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CHARLOT TE DAILY- OBSERVER, HAY 22, .1900 I v.'."'. N TCI V t - X . . v. A. ' ' .DEATH OV I'ltOF. G. n. II A XX A , ?'a-d Awy Viu'iiKKiiMlIjr at . the 1 ' i. . . t Mint Vjurly Yesterday Morning Ku. t Hnl at A:sO O'clock ThU Atu .' j iioom Tti I'aU Hearers -The Ie ,:'.. rvMod Wan lrwltciit of the Y. M CJ.-A. tut 20 Years A Life of lUre I 1 ' : Pro. , Gears; ' fcyrou ., Henna ., dM i. v, :, ; iudtlenly: of apoplexy. In the melting ? 1 oom ? of lh .ynit4 States mint on V Weat- Trad street yesterday morning ; . ' a-few minutee before o'clock. 'The A 1 body vii discovered by the colored '..' boy employed, about the place at ;9 , .i. 'clock. It wai then lying forward on . . the floor, cold and stiff la death. There v j waa nothing to Indicate any struggle. ifi The end had come suddenly and wtth- v Prot" Hantaan entered vthe -mint, of Vhlch,.he bad been assistant assayer lor 17 years, early yesterday-morning, lie went -to the laboratory In the rear, j removed hla coat and cuffa and began wora. . lie remained tnere , ior per haps an hoar and then went Into the melting room, the door of which ha ' ; locked on- entering. Mr. D. K. rope, '.. assay er In charge, suspected nothing amiss until about' 9:20 o'clock. About .- ; -o'clock, two men called -to make a deposit of sold: He' made out the 'tiecesaary papers and then called for rroi. Manna. Receiving no response, he went Into the laboratory to find him.'. He saw his coat and cuffa and knew that . Prof. ' Hanna waa eome- where In the building;- With the coU ' red "boy, Jtfr. Pope went, to the melt v In room, the door, of which waa found to be locked. ' Receiving no re- - . apona,. Jie ordered the boy to climb - in the window and find out the - trouble. A few minutes later the boy returned, saying that ' Prof. ' Hanna . . was lying' on the floor. ' A physician wa summoned at once, but there waa no .possibility of recovery. . The body u, we cold and "stiff and the face blue. Death- had resulted probably 45 mtn- r ute before. The body waa removed i to th home on Tenth avenue, where ' alt the arrangements- for the funeral . Were .mads, . , j ; -The funeral services will be-held i. In" the First Presbyterian church at ulilO o'clock this afternoon. 'The hon- orary pall-bearers will be the officers of the caurchv .The -following named will aerve 'as active pall-bearers: Messrs. Hertnt Clarkson, W. F. Dowd, J.a". Purbam. A." O. Brenlser.vF. C Abbott, . W. THIett. J. B. Ivoy, M. B.. Spier, O.-C .Huntington and U U ' Probert. The Interment will be In Elmwood Cemetery. -- Pref. Hanna was born In Hollbreok, . Mia.. October 19, lglS. After" com pletlng his collegiate education, he taught for several years, later enter ins; the School -of Mines, a department ef Columbia University. New York.' He graduated there and Immediately re moved South, to Charlotte. Boon af ter hie arrival here, he was appoint ed -TOstatantaaaayer of -the Charlotte - mint, which office was then In charge rilr. Calvin J. Cow leg. He entered upon his dutlee March 8, 1IT0. Prof. Hanna was twice married.' On December. 21, 17, he -was wedded to Miss Nina Trotter. She died October (.111: Plve years later Prof. Han na married Miss Nola Alexander, a daughter of Dr. A. y. Alexander, of Charlotte, who survives him. Be sides his widow, one brother remalna ' In the death of Prof. Hanna, Char mtte has lost one of her truest and beat cltlsena. He waa at all times, active In promoting .the, best Inter eats of the city. He always manifest ed a lively Interest In the affaire of young- men, and was ready to asstnf them In any way and at any time. When the first Young Men's Chris tian .Association waa established In Charlotte, Prof. Hanna Joined within pi - . t V n . V " V. ' . . I. n ( . ." ., .. ' . A' 1 '. f'.'V- v-J T 1 j - ' -, ... (. .1, ., ' ' '- ' .'! ': 1 ',. v- ' ..... r -f' ... '... i 1 ' z two weeks after It h"1 started. In No vember. 1174. In he waa elect ed president of the anaoclaUon, which office he hue filled most acceptably ever since. When a well-known Char lotte ritlsen was told of Prof. Hen na's death yesterday "j hs remarked feelingly: "He was the best friend the Charlotte Young Men's Christian Association ever had." . And he, voiced the sentiment of every member of the local Institution. ..-..'vv?jr ,?.,,!., . 1 Prof.. - Henna was an 'S Influential member- of the - First Presbyterltn church. He was 4 man without) guile; his heart waa full of the milk of human- kindness; : his life was aa gen tle as the summer breeie. , Ue bore on malice 1n his heart, and' he loved and waa loved by younj and eld, white and black. .-: ,v .', ; ' ""Ai t mark of honor to' the" deceas ed, the rooms of the local Y, M. C; A. were closed last evening and will not be opened until after the funeral this afternoon; A memorial service . will be held in the First . 'Presbyterian church Sunday .afternoon. v TO ATTEND FUNERAL IN A BODY The auperlntendebasks that aUXhe officers,, teachers and scholars of the First Presbyterian Sunday school gath er In the Sunday school room this af ternoon at 6 o'clock In order that they may attend in a body tha fu neral of Prof. , George B. Hanna at Oo'clock.::, I': --, ' , v": -' '- PROF, JNGItAM . A VIHITOR He Was Her Twenty-Two Yeara Ago and Wrote a 8tory for Ijeelie's Weekly Som Interesting Facts. "Prof. ' Ingram, ' glob traveler, lec turer and writer. Is In the city on return from an excursion Into the Canadian Dominion. He is here to enjoy the festivities In the celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration. He was at Charlotte In May 21 years asd. knd ." In ' "Frank ' Leslie's Weekly Illustrated the celebration of 1814' by a collection- of pictures of historic scenes, of . ' Revolutionary tlmea, national characters. ,nd sur viving relics associated .'witraihe Dec laration. His pictures Included pen sketches of the cabin In which James K.' Polk was born: tha spot where Andrew' Jackson first, saw the light: the log court house,- en Independence Square, In which the Declaration was drafted and signed: the stone resi dence of Haaeklah Alexander, a signer of the famous document? Sugar Creek church cemetery. In which -several of the signers were burled Lord Corn wall's headquarters, on West Trade street., now removed;. the floar mill, west of Charlotte, " from which the British army received supplies during their sojourn at the Hornet's Neat He also sketched The Observ er's present, building, in which In April, 1845. the Confederate cabinet held Ha last meeting and dissolved the Confederacy, end the frame house on South Tryon street In which Jef ferson Davis lodged during his stay In Charlotte, after the evacuation of Richmond, and the surrender of Lee's army. On the stees of this dwelling Mr. Davis received, and read to an asembled crowd, a telegram announc ing the assassination ; of Abraham Lincoln. - His remarks oa the trairUs event were subsequently falsified by his traitorous host, and after his rap ture In southern Georgia, caused his Incarceration In a cell at Fortress Monroe, an Infliction .with Irons and other Indignities and cruelties. The Bates charges-or -libels were after wards proven false, and the ex-Pred dent was liberated on bond and never brought to final trial. The annoyance ef having dessert that 1s "Just a little or' In flavor Is ob viated by always using Burnett's Va nilla extract Try It , , CHEW I - - ffy'-. f ALL.(Q)A X s 73)., -lit' 0 ... k ;-t i.i :'";:l? r -, . PERSONAL. ; Tlve Movement of a Number of Peo v.. pie. Visitors and Others. ; '. "Mr; H. Mahler Kramer, of Durham, la apendlng gala w eek here, ; ' : , -l. . Mr. J. H, Patrick, of Hickory, waa among the guests at the. Central yea terday,; S "'.' -.5-5 .?'' ; Among the out-of-town peoplo her yesterday , waa Mr. Charles A. Lord, of- Wilmington. '. '- i : v; ',," ' Mi 'Mr.' H.- T. Page,, of; Ashevjlla, wa In the city yesterday. - . , - Mr. H. B. Jennings, of Lumberton, la among the eelebranta In tha city. He Is at the Buford. -v . . Among the out-of-town people here yesterday . was.r Mr,,. Wv- O. Jones, , pf Raleigh. , Mr. Charles Bell.'of Statesvllle, was In the crowd of .YteUors yesterday. He was at the Central.- -... - Mr, Edward Erwn- of Morganton. waa $ guest at the Manufacturers' Club yesterday"-" vf'i r .- v.' " Among- the visitors in the city yes terday waa Mr. A. J. Moore, of -Wax-haw.;' ; - -" ''''' '. . Mr. Frank. Ross, of Wilmington, la spending the week in the city with relatives and friends,, Dr, . Lyndon M. Humphrey, . of Greensboro, is the guest of his broth er. Mr. Lotte. W, Humphrey, during gala- week. t Among the out-of-town people In tha , city for the big celebration: la Mr. William Henry Harrison Wylie, of Rock Hill. S. C. .Mr. M. F. Shuford. pf Fayettevllle. was f egtstered .at the . Central . yes terday. " .! - v -. ' Among; the visitors here for the eel ebratlon yesterday were Messrs. W. M, Gordon, L. V. Blckett and F. B. Ashe craft Jr.. of Monroe, who were guests at the Central. Messrs. J. R. Ballew and Sam Tut tie, of Lenoir, came down yesterday to attend the celebration. Among- the visitors in the eity yes terday were Messrs. W. F. Crump and Isaao Martin, of Folkton, who were at the Hotel Buford. j . Mr. O. H. Dortch, of Raleigh, waa a visitor In the city yesterday. Mr. O. T. Morgan, of Wilson, Is In Charlotte for the celebration. -- Mr. W. C Stack, of Marven, waa among the out-of-town people here yeeterdey. - Messrs. F. B. Glover. Sr., snd son, F. B. Qlover, Jr., of Statesvllle, were among the visitors In the city yester day, i Among the guests at the Manufac turers' Club yesterday were Messra. A. C. Johnson, E, Miller and Al. Mar tin, of Lenoir. - v Mr. Fred Horton, of XTnlon county, la In the city to attend the KHxaboth College commencement and the cele bration. He Is the guent of his uncle, 'Squire S. H. Hilton. Among the out-of-town people here yesterday were Messrs. 8. W. Steel and R. L. Biggs, of Rockingham. ' Mr. Frank Cough, of Lumberton, the Seaboard excursion man. Is among the celebrant here. ' . Mr. James Duffy, of Greensboro, was a guest at the Buford yesterday. Am on a; the Monroe people here for the relebrstlon yesterday were Messrs. C. H. Hasty, and E. C. Williams, who were at the Buford. . Mr. J. M. Carson, of Rutherfordton, ,, jrdest .at the Manufacturers' Club j-esterday. j Mr. W.-C, Kenyon, of Newton. Is In the rlty to take In the celebration. -Mr. "Marvin Warllck, of Oastonla, a former restdent of the city. Is spend-' Ing gala week with relatives and friends. . . : . , 1 ' " Cols. W. P. Wood and J, B. Walker, of Aihboro, arrived last evening to attend the celebrations. ' They are ruesta at- the Buford. Mr. J. Lubln, of Baltimore, Md., "I fl IT" A 4.: 1 . 1' I 3 a it te ': ... A. . - T; - '... - ivs ",. v -.y.;,y;..,..v4,.swsak fa s (... . RiGhmnoiDd . - . ' -., . ,j- ., ...... . j 1 'i formerly a resident of Charlotte. Is spending gala week here. Mr. Lubln la a member of the Lubln-Lyon Com pany, of Baltimore, Importers of China and Japan draperies. - mattlnga,- etc. Mr, . Lubln ts, accompanied , by his wife., . ,Y. " -"r'V5 ' ' ' 'Vv V vllr.- W. I. Underwood, of Greens boro, Is a Charlotte visitor.. :. - , . Dr. A. J. Crowell will go te Mon roe to-day to attend the funeral of his r sleter-ln-law,, t Mra Henry . 1 Crowell. who died yeaterday :. , MaJ. AV. A. Smith, -of Ansonvllle, waa a guest In the city yesterday. ' Mr. J. H. H leaner, of Mt Holly, Is the guest of Dr.- J. H. Splllman, on the Boulevard.' ' j - Mr, Joha Morrison, of Rockingham, Is the guest of h4s brother. Mr, Cam eron Morrison, on . North Church street- 4 ' " Mr Wv M. Bostlc, of Charleston, STC"! spending a few days In the city attending the celebration, t- - , . . Mr. W. ' Reynolds Crook, of Aaho vllle,' la spending the week In. the city. " ,- .Mr. Philip Bt George, repreaentlng Thorn ti MoQlnnis, cotton broker of New Ofleans, La Is in the city on business, - - Capt 6. - E. t Linton, formerly of Charlotte, but now of Raleigh, la In the city. - He will be here all week.' ' .Mr. MO. Dlckerson, clerk of -the court of Rutherford county, will arrive-here to-day . to be the guest of Mr. T. W. Dixon.,. Dr. L, M.- Humphrey, of Greens boro, Is vutftlnjr his brother, L. W. Humphrey, at 400 North Tryon street '" -To England for 1130. Country Life In .America There. Is only one unfircrrttHhle va cation a trip to England, through England, and " home aicxln. Nine weeks of travel can be hii for IMS. and thla easy price includes the full expenses of both' ocean voyages. Bi cycle, clothes and flannel nhlrts make Up one proper costume. The ordinary aack suit with long trouxers Is equally serviceable. The luggage for walk ing will be carried hi a cloth-covered India rubber knapsack. This Is light, portable and rain-proof. if the traveler makes - his way by bicycle, he ahould nearly limit his lugaruae to the dimensions of a diamond frame ease. ' Th slight overflow will be made Into a thin bundle strapped to the handle bars, or to the frame behind the saddle. A "stripped" wheel la essential, guard and bell and brake being of the lightest. The ocean trip Is msde In the second cabin of one of the lines plying be tween New, York and OlaKgow tha cost ia $20 single and ten for the round trip. ' The food is not poor, and there Is abundance of deck room. The time from docjtvto dock la ten arid One-half days, so the total time on water ia twenty-one days, and on land alx weeks. The aeats for the rrnnrt stand at the corner Of Tryon and Rwond streets for tha competitive blue rind grey drill tuts aiternoon win oe oniy 10 cents. The drill will take place j immediately after -the parade, and1 will probably, begin about 1 o'clock. I 1 , " 1 1 i Good Shows On tlte Pike. The Pike opeded yesterday morn ing and wag soon tn full blast. The j V. C. T. have' 'secured quite a num ber of good howst'a.nd, last night the PJke was crowded. , .When you "Meet me on. the Plke'I to-day. don't fall ' to take in all the shows, as they are all good and you will never regret it. The Electric Theatr la a peach and the remainder of the shows are a. whole basket full. Don't fall to "Meet me on-p Pike." A:T E i . CURED) AKE DM . ' v. -j- r y, . 1 .t i its o t: .... . .'... 'J , ... i.',.,i;:-i SOUTHERN TO BUY C. S. ROAD. ' . .. -a- i j,. - '. ,, n.M .,11,1 ' - .r Wants Absolute Ownership of Clixia . i natl 1 Joe Double-Tracking In Part t of Project. f . - Nashville, Tena.;' Special to - Chatta- - nooga Tlmes SOth. '; .' ,'' ' v 'According "to Information obtained here to-day through a high railroad official the Southern Railway A has practically completed a deal by which It 'purchases out-right the " interests of the city of Cincinnati in the Cincin nati Southern Railway, dissolves the Cincinnati. New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railroad Company and merges th property with the Southern Rail way proper. This will be done, 1t Is said, by paying th city of Cincinnati rash and bonds for Its interests and the mere dissolution of the Cincinnati. New Orleans and Texsa Pacific -Company, the latter organization being al. ready owned by the Southern Rail way interesta ' - - 7 -This deal. It Is aald, will be In line with President Samuel Spencer's pol icy to consolidate all the properties In which he is Interested. - When the Legislature of Mlaslsslppl refused to allow the Mobile & Ohio to be consoli dated with the Southern. Mr. Spencer took up the Queen 4k Crescent matter. What has hurried the deal Is the fact that the company haa found It neces sary to double Its track from Cincin nati to Chattanooga and this plan meeta with many obstacles as long as th main stem belongs to Cincinnati. Extensions have alao been found necessary and these-- (hinge have brought the plan to early maturity. The Cincinnati Southern Is now forming the connection for several of the Southern's lines. The Louisville. St Louis tinea the Nashville dlvlxlon and aeveral smaller roads in east Ten nessee as we'll aa the new line being built toward Charleston and Savan nah depend upon this line for north and south buslnesa The company has recently Issued 1200.000,000 In bonds and only $15,000,000 or thst amount has been appropriated or apportioned. The remainder, It la said, is reserved to pay for the Cincinnati Southern, build the Savannah and Charleston cut oft from Knoxvllle to Anderson, S. C, and a second track from Cincin nati to -Chattanooga. According to the Information obtained here the of ficial announcement of the deal will be made In July. A Virginia View of It Madison. Va, Newe. Next Sunday. May 20th. Is the an niversary of the Mecklenburg Dec laration of independence, and is gen erally celebrated at Charlotte, N. C, with much enthusiasm. Well may those husky and lusty Tar Heels pro claim the day, for in the history of the nation It marka the beginning of an epoch of American freedom from the galling yoke of British rule, and perpetuates the memory of those brave men who subscribed their names In living characters which said all too plainly to -the British lion: "Thus far shalt thou go and no far ther. Halt!" and which was again heralded from Philadelphia in thun dering and reverberating, but unmis takable, tones. Te Mecklenburg be longs the palml POSTMASTER RUBBED. O. W. Fouts, Postmaster at Rlverton, la., nearly lost his life and was robbed of all comfort, according to his letter, which ssys: "For 20 years I bad chronlo liver complaint, which led to such a se vere case of Jaundice that even my fla ger nails turned yellow; when my doctor prescribed Elsctrio Bitters; which cured me and have kept me well for eleven years." - Sure eure for Blllousnrsa, Neu ralgia, Wenknesa and all Stomach, Liver, Kidney and Bladder derangementa. A wonderful Tonic. At R. IL Jordan 4k Co.'s drug store. M cents. a. .. u. :lfl)SlC 0 Lo -Va. ' ' ' . V, I . " t V. 1. .'.V'V-'..V '.' . ' Gen. Grant's Joke. ; , Harper's Weekly.., -, .. - -. vi - KUot M. MUler. a civil engineer of New . Orleans, . tells how Gen. V. H. Grant1 made hlg father. Chaplain Mil ler, swear. .,.-.'. ' .. ,.---K It was one of the chaplain's du ties to receive and distribute the mall to Gen. Grant's staff. . Whenever the mall was late he was greatly annoyed by questions aa to the cause of th delay, time of probable arrival, etc On on occasion, when the post was unusually late, the chaplain, for fear of losing his temper, attached the fl lowing notice te the door of his tent: "The chaplain does not know when the mall will , arrlvs." Shortly afterwards Oen. Grant pass ing th chaplain's quarters, noticed the sign.' He panned before It a mo ment and then walked slowly on his wsy. Coming out of bis tent a few moments later. Chaplain Miller' was horrified to-read: 'The chaplain does not "know when the mall will arrive, and. he doesn't give a damn." . . A Tuberculosis Care. Harpers' Weekly.- A great deal' of Interest has been aroused In the medical world. by the experiments being conducted by Dr. Giuseppe Carcaeo and other Italian experts la the ues of the Behrlng sys V 8 II OE- looks forward to the hour when she shall feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and fear,. Every woman should know that the danger, pain and horror of child birth can be entirely avoided by the use ot pother's Friend, a scientific' liniment for external use only which toughens and renders pliable all the parts, and assists nature in its sublime work. By its aid thousands of women have passed this great crisis in per fect safety and without pain. a. Sold at ft .00 per bottle by drugglsti of priceless value to all women sent f re. BKAoriELD meauiATom om Free Wurtzburger Malt Extract (31 RE you using this celebrated Spring- tonic ? If not, write us and we will send you a ticket 5 good for one bottle free, at' any drug store aa a sample, also a booklet full of the most valuable information as to building up sound, healthy nerves and body. Wurtzburger Malt Extract Company Atlanta, Qa. TOBACCO DORIS . . ...1 . - T tem of vaccination a a iin: f-r -sumption. While the urorin.fi M have not yet been complrted, enuu , data have been collected to lmlwm -tbat the Investigator are at l'ut on the right track aod a number of cures have been effected, - The treatment consists principally Of' the Injection, .by - means of an ordinary hypodermic syringe, of . a serum Into the veins of the patient. This serum la shortly to be placed at the disposal of physicians generally. In order that It may be tested In the largest number ef rases snd under as many conditions as , possible. - - LETTER TO V. W. WARD ' SOX, Charlotte, ,N, C. " i 7 , Dear 8lra: '" ''; Thomas ' J ' Bannon.' druggist Westerley, R I,, says: Weaterley painters expect a gallon of paint to cover t sets of blinds; Devo covers 25;-there is no such thing aa rubbing thla out 1 . (The usual reckoning Is for a gal Ion to cover. II.' We suspect the Westerley people don't wear- their' paint till It gels very shabby.) -: Devoe covers more: of course, we know that; we know why too; - It's all paint and full-measure. .: . Yours ruly ' " (" -21 F. W DEVOE CO U P. & Tryon Drug Co. sells our Paint . . , r.-'. '. .',. la the joy of tha household, for without it no happiness can be complete. .' Hovr weet the picture of mother and babe t Angela smile at and commend the thoughts and aspirations of the mother bending over the cradle. The ordeal through which the expectant mother must pass, how-: ever, is so full of danger and suffering that she nn rsK? nn pd b rs uwi Mm m Our book IP fn) 11 -'..i'.'V ' f. ,.v. ..-' r ':"' h. .V. .v 1 m
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