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Cr?r - ' " : -
NO TRACE OF HflHRY
iM WHO MADE
SCAPE FROM CAMP
Was Serving Sentence in Connec
ts with Sensational Killing
ol Chas. G. Smith at Union
Depot, Pict for his Escape
Unearthed.
Improve Executive Offices. Young
Negro Committed to Peniten
tiary, Prof. Burkeit to Retire.
Students Leave Dormitories.
Campaiies Chartered.
Syria! to The News.
Fairish. N. C, March 20. No trace
has yet been found of Harry Clark,
WHO t';
scaped about midnight last night
from the county convict camp. Clark
was from New York, and serving a
sentence in connection with the sensa
tional killing of Charles G. Smith, of
Petersburg, Va., October 21, in the
union depot.
Clark is known to have powerful
friends in New York and the sensa
tion developed a few weeks ago when
a plot for his escape was unearthed.
The escape effected last night was
outlined in the intercepted letter
which exposed the former plot.
The county authorities believed the
briberies figured in effecting the es
cape and that persons high in the
community were connected with the
scheme.
Raleigh, X. C. March 20. Governor
Gknn has just placed orders for hand
forte new gas and electric chandeliers
for the executive offices and contracts
have been awarded for refinishing
the interior of the offices quite hand
semelv. A massive oak flat ton desk
containing no end of drawers and
compartments has been ordered to
take the place of the present execu
tive desk to which Private Secretary
Arrinqnon will fall heir. It is safe to
say the executive offices of the North
Carolina state capital will compare
favorably with any in the country
when the improvements are all in.
Sheriff Harris of Cabarrus county
has just safely committed to the state
prison Ernest. Scott,, a voting negro
who is under sentence to serve ten
years for criminal assault, having al
lowed the negro to break away from
him last October when he was con
ducting him from the Union depot
here to enter on the service of the
sentence. The sheriff recaptured the
negro a few clays ago a few miles from
his old home. He says that when he
escaped last October he ran to Ober
lin and induced a negro to cut off the
handcuffs and then made his way to
West Virginia working several weeks
in Blueneld but that he had not a
minutes rest as he w?.s constantly
dreading arrest which has come as
a great relief.
It is understood that Prof. Burkett
of the c hair of agriculture at the A. &
Ji. College has finally decided that he
will retire from the college next July
to accept an offer he has from an in
stitution in Ohio. He has greatly ad-
VanrPrl thf dffipionpir rtf fti o o o-ri rn till-
ral department during his connection
v"ith the college the enrollment of
agricultural students having increased
ten fold.
It is a notable fact that since the
difficulty between the college faculty,
and the students at the A. &.M. Col
lege last fall over the withdrawal of
certain privileges from the students,
especially the senior class, the num
ber of students has steadily dwindled
until the number actually living in
me college dormitories has fallen
from upwards of five hundred to less
ttan two hundred. The students have
not abandoned their connection with
the college but have gone out into
the city and secured board in the
Raleigh families so that they would
nt bo under the operation of the
college regulations after recitation
snd work hours every day. It is tinder
Mfod that the faculty gave them their
choice to do this provided they ob
'ainod the consent of their parents or
guardians. The increased cost, of food
"as also in the meantime increased
e cost of board at the college so
tnat an alvance of $2 per month was
ttade in the rate a few months ago.
1 h.ls contributed to the cause for the
going 0f several of the students into
Private families. It is understood that
Quite a number are asking now to be
taken back into the college dormito
nes and to the college table.
. A charter was granted this morning
in the office of the Secretary of State
r the Carolina Apartment Co, of
Wilmington. The capital is ?150,000
tiiorisod and ?15,000 subscribed by
in os- Wright, W. R. Kenan Jr. and
;01. Walker Taylor. The purpose is
joe erection. of a his thoroughly
ndern apartment house at the corner
N 01 Market and Fifth.
Al'0r0 IS ylc:n o -.It i rfnr iccnOfl fdV
t'lO (J;,
"id Buggy Covat a capital of
kit. r, .
H'VWO bv T TT 1 A K T-T?Tro anrt
rwe, L- - B- Branch Camp United
-"'ueaerate Veterans decided at
their
annual meeting today to send
th ous Confederate drum corps in
j1"- city, the only surviving corps of
n' ,111'1 in the south, to the annual re-
err ct the United Confederate vet
s association to be ' held- this
WVv Oceans. - - v .
l'epir Kin-- wll waa conspicuous in
Midic;;i circles here during the
th t t,tghue v,Thea he was clerk of
" -tote Senate and held an office in
k ' : :
j lite department of agriculture sub-
tcu m me pouce court this morn
ing to the charge of assault with a
deadly weapon and carrying conceal
ed, weapons. The assault was com
mitted Saturday night on a negro by
the name of Taylor - because the
w diiutuer negro woman
Z r1 Kins nad -iusl $een talking
oh Wilmington street. King gave
bond. -
i 1 v a ettGr received this morning
by the Clerk of the Court W. M. Russ
from State Treasurer B. R. Lacy who
is in Arizona in the hope of getting
permanent relief from a cronic case
of asthma, Mr. Lacy declares that his
health was never apparently better.
LLaa "l naci any trouble to
speak of from asthma since he reach
ed Solomonsville February 10. he says
his daughter, Miss Ire.ne, who is with
him is getting to be an expert horse
woman, being in the 'saddle a great
aeal of the time. He says he is anx
ious to get back to his official duties
in Raleigh but will probably remain
in the west for several weeks yet.
OVERMAN'S AMENDMENT.
Offers
Amenf'T.ent to th
Railroad
Rate Bill
By Associated fress.'
Washington, March 20. Mr. Over
man presented to the Senate an
amendment t the Railroad Rate Bill
providing: that in cases nf n
the findings of the Interstate Com-j
mt-ice commission by the courts "Noi
vvhl yji ir.;uncuon or mterloautory
order shall be granted bv anv rHstrirt
. or circuit court without first giving
nve aays notice to the adverse party
nor until the petition and answer are
filed and hearing thereon had".
The Fortifications Appropriation
bill was then considered.
Appropriation Bill.
The House considered the Legisla
tive Appropriation bill for an amend
ment under the five minutes rule.
BATTLE FIELD PARK.
To Hnvest'sate the Advisibility of
Making Park Around Petersburg Va.
By Associated Press
Washington March 20. The House
committee on Military Affairs decided
to report favorably the joint resolu
tion authorizing the Commission to
examine the battle fields around
Petersburg, Va., and report whether it
is advisable to establish a battle-field
park there. Representative Hay ,of
Virginia, will make the report.
TORNADO IN MISSISSIPPI.
Sweeps Across Country Tearing Down
Fences and Uprooting Trees.
Ey Associated Press. : :
Hatticsburg Miss., March 20. A
tornado passed over south Mississip
pi last night. Whether there has been
loss of life is not known. Information
was brought here by George M. Ken
nedy, from his account the tornado
originated at a point between Beau
mont, on the . Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City, 'railroad and Brooklyn,
on the Gulf, and Ship Island, twenty
miles south of this city and sped
accross the country for sixteen miles.
Its path was a quarter of a mile wide.
It passed through the Newman Lum
ber Company's track, No. 211, tearing
down the fences, and uprooting and
destroying all the timber in its path.
ANIMATION AT ALGECIRAS.
Delegates Believe That Final Results
Are Near -At Hand.
By Associated Press.
Algeclras, March, 20. Extreme ani
mation prevails here, the delegates to
the Moroccan conference believing
the final results are near at hand.
Unless an agreement is speedily
secured the representatives of the
neutral powers threaten to interrogate
the French and German representa
tives before the conference.
M. Regnault,- the French delegate,
has prepared a draft of agreement,
seeking to reconcile the FrenGh and
Austro-German projects.
Mr. C. M. Patterson returned to
the city after attending the funeral of
his wife, which took place at Wil-
liamsport,- Pa. -
It is Reported that in Fight Be
tween Foreman and Italian Lab
orers Foreman Killed Seven
Men with Crowbar in Self De
fense.
By Associated Press. . '
Briaton, Tenn., March 20. Informa
tion received here from Marion N. C.
says in a fight between a foreman and
Italian laborers on the South and
Western Railroad, the foreman, in de
fending himself clubbed ' seven men
to death with a crowbar.
COAL OPERATORS MEET.
Operators of Central Competitive Dis
trict Held Executive Session..
By Associated Press. .
Indianapolis, March 20 The Bitu
minous coal operators of the central
competitive district held an executive
session. They informed the miners
that they would not be ready to meet
them in joint- conference until two
o'clock. :
First Snow Of Season,
By Associated ' Press. . .
Birmingham Ala., " March 20. The
first snow of the season fell here today.
All the streams in North Alabama are
high because of the "recent, rains, and
the trains are still delayed on many
railroads due to washouts. - : - .
KILLED SEVEN MEN
Willi A CROWBAR
FAMILY WHS FOUND'
. UKCQNSCIOUS FROM
ASPHYXIATION
The
Postmaster, his Wife and
Threes Children Were Found
Entirely Unconscious. The
House was Filled with Fumes of
Gases.
Doctors Summoned and After two
Hours Work Succeeded in
Restoring Them to Conscious
ness. Fumes Arose from
Furnace. All May Recover.
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, March 20. The entire
family of John H. Williamson, post
master and station agent at Glen Os
borne, Pa., on the Fort Wayne Rail
road, were found unconscious from
asphyxiation this morning.
The family consisted of father,
mother and three children, and when
found were supposedito be in a mori
bund condition. The discovery was
made 'by persons who had gone to the
station to take the ' train for Pitts
burg. Forcing the doors, they found the
entire family still in bed and uncon
scious. The house was filled with
fumes of gas. Physicians were sum
moned and herioc efforts made to re
suscitate the victims of the accident.
The physicians worked over the
stricken family for two hours, and
finally succeeded in restoring them to
consciousness.. -
Williamson said the' entire family
were sick during the night, having par
taken of canned peaches, and he had
been up several times. The last time
was about 4 o'clock and then he
thought he smelled sulphur or gas, but
was too sleepy and tired to .; bother
much about it. He remembered noth
ing after that.
One of the attending physicians said
the family was overcome by gas
fumes arising from the furnace. All
will recover. . ; j
'KILL ME, SAID WIFE; HE DID
She Asked Him to Kill Himself, Too,
But. Arnold Failed.
Topeka, March 20. Because she
made the request, William Arnold
killed his wife and then tried to take
his own life. This was. the story he
told in the Abeline jail today to the
Probate Judge. Arnold said heilearned
that his wife had been unfaithful and
informed her of his discovery.
"She admitted the charge," said he,
"and asked me to kill her. I told her
I would, just to , satisfy her, and -then
she asked me to kill myself. I used my
razor and cut her throat, and then tried
to cut my own. I did not do a good
job." V ,
There is no capital punishment in
Kansas "and Arnold will get a life sen
tence. The Arnolds were both young
and had been- married only a few
years.;'" ' ' "'"
' RIOT MAY FOLLOW.
Negroes Employed in Factories Quit
J Work Presumably Because of Lynch
ing of Johnson. -
By Associated Press. ,
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 20 The
negroes employed in several large fac
tories quit work today presumably on
account of the lynching of Ed Johnson
by a mob last nisht.
The police force and Sheriffs officials
are in conference looking toward meas
ures for the prevention of a possible
riot.
Johnson was the prisoner under
Federal Control, notification to that
effect having, been given and members
of the mob are amenable to indictment
by the United States grand jury, and
trial in the Federal' Court. Action by
the federal authorities is looked for. ,
MOROCCON CONFERENCE.
Foreign Office is Convinced That
Settlement is in Immediate Prospect
Rv Associated Press.
Berlin, March 20 Th German rep-J
resentatives at Aigeciras, nave own
instructed by the foreign office pro
vided that France meets the German
views on the question of the Moroccian
bank, to yield on the police question
to the extent of giving up Casablanca
as the' headquarters of the Inspector
General but retaining a neutral in
spectorship with the reaj powers of
control over the police. ; '
The foreign office is convinced that
a settlement is in immediate prospect.
GREENE GAYNOR.
Civil Engineer Alexander, Who Was
Employed ' By ' Carter, .Was Cross
Examined. '
By Associated Press.
: Savannah, Ga., March 20. The cross
examination of Alexander T. . Kastel,
the civil engineer employed by former
Captain Oberlin M. Carter to make the
survey of the work done by Greene
in- Savannah harbor, was conclud
ed in a brief sessionx of the Federal
Court today. ; Major Ri A. Blandford,
of this city, another engineer employ
ed by Carter for thjs work, was On
the stand when the court adjourned.
, Report Denied.
By. 'Associated Press.y
Brooklyn, Miss., March 20. There
has-been no storm in this vicinity; re
cently and no loss of fife.. '
DAVIDSON COLLEGE NOTES
Colored Missionary Lectures Ban
quet to Freshman Class A Decla
mation Contest Last of Series of
Lectures. .
Special to The News.
Davidson, N. C. March 19. Rev.
W. H. Sheppard, the colored mission
ary from Africa, gave an enjoyable and
interesting lecture last Friday nightf
in the Shearer Hall before a large au
dience. He gave a brief account of
the mission work in the Congo Free
fatate, and recounted many thrilling
adventures that he and the other mis
sionaries have passed through. He
showed and gave a brief history of
many interesting souvenirs which he
had brought over with him. One of
special interest was a large knife
which is said to have beheaded as
I many people as there are tacks in the
nanaie, ana tne nanaie is nearly full
of them. The whole - talk was
thoroughly enjoyed by all those pres
ent. After this lecture he gave a talk
before a large audience of negroes in
their church.,
Mrs. H. M." Sloan served a delightful
banquet last week to the Fresh, class
of the North Carolina Medical College.
The Declainrer's contest of the Phil
anthropic Society wili take place Sat
urday night April 7th. This contest is
open to all the Fresh, and Sophs, who
are members of the Society, and great
interest istaken in "it on account of
the handsome medal given.
Mr. C. W. Erwin, of the Columbia
Theological Seminary, is visiting' on
the hill.
Rev.,W, J.. McKay, D. p., of Mayes-
ville, S. C, who is the chairman of the
Board of Trustees of this College, fill
ed the pulpit here yesterday morning
for Dr. Graham, and preached a very
able sermon from the textx "all things
work together for good to them that
love God."
Miss Beulah Fields, of Elkin, is, vis
iting at the home of Rev. Wm. Black.
Rev. S. M: Johnson will give the
third and last lecture of the series to
night on "Scotland and the Covenan
ters." . -
Bulletin Issued by Census Bureau
': Shows Complete Cotton Crop
for Year '05 to be 10,697,013
Bales, Average Gross Weight
Given in Report. .''
By Associated Press. , -
. Washington March 20. The bulle
tin issued by ' the Census Bureau
shows the complete crop of cotton for
1905 including linfers and counting
round bales as half bales to he 10,697,
310 for 1904 and 10,017,721, for 1903..
The average gross weight of the
bales this season is shown to have
been 503. 8 pounds and the equivolent
500 pounds bales have been 10,777,510.
Items entering the totals' for the crop
of. 1905 are 10,214,059 square bales,
279.83G round bales, 112.539 sea island
bales, ar-d 230,497 linters.
The. number of bales estimated by
the ginners as remaining to be ginned
and including in the report is 40,112.
Break in Market. '
New York, March 20. The publica
tion of Ihe Census Bureau cotton re
port was followed by a very sharp
break in the market. May Droke to
10.38 ;and July to 10.48, -or about 36
points below the closing prices of yes
terday. The decline was followed by
a reaction of 10 or 12 points but the
sentiment was very unsettled. " .
BARONESS A SUICIDE.
Mrs.
Bussche Lived With Her Son at
V; Fort Leavenworth. "
Leavenworth,- Kan.",11 March 20.
Mrs. Emma Caroline Rooch Bussche,
mother of Ssecond ; Lieut. Carl F.
Bussche, Eighteenth Infantry, and wife
of BarOn von dem Bussche-Hadden-hausen,-
committed suicide by shooting
at Fort Leavenworth this morning in
the officers quarters, which he shared
with her son. Death resulted instan
taneously from a- pistol wound above
the riglt ear." - L ;
" Mrs. Bussche accompanied the. regi
ment to the Philippines In 1903, but on
account of ill health returned to the
United States. Of late she had been
suffering from mental depression. It
was in one of her spells of acute mel
aneholy'that she took her life, A
Baron von dem Bussche-Hadden
hausen visited in
Leavenworth last f
summer for a few weeks,- and "While
here was frequently in communication
by cable with the Crown Prince of Ger
many. His wife was absent. Why she
and the son forsook Germany is not
known. The Baron ' makes his resi
dence in Berlin. :'' '
: Because of her. association of several
years With the regimental officers Mrs.
Bussche was held in high esteem by
them. How she secured the weapon
is not known.
THIS PROPHECY CAME TRUE.
Stolen Rinq Returned to Woman
by
Pittsburg Man.
Youngstown, O., : March 20. Mrs.
Frank Whitherstay received '.through
the mails' a ring with a ruby surround
ed wtth diamonds that was stolen irom
her home three years ago. On the
envelope was this : "From B- A. Bob
binson, No." 4000 Liberty avenue, Pitts
burg." : No other words accompanied
the ring; Recently Mrs. Witherstay
visited a clairvoyant, and was told the
missing ring would be returned to her.
Rev. .Dr. John V. 3lagg, formerly
of Charlotte, but now of Birmingham,
Ala., arrived in the city last evening
and will spend a-few days here the.
guest of friends. 1 '
COMPLETE COTTON!
CROP FOR 15
FAVORS A STRAIGHT
SEA-LEVEL CANAL
AS TIE BEST TYPE
John F. Wallace Former Chie
' Engineer of Panama Canal Com
mission Testified Before the
Senate Committee on Inter
oceanic Canals To-day.
Favored Sea-Leel Canal of Am
ple Width and Depth.. Thinks
$300,000,000 a Sufficient
Amount to Construct Canal.
Other Facts About Canal.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 20.--John F.
Wallace, former chief engineer of the
Panama Canal Commission, testified
before the Senate committee on inter
oceanic canals today.
In advocating an approximately
straight sea level canal, of ample
width and depth as the best type, he
urged that any other plan that places
restrictions upon the probable perma-
nency of the canal itself, as well as
- uPn tne speed, size4 and number of
vessels passed through it, must ren
der the canal far less valuable. He
deemed $300,000,000 ample to con
struct a sea-level canal. He said that
a sea-level canal can be fully com
pleted in ten, or to be entirely safe,
say twelve years, while the lock canal
would require only three years less.
He reiterated that increased efficien
cy could be secured if the work were
handled by a single contracting firm.
ATTACKED BY A WILD CAT.
Commercial Traveler Has Lively En
counter With. Animal.
Dunkirk, March 20. Harvey J. Jack
son, representing a New York whole
sale clothing house, reached Dunkirk
en route home, and during a short stop
here told of a thrilling, encounter
which he had with a wild cat.
Mr. Jackson had been covering Ir
vineton, Pa., and that evening having
missed his train to Youngstown, a few
miles away, started to that village.
On the way he stopped a moment
to cut some plug tobacco for his pipe,
and as he was doing sp became aware
of an animal in the branches of a tree
at the roadside. Mr. Jackson , reached
for his whip and struck the beast.
Like a flash the wild cat hurled it
self into the buggy and began to claw
the driver's legs.' Luckily, Mr. Jackson
still had his long-bladed knife in his
hands, and a few slashes killed the cat,
but not until the victim had been se
verily scratched and bitten.
Mr. Jackson 'had the beast skinned
and intends to have the skin mounted.
It measures more than 3 1-2 feet from
tip to tip. . : . .
MESQUITE BLOCK PAVING.
San Ajitonio. Dosn't Like to Remove
Them But They Are Not Satisfac
' tory.
San Antonio, Tex., March 20. Street
paving in San Antonio is a problem
that is now giving the city authorities
a; great deal of trou"ble. Originally the
business section of the city was paved
with mesquite wood blocks. This was
twenty years ago. These pavements
lasted with but slight repair ' until
the,' last few years, : when they began
to give way and were replaced with
various paving - materials, none of
which was satisfactory. ,
. Asphalt streets do not last here more
than a year or two, until the icpst of
repairs becomes equal to the cost of
new paving. Brick pavements; are
more satisfactory, but they are too
hard to please the people.
THE ETERNAL FEMININE.
Cow Admires Her Reflection in Hearse
Till Police Drag Her Away.
New York, March 20 A rebellious
cow caused no end of trouble yester
day among a lot of carriages in Borden
avenue, Long Island City. They were
lined up there waiting their turn to get
on the ferry-boats bound for East
Thirtv-fourth "street,-- Manhattan. A
,man was leading the cow along the
avenue With about twenty feet of rope
when she started to cut up capers.
The carriage-drivers heard shouts of
warning and they put on whip and got
out of the cow's way. , She dragged the
man at the end of the rope along two
blocks, while the Sunday crowds ran
for cover, and gave her the right of
way. At last the cow ran close up to a
waiting hearse and caught a glimpse of
herself in the big glass side of it.
There she halted stock still, and the
man at the end of the rope had to call
two policemen to get her under way
once more j , ;
Rutherford College. News.
Special to The News. .
-Rutherford College, March 20. The
sixth annual debate of the Newtorian
Literary Society was held at the col
lege March 16th.- ..The query of the
debate was "Resolved that the news
paper does as much to mould public
opinion as al other agencies Combin
ed." The negative won the decision.
Saturday evening a very pleasant
entertainment was rendered by the
music class under the direction of
Miss ,Titman,. teacher of music In the
college. 'The stage was neatly decor
ated. The program was good.
Protracted services are expected to
begin here on Sunday. March 25thi by
tho pastor, Rev. P. G. Carver.
BELMONT NEWS ITEMS.
Several Matters oMnterest from Busy
- Suburb PersonaK and Other Men
tion. - ,
Miss Elta Batton and others of the
I family are very sick with measles at
i their home on Belmont Avenue,
j 1 We resTet to note that Mr. George
I Navy is o.uite sick at his home on
Harell street.
We are informed that C. T. Hicks
takes charge of the Louise weave
rooms in piaoe of Mr. McHa.ni, re
signed. Mr. H. W. Cooper, one of our nie
; chanics has made some nice improve
i.ments around his home on the corner
of Belmont Avenue.
Sorry to note that Mrs. David Par
ker is cuite sick.
This is the lasfweek of the Belmont
graded school.
It was your correspondent's pleasure
to attend the Old Maids' Single Bless-!
edness Society at the Woodman Hall
on Saturday night when a crowded
house greeted them. We must say we
have seen no better entertainment
for some time.
Mrs: C. M. Robinson who has been
quite sick is much improved.
; Mr. W.. T. Garris has withdrawn
from the East Side Mercantile Co and
with Dr. Hart will open up a new bus
iness. Mr. Fulton Cole is now man
ager of the East Side Co.
Miss Maggie O'Brien of Rockingham
a. student , a$ the Piedmont Industrial
College, was visiting her uncle D. F
O'Brien and family Sunday.
DIED AMONG STRANGRS.
Pathetic Death of Aged Man at St.
Peter's Hospital.
The death of Mr. James E. Bowers
which occurred at St. Peter's Hospital
last night is very pathetic, in that he
I has neither friends to care for nor
money to bury mm, an erlorts to locate
any of his relatives or his home having
been in vain. ,
Mr. Bowers came to Charlotte sever
al weeks ago from Matthews where
he has made his home for the past
three or four years. He came here
for treatment and was admitted to the
county home where he remained a
short while. Knowing that his condi
tion was critical he asked to be taken
to the hospital where the attending
physician pronounced him beyond re
covery. The remains were at once remov
ed to the undertaking establishment
of Z. A. Hovis and Company and un
less relatives are found this after
noon the body Will probably be interr
ed in the Potters Field.
It is understood that Mr. Bowers
came to this section of the country
from Maryland to work in the gold
mneis.' He made acquantances and
to several - made the request that
when he died he wanted his body ta
ken to his home fo,r "burial. - K?; did not
say what place in Maryland he iived
and no one thought to ask him and
for this reason his relatives cannot
be located.
His clothing contained . no letters
and a very small amount of money.
INTERESTING INCREASING.
A Great Membership Camoaign is Be
- ihg Waged at the Y. M. C. A.
Interest in the great membership
campaign now being waged by mem
bers of the Young Men's Christian
Association to increase the member
ship in the popular organization, is de
cidedly on the increase. Every team,
represented by flags flying from the
association has been in the lead to
day, but at the time of going to press
the white team under the able leader
shin of Capt. A. Jackson Beall is far
in the lead, much to the chagrin of the
mr-nbers of the Red and Black1 teams.
Tt 1 5 r tmored that Captains Brown
ard F?rwt , will' leave town tomorrow
ayev d'y on business but' in reality to
escape the taunts of the junior mem
bers of the association. -
Constable Sale.
Constable S. C. Ross conducted a
sale today in the -rear of the county
court-house. The articles sold were
some of the effects of W. TV McCor
mick and II. P. Barstow which were
disposed of to satisfy judgments.
HERS FLEE
FOR THEIR SAFETY
Fear of 'Snow Slides Causes
Mines to be Closed and Miners
to Flee for Safety.- Sixteen
Now Dead. Loss now $500,
000. -
By Associated Press.
li Denver March. 20. Owing to the
fear of snow slides all the mines in
the neighborhood of Silverton. Col,
have' been, closed and 3,000 . miners
have fled to Silverton for safety.
? -Sixteen men have been crushed or
suffocated to death by the avalanches
in this district in the last three, days.
v The nroperty loss is now estimated
at 500,000. . .
51,000 MEN ON STRIKE.
Operators' Terms May Be Rejected by
- Miners' Congress . .v -V
By. Associated Press "
Lens, March 20. The Department
of Pas de Las; France, the miners con
gress is expected, to reject, the. opera
tors' terms: The strikers now num
ber 51,000 men. ; .
. Sugar Advanced. .
ByAssociatea Press.
i,Ney . York, -March 20. All grades of
refined sugar were; advanced ten cents
on the hundred pounds today. - -
KURQPATK
GIVES CAUSES OF
RUSSIAN DEFEATS
In Last Order-ot-the-day Printed
in Russy Invalid the Causes
for the Russian Defeats are
Pictured by Minister c War,
Gen. Kuropatkin.
Lack of Preparation and -Equip-'"
ment, Explosive Shells, Etc.
Among Causes. .' Morals, of
Troops and 0cersnct What
'They Shoula Have Been.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, March 20. General
Kuropatkin's last crder-of-the-day -'.to
the fi,rst. Manehurian -army, printed in
the -Russky Invalid (the military -organ)'
today, is a remarkable exposure
of the Russian defeats'; showing . that
they were due to the lack of prepara
tion, and equipment and because there
were no explosive shells for the mcu'i
tain artillery etc. in the early stages of
the war. -
He dees net shirk" his own responsi
bility as fmmstsr of -war (before the
.war broke out) but points out that the
causss c defeats were deeper, namely,
the morals cf the troops and e tho
officers' who did not display the. initia
tive, independence or enthusiasm in
spite of their iron nerves and heroic
conduct of soldiers.
All this, the General boldly announ
ces it attributable to the oppression
of the bureaucratic rule during the last
50 years which? in the case cf the
officers drove the men of indebendenco
from the service, leaving only the
worthless dronej.
. He congratulates the troops on the
advent of liberty and hope for the
regeneration of the people.
IN SUPERIOR COURT,
Co!. Hinsdale Makes Motions in, Insur
ance C33SS.
In the Superior. Court today the case
of R. E.-.and C E. Mason; vs. Williams
and Wright, was called. This was an
action in which $G00 was claimed by
the ,plairiti-f;fjtie2rPBe of a certain slriy-
ment cf "cotton." The jury returned a
verdict in favor' of the 'plaintiffs, for
the whole amount. ' -
. Judge Bryan set aside the verdict he
canse it was not in accord with the
evidence.
This afternoon Col. John W. Hins
dale, of Raleigh, made several motions
in jregard to actions brought against
the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company. The motions were in con
nection with the suits of Edwin J.
Holtcn, Mary L. Hoiton and Mary E.
Wriston against the above named com
pany. - .
-' The defendant company was allowed
60 days to file answers in all cases.
FARMERS INSTITUTES.
Mecklenburg County Will Have Two
This Summer, July 13 and 19th.
Mecklenburg" county will heve the
benefit of two farmers institutes this
summer to be held in different sec
tions of the county on July 18th and
19th. Mr. C. C. Mcore who is chair
man of the committee in charge of the
farmers institutes of North Carolina
has arranged for these meetings, will
meet with. the farmers institute com
mittee of Mecklenburg county at the
court house next Saturday at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon to decide at what
places in the county it is desire J to
hold these institutes. :
An interesting feature this year will
be the Woman's department. Mr.
Moore will be glad to be" informed of
any ladies 'who will assist the insti
tute lady workers so that a program
may be prepared.
CHIEF OF POLICE ASSOCIATION.
Convention Will Be Held at Hot
Springs Arkansas Next Month.
The annual meetingjjt the interna
tional chief of - police association of
America will be held at Hot Springs
Arkansas next month beginning the
ninth and continuing through the,. 14th.
This organization, which covers
this country and Canada, is made up
of the chiefs of police cf each city.
At these meetings plans are devise !
and discussed as to the best methods
of haac:-ng crime and criminals, and
how criminals should be followed by
the police of the country. . The. mem
bers of the association set on foot
these plans and pledge their support,
one to the other, in this great work.
For that reason it is important that
every city of any. size be represented
at the meeting. .' .
Marriage at Newell.
At Newell last Tuesday Mr. Walter
McLean and Miss Mary Wilson were
united in marriage. Rev. J. C; Crane
was the officiating minister. Both the
contracting parties are well known and
highly thought of. ' -
Property Sold for Division.
v Mr.- A.: L. Butt, commisioner, today
sold the property on the corner of
Church and First street at public auc
tion," at the county court house. Mr.
G. F.: Creswell was the purchaser, and
the price was $2,250. j . ;
Messrs. H. C. Clark and Eugene Gra
ham,, of the' Charlotte Supply , Compa-
ny, spent today at Spartanburg, S. C,
on business. .