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r;UESCMPTION 3.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, X. C, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTllBR 10, 1007. PRICE, FIVE CENT; HIE OESEttVEirS E1G LOSS AriERMATH OF FIERCE FU1E TJ.e pbcrvcr Printing lloiic Sns t .Ins the Ucaik-st Loss While the Newspaper, Gets Oft T Light Two (Floors, the Composing Room and " the Bindery of tlie Printing JJonso, Ar 11 lr Hnrcl Olltt I.inotvno Ma- y ume ituinca sna, ' Presses The.. Origin of tlie lire May Remain a Mystery V hen AH In TnM tlm llnmnro Will Anoroncll . $25.000 -The td Story ot tieorge Wilson -Obscrter Men Bury I Urn. Ufter the fiamts had died out and the smoke' cleared, yesterday morn ing, those Interested in The Obser ver discovered that the loss occasion" ed by the terrific fire ' ot the night before had done . damage to .the amount of about ,185,000.. , - In order to understand the scope of the fire one must know something of the mechanical department of The Observer which is In the rear section of The Observer Building. In the 'base ment fs the, press, engine and mall ing room; on the first floor the .stock, rooms," the business office and cyllh-1 der press room v of ; T,he Observer Printing House; the second floor, the composing room of The Observer and The .Chronicle and , offloes of staff members and telegraph office; ' the third floor, the composing room' and the platen press' room, of the print ing House, and .the fourth . floor the bindery. , ' , store roora on ', the third floor ; and gutted that floor and the one above. In accomplishing this the' fire did not burn through the floor of the fourth story, but broke out of the windows of the th'lrd floor and licked back through the ones of the, fourth 'floor and entered there to rage fiercer than It had done in tthe room ; below. This was a peculiar freak of the Are. The composing room, and bindery are wrecked.' All' of the material used there'.by Jhe Printing House was ruined, '-including M.000 Mergen thaler linotype machine and four platen presses. , , . THE NEWSPAPER OUTFIT '-NOT w SERIOUSLY DAMAGED., , i .The . newspaper mecnanjcai ap pliances? located on the second floor, and the machinery in the press room, located in . the basement, were not damaged materially except by water. The 'basement and the .first and sec ond floors were drenched with water, but the Mergenthaler machines and the Hoe perfecting press were covered and well-protected, , : - - . , , The work of The Observer, .The Chronicle and. . the - Printing House will continue Just the same as usual. The " printing house?'' suffered r the greatest loss, but "Mr. Banks R.Cates, uicwiagG ui wild i, ucyai wvi, hb arrangements with the Ray Printing Company to iio his work and his con? tracts will be carried out Just as they would have been had the i Are not occurred. Within a lew weeks new machinery will be purchased and plac ed and put n operation. ... 1 ! , ; '. , THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. The origin of the Are will ever re main ' a mystery, Mr. Richard I. Allen, foreman of The Observer com posing Toom, askecL. Mr.' Walter Adams, machinist, to go to the floor above and ietch : a moid. Mr. Adams left the composing room about 1:20 4'cIocltand, when he opened the door; tov the matrix room he dis covered . a brisk burning fire in one corner. ' The flames were beginning to leap about when Mr. Adams arrived and within a second after he opened the door, and let In the air, the Are began i to spread,; The matrices' toe ing made of dry paper and paste burned like, tinder. tA dams ran down -stairs anL told Mr. R. W. Vincent, , managing editor, and Mr. Allen and Mr. Henry Turner and others and all liands went -down - to ' the first floor for the hose, and, carried it up, but the mressure was not strong : enouxh to cope with the 5 mounting flames. "Buster" Brown turned in the alarm. By this time the flames were in full view of a rear room of the Southern Manufacturers' Club-. The cry of fire became general and the fire depart ment of the city ; arrived within1 a few minutes. " The I flames were , well under way by 1:30 o'clock and U re quired a half an hour of vigorous lighting on the part of the comiblned xorces 01 me iwa aeparunrnu iu check them. .When . the lire - had leaped (from the third to the fourth floor through two sets of windows the firemen saw,, that they were coping with a. wild and. furious fire, By 8 o'clock all was over except the hunt for George Wilson. v . THE BURNING OF GEORGE WILi , r , , SON. ' ' -i ( , ' The burning to death of the deaf and dumb boy, who had voluntarily - taken up at The Observer ofllce, is one ' ot,the.saddest Incidents in the history of the" paper.? The poor fellow could neither hear the roar of the Are that started in the opposite' end of the room nor cry for help when he waked to face the angry flames and battle with ' the (boiling , smoke. He had ; lain down In the northwest corner of the rear of the room and gone to sleep for the night, but during the progress " of the fire, , being aroused by the fierce glow or the stifling smoke, he must have risen and at- , tempted to make hlswaly to. the win dow across the room,' but, before ac- 1 -nntlaVilntf' . h mirnnmi th win J brought him down and he died on MriiW9 . null lianu. vr lug aide ' of one of the type cases,' and; when found, was In the attitude of praying. When Messrs. Brown and White located the body ft did not ap pear to 'be badly burned, toot day light revealed the fact that it had been literally roasted all over, . Ceorge Wilson was a net of the hop. He drifted In unbidden about .a year ago, but was made to feel at home, from the time he arrived until his death. 1 Tn men upstairs, staff men. compositors,; galley 'boys and devils, knw that. George was In the habit of supping into the room on the floor above the composing room and sleeping. He t had been made leave there several times, but there seemed , to be a fascination about that particu lar spot on the floor. - , THE SEARCH FOR' THE MISSING . Bor. f. , AiiijitcuiaLvi KiLor tins lire 1 oroae out an d cut the electric light wires the boys-who knew the lad' .weak ness toegair to Inquire if any one bad iwen him since dark. Mr. Theo. V. ' Kinnit,"jr., rpaiiea- tne "iset" that George peered In at his door and rave him a passing smile about 9; 30 o'clock. That was the last seen vt tenant kills Landlord SHOOTS HIM WITHOUT CAITSK Xatftfln Donathan, a Man of Bad Tamper, Wlira Imoiistrated With by His Landlord, John Kad, Re garding bonie Chickens, Shoots Him to Death With (shot Gun and Then . Beau Out U is Brains AVith flie fetock of the Weapon Tragedy Oc curred in Remote Section tt Surry , County Saturday rads Was Kn Urely Unarmed -Douatnan .in Jail at Dobson. ; ' . -' Social to The OJ.server. . I Winston-Salem, Sept.' 1 9.--HBecause her remonstrated with !hlm aljout rais ing chickens 'unless 'he ; kept ; them coopediMr. John Eads, a well-known and prosperous '.farmer " of . Siloam, Surry county, was shot and killed by one of his tenants, Nathan Donathan, (Saturday evenlmr. The tiewa ol tne horrfble and inexcusable homicide was received here to-day from 'parties coming in from Surry county. ':" Not eatlsfled wuth Aho gun-shot wound wtokth he 'had Inflicted"" upon his unarmed victim, Donathan took tne stock of this gun and beat Eads' brains out. Donathan was Arrested soon after the killing and la nwv la Jail at Dobson. ' ' it appeaiis from - what could . be learned thas when Donathaa : moved on EadV (place It was with the under standing that he wW'mot to tmlm any chickens lun'Iesa he kept theim cooped, Donathan disregarded this i and itihe chickens . strolled about ; where they pleased and began to interfere . with Mr, Bads' truck patch nearby. ( Satuarday ,vUng Mr. Eads , went over to DonafchaiaV house to remon strate Tvlth thlm about he v cihickena. Donathan became very. . angry . and euirsed Eads. Hot words wrer ex ohanged between the two men, and Donathan went in the .(house and cot has gun; In tils haste (he did ot ex amine the gun to ee whether or not tt was Joaded. Coming back to where, he left Eads, he pulled down wi him. The gun refused to fire, He then dis covered that It was unloaded and went ta&k into the house ; to $ get some eihelto. - He (returned this time . with his gun In order and shot Jits Victim down. jHe 'then .proceeded to beat Ead's toraims out with the gmtt-atock. Both men have families. The sym pathy is with the. dead man. (for he was well i liked In Ms comimfuntty. It w saia that Donauhan la a man of bad' teanpec. v m, - ' . ; CLAUD Y WAIVES HEARING. Charlotte's Late Sanitary Officer Re- manaea to oreenviiie, B. v., Jail Able Counsel Employed add No ' Fear of Conviction is Entertained, Special to The Observer. Greenville, S. C.. Sept. W. R. Clardy,; late -chief; sanitary la spector of Charlotte, N . C., who te held .here, on; a charge of forc "b 4 i, WOH14B . vt tne Teaugnc district - lhto f Aubmission 1 , and stealing diamonds to. the amount of 1500 and- a, small amount of money, waived ! the tight of a preliminary hearing here to-day before Judge Srfadley and was remanded to Jail. The earliest time he can be tried now Is' at the January terra, of court,, of General -Sessions. It is likely that an application 'for release" on bond will be made within the next few days. - Clard - has employed able legal counsel and is tald to toe in no fear of, being convicted. He talks freely to friends who call 'and does not seem blue" over the prospects. The charges Btrainst him are assault and battery with intent to kill, administering pois on 'wtth criminal Intent, larceny and carryng a pistol of unlawful weight and size. ,v.i:'.i.n ' '' ' ' ' ' , " ' -. ? : V v Strike at Chattanooga. " rhiLtanor-: Tenh., SeSt The contractors at HlaUs 'bar, lock and dam power plant to-day discharged a white elevator holster and putt a negro in his place, and, as a result,' 34 white woriomen eirueic une munareu Ital ians on the same works struck a few days ago. ,;-;;-..;- ;;Jj: , the boy alive, t As soon as the condi tion of the fire would'permit a search ing party made its way to the third floor and looked for the missing boy, but without sesults, . Several other parties went, but the state of the building was such that no one could be positive ; that George was not there. Later on Mr. Paul H. Browp, mailing clerk, and Mr.' R. C. White, the night watchman, made a thorough search of the place and found the little coat, which had been folded into a pillow, the old white hat and the shoes that George used te wear. Across the room, between the wall and two type cases, were the remains of the-unfortunate. An undertaker was summoned and the body carried to the establishment of J. M. Harry A Co., where it was prepar ed for burial. - ,' ; ? THE PAPER,' HAD" A CLOSE CALL. The Observer had a close call from the fire. It looked at one time as if the building would be swept out if existence,. but the firemen conquered the flames before they had destroy ed more than the third and-fourth floors. The damage to. the linotype machines and big press was consider able, but nothing like it would have been had the fire gone below and got a start on the second, and first floors and 'basement. , 4 The paper was brought out under trying conditions yesterday and had H not been for the kindness of Mr. W. C. Dbwd. of The News, one issue Ubrould have have been missed and that WOUIU fieive UlUKClt uiu Ui auv Observer forces, for In all its trials and tribulations the paper has never failed to showrup the morning after, The coming of a Are or some other form of disaster: tries Imen and The Observer; has cause to be proud of everybody in the shop, for the loyalty and faithfulness to duty yesterday morning was ' superb, The feeling that nrevailed between staff men and the mechanical force speaks well for the organization. ? A number of the boys had left for the night, Dut they returned at the sound of the bell and remained ,y the old ship, each fel low doing his level best to make the loss and work ot the hour 1 as light as possible. ' . The Observer men chipped in and .purchased a burial outilt (for George Wilson, whose .mother ss wnabie to bear the exipeneee of it -funeral, and the remains will be carried to Mint Hill this snorning for Interment. But for the damage Xrxxm water to Its Hoe iperfeotlng jrress and iU( roll ers, damage impossible to ? recover from n time to pmt the .press in full eomnuliwlon again this morning, The Observer would appear to-day in its usual form Instead of with a reduced number of fagee..and--'.teduioed amount of reading matter, n Its lino type machmes and wechanlcal force are.sgaln In full action, .-.-., THREE DIE IN HOTEL FIRE NOTED SOIM.ER RESORT BLRXS CleveLind Springs Hotel, Near .Shelby, Sot on J-h-o by Lightning, 'linve .... ... . . ..... ... . r ' i . . ' unitii lifing liousu-u au nw Cr.'.s of .Miss Cora Smith, Of Ellen boro, lor some One to Save Her, Hearl-Kendlng Two;-Hotel Ser vants Asleep in-Attic,' Aim rerWi A Property - Loss of About ,$25,000. Partially Insuretl--Guest9 Escape, With Nothing. But Night flanncnts) on, Much Consternation Prevailing, i Special to The Observer v v- - , Ehelby, Sept . 8. Shut in thel.-j rooms, with no possible, avenue of es- cape,- and roasted to death ' was the : awful fate of three women, on white and two colored, at-.Cleveland Springs Hotel, a few anlles from,here, at an eanly hour thla morning. Those who perished were: i ; MISS CORA SMITH. young lady of Ellen'boro; Rutherford county. ... MART FRAZIER, a colored' cham bermaid, of South Carolina, .',,' ANNIE FRA2IER, (her sister,; also a chambermaid. ' .. t MUs Smith was sleeping V on the third floor and before she was awak ened the flames had hemmed her in beyond any possible manner of ! 'es cape.' She onled onost iplteously to' be rescued, but tihe " anxious epeotators stood by horror-stricken, entirely un-1 able to render hex any assistance. Her body, charred almost beyond recogni tion, was found in the debris of the 'building. . s - ! . The two cfhambenmaids were sleep ing in the attic of the hotel and, Mike Miss Smtoh, were overtaken hy .the flames before they, could' flee (from the building. ,,.' . , , j .. - The fire originated in the : kitchen part of the hotel during a. severe elec- trio storm and Is supposed to - have caught from e, lightning stroke. ' The building burned like dry shavings and the guests were aroused Just In. time to escape in their might clothes, al, most no ipeisonal effects feeing saved. Mr. McFarland, the lessee ' of the sumtmer resort, did all to, his .power to give his guests warning, groping his way through the Inky darkness, of the halls, Ailed with dense . smoke. There was . mutch 'confusion among the hotel occupants when the alarm was given. Had it not feeen ' for 1 thla, much more property could have been eaved. As it was pracucally nothing was taken out of theibuUding. The sUrocture tvas valued at $20,000, with Insurance of about 313,000. The fur- nlbure was valued air 14,000. " . The eeeaon having about ? closed xwily fifteen, gweste were registered at the potei. Among these werer- Miss Annie womble, ox Raieigh? Miss Mc Donald, of Rockingham; Mr. and Mrs E. P. Roberts and Miss Mamie Ham" bright, Cherokee, Falls, S. C. Several ChArkrtte .people had (been emending some time at the hotel, put (fortunate ly had left. . - :' . . Cleveland Springs la one of,, the moat noted summer resorts . in the South. For yeans before the war It was (patronized toy the aristocracy , of North and South Carolina. A- - few years after the war the "big house" was amoved to one side and a . hrlck hotel erected, t-This improvement was cmtinued, when about twelve years ago the (property was taken over by a Max ton company, wsuca built a large addition to he brick hotel, more than doublin'. lis ' caTar,itv. ;. kiiwa tt An Cleveland gprtngs has enjoyed a pat sxvnage llsmtefl only to the oaoaclty of its buildings. : -While the Are will en tail a financial loss upon the owners of he xroperty, it may yet iprove a blessing to them, Inasmuch as it omens the iway to .the sale or aeojsa of the property to some individual or stock company' with the .result that 1 Cleve land Springs -will come forth, with a model resort hotel building, ' which has been the only thing; needed .' to intake it one 'of the greatest sumimier fesorts In the Sou.th; for it is known tnat the Cleveland white sulphur is ne oest mineral-water In-the country, nox excepting tne vtrguua eprlngs. . CHARLES BROOKMAN THE M.N. Greensboro Menrhanii ' Annonnc , , Name of Their New Srretary Was formerly witn Association. Special to The Observer. - . '-.'v i Greensboro. Bent, t .The Retn.ll Merchants' Association of Greensboro has, Just announced as its permanent secretary Mr. Charles R. Brockman. Mr, Brockman will enter upon .. the iuues of nis.omce at once and will leave in, the morning for Richmond, where hs will stay a while studying the rating system in practice ' there with; a view to establishing : . some what similar one here . Mr ,? Brock man has only recently graduated from the Poughkeepsle Business College, of New Torv hd' since graduation has fceen connected with the American Cigar Company; Prior to going to col lege Mr. Brockman served the Mer chants' Association in the capacity of secretary. ' , AMOUNT OP COTTON GINNED. Georgia the Only - State That Has Ginned as Much ' Thla Year . as iAst Only Forty-live Bales in rAptK rflwtllna ...., ':..,::, .. '; Observer Bnreau, ' ,7 ' 1417 O 8treet, N. W., yX-'i :': Washington.-Sept. t. Of the Southern States Georgia Is the only one wmcn ginned more cot ton op to September, 1st of this year than last year op to the same time. North Carolina this year ginned only rorty-nve paies and -in an the south em States except Georgia there was a great decrease, owing, in the opin ion of the Bureau of Statistics, to the lateness of planting. In many of the States replanting had to be resorted to. The decrease was espe cially large in tne greatest cotton growing State, 'Texas, Where 323.6S6 bales were ginned last year up to September and only 145,101 this year. , i ?' ,:'v ,f , , Spencer Man Attends Sleeting of 3a- . . t cnimsts, . . , Special te The Observer. V ' ' Spencer. Sept i I. -Th annual con ventkm of the Grand IjOdg Interna tional Association of -MachLniui con vened In St. Louis to-day ftr a ten days' seeslon, ' , The oonvenHon ' Is comipoeed of about 800 delegates from every State in the Union and the pres ident U James O conncii, of Wash ingtonMih P. X Contoa, of the same ipiace, as vice reeiaent. jamee Bene field, of Spencer, is in aWendance n a representative from 2sorth, Carolina, u robbixuii coxtixi-e Alievillo Pollt-e Lcam of More of the . Mysterious Work Pretty Woman -is Suspected Very Valuable " Rlug IttH.-overed by .Negro Detective's ...'Work. .;. ;.:.-;:- :.;' . Special io The Observer. i --Asheville, Sept. if: The police of (he city are up. against another mys terious robbery - at ione of the local family hotels, ' AHh.ough the minions of the law are indisposed to discuss the robbery or. give, out anything in connection with it, ithe fact remains that during the pat week Jewelry and other valuables to the amount of about 11.000 hvn hrtn slnlf-n from guests and ; that suspect has' been in tne - sweat, pox' over ne anair The suspect is a young -woman of pleasing appearance. It is also known that : the officers have a fairly well connected chain of circumstantial evl- Mi.a .nfr thk af atsin mfl fna thRt the stolen property, has not been re covered. Kings ana otner pieces oi valuable Jewelry were - among the items taken, , lnHonllv aha m.hhrv that, occur red at- another hotel here aweek or 1(1 acrft maM anlvAil hv Georze Qreenlee, a local negro detective, Sat urday night. The property stolen, was a vnlnahlA riritr h!aniHnr v .to the daughter of Wllllain Maglll, of St. Louis: : 1 The ring contained ' a - very handsome pearl and 18 diamonds. It u-iii volit. ot, tSSO and was stalen while the Magills were at the hotel. Saturday night Greeniee eepiea tne ring dangltnggfrora the cravat of a local v. negro t named Jasper ; 61ms. rr'nim jdmnlw . reached utx and promptly relieved Jasper of , the "sparkler." , The negro almost wem intn a mtem uhAn hti Ien.rned that the rtns. ha hn tftlen:: He; exnlalned with a degree - of promptness that in dicated he- naa .vision ot wo umiu gang. i Jasper alleged that there was a woman in the case; that the woman had stolen-the ring and given it to Rin.f ' It was le-arnea wai ma m really the case; that the negro didn't tha. nmnortv wu stolen. JasDer had been "wearing - the ring as a sort of scarf pjn for several oays ana naa avitxi tha iMinAsv of other nexroes. The woman who stole the ring has vamoosed.- -The ting c-eiongea w iurfo Ui rn. nt fit ; : Txiuls. ' and aside (front its Intrinsic value was highly prized by ' reason of tne ract tnai n was her graduating present. It seems that. Tom., film! thtt "flTlllest One" UK" .wi' ".""' " - in the eyes of the woman who robbed therSt. Louis f iaay ana mat enter f.aiiiii. imwfll aha presented it to Jasper, Greenlee; will Kt a reward of ISO for the recovery ot we SHERIFF ARRESTS BAD NEGRO. He Is Wanted in Georgia For Murder Movement Started or . a new Cotton Mill, Gaffney' Sixth Brief News Items. Special to The Observer. Gaffney, S. C.r Sept. 6honn Thomas Saturday jnorning captured a negro named Walter Jordan, "who la wanted la Gedrgla-for murder.. Jor dan killed Jhon Teasley in Hart coun ty. Ga., July 15th, 1905, and has been at large since that time., a re ward of $100 was ottered by the Gov ernor of Georgia for his .arrest ana conviction. - Sheriff Thomas received information Friday might about 7 o'clock that Jordan was at the Ninety- Nine Islands on Broad river, and early Saturday morning he went there and effected the capture without difficulty. Jordan says that he la not the man wanted, although he answers perfect ly to the description. Sheriff Thomas ia expectine the officers from Georgia to-day to carry Joraan dock to mat State, i , - - ' J. Ebb Jeffries, Esq.', Dr. W, L. Settlemeyer and others re. moving with & view of establishing another cotton mill in the northwestern section of the town; If they are euccessful, this will make six cotton mills for Gaffney. ; : - - '- : Dr. A. M. Sims, pastor of the First Baptist church, who has been summer ing in the mountains or Norm Caro lina with his family, has returned to Gaftner nd Ailed his pulpit yester- day . :: - Rev S. B. Harper, pastor of tne Buford Street Methodist churchy has gone on a trip te the exposition. . Edwin Lipscomb and Watson ; Bell left Gaffney. to-day, the '-'former ' for Wake Forest College, ;N. .-Ci and the latter for Mebane, N C. where they will enter school, respectively. , Limestone College will begin the fall session in two weeks. The young men of the town are looking forward with much pleasure to the advent of the fair youna- lady sVudents. The pros- peot for a large attendance Is exceed ingly good as about all of the avall aole space is taken . ' COXTRACT FOR OLIi LET. Ordway '4 Co., of Winston-Salem, , Will Bnlld the Dam end Building of the Turner Cotton MID. at States- ville Two Mills to Use One Dam. Special to The Observer. , ' iiStatesvlIlersept. 9 .The Turner Cotton Mill Company, of which ex Lieutenant Governor Turner, of States ville. is president, which will build a mills and a small village at East Monbo, on the Iredell side of the Ca tawba river," has let the contract to Ordway & Co., of Winston, to build the dam across the river and to put in the foundations for the mill building. The dam will he 1,000 feet long snd will be built of. concrete. The old dam which now furnishes power for the Monbo Mills, wlU be torn away and both mills will get their power from the new dam. The rived bed at tbli point is of solid rock and and is an ideal place for a big dam: - The Ord way people are shipping their flxtntts to Barium, which will be the shipping point of the 1H and will go to work on the dam In a short time. : They ex pect to compute the work before Jan uary 1st. A ' i ' ', Mr. Turner is now negotiating with the brick manufacturers to have the brick ' made for the mill building. They will be made on the site of the mill and it is probable that a con tract will be made In 7 few days, psrt of the cottages may he fcullt of brick. The Turner Cotton Mill Company has a paid-in capital ef 1125.000. Its stockholders Include some of the best cotton imilfmea In these parts. The mill will be a valuable addition to Ire dell's large list of manufacturing In dustrles and will mean much to the community in which It will be built. Sudden Death of 3. W. XlchoU. Speial to The Observer. Hickory, Sept. . The ' sudden death occurring here this morning was that or J. w, wicnois. formerly member of the Hickory police force. in which capacity he served the city for a- number of years. After the funeral services the. remains -will be interred In the family plot In Oak- wood " Cemetery, to-morrow ; after noon. GAX'S'TOSIS'TllEFOURTfl ARM BROKEN, BRITT'S HELPLESS Xegro rujrlUst Captures the Light Weight Champloiiislilp o Uie World at tian Francisco In a Short, But Decisive Battle The Fight a Slug ging Match From the Beginning, and to the Observers it Was Appar ent That the. White Man Had Xo Chance to Win The Second Round Vicious and Cans Draws First Blood in ; . the Fourth Decisive " Blow Caught by Brltt on the 11 how and the. Blow Put Him,. Out of the -Gaine. -j';; ': :.;: ; J , :- ' Run ' Prnnif. RpnL ": 9. A left swing s to the body, cleverly blocked hv -1(a nnA, mat Jtmmv Britt any chance he might have bad .'.o win the lightweight - championship oz me mnrM tn-Aav anA tirauffht to ft close five rounds of fast fighting he f ore 14,- uuo persens at Kecreauon t-arit. , -. :rr.A An'Alnir' acinar ' raiicrht .hv ftina nn th slhnnr In 4h middle 1 of the fourth round. , It 'broke Brltt's wrist, ana, tnougn urui went on again In the fifth round, he was h.lnl... In knlh nnnM Slid llfense. It was not until this round thathe Informed his seconds ' of, the mishap, i vi" What's the use of my, going on? I can't fight. I. am helpless." Brltt said to Tlv.Krellng. v Captain of Po lice Gieason was lnrormea at mo ringside, and he stopped o the ngnt. nfrM Avif- nvA : the decision to nana -,fhrM irtrtnrs. after an ex amination.; announced that the injury was a fracture ana aisjocaiion oi in lower end of the ulna. Whether it Watt" a" BAn 11 (no frnrrum tr not. Britt showed such Intense suffering while tne doctors were manipulating ma wrist, that the tears rolled down his cheeks. 1 - ' . "UTTERLY HELPLESS." "I was utterly' helpless.'V he said. I'Y MnlAn't vn 'hold un mV left hand after I broke it. I had to guard for Qan's left and had no punch ex cept witn my rigm. . , The fight f while it lasted was a ti..rinff m9fh -hnt It was evident to every trained observer that Britt had no chanse to win irom tne negro. For the first time hv his life, Britt was outmatched.. ;.'-'i : .v?- Brltt's lack Of coolness was partly responsible for the miserable ending of the flght. From, the first tap of the gong. Brltt appeared over eager. He was not content to take the advice shouted to him by his seconds to make Gans do the leading, but he rushed headlong Into quarters that de veloped ftn Inevitable slugging match in which the champion had by far the advantage, tth the flrst round Brltt staggered Gans to the ropes with a left swing on the neck that had lots of force In it. In the same round, he also used left and right successfully to" the body and face, but took - In punishment a straight left on the noso that slowed him down. A VICIOUS FIGHT. The second round developed a mix up at the ropes in which both men exchanged vicious rights j and lefts, Gans taking the advantage. In the third, Gans followed his tactics of ,M-nwMnar Rrift into a corner, and the Calif orhlan had 1 his hands and feet (busy 'working his way out. xne ennnil vn Avon. . S' ' ' Gans drew flrst blood fn the fourth. W1U1 it iiuuwiut oti ...... Ibrought a scanei stream induing from the corner of Brltt's mouth.v It iht Ar this that Brltt threw all of his strength Into a left swing that proved nis unaomg. . V THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS. : ; 1 Britt and Gans entered the ring at 8:20 p. m. The Anal betting was 2 to 1 on Gans. The two fighters had (weighed at 2:40 p. m. Th4 scales were set at 111 pounds, Brltt trembled the balance. The bar did not' move when Gans stepped on. Round 1 Britt quickly shot his Brltt swung a fearful left that caught Gans on the side . of the Jaw and sent him reeling. Brltt had shade better of round. Round 2 At close range Gans hit Brltt's head rwith two powerful lefts and then shot his right to the face. Gans had the advantage as the bell stopped a nerce rany. - . ttAiinA aRrttt hoolriM fill left en the 'nose and sent Gans', head back with a.atraignt on ' . tne nose. Gans, however, did not break ground an n Ttrltt'a rnaha with straight lefts. The pace was very rapid and tne . rouna even. ,-. i... .;-.:, Round 4 Gans swung three ter rific rights to the Jaw and Britt ap peared groggy. Brltt fought back gamely but missed attempts to land. Brltt spat blood. Gans had a big advantage. . , Round B Gans wins at end Of the fltth round. ' 1 Brltt broke his left forearm and could not continue fight ing. Gans wis awarded the decision, Brltt was unable to respond for the sixth round. Gans said that it would have been but a question of a round or two more that he would have put Britt out.; A doctor was summoned quickly and Britt was subjected to a severe examination. It developed that Brltt had broken his left fore arm, - Th rmveA made no demon stration until the decision was an nounced oy Kereree waicn. SIX WEEKS' COURT TERM. eleveral Xew Trachers at Bingham School Price of Transfer Raised A li e ville RegrcU The , Observer ' Fire, ;..''''.,.. : r i.r ; ,.-,-'. Special to The Observer. , Ashevtlle, Sept I. Superior Court for the ' trial of civil eases convened here this morning with Judge Gulon presiding. This is the regular six weeks' term cut into two terms. . ' x The Bingham Military School, of Ashe ville, which opened for the fall term last Thursday,' has a large enrollment The csdet have got down to work and the school term starts well. There are sever al boys at the school from Cuba and Mexico, while many States of the Union are ' represented. There are -;- several charges in the faculty this yt; Major W. F. Bryan snd Capt W., P. aacocks, teachers last year, have both gone hack to the University ot North Carolina, while Cant J. W. Wlnborne Is practicing law at Marion.; The now twieJim aio Cnpt A. Bramlett, W. H.i M, Plttman ami E. B.'Jeftress. ';' ' ..!. i'- - .' The news that The Observer sufferd a severe fire tons caused many rxprlon ef regret among The Observer's Aslievllis friends this morning. It was a pleasure the fire failed to put The Observer out of business evn tsmpornriiy. "it would be a lout to the State." said one of The Observer's natrons this morning, "if The Charlotte Obrvr' should fall to make its aijpearance even for a day," .;, Announsmnt was made here this mamma nr tie irsnsrer nnopie that e f active tO'dSV the Price of hanrara trarm fer would b ''U cents for acl ploee In std of 2J cents, the prloe bertnfir cnanred. The tranufpf men say that the inrrcasmt prlco of feed,, live stock. r ixitrs and equipment have mrade it nrf ary for them to rain the price. All the transfer companlea of the city are sarted on the inar-and pri7. T.lttl kick has i-'-n arra rrom tn visitors to-cy r!a tiva to the new nrlct, ulthounrli lootii patrons are erlUulalpg the alloged "oouv una i " . M KICK MADE OK KATES TESHMOXY OF Jill HARD WICK j So Far as the Southern Kailway k Knew Xorth Carolina Patrons Were Satisfied With the Fas Ongcr Rates, - Says Passenger Traffic- Manager of the , South- em Greater Part of tho Day Con sumed, lit the Continuation of the ;; Elc?nce of Freight Traffic Man ; ager Green Xo Time to Cross-Ex-amine Mr. Hardwfrk southern ; Shows That Virginia Rates Could Not Have Boon Influenced. , -Washington. Sept 9. No requeets were "made by the patrons; ) of ;, the Southern Rail way in North Carolina for lower passenger rates, and no rep resentations that the rates -were ; too high were made by the North Caro lina railway coisjmlsston, according to the' testimony to-day. of S. H.f Hard- wlck, passenger traffic mantger of-the Southern Railway, In the investigation j being made before' Judge Montgom-j ery, special master, taking evidence for Judge Prbtchard, of the United States Circuit Court If any eu,ch ap plications had been made Mr. Hard wtck said he would have known about them for it la his business to see that the ipatrona of the line ,are satisfied With the harges for .passenger trans portation, Mr. Hordwlck then ' testi fied concerning the additions ,that haw been made from time to time in the tram Service in North Carolina. He eaiid also that (the road never re ceives as an average of tti , revenues from the passenger trafflo-the maxi mum allowed, for the various nlassee of 'business. -As an example of this he said the road carries about (0,000 or 60,000 tourlats every year during the summer and, winter tourists sea sons and epecial rates are made In such (cases. CRdSS- EXAMINATION " DEFERRED Mr. Hardwick was not called t the stand wnt4l'tiear the: close of . the day's eeeskn and' there was no oppor tunity or counsel for the ; State .to cross examine htm to-day. Most of the day ias consumed by 'the con tinuation of the testimony of s , L. Green, (freight traffic manager, who waa queatJlonad extensively wonicem Ing matters that require consultation of the 'books in order to make . an swer. He was questioned regarding alleged discriminations In favor of Vinglma points on certain classes of freight business.. (General Counsel Thorn examined the witness later and showed (that the lines running north and' South, such as the southern TtaMway and the At lantw Ooast line are operating under the eouthern clasalfipatkm . f rates and the. east and west lines, euoh as the Norfolk Western and the Ches apeake Ohio operate iunder of ftclal oJassificatlon. The conclusion drawn was that .this makes it impos sible for the Southern to Influence itflie rates to Virginia points. nVE LIVES IMPERILED.1 Falling Balcony of Hotel Precipitates Four Yonng women ana Men to Ground, the Debris Nearly Catching an Invalid on the Sidewalk. Special to The Observer. . j Black Mountain, Sept An acci dent occurred here about 10 o'clock Saturday night by which four young people came near losing their Uvee. Two young men, Beeconv Burnett and Zeb Subtle, and two young la dies, Misses Lett la Bw.lmnn , ana Mary Jamison, were sitting on he balcony of the McCoy iilldlnff, oc cupied as a store and hotel, when part or the balcony gave way and crashed down upon the sidewalk, which it overhung. The young peo ple were precipitated to the ground, together with the wreckage, and both young men were seriously, al though not fatally thurt. The young ladles escaped With slighter injuries, but were hadly shocked and bruised. i Fortunately the loafers bench un der the "balcony was not occupied at the moment or there wouia have been toes of life, This bench was broken inte epMnters. .... Mr. James Mocoy, who was on tne sidewalk and confined by rheumatism te an Invalid's chair, narrowly esoap ed being caught under the falling balcony. The accident caused con sldorable excitement at flrst . when the rumor flew that a tium'ber . of people had been killed. None of those . Injured was a summer visitor, ABLE COUNSEL EMPLOYED. Father of Slain Ed Edwards Retains Ex-Judge Charles A. Moore to Aid in Prosecution of Hugh Postell. Special to The Observer. , Ashevllle, Sept. 0. Jerome Ed wards, of Hlght Point, father of Ed Edwards, who was slain here in cold bloo.1 ten days ago by Hugh ' Postell, has been in .the city for the ast sev eral days end has secured counsel to represent the irlvete prosecution of PoirteW when the accused is hrought to trial. : Mt. Edwards wild that he did not want to prosecute Postell from a spirit of personal vengeance, but that he felt h slayer ': of his son should be punished to the full extent of the law and that he had therefore secured counsel. Ex-Judge Charles A. Moore, ene of the leading lawyers er the city, nas been retained by Mr. Edwards, Counsel representlnir Pos tell has not disclosed what defense they will put up. In fact, the peo ple of AshevUle have came to the conclusion that Postell hat very lit' tie If any defense. ' TRIED TQ MOB TRAIN CHEW, Band of Mountsliwr Brt Brake man Tnto Insensibility Leader of - the Gang raptured. - 1 Bristol, Va., gept (.Because one of their ntwwhr had - been forcibly ejected, a band of mountaineers stop ped a passenger train on the Virginia Southwestern, in Carter county, Tenn., and attempted to ., nob the conductor and train crew. A battle followed in which puto is were used freely and Cajt Robert Carnahan, the conductor, and lirake men, A. D- Cross and R. B. Taylor had a narrow escape. iKvn Berry, 35 years old. Who was ejected from the train and who took the principal part in the attack, was captured, - . while the band became disorganised and most of chem fled. Benrv wae return. td to ZUiabethlin find glared in Jill. Urakeman Crons waa beaten ulmost unconscious beflore he could be rca cued from his assailants. STATE CAPITAL DOLXGS ROWDY XEGROI OX TIU1X Passengers on Raleigh & Pan.I. 'o Railway Have Their Lives Fndu.r e red by Negro's Raekfess llaiitiiS; ; of a Pistol Police Oflit'er Barely Kseepes Being Sliot W. SI. Iluss a Congressional Candidate Supremo Conrt Renders Opinion To-Day Raleigh to Have Tile Manufactory Cabarrus Warehouse Company Gets Charter Great Demand For Brick. Observer Bureau, -f . -.".- Tm Holleman BulMing, r Raleigh, Sept . To-day Guilford . Todd and George Debnam, negroes, were brought here and Jailed for making a disturbance Saturday evening on the Raleigh ft Pamlico Railway: near here. When the train - was near Wendell Todd went in the car for whites, took a - seat and when told to leave drew a revolver and began firing right and left, driving the conductor out and -knocking down a couple of ladies 'as he ran about with his pistol. Deb- nam aided him. When they reach-' -. roue ; wmcer vnariee , Franks attempted to anrest Todd, who drew his pistol and in an instant would have killed the officer had not a bystander named Honeycutt knock ed up the pistol. Then the men were ; overpowered. . Saturday night a negro named Mlal came here from Norfolk to see a wo man .whom he had recently married, v He has two wives and wife No. 1 ' was "laying"' for him. To-day she had him arrested and he was sent to )wi lor 'Digamy. , - , ..... . . 1 1 . . , Clerk of Superior Court W illiam M. Buss, one of the biggest and Jollleet officials in North Carolina. Is in the race for Congress fn this district and sod to-day he was in to stay. The prohibition people say they are not to he put aside In regard td the election here on prohfbltlon or dls penettry and that it will be held dur ing Christmas week, in accordance with their flrst- request,. -.." At the netf suburb at Gwnwood, in the northern part of the city, twenty- -tii house ere In course of erection, to cost $60,000. 1 WAREHOUSE COMPANY CHART ERED. A charter is granted the Cabarrus county warehouse vompany, mainiy to store cotton, its warehouse tq he 1100,000 and John P. AUlson and. othera are the stockholders. State Auditor Dixon went to Nash ville to-dav to speak at a large educa tional rally and a picnic there to morrow. " New lodges of Odd Fellows have ben established at Fa Ma and Wen- . dell-Zebulon, both in this county. , r TILE FACTORY. v A manufactory has 'been establish- ed at Raleigh, of fine tiles, and It is intended to go Into ' art work along ..... . .,.... . '.",.;:.. :,.--:.'-. ''v..., The hrlck. business has heen more im'nortant here . this - summer than ever before.? Tbe-penltenUary haa a large plant and so has the Carolina Press Br ok Oomnany. and tne Jonn ston BHek Company. The output has been heavq at all these plants. and much new machinery has been in stalled. Another company here ; makes brfcfc at the copper mine prop erty on the Raleigh Southport Rail way, a few miles south of here. The demand for all kinds of building ma terial wee never so great ea at pre- -ent. - ;-:V', The flnpreme Court devotes thle week to appeals from the third dis trict, Oiplndens wtll be filed to-mor-, row. One week fromt to-morrow there will fee argument In the very notable 130.000 fine case against the Southern Railway: Ex-Governor Ay- cook has been devoting nw time to the very careful preparation of this case for the State. CX)NTICTED OF MURDER, Nero Who Killed con-tame valen tine to Be Hanged October SOtb .;, Young Man Convicted of Bigamy Yonng Lady Telegraph Operators ' Strike. .., - Ohwwr Bureau, - - 1428 Main Shreet, , Columbia, 8. C' 6ept t. -, A long distance 'phone message from Orangebunr this evening Inform the Coventor that the negro Franklin ) on truu 10-aay ; ict cne cauraer ot Constable ? Valentine was promptly convicted and sentenced to hang Oc tober 20th. As an act of (precaution the Governor had the Orangeburg dispensaries closed to-day, Frank Hn narrowly escapel lynching immediate ly after the killing. Mobs chased him several days, but the sheriffs deputies picked him up ahead of the mob and brought him to ' Columbia for safe keeping. Franklin's '.wife was tried with him as an accomplice, but was : acquitted. Valentine was shot down when he entered Frlnklln'a cabin to arrest him. .' - , 'In the circuit court this afternoon W. E. Hendrlx. a young machinist, wa convicted of bigamy. The two wives. No. 1. formerly Miss Annie Moon, of Atlanta, and No. f . Mis Leila. Jlyman, of this city, whose fath er 4s prosecutor, sat through, the trial holding handajt Hendrix'e defense was a letter received Just before his second marriage and .purporting to come from a relative of wtife'No. 1 announcing her death.- " The T Judge ruled this latter, even tf genuine,' no excuse. . , ... , ' - , 1 ', . ," " Claiming they had been aocueed et faSeehood by an employe of the office ' three 4ady clerka at , that Weetesn Union office walked out to-day he cuee Manager Gray would wot dis charge the employe who said he had, been mlsundereteod by the lad lea The striking ladtw sre Mrs. Tom Ry-. an. Mle Annie Wavra and Mies Annie Goodson. Further Trouble Expected at Van couver. Vancouver, B. C Sept . There Is renewed apprehension -of further nn-tl-Aslatle rlotlne here and all morning Japanese and Chlnesa rrowuod th Imal gunhorw to buy firearms a n ammunition. Thy declare the v' will defend hrlr 11ve and property. Short ly before noon the police notified the gun Ktores to eeasq eelllng firearms to anv one until such time all pis slhllltv of further , 'outbreaks h I passed. ' Roy Dies of BIivhI Tolson. Fpeelal to. The Observer. Newbern, ' Sept. 0. Lemuel Pearce. a boy of 14. died of b',00.1 -on this niornin from a woun.1 ar: ' -on the knee. Three werts anr t v struck Pa,.t!te knee by the V c revolving shaft,. Two woual v..-.. ,t bad one and blood poison t . x niost t-.)uueilato!
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