North Carolina Newspapers

ATOLOTTE NEW THE ONLY EVENSNG ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. VOL.XXXX kNO. 6377 . . CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1 906 PRICE: 5 CENTS CITY TRACTION CO. St ..ifnnr i If r n mini n u nnK U UntWN HIVI MERGER OF BRICK PLAtJIS INVOLVED GIGANTIC CAPITAL The Announcement is Made Tpday , of the Merger of 14 Large . Brick Plants rn 11 Cities Into Hydraulic Press Brick Co. of , St. Louis. peasants Loom; TEARS UP TRACKS AT. t Ok TN Hill ban Placed on Pub'icauon of Mil- itary Disorders. Suppression of Newspapers and Arrest of Agitators Continues. So.ne Dis order Reported On Crown Estates Peasants Do Great Damage. Call tor Troops Not Answered. Effort to Guard Cities and Frontier Requires All the Troopsi i:y Associated Press. t. Petersburg, July 23. No milium- disorders are permited to be pub- i.hfd. In the provinces the suppres sion of newspapers, and' the arrest of agitators continues unabated. I'p to the present time there is no viJence of the expected general ris ing of the peasants, but news travels : !.iv in the country. The only sudden growth of disorders among the peasants thus far reported is at Kostroma, 200 miles northeast of luOOW. The recrudescence of revolution al ii, -ar Demitrovsk. In Orel province near Demitrovsk. In Orel provence ihe peasants on the crown estates are reported in eruption. The refusal of the authorities to ?end a company to save the estate of Baron Frederick, aide-de-camp to the emperor, 50 miles from the capi tal, wmch was plundered by the peas ants yesterday seems to indicate that until the danger is passed it is the intention of the war office to keep the troops concentrated in the cities and and to protect the lines of communi sation between here and Moscow and St. Petersburg and the frontier. AT HOME OF RUSSELL SAGE. Scenes at Home of Deceased Financier Were Simple as Were Funeral Ser-( vices. By Associated Press. New York, July 25. The scene at the residence of the late Russell Sage, on Fifth Avenue, where lay the body of the deceased financier, were in keeping with, the simple funeral ser vice ac Far Rockaway yesterday. A few intimate friends of Mr. and Mrs. Sage heard the prayers that were read by i he assistant pastor of the Collegiate Reformed Church, before the body was taken to Troy, N. Y., for interment. In the centre of the casket lay a wreath from Miss Helen Gould, . and at tha foot was another from George Gould. GOVERNMENT DEFRAUDED. Five Men Arrested in Connection With Fraudulent Stamp Selling. Bv Associated Press. New York, July 25. The five men arrested last night were held in $ 1,000 bail in connection withthe washing and reselling state stamps. It is stat ed bv the police that 2,000 men and boys in the Wall Street district are implicated in some way in the stamp frauds in which the state government has lost $200,000. Warrants were is sued for the arrest of two men, who have been operating stores for the .handling of fraudulent stamps. WERE IGNORANT OF LAW. Miss Brown and Two Men Get Pardon for Operating Telegraph Line, Be cause of Ignorance of Law. Bv Associated Press. Washington, July 25. Miss Millie Brown and two American men arrest ed with her on the Isle of Pines for operating a short telegraph line m violation of the Cuban laws, will be released from orison, and because of nn ignorance of the Cuban law will be granted a full pardon. Col. Salamantoff Stabbed. Bv Associated Press. Warsaw, July 25. Col. Salamantoff, nf Gendarmerie was stabbed to death. The assassin escaped. No Attempt to Arrest Assassin. tialamatoff, who was assistant to the chief of Gendarmes of the prov ince of Warsaw, had been activve in Kpressive measures. He was at i:;:ked by two men, who stabbed vim several times, and then, as the Colonel sank -down dying, walked quickly away in different directions, without the spectators trying to stop ;em. CONSIGNED TO THE TOMB. Remains of Russell Sage Buried at Troy, N. Y., Today. By Associated Press. -. ' m Troy, N. Y., ! July 25. The body of Km.sell Sage was. buried in Oakwood feruetery today beside the body, of. t i.-. first wife- The. words -to. be en slaved on the Sage monument are: " have done the best that I could by ti:; light of the day." V : The Queen's Condition. Bv Associated Press. The Hague, July 25. Queen Wel- helmina passed a good night and her condition is satisfactory. 9,000 Men On Strike. ly Associated Press. Riga, Russia, July 25 Nine thou sand factory workmen have struck. ' ... sy-- r,-,. w Boil INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION, Concluded After AdoDtion of Resolu tion Where it Will Meet Next. By Associated Press. London, July 25. The session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union concluded after the adoption of resolution ex- presing the view that the second Hague should by treaty define the com trabrand of war as being restricted to arms, munitions of war, and explosives, reassert and confirm the principles that neither ship carrying a contra band of war nor goods aboard such ship not being a contraband of war, may be destroyed; affirm that even be tween belliggerents private property should be as immune at sea as on land. The conference also adopted a reso lution in favor of a discussion by the Hague conference of means to cut down "Intolerable expenditure on ar maments." It is exoected the next conference will be held at Berlin in 190S. Bryan Made Hit. At luncheon at the House of Lords Mr. Bryan made the hit of the occa sion with a brilliant piece of word painting describing the glories of peace," his text being that a noble life is better than death on the battlefield. Prolonged applause greeted Mr. Bry an's oratorical effort. ' The Longworths Abroad. By Associated Press. Bayreuth, July 25. Congressman Longworth and Mrs. Longworth, after; nntnmohile excursions to Karlsbad. Franzenbad, and Marienb.ad, will re turn here for the four days perform ance of "The Ring of the Nibalung." FIFTY KILLED AND Sim AREWOUIED Detachment of the Twenty-Fourth Infantry Battle With Several Hundred Pulajanes. Ameri ican Sergeant is Wounded. Account ot Conflict. By Associated Press. San Francisco, July 25. A special to the Examiner from Manila says: "A detachment of the Twenty-Fourth Infantry, colored, and company of native constabulary, were attacked yesterday by hundreds of Pulajanes, while on a trail between the towns of Toloss and, Domami, on the Island cf Leyte, and a desperate battle took place, resulting in a route of the fa natics with a loss of 50 killed and more than 60 wounded. "The only American casualty was one sergeant of the constabulary wounded." Another Account. Manila, July 25. Advices from the Island of Leyte say the Pulajanes yes terday attacked a column of 50 con stabulary and 26 regulars commanded by Captain McMaster of the Twenty fourth Infantry. The fight took place in a thick un derwood and laster 30 minutes. The Puljanes are said to nave numbered 500 armed with guns, and they boldy charged the American column three times. The Pulajanes fled with the column in pursuit. THE HARTJE' CASE. Conspiracy Case Postponed Until Af- ter Divorce Case is Decided. By Associated Press. ' , Pittsburg, July 25. Silas P. Canady, the Washington negro, who was on the stand : when! the Hartfc divorce case adjourned last night, was not in court when the trial was resumed and Pro. fessor Drake, the handwriting expert, WhgSeared-of thW ," conspiracy chlr agailst - Hartje' WelBlunj and . Hpoe were ' postponed until the divorce case was closed. n : . . C?-!nnc Picnic. Quite a number of Charlotte people will attend the big picnic which will Jake rdace at Mooresville tomorrow for the benefit of the Barium Springs ornhanage A splendid program of S spelking, music and amusement has been arranged by the managers and the-attendance this Promises to be a record breaker Special trams will be nm'to Mooresville from btates vllle, Winston-Salem and other places. ing! (rpi i naw reatea Scene Abroad Ey Associated Press. New York, July 25. The Evening World publishes an interview with An na Crane, a masseuse, whose state ment was taken yesterday by Assist ant District Attorney, for possible use in the Thaw case. Miss Crane, ac cording to the story was sent to Paris by Stanford White in 1904 in response toappeals from Evelyn Nesbit's mother and brought the young woman back to New York. Miss Crane says the day before she got to Paris a terrible row had taken place and- Mrs. Nesbit had been put out of her apartments by Thaw who acted like a maniac. Miss Crane also says Evelyn Nesbitt begged her to remain as she was afraid Thaw would kill her. The succeeding events, Miss Crane said, were the most distressing she had ever experienced. She declared her belief that Thaw was a lunatic and said Miss Nesbitt also believed so. Miss Crane said Miss Nesbitt show ed to her bruises on her back and arms, which Miss Nesbitt said were inflicted by Thaw. On several occa sions when she was present, Miss Crane said, Thaw tried to choke Miss Nesbitt and left marks of his fingers on her throat. Miss Crane asserted she saw Thaw beat Miss Nesbitt, and thattwice when Miss . Craue inter ferred", Thaw struck her also. It was Thaw's habit when he went out on the Boulevards to stroll with other wo men, Miss Crane said, to lock Miss Nesbitt and Miss Crane in their apartments. Miss Nesbitt considered an appeal to French authorities but re frained through fear it would ruin her stage career. " Thaw often spoke of Stanford White, in a threatening manner, Miss Crane declared. Finally, Thaw consented to allow Miss NesDitt to return to New York and they sailed, after a vio lent scene in London. On the way across the ocean, said Miss Crane, Miss Nesbitt declared her intention of bringing a suit for a breach of promise against Thaw and of a charge with assault. A family conference ensued and a few days later Miss Nesbitt went to the office of Lawyer Hummel, and made a statement concerning Thaw's conduct. The suit, Miss Crane said, was to have been for $50,000. NO INSANITY DODGE. Mr. Hartridge Says Harry Thaw Does Not Want to Pose as Insane. By Associated Press. New York, July 25. Clifford W. Hartridge, counsel for Harry Thaw, announced that tuie question of in sanity will not enter into Thaw's cefense. Mr. Hartridge said the public could take it from . Harry Thaw that there was no foundation for the reports published that there would be civil commission appointed to examine into the prisoner's mental condition. The lawyer declared that Thaw "is averse to posing as an insane person and that any suggestion in that direc tion makes him impatient." WRECK NEAR ABBEVILLE. Ten Cars Burned and Three Persons Right Badly Injured. Special to The News. Greenville, S. C, July 25. Shortly after midnight last night there was a collision between two Seaboard freight trains at Abbeville, 50 miles from here. The wreck took fire and ten cars were burned. The injured are Engineer Orna, Fireman Sam Bowie, colored and Brakemen Smith and Graham. The lat ter is seriously injured being scalded from head to foot. Those-Ice Cream Sandwiches. , A- -np.vej j rad vejetisingy scheme , and one that made a splendid hit today. ,w;asV.fhatoJn-T.4Qe(5;ream : sand wiches rJgenVithestpre of J. Br lsy,vi CftrtAijigrat -number, of these .', ; . delicious little, ,n sandwiches ; were sold during the day. The pub lic seemed to appreciate the novelty of " the scheme. . Things were thrown into excite ment in The News office this afternoon by the receipt from Atlanta of a tele gram saying that another wreck was reported in this territory, but the heads of the two systems operating here know nothing whatever about any trouble on the lines running out of the city. OF OLD COMPANY Cleveland Municipal Traction Company Opens War With the Old Corporation Whose Lines Cover the City. Lines Being Torn Up. Effort to Inaugurate a Three and One-half Cent Fare Basis. In junction Servtdon Mayor John son Who is Behind the Move ment. Associated Press. Cleveland, July 25. The Municipal Traction Company recently organized to construct and operate a number of street car lines on a 3-cent fare basis, began w,ar on the Cleveland Electric Railway Company by sud denly putting 500 men at work tear ing up the tracks of the latter com pany on Fulton street. Mayor Johnson, who is credited with being largely interested in the Municipal Traction was personally on the ground. He said the action was taken ' because the Cleveland Electric Railway Company refused cr .neglected to comply with the council resolution requiring it to take up its tracks on Fulton street and re move them to the east side of the street. The mayor intimated that he would riot obey an injunction if one was issued and said as the result he might be in jail before night. Mayor Ignores Order. Mayor Johnson stated that the tracks were removed by an order of the public service board, not by the Municipal Traction Company, for an injunction was served on the mayor personally. He put the document in his pocket, and told the men to pro ceed and ignored the court's order. MISS BUMPASS SERIOUSLY ILL Only Daughter of Rev. R. F. Bumpass Seriously Sick With Tythoid Fever Other News. Special to The News. -NeW : Hem'.. July 25. Miss Jessie Bumpas, the only child of Rev. and Mrs. R. F. Bumpas, of Raleigh, is criti cally ill with typhoid fever at the residence, of Mr. J. A. Meadows in this city. Miss Bumpas came here on a visit several weeks ago, and was taken, ill soon afer her arrival. Her father", who is pastor of Edentoh Street M. E. church, Raleigh, is absent on a tour in Europe. A big real estate deal has just been transacted here.'' Dr. F.t W. Hughes has sold the Catwba Hotel property and several store buildings on South Front street to Mr. J. B. Blades for a consideration of $100,000. This prop erty will at once be improved by Mr. Blades. The New Bern Banking and Trust Company is the latest banking institu tion to be established here. It was incorporated with a capital stock of $100,00. The following have been elect ed directors: J. B. and W. F. Blades, J. W. Stewart, Dr. F. W. Hughes, J. J. Wolfenden, C. E. Foy, J. S. Boswight, C. D. Bradham and L. H. Cutler, Jr. The . Second Regiment goes into camp at Morehead City tomorrow. There has been quite a squabble over the offices of Register of Deeds and the House of Representatives in this county. Another primary will have to be. held to determine the nominees. Messrs. D. L. Ward and W. C. Brewer will again run for the Legislautre, and Messrs. Wabers and Lane for Register of Deeds. It is claimed by the opponents of Mr. Ward that he had not legally qualified as a candidate, and if nominated in the second pri mary the validity of his nomination will be contested in the courts. This section is -still suffering from excessive rainfall. It has rained here for more than a month with but two or three days cessation. Crops are in a very unfavorable condition. The new bowling alley under the Buford hotel is becoming a popular resort and is being liberally patroniz ed all day by those who are fond of the pastime. BORNEDJO DEATH The Three Little'Daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Sartivel Burned to . Death. The Mother Will Prob, i ably Die. Lightning; Caused Fire. By Associated Press. St. Paul, July 25. News is received of the burning to death of three little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sar tivel Saturday night, in a small house near Carleton, Minn. Mrs. Sartivel was so badly burned that her recovery is doubtful. The house was struck by lightning while the mother "and children were asleep. THREE CHILDREN Will Freeman Is Short $2,500 By Associated Press. New Y"ork, July 25. Walter K. Free man, a chemist who was arrested yes terday and locked up at the police headquarters last night, charged by Parke Davis & Co.. of Detroit, with the larceny of $2,000 was found in an unconscious condition in a cell and is believed to be dying. He had taken morphine but the au thorities have been unable to ascer tain whether it was with suicidal in tent or not. Freeman attracted considerable at tention in scientific circles a few years ago, by a claim that he had discovered the secret of making camphor by syn thetic process. CONFESSED TO DEPUTY SHERIFF Two Prisoners Say Jack Dillingham Told Them About Lyerly Murders. The authorities are now. investigat ing a somewhat startling statement made by the Prisoner Mitchell and Alex. Massey, inmates of the Meck lenburg county jail, who have told Deputy Sheriff Johnson that Jack. Dillingham has confessed to them lv murders and that a whito man was also implicated. The information was slipped to the deputy sheriff on a bit of paper through the bars of the cells as Mr. Johnson was passing down the corri dors of the jail. The deputy sheriff took the note, without looking towards the prisoner rnd passed out before he looked at its contents. In the note which was signed Alexander Massey and W. W. Mitch ell, the two prisoners told the deputy sheriff that Jack Dillingham had con fessed to them that he had helped to kill the five members of the family of Mr. Ike Lyerly, and that a white man was into the terrible affair with him. The two prisoners further say that Dillingham tola them that a quarrel on the part of his wife with the fam ily was the cause of the bloody work, and also that the other four negroes confined here are not implicated in the affair at all. The information has been turned over to Sheriff Julian of Rowan also, and while not much confidence is placed in the statement of the two men, the matter will of course be thoroughly sifted, v Mitchell, one of the informants, is the negro preacher, sent to jail for working a slick game on two North ern manufacturers of stereopticons, while Massey was sent up in a whis key selling case. NO BAPTIST EXCURSION Committee Unable to Arrange for Train This Year. The committee named some time ago by the congregation of the First Bap tist church to select a date for the annual excursion to Asheville, has been unable to arrange the matter with the Southern Railway and it is now an assured fact that this special trip will be called off this year. Mr. J. A. Durham, of the committee informed a News man today that he has been trying to arrange a date for a special train from" Charlotte to Thomasville. He has no assurance that he can get it. In fact, he has been led to believe that it will be impossible to get a special train over the main line this summer. . This will be sad news to a large number of Charlotte people who an nually make the visit to Asheville aboard the Baptist excursion; THEY ? WANT HIS' HISTORY. Local ' Officer"Askedk,fo' ' Information 'About 1 Negro' Taken' 'fn Syracuse. . ! Chief ' IrWin has-' 'received1 a com munication : ' from the' police J authori ties at Syracuse, asking; him for any information he may have about a ne gro, Will Thomas, who operated In Macon, Ga., for some time, entering houses, and who is now in trouble in the North: - The communication to Chief Irwin states that the Syracuse police be lieve Thomas has a pretty bad record and they are anxious to get all the in formation possible fronr the South where Thomas seems to have begun his operations' as a criminal. DETAILS OF EXPLOSION. Cause of Gas Explosion at Durham Yesterday Not Known. Special to The News. Durham, July 25. Additional facts concerning the terrific explosion yes terday in which Mr. Webb Holloway lost his life, and a negro, Tom Luns ford, was seriously burned have not yet heen cleared. The cause of the explosion is not knoyrn, it is sup posed that the men on entering the tank to clean it out lighted a match, to examine the condition inside, the gas that had accumulated inside at once exploded with terrific force. Mr. Holloway was hurled in the air a distance of about thirty feet 'from the tank, in a light blaze, his cloth ing were saturated with oil, and he was burned to death in a short time. The negro Lunsford was thrown inside the tank, and was fearfully burned, so that it will be impossible for him to recover. The fire compan ies that responded to the call, thought that the tank inside was on fire, had this been the case Lunsford, would have been burned to death. A coal car near the tank caught fire this was soon extinguished. Mr. Holloway has many friends in the city, . and he was highly respect ed by all that knew him. He leaves a mother, one brother and two sis ters. " ! Mftr'i Mr. John Cox, who was on top the tank at the time of the explosion, was thrown some distance and is rlightly injured. All the men were employees-of the company. The large tanks had been open since yesterday and the men were preparing to clean them out. - ' ' Corporation Commission .Busy ..... Consideiing Findings In Inves tigation of Hamlet Wreck. Nothing fiiven Out as Yet. Number Companies Chartered. Special to The News. Raleigh, July 25. The Corporation commission considered today the find ings in the investigation of the Sea board wreck near Hamlet but 'did not issue any statement of findings yet. The Secretary of , State chartered the Southern Live Stock Insurance Co., of High Point .at a capital o? $250,000 authorized and $50,000 sub scribed by E. M. Armfield, G..T. Perry, F. C. Boyles and others. Another charter is to the Clay Printing Co., of Hickory, at a capital of $25,000 authorized, $20,000 subscrib ed by J. W. Clay, J. A; Martin and others. It will do a general printing business in hooks and stationary. The Carolina Improvement Co., of Belhaven, Beaufort county, was also-, chartered at $100,000 authorized, the subscribers to the stock being W. E. Stubbs, W. L. Oden and others. The business proposed is mercantile' and real estate. AT CAROLINA ACADEMY. Large Number Present at the Dedi cation of School Building. A large number of people from Charlotte went down today to Caro lina Academy in Providence town ship to attend the dedication oi the splendid new school building that has been recently erected near the State line. Among the number who went from Charlotte were - several of the candidates who will do a-great deal of handshaking today and smile on a number of babies. Rev. - Plato Durham, r pastor of Tftnity Methodist Church, and Mr. E. R. Preston, were scheduled to make addresses." In addition . to - this the regulation picnic ; with all its tempt ing morsels, was on the -program. Carolina Academy is one of a num ber of v splendid school houses that has been - erected under , the super vision of the present board of edu cation. It is a model school building and Providence township is - justly proud of it. - i -; The farmers living between here and Monroe are still somewhat blue about their crops, and from all acr counts tho. outlook in that section is poorer than in any other leading out from Charlotte. 4? NO SIATEMEHTYET The New Company is to be Known As the .Absorbing Company. The Capital Stock is Increased From $3,500,000 to $10,000r 000. By Associated Press. ' -' St. Louis., Mo., July 25. The an nouncement is made that 14 brick plants in Kansas, Winconsin, NewV York, Chicago, Kansas City, Philadel phia, Washington, Toledo, Cleveland Minneapolis and Omaha will be merg ed Into the Hydrualic Press Brick Co., of St. Louis, under the name of the absorbing company. The capital will be increased from three and one half to ten millions and exchanged for the stock of the other companies. POSSE AFTER FEUDIST'S Judge Orders Posse of 300 to Bring in Feudist Dead or Alive Big Fight Expected.' Brinkley, Ky., July 25. There . is much excitement as a result of the order by Judge Gardiner of the county court, summoning a posse of 300 men to bring in the party of feudists, dead or alive, from Bever Creek. As a final warning to the mountaineers. Sheriff Hays left Hinchman for Bea ver Creek where certain members of the ; Hall and Martin families, under indictment on the charge of murder, have "been defying the authorities for some time. The Halls are at the home of "Dick" Hall, the wounded leader of their fac tion. Wyman Martin is hiding in the mountains with 50 well armed men. Both leaders surrounded by armed mountaineers and if the sheriff at tempts to make arrests a fight is ex pected. DEATH OF MRS. BROWN. One of .the Oldest Ladies of Steele Creek Section, Died This Morning. Mrs. Harriet Brown, widow of the late Captain W. P. Brown, of Steele Creek, died this morning at 5 o'clock, at the Brown home. The end came after an illness of several months. The funeral will take place tomor row at the noon hour, at Steele Creek Presbyterian church. The services will be conduced by Rev. P. H. Gwynn, pastor of this church: The interment will be in the churchyard.' Mrs'. Brown was one of the best known women of the Steele Creek section and had lived her life Jn perfect peace and contentment, at the old home place, where death came to her In her 81st year. She was one of the oldest members of Steele Creek church, having been a communicant for more than 65 years. On August 7th of, last year her hus band, Captain W. P. Brown, died after an illness of several weeks. Hi3 death was a great shock to her and one that she never fully recovered from. The deceased Is survived by three sons, Mr.T. J. Brown, of Waynesville;' Rev. E. Douglas Brown, pastor of the Hopewell Presbyterian church; Mr. C. P. Brown, of Berryhill, and two daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Abernathy and Miss Rena Brown. All of these were at her "bedside when death came. WANTS $30,000 FOR A FOOT. H. E. Chapman, Southern Employee Institutes Suit Today Injured June 11. ' Thirty thousand dollars for a foot that is the figure named by the plain tiff, Mr. H. E. Chapman, a member of one of the Southern's crews, who lost a foot while in the employ of the road on the 11th day of June last. . The papers in the case were recor? ed in the clerk's office today and the action will be heard at the next term of Civil Court for Mecklenburg county. The plaintiff alleges that while en gaged in the yards at the junction, north of the city, on the date named, his foot was caught between the drawheads or other parts' of the ends of two cars and that the member was so badly mashed that am pu tat Jon was renedered necessary a few days later. The papers in' the suit set forth that the plaintiff; in view: of the loss of the foot; deems that $30,000 is a reasonable amount 'to ask, and this amount will be asked for by the plain tiff; from the Stiuthernf Railway. The boys"; camp; ! on7 the Catawba river next month; is : just a little more than two weeks distant, and new mem bers are asking to' be' put down on the list every day. There will be a small army of boys when -the final count . is made. . '"Mecklenburg county must have that RozzelFs ferry bridge" said a prominent "citizen today, "even 'if the county has to ' bear all the expense.' Twelve thousand ' dollars Wh that's easy for this county," . continued the same speaker, who is one of the en-' thusiastic workers or the bridge.