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INTHEASHESOF
DEEP GRIEF SITS
ALL CLEVELAND
Death-Bells from Every Spire
Sound the Funeral Dirge
of School-Children
IF ill-
Little Charred IJodies of One-Third
the Children of Collingwood of
School' 'Arc Interred .In the Ceme
teries of Cleveland, While Despair
lug Mothers and Fathers, Mute
With the Horror Which Thejf Do
Not Vet Fully Realize, Uury Their
Own Flesh and Wood in the
Graves Filled With All That Many
of Them Hud On Earth to Love.
Desolate Households Inquiry
Into the Cause of the Disaster
Proceeds Other Facts and Inci
dents. '.''
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Cleveland, O., March 6. This is the
day of funerals in North Collingwood.
Sorrowing parents are following ono
thlrd of all the school children in the
city to tho cemeteries where their
mutilated bodies are to be laid to rest.
Twenty more bodies are- so mangled
that it Is diflleult to Identify them.
The search for them consequently U
' slow. There is still speculation with
various conclusions on the cause : of
the accident and the responsibility for
tho same, but the authorities have b en
unable to get any nearer a solution
than they were on the day of tho fire.
Janitor Herter maintains that h?
saw three little girls running from ths
closet where the lime and sawdust
were stored, and that. In his op'nion,
they started the fire. On tho ' other
hand, it was first reported theo gliii
were met by the janitor as they came
out of the cellar. Moreover, another
girl has been found who says she saw
Herter working ct the furivice, which
was smoking furiously, before the fire
DroKe oui. ,-ine auinoruies nave pee:i
unable to learn much from Herter.
Every time he is questioned he be
comes frantic, and shouts like a man
bereft of reason. While In this stats
he bemoans the fate of his own chil
dren and no satisfactory conversation
can be carried on with him.
The belief is growing that the fire
must have burned for a long time ba
fore it was discovered, otherwise it
could not have gained such great head
way. The parents of those children
who survived tho accident are doing
all possible to assist the authorities
in discovering the circumstances lead
ing to the holocaust.1
The three little girls met In the hall
by the Janitor, it is explained, prob
ably had been excused from the room
by their teachers and had met there.
When the Janitor saw them they prob
ably were returning to their rooms.
It is not considered likely that they
would have lingered about the room
beneath the stairway after a fire had
been set and the talk of incendiarism,
even though Innocent on their part,
is considered by many as ridiculous,
.Herter says also that he saw the iul
playing in the hall. This, teachers say.
- would have been Impossible, as "chil
dren are not in the habit of risking
reprimand by playing In hallways
while their classes are in the most
busy hours of the day.
The main line of Inquiry Is to deter
mine why an alarm was not turned In
before the fire gained great headway,
as well as to determine whether or not
an effort was first made to extinguish
the blaze without the aid of the firs
department and the flames got beyond
control.
The whole state is stirred over the
tragedy and there will be no cessation
of effort-intil every means of discov
ering the responsibility for the acci
dent has been exhausted. The legis
lature today began its Inquiry, but
cannot progress far until the coronial
hearing has been held.
The ruins are still surrounded by
those weeping mothers and fathers
who have not yet succeeded in recog
nizing the bodies of their dead. Some
of the parents Insists on joining the
search. It is likely that all the bodies
yet in the ruins will have to be buried
'long with the unidentified dead now
In the morgue and their resting place
marked by one common monument.
, No general service was held today.
The little coffins were taken to church,
the little children attended, and group
ed about. Services were held In every
church in Collingwood and ' a great
crowd Joined In the funeral cortege
to the cemeteries. Bells were tolled
throughout Clevoland. '
i INJUNCTION
IS BEGUN TBDftY
HEIST S.fi.L.
" (By Leased Wire to The Times) :
Washington, D. C., March 6. In
junction proceedings were begun in
tile supreme court of the District of
Columbia today by the Continental
Trust Company, trustees, against tho
.Seaboard Air Lino" Railway -Company
and a number of Individuals and trust
companies to enjoin them from intor
ferrlng with, the enforcement of firs',
mortgages against the road.
This step is taken to protect the
creditors' of the railroad system and to
operate the lines so as to pay off the
indebtedness.
ALT'! GENE
Chnvintto v r Mnrch fi Tn the i
', ' ' . , , . ' .', '!
Observer today is printed a two-col-:
until letter written by Speaker E. J. j
Justice to J. W. Pleas, of Marion,
N. C. (who sends it to the Observer),
In which he announces that he Is no
longer a candidate tor the Democratic
nomination for attorney-general.
Among; other things Mr. Justice
says:': '
"The reasons which at one time
caused me to consider . the question
as to whether I Bbould stand for the
nomination are as follows:' i."
"The office of the attorney-general
has been considered in the minds of
JUSTICE NOT A
EP1W1TE FO R
1
many people, of less dignity and im-. her dotnains by Japan. -The." encroach--portance
than should properly attach ments of Japan upon .Chinese .rights
to It.' The.'- attorney-general has of- j has; tlrrcd the '-government -to depths
ten boon kept too closely at Raleigh Unl -the fact that a movement vvasju
almost entirely clerical, and . widen
could he performed by a good law
clerk; and the fact .that the .attorney-.
general h&o been without an assist
ant, until recently, has mado it nec
essary for tr.e real vorK or tno oince.
ln looking after the Interests of tho
state in legal matters, to be attend-! u j'g ,;aM that M;nistcr Hayashi, act
ed to by other counsel, thus minimis-! under Instructions, has sent th
Ing the Importance of the office. The first secretary to the minister of for-nttoinev-ireneral
should be in a nosi-!elcn affairs with the statement that
tion to act as sole leading counsel in
air matters affecting the rights of
the state, and there should be suffi
cient initiative and ability in the man
who holdB the office to cause him to
institute proceedings where the state's
interests demand this should be done,
as well as to defend those cases
which tome to him In duo course.
"There would, therefore, be a
splendid opportunity for , the tight
man in (hat position to exalt it and
render the state good service, if he
were given an assistant permanently
to do the clerical and routine work
necessary. If It were understood
that the attorney-general would fer
ret out crime, and punish trusts and
illegal combinations of capital, and
inform himself as to ; whether the
transportation companies were living
within the law, this would go far to
wards making these great corpora
tions, whose wealth is sufficient to
enable them sometimes to over-ride
the law, obey It as ordinary citizens
do. Whether I would be the right
man in this position is a question
that others than myself are best
qualified to pas3 judgment upon. The
man who Is fitted for the office,
could, I am sure, work great reforms
In the office that would be of benefit
to the people. Whoever is nominated
for the office should be a man of
such ability and character that he
will reflect credit upon the legal pro
fession and upon the state, and what
is equally as Important, he should
be free from entangling alliances
with the railroads and trusts. No
lawyer who is suspected of giving
his services to special Interests while
holding office should be considered.
"The considerations which have In
fluenced me to Bay that I would not
become a candidate, are that I fore
see that seeking the nomination
would seriously interfere with my
private practice, and If I were elected
it would Involve ' flnanclal sacrifices
that I can ill-afford ,to make. Be
sides there is no assurance that the
office of assistant attorney-general
will be continued, and if It were not
this would seriously Interfere with
(Continued on Pag Seven.)
LOOKS LIKE II
.-1 1
Dispute Oyer Steamship Seiz
ure Reaches Serious Stage
viCEaayoFCANroNOUT
IlcKlpiiitlon'' of Viceroy of Canton,
Announced Today, is Taken to In
dicate That Hie Dispute Between
(Japan and China Hits Reached the
Critical Slagc Japan -Urged Not
to Accept. Any Compromise, While
China Refuses to Accede to. Dc
inaiKlM of Japan -Plenty of War
Talk. .
(Special Cable to The Times.)
Tokio, March, G. A cable dispatch
received here this morning states that
the viceroy of Cr.ntoh has resigned
over the steamship Tatsu Maru affair.
This is taken to indicate that the dis
pute between China and Japan : has
readied a most serious stage. ',."'"
China is determined not to acccd
to the demands of Japan, but s wllllni
to release .the. steamer and maintain
.possession of the consignment of mu
nltjousl Df war Which were seized.
Japan wants all or nothing and has
so stated her position.
Newspapers are urging that the Jap
anese government hold to this position
and not suffer any loss of dignity by
compromise. .
The viceroy of Kwang Tung refuse
to give up the ship or anything el.it-,
notwithstanding instructions from.
Pel-.in.
it Is said that valuable "witnesses
have been found to sustain the con
tention of Chinese officials that the
arms seized with tlje Tatsu Maru'ra
part of a: filibustering movement and
that the rifles were intended for rebels.
Under no circumstances, it is stated,
will China stand for interference in
gnu with private parties or not wil
not be. overlooked.
While Minister' Hayashi has made no
threats, it is admitted that war is th'j
only one outcome of a refusal to ac
cede to Japan's demands.
Public opinion has been aroused 'n
Japan over the affair and there is
in view of the attitude of the Chinese
government ho could only proceed in a
manner that would uphold the dignity
and protect tho Interests of the island
kingdom.
No answer has been made by China.
GARY ELECTEO
SC. TODAY
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Columbia. S. C, March 6. Hon.
Frank G. Gnry, of Abbeville, 8. C,
was elected today on the fifteenth bal
lot by the general assembly in Joint
session to fill the unexpired term of
A. C. Lattlmer, deceased.
The corrected official vote given
Gary is 79, on the fourth ballot today,
being the fifteenth ballot taken In all,
which, Is a majority of one oyer the
number necessary to elect.
Gary's nearest competitor was Lieu
tenant Governor Thomas G. McLeod,
who received 82 votes. The balloting
commenced Tuesday night,
Mr. Gary has seen twelve years of
service as a member of the legisla
ture, having been speaker of the house
for the term ending In 1901. He is, now
a member of the house.
He Is a lawyer and has attained
some eminence as a practitioner. He
will be fortyelght years old next Sun
day. His father was a physician of
Abbeville county and his uncle, Gen
eral Martin W. Gary, was one of the
most dashing of the Confederate cav
alry leaders. He is a brother to As
sociate Justice Gary, of the supreme
court, and to Judge Ernest Gary, of
the fifth circuit.
, The last ballot was as follows:
Gary, 79; McLeod, 32; Walker, 24;
Mauldln, 11; Ira B. Jones, 4; Will
Jones, 2; J. T. Crocker, 1; D. T. Mc
Kelthan, 1.
Senator pary will take his seat Im
mediately iand serve until March 4,
1909, when the senator for the full
term will be sworn In, ,
SENATOR
SALISBURY MEET
S A FIZZL
Only A Ooarlette of Prominent!
Parly men Present
LETTER FROM VATSON
Fifty-Two, Represented Tartly By
Proxy, Took Pare in the Little
"I 'rival e Conference" They Say
Sell'-Govcniineiit is Threatened Ily
Slate Prohibition . Measure Ad
dress to Re Given Out and Or
pinii:ti::u Ai'.iioiinced In a Few
Days, Says Conductor .Morton,
- (Special to The. Tim 3s.)
Salisbury, N. . C, March C. Tho
conference of anti-prohibition demo
crats' held hero last evening was
somelhin;; of a failure in point, of
attendance, only a few prominent
party m:a outside of Salisbury be
ing present..
George L. J.Torton, of Wilmington,
and James 'D..' .McNeill, of .Fayette
I
ville, and Harry Stubbs, of Martin,
were here and took a leading part
with a number. of Rowan men, head
ed by Walter Murphy.
Colonel Morton stated that the
meeting was just a urivate confer
ence to devise ways and means look
ing to the betterment of the demo
cratic party. With many damoerats
Mr. Morton thinks tho principle of
self-government is threatened by the
bill which is to be voted on -in May.
The tentative plans formulated by
the meeting hare have not matured
and so Mr. Morton refused to say
what the plan of campaign would be.
However, ho informed ' your corre
spondent that the meeting hero to-
uii.v .a uiiijuuu iu peisiuu hum
proxy by htty-two prominent anaj
representative' democrats and an or
ganization was agreed upon, which
will be perfected in the next few
days, when the address to ths people
of North Carolina prepared at this
meeting win do issued. ii:c organi
zation will be made public at the
same time as the address. :
Cy Walson Sends it Letter.
A letter was read at the confer
ence from Mr. C. B. Watson, of Winston-Salem,
whose views are in sym
pathy with the present anti-prohibi
tion rndvement.. The full text of the
letter is given below:
Hon. Geo. L. Morton, .
Salisbury, N. C.
Dear Sir:
When I saw you I expectod to have
ter. at Davidson court this week and
to run over and be with you at the
conference of democrats to be held
on the evening of the 5th iust., but
under the urgent advice, and I might
say command, of my family physic
ian, I am at home and off duty for
at least a month. I am improving
and hope to bo well Boon, but have
completely abandoned all business
for the present.
The local editor of the Sentinel
here called me up a few days ago
and asked me if I were going to meet
you gentlemen in Salisbury and make
a speech. I answered him, over the
phono, that I could not go, which he
understood, but that I was in full
sympathy with the men who are ex
pected to bo, present on that occas
ion, and asked him to call on me so
that I might explain myself fully.
This he did not do, but sent to the
papers what you have doubtless seen.
You know my views on the ques
tions that I have no doubt will be
discussed at your conference, that
such a conference and in fact many
conferences between now and the
meeting of the state convention are
absolutely necessary looking to the
welfare of the democratic party, I
have no doubt. The adoption of tho
late amendment to the constitution
gave to the democratic party of North
Carolina a "lion's strength." Thous
ands of democrats in tho state, I
among the number, can but think
that our organization has boon using
this strength "as a lion," not only in took place this morning at Noda
proposing to force prohibition upoi'gOV( ft brewing town near Tokio.
sections of the state against their , Four hundred out of 1,000 houses
will, and their best interest, as many j ln the town werc aestroyed.
believe, but by following a course in 1
the general assembly that has al
ready led and will continue to lend
to financial disaster. There is no
part of the state that has had this
fact so brought home to them as the
heretofore prosperous and thrifty
towns and cities which have been
so rapidly building up along the
linos of the Southern Railway. I
firmly believe that unless the forces
that control the state democratic or
ganization canVbe induced to adopt
(Continued on Page Two.)
1,000 CHILDREN
IN SCHOOL; FIRE
ALARM: SAVED!
(By Leased Wire to The Tims.)
New York, .March . Fire broke ouc
on the top -floor of public school No.
165 at 119th street and Amsterdam
Avenue at 11 o'clock today.
On hearing tho fire alarm bells in
their class rooms 1,000 children wcrt
formed in line and marched to the
street.
The fire was confined to the t
of the building, tued as an a
p st ry
sjmbly
(Cy
Cable Ur The Times.)
London, Mai
li 6. A score
of doc-;
tors, and vocal experts who have . ex
amined Joseph Williams, the son of a
decorator "pronounced him a- strange,
frtak of nature, the same having been
said of him bv Sir William Rroadbent,
the noted physician Recently the
BOY YESTERDAY,
VENERABLE OLD
lillAYfSI
t in I , 1 ...(H.t.i ,x f
sion to teach the hoy singing for seven 1
vears. While his ear Is poor, Mr. Cole I ,
""l"5" "'"S " -'"
. boy
V, '., , '"' " Almost penniless, anxious to live
months it." became a basso prnfinulo 1 . . ..
of Meat pov.er. A mustache app pre 1 don disgrace, hoping for tho es
wliieh his mother now trims. The boy I talilishnient of his innocence, Machen
lot all pavcty and is fast becoming ! will begin life over again in Wasli
a venerable old man. IV.ny Cole, or-J ington, .determined to build up tor
ganist of a church in . Maida Vale, j himself and his family a, living and. a
heard of the case and obtained permls- reinitntion'-
will probably have the deepest!""""""" w. -uumu w i.ao iiv.-,.
' vn,cc ever known
(By Leased Wiry to Tho Times)
Albany, N. Y., .March 0 The court
of appeals this afternoon decided
that Attorney-'Jenerar Jackson has a
right, without 1 art her court proceed
ings, to open the ballot boxes in any
district of Greater New York to de
termine the question as to whether
W, R, Hearst or George B. McClellan
was elected mayor of New York City
in 1903.
WARNED CHIEF
SAYS TOMMY-R
(By Iicasod Wire to The Times)
St. Louis, Mo., March 6. Chief of
Police Creei v has received a note, 1111
belished with Black Hand marks, fenc
ing: "I warn you that you are the next
victim. I would call on you In poi
son, but do not want to ho a in:
man an American-Italian."
WAY OPEN THE
A h Arii
. L 1 AS - V B-V V v j
Tommy-rot," observed Ch ef Creecy.jhin,,f ni1 fnn,n -.
(The chief of police referred to above I
Is a son of Col. K. U. Creecv. of Eliz
abeth City, the nestor of North Caro
lina Journalism. Times.)
BIO FIRE TODAY
IN TOKIO, JAPAN
(By Cable to The Times.)
Tokio, March 6. A serious fire
The damage Is estimated at about
$2,500,000.
New North Carolina Postmastein.
(By Leased Wire to Tho Times)
Washington, March C Daily
changes of fourth-class postmasters
for North Carolina: (
Bessemer City, Gaston county,
John P. Chandler, vice 11. L. Thorn
burg, removed.
- Linvllle Falls, Burke county, Clara
Penland, vice Jennie Clark, resigned.
CONVICT PAYS
300 PER BAY
FOR HIS LIBERTY
Postofiiclal Thief Who Pays
$10,000 to Get 0ot
WOILC'N'T STAY 30 DAYS
Notorious Grafter, Anjiiixt Machen,
Jn I'tiNtofhce 'h'pavtnienl, and One
of Several Official Thieves, Sent Vt
'm' Penitentiary a Few Years A no,
Will Re l(isiliir.-.;ed nt Midnight
Tonight Said to IV Penniless
Now, I'.ut That's Doubtful, Al
though the Lawyers Stripped '!im
at the Trial.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
I Moundviile, V. Va., March C.
j Rather than spend thirty days move
j in the .federal 'penitentiary-' hers the
I sum of 510,000 (his line under con-
victien in the postoffice graft cases)
has been; paid, by August Machen,
former superintendent' of rural', free
delivery of tne postoffice department,
and he becomes a free man at mid
night tonight.
Machen freely discussed his affairs
lust night. He expressed the deter-
I , H. ,.f ,n .,. ,.
juuices ot uie woria, out 10 start
anew in the world and live down his
disgrace.
He expressed deep gratefulnoss to
the officials of the prison for their
treatment of him. In spite of every
effort made to lighten ins imprison
liiont, however, he said, the past few
1 years had been like a long, dreary
lifetime.. : . .
"I have never been able to forget
my misfortunes," he said. "At the
1 very tune niy children needed mo
most 1 was torn away from them.
This separation has .been one of my
heaviest, burdens," .
When asked whether he wished
to make any statement In regard to
his guilt or innocence, Machen said:
"I am innocent. Had I been tried
a year later I should never have
been sent to this institution.
"My transactions with the GrolT
brothers and l.orcnz were as legiti
mate as could be. There were many
complications,' that mado my case
look bad.
"But. right now, with my term of
imprisonment nearly at an end, I
waul, to declare again that there was
nothing crooked or illegal about our
business dealings. Sam Groff died
an innocent 111:1:1.
"I have paid tho penalty of .the
charges 011 wnich I was convicted; I
have nothing to conceal.
But I am
world will
I
innocent. The whole
know it some day."
In regard to his plans for the fu
ture, 'Machen said ho should go back
k-d.to Washington and shall devote his
I time to making a new future for
Machen continued:
My hope is that I may ba able
hope
to live down this fearful and unde
served disgrace and build up for my
self and family a good income and
reputation."
ARIZONA WAIT;
(By Leased wire to The Times)
Washington, March 6. It is now
assured that the bills proposing to
confer statehood upon New Mexico
and Arizona will not be laid beforo
tho house this session; the commit-'
tee on territories will not even con
sider such measures during the
present sitting of congress.
NW
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