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THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
VOL. XXXIII NO. 6214.
CHARLOTTE, N ,C, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29. 1905.
HRICE: 3 GENTS
Have You Read The News'
BIG MAGAZINE OFFER?
There's Money In It.
T TKl' II NK S LN
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l B, LftCY'S
HDITl IS
ED
Spent Another Restless Night.
Slept Little. No Change for
Worse, However. His Chronic
Asthma Adds to Trouble and
Has Greatly Weakened Him.
Charters Were Granted to Firm at
l.umberton to Sell Wholesale
and Retail Furniture and Car
pets, Companies at Nashville
and Washington, Chartered.
Special to The News.
Kak'igh. N. G, Dec. 29 State
Treasurer B. R. Lacy spent another
restless night, getting practically no
sleep until early this morning and the
best the attending physicians can say
is Unit there is no change for the
worse. ,
They would feel confident of pulling
him through the attacs of pneumonia
if it were not for his chronic asthma
iroulile, which has already gotten him
into a very weakened condition.
The Eagle Furniture and Carpet
Company, of Lumberton, was charter
ed at ?25,000, to manufacture and sell
wholesale and retail furniture and
carpets at Lumberton, Robeson coun
ty. W. P. Baker and J. P. Townsend
are the principal incorporators.
Other charters were granted to the
HON. B. R. LACY.
Brooks Mercantile Company, of Nash
ville, Xash county, at a $50,000 capi
tal by R. A. Brooks, H. T. Baker and
others, and to the Carolina Drug Com
pany, of Washington, N. C, at ? 8,000,
by Ira M. Hardy anu others.
Concerning State Fair
At the annual meeting of the Ex
ecutive Committee of the State Fair
Aussociation today, a handsome silver
pitcher was presented to the retiring
president, Ashley Horne and E. L.
Daughtridge, assumed the office of
president.
It was decided to provide a system
of water works for the fair grounds
with an artesian well and hydrants.
It was decided to inaugurate a system
oi replacing old buildings for new as
fast as possible.
President Daughtridge will announce
the new committee at once and will
meet early in January to take up the
work for 1906 fair.
27 HOMELESS FAMILIES.
Fire Carries Death to One and Serious
Injury and Poverty to Others.
By Associated Press.
.Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 29. One
person is dead, two seriously burned
and 15 or more injured or overcome
hy the smoke in the fire in Higgins
Tenements, 817-829 Minnehaha Avenue
this morning. Twenty-seven families
lost everything they possessed and
were made homeless. The fire started
from the explosion of an oil stove. Sev
eral thrilling rescues were made.
TWO NEGROES HANGED.
Pay For Assault on White Women
With Their Lives.
By Associated Press.
Gadsden, Ala., Dec. 29. Jack Hunt
er and Vance Garner, colored, were
hanged in the county jail here today
for the murder of Mrs. Jane Smith,
the white woman who was assaulted
and killed in this city last spring. Will
Johnson, also colored, convicted of the
same crime, was reprieved by the Gov
ernor until February 9, pending the
examination of later evidence.
ANIMATED MAN HUNT.
Five Men Broke Through Net About
Thicket and Are at Large.
Associated Perss.
Toledo, O., Dec. 29. The five men
"o fatally wounded Marshal Thorn
ton are still at large, having broken
uirough the net spread about the
nickel and underbrush between here
and Perrisburg last night.
bcores of men this morning renewed
e man hunt with increased energy.
MADE ASSIGNMENT.
Bipnnmp?'ny With Liabilities of $500,
Assigned For Benefit of Credi
tor?. Ewso"ia,e'1 Press,
acston, Dec. 29. H. R. Leighton and
J' sock brokers of this citly, assign-
tOT Tiy benefit f their C1'edi"
S-ftfini!10 liabilities were stated to be
be ,h The "sing market is said to
le general cause of suspension.
OT
MUCH
IMPROV
MAKZS SLOW TIME.
Was Seen by Alabama At Present
Rate Will Take Nine Months to
Make Trip.
By Associated Press.
Norfolk, Va.,Dec. 29. Captain Lane,
of the Steamer Alabama, whicn arriv
ed here today from Baltimore, reports
having passed off Point Outlook just
north of the Potomac river and about
25 miles soutn of Solomon's Island, at
1 o'clock this morning, the floating dry
dock Dewey, which started yesterday
afternoon on her long voyage in tow
for the Philippine Islands.
According to Captain Lane's report
the Dewey had only traveled some 25
miles in 11 hours. She has over 14,000
miles to travel and at the rate of two
miles an hour it will take her upwards
of nine months to make the voyage
with smooth weather.
Dewey to Pass Out.
A wireless message received here
says the Dewey will pass out of the
capes tonight, which indicates she is
making faster time' than at first.
T. C. JONES DISCHARGED.
Judge Martin Discharged Jones As
Receiver for Southern Mutual Aid
Association.
By Associated Press.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 29. Judge Martin
today discharged T. Catesby Jones as
Virginia receiver of the Southern Mu
tual Aid Association of Birmingham
Ala., and. continued the motion to dis
miss the receivership proceedings
against the United States Mutual Sav
ings and Insurance Company of Vir
ginia. The counsel for the Alabama Com
pany proved the solvency of the com
pany and its readiness to pay all
claims here. i.
COURT MARTIAl, TRIAL OVER.
Much Interest in Case. Is Turned Over
To Court Several Wltnex.se Testi
fy. By Associated Press.
Annapolis, Dec. 29. The case of Mid
shipman Tremor Coffin, J., courtniartial
for hazing: Midshipman Jerdone H.
Kimbroug-h is concluded. The first wit
ness was Midshipman Overdown
Whitemyer, the room-mate of Kim
b rough, who testified that he never
heard Kibrough's reputation for verac
ity questioned.
Midshipman Frank A. Braisted, a
classmate, gave similar testimony.
There was no further witnesses and
after brief argument of the counsel the
case was given to the court.
There is great interest as it is gen
erally regarded as a forerunner of oth
er facts which have been discovered by
the board of investigation.
LOCAL BANKS TO RESCUE.
May Take Over Affairs of Defunct
Bank.
By Associated Press.
Memphis, Dec. 29. It is reported
that negotiations are pending between
the directors of the defunct Merchants
Trust Company and two local banks
by which the latter are to take 'over
the affairs of the former. If an agree
ment is reached it is said all depositors
in the Merchants Trust Company will
be fully guaranteed.
EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY.
Destroyed Many Homes and Made Many
People Homeless.
Boston, Dec. . 29. The American
board of commissioners yesterday re
ceived a cablegram from Constantino
ple annuncing a severe earthquake in
the Karpoot villayet, in eastern Tur
key, which destroyed many houses and
made many people homeless and des
titute. The dispatch adds that relief
is needed.
This region is said to be very densely
populated, largely by Armenians. It
is one of the sections of Asiatic Tur
key devastated at the time of the Ar
menian massacres in 1895. Harpoot is
the center of one of the largest mission
stations of the American board. It is
the seat of the Euphrates college, with
nearly 1000 pupils, of a theological
seminary, of a medical institution and
the headquarters of a large evangelis
tic work covering that entire district.
CRAZED BY CIGRAETTES.
Madman P'.-t ?rs Strait-Jacket After
Smashing Chairs and Windows.
Springfield, Mass., Dec. 29 Excess
ive cigarette smoking has made Morris
Kavanagh insane. Kavanagh, who is
twenty ?three years old and wnen in
normal condition is of gentlemanly in
stincts, was removed today from a
pool-room, where he was smashing
chairs and hurling the ivory balls at
windows and patrons. A strait-jacket
was necessary at Police headquarters.
The physician who was summoned
attributed Kavanagh's condition en
tirely to cigarettes.
KILLED IN A WRECK
IN SOUTH INDIANA
Engineer, Fireman and Brakeraan
Caught in Freight Wreck and
Burned to Death. Engine
Overturned in Ditch on Chicago
And Erie Railroad.
By Associated Press.
Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 29. Three
trainmen were killed in a wreck on the
Chicago and Erie Railroad at Disk
Disko, 20 miles west of Huntington,
early this morning,' when the rails
spread, and the engine, drawing the
East-bound freight train, overturned
in a ditch. Engineer John O'Brien,
Fireman Cecil Oliver and Brakeman
Lem. Fisher were caught in the cab of
the engine and burned to death.
N. C. Postmester.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 29. The post
master for North Carolina, at Wilkes
boro, is Mrs. Maude Henderson.
DEV
LOSSTO ONE FIRM
FROM ROBBERIES
IS OVER $20,000
Jewelry Store of Schwartz Broth
ers in Tenderloin District Scene
of Seven Large and Daring
Robberies. Robbed Twice in
Three Months.
Total Loss to Firm Aggregates
$200,000. Diamonds to
Amount of $4,000, Taken Early
To-day. District was Brilliant
ly Lighted.
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 2. For the second
time within three months and for the
seventh time within three years, the
jewelry store of Schwartz Brothers at
136th Broadway in the heart of the
tenderloin district, was robbed early
today and about $4,000 worth of dia
monds, rings and watches were stolen.
The loss on the seven robberies ac
cording to a member of the firm ag
gregating $20,000.
The robbery was the most daring at
this part. This is the busiest and most
brilliantly lighted throughout the en
tire night. A patrolman saw two men
and a woman in the doorway of the
store, but thought they were seeking
shelter from the rain.
Later when his suspicions were
aroused he returned in time to see one
of the burglars walking down a side
street but the man had disappeared
when the evidencesof the burglarly
were discovered.
"THE NATIVITY" A SUCCESS.
A Large Number of People Heard Miss
Leinbach Last Night.
"The Nativity," which was present
ed at the Tryon Street Methodist
Church last evening by the choir, as
sisted by Miss Emma Louise Leinbach,
soprano, and Mr. R. Harris Matthews,
tenor, was a decided success. Miss
Leinbach's splendid voice was greatly
enjoyed by air who hear her. The
choir is composed of ti.e following:
Sopranos Mrs. Carrie C. ' " Martin
and Misses Minetta Diffey, Berte
Hutchings, Mattie B. Hyndeman, Nora
Hyndeman, Mary McDougall, Lily B.
Pickard, Katherine Smith, Pinkney
Smith and Annie V. Webb.
Altos Mrs. Frank F. Jones, Misses
Annie E. Grier, Mamie Helvin, Murl
Pickard, Mamie K. Richardson and
Mrs. James B. Parks.
Tenors Messrs. L. L. Ledwell, L. A.
McLemore, James F. Parks, L. J.
Townsend and W. E. Upchurch.
Basses Messrs. George B. Bell, S.
F. Haynes, W. F. Kirby, C. M. Setzer
and John C. Watson.
PLANS WAR ON MOSQUITOES.
State Entomologist of New Jersey Will
Ask a $350,000 Appropriation.
New Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 29.
Prof. John B. Smith, State Entomolog
ist, said yesterday that he would ask
the Legislature in January for an ap
propriation of $350,000, to be used in
exterminating the famous Jersey
"skeeter."
The last Legislature made an appro
priation of $10,000 to fight mosquitoes,
but to get any State aid from this
fund municipalities had to appropriate
some of their own funds as a guaran
tee of good faith. Newark and Eliza
beth were the only cities to do so.
Professor Smith now plans to make
the work a State project, so that where
local pride failed to start any move
ment heretofore, the State will now
make the attack, and all breeding
places will be drained and the cate
rid of the traditional pest.
PACIFIC ISLANDS FOR SALE.
Great Britain Would Be Rid of Two
Small Possessions.
Ran Francisco. Dec. 29. An adver
tisement appearing in a local paper
offers for sale Fanning and Washing
ton Islands, in the South Pacific, under
instructions of the registrar ot tne
British High Commissioners Court for
the Western Pacific.
Fanning Island is well known. It
used to be a port of call for the ocean
ic steamers plying between this city
and the Australian ports, and the Ca
nadian Pacific steamers now stop there
on their way up from the colonies.
STRYCHNINE .IN .PUNCH. BOWL.
Nine Dead from Poisoning by Political
Plot at .Christmas .Banquet.
rci Paso. Tex.. Dec. 28. At Torreon,
Mexico, nine persons who were poi
soned at a bannuet saturaay nigm
have died and many others are ill.
It is alleged - that the poisoning was
part of a political plot, stryennme
was put into a bowl of punch. All the
dead are said to have been of one pol
itacal faction. The members of the op
posing faction who attended the ban
quet were not affected by the punch
they drank.
SMALL FORCE3 GATHERING.
ni-"nteli frm Puerto Plato States That
Force In Concentrating: at Guajabin.
By Associated Press. '
Washington, Dec. 29. A telegram has
been received at the State Department
from the American Consul at Puerto
Plata saying that a small force is re
ported concentrating at Guayabin.
p.m is rT"rtert st Mnti Christ! and
the Caearas has sailed for the capltol.
IS IT SOUTHERN POWER CO.?
Rumor Has It That This Company
Wants Y. M. C. A. Building.
Dr. W. Gill Wylie, president of the
Southern Power Co., arrived in the
city this morning.
It is rumored about the streets to
day that Dr. Wylie's company is an
xious to secure the Y. M. C. A. build
ing for office purposes. Rumor says
that this is Dr. Wylie's business in
Charlotte today.
The different boards controlling the
Y. M.-C. A. property will hold an im
portant meeting this evening. At this
meeting it wil be definitely decided
whether. or not the building and site
will be disposed of.
Several days ago The News announc
ed that clients of .Tillett and Guthrie
had made a $50,000 offei? for the Y. M
C. A. building and site. This offer was
submitted by Mr. Tillett at a meeting
of the board of directors of the Y. M.
C. A. a week or ten days ago. The
consideration of the sale was deferred
until tonight when the matter will
again be taken up and disposed of.
TWO LARCENY CASES.
Two Negroes Bound Over, Charged
With Stealing.
Owing to the absence from the city
of Recorder Shannonhouse 'Squire S.
H. Hilton sit in judgment at the City
Court this morning.
There were only two cases tried and
both of these were for larceny.
Thomas Watkins, colored, was
charged with stealing a bottle of malt,
the property of John M. Scott & Co.,
the well-known druggists. After hear
ing all the evidence and the admission
of Watkins, the Court held Watkins
in a $25 bond for trial at the February
term of the Superior Court.
Henry Thompson, colored, was be
fore the Court charged with the lar
ceny of a pair of shoes, the property of
James Lyles, colored. The evidence
adduced showed probably cause and
Thompson was held in a 50 bond for
the next term of the criminal court.
DAGO EMPLOYEES
E
Italian Employees in New Jersey
not4nderstanding Cause Non
- payffient Wages; Strike, Seize
Company's Tools, and Finally
Return to Work.
By Associated Press.
New Brunswick, !. J., Dec. 29.
When two hundred employees of the
Delaware River Construction Com
pany engaged in work on the roads
between Elizabeth and New Bruns
wick, N. J., reported for work today,
and found that they would not be paid
at once, they became very much ex
cited. Apparently they-did not believe
the statement that the paymaster was
robbed of $5,000 last night; and were
inclined to think the robbery story a
ruse to cheat them out of their pay.
Most of the workmen are Italians.
They made an attack upon the com
pany's tool chests, dragged out all the
picks, shovels and crowbars, and piled
them upon the railway tracks. They
then smashed all the lights over the
excavation for the under-ground con
duits and wrecked several small build
ings. Several policemen responded to
a call and the rioters fled. Finally
they were made to understand that
they would receive their pay later, and
returned to work.
DEATH OF MPS. KENDALL.
Good and Beloved Woman Passed To
Her Reward This Morning.
Special to The News.
Shelby, N. c. Dec. 2. Mrs. saran
Kendall, widow of Mr. B. D. Kendall,
died this morning at 2 A. M., after an
illness of several months. Mrs. Ken
dall was about 67 years old, and leaves
8 living children, with one son dead.
One: of her sons, Mr. Ben D. Kendall
is an "employee of the Charlotte News.
The deceased was a good woman, a
consistent member of the Methodist
church, and her body will be laid to
rest in the Shelby cemetery tomorrow.
The funeral services are to be held
from the home by Reverends R. M.
Hoyle and George D. Harman.
WROTE "RATS" IN HIS WILL
Conventional Wording Too Formal
for Youngs. .
Washington, D. C,. Dec. 29. The
will of Elphonso Youngs, a rich gro-.
cer, was offered for probate today.
Under the first paragraph, which be
gan, "Calling to mind the uncertainty
of human life, etc.," Mr. Youngs
wrote :
"Rats"! This is too formal. All there
is about it is this: At my death 1
want my ever faithful and devoted
wife, Amelia Loretta L. Youngs, to
have and control everything I posess."
Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Crayton.
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Crayton
wife of Mr. U. S. Crayton, occurred at
a late hour last night at her home No.
1002 North Tryon street. The funeral
will take place from the residence to
morrow mornins r.t 11 o'clock. The
services will be conducted by Rev,
pH. K. Boyer, pastor of Tryon street
Methodist church. Besides her hus:
band, the deceased is survived by
several children. She was 50 years old
SOME SAND
POPE HAS RECEIVED
PEOPLE, UNWORTHY
OF
So Say American Bishops who
Have Remonstrated with Vati
can Authorities. Say Action cf
Pontiff in Granting Certain
Audiences, Dissatisfies.
His Holiness, Irritated Because of
Fact That he Unwittingly Gran
ted an Audience Recently to an
American Lady Who Was a
Divorcee-
By Associated Press.
Rome, Dec. 29. The Vatican au
thorities received remonstrances from
several American Bishops against the
audiences granted by the Pope to
Americans who in the opinion of these
Bishops were not worthy of the honor,
which, it is added, created disastisfac
tion among the faithful.
The Pope has also been informed
that among the persons presented to
him a few days ago was an American
woman who had been divorced. This
irritated the Pontiff who declared that
such present action must not occur
again.
Persons having authority in these
matters have been ordered to be more
strict in arriving at decisions upon ap
plications from Americans for audi
ences of the Pope.
NEW R. F. D. ROUTE.
Postmaster R. W. Smith Today In
spected Route No. 29.
The new rural free delivery route
No. 29. which was authorized last Oc
tober will be put in operation Tuesday
morning. Postmaster R. W. Smith in
sepcted the route today, commencing
at Charlotte going out to the Beatties
Ford road to the Academy, thence to
Hovis' store on Possum Walk road to
the Pleaseant Grove church and re
turning by way of the old plank road
by Mr. Will McGee's thence by Mr.
W. E. Hipps' to the road entering the
main road at McGee's store at the
Chadwick Mills. The route covers 20
miles and-makes a total number of
30 rural free delivery routes in Meck
lenburg. Mr. Joseph S. Harrison has
been appointed carrier.
SPANKtu GIRL A SUICIDE.
Seventeen, She Resents Whipping For
Buying Christmas Presents.
Providence, R. I., Dec. 29. Angered
because her mother took her across
her knee and spanked her as she would
an erring child, Mary Leopard, a mill
girl, 17 years old, swallowed Paris
green on Christmas day and died yes
terday morning at the Rhode Island
Hospital.
Desiring to purchase presents for
her family and friends, the girl Went
down town Saturday after drawing her
week's pay and returned home at 10
o'clock at night with only a few cents
left. This angered her mother, who
had counted upon purchasing the
Christmas turkey with at least part of
her daughter's wages.
A spanking and verbal chastisement
influenced the girl to purchase the
poison early Christmas day at a drug
store.' Returning home she mixed the
poison with water and drank it.
"FINE!" EXCLAIMS LONGWORTH.
Popular Subscription For Wedding
Gift "Will Be Appreciated By miss
Roosevelt."
Cincinnati. Dec. 29. Congressman
Nicholas Longworth arrived home this
morning, and within two hours was in
his office in the First National Bank
Building engaged in the business of his
estate, which brings him home at this
time.
Tt. was his first visit home since his
engagement to Mise Roosevelt, and he
attracted unusual attention In conse
quence. "Thanks, thanks," ne was kept con
stantly responding to congratulations.
Reins told of the proposed popular
subscription for a wedding present for
his bride, he said:
"Yon don't sav so! I hadn t neara oi
that Sav. that is fine, and I know it
will be greatly appreciated by Miss
Roosevelt."
Mr. Lonerworth said that the wed
ding will probably take place at high
noon in the East Room oi tne wnne
House, and that Bishop Satterlee, of
tha Rnismnnl Chnrcn. will officiate:
that Miss Roosevelt will probably have
no bridesmaids, and that ne nas noi
yet fully decided upon nis oest man
nor upon all of the ushers; that the
wedding invitations will necessarily be
limited; that he supposes, but doesn't
know for sure, that the wedding dress
is to be made in America:
' "We will -not make a long wedding
journey at once, but later in the sum
mer will go abroad. Unquestionably
Cincinnati will be our future home and
Rookwood our place of residence. .
Robkwood'is the famous old Long
worth home on Grandin road, i
C. T. Yerkes Dead. :
By Associated Press. .v
New York, Dec. .29. Chas. T. Yerkes
died at 2: 20 this evening.
, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Plonk, of Chero
kee Falls are in the city, at the Buf ora
' Miss ".Ruth MeLinn is a guest of
Elizabeth College. -
SUCH AN HONOR
CAPT. ALEXANDER TO FARMERS.
He Makes Some Timely Suggestions
to Mecklenburg Farmers.
The main feature of the meeting of
the Charlotte Township Cotton Grow
ers at the court house this morning
was the discussion of an Interesting
paper prepared and: presented by Cap
tain S. B. Alexander. Each sugges
tion was disposed of bv narasxanh.
It wras decided to have the paper
read at the meeting to be held at tne
Academy of Music tomorrow in order
that all the members of the associa
tion might hear it and be prepared to
act at the next monthly meeting, which
will probably be held the first Satur
day in January.-
Captain Alexander's paper follows:
To the President of the Mecklenburg
Cotton Growers Association:
The followins suggestions are re
spectfully submitted and, if approved,
to be transmitted by you to the Na
tion Cotton Growers Association:
The By-laws to be amended as fol
lows: First. That after year 1906, each
cotton grower shall pay ten cents for
each bale of cotton raised on land
owned by him.
Second. That each cotton grower
is requested to raise everything on his
land to support each person and ani
mal on his place.
Third. That on the 20th of July each
year each land owner shall make an
estimate, of the number of bales -of
cotton that he will raise, and give the
number that he will have to sell in
August, in September, in October, in
November, and to what other months
he will carry the balance. Like cor
rected reports will be made for the
months of August, September, October,
November and. December, said like
reports shall also contain the number
of bales sold, and shall state the num
ber of bales to be carried to the first
of each month, through the cotton
year.
Fourth. That a special committee of
the National Cotton Growers Associa
tion shall be charged with the carry
ing out of the above, and shall have
discretionary power to urge cotton
growers to withhold such a per cent of
the cotton during any months that the
supply shall exceed the demand, and
to see any month when the demand is
greater than the supply, and take such
other measures as will keep as near
as possible a stable price.
Fifth. As the export price of cotton
largely controls the price, the price
fixed for cotton should be made the
price at the sea-ports, and the price for
the interior cotton should be the sea
port price minus the freight.
'Eighth. As the necessity for meet
ing contracts causes an immense
amount of cotton to be sold during the
months of August, September and Oc
tober, to relieve this, the National As
sociation ... should recommend local
Banking-Warehouses be established
wherever the amount of cotton s raised
justifies, to loan money to the farmers
in raising the crop and in holding the
same the land owner endorsing the
notes for those who raise cotton 6n
his land. This will abolish to a great
degree "time prices" and will insure
the cotton going to the warehouses in
place of on the market. If the farmers
will keep their accounts with the
Banking-Warehouse there will be a
sufficient amount of money to transact
this business. Banking Real Estate
Companies have proven quite success
ful, and cotton is a much quicker asset
than real estate. Two classes of certfi
cates for cotton could be issued, one to
pay the price on the sample and the
other being a special deposit where
the owner retains the ownership of
the cotton.
To Escort the Governor.
Mr. C. C. Moore, president of the
Mecklenburg Cotton Association, who
is arranging for the visit of the Gover
nor here tomorrow requests all the
members of the committee to meet
at the county court house tomorrow at
12.30 o'clock. The committee will
march from the court house to the
Manufacturers' Club and from there
escort the Governor to the Academy
of Music, where he will address the
farmers. '
Cotton Receipts.
The receipts of cotton at the city
platform today, omounted to four bales
and the bst price was 11.60. For the
same day last . year the receipts
amounted to 9 bales and the prevaling
price was 6.35.
THE CITY COUNCIL
IDS RE
L
Indiana Mayor Charged With Op
, pression, Malconduct and Neg
lect of Duty. Complaint Made
in Nme Paragraphs. Club Re
presentatives Make Charges.
By Associated Press.
Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 29. At a
special meeting of the city council
last night formal demand was made
for the removal. of Mayor Edward J.
Bidaman. Formal charges against the
Mayor were signed by representatives
of the Manufacturers' Club and of
the Young Men's Business Club.
After ascertaining that Mr. Bidaman
has been willfully and corruptly guilty
of oppression, malconduct and disre
garding his duties as Mayor, com
plaints are made specific in nine sep
arate paragraphs.
List of the Dead.
By blowing up of the engine attached
to the freight on the Chicago and
Erie railroad near Disco Hill today,
Engineer John J. O'Brien, of Kouts.
Fireman C. B. Oliver of thia place and
Lemuel Fisher, a brakeman of Roches
ter, Ind., were instantly killed.
M
MOVA
INSURGENTS LOSE,
IT Will
THE END III SIGHT,
Revolutionists Only Able to Keep
Up Feeble Show of Resistance.
Workmen's Council Negotiat
ing Tprms of Settlement.
Strike to be Called Off. v
Radical Papers in St. Petersburg
Striving to Keep up Spirit of
Revolutionists With Lurid Ac
counts of the Insurgents' Sit
uation In Moscow.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 29. The corres
pondent of the Associated Press at Mos
cow, telegraphs that the scattered rev
olutionists there are only able to keep
up a feeble, show of resistance to
troops and the Workmen's Council re
alizing that the revolt is crushed, is
negotiating terms for the strikers who
participated in the uprising with the
view of calling off the strike on
Monday.
Nevertheless, the radical papers of
St. Petersburg continue to inflame their,
readers with stories of desperate fight'
ing in the streets of Moscow, repre
senting the revolutionists as being in
complete possesssion of ten square,
miles of the city. These papers also
print columns of descriptive matter
representing the revolutionists a&
fighting valiantly behind barricades
and standing on heaps of corpses of
their comrades.
The Molva prints an Interview with
a student who has arrived here from
Moscow in which the student says
that the' horror of the sights he wit
nessed, was driving him insane and
that he was forced to flee.
GROOM !S IN JAIL.
Sweetheart Awaits His Release So
They Can Wed.
MisS Dora Caldwell, of Lincoln
county, ia at the Charlotte hotel anx
iously awaiting the release from the
county jail of Mr; J.: L-r Norwood, who--'
was placed there last night by Con
stable S.- C. Ross, charged with dis
posing of mortgaged property.
The couple arrived in Charlotte
early in the evening on the Seaboard
train from Lincoln county and went
direct to Puckett's restaurant on
North Tryon street for supper. After
supper they intended to plight their
troth.
No sooner had they emerged from
the restaurant when the cruel hand of
the law unexpectedly separated them.
Mr. Norwood was told of the charge
against him and not being able to fur
nish the required bond he was taken
to the county jail, where he spent the
night.
But his arrrest and confinement in
the jail will not prevent Cupid's arrow
from joining the two hearts.
The bride-to-be blushingly told a
News reporter that she left all the
arrangements for the marriage to her
intended and that as soon as he is
released they will be married.
Miss Caldwell has been making her
home with her brother, Mr. Commo
dore Caldwell, who resides near Stan
ly. Mr. Norwood is a resident of this
county.
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LIVED ON CLAMS FOR WEEkS.
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Castaway Finally Escaped From Deso
late Island on a Raft. '
Victoria, B. C, Dec. 29. News was
brought by the steamer Tees from
Northern British Columbia of the Cru-so-like
adventures of S. A. Lundburg,
a Norwegian who was cast away a.
month ago from a sloop in which he
was voyaging from Portland Canal to
Kitamat.
The sloop was wrecked on Pearse
Island, near Port Simpson,' and the
seamen spent three weeks on the isl
and, uving on clams. He hoistea dis
tress signals on a tree by day and
built fires by night, endeavoring vainly
to attract attention, and finally built a
raft on which he reaeued Port Wilson,
fifteen miles away, after a most trying
voyage, in which he narrowly escaped
being washed from his raft. He was
finally picked up by the Tees and tak
en to Hartley Bay. '
CHILD A MARTYR TO DUTY.
Minding Little Cousin, She Saved His
Life at Cost of Her Own.
Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 29. Theresa,
the 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William J. Lindsley, died yester
day from burns received while'caring
for a younger child. -
Her little cousin threw a piece of
paper into the stove and the back
draught carried it out upon his should
er. Thersa ran to his aid and the
blaze set her light apron on fire. Dr.
Burke found it impossible to save her
life, for she had inhaled the flames.
"I'm glad Teddy didn't eet hurt."
Theresa murmured in - her dying mo
ments. She lived five hours. .
Col. Bob Wallace III.
His friends throughout the county
will regret to learn that Col. Bob Wal
lace has been quite sick for'' the past
week. 'Squire John P. Hunter was in
the city today and informed The News
of Col Wallace's illness. It is sin
cerely hoped that he will soon be him
self again.
GOVERNMENT WIIIS