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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Further Insurance Investigation

New York, Special.-Selling 100000
in bonds one day and buying them
back the next but one, a holiday inter-
vening, in order to keep within state
ments in the New York Life Insurance
Company's report to the Superintend-
ent of Insurance, was the sensational
disclosure made at tbs session OF the
executive insurance Investigating COM
mittee. The fact was drawn from Ed
munG D. Randolph, treasurer of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
late in the day after Attorney Charles
E. Hughes. of counsel to the committee
had labcred for over an hour to get a
direct answer from Mr.. Randolph to a
direct question.
The inquiry had dragged through a
mass of figures almost the entire day,
but it was lot until near the hour FOR
ending the session that the sensational
feature was brought out.
Earlier in the day Mr.. Randolph had
handed Mr.. Hughes a schedule OF syn
dictate underwritings and transactions
Of the New York life for the last ten
years. This statement was to show,
and a f%ootnote to the schedule so sta
ted, that the company had participated
in no syndicate transactions that had
been closed out at a loss. Among
these transactions was the underWrlt-
ings of the navigation syndicate, OR In
ternationaI Mercantile Marine.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
80 Killed; 70 Wounded.

Tifis, Caucasia, By Cable.-A hun
dred social democrats were killed or
wounded in a conflict with Cossacks at
the town hall and many were trampied
to death in a subsequent panic. Two
thousand social democrats had forced
an entrance into the town hall, which
was closed owing to the celebration Of
a religious holiday, the %beheading OF
John the Baptist. Revolutionary
speeches were made and the chief OF
police ordered the meeting to dispense.
Part of those present obeyed, but the
remainder refused and some revolvers
were fired. A large force of Cossacks
drawn up outside the building then fir
ed a volley into the crowd time and
time again, killing 80 and wounding
upward Of 70. In the ensuing panic
many persons fell and were trampled
to death by their comrades and the
pursuing Cossacks.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Textile Notes.

Work is going on with a rush at the
GRAY Mill, at Gastonia. The one
story norton is now ready for the
roof. The big electric generator has
come and the machinists are now In
stalling it. This will be something
now in mill mechanics. 1t will be
driven bv a direct connected steam
turbine engine making thousands of
revolutions 4 minute. A number OF
busv. They are finishing some goods
made by northern mills, and also
cloth made in Georgia; the latter for
SHIPMENT to China and South Ameri-
"a j. W. Lidau is a%2nt.
The Chatham Cotton Oil Mill Com
nanv at P~ittsboro, taking advantage
af tho summer idleness, is overhauling
;+s mill and making several additions
- tho machinery. The plant is an
oxoo,1ont one. built by the D.. A.
Tomnkins Company, Of Charlotte, and
will he ready to start the coming sea-
CON on a large scale, as soon as n
ootton seed begin to come IN. the
nrosnects are for a steady run at tull
capacity.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Accident to North Carolina Party.

Wichendon, Mass, Special.-An au-
tomobile containing members of the
party accompanying Governor Glenn,
of North Carolina, plunged over a
bridge on the road to Royalton here
and landed at the bottom of a ditch,
pinioning the occupants underneath.
The injured are:
J. C. Mcneil, of The Charlotte OBJ
server, badly cut about the head.
Guy Townsend, of Wichendon, Sc
riously hurt
Selectman HenIy N. Raymond, of
Wichendon, haed cut and bruised.
Owen Hoban, lawyer, Of Wichendon,
knee injured and back sprained.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
ADMIRAL I0GUS SHIP BLOWN Up
Nearly Six Hundred Killed and All Japan Now
In Deepest Gloom
~ NOT A CANDIDATE.
Says That He Is Not Now a Candi-
date For ANY Office.

Chicago, Special.-"I want to make
my position perfectly clear; 1 want to
say to you that not only am I not an
nouncing a candidacy, but I am not
permitting a candidacy"
In these words William Jennings
Bryan administered a check to the en-
thusiasm which, at the Jefferson Club
banquet given in Mr.. Bryan's honor,
greeted the speeches advocating his
nomination for the third time for
President.
81 am not now" said Mr.. Bryan, "a
candidate for any Office. l have never
said that l would neve again be a
candidate for office, but I want to say
now that talk of candidacy for office
does not affect me as it once did. l
believe that my place in history will
be determined, not by what the people
are able to do for me, but by what l
am able to do for the people. ZAP
plause and cheers.) J think it is now
too soon to choose a candidate Tor
President to make the race three
years from now; it is too early TO
pledge ourselves to any n man. L
trust that before the time to
name a man for the next presidential
race light may be thrown upon our
party's pathway and that a man may
be chosen who will be able to do for
the party more than l have yet been
able to do"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Patent Medicine Decision.

Washington, Special.-The Commits
sioner Of Internal Revenue has render
ed a decision that will seriously affect a
number of patent medicines composed
largely Of distilled liquors. He has re-
versed a ruling of his Department made
many years ago and now decides that
the manufacturers of these medicines
must take out licenses as rectifiers and
liquor dealers and the druggists and
others handling them will have to pay
the usual retail liquor dealers licenses.
The commissioner, in a letter Of in
struction to collectors of internal reve-
nue., says that there are a number Of
compounds on the market going under
posed chiefly of distilled spirits, with
the names Of medicines that are COM
out the addition of drugs Or medicines
in sufficient quantities to change mate
rally the character of the whiskey.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
British Fleet Visit Not Off.

London. By Cable.-The report from
Halifax that the visit of the British
squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral
Prince Louis, of ~Battenberg, to the
United States, has been abandoned, is
erroneous. 1t has been found that it
will be more convenient for all ON
cerned to postpone the visit, and the
squadron, therefore, will remain at
Halifax until October 20 and arrive at
Annapolis November /. Thence the
British warships will go to New York.
The actual date Of the arrival there is
not yet fixed. The squadron will leave
New York November Is for Gibraltar.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
To Sue Publishers.

Montgomery, Ala, Special.-On &C
count of an alleged default of their
contracts, Governor Jelks, chairman
of the State text book committee, has
instructed Attorney General Wilson to
bring suits for damages against the
several publishing companies who
nave agreed to furnish the books for
the public schools of Alabama As tho
attorney general is absent from the
Guy the amount to be claimed from
publishers will not be known for
a day or two. His Judgment will be
depended on after he has thoroughlv
examed each of the contracts.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
$50 Union Printers Strike.

Indianapolis, Special. Committees
for union printers and for employers of
Indianapolis having failed to agree on
an eignt-hour day to commence on
January i. the local typographical
union has ordered $50 members in In
d%ianapolis to strike at once. President
James M. Lynch, of the international
Typographical Union, said: 81 have in
structed unions in various cities to de-
mand contracts Immediately for an
e~ignl-nour day, to commence on Janu-
airy 1. Wherever the demand for the
eight-hour day is refused the union
printers have been instructed to strike
at once"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Farmers in National Council.

Richmond, Va, Special.-The Far
mers' National Congress met in it's 25th
annual session here with a large au-
dience in attendance, representing al
most every section Of the United States.
The body was called to order by it's
president, Harvie Jordan, of Monticel-
10, Ca, and was welcomed to Virginia
and Richmond by Governor Montague,
Mayor Mccarthy and j. G. Freeman,
vice president of the Richmond Cham
Der of Commerce. Responses to the
welcoming addresses were made on be-
half of the congress by First Vice
President Bennehan Cameron, of
North Carolina. and Second Vice Presi-
dent Joshua Strange, of Marion, Ind.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
The Potter Trial.

Sandersville, Ga, Specfal.--The State
closed its evidence in the trial of Mr..
S. Potter and the defense will put him
on the stand to testify. No other wit
nesses will be called. The books of a
Savannah bank were used in evidence.
The charge against Potter is the embez-
Element of some $40, 900 of the funds of
the Davidson Bank, of which the young
man was cashier.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
So, 800, 900 Dividend Declared.

New York, Special.-The directors
of the Sloss-Shefield Steel and Iron
Company declared a scrip dividend Of
$780, 900 common stock, payable to
the common stockholders of the COM
pany October 2 next. The regular
quarterly of IL per cent. on it's pre-
ferred stock and the usual semi-annual
dividend of ~ per cent. on its ec-1-
mon stock also were declared. j. N.
Wallace, president of the Central
Trust Company, was elected a mem
Der of the executive committee, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of William E. Strong.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
TEXTILE NEWS Of INTEREST
Notes Of Southern Cotton Mills and
Other Manufacturing Enterprises
Athens, Ga.

The Aberdeen Linen Mill IS
now in operation. For the past
several months this mill mas
been under construction. Asbury T.
Hodgson is President, W. Z. bryan
is secretary and among the most
prominent stockholders are J. \. Car
ithers and Billups Phinizy. General
Manager Tibbetts is also a leading
stakeholder. The looms are now be-
ing operated for the first time II
some of the finished product has been
turned out. The Aberdeen Mill IS
one Of the few of it's kind III the
South. Its product will be entirely
towelin9. Nothing else will be manu-
featured there, and already the de-
mand for the product Of this estab-
lishment is heavy. A splendid grade
Of toweling will be Manufactured. The
new mill building is large and COM
modious.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
White and Rosen Sail.

New York, Special.-The Russian
commissioners who successfully con-
cluded a treaty of peace with the en-
voys of Japan at Portsmouth, N. H.,
started on the return to St. Petersburg
Tuesday, sailing on the Kaiser Wilhelm
II. Before leaving the city, Mr.. White
and Baron Rosen made a farewell call
upon the japanese diplomats. Baron
Komura was unable to see the Rus
SLAMS because of his illness, but through
Minister Takahira he sent them a cor
dial message of farewell.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Hearing POSTPONED,

Atlanta, Special.-The hearing Mon
day on the petition for an Injunction
by the State board of health against
the Atlanta city health officers to pre-
State quarantine before a Judge Pen
dleton, was continued Until Tuesday.
The trial OF Frank Meadow and Thomas
Lynch, the two health officers arrested
by the city authorities will not be had
until the injunction case is settled,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
10000 Scots Under Arms.

Edinburgh, Scotland, By Cable
The greatest muster of scotcbmen
u m arms since the battle of Flodden
rdelo was reviewed by King Edward
ne[e MONDAY The King proceeded to
Palace, whence, attended by
the Duke OF Cannaught and a brilliant
staff' ne rode to the parade ground in
hlngs Park, where nearly 40 0
majesty. past Ills
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Amounted District Attorney.

Washington, Special.-L. L. Lewis,
United States district attorney for the
eastern district of Virginia, has ten
Tered his resignation to the Depart
ment of Justice and it has been &C
cepted. Robert H. Talley, of Norfolk,
has been appointed to the vacancy.
MI. Lewis is the present candidate on
the Republican ticket for Governor OF
Virginia.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Two Good Swimmers Drown.

Tampa, Fla, Special.-A Tribune
special from Fort Myers, Fla, says P.
J. McNally and M. Douglass, white resi-
dents of Fort Denaud, were drowned
while crossing the C~al0osatchi river.
Their boat capsized in midstream and
although both men we're good SWIM
mers they could not reach the shore.
Their bodies have been recovered.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Purchasers Announced.

Norfolk, Va, special.-An announce
ment was made of the purchase of the
Pamlico, Oriental & Western Railroad,
running from Bayboro to Newbern, N.
c., by the interests in control of the
Virginia & Carolina Railway, which is
to run a line from Norfolk to Beaufort,
N. c., through the lumber section of
North Carolina. This line will be used
as a branch of the main line to New
bern for additional terminals at that
port.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Mlstrial in Potter c.so

oandersvllle, Ca, special.-After
oelng gu three days, the jury in the
case OF Marc s. Potter, the former
casnler O. the Bank of Davishoro who
was indicted and placed On 49,, mno
Tor the embezzlement Of sa7 900 noo M nere
inabilitv 10 reported to the court it's
mistriai w. reach an agreement, and a
heen sana was declared. A mistrial had
been bans ally expected. The case had
counsel naf on fought by a large army Of
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Chinese Bride in Norfolk.

Norfolk, Special.-H. ]. Coon has
returned from New York bringing
a 17-year-old bride who had just ar
rived from China Sunday. She is
the only Chinese woman here and
Coon, who is a laundryman in Cum
berland street, keeps her hidden, ac-
corcing to the Chinese custom. She
is pretty and Coon is proud.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Killed by Lightning.

%Indianola, Iowa, Special.-Four men
were killed, six were seriously burned
and a dozen more were stunned by
lightning which wrecked a crowded
poultry exhibition tent at the county
fair here. The lightning struck the
tent pole, splitting it in two, and tear
ing the sides of the tent into shreds.
Hundreds of the chickens on exhibition
were killed.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Don't Want Negro Redmen.

Nashville, Special.-At Tuesdays
session of Great Council of Improved
Order of Red Men of West Virginia, a
delegation offered a resolution protest
ing against the organization of negro
tribes of Red Men and and requesting
that the ritual of the order be copy
righted.
The California delegation introduced
a resolution commencing President
Roosevelt for the part he took in bring
ing about peace between Japan and
Russia.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20

The capacity Of the Southern Man
ufacturing Company will be doubled
at an early date. This has been con-
templated for some time and the i'm
provement simply awaited the COM
pletion Of the Aberdeen Linen Mill.
That has been accomplished and the
doubling Of the equipment of the
Southern Manufacturing Compary's
plant will now be taken in hand. An
other large mill building will be erect
ed, adjoining the present plant, and
the machinery for this building Is al
ready. The company has recently
built a large number of operatives
houses and has others yet to be built.
In the vicinity Of this plant a regular
little town has sprung up.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
THE ADMIRAL WAS NOT ON BOARD
In Lasebo Harbor Sunday Night, the
japanese Navy Department, An
nounces, the Battleship Mikasa Was
Destroyed by Fire Starting at the
Base of the Mainmast and Suisse
quent Explosion Of the Magazine.

Toxic, By Cable.-The Navy Depart
meut that the battleship
Mikasa has been destroyed by fire and
the explosion of her magazine, causing
the loss of 500 lives, including men Of
other ships who went to the rescue.
The fire started from an unknown
cause at midnight Sunday night, Sep
TENDER 10. Before the officers could be
rescued the fire reached the aft maya
zine, which exploded, blowing a hole in
the port side of the vessel below the
water line and causing the ship to
sink.
An investigation is now being held
to determine the cause Of the fire.
TOGO NOT ON BOARD.
Admiral Togo was not on board the
Mikasa when the disaster to the battle
ship occurred.
The disaster to the battleship has
cast a gloom everywhere. The Mlkasa
was Togo's flagship and was endeared
to the hearts of the people.
The ship was at anchor in Sasebo
harbor when the fire started at the
base of the mainmast at midnight. 1t
spraed with great rapidity, exploding
the after magazine an hour after the
fire had been discovered. The Mikasa
o,1 -, eho11our ,-otnr a0d if jC hl-
lieved that the ship can be repaired.
Rescuing parties were sent from the
various warships in the harbor and
there was heavy casualties among
them.
CAUSE OF FIRE NOT KNOWN.
Various conjectures are current as
to the cause of the fire. Some attrib-
Ute it to an overcharge of electricity.
Great relief was felt throughput ia
pan when it was learned that admiral
Togo was not on board the ship at the
time OF the fire.
The Mikasa was a frst-clas$ battle
ship of 1920 tons displacement. She
was built in England and was launched
IN 1902. The battleship was 400 feet
long, had a speed of over Is KIN OTIS and
carried a crew of 935 officers and men.
She was heavily armored and carried
four Pinch guns, IA six-inch guns,
twenty 12-pounders and a number OF
small rapid-fre guns. She had four
submerged torpedo tubes.
In the battle of the Sea of Japan the
Mikasa vas the heaviest loser of all
the Japanese ships, having 63 killed
and wounded. She approached nearer
to the the Russians than any other bat
tleship.
The Mikasa was also the flagship of
Admiral Togo after the great naval
pattle fought Off Port Arthur OF Au-
gust 10, 1904, on which occasion the
japanese flagship also suffered the
most, but continued in the fighting
line. On that occasion the Mikasa had
four officers and 20 men killed, six Of
fcers and 20 men severely wounded
and four officers and 20 men slightly
wounded.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Atlanta, Ga.

William F. Harbour, Of Atlanta,
has invented and received letters
Of patent upon a cotton mar
vester which he feels confident will
solve the cotton picking problem. Ac-
cording to the patent rights issued
to Mr.. Harbour, his machine is de-
scribed as improved pneumatic cotton
harvester. Mr.. Harbour's cotton har-
vester works on the principle Of pneu-
matte suction, and IS so constructed
and adjusted as to separate the lint
cotton from the leaves and other for
eien matter which. may be gathered
with it. The machine is made to be
hauled across a cotton field by a pair
Of mules, and can be operated, it is
stated, by one man and a boy. Mr..
Harbour states that his machine will
pick all the cotton open in a five-acre
field in one day. A demonstration of
these facts will prove Mr.. Harbour's
machine to the South what the reaper
and binder is to the great grain grow
ing sections Of the west. The princi-
jle Of Mr.. Harbour's machine is vast
ly different from that of the other
machines which have been constructed
with the same end in view, but which
have practically proven failures. The
principle of other machines has been
either rotating fingers OF revolving
stems.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
THE YELLOW FEVER STATUS
. Good Many New Gases Developing
at Different Points.

New Orleans, Special.-Oficial report
to 6 D. M:
New cases, 40; total to date, 1852.
Deaths, 6: total to date, 329.
New foci. IS.
Cases under treatment, 316. Dis
charged, 1877.
There was nothing new in the local
situation beyond the increase in num-
Der of new cases and deaths. There
were really seven yellow fever deaths,
but one Of them does not appear on the
record. 1t is the asa Of an Italian, who,
in the delirium of his fever, secured a
revolver and blew his brains out.
In the country, the situation in Tai
lulah is improving under the manage
ment of Drs. Chassaignac and Won Ez-
dorf. The people there have asked the
State board of health that DR.. Chas-
signac be assigned to remain there and
conduct the campaign to the end. This
has been referred to DR.. Chassignac,
who will determine later what his
course will be. Among other country
reports were:
Patterson, 20 cases, 2 deaths; Kenner
8 cases, 2 deaths; Clarke Chenier, one
death; Bowick, one death.
Four More Gases at Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla, Special Two
deaths and four new cases is the re-
port officially announced at the board
of health headquarters, all of the new
cases being in the infected area. The
first man to die was H. D. Brooks, a
draughtsman, who came here several
weeks since to take a position in an
abstract office. He had been sick five
days, but during the first period of
sickness refused to take medicines
prescribed. On account of objections
made by Governor Jelks, of Alabama,
the Marine Hospital Service camp,
which was to have been established
near the Alabama line, has been aban-
doned. 1t will be located at another
point.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
Mississippi Fever Summary.

Jackson, Miss, Special.-The Missis-
sippi yellow fever summary for the
past "a hours is as follows:
Soria City. a suburb of G%ulfport, one
case discovered by Surgeon Waslin.
Mississippi City, one new case
Vicksburg, two new cases.
No new cases developed at Gulf
Port, nor did Natchez, Pennington nor
Hamburg report any new cases during
the day or any deaths at any time Of
the infected points. Surgeon Laven-
der reports that the sickness at
Kemp's Landing, Va, is not yellow
fever.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
No New Gases at Matches.

Natchez, Miss, Special.-Not even a
suspicious case of yellow fever was
reported. Six patients are under treat
ment. Drs. Lavinder, Altman and
Sessions, who went to Kemps, La, to-
day to diagnose five cases at that
place, reported that they are not even
suspicious.
Vicksburg, Miss, Speculative new
cases of yellow fever in Vicksburg.
Total cases to date, %; deaths 3.
Seven patients are under treatment
now.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
salisbury-It is Palmetto build

salisbury-It is planneyto build a
cotton factory Of large size IN con
n~ection with the development OF 5000
horse power in the Southern 1adk1n
river below here. The water power
electric project is being %farthered by
the Southern Yadkln development
Co., which is composed OF Phlladel-
nhia and North Carolina capitalists.
Bandv & Terrell, Of Greensboro, N.
c., are consulting engineers.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-09-20
misunderstanding Pioneer Man

misunderstanding Pioneer Man
ufacturing Co. with $4,000 authorized
and 1880 paid in capital stock has
been granted a charter. The moor
porators are: L. w. Brown and Char
les C. Vaughan, of Wlnston-Salem,
and Albert NJ. Brown Of St. Louis,
Mo. It's objects are the manufacture
inc and sale Of cotton, wooden, silk,
and linen garments, and the carrying
on of a tailoring establishment and a
laundry.