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SAYS ORCHARD LIED Haywood Testifies in His Own Behalf in Idaho Murder Case mPEACHES MUCH OF EVIDENCE labor Leader Charged With Murder oi Former Governor Sfifenenber& , Approaches Stand Pale and Trem , tiling, But Gains Composure and Relates in Strong Tones the Story, of His Life. Boise, Idaho, Special. William D. Haywood, took oath as a witnesss in liis own defense, and in a lengthy narrative of his life and work as a leader of his fellow miners denied guilt of the murder of Frank Stuen enberg fyand the ; manifolds primes charged him by Harry Orchard. Say wood was pale and. trembled nervously when he walked around to thei elevated witness stand where he faced the judge and thq -jury. When lie began to respond 'to Clarence Dar xow's questioiS'hisy6ic was low and somewhat uncertain, bujk withinr 10 minutes b bad iregainecL his compos ure and foi fthe rest' of the ater uoon Haywood was master of liis feelings. As he told of his boyhood. totbeganwitbft6ilt the ag$o9, and 'gave 'the hisiory of his f amity, lis invalid Hwif e, !whp sat just to the left of the witness stand beganv sqb fring: t His mother-in-law soon com forted the wife, however, and there after she and1 the rest of Haywood's Idnfolkl remained 'quiet, but ideeply concerned auditors, , , 5 Haywood 's testimony .was i chiefly 3iaracterizei3 by positive Ideriiais of allegations made against him by the prosecution. He denied that he met Orchard until some time after the Hftndicator explosion, denied that he sent Orchard back to Cripple Creek to lIow up the Independence station. Hj denied participation in the Ly teBreg ory murder, and denied suggesting or discussing, the Stuenenberg murder. . Hey swore that he never gave Or chard money at any time or any place for any purpose He declared that he never made .a threat, against Steuen enberg, .whom lie regarded only as he did any politician" i swayed by eapilal istic influences . He told of occasions -wb.en.he met Orchard in Denver'. the ordinary eourse of his relations "with the federation Uand George A. Tettibone and said he saw Orchard for the last time in August, J-905. when Orchard toid him he was going to Alaska; Haywood said he then chided 'Orchard for deserting his ircife at jQripple Creek. . The; direct examination had not reached the connection of Jack Simp kins and the action of the federation after Stuenenberg was murdered when adjournment came. -The State completed the cross-examination of Charles H. Moyer at soon and in dealing with his testi xnony directed its strongest attack against the circumstances under which the federation at the suggestion of 3ack Simpkins came to the relief of Orchard, when arrested for killing Stuenenberg. Senator Borah who conducted the examination, emphasized the connec tion of Jack Simpkins and the federa tion and the fact that the federation Svithout inquiry as to the guilt or in nocence of Orchard, gave $1,500 from its treasury to provide for his defense. He also developed the fact that the fedration is providing for the defense of Steve Adams, who is charged with killing two claim jump ers at the instigation of Jack Simp 3dns.v Moyer denied knowing any time : about the $100 that Haywood sent to Jack Simpkins a" few, days be fore Stuenenberg was assassinated and which is traced to Orchard by an unsigned note he got at Caldwell jail sand a coincident of data. Much Wanted Prisoner Escapes. Denver, Col., Special. John T. Thompson, a prisoner in custody of Detective Joseph Jay, of the Port land, Ore., police department, leaped from a car window while the train was amnning 40 miles an hour near this city and escaped. Thompson is want- u ut x oiLiaxiu, w re., . iu ,' answer a charge of stealing $3,000, and was a x t j.1 J r j. cnase arouna tne worra. ? ....-.'..'..'.. ! j ' i 1 '- 1 . r -U ,,i f , . i- ,i , . The 2-Cent Passenger Rate Effective Dcs Moines, Iowa, Special. Judge "McPherspn, of the Federal Court, de nied the application of two stockhold ers of the Iowa Central and the Min neapolis & St. Louis for an order re--straining the directors of the roads from "putting into effect the 2-eent passenger rate enacted by the Iowa liejnslature. The judge, based his ac tion on the ground that no injury to . the roads was shown, that the com plaint that the new rate would cut down dividends was not proven, that Increased passenger travel .might in increase receipts. ' Leach" Director of Mint. Oyster. Bay, Speciali- President Uoosevelt has appointed Frank "A. ;Xjcaefi," pf; Oakland, Cal., director of theMint, to succeedi (eorge E. Bob- WHO xesifcciiu iu f Idenoy of the CommericalsNatumal Ttnir nt C.hiaa.so. made vacant by the ; .fh nf .Tames H, Eckles. Mv. Leacb is at present ; Superintendent or tne JZan Francisco minu . , - ' UrftYRinEN LAW AGAIN Mother and Son Acquitted of Charge of Murdering Man .Who Buined Their I Daughter and Sister Ver dict o F Jury Announced udge .While They Were at Dinner Dur ing Bscess Just After They: Had Been Sent From Court Room to Consider Decision. Laplata, Md., Specials It took the jury in phe Bowie murder trial but five minutes to decide that in South ern Maryland at least, the "unwrit ten lawikis-the law- to- which the s;r ducer must hold himself answerable. And whue there was no marked de monstration when the verdict became known, 1 here was sufficient evidence that the Verdict of the jury's was the veict ifi the people of this section of jthe5oiintry. f Both-jury andpeople acpuit IS, rs. Mary E. Bowie and her son, Henry; i of all blame for their acknowle dged slaying last January of Hubert Posey, the seducer of their daughter and sister, Priseilla Bowis, who with her child,' hasmade-a pa thetic pi jture in the court, room. That jtliero was 4ietnrisation was doubtless duetto the fact that the verr dict of thjl jury was . ahnourieetl' tor' the judgjs awhile they were at "flirmer during a, recess,, just .pior, to whtehi the jury , had been , sent, out: of the court- room to consider tneir decision. State Attorney Wilmer's request to the jury tbat they bring in a. verdict of nfans aughter,. was not more note worthy than the frankness with which Congressman Sidney E. Mudd, of counsel j:qr the defense, appealed to the "unwritten law," in behalf of his clients. Throughout his address, which evidently voiced the senti ments of! most of his hearers, Mrs. Bowie and her son sat in stolid com posure, hile Pricilla Bdtrie wept continuously. V. . r ' C, 1 Gent)enien, ' said Congressman Mudd, 'j'we shall claim that the.se defendants we justified, by wjiat; thei awstskpefs have called the) f.n wrltt, la'i, JlejSthen citeJdmauy cases h jsvhch thefavengers of wbh ed daughters, sisters ancj wives have been acquitted, arid continued: ''Nevejr since the formation? of this government has there been tried, before , a jury of 'American citizens a single case of murder following: wau-H ton seduction in which the verdict has been other than instant acquit- tal, He argued for the "supre-, macy of the law indelibly written on w-beating human heart, over type of the statute books," the quic! the cold and said "The family in this land of "ours is the nuclueus and the nursery of the Commonwealth. The protection of the sanctity of the family ties,, the chastity jof women, the development and maintenance of a salutary and exalted respect for the honor of the mother, khe sister and the daughter become fk natural and essential fea ture of the law in this land. In nearly every State of this country there will be found an exemplifica tion and recognition of this fact and an adoption of this doctrine. "It isl in this sense that I confi dently claim the protection of what I have called and claim the 'unwrit ten law 'las an adequate defense for these defendants." State L Attorney Wilmer argued against ihe "unwritten law," but urged the jury to give the defendants the benefit of every possible doubt and repeated that he did not. ask for a verdic of murder . but for one of manslaughter. The . jury, however, evidently took Mr. Mudd 's view of the case and when they "filed into court it was to declare that the kill ing of Hubert Posey was justified. Indicted For Assault. Washington,, Special. Charles A. Edwardsj secretary of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, was indicted by the grand jury for an asault wiith a dangerous weapon on Alejandro Garland, an attache tof the Peruvian legation in this !ity: The alleged assault occurred shortly affcy, midnight last; oti the'-motmha Hay lOtli Eight Killed by White Damp. Hazel ton, Pa., Special. Eight Ital; lan mine damp in workers were killed by white an abandoned slope of the Lehigh S Wilkesbarre Coal Company at Honey Brook. .Two of the men were sent into the mine to measure the water Then two more" went, in to assist them. It was believed that was inadequate and the oth ordered to help them. When the force ers were the men did not return after a reason able time an investigation was made. and the presence of the deadly white damp was discovered. First Death From Sunstroke. y Norfolk, "Speqial.-f-A, 'tatailcaseofj sunstrokknhe first of the season, was recorded! in Norfolk Friday, the vic tim, Julian Clem, -agd5 yearsfoTe SSX'of tiie Sands-KeyRuth Company r paving! vh dvii:g:lfore-reafch a! hospital. He was ? supenrtepxiipg J a paving gang iq HursviHe .Clem Was famiiy rese the-e. The mur- rum liUiosvuiC tOrt t . -r . t . mi. cury registered t?l degrees. . ; NORTH STATE NEWS . - - - Items of Interest Gleaned from A" Various5 Sections rTMM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE Minor Occurrences of the Week of Interest to Tar "Heels Told in Para graphs. N. C. Railroad Matters. Grenesboro, Specialj The annual meetings of the stockholders and di rectors of the North Carolina Rail road Company -was held here last week. The' directdrs jet in the par lor of Hotel Guilford at 12 o 'clock and prepared and adopted resolutions to be .submitted to the stockholders. One of these resolutions was in ref erence to the matter of the hotel property at Burlington. The resolu tion was adopted by the stockholders. It is a final adjustment of the matter, it being decided that the company will not rebuild the hotel, which was de stroyed by fire three or four years ago. The stockholders granted per mission to the national government to construct a viaduct 'under the main line, pf; the road at Salisbury for the driveway to the Federal Cemetery. An appropriation for this was made lat the last sesion of the United 4State3 Congress.. . All of the .old . directors on behalf of the stockholders ( were re elected. After the stockholders' meeting the directors met and transaW ed the usual routine business. H. C. Chatham,' of Elkin, was reelected president; A. H. Eller, of Winstoh Salem, secretary-treasurer ; John W. Thompson, of Raleigh, expert. The reports of .the ofiicers were leeived and approved. End of Telephone Trouble. Winston-Salem, Special. At a fili al conference between the telephone committee of the board of aldermen and the Board of Trade and Judge 'Palmer, representative of the South ern Bell ( Telephone Company, an agreement was reached by which the Bell Company' will, immediately be gin to install in the Twin City a mod erjn common battery telephone system, including a modern building and plant .and underground .wires in the busi ness section o the city. The cost of the system is estimated at about $S0, 000. Work will begin immediately pon the survey-s, etc., for the- new ork, and it is thought that the' new system will be in operation before January 1st, 1909. Rowlands to. Stand Trial. Raleigh, Special. Dr. David S. Rowland and wife,: Lillian ' Rowland, were formally arraigned at 5 :30 o'clock Thursday afternoon to stand "trial for their lives on the charge of poisoning Mrs.; Rowland's former hus band, Engineer C R. Strange, of. the Seaboard Air Line. They were unex pectedly ordered into court in the midst of a long-drawn-out argument by counsel op the question of using certain depositions taken by the de fense in the trial in the event the case comes to trial at all at this term. The entrance of the prisoners created quite a stir in the crowded court room. Haywood Conty Fair. Waynesville, Special. The third annual Haywood County Fair will be held here October 9th to 12th next. Preparations Hor the eventyare already well under way, and it is confidently expected that the coming exhibition will eclipse either of the preceding ones. The association is offering this year the handsome sum of $2,000 in premiums and purses, of which amont $550 will be given on agricultural products and $800 in purses for-races. North State Notes. The State Bar Association held its annual meeting at Hendersonville last week. The meeting was very ' inter esting and ,was largely attendedr A feature was an address by Judge Al ton B. Parker, of New York. Prof. TimberlakeVmade a' splendid address ion "The Unwritten Law, Which was a full epositipn of the entire doetrine involved in that now popular plea. -The city ( authorities jof both' Char lotte and Grenesboro are discussing the problem of allowing soft , drinks and cigars' ' Sold t' on Sunday.1 Such sale has been prohibited for some time . in both i cities and ' the effort is being mad, e to repeal the prohibitory laws. ; A batch of , J wentyf resh Italian la-: borers arrived at' ' High Point last week, and began work in the factor ies there. Not one of them can speak' English. , i .t r .n The RetaiL Hardware Association of the Carolina? held its annual ses sion in Charlotte last week. Stonn Did Damage. SalisburyySiSecial-Reports' through but the county tell of igfesfttdamage' done to growing crops by the storm of Wednesday night. Portions of it were swt by f nridus winds and hail that battered down corn and cotton. The western section ,pf rthe .county in Locke Jownshrpi was visited t by ? ,a oungeyclone that did fbaAer" an'a cropjs the " most damage..! Not houses were bluwn down and no, cattleJdlledV IN CLOSE QUARTERS Jhe Tpbatco Trust Overhauled By the Government Court may appoint receiver Highly Probable That Government ; Will Bring erindnatAction Against. Some of Defendants; Named- jn Complcrt Filed by" Beciat. Assist-; . fc ant. Attorney General' Against "the Corporation. New York, Special James C. Me Reynolds, the ' Special Assistant At torney Generial appointed .to prose-: cute the so-called tobacco: trust, de clared Wednesday after filing ther complaint in the case, that the ques tion whether he would .urge the court to appoint a receiver for the various companies would depend entirely inp on the evidence secured. from the witr nessos summoned upon his complaint ;He said also that criminal pi:qscu , tion 'of soine of the , defendants -.he named iri the complaint ' is highly probable arid that the Sherman law, under which this ' action is brought, makes a conspiracy ' in restraint of trade a criminal offense. A signifi cant, feature of the' complaint filed by Mr. Mciteyiiolds is' the waiver by him of the, right of demanding an swers : under oath from corporations and individuals "named as defendants in his complaintj . .as the making of such answer under-oath might con fer immunity from prosecution. The individuals named as defen dants and named as witnesses are James B. Duke, . president of the Am erican Tobacco Company; John B. Cobb, president of the American Ci gar Company, William' K. Harris, chairman of the board of managers of the British-American Tobacco Co.; Caleb C. Tuela, viee president pf the American Tobacco Company, " and a director of the American Snuff Com pany; Perciyal "S. Hill, vice jresi dent of the American Tobacco .Com pany; W. C. Reed "agent in the Unit ed States for the Imperial"" 'Tobacco Company ,of Great Britain ; .Tb.omas F- Ryan, Pierre Lorillard,? Peter A. B. Wideher; Anthony IT. Brady, . and practically all of the other directors of the American Tobacco ConiDanv. Mr. McRejynolds appeared before-! the clerk of the court alone to file the complaint, but the petition is signed by Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, Milton D. Pary and. Ed win P. Grosvenor and James C Mc Reynolds, assistants to the Attorney General. - ' Jap Admiral in New York. New York, Special '.I think the friendly relations of long standing be tween the United States and Japan should be preserved and the passing storm disappear in the waters of the Pacific ocean I firmly believe that this one incident cannot be thrown in the way of the present relations be tween the two countries which began at the time of my birth." Thus spoke Admiral Baron Gombel Yamamoto, Japanese minister of Ma rine, during the Japanese-Russian war, as a greeting to the American people on his arrival here with his suite on board the Cunard steamship Carmania. Admiral Yamamoto has been inspecting the gunships and ship yards of Europe, and while here he will visit our navy yards and ship-building plants. He was met at quarantine by Lieut. W. H. Hender son, representing Rear Admiral Good rich, commander of the New York Navy Yard. English Commoner's Death Sudden. . London, By Cable. During a divis ion in the House of Commons Wed nesday evening, Sir, Alfred Billson member for the northwest division of Staffordshire, died suddenly from ap oplexy. The House immediately ad journed. A, pathetic feature of-'the incident was that Sir Alfred's daugln ter was in the ladies gallery at the. time of her death. - College Struck by Lightning. Knoxviile,. Tenn., Special.1 Herper College, a four-story brick building in North " Athens Tenn. owned by U. S." Grant University of Athens, was' struck by lighthihg and totally ' de stroyed by fire which followed. The building was built some 10 years ago at a cost of $60,000, and .was for some -time as an industrial depart ment, of the University. Of recent years it has been "used as an apart ment house;. The university ; carried only $10,000 insurance ; and the loss will be a serious one. News in Brief. : i, RaisulL , the, banditi made rKaid ; General MacLean a prisoner and wil hold, him' 'until "granted immunity, by "the Sultan. - ' " J t lApprovfng . the report of' the" Naval Personnel Board the president fQPr dered the retirement of 15 nay,ofnj( cers, including'1 5' "captains," " ? u Sir rChentung Liang-Cheng, who departed for China, declared that his country will flrmly uphold the ' open- door ' ''. pohcyj I In iriey X Receivers may be appointed. by tn TTpml Courts for the general branches of the tobacco: trust.. ConntItagaki, of Japan, has writ ten to tbe president of The Hague lHterenee v recommenuxug . . national conference on jthe subject of rac6, exclusion. , . . ' .. ; .'; new Venezulean Cabinet hatf been appointed . v ' Famine caused rioting in the Jsand ' A . Unman sxrhfS P.lflifn'tV be the T& widow '6f Lord Delavan- Beresf ord has turned up in an Ontario town. s the safe in Dub- lin Cactld and stole state regalia yalur. r . , ,. , - ' s . ."- . ed at $aoO,uuu. T'Vio coco inn nf nnrt in the -Hey- wood trial i was consumed in ;reading trepositions regarumjj 3Axvji?j.y The Emperor of Japanf confers a number of medals on American nurses and correspondents who serv ed in the war in Manchuria. . , Judge Pritchard has 'granted an in innftt.iniv fiorainst ' the Virffinia Cor- nnT-ofinn Pnmml'scinn rPStrainim? , that body from, inforcing. the 2-cent rail- roau iare nnm me maiia gwa u f ore ;the higher court. ' The roads will give, -heavy bonds. , . , ; , ;. . Government experts Vfigure out thai the Uh'ited' States is fast exhausting its' supply of hard coal and that the smokeless city! can only come throu'gh gas, coke and electricity. , : ,A naval officer points out that the two monster battleships will be" of a new type, different consierably from the "breadnaught." , ' John D. Rockefeller got his eyes full of smoke and delivered a Philip pic against ClevelandPs Union Sta tion. The National Civic Federation's municipal ownership commission made public two reports on its inves tigations, one condemning the princi ple and the other failing to recom mend it. ,. Two Chinamen were killed in ; a Philadelphia Tong war. ' , The Chicago telegraphers decided to postpone action, on the strike question for a week. , .iviit Brick buildings in Indianapolis, col lapsed, with a loss of $220,000. . An assault on a 14-year-old Pitts burg girl may mean n, lynching if the man is caught, , . , . Mayor" Schmitz, convicted of extor tion, made a demand for his salary. It was found that-Minneapolis had been built on the roof of caverns and means were, taken to avert danger oi collapse. . It is considered probable that Thomas P. Gore, ai blind man, will be elected to the United States Senate from Oklahoma. Cornelius Vanderbilt 's steamship was instrumental in saving the life of the captain of his yacht. Governor Glenn declares that he' will not call an extra session of the North Carolina legislature to consider the rate law that some railroads are ignoring. There is considerable activity iu railway building iri western North Carolina, and there is a consequent .heavy demand for convicts. 1 Russians complain of the overbear ing conduct of the Japanese in Man churia and regard with ill-concealed satisfaction the friction with the United States. - King Edward and Queen Alexandra have started on a tour of Ireland. ' Joseph Chamberlain celebrated his seventy-first birthday. . "' igton Ml THE. NEW MODELS OF EM I . . v , please the man who receives the letters because the work is the best he has ever seen. . They satisfy the man who signs the , letters because the work is the best and the swiftest he has ever known. -They gratify the operator' who writes the letters ' because the work is the best, the swiftest, and r the easiest she has ever The New Remington Escapement accounts for it alL ' r ... "... h Have YOU Remington Typewriter Co. Thl Tntprstate Commerce Commis sion by declaring equal facilities should be provided whites and blacks on trains, indirectly upheld "Jim Crow" laws. " , , V The Merchants and Miners ' and Oid Dominion " Steamship Companies and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad figured in Interstate Commerce Com mission cases. ( The National Education Asociation convened in Los Angeles, Cal. " Admiral Evans. will sail for the Pa cific in October witJtutbxk .new battle ships and aHoroedo boat squadron. iiJL. plsujhtn -havereceiveB-for the To- bacco Trusapponieu is reporcea ly be ihl Department of Justice's way to fight this alleged monopoly suit. Frank 'Al Leach, superintendent of the San Francisco Mint, was elected to succeed George E. Roberts as Di rector of the Mint. The new Federal Building in Fred ericksburg will be erected at Hanover arid Princess Anne streets, f Dr. Julian P. Thomas, the aeronaut, was badly hurl "in anautomobile acci- i - An estimate based on returns frc.n the new Richmond census shows the Virginia . capital has d' population of Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, convict ed of grafting,-was sentenced to five years in SanQuentin, Penitentiary. ' The V next friends '; in the case of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy have asked the court to take: charge of the trust f undv of $125,000 se,t aside some time ago. ' Jesse R. Grant, the son, of Gen. U. S. Grant, is being mentioned as a pos sible .Democratic candidate for Presi dent. Action was begun in New Yoik against the telgrpah companies on ai allegation of an agreement to raie rates. ( i. . That Germany is "to arrange a se cret treaty with the United States before the latter takes decisive ac tion , about Japan wa3 reported in Berlin. . 1 Wrestling ia the popular sport of Persia. Great tournaments are held to decide" 'Supremacies of districts. W. W, BARBER Attorney uvd Caunellor i Lmt Wilkesboro, N. O. i. 4 .Praotloee (n the Stat and Federal Courts. Prompt attention given to all business given hied. T. JB. Fialeyio F. B. Hendren Flnley &. Hendren ATTO 8 NCYS AT LAW Wfikeiboro, N O. Fraotloe la all tbe courts Real estate old on oommisslon. John A. Holbrook Attorney at taw. J wilSesboeo, ------ N. o. J. S. Cranor, H. L. Cranor. CRANOR & CRANOR ATTORNEYS AT LAW WILKEBBORO, N. C. Praotloe In State and Federal Courts. Collection ot Claims a Specialty: oltoaofcofcoHofcofc'oiioitofcoJtoit L. TJ1. lyow i M I UMlbl " Wilkesboro, N. C. Proinp attention giyen all bualnew intriisted o h banOa. Insnrwoe and the collection ct .claimi, peolaJUes. 8onoitoaofiiQytQtonoi6tiotioiv THE Typewriter done. ' .;r ..... seen it?. ' t X. r. t i
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