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VOL. XL. COLUMBUS, N. C, TH L'RSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1905. NO. 24; 1 110 AH DEED Brained Her Seven Children and Then - Burned Their Bodies MANIAC THEN TOOK HER OWN LIFE jjrs. Clarence Markham of Cambridge 111., Survives Long Enough to Make an Awful Confession. Kock Island, 111., Special. Mrs.' Clarence Markham of Cambridge, near here, in a fit of temporary in sanity killed her seven children with sa axe, after which she placed their bodies on a bed, saturated it with coal oil and set fire to it. She then hack ed her throat with a knife and threw herself on the burning bed. Neigh bors rescued her, but she was so badly burned that she died soou after she had made a confession. The oldest ihild was nine years of age, the .youngest, a baby in arms. Neighbors, attracted by the smoke of the burning building, rushed to the rescue and found Mrs. Markham covered with blood and badly burned. Barely able to tell her story, she at first declared the crime had 'been committed by a strange man, but later when the sheriff arrived she ad mitted that she had slain her children one by one and attempted to destroy their bodies and her own in the fire, Soon afterward she died. When the ruins of the home had cooled, a con- firmation of her story was had in the 'finding of ,the charred corpses, each with its skull crushed. The Markhams lived apart from neighbors, the husband bemer em ployed as a laborer on a nearby farm. He was compelled to be away from home during the day. Having noted bis wife acting queerly for several weeks he had: kept the children, the oldest of whom was but nine years of age, out of school to be with the mother. She was never known to ex nibit violent tendencies" previously. The Carter Civil Suit. Chicago, Special. Cross examina tion of Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, charged with defrauding the govern- j- i to (n nnn I tinued .before Special Examiner Wy- man. . xiie imiuiiy lino me ueicuu ant's stock and bond deals between 1S93 and 1S96 occupied the time at Friday's session. The financial trans actions of the captain were taken up weeic by weeK and day oy nay, cover ing a period of four years. Indica tions are that it will take three or four more weeks to conclude the ques tioning of the witness. " Prince Charles Supported. Coppenhagen, By Cable. It is learned on high authority that should Norway's offer of the throne of that country to a prince of the house of Bernadotte be definitely declined dur ing the coming week, steps will be taken by the storthing to invite Prince Charles of Denmark to become king of Norway. It is believed that not more than ten members of the storth ing are opposed to Prince Charles; candidature. King Christian and the British court favor it. ' Pive Are Murdered. Edna, Texas, Special. Mrs. A. J. Conditt and four children, a daughter of 13 and three boys from 6 to 10 years old, were murdered in cold blood at their home near here. The mother and daughter were assaulted and their bodies brutally disfigured, A babv about two years old was the x J " J . . .. only one left alive. All of tnem seem- ed to have been murdered with some blunt instrument, their heads were icTn,;! nn thpir throats cut with a knife or razor. j. U0UVft f Glass Worker's Suicide. temtit was made last nigdlu lu lu lulul Millville, N. J., Special Peter Smith, a well-known glass worker, committed suicide Monday morning by. shooting himself through the heart with a rifle. Business troubles over which he wor ried are given as the cause. His mother lost her reason on seeing the body of her son and it is feared that she will not recover. His sister is also pros trated and In a critical condition. Walked Out of Meeting. Montgomery, Ala., Special. At snppial mPfitinsr of the citv council Al- cn; raaA ti rpsnln- ucilllaU kJUli-l v ail vnavu v - tion to appropriate money for the en tertainment of President Roosevelt when he comes to Montgomery, say-I ing that lie would oppose one dollar of the people ,'s money going this way. Acting Mayor Mclntyre, who is also a member of the council, walked out during the proceedings,1 leaving no quorum and the resolution was laid over. ... . . - i WILL SOON LIFT QUARANTINE Louisiana Parish Health Officers Showing Willingness To Clear Pres ident's PathNew Orleans Record 23 New Cases. New Orleans, Special. Report to 6 P. M. : New cases, 23; total, 3,023. Deaths, 3; total, 391. ' New foci, 4. Cases under treatment, 227; dis charging, 2,405. The Sunday report would have been the lowest on record but for the re port of a nest of infection in another convent and asylum, the attending physician reporting six cases among the girls in the Mount Carmel In stitute, on Piety street. There have been several cases in the Mount Car mel Convent on St. Cloud street, and as these two institutions are closely allied, it is very likely the infection was transmitted from one to the oth- Another case is reported from the French asylum, on St. Ann street, the patients former residence being far out on Gently road. Only four of the new cases were above Canal street. The Algiers side turned up two cases. Among the deaths is Sister Mary ijuitu Ui lue v,imveni, ox x-erpetuai Adoration, on Marias street. She was only eighteen years of age and had only recently taken her vows She was Miss Petronille Nigel. Dr. Souchen's circular letter to the parish health officers suggesting that they fax on October 15 as the date for raising the parish quarantines against the city, has already produced results, the board of health of Lafayette wir ing that that town agreed. It is not at all unlikely that by ..the time the President arrives, the quarantines in Louisiana will be only an unpleasant memory. 1 Mississippi Fever Summary. ' Jackson, Miss., Special. The Mis- sissippi yellow fever summary is as follows: ' I Vicksburg, five new cases; Natchez, five new cases, one new focus; Scran- ton, eight new cases; Guifport, one j new casegj one death; Rosetta; two new cases, tnree suspicious cases. Handsboro, one new case. No new infection at Port Gibson, Harriston, Roxie or Moss point. Sup- pUeg haye been sent w the people of Hamburg:, who are in destitute cir cumstances. The Marine Hospital Service has sent Dr. Deschette to the place to undertake the fumigation and detention camp work. Surgeon Was- din reports that he will place an of ficer in charge of the infection at Scranton. Alabama Bans All Mississippi. Birmingham, Ala., Special State Health Officer, Dr. W. H. Sanders, af ter consultation with the local board 6i health announced that Alabama had quarantined against the entire State of Mississippi, effective at 3 o'clock. This action is supposed to be consequent upon the spread of yel low fever in numerous Mississippi towns, although an official explanation is withheld. , Capt. Charles Price Dead Charlotte, Special. Capt. Charles Price, division counsel-for the South- era Kaiiway, and one oi tne Dest known constitutional lawyers, in the south, died jearly Thursday morning at his home in Salisbury of Bright 's disease, ageo759. He was for one term I , . i ii speaker or tne general assemuiy ox uie State, had held many positions of honor, and conducted some of tne most notable railroad suns in me south. United States Court Suit. Knoxville, Special. Daisy Sherrin vs. the Southern Railway is the most recent damage suit against that cor poration that is the outcome of the Southern Railway wreck at New Mar ket in which sixty-four persons met death, and of which Sunday, Septem- ber 24, was the first anniversary. The piaintiii sues lor ten xnoufcanu uui- j . ii.. :j j. tr i : laineu in tut; auuiueiii,. o.i.cx uumc io in 'Mississippi. She is represented by Pickle, Turner & Kennerly, of this city. The suit was filed in the United I States court. Private Car Line Inquiry. -Washington, Special. Hearings in the private car line inquiry instituted by the interstate commerce commis- sion wil be held in this city on Octo- ber 18, and probably wil continue for W. J. Johnson and others. The Bank more than a week. The cases are di- pf Warren, Warrenton, N. C., is char rected against the Central of Georgia tered with $30,000 eapital, authorized the Southern, Atlantic Coast Line, Pennsylvania and other railways. fffIS Mny Newsy Items Gathered From ' all Sections. Charlotte Cotton Market. The cotton market, moderate de mand: Low middling ...... Strict low middling . , Middling ... ... ... Strict middling . . . . Good middling ... . . 91I-1G ..... 9 7-8 . ...10 .. ..101-8 .....101-4 General Cotton Market. Houston, steady; middling. . 10 1-2 Augusta, firm ; middling .... 10 1-2 Memphis, firm; middling ... 10 11-16 St. Louis,,. quiet ; middling . . 10 3-4 ' Louisville, firm; middling . . 10 1-4 TRUE BILL FOR MURDER. Wake Grand Jury Indicts Asylum At tendants for Murder in the Jirst Degree For Causing the Death of a Patient. . .. Raleigh, Special The grand jury returned a true bill for murder in the first degree against J. C. King, Jack Peel, L. R. High and W. F. Durham, attendants at the State Hospital here for killing George Nail, August 24th. When the prisoners were arraigned Solicitor Jones said he would not pro secute for murder in the first degree, w :xvnnA :nfi:sf imnn fl verdict for murder in the second degree or man- slaughter, or any other lesser offense. The Judge ordered an entry made in the minutes to that effect. Attorney Argo, for the defense, ask ed for a continuance to the January term on the ground that the defend ant's counsel had not been informed what charge would be brought against his clients, and some material witness es had not been subponaed. Attorney Womack, for' the State, said that the State did not want to rush the de- fendants into a trir but he did not see any legal gruu iur a cuuiiuu- i i i r a : Solicitor Jones said he had told the defendant's counsel, that 'a bill for murder in the second degree would be1 cpnt sinrl in Viis nrininn tliPV hftd hiiil Dl9ntv of time to sret witnesses. Ex-Governor Aycock, in behalf of the defendants, said that the trial should be continued because time should be given for the strong feel ing to die down; that the minds of the public were naturally wrought up 'when any' suspicion of cruelty to the insane -was aroused, and lor the Ume should be moved for the reason. ing powers of the people to become normal again. The judge said, in a case so impor tant, he thought th edefendants should have every opportunity to pre pare a defense, and he would con tinue the case, as requested, as no harm, could come of it. Counsel for both sides agreed that the judge set Afnnrlnv of the second week of the January term for trial and the wit- r.esses were discnarged uati itnen. Two Trolley Car Accidents. Wilmington, Special. Two men are at the Walker Memorial hospital each with a fractured leg, as the result of two accidents on the electric car lines. The first accident occurred at 3 o'clock Thursday v afternoon at the intersection of Front and Church streets. A car collided with a cart, demolishing: it. The driver, R. K. Jones, a white man, was thrown out and his left leg was fractured near tne mp. ai . o-, bound for the beach with a party of Red Men, the second accident occur- red, resulting m tne fracture oi tne leg or urover iteese, agea o. I it. U cnrifnVi nf Ninth nnn iue uai anua. ' 7 , Princess streets the second truck split it. me rear uu Bu. xv. a conductor ox a cujf j crushing the left leg. North State News. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad was held in New berne on Thursday. It is said that the internal revenue officers recently indicted at the spe- i term of the Federal court at Greensboro demand a speedy trial I TVi a anTnnc.fi comnanv is tne i Southern Life Insurance Co., of Fay etteville. The capital is $50,000 sub scribed and $500,000 authorized to do a life, health and accident insurance hnainess on the stock plan, also con tract to pay annuities, etc. There are a great number of incorporators ciiWTihp.rs to stocl citizens oi -fpvilte ana Cumberland county j ffPnpraiiVi Among them are A. II. Slocombe, J. A. Oates, D. T. Oates, I and $15,000 subscribed to do a com mercial and. savings businesR, MUTER OF lliSI Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and Other Manufacturing Enterprises Big Cotton Mill Plant. 5 The purchasers of the Tennessee Manufacturing Co.'s big cotton mill plant will spend $205,000 for new machinery with which to fit up Mill I No. 2, which is to be run by W. R. u,r c T wuiracierizea r, .-, - . - " . bv warm days and cool nights, the Udell and ; associates. Not long since temperature averaging about A per it was announced that -Mr. Odell, of cent, above normal, and by the ab North Carolina, and a number of local sence- of . rainfall, the only rain re capitalists had purchased the Tennes- P?reAbei a .trace vat Asheville. i. . Light frost occurred in Tyrrell county see Manufacturing Co.'s property m pn the morning of the 27th. The North Nashville for $145,000. That weather has been favorable for. saving these gentlemen are in earnest is shown by the fact that they have aKen out their charter, that it has been registered at the office of the Secretary of State and the company is now m existence. The capital stock of the company is placed at $200,000, and the new. concern is to be known oy tne corporate name of the Warioto Cotton Mills. The purchasers will hardly get possesion of the property, however, before July 1, 1906, owing to the fact that George Goodwin has a lease on it until that time. Mill No. 1 been sold to the Morgan Hamilton Co., to be used by them as a bag fact ory. .The incorporators of the Wari oto Cotton Mills will meet for organi- are J R AWn. Wiiiinm 0in t l it mi : -m i tit usepn xi. xnompson, xawin vvarner and M. J. Smiths Change in Management. An almost complete" change in the management of tne Union Cotton of the Mills, was effected at a meeting stockholders recently. At lii5 mppt- ,'ntr fnnr AvMrm nA ih fr00CT0r m V " ' subsequent election the following well- known and snbcfnntinl hnir,pSS mpn ere elected directors of tne union Cotton Mills : Emslie Nicholson, presi dent Monarch Cotton Mills; T. C. Duncan, president Union and Buffalo Mills, all of Union: H. C. Fleitman, capitalist, New York; W. M. Win- chester, banker, Spartanburg; E. W. xloberson, Banker, Columbia, Direc tors Buffalo Mills : F. M. Farr, pres dent National Bank;" A. H. Foster, with the same out-of-town directors as the Union Mills. Mr. E. W. Roberson, of Columbia, vas elected treasurer of both mills, and has entire management of the fi nances. Expert accountants are now going over the books of the Buffalo Mills and until their reports are handed in nothing can be known of the lia bilities of the mill. The Union Cotton Mill runs 96,000 spindles and 2,300 looms, has a capital stock of $1,1000,000. and employs I?. The equipment of the Buffalo Mill comprises b4,UUU spindles and 2,000 looms, 800 people being em- ployed. Power and Mill Company. t!, a tiinmf ct,i t a nf;n A. lie uutuuuy uuuai i unci auu. iuui n uc i.n nA tt, H. Fitzpatrick, of Washington, Ga. He expects to spend several hundred thousand do Inrs in deve omne- this Within a radius of 40. miles there is now being used more than 50,000 r. of o r,-P fvTn $30 to $50 per horse power, all of ' which he wi l he in a nos t oh to furnish at a lower rate. The shoals are located about half-way between WashinrtonandTiberton.andas soon as the power is developed Mr. Fitz patrick .will have all rarangements o made for building an electric line be tween the two places. He also ex- nects to build a cotton factorv at Washington and at the Shoals. Textile Notes. The State has chartered the TTlora Cotton Mill Company tobuild and operate mills there to manufacture yarns and cloth. The authorized cap- a i j. i ' .nn nnn 1, di K nno ital stock is $400,000, of which $15,000 has been paid in by neniy vv Liy, - 1 T TTT 1- "I w. Jicieui ana j. xv. o. xvay. xiaix the stock is preferred and on this-7 pei' cent, and no more is guaranteed. At the last meeting of the Augusta council, Gwin JI. Nixon applied for water power for the Warwick Mills, which a part of capitalists had pur chased from the city. Council left the matter in the hands of a committee, who -returned a favorable answer to Mr. Nixon. The opening of the mill will mean a larger output of cotton goods Mr. eK e-ard to the matter, refused to make ny statement except to admit - thaj he mi would be re-opened, but it ! . . -. - - -..ii an th enerally rumored on the street that the corporation intends building up the property with the intention of making a sale, NORTH STATE CROPS Weather Conditions' Given Out by the 4 Department Observer. The' North Caroline section of the climate and crop service of the De partment of Agriculture -issues tthe following official bulletin of weather and crop conditions for the , past rr, , Y ; v Ptis -,-1. 1 T .1 i. 1 crops, but too dry for plowing and for friZ The condition of the cotton crop remains unchanged; it is opening fast and picking is progressing rapid- y, about three fifths of the crop hav- ing been picked: fewer reports of shedding have been received but the . , VJ, v fet ttA , ?roP win oe oeiow me average, ano in Piafe.s very nnr' , .xa" . w, am. 1 , T' . uc 11 .u- a . curecl- arly corn ,1S maturmg iasr, arm in somfi lrf.f ht.ips is hfiinc . jrat.h- I j i T T T if r V Bieu, iaie s corn neeus rain, . uui nas been benefitted by the warm weather. S00? crop of buckwheat is being and good crops of Irish po- tatoes and peanuts are being T dug. I Sweet norar.oes are o'oon : the cabhae ; r ' : . ' ; crop is a failure; turnips are needing rain badly. Fine crops of hay, fodder, andipea- vine hav have been saved. . Sorsrhum moiasses making is under wav. Over Lthe Piti0? f V1! State- k I is Tori fi rv mr n (iwinir ann or suwm" i iT J V i 1 r",6"' w- . V have been sown m tne central ana 5aaiV Apples "are faJlirio- badlv and ,Pp,f ' e Iamn 'iy mil De a m c . Two Insurance Companies. High Point, Special. Two msur- ance companies capatilized. at '$100,- 000 each are to be established in High Point. One will be organized to write fire insurance and the other life in surance, and botn are promoted by Messrs. W. J. Armfield, Sr., and E. M. Annfield,v his son of this place A i Mji, u- u tx f ftii subscribed by High Point people, llie i ; toi-an' Kit remaining stock is being taken by people all over the btate. Already ioLnn wnnnrtft been subscribed and the other will be x. 1 1 . m, IOriUCOmilli?. iue suuswiucia aic 0 .... 1 among; tne prominent ana muueuuai 0 . , LlbU VJ AWA vfc. " O ,tianc rv Nnrth arn inn 9tin jriinr- antee strength and stability to the new concernwhich, without a doubt, will meet with success from the be ginning. These companies will be a Tp'w Tlw .Sb, sjreat benefit to the btate and espe ""J . ?" 7 C " T ' 000 to this city to begin with. . . Respite wanted. - Raleigh, Special. Governor Kj enn granted W. R. Murray, ,the JJurnam 1 . . , man who kiled his uncle,, a respite un- til October 17th, and the petition for faiu"" ma,i.-- A I i arguea ueioie iuc uu.cn 14th. Without passing upon the merits of the case, or even intimating wnai nis limu wul.w'r ." nor uienn, upon uie lecoiuuiBuuawuu h i 1 1 x' 1 1 A nMiAilAi rrront- i G iriai Juuse u."u , ,1''" " e "e reapno "" J-tn as uaic i .u, I , i j ii i.l 3 i. 4-Vvm koiimnn tho case. The State as-well as thede- Pendant's counsel .will De. present at i ,, . i . .. this hearing. Endowment of Guilford. ttv, t;V Rrwinl "M. J. F.lwood Airman of the board of trus- lieu x vsixx it hv v- - tees' of Guilford College, has return- -i a n " "VT il- . u Vi eamirad ed irom tne ionu, wucic owuxv, fVia 6d?innn fnr the endoAvmcnt fund for Guilford college making the nec- essarv amount to secure Andrew Car- neie's siii of a like amount and the $25,000 from Mr. Pears of Chicago. This .makes one nunurea una .iJAn A n t-n -naVt that end I inousanu. uuiuiio i vcv ,Qe rPP;v - whieh added to I l,IIlljt:Vy UUU -v w T - endowment of sixty thousand . - n;ifr. nnllpo-o nn en- dowment of one hundred and seventy- five thousand dolars. The Industrial News. Greensboro. Special. There was a meeting of the directors of the Indus trial News baturdav nigni, i least Mr. Butler and other influential members had a conferenceprincipally for the purpose of sirppiymg tne iy mainimr vacancies on the stall. A.' predicted Mr. T. B. Eldridge, ofvthe . woe -oaA as tele - . nawuru ivsv, ao . h and news cditor, and as pre- Sd a week ag Mr. Parkburst, ol the Philadelphia Ledger, was -electee as 'manasreinS' news editor, the posi- tion declined by Howard Banks aud uvxuuu . . WILL FACE DANGER President Roosevelt Not Deterred in View of Danger From Feyer IS NOT AFRAID OF NEW ORLEANS Official Announcement ijs Made . That tne cresent City Will Be Made Final Stop on Southejm Trip, Pres ident Taking a Cruiser For Return In Order Not to Violate Quaran tines. Washington, Special. The very in- teresting information was obtained f-m Senators who called at the White . House that the President has not changed his views with reference to railway rate legislation Thev found, indeed, that it was the subject Uppermost in his mind, and, in the language of ; one of these ; Senators, "The President's backbone is just as stiff as it eyer wag Senator Foraker, of Ohio r Senator Hemenway, of Indiana, and Senator Burkett, of Nebraska, were three Satesmen whom the President led into i conversation aoout rates almost as soon as th entered his private of- fi-e. nlthnnh tW V, nrt. mA tr. talk about hig question. There is no HmiM tht- iht fllA WMrnmaninn ha n h..i n..: Tl.. i - , lasi congress, ix was aiso maae ciear that there would be no extra session of the, Fifty-Ninth Congress next month. Senator Burkett, in speaking of his visit to the White House, said: "I discussed rate legislation with the x-resiaeni ana x iouna mm as aeter- t i -i t o -i 1 -1 . mined as ever. Altnougn mere will up no special session, the President wmKe UP railroaa niatters.as soon as Congress convenes, and will give out the session." Secretary Shaw Speaks in Richmond. Ricnmond, Va., Special. Leslie .M Shaw, secretary of the treasury", Mon- day night addressed a large Repubh- can gathering at the Academy of Music. : :- ' ''. Judge L. L. Lewis, Republican nom inee for Governor, presided, at the. meeting. Mr. Shaw was preceded by Congressman Yost, who made a strong; . . appeal for purity of elections, and for p . 1 T., T . , Secretary Shaw said in part: ' 'ou mu! b.ear ln f never a tariff law enacted that was 1 n . ,1 , t jj perfect on that anvone claimed it was ' . . XT . u. I npi-fprt. No two - Conpresses Avould. I - ever enact the same bill. Every tar iff law is ' an aggregation of . compro mise. All the Republican party ever' claims for any tariff law is that its Drincinle is -perfect. The rate will b. too high here ad too low there,' but protection will be found in its feature. I "The otDosition rjarv never claims . . , iff measures are per- fect They only claim that tne prm.. ilp nf frp1 raie. cf which thev rjro- i j . fpsa tr ponst.ict their tariff laws, is the correct principle. They cWta 1 eliminate every eiemeiu .ui pi nuu from all their tarill laws, as XMigiana oi;minots rjroteetion from her tariff lftWS England provides a tariff for the sole purpose oi revenue, anu me .n.rtMrfltlB rartv nroiess to oo tne same. They nave openiy ana repeat- I ot. i i 3 ecllv denounceu as . ruuuerj- strike at the principle. . .. . ! While the Republican party nev- er claimed for any tariff law that it was perfect, and never promises to enact a perfect tariff law. it does claim that all its tariff laws are build- ed on the principle of pi-otection-;It has never sacrificed one industry lor i - - - . t ' the sake of building up another, and I v. Avar nrH , ' .iv,w - But Few Cases of Smallpox. r Nashville. Snecial. Reports , from countv health boards sent in response the request of the state board of healtn, show mat mere xiavC uc I r i . 1 1 tha etatft iewer cases ox suiait-juA. m MCf ix- mnntl, than for manv I B w LUU V ' ar vears devious during the same period. n : uw v,t tlio .aap whih jjave appeared were of the same mild type as, those formerly appearing. Auto Line For Negroes. Nashville, Tenn., Special. The Un- - hon Transportation Company has M nrtmn wH w i he negroes of vr41-ir;iir arA will mil in operation fiye nutomobiles for the purpose of transportins negro passengers .to va- r;m.s rjJ?rts f thi3 citv. V Some or lhe;leading negroes of Nashville jo 1 . . . ..i-, . - -.v I mteresiea m me vemure aiiu wauu to have amnle capital: Ever since .gcsU ear law Vent into effect the colored population: has otooHv lisnti:ned and inesrro trayel on he cars c,;s . greatly dc- cressea.
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