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a ' ' r " ti " !r " f ',X , 'i if v ' - - i I'" ! ! r;Ui:SCr?IPTION riUCC: J 3.00 Per Year. OIIAHLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23,' 190G. PRICE FIVE CENT, HOKE S2iITir LANDSLIDE cixmciA primary one-sided Cf H5 Oountlot, IjCe Returns Show ; That ( trk Howell Has tarried Hut Hx lor (iovernor- anil the Three iMtg Miota 'logettier 13, While, f-niltlt tiels 110, With 15 to Hear r". 1 "rom Smith's jvoniiuatlon m Con ventiort on First Ballot Conceded by Howell's Paper rlre Chief Joyner cans Atlanta mayoralty jvomiimiion by S33 ' Majority.. v. v .' Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22. The. State . Democratic! primaries to-day resulted ja a victory for Hoke Smith, candl date for Governor, unprecedented jn the site of his majority. Of the US counties In the State he ha carried probably ilLJGy-the returns aTatlable at It o'clock to-nljht, Clark Howell carried .six counties: J. II. Estill, of Savannah, two; R, B. Russell, clghC and JameslM. Smith, three, leaving IS to hear from.; 'This result will - give Hoke Smith 24 votes' In the State convention of a total of IM V i " Mr. Howell's paper, The Constttu tlon In Its first edition, concedes more than one hundred counties to Hok SmHth and says his nomination 4 for , Governor on the first ballot la ; the convention Is practically assured. FIRS CrtlEB" GETS . MAYORALTY. , In the city primaries, Captain W. R. , Joyner, for It or more years chief of the Are department., was - nominated tor mayor by a majority of 26S votes. One of the moat strenuous political c campaigns la - the history of Georgia was concluded to-day In the .'State ' XJemocratlo. primaries, -- which were held throughout the State to nominate ,' complete State and county tickets, candidates for Supreme Court 'Jus tices, a United' States Senator to suc ceed Senator-A. O.- Bacon, and to ' name congresjitonal candidates In each of the eleven districts of the State. - THE SMITH-HOWELL, CONTEST For the office of Governoi1 Jlve'c&n- . dldates have been balloted for. These - are: Clark, HowelL editor of The At lanta Constitution; J. H. Estill, editor of The Savannah - Morning News; Hoke Smith, former Secretary of the Interior under President Cleveland; Judge R. B. Rvasell a prominent at " torney of Jackson county; and James " M. Bmlth, of Oglethorpe county. The . particular Interest of the campaign has been between Mr. Howell . and Heke Smith. The. Utter began' his campaign through the Slate more than fourteen Months 'ago. He has opposed Mr. Howell with the charge of being the representative of the so- called - "rallroal ring." The question of negro disfranchisement ; also has entered largely Into the discussions of ' the campaign. The method by which this should be accomplished has been - a question ranch considered. , ; ' RENOMENATIONS TUB RULE. For the rest of the State ticket. there baa been little opposition, all of the present Incumbents of the various - State- offices being held. lor re election. For the offices of school ' commissioner and comptroller i only, have the present , Incumbents - any -. opposition. i , - -. Senator Bacon Is unopposed and his renomlnatlon Is assured. . , Four candidates are seeking - the .place made vaeanb-by the death of ' Congressman Lester In ' the . second district, and In the third "district. Congressman Elijah B. Lewis Is. op oosed br Dudley M. Hughes. . In the primary to-daythe rote hat been cast direct for tne various can "dldetes on the ticket Under , the 1 Georgia 8tate primary law, the can didate for Governor receiving ' the '. largest Individual vote In each connty Is entitled to name the delegates to the State Democratic convention from . that county, each .county being en titled to twice as many delegates as it has representatives, in the lower " branch of the Legislature. The State convention will be held at Macon, -. Sept i. 1 ;' . , MAYORALTY FIGHT IN ATLANTA. - Consequently,' the vote by counties ; is watched with . Greatest ' Interest. The polls In' tha cities closed at' 1 o'clock this evening. Id the country precincts iney ciosea st s p. ra. tte ports from different parts of the State, -. received to an early hour this evening. show a good vote polled. la Atlanta the early vote was especially heavy, more than half .the entire registered Vote being-cast by noon.. Additional . Interest has been added to the voting 1 to-day by a city Pemocratfo primary, which Captain W .R, Joyner, for more j than a score of years chief of -the ', fire department and one of the -best , known Are fighters In - the . country, was the candidate for mayor. He was opposed by Thomas H. Goodwin, . formerly a member of the fire de partment, This campaign has bem . hrlef but eplrlted,Goodwln having be . hind him a. considerable portion of - the labor vote. Captain Joyner ask ed the nomination on the basis of his , long record In the service of the city. - A feature of the entire Riato cam- talgn has been the strongly opposed ' positions of The '-Atlanta .Journal, formerly owned .by Hoke. Smith, which has been urging' his election, and The Constitution, edited by Mr. ' Howell. . 1 i-: I Fatal Cutting Affair at Polls. Sparks, (fa.," Aug.. 21.Jut beforo ) the polls closed this eftornoon. In at 1mptlng to arrest Jackson White hunt, Jr., Marshal Spannon was ser . lojiKiy cut In the left arm by Johnnie j"-f.Vhltehurst, and Jim Dikes, who wart minting the marshal, waa cut In the ck by R B. WhitehursL At a late hour to-night Dikes Is thought to be probably fatally wounded. . , . KKATER BHRAKS HIS NIXTC Vlxltor to Anlicvinn Moots With Pern liar ArHtlent, Which Results I alnlly Ills Wife Witnesses the Fatality, Fpeclal to The Observer. " Ashnvlllo, Aug. 22. A man named SSldsfrom Chattanooga, Tenn., a vis itor to Ashevillr, fell at the Ashevflle skating rink to-night shortly after 10 o'clock, bresklng his Peck and dying almost Instantly. Mr. Elds with his wife vlxlted the rink to-night The i unhand put orT the skates and.went on the floor whllo his wife looked on. Aft-r skating for some time Mr. i:ids IfUurely started to where his w ife was sitting and, loaning ver the railing,' talked an.l laughed with her, FinMenly the man's skates shot for ward, hn lot his l,alun-e, fHl back v ur,l and, striking the Moor. lroko ! r"k. He tllJ n n liiRtnnt or M.VK1.VS tKUIOl'K CIIAIIGfS. Clias. It.' I'van.i, f Kliifll.son County, lTlur-i Hmt, With 'lvo Comnan- , loiw, 11 an I'urctl to- Work for tho houtli SL fttcrn Jtallway. On rlly Itt-Htcii, and Ills Ivmsih! lr- veiitwl by Armed ' (Juiunl SU' . rum 10 navo Mn 'laaca xowara , Institution Of Multtt. , ,, ; Special to The Observer.- ', Ashevllle,, .Aug,- 22. Charles R, Evans, of Madison county, hag given out a story to the ; effect that he and a number of other'North' Carolinians, natives of , Buncombe and "Madison, were enticed by false pifmlses to Mc Dowell counly to work for the South A Western liallwav Com nan v. order ed to work under conditions material, ly different from what they had been promised, , that they who refused to wora. were beaten until they bled, told to leave and keop their mouths shut, and that othera were guarded with Winchester rifles to prevent their escane. . ' ? ' ' " , It is believed ' that - this allegation or tact is precedent to damage suits mat win De instituted against the rail way company by. those who complain of peonage, and that steps-have al ready peon taken .toward the insti tution of such suits. According to Kv ana' story he and 12 other men went to work for the South & Western be tween Marlon and . Spruce Fine In February of this year, and that when several of the party attempted to leave the day after-they had gone to work they were overtaken and forced to another camp, confined. In a house witn a guard and whipped. Evens' statement is that Woodna Wheeler, Chapel. Wyatt and Charlie Beeckmen were the three man whlnned. --s . SAkVEL AND HASTY JAILED. ' - . A . ' r : ': -. Rvcno'Ofncer Itcgln tho Sent more jinpoeea npon - Them by llkce' "., Court Ilirnm Higrlns Gets Ten - Years fur KUllng His Son. , ,: . Special' to" The Observer,. T "v'V. " ; - Wllkesboro, Aug. , 2f.-Wllkea Su perior Jourt . convenea wonaay, tne z out instant, with 'his honor, Judge Henry Kv Bryan presiding and So licitor at. li. Harahaw prosecuting the State docket. This has been the small est- criminal docket that WUkea has had for a number of years. - George W. Samuel and John W. Hasty were committed to Jail after dark, last night It will be remembered that this Is the celebrated case of Samuel- and- Hasty, the 'revenue of ficers convicted for assaulting Editor It A. DeaL and sentenced to a term of three and six months respectively, in Wilkes county JatL This case baa been held up by Governor Glenn, pending a pardon. He has reruseed to disturb the verdict of the court and the de fendants have Just began to .serve the sentences of the court - ' Hiram' Hlgglna. who killed his son. nias Higgtns, .submitted to murder In the second degree and was sentenced to a term of ten yeara in the State prison. The oldtman is IS years old and la feeble health. - ' The case against John Huffman. alleged wire alayer, waa.noi prossed. Hart Frlvitt convicted or selling unwholesome food gets six months on the chain gang. ..." - , MwaBSMwHpeWMSaSSSIBBMeM CHAPEL HILL JEWELER FIXED.1 Charged by Towns; Woman of tho Col lege Town With Criminal Assault, He Is Convicted of Simple Assault , and gined. - , -. y Special to The Observer. '. - ' ' j Durham. A nr. IS. A few dava aro W. B, Sorrell, Jeweler and optlcan of Chapel H11L was arrested on a charge that was serious. While he was not convicted as charged at the prelimin ary hearing, he was convicted of sim ple assault and fined ISO and costs. . Sorrell was arrested on che charge of assault with intent to commit rape, The prosecutrix ' waa - Miss Carrie Wombla. and the' evidence prod need J In the case waa not sufficient In the mind of Mayor Robeson to send the prisoner to court under the charge of attempted ' criminal assault, but the court decided that It was a very ag gravated case of simple assault and the defendant Was given all that the law would allow, a fine of fiO.and costs. . .'.', , . -. The trial - took place several days ago and just why the particulars have not been given to the newspapers or the State la not known, at least it Is hot known why the story was not handled from the Chapel Hill end ot the line. Sorrell has a Jewelry store on the mala street of Chapel Hill, and Is a married man. DISSOLVES RESTRAINING ORDER Jadge Frltcharfl Issnca Final Decree' in the Stat tor of tne southern itaii way vs - tno Charlotte . NaUbnal Rank. ,Vv-J u-t-Vv Special to The Observer. ' ,! Ashevtlte. Aug... 22. A decree-was Issued hw Judge Prltohard of the United States Circuit Court this morn ing In' the matter of the Southern Railway Company, complainant, vs. the Charlotte National. Bank and others. - Argument was heard' some time ago and a' temporary restrain ing order was Issued. .i , This Is a proceeding in equity by the Southern Hallway Company to restrain the National Bank of Char lotte from bringing an action at law In a Btate court against Southern Rail way Company on account of certain bills ' of lading that were deposited with the National Bank of Charlotte sa collateral aecurlty to secure a debt of $11,000.' deposited by a brokerage company. The Circuit Caurt sustained the demurrers, - dismissed the bill without prejudice and dissolved the temporary restraining order. Considering Removal -.of ColIctora .i-,.. . fin re. i . - Special 'to The Observer. ' Washington. Aug. 22. Commis sioner Ytrkes '. of the bureau of . in ternal revenue to-day took up with Secretary Shaw, the question of re moving the oollectora - onice from Ashcvllle to Slatesvllle. A short time go a delegation of Slatosvllle cltl sens, headed byMayor J. C Stoele, of that town, came to Washington and plsced this matter before John H. Ed wards. Asslxtant Recretary of the Treasury. There Is no indication' so far ss to what the result will be. . Little Hotto of Paving trte Mandiurla. Honolulu.' Aug. 22. The standard etonmtr Manchuria grounded heavily at nlttht dfsplte efforts to asfilst hr. The forf!lllts regarding the floating of the Manchuria are gloomier mid hfr ofllcers have packed up their be longings. The fa Is running high at he cino of ths wrrclc. AH passen- gors have brrn landod. . Death of llio Dnrl of Ivcn. London, Aw. !2. I'url of Ivn snd Mrivillo,, lord liich coiiunl-'-Moncr of tbo (ii-tK-rnl oi.iv of the 'hurih of ! : ' 1 iri k-i fi. r of tho -V K'-al of ,' . (,!;. ii !, . l ot tie tr 71. BIG BUCKET SHOP CKASJ S-ICK & COFOH -TWO. MILLIONS Nctv York Firm Having String of 800 ' or More Branch .Oliiccs . From Maine, to Nci-.Orloan8 l'owts Notice oi LiKcniitluan;e at Jersey city hiioc iiretii volume oi Bum noi Through Koutliern Branchm and Won l,000,0oo During-Funic lUH"ent Dull Camalg;iis Too Much for II Over J,oou. Accounts imtstanuing - .-. - (. ;-' New York. Aug. 22, M. 3. Sage A Co., brokers, ' of , No. ,X Montgomery street, Jersey City, and No. 57 Broad way, this city,-st the close of busl ness hours to-day. posted a notice at their; JerseyClty office, ' Informing their correspondents . that they," had discontinued business. c '':::. The firm had., branch, offices In number of cities ' In the East and correspondents throughout the coun try. The amount Involved in the fall. ure Is -said to be large, although no one in authority could be. found to night to give figwen. i . The firm moved Us principal -office to. Jersey City about the time the new stock transfer, tax went, into ef fect In this State.. , v", ' ' " Messages were sent by Sage tt Co to-day to all the branch offices, notl fying the local managers that it had been found, necessary to close up- ' ' Sage & Co. was Incorporated tinder the laws of the -State of New York In 1104, with a caplUl stock of I5. 000. .The object of , the company, as set forthi In the Incorporation pa pers, waa to conduct , a - stock . com mission business. I ; :- MAURICE SAGE AND HIS OFFICE. The. president of the firm Is Mau rice J, Sage, a young man, who came to this city 12 years ago from Blng namton, N. Y. - ' - - .;'.' ; Up to May . the. firm, together with the G aanajato Amalgamated Mines Company, occupied Joint offices at No. At Broadway.' v -J .?, '. KH . v 'The Guanajato Amalgamated Mines Company Is the property of Albert J. 'Adams. After his release ? from Sing - Sing he purchased this- mining property, located In Guanajato, Met I co, for a sum estimated at 11.000. 00., Shortly after this Adams went to Mexico , and now lives . near his mines. . . v . t. i. v. It is stated that the Sage system consisted or a string of at lease 100 branch bfflces, .stretching from Maine to New Orleans, and In some quarters to-night the failure was declared to involve possibly $2,000,000. Although a xreat business waa done - by this stock commission firm. It has no stack ,r,i, nr. mftmlwtMhln h.r - Tha principal branch offices of the Arm are located In the larger dtles and towns of New England. New xorg ana Pennsylvania. - . -i- Up fo the present time the firm has met all their financial obligations. During the time they have been In business they had encountered several severe bull campaigns, especially the one during the latter part ' of , last year. .. r. . '. .-. i WON HEAVILY iy COTTON. It ' was not 'long, however. ' before the ' loss sustained - by the firm was recovered. Following the bull market earns a sensational cotton market At the outbreak of the activities In the cotton market ne Sage Company had one direct wjre . running- rrom - their New York offices throughout the Southeastern States through, to New Orleans.7 There were XTk branch of fices of this firm connected with this wire. - - ,.. During the sensational times In the cotton market about the time rt the panic, speculation in cotton waa enor mous. The Saga system got a great volume or business through the South ern branches, and as a result of the campaign the firm came out a win ner to the amount of 11.000.000. The Arm succeeded In retting on the "right side" of the market This large sum, together with tha oncoming of a bear campaign . In the - stock market en abled the firm to recover all Ita pre vious losses. ' : The firm had more than 21.000 ac counts 'outstanding. Jt was learned to-night that tha managers of the firm had been appealing for several days to their principal financial back ers for more money to tide over the crisis,-but he decided not to make any further remittances. , v ; JTJ.vIeT OF THE JflMSTERS. ; The New York Evening Son An- , nounres tha Coming of The David . eon Dispatch Party i and Derl-vra ' Ijoral Interest Has Not Rcn so Iecplr Stirred Slnca tha . Visit of Col. Wattrrson's Kentucky Belles. Special to The Observer." U New York. Aug. 22. The Evening Bun to-day prints the following! -. Ten - most popular - ministers ' of North Carolina, selected by a voting contest, are comltg to New York, the guests of The Lexington N. CM Dis patch, and will begin their round of sightseeing by attending Rice's ,"Glrt from Paris" performance at Manhat tan Beach next Monday night Each minister is to write a story of the trip, giving abundance of publicity to all places visited and as The Dispatch an nounces 'A guaranteed .circulation of 300 copies a week, this is quite a imwfiaui muui:iimviit iu wiunu Having profestdonal courtesies to bestow. Local Interest has not been so do-ply stirred since the vlalt of CoL Wat- tersbn'S most beautiful delegstes from Paris, Ky antl adjacent points, who were pronounced . 'peaches' here, al though subjicted to rude and Jealous criticism in Paris, Frar.ce. The North Carolina clergymen are perhaps not beautiful, but they ere good. , x Thaw's Tmotlonal Inssnlty'' rica -' " ; ' l'rcpa red. . ' - l - s New York, Aug. 22.- The decision was to-dsy reached by tlis attorneys that Thaw's definss to the charge of the killing of Stanford White will be tha plea of emotional Insanity, r This will Include as a part of the defenso the declaration that Thaw's Insanity exUtfd only until after White was killed and that Thaw Is now sane ajcnln and has bwn since the killing. It' whs diM-lilod that Tlicw's wife will be the chlif witness of the d fcme. - Dowajjer Empress ttt Chliia Propose CoiiHlltutlofi. , Pckln, Auir, 22. Dowser T'ti pr"" of China plan to mmmini t a coriffr'ti' of h!..H f-nictsU to ;..- the sdofimn 'of a cmrUtuH-n laki-: t. ,i to r'--. -l yr flm to ed i- a( t: OIIIOAN'S ENDORSE BRA'AX. I'liNtlntcj I'm I so tilrcn Ncbrankan In Piatrorm and Auti-l'asa ljcglnlatlon , ami ilcferciuluiH on rranchlxc Ad vocatcit County Local Option Vot- ; ed Donii; 1 . t; . , Columbus; 0., Autr. 22. The Demo cratic platform declares, the question of public or private ownership of Utili ties should be' left to the decision of each city, town or village;:' favor legislation making .unlawful the giv ing or accepting of steam or atreet railroad passes; favors the election of United States Senators by the direct vote and Initiative and referendum on franchises or renewals thereof; and endorses Mr, Bryan In tha following paragraph:' 'It Is with feelings of pride that a half million Democrats of Ohio note the preparations making . - to. receive the most-distinguished private cltlsen of America upon his return from a tour of foreign lands. His Intellectual endowments, his purity of morals, his high Ideals have arrested attention and compel the admiration of tho people of all climes. He returns to the United States splendidly equipped to grapple with the great problems of state. Ohio Democracy renews its al Icglanec to his brilliant and .matchless leadership. . No other name appeals to us for presidential preference. - We cordially endorse our great common er, William Jennings Bryan, for tha Democratlo nomination for tne presi dency in 1002. and Impatiently await the summons to battle under his ban ner." . ( ; ,--- , i M .,... When the Ohio Democratlo conven tion re-aaserabled It was with tha knowledge that a fight waa assured on county -option In - temperance legisla tion. A proposition for local option by the counties present laws provid ing only, for the township-and resi lience district option came before the fconyention as anamendment to the report of the platform committee. The majority report on the resolutions waa adopted, after the county local option plank .was, voted down. ;k -':- ' , HORSE STEALING CHARGED. ' White- Man Admits Selling - Ills Mother-in-Law's Horso for $10 WW be Takes Back to Tennessee , - for Trial. . -7 " - Special to Tha' Observer , . ' Ashsvllle, Aug. 22. Ed. Frady, a white man 25 yeara of age, was ar rested In Cripple Creek last night by Deputy Sheriff Lyerly charged with horse-stealing. The . warrant for Fradys arrest waa sworn out by Mrs. It. J.; Bracket t, tha prisoner's mother-In-lsw. It seems that a short time ago the mother-in-law, Frady and his wife decided to leave Newport, Tenn.. for Aihevllle. Mr. Brsckett and Mrs. Frady came by railroad while Frady was to bring Mrs. Bracketfs horse through the country. Frady arrived In due time but without tne animat Mrs. Brackett Inquired of her son-in- law where the. said horse might be and Frady answered .by saying, that the animal had died en route. . Mrs. Brackett then desired some further Information relative to- the aaddle. Frady la alleged to have told her that ha sold the saddle but failed to pro duce' tho" currency received by vlrtua of the sale. Mrs. Brackett waa not satisfied with the explanations advanc ed by Frady and had a warrant Msuea for his arrest charging theft of tha horse. When arrested Frady admit ted that be had sold .the horse. - He said that he received 110 for the ani mal: that the horse was about to die and tffat he thought the best thing to do was to get rid of K. He waa land ed In Jail, however, and will probably remain there until officers from Ten nessee arAve to take him to the State wherein his alleged crime was commit ted. - It Is said that-Frady sold tha horse at Flag Pond, Just across tha North Carolina line In .Tennessee.' - "WANTS FORT BROWN HELD. Senator Culberson Sends Trtegrans to General Alnswerth . Proteatlna; Against Abandonment of Fot and W ill go oa Same Errand to Wash ington. . . y ' ' Dallas. Tex., -' Aug.' 22. United SUtes Senator Charles A. Culberson, of Texav to-day -sent the following telegram to General r. u. Ainswortn, military secretary, at Washington: : "in tne morning papers nere tne Associated Press states , that Fort Brown will be abandoned and I will thank you to wire me If thia course hss been determined apon. It Is dne of the United States to protect -tha frontier, aad aa Mexico' borders on Texas. It has been deemed advisable to Bollea ' the frontier -with regular troops, . inciuuing tawt sumonua " Fort Drown. 'Aitnougn conditions on the border have Improved very much within recent years, this course .is still advisable - and It would, be re grettable that this fort' should ' be abandoned because .tne people of a border city like Brownsville tobject to negro .troops under - circumstances of raid and murder such aa recently oc curred there." ..' . ,- - Senator Culberson to-night said that no reply had neen .received. lie will leave .to-morrow for, New York and Washington. .;', ; ; . IiAI ; ACCIDKNTAIXY SnOT. John fcBryds 19 Yeara OH. of Fl- kln, tlM) Victim of Ills Ctinm's 1'lny fulucMa Personal and News Notes. Special to The Obeorver. " Elkln, Aug.- II John McBrydo, a 11-vear-Old boy. : was dangerously wounded yesterday by the discharge of a gun,' the entire load entering tho arm and left shoulder, breaking the bone and tearing the muscles fearful ly. It seems that two boys were to gether and were- fooling with the gun when it went off. iThe wounded boy ssys thst the other boy shot him. while the other boy ciaims mat jie shot himself. The truth win probably never be known, nrs. Kir,a, - Keece and Salmons are with the boy to-day trying to save his life, but have very little hope of doing so. . Miss Viol Reeee, of Washington, T. C and Miss Pansy Brunt of Far rli.Rton, are visiting the family of thulr -brother and uncle. l)r, -J. M, Itecce. on Church street. Mr. Will Dillon, of Greensboro, Is -spending the werk-wlth his uncle, K. IT. McXeer, on Church street Miss fl. A. Dough erty, of Charlotte, arrived here yes trday. to spend soma time visiting old friends here and In Jonesvllle. ' The fall term of Elkln High School opi-ned yesterdsy with very (Uttering prospects for the snnnlon. One hun-'tlrr-d and twenty-spvn pm-iis were prf-uont st the openlr.! s, ion an. I this numbsr will be largely ln-reanil within tha pext trn )avs. Tcnoiee Hate I'otiuiiitteo 1 ': :rwi J'.rjnu. 'u!", T-tin., Av- 22. Tim Ji-iiM.ri jilort.vtn eoi (! to-.i.y k !..- I.- I n r, ' I ' :-n n k hf-x . t J. 1 rvnn f'-r t' 1 i ,c , , j r ) t r 1 i" II, 1 ;, TWO CIUBL0TTE CHARTERS CONCORD TROIXEY LINE ; ONE Prominent Cliarlotte , and . Cfenrord . Capitalists Jtclitnd ', Projoct Tha ; Other Charter to Charlotte Realty Co. J mJua Purucll Makes Order of , halo in tho Ruekliorn Falls Power Co. Deputy . Comnilloner - Scott bure Ncrro Fired - Lrcrly Barn - Masonla Temple Plans - Completed. ' jjiewi xyotea, oi uie Mate capiiau , . 122 South Dawson Street,' V .- -. .' ' Raleigh. Aug. IZ V There was a head-on collision-this morning at Method village, two miles west of Raleigh, between - a local freight and a through freight on the Southern. It is said the . through freight which waa coming towards Raleigh, should have gone on a sid ing west of Method. The craws saw the' Impending collision. Jumped-and escaped unhurt.,. Tha engine of the local waa thrown from the track, and atrange to say the tender was ahead of It some 76 feet Tha bog cars were nearly destroyed. There were very heavy ralna In this section last, night. There is great need of sunshine, the farmers all say. The deficiency of sunshine this August has been extremely marked Cotton la now losing ground dally, on high land. . On low and sandy land It has Buffered greatly. There Is plenty of rust and shedding. Many plants have a sickly appearance. Judge Purr-ell to-day, made the or der of tha State In the matter of tha Buckhorn Falls Power Co. Of course the buyers will complete this exten sive and Important plant To do this and' pay the past due Interest on tha bonds will require a lot or money. NEGRO FIRED LYERLY. BARN. Deputy Insurance Commissioner Scott Is back from Union and Rowan couotlea. He says that he la sura a negro burned the Lyerly barn. Ha Investigated a suspicious fire at Marshville. -V v -... t Insurance Commissioner Young has been at. Montreal for a few days vis iting his children, who are summering at that very pleasant place, which is to. be-made such a noted resort. All the lota have been sold. They liter ally "went like hot cakes.", Mr.. Albert Murray, .' the promoter ox uienwooa, an apartment nouse ana a large office building here, la quite sick, having fever. Everything is now settled as re gards the Masonlo temple here. Work begins next March. It was originally expected' that the building would be ready for use hls year, Under tha modified plan now decided on the cost of tha building Itself Is reduced from 11(0.000 to 1100,000. . It will be 01 by 07 feet, ,7. stories high, with a bank and three stores on tha ground floor and a roof garden. - The alte is paid for and cost 120,000. It Is learned from tha building commltte that there will be a 160.000 bond issue of I per cent with mortagge. -which the Mu tual Benefit Life Insurance Company takes... All other funds needed except about 115,000 are In 'hand, having Deen auoecriDoa oy Masons, A new lodge of Masons Is chartered at Marlon, Rockingham county.: TEXT BOOK COMMISSION., . The State text-book commission to day continued Ita bearing of the book agenta. , Tha meeting was . presided over by Gov. .Glenn. . one at a time, the book men. of course good speak era, every one of them, entered tha Governor's office and had "their day In court" - Meantime tha others sat In two rows of chairs In the corridor outside the office. " - - . A special term of, Guilford court to try several cases, Is ordered by tha Governor, to begin oa septemoer i Judge Long la to preslds. The county commissioners made , toe request xor thlel ten '.' - .w 'a- ' -,-.- A charter la ' granted the - North Charlotte Realty Co.. witn sitv.vww capital stock. Its hesdquarters are ksrlven , as Charlotte townanio. i n stockholders are w. k. hoju c . w. Johnston. J, C prior, axra. n. i spen cer and E. D. Latta. ' Another charter, to the Concord Realty and Kaltwar Company, which Is authorised to construct an electrlo rallwav from Concord ' to Charlotte or to any other oolnt In 10 miles, of Concord, it is also aumorixea to op erate gas and electrlo plants, furtlsh light heat and power, ate The capi tal stock is OlXs.ouv ana me siova holders are R, A. Brower. L. A. Brown, J. L. Brown, all three of Con cord; C. W. Johnston, Charlotte; S3. A. Johnston. Rock Hill, S, C. , Mr. zae h McGhee. Washington cor respondent Of The Columbia Bute, la here getting a story aooui aw v elgh dispensary, now nearly thirty months in operation. ' m Mr. Richard N. Hackett was at Democratlo headquarters to-day, hav ing another conference with , State Chairman Simmons. ' . Tha county commissioners decide to expend. 110,000 la enlarging and improving . Waka Jail, a Waahlngton firm being given the contract , . ! ' CHICAGO'S COLORED "400." ninA rtnok'ls rublbthcd Giving Names ,' of. Tltose Prominent Aiming tla - . Race, In Business, tha rroiessioBa ' and Social Standing. .-: -' Chicago, Aug. . I J. Chicago's col ored population has It's ,"t00.H, Ifa members are listed la the .."Colored People's Blue Book of Chicago.. Just published. .1 '. ' " - The book contains 00 pages of ad vertisements of business concerns run by colored people, classified business and professional directory, and the namea of 400 "prominent", colored people, . selected according to ' social standing. ' -' - , ' - ' According to this directory Chica go's - colored ' population has IS churches; 1 to - lawyers, four newspa pers, 40 physicians, 14 literary clubs. 10 social cluba and 15 women's cluba. Fertiliser Warrhoue Destroyed ; by ... v' ' Wghtnng. -... .- ? Arcadia, Fla,, Aug. XI. Two large warehotisos of the Peace River Phos phate Milling Company, at Hull, were struck by lightning this afternoon, caught fire and were completely de stroyed with their contents valued at ttO.000. The occupants of the building were tunned and were rescued with great difficulty from the flames. ' 7 Ed Custer Wins Breeders' Futurity. Read villa, Mass., Aug. 22.' The , unlooked-for victory of Ed Custer, In the American hore breeders' futurity stake for-s-vesr-olds, wus the feature ttt the M-ond day's irrsnd circuit Inxxt at the hondvllls trn-K u-mv. t 'x-nuno was fr,rid snd Nona third. The futurity moke waa Vnlued st tl.000, and Is the first of the larits luturltius or the yar. ' ' lire at Wilton. Special to Ths Ot'"rvT. uwin. rj. Mioruv artnr it o'olw-k to-nl nt fl, was fllcovrid ltt ths a.cnd story of tha VN'n's tirocery o. Afl"r a siMl.U.rn n-lit It - tniKHtnh,'d. Jkli hont ' tn and wntr-r ,i.Mii.., tirt laty hliiik, thn t'Mil.Sint f i lint f l I - . t l OllflKt, 1 ,i utA t JVCIl i 1 li.MEll.ilM 9, MAYOR BOYBEX ILL. Somo Concern Over tho Sickness of i SalUbury'a Exwutlve Contract for hew UuHinetis biock tire nunoreu - Laborers Wanted a tha Narrows. Special, to The Observer, ; f,' . ' Salisbury. Aug. 22. The announce men to-day that Mayor Boyden la confined to hla room, with fever, entir ely too high for comfort, hat caused general uneasiness. There is no cause for alarm aa yet and the indications in is afternoon are that he wilt escape aa attack. : During tha late Ulness -of Captain E. B. C Hambley, Mr. Boy den was in constant attendance upon his bed-aide, and ' undoubtedly .con tracted the illness that way. - The temperature of Mayor Boyden to night is encouraging and he rests well - . K. A. Brown, Esq.r of Concord, has taken from D. L. Arey the . contract to build four store-rooms constituting a business block on Lee-'street - The square la a uniform structure of 10 feet and the four rooms Will be 20 by 00. All of these wUl be of brick with Rowan granite trimmings. . They take the place of' some- very unsightly buildings and will ornament that por tion of town now aa eye-sore. The work . of excavation - haa - been com pleted ana tne brick-mying win begin soon. ; .,-- - - . .A telegram from Manager B. B Lewis of the Order of Wepdmen' of the World, says he will be her to morrow night to address tne mem bers of Rosewood Camp No. 170 and to this meeting Hickory Campj Is in vited with its membership. . China Grove and, Spencer, both of which towns have camps, ar given special Invitations. ., a ' v' Cards hava fceea received here an nouncing1 the forthcoming ; marriage Tuesday the 4 th of September, of Mrs, Grace Montelth Rooks, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mr. William Allele Capps. of Athens. Ga. The groom la a Sails- bury boy now a popular Jeweler of Athena snd is the oldest son oi Mr, M. C. B. Capps. Of this city. He left Salisbury six years ago and has made himself a name la that State. xne couple will live In Georgia. ' V Tha T. A. Gillespie Company now developing the Narrowa at Whitney, la advertising for 600 laborers- with which to hasten the Work. Batlaburl- ans wha have visited the place rec ently say there has .been1 the most marvelous change tn recent months and It Is the busiest , place In - the South. v : .. . 1 The- South River ' people yesterday gave a dellgtitfnl barbecue to a num ber of Salisbury friends and the oc casion drew about 00 people. Roast pig In abundance and Brunswick stew made np the menu with a keg on the side. The feast waa - prepared by Messrs, John Foard. C. p. Blackwel der and Clarence Best - -: ' ' Mr. D. M. Fesperman, tha well- known South Rowan farmer, to-day came to Salisbury and lost hla purse containing 075 and a check for 107.10. He thinks he lost it here although the most assiduous search , has pot been fruitful. - - . , ' -. .'- vV . - a: , : LUMBER PLANT CHANGES HANDS . ; ' ; .. i ... j f i " J Several Site Under Conslderatlen for v Washington's Public Balkllng V Work on Italetgh lamlk-o wnd .llallroad Peraoual and News Notes. . ','' ' . . , . ' ,' t . ' . 1 ; Special to The Obserrer.;;' i: ' Washington.' N. C Aug. 22. Mr. J. Davenport and others of this city have recently purchased the entire Inter est of Mr. T. G. Wallace In the lumber plant of Wallace at Davenport sit uated on ' the Norfolk 4k Southern Railroad, at Mlxselle about tto miles from this city, ' ' Several sites are being constaerea for the placing of the proposed pub lics building for this city. Anyone of these locations would make an ideal alte and it Is hoped the govern ment can secure vons of them. The residence of Mr. J. w. Dailey on East Second street Is rapidly Hear ing completion. When finished this will be quite an addition to that part of the city. ' Postmaster llusn raui nas pur chased from the board of school trus tees the wooden building now located on the school property. What dis position win be maae or wis uiuiaing Is not known at present - Dr. E. M. Brown haa recently naa Installed In his pharmacy, corner of Main and Market streets, one of the handsomest soda fountain to be found anywhere In-the State. It Is ef the Innovation time, made of onyx and marble, with handsome "electrlo ac cessories and costing between 12.000 and 04,000. , - Chief of Folic oeorge n. nowara haa returned after a ten days' outing at Ocracpke. Dr. W. A. Blount left this morning for a pleasure trip to New York and other Northern cities, .Work on the Raleigh tr Pamlico Sound Railroad is progressing at a very rapid rate. "Between 000 and 000 hands are empioyeq. on tne roan Be tween . Newbern and this city and nearly all tha grading between these points hss been completed. Mr. Tnaa eparrow nas accepiea position with Messrs. J.'O. White Company, railroad contractors for ths Raleigh and Pamlico Bound jtaiiroaa. Mr. Richard Uragaw has returned from an extended visit to Lexington. NOT SURE OF GLEJSX.TETir , -i '"' aeassasassajaesaa ' . ' Knoxvllle Officers Find That Ills Urcnt Too l Not Split, as la low. ery's, But They Ara llohllng Him. Special to The Observer, . w . Knoxvllle, Tenn., Aug. 22. Kno. Villa ofllcers yesterday received a wire from Shelby. N. C omoars-re questing Enoch Ulenn,' the negre sus pected of murdering cniet oi ji-ouce Jones be examined to see. If a great toa is split. The officers examined Glenn to-day, but failed to find any such mark oa his toe. Despite this fact thsy ara still of the opinion that Glenn is no other than Lowry. and will hold him , for . examination by Shelby officers. Other than the tele gram no word haa as yet bean receiv ed from the Shelby officers. BROWN NAMED FOR SENATE. Choir of Nebraska Republican Con vention Sltrldoa for Governor, Lincoln, Neb., Aug. H-AHorney Gen eral Norrls Urown was nominated fr I'nited Btates Ber.ator to succeed 8--n-stor Millard onuhe sixth Iwllot by the itepubltvnn Btate convention u-oy. htate Hi-iiator Oeoraa L. Bhehlon was notnlnsted for Governor on the second ballot la the convention. I'lnarulul Huslitess Conditions Kcrlou, W'aahlngton, Aug. 22. The Ptals Department received the following dispatch from Minister HUks, at t in tlngo. Chile: "Anxiety over ths earthquake i- rreaaes although tnll I shin ks Continue. The flnnn-UI sn,l bu cornjltl.ins are s.-rloui. Hm ! tlon at Vati'rrti-i-i f tn !-ji , i f n pui.le. ftiiiHi-rliii,i'- I-,-'.. : i f r tl-.e T ! f ct s t." CAPTURE CITY, OF 10,1 CUBAN, REBELS' FIRST VICTG:.V . - i , , . in . , , Insurgents In tho Western F.n.l of f . IhIhimI Take San IxnlH, Mtiiau .l llallroad Ten Miles From, l'lnar 1 t lUo- Clly, After a bharp l-MKn ment In WhU-h Tliey Took Iti.v,,! " era Half of the 100 Rural iimr,n Defemiing Die .Place Imports, e -; Itaae for Further Operations Galm-1 Thereby Town Resuming Normal ; ; Condition Insurrectionary Move ' , mnt Spreaedlng Alarm Uigly. , Havana, Aug. 22. The Insurgent In the province of Plnar del Rio cap tured their first city there to-day. At 0 o'clock this morning, the force l.- i by Pino Ouerra, an ex-Congresma!i and an. influential man and who waj thought to be many miles eastward, and sundry other Insurgent bar.ds, at tacked San 'Luis, which is situated on the railroad about ten miles west of Plnar del Rio city.- A sharp ana decisive engagement followed, durt which a number of men were kllle i or wounded. . The town was defended by less than 100 rural guards, fifty of whom surrendered to the. insurgents and ara held as prisoners. The In surgent forces are in possession of the railroad station and of the town, which is resuming Ita tormal condi-. tlon. - By the capture of San Luis, which has about 10.000 Inhabitant, the Insurgents have obtained an im portant base fcr future operations. ' General Rodiigues, commander- of ' the rural guard, to-night after re lating the' Incidents of the day, said to the Associated Press: SAYS GOVERNMENT IS READY. "You can tell the Amercan people that Cuba la entirely competent to cope with the Insurrection. The flood of rumors In all directions about the organisation of insurrectionary bands In. great numbers are not borne out by our - reports, so . far : aa can be learned, by the facts. .-' -'' "The result of . the encounter at San Luis Is still not known definite ly. The much talked of movement in Santa Clara province haa not been encountered, and . no Insurrectionists have been seen there by our forces. , "We have to-day equipped and sent but In various directions 000 volun teers under competent officers. We have plenty of Remingtons and am munition tor all vh enlist at present i and more have been ordered from the United States.". LIKE ' OLD INSURRECTIONS. , Whils the foregoing Is typical ef 1 the utterances of the government of flclala. there are evidnecea of threat ening Increases In the. number of the insurrectionists. In the province of Santa Clara the disaffection is wide spread and In the province of Havana great. many people are' In sympathy witn the insurgents, in some cases whole- communities appear, to have been carried away by the recrudes cence of Insurrectionary times. . The extent to which thia .will lead to open rebellion Is still uncertain. A gentleman who haa returned rrom Agucate. where be spent several days. stated to the Associated Press this evening that as many as S00 men. mosr of them armed, were riding about the viotnlty proclaiming lnsur- rectlonary" ideas. The principal event . to-day was the fighting at San Luis. ATTEMPT TO CORNER BANDERA. One hundred recruits were started westward this evening -'On - board a special train, but It Is not likely than they will be permitted to reach San Luis. A detachment of .100 recruits on the way to Guinea had a slight encounter to-day -with -Insurgents but no one on either aide was nurt An attempt is being made with 200 mounted rural guards and regulars to corner Quentln Bandera, who with 100 men, Is continuing nis aooging tactics In the, western part of the province of Havana, -Three large bands of Insurgents are out In the province of Santa Clara. Tha Insurrection appears to be grow ing, but the loyallsta or the town claim that they will be able to resist the - movement. LITTLE TROUBLE- IN MANTANZA8 No Insurrection' movement la re ported In the province of Matanxaa, which la tha tronahold of the Moder ate party, beyond, a band of 20, and none la the eastern provinces except ing the bandit band of Enrique Mesa, which for weeks has eluded pursuit In Santiago. , . . '.''.'' Tha government's later reports from Ban Luis, whtch, significantly, are dated from Plnar del Rio, are to the effect that Major Laurent In this afternoon's engagement killed four Insurgents and captured a few horses and munitions, The major has not yet arrived at Plnar del Rio. . The act nearest approaching Insur rection in Havana province was tho seising to-day of several horses which were being loaded oa a train of the Western Railway at Saluda, a sub urb of the city, -, . ATTEMPT TO MURDER GOVERNOR Would-be Assassin Foiled at Havana, , Mhowlng singular I-eck of Nerve. Havana, Aug. 22. An attempt was made this evening to assassinate Gen eral Emello Nuaes, Governor of the province ef Havana. , A man had a revolver leveled mt the Governor as he was entering hla home. Another man who waa passing py saw the would-be 'assassin and i cried out. whereupon Governor Nunes turned, snd drawing hla revolver, fired over the miscreant's head. The latter was so surprised that he dropped his re volver." He waa promptly arrested. His Identity la not known, but he Is a white man and waa well dressed. Ex-Governor of Province Joins I.i- ,. . , : . ... . surgetUa. . , , Havana,' Aug. 22. Louis Teres, the last Liberal Governor of the provln.- Of Plnar del -Rio, has Joined the In surgent forces In that province. COUNTERFEIT CASTRO DOI.I.ATI :. Two 'American Agent of Veueim ' . Revolution!! Ara Arretted In .r York for Unlawful Method if 'Financing Revolution Admitted ! ' Rail In $i,Ot0. New York, Aug. 12 -Oit a chu- ' making to ounterfit the t!ii. I silver dollar of Venesuela to H"i.u. - .. revolution In that country. s. i i vloe eftlrers yeatrlav si-n-xti-il i. i George ljovnlun. former rei...nt ,.. sser of the Orinoco CortM.i-.ui-- t Yeiiesuxla, and Lewis M. 'J bom..-.. ' attorney, both of this elty. I "i rs were, S'lmllted to I'nil In ' Joseph K"ller and Kidney A. I Of Xeilef liroe., tile iimh..,. -!.-arreetetl In eonnertlon null the c-rel'-iier.l on l.fc.t l.tul. 'ihe two pi iiiclpiiU avfr tint t! to diipll'-Rte Veiifini'-l.in . eoutl.-i I. -hills'. I'1 tion proved eiii'i-."- I. t eT". '-.-I to I. ,'-lii. l.nin l-v eo-Muivo .1 t
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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