'IJHggUggJticrg&ge in Circulation for August 1903 Over
Jt IT n 17 M : . :
U Ym THE (piABJLOTTE NEWS First Part
1 : Jy PAGES 1 TO 8.
VOL. XXIX-NO. 4500
SECRETARY HAY
THREATENED;
MANARRESTEO
The Man was Found in Wash
ington-Lived in Germany
and Claims to Have Been
Persecuted by German
Government
He Claims to Have Lost by a
Forced Sale of His Property
Has Tried to Get the State
Department to Collect His
Claim His Threat Quoted
( Ry Publishers Press.)
New V-irk. Sept. 5 Francis W. Dun
.jno. photographer, was arraigned to
day by the Yorkville police charged
with writing a threatening letter to
.v--emary of State Hay at Washington.
H was sent by Magistrate Cornell to
F iievue Hospital to be examined as
to his sanity. He was arrested at his
ho:no by a i-entral office man and De
uitive Muller. of Washington, who
found him at his house, 158 East Fifty
Third street. On examination Dunque
said he was born in America but at an
early age went with his parents to
Ham'uirg. Germany, where he later
embarked in business. Dunque alleges
he was persecuted by the German Gov
o nment and compelled to return to
this country. He said he was com
pelled to dispose of his business in
Germany for $2,000 when it was really
worth $20,000. The police say Dunque
ha? been writing the government of
ficials for many years asking them to
collect his claim of $18,000 with inter
est. His letter to Hay ended with the
following threat:
"If the State Department does not do
something I will do something and I
will do it in self-defense."
The Rev- J. C. Rosser, now of
Raleigh, Predicts a Bloody
Conflict of the Races --The
Lumber Bridge Light Infan
try Petition will be granted
(Special to the News.)
.HaJpigh. X. C, Sept. -5. Chief Jus
tice Clark said this afternoon that the
hst of successful applicants to license
tor the practice of law will be given
out October 5. He says seventy-five
per cent, (sixty) of the eighty young
standing the examination passed.
This is the best record made by any
'lass ever before the court and indi
cates that much mere thorough prepa
ration is being made.
The city was thrown into consider
able turmoil yesterday evening by the
publication of sensational language by
Jhe afternoon paper here charged to
have been used Thursday night by
Kr'v- 1. c. Mosser, the new pastor of
iabernadp Baptist church, who came
nere from Mansfield, Ohio, to succeed
i'T . W. D. Hubbard. He was credited
v;!h saying:
"I think the people of this country
LE CYCLIST
TO
ss Sadie Knowlton At
tempts to Break the Rec
ord of a Thousand Miles in
Ninety Nine H ours, Now
Held by Another Woman
'By Publishers Press.)
boston, Sept. 5. At four o'clock this
'J-ning Miss Sadie Knowlton started
buvT a tnousand mile run on her
cer Vk' She wil1 endeavor to cut un
whi I present record for distance
oflli';h is held by Miss Margaret Gast,
tmT York- wnose time for the dia
n,,, ctntury over the Providence
lrse is a little over 99 hours.
Kno "n3 the thousand mile run Miss
'ours wil1 go over the Providence
ham In day time and the Farming
r,am course at night.
MSHI0I.IL TALK
oi OHIO PREACHER
FEU
BREAK
f 'vnoie lot 10 answer for the way
they treat the negro race. T hpiivo thi
time will come when there will be an
-.uiiecuon ana blood will run in tho
streets and torches put to our homes,
i do not believe in social equality, far
frTt But the black man Should be
treated as a human being. I don't
dress. The statement by Mr. Mosser
I,; I smaii salaries, not enough to
i. a idmny; u is grinding that
man down nnH ir. ! "5 iimi
, " " LUC &1sut or uoo one
stands condemned who does it "
A largely signed petition asking the
reinstatement of the Lumber Bridge
IS1 Infantry in the North Carolina
nuuai uuara has been presented to
Governor Aycock and he will probably
act favorably. it was recently dis
banded by order of the Governor as a
iuit oi Major Newton's re
port on U. S. militarv
Suit for damages has been instituted
against the Seaboard Air Line for the
ah mg or engineer S. T .Stewart, of
"aic'6u- m. a wreck at Niagara, near
ouumtji-ii fines two months ago Stew
art was running a freight engine south
and ran into a north -hound freight
both engineers and both firemen being
".iicu. iue ranroaa authorities stated
mat btewart ran past the next station
north of the scene of the wreck with
out orders. The contention will tip
made by the plaintiff that the failure
of the railroad company to provide a
i-uiiuuctor to accompany him on the
freight engine really caused the collis
ion. It is not stated yet what amount
or damages will be asked.
POLICE DRAG NET.
a walking Bar-Room and Two Lost
Children the Sum Total.
up to a late hour this afternoon,
the police drag net had been rather
barren of results. The most import
ant capture was the apprehension of
a walking bar-room, the credit for
wnicli belongs to officer Sykes.
me omcer found "it near the
Southern depot, a white man who was
too drunk to give his name. He had
five pints of "corn licker" stored
away in his various pockets and no
telling how much on the inside.
Un bouth Tryon street two lost
children were picked up both color
ed. One was a boy about two vears
old and the other a girl of five. .oth
were yelling when found and they
continued the concert intermittently
at last accounts. The only clue that
could be obtained was that they had
come to the city from Mt. Holly with
their mother and in some way had
become separated from her.
Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson,
who have been spending the summer
at Wrightville Beach, returned to the
city last night.
A BIG EXPLOSION
ATSPENCER TODAY
Dynamite in Freight Cars Ex
plode and Startles the
Town-Two (Freight Cars
lorn to pieces and Other
Damage Done
(Special to The News.)
Salisbury. Sept. 5 An exnlosion that
startlprf thft entire nnnnlotinn rf a-
cer occurred tnis arternoon snortly
after 1 o'clock. Two cars on a side
track at that point were blown to
atoms, supposed to have been the re
sult of the explosion of a box of dyna
mite in one of the cars.
After the explosion, the two freight
cars caught on fire and were totally
consumed.
Four caboose cars, standing on a
track nearby, were badly damaged.
The cars Mown to pieces were heavi
ly loaded with merchandise shipped
from Alexandria, Va. to Atlanta.
As it is against the rules of the rail
road company to haul dynamite, the
supposition is the box that contained
the explosives was marked merchan
dise. This afternoon before Magistrate D.
M. Miller, Mr. Lonnie Harris, a well
known farmer of Rowan county was
fined for refusing to work the roads
after the overseer had notified him to
do so. After the trial Harris proceeded
to curse and abuse the overseer and
Magistrate Miller sentenced Harris to
30 days in jail. The matter was final
ly settled by Harris paying a fine of
$10 and the costs.
The outlook for a bie crowd here on
Labor Day, next Monday, is decidedly
nrnrti sm? ' ne isoutnern nas maae a i
rate of $1.80 round trip from Charlotte.
Senator Overman and Congressman
Kluttz have agreed to ride in the pro
cession. City Public Schools Open.
The city graded schools opened this
morning for the fall term with a good
attendance.
Save for assigning the pupils to their
respective grades and giving out the
lists of books for the new term, no
work was done. The pupils will have
holiday Monday and on Tuesday fol
lowing will settle down to hard work.
At the South graded . school - this
morning 717 scholars reported; at the
North graded school 741 were enrolled
and at the colored school 585 reported,
a total of 2043. Prof. Graham ex
pressed himself as greatly pleased with
the enrollment and expects it to he
greatly increased on Tuesday. 1$..
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
TURKO BULGARIA
The Germans Take a Grave
View of the Situation The
Bombardment of Constan
tinople planned by Mace
donian Revolutionists
(By Publishers Press.)
Berlin, Sept 5. The Publishers
Press is informed officially that Ger
many takes a most serious view of the
Balkan situation. A Turko-Bulgarian
war 11 1S thought, is hardly avoidable
I T3-.-.1 nn i n -..rill V.1 J-1,
""'SailO. Will piUUttUiy dbSUillB Hie
aggressive at any moment ond so brin
0n the war
Sultan Cultivating Greece.
Constantinople, Sept. 5. Delayed in
transmission. The Sultan is doing
everything in his power to secure the
active friendship of Greece, from
which source Turkey counts on obtain
ing help if the war with Bulgaria oc
curs. Following a subscription to re
lieve the Greek victims of outrages by
Balkan insurgents the Sultan has
given 920,000 France for the recon
struction of the Greek church at Kres-
eeve.
No More News of the Pyrgos.
Hamburg, Sept. 5. The German
Levant Line officials here have not yet
received confirmation of the report-
i
TUg SteamshiD. GeOrffe W.
-
Kelly, Loaded with Lum
ber, Bound for New Orleans
Goes Down in Hurricane.
A Passenger and Crew Lest
(By Publishers Press.)
New Orleans, Sept. 5. According to
a report just received here the Ameri
can Steamship George W. Kelly, of
Bluefield, S. S. Co. Line, foundered in
the Caribbean Sea during the recent
hurricane which swept over the West
Indian Islands. She was loaded with
lumber and bound for New Orleans
from Bfuefield. She had a crew of 15
men and one passenger and all are be
lieved to have perished.
WAR IMHII
ESI
AMERICAN STEAMER
FOUNDERS IN STORM
SATURDAY EVENING.
I nillllicliQil in 1 TJAi-lin un v. XUni .1 J
their liners, Pyrgos, was blown up in
the Black Sea.
New Papal Secretary.
Rome, Sept. 5. The Pope has offer
ed to Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of
Sydney and New South Wales the of
fice of Papal Secretary of State. The
Cardinal is not desirous of the post
owing to his advanced age, but Pius
believes he can persuade him to ac
cept. Bombardment of Constantiuople.
Sofia, Sept. 5. A member of the
Macedonian committee today told the
Publishers Press that their organiza
tion was trying to arrange the bom
bardment of Constantinople. Accord
ing to their plans they will arm a
tramp steamer with a half-dozen guns
carefully concealed. "When the steam
er reaches Constantinople," the mem
ber added, "the guns will open fire in
the direction of Yildiz Kiosk. A suffi
cient number of volunteers have offer
ed to sacrifice their lives in this at
tempt to bring the Sultan to terms."
A German Maine.
Berlin, Sept. 5. Tageblatt oday re
ports that the German Levat liner,
Pyrgos, was blown to atoms in the
Black sea by a Macedonian bomb.
Pyrgos carried a crew of 23.
European Spuadron at Beirut.
(By Publishers Press.)
Washington, Sept. 5. Rear-Admiral
Cotton commanding the European
Squadron, has officially reported their
arrival yesterday at Beirut with the
Brooklyn and San Francisco.
THE RIFLE-RANGE
TEAM MATCHES
Interesting Matches on the
Programme Today-Match
Very Close Betv een Skir
mish Teams Revolver
Team shoot This Afternoon
(By Publishers Press.)
Sea Girt, N. J., Sept. 5. There are
two team catches on the programme of
the rifle tournament today. A skir
mish team and a revolver team. The
former is open to teams of six contes
tants today first and second N. J..
seventh and twelfth N. Y.. 2nd Penna.
squadron, first and second District of
Columbia and two teams of U. S.
marine corps. The match was very
interesting. From the 700 yard firing
line east of "Little White House" the
teams started for the enemy, firing 20
snots at hundred yards intervals down
to the 200 yard line. Cant. A. H. Croff
led the charges
The revolver team
match opens at 2:30 this afternoon. I
StPTEMBER 5, 1903
TRE UNION STATION
TTE
r "
Col- Turk Talks Interestingly
to The News-Says He
Would Like to Coin two
Words for Newspaper Men
These are Disaster and
Derailment
In an intervieAv with The News to
day, Col. W. A. Turk, passenger traffic
io.anager of the Southern states that he
Las been visiting this week the prin
capal cities in South Carolina-, especi
ally junction points, looking after the
changes that will come with the inau
guration of the fall and winter sched
ules. At seme of these points changes that
will be beneficial both to the company
and the patrons of the road, will be put
in force as soon as the time arrives for
the fall and winter schedules to go into
effect.
The Southern Railway, Mr. Turk
states is desirous of doing everything
reasonable to bring about a more cor
dial relationsip between its patrons
and the management. And in the matter
of schedules, -it is the purpose of the
road to consult with prominent citi
zens at each of the important points,
and, in sd far as it is possible, make
GERMANY PLANS
SUREY OF CUBA
A German Cruiser to Examine
and Raport on the Political
Conditions and Strategic
Points of the Island-Some
Surprise Expressed
(By Publishers Press.)
Berlin, Sept. 5. The government
has ordered the cruiser Falke, now in
American waters, to visit all the
Cuban points. The captain is instruc-
lcu lu ""wugaic luc puuucai uuuux-
t ons nf thP island and rpnrvrf nn tho 1
- " - 1'
I CHARLO
vaiue or namors rrcm a naval and quarrel which ended in the woman re
strategic point of view. The cruiser i ceiving a broken head, occurred Thurs
is in effect detailed to survey Cuba, j day afternoon. The man is said to
Considering American sensitiveness, have found two strange negrces talk
surprise is expressed at some quarters ing to his wife when he reached home
here at the Falke's mission, which and he proceeded to vent his iealmis
might easily be construed into an af-
front to the United States.
such changes as will be of mutual in
terest. At Greenville and Spartanburg, Mr.
Turk held conferences with prominent
citizens, discussed matters of vital im
portance to the road and the towns and
thoroughly impressed the people that it
vas the Southern's intention and de
sire to live at peace and in harmony
vith all. J
On such a mission the Southern
could not have selected two more thor
oughly competent men than Col. Turk
and his associate, Mr. J. S. B. Thomp
son. These gentlemen both know the
Southern people; realize their wishes
and are thoroughly conversant with
our ways.
In the matter of a union depot for
Charlotte, Col. Turk would say but
little. He left the impression on the
reporters mind that in case the South
ern and Seaboard did not get together
on a union station, the Southern would
build a depot on the present site that
would be- an ornament to Charlotte.
"As to the union station," said Col.
Turk, "I am not prepared to say any
thing. In fact such matters do not come
within my province. I was at the meet
ing held in Charlotte several weeks
ago and was intensely interested in
all I heard.
"I don't know whether or not Char
lotte will have a union station, but this
I do know, that the Southern railway
will soon begin the erection of a hand
some passenger station in this city.
Charlotte needs a better depot and our
company intends to supply this want.
Just when the work will begin depends
largely on the agitation of the union
station project. If that question was
settled for keeps, I have no hesitancy
in stating that work would begin at no
distant date.
"But you can readily see that the
building of a passenger station is not
the work cf an hour or day. It requires
some time to mature plans and such
like. Look at Atlanta, why they have
been discussing that depot question for
ever so many years. Now work is al
ready begun.
"Charlotte should have a better pas
senger station and I tell you with the
union depot out of it, the Southern will
put one here that will be the town's
pride."
While Col. Turk was thus speaking,
Mr. J. S. B. Thompson, one of the si
lent men of the Southern, was sitting
close by. Turning to Mr. Thompson,
Col. Turk said:
"But, by the way, there is- the depot
man of the Southern system. Suppose
you interview him."
Mr. Thompson was appealed to by
The News man, but he declined to dis
cuss the matter. He, however, semcd to
fully concur with all that Col. Turk
had said.
The News man had consideration for
Col. Turk's feelings, therefore tho mat
ter of disasters on the line of his road
oT recemTdateS, were not touched on.
From another source it was learned
that Col. Turk thinks that the fact
of so many accidents finding their way
into print is the direct result of some
wide-awake newspapers. There were
accidents 30 years ago but there were
not so many newspaper men, nor near
so many newspapers.
This, according to a good friend of
Col. Turk, is his theory concerning the
much talked of disasters on the South
ern. Before leaving Col. Turk, he called
The News man to him and said:
"I have some new words to give you
newspaper boys, and while I am in
Charlotte let me give out this one:
'When you begin to shoot in copy con
cerning an accident, don't say wreck,
that word has a bad sound to it. In
consideration of the peace of mind of
those gentlemen who are doing all in
their power to avoid all such calami
ties, say disaster.'
"You have no idea- the difference in
the ring of those two words. 'Wreck'
sounds cold, harsh and with no sym
pathetic meaning, while 'disaster,' to
my mind, is just the opposite. Yes,
when you are reporting troubles on our
line, or in fact any line, make use of
the word 'disaster.'
"And too, before I go back to Wash
ington, I want to give you another
word that might be used with profit.
Some times when you are passing in
ycur copy, find time to use the word
'dcrsilment.' That is a good word. It
sounds so much better than some you
see in the public prints."
Col. Turk was given to understand
that disaster and derailment would,
hereafter be "standing matter" in this
shop.
From Charlotte Col. Turk and Mr.
Thompson return to Washington.
STRIKE MAY BE CALLED.
T;e Railroad Expressmen of Chicago
Will Strike Unless Their Demands
Are Granted.
Chicago, Sept. 5. The railroad ex
press men meet Sunday to decide
whether a strike will be called because
of the refusal of the railway companies
to grant the demands made last June
for a fifteen per cent increase and uni
form conditions. The officials of the
union are making strenuous efforts to
prevent radical action but the rank and
file, they declare, are apparently deter
mined the strike shall be called.
Woman Dangerously Hurt.
A negro woman known as Ella Kirk.
Ella Hanner and by several other
aliases, lies in a dangerous condition
at the Good Samaritan hospital as the
result of a brutal blow on the head al
leged to have been inflicted by Major
Hanner. ;.
ine coupie live near the batting
rv.511 Wu v, un(v.
UJ111, 11UOC LVJ LUC A 1 Lfl Lil I tX , ttiiU tilt;
rage on the woman with an old base
ball bat.
Axigust 1902
PRICE
CENTS.
INDIAN UPRISING,
THEJASSACRES
Southern End of Nevada at
the Mercy of the Desperate
Piutes-lhe Federal Gov
ernment Called on for
Troops -The Massacres
Two Hundred White Ranchers
with their Families are Ex
posed to the Rage of these
Outlaws-All in Imminent
Peril
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 5. Lasvegas
Valley, at the extreme southern end
of Nevada, is at the mercy of redskin
outlaws. The entire region embracing
several hundred square miles is in n
state of terror. The uprising of the
desperate Piutes has occurred. Two
hundred, white ranchers and miners
are scattered over the desolate terri
tory and the life of every one is in
imminent peril. Governor of Nevada
is expected to call for federal aid to
quell the uprising. William Williams
left in charge of a ranch at Indian
Creek, was shot in the back presum
ably while asleep and then scalped.
"Cochi" Piute who has been hanging
around is missing. The posse went af
ter him, and after a long chase he was
captured. He is said to have been
executed summarily after confessing.
The same day two unidentified pros
pectors were found at Asli Meadows,
shot, scalped and otherwise mutilated.
COWARDLY ATTEMPT
TO KILL TWO WOMEN
They Were Warned to Leave
their Home or It Would be
Blown Up-The Warning
Came True-Women Nar
rowly Escaped
(By Publishers Press.)
New York, Sept. 5. Following the
receipt of a letter that their house
would be blown up if they didn't move
by midnight, Mrs. Mary Melcrone and
daughter Mamie, 22 years old, were
awakened at their home, 236 Twelfth
street, Brooklyn, at 2 o'clock this
morning by an explosion in the base
ment. Careful preparations had been
made for a successful and destructive
fire and when the two women appeared
in the upper hall the staircase was fill
ed with flames and they just saved
themselves from death by tushing into
the street clad only in night gowns.
The fire spread rapidly and continued
trt the adjoining house before the fire
in both houses was extinguished. The
estimated damage done amounts to
$2000. A number cf threatening letters
were received by Mrs. Melcrone and
daughter and Dr. Ward of Fourteenth
street, the family physician, for years
lias been warning them to move out of
the neighborhood.
PROTEST AGAINST
THE REGICIDES
A Thousand Officers of the
Servian Army Have Joined,
the Movement Against the
Murderers of the King.
Their Resignation Forced
(By Publishers Press.)
Viena, Sept. 5. A Belgrade dispatch
; says that over a thousand nffirprs nf
I OVer d lOUtanU OUlCerS Ot
the Servian army have joined the
movement against the murderers of
the late . King Alexander and Queen
Draga. It is considered probable that
the miscreants will resign their com
mission in the army and retire to pri-
: 3
NEVADA PIUTES
I vate life.