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THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PrtESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE f VOL. XXXV NO. 6355 CHARLOTTE, N C, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1906 PRICE: 3 CENTS CZAR IS A PRISONER if TO ,5 KILLED C . E 'EMOTIONAL 1 . , .-.IV . : i-'5 8 i INIAiMUBE " AS PLEA THAW'S COUNSEL UUIIULII, U UUIIU I T-f COURT GAIETY HAS AIM VANISHED ORG A 2 Thirty-eight Cows Owned by Mr. Earnest Moora Said to Show Traces of the Tuberculosis Germ. Dr. Fisher Made Ex amination. It is Dr. F'sher's Opinion that those who Have Drunk the Milk will not Suffer any Bad Effects Therefrom. A Much Talked of Subject. Charlotte people had v hardly quit talking water when another sensation wu: today sprung in the shape o in tccttrd milk. Yesterday Dr. Adam Fisher, the city meat and milk inspector, condemned 3 ut' a herd of 6ti milch cows owned by .Mr. Ernest Moore. It is claimed by Dr. Fisher that the cows were diseased and that their trouble was tuberculosis. A News representative accompa nied Dr. Adam Fisher to Mr. Ernest Muuie's farm and dairy today for the purpose of getting at the heart of the ieal situation, which is the talk of the town. It is well to say in the beginning that Charlotte citizens who have been usiug milk from Mr .Moore's need not have the least fear, for it can be stat ed officially and with authority that no one who has been drinking milk titnii this dairv is in the least danger. lor the simple reason that the infection among Mr. Moore's cows was so pre-! mature and siignt tnat it naa not reached the milk. The state of affairs is simply this. Out of 66 cows at this dairy were found to be slightly .in fected with tuberculous germs, and two others are suspected of also being infected. In the course of time the in tectiuii would have reached the milk, but so far it has not, and while it would be safe to butcher these cows and use the meat, still this will not be done. On. the contrary every cow will be killed. A thorough test was made by Dr. Fisher and the above number of cows were condemned. The estimated value of the cows by an expert is $950.00: The city will bear hall of this loss according to a prevailing ordinance, the balance falilns on Mr. Moore. The people of the city sympathize with Mr. Moore. The result, of the investigation was as great a surprise to hi in as to any one. I might be well to state here that no person has been more active in securing a thorough test than Mr. Moore. He has aided Dr. Fisher in every way possible and he authorizes The News to state that it will W a pleasure for him to have any body come out and see the condition of his stock. The milk from these cows is being poured out and in a few days the cows will be killed. Better arrangements for a dairy or better conditions could not be found anvwhere in the county that at Mr. Moore's place. He has a beautiful barn and a finer herd of milk cows one scarcely ever runs across. In fact the ones marked as being infected looked in better and healthier condi tion than the ones exempt. It seems a pity to kill them but Mr. Moore stated that if every member of the board of aldermen told him he might continue to use the milk from these cows he would not do so. He is honest and sincere and the position he has taken in the matter will only incrase the confidence of the public in him. And when he buvs a sufficient number of cows to supply all his old customers it is safe to say that they will be glad to give him their business. In the meantime he will continue his business as he can with the number of cows left free of infection and it is certainly true that there is no danger from these for they have stood the most rigid examination. FATAL STREET DUEL A T i Information Received of Street Duel Between J. T. Parks and R- H, Covar. Both were Mor tally Wounded. Both Shot Through Body. , By Associated Press. Raleigh, N. c., June 29. A special to the Evening Times from Columbia, s C. says: W. O. Tatum, dispensary mmissioner has just received infor mation from Orangeburg that . J. T. parks, auditing clerk of the state dis nsary, and R. H. Covar, business manager of the Orangeburg Patriot, ?re mortally wounded there today in ? street duel. Both men were shot through the body. Parks formerly owned the Patriot fcD'l sold it to Covar. The shooting af tai"" is the result of trouble over the settlement. Parks is the secretary of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee and is a native of Edgefield county. . ORANGE G To monopolize public interest for the next six weeks. KILLS FORMER WIFE. Her Husband and Then Shoots Him self. By Associated Press. Fairmont, W. Va., June 29. Aselus Kodi, a former resident of Mannington, an oil town IS miles west of here, re turned home today after a- long ab sence, and finding his wife living with another man, killed them both. He then turned the; revolver on him .self, inflicting probably a fatal wound. During the time Kodi was out of the j State his wife had obtained a divorce and re-married. T RESIGNS OFFICE In Order to Take up his Canvass of County for Clerkship He Sends in Resignation as State President of Cotton Growers. Resigned June 13. Mr. Charles C. Moore, president of the North Carolina Division of the Southern Cotton Growers Association, has tendered his resignation to Chair man H. C. Dockery of the executive committee. ' Mr. Moore forwarded his resignation to Mr. Dockery on June 13, but has kept the matter from all but a few close friends, so that the public has had no inkling of what was about to take place. Mr. Moore's reason for resigning at this time is that he has been urged to make the race for clerk of the court, a position now held by Mr. J. A. Rus sell, and feeling that he is under more obligations to his friends in this case than to any others, he placed his resr ignation in the hands of the chairman of ti.e executive committee. Mr. Moore will by ho means give up the work which he has so well con ducted since the first of the year, but will continue to do everything that he can to forward the interests of the association. In reply to the note of resignation Chairman H. C. Dockery has written Mr. Moore that he will call a meeting of the executive committee July 11, ( when the matter will be laid hefore i them for consideration. j Mr. Dockery continuing his letter to! Mr. Moore says: j "Personally, I shall feel that I have j lost a friend in this great cause and that your place cannot be filled. "Your ability, zeal and earnestness, have been of great benefit to the state and your canvass of the state has been an educational one to farmers. "The reports to the committe are that you have organized in a short time 48 cotton growing counties and this in the face of the fact that you took hold of the work when there was not one cent in the treasury of the as sociation. "The committee is satisfied that you are so interested in this' cause that they will not hesitate to command you at any .time inthe interests of the as sociation. STILL DIVIDED. House and Senate Unable to Unite on Meat Inspection. By Associated Press. Washington, June 29. When the conferees on the agricultural bill met the House representatives insisted up on the House provision in regard to meat' inspection while the Senate con ferees stood out for their compromise proposition. When the conference broke up Senator Proctor announced that he would ask the Senate for in structions. . When President Leaves. By Associated Press. ' Washington, June 29. If Congress should complete its work of the pres-lo-ht or even if it 1 should not be completed until early I tomorrow, the probability is that Presi- dent Roosevelt win leave vv asums ton for Oyster Bay at midnight to w,, nip-ht Tr is Dossible. however, if the adjournment should not be reached until tomorrow, uie ri.uCuv and his party may not get away from Washington until Sunday night or Monday. Col. J. T. Anthony is at home with his family for a few days. - MOORE PRISONERS TRY TO ESCAPE. Plot Discovered in Time to Prevent Delivery. Dr. Alderman's Last Lec ture. Special The News. Raleigh June 29. Soon after the Raleigh Savings Bank opened tor business this morning a farmer pre sented himself at the cashiers win dow to borrow some money. Being asked what colateral he could offer stocks bonds or other secureties he announced that he had a steer hitched to his cart in the street and would give that as security. The bank officials never made him clearly un derstand that the steer was not of the class of "stocks" that the bank could accept as collateral. The second and last lecture by President Alderman of the University of Virginia before the Summer School for public school teachers last even ing was on "The Educational Achie vements of the Quarter of a century, "The address emphasized the neces sity for providing education for all irrespective of race or class. He de clared that the contention from some quarters that the public school funds be divided between the races on the basis of the taxes paid by each was "undemocratic," un-American and un christian." A well developed plan on the part of some of the most dangerous pris oners in Wake Jail was discovered last night In that a bar of the' prin cipal negro cell was sawed in two and the prisoners were only awaiting the cover of darkness to slip out or their cell and batter a hole in- the brick wall large enough to slip out. The principal prisoners mixed up in the attempt were Ben Williams, under sentence to be' hanged for killing Fred Clark, a negro brakeman and John Bethel a notorious negro criminal here. It was about four months ago that the negro jarrell under sentence of twentyfive years in the penetentiary for murder in Warren county, cut his way out of the jail in the manner that Williams and Bethel had so well under way. Jarrell has never been heard from. He was here for safe keeping. WILL MOVE JULY 10TH. Superintendent McManus anf Force To Go to Greenville. Superintendent R. L. McManus and his force will move to Greenville, S. C, about the tenth of July. Owing to the fact that the monthly reports cannot be finished until about the 10th, this date has been selected as the moving time. With Superintendent McManus and his force will go Roadmaster G. W. Detter; Trainmaster T. P. Weston and Chief Dispatcher W. M. Lineber ger. It is useless to add that Char lotte regrets very much at the turn of affairs in-the Southern's official family. Everybody in Charlotte -loves Mr. McManus, and those under him are exceedingly popular. All wish that one and all will be-pleasantly located in Greenville. ' TOLLS AND CHARGES July 5th Set as the Date for the Hearing ot Case of Secretary of State Against the Telephone Companies Before the Corpor ation Commission. Special to The News. Raleigh, June 29 The Corporation Commission sets July the fifth as the day for hearing the petition of the Sec retary of State J. Bryan Grimes, for the regulation of the long distance and local exchange charges in this state for telephone service. The complaint is against the South ern Bell Company and demands that the long distance tolls be not more than five cents a, .minute, for the first five minutes, 2, cents per. minute for time in excess of five minutes, y As to the local station complaint demands a maximum charge of $1.50 per month for residence, $2 a month for business 'phones; The St. Leos Hospital of Greensboro was chartered by the Sisters of Char ity. - -v; - " ' .' An amendment was made to the charter of the Merchants' Grocery Co., of Greensboro, changing the. name to Smitherman Co.. J. C. Bishop, presi dent. ' , FOR PHONE SERVICE The Czar and his Court are Practi cally Prisoners, Afraid to Ven ture Beyond Palace Walls. Hundreds of Secret Police Guarcf E mperor. Rumor that Emperor was Running Away from Servants at Peterho Denied but all is Unrest andf Uncertainty and all Gaiety has Vanished rom Court Life. By Associated Press. St. Petersburg, June 29. Official de nial is given of the report that the Em peror and his court are leaving Peter hof and returning to Tsarskoe-Selo, owing to the discovery, of a revolution ary plot among the palace servants. The servants of the Palace are the Emperor's mamelukes and tartars some of whom do not speak the Rus sian language. The Russian servants are confined for the time-being to tried lackeys and valets, but among these the terrorists have frequently boasted they had spies. Newsboys carrying sacks are for bidden to enter the grounds of the old palace, to which the public is ad mitted, and no one is allowed within yond , the grounds of the small pal ace, when the imperial family resides, without permit. Secret police by the hundreds in ci vilian's clothes, throng the parks and streets. The Emperor never drives out be yond the gorunds of the small pal ace and the members of the court are practically prisoners within its walls. The principal amusement is tennis, but all gaiety of court life has vanish ed. AT THE BAT Makes Attack on President, Says he Runs Big Bluff but Grows Dumb when the Time for Action Approaches. Tillman and Bailey Lock Horns. . By Associated Press. Washington June 29. Senator Till man called up the conference report on railroad Rate bill and renewed his attack upon the, pipe line amend ment as being in the interest of the Standard Oil company. . Attack on President. Tillman said: "The President as sures us from time to time that the crimes of the Standard Oil Co.- are to be punished but-when it comes to a real fight and when there is op portunity to do something, he sits dumb and allows' the House conferees to compel the " Senate conferees to yield to the demands of the Standard Oil Company" Senator Elkins declared the Pres ident needs no defense and he charged that the South Carolina -Senator was aggrieved because the Pres ident did not agree with him. He declared that the effect of the Till man policy would be to break down the - independent companies. In the course of the debate Sen ators Bailey and Tillman engaged in a very ' harp controversy over the latter's denunciation of the lawyers. The Texas senator indicated the opin ion that this was ' deinagoguery and Tillman, while contending that he respected the attorneys of standing, said he had utter contempt for shy sters and for the men who pack political conventions. There was in tense feeling for a few moments, but it passed away. Rate Bill Passed. At 3 P. M.the Senate agreed to the conference report on the railroad rate bill,, which passes the bill. DATES OF ENCAMPMENT The Change in Dates of Regimental Encampments at Morehead. Raleigh, June 29. Adjutant General T. R. Robinson, of the North Carolina National Guard made an official an nouncement this afternoon that the dates for the regimental encampments at Morehead this summer have been changed so that the. first encampment composed of the second regiment and first battery, Charlotte artillery, will be July 25 to August 3 inclusive and the second encampment consisting of the first regiment "August 11 to 20th, in clusive. The dates in both cases in clude the movement of the troops to and from the camp. No change as to the movement of the third regiment to Chicamauga, the date remaining August 19 to 26 inclusive. Petersburg battlefield. Washington - June "29. The Senate passed a bill authorizing the exam ination of the " battlefields' around Petersburg, Va., with the )Sew to the creation of a battlefieK park there. TILLMAN AGAN Everybody says hot weather but PROCTOR FOUND GUILTY. Former Secretary of Senator Lodge Found Guilty of Larceny of $225. By Associated Press. Boston. Mass., June 29. Robert G. Proctor, former secretary to Senator Lodge, was found guilty of larceny of $225 from John G. Bestgen of Quincy, who alleged he paid the amount as a contribution to the Republican, cam paign, fund in 1904, giving it to Proctor in connection with an alleged promise to secure for Bestgen, an appointment as consult. The sentence was deferr ed. DONE AT THE Over 300 Persons in Attendance at Calling of Bar Association to Order Last Night. Election of Officers Takes Piace To-day. Much Interest. Special The News. Wilmington, N. C, June 29. The State Bar Association met at 9 o'clock last night at the Seashore Hotel. The meeting was called to order by Presi dent Clement Manly. Probably 300 persons are in attendance, including many ladies. Col. Pickens requested the association to meet in Henderson ville next year. Telegrams were read from Asheville and Toxaway asking for the same pleasure. They were re ferred to the executive committee. Thos. W. Davis, Esq., of this city, read a resolution -inviting me memrers oi the association to a boat ride on Cape Fear river this afternoon to South port and Fort Caswell, which was accepted. President Manly, in aL few chosen words, in which he referred to the one he had the honor of introducing, as be ing the greatest man North Carolina had ever produced and one of the country's great men, introduced Hon. Hannis Taylor, of Washington, .D. C, the guest of honor of the association, who for about one hour read an ex haustive treatise on' the constitutional acts for the regulation of railroad rates. , The committee on grievances offered a resolution relative to the disbarment of attorneys from practicing in the courts. A resolution read bv Judge J. frmr rwr Xlrcrc rf TVlirVinm fri AT T Maxie L. John, to expedite the printing of public records and legislative bills, was referred to the committee on law reforms'. The meeting adjourned at 10:45. At the session today the committee on memorial reported and the election of officers for the ensuing, year took place. KILLED HIS WIFE THEN Divorced Man Returns Home, Scoots his Former Wife, Ser iously Injures a Boarder and then Su'cides, The Story oi the Double Tragedy. By Associated Press. Mannington, W. Va., June 29. Jas. L. Coad, an oil driller, shot and kill ed his wife early today, dangerously wounded Samuel Hugh Williams,, a boarder, and then committed suicide. - Coad, it is said deserted his wife last January. In April she was grant ed a divorce and then opened a board ing house to support her family. This morning her husband returned to town and going directly-to her home shot her through the head while she was still in bed.- 1 ' i,: . Williams was sleeping on a lounge and Coad then turned the weapon on him7 shooting him .in the breast, after which he put a bullet into his- own brain. Both husband and wife died almost instantly. Williams will prob ably recover. Mrs. and Mrs. Armand Myers, of Nor folk, expect to go to New York soon on a pleasure trip. ASSOCIATION SUICIDED father.. He's dumb. He writes it with apologies. IN VIRGINIA WATERS. Bill of Passed Relating to Movement Vessels in Virginia Waters. By Associated Press. Washington, June 29. The House passed a bill relating to the move ment and anchorage of vessels in Hampton Roads, harbors of Norfolk and Newport News and adjacent waters in the state of Virginia. This applies only to the operation of vessels during the Jamestown expo sition, y THE VERY WARMEST Maximum Temperature was 92 . Degrees and the Humidity Great. Raleigh the Warmest Spot in State and Wilmjngton One of the Coolest. . Charlotte was one of the warmest places on the map yesterday. The max imum temperature was 92, which is not excessively warm, but the humid ity made the heat the more unbearable. Along with Charlotte were Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla; Cincinnatti and Knoxville; Philadelphia and Nashville and Washington and Meridan Miss. Raleigh was the warmest point in North Carolina and the good old city I by the Sea Wilmington, was three degrees cooler than that typical sum mer resort Asheville The warmest map was Augusta, Ga., with Macon in line" and Birmingham, Ala., a close third, " The indications are that tomorrow will be warm and fair. In his report todaiy Observer Bennett says: "High pressure, with generally fair weather has prevailed over the South ern States, although thundershowers have occurred in scattered localities. Warm weather prevails generally over the Mississippi Valley and eastward, temperatures over the Ohio Valley and lower Lake region being 10 to 15 de grees above normal this morning. Over the country between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains, pressure is low this morning with centers of ba- jrometric depressions over NorthDakota and over Kansas. Rain has fellen over the upper Mississippi and the Missouri Valleys. Over the Rocky Mountain Re gion and upper Missouri Valley, tem peratures have fallen under the influ ence of a high pressure area moving in over the Pacific coast. For this vi cinity, fair weather is indicated to night and Saturday. Distressing News From Mrs. Tull. The news of the critical; illness of Mrs. Joseph Tull, of Birmingham, will be learned with deep concern by her host of friends in this city her birth place and home up to the time of her marriage. The first news of her ill ness came yesterday, with that, also, of her sister, Mrs. Henry. Fowler, who was visiting her. Telegrams today to Mrs. Richard Busbee, sister of Mrs. Tull, and Mrs. Fowler, said that Mrs. Fowler was better, but that Mrs. Tull was worse and for her to come at once. Mrs. Busbee leaves tonight for Bir mingham. The remains of the infant of Mr. and Mrs. Tull arrived here this morning. The little body was interred in the Clarkson plot in Elmwood by the side of Mrs. Tull's mother, Mrs. T. S.. Clark son. A Three Per Cent. Dividend. At. a meeting of the board of direc tors of the Southern States Trust Co. held this afternoon at 3 o'clock,' a semi annual dividend of 3 per cent, was de clared. , The business of this institution was found to be in a most flourishing con dition and the directors were much gratified at the showing made. The officers of this institution are Geo. Stephens, president; T. S. Frank lin, vice-president; W. H. Wood, sec retary; and treasurer, and J. E.T Davis, assistant secretary and treasurer. Mrs. R. N. Littlejohn, who under went, an operation at St. Peter's Hos pital' recently, is recovering rapidly, and may be able to return : home in two or three days. ; All Doubt Set at Rest To-day by Announcement of the Defense that ''Emotional Insinaty" Would be Basis of Fight for Thaw's Release. Whole Story ot White's Life and his Relations with Mrs. Thaw to be Brought out Thaw To day Entered Formal Plea of "Not Guilty," By Associated Press. New York, June 29. Announce ment that the defense will make "emotional insanity" the basis for its fight for the release of Harry Thaw, in iail indicted for the mur der of Stanford White, set at rest speculation on this point today. Justi fiable homicide and the sttraight plea of insanity had been suggested as the line of defense, but Thaw him self made the insanity move impos sible by his refusal to consider it and by declining to allow alienists to question him. It will not be claimed that the young man is insane now. Such a plea would mean sentence to an asylum tor criminal insane. ' I This new line means a trial and if the plea of "emotional insanity" is justified Thaw will be a free man. The defense, it has also been an nounced, plans to bring out the whole story of White's life, of his relations with Evelyn Nesbit before she mar ried' Thaw and of his subsequent ac tions, which the defense claims an noyed Mrs. Thaw and goaded her hus band on to the shooting. District Attorney Jerome may per sonally conduct the prosecution. The arraignment of Thaw . today in the court of special - sessions was simply for the purpose of receiving prisoners plea, Not guilty" Mrs Thaw will be a witness for her husband at the trial. She has declared her willingness to tell all she knows. She fully realizes . that in doing so she will subject herself to a search ing cross-examination. , The strain of yesterday's proceed ings seriously affected Mrs. Thaw, She had hardly reached her apart ments . when she fainted and it was necessary to call a physician to re vive her. ' Lived Beyond Income. According to the Globe today the in vestigation has brought to light the fact that Stanford White who was supposed to be weathy had been liv ing beyond his income and was heav ily in debt. Pled Not Guilty. Harry K. Thaw, entered a formal plea of not guilty when arraigned on charge of murder in the court of general sessions today. The plea was entered with the reservation that it may be withdrawn Tuesday next. THE FOURTH AT GASTONIA Lieutenant Wallace With Gunners will Leave Charlotte Thursday. Lieutenant N. W. Wallace and eight members of the Charlotte Artillery, First Field Battery, will leave Char lotte next Tuesday afternoon for Gas tcnia where they will participate in the Fourth of July celebration. They will take alons with them the old Howitzer and-'four horses. Lieutenant Wallace has selected the following members to accompany him; Messrs James Anderson, Charles McManaway, Rumfield, J. R. Erwin, C. H. Nisholas, Nicholson, C. C. Williams, and R. .M, Curlee. SOCIAL. Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Stokes, who have been keeping house at Dilworth are now occupying the Johnston resi dence on North Tryon street. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Johnson have moved into their new residence at the corner of Ninth and Tryon streets. Mrs. Earnest Miller, of Statesville, in visiting at the home of Rev. R. G. Miller, at Sardis. 4 N Miss Etta Clark, of East Oak street, will leave Monday for Waynes ville where she will make her home in the future. - - . ' Miss Oveida Keeter, of Grover, will arrive in the city this afternoon and will visit Miss Annie Boney on East Fourth street. ju t Little Miss Julia Baxter Scott, vill entertain about 60 of her friends this afternoon at 5 o'clock, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Scott, on South Tryon street. After an hour's frolic on the lawn the little girls and boys will have a trolley ride over the city. Mrs. A. L. Smith entertained infor mally this morning in honor of Mrs. Edward Roach and guest. Ten very charming women enjoyed the beauty and comfort of Mrs. Smith's wide verandah, and the graciousness of her hospitality, 1 . Mrs. O. P. Heath and daughter, Miss Helen Heath, go to Cleveland Sorings in the morning. 4 f It
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