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CHARLOTTE. Ni C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1907.
PRICE 5 CENTS
Big 're in IVew York
Did damage to Extent
Of i0,000 Dollars
Closer Trade Relations
Between Cotton Grower
-And -JSpinner Urged
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Thousands of People were
Thrown Into Panicxby
Dad Fire in Street Car
Barns Priests Quieted
Crowds.
Hundreds of Lives Were
Endangered Many
Cars Burned Car Ser
vice Seriously Tied. Up
On all Cross Town lines
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 9. Hundreds of
lives were endangered, thousands of
persons were thrown into a panic, 125
electric cars, used on the several cross
toAvn lines, were destroyed and prop
erty loss to the extent of $400,000 was
caused by fire in the Fourteenth street
car barns.
As a result of the fire the service
on all cross-town lines was greatly
hampered.
Three hundred and fifty horses, quar
tered in the big barn, were taken out
in safety. - ,
The police were busy attempting to
control the frenzied people, most of
whom were foreigners.
It was not until several priests ap
peared on the scene imploring the peo
ple to calm themselves that anything
like order was restored.
Railroad Firemen Will
Fight For Higher Wages
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick Is
Gradually Sinking
By Associated Press.
Columbus, O., Oct. 9. Mrs. Cassie
Chadwick, who is serving a term iu
the Ohio penitentiary for wrecking
the First National Bank, in Oberlin,
O., is still practically unable to re
Is admitted to be very serious.
tain nourishment . and her condition
She lies in bed seemingly indiffer
ent to her fate, racked with pain and
apparently resigned to and knowing
that her end is fast approaching.
Much Worse Today.: '
At 9.30 o'clock this morning Mrs.
Chadwick's condition was reported
much, worse. Her pulse was very weak
and she is partly delirious. The phy
cians are preparing to stay any sink
ing spells. They decline to say how
long she may survive.
Mrs. Chadwick, as a prisoner, has
always shunned the public, and even
the gaze of the other prisoners. She
is a mere wreck of the woman arrest
ed for conspiracy to defraud the na
tional banks four years ago. Her phys
ical weakness is now showing its ef
fect on her mind.
Y. M. C. A. Board Decides
On Moie Extension Work
The Asheville
Landslide
BIG I HGTON
Special to The News.
Asheville, Oct, 9. The prohibition
ists won here yesterday by a majority
cf 848 and the saloons of Asheville
will be closed January 1st next.
The result was undoubtedly due to
the women of the city who all day
long surrounded the polling places in
every precinct and worked most ener
getically, beseeching the voters, pray
ing and singing for the success of the
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 9. Railway firemen
on all eastern lines, according to
statement published today, are going prohibition ticket
to demand further increases in wages
in the near future. Railroad officials Copelle to Work On Steeple
subject say they will not grant the 705 Feet ADOVe UrOUnd
demands, and one Erie official is
minted as savins: -that, wages are
more likely to go down than up.
The division chairmen of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen, it is
stated will meet' Grand Master J. J.
Hanahan in- Buffalo- on Tuesday next
to formulate demands for what , is
termed a wage readjustment on the
railroads in the territory embracing
all the lines east of Chicago. It is
stated that the scale of wages is by
no means uniform and the firemen's
officials are credited having declared
that an aggressive fight will be made
to obtain the adjustment that is to
be asked for.
L
UMBER
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 9.-r-Ernest Capelle,
whose trade is steeple jacking, ex-.
pects to put up a new high climbing
record -when he -ascends the flagstaff
of the Singer building tower to clamp
the gilded globe to .the top of the
. At about 703 feet above the ground
Capelle will go to work then to paste
the gold leaf on the glooe.
Automobiles for 1907.
Negro Question Taken
Up At Richmond fid J
xr I have been am
45,C00
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 9 The output of
automobiles for 1908 is expected to
be 55,000 cars, as against 45,000 made
this year. These figures, which are
conservative estimate,
have been announced by the manage
ment of the American Motor Car Man-
Bv Associated Press. 1 nfactnrers' association whose mem-
Richmond, Va., Oct. 9. In the house hei.g will be ths chief exhibitors in the
of deputies a pamphlet was circulated J Grand Central Palace show beginning
on the negro question, emDracing a 0ct 24
resolution providing that negro bisnops
be appointed to preside over the negro
race, that these bishops be not eligible
to seats in the general convention and
that the negroes have a separate con
vention. '"iT
The subject will come up tomor
row. Woman Elected Director of
Remington Typewriter Co.
Bv Associated Press. . j
New York, Oct. 9. Two new direc
tors have been elected by the Rem
ington Typewriter company. One of
them, Miss Mary E. Orr, entered the
employ cf the company 19 years ago
n a RtennsraDher. This is said to he
ESTBOYED BY FIR
Special to The News. :
Wilmington, Oct. 9. The plant of
the Hannah Box Shook Company of
this city was totally destroyed by fire
with something like a million and a
half feet of lumber in the yards of the
company Monday afternoon entailing a
loss which is estimated at between
$75,000 and $100,000, upon which tic-re
wasonly $25,000 insurance. The fire
started in the dust room of th6 Box
! Shook factory shortly before 2 o'clock
Mnndflv afternoon and the employes
there made a hard effort with the facili
ties at hand to put-the lire out oat
without success. The lire department.
responded promptly: But the nearest
hydrant was several blocks away and
several houses were destroyed before
hose enough could be gotten to reach
the place. The loss of the Hannah Box
factory was a complete loss, there hav
ing not been time to save anything in
the building.
"HOW'S THAT. FOR MUSCLE?"
BANK OFFICIAL
STOOD OFF BAND
Til ROBBERS
. 3
By Associated wress.
Riga, Oct. 9. -at band of armed men
made an unsuccessful attempt on Mon
day to get away with a large sum
of money in transit over the Dorpath
Walz Railroad. The band boarded the
last car of the train here. While the
tfain was between the stations of El-
war and Boozenhof, the robbers sud
denly opened fire' on the car ahead of
SEC'TY. BRIER'S
CONDITION GROWS
MORE ALARMING
The membership committee and
the . board of directors of the Young
Women's Christian Association held
an important meeting in the asso
ciation parlors this morning- at 10
and 11 o'clock, respectively. The
former committee decided to carry on
an active campaign in extension work
and appointed several committees, One
each ' to visit the mills, factories,
stores and schools to secure as tar
as possible the names and number of
girls employed. When this is done
the association will appeal to them in:
dividually. This- plan was adopted
in order to get the girls of the city
interested in tne worK tnereDy in
creasing the membership.
Following this meeting the board
of directors met at 11 o clock and
decided to offer Mrs. Carrie C. Mar
tin the position of secretary of the
association. Mrs. ' Martin has very
acceptably acted .secretary since the
resignation of Miss Alridge.
The finance committee reported the
finances of the association in good
shape and that the association was
operated last month on a paymgj
basis. .
Rev. George Atkinson, of Monroe,
was present at the meeting in behalf
of his sister, Mrs. Anna Atkinson
Burmister, offering to give a con
cert for ' the benefit of the associa
tion on Oct. 31st.
Before Closing fiiglntet-
national Conference of
Cotton Growers And
Spinners Closer Trade
Relations are Discussed
Remarkable
Operation
Special to The News. '""
Raleigh, N. d., Oct. 9. The illness of
My. T. K. Bruner, secretary of the
state board of agriculture and com
missioner in charge of the immigration
work of the department is developing
quite alarmingly and giving his nu
merous friends serious concern. He
was complaining some when he re-
them in which the bank official with! turned from his European trip about
the money in his custody was travel- two weeks ago in. the interest of f im
migration to North Carolina. He spent
ms
The official returned the fire and for
a while the exchange of shots was
lively and constt nation reigned on
the train. When the melee was over
it was discovered .-that a gendarme,
two passengers and one of the robbers
had been killed and that a bank offi-
ial and several passengers, including
one woman, had been wounded.
The robbers made their escape and
he bank official saved his money.
Master C. L. Torrence, Jr., who met
with a serious bicycle accident sever
al days ago, will be out soon.
FonvUle To Be
Tried Thursday
Indicited For Complicity
in Embezzling Funds
With Cashier Jones-
Judge Boyd's Charge
tn "Ponnnerp.l.
ho firt instance in which a corpora- v" "
ticn has elected a woman to so high Speciai to The News,
a place. It is not only a recosnition Grecnsboro K cj 0ct. 9.-The Unit
tVie inn? term of faitniui servi'-t oi i 0 rt nnpmfid here
Miss Orr, but also of the part plaj , ett yesterday for a two weeks term. The
by women in tne ueveiuiJini. most important case on tne aocKet,
typewriter business.
that asrainst Percv Fonville, indicted
for comnlicitv in embezzling the funds
of the Bank ot Charlotte, in which
Cashier Frank Jones, now serving a
sentence 1 in the penitentiary got the
money and ran away, is set for lhurs
day of this week.
The judge delivered a very elaDorate
Strike of Furriers Over.
By Associated Press. "
New York, Oct. 9.-The strike of the
furriers ended yesterday, 5,000 men re
turning to work. .
Tho mpn wanted closed shop condi
tions, which means recognition of their . . th rand jury following his
union. About 1,000 of the men gain- ugual Unes of laying down the law as
ed their point, it is stated, but the to the various f e(jeral statute law of
others will continue to work under the fences against the United States reve
open shop plan. nue law, the postal law, etc. The new
matter in Judge Boyd's charge to the
With the Lusitania. errand inrv was relative to the now
By Associated Press. much talked of peonage question. He
nn Rnarri the Lusitania, Oct. 9. Via .t w rnnt.rarv to law to hold a
Cape Race, New Foundland and Nortn citizen criminally responsible for a civ
SnvHr N. S.. Oct. 9. The steamship .1i-tion
Lusitania, from Queenstown at noon Thi statute applys. now, he explain
today, Oct. 8th, was in latitude 48.o8 ed that present conditions in some
or.ri inns?itiide 40.10 west, having '. f t1 oimtrv where great con-
run C08 miles, beating all records for tractors and even farmers m the south
single days steaming. Average speed were holding guard over employes or
Cotton Cars Ignite.
A large number 'of loaded freight
cars were standing on the A. C. Li.
tracks which passed near the factory,
and several of these caught fire but the
flames were extinguished and the cars
removed before any serious damage
was done. In pushing the cotton load-
ort oars awav from the fire a dozen or
thfim were shoved off the
tracks near the bridge. The loss, now
pvpr. is comnaratively small compared
with what would nave neen u in cui-
ton cars had been destroyed.
Fire Wagon Meets Accident.
While responding to the general
alarm hose wagon No. 2 was wrecked,
as a result of which one of the fine
gray horses drawing the machine was
so badlv injured that he had to be
killed on the spot; the other horse
suffered a broken' nose and may have
suffered internal injuries which will
cause his death.
Foreman W. A. Canady was serious:
iv ininred by being thrown from the
v,ioi.- nnri hnseman Fritz Zellers suf
jx uvil
fered a severe blow in the mouth.
Two other men on the wagon were
thrown off but not seriously hurt.
Cause of Accident.
ttio fnnse of the accident, Driver
y.Pllprs savs. was in coming down the
hill on Fourth street between Market
and Princess streets, the barness on
one side became disarranged in'some
way and that when the horse attempt
ed to turn down Prince street toward
Front, the right rein pulled loose, so
that in making the turn the horses
dashed headforemost into a knot of
telephone and telegraph poles.- The
wagon tongue was broken, and the
neavy waguu iau. uiiu"
hnraps. OP.fi having been cut and torn
in a horrible manner on the hip and
some of his limbs were broken.
Progress In
Standard Case
By Associated Press.
New York. Oct. D. Transcripts or
the ledgers and journals of the old
Standard Oil Trust and several of its
subsidiary companies were placed in
evidence at the hearing today in the
federal suit against the Standard Oil
combine for the purpose of proving the
government's contention in the bill of
complaint that the Standard is an nle;
gal monopoly.
Clarence G. Fay, assistant auditor oi
the Standard Oil Company of New Jer
sey was again on the witness stand
today.
Frank B. Kellogg, the government s
counsel, called attention to the balance
sheets of the Standard Oil Company ot
Kansas for 1899, on which the stocks
of the Southern Oil Tank Line, the
Mutual Oil Company, White-Golden Lu
bricating Company, .C. P. Wagner and
Co., H. Garlick and Co., and the Pro
tection Oil Co., appeared as assets.
Mr. Fay said he could not explain
why the balance sheets in the following
years did not show what had become of
all these assets and why they were
written off.
two days at his desk gathering up
the enda of accumulated work-but-f elf
so unwell the third day that he re
mained at home. He has steadily
grown worse. His principal disorder is
his liver, but there are complications.
Altogether his condition is very alarm
ing.
A shipment of fine steel filing cases
of the most improved patent has been
received and will be placed at once
in the general office of the secretary
of stat 9y in the state house. These
files have been in use in the private
office of the secretary of state for
several months, and now they are. to
take the place of the old wood cabinets
in the general office, thereby afford
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 9.-What is describ
ed by the physicians. as a remarkable
surgical operation for cancer was per
formed at the Hahnemann hospital on
Thursday with apparent success.' The
patient was Mrs. George Blydenburg,
wife of . a wealthy contractor. :
Mrs. Blydenburg .was, a sufferer
from a growth on the adominal organs.
Dr. Walter G. Crump, after an x-ray
examination found tBat her death was
only a question of a few days at best.
He decided to perform an operation at
once. The operation was witnessed by
rtD physicians, several from out of town,
one of them being a . woman irom
Schenectady, and another, Dr. Judson
Sanders, of Reading, Pa. The opera
tion lasted for nearly three hours. In
that time six organs were removed,
including the upper portion of the blad
der, the vertiform appendix, 10 mcnes
of the ilium and the ascending colon.
According to the physicians, opera
tions on these individual organs have
been performed but never in a combi-i
nation of six.' -
The third day after the operation
Mrs. Blydenburg showed great im
provement. Tomorrow an x-ray ma
chine will be used to kill any fragments
The Various Provisions of -The
Committee's Re
port on This Subject
Report Will Very Likely
Be Adopted. v
By Associated Press. T '
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 9. Closer trade
relations between the grower and the
spinner was discusse in tne-7nnai
session of the International Confer-
ence of Cotton Growers and ; Spin
ners today. '
The committee report on this sub
ject was sent back to the committee
for revision this morning. -
This report, which would commit
the cotton growers of the south and
spinners of Europe and America to
a campaign, of revolution in the
methods of handling cotton, provides
for more care in the selection of
cotton seed. -
That cotton be held at least thirty
days before compressing, removing
the cause of complaints of European
spinners of the dampness of Ameri
can cotton.
That the Egyptian form of bale be
adopted, eliminating loss by poor
baling which is stated to be at least
$25,000,000 a year. .--
That planters install ' their own
gin and compressors.
No special opposition Is being
made to the adoption of this report. .
Former Charlotte Man . ;
Kills Another In Denver
ing a great convenience for the clerks! of the growth in the tissues,
of the department and the public gen-' The case will be placed before the
academy of pathological science and
other medical societies in , this coun
try. .
In commenting on the operation Dr.
The dispatch from Denver, Colo.,
in The 'News of yesterday afternoon
telling of the killing of a man by the
name of E. T, Osborne by E. 1m Pierce
in.that city was of especial 'Interest
to those' in Charlotte who remember
young Pierce. He was a resident ' of
Charlotte Tor several years, leaving
here last spring for the west. Pierce
worked for two years with Mr. Sam
Maxwell, the furniture dealer on West
Trade street, and then worked for a
time with the Southern railroad here.
The young man made many friends
in the city. He was about 24 years old,
and 'was a member of St. Peter's Epis
copal church. He was eccentric in
disposition, but auiet and gentlemanly '
in every respect, and had the friend
ship of those who came -in contact
with him. r
OPENING FIRST STREET.
Report on Grain Crop
Condition is
9. The ag-
By Associated Press.
Washington. D. C, Oct,
ricultural department reports corn con
dition 78 per cent., spring wheat aver
age yield, 13.1 per acre; oats, average
yield, 23.5 bushels per acre.
The case of Wingate against the
Life Insurance Company of Virginia,
on trial in the superior court, this
morning was non-suited upon motion of
the defendant. Squires, against' the
same company is now on trial.
They Clung to Boat
Until Rescue Come
. , rt, twpiv( rcic. . fan.1T. to
wa 'M y.v. KnoLS lur liij ootid nir T n cm i.u ui mull j.. j..
hours. ' . . . . comply with their civil contracts. Judge
Boyd further stated that he did not
know of any form of this so-called peo-
- o crr Tnni N lltTlllK.
Made I section, but if the grand jury knew of
any such cases, ft should be presented.
In the major part of his charge, the
evils of dickering in liquor, either by
distilling or 'retailing, in connection
with his instructions as to what was
exacted by the government simply as
a matter of revenue.
By Associated Press.
. Gloucester. Mass., uct. a. m. xv-
tanayapti, acting Siamese minister at
wachinp-tnn and M. Cheun. attache
nf thfl lecation. had a narrow escape
rtonth off Little Good Harbor
beach yesterday.
Thpv were out in a sail boat
was unset in a storm, but
the boat for half an houi
when they were rescued by two Glou
tester men. ' -.. ,
BATTLE ll
BE FOUGHT
ON THE
TO
OUT
DIAMOND
erally, as hundreds of citizens from all
parts of the state have work in this
office every month.
W. P. Mangum Turner, for some
time past, city editor of the Raleigh
Evening Times, will retire from that
paper this week to locate' in Lexing
ton for the practice cf law.
Comrade R. G. Jarrett died yester
day in the Soldiers' Home, aged 70
years. He was a member of Company
M, 31st Regiment and came from Edge
combe county. .
Chairman McNeill and Commission
er S. L. Rogers and E. C. Bedding
field of the corporation commission
haA'e gone to Richmond for the rail
road commissioners' convention.
New rural libraries for public
schools are established, one each in
New Hanover and Durham counties
and four supplimetaries in Durham
county.
Governor Glenn says , now that the
fight for prohibition is settled in Ashe
ville the temperance forces intend to!
begin the fight in Salisbury to drive
the saloons from the town. He says
he never addressed a more attentive
and interested audience than that at
Salisbury Sunday when he addressed
five thousand people under a big tent
there. ' .
Thep. Webb has instituted suit
against the' Southern ; Railway Co.
here for damages for -inj'uries sustain
ed in a WFeck near Concord sometime
ago. There is also "a suit just insti-
. tuted by Daye Lane, the notorious ne
gro lawyer here, who demands dam
ages for injuries in a recent accident.
Lusitania Make an Nautical
Mile An Hour On Trip
Question Was Discussed by Board of
Public Service.
The nuestion of opening First street
Crump said that it appeared now that was discussed last night at a meet-
thetime was not far distant when al- mg Cf the board of public service. It
most any, excepting the vital organs, is not known just what the board will
can be removed without danger of recommend in the matter to the board
death.
States Must
Be Considered
of . aldermen, but it is thought that the
expression of the board was that the
street should be opened. The meet
ing was, as usual, in executive ses-;
sion. ' ' : . ;;i '
ARCHDEACON JEFFRIES HERE..
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 9
convention of the State Railvay Com-
a Distinguished Episcopal Clergyman
Archdeacon William H. Jeffries, a
Bv Associated Press
Chicago. 111... uct. . witn nerves
still tense from the strain of yester
day's , battle- between the respective
champions of the American and Ra
tional Leagues, baseball enthusiasts
gathered early to witness today's
Etruggle for the championship of the
world. : i"
Hours before the gates were due
to be- opened all the streets in the
vicinity of the grounds were thronged.
The weather is damp and cold.
Rush For Tickets.
Where there was one waiting yes-
tprdav to buy a ticket to the game
thpre were three today.
The weather gave better promise lat
Voted at the Age of 104.
Bv Associated Press. '
Mpw York. Oct. 9. Among the voters
who have registered in the Side Ghetto
! a? TTnrri? who save his age asi
104 vears. The old man registered and j er in the day. The sun came out warm,
went to and from the office without
assistance,
makini
game.
the conditions good for the
Rv Associated Press.
J L ... TNI-.
On Board tne Lusiiama, uw.
via Crcokhaven, Ireland, Oct. 9.
Steamer Lusitania, which passed
Daunts Rock near Queenstown, west
ward bound at 10 a. m., Oct. 6, ships
time, was in latitude 51.01 north and
TrmfH tnde 24.54 west at noon today,
having run 590 miles since 10 o'clock
yesterday morning, making an aver
age speed of 23.55 nautical miles for
24 hours. ; .- '' x ; !
Mr. W; A. Roberts,, was this morn
ing bound over to; superior court by
the recorder on' the charge of pollut
ing the ' water-shed of the city water
works'. It was charged that Mr. Rob
erts threw a dead chicken, within the
wire fence tf the water works pond.
missioners today the divergence from distinguished divine of the Episcopal .
jricoiuciiu nvvv i SD-UrCU. IS ill LUIS City luuajr aa
control of the "railroads was devel- guest Rey pr. w. M. Kincaid, one
oped in the consideration of the re- of nig old friends. Archdeacon' Jeff
nort of the committee" on "Powers, has neld missions all over the
Duties and Work of 'State' Railway t and is one Gf the leaders of
Commissions." his church in America. He is thinking
Benjamin F. Chadbourn, of Maine, of making Charlotte his headquarters
who submitted the report of the com- whirfl would be a great gain to the -
mittee, said: city and to the church in the city and
"Whatever mavbe the powers giv- in th Ktate." The archedeacon admit-
the federal bodv in railroad regu- franklv today in conversation with
lation there will always be a nseiui a News representative that one oi tne
field for the work of the state rail- strongest attractions In inducing mm
road commission. They can work in to consider locating here is the pres-
harmony with the federal body in ence in the city of Dr. Kincaid.
many ways, be a great service w . :
them anrl be a means of inspiring the Delaware Day.
people with the feeling that tnere are By Associated .tress.
wai inflnpnrpS actine alike for them Norfolk. Va., Oct. 9. Delaware day"
anrt the railroads in adjustment of was celebrated . at Jamestown today. -
a fair deal. If as has Deen saiu, Aaaresses ui weiuic
there is a tendency toward the great by the exposition officials ana respona
centraliation of power to surrender ed to by Governor Lea of Delaware and
io-TtQ nf thfi state to the na- otners.
l.ix- ijax -
tional government, the nearer the
federal bodv gets to the people the
better, and in this instance the state
!i.o,i (.nimtiiBsinn 'is tne - UtJoL
.1 C. 1 1 1 ULL
means of so doing.
Murdered Wife;
Sh o t Hints
m, : j j.. u. Ine-fallArl.
rZrrw: By A,sociatedPreSs.
rr: thD church will take Coiumous, umo,
cam as yaawi m
Oct. 9. Fred Butt,
. . I i j r. Vrv Vinmo Af ha
place in the auditorium rjSffi
S Re" Dr Kara n wl preacn house, asked her if she was determin,
ociock. , nev. ui. - .n ell .or . nr divorce. -
the sermon; ..Rey. Dr: Martin wu - .-Tnfl he tabbed'. her :
Rev. Dr.
the cnarg Je.p. - i d tried to force carbolic acid into
?hurWch7R,v. Dr. bridges and Rev. Mr. her mouth, burning the flesh about her;
Raynal will aiso um -, m h0.shot her dead and
virp5 Professor Anderson aua roum& i.j ,.
Sorai clSs of the Presbyterian Col- then put a bullet in his own L -
?? will assist Mr Cook and the regd- Failing to kill himself he swallowed,
laf choir thf musTcal part of the an ounce of carbolic acid and is dying .
program. - at a hospital. y : :.;
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