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VOL. XXIII
CHARLOTTE, N. C. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1902. -
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Soldiers Disperse
Riotous Strikers
;iBiG
(By wire to News.)
Lansford, Pa., Aug. 29. There
was a renewal of disorder here
this morning. ..A mob stoned the
soldiers while on march, but no "j"
one was seriously nun... me sol
diers charged on the crowd and
dispersed it... Two strikers wsre
arrested.
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COLOMBIAN
SHAKES ATTACK
GIRLS Ai ABE
ED
DISPATCH
Monster Rattlers Make War
on Young Women and the
Plucky Girls Fight Reptiles
to a Fatal Finish
ES
STILL HOLDING
AGDADULCE
General Berti, Says Salvar,
is Still in Possession With
Government Troops and is
Likely to Remain So
4 t k f 4 4 f-
t Floods Drown t
Many in India
(By wire to' News.)
X Calcutta, Aug. 29. JHeavy dam
age and loss of life have been
4- caused by the overflowing of the 4-
I river Baghmatianed, Vishnumati. I
. i i i i . . . . . . .
t i np tioous were causeu uv ncdvy
rains... Thd cities of Phatogan
and Patan in the Nepaul country
X are heaviest sunerers, several
hundred lives being lost at these
places.
MRS. NORMAN E. MACK, NEW MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S
BOARD OF THE ST. LOUIS FAIR.
Mrs. Norman E. Mack, who has just been appointed the representative
of New York state on the board of managers of the St. Louis World's fair, is
thev.ifeof Democratic National Committeeman Mack, proprietor of the Buffalo
Times. Mrs. Mack was a member of the women's board of the Pan-American
exposition and is therefore familiar with the work.
(By Wire to the News.)
Washington, Aug. 29 Senor Concha,
the Colombian Minister, has received
a cablegram from General Salvar, Gov
ernor cf Panama, declaring that Gen
eral Berti with the Colombian forces
is still in nossession of Asua Dulce
with the nrcsnect favorable or main
taining that situation.
HE TAX RETURNS
HAVE
The tax returns for the county of
Mecklenburg are now completed. Only
a few minor details are to be arranged
and the hooks will then be ready to be
turard over to the proper authorities.
The agrrezate shows that there, is a
dpmW of olfi in the polls.-' Last year
the number of polls given in were 7517,
this year 7.001.
The valuation of real and personal
prorcrtv has increased $4,362. Last
year the figures were $11,697,242. This
year, $11,711,604.
Last year, the amount of incomes
was S19S.211. This year the figures
are $173.S0O. a decrease of $24,911.
The number of bicycles have de
creased about half in the past year.
Last year S35 wheels, valued at $9,032,
.were siven in for taxation. This year
there are only 451, valued at $4,647.
At this time last vear there was
BlTtZ. worth of cotton on hand. This
year the figures are $21,969.
The books show an increase of SSO,
.'H in hank stocks and stocks or cor
porations. L:st vear's figures were
13.040;:!:. This year, $3,121,547.
J here are 316,981 acres cf land given
m In- taxation, valued at $3,172,330;
t;nvr 1 m:-. ::.070. valued at $4,363,115;
R COUNTY
EE IS COMPLETED
CIRCUS COMING.
Forepaugh
be
(By Wire to The News.)
Cumberland, Md., Aug. 29 Bessie
and Sadie Sidles, while picking berries
in Garret county yesterday were at
tacked by two monster fattle snakes.
The girls killed both of the reptiles
after a terrific battle. One measured
over six feet in length.
MAY SHOOT WILD BOAR.
WAR TO BE DECLARED
BETWEEN ARM! AND
m TONIGHT
OLD COLORED WOMAN
MAKES A FATAL
MISTAKE
Turned on the Gas in Sleep
Apartment and Retired to
Awake No More in This
Troubled World
Provided the Monster Will Stand
Still in Front of Him.
(By Wire to The News.)
Newport, N. H., Aug. 29 President
Roosevelt will spend today at Corbin
Park and if the chance presents, will
shoot at a wild bear. Senator Proctor
is the President's guide through the
park. The park is a magnificent tract
of mountain and forest, twelve miles
long and one to four wide.
Winston Churchill, the novelist, who
lives near Newport, will drive the
President through the park and the
night will be spent at the club house.
When the President left Newbury,
where he spent a night as guest of
Secretary Hay, he thanked the people
for their reception.
Mary Sampson, an aged colored wo
man, was found dead in bed in a roam
on Mr. W. R. Taliaferro's place, at
Dilworth, this morning. It is suppos
ed that the old woman in turning off
the gas last night failed to cut it en
tirely qff.
On going to the room this morning
one or tne iamiiy uetecieu gas.
knock on the door failed of a response
Ocean Tug Brings the News and 011 entsrins the body of the oia
wu111a.11 waa luuuu tum m
examination of the gas jet revealed the
fact that she had turned the key to the
gas jet too far and after cutting it off,
bad turd it jm again.
Aunt" Marv. as she was familiarly
known to the members of the Taliafer
ro family, came up last night from
Wilmington to see Mrs. Taliaferro. Mr.
Walter Taliaferro went to the tram to
meet her and took her to his home in
Dilworth. The old family servant re
ceived a royal welcome. When she
went to retire, Mrs. Taliaferro went
with her to her room and questioned
horses, a.iay, vamea at
mules. 4,o71, valued at '$213,995; jaefcs,
and jennies 16, valued at $740; goats,
113. valued at $94; cattle, 9.463, valued
at -3116,458; hogs, 6,782, valued at $21,-
221; sheep, 835, valued at $866; farm-
utensils '46,890;" tools of mechanics
$4,396; household and kitchen furni-
ure, $315,702; provisions, $1d,761,
libraries, $1,656, scientific instruments,
$3,265; money on hand, $92,234; sol
vent credits, $1,045,0S0; stocks, bonds,
etc., $136,030; cotton, $21,969; tobac
co, $2,100; musical instruments, $36,-
!2; bicycles, $4,647; silverware, $b,-
316; jewelry, $28,204; goods, wares ana
merchandise, $5,638; all other property.
$SS3,949. The total aggregates $11,-
711,604.
The total tax that Mecklenburg will
pay into the State treasury amounts to
$31,021.34. The county taxes amounts
to $57,356.18. School tax, $26,700.65.
Convict tax. $37,090.86. Special road
tax, $14,977.53. Social school tax,
Steele Creek, district No. 2, $168.40.
The value of Building and Loan stock
in Mecklenburg, amounts to $220,294.
Railroad property, $1,369,917. Bank
stock, $726,845. Corporate excess,
SSO-i 491.
and Sells Bros. Will
Here Oct. 18th.
To the small boy. as well as some of
the older ones, the News has some
thing to relate thai will please them
There is ? big circus headed this way
and it will be in Charlotte October the
18th. It is Forepaughs and Sells
Erothers big three-ring circus and it
will show on ine grounds back of the
south graded school.
The advance man was here yester
day and made all necessary arrange
ments.- Charlotte usually gets about
one big circus a year and that one or
dinariiy conies' about the middle of Oc
tober. Forepaugh will prove no ex
ception for he is coming as near this
'"ate as possible.
It is a big show and of course Char
lotte will be full of people on that day.
Dr. Barron Returns To-Night.
Dr. A. C. Barron, pastor of Tryon
Street Baptist church, who has been to
Philadelphia for treatment, is expected
home tonight. The entire city will learn
with pleasure that Dr. Barron has been
srreat.lv benefitted bv his stay North.
In fact, he returns home a new man
physically.
FEARS WERE GROUNDLESS.
That a Fleet of Seven War
Ships is Approaching the
Coast and Fun Will Begin
(By Wire to The News.)
Army Headquarters, Pequot Point.
Conn.. Aue. 29. War between tne
Army and Navy will be declared to
night.
The engineer corps today began to
prepare submarine mines to be laid in ner aS to whether she understood how
thP main annrnaoh tn Lonsr Island, and to turn or and off the gas. She replied
imaginary barges will also be destroy
ed and sunk in various courses to im
pede progress.
An ocean tug brought the news this
morning that the Natucket wireless
station had received a message from
a passing liner that a fleet of seven war
shins and three tugs had been seen a
lew iiuuuieu miica uii. duojc iwucuiu
inland slowly. The advance guard of
the enemy is already located on
shore.
that she did. That was the last seen
of her until this morning when the
door was opened and her body was
found lying in the bed.
Old Aant Mary Sampson had Deen in
Mrs. Taliaferro's family since cnna-
hood. She was looked upon almost as
a member of the family and her visits
to Mrs. Taliaferro in Charlotte were
always a source of pleasure to her as
well as to the entire family. fcne was,
one of the old school of negroes, faith
ful, honest and kind. Her death has
our caused genuine grief to those to whom
she has so often ministered.
Strikers at Dorrance Colliery Caused
No Trouble To-Day.
(By Wire to The News.)
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 29. Serious
trouble was feared this morning at
Dorrance Colliery, Lehigk aVlley Coal
Co., this city, when over 3000 strikers
gathered to prevent 100 men now em
ployed there from going to work.
The sheriff sent a number of depu
ties fearing trouble, but there was
none. The strikers remained for some
time and then withdrew.
Smallpox Virulent in Portugal.
(By Wire to The News.)
Onorto. Portugal, Aug. 29. Smallpox
in most virulent form, has broken out
in the slums of the city and the gov
ernment has been appealed to to take
more stringent precautions to prevent
a spread of the disease.
RELATIVE OFLIIICDLI
DIES SUDDENLY AT
A detachment of signal corps, Sent
A telesrram from the dead woman's
,t ; miita i TOoll.Vtinwn PC 1 0 rf1 fi
... . j.1 i j.: I sun. w II u 10 uuitc c "
eany mis weeK to occupy me biauua nnvsioian in'Macon. Ga., asks that the
it m- , i -t 1 r 1 J X 1 J. I . . 1
Mannas vmeyara, iouna a uexaenuieut DOdy be shipped to Wilmington, wnere
of marines occuring the position, it will be- buried.
There was no clash.
LO!
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lilll
DED REMOVAL
LA
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OF LA DM I
SHARP-SHOOTING SPORTSMEN
GATHER TODAY AT SEAGIRT RANGE
TO MARRY BASEBALLIST.
Washington Society Girl Engaged to
an Outfielder.
'By Wire to The News.)
Sfirt. X.J.Aug 29 The annual ten
'lay;. rri;;c tournament of the National
and N, w Jersey Rifle Associations and
the Vnit.l States Revolver Associa
tion open:-! this morning with a large
field -if contestants.
Sta;f toauis from New York, Dis
trict of Columbia, New Jersey, Mary
land. Giro and the United States Ma
rine Corps, and about one hundred
individual cracks are here and a team
from the Governor's Horse Guards, of
Atlanta is here. .
The Georgia team is the first to visit
Seagrit since the quarrel in 1899 when
they accused the New Jersey of cheat
in them out of the Hilton match,
wbich charges were proven groundless
afterward in court.
(By Wire to The News.)
Washington, Aug. 29 The announce
ment of the approaching marriage of
Miss Jewell Golden of this city to
wrott T oo nitrhpr and outfielder of
the Washington-American league
Aged Pennsylvania
Was Kinsman of
President and is Said to
'Have Resembled Him
Lawyer
Martyr
Proposal to Transport Ances
tral Home of Washington
to America, Leads to Some
Violent Newspaper Talk
EXCITEMENT AT CITY COURT.
Mr. Gifford Denies Statement Made
by Officer Summerow.
Officer Summerrow and Mr. Geo. Gif
ford came near coming to blows in the
police court this morning. The ofiicer
made a statement as tj what a woman
had told him in regard to some trouble
Wednesday night. Before Mr. Summer
?ow had finished. Mr. Gifford arose
ana stated that he did not believe what
T.'ir. Summerroo" had said. At the svme
time, made some motion as if to pre
pare himself tor a fight. Tne court
called Mr. Gifford down and later, re
gistered a fine of $5 against him.
After court adjourned, Mr. bummer-
row and Mr. Gifford again got togetn-
er and there cam", near being a scrap.
fnis time 'Squiio Hilton called the
two in the court u-ra ana Mr. oum
mmrow was made to pay a fine of $.".
There was cor suitable excitement
in he court room at the time.
(By Wire to The News.)
Cumberland, Md., Aug. 29. Thomas
I,. Lincoln, an aged lawyer of Carmi
chael, Pa., died suddenly near Oak-
: I land, Md., where he was spending tne
team,
has been made. The ceremony
take place September 24th.
will
anil ii p
Mr. Lee to Remain.
Mr. R. A. Lee, the well known
cotton man will not return to Mem
phis to live. He intends again mak
ing Charlotte his home. Mr. Lee has
manv friends in this city who will.be
glad to learn that he is to once more
make Charlotte his home.
ANTHER CREEK
VAILEI IS GROWING SERIOUS m BFtlTIAH MAY
HAVE MINISTER DF
summer.
He was a relative of Abraham Lin
coln, whom he greatly resembled.
Aged Actor Passes Away.
(By Wire to The News.)
Plymouth, Eng., Aug. 29. James
Doel, aged 92, the oldest actor in Eng
land is dead.
(By Wire to The News.)
London, Aug. 29 The stories re
rding the possible purchase and
transportation to America of Wash
ington's ancestral home near Banbury,
have caused much agitation, ine uan-
bury Guardian leads an attack against
the removal and public opinion is sup-
nnrt.ins the naner.
Fire this morning at the residence of
Arrh fipannn St.! Clair, in St. Pauls
church vard near the Cathedral attract
ed a srreat crowd which gathered,
thinking the Cathedral was on fire. The
flames were in the chimney and were
soon subdued.
(By
Aug. 29.-
-KJ&K-the, Cree val.ey is se-
. Tarn aqua, Pa.
nous.
The valley was alive with strikers this morning rt"
Hti'iknrs going to work. A clash with the militia is PecteJ momenterny
Tbr strikers released a car of timber standing on the top of .bumm , t
"HI and sent it down grade. It mounted a rail, while rounding a sharp
l"rvfi and went crashing into a deep mine-break. oTlprp Parlv 'this
m Company A, Twelfth regiment patrolled the streets here early tn
morning and escorted non strikers to work. More men are reported
. Conanief 0f soldiers aboard the trolley car guarded car f work
lnS men. When it reached Lansford two non-union men wesrLtedcaptain
Sr; Whon the soldiers came back the mob closed in on the car a
5ei was trampled on. The soldiers charged the crowd with fixed nay
A"tl V imfrnwin i-A i
" - u I ill i i w r i t' si i -.ni.r.ii. i itj-vj-i riii
ndoah will be sent
SHIPPING
La
avians werp arrested.
Th
Mom will probably b3 put under martial law.
Important Announcement is
Said to Be Scheduled For
Opening of the House of
Commons in October
new state railroad
is incorporated today
BOSTON BROKERS ARE POPE APPOINTS GYID
DELEGATE TO THE
FORCED TO WALL
TODAY
YANKEE
SYNDICATE
PHILIPPINES
Sargent and Company, Stock The Decree Was Signed This
Jobbers, Suspend -Did a Morning New Delegate
Great Business in New En
gland and Middle States
will Begin Negotiations with
Governor Taft at Once
'aiiain
(Special to The News.)
a on rrv, rarniina. and Tennessee
any was incorporated today with capital
n -hniid a line from
unl Swain counties to the Tennessee line. It w
mii.'i-h, x. c
v,orn
Southern Rail-
of three hundred
Franklin throgn maw-,
ill be a branch of the
(By Wire to The News.)
Roston. Aug. 29. Sargeant and Co.,
otonir v.rnicprs at. 31 State street have
(By Wire to The News.) I suspended. 1 ' '
London, Aug. 29 Owing to the in-j They m much DUsilless in the Mid
creasing omportance, additional atten- j d!g and New Engiand States. Their
tion is being given British shipping ( liaDilities are not stated.
by a parliamentary movement to se- ,
cure a minister of shipping or else a- Kjng victor visits Frederick's Tomb,
specialization of the shipping depart-, . 29King victor Eman-
ment of the board of trade hiJue of Italy, visited the Masouleum of
An imoortant announcement m this ui oi J Pntsdam todav and
flBttnn is nrPdicted for October at 1 " i?mn0rnr'
IXIUUt,l,iuii i
the re
mons
. un of r.nm. . nlaced a
assemonng ui me i, ;offiT1
1
wreath on the Emperors
(By Wire to The News.)
Rome, Aug. 29 The Pope this morn
ing signed a decree appointing Mana
ger Gydi apostolic delegate to the Phil
ippines. Gydi will begin negotiations
with Governor Taft regarding the fri
ars as soon as possible.
European Asia Murderously Inclined.
(Bv Wire to The News.)
St. Petersburg, Aug. 29. Statistics
published by the Minister of Justice to
day show that 8,691 muraers were com
mitted in European Russia last year.
Noble Woman; Noble Cause;
Mrs. Rosenberg, chairman of the
committee that has charge of raising
funds for the Jefferson Davis monu
ment, was a Charlotte visitor today.
Mrs. Rosenberg is a resident of Gal
veston and is one of the wealthiest
ladies of the South. At the death of her
husband she turned over to the city
of Galveston one million dollars to be
used for charitable institutions in that
city.
Mrs. Rosenberg's heart in in her work.
She has just visited Richmond, where
she was royally welcomed.
Today she was en route home from
the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs,
where she spent the summer.
IS
TOCONDUCTLONDOH
MOTOfl LINE
Will Attempt to Make Trans
fer Arrangements With
Horse Omnibuses and
Failing is to Fight Them
(By Wire to The News,) .
London, Aug. 29. The Anglo-American
syndicate which is about to run a
motor omnibus in London is negotiat
ing with the existing companies estab
ment for a transfer system.
Should this fall through, the syndi
cate will fight the present companies,
with the advantage on the syndicates,
side because of the cheapness of motor
compared with horses.
w0ut-n Railway,