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Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. Leads all North. Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. LAST EDITION. ALL THE MABKETS. THE RALEIGH EVENT -VOLUME 27. Twelve Pages Today. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1906. Twelve Pages Today. PRICE 5c. NG TIMES. TWO NEGROES HUNG FOR MISS ALLINSON'S DEATH Assaulted and Killed in Barn tar Morristown, N. J. in January ONE MADE SECOND CONFESSION IN CELL The Other, Who Had Confessed but Repudiated His Confession, Main tained Innocence on the Gallows Johnson " First Confessed, Tlien Made Another Statement Chnrgini; Hiniill With the Murder. .,.,,, v j Mirch 24 Rufus Johnson and George Small, both col ored, were hanged in the jail yard here today for the murder of Miss Florence V. Allinson. The drop fell at 10.19 and the two men were pronounced dead 12 minutes later. Before leaving their cells to go to the gallows both men made statements. Johnson acknowledged his guilt, but Small steadfastly maintained that he, was innocent. Early in the day Small became nervous and appeared to be on the verge of a collapse, but as the time for the execution approached Small seemed to retain his composure, and he walked to the gallows with a firm tread. Johnson was apparently uncon cerned and met death unflinchingly. '-'.-. Mount Holly, N. J.. March 21 The crime for which Itufus Johnson :md George Small, both colored, were hang ed here today was the imuclor of Mi s Florence W, Allinson, who was as saulted and killed l:i a barn nerr Mooresto.vn, N. J., on January 1:1. Miss Allison lived In a smail eotta;re on the -Strswbrldge farm. her only companion being Bessie Walker, a lit-j tie girl whom she had adopted. On 1 the afternoon of January Yi her boly was found In the barn by an o'l ileal-, r, who wrs Informed by Be.--ile Walker thct 'a colored man had l)e;ti- lu tin house. There were evidences nf a des perate struggle in the barn. Th? woman's head had been crushed by ;i blow with a club. He a.!ai'ani hal torn a ntrap from a horse hlnikel end bound It tightly urojnd Miss'-Allin-son's neck. I towards aggregating $ 1 ,.";:0 . were of fered for the capture of the .murdere-, and nearly a score of negro suspect 1 were arrested, among them liufue Johnson,, who was taken into custoly In Baltimore, and George Small wli-j was arrested on . the farm of his em ployer near here. Johupoh confessc;! the crime, was tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged on Fi !rui:;v . .'.'1. Later he made another statement in which he charged Snmli -with the murder. -Raying 'that ho. was robbing Miss Allinson's house v.lii'e Small -attacked the woman. Sma'l a'so made si. confession declaring that it was ho anil nut -Johnson who had killed Miss Allinson. " He afterward repudiated his confession, but was tried and con victed. Johnson was reprieved in order that he might, testify at SmaM's trial, and both wera sentenced to die on the fs:t:ne dry. CARGOlffriEl A SNOW STORM , (By the Associated .Press ) St. Johns, X. !'.. March 24 Th British' freight steamer Titian, bound from New York for Mancheste-, ling.. Is off Cape Race with her cargo on fire. She reported her condition to a signal station ut Cape Ilaee this af ternoon, and added that -she was at tempting to reach this port. A furious snow storm is raging here, and it i feared that the steamer may not be ttblelo make her, way Into the harbor. RUSH BATTLESHIP TO SHANGHAI TONIGHT - (By the Associnted Press.) Manila, Match 24. The United States battleship Wisconsin will sail at mid night for Shanghai to join the American fleet there rush orders to that effect having been received from Rear Ad miral Train, .; ,; . . , Gastonia Odd Fellows. ' Gastonla, N. C March 24. The Gas tonia Odd Fellows are prsparlng to have a public meeting about April 26. es arrangements have not yet bssn .a ... l maue oui- n is expeoiou 10 nave u singing class from the Odd Fellowp Ornhn.nntrn :it Goldsboro oresent. a'A RESERVE OF COAL Nine Million Tons Within 100 Miles of New York Anthracite Operators Say That Should a Strike Come There Will Be No luconvenience Sueli as At tended Disturbances in Anthracite Region in 1002. ' (Uy the Associated Preys.) New York, March 21. Announcement was made today by the anthracite mine operator that they have on hand with- in a radius of less than 10 miles of New I Governor Earner today wrote to an York City a reserve supply of move I lhan 9.(100.000 tons (food marketable organization known as the North ( aro grades of anthracite coal. This is in ad- Una Bondholders Committee, declining '"lion to tlie supplies held by the deal- ers and larger consumers. In accumu- lating this vast store of coal an array ,.f .. ho .t..a,nu- n,nir.vp,l for months. Storage facilities have been became convinced that tne purpose oi i tute and Mr. vreeland. (N. .), cnan increased very largely In some cases the proposed gift was to involve Miclii-, man of the special committee on haz- by the leasing of farms along tne route of railroads. Many of these depots are isolated, but they are within easy transportation distance from New York. The operators declare that should a strike come there will be no inconven iences such as attended the disturb ances in the anthracite region in 1902. IMPORTANT ADMISSION IN THE OIL CASE (Special to The Evening Times.) New 'York. March 24. Counsel for the Standard Oil Company at the in vestigation being conducted by Altor- i ney General Hadley of Missouri, agreed today to have noted on the records of t,e hearing an admission that the stock of the Republic Oil Company and the W iters-Pierce Oil Company and the F .andard Oil Company of Indiana is held in trust by the Standard OH Com pany of New Jersey. Mr. Hartley mid that pending the production of certain piyjrs in con nection with the subject he would min uend Mr. Rogers examination for the day. :' Win. G. Uocki feller, son of Win.. Rockefeller, was then calle.l to the stand. He said he is assistant treas urer the Standard oil Company of New Jersey an.l resides in New York city. At (Ii-...-conclusion -'of hi'' testimony adJourii:i:er,t was taken until Momluy. :;hkkxshoijo wants thk pEMOCKATHt CONVENTION. (Speii.il to The Evening Time ) , .Greensboro. N. t'., March 24.--A1 a mcetinrr of the board of directiirs of the chamber of commerce yesterday ' afternoon a resolui ion was adopted in viling the :Uate democratic conventl.ui to hold its next session in Greensboro. A. -committees, representing the cham ber of ...commerce, consisll.-ig of Dr. Charles 1). M Tver, li. D. Douglas and P. 1). Gold, Jr., was appointed to at tend the session of the stat3 commit tee in Raleigh April rth and urge the holding of the convention in Greens boro. . : . - - - . .Committees representing tin county democratic executive committee, yths city executive committer, the city of ji-oensboro and the couiv.y of Guilfoid will also be sent to Raleigh on the date in nuestion. and Gleensb i'.o in tends to have the convention tigain if t ctti-nest invitation.-: hosiihqblc eiKcr- tainmcnl, plenty of aeeomniodation, convenience of location and creditable reputation count for anything. Samuel H. Ashnridge Dead. (By the Associated Prers.) Philadelphia. Pa. March 24. Foenji r Mayor Samuel H. Ashmidgo died early today at his home In this city from a complication of diseases. Ho win 57 years of ago. Mr. Ashhridga-' had been In ill health for several mnnthq hill .ills cnnriituin flirt not h- come alarming until two oays ago, when he became unconscious and ra- , inalned uo up 'to the tlmo of hi death. Mr. Ashbridgo wus in the city's sar viee for 23 years. He was appointed deputy coroner in 1SS0, . and served continuously as deputy coroner and as mayor until 1903. :; f .( A CONVENT WAS BURNED DOWN : v (Uv the Associated Press.) Wilkesbarre. Pa.. March 24St Mary's -Polish Corrrent at NantJcoko was entirely destroyed by fira today. Two sisters were taken from 'the burn, It i...,,, ..-.I,,. rpi.A n.... uiu uiiiiuiiis wmi uiliiuh. no m is supposed to have been entisfd hy an ! overheated stove. . I Offered by North Carolina Bondholders' Committee GOV. GLENN EXPLAINED Governor Warner . Feared a Suit Michigan Legislature of 1001 Passed Hill Authorizing State to Receive Gifts of Bonds and Em powering Attorney General to Sue. (By the Associated-Press.) Detroit, Mich., March 24. A Free Press sneclal from Lansing. Mich, says: a proffered donation to the state of Mich, ot Nm.u, Carolina state bonds, " , Governor Warner, after investigation, Bit to test the legality of gan in a su bonds which the slate or Noun l aioiuia MICH GAN DON WANTOUR BONDS had declared were worthless on thetwcell Midshipmen Meriwether ami mound that they were fraudulently is- sued in the reconstruction period with- out any value being received by that state. it lo ii Kinp-uliir fni't ill . connection with this bond matter that the Michi gan legislature In 1901 passed a bill au thorizing the state authorities to receive gifts of bonds and empowering the at torney general to commence suit to col lect on such bonds where payment was' contested. Governor Glenn of North Carolina explained to Governor Warner that the holders of the bonds, not be ing able to sue their own state, con ceived the idea of getting the matter into the courts by getting' other states involved. ' South Dakota accepted some of the bonds ind recovered a judgment against the state of North Carolina. GOVKItXOU GLKNN GKATIK1K1). His Correspondence With Michigan Governor Made lubllc. Governor Glenn was today informed of tJie above afternoon Associated Press dispatch to The Evening Times, stating that Governor Warner of Michigan had declined on the .part of that stat : a donation of North Ci'ioiina special tax bonds. : - Governor Glenn expressed his gratifi cation at this news and declared that he would immediately write the Michi gan governor a letter expressing Bie thanks of the people of North Carolina for his action. Governor Glenn then gave some interesting Inside history about this affair. A .short time since he received a very friendly letter from I Governor Warner Informing nun amir these bonds were offered to the state 0i Michigan and asking Governor1 Glenn to fullv Inform him in the matter, lhe spirit in which the letter was written , reived by. the government today from greatly pleased Governor. Glenn. He the Island' of Snmar says that an eu called a meeting Of the council of state g-ageMK.t luis occurred between thy and read before that body '-the - com- '-constabulary and a foice of fanatical municution. "I don't know him, but Governor Warner certainly seems to be n mighty clever follow," was Governor Glenn's comment to his fellow officers. Governor Glenn's reply, to the Mich I- . Governor Curry, whose former how gan executive gave in detail the history j .wua j,. NLnv M.-xi. o, was a nwmtit, o! of these fraudulent bonds. He sent .-y,e jj'jusli liiders, reachiiic; the renk him a copy of the letter "to the Gover- ; o( captain. He also was an officer of nor of New York, which has been given j tne volunteer troops sent to the Philip to the press, in which Governor Glenn j pjncs and became Manila's first chief convinced Governor Higgins of the character of the bonds and persuaded him not to permit the state of New York to accept a donation of bonds for i the purpose of bringing suit. In eon ! eluding his letter Governor Glenn In i formed Governor Warner that the course of this state had been entirely honorable and he was perfectly willing to rely upon the sense of fairness and justice of the Michigan governor, The so-called North Carolina Bond-, holders Committee, referred to in the press dispatch, is the organization of hich John G. Carlisle Is the apparent neau. -The concern has collected a nurabcr o these special ''tax -bonds. . . , i i n t . - . - empowering those states to accept do- I , ,i i.w nit in the I nations of bonds and bring suit In the name of the state. , However. It should be distinctly i stated that the bonds on which South Dakota brought its successful suit were not the special tax bonds, the kind the j New York syndicate has collected. -.-The so-called South Dakota bonds, as the public should know, were not issued by a -"carpet bag" legislature, were never" repudiated but were compromised by the state, and were secured by a lien on the state's stock In the North Carolina Railroad. The special tax bonds are entirely different. They were repudiat ea ana securea Dy noming. ine suc- rpasflil Riitt. hv Rnlith -nAkntfl. Hnon not mean that the special tax bonds could ue coiiecieu. WARM DEFENCE OF URIfTHER Vreeland Tells Congress of Branch's tait RIGHT TO RESENT IT Members Applaud When Mr. Vree land Said a Hoy Who Would Not Do So Was Not Fit to Carry a Commission iu the Navy. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. March 24. The house unanimously adopted a rule making it a : gpecial order at 2 o'clock today to con sider the senate antl-liuzing bill which applies to the Annapolis naval acad emy. .... . Previous to the consideration of an-ti-hazing bill the house cleared up the pension calendar. The pension' legisla tion was completed in an hour, and the hazing biil was at once taken up. Mr. Itixey, (Va.), proposed a substl- , I", took the floor to detail his lmp.es He i ... nrellminarv trouble be Branch, lcadin, to the light which re- lulled in the death or lirancii. Branca. j he said, had insulted Meriwether by ciiucibiNg "-- ' - j of his grandmother and of the spell- ! tn wtf. ii,.e I T unr Ihat a linv win, would lint l'C- I sent such an insult Is-not fit to carry A t10' assembled m the police his country's fiag or a commission iu I court room ut 12.I10 to hear what the the navy," ejaculated Mr. Vreeland, to j decision of the justice was. How, the 'applause of members...... ever, the. magistrate announced that Mr. Pearre, (Md.). sought to get the j the evidence had not been type writ source of the committee's information ten yet, since it was so voluminous, on this, point. (and he desired to read it over before Mr. Vreeland objected to being cross- ne made up his mind in this matter nuestioned afti he had stated the in- 0f so much importance. Therefore formation came from tne supermienu ent of midshipmen and was entirely re liable. : ' - He felt hi view of the mirpose of the education a't Annapolis that a prison discipline was not the proper one; that : bo far as possible the cadet body should he self croveinini.' In his ludarment the I academy o!iicia!s already had taken the , Mr, ,T. X. Holding and other counsel necessary steps to enforce discipline. ! had an important engagement today Mr. Vreolanl condemned the present which they could not defer so the hazing law, -which left no discretion magistrate decided to complete the but to dismiss a boy for .hazing when j examination last, night. The defend len demerits might be a sufficient pun- a;it. introduced no evidence but his ishment for the particular offense. As counsel contended that the itate had to the sentence of Midshipman Merl- , oven faie(i t0 gl0W probable cause iuiuuiiuniiun " ciareci u prcsHieiuiai inimon ougm vo ue extended. , l:y the: Associated .Press..) Manila, March 24. A telegram re- Pulajanos. Governor George Curry ia reported to be missiog. Detai'.a of .'ju affair are lacking. of police under American rule. Early last year he was appointed governor or tho province of Sam.i '. succeeding Gov ernor Feito, who resigned and was givep. extraordinary powers for the pur pose of bringing peace to the- troubled district. - . . . : COMMITTEE FOR 1906 CAMPAIGN. (Hy t lie Associated Preys.) IAN0TH0R : FIGHT ! 1 PHILIPPINES; Washington, March 21. A joint 'that night to catch a train back o Ra- caucus of the republican members oi''!i0igh since some of his people were the senate and house of representa-1 sit.k, but remained all night at Mon- llves was called today to be held in 1 tne naii-ot tne nouse on Wednesday, April 4 "..- ing a congressional committee to Bel vu uunug uie caiiipaign oi twuo. . The call was signed by Senator Alli- son and . Representative Hepburn chairmen of the canons committees of the senate and house. Delayed Traftic Twelve Hours. (Special to The Evening Times.) Salisbury, N. C, March 24. The Yadkin passenger train duo hero at 7.35 In the evening, did not arrive yesterday until 8.0 in the morning. The jumping of a coal car caused the wreck, which tote' tfp a long stretch j of track and completely demoralized ; traffic for twelve hours. I IRR1S CASE Magistrate Will Decide at; 1:30 Monday A 13 HOUR HEARING The Defendant Introduced No Testi mony After Hearing All the State's Witnesses. The Argument Ily the Counsel Lasted Vntil Two O'clock This Morniug. Magistrate C. A. Separk will an nounce his decision iu the prelimi nary hearing of Mr. M. T. Norris at 1.30 Monday. The magistrate will determine whether Mr. Norris, who was arrested on a warrant, sworn out by the in surance commissioner charging him with burning a house, which hap-j pened to be insured in the North' j Carolina Home Company, shall bo held for trial in the superior court or the criminal action dismissed. The hearing before the magistrate broke all records here for time con- tinuously consumed in a preliminary examination, it was begun at 12.40 ast afternoon and lasted, with the oxcel)ton of two half hour recesses, j un(,, 2 o'clock this morning, when .the - argil raent was concluded. The magistrate then reserved his decision he told the lawyers that he would give his decision ut 1.30 next Monday. The hearing before Magistrate Se park was not finished until 2 o'clock this morning. While some of the lawyers were anxious for an adjourn ment last evening until today still an(! that the magistrate should rtis miss the action. After the examination of the fol lowing witnesses a recess was taken and court reconvened at 5 p. ni.; Walter B. Jones, first, cousin of the defendant and the last tenant in the burned house; . I. J. Thomas, a neigh bor, who passed the Norris place about 7 o'clock the evening it was burned and saw a .light like a candle in lhe kitchen; Mrs. Emily Womack, who was at S. M. I'pchurch's that, night, and heard a buggy pass be tween 6.u0 and 7. and later saw signs of a fin' in the distance; S. M. I'pchurch. who also heard the vehicle pass and went lo the scene of the fire at sun rise next morning; : Robert Street, tho colored boy who drove Mr. Norris from .Moncure that morning to various country stores, finally by the Xorris place where the defendant said he wanted to speak to Mr. Jones whereupon Street told him he could have saved him this six mile drive if he had known that since Jones was not there; Street also told o driving round the buggy house,' .Mr. Norris got out, took his grip withjiim, tried the front door then went 'around the hack way and returning in about ten minutes, told Street to drive fast since he wanted to catch the train at Moncure because some of his people were sick. After the recess the witnesses ex amined were IJ. G. Womble, hotel keeper at Moncure. who told of Mr. Xorris coming there and getting a lmesv November 17, and returning cure" because he feared a freight, nlso of a suhseauent visit of Mr. :sor- ris wnen tney. iook uou statement; Street and the defendant differed about Mr. Norris taKing ui 'gnp out of the buggy at. the Norris place, also about, his going round tho house. Mr. Norris had told him that if Street would stick to the truth he would be all right. Mr. Dan Allen told of being in Moncure and seeing Mr. Womble and Mr. Norris taking the negro's statement. W. H. Cross, a neighbor, testified that on his drive Mr. Norris had visited three places within two miles of the Norris house. H. J. Cross, a merchant, said Mr. Norris was about dark at his store seven miles from Moncure and two (Continued on Second Page.) SEVEN MASSACRED BY INDIANS IN MEXICO INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN Knocked by 60-Mile Train to Top of Enbankment Hurled Thirty Feet in Air and Es caped With Scalp Wound and Minor Bruises In New York at 165th Street and Park Avenue. (By thtv Associated Press.) New York, March 24. Struck by a train rushing along at sixty miles at hour and hurled to the top of a thirty foot emhnrikmcnt, Charles Van Ward, a watchman, today escaped With no more serious injuries than a scalp wound and minor bruises. Van Ward was walking on the tracks of the New York, New Haven & Hart ford ltnilroud at lGDlh street and Park Avenue. He did not notice the ap proach of a fast mail northbound, as he was closely bundled up as protection against the cold He was directly in j the middle of the track when the train struck him and hurled him oii to an em- bankment thirty feet high. A police- William Hoege Company of Los An man who witnessed the accident sent geles, and two others, who were mas Van Ward to a hospita'l, where it was sacred by Indians within a few miles found that his injuries were not ser- i of their home, and their bodies left, in ious. TAFT APPEALS FOR COAST DEFENSE FORCE (Uy tile Associated Press.) ' ! Wahsington, March 24. Secretary! Tuft was before the senate committee on military affairs today to explain i the necessity for various items in the j army appropriation', bill. j Various other bills were taken up i by the committee, and the secretary! made nn urgent appeal for the meas ure providing for an increase in coast defense and field artillery forces. The "elimination" bill relat- ing to promotions and retirement in the armv was considered at length. No reference was made to the rJ. i r. i lowar.ee of mileage to General Wood on the occasion of his visit to tn Culled-Stales, a year ago. The sec- relary will again appear before tho committee on Monday. . IMMEDIATE ACTION TO SAVE NIAGARA .: (Uy the Associated Pr.ss.) Washington.-. D. t"., March 21. If Niagara Falls are to be preserved as one of the wonders of the world im mediate action by the United Stales and ('an;.!'" ii iu.utrfd. according t'i the timliims of the American niem bcrs of the international 'Waterways cuimnlsFliin .-'which had len. studying the condirion;:. at the fal's and in the tributaiy lakes.. This lvport signej by 'I he report says: "Works are now aulhori:.(.l and par tially, completed at -the fails which !!. divert from the Niagara river above -the fal.s about 27 average discharge, cent, of he low per cent-, ot the ami about 33 per water discharge, which is more than double the iuan tiiy 'now (lowing ov, r the American fall, in addition-. to his. water naiur allv tributary' to the N'la:;.ua river is being diverted through the Chicago, on the steamer Lasavoie from Havre, drainage canal, and for power in adiii- Another passenger on Lasavoie tton to navigation .purpose's through j was Couut Henri De La Vaulx, an the Krieand tlie'Weiland canals. !' ! aeronaut. He brought several bal effect of this wuhdiawal of water is. , . . , ... , , . , ,., loons, with winch he will make a to injuie roll) the Annncan and the Horseshoe Fulls in nearly equal pro- , eries of ascensions, portions.' While .'the injurv wi'i be j Count La Vaulx is the holder of pereeptible; it-may not be dcstrui t.ve several world's ballooning records, or disastrous." He covered the distance of ; 1,300 The report recommends that legisla-j miU,s from pa,.la to Kie(f, Russia, in non in- cnac:t.i auuionzmg uicsec.c-;31 lary Oi lar lo grain periuns iui iiir diversion of 2H..',(M cubic feel per second, and no iiore, from the waters natur ally tributary to Niagara Falls. All other diversion of water which is naturally tributary to Niagara Falls tho report, says, should be prohibited, except such as may be requlivd for domestic use or for the service of locks In navigation canals. The report rec- ommrnds this prohibition remain in i force two years, and then to become the permanent law of the land, if In the meantime tin Canadian government shall have enacted legislation prohib iting the diversion of water which is naturally ti Unitary to Niagara' Falls, In excess of thirty-six thousand cubic feet pf.i- sacond- not including the amount's required for domestic use or for tha service of locks in navigation rar.nls. Prominent Mexican, His Wife, three Daughters, Ameri can Lady and Her Son AMBUSHED PARTY T TO THE DEATH Pedro Meza, Presidente of La Duera, in Nonoru, Was Brother-iu-Law of Frederick Hartman, President of the William Hoege Company of Los Angeles He and Party Had Driveu to Guayamas and Were Waylaid Hetuniing Home. (By the Associated Press.) San Francisco, Cal., March 24. A dis patch to the Chronicle from Los An geles says: News has reached this city of the murder of five members of the family of Pedro Meza, presidente of La Duera. in Sonera, Mex., and brother-in-law of Frederick Hartman, president of the the roadway between Ortiz and La Duera until a sufficient number of Mex ican troops could be sent to overawe the raiding outlaws and bring their victims. The names of those killed, are: Senor Pedro Meza, presidente of La Duera, a rich mining contractor and one of the most prominent men in tne district. Senora Elvira Meza, wife of the pres idente. ' Senoritas Carmen, Eloisa, and Pan chetta Meza, 18, 20 and 23 years of age, their daughteis.. Mrs. Wenceslas HofE, an old friend of Meza. Theodore Hoff, 2! years of age, her only son. Three members of the Meza family survive. They are the baby son of Pedro Meza and two young daughters. The children had been left at home in La Duera when the rest of the family ; drove to Guayamas. Returning from Guayamas the party j popped . at Ortiz and it Is supposed that they were joined by Mrs. Hoff ana Re earned of the : pl.t,sem.e ot a band of Yaquls in the Los otaU.s mountains near (Kates Pass, j throuigh which they would have to j travel to reach La Duera and the mln- : ing camp where F. A. Hartman owns large interests in silver and copper i properties. The worst of the gorge was ' passed, and they had entered the wider valley, when from every ledge and i mountain of debris came the crack of 1 ritles. The men charged desperately up the slopes, recalling upon their heads a I rain of lead. The last desperate stand of the survivors was made in the shelter 'of the overturned carriage, and they fought back, dying, but lighting to the . last. - .--.'... ! The story of the massacre was (brought to Ortiz liy an Indian letter ' carrier. . . FROM DENVER TO WASHINGTON BY AIR lHy the Associate 1 ' Pr; ss.) i Xow York,: March 24. M. Cure, j the French, billiardist who will com Ipete in the world championship bil ; Hard tournament, which begins in this city April 9, arrived here today hours.. He said today that he hoped to bo able to make a trip by balloon from Denver to Washington. "That trip is perfectly feasible and could be made in 40 hours," he said. DEATH FOLLOWS ALLEGED INSULT. (By the Associated Press.) Beaumont. Texas. March 24. T. D. Qvtrton. aged 25, was shot and killcj at tho Beaumont rice mill today by A. Mold, night watchman. Mold alleges that Overton lnd Insulted him and had 'then gone to his ronm In the mill building . and procured a revolver. When Overton reappeared with his pistol. Mold opened fire, hitting Over ton three times. Overton's home was in Vlrsiiiln.
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