North Carolina Newspapers

yOL. V1U. COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY. JULY 31, 1902. NO. 16. FITS GOES DOWN. RirCI:2tfpiofl of the Prize Ring Gets Beaten in Eighth Round, A BLOODY AND TERRIFIC COMBAT Both Hen Put Up a Fair and Vigorous Battle For the Championship Both Satisfied. Rinc-side, San Francisco, Special. "hting- a.hatt.lf nf elcht rounds .llVi. o t --a tkat was fraught with - brilliant and f0ui-arso;?3 work, Robert Fitzslmmbns Friday! night night forfeited his last claim upon the heavy weight cham-picpsbip- He was knocked to the floor ly janies Jeffries and counted out after l'a had! 0 badly punished the chimpion bat it was a foregone . conclusion rr O C pectotors that the Cornish- an n;-i win. rweeaing irom a num ber bfj rashes in the face, apparently ireakc-pias, and clearly unable to cope s,!th fitzsininkons' superior skill, Jeff- x T- 1 1 . rie ies delivered two lucky J punches as Fit;?ijr-!:ns baiised in his fighting to ?3&kto him, and turned the tide. The )ib: was brief, but noteworthy, and viiMv: in pugilistic history. Fitzsim mon5trit(3 once to rise from the mat, but Mt down again in helplessness and heard- himself counted out, where but a irchent before he had aparently all the tetter of it. T"Lwill never fight again!, " said the battle-scarred veteran or th!e ring when he had sufficiently recovered to talk. "The fight was won -fairhl and to the best man belongs the toils:' : ! . - Ybu are the most dangerous man alive." F-aid Jeffries, in return, "and I , -consider myself lucky to have won vilit 1 uid." . J . jsnr.es aaaea: "i Know, iatz naa a 'remits punch and-would land it some iimci in the fight. He is certainly a wonder. .He is the' greatest fighter at his weight that ever lived. As old as he is, ho is the shiftiest and cleverest, the hardest-hitting man I ever met and I want to give him credit, as I know all 'f ho saw it will, for the great fight he pit - l. up. I have no plans for the im mediate future." "Fijtz said later that the blows that put; him out were a left short arm jolt tin?ir the .ribs and a right to the . jaw He raided: ' "I fought in the way I did be quse my-hands were goqe when I ente;rf d the ring. I injured them ., on Wednesday boxing with Hak Griffin. li" right hand in particular was almost tiseliess. 1 am confident now, even more so ihan-ever, that in my first battle V'itHi Jeffries I was doped." Dr. L. C. Cox, who has been summon ed to attend tho fighter, madean exam ination of the defeated pugilist. He an nounced that Fitz's ribs were not broken, but that his"4eft side was badly bruised, the muscles being so constrict ed as to cause the Cornishman great difficulty in breathing." . Fitzsimmons had been fighting at a furious- gait, cool and deliberate, and , chopping the champion to pieces with the; terrific rights and lefts that have made him jfamius. It was the draught fcore and the racer from the tap of thej gong. When the men came to gether Fitz. appeared rather worried, Mt upon the opening of the first round bejassumed a confidence " and fought with the deliberation of the general that 'he is.. As early as the second round Fitz. had Jeffries bleeding pro fusely from mouth and nose. Again and again he landed on-. his. bulky op ponent, getting away in such a clever manner. that brought down the house with cheers. f It seemed . indeed that Jeffries could scarcely weather the gale. In the eighth' round the end came and under a. serie3 of hot exchan ges Fitz. paused with his guard down and spoke to the champion. The latter's reply consisted of the two terrific blows that brought vback to him the fleeing "Hampionship and forever removed the ?teran Fitz, from the fistic arena. Fitz. took his defoat-, with amazing' good heer. He walked to the centre of .the rjr.g and raising his hand7addres3ed the Multitude, saying: "The best man has won. Had L beaten Jeffries tonight I tt'culd have conceded him the cham pionship and retired forever. I retire just the same now, but without having accomplished my ambition. I am sat isfied." ; - '-. - .. - . I After the fight Champion Jeffries '&s seen in his dressing room; He was Jubilent over his success, despite the fevrific scars of battle. He said to an Associated Press correspondent: "Well, have; won, just as I expected to. It i'as a fierce fight the fiercest I ever nad but I won. Ye3 I got a good bating,- as far as the marks of battle j-nt, but then I rather expectod that." SUICIDE OF DR. GRISSOM Was For Many Years Superintendent North Carolina Insane Asylum Washington, Special iron ex Grissom, once well-known as an alienist and neurologist, committed suicide here Sunday at his son's home, by sending a bullet through his Drain. Dr. Grissom had been dejected and morose for several weeks and had become nhvsieaiiv ta . S55S? ed irm the use of strong narcotics. He was a nan Jllle county, N. C, served on the Con federate side until mmaH 11 , , , i -"vu UU11UK the civil war and afterwards member of the State Legislature. For tr yarlhe was superintendent of the North Carolina Insane Asylumn, at Raleigh, and gained a wide reputation as an alienist and loMm-or. nfJX American Medical Society he deliv ered a lecture entitled 'vrhe border land of Insanity," that attracted great attention. He was the author of True and False Exne'rts." a wnrir devoted to showing the alleged in accuracies of the expert testimony in insanity cases. Dr. Grissom was one time first vice president of the Ameri can Medical Society and several times presiding officer of the Association of American Asylumns. He was the presi dent of the convention of 1886. He was a Mason of high degree. He was 71 years old. Eleventh Week of Strike. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Special. The be ginning of the eleventh week of the anthracite miners' strike finds ap parently no change in the situation, although the rurnor has been revived that an effort will be made sonie day this -week -to start up one of the col lieries. The companies have a suffi cient nurabtr of coal and iron police men enlisted now to prevent trouble, should it arise, and all that would be necessary, to get a mine in operation would be a sufficient number of min ers and laborers to blast the coal and load it on the cars. No doubt plenty of ordinary laborers could be secured but it is a question whether the re quisite number of miners could be per suaded to go into the workings. At strike headquarters the belief is as strong as ever-that the operators cannot resume and that it is idle talk to even suggest such a thing. President Mitchell simply says that the situation is, about the same and that the strikers are as firm a3 ever. Three hundred delegates, represent ing 10,000 Polish and Lithunlan resi dents of the Wyoming Valley; met in convention here and after endorsing the strike, appointed a committee cf 10 to visit New York, Philadelphia. Pittsburg. Buffalo and other large cities and solicit aid from the Polish and Lithunlan people for their coun trymen now on strike in the an thracite region. Coal From Alabama to New Orleans. New Orleans, Special. Preparations ire being projected by the Warrior River Coal and Transportation Com pany for beginning the transportation ?u.coal by barge from the mines of the Warrior river hi Alabama to this city by moans of the recently constructed Lake ' Dorgne "Canal. The ttansporta- ion compauy ia incorporated under the laws of Connecticut and i3 capi- alized at $3,000,000. Mr. J. D. Risgle. president of the Warrior Paper Manu facturing Company, is president of the Digani'.ation; ex-Governor Thomas M. Waller, of Connecticut. treasurer and, attorney,-. and H. K. Waller, secre tary. Mr. Oliver Gildersleeve, of the Gildersleeve Transportation Company, d New York, is one of the stockhold rs in the company. 1 Notes of News. Henry F. King, a former resident nf Baltimore shot two Sisters of Charity at the New York City Found ling Hospital. ; Gov. Robert M. La Follette, who was renominated' by Wisconsin Re publicans, in his speech attacked the friends, of Senator Spooner. A sDeaker in the North Carolina State Democratic Convention, at Greensboro, caused an uproar by de nouncing ex-President Cleveland. The inquest in the case of A. J. Latimer, who was fatally shot at his home in Piooklyn, developed the im pression that his mysterious assailant was a friend of Mrs. Latimer. - President John Mitchell opposed a general strike and presented a new plan to the Indianapolis convention of coal miners. William Ody, "a negro who attempt-' ed to assault a jcung white 'woman, was burned at the stake near Clayton, Miss., i v Joshua Anderson, white, who bru tally murdered his wife, was hanged on the town scales at Owensboro, Ky. ' ' SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Two Large fllHs. Mollohan Manufacturing Co., of New berry, S. C.,j expects to begin produc tion by August 1. This company's plant aas been under construction during the past year, ai(d its first annual meeting of stocholders was V held during the past week. .Directors were elected as follows: Jrfsj Mcintosh, D. H. Wheeler, Geo. : W. Summer, Z. F.' Wright, C E. Summer, JasV M. McCaughrin of Navir- berry, Seth M. Miliken of New York. Edward F. Greene of Boston and E. B. wilburn, whb originated the enterprise. Geo. W. Summer is - president ; Mr. Wright, secretary, and- Mr. Wilbur, vice-president, superintendent and manager. The company is capitalized at $200,000, and its output will beJancy white goods Buildings are all complet ed, and 11,000 spindles, 300 looms and a modern steam plant are about ready to Dperate. I- Announcement.was made recently that Dr. H." A. Ligon of Spartanburg, S. C, had decided to organize a $200,000 cotton mill 'company. The enterprise is now entirely assured; of establishment, and during this week the company ob tained articles of incorporation under the title of Arcadia Mills. The encor- porators met this-week and elected the following directors; Messrs., H. A. .Li gon, John B. Cleveland, E. D. Foster, G; M. Whitin, Smith of Glenn Springs, S. C. and T; E. Moore of Wellford, S. C. Messrs. C. R. Makepeace & Co. of Prov idence. R. I., have, been appointed ar chitects in, charge of planning, erect- ine and eauinDine. The olant will have from 10,000 to 15,000 spindles. Dr. Ligon has been elected president and treasurer. The remaining necessary de tails are now under consideration. Woodslde Cotton mils. It wa3 announced in May that' Wood side Cotton Mills of Greenville, S. C, wa3 to be organized, with capitaliza tion of $200,000, for building a cotton factory. No stens have as yet been taken to effect permanent organization but the company expects to do so in the near future. John T. Woodside is the active promoter of the enterprise, and will be its president, while J. D. Woodside jwill be treasurer. The incor porators include Messrs. J. L. Orr and J. H. Morgan, both presidents of cotton mills; G. A. Norwood, Hamlin Beattie and Henrr - Briggs, bank presidents, and other? prominent business men of the city. Details are now under con- sideraticni and will probably be an nounced soon. A $13 ooo Enlargement Berkley: Knitting Mills of Berkley, Va., ha3 decided to expend about $12, C00 for ipiprovenftnts. Tho company begun the? erection thjs week of an ad ditional building 40x75 feet, two stories high, whi,ch increases floor space to a total - of about 15,000 square feet. Fif teen additional knitting machines and sewing machines to suit will be in stalled, increasing capacity about 50 per cent. which makes the output be tween COO and 700 dozen per day. A new boiler and engine house with new 60-horse-poi'er steam plant installed was completed recently W. S. Bailie, Jr. is manager! Lumber Notes. -' s The Mechanics Lumber' Co. has opened up a large warehouse at Little otocK, , Arit., ' ana win naauie nuuoei, shingles,) lath, sash, doors, blinds, etc, Mr. A. B. Beler har, been appointed managerj of the enterprise. The Mahanah Lumber Co. of Browns ville. Tehn. has been chartered with a capital stock of $10,000.' The incorpor ators are Albert E. Mahanah, R. M Chambliss, G. B. Williams, J. H. Ben nett and! Mann Willis. J ! . - The Stone-Huling Lumber Co. oi Bristol, Va., has in contemplation the erection of a large lumber plant and lumber sheds at Radford. If the enter- nrlso fa;;parri(v1 nut. it will OOntribut? largely .to the volume of business in that place. . It is (stated that from 2,000,000 tc 3,000,000 oak staves for oil and whis key barrels are now being shipped from Flemingsburg, Ky., to Ohio and Michigan A large number of oak and tenimit Itreea are also being cut and shipped Textile Notes. Premier Cotton Mills of Helena. Ark., Is now busily engaged installing machinery in its plant The company is expending about $75,000 to oouoie the capacity of its mill. Announce ment was made last March that the '-orrmadv had decided on this Increas d s had let contract KKA. 1 LX f VVUiVr - for th.4 imnrovements. The company will have ' 10,000 spindles s operating 4r;hQn this instaiiation is completed. ' The second installment of machin ery is arriving at Gainesville, Ga., for mill No. 4 of the Pacolet (S. C.) Man ufacturing Co. It is being put up in position as rapidly as possible, and when all in place will give the -company its original equipment as was designed. This latter is "50,000 ring spindles and .2,400 looms for manufac turing standard sheetings and drills. This branch mill represents a $1, 000,000 investment. V -r Lumberton (N. C.) Cotton Mills held its semi-annual meeting this week, and the management reported that during the six months the plant has been in operation it has earned about 15 - per cent profit -The com pany is capitalized at $75,000, and operates 5,000 ring spindles on the production of hosiery yarns. The directors of Victor Cotton Mills of Charlotte, N. C, have passed areso- lutlon advising a change in capital 1 stock from $150,000 to $250,000. A meeting of stockholders has been called for August 12 to vote on this proposition. Probably enlargements are contemplated.. L. S. Roan and W. T. Roberts of Fairburn, Ga., have purchased Hutchi son Manufacturing C6.?3 cotton mill at Banning, Ga., and will continue the plant. Its - equipment is 5,000 spindles for manufacturing wraps, Vam and rone. ' McComb City (Miss.) .Cotton Mills la installing additional machinery, in cluding 1,000 spindles, forty looms, in termediate, etc Probably about $15, 000 is being expended. The company; has been operating 5,000 ring spin-; dies and ISO looms. Inman Cotton Mills, Inman, S, C, mentioned last week, Y was incor rectly reported as to number of "spin lk3 and looms. The . plant will have .S9G spindles and 444 looms, and its luthdriied capital is $500,000. The nachinery ; will be driven by elec; r' ' i'yr. ' William Cannon, a Birmingham (Ala.) negro boy, confessed that he has murdered four negro babies. A. E.vHolton, United States District Attorney, was -cowhided by N. Glenn Williams at Winston, N. C. Two fine automobiles belonging to Lillian uRssell were -burned at her , summer home, Far Rockaway, L. I. The, first meeting of- the new Bal four CabineC was held in London. Earl Cadcgan resigned as Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland. 5 Special Ambassador Whitelaw Reid made a speech at Liverpool, in which ho told Britons not tto fear American invaders. ( )' The United States customs steamer Shearwater was wrecked in the Philip pines, and 19 of thf, crew drowned. - Rear Admral Watson arrived at New York from London, where he went to represent the United States Army at the coronation. John Willis Baer, the secretary of the United Society of Christian En deavor, has tendered his resignation to take effect on October 1 and has accepted a position as assistant secre- tary of the Presbyterian ooara oi home missions. -Mr. , 'Baer begins ci new work in Nev York October 1. The stogie manufacturers ct Penn sylvania. Ohio and ' West Virginia, with one exception, have formed a trust, under a Delawar charter. 1 - A $5,060,000 Bank. Chicago, ''v Special. American finan- ciers are planning an miernauuuai bank, with' headquarters in New York and branches in Chicago, San Francis co, City of Mexico, Havana, Rio Ja neiro and Buenos Ayres. Accordingto President W. H. Hunt, of the Mexican Trust Company Bank, the institution will be known as the First Ihternation- al Bank of North America. Its capital will be $5,000,000. The nucleus of the enterprise is already in existence un der the riame of the Mexican Trust Company Bank whioh has been in ope ration in the City of Mexico ' for one year. . .. . -'-r Fire Ghlef Overcome By Heat Owensboro. Ky., Special. The plant of the, Owensboro . Planing Mill Com- nanv and the plant of tne, uonuneniai Tobacco Company were destroyed by fire Wednesday. Loss. $100,000. uniei otttre Fire Department Alnert Tennes, hv heat and is in a cri- W clo yici w"w t tical condition. Serious Fire at Camden, 5. rnlimibia: S. C, Special. The Co- rtment has takeTi L..j.'anrt-hank is in flames and thpre sems no chance of saying of thf io business buildings m it any r ........ , . - - - i - - s ' - chemical engines- ana aynaiuue w tte live, at Camdfn. The loss at 1 plok was S jOO.000 and relief had not. s: tne FEARS FOR SAFETY. Claimed That German Emperor Might Be Attacked ; HE IS ASKED NOT TO VISIT POSEN It is Thought, However, That the , Emperor Will Decline to Change His Plans. V Berlin, By Cables Court Chamber lain Vpn Morawski, a Polish : landed magnate, has appealed to Emperor William not to visit Posen during the army manoeuvres to le held in Sep- . tember, as His Majesty has - planned to do. The chamberlain fears that some Polish fanatic might attempt to harm the Emperor. Racial feeling is described aa at fever heat and sev eral, Berlin , journals take the view that it would be unwise Jfor the Em peror to expose himselt unne6essarily. It is scarcely likely : that the Em peror will act upon Chamberlain Von Morawski's appeal, : because His Ma jesty never permits himself to change his I plans on account of the timidity of his advisers. He goes anywhere he thinks duty calls him; and, besides, it is his purpose to declare the govern ment's Polish policy while in Polish territory and his giving up of per- ' sonal supervision of the. manoueyres would be unprecedented. The Polish question is regarded, as : the most pregnant in the government's domestic policy. While no observer believes the Polish agitation can. really amount to much ultimately, it is I embarrassing the relations with Austria and Russia. The Poles In Galicia enjoy local self-government and press privileges which are not in vogue in Prussian Poland, and con tinual contrasts are made in the Aus trian press between . the conditions . existing Galicia and in the province of Posen that annoy this government and tend to weaken the Triple Alli ance. Indications are not wanting that Riissia is disposed to utilize the Polish passion by giving greater freedom to the Russian frontier a Prussian popu lation in sympathy with Russia. - Count Von BiilOw, the German im- periai Chancellor, is well aware of the disagreeable features or- me Polish agitation, and it is quite likely he will devise measures to quiet the extreme violence of the Polish feel ing.' . , -.: - j , Trouble at Paris., .Paris, By Cable. A serious distur bance occurred Wednesday at; 10:30 o'clock on the Terrance lit Cafe de Musse de Cluny. The police .cleared the' cafe.' Several - persons were in itirpH and 25 arrests made. Some, dis- nrripriv meetings of Catholics " were hd during the course of the evening, resulting in scuffles and the making 0 arrests. The agitation provoKea Dy J the order of Prime Minister Combes to close" the Congregationist . schools recalls to some1 extent tne ; scenes en acted when M Ferry, then Premier, expelled the Jesuits in 180. Demon strations in favor of the nuns and tne teaching friars are - taking place in Paris and many places in the prov- , inces, where the police presented themselves at the schools and order ed that the institutions beclosed. Up to the present, however, no seriou3 incident has been recorded. 1 Accused of Robbery. Greensburg, Pa., Special The climax in the alleged robbery of nearly a auarter of a million dollars in money ana bonds from the venerable .Jacob Bvers was reached here when William S. Byers, a leading lawyer of the West moreland county bar and the - Demo ocratic nominee for Congress, was ar rested on information containing three separate charges of larceny by bailee; and two of larceny. The. information was made and sworn to by Jacob Byers. the reputed owner of. the lost bonds and money, aged and Infirm and who has been . unable to rise for several weeks from what is believed to be his? death-bed. The ball ;bond, Was fixed at the sum of $25O;O00l? Late" tonight At torney Byers had; not secured bonds- man . men. Kilted Byjpman. - Carbondale, Ilj.Special tho .i Jaubet Brothers, who operated a small coal mine near Craville, were both 'shot to death at their home by the wife of one of the men. Tho tragedy resulted from an assault by. the husband on. his wife which was followed up by his brother after the former had been killed. The jur ex nriArated the wife. ... . , f.