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RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1906.
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SOLDIERS HEREAFTER
MUST FIRE INTO MOBS
IF BENT ON LYNCHING
Governor Issues Orders to
That Effect to Sheriffs
and Troops
NO EXCUSE, HE SAYS, .
FIR ROWAN AFFAIR
In An Address to the People of North
Carolina the Executive Deplores
Recent Epidemic of Crime and j
,
Paves Way for, Law and Kespect j
for the Court Even if Killing is
Necessary Sheriffs Must Call for
Troops if Danger is Feared CO-
Operation of All Citizens Urged
to Prevent Lynching.
An address by Governor Glonu
"To the People of North Carolina"
was given out from the executive
office this afternoon in which he calls ,
h ,,Jni ,n ,,.!., hi in his
efforts to maintain peace and quiet
and forever prevent such disgraceful
scenes as we have just passed
throutrh at Salisbury, and also
auotine in full special orders that he
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is laauiiiB iu a.i me o......o ,
tains of military companies in the
companies in me ,
state looking to the prevention
lynchings or other lawlessness
future. The address follows:
oi
in
"State of North Carolina,
Executive Department,
Raleigh, August 15th, 1906.
"To the People of North Carolina
Greeting:
"Up and until a few weeks ago,
for four years, our state was blessed
with law and order, and peace and j
nlentv reiened. Now. a few lawless
men in three instances have taken
the law into their own hands, and
, , , . ... , IfcAJ
by violence and with a strong hand
have overthrown ,the law, and wll-
fully and deliberately committed
murder by lynching persons confined
In jail. In none of these cases was
there the slightest excuse for these
acts, for in all cases special terms
had bsen ordered, and in one case
the court was actually sitting and
trying the prisoners.
"Such acts breed contempt of law,
bring the courts into disrepute, and
put a blot on the good name of the
state. To stop these disgraceful oc
currences and to protect all prison
ers, no matter who they are, I have
issued the following orders to all
the sheriffs of the state, and to those
In command of the state troops:
"Executive Office,
August 14th.
"To the Sheriff of County,
North Carolina Greeting:
"In tho future whenever any crime
is committed in your county, use
every means in your power to arrest
the offenders and bring them to
trial. After their arrest and con
finement In your jail, if you hear of
any threats or rumors of violence,
you will at once notify me, giving
all the facts, to the end that I may
take such steps as to me seem expe
dient. "I also hereby direct you to notify
the captain of the nearest military
company of said rumor, and order
him to be in readiness to aid you in
case of need. You also have the
power to summons and arm all citi
zens as a posse comitatus. If after
this, violence Is attempted, I hereby
command you to order out the mili
tary company and the posse, and
have them armed and equipped for
duty. You will then make procla
mation and order all crowds around
your jail or attempting to seize your
prisoners, to at ones disperse, tell
ing them if they refuse, you will use
force and their injury will be upon
their own heads. Use every, peaceful
means in your power to disperse
crowds, without using force, but If
they still refuse to leave, and con
tinue their threats and unlawful
acts, use force sufficient to disperse
them, even If killing be necessary.
"You will likewise arrest and put
in jail all such persons engaged ln
said mob, to the end that they may
be presented and punished accord
ing to law.
"I have confidence In the Integrity
of the civil officers, and count on
their co-operation with nie in sup
I pressing all crime.
"Herein fail not, but obey this
order.
"Respectfully,
"R. B. GLENN,
"Governor."
"Executive Office, Auk. 14.
"To Captain
Company
N. C. State Guard.
"Sir: Hereafter, in case at any time!
you near or any attempt at violence
by mob law, you are hereby commanded
to report the facts to mo, and also
I notify the sheriff of the county where
the violence in threat enod of VOU1'
' vn;i,HmM in tonilr.i lilm vonr 5?PI-viceS.
ln tho event you al.e oracl.ed out by
the sheriff you are hereby commanded
1 obey 1,is lawful '"dels; Attempt no
violence as Ions as there is a chance to
onforce order peacefully. If the sheriff,
after ordering the crowd to disperse,
and they refuse, orders you to fire, do
deliver them to the sheriff, and con
tinue to guard and protect the jail
until you are relieved. Do nothing
rash) but in every way possible aid
the civil authorities In suppressing mob
law.
1 have confidence in tho willingness
and ability of the military to carry out
this order. This Is a general order In
force now and hereafter, until counter-
manded. and of It you will take notieo
and act accordingly.
"It. B. GLENN,
Gov. and Commander-in-Chief,
"The above orders show my desire to
preserve the law and to protect the
i state, but even these efforts will bo
: flll'lln IIKlAM -.11 BrijA nilt..,n.. ..ill ni.l
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Law.. hldlnir i.eoole should keen
out of tne mol) renaei. o no assistance
or svmnflihv mrectlv rw inilirectlv use
every effort in their power to get it to
disperse, and should willingly help the
officers in the discharge of their duty.
Remember every effort will always be
made to arrest and try all persons who
commit crime. There is. therefore, ho
need of lynch law, and If the courts
I and juries fail to do their full duty,
land this is made known through the
I proper channels, every resource will be
I adopted to punish tho guilty parties for
thus degrading justice. Our judges are
nonest and true, and speedy trials will
be ordered, and therefore there can be
no shadow of an excuse for men taking
hVMO linn men 11 litmus, ttllu w lien
jth(,y do t)ey bwon)e themsolves Iaw.
breakers, put themselves without the
j aie of legal protection, and must be
j dealt with as a mob and suppressed by
(Continued on Page Two.)
STOLEN GENS FOUND
Hidden in a Wall of World's
Fair Building
These Gems, Valued At $50,000,
Were Stolen From An English
Family By a Hindoo, Who Con
fessed As He Lay Dying.
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 15. Acting un
der instructions cabled from England,
John P. O'Brien, a laborer employed
in' the wrecking of the world's fair
buildings, has unearthed an alligator
bag containing jewels valued at $50,000,
which were stolen from Mr. and Mrs.
P. Henry Clayton of Devonshire, Eng
land., during a visit to the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition two years ago.
The jewels were stolen from a trunk,
and they were not missed until the
Claytons had returned to England
after a tour around the world. They
then had no means of knowing where
the jewels had been stolen. About a
month ago a Hindoo servant who had
been in their employ during their trip,
was fatally injured by an elephant in
India, and on his deathbed confessed
that he stole the jewels while in St.
Louis.
He said that he became alarmed, and
fearing detection had dropped them
into a hole In the wall of the manu
facturers' building. Later he again
wished to secure the gems, but on re
taining to the place where he had
secreted them, could not reach the bot
tom of the space between the plaster
and the side of the building. Fear
ing to make any inquiries or ask as
sistance, the Hindoo departed from Sf.
Louis with the Claytons, leaving the
Jewels in their hiding place.
O'Brien was generously rewarded,
and was also employed by Mr. Clayton
as his personal attendant.
The Wheat Crop of Kansas.
(By the Associated Press.) ,
Topeka, Kas., Aug. 15. F. D.
Coburn. secretary of the Kansas State
Board of Agriculture, estimates the
Kansas wheat crop for 1 90B at 91,-
38,676 bushels. '
GIRL LASHED BY
BRUTAL GUARDS
i '
Careless Word Led to Plir -
suit by Riiss Troopers
INFAMY OF OFFICERS
They Htood By While Troopers'
Whips Hummed Above This Ke
nned And Cultured Woman, Cut
ting Through Her Clothing And
Lacerating Her Tender Flesh
Horribly.
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Petersburg. August 15. -Intense
popular indignation has been created
here by the .brutal treatment of Mile.
Smirnoff, a refined young lady, at the
hands of the crack' chevalier guards.
I while a squadron of th
guardsmen
. 1assnK along the Nevsky Prospect
yesterday, Mile. Smirnoff, who was ac
companied by another young lady, re
marked: "They are as gay as if they had cap
tured Port Arthur."
Pedestrians hearing the remark re
peated it. Quite a crowd collected and
joined In the jeering. The commander
of the cavalrymen suddenly wheeled
his squadron and gave the command
to charge with sabres drawn. J lie
troopers then charged the crowd, lay
ing about them right anil left.
Mile. Smirnoff, and her companion
who in the meantime had passed on I
down a side street, were pursued. They
tried to escape into a doorway but
were cut off.
The Outrage Consummated.
Under the direction of an officer they
were forced to enter a cab and were
driven to the guards" barracks, where I
the young ladies were taken before I
Colonel Stenboekfennor. Hie latter
was disposed to turn- Mile. Smirnoff
over to the police, but other officers
interfered and the girl finally was taken
to the court yard, where troopers, in
the presence of two officers, adminis
tered to her 27 lashes with their whips.
The girl's clothing was cut as if by
knives by the wire thongs of the whips
and her flesh was horribly lacerated.
The papers are demanding the trial
both of the officers and men who par
ticipated in the affair. Heports of both
police and private surgeons are printed,
desei iblng ill detail the extent of the
wounds indicted. The girl's back Is so
swollen that it is impossible as yet to
ascertain whether any of her ribs are
broken.
No action on the part of the military
authorities has yet been announced.
The Twentieth Century, which printed
another story of the case today, has
been confiscated.
MRS. MYERS CASE
TO HIGHEST COURT.
(By tho Associated Press.)
Liberty, Mo., August 15. It was an
nounced here today that attorneys of
Mrs. Agnes Myers, who is now in jail
here under sentence of death, charged
with the murder of her husband at
Kansas City, have decided to take the
case to the United States supreme
court.
Mrs. Myers and her accomplice,
Frank Hottman, are under sentence to
hang on September 3, next.
H1GGINS DOWNS ODELL
IN TEST OE STRENGTH
' (By the Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 15. The republican I
state committee today voted to call the
state convention to be held in Saratoga
on September 25. Notwithstanding the j
expectations that the session would be
uneventful, there was a test of the
strength of the friends of Governor 1
Higglns and the friends of State Chair
man Odell over the election of a tem
porary chairman for the ktate conven
vention. Governor Hlggins' friends
won on the first vote by electing Lieu
tenant Governor Lynn Bruce for tem
porary chairman, but Mr. Odell's
friends brought about a reconsidera
tion of that vote and left the matter
unsettled.
The convention will be held on the
same date as that selected by the dem
ocrats for their state convention, which
will be held at Buffalo.
TEXAS REPUBLICANS
NAME A STATE TICKET.
(By the Associated Press.)
El Paso, Tex., August 15. The regu
lar republican state convention nomi
nated the following state ticket today:
Governor, W. C. Averill, Beaumont;
',,,..
Frederick Hof
'hinR coma.1 conntv- .ttornfiv.irnRrl
e. w. Og-den, San Antonio; railroad
commissioner, W. F. Connor, Dallas.
i
BAILEY FOB CAMPBELL
Bell and Colquitt Forces
Combine to Fight Rim
M maatioa ia t,,e T xa i,o,,,-
cratic i.onveiinon ah it Appears
Today Hogg Amendments Fa
vored, as Part of the Platform.
(By the Associated Press.)
Dallas, Texas, Aug. 15. Judge
Howard Templeton of Sulphur
Springs, acting as permanent chair
man, called the democratic state con
vention to order .today for its second
day's session. The chairman said
that this would be tho last conven
tion of its kind In tin history of
Texas. He said that the nomination
of state officers hereafter would be
made by the people direct, in prima
ries Routine work was taken up today.
Nomination for governor is not ex
pected before tonight or probably to
morrow. Senator Bailey's signifi
cant speech of yesterday in which he
referred to the seige of the Lueknow
and the song "The Canibells
are
Coming" is much talked of. It is
believed by many today Ifiat the
senator will throw his strength to
lion. T. M. Campbell, a leading gu
bernatorial candidate. It was re
ported today that the Colquitt and
Bell men are attempting to form a
coalition in an effort to defeat Camp
bell. Several delegates have expressed
desirc to 0 Defo
re the resolu-
i tions committee
and ask that the
amendments" he
j famous "Hog;
adopted as a part of the platform.
These amendments have to do with
railroad regulation ami the stock
and bond law.
LYERLY CARDS
ARE HELD IIP
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Salisbury. N. ('.. Aug. 15. Postmaster
Ramsay was today instructed by the
department at Washington to hold up
all postal photographs of the Lyerly
murderers, lynched last week. The
postmaster had previously taken that
I course.
Rich Watkins.
shot and fatally
by another negro
learned. The me
i Spencer negro, was
wounded last night
whose name V-'as not
i had a dispute over
a woman, ending in a fight and shoot
ing. The shooting negro escaped.
fS HE DEATH PROOF?
One Bullet Bores His Heart,
Another His Head
They Send for the Undertaker, and
When His Wagon Arrives the
Negro That Should Be Dead Is
Sitting Up.
(By the Associated Press.)
Birmingham, Ala., August 15
special from Hattlesburg, Miss., says
After receiving one bullet straight
through the heart and another entirely
through the head, Charles Williams, a
negro of this city, has survived for
three days and probably will recover.
The wounds were inflicted by a 38
calibre revolver filed at short range.
Williams fell over as though de.id.
The undertaker was telephoned for, but.
a surgeon hail arrived in the meantime
and when the undertaker's wagon ar
rived the wounded negro was able to
sit up. Since then he has been eating
heartily and the physicians venture the
opinion that lie will recover if no com
plications arise.
MILLER PRESIDENT j
OF THE FEDERATION;
(Special to the Evening Times.) I
Asheville, N. C, August 15. The
first annual convention of the North
Carolina jState Federation of Labor
adjoiftned here today at noon after a
three days' meeting. Charlotte was
chosen as next year's meeting place.
J. T. Miller of Raleigh was elect
ed president. The federation adopted
a resolution that all labor union men
vote for those candidates for politi
cal office who are favorable to or
ganized labor.
The joint campaign between Mr.
Crawford, the democratic nominee
for congress from this district, and
Mr. Britt,, the republican candidate,
will open at Rohbinsville early next
.month.
NOMINATIONS
i
About 23 Radicals Nw
Straw Candidates
GODWIN FOR CONGRESS
Judge W. S. O'B. Robinson Will Run
Against Armistead Jones Erl.
Pou's Opponent Is Berry Godwin
of Pine Level, Johnston County
Hoping Great Things From John
ston. Two conventions were held !-i Ro!eig i
today, although the fact was ,-ardly
notlceable to any but close observe'.'.'
and republican politicians.
The conventions were the republican
congressional convention of the fourt
district and the republican judicial
convention for the sixth district. The
utmost harmony prevailed at both. It
was a sort of a "skidoo" affair, there,
being about 23 present.
The net results are that Berry God
win of Pine Level, Johnston county,
will do the "skldoo" stunt for Ed. Pou.
and ex-Judge W. S .O'B. Robinson will
perform the same kindly office for
Armistead Jones. There was not
enough speechifying to hurt.
At 12 o'clock, tho hour for conven
ing, there were five men in the. hall
besides a newspaper reporter. Fif
teen or twenty minutes later nearly
a baker's dozen came in, and about
the mystic number of twenty-three
was the final gathering. The "ski
doo" part will come later.
In the absence of F. D. Jones of
Gulf, chairman of the congressional
executive committee, the convention
jwas called to order by J. P. H. Adams,
1 who was designated by telegram from
Mr. Jones.
Mr. Alams state the business of
the convention to be the nomination
of a candidate for congress to op
pose Ed. W. Pou, give him a close
j race and defeat him if possible.
J On motion of United States Com
missioner Nichols the temporary or
ganization was made permanent, Mr.
Adams chairman and 'W. W. Green
secretary.
I The convention got right to work,
and Commissioner Nichols, in a very
'hopeful speech, in which ho said that
this was a small convention, but a
representative one, and he looked for
good and far reaching results from
i it. The time was ripe, for the present
'congressman had isolated all preee
lont by accepting a nomination for a
fourth term, as if it belonged to one
family. He believed that Johnston
,was one of the most promising coun
ties in the district. In fact he
thought a revolution was going on
there, and there was a chance even
of its going republican this time. The
county had not had a candidate for
congress in thirty years. When he
ran himself he would have carried
that county if some of the poll hold
ers had not robbed him. As it was
he was beaten in Johnston by only
four votes.
Mr. Godwin's nomination was sec
onded by Thomas Massey of John
ston, a former populist.
Ex-Populist Congressman J. W. At-
water moved that the nomination be
nlilnc 0y acclamation, and it was done,
(Continued on second page.)
racedaheaiTofTrain;
his racing days over
(Special to the Evening Times.)
Lexington. August 10. Yesterday
Wm. Wilson, an aged Greensboro
negro, was killed by train 37 on a
trestle near town. He was employed on
tho double tracking force and was
standing on the trestle when the train
bore down upon him.
Instead of stepping to one side as he
could have done, thus saving himself,
he lost his head and ran down the
track in the foolish hope of outrunning
the fast passenger. The engine tossed
him straight up. and as he fell his body
was hurled to one side again and
mangled. In the Civil War he served
as a body servant for his young master.
MURDERS OF THE
POLICE CONTINUE.
(By the Associated Press.)
Warsaw. August 15. Attempts were
miuie today in various streets to murder
police officials. It is reported that
twenty murders have been reported to
the authorities.
At Wloclawek, Chief of Police Dlrno-
wicz anfl Provincial Police Captain
PleltiW have been murdered.
OF
ROOT'S MISSION
Our People Art) One With
You in Sentiment
CHEERED TO THi i CHO
At the Official Banquet at the Gov-
eminent House, Buenos Ayres, He
Makes the Most Significant Ad-
dress Delivered During His South
American Tour.
(By t lie Associated Press.)
Buenos Ayres, Aug. 15. At the
official banquet given at. the govern
ment house last evening by President
Alcor a in honor of Secre.arj Root,
to Wflicil tile diplomatic (-01 .s an.,
high officers of state only wore ..
vited, the secretary made what was
considered the most important
speech he has delivered while on his
tour. The secene was most brilliant,
the staircase and banqueting hall
presenting a picture of great splen
dor. Rising to tender the secretary an
official welcome and proposing the
UNFOLDING
health of Mr. Root the president greeted at times by cheers that drown
tracod the similarity in the constitu- j ed the roar and crash of their many
tions, progress and success in over-1 bands and at times they passed
coming obstacles, of North and I through living lanes where voices
South America and dwelt especially J were still and where many eyes were
on the mutual a rl v.-i nt a ce of closer
friendship between the races.
The Address of Mr. Boot.
Mr. Root in replying said:
"I thank you, sir, for your kind
welcome and for. your words of ap
preciation. T thank you for myself;
I thank you for that true and noble
irantlAman who hold in the United
States of America the same exalted ! narp showers during the night dis
offW whir l, von hold here. 1 thank 1 Polled the oppressive heat of the day
you for the millions of citizens in
-he TTnito.l Kl-.,to
"We inherit the right to be inter
ested in the Argentine republic and
to be proud of the Argentine people
from the time when Benjamin Rush
was lighting, from the day when
James Monroe threw down tho
gauntlet of a weak republic. We
were then in defence of its independ
ence and rights, and from that day
to this the interest and the friend
ship of the people of the United
States for the Argentina republic
have never changed. We rejoice in
your prosperity. We are proud of
(Continiie.1 on Page Seven.)
STRUCK DEAD IN DED
Lightning Sped Duwn t e
Telephone Wire
To One of the Sleeping Sisters Jt
Brought Instant Doom The Other
Severely Shocked Has Not Yet
Regained Consciousness.
(Special to the Evening Times.)
Lenoir, August 15. The daughter, of
Mr. Thomas Coffey, who lives one mile
from Plowing Hock, was struck by
lightning last night about one o'clock
and Instantly killed. Her sister
who
cl,.i.,iinr in the Kame room, waf
severely shocked, not having regained
consciousness yet.
The young ladies w
sleeping in the
room where the 'phone was located, the
first named with the head of her bed
immediately under the 'phone. The
current followed the wire, tore the
'phone from its fasteniirs and struck
the young ladies with the above re
sults. The house was in no way in
jured. MYSTERY SURROUNDS
THIS GENEROUS GIVER.
(Special to the Evening Times.) time days. Tho other extreme was
Lexington. N. C. August 15. Sunday n the person of Lystone D. Howe,
morning in the First Reformed church j of Streeter, Ills., who was the young
some unknown and seemingly unknow- j ef)t man to enlist during the War.
able person contributed an unusual ( The coiumn was about three hours
sum to the ordinary church collection. , m ing a glven polnt
The envelope commonly used at the
First' chin ch was used on this occa
sion, but no .name was on it. Ill it there;
were four $5 bills, one Jill bill and
-
$20 bill. Mvslei v surrounds the gener-
ous contributor, and there is llyi
speculation as to his or her identity.
I.v
HOT WEATHKR FATAL
TO TWO NEGROES.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 15. As the re
sult of hoat prostration Leslie John
son and William Stewart, both ne
groes, died today in local hospitals.
THE
THINNING
RANKS MARCH
Parade of Union Veterans
Impr ssivs But Pathetic
DRILL CORPS OF GIRLS
At Times Cheers Drowned the .Crash
of Bands. Again, Silence Fell As
Men With Bared Heads and Dim
Eyes Watched the Veterans Sweep
ing by.
(Bv the Associated Press.)
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 16.
For the fortieth time sinep their
work was finished and thHr glory
.Hi'. k")v Won "t the grand 'army of
ubHc v.cre in line today.
rhe'rs have been parados more gor
;eo.is, but never in this country has
tliere been a parade more appealing
or more impressive than that which
passed through the streets of Min
neapolis this forenoon. The old sol
diers who today were 'in the ranks
that are thinning year by year, were
! dim
as the onlookers, with head-
bared as the observers watched the
: grizzled veterans file by.
The parade was notably well
handled, quick moving and Inspiring.
Countless'flags snapped in the breeze
! and the soldiers passed for miles be
tween buildings gorgeously decorat
ed. The day was ideal. Several
j before and a soft, cool breeze swept
I over the city. The sky was dark dur-
. ; ing the early part oi tne morning,
but as the columns began to gather
tno sun shone brightly.
Women in the Parade.
Every precaution that could make
the parade a success was taken by
the authorities. The line of march,
j two miles in length, was wired off,
i nobody being able to obstruct the col
I umn for an instant. At the head of
j the column was a splendidly mounted
platoon of police, the line filling the
I street from curb to curb. Directly
i behind the police and at the head of
the parade proper came tne Cook
band and drum corps of Denver. The
twenty-two young women who form a
drill corps and a portion of the Cook
organization were especial favorites
with the multitude and were given a
continuous ovation during the pa
rade. Former Governor Van Sant and
his chief-of-staff, General Fred B.
Wood, adjutant general of Minnesota,
followed by regimental and staff of
ficers of the Minnesota National
Guard comprised the entire escort of
the granl army, and then, marching
in splendid even rangs, with their
formation superbly kept, throughout
the entire parade, came the first of
the old soldiers, Columbia post or
Chicago, acting as the personal escort
of Commander-in-Chief Tanner.
Tanner and His Staff.
Behind Columbia post came Commander-in-Chief
Tanner, mounted on
a spirited and handsome steed and at-
tended by his personal staff. Fol
lowing the officers of the organlza-
tion, rank on rank, came the men of
i the grand s.rmy marched ln order of
their admission to the organization.
Illinois having the right of the line,
followed by Wisconsin, Pennsyl
vania, Onio and New York in the or
der named. Twenty other states fol
lowed these.
Two extremes were noted among
the Rock Island (Ills.), men, one be
ing Anson H. Hubbard, of Mollne.
Ills., who-aUhough ninety years of
age .marciied'-withsprlghlly tread
and blew his fife asclearly as ln war
i DEATH FROM NATURAL
CAUSES THE VERDICT.
(By the Associated Pr"!.)
London, Aug. 15. Thef juest on
the body of Mrs. Cradle '(John Oli
ver Hobbes) resulted today in a ver
dict of death by natural causes. The
surgeon who performed the autopsy
testified that he found evidences of
weakness of the heart muscles.
Otherwise everything was normal.
He expressed the opinion that Mrs.
Cralgle died suddenly and painlessly.