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i T'v , - V if'.. ' ' ' t . i-s;.) y.,4,i:v .. V , i' I " . . . . - . . -. Largest Circulation of Any - " paper in the Cocniy. Excel- . ' lent Advertising Medium. X ' , ;-t ; put your ads THE GRIT 2 ISAAC S. LONDON, Proprietor. Af NON-PARTISAM FAMILY NfiW? PAPER. ' $1.00 A YEAR. T cifi J Ifyount(orkchthcpco- 1 c rx ,.f If; 1 I 1 1 f - )'' ( & T ' (( I VOL; V. "IX SILER CITY, N. C, WEDNESDAY. MAY 19, 1909. SO. 42. North Ncvs of InfErcst Gleaned From All Sections of the State and Arranged For. Busy Readers MOURNS SOLDIEK3 DEAD. The I Anniversary Generally Observed rSomo.of; the Most Notable Events. . Ail Dixie hps united in paying tribute - to he soldier. deadthose menlwho fought and bled and; died for the Lost Grtusc. From the Mason nndiDixon lin, South, throuffliout the old ponfederaby the t spirit- of the sixties again lived, and in almost cwryj townv Wty and. hamlet there werd "celebrations, in many of which the rapidly thinning ranks of those who'; fought for the Stars and Bars took their part. a Salisbury vas, probably, the most elaborate in tjhe Old North State. RMeigh was" very fortunate in hav ing an address by Col. Robert E. Lee.-grandseii of the immortal hero. C'cl.jLee has-teade an enviable repu tation as an Orator. He was shower ed with glad I acclaim in the capital cityj . . ' -Cfiarlcite-eii joyed a peculiarly fit ting! climax to its celebration in the address by Hon. Whitehead Klftttz of S?alisbuiy: Many of . his words migHt well bej engraved on stone. Gov. Kitchen made the address at Fayettevill'e, where one of the most notable celebrations 'of the kind was hcldi J Attorney Edward Stewart, ;in a most admiraTjlo address assisted in moling the Occasion - at. Greenville fulljof interest and a movement .was started to have a Confederate monu ment. ' I ' Wilmington- had an- impressive oc casion at which "Col. Wm.,F. Robert sen wast the orator of the day. A Wadesbtro Rev. T. W. Cham ' , blis made the address and the sol emnities were executed on Sunday. At Winston-Salem Mai. Frank C. Robins made he .address and the usual ceremonies of decorating the graves paid tliti annual debt of love. . Dirham entered fully into the spir it of; the occasion. Judge McRae tnad the address. . " ' Aiheboro gave a dinner to the sur vivors after which the floral tributees were offered.1 Ma. Henry London, made. the address which touched the emotions of his hearers bringing tears ; Cornerstone Laid at Oxford. Oxford, Special. Lost-Monday the ground at the junction of Maui and Hillsboro streets was broken to make a stout foundation to support tha hand 7 BeSuiiful Mfoimcnt Unveiled, Salisbury, Special. A unique mon ument' in honor of the Conferedate' soldiers of Rowan was unyeiled here Monday, the veil being drawn by Mrs.: Frances C. Tiernan, daughter of jvi, naries j? , , jpisher, who fell in the first battle of Manassas. ,Mr$. Tiernan 's nom de plum is Christian Reid. , She is the writer of that beautiful drama, "Under the South ern .Cross. " -. Whea- Master of ere mrinies, Hon. John S. Henderson said, '"Let the monument " be unveiled," two veteran color-bearers rose and displayed Confederate flags beside' thC; statue Avhile the veil was drawn. Immediately upon , this 1,000 children sang "Carolina." They then decor ated the monument with flowers. Mr. Henderson introduced Mrs, "Stonewall" Jackson and then Mr. Rucks tuhl, the sculptor of this mag nificent statue. . - , Hon. A. H. Boyden was the first speaker. His speech, is so replete with results of his historic research that he stopped in the midst of it and said he would put it in print, thus giving more of the time to Gen. Bennit Young of , Louisville, Ky., whose speech was a thrilling exempli fication of patriotic pride and superb eloquence. - One of the most pleasing and im perishable features of the day was the poem of jjrs. Tiernan, read in person. , The base of The monument ia of; Rowan pink granite on which rests a bronze figure the expression of a de feated and broken soldier upon whom a winged messenger is placing a wreath, of immortal fame.' Log Train Runs Away. Lenoir, Special. News reached here Sunday morning of an accident that ocairred near Mortimer, this county, one of the VRitter Lumber Company's log roads leading out from Mortimer into, .the Harper's creek section. One of the lor trains had started for the, mill heavily loaded With logs and wliile coming down a steep grado the crew lost control of their train and it ran away, ditching Beven cars and crippling three of the men. One of the three crippled wag so badly hurt that a pefcial train was chartered over the C. N. Railway to Hoekory to earry the. injured man to Dr. Long's sanitarium at Statesville. His injuries consisted of both lower jaws broken and it is thought he sua? j Jx 1 f i mi i laiuea interna injuries. j,ne injur GRAFTER SANDERS A VOLUNTARY EXILE Pennsylvania's Capitol Looter ' Under Prison "Sentence. GOT MILLIONS CN CONTRACT With Others Who Were In the Con , epiracy He Was Convictwl For Plundering His State He is the " Fifth to Die. Passengers' Drowned as Boat Capsizes in Hackehsack River. ULack of a Bridge Fatal to Employes of a Paper 41111 in New Jersey- Tornafloes iu th- West. some $.3,000 Coniederate monu R?;H5lC0?!! lllT11?! an was named Bentley and is laid (today. The ceremonies incident to Decoration Day were imposing and o:tremely interesting. For days the Daughters of ! the Confederacy have Wen; threashing . out a suitable pro-? pram. ? . . Gen. Julian : S. Qaxr, of Durham was ;the orator of tEe day the Vance Guards came to rielp Granville do honor to her, old veterans; distin guislied Masons from the Grand Lodgje were here; the IJorner cadets, big swarms of old vets themselves, under command of Judge A. W. Gra-. 1 p.ra, a chapter .from the Orphanage, anil jthe graded school children, and the young' ladies .from the Seminary helnid make a) big day of it. Thie monument is to be of the very finesfi North Carolina granite, sur w ousted by alhandsonie six and one half foo.t bronze soldier, the height of Hie whole moV.hment, when erected, beW considerably ' over thirty feet. The ; pedestal ilalona is twenty-three feet.i . ? f - r I Two Dwellings Burned, Spencer, Special. Fire of an un . known origin iearly Sunday morning destroyed tha' dwellings of S. M. Smith and J. P. Chavier in fencer, entailing a Iopb of. about $3.00u, leav ing both families without homes. supposed to be about 25 vears of asre. He was accompanied by Dr. Story, of monimer. Big Fire at Lexington, Lerington, Special. Not in -years hag Lexington suffered a costlier fire t'lat that which gutted-, the March Hotel Sunday morning at an early lhoui The flames, first discovered at 12:30 by C, C. Moore, of Charlotte, a guest, swapt throueh the two-and three-story brick building very rap idly and offered stubborn resistance to the firemen, who, however, eventu ally conquered the flames and con fined the fire to he hotel. The prop erty was owned by Messrs. C. M. Thompson, W. G. Perry and Grimes Bros., and was worth some $13,000, Insurance to the amount of $7,000 was carried; The walls are standing. but it may be thet the whole skele- on will have to be razed. The com pany is likely to build anewvand the New York City. John H. Sander son died in' bis apartment at Sherry's of Bright'a disease. At his. death "he was- undejf heavy bail pending aen tence on . charge of conspiracy to defraud the State of Pennsylvania of I a sum which has never been exactly; estimated, but whichnust rang-j e tween $1,000,000 andu ?5. 000,000. Sanderson was the firulLlags con tractor of the Capitol atrI.arrisburg. the frauds and excessive contractus charges being made the suoject ?f a legislative inquiry. Together with . ex-State .U-udiUr-General Wm. P. Snyder, ex-State Treasurer. Wm. L. Mathues, and Jas. M. Shumaker. ex-Superintendent of Grounds, Sanderson wis found guilty of conspiracy on March 13, iz. Ht.riis burg, hefore Judge Kuakel, arter a eeven weeks' trial, and bUied at 25, 000. Mathues died eariy in the win ter. - Sanderson was rndicted with thir teen others ou .the conspiracy charge on September 18, 1907- He offered next day to leiraoursa the State if the charges against him were dropped tnd if the materials were not up to specifications. Kis offar w'.a not ac cepted, however, -acci he was held far trial. The scandal concerning the frauds in connection with the O'iilding of the State Capitol came out more than two years ago. At that time It came, out that the profits of Sanderson's firm, which had offices in Chtatnut street. Philadelphia, were between S4.000, 000 and $5,000,000. As Sanderson was merely th furnishings, contrac tor, and as the entire Capitol build ing was to cost only $i3.O0O:00C, tne people of Pennsylvania felt tiiat his emoluments were rather large. - In March, 1907, while tne legisla- tive inquiry iito the State Cupiiol xrand3 was going on, Sanderson him self was found to have been living very quietly hsre for six mcrths pre viously, A brother, Harry Sanderson, was at that time carrying on tie firm's busi ness, J, H, Sanaersot. having resigned Iiom the firm, even betore his last bills, amounting to $150,000, were pt.lt fcyjthb State of Peni.syh snia fr sojae of the fnrnlshii gs in the Cap itol. , Sanderson's profits Wire estimated at between $4,000,000 f.nd $5 000, 00 0 during tht legislative inquiry. About tn same time that h moved ito Sherry's ha bought a yacht and made plans to cruiae i her uider the flag of tht New tork Y&cht CluL, Sanderson tcpll&psed trte months ago when his cot-use-l jQad it evident thtt the Superior Courl y.ould lxt Ilack'ensack, N. J. Four girls and a man'. were flrowhed when the row boat in which' they were crossing the Hackensack -River was capsized. The victims werg Catherine Hoffman, twentyHslxyears old; Mary Sachs, sev enteen; Lizzie Slnaneck, eighteen; Mary &orajMf5-fifteen, ai d Peter Hol lowinski, alt jJf Hackensack.- Three o.her persons who were i i the boat managed to save themselves, but were exhausted when thiy reached tae shore. They arc Thomas Burke, Frank Lacy arid a lltle PoliwV oy iit,ed Peterf Al tL jarty were w.ilo . m tCia An.erlan Fper Cojapiny'3 plant m Bogota. The party were returning froa. work when a terce gust of ,lnr. sU uck che boF.t and rapaizeti it. TLfc men..ber3 ot the Lok.'d of Fr holders hvc for a long tim f it '.bat a b'osf crj"-si-jg tht rner from hs lower pto.rt of HuckesK w a ne cessity, a id severh.1 n.onth3 ago voted to ulld sucL a stractm at i. coat of $200,000. Cever&l procilnent citizens objected vu 'he plrv, f .id tm quesuo w.c5 taken x court, 7rherd .ne jas9 ;a ps.idng. FORKER PLANNED CfiiE;" i SAYS KIDNAPER BOYLE It's a Lie, Declares Billie Whitla's Uncle at Sharon. LIFE SENTENCES HAVE BEGUN WRIGHT BROTHERS RETURN 20 KILLED, 15 HURT, Tliey Tell of the Triumphs Won In France. QUARRY Aeroplane Will Not Be Used For Pas sengers It Will Take Place of Special Trains and Autos. Two C2llanan Brothers B'cwn to Pieces With Their Men. CARTERS PICK UP FLESH Turnadues Kill Tweli. Kansas City, Mi A seri-B, of .or naaoes in Kaasa. Missouri' .ud Oki homa killet a dozen persons, injured about 100, devku;ti.:eci. Ho 114. Kh.n.. wrecked a train o.nd .d.d jreat 4am-as-e to propsrty. Twenty-five we injured in the suburbs of Kansas City. At Hollis t'niee mn wer killsd and ten seriously injured. The Sckstrom family of five pt-.rsons is missing, and m?y o dead In th rula;. of thfi hojrifc. ' Near Great Bend a tornaio killed two snd injured twenty. "William Ackerly, a Santa Fe engi neer, was killed while working with brUg gar between Gret Benu and Kinsley. Frak Nicholson, a conduc tor. wr3 alsc killed. Ihc tcrnad wreck5i. the work train of which -i.ck eily was englnaer auu "new : intj a ditch. Several meiibars of th crw were blown 10 J fee; or more. Thf storm spread over a wide farming area and laid waste many farm houses and barns An cstimat of th. rural casualties could not b obtained. Statement of James H. Boyle Accus ing Boy's TJnclo Denied He Never Heard of Reeblo Murder No Dealings With Convicted Man. Pittsburg, Pa. James p. Boyle be gan to serve a sentence of life in the Western Penitentiary for the kidnap ing of Willie Whitla, of Sharon. Upon his wife, Helen Boyle, Was imposed a twenty-five-year sentence and a fine of $5000, together with the costs of the trial. The court at Mercer eave them the limit. Boyle's threat to create a scene when sentenced did not mature, but immediately thereaf ter he gave out a signed statement ac cusing Harry Forker, a brother of Mrs. James P. Whitla, and an uncle of the boy, with kidnaping. Forker indignantly denies the accusation, saying, "It's a He." Boyle's statement: 'On the morning of ; between the hors of , Dan Reeble, Jr.. was found dead on the sidewalk in front of the Hauser Block, East Fed eral street, Youngstown, Ohio, and over the prostrate form was Mr. Henry Forker, of Sharon, Pa., hold ing in his right hand, a package of letters that was gathered from the sidewalk near the dead body of Mr. Reeble," the statement said in part. In Mr. Forker s hurry to leave the scene he failed to find two envelopes that contained four letters. ' "At a later date Mr. Forker was apprised of the fact that the writer held these letters In his possession and asked if he could use he same. A letter was immediately sent thf writer by Mr. Forker, stating thf he, Mr. Forker, would like to have e personal talk with the writer, whic'. meeting took place a aay or so arter. Mr, Forker acknowledged he would pay a sum of money for the posses sion of said letters. New York City. Wilbur Wright, who has been teaching the military aviators of France and Italy the art of frying in the Wright aeroplane, .ar rived here almost as Imperturbable, but not quite as taciturn, as ha was while abroad. . He was accompanied doxt Expected to Displace 40,ooo Tons of Rock Explodes Prema turely Victims' Clothes" Hanjr, in Rags From 'Trees. Albany, N. Y. Twenty men were by his brother Orville, who was mora I -blown to pieces and fifteen were ter- communicatlve, and' by his 'sister. Miss Kathertne Wright. Orville and Miss Katherine answered most of the questions of a throng o! interview ers, who boarded the ship at Quaran- tlne'from the health officer's boat and the revenue cutter. . : After referring the reporters to his brother Orville, Wilbur seemed to have the Impression that he would be requested to answer no more ques tions. Finally, after much urging, he said, not all at once, as here set down. but bit by bit: "My longest night in the year that I have been away was two hours and twenty-one minutes. , In Italy I made about sixty flights. ' There was not the enthusiasm manifested in Italy that there was in France, where they have been flying several years. Aero planes, or flying machines, wllljiot, in my opinion, ever take the place of trains and steamships as passenger carriers. I believe a transatlantic flight will not be tried for some time. Orville Wright said: ''My brother has taken two pas sengers in his nights in France and he could have taken three. He took my sister up three times, once taking at' the same time the Countess de Lambert. Other women who made trips with him were Mrs. Leon Eollee, Mrs. Lazar Weller and Mrs. Hart Bargo and two young English women. Every woman who went up with my brother was cool and displayed more self-command than the men who ac companied him. "We have mads no special changes In our aeroplane. Practically all that we have realized from our ezperl- "The amount not being considered ! 5?ats l Jhe $100,000 paid to us by JBROR CLEARS RQBBEItY. Thrust In Victim's Face, He Conf eases It Shows ulprit. New York City. After reporting a thrilling robtery by four despera does Gaetanr Aiissic is said ty In spector McChfferty to hav confessed to him that he himself commuted ens crlta. All3sIo is a clerk in a drug store, branch -jo&toffice and Italian bank at No. 21 Nw Bowery, aud he declared that during the absence of the pro sufficient .was refused, and from that day on and up until March, 1908, the writer, on the pretext of exposing the letters and the coincidence of Mr. Forker being discovered bending over the nrostrate form of Mr. Reeble, had received at different times amounts of money from Mr. Forker to remain silent. "About six months ago, when I re turned to Sharon with my wife, I met Mr. Forker on East -State street and informed him that unless I received $5000 between then and the time I intended to leave Sharon I hold the secret no longer. "He then informed me that it was France. I do not want to make com parlsons of our own and the most successful French machines. I slm ply can say that we are satisfied with results so far. While it is unlikely that the aeroplane ever will be used for passenger traffic on a large scale. I believe that it will take the place eventually of special trains, automo biles and dispatch boats," ,rvs. Dayton, Ohio. -The General Com mittee announced the program for the two days' eelebratlon on June 17 mm. A n Q 1 Tf Til t M . WQum vllle Wright The celebratio will open June 17 enstor fcur tien with drawn revolv- grant a new tilal and . hat smtexce era relieved bm of S24i cash, $72 J A 1- 1 . -Ji. J !. It. ... J J i His death makes the fifth fatality in connection with this sce udal. L esser actors died while the tial was pend ing, one since, and another has gone insane. The latter. &u in jortant wit ness, lost his mid just before the second trial, when, he was aoout to he called by tlie Co.nn.om ealth. Sanderson's contract '.wcuated to 85,487500. Hi sold his frntture Jy tho cubic foot, charging for tr space. Just before the Capitol jvaose he married a Southern woman ai.d took up his Lome at Sherry's. in moaey oriers anr. $31 worth of gtK-ATJS. When detectives returned to Me- A'.ifslo: "I think I c?.n show you the leadev of thu fan?." "Where is l.e?" asked the clerk. 'Here." rpli?t: the inspector, tbr'istn.fc a mirror in froiit of Alisslo, The confession followeu. MUK A AGIUXT BY LOVE, town hopes a more imposing Teachers of Blind Re-thcted. Raleigh, i Special The board .of trustees of the. North Carolina schools for the blind i met here Monday to cloct the faculties and various em ployes. Practif ally all of the present encumbents rere re-elected, there be- ing: cnl7 two changes; The followinjrj penuemcn eompcao the board: Mr. .f(iscph E. Pocrne, chairman i Messrs. nolin, 3: 1. Title of Korth. Wllkes Woj R. L. Steele., jf Rocklnsham; H. li.IIoleman,; of Person county; A. I. It cNeill, of Sanford ; J, 0. Boylin, of Wndesboro; J. T. Rowland, of Ral f'trli. and Dr. G. E., Lineberry, 4 of U'ii:t orville. v hotel will f alp : the place of the old one. Mrs. M.B. Brown, lessee of the property, lo everything but is pro tected by $2.000 insurance. Mr. W. Ot. Brown and wife carried $500 in surance each on their. personal. proj erty, ' riyin Car Jumps Track.! Kinston, SpaclaLTuesday aftsr. noon about 3 o'clock a motor car on the Kinstxm and, Snow Hill railroad, containing a party of Kinston Ren. tlemen, .lumped the track, ran about 100 yards cn the crois ties, turned into tho ditch, struck a stump and tumsd a eomplste eomsrsatiH. Thi machine was running about 40 milei n nhour when the acsident happened, 0, D. Johnson, J. :C. Heath and E, L Sutton ytm aboard tho car' and miraculously eeeaped. neither was se riously hurt, Mr. Heah having i scratched 'hand and the .others escap ing entirely unhurt. HU&BA3STJ SLAIN IX BRP. Southern q<tvay Jn5u. Ow 7.000 Mlfea t ... QUIOKHOUTE TO ALL POINTS.. NORTH-OUTH-E AST-WEST. Through TraLins Between Principal Cities and Resorts ! Elegant Pttllmwv Sleepirig Cars on all Through TrtUna. For Speed, Comfort and Courteous Employes, travel via the Southern Railway : i, : j Batssi Bshedalss an4 ethr lnformttlon furalslied by addnsslnf j m. L. VEBNOW, Trsv. past, Agti f, B. WOOD. DUtriot PtfU. Agrat, Ohsrlotts. H. 0. ' kAmlSig. ;. . ; W . A. TUBS, Pas. Trims Hp,. ; S. fi. HA&DWIOK, Oen'i Pass : Afct, W ASBIS QTwS, U. U x Wife and Daughter of Wealthy Bitdi- er Tell Conflicting Stories. St. Paul, Minn. -Louis Arbogast, a butcher, reputed t ue worm $200 000, was murdered inhh- hone. His .head was crushed, and tb.9 poace say his hed was saturate? witn o i hjd set ;on fir.' Iz. the cellar wss an axe co ered with blood ant wrapped lu soma ld clothug. Btories tola uy me wiaow aaa ry Miss' Iaa Arbogast, th daughter of ttp dead mas, tot agree. Tht dauchtsr told th ;;olic that sn rnelitd smoke, went ti her parent :' rooiu, and fouL4 that the n on which her father and mother lay was turniLK. "I dragged my tLother out," she aid. "Neighbors iut out Hie nr. My father, partly burned, was uncoi.. scioui, a 44 dlert ol tU way t tbt hcapltal." IVANS AS POLITICIAN RILLRP, A.uto Bump. Fatal to Foitloi' Ucvi tenantGoyemor. Salina, Kan. A. P. Riddle, f omer killed near hers ix. an automobile ac- cideat. Riddle was on a pledsure trip to Salina ; front Minneapolis, Kan., his home, aid was accompanied by a party of xour. The automobile struck an embankment at a point five miles north of Salina, throwing the thrae occunants of the rear seat into a ditch. Riddle struck on his hea at.d lived but an hour. ' , A. P. Riddl6 was elected Lieuten ant-Governor of Kansas. in IS 84 on tne Republican ticket ad served dur ing Governor John A. Martin's Ad ministration. He was born at Har- lemsbutg, Pa., in 1846. AN ANTl-TRKATINQ SATjOON, Ds Moines to Have the First in the United States. Bes Moines, Iowa, The first antl treating saloon in th United States will be opened hre. Permit open waa granted to A. S. Klrkhart, f Des Moines, who controls fifteen loal tUoons, and declares that if the ven ture proves a succt0 he will install the same system in all of the others. - Kirkhart'a . plan goes that of Tdflhon Potter one ! better In that Then Jnd?e Fined (211 Seeking One (ilauce, li'om Fnlse Ons, Milwaukee, Wis. "JvUe, I love him si I can nut HeL, Wauting to be n-i&r him as much as possible. sven 1! t hav to si see in the yard of the .lofio In whlnn Via ' ..tavni T Vibt alprt in the yard for the last three weeks, p Whitla's son I at life l bs not come to se me or eay that hp aid not lcv m anymore. 6 lit if I ca.'uot be him I can at least hfc n;ar hi M while h slheps.'' ' Ljtti."irth told this pitlfai story o! vtrecip.ocbitt love in District Cwurt. 'in ghi ielvtd how a false svea-hsttrt hd wousdher and sat the weod.P! dy and then Jiltsi hr, Jud Nwiw.4 told Miss Wiria vast hi wuuid ha to fine hv $3 tor Y gancy. GAttT SEES TRbsPERITY AHEAD, Says f lie Counry la Now Recovering From nects onip yanir, , Qary. lnd. In as?ech delivered pt a laniaeon tendfcrel him y the Gary Ootunercui Club, Judfe f& H. Oay. ehanxa ot th. Board of Dl rjtori of tu T htted -st'Rtea Stsel Cor Doxacion. toM h.n biet that I'm country lo iov rcovria from tha effects of panic and thAt th return of prosperity is :?w in SifM. He said: "tTpon the business future of this pises and of the country generally will depend to a greater or less ex tent the devedopment of our great steel works at this plac?. In my judgment W3 will soon be fn tiv high road to pJ3perity.,, . Cable to Venezuela Opened The cahl? Tonnec.ing Venezuela with th. outaide worl. -was opened the public at Caracas. The tolls be tween Caracas and New York in either direction have beeu reduced ti $1 per word. amount of money, but some time in April, 1909, he wasto come into pos session of a eertaln amount of money and would then turn some over to me, which was satisfactory at that time. ! 'On my leaving Sharon on Mareh 12, 1909, I proceeded to Cleveland, Ohio, and on th came evening ad dressed to Forker, No, 2449 East 8tate street, Sharon,'' a letter whieh read as follows: " 'Mr. Harry Forker Dear Sir! " 'I have decided not to wait any longer in regard tqithe money prop osition, and if I don't hear from you soon there will he' some exposing. Sincerely yours. 'J. J, BAILEY, Cleveland, Ohio.1 "On March 16, 1909, I reeelved an answer to the same, which read: " 'Friend Bailey You knew, the circumstances and the promise I made you when you left; here, but if you are really desperately in need of mon ey, as you profess: to be, I will out line a little plan jwhich, with your co-operation, can be very successfully carried out, vis., the aoduction oi j. P. Whitla's son. . can arrange to have boy brought to Warren, Ohio, due . there at 11,18, with escort. (There is no signature to the letter.) "I left Cleveland at 8.15. a. m., and arrived at Warren at 10.01 a. m,, then proceeded to Niles. Ohio, by street ear. I boarded an Erie train and arrived at Warren at 11.18 a. a., but, falling to see the hoy ana nis escort, I get off at Warren and re mained in the vlelnity of the denot." Frank Forker and James p. wnuia empbatieaiiy deny; tha statement, is sued by Boyle. Both Forker and Whitla declara they never heard of Daniel Reeble, and both aeny ever hnvinff had &nv dealings with Boyle. The trial Judges tne attorneys ior he defence, the -District Attorney rA hu at ! it ants' all diicredlt the story g ivan out by! Boyle Implicating Harry ForHtr In tho WbitU WdoP- ing ewe, i POWDEB EmOSIOS KILLS POUR Men Blown to Bltp by Fourth Acci dent in same Plant. Columbus. Kan.-i-The mixing room Ot tne ljanm-ivanu ruwuoi Turck Station, near here, Diew up, killine four men.s The aeaa are: Joseph Stovall, Wiyiam Morrow, Rob ert Mcrariana ana jamet xvow. They were at wdrk in the mixing room and their boaies were blown into bits. i . . After, the explosion the factory toon fire and burned for two hours. The loss is $76,000. ?ThIs is the fourth time? the mixing room in this factory has blown up. The first explosion killed three, the second two and the third five men. The plant produces black and smokeless powder. bells and blowing of whistles through out xne city. The brothers will be requested to make an aeroplane flight on the after noon of the second day, A presenta tion ot State and eity medals will take place at the Fair Grounds. At least two regiments of the National Qurd of Ohio will be there. On the evening of the second day there will be an automobile parade, EIGHT DROWNED FROM LAUNCH, i ffilffi vrm nQt ba tolerated fo--: i he m r gy6Mdent,taqyaiSifc. Women Gain a Victory. The Mayor of New York City toeJ xne Teachers' Ejual-Pay bill, but the women gaineij. a big concession. as the Mayor wur appoint a commis sion to investigate and consider in creasing their pay In the 19iQ ndgt Bank President Indicted. ' F. Augustus HaioiZ", .of New York City, as mdictel on sixteen counts charging misapplication of the Mer cantile National Beak's xuaas. wane Boat Overturned at Chippewa F&Hs and All in It Perished. Chippewa Falls, Wis. Eight per sons were swept away In the flooded river when a new gasoline launch was overturned on its maiden trip. None of those in the boat could swim, and though all dung to the craft for several minutes they were finally washed off in the rapids and perished. Those in the party were George William Hall, aged twenty-one Rob ert H, Sweet, aged forty: Mrs, Mary Sweet, aged thirty-seven t Herbert Sweet, aged twelve t Mollie Sweet, aged ten ; Willie Sweet, aged seven j Harvey and John Sweet, twins, aged lour. The launch belonged to Hall, and he Invited the Sweet family to make the trip to try the boat. It is sup posed that the boat struck soma logs and capslted, though, no. one saw the aqclflint. ribly injured in tho premlTuTe'?5f-"-, l plosion of 1O0O. pounds of dynamite in the atone Quarry of the Callanaa" - Road Improvement Company, near the village of South Etthlehem. eleven miles south cf this city. The heads of two workmen were sent sev eral hundred feet into the air, and arjns and legs were picied np sev eral hundred yards distant. . John Hoyt Callanan. rici-presldcnt and general manager of the company. and hl3 brother, Charles D. Callanan, both of this city, were standing sldo by side when the explosion occurred. - Only small fragments or their bodies have been found, and these naae a cartload. Their brother. James H. Callanan, is editor of the Schenectady Union and postmaster of that cltyv The other victims were: Leroy Mc Millan, assistant superintendent at the quarry; John Hendrickson, fore man; Fred Snyder, master mechanic; Fred Zapper, agent of the National Powder Company, of New York; James N. Maloney and twelve Italian workmen. The explosion was bo powerful that the clothes were torn from the vic tims. Rent waistcoats, trousers and shirts were flung to the branches of trees all around the quarry, where they hung and flapped in the wind, one of the most shocking features of the disaster. The quarry is in the side of a steep hill, and several bodies we're flung out ot the big excavation 4 high up toward the hilltop. The Callanan Company has been, engaged in supplying crushed stone , for road building, and recently extra men were employed. For sit weeks preparations had been in progress for a blast which was expected to diiplsce 40,000 tons of rock. A big section of the hill was to be blown out. Thirv teen holes, each five inches in 411am- eter, had been drilled in solid rock to a depth otseventy-flve feet. x"ht . thousand poundt of ; dynamite i V :-. '. to be packed ia these holes and e''l ploded by - anteletuic current at tha : same instant. Six hundred pound ' v: charges hadeen placed In six of tha holes, and the workmen were filling the seventh hole when the explosion occurred. Nothing Is known about the cause of the blast, as all the men near the spct were killed. It is the opinion of experts, however, that ona of the men carrying dynamite to the hole dropped his load and that it wat ozploded by contact with ,tbe solid, rock. The workmen injured were In an other part of the quarry, further down the side of the hill. They were caught In a rain of rocks, a-1 several of them sustained broken arms and fractured skulls. Farmers gathered -in from the surrounding country and. assisted fifty workmen in picking up the fragments of the dead in baskets. -Not one whole body was pieced to gather, and in the majority ot cases, identification was impossible. , ''M PATAImOTINCAJCA&EfOT, pTICIDB FBOM BOCIAL STUAEW DEATH PRETEXTED MURDER. Willis White Died as He Attempted to Kill James Thomas. " , Niagara Falls. N. Y. Only death prevented Willis White from killing James Thomas. White, armed with a revolver and a; razor, went to a tarn where Thomss was employed and demanded some money. Meet ing with a refusal he drew the rt YOlver, For several minutes Thomas man aged to elude him by dodging in and put amecg the vehicles. Thomas was; finally driven Into a corner, but just as White liftsd the revolver and fired. he wss attacked with hemorrhage ot; the lungs, The shot went wild. With, blood pouring from his mouth, White staggered forw&ra several iteya an? JeUdsad, One White and One Negro American KilledPanama Police Attacked Colon. In a conflict which qc? curred' between Panama police ana employes ot tha Canal Zone, near the T. H. Netherland, Who I trued Intita4 tions Fop Rooseyelt, Shoots Himself,' Washingtan. D, G,Thonas H, Netherland. who as elerk of the White House, in ehargs ef the lsiun dividing line, C. M. Abbott, an elec- Mct of g0flU lttrlUtlons during th later years of the Roosevelt Admin lstratlon, became an authority on to clal pracidanca in waihinffios, enoi hlmislf to death in a fit of dt;riiioa due to a nervous breakdown result ant from overwork in the closing days of his service at the Whlt House. trielan in the powerhouse at Cristo bal, an American, and a colored man, also an American, ware killed. Tho polios orotud thi lent at Crii- tebai m an effort to arrest an ascassa prisoner. They W4re mobbed and celted by West Indians, and finally were arrested by tho sone police for disturbance. SIR E. MORRIS VICTOR. SEIZES SEC CARS OF WHEAT. Premier Has Twenty-six Seats to Slf R, Bond's Ten. St. John'B, N. F. Practically com plete returns from the election ehow that the party headed by Sir Edward Morris has won an overwhelming vic tory, and that the Premier will have twenty-six members of the Legisla ture, against ten supporters of Sir Robert Bond, the former head ot the Government Judgment Against Castro. Cipriano Castro, the deposed Pres ident of Venesueja, has been con demned by the courts at Caracas to pay six years' rental and heavy dam ages for the arbitrary occupation of the MIraflores palace. . This building is the property of Senora Joaaulm Crespo, widow of f former President, Actors Legally Vagabond. An actor who was summoned to serve on a Jury in London made th successful plea that under the law be was a "rogue and a vagabond, and. therefore, ineligible. In support of Grain Held as Violating th Stale Pore Food Laws. Dallas. Texas. Dr. Abbott, State- pure food commissioner, seized six cant ef wheat shipped by the raui uacer Grain Co.. of Kansas City, to tne oru Worth Elevatar Co. Dr, Abbott says poor ,ana geoa grain ara mixed, but Is sold as zao best. He declared 100 mills m icxaa have been put out of basinets by oeU uae nrmi mixing gnuus. . Bishop Galloway Dead. iirtT nvariet Bl Galloway of thai Methodlct Episcopal Church South, lnj Mississippi, dlstinguisnea ainnv ZT.t whr. tor -the last twentrl . therefore, ineligible, in support oi i "w"v"'' v.v among tte S2S2 ?5a. troteriS: SS? ' repeSed. fesidence In Jackson. MUs. " ... .. Rnn Down by Anto. Natural Prodocte Free.' , . ' TX71-p VnrAv -rtv vai. Ktrnrk Ci ford- nflW lLeOUOllCM ocii.u4 by an automobile on West Ninety- from BouUr Dakota st Wuhlngtoo. . Relief For Ailana, Turkey. ' tia Turkish I" Government sent $150,000 and physicians to reUeve. the J fourth street. New York City, and I D. C advocated free entry "ft 1 ! V. ...... i it ' i -4 A: distress in Adanai province. ;'' fatally, injured. nit inrUcroan - ...... I' -q. " . .Vfev: n - ..-,V;
The Siler City Grit (Siler City, N.C.)
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May 19, 1909, edition 1
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