North Carolina Newspapers

THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. kSTAdLIoH fc.D CHARLOTTE, N.;C. MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 28, 1 907. PRICE: 5 CENTS v The Eighth jVor was Chosen 7 his Morning In Famous Thaw Case Near SO'O Miner 's were Entombed asReSiMof osiofi Disastrous Exw After Large Number of Talesmen Were Exam- toetf One More Juror ChOSen. Another- 100 Talesmen tO Pick. Demeanor of Thaw when a Talesman was Be ing Questioned. Thaw Family Greet Prisoner With Smiles and Bows. By Associated Press. New York City, January 28. The trial of Harry K. Thaw will be re sumed this morning. Justice Fitzgerald has decided that spectators, particularly women who ap pear at tne trials with particularly ser.sationai teatures, shall be barred ircai the court room. Apparently the desire of the defense is to hasten the trial or at least to complete the jury. This is thought to le a sign that some move, not yet tinted at, will be made. After a conference with Thaw's law yers yesterday Lawyer Delwar said: "It would hardly be professional to disclose our case. You may say, how ever, that it will come strictly within the statutes of the state of Ney York There is no higher law in the state and all this talk about 'unwritten law' is bosh. Nor can I see the efficiency of a plea of emotional insanity. There U really no such thing." Denies the Report. The trial was resumed this morn ing. Mrs. Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw came into the court room early, accompan ied by Hay McKenzie who remains her constant companion. . i Miss McKenzie declared it em phatically untrue that any dissen sion had arisen over her presence.. Young airs. Thaw . wore . again a cark blue dress and white veil. One More Juror. Within the first hour of the morn ing session 15 talesmen were exam ined and not one had gone through the questions propounded by the dis trict attorney .v furth.gr.. that .the. .one uealing with .the matter of - -what opinion they might have formed. Samuel J. Newman,' one " of the 15 Low-ever, said he . had known Stan ford White for 20 years. When New man first took the stand Thaw gazed at him intently. At the mention of White's name the prisoner quickly C'anced away and for r. long time looked out of one of the - windows cf the court room. . ' The rapid manner in which the re maining talesmen were disposed of caused the district attorney's offlce to summon an additional panel of 100 lien. Charles D. Newton, a retired busi ness man, about 65 years old, was selected as juror No. 8. .-,1 , oruereu a lecras Building, eight story, causing a loss till 2 p m., on account of the break '.estimated &t betweeQ ?400,000 and in the heating apparatus which made -qq qqq the court room too cold for comfort, j Two "walls of the building have J?re,etedy,th Sm,,es , 1 fallen, burying all but one man of i f' ?vei?n waSv folIod nre company No. 8. c.osely by the other members of the, gi f the 'firemen have been res ent JCfUnteS,,9 lLm2th haS re"lcued. None were seriouslyhurt. tonrkvitrSSSif,,?' All but four of the firemen have f?jJL????YemaS Cat : been rescued. OLJaaii Sialic lUluau. It being chilly in the court room 7tZa Z V V removed their wraps for a moment. -1 i it m il rri a- Mrs. "William Thaw and daughters greeted the prisoner's wife with the usual bows. As Thaw passed the fam ily group he was greeted with smiles by every member of it. LOSS BY FIRE $1,000,000. Large Publishing Plant Destroyed by Flames Loss is Great. By Associated Press. Springfield, Mass., Jan. 28. The Hant of the Phelps Publishing Co. vas destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at nearly ?1.000,000. ELOPED WITH JANITOR. Mother Had Driven Daughter's Sui tor From House With Poker. New York, Jan. 28. Johanna Proudt, 17, of No. 43 Bank street, Newark. N. J., eloped yesterday with Harry Zeigler, who boarded with a if.mily in the same house that the rroudts live in. Mrs. Proudt, the mother of the j :rl; is nearly crazed over the affair, fcsd her friends are watching her closely for fear she may attempt to tfo herself injury. . Mill End Sale a Success. Mr. Lockhart's mill end sale at the Little-Long Company's department stores has been one of unusual suc cess. Both ladies and gentlemen Lave been in attendance daily and Jr great is the crowd at times that the management has found it neces sary to close the doors. In the early ir.craing the sidewalks are lined up -ith people waiting for the sale to begin. A Gigantic Appropriation. Washington, Jan. 28. The diplo matic and consular appropriation bill, '-frying $3,085,478, was reported to the Senate. OU5E FOR 212 CENT M1LEAGE- South Carollna senate, However, May Kl I 0:11 r- .wfc uci oiii ucccmt. uav, special to The News. Columbia, S. C... January 2S. The Luuaj wiuiuut uiscussion or ai- Ylfon Passed Representative Gyle's l m i i - a ... , rt . - ij icuuue passenger iares on rail roads in South Carolina from 3 cents per mile to 2 1-2 per mile. There will probably be a fight on the bill in the senate. CORPSE ATTACHED FOR BILL. Then it is Spirited Away While Its Custodian Sleeps. Can Eernarding, Cal., January 28. Leon Coin, of Pittsfield, Mass.. came here in December for his health, bring ing ur. .Newton B. Heath to attend him. Cohn died and the doctor, claim ing $1,000 due him for services, had the corpse attached. The doctor was on guard over his security at an undertaking shoo yes terday when he fell asleep. Constab1. D. F. Allen, who had procured '-ar.evs lifting the attachment, took the oppor tunity to spirit the corpse away, and it was started by express for Pitts- field. Cohn is said to have been a wealthy merchant. BOONVILLE GETS A SHOCK. Expected . Most of Comstock's Estate, But He Had Married Again. Utica, January 28. William Corn- stock, a public-spirited Boonville resi dent died Wednesday, and the towns people began to talk about the munifi cent bequests likely to fall to the vil lage. Mr. Comstock, whose love of his country's flag caused him to paint all of bis buildings, red, white and blue, had made a will in which .many of his choicest pieces of property were to go to the village for park and play-, ground purposes. -It was after the death of his first wife, in whose mem ory he opened Ann street, naming it after her. But the Boonville public suffered a shock to-day when a later will was found. He had remaried since making the first, and the paper-found today which will not be contested leaves "all to his wife. Fire Gaused $400,000 Fire Broke out To-day in Eight Story Building. Loss was Great. Num ber of Firemen Buried by Falling Walls By Associated Press. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 28. Fire broke out this morning in the Columbia , wma-o Tirl ViiTi cnnoVino X lit? JCOUUO dl s nituiu oivttii-iu& distance of two more. The two bodies are believed to be A third fireman is also believed to be dead. Fireman Elliott has been rescued. He was not badly injured. Three men are now missing, Hinkey, Norton and Megan, and it ?s feared they are dead. Z Dead, 18 Injured. As the result of the fire which de stroyed the Columbia building," three firemen are dead and 18 injured. The loss isi estimated at $500,000. 4 KILLED, 16 INJURED. As Result cf Explosion of Ice Ma- chine, Number are Killed. By Associated Press. Chicago, Jan. 28. Four persons were killed and 17 injured as the re sult of the explosion of an ice ma chine at Armour & Co's plant. Schooner Ashore. By Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., January 28. The schooner Laurence F. Corbett of Chris- field Maryland. was driven ashore m Hampton Roads last night. - Town Indundated. By Associated Press. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 28. At Lux ora, Ark., the town levee broke Sun day and the place is flooded. U. S. Minister. By Associated Press. Stockholm, Jann. 28. H. L. F. La gercrantz was appointed minister from Sweden to the United States. Deputy Organizer of Heptasophc. Mr. Thomas N. Kendrick, lately ot the Swan-Slater Company at Gaston ia, has been appointed deputy organi zer of the Improved Order of Hepta sophs and will begin his work in Charlotte and Mecklenburg -at an early date. He expects to increase lhe membership of the lodge here from 50 to 500. Many Chinese WereDrozvned A the Result of a Terri fic Rain Squall To-day 100 Chinese Perished N arid Large Number of Vessels Sunk. By Associated Press. Hong Kong, Jan. 28 A terriffic rain squall broke over Hong Kong this morn ing and in thes pace of ten minutes sank over fifty Chinese crafts in the harbor, mere than 100 natives being drowned.. , No casulties among the white popu lation are reported. Launches from thr shore' rescued many "occupants of the swamped boats. The harbor was littered, with wreck age : from- sunken ; junks- During the squall "the river steamer Paul Bean -. broke 'adrift but was brought to- anchor without sustaining any damage. DOWIE REPORTED DYING. It Is Said He Realizes His Condition And Has Made Confession. Waukegan, 111., January 28. It is re ported here that Dr. Dowie is just alive and that is all ; ' that his condition is much worse than it has ever been since he became ill. The report is further that Dowie's condition has become so bad that he realizes it ful ly and that yesterday he made confes sion of all the wrongs he had done those with whom he had dealings and also that he expressed a desire to see his wife and son soon, as he feared he would live only a few days longer. Dowie's attndants have tried to keep up their courage and also to prevent the knowledge becoming pub lic that he is so near death. On Sun day last, January 21, he was brought in to a room where several of the faith ful had assembled to hear him preach, but they were forced to kneel before the doctor entered the room. The con clusion of the public is that by their kneeling it was planned that they could see Dowie's real condition! DESTROYED BY RAT POISON. Ate Stuff In Mrs Otis' Yard, Where They Had No Business, and Died. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., January 28.- The town of Red Hook, in Dutchess county, dormant since it gave Lieut. Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler to Albany and Robert Winthrop Chan ler to the Shrievalty of Dutchess coun ty, has leaped into fame again. The sensation is in the chickens. Mrs. Lillian McCarrick has sued Mrs. William Otis for a $50 chicken loss, which she claims was occasioned by poison that Mrs. Otis threw to rats, which the chickens (the poison not the rats) ate and then laid eggs which her family ate hard boiled (the eggs, not the chickens) and then died (the chickens, not the family.) Mrs. Otis admits endeavoring to poi son rats that were endeavoring to make away with her pigeons, which were In her yard, where Mrs. McCar rick's chickens hadn't any business. Squire Burnett will draw a jury to sit on the facts at Madalin on February the 6th. ENTER BOSTON'S SCHOOLS. Empress Sending a Score to- The Amer ican Athens to Have Them Educat ed. Boston, Mass., January 28. Boston within a short time will have in ' Its public schools twenty or more Chinese maidens who are being sent here to be educated as Bostonians are. The Empress, in sending the daugh ters of the Flowery Kingdom to this city for an education, is satisfied that they will some day . be able to take part in the great educational move ment which is transforming China. It is simply an extension of the plan launched a year ago when nineteen young Chinese were placed in Har vard University. , THE Y. M. C. A. RACE AGAINST Work of il he Legislature A.nother Bill Relative to Railroad Question In- Troduced. Bill to Pro hibit Sale of Adulter ated Paints, Etc. By Bell Telephone. - Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 28. Representa tive Gordon introduced a bill' in the House this morning, . prescribing that railroads earning as much as $1,400 per mile should charge two and one half cents passenger rates; those earn ing less than this amount should charge three cents per mile. Among other bills was one ' by -Koonce, 'to" relievo-Pople - from .un reasonable restrictions, etc., on - fire insurance. By Blount, requiring banks having money belonging to the state on de posit, to pay interest on the same. By Harris, to create a firemen's re lief fund. This bill was prepared by the. legislative committee of the state firemen's association and provides a two per cent tax on state fire insur ance premiums, the money to be used for the benefit- of the firemen, etc. By Morton to separate the races in jails, penitentiaries, convict camps, etc., and to provide proper food for prisoners. By Cowles, to amend the Revisal, increasing the property limit of appli cants for pensions from $500 to $750. The House also passed the Laughin- house bill this morning, after a few hours discussion. . . In the Senate. In the Senate this morning the most important bill introduced was one by Buxton to prevent the sale of adulter ated paints, etc., and to prohibit the manufacture .of adulterated and de leterious drugs and liquors. Then Senate still had this bill under discussion at 2 o. m. Funds for Fortifications. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 28.-In the fortifi-: cations appropriation bill reported to the Senate, the principal items of increase include suz.suu ror jrort Moultrie, S. C, $453,550 at FortPick ens and McRee, Fla., $54,678 for Pen- cacola harbor. Florida, $544,750 for Mobile, Ala., and $139,800 at St. Phil ips, Louisiana. These are to restore fortifications injured by the storm of September last. Two Bluecoats Arraigned Police, Fire and Health Committee Investigat ing C harges of Drurik ness Preferred Against. Two Members of Force A called meeting of the police com Inittee of the Police, Fire and Health Commission is being held this afternoon for the purpose of making an investigation of charges which have been preferred against Patrol man Asbury and Sergeant J.1 T. Far rington. The allegation against each is drunkenness. . . It is alleged that Mr. Asbury be came intoxicated while in Salisbury Saturday and was . locked up. .The charges against Sergeant Farrington are that he was drunk yesterday. ; Mayor McNincn after learning of these allegations immediately, called a meeting of the ' police . . committee tu look Into the matter, and it con vened at 3 o'clock. TIME. W.P.Fife Dies Sudd en ly Capitalist a n d Former Evangelist Stricken in St. Louis Hotel-Lobby. Notable Career as an Evangelist, Former Evangelist W. P. Fife died suddenly in the St. James Hotel in St. Louis yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Fife was making his headquarters temporarily in St. Louis as he prose cuted his work of placing stock in gold mines and oil wells at various places in the West. He was standing in the lobby of the hotel chatting with sever al friends when he suddenly became very ill and in a few moments lost con sciousness. A physician was quiciuy summoned from across the street. but could do nothing . and Mr; - Fife: died shortly after his arrival. . The , doctor thought the cause of death was probab ly dua to heart failure but the coro ner is ',o hold an inquest today which will decide the question. Mr. W. P. Fife, Jr., son of the de ceased, who was in .Denver, Colorado, at the time was at once notified and the body sent to the morgue until he should arrive. The remains, it is un derstood will bee brought to this state for interment. . . V Mr. Fife was a man of unusual force of character. He was the son of Mr. W. W. Fife of New bern, where he was born, and where he married, hi3 wife being Miss Whitford, daughter of Col. John D. Whitford, of Newbern. To ward the latter part of the war Mr. Fife's father refugeed at Thomasville, and after the war resided there until his death. Mr. Fife became a travelling sales man for a tobacco house in his early life and was most successful in his work. He often referred during his ev.angen istic career to his godless life and his habit of drinking at that time. About 20 years ago Evangelist R. G. Pearson was going up and down the state like a flame of fire and souls were being swept into the Kingdom under the power of his preaching. Mr. Fife heard him and was converted. He finally gave up his position on the road and entered heart and soul into evan gelistic work himself. His work was barely second to that of the Gamaliel at whose feet he sat. From Maryland to Texas,: all through the length and breadth of the ..Southern States, he went, uplifting the cross and preaching the old time relieion. His converts reached up into thousands, and, it can not be denied that he did great good. Mr. Fife was the soul of congenial ity and sociability, and his pleasant manners and magnetic personaiitj' were great levers in enabling him to reach men. He was at the same time a courageous man in the utterance of his convictions, and suffered some for righteousness sake because of his courage, it is possioie mat nis im petuosity may have occasionally over ridden his tact, but upon the whole he was a well rounded and well balanced man in the pulpit. It was a matter of intense regret to him. that his voice finally gave . way. A permanent and serious throat trouble closed the door to his further . preach ing. , In casting about for something to do, he . turned to the exploiting of gold and oil stocks. He advertised on a tremendous scale, and widely. He was severely criticised at times for endorsing these stocks, many of which were bought by people of small means, who had implicit confidence in Mr. Fife, but he always declared his own conviction that they were a good thing and that they would enable the pur chaser to lay up against a rainy day and that sometimes the stocks would pay handsome dividends. 1 Several weeks ago Mr. Fife was in The News office on his way to Thom asville, and at this time he declared he hoped to be able ere long to return permanently to North Carolina On this occasion Mr. Fife referred to his regret over the fact that his dtdicate throat lorbade his preaching. "L" I had my old voice , back today I Continued on page 8 PRODUCTS OF CHILD LABOR. Bill to Prohibit Interstate Commerce of Such Products. By Associated Press. "Washington, Jan. 28.- Senator Bev e ridge resumed his speech in behalf of; the measure prohibiting interstate commerce in articles which are the production of child labor. Mr. Bever idge stated that three-fourths of the cotton factories of the South were opposing the bill, that railroads of the South were opposing it . and that the coal mine operators of the South were opposing it. THE GEORGIA CHILD LABOR LAW, Senator Beverage Says It Is A Dead Letter and Senator Bacon Takes. I By Associated Press. I Washington. D. C. January 28. Senator Beveridge made the statement that , the recently enacted child labor law of Georgia, was a "dead letter." Senator Bacon took issue with him. Mr. Beveridge asserted that there had been filed 3.000 applications for permit of child labor under the law. "How many of them , have been granted?" asked Mr. Bacon. "All," replied Ssnator Beveridge. Bacon explained that the law pro hibited children under 12 years old from working after January 1, 1908. LEPROSY CURE FOUND. Cuban Doctor Announces it After Ap parently Thorough Test. Havana, Jan. 28. A commission ap pointed by the Government has turned in a report to the effect that Dr. Ma tias Duque, who is in charge of the Hospital for Contagious Diseases, prob ably has discovered a cure for lepro sy. Two lepers were turned over to the doctor several years ago for experi mental purposes, and to-day these per sons have no exterior cases of the disease, and are gaining .notably in weight. Several other cases treated by Dr. Duque are in various stages of improvement. Dr. Duque's experiments have been along the line of what he terms the "red mangrove tree" treatment. He claims to have discovered this treat ment a sa result of his study to find a cure for his sister,, who suffered from leprosyrihd whom -he - hag --auceeii34 in curing. 4 . . j. -. ' Noted Trial Post-poned Case of Alleged Anson County Lynchers, Post- i rj-T r rr-r r pOned 1 O-day. 1 He Kea- sons for Putting off the Trial. By Bell Telephone. ' , Monroe, N. C, Jan. 2S. Tho Supe rior Court convened hero this morning. By far the most important case on the criminal docket is that against the Anson county alleged lynchers. Great interest has been taken in this case but there was no surprise here this morning when it was anounced by the solicitor that the case would not be called at this term of court. Among the reasons for postponing ,the case is that it is a one-week term of court only, and there are a number of jail cases and it would probably require all the week to dispose of them. Also the inability of some, of the lawyers connected with the case to be present. ; Mr. R. B. Redwine, cf this place, who appears with Solicitor Robinson, in the prosecution, is a member of the state Senate from this county and is Mr. A. M. Stack, also cf Monroe, and one of the attorneys for the. defense, cf course in Raleigh at this tiins. is in Europe. It is stated that the case will be tried at a special term of court, which will probably be called for July. There was some suggestion here that the spe cial term might be called in March, but it is not thought probable that this will be done. There are very few people in town. Quite a contrast from the condition which prevailed when the . case was first called here several months ago. This is accounted for, not from any lack of interest in the case, but it was generally understood that the trial would not take place this time. To Address Negro-ss. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, January 28. It is probable the president will stop at Columbus, Ohio, on his return from the West early ; in June and address the colored people of Ohio under-the auspices of the Colored Agricultural & Educational Institute. The 2-Cent Rate. By. Associated Press. ' Richmond, Va., Jan. 28. Before the corporation commission the Norfolk & Western claimed they would. 1: mon eny on a fiat 2-cent rate i VirgLiia. , Cotton Jumps I n. The cotton market t riviyed to-day, the price jumping to 11 cents at which figure 93 bales were sold. On. the same date-last- year the price, fas), 11 and the number of bales marketed 52. As Result of Explosion of Fire Damp in Reden Mine this Morning Sev eral Hundred Miners Were Entombed. Near 7 wo Hundred Bod ies and Injured Miners Have been Taken From Mine. Another Disas trous Explosion Today. By Associated Press. Saarbruck, Rhenish, Prussia, Jan. 28. Two hundred and fifty coal miners were entombed this morning at. Reden Shaft by the explosion or fire damp. Corpses and many of the injured miners have been taken out. Number Are Rescued. At 1:30 p. m. one hundred and sixty-four bodies and 17 dangerously in jured miners had been taken from the Reden mine, and 300 miners are Missing, showing there were more in the mine explosion than was first reported. , Four p. m. An outbreak of fire In the Reden wine rooms has driven out the rescuers. It is considered probable that 30 or 40 men are still in the pit. The number of dead is now estimated at 200. , Another Fatal Explosion. Lens, France, Jan. 28. A terrible disaster, . involving the loss of many lives, occurred in a coal mine at Lievin, due to the explosion of fire damp. Hundreds Rescued. Of 860 miners 812 had been brought out of the pit at 2 o'clock. The bod ies of the chief engineer and two assistants were recovered. The loss of life is not yet known. OLIVER'S REMARKABLE CAREER In Ten Years Jumps From Small Con tractor to Panama Canal Builder. ..; 'iTb.taccept.ance.,- cf the bid of Mr. WilliamX Oliver, of Knoxville to build the Panama canal is of no little inter est to contractors in this section of the country and the official announcement that his bid had been accepted over those of 20 or more of the most ex perienced contractors in the United States carried with itf a still greater interest. Mr. Oliver is not unknown in Charlotte. Some of his first undertak ings were successfully accomplished in North and South . Carolina, one of his more ' recent undertaking being a ! !-.! . v ' ii. - a i !n a:,,;;- 9 i revision i'i uiu, jouviijo uiubiuu ul the Southern Railway, in 1902. . His career as a contractor dates back ten years or more, when he made his start in South Carolina. At the time he wa3 connected with a phos phate mine, which business necessitat ed a large, amount cf grading. Grasp ing the opportunity to extend opera tions' he sought a broader field and it was only a few years before he un dertook big contracts. Only recently it was published that he had been awarded the $20,000,000 contract of constructing the 1 Southern's double track from Charlotte to Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Whittam Injured in Auto Acci dent. While automobile riding with a party of friends last Wednesday near Manchester, England, Mr. William Whittam, of this city, met with an accident in which he sustained seri ous injuries. Mr. Whittam sailed tor Europe last fall to make a report of the cotton situation there for the government, he having been appoint cd by the department of commerce and labor. Death of Mrs. M. G Clark. Mrs. Martha Glenn Clark, wife of Mr. Thomas Clark, died yesterday af ternoon at four o'clock at the County Home where she had been an inmate for about a month. The funeral was conducted at Paw Creek today at two o'clock. The deceased was 70 years old and besides a husband is survived by one brother, Mr. Frank Glenn, of Cole City, Ala., and Mrs. Gibson, of this county. Catch Escaped Convict. Henry Holcomb, an escaped negro convict from Rowan county, was ar rested last night in this city by Offi cers Orr and Barnhardt. The negro is also wanted in Salisbury for steal ing several articles from another ne gro. Holcomb recently finished serv ing a three-year sentence on the roads of this county for breaking into a negro woman's house. Sunday Morning Fire. The firemen had an early morning run yesterday to the corner of David son and Eighth streets, the alarm be ing sent in from box No. 17. A small blaze in" the house or a negro which caught from the stove, caused the alarm. The finance committee has com pleted its ten days' work of auditing the books of the various county offi cers. The attraction at the Academy of Music tonight will be "Our- New Slinister." '