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i - " - - . : vo 58. tSs'OUT? if si Congress- w0 w Fin n jut to tfc Hardest :in Many Years. Dark I . Ar. this c-naiu i convea-;-iv. and the hard- f;i;1.n ''- .W!i(,t. ! Wilh , an lidate ! , .... p, owU-onic ,,-MimI. Varied ciniii 1 ''' May ,Ull vv. i'.at" the tile out- stni( :id varied k,ive ar etes and x. to the is :Mi! i-ntMiidates Cook iiits and n inferences : ': this atter- iris tii1 con ueiieraily 1 reacli f bailots 1 emitii- Will number '. ri.r- result :.- i-.ilioting in the I : nance ot : -;;ue.s. If :. :s iiii the it would ; i.- i .1" best filiation. '. .- m v.ill delegates a few -::-t it may 1 1 1; :: llti i delega- 1 f ;i split it 'hcir three ut. the reported I'-trce the in. This . It such ' a bitter v:t rud will 'r;nanent '.;":nooii I f talked of ;. n. Shaw, i Mr. J. H. :ii i ive the muddled to a long the sit '. - ; o hold '''"uberland ' i is well : '1 and a " i v,- hciurs ' - -ni- to v. 'V.I for any leave .-' mi. God-b- impos ; '".:nberland early ' 1 to God- ' Patterson. M:' probably - titade by - '.'.e oilier is based vt-s friends in their -''iid Cum- ibunswick the race ' ' different "ear each : r. struggle : --ar about : to leave :: ;;; t would Should ' " '-sible his -dr.. should "-stilt in a and God '' the fideli--'A-n, while a "!s.;ed. The 1 candidate approaches. :"ia and by n of events d. Colonel be chair- 1 ' T , ,- 'Cert in the ar- IliP v. 0 flock tomor- been changed from noon, so delegates arriv- lug uu Liie mmaay irains can be on hand at the onenine- thp Chairman Geo. L. Morton will call the a j , . i cuuveuuuu tu oraer, wnen organiza tion will be perfected. It is expected that the attendance from all the dis trict will be the largest ever seen be fore at a congressional convention. Delegates and visitors alike will be greatly disappointed if the candidates don't keep up a close race for a long time. As near as I can gather now the ap proximate strength of each of the can didates is about as follows: Patterson 59 Brown 54 Cook 39 Godwin 47 Patterson gains his strength from the 49 votes of Robeson, 5 from Bladen and o from New Hanover. Brown it is said, will get about 11 votes from New Hancer, 33 from Co lumbus and 10 from Bladen. Cook will receive 34 votes from Cumberland and 5 from Bladen. Godwin gets 10 from New Hanover, 13 from Brunswick and 2i from Har nett. These figures are based 011 the fol lowing approximate votes of each of the counties, which are believed to be very near correct, as far as can be as certained at this time, though it is ad mitted the arrival of a large number of delegates later may change them a good deal. A fair estimate of New Hanover's vote is considered to be about 11 for Brown, 3 for Godwin and 3 for Pat terson and 1 for Cook. Columbus has instructed for Brown. Cumberland has instructed, for Cook. Bladen vote will be divided about as follows: 10 for Brown, 5 for Patterson and 5 for Cook. Robeson will start off, it is almost certain, solid for Patterson. Brunswick and Harnett have in structed for Godwin. iCe'w Hanover is coming in for quite a great deal of harsh criticism as the result of the convention held there to name delegates to this convention. It seefs to be the widely prevalent opin ion that one-man power was exerted and that the minority had no voice though the deelgates were appointed bv the chairman and a committee named by him, it is believed that each candidate received about his approxi mate strength and it is felt that the harsh criticism is unwarranted. STRIKE AT HOPE MILLS Oneratives of Cotton Mills Quit Work Recause of Employment of Italians, j Company Claims That Lack of Home Labor Made Such a Step Necessary. (Special to The Messenger.) Fayetteville, N. C July 25 Yester day the hands of Hope Mills No. 2. of the Hope Mills Manufacturing com pany, went on strike, followed by the operatives of the three other mills of the system this morning and all four factories -are shut down. The grievance of the force is that Italians were brought here by the company to work at the looms. On the part of the com pany it is argued that labor was impos sible to nrocure here, the machinery of often lying idle and the importation of these workmen was a necessity. On the part of the operatives, the bringing of foreign labor was resented as the importation of foreigners, with difier ent religious modes of life, customs, habits, etc., was detrimental, besides curtailing opportunities for employ ment for home people. Up to this hour there are no disturo ances but the company has called on Sheriff Marsh to have deputies in read iness should trouble occur. The Hope Mills Manufacturing c-om-panv runs four splendidly equipped mills with the best of machinery ani turning out a high grade of goods, it has always bore the reputation of treating its force well, and paying good prices for labor. This is uoc a strike for higher wages. m p at xcp- bnve 110 information that the strike at Hope Mills is endcu on the contrary the operatives were ou at last accounts. Your reporter phoned to Hope Mills late this afternoon and was told that there were no new a? velopments. The strike up to this houi is not off. TO ARREST FETP1STS Posse of S00 Men Summoned to Effect Their Capture. Brinkley, Ky., July 25. Much ex citement prevails here as a result of the order by Judge Gardener of :he countv court, summoning a posse ot 300 men to bring in a party of teua ists. dead or alive, from Beaver Creek. As a final warning to the mountaineers sheriff Havs left Hinchman today tor Beaver Creek where certain members of tlie Hall and Martin families, under indictment on the charge ot muru-.. have been defying the authorities for some time. rw.L-' The Halls are at the home of Dick Hall Wvatt Martin is hiding in the mountains with fifty well armed men Both leaders are surrounded by annea mountaineers and if the sheriff at tempts to make any arrests a ngnt i expected. Date for Hearing Divorce Suit Fixed. Paris, Julv 25. The court has defi nitely decided that the hearing of the mit of Countess Anna DeCastellane against her husband Count Boni. for divorce, shall be heard October 17 or October 24. if the parties are not ready on the first date mentioned. The hearing of the suits of the count's creditors in which they are seeking to hold the countess liable for the obligations incurred by the Count is fixed the same days. AVIXMINGTON X. CASK AdAlXST MRS. HAKTJE Attempt to Discredit One or Defend an's Witnesses Lively Tilt Between Judge and Handwriting Expert. Pittsburg, Pa., July 25. Counsel for Augustus Hartje today renewed at tempts to discredit the testimony of one of Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje's wit nesses, Mrs. Blanche Ashby, the col ored domestic who lived in the Hartje home, and to prove that she had ad- miI.J V.. 1 1 jjt . . "" mat sue naa oeen promised $ 100 if she .would make the deposition to th effect that Clifford Hooe, the negro coachman, never had slept in the spare room at the Hartje house when Mr. Hartje was away. Several witnesses who live in Washington, D. C, testi fied that Mrs. Ashby had told them she had Ihd in her deposition anl that she had been promised money tor doing so. All these witnesses were put on in rack of cross-examination by Mrs. Hartje's chief counsel, Attorney John M. Freeman, and some of them contra dicted themselves in several instances. Mrs. Ashby was in court all day. A lively tilt between Judge Robtrrs Frazier and Prof. W. A. Drake, the Chicago handwriting expert, who is testifying on Augustus Hartje's side of the case, enlivened the proceadmgs today. Judge Frazier interrupted the examination of the expert by the at torney and asked several pertinent questions. The expert held his ground and differed with the court in regard to the characteristics of certain words and letters. The hearing of the conspiracy charges against Augustus Hartje, John and Clifford Hooe. the colored coach man now in jail on the charge of per jury in connection with the divorce case has been postponed for one week from today. CHARGED WITH MURDER Ex-Sheriff of Wake County Exonerat ed, it Being Proved to Have Been an Accident Corporation Commission Xot Ready to Report on Railroad Accident at Hamlet. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, X. C, July 25 Ham T. Jones, ex-sheriff of Wake county, was today exonerated of the charge of murder of a negro man, Vest, on the 3rd or July, in the country not far from Raleigh. It was proven accident al and the warrant was dismissed. There is still no report or statement to be given to the public by the corpor ation commission concerning the nead on collision which, occurred near Ham let last Sunday evening, resulting in such death and injury. Information which was expected this evening will not be obtainable until some time tomorrow. Nearly two scora pages f typewritten evidence are to be gone through with. There is no inti- mation whatever is to the findings of the commission. Seaboard Air Line passenger train No. 38, due in Raleigh at 11:20 this morning came in at 4:40 this afternoon, being detained again by a reported wreck in the third division beyond Atlanta. As the engineer started from the union station shed here, the in jector refused to work on the engine and a yard engine had to pull the train from its place for repairs. Right Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, bishop of North Carolina, today or dained in Raleigh Rev. Samuel Hanff to the priesthood of the Episcopal church. Dr. I. McK. Pittinger, recto: of the church of the Good Shepherd, and five other priests of the Episcopal church assisted in the services. Cook With Gas It pays in many ways it i clean. ALLEGED MURDERER CAPTURED F. J. Constantine Arrested on Cliarge of Killing Mrs. L- A. Gentry Xo Motive for Crime Has Ever Been Discovered. Chicago, July 25. Frank J. Con stantine, the alleged murderer of Mrs. t .miiw a r:pntr- at her home. 582 La- Salle Avenue Januarv 6, last, is under arrest in Poughkeepsie, X. Y- osnized by a woman who once lived auuir a muuw w r?" in the apartment building in which suading them not to believe in the go -the murder was committed. She re- menLregarding the question but to ported to the police authorities at await its settlement by parliament. Poughkeepsie that the man was Con- Several members also undertook jour stantine and he was at once arrested, neys to the interior of Russia with the Sheriff Hoffman of Dutchess county, object of supporting agitation their ap X. Y.. telegraphed to the local police j pearance being followed by renewed that he was holding Constantine, say- djgoj-edhs. pogroms and strikes. All ing that the prisoner did not deny his name, but claiming that he was a broth er of Frank J. Constantine. Letters, cards and papers found in the posses sion of the man all bore the name of Constantine. The murder of Mrs. Gentry was one of the series of was committed brutal crimes whicn in this city early in the year. Xo motive for the crime had ever been discovered. Constan tine and Mrs. Gentry were alone in the apartment at the time. She died without being able to utter a word and no trace of Constantine was ever dis covered after he had left the building. Constantine was seen by a number of people to run from the building but with the exception of the proprietor of a hat store nobody is known to have seen him since he left the building A" W. Gentry, the husband of Mrs. Gentry who is a prosperous business man offered large rewards tor tne ar- rest of Constantine and numerous men ances Qf yesterday two Jews were kill were arrested in various parts of the seventeen were wounded and twen country but alt of them were later ven shop3 were wrecked. General released. nrirorieff. the Drefect of Odessa caused HOSPITAL. FUND BENEFIT Tomorrow night at the Casino. Mn sic. dancing, tableaux. Admission 75 cents. Excellent vocal talent secured. C, JTJIA" 27. ly06 EVIL MY PUT OFF Conditions Not Ripe For Upheaval. an DC RE Lower House Overstepped All lim its of the Law General Strike l,tIoiied Until Coun ty Less Prepared l'aiers Con- tabling Most Provocative Articles Against Jew: and Revolutionist i Scattered in Streets of Mosidw. lawlessness in Some Section As suming Alarming Proiortion Kob- nenes ana Daring Thefts Occurrence. of Daily St. Petersburg July 23. Though it is difficult to obtain a true picture of the conditions in the interior during the embargo that has been put upon press dispatches, all indications point more and more to the postponement of the threatened strike until the govern ment shall be less, and the country more, prepared for such an event; un til the harvest is finished and the rev olutionary movement develops spon taneously among the idle peasantry. What news has been received from the provinces today indicates that con ditions are scarcely ripe, except in the famine districts, for an unheaval. The strategists of the revolutionary coun cils are laboring with the hot heads to induce them to defer the call for a gen eral strike until it can come as a sup plement; to the movement already un der way A definite decision will be reporte4Ljvithin a day or two. The demand of the constitutional demo cratic deputies, many of whom, after having collected arrearage of salaries have started homewara, ure caucusing industriously; but their importance has gone, neither the government nor the revolutionists paying much attention to the former dominant party in the lower house of parliament. The gov ernment, indeed, has not abandoned its efforts to enlist moderates in the cabinet. Premier Stolypin tonight authorized the official St. Petersburg agency to issue the following statement to the foreign press; "From the very first days of its ex istence the lower house of parliament overstepped all the limits of law. In its reply to the speech from the throne, modification of the fundamental was demanded in the shape or the suppres sion of the council of the empire and the creation of a responsible cabinet. By its agragrian progranl, based on the expropiration of land, the house raised hopes that could not be realized and weakened the respect for property of others, already enfeebled. In the speeches of its members the house con sistently discredited the government which It ever accused of organizing pogroms and disorders. By sending a deputation to Bialstock it openely as pired to executive power. "Fourteen deputies appealed to the people, inciting disorders, a step which called forth no expression or disappro bation from the house. In the last moment of Its existence the house de clared that the government had acted ilegally in explaining to the popula- Hon the nature of the agragrian pro i 1 i. l r -1 AMArA ject propose! uy libeii. aim ut-viuc-u tnese causes necessitated the decision to dissolve the house. Warsaw, July 25 Colonel Salama toff of the Gendarmerie, was stabbed to death here today. Salamatoff who was assistant to the : chiet 01 genaarmes 01 n;e . Warsaw, had been active in the repres sive measures. He was walking on Mokotowska street at about noon when he was attacked by two men who tabr-ed him several times and then as the colone Isank down dying, walk ed quickly away in different directions without the spectators trying to stay then. lawlessness here is assuming alarm ing proportions. Daring thefts anJ robberies with violence are of daily oc currences. The poilce maintain a pas sive attitude. Odessa, July 25. During the aisturv stringent measures to be taken by the military to protect the lives and pro perty of all classes. Milan, Russia, July 25. Remplen I OR MIS FIRM Castle, situated near Tukum. one of the finest and most ancient in Courland. is in ruins. Armed revolutionists are asain in possession of surrounding country. Two columns of troops are advancing respectively from the east and west. Moscow, July 25. Tens of thousand of copies of the Vlrehe a Black Hand paper, containing the most provocative articles against the Jews and revolu tionists are being distributed gratis In the streets. An article describing how a meetng of "Russian patriots received the news of the dissolution of parlia ment" says the "True sons of the Father Land fell on each others' necks and wept tears of joy." An editorial glorifies the disposal of the "revolutionary assembly of Jews and Jewish sympathizers" adding: "The prayers of the people have at last found an echo in the heart cf th emperor. Ame ithodox Russians." "Take care that the next parliament is not an assembly of Jews and revo lutionists, but a state institution will ing to work in harmony with the auto cratc emperor and he fundamental law. True Russians will nor understand that the only object of parliament was the downfall of Russia. Sons of th- father land rejoice in your victory, but remember that the Jewish hydra has a hundred heads and that many heads vet remain to be cut off." PALM A P 1;DON s TUF.M The Three American Imprisoned on Isle of Piui s Itcleaed With th Promise That Th-y Will Xot operate Any More Private Telegraph Lines. Havana. Julv 2 5. President Pal ma this evening pardoned Miss Millie Brown. L. C. Olltner and William Au gustine. Americans residing, in. tne Isle of Pines and a message was im mediately fc-ent by wireless telegraph, ordering iheir release. Th pardon is the outcome of efforts of Charge d Affaires Sleeper, who obtained the promise of Secretary of Justice O'Far rill. to recommend clemency if the trio would promise not to again violate the American military order prohibiting private telegraph wires. Mr. Sleeper communicated with the prisoners by wireless telegraph and all replied: "Certainly, we authorize you to secure our pardon and promise not to violate military order Xo. 50." Upon the presentation of this reply Secretary O Farrill prepared an ordT for the pardon which was discussed at this evening's cabinet meeting with th result that President Palma gave St his signature. In the meanwhile th mayor of Xueva Corona tele graphed, to Havana that he had extended tW. hos pitality of his home to Miss Brown but that he had declined, pending the arrival of her parents tomorrow from Havana. Her mother, who arrived here this week from the United States, said tonight that she would insist on paying the fine imposed cn Miss Brown on the ground that she could not per mit her daughter to be used by Ameri can revolutionists for the purposv of creating sympathy with their cause Will Not Make Politcal Sixeehes in Pennsylvania. Oyster Bay.. L. I., July 2 5. Presi dent Roosevelt is not to make any po litical beeches in Pennsylvania thU fall. To correct an Impression that h Is to speak in Pittsburg and Philadel phia in support of the republican state ticket. Secretary Loeb today explained that the president some time ago had promised to make a spech at Harris burg, October 1st. when the new stato capitol building i to be dedicated. He has also promised to speak at the York county fair at York. Pa., on tlo same day. Neither of these speeches will be political in character. New Indictments Asrbist I,alor lender Chicago, July 25. New indictments were today made by the irrand jury against Cornelius P. Shea, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and forty two other labor leaders and officials, thirty one of which were indicted when Shea was indicted a year ago. The new indict ments supersede the old ones which were found at the conclusion of the great teamsters strike last year. Twenty-seven counts are brought in the in dictments, the burden of them being conspiracy to injure the trade of a number of the largest business houses in the city as wel las that of all the ex press copanies Owners or labelled Steamer Give Bond. VorfnU- Va . .lulv 25. In the United States court today the owner.- of th Norwegian steamy Guernsey, which vessel was-libelled by the United States government for colliding with the Par - tleship Rhode Island at Newport NVws. furnished a bond of SC. 000. with th American Surety and Trust Company of New otK. surety. ine same,. which had been In the custody f the Marshal was released. The el iim of the government for the damages in- fiicted to the Rhode Inland Is a:iht!y in excess of $5,300. The ra.e will bo tried by Judge Waddill probably In the fall. Charged With Attempt to poison. Meridian, Miss.. July 23th. Anna Nolan, her daughter. Blanny Blanks, and the lattrs husband, were held to the grand jury at Lauderdale Springs today charged with putting rough on j rats into the coffee served to the Spring hotel guests yesterday. The victims of the poisoned coffee are out of danger. Killed in Ball Game. Macon, Ga. Jury 25 A special frorr. Dublin. Ga.. says: "V. H. Williams, a brother of G. H 'William., member of the Georgia .house of representatives from Laurer. i county was killed in a ball game at iSopterton this afternoon. He wa catcher and a pitched ball hit him in the breast. He died almost Instantly. i S1.UO PER YEAR A SENSATIONAL TALE Mrs. Crans Believes Thaw is Insane TELLS OF BIS BRUTALITY Brought The Girl From Paris to New York TheXelU Llin- in I In. m! in inri" Tliau the lriiiripal teller l'nn Thrui Mr. .blt r.je t-t From Hon by TIium During Terri ble Ito -Ml--. -lu arrli! IlniK I n Wot ol by Thau lix Lrvl Her Intention of Ilringinc Mill for llreaeh of ProniUe. New York,July 25-Tho evening Worn today published an interview with Mis Anna Crane, a masaus. of thU city whose statement was taken jesterd i; by an assistant district attorney !or possible use in the Thaw case. Accord ing to the World interview M: Craa who is about 50 years oM, was heat t" Paris by Stanford White in i, in resiionse to appeals from Mrs. Nesbit, (now Mrs. Holman) Kv.Iyu Nesblu - mother and brought the young worn.. a back to New York. Miss Crano is quoted as saying that she knew Mi. Nesbitt and her mother went ahroii m 11)04 and were followed to Pari bv Harry K. Thaw. Mr. White then mii: for her, told her that ho had receive I several communications from Mr.-. Hol man and asked her to go to Pans an i straighten matters out. .When she arrived in Paris, Mi Crane said, she louud tho Nesbitts liv ing in a beautiful apartment near ih Champs Elyses and that Thaw had been the principal caller upon MUi Nesbit. "The day before I go, there." sii l Miss Crane, "a terrible vow had takea place and Mrs. Nesbit had been put ut of the apartment by Thaw, who ace! like a maniac. Mrs. Nesbit was nearly destitute a.:;d but for th timely nr jrival of a woman newspaper wilter. who had gone abroad with the Nesblts. and been left behind in Indon. s'i would never have got bak to Iu United States. The newspaier woma;; aided Mrs. Nesbit with her own money Miss Crane said that Mhi Neb.i be gged her to remain and sal i the was afraid Thaw would kill her (Miss Nc bit). The succeeding event.", said Mis Crane, were the most dlstreslng t-h-ever experienced. She declared her b -lief that Thaw was a lunatic and said that Miss Nesbit al believed bo i? that time. Miss Crane said that Mls Nesbit showed to her hrules on her back and arms which Miss Nosbit k Id were inflicted by Hi aw. Oa several occasions, when she was present, MUs Crane .said. Thaw tried to choke Mis Nesbit. Mis Crane asserted that h saw Thaw beat Miss Nesbit and th.r twice when Miss Crane intrfer-' i Thaw struck her a r.ow. He f sioke of Stanford White In a thr a: ing manner. Finally Thaw con " to allow Miss Nesbit to return to :. . York and they sailed after a via:' ar scene in London. On the way across the ocean, iald Miss Crane, Miss Nesbit declared .t r intention of bringing a suit for bre:.i of promise against Thaw and of charg ing him with assault. Whon th arrived in New York White's automo bile was awaiting them and M1R3 N bit went direct to White s offlco which. MiS3 Crane said, must hav bu by arrangement made by Mis Nesbit' mother. A family conference. -4" clared, ensued and several day la" Miss Nesbit went to the oCb-e of A. j H. Hummel, the lawyer and mad a ' statement concerning Thaw i-oaduc .Tne uit. Miss Crati- paid. wa3 to h-v j hin for 5o (, j C'ifJord W. Hartridge. of wunl fo' j H v K Thaw, announced t.-!ay Ih it nn-H,,n of inanifv will not ent'T nuestU into Thaw s defense. The lawyer de clared that Thaw "is averse to pm ng , r . . - j a an insane pern n and that any gestion in that direction made him in. patient. lu-nefit nerformfce iimHUTiM tiistit at t!e Ca-ino- InoetI in Ho-pitai I'uml IUcmt-t .Vurnlng Arute ilia--. Teheren. Persia. July 25. Political discontent here U again agamies an acute phase- The pojlr are demand ing the dismissal of the grand vizier, the return of the Mullahs and a codifi cation of the lawa. The Mullah who recently left the great 'mosque are now assembled at Kum, a great ShUh place of pilgrim age. There are now over T,) refu gees under the protection of the Brit ish legation here. BENEFIT CONCEUT Tomorrow night at tlw Calno. In strumental and tucal mu lancing. Tableaux. Admission 75 cmt. ii i