North Carolina Newspapers

TWENTY PAGES fU TWENTY PAGES Section 1 Eight Pages. Section 1 Eight Pages. ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. VOLX VNO. 6441 CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1906. PRICE: 5 CENTS agner 0DF A OT rrr NEWS. ; : : - : Or Burn . Negroes I X i - V &c,M&&& ' ' Loiiis W Won Tne Great Au Band of Two Thousand Met Train this Morning which they Thought Would Bring Sheriff with Two Negroes Charged with Criminal Assault. Committee of 60 Men Left to Meet Sheriff who is Re turning with Negroes. Feeling Prevalent that Vic tims will be Lynched or Burned. By Associated Press. Mobile, Ala., Oct. 6. A committee of 60 men left here on the Southern "Railroad at '5 o'clock this morning to meet Sheriff Powers, who is returning from Birmingham with the two Mo bile negroes, charged with criminal assault. The committee expects to meet the sheriff and prisoners north of Mobile. It is not known what the program is, but a feeling is prevalent that the prisoners will be taken from the sheriff and lynched or burned out side of Mobile. Two thousand men met the Louis ville and Nashville train this morn ing but were disappointed at the ron-anlval of the sheriff and pris oners who had gone by another route. Last Report. Negroes Lynched. Two hundred masked men met Sheriff Powers with the two negroes charged with assault at Richardson Switch, three miles north of Mobile on the Southern Railway, took the prisoners from him and hanged them on the spot. No others were hurt. The negroes had been taken to Birmingham for the sake of keeping and wrere being brought to Mobile for trial. May Burn Bodies. Tremendous crowds surrounded the railroad station during the morning and when the report of the- lynching was received the greatest excite ment prevailed. The crowd was apparently dissatis fied with the method of the lynching hanging) and a mob has departed for the scene with the declared in tention of burning the bodies. Market Still Strong. By Associated Press. New York declined 50 points today, 1 ut Charlotte buyers still bought at 10.65. Despite the fact that futures v. ent down some 40 or 50 points at the opening of the cotton market to day, cotton was still bringing 10.65 at the local platform. It is a nota Lve fact that yesterday when Concord vas buying at 10.50, Charlotte buy ers were giving 10.65, a condition ihat does not often prevail. This is becoming more and more a cotton Luying center and the farmers who hauled their cotton to Concord and crher neighboring towns in recent years on account of better prices, now bring it to Charlotte. After Blind Tigers. . Special to The News. Union, S. C, Oct. G. State Consta bles today sent to Columbia six gal lons of blind tiger booze having gotten one gallon from behind a safe in Blanche Palmer's house; two from Charles Johnson, who said it belonged to Cordoza Hampton; and three from Ellias Renwick, who claimed he was representing Mitchell Chick. All the parties are colored. The cases have not yet been tried. Price is Advanced. By Associated Press. Cleveland, O., Oct. 6. Standard oil advances its price of deodorized ttove gasoline 1 cent to 15 cents per gallon. Varnish makers and paint ers naptha also advanced 1 cent to 14 cents. Fire Causes Loss of $350,000. By Associated Press. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 6 Fire in the warehouse of the Mayfield Woolen Mills did $350,000 damage, which was covered by insurance. Transport Floated. By Associated Press. Honolulu, Oct. G. The army trans port Sheridan has been floated. Unknown Negro of Cole Bros. Show Shoots Two Men as Train Leaves Special to The News. Columbia, S. C, Oct. 6. J. E. Gaillard of Sumter, S. C, was prob ably fatally shot in the stomach and Charles Haseldon of Summer ton, S. C, was painfully shot by an unknown negro of Cole Bros. Shows as the train was about to leave Man ning today. I LAYTON UNDER $200 BOND. T-KWW32 ' For KiiMng Man With Shovel Mr. Hudgins Succeeds Mr. Edgerston as iviui.ciuci ui ki cslci ii union eie- grprs News Notes. Special to The News. Raleigh, Oct. 6. The preliminary bearing in the case against Chas. Layton, superintendent of the Ral eigh Creamery, last afternoon and tonight for the killing of Andrew H. Mooneyham, a farm hand under him by braining him with a shovel result ed in the binding over of Laytcn to the Superior Court under a $200 tond. The magistrate held that there was probable cause of the crime o. manslaughter in that after the quar lel between the two men during which the lie was passed and Moon eyham had left the barn as he de clared, to get a stick to "beat out Layton's brains." Layton remarked that Mooneyham had gone for a stick so he would "fix for him" and took t'own the shovel with which he a lit tle later dealt the fatal blow. The bond was readily given and Layton released. Mr. V. G. Hudgins, who came here r .1 . C - ii..: -- i three weeks ago from Philadelphia, to succeed Mr. J. A. Egerton as manager of the Western Uunion Tele graph office here, has already sent in his resignation to take effect not later than Oct. 15. He says he re signs because he is homesick for life in the Quaker City again. Eger ton resigned because the company would not allow a sufficient number cf assistants in the office to keep the work up with without overtaxing the manager. And it is understood that the continuance of this condi tion is really the primary cause of the resignation of Manager Hudgins. His successor is not announced. Superintendent I. McK. Goodwin of the State school for the deaf and dumb at Morganton, spent the day m the city and reports that there ,re now 107 pupils in the institution with an assured enrollment later in the fall of 240. Last year the at tendance was 233. The Standard Gas and Electric Co. i of this city has sold its electric plant to the Raleigh Electric Co. and wu devote all its attention in the future to Raleigh's gas supply, having now under way $40,000 improvements on the gas plant. The Raleigh Electric Co. has for many years done the major part of the electric business here and operates the street railway. A ROYAL MARRIAGE. Marriage Between Grand Duke Mi chael and Princess Patricia has Been Arranged. By Associated Press. St. Petersburg, Oct. 6. The mar riage has been arranged between Grand Duke Michael, the only broth er of Emperor Nicholas, and Princess I Patricia of Connaught, the niece of King Edward. May Only Send 600 Troops. By Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 6. Owing to th satisfactory aspect of affairs in Cuba, Secretary Taft has been asked if in his judgment it is necessary to send more troops than 900 now on board the transport Sumner, due in Ha vana today or tomorrow. He has not yet responded. Meanwhile prepara tions continue for the dispatch of the entire force of 5,500 men as origi nally planned. Withdraw Coal Lands. By Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 6. It is under stood the President has finally made t.p his mind to withdraw all coal lands not already taken up from un cer the land laws of the United States. The expectation is that he will by special message request Con gress to change the statutes but meanwhile will himself temporarily withdraw the lands. The Sending of Troops. By Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 6. It is now stated there is no present intention of departing from the program origi nally outlined for the dispatch of troops for Cuba and within a few hours it is expected that some of the troop ships will be leaving Newport News for Havana. Whether other detachments will be sent will depend upon Secretary Taft's report. The town authorities have wired Sumter to stop the show train and try to arrest the negro. Need all the Troops. Havana, Oct. 6. Secretary Taft said he has no intention of turning back any portion of the expedition of 5,500 regular troops ordered to Cuba. He feels ' this the number needed as a precaution against trouble. MISS REBEKAH By Associated Press. Newport News, Oct. 6. The new and powerful armored chuiser North Carolina was successfully launched at 11:32 from the j'ards of the Newport News Ship-Building and Dry Dock Company, in the presence of 10,000 people. The ship's sponsor was Miss Re: bekah Williams Glenn, daughter of Governor Glenn of North Carolina, who was present with his staff and an escort of prominent North Carolinians. Description of the Cruiser. The North Carolina when fully load ed will have a displacement of 15,581 tons; a length of 502 feet and the ex treme breadth of nearly 73 feet. The cruiser $3,500,000 exclusive of armor and armament. Her maximum horse-power is 23,000 and her speed 22 knots. Four ten-inch breechloading rifles; 16 6-inch rifles and four 21-inch sub merged torpedo tubes make up the cruisers main battery. CRUISER NORTH CAROLINA, LAU NE Her secondary battery is 22 3-inch rapid fire guns, 12 3-pounder rapid fire guns and 2 30-calibre automatic guns and two 3-inch field guns. Vivid Account of Ceremony. The launching was attended by many naval officers including several from the Italian cruiser Fieranioca. The shipyard closed last evening giv ing 6,000 men a holiday. When the resonant sound of the pledge driving in the last wedge hold ing the vessel had died away, a stout saw operated by twe- machinists, be gan to saw its way through the hea vy timber. Suddenly the buzzing of the saw was r'rnwnd by the cracking of the tim ber which announced the severing of tne neei-pieee below. The big ship trembled visibly for an instant and then made a slow start. Simultaneously with -the first move ment of the ship, Miss Glenn grace fully cast a bottle of old wine against the receding bow, saying; v "I christen thee, North Carolina." The cheering was so lound that her words were audible only to those near by. As the ship slid-''down the ways the foaming champaign e raced down the side of the steel prow, the broken bot tle, its pieces encased in a silken net, dangling at the ropes end. Gaining a momentum as it proceed ed, the cruiser struck at a considerable speed, bow first, and glided out on the river with the buoyancy of a duck. The cheering of the throng on the share was taken up by the crowds on the excurison steamers, the shrill steam whistles ashore and afloat min- The Cruiser North Launched at GLENN, SPONSOR AT LAUNCHING NORTH CAROLINA arolina Newport News Navy Yan gling with the cheers seemingly to pro duce the greatest noise possible in wishing the fighter a long and credita ble career under the flag of the nation. Tugs ran the hawsers to the iifcom plete ship, and finally towed her to the pier where the finishing touches will be received. The North Carolina is advanced 5S per cent toward completion farther than any other armor clad cruiser at the time of launching. There was no hitch, no accident nor unpleasant incident to mar the day's programme. The launching was a glo rious success. Immediately following the launch ing there was a banquet to Miss Glenn and the launching party. Governor Glenn and party will leave cn their return for Raleigh at 8:30 to night. Maid and Dame of Honor. Miss Lillian Thompson of Raleigh, was the sponsor's Maid of Honor and NCHED WS. TO-DAY AT NEWPORT Mrs. A. A. Arlington of Raleigh, was Dame of Honor. Further Description. The launching took place at high tide, and as the new warship swept down the ways toward the rippling waves of the historic James River the multitude wildly cheered the new champion. Greeted with a welcoming blast from the thrill throats of scores of team whistles, the cruiser floated majestically out upon the bosom of NAVY YARD AT NEWPORT NEWS LAU N Ti - OF CRUISER is the James where she soon was captur ed by a tug. and towed to one of the shipyard piers, where she will be com pleted. She is now something over half done. Few battleships will outclass the North Carolina and her sister ship, the Montana now building. Each has a displacement of 14,500 tons. The North Carolina's length on water line is 502 feet; breadth at load water line, 72 feet; mean draught on trial displace ment, 25 feet; mean draught at maxi mum load, 27 feet; coal bunker ca pacity, 2,000 tons. The ship will have the highest practical speed and great radius of action. The steaming raddus at 10 knots will be 6,500 knots; steaming radius at full speed about 3,100 knots. The armor ?plate protection ranges from nine inches for the turrets to five inches of the belt. The cruser will have a very heavy armament. SUES FOR $10,000. Case "W. P. Hughes Against the Henri etta Mills Goes to the Jury. The case of W.' P. Hughes vs. the Henrietta Mill which was begun in the Superior Court yesterday after noon was submitted to tne jury shortly before the noon hour today. Mr. Hughes is suing for $10,000 for losing a hand in a saw, the acci dent having occurred several months ago. Messrs. Tillett and Guthrie represented the defendant company and Messrs. F. M. Shannonhouse and Chase Brenizer appeared for . the plaintiff. The argument was conclu ded just before the noon recess. The case of R. E. and C. E. Mason vs. the Western Union telegraph com pany was called at the opening ofhe court this afternoon. Mr. W. F. Hard ing represents the plaintiff and Messrs. Burwell and Cansler the defendant company. Fall Examinations. The regular fall examinations for teachers will be held in the office ct County Superintendent Cochrane rext Thursday and Friday. These dates are set for the examination of white teachers only. The examina tion for colored teachers will be hek or. the 25th and 26th of October. ft . " -if if 'x... WHERE NORTH CAROLINA WAS SHED. Today TOBACCO IN DURHAM. Largest Break of the Season Yester day and Farmers Fleased with the Price Disposal of Old Chuch. Special to The News. Durham, N. C, October 6. The Christian church congregation of this city has purchased Main Street Metho dist church, and 'twill be occupied by them within 12 months provided the new Methodist church in the central part of the city is completed by that time. Main Street church has a splen did location and the Christian people consider themselves exceedingly four tunate in purchasing the church at such a small price $6,500. The Main Street Methodist church would be torn away but for the fact that the late Washington Duke considered it his favorite church and was a member, for this reason it will stand as an emblem to him. The new church, to be erect ed by the Methodist congregation will be a handsome structure costing near $150,000. Rev. T. A. Smoot, pastor, and W. H. McCabe a trustee recently returned from New York, where they considered plans and attended to oth er business matters concerning the new church. Probably the largest break of tobac co that has been conducted on the lo- t cal market this season was that of yesterday. The farmers seem to be pleased with the price that is excep tionally good, and much better than it was a year ago at this season. Even the poorest grades of tobacco is bring ing a splendid price and for that rea son the farmers drive to Durham from the surrounding counties in large num bers. Rev. E. R. Leyburn, pastor of the First Presbyterian church returned yesterday from Baltimore, where he has been spending several "weeks at John Hopkins Hospital. Mr. Leyburn was operated on for something like tumor of the stomach, his condition is greatly improved and he hopes to be able to fill hi3 pulpit soon. DEATH OF DR. BLAIN. Prominent Member of the Southern Presbyterian Assembly Passed Away Thursday. A message was received In the city today announcing the death of Rev. Daniel Blain, D. D., of Colesville, Va., ' on last Thursday. Dr. Blain had only been In feeble health for a short time and the an nouncement of his death came as a shock to the large circle of his friends and relatives. Dr. Blain was a prom inent member and influential member of the Southern Presbyterian Assem bly, and had been in the ministry for a number of years. His deh removes a successful member of this great body and casts a shadow over a large num ber of acquaintances. He is survived by a wife and six sons, Rev. J. Mercer Brain, Randolph, Sam, Hugh, Walter and Carey Ran dolph Blain. Rev. J. Mercer Blain left only a short while ago for China where he is engaged as a missionary under the Southern Presbyferian church. Davidson vs. Oak Ridge. The football team of Davidson Col lege will play its second game of the season this afternoon on the college grounds. The team is said to have been materially strengthened since its appearance in this city one week ago against the University club. The Oak Ridge boys have a good team, and the game is expected to be inter esting and hard-fought. Regimental Histories. County Superintendent R. J. Coeti- rane has received four sets of regi mental Histories for free distribution! to the school libraries of the county. Any school having a library will be given one of the sets by applying at the office, of Mr. Cochrane. They are valuable books and shoHld be in every library in the county. President Receive O'Connor. Bv Associated Press. Washington. Oct. 6. The President received T. P. 'Conner, the Irish member of Parliament. The Presi oent asked O 'Conner to give a message to the Irish people that his affection and admiration for them grew stronger every year and that he earnestly hoped for their welfare -nd prosperity. Loss Ey Fire $100,000, By Associated Press. Warren, Pa., Oct. 6 Fire caused oy lightning carried into the building cn electric wires, caused a less of. $100,000 to the Pickott Hardware! Co. Three firemen were seriously In jured by a falling ladder. Insurgents Ride Into Town Waving Machets Are Disarmed by Marines By Associated Press. Havana, Oct. 6. A detachment of 200 Insurgents rode into Caridad, a suburb of the city . cf Puerto Prin cipe, waving machets and threaten ing the people. Twenty American marines from the detachment of duty, at Puerto Prin cipe . went to Caridad, dispersed the Insurgents and. arrested 39. Gen. Caballero, the Insurgent lead Louis Wagner, in French Car, Won Automobile Race for Vanderbilt Cup by Three Minutes. His Time was 290 Minutes, 10 4-5 Seconds. The Other Contestants. Car of Welschott Dashes from Course into Crowd, Knock ing Boy 20 Feet. Man Killed by Shepard's Car. Others Injured. By Associated Press. Long Island, N. V., Oct. 6. Fog de layed the start of the automobile race for the Vanderbilt cup 15 minutes to day. At 6:15 the word was given and car ,No. 1, ariven by Leblon, American, went over the line. Ho was followed by Intervals of one minute by the other racers. Jenatzy, German, finished the Ini tial round flTst and Lancia, Italian, second, but Wagner, French, who came around third was the real lead er on the elapsed time. Weilschott, Italian, had to with draw from the race because of an ac cident, his car going over the em tankruent at Manliasset. He was not hurt. Car Dashed Into Crowd. The racing car driven by Dr. Weil fcchott, Italian chaffeur, went off the load almost at the, point where Mon gini was thrown out in the recent elimination race. At the curve the car plunged off the road, down the embankment and through a fence ?mong a group of onlookers. John Brooks, a boy, fell directly in front t the machine and was knocked l:u feet away. Two other bystanders were slightly injured. The car then plunged into a ditch. The steering gear was bad 3y wrecked. The injured boy may not recover. Both Weilschott and Colombo, his mechanician were un fecious when picked up, but soon re vived. Mangled by Cars. The course was 29 and TI liun dreths miles, ten times around. Sev enteen cars started, five represent ing the United States, five Italy, live France and two Germany. Elliot Shepard ran into a man at Kurg's corner on the sixth lap and mangled both his legs so severely that " amputation was necessary. Louise Wagner Won. Louis Wagner, driving a French car, won the race by three minutes. Wagner is known as one of the-most expert drivers in Europe. He first attracted attention by winning the race for light cars over the Arden nes circuit in 190S, where he w.m 100 kilometers In 62 minutes, 40 sec ends. Wagner was the team mate of Hemery who won the Vanderbilt race in 1905, but dropped out after three iounds. Wagner's time was 290 minutes, ten and two-fifths seconds. Lancia was second. Time, 293 min utes, 2S and four-fifths seconds. Duray was third and Clemdit fourth and Jenatzy fifth. Tracy's car ran into a boy named? Herbert Baldwin of Norwalk, Conn., broke one leg, frac tured both ankles and is thought to have internally injured him. The man injured by Elliott's machine died later. Only five cars finished the race, but there were 14 of the 17 cars that started . running at the time the race was declared off, which was done as soon as Clement had wen the fourth place. While France carried away the pre mier honors of the race, Joseph Tra cy, of the American team, had the satisfaction of registering the fastest lap made. On the fifth round Tracy drove 29 and seven-tenths miles in the remarkable time of 26 minutes, 21 seconds. There were many minor accidents in the great crush leaving the finish line. Mrs. Lovrance Better. The many friends of Mrs. Charles Lowrance, nee Miss Gray, Will be glad to learn that her condition is gTeatly improved and her. recovery is er, with lOO.raen thereupon proceed ed to the headquarters of the com mander of the marines and demand ed the release of the captured In surgents. Instead of releasing them the Americans disarmed Caballerro and all his followers who could be caught. Thereupon Caballero promised that all the Insurgents under his com mand would disarm.