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GUARANTEED. THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE CITY USE THD NEWS and REACH THE PEOPLE. 1 1 A N YOU CANNOT COVER CHARLOTTE WITHOUT USING THE NEWS. THE WEATHER: Fair Tonight and Saturday. VOL. XXIII. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1902. NO. 5344 EST WAR GAME OH EARNEST TtllS The WhiteSquadron Off Rock port is On the Qui Vive For the Blue ANXIOUS AND READY FOR THE CONFLICT The Dispatch Boat Was Sent Ashore Early This Morning But Since That Time Noth ing Has Been Heard From the Defending Fleet ' K .i -v Port, Mass., Aug. 22. Admiral Vinson sent a launch with dis- ii pau to the wharf at 5 o'clock this nurniiig but since then there has been ii j communication with the battleships Iv. ;.!.arge, Massachusetts and Alaba ma, whnh remain in line east of Theaohers Island. Tli3 scout boats are still at sea. The n')t was cloudy, but after sunrise , right for a time, when a thick haze settled ever the shore and the town. It is only a land fog, however, and there is liui? chance of the "enemy" break ing through the defending line without being discovered. Washington, Aug. 22. The naval war game which off the New Engla'nd coast contemplates the practical solu tion of a problem based on the supposi tion that this Government and that of Great Britain were at war and that the latter was attempting to strike a blow at soma vulnerable point on the coast, establish a base of supplies, perhaps land thousands of troops later and be gin an advance on Boston, Portland or Newport. The. supposition at present is that England declared war against the Uni ted States four weeks ago and started a fleet across the Atlantic, touching first at Halifax for coal and supplies. England, it is assumed, would proceed on the theory that the United States could not afford to concentrate her most powerful vessel at any one point cn the coast and thus leave others ex posed, and therefore that her squadron can whip the American fleet off New England, land under cover of its guns and hold a base of supplies until the army is rushed from Halifax and else where. Briefly, the English fleet is believed to be making for some point between Cape Cod on the south and Portland on the north, and it is thfc purpose of the United States ships to meet it on the ocean and prevent a landing. Fictitious values are, of course, given the two fleets. Commander Pillsbury, yho is supposed to command the Brit ish or '-white" fleet', has but three ships while Admiral Higginson, commander of the American or "blue" fleet, has a squadron of 21, including torpedo boats. Technically the contest is known as a search problem. According to the hypothesis of the game the re spective strength of the two fleets is as 4o to 102, the blue, represented by Ad miral Higginson, being the superior to the latter extent. If Commander Pills bury can succeed in making a landing or six hours without being confronted ' a superior force, dispatched by the Aumhal, the attacking or British fleet wins. The torpedo boats 4 are to repre sent scouts for the, purpose of convey ing information to the commander of tne blue. Hampton Beach, N. H., Aug. 22 karly this forenoon three stacked ves sel, apparently torpedo boats, were observed six miles at sea, patrolling the coast. They -made three trips be tween Portsmouth and Hampton River. DISMISSAL FROM Declares That if Justice is Not Granted Him in Italy, He Will Make His Future Home in the United. States RCTVII.. K -.r ! fnr ' rtU&- signor iviascagm, , ; J1 autnor and director, says 4rr i s m tne courts nls dismissal Pr i u' 'rectorship of Rossini Con- hime-(leciares if Justice is not granted ne Will abandon Ttol,r nnA lira in MORNING MASCAGKI WILLFIGHT ROSI erica. TWO FOREIGN NOTABLES NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH WHILE GRATIFYING THEIR CRAZE FOR AUTOMOBILING Sultan of Morrocco Has a Narrow Brush With the Other World Near Fez and Nearly Col lapses From Fright While Sir Thomas Succeeds in Smashing His Cranky Old Machine Into Splintering Wood in London rrs . i angier, Aug. 22. The Sultan of Morrocco, while out automobiling to day was badly scared. Near Fez the chaff eur lost control of the machine, and it dashed into'a stone wall. It was going very fast and to that the Sultan owes his life. ROYALTY GOES VISITING TODAY. On the left is King Emanuel III of Italy, in the center his mother, the the right Emperor William of Germany. King Victor and his mother left will visit the Emperor of the Germans. TO SELL FAMQU GALLERY - HOSPITAL Italy to Dispose of Institution That Holds Canova's Hebe and the Gobelin Tapestry to a Hungarian Merchant Rome,, Aug. 22. The municipal coun cil for Central Italy has decided to sell the art gallery and build a hospital with the proceeds. The gallery includes the Gobelin tapestry and Canova's statue of Hebe. A Hungarian merchant has offered 22,000 francs for the gallery. COTTON MEN CHANGE BASE. Mr. Hartmann Leaves Sanders, Orr & Co. Other Changes. Mr. Charles Asbury of this city, has secured a position with the Mayodan Mills in Rockingham county as cotton buyer. He will begin his new duties the first of September. Mr. Asbury is a very competent .cotton man and the Mayo dan mill is to be congratulated on securing his services. Mr. George Hartman who has been with Sanders, Orr & Co., for the past 13 years, will, the first of September, em bark in the cotton business for him self. He will represent Smith and Kouglan of Birmingham, Ala., and Lovermann and Co., of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Mr. Hartmann is one of the best cotton graders in the South and has made many friends in Charlotte. Mr. John Cowan leaves the first of September for Canton, Miss., where he will, this season, buy cotton for Heath, Richardson & Co., of Liverpool. Mr. Cowan spends his summer's in Char lotte and he has a host of friends here who will regret to see him leave. Market Review. New York, Aug. 22 The opening of the stock market showed a material falling off in the volume of activity of the two previous days but the tone is firm and the general list showed a de cided tendency toward recovery. - - ----- tTo Sicceed Jiles Cambon Paris. Aua. 22. The Foreign Office today confirmed the report that M. Jusseraud, at present the Pronrh Minister to Copenhagen, I will succeed M. Jules Cambon as French Ambassador to Washing- M. - ' ion. S ART AND ERECT London, Aug. 22. Sir Thomas Lip ton narrowly escaped serious injury to day. He was riding an automobile at Woodgreen, near London when the machine skiddles crashed into an iron railing. Lipton was badly shaken, but not badly hurt. Lipton was driving the machine him self on the way to his office in the city ROOSEVELT IS OFF H1SHEWENGLAND JONKET Residents of Dear Old Oyster Bay Fire a Salute to Speed tha Parting and Teddy Probably Looked .Happy, Oyster Bay, Aug. 22. President Roosevelt and party, Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel Roosevelt, Dr. Jung and Secretary Cortelyou left at 10:45 o'clock this morning aboard the Sylph for New Haven, Conn., where he be gins his New England tour. The Presidential salute was fired from an anvil by Oyster Bay residents as the President departed. f 4 f t Want Boers to Go to Madagascar I I I P.-sris, Aug. 22. The French colonial office has offered the Boer f delegates in Europe special ad- vantages in the effort to encour- age the Boers in South Africa to "j" migrate to Madagascar. f f - T SURGENTS GIVE THE Mail Advices Report That Supposed Subdued Moun tainous Natives Are Again on the Strenuous Warpath i Washington, Aug. 22. Manila mail advices report great activity among the insurgents in the mountainous dis tricts of Tobaco, Malanee and Tyre in Albay Province. The rebels number 30u. The native constabulary is out daily at Bantau. Six natives have been killed and three Chinese carried off. The American'soldiers are unable to get aid from the natives. ' AMERICANS MUCH TROUBLE with one of his secretaries and a dri ver. While trying to avoid the wTet tram tracks the auto slipped and ran into a railing. The machine was wrecked and the railing broken. The escape of the occupants is due to Liptons skill in handling the ma chine. Lipton then proceeded to his of fice in a tram car. Dowager Queen Margharita and on Rome today for Berlin, where they TIVES ARE SUCCESSFUL EST TO DAI Election of a Member of Par liament From Seven Oaks Division Results in the Re turn of H. W. Forster London, Aug. 22. The election of a member of Parliament from the West or Seven Oaks Division of Kent today resulted in the return of H. W. Forest er by a Conservative vote of 5332, Morice, liberal, received 4442, The Conservative majority of 1900 was 4812; the reduction is due to oppo sition to the governments education bill, which favors Parsons noncon formist agitation. THIEVES LOOT POSTOFFICE. Gang of Masked Men Gag Deputy. Bloodhounds In Pursuit. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 22. News reached here today of the robbery of the postoffice at Stu'ttkart, Ark., last night by a gang, of masked men who took $600 in money and $900 in stamps and a number of registered let ters. A deputy was locking up the office when he was covered with revolvers, bound, gagged and made to hand over the cash. Bloodhounds are in pursuit. Wedding Gown Of Cocoanut Fiber. Fitchburg, Mass., Aug. 22. Wearing a gown of cocoanut fiber brought from the Philippines by the groom, Miss Ida Smith, daughter of Miss Lucy Smith, was married here yesterday to Lieut. Joseph Herbert Ford, assistant surgeon United States Army. Lieuten ant Ford is a son of the late Samuel Ford, of Washington, and has been stationed at "the capital since his re turn from the Philippines. -4 f - Cecil Rhodes Left t Countess Warwick f Valuable Lands London, Aug. 22. The Essex County Chronicle today says that it is reported that Cecil Rhodes bequeathed Countess Warwick lands valued at 200,000 pounds. The Countess is the wife of the Fifth Earl of Warwick. She is a society leader and prominent In philanthropic work. GERMAN PAPERS TR1 TO STIR INDUSTRIAL STRIFE Advise the German Industrial Leaders' to Keep Away From St. Louis GERMAN BUSINESS HERE IT SAYS, IMPOSSIBLE American Protectionism, says Tageblatt, Kills All Hope of a German Trade in United States and Germans Should Not Go on Such Ground Berlin, Aug. 22 Tageblatt today at tempts to dissuade German industrial leaders from exhibiting at the St. Louis Exposition. That paper says: "All special branches of industry, such as electricians, are weary of ex hibitions as American protectionism renders German business there impos sible. Even at the imminent danger of breaking down American prosperity Germans should not go on such uncer tain ground." MITCHELL BELIEVES END IS III SIGHT; HARD COAL CONTINUES UPWARD CLIMB Chicago, Aug. 22 John Mitchell, president of tne United Mine Workers, believes the strike is near an end. He leaves here this afternoon for New York, where he said he will hold a con ference with Morgan. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 22. Opera tors who were seen today regarding the increased price of coal state that the coal companies are not to blame for it, but that individual dealers are raising the price without any warrant. The companies have not raised the prices to the dealers, and this month they are the same as they were in' August of last year. The scale has not been changed. While, it cannot be learned just how much coal there is on the tracks and in the coal-yards throughout the coun try, it is estimated by operators that the amount is about 4,000,000 tons and may be two millions more. The com panies refuse tosay how much they have. . It is significant, however, that in the event of the ending of the strike the LATEST FOREIGN NEWS AS Berlin, Aug. 22. The Duchess Mar gherita, the future Queen of Wurtem burg, was successfully operated on this morning at Gmunden. The nature of the operation wras not made public. Berlin, Aug. 22. Admiral Von Deid richs, recently appointed chief Admiral on the staff of the Imperial Navy, has resigned - and vice Admiral Buechsel will succeed him. Uvaid, Mexico, Aug. 22. A party of fifteen Mexicans unearthed at Cline Cayon a vault containing Spanish gold coin amounting in all to $100,000. The money was counted and divided. It is claimed the money was buried by a paymaster in the Mexican army during the war with Texas. Paris, Aug. 22. Arrangements had been made to send the bodies of Mr. Fair and his wife to Cherbourg this UMBO STARTLES ry niic in Madrid, Aug. 22. King Alfonso has disregarded all proposals of his coun cillors that he marry a European prin cess and has announced his intention of wedding the daughter of some South American capitalist for the three fold purpose of. mending the shattered state of his finances, reconciling; the Re publican element by takingja Plebian consort and restoring Spanish prestige in Latin America. , UUUV LAHUKEKJ 31KU.E 13 ASSUMING SERIOUS NATURE ' Havana; Aug. 22. The dock laborers strike is becoming more serious. The transportation companies are encountering great difficulty in un loading vessels, as mobs of striking la borers stop carts on the streets and try ENGLISH CONCERN IS AFTER AMERICAN BUS HESS Birmingham Concern Will Establish Great Arms and Ammunition Factory PLANT 10 BE LOCATED IN PENNSYLVANIA Working Agreement Will Be Made By the English Con cern With Some Firm Out side the Trustto Supply the Steel o Conduct Business Birmingham, Aug. 22. The Post to day says the Creusot Company is con templating the establishment of an arms and ammunition factory in tho United States. A representative sails for New York soon to look for a site, probably in Pennsylvania. A working agreement will be made with some prominent American firm outside of the steel trust to supply the metal. market would at once be furnished with as much coal as it could absorb. Operators explain this by stating that what the companies have upon their tracks they are holding for their own use in case the strike lasts a long time, and they are selling only atvery little of it, in cases of particular contracts which they must fill. If the strike ended all this would be rushed to market. Most of it could rech New York and Philadelphia within half a day, Buffalo in one day and Chicago in two, and then the mines would be rushed to keep up the supply. At present there is being mined in the region no less than 50,000 tons of coal a week, and about 20,000; or 25,000 tens of this is going to market. From what can be learned it is believed here that the retail dealers are holding back much coal and under the plea of scarci ty are raising the price. Chicago, Aug. 22 Chicago is threat ened with a coal famine. The price to day is $9 a ton and the indications are that it will continue to climb. FLASHED FROM THE WIRES afternoon for transportation to the United States, when a hitch occurred which caused a postponement. Vienna, Aug. 22. Mittags Zeitung today says King Alexander of Servia, realizing that he cannot expect child ren of his own, will adopt a peasant boy as successor to the throne. Paris, Aug. 22. The manager of the Ritz Hotel, having charge of the bod ies of Mr. and Mrs. Fair, denies that the bodies wil be secretly shipped-to the United States. Constantinople, Aug. 22. Izzet Bey, second secretary of foreign correspon dence, today called upon U. S. Minister Leymann, promised a settlement of all pending American claims and asked for a resumption of diplomatic calls between the American minister and the Minister of - the Porte. Later Ley mann called on the Grand Vizier. HIS COUNCILLORS wfni pifrian rritif The King has instructed the repre sentatives of the Spanish crown in South America to forward him full de- ktails of millionaires possessing ele- gible daughters. The King has also thrown a bomb shell in the ranks of nobility by stat ing his intention of dissolving the Grand Order of the Annunciado, the oldest order in Spain arid substituting for it a New Order of Alfonso Thir teenth, v 1 to induce the drivers to join 'tfieir forces. A continuation of the strike nieana paralysis of business both foreign and local. No solution at present is in sight. President Palma has delayed his tour of the island on account of strike.
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