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o . CHAHLOTTK DAILY OBSERVED. THURSDAY, TCOT W, 1909. 1 m- BUBSED' TO A CRISP Exnuoaatox at blast fcrxace, v. WUkto Mownt'S Warning Molten Iron 8pnnt From Pnrnn'e Sweep i lac Down Cpoa WtrkniM of the ' WheeUnff Steel A Iron Company t ' Twerre Are FataJly Injured, Ten Hare or lrtu seriounly Injured sad Twenty-Poor Others Had Mirac- oJou Escapes From Iflati. Frag- : menu of Pour Blackened Bodies Had Been Recovered at Midnight IfexMcs of Otlwr Two Will Probably Never Be Fouitd All Uh Men Are Foreigners. Wheeling. W. Vi. June SI men lit erally burned to a msp. twelve fatally Injured and ten more or less seriously injured are the reult of an explosion to-nlgM at the Martin's Kerry. Olilo, blast furnat-e of the Wheeling Steel & Iron Company. Twenty-four others had miraculous escapes from horrthla dt-ath or injury. At midnight fragments nf four black ened bodies l.mi heen recovered. The other two victims will probably never be found. The twenty Injured men, some with arms and legs burned off and their bodies terribly burned, are being; attend ed at a hospi'sj at Martin's Ferry. Some of the injured, after being show ered with the molten Iron, ran screaming to the Ohio nesrby, arid plunged Into the ool water They were quickly res cued and sent to a hospital. The accident In the firM to occur at this furnace. Shortly after s o'clo.k a "slip" occurred In the furnace. A foroe of worltmrn. numbering fifty, were gath ered about the furnace making ready to drill In for I lie 9 o'clock cast Without a moment' warning there waa a terrific roar. Great masses of molten Iron spurt ed from the furnace, sweeping down the workmen. Those of the workmen, who were not injured, rushed from the furnace Into the streets and up to late to-nlttht ef forts to account for all of iheiu have been futile. While there are now twenty known victims, how many men escaped cannot be ascertained, as it may be poa lbte lUat others perished. All the men were foreigners. Frederick Zimmerman, manager of the furnace, was seriously burned In at tempting to save some of the men frorrj death As one man was swept past him in the stream of molten Iron, he reached forth and grasped the poor fellow's arm. which parted from the body, and the victim sank to a fiery dfath. Wliiu caused the accident has not been definite ly decided. JOINT MEETING IN NORFOLK. Hotel Mru of North (Carolina and Vir ginia Vote to Hold Joint Meeting of the Asxxlatloni in Norfolk Next January New Members Elected Banquet at. Battery Park. Special to The Observer. Aahevllle. June The Hotel Men's As sociations of Virginia and North Carolina heid separate meetings this morning and endorsed the Invitation of the hotel men of Virginia and Norfolk to hold theii Jan uary meetlng- ttie Important meet nig ol the association! there next January. Each association also elected a number of new members. At the meeting of the Virginia associa tion. P. fc. Brine, of Richmond, was elect ed secretary of that association, to fill a vacancy .The new members elected to the Virginia association are. H C Nor man. proprietor of Hotel Garland, South Boston: B. E Purvis, of PulaskJ; Tate F. Cheney, Henry Clay Inn, Ashland; J. C. Woolen, Hotel Beverly. Ktsnton; Lucas Alexander, Hotel Bowling Green, Warren ton. A committee was appointed to draw up resolutions on the death of John Murphy, Jr., of Hotel Richmond, Richmond. A ota of thanks was extended the North Carolina Hotel Men's Association and the hotel men of Ashevllle for their royal en tertainment of the Virginia association. The members elected by the North Car olina Hotel Men's Association are: Joseph fcX Johnson, Spartan Inn. of Spar tanburg. 8 C , A. J Cook, of Panacea Springs; C D Cherry, of Weldon; Mrs. R. H. Young, of Wlnston-"Kalem, and Mr Carmlchael. of Marion. S. C The mat tar of enlarging the association and ex tending It to Include the States of Vir ginia. West Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. Tennessee and Georgia was brought up this morning In the meet Ing of the North Carolina association and It was resolved te bring the matter up for final settlement at the January meet ing at Norfolk. To-night a banquet was given the hotel men at the Battery Park Hotel, after which dancing was Indulged in. To-morrow morning the delegates, many of them, will go to Lake Toxaway for an outing ON TRIAL FOB. SMUGGLING. Defendants In One of ihe Greatest Conspiracies the Government Ha Ever Health With Enter Plea of Not Guilty. Chicago, June 9. Defendants in ' ne of the Kreatest conspiracies to smuggle Chinese into this country across the Mexican border. with which the government ever has dealt, were placed on trial to-day before United States District Judge Landis. Eight men were indicted as the result f the activity of government agents. Three recently pleaded guilty, sen- - tencs being deferred, one Is a fugitive, - the bonds of another were declared forfeited to-day, and the remaining three entered pleas of not guilty. Those placed on trial to-day were Bob Leung, a Chinese merchant of EI Paso, and Jose Parra and Carlos ' Sevedra, Mexicans. John M. Yan . nerAga dining car cook who assisted ,1a transporting the aliens, will be a Witness for the prosecution. ' i Assistant United Slates District At torney Seward S. Shlrer declared the alleged -conspiracy had embraced many men besides those indicted, and that they had brought hundreds of Chinese Into this country. For each Celestial thus smuggled the con spirators received $600, he said. Engineers to Bold Memorial Service at Spencer eunxlay. i '.. Bpedal to The Obsenrer. - Spencer, June 9. Extensive prepar " nations have been 'made for the annual memorial services of the Old Domln , ' Ion- DIvlsioB No. 175 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers which -will be held In Spencer Methodist church next Sunday afternoon. The memorial aJ . dress will be delivered by the pastor. Rev, R. XX SherrilL AI engineers in North Carolina, Virginia and South . Carolina are invited to attend. Officials of the southern have also been Invited and it ts expected that the Attendance wiH fee very large. The memorial this year is held in honor of eighteen dead engineers, many of whom "were well ' known before being kllleX REJECT MOVTMEXT tESIGN. Confederate Veterans Didn't Like Militant Woman That Sculptor Had Qreated Notes of the He-union. Memphis, Tenn.. June 9. The Confed erate veterans rejected the denign fur the monument to the women of the Con federacy because the sculptor bad crat ed a militant woman, armed, belted and waving a flag. It was unanimously agreed that this was in no sense a fitting me morial to the gentle, tender and devoted women of the South. The memorial services in honor ot Jef ferson Davis were heid early in ti;e af ternoon. These were Drtnclnallv the rear) lng of Scriptures, prayers and eulogistic addresses The stijendid c'onrt-nei ate choir, composed of 100 beautiful So.itl.ern girls attired In the Confederate uniform and led by dainty Mrs J. Giiffitli Ho wards, of N'orfolk. Vs.. furnished Hit music. The service cloned with the ren dition of "Nearer My God to Thee" by the choir and the invocation by lr N M. Long. There were many prostration during last night. Ambulances were kept at central and easily acceMsible points, do ing splendid service to those who fl! from the heat Amusing features were not lacking de spite the heat. fine .jd negro wildler. white-heanied almost blind and crip pled was found crying on a 'inr. He had taken a few drluks too mmv. after a long experience of drought in Mississip pi Then be proceeded to squander his cash balance upon souvenir badges, lie must Rave had a hundred of them pinned all over him. when he realized that he was "'broke" Sympathetic white com rades took care of the old (hap. even to buying him " nether drink." which he wanted A white veteran from Georgia, confused by the mysteries of a Pullman car. whleh he entered for the first time, threw his trousers, containing 6 In money out of the window, thinking he whs throwing them Into ' another room." UOOSEVKLT IS THANKED. Soutliern Memorial AseYM-tatlon Ap preciate 1 tent oration of JelTerwii I)avi' Name te Cabin John Brltlge. Memphis. Tenn , June 9 At t tie con cluding session to-night 67 the Southern Memorial Association, resolutions were adopted eicpresHlng the thank. of tb association to former President Roosevelt affd General Luke K. Wright, former Secretary of War. because of the restora tion of the name ot Jefferson Davis to Cabin John bridge ana urging that Sep tember 27, the centenary of the Mrth of Admiral Raphael Bemmea Tje. observed by all Confederate organization! The officers elected follow; Treeldent. Mrs W J. ilehan. New Orleans, re cording secretary. Miss Daisy M L. Hodgson. New Orleans; corresponding secretary, Mrs. J Enderj Robinson. Richmond V ; treasurer, Mrs. J II Moynton. Memphis The vice presidents Include Floridn. Mrs W. D. Chlpley; Georgia. Mrs R. M Netiblt. North Carolina. Mrs R H Jones; South Carolina, Mrs W R. Bachman; Virginia. Mrs. Shelton Chevee Sons Would Not Cltange Name. Memphis. Tenn.. June 9 The Sons of 1'nlted Confederate Veterans to-nlglit be fore adjourning elected Clajence J. Owen, of Abbeville Ala. commander In chief, and by an overwhelming vote rejected the resolution to change the name of the organization Clinton M FVIder. Blacks burg, S. C . was elected commander de partment of northern Virginia W. W. Olds. Norfolk. Va . and Fontaine W Mayhood, Washington. D C . were elect ed members of the executive council OIUIKR OF KASTKRN STAR. Fourth Annual Meeting; Cornea to a Clone at Greensboro With a Recep tion by the Ixxwl t'hapUT New Officers Kle'ted and Installed. Observer Bureau, The Revill Building-, Greensboro, June 9. The business sessions of the fourth annual meeting of the North Carolina (rand Chapter of the OrJer of the F.astern Star came to a close this af ternoon and to-night the visiting dele gates were tendered a reception by the members of the local chapter. It was decided to hold next year's meetfhg In Ashevllle. Before adjourning; the fol lowing officers were elected and in stalled. Mts. Jennie G. Travis, of Hal ifax, worthy grand matron: George n. Calvert, of Ashevllle. worthy grand patron; Mrs. W. R. Daniels, of Win ton, associate grand matron; R F. Edwards, of Trap Hill. associate grand patron. L. Greensboro, grand Emnia P Slier, of Siler City. gTand treasurer; Miss Kate Houston, of Ore Hill, grand conductor; Mrs. Annie V. Wyrlck. of Greensboro, associate grand conductor. DROWNED I GREEN RIVER. Young Idy Ixjses Her IAfe While Out Bnertltig Near Coxe Plavoe, Pelk County. A traveling man who spent yesterday at fiuUierfordton brought word to the city last night of the drowning of a Miss Lynch m Oreen river near the Coxe place, twelve miles from Rutherfordton. Tuesday afternoon The Observer was unahle to get Ruth erfordton last night as the telegraph and telephone offices closed at S o'clock, but the gentleman who brought the news was Informed that the young lady with a party of friends was out on the river when the boat caps lied throwing the oc cupants Into twejve or fifteen feet of water. Miss L.yich. unable to swim went down while four other member of the party were rescued wlth( great diffi culty. Features at. the Alamo This Week. Mr. Don Richardson, who is look ing after the Alamo temporarily, an nounces that he has decided to play In chorister oostume "Almost Per suaded" and "Nearer My God to Thee' to-morrow night. He post poned It in order t sound ministerial opitilon. thinking some might con sider the rendition of the selections in a place of entertainment sacri legious but has been assured other wise. Rendered by Mr. Richardson on the violin they cannot but be ef fective. The attendance this week has heen ! unusually large. Last night the violinist played Mendelssohn's "Spring Song" while the pianist rendered "Sunbeam." The effect was striking. Strike On Mount Airy Eastern ton Untie. Winston-Salem. June 9 The strike on the Mount Airy A Eastern Railroad con tinues. Trains are being operated with new forces. The men. who stopped work, say they will wait with patience until past due wages are paid, when they will offer to return to work. No attempt has been made to Interfere with the strike breaker. Steel Rail Mill To Krwume Operations. Birmingham. Ala . June Announce ment was made tonight by officials of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company that the steel rail mill of the company at Ensley will resume opera tions to-morrow morning The mill has been Shut down for several weeks. About 1.M men will be put to work to-morrow morning. Try One Package If yon don't prefer it to your grocer has our order Women are today luinr Grandma who wouldn't touch a washing powder. Don't confute Giakdua with washing powders. It is pure soap and pure borax in powdered form. The borax doubles the power of the soap and water to cleanse bnt it won't hart material as delicate as mull. The daintiest dress should be washed with Grsndma. mi ... . 'rrTl . . wwgwr, m mm-j i Mil I LN WW m ieo-a iwaes(. Start a Wrapper Collection. Wrappers from Giafdma, Pkakl and Export Bosax Soap are all good for prestisms. Bee illustrated list of premiums in each package. mm See coupon in next Sundy's pPr- It counts for fire wrappers. BLACK HAND DISCOVERED STARTLING JtEVKLATIONH MAIK PoKtoflioe IiutpfX'toni Have Conclusive Evidence That Gang In Ohio Towns Was Organized Alone the Same Muee as the Old .Mafia, But With a Better S)ilem For Concealing Their Movements Inspector Holmes .Says That Out rages Were Committed by a Well-Organized Mm -lety Nine Arrettta Have Been Made Thus Far Federal Grand Jury' May Indict lrlsoners on Cliarge of Conspiracy to Extort. Cincinnati. June 9. Revelations In the extortion, plotting and murder by the black hiind. as uncovered by the postofttcc inspectors from the Cin cinnati office, show ((inclusively that the gang in Columbus, Marlon, Den nison and Bollefontalne and other Ohio towns wus organized along the same lines us Ihe old Malla. but with a better ssU-m for conceuhriK their nio einents. It is now known that the Ohio black hand, or the Society of the Banana, as Its members style them selves, had a branch In Pittsburg i und one in Chicago, and a line that levlonderl In Konth rnkota. Regular meetings were held and the money obtained by extortion was distributed to various divisions In this country- land sent to rclutives in Italy for safe j keeping. I "We have found what I believe to be certain proof that the black hand outiHges were committed by a well organlzed society," said Chief Post office Inspector Holmes to an Asso ciated press representative to-day. "It has taken Inspector Oldtield and four other men under me six months to run down the leaders. "We have no evidence so far that the American black hand in the West is connected with the foreign organi zation that killed Lieutenant Petro sino in Sicily." Nine arrests have heen nyade thus, far in Columbus, Marlon. Dennison M Clymer. of jand Bellefontalne and government of secretary: Mrs. I fleers in Chicago and Cincinnati are looking for Antonio Lima, brother of Salvatore Lima, who was arrested in Marlon. Antonio Lima is held to be one of the chief ring-leaders. An effort will be made to have the prisoners Indicted by a Federal grand Jury at Cleveland on the charge of conspiracy to commit extortion Winston-Salem to Organlxe Boosters' Club. Special to The Observer Winston-Salem. June 9. A "Hun drej Thousand Club" will be organiz ed in Wjnston-Salem shortly with the object to let the world know what this city has done. Is doing and will do It will advertiee the city, will bring more and more manufacturing enter prises here and will work for the In crease of the population to 100,000. Prominent men are back of the move ment and It will undoubtejly be a suc cess. A handsome publication will be issued. Duma Accepts Interpellation. St. Petersburg, June . The Duma to-night by a large majority adopted the interpellation charging Dr. Dun rovln, president of league of Russian people, with organizing political mur ders. Deputy Protovopoff in urging Its adoption, stated that this was not the desire of one party or another, but of the whole country, which was awaiting an official explanation of the activity of the league of Russian peo Pie. Charge Modified to One of Trespass. Henry Frazier, colored, was tried before the recorder yesterday. He was charged with the theft of a auantitv of tomatoes. The rightful owner of these Is Mr. C. C. Bates. The latter runs a store at No. JOS South Graham street. The recorder, having heard the evidence, changed the warrant to one charging trespass. He then sentenced the defendant to serve 30 days on the roads. A Tonic Fre from Alcohol Talk with your doctor about AVer's norakoholic Sarsapa rilla. Ask him if he prescribes it for pale, delicate children. Ask him ii he recommends it when the blood is thin and Impure, and when the nerves are weak and unsteady. Ask him if it aids nature In building up the general healthV r fZStttZ: the soap you thonght best,, to give you back your money. When to use a powdered oap. Geandva Is better than shared soap. It sets instantly in hot or cold water. It is splendid for dishes. It dissolves perfectly, completely. Leaves bo naphtha or soapy odor, no smeary film on your chin a. In yonr boiler and washing: machine, it quickly makes m fine, thick suds. Half GsAKBsia and half ExroitT Bos ax Soap is the good way te do s washlsg. Wrappers on all good for premium. Colored Collector of Custom Dead. Savannah, GaJ, June 9 John H. Dev eaux, colored, holdover collector of cus toms for the port of Savannah, died to night He had been In the customs ser vice upwards of forty years, and was one of the beat-known negroes in the Bouth At one time h was the ranking military officer In Georgia and was at the head of t he State central Republican committee. He was wealthy. His death leaves vacant the office of collector of customs here, and It is probable that no negro will be appointed. Mr. W. H Leaken. of Savannah, will probably get the appointment. WOMEN WHO ARE EN VIED. Those attractive women who are lovely in face, form and temper are the envy of many, who might be like them. A weak, sickly woman will be nervous and Ir ritable Constipation or Kidney poisons show in pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched complexion For all such. Electric Bitters work wonders. They regulate Stomach. 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My baby suffered for months with a terrible run ning sore on the eyelid, which, after being treated by our physician, failed to heal. We took her to a spe cialist (as the sight was be coming affected), but, see ing no improvement from the treatment, we stopped it, and she has been entirely cured by Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy. My mother has been cured of several atfacks of cramp colic, and I think T should have been confined to my bed last winter had it not been for the Remedy. I consider it the most won derful remedy known. Mrs. T. H. Montgomery, Graham, N. C, Julv 11, 1905 Special Summer Offei Write us at once for Information about th. UFDi.'CKD Sll iou can save rrom 9 to J15 on a Rhohi rs'np Knter the 1 INP, BUSINESS COLLKOK OF THE SOUTH in June i,4 you n .eouy iui ..ne or ine Kol postttone we shall have this fall. Urjd "uuiaicu, epienuiuiy equippea roorai. Raleigh, N. C. Presbyterian College for CHARLOTTE, N. C. The Second Term of this old and reliable insti tion began January 6th, 1909. Special rates given to those who enter the Seoc lerm. For rates and catalogue, address Something Interesting From now until the end of June we am cutting p in half on Palms, Ferns and Pot Plant? of all Come early and get your choice. C. O. D. on out-of-town orders. Dilworth Floral Gardt 'Phone 00-J. AND eONSBRVRTORY OF MUSI CHARLOTTE, K. O. Can fnmicVi ClAai a TflMiprs for (traded N'H and Colleges; also Music, Expressi"" and Teachers. Write Charles B. King, Pre Try Our Special Cooking Cheaper Than Pino IJ u 2. cfnnfoKt inn &. Fuel " " IL A. Blind, 6lea Ages'- 1501 CHARLOTTE, N. knitting mm unuor an.l t, maae an-1 fI Allen D'. U Hoi Judicial l90. m a ,-,vi a')UuL APH Superior c0l;rt , u,n "tied, Hankt , rated." 1 Wl!, ''- 1st. 1909 , m . ' 1 ''tM Premise, al thc boro ii,,,,,.".:?"-' 01 in. le F..R r,,s,""M' the highest bida,r JV' Property, both real " ne the said i; labors Wr,..,J which will i subject tc .) 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