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OLUME 30.
RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1908.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
I,
HARRY K. THAW WEARING GLASSES.
KILLS BRUTE OF
SEN. SHELBY M. CULLOM, OF ILLINOIS.
MIR
IURDER
RIO
REPU
UCHNS
ARSON, LYNCH
LAW RAMPANT
larfnl Work By An Illinois
V!ob, Wreaking Vengeance
Indiscriminately
M II OMES DESTROYED
raged People Go After Negroes
With Blood in Their Eye and Sev
eral Peoyle Are Killed and Many
Homes Burned The Militia on
the Scene But Seemed Powerless
to Dispose of Crowds Riot Caus
ed by an Assault on a White Wo
man. ' ;.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
S.nringfield, Ills., Aug. 15. Riot,
;on. and slaughter have held pos
ition of the black belt and levee
Springfield Bince 9 o'clock last
:ht.; Four have been killed as foi
l's: : . .
Scott, James G., shot through the
igs by a stray bullet. '
Johnson, Louis, negro, shot
ough the abdomen as he attempt
to flea from the mob.
Hunter, Charles, negro, employed
a porter in the St. Nichol Hotel,
iched after he had shot James
yes, a barber.
Negro, unidentified, lynched by
b after he had taken refuge un-
a freight car. : '
rhe injured:
Hayes, James, a . barber, shot
ough the abdomen and head by
irles Hunter.
foley, Thomas, coal miners shot
ring the riot, in St. John's Hos
al. .
it 2:30 this morning the militia
lered out by Governor Deneen
id a volley Into the mob, which
3 putting the torch to negro
isea in the "bad lands."
rhe Bloomington, Decatur, Peoria
I Pekin companies of the Illinois
lonal guard, arrived shortly after
i last clash between the local ml
amen and the rioters. They were
nedlately sent to the "bad lands"
aid in breaking up the crowds
5cklng and firing the disreputable
lses. ' ' '.
Vfter burning many houses the
anant of the mob which broke
re and more desperate as the
lit passed, finally gratified its
rst for blood this morning at 3
lock, when Charles H. Hunter, a
;ro, was lynched at the corner of
elflh and Madison streets, right
the heart of the "bad lands."
rronpa arrived at the scene too
3 to prevent the shooting. Some
the members of the mob declared
t the negro lynched had shot two
Ite men. They Baid that in a fight
h the whites the negro was
ced into a corner at the grocery
saloon on the corner of Twelfth
I Madison. When retreat was cut
the negro is said to have opened
, wounding two. ,
Phen came the cry, "Get the
e." .
111 the members of the mob eag
r took up the cry. The negro
i caught and dragged . to the
set. Here he was beaten and
t five times and then a rope was
ing around his neck and the
er end of the rope thrown over
limb of a tree right in front of
store. With a cry of satisfaction
negro was swung high voff the
und. He was dead in a few min-
ust then the Decatur troops ar
id. Two volleys were fired over
heads of the lynchers. The or-
was given by Colonel Wells, fifth
intry, in command, to "disperse."
; hreluctance some of the mem
i began to back away,
ill this turmoil grows out of an
mpt to lynch a negro .who had
lulted a white woman. The ne-
was spirited out of town and the
j, balked in its vengeance, lm
liately turned on the man who
led his automobile to the author
s to enable them to convey the
to to a place of safety. .
'his was the spark that started
riot. Early In the stage of riot
the saloons and disorderly houses'
he city were doted by the mayor,
1 the. militiamen did their best to
vent the collecting of any crowds
the street!. .-, ".7 :.'.'
'heir effort were' futile, however.
(Continued on, Second Pace.)
Wljmi miitmmmmimmmmmmmmm'mmii a jmi)i wwinump m miwhi iwmwmii nmw
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Harry K. Tliaw now wears i-'ycstlassps, which pive.litin a slight rose
mblnnce to his persi:it(.nt prosecutor, William Travera 'Jcronw, Thaw
says Ills eye trouble is due to the bad light of the Tombs.
Despondent Woman
KillsHerse
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Aug. 15. Mrs. Jennie
S. Arthur, wife of Robert Arthur, a
broker, shot herself In the heart at
her home at East Twenty-sixth
street and Avenue Z, Sbeepshead Bay
at 4:50 a. m. today. She died In
litantly. V . .
Mrs. Arthur, in her night attire,
walked from her roam to her hus
band's sleeping apartments to kill
herself. Apparently she was In
fluenced by a desire to look at him
for the last time. The sharp crack
of her revolver, that she held so
close to her breast that it singed her
night dress, aroused Mr. Arthur.
The husband leaped from the bed
and ran toward his wife as he saw
her White robed figure reel and sink
to the floor.
He switched on the light and the
crimson stain on the front of her
garment and the brand new 32-cal-
Ibre revolver lying beside her told
him the story. Neighbors aroused
by the shot found him hanging over
her in terrible grief, trying in vain
to arouse her.
The bullet had penstvated her
hearfc and her death must have been
Instantaneous. Mrs. Arthur was
fifty-two years old bu still retains
striking traces of her youthful
beauty. Some time ago she under
went an operation for cancer and it
is said she had great hopes that by
the knife the fatal disease had been
eradicated.
A few days ago unmistakable
symptoms of a return of the dread
malady made their appearance and
doctors whom she had consulted told
her that she was doomed. It is sup
posed by her friends that her dread
of death from the caucer led to her
suicide.
TO
HUSBAND
SAVE HERSELF
Pretly Bride of Six HonttsPuts
Bullet in Worthless
Husband
MAS THREATENED HEB
When Husband Insisted, on Wife
Leading , Immoral iiie She Shot
( Him, Then Kuslied to Police Of
fice and Told What She Had Done.
Had .Threatened' Hr Last Night
and Asaiii This "-'Morning- She
Went Out, Bought Pistol, and
Vsed it to Good Purpose.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, Aug. 15. Mrs. Rose
Graziano, 21, a pretty bride of sis
months, shot and instantly killed
her husband, Domlnlck, in their
rooms at No. 68 Adams street,
Brooklyn, today after he had de"
manded that, slie support them both
at the cost of her honor. .
Then the girl, dazett at what she
had clone, rushed from the house,
the revolver in hand, and walked
half a mile turough the streets of
Brooklyn to tae Butlor street court.
The court room was thronged and
there wa3 almost a panic when she
entered w:th the pisto! in her hand.
But she was calm now, readily gave
up the liistol and then told her story
to a detective. She wca then taken
ippplicc headejuartei i :
From the story as the young wo
man told it to Detective Kerns, her
husband last night threatened to
beat her if she did not do his bid
ding. This morning he repeated his
demand.-' She left the house and
bought a revolver.
When the girl returned, the hus
band was dressed but was lying on
the bed in a rear room. Once more
lie told her what she must do. He
declared that he would not work
nnd that she could easily get money
enough for both of them. The girl
became Infuriated and then, she de
clares, he struck her. She drew the
J revolver: from her waist and shot
i him and he fell back on the bed,
dead.
BANDITS HOLD UP AND
ROB PACIFIC TRAIN
Agreement Reached
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 15 North
ern Pacific, west bound Overland
train No. 1 was held up by six
bandits at Trent, ten miles east of
here, last night. The engineer and
fireman were forced to abandon
their engine, and the robbers un
coupled the mall car and ran the en
gine and car to within three miles
of this city, where it was abandoned.
It is not known how much booty
the robbers secured. A report from
Marshall Junction early today says
that six men in a team were seen
driving rapidly southward and it is
supposed the bandits are trying to
reach the wooded country in the vi
cinity of Palous. -
A posse is in close pursuit and a
battle is expected.
(By Leased Wire, to The TImea.)
Washington, Aug. 18. An agree
ment has been reached between the
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific Rail
road company under Its force of tel
egraph operators in the land stand
ing controversy over an Interpreta
tion of the nine hour law. This an
nouncement was made by Chairman
Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and a member of the
board of mediation, following a two
days' conference with representa
tives of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railroad company and of the
order of Railway " Telegraphers.
Judge Knapp declined to make
known the exact terms of the settle
ment until they can be formulated,
which will' be some time today. ,
Mr. Knapp said the controversy
grew out of the insistence of the offi
cials of the railroads company that
the working hours of their operators
should be split, while the union offi
cials contended the act Intends the
men shall work nine consecutive
hours a day. The interpretation
placed by the railroad officials upon
the act, the union officials asserted,
would result in a reduction of the
force of operators.
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An Interesting Relic.
Mr. R. H. Bradley, Just returned
from the plc-nlc at Creedmoore yes
terday, reports the finding of a battle
flag of Revolutionary days. The old
banner may be seen at the Creed
moore Masonic lodge, and was in use
on the battleflled of Guilford Court
House, and in many other conflicts.
, One New Corporation.
The Mocksville Drug Company,
with an authorized capital stock of
$10,000 and a paid-in stock of
$2,700, was today authorized to be
gin business at Mocksville.' . The In
corporators are Drs. W. d. Martin,
R. P. Anderson, J. W. Rodwell, and
W. 8. Surratt. '
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METHODS OFSTANDARO
OIL COMPANY IN INDIANA
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
i Muncle, Ind.. Aug. 15. For Blx
weeks the streets of this city, which
heretofore have been sprinkled with
oil, have gone unsprinkled, and the
dust in some of them Is six Inches
deep. Investigation as to the cause
deevlops the fact that the Standard
Oil Comany has refused to purchase
oil from any of the local well owners
If they continue to Sell crude oil to
the Muncle , sprinkling contractors,
hence the contractors cannot get oil
with which to fill their contracts.
The Standard, however, has offer
ed to sell to the contractors Ken
tucky, oil at $1.57 a barrel,, though
they had been buying from local
owners of wells (or 95 cents.
Senator Shelby M. C.illom, of Illinois, whose frlcmls are twitting
liim about his ability to vole at the -coining fall election. ;- He made a
mistake of registering in Chicago instead of Highland Vark. , :
ILLflllE-
OAD TOSOUT
Carolina "and CHocbfield to Bs
Financed By Biasr Co.
GROUND PEOPLE
WiilOilSElilinKewYcriiii!
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ROAD IS WELL BUiLTiKE CHANCE 10 PLAY
Statel That Blair & Co. Will Bi:y
$10,000,000 Bonds of This Iload,
Which. Will Haul Coal DirwHy
So'jth 1'lirougli the Jioimtaiiis,
Move Than One Thousand People
Will 'i'iikc l'art in tlx' Deliberations
of .tin' MtTthsft-First Meeting Was
mid in 1IJ07.
(By Leaped Wire, to The Times)
New York Auu;. 15 Financial
plans of the Carolina, Cliuchliold &.
Ohio Railway, the new rnllway proj
ect.of the south, resembling in many
respects II. IL ''Rogers' Tidjwuter
Railway, have been practically' con
summated. Blair & Co. will,' it is
understood, buy $10,000,000 bonds
of the company and announcement to
this effect will be made soon. :
The new. railway is but. little
known to Wall street. It has been
known that the capitalists construct
ing;.' the road were to a great extent
interested In the Seaboard Air Line.
The road was built to haul coal
through the mountains from Elkhorn,
W. Va., to Spartanburg, S. C, a dis
tance of 215 miles. It traverses and
cuts through a wild and mountainous
territory.
The Cumberland syndicate, com
prising Norman B. Ream, Thomas F.
Ryan, members of tho firm of Blair
& Co., and other capitalists, acquired
several years ago a largo tract of coal
land known as the Cllnchfleld Coal
Company property. To bring this
coal in the most direct route, almost
due south, to the great manufactur
ing points of the cotton belt in the
Carollnas, Georgia and elsewh'e the
capitalists evolved the Idea (b build
ing the Carolina, Clinchfield s& Ohio
Railroad. The road Is one of the
mbst expensive pieces of railway con
structed In the United States, run
ning through a mountaneous terri
tory and constructed In the most mod
ern manner. Its average cost has
been estimated at $100,000 a mile.
It Is the intention of the syndicate to
Issue bonds to the extent of 40 per
cent, of its cost.
In all, $10,000,000 first mortgage
bonds will be Issued, and Blair &
Co. have agreed to underwrite the en
tire amount. , ,
In railway quarters It is held that
the Carolina, Cllnchfleld ft Ohio will
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Ry Leased. Wire, to The Times.)
Xv York, Aug. 1 r- More than
)00 'Ic-udihs f-diiciitors, sociologists,
.i.hyivkiil training.. experts and physic-ians.-'nid
'a large number; -of -mayors
of citu and ;' municipal -rcpresenta-rives
o'.' -hwlih dcpartr.ients will
gat her h ore from September 8 to the
1 2th for .'the 'second. .-playgrot' nd cong
ress. The subjects -of all .the', meet
ings and the oijjet ts of the excursions
and t-n t crui imr.cn t p will ho to gain
for llio children, of tho United States
more chance, to play.
Fo? many years the municipal' or
dinanoes ; In tlu lnrser cities have
made unlawLtil tha playing of ball in
the streets and other amusements
which' were deemod : dangerous to
property and the lives of the young
sters taking pnrt In the sport.
Finally, however, in 1907, under the
leadership 'of Dr. Lmher Halsey Gu-
lidi r.nd with the support of Presi
dent UoOfievcU, Jacob Riis, Jane
Adams, Joseph Lee, Mrs. Tunis G.
Bergcr. Dr. Soth T. Stewart, Mrs.
Vladimir Simpkovitch,. Dr. Henry S,
Curtis, Henry B. F. MacFarland, and
other?, a special session was formed
to take a brief for the children's
right to piny, This association,
known as the Playground Associa
tion of America, pledged itself to fur
ther by agitation, education, and ex
am pi a, the establishment of adequate
playing facilities for the population
of the United States.
The first meeting of tho association
66 cities are now running play
aftcr funds were secured to keep a
fold representative at work, travel
ing from city to city, encouraging
those who wore working to secure
playgrounds and aiding the people to
grounds and that In 162 other placea
F. Hammer, on his return from
his last trip, reported that this year
66 cities are now running playg
rounds and that In- 152 other places
there Is a bajioflt movement afoot
which will soon lead to the establish
ment of grounds. ,
MEETTODAY IN
CONVENTION
Caucus Held Behind 'Closed
Boors This Mcrnlng
Convenlion f oiiowd
SOME OF THE NOMINEES
Judge Adams Makes a Stirring
Speech -Absea Democrats -Lc
islature Rotten Caucus Behind
, Closed Doors Republicans nere
in Force Today Speech by Jndge
pencer It. Adams, of Greensboro.
Must Get Lot of Voters to Carry
Wake County.
The republican cohorts began
pouring into the city at . an early
hour. Col. J. C. L. Harris was on
the ground, advising, persuading and
by the force of his strong personal
ity commanding. ;
Word was circulated among the
faithful that a caucus was to be held
at 10:30 this morning, and a good
crowd was on hand. The reporter,
not being of their persuasion polit
ically, was unceremoniously exclud
ed from the councils. He heard
enough to convince him of the fact
that a strong movement was on foot
to delay the nominations for county
officers xuntil after the result of the
democratic primaries was made
known. Col. Harrin was the tmost
ardent advocate of this, basing-fcls
contentions on the fact that the par
ty in the minority, state and na
tional, always waits for thedomi
nant party to meet, in order tTiat It
may take advantage of any weak
ness or defect in the stronger par
ty's candidate or platform. Col.
Harris called attention,, to the fact
that his party has a democratic ma
jority of 2,500 to overcome, and
that it is the sensible thin? to wait
and take advantage of democratic
weaknesses and dissatisfaction.
"If we carry Wake county we've
got to get a lot of voters out of the
democratic convention, and we'll get
the dissatisfied ones.
"Why, you wouldn't think of op
posing Buck Jones with the same men
you'd want to run against old man
Green, would you?"
After a sharp debate, the caucus
voted to exclude newspaper men and
democrats, and went into session be
hind closed doors. .
At 12 o'clock the Caraloirjh band,
engaged for the occasion, lined up In
front of the court house and turned
cri the music. In a few minutes the
court house was packed to overflow
ing, many negroes were in the
crowd.
The convention was called tn or
der by Chairman of the executive
committee Barrow. The call for the
convention was read by the secre
tary, and the purpose of the conven
tion was stated to be the selection
of delegates to the state and district
conventions. A. committee on plat
form was appointed, composed of
Mesrs. Nathan Holloman, Chas. E.
Wiles, H. B. Penny, F. C. Holding,
J. M. Ferrall.
Committee on delegates to the
conventions: D. D. Lashly, C. H.
Jackson, C. W. Suggs, A. H. Dupree,
and A. N. Stevenson. .
Mr. Brlggs and Mr. Austin were
appointed to wait upon Judge Adams
and escort him to the hall. Word
was sent down to the band at the
door to get ready for the coming of
the chief, and ho entered amid thun
ders of applause, and martial music.
Mr. Brlggs Introduced Mr. Adams
in a short, graceful speech.
Mr. Adams complimented the
"magnificent and splendid conven
tion" assembled, and said that he
was glad to see some democrats
present, as thousands were coming
out oil the Lord's side. Said h al
ways liked to talk to sinners any
how.'' -
Judge Adams said he found It
hard to select a subject, there were
so many. Than he lit Into the, last
legislature and gave it hall Coram-
bla. . He accused it of being the fa
ther of all the social ills we are suf ,
ferlng from. Said that It spent
time passing acts to protect sqf
in. Martin county. Klvlnir kVw,
ancient rights and protect.;',
moblllsts. Then they , pa? "'
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