North Carolina Newspapers

V The News has theUrf Circulatio n of Any Afternoon Paper Published in the Two Carolines. "1 nnnn SECTION ONE EIGHT PAGES. SECTION ONE EIGHT PAGES. J I--I"I-IWI!i;IHj THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. ESTABLISH 1888. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. 8 8 il Ha ES. H -Ja i - -- 1 tstistrous Board Steamer Si msiM 1 A sResult of Explosion one Man is Dead, Another i v Missing And a Num ber of Others Badly Injured, Cause of Explosion is Un knownNumber of In jured 117 Lose Limbs Another Fatal Explo sion Occurred. 15 Aoiiated Press. Philadelphia, Pa., June 20. One man h il :hL another missing and nearly a , ;r- ni others were injured by an ex iii,i:i..n tin board the German steamer A:,.uii.i. from Hamburg. 1 a-- injured are suffering from burns ai.'i lacerations. i It- majority of the injured are ne iv r-frvedores. r'niii will lose limbs. 1 he explosion occurred in one of the l.ui.i of t lie steamer and its cause is u..t known. Another Fatal Explosion. .;1-i!uiiirahela, Pa., June 20. One i i- .hi and three foreigners are r.r-;ul and one American and five for-fi.ui'-i: injured as the result of the f -:;,ln: -it'll esterday at Ellsworth Coal Mine ao. 1. The accident, it is said, wa:- caused by a foreigner entering tin mine with a lighted torch. Had i hf accident occurred a short time Kir'ii'-i' the entire day force oi 500 min er v.. ml. I have been caught and prob a!i a at iher horrible mine disaster lrl'l.i deli. Hackett Believes There Will Be a Stampede "N'.-uVit-r Craig, Kitchin nor Horne viil !ve the Democratic nomina tm ) ; r governor of the grand old in S'.uie at he hands of the con iifinii which meets soon at Char said Congressman R. N. Hack n. when seen by a representative of hr Winston-Salem Journal yesterday at!-! -noon. Continuing he said: "The i,;ik hoise proposition seems the most'! !i!ab!e to me, and I think that a loan will he nominated for governor mIh has not, up to this time, been be i' !" tin- public in the guise of a can- liiiililr." THE TENT MEETING. The Third Week a Greater Success Than Preceeding One. Tlii.:. the third week of the David son t 1 1 1 meetings, has been attended with fat- greater success than the two vM 'i-r-niiig weeks, which were very ; iii-ct s!'ul and interesting. The power "t tlij Lord has been manifested in a wonderful way that large num i hae been moved to seek the Lord iiiaiiy (,f whom have openly acknowl-t-iltrt-,1 Christ as their Savor. Tine,- special services tomorrow will foncluiio those meetings, one at 11 'jt-li.ck a. iii. at which time Mr. Luther thick w ill speak and the other at 3:30 - in. Ah. Scott L. Owen will preach. Mi. O: hon,et Mr. A. B. Price and Mr. U r. Hoover win sing. MI of these men are known as good Mm'.-i therefore all many come ev-i"'tiiu- special music at this service, fhf U.fit service begins at 7:30 p. m. Mr. (;. w. Fink will speak at that time, f'tHl the aliove mentioned singers will lila ly .sinrr at this service also. DEATH OF A CHILD Little 1-,-Months Old Son of Mr. T. J. Noitiipv Pirsec Awav. Thoiiia;,, the 1 5-months-old son of as j. Aorthev. died yester- '':,v i'ftf.rnoon, at the residence of his Mooiiimother, Mrs. Martha K. Trott. T"- lm.- ral services will be held this iirnooi) by piev Father Joseph, at .j."'1 Xo'th Poplar street, at 6 o'clock. ,I,H I'-tllbearers will be Messrs. C. M. ' ll'lail K ( TP 17 XT oil AV. W. Wilkes Hviiinathv of the rnmmunitv. r"i ! e i.ofiallv of his immediate neigh- lifil : out to Mr. Northev in the 01 thf little boy to whom he was 'h-w.ie.lly attached. S. S. Convention. oeiatort Presa liv A i '"'I'aville, Ky., June 20. An im 'i"! batnre of the international .hi '(i'V XOilOiil m nn'CmliAn Tiro r. rnnnrl- 't h sson committee which pro '1 Hi.- resolution that the conven met the lesson committee to appointed to continue the work ;inu!u;ing and issuing uniform :is heretofore. of tied Douglass League Has Been Organized J-.' Aoc jiUod Press, j '1'" a-o, in., June 20. The Fred "'o Xaiional Republican League ' organized last night by 75 negro ... i Itoin the West. North and Ki,iii Ml. 1 he meinltove XL-ill itfivnta thoir mis towards gaining the support .toes throughout the country to ,J,"I by the nominees selected at the 'tional Republican convention. m On a ISIWW I'll HLWS FflRECAST llWTr' OFCOMINC WEEK CI' IfGM. Washington, D. C, June 20. With the Republican ticket named there will be a temporary lull in the national po litical arena until the time approaches for the delegates to gather in Denver for the Democratic nominating con vention. One of the interesting political events of the week will be the state primary in Tennessee next Saturday, ther esult of which will determine the gubernatorial contest between Gover nor Patterson and former Senator Car mack. Iowa Republicans will meet in state convention at Waterloo to ratify the results , of the recent primary, and Georgia Democrats will meet in At lanta for the same purpose and also to choose delegates to the Denver con vention. The three-cornered race for the governorship of North Carolina will be settled at the Democratic state conven tion in Charlotte Wednesday. Vermont Democrats will meet in convention at Burlington Friday to name a state ticket and select delegates-at-large to the Denver convention. Americans will ba much interested in the wedding of Miss Jess Reid, daughter of Whitelaw Reid, the Amer ican ambassador to Great Britain, and Hon. John Hubert Ward, brother of the Earl of Dudley, which is scheduled to take place in the chapel royal of St. James palace next Tuesday. During the week commencement ex ercises will be held at Harvard, Yale and other big colleges, with reunions of alumni and addresses by men of note. The week will be filled with events of interest to all lovers of aquatic sports, including the two biggest boat races of. the year in America. The crews of Yale and Harvard will have it out on the Thames at New London Thursday and two days later the crews of half a dozen leading colleges will meet on the Hudson in the annual re gatta of the Intercollegiate Rowing As sociation. Leading conventions of the week will include the annual meetings of the National Association of Credit Men at Denver; the Travelers' Protective as sociation at Milwaukee; the United Commercial Travelers at Columbus; the American Library association at Minneapolis; the International Asso ciation of Factory Inspectors at Toron to, and the biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs in Boston. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES Appointed by County Convention to Convention on Tuesday. Ward 1. Precinct 1. Jas. W. Wads worth, S. J. Asburv. M. M. Murphy. Ward 1, Precinct 2. C. H. Duls, W. II. Hall, T. J. Davis. Ward 2. Precinct 1 Sam II. Kell, W. W. Haywood, G. B. Cabaniss. Har old Hall. Ward 2, Precinct 2. Joe Garibaldi, Dr. B. J. Witherspoon, R. S. Davis. Ward 3, Precinct 1. W. F. Buchan nan, It. J. Sifford, J. W. Cobb. Ward 3, Precinct 2. Wm. Garibaldi, Sr., Thos. Stewart, E. F. Creswell, W. F. Strange. Ward 4, Precinct 1. J. Renwick Wilkes, Pat. M. Cave, C. L. Oates. Ward 4, Precinct 2. E. S. Williams, E. S. Berryhill, J. D. McCall, Mark W. Williams, J. A. Bell. Providence Chas. McGinnis, L. H. Robinson, Dr. J. T. Kell, Jas A. Blake ley, Green Ray. Morning Star J. Watt Hood, A. J. Williams, T. J. Ren trow, Jno. Stephens, Will Hood. Clear Creek W. J. Craig, C. P. Mun- go, W. T. Strange, D. A. Henderson. Paw Creek T. P. Baker, Newton Todd, D. A. McCord, M. S. Clark. Berryhill S. S. Herron, Bruce Brown, Will McGinn, R. C. Freeman. Steel Creek, Box 1 W. M. Peoples, J. B. Watt, L. H. Grier, A. A. Porter. Steel Creek, Box 2. John Milwee, Frank Neely, Jno. Porter, .Will B. Choate, Jas. Sledge. Lemley's W. M. Blythe, J. T. Cash ion, J. Milton Alexander. Deweese Frank Sherrill, Jake Smith, B. B. Smith, J. Lee Sloan, Houston Brown. Long Creek A. McCoy, J. O. Glyas, E. L. Reems. Crab Orchard, Box 1. J. M. Wal lace, C. L. Abernethy, C. B. Cross, S. J. Alexander. Crab Orchard, Box 2. B. B. Kiag, Jno. A. Newell, N. S. Alexander. Mallard Creek J. Walker Galloway, Jno. P. Hunter, Dr. S. M. Henderson, D. P. McCord. H. Howland. Huntersville Jno. W. Cress,. J. .L. Choate Will Blythe, S. J. Millon, Jno. L. Miller, D. W. Mares. Pineville. W. A. Smith, Tom Garri son, W. C. Barnett, Ed. Russell, Let. Sharpe. Other delegates are: F. R. McNinch, C. D. Bennett, W. C. Dowd, and H. N. Pharr. Kenny & Company are giving away Washington hats with each purchase today. They are very pretty. Mr. J. Flem Johnston, of Gastonia, is at the Selwyn. F3FFP MVSTFRY WhJmM N IB! Sr Sv B New" PhOadelp h!To.. June 20.-How WORK WHJLE YO U LEE? 1 Charles Stach, 45 years old, was prob- " ably fatally wounded and Miss Arline Knisely, 19 years of age, was" killed late last night, when their bodies were found in the heart of the city, is a mys tery which the polics are working on to solve. Fallen forward over the dashboard of a buggy, the horse walking about in a circle, the body of Miss Knisely, with a bullet in her brain, was found. A few yards distant, beside the road way, Stach was discovered, groaning in pain, with a bullet hole above his right eye. From remarks made by the wounded man, it is believed that the couple were attacked. To add to the mystery, the police found a revolver in the box of the buggy, four chambers of which con tained discharged shells. Stach is a married man. For some time he had been operating a theatre in which Miss Knisely was ticket sell er. Murderer Spotted. Cleveland, Ohio, June 20. Accord ing to information received by the police, Robert Steuve is charged with the murder of John Spach and Miss. Arline Knisely and orders have been received from the New Philadelphia police to arrest him. - ; Cleveland Court House To be Dedicated July 4th. Special to The News. Shelby, June 20. The new court will be formally dedicated on July 4th. Preparations are being made for a great time on that day. Prominent speakers will be here, among whom will be Judge Hoke, of Lineolnton. On the night of the 3rd a reception will be tendered by the officers of the county to the people generally, there by enabling them to see all over the court house. A Charming Reception. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. D. Lineberger gave a reception on Friday night for Mr. and Mrs. William Lineberger who were married last week. Their beau tiful home on Marion street. wras pro fusely yet tastefully decorated. There were nearly two hundred invited guests. Receiving with Mr. and Mrs. Lineberger were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lineberger, Mr. and Mrs John Settle, of Lineolnton, and Miss lna Sisk. Amateur Theatricals. Local talent, directed by Miss M. M. Crutchlield presented ' The -Union Depot for a Day," in the auditorium Thursday night with great success. The play was given under the auspices of the Civic League. The receipts I were $125.00. Marriage at High Point. Special to The News. High Point, N. C, June 20. At 8:30 o'clock at the home of the sister of the bride, Mrs. J. T. Best, Dr. A. P. Staley and Miss Kate Maddox were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The marriage was kept very quiet, and only the relatives and a few immediate friends of the family were present to witness the ceremony. The bride and groom left on the 10:30 train for a tour North and will be absent for a week or ten days. Dr.' Staley is one of our most popu lar merchants here, and numbers his friends among all his acquaintances. The bride is the youngest daughter of Col. D. F. Maddox, and is a bright and attractive young woman. The Friday night contest at the Bijou was well attended last night. Several boys' shoes were placed in a barrel of flour and the boy getting his on and tied first won the prize. Aeronauts Had to Flee from Enraged Bull By Associated Press. Pittsfield, Mass., June 20. The balloon Boston which made its initial ascent here yesterday, landed safely last night on the mountain near the Vermont-Hampshire boundary line. Charles J. Glidden, of Boston, owner of the balloon and Leo Stephens, New York aeronaut, who were pas sengers, had a very exciting trip. In addition to being the target for rifle bullets during the flight, Glidden and Stephens landed in a pasture wherea voting bull wras confined, and were obliged to run at top - speed and scramble over a fence. GETTING READY FOR THE BIG. CONVENTION! iliffnfolliir TRAIN WRECKED AMOUNTS TO -NO ONE KILLED OVER $200,0110 Special to The News. . Spartanburg, S. C, June 20. Pas senger train No. 0. which left here this morning enroute to Asheville wras wrecked six miles out of Spartanburg at 11:30. The ba?;gage master was in jured by trunks being thrown against him, though his injuries are not se rious. The tender left ,the track and was thrown into the field. The mail coach and baggisTorr were thrown cross wise across the track. A larse party of T. P. A. delegates from here and oilier points in the state were aboard the train enroute to Milwaukee to attend the convention. Among the passengers were J. H. Dud ley, of Columbia, Mr. Mclver, of Sum ter ami A. L. Byrd. of Columbia. None of the passengers were in jured. Several Charleston people were aboard the-train but they are all safe. A special train will be made up this afternoon to carry passengers through to Asheville. Saloons All Closed. Cullman, Ala., June 20. All of the saloons here closed Thursday night. They have been doing business for months in spite of the prohibition elec tion, which decreed that they should slop. The saloon men contended that the election was held illegally. The Alabama supreme court yesterday sus tained the election result and the state prohibition laws making a sweeping victory for the prohibitionists. Ice Cream Supper in Belmont. The members of the Young People's Aid society of the Louise Baptist church will serve ice cream in front of Mr. A. B. McKinnon's residence Belmont park tonight, from 7 to o'clock. The public is cordially vited. in 10 in- GE BURS AUDI IE SUM POSTED By Associated Press. Paris, June 20. The marriage banns of Madame Anna Gould, formerly the Countess Do Castellane and Prince Helie De Sagan, cousin of Madame Gould's first husband, were this morn ing posted on the wails of the offices of the mayors of the 16th and 17th ar rondissments of Paris, in accordance with the law that requires the publi cation of an intended marriage in the arrtmdissenient of each contracting party. '. . Neither Madame Gould nor Prince De Sagan appeared personally in the mayors' offices, friends in each case acting for them. Silver Service to Be Presented July 4th. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, June 20. The sil ver service will he presented to the battleship North Carolina by the peo ple of that state off Cape Lookout on July 4th. After the presentation the ship wit. proceed to the Norfolk navy yard. The Seaboard Air Line Railway company has announced an excursion to Wilmington on July 14th. Like the one this week, it will be a three days trip. By Associated Press. Pittsburg, Pa.. June 20. Reports from western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and West Virginia are slowly reaching here, showing that damage from two severe storms, one lost eve ning and one today, will amount to over $2(MJ;000. About 10 persons wrere injured, none fatally. : In a number of places communica tion has been seriously crippled and accurate details of the storm are not known. High Point Now Has Chamber of Commerce Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, June 20. The High Point. Chamber of Commerce was char tered for promoting the commercial and industrial development of the city. Mr. W. N. Wilborne, C. L. Wheeler, A. S. Caldwell, T. J. Gold and others are the incorporators. A special term of criminal court for Robeson county was ordered beginning July 13, one week, relieving a congest ed condition of the jail. Judge Biggs of Durham will preside. Students to Visit Brazil. Boston, Mass., June 20.--The depar ture today of a party of students of the Boston high school of commerce for Brazil, where they are to study commercial relations and similar sub jects, furnishes another proof of the growing relationship between the Unit ed States and the South American re publics. The Brazilian government has offered to extend to the students every courtesy, even to reduced hotel i rates and free passage on the steam ships and railways in the interior. Unveiling of Statue at Quebec. Quebec, June 20. Arrangements have been completed for the three days' festivities to be held in connec tion with the unveiling of the statue of Mgr. De Laval. The program will he ushered in tomorrow morning with a solemn Te Ileum in all the parishes and missions of the diocese. FUNERAL OF MR. NORTHEY. Services to Be Conducted at the Home By Rev. Mr. Totter. The funeral of Mr. John D. Norther, whose death occurred yesterday morn ing will be held this afternoon at 5 o'clock at the residence on South Church street. The services will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Totten, of Cal vary Methodist church, and the inter ment will be at Elmwood. Terrific Explosion. By Associated Press. Denver, June 20 About 125 men were employed at the powder plant. A number of windows were broken at Fort Logan. The shock was also felt at South Denver. Temperature Highest Since Last Summer Today's temperature was the high est since last summer. At 2 o'clock the mercury was slowly creeping up toward 95 degrees and that mark was undoubtedly reached later in the afternoon.At a quarter past 2 o'clock the themometer recorded a fraction more than 93 degrees. j People have sweltered under the hot rays of the sun and they did not have to be told that the mer cury had reached a high mark. The streets were blistering hot. They gave a heat that was almost, unbearable. ATIGRQWS ENTHUSIASTIC DN TUFT'S RETURN By Associated Press. Cincinnati, Ohio, June 20 Taft's home-coming was a Joyous one. The station was thronged with admirers of the Republican standard bearer, who gave him ah enthusiastic reception. His brother, Charles, was the first to greet him. Then followed the meet ing between Taft and Sherman, who exchanged congratulations. The committees of welcome escorted Secretary Taft and Sherman to the home of Charles Taft. The sidewalks were thronged with people and the houses along the route were ablaze with blue and Old Glory. A great crowd is assembled around the Taft residence. A conference is to be held by Taft and the sub-committee of the national committee, when it wil probably be determined who will be chairman of committee, wrhen it will probably be paign. Well Known Editor Dead. By Associated Press. Los Angeles, Calif., June 20. Donel- son Caffrey Jenkins, in the '50's and '60's one of the best known newspaper editors in the country, being the owner and editor-in-chief of the New Orleans Delta, and later of the Picayune, died at Sierra Maure, aged S3. "Keep Up the Fight." By Associated Press. San Francisco, Cal., June 20. The Call today prints a letter dated June 8th, at the white house, from President Roosevelt to Rudolph Spreckels, in which he comments upon the local graft prosecutions and urges the prose cutors to "Keep up the fight." TO DECORATE THE NEW AUDITORIUM It wm compare in Brilliance with a National Convention Hall When the Committee on Ornamentation Gets Through With It Unique Design at the Square. The splendid new Auditorium will compare with a national convention hall when the committee on decora tions get through with it, preparatory to the coming of the state convention. The decorations will be finished by Monday evening, and The News was informed by Col. A. L. Smith today that the ladies of the city are invited to call at the auditorium to inspect its beauty, between the hours of 5 and 10 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon and eve ning. The decoration committee has alrea dy placed a unique design on the pub lic square. At each of three coiners is pasted up the pictures of the three candidates, Kitchin, Craig and Horne, while at the fourth corner, on the sky scraper side, is a big interrogation point, the significance of which is ap parent. The News quoted a Charlotte hittizen as suggesting some such de sign as this. Whether the committee saw this or not, the scheme is certainly a good one. s . As to Control Of Tennessee Central By Associated Press. Memphis, Tenn., June 20. The Com mercial Appeal published the follow ing: "The Illinois Central, it is learn ed, has decided not to exercise its July ist option of the controlling interest in the Tennessee Central, and on that date it. gives it gives up its option of this line over which the Illinois Cen tral reaches Nashville. The Southern railway, which, along with the Illinois Central, has an interest in this option, will not exercise its right, as was made known some time ago, so that on July 1 the control of the Tennessee Central will revert to the former owners." Illinois Central Abandons Nashville Line. This means the abandonment by the Illinois Central of the line under its own control into Nashville. It is said that the line to Nashville had been operated " at a loss. The Tennessee Central runs from tne Kentucky line to Nashville and thence by way of the Lebano and Cookville through the Cumberland mountains to Marrlman. At the Harriman terminus connec tion is made with the branch line of the Southern railway to Knoxville and with the Cincinnati Southern railway wrhich is a part of the Queen and Cres cent system... HLENRURETO HAVE sim - SIX IN DELEGATION - 1 .' ;i . it.' K4 After a Hot Battle in The County Convention at The Court House This Mumber is Decided on For State Convention. Resolutions in Favor of Messrs. C. C. Moore And W. W. Haywood Adopted, And One For a State Wide Primary. Mecklenburg will send 6G delegates to the state convention on the 24th. This was decided upon only after the hottest kind of a fight in (he coun ty convention today. Mr. Cam Morri son, for the Craig forces, moved for 110 delegates, or live delegates for each convention vote. Mr. D. B. Smith, for the Horne people, asked for GG (le gates, or three for each convention vote. Mr. C. W. Tillelt, of the Kitchin camp, moved that there be two for. each convention vote, or 44. Various arguments were advanced by adherents of each of these three motions. Nothing seemed to be in volved in the matter except the ques tion of available space, and yet the speeches developed much feeling on the part of the followers of the respec tive candidates for governor. Mr. Tillett's substitute motion for 4t delegates was finally voted down and Mr. D. B. Smith's motion for GO dele gates was carried by a large majority on a rising vote. The convention declared in favor of a state-wide primary and the Austra lian ballot, and declared heartily in favor of Mr. C. C. Moore for commis sioner of agriculture, and Mr. W. W. Haywood for commissioner of labor, and printing. Mr. Bell Raps for Order. County Chairman J. A. Bell called the convention to order. "I want to express the appreciation of the executive committee," he said, "and of the Democrats of the county to the election of officers for their work in the; county -primary. They - quit their work and came to town to get tickets, etc., and did it all from puro loyalty to the party. We have just passed through a heated primary and I just want to say-that I hope our loyalty to our party friends will not affect our loyalty to the party as a whole, or weaken our arm against our arch enemy, the Republican party, in the November elections." Mr. Bell called Mr. W. C. Maxwell to the chair and he was given a hearty, round of applause. Mr. Maxwell thanked the convention for the honor. He said he would not make a speech, as the people" had heard a plenty of speeches. "I believe you said by your verdict the other day that silence is at a premium in Mecklenburg." (Laugh ter). Mr. Maxwell briefly referred to the prosperity of the county and the state, its good schools, its economical admin istration of law. In North Carolina last year the record was not stained by a single lynching. Mr. F. M. Shaiinonhouse was elected temporary secretary. The only precincts not represented were Morning Stai No. 2; Mallard Creek, No. 2; Paw Creek, No. 2, and Dewe.se, boxes one and two. Mr. A. B. Justice said he heard that the Dew ese delegates were coming down on the train. Permanent Organization. Upon motion of Mr. I). P. Hutchison the temporary; organization was made permanent. Upon motion of Mr. E. Keesler the vote of the county, as returned, was canvassed and ratified. The News has already published the names of the winners for the various offices. There was a laugh when the three votes for the chairman of the conven tion were read out for lieutenant gov ernor. Mr. Maxwell said jocularly that he was sure that his full strength nad been polled. A State Primary Law. Mr. Thos. W. Alexander introduced the following resolution: "Resolved, By the Democrats of Mecklenburg county in convention as sembled, that the delegates elected to the state Democratic convention, to be held in Charlotte on June 24th, be and are hereby instructed to vote for and use all honorable means to se cure a state primary for the election of state officers, whereby all of the counties will hold their primaries for state offices simultaneously under such rules and regulations as the state Dem ocratic executive committee may pre scribe, and at such date as they may determine. "Second, That they are further in structed to secure from the state con vention a direction to the Democratic members of the legislature) to enact a primary law to carry said state pri mary into effect, the said law to be drafted under the auspices of the state Democratic executive committee." Mr. Alexander spoke in favor of his resolution. He said we had in Meck lenburg a magnificent system of coun ty primaries. We have heard of shut out conventions being held in other places in the state. It would work out for the good of the party and would help in the fight against the arch en Continued on the Fifth Page. !t ;