, when addresses will bo made b ' soverii V of .the dislinguished visi- uirs Governor Glenn will preside oor this tnepliug. fuses and other va- iimmunifion exploded roiind thoni, sending missiles in all directions and filling ihe air wilh iMUjtocaung , smoke and . gases. When the firemen reached 'the top floor of 1 ho three-slory building they were fmcod to retreat, by the over whelming Volume of noxious gases and Hie fusillade of bullets. , By crawling upon the floor they succeed led in reaching the portion of the ;rooni which was in flames. Although nearly overcome by smoke and gas and const ant danger from the ex- At 1 lie evening session Prof. j. A. Holmes, state geologist ofNorth Carolina, will give an illunt rated lee Uii;e on foreslry preservni ion. Short speeches.' will ho nnide, fter this lecture, by Son:tiors .1. .15. .AlcCrear.v of ltcntuchy and Tillman of South Carol inn. This congress will lie bold in '.Ihe interest of tlio. passage of legislation by 'congress looking to i he establish ment ol nnlional loroat reserves in lie asKtu iiition. Those who have Ihe ranting in charge are conlidoni Ihili lie resells . will ho . far-reaching: in ho : proioc i-ion (if :.fio: mountain ranges, a subject., in'.. which all cili- zens ol the .-piedmont set ion should' ho interested. ploding .cariritrgos, (he iirenien finally extinguished the blaze. The extent of the damage done to the building and stock of animnnl 1 ion and the origin of the fire, could not. he ioKined. the arsenal pfllcials (le(;liniiiK 10 give any information.'" GENERAL ORDER ' FOR THE REUNION. BLOW KILLED LITTIHUGILIST by the Settled Autopsy .iaj. 11. ,. London of Pittstforo, nlio is here today for the tlag pre--serilai ion .'ceremonies; made an offl ci;rl slatentoiu as adjutant general ol the North Carolina Division United Con fed era to Veierans. to. he effect that the general order of Commandei .lulian S. Carr for the reunion at Ney Orleans will he issued within the . next lew days, as soon as Ihe dotailt can bo goiton togothor. They havf not yt't boon not itied of 1 lie special rates all hough if is 'understood' that the one cent a mile rate allowed here tofore will bo repealed. ... ' The reunion will be April 2.1, and the city is moving for the creates' event of the kind over held. He says those who wore at' Now Orleans three years ago can well conceive of the ?good things in store for all who at lend, lie Siiys, too. Ihal the 011II00I. is for (ttiio a large attendance a' New Orleans ibis year: HEMORRHAGE OF BRAIN Fenny Wonted to Quit in Tenth Hound, Saying He Was "All in," Hut Seconds Kept Him at it Bone Above Hight F.ye Broken and Kye Sunk Into Head. , i ;.(lJ'y the Assot i;itt-d Press.) San . Ffnncisco',' Cal.," March '2.-' Many who -were, near -the corner of i WITNESSES TELL OF THE KILLING during his light, with f lierthe Clalclu ltd him say that ho was-' "If you luiv wanted In nitit in tlio 0ll W hell I hut his secpnds worn him 011, telling him he and that his oppon- 011 account of a sick child. The re- fused to explain its provisions on conquer for his family home, for hWl(jue8t was gr'ilnied, and lie took theithe ground that professional secrets child a school house, for himself the j Sim$ . The defense ; at temiitod by were involved. Air. Cromwell said good .opinion' of the world. j him to attack the (hastily of the two 'the document woultlspeak for itself, 'InVniemo'ry 1 uoe bnf" yesterday wmcn--MiKRC8. ttisiop aiid Sheridan, but Mr. Taiiiaforro insisted that the the thiV gray line ot Confederacy Colonel Johnstone for the defense, 'witness should not dictate the man- is, to what nor in which s Vilnoss had of I ictVesses While in information. I ho .committee gets its After considerable dis- witn me request tiiai it uo returned fade away in defeat nt Appomat tox, j asking many questions mrougn mem 10 me survivoiw 01 ine .Today I see it renpicar in blue under knowledge the f Alorn 1 a rrr n,i m- irtli- M'TilnU t4-' - .1 t ""'"""" "'"'".the stars and stripes, lighting tor tions of the act' .7.. u unmi'i C b independence led by Justice Douglas require his presence "H. I,. l-iv,vllniv AlnnHni- an II wna rlt- I " hcelCl-. t,t.i 1..,.. ,h. MM,mmi. .. i "I thank God we are indeed a re-legal basis and 1 not a moral one, tormined that the qtieslion of com dent to t'h6 return of the flag in this united nation. There is no gnliand 'hence he would refuse to allow thelpelling the witness to answer should city and the veterans and ladies of thaK loving hands might weave, that questions to bp answered. Ihe considered by ihe committee nt an Beaufort were brought here ' by a ' .(Conllnifojl on Second Pago.) ' . (Continued on third page.) . 'executive session. 1 he no in Gas-ioussion bclwen nioniDers ot tne com- .Toc- tonia, The judge-staled at this point! mttle the witness 4oul lined the house I that, this case' was. being tried on a committee plan briefly. It was de- Harry Tenny Prank Noil In ill in" and tenth round, heard to urgj would still win ul was firing. It was learned Iha-tTonhy's sec- onds had a pool in Avliich they placed ' something like $T00 .'as a I101 on. their i man. Tljey saw their money fast; fading away,, and "they -'spurred the tired and jaded lad to continue tfioj fray, hoping against hope' thar some j lucky .incident", might intervene and : save them their money. . '-! The direct cause of death was a ' hemorrhage of the. brain, as . an-.i nouncod by Iir. , Kn.cich. 1 he autopsy t physician at the morgue. The .hone (Ry the Associated Press.y , New Volk. March ail- Morton a policeman, was again oil 1 lie- willies; stand today at the resomption of tV trial - of I lei the t'laiilie nil tiie. cliarg.' of killing Kiuil Merdroii. He testified Unit at the moment when he and ano ther odicer put tietdron under ' aires' on the .night of jiTTy s. hist, the-pits oner made a quick pint ion with lib right hand, as if to reach. into his hit poikii. At the sanio tinie be said t. , wlni stood behind him ine -pinched. 1 .will kil' I nil." -.-:' AVitliin a set'tunl iifier Gordron made Ibis 'motion. .Mot ion said, the girl sho: him. The v il tiess 'denied that he had said lo the tl I'endant, while she wat being pl.netl under arrest that lit would ;vet her out of trouble. BLACK RAPIST - LEGALLY HANGED (T'.y the Associated Press.) Greenville; 8. C, March 2. The first, legal execution for rape ever hold in. this coui'ttj- look place today when : Andrew Vhompson, colored was "hanged in the jail yard at 11. Jn a. m. The negro, made a confessic;- i of guilt a few days ago. by the force of Noil's blows, and the eye itself sunk into Ihe jicnd. Had the little pugilist survived the force oT the blow he would .vver have e gained the sight ol the injured eye. Sioux 1 ity. lit., Alan b .-rThe uniot 'jjassesiger. sialioh hero and the 00a meting terminals passed inlo the pos session of ihe Great Noriiiern today The price paid was $1,250,000. :':..- 'I .': ... ' "." (By the Associated Presg.) Victoria, B. C. March 8. Details brought by the Empress of India Of the attack on the ,AjnotlQan mission at Changfu, sixtp)$ from Amoy, show that 'the idotlnjof the mission was occasioned ' by . the anti-foreign spirit. . ,VV'- The missionaries escaped unaided, 3xcept Mr. Aldham, who was con-: cealed in the housawpf a , Chinese of ficial, and thujf-.eMad - the-rioters. Another featuaoi the Chinese na tional movement, as first indicated by the boycott has been the estab lishment of, a Chinese Independent Christian church, the movement be ing organized to oust entirely the foreign missionaries. A Chinese Presbyterian pastor from San . Frail-' ciaco is at the head of the movement it Shanghai, where $10,000 has' been subscribed for the organization . of the campaign fund-for the 'Chinese inedpendent church. . ' v, , Captain Kelley, an American : emV ployed as chief of police by'the CJl nese government at Chang Hsa,"Hu-t nan, was murdered by two Creek ad-" venturers - who shot -htm wRen he sought, to arrest them for Illegally selling arms. The murderers wera liiirsued by Chinese soldiers and cap tured near the city gates. One com mitted suicide and the other was shut hy the soldiers. AA'ong Kai AVoh, Chinese commis sioner to Japanhas been suffocated ay charcoal fumes at Yokohama. He was educated at New York. , The steamer Empress of India irought hews of the wrecking Of the Tapanese passenger steamer Knbo iff the Japanese coast. Only one of 'he twenty-two persons on board was laved.. V : The German steamer Servia, car ying homebound . troops struck ' a boating mine when.: leaving Vladi- ostock and sunk with a hundred of hose on hoard. Ex-Consul GoodnoW at Shanghai, las been appointed foreign adviser at N'anking at. a salary of $500 a month. WEEK'S TRADE SATISFACTORY. (By the Associated Press.) New VorK, March 2. Dispatches 0 Dun's Review indicate, that thej : ist week's developments maintain aitisfactory progress In practically alt iepartments of tfade and Industry, .'ehruary trade at Richmond exceed ed that of the previous month or the ame montn 'last year. Bank exchanges this week at all 'iading cities in the United States tre $2,!s:i,t73,110, a decrease of ten ier cent compared with the corre sponding week last year, due almost vholly to the large loss at New York. LOTTERY MAN FACES MUSIC. Helena. Mont., March 2. The trial of Ienry I.. Haupt of Spokane and Daniel I. Jacobs in 'the I'nited States court on' he charge of having sent lottery tick ets by express from Butte to different astern cities, had a most unexpected nd unusual turn when Jacobs with-' Irew his plea of not guilty and entered 'tie of 'guilty and was fined $500 by udge AV'illiam 1 1. Hunt, .tiaupt. will tand trial. S.W.MELLON OF CHARLOTTE DEAD. (Special to Ine Evening Times.) , Charlotte, X. C, March 2. Ed. W. Vieilon died very suddenly at 11:45 his morning. Heart disease was the iiuse of death. Mr. Mellon was one of the .largest' iothing merchants of the state. He ')ad as many friends as any other nan in Charlotte. He leaves a large lamily. -