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THE ONLY EVENING "ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
OL. XXXIIf;, NO. 6206.
CHARLOTTE, N C, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1905.
PRICE: 3 CENTS
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TO CHECK TIE iJT
NOW INSHANGHAI
Armed Guards and Patrols Re
enured to Keep Rowdies inj
Check. Looting is Feared.
Streets Fu!l of Rowdies. Re
news! of Trouble Expected.
U, S. Sends Cruiser Baltimore
With Force.
Other Countries
Sending
Forces. Rowdies
Wanted Excuse to Loot Foreign
Settlement.
r.-.- A.-r-oeiated Press.
Sr.auchai. Dec. 19. Armed guards
i pairols are maintained to cope
;:'.! she possible renewal of disturb
The streets are filled with
r.- ' .ii. Shops are open, but looting
u sr.. a:Iy feared.
Ti:e United States Cruiser Baltimore
v.H! land a force today and the British
t'i v-.i.-v-r Diadem is sending 500 men
. ;-, Other warships are expected.
- is : opened that German troops are
eoaiins here from Kiaochau.
The Chinese newspapers say the
v. proposed to take advantage of
th
mixed court dispute to attack andj
the foreign settlement
FOUND AFTER 37 YEARS.
Whereabouts of Missing Wor.an Re
vealed l-y Post Card Read in
Church. ' I
SusithBoanlman. Mich.. Dec. 19.
M i r a searc h of thirl r-seven years, i
daughter of N. E. King, of this'
;;acv hp. bee", located in Louisiana, j
mv. King resided on the Island ofj
Ha' i in the West Indies previous to thet
rebellion there in 18GS. The daughter
married a man named Emanuel Guil-!
lory, from Louisiana, and they sailed
lor the United States. I
At the breaking out of the rebellion, ;
:.h: King and his famliy sailed for New. ;
"icrk before learning the destination;
of his daughter. j
A 'arse sum of money was spent by
Mr. Kin fr while he was in New York
hi r.:i attempt to learn the whereabouts;
of the daughter. From the Metropolis,
lie . r to Cormeeticuit to reside, still j
keccir.g up the seach. From theWood-j
en Xutmes State Mr.-' Kin's came to:
Michigan. ' ': .'.".' . . ..
AH hope of finding the lost daughter j
hau about vanished after the lapse of
nearly forty years when a postal card
was received addressed to the Bethel
E. church.. Detroit, asking for in
formation as to the whereabouts of
Xeah E. King, or William T. King, a
son of Xoah E. King.
A sister of Mrs. William King was
at the church and heard it read., for
warding it to Mr. King at this place.
It was from the lost daughter, who
resides ?t Opelousas..La. She is well
and is the mother of fourteen child
ren, eleven of whom are living.
HOUSE COMMITTEE FAVORABLE.
Payne Bill, Phillipine Tariff Measure,
Sanctioned 7 to 5.
By Associated Press. j
Washington, Dec. 9. By a vote of!
seven to five, the House Committee cn j
Ways and Means reported favorably
cn the Payne Bill admitting all Philli
Ihae lu-oducts into the United States
free, excepting sugar and tobacco
which are to nay a 25 per cent, of the
Dhtgley rate until 1903, when they also
are to zo on the free list.
A provision was added that all
American sugar and tobacco are to be
admitted into the Fhillippines free of
duty and a new section was added
which provides that no Phillippine pro
ducts now in warehouses in the United
States shall be exempted from duties
under the proposed measure.
NORMAL CONDITIONS AGAIN
Runs on Chicago National and Home
Sanvins Banks Continued.
Ey Associated Press.
Chicago, Dec. 19. Practically nor
mal conditions were restored in the
banking circles. The runs on the Chi
cago National and Home Savings
hanks continuesbut there is no excite
ment around the National bank, and
t "uie m the offices ot the nome
savings hank.
TAGGART DIVORCE CASE .
Motion For New Trial Was Heard In
Case Today.
iy ' Associated Press.
tester, Ohio, Dec. 19. The hearing
of the motion for a new trial in the
Jasrt divorce began today. Captain
ggart and .Mrs. Taggart are not pres
et, heing represented by counsel.
TOWNSLEY TESTIFIES.
Was Witness Before Investigating
P. rim -r,i-,w
ss.ociated Press.
XOV Yfivlr 1 Vr 1Q TVii TncnirsmPA
Inv
igutiun Committee heard the
!0!lv rplntino t.o ofPnii-a nf thp
e Association of America, Henry
lownsley. president of the company,
,Jag the witness.
cotton brought 11.00 today and 113
' v,''e received. Same d
date last
J'ear. H2 bales at 7.25.
IMPROVEMENT AT KEELY.
A 20-Room Annex Being Built Post
office Receipts.
Special to The News.
- Greensboro, Dec. 19. Judge Gar
land S. Ferguson and Mrs. Ferguson
will make Greensboro their home from
January to July next year, while Judge
Ferguson is holding courts of this dis
tricts. He has engaged rooms at Dr.
Eberlee's, where his son, G. S. Fergu
son, Jr., lives.
The Keely Institute is making the
s-econu improvement to its building on
West Washington street, since the
company purchased it less than a year
ago. An annex, with 20 additional
rooms, is being constructed.
Greensboro postoffice receipts have
just about exactly doubled since the
last National census was taken. In
1900 the receipts were $22,200, while
for 1905 they will amount to over SG3.1
000.
In the matter of conveyances of real
estate, the increase is still greater.
In 1900 deeds recorded in the county
were 1,040. In 1905 to December 15,
there were 2,503.
There was an interesting special
train of cars here last night, pulled by
a special Southern Railway engine,
and leaving for New York. The fol
lowing important explanatory placard
was disolaved nn nil tht mrs-
cars from the White Furniture Com
pany, Mebane, N. C, to United States
Government for Panama Canal." It
was learned that this third shipment
cf furniture from the White Company
will, like the others, be placed aboard
a government transport at New York
and go direct to Panama.
Speaking of the shipment made to
day, Mr. L. G. Hallam, the govern
ment inspector, who went to Mebane
last week to inspect each article be
fore it was loaded, said that he did
not have to reject a single article of
furniture. The Messrs. White, he
said, v.rere very proud of a letter which
the government purchasing agent for
the canal expenditures, had written
them regarding the other two ship
ments. He stated that the goods were
well made, well finished, and even bet
ter than was expected under the con
tract stipulations.
THREE ARE KILLED.
Fireman, Engineer and Brakeman
Were Killed by Explosion.
P.y Associated Press.
Reading, Pa., Dec. 19. The fireman,
engineer and brakeman were killed by
the explosion of the boiler of a freight
engine on the Reading Railway, be
tween Birdsboro and Joanna.
Presidential Nomination.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 19. The President
sent to the Senate the nomination of
Joseph B. Stew as collector of customs
at Richmond Va.
IMF BILL
TABLED BY COM.
Vote Against it Unanimous. Webbj
and Other Southern Represent- j
i
atives Worked Against it. Mr. I
Richardson Opposer Federal!
Control of Quarantine ;
By Associated Press. j
Washington, Dec. 19. Mr. Brantley, !
of Georgia, took the oath as a member j
of the House after which the question I
of referring the President's message to
the committees was taken up and Mr.
Richardson, (Alabama) discussed the
Quarantine Regulations.
As a result of the yellow fever epi
demic in the South during the past sea
son, Mr. 'Richardson said a great
clamor for Federal Control of the
quarantine is now being made. While
no man was more anxious to banish
that dread disease than himself he
would rather fight yellow fever for ages
to come than to sacrifice one of the
fundamental principles of his State in
its domestic and local control he said.
He saw no violation of State rights in
federal quarantine to prevent disease
from foreign countries or from one
State to another.
After a sharp discussion the Lover
ing resolution, providing for a new es
timate on the cotton crop by the De
partment cf Agriculture January 10,
1906, w?.s laid on the table by the
House Committee on Agriculture, by a
uninimous vote. Representatives Webb,
of North Carolina and Burleson, or
Texas and a number of other members
from the cotton states appeared before
the committee and urged the defeat of
the resolution charging that it was
merely an effort to depress the market
and had already had the effect intended
by the persons desiring to buy cotton.
300 REPORTED KILLED.
Resolutionists Liberate All Prisoners
and Kill Governor.
Bv Associated Press.
"Berlin, Dec. 19 A dispatch from
Kolingsburg, Prussia today, says:
"During fighting at Mitau, the capi
tol of Courland. 300 were killed. At
Lennewarden, in southern Livonia, the
resolutionists liberated all prisoners
and shot the assistant, the governor,
his secretary and threw their bodies
into a river.
WRIT OF MANDAMUS.
In the Case of Caleb Powers Supreme
Court Has Acted.
Washington, Dec. 19 The Supreme
Court todav granted leave to the State
of Kentucky to file a petition for writ
of mandamus in the case of Caleb Pow
ers making the rule returnable Janu
ary 15th. The State asks the court to
direct the returning of the case to Ken
tnckv courts and the question of juns-
j diction is to he argued.
FRAGMENTS OF DEAD
BODES
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HUNDREDS OF FEET
Three M en Were Blown to Peices
and Seven Others Injured in
Fearful Dynamite Explosion in
Excavation for New Builcing
Opposite Waldorf Astoria.
Fragments of Dead Bodies Scat-1
tered Over Area of 100 Feet,
Wildest Excitement in Neigh
borhood. Two Contractors Ar
rested for Criminal Negligence.
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 19. Three men were
blown to pieces and seven others
more or less injured by a dynamite
explosion in the excavation for the
new- building opposite the Waldorf As
toria Hotel on Fifth Avenue and 31th
street.
The explosion was caused by some
workmen who started to re-drill a
partially drilled hole in. which several
sticks of dynamite had been left last
night.
About 20 men were at work in the
vicinity. Some were blown to atoms.
Eighty men were at work in the en
tire excavation.
Two Contractors Arrested.
Fragments of the bodies of the dead
were scattered over an area of hun
dreds of feet. For a time there was
wild excitement in the neighborhood.
Jacob Metzger, superintendent for
the Post and McCord, Contractors, and
Frank Anderson, superintendent for
Rourke Construction Company, were
arrested after the accident on the
charge of criminal negligence.
WROTE WILL ON SHEET IRON.
The Extraordinary Dorument Stood
the Te?t of Judicial Inspection.
Paris. Dec. 19. A curious will dis
pute has just been settled by the court
at Rehel. in- the department of the
Ardennes. Some time ago. a gentleman
of independent means and somewhat
eccentric habits committed suicide by
hanging himself in his house at Doum
ely. A search among his papers failed
to disclose any will until under the
bed, on a piece of sheet-iron, was
found the following words:-
"This is my last will and testament.
I benuea'th all my property to the, bor
ough of Ardenne on condition that
the mayor and borough council give
12 to the men of the local fire bri
gade for a bean-feast to be held as
soon as possible."
This extraordinary will was disput
ed by the relatives, but the local court
has decided that it is valid,
YOUNG GIRL DISAPPEARS.
Believed That Twelve-Year-old Maud
Haynes Was Kndnapped.
Birmingham, !. Y. Dec. 19. Mr.
and Mrs. Fred A. Haynes, of Oakland,
Pa., just across the river from Susque
hana, are distracted because of the
mysterious disappearance of Maud
Haynes, their twelve-year-old daughter,
on Wednesday night. The girl was
last seen a few doors from her home
shortly before 3 o'clock, while on her
way home from a dressmaker's, where
she had gone on an errand for her
mother.
It is the general belief that the
child has been kidnapped. Mr. Haynes
has offered a reward cf 100 for in
formation leading to her recovery.
Governor La FoMette Resigned.
By Associated Press.
Madison, Wis., Dec. 9. Governor
La Follette rent to the Lesislature his
resignation as Governor, to take effect
January 1.
EL LEAVES HIS
CASEWITH JURY
Hummel, on Trial in Connection
with Morse Divorce Litigation,
Says he Will Leave Case with
Jury. Says bodge Admitted
Himself a Perjurer.
By Associated Press.
New York. Dec. 19. Abraham H.
Hummel, the lawyer on trial in the
Supreme court on the charge of con
spiracy in connection writh the Dodge
Morse divorce litigation, elected to
allow his case to go to the jury solely
on the evidence submitted by his ac
cusers. Hummel's counsels contended that
the jury should not believe the
testimony of Charles F. Dodge. "There
is but one point in the case for the jury
to decide," said John B. Stanchfieid
of Hummel's counsel, "and that is do
they believe Dodge, in privacy of his
law office, told Hummel he had been
served "rith a summons in his wife's
divorce case.
" Dod.ze has admitted that he is a
perjurer and I don't think the jury can
believe a liar who becomes a witness
for the prosecution so as to escape
going to prison for perjury."
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'SHOOTING YANKEES."
Not With Lead, But With Word of God,
Letter From "Dick" Morse.
The News is in receipt of an in
teresting letter from Evangelist Rich
ard Morse, who is still in Cincinnati
showing his charts and telling the peo
ple of their wickedness. In this letter
Mr. Morse says: "I am still here shoot
ing Yankees, but not like I did in '61,
'62, '63 and '6. I shot them 'with Tead
to kill them. Now am shooting them
with the Word of God, that they may
live. I am sorry to say that it is hard
er to save them than it was to kill
them.
"I have traveled over 12 different
States and have been in hundreds of
cities and thousands of towns, but have
never struck any place where the devil
and the liquor men have such absolute
control as here in Cincinnati. I only
find one set of people here trying to
capture the city for God. These are
the Holiness people. They have a
Bible school situated on a high hill
about a mile and a half from the post
office. It is a fine place and is con
ducted by Christian people. I found
three young ladies from North Caro
lina and six young men. They con
duct a large printing office and pub
lish all kinds of religious books and
tracts. They publish a large weekly
paper, which is said to have about
50,000 subscribers."
The letter also states that is has
been snowing in Cincinnati for several
days and real winter is now on.
CHARTERS GRANTED
SEVERAL FIRMS
Several Large Companies. Were
Chartered by Sect, of State.
Governor Grants Respite to
Mitchell. Governor Aycock
Gets Medal.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, Dec. 19. Governor Glenn
granted respite for Jessie C. Mitchell,
who was to hang in Martin county
December 21st, until January 22, in
order to have time to investigate the
petition for the commutation to 30
years in the penitentiary. Mitchell mur
dered his wife and burned her body.
The claim is made now that he is weak
minded and not entirely responsible for
the horrible crime. The petition was
signed by Judge Peebles, county offi
cers and many citizens.
The Atlantic Fire Insurance Co., was
authorized with as $500,000 capital. The
officers are Chas. E. Johnson,, -president;
Jos. G. Brown, vice president;
Gavin Dortch, secretary; H. W. Jack
son, treasurer. ' . .. . j
The Rocky Mount Insurance and
Realty Co., was chartered at a $10,000
capital, R. L. Huffin being the incor
porator. Another charter yas 'granted to
the Citizens Bank of Warrenton at a
capital of $20,000 by R. E. Boyd and
others.
Mrs. Laura Clark, of Hertford, re
cently brought here from Norfolk to
stand trial in the Federal Court for
pension fraud in that she changed the
date of her marriage certificate so that
she might draw a widow's pension en
tered the plea of guilty today and was
accorded mercy by Judge Purnell in
that judgment was suspended.
W. Henry Overby who died here a
few days ago leaving an estate valued
at about $12,000, leaves a will that may
benefit every charity here in that as
just probated provision is made that
after the death of the wife and the
adopted son, provided the latter dies
without issue the property is to be di
vided between the Catholic orphanage,
St. Luke's Home ,the Baptist Univer
sity, the Thomasville Baptist Orpha
nage, the Methodist Orphanage and St.
Luke's Home.
A medal of honor from the St. Louis
Exposition to the Governor cf North
Carolina was received in the executive
office today. It was addressed to Gov
ernor Aycock, for the reason that he
was governor while the exposition was
in progress. It was forwarded to him
by Governor Glenn to Goldsboro.
Sheriff Cline, of Lincoln county, was
here today to deliver to the peniten
tiary Bud Sherrill, colored, to serve 12
years for killing another negro.
Excellent pictures of Calvin H.
Wiley, Winston-Salem, Geo. Davis, Wil
mington, both deceased, ex-Governor
Aycock, Capt. S. A. Ashe and Col. Kerr
Craig, have just been given t places on
the walls of the reading robm of the
State Library in connection with the
extensive gallery of pictures of promi
nent North Carolinians.
Rev. J. F. Smith, of Asheville, dis
cussed state missions at the Presbyte
rian church here Sunday, making an
especial nlea for large contributions
for this cause. He said that twelve
years arro 3S of the 97 counties in the
State were without Presbyterian
churches whereas owing to the cam
paign that has been waged there are
only 27 of these counties and best of all
10,000 souls have been converted
through this work. He told of very
interesting work being done in the
mountain section and especially of sev
eral flourishing mission Presbyterian
schools. The sermon resulted in a lib
eral collection for this work.
The session of the Federal Court to
day was devoted to the trial of a num
ber of cases for retailing, mostly from
Moore and adjacent counties. A num:
ber of unimportant sentences were im
posed.
r.itw schools to Close Friday.
The city schools will close Friday
fnr thp rhristmas holidays and will
reopen Tuesday, January 2. This will
give the children about 10 days non-
day.
MORE FIGHTING
BETWEEN TROOPS
NTS
Frightful Stories From the Interior
of Fighting- Between the Con-
. tending Parties. Barbarities
Practiced on German Land
lords are Reolting.
Troops not Available for Baltic
but Two Regiments are Sent
From St. Petersburg. Social
istic Organization and Troops
From Independent Government.
By Associated Press.
Mitau, Russia, Dec. 19. Frightful
stories are pouring in from the interior
where desperate fighting has occurred
between the troops and the insurgents.
Revolting tales are told of barbarities
practiced on German landlords who are
more destined by Letts than are the
Russians. In a fight near Tukum, four
teen dragoons were killed and sixteen
wounded. It is estimated that the in
surgents lost three hundred, killed.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 19. Despite the
statement that two army corps are
being sent to the Baltic provinces,' it
is learned no such number of troops is
available. The government has sent
two resiments from St. Petersburg in
reply to frantic appeals for reinforce
ments, but it is considered too dan
gerous to deplete the garrison of the
capital any further during the present
crisis and the government can only
await the arrival of troops from Man
churia. Reliable reports regarding the estab
lishment of the so-called republic of
Kharkoff, say the workmen's socialistic
organizations, joined by three hundred
troops, took possession of the city and
with aid of the militia, armed with
pikes and revolvers and established a
government or federated council. An
executive committee was called which
issued decrees which the authorities
were powerless to resist. . -
New York. Dec. 19. The cable com
panies have received notice that tele
graphic communication with St. Pe
tersburg has been severed again.'
Soldiers are Killed.
Tukum, Courland, Russia, Dec. 17.
A snecial staff correspondent of the
Associated Press who has just arrived
here learns that mobs of Lithuanians
and -Esthonians yesterday - attacked
hundreds of -Cossacks -and '. Dragoons,
the only military-forced station in lu-
kum. : - ' ' ---".
The mobs after wild fighting killed
the soldiers ,to the last, man,, cut off
their arms "and legs "and ripped up
their bodies. The streets are. strewn
with bodies and the dismembered
parts. Six hundred troops arrived this
morning. - - - ' :
CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS.
Streets Crowded With Those Who
Seek Good Cheer.
The streets todav have been: throng
ed with Christmas shoppers and the
stores have been crowded from front
to back. The salesmen and salesladies
wear a tired look already, for the peo
ple are buying as they never botight
before. , . .
The country people have been here
today in large crowds and the best of
it all is that they have well-filled purs
es and their hearts are happy.
Christmas of 1905 will long be re
membered for it is truly a time of
plenty and few there be who are nbt
blessed with an abundance of the
sweets of life.
But, in some homes there is want
and the real spirit of Christmas will
not enter these unless some good Sa
maritan, guided by the love of that,
the sweetest of graces, charity, finds
his way.
The poor of Charlotte deserve to
be looked after and cared for this
Christmas time.
THE AMOUNT GINNED
IS MM BALES
National Ginners Report not Com
pleted at . Noon. President
Taylor Says 94 Per Cent of
Crop has been Ginned. Amount
Since Last Report 489,520.
By Associated Press.
Dallas, Texas, Dec. 19. TheVation
al ginner's report was not completed
at noon, but President J. A. Taylor
authorized the statement that 489,520
bales of cotton had been ginned since
the last report, making a total of 8,
975,520 bales ginned to December 13.
President Taylor says the crop is 94
per cent, ginned. The National Gin
ners' Association will meet here this
afternoon to elect officers.
Taken to His Home.
Little John David Hunter, who was
operated on for appendicitis at St. Pe
ter's Hospital about two weeks ago,
was taken to his home on North Pine
street this morning. The little fellow
is still quite weak but is regaining his
strength rapidly.
Ai INSURGE
HELP THE LITTLE OSES. --
An Appeal to the Charity Loving Peo
ple of Charlotte.
The little letters. to Santa Claus con
tinue to pour in, and many Santas'
hearts have been touched by these pa
thetic appeals.
The News has but one purpose in
printing these letters, and that is to
put these appeals before the generous
people of this city in such a way as to
enlist their sympathy so that there will
not be one home in all this city into
which there will not come good cheer
on this glad day.
For several years with the assistance
of the generous hearted The News has
undertaken to carry good cheer and
comfort to the unfortunate ones. It
proposes to do the same thing again
this year but to do it properly it must
have some liberal donations from its
friends, and it must have them at once,
'in order that it may have time to make
proper arrangements.
If you intend to help, will you not
do it at once? Following is a list of
contributions ' to date:
News family $10.00
Heriot Clarkson, Jr 1.00
Francis O. Clarkson, 1.00
Edwin Osborne Clarkson ' 1.00
Thos G. Clarkson 1.00
U. T. Bowden 1.00
James W. Gibbon . 50
Miss Corinne Gibbon 50
Miss Mary Rogers Gibbon .50
J. A. Durham 2.00
W. H. Dula 1.00
Cash 50
K. D. Latta 2.00
Harold Hooper 50
Helen E. Haas 50
Cash 2.50
C. W. Tillett 1.00
T. C. Guthrie 1.00
J. D. McCall 50
Brevard Nixon 1.00
Stewart & McRae 1.50
F. R. McNinch 2.00
H. M. McAden ; 2.00
A. J. Hagood 1.00
T. S. Franklin 5.00
Dr. R. J. Brevard 1.00
P. M. Brown 1.00
Cash 2.00
W. W. Ward & Son 2.00
I:. A. Dunn 50
Col. H. C. Cowles 50
MISTRIAL IN SPOON CASE.
Federal Court Adjourned Last Night At
9:30 O'clock.
The December term of the Federal
Court came to an end last night at 9 : 30
o'clock. Judge Boyd left on one of the
late trains for his home in Greensboro.
The jury in the case of Spoon vs the
Southern railway, failed to agree. They
took the case about 6 o'clock yesterday
evening and at 9 o'clock they returned
to the court room and announced they
could not agree. A mistrial was or
dered and the jury was discharged.
The case has been occupying the time
of the Federal Court "since last Friday.
It was a suit for $20,000 damages and
was ably managed. McNinch and Kirk
patrick represented the plaintiff and
the Southern was represented by Col.
W. B. Rodman,: Capt. Geo. F. Bason and
M'f. D. K. Pope.
MENPIED40ET,
' U8DEB GROUND
Two Men Buried in Tunneli Fac
ing Death From Starvation,
Suffocation and Drowning.
Over 200 Comrades Strive to
Reach Them.
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 19. Two men
buried 40 feet deep in the tunnel fac
ing death in three different forms, by
starvation, suffocation or 'drowning,
and about 200" of their comrades a few
feet above them digging against time
to save their lives was the situation
at the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel
in Long Island City.
For 36- hours these two workmen
have been entombed by the cave-in of
its mouth, and it is by no means cer
tain that there are only two men
buried. The police of Long Island
City say there are six.
The tunnel is being built under East
River to Manhattan Island, but the
entombed men are not under the river
bed. They are sealed up m the ap
proach under Long Island City.
Thf resuers are sinking a 40 feet
deep shaft straight toward the end of
the tunnel, as neaf to- the place where
the workmen are supposed to be as
possible to estimate.
The first words to be spoken to
their rescuers by the men imprisoned
came through an iron pipe at noon,
"For God s sake Hurry up was me
message. The speaker said no more
to indicate what his plight might be.
The rescuing party haa only 7 teet
more to drill. The message was trans
mitted throueh the Dine which is be-
ins used to pump air into the pump.
It was expected tnat several nours
would be required to dig through the
cement barrier.
FELL FIVE STORIES AND LIVES.
San Francisco Woman Says Husband
Threw Her from Window.
San Francisco, Dec. 19. Thrown
from a fifth story wiirdow to the pave
ment last night, Mrs. W. J. Kennedy
today surprised surgeons by maintain
ing life in a body terribly crushed by
the fall. . '
1 She said her husband, a detective,
came to her apartments to effest a
reconcilliation. A quarrel followed,
and she says her husband threw her
out of a window.
i Mrs. Kennedy, who is twenty-two
years old. said her maiden name was
Alice Selby, and that she was born in
Virginia.
Mr. Torrence Better.
The condition of Mr. S. F. Torrence,
who is ill at Peter's Hospital, was said
to be improved today. Mr. Torrence's
many friends here and elsewhere will
hear of this with real interest. -
ARMED ARMENIANS
BURN 300 HOMES
Of
Dispatch States that Armenians
Set Fire to 300 Houses in Mus
sulmans Quarter. Prevented
Inmates From Leaving and
"" Fired on Rescuers.
Number of Mussulmans Killed not
Yet Known. Number of Tur
kish Subjects who Perished is
57. Disorders Continue. Mas
sacre Feared in Community.
By Associated Press.
Constantinople, Dec. 19. A dispatch
dated December -17, received from
Tifiis, Caucasia, say-. 300 houses in the
Mussulman's quarter were set on fire
by armed Armenians, who prevented
the inmates from leaving, and fired on
the firemen who attempted to extin
guish the flames.
The total number of Mussulmans
killed is not yet ascertained, but 57
Turkish subjects are xmown to have
perished. v
The fighting was continued. A tele
gram of the same date from Batoum,
Caucasia, reports a continuance of the
disorders there. Great fears of a mas
sacre have prevailed in the Mussul
man's community.
KILLED BY ANCIENT RIFLE.
St. Louis Business Man Victim of
Weapon Loaded Fifty Years Ago.
St. Louis, Mo.. Dec. 19. Charles B.
Eames, founder and vice-president of
the, St. Louis Credit Clearing House,
was instantly killed tonight by a shot
from an old rifle, which he placed in
a furnace to burn off the stock.
Mr. Eames was a collector of an
cient firearms. He purchased an an
tique muzzle loading rifle yesterday.
The stock was in poor condition. Fail
ing his efforts to remove the wooden
portion, Mr. Eames decided to burn it
off.
The rifle had probably not been used
for 50 years. Mr. Eames took the weap
on to the cellar and placed the lock
in the furnace. Hardly had be done so
when it was discharged sending a bul
let into his forehead.
BOARD OR GOVERNORS.
To HoKJ An. JraDOrtaht Meeting This
Evening "At 8 O'clock.
' An important meeting of the board
of governo'rs of the American Cotton
Manufacturers' Association will be held
at the office of Mr. C. B. Bryant, the
secretary, this evening at 8 o'clock. A
number of matters of interest to the as
sociation will be discussed.
The personnel of the board is as fol
lows: Mr. R. R. Ray, of McAdensville,
chairman; Messrs. R. S. Reinhardt, of
Lincolnton; B. F. Willingham, of Ma
con, Ga.; L. W. Parker, of Greenville,
S. C.; A. P. Rhyne, of Mt. Holly; E.
Lang, of West Point, Ga.; David
Clarke .E. A. Smith and George B.
Hiss, of Charlotte; T. H. Rennie, of
Graniteville, S. C; J. C. Smith, of New
ton; Val. Taylor, of Uniontown, Ala.;
J. P. Leak, of Rockingham; W. C.
Heath, of Monroe; Arthur' J. Draper,
of;Pell City. Ala. The officers are
Messrs. R. M. Miller, Jr., of Charlotte,
president; A. H. Lowe, of Fitchburg,
Mass., vice president, and Mr. C. B.
Bryant, of Charlotte, secretary and
treasurer.
Death of Little Ben Dixon Durham.
Ben Dixon, the. three-months-old
child of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Durham,
died this mornins at 7:30 o'clock at
the home in Dilworth. The little child
had been ill only about three days and
its death came as a great shock to the
parents. The little body will be taken
to GaStonia tomorrow at noon for in
terment. The sympathy of a wide circle of
friends is extended to Mr. and Mrs.
Durham in their sad bereavement.
Mrs. Butt Qualifies.
Mrs. Ella Butt today qualified as ad
ministratrix of the will of her late
husband, Rev. John F. Butt. The News
published the provisions of the will
several weeks ago.
GHOSTS AKD BALLS OF FIItE.
Scare Residents of Shavertown Away
from Haunted House.
Middletown, N. Y., Dec. 19. Resi
dents of Shavertown, in Delaware
county, are greatly excited over a
haunted house in which ghosts hold
nightly- revel. The ghosts have not
v-.rn tn vpt. hut man v nersons de
clare that balls of fire srise from the
ground and drift slowly' into the house
and shouts and " laughter have been
heard. The house was once occupied
by the late Levi D. Shaver.
Several parties have started out at
night to enter the house and defy the
ghosts, but have been scared away by
the noise and balls of fire.
Gog Gives Fire Alarm.
Peru, Ind.. Dec. 18. Stephen Kess
ling, of Muncie. befriended a dejected
brindle cur, taking the animal home to
shelter it from the storm. During the
night a stove in Kessling's apartment
in the Big Four Hotel set fire to the
woodwork, and the blaze had made
good progress before the dog, by bark
ing and grabbing the bedclothes, suc
ceeded in waking his master.
No great damage was done by the
life but the doy has won a permanent
home with Kissling.
MUSSULMANS,