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8 GRUESOME FIND IN CHARLOTTE c Body of Young Man Found Who Mysteriously Disappeared Seven Years Ago. e jOhnrlotte Observer, June 12: The mystery surrounding the j ( disappearance of Mr. EHis M.ig Moore, on the night ol May 20, , 1902, was cleared yesterday t morning, when the remains of the missing man were discover ed titteen 'eet below the level ot j East Boulevard iu Dilworth, at . the intersection of Winthrop 4) avenue. Negro workmen had ! been Bet to work digging up the t street for the purpose of making v sewer connections from the line t on East Boulevard with Win- f throp avenue. Two negroes were shoveling dirt lrom the ^ K A + _ ? At t lk_ _ L ' oouom or me note, wnen rne , I f shovel of John Twitty struck the i e body of the dead man. The ^ earth was then taken from i a around the skeleton and bep tore it was removed, Chief of Police T. M. Christenbury and , n Coroner W. A. Gresham were . 1 " notified and arrived on the scene.. o Mr. E. V. Moore, a brother of I ^ the de>>d man, was then called ^ and pos-itively identified the re-: j mains as his brother. Mr. Moore -1 . & was able to? identity the pair . of trousers the dead man wore, s and slated that he had given . s them to his brother several day. S( before his death occurred. ^ Many Charlotte people re- ti member the sudden disappearance ot Mr. Moore seven years ago, but until yesterday there was no positive knowledge that 7 n a u; a a f Vtrillffli hie wi fn ic <i u * u o \iwuU) wo ?? i? v ic and brothers have always a thought that only death could q account for the long absence. t< ^Tuesday morning. May20, 1902, e Mr. E. M. Moore came to Char- )j lotte with his wile and three L children to take part in 'he celebration of the day Th ?y fi went to the home ol Mrs. Moore'% t< brother, Mr. T. K. Vandle. who ei was then living on South Brev- o ard street, and in the early eve- n ning Mr. Moore staried with the ri horse and buggy lor the Gari- at baldi place, thiee miles south of rt the city. Mr. Moore was a! w that time working for Mr. John tl Garibaldi and had borrowed the ii team from him. This was the last ever seen or heard ol .Mr. Moore, w The nex' clay it was learned cr that he had not arrived at the tli Garibaldi place and immediate- th ly his brothers, Messrs. Martin pi Moore and E. V. Moore and T. R. Yandle, assisted Chief ol Pc-. ai lice W. S. Orr in an effort to bi locate the missing man. His horse and buggy were found in c8 DiI worth. The buggy ha l been i overiurneu hi'u *ub ijiuk yfr\ near the spot where the remains were lound. The horse was found standing at a nearby tree, P but there were no signs to u>di- ai cate foul p'?y. It is true thai a the rain during the night of the al 20th had been hcavy and if is ir said that Mr. Moore had bjen si drinking. G The body was found lying at w full length on the sewer pipe. with the lace upturned, not indicating that the man had fallen " into the ditch while trunk, it looked more as it murderous a hands had placed tlie man in C| such a position. h There is 110 doubf in the minds '1 ot the officers that Moore met h with toul play. liad the horse run away from the dr ver on rt1 that fatal night, the buggy would have been turned on its dl side towards the street, instead \ of toward the ditch, in iront ol cc which was a high embankment at and Moore would have been thrown on toe car track. or 1 . Tl EARTHQUAKES IN FRANCE. ' Ton JR1 Paso, onsiderable Damage Sustained in a tornado at Several Cities. A Number night four Killed by Falling Houses. two others Marseilles, June 11.?Two ^ houses , . scores of ca anhquake shocks, running from ortheaat to Fou'hwest, *eie lelt hroughout the Riviera, between EXPEN and 11 o'clock 10-night. While Th^ Cost he damsye doue here was not Tr reat, repor te fr< m ! mailer ci'i s Before The , , . . his gun to sli how thai 'he eftects of Hie sec- African couti n l shcck were sern us. At cense at a eo l. t o tm, i i title hill) to I. t-unbeso, a towu ot 2.500 luti&b- tbc8e he Ina 'ants, twelve miles north wet I (male only), 1 e a i , , i , popotamuses. f Aix, several houses coll, peed uloun(uln vnl nd eiuht peisous are reported male ostriebe o have been killed Troops cere immediately hurried thete species of w o search in the debris lor possi- smaller cots ; Hie expens tie dead or injured persons. great, but sli Several buildings also fell at 8lre he can .... .. ... w*ith the tro LiDgutlles and at Aix a vermicelli sportsman w actory w as partially demolish- secure a whit . ,. . . . of It for a sn n i no rliol nrhannn pyi intriilQh ?? >> ?^ grown annua (1 the arc lamps in the s'ree' Uganda rnllv , . . . j ? price of from nd broke crockery and window Ml. Koogev idnes. in the nuiuhi Reports received later in tlu- '"tile* ^ ight indicated that the shocks oknji are by ad been felt pr actically through- ei ,ni prosi(lr ill the whole of the sou'h o' the most mod Vance, and that they equalled 'he riflos' sl" J 1 he will take i severity the earthquake ol Cjem to stock 884. The violence ot the shock among his we ber automatic pi eared to have teen creates" paMo of stop i the vicinif> of Toulon. War ^pr "? eiei , , tridges in tin hips in I lie harbor there were on a (.?p {|n|] h?ken liom ti e?r moorings. In toumticaiiy i , . , . When the bu >me places mvttenons suhter mean rumblings accomptuiied may tiit. a si :ie -hockf. rfl " ficlcnt forec ti MANY DEAD AND I N.I (JUMP. I SoM<1 ?"k or ' or steel :irm Marseilles, jane 12.? Prom through ordii . _ _ , . , as through a ! 0 to 100 dead ana 100 injured j? |,js coln, s tonight's estimated total casu- a,8? he a run 1 ties as the result ot the earth p^ss'"rifle of uake, which devastated several land journey uwns ami villages in 'he south- hfsfr| rnmost part of France. particu- slating of ioo arly in the departments of rhero will ni the party, ii ierault and Bouches-Du-Kho^je. 8on Kermlt. Great suffering is reported Mr- Roosevc , . . kins of Ugatn rom the remoter places owing j? Afl. a lack of bread and the nec- flt Kntebbe < s-aries or life before the arriv-d 1,1,11 per- iind olh f assistance. The casualties Nan Xonkm's lav be greatly increased, a> ihe nine have not vet been entirely it is ;i sow marched. According to advices l,a,)S ,llal as , . . value of who: jceived here a number of the legruph.v low ounded are Kill imprisoned in ?n*trnn>d i>y , , , gers of t lie 11! re ruins and soldier? are work- sl,,lis 1,.' desperately lo rescue iheni. toaohors, iii i:i At Rognez a family of four ere buried in the ruins. I heir ies could be heard thrt nghout j ie night, but all were dead in I pJ ! le morning when a rescuing J trly reached them. At Saint Cannat an eld man : id his son were watching a rpi lliard game. 1 hey were inantly killed. The players esiped with slieht bruits I Dam, A Question of Time. |J j* | A conductor on the O'Fallon \WJ J ark division of the old St. Louis I nd Suburban railway had ?uch j good run ot business Sunday, jyj fteruooi. that he had difficulty j i k -oping himself supplied with j for th nail change, says the St. Louis J rlobe-Democrat. Many persons 0111*6 \ ho patronized his car handed im dollars and bil s of larger obtain enominaMons in payment of leir fares. m A The conductor manage : to get inli long fairly well until a woman,; VVI arrying a tiny infant. boarded j is car. When he approached j ie wonuin .'or her lare sic Be on anded hi in a $5 bill. "Is that the am dle?t you have, amine iadam?" queried the conductor, aring another stringency in lange. The woman lo ked at the inductor and then at the baby, _ _ ild made this surprising reply: kllVA I'Yes, I have been married w ill tweive mofcthfl." \ i ( l' Y, % he lancaster mf w<*. junc lado in Texas. ?^ Texas, June 11.?In k^ kJ : Leuders.lTexas, last ? I . ... , P. P. P. will purify persons were killed, biood. croat* a good ?pp , * . wholes/item tono ana 8 WerO sei iously hurt, A prominent railroad were wrecked and Srar&SSSaTttle killed. LtLlJSISiJSKi always gat P. P. P." " " If you aro tired out fr close confinement, take SIVE HUNTING. p p p Ex-President Roosevelt's If you are feelln* bi ip Into Africa. and out of sorts, take odore Roosevelt may lift DPP oot when lie lands on the I nent lie must obtain a II- jf your ji^t-eUve or?a st Of whiel) will CD- take ill sixty animals. Among DPP y incliule two oleph.-wits I . | . | > wo rhinoceroses. two hip- if ?ou suffer with he. two zebras (ex opt the debility and weakness, I rlety). two cheetahs, twoj D D D '8, two each of the large i \ m \ . |^# telope and gazelle and ten ? you BU|ter wlth nailer spocle8, ten ?f each nerves uniUrtiiiK and a 'lid pig and ten of. the of the system, take tnd jackals. P P P e of the trip will he very I 1 I ou111 Mr. Roosevelt so do- Tor Blood Poison. R defray every item of It uU, Old Sort*. Malan? ,phles of his hunt. The Comptatata, take ho is so fortunate as to P P P ic i uiiiwrni.^ w tall fortune. Full or half PrirVIv Ach Is delivered alive at'the ri iu*i j ?sn? rnv will bring a varying and Pota $ino to Th# u*t blood puna. olt will not be restricted ^ Up ?r of lions, leopards and Savannah, * shoot. the rotary bird, storks and | law made safe from his he could never lea I heart. Nevertheless li nt will be equipped with ty-one when he beg: lorn patterns of firearms, world with his demon olguus and pistols which less telegraphy. In > with him would he sulli- Marconi is one of th a small armory. Chief iug of men and liatoi 'apons will be the call- He was once re< ngniz Kemington. which is < a Home. lniinedia ping anything from a ti- crowd assembled. M: diant. It carries live car- what he thought wa magazine, which go in riage. Rut it contai I when fired the rifle an- was too frightened to oads and cocks itself, i inventor quickly mm Met strikes an animal it. nnd the lady alloivei id ' rumples every hone it until they were free ift nosed bullet would be Eondon 1*11Hits. >m sindi a ride with suf- ! a penetrate ten inches of A Tree Fo Ive sixteen!lis of an inch J In I'crrysville, Ind. or plate and would go'tree from which tlov lar.v cast steel as easily of water through a j soft pine board. j the Cleveland and II dement of weapons will In ISfSS it was notice: liber of .'10.1 caliber ritles water collected at tin ubability an English ex-j nod that the bark wa oOO caliber. The over- feet up the sides. T after Mr. Roosevelt ar- tree agreed to have t ea will cost him about Harrison was elected ethnic of servants con- was carried out, am porters and gun bearers. ',HS the water eenso so be live white men In thought by geologists winding the president's underground stream at the roots of the tr It will be a guest of the la when lie reaches this Charles II. is said leu, and t ho town band con raged the public ivill serenade him with ' women uu the stag s and dried bone clap- ld62. er native instrunients.? "W lint < ? ?i ?s t i f li i r?s; r .Magazine. ! V <y drama.' ... u "Three acts, six go* )dcst Marconi. ... irwliat uriotis fact per- ?ran,s' "a^\eUm a Imij Mr. Man-oni. the I.ame shou'der is al ic .^.vhIvui ol" wireless te- eausefl hy rh/Mimfitisi t?? ? ?i strikihKlv dein- 3 i* 1 ?1 - quickly t< vaMat.- of the pass,.,.- f?V V 1 . ... ... . .1 his 11111 in*' ti t is not < ! ??*-l??ilillc. showed h||f ?? w cleverness. One of his ll>e >0 d by J K ict. oii<-e .?t him that Fuiiderhiirk I'tiarma ~WT K be Gravy is Sizzling ? nain? Asa * (MUK IU B !r H Hirsch has ag e New York marke >argains which can < ed by de-Awake Bit ? the lookout, call in the bargains we recei THE MO^EV SAVE] ch s Bargain H i \ j > * J * ?6, '*309 p I IF? ? and vitalise your Increased etlteand give your trength m ?superintendent at \/l H Malaria, Djrapep IT J. VT dll y?: "After taking veil in his life, and _ ^ IZ Increased i jm adly Id the erring j % ? i ! ** 11 CI CdlJ ,ua need toning up, Top Or tlix'lte, Indigestion, Ako Will pay you big Dr planters say that "Ce srroui i?ro*tratlon, 1 4 ^ t ? . general let down per ton than "Soda, I ber of pounds per acn good, if not better, re: hrumtlltm, Sorofk. Chronic FemsJe ? "CERE^ Poke Root i c rvnolf o/1 ?ri n/\/\ r.?n?? Iio jyu^r\v,u 111 ^,UU pUUll chanical condition, d< i j j i . r? land, and does not E\ gets it all. in miyiitiim by For "Cerealite" an i? was only nveu- regarding it, apply to in to startle the " " ' strations of wireTi:!!;!? The Heath-Jon i demonstrations, j T <il while walking L/oIlLdolC] icly a chccriug i c trconl holt oil into J Oti s an empty ear- i XT T71 i_ 1 ned a la.iy. wh.. i Home ? ertilize expostulate. The | t c* 1 /^v lie his apologies, j C?tJL UO-, OOle WW il him to remain ' of the crowd.? j . ? IL. untain. . there is an oak stream ;ns pipe. I Miring arrison campaign 1 that puddles of AT - base of the tree |^/| lit s wet for several JL JL M he owner of the i he tree tapped If t_ The agreement 1 OITlOSlO] 1 not once since il flowing. It Is ST ATT i that there Is an ^ jN ith an opming Manufacturer of Stoneboro 1 _J urns, Monuments, Tombstones to have first en a,y. Etc., Stoneboro, S. C. ; appearance of H 1 ,ie ttases. Mag Die and SU e iu England in iers Monument, which was cu' work produced by any plant. , nrs, oi?s? socle- ! For years we have held u,u. -pi High Grad e B Ilendd. 0 linost invariably ti of the iiiuaoiaa J and shall continue this polidV. .the free appli- Wc empl<)V onjy UNION aura Liniment. , 1 * , , J .my prompt Hiu) na\'e a thorough knowledge of a, <1 i-agreeable ing and Hammered Granite. Micej o.aini Our granite is free from iro and is tin1 only granite that a R. I. Granite. We have everything to do bi VVnPK chines, Surfacing Machines, P HOT Experi anW B I For Artistic Designs and hoi I Joseph G. Sassi, md I i The White is King X<?i the White Steamer hut y d O The White Sewing Machine and ex- made by the \\ lite Steamer I people. Runs like the \7f? H ?1 1 ] \r White Steamer and is the ucmy latest improved rof y>ewj ing machine on t ^Vket l today. Sold for .V m ' time. J. B. W louse 7S.74 I Yields 5-f o 1 A X W1IIO m itc essing" vidends. The best CAolifA" r>4 A. at icss tubl ising the same num gives equally as j suits than Soda. IXiITE" 1 * 4 d bags, in good meDes not stiffen the raporate. 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