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The news & observer., 1905-10-12
BURGLARS PULL HIS LEG.
He in Turn Pulls the Trigger. Where
upon the Burglars Scat"
l(Bv the Associated Press.

Salisbury, N. c.. Oct. 11.-Burglars
attempted to enter the residence of
Mr.. Rome Porter of this city last
night and in reaching. through an open
window caught the landlord, whose
bed was at the window, by the leg
through mistake, giving him hard
pull He as awakened and the rob,
bers fed under fire from Mr.. Porter's
pistol.
Prof. Chas, Leonhardt, the cham
pion Graco-Roman wrestler of the
world states tonight that the match
advertised fer October goth, at Spen-
Ger will be pulled off there regardless
of the injuries sustained py Ffoiessof
Olsen, his opponent, in fight at
Asheville last night.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
100000 REWARD
For Conviction of a Gang
of Brutes.
Isidore Wormser Offers This for Men
Who CriminaIIy Assaulted One of
His Servants. Five Men Ar
raigned.
(By the Associated Press. }

New York, Oct. 11.-Isidore Worm
ser, the millionaire banker, offered
100000 reward today for the cOnvic-
ton of a gang of men who recently
assaulted Annie Thornton, a domestic
employed in his household. In court
today, when five men were arraigned
for the assault Mr.. Wormer said:
Il will give 100000 to have the
perpetrators of this dastardly crime
convicted and sent to prison
Recently on Miss ThOrnton's birth
day Mr.. Wormser gave her $50 and
a holiday as a reward for several years
service in his household. That even
ing while passing a stable on the West
Side she said she was seized by two
men and dragged into a stable and
that about a dozen other men joined
them there. She did not escape fl ON
the stable until the next morning.
Her health was seriously affected by
her experience.
The five men arraigned today were
held in $4,000 bail each and the po-
lice announced that they expected 10
arrest nine more men in connection
with the assault.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
Angler VOTES FOR SCHOOLS.
Speech of Col. John c. An2ied Deliv.
erCd With Telling Effect.

Mr.. w. Fl. Stephenson, of Angler.
member of the County Board of Elu-
cation, was in Raleigh yesterday, and
was happy because on the previous
day the people of Angler Harnett
county. had voted a local tax for a
graded school. Mr.. Stephenson had
gotten UP the petition for the election
and was naturally very much gratified.
He says that there is already a school
building and the people will give
money to paint it. He was warm in
praise of the speech that Col. John c.
Angler made in favor of the tax. He
said it was one of the most eloquent
speeches ever heard in that section.
The following letter gives additional
particulars:
Angler Votes School Tax.
Especial to News and 0bsefVer.)
ngier, n. c.. Oct. 10.-Monday night
the people of Angler and community
gathered at the Baptist church to hear
special tax discussed. The ladies were
especially invited. and a good many
were present; the church was filed
with a very enthusiastic audience.
Col. Angler was the principal
speaker present, and he was at his
best. He spoke for an hour and deliv-
cred the strongest educational address
the people of Angler have ever had
the pleasure of hearing. To use his
expression He presented the facts in
a good, common, hard horse-sense
way, and SO simple that the most ig-
norant could not fail to understand.
The audience was very enthusiastic
during his address and almost went
wild at the close. When the applause
had ceased the ladies presented him
with very beautiful bouquet of flow
ers. He thanked them in d few
words appropriately spoken, as the
audience went wild with cheers again.
special tax election for Angler
District was held here today and was
carried by a good majority, there be-
ing forty-two votes cast for special tax
and eighteen against. We owe
great deal of our success to the efforts
of Colonel Angler This evening he
presented to the school a lot of land
valued at $500, to be used as boule-
ward.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
A FOULED ERM|NE
Judge Baker Solicited
Campaign Funds.
A Violater of the Civil Service Rules.
This Federal Judges Case Re-
ferred to the Department of
Justice.
Justice.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE charge
of soliciting and accepting campaign
contributions in the campaign of 1902
made against United States Circuit
Court Judge Baker of Indiana, by the
Civil Service Commission, has been
referred to the Department Of Justice
by the commission. In connection
with the reference the commission to-
day gave out an official statement OF
the case in which it was said 1.-The
statute of limitations is the only de-
tense which can be opposed to the
charge"
The statement gives the substance
of an examination made by the COM
mission, in which clerks employed in
the postoffice at Goshen testified that
Judge Baker had urged them to pay
; per cent. of their salaries to the Re-
publican campaign fund. In the case
of Lamar Croops, one of the three
clerks, Judge Baker urged him to pay
money for campaign purposes, and the
witness told Judge Baker that he
could not afford to. Whereupon Judge
Baker said to him, You can afford to
do without suit of clothes and make
your payment" He was urged to pay
5 per cent. Thereafter the witness
spoke to Postmaster Sherwin about
he did not have the money to pay, and
Sherwin advanced him. on October Z.
1902, $50 for his assessment, which
was paid by Mr.. Croops.
Martin T. Schmer another clerk,
was urged by Judge Baker to pay an
assessment of 5 per cent. He was
unable to pay and the postmaster
loaned him the amount. The commits
sion report says that Judge Baker ad-
mitted the facts presented in this tes-
timony.
The commission says that it is felt
that inasmuch as violations by others
of the civil service act occurring in
the Goshen pOstoffice are to be pro-
ceeded against and punished, it is not
right that a distinction should be made
in favor of a violator of the law, how
ever exalted his position. The charges
against Judge Baker have, therefore,
been referred to the Department of
Justice. There is a clear case of the
violation of provision of the Civil
Service act.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
RAILROADS RAISE
ONE MIGHTY HOWL
Gagging at the Esch-
Townsend Bill.
IT'S UNFAIR, THEY SAY
Il is Equivalent to Providing by Stat
ute Tor the Enforcement Of CONNER.
cial Lynch Law. President Spen.
Ger Addresses the Newark
Board of Trade.
(By the Associated Press.)


Newark, N. j.. Oct. 11.-That gov
ernmcnt control of railroad proper
ties 2s proposed in the Esch-Town-
send bill, which was considered at
the last session of Congress. is unfair,
unjust to the railroads, opposed to the
fundamental principles of Anglo
Saxon Jurisprudence and is equivalent
to providing by statute for the en-
foFcement of commercial lynch law,
is in substance the reply of the rail-
roads TO the agitation for railroad
rate legislation as outlined by Presi-
dent Samuel Spencer in an address
this evening before the Newark Board
OF Trade.
Mr.. Spencer said:
Up TO the present time shipper and
carrier have been free to work to-
gether without political interference,
to facilitate the establishment and de-
velopmeat of new industries. To
reach out for new markets for our
farmers and manufactures; to create
new comnunitieS and maintain the
prosperity of those already establish
ed, and to cooperate to the fullest
possible extent to enlarge the volume
Of both our domestic and foreign
trade.
1T is now proposed to change this
system, and substitute for sit one in
which artificial methods will take the
place of the ratural laws of trade and
commerce; which have been the con-
trolling force in the evolution of the
present system.
And it must be borne in mind that
it is proposed to give these enormous
powers to a body on whom no re-
sponsibility rests or can rest for the
preservation of maintenance of the
railroad property or for the discharge
of its financial obligations or the full
fillmeTS-of it's duties to the public as
an efficient common carrier.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
Games Yesterday.
(Rv the ssociated Press)

New Haven. Conn. Oct. IL Yale
defeated the Springfield Training
eleven today, 20 to 0. rhe Yale for
wards considerably outMcighed the
Springfield linemen ana there was
little test of Yale's defense.
Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 11.--Al-
though Harvard defeated Bates on
Soldiers Gs>eld this afternoon without
difficulty, the visitors had the distinc-
ton of crossing the crimson goal line
for the first time this season, The fiGal
score being 34 to 6.
Princeton, N. j., Oct. 11.-Princeton
defeated Lehigh today in a "aggei
game of football By the score OF ~ to
6, allowing her goal line to be crossed
for the first time this season.
At Annapolis, Md.-Cadets 80; st.
Johns 0.
Harvard 34; Bates 6.
Pennsylvania 3S; Franklin & Mar
shall 0.
Williams 12; Massachusetts, Agri-
cultural College, 0.
Phillips Andover, %; Williston, 0.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
NO CASES IN THE ARMY.
Soldiers Take Precautions Against Vel.
low Fever Which Have Rendered
Taken Thus Far Immune.
(By the Associated Press }

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE War De-
partment has received daily reports
from military posts located near yell
low fever infected points with q view
Of keeping in touch with the situation
SO as to take care of the troops sta
toned at those points. Up to the
present time there have been no cases
in the army or among the soldiers sta
toned near any OF the infected CEN
ters. This immunity is attributed to
the fact that vigorous precautions were
taken as soon as the fever outbreak
occurred. Every window in every
building was screened and steps were
taken to destroy all mosquitoes. and
screens were placed over water bar
rels and tanks. Officers of the army
believe that through these precaution-
lary measures yellow fever in the diff
ferent Southern garrisons has been
successfully avoided.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
HIGH POINTS NEW DEPOT.
People Hear Work May Begin on il
Within Thirty Days.
Especial to News and Observer. }

Especial to News and Observer
High Point, Oct. 11.-Mr John w
Clinard, manager of the High PoIGt
Veneer Company, is the promoter of
another like factory to manufacture
oak veneer. The plant will be locat-
ed south of the present veneer plant
and vii be a modern plant in every
particular.
Mr.. d. o. Covington, an employe OF
the Union Furniture Company met
with an accident yesterday which cost
him the loss of the end of two or more
fingers.
The officers of the moulding fac
tory organized here yesterday are:
President, Mr.. w. F.. White; Secre~
tary and Treasurer, Mr.. r. A.
Wheeler.
The information gathered from par
ties interested in the building of the
passenger depot for High Point IS to
the effect that work will probably COM
mence on said structure within thirty
days The people of High Point hear
this with great deal OF interest and
will be greatly pleased when they see
the building going up.
The promoters of the High Point
and Winston Inter-Urban Railway are
expected here this week 20 get mat
ters in shape to continue the work to-
wards Winston. 1t will be remembered
that the rails on this road were laid
about two months ago in the city III
the direction of Winston and that it
was given out at the time that promOt-
ers would return here in October to
complete the work. Already about
$4,000 has been expended on the
road and it is now felt that it's COM
pletion is assured
An organization known as the Ten
Benu Suon" has been perfected here,
the purpose as stated to improve the
members in a literary way. The Off :
GERS are j. w. Willin, shepherd; a.
&. Doak, staff; H. 3. Cecil. bell.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
REV. w. T. D. MOSS RESIGNS.
He Has Received Two Calls to Church
cs i'm Washington City.
Especial to News and observer.) }

Chapel HILL N. c., Oct. 11.-Rev w.
T. d. Moss has resigned the pastorate
of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian
church, his resignation to go into eff
tect October 18th. Mr.. Moss has re-
ceived calls to two different churches
in Washington City 1t is not known
yet which of these he will accept. He
came here two years ago from Canada.
He is easily one of the ablest preachers
in North Carolina. and is exceedingly
popular among all our people-stu-
dents, faculty, and townsfolk, all of
whom sustain a personal loss in HIS
departure. DIR. Venable told your cor
respondent this morning that the
Presbyterian congregation regretted
very much to have to let Mr.. Moss go
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
WOMEN FIGHT IN JAIL.
Introduction CT Bug Juice" Rouses
the Spirit of Combat.
Especial to News and Observer !


ASheville, NJ. c.. Oct IA fight oc-
CURED between three women prisoners
at the county Jail as the result of too
much booze. A man named Zeke
Gibson and a woman named Mary
Johnson had slipped three pint bottles
of Liquor in to the women through the
iron bars The bottles of LIQUOR were
wrapped up in pieces of domestic and
passed as bundles of clothing. The
women drank the liquor and becoming
intoxicated started "a free for aIl''
fight. A small pen-knife was brought
into play and several flesh wounds
were inicted before the jailer could
reach the scene and put a stop to the
affair One of the women received a
scalp wound, another was cut across
the wrist and a third was slashed on
the arm. Sheriff Reed was informed
Of the trouble and after investigating
the cause learned the names of the
parties who had furnished the LIQUOR
and Immediately placed them under
arrest.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
FIVE PRISONERS ESCAPE
Third Jail Deliver i'm Staun .Oll
Within a Short Time
(By the Associated Press. }

Roanoke, Va, Oct. 1.-THE third
Jail delivery at Staunton within a
short time was effected last night
when five prisoners made their es-
cape from the Augusta county Jail
by saving the bars in two and low
ering themselves with blankets to tho
ground. -Four of the men are ne
groes. One was charged with GRIM
inally assaulting an aged colored
woman. The others were charged
with larceny, one with house-break-
ing. There has been no trace of the
prisoners. This is the Jail from Which
j. w. Kennedy, the condemned train
wrecker, escaped.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
University Day.

This is University Day througno ut
North Carolina, and will be observed
bv the alumni all over the State. In
Wilmington, Winston Greensboro,
Raleigh, New Bern, Asheville and OH
er cities there will be given banquets
by the members of the alumni.
The Wake county University alurnni
will hold their annual meeting aid
banquet tonight at Giersch's cafe.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
w. l.. WOODWARD ACQUITTED.
He Was Indicted For Acting as Emf
grant Agent without License.
Especial TO News and Observer

NSpeCIdI 10 4N6N7 IT,
Winston Salem, N. c., Oct. lin
the Superior Court this afternoon w.
l.. Woodward. of Roanoke va IN
dicted for acting as emlgraht agent
is the man who came here a few
weeks a~o in search of printers to
take the places of strikers at Roanoke.
He was indicted and placed under a
bond of $3.50. 1t was held by the
counsel for the defense that in accord
ance with ruling of the Supreme only
thosa who make it a regular business
of employing people on a per cent.
basis could be classed as emigrant
agents.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12

FIVE MEN ARE DEAD
These Three Negroes are All That Re.
main of the Crew OF the Berwind
Found Thirty Miles Off
the Cape Fear
Bar.
(By the Associated Press. }

10y TIE &ASSOCldteu IeSS.
Wilmington, N. c.. Oct. 11.-A spe-
cial TO the Star from Southport to-
night says the schooner Blanche H.
King, Captain j. w. Taylor, Bruns-
wick, Ga. September 23rd, to Phila-
delphia, put in there this afternoon,
bringing in irons three negroes, all
that remain of the crew of the four
masted schooner Harry A. Berwind
Captain Rumin, from Mobile, Septem-
Der 23rd, to Philadelphia, the ca D.
tain, mate, cook, and an engineer hav-
ing been ostensibly murdered in a
mutiny at sea and their bodies thrown
overheard. The body of a fourth
nesro of the crew was found lying on
deck where he, too, had evidently
been murdered,
Captain Taylor of the schooner
King, sighted the Berwind early this
morning about thirty miles off the
Cape Fear bar, and was attracted to
her III the man0a - ". 's' she was
being steered, having several times
come very near running down the
King. A nearer approach to the Ber-
wind showed that she had been prac-
tically abandoned. Captain Taylor
and crew boarded the vessel and plac-
ed the three negroes in irons, bring
ing the two vessels off the bar,
whence one of them was towed in by
Wilmington tugs. which have now
gone for the other schooner, a gale
prevailing on the outside.
The Berwnd being from a terri
tory against WhiclI this city is quar-
antined for yellow, fever. the three
negroes in irons are held at quaran-
tine until arrangements can be made
for their detentionS by the Federal
authorities.
Story of the Mutiny.
It develops from the stories of the
negroes brought in irons by the h'n9
that the mutiny arose as the result
of a quarrel aboard ship early Tues
day morning about some coffee that
was being brewed for breakfast. The
King was signalled bv the BerWind
80 miles east of Frying Pan light
ship, and in response to a signal Cap
tain Taylor Setn his mate, engineer
and others to board the BerWind. The
decks of the schooner were crimson
with blood, giving evidence of a fierce
encounter. The berth of the mate is
spotted with blood indicating that he
was butchered in bed. One of the
prisoners says the mate begged pit
eouslv for his life but the savageS
athirst for blood would not restrain
their passion.
After the boarding party from the
King handcuffed the mutineers on the
ship one of the negroes complained
the irons were too tight and hurt him.
When one of the boarding crew looS-
ened the bracelet on the negro's arm
the captive whipped out a pistol and
shot one of his own crew, the pre-
sumption being that the man killed
had signalled the King against tie
wishes of the three others. The total
list of killed is four whites and one
negro, the names of none of whom
can be learned
The King left a prize crew aboard
the Berwind, which is still off the bar
but will be brought in tomorrow
morning.
United States Commissioner "
Collier and Deputy Marshall c. u.
Knox left tonight for the quarantien
to take charge of the captives.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
NORFOLK RAISES QUARANTINE.
Trains Now Come in Without Ex-
animation of Passengers.
(By the Associated Press.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 1.-The ouaran-
tine that he's been in force here for
several weeks against New Orleans
land other Southern points Infected
with yellow fever. has been raised
and today trains came in without an
examination of passengers by medical
officers.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
SENTENCED FOR FORGERY.
George Murray, Negro and Former
Congressman from South Carolina.
(By the Associated Press. }

Columbia, S. c.. Oct, 11.-GeOrge
w. Murray, cOlored, a former member
of Congress, was today sentenced to
serve three years in the penitentiary
or forgery. Murray, who is re-
ported to be quite wealthy was
charged with forging the name of an
old negro on certain notes for land.
At the time of his arrest Murray was
released on $4,000 bond, which it is
thought will be forfeited.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
THE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.
The Game Yesterday Failed to
I MateriaIiZe on Account Of Rain.
(By the Associated Press. }

by the Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Oct. 11.-Rain today
prevented the playing of the third of
the series of games for the baSball
championship OF the world between
the leaders in the American and the
National League champions. The
teams will play here tomorrow and in
New York Friday and Saturday. If
rain should interfere tomorrow Fri
days game will be played in this city.
There were only 5000 persons pre-
sent at p. m. when Umpire 1hn
Sheridan, of the American League, an
nounced to the spectators that the
playing field was very wet and in
view OF the Importance of the series
the game would not be started.
Mathewson and Coakley had been Sc
lected by the respective managers tC
do the pitching.
The National Commission which has
complete control of the worlds series
announced today that beginning to-
morrow the remaining games in this
city and in New York will begin at
2:30 o'clock.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
SIXTEEN NEW CASES.
The Deaths Were Only Two and the
New FOci One
BY the Associated Press.)

IBy Ine ASSOCIdItU PTtSS.
New Orleans Oct. 1.-THE report
of the fever situation in this city up
to six o'clock this afternoon follows:
New cases 16; total 3,246; deaths 2;
total All; new foci /; cases under
troa tment ITO; caJes discharged
2HhO
The news & observer., 1905-10-12
Mr.. HoII<'s Cottage Burned.
Snecial to News and Observer

oxford. n. c., Oct. 1.-THE cot
tage of Mrs. Holly, on College street,
was burned, having caught at mid
night from the kitchen stove.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12

st. Louis. Mo-, Oct. 11-The local
National League team today won the
third game of the League series
of seven games.~ Score: r. n. e.
Nationals ..... 004 010 042-9 II 0
Americans 100 600 0O0-1 4
Batteries: Taylor and Grady; Sud
hoff, Petty and Spencer.
The news & observer., 1905-10-12

Boston, Mass, Oct. 1.-THE local
American League team today won
the third game of the series Score:
R.H e.
Americans. .O10 100O3 O-5 9 2
Nationals. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 4 2
Batteries-Harris and Armbrus-
ter; Wilhelm and Needham. Um-
pires, O'Loughlin and Emslie Atten-
dance, 1892.
At Chicago.-Chicago Americans
t Nationals 8.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-04
new HOTEL SAID
TO BE ASSURED
WILL GRACE ANDRUS CORNER,
SIXTH AND HENNEPIN.
Hotel Question Becomese Serious with
Announcement of Low Rates for G..
A. B. Convention in July Kansas
City Men and Others Figuring on
New Hostelries for Minneapolis.

It is said to be practically assured
that q new hotel will grace the Andrus
corner at Sixth street and Hennep1n
avenue. KANSAS City hotel men are
figuring on the building Of a fine hos
telry, and others have the project in
mind. .
It will be impossible, however, to
finish the structure in time for the
Grand Army convention in July. Rate
concessions made yesterday by the rail
roads are such that the hotel question
becomes a serious one. Already tho
handling Of the, big crowds that will
visit Minneapolis, convention week, on
the one-cent rate, is being taken up in
a methodical way. With the large
number OF small hotels of the best class
that have been built the last two years
and the promise of several more, there
is believed to be no doubt that the city
will be able to successfully house all
comers. ia II, -
It is remarked upon that the two
leading Minneapolis hotels were fixtures
eighteen years ago, when the G. A. R.
gathered In national assembly in Min.
neapolis. Since that time, notwith.
standing the heavy increase in popula-
tion, no large hotels have been built
Altho many Of the smaller European
class have arisen in the last three years
the hotel capacity increase is said not
to be commensurate with the city Is
growth. The additions Of another large
modern house is expected to place Min.
neapolis on the eligible list for any con.
vention.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-04
OLD FARMER EQUAL
TO THE OCCASION

Sidney Ayres, the dashing leading
man Of "Texas,' at the Bijou this
week, has fad for collecting odd
stories in real life. He has a scrap
book full of amusing incidents, mostly
picked up on railroad trains. One Of
them rehearses a conversation in the
"smoker' on his trip to the twin cities
between two fresh city chaps and an old
farmer who had been around little
himself. ~
s'The city alecks poked fun at the
old gentleman quite while, but he
pretended not to notice it, said Ayres.
t'They asked him about the crops, his
hogs and cattle, and so on, and, to all
their insolent inquiries the old fellow
returned polite, good-natured answers.
Finally, they asked him about his land.
He told them that he had eighty acres
Of as fine land as ever laid out doors,
and it would grow anything
1t must be great for growing
pumpkins, remarked one with a wink
at his companion.
"'No, sir, it ain IT, said the old chap
You see, boys, the ground is too burned
rich. The vines grow so fast that they
wear the little pumpkins out draggin
'em over the fields. Nope, the soil s
all right for corn, or somethin Of that
kind, but you can It raise no big pump
kins on it. , -