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8 dig WEATHER: . Wednesday and Thurs day, fair; fresh south ; to southwest winds.- The Daily Industrial News, is first, last and all the time a NEWSPAPER for all the people. VOL. II. NO. 20 LAST EDITION. GBEENSBOEO, 7. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1906 LAST EDITION. PRICE: FIVE CENTS Neil sBs HEARST STRIVES I Deceit Practiced by Candidate and His Campaign Man agers. CHARGES PROVE TO BE WITHOUT FOUNDATION Postmaster-General Cortetyou Vouches for the Fact That Statements Are Erroneous Why Postal Clerks Need Increase in Salaries. T TrtuW W MONK" Washington, D. C, Oct. 30. Two il lustrations of the deceit practiced by Candidate Hearst 'and his managers in New York in an effort to create the im- -prcssion that all the power of the fed eral administration is being invoked to defeat him are furnished at the post ofHcc department.' One is the case of M. A. Fitzgerald, a New York letter-carrier, who resigned his place in the pos tal service : to accept a congressional nomination from ' the Independence League.' The other relates to the con tract for postage stamps. ; A few days ago bids were opened at the department for the work of apply ing postage stamps for the four years beginning February 1 next. The award was open to competition. Proposals ' warn anhmittjvl hv the American Rank Note Company, of New . York, and the government bureau of engraving and printing. The bureau has been doing the work for a number -of years. The bank note company is said to be a non union concern, or at least the Hearst pa pers allege that it is. )On the day following the opening of the bids the "statement was made with out quanncauon oy jiearsi s managers that Postmaster-General Cortelyou had awarded to the American Bank Note Company, a non-union firm, the fat con tract for supplying postage stamps to jthc government." - , ; i.; ... Now it so happened that at the time the committee of postal experts that " had been assigned the task of tabula ting the proposals had not even made n report or recommendation to the head of" the department. . Immediately upon his nomination' to : congress, Letter-Carrier Fitzgerald wrote a letter of resignation to 'the depart ment, in which he thanked the officials for "many courtesies and kindnesses," stating also that he severed his con nection with the nostofriee for the rea son that he was aware that running for political office made it incumbent upon him to quit the public service. Fitzgerald said further, in substance, that no pressure had been brought to liear upon him to retire . either by the Washington authorities or the local of ficials. The Hearst papers charged in one breath that the carrier had been dismissed and in another that he had .teen given the alternative of retiring voluntarily or being 'removed forthwith. It is shown by the records of the de partment that Fitzgerald resigned with out any hint or intimation being given : that ho woibu be dismissed unless he did so.' ' '''."'. i. '" ' The facts "as stated are vouched for by Pos.tmaster-General Cortelyou. Hartje Coachman Found Guilty. Pittsburg, Pa.. Oct. 30. The case of Clifford Hooe, the former negro coach man of Augustus Hartje, who is charged with perjury, was given to the jury to--' day. The jury after being out a short time returned a verdict of guilty as charged. . " J ATLANTA POLICE FOR , RACE RIOTS IN CITT DeclaresThat Failure to Oppose Determined Front to Mob Was ' Cause of Trouble. LAUDS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS 't Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 30. In its present- , ments today the Fulton county grand jury declares that had the city police 'opposed a determined front to the mob at the incipiency of the riots of Sep- . te mber 22 all serious- trouble could have been avorted." ..- i . It finds that after the riot was un der full headway, individual members of the force, with some exceptions, acted with courage and with a consciousness of the seriousness of the situation, ex cepting that there was too little disposi tion to resort to stringent measures in protecting the innocent and helpless. v The jury urged the establishment of an efficient county police department. The, jury in the epse against George V. Blackstock, charged with assault with intent to murder a negro woman, returned a.verdict of guilty today. Sen' fence was deferred.'; Blackstock was de dared to be the leader of 'the mob of (September 22, when several innocent ne- 1 . Lin j . fruet werv imucu. 0 SHOW FEDERAL DISCRIMINATION Scene of Wreck NATION'S RAILROAD CALAMITIES 1856 Camp Hill, Pa 66 killed 1876 Ashtabula, Ohio . .. ..... 80 killed 1887 Chatsworth. III...... ..... . . ......... 85 killed 186 Atlantic City, N. J.. 47 killed 1903 Laurel Run, Pa.......... ........ .. 65 killed 1904 Eden, CoL.......:..::..;..;..;....;;94 killed f : : : T Diagram showing how sixty were killed or injured a mile from Atlantic City, N Q when a three-car trolley train on the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad plunged '''JSsWi.'t i JWf "TTiB rHnNnSBaa 5B8K'tB;'1 " from a trestle bridge into the Thoroughfare. The victims were held in the sub- ' .ILm'I tXjfll 'y'-'HSHB55H!!a merged or partly submerged cars, and met death by drowning. j0 Jiwi IrSll Q ajQuQ u QSSn iHrvtw W MISSISSIPPI NEGROES WOODRUFF WILL URGE ? cKB 1 ' ORGANIZE WHITEGAPS PRESIDENT! REPUDIATE MffllP : AND ATTACK WHITES HEARST ELECTION DODGE mm iegln Series of Depredations Fol lowing Production of the "Clans an." FEARED A KU KLUX KLAN Brook Haven, Miss., Oct. 30. As a re sult of a production of "The Clansman" in this city last week and threats cir culated by whites that a Ku Klux Klan was being Organized to drive negroes from the community, the blacks have formed themselves into a band of White Caps and already have started a series of depredations on the whites. News has reached here from Bear Creek, in Lincoln county, that "Bud" (lodbold, a young white farmer, Was fired upon by negro White Caps while riding through a lonely stretch of woods. His horse was killed, but God bold escaped. According to Godbold's story, a white man riding a hundred yards behind him was simultaneously attacked by the (Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.) S TILT A T APEX LEAVES DEMOCRAT BADLY OFF In Joint Debate Republican Tears ODoonenfs Defense to Shreds. BIG CROWD GREETS SPEAKERS Apex, N. C, Oct. 30. The Wake coun ty Republican k candidates had an ap pointment to speak in this place yes terday. However, the candidates yielded their time for a joint disoussion between W. (i. Briggs, Republican, of Raleigh, and Charles W. Harris, a Raleigh lawyer and "Democratic candidate for the legis lature. . W. A. Stewart, of Dunn, had chal lenged Mr. Briggs for this debate, but he wired county Democratic headquar ters that he could not come, so Mr. Harris was sent to fill the appointment. . Although Mr Briggs had the choice as to time, he consented for Mr. Harris to follow, so the former opened the de bate. The people of this town turned out without regard to party and the audience was larger than ' the one that greeted Congressman Pou here. . Mr. Briggs opened the debate with a speech of, one hour's length, in which he ' (Concluded on page 2, column 3.) Near Atlantic City, N J., Where i - i Resents Publication of Roosevelt's Words In Column Parallel to Editor's. QUOTATIONS FROM SPEECHES New York, Oct. 30. Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the Republican state committee, said today that he will advise President Roosevelt to repudiate a campaign document issued by the Independence League in support of W. R. Hearst's candidacy for governor. Mr. Woodruff objects to the publication in parallel columns of extracts from the speeches of the president and Mr. Hearst as to the proper use of wealth. Mr. Woodruff said concerning the publica tion: , "It is earnestly hoped that President Roosevelt, who has to a degree all along maintained a position that he could not interfere in local politics, will take up (Concluded on page 2, column 5.) SHOWS A SURPLUS FOR OF This as Compared Wlttt a Deficit ! for Last Year of $23 004.448. A BIG GROWTH IN MONEY Washington, Oct. 30. Charles H. Treat, treasurer of the United Stutes, submitted his annual report to the sec retary of the treasury today, and in reference to the noticeable transactions said in part; "The net result of tho ordinary reve nues and expenditures for the fiscal year 1906 was a surplus of $25,663,322 as compared with a deficit of $23,004, 448 for the preceding year. A contin uation of these favorable conditions is reflected in the transactions for the first quarter of the current fiscal year in which the revenues were $5,871,314 in excess of the expenditures. The available cash balance on June 30, 1006, was $180,680,354, an increase of $35,211,802 as compared with that of twelve months earner. "The monetary stock of the country took On a growth during the year of $180,806,727, of which $118,0o0,t77 was (Conclude on page p., column I.) X3&XW','M' .ffu uMmiiii jinLtvrf ivnf Until fflilUEV MAP OF ATLANTIC CITY, .; Showing Scene of Accident on the New Electric Division of' the Pennsylvania Sailroad. : Cross Shows Where Train Left the Bridge. MORE BODIES - iFROM WRECKED CARS Work of Recovering Dead From Debris at Atlantic City is Proceeding Slowly Owing to Difficulty of Bring ing Out Smashed Cars. Atlantic City, N. .1, Oct. 30. The con tention of Coroner' Gnskill that a num ber of "persons, who lost their lives in the wreck on the Thoroughfare bridge,! may be buried in the mud where the1 cars plunged, was' lMiine out today when the bodies of Mrs. Paul Folsburg, Mrs. Selina Johnson initl Mrs. Sarah Miller were recovered from under the third car. That of Mrs. Miller was pinned fast in the wreckage, hut that of Mrs. Fels burg floated up to f lic view of the work men. Mrs. Johnson's body was found some time later caught under the wreck' age. All were cut and nattered. The finding of these bodies increases the official identilied dead to fifty-one and the total number '-of bodies recov ered to fifty-four. There are still known to be among the dead the bodies of Mrs. Frank Monroe, Joseph McF.lroy, H. N. Burch and Annan Alexis Tedesco, which makes the certain number of dead in the wreck to fifty eight, there still re maining at various mortuaries three un claimed bodies. . The finding of the body of Mrs! fil ler was followed at the temporary morgue by one of the most pathetic scenes in the entire heartrending affair. Looted Dead Man's Home. While there has been no report of ghoulisin at the wreck, the police tonight Ostend, Belgium, Oct. 30. The Ger man steamer Hermann, from Antwerp for the. Mediterranean, was sunk in the channel October 28, as the result' of a 'collision. Twenty-three of her crew were drowned. . ' The collision occurred when tho Her - mann was . near the East Goodwind, The name of the vessel with uch she: collided is not known, but it was eertained that she had four masts. The Hermann was an iron vessel of 1,453 tons net.' Sixty Persons Lost Their Lives . A. TAKEN report a nu'aii theft that bears upon the affair. While the body of Edward Kline 1 stakes one mile and a sixteenth, the of Arctic avenue, lay ' unidentified. ! feature of the card at Jamaica today, thieves broke into his cottage and looted , resulted in an easy victory for the fa it on Monday night. Ivorite Rye. He was backed down from Aside from the search for the bodies to 10 to 13 to 20. interest now centers on the inouest. I which will be held by Coroner Gnskill on Thursday morning. That the officials of the city generally want a most rigid inquiry so that responsibility for the accident may be placed is shown by the action of councils last night in adopting resolutions expressing sympathy for the bereaved and embodying the following: Resolved, That every officer of the city government, who by reason of his presence in the work of rescue, or for any other reason, can give assistance to the county officials charged with the work of determin ing the cause of this disaster, is hereby directed to give such assist ance in order that those responsible for the appalling loss of lft'e .may Iks punished and the lives of railroad passengers safeguarded. Employes Must Explain, The central figures of the inquiry on "Thursday will probably be Daniel Stewart, the old bridge tender, and John (Conclude on page 2, column 5.) . EDDY IN THE BEST OF HEALTH Concord, X. II., Oct. 30. A reporter who interviewed Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, head of the Christian Science Church, went to Pleasnntview, Mrs. Ed- dy's home, today, and was granted an- . other interview. Although Mrs. Eddy ' shows her advanced ago in some respects, her voice today" Was clear and strong and she gave no evidence, of decrepitude, or any weakuess not to be expected of a wdman in 'her eighty -sixth year. : The interview was granted to half a. score f newspapev representatives. -. CONVENTION OPENS ITS SESSION AT DUNN Varied Program Given on First Day of Annual Meet ing. PAPERS READ BY DELEGATES Special to Daily Industrial News. Dunn, N. C, Oct. 30. The afternoon session of the llinstian Missionary Convention began at 2 o'clock with the singing of "I Need Thee Every Hour." Mrs. Preston B. Hall read the third chap ter of Collossians and led in prayer, after which the congregation sang "Nearer My God to Thee." Miss Lizzie Anderson read the report of the Little Builders' superintendent, Miss Alice Hines, showing good work for the year and good collections, lhe ban ner was awarded to the Oriental band for the largest collection, thirty dollars. A paper on the subject, b eed My Lambs," by Miss Daisy Carmen, was read by Airs. Jewell. A contrast was drawn between present and past views of the capacities and needs of the young. A reception, "Feed My Lambs," was given by a little girl, after which was sung feaviour, Gentle Niepherd, Lead Me." The " Round-Table," a religious sym posium, was conducted by Mrs. S. T. King, of Greenville; The title of Mrs. King's own paper was "Religious Ex pression." Mrs. Watson read a paper by Mrs. E. R. Messic on the subject of "The Value to the Soul of Giving." Mrsv A. B. Cunningham, of Washing ton, read a paper on "The Value of (lood Work in One's Life." A ipaper by Mrs. W..B. Brown, local superintendent of the Kinston Little 'Builders, was read by Mrs. P. B. Hall. The subject was "Make Straight in the Desert a Highway for Our Lord." A recitation, "Uncle Remus." "Brer Rabbit on the Tar Baby," was recited by a little girl. A closing song, "I Love to Tell the Story," was sung by the congregation. Easy Victory for Favorite. New York, Oct. 30. The Savville UTES DEFY SOLDIERS: PROBABILITIES OF trouble TRIBE Indians Fire on Whites and Com mit Depredations on " Camps. SAY FLATLY WILL NOT RETURN Sheridan, Wyo.. Oct. 30. "We nrc going to visit Chief White Cow Bull of the Cheyennes at any cost, and will not be taken back to Utah to starve. We would rather die first." is the sub stance of the answer of Chief Kannap to the soldiers. The Indians are getting bolder and pay no attention to the soldiers. A tight was almost started last night when an Indian' encountered a sentinel of the Tenth , cavalrv. The Indian refused to turn out of the path and rudely, bumped against the soldier. Only the interven tion of some cavalrymen prevented a serious encounter, as other Indians came up. As the'. Utes nre continually on the move in small bands, cowboys are hired by the soldiers as scouts to keep track of the Indians. The latest report from the front locates the main Ute band in the vicinity of Mooreheud going rapidly toward the Cheyenne reservation. Two more troop trains are reported out of Fort Robinson following the first train unloaded at Arvada this morning. The Indians are becoming more bold. (Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.) MATTHEWS' CASE VLRDICTAFFIRMED T No Error In Conviction and Sen tence of Physician. Says High est State Body. APPEAL ON GROUND THAT FINDING WAS ILLEGAL Chief Justice Clark, Writing Opinion for the Court, Declares That Jury is Em powered to Determine Means of Kill ing and the Penalty Other Decisions. Special to Daily Industrial News. Raleigh, N. Ci. Oct. 30. The supreme court finds no error in the conviction and sentence of Dr. .L B. Matthews, of Greensboro, to t wenty years in the peni tentiary lor poisoning, ine appeal was made on the ground that the law in this state does not admit of the conviction and sentence for second-degree murder in the case of killing by poisoning; that there is only first degree and a sentence to be hanged provided. However, the supreme court. Chief Justice Clark writing the opinion, holds that sections Mil and .3031 ot the re visal are properly construed to empower a jury to determine in its verdict wheth er a prisoner is guilty of first or second-. degree murder, no matter whether the killing was bv poisoning or other means. T l...l! .1.- xu I'uiu-iuujiix me opinion, ine court says: "Whatever the reasoning of the jury in arriving at its verdict the pris oner has no cause to complain that he was not convicted ot the hicher otlense of first-degree murder with the accom panying death sentence. Opinions were delivered in fourteen cases ns follows: Hull vs. Roxboro, from Person; no error. Davis vs. Wall, Granville; appeal dis missed. Davis vs. Evans, Granville; no error. Garrett vs. Trunk Company, Guilford ; no error. State vs. Matthews, Guilford: ho error. Broad well vs. Morgan, Scotland: no error , ' .' Johnson vs. Johnson, Chatham; appeal dismissed. State vs. Alsobrook. Union;. -no error. Weeks vs. Spooner, New Hanover; no error. Solomon vs. Sewerage Company,1 New Hanover ; no error. i Street Railway vs. Railroad. Cumber land; reversed. " - Product Company vs. Dunn, Craven; no error. Gunter vs. Tobacco Company, Durham; per curiam, affirmed. Turner vs. Laws, Orange, per curiam; affirmed. Dr. J. B. Matthews, of this city, was tried in Greensboro in March, 1000. for the murder of his wife, Zola B. Mat thews. Mrs. Matthews was found early one morning in a stupor and her hus band, it was testified, tried to prevent medical aid being summoned, saying that his wife had taken an overdose of strychnine the night before, and that he was treating her. . Doctors came and found no symptoms of strychnine, but declared t lint Mrs. i Matthews was dying of morphine pois i oning. . ".' When the doctors declared that there I was a slight chance for the patient Dr. I Matthews, it was testified, nicd again Uo get them to leave. When they re- j (Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.) COL. CHAPMAN DENIES THAT M'EWEN STILLS E PROTECTED" Gives Statements From Convicted Men Showing That They Were in No Way Favored. NO CHANCE FOR COLLUSION BYSUPREMEGQUR Special to Daily Industrial News. Wilkcsboro. N. . (".. Oct. 30. lion. Charles' II. ( owlcs, chairman of the Re. publican executive committee of the Eighth congressional district, has made fiublic the following letter received by lim from Colonel W. If. Chapman: Internal Revenue Service, Office of Agent, Richmond, Vn., Oct. 23, 1006. Hon. Chas. H. Cowles, Y'ilkesboro, N. C, Dear Sir: I am informed of the recurrence, of the charge that revenue officers connived at and protected the operation of the illicit distillery of W. W. and Jesse McEwen, in Wilkes county, X. C, which was de stroyed by revenue officers November 4, 1904. . In justice to all who may be involved in such a charge, I make the following statement of facts that came to my knowledge while investigating these charges: From the reports that reached the revenue officers as well as the officers of the court from Wilkcsboro and vicinity (Concluded on page 6, column 2.)
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