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GUARANTEED THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE CITY . A. CWA A LIVE INVESTMENT AND ' NEW V0T A DEAD EXPENSE AD VERTISING IN THE NEWS. ; ; MAKE YOUR MONEY MAKE MONEY FOR YOU BY ADVER TISING IN THE NEWS. ; ; ; ; THE WEATHERf Local Rain Tonightand Wednesday. VOL. XXIII. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1902. NO. 5347 BLOTTE PICKPOCKETS HEAP HARVEST FROM W THAT President is Up Early, Resumes His Hot Air Junket Through New England -He Takes a Short Drive Around Town of Lowell llosion, Mass., Aug. 26 The Presi de;;! was up early this morning, and !,! akfasted at the Touraine with his party, and. started at 8:20 o'clock for th" north station, where he boarded a .Sh'. ia! train. The train left at 8:35. The program includes stops at at Low ell. Lawrence, Havre Hill, Dover, Old STOCK MARKET SPIRITED AND THE TONE WAS MAINTAINED New York, Aug. 26. The stock market was extremely spirited at the opening and tone was well maintain ed in strength notwithstanding large .-ales to take profits which resulted in more or less irregularity of move ment. As a rule industrial stocks w ere neglected. The fluctuations have generally tended upward. 4-- 44 -4 4 f 4 4 44444 4 4 4 4 4 4 The Strike Depopulates This Entire Village - Reading, Pa., Aug. 26. Georgetown, Lebanon County, has become a deserted village' owing to the coal strike. Lack of fuel has compelled 1 the Sheridan Furnace, the most of whose emolovees live in Georae- , , - 4 4 town, to close. The last family remaining in the town has moved T X. away and the place is abandoned. 4 44- -444 S 44 4 4 SASTERS OF A DAY RECORDED BY THE WIRES Four Persons Are Cut Off By Flooding Tide and Drowned Before Help Could Reach Them Steamer in Mud London, Aug. 26. Four persons spending the holiday at Kiltonskel dyke, Lincolshire today were drowned. The party were strolling on the sand and before they were aware of their dangerous condition they were cut off toy the tide. Bristol, England, Aug. 26 The Pleasure steamer Heather Bell stuck in the mud in Bristol channel last night. Her 250 passengers had to spend the night aboard but were taken off in tugs this afternoon in safey. Pretoria, Aug. 26. A train collision occurred just outside of Johannes burg, today killing several women and children and injuring many persons. Victor Calls On Kaiser. Rome, Aug. 26. King Victor Emanuel, accompanied by Signor Prinetti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeu tor Berlin this morning Switzerland to visit the Kaiser. via JONES I IS THE CAPTAIN'S Master of Panama Railroad Steamship Falls Overboard While His Ship is at Sea and islDrowned Xc- CV York. Alio- OC. A Tor,r,Tvio rail. in 3teamer, which arrived this moro ns from Colon with colors at half--st. reports the disappearance of the -"t'm. ( w Tn,;ii; a 4.0-1 T r bablv f f, attacked by vertigo and pro- My fen liv,i : ' (JverDoard Capt. Phillips DAVY DCKER MAUSOLEUM Brooklyn. GREET ROOSEVELT Orchard, Portland, Lewiston and Au gusta. Lynn. Mass., Aug. 26. Professional pickpockets reaped a harvest during the president's short visit at Lynn and Nahant. Lowell, Mass., Aug. 26. The Presi dent arrived here at 9:20 o'clock, tak ing a fifteen minutes drive around the town. ALL DAI T 4 - -44 4 4 4 4 f 4 4 --- t Two Tobacco Trusts May Agree to Combine London, Aug. 26. Officials of the 4- trusts are to have a conference September 17 with the purpose cf 4 arranging a satisfactory price schedule. This is taken to indicate the end I of the tobacco war and the temporary defeat of the American trusts ( attempt to capture the European market. 4 4 44 44 44 44- RUSSIA SAYS SHE IS ENDS INCIDENT Had German Officers Arrested For Visiting Beer Garden But Learning Their Ignor ance Released Them Berlin, Aug. 26 It is officially con firmed that two non-commissioned offi cers of the warship Loremy, during the Kaiser's visit to Russia, were impris oned at Vicolageff on the order of the commander of the town because they visited a beer garden. The officers were not aware that beer gardens were interdicted to soldiers. The commander learning of 'their ignorance caused their release next morning. The Russian Governor apo logised to the officers. GREAT LDVE FOR EACHJTHER Report Emanating From Paris That the Two European Monarchs Disagreed i s Very Promptly Denied Berlin, Aug. 26. The National Zei--tung today denies the statement emanating from Paris that the Kaiser and the Czar disagreed during the con ference at Reval. The Russian paper says: "Such con fidential relations as exist between Kaiser and Czar do not exist between the Czar and any other monarch." - SORRY AND THAT KAISER AND CZ A HAVE i ,,. 4- 44 44 447-4 f 4- 4 444 44 44 4 4 - " M1S3 GLADYS DEACON. She is the daughter of Mrs. Edward Parker of Boston and she is said to have won the heart of Crown Prince Frederick of Germany while the two were guests of the Marlboroughs at Blenheim. The rumor of an en gagement between the two caused a storm from the German royal family and Miss Deacon, when she heard of it spurned the prince's ring. 4 4 4-44444444 i Gibbons Expected at Rome. Rome, Aug. 26. Cardinal Gibbons is expected in Rome before the end of the year. The Pope has expressed a desire to sae all the members of the sacred college during the jubilee year. To Try to Swim Whirlpool aRpids. Niagara Falls, Aug. 26. Carlisle D. Graham will next Sunday try to swim through the whirl pool rapids that caused the death of Capt. Webfz. Gra ham is the man who went through the rapids in a barrel. 444 444444 4 T 4 1 4 British and American Tobacco 4 4 4 -4 CIUDAN BOLIVAR WAS BOMBARDED FOR Minister BoweQ Cables State Department News of Fight ing But He Omits to State What Damage Was Done Washington, Aug. 26. Minister Bowen at Caracas, Venezula tele graphs the State . Department that a Venezulean Government worship has arrived at Laguayra, and reports that for two days she bombarded Ciudan Bolivar, after which she withdrew, her ammunition having been exhausted. Minister Bowen does not say what damage was done, to the town. BANK OF ANK OF SPAIN WILL OPEN BRANCH IN E Difficuity'of Spanish Subjects in Dealing With Bank of England Leads Spain to Transact Her Own Business Madrid, Aug. 26 The Bank of Spain will shortly open a branch in London. Spain's finance in England has here tofore been managed by four large banks, but the difficulty Spanish subjects have had to cash drafts in England led the Spanish government to transact its own business. TW GLAND -4444 4 T All Hope of Stopping Cholerac Washington, Aug. 26. All hope the Philippines has been abandoned The incapability of a majority of the the natives in trying to conceal spread in the islands. 444 44 44 BOOMING OF BIG GUNS ANNOUNCES JOINT MANEUVERS Rumble From Fort Adams Awakes the Echoes Offi cers Flocking to Newport in Great Numbers Newport R. I., Aug. 26 The artillery target practice preliminary to the'joint army and navy manouvers began this morning at Fort Adams, a few miles southeast of here, one of the defenses, Narragansett Bay. Promptly at 8 o'clock a salute of four big guns woke the people and since that time the rumble has been contin uous. Fort Adams is the headquarters of the Narragansett district, compris ing Forts Crebel and Watherill. Offi cers of the army and navy are arriving here in large numbers- DEATH FOR DISOBEDIENCE. Boy Pulled Off Bandages After Op eration and Began to Dress. .Trenton, Aug. 26 "Hot air!" said seventeen-year-old William Talmadge, of Lambertville, when, after he had been operated upon for appendicitis, he was told by the physicians at McKin ley Hospital to lie perfectly still. When the physicians and nurses turned their backs the boy pulled off the bandages and began dressing. The foolhardy youth was put back to bed, but his act cost him his life. He died late at night. STRIKERS AND SCABS E HOT BATTLE ren Men Are Wounded Be fore a Troop of Cavalry, Hurriedly Called, Could Disperse the Combatants Beauvaris, France, Aug. 26. A seri ous collision between strikers and non striking workmen occurred here today. Ten were . wounded in the fight, which continued until a company of cavalry compelled the combatants to separate. WG I FRANCE i . . . . WILL TRY TO START Attempt Will Be Made About the First of September Prep arations For Starting Are Well Under Way New Commander For the Troops Shenandoah, Pa., Aug. 26. Col. Cle ment, of the 12th regiment encamped at Columbia Park, now commands the troops through this region, Gen. Cob in having left for Saratoga to attend a meeting of the American Bar Asso ciation. There is renewed activity in some of the collieries in this section, STRIKING LABORERS AT HAVANA WIN THE VICT0R1 AND RETURN TO WORK Havana, Aug. 26. The striking dock laborers have won, the strike is ended and a majority of the strikers returned to work this morning. The schedule of prices which Gen eral Wood established are now main tained. Wages will hereafter be paid in United States instead of Cuban and Spanish moneys. 4 44 4 4 4 4 is Abandoned of staying the cholera epidemic in until the typhoon season sets in. 4 Filipino doctors and the trickery I the disease is responsible for its 4444 4444 4- 4 44444 4 4 T I 4 I New Market Is Opeo For -'American Mills Washington, Aug. 26. The State Department has been advised by United States Consul R. E. Mansfield, at Valparaiso, Chile, that a market for large supplies of cotton materials has been opened in Chile to the United States Manufacturers by the beginning of opera tions of the Chilean Mills Company of Chiguhanti, Province of Con-cepcion. I - H - I 4 -444 44 MILITIA CALLED UPON TO STOP RIOTING OF STRIKING MINERS Lansford, Pa., Aug. 26. Strikers' pickets tried to stop non-union men returning to work at Panther Creek Valley this morning. Four companies of militia were dispatched to the scene and dispersed a mob who were beating two non-union men. ARGUMENT IN THE WILCOX CASE BEGUN IN SUPREME COURT TODAY (Special to the News.) Raleigh, ,N. C, Aug. 26. Argument in the Wilcox case was begun in the Supreme court but has not been concluded. Attorney General Gilmer and Solicitor Ward spoke for the State, W. M. Bond and E. F. Aydelette for Wilcox. Aydelette concludes tomoi row. The reward of two hundred dollars was paid to Constable Harrison of Charleston, for Paul McDonald's capture. McDonald married the girl and has been discharged. THREE HUNDRED DEATHS F SMALLPOX IN VIRGINIA TOWN Richmond, Va., Aug. 26. Late reports from the smallpox epidemic at Stone Gap, Wise county, say that 300 deaths have taken place in the last few days. The town is 30 miles from a telegraph station and reports are delayed. HARD TO PREDICT RESULT The primaries for the nomination of State and county officers and con gressional candidates are being held today throughout South Carolina. In reply to a query as to the progress of the primaries, the Columbia State Volcanic Outburst In Calabria. Rome, Aug. 26. Mount Altomonte in Calabria, has been in eruption since last Friday and is emitting showers of stones and flames. Alleged Double In Coronation. Paris, Aug. 26. The Revue Heboma daire publishes a strange article- in which it is alleged that King Edward did not go through the whole corona- It ion ceremony personally, IIP COLLIERIES THE PENNSYLVANIA COAL FIELDS scores of mules being brought from the pastures and reshod. Preparations are being made to start the collieries about Seuptember 1. Washington, Aug. 26. Two carloads of unperishable provisions, are soon to be shipped from here to the striking miners by local labor organizations. Bjornsen For Pan-Germanism. Copenhagen, Aug. 26. Bjornstjerne Bjornsen, the Norwegian novelist and poet, publishes an article in the chief newspaper of Scandinavia, urging the necessity of establishing permanently guarantees of neutralization among Denmark, Norway and Sweden and recommending active work in the cause of neutralization and pan-Germanism. Wireless Telephonirfg 105 Miles. Berlin, Aug. 26. Experiments in wireless telephoning were successfully conducted today between Sassnitz and Kolberg, a distance of 105 miles. 4- 4 44 44 4 44- 4 4 -4 44 4 THE IN SOUTH CAROLINA wires the News as follows: Columbia, S. C, Aug. 26. There is absolutely no indication of who will get the votes other than an apparent public sentiment that Hey word will probably lead for Governor. A large vote is being polled. A War Echo Of Fashoda Times. Paris, Aug. 24. The Yellow Book, recently issued by the French Health Department, makes the revelation that at the time of the Fashoda dis pute with Great Britain, in 1898, France, fearing war with Britain, con centrated 30,000 troops at Cherbourg, where a serious outbreak cf fever oc curred among the soldiers. A thousand cases were reported, and there were 120 deaths. ROM
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