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ti-y 'Oi.lvt; y-irfyMyB-winnfl n.rtnnj- ruumin nrnmnrrir ' ------- Rain To-Day, cool er in west portion, brisk, possibly high southwest to northwest winds ; Friday fair (Warmer in west portion. Daily Industrial News is first, last and all the time a NEWSPAPER for the people. VOL. I, NO. 16 CITY EDITION. GBEEXSBOKO, N. C, TIltTHSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1905. CITY EDITION. PRICE: FIVE CENTS 16 E OF ALMOST UNANIMOUS. J? HORSES PERISH N 1 GASES INVESTIGATION , Ml CHARLOTTE FIRE Stiff Wind Fans Flames From Burning Stable Into . ;;" Fury. ..;;; AT E TUAL LIFE - , 1 1 NEGRO'S CIGARETTE CAUSES $50,000 CONFLAGRATION In Midst of Excitement Negro Nurse Enters Burning Structure and Res cues tittle Child Ten Structures in Ail Were Consumed. Special to Daily Industrial News. 11 Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 25. Fire, that originated in the hayloft of the livery stables of J. C. Cochran & Bro., on North College street, shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon, destroyed prop erty .to., the value of $50,000, sixteen horses perishing in the Humes. The fire is presumed to have been causd by a negro's cigarette. i A strong southeast wind, preceding a storm, arose while the big bell was ringing the alarm, and this wind, fan ning the flames into fury and kicking out blinding clouds of dust from dry streets, greatly hampered the work of the uromcn. Adioiniiis: the Cochran stables in the smaller stable of T. 15. Hoover and next, on the corner, was the grocery store and boarding house of F. M. Hoover. The fire wiped out )this corner, a vacant lot on the oppo site corner precluding further progress, though it required vigilant, effort to save the stables of the J. V. ,Wads worth's Sons, the largest establishment ,f i.a 1:.,,1 i 1!. C.,1, X. 1l I.'l .LO IVIItlL III till ,711'lttll. i.-,l,l,IIY HO the stock and vehicles from the two 111 doomed animals that refused to be led from the burning structure. Child Rescued By Nurse. The most dramatic incident' of the conflagration was the thrilling rescue of a little child by its nurse employed by Mr. F. M. Hoover. Unhindered by the astounded firemen the negro sprang up the ladder, disappeared in the black volume of smoke that poured from' 'the second story windows, and in another moment reappeared with the child in her arms anil descended the ladder amid he cheering of thousands of admiring people. All of the horses' killed belonged to people from the county, who had quar tered them in the two stables for the Lflay wnue mcy were in attendance lupon the Mecklenburg County Fair. The Burned Structures. The ''buildings burned include Coch- jra'n's stables; Hoover's stables; Trout man's restaurant; Hoover's grocery store and boarding house; J. R. Hemp- hill's pressing club; Kdward Campbell's I grocery store; C. (.', .Monro's milk depot; JvariKer b siioe snop ana two small pro- Uce establishments. , Ex-Mayor P. M. Brown and Zeke ohnson own ull the burned property xeeDt .the Hoover stables, that build ing being the property of Bishop T. H. jijomax. NTER-URBAN ROAD SUM BE BUILT Contract Signed In High Point to Carry the Work to Com pletion. JSpecial to Daily Industrial News. High Point, Ni C, Oct. 25. All doubt as been removed as to the building of he High Point and Winston Inter- 'rbnn Railway in the signing here yes terday of the contract for the construc tion work. The road will now be com peted without "delay. - For a year or ore this road hat been the talk, and all alone the promoters said it would e built. There were many who rather eriously doubted the undertaking, as everal had talked of such a road be ore, but nothing came of Ithefalk. lowever, these hitter gentlemen from Danville, Va., came here determined to build the road if any encouragement Aras offered, and now the people of JHigh Point will see the road in run- 7i m.1a Xr(rft manv MArlfha A Vn..4- Ulilg U1UCI uuiui w mwui uivuniB, auuub two months ago rails were laid in the city, the construction will start at this0 end of tu line, wnere me wont was lett I PRESIDENTIAL BEE III MR. TIFT'S BONNET f praihlngton, Oct 25.Tne Post to morrow will quote Secretary Taft as Isyingi . ; !"I have no intention of resigning rom the cabinet to make a campaign 'or the presidency, and furthermore, I are rfo intention whatever of making i campaign for the office of the nation's ilef executive. I am satisfied with my resent place, and shall be pleased to main in the cabinet as long as I can," rtdd Mr. Taft. ! The Post adds that Secretary Taft's ttement ,wm called forth bjr pub ied reports in connection with his cnt Akron, Ohio, speech that he bad ideutial ambitions. , v Sudden Increase of Fever Causes, Surprise But Is Not Alarming. CONFIDENCE EXPRESSED , IN THE ULTIMATE RESULT Health Authorities at Pensacola Believe the Fever WiU be Eradicated Within Ten Days Mississippi Releases Offi cials From Quarantine Service. New Orleans, Oct. 25. Report to C p. m. : New cases, 0 ; total, 3,378. Deaths, 2; total, 4lfc. New foci, 4. Cases under treatment, 54; cases discharged, 2,885. "' The jump to nine new cases after the daily record had remained almost sta tionary for a week was something of a surprise to many,' but it 1ms caused no uneasiness or loss of confidence in the ultimate result. There are only 54 cases under treatment, and this number will bo slowly, but steadily decreased. Of the new cases three are above Canal street. The last five days show a total of only .2(1 new cases as compared with 38 duriiv the preceding five days, and 84 durinQttlie five dnvs before. I)r. White returned from. Mobile-this moraine and expressed a hope for a modification of the Alabama regula tions, following his conference with the Alabama health authorities, but up to a late hour had received no advices from Dr. Sanders. Gradual Improvement at Pensacola. Pensacola, 1-la.. Oct. 25. The official summary up to 0 o'clock tonight is as follows: New eases. 8; total to date, 505; deaths today, 2; total, 70; eases dis charged. 350; under treatment, 85. The situation continues to show gradual improvement, and it is believed tlint within the next ten dayS'The fever will have been practically eradicated. Mississippi Calls Off the War. Jackson, Miss., Oct. 25. The State Hoard of Health today released from service ull health 'officers employed at iiilected points. No more fever bulle tins will be issued from the office. The uisense has practically run its course at all points, and while a few cases may tievelnp at infected places, the cam paign is at an end so far as the State .Health' Hoard is concerned. The weather is threatening tonight, with prospects of a heavy frost to fol low within forty -eight hours. Resigns In Travers' Favor. New York. Oct. 25. Charles A. Flam- mer tonight nnnounced his resignation as Republican' candidate for District Attorney, and appealed to the members of the party to support the candidacy of William Travers, Jr. BOB MURRAY TO LIVE LUXURIOUSLY IN He Will Furnish a Room. Supply His Own Meals and Carry on Business. Special to Daily Industrial News. Durham, C Oct. 25. Tomorrow morning W. R. Murray, known among ii.i friends as Bob, will begin his two years' sentence for the killing of his uncle, J. 8. Murray. Arrangements have been made for the beginning of the sentence. Murray will be assigned to the same cell as that used by ex -Mayor M. E. McCown, who served thirty days for contempt, of court in striking Judge Word. Alurray will furnish his own cell. Tic will have placed 'a small single iron beustead and he- will supply his own bed -clothing and his own nieals. As stated in the dispatch last evening he will" keep in close touch with his busi ness, he win ask the powers that be to give aim the privilege of running a private telephone line -from the cell to his business office, this being done With the understanding that it will be used by himself and manager in couducting tho business. ' Mrs. C. T. Bailey Dead. Special' to Daily Industrial News. . Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 25. Mrs. Mary Wimbish Bailey, wife pf Postmaster C. T. Bailey, died this morning at 4:30 at their home here after a brief illness with erysipelas. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock from the Church of the Good Shepherd, (Episcopal), of which she was a- com municant. . Mrs. Bailey is survived by one child, a little girl not two years old, and several bait brothers and sis ters. Collateral Reported Missing. Pittsbnrg, Pa., Oct. 25. Many of the outstanding notes held by the Enter prise National Bank have been paid Within the last two days, but considera ble trouble is resulting, it is said, over the discovery that in several instances the collateral that should have been at tached to tho notes were missing. , Board of Trustees Decides to Sift the Company's, Methods. NET EARNINGS OF THE EQUITABLE INCREASING Actuary McClintock Explains Some Dark Things About Policy Dividends Wanted to Limit Amount of Busi ness Written. New "York, Oct, 25. More startling than the testimony before the legis lative committee investigating the methods of insurance companies today was the announcement by President Richard. A. '. McCurdy, of the Mutual Ltfo Insurance 'Company,' that a com mittee of the board of trustees of his company had been appointed to inves tigate the company and its methods. The members of the committee are U llliam T. Hruesdale, Effingham H. ! Morris and dob n W. Aueliincloss, alii prominent 'in' the financial and business world. This action was taken at a meeting ot the board today, and was tho result oi the insurance investiga tion. The matter was brought, before the board by President MeCurdy." The committee will begin its work at oiiee. Still another interesting . develop ment in -insurance matters was the statement issued today by President Morton, of the Equitable Life, .'showing mat the receipts of that company for the nine mom lis of this year exceeded the expenditures by $1(1,723,111", an in crease oi over -..5O0.0OO compared with the same period last year. Receipts from premiums on polirics for the third quarter this year civ over 1.000,000 less than in 1004. Adjourned for Election Purposes. After an entire day given over to the examination, of Emory McClintock, act uary of the Mutual Life, and the .read ing of column after "column of figures, the legislative committee ndjonrned un til November 8, the day after the mu nicipal elections. This extended ad journment was taken to enable the members of the committee, who are candidate for re-election to the Assem bly, to meet their constituencies and conduct their rnmpnigns. . The testimony of -Mr. MeClintcck was of a technical nature. A number of his explanations brought - out the fact that his ideas were in ninny ' respects at variance with the es blished meth ods of insurance companies;.' -'and' that of his own 'company in particular. -This was especially apparent when the sub ject of deferred dividend policies was being-inquired into. Ho said the word "deferred'' -was-ambiguous" and mislead ing,- ns it implied that dividends were accumulating or were paid nt the end of each year. This company, he said, reserved the right, when it wrote a policy to say what amounts should be apportioned at the end of each dividend period. Proposed Limit on Amount of Business. Mr. McClintock also saiu he was strongly in favor of limiting the amount of business a company should write. He said nn attempt had been made to come, to an agreement, with the New York Life and the'. Equitable 'Life to limit the amount of business done by each company to one billion dollars. This was finally increased to $1,."00. 000,000, but .Tames H. Hyde, of . the Equitable, declined to enter the agree ment, and then (ieorge W. Perkins, of the New York Life, objected. Mr, Hyde's reason was his ambition to make the Equitable the largest insurance company in the world. Mr. McClin tock thought that a law limiting the amount of business would be a good thing and felt sure the Mutual Life would lend its support to such legislation.;;.-.:; ;''- These views are contray to those ex pressed by President MeCurdy, of the Mutual, when he was on the stand. Mr. MeCurdy did not think Hint any com pany's business should be limited even at the point when that business fulled to be profitable to the company. Apportionment of Dividends. Mr,' McClintock also thought that a law compelling the declaration of divi dends at stated periods would lie un wise. As to the method of computing the dividends that should be paid on a policy, lie snid the apportionment was made up on his judgment. It was not a matter of accurate calculation, but was based on the experience of previous years. The interest earned by the com pany, or the increase in the market val uation of the securities held by , the companv, Mr. McClintock said, were not takfn into consideration in apportion ing these dividends. He said that in 1003, when the dividends were reduced, the market value of the company's se curities had decreased. In 1004, how ever, the securities rose in value so that eight millions of dollars, lost by tho do crease tho year before, were regained and a million in addition. The divi dends were not increased for 1904, how ever, vet they were not cut. Ho was still on the stand at adjournment. r 1 ".'.' Young Erne Bests Young Corbett. Philadelphia, Oct. 25. Young Erne, of this city, had slightly the hotter of the six-round fight with Young Corbett at the Washington Sporting lub here tonight. i Some of the spectators wc inclined to a draw. Both men put dp a fast fight Corbett was the aggifcsor, but was not quite last enougn, at tne local man usually landed .first. : ' ROOSEVELT FOR ml fj After Busy Day at Little Rock and Memphis President Starts South. BOOMING CONNON GREET THE NATION'S CHIEF Yellow Fever Has No Terrors for Presi dent, and Accompanied by Loeb, Rixey, and Mcllhenny, He Leaves Party at Memphis. Memphis. Tcnn., Oct. 23 President Roosevelt and his party arrived here to night at S :.'!() o'clock from Little Rock. The President's itinerary did not in clude a stop here longer than was nec essary to switch his car to the Illinois Central tracks, the original program be ing that he would proceed at once to New Orleans. These plans were some what modified when a large crowd of eitir.ens appeared nt the Calhoun Street depot and loudly cheered the President and called upon' him for a speech. The President acknowledged these greetings and proceeded to a hastily improvised stand from which he made a short ad dress, dwelling upon what constitutes good citizenship. : Presidential Party Divided. Several members of the President's party left the -train here ..and departed for "Wiishinirton. The President, Secre tary Loeb, Surgeon Ccncral Rixie, and .lolin H. Mcllhenny left for New Or leans over the Illinois Central Railroad at 8:50 o'clock. An unexpected greeting to the Presi dent was the firing of a Presidential sa lute bv Oeneral Peter '1 racey, who upon the occasion of the President's former visit to Memphis, received him at the depot with a salute of. 21 guns. The trip from Little Rock to Mem phis was uneventful. The President en tertained the departing newspaper men nt dinner in his private car and bade them a cordial good-bye. PRESIDENT ROYALLY GREETED BY VETERANS Little Rock, Ark.. Oct. 23.-Prosidcnt Roosevelt spent seven crowded hours in and around Little Rock today and his journey from Fort Logan II. Roots, on the north side of the Arkansas river to the city, park' in-Little Rock, was marked by enthusiastic demonstrations of welcome bv thousands of persons who lined the streets. While in Lit .i t?,.i, tha YVosiilctit delivered two I li. - - - speeches, in one of which he denounced lynclnng, eliciting nranj uimuugv.-. After the President's address before 40,000 persons in the city park at Lit tle" Rock, the party was token to the Albert Tike Masonic Consistory, where luncheon was served. This function ended at 3:30 o'clock and the visitors then enterea n special train at the Rock Island station to return to Mom phis. greeted By Jefferson Davis. Governor Jetierson Davis was the first to greet tho President when the latter left the train this morning at (Continued on Tage Two, Col. 4.), . CORONER WILL HAVE BODY BROUGHT BACK Autopsy Will Be Held in Raleigh to Ascertain Cause of Death i : of George Smith, Who Was Killedat-Union Depot I Last Sunday Victim Special to Daily Industrial News. Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 25. The body of George Smith, the young man killed n the i nion Station here Saturday dur ing the duel between Bob Lileston and Fred Morris river, a gambling row, will be brought back to Raleigh from Pe tersburg. Va where it was carried for burial, lind an 'autopsy will be held. The necessity for an autopsy was appar ent in order to aid in determining which of the two combatants killed Smith; vet. bv some misunderstanding. Kdward Smith, brother of the deceased, was allowed to carry the body away Sunday without the ball being extract ed. . " ,: ".- This morning A. M. Smith., n well Iresscd man from Washington City, ar rived here. He savs that he is the older brother of the dead man. Smith seemed deeply grieved over the. .tragedy. and told tlie otlicers that he would render any assistance possible in fer reting out the mystery. - He readily consented to have the body brought back from Petersburg, where it has been embalmed, and, in obedience to his SHOTS FIRED IN DINING ;GAhyiDMEN FAINT Dozen Passengers In Danger as Cooks Fight Over Crap Came. Mcadville, Pa., October 23. The lives of a dozen people, several of them wo men, were endangered in an Erie dining car, near hero today, when two negroes, employed in the car, started a shooting affray. One of the negroes, afterward resorted to a cleaver, and badly cut his adversary. Two of the women fainted when the men were fighting, hut none of the oc cupants were injured, although many bullets tied over their heads. The men, Andrew- Porter and James Smith, quarreled in the kitchen of the car over a ernp game. They were separ ated, but a moment later went into the dining compartment and opened fire on each other. When Smith's revolver wns emptied, he drew a cleaver and cut Porter's face open. Porter is in tho hospital and Smith in jail. . ' ' The Governor's Secretary, Speciol to Daily Industrial News. Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 25. Governor Glenn has not announced the appoint ment of his private secretary. The po sition has licen offered to Mayor Watt, of Reidsville, but it is understood that ho has decided not to accept. It is scmi-officially said now that A. P. Ar rington, now chief clerk in the State Treasurer's office, will be the man. Was Mt a Pickpocket. telegraphic instructions, it will be here early tomorrow morning. Smith had a long talk with Solicitor .lones, I ity At torney Snow and Coroner .Jordan, and he made n most favorable impression on these otlicers. Mr. Smith had seen the publication that his dead brother had been identi fied as a man formerly- arrested here for, pickpocketing, and the main obcct Of his visit was to clear this up and disprove the statement.; However, this had been elfcctnallv done by the llul eigli police before Smith arrived, ''there is not a man here, so tar as I ran lind." said Smith, "who will now sav that' my dead brother was the pick pocket. My brother had a prominent scar over his eve. and this establishes his identity mivwhere. 1 hen pick pockets do not travel under their real names, whereas my brother never used an alias. The body has not been in terred in Petersburg. I had it held out upon the intimation that, nn nutnpsv might be desired. '1 he consent of the family, reports to the contrary not withstanding, will he frei'lv given for this autopsy, and I shall have the bodv in Raleigh tomorrow." (oroner 1. M. Jordan says that the autopsv. and prob ably .an inquest, will be held in the morning. LIB 34 YEARS AS A "Miss" Best, of Brooklyn, Hopes to Crow a - Moustache. Now New York, Oct. 2'). -After living thir ty-four years in the belief that she wa a woman, acquiring all a woman s wav and associations, educated and brought up ns a woman, Miss Mar Rest, who re sides in an exclusive district of Rrook lyn, has been told by her plivsiean that she is a man, and must adopt man's wnvs and mannerisms. Mr. Best, as he must" now be called, was born in uginui, and went to a girls' school. With )ct -black hair, broad shoulders, deep chest .and voice, and being under a constant strain to live .'down -masculine inclinations, tho young person grew up imd at last took a place in tho world of women. Now he has been told that lie is n man. He will leave lirooklvn. and live somewhere in the West. He is wenlthv. and does not need to worry regarding earning a living. For years he has been compelled to shave occasionally and adopt other pe culiarities distinctively belonging to man's ways. Now he is going to shave regularly, and even has fond hopes of, in time) growing a moustache. Dividend From Benson Bank. . Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 25. II. L. God win, of Dunn, got an order from Judge C. M. Cooke today, allowing the re ceiver of the Bank ot Uelison to pay the first dividend, which is 33 1-3 per cent. This is a fine showing. . RAILROAD BILLS AT NEXT Elkins, Foraker and Cullom Have Measures to Be In troduced. ARE SAID TO REFLECT THE PRESIDENT'S VIEWS Democrats Want a Bill of Their Own, But Some Will Act On Bryan's Ad vice to Support Roosevelt's Policy Senate Committee to Meet. r. h. McNeill. : Washington. D. C, Oct. 25.- In con nection with i.ie .announcement today: that the tail Senate .Committee" on In terstate Commerce will meet here No vember 21st. ' here is knowledge that bills relating to the regulation of rail way rates will be introduced by (sena tors FJknis, l ornker and Cullom. Sen ator (iillom. former chairman of the committee, and joint author with the late John II. IJegini, of Texas, of the interstate commerce act, says that his bill will THleet the President's views on railway rate legislation. '1 he Dem ocrats are not disposed to accept a bill introduced bv a Republican, and will probablv rallv around a purely party measure, although there is a dispohitmu among some ot them to act. iiMn the :ii.viee given bv W ill in m J. Bryan be lore his departure' for Japan, and sup port the President's policy. '1 he com mittee will probably remain in session until Congress convenes. The bulletin on cotton issued by the Census Bureau today shows that more cotton wns ginned in North Carolina up u October 1Mb this year than for the same permd last year. The figures for lour vears are as follows: .'11)06, 2ns bales; HIMUMI7 bales ill 1 !)(): 232, (iil!) bales inl!0:i,. and 2!r.72fl in 1002. lho active ginneries m the Stato num ber - 2,004, as compared with 2,(!02 last tear. Postmasters nnpointed today: Henry (i. Men res at Bellamy, Robeson eountv, ;ind Sidney C. .Hendricks, at Relwood, Cleveland county. A new rural delivery route from charlotte is yuthomcd to begin Janu ary -it. John A. Mills, president of the Ral eigh and IS"u( hport Railroad, is here. He savs Ins road will be runninnr trains into laveitwville bv April, HKHl. ' NEGRO "DIvlsliSoUGH CAR Fighter Makes Lively Dash to Get Away, From Deputy Sheriff With Warrant. Deputy Shcrid John Weat.hereil sat in his huggv yesterday and saw n ne gro, for whom he had a warrant, liuiko ;i lump into one end of a freight ear and a head-dive out of the other,, hmd saMv on Ins feet and sprint down the track belore he could crawl out of the velneje. Tho negro's name is Alston. He mid another colored , man named Wardell got into a tight and tho latter took out a wnrrnut for Alston's arrest, but Alston "was too quick for the deputy. SESSQN s
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