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DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1895.
NO 7.
TUG
UV CONAX DOYLE.
CHAPTER X
TIM: FND tj? THE ISLANDER.
' . f mr m r-al was a:- inerry one. . Holmes
Co,iil talk exceedingly well when he
.,-,,-. -and that night- he did choose!
. .:ij.p'iirlti be in .a state of nerv
,iis exaltation I have never known
7t:i!i so brilliant.' He spoke on a quick
t-v.f '-jon of subjects, on miracle-I-Iay-j.
n medieval pottery, on Stradi
vrin's. violins, on the Buddhism of Cey
J..n, and rn the worships of the fu
ture -handling each as though he .had
j,..!. it- a special study of it. His bright
iiiMnor -marked the reaction from his
Ma.-i; depression f the preceding days.
,Atlii-lny Jones proved to be a sociable
foul in his hours of relaxation, and
fa. . d 1ms dinner with theair of a bon
vixant. : T or myself, I felt elated at
j he thought that ve were nearing the
, i:d of -our task, and I caught some
ti.iug ?; Holmes' gayety. None of us
iiilu.l.-d during dinner to the cause
u hirh had brought us together.
When the cloth was cleared Holmes
rhmed at his watch and filled nn
three glasses with port. "One
Lumper."'.. said he, "to the success of
.iir little expedition. And now it is
hiJi time we were off. llave.j'ou a
j.-l, Watson?"
"I have my old service revolver in
j..y .!. sk." "'-.
. "Vim .had Wst-take it, then. It is
well to he prepared. 1 see the cab is
;it the door. I ordered it for half-past
six."
It was a little past seven before we
rra- hed the Westminster wharf and
found our launch awaiting us. Holmes
, eyed it eritiealby.
' K there anything to mark it as a
poliee boat?"
-Yes that green lamp at- the side."
' "I lien take it off."
The small change was made, we
stepped on board, and the ropes were
JONKS, lloI.M:s AND I SAT OX THE DECK.
ea-t off. .Tones. Holmes and I sat, in
tin-stern. There was one man at the
rii-h!er. line to tend t he jengines. and
two burly police inspectors forward.
'W here to?" a.Nl'ed. .Tones.
"To Hie tover. Tell them to stop
opposite to .laeb-n"s yard."
'u r .era ft was evidently a very, fast
one. We shot past the long lines of
I ::ded Uirges as though they were sta
tionary. Holmes smiled with satisfac
tion as we overhauled a' river steam
er and l"ft her behind us.
We 041-ht to be able to catch any
thing on the river." he said. ,
W, . hardly ; that. But there are
net luanv launches to beat us." "
"We shall have to catch the Aurora,
dtkI v),,. has name for lcing a clipper.
I '.vill tell yui.how the land lies, Wat
sou You recollect how annoyed I was
st l ii itit; balked bv so small a thing?"
"Vc:,-
"Well. I gave my mind, a thorough
'rest by plunging into a chemical
un:i!vs- v. One f .our greatest states
man ha.- said that a change of work is
the iv-t rest.. So it is. When I had
Mieeee.le! in dissolving the hydrocar
bon whvh I was at work at, I came
bark to c ur problem of the Sholtos, and
thought" the' whole matter out again.
Iy toys had leen up the
river w. Ch the river ' without
result. The. launch was not at
Jury landing stage or wharf, nor had it
ntnrne;)'. Yet it could hardly have
"v n scuttled' to hide their traces
th.,u-.rh ihat always remained as a pos-hI-I.-
hypothesis if all else failed. I
knew that this man Small -had a cer
tain degree of low cunning, but 1 did
not think him capable of an3thing in
t'u nature of delicate tinesse. That is
UMially product of higher education.
"-u.Miy : prouuet t
1 thA retlected tht
tainfy Uen in Lor
lat since he had cer-
nuon some time as
u' had evidence that he maintained a
('n'.inual watch over Pondieherry
hv'.-e he could hardly leave at a mo
mt !it"s notice but" would need some
little time, if it were only a day, to
jirr.ii L-e his affairs. That was the bal
;u:re , f probability," at any rate."
It seems to me to be a little weak,"
said I. "it is more probable that he
had arranged his affairs before ever he
t out upon his expedition."
"No. I hardly think so. This lair of
Ins wsnld lie too valuable a retreat in
aso of need for him to give it up until
he was sure that he could do without
lt- 1'ut a second consideration struck
m': Jonathan Small must have felt
that the peculiar appearance of his
Companion, however much he may
have top-boated, him. would give rise
tr fcvssip. and possibly be associated
wuh thi, Norwood tragedy. He was
Vute sharp enough to see that. They
;ui -tailed from their headquarters
" ; r eorer of darkness, and ' he
would wish to get back before it -was
Toad li-ht. Now, it was past three
"vlin k. according to Mrs. Smith, when
'-ii yg,, the Imat. It would be quite
r'Lrht. and people would be about in
n ur or so. Therefore, I argued,
s . - ,i il ,M1 J' vcr-v far- They paid
'"it a well to hold his tongue, reserved
his launch for the final escape,and
hurried to their lodgings with the
treasure-box. In a couple of nights,
when they had time to nee what view
the papers took, and whether there
was any suspicion, they would malce
their way under cover of darkness to
some ship at Gravesend or in the
Downs, where no doubt they had al
ready arranged for passages to America
or the colonies."
"Hut the launch? They could not
have taken that to their lodgings."
"Quite so. I argued that the launch
must be no great-way off, in spite of
its invisibility. . I then put mylf in
the place of Small, and , looked at it as
a man of his capacity would. He would
probably consider that to send back
the launch or to keep it at a wharf would
make pursuit easy if the police did
happen to geton his track. How, then,
could he conceal the launch and yet
have her at hand when wanted? I
wondered what I should do myself if I
were in his shoes. I could only think
of one way of doing it. I might hand
the launch over to some boatbuilder
or repairer, with directions to make a
trifling change in her. She would then
be removed to his shed or yard, and so
be effectually concealed, while at the
same time I could have her at a few
hours' notice."
"That seems simple enough."
"It is just these very simple things
which are extremely liable to be over
looked. . However, I determined to act
on the idea. I started at once in this
harmless seaman's rig and inquired at
all the yards down the river. I drew
blank at fifteen, but at the sixteenth
Jacobson's I learned that the Aurora
had been handed over to them two
days ago by a wooden-legged man,
with some trivial directions as to her
rudder. 'There ain't i naught amiss
with her rudder,' said the foreman.
'There she lies, with the red streaks.'
At that moment who should come down
but Mordecai Smith, the missing
owner? He was rather the worse
for liquor. I should not, of course,
have known him, but he bellowed
out his name and the name of ' his
launch. 'I want her to-night at eight
o'clock,' said he 'at eight o'clock sharp,
mind, fori have two gentlemen who
won't be kept waiting.' They had evi
dently paid him well, for he was very
flush of money, chucking shillings
about to the men. I followed him some
distance, but he subsided in an ale
house; so I went back to the yard, and,
happening to pick up one of my boys
on the way,I stationed him as a sentry
over the launch. He is to stand at the
water's edge and wave his handkerchief
x t ii n ' , t, n t.
lo us w lie ii mey ami l. ue auun la;
lvincr off in the stream, and it will be a I
strange jthing if we do not take men,
treasure and all."
"You have planned it all very neatly,
whether they are the right men or
not, said Jones; "but if the affair
were in my hands I should have had
a" body of police in Jacobson's yard,
and arrested them when they came
down."
"Which would have been never. This
man Small is a pretty shrewd fellow.
He would send a scout on ahead, and if
anything made him suspicious he
would lie snuf for another week."
"Hut you might have stuck to
Mordecai Smith, and so been led to
their hiding-place," said I.
"In that case I should have wasted
my day. I think that it is a hundred
to one against Smith knowing where
they live. As long as he has liquor
and good pay, why should lie ask ques
tions? They send ,him messages what
to do. No, I thought over every pos
sible course, and this is the best."
While this conversation had been
proceeding, we had been shooting the
long series of bridges which span the
Thames. As we passed the city the last
rays of the sun were gilding the cross
upon the summit of St. Paul's. It was
twilight before we reached the tower.
"That is Jacobson's yard," said
IIoLmes, pointing to a bristle of masts
and rigging on the Surrey side.
"Cruise gently up and down here under
cover of this string of lighters." He
took a pair "of night glasses from his
-socket and gazed some time at the
shore. "I seo my sentry at his post,"
he remarked, "but no sign of a hand
kerchief." j f
"Suppose we go down stream a short
way and lie in wait for them," said
Jones, eagerly. We were all eager by
this. time, even the policemen and stok
ers, who had a very vague idea of what
was going forward.
"We have no right to take any
thing for granted," Holmes answered.
"It is certainly ten to one that they go
down stream, but we cannot be' certain.
From this point we can see the en
trance to the yard, and they can hardly
see us. It will be a clear night and
plenty of light. We must stay where
we are. See how the folk swarm over
yonder in the gaslight."
"They are coming, from work in the
yard."
"Dirty-looking rascals, but I sup
pose every one, has some little immortal
spark concealed about him. You
would not think it, to look at them.
There is no a priori probability about
it. A strange enigma is manl"
"Some one calls him a soul concealed
in an animal, I suggested.
"Winwood Reade is good upon the
subject," said Holmes. "He remarks
that, while the individual man is an
insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he
becomes a mathematical certainty.
You can, for example, never foretell
what any one man will do, but you can
say with , precision what an average
number will be up to. Individuals
vary, but percentages remain constant.
So says the statistician. But do I see a
handkerchief? Surely there is a white
flutter over yonder."
"Yes, it is your boy," I cried. "I can
see him plainly."
"And there is the Aurora," exclaimed
Holmes, "and going like the devil!
Full speed ahead, engineer. Make
after that launch with the yellow
light. Hv heaven, I shall never for
give myself if she proves to have the
heels of us!"
(To ! tiru d.)
Melbourne, Australia, has eighteen eabw
road systems.
$75,000 FIKE IN CHARLOTTE.
The Sanders & Blackwood Warehouse
and Six Stores Destroyed.
April, 1895,1s destined to be a mem
orable month for Charlotte, X. G. .
The most distressing bank defalca
tion that has ever been known in
Charlotte, occurred in the early part
of the week, and Thursday afternoon
the largest fire that has been chronicled
since the big cotton platform fire of
1875. The immense cotton warehouse
on North College street known as the
Sanders fc. Blackwood warehouse,
erected at a cost of $26,000, lies mass
of ruinp, together with the rear portion
of the Holton building on Trade street,
running back to the cotton warehouse,
and two new stores on North College
6ti eet owned by Capt. Harrison Watts.
By 5 o'clock the whole of the im
mense warehouse was in flames. The
sight was -grand yet terrifying A
slight breeze was blowing, and sparks
and flakes of burning cotton were car
ried over the houses on the opposite
block.
The roof of Ritch's stable was dis
covered to be on fire, as were several
roofs of houses in Buzzard's Boost.
With this increase of danger, increased
the excitement. Bucket brigades were
formed and the roofs were manned and
the water passed up.
As the flames rolled higher and high
er from the burning warehouse, it was
seen that the whole block of houses, an
unbroken line of brick, on College
street, was in great danger.
The occupants of the various stores
on College, believed nothing but that
the whole block would be swept away,
and a rush was made by each to ' get
his goods out. The streets were strewn
with furniture, groceries, beds, bed
clothing, trunks, beef and everything
else portable. The scene was a wild
one. r, .
It seemed as the fire progressed that
it would not stop short of the corner.
The Btores on the College street block
were ..occupied as follows: Southern
Newspaper Union, occupying corner
of College and Fifth; W. F. Strange,
tin ware; Charlotte Broom . Factory;
John Sloan, grocery; Tessier Bros.,
mechanics; Lubinsky & Bamsey, fur
niture, and neit two store rooms of
Capt. Watts, unoccupied. The fire
stopped about the furniture store.
The Southern Newspaper Union
kept its presses running and men at
work up to the time when the fire was
in only a few doors from it. "That's
enterprise," said some one. "You
can't down the press, you know."
The general, opinion seemed to be
that the fire could have been prevent
ed had the water supply been sufficient.
The pressure was not strong enough.
Superintendent Hutchison, of the
water work, was seen after the fire.
He said that one of the three boilers
was being cleaned, making them short,
when the fire began, one boiler. It
took about 30 minutes to fire it up.
The pressure, he said, was 80 pounds,
but at one time went down to 40. He,
as well as the company, was worried
that the boiler was not in working or
der. The fire of Thursday afternoon
clearly demonstrates that two boilers
are not sufficient, and as the third one
is likely to have to be cleaned again,
and possibly again on the very day
when needed, as Thursday, it seems
that the company should purchase an
extra one. The shortage in water cost
the city thousands of dollars.
The loss is estimated to be about
$75,000. Insurance $19,600.
A colored boy named Ben Wright
was badly cut by falling glass. His
face and arms were fearfully torn. .
The High Price of Beef.
The live 6tock men of Chicago do
not like the reports sent out by Secre
tary of Agriculture Morton intimating
that the high price of meat is caused
by a combination iu the interest of the
stock men as against both the produc
er and consumer of meat. At a large
ly attended meeting held at the Stock
Exchange at the Union Stock Yards on
Thursday a long series of resolutions
were adopted and ordered telegraphed
to Secretary Morton. The resolutions
say the receipts of cattle at the four
principal Wettern markets for the
current year -are 270,000 head less
than for the same period of 1894.
This alone is responsible for the in
crease in the prices of dressed beef.
Statements recently sent out charging
that there is a combine or- trust are
pronounced unjust, and the public is
asked to withhold its judgment until
the merits of the controversy can be
investigated by the press.
Work of Professionals.
The directors of the First National
bank of Plainfield, N. J., have just
made public a theft of $22,765 from
the vault Monday. The cashier miss
ed the money when he went to close
the bank for the day. It was in two
packages. One contained $20,000 in
new bills, and the other $2,765 in mu
tilated bills. It is believed that. the
robbery was the work of professional
thieves, as during the afternoon a
stranger came in and engaged one of
tellers in conversation, leaving with
out having transacted any business.
Eight Bandits to be Shot.
A special from the City of Mexico
says that the Supreme Court of the
State of Oaxaca ha affirmed the sen
tence of death passed by the District
Court against tight prisoners held'for
the murder of Count Manzano, a
wealthy Italian nobleman,' killed at
his hacienda near the City of Mexico
by robbers over a year ago. Three
others accused of complicity in the
assassination have been released from
custody. The case will now go to the
l6t division of the Court for final re
vision, after which the prisoners will
be legally shot if nothing new is dis
covered in the testimony.
THE LATEST HEWS.
GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS.
Important Happenings, Both Horn
and Foreign, Briefly Told.
Financial.
Comptroller Eckels closed np the
First National Bank of Willimantie,
Conn, The capital of the bank is
$100,000 and it has become impaired,
it is said, through the carelessness or
otherwise of the cashier, who recent!
died. .
Cotton.
Estimates placed the acreage in cot
ton in Texas loot year at 5,000,000 with
a yield of 3,000,000 bales. In response
to questions recently asked its numer
ous correspondents throughout the
State, the Houston Post has received
over two hundred replies. The cor
respondents' replies from all sections
of the State, in regard to the acreage
in cotton, the weather conditions and
the date of planting, indicate a de
crease in cotton of about 17$ percent,
while they show a large increase in
the land cultivated. The farmers
seem to have been diversifying their
crops to a considerable extent, plant
ing much more corn and 6mall grain
than usual.
Labor.
At Fall Biver, Mass., the mills re
sumed operations Monday morning un
der the scale of wages in operation
previous to August 20,1894. Twenty
four thousand work3rs are benefitted.
The Edwards Manufacturing Com
pany of Augusta. Me., employing
nearly 1,200 hands, has restored
wages to the schedule in force previous
to November 12, 1894, when a cut of
10 per cent, was made.
According to the agreement the in
crease in wages of from 5 to 10 per
cent, went iDto effect at the United
States Cotton Company's big mill at
Central Falls, B. I., in all the depart
ments. The mills are running at
their full capacity, and 1,630 looms are
now in daily operation.
The advance in wages in the three
cotton mills at Suneook, N. H., went
into effect and 1,600 employes are
happy.
1v
j The Naughty SHU.
Revemie agents located a still Fri
day night near Coal City, in St. Clair
county, Ala., and succeeded in not on
ly destroying the still, but also arrest1
ing two men, whom they took to Bir
mingham. Besides the still 1,000 gal
lons of beer was destroyed.
Legal .
At Madieon, Wis., the Supreme
Court handed down a decision establish
ing the validity of the law, which pro
vides that life imprisonment operates
as'a decree of absolute divorce with
out further legal proceedings. Wm.
Garreuch was sentenced to life im
prisonment for murder, and his wife
married James Duket. ' Garreuch
secured a new trial and had the judg
ment of conviction set aside. Then he
had Duket arrested for adultery.
Fires.
Fire broke out in the wholesale hat
and fur establishment of Lampher,
Finch & Skinner, at St. Paul, Minn.,
on Tuesday. Loss, $110,000. The in
surance is placed at 160,000.
The entire Central business section
of Duquesne, on the Monongahela
river, twelve miles from PjttBburg,
Pa., was destroyed by fire. The loss
is about $100,000. Twenty buildings
were dtstroved. .
Mortuary -Ex-Senator
James F. Wrilson died at
his home' at Fairfield, Iowa, from
paralysis of the brain.
Legislative.
The Tennessee House of Represen
tatives concurred in the Senate resolu
tion declaring for the free coinage of
silver at 16 to 1 and instructing the
Tennessee delegation in Congress to
support such legislation. The vote
stood 47 to 38:
The Missouri Legislature convened
in extra session at noon Tuesday. Gov
ernor Stone's message was very lengthy
and asked for the passage of laws in
favor of pure elections and for the re
lief of railway employes. The Gov
ernor also made a severe attack on the
lobby.
Assemblyman O'Grady's New York
city poliee re-organization bill, which
is the same as Senator Lexow's, has
passed the State Assembly by a vote of
ayes 86, noes 22. The bill as passed
does not contain any provision allow
ing appeals nor any provision that a
a policeman shall not be tried on
charges more than once. Assembly
man Lawson'.s New York city police
magistrates' bill passed the Senate by
a vote of 20 ayes to 12 nays.
Crime.
Robert King, while on a drunken
spree, kicked his dead daughter's cof
fin partly over in New York Monday,
the body falling partly out.
J. R. Holland, the defan ttng cash
ier of the Merchants aud Fanners' Na
tional bank of Charlotte, N. C, Las
disappeared. Warrants have been is
sued for his arrest. $1,000 reward has
ieen offered by the. bank for his ap
prehension. Holland if canght will be
tried for forgery as well as tor embez
zlement. The counsel for Dnrant, charged
with niurdt ring two. young women in a
church in San Francisco, Cal.. will at
tempt to fix the crime of the murder
upon Rev. Dr. Gibson, the pastor of
the church, claiming to have sufficient
ividence to do so. -
i
The farm lands of this country are
estimated to be worth $13,279,252,649.
Nathan Pelham, who was to be
hanged last Friday at Selma, Ala., for
the murder of three negroes, through
his lawyer, E. V. Molette, and a peti
tion to the governor signed by the
entire bar of that city, has had his
death sentence commuted to life im
prisonment by Governor Oatea.-
Miscellaneous.
The number of ballots taken in the
Delaware Legislature for Senator has
run np to 121, but there is yet no elec
tion. The American sailors are still in jail
in Santiago, Cube, without triaL There
is no evidence against them. There
are no indications of their release.
The American residents declare it an
outrage and sav the request of the gov
ernment would be granted if a worship
were there.
Foreign.
The Paris omnibus strike has been
settled. The company will re-instate
all the strikers
A violent earthquake, accompanied
with thunder, shook Laibach, Austria,
Tuesday afternoon. Eight or ten
buildings collapsed and the few fami
lies who had returned to their homes
-fled back to the fields.
In the London Heuse of commons
Mr. W. T. Russell's bill providing for
the perpetuation of the existing tem
porary regulation closing ths drinking
saloons in Ireland on Sunday passed
its second readiug by a vote of 168 to
69,
UTILIZE" OUR OWN RESOURCES.
Sensible AdvHgof a Practical South
ern Mill Man.
. In a communication to the Chatta
nooga Tradesman Mr. W. A. Courte
ney, of Newry, Oconee County, S. C,
says :
Our "Southland" is certainiy highly
favored with marvellous natural ad
vantages, and it is not extravagant to
say far in advance of other portions of
the Union. Up to a very recent date
its life and work have been mostly ag
ricultural, achieving the very highest
results in its splendid crops of sea is
land and upland cotton, indigo, rice,
tobacco and grains. In the colonial
period Carolina indigo and rice com
manded European markets with pre
ference at higher prices than the pro
ducts of other nations. In 1860 sea
if land cottons were sold by the plant
ers' marks, so-well known in foreign
markets as not to require sampling.
The people who achieved these not
ed agricultural triumphs are on the
soil yet, and within one decade have
demonstrated their ability in other
fields of action. In the new condi
tions now unfolding they are being
heard from very effectively.
Coal and iron in exhaustless supply
now occupy a constantly widening
market at prices that surprise the clos
est economy. Its unrivalled and
bounteous water powers keep in mo
tion hundreds of thousands of spindles,
which multiply yearly in a healthy
growth; large towns have grown up
with well-to-do, industrious popula
tions, living in a much improved con
dition of life, where onse all was soli
tude. If wise counsels prevail, if prudence
controls the coming action of the South,
there is a promising and prosperous
future for "Dixie-land" in the wide
fields of textile industries of many
kinds. Here is a mild and genial cli
mate, limitless and economic water
power, cheap fuel, a large and desira
ble population, "native to the soil,"
unemployed, waiting to be called from
an idle to a busy money-making life.
It is snrprising how quickly they learn
to spin and, weave, what steady wage
earners they come to be; so far as
availability goes none arein advance of
them; such are thjjunatnral advantages
enjoyed by the South, and there is
plenty of room for those with mpans
from afar off to come in and share these
unequalled-privileges. But let us not
all sit down and wait for others to do
our work, with such great natural ad
vantages neglected : we have the cubic
Inches of brains, sufficient capital, the
ability to accomplish great results our
selves, if we bravely cuter this new and
inviting field of industrial achieve
ment. Let each community ask itself
how much of this coming work it can
da, then organize and speed to the
work.
Bat within "recent raootbs there has
come iu view a strange and phenome
nal condition. Some Southland peo
ple apparently regard all the nn folded
advantages of the South in the light of
a new physical discovery, which they
don't seem to know what to do with.
The exuberance of their .joy at finding
themselves in the very midst of very
good things takes the direction of de
siring to give away their great inheri
tance to people as far away as can be
found, actually invitiog distant people
to come and disinherit them, to enter
in and gather futnre liberal harvests of
goodthiDgs.
Why not instead stop all this waste
ful gush, shouting out in loud acclaim:
Come and take for nothing all our
good things ! Why not trii6t to a lit
tle home-grown self -relianee, hold fast
to our local advantages, draw upon
our own population for the industrial
work, build up for ourselves tillages
and towns which will extend the com
forts cf ao improved condition of life
to those near us ? Rather this, even at
aleBs rapid speed, than give away our
heritage.,
The South presents an open field for
great achievements. Let all unite iu
efforts to a great result
Bliss Pollard Will Sail.
Madeline Pollard, who recovered
315,000 damages in her suit against
Col. Breckenridge, but who has not
been able to collect the amount, sailed
on the Champagne as the companion of
v charitable woman who will make a
.foar years trip aroun-1 the world.
HOLLAND IS JAILED.
A VOLUNTARY SURRENDER.
Holland Asked to Be Taken to Jail
He Preferred Prison " to Lonely
Wanderings in Foreign Lands.
; While the family of Mr. W. E. Shaw,
Charlotte, N. C, were at supper San
day evening about eight o'clock, a mes
senger arrived to see Mr. Shaw. He
was told that Mr. Holland wanted to
see him. He hurried to .the place
where the ex-cashier was in hiding,
and saw him.
"I sent for you," said the ex-cashier,
"because I wanted to give myself up."
Mr. Shaw asked if he had fully made
np his mind to do so. "Yes," said he,
"I have thought the matter over for
these five days, and have made up my
mind to surrender. I would rather
serve my time, five or ten years in the
penitentiary, than to be hounded down
by justice through many years sepa
rated from my family, and not be able
to hear from them or to write to them.
In the penitentiary lean, at least, write
to and hear from my family, and it
would be a relief to me to know that I,
at least, would not be hounded down,
from place to place, as I would be if I
fled from justice. "
Mr. Shaw knows Mr. Holland well,
the two being brothers-in-law, and
knows one of his strongest characteris
tics to be, decision. If he once makes
up his mind to a certain course, noth
ing in the world can change him. Mr.
Shaw, remembering this characteristic,
knew it was useless to, dissuade him,
and, in fact, did not try. "Well,
what do you want to do?" he asked Mr.
Holland.
' "I want you to go with me to Col.
Maxwell's (U. S. commissioner) to give
myself np " The two started for Col.
Maxwell's. On the way they talked of
the possibility of some one seeing them
together, and attempting to arrest Mr.
Holland, in order to claim the $1,000
reward.
They decided to obviate this by go
ing immediately to Dr. McAden's and
surrendering to him, and get him to
accompany them to 'Squire Maxwell's,
so any one seeing them would at least
not be able to arrest Holland in order
to get the reward, an officer of the
bank being already with him.
IN AIL.
It was abont 9:30 when the three
men arrived at the jail. Sheriff Smith
was at home. He opened the door
and a6ked the three men in the parlor.
'Squire Maxwell told the Sheriff that
Mr. Holland wanted to give himself
up, as he preferred prison to the life
of a fugitive from justice. The sheriff
thought he had done the wise thing
He then went out to arrange . a place
for Mr. Holland to sleep. He did not
put him in a cell, as he felt that it was
unnecessary, but arranged a bed in
what is known as the corridor, a larger
room than a cell. 'Squire Maxwell and
Mr. Shaw gave tha ex-cashier their
hands in farewell, and left him with
Sheriff Smith a prisoner in Mecklen
burg jaiir
Holland did not leave Charlotte, but
was concealed at the house of some
friend. He got the papers and read
every account of his defalcation and
flight. , He said last night that he had
not been out of town, but just left
home to rest and get his mind com
posed. Besides the burden of the
wrong he had committed, the grief of
his family had well nigh crazed him,
and he felt that be must get away and
be quiet and compose himself..-.' His
first question last night when he again
saw Mr. Shaw was: "What does my
family think?"
Wben.Holland snr rendered to 'Squire
Maxwell Sunday night, he asked the
'squire if he did not think it was the
best thing he could do. "Yes," said
the 'squire, "I do." Holland said:
"I never had any intention of leaving
Charlotte; I wanted quiet and rest,
therefore left home, but I meant from
the first to utay and face it out."
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Mr.
Holland had a preliminary trial
before United States Commissioner D.
G. Maxwell. He waived examination,
and failing to give bond, was commit'
ted to jail to await trial at the June
term of Federal Court.
Weekly Receipts of Cotton.
The following are the total net rer
ceipts of cotton at all ports since Sep
tember 1, 1894:
Galveston, 1,632,929; New Orleans,
2,487,312; Mobile, 245,010; Savannah,
912.982; Charleston, 421,882; Wil
mington, 233,901; Norfolk, 454,268;
Baltimore, 111,516; New York, 180,
945; Boston, 295,232; New' Port News,
32,984; Philadelphia, 96,352; West
Point, 281,289; Brunswick, 100,025;
Velasco, 592; Port Royal, 149,066.
Total 7,636,285.
; First 31111 to Come South.
Announcement of the plans for the
early establishment of a 10,000 spin
dle cotton mill was made at Atlanta.
The mill will be located on the Chat
t&hoochie River, six miles from Atlan
ta, by the Whittier Cotton Mill Com
pany, of Lowell, Mass., assisted by
local capitalists. Work will be began
on May 15.
Killed In Bed By His Crazy Wife.
At Savannah, Ga.. Milton J.Scbwei
geit, foreman of the evening Bulletin,
was phot through the heart and in
fetantly killed by his wife. He was
asleep at the time. Mrs. Schweigert
is said to be insane and is now under
arrest. Schweigert is from Lancaster,
Pa.
A gigantic and singularly perfect
black pearl is to be exhibited in Lon
don. It was discovered in Tasmania and
is three-quarters of an inch long.
TELEG R APITIC TICKS.
At Tampa, Fla., Thomas A. Mitchell,
a nephew of Governor Mitchell, of 1
Florida, was shot and kiHed by Terry
Hand. Cause jealousy. .
Deputy U. S. Marshal Samuel Smith
shot James Carter, a young negro,
fatally,, at Elkhorn, W. Va, The lat
ter was resisting arrest. .
William Owen, colored, was hanged
at Yarner, Ark. One year ago Owen
brutally murdered his wife on a plant-,
ation near Noble's Lake braining her
with a hoe so that he might marry
again.
Pursuant to resolutions adopted by
the Anti-Cotton Growing League, re
cently formed at Gurdon, Ark., this
year acreage of cotton will be greatly
reduced in proportion to that of pre
ceding years.
The Merchants National Bank of
Rome, Ga., has closed temporarily by
order of the board of directors. It is
believed that all the depositors will be
paid every dollar.
At Columbus, O., George Gesch
wilm was hanged in the state prison,
Geschwilm, who was about thirty-two
years old, killed his wife, at the home
of her mother, on the night of March
8, 1894.
The Mobile & Birmingham Rail
way, extending from Mobile to Marion
Junction, Ala., was sold at public out
cry and bid by-T. G. Rush, represent
ing the bondholders, for $500,000.
The plan of re-organization has already
been effected and the road will be re
railed and otherwise improved as soon
as possible after July let.
New Orleans Cotton Crop Statement.
The crop statement from Septem
ber 1st to April 26th inclusive: Port
receipts, 7,691,275 bales, against 5,648,-;
558 last year,4,71 4,019 year before last,!
and 6,699,458 for the same time in
1892 ; overland to mills and Canada,
951,355, against-780,306, last yearj
801,691 and 1,173,280; interior stocks
in excess of September let, 125,858
Against. 106,634 last year, 150,915 and
234,593 for the same time in 1892
Southern mill takings, 577,367, against
580,485 last year, 462,344 and 508,
005 for the same time in 1892;
crop brought in right during 238
days to date, 9,346,355, against 7,1
115,983 last year, 6,234,973 anil
8,615,334; crop brought into sight foj?
the week, 64,741, against 46,371 for
the sevea days ending April 26th, lasJ
year, 36,289 and 52,852; cropbrougut
into sight for the first twenty-six days
of April, 292,837, against 199,032 Jajst
year, 164,868 year before last and 221
045 for the sume time in 1892.
. Comrtarisons in these reDorts are
made, up to the corresponding dae
last year, year before last and 189,
and not to the close of the correspond
ing " week. Comparisons by weeks
would take in 239 days of the season
.last year, 240 year before Iflbt, 242 n
1892, against only 238 days this year.
Orders to Stop Its Mail Matter.
At Washington, Judge Thomas, as
sistant attorney general for the Post
office Department iesued fraud orders
against the Publishers Collection
Agency, which continues to use the
"so-called newspaper laws" to force
collections. Postmasters at St. Paul,
Pittsburg and Chicago, where the com
pany has offices, were notified to sbpp
its mail matter.
Treasury Gold Climbs up a LIttleJ
The Treasurv gold reserve on Friday
was increased by $413,841 to $91.17,
251, $65,000 of which came in the or
dinary course of business and$384,841
from the Belmont-Morgan syndicate.
The syndicate stills owes the govern -ment
over $16,000,000 on its contract
but it is said to be still ahead of the
termsof its aarwment I
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