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VOL. XXXV NO. 6361
CHARLOTTE, N C, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1906
PRICE: 5 CENTS
ICOTI DECLARED
THAT HE ALONE WAS
GUILTY OF MURDER
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SENSATIOllNG 77
MOTHER MRS, THAW
MAKES A STATE M EHT
FOR THE FIRST TIME
Mrs. Charles J. Holman, Mother
of Mrs. Harry K. Thaw Made a
Statement to the Press To-day
for the First time. What she
Said.
AMONG
RADICALS
AT GREENSBORO
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Negro Seaman Hanged at Wil
mington To-day Made a State
ment Exhonorating Sawyer and
Adams who were Sentenced to
Hang tor Mutiny and Murder.
Efforts will be Put Fortli at Once
to Secure the Release of the
Two Negroes Condemned to
Die for the Crimes of a Brute
of the High Seas,
Special to The News.
Wilmington, July G. Standing on
ti.o scaffold this afternoon, Henry
Siott, tlie negro seaman, whose home
was in Philadelphia, had read . his
-.worn statement confessing that he
: !or.e committed the wholesale butch
. rv of human lire last October aboard
the schooner Harry A. Berwind, bound
for Philadelphia and off the North
Carolina coast at the time.
He confessed that he slew Capt. E.
1?. Rumill and the three other white
urtkers and threw their bodies over
load; that he also slew the negro
srcaman, Coakley, whose body was
left on the deck of the ship and that
hv only implicated Arthur Adams and
Rwlert Sawyer, his fellow seamen,
new under sentence of death for the
same crime, to repay them for betray
ing him.
His statement unfolded a remark
et le capacity for dealing 4eatbr to hu
man beings and he claimed that he
was led to do the deeds of blood be
cause the cook aboard the ship .attack
er him and because of the harsh
treatment accorded him and the
ciew by Captain Rumill and the other
officers. !
Shortly after the reading of the
tiatf inent Scoit was hanged.
Efforts will be made immediately
looking towards the ultimate freeing
ui Sawyer and Adams, whose date for
hanging has been set for August 17.
When Scott was hanged here today
his counsel was in Washington trying
to get a stay of execution in order to
liave him examined as to his sanity.
On trial Sawyer and Adams testi
fied that Scolt alone enacted the trag
tdy and told how he had shot the offi
cers one at a time while they begged
lor mercy and then threw their biood
c'renched bodies into the sea.
Their tale seemed almost impossi
ble and taey were convicted and
whi:e Scott claimed his innocence and
the guilt of the other two negroes, he
was also convicted as it was plain
that he had a hand in the mutiny
and murders.
MILITARY POLICE SERVICE.
The Service for the Jamestown Expo
sition to Be Performed by Pocahon
tas Guard.
I!y Associated Press.
Washington, July G. The military
police service at the Jamestown
Tercentennairy Exposition will be
performed by the Pocahontas guard,
under command of Capt. Carpenter of
the United States Marino Corps, at
.Norfolk. The preference for member
ship in this new organization which
win be well paid and will be main
tained in the service until November
ot), 1907, will be given to the appli
cants who have received honorable
discharges from the navy or Marine
Corps.
CASES OF ICE MEN.
Circuit Court Suspends Workhouse
Sentence of Three Men.
By Associated Press.
Toledo, O., July 6. Tho circuit
ctxirt suspended the Avorkhouse sen
tence of Miller, Watters and Bryan,
the ice men ' who have boon in jail
two weeks, while lawyers were fight
ing to get their cases in the circuit
court. All convicted ice dealers have
1-ad sentence suspended and are out
on bond. The circuit court will not
reach the cases until fall.
ANARCHIST ARRESTED.
Mart Thought to Be Anarchist Arrest
edBelieved to Be Plotting Against
Emperor William.
By Associated Press.
Altona, Prussia, July 6. The alleg
ed anarchist, named Rosenberg, who
is reported to have left Seattle, Wash
ington for Geimany, recently, was ar
iested here yesterday. He is accused
f having had designs on the life of
.Emperor William.
ERYAN TO MEET HALDANE.
Mr. Bryan Lunched With Major Bea
com to Meet War Secretary.
By Associated Press.
Lordon, July 6. Mr. Bryan lunched
with Major John H. Beacom, the Unit
ed States millitary attache, to meet
War Secretary Haldane. ,No other
guests were present.
MEN FELL HUNDRED FEET
With Great Iron Smokestack Men Fell
t 100 Feet.
By Associated Press.
Cincinnati, July 6. Joseph Ayers
and Oscar Underwood, sheet iron work
ers fell 100 feet with the great iron
smokestack at the Front Street Pump
ing Station and were probablv fatally
injured.
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"Now Will You Be Good!"
HARRISON TERRELL DEAD. ORPHANAGE OFFICERS.'
Became Known a the Faithful At
tendant and Nurse of Gen. Grant.
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 6. Harrison Ter-
rui, who became known throughout H
the country during the last years of
the life of Gen. Grant, as his faithful
attendant and nurse in New York and
Mount McGregor, died in this city last
night.
While on duty in the War Depart
ment ho fell and fractured his skull.
Ho was carried to the Emergency
Hospital where he died without re
gaining consciousness. Tcrrill was
greatly liked by all of the newspaper
men to whom he showed many cour
Usics during the days of Gen. Grant's
last illness. He leaves two sons and
a daughter. His oldest - son, Judge
Kobt. H. Terrell, is a graduata of
Harvard College and is now rt the
head of the minor courts of the Dis
trict of Columbia. His daughter is a
teacher at Tuskegee, and his younger
son is in the office of gas inspector of
the District.
TOLSTOI SARCASTIC.
He Declares Parliament is Like Child
ren Playing at Being Men.
Yasnaya, Poliana, July 6. Count
Leo Tolstoi, in an interview ;caid, in
reference to the Russian, Pajiiauaent:
"It seems to ire t.s if children were
playing as grown-ups. Our parliament
irritates me in this so-called represen
tatives oi the people, who really are
below the level of the classes which
they are supposed to represent, as
sume the task of solving problems
vhich will decide the fate of 140,o00,-
000 human beings."
DEATH LIST OF THE
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is Estimated now That 51 are
Dead and 3,551 Maimed or In
jured as Result of Celebration.
Many More Expected to Die,
Before Accounts are all In.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, July 5. Fifty-one lives
were thrown away and 3,551 celebrants
maimed or injured, some of them fa
tally,, is the record of this year's "Glo
rious Fourth" as compiled by the cor
respondents of the Tribune at an early
hour today.
The loss of life almost equals that
of last year when 59 persons were
killed while every record for the num
ber of injured was broken. Almost
one thousand more persons were in
the hospitals yesterday or swathed in
bandages than last year.
That the death list will continue to
grow for several days is indicated by
the large number of dispatches record
ing the injuries believed to be fatal.
The deadly toy pistol was responsi
ble for a big percentage of the inju
ries and six of the dead. How many
of the injured are infected with the
germ of tetanus cannot be estimated.
TWO KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION.
Six Others Were Injured, Two of
Them Seriously.
Saginaw, Mich., July 6. Two per
sons were killed and six injured, two
of them seriously, by the explosion of
an air gasoline tank on the second
floor of the boiler house of the Con
sendai works. The dead are: E. A.
Foeht and Carl Consendai; John Con
sendai, proprietor of the dye works
was fatally burned. ' .
Happenings at Dixie.
Mr' Lewis Williamson will celebrate
his -17th birthday tonight by giving a
lawn party 40 the young people of
Dixie. . . i.J .
Tionhnnps have been lnsiaiieu m
the homes of Messrs. B. T. and T
PnP H. Ti. and S. T. Stowe and C.
D.
M.
Montgomery.
Mrs. Lawrence Clark is ill at her
home at Lodo.
; Mr. Mack Berryhill has returned
home after a visit to his sister at Bal-
timore.
The Second Presbyterian Sunday
school will meet next Sunday at 4:o0
o'clock instead of .3:30 the regular
hour. '
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FOURTH
bLUn UUO
Annual Meeting of the Directors of
Thomasville Baotist Orphanage
Held.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, July 6.- At the annual meet
ing of the Thomasville Baptist Orpha
nage held last evening all the officers
and faculty were re-elected and a" vote
of thanks adopted expressing appre
ciation for the great improvement
made in the management of the orpha
nage for the year just closed. Steps
were taken to enlarge the water, sup
ply, add materially to the capacity and
equipment of the kitchen, erect a new ;
cottage tnat wiu accomodate ioriy or
nhans and also to remodel and move as A base andbsolute lie.'
back in lino with other cottages the
old Watson cottage which was among
the first erected on the grounds.
The report of General Maager M. L.
Kesler in summing up the work of
the year stated that the institution
opened up the year with an indebted
ness of $11,408 and reduced this dur
ing the year to $6,819; having invest
ed in land $1,555; two barns $1,091;
farm equipment' $525; equipment of
Charity and Children $200. There is
in hand for installing a laundry plant
$1,165. During the year the Orphan
age which is supported by the Baptists
of the State had cared for 313 orphans.
During the year 55 were received and
43 discharged, to live with relatives
20, and put in homes 12. Two died dur
ing the year.
General J. S. Carr and Major II. A.
London of the North Carolina division
United Confederate Veterans, were in
conference today relative to the pro-
posed
encamoment of the veterans
. i nnin V10 ctntpmpTit. that the
CLI1U. gaic uui.
f 1 -II 1 . 1 1 .1 ill f i lit l'
encampment win ue uwu uu
encampment grounds
at Aioreneau
after the North Carolina
National
Guard encampments very probably on
ugust 22 and 23, the tents ana otner
equipment to be left by the state
guards for the use of the veterans.
Application has been made tor tne
usual special rate of one cent per
mile for the veterans has been asked
from the railroads and will certainly
be granted. Orders in detail will be is
sued just as soon as all arangements
are perfected.
SAMUEL PARKER DIED TODAY.
Was Shot Last Night By Judge Fulton
At Helenwood, Tenn.
By Associated Press.
Knoxville, Tenn., July 6. Samuel
Parker, the young attorney and col
lege athlete shot last night by Judge
Fulton, at Helenwood, Tenn., died to
day. Parker made an ante-mortem
statement that he had been shot by
Fulton without provocation. It is stat
ed that Fulton accused Parker of com
menting on Mrs. Fulton, but to that
Parker made, an emphatic denial. Ful
ton ' surrendered and will be given a
preliminary hearing at Huntersville,
Tenn.
MR. CAMPBELL IN CHARGE.
Is Given Charge of the New Division
of Naturalization.
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 6. Under tho pro
visions of an act of Congress to es
tablish uniform rules of naturaliza
tion, which provides for a chango of
the title of the bureau of immigra
tion to the "bureau of immigration
and naturalization," tho secretary of
Commerce and Labor has established
a division of naturalization, and has
placed in charge of it Richard K.
Campbell, of Virginia.
SCHOOL OF SOCIALISM
Executive Committee of Socialistic
Party to Establish "Partisan War
School."
By Associated Press.
Berlin, July 6. The executive com
mittee of the Socialistic party has
announced its intention to establish
a "Partisan war school," in the autumn
with the object of preparing Socialistic
youths for public life, by. lecturers
on national economy, socialism, law
history, science literature, the natural
sciences and debating exercises.
An Important Meeting.
An important meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Young Men's Chris
tian Association will be held at 8
o'clock tonight in the parlors of the
association building.
In addition to the regular order of
business, the election of a successor
to the late President, Geo. B. Hanna,
will take place. Every member of the
board of directors is urged to be pres.
ent.
Sensation Previous to City Pri
maries by Issuance of Affidavit
by Chos. G, Surtothat Adams
had Assured Him of Blackburn's
Defeat for. Congress.
Atethat Those; Counting on his
Having Influence Over Election
Would get Left. Adams Says
Statement is "Bate and Absol
ute Lie."
Special to The News.
Greensbor, July V.- A political sen
sation was created here previous to
the holding of the Kepublican city pri
maries this afternq'on by the issuance
of an affidavitaj5igoed by Charles G.
Burton, that Spencer B. Adams as
sured him severatimes, he would see
to Blackburn's defeat for Congress
and that those counting on his having
influence over the election would get
left. ;
Burton is assistant postmaster to
Tyre Glenn. The prospects are for a
Blackburn stampede here at the pri
maries. "' y ' f -
Mr. Adams denounces the statement
SCHOONER WATERLOGGED.
Helpless Off
Harbor to
Notes.
Beaufort Bar Inlet to
Be Deepened News
Special to The News.
'.' 1 Beaufort, July 6. A very interesting
game of baseball was played here yes
terday afternoon between Beaufort
and Kinston, the score being 7 to 1 in
favor of Kins ten. The game was void
of any special incident, save the oc
casional excitement following a decis
ion by the umpire. The game was in
some respects unique, being played in
a strong Jareeze, 'v JLnyiull.view.of
the ocean.
Quite a number of Beaufort people
attended the Fourth of July ball at
Morehead City last night. Many peo
ple from New Bern and other cities
were in attendance. There are not a
great many guests at the hotel at
present.
A large three-masted schooner,
bound from a point in Florida to some
northern seaport, is waterlogged off
the Beaufort bar. The schooner has
a large cargo of lumber on board. The
captain has telephoned north for a
tug to tow his ship nortward.
Work on the great railroad bridge
is progressing slowly. The track will,
it is said, be completed by Septem
ber. It is exceedingly difficult work.
The piles are creosoted to prevent rot
ting at the water's edge.
Some fine catches of fish are being re-
ported. Gray trout and black fish are
biting well.
The work of deeping the Beaufort
bar will soon be begun. With a suffi
cient inlet Beaufort will be one of the
finest harbors in the entire south.
The Blades Brothers of New Bern
have recently formed and had incor
porated' a new lumber company. They
recentlj, it will be recalled, sold out
to the Standard Oil Company.
ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY
Corporation Commission is Consider-
ing Assessment of Public Corpora
tion Property.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, July 6. The Corporation
Commission took up today and have
under consideration for the next sev
eral days the assessment of road tel
egraph, telephone, street railway and
other public corporation property in
the State for legislation.
An amendment to the charter of
the Glennwood L.ajrfl Company, of Ral
eigh, was filed with the Secretary of
State today providing for an increase
of the capital stock from $4,000 to
$100,000. James H. Pou is president
of the company for developing subur
ban property northwest of the city.
EIGHT ARE RILLED
Just as 25 Cossacks Entereed
Lime Kiln where Bombs were
Thought io be Manufactured
Terrific Explosion Occurnd.
Eight Killed, Five Injured.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, July 6 Twenty-five Cossacks
surrounded a lime kiln at Miechow in
the province of Kielce, Russian Po
land, on the information that it was
being used for the manufacture of
bombs. As the Cossacks were forcing
their way in a terrific explosion blew
the kiln to pieces. Eight Cossacks were
killed and five woundec".
IN AN EXPLOS DN
Alone and
THE FARMERS TOMORROW.
An Interesting Meeting is Expected
Various Reports to Be Received.
Indications point to a lively meeting
of the farmers at the court house to
morrow morning, which will, no doubt,
be attended by a large number.
There will be a number of vital sub
jects to be considered and discussed,
the main one being the report of the
warehouse committee which was ap
pointed at a recent meeting to confer
with mill men in regard to a ware
house for the farmers. This commit
tee held a meeting last week and la
ter had a conference with a committee
of cotton mill men. Just what was
done at this conference was not given
out. The report will be heard with
interest tomorrow.
President C. C. Moore, of the North
Carolina Cotton Association, is hear
tily in favor of the warehouse plan.
He thinks the farmers should have a
warehouse of their own where their
cotton may be stored and. kept there.
as long as desired, with a reasonable
charge for storage. This plan has
worked successfully elsewhere and
the leading farmers of Mecklenburg
are all of the opinion that it can be
worked successfully h.ere.
Various other reports will be heard
at the meeting tomorrow morning, in
cluding the secretary's report and a
report on the condition of the cotton
crop in this county.
BIG DISPENSARY PROFITS
Raleigh Dispensary Profits for Last
Quarter $16,500 The Telephone
Tolls Case.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, July 6. The hearing of the
complaint on the part of Col. J. Bryan
Grimes against the Southern Bell Tele
phone Co., will be heard on July 17
instead of July 5 as at first appointed.
The complaint is in the form of a pe
tition for an order reducing toll fees j
for long distance service to five cents i
for the first five minutes and 24 cents I
per minute for all in excess of that!
time. Also for fixing local exenange
charges at $1.50 per month for resi
dence and $2 per month for business
'phones.
The city treasury of Raleigh has
just received $6,600 as the municipali
ties share of the profits from the dis
pensary for the three months ending
June 30. The total profits for the three
months was $16,500 the remainder go
ing to the county treasury for educa
tion and road improvement. For the
quarter ending March 31 the city's
share of the profits was $6,000 and for
the auarter ending June 30 1905 fo.bUU.
A steady increase in profits is therefore j
noticeable.
NEGRO SHOOTS COMPANION.
Killing
Occurred Yesterday
Concord.
Near
Special to The News.
Concord, July 6 Will Cameron,
colored, yesterday afternoon shot and
killed instantly Charles Taylor, a col
ored companion at a celebration at
Rock Hill Church grounds, ia No. 2
township.
The negroes were holding a celebra
tion at the grounds yesterday and the
killing occurred just after the noon
hour. He was caught where the kill
ing occurred. Cannon didn't try to
escape and he seems to be uneffected
by it. The cause of the killing is not
known here, but the report is that
there was a quarrel over a woman.
Cannon and Taylor were both from
the neighborhood in which the trag
edy occurred, and in a settlement in
which trouble has frequently occurred.
THE CANNON MILL.
Site has Been Surveyed Both Cannon
and New Patterson Will Be Large
Mills.
Special' to The News.
Concord, July 6. The foundation of
the new Cannon mill, four miles aDove
the city, has been surveyed and will
be sejren hundred by sevenhundred feet
The site is said to be a magnificient
one and just across the railroad on
another splendid site will be located
the new Patterson mill. The location
of these two large mills will soon make
a town of considerable size and con
sequence. The new Cannon mill as
the dimensions of its foundation show,
will be an exceedingly large one and
it is said that the Patterson mill is
to be no gmall thing by any means.
The Patterson company has a large
surplus and with the new issue of
stock a big plant will be. assured.
Work on the Cannon mill w'U soon be
under way. ( ' I
Forsaken.
FIRE AT MR.' MILLER'S PLANT.
Blaze Started From. One . of the Gins
Damage Slight.
The first fire of several weeks oc
curred this morning at the waste
cleaning plant of Jasper Miller & Son,
In the rear of the cotton office of
Sanders, Orr & Co. on North College
street. The blaze started from one of
the gins, and as all cotton fires are,
it was very stubborn. After so long
a time the firemen succeeded in, get
ting, it under control. Mr.Miller's
damage is fully covered by insurance.
The alarm was turned in froni Box
No. 18, located at the corner of Sixth
end College streets, and as it was in
the business section of the cit7 all the
fire fighting apparatus was brought
cut.
VERY MANY RUMORS.
Senatorial Race Remains as it Has
Been for Several Days.
There were many rumors afloat this
afternoon regarding the senatorial sit
uation. One report was to the effect
that Mr. Frank R. McNinch had decid
edjiot to make the race against Mr.
Mcb. Watkins. This report gaineu
such credence that many stated it as
a fact.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the writ
er telephoned Mr. McNinch, who was
at his home. He stated positively
that he was considering the matter
and that nothing, had. taken, plage, to
warrant the statement that was being
heralded about the streets.
Mr. David Reeves, for a long
time steward of tho Buford Hotel, and
lately with the Central Hotel, in the
same capacity, has gone to Columbia
to live. He is succeeded by Mr. New
ton, of Virginia.
ARTIFICIAL
Plans Being Modelled for Artifi
cial Island Midway Between
Capes Henry and Charles or
Detense of Chesapeake Bay,
Hampton Roads.
By Associated Fress.
Washington, July 6. Plans for an
artificial island midway between Capes
Henry and Charles for the defence of
Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads and
all rivers which empty into them will
be modeled after the island Fort Japan
has constructed for the defence of
Tokio in case the Japanese govern
ment will Dermit Brigadier General
Story to inspect the fortifications in
Tokio Harbor.
The general scheme completes the in
stallation of 1A inch guns on the pro
posed island between the two Capes
as well as big guns on both Cape
Henry and Cape Charles.
It is likely that the proposed island
with its immense guns will be located
much nearer to Cape Henry tnan to
Cape Charles, as the water shoal is
near Cape Charles.
GIANT CRACKER VICTIM.
Former Congressman From Virginia
May Lose Sight of Eye.
Norfolk, Va., July 6. Whilo cele
brating the Fourth in front of his
home, on Freemason street, William
A. Young, formerly a Representative
in Congress from the Second district
of Virginia, was severely injured by
the premature explosion of a giant
cracker. His right hand was so lac
erated that it will be a long time bo
fore he can use it again, and his right
eye is: so badly injured that tia phy
sician thinks he may lose the sight of
it entirely.
He lighted the fuse to the cracker
wile it was In his hand, and it ex:
ploded before he could toss it fronv
him '
C.oes to Greensboro.
Mr. T. P. Weston who has held the
position of train master on the Char
lotte division of the Southern, left yes
terday from Greensboro where he, will
take a similar position under the su
perintendent of that division. Mrs.
Weston and the children are spending
the summer at- Norwood. They will
join Mr. Weston..at Greensboro about
the first of September,
ISLAND PLANNED
Says she did not Introduce Her
Daughter to Stanford White.
Declares She has Been Basely
Misrepresented. Will Tell her
Story.
By Associated Fress.
Pittssburg. July 6. Mrs. Chfrlo T
Holman, mother of Mrs. Harry K
Thaw, broke silence today for
the first time since the kill
ing of White, when in a short state
ment issued to the Dress she madp a
detail of many stories printed in Pitts-
Durg and New York papers.
In her statement Mrs. Holman said:
Stanford White. I never took her to
Stafford White. I never took her to
theatre managers. I accompanied her
as I would not permit her going alone.
I have been maliciously misrepresent
ed. My story will be told at the prop
er time. I am not instrict seclusion.
I have received all friends but denied
all reporters."
Report is Confirmed.
. London, July 6. Later in the day
the Earl and Countess of Yarmouth
confirmed the report that Mrs. Thaw
sa.iled for New York.
THE THAW CASE.
John Burns, Chauffeur of White,
Makes Signed Statement That Mrs.
Thaw and White Were on Good
Terms Up to September.
By Associated Press.
New York, July 6. Mrs. Thaw's dai
ly visit to her husband in the Tombs
prison was very brief. She remained
ten minutes and after leaving went to
the offices of her husband's attorneys.
That Mrs. Thaw and Stanford
White were on friendly terms up to
last September is the assertion made
in a signed statement given out by
John Burns, who was employed by
White as chauffeur. Burns savs that
on two occasions, once in February
and again in September 1905' the .elec
tric cab which he drove was placed
at Mrs. Thaw's disposal by White.
The first of these occasions was be
fore her marriage, the second five
months after it.- In each instance, ac
cording to the chauffeur, she was tak
en from a restaurant to her hotel and
in neither case did White accompany
her.
"In nine months," says Burns, "tak
ing out the time White was in Europe
and Canada, my employer never once
was seen in the electric hansom in
company of any woman other than
Mrs. White, whom he frequently took
to Sherry's for dinner.
CHARLOTTE CO. CHARTERED
Charter Issued for the Charlotte Hard
wood Specialty Company Other
Charters.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, July 6. An amendment
was allowed today to Gilmer Bros. i.
wholesale dry goods house of
Winston-Salem, whereby the capital
is increased to $500,000 of which.
$200,000 is preferred stock.
J. E. Gilmer, is president of the com
pany which is one of the oldest of
that city.
The Charlotte Hardwood Specialty
Company, of Charlotte, was chartered
at a $25,000 capital authorized $300
subscribed by Dr. J. C. Montgomery
W. J. Scheff. and W. C. Bradley.
The Blue Ridge Resort Company, of
Asheville, surrenders its charter.
ALDERMEN TONIGHT.
School Board Tomorrow Night Police
and Health Commission Meets La
ter. At this time on account of several
meetings, coming at the same time,
the Mayor has been compelled to
postpone two of these. A meeting of
the Board of Aldermen will be held
tonight for the purpose of further
considering the question of what dis
position shall be made of the cows
condemned, the property of Mr.
Ernest Moore. It is also likely that
other dairy matters will come up, and
that there will be more discussion of
the new law.
The meeting of the Police, Fire and
Health Commission, set for tonight,
has been postponed until some day
next week, while the meeting of the
School Board willy. bo- held, tomorrow
)OI
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REV. DR. L. P. MERCER DEAD
Was Organizer of Parliament of Re
ligions. Cincinnati, July 6. Rev. Dr. L. P.
Mercer, organizator of. the parliament
of religions which was one of the
features of the Chicago world's fair
died of heart disease.; He was pastor
of the church of the New Jerusalem.
Mrs. R. Lockwood Jones delightfully
entertained yesterday morning in com
pliment to Mrs. Daniel McCarty, of
Fort Pierce, Fla, who before her mar
riage, was Miss Frances Lardner
Moore.