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run Associated Press Strongest Local News Service JLLJ THE WEATHER: Partly C loudy Tonight and Thursday. Member OTTE KEWSo JLjni iHi ,.1 VOL. XX1X-NO. 4515 . . v"- - WOMAN AND CHILD CRUELLY BEATEN Neighbors Find Them Un conscious on Blood-Stain-ed Floor -Woman Revives Sufficiently to Tell of the Fendish Attempt upon Her Honor-She will Die Strange Man Entered Her Home and Beat Her Into Insensibility - Child also Beaten to Quiet It-Club with Which Deed was Done Found in the Room (By Associated Press.) Northfield, Vt., Sept. 23 Neighbors who went to the house of Mrs. Stephen Trorabler at South Northfield early to day fLund the woman and her young child lying apparently dead on the blood-stained floor. Beside them were a club with which they were beaten. The woman revived sufficiently to relate how a strange man, whom she Lad discovered in her room, had in flicted her injuries in an attempt to outrage her and then she lapsed into unconsciousness. She is expected to die. The child, aroused by the disturbance, was beaten to keep it quiet while the crime wyas attempted. COMMITS SUICIDE. J. H. Polemus, Well Known Railroader Kills Himself. (By Associated Press.) Charleston, S. C, Sept. 23 J. H. Pol hemus, formerly city passenger agenl here and in Savannah for the Plant System, killed himself this morning at his home at Summerville. He went in to the yard, with a parlor rifle, the muzzle of which he placed against his b:east and pulled the trigger. His body was found by his child. The bul let had gone through the heart. King Peter's Cabinet Will Resign. (By Associated Press.) Belgrade, Sept. 23 At King Peter's request the cabinet will resign tomor row, but ministers will remain in of fice until a meeting of the Skupts china. LENGTHY SEMTEHCE FOB IIOTEO CROOK Boston Judge Sends Edward Cranston, Alias Condit, to Prison on a Charge of Forgery-Spends His Time Beating Stock-Brokers (By Associated Press.) Boston, Sept. 23 In the Superior criminal court here today Judge Sher man sentenced Edward Cranston, harged with forgery to not more than fifteen nor less than ten years in State prison. On the stand the prisoner denied that his name was Cranston and saia he was Edward Augustus Condit. Chief Inspector Watts hunted up the records which show that Condit, if be is the same person, is known all over the country as an expert-beating stock broker. He is said to have at one time been wealthy. His plan was to open an account with a broker, who would accept bis heck on a country bank as margin. .If the trade showed a quick profit he vtould close the account and take up 'the check, letting it go by default if the speculation showed loss. Cranston be gan to speculate, the records say, m 1872. . He was convicted many times in the East and under the name of W. S. Car son was arrested in 1892, in Wisconsin on a forgery charge. In 1898 was ar rested in Chicago on a similar charge but was released. By FIEID V 1 - GRAND Renders a Verdictlthat Will liam Smith, Killed at Ebe nezer Church, was Slain by Pistol in the Hands of John Kirk The coroners jury that met Monday afternoon to inquire into the cause of the death of William Smith, the negro who was killed near Ebenezer church by John Kirk, finished its deliberations yesterday. The verdict of the jury was that Smith came to his death from a pistol shot wround, the pistol being in the hands of one John Kirk. The evidence as adduced before the jury of inquest does not sustain the theory that the killing was accidental. On the other hand there -was consider able evidence that Kirk killed Smith after deliberation and too, after the men had engaged in a quarrel. Immediately after the coroners jury adjourned, a warrant was issued for Kirk charging him with the murder of Smith. Returning to the city yesterday af ternoon Coroner Cathey placed the war rant for Kirk's arrest in the hands of Sheriff Wallace who will use every ef fort to locate the man. It seems that the report that Kirk had returned to Sharon and was ready to give himself up, was entirely errone ous. The facts are that Kirk left the Sharon neighborhood immediately af ter the tragedy and has not been seen since. From what is learned, the negroes had some words at the school enter tainment Friday night in -regard to a woman. The two left the house while angry ana weni out on the grounds where a large fire had been built. They renewed their conversation and while both were curs ing each other, a pistol shot was fired, Smith felrto the grouna, ana expirea in a few minutes. Kirk remained only a few minutes after the shot was fired and then disappeared down the road at a rapid pace. He has not been heaia of since. The witnesses who were standing around the fire when the shot -was fired, all state that the two men were angry with each other and that the pistol was fired by John Kirk. The first report that reached Char lotte was that the shooting was entirely accidental and that he tragedy was the result of Kirk playing with an old pistol. The evidence before srir Vivu;fvpr nuts a the - coroners a different pnast- on the case ana n . i ajiiJicuuvu he will be tried for killing Smith. Will Renew Funding Operations. (By Associated Press.) Washington, .Sept. 23.-Secretary Shaw authorizes the statement that owing to the scarcity of 2 per cent, bonds both for circulation and security for Government deposits he will renev the funding operations to the extent of $20,000,000, in accordance with pre vious circulars. t1,nAnftftn nf Of the total issue of 517,000,000 of the two per cent, bonds the treasurer already holds for circulation and de posits $480,000,000. Secretary . Shaw also authorizes the statement that he would-redeem five per cent, bonus maturing February 1, 1904, bearing in terest to maturity. - I 7' jane, If 1 eI i 1 1 A . $ $4ft IS CORONER'S JURY I MBIMgSW Ohio I iiHo munuLn v mAllmmSMiiMmii v CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, StPTEMBER 23, 1903. DUKE AND DUCHESS ; VLADIMIR. Owing to the sickness of the Cz ar's brother, Grand Duke Michael it is , considered a strong possibility that. Grand Duke Vladimir will suc ceed to the throne, if the Czar shoul d die without a male heir He is ac knowledged to ba a believer in the t heory of Peter I. that Russia may rule the world. COLLIER CASE SETTLED. Famous Will Litigation In Atlanta Is Ended By Compromise. (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 23. An agree-; ment by attorneys of the contest case of George W. Colliers will, disposing of two million dollars, reached here this morning by which is decided for all the claims in the contest to be set tled out of court. , ' Judge J. N. Bateman and H. L; Col lier will retire as executors and ad ministrator and will probably be ap pointed. This means the will is to be done away with altogether. Judge J. H. Lumpkin is disqualified in the case and Judge Roan will in a few days hear the consent verdict. The caveat was amended so as to state that George W. Collier was mentally incap able of writing a will at the time, and on this ground the consent verdict will be taken. Evils of the "Open Door." (By Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 23. There has been a fresh rush of immigration to xmeri ca and during the past three days the inspectors on Ellis Island have been working over time. Tuesday 5,000 per sons were passed by the authorities. According to reports received from vatious parts of Europe immigration into this country this fall will be great er, than ever before. President Fraiming Annual Message. (By Associated Press.) Oyster Bay, Sept. 23. No, visitors were received by President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill today. Already the President has begun: work on his an nual message to Congress. This work is simply preparatory, and nothing yet has been reduced to definite form. The message is to be presented to the extraordinary session and will not be issued until about the middle of Octo ber. No News of Canal Treaty. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 23 The State de partment today posted the following bulletin: "Department of State this (Wednes day) afternoon received from Minister Beaupree at Bogota a telegram dated September 22nd 5 p. in., stating that since the introduction of the proposed law in regard to the canal treaty and its first reading there has been no de cision of the measure in the Colombian congress and that the" situation is un changed. - Col. Cunningham Accepts. Col. J. S. Cunningham, of Person county, has been tendered and accept ed the Chief Marshalship for Mecklen burg Fair. Miss A. J. Gatewood who has been employed as stenographer at Norfolk has returned to Charlotte and now has a position with the Dowd & King Sup ply Co. WILL DISPOSE OF ; THE PEABODY FUND Meeting of State School Su ; perintendents of the South : will be Held Shortly at which time This Matter wiH be Considered (By Associated Press.) Little Rock, Sept. 23. Hon. j! II. Hineman, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, of Arkansas, staltb that there is a likelihood of an early meeting of Southern state school sup erintendents to take action relative to the disposition of the Peabody educa tional fund. The fund is now over $3,000,000 and many of the Southern State superin tendents are said to favor closing the trust and distributing the fund to States in the South, rather than to con centrate the money on one large teach ers college, as has been proposed. GRUESOME DISCOVERY. Bodies Of Man ad Woman Found Side By Side In Chicago, (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Sept.- 23. The bodies of a well-dressed woman, twenty years old, and a man of thirty, were found in a vacant lot in a fashionable district today. A revolver was clutched in the dead man's hand and the bullet which passed through the woman's neckled the police to believe it a case of mur der and suicide. Steel Trust May Close Some Plants. (By Associated Press.) Pittsburg, Sept. 23. The U. S. Steel corporation may close all of its sheet steel plants in the near future unless the amalgamated association will consent- to a reduction under same plan as was agreed upon last fall. The reason for this attitude is the over stocked market and the dullness of trade at this time of year. Reward To Be Offered for Robbers. (By Associated Press.) J.t. Joseph, Sept.23. Officials of the Burlington Railroad Company in St. Joseph announce that a suitable re ward will be offered by the company for the arrest and conviction of the four masked men who held up the Portland express north of here last night. The railroad and express offi cials still insist the robbers got no booty. Posses are scouring the coun try. . 0, B. GLENN ENTERS THE LISTS In an Open Letter to the People of the State He An nounces his Candidacy for the Gubernatorial Nomina tionLeaves ai! to the People The following open letter to the people of North Carolina has been sent out by Hon, R. B. Glenn, one of the candidates for the Gubernatorial nomination: Winston-Salem, N. C, Sept. 22, 1903. To the People of the State: Unable to answer all letters re ceived, I take this method of announc ing to my friends throughout the State, that I will be a candidate be fore the next Democratic State Con vention for the office of Governor. Having been actively canvassing the State for twenty-six years, the peo ple know me, so I will open no head quarters and enter into no scramble for the nomination. I can campaign for my party and beg votes for my friends, but it is a new role to elec tioneer for myself, so I will submit myself into the people's hands, asking them to let my candidacy be known, so that those desiring to aid me can do so, by seeing that I get in the primaries all the votes to which I may be entitled. To be Governor of North Carolina, is a high and laudable ambition, and I most earnestly desire to attain this high office, as both a token of the peo ple's esteem and a proof of their con fidence in me. If nominated, I will canvass the State, using every effort to - insure Democratic success, which means the State's safety and prosperity. If elected, knowing no man or class of men in the discharge of my duty, I will strive to advance all the interests of the State, endeavoring to procure "the greatest good to all, without detri ment or injury to any." Having faith in the people I believe I will be nomi nated. If, however, any of my worthy competitors are selected by the con vention, I will cheerfully abide its de cision, and continue in the future, as in the past, doing all I can to promote true Democracy, as my party's suc cess is to be valued more than my personal ambition. I regret that I cannot meet the people face to face and discuss with them the great is sues before us, but this seeming im practicable, I leave all to them in con vention assembled. I Respectfully, R. B. GLENN. COTTON FIRMS MERGE. Mr. O. P. Heath and Mr. Van Louding ham Join Their Forces. The firm of Heath Bros. & Co., has been dissolved and the firm of O. P. Heath & Co., succeeds the old firm. Mr. B. D. Heath, president of the Charlotte National Bank retires from the cotton business as does Mr. Julian Little. Mr. O. P. Heath and Mr. John Van Landingham have formed a copartner ship and wil Icontinue the cotton busi ness on a large scale. Mr. Heath will continue in charge of the present office of the old firm on South College street and Mr. Van Lan dingham will remain at his present of fice on North College street. There will be no changes in the pres ent forces at each office. Both Mr. Heath and Mr. Van Lan dingham are experienced cotton men and both have made a success of the business. The News wishes the new firm a continued successful business career. Judge Purnell Here. Judge Thomas R. Purnell, judge of the Eastern Federal circuit of North Carolina, spent last night in Charlotte. He was accompanied by his son, Master James Purnell. The father and son left this morning for Belmont, where Master James Purnell will enter St. Mary's College. Judge Purnell has not visited Char lotte for a number of years. He was Specially struck with the many im provements on every hand and was surprised at the rapid strides our city has taken. Honorable Artillery Comes A-Visiting. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 23. To the strains of "The Star Spangled Banner," "March ing Through Georgia" and ether Amer ican airs, about 200 members of the Honorable Artillery Company left Lon -don armory today and took a train for Liverpool to embark on the Dominion steamer Mayflower, bound for Boston, Mass. A large crowd of friends of the artillerymen assembled early at the armory to wish the company a success ful campaign. Herndon-Kraus. Tonight at the home of the bride's parents on East Seventh street, Mr. James R. Herndon, of Roanoke, Va., and Miss Esther L. Kraus will be uni ted in marriage. After the ceremony the couple will leave for Roanoke, where they will reside. . - ' RUNAWAY FREIGHT TRAIN. An Exciting Experience At Blacks burg, S. C. 'Squire L. M. McAlister and wife have returned from a visit among friends and kinspeople in York and J Cherokee counties, S. C. While at Blacksburg Monday afternoon betweea ( 3 and 4 o'clock 'Squire McAlister wit nessed what .came very near proving a serious railroad accident. A heavily loaded freight car at the top of a heavy grade became uncoupled and started at a rapid rate down the in cline through an open switch. It was bearing down with almost lightning ; speed on a passenger train of the C. & G. which was standing ready to pull out. The passenger engineer took in the situation at a glance and with rare presence of mind reversed, his lever and backed his train. The race kept up for about a half mile, when ths runaway car truck the level grade, slowed up and the passenger caught it, no damage being done. But for the engineer's prompt action there would have been a telescope and a bad smash up. COL. CLIN TALKS OF TOBACCO Greatest Tobacco Farmer in the State has Something of Interest to Say to a News' Man He Says the Outlook is Very Good Col.' John S. Cuningham, of Cuning-ha-m's, Person county, reached here this morning from Danville,, Va., and is quartered at the Buford. ' Between about a half bushel of mail, telegrams, etc., which were awaiting liis arrival, and callers from among his host of Charlotte friends the Colonel has been kept busy today strenuously busy. Col. Cuningham is becoming more rotund as the years go by. His girth has increased some since he came here six years ago, the Democratic leader of the Legislature, with reference to some legislation, in which Charlotte was interested." But he. is the picture of health withal, with a hearty hand- shake, the old cordial smile and a twinkle of blue eyes that would dis i count "Sunny Jim" himself. This is and always was the Colonel's way. "What do you consider the outlook for the tobacco farmers?" "On the whole, good," responded the Colonel. "I cannot but regard the de pressed prices cn tobacco as temporary. I can see no valid reason for the de cline in prices and I am satisfied they i will not long continue. I am urging the farmers to hold their tobacco for better prices, which I believe to be sure : to come. The consumption of tobacco, 1 like that of cotton, is increasing both at home and abroad. The manufac tured product is advancing in price and there is no reason why leaf tobacco should not command better prices somewhat in proportion. There has been no overproduction of tobacco and the law of supply and demand is bound to eventually hold up the price of to bacco like that of cotton." In this connection it is proper to ' state that Col. Cuningham is the larg est tobacco raiser in the world, culti vating plantation after plantation of the rich, waxy tobacco for which the "Golden Tobacco Belt" of North Caro lina and Virginia is famous. He studies the tobacco market closely both that of the leaf and the manufac tured product. What he says should have weight. Col. Cuningham will address a farm er's rally in Danville Oct. 3rd. He is president of the North Carolina Farm ers' Protective Association, an organi- ; zation perfected of representative farmers in about twenty counties o the State. Col. Cuningham has always used the authoritative position he holds among the farmers of this State and Virginia to urge them to diversify their crops, raising supplies first and cotton and tobacco as surplus crops. Col. Cuningham's visit here at this time is no political mission. He comes on a social visit and for the transac tion of private business. When ques tioned about making the race for Gov ernor inthis State, for which so many have urged him to decfare himself, he replied that he had not yet made up ; his mind, but would announce his de- i germination before long. ; Col. Cuningham has given his youth, i his manhood and his riper age to the Democratic party. For 28 years he has been a hard worker in its ranks, work ing wherever he could do the most gocd, at no time asking anything for himself and always contributing liber ally of his substance to the necessities of his party. He has held office to strengthen the position of- his party, but he has never sought it for himself. He is a Democrat, as he is a gentle man, of the old school and one who in the Gubernatorial chair would ad minister that high office according to the high traditions of Vance, Jarvis, Scales and Aycock. He belongs to that line of Romans and it would be but a matter of common gratitude for the Democracy to earnestly consider the honorable ambition of one oi the State's favorite sons and one who has done her some service in her time of need. I NIKGHAM PRICE: 3 CENTS. BRIDaL GOW WAS BAPTIZED III BLOOD Raleigh Bride Wore High Heeled Shoes, to Her Sor row, and Meets with a Painful Accident as She is Leaving the Church Nothing Daunted by Evil Omened Mishap, they Continue Their Journey Several New Corporations Chartered Today by Secre tary of State (Special to The News.) Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 23. As a bridal party were retiring from Edenton Street Methodist church this morn ing at 10:30, after the marriage of Edward H. Vaughan and Miss Mary Lea Spillman, the bride had the mis fortune to catch the heel of her shoe over the top stone of the high en trance step and fell to the bottom, fully ten feet, striking her head on one of the lower steps. An ugly" gash was cut on her fore head, in which it was necessary for a physician to take four stitches. Blood flowed copiously and her wedding dress w,as completely ruined. How ever, nothing daunted, the couple left on the 11:45 train for a bridal tour North. State Treasurer B. R. Lacy was the best man and Miss Daisy Young maid of honor for the wedding ceremony, which -was witnessed by. a large and fashionable audience. The Carolina Barytes Co., of Madi son county, was chartered, today with, $30,000 capital to deal in timber and mining lands, mine "barytes, talc, etc. H. J. Moore is the principal incorpora tor. The Candor Fruit Growing Com pany, of Candor, Montgomery county, was chartered with $25,000 capital. J. G. Tomlinson, H. R. Clark and Junius R. Page are the incorporators. , The Southern Chemical Company (Fertilizer Works) of Winston-Salem files a certificate of the directors re ducing the capital stock from $200,000 to $25,000. R. J. Reynolds, W. H. Mas- tin, T. W. Huske, Clement Manly and W. T. Brown are the directors. HEW VERSION OF THE GOMEL RIOTS Russian Correspondent, in a Private Letter to the Lon don Times-Dispatch, Gives Account of the Afair Dif fering from Russian Ver sion (By Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 23. -A Russian cor respondent in a private letter from Gomel dated September 14, during the anti-Semitic riots, contradicts the Rus sian version of affairs, in the Times- Dispatch of London. It, in part, fol lows: "The trouble began Friday with a wrangle between a. Jewish fish seller and a Moujik, leading to a free fight wherein several were injured, one Moujik mortally. "Saturday and Sunday the anti-semi-tic agitators went about exhorting the people net to leave their fellow-Christ- . ians unavenged. Mcst of the Jews re mained in doors, all drinking shop3 were closed and the streets patrolled. A hundred workmen from the railway workshops mustered in the principal street Monday and began breaking the windows of Jewish houses, which they entered and plundered. "Number of Jews were turned back by the soldiers from the streets, where the plundering was going on and beat and arrested those who did ' not obey forthwith. Soldiers stood by while the plundering mob was committing all kinds of excesses. "One could hear the shrieks of child ren on the streets which the patrols blocked against help from the Jews outside. Some of the Jews tried to force their way down one of the side streets and the soldiers shot six dead. Troops protected the rioters. Cornel has 26,000 Jews out of a total popula tion of 40,000." t j V 7
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