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r SUBSCRIPTION PRICE; $3.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. I l .:!'' ' F, Y ! ! M i i I I i i j r - v CASSIE CHAD WICK BLIND SUFFERS A NERVOUS COLLAPSE Former "Witch of Finance," While Engaged In Conversation With Her Son is Stricken With Sodden 111 ness, Which Nearly Costs Her Life V and Leaves Her Stone Blind Peni tentlary Physician Revives Her Af- tor Twenty Minutes' WorkPhysi cian Has Been Treating Her .For Nervous Trouble and Her Sys&m is In Utter Collapse Ho is 5 of the Opinion That the Blindness is Only Temporary, Bnt lias Called in Ocn v lists to Treat Her. ?f A - - ' Columbus, O., Sept 16. While en gaged la .conversation to-day. with tier son In the female department of the Ohio penitentiary; where she has Jbeen confined for the past two years, serving a, 10-year sentence for' wreck ing the berlln National Bank, Mrs. Cassle Chadwick, former wltoh of fi nance, who representing herself as the natural daughter of Andrew Carnegie, victimized dozens of Ohio and Eastern bankers and capitalists to the extent of onllkons through 'loans on 'bogus securities' and jewelry; suffered a ner . voua collapse that almost cost her life and left her temporarily, at least, stone blind. . She was carried to the hospital in the female department toy her eon And female attendants. ; Dr. Garrett the day physician, who was summoned, found her flying on a bed In the hospital' In a chill. Although she was conscious and very quiet mentally, her circulation had almost stopped and she was blind. Dr. Gar rett immediately administered nitro glycerine and other restoratives. SON WILDLY ANXIOUS. .Wild with anxiety, her son, who had come down" from Cleveland to visit her, and who Is very devoted to her, stood over the toed, urging the physician to' do his best to save her. Cassle revived within about 20 ' min utes. ' Dr. Holmlck, the night physldin at the penltentiaTy, has been attending Mrs. Chadwick and treating her for a nervous trouble. Dr. Garrett, the day physician, says that she is a neuris thonic, and that her nervous system Is in titter collapse. He said that the collapse was due to the strain which she underwent during her son's visit. He says that she has a very nervous ' heart, and that any excitement brings on an exaggerated nervous attack. Dr. HAImick is of the opinion that the blindness is only temporary, but has called In oculists, who are ad ministering treatment. . .. .- - It was stated by officers at the .pen itentiary to-night thatt Mrs. Ohad wlck had entirely recovered. DISPENSARY BOARD SUED. Garrett .Co.'. of Norfolk, Vs., Bring1 Action Against Commission to Wind Up Palmetto Dispensary MaMersJ For $10,000 Convicted of Forgery Thrown From Buggy Into canal. Observer Bureau, 1422 Main Street,' Columbia, 6. C Sept. 16. In a letter received here to-day by Chairman W. J. Murray, of the Jegis latlve commission appointed to wind up the affairs of the-State dispensary, Mr. C. K. Henderson, a member of the commission on a visit to the Jamestown Exposition, informs Mur ray that he has been served with ipa- pers ill $10,000 damage suit against the commission brought by Garrett & Co.. a Norfolk whiskey house which had large dealings with the old board of directors of the State dispensary. A copy of the summons which Mr. Henderson forwards says the damages . claimed are on a plea on the case in the Court of Iaw and Chancery for the City of Norfolk. Attorney General Lyon does not think Garrett & Co. will be able to make anything out of these iproceed , Ings. Some time ago the dispensary commission refused to .pay for a lot of -whiskey bought by the old, board ;,K and snipped it back to uarrert & uo. They refused to take it back and it remains in jnotiuik.. iiwj summons " names the other four members of the commission, but so far as Js known here no attempt Has been made to serve the summons which directs their aippearaoco In Norfolk in Oc tober." S. B.'Nabbs, a well-dressed white man, was convicted In he Circuit Court to-night of forging the name of a woman of the town to a check for 18. He has not yet been sen tenced, . A runaway horse attachea, to a - buggy conveying Miss Sallle Wood on her way down Gervais street this af ternoon made a short turn at the foot of the canal and throw her into the canal. She was dragged out after much difficulty through the mud of , the bank. - WOMAN AND GIRL CREMATED. ; - . f Belief That They May Have Been Murdered and Their Homo Fired Ijeads to Arrest of Negro Tragedy . tiwnrrrvi Near unimt. h. t Columbia s. C; Sept. 16. A epecial . , to The State from union,. S. C., says Early yesterday morning',; between I and 4 o'clock, the home of Isabela Gist was completely destroyed by Are - and she and her 11-year-old 4 niece , were Durnea xo aeatn. , , The house was sltuateA near the 1 -H corporate limits on the road to West ' Sprints,, The fact that the burning was done no quietly and mysterious ly as to fail to attract the atten tion of any one until the Hilldln? was . renAv'in fall In an Aim 4uranA h bones of the woman and Kin were found beneath the bed springs, ;in - stead of on top Of It, han caused con siderable talk to the effect that the womBn and child may have been klll . ed and the Are fallowed to hide the crime. -v x young negro is urijer arrest on suspicion. Georgia Coal & Iron Company Shuts , Down Its Plant. - Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 16. With the closing of work Saturday night the Georgia Iron & Coal Company In definitely shut T down Its plant at Rising Fawn. , The u furnace .3. gave employment to 400 men, . Two re ports are afloat as to the cause of the shut-down, one being the adverse legislation ly the last ; Legislature of Georgia sgainst mining operators. The other attributes tbeir, shut-down ""to " disagreement among ' the com- , pany's officials. STROUSE CASE TAKEN UP. Hearing Was Begun Before Judge Prltcliard Yesterday Afternoon-J-Tbe Doctor Refuses to Compromise i Affidavits Pro and Con to Be Pre sented. Special to The Observer. . ' Ashevtlle, Sept 16. The case of Rev. Dr. Clarence B( Strouse, evangelist and Chautauqua manager, against 'the Hendersonville Auditorium Company and its officers was called before Judge Prltchard in United States Cir cuit Court this afternoon at-3 o'clock. It was learned that prior to the call ing of the case an -effort was made at compromise, but Dr. Strouse would not consen t to dropping the matter, it beta alleged that he was determined to discredit and refute the sensational affidavits submitted at a previous hearing, which reflected on the evan gelist's moral Character. ; ' With an r unsuccessful effort vat compromise both sides 'prepared for a light to the finish. There was "some time taken up this afternoon In a wrangle over legal points. Then affi davits were offered. The hearing will consume at least all of to-morrow. - Dr. Strouse has strong affidavits from Dr, L, B. Broughton, of Atlanta; Rev, Dr. Lunsford.of Ashevllle, and other gentlemen from Various parts of the country, which give him a good name, and a splendid reputation. It is also said that he has affidavits Which reflect seriously on some of the gentlemen from Hendersonvllle who attacked -fitrouse's character. The hearing bids fair to' be interesting,, it not sensational, before it ends. This is ... a controversy that grew out of the recent -ejectment of Dr. Strouse from the Auditorium at Hen dersonvllle on which, it Is alleged, he had a ten-years' lease for Chautauqua purposes, and the subsequent granting by Judge Prltchard of an injunction restraining the Auditorium Company and its officers from further interfer ing with Dr. Strouse. until the matter was finally heard. Incidentally, at the previous hearing, there were some sensational affidavits presented, re flecting seriously on Dr. Strouse's moral character. Now Dr. Strouse is endeavoring to vindicate himself. It is probable that when the hearing be fore Judge Prltchard ends Dr. Strouse will institute suit for damages gainst acme c-f those who have attacked his character. MR. KITOTIN AT TWIN CITY. His Audience Smaller Than Was Ex pected and Enthusiasm is Not Very Rife He Makes Explanations About That City's, Poetofflce Build ing. " Special to The Observer. Winston-Salem, Sept 16. Hon. W. W. KJfcehih. candidate for Governor, delivered, the first speech of the gu bernatorial camDalam In this cltv at the Forsyth court house to-night There were between flve hundred and six hundred persons in the audience, newer tnan had been expected . by some of the Congressman's friends, and the enthusiasm was probably less marked than had been expected. Mr. Kltchlnr made practically the same speech that he had made at ' other places, except he went into detail to explain "how come" Winston-Salem has an inadequate postofflce building. It would be hard to say'whether or not Mr. Kitcbln gained any strength be cause of his speech here. "The great Charlotte Observer," of course, came in for its usual scoring. BOY KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK. Young Man Who Recently Went to Texas From Mount Airy Returns Home a Corpse, Having Met a Hor rible End. Special t The Observer. Mount Airy, Sept. 16. News has been received here by telegraph that Constant 'Banner, of this city, was killed in a wreck on one of the rail roads at Houston, Tex., Saturday. Mr. Banner had been, express imea- senger on thq Southern between Mount Airy and San ford several years. Recently he tesigned his position on the road here and accepted a position as fireman on the road at Houston, Tex. ' He was a fine young man and had a host of .friends In this city, where he was born. He was well connect ed, and the news of his horrible death on the road has cast a pall over the city and community. Your correspondent learns that the remains will arrive hera to-morrow for burial. FELL ACROSS TRACK DRUNK. Life of Ben Taylor, a Young White Man, Was Crushed Out by Two Trains Which Passed Over , His Body. , 7. Special to The Observer. . AshevllJe, Sept 16. An inquest was held yesterday over the remains of Ben, Taylor, whose mangled body was louna on tne rauroaa track near xu ther, twelve miles from-Asheville, yes terday morning. It was found that two trains had passed over the bovly. It is probable that Taylor was run down and killed early yesterday morn ing. The passenger train from Ashe vllle to Waynesvllle yesterday also ran over tne bony. It is said that Taylor was drinking Saturday night and his friends en d savored to get him to go home. Hi lived not far f ronvwhere he was-kjll- ed, and it is supposed that after leav ing the house of his friends (he fell while crossing the railroad tracks and, lying where he fell, was run over and killed. He was a young man probably 23 years of age. To Honor Secretary of .State Root. San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 16. A pe clal to The Express (from Mexico City says the Academy of Legislation and Jurisprudence, a branch of the great Madrid Scientific Association, has called a special convocation of the members in Mexico to; be held Sep tembers 2lst, at which the name of Secretary of State Root will be tro posed for honorary membership. The name of Attorney Caaasu. former ambassador to the United States, will also" be brought op far memberehlp. Crime Runs Riot In Odessa... Odessa. Sept 16, Notwithstanding tne proclamation or tne new prefect of Odessa, General Novlsky, outrages in the etreeta here were resumed to day on the occasion of the funeral of a police official. The Black Hundreds fired revolvers recklessly all day, broke into. Jewish (houses, pillaged them and cruelly beat their occupants Two'Jews were killed and many were injured. ;;-?. Report . are. ..reaching . this.cUy .f raids, robberies and murders et oth er places, ' ... t . MES.BLAIR 01 SENTENCED SiOTION MADE FOR NEW TRIAL The Time For the Hearing of This Motion Not Yet Set Mrs. Blair's Conviction Was a Stunning Surprise, Acqultai Being Exjected, ; Judging From the Verdict in the Green Case Only Three Women Now Prisoners In Palmetto Penitentiary Supreme ; Court Decides Whose Job Keeping Poor House Is Business ' Man of Richland County Dies in Arkansas, , Obesrver Bureau, , 1422 Main Street. ? .' . - Columbia, S. C, Sept. 16? The conviction of Mrs. - Ethel W. Blair is still the talk of the town, and It is no doubt more or less the subject of . conversation throughout v three States. The verdict was a stinging surprise to the defense, as the feeling was general that she would, either be acquitted or a mistrial would result. This feeling was based, not so much on the evidence in the case as It was on the result of the Green case. Green, with a previous killing against him and after being twice refused ball in any sum,-was acquitted within three quarters of an hour after the jury had retired. whih3 Mrs. Blair, a- handsome woman with attractive children and many staunch friends and with an ex cellent reputation in the community up to the time of the killing, had fac ed a Jury under most favorable cir cumstances; a Jury from the" same panel, and after being released on a bond In a nominal sum, Everybody seems puzzled to figure out satisfac torily the wherefore of the difference in the fate of the two. Colonel Nelson, who defended Mrs. Blair, has the rep utation throughout the State of being one of the ablest and best criminal lawyers the State has ever produced, and Mrs. Blair had many staunch personal friends working in her be- mtir, but from the fact that she had few family connections in this county she lacked the favorable local in fluence that counts so much with Ju ries in this State. Mrs. .Blair was not sentenced to day, a many expected she would be. She will not be brought back into court to receive sentence until the mo- wen ror a new trial has been passed upon, and the time for hearing this has not been set. It will be heard some time this week. This will almost certainly be refused, and she will re fM' ""f. " HJ?. Supreme Court, unless she Is granted bail in the meantime, which is likely. She wilt probably be out on ball in a few days. But Mrs. Blair's chances to secure a new trial at the hands of the Supreme Court are regarded as extremely slim. Not only did the presluing judge yield practically every point of contention to her counsel during the trial, but it Is the custom of the Supreme Court to rarely reverse the Circuit Courts, par ticularly in criminal cases. ONLY THREE WOMEN IN PRISON. It is an extremely rare thing for a white woman to be sent to the peni tentiary in thls State. Out of oyer a thousand prisoners there now only three are white women, and for many years enly two were on the rolls.t Mrs. Carson, from Spartanburg," convicted of complicity in the murder of her husband, is serving a life term. Minnie Hall Is serving a ten-year term for the part she took In the murder of a man from one of the lower counties. Thel new white woman arrival is Neely Pat terson, given three years from Ander son county for conducting a house of ill repute. DECISION" FOR" B ELITE. The tussle S. G. (Howell and J. Fln- cher Belue have been having over the Job of superintendent of the Union county poor house and farm was um pired by the Supreme Court in an opinion handed down to-day, favoring Belue's side. The retiring board of county commissioners last year ap pointed Belue for a term of one year from the 6th of last October, and the opinion sustains him in holding on till his year Is out. Howell was appoint ed by the new board for a term of one year from January 7th, 107. Belue rerused to get out and Howell and two of the county commissioners, Joseph Sanders and W. Fowler Bobb. sought to oust him through Injunction. Thi Injunction was refused by Judge Aid- rich, and the decision to-day sustains the action of the lower court. . 4 DEATH OF BUSINESS MAN, Friends and admirers throughout the country were grieved to learn of the unexpected death at Hot 8prlngs, Ark., yesterday of Mr. Glenn A. Kara lner, a prominent merchant " banker and planter of the lower portion of this county. Mr. Kamlner . had gone to Hot Springs on account of his eye sight, but had Improved so much that he was making preparations to come home about two weeks ago. In the act of telling some friends there good bye he was seized by an attack of cholera morbus, from which he never recovered. - Mr, Kaminer rendered valuable services to hi party in 1876 when Hampton redeemed the State from the radicals. He is survivled by a widow and four children. The chil dren are Messrs. Harry, Ernest and Earle Kaminer and Miss Nellie Kaminer.-, '', V DIES BY DROWNING. Too Much Liquor the Undoing of One Tom wnite, a ' egro or Aurora, Who Loses His Life ' In Pamlico River. , ';r Special to The Observer. Washington, N. C Sept. 16. Tom White, a colored man, of Aurora, was drowned in this city at Fowle's dock on Pamlico river this afternoon at 6 0 c ock. it seem tnat white was a passenger on Capt. Shaw Banner's sail boat plying between Aurora and this Mite sn J Vtn A enm sfe t i In h4 ah Jt VAVJTl OlIU .ilCLVi W W Tf UUU0tVII iiU attend Gentry Bros.' circus. , While here White imbibed too freely of rock and rye and.in attempting to ro aboard the - boat - slipped be tween the dock fend ' the boat i and immediately ank ' before any : one could come to his rescue. After about one half hour's search Chief of Police George N. Howard res cued his body by means of long poles with hooks attached. . Coroner Joshua Tayloe was summoned and held an Inquest over the body, the ver diet being that the deceased came to his death through drowning. White was a married man about 25 years of age and was highly thought of in his home town. His one weakness caused his death. Major McCoy, Seventeenth Infantry, Hurt in Jiunaway. . . Atlanta, ' Oa., Sept. . 16. Major Frank B. McCoy, commandfriif th third battalion of the . Seventeenth United States Infantry at Fort Mc Pherson, was thrown from a buggy during a runaway in West End late to-day and seriously cut and (bruised. It is feared he may also be internally lrjursdjjajor-McCoy was appeintd second lieutenant from civil life in 1890 and is a Native of Augusta, Oa. ANSWER FILLED B Y SUITERS IGNORANCE? PLEADED BY THEM. The Clients of Mr. Jacob A. Long, of ; Alunmiice County, Who Brought - Penalty Suits Against the North Carolina and Southern Railroads, For Their Action Being Cited 16 ' Appear Before ; Judge Prltchard, Make Answer to Him As to Why - They Instituted - Thrso Suits Sub Stance of the Paper Filed With the Clerk at Ashevllle. Special o The Observer. . . Ashevllle: Sept 16. Mr. Jacob A. Long and, his clients,-Mr. E. L, Shaw, Mr. S. C. Craddock, Mr.' T. C. Mont gomery arid Mr. .W; E. Spoon, of Ala mance county who recently institut ed three sulta in the Superior Court of Alamance against the North Caro lina j Railroad Company and one against the Southern Railway direct for penalty tinder the North Carolina 2 1-4-cent passenger rate' law, and who were r cited 4 to appear 'before Judge Prltchard - here October 19th and show cause why they should not be enjoined, have. filed their answer and pray that- they be (permitted to continue the,rosecution of the suits. The matter came up before Judge Prltchard several days ago as anoth er chapter in the ancillary bill of the Southern Railway Company against Franklin McNeill,", et al. Colonel Rodman, for the Southern, appeared before Judge Prltchard and asked for an injunction restraining Mr, Long and his clients from prosecut ing the suits. -. In the answer filed fo-day in the clerk's office here the Alamance gen tlemen state thatr.it is true that thy have Instituted action in Alamance county but deny, that there was any agreement or conspiracy by them to do so; that neither, of them knew of the other's action. They each say that they had no knowledge of the orders or Mother -proceedings in this action . (the Southern Railway against Franklin McNeill, et al.) further than such Information as was from time to time published in. the papers of the State, and- as to the facts stated therein they did not comprehend or understand the matter fully. Thay allege that they were not parties to the action and did not believe that they were In any legal sense bound by what .was . ordered therein; that before they could be affected by any order in that action they would have a right to be made a party and have a day in court.. The respondents say further that they were attempting to enforce a le gal right in a legal and orderly way and to that end. in good faith, they instituted these several actions in the Superior Court of Alamance county. Counsellor Long, : answering the com plaint of the railroad company, says that it is not true that he acted in "defiance" of the order c-f this court, for, he insists, he and hlf clients were In no legal sense bound or affected by any order made in an action where they nor either of them were parties. CounellorjIong says that the only in formation' h ihad ..oC, the action was by reading newsoapere of the State. They pray that they be not enjoined The matter will be heard before Judge Prltchard here on October 19th. ...... NEGRO BAPTISTS IN POLITICS. Hot Debate of the Brownsville Affair the Feature of the National Con vention Resolutions Criticising the President and Praising Foraker Adopted. "Washington, Sept. 16. Despite the efforts of some of the leaders to keep out of Its discussion all mat ters political, the National Negro Baptist Convention to-day, after a stormy session, hotly debated the BrowuiBvlile affair. The committee on ,the state of the union had re fused to eliminate from Its report all reference to the question and had prepared resolutions on the subject which severely criticised President Roosevelt and strongly praised Sena tor Foraker for the stand he had taken. The delegates finally con sented to a milder set of resolutions offered by the presiding officer. These resolutions are as follows: In common with all good citizen, we. deplore what has come to be known as, the Brownsville affair ihd we trust that time win yet reveal the real perpetrators of the crime. "The entire country is under a debt of gratitude to the Hon. J. B. For aker and others who secured for the soldiers the right to be heard , in their own defense." , The Convention adjourned to-night FIRE AT smTHFIELD. Hom& 6f Mr. S. R. Morgan, Valued at 3,500, Destroyed was Partially Insured. Special to The Observer. to Mr. S. R. Morgan was destroyed by Are at 3 o'clock to-day. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it must have been caused by rats in the cell ing, 'When discovered, smoke was coming through the roof. It was a large two-story frame building worth 13,500. It was Insured for 12.750. All the furniture on the first floor was saved, but that on the second floor was lost. It was insured for $500. Shaft to Dead Massachusetts Soldiers V - Unveiled at Winchester, Winchester, Va.. Sept 16. A hand some granite shaft to the memory of the Massachusetts soldiers who fell in battle around ,4Wlnchester, was dedicated here to-day. Governor Guild and his staff wers met by Mayor H. H. Baker and a delegation from the city council, who escorted them to the national cemetery, where the exercises were ' held. Rev. Dr. T, P. Hyde, chaplain general of the Turner Ashby camp of Confederate veterans, delivered an address of welcome. Governor Guild in his ad dress paid a tribute to the fallen he roes, both North and South. , Follow lng the unveiling ceremonies the en tire party went to Stonewall Ceme tery, where flowers were strewn on the graves ot tne south s heroes, Rsces For Upton ; Cup. Norfolk." Va.. Sent 16. At a meet lng to-night at the Hampton .Roads Yacht Club it was decided to hold the International races for the Linton cup. The cup will be contested for oy yachts in tne p ana Q ciarmes now at the Exposition, .The yachts Sue, Aiannaxset . ana capsicum nave en tered and the first race v will V be pulled oft to-morrow. , - . ''tffr4f,r'-''' !!"!". 1 "'i T-:'v-'"V'"ij.'.: ' .Prominent Georgia. Lawyer Dead. S Dublin, Ga., Sept, 16. Colonel M. Stubbs, a prominent lawyer, died here to-day, aiced 70 years. , He was rbreTet"rxer-fnhs,Con federate army and served throughout the civil wr, ; 4 SECRETARY BRILNEB BACK TALKS INTERESTINGLY OF TRIP. He Visited Many Places in Europe in the Interest of Securing Immigrants to Come to North Carolina People in Scotland, and England Are Com ing Over Next Month Rowland Gasc Set For September 30th Ne gro Boy Drowned in Small Pool Improvement Company For Hill.--boro Wake Prepares For Extensive Road Improvement Templars Will Participate in Masonic Exercises. Observer Bureau.. ' s The Hollaman Building, Raleigh, Sept. 16. Secretary Thomas K. Bruner, of the State Agricultural Department, who is. the acting Immigration commissioner for North Carolina, returned yester day from Europe, having been absent exactly two months. It was his sec ond trip abroad. He went mrst to France and made a three days' study of the 'market gardens around Paris with a view to getting prices as regards high- class trucking. He says that this market gardening there is a fine art. He talked with the American consul at France as to the advislbiltty of try ing to bring any French farmers to North Carolina- but was discouraged. the consul saying that Frenchmen are needed in their country for two reas ons: First because the government makes it very hard to et away, and, secondly, they are doing well there, because they are shipping their truck, etc., to England and to the north of Europe, growing early vegetables and getting very handsome prices for them, Mr. Bruner went next to London and spent two days there with the agent who looks ' after immigration matters for the Southern Railway, and there made a study of conditions as to English laborers. He went to Lin colnshire and also paid a special visit to Rev. W. S. Key, who is an adjoin ing county and who not long ago went from this State, he being the Joint agent in England of the State and of the Carolina Develpoment Company, the headquarters of which are at Wil mington. Mr. Bruner found that there was agood field for work among the English and that they are coming in numbers. It is expected that , the first party will be here in October and another in Nevember, the latter being under the escort of Mr. Key. The lat ter delivers lectures and makes a very fine lmpresion, and Mr. Bruner says he is doing a very good work. Leaving that part of England, Mr. Bruner went to Scotland and mude Edinburgh his headquarters for 18 days, and talked with his representa tive at that place. He perfected t rangements for the egency syHtem all over Scotiand and England as well. He met the fathers and mothers of all the Scotch lads who came here last year and this year, and in the hall of St. Matthews church at Edinburgh gave a lecture and showed 120 stere onticon views of North Carolina which he had specially made. He nays that it is the first time he ever knew such views to be appte.uded. but the people went wild about them. The beauty of the scenery of the State, Its variety, the sizes of the fruits, vegetables, etc. struck their fancy. Mr. Bruner says he has aranged for obtaining a num ber of Scotch lads from the farms, and thathe will confine the work of immi gration to persons from the farms, there and elsewhere. About 20 will be here In 8 weeks. After leavinar Scotland he went to Norway and met Edward Nelsen, who was here some time ago ana wno is arranging to secure immigrants from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The movement from that part of the coun try depends on the attitude of the Hamburg-American steamship line and If this matter is arranged then those northern countries will be in as thorough touch with this State as England. and Scotland. Mr. isruner at Hamburg had a conference with of ficials of this line and also saw them at Berlin, Germany. ' It is more diffi cult to get immigrants from -Germany than from anywhere else, so strict are the laws. An agent has to be licens ed, and the government watches him constantly and if he Recommends to any person to go to any particular place and the person so going does not find conditions precisely as represent ed by the agent all he has to do Is to report to any police officer ana straightway the agent U arrested, Is fined very heavily, his license revoKea and he goes to prison for two years. Oernuinv. like France, does not want her men to leave, though her popula tion Is Increasing wrrtie tnat 01 ranee is practically at a standstill. At ths next term of Superior Court here, at which the Rowlands are to be tried. Judge Long win presiae. rne Rowland case is set for September 80th. , The news to-day. from Rev. or. Al fred H. Moment, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, was somewhat more assuring, tnougn nis conuiuun still very critical. . Grand Secretary urewry, 01 ine Grand Lodge of Masons, says the Brand commander of the Knight's Templar has tendered their services as an escort to the grand lodge in Octo ber, at the laying or the corner-sxone of the Masonic Temple at Raleigh, and that it will parade five hundred strong In uniform. , . Jhe New Jersey JTire inBurH.rn.-a yu... pany notifies. Insurance Commissioner Young that It will withdraw from North Carolina, No reason is given for this ac tion. The company has not done much business In this State and has not been fctASKA iitr or It is learned that the exhibit made by the North Carolina Whool for the Blind is one ot the prise winner LihL town Expedition. Ohio, North Carolina and WMt Virginia were the three leaifr ers among the many exnions mo. NEGRO BOY DROWNED. Yesterday afternoon a 10-year-old negro bey, Jomos Kelley. was drowned In a small pool ot water in the suburbs ot the city. He was stAndtng on the bank ana nuahlnir ticks into thl Water Wh-n he lost his balance and fell in. He could not swim. Several other small negroes were with him. . . ft4titrv Henry C. Brown, of the cor poratldh commlsalon, left to-day for Wsshinirfon, D. C, to aid ti attorneys for the State and the expert accountants In the examination of the books of ths Pouthern Railway, which was ordered .by Ppeclal Master Walter Montgomery to bo mad. This will probably occupy all the present ween. '-.--. A charter Is ftranted the Alliance Man itfacturing Company, of Bear Creek, Chatham county, to manufacture lumbr, etcj capital stocx iio.ww. HILL8B0RO AWAKES. ' HllUboro lias been talked about these many years as a sleepy town, but it has waked up and a charter Is granted the Iltllsboro Real Kstnte V Improvement c, capital stock $100,000, to make all sorts of Improvemertts, includln el-Mrtrlo lights,- water plants, etew Shapperd fumdwlck being the principal stock holder, ' V- : ' '"'' v'; .' - , The Sholby Roller Mill Company Is also chartered, capital stork lt0,0ii. C. C. lianrkik--4lhrfeinrer stock- holders. 1 fctate Superintendent Joyner leaves to morrow for Pitt end Currituck counties, where he will make several speeches In the Interest Of local taxation for schools. EXTENSIVE ROAD SCHEME. This county has arranged for a very extenslv-4 scheme ot public road Improve ment, its machinery is to oe put up hi the State fair grounds and the stone which Is to be rmshed and used for macadamising will be trap rock brought from Garner, a fw miles south ot here. mere is a uvko 01 tnis rocK union ap proaches within a little ever a mile of Raleigh nr.d which extend for many miles almost north and south. ; To-dy Attorneys Pou and Rodman completed their briefs, record, etc., in the Southern Railway fine case, which will be argued to-morrow. Attorney S. G. Ryan will appear for the State" in this matter before the Supreme Court, h having; appeared In the Superior Court here... -: . Next Mommy the Baptist Tabernacle Sunday school, the largest in the State, will eIvo an outlno- to 1.000 ot its scholars on the atreet cars, who will go over all the line within the city, ending wiui a spread at i'ulion Park. . -- A new power house Is under construc tion at St. .Augustine Normal School, col ored, at the northeastern boundary of tha city. It is being built of stone from a quary on the premises, the same material being u?d for building St. Agnes Hos pital at that institution. PULL FOR SOUTHERN TERMINAL Salisbury Will Make a Fight to Take Stopping Place of Southern Train , frewa- From Queen City Negroes Cause' Much Trouble ou the Sab bath. Special to The Observer. Salisbury, Sept. 16. This city learns that it ha a fighting chance for the Southern terminal of the train crews stopping now iu Charlotte from their wushimcton runs. Somebody learns that this will bring, in round numbers, 600 of the boat trainmen in the service and with their families will add 1.000 to the citizen ship of Salisbury. Salisbury is looked upon with favor by the railroad people, It being: middle around between Wash ington and Atlanta. Mayor Boyden Is thinking of extending a call to the people of the town to express themselves ou the proposition. Walter Coffey, a negro, fared roughly last night at the hands ot soma white man. The fellow was on a car swearing in the presenrio of ladles, and ho waa aked by the men to atop it. He abused them, but it didn't last lonir. They snatched him oft the car and beat him fiercely until ho called loudly lor mercy. There were yella of "lynch him," but that may have been a habit. Georgo Harris, enother negro, gave the officers trouble yeatenlay. He runs a boarding houae and thone in it out. Yesterday he tilled Up on cocaine and. becoming wildly drunk, proceeded to smash everything and run the boarders out. Hq whs arrested and locked up. His people paid him out and he took another whirl at the drug and again' ran his guosts out. He was takw out the second time and started another racket but got out of the way before he was t-uught or did any more harm. BIG COURT DOCKET. Guilford County Ha Many Criminals to Bo Tried Thin Week Two Homicide Cases In the List. Special to Tho Obscrvor. Greensboro, Sept. 16.--Judge Council did not arrlvo this morning in tlnin to onon court at W o'clock, the hour for th opening, so tho auihorlilot hero dismissed the Jury until 2:'J0 o'clock this afternoon. JudKe Council came in on the noon train and the Jury was charned this nf ternoon at the beginning of courtiOniy a lew cases wera heard this afternoon. Were It not that court is to come oft this week, something would certainly nave to r done in the immediate future to relieve the crowded condition In tho jail here. Jailer May say that at pres ent hn has (1 criminals In the Jail. 33 of whom are white. This is the second larg est number that has ever been confined in tho lull at one time, several yearn ago tne total nt one time, amounting to o odd Tho clerk has just completed a docket for this term of court, ami In all there are m cases spread upon It. All but about ft), which have been carried ever from former terms, will go before the grand Jury. Thtse cages represent nl tguit all of the crimes known of In this fection of tho country.. Lee Kirk will be tried for hie life for the kllllng of "Uiuck joe' Moreheftd,. and Policeman Secret, of Hltrh I'olnt, will also be tried for homicide nt this term of court. It la hardly thoucht that Jtidr Council will be ablo to sweep tho docket In onu week's time. SEQUEL TO A SAD STORY. Young lAdy, Sweetheart of Young iian wno hub mum lant Sep tember, Commits Suicide on Anni versary of His Death. Special to Tho Observer. Salisbury, Sept. 16.-When Lloyd W. fcwieegooa was Drought home a corpse last yea, It leaked out that he had been killed ry a kntro wound, ms mother, lying at the point of death, never know her son was dead. She died soon and was foloiwed a fow months Inter by her hus band. The New Orleans State last week told the sad sequel loathe death of the Hulls bur v young man. lie was killed by Mrs. Meyers, a pretty young woman with whom ho was Infatuated and who loved him. On the trial for her life, Mrs. Mey ers declared that th young man had at tacked her and In tho strugglo for the pnaaession of the knife it had accidental ly cut blin, from which wound he died two daya later, September 10th. Ths woman tried to commit suicide the tame data but seemed never to have had a r;ood chance. Last Tuesday he swel owed acid that killed her, dying On the anniversary of her sweetheart's death. There seemed no doubt that her Intention to destroy herself was heightened by ths approach, of the anniversary and her relatives had expeeted It. POWER TO ACT ON LOAN. Dominican Congress, In Special Ses sion Grants Full Authority to Ex ecutive to Negotiate Contract With New York Concern. v, Washington, Sept II.- The Bureau 01 jnauiar Aiiairs has received a cablegram announcing that ths Santo Domingo Congress to-day passed a resolution delegating to the Executive of that government full power and authority to act on the 10,0 00.000 Dominican loan contract The vote was 14 for snd 1 against The session at which this authority was given to President Caoerea was an extraordinary one, called for Sep tember 10th, to deal with the latest proposition for the contract for the loan by Kuhn, Loeb &"Co., of New York. . This proposition provided for tne supply of the needed 120.000,000 on condition that the loan be taken st 96 cents on the dollar. ' The bonds to run for 30 years with permission for tne Dominican government to re deem them at the end of 10 years. ,reac Conference Meeting Not Held . xesterday. Washington, Sept. 1 -Diplomatic representatives of the five Central American republics did not continue to-day their meeting for the purpose of Arranging a permanent eacs con ference to be beld in -Washington. several of the diplomats being out, of the city. 8nor Cores, minister ot Nicaragua, and Senor Toledo. ; minis ter ef Guatemala, have received in structions authorising them to proceed with the preliminary conference and to sign the protocol arranging for a permanent conference, f This Isnre garde d sjLeUmlnaU&g all possibility of the failure of the Central American representatives to cpme to an agreement. BALL PLAYER IN JEOUELE M'KINNON IS UNDER ARREST Frank McKInnon. FJ-stwMIo Char- lotto Ball Player, Shoots and Seriously' Injures Emma Jones, a Negro Woman, in tlie Tenderloin Section of the -City -McKInnon Surrenders Himself and is Flaccd In Safe Keeping Jn the Tombs The Cause of the Trouble- Worn an In Serious Condition, Bullet I-'ot Having Been Located. Frank McKInnon, a baseball player of some note and a' man about town, shot and - perhaps fatally wounded - Emma Jones, a middle-aged negro woman, on the front porch of Ethel Bryce's house, No. 9 Springs alley, a few minutes before 7 o'clock last night : Immediately after the shoot ing McKInnon hurried into the city as fast as his legs could carry him and gave himself up to the officers. The woman was carried to the Good Samaritan Hospital. , . , There Is little doubt as to the . cause of the trouble. The negro" woman, who had been drinking, , struck Ethel Bryce across the face with a chair and then, with an oath. threatened to do the same to ; Mc Kinnon, who was standing ;;V near. McKInnon Jerked out his pistol, a 81 callbre blue steel Iver Johnson,' and , shot her in the right shoulder. This did not feeze her, for she struck at , the Bryce woman again, doubtless not then realizing that "she had been hit. In a moment, however, she staggered out in the alley and fell In a pool of her own blood. . McKInnon presented a sorry spec tacle when he rushed up town. His face was running water; ls steel gray eyes blazed; his shirt was Open at the front, and his clothes were all muddy. He looked like the hunted animal he was, for the police wers hot on his trail. He rushed up to Patrolmen Johnson and House at the corner of Trade and College stjreets, told them that he had just shot a negro woman on Springs alley, and aald .that he wanted to give him self up. lie then turned over his plntoi and was carried to the police station, where he spent the night At his own request, the officers, accom- , panted him to Jordan's, where he got something to settle his nerves. " ' McKInnon is a native of Florida. He has played on several professional and semi-professional baseball teams rs pitcher. Several months ago he came to Charlotte for the purpose of organizing a team here. He got together a few players snd essayed to meet several of the clubs In the surrounding cities. His venture, however, w(js not a successful one and tho team soon went to pieces. Since then he has been making , hjidquarters here. A 'phone message late last night from the Good Samaritan Hospnal stated that the bullet had hot been I lncajed and that the attending physl- TfTVmi 'H I v.. V 111,1 4. unit LflV right lung. It will be probed for again to-day and If found will be removed. Her condition was said to be serious. ii Pending the result of the shooting, McKinnbn will be held In custody. GEORGLV RATE SOT CONTINUE. Cases Brought by Central of Georgia ' and Other Railroads Halted Bo ca 1100 Governor U Not Named as Co-Defendant With Railroad Com mission. ' Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 18. The suits brought by the Central of Gorgla and other railroads against the State rail road commission to restrain that body from reducing pRsaengar rates in Georgia, were taken up to-daye fore Judge Newman, of the Federal Court. Attorney General Hart sub mltted a demurrer to the hearing on the ground that the enforcement ot tho new rate law was not vested In the railroad commission, but was left to the Governor, and that Jhe Gover- , nor had not b.-en named defendant in the snlts. Further hearing of the oases may b continued untU this point ha been disposed of. . ;v SlmPar suits brought by the Louis ville & Nashville and the Atlanta te West Point roads, which were sched- -uled for hearing In the Superior' Court to-day, were continued until -to-morrow, on account of the absence of counsel who were at the hearing before the Federal Court Later Judge Newman ordered fur ther hearing of the cases continued until October 7th. when he will ren der a decision on the demurrers filed by the State. - , Anti-Saloon Ix-aguo st Jamestown. . Norfolk. Va Sept U. The tenth 1 annual convention of the Anti-Saloon .' League of America opened to-night at ' the Jamestown Exposition. The lea gue wfll be in session four days. Fri day will be celebrated as "temper- , . ance day." A conference of State agents and, field workers of the league was hell this afternoon, at which the . league finances were discussed. V Virginia Veterinarians at Richmond. Richmond, Vs., Sept." 11. Half, a- hundred expert veterinarians from two score of States were In session here to-day, representing the Stats -.- erlnarians will consider methods ' of controlling and eradicating conta gious diseases la live stock, The con- t ventloh will be in session three days. ' Alabama Jurist Found ttmdln Bed. Montgomery. Ala., Sept li. Judge Terry M. Richardson was found deal in bed at a hotel at Luverne to-day, liavlng been overcome by chloroform,, which he had taken te allay; head-, ache. Judge Richardson had gone to Luverne to appear la murder ease. He was a prominent attorney and for years served on the circuit bench of ; this State. United StsteN Navy Contracts For Welsh St com Coat ., London,' Sept 1. -The United States Navy Department has, accord ing to a dispatch' from Cardiff, Wales, to news agency here, contracted with Welsh firms 'for 100,000 tons of the beet steam coal, the delivery to extend over 1908.': The price agreed upon has been kept secret x-.:-5 ' 0 ' Wasltlngton Corretcm1ents Return to 1 Capital- V Norfolk, Vs., Sopt 16. The sev enty Washington correspondents rep resenting the larger dally newspapers of 4 the country, who have been tha guests of tihe Jamestown ExpotUm management--si nee- Saturday,-- to-t - r vtsltd the American warships off V 1 Exposition grounds and left to-ni.t for ths national capital
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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