Newspapers / The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, … / May 25, 1908, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
CHAKLOTT.C DAILY OESERVEK, MAY 25, WOOD CASE TO EE HEARD. Chargee of IVrJury Against Ml Sfae Wood Vlll B Laid Before the Grand Jury This AVeek Defendant Is RuDDorted by Friends Who Are . Possessed of Strong Reiamrces. New Tork, May, 14. Another chap ter in ena of tha moat remarkable le gal actions that has "been heard In Xew York courts tn Jon time will probably begin thin week when the charge of perjury against Mae . C Weed, the former newspaper woman and lawyer of Omaha," Vho sued TJnlt ed States Senator Thomas X. Piatt tor divorce, vUI be laid before grand lure. Unusuat public Interest hs. centred In the Wood-Piatt case, chiefly on account of the prominence of the eared Senator, few enea .are more widely known than the veteran er leader f the Republican party In this State.' wth the Infirmities or age heavy upon him the Senator waa com peiied to submit to the ordeal of the witness stand and the sharp crees-ex- mination of opposing counsel. Miss Wood's suit Involved many sen eational charges and it was fortified by documentary "evidence until Justice O'German declared there waa evi dence of forgery and that he beUevd Mass Wood had committed perjury in order to sustain her chargea. Miss Wood was taken to the Tombs prison on Thursday. During her stay there she has manifested cheerfulness vnsual In a woman committed under eo serious charges, and has endeavor ed to comfort herself by her own con clusions, which she expressed at the time of her arrest, that burden of proof now rests upon those who are prosecuting her end that It will be more difficult to convict her than to ..aval-throw tire action for divorce. . I For several days It appeared that the woman was without friends but THREE KIT.LKD IX COLLISION. Crowded Trolley Jumps Track and is -, Hit by a Southbound Car, Kflllng Three and Injuring Half a Hundred iv r tlie injured at aoi ivx ,:' pectcd to Recover.- : v - V Philadelphia Pa May . Three persons were instantly killed and at least Ave others were so badly injured that there Is no hope for tbsir reoov ery, and 41 vera seriously hurt In collision between trolley cars on Qer- mantown avenue, near Chestnut Hill, suburb in the northers section of the city late to-nixhL - - - The only body thus far identified Is that of Mr George J?. Wagner, aged years, of Cornwall. Fa. The bodies of an unidentified woman about years of age, and an unlden tlfled man. about 4 years of age, are la a hospital. Forty-live persons were taken to the t chestnut Hill and . Germantown hos pitals each of which is several miles from the scene of the accident and many were taken in automobiles by the wealthy residents of the Chestnut Hiss district They are treated by private physicians and In consequence details as to the Injured cannot be ob tained. . , Among those who were dangerous' ly Injured were George Wagner, whose wife was killed; Alexander McKay. aged 4S years, who has a wooden leg The artificial member was jammed up Into hla body and fa cannot live. It is aald. The accident was caused by a ear running north jumping a track while going down a steep gradt not far from Chestnut IlilL The car swung across the southbound track and was struck by a car on that track. Both cars were filled with passengers. CI ANT TREE MAKES VEXEER& Murderer of Young Girl 6hoota Him- .. self. New York. May 24. Returning to fhft nelrRHnrhnnrf from m-hlch h m h A this was disproven on Saturday when) fled after killing Miss Nina E. Doane bail to the extent of 1 5.000 was offer ed by a surety company. This offer could not be accepted owing to the lateness of the hour when the tender waa made but It probably win be re peated to-morrow. Rumors that Miss . ..J 1 M W. ... VTOOU IS vuppuriva ny inrnu. wnw i y shooting her. In her grandmother's home In Brooklyn last night because she had rejected him. Llpman Keasler made away with himself on Fulton ' street by shooting himself In the breast ear'y to-day. His body waa found ly ln i ft t Vi a mt pool tr K mrW possessed of strong resources were r- had been sesrehing for him for sev- rived by the offer ot bail but hr, ,r,i hours after he had killed Miss counsel declined to disclose their Iden- Doane and wounded her Intended tlty a,nd MIS Wood has made no pub lic M,,tlnM Af iu,h frimnAa it nh iia. I them. TEVTH DAIJXT TO-DAY. T la Relieved That the Tenth Ballot of - the Methodist Conference M ill Re. salt In the Fieri Ion of Two Bishops -Many Attack Have IWhi Made ' Tpon the Candidates For the Bteh-oprics. Episcopal Oeneral Conference now lewiy stalled current will doubtless be long remem- having great bered for the'number and peculiar characters of the attacks that have, been made upon candidates for the! bishoprics to be filled. Thus far four men have suffered more or lens by reason of the circulation among ttio delegates of stories, iome of them very vague and not all of them told with their proper and just explana tions. The most pronounced sufferer has been Rev. Dr. Charles L. Ooodull, of New York. A plcayuno story husband, Thomas Faulkner. Amerln Car Is Again leading. Paris. May 25. A dlipatch to The Matin dated May 24, Nlkolsk. Russia, say: "The American car In the New York-to-Parls automobile race Is again In the lead, arriving here after two days of ploughing' the muddiest of roads. It overtook the German car a few miles out of Vladivostok and at times the two cars were almost hope- In the mire, the crews difficulty In extricating themselves." NikoUk Is about 100 miles from Vladivostok. Airship Injured Are Recovering, Oakland', Cal., May 24. The seven men sorlous'y Injured in an airship accident of yesterday are all doing well to-day at the Roosevelt Hospital In Berkeley. None of them will die. L. V. Ilodgers, an assistant engineer in the crew, who was believed to be fatallv inlured. will recover. CanLiln that! Penfold, an Australian aeronaut, who falsely represented Rev. Dr. William A. Quayle aa having in his youth act ed the part of a jilt apparently hurt him for a time, but the reaction "brought by the statement of the truth has been markedly to his advantage. A similar resu't Is probably In the case of Rev. Dr. Joseph C. Hlngeley, see retary of the Conference, against whom a resident of the doctor's home city, Minneapolis, attempted to In fluence delegates and succeeded for time by means of telegrams de claring that Minneapolis' was astound ed at the prominence given Dr. Hinge ley In the Baltimore meeting. A fourth candidate who has been made the vic tim of a story partly told, which. If told In ful, could not possibly have in fluenced the vote of any sane man against him. Is Rev. Dr. George P. Eckman. of New York. It la not unlikely that the tenth bal lot, which will be counted early to morrow morning and announced to the Conference upon its reassembling, will result In the election of two more Bishops, leaving four to fee chosen. There are some Indications and more to opes that the selection of men for . elevation to the episcopacy will there after go on more rapidly, though none will venture a prediction as to when this portion of the work of the Con ference will be completed. stowed away In the air craft after he had been ordered off, and suffered both legs broken end Internal hurts, is much Improved. Thirty-Eight Logs Taken From Bis; . Black Walnut Tree Jn farybuxl ' Mako OO.ooo Feet of Strikingly Figured Veneers For . Charles ML fcUeff Mouse. . - Baltimore Cor. The Music Trades. - - The accompanying Illustration shows a remarkably Urge black wal nut log recently ... secured by the Charles M, Stleff house in this olty, and the tree It was taken from made 140.000 feet of finely figured veneer. This log waa cat from a mammoth moth walnut tree on the farm of E. Pettlbene. at the junction of White hall creek ud the Chesapeake bay. mense trunk was cut Into sections and the latter were loaded on soow for transportation to Baltimore. In all,, there were thirty-eight logs. averaging eight feet In length. 8truck bv the unusual beauty of the wood, a representative of ... the Stleff house bought the Jogs, and they were sent to Virginia to be cut Into - veneering. Tls operation, on account of the sise of the logs, was a delicate one, but it was done with on mrctAenl. Countlnr out all Jected and Inferior pieces, the result was about lOO.oeo I set et sgureo vav- neer. ' In former times thsre were many stately black walnut trees on tne an- $( If; jtiw . -a Ian . COTTON. MiCE-zunsr. . lloiii.il l-e a Pickers , " Eevolving ; j - Flat Cards , Railway Heads ' T and. , Drawing; Frames J In Clubbing Interxnediat -and ,l -Hoving Frames . Gpinnlng: Frames' Spoolers . , ' aad - V Heels . ',' Am H. VJAGHDURCJ, Co ut hern Aacrii jrM-e.nt- . CHABLOTTE, M0ETH 0AH0IINA v ; - nyiXHj AND SIIOTGCX RATTLE. Fxoaplng Gas Kills Two. Chicago, May 24. Gas escaping from an open jet In the kitchen of his home caused the death to-day of Oeorge Robert, a carpenter, and ol his daughter Annie, It years old. Three other members of the family were unconscious when found, but re covered later. The latter were saved through the chance visit of a neighbor who discovered, the plight of the occu pants of the house and broke tnrou-h the door. Indications were that the escape of gas was accidental. Michigan Mill Be Launched To-Mor-row. Washington, - May 24. Tuesday next, at Camden, N. J., there will b launched the battleship Michigan, the first American all big gun ship. Tnu Michigan is a sister ship of the South Carolina, which, however, has not yet tern launched and represents the first attempt by the American government of the construction of a vessel, the principal object of whh'h Is the car rying of as many heavy guns of even calibre as her displacement will permit. Iflsalssipplans Engage ro a Lively Bat tle With Revolvers and SUoic; tins Two Are Dead, On Fatallv Wound. ed and Another Inlured ftliootiiiir ia Sequel of a Quarrel Wlucu Ot'-uch effort In a long throw from deep , curred several Days Ago. ' f left field to the home plate during a New Orleans. La.. May 24. News1 Bame between two local baseball Fielder Throws Runner Out at Plate and Drupe) Dead. i St. Louis, Mo., May 24. Anxious to make up for an error previously com mitted John R. Parry, an ameteur baseball player, to-day put forth In Anne Arundel county, Man-land. The tree was said to be apparently about 150 or 100 years old and grew eo close to the water that oyster hells were found embedded In the wood. These shells wero a foot from the bark, and It is supposed that they became attached to the trunk many years ago and were later sur rounded by the growing wood. The tree waa g feet I inches In diameter at the base and divided at some distance from the ground Into three branches, each more than two feet In diameter. It took two men vleven days to fell It, and after that six men with four horses labored three days In moving It eeventy-flve yards to the wharf. There the Im plant plantations along the Chesa peake bay, but of these few now re main. The Pettlbone tree, standing so near to the water, was a familiar landmark to hay navlgatora. It was of great height as well as of enor mous trunk. The base log is said to have been the largest log ever landed at the port of Baltimore. To load It upon a flat car. the Baltimore tc Ohio Rail road officials had to order up a spe cial crane. The thirty-eight logs made heavy loads for two large care. The veneering was cut so as to bring out the full beauty of the wood, and those pieces which have been polished show truly remarkable effecta. . -..- reached here to-day of the killing of two men, the probably fatal wounding of another and the Injury of a fourth In a revolver and shotgun battle near Big Springs, MIbs., yesterday. Ta dead are William Hilton, and his son, Thomas Hilton. The wounded aro John Nation and a negro whose namo la not known. The shooting was the sequel of a quarrel which occurred , gnlnll ton and John Nation. Yesterday these, two men met again and resumed the! quarrel but wers separated. ' Later! when a negro was driving the Hlltons, by the home of the Nations John Na- tlon was standing in front of his! house. Words were passed and shots had been exchanged when the young er Kalian ran nut nt i v.. v. .,- ' Shotgun and fired at the Hilton's teams, that he burst a blood vessel and fell dead as the Jaall reached the catcher and put out the player w.io was trying to steal home. Tornado In Iowa, Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 24. A tor nado swept over the western part of Council Bluffs this afternoon, dcmol- barns, fences and outbuild ings, uprooting trees and breaking down telegraph, telephone and elec tric railway poles. The tornado waa accompanied by a terrlflo rain. No one vPVs Injured. Taper Mills Resume Operation. Winchester, Vs,. May 24. The Old Dominion paper mills, owned and nnprafed bv the Amerlonn Rlriiw kn. A with deadly effect, also wounding the Company, which have been closed egro driver. Before the arrival of since Novem'jer last win resume ope L 0tttn eldrr Nation received a! atlon to-morrow with a full force. " tue iiitiuna wmcn xnav prove fatal Receivership Matter Removed to Cir cuit Court. - Macon. Ga., May 24 Attorneys for Jnman 4k Co.. bankrupts, ttave peti tioned the United states Circuit Court of Appeals for the fifth circuit In New Orleans. La., for the review of Judge BpeerVi appointment of his marshal, George F. White, custodian of the Inman's firm assets In the u mr:i oi ueorgia, and A supersedeas has been zranted remov In iK. mnHm . n v.. ' " ... - . vr utv circuit vouri of Appeals and putting a stop to the hearing set before Judge Ppeer here for Tuesday. May 26t The super sedeas bond required has been given and approved sod notice of the pro ceeding has been served on Custodian White. : , Coif Player Killed by Lightning, ' SL Louis, Mo May 24 W. II Howard. a wealthy commission mer chant,' was killed by. lightning to-dtv during ft rainstorm which swept over M. Liouls. Mr. Howard, who waa member of tho Glen fccho Oolf Club. left eft play ami sought the shelter of tree when it began to rain. The I'rhtning ran down the tree, KlTlng 1, ,-n tnUftUr ' . , The mills will operate both day and night shifts. Trolley Cars Collide. Sen Francisco, May 14. Two crowded trolley cars collided to-day at the foot of steep hill, kiUing Henry Bser, a traveling salesman, and Injuring twenty other- passen gers, one probably fatally, and several severely. A car on Dcvlsadero street got beyond control of the motorman and dashed down the bill with terrific speed, striking a Sacramento street car just as it rounded a curve. Clmked to Deetii by Husband. Newark. Q, May 24. Mrs. Ernest Terwllger was found dead in her room to-day. be had been choked to death. Her husband was arrested and he confessed to the crime. To night such a large crowd gathered e-hout the prison that police reserves were called out. , Coal Mines Resume Work. 1 - Huntington, W. Va.. May 24. In the Elkhorn and Pocahontas coal fields more than- two thousand min ers, whe have been idle owing to lack bualneae. will resume work to morrow, one thousand will be put to work In the Thacker and Matewan Asia, after aa idleness ef Sre months. Mr. Archibald Johnson fipoko on Twentieth Century Chlkllioot. SpecUl to The Observer. Btstesvllle, May 24. The closlni exercises of the gtatesvllle graded school took place Friday . morning from 10 to 12 o'clock In the audito rium In the new annex to the school. Alier the class exercises Professor Thompson, the efficient and veteran superintendent of the school, present ed the speaker, Mr. Archibald John son, of Thomasvllle, editor of Charity and Children, the Baptist orphanage paper. Mr. Johnson dellverfn ln tensting. logical and very sensible address on "The Childhood of the Twentieth Century " He .held tne closest attention of hfs audience from beginning to end, and his address is characterised as one of the best ever heard at tho school on such an oc casion. Jews Will Translate the Bible. Philadelphia, Pa.. May 24. The Jewish Publication Society ot Ameri ca at its twentieth annual meeting held here to-day made the announce ment that arrangements have been made for the translation of the Bi ble. This la regarded as one of the most Important works ever undertak en bv the society. The translation will be made with the eo-operatlon of the central conference of Jewish Rab bis and the book will be adopted as the official version of that body. A Bible fund of SO,000 will be raised for the purpose. Edwin Wolfe, of this city, was chosen president, and Dr. Henry M. Lelpselnger. of. New fork, vice president of the society. NEWS FROM MOXROE. Auto and Fleevrle Car Collide, Killing One and Injuring; Two. Chicago. May S4. Orson C. Bar tholomew, of Denver, II years old. was killed to-day In a collision be tween an- electric car and an automo bile. A. U Bartholomew, a brother of Chicago, and Miss Margaret Haw kins, of Chicago, wefo slightly Injur ed. The killed and Injured were m-cupants of the automobile which was driven by L. .Bartholomew, The automobile was thrown from the track and overturned. Orson C. Bartholomew was Instantly killed. The others are aald tJ be In a critical condition. Crew of Wrecked Steamer Brought In. New York.-May H-- The steamer Vigilance, which arrived to-day from Tamplco and Nassau, brought aa pas sengers Captain Mandacua and 21 members of the crew of the Qreek tamer fiyclades, which they ... were ol llgwd to abandon In a sinking con dition on May llth off the Bahamas. The entire crew end three passengers landed at Nassau in tho steamer's Ufa boat' ... Arotneht Property Sold For M.000 Mr. R. B. Hfxlwlne Candidate For lieutenant CJovernor. ; Special to The Observer. Monroe, May 24.- At . the auotlon sale of Messrs. - Armfleld brothers' property, consisting of BO lots In the southern part of town on the church street extension, all the lots were dls posed of and the sum realised was about $1,000. Messrs. Penny brothers, the "twin auctioneers," of Greens boro, conducted the sals and did It In lightning style. On the official ballot for the Dem ocratic State primary election to be held in this county Tuesday, May 21th, appears the name of Mr. R. B. Red wine, of Monroe, as candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Both sides are claiming the vote of union county in the prohibition elec tion., Tne prohibitionists have, how ever, been thoroughly organised from the start and have sent speakers to every part of the county to arouse the voters, while the antls have had no organization and furnished no oratory. The prohibition demonstration at Monroe last Thursday, when an ad dress was made by Mr. Seaborn "nam, or uoorgia, ana a large num. beref children-' paraded In gala array to the court house square, where the speaking took place, was enthusiastic enough to please the most ardent pros. The last gun will be flred Monday night by Rev, J. O. Adams, the Texas promotion evangelist, who will speak In the court house. Averaging the opinions of men from different parts of the county as to the result of the election. It looks as if prohibition will win by 4 small majority. Jf reliance Is to be placed on the statements of certain ones who claim to know, and they aeem to be In a position to know, at least one township la pretty sura to go "wet." - A Wonderful Recovery ' , : l Lumberton. N. C, Oct. So, 1107. Our little daughter had a ease of ty phoid fever when she was three years old. It settled In her right leg, the leg swelling up Just above her knee and burst, and pieces of bone came out. We had three or four doctors attend her, but they could do her no good, at-a.lL.They said , there would have to be an operation, and we took her to Darlington, 8. C, and had an operation - performed. We waited about four months and took her to Charleston Hospital for . another operation and kept her there three months. Dr. Simmons, the head sur geon there, said the leg would have to be -amputated,' but I would - not consent to It. I brought her back to Darlington and. had another opera tion performed there. ; I waited four or five months and took her to the Memorial Hospital In Richmond. Va., and nad an operation performed. She stayed there one month and Ave days and came bark apparently well n eight months after her return her leg swelled and burst again In the same place. Pieces of bone were dis charged. .We called In the doctor of this place. She had a hemorrhage from the lungs. . The doctor aald her leg would have to come off. I went to the drug store, got six bottles of Mrs. Joe Person a Remedy and com menced giving It to her according to directions, in two weeks' time she could get out of bed. By the time she had taken the six bottles the eg was healed up. Up to this time she has taken twenty-eight bottles. Her leg seems - perfectly well. She goes to school every day, and ha only a slight limp. Her general health is better than It has ever been. She Is still taking the Remedy, ai we wish to be sure that all the poison is eradicated - from Iter system. Be fore taking your Remedy she was in bed nearly all the time, and could scarcely walk .without the aid of crutches. Now she has no need of them. She Is now ' ten years of age. I Consider your Remedy the finest preparation In the world, and the greatest boon, to suffering humanity. Yours sincerely, " MRS. E. F. KELLY. .WE CARRY A Large Stock -of : Plumbing and heating supplies. Write For Prices HACKNEY BROS. CO, Plumbing and Heating Con tractor. Jobbers Supplies. Charlotte, IV. C. 'Phone Six. Thousands Hear Prltchard and Ay rock In Fayettrvriie. Special to The Observer. Klnston, May 24. A big prohibi tion rally was held In Klnston this afternoon. Judge Jeter C. Prltchard and ex-Uovernor Aycock made fine speeches for the -cause, which were received with enthusiasm. The rally was held In the largest tobacco ware house here. . There were probkbly five thousand people present. - Excursions were run from Snow Hill and pink Hill and quite a large crowd came la from LaOrange and Dover. The rally la the culmination ef an active campaign for prohibition and Lenoir will give a good majority. ; , VJ iflfA m 8i 3 -III- UIZABETII COLLEGE AND CONSERVATORY " OFOSIC CHARLOTTE, tf, C. ' 'A High Grade College for. : , ., Women." Beautiful suburban ' loca tion. 0 . acres campus, -overlooking the city; fine buildings; university edu cated, experienced teach era :. . A. B. Degree Course en level with the . best col leges for men; - elective degree courses. . Rpecialtles: Music, Art ' and Expression Schools. - , Aim; To provide a broad and liberal culture ' for young women. . Illustrated t catalogue sent free , on application. CHAS. B. President. ' VMS', Presbyterian College For Women CXtABXiOTTK X, C Second term begins January 9, 1909. Special rates to new pupils. Rev. J. R. Bridges; D, D., President . ' Capital Stock $0,000.00 . ' ' " .' SPECIAL SUMMER SESSION,. - BIO REDUCTION t all whe enter in May and June. A liberal flls- count on either a single . or comoinad course,. Positions guaranteeo,. backed by written contract, write for handsome catalogue. .It la free. Address . . ' V ; : . . .: KING'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, ..' " Charlotte, If. C, or Raleigh, N. C. - - C.EMCE! OCE-M - D J M 1 1 eH X t Our wagoni gre ready to deUver you lea or CoaL'Phoaa l or H 1 Standard Ice & Fuel Gomp9y OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS and your craving for liquor ; gone ir you take tne WlcKonnQ Cure V There Is -none like it offered' anywhere outside of :. McKanna'a No Dangerous After Effects -. V ..... .... V; -- - ' Call or write ' TRTB MeKATXA 1-DAT . UQCOR CCRE CO. 'Phone 1S4, RetderUIe, N. C. - of Vanilla 'obtains its rare excellence ; from the Mexican Vanilla Bean. L Nye IMctisca S Son INSURANCE ' . FIRE, LIFE, . ACCIDENT1 OfTICZS No. t Ilanl Building. Sea Those 430S. G. Bryce, President . A. BlandV Vice Prettden O. Hagood, Manager . ; M. Davidson, Asst. Mgr. , , y. .- , - . - ... B. Robinson,. Secretary, I. R. Van Nesa .T.' 3. Davis ' . R, A Smith Chkrles A Bland' t R. C, Bibersteln 41MllfllMTftHTWftttllMIIMIlMnill1lr4 ' TJNDER KEW MANAGEMENT THE OELVSYCJ ; EtTROPEAN AND AMERICAN. - " - European, fl.l Xr day and up. Amerieaa. . per day and trp. .uv . cafe epeta day and night. ' v - . ;..' ..prices reasonable. .- - . The Mosl Modern and Lunarian Hotel lth 5""" II ELEGANT ROOMS. PRIVATE BATHS. fJa?edTVh.a.f Charts vealeut to railroad Ration, etreet cara and the business aad shopping centre. CaUra to high class commercial and tourist trade. , Ttbtod. bote dinners : te IU0. MmU vTery eyenlnf x?nn n. MOORE . - - - . - ' - .i . - Proprlctos. WARM DAYS AND TIRESOME NIGHTS , ' .... . . y : . . make the traveling man glad to get where ' , , : good things to eat, comfortable beds and r genial hospitality are to be found all this ; ' . is' awaiting you at ' ' ' "HOTEL. OLO.QQ Just American mid European.4 Step Dcrond the Eutloo, Crreasberoy N. , . . ,
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 25, 1908, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75