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VOL. III. HO. 168
LAST EDITION
GEEENSEOIiO, C, TUESDAY, APRIL 2 lx 1908
LAST EDITION
PBICE FIVE CENTS
, GET
.STILL THE
PEEPUL'S FRIEND
' . . ..
k THinKS tie COUia. Hlne W0U1Q
Have Used Prominence to Ac
quire More Wealth.
MIGHT HAVE MADE
TWICE AS MUCH MONEY
Winds Up His Talking Tour With a
Final Outburst of Words In the Me
tropolis, and Will Be Quiet For a
While Wife Arrives Today.
New York, April 20. His lecturing
tour brought William J. Bryan to this
city today, and he had also planned to i
meet Mrs. Bryan on her arrival from
Europe . tomorrow. At the Hoffman
bouse he teas joined during the day by
Miss Grace Bryan, who has taken .1
holiday from her studies at a Virginia
school, to welcome her mother homo.
Mrs. Bryan is a passenger on th.i At
lantin transport liner Minnehaha. The
steamer was reported oft Nantucket to
day, and will land her passengers to
morrow. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will leave for the
west on Thursday. In the meantime
Mr. Bryan will fill several engagements
and take part in conferences of more or '
leas political significance. After his ar-1
rival from Utica early today he break-1
. i .1 : 1 - 1 tr 11' ii . 1 '
many personal friends, including some'
f rominent Democrats, and chatted with
he new Jitioor men. Toniirht he deliv
ered his lecture on "Tho Old World and
It's Way" at the St. Simeon's Episcopal
church." Earlier in the evening he dined
with the rector, the Rev. Ralph Walker.
Tomorrow he will be entertained by
Governor Fort and others at Trenton,
N. J.,, and in the evening he will ad
dress tita "People's Institute" at Cooper
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TEMPLE COMMITTEE
MIKES URGENT APPEAL
TO MASONS DE STATE
The Work Is Progressing Satis
factorily. But Funds Are
Badly Needed.
STATE CAPITAL NEWS NOTES
Raleigh, N. C, April 20. In an
urgent appeal to the Masons of the state
by the North Carolina Masonic temple
building committee, it is declared that
the work on the temple here is pro
gressing nicely, but that funds are bad
ly needed to push the building to rapid
completion and that immediate and
hearty support by North Carolina Ma
sonry is imperative. The appeal points
out that the temple represents a home
for the grand lodge, a home for aged and
indigent brethren in that the revenue
from rentals will go to the establish
ment and support of such an institu
tion, and that it further represents a
forward movement for Masonry in North
Carolina. The appeal is signed by
Grand Master S. M. Gattis, Francis D.
Winston, Walter S. Liddcll, William R.
Cox, B. S. Royster, Julian S. Carr, A.
B. Andrews, Jr., R. J. Noble, A. J. Har
ris, S. H. Smith, John W. Cotton, J. D.
Elliott, J. S. Cunningham, John C.
Drewry.
The remains of the late George Bcall
Balch, rear-admiral United States navy,
retired, left here Sunday afternoon at
6.30 o'clock for Annapolis for interment,
accompanied by members of the family
and intimate friends. There was a short
service at the residence, conducted by
the Rev. Milton A. Barber, rector of
Christ church, where the admiral wor
shipped during the time that he spent
here. The pallbearers were: Gen. Carle
A. -Woodruff, United States army, re
tired; F. H. Busbee, R. H. Battle,
Charles Root, Col. Charles E. Johnson,
Dr. A. W.' Knox. In the party accom
panying the remains to Annapolis were
; Mrs.. Balch, Miss Grace Balch, Stephen
D. and Francis DuPont Balch, of Mary
land and New York; the Rev. and Mrs.
George W. Lay. The funeral took place
this . afternoon immediately on the Br
it1 rival of the train at Annapolis, at 1.50
. o'clock.
United States Judge Thomas R. Pur
nell, Marshal Claudius Dockery and
Deputy Clej-k George L. Tonnoffski, went
to Washington, N. C, on an early train
today to convene a term of District and
Circuit courts. They expect to dispose
. of all the business and return to the
elty Thursday. Next week they go to
Newbern, where a more pretentions
docket awaits them.
Wake county Superior Court convened
this morning for a three weeks' term,
Judge J, Crawford Biggs presiding, with
seventy-seven cases on the trial docket,
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TING
BRANDSTAND
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Basketball Hurled to the
Ground.
MORE THAN A HUNDRED
CAUGHT IN THE CRASH
Several Girls Receive Slight Injuries, But I
None Serious Miss Williams Nearly
Faints From Shock Game Won By
Greensboro Girls.
At a game of basketball on the cam
pus of Greensboro Female College yes
terday afternoon : the grandstand, on
which were seated belvcen 100 and 130
college girls, fell, causing considerable
excitement. Xo one was seriously in
jured by the accident.
A game of bastketball was being
played between the teams of the Greens
boro Female College and the Salem Fe
male Academy, of Winston-Salem. The
game was stopped for a while, but when
it was learned that no one was seriously
injured by the accident the game was
resumed and played to the finish, re
sulting in a score of 6 to 4 in favor of
the Greensboro girls. :
JTobabiy the one injured most by the
accident is Miss Bessie Grissom, who
sustained injuries 111 the foot. Not
withstanding her injuries she was able to
walk to her home. Miss Williams was
so badly shocked by the crash that she
came near fainting. A young lady from
Winston-Salem received a llcsh "wound
and a number of others sustained slight
injuries. A physician was summoned
and rendered the necessary medical as
sistance. The grandstand was erected only a
short time ago and wa.s thought to be
absolutely safe. It was about six feet
from the ground In the rear. AU the
timbers gave way and left the seats
flat upon the ground. '; '..-:,-
FORTY-ONE KILLED, SIXTY
INJURED, IN COLLISION
OF AUSTRALIAN TRAINS
Wreckage Takes Fire and Many of
the Victims Are Inciner
ated. MANY SCENES OF HORROR
Melbourne, Australia, April 20. Two
trains from Bnllarat and , Bcndigo, re
spectively, collided late last night at
Braybrook Junction, about eight miles
from Melbourne, forty -one persons being
killed and sixty injured. .
The Bendigo train, with two heavy
engines, crashed into the rear of the
Ballarat train. Five cars of the latter
train were wrecked. The wreckage took
fire and was almost completely con
sumed. Many of lite bodies were un
recognizable when recovered.
The Bendigo train suffered but little
damage, but the two engines were piled
on top of the rear coaches of the other
train. Terrible scenes followed the ac
cident, many of the injured being caught
in the wreckage and with difficulty
rescued.
It was a long time before doctors and
nurses arrived on the scene, and as a
consequence intense suffering prevailed
among the injured.
MOB NEARLY LYNCHES
CHARGED WITH HAVING MURDER
ED A COUSIN OF FORMER
GOVERNOR COX.
Bristol, Va., April 20. Albert John
son, a negro, ; arrested Sunday, and
charged with having murdered George
Smith, first cousin of ex-Gov. John I.
Cox, of Bristol, in this city Saturday
night, narrowly escaped being lynched
by a mob - Sunday night.
Ha was hurried to Jonesboro on a mid
night train under heavy guard, while
the mob paraded the streets and went
through the jail and courthouse in
search for him. There was great ex
citement over th murder, which was for
the purpose of robbery, and the mob did
not disperse until early Monday morn
ing, believing that the negro was hid
near the courthouse.
Smith was murdered while on his way
to his home la the suburbs, as he crossed
a lark place near Beaver Creek, about
eight o'clock Saturday night.
CAMPUS
ML
DOWN
1,800 PEOPLED
GIFPKjtFEnT
ttOSON BOYS
Quakers Co to Bat First and Prac
tically Win Game In Open
ing Inning.
PITCHERS' BATTLE, BOTH
MEN DOING GOOD WORK
Price For Guilford and Barr For David
son Held Heavy Hitters Down, and
the Score of Three To One Repre
sented Hard Work.
Eighteen hundred spectators yester
day saw Guilford add another victory
to "an almost continuous string of suc
cesses. It was a cosmopolitan crowd
old folks, young folks, children, town
folks, country folks, students from the
schools around here, people from High
Point, Winston and elsewhere.
Naturally the Guilford rooters were
in the majority, but Davidson was not
without its supporters by any means,
and they cheered most lustily whenever
they "na'd tho opportunity of so doing.
Tiie pitchers bore by far the larsrer part
of the burden of the game. The hit
ting was light and consequently there
was not much for the other players to
do, particularly tho out field.
Both Price and Barr pitched magnifi
cently, the former allowing three hits
and the latter five. In practically all
of the games it has played this season
Guilford has had the better. of its op
ponents in batting. To this fact is
probably due its great success. 1 ester
day Davidson played practically an er
rorless game, yet it did not win be
cause its players could not hit like
Gvih'ord's.
Guilford was at the bat first, and
practically won the game in that in
ning. White, the first man up, got his
base by being hit. C. Doak made a
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FIRST STEP LEADING
TO THAW'S RELEASE IS
TAKENJUOUNSEL
Order Permitting Him to Sign Ap
plication for Writ of Habeas
Corpus Granted. v
PROCEEDINGS TO BE PKOMPT
Poughkecpsie, N. Y., April 20. The
first step in proceedings looking to the
release of ' Harry K. Thaw from the
state asylum for the insane at Mattea
wan was taken today.
James G. Graham, of Xcwburg, ap
peared as Thau's counsel before Justice
Morschauser, of the New York State
Supreme Court at White Plains, and ap
plied for an order directing the superin
tendent of the asylum to permit Thaw
to sign an application for a writ of ha
beas corpus. . The order was promptly
issued, and it probably will be served
at once. ;
According to the usual procedure in
such cases, Thaw will sign the appli
cation for a writ of habeas corpus, which
will then be submitted to a justice of
the Supreme Court, probably Justice
Morschauser. Such writs are always
granted, and the date when the writ "is
returnable is fixed to suit the con
venience of the parties concerned. Then
Thaw will appear before a justice of
tho Supreme Court for a hearing to de
termine whether he should be released
from tho asylum as sane.
CRAZY YOUTH KILLS SISTER;
POLICE CHIEF SHOOTS MAN
Son of Stokes County Farmer
Fires Shotgun Into Sister,
Causing Her Death.
Winston-Salem, N. C, April 20. Sun
day morning Oscar Tuttle, aged twenty
two, shot and killed his sister, Mollie,
aged twenty-eight. The brother had
been mentally unbalanced since boyhood,
but bad never been considered d'auger
ou. Between eight and nine o'clock Sun
day.' while the father, John H. Tuttle,
one of Stokot county's best citizens, was
at the barn feeding stock, Oscar took
a shotgunt and walked into the room
where his sister was making up her bed
and fired upon her, the entire load tak
ing effect in her hip. The young woman
died instantly.-
Oscau nt first confessed that he killed
his sister, but .refused to explain how
he did it. After he was locked up he
told the sheriff that his brother, .fohn,
did it. This statement is known to he
false, as John was several miles away
from home at the time.
BORAH
IS
MAIDEN
SPEECH
QM BROWNSVILLE
No Reasonable Doubt That Negro
Troops Shot Up the Town
He Says.
SCOUTS SUGGESTION OF
CONSPIRACY IN CITY
Unthinkable That People Would Kill
Each Other for the Purpose of Having
Black Troops Removed Address Re
ceives Close Attention.
WashingtonApril 20. The affray at
Brownsville, Tex., called forth again the
most intense interest in the Senate to
day. In his maiden speech in the Sen
ate Senator Borah, of Idaho, taking the
ground that the testimony showed con
j clusively ,that the negro soldiers of the
i Twenty-fifth Regiment shot, up the town,
igave a careful analysis of the evidence
I in the case.
The morale of the army, Mr. Borah
said, is paramount to any man's right
to remain in it. If any man in the
Twenty-fifth Regiment participated in
the riot, and if others connived at the
crime by concealing knowledge of it
to shield the guilty parties, then both
were guilty alike, he declared.
j Mr. Borah called attention to Mr.
j Foraker's suggestion that tho citizens
of Brownsville might have shot up their
town, to secure the removal of the negro
soldiers.
"The charge of a general conspiracy,"
he said, "involved the necessity of long
prior prearafion, the stealing of the
shells and their distribution upon the
streets of Brownsville; but, followed to
its logical conclusion, if it is worth
! anything nt all, this conspiracy not only
steals the shelm and scatters them upon
the street, but it also furnishes the
men who did the firing the men who
actually went upon the streets of their
own town, assaulted their own homes,
the wives and children of their friends,
shot the arm off a policeman and mur
dered a citizen. Now, I confess that
there might possibly have been a desire
to attack the soldiers, Tmt it seems that
this conspiracy, if it had an existence,
would not have turned its guns upon
its own people."
Mr. Borah announced his conclusion
that the testimony "discloses the guilt
of certain members of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry as participants in the Browns
ville raid beyond a reasonable doubt.
"U," he added, "they were guilty at all
they were guilty of deliberate murder
murder planned and deliberated on, and
accomplished with deadly precision. The
one point in which the rioters failed
was with respect to the number of
their victims. They expected, evidently,
to kill more than they did."
Mr. Borah spoke of the accomplish
ments of the negro race since the aboli
tion of slavery and found much cause
for congratulation, but. he said, this
fact could not excuse individuals from
punishment for crime.
The Senate gave further consideration
during the day to the bill devoting to
the construction in the drainage works
in those states about $5,000,000 received
from the sale of public hinds in Ala
bama, Arkansas. - Florida, Illinois, In
diana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minne
sota, Mississippi, Missouri, (Jhio and Wis
consn. The seeton of the bill author
izing the lending of these funds to the
states, corporations, etc., for the drain
age of the state and private lands was
stricken out.
During the day the naval and agri
cultural appropriation bills were re
ported to the Senate.
At 2.30 p. m. the Senate adjourned.
$40,000 Fire at Eutaw, AU.
Eutaw. Ala., April 20. Fire which
broke out in tho store of the Eutaw
Drug Company last night, did damage
estimated at about $40,000. Every build
ing on the block fronting Prairie street
and running from Boligeo to Clinton was
destroyed. There was no insurance.
Fifty People See Kernersville
Officer Fatally Wound Man
Who Threatened Him.
Winston-Salem. N. C April 20. At
Kernersville Saturday night Chief of Po
lice Parvue shot and mortally wounded
James Tilly, .Ir. 'Three shots were fired
by tho officer, all taking effect 0110
through the lungs, one in an arm and
one in the neck. The wounded man is
not expected to live through the night.
The officer had arrested a brother of
Tilley for disturbing religious worship.
The father, James Tilley, Sr., was sent
for, and upon his arrival abused the of
ficer, when the old man was placed un
der arrest, whereupon .lames Tilley, Jr.,
appeared upon the scene with a shotgun.
The officer commanded the young man
to drop the gun and not to approach.
Then young Tilley began to abuse the
officer, who fired upon him. About fifty
people witnessed the affair.
The ofliccr was assisted by Solomon
Perry, and it is thought by 'some that
be fired one or .two of the shot.
Count Quits Title To Wed
Shopgirl; Returns Rich Man
MRS. "BARNES," 1 I
Has Clung to Noble Husband ! If i I
; Through Adversity. I I!. , kO
Who
SALOON-KEEPER ON THE
STAND IN THE TRIAL OF
ANGLE AT OANKILLE, yi.
Testifies as to His Purchases of
Liquor From the Dry Fork
Distilling Co.
ALLEGED FRAUD OF $6,000
Danville, Va., April 20. More docu
mentary evidence was introduced by
the government today in the trial of
T. M. Angle, president and general man
ager of the Dry Fork Distilling Com
pany, charged with extensive frauds in
the manufacture and sale of unstamped
whisky. '.
C. T. Baincs, a Danville saloon-keeper,
was on the stand nearly the entire day.
The books and accounts of Baincs, which
were seized by tho government authori
ties during the investigation before the
grand jury last fall here, were intro
duced today as evidence. Mr. Baines
was an involuntary witness for the
prosecution and was questioned as to
his accounts, wlneii showed that ho had
purchased during the past several years
a hundred and thirty-five barrels of
whisky. ' .
The government alleges that he paid
only a dollar a gallon for the whisky,
and that the records of the Dry Fork
company show tho sale of only twenty
nine gallons. The conclusion from this
is that the government was defrauded
out of about six thousand dollars alone
on the transaction with Baincs.
J. J. Drakesford, an inspector of the
revenue service, and a special aceoun-
tant, who examined the books of Baines
and of the Dry Fork company, Was on I
the stand a short time today.
ONE SPECTATOR OF DUEL
PRINCIPALS IN PISTOL FIGHT AT
BERNICE, LA., ALSO HURT, BUT
NOT FATALLY.
Bemice, La., April 20. One spectator
was killed and four others wounded to
day during a street duel here. Both duel
ists were wounded, but not seriously.
The fight was between C. J. Morton
and W. F. Durham, both prominent in
this section. The cause of their quar
rel is not known. Morton was just step
ping off an Arkansas Southern passen
ger train, accompanied by his wife and
seven-year-old son, when Barham ap
peared. Both men, opened fire and Mor
ton's little boy fell, probably mortally
wounded. T. W. Clarke was instantly
killed and Thomas Uives was wounded
in the thigh.
Conductor Alford, of the train, and a
male passenger whose name was not
learned were painfully wounded. Mor
ton was struck by two bullets and Bar
naul hit by one.
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FORMER COUNT VON H0CKBERG,
Who Renounced Title for Love and
v Poverty.
As "Mr. Barnes" He Made a
Fortune in American
Mines.
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Vaferl;
Count
count
York. April IS, Back to the
mil Wednesday sailed former
Mans Ferdinand von Hochberg
no longer, Von lloehhcra no
longer, but plain Mr. Barnes, of Barn 's
City, Col. In lieu of his courtship Mr.
Barnes carries back with him a bank
book good for $1.)0,00() and rit' to a
silver mine worth probably a million
mcrv . ...
Wt'h hin: tailed Mrs. Barries, once a
Berlin Hhopprl, whom ne renounced his
noble title o marrv. Anl there also
T - 1. T '
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bbs .jiuiHiin:! Louis, uarncs. t heir in
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MUST PROVIDE SEAT
FOR EVERY PASSENGER
NEW YORK PUBLIC SERVICE COM
; MISSION GIVES TRACTION
COMPANY ORDERS.
?Cew York, April 20. The public ser
vice commission lias issued on order pro
viding not only that seats shall be fur
nished for every passenger on the Twenty-third
street crosstown line, the Lex
ington avenue line and the Grar.d street
surface lines, but that the accommo
dations on those lines shall be 10 per
cent, in excess of the average number
of passengers carried.
This order, which will go into effect
on April 27. is the result of a series of
public hearings which have been held by
the commhiHion on complaints of the in
adequacy of tho service provided on the
three lilies.
Bishop Capers Dying.
Columbia, S. C, April 20. Bishop
Capers is gradually growing weaker and
it is thought that, unless he rallies soon
be will not live many hours,
GORTELYOU URGES
BUSINESS
INTO
SHARE IN
POLITICS
Their Participation In the Business
of Government Only Cure for
Ills of Body Politic.
WANTS REVIVAL OF OLD
TOWN MEETING SPIRIT
Every Adult Male Should, He Says, Man
ifest an Interest in Affairs National
and Local to the Exclusion of the
Professional Politician.
Utica, N. Y., April 20.---Tho annual
ttanquct of the. Utica chamber of com
merce tonight was largely attended by
the business men of the city and vi
c nty. The guest of honor was Georgo
B. Cortelyou. secretary of the treasury.
He was greeted with cheers when he
rose to speak on 'Business and Citizen
ship." The other speakers included J. E.
Hedges, of New York city, and Repre
sentative J. Hampton Moore, of Phila
delphia. Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen of the
Chamber of Commerce:
Some of you may have read of the ,
old hammer-maker of Central New York
who, 111 unswer, to a question as to how
long he had made hammers, replied: "I
have made hammers here for twenty
eight years." " ell, then," said his ques
tioner, "you ought to be able to make
a pretty good hammer by this time.'
"Xo, sir," was the answer, "'I never made
a pretty good hammer. I make the best
hammer made in the United States."
Or of Daniel Morrel), at one time presi
dent of the Cam I iria Rail Works, in
Pittsburg, who employed more than 7.000
men. Asked by a visitor one day, "what
is the secret of such a development of
business as this?" he replied, "we have
no secret; we always try to beat our hut
batch of rails. That's all the secret we
have and we don't care who knows it."
From what I learn of your chamber
of commerce I believe that the men who
have made it so successful an organi
zation have shown that true American
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'S
BILL IS TABLED BY
THE H DUSECO MMITT EE
Meets Same Fate as Did Aldilch
Measure Only Fowler's Idea
Suits.
NO EXPLANATION IS GIVEN
Washington, D. C, April 0 Tht
House committee on banking and cur
rency today voted to lay on the table
the financial bill offered by Representa
tive Edward B. Vreeland, of NcV York,
as a sub for the Al.lrich bill, and de
cided to ' report" favorably the bill re
cently introduced by Chairman Fowler,
providing for 11 currency, commission to
coimiht of forty-three members, eleven
members of the Senate, eleven members
ofthe House and twenty-one others, who
must be citizens of the United States.
The action of the committee was
taken late in the afternoon, after a
meeting lasting all day. Representa
tive Vreeland appeared before the com
mittee.' and made, a -long argument in
favor of his hill, saying he thought it
would be criminal negligence for Con
gress 4o adjourn without passing some
measure of protect ion in the event of
another panic this fall. He did not,
however, think that a panic was immi
nent. Mr. .Vreeland said that his bill
was an emergency nn aure only, and ho
favored the appointment of a currency
commission to consider a permanent
banking and 'currency'-law. '.' -..Representative
Ebenczer J, Hill, of
Connecticut, replied to Mr. Vreclind, se
verely criticising his measure,, which he
said was the Aldrich bill p iro and
Simple with two sections omitle I.
The committee then went. int execu
tive session to consider the measure. The
discussion over it was more pit iracted
than over the Aldrich bill, wh ch was
tabled last week by a unatilmo.is vote.
The Vreeland bill bad some supporters,
and when the Vote on the mc tion to
table it was taken, Weeks, Massa
chusetts; Burton," Ohio, aid Me
Kinney, Illinois, voted in the nega
tive. Those voting in the affirma
tive were Prince, Illinois; McMorran,
Michigan; Weeras, Ohio; Waldo, New
York; Hayes, California; Pujo, Louis
iana; Glass, Virginia; Gillespie, Texas;
James, Kentucky; Crawford, North
Carolina ; McHenry, Pennsylvania, and
Chairman Fowler.
As in tile ease of the Aldrich bill, the
committee decided to give no . reasoa
to the House for its action.
The motion to report the Fowler cur
rency commission bill was adopted 10 to -3.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Pujo, James and Crawford,
while Messrs. Burton and MoHenrj voted
"present." .-,.!.'..:. v.,