THE NEWS has always been a
first-class advertising medium aEd
Its value was never more pro
nounced than at the present moment.
V II W IS N II ,N
NEW
THE ADrERTISERS themselves
are the best judges of a newspaper's
advertising value and by its adver
tisers The News is willing to be
known.
VOL. XXIII
iARLOTTE, N. C-, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1903.
NO. 5458
JL Jr.. jta vru A H!i i )
M YEAR'S DM
IT WJTE HOUSE
Bugle Blast Echoes "The
President's Call" Through
Corridors of Building
THE MOST BRILLIANT
THE CAPITAL EVER SAW
President Begins With High
Dignitaries, Giving Each a
Hearty Shake and Gets
Down to Common folks
Washington, Jan. 1. At eleven
o'clock this morning the bugle blast
blew out in the new marble corridors
of the White House. It was "The Presi
dent's Call" and scarcely had the last
note died away before the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt, followed by mem
bers of the Cabinet and their ladies
proceeded down the broad staircase
from the second story of the historic
building, passed across the corridor
into the Green room and then to the
Blue room where they took up stations
in the bay window to shake hands with
official and civil Washington in honor
of the young year. Today's reception in
many respects is the most brilliant the
national capital has ever seen
To the public at large the occasion I
afforded the first opportunity to view
the interior improvements recently j
completed m trie executive mansion.
The program for the reception was ;
as follows:
11 a. m. The President received the ;
members of the Cabinet and of the :
diplomatic corps
11:15 a. m.
The chief justice and i
the associate justice of the Supreme ;
Court of the United States, the judges !
of the United States Court of Claims, i
the iudees of the Ccourt of Anneals, i
the judges of the Supreme Court of the spring unless it is blown up. Great ap
District of Columbia, ex-cabinet offi- I prehension is felt by up-river residents
cers and ex-ministers of the United
States.
11:25 a. m. Senators and represen
tatives and delegates in congress, the
."or?- .r ??sionf rs ir-vi iida ial officers of
ii . : -: :: ,:;
11:40 a. m. Officers of the navy, of
ficers of the army, officers of the ma
rine corps, commanding general and
general staff of the militia of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
12 m. The regents and secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, the com
missioner of fisheries, members of the
civil service commission and of the in
interstate commerce commission, the
commissioner of labor, assistant secre
taries of departments, assistant post
masters general, the solicitor general,
assistant attorneys general, the con
troller of the currency, the treasurer of
the United States, commissioner of
pensions, commissioner of patents, the
heads of the bureaus in the several de
partments, the president of the Colum
bia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb.
12:15 p. m. The associated veterans
of the war of 1846-7, the Grand Army
o fthe Republic, the military order of
the Loyal Legion of the United States,
the Union Veteran Legion, Union Vet-
erans' Union, Soanish War Veterans,
the members of the Oldest Inhabitants'
Association of the District of Colum
bia. 1 p. m. The public.
Edwerd Proclaimed
Emteror of India.
Amid the Gorgeous Mummery
Princes and Potentates
Sovereign
Delhi, India, Jan. 1. King Edward
was proclaimed Emperor of India today
at the Cornation Durbar, held in the
presence of all the native reulers of the
Indian empire. It was the most gor
geous Durbar ever held in India.
The Durbar brought together poten
tates representing a population greater
than all Europe who swore alliegance
to King Edward. The Durbar was held
in a vast covered amphitheatre special
ly erected on the Daheerpore plain,
about four miles outsde of Delhi city.
On a great level stretch reaching
away on all sides from Durbar hail
were drawn up forty thousand British
troops on the north side, and aoout ten
thousand native soldiers on the soutn
side. Tethered among the native con
tingent were numerous elephants and
camels, ridden by Rajahs and their
chief nobles.
Practically the entire population of
Delhi, numbering over two hundred
thousand, marched to the plain, pass
ing through the thousands of tents
which stretched out between the city
.nd the amphitheatre. In many ways
the whole scene with the natives, the
eivpuauLS anu me uauicio, nociu
the midway plaisance at the Chicago
1 t A J l.'Uf. An w j-vl r-
resembled
"ROOSEVELT ROSE" BARRED.
Patent Office Refuses To Trade-Mark
The Name.
Washington, Jan. i President
Roosevelt's name is not to be used in
labeling new brands of cigars, patent
medicines, soap and other articles oc
trade requiring the granting of a trade
mark by ihe United States Patent Of
fice. This decision has been made by the
Commissioner of Patents, who recently
refused to grant the application of an
enterprising New England firm, who
appled for a trade-mark bearng the
name of "Roosevelt Rose." The appli
cation does not state what this nam? is
to be used on, but the inference is that
it is to designate a flower. The Com
missioner of Patents decides that a
living celebrity is entitled to protection
from the use of his name for the pur
poses of trade by others and this is
especially true in the case of the name
of the President of the United States.
The Commission holds that it is
against the public policy of the Patent
Office to lend its sanction to the use of
the President's name by granting reg
istration therefor as a trade-mark
without his express consent.
DON'T WASH ON A SUNDAY.
Mrs. Harowitz Did and a Pennsyl
vania 1794 Law Was Outraged.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 1. It has been
definitely decided that it is against the
law in South Scranton to wash or hang
out clothes to dry on Sunday. Miss
Belinda Welsh discovered an unrepeal
ed law dating back to 1794 forbidding
manual labor on Sunday.
She has as neighbors Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Harowitz. On Sunday Mrs. Haro
witz washed and hung out the clothes.
Miss Welsh last night had her before
Magistrate Howe, o fined Mrs. Haro
witz and warnedjrier not to offend
again.
Mrs. Harowitz said in her defense
that she did not see the distinction be
tween running trains and keeping
stores open on Sunday and doing one's
cvn laundry work.
ft
HUDSON
ICE GORGE GROWS.
Now Two and a Half Miles Wide From
Coeymans To Castleton.
Poughkeepsie, Jan. 1. The ice gorge
at North Coeymans, which formed
after the ice moved out of the river at
Albany 'ast week, has grown to be two
miles and a half long, and extends
above Casteltcn.
The ice is formed in a solid mass and
seems likely to remain there until
near the gorge.
The ice below ia intact for many
miles south, and such conditions are
unfavorable for a breaking up of the
gorge. The snow raid cold weather pve-V-;M
i to TrvflVn the gorge
more solid.
NO FUNERALS ON ' SUNDAYS.
Action of Poughkeepsie Cemetery As
sociation Causes Dissatisfaction.
Poughkeepsie. N. Y., Jan. 1 The
Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery Associ
ation has decided that after Jan. 1 no
burials will be permitted in the eeme
tery on Sunday. As this is the only
cemetery used by the people of the city
other than Catholics, the action means
that no more funerals can be held on
Sunday.
The order has caused widespread dis
satisfaction, especially among the
working classes and the fraternal or
ganizations, which make it a point,
whenever possible, to have the fune
rals of their dead on Sunday in order
not to keep men away from work.
Incessant Rains In Jamaica.
Port Antonio, Jamaica, Jan. 1. Ja-
maica is being deluged by incessant
rams. All the nortn side rivers are
flooded. ADDrcaches to bridges are
undermined and some have been wash
ed away.
of the Delhi Durbar Today the
Swear Alleigance to the
of England
Flags and pennants almost buried
Delhi and out of compliment to the
nationality of the Vicerine there wer
a number of American flags in the de
corations.
Jr,vc and La.dv r.urzon were schedul-
ed to arrive at noon but it was some
little time after that hour before they
appeared. They came on elephants
with a small escort but with very little
of the pomp and magnificence that
marked their arrival.
The Princess and the Viceroy sat on
n Virnno rlofnrntprl with PTilrlen lions.
- aS thev Vere seat-d he gave
As "9 f tjey ere seat d he g ae
; mwiarrHnn m:
heard read a proclamation makings
Edward, Emperor of India, which was
very short, then with a flourish of j
trumpets at the end, the bands Pjayed
the national anthem and forty ti&us
and troops outside the enclosure De
gan a cheer which was taken up by the
spectators and spread from the amphi
theatre to the plain until a quarter of
a million voices mingled in the tumult.
After quiet was. restored Lord Cur
zon rose and made a short address of
ni.nmp and congratulations to the
"w. a,,,nro,1 that thp
Rajahs and then an
in TSnr
WOES
On the Threshold of the New Year, Haunted By
Some Trouble, Known Only To Himself
He Ends His Own Life
SHRINERS WILL TAKE CHARGE OF BODY
Mr. Robert F. Madden, clerk at the
Central hotel, committed suicide in his
room at the hotel this afternoon short
ly before 2 o'clock. A 32 calibre pistol
was the weapon used.
The ball entered the right temple
and crashed through the most vital
portion of the brain, and came out the
eft temple. Death followed almost in
stantly.
Mr. Madden was to have gone on
duty at the Central at 1:30 o'clock. He
came down in the office just before 12
o'clock and had a short talk with Mr.
C. E. Hooper, the propietor, and also
talked with several cf the guests. He
did not appear to be in the least des
pondent but, on the other hand seemed
cheerful. He remarked to Mr. Hooper
that he was feeling badly and asked if
Mr. Green would work for him this af
ternoon. When told that Mr. Green
would relieve him, he went up stairs
to his room.
Shortly before two o'clock, Butler,
the well known colored porter, was on
the fourth floor of the hotel and pass
ed by Mr. Madden's room. He saw Mr.
Madden inside and went in. Just as
he passed through the door entering
the room, Mr. Madden told Butler that
he was going to kill himself. The ne
gro thought that Madden was speaking
in a jocular way and paid but little at
tention to him. In an instant Madden
pulled his gun and placing it hard
against his right temple, fired.
The report of the pistol so startled
Butler that he did not stop to see what
damage had been done, but ran to the
dining room and informed Dr. Hosea
BEST SCh
UUL U
EWSPAPER
So Declares Prof, Lynch The
Principal of Missouri School
who Has His Pupils Study
Tha Dailies
St. Louis, Jan. 1 Prof. W. H. Lynch.
principal of the Mountain Grove, Mo.,
school, todav explained to the btate
Teachers' Association, in convention
here, his method of using newspapers
for study in the classroom.
Prof. Lynch has great faith in the
educational value of the modern news
paper and is a subscriber to seventy
dailies, weeklies and semi-weeklies. He
said:
"I discovered some time ago that no
textbook is equal to tk-3 newspapers as
a means of disseminating actual and
up-to-date knowledge in the school
room. Textbooks teach only a theory
of the world and its facts, the news
papers tell the real drama of life in its
varied forms.
"Every Friday morning I have my
pupils devote time to reading news
papers. Each pupil has a differ
ent journal. Each pupil reads
but one article. At a given signal the
papers are folded up and each pupil
tells ths story he has been reading in
his own words. This plan has many
advantages, not the least of which is
that it enables the teachers to get an
insight into the natural bent of each
pupil's mind."
MARRIED ON A FAST TRAIN.
Wyoming Rancher Met English Bride
and Brought the Parson.
Newcastle, Wyo., Jan. 1. Passengers
on an overland train saw Robert G.
Somers. of Moorcroft, Wyo., and Miss
j Margaret A. McGavin, of London, Eng
I land, married by the Rev. W. West-
over, of Newcastle, in the Pullman car
! Qpralalla. The bride had travelled 5,000
miles to meet Somers, who is a well-to-do
rancher.
Somers and the minister met Miss
McGaine here and the knot was tied
while the train was running at the rate
of fifty miles an hour. The ceremony
was repeated at the home of the bride-
groonJ n. tnJ
of fnends
t groom in the presence of a large num-
. finnfvrinn AhroaH for Xmas.
"WaQMiieron. jan. 1. More than $6.-
i r.nn nnn ?r nviT-iotTnaa mnnpv was spnt
; abr'oa(J tWa year beating all records.
Nearly complete returns from money
order" offices show these figures. The
records indicate an increase of 50 per
cent, in the money sent to Great
Britain and of 33 1-3 per cent, to other
countries.
Tomorrow night the Alumni As
sociation of the S. A. E. Fraternity will
give a theatre party and banquet at the
Manufacturers Club.
Ok
S THE I
OF R.. F.
Moss, who at the time, was eating his
dinner. Dr. Moss went immediately to
Mr. Madden's room and administered
restoratives. These, however, were of
no avail, as the unfortunate man was
dead in five minutes after the shot was
fired.
In speaking cf the tragedy, Dr. Moss
stated this afternoon, that Mr. Madden
must have been standing when he fired.
He fell backward and was lying at full
length when Dr. Moss reached him.
The bullet entered the right temple
and ploughed through the brain, com
ing out directly opposite from where
it entered.
The wound, a ghastly one, was bleed
ing profusely when Dr. Moss reached
the unfortunate man's side. He only
breathed a few minutes and died with
out a struggle. Nitro-glycerine was
administered but to no avail.
Very little is known of Mr. Madden
in this city. He came to Charlotte
about the 15th of December on his way
to Danville. He stopped at the Central
and as Mr. Hooper was in noed of a
clerk, he and Mr. Madden made a
trade. The next day Mr. Madden was
behind the Central's counter. Since
that date he has been holding the posi
tion of clerk and Mr. Hooper, as well
as the guests of tne howl, grew to be
very fond of him.
The News man learned this after
noon that the dead man came to Char
lotte from Rock Hill. A telephone
message from the Carolina hotel of
that place states that Madden stopped
in Rock Hill about a week the first of
December. He made himself known to
the hotel people there, stating that he
was a Georgian and a native of At
lanta. A nunuer of Charlotte people who
f . NOW JUDGE WALKER.
Osl'. of Office Administered To Hon.
Piatt D. Walker Today.
t is now Judge Walker.
In the presence of most of the mem-
f ers or toe unarioue oar, xion. nau
V7alk v. -vas today sworn in at asso
ate justice of the Si.ipre.nic Court. YU
oath of office was administer; ". ?
Clerk J. A. Russell.
The incident that marks the eleva
tion of one of Charlotte's most popular
citizens to one of the highest offices
in the State, took place in the Law Li
brary in the Piedmont building. Sur
rounded by a number of his friends, the
oath was taken and Mr. Walker is now
a member of the Supreme Court of
North Carolina. That he will fill the
high position to which he has been
called by almost the uninimous vote
of his State, with dignity and ability,
The News feels sure.
CROW STOLE HER MILK.
Took Cover Off Housewife's Pail and
Drank the Contents.
Bath, N. Y., JaJn. 1 For a long
time Mrs. Joseph Stevenson has been
robbed of her morning's supply of
milk. It is her custom to set the milk
pail en the horse block in front of the
house every night for the convenience
of the milkman on his morning rounds.
She has found the cover off the pail
and the milk gone.
This morning she kept watch. A few
minutes after the milkman had filled
the pail- a big crow alighted on the
horse block, lifted off the cover of the
pail with his beak and drank up the
milk. Then he flew away.
CULLOM'S BILL
OIESTHE DEATH
Measure Intended to Regu
late Trusts, Introduced Ear
ly, in the Session, Will
Never Come Up Again
Washiigton, Jan. 1 The anti-trust
bill introduced into Congress early in
December by Senator Cullom, of Illi
nois, maj; never be reported by the
committee. It provided in main for
publicity and it was believed it had the
endorsement of President Roosevelt.
In sneaking on the matter today
Senator Cullom said "I sincerely regret
now that the bill was introduced early
in the present session to regulate the
trusts. It was referred to the Commit
tee on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce and I fear it was a mistake on
my part not to refer it to the judiciary
committee.
"The present indications are that my
bill is to be smothered to death in that
pommittp Ha.fl I sent it to my own
.-ij i i 7 i.
committee it wouia nave at leasi uu;
complimented by getting a report on j
it :
!
MADDEN
visited the Charleston Exposition re
member the dead man as one of the
clerks at the Charleston hotel. To sev
eral of his new made friends in Char
lotte Mr. Madden stated that he had
been with the Charleston hotel during
the run of the exposition and that for
some time after it closed, he remained
with the Charleston.
From Charleston, it is said, he went
back to Atlanta, and from Atlanta he
went to Augusta, finally arriving in
Rock Hill, from which latter place, he
came to Charlotte.
Deceased was in every sense a splen
did hotel clerk. The writer has, dur
ing the past two weeks, met the unfor
tunate man once every day. He was
rather retiring but always answered
all questions politely and squarely to
the point. Mr. Hooper stated this af
ternoon that the dead man had done
bis work well and he was highly pleas
ed with him.
Deceased wore on his watch-chain
a beautiful jewel, emblamatic of the
Shrine degree of Masonry. During the
meeting of the Shrine here a few weeks
ago, Mr. Madden took a prominent part
and seemed to greatly enjoy the meet.
It is understood this afternoon that
Mr. aiadaen was and naa been for a
number of years a member of an At
lanta lodge. Several Masons visited
the room shortly after the fatal shot
was fired. These took possession of the
dead man's effects and wired the At
lanta lodge of his death.
At 3:30 o'clock this afternoon the
body was taken to the undertaking
establishment of John M. Harry and
Co., where it will be prepared for
burial. Until a telegram is received
from Atlanta, the final arrangements
for the funeral will not be perfected.
By COKFLAGRATIOH
Explosion of Kerosene Lamp
in the Telephone Exchange
Starts Flames That Gut
The Entire Building
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 1. A kerosene
lamp exploded at 3:30 this morning in
the Interstate Telephone Company's
office over the First National Bank at
Durham.
The Telephone Company was burn
ed out and the two upper floors of the
building gutted. The losses are: Inter
state Telephone Co. $8,000, insurance
$5,000.
Guthrie and Guthrie, law office, $3,
600, insured fully.
Mrs. Smith's milinery store ruined,
no insurance.
Damage to bank by water $4,000;
damage to building $7,000.
MAY CANCEL ITS CONTRACT.
District Officials Think Moundsvilie
Prison Unsanitary.
Washington, Jan. 1. There are ru
mors at. the City Hall that the law au
thorities representing the Federal Gov
ernment in the District of Columbia
may cancel their contract with tht
West Virginia State Penitentiary at
Moundsvilie, W. Va., where prisoners
convicted of penitentiary offenses in
the District of Columbia are confined.
There is no local penitentiary.
For some years District prisoners
were sent to the prisons at Albany and
Arenton, but three years ago the Dis
trict entered into a contract with the
warden of the West Virginia institu
tion. The grounds for the contemplat
ed change . are found in the assertions
to the effect that the sanitary condition
of the institution is not satisfactory
and consumption is prevalent. It is
alleged that one-third of the deaths at
the penitentiary within the last year
were due to consumption, and that
each of the cases, with a single excep
tion, originated in the institution,
which is in a low country. There are
several hundred District of Columbia
prisoners at the penitentiary.
More Pay For Railroad Men.
Wilkesbarre. Pa.. Jan. 1. The em-
! ployees of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey here were notified today of an
increase in wages. The navies, who
have been receiving from $1.20 to $1.30
per day, are to have $1.50, and all other
employees will receive increase of 10
per cent, dating from Dec. 1.
Peru And Bolivia To Arbitrate.
La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 1. The Boli
vian Foreign Minister and the Peru-
-.-Son ivfinictov Viprp hnTP Rie-ned a trfal'T
mim - ---
submitting to arbitration the boundary
question between Peru and Bolivia.
DURHAM
V S TED
GERMANY IS MOROSE.
Doesn't Look Brightly On the Present
State of Affairs.
London, Jan. 1 It is stated here that
German officials are not inclined to re
sume diplomatic negotiations with Ven
ezuela pending a decision as to the re
ferring of the matter to the Hague.
The Manchester Guardian's New
York correspondent, having sounded
England and America as to their views,
learns that President Roosevelt took
a most active part in the negotiations
which resulted in referring the dispute
to arbitration even sending personal
despatches to the German Emperor
and received an answer from him.
The correspondence was nat couched
in diplomatic terms but was direct and
plain-spoken.
HITCH IN CONTRACTS.
English Shipbuilders Not Anxious Tc
Build Cunard Liners.
Glasgow, Jan. 1. A hitch has occur
red in placing the contracts for the new
Cunard liners. Fairfield and Co., big
shipbuilders, today informed the Pub
lisher's Press that they have received
no orders for the ships as it was re
ported and what is more they state
they are not desirous of receiving the
order as the conditions specified are
considered ruinous to shipbilders.
The conditions are that should the
vessel not maintain 25 knots per hour
during a whole year the vessel will be
thrown back on the maker's hands.
NEW RUMORS ABOUT SHIRAS.
It Is Said Judge Taft Will Succeed
Him In the Spring.
Washington, Jan. 1. There is a re
vival of the report started a year ago
that Associate Justice George Shiras,
Jr., of the United States Supreme Court
will leave the bench in the course of
the winter, when he will have reached
the age of 70 years, and thus become
entitled to retirement with full pay.
The report today comes from sources
considered trustworthy, and is to the
effect that Justice Shiras will retire
early in February. It is further as
serted that Judge Willam B. Taft, Gov
ernor of the Philippines, has been
selected for the vacancy and will re
turn home in the early spring to take
the place on the bench. In that event
it is admitted that Vice-Governor Luke
E. Wright, of Memphis, Tenn., will
succeed Governor Taft in the Philip
pines. The appointment of Judge Taft
to the Supreme f Jurt bench is under
stood to have been determined upon by
the late President McKinley at the
time the Philippine Commission was
organized, and Judge Taft was asked
to resign from the Federal bench of
the Eastern district of Ohio to accept
the Governship of the Islands.
In his address to Harvard Universi
ty last June President Roosevelt an
nounced that Judge Taft would be ap
pointed to the bench when a vacancy
occurred for his section of the country.
FOUND "$1,233 IN CANTEEN.
West Virginia Farmer Declares
He
Met With Great Luck.
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 1. Frank
McClung, a farmer living near Look
out, Fayette, county, is said to have
mad-3 a valuable find a few days ago.
While doing some work on his farm,
he declares, he overturned a large
stone, and under it founi an old army
canteen which contained $1,238. Ahe
canteen contained the following in
scription: "Georgo Hedges, Thirty
fourth Ohio."
It was found in a field in which a
party of Union soldiers camped dur
ing the Civil War.
Minister Crazed By Darwin.
Pottsville. Pa.. Jan. 1. Close study
of Darwin's evolution theory has
crazed the Rev. S. B. Wengert, pastor
of the United Brethren Church, of
Schuykill Haven. He was one of the
ablest clergymen of this region. Now
he is violently insane.
Lights arvd Shadows
Reflected By Wires
The First Day of the New Year Brings the Usual Train of
Sorrows and Joys Gleanings of Interest From
The Hum of a Busy World
Jefferson, Mr., Jan. 1. Mrs. Mary
Dockery, wife of Governor Dockery,
died at the Executive Mansion at 5:15
this morning of heart failure.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 1. Word reach
ed here today of an explosion in a coal
mine at Bakmoct in which 58 miners
lost their lives. Twenty-one miners
were rescued alive after being entomb
ed five days.
Boston, Jan. 1. The new Antwerp
service of the Leyland Lino will be in
augurated with the sailing from here
February 11th, of the steamer Pine
more. The new line is to be known as
the Red Star Line under the manage
ment of Frederick Leyland and Co.
North Port, N. Y., Jan. 1 A few
minutes before midnight Sanford
Ketcham, a well known farmer of Mid
dleville, went into the sleeping room of
his wife and four children, kissed them
and then wTent into a adjoining room
and shot himself through the head.
Danville, Ky.. Jan. 1. The biggest
gusher yet drilled in the Wayne oil
fields was struck yesterday by the
Penn Lubricating Co., on Jerry San
CUT HIS THROAT
WITHPEN KNIFE
Jas.G. Alexander,well Known
Citizen of Mallard Creek,
Attempts Suicide
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
AND MAY NOT RECOVER
Unfortunate Man Said lo Be
Partially Demented From
Recent Bereavments in
His Family
Mr. James G. Alexander, a well
known citien of Mallard Creek town
ship and a brother of Mrs. W. S. Clan
ton, of this city, attempted suicide this
morning by cutting his throat.
Mr. Alexander has been very despon
dent since the sudden death of his
father, Mr. Cyrus- Alexander and the
sad death of his sister, Mrs. N. A. Earn
hardt. It was feared that this double be
reavement would be too much of a
strain on him, because of his physical
condition.
Mr. Alexander got up this morning
and, to all appearances was as well as
on yesterday. About 8:30 o'clock he
pulled out his knife and without say
ing a word, drew it across his throat.
The blood gushed from an ugly wound
in the throat. The inmates of the Alex
ander home rushed to the injured man
and attempted to stop the flow of
blood. A messenger was sent for a
nearby physician but returned shortly
with the information that the physi
cian was not at home.
Another messenger was sent to Char
lotte to get a physician but, in the
meanwhile the family physician who
was in the neighborhood, learned of
the occurrence and hastened to the
Alexander home.
The messenger who came to Char
lotte did not know whether the wound
was very serious or not. He did know
that the injured man had lost a great
deal of blood.
A messenger this, afternoon came to
the city and The News learns that Mr.
Alexander's condition is serious and
doubt of his recovery is entertained.
GAS LEAK SMOTHERS TOWN.
All Pottsville Awaken Gasping
for
Breath in a Naphtha Cloud.
Pottsville, Jan. 1. The leaking of a
naphtha pipe at the local gas plant,
with an accompanying heavy atmos
phere, came near suffocating hundreds
of people today. The accident occurred
just before tdawn, and the air all over
town was so strongly impregnated that
more than a thousand families were
almost asphyxiated.
People awoke gasping for breath and
with dreadful nausea. Hundreds lay in
a kind of stupor. This condition of the
air lasted for most of the day.
Carriagemakers.On Strike.
Amesbury, Mass., Jan. 1. In accord
ance with the action taken at a meet
ing of the Carriage and Wagon Makers
Union last evening six hundred men
went out on strike this morning to en
force demand for a 9 hour day with in
crease of wages.
dusky's farm six miles east of Monti
celli. The flow is estimated at five hun
dred to seven hundred barrels daily.
This is the second big gusher found on
the Sandusky farm.
London, Jan. 1. A dispatch from
Constantinople states that the director
of the tobacco Regio is now en route
to London to confer with President
Duke of the American Tobacco Trust,
regarding his offer to purchase the
whole tobacco production of Turkey
not required for home use.
Huntington. W. Va., Jan. 1.
Throughout West Virginia today a
vet? is in progress for municipal offi
cers in most all the smaller towns, but
never in history has so little interest
been manifested. This is the lir3t time
in years that the election has fallen on
New Year's day.
West Point. Jan. 1. Cadets Reusi
wig of New York, Lecompte of Utah,
Bartlette of New York, Opp of Penn
sylvania, Indry of Louisiana, Litchell
of Illinois, Treendall of Wyoming and
Griffith of Mississippi, were today dis
charged from the miltary academy on
account of deficiency in studies.
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