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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
CONFESSION SOLVES MYSTERY
Woman and Two Men Admit Having
Killed Charles Bennett.
TSnecial to The Times

WHEELING. w. VA, March 1s.-
Charles Cook. aged eighteen, and his
Joseph White. aged nineteen, are in
Jail here charged with the murder of
Charles Bennett young professional
man of this city.
Bennett was murdered last septem-
her on the lower point Of Wheeling
Island, and according to the remark
able confession Of the trio the crime
the annals of criminal history.
Bennett was killed by Miss Zane,
who had but recently made up with
the shore of the .ohio River. where
the three beat him to death and then
threw him into the river. The body
The confession cleared up the mystery.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
JUMPED DOWN SHAFT
Elevator Coming; Up Saved His Life.
Nun Crazed by LOSS of Position.

CHICAGO, ILIA, March lS.-George
B. MCGUIRE. who said he recently had
been manager OF the Park and DuVal
Hotels; at Jaeksonv lack Fla. ATTEMPTED
down an elevator shaft from the sew
enth floor OF the Auditorium Building.
He landed on an ascending car at the
fourth floor and was not injured seri-s
down the shaft with suicidal intent.
He was taken to the Harrison Street
Police Station. where he acted so
strangely that his lands and feet were
strapped to a chair to prevent himSfrom
trying again to end his life by buttings
his head against the walls OF his cell.
In explanation OF his despondency Me-
CURE said he had lost his good posi-
by physicians at the police station to-l
I1ov |rs sit- 4 /
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
BIG LUMBER PLANT AFIREI

aged-Firemen Have Narrow Escape.
WILMINGTON. N. c., March 1s.--A
special to tho Star tonight says that
the furniture factory Of Newberry
totally destroyed by fire Of unknown
origin o-night, together with a large
amount OF lumber on the yards, entail.
ing q loss Of more than $4,000, with
A. gale was blowing, and for a time
the whole town was in peril. One real
of the local fire department was cut cut
IN BY The rs,s f|ames and destroyed the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
FORMER STATE TREASURER
SENTENCED FOR FORGERY

LEXINGTON, KY. March 1S.-Walter
r. Day, State Treasurer under the brief
Republican reign OF Governor ". S.
Taylor. In 1900. was to-day sentenced
to serve one year In the penitentiary
for forging the name OF his uncle,
Floyd Day, to check for $4,000. Day
is a brother OF Carl Day, who. as a
member OF the Legislature. was author
of the bill, which became law, pro-
hibitinG the co-education OF the white
and black races In kentucky.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
SENATOR NII.AURIN'S IIINSMEN
KILLED BY UNKNOWN NEGR( {
IACKsoN. MISS. Mar.

JACKSON. MISS, March 1s,-An
wounded Baxter and Rufus Burns. at
Burns, Miss. late to-day. Both are
relatives OF United States Senator Me-
Laurin. of Mississippi, Governor Noel
county convict farm In pursuit. A
posse Of citizens Is assisting In the
search for the culprits. The cause Of
the shooting Is unknown.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
LEAVES HIS LARGE ESTATE
TO SISTER IN VIRGINIA

ST. LOUIS. MO-, March 1s.-The will
found to-day. bequeathes his estate,
estimated to be worth 100000, to his
sister, Mrs. j. A. Mccoy OF Berkley,
Va. Riley's closest friend. Murray
Carleton. millionaire, is named as
executor. Riley was assistant secre-
tary OF the Confederate Navy. 1t Is said.
and after the war was presented with
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
ANN ARBOR STUDENTS FINED
FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT

4. ANN ARBoR. MICH, March 1s.-
gan students and the city police has
continued since Monday nights riot
Two students We're arrested last night,
charged with stealing O cuspldor from
lhe COOK Hotel. The hotel manage
against the boys for larceny, but the
students We're brought into court new
.ertheless, charged with being drunk
ana and aiso,rderly, pleaded guilty. and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19

.LYNCHBURG. VA. March 1s.-The
city school. board has just completed
an insepction of all Of the pubIic
sfhool s1tnn buildings. and a number Of
made to make the buildings safer in
case OF fire. About the largest part or
the work will be the rearraiigement of
r. Inc % outside doors so the,. will open out.
.yansr IS 9Gileved the buildings here are
elsewhere ~ oe Aouuu
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
Why the Step Is Taken.

ATLANTA, GA. March 1s.-Follow-
ing a conference with President W. w.
Finley and other officials OF the South
ern Railway Company to-day, Assistant
to the President ]. S. B. Thompson said
that President Finlay had submitted a
statement to the Railroad Commission
stating why the deposits of the road
had been transferred to banks outside
of the State. Mr.. Thompson said that
this statement explains the Southern's
position. and will probably be made
public by the commission. Continuing.
he said .'The garnishment laws OF
Georgia are such that as soon as suit
is brought against our road an attor-
ney can issue an attachment and we
have to give bond for double the
amount to secure a release. We hava
have had our banking accounts tied
up, our rolling stock tied up, and our
duty as q common carrier interfered
with. It became necessary to. so far
as possible, remove this obstruction.s
and hence the action"
The garnishment laws Of Georgia per-
nit person living in a distant State
and injured in that State to attach the
funds of railroad in Georgia which
runs through both States.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
TEARS HOLE IN SHIPS STERN
Crown of CASTLE Runs Into Kron
PrInz Wilhelm During Fog.

CTOWN
NEW YORK, March lS.-Whiie the
great transatlantic liner Kron Trinz
Wilhelm, of the North German Lloyd
Line. lay at anchor in a thick fog OFF
Staten Island to-day, the steamer
tore hole more than ten feet In diam
eter in the overhanging stern. The
bow of the Crown of CASTLE penetrated
the stewards quarters on the Kron
Prinz Wilhelm to distance OF about
fifteen feet. but nobody was injured,
Water-tight doors on the hull of the
Kron Prinz Wilhelm We're promptly
closed. but 1t was quickly ascertained
that she had suffered no damage below
the water line, and after n walt Of
several hours for the fog to Tighten she
proceeded to her dock in Hoboken. She
had 396 passengers aboard.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
TRIES SUICIDE IN JAIL
Elijah Wright to He Tried for Murder
Attempts to XIII Him.eIf.

- n SpeciaI TO Tho Times Dispatch,I 77-8
CLINTWOOD, VA, March 1S.---
Elijah Wright, who is in Jail here
awaiting trial for the. killing of viii
liam Saphers.. ATTEMPTED last night IA
commit suicide by cutting his throat,
barely alive. Physicians were called.
and they say he. VIII probably live.
Circuit Court is In session here this
this morning, but cannot be brought IA
tha courthouse. y 7 lls 7a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
JOHN BoECK ARRESTED
Native of This state Chapged witt
~ LIlax, / --xrs

Native Of This Stntc Chnrgcd With
Theft of Jcwelry In New York.
Especial to The Times, Dispatch.l
NEW YORK, March 1S.-John Ed
ward Boeck. soldier Of fortune, clever
jewelry salesman and prospective die
tator OF the Chinese Empire, who skin
ped out OF New York last May, when
he found that he was to be indicted
Tor TO- stealing 100000 worth Of ,jewelry
in San Francisco
Boeck is thirty-eight years old, and
the son of a Polish scholar. who at
one time taught mining. and civil en-
gineering In the University of Virginia.
In which State Boeck was born.
He obtained the jewelry while nos
ing as a commission salesman,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
Killed by Roller Explosion.

Z Ft,oLKsT0N, |, 9. GA, March 1s.-Th,
blew up to-day, killing Mr., Moore. tn,
sproprietor, and seriously scalding thre,
other men. Mr.. Moore came here from
North Georgia q few Years ago, ant
was saas,s one Of the wealthiest men in TIL.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
TRAIN GOES THROUGH TRESTLE,
ig THREE PERSONS ARE ISIILEn

LAKELAND, FLA. March 1s.-A
through freight on the West Coast di-
wrecked near Lakeland to-day. "A gan
was burned In Il trestle, thronEh
which the engine, fell and a number i,
of cars We're deralled and demolished.
negroes. one a brakeman and the other
a tramp, were killed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
GET MONEY OUT OF GEORGIA
Southern Sends Orders to Agents to
Ship All Their Cash.

Ship All Their Cash.
MACON. GA. March 1s.-Orders from
headquarters of the Southern Railway
Company, at Washington have been
issued to all the railroads agents in
them out of the State immediately. AZ
the time the order was made the COM
pany is said to have had 100000 on
deposit in the State. and the daily re-
ceipts are estimated at S15o.000. The
railroad is in some litigation and it
was at first reported that this order
was intended to prevent the companS's
funds being attached in the State. An
other reported reason for 1t is that 1t
Is to avoid garnishment Of the COM
pany's funds by lawyers with damage
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19

Continued on Third Page.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
HEFL|N SCORES
BUCKET SHOPS
Says New York Cotton Ex-
change is the "Rottenest
on Earth
WANTS GAMBLERS
DRIVEN FROM POWER
Drastically Arraigns Theodore
Fl. Price, Saying That He Was
the Man Who Made the
Government Report
Tell a Lie to the
World.

wv WASHINGTON, D. c., March is.
In the course of discus
A/ sion of the cotton industry,
wv Mr.. Hefiin. of Alabama. in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19

Ew YORK. March 1s.-Miss
Helen Daenzer. who conducted
IL II school of instruction in em-
n broidery and other fine needle
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19

Maitre .-abori did not conclude his
presentation OF the case, and the hear
Ing will be continued March 25th.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-19
Mr.. Hull, Of Tennessee, Ex-
presses His Opinion Of
Republican Party.
ONLY LOVE QUARREL
WITH SWOLLEN WEALTH
Says President Cares Not for the
Constitution, Except to Have
It Follow Him on His Jour
ney to Paternalism-De-
clares Party Has No
Fixed Policies.

w WASHINGTON, D. c., March 1s
-"Drunk with power, the
\A/ Republican party has be-
come inert and inefficient.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

Camp Memo, Reelfoot Lake, Tenn, October 2S.-The blood of Capt. Quen- tin Rankin, which has been crying aloud for vengeance from the lonely hollow below Walnut Log for the past week, has at last heard an echoing cry, and justice. it seems, is about to gather into it's hands the assassins.
 Within one week from the time the soldiers of Tennessee, under personal direction of Gov. M. B. Patterson. spread their tents in the heart of the night rider district, evidence of the most con- vincing and dama ging nature has been unearthed, and tonight there is ample reason to believe that possibly dozen men under guard in Camp Memo will I sttissssgIc at ~thes-epd of rope.
 Frank Ferriner has confessed and has implicated 10 to 2 men now in custody. He gives names and it is understood went into full details.
 It is gathered on reliable authority that he will be taken for safekeeping at once either to Nashville, Memphis or Jackson, with the probility that he will go to Nashville.
 Today and tonight Ferriner has been carefully guarded in an isolated tent. Ferriner's confession came after a long gruelling examinat tion in Colonel Ta- tum's tent last night which lasted three hours. Governor Patterson in person probed the witness and his ques- tions were most searching. Evidence is developing daily in a most satisfactory degree and the governor expressed him self tonight as highly pleased with what has been brought out.
 Strong Evidence.
 We are getting some mighty strong evidence" he said, and I am conf dent we will discover this marauding band and secure convictions"
 Besides Ferriner, four other men are guarded in separate tents tonight They are Tom Johnson of Horn beak, alleged to be one of the night rider captains his cousin, Garrett Johnson of Spout Springs, also alleged to be captain of the crew Will Watson, captured yes terday, who is under indictment in Lake county for whipping old man Wynne, and Fred Pinion and a man named Thorne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
DAVID B. HILL PREDICTS
 PANIC OF REPUBLICANS
Explosion h1 GadSden
 Strez0S Death and Ruin
One Man Is Dead Another Missing and Many Are Injured While Twenty-fom Houses Are Destroyed and Almost Every Window In City Is shattered-Fire Causes Ex
 posion Of Dynamite Magazine At Hammond Mines

Gadsden, October 2S-(SpeciaL)-One man dead, one missing, one dying and four injured are some of the results of 8 dynamite explosion at the Hammond mines seven blocks from the business section of the city shortly before o'clock tonight. So terrific was the explosion that almost every plate glass front in Gadsden is broken and fragments of costly win dows strew the pavements. Twentyfour miners houses in the vicinity of the place where the explosion occurred are leveled to the ground and others in the vicinity are damaged.
 Dead:
 Henry Keil, Rome, Ga, employed by the A. & J. Manufacturing Co.
 Fatally injured: Jake Loman, member Gadsden fire department, leg broken; in ternal injuries.
 Others injured more or less seriously: Mack Terrell, member fire department Gus Woodliff, chief fire department, scalp wound.
 Missing: Arthur Hood.
 Magazine Expodes.
 Shortly before o'clock ire broke out in a dwelling located near the mine mag azine. The mines are on Tuscaloosa street An alarm was turned in to the department and the entire equipment was taken out, including about 40 firemen.
 Arriving at the scene preparations were made to throw water on the blaze. While the firemen and hundreds of spectators crowded around the burning building gazing upon the spectacular fire there was binding flash of fire which pierced the heavens. Then came a terrific shock which hurled everyone from their feet to the ground
 Debris, hurled high in the air, fell to the earth and amid the wild confusion came the cries of men, women and chill dren. For fully a minute after the ex- plosion pieces of rock continued to fall from the heavens, threatening the lives of those who were now hurrying from the scene.
 Members of the fire company standing within 50 feet of where the explosion occurred, were hurled for distances rang
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
DIFFICULTIES IN WAY OF
 MARKING HEROES' GRAVES

the individual graves were somewhat carelessly marked. Some years ago a railroad desired to run its tracks through the cemetery, and was given permission to do so, provided it would reinter the bodies in the western part of Green Lawn cemetery at Indianapolis. In making the reinterment no records were kept and the bodies were damned, two or three in a. single opening. Not even the names of the bodies were preserved. As the re- suit there can be no Individual marking General Oates wants authority to erect a simple shaft upon which shall be in scribed the names and commands of all the soldiers buried in the spot
 There are a number of other instances like this throughout the country" said General Oates, "but we have been able to do much work. At Camp Chase, near Columbus, O., are the graves of 22So Con federates, and these have been carefully marked. Senator Foraker, who intro duced the bill providing for the marking of these graves, was painstaking in the matter when he was governor of that state It was by his order that the ceme- teryl where the Confederates were buried was cleaned of unsghtly weeds and brush"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

ing from p to more than 100 feet. Miners had been drawing explosives from the storehouse during the day and 1t is not definitely known how much dynamite was in the building at the time of the dis aster
 After the explosion terror reigned in the city, women cried and screamed on the streets. Glass was shattered d thrown to the sidewalks, while ir 2 houses plastering was loosened f. 1e walls. a
 Mnay believed that an earthq . had occurred and it was some Ii ! sfore many of the people could be Id.
 Chief woodliff Tstep
 A. w woodiff, chief of eSS iadsden fire department when seer 0 Q the ex- plosion, said Ic S
 'I was preparing to lother line of hose to the fire and looking d- rectly into the burning Hiding. Sud denly there was a flash and I felt myself carried from my feet and thrown to the ground. I did not realize what had hap pened and did not know for several min utes that I was injured. It Is miraculous that dozen of people were not killed for they crowded about the fire so closely that we could scarcely pass through with the line of hose"
 Several men had their clothing torn from their backs. Keil. who was killed, was directly in front of the place where the dynamite was stored and stones passed entirely through his body. Several minutes after the explosion, when as- sistance arrived, he was picked up in a dying condition.
 Hood Missing.
 Arthur Hood, about 19 years of age, was standing near Keil and he cannot be found tonight It is feared that he was blown entirely away
 Chief Woodliff was 40 or 50 feet from the place where the dynamite was stored and was struck on the head by a piece of debris, but was not seriously injured. His clothing was torn into shreds.
 Several persons, men, women and chii- dren, who were spectators, were injured more or less, but owing to the fact that they went or were carried to the homes of friends near the scene of the disaster the full extent of their injuries cannot be learned and their names cannot be se- cured at this time
 There was between 150 and 800 pounds of dynamite stored in the magazine.
 The Hammond ore mines belong to the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron com pany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
FULL DINNER PAIL
 NOW QUITE EMPTY

Rennsalaer, N. r., October 2S-A large crowd including many men employed in the division roundhouse of the New York Central road, stood in heavy downpour of rain to hear w. J. Bryan speak. As MT Bryan mounted the platform a work man held up a dinner pail and shouted: Hello, Bill! Here's an empty dinner pail"
 The crowd cheered. MT. Bryan devoted himself exclusively to a discussion of the labor question.
 Styles seem to have changed, he re- marked "They are not wearing the din- ner pail so full as they used to. and they seem to be so much smaller than they were. and yet the same par Y al Is, ceived the laborng men wieh abe full dinner pail eight years ago is trying to deceived them now with the threat of a panic Unfortunately for the republican party the people are so absorbed in the thoughts of the panic they now have that another panic"
 That, however, he said, was not the reason why the republicans faced the election with consternation and fright. "The republican party" he declared mas no plan that looks to the relief Of the people on any question, and they cannot we'll present plan for relief because, having been in power for 12 years, they are responsible for the very things from which the people need relief"
 MT. Bryan called attention to the four Iabor nropositions in the Denver platform and referring to MT. Taft's opposition to the trial by jury in cases of indirect contempt, said that several years ago Senator Cullom presented the petition Of 800 900 men asking for such law. MT Bryan denied that it was an attack on the judiciary to ask for such Jurles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
HANGING IN STORE FOR
 MORE THAN DOZEN MEN

About 2S additional prisoners were brought in today Most of them are wanted as witnesses, but three who were apprehended are regarded as important witnesses.
 On the arrival at camp tonight of Major Rogan and his detachment bringing eight or ten prisoners, Governor Patterson con- ducted court of inquiry in his tent. examining singly those brought in. The examination lasted several hours. It is believed that more important evidence was elcited.
 The total arrests, including todays roundup, since the troops arrived here is S5 and of this number it is alleged that a half or one-third belong to the night riders band.
 Sheriff Dawson of Dyer county and Ernest Rice. special deputy and a squad of men left here this morning for Tip tonvlle to take Tod Burton from the jail there to Union City. Rumors have reached Camp Memo that an effort may be made to lynch Burton but Sheriff Haines of Lake county. who is here, thinks no such effort is likely.
 Important Arrest.
 Burton is the first man arrested on the arrival of the troops here one week ago. He is charged with being implicated :n the whipping of Squire c. Wynne of Lake county some months ago, and &C., cording to the confession attributed to him he is a member of the night riders clan
 Maj. J. Bright Horton, leading a de- tachment of soldiers sent out this morn ing, returned to camp late today having in charge James M. Brice, editor of the Troy News Banner. MT Brice was inn mediately ordered released. as it was clear that mistake had been made. MT. Briee is not only a ldw-abiding citizen of his town but one of the best known newspaper men in West Tennessee, and has relentlessly and fearlessly denounced night riderism ever since it appeared in this section. Colonel Tatum gave out a statement to the effect that the arrest of Brice was the result of misunder- standing of orders. Colonel Tatum added that there could be no possible motive for the arrest of MT. Brice in view of the strong stand his newspaper has taken for law and order and Colonel Tatum's statement closed with:
 T do not censure Major Horton, be. cause my verbal order to him was capa- ble of misconstruction. I feel that the fault was mine and I make this state ment in common justice to Colonel Brice."
 Editor Brice returned to his home at Troy tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
Fine Horses Sold.

Lexington, Ky, October 2S.-The second day of the McGrathiana stud dispersal sale proved even more satisfactory than the first, 142 brood mares and weanlings bringing a total of $27,72O an average of $195. Nearly one-half of the list remains to be sold, and already the total re- ceived, $4S,42O has exceeded the amount originally expected by Col. Milton Young, the owner. Canadian money again was strongly in evidence today. Barney Schreiber of Missouri also was a heavy buyer. The highest price was s1100, paid by T. c. Mcdowell for the mare Imp. Elf
 --~~~~~~~~-~~~-~~~~ MT. Mack said that instead of leaving for Chicago tonight, as he had intended. he would remain at the local headquarters until Sunday night, and would then de- part for his home in Buffalo. The na- tional chairman will be in his home city early Tuesday morning and leaving aft erward for this city, will receive the re- turns of the election at the New York headquarters. MT. Mack said that MI. Bryan had received remarkable demon- strations on his trip upstate today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS

Page 1. state. Taft meeting in New York city is en- thusastic. Fearful result of Gadsden explosion. Hanging in store for night riders. Agreement made to deliver Mormon vote.
 Page 2. Jonesboro couple in Gretna Green. County amendment to be discussed Castro has sent note to Holland
 Page 3. Fitzgerald is elected captain. Alabama free of night riders.
 Page 4. Editorial comment.
 Page 5. Ladies celebrate prohibition anniversary. Kettig certain of great success. More arguments for new county.
 Page 6. Democratic club work complete.
 Page 7. Birmingham society. Feminine fancies by Dolly Dalrymple.
 Page 8. Valuable wcrk for pure food law. Paper trust supporting Taft.
 Page g. Curtis is trying to desert Morse.
 Page 10. Fine exribit oi farm products.
 Page il. Stocks decline under selling pressure. Cotton goes up few ro.nts. Wheat declines on better weather.
 Page 12. A word fr1fn MT Pryar. Connors is sure Bryan will win