North Carolina Newspapers

v0L. XXIII. CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, IZ99. NO 354? . ... . - - -." - " 3V4vV.v:!:v-- - . ; . , "" . . - . II AiJ 41 Dmeti CnrranrA1 in Contest for Town of Lady smith. IjXER REPORTED DEAD. jtt!ie British War Office Claim He Has Not Reached Cape Town ISVv Division 01 len muus- and Men Now in Process of Formation. LADYSMITH. Oct. 30. The long- Lw.(Ptl battle has begun. the Boers opened fire with their ar- prv on the British camp. After sev- shots had been nrea tne iniisn sl iced the Boer guns. The Eoers are advancing on the left nk 'T lie Boers now surround the ta cn three sides. BRITISH IN FINE SPIRITS. White's men are in splendid spirits. le's men have almost entirely recov d from the exhaustion of the forced irch irom Glencoe. j a m . J he advance posts 01 me oers are y two and a half miles away. They ,e stationed heavy guns, which fact Jises uneasiness, as Yule reports that V Boers have improved their artil hr fire since the battle of Dundee. ITISH RKFOKJTJBD PKISONERS. (ERLIN. Oct. 30. A report received e from Holland says the whole .. 1 .. A. T ? 31, V. (tisn army i- xjuvij smiui mxs bui dered and that the troops are now soners of war. SHELLING THE STATION. LONDON, Oct. 30. A dispatch from rban this morning supplements the tiysniith dispatch with the informa h that the Boer shells were directed efly at the station and that no dam- was done at the time the Durban ssage was sent. BRITISH ORDERED TO RETIRE. PAPE TOWN, Oct. 30. The Boers te been harrassing the Britsh under - . TXT SI J- ijors uviacKenzie ana wuson at odes' Drift, in Rhodesia. Having ertained the numbers of the enemy British were ordered to retire to 111 Fort. RISK OF WAR WITH RUSSIA. ANTWERP, Oct. 30. It is stated it the Lloyds are asking ten and a f per cent, risk on the chance of between England and. r; Russia hin a year. 10.000 REINFORCEMENTS. ONDON, Oct. 30. The War Office k ordered the formation of another ision of ten thousand men to be rl in readiness to embark for South rica. This will be immediately., s.ent General Buller, upon hisaKriVaX.axI ies that reinforcementst,are.' neces- y. - -; . BULLER'S ARRIVAL. , The War OfBce states that General Her has not arrived at Cape Town, vertheless some of the Paris papers nounce his arrival, adding that he is assassinated immediately upon his id ins. JAMESON AT DURBAN. CAPE TOWN, Oct. 30. Jameson ar red at Durban today. ESTIMATED BOER LOSSES. jKlMBKRT.EY, Oct. 30 The Boer Jsses in the recent skirmishes are es- mated at twelve killed and forty-five Founded. EXPECTED TO BE DECISIVE. PARIS. Oct. 30. The Echo de Paris tints an interview with Leyde ex essing the opinion that the impend S action at Ladysmith. will be a de rive one. Although Europe sympa ized with the Transvaal, he was pre of tne fact that the Powers puld not interfere if the Boers were a ten. RHODES FEELS SAFE. jCAPE TOWN, Oct. 30. Dispatches Vn KAmberley say that Cecil Rhodes biplimentea the troops after the re ft fight there, and said if there was e man whom Uve Boers would like capture it was vmsplf. hut. Tip flt rfectly safe in Kitnberley. BR. BARRON IN CDNnnpn Hev. A. C. Barron and Rev R tv oge, of Concord, exchanepri ir.!ta Kt night. Mr. Hoge preachy .f ceptably to a arood conere&it pyon street church. . Dr. Barron's visit to Conpnrrt pde iu order to deliver an adebvi pne "Cheerful Workers," a mission ety of young neoDle in the HanM ,ir-r.U ' . Airs. lJirv , V, ovmg spirit and has over a him- e(i younsr neonlo in tvio oapU'v p aeepiy interested dn missions. The pnnersary is always largely at.tend- no excjp recitatiens ere were S0T1SS' LIS! PUsts of Concord hi ave re- lmproved their it the : F L"ey nave one oncoerdlarffestTIand best churches in IOW OTio r 0 mwjfer out IS Itntp of the best preachers in the II AC p ? y- at a y uttmr V .jt:AK THE U1Y. Two Coal Cars and a Caboose Lifted From the Southern's Track. There was a right costly wreck cn the Southern, yesterday morning just outside the city limits, near the junc tion compress. Two freight; trains. Northbound, known as first and second sections No. 72, were standing in a side track near the junction. The Jirst section had just gone into tlHe side track when the second section also pulled in. Only a short distance separated the two trains. The en gineer of the second section went back to the cab in order to get himself a cup of coffee. While he was an joy leg his coffee, his train moved off. Think ing that tare- fireman was just moving further into the side track, he did not pay much attention to tit. In a few minute-3, tfcire :was a crash and lock ing to thertbf his train, the en gineer sa-cai.tuinbling down the embankment. . The engine of the second section struck the caboose, lifting it from the track and sent it tumbling down the embankment. Next to the caboose Were two empty coal cars that were en route to be overhauled. These fol lowd the caboose, and dn their descent tore up the ground for some little dis tance. The engine-suffered but little;, only four, ribs in the pilot were in jured. v - . V;-! The ; wrecking force was early on the scene and the accident onlv de layed one or two of the early morn ing trains. The trouble occured at about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, and it seems that no one was to blame as it was tShe result of the air brakes or the second section slipping, causing the train to run down upon the first sec tion. - HIS COURAGE FAILED. Called on Wife to Run Thief Out of Corn Crib. An excellent story on a well known gentleman: living in the country about 7 miles from Charlotte, was told a News reporter this morning. The story would indicate that a man would do well to call his wife the braver half as well as the better half. - A few nights ago the gentleman in the story had found out that sortie body was stealing corn from his" crib and Tie was consequently on the look out. Friday night he went to see how things' were progressing, and found that ttiere was really a thief in the crib; for he could hear him shucking the corn. "The gentlemah' got his guu and was all ready to fire but he got shaky... in the knees and! didn't have strength of voice to call, the thief J out wlhilethe fellow on the Inside10 con tinued shucking the corn. ; c ..Finally the man with the gun. be thought himself of a little plan, lie rushed to the house and told his wi'W the trouble and got her to come out and take the thief in charge, in the meantime the fellow in the crib prob ablv finding out that he had a voman after him made a break a.nd when his pursue7s returned he was gone. A noise of one departing was heard far up in the woods and the husband with Ihis wife at his side raised his guii and fired in that direction, but the thief escaped. THE CENTRAL'S NEW CLERK. Mr. Charles E. Hooper, who is in terested in the New Albany hotel at Albany, Ga., has accepted the position of day clerk at the Central. Mr. Hooper is one of the best known, and most popular hotel men in the South. The past summer lies .was connected with the St. Cloud at Asbury Park, and was very popular with the large rmmher of Southerners that visited that famous summer resort. Mr. Hooper is a friend of Mr. uucas, the proprietor of the Central, and the traveling public will be glad to learn that, he will be -found behind the Central's register. Mr. Hooper . and Mr. Thigpen will divide the day watdh, and two mors popular clerks cannot be found in any hotel either North or South. Mr Hooper will arrive on the 5th of No vember and will assume his duties at once. HUNTERSVILXE NOTES. The walls of theew addition to the Anchor mills a at Huntersville are nearing completion. " The window frames are now being placed in posi tion. The new portion of the mill will be ready for the machinery the first of December. Mr. J. L. Cd oat, who purchased the cotton that was stolen from Mr. Moore's McDonald's place early Satur day morning, is out about $50. Ho re covered $20 from the negro who was arrested but the white man, who took the bulk of the money made good his escape. When the officer attempted to arrest the man, he pulled his gun. and fled througfh the woods. Nothing has been heard from him up to this after noon. &OE-RJS GETTING CN&GC ' TSr WAR PREPARATIONS while England and the Transvaal were '.crossing diplomatic ewords the sturdy burghers of the j Republic were getting armed to the teeth. ' Many tons of ammrmirlon nd ofHw war HttmiiM ratffe ' and practically every man and boy capable of bearing arms is ready to fight wwc woo is a veteran or tne Transvaal' military genius of the republic. SEVEN GAMBLERS CAUGHT.o Playinejn Negro 5tqre on Cald TL-, - well; Street All Arrested. The Charlotte police succeeded in making a big and successful haul on a crowd of gamblers Saturday night that reflects great credit upon them. Chief Orr, Sergeant Baker and Officer Pitts, got wind of the affair and went around to Frank Green's store on South Caldwell where the gambling was in progress. . The negro Green keeps the store and has a little side room in the rear where the crowd was when found Saturday "night. ; The officers sur rounded Uhe room and then Chief Orr made a rush for . the first door. He ran right over the fellow who - was watching at the door and doubled-him up into a black knot on the floors; TheV chief then rushed through the crowd and slapped his hand down on - the money and dice that the crowd was using. ie then Began, to shove nig gers right and left, trying to keep, them from escaping. Officer Pitts was at the rear door - but -lhad . stepped aside after one of the parties, ind'the whole crowd made for the door and all got there at the. same time. The three officers succefjing in getting the whole crowd except one, and harwas captured later. The negroes arrested are: Joe Rankin, Frank . Green, Henry Kelly, Jim Shepperd, 'Tom. Refidi Jack Cunningham and Frank5 Brevard. The whole crowd waf bound over this morning under a bo ad of $25 each, and their eases will be tried in the criminal court next month. "i v YOUNG'S ADVANCE RETARDED Marching Under Difficulties 'Laguna de Bay" Aground. By Telegraph to the News. MANILA, Oct. 30. Gen. Young is ad vancing upon Grabanatun under difficul ties. The country is furrowed with ri vers and deep ravines, the bridges are destroyed, the mud is deep, rations are short, transportation supplies are de layed by low water, and the poor con dition of the roads retards the advance. The Spaniards report that there are insurgents at dabanatun. The gunboat Laguna de Bay dispers ed a force of insurgents engaged in the construction of trenches beyond Santa Rosa. The boat was fired upon by a party of insurgents bearing a white flag. She is now aground. DRAYMEN'S PARADE. James Byers, the colored drayman, tells the News that he is now making arrangements to have a draymen's pa rade the 9th of November. Byers states that he has the co-operation of all the colored draymen of the city and he hopes to make a most creditable show ing on that date. To this end he asks that our merchants do all in their pow. er to help .the cause along. This is aiti, annual affair, and in years past this has been a big day with the colored people. Byers says that he has already seen most of the draymen, and he is sure of a good parade. HAVE LEFT FOR SAN FRANCISCO. Messrs Robert and Warren Moore, of this county, who enlisted some time ago, and who were sent to Ohio, write to their brother, George Moore, that they leave for San Francisco today. They are with the Forty-second U. S. I Volunteers. OF THE BOERS AND GENERAL JOUBERT. b two wars with England and vice preaidest of the republic, Is the leading .. DIED IN LILESVILLE. firs. Betty White Wadsworth Re cently of Charlotte Funeral at 3:30. Mrs. Betty White Wadsworth, wife of Mr. T. A. Wadsworth , died in Liles ville, S. C, yesterday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Wadsworth had moved from Charlotte to Lilesville onl:a short time ago. Mrs. Wadsworth was taken sick four weeks ago. iSince sine was stricken in Lilesville kind friends and neighbors did all that they possi bly could for her comfort, but death ended her career yesterday morning. Mrs. Wadsworth was,., forty-three years of age. She was. married fifteen years ago to Mr. T. A; WdswQ5ti; who "with two children, Texie, -agppfl thir teen, and Edjvin, aged'iensurwe her? ; Mrs.: Wadsworth's iemoership was withTryon. ; Street. Methodist church. She fiad obtained her; letter of mem bership, but ; hac not " deposited it in Lilesville, .as t4 had been there only a short time Jvriien. "she was taken ill. Deceased uiad two sisters' living in Charlotte, Miss Cornelia and Miss Rosa White. The body was brought to Oharldtte last night (and met by a large nuihber of friends and relatives of the deceased. .j.)v..Xi ' f The funeral took place at '3:30 this 'afternoon at the residenceVpi; Mi's. Wadsworth's sisters ;0tri 'East Sixth Street, Rev. Mr. Gay offliatirig, ' The deceased was a most lovable Christion woman. She was a kind wife and mother and a valuable friend. She had always led an upright Chris tian life and death had no terrors for her. HOBART VERY ILL. Vice President's Condition is Re ported Serious. By Telegraph to the News. PATERSON, N. J., Oct. 30. Vice President Hobart passed a restless night and this morning reports were flying that the patient could not live more than a few hours. This was de nied at the home of the Hobart family. It was admitted that his condition was such last night that it caused the whole family to sit at his bedside through out the night. Immediate friends were also there, including Brigadier General Congdon. He said this morning that Mr. Hobart's condition was such as to cause grave fears to his family. WAS LOST, BUT IS FOUND. Jack Gibson, colored, who assisted in shooting the walls and windows all to pieces at a big dance in Groveton sometime ago, and who escaped at the time, has been captured. Officers Earn hardt and Farrington got on to a clue last week and logged their . game Sat urday night. Gibson is under a $25 bond. MEETING AT EAST SIDE CON TINUED. Rev. Mr. Allison preached a very impressive sermon to a full and ap preciative congregation last night at East Side. The meeting will continue for a while at 7:30 o'clock each night. LOOKING OUT FOR THE THIEF. Chief Orr has been notified by the chief of police of Greensboro to look out for a thief who entered the store of the Carolina Shoe- Company : in Greensboro and made a wholesale seiz ure of shoes. The thief obtained be tween twenty and thirty pairs of shoes. at a moment's notice. General Jda- THE FIRE THIS MORNING. Wavara Home on East Vance St. Badly Damaged by the Flames. The city fire departments were call ed out this morning for the first time in several weeks. The blaze was on East -Vance street. The dwelling house occupied by Mrs. Waverley and owned by Mr. G. L. Norman was discovered to be on fire at about 9:30 o'clock. The alarm was responded to quickly by both companies. When they Teached the scene, the building was in a light blaze. - The roof, which was of shin gles, burned like powder, and for a time it looked as f the burning house and one or two nearby would be de stroyed. Good work 'on the part of both companies kept the flames rwi thin easy reach of the firemen and soon the blaze was under control. Not, however, un til; the roof of the Waverley .tlwelling was burned and the stables of Mri-3. McNelis, which adjoined the Waverley house. Mr. Norman - carried 5450 in surance on the Waverley house. Mr. McNelis had no insurance on his barn. The origin of the fire seems to be in doubt. Those who first discovered the blaze say that it caught in the roof of the Waverley " house. Others say that the first blaze was in the McNelis stable: When the fire dppartent ar rived the fire was 'mostly; confined to the dwelling and the stable was burn ing only wher it adjoined -the dwelling. FATAL B. Jh0g WRECK. Engineer Killed and Fireman Fa tally Injured Open Switch. By Telegraph to the News. NEW CASTLE, Pa., Oct. 30. A Bal timore and Ohio passenger train was wrecked between Carbon and Lowell ville, Pa., this morning. The engineer was killed and the fireman fatally in jured. It is reported that several passengers were killed. An open switch is said to have been the cause of the disaster. GO OUT OF COMMISSION. "Texas" and "Indiana to be Ta ken Out of Active Navy. By Telegraph to the News. NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 30. It is said at the navy yard today that the Texas will positively go out of commission here. Two reason are given; 1st, there is not enough appropriation to repair her; 2nd, the crew of long-term men will be sent to the Philippines fleet, and it is impossible to enlist men to serve four years in their places. Of ficials here say the Indiana will also be put out of commission and the erew sent to Manila. CHURCH NEWS NOTES. . Sunday morning at Tryon Street Baptist church, the pastor, Dr. Bar ron, baptized two persons and re ceived three others. Several " others await '. baptism. Rev. 'J. F. Reeves, of Yorkville, S. C, has' accepted the call of the Bap tist church of Statesville, and begins work there next Sunday. The subject, "Liberty of Con science," was ably discussed by Dr. J. R Howerton at the First Presby terian church last night. A large congregation was present and thor oughly enjoyed the discourse. Mr. W. M. Baciheller, of Hamilton, Ohio, is at the Central hotel today. PYTBI4NS ARE MAD. Stanly Enterprise Charged Party With Drunkenness and Disorder. TWO SUITS FOR LIBEL. Are Threatened at Once Char lotte and Salisbury Knights are Collecting Affidavits to ,fute the Charge Some of the Party Were Church Officers. days ago the Pythians of burg Lodge, Charlotte; of the two lodges in Salisbury; of the Nor wood Lodge and Knights from a num ber of other places in the State, went to Albemarle, Stanly county, and In stituted a new lodge of Knights of thias. The people of (that growlns: town received them cordially,, a ba quetwas tendered them, and they wesve kmdNyC: their praises of the people f Stanlsi;i . vv ' ' Everything "was serene; and Icpte until the Stanly Enterprise, the AlWfc- marle newspaper, came out a few dajes ago. That paper contained the f oliow ing article: ' "We regret that so brilliant an af fair as that of the organization of a K. of P. lodge for Albemarle on Tues day night of last week should haw; ended so disgracefully on the part of a few of the visiting 'brethren.' Some of Stanly's 'nicest and most highly "mt spected ladies were on the train Wed nesday morning which was bearing the f return Pythians. To say that the crowd acted disgracefully puts the fact in a mild way. Derisive remarks weise made about the young ladies of Albe marle, and the disorderly and druniken set that were making the disturbance had to be run out of the coach by the conductor because they were unfit for respectable company. We have not heard a name mentioned, but the lonJje here and all Albemarle should demadW an apology from the guilty ones. It Is an insult beneath the dignity of noble order represented, and one deserves utmost condemnation!' our people. We can safely say that knight errants of the new: lodge ganized here . will not disgrace th mm colors in such a way." ' ! " To say that the Pythians who took part in the institution were surprised and deeply indignant, is putting jit i mildly. Nothing that has beejs. printdSi' in- this section in many a day has aroused such resentment. Several j pies of the paper containing the offen sive article were received here yester day, and this morning the Pythians, (A -whom there are oyer four ! hundred k ';r" Charlotte, were disCUfesihg it' generally.' u The party which' went from Cha lotte comprised seVetal officers of local churches and substantial citizens. There was not a drinking man in the party. Mr.. W. M. Lyles, Deputy Grand Chancellor for this district, and Mr. 1. W. Dixon, Prelate of Mecklenbu Lodge, intend to sue the Stanly En terprise for libel, unless the most com plete reparation is made for the injury. A signed denial will be sent the 9m terprise tonight. The Salisbury Pythians have als taken action in the matter, as the fol lowing from the Salisbury Sun shows: "The Knights of Pythians of the cir were thrown into considerable excijfce ment yesterday by an article which ap peared in the Stanly Enterprise of this week, charging some of the members returning from Albemarle Wednesday morning of last week, at which place they had assisted in organizing a new lodge Knights of Pythias on Tuesday night. "Every Knight in the party, wh have been approached and asked about it, denies the charge. " A Sun man, who is a Pythian, F&t on board the- train in the car yf the bad conduct is alleged to nas JW- curred and saw nothing of it. "A communication was receivec morning from Mr. J. F. Kirk, acl K. R. and S., of Norwood Lodge No. enclosing a clipping of the article sug gesting that it be investigated and re futed. "The Knights are greatly aroused over the matter and there is talk f instituting a suit for libel against Ed itor Bivens, of the paper." JiA telephone message this morning from? Salisbury states that Mr. Cicero Barker, a prominent citizen, has se cured affidavits from the conductor, flagman and brakeman of the train, stating that they observed no such dis order as stated and there was no -whiskey aboard the train. No intoxicants are allowed at any Pythian function, and this makes tjke Knights all the more indignant a&iSke charge of drunkenness, and disorder. Mrs. James G. McOorkle, of ar tnnhiirii' in a Ernest of her sister. ESas. Ic. A. Mason, on North Graham strdSi- . -:vi" . - '70?iJ- - l.'f Pt; mi