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EALEIGH, N, C., FRIDAY, NO VEJIBER 12, 1909.
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CAIRO UNDER
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MARTIAL' LAV
mrr TOft 1 ate
'vr ;- a. a - -- --- - -
Troops Pouring Into the City
Today Bat the Damage
Was Dene Last Night .
TWO MEN LYNCHED
Ten Thoqsand People, Men and Wo.
men, Wreak yengeancv on Netrro
. and Then Lynch White Man Acona-
ed of Murder- Negroes Flee From
the City to Escape Fury of the
Mbb A Dozen Companies of Ml
iiUa in the City Today to PreserVe
Order and Protect the Negroes
v Who-Remain From the Insane
, Fury of the Mob.
(By;,Leasd Wire to The 'TUnes.l
Cairo Ilia, Nov. 11 Troop began to
pour into tola city early today coining
by special train and the mob of 10,000
, led by women, which had lynched A
negro and a white man. burned homes
and defied the county officials, was
confronted by glistening bayonets and
loaded rifles. Martial law prevailed
everywhere.
Ten companies had been rushed to
the. scene by Governor Deneen upon
the appeal of the sheriff over the long
distance telephone. - Davis called up
. the governor in Chicago, saying:
1 "The streets are filled with people
and they are crazy. They are storm
ing the Jail now and trying to batter
down the doors. I called for volunteers
to Suppress' the rioting, but not a soul
would help me. vl must 'have the
All night long the mob had been fn
control of the city. Led by women,
- - some of them . the . wives - -of leading
cltliens, they hanged, shot and burned
William fames, a jiegro, -who confessr
ed he ha Wiled Miss Anna Pelley.
Theavf mO JaU and I
,.jiTiaoged Henry Salrner, a white man;!
1 who .was accused of killing his wife.
James, before he was lynched. Im
plicated 'Arthur Alexander, another
, negro, in -the. killing of Miss Pelley.
' A part of the mob at once started Jn
search of Alexander. The search was
-. still going on today.
Negroes are fleeing from the city for
their llves carrying what property
they can with them. The mob applied
the torch and flames are seen in several
sections of the negro quarters.
The mob was started on its source
by the capture of Will James, alias
"The Frog",-one of the negro Blayers
of Miss Pellev. , ,
After an attempt by Sheriff Frank
Davis to free him, James was caught
by a mob of Cairo men In the woods
nead Belknap, Ills... and brought Into
the city on the big four train. He was
taken to, the most prominent square
in the city and strung up. The rope
broke and the. man was riddled with
bullets. The body was then dragged
by the' rope for a mile, to the scene of
the crime and burned in the presence
of at least . 10,000 rejoicing - persons.
Many women were in the crowd and
some fcelped to hang the negro and
to drag the body. "
. v -. Part of the mob then sought other
negroes. Another part, aaer Uattermg
down the steel cell in the county jau,
took out Jienry Selaner, a white man
i charred : with killing his wife, and
lynched bim.
Chicago, . Nov. " 12 Governor, Deneen,
, from the Union League Club in -Chi
cago, called out more state troopa for
the duty at Cairo today after he had
received a call for hedp from Sheriff
Davis, Of 'Alexander county. . -
Within .thirty minutes after -re-eelvlng
word that the mob was beyond
the . control of we Cairo autno..ra.
the , governor-had . two companies of
the rpurth regiment. Company B, of
i Curbondftle, and Company G, of Ef-
flngham, on the way to the train, aW
had thr others in cities in the south-
. arn part, of the state in readiness to
mova..'v'.;. : , " ' - .--The,
governor ' later sent word to
Aoting-. Adjutant General Dixon at
Springfield -to order out the entire
regiment. Fifteen minutes after do
ing so he received a message from
Decatur that General SV B. Wells, in
command .of the second brigade, I. N.
G., was on hla way to .the scene of
. the rioting. " V; - S
A minute , later ' word came that
special trains were " waiting In each
- city in which a company Is stationed,
- that the guardsmen war rapidly a-
' sembllng and wouia be on their way to
Cairo within half an hour. - (
- Salmer's body was left lying on the
ground until this morning, it was then
' Uken to a 'morgue.'.":.-; .!';. y-;
Along the Btreets i.the slgna of the
riot werp' still visible. 'About the spot
' inder the arch at BSghth and Com-
' mercial streets, . were the negro was
- hanged and Where, : faUIng, . he : waa
.riddled with ihore than m bullets, the
mnrks of ahotf fW .
walk. ' v l.S'P'f '': '
tn Biiwher th; hne was
" DommlttPd tnd where the negro's bodyi
WHS. PANKHFKSTV '
Mrs. Kmeilne Pankhurat. the KW.
Ush militant snffi-asette. who Nam t.h
iiiurim-m in Amenca is only
fad at the present time. She told
an andlenco in New York that the
movement had not irot beyond the
talking stage here yet, but that the
opportunities were wonderful.
niiivu mo uuuy was cremated was
Al.l. . I. . 1 .
still visible. And throughout tht citv
me traces or a trampling, blood-crazed
mob, are still to be seen.
in the outlying towns, particularly
at Anna, today, excitement is still in
tense.
The police caught Alexander, and.
dressing him In police clothing got him
tnrougb "town before the mob's watch'
ers, qecectea tne trick and began a
after the police and prisoner,
Although the horrors of the race
war bad not broken out during the
Uigfat peaceable oltisene had begun' to
fear, a repetition oft the Springfield
r(ots of last year when two negroes
lynched, four other persons killed and
sixty Wounded. - ,
The ,000 men roaming the streets
until daybreak had aecess to many
saloons, which remained open all night.
Mayor Parsons and the chief of police
were shut up in their homes by the
mob. Soldiers of the Cairo militia
finally went to guard the homes of
municipal officers and kept the rioters
in restraint.
Conspicuous in both , lynchings were
many women. In fact, the women
cheered the men whei they were hang.
tng ana snooting tne negro James, ana
they stood by and watched as his body
was hurled Into a fire heap. They con
tlnued to look on as it shrivelled up
and burned.
Miss Pelley's brother tied the rope
about James' neck, and when the fire
was started a young woman, said to
be the sister of the girl James murder
ed, stepped forward iand lighted it.
Then she stood back and looked on
while the men hurled the body Into
the lase.
Hndreds visited the scene of the
lynching today. Before the body of
the negro was put on the pile of tim
ber to be burned, the heart was out
out and hacked, into small bits. These
were grabbed up avidly by the near
est members of the crowd, to be kept
as souvenirs.
The head was cut off and stuck on a
pole.
The frenzied men and women were
hunting ' for Mayor Parsoiw and the
chief -of . police, ;; to wreak their blood
lust, on them, .when the soldiers arr
ived. Before the troops the mob fled
and the leaders I today remained in
hiding. .. . A: : ,
The' homes; of the .mayor and the
police chief were surrounded when the
boys in blue swung down -the streets
from their special trains, ready for ac.
tion, - ;i,vV "'.'''' ''.'
MOB Di ROUE ARE
ATTACKED BY TROOPS
(By Cable to The Times).' , -
Farts, Nov. 12 A minor news agency
dispatch from ,feoma says that a riot
In which the Platicl counoll chamber
was attacked by a mob today resulted
In a pitched battle with troops and
that many persona were' killed ' and
scores wounded. ' No ; reason for : the
mob's attack Is assigned '
' According to the dispatch a great
crowd gathered about ' the council
chamber and attempted to force en
trance. Admission was refused, where,
upon the crowd began tearing up the
pavement for missiles o hurl through
the windows while others drew knives
and. pistols and a cancerted rush on
the, building was made . ''.'V',
Troops, had been hurried to tne sup-.
port of the police and when the mob
charged "several -volleys were-pourea
into it - Many were killed, including
the. women and many more wounded.
When ( the troons finally charged the
mob broke and scattered, the dispatch
adds. . Several soldiers.: were iWounOea
the flrht.. v- ;: - .'.
GUEST TODAY
AT COLLEGE
INSTALLATION
PfesMent Taft Speaks at In
stallation of president of
Wesleyan University
OVEN A DEGREE
President Taft, Vice President Sher
man, Senator . Root and Other Dis
tinguished Men at Installation of
Dr. William Arnold Shanklin as
Head of Wesleyan' University
President Taft and Senator Root
Both Receive Degree of Doctor "of
Laws The President Greeted
With Cheers When He Arose to
Speak Shankin's Speech.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Mlddletown; Conn., Nov. 12 In
the presence of President William H
Taft, Vice President Sherman, Sena
tor Root, of New-York, and a distin
guished array of delegates represent
ing, various educational institutions
throughout the country, Dr, William
Arnold Shanklin was formally install
ed as head of the Wesleyan Univer
sity here today. The Introduction ex
ercises were held in the Middlesex
theatre, which was filled with, alumni
and students. At the close of the in
stallation exercises, degrees were
conferred on a number of prominent
guests,. Among those honored-, beingi
President Taft and Senator Root, who
both received degree of doctor of
laws. ,
President Taft arrived here on his
private car, the Mayflower, accom
panied by Vice President Sherman,
Attorney General Wickersham, and
the president's aide, Captain Butt.
The Mayflower was attached to a
special train from New Haven.
The ceremonies began at 9 o'clock,
when members of the alumni and un
dergraduate bodies, headed by "the
faculty, marched from the college
grounds to the theatre. There, ad
dresses were made by President A.
W. Harris, of Northwestern Univer
sity, President M."W. Strycker, of
Hamilton, and President Arthur T.
Hadley.
Senator Root, an alumnus of Ham
ilton College, of which President
Shanklin is a graduate, was the next
speaker. Cheers greeted the name of
President Taft, who followed Senator
Root;
President Shanklin then followed
with his inaugural address. He spoke
on the essential position of the col
lege in present day civilization and
touched on " the elective system, now
in force at some schools. ' In this:
connection he said:
'The necessity is ,tbat the elective
system be based upon scientific prin
ciples and the scientific study of the
individual himself, with special re
ference to his character, hia Intel
lectual capacity, his special tastes.
The college exists for the under
graduate and has in mind both the
individual welfare of the students
and the society which he would
serve."
In connection with athletics, he
said:,.'-- . - '
"On the whole, under-grada:ttee ex
hibit and demand today a higher de
gree of true sportsmanship than ever
before. The contests create and fos
ter a healthful college spirit, a need
ed esprit du corps. The problem is
secure Intercollegiate . rivalry
enough to foster the right college
spirit, while at the same time exalt
ing and holding fast to the-waln ob
jects of college me scnoiarearp ana
service."
FOURTH C0I1FEREKCE
AMERICA!! REPUBLICS
; - By Leased Wire to .The Times.)
'' Washington, Nov.' 12 The program
pf the. fourth international conference
of the American republics, to be held
at Buenos Ayres, Argentine, July,' ,
1810, was made public today. It in
cludes the celebration of the Argentine
national Centennlary and of the inde
pendence of the -American republics,
(lie dlncusslon of improvement In. the
mail , and steamship service between
North and Sonth America, and a
formal expression of thank to Andrew
Carnegie for ,hla generouj gih which
mad possible the erection, of "the hew
building of the American republics, in
tbl cit Aowneaxlnf .completion,.
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Lewis Strang Broke the World's Record Yesterday
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mA, A. -
Lewis Strang, at the whel of his great 200-horse power Fiat, in
for driving one mile 'o 87.7 seconds. In making this marvelous tune at
the rate of 93 milcs.an hour.
NINETY HORSE
CAR TURNS
Driver Badly Injured When
Caught Fire And Was Destroyed The Amateur Races
AttracLMost Attention Jn Todays Meet
(By Leased Wlre tA The Times.)
Atlanta, Ga., JjTij1 . j 12 Ideal
weather which jpemised a fast track
and "augured livetl for more broken
records, coupled with the added at-,
traction of the twenty-four mile ama
teur race drew another large and tre
mendously enthusiastic crowd of
spectators to the speedway Friday.
The amateur race, in which some
of the best known drivers of Atlanta
are entered, is the center of attrac
tion. ' '
There is also a great deal of inter
est in other events, of which there
are nine on the program.
While' warming up for the fifty
mile free for all race at the Speed
way shortly after 11 o'clock this
morning, the big ninety horse-power
A FATAL ACCIDENT
Joseph Horton Killed Yester
day While Sawing Wood
Joseph, 14-year-old Son of Mr. C. T.
Horton, Near Wakefield, Killed Yes
terdayBecame Entangled With
the Belt of a Wood Saw and Re
ceived Internal Injuries Which Re
sulted in His Death a Few Hours
Later Funeral Tills Afternoon.
Yesterday morning about 11
o'clock, Joseph, the fourteen-year-old
son of Mr. Charles T. Horton, became
entangled with the belt of a woodsaw
and received injuries from which he
died yesterday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock. ' , i
. Just how young Horton was caught
in the belting is not known? but it is
supposed that he was adjusting the
belt when his foot or leg was caught,
throwing him first on the wheel then
hurling the body violently backward
against a piece of timber, which
struck him just under , the shoulder
blade., .As soon as possible the en
gine was stopped and the boy wa re
leased from the belt in an nncon
Bolous condition. Medical aid was
summoned and all that human aid
and Bklll could do was done,, but he
never regained consciousness. .The
death resulted from internal injuries.
Young Horton was a bright and in
dustrious boy, always feady and Will
ing to do any work that was assigned
to him, and at the time of the fatal
accident was engaged in Running a
wood saw for his father. Much sym
pathy is felt for the bereaved parents
in' this hour of sorrow. : - " " '
The funeral 'will be conducted
from, the home of Mr. Charles Hor
ton, near Wakefield, this afternoon at
2:30 o'clock, and the . body' will be
laldi toreat
in the family burying
ground,'.
POWER
SOMERSAULT
Big Car Turned OverCar
Pope-Tolodo car, entered bv Asa G.
Candler, Jr., and driven by John Kil
Patrick, burst two cylinders on the
lower turn of the track, and atcer
turning a complete someisaull,
caught fire and was destroyed.
Kilpatnck was thrown a distance
of twenty yards and was badly bruis
ed. He lauded in soft ground out
side the course, which prevented ser
ious injury. Church, the mcchamcan
accompanying Kilpatnck, was also
thrown from the car but was not se
riously hurt. The injuries of Kil
patrlck were given attention at the,
temporary hospital inside the pad
dock. The car entered by Mr. Candler
was known as the "merry widow"
and was considered one of the fastest
continued on Page Five.)
BLACK HAND GANG
Captured With the Goods
While in Bed Asleep
Gang of Eight Captured Xear Wilkes
barre, Pa. They Are Charged
With Attempted Murder of Raphael
De Angelo Owing to Extreme Sec
recy Maintained They Were Tuken
InauaiTS Quantity of. Dynamite
and Weapons Found.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Wilkesbarra, Pa., Nov. 12 Being
charged with the attempted murder
of Constable Raphael De Angelo in
New. York City last week and with
numerous other crimes, eight Italians,
said to be members of the most dar
ing Blackhand gang in this part of
the state, were captured in Hazelton
and , vicinity between midnight and
daylight this morning, and were
brought to this city. The capture
was made by County Detective E. J.
Mackin and a squad of state constab
ulary, all being heavily armed.
Owing to the great secrecy main
tained in the affair most of the ac
cused were captured in their beds be
fore the alarm spread. A woman,
said to be the head and directing
brains of the gang, escaped' and is
now being sought. , .
The accused are Antonio Bruno and
his son, Peter Bruno, editors of "The
Defender", James Laross, Frank But
ton, Steve Romano,' Lrank Rickew,
Jedde Crello, and Carmeilo Corollo.
They are to be charged with attempt
ed murder, several murdonous at
tacks, dynamiting ' of houses and
sending of threatening letters; de
manding tribute under pain of death'.
De Angelo, whose life had been fre
quently threatened, went te New York
last week an business. , He waa. fol
lowed and ; attacked and barelA8
eaped. He recognised, he says, some
ot the accused among' his assailants,
which ho reduced the world's record
Atlanta, Gn., Strang traveled at
PRESIDENT
OF SCHOOL
INSTALLED
jRobertH. Wright Inaugurated
As President of Eastern Caro
lina Training School
NOTED SPEAKERS
Superintendent Ragsdale of s Pitt
County Schools .Makes Stirring Ad
dress in Which He Suys That
School Property Today in Pitt
County is Worth $300.000 Super
intendent Joyner Pleases Large Au
dience and Hon. J. Bryan Grimes
Pays Eloquent Tribute to Late
Senator James K. Fleming, Wrho
Introduced Bill For Establishment
of School, and Suggests Tablet to
His Memory.
(Special to The Times)
Greenville, Nov. 12 "Our Green
ville, yours if you come" is the slo
gan of this city, the city that these
folks say is the educational center of
the east. Today their hearts and
homes have been spent and they have
held out the glad hand of welcome.
It has been the occasion of the dedi
cation ot another institution for the
cause of education in North Caro
lina, and today Robert H. Wright
was formally inaugurated president
of the East Carolina Teachers' Train
ing School. .
There has been a great outpouring
of the educational leaders from Pitt
county and eastern North Carolina.
The institution belong to the peo
ple of eastern Carolina and they are
proud of it. They worked for it and
now they are standing loyally by it
and are giving it their cordial sup
port. '
It was a glorious sight this morn
ing when the board of trustees, led
by Superintendent Jayner, accompa
nied by others much interested in the
school, marched in and took their
places on the rostrum in the hand
Some auditorium. They were fol
lowed by the student body, who occu
pied seats in the front of the audito
rium. It is a fine body of young peo
ple who compose this student body,
and when they came into the hail
they were greeted with applause. Ex
ercises were opened by singing the
doxology, after which the opening
prayer was made by Rev. Mr. Shore,
of the Methodist church. The address
of welcome for Greenville was made
by C. F. Harding, the representative
of Mayor H. W. Whedbee. Mr. Hard
ing's remarks were-very happy and
in closing, he said "Our Greenville'
is yours as long? as you stay". Col.
F. G. James welcomed the people on
behalf of Pitt county. Colonel James
paid tribute te . the , people of Pitt
county and pledged the loyal and cor
dial support of . the people of the
county to the school. v;. ,
Greeting from the faculty were
brought by Supt. W. H. Ragsdaler qf
Pitt county school and members of
. iCptttfjaued'on, Pago.rive.i j.
CONVENTION
TALKS ABOUT
GOMPERSCASE
Jail Sentences Against Gca-
pers and Others Again
up in Federation
GOMPERS EXPLAINS
In Response to An Inquiry From the
Floor Pres.'dont Gompers Gave Am
Explanation of the Present Status
of the Case Against Himself,
Mitchell and Morrison Spoke
With Considerable Emphasis
About the "Vindictive Course of
Justice Wright"-Haa An Abiding
Faith in the Justice of His Cause
and Hopes the Supreme Court
Will Sustain Them.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Toronto, Ont., Nov. 12--Th Jail
sentences of President Gompers, Vice
President Mitchell and Secretary
Morrison again came to the front at
the American Federation of Labor
convention today.
Immediately on the opening of the
convention President Gompers, In re
sponse to an inquiry from the floor,
gave an explanation of the present
status of the contempt case against
Mitchell, Morrison and himself. Ex
plaining the attitude ot the defense
in the case, Mr. Compera jta4L; -
"There was not a time from the
beginning nf this case down to j the
present time when we could not hare
freed ourselves from the operation ot
the writ of Injunction had we been
willing to take advantage ot techni
calities, we could not, however, in,
justice to our movement and in con
formity with the desires of the exec
utive council, fail to go the full
length of testing the constitutionality
of the writ of injunction as applied
In our rasp " " ,
President Gomperg j;wt1'&.
slderable emphasis of what afrar
acterized as "the vindictive courae of
Justice Wright in the conduct of this
case against us." ,
As to what will be done by the de
fendants in the case, Mr. Gompers
said: , .. v ; .
"Our attorneys advise us that they
apprehend no difficulty in obtaining
an extension ot the fifteen days al
lowed for filing appeals against - the
decision of the court of appeals, SO as
to enable them, if possible, to get the
case before the supreme ourt of the
United States."
"As to when we are going to Jail,"
continued Mr. Gompers, "I cannot ot
course say. Friends have said to me,
'you will never go to jail." As to
that, all I can say is, I don't know.
There were those just as confident
that Justice Wright would not find ua
guilty, but he did.
"I have an abiding faith in the
justice of our cause and I can only
hope that the high court will take
this opportunity to reincarnate the
principles of magna charta, the de
claration of American independence
and the constitution of the United
States."
Mr. Gompers closed his statement
by saying that within a few days af
ter the close ot this convention the
defendants in the case would hare a'
conference with Judge Parker, chief
counsel for the defense, to determine
upon the course to be pursued,
The convention adjourned at 10:40
o'clock until 0 o'clock tomorrw
morning to allow time for committees
to consider matters upon which the
convention will act. '"" -..-.' '
Opposed to Permanent Commission.
(By Leased Wire to The Timei)
Washington, Nov. - 18 Treasury
officials today asserted that President
Taft is not in favor pt Senator Cum-.1
niins' proposition to establish a per
manent tariff commission. When the
president returns from Mlddletown,
Conn., the tariff board will hold, a
conference with him over the maxi
mum and minimum classes in the tar
lit law. ,
All Well With Hooeevejt Partjr A
. (By Cable to Th Time! -
London. Nov. l---A 41ptb re
ceived here today from Nafcuru, Brit
ish East. Africa,, wya tbat. eeurier
arrived there (rem Theodore Roose
velt's party on the Ouasiagltibu rla
teau reports all member, of the Xs)
evelt party wel. alt bee been -prt
tained that; the report ef i m! ' to
the former president or his lllne. a u.4
Anot.orif!nta h.ere or at Nu
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