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The News has the LargestCircuIation of Any Afternoon Paper Published in the Two Carolines Q n M ft 'H-H-I-H-I-.'! .I-j-I-i-IvI-I-'Irl' ft FIRST SECTION TEN PAGES. FIRST SECTION TEN PAGES. THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. ESTABLISHED 1888. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. MEWS. iPCili COMMISSION CLOSES BASE - RAILROAD SETS OP ITS CONTENTION HUSBAND FINDS HIS WIFE UNCONSCIOUS -ROBBERS GOT COSTLY EAR RINGS Case of The State Over Dis criminate ry Freight Rates Closed -Recess Taken for Final Healing in Washington. Railroad Officials Testified at Hearing To-day Conten tion of The N. & W. Set Forth The Case Will Come Up Later. :-;,,!:,! to The Xows. 'ah. X. C, March 2S. J. W. iVv. ceir.plroller of the Norfolk and V,'.. n K::ilway. testified at length this me: ititiK" as to t ho financial status , ; ;, i '.'iiiit.im ', facta being practically n-l i.:!.--h from t tie annual published , !.;' :: ci tile company. .i. a. Kmilin. general freight agent i ; -: i . ciiiiiiiany, testified in detail as m ;r- -f!i; rates, the intricate sys--1. -u iablishing them, and the im- !.;.!- .if.!-iti til readjusting them with , '.; ,!;:.; ;n!.;n:;- the whole Southern ta I'll:- snmissioiifr will adjourn the i.. : :,! :: t.'iiudu with a great bulk of L- :.uh fan's evidence not in. T:.;.- evi.i.-tice will lie heard at a lat t : la Wahinglon. - rial in The News. Ka a i-li. X. C. March 28. The ::.- for ilio Corporation Commission, U"!!i-:oi!-Salt 'a; and Durham in the ; :'au i.vi'osv Judge Judson C. Clem-;.!.- -! the I::!-rsiate Commerce Com !. ;..-i,.:i. alleging unjust discrimina i, a i,y the Xorfolk & Western Rail- (': :::!) ilaaa in freight rates from ('!.; :!id niner points west to in and Durham, as com- i a s to Virginia cities, la waning after an all a -ai i:, it ice given by coun ai.; , ,l company that the railroad would be pre- and a recess taken prob iiinglon for final conclud iring, since Judge Clements to be in New Orleans lot. instances Cited. rriiaiual facts as to North at contention through the Cor a Commission, as to diserimi - wt-iv si t out in the evidence !; II. C. Brown, secretary to uiiiaiasiiiii. lie detailed dis a; ry rah s to Winston and a as (y, .m pa red with Virginia That the rate on grain to Vir- ai'S is 11 cents and to Win- sum-: (Till, iraii : Iiii cit iJiirham 25 cents while Vir is can rufdi j,) to Winston '.rhaai for 17 1-2 cents. Meat I'hiaiuo tu Virginia cities is 27 aiai to Winston and Durham 49 "iiia- Virginia cities can re- Winston and Durham for 22 I:; tins way Virginia cities are i to compete for wlrolesale t-'iai. Wi ll Ca . Mi ,'!!!.'! i the jobbers right into the roHna points. Other classes s were outlined in the same . Brown also gave the finan ea ruing status of the Nor- V: teni according to its last :i 1 port to the Corporation Com lu show that the company stand a readjustment that f- 11 mamate nit ions. the North Carolina dis- Effect on Business. !"rs and other business men Winston Salem and Durham iiiM'iYoifcd to bear out the state- 1 ilio situation outlined by Sec " in own, J. J. Norman, E. D S. Verna, jobbers and sale dealers of Winston-Salem, 1'ii a; to effects of the dis- na'ory rates on their business. An -i insisting that while they have )- r,.,j ;in,i their cities have pros 1" r''! miller the discriminations their J'oa'-v.li ami business would have been ,:" ster had these discriminatory not existed. J. M. Rogers, aapjvvai t-la! 1-ai-tin:; jobber; C. M. Thomas, ice dealer and P. II. Hanes, Jr., mill manager, told of busi- S:i 1 ia lit I i r.-i tic they suffered under t! ' - - n 1 1 rat. discriminations: also A. El- ?'.',! '''!! I he Forsyth Milling Co., of V.'ka ioii-Sal-m. Ihirham, J. S. Carr, Jr., told of 'i'--' ! iiainations under which flouring :iiHi ''i:-ii milling interests suffered in ''itthain. Also of the ill effects of ''' f t itainat ion in rates on steam coal. - 1- Wall, coal dealer, recited as s of coal rate discrimination, A. ' -i 'tines treated the lumber dis ' 'i'iiiiialiims and A. E. IJoys testi- "'i i's to discrimination against the 1 !ra:un hardware business. Railroads' Contentions. Xeiiee was given just before re- s was taken for the day that the '"'"isej for the Norfolk & Western v-'mld introduce today Traffic Mana-fjn-n, of the Southern, and of Atlantic Line: Kanns. of the 'aheaid Air Line, and DeVant. of 11,1 Norfolk & Western, to testify as 1,, the reasonbleness and neces "y of the existing rates complained They will also offer the railroad ('l!i'ia!s and authorities, the hearing to he finally concluded in Washing ton. Governor Glenn Reticent. Governor Glenn says he still has no statement to make as to his prob able candidacy against Senator Over man for the United States senate, his whole thought and effort being now on success of state prohibition. He said he w ould, however, gladly pledge himself not to seek the United States senatorship in opposition to Mr. Over man it lie and his friends would come to him and pledge to support the present prohibition campaign and assure 40,000 majority for state pro hibition. Other News Brief3. Governor Glenn orders a special term of Wilkes county court to con vene May IS for one week, Judge Ferguson presiding. Henry Bryant, convict on the Wake county roads, was granted a pardon March 1G and notice sent to the county authorities for his releaf, the application having been under con sideration for some time. Now the Wake officials report that Bryant es caped from the camp March 2, (be fore the pardon was granted). So the governor revokes the pardon and directs the officials to use all dili gence for his recapture so that lie may serve out all his sentence. Brya nthe Speaker. By Associated Press. New York, March 28. The an nouncement that lion. William J. Bryan has accepted the invitation to deliver a speech at the Jefferson Day banquet of the National Democratic Club here April 13th is made public today. Fell Down Stairs; Fractured Skull. Special to The News. Greenville, S. C, March 28 John D. Wood, traveling salesman from Sedalia, Mo., fell down the steps to day at the Salla Hotel and fractured his skull, lie lias never regained consciousness and is said to be in a dying condition this afternoon. He is 00 years old and is accompanied by his wife. Heflin Gets Many Threats By Associated Press. Washington, March 2S. Representa tive Heflin gave out for publication copies of several anonymous letters re ceived by him since his unsuccessful effort to incorporate the "Jim Crow" car amendment to the local street rail way bill. Among these was the fol loing: "Prepare to meet your God; go guarded night and day from now on until your death. Fear and tremble, there is not a step between you and death, vile wretch. Every person who fears God and loves justice is against you because you desire to add op pression to already unjustice oppress ed. Go guarded and well armed, pa tience has ceased to be a virtue. The south is the property of the colored race." Another letter read: "Assuredly as you attempt to interfere with the har monious relations now existing be tween the races in this the District of Columbia, as certainly will your life pay for the privilege. This is applica ble to all southern members likely to crave for glory and a 'halo.' It is easy to 'remove' an 'objectionable' of your stamp in this capital as a grand duke in St. Petersburg. You will be warned no more." Remember Caesar made light of the swords soon to be reeking with his blood, and an eye has been on you all the session in antici pation of such an outbreak." The third letter read : "Let you and your mend some line atternoon m the crowded street car arise and give a bevy of colored ladies your seats not forgetting to proclaim who you are, and if there should be any colored gent in the car he will follow your magnanimous example." Negro Shot by Rep. Heflin is Improving Washington, D. C, March 2S. Louis Lundy, the negro who was shot by Rep resentative Heflin, of Alabama, last night after an altercation on a street car, is greaily improved today, and will recover, according to hospital au thorities. The- bullet, which entered his head above the left ear, has not been found yet, and an X-Ray examination will be made to locate it. As Lundy was unable to appear in police court the case was not called this morning, but it is believed that it will be heard Monday. Mr. Heflin's bail bond of $5,000 was continued. Thomas MeCreary, of New York, who received one of the shots fired bv the congressman in his leg, was only slightly injured. Hunter & Vaughn, the building contractors, will build Yarbrough & Bellinger's new ice plant. Work will be gin at an early date. Home Of General Wells Blown To Atoms By A Stick Of Dynamite E INTERSTATE lEETMFLl. Ci II PROGRESS Special to The News. Coiuinbia, S. C. .March 28. The tth annual Interstate Young Me n's Christ ian Association convention was called to order in the Columbia Y. M. C. A. auditorium yesterday afternoon by Mr. T. S. Bryan, president of the con vention and also president of the Co lumbia association. Mr. Bryan de livered a brief address of welcome to the 150 or more delegates present at the opening of the convention and he was followed by Governor Ansel, who also welcomed the Christian workers to the city and state, and expressed his personal interest in their work. A committee of Messrs. K. W. Price, of Wilmington; L. Gardner, of Wake Forest and A. C. Bridgman, of Columbia, was appointed to nominate officers and when the committee shortly made its report the report was adopted an dthe following offi cers were elected: Mr. Glasgow President. President, Robert Glasgow, Jr., of Charlotte; first vice-president, J . vv. Simpson, of Spartanburg; second vice-president; Dr. Jos. Ackerman, of Wilmington; third vice-president, W. H Mivon, of Charleston; fourth vice president, Prof. M. W. Twitchell, of the University of South Carolina; re cording secretary, J. Foy Justice, of Wake Forest; assistant recording sec retary, E. L. Scruggs, of Hartsville; press secretary, J. I. Koon, of New berry. Report on Work Done. The report of the executive com mittee of the interstate organization was made by Mr. A. G. Brenizer, ot Charlotte, chairman. This covered the work being done by the various throughout North and a' tv, Pnrnlinn. and it was referred to K3-Ui." , , a special committee tor recomiuenua- tions. . . . . ThP organization navmg ueeu u.- nleted the two addresses on the pro gram for the afternoon were then delivered. Mr. FranK vv. tor of "Association Men, spoke interestingly on "What luugm to Take Awav m-oui u tion " Mr. Walter B. Abbott, the gen eral' secretary of the Spartanburg as sociation, spoke on "The Social Lue of Young Men in Cities " and related the important part which the . M. C. A. should play therein. A Bin Banquet. At C-15 o'clock yesterday evening the opening banquet of the conven tion was given at Craven Hall, and about 200 sat down to the elegantly renast. Mr. J- -W. Simpson, i Lnrtanbure. acted as toastmaster and addresses were made by Gover m 4nSPl. Mr. Robert Glasgow jr" of Charlotte, and Mr. T. S Mc- Pheeters. ot bt. ijouib. A number oi the prominent business .men lumbia were present. of Co- Other meetings, toot nisrht at the First Presby Jm;" Church, another meeting was held, which was opened with song serv ce, and two addresses were do iweiinn Coadjutor W. A 11V01CU. '"""r - , J. Phnrleston. spoke on the "The Exnukive Power ot a New ai cntinn " and Mr. T S. McPheeters on "Why I Believe in the Y M. C l "CAN'T YOU READ THE ANSWER IN MY Bold Effort of Assassins to Murder Former Ad jutant General Bomb Placed Near His Bed How He Escaped. He Had Taken Prominent ... v vr- - - , Part in Prosecution of Officers of Western Fed eration Of Miners At Boise. By Associated Press. Teilurido, Colo., March 2S. Former Adjutant General Bulkly Wells, nar rowly escaped death or serious injury at his home here, from a well-plamvod effort to assassinate him with dyna mite. Patrols and a number of arc lights were placed about the house, but de spite these precautions a stick of dyna mite or a prepared bomb was placed directly under or near General Wells' bed. General Wells was sleeping on an outer porch of his house, and the force of the explosion hurled him several feet away from his wrecked house. One side of the house was torn com pletely out. Hardly a stick of his bed remained and fragments of wood were scattered over the entire neighbor hood. Though badly shaken up and bruised to some extent, General Wells is said to have escaped without injury. General Wells took a leading part in the suppression of the l&bor troubles in Colorado in 1904-05, and was promi nently identified with the recent prose cution of officers of the Western Fed eration of Miners at Boise, Idaho, on the charge of complicity in the assassi nation of former Governor Steunen berg. Aycock Barred From Church Special to The News. Fayetteville, N. C, March 2S. Somewhat of a sensation was created here today, when it was announced that ex-Governor Aycock, who was ad vertised by posters and newspapers to speak tomorrow night in the Presbyte rian church on prohibition, was refus ed by the members of the congregation the use of the church, on the grounds that they did not care to have any poli tics brought into the church. Steamer Dunkeld Floated. By Associated Press. 'Norfolk, Va., March 2S. The British steamship Dunkeld, from Cuba to New York, which was stranded Wednesday at Ocracoke, N. C, was floated toddy. ju 4 WAS WOMAN VICTIM J J. OF FOUL MURDER? ? J rJ-J By Associated Press. - J Arlington, Mass., March 2S. J. The body of an unknown woman j with her throat cut and show- J Jo ing indications of murder, was J $. found in a pit in St. Paul's cem- H tery. J J. Indications are that the wo- ! man had been dead several J to hours. ? EYES?" Big Lumber Plant At Gastonia Burned News reached the city this morning of the destruction by fire last night of the Page Lumber Company in Gas tonia. The entire plant and equipment was burned to the ground. The fire is believed to have originated in the boil er room. Owing to the high insurance ratc-rCv o?r limber piar.thd -.cr-.m v carried no policies, and the loss will amount to about $15,000. Mr. John F. Love is president of the company, and Mr. J. E. Page is general manager. Official Mail Pouches Opened By Associated Press. Caracas, Venezuela via Willemstad, Curacoa, March 28. American Min ister Russells, in a note, advised the Venezulean foreign minister, Dr. Paul, that three pouches of official mail, that were brought into Laguaira on March 15, by the steamer Zulia lor the American crniser Tacoma, had been opened in the Laguaira post office. The minister said it was a very serious thing to break the seal of navy correspondence and he asked for an investigation. Dr. Paul answered Russell's note yesterday enclosing a report from the Laguaria post master. He said the opening of the pouches in question was accidental and was due to the fact that the seals on them were similar to others in use in the Laguaira post office that it was customary to open. In addition Dr. Paul said that only prejudiced mind could call this occurrence "very seri ous," as the contents of the pouches had not been disturbed. What Does Roosevelt Want? The incident of the mail bags, coup led with the return of Tacoma to Lag uaira has caused great excitement in Caracas. El Constitutional, President Castro's organ published an editorial The article was entitled "What does Roosevelt want?" in which it declares Secretary Root, under the influence of the President and inspired by Americans holding claims against Venezuela, is following a premeditated plan to create a conflict with this republic. The paper says the United States purposes to raise the flag of conquest in South America and that the Amer ican government does not intend to recognize the finality of the decision reached bq Venezuela courts ana mix ed commission. Man Fatally Burned By Gasoline Explosion By Associated Press. New "York, March 28. One man was burned probably fatally and the fish in? sloop Burdette was sunk in Graves end Bay by the explosion of a tank of gasoline on board the sloop. COTTON RECEIPTS This Weew 18 Bales Ahead of Same Week Last Year. The receipts of cotton on the local platform today were C5 bales, and the best price was' 10 1-4 cents, un tne same day last year 24 bales were sold at 11 1-1C. For this week the receipts have been 2G2 bales against 118 bales for the same period last year, or an in crease this year of 18 bales. COUNTY TAX MATTER TO COME UP APRIL 21ST. The Hearing of the Case of the South ern Railroad Against the County in Regard to the Collection of Taxes Above the Constitutional Equation Vill be Advanced on Supreme Court Calendar. The suit of the Southern Railway against the county commissioners of Mecklenburg, in which the commis sioners have been restrained from col lecting taxes at a rate above the C6 2-3 cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of property, which is the consti tutional equation, will b heard by the supreme court on April 21, as this is the date of the hearing of the cases from this district, and this case will probably be advanced on the calendar as it is very important that it be de cided before June the first, when the new levy is made. The Question before the court will be whether the Alexander act of 1905, reducing the poll tax from $3.50 to $2 is constitutional or not. If this law is held to be valid, then the county will lose one-third of its revenue, as the tax levy of the county now. counting the two special taxes for the bond interest and the roads makes the rate $1.1 G 2-3 or 40 cents above the required equation with the poll tax. which is now $2. The out come of this suit means much to the county, and its outcome7890$ N..N county and the result will be eagerly watched. CKamblee Brothers Declared "Not Guilty" Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, March 2S. After be ing out all nizht, the jury in the Cham blee case in the Wake superior court, returned a verdict of not guilty. This is the case in which the three Cham blee brother:-., Tcm, Seymore and Law rence, were aecr ed of forcibly entef- ing the home at him twice ; by dischargin; was in bed. Lonnie High, firing wf Minding his wife, si t gun while she ung men are well Known l'irr j Six Prisoners Escape. By Associated Press. Fairmont, W. Va., March 28. In a jail delivery here today six prisoners escaped. According to jail officials outside assistance was furnished the prisoners." Burial of Mr. Edwin H. White Remains Reach Here this Afternoon at 5:30 And Be Taken at Once to Elmwood Took His Own Life. The interment of Mr. -Edwin Holt White, of Graham, who took his own life last night by shooting himself in the heart will be held here this after noon. The train bearing the remains will arrive at 5:30 o'clock and the body will he taken at once to Elmwood cemetery, where Rev. Dr. Rosebro will conduct the brief concluding serv ice at the graveside. Mr. White wid be buried beside his father and moth er and a young sister. Mr. White was 25 years old and has been in ill health for some time, which made him despondent. He bathed and dressed himself last night while his brothers, Messrs. J. Harvey White and William E. White were at a meeting of the Masons. When Mr. Will White went home at 10 o'clock he found his brother lying on his bed in the room, with the pistol by his side and the fatal wound in his heart. Mr. White was a young man of bril liant mind and fine education, and he made many friends who mourn his earlv death. He was the youngest son of the late Capt. James W. White and Mrs. Emma Holt White. Besides the two brothers already named, one sis ter, Miss Madeline White, survives. Deceased was named for the late Ed win Holt, his grandfather, who plant ed the chain of Alamance mills, which took the name of "Alamance" from the product of their looms, and which have become famous the world over. Deceased was also a nephew of Capt. Sam White, of Lancaster, S. C, and a f rst cousin of Mrs. D. P. Hutchison, Mrs. J. P. Caldwell and the members of the Phifer family of this city. He was also a cousin of Mr. Geo. E. Wil son and Mrs. Sarah Caldwell White, of this city. The funeral was held today in Gra ham and the remains then brought to this city. Mrs. Roosevelt at Vicksburg. By Associated Press. Vicksburg, Miss., March 28. Mrs Roosevelt and party arrived this mnminir nnri at. ones started for a drive in the national military park. Mrs. J. P. Caldwell, wdio has been confined to her bed for several days at the Central hotel, is slightly improved New Orleans Police Force And Detective Corps Busy Working on Last of a Ser ies of Sensational Out rages. Young Man Finds His Bride of Only Few Weeks Un conscious With Diamonds Valued at $500 Missing A Full Story. By Associated Press. New Orleans, La., March 2S. The police and detectives are busy work ing on one of the latest series of out rages, which have been perpetrated during the last few weeks. When Otto Bieglesack returned home last night, he found his bride of a few weeks stretched unconscious on the floor, a pair of $500 earrings, be longing to her, and the house ran sacked. " When she regained consciousness Mrs. Beiglesack said she had returned home and heard some one in the house. Upon starting out she was attacked. A handkerchief, saturated with a red liquid was stuffed in her mouth, when she was found by her husband. CHANGE IN POSTAL ROUTES ORDERED The Charlotte and Augusta and Char lotte and Savannah Routes Take the Place of the Old Greensboro, Savan nah and Jacksonville. Effective tomorrow morning the railway postoffice route, known since January, 19o:. as Greensboro, Savan nah and MatrksQnvillp will be wiped off' the map, a;:d in ltir "plivcs 'cvio 1 s routes known as Charlotte and Augus ta, and Jhe Charlotte and Savannah. Both routes run over the same road to Columbia, and just what the causes of the changes are is not knownr Some two weeks ago the post of fice department took the clerks off Nos. 33 and 34 and 29 and 30 from Charlotte to Greensboro, and now comes a general shake up in which a general divission is made by which three men will run from Charlotte to Savannah, with a helper each to Col umbia, and three men will run to Augusta ;. that is of thost left on the Southern Railway. Five of the oldest and most reliable men are transferred to the Hamlet and Jacksonville line of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, and will still live in Jacksonville, as the News learns. Of. late much of the Florida mail has been routed that way out of Washington, and the transfer of these splendid mail workers there means more of that South Georgia, Florida and Cuban mail will go that way. Charlotte will gain a few citizens thereby, as the six first named clerks will make Charlotte headquarters. Some of them were bringing in their belongings today. This insures good mail facilities to the South of Charlotte over the lines mentioned. Officers Fired on From Ambush Still Taken Special to The News. Winston-Salem, N. C. March 28. Revenue officers here today report that during a raid yesterday near Price, just this side of Virginia, they were fired upon three times from ambush, but the bullets missed their intended mark. The raiders destroyed a 250-gallon copper still, but failed to find the own er of the plant of "goods" in stock. UNION METHODIST MEETING. Rev. Frank Siler Will Conduct Them Beginning Monday. The union Methodist protracted meeting will commence at Tryon Street Church tomorrow. Beginning with Monday the services will be in charge of Rev. Frank Siler. The first service will be at 7:45 p. m. Monday and each day thereafter at 10 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. All the Methodist pastors with their congregations will unite in these ser vices. Mr. Siler has developed into an evangelist of remarkable power. He recently held a successful revival at Brevard Street Church, this city, and last fall conducted a meeting at High Point which was said to be the" best in the history of that church. Members of all churches and the public' generally are most, cordially invited. Rev. Geo. F. Robertson, of Steele Creek, leaves Monday for Bartow, Fla., to conduct a meeting for Rev. Mr. Waller, who recently accepted the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church there.
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