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the CHARLOTrE news.
VOL. 43. NO. 6991
CHAKLOTFE, N. C.. SATURDA\. JANUARY 7 191 I
PRICE 5 CENTS
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arnegie Trust
Company Closed
This Moining
; I New York Bank Suspended
by Superintendent oj Banks
Bad Deposits oj Ten Mil
lion and Capitol of Million
And Half.
^tifuiion Wa^ in Serious
Trouble in Panic of 1907—
l\positors Gather at Doors
At Early Hour—A State-
rr.em,
, sncla'ed Press. ,
York. Jan. 7.—The Carnegie
rumpany. one of the largest
^ {p^fitutions In the city, with
• - Ilf nearly I9.O00.000. closed
! 'VS today by order of State
■ndent of Banks Cheney. The
: ui hardly caused a ripple in
district where the trust
was often reported In a
(I'lulitlon.
’tii*’ials of the trust company
'I’ll to dii^cuss the failure
.stated that President
• >u d not be down today.
ti"v\ell .«;ncceeded J. B. Reich-
r 1 rosideiit of thee ompany
• i!*' ago. He was formerly
the Fourth National
>f NnshvilU', 'Penn.
■k ('i lv. .Ian. 7.—The Caniosie
'‘oii pany wa closcd this morn-
(iiiti'tion oi' the state superin-
' : of iianks. (^heney. It has a
I 1 .r.oo.ooO and deposits ag-
SlO.UDO.OOO.
!. ■iiion \va.- In serious trou-
. I'ir of r.*()7 and has never
>1. ii.'' late president,
: i: on. liiod last year under
i;‘niiistanccs.
ill was organized in
.!i r tlH' retirement of Leslie
V i' d tlip. offloo of secretary
'ny. hi' bocame its jiresi-
; • naiiii »f Carnegie as ap
th*> institution attracted to it
-• ’ tl of jHtontion. but the adop-
ti’.i-. ii:>’ne was without ^ir.
' - nnihority or ai)p:oval. It is
' =! Ilf nas not a stockholdpr
MrinuMll.itf ly Identifted with it.
•v.'~ '■( 1 iie'il'>n with the bank
: a few months Lecauso of
■ - with the other officers of
'■ on.
ed at 115 Broadway, borough of Man
hattan.
“Examination of the affairs of the
company has caused the superintend
ent to conclude that it Is In an unsound
condition to transact business and thot
it is not safe for It to continue. The
examination is not yet complete and
no further statement can be made at
the present time.”
The financial status of the Carnegie
T urstCompany according to its last
statement. November 10th, was:
Ix)ans, $4,962,Sf'O; stocks and bonds
investment. $2,334,600; due from trust
companies, banks and bankers, $1,.517,-
300; cash available, $1,058,000; aggre
gate deposits $8,895,700.
The company had a capital of $1,-
500.000 and a stirplus and undivided
profits of $737,500.
The officers of the Carnegie Trusrt
Company are:
Presideni., J. T. Powell.
Vice-presidents, Robert L. Smith and
James R. Curran.
Secretary, Robert E. Morehead.
Assistant Treasurer, W. L. Samp
son.
Assistant Secretary, A. E. Chandler.
The directors are;
David H. Bates. A. W. Burchard, W.
J. Cummings, A. B. Chandler. M J Con
don, George W Court. George D.
Crabbs, John Cudahy, James R. Cur
ran. W. A. Keener, S. H. Kress, K L.
L«wis, P Lewlsohn, Bradley Martin,
jr. C. A. Moore. Jr., E. F. O’Neill, J. B
Reiclimann J Rupert, jr. Charles H.
Schwab. G C. Smith and J. B. Stanch-
field.
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WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE I
Two Pei sons Were
Killed In Wreck
Fast Tiains
Of
li^EjdCO
iliyNTS TO UTILE
Young Bandits
htow In Jail
By Associated Press.
Duluth, Minn., Jan. 7.—William
Muzzard and Algot Johnson, the boy
bandits w'ho held up the clerk and
night porter of local hotel yesterday
morning and then shot Policeman
Chesmore. who arrested them, are
today lodged In the Duluth city jail
awaiting a formal complaint against
them. The tw’o boys w^ere brought in
at 2 o’clock this morning from a
lumber camp 22 miles north of the
city.
Johnson oxprossrs resrtt f ver his
part in the affair. He is only 1
Was This an Attempt
To Murder King
Alfonso Of Spain?
«;r
years old and says he is glad he
too l that a year ago the did not do any shooting. Muzzard on
ir» ill I :or«.' or less trouble] the other hand, maintains a sullen
'f tlio f:u t that one of its
in connection with a
1: ti;iiik('r of Wall Street, had
;; ■ >‘!y large loan from the
Tru-ii (’omitany to enable
I oir iind consolidate It with
T'cfitufion with a large
'inds loolvpd up.
I . ’ !i-.:!« i.ank (>ccni)ioi. hand-
. .jn UM-s  n Broadway in th
: 1 Ik finaiii’ial district.
>! tlu' stispension spread rap-
il t ii'idrods of depositors had
• d al uMt tile door.s even before
•' : iir thii- morning. The fol-
ri'i'ioe was jiinned upon the
th»' company;
to the provisions of Sec.
ankin? Ifws of the state of
;is amendfd, I have this da\
f'ssion of the Carnegie Trusf
demeanor. He is several years older
and is believed to have planned
the hold up. He was the one w'ho
did the shooting.
To Stop Infected
Nmsery Stock
By Associated Press.
Malaga, Spain, Jan. 7.—What is
believed by many to have been an
attempt upon the life of King Al
fonso occurred during his brief visit
here Thursday and threw his attend
ants into a panic.
The facts became definitely known
for the first time today.
The king, accompanied by Premier
Canalejas, Greneral Azpar, minister
of war and Arias Miranda, minister
of marine, had arrived here from
Madrid en route for Melilla for a
week’s stay in the vicinity of the
Spanish tow^n in Morocco.
At the railway station his majesty
was acclaimed oy a grunt throng
stepped down from the carriage and
turning for a moment, again ac
knowledged the salvos of applause
and then entered the palace. As the
door closed behind him an explosion
in thee rowd outside drown^ the
cheers.
Before the alarmed and sampeded
mass fully realized just what had
happened, gendarmes had closed in
about thes pot from which the re
port arosefi It was found that two
persons had been slightly injured
but no other harm was done.
An official account of the inci
dent says that Is was unimportant.
A civilian dropped “a nii»tol pnclosed
in a box.” No lurthc*' UetAils ere
Bie AVIATION
MEET OPENS IN
Foil!
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 7.—J\idge R. i--
WiKley. who was the first judge of
the United States court in Shanghai.
China, lias just arrived in New York
from Mexico, where he has been for
:i year ^ studying mining conditions.
.ludge Williey declares that the
r^volu'ionary outbreak in Mexico is
of small importance .
“It is a gross exageration to call
this disturbance a revolution,’ said
•ludge Wilfley. 'Phe uprising wa-i -.vitii-
out organization and was iirouiptly
suppressed by the clever head and
.strong hand of President Diaz. Notii-
iug remains now but a guerilla war
fare in the mountains. But it is
true that a spirit of uncertainty per
vades all classes, w'hich is chiefly
due to anxiety regarding President
Diaz's succes.sor. Ramon Corral, the
vice president, is a very ill man
and it is not believed he will re-
gniii liis liealth. President Diaz is
SO years old and hence the question
of choosing a successor Is of vital
importance to the Mexicans and
also to ihe foreigners who b?.ve in
terests in the coantry.
"’1 he future president of Mexir'o
must be able to control the army
and also have the sympathy of the
people. If such a man is sclccted
there will be no disturbance. A
factor that is helping the siiuation
is the policy of substituting younger
and more progressive governor.s of
provinces for those who have been
in office.”
Two Trains on the Missouri,
Kansas And Texas Raihoad
Meet in Fog at Abbott,
Texas Several Passengers
Injured,
Rdief Ttain Rushed Out From
Hillsboro—First Time Pas
senger Was Ever Killed in a
Coach on This Ro0d,
Associated Press.
that jovously followed the carriage made public.
in wliich he drove with the mayor Yesterday the king and his par-
to the
eral.
Arriving
palace of the governor gen-
at the palace the king
ty boarded the royal yacht Ciralda
and proceeded for Melilla. The yacht
convoyed by warships.
Two Sisters Make Suicide
Pact And Drink Poison--^We
Are Tired Oj Living
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Jan. 7.—Under clear
skies, in crisp air, hardly stirred by a
breath, San Francisco’s first aviation
meet opened this afternoon. The fore
noon hours were given over to novi
ces, fourteen of whom brought aero
planes to the field. Multifarious ma
chines, some of ambitious original de
sign, some of the standard makes and
some of * such rare types as the v-
shaped biplane and the multiplane
were represented. They w'ill compete
for distance, duration, height and
speed.
The professional contests will take
place this afternoon. Two noted b’rd
men from over seas are on the field;—
Hubert Latham, of France, witly^n
Antoinette monoplane, and .l;iinf;:I\:ul-
. pr Engbind, with his Bleriot;
Gienn Curtiss is at the head of his
own camp, with Charles Willard and
Eugene Ely as assistants. The Wright
Brothers are represented by Walter
Brookins and Phillip Parmalee.
With, the exception of a few brief
nights made here by Paulhan last
year, nothing has been seen of pro
fessional aviation displays in this part
of California till at present, and in-,! crept into the station this niorninu,
tense interest has been aroused in the : Ijearing the bereaved famly and i la-
By
Abbott, Texas, Jan. 7.—The north
bound Mis.souri, Kansas & Texas pas
senger tiains collided during a
here a’ 5 oi-lock this mornil
(atising \he deatli of two persons—
Dr. K, A. King, a dentsit of Dallas,
anil H. D. Reynold,s. Pullman con
ductor of Austin.
Several persons were injured on
both trains.
’riiis is the first instance in which
a passenger has been killed In a
coach in the history of tlie Missouri,
Kansas 'i'exas road.
One passenger train was waiting
north of town for a freight train to
take a siding. A brakeman, it is
said, was sent back to warn the en-
giui er of the train behind but the
fog was so hea\y that the engineer
tailed to st'e the warning signal from
the lantern in time.
The engineer .jumped, it is said,
t'fter he liad av>pi>pd his ijrakes &nd
was seriously hurt.
A relief train was sent here from
1 iillshoro.
OF
SENATOH ELKINS
LSIfl TO BEST
By Associated Press.
Elkins, \V. Va., Jan. 7.—Senator
Stephen B. Elkins today is sleeping
his last long sleep in the grave yard
of this- little mountain town. He was
laid at rest within a brief time afier
he funeral train from Washinglon bad
KILLED By
city and surrounding country.
A pathetic mani:’estation of this in'
terest comes from San Quentin state
prison in a letter received by the avia
tion committee and signed “The Pris
oners of San Quentin.” The convicts
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 7.—A quarantine
for infected nursery stock imported
into the United States and a prohibi
tion against the importation of shrubs
or trees from infected districts is en
dorsed by the house committee on ag
riculture. which has approved and fa-
vorai)ly reported the bill introduced by
Representative Simu^ons of New
York.
At present the department of agri-
By .Associated Press.
St. Louis. Mo.. Jan. 7.—Arms inter
twined and facing a mirror to watch
their dying expressions, Mabel and
Isabella Boisseau. sisters and members
of a prominent family, drank carbolic
acid last night in confectionery store
here. Mabel died at the city hospital
and her »ister, Isabella, is not expected
girls requested the proprietor to call
a policeman. Not until Mabel fell oft
her chair, writhing in pain, was any at
tention paid to the girls. The second
sister dropped to the floor a second af
ter Mabel collapsed.
“We are tired of living.” was the
last message written by the partners
in the suicide pact.
lENEY, Superintendent of
' f"e was posted shortly be-
i e'u wliirli is the usual liaur i forced to watch shipments
th'' l-ank.
I officials had made their
'lor in the day and it was
ii ir action had been antlci-
as closelj as possible and make in
spections after the aiTival of the nur
sery stock. The Simmons will would
a throng had already begun: give the department the full control
r The doors of the Instltu- of such importations, requiring a per-i
:vv close,! and no Information mit fo reach Importation. Certificates
The- despondent girls- drank the
Before taking the poison one of the poisons from soda water glasses.
Train Hit Man
In Concord, N. C.
Special to The News.
Concord. N. C.. Jan.
.7—Henry Bost,
"I ;ii» tl.'e condition of affairs was ' of inspection from experts
abroad I a resident of Concord, was found lying
ir i;y the bank officials or state
■ ritU-3.
• following statement was issued
I rintendent of Banks Cheney
' closing of the trust company:
. suijerintendent of banks has
! .arge of the bank and business
• • ("arnegie Trust Company, locat-
could also be demanded
The gypsy and brown tail moths,
two of the worst tree pests known in
the United States, were imported with
foreign shrub and trees and it is pro
posed to tighten the lines so that oth
er insect enemies of foliage or fruit
mav not be brought into this country.
C
onjused Monetary
Condition Of Hay ti
A Knotty Pioblem
\3socIated Press ' drawal of the American protest
v\^^ur-ton U C -an 7 -Another In connection with the national bank
Situation in I.atln America concession ^'^j^terlo^^^
' h is Kerioufily engaging the atten- float a Iona o - adonted in re-
t of the state department with a The cou^ hnnrU in this relation
■ to protecting American Interests gard to united States
he confused monetary condition of Is of * many American
M It Is propo^d by Hayti to government ^
National creditors of Hajtl have been paia m
- the bonds of that government. So, it
.ho financial dealings of the conn- such bonds are scaled down, the Peo-
> .
srantod for a group of German. Ihelr former value,
iiute for the Haytlan
K!ik a French corporation which con
.ho financial dealings or me com*- ^
■, a similar banking concession to Pje who rec oninion of
on the main track of the Southern
line ibis morning about 1:30 o’clock
with his left leg so badly mutilated
and cut that it will undoubtedly have
to be amputated. From information
It seems that the injured man
fell or either went to sleep
with his leg lying across the
track. As it would have been impos
sible for him to have been struck by
the train unless other injuries were
inflicted. When last seen before the
accident Bost was at the station about
9 o’clock. The next train. No. 43, due
in Concord about 9:30, but was fifteen
minutes late and no doubt was mak
ing ui) lost time. This no doubt was
the train that passed over the man’s
leg.
Daniel Boyer and Walter State, two
colored men returning from a dance
heard the injured man’s cries for help
about 1:30 o’clock and going to the
rescue found him lying on the main
track. They removed his body to the
side and immediately summoned aid
from the station, putting the man on
a truck and carrying him to the sta
tion, v.'here he was made as comfort
able as possible until a physician
of blood was lost, this may prove fatal
to him.
No accommodations for Bost could
be had at such a late hour, so Dr.
Young advised that he be sent to
Charlottd OH train No. 29, which arriv
ed in Concord at 2:30 about 15 minutes
after the physician arrived.
Wire was sent to the Presbyterian
Hospital to have an ambulance at the
station in waiting on the arrival of the
train. He was immediately taken to
the hospital and prepared for opera
tion. He was still conscious when
taken to the hospital.
WOMAN STARVED HCRSELF
TO DEATH TO SAVE PENNIES.
tives and the mourning friends, boih
in official life and out. Another special
train arrived from Charleston, the
state capital, practically at the same
time. It brought Governor Glasscock,
his cabinet, the justices of the supreme
want to go to the meet, they say, but; court and a score and more of stale
may not; so they beseech the commit-; officials.
tee to send an aviator to them. The town to which the late Senator
“There are hundreds of men con- had given his name was crow'ded wit’ii
fined here,” said the letter, “w'ho have mourners who had thi'onged thor(;
never seen an aeroplane and some of j from every direction, many ho could
us probably never will unless by cour-, not come by rail drove over the moun-
tesy of an aviator who will come to | tain roads through hours of darkness
to pay the last tribute to their friends.
All business was suspended, fiflijigs
fluttered at half staff and windows
v.ere close curtained.
The special train from Washington,
consisting of seven cars, bore a dis-
tmguished company.
Si)ecial fo The
Salisbury, N. C., Jan. 7.—U. P. Bray-
son, a machinist euiplo.vcd at the Spen-
( r:v sliops. was iris^auliy killed yester.
oay evening about 4 o’clock by bein,?
struck on the head bj- a faling piece
of iron. The unfortunate man, with
some associates, wat+ hoisting a largai'
)»aii of engine' uiieeis witii one of
ti;e mammotli electric cranes recently
insiailed in the Spencer shops. The
wheeds had been raised some distance
from the ground when Mr. Bryson step
ped directly under the hanging mass
of iron to do »f)me adjusting. The
chain broke, one wheel striking him
on the head suid almost severed it
from the bjdy. Mr. Bryson was
about years old and had been em
ployed here only a short time. The
remains were taken in charge by Un-
de’taker (J. W. Wright and will be
shipped to Greensboro today, his for
mer home.
see us.
The Angel of The
Pool Is Dead
By Associated Press.
New Orleans. .Tan. 7.—Sister Isidore,
known here as “The Angel of the
Want to Show Fight Pictures.
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Jan. 6.—Determined to
A- A 0+1 ! show pictures of the Jeffries-.Tohnson
Poor, died last night at St; .Joseph s | ^ manager has ask
ed for an injunction restraining May
or Martin Behrmon and the city of
By Associated Press.
Cleveland, Ohio, Jan, 7.—The death
from starvation of Mrs. Susannah
Drum, 76 years old, at the city infirm
ary last night brought to light the sto
ry of an aged woman who for tw^o
years past lived In* a small, squalid,
window’less room, clothed herself in
rags and finally starved herself to
death in order to save every penny
that was within her grasp.
On December 29th, on complaint of
neighbors of her queer actions, she
was taken before Probate Judge Had
den, to be examined as to her sani
ty. But the old woman w'as so ill and
w'eak that she w'as sent to the in
firmary, She W'as supposed to be penni
less, but, after death came, there was
found in a cloth bag around her
neck $150 in bills, two bank books
calling for several hundred dollars and
Convent after 64 years service in the i
St. Joseph’s Order. She was 85 years
of age. being one of the oldest sisters
in New Orleans, both in years and in
length of service.
Sister Isidore was born in St. Ger
main, France, and came to New Or
leans from Havre in 1856, and ever
since that time, cla.d in the robes of
her order and with a basket on her
arms, she was a familiar figure about
the New Orleans streets.
Through a number of epidemics Sis
ter Isidore nursed the sick and even
helped to burj- the dead. Once she
was near death from yellow fever but
recovered. During the civil war she
ministered to the sick soldiers, the
widows and orphans. Up to two
months ago Sister Isidore continued
her work of charity and the infirmi
ties of age finally forced her to remain
inside the convent. Old age was the
cause of death.
New Orleans from interfering with
the exhibition of the films. Mayor
Behrman has been cited to appear to
day to show cause why he should not
be enjoined from interfering with the
show.
INJ R IN
EXPLOS10II
By Associated Press.
T..exington, Ky.. Jan. 7.—Fifteen
miners w'ereb adl.y burned and 50
others narrowly escaped when an
explosion occurred in the Big Hill
Coal Company mines In Lee coun
ty. Men were blown from far dow*n
in the shaft clear above the surface,
but so far as has been learned none
were killed.
Prominent Man
Shot From Ambush
could be summoned.
Dr. Young, a railroad physician, w^as
inTro'n®; a mortgage on a farm at Berlin, Ohio.
of Brown’s brick yard , about one-
quarter mile south of the station. Af
ter examining the injury the attending
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■^nf'h and American bankers, the the staj:e . . onnitv
rman interests predominating. Some grounds . Amprican bankers
-e ago the United .States protested The possibil ty
•Unfit the proposed arrangement on participating j
• ground that American interests the slate
^‘!-e not properly protected. Since n^oral duty of th ®
• n the Haytlen government ha** tinlze closely the ^ which
•de some modlflcations in its original ^ the United
-ms but the changes have not been cannot be backed up by JJe Lnueu
f^iclent. In the opinion of the state States in case at some future
f>partment. to
tb. with- Hayn fall, to Mllll her oWlgat.on.
In the opinion of ^ -
department, will have i phvsician when interviewed, stated the
leg would undoubtedly have to be am-
piitated below the knee. |
Several passengers waiting on tram .
No. 29 heard the cries for help about |
10'30 o’clock and were informed by j
the hack drivers that it was only some
boys out hunting for ’opossums. It,
was at least three hours after the ac- j
cident before assistance arrived to the!
injured man and considerable amount^
THE WEATHER.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C.. Jan. 7.—
Forecast:
North and South Carolina: —
Fair tonight and Sunday. Slight
ly warmer; light to moderate
variable winds.
Bv Associated Press.
Cincinnati. Jan. 7.—Specials to the
Times-Star from Lima, O., say that
brief telegrams received there state
that J. D S. Neely, a wealthy busi
ness man interested in gas plants
and traction lines in Indiana, Ohio
and Kansas, was shot from ambush
and killed by Indians on an oil lease
sixty miles from Sapulup, Okla., last
night.
Many “Bills” Attended.
By Associated Press.
Excelsior Springs, Mo., Jan. 6.—Fif
ty “bills” attended the annual ban
quet of the Bill Club No. 1 here lasi
night at which a dollar bill was used
for the bill of fare.' The clnb i.=; an
! organization that any person whose
•name is “Bill” may join.
State Legislators
Bills Piesented
In
House And Senate
Special to The News. | One by Pace, of W'ake, requires
1 • v T ^ >7 rnv, J.1 ' factories to keep first aid medical
Raleigh, Jan. 7.-The corporation ;
commission presented to the senate j Ewart, of Henderson, offered a bill
a report of the Inxestigation of ■ to prohibit paying poll tax to Inflti-
freight rates from Carolina ports in-1 ence voters.
land as directed by the 1909 sea-,
son. The findings of the commission
being that Carolina rates are as low
or lower than apply in Virginia or
South Carolina.
McLocklin. of Cumberland, offered
a bill for Hoke county out of por
tions of Cumberland and Robeson
with Raeford as the county seat.
This is the same fight that stirred
up the big unsuccessful fight two
years ago.
In house. Strope, of Gaston,
introduced a bill to allow a special
contract as liigh as 8 per cent in
terest. instead oT six, the present lim
it.
A bill by ricPhail, of Robeson, pro
hibits the sale of cigarettes, cigar-
I ette papers or substitutes.
SENATE—THIRD DAY.
The senate met at 11 o’clock, prayer
being offered by Rev. H. M. North, of
Edenton Street .Methodist church.
Senator McDonald, of Moore, report
ed for the committee on rules, recom
mending that the senate rules of 1909
be adopted, excej)t section 18, page 7,
of the printed copy, the change requir
ing a majority instead of only five
memuers of the judiciary committee to
constitute a quorum.
Senator Bassett, of Edgecombe, offer,
ed a resolution creating a new stand
ing committee on legislative aj)portlon-
mer.t. This together with the report
of the rules committee was on motion
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