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VOL. XXXII NO. 5046.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1905.
PRICE: 3 CENTS.
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WIRES DOWN ALL
IRMBLOTTE
Ail of Western Union Wires are
Down and Nearly all of Postals.
Posts, Cross Arms and Wires
are ail Over the City in a Tan
o!e Wich is Being Unraveled.
Bell Telephone Company is Light
est Sufferer Among Electric
Companies. Its Wires are
Safe Underground. Street
Cars Operated With Difficulty.
Charlotte still is everywhere covered
with 5n:v and ice and the situation
seeing to grow steadily worse. The
trees and electric wires those that
Iuuv not already broken are still
kiaued with heavy masses of ice and
threaten every minute to fall.
Business is almost completely par
nlvzeil. Going about from place to
-.lacp is possible only with difculty
ki while street cleaning and wreck-!
age corps with the assistance of pri-,
rate individuals are making good
headway in cleaning eff the sidewalks,
and removing the debris, in many sec
tions of the city the heavy ice over
head threatening to fall makes it dan
gerous to be abroad. The whole city
is fighting the weather and this is con
sidered sufficient occupation for men,
women and children.
The damage resulting from the con
tinuance of the excessive wintry
weathei is just today being really felt.
Dining the early part of last evening
the rain intermingled with an abun
dant of sleet began to pour from the
lieavv over
erhaneine clouds and the pre- i
diction w
as that Charlotte would help-
less'.y be under the spell of a real I
waiter todav. Tne prophecy was not in- i
founded nor was the philosophy of the
oldest inhabitants a fallacy. For when
residents peeped from the doors of their ,
homes this morning a vision uncommon 1 The company deserves lots of credit
passed before their gaze. Streets strewn j for the strenuous efforts made to run
with the fragments of broken trees and I their cars.
telegraph wires was the picture which To Establish Branch Line,
was presented to Charlotte citizens this f The Western Union Telegraph Com
moraing. pany hr.ve established a, "branch omce
The Western Union Telegraph Com- in one cf the small houses situated
pany is a heavy loser on account of the j cn the railroad in the rear of the
destruction which" the storm has Presbyterian College. They have been
wi ought upon their system. From Col- able, to use one wire a part of today,
lege street to the railroad on East which connects with Richmond. On
Trade and f;cm there to Eleventh J every line leading out of the city
street every post to which was attached there is'untold damage, which cannot
the COmnanv's wires are broken and ' Vr reTYifrHorl for- cnvpral rtnv 'Points
lying across the street. Wires were !
tangled and retangled, until the streets
seemed as a background for a series
of spider webs. They lie across the 4
railroad trom Trade to Eleventh street
where the two big chestnut trees check
ed the pressure of the resistless fury
and saved the lines beyond that point.
All over the city the marks of the
storm a:evisible. Large trees were strip
ped of limbs which have been thrown
across the street and other damages
w" an inferior type are manifest. Speak
ing to a repoitcr this morning . a
vork.r.an said it would be a week be
fore the Western Union system could
rfpaired and put in as good condi
tion as it was previously. The ground is
too frozen to attempt the digging of
holes and therefore some temporary
fixtures will have to be contrived. In
foany places an entirely new system
vill have to be installed on account of
the very demolished condition of the
wires.
The Four C's and the Catawba
Power Company and the Western
L'nion Company have workmen clear
ing away the rubbish and doing what
tney can today toward the re-building
f the lines. Their work is necessarily
Siow because of the difficulty in hand
hng the tangled wires which are cov
ered with a thick coating of ice.
Storm in the County.
Fl'om all sections cf Mecklenburg
county the same story is told. The
wavy sleet lias broken trees and their
ragmen is are scattered here and
there. The highways are strewn with
lhe WrCCkasrf nf mcm-ir truao onvl it
Will
be
cleared away. The orchards of Meek
uourg have suffered no little, the
Ifces ,J( ing broken and twisted under
JTO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS.
T
V f Chief of Police Irwin made a
X n-ent this morning to the
ett('tt that in times of such
"anger as is imminent today,
,jn account of the falling live
V wires. Thr-ir ..lnij i.
1
Jhn'? ,he peri,s of electric
n, ? s- The companies have
t sufficient forces to clear
I
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tVli OT10-ll21 - - I
riit; n tllere are such con- 4.
as prevail today. j
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finance whereby the power
X c,,wlanis would be enforced
' 10 ( Ut off the Clirrpnt and thnc .A.
TELEGRAPH CONNECTIONS
CUT OFF. .
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
COMMUNICATIONS OUT OF
CHARLOTTE AilE ALMOST COM
PLETELY CUT OFF. THE AS
SOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE
TO GET ANY DISPATCHES TO
THE NEWS. HENCE THE TEL
EGRAPH NEWS SERVICE TO
DAY IS SHORT. THE SPECIAL
FROM RALEIGH HAD TO BE
SENT BY TELEPHONE AS TEL
EGRAPH COMMUNICATION WAS
NOT PRACTICABLE,
the heavy burdens cf snow and ice.
And many of the sh?.de trees, land
marks ct many years, are torn, limb
by limb.
Further than the damage done to
the forests and the orchards the big
storm has done- little more harm.
Oyster Famine.
The continued rough weather brought
a stop to oyster shipments in the city
yesterday for the first time this season
and possibly for several years. Not an
oyster could be bought at any of the
local markets and the few that the
restaurants had could not be bought for
love nor money.
The cause of the famine is probably
because Charlotte dealers purchase
them from Norfolk and points along
that section cf the coast which is
isolated against the oyster boats.
Mr. E. F. Creswell, manager of the
Gem Restaurant, telegraphed to Long
Island last night for a shipment, but
this probably will not reach the city
tor several days
Falling Limbs Turn in an Alarm.
An alarm was rung in at the fire
department last night about 12 o'clock,
Jueui ii6l,mBul " oc UUK-
but it was understood to have been
caused by falling limbs or wires, and
was not answered. The bell was so
thickly coated with ice that it was
necessary to send two men to the
tower this morning to put it in a ring
ing condition.
The department is greatly crippled
by the prevalence of the ice. Seven cf
the circuits were out of working order
today, and there were other damages
which would prove serious in case of
fire.
Tough on Street Cars.
The electric street railway had an
other bad day of it. In the early morn
ing hours it was almost impossible
to get a car outside the barn. Later
in the
le day, after the sleet and snow
commenced to melt, a force of hands
were put on tne line removing tne
ice. By tne noon hour several cars
were out, but it was almost impossible
to maintain any kind of a schedule.
north and south are cut off from all
telegraphic communication.
The Western Union Company sent a
messenger to Atlanta last night with
500 or GOO messages, which had col
lected at this office for parties in the
South. They hopo to improve their
service by tomorrow, but not for sev
eral days will they be able to render
their accustomed satisfaction.
Train Lost For Several Hours.
For several hours this morning No.
30, one of the Southern's fine Florida
trains, due here at 9:55. was com
pletely lost track of on account of the
condition of the wires which between
this point and Columbia were demor
alized, and communication well nigh
cut off.
No. 33.. from the North, due at 8.30
this morning, arrived several hours
late, and was held at the depot here,
awaiting news from the missing train.
After the lapse of several hours the
lost train was found by the ticking of
the wires over the Savannah division,
and traffic over the line was resumed.
The Bell P.eop!e Aliright.
While the Bell Telephone people are
not in any sense bragging, they are
feeling "mighty" good this morning.
With their wires safely housed, far
underneath the surface, where sleet
and hail, and snow and wind, do not
disturb their working?.,
Division superintendent Morgan B.
Spier was seen today by a representa
tive of the News. He was frank to
state that his company was experienc
ing some trouble, such as is incident
to a summer storm. But the main
wires are humming their tunes, as the
lightning-like messages are flashed
over them from all sections of Char
lotte. And as for the long distance circuits,
they are in perfect working order, as
if nothing had happened.
All of which is splendid evidence
that the Bell Telephone people were
doing themselves., as well as the pub
lic, a great service when they went
underground with their wires last
Summer.
$15 Bill Passed in South Carolina.
Washington, .Feb. 9. The Govern
ment has never issued a $15 bill, but
some enterprising counterfeiter made
one and passed it. The bill, now in
! Chief Wilkie's possession, was made by
1 ,1 - 1 Art n ? ' TV ft 1 K Villi
was generally circulated in South Caro-
Una until it reached a bank, when it
was sent on to Washington with, in-
Quiries.
"
Local Commission Man Receives
tiers to Ship via Rail.
"All shipments of goods from your
territory to us should be made by rail
until further notice. The river at
Philadelphia is so blocked with ice
that there is little chance to get goods
through by water."-.
The above is the substance of a let
ter received by Mr. E. B. Dickson, a
well known yarn merchant this morn
ing, from buyers of yarns in Philadel
phia, and other northern centers.
The letter adds that water traffic is
so blocked that the prospects araLhat
there will be no shipments of goods
by water until about the first of
March.
This information will be of great in
terest to the mills in the Carolinas
and the South, as thousands of pounds
are shipped daily from Southern points
to the Northern markets., a large pro
portion cf this amount going by wa
ter. COLLISION ON SQUARE.
Two Street Cars Going Slowly, Crash
Into Each Other.
An accident that might have result
ed verzr seriously to a number of per- J
sons occurred vesterdav afternoon
ICE HINDERS TRAFFIC.
about five o'clock when a Fourth Ward name of a handsome new school build
streot car ran into a Piedmont car j jng to be erected by the Catholic
The sleet whTch had blen failing aS !
day became so thickly coated upon the
windows as to obstruct all vision from !
the sides, and neither of the moter
men was able to see the other.
The ears were moving at a very
slow rate of speed, and this is the
only reason that there are no more
serious results to chronicle than some
slight damages sustained by the front
portions of the cars. Both wore
thrown from the track by the sudden
ness of the collision, but were replaced
in a very short time.
There were a number of passengers
on board, none of whom were hurt in
the least.
HOB CAUSED VERY
MUCH WORRY TODAY
It Was Reported Over the City
Early This Morning That Two
School Children Had Mat Their
Death By Coming in Contact
With a Live Electric Wire.
" A riimcr void oi all vercity, and
as ill-founded as its fountain, reached
this office this morning, reporting the
death near the new graded school of
two of the students who had come in
to contact with a live wire lying across
the street. A reporter was despatched
with due haste to the north school to
obtain the facts. Sliding under gigan
tic limbs drooping with the weight of
winter, he wended his way toward the
seat of learning.
As he approached the building some
boys were gliding over the frozen
surface and enjoying life to its fullest.
If death reigns within, thought the
News man, there is no sign of it with
out. Prof. Harding was called from
his duties and Miss Bethune from her
class of merry maidens who were ris
ing in their seats to vie the searcher
for news.
"A report comes to our office, Pro
fessor, that some children were hurt
out here this morning by a live wire,"
was the reporter's greeting as he tried
to assume an air of solemnity mingled
with becoming reverence for him who
was to be his informant.
"We've heard nothing of it out
here," said the Professor.
'"We're pretty lively out here, but"
added Miss Bethune., who was gaz
ing into the eyes of Mr. Harding with
astonished, wonder and -merriment.
Several opinions vere ventured from
each of the three who were standing
under the gaze of a host of Children,
who looked out with suspicious faces.
In his disappointment the reporter
was inclined to whisper to himself
"All men are liars," but something
made him happy that for one time
about the seriousness of his quest
he was disappointed, inasmuch as
some other hearts were saved from
the sorrow cf death and some homes
were spared th$ pain of the saddest
of all separations.
THE FLAGLER MANSION.
Is the Scene of Many Social Enter
tainments at Palm Beach.
Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 9. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry M. Flagler again are among
the most lavish entertainers here this
season, as in the past. Whitehall, their
magnificent villa, is nightly the scene
of a large entertainment which brings
together all the notable guests at the
resort. "
Mrs. Flagler, who became the wife
of the millionaire on August 24. 1901,
shortly after the first Mrs. Flagler was
divorced on the score of her incurable
insanity, is a most gracious hostess,
and has become one of the most popu
lar of the younger matrons here. Mrs.
Flagler formerly was a Miss Keenan.
The circumstances surrounding the
divorce of the first wife of Mrv Flagler
were the one distressing feature about
the romance which ended in the mar
riage of Mr. Flagler and the handsome
woman who now bears' his name. Mrs.
Ida M. Flagler is living out her days
in hopeless insanity at New Rochelle,
near New York, where she is surround
ed with every luxury that her former
husband's wealth can. provide, and it
is said that the person most solcitous
about her is the one who took her place
as mistress of Whitehall.
THE CATHOLICS TO
BUILD HAKDSOME
SCHOOL BUILDING
The Property on South Tryon St.
now Used for School Purposes
Will be Greatly Improved by
the Erection of a Handsome
Building-
Contractor Jones of Charlotte Se
cures the Contract. The
Building it is Said, Will Cost
$20,000 and Will be Thor
oughly Up-to-Date.
The O'Donohue School Home is the
churCh f the city OQ the !cation now j
Lne slLe or &t- Mary s seminary.
The new structure will be one of the
i ,i i i i n.
best equipped in the state, taking the
place of the present school .building 1 Church, are members, held a confer
which will be moved back some dis- I ence with the mayor today. It was
tance, the church having secured all 1 intimated that the mayor would issue
t ,.,.t,r . . c. ! a statement concerning the conference,
of the property fronting on South i , . . j rT i.
1 & j but he has not yet done so. Secretary
Tryon street, including the frontage of ; Gibboney will tomorrow send out invi
the school, and extending back to Col- j tations to fifty prominent clergymen,
lege street, making a very valuable ' asking them to attend a meeting at
school property.
The contract for the new building
has been let to Contractor J. E. Jones,
to whom the work was. awarded at a
meeting held last evening.
The new building will be three stories
high, built of brick and having stone
trimmings, and will be finished on the
interior in the most up-to-date man
ner by the contractor.
The present school building known
as St. Mary's School, will be moved far
ther back and will front on Stonewall
, " . , , . t. . ...
uuu win o uu in louuecuon wim
tne new scnool structure.
The Catholics of the city are to be! coses came out today in the deposition
congratulated upon the acquirement of ' Moses Feltner, a witness, who left
, Kentucky after having been subnoe
so neat and attractive a new scnool naed in the $100,000 damage suit of Mis.
property that will no doubt be the means Abreiia Marcum against Judge James
ot bringing a number of students to , Hargia aad others in connection with
the city,, and will furnish school lacili- ; te lrimno. Gf J B Marcum
ties to a large number of children and i Feftnei"s statement is to the effect
older ones m the city i ' that he accepted fromBTF: French, at-
1 he cost of the building atone, will torney for the defensej $10oo to leave
oe in the neighborhood of $20,000 ! Winchester without testifying. French
Contractor Jones who has finished says that Feitner, if he did, not go
up a number oi jobs of the very best 'would be hanged tot murder Feitner
wuiK m section, expects to uegm
work just as soon as it is practicable
One Day's Patent Record.
Washington, Feb. 9. The Govern
ment today issued 597 patents, the I
greatest number in any one day for
years, lne patents are on everything
from coal-tar products to elevators.
Prof. Harvey W. Wiley, the founder of
the "poison squad," received a patent
lor the manufacture of smokeless powder.
latent uince oniciais say that wren this morning, but Miss Lottus can
the country is prosperous and everybody : celled her engagement there. Dr.
has money, applications for patents in- George T. Rankin says that Miss Lof
crease. They ascribe this to the fact tus may not be able to appear on the
that people have time to work on in- . stage for several weeks. She has a se
ventions. . ivere attack of nervous prostration.
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The News wants within the next SO days to increase its circu
lation to 5,000. Its average during January was 4,476. The News
wants its friends to help get these 524 new subscribers and it pro
poses to make them the most liberal proposition it has ever made
Many of its friends use every opportunity to speak a good word for
it free of charge. But now it proposes to pay liberally all who
will help.
In order to increase its circulation to 5,000 at once The News
makes the following liberal proposition to its subscribers only:
v
During February any subscriber who will send two new sub
scirbers with $10 cash will be given The News absolutely free tor
one year.
Any subscriber who will send one new subscriber with $5 cash
will be given six months subscription free.
Any subscriber who will send a new subscriber with $2.50
cash will be given three months subscription free.
Any subscriber who will send a new subscriber with $1.25 cash
will be given six weeks subscription free. .
Two subscribers for 6 months each will count the same as
one subscriber for 12 months, etc.
In no case must The News be offered to any one at less than
its regular subscription price.
If all its subscribers will do what they can under this proposi
tion The News on March 1st will not only have a larger circula
tion than any other evening paper in the two Carolinas, but it will
also have a larger circulation than any morning paper in these
two States. '
Remember this proposition holds good only until March 1st,
and if you want the leading evening daily in this section one year
free of cost you have the best opportunity you ever had to get it.
Don't put off but begin work today.
Sample copies gladly sent on application.
Live agents wanted in evary community.
. Send your subscriptions as fast as you get them to
NEWS PUBLISHING CO.,
Charlotte, N. C.
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WAR ON VICE.
Corruption and Vice in Philadelphia
Receiving Vigorous Attention.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 9. Following
the allegation in the presentment of
the grand jury last Thursday that syn
dicated vice exists in this city and
that Director of Public; Safety Smith
is responsible for the condition, D.
Clarence Gibboney, secretary of the
Law and Order Society, today in a i
letter to Mayor Weaver made specific !
charge of official collusion with a dis
reputable resort. The place was raid-
'ecPby agents of the society early this
morning. Mr. Gibboney, in his letter
to the mayor concerning the place,
says:
"This place has been protected by
your police. On the bureau of the
mistress of the houso the most con
spicuous ornament was a large cabi
net photograph cf a patrolman of the
beat. The house is a house of official
ly protected and syndicated crime."
Mayor Weaver in his reply said:
"If I can get any evidence that there
is any connection with a police official,
or any official under my control, pro
tecting vice in any way, shape or
form in the city of Philadelphia, he
shall net stay in the employ of the
city. I sh?.U be glad to have the evi
dence that you have at the earliest
possible moment."
Mr. Gibboney will present his evi
dence to the mayor on a date to be
fixed by that official, at which time it
pected a committee of five clergy-
mu win ue preseui, xms ciencai
' committee, of which Archbishop Ryan,
' oi me itoman uauionc unurcn, ana
Lisbon Mtv-amith of th w.nr.
Eishon Mackav-Smith. of the Enisc.nnal
wnicn ne proposes to suomit to tnem
evidence cf police protection of vice.
Today at the weekly meoting of the
clergymen of various denominations
the subject was discussed. A commit
tee of Methodist ministers was ap
pointed to call on the mayor and dis
cuss the social evil with him. A reso
lution was adopted calling on Mayor
Weaver to investigate the charge con
tained in the grand jury's present
ment. The resolution will be placed
before every Methodist Episcopal con
gregation next Sunday- for action.
Mixes Beckham in Case
Winchester, Ky., Feb. 9. The most
sensational development of the litiga
tion over the Breathitt Countv feu.l
says ne was told tnat Gov Beckham
nmTr,io(1 not n iv n vennisitirm
for him until after the Marcum-Hargis
cases had been settled.
Cecilia Loftus in Hospital.
Akron, Ohio, Feb. 9. The condition
.of Miss Cecilia Loftus, who fainted on
the stage at the Colonial Theatre last
night at the beginning of the produc
tion of "The Serio-Comic Governess,"
became worse this afternoon, and she
was removed to the City Hospital. The
theatrical company left for Youngstown
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LAWMAKING
THE WHOLE SOUTH IS SUF
FERING aFROM THE BLIZZARD
AND NEARLY EVERY SOUTH
ERN CITY IS CUT OFF FROM
THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
TO THE AID OF NEWPORT.
The Seminole Ordered to Hatteras to
Aid Gunboat.
Special The News.
Wilmington, Feb. 9. Tho revenue
cutter Seminole, of this station, sailed
this afternoon under orders from the
Navy Department to proceed in haste
to Hatteras in search of the composite
gunbeat Newport, which is reported as
helpless off the Carolina coast.
The Newport lost her propeller, and
was passed by a freight steamer a
week ago rolling in the seas. The
Seminole will arrive off Hatteras be
fore morning.
TO REGULATE TELEGRAPH COS.
Eiil to Require Prompt Delivery of
Plesages Amending Raleigh's Char
ter. Special The News.
Raleign, N. C, Feb. 9.
The bill introduced by Senator Fou-
A
shee yesterday amends section 2, chap
ter 164, laws of 1899, by adding there
to: (25) To make just and reasonable
rules and regulations for the prompt : passed suitable resolutions and a com
transmission and delivery of messages mittee composed of two Senators and
by any telegraph or telephone com- three members of the House was named
pany or corporation doing business in to accompany the remains to the home
this state and to secure efficient ser-. 0f tho deceased
vice therefrom.
26) To make just and reasonable
rules and regulations to require prompt
transmission and delivery of goods,
wares and merchandise transported by
any express company doing business
in this state.
(27) To request, where the public
necessity demands it and it is demon
strated that the revenue received will
be sufficient to justify it, the estab-
lishment of offices and stations by a
telegraph, telephone or express com
pany doing business in this state, and
to require sufficient accommodation
commensurate with the business and
the demand of the public.
Amending Raleigh's Charter.
The Raleigh Board of Aldermen to
day finally passed on the charter
amendments for "the city during the
present session of the General Assem
bly. Some of the most-notable changes'
will be the establishment of a board of f
audit and finance, a police justice's
court to relieve the mayor of court
duty and a general revision of the
scale of salaries of city officials togeth
er with a reduction of the number of
aldermen from twelve to eight.
Appointed Special Master.
Judge W. A. Montgomery has been
0i oo moslo, t
the facts in the noted case of khe United
Cigarette Co. vs. R. R. Wright, of Dur
ham, involving sales of the famous
Bonsack cigarette machine by Wright
in China, Japan and, other foreign
countries. It is a case of long stand
ing and involves over $200,000.
SEABOARD OPPOSITION.
The Reorganization Plan Has Safe Ma
jority. New York, Feb. S. Information was
given out in Wall Street yesterday that
the stockholders of the Seaboard Air
T.ine who are onnnsine the Rvan-Blair
reorganization plan met in Baltimore ! introduced by Duls, of .Mecklenburg,
on Monday night and, representing 59,- concerning building a id loan associa
400 shares, appointed a committee, to : t ORS. ani !t Wl11 "e reported as an
which John Skelton Williams, former I agreed bilPthis evening at an adjourn
president of the road, declined a reap- ed meeting of the committee. The ob
pointment after expressing his hearty ' J'ect is to keep out of the State a lot
approval of its purpose, which will of wild cat unreliable concerns that are
draw up articles for the pooling of the seriously affecting the building and
stock represented in order to conduct j lo3n business. The feature of the bill
negotiations and enter into litigation, ! that provided for a building and loan
if this is necessary, to bring about mod- commission has been eliminated and
ifications of the Ryan-Blair plan. The the associations left under the control
typewritten article setting fort these of the State insurance commissioner,
facts, which was passed around in Wall Wnat Educational Institution Wants.
Street, had this to say regarding Mr. There was a conference this morning
Williams: -between the presidents of the several
"Mr. John Skelton Williams express- i institutions and the joint finance corn
ed a gratification of the present situa- ' mittee of the General Assembly with
tion and reiterated his belief that it the result that announcement is made
would be impossible for the Ryan-Blair as to just what demands each msti
committee to make their proposed plan tution shall insist on as appropriations
effective in the face of the opposition j by the present legislature. The State
which aheady exists and which is like- ! University will ask $50,000 for main
ly to grow." j tenance and $50,000 for laboratories;
Members of the Ryan-Blair reorgani- A. & M. College at Raleigh $35,000 for
zation committee refused, as tiiey nave
refused heretofore, to discuss this Bal-
timore opposition, contenting them
selve with the statement that much
more than a majority of the stock had
already been deposited with them under
the plan that securities were still com
ing in at a rapid rate.
"Pittsburg Phil" Left No Will.
Pittsburg, Feb. 9. The family of
George E. Smith, . "Pittsburg Phil,"
have started for New York to settle the
estate left by the plunger. William
Smith, a brother, said before leaving
that his brother had left all his affairs
in excellent shape but had not made a
will. As a result the family divide the k
estate.
Eesides the brothers and sisters wno
will share the wealth are two children
left by a deceased sister. William
Smith said he did not know how much
money his brother left. Friends here
believe the dead man left more than a
I million.
0DAY
OF HOUSE
DIES LEGISLATORS
Dr. Phitts, of Watauga, Dies Early
This Morning, Suitable Reso
lutions are Passed
Houses Several Bil
duced in Senate..
in
Both
Intro-
Heads of Educational Institutions
Confer With Committee as to
What Appropriations They
Need. Contest in Case of
Election of Col Gardner.
(By Telephone to The News.)
Raleigh, Feb. 9. The Senate and
House adjourned this morning shortly
after convening, out of respect to the
memory of Dr. Phitts, the representa
tive from Watauga county who died at
an early hour this morning.
Both branches of the legislature
Dr. Phitts was taken suddenly ill
Sunday night. He had been suffering
for several days with a severe cold,
but never suspected any serious turn.
Monday morning symptoms of pneu
monia developed and death was attrib
utable to this disease.
The deceased was a practicing physi
cian of Watanga county, stood well
in his profession, and as a legislator,
was admired for his honesty of pur-
, pose and 'genuine ability. His sad
death is greatly to be deplored.
Before the announcement of the
death of Dr. Phitts several bills vere
introduced in the enate.
Senator Webb', of Buncombe, intro
duced a bill which has for its object
the-- aTrpohitinent of . two magistrates
in towns or cities for each 5,000 inhab
itants. A bill was introduced by the Sen
ator from Johnston providing that all
trains stop at the county seats.
Was Major Gardner Elected.
Official notice has been received in
the office of the Adjutant General here
of the election of Major J. T. Gardner,
of Shelby, as colonel of the first regi
ment to succeed Col. Robertson, of
Charlotte, appointed Adjutant General
by Governor Glenn, the election hav
ing been held in Charlotte recently.
It is understood that there will be a
i contest, the claim being made that Ma
mv 1j lo no n rcic tici 1 I r n ant n i trior
; tS erroneousl5r. ruled out by
tut; ciiaiiuiau.
To Increase Salary cf Brigadier.
The military affairs committee of
the Senate has decided to report fa
vorably bills to increase the pay of
Brigadier General Ar m field, of States
ville from 4J150 to $500 and raise the
rank of the quartermaster from col
onel to brigadier general. Both have
the endorsement of the North Carolina
National Guard.
B. and L. Association Bill.
Representatives of the building and
loan associations are here with the
Senate committee on judiciary prepar-
mg a substitute tor the bill pending
"11 mu ou.uw iui iauuiaiw,
State Normal and Industrial Colleges,
Greensboro, $50.CC0 annually for sup
port and $106,000 on account of fire
, loss; Colored A. & M. College, Greens
bcro. 87,500 annually for support and
$10,000 for second dormitory.
Increasing Interest Rate.
The bill introduced by Represents-'
tive Ryborn yesterday is an important
one. in that it provides that while the
legal rate of interest in the state shall
remain 6 per cent still by special con
tract where loans are made for five
or more years, the interest and a por
tion of the principal to be paid annu
ally seven per cent can be charged.
A Case of Smallpox.
A case of small pox has been dis
covered among the students of Shaw
University, colored, tut none of the stu
dents have left the school yet. The
case was promptly isolated and Presi
dent Maserve is apprehensive of no
spread of the disease. There are up
wards cf four hundred students In the
university.
MEMBER
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