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THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
VOL. XXXV NO.
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GOV.R. B.GLENN
! LOTTE
EXftLTED praise
He is Enthusiastic Over Reception
He Received Here, and The Im
mense and Weil-Behaved Audi
ences he Addressed. Saw &
Drunken Men.
Col. Whitford Sends Box0f Yal-
uable Relics From Olj Colonial I
Pal, rt C' u.' n ...
. .uv iu oiaicj t;a 0T nis- I
tory. Observance jf New Year's
Day at Capital.
Special to The New(
Raleigh, Jan. Governor Glenn
returned this moving from Charlotte,
where ha delivered addresses to the
Mecklenburg Farmers- Convention, the
Y. M. C. A. ? nd thy Good Govern
ment League jje is enthusiastic over
the recepti and the entertainment
he received.. V
The three largest audiences he ever
addressed, v.-eeted him. The farmers !
were a BMeudld and prosperous look- J
T5 bodyf men. abundantly evidenc- i
ing ur
lal property. He says he did
not ser a siagle drunken man in the
crowd
1 De I Rppr.itnrv of State received a
W - j
letter hij lTinm Imr from Col. Jno. D
ibrd, to the effect that he has
forwrje(j a dox of valuable relics' from
tQe old Nfawbern palace of Colonial
Governor Tryon. He sends them as
a 'few Year's present to the State for
th' XInll nf T-Hfitorv. '
he Covuoration Commission will
h jar next Thursday, a petition from
t'fe citizens of Goldsboro for a Union
State offices w:ere open only an hour
such a matter this morning for
irgent matters. The observance of the
lew year here was the most general
in the hfstory of the Capitol City.
NEGROES PARADE STREETS.
CeUbrate Emancipation Proclamation
With Much Disorder Several At
tacks on Whites.
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 1. Thousands
of negroes are on parade here in cele
bration of the emancipation proclama
tion. The narade is marked by the
greatest disorder. Capt. J. C. McBride,
nonrfrifl n newsaaDer man, at-
tpmntPd to cross the lines and was set
tempted to cio-b uie imco a j
upon ana Daaiy ueaieu. a
conductor who tried to run his car
through the line was also set upon and
forced to leave his car.
He was painfully hurt. The negroes
also attacked a photographer who at
tempted to photograph the parade.
" The first time in a quarter of a cen
tury the negroes paraded this day with
out any military escort.
WOMAN SHOT CLAYTON.
Died from Wound Claims That He
Attempted To Asault Her.
Associated Press.
Oklahoma City, I. T., Jan. 1. Miss
Barbara Toxer today shot and killed
li. C. Clayton, a business man of this
city. The woman asserts that clayton
attempted to assault her and that
she shot him in self defense.
OLD HORSE A SUICIDE.
Depression Began' When New Stable
Companion Was Brought to Help in
the Work. ;
Auburn, Me., Jan. 1. "Yes it was
jealousy that drove my faithful old
horse to suicide," said W. W. Farrar,
of Auburn, yesterday as he hitched his
team in front of the grocery store on
Spring street.
The horse had been owned by Mr.
Fan-ar for many years and had grown
attached to his master. When a sec
on l horse was bought by the grocer,
a purchase made necessary by increas
ing business, the old horse showed
sijns of uneasiness and extreme dis
lil e for the new comer.
WILL GIVE THE CITY
Mayor McCIellan Begins Second
Term. Calls Together Heads
of Departments and lells
Them his Intention of Giving
City Honest Government. . '
5y Associated Press,
ew York, Jan. 1 Mayor McClel
;in began his second term as Mayor
his time of four years. The ceremonies
vere few as today merely marked 'the
opening of a new term, not a new gov
ernment. A number of new heads of
departments were sworn in including
general Theodore Bingham, the new
Police Commission.
After taking their oaths, Mayor Mc
Uellan called these heads of the de
partments together and told them that
J ?mbition is, to give the city a clean
efficient and honest government.
GIVES CHAR
CLEAN
GOVERNMENT
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Tors Drawn and other Business
Was Transacted.
The boarf of county commissioners
met this morrifig at 10 0.clock at the
court house,-Those preSent were
Chairman weddingtcn and Messrs.
Price, Fufr aad Klh
It wag ordered that Mr. N. P. Cathey
be reeved of poll tax because cf tue
loss6faleg.
The serai-annual report of the Coun
ty Home shows that there are now 58
inmates, 29 white and 29 colored.
The total' expenditures for the past
six months amounted to $l,184.4i. The
expenses for the month of December
amounted to $222.54.
Superintendent H. C. Little report
ed that he has now 43 convicts at his
camp. Seven have hoon .dicmin
since the last meeting of the ooard
nave Deen received.
Messrs. Hugh W. Harris and T. S
Franklin appeared before tho hnarrt
and asked that the county donate $500
for the Carnegie library. - The matter
had not been disposed of when The
News went to press.
The following jurors were drawn
for the two weeks' term of the Crimi
nal Court that meets the first Monday
in February:
First week: W. C. Crosby, W. T
Oehler, C. A. Black, lw. A. Caldwell,
Thomas B. White, G. R. Todd, R. T.
Hampton, M. M. Johnston, J. A. Dur
ham, W. M. Pettus, I. W. Sehorn, J.
A. Fasnacht, B. T. Sinclair, S. B. Por
ter, J. G. Benfield, D. H. Cowan, J. W
sampie, a. (j. freeman, I. B. Grier J.
J?- i"1?1"' J- M- Renfrew, W. T. Springs,
ston w" t Alexander? J W Mock
James F. Pearce, J. G. Webber, F. C
Hams, M. A. White, J. W. Skidmore,
1 w. J . Chambers, J. R. Ross, R. J.
I Downs, W. F. Dowd.
Second wepk J Ahcmcfinr t n
iRnrwell T w n
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Hayes, J. W. Little, V. H. Patterson,
j. ss. ivies; wen, V. Y. Brawley, Charles
S. Stones, C. B. Barkley. J. A. Solomon.
J. S. Summerville, Harvey Lambeth,
B. B. Todd, W. S. Abernethy, D. M.
Russell, John Gamble, S. H. Young
blood. HOLD UP FOR JOKE.
StntU'nt at IVifro Dame is Shot By a
Man AMioiti He Ordered to Throw up
His Hands.
Notre Dame, Ind. Jan. 1. Louis Ro
quella, of Columbia, a student of Notre
Dame seminary Saturday night, shot
and almost instantly killed Claude Bag
by of Durang-a, Colo., when Bagby and
several other students as a practical
joke held up Roquella, mistaking him
for another student.
Several students planned a mimic
hold-up of a friend, expecting', him to
pass a. certain point where ' they lay
waiting. Roquella came along and the
students thinking him their victim, or
dered him to hold up his hands. In
stead, Roquella drew a, revolver and
fired. The bullet struck Bagby near
the heart and he died in five minutes.
Bagby was 20 years of age. Roquella,
who is 21 years of age, is taking an
engineering course. Roquella is crush
ed over the affair, although he suppos
ed the attack on him to be genuine and
acted on the defensive.
CHARLES T. YERKES
LAID TD REST
Body of Former Traction Promo
ter was To-day Laid to Rest in
the Yerkes Mausoleum in
Greenwood Cemetery. Only
Few Friends at Ceremony.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 1. The funeral of
Charles T. Yerkes, the late Traction
promoter, took place from his home
at Fifth Avenue and Sixty-eighth
street today. The funeral services
were conducted by. a Quaker minister.
They were very simple and attended
only by members of the family and a
few close friends of Yerkes.
The body was placed in Yerkes'
mausoleum, in Greenwood cemetery.
Four coaches followed the hearse from
the house. The second was occupied
by Mrs. Yerkes, wife of the deceased,
Mr. Yerkes daughter, Mrs.Belea Rondi
nella, and Clarence H. Knight, Yerkes
former legal adviser.
Bitter Old Aristocratic Dames, Dies.
Paris, Jan. 1. "The old French aris
tocracy" dies' with me," cried the Prin
cess De Valmont on her deathbed. She
was a bitter old soul who, born of a
long line of uncontaminated ancestors
and married to a noble of equally su
perfine strain, had, through (her hus
band's death in financial difficulties, to
marry her, five ctiildren to "abominable
persons" of higher character but with
the blight of trade or industry in their
blood. Her last years were, made
mournful to her by this pitiful descent,
and iust before' her grandiose last ut
terance, looking with a bitter smile at
her children and grandchildren in
tears round her deathbed, she broke
silence in the following terrible re
flection: "We have here," counting on
her fingers, "representatives of carriage-making,
wholesale grocery con
fectionery, coal-mining and the Stock
Exchange .and all grated on the old
tree of the De Valmounts.
Aoes Supply a Cure for Men.
Paris. Jan. l.-Profs. t Metchnikofl
and Roux. heads of the Institute Pas
teur, declare that experiments m the
inoculation of anthropoid apes and sub
sequent cure show a way which time is
certain to perfect, to the destruction of
the most terrible disease human beings
can acauire or inherit. The result
would be one great step toward,, a hu
manity perfectly healthy, physically,
mentally and morally.-
CHARLOTTE, N C,
YEAR'S DAY IS
CELEBRATED AT
Gala Day in Washington City.
Old Customary Celebration Ob
served. President Received
People From all Over World.
Long Line of Receptions.
Vice-President Joins Throng in
Wishing President a "Happy
New Year." Foreign Embas
sadors Participate in Celebra
tion. By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 1. New Year's
Day at the nation's capital was ob
served with little additional brilliancy
than which time and custom have de
creed shall characterize the ofilcial
greeting of New Year and all other
was added ' to the long line of recep
tions at the White House where the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt received
the people of the world, whatever
their race or creed, of station high or
low, who filed past, till their numbers
reached up into the thousands, each of
them bringing a "Happy New Year."
The first day of the year dawned
bright and crisp. - The heavy frost was
melted away in the early morning by
a flood of Sunshine. By 9 o'clock the
long line of citizens who were to be
received after the representative of
the sovereigns of work and the various
officials of tne American Government
had passed down the receiving line,
began forming in front of the White
House gates and- by 11 o'clock, the
hour for the reception to begin, the
column stretched along the front of
the State, War and Navy buildings.
For the first time in six years today
a President received the good wishes
of a Vice President on New Year's
day. The late Garrett A. Hobart hav
ing been the last Vice President pres
ent at the White House on this oc
casion. '
Shortly before 11 o'clock the Presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt, preceded by
the military and naval aides to the
President and several White House
aides, all in special full dress, descend
ed the marble stairway leading from
the second floor. Entering the blue
room they took up their position to
the right of the door leading from the
red room. The first to wish them a
"Happy New Year" were the Vice
President and Mrs. Fairbanks. After
them came the Cabinet oflicers and
ladies.
As soon as the President had gath
ered about him his official family Col
onel Broomwell announced the acting
Dean of the diplomatic corps, the Am
bassador irom Austria, Hungary and
Madame Hengel Muller. For the first
time in five years the familiar figure
of Count Cassini, the xtussian Ambas
sador, was missing, and in the absence
of i Baron Mayor Des Planches, tue
Italian Ambassador who succeeded to
the Deanship. The place of honor at
the head of the corps was held by
Hengel Muller, who was in full uni
form and wore the many decorations
conferred upon him during his diplo
matic. career. Then followed the Su
preme Court of the United States,
army,' navy, marine corps, various
civic and military organizations and
lastly the general public, the army be
ing headed Dy Lieut. Gen. Chaffee, the
navy by Admiral Dewey, the marine
corps by Brig. Gen. Elliotte.
Miss Alice at Reception.
Miss Roosevelt ' and Mr. Longworth
mingled with the guests in the east
room. Miss Roosevelt wore a gown of
blue chiffon over pink silk, cut low.
She also wore a diamond necklace and
pendant and huge bunch of orchids.
BOX FITL.L. OF GOLD.
Banks, on Deathbed, Tells of Cache.
Sioux City, Jan. 1. Unless the hands
of robbers have dug it from its hiding
place, there lies buried in a lot in
Granada, Colo., a copper box contain
ing $'2,500 in gold pieces, placed there
by R. li. Mann five years ago.
On his deathbed at Kingsley, la., yes
terday, Mann handed his daughter a
bunch of papers, among them a note
written on a letterhead of J. S. May
field, Granada, saying:
"In the inside corner of my garden
there lies a copper box in which is $2,
500 in gold. On that corner stands a
big elm tree, under that tree it lies."
Pinned to this was a pledge given be
fore J. S. Mayfield, notary public, in
January, 1900.
Mann sold his farm in Dawea county,
Neb., six years ego and moved to Gran
ada, where he was a gardner and a
poultry raiser, but his family never
knew until today what he did with the
Covington, Neb., and it was thought
possible that he might have referred to
his garden there.
A nartv of . Sioux uity newspaper men
and working-men . tore up the old Mann
garden there, cut round notning ana
no trace of an elm tree. No further ef
fort is to be made at Covington ana
Mrs. Pheobe Addington, Mann's daugh
ter, has placed the matter in the hands
of an attorney, who is . hurrying to
Colorado to search for the gold.
R. R. Mann was an eccentric charac
ter, and thougn ne naa consiaeraDie
money at times, he had a pioneer prej
udice against banks and never deposi
ted a cent, but carriea it or nia it
about his home.
RATIONS CAPITAL
MONDAY EVENING;
MAKES GOOD TIME
Dewey Expedition Yesterday Was 160
Mites S. E. of Cape Henry. -
By Associated Press. - ' ' " . " p
. Norfolk, Jan. 1. A wireless message
received at the Norfolk Navy Yard last
evening from the United States, Colier
Glaeier, which is of an expedition to
tow dry dock Dewey to the Philippine
Islands sailed at 1:20 p. m. Sunday in
lattitude 35.42 long, longitude 73.07,
day's run; one hundred and eleven
miles. Weather good with westerly
breeze and smooth sea." Dewey expedi
tion at the time this message was re
ceived was 160 miles southeast of Cape
Henry.
According to a report from Glacier,
the Dewey is now being towed upwards
of four miles and half per hour. This
time is considered good.
SIGNAL FOR DOCTOR.
Steamer Passes in Capes Doctor
to
Board Vessel.
By Associated Press.
Norfolk, Jan. 1. The steamer The
City of Birmingham, from Savannah
to New York and Boston passed in the
Capes at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon,
signalling for a physician. A doctor
left immediately to board the vessel as
she came into Hampton Roads.
IN SANTO DOMINGO.
Bombardment of Puerto Plata in Not
Probable Must Fight Outside of
Town.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 1. Advices receiv
ed here from Santo Domingo by cable
are to the effect that there is little
probability of a bombardment of Puer
to Plata: by Morales's gunboat the In
dependencia as was threatened. The
Nashville -and Scorpion are now in that
harbor and negotiations are in pro
gress which make it probable that
both factions of the Dominicans will
be warned to make their fight outside
of the town if they desire to fight at
all.
Registered for the First Time.
For the first time during his many
years' residence in Charlotte Col. H. C.
Eccles registered at a Charlotte hotel
this morning. He, with his servants,
are at the Central.
vanderWIdk
in drug room
Reginald and His Wife Here Last
' Night on Their Way to Ormond
Florida Where They will Take
Part In the Big Automobile
Races. ;
Mr. Reginald Vanderbilt and Mrs.
Vandfcrbilt-wWe- passengers on South
ern Railway train No. 29 last night.
These distinguished New Yorkers
are en route to Ormond. Fla., where
Mr. Vanderbilt goes to attend the
big automobile races.
On the same train, in a baggage
coach, were carefully stored away Mr.
Vanderbilt's two handsome 40 and 60
horse power machines. They were in
charge of the chauffeur, who watched
them with the keenest eye.
Aside from the fact that Mr. Vander
bilt is many times a millionaire, he is
a most pleasant gentleman. He is
quite a young man, athletic in build
and every inch a splendid specimen
of vouns manhood.
Only l?.st summer, Mr. Vanderbilt
vas one of the most talked-of persons
in New York. This extended publicity
grew out of the fact that he had, on
a number of occasions, visited Can
field's, the noted New York gambling
house. District Attorney Jerome was
hot on the trail of Canfield and to
clinch his case against the gambler,
he wanted Mr. Vanderbilt to testify
as to how much he had been fleeced of.
One can look into Mr. Vanderbilt's
eyes and see at a glance that he is no
"squeeler." He deserted New York
and made himself scarce thereabout.
The young man never denied that he
had lost about $100,000 while gambling
in Canfield's place, but he did not in
tend to tell of it. He lost it gambling,
and that was all there was to it.
Still another incident in the young
man's short, but eventful life, brought
him into undue prominence. Casting
aside the wishes of his family, he met
and married the woman he loved and
now adores. This beautiful girl was
an actress. Mr. Vanderbilt had seen
her many times on the stage and be
came smitten. He prosecuted his sui
and after so long a time, their marri
age was announced. . ;
The pride of the great house of
Vanderbilt was stung to the core. The
idea of a Vanderbilt marrying an act
ress was just a little more than the
other members of this aristocratic
family could stand for. As a conse
quence, Reginald Vanderbilt and his
actress bride were given the cold
shoulder.
But the young man clung to the
woman he loved and is now, as he has
ever been, the devoted, though sporty
husband.
And the charming young lady who
bears his name, is as pretty as she
is amiable. Last nigM as she sat in
the drawing room of a Pullman, look
ing intently in the eyes oL-the man
she loves, she presented a picture of
perfect happiness and absolute con
tentment. Great Inconhee Coming.
There will be a called meetinar of the
Red Men at their hall on East Trade
street tonight. The meeting is to
make arrangements for the coming of
the Great Incohonee. John W. Cherrv.
of Norfolk, who will arrive Thursday
morning. . Thursday night Mr. Cherry
will be present at the "raising , . of
chiefs" at the Red Men's hall.
Death of Mr. Suggs. '
Mr. J. W. Suggs died this afternoon
at 1:15 o'clock, at his home No. 701
West Trade street, the immediate
cause of his death being' pneumonia.
trom which he had ;beeti ill about two
weeks. The funeral: will take place at
Paw Creek tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock. The deceased was 23 years old
and is. survived by a wife. - .
JANUARYR 1, 190(51
DFTHE
ISTS
GOES STEADILY ON
Announcement of the Revolution
ists of Their Intention to Wage
a Guerrilla Warfare, Until a
General Revolt is Prepared,
Arouses the Government.
Gov. General Doubossoff Explains
Duration of Revolt. So Large
an Extent of Territory Has to
be Covered with so Few
Troops.
By Associated Press. r.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 1. The policy
of repressing the revolutionists con
tinues with vengeance. Their an
nouncement that they purpose to carry
on a guerilla warfare until a general
armed revolt is prepared, has " stimu
lated the government to redoubled en
ergy. A band of terrorists is known to
be at work here,: and .last night there
were wholesale searches for suspects
The city prisons are so overcrowded
that hundreds have been removed to
the Schlusselburg fortress and to ce
fortress of St. Peter and Str Paul.' The
government spies are at work among
tne workmen and the revolutionary
societies with instructions to" giye
warning of the meetings 'which are
immediately surrounded, the "members
searched for arms and the ringleaders
taken into custody. The patrols are
understood to have orders not to spare
uunets it they are. attacked by per
sons using bombs or revolvers.
Why Revolt Continue's.
An 'interview with Governor ' General
Doubassoff is printed today in which
he explains that the duration of the
revolt is owing to the extent of the re
gion in which the military forces are
operating and owing to the lack of
'troops, .which compelled Doubiassioff
to await reinforcements from Warsaw
and St. Petersburg before giving the
revolutionists their death blow.
Women Sit in City Council.
Mitau, Courtland, Russia, Jan. 1.
Four columns of troops, principally
cavalry and , artillery, are converging
toward Mitau and Riga. The insur
gents in the towns held by them, are
instituting social' democratic admin
istration as if they were in permanent
possession. At Frankenberg a woman
of seventy, and two girls sit in the new
city council.
Large Force Marchinq On.
Riga, Russia, Jan. 1. Three police
men were killed during the night. The
railroad men are again threatening to
strike in order to obtain the release of
arrested delegates. General Count Sol-
logub, th new Governor General of the
Baltic provinces, who is marching on
this city with a large force of troops,
is expected here Wednesday.
DIVIDES LAUGHERS.
Society for Encouragement of Cach
innaliou Established to Cheer Up the
French People.
Paris, Jan. 1. A society for the en
couragement of laughter has just been
formed by the professors and students
of the medical college here.
According to a circular issued by
the society laughter promotes health.
The pamphlet has been sent to air the
educational institutions of France, with
a setter urging the heads of these in
stitutions to teach their pupils-how to
laugh. The public is appealed to on the
patriotic grounds' to laugh more fre
quently for the French race is losing
the merriment for which it was famous
and is becoming as serious as the Eng
lish.
At a recent meeting of the Laughter
Societies, thos who practiced the gen
tie art, were declared to be divided into
three distinct sorts. Those who laugh
"Ha, ha!" are declared to be of a frank
disposition and fond of action. "Ho,
ho!" shows the laugh to be generous
and hardy, while laughter of the "He,
he!" brand is exclusively the character
istic of chfldren and adults whose
brains are weak.
- Cook Burned to Death.
New London, Conn., Jan. 1. Emma
Durand, a cook ,was burned to death
today, and May Pierson, a roomer in
the house, was thrown from a second
floor window by an explosion of gaso
line and seriously injured.
Mrs. Alfred Gilpin occupied the sec
ond and third floors of the building as
a boarding house. The first started in
a tobacco store on the ground floor and
the smoke aroused the occupants, all of
whom except the cook and Miss Pier
son escaped. These two were seen at
window on the front of the ' building.
The firemen shouted to them to wait
until ladders could be put up, but be
fore this could be done a gasoline tank
at the back of the building exploded.
- After the fire was subdued the cook's
body was found in the upper part of
the building. .
BOYS SIGN A PLEDGE.
Fraternity Members Make a Promise
to Read Non-Fiction.
Philadelphia, Jan. 1, -City Librarian
William H. Ketler, .: o Camden, has
founded an organization of boys known
as the Reading Fraternity, for the pur
pose of decreasing the percentage or
fiction read by the patrons of the Free
Public Library of that city. Every
member of the Fraternity and there
are now nearly 300 of them has sign
ed the . following obligation:
"I do' solemnly promise that for ev
ery volume of fiction I shall read here
after, I shall read two 'class,' or non
fiction, books. I also promise that I
shall respect the work of the free libra
ry and protect its property, and I will
urge all other persons to do the same.
To all the foregoing I pledge my sa
cred honor." . -
PR
ESS KG
REVOLUTION
AT PRICE'S MILLS.
A Lot of News Items from Prosperous
Locality.
Special to The News.
Price's Mill, N. C, Jan. 1. The
Christmas holidays in this section pass
ed off without anv casualties Th
pie seemed to enjoy themselves and all
beem to be in fine spirits.
The Christmas tree at the school
building was quite a success. Nearly
every child in the community got a
present. Misses Mary Thompson and
Escor Ashcraft, the lady teachers, de
serve much credit for what they did
in making the occasion such a success.
Miss Thompson is spending the holidays
in Charlotte with her parents, Rev. J.
E. Thompson and family. Miss Ash
craft is spending the holidays with her
parent at Marshville. They are both
liked as teachers and are a blessing to
the community.
Price's Mille Camp, No. 162, of the
Woodinfeii of the World, gave an oyster
supper here last Wednesday evening,
which was managed by Deputy Wm.
Short of Providence Camp; Sovereign
Charles or Charlotte, District Organizer,
made a most able speech on Woodcraft.
Mr. Charles made a fine impression on
tha people and they are anxious for him
to return again. After the supperrand
speaking the Camp went into private
session. The camp here is a new one,
only been organized a short while, and
have about 25 members. They are a
working camp and expect to double
their number this year.
Mr. W. F. Wolfe and family spent
the holidays with Ex-Sheriff Price and
family at Weddington.
Mr. John A Diggers is here today on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dees of Stout
spent last Sunday with J. N. Price and
family. "
Miss Wilma Winchester of Charlotte
is visiting, friends and relatives in
this vicinity. .
JMiss Lula Fowler, of Monroe, is visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M
Fowler.
THE HAND AMPUTATED.
Dr. Wylie Performs Operation on Mr.
Angler Duke. ,
Mr. D. H. Anderson received the fol
lowing telegram from Mr. B. N. Duke
this afternoon.
"Dr. Wylie amputated Angier's right
hand' Sunday morning at 2 o'clock. He
is resting as well as could be expected.
We appreciate your message.
. - "15. N. DUKE."
Miss Mary Spencer Anderson, daugh
ter of Mr. Anderson was one of the
house party at Carteret Lodge. She
is now in Durham, the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Duke.
DRUGGISTS TAKE CHARGE.
Messrs. Henderson, Walker and Moody
Take Charge of Gray Drug Com
pany. Messrs. Henderson, Walker and
Moody, the purchasers of the Gray
Drug Company, have completed the in
ventory of the stock and this morning
fnrmpriv tnnk rharee of the store. A
charter will be applied for the new
company. as soon as a suitable name
has been determined, which will prob
ably be in a few. Several improvements
will be made on the interior of the
store. Mr. Walker is . expected to ar
rive in the city this evening.
Columbia Won Game.
By'Associated Press.
Savannah, Ga.; Jan. 1. In the game
of football today Columbia beat Jack
sonville by the score of 29 to 0 .
$100 IN GOLD FOR
CHIEF H, C,
City Attorney Hugh W.' Harris
Made the Presentation Speech.
A Taken of Esteem and Confid
ence From Citizens to a Most
Faithful Officer.
Chief Irwin is one of the happiest
men in Charlotte today and the cause
of this happiness was all unexpected.
Shortly after 11 o'clock this morn
ing, Mr. Hugh W. Harris, attorney for
the city of Charlotte appeared at the
police station and there in tne pres
ence of Recorder Shannonhouse and
a few police officers, presented Mr.
Irwin with a purse that contained $100
in gold. In presenting this handsome
Mew Year's gift, Mr. Harriss aid:
"One of the first citizens of our
city, representing a number of our fel
dow citizens, as well as simself, has
just put in my posession this hand
some containing $100 in gold to be pre
sented to you, as a New Year gift, In
token of their appreciation of your
success to the public. .
"I now have the pleasure of pre
senting it to you with the note express
ing their good wishes and their es
teem for you as a public servant."
While the popular officer was taken
completely by surprise, he . accept
ed the gift in a pretty iale speecn
that was couched in words of deepest
appreciation. .
Inside the purse that contained tne
glittering gold was the following
"Will Hon. Hugh W.- Harris. - City
Attorney, kindly present to H. C. Ir
wing, Esq., Chief of Police, this modest
purse as a citizen's Mew Year s gift
to a faithful, impartial and efficient
omcer, whose duties call not for his
time, but . for judgment, discretion,
courage, a knowledge of men. and
affairs and other good qualities of
heart and head." ; .
Mr. Stinson Resigns Position.
Mr. James W- Stinson has resigned
his nosition with Davidson and Wolfe
and leaves this evening for Statesville,
where he will spend' a few days with
his sister, after which, he goes to
Florida to spend several months. Mr.
Stinson has been with this well known
firm in the capacity of bookkeeper for
nearly ten, years.
IRWIN
PRICE: 3 CENTS
IJ'CALLFIEIIB,
AND HE ALSO SAILS
TS,
Tendered Resignation Saturday
Night. The Trustees Reluct
antly Accept it. McCall Re
fuses to Reply to Questions Re
garding the Resignation.
McCall, it is Understood wilf
Leave Soon for Europe Which
Seems to be The Refuge of
American Disreputables. . He
will Rest.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 1. it was made
known last night on excellent author
ity that John' A. McCall resigned on
Saturday the presidency of the New
York Life Insurance Company, says
today's Times, and -that his resigna-'
tion vas reluctantly accepted by the
trustees of the company. The official
announcement of his . resignation' had,
been planned by the trustees to be
made next Tuesday, when the annual
assessment of the company would be.
come public property. t
McCall.it is understood, inteds to
the request that he" confirm the report
of -his resignation.
McCal, it is understood, intends to
leave town after Tuesday next, to take
a long rest. It is not improbable that
he will go to Europe for awhile.
SWEETHEART GETS HALFESTATK.
Court Holds That He in Entitled to
Property Left Him by His Fiancee.
Danyenport, la., Jan. 1. A prettv ro-
Mth06 in- reai llfe 'one that Called for
high pra1Se from the Wench, has just
been -aired in the district court here.
It attracted much attention on account
of its being brought out in connection
with an attempt to break the will of
pretty Anna Adolphson, a young wo
man who left half her estate to hor
affianced husband, who she was only
prevented from marrying on her death
bed by the opposition of her pastor and
her relatives.
George Mulford, the young man, had
been devoted in his attentions to Miss
Adolphson during her long lilness, go
ing to her home evenings, performing
much of the household labor there, it
being multiplied not only by the fact
that the young woman but her brother
were invalids. Finally the young man'
died, and a week later the young wo
man. Nine days before her death she
dictated a will by which she left her
sweetheart half her estate.
A cousin, one of five, her nearest rel
atives, contested the will. This cous'n'
hed been left the other half of the es
tate, and near the close of the trial At
torney Lewis Block made a motion that
the court instruct the jury to return a
verdict for . the postponement, because
the contestant could not be recognized
in court as such, as she would get only
one-fifth of the estate if it were divid
ed according to law, in case she won
and broke the will, while if the will
stood she would get one-half. This pe
culiar situation is brought about by
the fact that she had four sisters and
one brother to divide the estate with
her. While she may prefer to divide it
that way, and shut out the young man
to whom her deceased cousin was en
gaged, it would not be to her own in
terest, and under this situation Mr.
Block contended that she could not be
recognized, as contestant of the will.
The court did not have to rule on the
po'nt, as the motion was sustained upon
grounds also urged by .Mr. Block, that
there was insufficient testimony of the
unsoundness of mind and undue In
fluence. The judge paid a glowing tri
bute to the young man when, in sus
taining Attorney Block's motion to In-.,
struct the jury, he said that he had sel
dom beard of a more beautifully true
and loyol love and devotion.'-.
Count Boni Seeks Political Honors.
Paris, Jan. 1. Count Boni de Castel
lane, who temporarily eclipsed his po
litical lights, is opening a new cam
paign, with articles, interviews and
pronouncements, marking the rebirth
of his old ambision to force his way
into a ministerial place, with an eye
to a future Presidency of the Republic.
His programme - is .mainly an- attack
upon the Government on the question
of separation of church and state; but
he takes a strong' line on foreign poli
tics, backing a continuation of the
Russian alliance, deepening the , en
tente cordale with England and attack
ing Delcasse fiercly over Morocco.
MANNING C, PALMER
GETS HIS SENTENCE
Was Charged -With Mjssapprcpri-
ation of Funds of Syracuse
Bank... Jurv Returns Verdict of
"Guilty" and he is Given. Five
Years in Auburn Prison.
By Associated Press.
Auburn, N. Y., Jan 1 Manning C.
Palmer, charged with misaprcpriating
the funds of the American Exchange
National Bank, of Syracuse, of which
he was president, was found guilty
by the jury today.
Palmer was tried on 70 counts and
was convicted on all but ten. He was
sentenced to five yeears in the Auburn
prison. The American Exchange
National of Syracuse failed in Febru
ary, 1904 with liabilities amounting to
about $300,000.
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