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VOL. XXXFII NO. 6143.
CHA' OTTE, N. C, WEDNESDSAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1905.
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EX-CASHIER DEWEY
MUST SERVE TERM
III PEHIT EHTIARY
Supreme Court Refuses to Grant
New Trial in The Case Of T. W
Dewey, Defaulting Cashier Of
Newbern. Dispensary Roundly
Denounced.
Plant and Live Stock of The Sou
thern Saw Mill And Lumber Co.
Sold at Auction For $34,525.
Gattisvs. Kilgo Case Continued
Until Next Week.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, Oct 4. The Supreme Court
handed down its opinion in he case of
Thomas W. Dewey, the defaulting cash
ier of the Merchants' and Farmers'
Bank, of Newbern, denying motion for
a new trial.Counsel for the defendant
asked for a new trial on account of the
presiding judge's failure to reduce his
entire charge to writing and for mis
direction in the oral charge. Chief Jus
tice Clark and Hoke dissented from the
opinion.which says that, after full and
careful consideration of all the excep
tions, some of which were taken only
out of abundant caution and need not
be noticed, it finds nothing predujicial
the the defendant, entitling him to an
other trial. "
Dewey was cashier of the bank and
was more familiar with the books,
which were relied on to show his
changes and false entries therein and
his embezzlements. He and his able
counsel had full access to them in per
forming his defence, and it was furth
er in evidence that he fled the State
and was absent many months and
that, whil so absent, he wrote a let
ter seeking to compromise matters
and escape criminal punishment in
which he fully admitted his guilt.
This letter was part of the record.
It will be recalled that in the trial
one of the counsel for the state said
that Dewey in his letter thought to
make the Almighty a part in escaping
punishment for one's crime.
Dispensary Denounced.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 4. At a big mass
meeting of citizens last night under
the auspices of the state convention of
the W. C. T. U., in session here, a
vigorous attack was made on the dis
pensary. The principal speaker was
Rev. J. C. Massee, who said among
other cutting things that "We condemn
the barkeeper for taking the revenues.
We wrest his business from him by
law and become the takers of blood
money ourselves. He uses the money
to improve his property. We use it to
improve ours. He uses his money to
educate his children; we use it to ed
ucate ours. He uses it to pay his tax
es; we use it to lower ours. We de
nounce him as a wretch and destroyer
of life: we congratulate ourselves as
conservators of morals. Shame on us
that we have not made better moral
discriminations than these."
Lumber Plant Sold.
Under order of the United States
plant and live stock of the Southern
Saw Mill and Lumber Company, of
Robeson county, was sold at auction
yesterday at. Kingsdale, the special
commissioner being Mr. Phillip Bus
bee, of Raleigh, and Brook Empie, of
Wilmington. The price was $34,525 for
the plant and $3,100 for the live stock.
Gattis vs. Kilgo Case.
Owing to the fact that Associate Jus
tice Brown will be out of the city for
several days the supreme court has
seen fit to postpone until Thursday of
next week the argument of the case
of Gattis vs. Kilgo, which was to come
up this morning. This is the case in
which Rev. T. J. Gattis, now of Char
lotte, demands of President J. C. Kil
go, of Trinity College, and B. N. Duke
damages for injury to character in
publishing the proceedings of the trus
tees of Trinity some years ago. Pre
viously verdicts, one for $20,000 and
the other for $15,000, had been secured
in Granville county and new trials se
cured from the supreme court in each
case.
BATTLESHIP PENNSYLVANIA.
Selected to Convey President Roose
velt From New Orleans to Norfolk.
One Veteran Stabs Another.
Washington, Oct 4 The armored
cruiser Pehnslyvania has been tenta
tively selected to convey the President
from New Orleans to Norfolk on his
return from his Southern trip. From
Norfolk the President will be conveyed
to Washington by the Mayflower.
READY TO SAIL
By Associated Press.
Yokahoma, Oct. 4. Miss Alice Roose
velt and party arrived to-day from
Shimonczek. Miss Roosevelt was re
ceived by the American minister, the
American consul, the Imperial -Master
of Colonies and the Governor, but de
clined any formalities. Miss Roose
velt's party leave Yokohama for. San
Francisco on the steamer Siberia.
MISS ALICE NOW
MOST DESPERATE CRIME.
Camden, S.'C, Mercant Killed and. the
Murderer Made His Escape.
A special from Camden. S. C. to the
Columbia State, says:
Mr. R. A. McDowall. a merchant of
this city, was waylaid and foully mur
dered en his way home to-night about
9 o'clock and robbed of his watch, keys
and all the money he had with him. He
was struck in the back of the head, pre
sumably with a heavy club.
The spot selected was near a large
tree opposite Hampton Park. As he was
late coming home Mrs. McDowall, his
wife, said to her son, Robbie, who is
about 13 or 14 years old, that he had
better go and see wnat was detaining
his father. He had not gone far be
fore he stumbled over his father, who
was in the last throes of death.
The city is thoroughly aroused and
all streets are heavily guarded to pre
vent the escape of the assassin. The
bloodhounds will be immediately se
cured from the State farm, which is
about 12 miles distant.
Chief of Police Haile is very active
and is leaving nothing undone to cap
ture the guilty party.
ANOTHER BLACK CRIME.
One Tragedy Follows Close on the
Heels of Another Intense Excite
ment Prevails.
Special to The News.
Columbia, S. C, Oct. 4. Camden had
another sensation to-day in addition to
the murder of Mr. McDowall last night.
This morning some distance from
where Mr. McDowall's body was found.
Mr. Porter, another citizen, was found
in an unconscious condition with a
deep gash in his head. Reports from
Camden are that he will die, and the
intensest excitement reigns.
McDowall was prominently identified
with the prosecution of Gillis, a white
man, who was to be tried this week for
the murder of a negro. He has used
every possible legal technicality to
avoid trouble. Mr. Porter was a juror
for the week. These circumstances may
lead to unravelling the mystery.
PRISON HIS HOME.
Man Who Has Already Served 39
Years Behind Bars, Gets 10 More.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Oct. 4. Frank Hope, aged
59, who has served 39 years behind
bars, pleaded guilty to the charge of
swindling and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for ten years. Hope's real
name is said to be Puncheon and it is
said he has respectable relatives in
London, England. He was released
from Joliet prison in Augusta and had
been at liberty only two weeks when
arrested. He confessed that he adver
tised for a woman to act as traveling
companion for children and .then rob
hed the applicants for the position.
RALEIGH MAN SHOOTS THREE.
John Fischer, Seaboard Engineer,
Kills One and Wounds Two Others
in Mobile Saloon.
By Associated Press.
Mobile, Oct. 4. Price Baker, aged
28, member of a prominent family, was
shot and killed, and Hamilton McKean,
aged 26, and Joseph Hart, Jr., aged 28,
were wounded by John Fischer, an en
gineer on the Seaboard Air Line, with
headquarters at Raleigh. The shooting
occurred in a saloon. An old feud is
supposed to have led to the tragedy.
Fischer comes of a well known Mobile
family and was here on a visit. He
refused to talk. McKean is perhaps
fatally wounded.
MISTOOK LIGHT
T
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Italian Steamer, Bound Grom Nor
folk Fcr New Orleans. Stranded
Off Cape Hatteas Last Night In
Thick Weather. Ship May Be
Floated.
By Associated Press.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 4. Because the
captain mistook Cape Hatteras light
for Diamond shoals, the Italian steam
er Citta Dipalermo, Norfolk for New
Orleans, in ballast, stranded 'on dia
mond shoals, a mile from Cape Hat
teras life saving station last night dur
ing thick weather. The crew of thirty
men landed in life boats. The ship ly
ing easy, may be floated without dif
ficulty. - Big Fire in Birmingham.
By Associated Press.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 4. Fire at
midnight destroyed the building and
stock of the Tyler Grocery Company,
South 20th street and Powel avenue.
Loss $70,000. The Tyler Company
! burned out on Morris avenue six weeks
ago and had just been removed to
new quarters.
500 Miners Strike.
By Associated Press. -
Mahanoy City, Pa., Oct. 4. Alleging
that union men are being displaced by
non-union men, 500 employes, of the
Morea colliery of the Dodson Coal Co.
have struck. Firemen and pump engi
neers joined the strikers.
Another-Advance in Oil.
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Oct. 4. The Standard Oil
advanced the price of Pennsylvania
and Tiona oil five cents. Other grades
are not changed.
RATE LEGISLATION
IS NEAR THE HEART
OFTHEPRESIDEBT
President Roosevelt Is Dead In
Earnest On- the Subject of Rail
road Rate Legislation And He
Is Just As Determined As He
Ever Was.
Important Conference Held At the
White Honse Today Between
The President And Congress
man Townsend, And The Latter
Gives Ou An Interview.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 4 "President
Roosevelt is dead in earnest on the
subject of rate legislation and is just
as determined as ever that legislative
regulations shall be enacted looking to
Federal supervision of the freight rate
situation.
This statement was made by Repre
sentative Townsend, of Michigan, one
of the authors of the so-called Town
send railroad rate bill which passed the
House of Representatives last winter,
after a conference with President
Roosevelt. The conference was the
most interesting and important held at
the White House. The President has
taken up the subject of railroad freight
rates with an earnest desire to reach
such conclusion as would be satisfac
tory generally, but he adheres to the
principle embodied in the legislation
proposed at the last session of Con
gress.
PRESIDENT DECLINED.
Confederate Veterans of Virginia Ask
ed Him to Attend Their Reunion at
Petersburg This Month.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 4 Senator Martin
headed a delegation representing civic
and commercial bodies of Petersburg at
the White House, the mission being to
extend an invitation to the President to
attend the annual reunion of Confed
erate Veterans of Virginia, at Peters
burg this month. The President ex
pressed regret that he would be unable
to be present, as he would be on a trip
hrough the-South.
WASTED TO F
A GOERJEPOBLIC
Nephew Of the Famous 'Boer Gen
eral, Christian Dewet. Arreited
On Charge Ot Trying to Over
throw German Rule In South
west Africa.
By Associated Press.
Berlin. Oct. 4. Andrew Dewet, a
nephew of the famous Boer General,
Christian Dewet, has been arrested
in a suburb of Windhoek, German
Southwest Africa, with four other
Boers, accused of plotting the over
throw of German rule in Southwest
Africa and creating a Boer Republic
THE CARTER HEARING.
Defendant Admits Borrowing $10,000
From Westcott, But Denies Tnat
Money Came From Gaynor and
Greene.
Chicago, Oct. 4. In the hearing of
Captain Carter, who is attempting to
nrevent. the Federal Government from
confiscating $600,000 found in his
possession at the time oi his arrest,
Attnmev Erwin. for the government.
nuestioned the defendant regarding
the loan of $10,000 said to have been
made to Carter by Carter s father-m
law. Westcott. at Savannah, in De
cember. 1895. Carter acknowledged
receiving the loan, but denied that the
money came from Gaynor and Greene.
The defendant's financial .tranactions
were traced, day by day, through the
years 1895, 1896 and 1897. Most of
the tranactions referred to were with
R. F. Westcotto and New York stock
brokers. Documentary evidence sub
mitted shows that Carter's deals in
stocks and bonds were uniformly suc
cessful. OFFICERS OF W. C. T. U.
State Convention Adjourns' After
Election of Officers.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, Oct. 4. The State Women's
Christian Temperance Union adjourn
ed this afternoon, after election of the
following officers: President, Mrs. L.
A. Winston, cf Morganton; vice presi
dent, Miss March, of Winston-Salem;
corresponding secretary, Miss Notie
Johnson, of High Point; recording sec
retary, Mrs. George White, of Guilford
College; treasurer, Miss Cartland, of
Greensboro. Delegates to the general
convention, Mrs. Shore, of Kenersville.
Broker Peckham Didn't Respond.
Wasington, Oct. 4. Frederick A.
Peckham, the New York broker in
dicted on the charge of participating
in irregularities in connection with
cotton crop report of the Department
of Agriculture, failed, to respond
when his name was called in crimi
nal court. It . was stated complica
tions had arisen over the responsi
bility of New York.
ORM
NICK WILLIAMS CASE.
May Be Continued On Account of the
Illness of the Defendant's Wife.
Case Against ex-Deputies May Also
Go Over.
Special to The News.
Greensboro, Oct. 4. Lawyers con
tinue to gather here, being attracted by
fees paid in behalf of parties indicated
in the Federal Court from all sorts and
sizes of clients, the most important of
course being those concerned in the
Old Nick Williams Distilling Company
cases and those against the ex-deputy
collectors indicted at the special term
a few weeks ago.
It is not probable that more of the
big cases will be tried, and if this
proves a correct forecast, court will
not last longer than this week, except
for civil cases. While the Glenn Wil
liams case has not been called, it is
now pretty certain that it cannot be
tried. Mr. Williams has not been here
at all, and it now transpires that his
wife is critically ill, and has been ser
iously sick for two weeks. This being
the case there will necessarily have tq
be a continuance. Neither is it prob
able that the deputy collectors' cases
will be tried. Of course both sides have
been claiming the greatest desire for a
speedy hearing. This is natural and is
a justifyable form of professional
"bluff." Yesterday attorneys for de
fendants asked permission of the court
to take the bills of indictment out of
the clerk's office for the purpose of ex
amination and inspection. Judge Boyd
said this was against the rules, but the
bills were lost or mislaid, the trial
should proceed on the recorded copy on
the clerk's docket. This morning Judge
Bynum asked the court to issue an or
der for Collector Harkins to furnish de
fendants with certain records of office
returns in his office. Judge Boyd did
not grant this request, saying he would
have to take a little time to examine
more closely into it, as he was of the
opinion that it was contrary to rules of
the Court as regulated by the depart
ment and constructed by the Supreme
Court.
NINTH DAY ON THE STAND.
Captain Oberlin Carter Is Again Put
Through a Searching Examination
By Federal Authorities.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Inquiry into the financial
transactions of Captain Carter, which
netted him a fortune o.f $600,000 in
a few years and resulted in his serv
ing five years in a military prison on
the charge of defrauding the federal
Government, was resumed to-day be
fore Special Examiner Wyman.
Asst. U. S. Attorney General Erwin
Questioned the defendant closely re
garding a series of bond deals made
in New York in October, 1895. Docu
mentary evidence was introduced by
attorneys for the government showing
that the defendant purchased railroad
bonds aggregating 8600,000 in October
1895. Captain Carter explained that
the money used in acquiring these
securities belonged to Westcott his
father-in-law. Carter said ue simply
acted as Westcott's financial agent in
the transactions. The Government
produced bank books and accounts
which showed that in nearly every
instance the interest coupons of these
bonds were later deposited to the cre
dit of Carters personal bank account.
The defendant declared it was done
under direction of his father-in-law,
who was traveling in Europe at the
time.
This was Carters ninth consecutive
day on the witness stand. It is ex
pected it will take several more weeks
or government attorneys to complete
Carter's cross examination.
FOOTBALL SATURDAY.
Davidson and Carolina Will Line Up
at the Park Saturday Afternoon.
Local football enthusiasts are mani
festing much interest in the contest
that is to be pulled off here Saturday
between the elevens of Davidson Col
lege and the University of North Caro
lina. For some reason this game was
not played last season which has caus
ed a considerable amount of comment,
it being claimed that one of the teams
would not agree to meet the other
on the grounds that the two elevens
This, however, is not known to be a
fact but it is known that the teams fail
ed to play and there are many in Char
lotte and neighboring towns who an
ticipate the game.
The last contest between Davidson
and Carolina was a very close one.
The teams averaged up evenly in
weight and "tricks" and at the end
of the first , half it appeared that the
victor might be named by the toss of
a coin.
CAME AFTER CHILDREN.
Mr. Dunn Takes His Children Back to
Richmond County.
Mr. J. A. Dunn formerly of Charlotte
but now of Richmond County, arrived
in the city yesterday morning and re
turned home last night with his chil
dren. It seems that Mrs. Dunn left Rich
mend County three or four . weeks
ago, bringing her children here with
her. This was against Mr. Dunn's
wishes, so he took took steps to have
them brought back home. He secured
habius corpus papers, signed by
Judge Peonies with above result.
Officially Notified.
The Gray Drug Company was offi
cially notified last night of the action
taken by the board of aldermen Mon
day night, revoking their whiskey
license. The notice was signed by the
Mayor and served by Chief of Police
H. C. Irwin.. It went into effect imme
diately upon delivery.
PEACE TREATY PASSED.
Japanese Privy Council Endorses the
Terms Agreed Upon at Ports-
mouth.
By. Associated Press.
Tokio, Oct. 4. The peace treaty has
passed the privy council.
JOHN A,M'CALLKAS
SOMETHING TO SAY
OF
Says Three Quarters Of the Bills
On Insurance Legislation Intro
duced In Various States Are
For Blackmailng Purposes.
Committee Resumes Its Work.
Presfdent of New York Life Again
On the Stand, Explains Further
Some Of The Methods Employ
ed. By the Big Insurance. Also
Tells About Mortuary Report.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 4. President Mc
Call, of the New York Life, was again
called to-day to testify before the Leg
islative Investigating Committee. When
the session was resumed Mr. McCall de
scribed in detail the system used in
making reports to the State Insurance
Department and also explained the
mortality tables followed by the New
York Life.
McCall denied that the New York
Life discriminated against American
soldiers in the Spanish war. It was
alleged recently that the New. York
Life, at the outbreak of the Spanish
war made more liberal terms with
Spanish policy holders who might serve
as soldiers than it did with Americans
in similar circumstances.
In a statement on the general legis
lative experience of his company, Mc
Call said three-quarters of the bills on
insurance legislation introduced into
various states were blackmailing bills.
One Veteran Kills Another.
By Associated Press.
Hampton, Va,, Oct. 4. John Sulli
van, Spanish-American war veteran,
was probably fatally stabbed by Pat
rick Murpy, a civil war veteran, at
National Soldiers' Home after a quar
rel last night.
BIG IMPROVEMENT
INTOWNOF SPENCER
Contract For $35,000 For Mun
icipal Improvements Awarded
to Virginia Firm. The Ground
Broken For the New Water
Works System,
Special to The News.
Spencer, Oct. 4. A contract for
$35,000 for municipal improvements
in Spencer was last night awarded by
the Board of Aldermen to C. Markley,
of Roanoke, Va. The improvements
include a sewerage system, streets
and sidewalks, exclusive of a $10,000
graded school building not yet award
ed. The Spencer Water Company,
owned by H. A. Pressey and F. R.
Weller, of Washington, J. N. Stout
others, of New York, today broke
ground for a $50,000 water works sys
tem in Spencer.
REV. A. R. SHAW ACCEPTS.
The Call to Become Pastor of the
Tenth Avenue Church of This City.
Rev. A. R. Shaw, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church at Portsmouth,
Va., has accepted the call extended to
him by the Tenth Avenue Church of
this city and will arrive in Charlotte
about the first of December. The com
mittee that left Charlotte last week to
officially extend the call, attended his
service Sunday and afterwards urged
him to accept. Mr. Shaw appeared be
fore the Presbyterian Ministers of Nor
folk and Portsmouth, at an informal
meeting yesterday morning and report
ed that the committee had attended his
service and extended the call. He ac
cepted the call afterwards.
Mr. Shaw's acceptance will be wel
come news to Charlotte people, many of
whom had the opportunity of hearing
his excellent sermons during the sum
mer when he preached a month at the
First Presbyterian Church in Dr. How
erton's absence. He is an able preach
er and the congregation of the Tenth
Avenue Chut ch is to be congratulated
on securing him as their pastor. He
is a brother of Judge T. J. Shaw, of the
Superior Court, and of Miss Cornelia
Sbaw, of this city. - - ' .
Mr. Orr Goes to Winston.
Mr. W. S. Orr, secretary and general
manager of the Mecklenburg Fair
Association left this morning for
Winston to t?.ke in the second day of
the Forsyth County fair, which open
ed yesierday morning. Mr. Orr goes
there in the interest of our fair, to
book some of the race horses and to
get other points.
Football Saturday.
Grain Market.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Oct. 4. Free selling sent
December wheat down to 83 and
clear, warm weather depressed Decem
ber corn to 43.
BLACKMAILING
STUDENT BODY COMING.
Davidson Boys Making Preparations
For the Game With Carolina Here
Saturday.
Special to The News.
Davidson, Oct. 4. The tent meeting
which has been going on for the past
week broke vup Sunday night, having
been conducted by Rev. Mr. Willis, of
Cornelius.
On last Friday night Dr. Stokes Mun
roe gave "a talk to the college Y. M. C.
A., which was greatly enjoyed by all
present. -
Mr. A. P. Howell, who is the leader
of the orchestra, has been meeting with
the members twice a week.
Mr. H. A. McMurry, class of 1903,
and Mr. Vickery, who entered with the
class of 1905, have entered the medical
college here.
Mr. J. L. Adams, of the senior class,
came in a few days ago. Mr. Adams
was operated on for appendicitis and
was not able to enter at the opening of
the term.
The student body will go to Char
lotte next Saturday to witness the game
with the University of North Carolina,
The foot-ball team will make a trip ,
to Virginia about the middle of the
month, when they play the Virginia
Military Institute. They will also make
the Georgia Tech. and the University
of Georgia sometime next month.
Dr. Smith gave his second lecture on
'Keys of Study." He had a large crowd
and was listened to with attention. .
Mr. C. H. Watts, from Thomasville,
Ga., a member of the senior class,
had his leg broken during a foot-ball
scrimmage Monday evening.
A BIG INCREASE.
In the Receipts of the Charlotte Post
Office.
. The receipts for the month of Sep
tember at the Charlotte Post Office
show some increases that are - really
surprising.
In the money order department an
increase of $6,151.00 is noted over the
corresponding month, last year. An in
crease of $1607.15 is shown in the sale
of stamps, stamped envelopes, postal
cards and postage on second class mat
ter over September 1904.
The receipts for the past month from
the sale of stamps, stamped envelopes,
postal cards and postage on second
class matter amounted to $8542.81 For
the corresponding month last year the
receipts amounted to $6935.66.
The deposits in the money order de
partment for September amounted to
$16,000. For the corresponding month
last year the receipts amounted to
$9846.
The rural free delivery carriers
handled during the month of Septem
ber 22.921 pieces of first class mail; 21,
488 pieces of second class mail and
6639 pieces of odd mail matter, making
a total of 51,048 pieces.
FELL FROM A WINDOW.
Wife and S3n of Bank Cashier Tried
to Hold His Feet, But They Failed.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 4. Notwithstanding
the desperate struggle of wife and son
to hold him by his feet after he had
fainted and toppled over the sill of an
open window, George F. Krapp, aged
52, cashier of the Cooper Exchange
Bank, who had been in ill health, fell
to the street from the fourth floor of
his home to-day and was killed.
COUNTY TREASURER SHOT.
Governor Heyward Suspends (Treas
urer of Edgefield, Who Is Short
$4,000. V
Special to The News.
Columbia, S. C, Oct. 4. The Gover
nor to-day suspended J. T. Pattison,
treasurer of Edgefield Connty, who is
short in his account over $4000.
FIVE FARMERS SUE
Suits Aggregating $40,090 Filed
In the Clerk's Office at Yorkville
All Claim Their Lands Have
Been Damaged By Back Water
Trom The Big Dam.
Five farmers of York county, South
Carolina, have brought suits against
the Catawba Power Company for va
rious sums amounting In aggregate to
$40,000.
It is alleged by the plaintiffs that
their lands lying on the Catawba river
have been greatly damaged on account
o the back water from the company's
big dam, near Fort Mill.
Mr. Samuel S. Smith, a large land
owner of York county has instituted
suit against the company for $14,000
damages to his lands on the Catawba
liver.
Mr. D. M. Johnson, another large
land owner, alleges that he has sus
tained damages to the amount of $12,
000 from the same cause.
Mr. W. W. Anten claims that he has
been damaged to the amount o $8,000.
Mr. D. C. Boyd claims that the back
water from the dam has damaged him
to the amount of $3,500.
Mr. J. R. Wallace assesses his dam
ages at $2,400.
All of the above named defendants
filed their complaints with the clerk of
the court of York county last Saturday.
It is understood that Finley and Jen
nings, . the well known attorneys of
Yorkville, will prosecute these suits
against the Catawba Power Company,
which is now known as the Southern
Power Company.
The main office of the Southern
Power Co. is in Charlotte. A News man
called at the office to-day but no one
was in who would discuss these suits.
CATAWBA POWER CO
GENERAL RAISING
OF QUARANTINE
ON OCTOBER 13TH
Towns And Parishes Throughout
Louisiana Show Disposition To
Lift Qnarantines Latter Part Cf
Next Week. Fever Situation !s
No Longer Alarming. .
For Fiftfi Day Not A Single New
Case Is Reported From the 0
riginally Infected District Nj
Deaths In Emergency Hospital.
General Improvement
- New Orleans, Oct. 4. To business
men the most encouraging feature of
the fever situation is the disposition
manifested by the parishes and towns
in Louisiana to raise quarantines about
October 13th in harmony with the sug
gestion of Dr. White and President
Souchon. ,
To-day was another day of gloomy
weather with light showers, but the
fever situation has lost whatever
alarming features it may have pos
sessed. For the fifth day there has
not been a single case reported from
the originally infected region and for
several days no deaths have occurred
in th emergency hospital, while cases
under treatment there have dropped to
38 and nearly all patients are doing
well. Above Canal street old cases are
recovering more numerously than new
noes are being reportd.
The State University will open No
vember 1. The various departments of
Tulane University will open about the
same time. Public schools in many
parts of Louisiana are already in oper
ation, ,
Superintendent Easton, of the New
Orleans schools, has issued an order to
six hundred teachers to give brief
talks daily to children on the mosquito
theory. .
New cases, 9; total, 3,981; deaths, 2;
total, 398.
THE PRESIDENT'S COMING.
Most Important Speech of His South
ern Tour WiH Be Delivered While
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By Associated .Press. 3
Washington, Oct. 4.--Colletor of In
ternal Revenue Thompson called on the
President with a committee represent
ing the commercial bodies of Birming
ham to arrange finally the details of the
President's visit on the 24th instant.
The President will spend two hours at
Birmingham, arriving at 4.30 and leav
ing at 6.30 P. M. The President will de-
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crrmmni.ee sain it wuuiu ue necessar
stay, for the citizens of Birmingham
it Dilution iuucu ui uie great ueiuuusu
tion which had been arranged in a 11
tative way. ' , -' t
Senator Simmons, of North Carolin;,
conferred with the President regarding
his trip through that State. He urf-ed
the President to make a longer stop at
Raleigh than had been scheduled and to
make some other stops in the State, in
addition to those arranged, but the
President said he could not vary from
the program now laid down. The
President's speech at Raleigh will be
one of the most important on the trip.
. The President will make stops at
Durham, High Point, Greensboro and
Charlotte. ;
CASE OF COLLECTOR STUART.
President Orders Two Men Restored
to Former Positions at Newport
News.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Get. 4. Civil Service
Commissioner Greene, had a conference
wiili the President regarding the com
plaint made some time ago ' against
Capt. Stuart, collctor at Newport News
of violation of civil service regulations.
It appears that soon after Capt. Stuart
assumed his duties he dismissed sev
eral employes on the grounds that
there was not sufficient work to -keep
them employed. H reduced two divis
ion chiefs, Edloe Morrecock and E.
Eubak, to the rank of inspector. ; It is
alleged that Stuart was actuated by
political motives as all the men af
fected were Democrats. The President
has ordered Morrecock and Eubank re
stored to their old rank and when ad
ditional men are needed those dis
missed shall be mployed if they de
sire former positions.
Congressman Simpson Improved.
By Associated Press.
Wichita, Kans., Oct 4. Congress
man JJJeJrry Simpson is much Im
proved, JAPAN AND RUSSIA
By Associated Press.
i Washington, Oct. 4. Diplomatic re
lations between Russia and Japan
vvere resumed at the State Department
f5r a short time to-day while Russian
Ambassador Rosen and Japanese Min
ister Takahira discussed the forms of
ratification of their respective coun
tries.
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