The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01
GATE CITY EVENTS
Much lowering About a
Merger, Denied.
Messrs. Parkhurst and EIdridge Com.
pIete the Force of the Industrial
News. Getting Ready for Fed
eral Court.
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Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro, Sept. 3O.-There was a
meeting of the directors of the Indus
trial News last night or at least Mr.
Butler and other influential members
had a conference, principally for the
purpose of supplying the remaining
vacancies on the staff. AS predicted
yesterday, Mr.. L. B. EIdridge. of the
Raleigh Post was selected as tele-
graph and news editor, and as pre-
dicted a week ago, Mr.. Parkhurst, of
the Philadelphia Ledger. was elected
as Managing News editor, the position
declined by Howard Banks and Cor
don Cilly. and which Roscoe Mitchell
declared was first given to and then
snatched away from him.
The fact that Congressman Black
burn rode to town last night with
Judge Spencer B. Adams. and the
meeting of the Industrial News crowd
all happened simultaneously gave rise
to a rumOr. which found expression
in the morning Telegram here, that
for the fifth time, Blackburn, Adams.
and Butler had not only agreed to
pool their political, but to merge
their newspaper ambitions. The
story not only merged the papers but
divided out the offices in future, after
this manner: Rollins to be District
Attorney, Adams Chairman, Butler
the Eastern Senator and Blackburn
the Western Senator. Butler was gone
this morning early but Blackburn is
here, and when seen, for the first
time for long time, opened his
mouth and talked some more for pub
lication, saying:
please quote me as saying that
ha
whatever to do with the Butler Com
pany and never will have in any
sense of business arrangements. Our
company was formed first to publish
a genuine Republican newspaper.
manned by Republicans and publish
ed for the upholCing of the Republ-
can principles as we'll as propagatin, );
them, and we will yet publish such
a paper. There is not one word "
truth in the repeated reports of a
consolidation. l have not spoken to
Mr.. Butler and while 1 have nothing
against him personally. | am one Of
those who will never consent to plac-
ing the Republican organization or
party organ in his charge. Our paper
was begun in good faith and it lis up
to him and his colleagues to show
their good faith by their works"
1t was an accident that brought
Judge Adams and Congressman
Blackburn together last night Judge
Adams had been to Lenoir to settle
before Judge Allen the case on appeal
of Deputy Collectors Hasty and Sam
uels from the judgment of the Supe-
rior court of Wilkes, for assault made
on editor Bob Deal. Mr.. Blackburn
was returning with his family from
Blowing Rock to his winter residence
here, where they will remain until
Congress meets in December He is
also, he says, retained to assist in the
defense of the parties indicted in the
Federal court for alleged revenue
frauds against the government.
These defendants who are due for
trial next week will have an imposing
array of counsel. Hon. G. B. Watson
has finally consented to appear and
came down last night from Winston
and is here busy at work today. Elk
Governor Aycock returned from Raj
eigh on the early morning train. The
array of counsel for the defense SO
far as definitely ascertained is as fol-
lows: Judge E. S. Adams. w. p.
Bynum, Congressman Blackburn. G.
B. Watson. J. w. Mcneil and ExGov-
ernor Aycock.
On last nights train from Wilkes
boro there were the following rev.
enue officers who came down to stand
trial next week: Starkey Hare. ex-
deputy collector: w. c. Samuels. q.
H. Walker J. w. Hasty and A. q.
Bryan. The last four named were sUS-
pended from service as deputy col
lectOrs pending the result of the trial.
Over in the big Federal court build
ing District Attorney Holton, with his
clerks and Special Department Of
Justice Agents Z. B. McAdams, of
piY-Y1o IN r1ar nd WRIGHT Df
Atlanta. are at work with their coats
off, going over indictments comparing
documents. inspecting subpoenas ami
sitting evidence out of the mass of
material on hand.
The door is not locked. but even Z,
fool on opening it and receiving eight
story StareS from four pairs of eyes.
would see that those men were toe
busy to have company, especially
newspaper company
W. 8. Poe of Durham, is in the
hospital here with badly broken leg.
He is d brakeman of Southern l9ll-
way train Last night while standing
ON the steps of an engine his leg was
struck by the corner of a car when
had not been pushed far enough
along on it's track and broke his leg
just below the knee.
Phil Moore. a driver for j. w. Scott
& Co., had his double team to colllde
with a railroad engine yesterday
afternoon and escaped death miracu-
lousy by jumping on the cow-catcher
and sticking there. He was bruised
to some extent and the wagon was
smashed to pieces. me hoFses were
not seriously injured
Ben Hunt colored, had leg cut
off bys Danville and western tfdil !.
at Danville Yesterday. He stepped off
one track TO escaDe a train and was
run over by an engine backing on an
other track.
Mr.. ]. Van Lindley, one OF the wee
presidents. has just returned from at
tendance on the annual session of the
American Pathological Society, which
met this year in Kansas City, Mo.
There we're delegates present from
every state in the Union and many
tIa tor,