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THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
VOL. XXXI11--NO. 6144.
CK ,LOTTE, N. C, THURSDSAY EVENING, OCTOBER .5. 1905.
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NEWS.
MUTUAL LIFE ALSO
TRIBUTOfi TO
ELECTION FUNDS
Legal Counsel For Mutual Life Of
New York Tells Committee That
His Company Made Donation To
Campaign Purse. Other Evi
dence. Lawyer Hamilton Received Enor
mons Rebates For Having Had
Repealed the Tax Law On In
surance Companies.. For That
He Received $90,000.
By Associated Press.
New York. Oct. 5 W.. F. Thummel
legal counsel for the Mutual life, tes
tified that he received $2,500 from
Vice President Granniss in 1904 and
had paid it personally to the chairman
of the Republican Congressional Cam
paign Committee. Thummel said the
contribution had been suggested by
the "Danger of a Democratic house
that would result in tariff and other
legislation of such character as would
upset business and affect policy hold
ers." Other companies. Thummel said,
had been asked to contribute, but he
did not know whether they did or not.
gument there or elsewhere..
How States Are Divided.
In reply to a question as to the divis
ion of legal expenses among the New
York Life, the Mutual Life and the
Equitable, Thummel said:
"The Mutual Life has Virginia, North
Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio,
Michigan, Minnesota, Washington, Ore
gon and New Mexico. The Equitable
attends to Maryland, South Carolina,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas,
Colorado, Arkansas, California and
Nevada. The New York Life has In
diana. Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kan
sas, Missouri, Tennessee and Okla
homa. The rest of the territory is
open."
Robert H. McCurdy, general manager
of the Mutual Life, was called. Pay
ments amounting to $1,059,267 in com
missions were made to Robert H. Mc
curdy, son of President McCurdy, of the
Mutual Life, by that company during
the years 1893 to 1905. McCurdy was
superintendent of the company's for
eign department and received a com
mission on all foreign business. His
rate of commission was reduced several
times at his own request, but despite
the reduced rate his compensation grew
until it amounted to $99,158 for the year
1302 alone.
PLIGHT OF TWO CITIZENS.
Failing to Find a Lodging House,
They Slept in a Car.
With one of those knowing smiles
on his face Capt. Tom Rowland ap
proached The News man this after
noon and said; "The next time you
sea Mr. W. S. Alexander , ask him
whera he slept iast Tuesday night."
The truth of the matter is that Mr.
V.. S. Alexander and his brother Mr.
W. C. Alexander spent Tuesday night
in a passenger coach at Taylorsville
They happened to strike Taylorsville
while Alexander Court was in session
r.nd they failed to find a lodging place
in the town . Capt. Rowland learning
of their sad plight told them to get in
one of his coaches and make the best
of it. They took kindly to the sug
gestion and remained all night aboard
the car.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Commission Will Decide What Phases
of the Problem Shall Be Studied
Abroad.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 5. Many prominent
men met to determine what phases of
the municipal owenership problem, as
it appears in Europe, shall be studied
by the commission which will be sent
abroad representing the National Civ
ic Federation. Samuel Gompers, first
vice president o Civic Federation, pre
sided. FEVER AT PHILADELPHIA?
Suspicious Cases Held at Quarantine
By City Health Authorities. !
By Associated Press. !
Philadelphia, Oct, 5. A suspicious ;
case of fever on board the bark Tillie j jao Weds Miss Brown.
Baker, from Savannah for this port, Northport, L,. I., Oct. 5. Announce
which is held up at the State quarantine j ment has just been made of the mar
station at Marcus Hook, are under in- j riage of Frank Yamaki, ' a Japanese
vestigation by the local health author- ; photographer, of this village, to Miss
ities. The doctors of the board" of Pauline Brown, daughter of Edwin C.
health went to Marcus Hook to aid the ' Brown, cashier for the Dixon Cruci
State quarantinue physician in the in- '; ble Co. of Jersey City,
vestigation. Two of the bark's crew The groom is about 40 years old
are ill and they will be carefully J and the bride 18. They were married
watched for symptoms of yellow fever. ; July 16 by the Rev. Henry Medd, pas-
, : tor of the Methodist church. The mar-
The First Fruits. 'riage was made known today, when
Wadesboro, Oct. -5. Licenses were ! "at home" cards were received. The
granted Mondav to seven persons to couple left today on their wedding trip
retail liquors in the town of Wadesbo- The Browns formerly lived in Jeff er
ro, and as a first day's result several : son Avenue, Brooklyn,
voimcr men sons of those of our citi-; .
zens who voted for such advancement,
were seen staggering on the streets;
from th infln-nrfi nnrl direct effect of
the granting of said license. One of
them was so unfortunate as to get in
the lock up.
Italian Steamer Floated.
By Associated Press.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 5. The Italian
steamer Citta Di Palermo was floated
at noon.
JUDGE BOYD WOl' V" .OT.
He Refused to Agai tpone Trial
n the Williams Liquor Case Turn
ed a Deaf Ear to Appeals and Fixed
Today as the Time.
Special to The News.
Greensboro, Oct. 5. The only case
of importance coming up in the Unit
ed States Court yesterday was that
against the Nick Williams Distilling
Company, N. Glenn Williams and D.
E, Kennedy. This case has been
pending for two tfctirs, involving
charges of defrauding the government
out of thousands of dollars of revenue.
Certificates from physicians that
the wife of N. Glenn Williams was
critically ill filed, excused his ab
sence, but the district attorney press
oed for trial of Nick Williams Com
pany and D. E. Kennedy. Counsel for
Williams insisted that N. Glenn Wil
liams, president of the corporation,
would be irreparably damaged to
have trial proceed in his absence, the
only member present being Kennedy.
Counsel for Kennedy urged that he
could not safely go to trial without
the testimony of Williams, who alone
knew the operations of the corpora
tion's business. Counsel for private
stockholders in the corporation pre
sented the point that a trial without
the benefit of Williams' presence
yould amount to a confiscation of the
property in which they were largely
interested. Judge Boyd was deaf to
every plea, stating that Wiliams
could have his trial at another time,
but he would set the case for Thurs
day at o'clock
District Attorney j
Bolton stated that the government
had witnesses here from Washington
and from seven different States, at
heavy expense, while counsel for de
fendants, replied that to have to try
the case twice would entail double ex
pense, besides doing Williams and the
corporation great damage and wrong.
Judge Boyd would not relent. It was
also annuonced by the district ator
ney that a new bill had just been
found by the grand jury in the same
case, and he moved to consolidate
this with the bill found at Charlotte.
Defendant's counsel opposed this
streniously, but Judge Boyd allowed
consolidation.
The grand jury returned indict
ments against Sheriff F. P. Alspaugh
and his jailer, O. C. Banner, of For
syth, and Sheriff Dorsett, of Davidson
county, for an "escape," this charge
being for alleged granting of privi
leges to federal prisoners confined in
their jails under sentence from the
United States Court.
Postponed After All.
Greensboro, Oct. 5. The Williams
distillery cases are set for trial at the
special term at Greensboro on Oct. 24.
Revenue officers indictments were ta
ken up and motions to quash bills are
being argued.
WITTE KOT WORTHY
OF SPECIAL HONOR
Strong Sentiment Against Russian
Peace Commissioner Developed
Today at St- Petersburg. He
Is Held Partly Responsible For
The War With Japan.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, Oct, 5. Strong senti
ment against M. Witte developed at the
caucus of the St. Petersburg municipal
ity called to discuss civic action in rec-
ogn'tio- of his service at Portsmouth.
Suggestions that a banquet be .given
and that he be presented with 'the free
dom of the city or an address were re
jected and a resolution adopted declar
ing that he is not worthy of any spec
ial honor because of his services at
Portsmouth. "They were only a re
deeming sacrifice for the political mis
takes in which he has acquiesced,
which were responsible for the war."
Elevated Wreck Verdict.
New York, Oct. 4. Coroner Scho
ler's jury heard evidence yesterday
concerning the Ninth Avenue Eleva
ted Railroad disaster on Sept 11, when
12 persons were killed and some three
score injured by a train jumping the
track and one of the cars falling to
the street.
The jury returned a verdict holding
the motorm?.n of the train, Paul C.
Kelly and Towerman C. A. Jackson re
sponsible and recommending that
they be, held for the grand jury. Mo
torman Kelly disappeared after the
wreck and has not yet been arrested.
Jackson gave bonds in $5,000 for his
appearance in the court of general ses
sions. ; One Bid for Ocean Mail
Washington, Oct. 5 The Interna
! tional Mercantile Marine Co. today
! presented to the postoffice Department
'the only bid for carrying the mails on
route No. 57, ocean mail service, New
York to SouthamDton, for the 10-year
period beginning Oct. 12.
Its bid was $4.00 per mile for each
outward voyage, that being the max-
! imum allowed by law. It ' is under
j stood that it will be accepted.
IFIRECLA1MS MANY
VICTIMS IN II FLAT
IN BROQKLYK H. Y ,
Three Chilbren Burned to Death.
Their Parents Rescued In A Dy
ing Condition And Many Others
Seriously Hurt In A Tenement
Fire Last Night.
While A Woman Was Being Re
moved from The Building She
Gave Birth To A Child. Fire
Chief Croker Narrowly Escaped
Serious Injury.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 5. Three children
were burned to death, their parnts
rescued and taken in a dying condition
to St. Mary's Hospital; five other ten
ants were sent to hospitals suffering
from burns, and two firemen were hurt
in fire in the four-story flat house in
Reid avenue, Brooklyn, late last night.
The dead are: Charles Donnelly,
aged nine; Robert Donnelly, aged five;
Katherine Donnelly, aged twelve.
Other incidents of the fire were the
birth of a child while the mother was
being removed from the burning build
and and an accident which wrecked
Fire Chief Croker's automobile, and in
which the chief narrowly escaped ser
ious accident.
The fire is believed to have been in
cendiary. THE CLANSMAN CAPTURED.
Crowded House
Carried Away
in Raleigh Simply
With Tom Dixon's
Play.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct 5. The presenta
tion of The Clansman, the much dis
cussed play by Thomas Dixon, Jr., was
witnessed here last night by an au
dience that taxed the capacity of the
academy of music, there being also
a big audience for the matinee. The
distinguished author was called before
the curtain and tendered an ovation
It seemed to be the general opinion
here that the tendency to revive race
prejudices has been exagerated by the
critics of the play. Th receipts for the
two performances here were $1,457.
. DISPENSARY ELECTION CASE;.
The supreme court has deferred the
hearing of the argument of the ap
peal from the order by Judge Justice
for the aldermen of Raleigh to call
an election on the question of "Dispen
sary" or "Open Saloons" and he has
set the case for a hearing at the end of
the docket for the 10th district. This
will be during the first week in No
vember. The Lenoir High School dissolves
corporate existence so as to incorpo
rate the Lenoir Academy.
The Wilkes County Mining Co., and
the Oak Grove Lumber Co., the latter
of Halifax county, file notices of dis
solution. Capt. R. E. McKeithan was here
from Fayetteville and presented the
Hall of History of the State museum
the old Bethel flag. And it will be giv
en a place of honor among the ex
tensive North Carolina Confederate
flags already on exhibition there.
WILL OF CAPTAIN PRICE.
Value of the Estate Placed at About
$50,000. '
Salisbury, N. C, Oct. 5. The last
will of the late Captain Charles Price,
of this city, was made public and in
which his son Assistant District At
torney A. H. Price, is named as ex
ecutor, and his mother, Mrs. Mary
Price, as executrix of the estate The
valu e iced at about
$60,000 and consists of stocks, lands
and personal property. The estate is
left to the heirs of the deceased.
Surveys are being made today for
the location of the $12,000 library
building which was re untlv donated
to Livingstone College, situated here,
by Andrew Carnegie.
THE TREATY WILL STAND.
Japanese Public Given to Understand
That Terms of Portsmouth Confer
ence Cannot Be Changed.
Tokio, Oct. 5. In passing the peace
treaty yesterday the Privy Council
has clearly impressed upon the anti
peace agitators the impossibility of
refusal to ratify it. The energies 'of
the latter will now likely be concen
trated on an attack upon the Cabinet.
Foreign Capital for Japan.
Tokio, Oct. 5. In an address to the
Associated Chambers of Commerce to
day, Baron Kioura, minister of agri
culture and commerce dwelt on the im
portance of the introduction of foreign
capital, and said it was impossible
that the facilities for that purpose
would be extended.. He hoped that
the business men would utilize to the
utmost the benefits derived from the
Japanese victories for developing the
foreign trade. M. Sakatani, the as
sistant minister of finance, said bus-
- j iness men were expected to exert their
efforts to increase the export trade,
and maintain Japanese credit abroad.
Fleet to Honor President. ;
By Associated Press.
Newport, Oct. 4. The Fourth divis
ion of the North Atlantic fleet will ar-
1 riva -t Ttfour -Orlpnnst in t1m. r par
ticipate in the celebration in honor of
President Roosevelt.
ALONE IN BANK THEFT.
Police Are Satisfied Leonard Had No
Accomplices City Bank Will Press
Case.
New York, Oct. 5. The Pinkerton
detectives and the police have abso
lutely satisfied themselves that Harry
Leonard, the boy who did the Nation
al City Bank out of $359,000 worth of
securities by means of a forged check,
had no accomplices. Both Superinten
dent Dougherty and Acting Captain
McAuley announced to-day that all the
evidence to convict young Leonard
had been obtained, and that the case
was closed.
The City Bank, it was also made
known, is determined to prosecute
Leonard to the limit, believing that it
is no case to trifle with, if the banking
community is to be protected in the
future. They do not seem to appre
ciate Leonard's heroic "sacrifice of him
self in order to show the bankers of
the town that it was easy to steal se
curities from their banks.
Leonard was arraigned to-day in the
Tombs Court, and remanded until next
Thursday afternoon, whan his exam
ination will go on.
Net Criminal, but Vain.
Abraham Levy, his counsel, had a
long talk with Leonard in the Tombs.
So did the boy's father, former Police
Sergt Leonard, who is completely
overcome by the discovery that his
boy perpetrated the biggest bank theft
in years. Mr. Levy and the boy's
father say they are convinced that he
concocted the scheme, purely out of a
desire to show the bank people how
easily they could be cheated, and to
get himself talked about. He repre
sents, it was asserted, not the criminal
type, but the type of a young man
with inordinate vanity, who wants to
get his name on the lips of the world.
As Leonard stood in the court to
day he seemed eager to talk concern
ing himself, but the police would not
let him. Once the reporters surroun
ded him successfully, and he got
launched in the story before the po
lice shut him up.
"I've been making a study of bank
ing methods," he began, "ever since
I've ' been down in the" street. A
month ago I wrote an article for Wall
Street Journal showing up the care
lessness of the messenger service
down there. I liked the article so
well that I decided to demonstrate the
thing and make a name for myself."
Capt. McAuley cut young Leonard
off here, to his evident disappointment
and he was led over to his cell in the
Tombs.
Unable to Give Bail.
Magistrate Pool fixed the bail at
$25,000 and remanded Leonard to the
Tombs. Mr. Levy said his father, wrho
was in court was prepared to give
bail un to SIO.OCO. but that the boy
would now have to stay in jail until
Thursday.
The story the boy has told will pro
bably, biris def-rus?,. and in, proof of: it
Mr Levy intends to use the fact that
the boy mailed a ot of the securities
to Mr. Pearl the very night he stole
them and left the others on a shelf
in his closet, where they were found
on Monday.
"The most cruel feature of the case,"
said the lawyer to-day, "is the bring
ing in of the name of Miss Schrader.
I can deny that story positively, as
her father has done. The boy had
no accomplices, and nobodv knew of
the theft but himself."
The City Bank, it w?.s said to-day,
would like to get the securities back
at once, in order to make good to
Pearl &Co., .but it cannot get them un
til Thursday at the earliest. Acting
Supt. McAuley had them with him in
court, tied up in an envelope, but he
said that he would have to keep them
until they were formally entered in
the record. He sealed them up and
took them back with him to police
headquarters. . ,
Maryland Wants Glenn.
By Associated Press.
Raleigh, Oct. 4. Governor Glenn is
being urged to make a number of
speeches in Maryland in the White
Supremacy Campaign. They are es
pecially anxious to have October 12
as a rally in Baltimore, but he has
an engagement to speak at Murfrey
burg fair instead. Probably he will
speak in Maryland some time late in
October.
Carolinian Honored.
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Oct. 5. The Carriage
Builders' National Association has ad
journed. Charles P. Henderson, of Val
dosta, Ga., and W. T. Jones, of Carth
age, N. C, were elected vice presidents.
The next convention will be held at
Atlanta.
Bank Burglars Make Haul.
By Associated Press
South Dakota, Oct. 5.-Five thous -
by burglers, who entered the Bank of
Springfield and blew open the vault.
L. & N. Earnings.
By Associated Press.
Louisville, Oct. t. The annual re
port of the Louisville and Nashville
shows net earnings of $12,027,049,
compared with $11,802,244 last year.
Money Rate Higher.
By Associated Press:
New York, Oct. 4. Call money rose
to six and a half this afternoon.
Fever at Pensacoia.
By Associated Press.
Pensacoia, Oct. 4. One death and
one new case of fever. Thirty-Sve
persons left for the detention camp,
which he opened.
1
Grain Market.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Oct. 5. Active demand ad--1
vanced December wheat to 84 5-8.
Small receipts steadied December
corn around 43 3-4. Springfield,
Fever Situation.
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Oct. 5. New cases, 18;
total, 4112; deaths, 2; total, 402.
MAYOR
MCNHCH
ISSUES A CALL-TO
CHARLOTTE PEOPLE
In Connection With the Visit Of
President Roosevelt to Char
lotte, Octoder 19th. Mayor
Still Thinks the President Will
Stay Here Several Hours.
He asks That Our People Take
Upon Themselves to flluminate
Their Resipences And Makethe
Visit to Charlotte A Notable
One.
Mayor S. S. McNinch is fully con
vinced that President Roosevelt will
spend at least two hours in Charlotte
and probably longer.
In this connection the Mayor has is
sued a call to the citizens which fol
lows: To Our Citizens:
Our President, Mr. Roosevelt, will
spend a few hours with us on the even
mg of the 19th of October, and I desire
you to join in a hearty soutnern wei- i
come, fully befitting the occasion
Mr. Roosevelt is recognized as one
of the strongest and most gifted men,
wTho, in the Providence of God, has j
been called to the Chief Magistracy of
our great nation, and I feel that we are i
greatly honored because of his propos
ed visit.
The President has expressed his
hearty desire to meet the children and
working people, and I especially re
quest that the schools and colleges of
our community join with us. Further,
I hope the working people, men and
women, will fully realize that the Pres
ident sincerely desires to greet them.
I hope our citizens, who live or do
business on West Trade street and
near Vance Park, will illumine their
homes and places of business with
many colored lights and Japanese lan
terns. The Catawba Power Company
is joining us in an effort to light up
Vance Park and West Trade street as
brilliant as electricity can make it. I
hope to see that section of our city in
its most attractive garb.
A number of other prominent gen
tlemen, especially invited as guests of
honor, will be with the President's
party, notably Mr. Loeb Governor
Glenn, Hons. F. M. Simmons, Lee S.
Overman, Spencer Blackburn, Thomas
S. Rollins, Jeter C. Pritchard, E. Yates
Webb and others.
I desire that the citizens' committee
of sixty, together with the administra
tive bodies of our municipality; viz,
the Aldermen, School Commissioners,
Park and Tree Commissioners, Po
lice, Fire and Health Commissioners,
and Members of the Water Commission,
march to the station and escort the
President and our other honored guests
to Vance Park, and there under the
leadership of Prof. Keesler, be greeted
by patriotic songs by the children and
others there assembled.
Our police and fire departments and j immediately for Tokio. They found
other city officials will join us in this few people to meet them at the rail
welcome, and aid us in caring for the ) road station, owing to the strict exam
safety of the party. Also a number of J ination made of all persons by the mil
special officers will be on duty to help i itary and police who guarded the sta-
control the crowds
Our friends of Upper South Carolina
and Western North Carolina are hear
tily invited to join us on this auspic
ious occasion.
Let us make the most of this oppor
tunity to pay our respects and show
our appreciation cf those splendid
qualities of mind and heart embodied
in that strong personality; Mr. Roose
velt, our President.
The President will likely be with us
from seven o'clock, P. M. to ten
o'clock P. M., and he will no doubt re
spond to our warm greeting with a
short speech.
Respectfully,
S. S. McNINCH,
Mayor.
MR. JENKINS NAMED.
To Succeed Mr. Haywood As Cashier
of the Southern Loan and Savings
Bank.
Mr. William L. Jenkins, .was. yes-
, "
the Southern Loan & Savings Bank, to ! large crowd, in which were two detec
succeed Mr. F. J. Haywood,Jr., who has itives and Clerk Windorf. When they
accepted the position of State bank ex
aminer. For the past ten years Mr. Jenkins
has held the position of secretary and
treasurer of the Ed. Mellon Company.
He is a young man of splendid execu
tive ability, is popular and will ably
fill the important position to which he
has been called by the unanimous vote
of the board of directors of the South
ern Loan and Savings Bank.
The friends of Mr. Jenkins in Char-
lotte and throughout this section of
the State will be pleased to learn of
his rapid rise in the business world.
Mr. Haywooa, wno nas neen ninngiwnicn nas been made before tne legis-
the position of cashier of the above
named institution, will, in the near fu
ture, take up his duties as State bank
examiner.. Charlotte people will regret
to see Mr. Haywood leave. He has
made many friends here. Mr. Jenkins,
the newly elected cashier, will take
charge the first of next week.
Preparatory Services.
The sacrament of the Lord's Supper
will be observed at the Second Presbyr
terian Church next Sunday morning.
Preparatory services will be held to
night at 8 o'clock.
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
Horrible Fate of Shelby Woman.
Caught Fire While Washing
Clothes.
Special to The News.
- Shelby, N. C, Oct. 5. Mrs. James
A. Glover, who lived about three miles
southeast of Shelby, met with a horri
ble death last Friday. One of her
sons was sick with fever, and on
Thursday afternoon, while out wash
ing his clothes, her clothing caught
fire from the wash-pot and burned so
rapidly that the fire could not be ex
tinguished until she was horribly
burned, the flesh being fearfully char
red and cooked. Mr. Glover and the
other members of the family, who
were at work in a field, attracted by
her screams, ran to the house, and
Mr. Glovers' hands were badly burn
ed in his efforts to extinguish the
fire. Mjs. Glover was given every
possible attention, and she lingered
and suffered until Friday afternoon,
when death came and relieved her
suffering. Deceased was a good wo
man, a member of the Baptist church,
was 46 years old, and leaves a hus
band and four children to mourn for
her. Her body was laid to rest -in
the Zoar cemetery Saturday after,
noon.
Rev. R. M. Courtney, of Lincolnton,
is assisting Rev. George D. Herman,
the pastor, in conducting revival ser
vices in the Shelby Methodist church
tnis week
Mr. Courtney is a preach-
;er of rare force and effectiveness, and
isermnn5 arp almrnvs intprpctin a. nnrl
his hearers are delighted.
Miss Putnam, daughter of Mrs. De
vaney Putnam, died last Thursday,
after a lingering illness for several
months of consumption. Deceased
was only 18 years eld, and she a sweet
spirited young lady. Her body was
laid to rest at Zcar cemetery Friday,
Rev. M. B. Parrish conducting the
funeral services.
Mr. O. N. Hamrick, of No. 2 Town-
snip, goi nis ngnt arm caugnt in a
cotton gin Tuesday morning and his
hand was torn off. He is resting com-
f ortable now.
Miss Lusy Flowers, of Camden, S.
C, who is spending a few weeks at I
ClpvplanI Snrinw oonir a Voantifnl I
solo in -the Shelby Methodist church'!?1 f sch1.1f f.or twenty-five years.
Sunday morning wcanuj, id vui ui iuc
Mr. Lon L. Sloop, of Salisbury, a j Tte1 National Bank and a heavy
registered pharmacist, arrived last ! stockholder in the Dime Savings and
week and has accepted a position ! Trust Company, Title and Trust Com
with Mr. Henry E. Kendall. Panv' Peoria Livery Company and
Mr. S. A. Washburn has purchased other concerns. He is i 'ustee of a f und .
thft vacant store Int. arHniniiisr W R $175,000 held by the national Educa-
Nix's store, from Mrs.T. K. Barnett. i
for $1,300, and work has been begun!
on the erection of a new brick store '
room. i
TH PEACE TREATY
IS HMNG 10KIO
Two Japanese Bearing the Import
ant Paper Arrived At Yokohoma
Today And Proceeded Direct To
J
Tokio.
Few People Met Them
At 1 he Station.
By Associated Press.
Tokio, Oct. 5. M. Yamaza, director of
political affairs of the foreign office,
and H. W. Denison, of the Japanese
foreign office, arrived at Yokohoma to
day, bringing the peace treaty and left
tion.
DARING ATTEMPT TO STEAL
Negro Picked Up . Tray Containing
30,000 in Jewols Used
On a Clerk.
js njfe
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 5 A daring daylight
attempt to steal $30,000 worth of jewels
from a Maiden Lane jewelry store was
made and the clerk who defended the
treasure was stabbed.
The robber was Louis Brown, a ne
gro, who walked in the front door of
the store of Cross and Deguelin and
jumped over the railing to the show
window, where he picked up a tray
containing ?J0,uuu worth of precious
stones. Oscar Windorf, a clerk, shout- j to-day in hearing the argument in the
ed at the negro who dropped the jew-j cage Df James Reid, administrator,
els and started for the door. The clerk against the Atlanta and Charlotte Air
chased him into the street. There the ne j Line Railway. At the time of the -gro
turned on his pursuer and stabbed I noon adiournment all the speeches had
him, ripping Windorf s coat open in
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, several places. The negro broke away
caught up with the negro it was all the
three men could do to subdue him.
Windorf was not badly hurt.
JEROME AND INSURANCE.
! District Attorney Says He Proposes
to Prosecute the Big Companies
Before Extraordinary Grand Jury.
New York. Oct. 5. District Attorney
Jerome announced to Justice Davis in
the criminal branch of the supreme
j court that he intended to present to the
grand jury revelations affecting the
conduct of the life insurance business
lativ investigating committee. Jerome
said the inquiry by this committee has
shown greater moral obliquity and
moral obtuseness on the part of per
sons important in the business world
than did "the shocking revelations" in
regard to the Equitable. -- ' .
He regarded it his duty to wait un
til the investigating committee had
completed its work and then to ask for
the extraordinary grand jury and lay
before it matters disclosed by his own
study of the situation as well as that
of others. This he said he intended to
do.
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SCHOOL ACCOUNT
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N .C. Dougherty. Supt. of Schools
. and the Most Prominent Gitizen
of Peoria III, Arrested on Charge
of Forging Pudlic Funds to
Large amount.
Shortage Extends Over 25 Years
and Runs Up in Hundreds
of Thousands. Dougherty Pres
ident of Bank and Stockholders
In Many Concerns.
By Associated Press.
Peoria, 111., Oct. 5. N. C. Dougherty,
for many years superintendent of
schools, and, one of the most prominent
educators in the country, is under ar
rest following an indictment charging
forgery.
The arrest follows surprising revela
tions by. the grand jury, which has
been examining the hooks of the Peoria
School Board. Witoin comparatively
a brief time a shortage of $75,000 has
been discovered, but f urtiier the discov
ery was made that the speculations
have been extending over a long term
of years.
The shortage will reach hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
Dougherty has been city superintend-
tlonal Association and is past president
of the Association. He is a close friend
of Nicholas Murray Butler, president of
Columbia University, New York, and
has been for years regarded as one of
the foremost . educational men in the
country.
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
Negro Girl Burned" So Badly That
. Death Resultedcc".
" Mr. A. , Morris McDonald "went out
this morning to his old. home In Crab
Orchard to see one of his faithful old
servants, Tom Gillespie, who is in.
great trouble.
Tuesday night, Ruth " Gillespie, a
daughter of Tom, was sitting in the
; hous yhAch J3? 8lttin,s
nearby exploded and the girl was al-
!most completely enveloped by the
her the girl was so frightfully burned
that death ended her sufferings several
hours later. .
The sorrow that came to Tom Gilles
pie's home was a great one and his
! iends in Charlotte sympathize with
SATURDAY'S GAME.
Both Teams Are Eager to Down the
Other Game Promises to Be Bril
liart. . . ' r :;
Interest in the University-Davidson
College foot ball game grows daily.
The two teams will be in good con
ditions and lovers of the pigskin sport
will have an opportunity to see some
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SLar JLUUtuaii pinjius. oa-iuiuaj miei-
I noon, October 7th. The Chapel Hill
K(vo om ooowr v wina rnt Tact roar'o
gcf)re of 0 to 0 and the Presbyterians
; are equally determined to maintain
j their record in the. past The alumni
i of both institutions will be on hand
in large numbers and a brilliant -game
is expected.
JURY HAS THE CASE.
Suit For $10,000 Against the Southern
Railway.
The sunerior court has been engaged
! teen made and the charge of the court ,
! . . j .3;i- a4am if(nAn-
! f.n.wpri iTnmAriit-iv after re-onven
ing. As tne .News statea yestoruay af
ternoon this is a suit against the
Southern for $10,000 damages for kill-,
ing Lula Reid, colored, at the Second
street crossing some time last Febru
ary. , Alabama Politics.
By Associated Press.
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Montgomery, Oct 5. A Mobl9 spe-
iai t. tho Trnal avs Rdwarfl M
J Robinson, former member of the leg
islature and one of the most prominent
young Democrats in the state announc
ed his candidacy for Lieutenant Gov
ernor. Oceration on August Belmont
Bv Associated Press
New York. Oct 5 A successful op-"
eration for appendicitis was performed
on August Belmont, the banker.
New Postmasters.
By Associated Press.
? Washington, Oct. 5. The President
appointed the folloying postmasters:
Alabama: Cullman, William A. Heck.
- North Carolina: Morehead City,
John C. B. Morton.
i The eotton receipts for to-day wera
71 bales at 9.95 against 126 at 9 for
j the same day last year.
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