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Def
unctnan
Are
jury Returns Verdict of
Guilty in Case of Men
Charged With Wrecking
Bank in Pennsylvania-
Those Implicated.
Defendants Are Liable to
From Five to Ten Yeas
Shortage is Said to
Aggregate $140,000
A Full Story.
r. Associated Press. ,
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 28. The verdict
: guilty as indicted was returned by
;e jury in the federal court today in
i, case of C. E. ivaillin, cashier, and
R. K. Hissen, president of the de
::h i Farmers' and Merchants' Nation-
: i . . , ' - y.f 1 1 imi i f 111 ..i L'o ii t To o n I
K. H. Sieinman, former president of
ih.- Acme Lumber Company.
The charges were that Cashier Mul
in misapplied the bank funds and that
President Steinman aided him.
The shortage was said to amount to
On each count the defendants are
'';.;:.. to from five to 10 years in
the penitentiary.
CONFERENCE
S' i to The "ews.
'..aureus, S.'C.rNov. 23. -The fourth
la. of the Methodist Conference op
fiW with brief religious service by
J. L. Stokes.
The proceedings of yesterday were
:-.! i and appioved, and further rool
o;ul tvas dispensed with.
('. C. Demrick read the report of
Pii" .-ommittee on minutes, asking for
?!.::! to publish 7,000 copies.
1 h-! resolution to itemize each church
r- in'! t in the minuteswas -discussed at
I' E. O. "Watson raised the point!
"f law as to the legality of making aj
uftVi i-nt blank tha.n the standard. The
i-ishop ruled that the conference could
any additional report it wanted.
A motion to lay the resolution on the!
carried.
A resolution thanking Dr. Kilgo for
his presence and sermon was adopt
'! by a rising vote.
The report of the committee on
i - c oi fls, Epworth League and education
vas read and adopted.
'rco. f. Kirby, of Western North Car
olina; S. A. Donaho, of West Virginia;
A. M. Gardner, of Florida, and A. V.
llarvin, of the West Texas Conference,
w. re received by transfer. . .
Pr. Snyder spoke for Wofford Col
stressing the need of cheaper
living for college boys.
in: Wilson spoke of the work at
l-n ier College and Dr. Daniel spoke
l r Columbia College. ' 1
The motion to strike out the $5,0uy
ri cessment for Columbia College was
v.,.
Bishop Watson called Dr. E. O. Wil
oii to the chair, while Professor Gil
colored, of Paine College, spoke.
a man is apt to be fooling himself
uh-n he thinks he is fooling his wife.
Thf man with a boil on his neck
-sift horow trouble. He has all he
aits.
Even when the unexpected happens
there is always some fellow around to
: y: "I told you so."
New Arrests Made in
Raleigh Murder Case
italeigh, N. C., Nov. 28. Three new
:- st-s were made yesterday in the
in which it is allesed that Drt E.
Smith, a commercial salesman of
7
1
Kliraond, Va.,iwas murdered. These
re Earl Cotton, white, held as pria
Richard Williams, his" 'negro
in a cafe and Madge Earl, as
'cessories. There are now seven
I'ies under arrest alleged to be con
doled with the crime.
MANY . NATIVES . LOST IN.
FLOOD.
Py Associated Press..
San Francisco, Nov. 28. Ac-
cording to C. C. Smith, mining
engineer and noted Nevada Uni-
versify football player, who re-
turned yesterday from South
America floods' of- a terrific na-
ture caused gerat damage in the
interior of Costa Rica compelling
many mines to suspend opera-
lions. ,
Thousands of .native houses
w fre destroyed and many natives
killed. - '
FOURTH DAYS
PROCEEDING AT
, Of :
Gotl dieted
TO BE HELD
WASHINGTON
By Associated Press.
Washington, ; Nov. 28. President
elect. Taft has accepted an invitation
to preside and address the joint con
ference of the. National Conservative
Commission with governors of the
states, in this city Dec. 8, which brings
.together an assemblage of the nation's
leading men of commercial, financial
and political activity.
The joint conference will continue
for four days. A practicable conserva
tion plan will be mapped out.
President Roosevelt will address the
"Opening day. Other speakers, includ
ing governors, senators, representa
tives, bankers and business men, J. J.
Hill, John Mitchell, and Andrew Car
negie being among the number.
Jumped From Bridge
And Ended his Life
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 28. W. E.
Kimball, of this city, unable, it is said,
to choose between his wife and Miss
Nora Acton, a young woman of Elvon
dale, Ala., with whom it is alleged he
had become enamored, jumped from
the Memphis bridge and ended his life,
his body being discovered yesterday
under the bridge on the Arkansas side
of the Mississippi river. Kimball and
his wife had just become reunited. It
was during their separation that he
met Miss Acton.
A dispatch from Birmingham says:
Nora Acton, the young woman men
tioned in connection with the suicide
of W. E. ivimball, of Memphis, said
that she knew Kimball as a friend on
ly,-and that -he left her two months
ago and that rshe was hearing from
him from Memphis. She said she wrote
him saying she had heard that he was
to return to is wife and family, and
that she was glad of it. She said also
she only heard through - others that
Kimball had a wife. Se denied Kim
ball was a sweetheart of hers. She is
employed in a cotton mill and is 22
years of age.
By Associated Press". -
Paris, Nov. 28. The Steinheil ease
continues the sensation of the hour in
all France. Nobody ventures to say
where the revelations will end.
The political side looms larger every
day and interest harks back always to
President Faure's tragic death in Paris
nine years ago.
The most minute details of the scene
in the rcom where he expired in the
cor.ar of Madame Steinheil were to
day. flagrantly published by even Re
publican newspapers.
Royalist and Anti-Dreyfus organs are
demanding official investigation into
Faure's death and the intimate openly
that FaureVis an insuperable obstacle
to the leader of. the Dreyfus agita
tion, was victim of a plot.
-Faure's body decomposed, with un
usual rapidity, but five of the gest
known physicians of Paris certified he
died of cerebral hemorrnage.
Madame Steinheil's romatic -affairs
sro hfins- revealed dailv.
She is now called the "Charmer oi
Men."
Her last lover is identified as a rich
nriAsi-nrizr Tipar Mfiziers. in the denart-
jnent of Ardenness, father of three
children. He says he is reaay to com
mit suicide because of the exposure,
hut has made a clean breast of his re
lations. - .
He is not implicated in the crime.
He met her at Green Lodge Villa at
Bellvue, which she rented.
Brasch Electrocuted.
Aiitinrn N Y ' Nov. 28. William. So-
bert Brasch, the Rochester wife mur
electrocuted at Auburn
9 -
prison today.
Rowan Grand
Jury
Tho News
Salisbury, N. C, Nov! 28.-The grand
jury yesterday returned truef bills in
two apiLoi -
Collins Jackson was indicted for
tim hpin'sr i. small
rape, aucs - -.
negro girl. And John Click was indict-
ed for Durgiajy. "'-
neero woman's house late at mfeht
I stealing an'i a,wun.c -
with a female companion, pounced
Zvon the burgler and held him until
tA These cases will
omcera o""v ,7,. j.
hardly be reached this term. ,
SENSATION OF
THE HOUR IN
"OA! PAREE"
"Honest, Doc, There
Lives o
HEgBO WHO SECT
INDECENT LETT
EN BY
Special to The News.
Spartanburg, S. C, No.. 28. Will
Dickson, colored, of Madison, S. C,
OConee county, who was arrested on
the charge of writing indecent letters
to the daughter of a well-known bank
er at Westminster, was made way with
last night by a party of men.
The negro has disappeared and there
is much speculation as to what as
done with him.
One report is that he was hanged
and another is that he was taken from
jail and a delicate operation performed
on him, after which he was made to
leave town.
It is said that the crowd ati first
thought of lynching the negro, but de
cided that an operation which 'said to
have been successful, would be more
effective. According to reports every
thing passed off quietly.
DEATH OF MRS. MELOON.
Was Miss Mamie Dodge, Formerly of
Charlotte.
Mrs. . Mamie Dodge Meloon, wife of
Mr. Wv G. Meloon, of Liberty, Mo., and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E.. Dodge,
at one time residents of this city, died
last ni.ght, after a year's illness, at
her home in .Kittery,.
Mrs. Meloon was well known and had
many close friends in Charlotte, who
will be grieved to know of her death.
When she lived with her parents she
was . one of the most popular" girls of
the city and her friends were' legion.
She was married to Mr. Meloon in ths
city about 16 years ago. Mr. Meloon
at that time held the position with
the 4C.'s Company as superintendent
of street cars. He was 'superintend
ent of a . large traction, company in
Maine until recently, having resigned
his position last spring owing to Mrs.
Meloon's health.
Mr. and Mrs. Meloon and their two
children came here last spring and
were guests for a short time at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wedding
ton. After leaving Charlotte they
went to the White Mountains, and lived
there for several months. The stay in
the mountains did not improve Mrs.
Meloons health and she returned to
her home with her husband and chil
dren, who survive.
: Bank Official Gets 15 Years. -
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov . 28. William
Montgomery, former cashier of the
wrecked Alleghany National Bank, was
sentenced to 15 years in the peniten
tiary today. .
Mr. Jansen Lectures.
Mr. Carl Jansen, the celebrated Swe
dish lecturer and entertainer will lec
ture at Steele Creek Academy tonight.
Mr. Jansen was in the county on a
lecture tour some days, ago, and the
people of Ihe schools and the children
were so well pleased that he was in
duced to return for another lecture.
Mr.'W). A. Graham, Jr., of Richmond,
was in the city todayito see his moth
er Mrs, W. A. Graham . who has been
ill here for some time at the home of
Dr.. George W. Graham. Mrs:- Graham
is improving, her- many friends
throughout the state will be glad to
learn. .: . .'
... You 'never -lftiow a man until you
have trade horses "with him.
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Isn't a Thing the Matter With Me. All
f M
dh$ Miners
riled By
Ft
Pemisylv
By Associated Press. -
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 28. A large
numbers, of miners were imperilled in
the mine or the Pittshurg-Bu3alo Coal
Company, at Mananna, near here,
which caught fire following an explo
sion at 11:30 this morning.
President Jones, of the company,
says 100 men, constituting almost the
entire force were in the mine, which
had just been e.amined by state in
spectors, and f ciQi;dw.ia,- psrf ect condi
tion. - . J '- " .
A special train, carrying a rescuing
party, equipped with all the latest ap
pliances, left Mononghala at 12:30 for
Marianna.
It is said that many English miners
tare among the imperiled force.
A dense cloud of smoke is coming
from the mine's two shafts.
Great excitement, is prevailing there.
Marianna is in Washington county,
and was built a fe wmonths . ago by
the company, and is considered the
most model mining town in the world.
All Thought to Mse Lost.
" It is believed that many men lost
their lives. The heavy iron cage
which ; carried the men from the
surface to the workings was 300 feet
from the mouth of the shaft. Two
men on the cage were killed, one of
them lutving his head blown off. Lit
tle hope is entertained for the en
tombed men as the fan house was
partly demolished and the fans stop
ped for over an hour. The explosion
occurred in shaft two.
Shaft one was not completed. Some
of the company officials believe it is
necessary to dig through 800 feet
of solid coal before they can reach
the - workings.
At 1:30 this afternoon smoke ceas
ed issuing from the mine. Wives,
mothers and relatives of the miners
"gathered about the mine's mouth.
Their cries were pitiful. It is saW
there is a large well in the vicinity
but whether the gas from this was
communicated to the mine and be
came ignited or whether powder and
dynamite for blasting exploded - can
not be ascertained.
According to State Mine Inspector
Louttit there were between 180 and
200 in the mine. It is not likely that
any will be rescued alive. The rescue
party has succeeded in entering the
mine this afternoon.
To Organize
Chariiy
Important Meeting to Be
Held at The. Y. M C. A.
Monday Wilmington
Plan May be Adopted
After Committee Reports
Monday afternoon there, will " be an
important meeting1 of representative
citizens of Charlotte at the Y. M. C. A.
hall at 5 o'clock for the purpose .of
providing an organization of associated
charities for this city; This meeting
has been called by the ministerial as
sociation, which has had the matter
under advisement for some' .time. All
the ministers cf the city ; will - attend.
Each -Congregation will be represented
by two. or three members who are nom
inated by the minister and all other
interested people are cordially invited
to be present and take part in the de
liverations. r
A committee consisting of'Rev.
Messrs. Shaw, Boyer and Hulten will
make a' re:ort and propose a constitu
tion and plan modeled somewhajt after
the plan of a similar organization in
Wilmington, N. C. . '
The . movement ought to have the
heart'ico-operation of all" charity lov-
I Need is to Be Let .Alone !"
tre
in
ania
fWO BAYS WHIPPED
BY NIGHT RIDERS
. Waverly, Texas, Nov. 28. Two boys
by the name of Baker, living in tpe
southern part , of the county, were tv
ken to the woods last night and giv
en a severe whipping by masked night
riders. The reason given by the rid
ers was that the boys would not work.
John Walker was also visited by a
band of riders who whipped him and
forced him to run up and down a half
mile lane until he was exhausted. He
was told he had been talking too much.
MR. METZ ENTERTAINED
Prominent .New .Yorker .Given a
Dinner at the Manufacturers' Club.
Mr. H. A. Metz, of New York, who
has been spending a few'dayes here
on business connected with .the H. A.
Metz Company's branch office here,
was entertained at dinner last night
at the Manufacturers', Club by Messrs.
D. A. Tompkins and S. Wittkowsky.
Other guests present were Messrs.
S. B. Tanner, E. W. Thompson, L. A.
Lockwood, J. W. Wadsworth, Joseph
Baruch, George A.' Stevenot, and J. P.
Caldwell.
Mr. Metz is comptroller of New
York city, and ia hetd of the H. A.
Metz Company, manufacturers ofsdye
stuffs. . Appeal Court's Decision.
By Associated Press?
London, Nov. 28. The appeal court
today decided a Trades Union cannot
levy compulsorily on its members to
maintain labor representatives in par
liament. For Shooting Galleries.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 28 There went
from headquarters of the North Caro
lina National Guard here x today to
the war department, requisition for
necessary stores to equip 20 shooting
galleries for target practice in the
armories of 20 companies among three
regiments possible. .
ing people of Charlotte for its need is
evident not only in the .way of a more
systematic relief of the poor and needy,
but also for the protection of the giver
against the increasing band of
the unscrupulous beggars that flock to
a growing city. . '
Wilmington, Raleigh and, lately,
Greensboro, have formed such a plan,
imperative and Charlotte is behind the
times in not having taken up the mat
ter already.
The idea of an organization of as
sociated Charities is not to do all the
work the churches are now $oing or to
relieve" individuals of their individual
privileges of acts of mercy and kind
ness, but to equalize the bounty that
is distributed to relieve needy cases
after investigation, and to see that none
who are worthy of help are neglected.
It will work hand- in hand with
churches, benevolent orders and any
individual who desires to give but has
not the time or opportunity to do his
part in person. '
The organization will probably, em
ploy a secretary who will, give his
whole time to this work; a central of
fice and depot where applications can
be made and supplies collected and dis
tributed, a board of directors thorough
ly representative of all .the organiza
tions and people "of Charlotte and a
membership composed of all interested
enough ot pay a dollar a year to so
worthy a cause. Some arangement
will also be made for oo-operation with
the citv which does a very large chari
ty work each year. -
Thirty Thousand
Peopl
Great G a nt e
DR. FARR IS HERE
EOR CONFERENCE
Will Open Meetings in First Baptist
Church and Speak Twice Later, in
the Second Presbyterian Church
His Subjects.
Rev. Dr. F. W. Farr, pastor of Beth
lehem Baptist church, Philadelphia, ar
rived on No. 37 this morning and is
at the Selwyn. He will open the Bible
conference tomorrow, his first sermon
to he preached in the First Baptist
church at 11 o'clock on the subject:
"The Scriptural Antidote to Agnosti
cism. The conference moves to the
Second Presbyterian church tomorrow
afternoon, when a mass meeting for
women, arranged by Mrs. Carrie C.
Martin, of the Y. M. C. A., will be held
at 4:45 p. m. Dr. Farr will speak on
"The Story of a Fallen Woman Who
Became a City Missionary."
Sunday evening at the Second
church Dr. 'Farr will address a union
service of the FirstJ3aptist, Trinity
Methodist, Second Presbyterian and
lenth Avenue Presbyterian congreg;
tions on the 'subject: "The Law of
Gravity and Afiinity. . '
Monday's program is as follows:
- Monday Noon, Y. M. C. A. "The
Rule of Success in Life Put First
Things First.".
Monday Afternoon "Christology ;
the Pre-existence of the Son, of God."
Monday Evening "The Philosophy
of Clothes."
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
' -
Deeds Filed for Registration in Cler's
Office.
The following deeds Were filed for
registration in the office of the clerk
of the superior court today:
W. J. Craig to John F. Craig, a tract
of land in Morning Star and Mallard
Creek and Crab Orchard townships,"
containing 53 3-4 acres, consideration,
$1,295. -
E. W. Gibbon to George A. Fiilcher,
two tracts of land in Mallard Creek
township, containing 103 1-2 and 40 1-2
acres, consideration, $4,500.
D. Baxter Henderson .to Mrs.. Nora
Sherrill, a tract of land -in Charlotte
township, adjoining the lands of D. L.
Moody and W- S. Clanton and others,
containing 92 1-2 acres, consideration,
$3,000.
Mr. J. Leak Spencer has sold to Har
ry M. Moore through. J. E. Murphy and
Company, two lots in Villa Heights,
118 byvl93, consideration not given-.
Cotton Receipts.
The receipts of cotton at the local
platform , today were 290 bales at 9.10,
against 239 hales at 11 cents on the
same day last year. ,
GATE CITY
WELCOMES A
Special to The News.
Greensboro. N. C. Nov. 28.-Rev". J
Lw. Bolton of Britton, Michigan, who
has been called to the pastorate of the
Greensboro Christian church, arrived
in the city Wednesday night and will
take un his work Sunday. Mrs. Bolton
will arrive next week. Thursday night
at the church, following the annual
Thanksgiving service there was a re
ception in honor cf the new pastor and
also the retiring pastor, Rev. L. F.
Johnson. More than a hundred mem
bers of the church, together with, a
number of friends were present and
more than an hour was spent in social
intercourse. The reception was
in
PASTOR
charge of a committee, the members of representatives in regard to tariff re
which server refreshments. Before 1 vision. . Mr. Draper represents tne
the social session. Rev. Mr. Bolton
inade a short talk and he greatly pleas
ed his hearersl ;
The retiring pastor, Rev. Mr. John
son, left today for Raleigh where he
has accepted a call to serve the First
Christian chureh of that city. Mrs.
Johnson and son will accompany him.
Rev. Mr. Johnson has been pastor of
the local church for the past five years
and under his pastorate the church has
j-grown wonderfully. Outside his own
congregation Rev. Mr. . Johnson has
many friends in the city who will re
great his departure.
Fleet at Manila.,
By Associated Press-
Manila, Nov. 28. Heavy rain contin
ued all day seriously interfering with
the program of reception to the men
of the Atlantic fleet. -Hundreds pf blue
jackets Graved the storm, sightseeing.
Fire works Used
in Spite of Cops
. .' ' : X . '. y
Special io ; The News. " . .; . , . ;
Salisbury, N. C; Nov. 28.-Although,
thp ordinance nrohibiting the shoot-
ingof fireworks and "other explosives
in the city will hardly be suspended;
during the Christmas holidays several
merchants have bofaght heavily of fire-;
works ; and the small coy, ana some, t, ea up ana 11 is esumatea it per
men, too, ate already exploding them V sons were drowned. j
on the sly to the annoyance of the .
bluecoats. i . . , . I hl'l'aI'II'iI IIvI-pIvS--?',S-'I
e Saw "the
Large Party of High Offi
cials at Washington
Witnessed Contest Be
tween West Point and
Annapolis on Gridiron,
Navy Was Favorite in
- Predictions The Line
vp of Players on Both
Sides Enthusiasm at
Fever Heat.
By Associated Press.
v 'Philadelphia, Nov. 28. With th(
eyes of over 30,000 persons uptH
them and under ideal weather con
ditions the -fighting teams of West
Point and Annapolis Academiesbat
tled for supremacy this afternoon
in the annual gridiron contest on
Franklin field.
Both sides were brim full of con
fidence and anxious to enter the .
arena. '
The Navy was a favorite in predic
tions on the outcome but curiously .
enough only twice since these teama
have met has the favorite team won.
The coaches say their men are in
perfect condition
Members of 'President Roosevelt's
family, Secretary of War Wright and
party, Generals Bell and Grant, As- ,
sistant Secretary of the Navy, New
berry and family and a host of army
and navy officers was present.
The game started at 2 o'clock.
First half: Army 6; Navy 4.
FIRE AT THE CENTRAL
Burning Out Chimney Causes Alarm
In the Building Guests Prepared
to Leave.
The entire city fire department
made a recprd breaking run to the
square this afternoon when a fire
alarm from Box 'No, 36 was sent in.
The blaze was located on top of the
Central hotel where a big volume of
smoke could be seen from Ijhe street.
Chief Orr reached the top of the
building and found the smoke coming
from a burning out chimney, caused
by setting fire to a lot of trash and
paper in one of the fireplaces. The
trouble was quickly remedied.
When the guests of the hotel dis
covered that the fire was in the
building, some of them made readyj
for a hasty departure. However, a'
general alarm was not sounded in
I the hotel and very few of the guests
i 1 1. : . . 4i... 4: . . : l
Knew iuiyLiuiig iiuuui tne iiie uuiu
it -was all over. ,
MR. M'MANUS RESIGNS
Popular Railroad Man Quits the Office
of Assistant General Manager.
A circular was issued yesterday
from the office of 'C. H. Ackert, vice
president and general manager of the
Southern Railroad, announcing the
resignation of Mr. P. L. McManus,
assistant to the general manager, and
of the aboltehment of the . office.
Mr. McManus is .well known in
Charlotte, this city having been his
headquarters as superintendent of the
, Charlotte-Atlanta division of the road
! for several years prior to his pro-
motion to the office which he has just
resigned. x
ON TARIFF REVISION.
Mr. Draper 'Goes to Washington to
Appear' Before the Ways and Means
Committee.
Mr. Arthur J. Draper, of-the Smith
Draper Manufacturing Company, of
this city, left last night for Washingt
on, to appear before the ways ana
means committee of the house of
American Cotton Manufacturers' Asso
ciation, which is composed of promi
nent cotton manufacturers of both the
Southern and New England states. Mr.
Draper's father, General William F.
Draper, of Hopedale, Mass., will also
appear before the committee, repre
senting several tariff organizations in.
the North. .
'. Tennis Championship Winners.
By Associated Press.
Melbourne, Nov. 28. The contest
today for the Dwight F. Davis In
ternational challenge lawn tennis cup
was won by the Australian team,
Norman Brookes and A. F. Wilding.
. Their American opponents were
F. B. Alexander and Beals CU
Wright.
Miss Mary Choate, of Steele Creek,
will on Monday begin work as assis
tant. at Arlington Academy.
-K SEVENTY-FIVE
-fc PERSONS DROWNED
J By Associated Press.
J." : Manila, Nov. 28. The coasting
j vessel lost" during the storm off
San Fernando yesterday was'
4 the San Pablo, not the' Ponting, 4
as reported. Fourteen more sur-"4
vivors of the disaster were pick- JU