North Carolina Newspapers

n . .: ; ."!.: TWELVE PAGES. TWELVE PAGES. THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOT TE VOL. XXXV IQ. 6284 CHARLOTTE, N C, WEDNESDAYxEVENING, APRIL I I . 1906. PRICE: 3 CENT v4 DAYBY ay m 7. OF THE WITH PRIVATE GO'S. EASE CWAMtOTll CAN GO VT, COMPETE HORRORS VOLCANO INCH 1 i. " Morning Opened with Atmosphere Oppressive and Indicative of More Devastation. "From all Quarters Comes Wail of Dis tress. Land Clothed in Ashes. Many Houses Co'lapsed and Oth ers Tottering. WW Take 100, 000, Men to Raze Unsafe Houses. Town of ported Destroyed. Sarno Re- By Associated Press. Naples, April 11. This morning opened with the atmosphere oppressive and yellow with ashes from Mount Vesuvius, causing a feeling of appre hension regarding what the future may hold in store for this city and vicin ity. ' ' '. The volcano was completely hidden in : dense mass of cinder-laden smoke, the only other signs of activity. Leing frequent and very severe deten tions and deep rumblings. From all Quarters come reports of occumplation of ashes, flight of terror stricken inhabitants from towns and villages, collapse of buildings, insuffi ciency of relief measures, hunger and discouragement. It is no longer possible to reach the points which -have suffered most se verely. Even the soldiers detailed to guard the ruins at Ottajano have been recalled and the town has been left to its fate. The military forces have earned the gratitude and admiration of the people iy their devotion to duty and work. The situation generally is considered less alarming than yesterday evening. The quantity of ashes being emitted is not so great, rumblings are less fre quent, though ashes and cinders are still falling over this city. There are about four inches in the streets. According to theAIattino 50 houses, three churches and municipal build ings at Sommo have collapsed, and cinders are six feet deep there and all inhabitants have sought safety in flight. ' Houses at Ottajano are still collaps ing and most buildings in the towns and villages in that neighborhood are tottering, or in ruins. . Railroad Service Interrupted. The eruption from Vesuvius increas ed during the night and a coating of a&hes and cinders to the depths of four inches covered the ground and roofs of the buildings. All the railroad service out of the citv is interrupted. The engineers re fused to take out their trains because of the darkness caused by the heavy fall of ashes. , So widespread is the catastrophe caused by the eruption that it is esti mated it will reojiire an, organized body of 100,000 men and the expendi ture of many millions of dollars to raze the unsafe houses; to errect tem porary quarters for the refugees; to clear the roofs of the buildings that may yet be saved; and to extricate from the ruins of the fallen structures and bury the dead. Sarno Reported Destroyed. The Mattino asserts that Sarno, in the Province of Salerno, has been de stroyed. It is impossible to verify the report. Sarno is a town of some 10,000 peo ple situated about 10 miles east of Mount Vesuvius. Panic Prevails. The panic here is increasing, the prisoners in the city jail : mutinied owing to fright and succeeded in break ing open some doors inside the build ing but were subdued by the guards. The prisoners, however, are in a state of great excitement, requiring double guards. ON CHURCH UNITY. Basis for Union With Associated Re form Church of South Formulated. Bv Associated Press. - "Pittsburg, April 11. The , commit tee. on Unity with their denomina tion of the United Presbyterian r:hnrrh in session here, has formula tf n a basis for the union with the Associate Reformed church of the South and will at once submit it to the committee on the Union of the Southern church. If approved by that committee, it will be presented at the general assembly of the United Preshvterian Church at its meeting an Richmond, Ind., next month. SOME QUICK WORK. Charlotte Pbe and Foundry Co. Beain Work Next Week. to One hundred workmen are at work otr the new home for the Charlotte Pi do and Foundry Co Mr. W. F. Dowd, president of the company stated to a News representa tive this morning that his large force of workmen would finish the structure by the last of this week and that the first of next week the plant would be in operation, making pipe as before the fire The fire that destroyed the building occurred Saturday night and was a big conflagration. No one dreamed that the company would be in shape to re snmp th manufacture of pine under three or four weeks, at least. Mr. Dowd's friends will be glad to fuwuo "icuuo " . learn that he will rise out of the ashes so quickly. : - Governor frank r. goodsng of idaho, threatened by " " the molly maguires. Governor" Gooding, who has been trying to clear up the murder of former Governor Steunenberg, has received warnings that he will meet a like fate with his predecessor. Gooding is a Republican and took office in January, 1005. He is tlie'largest sheep owner in the state and one of the largest in the west, his numerous .flocks comprising in all 75,000 head. He is now looking for black sheep; in the human flock under his control AMENDMENT FOR CHARLOTTE FIRM Business of E. V. Finlayson May Begin When $1,000, of Capital is Subscribed. Governor Finds Strong Sentiment Favoring Prohibition at Graham. Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, April 11. An amend ment was allowed for the charter of the E. V. Finlayson Manufacturing Company, of Charlotte, providing that the business may begin when $1,000 of the capital is subscribed. The incor porators are Paul Chatham, E. V. Fin layson and W. A. Ebert. Governor Glenn came in this morn ing from Graham, where he delivered j an address in advocacy of the prohibi tion election last night. He says he found the sentiment overwhelmingly for prohibition. He left on the Sea board train at 11.45 for Washington for the purpose of adjusting the differ ences of accounts of the War Depart ment with the North Carolina Nation al Guard. He will be back at the Ex ecutive Office Saturday morning. Late last afternoon the horse of Dr. O. H. Jones broke from the driver at the public fountain in front of the city market and dashed across the street, plunging into the plate glass front of the salesroom of the National Cash Register Co., in the Carolina Trust building. The glass over twenty-five feet square, was broken in to smither ines and the horse so badly cut that it is not thought that it can recover. The little daughter of State JVeternarian Tait Butler was knocked over by the runaway horse and a wheel of the buggy passed over hsr but her injuries are not serious. The State Board of Education during j a sesion neia last nignt empioyea Frank Thompson of Onslow county as special attorney to protect and look after the interest of the State in tne vast amount cf swamp lands owned by the State and set aside for educa tional purposes in Onslow, Jones ana adjacent counties. State Commissioner of insurance j. H. Young paid into the State Treasury today $9,855.83 this being the last of his collections for State insurance li censes and other receipts for his office for the fiscal year ending April 1. This makes a total of $205,124.07 for tne year, this being a gain of $7,721.79 over the receipts from the same sources du ring the years before the insurance ae vartment was established in 1899. The court was asuea 10 pass uu mio question in the appeal of State vs. Lytle from Asheville last term but avoided it because not squareiy pie sented as the direct issue. In the Par- kersville case, however, tne issue is settled finally in favor of police justice and recorders courts, tne opinion ueius written by Mr. Justice Hoke. DRY DOCK DEWEY. nmir Tova Lines and unnea t-or Hours Is Again Under oomroi Tv Acanniated Press. . wn shine-ton. Aoril 11 The dry oock nowoir Virnkf. it tow lines in the Medi- nff Malta and drifted about in the storm for about 'is nours, uui 1,1 . . ...a is now again in control oi tne vessel which are towing it. Greene Gaynor. rttr a canMated Press ljj " -. 41 rr-hn Savannah, ua.,. api" Greene and Gaynor case, it is said, will go. to the jury tomorrow morning about 10 o'clock. Judge Speer began his address to the jury. The first hour and a half of the charge was devoted to the presentation or tne cnargus up w . x vnrn. on which tne inu am c r. 'ed. A session will be held tonight. MISSED DEATH BY A Negro GiM Struck E;rly th:s -Morning by a Highland Park Electric Car, was PlayingJump ina: on and Off the Track. She Will Recover. Laura James, a negro girl who lives at No. 607 North "A" 'street, escaped death by a narrow margin this morn ing.:.- 'v- The girl, with a number of other ne groes, were en route to the Waste fac tory, near the Highland Park Co.'s new mill. ' ' ' ' An out-soing Highland Park car, the first of the day, was moving down the long, straight stretch of track before you reach the end of the line. The car, No. 22, was jn charge of Conduc tor R. S. Johnston and Motorman N. M. Jones. Just as the car was passing in front of the Southern Power Co.'s sub-station the girl jumped on the track and then jumped .back. She repeated-this performance two or three times. The last time she jumped on the track, be fore she could jump back, the outer edge of the fender struck her and witn fearful force threw her to one side. " Motorman Jones stopped his car as soon as possible and he-and Conductor Johnston went back to ascertain how badly the girl was injured. They found blood coming from an ugly cut on the head. They also found that she had sustained other less serious in juries. , The girl was taken to her home, near-by 'and medical aid was sum moned. The negroes who were with the girl, so they say, had warned her about jumping on and off the track. She paid no heed to the repeated warning, but continued at this dangerous pastime. It is the greatest wonder in the world that the child was not killed in stantly. Those aboard the car say that she would have been had it not been for the fender striking her and knock ing her from the track. The 4 C's Company has been annoyed no little by children playing on the tracks beyond the Seaboard crossing, on Brevard street. They congregate along the embankment and m the deep cut in large numbers and it is a wonder that an accident has not oc curred before this. The parents of these children, both white and black, are certainly remiss in their duty when they permit this. The girl that was struck this morn ing was not seriously injured. CARPENTER CUT HIS THROAT. Washington Man Attempted to Kill Himself at Annapolis. By Associated Press. Annapolis, Md., April 11. Rufus C. Wells, a carpenter, who came to An napolis last Wednesday from Washing ton to work at the Naval Academy, at tempted suicide, at a hotel here at a late hour last night or early this morn ing. He cut his throat in three places with a razor, and is in a serious con dition. He is about thirty years of age. At about 7 o'clock this morning a porter was sent to the man's-room to call him for breakfast. He received no resnonse to his knock, and when the door was forced the man was found unconscious. There is no known motive for his deed. , - Coming Marriage. Deputy Register of Deeds Banjamin Powell has issued a marriage license to Mr. W. It. Muse who will wed Miss L. L. Elam. NARROW MARGIN According to View at Navy De partment Construction of Bat tleship Connecticutt by Govern ment will Cost $400,000, More than Sister Ship, the Louisiana. Louisiana is Being Built by Pri vate Contractors." Government May Lose' in . Race. Figures and Facts, in Construction of Both Battleships Compared. By Associated Press. Washington, April 11. The present prospects are, according to the view now obtaining at the Navy Depart ment, that the battleship Connecticut", being constructed by the government at the New York Navy Yard, will not only cost approximately $400,000 more that her sister ship, the Louisiana, be ing built by private contractors, but the government will lose the race which has been on since the building of the two big ships began. Just how much longer it may take to complete the Connecticut than the Louisiana depends upon Congress. According to the latest figures at the Navy Department showing the prog ress being made, the percentage or completion reached on the Louisiana is 97.92 and the Connecticut 97.11. It was stated at the department to day that after spending the allowment made for . the present month the de partment will have but $10,000 to spend on. the Connecticut for May, un less Congress in the meantime passes an appropriation bill and authorizes an increase in limit of the cost asked for by the department and for which provision is made in the bill. Another factor in retarding the work on the Connecticut has been the cur tailment in the working force at New York Navy Yard made necessary by lack of funds. The force there was cut down from 3,000 to 800. It is estimated at the department that the Louisiana will be ready for delivery to the government in from four to six weeks. , ; . ... COAL OPERATORS ; : ' ..v.' PROPOSITION. General Scale Committee Went Into Executive Session to Consider Propo sition. ' By Associated Press. New York, April 11. The general scale committee of the Anthracite mine workers went into executive ses sion to consider the counter proposi tion made by the coal operators for the settlement of the differences ex isting between the idle wage workers and their employers.: Edward Flynn, president of the Ala bama district of the miners Union and W. R. Fairly representing that state on the International Executive Board of the miners organization, are in the I city to confer with Mr. Mitchell on the situation in Alabama where tne strike has been for a 4ong time. ARE RY'S. INTERESTED? Interstate Commerce Commission Con tinue Investigation. - By Associated Press. Philadelphia, April 11. The Inter state Commerce Commission continued the investigation ordered by Congress tn determine how far and in what man ner the railroads are interested in the coal and oil which they transport as common carriers. Fourth Class Postmasters. Bv Associated Press. 'Washington, April 11. Fourth class postmasters appointed are for Ala bama, at Kenney, Gilbert L. Nelson, for Georgia, at Helena John W. English; for North Carolina, at Hilderbran, Oli ver McM. Yoder; at Osgood, Hattie Deaton; for South Carolina, at Bath, Henry B. Senterfeit J 135 FEET Nathan Isaacs of New York Jum ped from Middle of Center SDan ot Williamsburg Bridge i --.,1k.. Into East River this Morning. i Was Rescued. 1 By Associated Press. New York, April 11. Nathan Isaac of this city jumped from, the middle of the center span of the new Williams burg bridge into East river, 135 feet below and was quickly taken out of the water by a crew of a ferry boat. His clothing was torn to . ribbons, his shoes were torn from his feet and ne was terribly bruised by the impact of his body upon. the water. . r Isaac ! was. unconscious when res cued but . soon revived and may re cover. He made' the leap at the hour when the morning rush of the Brook lyn people to their work was at its height and scores of persons witnessed his drop into the river. 0 WIPED T RIVER BE LOW : 1 f SENATOR ADRICH, LEADING OPPONENT OF RATE BILL Nelson W. Aldrich, though representing the smallest state in the Union, was for years the Republican leader in the United States senate. Recently he with drew from the formal leadership, but still is influential in legislation. He it was that moved to have Senator Tillman report the rate bill. Aldrich was speaker of the Rhode Island house and congressman before being elected to the senate in 18S0. He is sixty-four years of age. VACGIHATION WILL BE FORCED ON T Certain Residents of the Pineviile Neigtiborhood Refuse to Bare Their Arms. Several Cases of Smallpox Near the South Caro lina Line Reported. Squire S. H. Hilton today issued a number of warrants for parties' living ir the neighborhood of Mr. Baxter Bailes home, in Pineviile township. The charge . against these . parties is that ther have refused to submit to the vaccination law, which' is." a legislative enactment. County Physi cian C. . S. McLaughlin in company with Constable S. C. Ross left this morning for the Pineviile section and will see to it that the parties named m the warrants comply witn tne vaccination law. y ' ' ' Several days a?o there developed at the home of Mr. Baxter Bailes, a case of smallpox. Mrs. Bailes, who has a young babe, contracted the disease. Dr. McLaughlin made an examination but was not sure that her trouble was smallpox. Later, the disease developed in such a way that left no doubt as to the charac ter of it. The home was quarantined and those living nearby were ordered to be vaccinated. Nearly all declined to obey the physician's orders so the law was resorted to in order that the-disease may not spread. Dr. McLaughlin stated -to a News reporter this morning that- he had made a thorough examination of Mrs. Bailes and he was convinced, beyond a doubt that her trouble is a genuine case or smaupux. iu county authorities will use every ef fort to stamp out the disease wmcn, it is thought will not be difficult since the cold weather is about over Tt was learned this afternoon that a case of smallpox had made its ap pearance at the home of Squire Wil Hard O. Bailes, which is just across the South Carolina line. DEAD MISER'S GOLD FOUND. Old Boot Containing $300 Supposed to Have Been Hidden For a Century. By Associated Press Elkton. April 11. Hidden in an old boot, which was revealed by the dis placement of a strangely marked stone in his house". William Bram, of Row l&ndville, Cecil county,,discovered $300 in gold, besides a number of Spanish silver coins. - It is believed that the treasure be lr.nsred to an old miser named "Horner, who lived in the house about a century ago. The house has been m possession of the Bram family for some years, and in moving the stove on Saturday,-one of the stones in the chimney, fell to the floor. The strange marks in the stone led to an investigation, ana me boot and money were found. It is now thought that there is more money hid den in the log dwelling, and a search is being made -by the Bram family. Pvthians "At Howe" . Rathbone Lodge No 37, Knights of Pythias, will give an "at Home Thursday night to the members of the lodge and friends of .the other lod-es in the citv. Light refresh ments will be served in . the dining hall. The evening will 'be purely a social one. ' -" First Trio Sunday. The first trio of" the Sunday tram over the - Statesville road will be made Sunday, leaving Charlotte at 7-10 o'clock in the morning and returning the same evening about 9:40 o'clock. ' SMALL 0 MACON E TILT Hot Tilt Between Small and "Macon on Charges oi Li belling Southern Railway Offi cial. Rap of Gavel Stops Con- ! troversy. By Associated Press. Washington, April 11. Mr. Page of 1 North Carolina opposed ' the ap propriation for special railway mail facilities on the ground that the sec tion which he represents ' did hot need the appropriation. - ' Mr. Macon of Arkansas rose to the question . of personal privpege. He said the newspapers had given Mr. Small's- side of the controversy in the house yesterday in which he (Macon) had been accused of libel ling the president of the "Southern Railway, but they had made no men tion of the libel which Small had put. upon him. , Mr. Small sought to interrupt, but. Mr. - Macon waived him aside, Mr. Macon said he resented the charge that he had libelled any one. Mr Small again sought to interrupt, but the gavel , fell as Mr, Macon ut tered, the sentence "You are no gentleman." "I guess I will be able to survive your imputation," Mr. Small said in reply. ; That the. present policy of the post office department was hostile to the -rural free delivery -service was maintained by Mr. Lever of South Carolina "And yet the head of this Department stands as the special champion of the Republican party." He concluded. BRIDE IS ONLY 14. Mr. Simoson and Miss Benbow Mar ried by Squire McEwen. - At the home of Squire J. M. Mc Ewen in Morning Star township last Saturday, Mr. , A. C. Simpson and Miss Lydia Benton, were united in marriage Squire McEwen performing the ceremony. The . bride is a daughter 'Of Mr. Morris Benton and is only 14 years eld. - The . groom has recently received an honorable' discharge from the Navy, At the expiration of his term of service he came directly home and claimed his young bride. The young couple will make their home out in Clear Creek. . ; STILL ANOTHER TRAIN. Rumored That Local Will Be Run Be tween .Charlotte and Spartanburg. It is rumored that the Southern will pstahlish a' - better train . service be tween Charlotte and Spartanburg. The report, which The News "man heard at the depot this morning was to the ef fept that a train would leave Charlotte in the evening at 6 o'clock and return the next morning at 8 o'clock. In connection with the report if was also learned, that Mr. W. H, Tayloe's recent visit to Charlotte was for the purpose of looking into the advisabil ity of establishing this train. Local railroad men say it will , pay handsome ly, while others say the travel will not justify it. Loss From Eruptions. By Associated Press. ' v Naples April 11 (2.15 P. M.). The loss to property by the volcanic out break is estimated at $20,000,000, and it is announced thatv 50,000 persons have been rendered ' homeless. ; . . A AGAIN Hisioric Battle Ground Gets $5, 000 for Improvement of Monu ment. Aliens May not Gather Sponges. Gen. Smith's Re cord Defended. ' Senator Trust. TirrAll nn tho Wntrh Williams. Says it Was ; an Important Speech, American Watches are Sold Cheaper7 Abroad than at Home. By Associated Press. . Washington, 'April ;11. The follow ing bills passed ; the Senate: Prohib iting aliens from gathering sponges in American waters. Appropriating $5000 for the improve ment of the monument at Moore's Creek battlefield, N. C. Authorizing the maintenance of a toll bridse across the Tucaloo river between the States of South Carolina and Georgia. ' . The Senate also passed the bill pro hibiting the use of diving apparatus in the taking of sponges. P. O. Appropriation Bill. The House resumed the considera tion of the Postofflce Appropriation bill. Tirrell on the Watch Trust. The watch trust had further illumi nation in the House through the speech of " Tirrell of Massachusetts, who in answering the address of Rai ney of Illinois, read a letter from the pi esident of the Waltham Watch Com pany, in which it was emphatically stated that there was no watch trust. Tirrell told how the manufacturers were compelled to send a surplus out put abroad. He admitted that the Waltham Company in order to com pete with the Swiss watch manufac turers, to compete with cheap , labor in Europe and . to establish his trade was compelled, to sell abroad cheaper than at home. Williams, minority leader, said Tir rell's speech, was one of .the most im- -portant speeches made during tho CLQClVll, ui.vii.uv. u - muu. xu lessly , confessed: that the surplus , pro ducts of the factories were soid abroad at prices less than sold here. Another ftafanao nf thp "ftnRftial : a nnronriatlon tn tV f niVuriiV Tnnil nav was -made by Meyer of Louisiana, who said if the subsidy was out of the bill it would do vast harm to the business interests of New Orleans and the South in the way of lessening the needed mail. fa cilities. nt4.:... Dm!... Cf o.l E. H. Mary, of New York, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel Corporation, addressed the House committee on the Merchant Marine and fisheries, relative to the foreign and domestic prices of steel. He entered emphatic denial that there was any great difference be tween the home and foreign prices. At the present it was practically the same. Besides, he said, the ."United. States Steel Cornoration was selling very little steel for shipbuilding abroad. Gen. Smith's Record. ' The military record of General Ja-' cob H. Smith, in the Philippines was tho, snhipc.t. of of a speech by Bannon, of Ohio, who defended the action of General Smith," stating that- General Wood's achievements in the Philip pines were a complete vindication of the case of General Smith. Speaking of the engagement on Mount Dajo, Bannon said that Gen. Wood admitted that a number of women and children had been killed adding: "'Smith killed neither women or children, Wood did. Wood is warmly praised and commend- ed by the President. His commenda tion is General Smith's vindication." MR. J. D. McCALL REPORTS. Another Tillman Man Has Been Found by the Charlotte Lawyer. Hon. J. D. McCall, who has es poused the cause of Senator Benjamin R Tillman . for President in . 1908K is stilL engaged in making plans for the campaign in this section and is ready to "ive a hearty handshake to any new followers of the Pitchfork Senator, who may become convinced like, Mr. McCall that Tillman is the man for the Presidency if a Southerner is to be put up in the next election. Today a reporter asked Mr. McCall for a brief statement of; how he was getting along in the work of securing Tillman pledges. The. able lay Wer re plied, with great satisfaction, that he hnH nrlflpd one more name to the list and hoped to have others in a short time. - The boys -hereabouts are a conserva tive lot, so Mr. McCall realizes, but he feels confident and is much encourag ed over the addition of one more name to the list. This makes about two who have jomed the new movement, and as there is strength in "union, the Char lotte lawyer is encouraged. The best thing about it all, accord ing to Mr. McCall, is that some people have been disposed to take the matter too seriously and Mr. McCall i still one of the most deep-dyed, unflinching and unchangeable Democrats in all the Southland and it will be a cold day in August, yea, a whole month of cold days, he declares, ere he will lower the colors a hair's breadth.