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J- ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE VOL. XXX v NO. 642 7 CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, PRICE: 5 CENTS .UlUijJJ JJ L JJi U- u- n a 5c RtOUESTS OF Rt'ns T 0 CORPORATIOH CQIVtMiSSlON FAILS Request ' Made by Railroads to Commission for Adoption of Southern Classification of Freight Rates Refused to Com mission To-day, Bryan Attendants Return and Re ports Successful Trip. Pre parations for State Fair. May get Madame Nordica. Dr. Me ier's Probable Successor. Special to the News. Raleigh, N. C, September 20. Nearly three months ago the principal railroads in the state filed with the Corporation Commission and requested the adoption of what is known as a southern classification of freight rates. A reason the railroads gave for the adoption of this classification was that it would make North .Carolina rates uniform with those of other states in terstate business. The Commission now announces its refusal to adopt the southern classifi cation. The Commission was also asked about the same time by the railroads to change the minimum carload ship ment of fertilizers from 20.000 to 30, 000 pounds. This request was also re fused today by the Commission. State Chairman Simmons, of the J in Democratic Executive Committee, Mr. j. D. Watts and Secretary Leinster cf Democratic headquarters, have re t aned from their trip through the State with Win. J. Bryan, Gover nor Glenn will not return for a day (r two, having lefVthe party in Salis 1 my and gone to Stanly county to celiver campaign speeches. Chair man Simmons says that barring the K'Vrib! calamity Jthat befell them in the death of Dr. Mclver on the Bry an special, the trip was a gratifying success, the distinguished Nebraskan i t ing received with great zeal by liie people all along the route. He "as especially gratified at the re ception Charlotte gave the distin guished Nebraskan. Secretary Joseph . E. Pogue of the North Carolina State Fair, to be held here ; in October, says applica tions for space both in the exhiuition halls and in the midway are coming in now very rapidly. So much so that there is every indication that all ?pace will be taken within the next week or so. And those who desire ':,oice space had best lose no time in applying to the secretary for it. The fair management has been casting about for some days to find some especially big attraction to trdie the place of President Koose-c-lt, who was here last fair and Wm. Jennings, Bryan who they were un i ble to get for the fair this year. One special attraction that is about to be, icoked is the great singer Madame Nordica. Her manager has signified that Nordica can sing here Friday inght of fair week (Oct. 19) and if the heavy guarantee can be assured tLe engagement -will be closed with out delay. In connection with the talk about the probable successor to Dr. Chas. D. Mclver as president of the State Normal and Industrial College he list cf trustees of the institution on whom v ill devolve tne duty of electing the l ew president will be of special in terest. They are as follows: First Congressional District, D. T. McMul len, Elizabeth City; Second District, A. J. Connor, of Rich Square; Third i;:'strict; B. F. Aycock, Fremont; i'curth District, It. T. Gray, Raleigh; Fifth District, S. M. Gattis, Hills loro; Sixth District, Col. Walker Tay lor, Vilmington; Seventh District, T. V.. Bailey, Mocksville;' Eighth District, J. L. Nelson, Lenoir; Ninth District, C. H. Mebane, Newton; Tenth Dis trict, J. D. Murphy, Asheville. State Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Y. Joyner, who is most prominent ly mentioned for the presidency is chairman ex-6fftcio of the board. BRYAN IN ATLANTA. Brilliant ; Programme : Arranged For Reception of Mr. Bryan. By Associated Press. Atlanta; Georgia, September 20. Mr. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan arrived from Augusta early: The programme for the day includes a reception from 11 to 12 o'clock luncheon to "Mr Bryan and a' public address at Ponce de Leon park during the afternoon! and a dollar din ner to-night at which 400 : plates will be laid. . .'' " ( - Mr. Bryan is expected V to make a second speech of, the, day at this din ner, s - COMMISSIONER OF EXPOSITION. Charles W. Kohlsam Tours England in Interest of Jamestown Exposition. By Associated Press. ' . London, England, September ( 20. After a sucessful trip through, the great commercial centers of England, during which he secured the partici pation of many leading manufacturers in the Jamestown Exposition, Charles W. Kordsam, special commissioner of the exposition, has gone to the conti nent where he will visit various exposi tions. . . - ' ' HIGHER WAGE DEMAND. Movement for Higher Wages than Ever Demanded by Railroad Em ployes to be Initiated in Chicago. By Associated Press. Chicago, 111., September 20. The Tribune says, "A movement in the di rection of higher wages, greater in scope than any demand previously made by the operating employes of railroads will be initiated in Chicago next week by the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers. "The engineers aim to embrace every western road in the projected movement and td present the demands jointly and simultaneously. "Hithertofore the engineers on each system have been content to act sep arately. The plan in contemplation, and said to have received quasi-en-dorsement of at least two of the great railway brotherhoods to take a stand in which every operating employe in the railroad business in the West shall be represented in request for higher wages. The movement of the engineers, it was announced, will be pushed regard less of the attitude of the other broth eihoods although their co-operation is desired." INSTALL ELECTRIC SYSTEM. Southern Pacific Begins Work of In stalling System on Line Over the Sierra Nevada Mountain. By Associated Press. San Francisco, Calf., September 20. The Southern Pacific railway began the work of installing an electric sys tem of its line over'the Sierra Nevada mountains for the purpose of helping heavy freight trains up the steep moun tain grades by means of electric mo- j tors. The installing of this system is a radical change in railroad operation in the West. It is figured that the saving in transportation will repay the South ern Pacific in a few years for the large outlay in buildings and equipp- the electric system. EIGHT DARING ROBBERS. Eight Masked and Armed Burglars Held Citizens at Bay and Robbed Bank. By Associated Press. Grand Rapids, Mch., September 20. Eight masked and heavily armedburg lars had the people of White Cloud, at bay early to-day, while they- rifled the Newaygo County bank and attempted also to rob the Bank of R. Gannon and Son, but the citizens gathered in such( large numbers the robbers fled. They secured between two and four thousands of dollars in cash frqm the Newaygo bank. DRAKE CASE CONTINUED. The Drake Murder Case Continued Because of , Failure of . Witnesses to Appear. Special to The News. Greenville, S. C, Sept. 20. The Di-ake murder case at Anderson has been continued on account of v the failure to appear of the material wit i esses, notably- the daughter of the oeatl man who disappeared the night cf the murder and cannot be located. General King's Condition. Py Associated Press. Baltimore, Md., September 20. The Condition of General Adam E.King, the former consul-general at Paris, ill of kidney trouble is some what improv- i ed. He is still dangerously sick, how ever. - 5.000 CHINESE DEAD E Conservative Estimates of Loss of Lvife from Tpyhoon Place List at 5,000. Damage to Colony $20,000,000. A Second Storm Broke Out. ' By Associated Press. Hong Kong, Sept. 20. The full ex tent of the catastrophe is not yet known, but conservative estimates jlace the number of Chinese who lost their lives at 5,000 and the total ma lorial damage to the colony $20,000, 000. ' . Another storm, less violent, how ever, than the typhoon, broke here tt midnight and blew for six hours. The damage is apparently not great. Reserve Sloop in Wreck. The British reserve sloop Phoenix, reported ashore yesterday, is a total wreck. "GREATER WASHINGTON." Miniature Exposition on Wheels of Local Industries to Tour South. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Sept. 20 The .'Greater Washington Special," a miniature exposition on wheels of lo cal industries, started on its 1,500 mile journey through Virginia, North Carolina, and parts of West Virginia end Maryland. The trip will last 23 clays, and it is made for the purpose of furthering the movement which king has been under way for greater Washington. . , In addition to the travelling rep resentatives of the various houses having exhibits on the train there will be present several lecturers who will make known at the places visit ed the commercial advantages of the city.. The movement has met with the hearty support . of the local press and public generally. DAMAG 820 000 REBEL LEADER LEAVES. He is Reported to Have With Him 5, 0 0 0 Men. By Associated Press. Havana, September 20. The rebel leader Pino Guerra has left Artemisa for Guanajay 21 miles southwest of Havana. He is reported to have 5,000 men with him. He will camp at Guan ajay awaiting the result of the peace negotiations. Steamer Robbed. When the coasting steamer Rik ar rived at Bahia Honda yesterday she was boarded by armed rebels who took all official correspondence and registered letters, and then searched the vessel and passengers, taking such arms as they found. Secretary Montalvo says the gov ernment has no present intentio'i of releasing the chief conspirators now in jail here.. WILDER'S BRIGADE. Notable Feature - of Re-union Was Entertainment. By Associated Press. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 20. A notable feature of the reunion of Wild er's brigade of the army of the Cum berland, was the entertainment given by the Confederate veterans. The Confederate camp, Joe McConnell, of Ringgold, Ga., was host, serving a bas ket dinner at the foot of the Georgia monument on the Chattanooga battle field. The Forrest camp, ofttrVs city, is also represented. Speeches by Gen Wilder, by Congressman Madden, of Lee, of Georgia, and other famous Confederates. ' FOFRGETFUL TOURISTS. Lovely Lucerne Causes Visitors to Forget Many Articles are Left Behind. Lucerne, Switzerland, Sept. 20. Thoes who have visited "Lovely Lu cerne" at the height of the holiday season will hardly be surprised to learn that every year, in Swiss hotels alone, articles to the value of $25, 000 are left behind by forgetful visi tors in a hurry. Swiss railways.- de rive an equally handsome profitfrom the sale of objects forgotten by trav elers and never claimed. Some extraordinary cases of forget fulness are recorded this season. An Englishman had taken a room at a Zematt hotel and deposited his bag gage there, but coming back from a walk he could not remember the name nor the location of his hotel, and had to seek the aid of the police. At a Zurich hotel bank-notes to the value of several hundred dollars were left behind some weeks ago, and no one has yet come forward to claim them. At Geneva a hotel keeper recently re stored a jewel cabinet to an Ameri can woman who was under the im pression that she' had left it on the frain. A German paterfamilias, with offspring numbering eight, accident ally left one of his children behind at Lausanne without noticing its absence until he had reached Iris home. NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL. James Francis Smith Succeeds Henry C. Ide as Governor-General of the Philippines. N Washington,- D. C, Sept. 20. Gen eral - James Francis Smith, who today succeeded Henry C. Ide as governor general of the Philippines, is a native of Sah Francisco and a lawyer by pro fession. He became colonel of the First California regiment of United States Volunteers in April, 1898. He was in the battleof Malate Trenches, July , 31, 1898,;, and was present at the taking of Manilla the 'following month. He held' a number of important mili tary positions and several times was commended for gallantry. He was made a brigadier-general of volun teers April 24, 1899. He ws collector of customs in the Philippines and as sociate justice of the supreme court. On January-1, 1903, he entered upon his duties as a member- of the Philip pine Commission and secretary of pub lic Instruction. . Petition of Bankruptcy. New Orleans, Sept. 19. Frank A. Wilke, a liquor dealer, filed a petition in bankruptcy today. Liabilities were over ?123,000 and assets over $36,000: UNDAUNTED! 3,500 JOIN f PETITION Long Petition Presenting Names of Nearly 3,500 Doctors Sent Governor Higgins in Behalf of Albert T. Patrick now Under Sentence of Death. By Associated Press. Albany, September 21. Nearly 3, 5 0 0 physicians of the State, rep resenting" 551 cities and towns, includ ing some of the best known in the pro fessions are signers of the petition pre sented to Gorvenor Higgins in behalf of Albert T. Pa tries? lawyer convicted and umler sentence of death for,, the v murder of the aged Texas millionaire, William Marsh Rice, September, 1900. The petition asks for the appoint ment of a commission of medical ex perts to examine the questions at ist sue, chief of which is whether conges tion of the lungs, alleged to have been found in the autopsy upon Rice's body, could have been caused by embalining fluid, or must be the result of chlori forni, with which Jones, Rice's valet, in one of his several contradictory con fessions, said he killed the old man by Patrick's direction. With the petition were filed about 250 letters from prominent physicians reinforcing the formal petition. - A marked feature of these letters was the contempt expressed by many of the winters for "expert testimony" rendered for pay. DEATH OF ROBERT H. HILL. Congressman Hill Dead at Summer Home His Past Career. By Associated Press. Narragansett Pier, September 20. Congressman Robert H. Hill from the 13th district, Illinoisdied at his sum mer home. He was assistant Secretary of State in '81; elected to Congress in 'S2 and served continuously during 13 terms. He was" chJiirman of the Af fairs Committee. He was 72 years of age. , Cause of Death. Heart failure following a long period of increasing physical weakness due to advancing years finally caused -the death of Mr. Hill. ' Two sons were at his bedside. Steamer on Rocks. By Associated Press. Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 20. The steamer, City of Seattle, en route to Alaska, went on the rocks at Trial Is land, ten miles from Victoria, this morning in a heavy fog The pas sengers are reported safe. Retirement of Colonel Stedman. Washington, D. ... C, Sept, 20. Col. Clarence Stedman, 5th Cavalry, was placed on the retired list of the army today at his own request. Colonel Stedman is a native of Massachusetts and has had over forty-one years ac tive service in ' the army.. He was graduated from Wst Point in 1870, and assigned to the cavalry arm, in which he reached the grade of colonel in August, 1903. : - Twenty Persons Missing. Cimmaron Bridge, tOkla., Sept: 20. Contrary to yesterday's reports it de veloped today ! that; 20 persons known to have occupied the smoker -on the north bounds Rock Island train that went into Cimmaron river, are mnac counted for. and one additional-death occurred, that of a three-yeaar-old child. i Fire Early This Morning. " The fire department" were called out early this morning to the -Spring block on East Trade street. A small blaze was discovered irx, rear room of a lit tle restaurant which was extinguished with the chemical apparatus. - PHYSICIANS CHAUTAUQUA STOCKHOLDERS. Will Meet Tomorrow Evening to Make Plans to Raise Deficiency Less Than $700.- Manager Reid announces 'today that there will-' be a meeting of the stockholders of the Charlotte Chau tauqua tomorrow evening; in the par lors of ; the Young Men's Christian As sociation for the purpose of going over the ground to find out "where they are at." . Mr. Reid says today that the defi ciency will not be so great as was at first thought. . - . The first estimate of the amount necessary to get the Chautauqua out of the hole was $700, $250 having been raised Sunday afternoon ; and ' being credited on the debt which was then about $1,000. ' The Chautauqua stockholders pro pose to devise some plan-'for- the set tling of all Gutstandincjndefct.dness at once,- and they wil' thoroughly- go over the grounO at-Cne -meeting Fri day, and it is believed that they wilt not have- much difficulty in getting things into sujeti shape that they can see their 'way clear of all indebted ness. ' The Chautauqua was the best thing of the kind ever held here and if the people should be called on to aid in any Way to help the affair out of this small deficiency, there is. little doubt but what the money will be readily forthcoming. TAX BOOKS ARE OPEN. Some Have Already Called and Set tled for 1906-'07 Making up the Books. The tax books for the new taxyear of 1906-'07 are now open, and are ready for the reception of taxes for the present year. The work of compiling th books, putting down the name of each tax payer in the whole county, with his returns across the bic double-paged ledger, has all been completed, and most of ' the - receipt books likewise finished. This is one of the biggest, pieces of work that has to be done by any county officer, and it has required the time of several' men for nearly two months to complete it all. The books will be open for about eight months, or until next summer when the-last call is made for taxes to be paid by the hundreds of tax-payers in the county, or rather thousands. . There has been a large increase in taxes placed on the books this year, as compared with the preceding year, something like a million and. a half in returns, which means many thous ands to be collected this year above .last year. Nowhere ,is the- steady growth of the county better illustrated than on the tax books, which show every new additkm to the -property, real and personal,, of the people, and also of the growth of the , manufactor ies which has been enormous. - ADVERTISING WASHINGTON. Greater Washington Special Left This Morning Over-Southern for a Tour Through Several StatesWill Visit Charlotte; A number of prominent merchants of Washington, D. C, have instituted a unique scheme by which to advertise the Capital City. The Greater Wash ington Exposition Special left that city this morning art 7 o'clock to make a 1500-mile trip" through Virginia, West Virginia Maryland and North Carolina. The tram consists of two express cars and one-hotel pullman car and con tain exhibits of the leading wholesale houses of Washington, , , , ; t. The ., train will arrive' ' in .Charlotte over the Southern, nejet Tuesday at8 p. m. After spending the night here the paryt consists of leading merch ants with their traveling salesmen will leave over the Seaboard at 12 o'clock Wednesday for Monroe. The scheme will "likely - bring the Capitol City before the public in a much better way than could have been done by other methods. The results of this advertising J scheme .will -be watched with interest. - Lieut. Woodruff Nominated. By Associated Press. New Haven. September 20. Lieut. Governor -Woodruff was nominated for Governor by the Republicans. DURHAM HAPPENINGS. Negro Lawyer in the Toils Death of Col. C. S. Winstead Other News Notes. Special to The News. Durham, Sept. 20. C. F. Rich, a I prominent negro lawyer in this city, was yesterday afternoon arrested on a ' warrant from Vance county and placed under a $2,000 bond for his appearance before Clerk of Court Perry to answer to the - charge of conspiracy, and 1 libel on the 27th of September. The plaintiff in the case is J.- R. Hawkins, apparently a wealthy negro in Vance county, and claims that Rich attempted to dis grace him and defraud him out of a considerable sum of money. The matter began in the courts sev eral months ago, when two Durham negroes through their attorney, Rich, brought a civil actjon against the American Union Industrial Company of Vance coifnty, and they secured judgment for $107.50. The repre sentatives of the American Union In-. dustrial Company, sold the negro's in the civil suit a lot in the city and collected the payments to the amount of $300 weekly. After some time it was seen that the company owned no property in this city and it was A fraud. ' When the civil matter came ior trial Rich made some reflecting comments on Hawkins, who claims that he had resigned the position as general manager and was not re iponsible for the action of his form er representatives. Will Bane, a negro was shot though the neck ' last night while returning from an excursion 'to South Boston. The alleged attempted murderer who did the shooting jumped from the trainand made his escape. The ne gro Bain was shot through the side of his neck and his injuries will not I rove serious. The shooting oc curred while the train was awaiting for orders at Roxboro. Mayor P. C. Graham has been con fix ed to his home several days with tickness-Acting Mayor I. F. Hill has been spending several days out of the city and police court for the past few mornings has been' postponed. ; Col. C. S. Winstead, a prominent citizen of Person county, died early yesterday mornmg after a lingering sickness of several months. Col. Winstead is one. of the most wealthy and,.30pular citizens of Person and Lis' death will be deeply regretted. For a number of years Col. Winstead practiced law in Person, but of late years has practically retired from business. One of his early' law part cers was the" late -Judge E. G.4 Reade and then in latter years he was as sociated with Mr. A. L. Brooks, now solicitor for this district, Congress man W. W. Kitchen and Mr. T. W. Bradshaw. The death of a negro, John Strowd, attracted considerable attention in Durham yesterday, the doctors being of the opinion, that the negro met his death from a blow over the head c.ealt him by the foreman of the au tomatic room at the Blackwell Dur ham Tobacco Factory. The negro after the. trouble- started home but fell in the street unconscious and died shortly afterwards without re gaining . consciousness. A coroner's jury, was summoned yesterday and an inquest was held over the remains which resulted in the fact the negro's death was caused from natural causes. The doctors operated ex tensively in his head, but could find no symptoms to show that death re sulted from concussion of the brain. Three Gigantic Ships Launched from Various Shipyards ot Bri tain. They are this Majesty's Ship Shannon, the Maurelania and the Adriatic, By Associated Press. London, September 20. The three Leviathans are to be lauched from various shipyards in Great Britain to day. His Majesty's ship Shannon, the longest armored ' cruiser in the world, the Mauretania, the new Cunarder, a sister ship and identical to the tur bine steamer Luisatania, and the White Star Liner. Adriatic, which, next to the two huge Cunarders, is the largest ship afloat. The Adriatic will be the first of the trio to take water. She is the largest vessel ever built at Belfast. Her dis placement is 40.000 tons. She is 7io feer long, 75 feet 6. inches beam and 59 feet 6 inches deep. Her gross tonnage it nearly 25,000 The general lines of this vessel are similar to the Baltic, and she has all the improvements seen in America; of the Hamburg line., The Adriatic has nine decks and seven cargo holds and. has been constructed more for the regard of the comfort of the trans Atlantic passengers than' for speed. That Insolvent List. The tax collectors of ,the three dis tricts of this county are patiently waiting for the completion and correc tion of the "insolvency list," which is in the hands of the chairman of the board of county commissioners and which must be formally turned over to the tax collectors by the chairman of the commissioners before they can go ahead, and straighten out their books, closirfgthem for the tr.x year just closed.: The, list is expected to be in shape, however, in a few days, so that the tax books can be closed at once thereafter. THREE LEVIAIHAHS ENTIRE CAROLINA COAST IS STI WITH JRECKSGE Shipping at Wilmirgton is Disas tiously Affected by the Recent. Storm. Reports otthe Great Destruction are now Pouring in . From all Sides, Many Vessels. Damaged and De " stroyed by the ' Hurricane. Schooner R. D. Bibber Wrecked and Seven of Crew Lost. Dam age to Other Vessels. Speciar fo The News. Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 20. Ship ping is disastrously affected. Storm reports are now coming in. The schooner Fannie Prescott, which reached port today, towed by the steamer Compton, Captain Jacobs, says the entire coast is covered with wreckage. Many vessels were dam aged and destroyed by the hurricane. The Prescott lost all her life boats. The tug Blanche reached Southport last night towing the wrecked schoon er, R. D. Bibber, which lost seven members of its crew during the storm. An unknown six-masted schooner, showing the distress signal was pick ed up by the Standard Oil tug and towed to some other port. An unknown four-masted schooner was beached at Little River, S. C, near here. A British tramp steam ship anchored nearly at the same place, appears broken into. This news is authentically reported. Tugs from Wilmington, Charleston, Georgetown are now at sea (o render assistance to the distressed vessels. The British steamship, Greatam, just arrived here, escaped destruction by putting to sea during the storm. The government breakwater of ock near Fort Fisher was greatly damag ed. Engineers are now there to esti mate the damage. i THE STORM AT NEW BERN. Didf Considerable Damage Man Shot "Blind Tiger" hended -Other News. -Young Appre- Special to The News. New Bern, Sept., 20. Cole Brothers Circus showed here Tuesday. The crowd in attendance is said to have been very large. Good order pre vailed a testimony to the viilue of prohibition. High handed swindling was practiced by fakirs on the circus ground. One country man was rob bed of over $100 and several of smaller amounts. Tuesday night a young man by the r-ame of Charles Bryan Weddington was shot in the head while standing near the merry-go-round and serious ly injured. The author of the shoot ing is unknown, as is the motive ior the deed. The recent equinoctial storm caus ed a very high tide to prevail here. Ihe water ran half a block up Aiiddle street. Several merchants were forced to move their goods to higher Fhelves. One or two boats broke loose from their moorings and went adrift. The steamer "Carolina" snapped her cable and butted into the A. '& N. C. R. R. bridge doing considerable damage. ' The passen gers on the train from Morehead City had to be transferred to an tther train while the bridge was being repaired. The tide overleaped the high sea wall on East Front street a thing unusual. Two of the city policemen discov-. cred and raided a "blind tiger" Tues day. It was doing a big business. Of course the .proprietors looked greatly aggrieved that an innocene ( '!) soda stand should be disturbed in its dispensations. Mr. W. D. Mclver, a prominent at torney of this city, has gone to Greensboro to attend the funeral of his brother, the late Dr. Charles D. Mclver. SOUTHERN'S TWO NEW TRAINS. More Definite Information Given The Composition of this Elegant Through Train. From good authority comes some good news about the report of the two new trains to be put on the South ern Railway to be known as Nos. 99 I and 100 It is stated that the trains will be run on a schedule ieaving Washington early in the evening going South and arriving in the Capital city early in the morning from the South. It is proposed to run these trains from New. York to New Orleans, making a very fast schedule and stopping only at the more important cities, along the? route. The new trains will be , made up of four Pullman cars, one smoking car, one club car, and perhaps a day coach. From this it will be seen that the train will be put on to meet the demands of a high class of travel and will be at the same time; one of. the finest on the road. The schedule, it is said, will be all that could be desired in the way of .ft fast -connection between New York and the far South and New Or leans. These new trains are partly de signed to relieve the heavy travel on Nos. 37 "ami 38, the vestibule trains already in operation. It is expected that the new trains will be putj into service on tire first of November.