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THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
ESTABLISHEp 1888.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1908.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
F PEBPL
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BIG BANQUET IN
NEWS.
Democrats From Kansa
Missouri And Other States
to Attend Dollar Dinner
Given by Young Men's
Democratic Club.
Two - Thousand Per
sons Will Occupy Seats in
Banquet Hall And Thou
sands Will Flock to Gal-
lenes.
i. i !."'d Press.
as City. Mo., March 20. Hun
ni' ! emocrats from Missouri,
; an. I other nearby states are
! :.;;ciiil the dollar dinner to be
n siiiiht by the Young Men's
r;; r :.' filth.
William J. Bryan and Judge
a will lie guests of honor and at
: iil be guests of honor and it
a mammouth affair.
' II hundred persons x will oc-
s ; i the banquet table on the
where in l!t"0 the Democratic
.1 ...mention nominated Bryan
i : i .-iik-ncy.
uaileries it is expected there
l.i.iiini persons.
Another Account.
;i Cir Mo., March 30. Win.
a arriwd in Kansas City to be
r vi honor tonight at what is
' . ,1 ;u be the biggest political
; . r held in this country.
M .:: Mall has been engaged for
Yalr and arrangements have
a-':- to seat more than 1,'iOO
a Uhtion to Mr. Bryan the
ill include several demo
: oi prominence.
:ii visit of Mr. Bryan to
". the second he has paid
(
:.'y v.Tain a month, is regarded
i :.-: ! .Table political signifi
i.e fust place, Kansas
1 stronghold of the Ta-tt
" v.-, in Missouri. Then, ac
; to report, the Bryan mana-
tre some want concerned over
'-.rable ltctiiiieu with which
i:nsi:n liemn has met among
i-ae Swedish clement in the
ta :iu
state oi Kansas. To
rati
ha -
tiie Johnson influence Mr.
arranged an early tour of
Kan
Colorado and Ne-
Bryan ?t St. Louis.
-r I.,.;. is. March :;0. Hon. W. J.
'' - rrived th is morning from the
i : ai.d alter breakfast departed
i' : ii: i, as City.
Fire in Big Pier Causes
$150,000 Damage
-"f'i;i!e, Pros.".
V.rk. March 20. Fire on the
' pier, in East river, and an
tar pier, resulted in the injury
;al iirenien and caused a loss
and for a time seriously
a '! the steamer Edgemont and
ting of the new Manhattan
tire started under the flooring
pi' r and fed by a coating of
iiieii covered the heavy timber,
sapid hea.dwav.
iTo;,
HILL CASE STILL UP
ErnpeiOi- Wishes President to Consider
Messages as Not Gent.
T'y A- a, ed Press.
f-aiin, Miirch 30. In its communi
(,;,'ia to Baron Von Sternburg, Ger
;:!:!i ambassador, at Washington, re
&aii.;;i!, t!,.. acceptance of Dr. Hill as
;"' I'i'-au ambassador to Germany, the
loreii office directed Baron Von
S"Tiilurg to say to President Roose
v J;, anion- other things, that Emperor
Willhun hoped the president would
ciiu.-iaer the messages forwarded
tiaoiii Mr. Tower and Mr. Griscom,
American ambassador to Italy, as not
Boat out of Commission.
'i-T.ociated Press.
W
to .1
tic-"
Ellington, March 30. An accident
' torpedo boat Blakely, which has
' ngagod in torpedo target prac
Hr. Joseph's Bay Fla.. has com-
it to return to the Pensacola
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If.'.
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Yards, vv'here it will be neces
'iork the vessel and make re
! No details of the accident are
' a in the report to the Navy Depart
!i! e-f-ept that the vessel had been
' veil by a torpedo.
Aldrich Bill Up
J'-y Associated Press.
Washington. March 30. The Aldrich
financial bill reached the house today
-u was referred to the committee on
baa
and currency.
Southern Let Contract
For Roundhouse
Hpccinl to The News.
Salisbury. N. C. March
30 The
01
it hern Railway has let the contract
'or the enlargement and otherwise tm
proveiiient of the Spencer round-house
Virginia May
Biz Ruled Out
By Associated Press. '
Nashville, Tenu., March 30.r-It is
given out here that the executive com
mittee of the Bark Tobacco Growers
Association will meet at, Guthrie Ky
next Wednesday and take such action
as will eliminate Virginia from the As
sociation. When the organization was extended
to Virginia it was the understanding
that the same rules should apply to that
state as apply to Kentucky and Ten
nessee. Later it developed that Virginia had
become imbued with the idea that the
cost of raising tobacco in that state
is attended with more expense than
in this section and they ask for a high
er scale on their tobacco than the local
prices.
This contention, it is said will meet
with firm refusal on the part of the
Association.
Spencer to Have a
Newspaper Soon
Special to The News.
Salisbury, N. C, March 30. Spen
cer is to have a newspaper, a company
of representative citizens having form
ed a stock company for that purpose.
It will be known as the Spencer Cres
cent and will be a semi-weekly. Mr.
D. Scott Allen, of Washington City,
who has been with the industrial de
partment of the Southern Railway, will
be the editor.
Farmers Refused to Play
With Negroes on Team
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, March 30. The
presence of two negroe players on
the Colgate University, New York
team, threatened to break up the
game scheduled helween this team
and . theA & , M. , College here this
afternoon.
As soon as it was seen that two
negro players were on the Colgate
team, the North Carolina Farmers
declaredj they would not go on the
diamondvwith them.
However, an agreement was reach
ed for substitutes to go on to make
up an "all white" team and the game
came off this afternoon.
A Big Appropriation.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, March 30 The
house committtee on foreign affairs
today voted to report favorably the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill, carrying a total appropriation of
$3,520,000 to cover expenses of the
consular service of the United States
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1909. The amount recommended by
the committee is $478,000 less than
the amount asked for the state de
partment. Rate Hearing
At Winston
Important Hearing Now
on 8 Befo re Special Ex
aminer Brown of Rale
Discriminalion Case
The Proceedings.
Special to The News.
Winston-Salem, N. C., March 30.
In the hearing here today .betore
Special Examiner Henry N. Brown,
of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, witnesses were mtrouuseci uy
i -i ' i
the board of trade and city, showing
discrimnation by the Norfolk & West
ern Railway in freight rates on coal
from the Pocahontas fields to this
city.
It was contended that such dis
criminations by increasing the cost
of production is just to local manu
facturers.
Witnesses examined included whole
sale and retail merchants and manu-fnrtnrprs-
and all of them while
stating that Winston-Salem Avas mak
ing rapid progress, contended that
this was in spite of the present
freisht rates.
Several Norfolk & Western officials
dinsr the hearing, which will
probably not be concluded before to
morrow.
Mnnlv and Hendren represent the
board of trade and Moore and Coske
the railway.
Two Were Badly Burned
By Lamp Explosion
Winston-Salem. N. C, March 30.
Mrs. M. D. Smith, and her 17-year-old
daughter, Miss Mollie, members of a
prominent family, were horribly burned
at- their home last night by tne expiua
ion of a hanging lamp in the parlor.
The daughter is not expected to re
Chester
Price
Young Man Who Ruined
And Murdered His
" Sxveeth earr, Walks
Coolly to Electric Chair
And Pays P earful Price.
Gives Warning to Men of
The World Savs He
Has Accepted Christian
Faith Full Story Of
Crime.
By Associated Press.
Auburn, N. Y., March 30. Chester
Gillette was electrocuted in Auburn
prison this morning at 0:18. It was
the most successful electrocution ever
had in Auburn prison.
In the Death Chamber.
The electrocution lacked much of
the solemnity of former executions,
and during most of the time, except
for a brief space when the electric
current was coursing, through the
man's body, there was a hum of
voises in conversation. This grew so
marked during the time that the phy
sicians were making an examina
tion of the body for life, that the
warden found it necessary to pound
on the tile covered floor of the cham
ber for silence.
The current was of 1.800 volts and
7 1-2 amperes, and it was held on
one minute and three seconds.
The Rev. Henry Mcllravy, ot
TJttle Falls, who had been with Gil
lette, was so overcome at the elec
trocution that he was taken trom tne
death chamber before the contact
was turned off.
Gillette Very Composed.
Gillette walking firmly and looking
neither to the right' nor left, came
brisklv along into the chamber. On
either side of him was a minister Of
the Gospel, Chaplain Herrick on his
right, and Rev. Mcllravy on his left.
Tt was 6:35 when the nttie pany
entered the chamber and at C:18 War
den Benham made the announcement
that Gillette was dead.
Made a Confession.
Gillette made a confession to his
spiritual" advisers. Regarding this,
Rev. Mcllravy gave out tne toiiow
ing: "Because of our relationship
with Chester Gillette we do not deem
it wise to make a detailed state
ment, and simply wish to say that
no legal mistake4 was made in his
electrocution. . -
"HENRY McILRAVY,
"CORDELLO HERRICK."
Word to Men of the World.
Beside his confession, Gillette had
a word to say to the young men of
the world:
"In the shadow of the valley of
rionth it. is mv desire to do every
thing that would remove any doubt
as to my having tounu Jesus unribt,
personal saviour and unfailing friend,"
hp snid.
He added: "If young men of this
nnnntrv could onlv know the joy anu
pleasure of the Christian life I know
they would do all m tneir power iu
earnest, active Christians,
and would strive to live as Christ
would have them live.
Full Story of Crime.
Crime
Auburn, N. Y., March 30 The
ANOTHER BIG ONE LANDED!
Gillette
For 'Mis
crime for which Chester E.; Gillette
forfeited his life in the electric chair
in Auburn prison today, was the mur
der of his sweetheart, Grace Brown,
near Big Moose in the Adirondacks
on July 11, 1900. Gillette was con
victed on circumstantial evidence af
ter a sensational trial in which the
pathetic love letters of "Billy" Brown
as the girl Aas familiarly known
among her associates, to Gillette,
played an important part. The girl
who perished in? die waters of Big
Moose lake had trusted Gillette to
make amends for the wrong he had
done her by making ' her his wife,
and her letters which were found in
the young man's room after his ar
rest at Eagle Bay, have been con
sidered by many as classic in their
tender pleading for the right that
was her due.
Her Pathetic Letter.
Her last letter to her lover, writ
ten a few days before her fatal trip
to Big Moose, was particularly pa
thetic. "I have been bidding good-bye to
some places today," she wrote.
"There are so many nooks, dear,
and all of them so dear to me. 1
have lived here nearly all my life.
First, I said good-bye to the spring
house with its great masses of green
moss; then the apple tree where we
had pur playhouse; then the 'Bee
hive a cute little house in the or
chard.and of course all the neighbors
that have mended my dresses from a
little tot up, to save me a thrashing
I really deserved."
Gillette Meets Victim.
Gillette had been more or less of
a rover up to the time he became
foreman in his uncle's shirt manu
factory in Cortland, N. Y. He had
led a somewhat gay life but was
given to understand upon his arrival
in Cortland that he must conduct
himself so that his wealthy relatives
might at least recognize him. He
soon became interested in church
work, made many friends and appar
Continued on page 10
STHKTiiiHT
YORK PRIMARILS
New York, March 30. New York
politicians, particularly the republi
can leaders, are keenly interested in
the presidential primaries to be held
throughout the state tomorrow.
At these primaries delegates will
be elected to the congress district
conventions, each of, which will elect
two delegates and two alternates to
the national convention.
There will also be elected at these
primaries delegates to assembly dis
trict conventions, each of which will
elect its quota of delegates to the
state convention to choose delegates-at-large
to the national convention
and also a new state committee.
As will be seen, the primaries will
have an important bearing on the
control of the republican state com
mittee. It has been reported frequently of
late that steps are under way to re
tire Timothy L. Woodruff as chair
man of the republican state com
mittee and substitute a harmony can
didate who is neither an Odell or
Roosevelt man. Meanwhile Odell and
his 'faction are working day and night
on their plans to overthrow the Parsons-Roosevelt-Woodruff
combination.
With
Black
His Life
Farewell 7 o
Old Church
An Impressive And Af
lectins Service in The
First Baptist Congrega
tionThe Laymen Con
duct The Meeting.
The services at the First Baptist
church last evening were memorial in
nature, commemorative of the begin
ning of a great undertaking in the his
tory of the church, the replacing of the
present old building by a magnificent
modern structure, which will surpass
any structure of its kind in the state
if not in the south. The last services
in the old building last evening were
very impressive, and the music appro
priate to the occasion.
Dr. B. D. Gray, of the Home Mission
Board at Atlanta, opened the services
by making a short talk on the great
work which the church had before it
in the south. After Dr. Gray had con
cluded, Mayor T. S. Franklin talked on
the past history of the church, and the
struggles through which it had passed.
Mr. W. C. Dowd told of the present
struggles, which would have to be
overcome for the accomplishment of
this great undertaking. Mr. H. G. Har
per urged the memberfe to be loyal as
they had been in the past, and not let
the difficulties and inconvenience of
getting to church while the building
was in the course of erection, deter
them from attending the services in
the Sunday school room. Mr. Willis
Brown told the people of the plans of
the new church, and Mr. C. E. Mason
made a short talk on the great neces
sity of keeping up the missionary spir
it during the next eight months.
Notwithstanding the sacrifice inci
dent to building a new structure, the
last act of the old church was to give
a liberal contribution to home missions.
Needs of the Great Southwest.
Dr. Gray, after congratulating the
church on the great undertaking,
which was about to be begun, said:
i wjsii i naci a treight car as wide as
this church and as long, and it were
possible, I would run a track here and
lift this structure, and carry it as it
stands today, to some place beyond the
Mississippi river, where there are
3,000 Baptist churches, with no house
of worship."
Dr. Gray then told of the great need
of work in that great western section,
which embraces Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, and what a rich field of
endeavor ' was there waiting only for
tillage. "It is fallow ground," said the
speaker, "and only waits the plow
share of our endeavor to make it return
a thousand fold on the investment."
The speaker then told of the great
growth of the Baptist church in Texas,
where there now was over 350,000
Baptists with a probability of an in
crease to 700,000 in the next few years.
Dr. Gray told of the vast richness of
the South, and of this Piedmont Sec
tion of which Charlotte is the center,
and the great field for the Baptist
church.
The speaker closed his talk with an
earnest appeal to the people to give to
this cause to advance the church in
these fertile sections.
Mayor Franklin on the Past.
The next speaker was Capt. T. S
Franklin. He told of the growth of the
Baptist church in Charlotte since its
establishment on Brevard street many
years ago, and how from a very small
beginning, and through vast difficul
Continued on page 12
Many Miners
To go On Strike
By Associated Press.
Indianapolis, March 30. Vice Pres
ident Lewis, of the United Mine Work
ers of America, who succeeds John
Mitchell as president, and who arriv
ed here to attend the meeting of the
National executive board said:
"On April 1, 42,000 miners in all
Ohio will drop their tools and go out
on strike. This may last CO days and
perhaps longer. At any rate they will
not go back to vork until the wage
schedule has been drawn up.
On the same date 35,000 miners of
Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and
Texas will go out.
The Western Pennsylvania miners,
having failed to come to an agreement
with the operators, regarding a seper
ate wage conference, will also cease
work on that date."
ORGANIZE FARMERS' UNION
Large Number of Delegates Expected
to be Present at Meeting.
The first annual meeting of the Far
mers' Co-operative Educational Union,
of America, will be held in Charlotte
on Wednesday and Thursday of this
week, and a large number of farmers
from the state are expected to be in
attendance.
The meetings will be partly open to
the public, and partly behind closed
doors, as this organization is a semi
secret one. An elaborate program is
being arranged and the local members
are arranging to entertain the conven
tion in a befitting manner. The ses
sions will be held in the county eourt
house.
At this meeting, the state union will
be organized from the many county
unions, which have already been insti
tuted. The organization in this state now
numbers several thousand members,
and has a thorough foothold in a great
many counties, among which are Ala
mance, Anson, Montgomery, Moore,
Riclwiwnd. Union, CabariHtSi-MeckUoi-burg,
Iredell, Lincoln, Gaston, Cleve
land, Polk, Catawba, Rutherford, Ma
con, McDowell, Haywood, Yancey and
Cherokee.
States have been so far organized
as follows: Alabama, Florida, Illinois,
Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missou
ri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennes
see and Texas.
President C. W. Garrett, of the na
tional organization will be present to
assist in the organization of the un
ion. The work in this state is under
the charge of Mr. G. W. Fant, who has
headquarters in this city, and during
the past few months he has accom
plished much in instituting new unions
in the various counties.
Wage Reduction
In Effect
By Associated Press.
Boston, Mass., March 30. A general
reduction of ten per cent in the wages
of the New England cotton mills oper
atives, recently-decided upon, become
effective today in the mills, employing
60,000 persois. a
Next Monday a movement will apply
to the pa of as many more.
The reduction is due to the depres
sion in the cotton soods market, which
forced many mills to curtail produc
tion. BAPTIST UNION MEETING
Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Associa
tions Meet in Concord.
Rev. S. F. Conrad, who returned to
the city this morning reports the union
meeting of the Mecklenburg and Ca
barrus associations a great success.
There was a good attendance of the
ministry, those present, among others,
being Revs. L. R. Pruett and J. C. Gil
lespie, of Charlotte; Rev. C. H. Martin,
of Polkton; Rev. Mr. Barrs, of Matth
ews; Rev. Mr. Huff, of Cornelius, and
all the Concord pastors, four in num
ber. There were two prohibition ral
lies during the meeting. On Friday
night addresses were made by Rev.
Messrs. J. C. Gillespie, S. F. Conrad
and Li. R. Pruett.
Last night there was at the Second
Concord Baptist church a union rally
by the Methodists and Baptist congre
gations uniting, which was addressed
by Rev. W. E. Abernathy, of Union
county. The house was packed to over
flowing and the deepest interest was
manifested.
Mr. Conrad preached for the First
Baptist Church in Concord in the
morning and delivered an address on
prohibition at night. The temperance
forces in Cabarrus are waking up and
preparing for a general campaign of
the whole county. Many distinguished
speakers are expected to be heard in
the county, among them Judge Jeter
C. Pritchard.
Mr. Abernathy made three speeches
on temperance in Concord yesterday.
Many Hands Out of Work.
By Associated Press.
Lowell, Mass., March 30. The print
works connected with the Merrimack
mills, closed for one week, owing to
a lack of orders. About 700 hands are
affected.
PERISHED li
BEG-DIE II ED
It May Be Several Days Be
fore Bodies of Many Men
Who Perished in Big Mine
Are Taken Out A Fearful
Disaster.
Official Force of Mine En
tirely Wiped Out Several
Firemen Injured in Boston
By Hot Air Explosions
Damage Heavy.
By Associated Press.
Hanna, Wyoming, March 30. The
bodies of only five of the 58 miners
and mine officials killed in the ill
fated mine, No. 18, of the Union Pa
cific Coal Company, by explosions Sat
urday, have been recovered.
The other bodies probably will not
be reached for several days.
The official force of the local mines
was completely wiped out by the
disaster.
From Superintendent Briggs and
his three foremen down to gas watch
ers, stable bosses and others, all are
dead.
The entire official family of the
United Mine Workers is enrolled on
the roster of the dead.
Ten Firemen Injured.
By Associated Press.
Boston, Mass.,;- March 30. Hot air
explosions from dindowfe and doors
in the faces of firemen mounting Hhe
ladders caused injuries to ten at tftc
fire in the large seven-story bricl
building on Atlantic avenue today,
which caused damage estimated at
between $75,000 and $100,000.
None of the firemen are believed
to be injured seriously.
DEATH OF MRS. SHIRER'
Rest Comes to Devoted and Suffering
Christian Woman.
Mrs. Ella Mary Shirer, wife of Mr. J.
B. Shirer, died this morning at 2
o'clock at her late residence No. 315
West Ninth street.
Mrs. Shirer felt the first symptoms,
fifteen years ago, cf a painful and in
curable disease, which had made in
sidious progress, slow, but sure, under
mining her constitution and causing
agonies indescribable. But never was
suffering borne with more beautiful
resignation and patience.
Mrs. Shirer had many friends and
they loved her and and felt it a privi
lege to know -her. For the past three
weeks her friends and loved ones real
ized that her disease was reaching its
crisis and her suffering beyond de
scription. But the end came peace
fully, so quietly that those who were
watching with her scarcely knew when
death came to relieve her suffering.
The funeral services will be conduct
ed from the residence at 5 o'clock this
aftrnoon, and the body will be carried
to Charleston, her former home, for
interment.
REAL ESTATE SALES.
Charlotte Realty Changing Hands at
Good Prices.
The Southern Real Estate Loan and
Trust Company on Saturday, through
Mr. C. P. Brown, sold for Mrs. J. E.
Wilson to Mr. F. M. Hipp a tract of
land in Paw Creek, consisting of C'J
acres. The consideration was $3,312.
One deed was filed for registra
tion in the office of the clerk of the
superior court today. R. M. Armour
sold to Jas. A. Johnson a lot in the
town of Davidson, 41x118 feet, the
consideration being $200.
Mr. C. A. and Mrs. Lula M. Black
sold this morning their residence on
North Brevard street to Mr. L.. L.
Hackney. The consideration was $6,500.
The deal was negotiated by the
Southern Real Estate Loan and Trust
Company.
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New TeleDhone Company.
Raleigh, N. C., March 30 A char
ter was issued the Matthews Tele
phone company, of Siler City, at a cap
ital of $2,000 subscribed and $5,000 au
thorized. The incorporators are C. M.
Bray, J. Wade and E. T. Jordan.
Mr. L. H. Fisher, of Washington, is
holding a civil service examination
in the public building today. There are
a number of applicants standing the
examination.
Little Rock, Ark., March 30. "Ty"
Cobb joined the Detroit team here to
day. Negro Murderer Cap
tured in Knoxville
Special to The News.
Salisbury, N. C. March 30. Loll
Hargrave, who' stabbed Thad Gamble
to death on Council street Saturday
night a week ago, was captured in
Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday by the
Chief of Police of Greenville, S. C,
who was in Knoxville for another
prisoner and knowing Hargrave caused,
his arrest. He will he brought to Sal
isbury by the South Carolina officer.
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