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; EADERS OF THE NEWS should .msult regularly its advertising .himns. They are a constantly CHABLOTr N READERS OF THE NEWS will save the subscription price of the paper many times over by refering regularly to its advertising columns. .anging typographical panorama. VOL. XXIII CHARLOTTE, N. C. MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1903. NO. 5492 r NEWS. I 1 AM . V &' 1ST IMPORTANT DOCKET! YEARS ebruary Term of Mecklen burg Court Convened To dayJudge Neal's Vary Impressive Charge STRUGTS GRAND JURY TO DO ITS DUTY FEARLESSLY Three Murder Cases on The Docket, Besides a Great Number of Other Inter esting Cases The February term of Mecklenburg Superior Court, for the trial of crimi :: tl cases, convened this morning at 10 lock. Judge Walter H. Neal. of I.aurinburg, is presiding and Solicitor . -anies L. Webb, is the prosecuting of- : or. In a charge that covered all the im portant crimes under the criminal law, .hidge Neal held the undivided atten tion of every member of the grand jury for at least an hour and a half. Under the head of slandering inno-i-.-nt women. Judge Neal spoke at '.:-ncth and decidedly to the point. He charged the jury if any case of this ,-haracter should come under its no tice it should be carefully looked into an I if the evidence substantiated the charge, a bill should be presented. l":uler the head of crimes against so . .-: y he spoke at length, on fornica tion and adultery, bigamy and bas taioiy. While his remarks on murder were r-hort. they were strictly to the point. Hr warned the jury that it was not irhin its province to say whether the crime was murder in the first or .--i-ond degree; that the duty of the s-randjurymar. had been done when ih y presented the bill and the court was to say whether or not it was mur !or in first or second degree. Under the head of crimes against the paMic peace. Judge Neal named dis turbing the peace; carrying concealed v. r-apons; disturbing religious worship; :acible entry and willful trespass. As to gambling he was specially pointed. lie named several instances under his observation where young and talented :t;?n had fallen because of this vice. He harge.l the jury to look especially after those who spend their time in i lioness and gambling. Under the head of crimes against virtue and morals, he named rape as o.t nit. impersonating, seduction under promise of marriage and the slander of :r.r.ocent women. Of offences against property he men- tioned burglary, robbery, arson, lar ceny, embezzlement and false pretence. The grand jury is composed of the fallowing: J. H. Ross, foreman; P. L. Hipp. Pink Hunter, J. A. Hill, J. I. Blakely. R. J. Hunter, Paul McKane, .1. W. Monteith, J. J. Morrow, J. V. 'Uilospie. J. W. Little. W. N. Mullen, S. N. McEwen, E. W. Russell, A. M. Newell. W. J. Softley, S. A. Knox, B. P. Funderburk. In addressing the grand jury, Judge -Val said: Gentlemen of the Grand Jury: It i.s a time honored custom which, I NS1STS ON RULES Richardson Takes Exception to Filing of Report-College Professors Are Very Per sistent Folks Washington, Feb. 9. When the House met today Richardson (Tenn.) the Democratic floor leader, said the rule had been violated by allowing the filing of a conference report on the De partment of Commerce bill on yester day, which was set aside for eulogies mid not for legislation. He asked that the report, which by rule must be pub lished in advance of its consideration, ' .- stricken from the record. To allow legislative sessions, on Sun day he said would establish a bad precedent. The effect of Richardson's objection if carried will be to delay onsideration of the conference re ports until tomorrow. He said he wasn't trying to delay action on it but to enforce the rules of the House. Speaker Henderson said the House re port, would be filed and that it could do what ever it liked. Richardson's mo tion to strike out was lost by a rising votr of 80 to 88. He was then de manded to years and nays. Washington, Feb. 9 In the Senate today Boar (Mass) submitted another bunch of petitions from college presi dent and professors praying Congress to further investigate the conditions in the Philippines. BEING ENFORCED presume, has obtained since the first establishment of our Superior Courts, and it is one which will be perpetuated as long as the Grand Jury system is in existence, for the Presiding Judge at the commencement of each term of court having a Grand Jury, to explain and to expound to that body the salient and prominent features of the Crimi nal Law of North Carolina. It is true as a general proposition, that the Common Law of England is in force in this State, except in so far as it has been modified or enlarged by our law making bodies, or curtailed by judicial experience. It has become necessary to enact many new laws governing the conduct of human beings, and as each emergency has arisen, growing out of the varied experience of human exist ence and the social and commercial development of man, it has been met by some new enactment which was in tended for the betterment of society. All beings have their laws. The Deity has his laws, the natural world has its laws, all superior intelligences have theirs, even the beasts of the fields have their laws, and man the most perfect handiwork of God's creative power, has his. These laws, in some shape or other, have been in existence since the earliest days of history. Di vine law has provided penalties to be visited upon those who violate its pro visions, and so man, following in the footsteps of his Master, has provided laws which must be observed, and has likewise amended penalties to their violation. Now while all this is true, the wise law maker of today does not seek to fetter his fellow man with a net-work of restrictions as was done in the earlier days, but leaves to him the largest measure of individual lio erty and freedom of action, so that he shall be checked only in those things which may be detrimental to the gen eral welfare. If we have laws, it be comes a matter of necessity to pro vide wholesome and wise processes for their faithfud execution. There has been wonderful advancement along this line. At one time in the administration of the Criminal Law of England, after which ours has been patterned, there were very many more capital or hang ing offences than there are felonies to day. There was a time when the prose cutor for the Crown simply laid an in formation before a Court, and there upon the party charged was brought to trial, while today, no man can be tried on a charge of any magnitude ex cept upon the indictment of Grand Jury. Today the organic law of oub land provides that in all criminal prosecutions every man has the right to be confronted by the witnesses and his accusers, and to have counsel for his defence, while in the earlier days, there were only a very few instances in which the party indicted had the privilege of counsel. I seriously doubt whether any Grand Jury rises to the height of appreciating the important (Continued on Second Page.) SHOOTING SCRAPE (IT NEGRO DURE Women Start the Fun With Hair - Pulling Contest and the Men End it With Shooting Bee There was a big negro dance on Mr. N. S. Alexander's place, in Crab Or chard township, last Friday night and the uual shooting scrape followed. The dance took place at Isam Stowe's. Two women, Fannie Smith, of Charlotte, and Emma Carson, start ed the ball to rolling by engaging in a hair-pulling match. In attempting to separate the wo men. Ed Carson, the husband of Emma Carson, and Isam Stowe engaged in a fierce fight. Carson left the dance and went to the home of a neighbor and succeeded in borrowing a shotgun. He returned to Stowe's house and called Stowe's wife and sister out to the front door. Isam Stowe followed the women out and just as they got out side the house, Carson fired two shots. One of the loads struck Stowe in the face and a number of bird shot bu rier themselves in the negro's head. One shot struck Stowe in the eVe and it is thought he will lose the sight of one. Immediately after the shooting, Car son left for parts unknown and has not been heard from since. Lottie Blair Parker Recovers. Holyoke, Mass., Feb. .1 .--Lottie Blair Parker, author of '"Way Down East," and "Under Southern Hkies," who has been sick here since.Nov. 18, when the latter play was produced here, left for New York today, en tirely recovered, although she had to have an operation performed here to save her life. Is His Malady Bi-Colored Too Washington, Feb. 9 President Roosevelt who was confined to the White House yesterday by orders of the physicians on account of cold, was, as his office as usual this morning, con siderably improved. He expects all the effects of the indisposition to pass off in a day or two. Banks Must Come To Taw. Washington, Feb. 9. The comp troller of the currency this morning issued a call for a statement of the condition of national banks through out the country at the close of busi ness Friday, February 1st. WRITE GIRL, VICTIM OF A NEGRO FIENO Citizens Pursue the Brute and Fire at Him Several Times But He Makes His Escape GRIME WAS COMMITTED IN MOUNTAINS OF POLK GO. Victim of the Negro is Not Expected to Live-Fifty Cit izens Will Deal Out Vengeance Spartanburg, S. C, Feb. 9. News reached here today of a brutal assault in the mountain, near Tryon, N. C, in which the victim was an 18-year-old white girl. As a result of blows upon the head, inflicted by the rapist, she is not ex pected to live. While the names of the parties could not be learned it is said that the girl was not expected to live last r.ipht. A band of fifty citizens living in and about Tryon soon collected and began scouring the country for the ne gro. He was finally spotted last night about midnight trying to jump on a train bound for Spartanburg. Several shots were fired at him but he escaped. WHAT THE WORLD IS DOING. It is said that Texas alone markets $50,000,000 worth of cattle annually. Practically half of the population of Wales is to be found in Glamorgan shire. More than 150 books on the war in South Africa have been published. A chimney of 115 feet high will, without danger, sway ten inches in a wind. Local government in the British me tropolis costs about 4 4s per inhabi tant annually. Belfast paid nearly 100,000 less duty on whisky and 108,094 more duty on tobacco last year than in 1901. Revolvers which fire seven shots in five seconds and can kill at 660 yards have been served out to the Berlin police. Wisconsin's most valuable crop is hay. Last year's product was worth $36,000,000. The oat crop was next in value at $26,600,000. In the Grasp of the Beautiful. Maloney, N. Y., Feb. 9. One of the worst snow storms of the winter has raged here for the last twenty-four hours. There is a heavy fall of snow on the ground and the wind is blowing strong. Railway traffic is delayed two to three hours and country travel is almost impossible. Want Improved Conditions. Boston, Feb. 9.Delegates for the va rious car unions of the Old Colony and Boston and Northern system meet to day to take preliminary steps toward securing a substantial advance of wages, recognition of unions and gen erally improved conditions. Bark Ashore On Point Lookout. Fire Island, N. Y., Feb. 9. The bark Oliver D. Clisson from Plymouth De cember 22nd, is reported ashore near Point Lookout. A wrecking tug has gone to the assistance. MITCHELL A E Union Miners Attorney Mc Carthy Makes a Brilliant Argument and Held Rapt Attention of Hearers Philadelphia, Feb. 9. Before the largest audience that has attended thus far any of the coal strike commission's sessions, Attorney Daniel J. McCarthy, of Hazleton, today began the closing argument in behalf of the union min ers. McCarthy is a miner, lawyer and labor leader combined. His technical knowledge of the varied features in the miner's occupation enabled him to speak with clearness and authority on the grievances among the men that led to the last strike and although he talked for hours, he was listened to with close attention. McCarthy's eloquence was directed particularly against the independent operators. He likened John Mitchell to Moses, leading labor out of the wil derness and the John Markle company with Skylock. I MARKL SHYLOCK GERMANY'S NEW DEMANDS. Injects Proposal Will Arouse a Storm Of Indignation. Washington, Feb. 9. Germany has demanded entirely new concessions from Venezuela which are thus far carefully guarded. When Baron Von Sternberg called upon Minister Bowen this morning he presented this new proposition as one of the conditions to be embodied in the protocol shortly to be signed. The Baron stated he had received instructions from the foreign office at Berlin to make new demands, which howeve", be had no hesitation in saying was not in accord, his own personal views. Neither of the diplomats would dis cuss the nature of the new element that has been injected into the un fortunate controversy, but it is stated by competent authority that the proposition is one entirely repugnant to American principles and that should it be pressed it would likely arouse a storm of indignation throughout the country in making the demand Ger many is backed up by Italy preseum ably in accordance with terms of the Dreibund. Williamsport Newspaper Dead. Williamsport, Feb. 9. Harry G. Reed, manager of the Evening News, died this morning, aged 38. In 1894 he was elected manager of the Evening News Co., which is a co-operative en terprise, all the stockholders being printers. Two Killed By Explosion. Pittsburg, Feb. 9. A report has reached here from Portage, near Al toona, a mining town that two people were killed and a dozen injured by an explosion. Six of Them Were Negroes and the Seventh a White Man and all Are Held For Court Officers Black, Johnston and Wed dington made a big haul Saturday night at a house in Dulstown. For some time it has been reported that a crowd of negroes congregated in that section of the city every Sat urday night to play cards. While the officers have made repeated visits to that section, their trips had not been successful up to Saturday night. The three officers named above want out Saturday night with the firm intention cf landing game, and game they did land. They surrounded the house where the party was gambling and one of the officers made a dive for the door. As soon as the gamblers caught sight of the blue coats, there was a mighty scramble. Some got under beds, while others tried, in vain, to get through a window. But the officers of the law had the house too well guard ed and there was no avenue of escape left. The entire party, composed of six negroes and one white man, was bagged. Those who were playing were Will Zeigler, a white man, and John Morehead, John Montgomery, Munroe Johnston, Abe Woodward, Baxter White and Jim Burton, all colored. All of the party were before Recor der Shannonhouse this morning and all were bound over to the present term of the Superior Court under a bond of $50. Abe Woodward was the only one who furnished bond. The others went to jail. Charlotte Hubbard, a negro woman, was made to pay the costs for viola ting the quarantine laws. Fletcher Wilkes and Mary Hicks, the negro man and woman who engaged in such a lively cutting scrap in Severs ville a few nights ago, were before the court this morning. Wilkes was beau tifully disfigured by a knife in the hands of the woman, Mary Hicks, who did not deny the crime but said she did it to protect her own life, as Wilkes was trying to carve her. Both were bound over to court in the sum of $50 each. Will Cansler, colored, who got off the gang Saturday evening, came to town and created a disturbance in Col. C. S. L. Taylor's barber shop, on East Trade street. Cansler will go back to the gang this afternoon. James Skipper, a young white man, was before the court charged with stealing an overcoat, the property of Mr. Reece Champion. The case was continued until in the morning on ac count of the absence of several impor tant witnesses. Concert At Elizabeth. A concert and reception will be given at Elizabeth College tomorrow evening. Prof. Zehm, the director of music, has arranged a programme of classical mu sic. The music faculty of the college -will give the concert and the students will be in evidence at the reception, with all of their charms of graceful ness, youth and beauty. ... 1 Death of Mr. Biggers. Mr. Zenas W. Biggers, a brother of Mr. S. W. Biggers. of this city, died at Long's Store, in Union county, Satur day morning at 2 o'clock, after a long illness. Consumption was the cause of death. The body was taken to Hopewell church, where the funeral and inter ment took place yesterday. Mr. Biggers was 36 years old and was highly thought of by all who knew him. ML NABBED RED HANDED YOUNG GOES TO PRISON FUR LIFE Sensational and Unexpected Termination of Trial When Young Pleads Guilty in The Second Degree JUDGE ACCEPTS THE PLEA; YOUNG GOES TO SING SING He Murdered Young Married Woman Last September Details of Most Revolt ing Crime on Record New York, Feb. 9. The trial of Wil liam Hooper Young, charged with the killing of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer on Sep tember 16, last, was brought to a sud den termination this morning when the prisoner pleaded guilty of murder in the second degree. The plea was accepted by Justice Herrick, who immediately sentenced the prisoner to life imprisonment at hard labor in Sing Sing prison. Story of Young Crime. The story of the murder of which William Hooper Young stands accused is a singular one. Ten minutes before midnight on Sep tember 16 last Mrs. Anna Pulitzer ieft her husband, J. P. Pulitzer, in their home, at 160 West Forty-sixth street. She started out with the intention of buying fruit and cakes for a late lunch. Her body, weighted down, was found two days later in the Morris canal, which connects the Hackensack and Passaic rivers, and was indentified that night by her husband. The next day a warrant was issued for the arrest of Young, and two days later he was under arrest in Derby, Conn. Less than a day after the finding of Mrs. Pulitzer's body the mystery which surrounded her death began to be dis pelled. It was by means of a horse and buggy which Young had hired from Charles K. Evans, a liveryman on Washington street, Hoboken, that sus picion was first directed toward him. Less than 24 hours after that time the police had broken into Young's apart ments, 103 West Fifty-eighth street, and found there such evidences of crime that the police all over the country were notified to keep a watch for him. HIS STORY OF THE CRIME. Young's version of the killing, as told after his arrest at Derby, coincides with the theory of the police, with the important exception that he denies that he was the actual murderer. He said that on the night Mrs. Pulitzer left her home he met her at Broadway and Forty-sixth street, where they took a cab for his apartments. There they were awaited by "Charles Simpson Eiling," a person so far not proved to exist, who, he said killed the woman. After they had been in the apart ments some time, he said, he left to get a bottle of whiskey. How long he was gone he does not know, but when he returned Eiling had disappeared and the woman lay on the bed gagged and dead. He attempted to ressuscitate her, he said, but failing in that deter mined to go to police headquarters and tell of Eiling's deed. He took a Sixth avenue elevated train, thinking that police headquar ters was at that City Hall. On the way he began to realize the disgrace he would bring upon his family and turn ed back. After reaching his apartments, he said, he decided to dismember the body, as that would enable him to get THE CLERKS HAD HARROW ESCAPES Explosion of a Can of Coal Oil Wrecks Yardmaster's Office and Destroys Much ofValue Cumberland Mr., Feb. 9. By the mysterious explosion of a can of coal oil in the Baltimore & Ohio yard master's office here early this morning, all the records pertaining to cars were destroyed, as was also valuable corres pondence with the general manager of the road. Marion Hoffman, assistant yardmas ter, was seriously burned and Inven tory Clerk Asbury Higgs was badly hurt trying to save the papers. The office was destroyed. It is quite small and was occupied by several clerks, all of whom had thrilling escapes. it 'into a small receptacle. He began by slashing the left side of the abdomen with a dirk, but at the sight of blood he recoiled and found himself unable to continue his gruesome task. Then he thrust the body into a closet, after re moving the woman's diamond earrings, and cast about for the means of ridding himself of the body. He went down town, bought a small trunk for $4, had it delivered immediately and before he returned home disposed of the ear rings for $8.50 to a man opposite the postoffice. They were recovered later, however, at a pawnshop on Park Row, where they had been pledged by a man who said his name was Steiner, of 439 West One Hundred and Twenty-third street. PUT BODY IN TRUNK. Returning to his apartments, Young said he put the body in the trunk and then tried to get a team from several j liverymen. He was unsuccessful in New York. Finally he went to the Evans stable, on Washington street, Hobo ken, and convinced the liveryman that he was responsible by saying that he was connected with a local weekly pub lication, the Crusader. He insisted that a weight such as is used to fasten horses be put in the buggy, and drove to his apartments. Then, with great composure, he pro ceeded, upstairs and had Albert Bol dey, a bellboy, help him carry the trunk downstairs. It was then night. He was not seen at his apartments until the next day, when he again had Boldey help him carry the trunk. He took it to an express office and wanted to ship it to Utica, but when told that the company had no office there he di rected that it be sent to "C. S Eiling," Chicago. This trunk contained the clothes which Mrs. Pulitzer had on the night she went to Young's apartments. With them was a bloody dirk. On the first page of a memorandum book found in the trunk was the name "William Hooper Young." At Captain Titus' re quest, Chief O'Neill, of the Chicago no lice, received the trunk and sealed it before sending it back to New York. TRACED BY HITCHING WEIGHT When Mrs. Pulitzer's body was found a search was made immediately for the liveryman from whom some one might have secured a team to be used in transporting the body to the canal. When Evans was told that a 20- pound weight attached to a hitching strap had held the body weighted down in the canal he stated that the weight was missing from the buggy he had (Continued On Seventh Pa;re. ) TE WART NCREASE OF PAY Board of Education Arrives at No Decision -Other Mat ters of Interest Receive Attention Today The board of county education met this morning. All the members were present. The board received the deed from the trustees of Providence church for the present school site. In return the board made a deed to the church con veying three acres of land formerly owned by the county and used for school purposes. The consolidation of two school dis tricts in Crab Orchard township was discussed at length. It is the desire of the board, should consolidation be perfected, to erect a handsome school building for the use of these districts The Sardis school building was dis cussed at length. The board will soon begin the erection of a modern school building at Sardis. It is to cost about $1,000. The teachers at the Davidson and Lemley schools are asking for an in crease of pay. These are now receiv ing $50 for their services and they peti tion the board for $65. While the mat ter was discussed at length, no definite understanding was arrived at. The board adjourned at 1 o'clock. Better the Day; Better the Deed. At Tenth Avenue Presbyterian church yesterday morning, the marri age of Mr. R. N. Softley and Miss Ber tha May Morris was solemnized. Rev G. W. Belk, the pastor, officiated. The bride is a daughter of Mr. Jonas Morris, who lives on North McDowell street. Mr. Softley is a well-known redent of North Graham street. The newly wedded couple will make their home on North Graham street. Mr. Tapp and His Plans. The oldest child of Mr. J. L. Tapp is reported no better; the youngest some what improved. Mr. Tapp is still obliged to defer his trip to New York but expects to get away in a day or two. He will not be able to announce his plans for the future until his re turn. The News thinks, however (and the wish is, of course, father to the thought), that he will remain in Char lotte and engage in business here. Death of Mrs. Kariker. Mrs. John Kariker, a well-known resident of the Belmont settlement died Saturday night at 10:30 o'clock after an illness of several weeks. De ceased was 54 years old and is survived by a husband and several children. The funeral was held from the home yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Rev. G. W. Belk. of Tenth Avenue church, conducted the services The interment was in Elmwood. C R ALARM OVER THE POPE'StOilTIOII He Has Been Too III to Leave His Bed Since the Cere mony at the Vatican Saturday DUKE OF TETUAN, A SPANISH DIPLOMAT, DEAD River Clyde Bursts its Banks -M. Giron Was Bribed to Desert the Crown Princess Rome, Feb. 9. Despite denials, the Pope's condition continues to cause alarm. After the function incident to the anniversary of Pope Pius death Saturday, His Holiness was reduced to a state of extreme exhaustion and was obliged to go to bed from which he has not yet been moved. All receptions fixed for today were postponed, and the doctors are working hard to restore his strength so he may appear soon and allay the uneasiness regarding him. The Vatican generally fears the Pope will not long survive the fatigues in cident to his silver jubilee in March. Rome, Feb. 9. The Pope today in sisted on being placed in his chair and gave an audience to Bishop Beaven, of Springfield, Mass. The audience had lasted a few seconds only when the doctors persuaded him to return to his bed. He is fighting the weakness and declared, when requested to return to bed: "I am not ill. I will show my self and the world can see I am not ill." River Clyde On Rampage. London, Feb. 9. The river Clyde, burst through its banks above Ruther Glen today and many factories and houses were flooded. Steward and Lloyds tube works was partially de molished by a boiler explosion but there was no casualties. M. Giron Is a Knave. Vienna, Feb. 9. The Mittags Zeitung today asserts that M. Giron was bribed to. leave the Crown Princess Louis Saxon agents," according to the paper, paid the tutor a hundred thousand dol lars to abandon the Crown Princess, who is now heart-broken. Duke of Tetuan Dead. Madrid, Feb. 9. The Duke of Te tuan is dead. He was born in 1834 and his father was Gen. O'Donnell, who won the title of Duke of Tetuan by capturing Tetuan, Morocco in I860. The present Duke was one of the Spanish commissioners at the peace conference at Paris which drew up the peace agreement between Spain and the United States. Consolation For His Troubles. Rome, Feb. 9. As consolation for his American troubles, the King has grant ed Signor Mascagni, the opera com poser, the title of Chevalier of the Order of Savoy. Barcelona, Feb. 9. As a result of a campaign by anarchists, fifty thousand workmen at various points in Catalona today struck. Among the strikers are the printers of the provinces, and as a result no papers are appearing. The government is holding troops and gen darmes in readiness to cope with any disorders. BILL TO TAX ALL RALEIGH, N. C. FED. 10. One Legislator Would Change Penitentiary Into Asylum -To Make Saturdays Half-Holidays The following bills were introduced: Justice, providing a semi-annual tax of six thousand dollars on railroads, to be refunded if the corporation commis sion certifies that such road hasn't dis criminated against North Carolina shippers; Walker, making Saturdays half holiday with the Danks; Graham, to ascertain the cost of changing the penitentiary to an insane asylum; Er win, to prevent overcharges by rail roads. The Senate passed a bill establish ing a State prison parole commission. The bill relieving State Treasurer Lacy of the amount embezzled by Clerk Mar tin passed the second Senate reading and was then re-referred to the com mittee. Alexander introduced a bill regula ting the sale of cotton seed in Mecklenburg. NAUGHTY RAILROADS V