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THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED :PESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
VOL. XXXV--Ni6384
CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1906
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A STRENUOUS DAY
III CHICKAMAUGA
AT EHCAMPMEN1
ECOME AROUSED
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flans ot Revolutionists Miscarry.
Meeting at Sveaborg Collapsed.
Situation Greatly Changed,
Order for General Strike Prob
ably be Counter-mandedi
gol'ic Squadron not in Hands ot
Mutineers. Emperor Orders
Court Martial 'or those Impli
cated in Meeting at Fortress of
Sveaborg. Other Mutinies.
BULLETIN.
London. Aug. 2. A despatch from
Helsingfors this afternoon says that
serious conflicts between Communal
police and the Socialist Red Guards,
occurred today.
BULLETIN.
Warsaw, Aug. 2. General Mark
craffskv. chief of the Warsaw Gen-
a -
djrms. wa
noon.
shot and killed this after-
Bv Associated Pi ess.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 2. A collapse
of the mutiny at Sveaborg, coupled
Tith a breakdown of the plans of the
Revolutionists to secure possession of
the Baltic Squadron and provoke an
immediate rising of Cronstadt, greatly
changes the situation.
The Fiiirits or the government offi
cials have risen and those of the Rev
olutionists are correspondingly depress
ed. Arrangements for ordering a gener
al strike Saturday may be counter
mand. The strike in Finland is already a
failure. The latest reports show that
ill tumors that the Baltic squadron
was in the hands of mutineers were un
true. When the mutineers who were
led by the agitators from the ,shore
and who believed that the squadron
was coming to their rescue found that
tope in that direction was crushed, dis
sensions broke put among them and
they turned their guns upon each other.
Those who had determined to die rath
er than surrender fired into the ranks
ci their more faint hearted comrades
tvLo hoisted the white flag.
Number Dead and Wounded.
During the night the mutinous sail
o.s, soldiers and sappers and miners
seized Fort Constantine at Cronstadt
tut were subsequently dislodged and
cotupelle.l to, surrender, after heavy
fatting with the loyal regiments.
A hundred were killed snd many
vounde.l, including Admiral Boakl
visheff. Some mutineers succeeded in
loanling a steamer and escaping to
Finland.
Mutiny at Constadt..
The w iblest rumors are in circula
tion, one of which is to the effect that
the mutiny has broken out at Constadt
Las caused the utmost alarm, which
Las Wen increased by the fact that
telephone communication with Cron
ifadt again is interrupted.
It is asserted four mutinous war-1
-liits have arrived at Cronstadt and
'hat the guns of that fortress have
len trained on them but that the
fire has not yet been opened.
Mutineers Surrender.
An official telegram from Helsing
fors announces that all the mutineers
of the Fortress of Sveaboarg surren
dered and that by order of the Emper
or, court martinis are being instituted
lor the trial of the men implicated.
The misoners are being landed in
tatches guarded by loyal troops. They
tre sullen and seem to hnve little
tl'oimht of the punishment, which
awaits them.
Crew of Ship Mutinied.
Startling news reached here to the
effect that the crew of the armored
cruiser Pamyate Azova mutinied off
'he Esthonian Coast pnd are now in
full i.o:-:ses3icn of the ship, which
faileci northward in the direction of
ike Finish Gulf.
The Captain Killed.
St. Petersburg, Aug., 2. It is stated
tbat the captain and four other offi
cers of the armoured cruiser Pamyat
Azova were killed by the mutineers
ho took possession of the warship.
Emperor has Fled.
ft is rumored that the Emperor and
tie imperial family have fled from
Petf-rhof to Barskoe-Selop.
Chief W. s. Orr continues to im
urove. His condition is entirely sat
sfactory. Immediate Strike Ordered.
London, Aug. 2. A dispatch from
. Petersburg says that an extraor
dinary conference of all revolutionary
bodies decided on. an immediata gen
ral strike, the exact date and hour
io be sett le,i at the meeting tonight,
aJ that in the meantime railways
an'' factories have been ordered to
nepare for future events.
Four Officers Killed.
'hp Associated Press is officially
Wormed tl at only four officers were
"led ami four wounded at Cronstadt.
- 0 fleure-3 regarding the losses in
and file are given.'
Those Injured and Dead.
An official statement of the Con
,,radt mutiny gives the following list
" Officers killf.fl TA nrtun lo,l
avai captains Rodioneff, Dogrowel
j.y' Schomoff, Stayanowsky; wound-.
Rear Admiral Beclemscheff. Can-
.? 3 . Krinitzki and Paton and En
'5n Maltzeff.
Wfvare "Tkirs (w) WiU() Tter&s & -Waju .
THE HARTJE' CASE
Case Closed for Respondent Hartje'
Denied Testimony of Ball.
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Aug. 2. In the Hartje'
case, John Ball testified to an interview
he had with Edward G. Hartje' a broth
er of the libellant Apr. 12. in which
Hartje' said: "We have letters and
other men to show that Mrs. Hartje'
is a very bad woman." The date men
tioned, was two months before Hartje'
detectives said they had taken letters
from coachmans Madines trunk. At
torney Freeman then announced the
case closed for the respondent. Ed
ward Hartje' denied he had made ,the
statement to Ball.
The Case Closed.
After a few other witnesses were
heard the case closed and the court
fixed Monday next for the beginning
of arguments.
500 Men Struck.
New York, Aug., 2. Five hundred
employees of the lithographic estab
lishment inthis city struck to enforce
the demand for a reduction in working
hours from 53 to 4S per week.
TAFT AND CANNON
Will Assist Mr. Littlfield in His Cam
paign for Re-Election.
By Associate Press. '
Washington, August 2. Secretary
Taft will assist in the Maine campaign j
in Representative " Littlefield's dis-'
trict early in September. The avowed
purpose of organized labor to defeat
Mr. Littlefield because of his attitude
toward measures which the American
Federation of Labor supported is fo
cusing the attention upon Maine. Al
ready it has been announced that
Speaker Cannon, who has also been
singled out for labor opposition, will as
sist Mr. Littlefield in his campaign.
KIMMERLE IN LEAD.
Will Probably Get Nomination Bry
an May Be Endorsed.
By Associated Press.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 2. Charles
H. Kimmerle seems to have the bet
ter chance of the three candidates
for the governorship before tne
Democratic State convention, which
mec today.
Resolutions probably will enthusi
astically endorse Bryan for president
and declare for a direct nomination
by the . people of the candidates for
all offices, including United States
senator. , t.&-t&&l
AT NEGRO CONFERENCE.
Rev. S. S. Lawtcn of S. C. Gave Mem
bers Present Sensible Advice.
Bv Associated Press.
'Washington, Aug. 2. The sessions
of the Negro Young People's Christian
and Educational Conference was given
mainly to the reading of papers. A
vote of thanks was accorded Rev. S.
S. Law-ton of Orange, South Carolina,
who in a brief address counseled the
giving up of the race question, follow
ing the whites and paying more atten
tion to following the flag.
Cut Price of Petroleum.
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Aug., 2. For the second
time within a week the Standard Oil
Co reduced its prices of crude petrol
eum. The cut is the same as was made
July 28 three ceats on higher and 2
cents on lower grades.
Four Men Killed.
By Associated Press.
Sand Lick, Ky., August z
loot niprht. in a fight ue-
tween the Martin and Hall feud fac
tions. .
Th Wrona Lord Douglass.
By Associated Press.
Portland, me., aus-
released the man brought here from
Sebago yesterday, who i? now be
lieved to be Lord. Sholto Douglas. It
ia -stated he had established his
Identity satisfactorily.
Four Hundred Men on Strike.
By Associated Press. .
Cincinnati, O., Aug. 2. Four hun
dred men in the various branches of
the lithographic work,are on strike.
CaDt. Hambley.lll.
The Charlotte friends of Capt. J.
B. C. Hambley, of Whitney will e
gret to learn that he is now quite
ill with fever. The Salisbury .Post
f,ivT- "Cant E B. C. Hambley,
manager of the T Whitney Company's
Ekrests. among them the great water
power at the Narrows, has typhoid
fever. Capt. Hambley has been con
fined to his room ten days.
A CORRECTION MADE.
Associated Press Makes Correction of
- Statement sent Oout Relative to Con
troversy in Street Railway Situation
of Cleveland.
By Associated Press. '
Cleveland, Aug., 2. In ' the dis
patches handled by the Associated
Press July 25, in describing the contro
versy now proceeding over the street
railway situation of this city, a state
ment was made that the railway line
of the Cleveland Electric Railway . Co.,
on Fulton street, was torn up by men
acting under the orders of Mayor T.
L,. Johnson, and that this action was
owing to a pending controversy in be
half of the Forest City Railway three
cent fare line and which under a cer
tain condition can come under the
ownership and control of the municip
ality. In addition to relating the facts as
to the tearing up of the rails of the
Cleveland Electric Railway Co., an ad
ditional statement was made that May
or Johnson "Was credited with being
largely interested in the Municipal
Traction Co.", This statement was un
warranted. It is believed to be entire
ly untrue if m its reading it tended
to create the impression that Mayor
Johnson had any financial interest in
the Forest City Co., and is contrary
to every public statement made by
that official, he having specially an
ticipated by public announcement any
such possibility. That he has been
interested in the success of the com
pany, as an ultimate municipal own
ership proposition but primarily to se
cure a lower fare, he has openly pro
claimed. . '
The Associated Press therefore de
sires to disclaim any knowledge or
motive other than this public in
terest and to disavow any other sug
gestion in making the statement tele
graphed. s
BODY TAKEN TO COWPENS
W. M. Brown, Killed at Bessemer City
Yesterday, Buried This Afternoos.
Special to The News.
Bessemer City, Aug. 2. The body of
Mr. W. M. Brown, who was killed at
the railroad station in this place yes
terday morning by J. Y. Kincaid, was
this morning taken to Gowpens, S. C,
on No. 39 where the funeral and inter
ment took place this afternoon. A
large party of relatives and friends ac
companied the 'remains to the former
home of the dead man.
John Y. Kincaid. the man who did
the shooting, is now in jail at Dallas.
He has been advised by his lawyers to
talk as little about the affair as pos
sible. He still claims that he had a
right under the unwritten law to take
Brown's life because of the seduction
of his sister.
It is learned that Kincaid has re
tained several well known lawyers of
Gastonia and Charlotte to defend him
when his case is called at Dallas court.
The friends of Brown will also , see
that the dead man's cause is well taken
care of.
MR. CANNON MUCH BTTER.
Baltimore Specialists Leave Saying
Their Patient Is Much Better.
Special to The News. '
Concord, N. C, Aug., 2. The. condi
tion of Mr. Eugene Cannon who was
so seriously injured in an automobile
accident several nights ago, is very
much improved. He has regained con
sciousness and has been resting com
fortably all day.
Dr. Bloodgood of Johns Hopkins,
who was called in consultation,-, left
for his home last night and Dr. John
Carr of the same institution, returned
to Baltimore this morning.
The family and friends of this young
man are very much encouraged be
cause of the splendid progress he has
made in the past 24 hours. There now
seems to be no reason why he should
not be restored to perfect health
again. .
CROTON OIL IN WHISKEY.
, . 3 Mv A i rivA ti. i. J i,
Livery ! Stable Employe-Gives "Doc
t6reU't.iLicudf to. Hji 5 .Rival sa- Jf
Jacksonville, i a,la;4-'?-Aagina.-rJrhos.
Callaway and : Fred Walters, hostlers
at a livery stable here, are suffering
intense agony and are in a. dying con
tion from drinking whiskey , given tp
them by Arthur Kine, .hostler at
an opposition stable. ! Kine has' beeh
arrested and sent to jail without bail
to... await results." Investigation
shows that a lage quantity of croton
oil , was .. mixed, with the whiskey.
What prompted the deed Is not
known.
800 Men Strike.
Buffalo, Aug 2. Eight hundred lith
ographers' struck today.
The Veteran's Picnic; was a Splen
did Success Despite the
Threatening Weather. Col. Paul
B. Means of Concoid was the
Orator of the Day.
Mr. Hurter's Squad Made a Fine
Appearance and Drew Forth
Much Applause. The Train
from Charlotte Arrived at Cor
nelius in a Hard Downpour.
Special to The News. '
Cornelius, N. C, Aug. 2. The Con
federate Veterans Reunion at this
place today has been made a splendid
success. Fully 6,000 people have been
in attendance and tin day has been one
of real pleasure. " .
The address to the veterans was
made by Col. Paul B.. Means, of Con
cord and was every respect a splen
did effort. Col. Means was introduced
by Mr. J. P. Sossaman. of "Charlotte.
At the conclusion of Col. Means'
address an elegant picnic dinner was
spread and every man woman and
child present was thoroughly satisfied.
After dinner one of the most enter
taining features of the day, the drill
of Mr. A. J. Hunter's, squad. Every
member of the organization had seen
actual service in the. great conflict
between the States. .It was really a
novel sight to see the old soldiers in
gray handling the weapons as they
did in the great Civil War.
In addition to this., there were
numbers of other features to entertain
and enthuse the great tlirong of people.
Every candidate for very .office in
Mecklenburg county was pn the ground
kissing babies, shaking hands and
making himself generally pleasant, to
every one who came n reaching dis
tance. It was purely candidate's day
as well as confederate day for there
were ,as many , of ; ononis, there were
of the other present it-seemed.
The train from Charlotte was crowd
ed to the very end car. It reached
Cornelius in a fearful downpour and
the enthusiasm of the Charlotte crowd
was considerably dampened. The rain
continued 30 minutes after the arrival
of the Charlotte train and at one time
it looked as if the festivities, or at
least some of them, would have to be
called off. However the sun came out
between showers and the program al
most in its entirety was carried out.
At . 3 o'clock this afternoon rain was
falling but the people were going here
and there regardless of the downpour.
This has been the biggest day in
the history of this thriving little town.
The committee in , charge of the ar
rangement deserves much credit for
the splendid manner with which they
have conducted the affair and a host
of people are very much indebted to
Cornelius for a real day of feasting
and pleasure. , ' i ..
Fay Templeton ' Married.
By Associated Press. . . ...
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug: 2.- The-announcement
was made of the marri
age yesterday of Fay Templeton, ac
tress, to William Patterson, of Pitts
burg. 1
A Complete Sewerage System is
to be Installed at College.
Work to Begin at 0nce4 An
Appropriation of $7,500 Set
Aside.
Special' The News.
. Raleigh, Aug. 2. -A complete sew
erage system is to be installed at
the A. & M. College. The work will
begin at the earliest possible minute
jso that the system will be ready for
service soon after - the opening of
the .college. fi The sum of $7500 out
of 'tfie State treasury has been set
aside for this purpose by order, of a
majority conference this morning in
which : Governor ". Ctienn, .members of
council of State, -the executive com
mittee of the board of college trus
tees and the 'special sewerage com
mittee of the , college V participated.
Governor Glenn will call on the next
general assembly to make several
appropriations - to..paeet the obligations.-
Two new State banks; were char
tered .today, one :: at Rural Hall, For
sy the county, and the other;, at
Granite -Falls, - Caldwell county. - The
bank at Rural Hall ? is the Commer
cial and Farmers, with a capital . of
$50,000 authorized, $5,000 subscribed,
by J. F. Miller. J. W. Wolf and
others,', " and will do a commercial and
savings business. The ' new Granite
Falls bank is the Bank of . .Granite,
capital $25,000 authorized, $8,000 sub
scribed,, by D. H. Warlick, D.- A.
Whisnant and others. -.. . -'
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
A, & Mr COLLEGE
THE DIXIE FIRE INSURANCE CO.
Organization Meeting Held Yesterday
The Board of Directors Manage
ment of Industrial News.
Special , to The News. .. .
. Greensboro, Aug., 2. Yesterday af
ternoon there was an organization
meeting of the stock holders of the
Dixie Fire Insurance Company here.
There were many prominent capital
ists present fromT all parts . of the
State, and. the assemblage is said to
nave been the largest meeting of
JNortn tjarolma monied men ever be
fore together on a common purpose.
. Of the five thousand shares, all taken.
four thousand were " represented by
tneir owners at the meeting.
. The following officers were elected:
President, J. B. Blades, New Bern,
vice-presidents, W. S. Thomson,
Greensboro, Ashley Home, Clayton,
George Hackney Wilson. : Secretary, J.
F. Cobb, Greensboro. .Treasurer, C. D.
Benbow, Greensboro. Board of direc
ors, Ashley Home, Clayton, W. B.
rdades, J. A. Meadows, Wm. Dunn, A.
D. Ward, New Bern; R. F. Dalton, W.
S... Thomson, C. D. Benbow, H. L. Hop
kins, J. F. CobbLee H. Battle, C. D.
kins, J. F. Cobb, Lee H. Battle, Greens
boro; William Calder, Wilmington; Sol.
weill, Gold sboro; R. H. Wright, J, B.
Wilson, Durham ; J. H. Little, - R. M.
Miller, Charlotte; Dr. L. S. Blades, O.
McMullen, W. O. . Elliot, Elizabeth
City; J. S. Bowers, Scotland Neck;
John F. Burton, George Hackney,-Wilson;
John F. McNair,,.W.; J. CounciL
Red Springs ; W. H. Ragan, B.:M. Arm
field, High Point; J. P. Sawyer, Henry
Redmond, Frederick Rutledge, Dr. J,. F.
Merri weather, Asheville; C. - J.; Harris,
DilsboVo; J. W. vGrainger, Kinst'on. i
The company will begin business Au
gust 15, its headquarters and main of
fices being in Greensboro. .It. will be
one of the largest fire cpmpanies.in the
South, having a paid In capital of half
a million dollars, and a surplus of a
quarter of a million. .It is understood
that the new president; Mr. .J." B.
Blades, of New Bern will move to
Greensboro, and personally direct the
affairs of the company.
At a meeting of the Board of Direc
tors of the Industrial News her& yes
terday afternoon, John Humphry, for
merly . of ; Washington : Post, was elect
ed business manager, to succeed S. ;A.
Hodgin, resigned, and the position of
managing Editor, now.. filled., by. A..;B.
Parkhurst, Jr., was abolished. R. D.
Douglas, editor in chief, now postmas
ter of Greensboro', will continue to
serve as editor. It Is understood that
the paper's expenses have been large
ly exceeding .its income, and several
changes were made looking to a more
economical management. .
Mew Bern News.
Special The News,
New Bern, Aug. 2. Mr. J. W. Stew
art, proprietor, of the Stewart Sana
torium, has endowed - a bed at the
sanatorium to be used by the white
churches of the city .as they may
see fit. . . . . .: . :
. "The Clansman" will appear here
again this fall. It was .largely at
tended last season, and the theater
going public await its second appear
ance .with unabated t eagerness and
enthusiasm, ' -
Perhaps no more strenuous l politi
cal fight has occurred in the State
than that which will be witnessed in
tomorrow's primary. The friends' of
Mess. Ward and Brown, legislative
candidates, are exerting every influ
ence in . their behalf, while the sup
porters of Mess. Lane and Waters,
candidates for register' of deeds, are
busy as beesV Mr. Ward is the au
thor ol the "Ward bill."
Hon. F. M. Simmons,- U. S. senator,
has been spending several, days here.
Rain is still falling here in copi
ous .showers. .... . -
Rev. John J. Douglas, pastor of
the Tabernacle Baptist Church, of
fered his resignation at the Sunday
mornifig service, but the church re
fused to accept it, ;- -
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TRAIN KILLS' AGED FARMER.
..(y . i. rf ;.im3 -MUsii-i
Victim WasWalkirtgHlort theTracik
When? Engine .Struck IWim.-,!i''
; Hagerstown, Md.; - Aug. 2. James
Drury, aged seventy-five years, a prom
inent farmer, was run over and kill
ed by a Western riarytand passenger
train at Charlton Station, on the Po
tomac Valley division,? this morning.
He was walking on the track, in a cut,
to the station to take the train which
struck him. ,
Both Drury's feet were cut off and
the back" of his head was crushed.
He was partly deaf. -
1, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Brown and
Miss Nancy Brown,, have returned
from Atlantic City. . '
FARMER ON A TEAR.
Pockets Stuffed with 'Bjils, He Tanks
Up, and Gets Lost From, " Negro
. Keeper. ' '
A rather strange story was brought
to police headquarters this afternoon
by-a colored boy, 20 years of age, who
walked in and asked for the 'chief
of the town.'
He was told that the chief of police
was in, and being satisfied with an in
terview with that official, he told the
following story;-
"I came to Charlotte with my boss
man, who is. a farmer living near Col
umbia, S. C. He brought a pile of
money with him, and was pretty full
when we got here. He went away to a
bad. district in the Second Ward, and
I have not been able to find him al
though he told me to look him up by
one o'clock and to see that he got away
this afternoon ror home.". .
The boy intimated' that' his master
was in the habit of getting on big
drunks occasionally, and that he usu
ally took the colored boy . with him
to take care of him while he was on
one of his sprees. The boy had trac
ed him to a . house on : Springs alley,
but.-had been - unable to find his mas
ter and so. called on the police to help
him. ,
.-. Chief Irwin heard the boy's story
and was considering what was best to
dowhen the. reporter left the police
station. ;
The story was rather a pitiful one
to listen to a story of human weak
ness and debauchery but it is a part
of the life'" of the policeman to hear
such stories and do what he can to
get folks out of trouble.
CHILD GONE ELEVEN DAYS.
No Trace Has Been Found of Eight-Year-Old
Bronistow Marakoski.-
Baltimore,""Md., Aug. ,2. Mystery
surrounds the disappearance of Bron
istow Marakoveki, 1606 Canton ave
nue, who left his home eleven days
ago and has not since, been seen. It
is feared that the little fellow strayed
down to the water front and was
drowned. It was rumored in the neigh
borhood, yesterday that the. child was
kidnapped by a man who knew Mrs.
Marakovski in the old cSuntry before
her marriage. The spiriting away of
the child,-it is said, was done by the
man in revenge for having been cast
aside by Mrs. Marakovski. The moth
er of the "child is nearly frantic over
the disappearance of her little one,
and she is doing everything In her pow
er to locate the boy, dead or alive.
Mrs. Marakovski said this morning
that shV consulted a spiritualist re
garding the disappearance of her son,
and that the dealer in the occult told
her that her son was dead. She has
about abandoned all hope of seeing
her little one alive again.
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BULLETS IN BURNED BODY.
John Vo8S Suspected of Killing Wife
and Setting House on Fire.
;i 'Chicago,' Aug,, 2. The body; of Mrs.
Ernestine .Vpss. thirtythree years old,
was found' burned to a ' crisp in the
ruins of her home this morning. ' The
circumstances of the case led the po
lice to arrest her hits husband, John L.
Voss, and he will be held pending the
result of a coroner's inquest. . ...
A post-mortem examination of the
corpse revealed fifteen pellets of metal
in the body near the backbone. The
body was found in a summer kitchen,
which was the last pa rt of the house
to take fire:
Voss is said to have asserted that
his wife was away from home and
in no danger, from .the flames. Neigh
bors told the police that the pair had
quarreled frequently over money.
;? y Dr. Brevard Holding His Own.
Dr. Fobert j. Brevard has held his
today. There is no improvement in
his condition though the .fact that he
is: no? worse,, is taken as .a; good sign.
His friends hope for the best. :
. First Bale of. Cotton.
By Associated- Press. . . .
Savannah, Ga.. Aug. 2. Georgia's
first bale of this season's cotton sold
at auction: brought 20 1;3 cents. The
grade is fully middling.
Miss Winna Newman, of Richmond,
is visitirig "Mrs, Brook Todd on Jack
son Terrace, .i.r- .
Mr. Thomas N. Garrison, of Morning
Star township, was a Charlotte visitor
today.'---'----- . -? " '-:-
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To-day was a Strenuous Day-tor
the Soldiers at the Encamp
ment for Instruction. Five
Rounds of Biank Cartridges
Issued to Troops. v
Work is Preparatory to the General
Engagement Between 'he Blues
and Browns To-morrow. Health
of the National Guardsmen is
Good.
By Associated Press.
Chattanooga, Aug., 2. Today is a
strenuous one at the encampment for
instruction in the Chickamauga Nation
al Partj.
Five rounds of blank cartridges were
issued to the rank and file of the Third
South Carolina, Second Alabama, and
71st Virginia, all of whom in conjunc
tion with the 17th United States In
fantry, are engaged in a practical
study of out post duty, including both
attack and defense.
The work is preparatory to the gen
eral engagement between the Blue
and the Browns tomorrow.
The health of the national Guards
men continues eood. Ten casfis nf
sickness have been, reported, mostly
due to imprudence in diet.
HAS COLLECTED $12,000.
Capt. W. B. Taylor's Report on Taxes
Gathered in This Year About 8 Per
Cent. Behind.
Capt. W. B. Taylor, city tax collect-
er, has collected about $12,000 to date
on the assessments for the past fiscal
year.
This amount represents the total tax
es for city purposes that are in. .
As to the amount that is still due
the city by taxpayers, Capt. Taylor
declares that it is less than $10,000,
or about 8 per cent of the total. This
is regarded as a good' showing for tHe,
fiscal year, and when it is remem
bered that a large portion of the eight
to ten. thousand not collected, will be
gathered in before the year's work is
closed, it will be seen that there will
be about $125,000 to $127,000 to the
credit of the city, from taxation.
Capt. Taylor is not at all blue over
the results of his labors; in fact he
is pretty well satisfied. The figures
show for themselves.
BRIEF.
, - in in ii tl.
The Epworth Church ladies will '
give an ice cream sSipper tonight at
9:15, North Tryon street.
The condition of Mr. D. A. Bark
ley, who is at the Presbyterian JIos-
pital, remains unchanged today.
During August the members of
the Lutheran congregation will havo
charge of , the Crittenton Home. All
donations will please be sent direct
to the home.
There will be preaching tonight
and tomorrow night at 8:15 at St.
Paul Presbyterian Church by Dr. H.
Y. Leeper. - These services will be
preparatory to communion services
next Sabbath morning at 11 A. M.
Deputy Register of Deeds Powell
today issued a marriage license to
Mr. Samuel Helms who is to wed
Mrs. Annie Liza Manes. Both of the
parties reside in the city.
Copies of the report of the ex
perts brought here to investigate
sanitary and health conditions at
Elizabeth College, have been printed
in pamphlet form and a goodly num
ber of them distributed over town. ",
The condition of Mrs. John
Wiley, who is at St. Peter's Hospital,
is reported as very satisfactory to
day. She is getting along spledidly
according to the" reports from the
hospital. '
. . President of Trouser Company.
Mr. J. T. Proctor was elected presi
dent, of the Proctor Trouser Company
at a meeting of the stockholders, held
yesterday afternoon, at Cornelius, the
home of this new $10,000 company.
The other officers elected were, Mr.
J. L. Smith, vice-president, and Mr.
A. Little secretary, and treasurer. The
machinery has been ordered and the
plant ' will begin the manufacture of
trousers this month, if the expectations
of the "stockholders are realized.
Mr. J. D. Collins Here.
... .Mr. J. Dv Collins, formerly of this
city, and . now of Spartanburg, spent
the day in Charlotte looking, after his
interests here. Mr. Collins has a. large
store .'in Spartanburg,' and ' anpther. n
Greenville, in addition to his toPe bri
North Tryon street. ".':"' "' ' .'
Returns From Whiteville.
Dr. C. M. Strong has returned from
Whiteville in Eastern North ; Carolina
where he was called to attend! Mrs.
Lewis, a prominent young matron of
that place, who was very 111. He
left his patient very much improved.
V - : . ' '
; Boy Has Appendicitis.'
Little Jacob Alexander, son of Mr.
and . Mrs. J. . Mack Alexander.ts re
covering for a severe attack of ap
pendicitis. No operation was per
formed as it was thought best not to
at this time.