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TheNews has the Largest Circulation of Any Afternoon Pamper Published i the Two Carolinais. E CHARE E THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CJARL ESTABLISHED 1S88. CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS. e O,. Largest Banks Fierce Storm Off Coast Probably Wro ug h t Widespread Damage i l?i?st Closed Its Doos Early To-day 0TTE. 1 Sational Bank of C i--icrcc, of Kansas City, Mo., in Hands of Bank Csaniiner-Other Banks Arc Safe. ment of Comptroller lie of Currency as to Status of Bank-Had $34,000, 000 Deposits in Sept. Cause of Failure. - delated Press. K;. ;:s;s City, Mo., Dec. 5. The Na- ilank of Kansas City, Mo., fail :.. i:.t-!i Irs doors, and is now in the , ! of tha national bank examiner. i in' bank is old one of the oldest es tablishments here, and is the largest ti:;:';iicial m&titution in the city. A notice, on the door says that the ; :; was closed by order of the board ;' .i!'Ctors. The directors and stockholders of :!:. Xrtional Bank of Commerce 'in n h-'iv.e 01 the most prominent men ir. iii! i-ity. The head of the clearing :;t-:..,. rsociation expressed the -belief '.- failure would not involve any , . : Kansas City banks. y'-.f.i the statement of the National a.a :' Commerce, under last call, ;; , : ;'; it showed that since the ; : ni i.i of August 22, the deposits ; n reduced from close to $35,- .MM $10,952,969. The statement -a -'; .:vc.l items cf loans and dis , ;.i..::s ha.l been cut down $4,000,000. Comptroller's Statement. Yar:Wcn, D. C, Dec. 5. The r, l il-r of the currency, in a state . i- -we l today, said: "This bank is i.f the largest in the west, and i:s f- h- mber last had about $34,000,-th-.i . d. -posits. Something like $22,- i ii this was due to other banks. TV. v. V.-m-q is doubtless due to call;? vlWi iiuve been made on the Nation :,1 .!"!: of Commerce for these bank la lances, and their inability to : ''- en their assets quickly enough a. them." Owed Large Amounts. 7a National Bank of Commerce i Kansas City, according to a re statement owed depositors $12, :.', , and owed other banks $22,- v-'i.aaO. Two Branches Close. T .vo small branches of the National ;';aa of Commerce, the Stockyards ;;r:k of Commerce, and the Union Av ::; Hank of Commerce, also closed !: doors. National. Civic Federation To Hold Annual Meeting Associated Press. N". -v York, Dec. 5. The annual . ring of the National Civic Fed tion will be held in New York, a and Tth. Among the sub-a- to lie discussed are "Protecting JVuple's Savings," "The Preren al .it Strikes and Lockouts," "Cur-!:;.- Regulation," "Postal Savings a: ." "Savings Institutions" and "ailing and Loan Associations." An-.oug the speakers will be An Carnegie, United States Labor aaais-ioner Chas. B. Neill, Sam ! 0: upers, August Belmont, Post- Central George Von L. Meyer a. i5. Rid gel y, comptroller of the n'-vj-y; Congressman Charles N. ai. r. chairman of the house com ia jn banking and currency; aa Yr. Elliott, Franklin McVeagh a! V. L. MacKenzie King. M-. Myers Casts $5.CC0 Ii." Supreme court has affirmed the . ;: (if the lower court in the case .Mvi-rs a-jrainst the city of Charlotte :tiiia'.rw to his land southeast of the !.y r.-ason of the &ewer pipes emp aa in: i) t.liore. The jury in the su iW (oa.it awarded $5,000 damages 1 tiii.s amount Mr. Myers gets by the ' iai',;. of tiie higher court. Coiton Receiptc. ;!:iy ba.l-s of cotton were receiv a ;ho local market today, and the ;!!( was 11.40. The same day yaar i bales were sold at 10. r; Old Bank To Be Dissolved Associated Press, '"w York, Dec. 5. The New York :;!.;.; firm of Baring & Co., which sisUal since the world-wide aa- crisis" in 1800 is to be dis Jan. 1. The -firm was or !i:a' at. the time crisis in the ;,s of i he London firm of Baring a & Co., limited which shook financial world, and succeeded Hrm of Kindder, Peabody & Co., I -osi on, as the American represen- of the great London house 0. j ' ''" Thomas Bairiner. brother of ; 'a ad of the London house who tin; American branch, re- ;i to London and was succeed- v 1 lu cro P.arin his nephew, I ii. in now in turn oeen caneu w m a train roDDery. iuiee mt-u unei '-aaiKi. Kindder, Peabody & Co.: engaged in the crime, two of whom income the .icpnts nf the Bar-'wpre njintiirp-i with incriminating evi-l Giles' & Co. and will establish an dence, and the confession of Worthing-J issued - ' u. y m York. jton runs the last ot tne tno .io uanu. joini Yeggmen at Work Again In South Carolina Special to The News. Greenville, S. C, Dec. 5. Yeggmen have broken into the store of T. A. Bellotte on Hampton avenue, and rifled his safe. Fortunately the merchant had made a late deposit at his bank, leaving his safe door un locked for the night, so the cracks men only secured about a dollar's worth of stamps and some loose change. Everything in the safe was pulled out and papers 'and books were scattered in every direction, envelopes being opened and leaves torn from the ledger in the search for money. Three men "have been arrested and are held at police headquarters as suspicious characters. They look like ordinary hoboes, their faces being blackened by the camp fire and showing no signs of powder stains as are usually found on pro 'messional yeggs. In this neighborhood the gangs have devoted themselves almost ex clusively to post "office operations, having cracked government safes at Pelzer, Williamston, Seneca and Mauklin within the last week or two. For Closer Commercial Relations Meeting Held By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Dec. 5. To effect a closer tie between the department of commerce and labor and the com mercial bodies of the country, a nota ble gathering was held in the office of the secretary of commerce and labor. Besides Secretary of State Root and Secretary Strauss there were present delegates from the chambers of com merce, boards of trade and othe or ganizations from various cities, in cluding Atlanta,, New Orleans, Charles ton, S. C, and Richmond. Today's meeting was of a prelimina ry nature. Dead Bodies Taken to Union Special ty-ThcT .Nf.wsy-""" Union. S. C. Dec. 5. The three victims of the wreck which occurred near Blairs, S. C, yesterday, were brought here last evening. Here they were identified and the two Queen brothers will be buried today. These men were formeity of Pac olet but came to Union some time ago and had been employed as operatives in the Union-Buffalo Mills. The parents of Gray reside in Au gusta. Ga., and the disposal of his body has not been decided on. Story of Wreck. As the result of a derailment on a trestle over a small creek just be low the station at Blairs, 12 cars of freight train No. 54, jumped" the track. About six cars crashed to the creek below, tearing .down the tres tle and killing three men. The train was bound for Colum bia, in charge of Engineer Bird and Conductor Summers. As none of the crew was injured it was understood and reported here that no one was hurt, however, when the wrecking train arrived and the derrick lifted some of the wrecked cars, beneath the debris was found the bodies of ihree white men. On one of them was found papers or letters which indicated his name to be Eugene Queen, of this eity, who lived on West End and who had been an operative in the Union-Buffalo cotton mills. Investigation here showed that he leaves a wife and mother and was 22 years old. On account of the wreck, all mail and express trains between Colum bia and Spartanburg were annulled and detoured via Charlotte, thus cutting the business men and in stitutions here entirely off from getting or forwarding mail which has caused considerable , inconvenience and which will result in a request being made to the post office de partment that hereafter in the event that mail trains being annulled Union can at least forward mail in pouches to connecting points on the extra trains run from Union to Spartanburg for the convenience of the traveling public Confessed To Robbing Train By Associated Press. San Francisco. Cal., Dec. 5 Peter F. Roller, who is said to have been tne agent of Secret Service Agent William n Rums and is now held here on tne charge of larceny, has secured a con- i fpccinn from John Wortliinston oi com- . L,i::(... tiio rnhheTvnf the Great purity iii ijtj j train in Montana several months ago, in which between $50, ono nnrt SfiO.OOO was stolen. Worthington has been held in jail for some time suspected of complicity Conference at New Bern Special to The News. New Bern, N. C, Dec. 5. The second day's session of the Metho dist conference met at 9:30 this morning with Bishop Galloway pre-; siding. The religious service wasi conducted by the bishop. The proceedings of yesterday were j read and approved. J A number of the lay delegates wlK.j were not present yesterday were en rolled. .Tnriep Walter Neal introduced a, resolution looking to better fmanciesi and was referred to a committee for action. The credentials of Rev. Pope, who was located last year were surren dered to the conference. The names of C. C. Brothers, J. B. Holden and T. B. Broawning, were referred to a committee' for super- A COilfCtlOIl V. aii lUlvti first named, amounting to cne hun dred and htty cioaars. The classes of second, third and fourth years were called and passed to advance classes. The following class of young men were received on trial: P: E. Spence, H. E. Lance, F. S. Love, C. E. Vale, W. C. Martin, H. P. Read, J. J. Boone, W. E. Trotman. The Warrenton and Elizabeth City districts were called and , all the characters of the preachers passed. Rev. J. L. Cunningham addressed the body on a correspondence course of study for young men. Tomorrow was set for the discus sions of the Laymen's Movement. Prof. Wooten and Rev. Wm. Cur tis, cf the Western North Carolina conference, were introduced. R. E. Porter was discontinued at his own request. The work of the conference is smoothlv and is making progress. Bishop Chas. B. Galloway. The presiding bishop at this confer c.ncfi in Bishon Charles Betts Gallo way, of Mississippi, one of the very brightest men in southern Methodism. He comes to the conference for the second time in its history, he having held the Greenville conference in the year 1891, just 16 years ago. Bishop Galloway has been in the pub lic eye for many years. He began preaching in 1866, and has been nearly 40 years at the work. The date of his election to the episcopacy is not at hand, but long before, that Jhe had a lively debate with President Jefferson Davis on the issue of prohibition, which caused him to write a book on that subject, and there are two more bookc to his credit. As a nreacher he is at the top, and charms and edifies wherever he goes. He deals much in present day needs nf the. church and the world, and is a hard student of the common things of every day life. Thero is no man in the college oi bishops that this conference had rather nave than tms man. There Are Other Pretty Churches. Everv writer admires the beauty and proportions of Centenary church, where the conference sessions are neid, dui when all these good reports were corn- ins in. of the work m otner places, more than one said that they had pret- tv churches, too, and some went so rar as to sav that they were as pretty as this one, if not so large. Rev. Dr. Cavmess. reported tnat there were 127 Raleigh Advocates in the homes of the people on his charge, which helped to account for the good report he, made for the work .done there. , Death of Prof. Lovett. By Associated Press. Winchester, Va., Dec. 5. Professor Tamps TV Taovett. nrinciDal - of Shaanfoah Valley Military Academy, n-r, r,f tViQ Voat t.-nriwn prtiiojvt.nrs j in the south, diedlast night after a Unites Wll.ll IJUCumuma. estimate of the cotton cron, today at 2 o'clock, was 12,094,- Governor Glenn Given Ovation Makes Eloquent Speech at Rivers And Harbors Congress Fine Tribute to N. CM President Fin ley's Address. By Associated Press. - Washington, D.4C, Dec. 5. At the session of RfVrs and Harbors Con-j gress today Governor Glenn, otj Ncrth Carolina" J declared that thej matterbeforethfe Congress was thej most important fapprcached in the! last 100 years-.'- He saMi "We nigst .havle? $500,000,000 for the improvement bffpur rivers and har bors, palin'.?ums of $50,000,000 every yeaaC, jA , "7- Inw theieoHth -ne, he - said, "there -rnTTfgingi ttaif $9,500,000 cotton spindles. To my ear the music of these spindles is the grandest in the world." He called attention to the fact that last year the south had added $7,o00,000 a day to the industries of the country. To North Carolina the increase in manufacture products during the past five years was 105 per cent, and in agriculture the in crease had been 86 per cent in the past five years. "We took," said the governor, second place in the manufacture of cotton goods, being second only to Massachusetts, and we were first in the manufacture of plug tobacco, and we made so many chairs dur ing the past year that every man, woman, and child in the country could Obtain a chair to 'go way back and sit down.", Governor Glenn said that the im provement of the inland waterways of the country would do much to solve the rate question. At the con clusion of his address, Governor Glenn was given a notable ovation. Finley's Address. President Finley, of the Southern Railway, said he was heartily in sympathy with the purposes of the congress. ' "I have endeavored to consider,' said he, "the problem not only as it affects,, the interests of property in trusted to my management, but on a higher plane as a problem in economics, affecting the interests, ot general public. Water transporta tion and rail transportation largely supplement each other. To a large extent the waterways are feeders of the railways and,, the railways in turn are feeders of the waterways. Not only in this country but in Eu rope as well, there is a general ten dency to a division of traffic be tween water and rail carriers." IN THE SENATE. Discussion of Recent Bond Issues of Government Put Off Till Next Week. By Associated Pres. Washington, Dec. 5. A discussion on the recent bond issues of the govern ment in the senate was toaay post poned until next weeK. Senator Frye was re-elected presi dent pro tem. Senator Daniel was nominated f or the position by Senator Culberson, which was considered as a delicate compliment to Senator Daniel. Men Overcome By The Smoke By Associated Press. ' ' . New York, Dec. 5. Eleven uncon scious men were removed from the New Jersey end of the Pennsylvania tunnel, following a fire in the tunnel at Homestead, N: J. There, were 150 men in the tunnel when the fire be gan and the place was filled with smoke. All but 11 fled to the surface, but their comrades were overcome with smoke and taken out by rescuing parties. Capital City News Brief's Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 5. Mrs. Fannie Whitney was brought here today from her home in Panther Branch, this county, suffering from the bite of a dog which is believed to have had the rabies. The dog was killed and the head taken for examination to deter mine whether rabies were present. The woman was brought by the town of Garner, where a mad stone, owned by Aaron Morris was applied and ad hered for some time. However, it was thought best to send her on to the Pasteur Institute in Richmond and a fund for this purpose was raised, the family not being able to bear, the ex pense. Mrs. Glenn and Miss Rebekah accom panied Governor Glenn on his trip to Washington, where he delivers an ad dress -today before the National Con r.6s&for, Inland Waterways. The gov ernor, expects to be in the executive office again Friday morning. The remains of E. B. Brady, agent -in charge of the freight depot of the Seaboard Air Line here, were carried to Kernersville for interment. The three Masonic lodges of Raleigh pro vided a Masonic escort for the re mains frGin the residence to the union depot for the 8:20 a. m. train. The funeral was from the Moravian church at Kernersville this afternoon. Mr. Brady had lived in Raleigh only a short time but was highly esteemed by many friends. He was 40 years old and is survived by a widow and four children.. The Methodist Orphanage here has 126 orphans in its care now, a gain of about 50 per cent for the past year. The institution is under the superin tendency of Rev. Jno. N. Cole getting in excellent working order. An ex cellent sewerage system is being com pleted and other improvements added, the lack of which necessarily hampers a new institution for some years after it is opened. Passengers All Injured By Associated Press. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 5. The Atlan tic express No. 8, east bound on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was wrecked just after it had left the union sta tion. The majority of the passengers on the two Pullman cars were injured, 13 so seriously as to require medical attention. , All Thrown to the Floor. The accident was peculiar and was miraculously free from fatalities. Six coaches passed oyer the switch safe ly, but two Pullman c's were thrown from the track directly against two ex press cars traveling west. Every win dow in the Pullman car Geneva was broken and the impact was so terrific as to throw all passengers to the floor violently. The wreck was caused by either a frozen switch or too hasty throwing of the syitch, it is "said, with the re sult that two Pullman cars were thrown from the tracksand vere side wiped by two express cars that were being shifted into the station. HOUSE ADJOURNS. Next Session to be Held Monday Greetings to Oklahoma. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Dec. 5 The house was in session but ten minutes, during which time a resolution wa&J adopted, acknowledging the greetings of the state of Oklahoma, and sending good wishes. The house adjourned un til Monday. Mr. James A.' Bell, of the local bar, while out hunting with a party of friends near Pineville yesterday, was struck by a stray shot. The lit tle ball entered his cheek and though the wound was quite painful it is not of a serious nature. NEGRO GETS 18 MONTHS FOR KILLING ANOTHER The Jury Finds Ell Alexander Guilty of Manslaughter for the Shooting of Joe Weddington at Country Festival Five Years Ago. The jury in the case of Ell Alexan der, the negro who was tried yesterday for the killing of Joe Weddington, another negro, at a festival in Sharon township about five years ago, return ed a verdict this morning of guilty of manslaughter, and Alexander was sentenced to 18 months in prison. The trial of this case took all of yesterday, and went to the jury late in the afternoon. Alexander, who bore a good reputa tion, went to the festival, where, cider, "spiked with wine" as one witness said, was sold, and a row was begun. Alex ander, it seems, was trying to shoot one Will Phifer, and missed , his aim and shot a by-stander in the person of Weddington. Immediately after the shooting, the negro ran away, and was at large un til last summer, when he was arrested in Lynchburg, Va., and was brought back here for trial. There were a number of minor cases disposed of during the morn ing session. R. E. Holder, submitted to a charge of assault and judgment was sus pended upon the payment of the costs. Lawrence Roberts plead guilty to the charge of gaming and was made to pay the costs. Alfred Hasty, for larceny, was given six months in jail, and Law son Murphy, for the same offense, was given 30 days in jail, Arthur Calhoon. for larceny, was given six months in jail with the privilege of bein hired out by the commissioners. Will Jones plead guilty to the charge of retailing, and was taxed with the costs, and Sallie Talbert was given four months in jail for the same offense. Jim Frazier was sentenced to 4 months on the roads for embezzling. Jim Harris, a small negro boy, was given ten months in jail for larceny and John Davis, another small toy was given 6 months for carrying a pistol. John Caston, for retailing, paid $10 and the costs and Henry Sloan, who was tried on the same charge, came clear because it was shown to the jury that Sloan did not have quite two and a half gallons in his pos session. Sloan got his whiskey back. Grand Jury After Fair Authorities The srrand iurv took ud the mat ter of gambling and immorality at the last Mecklenburg county fair this morninff. About fifteen witnesses were ex amined, but no action has yet been taken. Among the witnesses examined were Alderman W. W. Haywood, C. N. Banks and members of the Cen tral Labor Union, which passed resolutions condemning the open way in which the fair was conducted. City Banks Fine Showing Cash on Hand, Gives As sets And Surplus Show a Marked Increase Over August Statement And This is Significant. . The statement of .the city banks as called for by the comptroller of the currency on December 3rd, and publish ed in The News this afternoon, makes such a splendid showing as to almost create wonder how the recent panic could ever have affected this city at all. a' The total cash in round numbers in banks is $1,842,231 as against .$1,465, 162 at the time of the last statement on August 22nd, a little over three months ago, the amazing increase be- ins $377,069. The gross assets now are $9,0S7,541 as against $8,890,899.94 in August, an increase of 206,642. The deposits are $4,752,372 as against $4,842,763, a decrease- of only $90,391 for all the seven city banks, which is insignificant. The loans are $5,784,701, as against $5,963,449 in August. The surplus and profits are $989,525 as against $865,078, an increase of $114,447..- The capital, is $1,650,000 as against $1,590,130. Ministerial Crisis SettlecJ.- By Associated Press. Berlin,xDec. 5. The Ministerial Cri sis has been settled. Prince Von Buelow, the Imperial Chancellor, has succeeded in getting pledges of sup port from all the coalition parties and at the opening of to-day's session cf the Reichstag the leaders of these parties assured the'vhanccllcr of their continued loyalty. At Cape Henry Wind Last Night Reached Velocity of 60 Miles an Hour Telegraph Wires Blown Down. The Fate of Several Ships Is in Doubt Wind Swept Every Movable Object on Coast Before By Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 5. The wind reached a maximum velocity at Cape Henry in last nic;ht'?; coast storm of 60 miles an hour. It blew from the northwest and drove seaward rather than toward the shore any vessels that may have been caught in its teeth, and no wrecks have been reported. The wind at its hurricane velocity carried before it everything movable on shore and it is feared much havoc was wrought at sea. The government seacoast wires from Cape Henry southward are not working and no word could be had from the Cape Hatteras section. No word could be had from the Bos ton yacht Madleon, bound to Jackson ville and stranded in Roanoke Sound, N. C. Several of the big battleships, head ed for Hampton Roads from a north ern port doubtless had a severe expe rience if caught within the radius of last night's gale. The severity of the gale has caused some anxiety to be felt for the safety of the six little vessels of the tor pedo flotilla, bound for San Juan en route to the Pacific, but with three days start the little vessels have gotten far enough away to escape the storm. Episcopal Church In vites Huguenot Minister Special to The News. Columbia, S. C, Dec. 5. For the first time in this diocese, if not in this peti t, jl me wunu, u itumsier ui cinuui- er denomination will occupy the pulpit of an Episcopal church on Christmas day, and that church is one of the strictest and most orthodox in the country Grace Episcopal church cf Charleston. The minister is the venerable Dr. Charles S. Redder, for many years pas tor of the Huguenot church of Charles ton, the only church of its kind in the country. At the recent general convention of the Episcopal church in Richmond a canon -was adopted permitting the rec- another denomination to preach in an Episcopal church, ,when the invitation had the approval of the bishop of the diocese. The rector of Grace church, Dr. William Way, soon after returning from the Richmond meeting, extended such an invitation to Dr. Vedder to preach in Grace church on Thanksgiv ing day but Dr. Vedder had a previous ngagement and the invitation has bee renewed for Christmas day and ac cepted. The invitation had the jurisdiction approval of Bishop Coadju tor Guerryin whose jurisdiction t-ie mat ter immediately falls, and it also has the approval of Bishop Capers. Moterman And Conductor Held For Manslaughter Warrants were issued today for tha arrest of Motorman A. L. Baker and Conductor Shuford, the crew in charge of the Elizabeth street car which run down and killed Miss Aileen Kendall last Monday night. The warrants were served this morning and the trial of the men will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock before Squire Hilton, in the court house. Gretna Green Marriage. Miss Ethel Ro'oertson, a popular young qui of Seversville, and Mr Lloyd Todd, cf Bilworth, were married Tues day and. are spending the week at the Gem Hotel. The youthful couple went to South Carolina by the gretna green route. The groom Holds a position with the Charlotte Steam Laundry. wo Disastrous N. York Fires JL By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 5. One woman was killed and seven firemen were over come as the result of two fires today. Mrs. Annie Linahan, aged 76, was burned to death in a five-story brick tenment in East 17th street. Thirty others were rescued from windows and fire escapes. - Illuminating gas nearly caused the death of seven firemen, who were fight ing the blaze in a store and office building in William street. Taft Off fcr Berlin. By Associated Press. . St. Petersburg, Dec. 5. Secretary Taft and party left for Berlin this morning.
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