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-Ncvs-Has SECTION ONE. TEN PAGES O J THREE O'CLOCK EDITION ESTABLISHED 1888. entry o O Objections to The $30,- 000,000 Railroad Loan to American and Other Bankers Telegraphed to Grand Councillor. Geiurv Declare if Lean is Sanctioned bp Throne Imperial Edict Will not Be Recognized Feeling Runs High. Ov .-:jled Press. IVki!!:'.. Aug. 21. The gentry of :r, mu ; u Mupeh have telegraph, td i;:';u!'i Councillor Change Chi Tun?. ;i protest against the granting id' in" I ;.. r :: iw-bzoctnien railroad loan .null to American and other fhty declare that if the throne sin -liens this propoael they will re- u recognize the imperial edict, ihr I'l-nicst has been laid before ; V. ! i: I1H -lit . Nestor of The Iron Irade ivihlchcm. Pa., A up:. 21. John j'.iM. ill" famous ironmaster and in ventor, euietly observed his eighty mv.ii;1; birthday at his home in this iry ti)-'!ay. Mr. Fritz is widely known as tin Nestor of the iron trade in America. He began life as a black sKi'b i" 183S, and in his lens career In,, 1' v. identified with almost every iaiiHirtaut step in the process of mak in: in-; and steel. The crowning ef ;'. .' his life was the conception, the ;-4':ii! and erection of the great and armor plate plant of the JJ:ti'!!'Iiein Steel Company, of which bit was the chief engineer and saner- imendent from 1SG0 to - lSfl:J. Mr. Fit., physically vigorous and active v.' mind for a man of his years, still utinues his investigations in his lit ;i" office in Market street, and up to accntly made frequent visits to Xew Y'rk and Philadelphia. PI110 KILLS DSL HDFS SLUE '' .Wnriatcd Press. !':Hliurg, Aug. 21. While placing a rkging to hoist a piano to Ihe i"iiiiii floor of (lie Nixon theatre to aay. in.' man was killed and several iiijui'd when apparatus collapsed. i" il iiai ing them to the pavement, a '.i-iaiac of 40 feet. SUFFRAGETTES WATCH , ASQUITH'S HOUSE NOW. laaalon. Aug. 21. The militant suf !'!v:etics who have been picketing the House of Commons for six weeks to P"t an interview with Premier As 'I'iiMi. have extended their operations 'a Hi,, premier's residence on Down ir.u :-i.rcct. M.. Despard and Mrs. Saunderson t'"i; Ha ir stand outside Mr. Asquith's 1(i-e t!i is afternoon and sentries will '" I ' M there until the premier grants ainiieure. Tlii- M emicr can slip out through a -"i'au in the rear of his house. bjezt to The A a I vents Aviators Rath mad Loan . k I ifflteilr., vk ' tfrrirn. . PnrHrc J it Negro Tried on High Seas Declared "Not Guilty" hv Naval Court -urhiie, press. Wi lli'!, v. I 'i nil ;: l''il. ; v-v !:!' Si 111 ! ;:'.a! '.on. I). C, Aug. 21. "Not guilty," is the verdict ct the navu ii tried David Williams, the negro mess hand of the battleship v. ho caused the death of a brother sailor as the result of a boxing i! wiiD was tried for manslaughter. of the a f.uitt:a was received at the navy department through a rein Rear Admiral Schroeder, commanding the fleet. -r.setpi'-nce of the verdict, Williams will be turned over to the Geor ri1 i'-s. who want him for trial on a charge of assault and battery ' to kill, the alleged offense having been committed before his en 'l the navv. ' WW I .;:t--! Postmasters Elect Offi cers at Meeting To-day Associate, p-,.,.. O.. An-. The electioncf ti ; - M.eeunn-. ;,,,, the actitm on 'oih.,' ' l,nilf'ia1 features of the closing se: !'"" X,tonal Association of First Class ! ii' -,-' 1"-!' ' T,y ,he resolutions comittee of re x.at'j,:'..'il';n w1 expected as the postmasters had fm. -' !avor ."I" such a proposition. The cure nril- ,e in- ii. ol C,.t. , "iw t ii 'v ,1""m patrons to furnish a street auuress auer tu uu VMl t ,'"cir mad through the general delivery. The attendance was the - "i i lie history of organization. foe. Largest fHupeh .c-rr Rainstorm Pfe- i-DREST FIRES lr W0W CRITICISES raging ii mm liy Associated Press. Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 21. Forest fires now raging in British Columbia are assuming proportions of the fire which destroyed Fernie last year. A strip of country one mile wide is in the path of the flames. To Commuiiicrate Indian Massacre Litchfield. Minn., Aug. 21. The forty seventh anniversary of the com mencement of the Indian outbreak of 1802, is to be observed tomorrow by the placing of a monument to mark scene massacre Jones and Baker families. The monu ment, for which an appropriation was made by the Minnesota legislature j last, winter, is a simple shaft of St. Cloud granite, nine feet high and approprietly inscribed. The killing of the Jones and .Baker families forms one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of the Indian warfare in the Northwest, Four per sons were killed at the Baker place, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson Jones, Viranus Webster and Howard Baker. Clara j Wilson, a young girl, was killed at t the Jones residence, where she stood at a window in full sight of the In 1 dians as they came from the Baker home immediately after the chooting. t Six Indians were in the murderous band. They arrived first at the Jones home, where they demanded whisky, . which they were refused by the In dian trader. Becoming frightened, Jones and his wife went to the Baker place. The Indians followed shortly, and, having been bantered to shoot at a mark, the whites emptied their guns, the Indians then reloaded their weapons. The shooting followed m cold blood. Neighbors were told dur ing the day of what had taken place, and in the evening the settlement at Forest City was aroused. This was the commencement, of the Indian warfare of 1SC2. REAL ESTATE SALES. Charlotte Land Changing Hands at Good Prices. Mr. O. G. Craig for the Charlotte Realty Co., to-day sold to Mrs. Mary K. Robertson for Clarence E. Todd two lots on the corner of Hill and South Church street the consideration being $3,300. G GORBETT WALLOPS SCHOOL By Associated Press. Cheyenne, Wyoming, Aug. 21. "Yor.ig Corbet t," (William Rothwell) of Denver,' last night, knocked out Muggsy School, of Cheyenne, in the fifteenth round. Ccibett showed much of the clever ness which he had the-day he took the championship from Terry McGovern. It was a case of hard walloping from beginning to end. In the first minute of the loth round, a crashing right swing to the jaw ended the fight. officers, selection of the place for the report ot .the commiaee ou i H-. , ro nrr ooesimi fir Tllfl IiailUUdl Postmasters touaj. Circulation of THE ONLY EVENING CHARLOTTE, N. C.SaTuRDaY EVENING i , . wXCe VSiSSgf fj - O&c? KXI I - - x y . iWjgaBc- gaga leae'snfc ri . krsfxis of the n I i iinii letinii mm iim n bufiim i i 11 i siiifir iiitir in C01MMICSTP.S By PITTSBURG ? w nn iRi F By Associated Press. 'Melbourne, Aug. 21. -There are serious floods throughout the state of Victoria. Many villages have been submerg ed and there have been a number of fatilities. Railroad communication between Melbourne and Adelaide has been suspended for three days on ac count of the collapse of bridges. Cotton States League Revived By Associated Press:" New Orleans, La., Aug. 21. The cotton states baseball league, it is said, will be revived next season. Algiers, a suburb of New Orleans, Jackson. Miss., Gulf Port and Hat ties burg, Miss, all have signified their intention to get into the league. PAID SHADE OF HUSBAND. Mexican Officials Unearth Alleged Spirit Swindle. Mexico City, Mex., Aug. 21. What they declare to be a gigantic spiritual istic swindle extending over a period of one year and which has well-nigh impoverished Mrs. De Jesus Perez, a widow of Col. Trinidad Ruiz, ha,s been discovered by the police authorities. A great fortune, 'the police say, has been depleted by daily payments by Mrs. Perez to the materialized form of her departed husband. Medical men, who have examined Mrs. Perez, declare her the victim of powerful suggestions and not responsible. Mme. Dolos Corrade Bay and Prof. Hiiolito Salazar, a spiritualist, are in prison, while the authorities are mak ing an effort to effect the apprehen sion of Eurique Bay, husband of Mme. Bay. News Forecast of Coming Week Washington,. D. C, Aug. 21. With public affairs virtually at a stand-; still, while the President, his cabinet and members of congress are off on their summer vacations., the toplines in the news bill for tile week will given over to state fairs, summer as-j semblies and conventions, of various kinds. A party of twenty-five members of congress will sail fiom San Fran cisco Tuesday for Honolulu in re sponse to an invitation extended by the last session of the Hawaiian legis lature. Eighteen days will be spent in Hawaii., during which time the four largest islands of the Hawaiian group will be visited. Maryland Republicans will meet in state convention in .Baltimore to nom inate candidates for minor offices to be filled at the November election and to adopt a platform, the chief feature of which will be a denuncia tion of the proposed constitutional amendment to disfranchise the ne groes. Two events of interest in naval circles will be the trial trip of the new battleship South Carolina on Tuesday and the retirement on the same day of Rear Admiral W. T. Swinburne, late commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet. Some live and interesting news may be expected from Rheims, the Any Afternoon ST 1 E2i iS3 rS I ' . ! fi 9 ' Tl Vll J I nil )JLJl ASSOCIATED FIRST NEWSPAPER By Associated Press. Pittsburg. Aug. 21. As the evidence of reviving business conditions in the coke region of Western Pennsylvania, the coke operators have sent broad cast advertisements for 2,000 min ers, coke drawers and laborers. Large posters printed in foreign languages have been circulated. Motor Races To He Held By Associated Press. New Orleans, La., Aug. 21 A se ries of motor boat races is announced by the Southern Yacht club to be held on the Lake Pontchartiain course Saturday. From the large number of entries, the races are expected to be the best ever held in the South outside of the annual Florida races. been employed at Insurance Head nuarters for the nast three months ! left today on his vacation, which he ' will spend in and around Pineville. ' He will enter Baird's school again ! at the opening of the session. TWENTL SIX ANARCHISTS TAKEN BY POLICE. By Associated Press. Budapest, Aug. 21. Police of this city have taken into custody twenty-six anarchists, who. recent- ly arrived hep? to attend the forthcoming anarchist congress. French city where many of the fore most aeronauts of Europe and Ameri ca will gather for a series of inter national : contests in which some of 1no exjstin"- records for aerial navi gation are likely to be eclipsed be tore the tournament is concluded. A highly notable gathering will, as semble in Winnipeg Wednesday for the meeting of the British Associa tion for the Advancement of Science. The meeting will be attended by several hundred of the foremost men of science in the United Kingdom. The annual session of the American Bar Association, opening in Detroit Tuesday, will attract the usual num ber of eminent representatives of the bench awl bar of the United States. Governor Willson of Kentucky is slated to deliver the annual address, and a number of other noted men will be included among the speakers. Other imnortant conventions of the week will be the first National Con servation Congress in Seattle, the annual meeting of the Association of Slate and National Food and Dairy Departments in Denver, The Ameri can League of Municipalities in Mon treal the annual national encamp ment of the Sons of Veterans in Washington, the meeting of the Na tional Association of Insurance Com missioners on Colorado Springs, and the convention of the Associated Ad vertising Clubs of America in Louisville. " ' AVIATION ! r3 ' ii I I i Paper Published in the Two; IN CHARLOTTE. AUGUST 2 1 , 1909 -43,55 7?- Greensboro, Aug. 21. Greensboro's new directory just out has been care fully examined by the proper authori- tiv on "C'itv statist ir-s nnrl iwimilatinn" j and the joyful news comes that in spite of the panic the population here has increased from the, 42,000 of the last directory to 43.557 of the present directorv' pphs-.is .T This includes the .population of the ' suburbs and . mill villages connected by trolley with tne corporate limits. Among these 43,557 villages are 133 Smiths, 122 Joneses and 101 John sons. But the Smiths, as they should, lead all the rest. SPEOULAT I VE By Associated Press. Paris, Aug. 21. The Humalite pub lishes an article by M. Jaures, the Soc ialist leader in the chamber of depu ties, in which the writer explains his proposal to interpellate the government regarding the project to quote officially iu France the American speculative .stocks, but notably the common stock of the United States Steel Corporation. Military Tournament To Be Held'at Dallas Dallas, Texas, Aug. 21. All arrange ments have been completed here for ( what is expected to be the greatest j military tournament ever held in the southwest. Bright and early to-mor-1 row morning 2,200 soldiers of the reg ular army will pitch camp at the state fair grounds where, night and day during the ensuing week, there Will be contests anticompetitive drills calcu lated to entertain and interest. The total expense of the tournament will be over 50.000. one half of which will e borne by the war department and one half by the citizens of Dallas. The participants will include the Ninth Infantry, the second squadron of the Third Cavalry, Battery B of the First Field Artillery and bands of the Ninth Infantry and First " Field Artil lery. It is expected that during the week the tournament will be attend ed by the governors of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Arizona and New Mexico. Rev. Geo. F. Robertson leaves to night for Greenville and Mill fill the plilpit of the First Presbyterian church there to-morrow for Dr. Sloan, the pastor, who is taking his vacation. Bv Associated Press. Pittsburg, Aug. 21. A natural gas t explosion resulting from a discon nected rubber hose at the home of William Cook, at Manor. Pa., near here today fatally burned Mr. Cook and seriously injured his wife, two children and mother, i The house was demolished. HS AMERICAN STOCK IN FRANCE GAS EXPLOSION i SSS1S 1 fti : RUI1S HOUSE By Associated Press. Matteawan, N. Y., Aug. 21. Mrs. Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, made a public statement criticising the treatment accorded her son in Mattea wan state hospital for the criminal in sane since his return to that institu tion, by order of Justice Mills. Mrs. . Thaw said not only that the comforts accorded to her son when he was first sent to the asylum were not restored after his recent return, but that he had been denied the privi leges he enjoyed for IS months, while in the asylum. OLD HAND AT BLOCKADING. Man Killed in Pitt County Was Jail Breaker. Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 21. It develops that John Brinson. who was killed by Sheriff Tucker and posse in Pitt coun ty while they were raiding a blockade distillery, in which Brinson was inter ested, was the same man who, while a United States prisoner in the Cra ven county jail, broke out by cutting his way through the brick wall. He was in custody as a blockadej then. PEIISTU CARED BY By Associated Press. Hazleton, Pa., Aug. 21. Considerable excitement has been caused in Honey brook, a mining town near here, by flooding of the place where letters sign ed by "Black Hand," threatening de struction by dynamite unless money is deposited at a designated place with in a certain time. ' ' Dynamiters this week blewoff a part of the house of Frank Cascarella, a justice of the peace at Honeybrook. It is believed that the author of the threatening letters are parties who last month dynamited an Italian business place in Hazelton. EW 11 T tilt THE FREE L ! ST By Associated Press. Yv'ashington, Aug. 21. Customs reg ulations governing the free entry of domestic products reported and after wards brought back to this country, amended to conform to the require ments of the Payne law, were issued by Acting Secretary of the Treasury Reynolds to-day as the result of rec ommendations made by tne attorney general about a year ago. Exporters of domestic whiskey will have to pro- j duce sworn certificate declaring whis- , key to be in same condition as when exported, in order to obtain entry of the goods free of duty. UWSQN BREAKS BIKE RECORD By Associated Press. Salt Lake City, Aug 21 Iver Law son broke his own record in a two mile western championship open lap professional race on the bicycle track last night. His time was 3:402-3. The old rec ord was 3:43. BLfiG 1 " Navy to Have Four New Suhtnarines-Plans Being By Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 21. Plans are being . worked out at the navy de partment for four submarines author, ized by congress. Proposals for their construction, will soon be asked. These, and a fleet colier was also authorized by congress, comprises the ship work still remaining to be constructed for the ship work still remaining to be constructed for tho naval establishment already provided for. Carollrvacs - SECTION ONE THREE O'CLOCK EDITION PRICE 5 CENTS Aeroplanists Gathered at Rheims Kept From Mak ing Triat Flights in Pre paration For Aviator Week. Thousands of spectators on The Scene in Wagons Buggies And Motor Cars Were Disappoin ted No t lights Made. By Associated Press. . " ' Rheims, Aug. 21. A driving rain storm in sweeping over Rheims this morning, and the weather conditions have prevented any of the aeroplan ists gathered here for aviation week from indulging in practice work. Thousands of visitors flocked out to jthe plain of Betheny in farm wagons, carriages and automobiles : in hope some daring flier would venture aloft but were disappointed. Experts however, predict fair weather for aviation week which be gins tomorrow. PICNIC AT PAW CREEK. Woodmen of World Will Have Picnic August 27th Two Prominent Speak ers and Music. The newly organized camp of the Woodmen of the World at Paw Creek is arranging to have annual picnics at that place and will begin with the first picnic August 27th. Two prominent speakers have been secured . lor the occasion, Mr. W. C. Charles and Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick, both of this place, have accepted invitations to deliver addresses and a large crowd is expect ed. The following prizes will be given: One jure umbrella to the young lady winning. in egg race; one nice picture to young lady under sixteen years of age winning in foot race; one set of silver spoons to old lady bringing the best baked loaf of bread; one glass fruit dish to married lady winning in egg race; One box of cigars to man winning in potato race; one box of cigars to highest jumper; one lamp to broadest jumper; and various other prizes to the children winning in other contests. Music will be furnished by the Paw Creek Band and everybody is cordially invited to bring well filled baskets. Hotel Clerks' Meeting. Galesburg, 111., Aug. 21. The Illi nois Hotel Clerks' association met in annual convention here to-day with President Hal Foulk of Springfield presiding. The proceedings will con tinue over to-morrow. Rev. George F. Robertson has re turned from Asheville and Montreat, where he spent several days. 10 0 E A T H IN A EEDEN HUE By Associated Press. . Karlskrona, Sweden, Aug. 21. Four persons were burned to death and half a dozen buildings were destroy ed by fire that broke out in the center of Karlskrona today. The Sodra Svrige Bank, and Sma lands Bank are among the premises destroyed. The fire is due to the ex plosion of a kerosene lamp. Negro Pythians in Conclave. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 21. Kansas City is prepared to entertain during the coming week the biennial session of the suppreme lodge of colored Knights of Pythias and the encamp ment of the uniform rank of the or der. Delegates to the gathering are already arriving in large number and when the formal opening takes place to-morlcw it is expected representa tives will be on hand from the 26 state lodges and also from Canada, Hayti, the Philippines and Liberia. Much interest centers in the election of a new supreme chancellor to suc ceed Supreme Chancellor Stark, wJkj died a year ago. . . under tne increases in xne nvy j , B ;.LsilS il.jl BURN Worked w,t f 'i' tv:yt ' .' " r ' ; ! i 1 i - T". 1 4 1 i L is if v .1 V I'M f t it V - W ! --' - v K ' . ti S' ' : ) f . .. . I Si K f:. r ;- ft"'. '; . - T '' t I T' '
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