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as HHe Largest Circulation qt Any Afternoon Paper Published in the Two Garoimeis J SECTION ONE. ZL TEN PAGES SECTION ONE TEN PAGES. 4 THREE O'CLOCK EDITION 4. THREE O'CLOCK EDITION THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. ESTABLISHED 1888. CHARLOTTE, N. C . SATURN fcVENllNU NOVEWIBcR Id, ia09 PRICE 5 CENTS Hobo Caused Great Excitement on The Presiden t 's Tra i n Th News THE OH AKLOT - m Public Awaits Acquittal Of sil ULOUl WW?'5W W 1 j he Impression Gener- J ol J hat 7 he State Fail ed io Make Out its Case Mighty Throng block ed to Trial. I n explained Absence oj Juror Causes Suspen sion of Afternoon Ses sion, Rumor Has it That Other, May be Arrested Bv Associated Press. Paris. Nov. 13. The pulir awaits with confidence the acquittal of Mad nine Hargherita Steinheil, accused of the murder of her husband, Adolphe ar..I stepmother Madame Japy. The impression is general that the state has not made a case, originally chuising murder. The prosecution r.;;Uinecl the allegations as the trial 'ojiresfed, finally eliminating the charge cf patricide, admitting that the . man might have been an accom- iice rather than a principal. Madame Steinheil, confident and smiling, entered the courtroom to-day, having recovered frcm the physical ei !:::r&e of yesterday. .Anticipating acquittal friends ar .: : i! to spirit the "Red Widow" away to seme quiet spot in the coun try where she may recuperate from The effects of the ordeal. When the curtain rose to-day on the oner to Lenoir and a preliminary hear ?nal big legal dram?, which has thrill- tag was had on Monday morning, ea France to the exclusion cf everv- In the case of young Price a nol thine else, it seemed that all of Paris i prcsse was entered. Herman waived ciamored at tne doors of tae palace cf justice. Dramatists, playwrights, officials and other celebrities were present. Many women thronged the room. Sickness of Juror Causes Hitch. The resumption of the trial this af ternoon with argument for the defense by M. Atibin, was delayed through the unexplained absence of the foreman of the jury. He is . reported ill. The judge disputed a physician to attend him, in the meanwhile suspend irsr the court session. It is reported that madame's cook, Marietta Wolf, who is suspected of he.; in the key to the mystery, and her ?on. Alexander, are in imminent darzer cf arrest. Intense Excitement. , A supplementary juror wras substi tuted in place of the foreman, suffer irs; v.iih bronchitis, and the case was Excitement was created the moment the proceedings opened, when Mariet ta Wolf pushed her way to tfye bar ;ii!(t demanded in a loud voice that, as she was mentioned as an accomplice s-he wanted to be heard. A sharp wransled between the judge and coun sel for the defense, and the judge aD nit!y closed the incident. A 12 piece band will furnish music at the Auditorium skating rink Monday night. News Forecas: Coming Washington, D ;'if nt Taft will Thursday on the C, Nov. 13. Presi leave Washington Mayflower, and will am iiig ve in Norfolk the following morn to participate in the convention f i tne Atlantic Deeper Waterways As sociation. For- the following day he has accepted an invitation to address the students of Hampton Institute. It is expected that when Senator Aidiich addresses the New York Cham h r cf Commerce Thursday night he v.iil review the work of the National Monetary Commission and outline what lie hopes to accomplish in Con gress this winter in the way of cur rency reform. The commission is to hoid its first meeting in Washington Saturday. i The trial cf Patrick Calhoun on a charge of having offered a bribe to a supervisor is scheduled to begin at San Francisco Mondav. On Monday former Sheriff H. Shipp ;i Chattanooga end five codefendants be arraigned at the bar of the Su- fine Court of the United States to eceive their sentence for contempt cf art. m permitting: the lynching of ihe nesrro Johnson in Chattanooga three years ago, while his case was pep ding, in the United States court. Jhe court has the option of either :rivz. cr imprisoning the men or in dicting both penaties, and no intima rien has been given as to what course "i'ty be pursued. Old soldiers of both the gray and the 'jlr.e v-iii unite Monday in ceremonies attending the unveilins of the monu ment erected by the State of Massa chusetts to the memory of its soldiers v ho lost their lives in the battle of Ihiton Rouge and now lie buried in the national cemetery there. Among the prominent speakers will be Gover nor Draper of Massachusetts and Gov ernor Sanders of Louisiana. The second annual convention of the Mississippi to Atlantic Inland Water way association will meet in Jackson- ow BOY KILLED W unnn phi 1UUU M Special to The News. - Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 13. There was a fatal accident at Wakefield, this county, last afternoon, which cost the life of Joseph Horton, aged 14 years, a son of Charles T. Horton, of Wake field. Young Horton was helping to run a steam wood sp.w and was entagled in the belt in such a wray as to be hurled backwards against a pile of wood. He sustained internal injuries from which he died. The funeral was held at Wakefield today. Boys Arrested For Larceny Special to the News. Lenoir. Nov. 13. Thursday after noon two hoys named Clyde Price and Sam Herman, ages 16 and 19 years, re spectively, were before 'Squire C. A. Tuttle on the charge cf receiving and concealing stolen money. It seems Saturday in " company with another young man by the name of Cline, who wag arrested by a deputy sheriff near Hudson, and after Cline's arrest he called the boys to him and gave them the money that it was alleged he had stolen. The deputy brought his pris- examination and was oound over to court in the sum of $30. He was un able to furnish the required bond and was sent to jail. Cline, is also in jail, being unable to furnish bond in the sum of $300. FURNITURE MAY ' HIST Chicago, II., Nov. 13. The National Furniture Manufacturers' Association, representing, the leading furniture makers of thee ountry, met in annual session at the Auditorium today. Statements. made by prominent mem hers of the association indicated that action will probably be taken looking to an advance of 10 per cent, in the price of furniture, to take effect at the opening of the spring season in January. New Charlotte Concern. Special to the News. Raleigh, Nov. 13. A charter was is sued to-day for the Dixon-Witherspoon Co., Charlotte, capital $25,000 authoriz ed and $6,000 subscribed by T. W. Dixon and others for a mercantile business. ville, Fla., Monday for the purpose of considering the project of an inland waterway connecting the Mississippi and Apalachicola rivers and thence across the Floriday peninsula to the Atlantic. A national ancle show will be held in Snokane during the week. The an- nmiTifPii Tiiirnnse of the affair is to norjularizc the apple as a national food and fruit and to call jublic attention to the fact that the United States and Canada now produce an annual crop of thirty-five million barrels of the best apples grown anywhere in the world. Notable speakers will be heard, at the National Farm Land Congress, which is to hold a five-day .session in Chicago for the purpose of interesting the people of the United States gen erally in the advantage cf farm life. The joint meeting in Cincinnati of the National Municipal League and the American Civic Association promises to be a notable gathering, distingush ed by the presence of men and women who have been leaders in rne nauun wide movement for the making of a Beautiful America. With reports ot achivements of vast importance to hundreds of communities, there will be discussions relative to future activ ities, led by experts in city planning, forestry, school gardens, tree culture, play -grounds, the abtement of the bill board end smoke nuissances and the preservation of such scenic beauty as xTiarnra Falls and the Yosemite. The Connii?sioners of Agriculture of the South will hold their eleventh annual convention in Jackson, Miss., with representatives of all the South ern States in attendance. Developments cf the budget contro versy in England, the situation in Greece, the visit of the young Portu guese king at Windsor, and the cele thp emscopal '; jubilee or r r;o v win he anions: the events x x iuo iv. ' w in thp rnhle news or tne llUliU;, i w-w week. Week The South-to Uncle Sam "YOU HAVE By Associated Press. Cairo, 111., Nov. 13 Orders for the demobilisation of the militia which occupied he city since yesterday, growing out of the lynching, are ex pected today. t There is no signs of the renewal of the mob spirit. Arthur Alexander the negro ac cused of complicity in murdering Nnna Pelley, was escorted by troops, and taken away to Kankakee, a poin$-o far ' removed from Cairo that no attempt to lynch him is probable, under present conditions public apinion conceded that there is no chance of indicting the mem bers of Thursday nights mob. Seventy Million Dollar Concern Planned By Associated Press. Halifax, N. S., Nov. 13. The for mation of the Canadian Steel Corpor ation, by the proposed $70,000,000 merger of the Dominion Steel and Iron Company and the Dominion Coal Company, is made possible by the agreement of President Ross, of the Dominion Coal Co., to trans fer his holdings' to a syndicate ot Toronto canitalists. President at White House. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 13. President Taft returned at 10 o'clock alter a brief visit to Connecticut. His train was slightly delayed by the bursting of a pipe connecting the Presi dent's car with the car ahead. Sec retry Carpenter and his brother Henry W. Taft met him at the sta tion. He was driven immediately the White House. to E1US FIRE mm at ' TAVLOrlSV Special to the News. Statesville, Nov. 13. Fire which started in the O. L. Holler building at Taylorsville this morning between 1 and 2 o'clock destroyed the Holler building and the R. F. Tuttle building next door, both frame structures. The flames are supposed to have ori ginated in the office of the Bell Tele phone Company in the second floor of ,the Holler building and when discov ered were making rapid headway. The telephone operator, a Mr. Allen, and .a young man who was spending the night with the operator," had .close calls. The first floor of the Holler build ing was occupied by the Holler Drug Company, and Dr. Holler's office. The stock of drugs and the doctor's instru ments, valued at about $3,500 were totally destroyed but this loss is par tially covered by insurance. The Holler building was wrcrth pro bably $1,500 and the' Tuttle building about $800 with no insurance on either k building. The Tuttle Duudmg was used as a pool room and the pool tables were saved. Taylorsville has no modern fire fighting apparatus and all that saved the other buildings was the heavy brick walls of the O. F. Poole Co. and the work of a bucket brigade which fought the flames heroically. ALL QUIET I GAIRO, ILL ONCE MORE ANOTHER EXCELLENT OPPORT ING3 ARE NOT SECTIONAL !" Carried Pistol In Stocking And Gave it to Negro Man Before the Row at Color edDance Declares Witness in Case Agaim t Negro Girl. Henry Burch, colored, who was arrested yesterday by PaUolmen Earnhardt and Hunter and 'was found to have a pair of knucks in his pos session, plead guiity this morning to the charge of carrying a con cealed weapon, and was fined $10 and the costs, zhc knucks being confiscat ed. Mr. L. B. Williams represented the defendant. Sallie Davis, colored, was the pros ecuting witness in the case against W. B. SJfr, Lillie Moore and Willette Gibson, all colored, ana charged with conducting a disorderly house in Oiltown. The witness de clared that a crowd of men and women had been at Sadler's house all the week and had been "carry ing on 'mos ridic'lously." Thursday she said she heard a woman scream in the house "an' we made shore she wuz bein' killed." The defendants wore found guilty of the charge preferred against tliem and each was. fined $10 and one-third of the .costs. There was another case against tbe Gibson woman in which she was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, Jess Morrow, colored de claring that it was she who gave the pistol to Harris, the negro who shot up the colored dance Monday night and who is now serving a four months' sentence as the result. The witness , said the defendant pulled the weapon from her stocking and gave it to Harris when he attempt ed to use it on him in the pool room just before, the trouble in the hall. The woman declared positively thac it was not a pistol she gave the negro but only a cigarette. Another witness was examined who tiaw the defendant take something irom her stocking and give the man thougn he could not say that it was a pistol. In order that Harris, who is now on the roads, might be seen and a statement from him as to wbat the woman gave him obtained the case was continued. Raleigh's New Playhouse. SDecial to the News. Raleigh, Nov. 13. Night and day forces are at work on the Grand thea ter, the substantial new vaudeville and moving picture play house on the east side of Dayetteville street near the capital square, the purpose being to have the opening performance No vember 15. The theater seats 1,200 people. New Service to Texas. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 13.-The Rock Island management has perfected ar rangements for the inauguration tomor row of a new train, service between Kansas City and Fort Worth. tne - . -. !11 1- 1 O C new train, wnicn win oe Known the Texas Limited, will leave this city daily at 5:45 p. m., and reach. Fort Worth the folowmg morning. Winston-Salem, Nov. 13. A deed has just been executed to the Daniel Boone Memorial association for three acres of land in Davidson county where the traditional site of the Boone cabin is located. The association has' decided to build a cabin exactly like the original, if possible, and store with in it certain relics of the Boone family, and preserve the place. -The site of the cabin is on a bluff on the Yadkin river, in Boone township near Boone's ford and Boone's cave. TO PBESEBIIE H01E OF DJOOtE UNITY TO OBSERVE THAT LYNCfH- THE TtflCHEHS ASSOCIATION ADJOURNS Special to the News. Winston-Salem, Nov. 13. The Teachers' Association adjourned this morning after a short business ses sion. The next meeting will be held at Raleigh. Officers are: President, Miss Annie Wetmore, of Duke. Vice president, Miss Bettie Nash, of Charlotte. Recording secretary, Miss Edith Royster, of Raleigh. Corresponding Secretary and Treas urer, Miss Charlotte Brown of this city The committee to prepare the pro gram for next year i sMisses Mary Graham, of Greensboro; Lillian Jen kins of this city, and Lelia Jones of Durham. HEAVY SSLE OF LEAF AT WINSTON Special to The News. Winston-Salem, Nov. 13. Sales of leaf tobacco on the local market have been larger this week than at any time this fall, but the warehousemen have been able to handle the large breaks in good shap.e "Farmers and buyers are expecting increased sales as long as the present good season for hand ling the weed continues. The market is larger than last year and the ware housemen anticipate n6 trouble in handling all the w?eed that comes this way. Prices have advanced and the reason given for this is that the quali ty is showing up much better. The American and Imperial Tobacco Com panies are buying large quantities of leaf. The Imperial has two buyers on the market. Funeral of Dr. Cotten. Special to the News. Raleigh, Nov. 13. The remains of Dr. A. T. Cotten were carried to Mor risville yesterday morning for inter ment. The funeral service was held from the residence of his cousin, Dr. J. R. Rogers, on Hillsboro street, by Rev. A. J. Moncrief, pastor of Taber nacle Baptist church. Dr. Cotten was an active member of the Tabernacle church and a member of the board of deacons of that church. 1ILL GO AFTER SO-CALLED SUGAB TRUST By Associated Press. Washington, .Nov. 13. Secretary of the Treasury McVeigh announces he will probe to the bottom the scandal growing out of frauds committed in the New York customs house by the so-called Sugar Trust agents. He proposes to renovate the service and will shoulder the responsibility for a sweeping investigation. , Attornev General WIckersham is working in conjunction with the treas ury department and is gathering evi dence. Mr. McVeigh hints he will go bevond merely discovering and pun ishing the guilty parties. Noted Journalist Dead. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Nov.-13. Ray mond Patterson, for 15 years Washing ton correspondent of the Chicago Trib une, died this morning. By- Associated Press. . Washington, D. C, Nov. 13.-A meandering "hobo," seeking shelter from a ticket-hunting conductor on board the Federal Express, from Boston to Washington last night, wandered haplessly into President Taft's private car, the Mayflower, locked himself in thekitchen, and created the greatest ex citement ot all tne president s travels. The incident occurred just outside of Bridgeport. Conn., and it was the authorities of that town to whom the a secret service man. Leaving New Haven at midnight, two local day coaches were placed on the express ahead of the president's car. From one of these the hobo found his way into the front end of the Mayflower. The cook was asleep and the hobo darted into the kitchen and bolted the door. While the train was speeding toward Bridgeport the cook tried to get into the kitchen, and later forced an entrance, finding the hobo crouched in a corner. He pounced on the unfortunate and a wild commotion sum moned Sloan, who said polite things to the tramp, who claimed he was a brakeman. t . He was handed over to the Bridgeport police. The president in the meantime was snoozing away in a stateroom at the rear end of the car in blissful ignorance of the excitement. MESSAGE FROM TEDY. By Associated Press. Mombasa, British East Africa, Nov. 13. Colonel Roosevelt, in a " direct message to the hunting expedition here, states there is nothing wrong with him or his party. x "Hold -Up " Story Exploded By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Nov. 13. The sensa tional story of a daring hold-up ot j a surburban train was exploded when the police forced a confession from the "Victim," Charles Best, 18 years old, paymaster of a contracting concern, hat he permitted himseit to be robbed and drugged by a friend so he could "buy bulldogs and dia monds" with the $800 which was en trusted to him to pay off employes. THE GOVERNOR ENDORSES ACTION Thinks Ministers Can Render Valuable Assistance In Campaign Against Tu berculosis.' Dr. C. A. Julian, assistant secretry of the State" Board of Health, has sent out lettetrs to the ministers of theh state asking their co-operation in the organized campaign which is to be made against tuberculosis, and this action is heartily endorsed by Gover nor W. W. Kitchin, as is evidenced in the following letter which he has sent to TJr. Julian: "State of North Carolina, "Executive Department, "Raleigh, November' 11, 1909. "Dr. C. A. Julian, "Thomasville, N. C. "Dear Sir: "Your letter of the 9th, has been re ceived. I feel sure that the ministers of the state will be glad to co-operate with your organization in the crusade against tuberculosis. Their active in terest in the matter and their discus sion of it will result in very great good to the people of this state. I am very glad that you wrote to the minis ters, in an effort to enlist their ser vices in behalf of the public health. "Let me again assure" you of my thorough sympathy with you touching this subject. "With best wishes. "Yours truly, "W. W. KITCHEN, v "Governor." Macfarland designed. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Nov. 13. Henry B. F. Macfarland, the president of the board of commisisoners of the District of Columbia, resigned today, to take effect on December 11th. Special to The News. Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 13. Yester day afternoon at . 3 o clock the re mains of Mr. Jesse Ban, a iore- man witn a consirucuon gang uu the new Southbound railroad, were brought here from Jackson Hill, Davidson county, where on Thursday evening he was almost instantly killed by the premature explosion of a dynamite charge which had been set for the purpose of blasting, the force of the explosion blowing a missilp through th6 face of the unfortunate man. He was thirty-one years old and leaves a young wife who ' was visiting in Key West, Florida, when notified of the tragic death of her husband. Two colored employes working un der Mr. Ball were , injured at the same time, though it is not believed either will result fatally. Contractor T?nso i nradinsr the section on which the accident occurred. : ill KILLED II EXPLOSION ON HEW RAILROAD hobo was delivered by Jimmie Sloan, Local Cotton Market 14.25 Selling Slow Price s Steady Weather Has Been favorable And Will Increase the Yield No Cotton Stored. The otton market has been fol lowing practically the same course as yesterday. On the local market the staple is bringing 14.25. It opened up this morning at 14 cents, but has been gradually climbing until 11 reached the highest about noon today. Selling is slow. Only about 125 bales were placed on the market. January futures closed today at noon at 14.58, 9 points higher than tne close yesterday. New York spots were 14.75 today. A message came to a local dealer today saying that more cotton was found in one warehouse last year in Rock Hill, than can be found in all the warehouses in Yorke county this year. This shows that the farm ers have been selling rapidly and reflects the fact that very little cotton is in storage anywhere. It has been sold almost as fast as it was tp.kn fromr; the gin and the farmers took advantage of " the higa prices. - - This has been an nuusually favor able year for the farmer. Heretofore he has been pressed with his ac counts Avith the merchants and fertil izer furnishers when the market was low and he had to sell part ot his crop at least in order to pay off the indebtedness. And heretoforre the season has opened up witn low prices, which have been working against the producer. This year the matter has been greatly changed the season opened up with high prices and the farmers have not failed to take advantage of them. He has been selling fast and paying up his debts". Now his credit ors are not in a position to pusli him and if he cares to hold the remainder of his crop he can do so. This tends to keep the market up and everything is favorable for continued high prices. The weather has been a blessing for the harvesting. The yield will be swelled by the warmth and sunshine that has prevailed for some time. "Reports from Europe," says the New York Commercial, "are to the effect that Continental mills have lit tle cotton, and the same thing is true of many American mills. Spot men are very, anxious that the market should find a level some place to give them a fair chance to see whether or not they can sell the mills cotton. "The statistical position of the mark et is something that is beginning to command more attention than it has. Up to date the movement has been so heavy that it has been no index to the size of the crop, but from now on into-sight figures will furnish interest ing comparison with those of last year. At this time last year the movement was very heavy indeed; this week last year there were 704,895 bales brought into sight. The movement from now on must be very much smalled than that of last year, and unless the differ ence is offset by a corresponding de crease in spinners' takings the visible supply will soon become a bullish argu ment. Up to date takings have run well up with those of last year, but the heavy movement offset this fact. It remains to be seen whether or ..not the taking figures can grow smaller by comparison with those of last year, as the into-sight figures are sure to do. It has been evident for several days that the bull clique has been simply scalping, but there is well founded rumor in the market that these scalp ing operations do not ' cover all that they are doing and that they are quiet ly building up a line of long Mays that they intend to hold on to this time to use as a club against the New York Liverpool stradlers who are short that option in this market." Post Master of Washington. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 13. Charles P. Granfield, first assistant post master general, was appointed city post master of Washington succeeding the late Benjamin F. Barnes, for 25 years in the postal service. Mr. and Mrs.. P. M. Brown and Rev. A. A. McGeachy are attending the football game in Davidson to-day. t
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