VOL, 11.
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A HORRIBLE CRIME.
—.—
A Girt ii BrMUya Aiuglicd By
Three lei.
WML IS THOUGH TO BE DYING.
Mary Paige, i* Vwi DM, Lwt4 to a
Livery StaMa hy Ttoaa YmliMm,
Drugged aad Made Their Victim.
New Tort, foetal. Oiemctva,
ami the physicians say, dying. Hot
Bilge. »nar daughter
of G H. Paige, 11M at tor father's
home. Brooklyn tto vioUm ot HmK
Since she waa (cm ad Tuesday morning
wondering la the streets R to wOd ato
haa been conscious only a few minutes
uheu ato managed to cup oat thai
•he tod ban lured to a livery (table
by three young man, Starred to drink
a drugged drink and then aaaautod by
tto three. Tto poliee nobed promptly
alter tto girl's father tod reported to
them. Tuesday aftatMxn they arres
ted George Abbott, Jr., IT yearn old.
of Brooklyn. He admitted knowing
Mary, aald to tod taken her (or a
walk Sunday night and that two
young men had Joined (Iwa bat de
clared that to knew nothing about her
hating been drugged, and denied that
there tod been any amault. He gave
tto names of tto two other youth*,
and ou (Mr. Pftige's complaint war
rants were sworn out /tor them, lata
la tto afternoon the detectives took a
young man to tto Adama street police
station, wtore ha made affidavit be
fore Magistrate Brenner. Tto detec
tives said tto youth was a moat im
portance witness la tto cast They
would not permit him to talk.
Tuesday evening young Abbott waa
taken before Mayor Paige and fully
Identified by tor as the one who bad
given tor the auppooed drugged liquor
and aenuKed tor. The girl's condition
waa very much improved at night and
the attending physician says there la
little doubt Of tor rocovsry.
Treaty flatter Propped.
Washington. D. 0., Special.— No step
haa been taken by either aide ainoe
the delivery of the British note treat
tag of the Senate amendments to tto
treaty and It la un
derstood that none will be taken In
the Immediate future. The treaty as
pired March 5. and It to said that at
this moment our government Is un
decided as to whether or not It shall
attempt to draw a new treaty with
Qreat Britain. It Is said that before
anything of this kind I* done the ad
mtaistrattoo will take steps to learn
tto views of Senators and tto party's
leaders in Congreas. There wll) hi 20
treaty submitted to the Senate except
upon a pretty clear understanding
that It to strong enough to secure the
vote of two-thirds of the body. It to
said at the State Department that tto
British communication submitted yes
terday wtll not be given out for publi
cation tor the pnuent.
Grounding of the Training Ship. -
Washington, D. C.. Special.-Word
his itpdhed the Navy Department that
the training ship tftxle which kaa been
agrotfhd for over a weak peat at Mary
land In the lower Potomac, waa
successfully floated Wat ay morning.
Tto Secnftfcry of the Nary haa enter
ed a court at to meat at the
Norfolk d%Vy yard, next Saturday, to
fix the raiponatblllty for Che ground
ing of the Dixie, by which tto vessel
was prevented from reaching Waah
liagton on the occasion of the inaugu
ration. Tto Veafel to to be docked at
Norfolk, to make mire that she has
ftttaiged no serious. Injury from the
grounding.
Reciprocity Treatise Bit ended.
Washington, D. 0., Special.—lt to
probable the time lor ratifying the
treaties with Greet Britain, respecting
reciprocity with the Brittoh Wast In
dian colonies will to aitsaiad daring
the present weak Cor a period at one
rear or 11 month* la ordsr that tea
trestle* may to considers! by tto ■ag
ate next December.
' 1 B
Telegraphic Brlefa.
A Ptttebmg dispatch says: "A coal
contract worth upwando of
to to fulfilled la cane of wage trouble
la the anthracite flefcto next month
waa closed ton yeetentay, at the
Qoasne Hotel. The coal to to go ta
supply Eastern markets of tto anthra
cite collieries from tto mines of tto
agar combination of operators « tto
Kanawha and New River districts of
West Virginia."
A Oape Town court-martial has sea.
tenced to death too rebels connected
wtth the recent wrecking of a train at
Taalboeoh. others ooncemed in the
crime were eandssnaad to various
terma of tmpitaomnaat .; - -
Urged to Carta! Ti udai Ilea. „
' VhM. RtwiK Maw. BpesML—Maan
(tottaWv are being urged to come ta to
* the agreement to curtaß the produc
tion suggested by the eelHng rtnmaiit
toe oTfhto city to relieve the eetton j
doth market. Tto rommlttis win
bringabout a «f days'
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IK LEGISLATIiK AIJQLINS,
Last Honrs Devoted te the Retlflu.
Hon of Bills.
BENATE.
(Soeng flmslou.—Tto last hours of
tto Senate were spent la the rafiMca
«oa co hills. Ttoe hour of adjourn
ment buving been reveted. the Senate
was resolved into a High Court of
Inpeidunent, and as such will be
held la asaMna until the trial of Jua
•ltee FHircbes and Dougtoa la dUgaeed
of. The prosecution waa opened by
Judge W. R. Allen en the part of the
House.
Fifty-necond Day.—The Senate con
vened at 10 o'clock, Usutenunt-Gov
arror Turner presiding and ReV. Dr.
A. A. Maiehall, of tto First Baptist
Aarch. offered prayer.
Marshall. Republican. aaked permis
sion to change Ma vote from no to aye
oa tto MU Saturday to provide a per
manent record of white voters. This
waa allowed. Henderson. Sugg and
Milder, of Pamlico, stated that ha I
they been present they would have
voted aye Warren and Morton aaiJ
that they voted aye but wevu not re- j
corded.
Tto Senate went Into committee of
the urhole at 11 o'clock. Senator Glenn
In the chair, on the revenue bill.
Schedule A—Section L "objects for
which taxes are levied." section 2,
"poll tax." section g 'rate.' were adop
ted. Sections I, I and 7 acre passed
over intormally. Section g, tax on
building aad loan associations, was
adopted. Consideration of eection 9
was deferred. Seottn 10. no exemption
as to foreign eorpocatloap, waa adop
ted. flection 11, Slate Auditor to make,
certificate to register of deeds, and 1
eectioae 11 and IS. were passed over. :
Fn-tion 14, tax exemptions repealed,
was passed over on motion of Senator
Henderson, who thought some llmlta
ticn ahould be placed on the amount
of property held by literary oocletio*
or private achoola. This was then
passed over. Sections 15 to SS. the In
heritance tax, ware passed over. Sche
dule B.—eection X, defining taxes un
der this section, wns adopted. Section
3*. theatres, waa dtacnased.
Fensfior Henderson wanted to know
If thin waa a revenue or a prohibition
tax?
Mortan sent an amendment strik
ing out WOO aad Inserting $l6O, saying
that this North Carolina tax was high
er than 1a South Carotin .1 or Oeorgta
Long aald the S2OO tax was only on
cities of over 10 000 inhabitants.
Aycock said the tax waa not prohi
bitory. It waa on the opera bouse snd
not on ths rompanl*e v anyway. Har
riett considered the tax reasonable. ~~
Morton's amendment waa lost and
the section was adopted. Section 37.
traveling theatrical companies, waa
adopted. Thte imposes s tax of $lO oa
each performance. Section 38, circu
ses. menageries, etc., came up. *
Scott wanted to know If it applied to
shows In agricultural Mrs.
Aycock said yea. and It ought to. He
bellored It would be better to keep the
clrcusea out
Morriaon wanted the commtesionsn
crcusts.
Founhee sent an amendment saying
that the amount shall not exceed S2OO
tax by the commfcsloners. This sec
tion taxes circuses S2OO on each per
formance snd on each aide show SSO.
On other shows under canvass SSO
Tto county commlarionere shall not
tax shows less than the State tax and
may be aa much as SI,OOO.
Senator Scott Ikvored the section.
Woodard uld any tow which raatric.
ted the liberties of the people nailed
forth censure. The people loved clr
cusee and H waa wrong to tax them
out of bualneas. i
Morrison said that this would pro
hibit the exhibition of circtKes except
in the Inrge towns of the State aad he
hoped this section would go over.
Woodsrd thought that circuses were
educational and he spoke for the little
boya who loved the apian h aad the
clowns. The little boys would suffer
and the nigger wou.d be absolutely
wretched. The ballot has been taken
from the latter, but do leave the cir
cus. *. 1
The Senate then went Into commit
tee of the whole again an the revenue
bill nnd Leak seat a substitute for sec
tion K, Imposing the «une tix as th«
present law. reducing the tax SIOO.
At gong the court at lmpfaAmttnt
convened. The malt
a proclamation, the managers entered
asd took places too the left and n
counsel for the defense on the right ol
the chamber, places having been pro
vided Chief Jostles Furchee aid
Judge Douglas occupied their aev.i
near the front. ,
Senator Woodsrd said to waa sure
that the Senate felt the Imporiauce
aad nlemaity of the trial and deuired
to give a fall hearing and aince the
se aion of tto court now would con
flict wtth legislative work, he moved
that the court adjourn until noon nest
Thursday.
Judge Alton said that tto managers
on the part of the House deal red to
contqrm to the Senate's wishes.
Bx-Oovernor Jarvis arid tar the de
fence thnt they were tore randy for
i- trial, but conform entirely with
the wishes of the Senate.
n«aam Travis said to thought tto
wise course would to to watt uattl leg
is'attve wqrk waa over and tto Sena
tors could devote their whole thonght
to the matter.
Sanntor Jaetlee thought that the
motion should be gafarrsd until It was
announced whether the Issues were
Jctesd. after which the Senators
woald to ve to to re-sworn.
Jadge Allen aaM tto managen now
regard ad tto matter at Isftue and had
nothing else presenter.
Ex-Oovernor Jarvis tail their pleai-
Ings vera complete, but they had some
marrow, aad the Isaacs were Joined.
Osna.tnrs Ward aad Fooahee thought
ths Lagiahitore could not adjourn he
ton Saturday. Senator Ward-
-that the oDHt adjourn until Monday
next. '
Senator London apposed adjourning
uetll Monday, saying the Senate ou'.d
and night aad proceed with
Trwm tm Oursrfrr*. Our Neighbors, Our Country «m«I Ottr God.
N. C., THDfISDAY MAIICH 21,1901. /
Senatose came forward to Iwi
were swnrg ta. Tto auiy atesnfra
were Bnmrrghs. Phg nng ifcXeiU-
wished to wa wtlßag to peoeted.
Senator Htalaw asfid untow the
, counad en both An wtohsl other
wtss be preferveAJer the trial te pro
teed. ,
Senator Wandard thiagtt the asari
• aad Ingtelstive dwtea atoafid Mt ean
' fileL Tto Heme wnnld cosrlefis by
> Thi rtitay aad to ihanghl tt batter ta
1 Senator Alexander aald aaantona
could be held treai »a. at. aaOl at
I Bight. je
Senator Travis hillei ad it would to
anfsr to defer until Thmstoy-
Mr. r. H. Barton, tor dsftadants.
told any course was aattaSertory and
tciMabk to Utft ikfil tial Mr. Boaa
tree aald for tto nmmruUaa that tfcey
would prefer to hagla Thundsy. The'
motion to ndjoara prevailed, aye* XV
, ttoee IS. The latter were Aycock.
Bray. Broughteu. Brown. Pou hee.
Jamea. Leak. Lialaay. Loadoa. Mc-
A Hater. Mclatyre. Moertaon. PI act x
; Sugg and Venn.
! Fifty-third Day.—The Senate met at
10 o'clock. After the latrodnctlaa of
a number of unimportant Mils tto
j Senate. In coauattte of the whole, re
, | siimed consideration Of the revenue
, bill. Little pragmas waa sonde. At the
afternoon iQiston 1 oneldtisttca of he
bill to pay tto court uf laspeachmcat
•nenplsd tto SeaatrVa Mteutton. Ad
journment wan rinttol at a late hour.
Fifty-fourth Day.—The Senate act
at 9:30. Good progrraa was made in
the revenue bill. Many miacr matters
wate disposed of. ,
HOUSE.
ADJOIRXUZNT
Last Ossotoa—Tto Home was la
ronslerahle confnalnn. A large a am
ber of billa were ratified, ato a few
minor bilta passed.
Bills to "abolish the oglce of eu
grosslag clerk aad have the work done
In the oglce eg the Oarietmy o: State,
under bin supervision, were ln-roduc
cd la the Hoose. In (he Senate It
came near passing, without objection,
but numerous amend mi at* vrere of
fered concerning compensation, and
the bUI waa laid oa the table.
In tto House Mr. Jenkins, of Gran
ville, the aged father of the House,
made'an eloqaasK speech oa the work
of the legtolatore He declared that It!
had fulfilled its ptoiges: had proVl- .
ed for bettor schools, had gven nur
ture an support to the iastku;iou«
for tbe unfortunntes nnd had made 1
provision to nave the ballet to lllitc- ]
rite white men.
All members of the House srowded
around him to congratulate him and
bid him good bye.
1 The House sang "Aald Lang Syne" 1
nnd "House, Onett Hume."
The last net wnn to adopt a resolu
tion on tto hash of ex-Pieeideut ;
Harrison. Speaker Moore retumel
thanks nnd said to thought this the
, greatest house thnt had ever graced
tto balls.
Fifty-second Dey.—Speaker Moo e
convened the Houae at 9:3t o'clock.
, Prayer was ogered by Rev. Dr. Dan-
Mr. Sbe«Saruf Davie, nnnouaced thnt
| he deeired to cbnnge hln vote on the |
permanent registration roll, which (
passed the House Saturday, from' no to !
aye. The Bpenker nenounced that the j
entry of his re-cousidemtioa would be
mad© in the Journal of Monday.
Tbe machinery art came up aa spe
cial order.
Graham moved to amend asriton 12 j
so aa to provide tor n-sakaneot ot i
all property la the State la April. Itai,
instead of April. 1903. He mid a re
ndjuatasent of the- veluee of the prop
erty of the State was ab olstriy necwa
anry to meet tto demands toon the
State Treasury.
Smith moved to amend by atrihlui
out nrticle 1. of tbe net. atetloanj to
11. providing for a State board of tax
commlsntoners nnd all mmhlimy con
nected therewith.
Willard snid nrticle 1 was the ntal
valuable pari of Che whole amrhlaery
not. Tbe nmeadmeni waa lust
Tbe bill then passed Its flaal reading
and wns ordered neat to the Seantt
without engroauaent.
Judge Connor naked leave to Intro
duce a resolution nnd nuked that It b(
adopted unanlsaoualy. He aald It relat
ed to one of the mut venerable and
gifted and patriotic of North Carolini
ans. |Tm. Creecy.*" 1 smart el several)
"Yen," aald Jodge Connor, "of courat
It Is." He then gold a high tribute k
Col. Creecy. Tto resolution waa aa en
dorsement of Col Creecy's "Historic
Tales of a Grandfather." commending
It to the people of the State and ap
propriating sggg to tto Stole Library
to purctase toglio thereof.
McLean called up tto bill placing the
Agricultural nnd Mechaakxl Collegi
under tto charge of the hoard of Agri
culture aad said It wan intended only
to put a veil over the fnrnern. H»
moved thnt it he re-committed to tht
committee on ngricultornl Adopted.
The awmgilalwis MU nag made a
special order for tonight at $ o clock
The bill to encourage and promote
public librarian In the country echooir
came up. (Thto Mil provides that when
the parrona of a free nehooi eonUbute
$lO tor a library the oounty bonrd ol
education shall contribute-#lg and the
State bonrd SS, the aaaount to be devot
ed to this purpose by tto State board
not to exceed $5.00*. ,
Connor advocated the hill.
" Smith opposed R aa Impracticable.
Ebba favored the MIL He said It wns
aa eapmhasiat well worth trying.
Britain and Baldwin opposed H a*
Impracticable, aayteg In two yearn not
a bonk mnld to fiaund. and the money ,
spent toe them vauld run ovary echool
1 nthe State one naomh Inngir.
Maeon aafid tbe bill thouid he atylei
a bill for tto hennfit of local bonk
agents. The theory was n good one, hut
the praettonl upmntlau of tt waa sus
ceptible or grant Abuse, and still
g~eeter frletieu la tto uae uf the books.
.Fifty-third Day—Spaaher Moore oon-
Much dtocneaion and BtOe pracricu
results marked tto toy's proceeding.'
Fifty-four-b Day.—Tto House de
voted tto day to approgrialfoaa Moc ,
ganfioa Hoapltal tor tto IfiggM «
9
DEAD
■ML Beijaaii brrbM Passes to
lis lewd.
IIS LIFE AND PUBLIC SEIVICES.
% —•
BccMMtkt rarest Office la the
OHloftttPtop:*, He ScnctWc*
HH Dty aad Oiwrtikn.
taaUMfolk, Spadd-GeMnl Bea,
Janln Hnrtno died at IMS o'chnk
W»il»wi| rtwuua wtrhsra rerais
ing Otftwhunm. Hie death was
aad tfilelep. there betas a »>»-
dual sinking ua*S the end cue* wh'-h
nan DMicd bjr a single |Mp far brea
th, as Mb departed fna the body o,*
the great airxmmaa, The relatives,
with a few exception*. ami taitrii of
bis old and. tried friends, were at the
former President's bod-aide when ht
pund awajr.
General Harriet* had beea neat
•daue far hours before hU death, the
exact time *tcn he pnseed iau> a coa.
atooe state being difficult to deCer
j sxrjaius Bunm
*■ *. , ' — ■ ■
■lift He spoke to BO oae during the
daw. tailing to acogalne snren his atfe. I
The (Mt# put of Tuesday alfo he
was la' a semi-compatoea condition. i
although he wae at times able to re- J
■ oogaisa those at his behrtda At the; \
j Urns he reeognltad aad spoke to Mrs.
Newromsr, his aunt, aad also to Mr.
Miller, the words betas *ery indte
j tlnct. "Doctor" aad 'Nny lung*" «w*
the only «ohh understood. Almost
I the last wards he ottered were addrea?
,sd to his wtfe, 4 whom ho Ino ul red,
shortly before be became unconscious
1 If the daebM wae praoeat.
From one who was present at the
j deathbed tt Is learned that the nllega
! tioos of cruelty and injustice deslt out
by England to the Boers In their
Struggle far liberty hud been a anbje«
fer thought In the mind of General
Harrison. In Ms semi-const-loos con
| KUoa. when the ssatinels of discre
tion aad propriety had gone from
| their*posts and the mind of the man
•as wandering, he began to speak of
the Bom and their hopeless straggle
for national Ufa His voice was weak
aad tnemMtag, his thoughts were not
! connected; but the listeners beading
orer hkn could hear words df ptiy for
the dying farmer republic*.
Sketch of (tai. Harris OS.
Benjamin Harrison wsa bora at
North Bend, 0., August 20. 1833. sad
waa therefore nearly 6K years or ace.
He graduated at Miami University.
Ohio, remove*! to Indianapolis aad
settled In the praetlpo of hia profes
sion. In 1860 he wa* rlreteKiFportor
of the Supreme Court of Indiana. He
entered the Union army la IMS, as a
subaltern and rose to the rank of
colonel aad brevet brigadier general,
ssrvlag until 1865. While in the" Seid
he was re-elected as reporter of the
Supreme Court, and after leaving the
army served four years in that posi
tion. I# V< he was an unsuccessful
candidate for Ooveraor of Indiana, and
la 1879 waa appointed a member of the
Mississippi river commlwioo He waa
elected a Senator of the Ualted States
from Indiana for the term of six yeais
from March 4. 1881. In 1888 he was
elected President of the United States
over Orover Cleveland, aad was again
a candidate for the presidency la 1892.
when he was defeated by Cleveland
Although a man of great aMiity,
Geaersd Harrison wsa so often actsud
Of being merely the giaadsoa of Wil
liam Henry Harrison, that daring tha
candidacy for the presidency cartoon-
Ms pictured him as wearing his grand
father's hat, that tens faaUy becom
ing a by-word with his polities! op
ponent* Since retiring from pufoio
life General Harrison had devoted him
self to the practice of law, at which he
was very He was arbitra
tor la a Venezuelan territorial ooatrv>-
vetay recently and Is aaid to hare
earned a fee of 8100,000. He wassome
months ago appointed by President
McKlnley a member of the internation
al arbitration commission on the put
of the United States, In accordance
with the action of the peace conference
at The Hague. The death of General
Harrison Jeavss only one llrisg ax-
President of the United States. Grover
Cleveland.
Oca. Harrison's Property.
Indianapolis. lad.. Special.—Caaeral
Herri soo's waaltb Is rarlonaly estf
mjtod. public opinion ndng it aa high
aa half a ndUkm dnPara Thass who
ana bast lntefated aboo* the ex-Praot-
TOrth
the Um*> be was iliMaJ PiaMat he
waa related to hava annwilat»d . a
| forteae of tISS.MO frooiMs Jaw pcae
t*» asd U* !■* MM* «I*)*
i—itmvm
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IUIIAL OF TIE fcX-PtfcilDttT.
FwPy 15.000 People Attended Oca.
Horrisaa's, Tsacrsl.
ladiaaspolU, Special. Surrounded
by tally 15.000 of his fellow chixeas,
the remain* of Beajamln Harris**
Saaday afternoon were interred la ibe
family lot in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Cloae by the grave were the members
Of his family. President McKlnley and
other visitors of ani the
more intimate friends cf General Har
rf»o», Back a det mce of tfly yards,
behind rope* guarded zealously by a
targe taice of police. atcod with aa
covered heads ti« greit multitude wlio
knew him ttM so well as did they akt
stood beside the freshly uptutnel
earth, hot who honored him and ad
mired him quite as much. It Is donbt
tal If say public .nan. at least In "thl«
' generation, haa been torre to his last
testing place amrng so many maal
fessxtioas. of respect. Of foattoute
grief there sras little, outs de the mem
bers of his family, bat the tribute of
taaptct waa uplversa!. It cant* from
all alike, from those of hi* own poli I
cal faith and fiom tl.oe «b > differed
with him concerning what is best fir
the aa: .on' goad, from men who ha> >
been bis I'felong friends and from
those who knew bim merely by sight
and to them he had newer spoken. It
rame from women and cblldrea. fro u
ah te aid black, from all conditions
and Mads of people. TSere waa uo
exception anywhere to the expret
alon that the natian had lest one of its
ablest men and the greatest man «>:
his generation In his own State.
Sampson's Boauty Moaey.
Washington, D. C„ Special.—War
rants will be luued by the Treasury
Devilment in a few days In payment
of the bounty claims of Rear Admiral
Saa;pson and the officers and men of
his war fleet on account of the de
struction of Spanish vessels in Cuba.
As coaanander-iu-ehlef of the North
Atlantic atatbin during the Spanish
war. Admiral Simpson win get 1V133
for the destruction of Cervera'a ships,
about $8,400 onjjseeount of two engage
menta at Maninnil'o, and about £>oo
for Finking M vesceis In Xipe Bay,
making bia share of bounty mosey
something nm than $12,000. There
Is la the Treasury a half million dol-
Isrs available for bounty claims which
i are paid on the basta of SIOO for each
member of the crew of a Spanish ves
eel destroy ad These claims are se
' parate from these for prlxe money on
; at connt of the capture of Spanish
ship?, which are beJug adjudicated In
several courts. Bo'h Admiral Dewey
, and Resr Admiral Sampson, as well
as the officer* and men who served
under Ih«-n. will share in the prlxe
awards.
Oca. Trla* Liys Oown His Arm*.
[ Washington. !». C.. Special.—The
■ war deparlment has received the fol
lowing cablegram from Gen. MacAr-
thur at Manila announcing the sur
' render of Ueut. Gen. Trias:
Adjrtxnt General. Wjshington.
' Marians Trias, oaly lieutenant gen
; ral -In Icsurgent army, surrendered
t Mircb 15. San Frineiaro de Mslabon.
\ with nine officers. 199 well armed
■ tten. TrCs Immediately took path
of aleglancc in the presence of sever
al thousand natives. Most auspicious
evratT Indicates final stage armed in
, *urr«rtlon Pns'ige Trias, kouthern
I .UToa e«iual to Aguinaldo. Gen
1 Bates and Col. Frank I> Baldwifi en
• titled to great credit for
, work In bringing this about.
McArthur.
, .—.—Qcrmaay'a Populstloa. J
, Washington. P. C., Special—The
census office has recently receivei
J' through the courtesy of the State Pe
paitment of consular rtport on the p*»-
puis'ion of the German empire and
1 l'i changes during the past century.
, The population Is e./w aloo jH.'h-O--
—larger than that of xrif o;ber
■ ouctry In ilurope except Russia,
which has 'l'J Kurone alone over 100.-
1 mo wn or curly talre ss many a*
I Ci'miM.
Boer Leaders Coaferrlag.
i Ixndoa. by Cable —A Special dis
i p;tch from Standerton says the Boers
i are massing at the stations on the
i Delagoa line." and the leaders are cog
i fcrrlng daily at each station and alsi
, at Pietersburg. Nothing haa traas
plred except that the fate of the Boe-s
, who have surrendered is one/«! the
1 sabjects of discusion. The leaders are
■ in with the Boer com
i mitten at Amsterdam. It Is said that
• the manufacture of ammunition Is
proceeding vigorously.
Tdegraph'c Briefs.
During the year 1901 It Is expected
i.*t France will complete tour des
troyers. ten eea-golng beats, eighteen
lass to;pedo boat*, six submi
r'n'S and taef submersible vessels.
The pro.trsTraie of distribution for the
topedo loati contemplates the ntlllxa
tloa of 218 of them, among which a'e
to be includM the bo&us existing and
In course of contraction
Senor dc Quesada says the c mul -
te? cae foreign nl:to;s has a?reel
unanimously that the Piatt amecd
ment la Its present form could n-t be
acapSid. and that a report to thl* ef
fort would be submitted to the con
stltutional convention. - #
In the Uta'a Sena e t e Goverrors
veto of the Bvnoa Mil was called p
aad on motion as to whether the bill,
should pass notwithstanding the vote
the vote was > to 9. Twelve votes were
required to p;s* the- bill over the Gov
■dwportr w . i '. " .'v_ v.. .j
A Mve.-ptol da?a::eh says that re
brokers aaxl refiners are importing
thoutawU Of tons of beet sugar from
the continent |q apUclpailoa p{ (he ex-
nWINfi OF A KENTUCKY TOWN.
Half thMrinUtaati ■- Food
Destroyed.
Oonrpoit, \Ky.. Special.—tin th«
Wa( air of tfeMMri; morning houri
Ik* dthw or ChneifOft looked on
almost poicttati to act Thursday
•WW ire destroyed $500,000 worth ol
ynynlj and lan I.oo* persons-tall
th* jnflatlwi hnmsls— Brery busi
ness house waa burned. The distress
of hundreds of women and children
m relieved only when train* loaded
with supplies urlvet from bwiirtll*
and Henderson.
At noon the tra wya still burning
In lala. bat tin remaining structures
ware acattared aad'wofurther spread
wan anticipated. ,
By the bnrting of a natural gas
ptp* In the kCcbm or a prime house
shortly after midnight the building
wna net aftre. A high wind waa blow,
ln and the burning embera war* car
ried to the immeane tobacco war*,
houses owned by the American To
bacco company. These bus Mings were
aoon wraped In flnmea mud efiV>ita
to anv* them were abandoned In or
der to Ight the lire* which ware
springing up on all aide*. The tobac
co company's plant, oootftiog of two
Ftemmeries and 1,000,000 pounds of to
bacco waa soon destroyed and the Are
continued to spread. The local ftr* de
partment waa totally Inadequate to'
cope with the are and Uxitoiillt ami
Henderson were asked to send assis
tant!*. Aa Ixmisville Is 75 mile* dis
tant. howeTer. no help arrived until
t:M o'clock and by that time the Ore
had about exhausted ita material. Ev
ery business house waa gone, together
with all provisions and clothing. Over
half of the residences, too, had been
destroyed and 1,000 people were wan.
daring aimlessly through the streets,
tearing at the ruins.
Sale of a Railroad.
A Rome, On., special says: Presi
dent Wllburn has called a special
sosetlng of the stockholders of the
Chattanooga. Rome and Southern rail
rand for May 15, to consider the sale
and conveyance of that property to
the Ootral of Georgia. It Is under
atood hers that the headquarters of
Prtridsot Wlbum'a road will 4M re
moved to Savannah. The price paid
tor the Chattanooga, Rome and South
era la anaoiMred aa 94.M0.M0. It is
139 miles long and extend* from Chat,
tanooga, Tenn., to Carrolhon, Ga.
Mining Through Ice.
Victoria. B. C„ Special.—New* has
reached here from Cape Nome that
during Pen—her a rich bar staked
which Is beneath Bebrlng sea and par
allels the ooaat tor about 100 milea up
from Snake River. Those who located
the riaima had to cut through five
feet of Ice to reach the send and gravel
which was very rich. In summer the
claims will be totally submurged.
Stampede* have occurred from Nomifl
to American creek in Kourock and
Norton sound where rich strikes hav«
been made. ✓
Incumbents WIU Be Reappointed.
Washington. D. C.', Special.—Attor
ney General Griggs talked with the
President about a number of places
under the department of justice, tha
tencs of the incumbents being about
to expire. This Include* a large num
ber of United State* district attorneys
and marsha!a. Except where charge*
have been made against Incumbents
and where the senatorial statute has
nar ged there will be no new appoint
met a The incumbents will be rea>p>
t pointed as their terms expire.
Freight Rates on Coal to Rle.
New York, Special.—A Joint notlca
advancing rates on bltu
m.'pous coil from the mines to tide
water ha« been issued by the Pennsyl
vania railroad. v the Baltimore and
Oh!o. the Chesapeake and Ohio and
•Jxr Norfolk and Western. The advan
ce will be 10 cents per ton and It will
take effect oa April i-
Crash Frit Mm,
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■ Y
TWO CURLS AND A YOUNG Wff* T
On* of the Pair WhhM to W«d aniHW
Sister Helped th* Gam* mm
When brother and sister dlaagraq
honest sentiments hare a pretty goS|
show for expression.
"Oh, I know all a boot that, Bd,
Yon can talk about not man y tog the
best woman you ever saw. and abor.|
the delightful freedom of bachelor hood,
and you can pretend ennui. «nd jwi
can pose aa n hater of our sex, but '
know all about It."
"So? What a feminine little Solomon
you are."
"Shut up. Wise women don't
to be like Solomon to be a whole lot
wlse£ than h* ever waa ton pretend
Indifference, because the girla are «q
Indifferent to you. That's what is iht
matter, and 1 know It You couldn't
make an) headway with them. s» yo;f
put on a bold front and superior airs.
1 know several of them that you're cot
fooling, and It only make* yon ridleu
\ ioua,"
Bnd was boiling, but tried with ait
absurd effort to look pleasant. ,
"Is that so 7" and there was a alxxiing
note in his voice. "Would you conds
scend to name the girl, outside of your
self, who Is the most sceptical a« to wv
sincerity? What KR Jo*-a. tot*
special chnm? That girl fairly courted
me."
"Fairly courted you? She took the
only plan she could think of to keep
you away. She would die an old maid
If you and she were the last two peopl*
on earth."
"We'll see," he snapped.
And they did see. Miss
Jones led Bud a weary chase. She told
htm his faults, changed th* subject
every time he showed serious symp
toms. plainly indicated that he was a
nuisance, and when she did Anally ac
cept his suit, declared it was the only
way to get rid of him. Then she and
her prospective sister-in-law got to
gether in each others' arms and gloat
ed over the success of their conspiracy
to knock Bud off his hobby.—Detroit
Free Press.
CafjMgto*i Mft to Charlotte.
Charlotte. N. C., Special.—Andrew
Carnegie, the Pittsburg philanthropist
has offered the city of Charlotte $20.-
000 with which to e|x» a library
building. The offer is based oa th*
conditions that the ciey will donate a*S
free site and e*tbH*b an annual fund
of 98,500 lor Ohe maintenance of the
library. The offer will doubtless be
accepted
r ' Carnegie'* Lates Move.
New York. Special.—Andrew Car
negie. who since retiring as active /
figure from the steel world, has bOe» -•
able to devote his time exclusively to
his other passion, the founding of
libraries, has made his departure for
Europe this spring memorable by the
t'argest offer of the kind ever ad
vanced. If New York will provide
the sites and the maintenance, be has „
promised to give $6,200,000 to estab
lish 65 branch libraries in this city.
The offer was made in. a letter to Br.
John S. Bllings, director of the New
York Public Übrary last Tuesday.
A Fatal Hotel Fire.
Washington, D. C-. Special.—At 3:15
o'clock Friday morning electric light
wires started a 6re In the Merchants'
Hotel, 435 Pennsylvania avenue which
tpread rapidly, causiag panic among
the guests, several of whom jumped
iroqi the windows. One person vjas
killed, and four severly Injured.'The
one victim was L F. Henry, 48 year*
old, who wad suffocated.
THE liiST OF IT.
Tommy-J-Tell me a story. Uncle.
Uncle—A story! But I don't know
what to tell you a story about. 1 '
Tommy—Oh. tell me a story abont a
little boy who had a good uncle, who
gave him sixpence.—Pick-Me-Cp.