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mm ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. VOL. XXXV NO. 6463 FAMOUS TERRORIST Mfc; HIS ESCAPE OUT V SIBERIA r fierschmin, One of Most Famous Terrorists and Head of Fighting Organization in Past Escaped; from Siberia Concealed in Water-Cask. Has been Intimately Connected in Several Attempted Assassina tions and Because of his Power as an Organizer he is Greatiy Feared. By Associated Press. St. Petersburg, Russia, ,Nov. 1. Gcrsehunin, one of the most famous Terrorists and the head of their fight ing organization during the Sipaguine and Plehve regimes, has escaped from Siuena, concealed in a water cask. His disappearance is a serious men ace to personages whose lives the Ter rorists are now seeking, as he is a skilled organizer and one cf the most remarkable men the organization has produced. Gerschunin, who is a Jew, was con demned to perpetual Imprisonment for complicity in the assassination of the .Minister of the Interior, Piagune and :m attempt on the life of IVlPobedon o?t;:fr the late Procurator General of the Holv Synod. Gerschunin was sent to the silver j mines at Akatui, on the Mongolian frontier of Siberia, when Schluszelburg The fortress was closed as a prison ior political offenders, February 13th. Cue of Gerschunin's comrades, a man named Melnikoff escaped from the mines two months ago and G-ov-trnor Akatui, says he cannot guaran tee the safe-keeping of Sassanoff and Sikorifsky, the other Terrorists impli cated in the assassination of M. Plehve because of the Revolutionary agents who arranged the escape of Gerschu nin and Melnikoff are lavishly supplied with money and have the sympathy of the whole population. PHILADELPHIA CO. OPEN AGAIN. Failed Real Estate Trust Company Opened for Business To-D?y. By Associated Press. Phila. Pa., Nov. 1. Under the presi dency of George H. Earle, Jr., the Real Estate Trust Co.. of this city .which failed on August 2Sth, re-opened for business to-day. The company failed because of finan cial irregularities of the part of Frank K. Hippie, it's president., who before failure committed suicide. Mr. Earle was appointed receiver and the concern opened under a re organization plan perfected by him. More than $600,000 was deposited in the first hour of business. Mr. Earle has accomplished what men cf long experience consider al most a miracle in finance, it being the first case on record in this state where a big banking concern looted of it's assets was rehabitated in as short a time and with the unanimous consent of it's creditors. CHLrtCHILL TO WEST INDIES. Winston Churchill Will Study Pros pects of Islands for Cotton Grow ing. By Associated Press. London, Nov. 1. Winston Spencer Churchill, parliamentary secretary of the Colonial Office Is going to the West Indies about Christmas to study the resources of the islands, especially the prospects of extending cottcn growing, with" the view of possible government aid. The Duke of Marlborough and Sir Alfred Jones, president of the Liver pool Chamber of Commerce, and others interested in the islands will go along. President Hunts Turkeys. By Associated Press. Richmond, Va., Nov. 1 A special from Scottsviile, says that the Presi dent , Theo. Roosevelt, and Mr. Wil mer went out on a turkey hunt to-day. Fire Breaks Crude Oil Out in Standard Docks and Destroys One Big Warehouse. ManyOi! Tanks were in Danger of the Flames. By Associated Prss. New York, Nov. 1. Fire was discov ered on the crude oil docks of the Standard Oil company at Bayonne, N. J., about 10:30 o'clock and m a shc.-t time one big new warehouse, 200 x 100 feet was destroyed and an other appeared to be going fast. The docks are located on the Kill Von Kull and form an important sec tion of the company's huge plant. There are dozens of oil tanks big and little, in the company's yards, but as the wind was carrying the sparks thPKB vards. it was thought that the tanks would escape destruc-. FIRE DESTROYED BIG WAREHOUSE tion. ATLANTIC CITY WRECK -o.-c:-.cr's J-jry Take Up Matter of Cause of Wreck Much Interest in Investigation. By Associated Press. Atlantic City, Nov. 1. In anticipa tion of the startling disclosures an eager audience gathered at the coro ner's inquest today which is to exam ine and fix the responsibility for the electric railroad wreck of Sunday. The Pennsylvania railroad is repre sented by Judge Joseph P. Gaskill, ex judge Joseph Thompson and George A. Bourgeos. The state of New Jer sey's interest is being looked after by Dirict Attorney Abbott. Foreman Lee, of the coroner's jury, arose at the opening and asked permis sion to make a public statement, in v-hich he denied the story printed in a Philadelphia paper alleging that he held the prejudged innocence of the railroad company. Coroner Gaskiil the charged the ju ry to discover the cause of the acci dent whether by an act of God or man. Attorney Bourgeois, for the railroad company, offered the extensive re sources of the Pennsylvania Company to assist in ascertaining the true cause cf the accident. "We den't know," he -said, -'and want to know. We have nothing to hide. He asked the jury to state in its ver dict whether the electric line and bridge, in their judgment is the most imr.roved kind. James Curtis, conductor of the wrecked train, testified that there was no delay and that the train reached vieasantville one minute ahead of time. The first he knew, cf the wreck was the sudden bump snd the train dash ed into the Thoroughfare. Curtis said he escaped by kicking a hole through a window. He denied that he had been warned before leaving Camden that I anything was wrong with the rear car. He admitted that there was a decided bump just as the accident oc curred as though the train had met some obstruction. SCHOOL FOND RUNS DECIDEDLY SHORT Only $25,000 has so Far Been Received by Public Schools of South Carolina from State Dis pensary -Amount- far Behind That of Last Year. Special to The News." Columbia, Nov. 1. Last year the public schools of South Carolina re ceived in all $168,075.77 from the prof its of the State dispensary system, the fund being distributed according to enrollment. This year only $25,000 has been received from the dispensary for the schools up to date and there is but one month more of the fiscal year,. It is stated that the dispensary will for the next six or seven weeks pay in $10, per week to the school fund but even at this rate the total amount will fall far below the fund of 1905. Within the last year 15 counties have by popular vote closed their dis pensaries, so that the system has now a mi'.ch smaller business and neces sarily the profits are not so great. Then there are perhaps ether reasons why the dispensary has not this year made as much money as usual. The school fund comes from the net profits and it of course depends upon the size of the business done and the profits accruing, all cf which is left to the dispensary management with ho check from the comptroller general or the state treasurer. The treasurer sinroly pays the warrants and the comptroller distributes the money after it is paid into the school fund. When the sys tem wps established in 1893, Governor B. R. Tillman predicted that the State of South Carolina would clear at least one million dollars per year out of the dispensarv but the profits have not reached half that amount in any one vear. It was claimed by opponents of the dispensary in the last campaign that the system was bankrupt but the dispensary people dismissed this as a c?mpagn story and gave figures to c;how that the dispensary is solvent. The whole matter will be threshed out at the coming session of the legislature in January. FIERCE WIND STORM. - Was Accompanied by Snow and Tidal Wave Damage is Great. By Associated Press. Paris Nov. 1 A wind storm has swept over the south of France, accom panied by heavy falls of snow on the coast, and a tidal wave at Toulen, which prevented Admiral Touchard's squadron from coaling. Many small craft were torn from their anchorages and wrecked, and quavs flooded. . Nice suffered most severely, the fa mous Promenade des Anglaise and neighboring streets being under water a foot deep. The ships there were so badly flooded that the contents of om of them was totally destroyed. It is estimated that the damage done will amount to an enormous sum. Farmers Fight Railroad. By Associated Press. Lodio. Nov. I-- conns u - 'v .. it. form J tervened to end tne ngni.ui m ' tutu 1 ' - - - -, f. 1 " A . j. j-i rjnlHTwnro n Tl rl " Uul'J, ers agarasi. iii - , , , whicii threatened to cause bloodshed The attorneys secured an injunction restraining the company from relaying -ovc enri rebuilding an embank ment across the country- roads jhere, they have been torn out on Tuesday. CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1 1 906. FIRST VICE-PRES. OF S. A. L. .W. A. Garrett Accepted Position of First Vice-President and General Manager of S. A. L. By Associated Press. Cincinnati, O., Nov. 1. The official announcement is published here that W. A. Garrett, general manager or the Queen and Crescent Route, has accepted- the position or iirst vice president of the Seaboard Air Line. Norfolk, Va. Nov. 1 Mr. W. A. Garrett is to be both first vice-president and general manager of the Sea board Air Line. He will have full charge of the operation of the Sea board system with headquarters here. He succeeds N. S. Maldrum of New York, as first vice-president. The appointment came as a complete surprise in the offices cf the Seaboard circles, with the ex ception of many changes along the tntire system: The oiner ciianges s re as follows : . T. O. Cole, of the Lehigh Valley -Railroad, at South Bethlehem, Pa., to be chief of the car service with headquarters at Portsmouth, succeed ing Edward J. Cunningham, who be comes trainmaster of the sixth di vision of the . Seaboard with head quarters in Jacksonville, Fia. F. F. Cost, formerly of nati, and now second vice-president and traffic manager of the Seaboard here, will remain in that office. Mrs. J. L. Sullivan and Miss Nora Beam, of Shelby, and Mrs. N. A. Black, of Raleigh, are visiting at Mr. J. S.. Owens', on West Fourth street. EARST GLDSES HIS DP-STATE CAMPAIGN Mr. Hearst and Party Arrive To day, Mr. Hearst Says he Never Received Letter from Civil Ser vice Reform Association Asking his Views. By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 1. William Ran dolph Hearst arrived to-day" on the return from his final up-state trip of the campaign. He came through direct from Buffalo where he spoke last night Hearst left his car, in company with Mrs. Hearst, Clarence J. Shearn, Judge Samuel Seabury and Patrick E. McCabe of Albany. He was very hoarse nut said that otherwise he felt very well. When informed that the Civil Ser vice Reform Association had announc ed that they sent, to both Mr. Hearst and Mr. Hughes a letter, in which both candidates were asked to define their position in relation to Civil Ser vice reform, Mr. Hearst said he had , never seen the letter. Mr. Hughes reply to to the association s communi cation is published today. DISINHERITS DAUGHTERS. "Lord" Scully Left Entire Estate to His Wife, Discarding Claims of His Daughters. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Nov. 1. The will of William Scully, otherwise known as "Lord ' Scully, said to be the largest owner of real estate in the United States, was filed here for probate. The document was executed April 22, 1901. All his lands, none of which are out side of the United States, are devised absolutely to his wife, E. Angela Scul ly. Scully totally disinherits his three daughters, Mary, Juda and Kathleen, "for superabundant reasons which 1 forbear to particularize here." Manv Arrested. - 3y Associated Press. Saratov. Nov. 1. Six hundred con scripts who were summoned for ser vice appeared at headquarters today singing revolutionary songs and de fied their officers. Many of the men were arrested. OS FIGHT TH BURGLARS In Disperate Struggle with Band of Burglars, one Officer and one cf Robbers were KUIed, Others were Injured. Were. Waylay ing Train. By Associated Press. Spokane, Wash., xOV. 1. A special to the Spokesman-Review from Pres ser, Wash., says: There was a desperate battle near Kennewick yesterday between officers and burglars, who robbed two stores in that town Tuesday night. The officers, led by Sheriff A.'G. Mc Neill, of Presssr, came on the robbers I unawares in the bush." " They were' five or six in number, and at once commenced firing. Mar shal Michael Glover, of Kenneewick, was instantly killed and Joseph Hal- ; sey, his deputy, was iataiiy wouna-Cincin- ! ed. - ' Sheriff McNeill was shot twice, but not dangerously hurt. After being shot the sheriff emptied his gun at the rob bers, killing one, and finally capturing another. The gang of burglars are thought to have had rendezvous at Kennewick for the' purpose of holding up a North ern Pacific train. A captured robber says he is Robert Layton, aged 16 years. He revealed the identity of the dead desperado as Jacob Lake, recently a convict in the penitentiary at Walla Walla. People Cheer Hunhes. By Associated Press. Norwich, N. Y.', Nov. 1. Charles E Hughes and his party arrived here shortly before noon.- He was met at the station by a throng of people who cheered him as he stepped from his car to go to the Norwich Club, where for nearly an hour be held a reception Chauffeur Convicted. By Associated Press. Phila., Pa., November 1. Frank Le Fleur, a chauffeur, whose automobile ran down and killed a pedestrian on old York road was convicted of man slaughter in the criminal court here The jury recommended LeFleur to the mercy of the court. He will be sen fenced later. Miss Ida May Long is quite sick at her home, No. 801 South Brevard street. LEY WILL 0 DEMOCRATIC 0. K, Democratic County Candidates are Greeted by Large Audience in Academy. Usual Democratic Majority will be Given. Other News Notes. Special to The News Stanley, Nov. 1. The Democratic county candidates visited Stanley Tues lay night. Hon. O. F. Mason and Capt. F.' Dilling addressed a" good sized audi ence in the academy on state and coun ty issues. The other candidates mere ly made their announcements. TheyJ were accompanied by the Dallas Banc and it is safe to predict that Stanley will give its usual Democratic major ity the 6th. . ' The Stanley Mercantile Co. has open ed up in their new brick building. We learn With regret that Mr. Jas. Fox of the firm of C. C. Moore & Co. is soon to move to Maiden to engage in business. Th" farmers are right blue over the sudden drop in cotton as the crop is very short around here. OFFICE TA HEARST REGULAR NOMINEE. Doubts the Genuineness of Telegram "From Croker Says Hearst is Reg ular Nominee of Party and Should Therefore Be Supported by the Party By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 1. Charles F. Mur phy, of Tammany Hall said lie doubts the genuineness of cablegram from Richard Croker to Senator Patrick Mc Carren, in which Croker commended the Senator's course as being manly. "It is a great question in my mind as to the genuineness of that cable gram," said Murphy. "I do not intend to take any steps to find out whether it was sent by Croker or not but it is entirely contrary to the teachings and attitude of Croker all his life. Croker as the leader of Tammany Hall, taught me regularity and always preached it. Tammany Kail has always followed that instruction." "How is it you supported the nomi nation of Hearst? then, the reporter asked. "Tammany Hall went to the conven tion as followers. The people up-state wanted Hearst and we fell in line. Now Hearst is nominated., we are sup- x x. - -t ' n - 1 T i - V-W - T . purling Him luymiy. ne jl me leguitu nominee of the party and as such, should be supported by the party." Suicided in the Street. By Associated Press. Phila., Pa.. Nov. 1. G. Ehslee Jones, a member of the wholesale liquor firm, shot himself in the head while walk ing the street in the business section of the city. He was quieklydisarmed and hurried to a hospital but died before reaching the institution. Ill health is said to have been the cause of the suicide. HUGHES WIS DP UP-STATE TO OR Republican Candidate for Gover nor of New York Prepares to Close his Up-State Tour. Sect. Root to Help Him Out To-day in his Fight. By Associated Press. Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 1. The next to the closing day of the up-State cam paign of Charles Hughes, Republican candidate for governor, began today, with the departure from this city of the candidate on an early train for Earlsville. Hughes will go to Norwich and thence to Hamilton, where Colgate University is located. He will reach Utica late in the af ternoon, and makes a trolley trip to Herkimer, where he will speak briefly, returning to Utica in time for the eve ning meeting, which is expected to te one of the most interesting of the cam naisn. Secretary of State, Elihu Root, willi be one of the speakers at the Utica meeting, and it has been given out that he "brings a message from Wash ington." RAISED TOO MUCH SAND. Boys Celebrated Hallowe'en Too Noisi ly and Are Now !n Work House. By Associated Press. Lextington, Ky., Nov. 1. Five col legians who indulged too vigorously in Hallowe'en pranks last night were sent to the workhouse to await trial to-morrow for breach of the peace. They are Shelby Jett, Jr., of Rich mond, Ky.: T. R. Veil, and Thomas Swigert, of Maysville, Ky.; Geo. Bo gard, of Golden Pond, Ky.; and Mar ion Cheek, of Richmond Ky. All are cadets of the college batallion. The specific charge against them is assaulting police officers who. tried to stop the noisy hallowe'en pranks. South Tryov. street has been better watered during the past few days than for months. The merchants are re joicing for the dust is very damaging to display goods. CHARLOTTE MAN EDITOR. Mr. Atkins Buys Out the Gastonia Gazette and Has Assumed Charge. It will be a matter of considerable interest among the newspaper fra ternity to know that Mr. J. W. Atkins, who has been filling the position of telegraph editor on The Observer for some time has bought the Gastonia Gazette from the former owner. Mr. W. F. Marshall, and has taken charge of this thriving semi-weekly newspa per. The location is in one of the state's most thriving towns, and the field for a sood newspaper is unexcelled, and Mr. Atkins will no doubt meet with the greatest success in his work. Mr. Atkins took charge of the paper today, and will continue its publication at the same place but will be improved from time to time as conditions war rant such expenditures. Mr. Atkins himself is one of the best posted newspaper men of the section, is prepared in every way to push the paper. CONGRESS OF MOTHERS. Pennsylvania Mothers Meet for Three Days' Session Today. Johnstown, Pa., Nov. .1. The Penn sylvania Congress of Mothers, which recently came into prominence by re calling an invitation sent to Anthony Comstock, the purity mentor of New York, to deliver an address, opens a three days' session in this city tonight. The delegates commenced arriving this morning, and all were promptly escorted to the quarters assigned them. The arrangements for the gath ering are of the most perfect and elab orate character. The big auditorium of Library Hall, where the sessions are to be held, has been handsomely decorated. The program for the ini tial session provides for addresses by Mrs. Frederick Schoff, president of the National Congress of Mothers, and C. George Beck, principal of the Clarion State Normal School. Mrs. George K. Johnson, of Philadelphia, will preside. Will Face on Court House Square and South Tryon Street. To be Very Attractive and an Orna ment to the City, Location on Part of Sanders Property.; .The most interesting piece of news that has leaked out recently is that the lawyers of the city have com bined and will build a handsome and elegant home facing the courthouse tquare and South Tryon street. The building, will it is understood, be located on a part of the Sanders property on South Tryon street, and will be one of the neatest buildings in the city, of its size. The convenience of this location, and also its being strictly for the offices of the members of the Char lotte bar, will appeal to every law yer, and it is expected that most of the lawyers will have oflices cr suites of offices in the new structure. In the erection of the building which will be a large and commodi ous, and from what can be gathered about it, two or three stories m neight, no money or labor will be Epared in making this the most con veniently arranged home for the lawyers that can be found anywhere in the South. The lawyers have been considering this matter, for seme time, and there has been talk from time to time about erecting 'just such a structure, but nothing definite has ever been announced. The matter now appears to have been fully and finally decided, and it will, therefore, be only a matter of time before the new building will be in use by the lawyers, who will rejoice in being able to have a home of their own where they will j have everything strictly modern, and built on the most approved lines, with all conveniences to the struct- j ure that will be of aid in the practice of the legal profession. WON DECIDED VICTORY. New Orleans and Other Towns Com peting for Panama Freight Ship ments Win Cut. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Nov. 1. New Orleans, Mobile, Norfolk and the other ports which are competing for the Pa nama Canal freight shipments won a decided victory in the changes made in the canal contract made public to day by the Directors of the Isthmian Canal Commission. As the contract was originally drawn it provided that the contractors' sup plies would be carried at half rates ov er the Panama Railroad Steamship Line. One of the changes announced today omits this provision and throws the freight business open to all com peting ports. Many Men Arrests. By Associated Press. Saratov, Nov. 1. Six hundred con scripts who were summoned for ser vice appeared at headquarters to-day singing revolutionary songs and de fied their officers. Many of the men were placed under arrest. Cotton Receipts. LAWYERS TO DUILD A HANDSOME HOME Cotton receipts today, 84 bales at Commission has no authority in ira 10.25 against 190 at 10 last year. posing any new or modified rates. PRICE: 5 CENTS THUS DEMOCRATS IN COWS WILL ruin mm Attorney General (Moody ??e.tly Alarmed Over Possibility of a Democratic House. Szy r res ident's Fut.;n; Caresr Would Thus be Entirely Insignificant. Says he Expects to Proceed With out Regard to Personal or Pol itical Consequences with his Investigation of Big Coal and Oil Combination. By Associated Press. Boston, Mass., Nov. 1. In political speeches at the Republican rallies at Beverly and Salem last night Attor ney General William H. Moody said that he was investigating "the great and powerful coal and oil combina tions" and that if he found evidence of an illegal combination, he would "proceed without regard to personal i or political conseauences." After pointing out the results t: at would follow 'the election of a Dvi.:o cratic house, ther Attorney-General said: "Can any sane man doubt, under such circumstances, that the whole power of the House of Representa tives will be exerted to thwart the President in the measures in which he proposes and to render the rest of his term of office entirely insignificant." TWO BANDS OF UTES. Indians Divide Into Two Bands Their Purposes. Sheridan, Wyoming, Nov. 1. The Utes evidently have split into two bands. Telephone reports say that one band is on Bear Creek, 20 miles southeast of Birney, Mont., and that the other band is camped along Hang ing Women creek in Powder Valley. Two officials, officers and 16 troop ers arrived from Birney today. They report that the main command from Frt Ieogh is at Ashland and has seen no "uireyennes. Colonel Augur today broke camp at Sherives Ranch 40 miles north of Sheridan. He was expected to reach Birney early after noon. Captain Wil liam and his signal corps left Sheridan this morning for Birney taking a wire to connect the field forces with tele phone from Birney. to Sheridan. FREIGHT WRECK ON S. A. L. Several Cars Off Near Cherryville Nobody was Seriously Injured. The Seaboard Air Line train from Jhe west due here about 7:35 p. m., did hot arrive last night until about midnight. The delay was caused by a wieck of a freight some miles west of Cher ryville on the Carolina Central. Tf is stated that four or five cars v : de railed and more or less damaged at Rock Cut, but none of the tnv'v vew were seriously ;:!! i The ti-'. : oc curred yesterday a( icraoon, p.:u ; -'s about seven hou" i.f'ore traffic could be resumed. Killed f-iv Train.. By Associated Pr-. : Birmingham, A)- ., Nov. 1. B. F. Fitzpatrick a well known attorney of this city who was cn his way to the court house with a client was run over and killed at the street crossing to day by a Louisville and Nashville train. Fitzpatrick was a member of one of the mcst famous families in the state. Croker Says It Is True By Associated Press. London, Kov. 1. In reply to an inquiry from the London office of the Associated Press, Richard Croker from his home at Dundrum, Ireland has stated that the McCairen despatch is genuine. RAILROADS EIGHT CENT Wl Representatives of Six Big Rail ways Appear Before Corpora tion Comn'ission to Enter Pro test Aga'nst Two Cent Rate for Passenger Fare. By Associated Press. Richmond, Va., Nov. 1. Attorneys representing the Chesapeake and Ohio the Norfolk and Western, Chesapeake Western, Norfolk and Southern, Sea board Air Line and Southern Railway companies appeared before the Virgin ia state Corporation Commission, and filed answers opposing the two cent rates, submitted by the commission July 31, 1006. The roads' attempted to show they could not afford any reduction in their rates and that even if the:;. could the TWO
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