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VOL. XXXV NO. d4S2
CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1906.
PRICE: 5 CENTS
Official Investigation
To Dermine Cause of
Mission of The Church
Is to Save Lost Souls,
Cries Dr. Broughton
Wrec1 Begun To-day
Gen. Mgr. Ackert and
Supt. Coapman Begin
Investigation To-day to
Learn Cause of Fatal
Wreck Last Week.
Mattoax and Jacobs Pre
sent Their Conflicting
Statements. Testimony
Taken in Full. Col. An
drews is Acting Pres.
IV: Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 5. General Man
a ii r Aekert and Superintendent Coap
!.,..n cf the Danville division of the
?,-;;! r.cni, will begin an investigation
k !:: to determine officially the cause
. i t Tie wreck, in which President Spen
cer and others lost their lives.
Operator G. T. Mattoax, who has
K on held responsible for the disaster,
v i!i be present, also Operator Ja
cobs of Lawyers.
The hearing, which will be private,
v.ill be held in the general manager's
( :!U e, and a force of stenographers
v. il! take the testimony.
AH employes of the Southern who
Lad anything to do with the hand
line c,i the two trains have been or
ceivu to be in Washington to testify.
.Mattoax asserts he did not let train
No. 37 into the block until it had been
:;iveii a clear track by the operator at
Lr-v.yers.
Operator Jacobs, of Lawyers, denies
the statements of Mattoax. and
rie-i
dares he received no report of the j house in South Boston. None were in
Eovements of train No. 33, which was j jured.
tuuck by the Atlanta express.
First Vice-President Andrews will
r.ct as president until a successor of
the late President Spencer is elected.
WOMEN THIEVES.
Mystery of Many Burglaries Solved in
Arrest of Woman Much Stolen
Property Found.
F" Associated Press.
Chicago, Dec. 5. The mystery of
i score or mere of flat burglaries on
Xorth Side were solved in the arrest
of Mrs. Elrie Klein and Mrs. Mar
garet Nan el.
Stolen goods to the value of $3,000
were recovered but the value of the
property taken by the two women
during two years is estimated at over
? 10,000.
TO TEST STATUTE.
Department of Justice Order Wash
ington Representation to Bein Ac
tion to Test California Statute.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Dec. 5. Under di
rect orders from Washington represen
tatives of the Department of Justice
in California have been instructed to
begin action in courts to test the legal
statute which provides that children
of Mongolian descent shall attend a
separate school.
SHERMETIEFF SHOT,
Police Inspector Who Figured in Anti:
Jewish Outbreak, Was Shot By
Workman Today.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg', Bee. 5. Police In
spector Shermetieff, ' who after the
anti-Jewish outbreak at Bialystok
June last, for which he was said to be
responsible, was transferred to St. Pe
tersburg was shot and mortally wound
ed by a workman this morning, near
Fontanka canal. The inspector's as
sailant then shot and killed himself.
Senate Very Eusy.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, December 5.
This morning business was heavy in
the Senate. It is practically the first
opportunity the Senators have had to
introduce petitions, memorials, bills
and resolutions and many were pre
sented. The Vice-President put before the
Sonata a number of communications
from the executive departments all
of which were ordered printed as doc
uments. The Senate adjourned at 1:20 p. m.
Bare Abandoned.
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Dec. 5. Capt. Larsen,
of the steamship Florida, which pass
tfl in the Delaware breakwater from
Sabine Pass, reports that he abandon
ed Monday the barge Providence which
he had in tow for Claymont, Del. The
cixw of the barge were taken aboard
the Florida.
Distress Signals.
Chatham, Mass, December 5. An
unknown barkentine which was, flying
signals of distress off Monomy Point
yesterday appeared to-day to have
gone ashore on Great Round shoals..
She is still flying distress signals.'
Bill to Prevent Child Labor
Introduced by Senator Lodge
By Associated Press.
Washington. Dec. 5. Senator Lodge I
introduced a bill aimed to prevent the
employment of child labor by prohib
iting from inter-State commerce any
article in the production of which child
ATTACKED BY ROBBERS.
New York Broker Awake to Face
Drawn Revolver.
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 5. Awaking in his
home, on Fifth avenue, Elias Asiel, a
broker, found himself confronted by
two revolvers.
"We'll shoot if you make a squeak,"
said a voice.
He shouted for help, and the two
men flung themselves upon him.
A servant found the broker lying
helpless, the pillow soaked with his
blocd.
The robbers escaped. .
Burglars gained an entrance by saw
ing an inch thick bar of iron at the
basement door. A large amount of
gold and silver plate tied up in a bun
dle was left behind.
THE HAU CASE.
Case of the Washington Professor was
Removed Another Week.
By Associated Press.
London, England, December 5.
Karl Han, the Washington professor
under arrest, charged with the murder
of his mother-in-law at Baden Baden
was remanded another week.
The magistrate said the evidence
was sufficient for a warrant of extra
dition, but to make the case complete
it was necessary to have the proof of
the cause of the death of Frau Molit
tor. NINE PERSONS RESCUED.
From Burning Tenement House Nine
Were Saved.
By Associated Press.
Boston, Mass., December 5. Xine
persons, including seven children were
rescued from a burning tenement
Consider Negro Troops.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, December 5.
After a debate the Senate postponed
until to-morrow the consideration of
the resolutions calling for information
relative to the discharge of the negro
troops of the 25th infantry.
This delay was caused by the ab
sence from the city of Senator ' Pen
rose. Gillette Was
Found Guilty
After Five Hours Delib
eration Jury Return
Verdict of Guilty of
Murder in First Degree.
Will Appeal.
Herkimer, N. Y., Dec. 5. The jury
in the trial of Chester E. Gillette, for
the murder of his sweetheart, Grace
Brown, at Big Moose Lake on July
11 last, last night returned a verdict
of guilty in the first degree.
Sentence will be pronounced Thurs
day morning, to which time court ad
journed after the jury had reported.
Former Senator Mills, Gillette's coun
sel, before adjournment, announced
that when court reconvened Thurs
day, he -would move to have the ver
dict set aside. The jury which had
deliberated for five hours sent word
at 11 o'clock that a verdict had been
reached. Later they filed into the
courf room and at 11 o'clock an offi
cer who had been sent for Gillette,
returned with the prisoner. Pale and
a trifle- nervous, . apparently, Gillette
faced the jury and when Marshal
Hatch, the foreman, declared that a
been found guilty in the first degree
had been found the youthful prisoner
gave no sign of emotion. When his
counsel had announced his purpose of
making a formal motion that the ver
dict pe set aside and the judge was dis
missing the jurors, Gillette bent over
a nearby table and picked up a pencil,
wrote something upon a sheet of paper.
He then folded the paper carefully, af
terward putting it in his pocket. Im
mediately afterwards - he was taken j
from the cburt room back to his cell
in the jail.
It is learned that the jury had some
difficulty in reaching an agreement
and six ballots were taken before the
12 men agreed. Up to that time the
jury had stood eleven for conviction
and one for acquittal.
BLOOD HOUNDS CHASE INSANE.
Three Dangerous Patients Escape
From Insane Asylum and are Still
at Large.
By Associated Press.
Clarksburg, W. Va Dec. 5. Three
patients escaped from thestate hos
pital for the insane at Weston last
night and are believed to be hiding
near this city. They are said to be
dangerous.
Bloodhounds, put on the trail short
ly after the escape, followed the scent
to this place, where it was lost.
j labor under 14 years of age had been
employed
The prohibition extends to children
under 16 who cannot read and write.
The penalty is $500 and imprison
ment for one year.
Sixty Persons Perished in
, Flood I hat Swept Camp at Clifton
According to Reports Received
STATES V I LLE NEWS.
County Commissioners Rescinds Or
der Hackett in Town New Chair
man. Special to The News.
Statesville; N. C, Dec. 5. The new
board of county commissioners, Mes
srs. N. D. Mills, M. F. Nesbit and J. B.
iPnT-ks mfit in rpeular monthly session
yesterday and organized by electing i
Mr. Mills chairman.
Mr. W. G. Lewis was re-eiectea
oountv attorney.
Recently the board appointed or el
ected a board of directors for the
Statesville Air Line Railroad and the
incident caused considerable stir, the
company having been previously or
ganized and officers elected and the
question arose as to the authority of
the board to elect the director.
Yesterday the following order was
made:
"It is ordered that the apointment
of directors for the Statesville Air
Line Railroad, made at last meeting of
board, be and the same is rescinded,
as it appears that said order of ap
pointment of directors was made under
misapprehension of our authority."
Miss Neta Owens will leave today
for Durham to take a position with
one of the leading photographers of
that place.
Mr. Isadore Wallace has sold to Mr.
D. A. Ritchie a lot on the Boulevard.
Consideration, $200. Mr. - D. J. Kim
ball has sold a lot on Front street to
Mr. J. A. Knox for $800.
The fire department was called to
Park Place early yesterday morning
by a false alarm. Workmen had built
a large fire near the new home of Mr.
O. L. Turner, which is nearing com
pletion, and a neighbor saw the flames
and turned in the alarm.
Mr. C. B. Greene and Miss Rosa
Greene, who have been the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Purnell, will return
to Durham tomorrow.
Mr. R. N. Hackett, Congressman
elect, spent Saturday and Sunday in
Statesville, going to Greensboro yes
terday. Hon. R. Z. Linney, of Taylorsville,
was in Statesville Saturday and Sun
day, going to Greensboro Sunday night.
DRUNKARD'S TRAGIC WORK.
While Crazy Drunk Man Wounds
Five Men One Died.
By Associated Press.
Ashtabula, O., Dec. 5. John H.
Kejampa, Finn, while crazy drunk
ran amuck, armed with a revolver
and knife, attacking nearly every
one he met, with the result that
five men are more or less seriously
injured and kejampa dead.
Report on Cotton Crop.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, December 5.
It is announced at the Department
of Agriculture that the quantitive esti
mate of this season of the cotton crop
will be issued on Tuesday, December
11th, at two o'clock, p. m., instead of
Monday as heretofore announced.
The bureau census has decided
not to publish their report of the
amount of cotton ginned up to Decem
ber 1st, until Monday, the 10th instant,
at two p. m., and the Bureau of Statis
tice of the Department of Agriculture
decided to consider the information
contained in the census report in con
nection with the information derived
from other sources.
Dividend Declared.
New York, Dec. 5. Directors of
the New York Central declared its
quarterly , dividend of iy2 per cent.
On the Fighting Calendar.
Hamilton, O., Dec. 5. An effort to
revive, the fighting game in this vi
cinity is to be made by a local club
tonight. The club has aranged a prom
ising card. The wind-up will bring to
gether Ray Bronson and Mickey Ford,
both of Indianapolis, in a ten-round
contest. The two are regarded as ev
enly matched, and are counted upon
to put up an interesting go.
Mr. J. Lehman Wilson, who was
operated on for appendicitis at the
Presbyterian hospital a few day ago,
was today discharged and went to his
home on Liberty street.
HIS FAVORITE AUTHOR.
Dispatches Received by
Railroads State That at
Least 60 Lives were
Lost in Fearful Flood
Which Swept Camp.
j n,fff rr e were UeStrOV-
ed,
Smelting Plants
Ruined and Miles of
Railroad Track Torn
Up.
By Associated Press.
Denver, Col., Dec. 5 A special to
the News from Phoenix, says private
railroad dispatches say 60 lives were
lost at Clifton in the great flood that
swept through ' the camp, destroying
many business buildings, wrecking the
smelting plant of the Arizona Copper
Company, and tearing out miles of
the track of the Arizona and Mexico
Railroad.
Vagueness for Long Time.
Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 5. Up to a late
hour last night nothing confirmatory
of the disaster had been received ex
cept private dispatches sent from one
friend to another. -One of these said:
"Half of Clifton was destroyed. I
am O. K." r
Numerous inquiries, have been di
rected to the scene, but they have been
unavailing. It is believed here that
the disaster has undoubtedly occurred.
Communication Cut Off.
Globe, Ariz., Dec. 5. All railroad
communication with the city has been
cut off for a week at least by the carry
ing away of the bridge over Gila river,
near San Carle.
14 Known Dead.
El Paso, Texas, December 5. A
special to the Herald from Morenci,
Arizonal, says:
"The first report about Clifton's
flood fully confirmed. Fourteen lives
are known to have been lost. The
Gila Valley Bank was seriously dam
aged." Prohibitory
Duties Feared
Prohibitory D u ties
Threatened on Cotton
Seed and Cotton Seed
Oil in France. Propos
ed Increase on 1 arriff.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Dec. 5. Cotton seed and
cotton seed oil, of which there is
enormous importation from America,
is threatened with almost prohibitory
duties.
The subject was not included in the
budget estimates but is being pressed
for consideration, not only as a new
source of revenue but on the demand
of the olive oil industry for protec
tion against cotton seed oil, which is
extensively replacing olive oil.
The customs commission of the
Chamber of Deputies decided to pro
rose a rider to the budget, increas
ing the tariff on cotton seed to six
francs and duty on cotton seed oil to
12 francs per 100 kilograms.- .
The Commerce Commission of the
Chamber has protested against the
inclusion of the proposed new duties
in the budget and having a reci
procity agreement in view, proposes
bringing up the question in Parlia
ment as a separate matter.
The foreign office has received
from Ambassador McCormick a
strong representation against the sug
gested increases in duties. The most
favorable feature of the situation
from an American standpoint, lies
in the differences between the two
commissions.
Great
SEARCH WARRANTS NEEDED.
Judge Peebles Says Officers Can't
Hunt Blind Tigers Without Them.
Judge R. B. Peebles sprung some
what of a sensation in court this
morning when he denounced the meth
ods employed by the police officars
of this city in arresting persons op
erating blind tigers.
"Policemen have no right," declar
ed, he, "to arrest any man without
the legal papers and have no right
whatever to enter a man's house and
go through his personal property in
search of whiskey without a search
warrant. Every officer that practices
slch methods of digging out blind
tigers is guilty of forcible trespass
and they will run up on a man some
ftime who knows that this is law."
Judge Peebles spoke while a wit
ness was saying that officers .Jiad
made arrests without search war
rants. ' - "
TRIAL OF MRS. BIRDSONG.
Trial of Young WoAm on Charge of
Murder Begun lof a Prominent
Family.
By Associated Press.
Hazlehurst, Mass., Dec. 5. The trial
of. Mrs. Angie Birdsong, on the charge
of murder, has begun here.
Mrs. Birdsong belongs to one of the
most prominent families of Mississip
pi. She is about 22 years of age.
Mrs. Birdsong shot and killed Dr.
Butler, a nephew of former Governor
Lengine, of Mississippi.
The shooting occurred in Dr. Butler's
office, in Monticello, Miss., Where Mrs.
Birdsong resided.
Although admitting the shooting she
has not let her line of defense become
public.
The prominence of both families and
the intense feeling in Monticello caus
ed a change of venue to be granted.
ENGLAND LIKES SENTIMENT.
British People Like President's Treat
ment of San Francisco Trouble in
His Message.
By Associated Press.
London, Dec. 5. President Roose
velt's declaration in Ms message on
the treatment accorded the Japanese
in the San Francisco schools especi
ally appeals to the British because in
South Africa and Australia the same
antiastic feeling has created embarass
ment for the imperial authorities.
Newspapers here say the President's
remarks "convey a lesson which
might well be laid to the heart In other
quarters than that to which directly
addressed."
President's Words Immaterial.
By Associated Press..
San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 5. Presi
dent Allman, of the board of 'education,
when his attention was called to the
President's message referring to the
Japanese school question, said the ut
terances of the President on that ques
tion have no effect on the action of
the board.
Moroccan Affairs.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 5. Whether the
Democratic Senators shall support the
Algeciras treaty, in relation to Moroc
can affairs, when it is voted upon in the
Senate December 12, will depend upon
the fate of the resolution to be pre
sented disclaiming the responsibility
of the United States for the convention
declaring that the participation of this
government is only in furtherance of
its general policy of promoting the
peace and interest of its commercial
relations with Morroco.
Alleged Land Frauds.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 5. Representa
tive Mendell introduced a resolution
designed to make public information
which may bear on the alleged coal
and mineral land frauds.
The Metcalf Nomination.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 5. The Senate
committee on naval affairs ordered a
favorable report on the nomination of
Metcalf for Secretary of the Navy.
Fast Limited Wrecked
and 1 8 Were Injured
By Associated Press.
Chicago; 111.. December 5. Train
No. 36, Monon Road, a fast limited
between Cincinnati and Chicago was
derailed two miles north of Frankfort
in Indiana.
A broken rail was the cause of the
trouble.
Eighteen passengers cf the total of
175 on board the train were injured.
Nobody was killed and it is not be
lieved any of the injured wttr-die.
The train was going at a high.rate
of speed. The engine passed the place
in safety. .
The baggage and mail cars, coaches
and sleepers left the track.
HARLAN'S CANDIDACY.
Said That He Had No Such Thought.
uy Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 5. When asked by
the Associated Press for an expression
apropos the discussion of his possible
candidacy for the governorhip of Ken
tucky, Justice Harlan answered he
"had no such thought."
FINDLEY ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Mr. W. W. Findley Elected President
of the Southern Railway.
By Associafed Press.
New York, Dec. 5. W. W. Findley
was today elected president of the
Southern railway, succeeding the late
Samuel Spencer. Mr. Findley has
been vice president.
Rev. Creighton
Deposed Tqday
Committee, Which Has
Been Considering Case
for Week, Reported To
day. Creighton De
posed from Ministry.
Special to The News.
Columbia, S. C, Dec. 5. Rev. C.
W. Creighton was today deposed
lrom the ministry and expelled from
membership in the Methodist Episco
pal Church,. South.
The committee which has been con
ndering the charges against Creigh
ton for a week reported this morn
ing When the conference convened.
The report sustains the majority of
the specifications and hence sustains
the charges of gross immorality,
thereby expelling the accused from
the church. The report is final, sub
ject only to appeal to the general
conference of the church.
Creighton's counsel, Rev. J. W.
Daniel, at once gave notice of an
ppeal.
Before the conference adjourned
Rev. C. D. Mann arose to a question
of personal privilege and stated
heatedly that if the report was cor
rect three-fourths of the members
should be expelled from the confer
ence for agreeing with Creighton.
He was immediately silenced by
points of order from all over the
rouse. .
The appointments for 1907 were
then read and tne conference ad
journed with the doxology. Mr.
Creighton declines to comment on the
verdict at this time. He left at
boon for his home at Greenwood.
His trial was brought about by
editorials in his paper, the Christian
Appeal, in which he asserted there
was a ring in the South Carolina
Conference which controlled the
affairs. He has for - several years
teen a bitter critic of the presiding
ciders and the influential members
ot the conference.
He was formerly a lawyer before
being admitted to the conference
end is a man of considerable ability.
The verdict of the committee was
leceived with little comment but
there is much feeling over the mat
ter, as Creighton is not without his
friends. There is nothing in the
charges to reflect on his private life,
the charges being slander and lying,
tased on the editorials referred to.
Couse of Accident.
Columbia, S. C, Dec. 5. Rev. C.
W. Creighton, editor of the Christian
Apeal, of Greenwood, has been dis
missed from the Methodist ministry
by the South Carolina conference, on
the charge of falsehood and slander.-
He has made repeated charges of
politics and ring rule in the conference
and has alleged that the presiding
elders were self-seeking a committee
of IS in a secret session found him
guilty. .
The newly instituted Order of
Eagle's will hold their regular meeting
to-night.
After a Desperate Struggle
Kidnapped
iBy Associated Press.
Chicago, Dec. 5. After a desperate
battle in which a shot gun and sev
eral revolvers figured and two doors
were battered down by the police,
Giovanna Unida, a 14-year-old Italian
Noted Pastor of Atlanta
Tabernacle Preached to
Crowded Church Here
Last Night. His Graph
' ic Word Pictures.
Men Need to be Saved
From Eternal Hell and
This Only by the Shed
Blood of Christ. Ser
vices To-night.
"1 don't care whether it is a Bap
tist, Presbyterian, Methodist, Episco-'
jalian, Catholic or' any other kind of
church, is net saving souls that
church is not fulfilling its mission.
If it is not fishing for men that
church is a disappointment to its
Founder, and doesn't deserve the
name. Let me tell you: There are
many churches that are not saving
souls today, and if you will go
with me I will show you that it is the
small, suburban, 'unfluentlal' churches
tmall,suburban, 'uninfluential' churches
the work of saving soul3."
Rev. Len G. Broughton, pastor of
the Atlanta Tabernacle, made' this
statement last night at the First Bap
tist Church, which was crowded al
most to suffocation to hear him. He
was preaching from the text, "As
the Father hath sent me, even so
send I you." (John 20:21). His
theme was the mission of the Church.
Dr. Broughton was introduced by
his assistant pastor, Rev. W. L.
Walker, who stated also that at
7:30 -o'clock every evening in the
casement of the Tryon Street Metho
dist Church, where the service will
be henceforth held in order to ac
commodate the crowds, there would
be a half hour service for personal
workers. Rev. H. KEoyer made the
opening prayer last night.
Looks Like Sir Henry Irving.
When Dr. Broughton was In Eng
land recently, assisting Rev. G.
Campbell Morgan in a meeting, the
British papers said he looked like
the late Sir Henry Irving. With his
long hair, his thin, spare frame and
his sharp angular countenance, Dr.
Broughton does look very much like
the great English actor. There are
others who say he could pass as the
twin brother of his friend. Dr. Mor
gan, and a picture of the two taken
together and published in The Record
of Christian Work some time ago
bears out this idea.
The Atlanta preacher, who draws
more people than any Southern minis
ter, and who attracts 'crowds from
nil denominations to his annual con
ferences in Atlanta when he has
Bible teaching from the greatest re
ligious and spiritual thinkers of tho
day, is a North Carolinian, and last
night recalled old experiences in his
home State. "I was at college with
Brother Prjuett over there," he said,
"and I did my first preaching with
him. Brother Conrad and his good
wife, I might say, started me out. 1
want to say that I am glad to be in
Charlotte for the first time to hold
a meeting. I was driven over your
city this afternoon and I must say
that while I knew you had a fine
town here, I was surprised to find
such a magnificent and up-to-date
c'ty as I saw." .
Women Must Leave Their Hats.
Dr. Broughton then stated to the
audience that he would have to ask
the women to leave their hats at
bome.f "The devil has cheated the
church in the milinery business," he
said. "Either wear small hats or
none at all - or take them off when
you come Into church."
Dr. Broughton does not tear around .
much in the pulpit. He is not a
great gesticulator but speaks with
comparative ease and poise although
there is a good- deal of fire and gin
ger in his words at times. He
preaches the old time religion in the
good, old-fashioned way but it is as
painter of word pictures that he s
at his best. His descriptions last
right of the conversion of his 12-year-old
boy and cf the worst dive
keeper in Atlanta, whose dive he had -Fucceeded
in breaking up, were
graphic in the extreme. He Invari
ably bores for water when he tells
cne of these stories out of the ex
perience of a man who has done
things.
Continued on pae 2.
Girl is Rescued
girl, who was kidnapped Monday,, was
rescued last night.
Her abductor, Samuel Farino, was
arrested. The little girl told the sto
ry of her kidnapping and the subse
quent toture she was made to suffer
at tho hands cf Forino.
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