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VOL. XXIX-NO. 4643
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. FRIDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 19, 1904,
PRICE: 3 CENTS
TO BE THE
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PROPOSED RUSSIAN LAND OPERATiQHS
Representative of the Matin
Arrives at Harbin After
a Perilous Jou rney
Over Siberian.
Railway
INTENSE FEELING
The Basis Point is Crowded
and an Army of 400,000
Will be Scattered Over
the Manchurian -District
(By Associated Press)
Paris. Feb. 19. A representative of
The Matin, who has reached the cen
ter of the Rusian military operations
at Harbin, after great hardships over
the great Trans-Siberian Railway, ow
iR.r to tbe condition of it being
trowcle;! with thousands of' soldiers, in
a dispatch today to The Matin , con
firms the rumor that the place will be
r.m'.le the main basis of the Russian
land operations. ...
Thus far the base as succeeded in
maintaining its part ' with Port Ar-tlr!-".
The concentration of troops is
proceeding systematica and provis
ion has been made for the speedy ar
rival of 20.000 men from the divisions
of Moscow. Kieff and Varsovio.
Within 12 days the .Russians will
have disposed of an army of 400,000
throughout Manchuria.
Intense demoralization exists among
the population and the surrounding
villages are flocking into the town,
seeking to reach Western Russia.
The railway trains are blocked and
2,000 travelers are thus held up.- The
intense cold has increased the suffer
ing and adds to the difficulties of bring
ing the troops forward. ,
Troops Concentrating.
Harbin. Manchuria, Feb. .' 19. The
Russian troops are concentrating with
lower Yalu valley. Everybody is in
high spirits and are daily expecting re
inforcement. "
Russian families are leaving Man
churia on account . of the dearness of
provisions, which are all required for
the troops. The Manchurian, and espe
cially the Tansbaikal railroad are un
able to cope with the demands on thenv
The women and children cannot get to
the trains and many are waiting and
suffering of cold and hunger. The
Chinese are bringing in provisions. The
rise in price is due somewhat to the
fall in the value of -paper mpney
which in some places is refused alto
gether. Japanese Boat Arrives. ,
Shanghai, Feb. 19. A large Japanese
cruiser arrived at Wu Sung, a hundred
miles north of Shanghai, today.
"The Figaro" Talks Out.
Paris, Feb. 1. Significance is at
tached to The Figaro's discussing the
possible retreat of the Rusian forces
from Port Arthur toward the North.
The Figaro, which is intensely pro
Russian, says:
"The Russian note explaining the
delays in military operations had the
effect of confirming Viceroy Alexieff's
plan to withdraw to the northward,
toward Mukden and Harbin. The Fi
garo declares this to be a tactful
move, as the Russians can better
make a stand further north.
Not Much Joy Over Carnival Week.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 19. The clos-
TORTURED
' AID THEN BURNED
An Arkansas Mob Makes
Quick Work of a Fiend who
Foully Murdered a Well
Known Planter Near Little
Rock,
1 L lF'y Associated Press)
utile Rock, Ark., Feb. 19
Glen-
nays
a negro, was hunted down
J amob and burned at the stake
XiStprrl.i..
dor t "waT rosseu, for the mur
nf uf D- Stephens, a deputy sheriff
Ashley county. .
Stephens was a wealthy planter,
dav f a few words with Hays yester-
afternoon, when without warn-
neo went to his house andir
utea a shot gun. Returning, he
barrel UP t0 stePhens and fired both
the h The charse took effect in
weast, death following 'instantly.
ith tfcnegro then struck the body
R!n X gun and made his escape,
to a i Thounds traced the murderer
hidin- e Where the neSro was found
hmmfprt f ei- Tne several
w!h X ms SUI"ged around and
Hav murderer out.
V.S made a full ormfaaoinn With
the La,nd feet tied-- he was bound to
and brush piled around
Was flnliorl onrl Vi- mo-n
luipt ; wn lo aeatn. All is now
D
in the vicinity of the tragedy.
BASIS OF THE
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DOWAGER EMPRESS REPORT
ED DEAD.
London, Feb. 19. A dispatch
from Canton says it is rumored
in official circles there that the
Dowager Empress of China is
dead.
ing days of carnival week have been
observed practically by a cessation of
work. There is little rejoicing, and
the no-festivities. Instead, the peo
ple gather around military bands in
the streets, or follow the troops de
parting for the front. None of the
reports of the Japanese' attacks on
Port Arthur have been officially con
firmed. . "
An official -communication has been
published, announcing Russia's with
drawal from participation in the St.
Louis exposition.
Must Not Tarry, Long.
Madrid, Feb. 19. A Russian warship
has arrived in the Canary Island's
port. The authorities have notified the
commander of 'the ship that she may
remain a limited time but cannot coal
except sufficient to reach the nearest
Russian port.
Germany on Lookout.
Shanghai, Feb. 19. It is reported
at Wei-Hsien, the most important city
in the province of Shantung, that Ger
many had secured the-right in August
to uniform the police system in all .the
cities of Shantung. The Chinese 're
ceived the - announcement favorably.
Report Discredited.
London, Feb. 19. The Chinese lega
tion here has heard nothing of the re
ported death of the Dowager Empress.
The report is discredited.
THE STEAMER "LAHN."
Had a Rough Experience On the Old
Atlantic.
(By Associated Press) -,
New York, Feb. 19. The steamer
Lahn, that reached Port Arthur to
day,, reports a tempestuous voyage
from Genoa to Naples and Gibraltar.
She was battered by the heavy seas,
and mountainous waves broke repeat
edly over her foredeck.
"Captain' Boite and Second Officer
Glund were knocked from the bridge
and severely injured.
The Italian Sicilia, ' from Italian
ports, had a similar experience."
WE
WANT
'SIGHT."
At the Field Operations Over in the
v Far East. .
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 18. Having failed
so far to secure permission from either
the Russian or Japanese government
Tor United States army officers to ac
company the forces in the field in Man
churia, the War Department has deter
mined to make an effort to induce the
Korean, government to permit an ob
server to be stationed in that country!
Brigadier General H. T. Allen, of the
Philippine constabulary, is said to 'be
likely to be designated as military at
tache at Seoul.
Rebels Fired On.
(By Associated Press)
New York, Feb. 19 A Herald dis
patch from St. Thomas, D. W. I., says
ii. is reporter there that the United
States cruisers Newark and Columbia
have been forced to fire on the Domin
cian rebels outside the city of San Do
mingo because. the insurgents fired on
an American mail steamer.
The American commander has for- J
bidden either party fighting within the
city limits. "
Great distress and starvation prevail
in the city of San Domingo. TJie town
of Jeremis, in the south of Hayti, is de
clared in a state of seige.
Want More War Ships.
(By Associated Press)
New York, Feb. . 19. A Herald dis
patch from Valparaiso says that Eng
land and France are trying to buy four
or (five Chilean warships. The English
bid was the better.- It is also rumored
that England propose to buy all the
Chilean squadron excepting the three
French built ships.
To Meet in Jacksonville.
(By Associated Press)
Tallahassee,. Fla., Feb.' 19. The
Swayne committee was ir session till
10 o'clock last night. A number of wit
nesses were examined. No testimony of
a startling nature. The committee ad
journed to meet at Jacksonville Satur
day morning. - . r
Reply Favbrable.
(By Associated Press) -Washington,
Feb. , 19 Secretary
Hay received today a cablegram from
Ambassador McCormack, the reply of
the Russian government to the propo
sition relating to Chinese neutrality.
It is considered by the Department to
be responsive td our interests and its
substance has been given the govern
ments of Japan ad China.
Death Closes the Chapter.
tod ProssV -
Macon, Ga., . Feb. 19. C. H. Trout,
man, cashier of , the Merchants and
Farmers Bank of - Milledgeville, died
this morning in Milledgeville of pistol
wounds inflicted by himself. Investi
gation of his accounts as treasurer of
the State Sanitarium and as officer
of the bank is now under way.
Abner- McKinley Very III.
(By Associated Press)" - -Johnstown,
Pa., Feb. 19. Abner Mc
Kinley, brother of the , late President,
who has ben su3ering from nervous
exhaustion, is reported worse at his
summer home in Sumerset, being con
fined to his room. - .
PUBLICATION OF TRAFFIC RATES.
Important Decision by Inter-State
Commerce Commission. '
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 18 The Inter
State Commerce Commission announced
that as a result of its investigation of
the feasibility of requiring railrpads
to vpublic their tariffs, for the move
ment of export and-import traffic, the
same as domestic traffic, it has decided
to leave the matter in abeyance for a'
time. If the Inter-State commerce act
is not, amended within a reasonable
time, so as to relieve thejeommission
of the necessity o,f requiring such pub
lication, the commission holds that it
will be its duty to enforce the publica
tion of import and export rates in the
manner now provided by law,, but so
far not complied with. ;
The committee holds that it would be
a grave misfortunte if export and im
port traffic wuld be withdrawn from
the supervision of the laws; that the
foreign rate may be the direct equiva
lent of concessions on domestic tariffs
and that if the American rail line is
allowed to make whatever rate it sees
fit upon export business, to pay what
ever rebate and grant whatever conces
sion it pleases to extend facilities to
one shipper which it denies to another,
the power exists to discriminate against
a competitor, to the extent of driving
him out of business and chaos would
result. - . '
Peach Growers at St. Louis.
(By Associated Press)
Fort Valley, Ga., Feb. 13. The
Georgia Peach Growers Association in
meeting here today resolved to make a
special exhibit of Georgia peaches at
the St. Louis Exposition. The finest
selected fruit will be shipped daily to
keep up the exhibit during the peach
season. A fund was subscribed and
several leading growers donated stated
amounts of selected peaches.
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Cold Wave Warnings.
(By Associated Press) : .
Washington, Feb. 19. Cold wave
warnings have been issued" for West
ern Florida, Alabama and Eastern
Mississippi. . -
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The Murderer of his Three
Little Children Again in
Buncombe-Court - Patroi
manBuckner Still Lives
A negro Has a 40 ft. Fail.
(Special The News)
Asheville; Feb. 19. Dr. J. v. Jay
f pleaded guilty of the killing of the
ether two of his little children in
court this morning.
Judgment was suspended, and Dr.
Jay will go to the penitentiary for
30 years on the original charge.
" Last night Patrolman Buckner and
his employee, ' named Stepp, disputed
about the collected fares for carriage
hire. Stepp called( Buckner a . liar,
then Buckner slapped : Stepp's face.
Whereupon Stepp plunged his bar
low knife four times into the body
of Buckner. Stepp is jn jail, "and
Buckner is in the hospital, and is
probably fatally wounded.
The Republican: Congresional- con
vention will meet in Hendersonville
April 20.
Yesterday a big negro ' swung un-
I der the big trestle of the railroad
fl nearthe French Broad' River
. . 0 troi u0 v-nMo tn
- "rw
He was' picked up more dead than'
alive.
PIECE OF PINEAPPLE CAKE.
Causes the Death of One and Probably
Three Children.
New York, Feb. 19. jTenderly striv-v
ing to awaken eight-year-old Evelyn
Burke wiu a kiss yesterday morning,
as was her custom, and meeting with
no response from the lifeless lips, the
horrified mother ' swooned and was
found unconscious a half-hour later,
when James Burke, her husband, en
tered the nursery of their home at No.
109 East One Hundred and Eighth
street, - 7 -
This wa3 the tragic sequel of a pto
maine poison mystery which the cor
oner is investigating, and which threat
ens to end in the deaths of James, 12
years old; Gladys,aged seven, and Irene,
aged two, in the Burke household.
As a reward . for good behavior little
Evelyn had received ten cents from her
mother last Friday. She .invested it in
a piece of pineapple cake and was soon
dividing it with her brother and two
sisters. Saturday morning ;the four
children were taken violently ill. and
Dr. O. A. Stiers. of No. 167 East One
Hundred and Ninth street, was called
in. He prescribetL' an antidote, but as
they grew rapidly worse Dr. U. S. Ward'
was called Tuesday, and left a prescrip
tion for ptomaine poisoning.
Thai; night little Evelyn died. Her
father applied applied to Dr. Spier for a
death certificate yesterday, but" was
referred to Dr. Ward. Dr. Spier notified-
the cproner and an autopsy will
be held. Mrs. Burke is in a critical
condition as. a result of her tragic dis.
covery,and the livesof the othei'pois
on victims were despaired of last night.
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Mrs.VlfU's Condition Serious.
, ' (By Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 18. The condition
of Mrs.-Hill, widow- of the late Sena
tor Ben Hill, of Georgia, is very seri
ous and. ill it is not thought she can
survive long. Her two sons, C. D. Hill
and D. H. Hill, of Atlanta, arrived here
today and are with their mother at
her daughter's home.
or, mm
PLEADS GUILTY
SLAYERS OF JOHES
TAKEN TO PEN
FROM WILS0H
Their Different Sentences
are R ecord e d an d th e Men
Begin Their Work for the
State-The Five AN Went
in Together, " " 1
The Insane Department of
Jhe Penitentiary is Full to
Overflowing-Catawba Pri
soner Will Hardly be Able
to Find Room.
a (Special The News)
Raleigh,Feb. 19. The five men from
Wilson, convicted of 1 the murder of
Jones, the insurance agent at Wilson,
were brought to the penitentiary this
morning. W. H. Rich and George Whit
ley are to serve ten years each; Tom
Bass and John Allen, six. year; John
Patterson, eight years. . - -
The funeral of Miss Eleanor Hay
wood was conducted this afternoon ai
4 o'clock from Christ's Church. The
deceased was a daughter of Mrs. Julia
Ogden Haywood and a . sister of Mrs.
Carl A. Woodruff.
The Secretary of State charters Tul-
bert-Hix Co. of. North Wilkesboro, 1
$25,000 capital authorized, $6,000 sub
scribed by C. H. M. Tulbert, J. H. Hix
E.B. Tulbert. The company will do a
general mercantile business.
Sheriff Julian, of Rowan county is
here to commit Bert Finger and C. F.
Ward to the penitentiary. Finger was
sentenced for 15 year3 for highway
robbery; Ward four months for get
ting goods under false pretense. Ward
is only 19 years old. - -
Sheriff Killian, of Catawba county, is
here today to commit a prisoner to the
criminally insane department of . the
penitentiary. He found this depart
ment of -the pen filled to its utmost ca
pacity. -
Gov. Aycock has ' taken the matter
in hand and is making' an effort to
make room for him. c , i .
J. MALCOLM QRfcTES DEAD.
Was Big Shareholder of the Bell Tele
: phone Company.
. (By, Associated Press)
Milton. Mass., Feb. IS'. J. Malcolm
Forbes, the noted horseman, and a
heavy shareholder in the Bell Tele
phone Company, and who is very
wealthy, died this morning, aged 60.
The cause of death was an internal
malady.
JOSEPH CANFIELD DEAD.
Big . Rubber Manufacturer Dies of
Asphyxiation. ,
' (By Associated Press)
Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 19. Asphy
xiation by a coal furnace is believed to
have caused the death of Joseph Can
lield, superintendent of the Canfield
Ruber Company.
A Swedish servant was also asphy
xiated. His.wife is also severrely af
fected. Armed With These Weapons
Two South Carolinia Wom
en Kill Their Antagonists
An Interesting Game, of
-Polo at Camden, S. C
(Special The News)
Columbia, S. C, Feb. 19. A fatal
cutting affray, in-which two negro
women were the principals, occurred
in Newberry county on Wednesday
night. Laura Mitchell and Rebecca
Neal, who live on the Mark Nichols
place, near Utopia, had a quarrel
which grew out of some jealousy, the
Mitchell woman cutting the Neal
woman to death. ,
The Mitchell woman has surrender
ed to Sheriff Bufcrd, cf Newberry.
At a negro house cn the Capers
plantation cn St. Helena Island, last
evening, Emeline Green and. Sarah
Lockwood, sisters-in-law, had a, quar
rel : over the ownership of - a spoon,,
which resulted in Emeline ''fatally
stabbing Sarah' with a pocket knife.
The Lcckwocd woman died shortly
afterwards as -a result of her wound.
At' Camden yesterday a large crowd
witnessed the hardest game of polo
ever played on the local field, be
tween the "Reds" 'and the "Blues,"
Which resulted in :a score of 7 to 3
in favor of the "Reds." ".
The s weather was ideal, and the
ponies were in fine condition. -
Shortly after the ball had been put
in play, during the first period, Mr.
Samuel Russell, an expert player,
was accidentally struck by Mr. Whist
ler, which resulted in dislocating his
right -arm. His position was fined by
Mr. Sage, of Albany, N. Y.
Four periods', of fifteen minutes
each were played, and 27 horses were
in the game.
FATAL TRAGEDIES
CAUSED BT KNIVES
GAMBLERS FINED.
Important Cases Disposed of Arson
Case in Court. -
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The cases against A. -.Block, B'elix
Hayman and Will Jones, charged with
gambling, were finally disposed of in
Superior court today. Hayman was
fined $75 and- costs and Jones and
Block $25 -each and costs. --This closes
oneof the most sensational and wide-'
ly discussed events in local police
circles for many a day.'
The court this afternoon took np an
important case, that of .Bizah Mor
rison, colored, charged with' arson," in
attempting ' to burn a house occupied
by Mamie Hagler, colored, the story
of .which has been previously printed
in these columns. It is understood
that while the State's- witnesses who
appeared in the Recorder's court will j
swear that the wood on the building j
where it was hred was charred. In-
surance Deputy, W. W. On; will swear
that the wood was not charred, he hav
ing also made an examination cf the
burned wall, as a representative of
the State Insurance C01nmis3ioner.
The ase was being considered at the
hour of going to press.
Other cases disposed cftoday were
as tollpws: . i
Stover Isom and Ed. Cothran, color
ed, -charged with an affray. Stover
fined $10 and half the costs; Cothran
sentenced to eight months on the
reads. Isom lost an eye in the diffi
culty. Arthur, Alexander, assault, 18
months -on the roads. .
Tom 1 Owens, laceny,' 18 months on
the roads. '
Jno. Adams, the white man who was
"engaged in the difficulty in Norman's
bar two weeks ago last .Saturday, af
ternoon, in which he .was badly cut,
and others were injured, was fined
$15 and costs.
Steamer Ashore.
(BjuAsso'ciated Press)
London, -Feb. 19. The : Belgian
steamer -Philippeville, leaving Ant
werp yesterday for Congo with a hun
dred passengers aboarrl, went ashore
off. Dungeness, in a fog today. Tugs
and life boats are in attendance. ,:. "
Greensboro Female College'
Set Fire in Three Differ-
eht, Places-Odor of Oil--Hose,
Cut by Unknown
Greensboro Female College, destroy
ed by fire early yesterday morning, was
found to be on fire in three different
places at the same moment, there were
evidences of oil having been used, the
hose were cut by an unknown party'
after the arrival of the firemen and
after water had been turned on. This
statement is made by Miss r"Ellen
Thompson of this city who was in the
building at. the time of the fire and
who returned this morning from
Greensboro.
There was an immediate suspicion
aroused in the minds of Charlotte peo
ple yesterday that the fire was of in
cendiary origin, when it was remem
bered that an unaccountable blaze was
discovered in the college building three
w;eeks ago and in further view of the
facts that the large dormitory, con
stituting the main, build ing at the State
Normal and Industrial College was
only recently burned in the same city.
The young lady wh6 arrived from
Greensboro todajr says that some time
before the fire the students noticed the
odor of kerosene oil but thought lit
tle of the matter at the time. Now how
ever the faculty and students are
nearly all unanimous in the belief that
the fire was started by a miscrecent or
miscrents against whom some telling
and strong evidence is accumulating.
The burning of the college -came at a
most Inopportune time, the college re
cently being reopened after it had been
decided to close its doors, friends of
the college coming to the rescue with
money and promises of help.
.The burning of the college has caused
much regret here among the Metho
dists and other' friends of the college
and it is hoped that if tfee suspicions
of incendiary origin of the fire are cor
rect, that the guilty party or parties
will be brought to meet the 'punish
ment they have so strongly merited.
FIRE ABOARD SHIP.
Causes An Estimated Loss of $100,-
: " 000.
s - (By Associated Press)
" Galveston. Tex., Feb. 18. Until an.
official survey is made it is. impossi-
ble to correctly estimate the loss suffer-
ed by fire on board the British steam-
ship Anelma de Darrinaga, but a rough
estimate places it at about $100,000.
The ship was loaded with 52,000 bush-
els of corn and over 8,0O bales of cot-
ten when the fire was discovered in the
hold in the evening. The fire depart-
ment put water in the hold, after which
fhn iioniics wpr : hattered- down and
steam injected all Wednesday night. It
is heilieved that the corn is ruined and
many bales of cotton damaged. , ,
.Schools Must be Separated.
. (By Associated Press)
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 18. -The House
tod.ay by a party vote passed the bill
prohibiting -co-educatiori of the races
in any educational institution in this
State. The bill -effects Bearea College,
taught together. The "bill was amend
a m o, tn n.rmit comorations con-
AnMir, a.nov cpiinois r maintain sen-
hnll h at. elast
25 miles apart.
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FIRE INCENDIARY;
SO STUDEKT SAYS
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FOtiERAL OF SEIIATORI, A, HAIII1A
k DRAWS DISTINGUISHED PARTY TOGETHER
'.' PASSES DOLLAR MARK.
Chicago, Feb. 19. May Wheat
sold this morning at $1,013-8
cents. The war scare coupled
with the scarcity of good wheat
for milting, purposes was the
cause of the advance. The. other
deliveries showed a moderate ad-
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HACK DRIVER STABS OFFICER.
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Serious Affair Occurred in Asheville
, Last Night.
(By Associated Press)
Asheville, N. C.Feb. 18. Patrolman
M. Lr. Buckner, in ail argument with a
; hack driver, Nathan Stepp, aged 20,
was seriously and probably fatally
stabbed tonight. Stepp used a pocket
knife with a three-inch blade, stabbing
the policeman four times in the ' left
side near the heart, each wound pene
trating tne lung., , :
The officer is in the hospital and the
physicians state that he is liable, to die
at any hour. Stepp was captured at 10
o'clock by Sheriff Reed, at his home en
Hay creek, where he was found in bed.
He admits his guilt. '
W. A. PATRICK A SUICIDE.
Prominent Georgian Kills Himself
With a Revolver.
1 (By Associated Press) .
Columbus, Ga., Feb. "19. W. A. Pat
rick, a' prominent citizen of Muscogee
county, suicided at his home two miles
east of this city this morning by shoot
ing himself through the heart with a
revolver. He was 50 years old and
leaves a family.Despondeney, owing to
ili health is supposed to have been the
cause. -
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.
North "Carolinian Arretted
.
in West
Virginia. -
. Charleston,. W. Va., Feb. , 18
-Chief
Howard C. Smith, of a local detective
association, arrived . here last night
from . Leakville, N. C, with Frank P.
Griggs, who is "wanted for alleged em
bezzlement of funds of the Prudent-al
insurance Company, whose agent he
was in Fayette county, this State.
Griggs was indicted along with Wil
liam E. .Myers.; He and Myers were
both captured by officers at. Norton.
Va., but in some way Grigg3 escaped;
1 he, case was put in- the -hand of the
detective association, nnrl Oriels' nr.,
rest in North Carolina followed, the of-
fleers there navmg recognized him
from a description sent out.
Griggs came from Virginia recently,
and says he has relatives at Martins
ville, Va. He is twenty-two years of
age. Officer Smith took, Griggs to Fay
ette county today. It is charged -that
Griggs and Myers had for some time
been issuing bogus life insurance poli
cies, Griggs acting as agent and sign
ing the policies, while Myers acted as
physician. In this way, it is alleged,
they obtained several hundred dollars.
When the fraud Vas discovered they
both fled.
, , , ' ' j tal service and pronounced the bene lie.
Senator Clark's Daughter Free. 'lion. ' r
New York, Feb. 19. By the discov- The assemblage remained seated
ery in the office cf the County Clerk at until the casket was removed and the
White Plains yesterday of the divorce family and the Washington delegation
decree freeing Mrs. Everett Mallor had departed- '
Culver, daughter of Senator William A. i The service was interrupted at
Clark, from her husband, the mystery ; times by the sobs from all parts ' of
surrounding the Culvers is at last un- ' thechurch. The body was accompan
veiled. ' lied enly by the family, pall-bearers,
Since the sensational Culver divorce ! and Bishop Leonard. These proceed
hearing some weeks ago extraordinary ed slowly out Euclid Avenue to juake-
secrecy has been maintained by law
yers for both sides as to the court de
cision. Only by Occident was the docu
ment found in White Plains, but its
authenticity was admitted by the West-
Chester County Clerk and by Attorney
Henry G." Atwater, of counsel Tor Mrs
LCulver. By the terms Mrs. Culver Is
given the custody of
.her daughter
Kathrine, aged seven.
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Thanks to Firemen.
The "TCarolina Manufacturing Com
pany desires, through the columns of
The News, to thank the firemen who
on yesterday afternoon worked so journed also at that hour. The Pow
faithfully and successfully as well, to er Traction Co. shut off at five min-
save the plant of the comioany from ute3 to 1 o'clock, and every 1 street
toe flames: ' 'car is-stopped. ;
; D. V. PROBERT,
New Y. M. G. A. Secretary:
The above is a cut cf Mr.
Cavid L. Probert, the General
Secretary-elect of, the Young
Men's Christian Association . at
Charlotte, who comes here from
Philadelphia, Pa., where he was
assistant secretary of the cen-
tral department cf th9 Y. M. C.
A. of Philadelphia. Mr. Prcbert
t has been in f he Y. M. C. A. work
over ten years, spending the
first seven years cf his labor at
Youngstown," O., where he work-
ed with H. Dl Caskey, general
secretary of 'the association
there, later removing to Phila- b,
delphia, where he became de- b-
delphia, where he became de
partment secretary of the cen
tral association. , : -
Mr. Probert arrives tomorrow
morning ; and will go with the
Charlotte delegation, to the con
vention at Spartanburg; S. C.
Returning next week he will en
ter upon his duties here.
A ' reception will, be tendered
Mr. Probert next. Friday night,
under . the joint auspices of the
Ladies' Auxiliary,
the
Baraca
- rsiuie
Classes
and the
Y. M.
All Cleveland, the Home of
the Dead, Pays a Beauti
ful Tribute' 'to "the
Deceased Sena
. tor.
SERVICES AT CHURCH
Only a Simply Service was
Conducted After Which
Body was Consigned
to a Crypt in
Chapel :
(By Associated Press) ,
-Cleveland," O., Feb. 19. The peopla
of Cleveland paid homage today to the
memory of their first citizen, thelStato
at largeadded her tribute "of respect
and many citizens distinguished in pri
vate and official life, in J all parts of
the country, lent their presence at tho
ceremonies preceding the consigning
to earth of the remains of a late Sen
ator. . y - . , . .- - ' - ..
The last sad rites over the remains
of Senator Marcus A .Hanna were
held this afternoon at St. Paul's Epis.
cqpal church. During the. solemn ser-:
vice, Cleveland was a silent city. The
streets and steam-road traffic on every
line within the city were stopped at
five minutes" to 1 o'clock. - ,
At an early hour the -Chamber of
Commerce, where the body has lain in
state since yesterday;, was besieged by
thousands of workmen with their din
ner pails on their way to their daily
toil. Many, ..finable to wait, -had to
leave without the opportunity to see
the i'ace,of the dead. ,
A 10 o'clock the members of , the
State Legislature drove to the' Cham
ber of Commerce in a body and looked
for the last time-on the face of tho
dead statesman. -.
During the night many distinguished
men of. the country arrived and the
"early trains
greatly augmsnted . . the
MU 111 uer-
The Washington delegation arrived
, atlO: o'clock.
It is estimated that fully 60,000 had
j looked on. the facq Of the dead Sena
tor at noon, when the doors of the
Chamber of Commerce closed. - . -Promptly
at noon the cortege left, the
Chamber of Commerce for the church,
precede bya platoon of police and
escorted by the military and, civic or
ganizations. The . church was filled
long, before the hour for services and
thousands lined the streets about the
-.. Eishop Leonard pronounced the
eulogy and Dr. D. H. McGrew.7 rector
; of St. Paul's, said the creed and prayer,
j Bishop Leonard then read the commit-
view, Cemetery, where the final" fare
well of the dead was taken in the -Wade
Memorial Chapel. Tho body'
was deposited in a crypt in the chap-
el, to await the burial at trie will of
the family
. . Rcrrect for the Dead.
Cincinnati, Feb. 19. By direction
of the President ue Federal offices "'
were closed atl o'clock this after-
neon, cut of respect to the memory -of.
Senator Hanna. The United States
Court, local courts, chamber cf com
merce, and the stock exchange ad
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