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VOL. m. NO. 83
LAST EDITION.
GBEESrSBOBO, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1903
LAST EDITION.
Price five cents
680 VOTES FDR
SECOND JURY WOULD PROHIBIT THIRTY FIREWiEN
Young Man s Chances Never Better
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Will Have This Number on First
Ballot Declares Mr.
Roosevelt.
STATEMENT BORNE OUT
BY POLITICAL REPORT
Candidacy of the Secretary of War Is
Daily Gaining Ground, and There Now
Apparently Is Nothing Else in Sight
for .he Convention.
Washington, D. C, Jan. : 10. The
statement by the President to a caller
today that Taft would have over 680
votes on the first ballot bears out the
reports being received by senators and
representatives of conditions in their
' fctates.
It is not overstating the situation to
say that many republicans of national
reputation who are not friendly to Taft's
candidacy believe he will be so far in
the lead in another six weeks that his
nomination will be generally conceded.
There has never been such a remarkable
growth in political sentiment in so short
a time as has been shown by the Tuft
boom since the secretary's return.
This is not due to his own presence,
although that has inspired his followers
with fresh courage, but the President's
letter taking himself out of the race has
paved the way for the Taft movement
as nothing else has done. There is a
belief that the Hughes movement 'has
been the decline, since it wus evident,
that the governor was not in control of
the party machinery of his state.
J. L. Bristow, former fourth assistant
postmaster-general, who has charge of
some of the Taft organization work in
(Continued on page Two.) :
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
BILLS TO BE PRUNED
BY CAREFUL
six Hundred Measures parrying
380.000.000 Already Have
Been Introduced.
URGENT NEED FOR ECONOMY
Washington, D. C., Jan. 10. "The
Sixtieth Congress has been in actual
session only a few days and more than
(iOO bills already have been introduced
for the expenditure of about $80,000,000
n proposed public buildings. If 20 per
cent, of that total is appropriated during
the present session the people of the
country may consider themselves lucky."
-This statemep4, was made today by
' C hairman B' jholdt, of the House com
mittee on f jio buildings and grounds.
"Government revenues," he said, "aro
, falling short at the rate of about $1,000,
i00 a month, due to the curtailment of
luxury purchases by the people in this
' time of financial disturbance and com
mercial depression. . We face a heavy de
ficit at the close of the fiscal year. Esti
mates for running expenses for the fis
cal year ending June 30, 1909, must be
tut down, as the chairman of the ap
propriation committee pointed out re
cently, and original legislation, such as
bills " proposing the erection of public
buildings and the purchase of public
grounds, must be held in with a tight
i lein. It is true that the government balance-sheet
shows a handsome surplus of
A' something like $250,000,000, but it must
be remembered that a great deal of that
money is distributed among the national
banks, and that they are not at this
time in a position to hand it over.
"The 600-odd bills that have been in
troduced thus far call for the appro
priation of about $40,000,000 for public
grounds and buildings throughout the
country and approximately $40,000,000
for the same purpose in the District of
Columbia, where there, exist such cry
ing needs, for instance, as ji safe build
ing for the archives of the government,
which now are scattered about all over
the city, in such peril as would cause the
nation vast embarrassment if they
should be destroyed." ,
Chairman Bartholdt organized his com
- mjttee today by the appointment of
virions subcommittees. All bills for
the purchase of grounds for .the erection
of public buildings in. Alabama, Georgia
and Louisiana will be' passed upon by a
subcommittee, of which Representative
Burleigh, of Maine, is chairman; Florida,
South Carolina and Texas, Representa
tive Howell, of New Jersey Arkansas,
Tennessee and West Virginia, Repre
sentative Conner, of Iowa; Kentucky,
' North Carolini and Virginia, Represen
tative Rodenberg, of Illinois.
Yes, Advertising Does Pay.
Monday Morning Prosecution Will
Begin Presentation of
Direct Case.
BUSINESS MEN LARGELY
MAKE UP THE JURY
'Much Nicer Than the Men Selected
Last Year," Says Mrs. Thaw After
Their Selection, and Man On Trial
Echoes Remark of His Wife.
THE THAW JURORS
New York, .Tan. 10. The Thaw
jury was completed and sworn this
afternoon. The complete jury. is as
follows: . - - . "
1. Charles F. Grcmmels, ship-broker,
foreman.
2. Arthur R. Xaething, employing
. baker. ;
3. George W. Cary, dry goods. .
. 4. George C. Rupprceht, salesman.
5. John II. Holbert, mineral waters.
6. David E. Arrowsmith, manager.
-7." William F. Doolittle, auditor's
': clerk. ,
8. William II. McHugh, clerk.
0. Frank J. Howell, manufacturer.
10. : William RurCk, assistant secre
tary Y. M. C. A.
11. Franeis Dovale, real estate.
12. James A. Hopper, meats and pro-
New York, Jan. 10. The second jury
to try llary K. Thaw, for the killing of
Stanford White, was completed late to
day, and on; Monday morning the prose
cution will present its direct case against
the defendant. Five jurors in all were
accepted and sworn in at the morning
and afternoon sessions held today.
As a whole the jury is made up of
most intelligent . business men, most of
whom are at middle ago or over. When
the panel had finally been completed af
ter many vexatious delays, and after the
exercise of twenty-three peremptory
challenges by the defense and twenty
by the people, Thaw announced that he
was entirely satisfied and, in fact, well
pleased with (the twelve men chosen.
Young Mrs. Thaw, who has watched the
selection of the jurors with the greatest
interest, also declared that she was will
satisfied. '-.:
"They are much nicer than the men
selected Inst year," she said as court ad
journed, and Thaw exclaimed that he
echoed 'his wife's sentiments. The pris
oner and his wife had an earnest five
minutes' talk after the last juror had
been sworn, and while the attorneys
were conferring as to the appointment
of a commission, which will be sent to
Pittsburg to take the testimony' of Mrs.
AVillinm Thaw, the mother, who is still
too ill to come on to New York.
The new jurors slected today were
McHugh, Howell, Burck, Dovale and
Hooper. The last two seats in the jury
box were especially hard to fill, and a
number of talesmen were passed tem
porarily into those places only to be
excused in a few minutes by challenges
from both defense and prosecution.
Justice Dowling announced at the be
ginning of today's sessions that com
mencing with Monday the court hours
would be from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. and
from 2 p. ra. to 6 p. m. Afterwards, at
the request of the attorneys, he fixed
the hour of adjournment at 5 p. m.
instead of 6.
Assistant District Attorney Garvan
will make the opening statement for the
(Continued on page Two.) '.:
BOTCH TO QUIT AFTER
AMERICAN CHAMPION SAYS THAT
THIS BOUT WILL BE HEIGHT
OF HIS AMBITION.
Baltimore, lid., Jan. 10. Frank Gotcb,
champion wrestler of America, an
nounced today that he has made up bis
mind to retire at the end of this year.
He says that the height of his ambition
has been to meet Hcckenschmidt, and,
now that this seems for the first time
likely to be realized, he is ready to quit
wrestling. Gotch received a letter this
ihdrning from W. W. Wittig, ot Mil
waukee, urging him to see Wittig at the
carliost possible moment to begin ne
gotiations with Hackenschmidt for the
championship of the world.
Gotch said he would not have the
match before May 1, that Chicago will
doubtless be the scene of the contest,
and that the purse will probably be
split, 05 and 35 net cent.
Absolute Prohl'- r' Is the Object
of BUI by hv. esentatlve
Webb.
HOUSE HAS OLDTIME
WORKING SESSION
Gets Down to Business and Does Large
Amount of Work Burleson and
Payne in Sharp Discussion Over Dem
ocracy of Democrats.
- BY JOHN E. MONK.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 10.j Absolute
prohibition, of the shipment of liquor
from one state to prohibited territory
in another state is proposed in a bill
introduced today by Representative
H ebb, ot aorth Carolina. Unlike the
Hepburn-Dolliver bill, the Littlefield hill
and other measures providing that liquor
shipped in interstate commerce shall,
upon arrival in a state, be subject to
the police powers of such state, the bill
offered by Representative Webb aims
at prohibition absolute.
"You'll never have prohibition until
you prevent the shipment. of liquor into
prohibited : territory," said Mr. Webb.
"This bill strikes at the root of the evil.
In the south the people want prohibi
tion that will prohibit."
The Webb bill provides "that it shall
be unlawful for any railroad company,
express company, or other common car
rier to transport any spirituous liquors
from one state to another state, and de
liver the same in territory of the latter
state where the sale and manufacture
of spirituous liquor is prohibited in said
territory by the laws of the state. Any
common carrier violating the provisions
of this act shall be deemed guilty of
(Continued on page Six.)
FIVE KILLED; TyiB HURT
WHEN TRAINS COLLIDE
M mm TRESTLE
Passenger Meets Logging Train
on Long Curve Near Vln
egar Bend.
ALL GO INTO THE RAVINE
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 10. A special from
Vinegar Bend, Ala., tells of a disastrous
wreck on the Alabama and Mississippi
railroad today, caused by a headon col
lision between a passenger train and a
logging train. Five persons were killed
outright and two were seriously injured.
Twelve miles west of Vinegar Bend
the rond turns sharply, and the greater
portion of this curve is made up of
trestling that spans a ravine and a
small brook at the bottom. Running at
fair speed the passenger train took the
curve and trestle just ns an extra freight
train came into view on the opposite
end. Before Engineer Marks could bring
his train to a stop the trains met head
on in the center of the trestle.
Simultaneous with the collision the
trestle gave way and both engines and
trains fell to the bottom of the ravine,
(m the logging train were a number of
convicts.
STORIES OF RECEIVERS FOR
SOUTHERN RY. DENIED
General Counsel Thorn Says There Is Nothing to Them Finley
v 111 and Andrews WojTt Talk. -
Washington, D. ,C., Jan. 10. In reply
to inquiries regarding rumors of re
ceivership proceedings against the South
ern railway, General Counsel Thorn, of
that road, today denied any knowledge
of any such proposed action.
President Finley, of the road, is ill at
his home, but it was stated at his office
that nothing was known there regarding
fhe matter. First Vice-President An
drews declined to see newspajier men, re
ferring them to Mr. Thorn. Mr. Thom
said it could be stated on his authority
that he knew nothing whatever of any
such proceeding now or contemplated,
and that it was the first ho had heard
ol it.
Ho said that he could not account for
the report, but. pointed to the recent re
ceivership proceedings of the Seaboard
Air Line, nnd suggested that that may
Ask the Man
Four Killed Outright and Many
Others Are Seriously
Injured.
TWELVE-STORY BUILDING
ENTIRELY DESTROYED
Fought by Half the Firemen in Man
hattan Blaze Is Never Controlled and
: Surrounding Structures Are Only
Saved by Hard Work.
New York, Jan. 10. Four firemen
went to their' deaths-, tonight when they
responded to a lire tliut ruined the Par
ker building, a twelve-story business
sturcture, occuping the Muck - between
East '.Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets,
in Fourth avenue.
Fought by half tho firemen ol .Man
hattan, and apparatus thai "blocked the
streets of the blocks, (lie flames : weie
never controlled and only .with dillieulty
confined to the building in which tliry
originated Floor after floor gave away
and dropped to the basement, and be
neath these and crumbling walls no less
than'' thirty -firemen were caught and
either killed outright or seriously in
jured. .
When the fire had burned itself out
and the firemen's roll was called, three
men of Engine Company Xo. 7 and ono
from Fire Patrol No. 3 failed to re
spond. They were: Thomas Philips,
Thomas O'Conner, John Lynch and John
Fallon. .
Tim Hutchinson, of Patrol No. 3, was
removed, dying, to tho hospital. Cap
tain ' Wcldon and Captain Darvan, of en
gine companies Nos. 24 ind 72, who were
injured internally, were among those
dangerously hurt.
When the. casualties began the Flor
ence hotel, which adjoins the burned
building on Eighteenth street, was made
a temporary hospital, where fire depart
ment 'physicians gave immediate aid to
the injured.-. -The monetary loss was es
timated tonight at '$1.300.000..'.-"",
The fire was one of the most 'specta
cular as weir as disastrous in recent
years. From start to finish its course
was marked by heartrending scenes,
sensational escapes and flashes of hero
ism. . -v ,
The building was occupied chiefly by
publishing-houses, : though a score of
other businesses had workrooms or of
fices there. The loss to the tenants is
total. The fire started on the fifth
floor in. the ofliees of Kopcr & Jackson.
Eublishers, and before a stream of water
ad fallen upon it, had shot up through
the elevator shafts and presently all of
the upper floors were ablaze. On the
fifth door, where the watchman discov
ered the fire, five girls employed by
the Ditinoro Woolen Company were at
work. The flames rose above them, the
girls hurried down stairs to the street.
On the top floor, in the Suffolk En
graving Company's establishment six
men were working. Their escape was
cut off and they (led to the roof. Flames
had surrounded them on three sides and
they were in imminent danger of death
when rescued by means of a lifeline
allot from a mortar gun, and manned by
a hook and ladder company on the roof
of the Florence hotel adjoining. The
hotel is seven stories in height and from
its roof a rope was fired aeros the top
of the burning building. There it -was
seized-by the imperilled men and the free
end made fast about a chimney. Down
this rope, hand over hand, dropped the
six men to safety. : Meantime the Flor
ence hotel bad been emptied of its two
hundred guests and nearby houses were
also vacated.
Seven '.firemen of engine 72, which
first arrived, ran up to the fifth floor
of the burning building after - 85-foot
extension ladders had been raised to the
windows of that story to make possible.
(Continued on page Two.)
have inspired an idea that there might
bo other loads brought into receivership.-',
FLORIDA NEGROES OUT
IN FORAKER'S SUPPORT
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 10. An organ
ized movement among the Republican
negroes of this slate in favor of Sena
tor Foraker for l'residcnt has come to
light. It is the purpose of those inter
ested in the movement to capture the
state Republican convention, whicji' will
be held in St. Augustine February 0.
Former North Carolinian Dies.
Buttle Creek, Mich., Jan. 10. William
H. Patterson, son ot former Senator
John Patterson, of North Carolina, and
brother-in-law- of Admiral EvanS, com
manding the Pacific fleet, died today
from pneumonia.
Who Advertises in the Daily Industrial News. He Knows
JUDGE JETER
ABOUT $4,000 SUBSCRIBED
FOR AUDITORIUM PLANS
CHAMBER OF COMMERGE
Proposal to Purchase $70,OCO Building at Jamestown Exposition
and Remove Here at Total Cost Not Exceeding $18,000.
Canvass for Additional Subscriptions Begins Today.
If tho plans adopted at a meeting of
the chamber of comerce last, night arc
carried into effect and t'bere seems no
doubt that they will Greensboro will
have an auditorium in a few months
witil a seating capacity of at least
12;0(l0. A sufikicnt sum was raised to
start the matter at onee and commit
tees will canvass the city today for the
purpose of soliciting additional subscrip
tions. ;vv
It is proposed to purchase and remove
to this city the auditorium building at
the Jamestown exposition. This build
ing has dimensions of Imx400 feet and
can be purchased for .$10,000, and prob
ably 3,000. It can be removed here at.
a cost of " $3,000, making a total cost
rot to exceed $18,000, and about 25 per
cent, of this amount was raised last
night, with a reasonable surety that the
balance will be quickly forthcoming.
The building, with the single exception
of the Madison Square Harden in New
York, is the largest structure of its
kind in the country. It cost $70,000 to
build, and, as one member remarked
during the 'discussion, "It looks like a
bargain."
The proposition began with the read
ing of the report of the auditorium com
mittee by C. 1). TSenbow. He stated
that an offer had been received and then
gave the purport of tliis, adding that
the building is apparently well adapted
to the desired purpose, but, that' a loca
tion suitable is not readily obtainable
This led to various 'suggestions, 'among
these being one from Mr, Benbow, who
oifered to donate a tract of land of
suitable sizo in the eastern limits of
the city. He said, however, that, a more
central location is desirable. Other sug
gestions were made, including one from
A. M. Scales, who made an offer similar
lo that of Mr. Benbow, and adding that
lie would subscribe $1,000 to the stock
or a company to be organized for the
building of an auditorium. The site
most generally regarded as best adap
ted to the purpose is a lot on Creene
street, belonging to J. L. King, and the
J. P.
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PAY $30,000,000 IN 5 PER CENT.
EQUIPMENT TRUST CERTIFI
CATES. ' '
Xcw York, Jan. 10. The New York
Central, it was learned tonight, has been
sold to J. P. Morgan & Co. for $30,000,
000 5 per cent, equipment trust certifi
cates. The certificates are guaranteed by the
Xcw York Central and Hudson Kivcr
Railroad Company and its allied lines
Men Laid OS At Norfolk. 1
folk navy-yard today one hundred and
folk navy yard today ono hundred and
four ) mechanics in the various depart
ments wero laid off. This is over two
hundred discharges recorded during the
week. The reason given is want of
funds with which to meet payrolls. It
is further declared that work is piling up
at tho yard.
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C. PRITCHARD.
idea seemed to prevail that this location
best answers t he purpose, This prop
erty is of more than suflicicnt size, is in
a 'most .convenient location, nnd, so it
was said at the meeting, can be. pur
chased at a reasonable figure.
Active stejis were at once taken to-
I ward the raising of the necessarv funds.
ft was at first suggested to nsk for vol
unteer subscriptions of $,000 each
from twenty members of the chamber,
these subscribers to guarantee to take
this amount of stock and then dispose
of as much as they wished among the
people generally. This was finally re
jected as a proposition, on the theory
that if the twenty original subscribers
guaranteed the full amount they would
probably be compelled to pay over the
entire sum representing their subscrip
tions, as they would not be able to sell
any of tlieir holdings.
After a considerable discussion on
ways and means it was decided, on mo
tion, to direct the secretary to call the
names of the members present and ask
for volunteer subscriptions. This was
done and Secretary Kuykemlall passed
among the members and jol ted down
the amounts, realizing on the first round
the sum of $3,175. Mayor Brandt then
offered to guarantee $500 additional anil
was followed with a like offer by C. D.
Penbow, while finrland Daniel, O. L.
Van Xoppen, M. W. Thompson and C O.
Ferguson doubled : their subscriptions,
thus bringing the amount, raised- last,
right up to a total of $3,R75.
The Subscriptions.
Xames of the enjoiued subscriliers to
the auditorium fund are here given, to
gether . with the amount subscribed in
cadi instance:
1.. J, Brandt, $."00: IT. Sternberger,
f'200; J. J. Stone. $200; C. IX Cunning
ham, $100; E. J. Davis, $50: R. M. Doug
las, $50; A. M. Scales, $200; T. J. Penn,
SI00: C, M. Vanstorv, $100; E, J. Jus
t'ce. $200; C. C. McLean, $100; C. I).
Benbow, $500; M. W. Thompson. $200;
('. O. Ferguson, $200; C. L. Van Xoppen,
(Continued on page Two.)
ES
ALLEGATIONS OF UNJUST RATES
TO VARIOUS POINTS IN
STATE.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 10. Charges
that the Norfolk and Western Railway
Company and other carriers were ex
acting unjust, unreasonable and discrim
inatory freight rates on goods shipped
from Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio,
and Illuefield, W. Va., to Winston-Sa-lc.n
and Durham, X. C, were made to
day in a complaint filed with the in
terstate commerce commission by the
corporation commission of the State of
North Carolina.
Tho interstate commerce commission
is requested to adjust the rates on an
equitable basis.
Nowhere Better Than In This Coun.
try and Particularly In North
Carolina. '
ADDRESSES STUDENTS
OF RUTHERFORD COLLEGE
Draws Powerful Lesson from Life of
Andrew Carnegie, by Whom Library
Was Presented to the College Warns
Against Socialism and Other Issues.
Marion, X. C, Jan. 10. Today has
been notable in the history of Ruther
ford College, as famed for its useful
ness as an educational and ethical in
stitution in that a Carnegie free library
bbding, costing perhaps five thousand
dollars, was formally dedicated with an
address of great strength by Judge Jeter
C. Prit chard, of Asheville.
Tins college was founded in 1853 by
the Rev.. Robert L. Abernethy, of whom
Judge Pntehard today said "the name
of Dr. Abernethy will be honored and
revered by the people of Xorth Carolina '
for all time to come."
Major T. L. Sigmon introduced Charles
F. McKesson, of Morganton, who in an
eloquent address introduced Judge
Pritchard as "one of the foremost and
ablest jurists the south has ever pro
duced." Judge Pritehard's subject was "The
Opportunities of our Young Men." It
was a strong plea for honesty, industry
and sobriety coupled with education, pa
!riotsin and high regard for law and
liberty, among the soming young men
of our common country, and particularly
of Xorth Carolina. It encouraged poor
young men to become great and good
by dint of determination to be mas
ters of and overcome adverse environ
ment, as illustrated in the life of Mr.
Carnegie. -
Two hundred students are enrolled at
the college under the able management
of President W. W.1 Pecle. Primary and
(Continued on Page 4.)
T
mm i FOREIGN
SOILS PROVE USELESS
Long Continued Experiments In
dlcate Futility of This
Scheme.
EVIDENCE IN TOBACCO CASE
New York, Jan. 10. Long continued
experiments ttilh a view of raising high
grade tobacco outside the section in
which the leaf has long been . grown
have been a complete failure, accord
ing to Vice-President - William R. Harris,
of tho American Tobacco Company. Mr.
Harris made this statement on the wit
ness stand at today's session of tin
hearing in the government's investiga
tion into the American Company. '
Attempts have been made to grow the
tobacco from American seed in Austra
lia, China, India and other countries.
In Australia not mora fhnn IK n.r .n,
of the tobacco grown could be used, and
111 tne otner countries it was even less
of a success. In India and China the
leaf became mouldv before ft
n anufacturcd. For that reason, he said,
it naa oeen tound impossible to compete
with the cheap native tobacco. As a
result in India and China the
of the British-American Tobacco Com
pany, which controls the foreign trad,
is confined larirelv to htuh-wmH.
The nntive tobacco grown in Chins, Mr.
Harris said, is between 500,000,000 and
ono iir i-wtst 1 1
oou,!juu,uuu pounas annually, but it IS
much inferior to American grown tobac
co. I - ' ' ---.-'-'-:'
When nnkeil in nrrvlnna Inf t ara w,t -
ter. by James B. Duke, president of the
American Tobacco Company, relative to
the nffnirs nf American Tohappnm fYim.
j.nny, Mr. Harris said he had been un-
iniio 10 nnu any sucn letters, ne said
that, while Mr. Duke kept a close watch
on all the details of the great corpora,
tion's business, he did not lielievs Mr.
Duke personally 'had dictated a letter hi
the past fifteen years.
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