North Carolina Newspapers

ALL THE NEWS WHILC IT 18 NEWS. V0 L 9 Building Occupie • the Augusta Chronicle was Reduced to Ashes fire at Augusta Early This Morning Co m pletely Destroyed The Chronicle's • Office and Office of Western Union Union Ticket Office Also Destroyed. Loss is Es timated at Near $lOO,- 000. Origin of Fire in job Office. Augusta, Ga., March 19. —Firs broke out this morning in the building oc cupied by the Augusta Chronicle and the Western Union Telegraph Co. By -1 a. in., the building was completely destroyed and the fire was spreading ti adjacent buildings, among which is the Chelsea Hotel. Immense property loss is probable unless the fire is controlled.. Extent of Damage. The office of the Augusta Chronicle was ruined and the main office of the Western Union and Union City Ticket office were also destroyed. Eight Linotype machines in the Chronicle were wrecked and the press es were badly damaged. > The losses are estimated at $75,000 to SlOO.OOO, with a partial insurance. The tire started in the Chronicle job office, owned by Murphy and Billings, located at the rear of the Chronicle building. The fire was gotten under control at S o'clock. The Chronicle was able to print a four-page paper from the Herald's office at 10 o'clock. AFTER THE BLOCKADERS. Still Destroyed But the Operators Had Disappeared—Mr.McElwee Injured. Statesville, N. C., March 19. —Mr. John McElwee was thrown from his buggy at the corner of Front and Mul berry streets Sunday evening and among other injuries sustained his light arm was dislocated at the shoul der. Sheriff Summers and Deputy Collec tor Davis were in Eagle Mills town ship Thursday and Friday looking af ter the blockadcrs. A place where a still had recently been in operation was found in the Nicholson Mills neighborhood, but everything had been removed. The officers followed the wagon tracks to the home of Jas. "White, a mile away, where they* found and destroyed a still, cap and worm and a quantity of meal and malt that had been stored away. The still not being in operation, there was not suf ficient evidence against the occupants of the house to arrest them. Another site where a still had been in operation was found in the same neighborhood, but the fixtures had been removed. The furnace was still hot, which was evidence that the fix tures had been removed only a short time before. Mr. Karl McCoy died Sunday about noon at the home of his father, Mr. Robert McCoy, who lives on Mr. E. F. Watt's place in Shiloh township. He was 17 years old and death resulted from pneumonia. KILLS EURGLAR IN STRUGGLE. Watchman. Succeeding in Pulling Re volver, Shoots Burglar Dead. Middietown, N. Y., March 19— A supposed burglar broke into the boiler room adjoining the main offices of the F. H. Clements Construction Coihpany near here last night and was shot dead 1 y the watchman after a severe strug gle. Saturday was pay day and a large amount of mony was distributed in the camp. About 7:30 o'clock Watch man Ijike was in the boiler house "hen some one knocked at the door, j The watchman opened it and a stran-j S*r leaped in and grabbed Lake by j the throat. A struggle ensued, in i v. hieh Lake was getting the worst of 'ii-dit, when he succeeded in pull ing li's revolver and quickly fired two •'hots, one going through the stran ger's writs and the other through his heart. The man died with his fin gers stm clutching the watchman's throat. i ' Later, the dead man was identified a s John McCaugherty, a tram driver, v ho had been employed by the contrac t's. but wlm had left the job and was )»'t known to the watchman. STRIKE HELD UP. Was Scheduled to Begin Yesterday, Eut Was Held Up For Conference. Chicago, March 19.—The strike in :i 'l (he shops of the Harriman railroad systems, scheduled to begin yesterday was held up, pending the outcome of I a conference. it is said that the danger of a com -I'lcte tie up has not yet been passed. Fifty Workmen May Have Been Drowned Copenhagen, Denmark, March 19. — The Danish training ship Viking was blown over during a storm in the ship building yards here. Four hundred workmen were on hoard the Viking when she turned ov er and it is believed about 50 were drowned. PRESS COLLISION IN TUNNEL. * Trains Came Together Head-On In Swannanoa Tunnel. Special to The New& ,TW "|||PW Asheville, N. p., MarcH f a head-on collision between a freight! train and a work train* HitffiH came together in the middle of swaunauoa tunnel, caused a bad wreck yester day morning and delayed traffic on the Asheville-Salisbury division for 12 hours. Engineer J. K. Harrison and Fireman Joe Davidson, of the freight, and John C. Hammet and John Davidson, brakeman on the work train, were badly cut and bruis ec. Both engines were wrecked, and a number of cars smashed into kind ling. " - The accident occurred at 10:05 a. m. and. not until 10 p. m. was the track reported clear so that traffic could be resumed. Westbound pas senger trains No. 11, and 21, were held east of the wreck, while east bound trains No. 12. and 22 were held at Swannanoa, while a long string of freights were also held up on both tides o fthe tunnel. The delay was caused bv the great difficulty in clearing the track. It being neces sary to haul all the debris out of the long tunnel. The work done under the personal supervision ol Superintendent Kamseur and Train master Fortune. Bishop Guertin Consecrated. Manchester, N. H., March 19. —The most brilliant ecclesiastical function ever seen here was the consecration today of the Rev. Dr. Geqrge A. duer tin as Bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Manchester. The solemn service was held in St. Joseph's Cathe drals which, though spacious, was tax ed to accomodate the large present. The consecrating prelate was the Most Rev. Diomede Falconio, the apostolic delegate at Washington, who was as sisted by the Rt. Rev. Matthew H. Harkins, Bishop of Providence, and Rt. Rev. Michael Tierney, Bishop ofj Hartford. The sermon was preached by the Rt. Rev. Loui S. Wash, Bishop of Portland, who was a classmate of Bishop Guertin. A large number of, the clergy assisted as officers of the consecration service and the solemn poitifical mass. The ceremony, which is one ef the most solemn and im pressive in the church ritual, included the customary preliminary examina tion, the consecration proper and the investiture. It began shortly after 10 o'clock and it was three hours later before it was concluded. Later the many visiting prelates and priests were entertained at luncheon. Independent Telephone Meeting. Sioux City, la., March 19.—The lowa Independent Telephone Associa tion, which has a large membership throughout the State, began its elev enth annual meeting here today with headquarters at the Garretson Hotel. 1\ C. Holdoegel, of Rqpkwell City, is president of the association and Charles C. Deering, of Boone, the secretary and treasurer. The meet ing will be in session three days and will be addressed by President Jas. B. Hoge of the International Inde pendent Telephone Association ana ethers. One session will be given over exclusively to the discussion ol matters of particular interest to the rural telephone companies. To Banquet Bryan. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 19. —To- night's banquet of the Bryan Club of this city in celebration of the birth day of William Jennings Bryan prom ises to be a most notable affair. Prominent Democratic leaders in all parts of the South have been invited to attend the feast and a large num ler have accepted the invitations. Included among those who have been asked to attend the banquet and deliver speeches are Governor N. C. Blanchard of Louisiana, Gov. M. R. Patterson, of Tennessee, Governor elect Hoke Smith of Georgia, Senator E. W. Carmack, Senator R. L. Taylor, John W. Tomlinson of Birmingham, John Temple Graves of Atlanta, and John A. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala. Illinois Laundrymen. Peoria, 111., March 19— .Members of the Illinois Laundrymen's Association to total of nearly 100 gathered in Peoria today for their annual con vention. The discussion of improved methods, prices, labor, collections and various other matters of mutual in terest and importance will occupy the convention during the two days it is to remain in session. Nearly all the 1,-irge cities and towns of Illinois are represented i attendance. Co-Stars Go Abroad. New York, March 19. —Mr. E. H. Southern and Julia Marlowe, who closed their engagement at the Lyric Theatre Saturday, sailed on the Amer ika today for London, where they are to begin an engagement at the Wal dorf Theatre next month. The entire company of seventy-five people will follow on the Minnehaha on March 25th. ' Harrirr.an Gets More. San Francisco, March 19. —The Call says: Senator Clark of Montana and associates are out of the San Pedro. Salt Lake and Los Angeles railroad and Harriman is. owner of their stock. r*? C 3 I I C "°f r * jifoLji I COMpVIwKW^VAtUES ■■■wrrTmamrratiTiniiiiiMi mini mi 1111 m ■.numm■ .mumawawwwMgij fejn v Wtem ® 1 -fpsiri j, A FEW SPRINGTIME OBSERVATIONS. Mis-trial Of Hasty On Account of Defend ants Illness Judge Boyd Orders Mis-trial. Sen tence to be Passed on Many Persons. Greensboro, N. C., March 19. —When Federal Court opened this morning a certificate was read from Dr. Chas. Roberson, attending physician on J. \v. Hasty, the ex-revenue officer, on trial since last Monday for alleged false re ports of destruction of stills, that it was impossible to state when he would be well enough to leave the hospital. Judge Boyd ordered a mis-trial, and discharged the jury. The case was set to be tried again at the opening of the court Monday, April Ist. Judge Boyd gave notice that on Thursday, of this week, sentence would be passed on those formerly convicted of alleged frauds against the govern ment. All are out on bond, and have been telegraphed by counsel to appear Thursday. The following are the parties convict ed or who plead guilty: Ex-revenue officers G. W. Samuel, R. H. Hardin, A. S. Patterson, L. E. Davis Z. C. Davis, and illicit distillers and alleged co-conspiratsrs with the offi cers. W. S. Smith, Cal. Eller, T. V. Bell, James Eller, W. R. Combes, James M. Combes, James Ems, Polly Halfer, Andy Forster, Garfield Forster. GLASS IN BODY 20 YEARS. Small Piece Swallewed Long Ago Taken From Man's Shoulder. Derby, Conn., March 19.—Thirty years ago Henry Lasch, of New Lon don, then 20 years old swallowed a small piece of glass which from a frail tumbler. Today Dr. Em manuel A. Henltler removed the glass irom Lasch's right shoulder. Twenty years ago Lasch experienc ed a soreness in his shoulder, which did not trouble him again until re cently. Dr. Henkler believes the glass perforated the stomach. Miss Shonts to Wed Duke. Washington, March 19. — and Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts contin ue to refuse to affirm or deny tnat their daughter, Miss Theodora, and the Due Albert de Luynas de Chaul nes et de Picquiny are engaged, it is known that a definite date ifts been ret for their wedding. Miss Shonts Sunday night invited Miss "Fredie" Evans, a well-known young society woman, to act as cne of her bridesmaids. The date of the wedding is a secret for the present. Mr. Shonts left for New York Sun day night. Made 43-Milo Aerial Trip. St. Louis, March 19. —A test balloon cscensicn was made Sunday by J. K. Campbell in the interost of interna tional balloon races to be held here in October under the auspices of the Aero Club of America. \ The aeronaut was up two hours and forty minutes and traveled 43 miles northeast, landing at Sorrento, 111. The trip was declared a successful test of the gas to be used druing the races. Mean. A lady was reproaching a bachelor friend for never having married when her husband, a little bored, perhaps, said gruffly: "He says he could have cut me out and marled you if he had wanted to." The iady started. "Indeed!" she c ried. "Why didn't ho do it, then?" "He says he owed me a grudge,", the husband explained, with a chuckle. HICKORY, n, c., THURSDAY MARCH 2i, 1907, > MORE ABOUT THE SOUTH & WESTERN Rutlicrfcrdton, N. C„ March 19. — A bill was passed by the legislature just closed giving the South & West ern Railway Company the right pur chase the Southern (old Three C.'s) railroad from Marion to Shelby and the Seaboard Air Line (Carolina Cen tral) from Rutherfordton 10 Shelby al so. The first news of the passage of this act greatly excited our people, as it was thougnt that the South & West ern would discontinue the roads they had been given the rigjjt to purchase, and instead of having twt? roads as we already have, with fair chances of the third in the South & Western, that we would have only one and possi bly a branch line, as it has been gen erally understood that the South & Western would go down Broad via. Bostic and leave Rutherfordton out. But since the provisions of the bill have become known the excitement has somewhat subsided. The bill, we learn from Representative Gallert, provides for the purchase of the above named roads by the South & Western, which is now building from the coal fields of Kentucky and Tennessee in to North Carolina with its terminus at Charleston, S. C., and also provides that the two roads shall be operated as now running with equally as good service. As to what the South & West ern's plans are now there is much spec ulation. Some think the new railroad company will now discontinue the work south of Marion and rebuild the Southern and use it from that point to Shelby where they will connect | with the Seaboard, while others believe | that the road will be built down Broad j River to Mostic, as recently survey ed. - v Your correspondent has contended from the beginning that the South & Western would come via Rutherfordton an he still thinks so. We learn that the South & Western has bee a-Loyo the South & Western has been trying to purchase the old Three C.'s from the Southern for some time and that it was only recently that the deal or un derstanding was put tnrough. We also have heard it said that one of the South & Western's engineers said that the old Three C.'s was the best line that could posibly be built from Mar ion to Rutherfordton, and taking all these facta into consideration, it looks as if they bear tangible evidence of the road's future plans. m Representative Gallert during this last term of the legislature introduced and passed a road law for Rutherford coutny, similar to the Mecklenburg law. The new law takes affect the first of April and provides for the working of the public roads by taxa tion. Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Burgin have moved here fFom Charlotte. Mr. Bur gin becomes manager of the Western Union's telegraph office at this place. Mrs. Lollie Revely, of Caroleen, spent several days here this week vis iting Mrs. M. L. Justice at her home on North Main street. . Commissions Issued. Raleigh, N. C-, March 19. —Gover- nor : Glenn issued commissions today to 'R. B. Redwine, of Monroe; Zeb Vance Walser, of Lexington, and F. A. Daniels, Of tJOldsboro, hs mem bers of the board of visitors of the University of North Carolina. Reports Exaggerated. Copenhagen, March 19. —The first ieports were exaggerated. Only one workman was injured and there was no lqss of life. Seventeen Persons Killed In Fatal Collision Harbin, Marchuria, March 19. —As the result of a collision between a passenger &nd freight train at Turis hichie, 17 persons were killed and 35 injured. . - ■ iA, 'l. -v-i • . V?'- ■" I u Doings a State Capital Mr. Cave of Char ie Elected President of State Laundry men's As sociation. Material for Jamestown Exhibit. Raleigh, C., March 19. —The North Carolina Laundrymen's Association, which just closed its annual session here, elected P. M. Cave, of Charlotte, president; W. S. West, of Raleigh, vice-president, and J. W. Morton, of Asheville, secretary-treasurer. .The members Insist that tiie organization has nothing to do with any advance in prices or combination of that kind being purely for the exchange of ideas bearing on the management of the busi ness generally. A banquet by the lo ical members last night was a pleasing feature of the entertainment. Mr. Hayden Clement, of Salisbury, the newly appointed assistant attorney general, has arrived and entered on the duties of his office today. His appoint ment by Attorney General Gilmer was under authority of the act of the re cent general assembly authorizing an assistant at a salary of $1,500. Mr. Clement was clerk to the committee No. 2 of the House during the assembly. His duties will be prin cipally to assist the attorney general in the preparation of briefs for cases to be argued in the Supreme Court and look after some of the more detail work of the routine office work. Official announcement is made that the competitive examination for schol arships in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis will be held at Wake Forest College by Prof. J, B. Carlisle, March 26th instead of April 9th, the final nomination to be made by March 31. Dr. Geo. W. Long, of Graham, will deliver the address for the fifth annual commencement of the medical depart ment of the University of North Caro lina at Raleigh, the exercises to be held at the University, Chapel Hill, on the evening cf May 9. There are 11 mem bers of the class. Elaborate preparations are being made for a convention of Wake coun ty teachers to be held here March 21- 23, during which one of the principal addresses will be by Dr. S. C. Mitchell, of the chair of history, Richmond Col lege. There is also to be an elaborate concert and reception at the Baptist University for Women on the evening of March 22. There was shipped today from the State museum here the first car load of material for the North Carolina ex hibit at the Jamestown Exposition and four other carloads are to follow with in the next ten days. The material be ing shipped is principally agricultural, horticultural and forestry products, al so fish and game resources and min erals. Arrangements have just been made for large supplies of apples and other fruits from the eastern part of the State for the North Carolina exhib its. The preparations for the historical and educational displays in the North Carolina building are progressing fine ly and the representation is sure to be of an exceptionally fine character. Fans here are well pleased with the start the A. & M. baseball team made yesterday for the opening of the sea son in its defeat of Trinity Park High School by a score of 14 to 4. The A. & M. players showed up well and gave promise of fine work when they meet teams of their own class. Their first opportunity will be Cornell Universi ty on tue diamond here next Monday. A mother thinks its queer that she can't teach her daughter to avoid the things she could never be taught to avoid herself. A man has an angelic disposition when he doesn't say the coffee is cold because his suspender button came off. When the cat is away the night is always quiet. "v The Thaw Case May be Given to The Jury by Next. Friday Evening MR. GLEVELAND 70 YEARS OLD TO-DAY Princeton, N. J., March 18.—It would require a bushel basinet to hold the let ters, telegrams and other messages of congratulation received today at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Cleve land on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of the ex-President. A num ber of tne felicitous greetings were forwarded to Mr. Cleveland, who is now enjoying his annual spring pleas ure trip in the South, visiting his old] friend, Gen. E. P. Alexander, at George town, S. C. It is to these regular hunting and fishing trips that Mr. Cleveland at tributes in no small measure his robust health at the age of three score and ten. It is interesting to note that of the twenty-five men who have served as President of the United States, eight of the first twelve who filled the office lived" to be 70 years of age or older, while of the thirteen who followed in the office of chief executive of the na tion there were but four who lived to the age of seventy—Presidents Fill more, Buchanan, Hayes and Cleveland. Of the first twelve Presidents John Adams lived to the age of 90, James Madison died at 85, Thomas Jefferson at 83, John Quincey Adams at the age of 90, and Martin van Buren and An drew Jackson at the age of 79 and 78, respectively. Of the last thirteen Presidents none has attained the age of 80. James Buch anan, the oldest, died at the age of 77. Millard Fillmore was 7* at the time of his death and Rutherford B. Hayes passed away soon after he had reached his 70th birthday. It is now 22 years since Mr. Cleve land first assumed the burdens of the White House. Only five other Presi dents lived so long after their inaugu rations, and these were the two Ad amses, Jefferson, Madison, Van Buren and Fillmore. No President inauguratt ed in the past half century, except Mr. and Fillmore. No President inaugurat ion for more than 16 years, which was the record of General Grant. Stock Breeding Discussed. Fort Worth, Texas, March 19. —The programme of this, the second day of the convention of the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association, was replete with interesting features that kept the vis itors busy through the greater part of the day. In addition to considering various resolutions and committee re ports the convention listened to papers during the day, as follows: "Breeding, Feeding and Finishing Beef for Market," Prof. C. F. Curtis, Ames, Iowa; "Purposes and Objects Needing Joint Action by the National Live Stock Association and State As sociations —Methods and Spheres of Mutual Work," T. W. Tomlinson, Den ver; "The Passing of the Range, the Probable Extent of This Change and Its Bearing on the Future of the Cat tle Industry of Texas," Col. C. C. Slaughter, Dallas; "Railway Rates and Service as Applied to the Live Stock Industry of Texas," O. B. Colquitt, Austin; "Recent and Proposed Legis lation in Which We Are Interested," Sam H. Cowan. Fort Worth. The convention will close tomorrow with the election of officers and the selection of the meeting place for next year. San Antonio is making a strong bid for the 1908 convention. Springtime Again. Winter is passing into spring. No matter what troubles may accumu late, winter ever passes into .spring, t-ummer into autumn, day into night, death into life. Whatever may hap pen to you or to us, now or hereafter, the universe is still alive and still magnificently at work. The vast changes and similarities and recur rences are present and lend interest vvonder, happiness to all whoso at tention i£ fixed «ot on themselves hut on the panorama of the world. ' And God said, Let the/ earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so." And it is always so. Nature's breast is learned, instructive, consoling, and lull of cheery Once escape from our mere limits and monotony of our selves, and the value of living is be yond computation and unfailing.—Col lier's Weekly. It's funny, when you catch your wife snoring, how she pretends to have a bad cold all the next day. Louisiana Sunday Schools. New Orleans, La., March 18. —Sev- eral delegates representing all parts of the State are attending the twenty-first annual convention of Louisiana Sunday School Associa tion, which opened in this city today with headquarters at the First Metho dist Church, South. The programme, extending over three days, is the bestt ever arranged for a meeting of the as sociation. In addition to the regular reports and routine business, there will. be ad dresses on methods and work by a number of the members of the inter national asociatlon. A special feature will be a discourse on "The Mission Work in the Sunday School," by Dr. A. L. Phillips, superintendent of Sun day school work and president of the [Board of Publications. THE BEST JOB PRINTING OP ALU KINDS AT THI3 OFFICE. The Gist of the Evidence in the Famous Thaw Trial*w as Concluded To-day . To Begin The Summing Up, Dr. Jelliffe Testified To day. His TestimonV' * Evelyn not to be Called Again. Case Likelv Reach Jvry Friday. By Associated Press. New York, March 19. —Unless all signs fail today will see the comple tion of the evidence of the long drawn out trial of Harry Kendall Thaw and on Friday the case will go to the jury after nine full weeks before the court. Thaw's attorneys stated that Eve lyn Nesbit Thaw would not be called to the stand. Under an agreement each side will take a day to sum up. Dr. Jelliffe Called. Dr. Jelliffe was recalled as the first witness. Jeiliffe's Testimony. "In your answer to the hypothetical question," began Jerome, "did you in terpret the question in the light of the facts which are outside the ques tion?" "Why, in a way, certainly," an swered Jelliffe, "my knowledge of the alphabet allowed me to read the question, but mere is nothing about that in the question." "Did you answer it in the light of the information furnished you about this defendant not in the hypothetical Question?" "I did not." "Did vou have such ipformation? "I did." "Did you deem this information of importance?" "I deemed it of value." "But you excluded these facts in framing your answer?" "So far as it is possible for hu man mihd to exclude such things I did. I have tried to answer con seientiously." As to Kind of Insanity. Jerome -produced a book edited by Jelliffe qnd attempted to induce the alienist to admit the classification of insanity contained therein. Jerome took up each class of insanity men tioned in the book and asked the wit ness if that was the class of insanity Thaw was suffering from when he shot White. The witness, before answering each Question insisted upon reading the description given in the book. When Jerome came to a section re lating to dementia praecox paranoia and other diseases he became insis tent. Jelliffe had declared Thaw was not suffering from any of the previous ly mentioned diseases. "Now, doctor, how does that classi fication as to paranoia, etc, contain disease from which 'H.-K. T.' was suf fering?" "I have already said I believe he was suffering from some sort of insanity. It could have been any one of a num ber of forms. It is impossible to say which." Charged With Grafting New York, March 19. —National Guard circles are much interested in the trial by court martial of Captain Louis Wendel of the First Battery, Na tional Guard, against whom charges of grafting were made some time ago. The court is to meet at the First Bat tery Armory for formal organiza tion. The court of inquiry which investi gated the charges made against Cap tain Wendel reported that that officer had shared to the extent of over $3,000 in the wages of the janitor of the ar mory; that he got $260 from the engin eer and $926 from the assistant en gineer of the armory. It is further alleged against Wendel that he abet ted the sale of liquor at social func tions in the armory and that he shared in the profits therefrom. The court martial is composed of a number of prominent National Guard officers, with Major Louis L. Bab cock, Fourth Brigade, acting as Judge Advocate. Stock Exchange Again Thrown Into Flurry New York, March 19. —Prices crumbled away during the first hour of trading in the stock market and the precipitancy of th£ decline re called the market of last week and gave rise to renewed uneasiness. The greatest sufferers from renewed pres sure were Hill and Harriman stocks, St. Paul, Reading and American rmelting. Union Pacific fell 7 points, Smelting 4%, Reading o-jfe, St. Paul 3-5, Great Northern preferred 4, Northern Pacific 4%, Amalgamated Copper 3%, Anaconda 3%. The break in the first hour was ascribed to a variety of causes, chief among them being the persistent ru irior that one or more failures were imminent. Excitement on the exchange was quite as great as that of Thursday.