rr NEWS FT H A THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. PRICE: 5 CENTS ESTABLISHED S3 CHARLOTTE. N. C- FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1907. Hoke Smith Delivered Strong Address Before Co tton Association The Senate X nd House 1 o-day Aajoumed in M?mory df Gen. Lee Speakers are Chosen for the Celebration of Lee's Birthday o n To-mor-roiv. General Assem bly Adjourns. A Number of . Notable Bills Introduced at Ses sion To-day. Some Im portant Measures were Passed. r,v IMI Telephone. 'Raleigh, N. C Jan. 18. In the Ti,,nse this morning the Senate bill, "create a highway commission and i,oiuls for road improvement in rnionibe county, was passed. v ill II to amend the charter of the f.vu ' i'f Mcoresville was passed. bill to pay the father of Thos. Mn!l $(;o. to bear the . funeral expen ses v'f his son, who was a patient at ti., state Hospital, was introduced. "vViisihv discussion was heard on ilu. Mil" introduced by Douglass, of vke to regulate the sale of mer-t-,'im'W in the bulk, where a mer-Ch-uit sells out his stock. It re nin a sworn statement by the Keiclvuit. of his creditors and the nmoum duo and a five-day notice by. -io intended purchaser to buy the 'took The bill was finally tabled Lnd set as a special order for Tues uav morning. Xmong the notable bills was one by Douglass, to prevent and punish va .rarcv the bill being specially in tended to reach the inmates of hou ses of iU fame. ' B- Price, of Union, for the rail rords to pay the expenses of pas sengers, incurred by delayed trains. In the Senate. bill by Daniel was introduced to -.mend the constitution, by dividing rhP State into two districts, having a ridee for each district, to hold spe cial terms of court. The bill provides a vote on the amendment at the next renetal election. - mor.g the notable bills passed, was one to prevent the exposure and :,ale of indecent pictures and the prohibition of indecent shows. Senate- Aycock introduced a bill te provide for the regulation of Tools, trusts and conspiracies to con trol prices. Senator McLain, at the . request of the Corporation Commission, intro duced a bill to empower the com mission to compel railways to make tl-ecific connections. joint resolution was passed em powering the Senate committee on railroads and the House committee on public service corporations, to srirmon before them any persons or tapers required in their investigation cf their freight and passenger rate '. cri cl o t inn The committee to notify Gen. R. P. Hoke of the invitation to attend the Lee birthday celebration, reported that Mr. Hoke could not attend be cause of physical inability. It was then announced that Judge JIcRae would deliver an address at lioon and that brief speeches would be madeTby Senators Polk and Car- lfcTb9 House and the Senate then ad journed until Monday, in nonor the birthday cf Gen. Lee. of FLOOD CONDITIGjNS WORSE. Great Suffering in Parts of Cincin rati and tho Kentucky Suburbs. lit- A (-fAA.;-i t n1 PrPPS. Cincinnati. O., Jan. 18. The flood conditions continues to grow worse This morning the stage .at this city was 59.5 feet. Suffering among the lesidents of the lower sections ot tne city and Kentucky suburbs is great There is no indication of immediate relief. Shot Himself. Ev Associated Press. Chicago, January IS. Arcnibald R. Eldridge, aged 38, killed himself last night, while cleaning his revolver. The shooting is believed by the po lice to hnve been accidental. x Eldridge was assistant chief engin eer of Burlington. , He was born in Americus, Ga. Boy Kills Chief. By Bell Telephone.. Smolensk, Russia, Jan. 18.-ChieI ot the rural administration, M. Krollau was killed by a boy named Boriookoff. The boy was shot and instantly kill ed. Negro Hanged in Richmond By Associated Press. Richmond, Va.s January 18. "Jam Ward, a negro was hanged for tne murder of Carrie Meekins, also color ed. Break in Levee. By Associated Press. Shawneetown, 111., Jan. 18. As the result of the flood in the Ohio river a break is threatened in the levee here. RaDidly. Tonv,n TTxr inn 18. The Ken- tucky river has risen 8 feet here in ihe last two days. , A THICK FOG. It Hung Over the City Briefly Like a Pall The Forecast. A thick fog enshrouded the city this morning between 8 and 8:30 o'clock. It fell quickly and a person standing on : Independence Square was unable to see the dragon or the clock on city hall tower or even the spire itself.; When the rays of the sun began to shoot athwart it, their yellow mingled with its foamy white like the golden . yolk poured into the beat-up white in the mixing of an egg-nog. It was soon after gone, like a folded up Arab's tent. -1 "Continued warm weather may be expected in this vicinity tonight and Saturday," is the forecast from the weather bureau. The temperature today is considerably warmer than yesterday, caused by an area of low pressure over the Plateau with ris ing temperatures over the Plateau tnd Rocky Mountain regions. Stand to Constitution. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 18. Senator Whyte, of Maryland, addressed the Senate on his resolution, opposing the further extension of. Federal powers beyond those enumerated in the constitution. - The position taken by Mr. Whyte that the government is in the nature of a confederated republic, establish ed by the people of the States, and not by the aggregated people of the United States. Struck Out Itejn. Ev Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Jan. 18. The House struck out of the urgent defic iency bill the itemb of $65,000 for dredging the channel to the. piers in Hampton Roads and to accommodate the needs of the life saving exhibit at Jamestown. Cuban Consul Killed. By Associated Press. Havana, Jan. 18. A wireless mes sage received from Admiral Evans, an-n-.iiTiori that thp Cuban consul at Kingston was killed during the earth quake and added no other official was known, to have lost their life. Shocks in Italy. - : By Associated Press. , . ' Udine, Italy, Jan. IS A severe un dulatory earth shock was felt at Tel mezzo this morning. Inhabitants, panic stricken, fled from houses to the streets. No loss of life. Mr. B. S. Myers, will take the offi ces formerly occupied by the Cotton Exchange. Telephone number will be 291, the same as used by the exchange. Argument in Mill Case Argument of the Counsel Concluded on Demur rers in Civil Suits and Argument on Criminal Action Began 1 o-day. Special to The News. Greensboro, N. C, Jan. ia. At the adjournment for lunch today in the Federal Court the argument of the, counsel was concluded on the demurrers in the two civil suits of the cotton mill cases. This afternoon's session will be devoted to the argument of the criminal action against the Char lotte cotton mill men, charged with violating the contract labor laws by importing English operatives. The attorneys are vigorously con testing every point, making full and exceedingly comprehensive argu ments. Transportation at Jamestown. Bv Associated Press. 'Norfolk, Va., Jan. 18 The Pas senger representatives of the rail road and steamboat lines entering Norfolk, decided to issue a circular to all railroads and transportation lines in the country, requesting that the rates practically similar to those in effect during the St. Louis Expo sition be made effective for James town will vary according to tne uib tance and the time limit will be of a considerably reduced nature. The Relief Committee. By Associated Press. London, Jan. 18. The Secretary of State for the colonies, cabled the lelief committee in New York, thank ing them for their action which the government highly appreciates. . U. S. Begins Suits. - Pir Aconfiatpd Press. wshineton. Jan. 18. The United Htjitps besnin two suits at; San Fran c, for the " nurnose of enforcing the provisions of the treaty with Japan giving to the Japanese equal school advantages. Ir.crease Salaries. o Acerbated Press. Washington, Jan. 18 The House their salaries to votea -u $7,500 today. Kinston Bad Disaster as That BRITISH COLUMBIA POLITICS. Much Interest Being Taken In The Nominations To-Morrow of Candi dates for Columbia Parliament. Victoria, B. C, January 18. Much interest is manifested in the' nomina tions tomorrow of candidates for the eleventh parliament of British Colum bia. The elections will take place ear ly next months, and parliament will assemble in March. Never has a campaign under British representative frnvprnment been so curiously com plicated with confusion of parties and issues, as is the present one. The political battle is not, as else where in Canada, a straight fight be tween the Liberal - and Conserxative forces. " Premier Richard McBride ap peals -to the country as leader of a straight Liberal-Conservative party, ignoring the Socialistic following which has kept the present govern ment in power during the past three sessions. The Socialists will put up candidates of their own in virtually all constituencies, and in adldition the embryo labor party given birth at thel ate convention ot tne Canadian Trades and Labor Congress is prepar ing to take a part in the fight. The Government will make its fight pricipally upon the general prosper ity of the country, the improved sta bility of conditions ana provincial ucu it since Premier McBride's succession to power, and adherence to a1 policy of no subsidies for. railway builders. The Liberals naturally will contend that nrovincial prosperity, improved I credit, and the . treasury surplus re- suits not from-governmental emi:ieuj but despite government inefficiency as a consecuence of fortuitous -fixed conditions and evolutionary processes. They will also urge the broader policy of stimulating rather than discourag ing the opening of the provincial waste places and their dominant industries by means of colonization railroads, assisted if necessary to a reasonable extent. A LUMBER TRUST. Senator Kittredge Declared It The Worst Of A!l The Trusts. Special to The News. Washington, D. C, January 18 Ad dressing the Senate on the "Lumber Trust," Senator Kittredge declared it to be the "King of trusts in restraint of trade." He said: "This criminal combination is a menace to the whole country on which it preys.. Of all the trusts perhaps this is the only one of which it may be truthfully said that it is literally with ns from the cradle to the grave. TRIBUTE TO . POLICEMAN. oA,.;-ton Piiint Thinks Police are i uaiwnv - - More Important Than Soldiers. Rv Associated Press. Rnstou. .Mass., Jan. LH. rresiueui T" I J J- Elliott of Harvard, addressing 300 po licemen, expressed . the opinion that rnntinued international peace aepenas not upon large armies, but tne extent rf thfi nolice force, tie set me can ing of the policemen above that of the soldier.' CONDITIONS GRdw WORSE. Thousands of Miners Temporarily out of Employment. By Associated -press. Pittsburg, Jan;:.18.-rConditions along the Monongahela valley are reported much worse. At McKeesport the clos ing of mills has4 rendered several thousands idle. All coal mines in the valley are closed down, ten thousand miners being temporarily out of em ployment. Two Earth Shocks JSJlSt Ey Bell Telephone.: .MilM St. Peters ti - Pf- T. 1 m violent earth shocks were experienced at Kuba, the government ox . morning. . . i , BRAVO! Probably as at San Francisco or Valparaiso. Hundreds Dead Direct Advices from Kin ston State thai Thou sands of Persons Were Dead and Injured. Work of Rescue Pushed. Over 500 in Hospitals Ships Arrive With Sup plies. Earth S h o ck Change Cotes t Line of Jamaica. By Associated Press. New York, N. Y., January 18. Direct advices to the Associated Press from Kingston, under the date of. January 16th were received here early today, stating that the disaster was as great as the calamities at San Francisco and Valparaiso. Thousands of persons, it was then believed, had been killed, as the dead were being recovered from the ruins in hundreds of places. There are a number of Americans among the killed. The citv is in ruins but the ship- nine in the harbor is safe and aboard these vessels the wounded are being cared for. . The despatch also states that the topography of the country has been changed as the result of the earth's disturbances and that the channel into Kingston harbor has been materially altered. The bodv of Sir James Fergusson, has been found and buried. Norfolk. Va.. January 18. The Cape Henry wireless station received the following from Guantanamo, cuDa. ''We have overheard by wireless from the steamer Colon that the school house at Kingston fell first, the shock killing 90 children. The channel in tne naroor or Kings ton has shifted. This cannot be voucn ed for. .. The battleships Missouri, nad the Indiana entered the harbor safely. The battleships Missouri and tne hundred in the hospitals. "Indications are that a great many are slightly injured." Coast Line Sinking. Havana, Cuba, January 18. Rear Admiral Evans in a wireless message to the Cruiser Columbia here states that a tidal wave has changed the coast line of Jamaica, leaving the entire south side of Kingston under water. No bay is reported left and the whole coast line is reported sinking. Steamers arrive rva .Tnnnfirv 8. Rear Admiral Davis, who went to Kingston, entirely new. The new ex ecutive . com with the American ships, sent a wire-1 mittee will be composed of Silas H. less report to Admiral Evans at Guan tanamo this morning. His aispatcn follows: "The Missouri and Indiana were an chored at Kingston at 8:30 this morn ing. . ... ... ,. i Kingston is almost totainy destroy ed. Four hundred are Kinea ana auuui. 500 in the hospitals. : "The city is ouiet. There were plen ty of doctors but they are short dress ing materials. We have supplied all we could spare." The American torpedo boat Whillpe left this morning and is due at Guan tanamo at ten o'clock to-night with full details cf the situation at Kings ton. Many Among Ruins. London, aJn. IS The undated dis patch from a member of Sir Alfred .Tones' nartv says the ghastly proces sion of carts passing all day has con- - ;veyed 350 deaa.vicuius tery, and 'it is believed 400 more are - -m - . 4-. V n .--r- among the ruins. The dispatch add ed "there has been no tidal wave." Arrive With Supplies. Washington, D.' C, January 18. A wireless message from Admiral Ev ans states that the Yankton arrived at Kingston with medical supplies and two Associated Press reporters. Jamaica Relief Bill. Washington, Jan. 18. The Senate passed the Jamica relief bill imme diately on its receipt from tne iouse Communication Impaired.- London. Jan. 18. The West India and Panama Telegraph Company re ceiver! a renort from the west Indian superintendent, saying the Kingston plant was destroyed, one male opera tor being injured: and a female opera tor being killed. The only cable instrument saved was one of the antiquated mirror type. This is installed in a hut ten miles from Kingston, where connection is es tablished with Holland Bay. The man ager of the Kingston office has worked single-handed and is : exhausted, ow ing to scant food and shelter The staff of cable officers are overwhelmed from family and proper tyt losses. GOLFERS MEET AT CHICAGO Meeting of Annual Association Attract ing Great Interest Election of Of ficers. , Chicago, 111., January .18. The eyes of golf players throughout the country are turned today toward this city, khere the United States Gold Asocia tion is holding its annual session. The meeting, which is being held at the Auditorium, is the greatest n the hs tory of the organization. The dele gates met this afternoon to dispose of some preliminary matters, but the real business of the meeting is not to be transacted until tonight. This is the first time that the gov erning mody has held its annual meet ing in the West and as a consequence th e-olf nblcs of Chicago and vicinity have exerted themselves to their ut most in aranging for the social end of the eathering. A luncheon in honor of the delegates was given at the Audi tnrium this afternoon and numerous other features have been arranged to make the stay of the visitors a piea& 8nt one. It is expected that many of the delegates will remain in the city until the first of tne ween. The chief business of. the annual meeting is the election of officers for the year. In this matter the associa tion has merely to ratify the ticket pro posed by the nominating committee, to which no opposition will be offered. Several new names appear on the tick et Daniel Chauncey. of the Garden City Golf Club of New York, is to succeed Ransom H. Thomas of the Morris County Golf Club, who has served two terms as president of the association. There are to be no fur ther alterantions in the list oromceib hut the executive committee is to ue Strawn jua Lieisuiuu - - . Club- Warren Dickinson. Des Moines Golf 'and County Club, and Herbert of the Country Club of Brook- line. Those dropped from the commit tee are H. Chandler Jfigan 01 iu moor Country Club, A. L. Ripley or the Oakley Country Club, and H. G. Lea vitt of the Omaha Country Club. A Small Fire. By Associated Press. Richmond, Jan. 18. Fire occurred in the Jackson memorial hall, Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington. The loss was small. j. R. Walsh Indicted. By Associated Press. rworn HI.. Jan. 18. John R. Walsh, former president of the Chicago National Bank, was indicted by the Federal grand jury for. alleged mis management of the funds of that bank. MR. FITE BETTER. Will Be Brought Home Tomorrow Is Now in Hospital and His Brother "is With Him. ; Special" to The News. Augusta, Gal, Jan. 18. Mr. O. C. Fife's condition "' is better. He has a sprained arm and back and brusises on the head from the effects of blows bv a nistol in the hands of a negro; He was robbed of his cash and thrown off the bridge after being knocked un conscious. He is in a hospital now. Mr. A. C. Fite, C. Jones, and G. M: Fite are attending him, and will re turn with the patient to Charlotte to morrow. In a 'phone message to Mr. W. J. Fite his brother, Mr. A. C. Fite, stated that the injured man was working aj; I frm a,. and bevond the river brings. He was on his way into thel city at the end of the day s work ana I was A-alkine the bridge. He saw a I negro at . the. watchman's office of the demanded his money. Mr. Fite started I nricisre. rue nesro luiiuweu mm to eive ud his money, but the negro I probahljt- thinking he was going to l UiilW ct pjlOLWl, oil miii vv.. " m-wl knocked him from the bridge, I to the ground 25 feet below. The ne-j orfi fr.iir.wf.rt him and was in the act of robbing him when the watchman oaino-mi nd frightened him off. . The watchman missed his pistol, Tx.v.ir-h tho TiPsrn had stolen in his ab-1 it finding the negro as above stated, In Te act of robbing Mr. Fite. He cal attention. Mr. Fite remained un conscious for some time but is getting along all right now. ... .. I The negro was recognized Dy tne watchman and will likely be captured Mr. Fite will be brought home tonight, reaching here in the morning. Prayer-Meetitaps On Trains. London, January 18. Two enter prising and up-to-date evangelists have I hit upon the idea of a train prayer I meeting. J Suburban travellers are the ones I approached by these two self-appointed missionaries, whose first "attack" has j i j 4-1 "NT Mifh T.rn1rvn I Deen maue uyou i"'." . 1 railway trains, morning and evening. J One plays nymns on a conwruua, auu joins in singing and praying, l nese An organized agency to ferret out services on wheels, though occasion- and expose tne unfair methods in de ally resented, are not generally disap- nreciating the market value of our provea, maeeu, uinuy wno crowa me curs ai umco services are held, seem to enjoy tnem. i So enthusiastic are the originators ov" er their sucess tnat proviaeu sum- cient funds are forthcoming purpose I extending their spnere 01 activity lu other railway lines. They have receiv-1 ed the consent of several railway com- panies already,' who favorably view the new aeparture. ... Electric Line to Unionville People of Mint Hill will Meet To-morrow at Helms' Store to Discuss Plan for Railway Con nection with Charlotte. A meeting- of the citizens of the Mint Hill section has been called for tomor row at the store of Mr. J. T. Helms, near Mint HW, for the purpose of looking into the advisability of or ganizing a stock company to control and operate an electric line from tnis citv to Unionville. The idea originated in the minds of some of the leading residents of that! community who have taken the initial step in calling the meeting. The Mint Hill people, as well as those as far south as Unionville, have no railway facilities and are completely out of any direct route to Charlotte. They want a convenient method of reaching this city. Mr. E. D. Latta, when approached to day by a News reporter, declared utter ignorance of any such scheme, stating that he had never heard of such a proposition before. The News was un able to discover from what source the Mint Hill people hope to get power to run the line. . , mDttpr will be fully discussed to morrow at the meeting. The field will be looked over and the prospects re viewed for establishing me 1,000 People in Peril. By Associated Press. Portsmouth, Ohio, Jan. 18. Nearly 1,000 people, were driven to shelter in schools and vacant buildings by the flood. Busv Movini Families. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 18. The fire de partment has been busy all day remov ing families from their homes. Criminal Intermarriage. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 18. Representa tive Bvrd of Mississippi, introduced a bill making it felony for Caucasians to . intermarry with . negroes or Mangol ians in the District of Columbia. Governor E I e ct Smith Outlined Reasons why Cotton Had notSoldfor its Real Value in Strong Speech. Says Farmers Failed to Use Business Like Meth ods i n Maintaining Price. Outsiders Use Unfair Means. gy Associated Press. Dnmiusm, is. Hon. Hoke Smith, governor-elect of , Georgia, was the principal speaker at the session of the Southern Cotton Association. between the New York Cotton Ex- m view ui me icini. luimuiiuj change and the Southern Cotton growers, Mr. bmitn s remains weie o - ' . 'mere are two reasons, ne hum, wuj cotton has not sola tor its real vaiue. First, the use of unfair means by out- siders to depreciate the price; and, second, tne ianure ot me iaimei& tu use uusmess luemuuo taming prices. largely influenced in the prices which they vohmtanly offer for cotton by Lilt? W Ui Itl 11UU1 .LLK5 Aiv-u j. x Exchange. "If the government reports are man- iTnlntVrl to show a lareer moduction - the-nrlee is de- Dressed and the farmer is the loser. "Every man throughout tne lana should be made to know that the price published by the New York Cotton Ex change is not representing the mark et price of middling cotton, but only represents the market price of infe riQr cotton gathered together to pro tect the seller and until that cotton avr.harifro rpnnirps its sellers to de- liyer the ; gemiine middling cotton, fit - . manufacturers, the inius- . ,,i i i tice of it s conduct snouia ue toia ana until it is a byword throughout j. nation and throughout the world sta pie must be supported uy tne peo , f th cotton srrowlns states. WAR RANTS AGAINST CHEATHAM. solicitor Clarkson Seeks to Have Ten nessee Aqent Brought Here. , Two warrant8 have been sworn out Tftir,PS Cheatham, the man who ig aneged to have enticed from Ithis city to Chattanooga several worK- men under fair promises of higher wages, one being sworn out by W. U McCorkle. father of Ben McCorkle, and another by Luther Donaldson, bpth o whom fell victims to the induce ments of the emigrant agent. Another one of the men returned today whose name is Hilton, but he has not yet sworn out a warrant against Cheat ham. Solicitor Clarkson yesterday prepar ed the papers for bringing the agent to this State. Governor Glenn will attach his official signature and they will then be forwarded to the governor of Tennessee. The warrant which was taken out by the McCorkle boy charges that Cheatham violated the statute prohib iting a minor from being enticed from the State without parental permission. The other warrant charges the defend ant with violating a staute regarding an emigrant agent operating in the State without license. POLITICIAN WHIPS EDITOR. Publication of Story of Cockpit Raid Proves Assault. Havana, Jan. 18. Col. Mendosta, a leader in the late revolution, and the Liberal candidate for the governor ship of Santa Clara Province, attack ed and badly beat Senor Caronado, editor of Discussion, in the latter's sanctum for publishing the fact that Mendosta and other revolutionists were caught in the raid upon a cock pit made by the police. El Rabelde, the organ of Jose Miguel Gomez, who also was among the cockfighters who were arrested, said: "Caronado, the editor of Discus ion, was chastised this morning, as he deserved, for his unworthy and cowardly attack in his paper upon our worthy and honored patriots. May the chastisement be a severe pnd profitable lesson, and may he fMTisfPP half the blows administer ed to him to hia mother." Death of Little Mary Grier Blaine. Mrs. C. N. G. Butt received a let ter ' today announcing the death of little Mary Grier Blaine at.Koshing, China, , December 11. She was the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Mercer Blaine, missionaries to China and was a beautiful little girl with winseme manners and was a favorite with everyone. She was six years old. Action Postponed. Br Associated Press. Washinzton. D. C Jan. 18. The Senate has postponed further consider- - 1 ation of the Brownsville resolution un til Monday

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