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Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. ' " "a Suhscrintmn Prim l nn D v a VOL XIII. MS OF fl ID WRECK fast Passenger Train Collides With Light Engine NO REASON FOR THE ACCIDENT All of Dead Negroes of Party of 20 Being Brought from Alabama to This State White Labor Agent in Charge Probably Fatally Injured. Knoxville, Tenn. Special. A long distance telephone message to The Journal and Tribune from Johnson (5tv, says: . W- nelsons met instant death and 0 were injured when eastbound ves tibule train No. 42 on the Southern Railway collided with a switch en- gine one mile west of Johnson City 'at 7:30 o'clock Sunday night. The switch .engine was in charge of a hostler, who, when he saw the fast passenger coming toward him, revers ed his engine and jumped to safety. Scarcely had he done so when the A.J i. 1L 1' Li sine witn ieaiul iorce. rne engine ol the passenger, naggage, mail car ana second-class coach were derailed and overturned, but the switch engine was not lifted from the rails and with full head of steam started on a wild run which was not ended until a switcii was thrown for it and it was ditched at Carnegie. The lives of the mail clerks ere saved because of the fact that their car was of heavy steel construction. This heavy car, however, played- hav oc with the light second-class coach behind, which was entirely telescoped The second-class coach was occupied by George Moore, white, a labor agent for the Virginia & Southwestern Railroad, who was conducting a part of 20 negroes from Alabama to North Carolina Moore was perhaps fatally hurt, and of the negroes six were killed outright and all others maim ed and injured. Six Unidentified Negroes. The injured are: Engineer Sam Bash, of Knoxville, slight injuries ; F. 0. Shipe, Knoxville. mail clerk, seri ously injured; Archeola Moore, mail clerk, one leg slighty hurt; George Moore, labor agent, bady crushed, perhaps fatally hurt. Physicians from the National Sol diers' Home at Johnson City were first upon the scene. Relief trains were sent to the wreck from both Knoxville and Bristol. Appeal for Protection. Loraine, O. The American Ship buiding company has appealed to the federal circuit court for protection against a possible damage to property and violence against employes, as a result of the second strike. This week the shipbuilders walked out again uu account of not desiring to work with former strikebraeksrs. Injunctions were issued by the United States court in Cleveland. Separate. injunction against each striker were served. There were 125 orders for bidding the strikers from interfering with the company or its employes. Conductor Shot to Death. Augusta, Ga., Special. A tele phone message to the Chronicle frmi Sanderville says Conductor J. M. Ma of the Central railroad was shot to death by an unknown negro two from Sanderville. The negro cs?ared and is being chased by a posse. The neero attempted to ride I J a note and was put off. He got on the rear car and when put off again dreir a nitrti arrl Grail thrA times on - m , ft TT A. "I the conductor. The shots were re- J ' i o bWl UUU fei till oed, but it is not known whether or not any were effective. Floors of Building Fall, Philadelphia, Special. Fortunate Lagando and Francisco Brunco were kllH two other men fatally and six severely hurt by the collapse of floors ;n a building on Water street above Market which was being razed. Ab l't S.000 brick were piled on one of th upper floors, when the stud- 1Q? Rave way and the floor went pn. carrying with it the floors be-w- Lagando was dug out dead. Eu- jene Scutter and Isreal Jones weer 'ricd under bricks and heavy stud- and badly crushed. , fugitive Ex-Convict Wounded by Virginia Officer. Jfcstoi, Va.( Special. Joe Farns rtu, 23 years old, and for seevral ay a fugitive from justice, was shot a.n perhaps fatally wounded by Po tman A. L. Hill, in the mountains lar Bristol. The officer was attempt to arrest Farnsworth, who is 'anted on a chage of shotting Wife Ua Kirk in Bristol July 4tL. UNWRITTEN LAW" WINS AGAIN Mother and Son Acquitted of Charge of Murdering Man Who Ruined Their Daughter and Sister Ver dict of Jury Announced to Judge While They Were at Dinner Dur ing Recess Just After They Had Been Sent From Court Room to Consider Decision. Laplata, Md., Special. It took the jury in the Bowie murder trial but five minutes to decide that in South ern Maryland at least, the "unwrit ten law" is the law to which the se ducer must hold himself answerable. And while there was no marked de monstration when the verdict became known, there was sufficient evidence that the verdict of the "jury was the verdict of the people of this section of the country. Both jury and people acpuit Mrs. Mary'E. Bowie and her son, Henry, of all blame for their acknowledged slaying last January of Hubert Posey, the seducer of their daughter and sister, Priscilla Bowie, who with her childjhas made a pa thetic picture in the court room. That there was no demonstration was doubtless due to the fact that the ver dict of the jury was announced io the judges while they were at dinner during a recess, just prior to which the jury had been sent out of the court room to consider their decision. State Attorney Wilmer's request to the jury that they bring in a verdict of manslaughter, was not more note worthy than the frankness with which Congressman Sidney E. Mudd, of counsel for the defense, appealed to the "unwritten law' in behalf of his clients. Throughout his address, which evidently voiced the senti ments of most of his hearers, Mrs. Bowie and her son sat in stolid com posure, while Pricilla Bowie wept continuously. ' ' Gentlemen, ' said Congressman Mudd, "we shall claim that the-e defendants were justified, by what the newspapers have called the ' un written law." He then cited many cases in which the avengers of wrong ed daughters, sisters and wives have been acquitted, and continued: "Never since the formation of this government has there been tried before a jury of American citizens a single case of murder following wan ton seduction in which the verdict has been other than instant acquit tal." He argued for the "supre macy of the; law indelibly written on the quick-beating human heart, over the cold type of the statute books," and said: "The family in this land of ours is the nuclueus and the nursery of the Commonwealth. The protection of the sanctity of the family ties,, the chastity of women, the development and maintenance of a salutary and exalted respect for the honor of the mother, the sister and the daughter become a natural and essential fea ture of the law in this land. In nearly every State of this country there will be found an exemplifica tion and recognition of this fact and an adoption of this doctrine. "It is in this sense that I confi dently claim the protection of what I have called and claim the 'unwrit ten law' as an adequate defense for these defendants. 1 State Attorney Wilmer argusd against the "unwritten law," but urged the jury to give the defendants the benefit of every possible doubt and repeated that he did not ask for 1 7 manslaughter. The jury, however, evidently took Mr. Mudd 's view of the case and when they Hied into court it was to declare that the kill ing of Hubert Posey was justified. Indicted For Assault. Washington,, Special. Charles A. Edwards, secretary of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, was indicted by the grand jury for an asault with a dangerous weapon on Alejandro Garland, an attache of the Peruvian legation in this city. The alleged assault occurred shortly after midnight on the morning of May Kith last. Eight Killed by White Damp. Hazel ton, Pa., Special. Eight Ital ian mine workers were killed by white damp in an abandoned slope of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company at Honey Brook. Two of the men wpre sent into the mine to measure! the water. Then two more went in to assist them. It was believed that the force was inadequate and the oth ers were ordered to help them. When the men did not return after a reason able time an investigation was made and the presence of the deadly white damp was discovered. COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 18, l . - " GENERAL R CONDENSED News oi Interest Gathered From All Parts of the Country Paragraphs of More or Less Importance What tne World s Doing. Russian teachers voted to boycott the coming elections. Plans of the drydock Dewey are said to have been stolen. A special board has been appointed to test railroad signaling system. The proposition of the annexation of the Congo by Belgium was taken up. Governor Hughes of New York will not, it is declared run again, for that office. The King and Queen of England were enthusiastically received in Ire land. The National Educational Associa tion declared itself in favor of re formed spelling. Senator Latimer and Congressman Burnett are in Berlin studying the emigration problem. The National Educational Associa tion decided to work in the interest of a national university. . Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York made an address in support of the Conctitution before the North Carolina Bar Association. TT3 feeling in France is one of disappointment with the tariff agree ment with the United States brought over by Ambassador Jusserand. Mr. Bonaparte states that the re ceivership for the Tobacco Trust is only to compel it to comply with the law. Attorney General Bonaparte points out the objections that have been made to the proposed constitution ol Oklahoma in its present form. President James McCrea, ,of the Pennsylvania Railroad, declared a 2 cent law was unfair to the public as well as the railroads. Col. Charles Gt Ayrcs has been or dered before a board to examine his fitness for retirement from the Unit ed States Army. Charles H. Mover, pi-esident of the Western Federation of Miners, was on the stand most of the day in the Heywood trial. Ambassador Aoki denied reports that he was to be recalled, and the Japanese Emlmssy and the State De partment took steps to allay the ex citement. Senator McEuery, of Louisana L quoted as offering to resign in favor of John Sharp Williaams if the lat ter fails of election to the United States Senate. Mrs. Preston Gibson daughter of Mrs. Thomas Nelson PSge and the late Henry Field of Chicago is to sue for divorce. Three men are known to have been killed and 19, others hurt by the col lapse of a concrete wall in Philadel phia. The Virginia Corporation Commis sion of Virginia was notified that the injunction against the 2-cerit rate or der was in effect. Max Lansburgh of Baltimore filed a suit at Charlston, W. Va., to re cover coal lands in McDowell county valued at $5,000,000. William D. Haywood on trial ou the charge of murdering former Gov. ernor Seunenberg went on the stand in his own defense. The hearing in the ease of the Penn syvania Railroad Company which is fighting the 2-cent rate, began in Philadelphia. . Ambassador Aoki declares that not only arc the relations betweenthe Japanese and United States Govern ments entirely friendly, but he be lieves Japan would cordially receive any American warships that might visit its ports. Attorney-General Bonaparte holds that the War Department controls the Conduit road, and that the Glen Ech authorities cannot collect fines for "speeding" on the road. The London jury i the case of Mrs. Hancock, wife of Walter Swinburae Hancock, formerly an Episcopal cler gyman of Chicago, who was suspect ed of poisoning the woman, render ed a verdict of "death from natural causes. ' 1 Ex-State Senator "Don" P. Hal Bey defeated Senator A. F. Thomas ii the Senatorial primary in the Sena torial district composed of the city of Lynchburg and Campbell county. Three men out of seven were drown ed on the way to H. Clay Pierce's yacht in New Yor harbor when one of the sailors rocked the boat and up set it. William L. Cutright, of Weston, W. Va., kissed the dead body of his wife good-bye and went into an ad joining room and killed himself. Seven Italian mineworkers were killed by white damp near Hazle town, Pa. i KlTCHIN OPENS 1HE CAMPAIGN He Discussed Trusts and Private Mo nopolies and Made Fine Impression The opening speech in the cam paign for the democratic nomination for Governor of North Carolina was made on Saturday by -Mr. W. W. Kit chin. As the issues were "pretty thor oughly gone into by him, we give a brief account of the meeting and rather copious extracts, covering the I principal points in his speech. Monroe, Special, if Five hundred people heard W. Wl Kitchin fire the opening gun in his eamnaum for the gubernational nomiaon at Union Church, bandy Ride township, Sat urday. The occasion was a rally and picnic of the farmery of the township R. L. Stephens of Monroe introduced the speaker, saying that he himself was not committed o any candidate, but that he Could sajjy of Mr. Kitchin that he has alwaystood for the in terests of the poepljej of his own Con gressio District pad endorsed him in six lions. Wt, Kitchin spoke for an jj and a ;half and held the intcres his audence throughout. Most c s speech tas taken up with the discussion of trusts and private monopolies, and he Said that his po rtion on these questions now was not new, but that he hijI. been consistent o j all through ijis public career. He believed in governmental control of coporations andllf that meant be ing a radical,he wass willing to accept that title. In discussing the attitude of the railroads toward himself, he said they opposed m him because he stood for the interets of the people. Mr. Kitchin said -in part: "If any competitor or his champ Ion questions my statements or po sitions I shall be gld to enter a pub tic discussion withrfhim, for I want the people to understand the true facts and the true situation in mak ing their selection, vfith which I shall iaithfullv abide. ti Certain of our people denominate the last Legislature as radical, be cause instead of being satisfied with mis existing, it undertook to correct them. Had it been content to leave Ihe trusts arid railroads untouched b legislation it wouli have by many been considered entirely satisfactory, while proving itselfjunfaithful to the people. When thej -people fully un derstand it, in my judgment they will most heartiy approve that legislation which has been most bitterly criti- In reference to the suits in the Federal Court over our rate act, while we must patiently jdbide their deter mination, believing ilhat the State's attorneys will so f arias attorneys can protect the State 'sHnterest, yet in my judgment undeithe sound doc trine announced in Fitts vs McGhee, tne Court erred in $jbt dismissing the actions, and I hopjj the Supreme Court, if they reachc that court, will so find. If the officials of the State can be so enjoyed i this manner in such a matter by the' equity of powers of the Federal Courts instead of com pelling the railroads; to resort to their legal remedies, how, Ibng will it be be fore some Federal Judge, at the in stance oi some railroad company will assume to restrain Jome Speaker of the House from approving an act of controverted merit ir even restrain the Legislature itself from consider ing a bill which the railroad opposes ? In my judgment the law officers of the State ought to !ndict those who violate our rate act, anl let the Court of law decide the controversy. I sup pose no man will contend that it is proper to restrain the offices of our Criminal Courts. 1$iey should per form their duty undieV the law, and if any effort is made . to restrain them they should resist M by every known legal means, and th State of North Carolina will sustai them and call them blessed. The dignity of the State is affected -.and the State through its officers should act. It is folly to expect a private individual to raise the issue vith the Federal Court. Individuals knay be protected by their rebate slipsand no one man wishes to incur the troubles and ex penses which property belongs to all the people. --'m "I want to commend in the high sst terms the chargj- of Judge Long to the Wake grand" jury. He has done well as an abe, patriotic and fearless judge, deterjpnihed by lawful means to uphold the; honor and dig nity of the State antji to punish those who violate her criminal laws. All honor to him." : l. The issues inVolveJl in the contest are greater than whether the Char lotte Observer, andits independent element that tried to defeat Judge Clark shall regain tieir lost prestige in the party-greateV than whether Joe Daniels shall be ! retired as Nat ional Committeeman as was publish ed in that paper as purpose of the conservatives greater than whether certain distinguished gentlemen named in that pape oppose me' greater than the personal ability, am bitious and fortunes of aspirants. In my judgment among the matters involved in this contest is whether the Democratic party shall persist and advance in its detremination as shown by its last platform and the last Leg 1907. islature to fully protect the people from private monopolies and from the extortions, discriminations and unnecessary delays and dangers of railroads, or whether it will call i halt, desist in that determination, and leave the people at the mercy of those who ever desire to keep all advant ages they have and constantly seek new ones. Should the railroads and trusts defeat me, they know that who ever is nominated must feel under ob ligations to them, and they have con- adece in the gratitude of men. Peters Convicted of Murder of Rev. Joseph Easter. Winston-Salem, Special. George A Peters was convicted at Hillsboro, Va., for the murder of Rev. Joseph Easter, a Dunkard preacher, who was called to his door and assassinated the aight of May 23d last. Peters made a confession, but did not implicate any one else, as was expected. The sonvietion is for murder in the first iegree. One Killed; Nine Hurt in Head-on Collision. Hattlesburg, Miss., Special. In t head-on collision between a Gulf co Ship Island passenger train on the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Rail road, Oscar Harnes, of Mobile, engi neer of the passenger train, was kill ed, and nine other persons, chiefly railway employes, were injured. Those other than railway men hurt are: County Chancery Clerk T. E. Batson , Coleman Bennett, Sr., and Georgeia Carter. News Notes. Governor Hughes is meeting with opposition on nominations by direct vote at the special session of the Leg islature. Archbishop Messmer and others ad dressed the Catholic Education Soci ety in session at Milwaukee. Clarence Mackay, president of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company denied the existence of a telegraph combine. - Cloudburst at Vicksburg. Vicksburg, Special. This city and surrounding country suffered greatly by a cloudburst which struck here Sunday. Nearly every bridge in the city and country was washed away. The flood carried away one house The Yazoo and Mississippi railroad reports 3,400 feet of track washed away a few miles below Vicksburg and traffic over this line is at a stand still. Outside of the cost to the rail road, the storm damage in this city and country is at least $150,000. Court Sustains Indictments. Chicago, Special. Judge Kavanagh has sustained indictments against Former Chief of Police Collins, and Frank D. Comerford, former police attorney, charging conspiracy to de prive the city of police services. 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The Wainright board recommends many changes in the course of study at the Naval Academy and advocates the removal of certain preparatorf schools from Annapolis. Leach Director of Mint. Oyster Bay, Special. President Roosevelt has- appointed Frank A Leach, of Oakland, Cal., director of the Mint, to succeed George E. Rob erts, who resigend to accept the pres idency of the Commerical National Bank of Chicago, made vacant by the death of James H. Eckjes. Mr. .Leach is at present superintendent of the San Francisco mint. Much Wanted Prisoner Escapes. Denver, Col., Special. John "E. Thompson, a prisoner in custody of Detective Joseph Jayr of the Port land, Oie., police department, leaped from a car window while the train waa running 40 miles an hour near this city and escaped. Thompson is wast ed at Portland, Ore., to answer m charge of stealing $3,000, and captured in London, Eng., after chase around the world. TElEPHOflESj Are a Necessity I in the Country I numu. 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