THE OHATOLOTT
NEWS.
THE ONLY AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA
Vol. xxxii no. 5074..
CHARLOTTE, N. C. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1905.
PRICE: 3 CENTS.
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MiYORALTY RACE
r, S. S. McNinch Today An
nounces That He is a Candi
date for Mayor of Charlotte,
Subject to the Action - of the
Democratic Primary.
Capt. Thomas S, Franklin in a
Card Today States His Reason
For Met Entering the Race.
Looks Now as if Mr. McNinch
Will Have a Clear Field.
I ANNOUNCEMENT.
A V
X I heivby annoiince myself a
X can.Iiuato for the office of Mayor
X cf the City of Charlotte, subject
X to U'.'- at iiou of the city Demo-
crr.ue
iiimary. Tms March 14, x
S. S. McNINCH.
TV.
A CARD.
A PenrJ: me to say to my friends
A who have been urging, me to be
X s candidate for flavor that after
X due consideration I have decided
X not to do so.
I frankly admit I would es
A teem it a great honor to be May-
A cr of Charlotte, at the same time
A rr.y experience two years ago
A taught ire a few things and ef
A therefore I am not willing in or
A dor to be elected to be drawn in-
A to a fight such as was conducted
A at the last election.
A Very respectfully,
A T. S. FRANKLIN.
A Marci nth, '05.
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Two very important matters in con
nection with the coming mayoralty
race vrer0 settled today.
The first is the formal announce
ment of Mr. Samuel S. McNinch that
he will be a candidate for the office
cf !mayor of the city of Charlotte,
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primaries.
The second important announcement
is contained in a card from Capt.
Thomas S. Franklin in which he
states tliat he will not enter the race
tinder r.ny circumstances.
The announcement of Mr. McNinch's
candidacy was expected as the candi
date himself informed The News yes
terday that his rnr.-l wrmlrl annpar in
this
?&per this afternoon.
Hie card
lin declining
of
to
Captain Frank-
enter the race
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Who Enounces His Candidacy for MayoVof Charlotte,
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ANKLIN'
CAPT. THOMAS
Who Declines to Make
will
come in the nature of '
a surprise to many for it is still the
rumor on the streets that he has not
only entered the race but that his
friends are actively at work for him
m the four wards of the city,
The News man called on Mr. Mc-'
Ninch this morning and asked for ani
interview. While this gentleman wasl
free to discuss matters with The
News man, he did not think the time
was opportune for a public state
ment. As soon as the city executive
committee meets and names a day
for the primaries to be held, then the 'from the Third Ward states that he is
campaign will be fairly launched and;a candidate for re-election and is in
Mr. McNinch thinks untir this takes
place he should remain quiet. How-'
ever, his views as to local politics are,
in.no sense, misunderstood by the pub
lic. He .is a strong advocate of the
present administration and will defend
the acts cf the Brown administration,
if he finds that others intend to make
the attack in the open.
The card of Capt. Franklin declin
ing to become a candidate will be
renrl "with nn little interest
Ever I
since the possibility of his making! Cordele, Ga., March 14. "No, I am
the race was first announced in The nt a bit superstitious," said Miss Ta
Vpws bio friorH Vijwq vocsiisrpri him lulah Atkins, manager for the Western
And hrnns-Tit nil kinds cf tirpssnra to '
bear on him, in order to gain his con-1
sent. j
Capt. Franklin in an interview giv-;
en The News today states that he is
not unmindful of the loyalty and
friendship of those who fought with
him two years ago; that he bess no
malice, but simply dees not care to
enter the race aml-again stir up the
same old fight 4hat was waged with
such fury during the Erown-Franklin
campaign.
Charlotte has no more worthy nor
more respected citizen than Capt.
Franklin. He is a man in the truest
and noblest sense of the word. While
he has declined to make the race for
mayor this time Charlotte will still
remember him and the day is not far
distant when, if he entertains the am
bition, he will yet be made the city's
chief executive.
So far none have come out in the
open to oppose Mr. McNinch. It is
freely predicted that he will have a
clear field with none to stand in the
way of his election. This is a com
pliment that Mr. McNinch can but be
proud of for it is the rule in these
diggings that the man who .aspires to
be mayor of Charlotte has to wade
through fire and ashes to reach the
goal of his ambition.
With the announcement of Mr. Mc-
Mr.NTNHH.
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AKE RACE:
DECLINES
X
S. FRANKLIN,
the Race for Mayor.
Ninch the campaign for mayor of
Charlotte may be called on.
The News learns today that several
of the Brown aldermen will decline to
stand for re-election. In this connec
tion it is stated positively by the
friends of Mr. D. W. Oates, the pres-
ent chairman of the finance committee,
that he will not be a candidate for
alderman from the Fourth Ward. Mr.
Oates, it is said, has made the state
ment to a number of his friends and
his decision is final.
Mr. W. W. Ward one of the aldermen
the fight to the finish.
As to the other eleven aldermen
The News has not been able to ascer
tain their views as to whether they
will again be in the race. The sup
position is that many of them will.
THE UNLUCKY THIRTEEN.
Woman Telegrapher in Georgia Has
Queer ExDerience.
By Associated Press.
Union Telegraph company here, "but
some very queer things happen in the
lives of telegraphers. Thirteen may be
lucky, or it may not be.
my work of last month. A gentleman )
came in here while we were having all
the trouble with the wires and wanted
to send an announcement of death to
a relative -atJasper. Ordinarily the
message would have been relayed at
Atlanta. The wire was down, however,
and we undertook to get it through by
Savannah.
"When the message was handed over
the counter it contained just thirteen
words. When I put it on the receiving
register sheet it was number thirteen,
the sheet was dated February 13, and
the message was the thirteenth we had
sent to Savannah that day. The mes
sage never got any further than Savan
nah, and the customer had to write
from here.
'That was trouble enough for four
thirteens, wasn't it?"
JOHN HOWARD DEAD.
Chief Prosecuting Witness
in Winz
Trial.
By Associated Press.
Milwaukee, Wis.. March 14. John
Howard, 80 years old, was .the chief
prosecuting witness at the trial of
Captain Wirz, the officer in charge or
tno Andersonville prison, is dead.
RAILWAY RATE HEARING.
Investiaation of Subject Will
Com-
mence on April 17th.
By Associated Press.
Wasnington, iviarcn i. unairman
Elkins, of the Senate committee on
interstate commerce, announced that
the committee aviII begin hearings on
the railway rate subject Monday,
April 17.
APPOINTMENT OF NEW MARINES,
The President Has Sent the Names of
Three Southerners to the Senate.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 14. The Presi
dent has sent the Senate the following
nominations: Second Lieutenants in
the Marine Corps.
Calhoun Ancrum, South Carolina;
Holland M. Smith, Alabama; John E.
Henley, Georgia.
COTTAGERS TAXED $5,000,000.
New Port Assessors Decide to Collect
All That New York Loses.
By 'Associated Press.
Newport, March 14. -The tax asses
sors have added five millions of dollars
in personal and real estate taxes, quite
a portion being secured from the taxes
sworn off in New York, which were not
entered here.
When the list becomes public a war
between the wealthy cottage and the
department is expected. Tax assessors
have been in New York investigating.
Insane Man at Throttle.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, March 14. Climbing
stealthily aboard a switch engine on
the Illinois Central railroad hear 91st
street an insane man opened the
throttle and ran the engine at full
speed to Parkside, several miles away.
Reversing the lever, he leaped from
.the locomotive which flew back over
the route which had just been travers
ed and crushed into another switch
engine near the starting point
Both engines were thrown from the
track and badly damaged. The en
gineman of the second locomotive,
havinsr warnine of the approach of the
runaway, leaped ia time and escaped.
EM
By T(IE COUNCIL
Question of Continuing the War
Discussed in the Affirmative
Today. Kuropatkin's Success
or Has Not Been Named. Other
Matters Left Open.
Russian Commander in Manchu
ria Complaining of Miscarrying
of Plans of the Battle. Re
treating Army Continues De
moralized. Many Surrender.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, March 14. The war
council held at Tsarke-Selo is under
stood to have decided the question of
continuing the war in the affirmative
Ways and means were discussed, but
decision on some points it is under
stood, was reserved.
The question of General Kuropat
kin's successor was discussed, but
the Emperor has made no final decis
ion. Semi-official denial was given out
today of the reported recall of the
Russian Second Pacific Squadron.
According to information received
by the War Office the remnants of
Kuropatkin's army have made good
their retreat and are now out of im
mediate danger of the new turn in the
movement north of Tie Pass. The
Japanese are reported to be complete
ly exhausted and compelled to rest.
While Kuropatkin has assumed full
responsibility for defeat in the battle
at Mukden he has complained to the
Emperor that his plans were miscar
ried largely through the failure of two
generals whose names can not be learn
ed, to execute his- orders. He also
throws blame on some of the troops
which failed to- respond at a critical
moment.
Hungry and Disheartened.
General Kurpki's Headquarters in
the Field, via Fusan. March 14. The
country is swarming with hungry, dis
heartened Russians, who are surren
dering in squads to any pursuing Jap
anese they may chance to meet.
Leading Japanese officers have re
fused to criticize the lack of mobility
displayed while driving the Russians
beyond Tie Pass. Most of the foreign
attaches with the Russian army, in
cluding two American and English of
ficers, were captured at Mukden.
PURSUEING REMNANT ENEMY.
Many Russian Officers and Men Are
Surrendering to the Japs.
By Associated Presa.
Tokio, March 14. A telegram re
ceived from headquarters in the field
says: "In tha direction of Sing Ching
our forces have been dislodging the
enemy from Yingpan, eighteen miles
east of Fushun, and on March 11 occu
pied that place. In the direction of
Shakhe river all our forces are con
tinuing the pursuit of the remnant of
the enemy, and many Russian officers
and men are surrendering to our train
guards in the mountainous districts
cast of Tie Pass road.'"
Headquarters also report the cap
ture of considerable munitions of war.
UNION COPPER'S NEW PLANT.
Stockholders of Mine at Gold Hill Ask
ed For Contributions.
By Associated 'ress.
New York, March 14. The Union
Copper Mining Co. of Gold Hill, N. C,
has issued a circular to its stockholders
announcing that a plan has been form
ulated providing for the voluntary con
tribution by stockholders of 20 per
cent of their holdings in stock or 20
per cent cash a share of their entire
holdings, as they may Choose. The
stock is to be used for the purpose of
raising a fund which, together with the
cash subscriptions, is to be loaned to
the company on condition that the loan
will be repaid before any dividends are
uutiaxcu. i
uiw.. i .nyiu; o nicuiug i avail 1. 1 1 v. 1 1 1
selves of this offer are requested to
send their subscriptions to C. H. Allen,
the president, of No. 52 Broadway, on
or before March 20.
THE RETURN OF .
COp, FLAGS
Letter Will be Sent to all States
Interested to Ascertain if They
Desire flags Held by War
Department to be Returned to
Them.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 14. General
Ainswbrth, military secretary, has
been ccarged by the Secretary of War
with the execution of the joint reso
lution adopted at the last session of
Congress authorizing the Secretary of
War to return the civil war battle
flags. General Ainsworth will send a
circular letter to the Governors of all
the States known to be interested in
the flags now in the custody of the
War Department, asking their wishes
with respect to a disposition -of th?
flags. There are about 514 flags and
standards, about 100 being Union byi-
J ners
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COUNCIL OF STATE MEETS.
Proposition Will Be Considered to Set
tle the Steamer Lilly, of Fusion
Fame.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, March 14. The Council of
State is in session at 3 o'clock consid
ering the proposition which Governor
Glenn has received to sell the steamer
Lilly of the State oyster fleet. This is
the vessel which gained such notoriety
during fusion days when it was charg
ed that the vessel was used as a private
yach by Oyster Commissioners Theo
phulous White and other State officials.
The Governor says they will certainly
accept the offer but will not give out
particulars until after the council takes
action.
The Executive Committee of the
State Hospital at Raleigh in session to
day decided that work on the addi
tion, which was authorized by the re
cent Legislature, will begin just as
soon as the material can be gotten on
the site. The wing will have four sto
ries containing seventy-six rooms and
will cost $40,000.
Sheriff Hinson, of Richmond county,
is here today to commit John Little,
colored, to the penitentiary to serve 8
years for criminal intimacy with and
abuse of a girl under fourteen years
old. He also brought James Porter, col
ored, to serve one year for larceny.
THEMARQUIS OF ANGLESEY DEAD
He Was Reconciled With Wife on His
Deathbed Estates Exempt From
Creditors.
By Associated Press.
Monte Carlo, March 14. The Mar
quis of Anglesey died here today. The
Marquis was notable through his per
sonal and financial eccentricities. His
wife arrived two days ago and was rec
onciled with her husband at his death
bed. A cousin inherits the Anglesey
estates, which are exempt from credi
tors of the late Marquis, who are ar-
riving here presumably to claim all
available property of deceased.
$300,000.00 BLAZE
III CHOGO TODAY
Fire Destroys the Extensive Plant
of the Grand Crossing Tack
Company, at Seventy-Ninth St.
and Chicago Ave. Fully Cov
ered by Insurance.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, March 14. Fire has de
stroyed the printing and box depart
ment of the Grand crossing tack com
pany's plant at Seventy-ninth street
and " South Chicago avenue. The loss
is $300,000, fully, insured.
TWO DEAD FROM ASPHYXIATION.
And Another Dying as the Result of
an Accident to Gas Plant in Chicago.
By Associated Press.
Chicago. March 14. Mrs. Samuel
Friedman and her brother-in-law,
Paza Friedman, are dead of asphyxia-
tion, and Samuel Friedman is dying
as a result oi an accident to a gas
plant in Friedman Flat.
SEIZE CABLE PROPERTY.
President Castro Orders Count to An
. nul French Cable Co.'s Contract.
By Associated Press.
Willemstad, Island of Curacoa, March
14. Advices received here from Ca
racas sajr that President Castro has
oraerea uie i iu auuui m
tract of the Frenca Cable Company and
has authorized the seizure of the Ca-;
ble Company's property.
No Pressure Brought.
New York, March 14. Mr. Lurienne,
manager of the French Cable Com-
pany, said his information did not con-
firm the allegation that President Cas-
tro had brought pressure upon the
Court in this matter.
At the Annual Meeting of
the
Pennsylvania Railroad Stock
holders Today, it Was Decided
to Issue New Bonds not Exceed
ing Fifty Million Dollars.
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, March 14. At the.an-
I nual meeting of the stockholders cf
tne Pennsylvania xtauroaa v,umiJau.y
today tiie issue ct new nonas not 10,
exceed $50,000,000 was authorized.
THE TREATY DISCUSSION.
Senzte in
Executive Session
Decides
to continue it. i
T?v Associated Press.
NEW BOND 1SSUL
Bt PENNSYLVANIA
"Washington, March 14. The Senate sible at this session that the first
in executive session today continued steps will be taken to make two juris
the discussion of the San Domingo dictions of the State now in jurisdic
treaty. jtion No, 1.
DEADLY
DEATH OF CAPT. SWIFT.
Prominent Resident of Goldsboro Suc
cumbs to An Attack of Pneumonia.
Special to The News.
Goldsboro, N. C, March 14. Capt.
Wesley C. Swift, of Kinstop, died last
night, death resulting from "an attack
of penumonia. He had been sick but
one week, and the last moments of the
suffering man were attended with ter
rible struggling for breath. Tne death
of Capt. Swift being so sudden, and
for many other reasons, is very sad,
and has cast a gloom over the entire
city of Kinston. He was a member
cf the Elks Royal Arch and Blue
Lodge of Masons, Odd Fellows, Hoo;
Hcos, Woodmen, Mystic Circle and j
Knights cf Harmony Families Protec-'
tive Union.
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WRECKED ON FRYING PAN.
Yacht cf New York Millionaire Meets
y Disaster in Storm.
Special to The News.
Wilmington, March 14. Harry L.
Powers, son of Jesse Powers, a New
York millionaire, arrived in the city,
bringing the story of the wreck of his
yacht off Frying Pan shoals during a
recent storm while on his way to Palm
Beach. Powers and members of the
crew clung to the vessel two days,
expecting her to go to pieces.
STRIKE SPIRIT BEING CRUSHED.
Traffic Conditions on the New York
Railway Lines Are Improving.
ByNeAwYork March 14 -The traffic '
ondHinlT on rtf -wUJi ne0,jc
conditions on the elevated railroads
and subway were slightly improved to-
day. All strikers whose wages had been
previously advanced because of the
length of their service, secured re-em
ployment only at the sacrifice of what-
ever advance in wages they had ob-1
o,-r,Q On ,a ..4x
?tained. So crushed was the strike spirit
that men accepted the reduction with-
out a protest.
THE EMDITIOII
Hearing in the Case Has Been
GA R
PostDOned Until March 22nd turning to his home early this morn
rubipuiieu until marcn zna, t n& went Into his store on the same
When, it is Said, It Will. Posi
tively be Taken Up. Motion
by Counsel of Defense.
By Associated Press.
Montreal, March 14. -At the request
of attorneys of Messrs. Gaynor and
Greene, whose extradition U. S. au
thorities are endeavoring to effect,
their case has been postponed until
March 22, when, it is said, it will pos
itively be taken up.
FUNERAL SERMON OVER 'PHONE.
Man Sick in Hospital Hears Services
Over Wife's Remains.
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, March 14. Lying on a cot
in the Allegheny General Hospital,
Benjamin P. Walsh, an Alleghany
druggist, had a telephone receiver ad
justed to his ears this afternoon and
i listener to the funeral sermon nreached
i over hi3 dead wife at his UOnie, two
miles away. In the room filled with
mourners a telephone transmitter had
been arranged, so the Rev. Thomas
Park could address the sick man as
well asthe friends near the coffin.
PAYMASTER TO RETIRE.
Majcr BuIIie Will Go Out With Rank
of General.
By Associated Press.'
Washington, March 14. Major John
L. Bulls will be promoted and retired
a Brigadier-General next month, and
. tllA fir -,,-,,,. tn h Kn hnn.
er-General next month, and
paymaster to be so hon-
j H was in the line years ago and a
i noted scout, being voted a sword by the
i State of Texas for bravery in fighting
the Apaches.
Had -he not transferred to ' the pay
J corps be would now be a colonel, and
j his promotion has been decided upon
I because of his fine record. N
THE WOODMEN ABE
. IN CONSULTATION
. Delegates From South Carolina,
Florida, Alabama and Georgia
are Holding Bi-Ennial Conven
tion in Savannah. May Create
New Jurisdiction.
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Ga., March 14. Threa
hundred delegates representing the
-woodmen cf World in jurisdiction No.
1, consisting of South Carolina, Flori -
a, Georgia and Alabama, met here to-
day in bi-ennial session. The session
will last three days, during which mat
ters of interest to Woodmen of the
South will be considered. It is pos-
FIRE
SCORE OF PEOPLE
ROASTED TO DEATH
III TENEMENT FIRE
'
More Than a
Score of Persons
Burned to Death, Several
Fatally Injured and Half a Hun
dred Were Slightly Hurt jn
New York Fire.
Men, Women and Children Stood
Literally Roasting to Death on
Fire Escapes in Full View of
Hundreds Who Were Helpless
to Save Them.
By Associated Press.
"Wow VriT'lr Mornh ILMtnotann nor.
Rfins were hnrnprl tn rtpath Rp.veral
were so badly hurt thev may die, and
forty others received slighter hurts in
a fire that Poetically destroyed a five-
story tenement house in Allen street
todav Th fi had a-alnd trreat
loaa7" v , .? ,tt , g 1
edW ef5I? I1 hC?me nl
J11"BL "L
wcie cut uiL uciore wey uuma uicuvc
vn attempt to save themselves.
, AI""1U'5 "uq "arms ieai's
for life marked the fire. Scores were
carried from the blazing building. The
firemen climbed the walls on their
scaling ladders, braved the flames and
reached the imperilled tenants.
Crowded fire escapes in the rear of
I the tenement house were largely re-
sponsible for so many deaths and in
juries among its population, which ap
proached 200 souls.
The scenes about the building when
the search for' the dead was begun
wrere heartrending. The fire started
:n the basement, occupied by Isaaa
Davis, his wife and three children.
Davis had been out last night, and re-
floor just in time to see a kerosene
lamp in the rear explode. ; He awoke
his wife, and both tried to put out the,
flaming lamp, but without . success,
end then gave all their attention to .
getting their children out of the burn
ing building. A policeman who heard
ihe cry of alarm rushed to the scene,
and every effort was made to arouse
the sleeping persons in the house. In
the meantime the flames spread with
startling rapidity, and when persons
who had been asleep on the upper
floors awoke they found themselves
confronted by a wall of flames on
nearly every fide.
Scenes of the wildest description
followed, panic stricken people fight
ing for their lives rushing to fire es
capes, only to find them littered with
rubbish of all descriptions, and almost
impassable. Down through this nar
row passage way flowed a stream of
humanity. On some of the escapes
the rubbish was so closely packed it
became impossible to pass certain
points, ?.nd men., women and children
stood literally roasting to death as
tie flames roared through the win
dows around them. On one escape
Policeman John J. Dwan ran a plank
across to a window of an adjoining
building. Nearly a dozen persons had
been carried across this narrow bridge
by the policeman, when it caught fire.
Rushing into the fire the policeman
seized a little child end started on his
last return trip, when the plank broke
and the rescuer id rescued fell to
a stone paved yard Wenty feet below.
The maa struck fairly on his back,
and one of his shoulders was shatter
ed. The child was uninjured.
Heroes developed and made brave
and thrilling rescues. Men and wom
en on fire escapes were roasted to
death before the eyes of the horror
stricken crowd. Now and then one
of those on the rubbish choked es
capes would jump to the ground with
a scream. After the fire was under
control the street wa3 filled with half
dressed, weeping people, seeking rela
tives, imploring firemen and police
men to go into the burning building
and rescue loved ones whom they be
lieved were perishing there.
SHERIFF SURRENDERS.
Kentucky Official Charged With Com
plicity in Murder Case.
By Asswcisinu I'retss.
Lexington, Ky., March 14. Edward
Callahan, sheriff of: Breathitt county,
indicted with Hargises on the charge
of conspiracy to kill James Cockrell, of
whose case the court recently gnve Fay
ette county jurisdiction, surrendered
today.
FRANCIS B. LOOMIS.
Announced That He Will Be Appointed
Ambassador to Mexico.
By Associated Press.
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Wasnington, March 14. Francis B.
oomis, first assistant Secretary of
State, will be appointed, it is planned
! now, ambassador to Mexico in succes-
sion to Edwin E. Conger, when the lat
ter shall retire next summer to become
a candidate for Governor of Iowa. '
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North Carolina Postmaster.
Washington, March 14. Anderson
Wfrtiams is appointed fourth-class
postmaster at Norfleet N. C,
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