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TVT i AvxcmDer Associated Pr ess E E GET A TRXOTHPTFT kt - v-r U- u A JL N THE WEATHER: Mil A QUA ICR VOL. XXIX-NO. 45 J 7 Tl HLLIOI II EB IEASE III VALUE The Register of Deeds and His Assistants Complete Tl r meirwork of Tax Valua tion forCharlotte Township. Grand Total $10,624,643 Striking Difference Between Property Owned by White People and Negroes in Charlotte- -Many Interest ing Items in This Report Fair Toni ght and Saturday; Warmer Saturday. EWSo "MANY AN HONEST MAN FAILS IN BUSINESS BECAUSE HE IS A POOR ADVERTISER." JOHN WANAMAKER. 25, 1903. X CHARLOTTE. N. C. FRIDAY EVENING. SfcPTEMBER SSSlSin the World. PRICE 3 CENTS. Register of Deeds A. M. McDonald and his corps of clerks have finished computing the tax values in Charlotte and Charlotte township. The figures show that the total valu ation of all taxable DronertiPs in Charlotte township has increased $2 - I fci . ' i -'umw over that of last year. The total valuation of taxable prop, erties this year figures up $10,624,643. The figures last year were $8,416,596. The total number of polls this year is 3213; last year 3168. The total number of acres of land BES : nrnawTsr , .LmumamTr. y ' II. ; 1 wL' The nhnvQ i?-.,. in the Far East" It X nL ?S ll th n.e.west cit in the world. - . "juuieui, aunougn there It has been built by the Russian Govern ment to form are many houses in Dalny, there are few inhabitants. i 1 an ice-free port for the exploitation of Muscovite interests OVY1 Mm 4- V'0 was given in bv the -..VV, UU 0y negr0eS In the list of fire-arms it wni,i pear from the tax hnnir- ,.t ; J , " tuut UU 11.11- ed population owns nn r,,c, they dld not the first of June. The to va,ua uon or lire-arms owned by the whites is placed at $1,335; and the cpI- tJvf TPle Cnly show 20 wort f this taxable property. ine valuation given in this year are 23,039; last year The total valuation of land this year figures up $1,962,810. Last year the figures were $1,307,256. The number of town lots given iu for taxation this year are 4,205. Last year the figures were 3,561. The total valuation of town lots this year is $5,580,285. Last year the figures were $4,216,590. The aggregate value of real proper ty both white and colored amounts to S7.543.095. The number of horses owned by white people is 802 and their value is p:aced at $44,340. The number owned of scientific inclrn ?itZBe Whites amounts to ; ' tu,uic o. total $4,305 On the first of June the white people or Charlotte township had SlflfiasK nt I ftn7e7 hand an the colored people 030 money on hand $200,- In the matter of solvent credits the whites figure up $712,310 and the col ored $2,895. Total S715.2ft; Money invested in stocks, bonds and such like all owned by the white pec pJe. amounts to $12,200. The valuation of cotton, in seed or lint is estimated at $25,900. The value of musical .instruments ?noed- by tne white DePle is Placed at ?2,S3a; colored $1,685. Total value of musical instruments $27,520 . r ear by year the number of bicycles ven in fr. -Q--ofi M j THE GOMEL RIOT Eight Jews and Five Christians Lost Their Lives In the Riot. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept 25. The follow ing bulletin has been posted at the btate Department: "The nsnartmt states that it has received advices from the American Charge at St. Petersburg to the effect that at the. finmpi ir,? eight Jews and five Christians lost their lives. Mr. Riddle savs no foreign ers or foreign interests suffered " In view of the nositinn tatn iw v,Q Russian Government at the. time nf Kishieneff (that imperial authorities would decline to receive foreign l'Pnrp. sentations concerning domestic affairs xxiC luieign interests were in volved) the statement of the represen tative of the American Charge at St. Petersburg that no foreigners cr for eign interests were jeopardized in the recent Anti-Semitic riot at Gomel closes the incident so far as the State Department is concerned. GERMAN CITIZEN ARRESTED. HARNESSING AND TRSSSMITTIi MOTIVE POWEB Millions of Capital Behind De velopments that will Sup ply Charlotte with an Abun dance of Cheap Power to Drive Her Manufacturing Plants TWO SOLDIERS KILLED. v, suauy aecreases. onppie Creek Strikers Call in Total value of horses placed at $3,600. $47,940. The total number of mules owned by whites are 430, valued at $25,805. Th total number owned by negroes are 72 and their value is places at $2,790. Total valuation of mules $28,595. The total number of cattle owned by whites are 1013. valued at $16,555. The Total number owned by negroes 198. valued at $2,450. Tctal valuation of cattle $19,005. The total number of hogs owned by whites are 481, valuation at $1,920. The total number owned by negroes are 70, valued at $495. Total value of hogs $2,415. The report shows there are only 25 sheep given in for taxation, all of these are owned by .white people and their valuation is placed at $5C. The value of farming utensils owned hy the whites is placed at $4,940; by the colored people $215. Total valu ation of farming utensils $5,155. The value of tools owned by the white mechanics is $1,885; colored $50. Total valuation of mechanics tools is $1,935. The total valuation of household and kitchen furniture owned by whites is$265.355; colored $82,000. Total $273,555. The total amount of provisions on hand is assessed at $300. Of this This year the whites srive in 214. wTiaoI valued at $2,425, and the colored people ""ijf return 12, tneir value hpin- sin;; o T " v by negroes -117 and their - value Isi Total valuation of bicycles- $2 530 I IFFEREIIC E AT BOGOTA The Death of the Hay-Herran Treaty Not Regretted The Possibility of a New Treaty. No Indications of a Panama Revolution (By Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 25. Indifference is manifest in Congress, says a Herald dispatch from Bogota, dated Sept. 21, toward the death of the Hay-Herran canal treaty. Although the period for the ratification of the treaty was to ex pire at midnight of the 22nd, the speeches delivered on the subject were mild and referred more to the pos sibility of a new treaty, than to the fate of the present one. The committee appointed by the Senate to prepare a new treaty continues at work but it is net known when the report will be presented. A cablegram was sent by Gov. Obaldia on the 19th to President Marroquin assuring him of his patriot ism and loyalty, and stating that mat ters were quiet on the Isthmus. Obal dia also Informed the President that there were no indications of a revolu tion on the Isthmus. rm ... ine total valuation of silverware ownea Dy the whites is returned at .o.ou; coiorea $105. Tctal $6,745 x no tuiai vaiue or watches and jeweiery owned by the whites is placed at $22,950; colored $465. Total $22 415 The value of goods, wares and mer- cnandise owned by the whites is placed at $1,179,173; colored $1,675. Or a total of $1,180,848. In the list of all' otlier property whatsoever the figures for the whites are $440,005; colored $2,540. The aggregate value of personal property owned by whites amounts tn $3,051,143; colored $30,405. Under the heading of incomes, onlv one negro in Charlotte township, ac- coruing to tne tax books, has an in come over $1,000. This one is Dr. D. J. Sanders, president of Biddle Institute. He gives in $500. The total amount nf the income taxes for whites is $197,467. The white people of Charlotte town ship will pay into the State treasury for States taxes $27,740.45. The color ed people will pay $805.22 or a total of $28,545.67. The total amount of taxes for white I pons is $8,071.00; colored $3,174.50. Or a total of $11,245.50. Ine amount of railroad telegraph and such property returned for tax ation is $972,490. The aggregate of bank stock return ed is $869,039. lhe aggregate building and loan stock returned for taxation is $248,869 Under the heading of corporate ex cess, or on value of capital stock of corporations in excess of value of prop erty listed as certified by the State Au ditor, the figures are $383,733. The total tax for schools on polls and property in Charlotte and Charlotte township is $12,778,889 Under the heading of general county tax the aniount to be paid by the whites will be $49,410.25; colored $1,- 236.45. The total amount of taxes for school purposes in Charlotte township will be $23,578.50. Of this amount the whites will pay $23,003.77, and the colored $575.73. The total amount of taxes for con victs will be $32,750.08. Of this amount the whites will pay $31,949.76 and the colored $800.32. Under the heading of road tax the total amount is $13,096.85. Of this amount the whites pay $12,777.28 and the colored $319.57. the German Consul At Denver. (By Associated Press.) iiver, coio., sept. 25. The strike -jnyiiic nas taicen on ?fi in teiiiduonai complication. Four Ger mans imported from , Duluth to take the strikers places refused to go to woi k wnen they learned the conditions. u wtl piacea in the military prison xjjiuusu uie western Federation of ivnners tney appealed to the German Consul at Denver to place the matter oeiuie nis government anrl ast fhat- ticn be taken looking to redress for iuen imprisoned MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS. She Is No Worse But Is Not Out Of Danger Mrs. Hayes Sent For. (By Associated Press.) Buffalo, N. Y.. Sent. 2.; A Q.vn o'clock Dr. Stockton authorize t'hQ statement that Mrs. Jefferson Davis who is seriously ill at Castle Inn, was holding her own but he could nrt she was out of danger. Doctors Roswcil Park and Allen Jones have been called Mrs. Davis' daughter. Mrs HavOC New York, has been tel come here. Georgia Cotton Crop. (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25. According to a statement issued by tne State BIT OFF HIS MUSTACHE. And the Consequence Was the Excis ion of An Appendix Full Of Hairs. (By Associated Press.) Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 25 J. J Sny der, cigar maker of this city, has had an attack of appendicitis due to his habit of biting off his mustache and swallow ing tne nair. Tne surgeons found in ui& appendix a number of hairs which "!ueii me patient s mustache but uiiierent irom the hairs cn his .head. Cheaper Power and Transpor tation the Elements of Lrowth b a GreilerJndus- trial Charlotte Possibili ties of Expans:on that Look Now Like a "Pipe Dream" Fugitives From Military Prison Killed Filipinos for the Reward. (By Associated Press.) Manila, Sept. 25. Two prisoners, named Rudd and Elack, fugitives from the United States military prison, Malagi Island, Laguni Debay. Luzon' have been killed by natives. The latte claim that the killing took place dur ing the attempt to capture the fugitives and to gain the reward offered. Guest To the President. (By Associated Press.) Oyster Bay, Sept. 25 As guests at luncheon yesterday President Roose velt had N. N. Stranahan, Collector of the Port of New York, Hamilton Fish Assistant Treasurer of U. S., at New York, Dr. Lyman Abbott Editor of the Outlook and J. C. Shaffer, proprietor of the Chicago Post. Mr. Stranahan and Mr. Fish visited Sagamore Hill to consider with the President a few questions of details relating to official works. The prospects are now ihat ni,a lotte in a year or so will be supplied muuve power galore and that with ALCOHO LISM AND DEGEBERACy Dr. Morilz at the Nationalist Congress Declares that European Degeneracy is Increasing and that Alco holism is the Main Cause Department of Agriculture, the cotton Moritz. speaking of the inherited de crop of this season for Georgia is 1,076,000 bales against - 1,470,000 a shortage of 394,000 bales as estimated by the State Commissioner of Agricul ture. This estimate is based on the September reports which have been compiled by the State Department of Agriculture. In addition to the cot ton estimate the condition of other crops is given as follows: Corn 86, rye 91, forage crops 87, tobacco 87. (By Associated Press.) Berlin, Sept. 25. At a meeting of the Nationalist Congress at Cassel Dr generacy through social influences, as serted that degeneracy in European countries is spreading and was shown by a decrease of physical resistance and a tendency to illness and weak ness. AJcoholism, he declared, was the chief cause of inherited degeneracy, to cure which alcoholism must be wiped out. He suggested that a legal certifi cate of health be required before any person is allowed to marry. upuu d strenuous competitive basis. The developments in progress and pro jected indicate the passibility even of du eiuDarrassment of such riches. The cnances are vvutn nanotte will have electrically transmitted power enoush and a sur plus that is, of course, unless there tuouid De a most phenomenal growth in manuiactures m the near future which will make the demand for power .tep pace witn the supply. nariotte now uses about 6.000 horsp iwti in turning tne wheels of its va rious industries. Several weeks ago incws announced that the. uirh land Park Manufacturi by January 1st, 1904, be able to furnish eifcctricai power to the citv. This con cern will develop at a cost of $100,000 about 2,500 horse power from Sugar oieeK., ,vw norse power of which will be for sale. It has also been stated that uie atawoa Power Co. would be able by the first of next year to brine from its immense nlant. on the. fttmi,, river at least 2,000 more horse power u nariotte. yesterday's paper con tained the intelligence that the 4 C's would probably at no distant date also go to the Catawba river for the pur pose of increasing its present power piant. ine 4 us may eventually de velop the enormous power at Mountain Island, of which editorial reference was made in The News some time ago. . Besides all these enterprises it is well to remember that the most gigan tic water power in the State is being developed at the Narrows of the Yad kin forty miles away. The Whitney Reduction Co., of Pittsburg, is devel oping this power at a cost of $5,000,000. This company has built a branch rail road from the Southern out to its nron- erty as fine in equipment as the Penn- i syivama Railroad. It is having granite quarried in immense, blocks to face the aam with. This power will also be available for Charlotte in any quanti ties desired, for this comnanv can fur. nish power all through this end of th state So it will be seen that with all thsp. developments focusing on Charlotte it ought to soon have the greatest, abun dance of power and at the cheanest raies. tserore all this power is fully utilized, Charlotte should be a city of 100,000 souls, with the widest mnep of manufactures. Cheap nower. cheaD transnortatinn close proximity to raw materials srnnri labor -and a favoring climate complete the foundation upon which a great manufacturing city must, he hnilt Tf the present program is carried out Charlotte will be provided with, chean transportation at an early day, and with all the other advantages it should triue torward with seven league boats. Roosevelt Takes a Ride. . (By Associated Press.) - oyster Bay, Sept., '..25. Pfcesj den t t,jUciy maae ms hrst appear ance this summer on the streets of Oyster Bay on a week day except when passing to and from train. Today ac companied by Mrs. Roosevelt, ' the President took a long horseback ride As they passed through the village on the way to Sayville, they were kept bowing to friends and acquaintances. They were unaccompained. Crop Conditions. (By Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 25. Telegranhic ad vices to the International s are that the time is coming Agency from trade centers throughout Charlotte will have electrically ! Hnited States are summarized as fol lows: Cotton now seems to be a month wm mure uniavorabl eweather iepc.Ai.8. jurougnt has injured th North Carolina tobacco crop Unusual iiumuer oi sman bank.-, being organized imi'uguuuc tne south. Jordan of Georgia Elected. (By Associated Press.) Niagara rails, Sept. 25. Harvie juiuan oi ueorgia was today unani mously elected president of the Na tional Farmers Association. Fire In Toranto. (By Associated Press.) Toronto, Ont, Sept. 25 Fire is rac ing on the island. Docks, ticke tof fices and hotel Hanlan in flames with every prospect of beiner entirpiv stroyed as water service is inadequate. coram N OF NEW RAILROAD The Work to Begin October 1, at Wilson, and Proceed East and West at Once Mecklenburg Company Chartered . of Cherryville, Gaston county, char tered at $12,000 capital. C. J. Woodson, V. B. Kendrick are the principal incorporators. At the annual medal contest of the dieig uun Club last evening, Mr, vvuiiaKer, Dusmess manager of the Morning Post, won the medal, his score having been 88 out of a possible iuw targets. Mr. Jas. I. Johnson was t.ecoaa Dest with a score of 85. ine btate Insurant nnnimi;nn - --- luiv Ji. V. M. licenses the American Fi company ot Boston, Jno. C. Drewery oi Kaleigh, being State aeent No clue has been found vet. tn the saie cracners who invaded the Apex postoffice and carried awav S200 cnah and stamps. Nor has any Government lepresentative arrived on the scene. Six months ago there was an the court docket of this county a hotly contested divorce suit and counter suit between William M. House and his wire Minnie. Sanderford House and half dozen lawyers figuring in the case. They were divorced and now a reconciliation is effected and linen so was issued today for their remarriage which will take place tomorrow. The work of rebuilding the Yarbor ough Hotel preparatory for Howell Cobb to succeed R. B. Raney as lessee is now. well under way. The place will bethoTpughly overhauled. filfd modern ized as far as possible, much to the gratification of the traveling public. Immense crowds are attending the lectures of Dr. Sampey of the South ern Baptist Theological Seminary who is speaking nightly at Tabernacle Bap tist church on the History of "Soul Winning." The campaign being waged here for dispensary by the Anti-Saloon League is quickening in interest rapidly now. upun air speakings are held almost nightly. The sanoon forces are also do ing much work but entirely cn the quiet. The contest will be stout and close, the beSi. judges being now in doubt as to the verdict BULGARIAN SOT OR UNCHANGED Rumors of an Ultimatum to Turkey, in Effect Today, are Unconfirmed - The . Porte Wishes the American War Ships Withdrawn from Beirut Minister Leishman Has Sent No News from Constanti nople Today-War Cloud Still Hovers Over the Bal kans and is Black Enough (By Associated Press.) Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 25. Sensa tional rumors are current that Bul garia has sent an ultimatum to Turkey announcing that unless satisfactory as surances are received before noon to day the Ottoman troops will be withdrawn immediately from the fron tier. Bulgaria will forthwith mobilize her whole army. The reports have been categoricaly denied and the for eign office here declares no such ulti matum has been. sent. The officials add that the situation is unchanged. WANTS WARSHIPS TO LEAVE. The Porte Expresses Its Sentiments About the American Warships. Constantinople. SeDt. 25. The Port has expressed a wish for the withdraw al of the American warships now off Beirut so "that settlement of the rmes- tions nendine between thA TTniti States and Turkey can be nmpeeded with." It is thought the Government of the United States, will not consent to withdraw her ships. Minister Leish man asked a conference with Foreipn Minister, Tewfik Pasha, today. Suicide Of a Stenographer. (By Associated Press.) No News From Leishman. Washington, Sept. 25. State Denart- ment had no further news from Minis ter Leishman today. The American minister has had several o.onferpnros with the Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish ioreign minister, concerning the set tlement of the Magellsen affair and American claims against the Sultan's government While definite conclus ions have not been reached no hitch has occurred in the negotiations. On the . ground that all is now quiet at Beirut, it is not unlikly that the Porte is press ing for the withdrawal of American ships but no direct request of this na- PirminchiQm Ale oe tt i ""'v 11 uiieci request or this r.3- ta Tn'tVi-?? i J?" .has been Preseied to authori- (Special to The News.) RALEIGH, SEPT. 25. J. M. Turner, president of the Ral eigh & Pamlico Railway, says that two construction forces will be put to work October first at Wilson, on working west toward Raleigh, the oth er east toward Pamlico Sound. lhe order was made today for cal- cimming the corridors of the Capitol, which are now considerably smoky and' dingy. Plough-Cornelius Comnanv of Por- nelius, Mecklenburg county, is char tered to conduct cotton ginneries, oil mills, etc. Capital $50,000 subscribed $160,000 authorized The Kendrick Mercantile Company this morning the dead body of Miss iviumie fatone, a stenographer, aged 25, was found at the ofiice cf B. F. John son, a real estate agent, where she had been doing contract work. A discharg ed revolver lay in her lap while her right hand clutched a handkerchief. The cause of the sicide is supposed to have been despondency. Southern Railway Fires. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 25. Rsnorts re ceived at Southern Railway headauar- ters this city, concerning Greensboro N. C.. and Culpepper, Va., fires, indi cate that the losses are not very great. At Culpepper Station two box cars were ourned and at Greensboro an oil tank and two empty cars were burned New Department The Little-Long Co. Denart mfn Stores have added another dena.rt Hereafter they will handle low nrice.rl candies on an extensive scale, putting iirau supplies every week and mak me mis a popular feature of their Business. ties here. 0 L AT LYNCHBURQ Curtis Jett Sentenced. (By Associated Press.) syntniana, Ky., Sept. 25. Curtis Jett was brought into court today when Judge Osborne decreed that he be nangeu between sunrise and snnot December IS, for killing James Cock- mi, at Jackson, Ky., July 21, 1902. Mr. Staples Critically III. A telegram from Reidsvili. thia af ternoon states that the condition nf Hr t , . . "j. lur. jonn u. staples is critical. His relatives have been summon tn h,-. bedside. Cotton Market Today. (By Associated Press.) New York. SeDt 25. Onttrn ef, Sept. 11.20. Oct 9.4S. Nnv Q 58 rJ 9.43, Jan. 9.42, March 9.41, May 9.46. ' A Literary Society will bp nrmn ized at the Young Men's Christian As sociation tonight at 8 o'clock. AH members of the Association are invited to be present. Mr. A. L. DeRosset. Jr. is in innm today. One of the Mob is Wounded and Three are Captured. The Negro was Taken from His Cell and Shot-lhirteen Men Implicated (By Associated Press.) Lynchburg, Tenn., Sept 25. A negro was killed and a member of the mob wounded in an assault on the jail last night A crowd of 25 men visited tno jail shortly before midnight and sur rounded the cell in which Small ' was incarcerated. Sheriff G. R. Davidson opened fire cn the would-be and succeeded in woundinir one nf them who was taken off hv h is frierwlc Two of the police and several citizuns rushed to the jail but before they ar rived the mob had succeeded in batter ing down the wooden door at thp fnnt of the stairs leading to the corridor. The sheriff and his nosse made stnn resistance but were unable to prevent the mob from breaking in an iron door at the head of the stairs and pntorlncr the cell occupied by the negro, about wnose neck tney placed a rone. . A soon as the men emerged from the cell it became apparent that the negro could not be taken from the jail ard hanged and he. was shot anri instanti. killed. The mob made an effort to escape but the sheriff and his guard succeeded in holding three of them and they are now in jail on the oham nt murder. The men are Dock Haisey his brother, and John Dean, and one of them has made a confession im nil- eating thirteen men in the raid. Allen Small was arrested several weeks ago for alleged attempt to as- ouit ivirs. uiiiza uggieston. i J
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