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VOLUME 30.
Thirsting for Buman Blood q
Negro Lunatic Does
Fearful
SHOT AND CAPTURED
With Crowbar, -Negro Who Had Been
Considered Harmless Runs Amuck.
Two Arc Dead and a Tliird Person
is Suffering From a Broken Ann.
First Killed a Guard, Then a Wo
man Patient, Then Struck Another
Woman Finally Captured.
' (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Sept. 22 Turning
suddenly from an inoffensive lunatic
to a howling maniac thirsting for hu
man blood and armed with a short
crow bar, Andrew Lightfoot, a pow
erful mulatto inmate of the govern
ment hospital for the insane, six feet
tall and weighing over 200 pounds,
ran amuck this morning, killing two
persons and breaking the arm of a
third before he was shot and finally
captured. .,-
It was only after a four hour chase
through the swamps and woods along
the eastern branch of the Potomac
and to Geisboro Point and back again
that the maniac, still brandishing the
steel club in his hand and threaten
ing all who approuched him with
death, was shot in the leg and
brought to the earth.
Without a word of warning the
maniac turned on Patrick Maloney,
the' attendant, under whom he was
working at the hospital grounds,
crushed his skull with the "short crow
bar, and then, putting the crow bar
on his shoulder, walked deliberately
across the grounds, struck down Mil
lie A, Follin, a white patient, forty
eight years of age, who had seen him
coming but-was stupefied by fear
and unable to move. Before the as
tounded onlookers could move he
walked about twenty yards further
and struck another white patient,
Elizabeth E. Robertson. A cry of
warning reacher her in time and she
dodged, saving herself from the fate
of the other two.
As it was the heavy crowd bar
struck her right nrm, breaking it as
if it were a toothpick.
A half hundred patients, lunatics
of all descriptions, immediately let
out a howl that sounded through the
woods about and picking up stones
and clubs, some attempting to tear
branches from trees for clubs, start
ed In pursuit. A rain of stones fol
lowed the fleeing maniac as he ran
down the bank of the eastern branch
and plunged into the woods.
Within half an hour fifteen mount
ed policemen and " a score more on
foot, together with guards from the
institution, and some of the trusty
patients had been formed into a
posse under Captain Matthews, of
Lanacostia Station and had begun a
search of the woods and Swamps in
the vicinity of the steel plant, two
miles from the: hospital, where the
crazy murderer was in hiding. Here
he was found and captured.
MIL McINNESS DROPS DEAD.
Citizen of Concord Dies Suddenly.
Opening of Schools.
(Special to The Times)
Concord, Sept. 21 Mr. W. R. Mc
Inness, of Cabarrus Mill section,
dropped dead yesterday at 4:30 p. m.,
as he was returning to his home from
Smith's Grove, where he had gath
ered a small basket of grapes. Mr.
Mclnness was 60 years old and leaves
a wife and eight children. The fun
eral .will take place from, his home at
4:30 this afternoon, and the remains
will be interred at Oakwood ceme
tery. The city schools have opened with
an increase of 260 white children
over last year. Democratic rule
makes it possible,' and we think that
Aycock and Glenn should take cour
age and their declining years be
crowned with rejoicing for the part
they played In making It possible for
North Carolina to come forward in
an educational way as rapidly as she
has in the past eight years.
John M. Dowle Dead. ;
(By CabU to The Times )
Grand Rapids, Mioh., Sept. , 22
John Murray Dowle, father of John
Alexander Dowle, founder of Zlon
City, died this morning. Ho had
been falling ever since the death of
his son.
HOWLING
MANIAC
MURDERS IVO
RALEIGH EVENING TIME
TAFTS
COURSE
AS COWARDLY
Mr. Foraker Says Presidential
Candidate Should Have
Given Him Chance
WERE REARED TOGETHER
The Senator Says That Mr. Taft
Should Have Stood By Him and
Given Hilm a Chance to Defend
Himself From the Attacks Made
Upon Him, Instead of Refusing to
Appear Upon the Same Platform
With Him Would Have Stood by
His Neighbor.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Cincinnati, O., Sept. 22 Senator
Foraker has announced that, he will
reply today at length to the expos
ures by William Randolph Hearst in
the Standard Oil scandal.
Concerning Mr. Taft's attitude he
said:
"What do you think would have
happened had the conditions been re
versed? Suppose such a charge as
has been made against me had been
made against Mr. Taft? I have been
raised in the same town as he, and
he has been with me. Would I have
refused to appear on the same plat
form with him?. Would I have re
fused to allow him an opportunity to
defend himself from the attacks upon
him?"
Senator Foraker intimated that he
would not have done any of these
things, but would have "stood by his
neighbor" because ' he- would have
"considered any other course cowardly-"
. FORTUNE FOB DEST3RTF.il.
Under Sentence of Two Years For
: Desertion, Falls Heir to
Fortune.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Fort Sill, Okla.,- Sept. 22 Under
sentence of two years at. Fort Leaven
worth for desertion, which is to be
accompanied by a dishonorable dis
charge from the army, Gerald Fair
child, 23 years old, who a vear ago
enlisted at Boston in the artillery, is
one of two heirs of $300,000 estate
at Duluth, Minn. The other heir,
whether a brother or not has not
been learned, resides in Chicago. An
uncle of Fairchtld, a lawyer and real
estate speculator, whoso name is noi
disclosed by the prisoner, recently
died at Duluth and from a Duluth at
torney Fairchild learned that his un
cle's will left him an estate valued at
$150,000.
TEDDY'S PROOFS
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(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 22 William
J. Bryan at noon today sent a tele
gram to President Roosevelt demand
ing that the president produce the
proof upon which he based his as
sertions in his letter last night inti
mating that Governor Haskell was
implicated in the Standard Oil scan
dal. "
PRESIDENT RETURNS.
Goes Back to Washington After Sum
mer at Oyster Bay.
New York, Sept. 22 No longer
can the residents of Oyster Bay point
with pride to themseleves and say
things about the rival capital city of
Washington. Today for the last time
the emblem of the chief eexecutlve
floats aloft on the flag-pole at Saga
more Hill. '
Today . President Roosevelt shook
hands with the townspeople at the
depot and started fdr Washington,
and when he returns for permanent
residence he wll lbe plain Theodore
Roosevelt. .
No especial ovation was planned for
the president's leave-taking. Several
hundred of the residents of the vil
lage were at the station to shake
hands with him, and wave goob-bye
as his train started (or Long Island
at 10:80. He wll not return her
again, save for a . few minutes on
election day, when he comes to vote,
until after his trip to Africa after big
game.; . ... ... .;'.
BILL1E DEMANDS
RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1908.
W. C. Phillips Held on Suspicion.
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W. C. Phillips, shown to Hie lert above, is under arrest in connec
tion .'with the shooting of John Leonard, the millionaire .ironmaster, at
his home nt Montclair, New Jersey, Mr. Phillips- says I lie- shooting was
purely accidental mid that the weapon was in the hands of. Mr. Leonard nt
the time. The picture at the holtom is of the '-Montcluir house of Mr.
Leonard. .
MILL OWNERS
MAKE THREATS
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Elkton, Md., Sept. 22 Governor
Crowthers, who is visiting here, says
that the state's attorney of one of t Instructions from Washington to make
counties is Investigating the charge
of two mill employes that the owner,
of a mill1 in their county threatened
that the mill would be closed down
and the men thrown out of work if
Bryan is elected. This, under the
corrupt practices act. Is regarded as
coercion and Is an offense.
"I cannot at this time give you the
names of the men or the county,"
said the governor, "but as soon as
the matter was reported to me I di
rected the proper authorities in the
county In question to make a rigid
Investigation. This is all that I can
do for the present and we wll have
to await developments."
COMMITTEE COMPLETES
BROWN INVESTIGATION'
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, Sept. 22 The special
committee of the stock exchange has
completed the Investigation into the
operations that caused the failure of
A. O. Brown & Co. The document
will be submitted to the board of gov
ernors at a , special meeting Wednes
day afternoon. It is hinted the re
port will be very severe on Brown &
Co., especially In view of the fact that
the board member of the failed firm
of T. A. Mclntyra was expelled and
his seat ordered sold for the benefit
of the creditors.
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PRECAUTION TO
PREVENTCHOLERA
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, Sept. 22 Immigration
officials today received explicit In-
especial health examinations of all
immigrants now arriving, on account
of the rapid spread of cholera in Rus
sia. Surgeon-General Wyman, of the
service, will send to Russia an agent
of the bureau, who will be a cholera
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experi.. rie is 10 jnuim a muuy 01 ine
situation and. not only .to advise the a shot-gun and the bullets were buck
home office regarding the situation, ' shot, ten of which entered the wo
but also to take such steps as may be ! man's face. The murdered is un-
considered desirable in preventing
the spread of the disease to the
United States. In addition to send
ing a representative of the service
to the Infested cities the United
States consuls In a number of Euro
pean ports from which Russian Im
migrants are most likely to embark,
hav.e been Instructed to restrain all
Russian immigrants departing for t!ia
United States for five dayB.
Bride 70, Groom 88.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Johnstown N. Y.. Sept. 22 Mrs.
Anna G. Ross De Peyster, of
New
York, 70 years old and already
twice a widow, was married at her
country home here yesterday to Ern
est Bolton, a 26 year old insurance
broker, also of New York. The mar-
! riage Is something of a surprise to
Mrs. De Peyster's friends, owing to
the youth of the bridegroom and Mrs.
De Peyster's advanced age.
Service and Full
CONVENT
UNMET
AT NOON TODAY
Only Business is to AdoptjGsorgia and Alabama Commis-
I Informs and Announce
New State Committees
REPUBLICAN QUARREL
Strong Fight on in Republican Con
vention Lobby of National Bank
ers Present to Prevent Any Expres
sion on Guaranteeing Bank Depos
its Should Bryan Carry State the
Legislature is Fairly Certain to be
Republican Prohibition a Vexing
Umic But Platform Will Bs Silent
on This.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Lincoln, Neb., Sel)t. 22 The state
conventions of all the national parties
met at noon today.
Under the state primary law the
only business is to adopt platforms
and announce new state committees.
An unusually strong fight Is on m
the republican convention. A lobby
of national bankers Is here to pre
vent any expression on guaranteeing
bank deposits. . The state is so dis
tricted that even if Bryan should
iu it the legislature is fairly cer
tain to be republican, and if it fol
lows the example of previous legisla
tures will redeem every platform
pledge.
It is probable that the Kansas
plank favoring voluntary co-operation
of bankers will be adopted. County
ontion on prohibition is also a vexing
issue, but the platform will undoubt
edly be silent oh this, as; the fight
here iskbelng made by legislative dis
trict. The nominees on the state
ticket are divided as to the vote-get
ting character of a deposit guarantee
plank, but are unitedly opposing co
operation utterances. .
CASES CHOLERA
(By Cable to The Times.)
Wf Tjtoru:l,iirtr Stmt 99
-The
number, of deaths during the last 24
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Hours was the highest yet, 155, but! Cnupel Hln, Sept. 21 The enroll
the new cases were reduced,, being, ment of university students has
36G. Figures from the military and; reached 733. Many from the east
suburban hospitals would swell this 1 ere Uept away on account of the ae
total. Thirty-four policemen are - in ! gtructive ' rains. When all are in the
the Reminoffsky military hospitals. nnml)Pr will probably exceed that of
rnree provinces report. dt cases anuiast vear.
201 deaths in 24 hours
Rumor has It that four cases have
been observed among the servants in
the winter palace. .
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 22 Last
in her house surrounded by friends.
' laughing at chatting Mrs. Mary Moon
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wao buui umu, nvayuu uocm .a
1 known
FRANK HOWARTH DEAD.
Well Known Cartoonist Died This
r- Morning.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Philadelphia, Sept. 22 Frank M.
Howarth, a widely-known cartoonist,
died early this morning, at his home,
308 High street, Germantown, a
suburb of this city, after suffering
two weeks from double pneumonia.
He was 44 years old.
During his early newspaper career
:Mr. Howarth was connected with the
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Call and Item, of this city. Recently I for the improvements and malnten
he had drawn cartoons for the Chi-lance of parks and commons. He is
cago Tribune and had engaged in
humorous colored syndicate work, hit
most noted series being those of "Mr.
E. Z Mark" and "Lulu and Leander."
He was the first artist who ever drew
a free-hand sketch of the scene of a
murder for a newspaper.
Press Dispatches
ALL THE MARKETS
PRICE 5 CENTS.
INVESTIGATING
Increased Freight Rates
COMER IN COURT ROOM
Chairman E. H. Hinton, of the South
eastern Freight Association Ap
peared Before the Interstate Com
merce Commission in Response to
a Subpoena and Stated That Ho
Acted As Agent For Several Lines
and Published Tariffs as Then
Agent Rates Went Into Effect
August First.
( By Leased Wire to The Times)
Atlanta, Sept. 22 Chairman E. H.
Hinton, of the Southeastern Freight
Association, appeared before the in
terstate commerce commission this
morning in response to the order and
subpoenae issued Monday afternoon,
and was the first witness called. Mr.
Hinton, in response to a question
from a commissioner, stated that he
acted as agent for the several lines tn
this section and published tariffs as
their agent. During the morning
session of the hearing Governor Co
mer, of Alabama, entered the court
room. The governor stated that he
came over purely as an interested cit
izen of Alabama and because the re
cent advance in rates meant a very
great deal to the consumers of his
state. Both the Georgia and Ala
bama railroad commissions appear as
complainants in several of the cases
now before the commission.
.; The case of the A. P. Morgan Gratn
Company, of Atlarta, vs. The Atlantic
Coast Line and other railroads, pro
testing against the increase in freight
rates, put into effect August 1, on
hay, flour, packing house products,
grain and similar commodities into
I the southeast of from 2 to 4 cents
i per . 100 pounds, was cont inued and
Chairman Hinton was called as a wit
ness.
CHAPEL HILL NEWS.
Number of Students 733 High
School Opens Dr. Minims
Speaks,
(Special to The Times)
Chapel Hill high school opens up
today with flattering outlook. Prof.
Walker is looking after the details,
getting proper books and grades,
while Prof. Hlghsnilth Is teacher and
principal. :
Dr. Minims, of Trinity College,
spoke to the students'- of the Bible
classes Sunday afternoon. About 300
(students heard the address.
i Dr. C. -Alphonso Smith introduced
'Dr. Mimms as a speaker, writer and
teacher. Dr. Mimms congratulated
the faculty and students on the very
flattering surroundings and encour
aging prospects. The beautiful
grounds, trees and pleasant scenery
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the anthem of the universe. Advised
the young men to read the Bible as
the Puritan did. Should be In the
school as a text-book, as a unique
book, giving a wider range of thought
in poetry, dreams, satyre, lyrics and
religion. More quotations from the
Bible, used to advantage In discus
sion and argument, and contained the
destiny of all.
Mr. Gatty then read out list of
names of leaders In Bible classes, and
a number of new members were
added. .'-.-' ,"
Millions Left to Boston Parks.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Boston, Sept. 22 George W. Par
ham, who died last week, left an
; enormously large amount, said to be
i In the millions, to the city of Boston
said to have an estate worth about
$8,000,000 and he gives substantial
bequests to public institutions and
also makes handsome private be
quests. The residuary estate Is left
to the city, the income to be used
for the parks.
ADVANCED RATES
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