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THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
VOL. XXXV NO. 62
CHARLOTTE, N C, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2$, 1906.
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NEGRO THOUGHT TO
BE ONE OF GANG
10 ROBBED P, 0,
. Johnson, Colored was Arres
ted by Police for Being Asleep
in Box Car. Search Reveals
P. 0. Conoellation and Date
Stamp of Elmore.
05
Says he and His Pal Were Con
nected with Postoffice Robbery
at Elmore Last Thursday Night.
Amendment to Charter of Big
Company.
Special to The News.
Ualeigh, N. C, Jan. 22
-Early this
morning James Johnson, a negro
iramp, was arrested by the Raleigh
police for being asleep in a box car on
the Southern freight yards and when
he was searched at the police station a
postoffice cancellation and date stamp
ei Elmore. Scotland county, was found
in his pocket, together with a quantity
of postage stamps. The Elmore post
office was broken into and robbed last
Thursday night and the negro con
fesses to having had a hand and impli
cates a "pal," whom, he says, was with
him and is now somewhere about
Raleigh.
The Carolina Timber Company, the
principal office with the Angola Lum
ber Company, Wilmington, filed an
amendment to a charter this morning,
reducing its working capital from
1100,000 to $75,000, and increasing its
authorized capital from $100,000 to
SI 50.000. W. T. Sears is one of the
principal stockholders.
It is expected that Governor Glenn
will return to the city from his trip to
Petersburg, Va., and Washington, D.
C, Wednesday morning.
GREENE GAYNOR.
Cclonel Meldrim Took Up Argument of
Government and Explained Each
Point.
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 22. In the
Greene and Gaynor case, Colonel Mel
drim, of the counsel for the defense,
mirtc the statement of the defendant's
side of the case. He said it was true
Greene and Carter were' on terms of
friendship, as the prosecuting attor
ney, Mr. Erwin, had asserted, but
there was nothing surprising in that,
a.s Greene, tco, had been an army of
ficer and in the engineer corps.
He scouted the idea that Carter was
the dupe. A weak tool, pliable clay in
the hands of Greene, the statement be
ing disproved by Carter's attainments
and his appointment to places of trust
and importance. Point by point Col
onel Meldrim took up the government's
view as given By Erwin and gave the
explanation. , .
NOTED CASE CONSIDERED.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Considers Case of Griffin Grocery
Co., Against Railways.
By Associated Pres.
Washington, Jan. 22. The Inter
state Commerce Commission announ
ced their decision in the case of the
Griffin Grocery Company, of Griffin,
Georgia, against the Southern Railway
Company and the Central of Georgia,
Railway Company dismissing the com
plaint. The petition filed by the Gro
cery Company alleged unjustly higher
freight rates from Chicago and St.
Louis and Dawson, Georgia.
prejudice against the Griffin of a vio
lation of the lon or short haul clause
as shown in this case and that, while
the practice of making rates to Grif
fin by combining rates to Atlanta
with local rates therefrom to Griffin
may result in unreasonable charges
evidence in the case is not sufficient
upon which to base a conclusion in
that respect.
GUAYAQUIL SURRENDERED.
All Quite in Ecquador Says essage to
Department.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 22. The State De
partment has received a cablegram
from Guayaquil, Ecuador, announcing
the surrender of Guayaquil and saying
that the situation is quiet.
LOSS FROM FIRE $50,000.
Baltimore Chrome Works Practically
Destroyed.
By Associated Press.
Baltimore, Jan. 22. Fire partially
destroyed the Baltimore Chromo
oiks causing a loss of $50,000.
THREE WEEKS RECESS.
Supreme Court to Take Recess An
T, nouncsment Made.
J-y Associated Press.
ashington, Jan. 22. Chief Justice
lllIer save notice of the three weeks
recess of the United States Supreme
tourt beginning next Monday.
,
All Gentlemen in South.
iv i ' Mo" Jan- 22- A- w- Carson,
came her ein 1872 and started the
J"riin Heralri, ,iied this week and his
will Wils opened today. He left $30,000,
' J; hulk of which is bequeathed to his
, !'r' Sarah Hunt, of New York.
J ne w ill directs that $1,000 be used to
pi Cpies of Mark Twain's "How to
trii ,nt,ornan'" which are to be dis-
n , , amo"S the Young Men's Chris
i'' Associations in the North, as ad
,n .llow to be a gentleman is not
nixuta m the South.
SENSATION CREATED.
Ref. 4 That Cashier Was Short in
Ac NJs of Bank Matter Ad
just Special to The News
Chester, S. C., Jan. 22. Quite a sen
sation was created here Saturday when
it was made public that Mr! W. A.
udy, who resigned his position as
cashier of the Commercial Bank one
week ago today, was short in his ac
counts. On last Monday, when the
bank officials were -examining the
books they detected something wrong,
and then an investigation ensued!
when it was found that the former
cashier, was short in his acounts. In
the meantime, Mr. Eudy had been
elected cashier of the Exchange Bank,
having served one day when called in
to the Commercial Bank and confront
ed with the charge. Mr. Eudy vehem
ently denied the charare. h ut. whpn prvn-
f rot ted with proof undeniable, he broke
ot-wn and confessed. He was allowed
to make restitution, which he immed
iately did. He at once resigned his
pos-ition with the Exchange Bank.
Mr. Eudy had many friends who re
gret very much that such a misfortune
beiell him.
Mr. Eudy organized the Commercial
Bank about seven years ago, and it
teemed always worked for the interest
of the bank. He is a man of much
! business canacitv a.iH i? nlwnvs -m tha
Saiert for business?
Mr. Eudy left the city last night and
it is . supposed that he went to Vir
ginia. Mr. A. G. Brice, president of the
Commercial, gave out a statement to
the effect that the bank was in good
condition and that Mr. Fudy replaced
rhe entire amount taken.
SALISBURY HAPPEMSGS,
JNow Southern Depot Man Held XI
.llauy Improvements Other Nms.
Special to The News.
Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 22. The South
ern Railway is preparing to lay heavy
rails on the Y which connects the Spencer-
yards with the Western main line.
The store room on Main street in
which Mrs. L. Pink recently lost a
$lo,000 stock of dry goods by fire is to
be remodeled and will be one of the
handsomest in the city. It will be
occupied by Mr. Dave Oestreicher, who
now conducts a big mercantile business
here
Mr. Home Porter, an employe of the
Southern, who lives on North Main
street across the Western rairoad, was
held up at the railroad crossing late
Saturday night by a negro with a pis
to. Mr. Porter turned quickly around
and proceeded in haste to a nearby
pro light and then up town but was not
followed by the negro.
Revenue Officers have seized the dis
tiller of A. Evans in Salisbury to
gether with 53, barrels of whiskey.
They also seized ten barrels of liquor
from the firm of J. C. Somers & Co.
Mayor Boyden loft yesterday for
Washington to confer with General
Manager Ackert of the Southern in re
gard to the new passenger station to
be built here and to urge the necessity
of beginning the work at once.
Mr n. N. Haekett of Wilkesboro;-
will be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Congress in this dis
trict. This gentleman was in Salisbury
Friday and the next day one of his
close friends made the statement that
he would be in the race.
Salisbury is glad Dr. Julius Cald
well has decided to locate here. It
will be remembered that he was called
to an important position a few months
ago at the University, of North Caro
lina, the one made vacant by the resig
nation of Dr. Richard, Whitehead, who
was called to the University of Vir
ginia. Dr. Caldwell declined and re
mained with the John Hopkins at Bal
timore. However, since the death of
his father several weeks ago he decid
ed to come back to Salisbury and will
be associated with the Whitehead and
Stokes sanitarium.
The funeral of Dr. Rumple will be
held from the First Presbyterian
church tomorrow. ,
The stoekholders of the Salisbury
cotton mills have declared the usual
dividend and added a good amount to
the surplus fund to be used in further
adding to the mill.
MOB OF 300 MEN
Early Sunday Morning Large Mob
Took Ernest Baker From Jail
and Hanged Him From Beam of
City Scales. Had Attempted
Criminal Assault.
By Associated Press.
Hopkinsville, Ky., Jan. 22. A mob
of 300 men early Sunday morning took
Earnest Baker, a negro, from the
county jail and hanged him from a
beam of the city scales near the court
house, in the center of the city.
Baker on Saturday night, attempted
a criminal assault on Miss Mary
try, aged 18, whom he knocked down
and dragged by the heels into an alley.
Her screams attracted the neighbors,
and the negro fled but was later cap
.tured by the officers. x
The mob's work was so secretly done
that the prisoners in the jail next to
Baker did not know of the lynching
until morning.
MAYO AT THE BAT.
Midshipman of First Class Now On
Trial By Court Martial.
By Associated Press. I
Annapolis, Jan. 22. The case of Mid
shipman Claude B. Mayo, of Columbus,
Mississippi, of the first class, was
taken up by the Court Martial at the
Naval Academy.
CHAS. T. WADE ACQUITTED.
Tried By Court Martial Freed From
Charge. .
Ey Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 22 Ensign Chas.
T. Wade, charged with the responsi
bility for the explosion on the gunboat
Bennington, in San Diego harbor C life,
some months ago has been acquitted
by Court Martial in his case. - -
LYNCHED
NEGRO
THE ANNIVERSARY
OF "RED SUNDA
!!
IS OBSERVED
To-day, is Anniversary of "Red
Sunday" in Russia, Many Wear
Baids of Crepe and Silently
Sympathize with Revolutionists.
Quiet at Capital.
At Warsaw Factory
Strike. ' Socialists
Employees
fired on.
Two Fatally Wounded. Gas Ex
plosion Constitutional Gov
ernment for Persia.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 22. The fre
quent patrols in ail streets this morn
ing are marching at wide intervals in
bomb formation. This is almost the
only indication that today is the anni
versary of -"Red Sunday." Stores are
open and the ordinary life of the city
is proceeding as usual. Bands of work
men were encountered occasionally
proceeding from one factory region to
another, sometimes chanting a revolu
tionary chorus, but otherwise they
were orderly.
The authorities forming the student
demonstrations at their favorite rally
ing place in front of the Kazan Cathed
ral, posted a heavy force of Cossacks
and mounted Gendarmes in the court
yards of the neighboring buildings and
patrolled that section with especial
vigilance. Many people wore bands
of crape on their arms, silent signs of
sympathy with the revolutionary
cause.
New Persian Government.
The Constitution Government for
Persia, according to advices from Te
heran, is to be the outcome of the sud
den exodus of the thousand merchants
and mullah priests -from the Persian
capital as a protest against the Shah's
government. The insurgants proceed
ed to the village of Shah Abj-ul-Azim,
where the Shah presided over the rep
sentative assembly elected by Mullahs,
merchants and land owners.
The assembly will be called the
"House of Justice," and will exercise
administrative and legislative powers.
Equality, of all before the. law will be
proclaimed. - ' . -;.
Observed at Moscow.
' Warshaw, Jan. 22. The anniversary
of "Red Sunday" is being observed
Sere by a strike of the employees of
factories. A detachment of infantry
fired on a number of Socialists who
were compelling the shop keepers in
Withowski market to close their estab
lisments. Two men were fatally wound
ed and others slightly injured. A gas
explosion, cause unknown, destroyed a
wing of Count Zamoiiski's residence,
seriously injuring eight ocupants.
MYSTERIOUS CASE.
No Trace of New York Man. Thought
to Have Suicided By Jumping in
French Broad.
Special to The News.
Asheville, Jan. 22. Although the
sheriff and his assistants have persist
ently dredged the river, no trace has
as yet been found of the body of the
New York man who is supposed to
have committed suicide by plunging
into the French Broad river yesterday
afternoon. The case is shrouded in
mystery, yesterday afternoon foot
prints were found, leading to the river
dowrn a sheer-bank where the water
rapidly deepens to 15 to 20 feet. At
the ton of the bank, fastened on a,
freshly cut twig, was found the follow
ing note written with a lead-pencil:
"Love has driven me to this. I am
from New York City, 511 Fifth Avenue.
When you find my body, telegraph my
father." A wire message sent to the
olace, and name indicated was return
ed undelivered, for the reason that no
such person could be found.
- Further Details.
The address given by Williams, the
man supposed to have drowned him
self in the French Broad River yes
terdav. as being that of his father, P
T. Williams, is the residence of R. T.
Wilson, father-in-law of Cornelius Van-
derbilt. The scene of the supposed sui
cide was on George Vanderbilt's es
tate a few miles south of Asheville
The efforts to recover the body are
unavailing.
CHURCH PANIC.
Panic in Church Results in Death of
17 Many Injured.
Bv Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Jan. 22. There were
additional deaths during the night as a
result of the panic in St. Paul's Baptist
Church (colored). The total number
dead is reported by the various hos
pitals is 17. Two score of injured,
which were taken to the hospitals last
night, have, with the exception of four
Dersons returned to their home. None
of t the injured are in a serious condi
tion.
Presidential Nominations.
Rv Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 22. The President
sent the following nominations of
nostmasters to the Senate: .
North Carolina Atheton B. Hill, at
Scotland Neck.
South Carolina Preston Rion, 'at
Winnsboro.
President C. C. Moore, of the North
Carolina Cotton Association, is sched
uled to speak at Goldsboro next Wed
nesday. Mr. Moore spoke 'at" Smith-
field today.
MR. ACKERT DENIES STORY.
Says Mr. McManus Will Remain in
Charlotte and. Mr. Coapman in
Greensboro. . - ?
On the authority of one of the high
est officials of the Southern railway, it
may be stated thatjit is not the pres
ent intention of the. management to
remove Superintendent McManus and
his office force to Greenville, S. C.
It: is also stated on the authority
of the same high official that Mr. Coap
man, Assistant General Superinten
dent of the Southern, with offices at
Greensboro, will not be moved t Char
lotte. It may be added that the gentle
may who gives The News this infor
mation is Mr. C, H. Ackert, one of the
vice presidents of the Southern and,
until recently, general manager of the
entire system.
DEATH OF MRS. FINCHER.
Body to Arrive Tonight. Will be Taken
to Horr.e of Daughter.
Mrs. B. F. Fincher. wife of the Rev.
B. F. Fincher, and mother of Mrs-. J.
W. Kiser, of this city, died this morn
ing at Farmer, Randolph county.
The body will be brought to Char
lotte tonight at 10:10 o'clock and will
be taken to the home of Mr. J. W.
Kiser, No. 510 East Ninth street.
The funeral will be hold from the
residence tomorrow, at an hour to be
named later.
Mrs. Fincher was well known in
Charlotte and her death will be learn
ed with much regret.
SENTENCE OF PENDLETON.
Reconsidered and Changed From Life
Imprisonment to 20 Years.
By Associated Press.
Manila, Jan. 22. The sentence of
Lieutenant Pendleton, who was con
demned to life imprisonment for mur
der, has been reconsidered and chang
ed to imprisonment for 20 years.
300 'KILLED
III BIG BATTLE
Invasion of Tohquin by Chinese
Regulars, French Force Met.
Three HoiirsBattle Fallowed.
Over 300 Chinese Killed and
300 Wounded.
By Associated Press.
Marseilles, Jan. 22. The Chinese
mail brought , the account of an in
vasion of Tonquin, French Indo-China,
by the Chinese regulars, who encount
ered a French force numbering 4UU
men, of whom 150 were Europeans. A
three-hours' battle ensued, resulting
in the defeat of the Chinese, who lost
300 killed and 300 wounded. The
French lost 16 men of a foreign legion
and 20 Annamites killed.
MOROCCAN CONFERENCE.
International .Conference Reassembled.
Message From Spanish Senate
Read.
By Associated Press.
Algeciras, Jan. 22. The internation
al conference on Moroccan reforms re
assembled. The presiding officer,
Duke of Almodovar, read messages
from tlfe .Spanish Senate and Chamber
of Deputies expressing the hope for a
successful issue of the conference. The
Marquis Visconti Venosta, head of the
Itlaian mission, replying -in the name
of the delegates, made a significant
reference to the international charac
ter of the agreement to be concluded.
This was interpreted - as referring to
the Franco-German difficulty over the
question of the international control
of Morocco.
Five Articles Adopted.
The conference adopted five of the
articles contained in the report of the
committee on contraband arms. A dis
cussion of the remaining articles went
Over until Wednesday.
Advance in Refined 'Sugar.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 22. The following
advances in refined sugar were an
nounced : All grades of soft sugar at
10 cents a hundred pounds and con
fectioners, 5 cents.
Turret-Ship Aquidabar Sunk
South of Rio Janeiro by Explo
sion on. -Board 300 of Crew
Perish and all theOfficers
but One.
By Associated Press. -
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 22. The Brazilian
turret ship Aquidaban has been sunk
at Port Jacarepagua, south of Rio
Janeiro, by an explosion .on board. It
is reported that 300 of her crew per
ished and only one officer was saved.
The Aquidaban was of 4950 tons
displacement and 6.200-horse power. It
was built in 1885 and cost $1750,0Q0.
The crew 'numbered 350 officers and
men. , '
OVER
30D LIKE LUES
- Ill III DEEP
BIG CLOUD BURST 1
CARRIED flUIII 10
HUHTERSVILLE
Parts of Tennessee City were this
Morning Flooded by a Terrific
Cloud-burst. Many Houses
Were Inundated by the Fearful
Down Pour.
The Electric Railway Traffic was
Completely Stopped, Many
Bridges were Washed Away.
So far no Loss of Life is Re
ported. By Associated Press. ,
Nashville, Jan. 22 Parts of Hunts
ville, Ala., were flooded this morning
by a cloud-burst. Many houses were
inundated. Bridges washed . away and
the electric railway traffic was stop
ped. No loss of life is yet reported.
TERRIBLE STORMS.
Terrible Snow and Sleet Storms.
Worst in Years City Almost Iso
lated. By Associated. Pres.
Chicago, Jan. 22. One of the most
severe snow and sleet storms which
this city has experienced in many
years has-practically isolated it from
the outside world. The storm is most
severe within the belt the radius of
which is 60 miles. Almost all tele
graphic service has been destroyed.
The electric, elevated and surface
transportation is about discontinued
and cable lines are operating only with
the greatest difficulty.
The railroads are greatly handicap
ped and all th earriving trains are
hours behind time. A heavy gail pre
vails and the snow and sleet are falling
without cessation.
"
COLD WAVE WARNINGS.
Warm Wave Fast Breaking. Gulf
States To Be Visited By Cold Wave.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 22. The warm
wave 'of the last few days is "fast
breaking un under the influence of the
area of high pressure and cold weather
that is moving Eastward over the Mis
sissippi Valley according to the reports
to the Weather Bureau. Cold wave
warnings have been issued for the
East Gulf States including Georgia,'
Western' North Carolina, interior of
South Carolina, extreme Western por
tion of Virginia and Northern Florida.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
West Florida and on the Atlantic coast
from Key West to Norfolk.
ONE DIVORCE SUIT.
A Damage Suit For $2,000 Is Now Be
ing Heard by Judge Bryan.
Tn the SuDerior Court today a di
vorce was granted Mrs. Nannie R.
Knox from her husband Claude A.
Knox. Mr. E. T Causler represented
the plaintiff.
The case of Sanders, Orr & Co. vs
the Moore Cotton Mills and J. H. Moore
wnc held rvnen for trial.
The case that is now occupying the
attention nf the Court is that of B. A
simnson vs. the Hoskins Mills. While
Mr. Simpson was employed at the
Hoskins Mill he fell from a ladder in
the engine room and alleges tnat ne
was nermanently injured. He is su
ing for $2,v,y damages. He is repre
sented by McCall & Nixon and the
Hoskins Mill by Tillett & Guthrie. The
case will hardly go to tne jury Deiore
tomorrow morning.
The following calendar has been
prepared for this, the last week of
court:
"Tuesday J. F. White vs. E. L.
Reass, Curtis Heffner vs. Highland
Park Manufacturing Company.
Wednesday Mrs. Bessie Shaw vs.
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
and Central Carolina Railroad Com
pany, R. E. and C. E. Mason vs. Wil
liams and Wright, T. J. Roberts vs.
Southern -ilailway Company.
Thursday W. S. Standi et al vs.
Carolina Oentral Railroad Company,
William 'Woodland vs. M. E. Blalock,
W S. Biggers vs. D. M. Abernethy,
6. 'E. and W. W. Stein -vs. North Caro
lina Railway Company.
Friday R. E. and C. E. Mason vs.
unstnl Tplesrranh -Company. C. H. Rob
inson & Co. vs. Seaborad Air Line Rail
way Company, C. H. KODinson & v,o.
vs. Atlantic Coast Line Railway Com
pany .Phillip .Carey Manufacturing
Company vs. Salmon Live Stock Com
pany, Emma :B. Osborne vs. M. Os
borne etral. .
: 04J'.HE TOO SliOW." .
Sride Dwm Mer Veddln .Clothing,
lviLic.Jtliui -Fpndly, -f"d TUeu ,X,cave
San Bernardino, Cal., Jan. .22. "Jou
are too slow for me. - We don't need to
make any trouble, but here's goodbye
and farewell forever," and so saying
the bride of Charles JJurk threw her
arms around him, four weeks after
their marriage, smothered him With
rapturous kisses and fled :from the
liouse decked imt iin all, Jier wedding
finery. . - " . 1
Burk had suddenly come into pos
session of a .neat foreune .through the
death of his father, -and weddd Mrs.
Pauline Campas, a pretty ;widow of
twenty-three. He had furnished a home
comfortably :f or her and lavished much
money upon her to make her contented.
When vhe went ao work yesterday there
was nothing in her ;demeanor to ap
prise him of the strange reception -he
received upon his return. In his com
plaint for the annulment of their mar
riage, which was filed today, he alleges
that she left with another man.
GASTQN A NEWS.
Big Real Estate Deal Consummated.
Social Function Personal Notice-.-'.
Special to The News.
-Gastonia, N. C, tfan. 22. The Citi
zens National Bank bought the build
ing they are in from Mr. John E. Love.
The Gastonia Hardware Co. bought
the building they are in from Mr. Joha
F. Love. i ' -
Mr. John F. Love bought ; the Huss
property adjoining his store and he is
building two more store rooms and
will run a department store. -
Mr. Henry Craig resigned his posi
tion as salesman with Swan, Slater
Co. and has accepted a position as
salesman with John F. 'Love.
Misses Minnie and Cora Costner
entertained the Sancui Club at their
home Fridaysnight -and a good many
boys were invited and had a fine time.
Mr. Lee Brysan, who is telegraph
operator here, leaves next week for a
week's stay in Texas. - .
Mr. Mack Keer. of Charlotte was
the guest of his cousins, Messrs. R. J.
and Loyd Sifford.
Mrs. J. W. Dawman, of Statesville.
is the guest of Mrs. J. A. Page and is
visiting her husband. Rev. J. W. Daw
man, here. It will be some time before
Mr. Dawman's family will get here.
W. D. MANN BORROWED $200,000
Editor of Town Topics Testified to
Amount Borrowed Libel Trial of
Hapgood.
By Associated Press. . .
New York. Jan. 22. Colonel W. D.
Mann, editor of Town Topics, testified
at the Hapgood criminal libel trial
that he had borrowed nearly $200,000
from J. P. Morgan," James R. Keene.
W. K. Vanderbilt, Wm. C. Whitney and
ether prominent financiers.
'Many of these loans never were re
paid, so far as Col. Mann could recall
and others were repaid in stock in the
Town Topics Company at 51,000 per
share. - v
BRUNSWICK .HARBOR.
Report of Examination and Survey. '
Is Recommended.
By Associated Pressl
Washington, Jan. 22. The Secretary
of War has transmitted to the speaker
of the House representatives, a letter
rrom the chief of the engineers to
gether with reports of the preliminary
examination and survey of Brunswick
harbor, Georgia; '""';.:.
The board of engineers who review
ed the reports elated "The -improvement
to the depth of 30 feet at mean
high water, throughout harbor is a
work worthy of being undertaken by
the general government, and it recom
mends the adoption of the project as
proposed by the district v officer. The
chief of the engineers also recommends
the adoption of the project, as propos
ed by the district engineer.
Washington, Jan. 22. The right to
bridge St. Andrew's Bay, Florida, was
granted to the Birmingham, Columbus
and St. Andrews Railway Company by
the House. The urgent deffiency bill
was taken up.
Mr. Mauney's Condition Sstious.
The condition of Mr. John M. Mau
ney, of Stanley Creek, who was
brought to the St. Peter's Hospital last
night for treatment, is very serious. A
telephone message from the hospital
this afternoon stated that there was no
improvement in his condition.
AEROtW SUFFERS
Charles Hamilton Drops 300 Feet
With his Airship and ilmost
Miraculously Escapes Fatal In
jury Collapse Due to Insuffi
cient Power.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Jan. 22. A dispatch to 'ihe
Tribune from Ormond, FTa., says
Charles Hamilton, aeronaut, dropped
300 feet with his airship yesterday and
narrowly escaped fatal injuries. Ham
ilton was pitched forward upon the
boardwalk and rendered unconscious.
ib bones were broken.
The collapse was due to the insuffi
cient power of the 60-horse power tour
ing car which was used to do the tow
ing. When the speed of the tow began
to lessen, the airship began to wabble
and Hamilton, by mistake, droppedVhis
cap, which was to have been a signal
to the tow driver to stop.
The aeroplane at once began to flut
ter downward. ' x -
Got Her .Savings, Then Jilted Her,
Says the Girl.
,New York,- Jan. 22. Miss Bessie
Cohen, of No. 24 St. Mark's Place, ap
peared before Magistrate Breen in
Yorkville Court, Saturday as complain
ant against Louis Gartler, manager of
a resturant at Eighth Avenue and
Thirty-eighth street, who, she charged,
obtained $200 from her under promise
of marriage, after which he deserted
her. ,
When be started in business, a -year
ago, she alleges, he got her $200. As
time passed, she" declares, he gradually
let her know that he no longer cared
for her. .Finally she got a .warrant .and
Detective Carew arrested Gartler. He
was held in $1,000 hail for a hearing
today. ,
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Secretary Taft Sends to the Sen
ate a btatement in Response
to Senate Resolution Calling
Upon Him for Statement About
Land Ownership.
Statement Says no American Mem
ber of Commission Owns Land
in Islands; Filipino Members
Were Possessed ot Land Before
Becoming Commissioners.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 22 Secretary Taft
sent to the Senate a statement in re
sponse to a resolution calling upon him
for information as to whether any
member of the Philippine commission,
or any officer of army or navy owns
land in Philippine Islands, particularly
with reference to the location of the
proposed railroad in the islands.
The American members of the com
mission say they Dever have .owned
and do not own lands in .the islands.
The Filipino members of the commis
sion say the lands owned by them were
acquired previous to membership on
the commission and would not, so far
as they knew, be affected by the pro
posed railroads. Secretary Taft says
it would require four months to get the
information asked for by the resolu
tion, from army officers who have
served in Philippines and asks further
instructions from the Senate with view.,
to narrowing the investigation in this
connection. In regard to. naval officers, f
Secretary Taft referred the matter to
the Secretary of the Navy. ..
Mr- Clay Spoke.
Mr. Clay addressed the Senate on
his resolution relating to governmental
power to fix maximum future charges
by. railroads. , " . ,
. THE SAMUEL CASE.
Interesting an4 Damaging Testimony ,
- Against Defendant.
Special to The News.
Oreensbtoro, N. C, Jan. 22. Wit
nesses in the case against Samuel, one
of the deputy collectors indicted for
alleged frauds against the government
and collusion with iblockade distillers,
gave interesting and damaging testi
mony against defendant in the Fed
eral Court Saturday. A portion of it
related to establishing the charge that
illicit distillaries of James Combs and
the -Melbrins, operated by steam, ran
in six miles of Wilkesboro for months,
the steam being plainly .visible from
the public roai. It was testified that
so notorious were the distilleries that
a preacher during the summer of 1904
preached a sermon on the scandal in.
the public streets of Wilkesboro, tell-
! ing the officers if they would follow
him he would lead them to them.
Testimony was introduced that after
the officers went out and reported
them destroyed, they were not, and
the location of the engines, - boilers
and still worms were shown.
After -reading from Samuel's diary
reporting : destruction of stills of ; Lin
coln Parker .and William .Williams, in
January, 1904, and producing .govern
ment informers checks paid, to. samuei
of i 10 each for same, District Attorney
Holton introduced Mrs. Cella Forster,
the young : daughter of Williams, and
Williams himself, whose testimony
was straightforward unique and typi
cal of the character of the mountaineer
moonshiner, and their integrity of pur
pose. , .
WHERE IS JOHN , D.f
For a Week Process Seryera Await Illm
At Pocaniieo.-HillH.
New York, Jan. 22. The process
servers,, who, it is said, are posing as
real estate dealers, have been around
the estate of -.John D. Rockefeller, at
Pocantico Hills, during the last week
in attempt to -serve the. Standard Oil
king with a subpoena In the suit
brought by the Attorney General of
Missouri against the Standard . Oil
Trust. It was reported that Mr. Rock
efeller intended to visit his country
mansion yesterday and the subpoena
servers had An automobile in which J.O
chase him but he did not appear.
Mr. Rockefeller has not been around
Pocantico since the suit was Started,
and it is alleged, he Is evading -service.-Efforts
to learn from . servants where
he is have been in vain, as they say
they cannot talk about their employers.
-.Girl Dead in-Tunnel.
. London, Jan. -22.rThe body of Lily,
the 18-year-old daughter of Gount Ro
chald, a Frenchman, was found in a
railway tunnel near .Rugby. She was
returning to a convent school in War
wickshire from a holiday she had spent
with her father in France.
Her death is a- inyKtery, but circum
stances seem to show ifcat she meant
to go into a corridor, and, opening the
wrong. door, fell to the track.
Prof. Newton Tonight. ''-'
The entertainment to be given to
night by ,Prof- C.4 B..,Newton in Castle
Hall, promises to be .quite . a.. success
judging from the advance salejof seats.
Prof. Newton is ope of the best enter
tainers in the cquntry and the Py.th
ians here are very Tortunate to secure
him at this time. Besides the program
,to ,be .rendered iy;J?rof.;. Newton. .Ar
rangements ,haye been made to .have
some excellent music, and those who
are so fortunate : as to attend will be
sure to enjoy themselves.
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