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RST PART hp CHAR3LOT1 NEWS. 12 PAGES M PAGES 1 TO 8 THE WEATHER: Fair Tonight; Partly Cloudy Thursday; Probably Light Showers. VOL. XXIX CHARLOTTE. N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1903. NO. 4353 THE PANAMA CANAL Measure Passes Senate and all save 5 Sena tors Vote in affirmative MARKS AN EPOCH IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY Washington. March IS. The Pana ::n i inai treaty was ratified by the at 7 o'clock last night after a' , !:!ii:nious debate lasting since 11 ,101k The vote for ratification stood ;j t:i .". and was in detail as follows: Ayes Aldrich, Allee, Alger. Allison, Ankeny, Bacon. Bailey, Ball. Bard, rito, Horry. Berveridge. Blackburn, Hu'-n'aani. Burrows, Burton, Carmack, Clarke of Wyoming, Clark of Montana, the admission being five' and ten cents C'arke of Arkansas, Clay, Cockrell, and a sum of fifteen dollars was made Cf.iom. Depew, Deitrich, Dillingham, ; for their missionary box besides the v;i!ver. Dryden. Elkins, Fairbanks, enjoyment realized. Mr. J. A. Fasnacht Forakor. Foster of Washington, Foster J made the candy for the occasion. oi Louisiana, Frye, Fulton, Gallinger, j The band of Christian Workers in G.irniile. Gorman. Hanna. Hansbrough, i the Episcopal church, known as St. H-yb",rn. Hoar, Hopkins, Kean, Agnes Guild, is earnestly engaged in Kt-arns. Kittridge, Lattimer, Lodge, ' some work that promises a very inter-b-.ng. Mi Comas, McCreary. McCumber, , esting result. They are making a ViEiuTy, Mallory, Millard, Mitchell, study of mural decorations for the Nlison. Newland, Overman. Patterson, purpose of beautifying the interior of Penrose. Perkin. Piatt of Connecticut, I their church. At a meeting of the Ouaries. Simmons, smoot, bpooner, 1 Stewart. Stone, Taliaferro, Warren, and Wetmore 73. Tillman, Noes Daniel, Martin, Morgan, Pet- u:s. Toiler 5. Not voting Clapp, Culberson, Du- ; nue Tabernacle next Sunday. The rea buis. Gibson. Hale, Hawley, McLaurin, ' son is that the house is in the hands of Monev. Piatt of New York, Proctor, Q-:ay. Scott 12. The chief feature of the debate, all 0: which, of course, was in executive ?cs:on. was the harsh criticism passed upon President Roosevelt by the Dem ocratic senators. Messrs. Morgan and Gorman were particularly plain spoken Mr. Gorman applying such words as vnmhfnlness" anrl "rashness" tn thft p'resident for his work in making the treatv. and Mr. Morgan alluding to ! the president as posing as "the great , j am J The debate during the day was under i the fifteen-minute rule, except the last two hours, which was equally divided I between Mr. Morgan and Mr. Cullom, ' chaimian of the committee on foreign i re lations. having charge of the treaty. r liir?3fi enntp his pntirp timp hut M ' -t. M fc ' t Mr. Cullom concluded in forty min utes. The fifteen minute debate ended at 5:10 when Mr. Morgan began his hour's speech. This was by no means, however, his only talk. He spoke sev eral times during the day and was practically bitter in discussing the so called Maney amendment, which was proposed as a substitute for article four of the treaty, containing the dec laration that the United States has no sinister intentions touching the south ern republics. Will Hang For Mutiny. Washington. March 18. Tellsfaro Dazel. Juan Bilgaela and Rufino de Jesus have been sentenced to hang and twenty-eight companions to serve life sentences, for mutiny at Manila. Da zel was quartermaster of the ship Dos Hrmanos. Briguela was second en gineer and Jesus one of the crew. The mutiny last August resulted in the first engineer wounding several others of the ship's officers. Southern railway trains are trying themselves these days. All were prac tically on time today. Big Elephant Dies of S e ev. -Sickrvess Largest Pachyderm in Captivity, Valued at Fifty-Thousand Dollars, Could Not Stand Ocean Voyage New York, March 18. Jingo, said to be larger than Jumbo, recently bought in London by Bostock's animal show for exhibition in this country, fHed March 12th and was buried at sea, while on passage from Liverpool for New York, aboard the White Star liner Georgic. From the time of sailing Jingo fret ted and pined away. He was twenty two years old, weighed six tons and was twelve feet high. He was valued at fifty thousand dollars, which figure he was insured for against sea risk. This colossal pachyderm was two inches taller than was Jumbo. For twenty-one years Jingo has been the prize exhibit of the London Zoo. The fact that he was the biggest representa tive of his species ever heard of has lng made Jingo, a target for the com mercial ambition of circus managers. Offer after offer has been made to the directors of the London Zoo, but not until two weeks ago did they consent to part with him for a price. Then Frank C. Bostock, the animal king, made the directors an offer that they couldn't sensibly refuse. The Zoo in London is an institution so much regarded by the populace as peculiarly their own that quite a storm arose when the London papers an piiiiiiiiii The Panama Canal below Panam project. Church News. The Young. Ladies Aid Society of Trinity Methodist church gave a very successful entertainment for tne child- ren last night. It was a candy-pulling. uuna mis morning some active meas- ures were taken to further the end m view. There will be no service either in the morning or evening at East Ave- tne painters and paper-hangers. Sun- day school at the usual hour. Funeral of Little Dan Cauble. The funeral of Master Dan Cauble was held at the home of his parents, No. 313 West Seventh street this morn ing at 11 o'clock. Rev. Dr. J. W. Stagg conducted the services. A large concourse or inenas ana neignDors at- tended the same. The floral tributes were beautiful and the little grave was completely covered with flowers. It is remembered that a week ago little ?an- l1? PlayinS. stuck a nail in his foot hh brought on lockjaw that used hls death. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved parents. . , . r Di iae ana uroom nere. omas Edward Turner and , : j ,1 i 1 . 1 i . i 1 en route to Orangeburg, S. C. Mr. Turner and his bride, who was Miss Nannie Turner, were married in Roa noke, Va., last night. The marriage took place at the home of the bride's brother, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Thos. J. Shipman, pastor of the First Baptist church. The bride is an attractive brunette. Mr. Turner is a prominent tobac conist of Orangeburg. Brooklyn's Will Go To Columbia. Charlotte failed to secure a profess ional ball team to spend the practice season here. Columbia has made all arrangements to take care of the Brooklyn's during their practice days. . This team will pass through Charlotte next Tuesday morning en route to the South Caro lina capitol city where they will re main until April 11. The following well known ball players will be with the Brooklyn's this season: Litsch. Ritter, McManus, Hearn, Thielman, Shickard, Belwett, Jordan, Broderick, Vicks, Garvin, Strang, Griffith, Dahln, Dayle, Evans, Gabriel, Schmidt, Jones, Mc Creedie, McQtiire and Householder. nounced the sale of the elephant. One or two of the London papers pitched into the directors for letting an exhibit of such rare attractiveness slin through their fingers for a mere sum of money. The London middle class, easily aroused is it is, echoed the stand taken by the sensational London newspapers, and actually held several mass-meetings in Trafalgar Square to protest against the surrender of Jingo and subscribe for his repurchase. Popular clamor assumed such pro portions, indeed, that had it not been that the directors had Bostock's money nnri thi animal kine Jingo .the ele phant probably would not have been allowed to leave London. When the railroad company that had contracted to transport Jingo down to the steamer at Liverpool undertook to carry out its agreement it found itself up against a proposition that threat ened for a time to all but wreck its charter. Bostock knew there would be trouble in the transportation, and had his agreement so -constructed that there was not the tiniest loophole of escape for the company from its con tract. . , Mr. Bostock himself arrived yester day on the North German Lloyd liner Kronprinz from Southampton intend ing to supervise personally the trans portation of the big animal to Rich mond, Va., where his show now is. TREATY IS a and Senator Hanna, who made the DeLessep's house at Colon, whic quarters of the new Canal Commis FLOOD SITUATION IS MORE CRITICftL Great Mississippi is Now a Veritable Sea and There Are No Apparent Signs Of Relief New York, March 18. Telegraphic advices from the South are to the ef fect that the flood situation in the Mis sissippi valley is extremely critical, a veritable sea existing in the St. Fran cis and Mississippi River basins in Arkansas, extending from the one completely to the other, a distance o many miles. Memphis gets temporary relief from the Hollybush break, the river reced ing four-tenths in 18 hours, but during the last six hours, previous to these ad vances, there was a rise of three tenths. The gauge now reads 35.6, one tenth lower than Monday's high water mark. Below Helena the situation is un changed. Will Dynamite Levees. Memphis, Tenn., March 18. The Mississippi river last night, wras sta tionary at 39.6. The hope that the break in the levee at Hollybush. would relieve the conditions here somewhat was doomed to disappoint ment. The basin across the river in the path of the flood is filled and is be ing carried higher as is the case with the main current of the , river. The desperate situation, in the path of the flood may be shown by the statement of the St. Francis Levee Board, which announced some time during the day that it will dynamite the levee, near Marion, Ark., in order that boats may get through the embankment and rescue people in that city who have not reached places of safety. Many came out yesterday, but hun dreds of people in the country sur rounding Marion are in dire straits, having been forced to build impro vised floors, or are toiling to the tops of houses and trees. It is ex pected if the levee is cut and the rescue boats are able to get through several hundred lives may be the fruit of the labors of the board. The water is rushing through St. Francis basin carrying destruction to property and death to live stock of every kind, but no losses of human life are reported. There have been no trains in or about Memphis from the West for the last four days. Two Frisco trains were caught beyond the bridge on a Western trip. Spartanburg After Back Taxes. Spartanburg, S. C, March 18 It is learned today that proceedings are be ing instituted against-the Spartan and Beaumont Cotton Mills for fifty-five thousand back ' taxes from which the mills were exempted by a city ordin ance, which is now held to have been illegal. RATIFIED first speech in advocacy of the - m h will probably be used sion. as head- DENSE EOG CAUSES TiEEJAIITIES Two Killed arid Two Fatally Injured in Alleghaney while One Comes to His Death at Pittsburg Pittsburg, March 18. John Mc Knight, Albert Cornelius were instant ly killed and William Busier and John McGreavey probably fatally injured at the Sandusky street crossing of the .Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, Chicago Rail road, at Allegheny this morning. The men were on & largo furniture moving van and the accident was due to a dense fog. Another fatality, due to the fog. oc curred on Fifth avenue and Stevenson street, Pittsburg, when Thomas A. Booth, a conductor was killed by an electric car. Want An Eight Hour Day. Wheeling, March IS The first of April it is said a general strike will be inaugurated among members of the trades unions in this and contigous cities. The trouble arises over the difference of wage scale and length of hours. Nine hours is now served by all employes of trade, but they insist upon eight hours and an increase of 25 per cent. Both demands are refused. F MURDERS HIS WIFE Believing That She Did Not Love Him He Fires Bullet Into Her Breast ond Also Shoots Her Mother Findlay, O., March 18. Rushing from the street into the parlors of Opp's hotel where his wife and her mother were receiving a number of teenth birthday last evening, Lewis Boutson, seventeen years old, pulled a revolver and fired a bullet into the breast of Mrs. Boutson, killing her al most instantly, and and another in f.e abdomen of her mother. Mrs. John Opp. inflicting a mortal wound. The couple had been married one week when the wife returned to the home of her father and refused to see Boutson. Boutson said she did not love him. Reassured of this last night he left the hotel, purchased a revolver and then returned and murdered his wife. " tWii "2 RE Z ED HUSBAND t Fluctuations Were Within a S Range Today. New York, March 18. C. W. Lee & Co. say: There is not much money in it, but this sort of a market is a de cided improvement on the excitement we have been having. Flesh and blood could not stand that sort of thing long. It is a welcome relief to all con cerned. This morning there was a de cline just as we had an advance yes terday. This see-saw may keep up for some time. The policy of the May peo ple seems to be to trade in July. They sell July on every advance and then support the market by buying in this July on a break. But feeling is getting such that cotton comes out on every advance now and this will be true with good weather and larger re ceipts. As the spring advances and reports of the enormous planting be gin to come in, as the weather im proves and receipts increase, the tightness of the cotton situation is more than likely to be relieved. MR. WEARN PRESIDENT. Of the Charlotte Base Ball Associa tion. At a call meeting held this after noon of the Charlotte Baseball Asso ciation, the following directors were elected: W. M. Barringer, John M. Harry, J. Q. Taylor C. E. Hooper, Tom Allison, J. H. Wearn. On a motion of Mr. J. Q. Taylor Mr. Wearn was elected president and F. J. Haywood secretary and treas. It was agreed to turn over to the new team all the equipments of the old associa tion. The team is made up of Char lotte boys who have distinguished themselves at college and on various league teams. They promise to furnish first class ball for the Charlotte cranks. A schedule of games is now being map ped out for the season. Mr. Jesse Oldham says with a little practice he will have the colts in win ning form. DR. STAGG'S CALL. What a Birmingham Paper Says Of the Charlotte Minister. Dr. John W. Stagg of the Second Presbyterian church is still undecided as to the call that has been extended him by the First Church of Birming ham. The Birmingham Age-Herald has the following: A congregational meeting was held at the First Presbyterian church yes terday morning at 11 o'clock at which the Rev. Dr. J. W. Stagg, pastor of the Second church at Charlotte, N. C, was selected as successor to Dr. Curry. It is not known definitely whether Dr. Stagg will accept the call or not, and how soon he will come to Birm ingham in -case he does accept it. - He ministers to a large congregatica in Charlotte and is regarded as one of the ablest and most successful pastors in the South. Union Printers Walk Out. Atlanta, March 18 Thirty-five union printers walked out of Foote & Davies' printing establishment yesterday in consequence of the latest features in the difficulty between the Employing Printers' Club and the Blosser Printing Company. This embraces the entire force of the printing and composing rooms of this company. It was brought about by the firm's employing non union men yesterday morning and re fusing to discharge them. Commissioner Of Pensions Here. Hon. Eugene Ware, Mr. Roosevelt's commissioner of pensions, passed through Charlotte yesterday en route to Aiken, S. C, where he goes for rest and recreation. Mr. Ware is a tall, slender man with iron gray hair. While in Charlotte he walked up and down the railroad yard, seemingly un aware that he was in a strange place. Mr. Ware will remain at Aiken for several weeks. Medical Society Meets. The annual meeting of the Charlotte Medical Society was held last night at the city hall. Measles was the princi pal topic of discussion, it being decided by the Aesculapian disciples that measles is prevalent in a mild form in the community. Dr. C. M. Strong read a paper and Drs. H. M. Wilder and W. H. Wake field were appointed to prepare papers for the next meeting. The Tapp Company Chartered. The Columbia State says: "The secretary of state yesterday issued a charter to the J. L. Tapp Company, thp mercantile establishment which will conduct a department store at the corner of Main and Blanding streets. 'Hie capital stock is $100,000. J. L. Tapp is president and M. F. Kirby is secretary and treasurer as announced in The State yesterday." Judgment Against Trust Company. tn Squire S. H. Hilton's court yes terday afternoon, judgment for $135 in favor of Mr. Paola Paversich and against the Piedmont Realty Co. was rendered by Squire Hilton. Mr. Pavesich claims this amount is due him on contract for decorating the Academy. Kaiser As An Art Critic. Barlin, March 18. Reproductions of famous works of Germans in plastic art, which the Kaiser has recently pre sented the German museum in Boston, are now completed. The Kaiser will in spect the work in the very near future and it will then be shipped to Boston. Two Sisters Fight. -Two sisters, Mary and Dolly Senior, had a "scrap" today. Their cases will be heard before the Re corder tomorrow morning. MARKET REMAINS QUIET '-.'COAL STRIKE COMMISSION CONCLUDES ' ITS DELIBERATIONS TRIS M0R1G The Report Was Signed and Delivered to the President This Morning But Will Not Be Made Public Until The Latter Has Reviewed it Carefully Washington, March 18. The report of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission was signed this morning by the various members and at ten-thirty o'clock was taken to the White House by Hon. George Gray, President of the Commission, and Carroll D. Wright, Recorder, and placed in the hands of President Roosevelt. The report will not be made public until the President has had an" opportunity to go over it carefully and send copies to President Mitchell and the representatives of the operators. As a compliment to the members of the commission, and in apprecia tion of their work, the President will give them a dinner at the White House tonight. Sefretary Cortelyou, the newest member of the cabinet, will also be a guest. Col. Wright stated when he left the White House that the report would be made public at his office Saturday morning. NEW REGISTRATION FOR MAY ELECTION Attorneys dive it as their Op inion That Such a Step is Necessary and it Will Be Carried Out There is to be a new registration for the Mayor's election that will be held in May. This question has been debated for several days and the matter was final ly disposed of yesterday. The following letter from Jones and Tillett is .explanatory: Charlotte, N. C, March 17th, 1903. Hon. P. M. Brown, Mayor, City. Dear Sir: In response to the request from you that we give you an opinion as to whether a new registration of voters will be required for the city election to be held next. May, we beg to say that we have investigated the question, and that we are of the opin ion that in consequence of the Consti tutional Amendment and the provis ions of the General Election Law, passed in accordance with the provis ion of the Constitutional Amendment, it will be necessary that there be an entirely new registration in the city of Charlotte in order that the voters may meet the requirements of the Constitutional Amendment and Elec tion Law, above referred to. Yours respectfully, JONES & TILLETT, Attorneys. At a recent meeting of the board of county commissioners, the following registrars were named for the May election: Ward 1. F. M. Hoover, No. 27 North College street. Ward 2 J. W. Stinson, No. 36 East Trade street. Ward 3. S. L. Alexander, corner Church and West Trade streets. Ward 4. Z. A. Hovis, No. 235 North Tryon street. The L -test Foreign News and Views Snowstorm Supercedes Spring Weather in London-Pops is ill Again Henrik Ibsen a Physical Wreck Halifax, N. S., March 18. Zicn, Azuballey, an Assyrian, 22 years old, was hanged at Windson early this morning for the murder of Lyon Lydmore, aged 16 years. He confessed the crime last night, and went to the scaffold in fear and trembling. He had to be assisted, while the noose was adjusted. The crime was committed last October. Pope Is Again Prostrated. Rome, March 18. The Pope is again prostrated and the reception to even the most intimate associates are sus pended until he recovers. The doctor is unwilling to specify the patients trouble, but grave alarm is felt in Vat ican circular as to the effect of the re peated collapses. New York "Hello Berlin"! Berlin, March 18. Herr Jentsch, German inspector of posts, in the course of an address on the develop ment of the telegraph and telephone today, stated that a telephone between Berlin and New York is possible and is merely a question of cost. Henrik Ibsen a Physical Wreck. Berlin, March 18. Festivities inci dent, to the celebration of the 75th 'birthday of Henrik Isben, the famous TWO TROLLEY CARS COLLI! A FOG At Least Seventeen Persons Were Injured Seriouslyand Some of Them, it is Said, Will Die Tamaqua, Pa., March 18. Two trol ley cars on the Schuylkill traction road came together with terrific force at Bear Run junction during a heavy fog early this morning. Both cars were completely destroyed and the mortormen and at least 15 are seriously injured. Some are likely to die. Bucket Shops Gain a Victory. New York, March 18. Press advices from Albany, N. Y., last evening state that the Assembly Committee on Gen eral Laws agreed yesterday afternoon to amend, and later report out. Assem blyman Remsen's bill prohibiting bucket shops and bucket shopping. Crucago Strikers Win Out. Chicago, March 18. After a strike of 6 weeks employees of the Chicago Ship building Company have been granted the demands of a ten per cent, increase of wages and a nine hour day. Tha plant will open tomorrow and 1200 men will return to work. Burdick Inquest Postponed. Buffalo, March 18. Police Justice Murphy, postponed the Burdick in quest to next. Monday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The reason given is Coatesworth's hoarseness, due to con stant use of his voice in questioning witness. He can hardly speak aloud today. One Killed By Falling Building. Cincinnati, O.. March 18. The roof of a building of Crine Lumber com pany collapsed today and it is reported that one man was killed and three fatally injured. Norwegian poet and dramatist, have been abandoned owing to the author's illness. Isbcn has partially lost his menatl powers and is a physical wreck. Subsidies For German Lime. Berlin. March IS. It is stated that in consquence of representations made to the Kaiser by Hcrr Ballin, director general of the Hamburg-American line, a bill will be introduced to the Reich stag shortly, providing a subsidy for Hamburg-American line and the North German Lloyd line vessels, which might be suitable as armed cruisers in time of war. Snowstorm In United Kingdom. London, March 18. Telegrams from North Wales and Cheshire an nonce that after several days of spring like weather, a sudden change has oc curred and today the heaviest snow storm of the winter prevails in these localities. Extradition Papers For Wright. London, March 18. United States Ambassador Choate today authenticat ed extradition papers for Whitaker Wright, head of the defunct London and Globe corporation, now under ar rest in New York. The papers leave for New York tonight.