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V - , Oniy Afternoon Paipcr Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Futl Press DicpatGlzcs- ALL THE MARKETS. LAST EDITION. E RALEIGH EVENING TIME VOLUME 30. . RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1907. PRICE I & tg ; .ji: j! TH CHARLOTTE OBSERVER , HOUSE GUTi;TOpAY Third and Fourth Stories of Mechanical Building are Destroyed AUTHOR DF THE FIRE IS BURNED TO DEATH The Machinery Damaged Itut the .Linotypes Not Much Injured The Editorial and Business Ounces Were In a Different' Building and .'.Suffered Not From the Fin- The , Monday Puper Printed On the Press of the Evening News Today. George Wilson, a Dcuf Mute Km- ploye, Is Supposed to Have, Caused the Fire By the Careless Use of Matches His Body Found With , Life Quite Extinct iu theMntrix Room Where He Slept Other De tails of (lie Unfortunate Confhigru- '. tion. ' (Special to The Evening Times.) Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 9.-Flrc broke out this morning at 1:30 In the matrix room on the third floor of the mechan ical section of the printing building ot the '.Charlotte Observer, smothered a boy t( death, destroyed the entire third and fourth floors, and injured to some extent the machinery, and de molishing the composing room to the extent of putting the paper out ot bus iness as far as concerned printing of the Observer in its own building this morning. However, this is not the only flro the Observer has had to contend with In the last ten years, and the Observer staff has proven Itself equal to any occasion, and the paper came out the samo as usual today having been printed on the press of the Evening News. T.he office -t (he News is Just across the street 'rom the Observer, and there was little delay In bringing out the paper after the pressman of tho News liad been found and got to work. .. '':".'. The matrix room is a place used for storing away used matrices. Matrices are made of very hard card board and a composition of paper. When they become dry after use they are very In flamable, and when fire strikes them it licks its way as if It were burning kindling wood. It Is not known Just how the fire started, but it is supposed that George Wilson, a deaf and dumb boy, and employo of the Observer office, who has been sleeping in the matrix room, struck a match in his efforts to find a comfortable place to sleep, throwing it down while it was blazing without noticing what he had done. The body of young Wilson was found between two type cases on the floor, where he l-.. , V. tUn V,.... tinlftni been overcome by the smoke and filed in his efforts to get out of the burning room.' Wilson was an Industrious lad, and was quite a pet of tho office. Be coming tired lato at night he very of ten resorted to some vacant room of the building for a u lict rest and short sleep before going to his home. The typesetting machines on the second floor of the building wcro covered with oil cloth and otherwise protected, from tne water ana smoke, as was the huge Hoe press and en gines in the basement, and It is not thought these were damaged to amount to anything. If they are not the Observer will be printed tonight In Us own quarters, and the same readable paper that is always issued will be gotten out. The greatest loss Is to the bind ery, located on the fourth floor of the building. This was completely destroyed. In connection with the Observer thore Is conducted a fine Job printing and binding cstabllsh (Continued on Page Seven.) THERE'S NO PANIC COMING SAYS EDW. H. HARRIMAN (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Sept. 9. "What sort of a reflector Is the street, after all? I'll tell you-'-lt's a false one. What mat ters it If stocks show an upward turn of a point one day and a downward switch of two to five points the next? That Is no Indication of . the real wealth of the country or of the coun try's prosperity, and It Is no reflec tion of acual conditions. "There'l no panto coming-; jire've WANTED: JEN WITH SALTPETRE APPETITES (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Urbana, O., Sept. 9. "Wanted Twenty-four young men with good digestions for the 'saltpetre squad.' " This advertisement will attract deep interest when the University 'of Illinois opens next week. A poison squad, so-called, will be maintained for a year to investigate the effect of saltpetro as a preservative of meat. The American packers asso ciation is footing- the bills. Til e state university chemistry depart ment consented to take charge of the experiment. Two large houses have been se cured for the squad. . The younir men will bo subjected to strict rou tine. They will not bo allowed to eat between meals hut will receive board and lodging free. The health, weight and other particulars of the men fed fresh meat will be compared with those who are given the cured meat. No results will be published until the year is completed. All meat will be cured at the university 1 OVER: 3 DEAD (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Akron, O., Kept. 9. -I!y the overturn ing of a canoe hero last night three persons were drowned.- and another was rescued with difficulty.. The dead:: MISS IDA nEIFSNYDEIl, Akron. MISS MARY ADKINS, Cleveland. CHARLES HOLLOW AY, Akron. The three victims were in a canoe, which was being towed by a launch containing Dr. J. W. Siemens and a number of others. In turning the launch and canoe col lided, throwing the canoe's occupants Into the water. ENGINE TURNED OVER TWO MEN ARE DEAD (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 9. Two men are dead as the result of tho overturning of an engine on the Chat tanooga Belt Railroad, on Duncan avenue. The dead: CONDUCTOR WILLIAM STROrP, died at the hospital. H REMAN CHAS. E. MILLS, in stantly killed. The cause of the derailing, of the engine has not yet been determined. An investigation is being made. Tho upper part of tho body of tho unfor tunate conductor was cooked by the escaping ; steam. Conductor Stropp is believed to have relatives in At lanta, but so far tho efforts eof the police in that city to locate them have been without avail. The belt railroad Is a part of tho Alabama Great Southern, although It Is operated as a separate line. TO TAX THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD. Wilmington, Del., Sept. 9.The revenue of Delaware will be Increased by taxing tho manufacturers ot tombstones. Mr. Chairs, recently ap pointed by Governor Leo to collect taxes hitherto unpaid, announced to day his determination to get revenue by this metnod, which is an innova tion In Delaware. A contest In the courts is likely to follow. had our panic and now Its going away." Edward H. Harrlman, back In New York from the Sierras, with the peace of tho uncontcndlng solitudes on his soul, gave out the most optimistic In terview ef his recent career. Asked to tell how well pleased he Is with the Immunity promised the Al ton by the Roosevolt administration, the railroad magnate smiled benignly, (Continued on Page Five.), 10 ill H Y 'V f -'9wf' ftw Lis mwmr t .Ferdinand Penney Eiiilc, New lork artist, ImKlm-i : a-oiKi-nye to mis. r. i: r.nrn; 1.1c nr iioin unoni separated in oilier that lie could marry another woman, whom he desinmiti's as Ins "ailmit j ." "iii'ic was a! solnt'ly no displjr of emoiion, as Mrs. Eiirlcsaiifd ior In '.' home in I' ranee, taking; nt!i lier her Iwo-yeai -old lMy. ' She thought the scpartilitm a Itx-ical course, ami was contenti'tl to have her liberty, as well as to see her husband liappv with the woman who supplanted her in lus allictions. In !ie t i-nt.re of (he pit tine is shown n'tor K. Enrle, the artist's lutillier. 3 EUENED' AL1E f ODAY-AT , GLEVE The Hotel Building Completely Destroyed Early This Morning. The Loss and Insurance "as Estimated Shelby, N. C, Sept. 'J. Cleveland Springs hotel was totally destroyed by fire early this (Monday) movning. Two negro women, servants, and a white woman, registered as Mis. Cora Smith of Ellenboio, X. C, were burned to death. Tho hotel was a four-story brick building with frame annex, worth about twenty thousand dollars, was insured for about one-half its value. The furnishings worth about seven thousand dollars were entirely destroyed, and not insured, Tho lire originated in the kitchen, and as a storm was raging at the time it Is thought to have been caused by lightning. The property belonged to Mr. and TORTURED TO (Iiy Leased Wire to The Times.) Lincoln, Ills., Kept. 9 Warren Mun- dy, an aged fnrmer, mill his wife wei'o tortured for live hours last jilnht by three masked robbers.-.- The .men burn ed the soles of Muiuly's feet with matches in an effort to force him to disclose the hiding place of money supposed to be hidden in the house. Bloodhounds were put on the trail this morning and nfter a long chnse, led tho way to the home of Albert Wehr, alleged to be an ex-convlet, of Lincoln. Wehr, who was arrested, denies that he knows anything about the attack. FAIUIUXKS IX TEXAS; A IJID FOR DELEGATES. (By Leased Wire to Tho Times.) Dallas, Texas, Pept. 9. A telegram from Vice President Charles Fair banks sent from Portland, Ore., was received by officials of tho state full of Texas announcing that ho will de liver an address on October 22, Con federate tiny at the fair. This Is regarded as the first tangible move of the FairbnnkH men In their campnlgn for southern delegates to the next republican national conven tion. . EXTORT MONEY itk. TV TT 7. v. H is lj .:i & (Special to The Evening Times.) Mrs. V. II. Miller and Miss A. V. Leo,, of Shelby, X. C. Cleveland Springs .'is' located two. miles in the country--' from Shelby, and fitly miles west of Charlotte it is one of .the oldest and .best' known resorts in -North '.'Carolina, and in the past it lias been patronized by. the best people of the smith, many of its guests .comprising people from New Orb ails, Ailania and other large southern cities. ; Not many years ago this resort was a favorite with the fashionable of North Carolina. The elite gath ered there during, the-' summer, and society made merry by dancing irtul engaging in the usual sports and past-times the place offered. Of the older set in this slate there CONDITION OF 72:7 (Iiy Leased Viie to The Times.) Washington, i'.ept: 9,-rTho crop reporting hoard of I ho agricultural department today estimated the con dition of the crop on August -." to be 72.7 per cent as compared with 75.0 July 2. l 'J07; 77.;! on August 2.", IStOC; 72.1 on August 2,', lDOT., and a ton-year average of 71.3. Xorlll Carolina 78. (By Leased Wire to The Times.)' -Washington,' Sept. 9. Following is the condition, of the cotton crop on August 23 by states, us bulletined by the department of agriculture to day: Virginia, 77; North Carolina, 7S; South Carolina, S3; Georgia, 81; Florida, SO; Alabama, 73; Missis sippi, 72; Louisiana, C9; Texas, 07; Arkansas, 65; Tennessee, 78; Mis souri, 75; Oklahoma, 72; Indian Ter ritory, 70. ' . LiANW COTTON are few but whnl have graced Cleve la.id Springs with" their presence at one time or nnolhcr. It is an ull-year-ronnd resort, being open win ter and summer. Of Lite the hotel , has not more than paid expenses, and for a long lime lias been poorly managed.. Last season and this year Cleveland Springs was under 'the management of O. V. Mel'arlaiid. who, previous to ti.kiiig Charge of tho resort, was a night -clerk in the hotel. Last iilght there were few guests at the hotel, -this being the end of tho . summer ason, hut all of the ot'Ctipants lost their trunks and ap parel, and there was nothing saved from the hot. 1 .furnishings and geu . eral equipment. RAILWAY RATE HEARING TODAY (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Wai-hinyt 1). !., Sept. 9.- L. H (Jiecn, general freight traffic manager of the Southern Hallway, today con tliitietl his testimony in the bearings of the North Carolina rate case. Mr Justice had prepared a table of fig ures covering rates between North Carolina points and points outside the slate with a View to paving tho way for certain testimony relative to churges which have been made. The charges were not ruined but Mr. Jus tice submitted' tho table to Mr. Green with, a request that he examine it, Und if tho figures were correct, it would be Incorporated In the record. Mr. Green found certain inaccura cies In tho table and It wns found ne cessary to examine him on the tablu In detail. Tills consumed the entire morning session and was devoted to questions concerning milling Interests in various parts of North Carolina and other cities, the tost to carry Hour be tween tho different points anil other minute details, all of which will form the basis for further examination of Mr, Green by counsel for th state. There Is every Indication that Mr. Green tuny be on the utaild almost ps long as Comptroller l'lant. THE BIG PUGILISTIC, i FIGHT THIS EVENING A SHOW-UP OF ALL THE OLD BRUISERS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago,. Sept. 9. John L. Sulli van, James J. Corhett, Bob Fitzsini nions and James J. Jeffries, the four greatest ex-heavy weight champions, will appear at the Siler farewell tes timonial on that date. Unless a fight at Los Angeles interferes with the plan, Tommy Burns, the present title holder, will also appear in a short friendly bout, as will heavy-weight title aspirants Al. Kaufmann, JliUe Sen reck, John Wills, and several les ser lights. VETERANS TO THE G. A. R. REUNION. (Bv Leased Wire to The Times.) Saratoga-, N. Y., . Sept. !). Notwith standing that railroads of the west re lused to make any material reduction in the fare to Saratoga, veterans are pouring in 'from muny sections of the country for the forty-first re-union of the grand army of the republic. Every train brings them from Pennsylvania, Ohio. Illinois, Michigan, the New England Stales, and many others. OHIO IS SOLID FOR SEC TAFT (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, D. C, Sept. 9. "I feel iuite sure that Ohio will send a solid delegation to the next national con vention and every member of that del egation will cast his vote for Secre tary u ait as the candidate of the re publican party for president in the campaign of 190S." This pic-diction of -the outcome or faelional troubles in the Buckeye state was made by Governor Andrew L. Harris at "lie Ebtiitt House yesterday afternoon: Governor Harris and nis official party were here on their way to Jamestown to celebrate Ohio 'Day at the exposition nex. Wednesday. DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN TENNESSEE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 9. Buildings were damaged, trees up rooted and awnings torn down by the wholesale, in a severe wind storm that passed over Chattanooga Sunday. The total damage done by the wind will amount to several thousands of dollars. The mansion of Ross S. Faxon, the capitalist, on Bluff. View, was damaged to the amount of $2, 000. He was the heaviest individual loser. The velocity of the gale was 4S miles an hour and it was followed by a downpour of .55 inches of rain. 1). Coif, an Italian, was struck by a live wire blown down by the storm, and was seriously injured. The ef fects of the storm were felt through out north Georgia and east Tennes see. At Ualton, Ga., it is reported that considerable damage was done. BERNARD SHAW SHOWS UP AGAIN. (Special Cable to The Times.) London, Sept. 9. The excitement over Bernard Shaw's disappearance subsided when news came that the dramatist calmly walked down from the rugged mountain Rlilnogfar into Iiolgelly. He had sought . refuge among the fastness from the crowds of the socialist colony at Llaubeder. who worried him with attention..'- WIRELESS NEWS FROM THE RACING filSBIP (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Sept. 9. The first wire less message telling of the progress of tho new Cunard steamship Lusi tania on her maiden trip creatod great interest today, not only among steamship men, but among tho great traveling population which In these dnvs runs into the millions. The purport of (ho news seemed to be The Sporting Fraternity is Manifesting Greatest Interest In It SUT AFRAID TO BET ON EITHER BRITT OR GANS Yet .-There Seems to Be An 'Under current Which Suggests the Pick ing of lliitt for Hie' Winner His Victory Over Battling Nelson Makes the Snorts Cautious About Betting Against Him and hi Favor , of the Present Champion Iloth Men in Good Condition, Though Guns Looks to Be Cut Down to the Lowest Notch of Weight Con sistent With Good "Work in the King What the Principals and Their Friends Said Today Just lief ore tile Fighting Hour Arrived. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) San Francisco, Sept. 9.- The greatest interest felt in a long time in a pugilistic encounter is shared by all interested in such sport over the big battle set for this evening between Britt and Gans. (Jans Thinks He Will Win. Joe Gans was asked if he wanted to send any message to the public. The question made him grin, but he took a short think before he an swered: "Just tell them Joe says he thinks he'll win." Gans has reached the required weight and his face shows it. He looks as if the last half pound had been taken oft his face. His cheek bones are prominent, there are hol lows underneath them and other hol lows under his eyes. Still he Is not the same man he was at Goldfield. "Yes, I'm all right at the weight," said Joe, "but I feel mighty, different than that time at Goldfield. I feel like I llad some spring In me, some life and strength to make a rattling good fight.: I can promise the people that they will see a great fight." There are other people who feel that Gans will win it. One of them is Billy Nolan. Nolan was out yes terday with his new pacer, burning up the speedway. : I asked him if he would like to pick the winner. "I don't mind," said Nolan. "You can say for me that I think Gans is the fellow. I would bet $10,000 against $10,000 that he will beat Britt, and I might take a shorter price on a smaller scale. If anybody ought to have a line on these men It Is me and I cannot figure out that Gans can lose. I intend to challenge the winner for Nelson." The Old and the New. The Britt supporters are deriving a lot of comfort from the view that this Is to be a fight between the new Jimmy Britt and tho old Joe Gans. They figure that Gans cannot bo the man he was a few years ago and be cause of Jimmy's great fight against Nelson they pick him to beat the old master. Willie Britt was about in an auto mobile wearing a new gray suit, a cane and some saucy spats. "I have bet $1,000 on Britt," he announced, "and that is $750 more than I ever bet in my llfo before. I tell you Jimmy Is a marvel. He has trained himself to hit with that short right hand punch of his and ho will be after Gans' kitchen every minute. Jimmy can take as much on tho jaw (Continuad on Page Two.) that the Lusitanla was steaming along In fine shape at a good pace, in spite of tho difficulties of fog, faster, perhaps, than was expected. Tho fact that tho new turbine liner picked up the Lucanla In apparently easy fashion In the run from Liver pool to Quccnstown led many a Brit isher to grin and remark signifi cantly: "Watch her eat up the record." 4
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