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NO. 44.
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I The News of Old North State Gathered and Put
in Condensed form.
Sensation at Fayetteville.
Fayetteville, Special. S. M. Grant
a negro teacher in the State Colored
Komflrt School, which is located in
this city was dismissed from service
as a result of his arrest for carrying
a concealed weapon. Grant was ar
rested, a pistol having been found
on his person, and in the mayor's
eomt was bound over to the coming
criminal court. Being unable to fur
nish bail, he was placed in jail. The
di rectors of the normal school were
not i lied of the affair and after a
careful investigation, including a
statement from Grant himself, de
cided that his dismissal was neces
sary. Eazers Have to Withdraw.
Raleigh, Special. The senior class
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College reports that two men have
been required to withdraw from the
college because they were implicated
in the recent sensational hazing af
fair, and two others are on probation
pending the result of further inves
tigation. They appeal to the people
of the State that all have been done
that could possibly be' done in the
matter, and express the belief that
there is now a sentiment among the
students of the college that will make
it impossible for the occurrence of
any more severe or brutal hazing.
Negro Killed Near Wilson.
Wilson, Special. Wednesday night
about $ o'clock, on H. H. Walston's
farm, better known as the Lane place,
located about seven miles from Wil
son, Davis Hagan was severely cut by
Warren Ward. Both men were drink
ing when the fight occurred. Hagan
died at 1 o'clock Thursday morning,
after bleeding profusely for five
hours. Both were negroes about 2o
years old. As soon as Ward did the
cutting he skipped, going east from
Saratoga. JThe sheriff and deputies
left for Saratoga, but the negro could
not be found in that vicinity and is
still at large.
Tragedy in Marshall
Asheville, Special. A telephone
message from Marshall, Madison
county, is to the effect that a fire at
2 o'clock Thursday morning in the
cotton mill district at that place de
stroyed a large double house and that
a Miss Blazer, 14 years of age, was
burned to death. The girl was a
member of One of "the famalies occu
pying the house. The other members
of the two families occupying the
house barely escaped with their lives.
The girl's head, legs and arms were
burned of J.-
New Charters Granted.
Raleigh, Special. The following
new charters were granted Thursday:
Cronley Brick Company, Wilming
ton. The capital is $10,000, with $25,
000 authorized; G. T. Flynn, W. J.
JHynn, J. H. Hooper and others, in
coroprators. Amendment to Independent Ice
Company, Wilmington, increasing the
capital from $100,000 to $200,000.
The David Dewyn Company, Besse
mer City, with a capital of $10,000;
Robert Knuckley, of Bessemer City,
d David and George Dewyn, of
an
Charlotte, are the incorporators.
No Interruption of Publication.
Raleigh, Special In the Superior
Court, with the consent of all parties
concerned the temporary receivership
of The Evening Times was made per
manent and Receiver Pace's bond in
creased to $5,000. There will be no
interruption in the regular publica
tion of The Times pending the ad
justment of the paper's financial ob
ligations. A Generous Offer.
Asheville, Special. George W.
Vanderbilt has agreed to pay $1,000
additional tax on property in south
Biltmore for public school purposes if
the other property owners will tax
themselves another thousand, the
amount being necessary to establish
a high school with three teachers and
an eight-months' term. The matter
will be considered at a mass meeting
and it is practically certain that the
tax wiR be voted. It is whahie
corrmulsorv school attendance in
eouth Biltmore will also be voted.
11 i a a E-t- a line
Jonesboro Mills Assign.
Raleigh, Special. The Clark Man
ufacturing Company and the Eugenia
Manufacturing Company, the only
two cotton mills at Jonesboro, in Lee
county, were placed in the hands of a
receiver, ex-Judge A. W. Graham, of
Oxford being named by Judge Biggs,
now holding court in Raleigh, as the
receiver. The mills were in eharge of
David Clark, the capital stock being
$53,900 with 3,800 spindles and 101
looms. The financial depression
caused the application for a receiver
ship. Tragedy Prevented.
Concord, Special. A tragedy al
most equalling that at Fayetteville
Sunday, was prevented by the cool
ness of our Chief of Police Booker,
when one Johnson, usually a quiet
citizen, tanked up on the "red-eye"
and defied arrest. He had the chief
eoyered until Policeman Sides came
on the seene,when his attention was
drawn to him. The chief took ad
vantage,, and before Johnson knew
whaHie was about he was on the r
to the guard house.
Burns May Prove Fatal.
Gastonia, Special. Mi's. Rhoda
Mauney, aged 35, wife of William
Mauney, an employe of the Gastonia
Manufacturing Company, was so bad
ly burned that she will probably die.
Mrs..Mauncy was doing some washing
in the yard at her home at the old
mill and her dress caught from the
fire under the washpot. Just one yeal
ago their 4-year-okt son met death in
a similar manner.
Debtors Idle, Couldn't Pay.
Tarboro, Special. Execution was
served on M. P. Williams, a grocer
of this city, judgment having been ob
tained by R. B. Peters Grocery Com
pany for $198.86. The store is closed
while the inventory is being taken.
Mr. Williams says the cause of his
embarrassment was poor collections of
debts due by those who are idle on
account of being thrown out of work.
Girl Commits Suicide.
Kinston, Special. Miss Nellie
Fields, the 15-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Fields, committed
suicide about 10 o'clock by shooting
herself with a pistol at their homa
! on Peyton avenue. Several weeks ag
the young girl contracted the grip
and had an unusually severe attack
having been confined to her bed ever
since. For several days she had been
despondent and depressed, but no
one suspected that she was contem
plating self-destruction.
Working Up Water Power.
Greenville, Special. A promoter
whose name is so far withheld, is in
the city working up the organization
of a power company which is to be
capitalized at . $5,000,000 and whose
intention is to furnish power for the
mills of Greenville and vicinity. The
ones promoting the enterprise have
talked with mill men and a well-
, known mill architect. Nothing defi-
mio nas ueeu .given vuw
Surveys for Consideration of Inland
Waterways.
Beaufort, Special Mr. Alfred She
ney, of Kinston, is here, where he
has his headquarters while engaged
in surveying and preparing maps, etc.,
of the waters in this section to be
used by the government in the con-
tion of the nroposed inland
waterway.
Greenville Bonds are Sold.
Greenville, Special. The city of
Orpptivillp disnosed of $18,000 in re
funding school bonds at 103. The en
tire issue was taken by Tbackston &
Son, broker of this city. The pre
mium paid for the issue was $525.
The Tbackston bid as nearly $auu
above the next highest offer, made by
a Cincinnati firm. Several bond bro
kers were here, when the bids were
opened. The bonds bear 5 per cent
interest and under the present nn
satisfactory conditions of the ,market
I tbe sale is considered very advanta
geous to the ty.
COST OF RATI LITIGATION
What the Railway Rate Dispute Cost
the State Interesting Figures
From the Books of the State Audi
tor. Raleigh Special to The Charlotte
Chronicle :
An examination of the State
Auditor's books reveals the fol
lowing figures of expense in connec
tion with the cost of the controversy
between the State and Rairoad com
panies in the railway rate litigation.
Total litigation expense to State
$18,829.
Paid, to lawyers :
F. A. Woodard. $3,038
E. J. Justice 3,750
J. E. Shepperd 1,301
Ay cock & Daniels 3,150
Winston & Bryant 1,517
Merriman & Merriman 835
S. G. Ryan .7.. 250
Other items:
Stenographer and auditing ser
vices 3,086
United States Court costs 753
Attorney General and assistant 36
Printing 185
The cost of the extrajsession of the
Legislature is yet to be added, which
will fully double the amount, bring
ing up the total expense to the State
to $38,000 or more, into which the
' ., ' , , At
$17,500 the railways offered and the
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Governor accepted is to be thrown
penses to the State to less than
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$20,000.-
Friday's Charters.
Raleigh, Special.-Among the new
charters issued Fridav is one for
the Buckstone Lodge Association,
Manchester, Cumberland county, with
a capital of $50,000. The incorpora
tors are J. H. Alexander, of Eliza
beth, New Jersey; Henry D. Spears,
New York; W. Strother Jones, Red
Bank, N. J.; James F. Jordan,
Greensboro.
The Bradsha'v Electric Company,
Charlotte, amends its charter, chang
ing its name to "The Ideal Electric
Company. '
The Hamilton Drug Company,
Oxford, is also chartered.
MAIN BUILDING BURNED.
$4,000 Fire Loss Sustained By Indus-
trial Union Training School at
Qn x
Southern Pines.
Raleigh, N. C, Special.
The main building of the Iftfustrial
Union Training School and Orphan-
, j n , .
age was destroyed by fire early thu.
morning, the total loss amounting to
about $4,000. The building, pipe or-
ean. furniture, etc!, were a total loss,
'
training of colored youth and is un-
der the supervision of Rev. J. M
Henderson, president. The institu
tion had the endorsement of Grover
Cleveland and other eminent men.
News and Observer, Raleigh, N. C.
The Building of the Southbound.
Winston-Salem, Special The
building of the Southbound RailroaJ
from Winston-Salem to Wadesboro is
now being agitated all along the line.
The people look upon it as a "good
t ixi u
ining lur evciji sccuuu
wnicn it wouia pass, u is leporteu
that ne Bros., railroad contractors,
who double-tracked for the Southern,
are now engaged in preparing a bid
for construction work on the South-
bound.
Looking Into Immigration.
Raleigh, 'Special. Agents of the
United States Immigration Commis
sion from Washington, Messrs. Kel
lett. Rail and Baeon, are in Raleigh
on official business. While in f,orth
Carolina they will also visit Wilming-
ton Charlotte, on'
and some other points. They say thej
find out people favor a restricted im-
migration, limited to desirable classes.
Bond Secured For Men Charged With
Harder.
neys for W. G. Dye and Henry Gib-
son, two of the young men charged
with killing Reuben Douglas colored,
a few days ago near Rkhburg while
aT!Ti.nBe r
Winnsboro and secured bond for their
clients in the sum of $600 each, the
motion not oemg resisi-eu ujr
nh,r Th Jkafd wS reiwiily famish-
ed, and the young men are again at
liberty.
it raw, Ron
Severest Conflagration in the
Clys History
EIGHTEEN BLOCKS BURNED OUT
Threo Hundred and Eight Buildings
Destroyed, Embracing Five Cigar
Factories, With a Total Loss Esti
mated at $600,000. t
Tampa, Fla., Special. The entire
extreme northeastren section of the
city proper was destroyed by fire,
which raged until interrupted from
9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Sunday. The area
burned covered 55 acres or eighteen
and one-half city blocks and three
hundred and ight buildings were de
stroyed, with a total loss estimated at
$600,000.
The burned section included four
large and one smaller cigar factories,
numerous restaurants, saloons, board
iryr houses and over 200 dwellings oc
cupied by cigarmakers. The fac
tories burned were, M. Stachelberg &
Co., loss $100,000; M. Peres & Co.,
loss Snft OCtf) HnnrfllM TTSoi- Jit Pn
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branch of Stachelberg, loss $40,000;
X . . 'n nnT
Tcrnandez & Bro., loss $20,000.
.
All fnntnrfxa POrriprJ 1 n rrtrx afnaVti
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or tobacco and cigars. The area
..nf v,, -.v,-a ii ;
t uj me cuiuiaucvA ail iiiai pui-
tion of the city between 12th and
flvpnnps o ri( Ri-vf owr li Anil
originatcd ;
the boarding house of Antonio Diaz,
174 Twelfth avenue, and fanned by a
strong wind, spread out, fan-shaped,
defying the efforts of the entire city
e department which was crippled
very weak water pressure, owing
$ the smallness of the mains in that
section. Occupants of over two
hundred dwelling houses, thrown in
to a panic, rushed out, attempting
to save but little of their belongings.
f One fatality is reported, a Cuban wo-
man in a aencate condition, wno
dropped dead from the shock, her
body being rescued from the burning
house with difficulty. In the big
factories it was possible only to save
the most valuable of records, books,
etc., and the valuable stoefcs oi lear
tobacco and manufactured cigars,
ready for shipment) were left to the
mercy of the flames.
Fire Chief Overcome.
Fire Chief Savage was overcome by
neat ana smojs.e earn m mv me, UUi
recovere4Uteiv citizens volunteered
-si-tance to the hairi working firo-
men, but the spread of the flames
was so rapid that little effectual work
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I Amnnn t ho hm ilincs nthpr than
fact0rieso destroyed, were the hotels
and cafes of Perez and Castro and
Maximo Caras, six saloons, 12 restau
rants and 10 boarding houses. The
car barns of the Tampa Electric Com
pany, containing 20 cars, were en
dangered, and owing to the destruc
tion of trolly wires cars could not
be moved. The big Seirenberg
branch factory of the Havanna-Amer
ican Cigar Company was also reached
by the flames, but was saved Srxl est
Joseph's Catholic Convent and Acad
emy barely escaped. The fire finally
bnrned itself out at the extreme
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northeastern corner of the city
i , . ,f le readered
homeless were out of work, owing to
the dull season in the factories, and
lso practically out of funds and
their shelter became an immediate
problem.
Prominent West Virginian Dead.
Morganton, W. Va., Special. Dr.
Eli Marsh Tucker, formerly president
of West Virginia University, died
gnddenly Sunday of appoplexy. He
hftd apparently been in the best of
fealth and last evening consented to
take the nomination for mayor on the
Citizens party ticket.
uje to Surrender Japanese
Steamer.
the Chinese goyemment will surren-
aer tfce Japanese steamer Tatsn
Maru which, was seized on February
Chinese customs cruiser
otde of M.e, whil. unlo. ,
Urge -consignment of rifles and am- I
muniti0n, the rifles ntnnbering aeveral
i tousana. ii was urigiiwj
I lhaf attempt was being made to
1 war supplies into China lor
I revolutionists.
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PROMINENT PEOPLBi
Pilgrims of the United States Paro
a banquet at Delmonico's for Ambas
sador White) w, Beid. '
Yale Intends' to confer the degree
of M. A. on Walter Camp, the nniyer
sity's athletic adviser.
John D.. Rockefeller. Jr., de
nounces tne use of fibs In nifirfnes
"Tell the truth." he says, ''even If it's
uoi expedient.
AvTSf ev- V-J? ftese D- D"
Chrttt Church. TfashvillP. Tpiti ho.
been chosen Blshon by the convflwtinn
L of the Diocese of jGeorgia. , .
x i reuui vjl jyinyor rom Li. JOttnson,
of Cleveland, declare he should be
considered among available -Dem
Uc candidates for the Presidency.
At the university of Pennsylvania
Wa-shingtdfri Birthday eiercfster an
address was f made, by Joseph H".
Choate, who was "the recipient of a
degree.
. Andre Tardieu delivered his eighth
and last lecture before" the Cercle
Francals of Harvard University, .at
Cambridge. His subject was "France
and the United States.';. w ; . t .
Representative Steenerson, o Min
nesota, was called from Washington
to Newport, R. I., where his son, Ben
jamin G. Steenerson, a private In the
Marine Corps, was drowned.
General Nelson A. Miles left Bos
ton for Washington, D. C., to make
his future home in the latter city.
The General's personal effects have
already been sent to Washington.
Oscar S. Straus, Secretary of Com
merce and Labor, spoke at a dinner
given by Boston business men who
have formed an association 'for the
general commercial and civil -welfare.
Dr. Mandsley has given $15 0,000
toward the expense of. building an in
stitution in London for the cate of
persons suffering from mental 'dis-.
eases, without the necessity of incur-
ring me siigma oi a certificate of in
sanity. '
Hews in Brief.
Two bombs were thrown at the
Shah of Persia, one killing three out
riders, but the Shah escaped.
A bomb was thrown at the carriage
of President Alcorta, of Argentina,
at Buenos Ayres, but failed to ex
plode. The Women's Enfranchisement bill
passed its first reading in the House
of Commons and was then shelved for
the rest of the session. -
President Pardo, oT Lima, visited
Admiral Evans and -toasted" Roose
velt. . .. i
Th House Naval Committee, re
ported in favor of twoiarg'e flating
drydocks, one for the Atlantic, one
for the Pacific. Coast m -
The House Banking and Cnrvency
Committee voted to report favorably
the Fowler Currency bill.
Ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert
argued for the suspension of the
Nine-Hour law on the Seaboard Aii
Line)
No men living are more worthy to
be trusted than those who toil. UP
from poverty none less inclined to
take or touch liught which they have
not honestly earfiedv
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More interest would be manifest
ed in the discussion of the popula
tion of Mars, thinks the Washington
Star, if there were any chance of their
being registered r.nd voted.
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ffEWSV GLEANINGS.
' Ex-Governor-Yates, of Illinois, an
nonnced his candidacy for re-election
to that office.
Secretary Taft asked In a speech,
"What, under heaven do we want to
fight Japan TdW'
The Archbishop of Paris has issued!
a decree condemn insr the fast two
works of the Abbe Loisy.
The authorities In Philadelphia
have forbidden the holding of an
archist meetings in that' elty here
after. Private advices ta German firms
trading in Jaoan confirm reports of
serious f nancfar trouble In the East
ern empire. . .
The present New York City season
'of grapd" opera will be a record break
er in the amount of money taken at
both houses,
Governor Hughes declared in a
speech .. in Chicago that gamblers
should not e allowed to hide in
masks of trade.
Theodore Challanins. Russian
basso, sailed: He declared the Amer
icans were children Jn art and busi
ness and liked to be bluffed.
Great crowds visited the American
battleships in Callao Harbor, Chile;
Admiral Evans' system of shore pa
trols resulted in excellent order.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth,
in a speceh at Peoria, declared the
President was in no -way responsible
for the existing financial conditions.
Because of the great increase in
loans sought by the. unemployed, the
Providgnt Loan Society reduced ita
maximum loan to any individual to
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The Australian government has in
vited the American" battleship fleet
to visit the principal seaport; the
Prejnier issued a statement Saying
ihat- the welcomes given in South
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