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VOL. XXIX
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1903.
NO. 4364
SENSATIONAL ARREST OF TWO SUPPOSED
TRAVELING MEN, CHARGED WITH ROBBING
SAFE OF THE ML OLIVE POSTOFFIGE
Judge Murphy Holds
At the Instance of Postoffice
Inspector F. N. Davis, the
Police Arrest E.P. Virgin
and W. F, Adams at
the Leland Hotel
BOTH RELEASED UNDER BOND
Men Claim to Be Traveling
Men Representing Western
House-Postoffice at Mt.
Olive Was Robbed of
$225 and Stamps
E. P. Virgin and W. F. Adams, two
-;; Pressed young men of prepossess
: .: an .enrence. were arrested at the
Xan'i Hotel in this city this morning
... - v.-i'-vaTif sivurii nut liv Postoffice
::, tor F. X. Davis. Mr. W. S. Orr,
ft-yvi.d the warrant.
Tluse two men are suspected of
.-;r.-- guilty of breaking into the post-;.-o
at Mt. Olive, in Wayne county
":. lowing open the postoffice safe and
.ikirx therefrom $5 in money and
.,' "'it or $75 in stamps.
The robbery of the Mt. Olive office
:;jk place several weeks ago. Since
that time Inspector Davis has been on
the trail of these men and finally lo
o.re.l them in the Leland Hotel this
r.crning.
I:i a short while after the men had
. -. n spotted. United States Commis
::;..nir Maxwell issued a warrant for
i.-ir arrest and placed the same in
the hands of Mr. W. S. Orr.
On truing to the hotel. Mr. Orr was
:wn to the room of Virgin and
A !.,:r.?. He- informed the two men that
':: had a warrant for their arrest and
i. at they would have to go with him.
Both expressed great surprise, say
ing they were commercial travelers
sri'l could prove this. They produced
arJs showing that they had been sell
:i.g fv.initure and other household
ftms on the installment plan. Both;
:r.cn were searched but no money of
any consequence was found on them.
One of the men who gave his name as
Alanis. produced about 15 cents, say
in; this was all of his ready cash. The
other produce J a telegram that he had
;' . iv-i from a Western city stating
'hat money would be sent him.
Th men claimed that they expected
a letter at Charlotte containing a
r.vk for which they intended paying
their expenses.
F : jrn the hotel, Virgin and Adams
w -re taken to the office of United
State Commissioner Maxwell where a
short investigation was held. They de
al 1 most positively that they were
.:: any way connected with the robbery
nr. Mt. Olive, though they acknowl
edged b-ing in the town about the
time the postoffice at that place was
: ebbed.
After the investigation was gone
through with. Inspector Davis asked
that the men be held. He stated that
the government was not ready for a
hearing in the case and asked that the
matter be postponed for a few days.
Both Virgin and Adams protested
vigorously, saying that a mistake had
heen made and that they did not think
it right or the part of justice to re
quire them to be thus humiliated; that
they were honest, hard working men
and though circumstances seemed to
h-j against them, they were innocent of
any wrong doing.
Inspector Davis insisted that the
government desired the men to either
giv-r bond for their appearance or go
to .ia: I. pending a later investigation.
Commissioner Maxwell bound both
yf-'' in a Sr.ijO bond each. Failing to
give this, they were taken to jail.
The preliminary hearing was set for
Tuesday morning, April 7th, at 10
o'clock. At this time Insuector Davis
says he will be ready to produce the
government's evidence associating
these men with the crime at Mt. Olive.
Postoffice Inspector Davis states that
lie has been, shadowing these men for
some time, several times he has been
right up with them but was never able
to lay his hands on them until this
morning. He is statisfied that he has
the right parties and thinks he can
produce splendid evidence going to
show that they either committed the
robbery themselves or are a portion of
the gang who have been committing
the various robberies throughout
North Carolina.
WILL RECEIVE $154.
Mr.
Cap-
tele-
Orr Will Be Rewarded For
ture of Claude Ingram.
Chief H. C. Irwin received a
gram last night from M. J. J. Langan,
captain of the Detective Bureau of the
city of New York, stating that U.e
owner of the jewelry, found in the
possession of Claude Ingram, had for
warded the commission demanded by
Mr. W. S. Orr. The letter containing
a check for $154 is expected to 'arrive
in Charlotte tonight.
The telegram came after Mr. Mono
han, the New York detective, had left
for his home. It is supposed that he
or some other officer will return to
Charlotte after Ingram and the jew
elry. In case the authorities here will not
release Ingram, the New Yo.k papers
will be lodged against Ingram and
when lie has served hi3 sentence here,
he will be taken back to the scone of
his greater crime.
Entire Levee Swept Away.
New Orleans, March 31. The en
tire levee at Angora, La., the State
farm, 150 miles above here, has been
swept away. The State property is in
undated at the point where the new
Red River railroad crosses.
TO SELECT SITE
THIS AFTERNOON
Water Commissioners will
Decide on This Important
uestion and will Also
Buy New Pumps
Qi
The water commission meets this
afternoon for the purpose of locating
the new site and purchasing a new
pump. There was a short meeting of the
commission yesterday afternoon out
owing to the fact that some matters
had to be settled, definite action was
pastponed until this afternoon.
As to the site for the new plant there
s-aems to be but little doubt but that
the location on Irwin's creek, to the
North of the city, will be selected.
Two firms are represented who" are
anxious to sell the new pump. These
are R. A. Wood & Co., of Philadel
phia, and the Worthington Pump Co.,
of New York. A pump of from 3 to 5
million gallons capacity daily will
bought and the price to be paid will be
in the neighborhood of $30,000.
Owing to the fact that the Highland
Park Company is to locate its exten
sive plant on the present water-shed,
the water commission will have to
make other arrangements. This change
would have been a necessity in a few
years, anyway. The cost of changing
the plant will aggregate something
like $150,000.
The commission met at 4 o'clock but
nothing had been definitely decided
when the News went to press.
His Verdict Rendered This Morning eod Court
Declares That the Identity of the Mirdered
Man Was Not Proven By the Inq uest
Buffalo, March 31. Judge Murphy this morning rendered his verdict in the Burdick case. The Judge said:
i una ana ccniry max tawara i. curaicK came to ms aeatn in tne early morning hours of Feb
27th, 1S03, at his residence, No. 101 Ashland Avenue, in this city.
uary
Tracxure or tne skuii. inai saia nacxure was me result ot several ,;ows ay seme person
weapon, delivered principally on the back of his head. That said blows were delivered with
he cause of death was compound, multiple
by seme person with a dull edged
homicidal intent.
"THAT THE IDENTITY OF SAID PERSON HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN."
The inquest was held for the purpose of determining whether or not the crime was committed and wheth
er or not there is reasonable ground to charge some person with the same."
The Judge, continuing, gave a general review of the testimony taken.
ROOSEVELT READY
FOR HIS JUNKET
Party Will Start West Tomor
row Morning-Mayor Har
rison Calls on Windy City
to Take Holiday
FIRST BLOOD OF CAMPAIGN.
As
Blood
was
this
Mr.
cot-
Politics Grow Warmer the
Begins To Boil.
The first fight of the campaign
aired in the Recorder's court
; morning. I he participants were
! William Hargett, the well kne wu
ton cutter, and ex-Constable J. A. Por
iter. Mr. Hargett is a Erown man and
I Mr. Porter states that if he is here
j when the Mayor's election takes place
in May, he will cast his vote for Capt.
Franklin. The two met on East Trade
I street, in front of the Charlotte Drug
Co's. place of business, last Saturday
! evening:. Both, heretofore, had been
good friends and when they met they
s grasped each other's hands. Mr. Har
Washington, D. C, March 31 Presi-j g.att asked Mr. Porter who he was go
dent Roosevelt is about ready to start j jng to support for mayor. Mr.; Por
on his two months tour of the West. ; ter's reply was. Franklin. Mr,: Har-
Sgett remarked that he was a Brown
man ana there tne argument i com
menced. It waxed warm for fi few
minutes and then blows followca. very
y i. ' ,
in front
Today he is winding up his correspon
dence, signing papers and attending to
many details necessary on the eve of
a journey.
The only persons who gained an au
dience with the President today were
cabinet members, Senators and chiefs
of bureaus, who called on important
department matters.
The Presidential party is scheduled
to start promptly at nine o'clock to
morrow morning. The first stop will
be Pittsburg, at 8:30 in the evening.
1
Chicago To Take Holiday
Chicago, March 31. Mayor Harrison
will issue today a proclamation ask
ing the citizens of Chicago to join in
the reception to President Roosevelt.
The proclamation will make Thursday,
April 2, a legal holiday and merchants
and business men will be asked to de
corate their offices and stores.
nosfc that frauds
of the Charlotte Drift Cs.
place, received some regular VfcKili
van" punches from Mr. Ilargetfcwhile
Mr. Porter took better aim anr 'slruck
Mr. Hargett square in the face, rtters
Pitts and Summerrow say thn feattle
irl feattl
hi ? i
waging, from the opposite sul
street. hd" ai'e'f-mficTCl'y'f r-r on u!e
scene. They puled the two enthusias
tic partisans and summoned them to
court. Mr. Hargett did rot appear
yesterday morning, so the case was
continued until, this morning. Both
acknowledged that they had fought
and both agreed that politics was at
the bottom of it. The Recorder re
marked that as it was te first blood
of the campaign, he was inclined to
Received With Honor. ideal leniently with the participants
Rome, March 31 The American) and allowed. both to goon paying one
delegation to the International His- s half the cost
torical Congress to be held here, in
cluding Prof. Henry Bourne, Drs. Ern
est, Richardson, Roscoe, Thayer,
Coorthington and Ford, have arrived
at Rome and was received with the
greatest honor.
Mr. Hargett, the Brovn man, was a
little bit disfigured bu; he remarked
that he was still in the ring and, while
he hoped he would not have to repeat
the occurrence, he was just as loyal to
his man.
AMMUNITION EXPLODES, KILLING SOLDIER;
MOLTEN METAL ROASTS THREE WORKMEN;
TWO MEET DEATH IN HEAD-ON COLLISION
COTTON TAKES A DROP.
STRIKERS WOULD
CALL KNITTERS OUT
ThayHave Fe,v Interests in!
Common With Other Oper
atives and Strike Would
Be Hailed as Victory
Lowell, March 31. The Textile
Council meeting today will attempt to
formulate some plan by which the
knitters employed In. the Lawrence
Hosieyy Mill may he induced to come
out. , : ,-
The' knitters are better paid than the
operatives employed in the. same kind
of . work in other New England mills
and consequently have, few interests
in common with the strikers.
Their coming out would in all prob
ability .mean the closing of the mill
and be hailed by the union readeis as
thstpi-ct victoiy. ,.
4.
brtuMion is
UncnangecP
Lowell, March 31. The cotton mill
situation this morning is about the
same as last evening. From the mills
where work was finished yesterday,
men and women employed, gathered
with others in union halls today. Po
lice stationed at the gates of the vari
ous mills report no disturbance today.
Assessing Union Men
Fall River, March 31. Secretary Al
bert Hibbert, of the United Textile
Workers of America, will tomorrow
send out circulars to 20,000 members
assessing them for the support of the
Lowell strikers. The amount of the
assessment is kept secret at labor
headquarters, but it is believed to be
about a dollar a member weekly.
oe a
BE STEAMSHIP IS
STOCK INTNE SAND
Fruit Carrier Goes Ashore in
the Gale -Her Four Passen
gers and Crew Are Res
cued By Life-Savers
THIS NAIL EATER DIED CRAZY.
At!
Knit)
J'urt
:.-:.,
'arlv
now
Tli
)un
will
lantic City, March 31. The steam-
Brighton, a fruit carrier, from
Antonio for New York, went
i'c off here at 10 o'clock last night,
ur passengers and her crew of
ty-iwo were rescued by life-savers
this morning. The passengers are
at the life-saving station.
e vessel is in poor condition and is
ding heavily. It is thought she
'ue a total loss.
Six Pounds Of Metal Found In Stom
ach At Post-Mortem.
Kalamazoo, Mich., March 31. ix
pounds of nails, screws, lead, iron, car
tridge shells and other foreign sub
stances were taken from the stomach
of Fred Cerrow, a Michigan asylum
patient, at postmortem examination.
For years Cerrow had walked about
swallowing metal, lumps of coal, small
stones and brick dust with grat
avidity. The stomach contained the
following articles: One twentypenny
spike 4 inches long; 22 tenpenny tails;
79 eightpenny nails; 23 shingle nails,
ISO bent nails of various assorted sizes,
29 pieces of wire; 1 iron washer, 1 1-4
inches in diameter; 4 suspender
clasps; 17 assorted buttons; 126 small
stones; 12 pieces of tin; 8 screws, up
per halves of 3 twentypenny spikes,
three 32-caliber cartridges and 28 pins.
Many of the larger nails were par-
I tioiir iotrnvPfl hv t.hfl acids of the
stomach. One large 4-inch nail, which j
pierced the stomach is believed to have !
caused an abscess on his liver, which j
resulted in death.
GREATERJCONDMY
Retrenchment and Closer
.Trade Relations He Says
Are Neccessary to Meet
American Competition
SHAMROCK SHOWS
CLEAN PAIR HEELS
London, March 31. The conference
of the iron and steel manufacturers of
Great Britain was held at Westmin
ster Palace Hotel today to consider
ways and means of meeting American
competition. Ebenezer Parks, P. M.,
was in the chair.
Parks said during his visit to Ameri
ca he was struck with the fact that
many Englishmen held responsible po
sitions in American factories, while
many of the best inventions he says
were the work of Englishmen. English
manufacturers, he added, may have
more use of labor-saving applicanes
than Americans and drop old machin
ery more readily.
If Englishmen are to , keep abreast
of the times, Parks said, greater econ
omy in production must be employed,
there must be a reform in the present
free trade system and closer trade re
lations throughout the empire.
The receipts of cotton at the lujal
platform today amounted to 13 bales.
Best price 9.90. For the same day last
year the receipts were 107 and the best
price was 9 cents.
Tageblatt Closes the Dewey Incident.
Berlin, March 31 Tageblatt today
contains an editorial on the interview
with Admiral Dewey and the Admir
al's subsequent explanation to Roose
velt. The paper says the incident has
been given excessive importance in
America. So fas as Germany is con
cerned Tageblatt continues, the affair
is closed.
Glasgow, March 31 Shamrock III
and Shamrock I went on a sail
stretching spin in Vxe Clyde today. A
light wind was blowing.
The Challenger led Shamrock I, the
new boat going through the water in
beautiful form with scarcely a ripple
of the wind.
The challenger crtated a good im
pression when the h5eze freshened.
She appeared remaikably quick in
stays, due to the sho-tness of her fin-
keel. The yachts kep. wide apart,
the new racer is by far the fleeter.
KIHG GUARDED WITH
CARE I
PORTUGAL
Bears Again Had It All Their Way
Today.
New York, March 31. C. W. Lee &
Co. say: There were stop loss orders
encountered this morning and prices
declined rapidly. August went down
without any support to 917. Then, af
ter every one seemed to have sold out,
shorts tried to cover and August shoe
up to 930. This was quite to be ex
pected. We will have this sort of
thing for weeks to come. The price
will react easily. As long as May peo
ple bold on, a drop of 30 or 40 points
is all that can be expected before the
rally comes. There is no cotton here
of any account .and as long as spot
markets hold firm there is every incen
tive for shorts to run when the pool
buys.
For a while the tendency of the mar
ket should be towards a gradually
lower level. But the pool will attempt
to prevent a bad break and for this
reason August is to be sold on bulges
only. We have insisted for some time
that this is a market to avoid on a
break. Everything pointed to a de
cline this morning and common sense
led one to take in short cotton. On :i
bulge over 930 tomorrow we would let !
August go again for a break. Re
ceipts are getting larger and weather
should bring about more new crop
talk. But the position is strong and a
short seller in May can easily find nc
cotton to deliver when the time comes.
The market is in shape to bull easily
when the May people buy and for this
reason we would sell only on the
bulges.
Army Officers and the War
Department are Mum Over
a Fearful Accident That
Occurred at Ft. Meyer
During a Drill
BLAST FURNACE EXPLODES
Light Engine Dashes at Great
Speed Into Passenger Train
Killing 2 Employes and
Injuring a Number
of Passengers
Revolutionists On Warpath.
Berlin, March 31. Tageblatt today
reports that Macedonian revolution
ists, made another attempt to wreck
a Constantinople train at Luxe by
blowing up the bridge between
Adrainople and the Bulgarian fron
tier. The train narrowly escaped go
ing over the bridge.
Washington, March 31. One soldier
was killed and four others seriously
wounded by the explosion of ammuni
tion in one of' the caissons in the light
artillery station at Fort Meyer during
a practice drill yesterday morning. The
dead man is Corporal S. J. Slaven.
The details of the accident are
shrouded in mystery. Officers at the
army post, and the War Department
refuse to discuss it.
The dead soldier and the injured
served a gun from the cassion which
met with the accident.
LD
M'COLL ASKS THAT
SUSPECTS
Knockles, Patterson and Un
ruh About to Be Released
By the Local Police when
Telegram was Received
MOLTEN METAL LITERALLY
ROASTS THREE WORKMEN.
Pittsburg, March 31 By the explo
sion cf blast furnace "I" in the Edgar
Thompson steel works at Braddock at
4 a. m. this morning, fourteen men
were seriously burned, three of them
fatally.
The men were casting and without
warning the big furnace let go, throw
ing the molten metal all over them.
All were taken to Mercy Hospital in
this city.
but
vl;;V: km ,
Seventeen Suspected Anar
chists Expelled From the
Country and Special De
tectives Are Put On
Lisbon, March 31. The greatest
care is being taken to arrange that
King Edward, during his visit to Por
tugal, be surrounded by the most per
fect protection. In addition 'to the
regular police, a number of detectives
keep near His Majesty and ten. Eng
lish detectives arrived this morning so
as to be on hand on the arrival of the
king. Seventeen persons suspected of
anarchistic tendencies have been ex
pelled from the country.
J. H. Knockles, H. M. Patterson and
J. R. Unruh, the three strangers who
have been held in this city as sus
pects, were today taken to a photo
graphers place and their pictures
were taken.
As nothing could be brought against
the men, here, they were to have
been released.
Just as the men were about to
secure their freedom a telegram waa
received from McColl, S. C, asking
Chief Irwin to hold the men until to
morrow in order that some parties
from McColl might take a look at
them.
It will be recalled by News readers
that the postoffice safe at McColl was
blown open several nights ago and
about $1,000 in cash and stamps were
taken. Although that section of South
Carolina has been thoroughly covered,
no trace of the safe crackers has
been found. As these three men came
from the direction of Hamlet, it is
thought that they may be implicated
in the robbery.
The men will be held in Charlotte
until the authorities at McColl look
them over.
TWO ARE KILLED IN
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
Waterbury, March 31. In a collision
between a light engine, jouih bound
from tbisY.vity and a passenger train,
on the Biirksaii'j -division, about a
mile south of here this morning, two
were killed and one fatally injured.
The dead are:
CHAPMAIN, engineer of the Light
engine.
BERT NEWMAN, fireman of the
passenger train.
The fatally injured:
EXPRESS MESSENGER SCULLY.
The passengers were thrown from
the seats and a number injured by the
force of the crash. Several were cut by
flying glass, which went in every direction.
NEW PLAYS FOR FROHMAN.
GIRL GETS A NEW NOSE.
Portsmouth, March 31. King Ed
ward left Portsmouth this morning for
Lisbon. A stiff breeze was blowing
when he started, but the fierce gale or
yesterday had, to a great extent, died
down.
SIR THOMAS LIPTON.
Russia Backing Revolutionists?
St. Petersburg, March 31. The Offi
cial Messenger today publishes a re
port from the Russian consul at Uskwb
Macedonia, which states that the revo
lutionary movement in the Balkans is
increasing, notably in Valley of Kos
sova. An attempt, the consul says,
was made to dynamite the aVtillery
barracks and millitary stores at Ish
tip. Despite official warnings the peo
ple believe Russia is backing the revolutionists.
Unusual Surgical Operation In Cin
cinnati. Cincinnati, March 31. For the sec-
i ond time within a year Miss Maud
Frazier, of 29 East Liberty street, un
derwent a rather unusual surgical
operation recently at the City Hospital.
She was in need of a new nose. Th-rj
one that has been gracing her coun
tenance was not altogether to her lik
ing. It was anything but symmetrical,
having been dished out by an accident
until it assumed a puggish character
and rendered her otherwise beautiful
face rather unsightly. :
The operation consisted of taking
paraffin wax and melting it at a tem
perature of 110 degrees Fahr., and then
while it was still in a liquid state, in-
I jecting it under the skin of the nose
in the same manner as any hypoder
mic injection is made. When a suffi
cient quantity of th-3 paraffin had been
injected the nose was ready to be
molded in any desired shape.
When asked what style of nose she
preferred Miss Frazier replied that she
had not given that part of the opera
tion much study, but thought she
would have her new nose built up
straight or something on the Greek or
der. She got just what she asked for,
and if. everything goes, well she will
J surprise her friends by the wonderful
change m her features when she re
turns home. The operation is said to
have been highly successful.
Successes Of the Paris And London
Stage Are Secured.
Paris, March 31 Charles Frohman
has-; arrived in Paris and signed
contracts for the American rights of
"The Return to Jerusalem," which is
to be produced at the Gymnaae next
October. The piece tells the story of
a young Jewish woman who marries
outside her faith, but afterward leaves
her husband and, entering Jerusafem,
makes atonement.
Mr. Frohman has also bought for
America "The Other Danger," a suc
cess of the Paris stage.
While in London he secured froiM
fhe executors of Sir Augustus Harris
the drarra of "Cheer. Boy."3, Cheer!"
Yfstcrday be completed an arrange
wLa Paul Potter, who is in Paris, to
Amnicanize the play. The scenes will
be laid in America, F"!s and the
Philippine Islands. "Cheer, Boys,
Cheer!" will have its first American
production in New York, where it will
fellow a big revival cf "Ben-IIur."
Miss Maude Adams passed through
Paris last week and is now in Cairo.
She will leave there at the end of the
week for Jerusalem.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY
TREATYJS SIGNED
jHay and Quesada, Ecting For
Their Respective Govern
ments, Sign Constructive
Copy This Morning
Y'asb.ington, March 31. Minister
Quesada for Cuba, and Secretary of
State Hay, or the United States, this
morning Constructively exchanged
ratifications cf the Cuban Reciprocity
Treaty.
As there is only one copy of the
treaty in Washington, the other being
enroute from Havana, the exchange
of ratifications was constructive
rather than actual, Secretary Hay ac
cepting as sufficient the assurance
that the Cuban copy has been dis
patched to Washington.