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THE ONLY AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. - -v- More people read The News in Charlotte than any other TWO papers combined. We give Automobile Ticket for every 50 cents paid on subscription. VOL. XXXI NO. 4887. CHARLOTTE, N. CU FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1904. PRICE: 3 CENTS. ALL DEPOSITORS WILL BE PAID IN FULL BY THE BANK i Martin smashed a window light as , , i i r i n ! he tried to make his plunge and the President John r. LOVe rOSIS a; shattered glass, falling to the side ,. . . D I 1 walk below, struck W. D. Dickey, ol Notice On the UaStOnia bank- I Ellenwood, Ga., on the head, brushing n , n tu' u his face and smashing his hat. ing UO S., UOOT, I hIS IVIorning, Martin had been drinking and Wed- , tu ii n -x nesday night was taken to his room by Stating I hat all Depositors Officer Wilson and another guest in the Will Get Their Money. ' reached it he butted his head through Ritmnrc a; to Whprp thP Mnnpv'the lass and was half llt wnen hfc KumorS as TO wnere ine M0ney! was seized and dragged back. Wnc Rppn I nanpH Mr Macnn 1 To save the man's life Officer Wilson has Been Loanea. mr, mason raade a case against him for being Cmio-lit thp Rprpivprshin nnrl ! drunk ani had him taken to the police hOUgllt tne neceiversmp and ; barracks yesterday morning Martin QiiH a Rnnrl tn Onvpr all I ia- put up a cash bond and was turned out baici a Bona to oover an Lia-;of prison He did not return to the bilities Would be Furnished. thheusCityand " is believed he (Special Tn Nws Dickey, who had his hat ruined and Gastonia, Dec 2.-Thelatest develop-8 Jae hurt by Martin's desperate concerning the failure of the ia Banking Company is a no- j isted on the doors of the bank by .Ino. F. Love, president of the bank stating that just as soon as j suit. gal requirements are complied j . all the depositors of this bank! IN RIGGING FOR 12 HOURS. will he paid in full, 100 cents on the 1 . ' . . . . 1 ' The Frightful Experience of a Captain dollar tor dollar. and His Cook While there has never been much ap- j Saybrook Point. Conn., Dec. 2.2 Af ension on the part of the deposi- ter having been in the rigging of the oncerning the payment of all j vessel twelve hours. Captain Lee and us in full, still since this notice the cook of Schooner Addie Jordan een posted the public has ac- were taken off at 5 o'clock this morn t his statement !of Mr. Love ing by a launch. 1 faith and are satisfied that he j The Jordan was bound from just what he says and each Norfolk, Va., to New London, wry one will be paid in full. j Conn., with a cargo of lum - impossible to ascertain facts ber. The boat went on Saybrook a to where the money was loaned j bar during Wednesday night. The re I the kind of securities that i mainder of the crew landed in safety v r taken, but it is rumored that , yesterday morning. ak officials asked that a few Captain Lee and cook were none the time be given in which to bring j worse for their trying experience, al n and security enough to meet j though they sat astride the forehoom r quirements of the corporation for twelve hours. As the sea has gone ssion and that no time was al- j down it is likely the schooner will be lowed by the examiner, though it is hauled off with little damage. said that the examiner did not have j authority to grant such time. This I AFTER AN ENGLISH AUTHOR. is a matter of rumor and is not from bank officials themselves, but is ! Freshmen Seek Waiter B. Harris, the tl talk generally among the business men of the town. It is reported here that Hon. O. F. Mas -a. as attorney for the Banking is to ask that a receiver be not i appointed and that a bond sufficient to cover all the liabilities would be : . lied if the receiver was not ap pointed. Missi s Lela Bowman, Carrie Ed wards, Kathleen Caldwell, Nellie Grant, Jones Seminary girls went to CI itte on No. 12 last night to at tend a meeting of the Y. W. C. A. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Thompson of Stanley were in town yesterday shop ping. Mr. .!. Summy Mullen went to Char lotte on No. 12 last night. Mr. W. F. Love went to Charlotte on No. 36 yesterday. Mr. J. D. Albright, deputy collector, passed through Gastonia yesterday en route to Charlotte. Yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock Judge Allen named Mr. John Leeper, of ';at'n county, as temporary re er of the Gastonia Banking Com pany. The failure of this concern was an nounced in the News Wednesday, and Mr. C. W. Tillett, representating the 31 ' Corporation Commission, made ication for an appointment of a re iver before Judge Allen yesterday afternoon. defendant bank will be called j show cause, before Judge Allen olnton Superior Court on De- i iher ia v.-hv thP rpivprshin should ! nol made permanent. Tl ond of the receiver was placed al ;mrl as soon as this is fur- ed he will take charge of the af fairs of the bank. The parties concerned in the case have agreed that the entire cause shall be referred to the Superior Court of Gaston countv. HEPBURN AND PARTY. Have Arrived After a Visit to Isthmus of Panama. New Orleans, Dec. 2. The United s ates Transport Sumner, entered the ' today bearing Congressman Hep ii and the members of the Congress I party which went to the Isthmus ' f Panama to make a survey of the ' nditiona there. 1 he visitors will reach the dock to ri are to be entertained at a public reception tomorrow. They ex to leave here in time to be pres ent at the opening of Congress. THE FIRING CONTINUES. The Exchange of Shots at Zeigler Con tinues Nightly. Ziegler, 111., Dec. 2. The exchange of s emingly in connection with Joseph Letter's attempt to install non nnion workmen in his coal mine here, ontinue to be nightly occurrences. There was more firing last night. The Khot was heard near the compa pumping plant. A searchlight was 1 ;:n.fl rapid fire guns responded. The soldiers were immediately sent out. n previous cases, no person appear " " to have been wounded. Postmasters Appointed. Washington, Dec. 2. The following fourth class postmasters were appoints ed today: Alabama Flossy, James "1. Sander Bon; Galloway, Boyd N. Guttery; Pan ther, John W. Moody; Short Creek, Walter p. Mills. 'lorida Survey, Abner M. Smith. South Carolina Alston, William M. - h Meekin. TRIED TO LEAP FROM WINDOW. A Marion Man Attempts to End His Life in Atlanta. I Atlanta, Dec. 2 J. P. Martin, 01 ! Marion, N. C, tried to leap from a fourth story window of the KimbaL ! house Wednesday night and was onlv prevented from doing so by Special Officer Wilson and a guest holding him ; by the legs and dragging him back into i the room. notei. Just as he walked into the room Martin made a dash for the window opening over Wall street and when he effort to kill himself, called upon the proprietor of the Kimball house and asked for damages. He was told that Martin was the man to pay and not the hotel. Dickey is not satisfied and has consulted fl. I.iwvpr nhnnt hrinainp Wei! Known Writer. Tangier, Morocco, Dec. 2. The Beni-. M' Suar tribesmen made a determined attack on the residence of Walter B. Harris, the English writer, last night with the avowed intention of captur ing him. The mountaineers surrounded the bouse, stabbed a guard who attempted to raise an alarm and secured others but, finally after some looting, the tribesmen left without finding Mr. Har ris. NEGRO HUNTED FOR . AN AWFUL CRIME Julius Mills, Colored, Committed an Assault on Miss Bettie Brown, Near Jonesboro. The Posse is Now in Pursuit and if Captured Will Fare Badly. i (Special The News.! Jonesboro, Dec. 2. The nameless crime has been again committed in . . . nf i tfc,s count' anfl today a crowf f"1' furiated citizens are m pursuit of the criminal Last night Julius Mills, a negro well known in Jonesboro, committed an assault on Miss Bettie Brown, who lives three miles west of this place. A telephone message was received in town this morning shortly before the noon hour, stating that the crime had been committed and that the negro was being pursued by an armed posse. Up to this hour( noon) noth ing had been heard of the negro. It is absolutely sure that if Mills is captured ho will have but little show for his life. The crime has caused quite a stir in this section, and the people, of all classes, are very much incensed. Miss Brown, the victim, is well known throughout this section. The particulars leading up to the assault are not obtainable. WILL RUN FOR CONGRESS. Colonel Brownlow Will Again Enter Public Life. Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 2 The re cent dismissal of Col. John Bell Brownlow from thej postal service, upon order of President Roosevelt, may result in Colonel Brownlow be ing the Republican candidate for Con gress from this, the second Tennessee district, two years hence. A number of Colonel Brownlow's friends in this, his home city, today suggested him as a logical candidate for Congress. The boom i3 cordially received. He is a son of Tennessee's famous "Par son" Brownlow, loyalist, Governor, Federal Senator, editor and preacher. Infant Burned to Death. Pickens, Dec. 2. The little 18-months-old daughter of Charlie Hob son, who lives two miles from Pickens, was burned to death this morning. The father was badly burned in attempting to rescue the child. The family were out elary picking cotton and the child's ; clothing caught from a fire that had been built in the field. M E BROUGHT TO RELIEF OF MiDWICK After Her Visit to the Wall Street District Yesterday, the State ment Was Immediately Made That All Just Claims Would be Paid at Once, The Woman in Consultation With a Firm , of Attorneys Which Has Frequently Acted for One of This Country's Richest Men, Other New Developements. New York, Dec. 2 While it has been . officially announced that the claim of j , ,. jne of her largest creditors, that of j Herbert B. Newton, for nearly $200,000, j ;he one whose suit brought about all the nnhlimtv etotfn w affairs wrtnlH je satisfactorily seltled, there was no liminution of interest today in the case Df Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, the -Cieve-and woman, whose financial affairs iave furnished a series of sensations, Umost unparellelled. According to the statement of Mrs. !hadwick's attorneys, Newton's claim vas only an incident. Other claims still )ending are known to aggregate four imes that amount, they say, and for ill they know, may total one hundred imcs the sum named by Newton. Mrs. Chadwick's attorneys say that ill just debts will be met and that Mrs. Chadwick will have a million left when ill her creditors have been satisfied. Edmund Powers, counsel for Mrs. Chadwick, said today that he did not 'xpect that the promised statement crom M s. Chadwick would be made public befoie tomorrow. Mrs. Chadwick ie said, would remain in New York antil her affairs were setttled and would then depart. She Had Powerful Aid. "Powerfud aid has saved the day for her." This statement was made by George Ryall, of Local Counsel for Herbert D. Newton, in discussing the settlement of his client's claim against Mrs. Chad wick. Where Mrs. Chadwick obtained the aid Mr. Ryall did not state, but it is Itnown that she spent considerable time in Wall Street financial district yes terday and was for several hours at the offices of a firm of attorneys which fre quently has acted as the legal repre- tentative for one of the country's rich 3st men. It was soon after the visit that Mr. Newtor lawyers announced that they were were satisfied their laim would be settled. CIGARETTE HABIT GROWING. Nearly 200,000,000 More Smoked This Year Than 1903. Washington. Dec. 2. According to the annual report of Internal Revenue Commissioner John W. Yerkes. Penn sylvania made 1,827,475,138 cigars the past year and New York 1,411,535,248. New York led in the output of cigar ettes. The consumption of chewing and smcking tobacco was 328,650,710 pounds, and of snuff 20,157,580 pounds. The total production of cigars was 6, 707,471,863; of little cigars, 696,844,907; small cigarettes, 3,226,682,25S: large cigarettes, 8,421,610. Nearly 200.000,000 mere cigarettes were smoked last year than in 1903, and 80,000.000 less of large cigars. Commissioner Yerkes recommends that the same tax which is levied on thyl aicohol be imposed on wood al ohol. He says that through improved processes of refining wood alcohol has become an active competitor of ethyl ilcohol, and that the Government is losing a lot of revenue. Mr. Yerkes also recommends a tax on grape brandy, used to fortify sweet wines. During the past year 3.473.446 gallons of brandy were used in the" pro duction of 14,264,718 gallons of wine. With the full tax of $1.10 a gallon the revenue from grape brandy would therefore have been $3,820,790.00. The internal revenue receipts for the year were $232,904,004.65, an increase of S2.163.079.41 over 1903. Illinois was first in the tax-paying States with $52, 464,171.59. New York paid $26,375,125.38. The production of whiskey was 139, 505,214 gallons, as compared with 148, 206,875 in 1903. New York led in the output of beer, with 10,691,446 barrels. SOME INTERESTING FIGURES. Director of the Mint Makes His An nual Report. Washington, Dec. 2. The director of the mint, in his animal report shows that the output of coinage at the mints in Philadelphia, San Francisco and New Orleans, which were in op eration throughout the fiscal year, was the largest on record. It is -estimated that the gold stock of the world in use as money on Dec ember 31, 1903, was approximately $5, 600,000,000, which is about one half of the visible in banks and public treasuries. The estimate for the stock of the United States at that time was $1,300, 000,000, of which $850,000,000 was in the Treasury and the National Banks. Cotton Receipts. The receipts of cotton today at the city platform amounted to 26 bales, and the best price was 8:50. For the same day last year the receipts amounted to 107 bales and the best price was 12 1-2. LIDW WANTS ROOSEVELT. Chief Executive Will Be Invited to Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 2. The Com mercial Club, at its next meeting, will i extend an invitation to President j Roosevelt to visit Birmingham, and will appoint a committee of citizens to present an invitation to the Chief Exe cutive. The Board of Trade and the city council are also expected to take such action soon. Augusta Invites Roosevelt. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 2. The Augusta chamber of commerce will invite Presi dent Roosevelt to include Augusta in his contemplated trip to the south aftev the holidays, assuring him a hearty reception and generous hospitality. The invitation is extended at the request of the leading merchants and officials of the city. MRS. GILBERT DEAD. Oldest Actress on American Stage Passes Away. Chicago, Dec. 2. Mrs. George Henry Gilbert, the oldest actress on the Amer ican stage, died in her rooms at the Sherman House today, shortly after she had suffered a stroke of appoplexy. M- Gilbert was the star of play "Giahny, ' written for her by Clyde Fitch The company was organized by Charles Frchman and was put before the public as a tribute to Mrs. Gilce-fs i i i j. mi, j,; ng career on tne stage, lueovauuu to her upon her appearance in New York at the first night of the play, was remarkable and pathetic one and tlie old lady was overcome by the warmth of her greeting. Mrs. Gilbert was born in England 83 yeavs ago and came to this country with her husband, who was a dancer in 1849. Rabbit s Life For Lad's Leg. Passaic, N. J., Dec. 2. In an attempt to save the leg of Cornelius Post, a 15-year-old boy, who for nearly two years has suffered from the result of a terrible burn, the surgeons at St. Mary's Hospital will graft a live rab bit to the injured member. -The rabbit will be kept under chlor oform, bound to the leg for several days, until the doctors are satisfied that the skin has adhered or that the operation is a failure, when the animal will be killed. FIRE OUT ATJEWELLS Barn of Mr. Eugene Hodges, Con taining One Horse, a Mule and One Calf, Goes up in Smoke. Sheriff Wallace and Blood Hounds Are Sent For. At an early hour this morning the barn of Mr. Eugene Hodges, who lives near Newells, was discovered to be on fire and in a short time was entirely destroyed by the flames. Mr. Hodges, in attempting to save the stock from the burning barn, was severely burned about the feet, the structure falling in just as he reached the spot, and the flames causing seri ous and painful burns, from which Mr. Hedges is suffering today. Sheriff Wallace was sent for immedi ately and left early this morning for the scene, it being the belief of the owner of the barn thatv the fire was of incendiary origin. The sheriff was requested to bring bloodhounds to the scene but could not procure the dogs and so left with out them. The stock burned included a horse, mule and calf. This afternoon a phone message from Newalls stated that no arrests had been made and that there were no further developments in the case in addition to those given above. V ARMENIAN'S LAST DEEDS. He Barricades Himself in Store and Awr.ited Death. , New York, Dec. 2. After driving his employer and others from a candy shop in Brooklyn today, Carabad Kri korian, an Armenian, barricaded him self in the place- and resisted arrest until he had been shot to death by a detail of policemen who had been summoned to the scene. Krikcrian fired several shots, but none of the policemen were wounded. The Armenian had been acting strangely for some time. Today he demanded money which his employer says was not due him, and when it was refused he threatened to kill ev- every one in the shop. with drawn rpvnlvpv anri a hnere cutlass which he found lying near at j fore adjourning last night adopted , Merchants' and Miners' Transporta v.Qv.i tv. man rnohprf unnn ttine in i rinsrinff resolutions exnressine grati- i tion Co., at this point, is being crip- limiu, . iiv mtn hmuu. ujvii w ...j v the shop, but they escaped to the street. The demand of the police that he open the door was answered by a shot. Fearing that one of their num ber would be hit by flying bullets, the policemen opened fire, and a moment later the Armenian went to the floor with a bullet in his side. He lived only a few minutes. Gen. Miles Going Abroad. Washington, Dec. 1. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, formerly in command of the arrnv. nlans to sail soon for Europe on i a business mission. For some months he has been interested in large rice farms in Texas and Louisiana, where Chicago and St. Louis capitalists have invested considerable sums. The gen eral has made several trips West for consultation with those people. His mission abroad will be to visit several countries and advocate a larger use of rice as an army ration, with a view to gaining a wider market for the products of the Texas and Louisiana fields which he and his business asso ciates are cultivating. BIG ELECTRICAL CO, GRANTED A CHARTER AT RALEIGH TO-DAY The Raleigh-Durham Passenger j Government Will Begin a Crusade at and Power Co,, Was Granted aj Chicago, Dec. 2. War by the Gov ni i l 4.1 o j ernment on "fake" medicines broke out bnarter Oy the secretary Ot I in Chicago today. Acting on evidence State Today. The Capital Stock Will be $125,000. Electric Line to Durham,- Two Belt Lines and Power and Lights for the Two Cities is in Contemplation. Number of Supreme Court Decisions. (Special The News.) Raleigh, Dec. 2. The Raleigh-Durham Passenger and Power Co., was chartered today for the purpose of constructing an electric railroad be tween Raleigh and Durham, two belt lines in Raleigh, power and light plants for the two cities and an ice plant for Durham. The capital stock will be $125,000. The Raleigh aldermen will be asked to grant franchises tonight and Wake and Durham county commission- ers next Monday night. Surveys for lines are to begin as soon as the fran chise is secured. W. J. Neilms, who es tablished the famous Newport News, Old Point system is one of the prin cipal incorporators. Other incorpora tors are T. B. Fuller, B. S. Jerman, Jones Fuller, others. Governor Aycock declines to inter fere in the execution of the death sen tence of Reuben Johnson at Plymouth so he will be hanged December 17th for wife murder. Commutation was asked on the ground of insanity. Supreme Court Decisions. Raleigh, Dec. 2. In a list of thirteen opinions handed down last evening oy the one of the Supreme Court most public interest was that in the case of Hutchins vs. School Board of the town of Durham in which the judge below is sustained in his ruling that a public school board has the right to enforce a reso lution prescribing that no child shall be admitted to the public schools who has not been vaccinated within three years. The court declares that with the present rapid inter-communication smallpox may make its appearance in any community at any minute without any notice given beforehand and incal culable havoc be made especially among the school children, which can not be remedied by a subsequent order excluding the non-vacciaated. , In the case at bar the daughter of the plain tiff was excluded from the schools be cause her father would not allow her to be vaccinated. Here is the full list of opinions: Brittain v. Westall, from Catawba, new trial. Smith v. Johnson, from Alexander, error. Peoples v. N. C Railroad, from MecKlenburg. no error. Erwin v. Morris, from Caborrus, er ror. . County Board of Education v. Coun ty Commissioners, from Iredell, af firmed. Earnhardt v. Clement, from Rowan, no error. Smith v. Bruton, from Montgomery, reversed. Hutchins v. School Committee, from Durham, no error. Troxley v. Building Company, from Alamance, no error. Cannady v. City of Durham, no er ror. Staton v. Webb, from Edgecombe, affirmed. Sigmon v. Foy, from Catawba, per curiam, affirmed. Williams v. Dillon, from Union, per curiam, affirmed. Williams v. Dillon, appeal by Rogers heirs, per curiam, affirmed. Norton v. Southern Ry., from Mc Dowell, petition of plaintiff for cer tiorari allowed. Cameron-Barkley Co. v. Power Co., from ratawba, petition for certiorari, allowed. In the State Association of county superintendents of public schools here practically every superintendent has pledged himself to see that his county files before January 1st, if they have not already done so,-applications for ; the full limit of twelve rural libraries i for which the state has nrovidecl appro- j priatiens. There are in the state 871! j libraries with 75,000 books valued at S24.000. The State Association of Countv i Superintendents of Public Schools be-x , j o - ' tude to Governor Cnarles a. avcock for his leadership in the educational campaign that has characterised his administration that is drawing to a close, and pledged their determined effort for the continuance of the work. The Association declined by a unan- imcus vote to take any action as to the endorsement or condemnation of compulsory education, the opinion as expressed by the State Superintendent being that this is a matter which must be worked out locally by each iform course of studies from first to seventh grades j necticut weather prophet has sent a was adopted for use in all the public ! $1,000 challenge to Thomas C. Dennis schools. of West Springfield, to meet in a While no official announcement has j contest of weather forecasting. Mr. been made it is understood that Gov- : Dennis's associates on the Boston and ernor Ayccck will cemmute the sen-1 Albany Railroad have offered to form fence of Ruben Johnson, colored, at j a pool if Mr. Dennis will accept the Plymouth, to be hanged for wife-mur-1 challenge. der, the commutation being on the ; ground of insanity. The Governor Ariels Postpone, has received a largely signed petition j The concert to have been given m from citizens of Plymouth asking for j Monroe this evening by the Ariel a commutation, and since receiving Quartette has been postponed on ac this His Excellency has caused Dr. J. ; count of the weather until next week. F. Miller, of the Eastern Hospital for the insane, to examine Johnson, and it is understood that he has confirmed the claim of insanity. Johnson learn ed that his wife was unfaithful, brood ed over the matter until he became in sane, and took a revolver and shot his wife, who crawled under the bed, where he stooped and taking deliber ate aim fired another shot, which kill ed the woman instantlv. WAR ON FAKE DRUGS. 1 gatnerea by the authorities in Wasn- ington and in other large cities, Fed eral detectives, assisted by Chicago po lice, today made raids on places where bogus drugs are said to be made, con fiscated four patrol wagonloads of "medicine" and arrested five persons for misusing the mails. This was the preliminary result of the Government's attack, which is said to be national in scope, and likely to result in scores of arrests in different cities. One of the men arrested today said the "king" of the medicine swindle was still at liberty. Warrants are out for the arrest of probably two dozen more persons, it is said. The evidence upon which the arrests of today were made was based upon chemical analysis made by Dr. Virgil Coblentz, professor at Columbia Uni versity, on request of Government au thorities. He found that "trithylate," sold to druggists as a substitute for "trional," a sleep-producing medicine, acted as an irritant instead of healing. I The "doctored" drugs were being dis- posed of at two cents an ounce, while the genuine article sold for $1.50 an ! ounce. An analysis of aristol, sold as a substitute for iodoform, proved that it contained 75 per cent, of fullers earth, colored with iron rust. "There is no doubt that the use of these drugs has cost many lives," said Postal Inspector Campbell." The drugs sold as 'trithylate' and aristol proved to be merely substituted for that drug. The fraud extends throughout the country." The prisoners arrested were turned over to Federal authorities. Attorney Harry D. Morton, of New York, who has been actively engaged in gathering the evidence, said many more arrests were expected. "The Gov- I ernment," he added, "has been mves- tigating for a year or more, and the leading chemists of the country have analyzed the spurious medicines." Drugs valued at about $15,000 were seized in the raids by the police. The places visited were dwellings. Spills Germs From Jar. New Haven, Dec. 2. Goodrich Smith, a Yale medical student, was experi menting with a jar of typhoid fever germs two weeks ago, when the jar was tipped and the germs escaped. An tiseptics were promptly used to kill the germs. Smith was attacked with headache yesterday and today his illness was di agnosed as typhoid fever. His parents have been" summoned fron Woodbury, Conn. PRESIDENT SAYS HE HAS HDAUTHDR1TY Chief Executive Frankly Confessed Today That He Could, Not In terfere in the Strike of the Union Employes of the Steel Company in 0 h i 3. Washington, D. C, Doc. 2 President Roosevelt today informed a delegate representing the Amalgamated Asso ciation of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate Workers, that he saw no way by which he, properly or legally, could interfere to bring about a settlement of the strike of the union employes of Car negie Steel Co., of Youngstown and Girard, Ohio. The company is one of constitu ent corporations of the United States Steel Company. The strike of the Amalgamated employes of the com pany has been in progress since early last summer and has been accompanied by considerable violence at times. It involves directly about 700 men at Youngstown and 200 at Girard. Several hundred others have been thrown cut of employment oy. tne strine of union men. STRIKERS TIE UP BUSINESS. Two Hundred Longshoremen Are Out in Boston. Boston. Dec. 2. The business of the ; - w i , , , . . , c -t j. et e i: ; pi en toaay Dy rue sume m awui i ! longshoremen, who are out because i of the discharge of several of their ! number. j The steamer Kershaw arrived today ; from Baltimore and Philadelphia, but ! was not unloaded because of the strike The steamship Ontario was booked to sail today, hut her cargo was onlv I partially stored, and it was not known when the ship could be cleared. i , Weather Forecasting Contest. Snrinsrfield. Mass., Dec. 2. A Con- RUSSIANS MAKE AN ATTEMPT RE-TAKE Another Effort is Made to Drive the Japanese From 203 Meter Hill. Russians Were Repulsed With Heavy Loss in Dead and Wounded. The Japanese Burned TheirSupply Depots in Three Villages and Then Retreated, Pursued by a Band of Cossacks, Who Des troyed the Telegraph Line. Tokio, Dec. 2, 3 p. m. It is reported that the Russians have attempted to re-take 203 Meter Hill. They assembled a strong force and assaulted the position, but were re pulsed with heavy loss. The Japanese are finding sailors among the Russian dead, and it is be lieved that if the men from the fleet are being employed in making sorties, the complement of the force must be falling short. The fact that the Russians are forti fying the positions available between Liao and Manti Mountains. This in creases the belief that they will make the last stan there. Japs Burn Supply Depots. St. Petersburg, Dec. 2 Despatches received from Mukden today say that General Rennenkampff's forces Novem ber 30, drove the Japanese out of a new pc-sitlion, southward c-f Tsinkhet chen. The fighting was sharp. The Japanese burned their supply depots in three villaeea and recreated pursued by Cossacks, as far as Taitse River. The Japanese losses were about 50 killed and 100 wounded. The Qossacks destroyed the Japanese telegraph line and occupied the village of Suidun, about seven and one-half miles southeast of Tsinkhetchen. Japanese Bayonetted. $t. Petersburg, Dec. 2. General Sakharoff reports that a Russian re connoitering force attacked the Japa nese who were entrenched at Lamatung at nightfall November 30th, and drove them out at the point of the bayonet pursuing them as far as Shakhe River. About twenty-five Japanese were bay onetted. The Russians secured many rifles and equipment. The Russians obtained sim ilar success on the right wing. Their losses, in both affairs, were insignifi cant. SEITZ VS. ALEXANDER. Important Case in Superior Court Be gun Today. This morning in Superior Court the case of C. W. Seitz against S. B. Alex ander, jr., and Company was called. This case grows out of several at tachment proceedings which were heard a year ago against the present plaintiff, the case being decided for the plaintiff, who has now brought suit against the SL B. Alexander, jr., Company and others. The plaintiff is represented by Spence and Newell and Plummer Stewart and the defendants by Burwell and Cansler, and T. C. Guthrie. The examination of witnesses was begun this morning and was still in process this afternoon. The court toda" non-suited the case of Sarah A. Wallace against the C. C. & A. Railroad, an action for $50, 000 alleged damages, which was called in superior court yesterday. WITH $30,000 CAPITAL. Walsh Directory Company to be Or ganized. The Walsh Directory Company, which has been issuing a directory of this city fof a number of years, will shortly be reorganized with a capital stock cf $30,000, and will be conducted as a "Joint stock company. The company proposes to install their own presses and plant, and will conduct the business on a large scale, covering as heretofore the making of directories of at least twelve cities. The headquarters of the company will remain at. Charleston, and Mr. W. H. Walsh will remain at the head of the company, the new change in j the organization taking effect on Jan uary 1. Two Killed; Several Injured. Danville, Va., Dec. 2. A head-on collision between two trains on the Danville & Western division of the Southern Railway at Stokesland, five miles above this city this morning, re sulted in the death of O. G. Minter, of Stockton, fireman, and Sam Staples, colored, brakeman. Richard Hairston, a colored fireman, was seriously in jured and will probably die. Charle3 Hundley, of this city, brakeman; J. L. Boyd, of Stuart, engineer, and Con ductor George T. Ware, received pain ful injuries. Both trains were run ning fast when the accident occurred. The collision was the result of a mis understanding of orders. Wills ?50,000 to Servant. Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 2. For her faithful seven years service in the New York home of the late Charles E. Hoyt, Miss Gertrude Tannehill, of this city, lias been left $50,000. Eight years ago Hoyt was' stricken with a nervous collapse, and since then Miss Tannehill managed his New York and his Summer home at Algonquin, Me. STRONG POSITIO
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 2, 1904, edition 1
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