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WEATHER I Rain today; Friday fair; probably southwest, winds. The News A paper for all the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. VOL. m. NO. 135 LAST EDITION GREENSBORO, NV D., THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1908 LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS I t THROUGH OVERWORK, KILLS SELF AND F R1END Two Women Founders of Fashion able Boston School Meet Violent Death. ESCAPED FROM ASYLUM WHERE SHE WAS CONFINED Overwork Had Caused Mental Derange went Both Graduates of Wcllesley y College, aid Had Held Positions as U-.hers Since That Time. Boston', Mass., March 11. Suffering from melancholia, from, overwork, Miss Sarah Chamberlain Wood, of Philadel pliia, shot and killed Miss Elizabeth Bailey Hardee, of 214 Gwinneth street, East Savannah, (la., and then coin ir.it ted suicide at the Laurens school .; for girls in the. Fenway district today. The bodies of the two women were found today by Mrs. R. S. .Page, the matron of the school. .-'The Laurens school was established last fall by Miss llardeo anil Miss AVecd. On October 1. the day the school opened, Miss Weed broke down as a : result if overwork, and was committed to a sanitarium-to be treated for nervous prostration. Last night Miss Weed escaped "from the sanitarium and made her -.way to the school. She appeared to be badly deranged mentally. A fruitless attempt was made to communicate with the au thoritfes of the sanitarium, and at length Miss Hardee succeeded in getting Miss Weed to go to bed in . M Us. Hardee's (Continued on Pago Two.) SENATE HEARS BROWNSVILLE . AFFRA Y REPOR TS CONTINUES IS King Alfonso is Visiting Barcelona Messagetrom the President and Findings of Commit tee Occupy Time of Upper House of Congress. Bill for Reinstatement Un der Certain Conditions of Discharged N gro Troops Shortly to Be Introduced. Washington, D. C, March 11. Rep resentations from the committee on military affairs were presented to the Senate' today in regard to the investi gation of the affray at Brownsville, Tex., which, resulted in the discharge without honor of three companies of negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth in fantry. At the same time a message was received from tho President' call ing attention to the fact that the testi money taken by the committee sus tain" his position in -discharging tho negro soldiers. He recommends exten sion of the time for rceniistmcnt. of the discharged men who might be found not to fall w ithin the tonus of the order. There were four reports from the com mittee, the majority being signed by Senators Warren,-'Lodge, Warner, Du Pont, Taliaferro, Foster, Overman, Fra zior and McC'rcary, A minority report was signed by Senators J raker, Scott, Rulkclcv and' Hemoiivay. The majority report found as follows GRITIGISMS OF U.S.MEK-OF- PROCEEDINGS IN SFVv - V A message from tv . " .ident and reports from the ' -tee on mili tary affairs op ' Brownsville af fray, consumed attention of tho Senate during the early part of the session today. A brief debate brought out a statement , by Senator Warren, chairman of tho committee on mil itary affairs, to the effect that a bill will soon be introduced for the rein statement of the discharged negro soldiers of the -Twenty-fifth regi ment under certain conditions. The pending currency bill was dis cussed by Senator James P. Clarke, of Arkansas, who declared that he would vote for neither the Aldrii'i bill nor for the Bailey substitute. is stated that there is considerable con tradiction in the testimony, but. that taken as a whole and -reconciling it wherever possible, it proves the case outlined in the majority decision. The principal minority report was pre sented by Senator Scott, and takes the position that it has been impossible to ascertain who did the shooting, and makes tho recommendation that the ne gro soldiers be restored. In addition to this minority report, Senators Kora'cer and Bnlkeky joined in a supplemental report, which was presented by Senator Foraker. Foraker's Report. Senator Foraker's remirt declared that o testimony of the eve-witnesses That in the opinion of the cominitee ; 'i gainst the negro soldiers is not reliable, the shoot ing was done bv some of the soldiers belonging to the Twenty-fifth infantry; that the testimony fails to identify the particular soldier, or sol diers, who. participated in the alr ivy. It DETAILS GIVEN GF THE flLLEGEB FRAUDS IN LOUiSllMMIRIES Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant-Governor Accuses H is Successful Rival, DEAD MEN VOTED. HE SAYS GREEK LflSORERS ARE attacked m mob of lEGfiOEBELHMEl Washington. N. C. Military Com pany Sent to Scene by Order of Governor. FURTHER TROUBLE IS FEARED New Orleans, Ia., March 11. Details of alleged frauds in the recent Demo-; oratic primary election for lieutenant- j governor ot Louisiana were toaay plaeed before the Democratic state cen tral committee in formal charges by both candidates for lieutenant-governor. This election, while the second for this particular office, was part of Louis iana's first attempt at primary elec tions. - Affidavits charging that the names of several dead men appeared as voters in the precincts of New Orleans, and that scores of others who cast votes appeared on the returns as having voted for his opponent, were made by J. .1. Bailey, the defeated candidate. In addi tion "to citine these alleged specific in stances, Mr. Bailey made the sweeping charge that about ,00U votes were fraudulently counted in New Orleans. Paul Lambremont, the successful can didate, entered charges attacking tho legality of many tally sheets returned from tho county districts. Previous to the introduction of these charges the stats committee requested both Mr. Lambremont and Mr. Bailey to withdraw their claims to the nomina tion. Mr. Bailey refused, and the charges wero then read. " Can't Solve Murder Mystery, Tampa, Fla., March 11. Baffled by the secrecy maintained by all Italians, ineluding-tho victims, tho police depart mcnt today released five Italians held in connection with the shooting of Dr. Grana and two companions from am bush Sunday night. Washington. . C, March II. Ac cording to j ( ports arriving in this city thi3 afternoon, there came near being a race riot in Belhavcn' last night. It seems that the Interstate Cooperage Company, employing between four and five hundred men in Belhaven, had brought down a party of sixteen Greek laborers to take the place of negro workmen.- These Greeks, one of whom was married, were living in four dwelling-houses on the company's property. Last night about ten o'clock, while in these; houses and unarmed, the Greeks were attacked by a mob of fifty or sixty negroes, supposed to be led by several whites. This mob shot up the houses and forced the Greeks, both male and female, to flee to a nearby swamp in order to save their lives. Later it doveloued that five of the Greeks wero seriously, if not fatally wounded. The mob, unable to find them in the swamps, disbanded for the night. .:. The citizens of Belhavcn are very in dignant, and to prevent an expected re currence of the outrage, called upon Governor Glenn through Sheriff Ricks, of this city, to send the Washington military company to Jielliaven to pre serve order and prevent violence of any kind. The military company, toy direc tion of the governor, and in charge of Sheriff Ricks, left on a special train for Belhaven at six o clock this afternoon. From latest reports everythinjr is quiet, but an outbreak is feared during the nignt. and that no motive for their alleged eon neelion with the affray' has been shown, lie summed up the testimony taken by iho Senate committee.' as follows: That it wholly fails to identify the particular individuals or nhy of them who participated in t.he shooting; that it fails to show that anv of the dis charged soldiers of the Twenty-fifth in fantry haa entered into any agreement or socallcd "conspiracy of silence," or that they withheld information pos sessed by them for tho shooting; that the testimony is contradictory and not sufdeient to sustain the charge that the soldiers were connected with the shoot ing, and that the Weight of the evi dence shows that none of the nejjro soldiers participated in tho affray. A supplemental report signed by Sen ators Warren, Lodge, Warner and Du Pont declares that under the evidence it is shown that the assault was per petrated by members of the battalion, but that it is reasonable to believe that all of the soldiers were not concerned in tho commission of the crime, either as (Continued on Page Two.) '.'' Commander Key Is Not Permitted to Attack Evidence of Other Witnesses. BRITISH SHIPS SINCE 1899 BETTER THAN OURS Declares That Our Vessels Are Over draft to a Greater Degree Than the English Type Tillman Gets a Chance to Use His Pitchfork. Washington, D. C, March 11. Before Commander A. L. Key, former naval aide to tho President, resumed his tes timony before the Senate nawil 'affairs committee today, Chairman Hale made a statement in reference to the con trovery yesterdav when tae witness showed a disposition to attack the tes timony given by Unci ' Constructor Capps, and other official champions ot American methods -of .construction.-. "Vou may go on under tln rules oi the committee,'' warned Mr. Hale, "lou may make statements fro., -our knowl edge and observations. .It is not. a- part of the conditions laid down bv this com mittee for one witness to Ink:; up the testimony of another wmiess and criticize--testimony he be'u.vcs to he mis leading. Commander Key agreed- to contnlv with this ruling. Ho tlien nwode.-l in cciparn American slims constructed since ..ISM with Briiish 'ship built . in the same period. His ms'tirapia ten h- to show that American vessels rue over draft to a greater degree taan the l-.rg-liU ships.; lie agreed with Admiral Rercey. and Captain W in!uw flint slims should carry full bunkers of con! wh;m they go into ad ion, end he said that not to do so would be Vpr-posterou' His observations in regard to draft ot vessels were that the decision ol the Walker board of Mn .i 1 i tint i battleship's normal dratt should be h.T fighting draft, not her maximum draft with full stores on board, ' had been disregarded by the naval constructors. "How are we to remedy these aliened violations of the law?" asked Mr. 1 ill man, who also wanted to know what guarantee Congress -has that good light ing ships would bo liii It with the money appropriated. This led to a general discussion, and Commander kev suggested; that ,th general boards. r: mM ' ' Will I "V A K W I'M KING ALFONSO, Jf "' ' Vs. fi Who Is How In tho Anarchuit-Ridden J t 3? I" A City of Barcelona. jjfc' i I B .. w:,'.:i-i.s'.s('-ffl 1 7 5 ' I HOUSE 1 II C APPROPRIATIONS ES 0 POSTOFFIC Sharp Debate Over Raises Various Employes of Dif ferent Departments. for AMENDMCNT ON INCREASE CARRIERS TO $1,200 CARRIES Transportation of Intoxicants Through Mails marred As Is That of Cocaine and Its Derivatives, By An Amend ment to the Measure. Washington, D. 0., March 11. When the House of Representatives today re sumed consideration of the postofflce appropriation bill, an animated debase was started on the paragraphs relating to clerks in charge of contract stations, with the result that an increased ap propriation of $15,000 was obtained for an increase of the number of such sta tions.. The allowance for clerk hire in third class offices, where the salaries of post masters ranged from one thousand to twelve hundred dollars, was increased by $25,000 on an amendment by Mr. Fin ley, South Carolina. An amendment by Mr. Kustermann, Wisconsin, prohibiting tho usu in post offices of any canceling machines except those acquired by purchase, aroused a lively discussion as to the rights of patentees. The amendment was ruled out on a point of order that it changed existing laws which expressly appro priated for the rental -of such machines. J lie old lignt over rhe pay ot letter- carriers was revived. An amendment by Mr. Goebcl, of Ohio, 'to raise to $1,20U, (Continued on Page Two.) (Continued on Page Two.) SPSIH Ml: Hiii Trip to AnarciiLst-Ridricn City Was v.- Marked By No Untoward Incident. THE NEXT DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN CHARLOTTE ONE LITTLE BOMB EXPLODED ! OVr-'KV VICTORIA, Who Is Kept Posted By Telephone tho Happeuings In Barcelona. of GIRL GETS em GOMBATfiKTS 18 PISTOL fiUELIllialOl Her Heroism Saves Life of Brother and Stops Bloodshed After Three Men Are Shot. Wins Over Greensboro By a Vote of 49 to 29 Resolutions In. dorsing Bryan for President and Aycock for Vice-President Decided Mot Within Province of Committee. Raleigh, N. C, March 11. The state Democratic convention of 1908 will be held in Charlotte, the executive commit tee deciding the matter tonight by a vote of 49 to 20. A large number of Greensboro citizens came here this af ternoon and used their best endeavors to procuro tho convention for the Gate City, but the interest of Charlotte pre vailed despite a very active endeavor on tho part of representatives from other sections. Among the Greensboro delegation were E. J. Justice, Westhoff Robertson, A, M. Scales, R. C. Stvudwiek, C. C. McLean, A. B. Kimball, John N. Wil son, W. C. Bain, J. Allen Holt, J. A. Stern, R, O. Jamison, A. C. Corpening, W. F. Clcgg, J. P. Saunders, E. A. Brown, W. B. Merrimon and C. 0. Mc Miehael, of Rockingham county. The first speech extending an invita tion to hold the convention in Greens- STATE SENaTOB'S SLAYER PLACED IN PRISON THESE TO GUARD AGAINST FURTHER OUTBREAKS. New Orleans, March 11. C. Ferney Hyde, who last night shot and killed Stats Senator-elock Duncan S. Kemp in a pistol duel at Amite City, La., was brought to Nevv Orleans today and placed in prison. He declined to make any statement further than to say the hooting had been forced upon him. Officers who brought Hyde to New Or leans say this step was taken as a pre caution against further outbreaks In . Amite, where much bad feeling still ex vista as a result of the second Democratic f iarj, ; E SPEECH-MAKING ON THE HI Bill TILLMAN AND LA F0LLETTE TO TAKE A WHACK AT IT NEXT " WEEK. ;";.:.." ; Washington, D. C, March 11. Voting on the pending Aldrich currency bill in the Senate has been extended by notices given today of speeches to be made on that measure next week. Senator Tillman notified the Senate that he would submit remarks on Mon day, and that Senator La Follette would speak on Tuesday. This arrangement, ha aid, supplanted that formerly an nounced, by which Mr. La Follette was to speak on Monday. Schaefer Defeats Hoppe. Chicago, March 11. Jacob Schaefer tonight won the . billiard match with William Boppe, of New York, 600. to CRUISER BIRMINGHAM BREAKS ALL RECORDS FASTEST MILE IN STANDARDIZA TION TRIAL IS MADE AT THE RATE OF 35 3 KNOTS. Rockland, Me., March 11. With a southwest gale blowing and a heavy sea running, the new scout cruiser Bir mingham established a new record for vessels of her class with reciprocating engines' in her screw standardization tests over the measured mile course off this port today. Her fastest mile was at the rate of 25.3 knots an hour, cor rected speed. To accomplish this her screws made 200 revolutions per min im te. : . : ',.- " The Birmingham was sent over the course seventeen times, beginning with a speed of twelve knots, which was gradually increased. The average of the fastest five runs was about 210 knots. boro was made by the Hon. E. J. Justice, Sneaker of the last. House. Gen. J, S. Carr, of Durham.-ably seconded the in troductory invitation, and was followed by Senator ). Allen Holt, of (.uilfurd, and C. O. MeMichacl, of Rockingham, the closing address being made hy A.. M. Scales, of (tiwnslmro. Mr. Scales' emphasized (reensbnro's claim by tlie, right Of discovery, saying that this light ; is established by the fact that the eon-j veiition would not be held in Uileiuhi and that. (!rei;ulKiro should fall heir to tho inheritance by virtue of accessibil ity, facilities for entertainment and the wealth of welcome to bo ex'jnded to tho delegates. Tho executive committee discussed for two hours resolutions offered by A. M. Scales, of Greensboro, and E. J. Hale, of I'ayettcville, indorsing tho can didacy of William Jennings Bryan for President of the United States, and the Scales resolutions also including 0.' 1$. Aycock, of North Carolina, for Vice i 'resident. Finally a substitute to the effect that the committee deemed it without its provinco to to ke action was adopted by a vote of 41 to 30. Toward the close of the discussion ex Governor Aycock was recognized and de clared that he was in no wise a candi date for Vice-President, did r.ot want the, office, but that he would lie basely lacking in appreciation if he failed to appreciate the good intentions of his fellow-citizens; in including an indorse ment of him. Ho asked the convention to eliminate his name from the resolution, but by all means, now that the resolutions as to Mr. Bryan were before the con vention, to pass it unanimously. He paid a high tribute 'to Bryan, declaring that he is recognizor the world over as the ideal man, who has done moro for the. uplifting of the common people than any living man. Great reforms in in surance investigations anc control of public scrvico corporations and other national reforms he credited to the ef forts and fearless assaults of Bryan. He advised his hearers to get ready to sing toe om song oi uryan. The sentiment eeainst tho adontion of the resolution favoring Bryan was very strong, even more so than is indj cated by the vote. Barcelona:- Maroh 11 After two days' isll IO litis enj, King AlfwIiO Kft i..r .Madrid shortly before ei.rht o'clock, this" evening. Great crowds gat hereil on the streets and at the station to bid him farewell, and the royal train moved away to the cheering of the li-ultitude, lteforo his departure the king expressed his gratitude for the splendid recep tion which was given him. No untoHf.nl incident marl.ed the kind's stay in I5areeh.ua, but early this morning the police had something of a scare iin 'account of the explo:-ioii of a small bomb which had been placed', in a watir-pipe at Atnni7.anas Quay, a very lonely- spit. The pipe was shattered and ilie -.sidewalk' damaged, but no one was injured so fur as known. The authori ties, who were immediately apprised of the explosion, cleared up all trices of it before .daybreak. The day was occupied by King Al fonso in visiting several institutions, in paying his respects to the .nav.il repre sent itivis of Austria on board the Aus trian flagship. H is expected hat. the return of the king will b most itvniediaUly by t premiership. V. R. 0DELL DECIDES NOT TO RUN FOR STATE TR1 A SURER followed al- chancj iu the Concord, N. C, March 11. Since tho adjounimcnt of the recent session of the general assembly, much has been said in the press of the sta! i and by tho policitians from variola sections concerning the probable can ailacy of our esteemed citizen, W, R. Odell, for the office of state treasurer, and the matter has been under conside-ation by Mr. Odell for several weeks. Yester day, however, a Tribune mrr called upon Mr. Odell, and in the vurso of bis remarks ho declines to become the party's candidate. SEVENTHVIRGINIA DISTF t ZT ' INDORSES roo::evelt WCULO PBEVEST USE OF MAILS, TELEGiliSPl PHQKESBYBiJGKETSHDPS President Roosevelt Direct Com missioner of CorporaUoi s to Investigate the Matter. LEGITIMATE TRANSFERS SAFE Washington. D. C, March 1L Presl dot Roosevelt lias directed Herbert Knox Smith, of the bureau of cor.tora fions, to investigate the nie hods of stock trading with a view to furnisll ing the basis of possible fut t e legis lation regulating siieli practice The 'difficulty is recognized of at- TROUBLE STARTED AT DANCE Shawnee, Okla., March 11. In a pis tol battle in a darkened bedroom at the home of Thomas Nichols three men wero shot, two of whom arc expected to dio, and farther bloodshed was pre vented by the heroism of Miss Bessie Nichols, sixteen years old, who throw herseii between two of the combatants. Charles Nichols and Joo . McClutcha wero placed under arrest. The wounded: Mace McClutcha, be lieveil to lo . dying; ThoiUaS Nichols, cannot live; William McClutcha, not so riously wounded. ; At a country danc near Kiowa last night an altercation occurred between mcmbevj of the -McClutcha and .Nichols families, who attended. . TIiTe was a personal encounter, but it was stopped before anyone was badly hu.t. After the dance Charles Nichols w?nt home, accompanied by a friend. Some tiino af ter retiring, Nichols and his trend were aroiisd hy some one entering the room. They seized. -their guns and opened fire, the "shots being returned. Thomas- Nichols, father of the young host, ru.shed into the room, :, "mod, and the shooting became general. Hegardlcss the bullets, Miss Bessie, Charles imnf.in? federal rei'uhition of the I 1 . " . . .r. ... . . ' . ..-.- i.i i transfer ot stocks wlneli will o-ierate to i ienois ai.im-ii-jei-uiu. www. kmiwwvu curtail purely gambling conLn: ts, andj her father, and sprang -Let wen two of mo men, .vnoeM-u op iia wi:apu, (Continued on Pago Twc ) nocked ing her Urotuer s lite. NO ONE TO BLAME FOR COLLIN WOOD HORROR Richmond, Va., March 11. Tho Re publican convention of the Seventh Congressional district, held at lairay to day," elected John Ackers, of Rocklr, ham, and C M. Gibbons, of inchester, delegates to the national invention. Resolutions were adopted indorsing President Roosevelt's .administration and C. Bascom Sletup as state chair man, ;-.- - For New Custom-House at Wilmington. Washington, D. C, March 11. On motion of Senator Overman, the Senate today passed his bill appropriating $400,000 for the' construction of a new custom-house at .Wilmington. Coroner Declares That-Ja nitor Did AH Within His Power Little ; Ones PanicStrickn and Jammed In the Doorway. ; Cleveland, O., March 11.--Coroner Burke rendered bis decision in he Col linwood school firo today, i Conditions existing are blamed, but no fault is charged to ant' one. Frederick Hi ' ter, the janitor is ex onerated by . the. .'coroner.- Ho nys he found that he was at his post v. hen the fire broke out, and that be oily gave tho aiann upon discovering the dre, and that he opened the front and .re ir doors of tho building. The coroner found that the fire started in a closet under the fruit stair way, and was caused by overheated pipes which ignited the stairwi.y. The death of tho children he says was due to faulty construction, whereby a par tition projected in front of tho stairway at the bottom, making the children turn out of the way in their rush for the door. He holds that the children became panio-strickea and were jammed la the doorway be. i use of the tur.i ia tho hall to cut to tho door. The coroner recommended that the state legislature pass a law to make all school buildings fireproof, and that au tomatic devices he put. in tho buildings . to further safeguard the li as of the children. To Close Dangerous Schools. New York, March 11. The tragedy at the Collinwood, 0., school impelled the 1 oard of education today to adopt a resolution closing all schools wherein, the slightest possibility of a similar dis- aster exists. The resolution directs the, superintendent of buildings to report at . the next board meeting all schools that do not afford proper protection against fire. : '; . : -' -: '. "-. yi -V Judge Adams 111. '. Ex-Judge Spencer B. Adams was CI yesterday and unable to be ia bis offlot at any time during' the day,
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