The pharte jjews is the only Democratic Daily Paper Published in Charlotte.
jifERSjBACEFDL
Rut the Operation of Les? Than
HSf 2 Dozen toluenes At
tempted. TREATS TO FLOOD MINES.
Attempt Made to Start up Col-
jUries but the niners Did, Not
Resp3nd 5tated and Denied
hat C. B. Markle Co., Agreed
to Strikers' Demands.
-jgXANDOAH. Sept, 25. Peace
5 'in this, and in the neighboring
l v., r 'civ: than a dozen collieries;
ffiffDS. iv -
WOrk this morning.
Hen Remained Away
0
sHEXAXDOAH, Sept. 25. The offi-
" . 1U - J
is's Ot the uamercn curriery euuea,vur-
p,1 start operations this morning, but
i 1 i a 1 T 1 - m
io miners responueu iu me muwmg oi
hp whistles. A fruitless attempt -was
. j. t n - -i '
ma&e to resume at several iLiit?r cui-
prics between here and uentraiia, but
he men remained away.
Tnreaten to Hiood Mines
XEW YORK. Sept. 25. A Journal
spatch from Hazleton says:
The operators are today playing an
other and what the strikers declare is
the last card. Thej- will flood the
ir.es and abandon them, they say,"
(iramed Demands ?
L
HAZLETON. Sept. 25. It is reported
re that C. B. Markje & Co.. large
ope
rators. have granted all the de-
arris cf the miners.
The Rcoori Denied
NEW YORK, Sept. 25. The mining
superintendent of a large coal company
telegraphs from Wilkesbarre that
President Markle denies that he has
conceded the demands of the miners as
reported. ' - -
SIX WEE KILLED
And Three Fatally injured by
Tornado at Moristowii
7AIRBAUL. Sept. 25. The total list
o: ihcse killed by the tornado at Mor
rto vn aambers eight with." six -in-three
fatallv.
kISJOH FIKTYfhfiT
Efforts to Rvach Marble Palis in
Flooded District Unsuccessful
AUSTLV. Sept. 25. Efforts to reach
ri:ble Falls reported washed away by
"-e Co'crado river are still unavailing.
reported that there was a rise of
E-y fat at Kingsiand.
One Change Hake Another
Fcscnifister Mullen is not fond of
diange . He believes in a fixed place
jar things as well as men. The mail
taxes on the square, for instance, have
teen moved three or four times since
became postmaster, every time to
P ant or move, a pole belonging to the
telephone companies or electric light
fompany. Today he is having the
Goxes moved away from the corners,
put back several feet, where there
a-e no poles, and never -will be. "I am
Et going to move any more," said the
t-stmastor today.
Th Poi-s at the Square .
. llie Pcles Avhich bound the square at
four corners were today moved back
inches, on account of the fact that
:aen the vitrified brick is laid the cor
are to be circular, this will cut off
tv'5 f tiie Present corners. There
j!i onl5r one pole on each sorner
rafter tmP Of fho turn nirrar npnnv.
same to come down.
ilss Ra?on5? Recital
V- c- r V.T i
-onnsie Bson,'s violin recital
-.incolnton Saturday night, was a
es Jackson
twfcSoiIthland will hear with regret
sufv,-11"" Stonewall Jackson is still
f?e and f
suuy wnn tne pain in ner
ace facial neuralgia. She
t ennsylvania sanitarium
U1 Rllr . J
has .rv, Dut the treatment there
to pa,1- to relieve hr. She is to'go
have tnUIROre s6on' she thinks, to
fco-o r f Pferaticn performed in the
- v-viii6 tne pain.
T. Derailed
est Tra , ir entral train from the
Ias nisSTt hour and 50 minutes late
0 two accoimt of the derailment
i ton. s ln the. yard at Rutherford-
r,0V Mlccess- Miss Bason added,
it'.. ne'v laurels to her wreath, but
- Pupils to her class. She was de-
nT ,7:'uh Piedmont Seminary, of
Th'p n JiSS Kate Shipp is principal.
tVi Ef nctjI- she says, is ably conduc
rSrJZ rAKLOTTE, N. O., TUESDAY,
her COM p ion - Precarious
A Young Lady and Her Guest
Sho A Cowardly Affair.
TVIL.L.I AMSTON, N. C, Sept. 25. The
condition of Miss Jennie Moore, who
was shot at her home here Saturday
night about 9:30 o'clock, is very pre
carious. ;
The shooting was a most cowardlv
and brutal affair.
Mr. Roland Hobbs, son of the clerk
of the court, had called upon Miss
Hobbs and the j oung couple werfe seat
ed -m the parlor on a sofa when they
heard a noise, through the window, of
something in the shrubbery outside
and went out to investigate the cause
of it, tMnking it probably a cow in the
yafd. When reaching about twenty
feet from the front steps the nois e in
the bushes became intensely louder,
and Miss Moore exclaimed that is was
a cow, a voice replied, "No, it ' is
me," followed, by four pistol shots, the
first striking Hobbs in the right hip
and the second found its mark under
the right shoulder of Miss jMoore, go
ing through the body, piercing the
lung and lodging in the right breast.
Returning from the house, where ho
ran for his hat, Hobbs met Miss Moore
coming 4nv saying that she was shot,
and asking him to go for help, which
he started to do, but saw a man stand
ing under a lamp at the corner of the
yard fence, arranging a pistol, who,
when he saw Hobbs, advanced towards
him and chased him up the dark lane
in front of the house towards Hobbs'
father's house, snapping the pistol at
him, which would not tire. The pur
suer chased him to Church street,
when, seeing some negroes, he turned
off and went down this street.
Hobbs states that he redognized the
voice ?is that of Miss Moore's lover,
Joseph Bennett, and knew it was Ben
nett whom he, saw chasing him. -Bennett
immediately disappeared and has
been - seen only once since, when .he
came to his home yesterday evening,
heavily armed, and soon escaped again.
The sheriff has been unable to ge:
Bennett, but thinks he is hid in the
swamps on the river near town. He is
making an earnest effort to capture the
assassin, but the latter is evidently re
ceiving help from citizens here, and it
will be difficult to get Trim.
AT A L4TRR DAV
Hon. Lee S. overman Can Not
Come to Charlotte Thursday
Pursuant to instructions the Secre
tary of the Bryan and Stevenson Dem
ocratic club cf Charlotte notified
Hon. Lee S. O verman cf : the
club's unanimous action in : in
viting him to address that -organiza-.
tion in this city on next Thursday
evening - A -',
This morning jthe ... following reply
was received from Mr. - Overman:
"Salisbury, Sept. 25th. 1900.
"My Dear Sir: I regret, that I can
not accept the kind rhvitaticn gI ths
Bryan and Stevenson Club cf Charlotte
to address them on Thursday night,
Sept. 27th, as V have an appointment
which will make it impossible for me
to reach there, but I will. try and make
a date later on during the campaign
when, I will be pleased to address them.
Please extend my thanks to the club
for their kind invitation. Thanking
you fox the handsome manner in which
ycra extend .their invitation to me, I
am ' s ';f . '
. '"Very truly yours,
"LEE L. OVERMAN."
DEMOCRAT IC CALL.
Circular Calling fleeting of Exec-
. " - utive Committee
Chairman McCall, c.f the County
Democratic Executive Committee, will
this afternoon fesue the following
V
card:
np.mnr'rq.tin Headauarter.3,
Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 25, 1900. A
"The county Democratic excuuve
committee is called to meet Monday at
the court house for the:
purpose cf taking some action in re-J
garu to tne oeua wi xar f
held the cf election, and to get matters
in shape" regarding the Presidential
campaign." - -
Signed J. D. McCALL,
. Chairman..
F. M. Shannonhouse, .secretary.
To Reduce Medicine Tax.
CHICAGO, 111.,' Sept. 25 Members
of the Wholesale Druggists'. Associa
tion and the Association of Proprietary
Medicine Manufacturers began a con
ference here yesterday. They comp am
of the discrimination against patent
medicines in apportioning the tax. The
purpose of tlie meeting is to try and
bring about the abolishment of the war
tar on medicines. Prof. H. H. Munyon
'says, on theuWect:Jt is the con.
earner who pays tne rax uu
fair to make tne poor auu m .
to pay doubly for their ernes, j
Another matter to be considered is thW
bringing about of a uniformity of
prices forN proprietary, medicines.
IN CHINESE WATERS
First Step Toward Mobilization
of Fleet of United States
Battleships.
PROTECTION IN THE ORIENT.
The Troops-will be Withdrawn
Prom China but a Powerful
Fleet of War Vessels will be
Kept in China Waters for Pro
tection American Interests.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 25.
Orders have been issued by the War
Department directing the Wilmington
to proceed immediately from Monte
video to hina by way of the Medite.
ranian Sea.
This is understood to be the first
official action toward carrying out the
plans of mobilizing a large fleet of war
ships in Chinese waters.
The' Vicksburg has just been com
missioned at Boston and will proceed
to Taku as soon as the ship is coaled.
The Kentucky, Annapolis and Doro
thea will proceed within a few days
and the .Albany will be ordered from
Piraeus to China.
It was said at the State Department
that while the administration had de
cided to withdraw the, American land
forces', the large force of naval vessels
will be distributed among the treaty
ports in, which this country has large
trade interests and these will be pro
tected; sat any cost. It was intimated
that the United States government has
now no intention of interfering should
an attempt be made toward the dis
memberment of the empire, but will
merely attend to trade interestsand the
security of American right and prop
erty. Seme cf the commanding officers of
Sihips . designated to protect American
interests in Chinese waters aifter'tho
land forces have been withdrawn have
shown a prompt compliance with Sec
retary Long's order. ' r
The Kentucky has arrived at the
Brooklyn navy: .yard . f ram! Newport.
She will be fitted out there for her long
cruise-.iTbe" Significance cf the assign
ment of so powerful a. ship as' the
Kentucky for service in Chinese waters
hasi not been lost on naval officer, who
appreciate the moral effect of such ac
tion' in international complications.
They regard the designation of the
Kentucky and a number of other war
vessels to Chinese waters as notice to
the powers that the United States gov
ernment intends that American inter
ests, diplomatic and material, shall be
respected. -
More Trouble Threatened.
HONG KONG, Sept. 25. The aspect
in the Kwang Chung district is threat
ening. '
Frequent anti-Christian riots have
occurred and have not been checked by
the Viceroys.
An army of twenty thousand Triads,
fiercely anti-foreign, are being associa
ted with the Boxers, having establish
ed a base at Chung Chien. They are
threatening
Canton and preparing for
a rebellion.
The Chinese threaten to destroy the
French gun-boat,. Avalanche, now at
Kum Chuk above Canton.
Chaffee to W ithd raw
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. Instruc
tions were cabled to Gen. Chaffe today
to withdray his troops from Pekin. A
legation guard of one regiment of in
fantry, four troops of cavalry and one
light battery will remain under the
command of Gen. Chaff es. The other
troops will withdraw to Manila.
ROCKS FROM A BLAST
Break Bric-a-Bracin Vanderbilt's
Drawing Room.
NEW YORK. Sept. 25 Pieces of
rock from a blast were thrown through
the windows of the drawing room! ot
George W. Vanderbilt's residence on
Fifth Avenue thisi morning and costly
bric-a-brac was destroyed. Fortunate
ly the stones missed the picture gal
lery in which hang pictures of old
masters of priceless worth.
Committee Meeting ' v-
The committee on railroads - and
jvoio-Tnte of the Chamber of Commerce,
met last night at the Chamber. Those
present were President Wittkowsky
and Messrs. J. H. Weddington, J. J.
Adams and M. C. Mayer. The meet
ing was called for the purpose of dis
cussing the freight rates here, and to
arrange for the committee to go to Rji
le'gh next Tuesday to appear before
the railroad commission to secure, if
possible, better freight rates for Char
lotte, or in other words tk go up the
hill and down again.
EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25,-1900.'
EX-SENATOR PALMER DEAD.
He was the Nominee of the Gold
Democrats for President.
SPRINGFIELD, Sept. 25. Gen. John
M. Palmer, ex-Senator from the State
of Illinois, died at his home in this city
this morning.
The convention of the national Dem
ocracy, or Gold Democrats, as they
were popular known, which met at In
dianapolis on September 3rd, 1896,
nominated Gen. Palmer for President,
Gen. Buckner being nominated for
Vice-President by the same conven
tion.
John McCauley Palmer was born in
Eagle Creek, Scott county, Kentucky,
September 13, 1817. He removed to
Illinois in 1832 and in 1839, settled in
Carlinville. He was admitted to the
bar in 1840, was a delegate to the con
stitutional convenion in 1847, a mem
ber of the State Senate from 1852 to
1854, a delegate to the national Repub
lican convention at Philadelphia in
1856, a presidential elector on the Re
publican ticket in. 1860, and a relegate
to the Peace convention, held in Wash
ington February 4th. 1861. He was
elected Colonel of the 14th Illinois
volunters in April, 1861. accompanied
Gen. John d Fremont in his expedition
to Springfield, Mo., and was commis
sioned brigadier-general of volunteers
on the 20th of December. He was yith
Gsn. John Pope at the capture of New
Madrid and Island No. 10, and after
wards commanded the first brigade of
the first division of the army cf the
Mississippi. In November, 1862? he was
with Gen. Grant's army in temporary
command of a division..
Subsequently he led a division at the
battle of Stone River and for his gal
lantry there he was promoted to major
general of volunteers the 29th of No
vember, 1862. He participated in the
battle of Chickamaug'i, and led the
14th Corps in the Atlanta campaign
, from May until September, 1864.
j He was governor of Illinois from
1869 to 1873 and was, afterwards Sena-
tor from that State.
In the campaign of 1896 Gen. Palmer
headed the gold Democratic national
: ticket. Since that time he has been liv
i ing a quiet life at his home in Spring
! field.
FOUR MEN SA'D "STO."
Mr. KendaJI Waylaid on His Way
Home Saturday Night.
Mr. W. H. Kendall, wh o ;cl er k s at
Yorke Bros. & Rogers,, lives feeveral
miles from the.city, near the old powd
place. He drives out at ' high t' ' aft er
business and returns in the morning.
Saturday night he had an unpleasant
experience on his trip home. He was
in a hack belonging to, and being driv
en by Henry Hendrick, colored. Just
after passing Schenck's place, on "the
edge of town, they were hailed by four
men who were in the read. Theien
told the driver to! stop. - Mr. Kendall
told him to lay the whip to the horse
and speed on. Hendrick did this, and
cutdistanced the men, but not the bul
lets which followed. Several shots were
fired at the carriage, and one cf the
bullets went through the hack curtain
of - the carriage. When Mr. Kendall
reached home he gave Hendrick his
pistol to have and to hold in case the
men attacked him on his way back to
town. Hendrick met three of the men,
but they did not molest him. They
were evidently bent on robbery, and
were after Mr. KKendall.
Church News.
Rev. Dr. Barron goes to Winston
. next Monday to conduct a week's meet
ing. His pulpit Sunday week will be
I occupied by Rev. Dr. Barron, of the
-First Baptist church, Winston.
I Rev. S. F. Conrad, who has bsen in
.the mountains the greater part of the
summer, returned to the city bunday.
'
The Baptists are still (moving in the
matter of parslonage. They are adding
to their subscriptions daily.
The quarterly meeting of the Meck
lenburg and Cabarraa Association will
take place next Friday at Long Creek
church, and continue three days. Mr.
Allen Tedder, of Charlotte, is modera
tor. Topics of interest to the people
will be discussed.
- v
Rev. A. A. Little, of Steele Creek
church, will preach to the children
Sunday morning.
Mr Erwin's Insurance
Mr. E. N. Farrior, general agent ot
the Union Mutual Life insurance Com
pany, of Portland, Maine, i-T-day re
ceived a check of $1,000 to be paid to
Mr. James Sibley, administrator, of the
late A. Manor Eirwin, of this city, and
which was the policy on his life. Mr.
Erwin. as nreviouslv stated, had paid
$in only one premium on his policy.
County Schools.
Superintendent R. B;" Hunter this
week will visit the schools in Dewese
and Huntersville. The school at Mat
thews is one of the most flourishing
! schools in the county. The attendance
,1s about. 75. Messrs. Long and Stallings
'are the principals. ,
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Engineer John Palmei's Engine
Left Track He was Caught
Under Car.
WAS INSTANTLY KILLED.
He Jumped When the Derailment
Occurred and was Caught Un
der a Car Load of Lumber and
Crushed to Death Wreck was
at Lenoir
Special to The News.
LENOIR, Sept. 25. Engineer John
Palmer was killed here at 6:30 this
morning by an accident on the Carolina
and Northern Railroad. A train load
ed with lumber was being pulled to
ward Lenoir by two engines. Engineer
raimer was m the cab of the front en
gine. This engine jumped the track.
Engineer Palmer jumped from the cab,
and was caught under a car loaded
with lumber and instantly killed: -His
brains were crushed out, and his body
was badly mangled.
I Fireman Williams also jump sd. but
was uninjured. A negro train hand
was slightly 'injured. The engine and
three cars were wrecked. N
Mr. Palmer was a son of Mr. av.d
Mrs. J. P. Palmer, of this city. He
was born and reared in Charlotte, and
was 3- years of age the oldest child.
Mr. Palmer began railroading when
quite young, leaving homo i5 years
ago tu accept a position on the Ches
ter &i Lenoir. IS arrow Gauge, n nv the'
.Carolina Northern, the road on which
he was killed. He ran as fireman for
.some years, and was then, promoted to
the cab. He married Miss Dora Por
ter, o Chester, S. C, last liecember-.
His iast visit home was two moults
ago. He was in fine health, and the
picture of well-developed manhood.
He and his wife lived in Chester and
he was well known and well thought
cf there as here. He was a first class
machinist, inheriting his fondness for
that class of work from his father, who
runs the city rollers. He had been
wonderfully fortunate in his long ser
vice on the road, having had no acci
dents ci? any 'censeauence. The news
I of his death reached the city about 9
o'clock this morning. Mr. Palmer,
father of the young man, who lives on
liast Sixth street, and Mr. Ed CoebilL
uroiner-in-iaw cc aeceasea, lerx tni
morning -for Lenoir1 "for the remains.
They will reach ' Charlotte to-night,
and ; the) funeral Will take place to
morrow.'' :';it ' -'''-'i
Deceased was a brother of Mr. Cleve
land Palmer,'1' soda water : clerk at
Woodall & Sheppard's. ' !?
SOCIAL.
The egent of Augusta Chapter,
D. A. R's Here.
Mrs. James Moore, of Augusta,' Ga.,
lis at Mr. George E. Wilson's; Mrs.
j Moore is the regent of the Augusta
.Chapter D. A. R's. She has acted in
that capacity for four years, and is one
of the most efficient and delightful of
ficers in Southern D. A. R. circles." She
will be an honored guest tomorrow
evening at the D. A. R. reception at
Mrs. Hutchison'.
The form of invitation to the tea to
morrow is as follows: "The Daughters
of the American Revolution request
your presence at their anniversary tea,
Wednesday, September 26th, 1900, at
Mrs. D. P. Hutchi?on3, 603 North Try
jon street. 5 to 7:30 p. m." The chap
ter has invited, in a body, Stonewall
Jackson Chapter Unite! Daughters of
the Confederacy. Other invitations to
j the tea were personal, each Daughter
S having the privilege of inviting one
guest. . -
Master Billie Bethel is to have a par-
itir Tiic nftornnnn at 4. 1ft at. his STand-
' mother, Mrs. R. M. Oates', on North
r Tryon.
The Gadd TriaK
The trial of William Gadd, charged
with stealing cotton, last week, from
the Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer mill,
will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock
before 'Squire John R. 'Erwin, Gadd
was bound over until to-day in a jus.
tified bond cf $150, he not being ready
until today for trial. He will be rep
resented by Mr. J. D. McCall and the
mill by Judge Burwell. Gadd is a
son cf Capt. Robert Gadd.
LATER.
Gadd failed to appear this afternoon
for trial, and it is understod that a re
ward of $25 is out for him. . . -
F. W. Shuman is his bondsman. '
Realty
Mr. H. Clarkson. trustes. yesterday
' cVI? fnnr acrws in iFflLirviftW Sto Mr. W. '
E. Shaw for $450, andf our acres to J.
J A. Price for $525. , . , v
NO. 8850
MILL NEWS.
New Mills Being Built in Tennes
see $ioo,oco Plants.
Mr. George B. Hiss went to Granite
Falls this morning, and from there to
the site, a mile and a half distance, o
the naw Rhodiss Mill, in which he is
interested. eH is to be met there by
Mr. J. M. Rhodes. The ground on
which the mill is to be located is being
cleared off and prepared for the build
ing, j,: t. '
Mr. J. H. Crowley cannot tell the day
nor hour in which he will resume oper
ations at his towel mill. The mill has
been shut down for some months, the
high price of cotton and low price of
goods, uiting the looms. "I would like
to see cotton keep up now on account
or tne goods the mills have on hand,"
said Mr. Crowley.
" "
Mr. J. D. Brown, who vas sent by
Mr. S.W.Cramer.mill architect, to Cov
ington, Tenn., to build a mill, has re
turned. Mr. Brown superintended tho
construction of the building. Tlu
company is now placing the machin
ery. The capacity of the mill is 5.00S
spindles. The plant will cost $100,0GO
A mill of the same capacity to-to be
built at Humboldt, Tenn. Howard. &
Bullock, of R. I., will draw the plans.
This plant will aso cost $100,000.
'-'
Mr. J. Lee Sloan, Jr., of Davidson, is
here to-day. The Linden mill the up
per mill he says, Is running day and
night; the lower mill Cornelius
only in the dajr.
'
"Got much cotton in the ware
house?" Mr. C. W. Johnston, of the
Gingham .mill, was asked to-da.jv
"Sorry to say we haven't," he replied.
MR. MARSH RETURNS.
Says Americans Gave Paris tfra
Go by Exposition a Failure.
Mr. J. B. Marsh, formerly of Elliott
& Marsh, of the old furniture 'factory
who left here on the 17th of Jat April
for England, has returned to Char
lotte. He arrived a day or so ao and
leaves in the mcrninig for Lenoir
where he will spend the winter with
his daughter. Mr. Marsh spent hi
time in London. He did not go on tho
continent, although he could have
gone for a mere song. "Tne Exposi
tion," he said, "was a failure. There .
were 85,000 Americans who crossed
this summer, but not half of the num
ber went to Paris. They caricatured
the English and, Americans to such an
extent in Pari 51 that they boycotted tho
exposition. The Americans gave Paris
the; go by and spent their time in
Germany, Italy and other points or
the continent."
Mr. Marsh brought back manj- lino
views with him.
Mr. Marsh'a only sister, who lived
in London, died while he was there.
FIRE AT MAIDEN.
Mr, Gall's Residence Burned L&st
' ) Night. .
' A 'phone message to Mr. J. C. Hun
tej this morning from Maiden states
that the residence of Mr. William Gall,
at Maiden, wals destroyed last night at
11 o'clock by fire. The house was new
and was one of the prettiest in the
place. The origin of the fire is not
known. Mr. Gall and family had re
tired. They were aroused by the
I smoke, and heat and had only time to
I get out and save some of the furniture
! on the first floor. They lostteverything
f -i-t. .1 a
oil Tne secunu iiwr. i viri -
Mr. Miller's MoUer Paralyzed.
Mr. John M. Miller, Jr., cashier of
the Merchants' and Farmers' bank,
had distressing news this .morning.
His mother, -Mrs. Mary E. Miller, of
Lynchburg, was' stricken with paraly
sis last evening ate 'it 6 o'clock. he
telegram said that the. paralysis was
first noticed in her. face. It extended
afterward down her : side, and waa
growing steadily more alarming. Mrs.
Miller is 64 years of age. Mr. Miller
leaves to-night for Lynchburg.
Death Under a Wagon Wheel.
Mr. John F. Yorke received a 'phona
message this morning from Rockwell,
a mile from Salisbury, saying that
Jones, the 8-year-old son of his sister,
Mrs. J. W. Peeler, had been run over
by a wagon early 'this morning and
killed. Mr. Yorke got the message
in time to catch No. 36, the north
bound train.
New Office
The Highland Park Manufac
Company has completed a new
ding at the Gingham mill, which
use as an office fcr Mr. C. V .
ston, secretary and treasurer.
Johnston and clerical forcei Mr.
Spencer, bookkeeper and Miss
Keesler, stenographer, move to
new,, office next week.
turing
buil-
it will
John
Mr. Leak
Janie
their