VOL, 11.
HOTTEST ON RECORD
lariaj, Jaljr I, a Bay of TorrM
' Beat.
IANYKATIS AND PROSTRATIONS
*■*—St Suffering Among ths Poorer
Clssses la the Great Cities-Warn
est Day la Years.
Maw York Special. —Monday waa
the hottest July 1 on record. At 8:10
p. m., the thermometer at the weather
office ranched 98 degrees, one degree
hotter thaa Sunday. Tho records
•how taht In the 80 years precedln;
oa oaly two days In all that period
has a higher temperature been reach
ad. These were July 9, 187«, and July
8. 1898. Oa these days the thermome
ter reached H *«*ree. The percusi
*®*e of humidity was oaly 48. After
1:19 p. as., a decline began until 9 p.
nt., the thermometer registered 82.
Is the early morning hourt there
waa what might be termed a light
breete blowing, but during the early
part of the afternoon the breete died
away and the city wss baking In tor
rid boat. The suffering In the city,
particularly in the crowded tenement
house districts, was most intense. As
the day grew the deaths and prostra
tions Increased snd although provision
waa mado In all the hospitals for this
emergency the authorities were scarce.
Iy sble to cope with the great JHtx
Bade oa their resources. Theer were
ao many nmbalance calls that the po
lice were called oo to tupply patrol
wagout and every ambulance did
double duty In responding to cslls.
Msny patlenti were carried to the
hospitals In cabs and carriages and
several went to Bellevue and the Har
lem Hoepltal In moving vans. The
prevalence of the grip among the
hories of the city tended to militate
effective work. In mSny cases horses
had to be obtained from contractors to
draw patrol wagona and ambulances.
Between the hours of 2 a. m„ and
■ldnlght there were reported 57
desths and 141 prostrations In the
boroughs of Manhattan snd the Bronx.
From midnight ta 9 o'clock 21
deaths aad 36 proatratlons had been
reported In Brooklyn.
Although the Weather Bureau shows
that the maximum was 98 that docs
■ot Indicate the heat on the streets
Msny thermometers registered 108 at
1:10 and all of them over .100 on the
street level.
If the heat was killing on mankind.
It was worse on the horses. They
dropped right snd left At one time
there were eight dead horses lying on
Broadway between Thirty-third street j
aad Forty-Second street. There were !
14 horses prostrated In the vicinity I
of Madison Square alone. The rush
of the crowds to the parks and to the
nearby seashore resorts tonight wss '
unprecedented In the history of the j
city. It was noted st the Brooklyn !
bridge thst numbers of men who
boarded the csrs for Coney Islsnd and
other beaches carried blankets In
which they Intended to roll themselves .
aad sleep oa the Island.
New York. Special—At 26o'clock
Tuesdsy morning the desth record for '
the 24 hours ending st thst time In ,
Greater New York was 87, the ftrottra
tlon 188. For the last five dayt, cor
eriag the [iretent heated term, the
total deaths In the same territory were ,
136.
The Whole Country Sweltering.
Washington. Spec:&l.-The hot
weather continued here with, unabated
terceness. the climax coming In th«
afternoon when the locxl record fo this
sarly In the summer wst broken, the
Weather Bureau thermometer register-
Ing s temperature of 102 degrees. For
tunately there wat not much humidity
la the atmosphere. There were 50 case*
of heat prostrations reported snd two
resulted fstslly. At 8 o'clock at night
the thermometer bad fsllen to 90 de
grees. with erery probability that It '
would not fall greatly below that dur
ißg the night. There seems to be nc :
prospects for any relief for the next 41 1
hours for this rlclnlty. Beyond thst
length of time the Weather Burssu of- I
•dais atshe no predictions. ■ I
taa at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Special.—Philadelphia
aad vicinity experienced the highest
temperature recorded In this city, the j
government thermometer on the top ol
the postofflce building, 170 feet from |
the street, registering 102 degrees even, i
«At Cramp's shipyard the prostration! |
were so aamerous that ths 6,000 men {
employed there were relieved from fur- .
ther duly st noon.
Tsft far Civil Oaveraar.
Washington, D. C., Special.—The l
President has signed ths commission i
of Vs. H. Taft. of Ohio, ss civil gov- ,
sraor of the Philippine Islands Judge ,
Taft wss notified some tlms ago when (
Instructions were sent "him relative to
ths laaagaratloa ot civil government
la the islands July 4, that he would be
appointed civil governor. Whlls the
appotatmeßt of the .civil governor it
credited to the War Department, this i
does dtt mean sscesaarlly that the I
President Is proceeding entirely under i
his war power In setting up civil guv- i
eminent In the Philippines. He Is
not differeatiatlag the source of his "
authority. He Is acting, so R Is author
itatively stated, uader all the power*
he has In the premises.
I
- Warm at Chicago.
Chicago, Special.—Five persons drop-'
pad dssd oaths streets from excessive
hsat and flftsea others were so badly i
overcome that they had to be restored i
ta hospitals. A auai]B»-wf-the prostrst- '
ed are la a sfertous condition aad msy
die. At aooa ths temperature la the
Weather Bureau la the Auditorium .
tower was 98 aad oaths streets over
199. A severe thunderstorm at 1 o'clock .
brought relief aad the mercury drop-
Mi M llMrffM a
THE ENTERPRISE.
UTEST FKOft TIE FLOOD.
I
la Detail-Not S* BW u *1
Hrrt Ktytttei
Roaaoka, Va.. Special.—The food of
Tuesday night.at Pocahontas did' Bat
cause aay lon of lite ao far at la
kaowa. Water waa three feet deep la
•oate aectloaa of the town. The great
damage vat to railroad tracks. The
following official regarding
the lecond storm la the coal Acids was
given out by the Norfolk ft Western
general offices her*.
"We had a Tery haary storm Friday
which eat oat some of the track re
pair work badly, and will take all of
Friday to repair the damage. We hsv
material enough at the front to repair
the bridges between Vivian and Dary.
The storm delsyed this work also.
The storm In Taxewell county, Va..
•eema to hare been worse thaa at first
though. Each day brlags meagre fe
talis of the calamity which has be
fallen that community. ~ry fork,
which has been entirely eat off from
outside coan.nmicrttoa SMca Saturday,
has up to this time added three more
victims to the desth list. Their names
are Booth. Bearers and Blankeship.
It aeema that these unfortunste mm
were at the home of young 800 it. s
son of one of the drowned men, ami
were trying to aare the household ef
fects when so suddenly the house was
torn from Its foundation and carried
down the maddened stream that all
hope of escape waa cut off before *.h'.-y
resitted the.'r perilous position. It li
not known whether the bodies hare yel
been recorerM. Numerous houses war*
washed away, among them being the
old Baraett mill, which had atood the
floods for three-quarters of a century
Several stesm saw mills are altuatwl on
this stream, all of which were carrieJ
away and millions of feet of luml»er
James Beaver's mill alone lost 2«O.XK
feet of Ann poplar lumber.
The body of Mrs. Hooper, the sec
tlon foreman's wife, who with her twj
children, was drowned at "Foundlnjt
Mill, was recovered two miles from hei
home lodged In a tree. The body of a
Mr. Tate waa also recovered. The Tu
gate Lumber Mill snd lumber yardr
Situated nt Dismal were swept away.
Numerous estimates hare been madt
as to the amount of damage In the
Tazwell cotmty farm lands, mill prop
erty. woolen mills, residences, loss "ol
crops and stock, but nothing definite
can be determined as the list of losses
Is growing. It Is now placed at from
$500,000 to 1700,000.
News reached Taxewell Thursday
night of the finding of two unknown
dead persons In aa enormous drift b»
low Rlchlandi. They sre believed to b:
father and son. When Ibty were fount,,
the maa was clinging to his dead hora«
and the boys' srms were twined around
the man's body. Seachlng parties arc
st work, drsgglng the rlrer, snd othet
rlctlms msy yet be found. The ol
desd so far as known st Tasewell Is »J
j follows: John Van Dyke, Edward Van
! Dyke, Mrs. John Hooper; two chlldrev
| of Mrs. Hooper, Tate, Blan
| kenthlp, Besrer, ——- Booth;
I father and ton, unknown; Paris Craig,
(tlored.
j Dluefleld, W. Va., Special.—The flood
altustlon Is In good condition consid
ering the second wash-out. The lsrge
force of hands, nbering 1,000, repair
ed all washouts for temporary use. 31
I fsr as Vivian, the point reached Wed
' nesday. The relief trsln. with prorle
-1 lons, resched Elkhorn snd supplies arc
being furnished the needy. Railroad of
ficials at Bluefield bare stated thst the
rosd will be opened for traffic on Sat
urday night. Many destitute famlllei
are tearing the field, going out by fool
or on work trains.
The complete list of the dead as they
hare been found aTfd as complied bj
The Bluefield Telegraph, Is as follows:
John Lewis, Mrs. Nellie Smi:h. Anns
Bmlthv,T Mtn. McKay, Mary McKay,
! Charles Chelley, Sam Poindexter, John
Bfllard, Bettle Brown. William Trlgf
Jacob Rifling, John Bannister. Mrs
Mary Fooller, T. B. Chrlatlsn, Mrs
Bertha Andersen and two small chil
dren, Willlsm Cheatham. Ouy Oalari
and wife, Al Bererty and wife, un
known white man minus head. John
VaaDyke, Edward VanDyke, Mrs. John
Hook and two children. Chas. Tate, P.
R. Blankenshlp, R. J. Bearer, F. M.
Booth, Paris Craig, unknown maa anj
boy. The total list numbers 35, but 11
is bettered thst st manp more ars stIU
In'the debris sad driftwood.
Cotton Good* far Philippines.
Washingtoa, D. C-, Special.—The lm
portatlon of coUoymanufscturers In
to the PhUlpplimdartag 1900 showed
an Increase of S»- per ceat orer the
Importation for the rievions year, ac
cording to a tcHaparaflre statement
issued by the dlrlfiT of Insular af
fairs, War Department. The ralue of
the cotton manufacturers Imported in
1900 is glrea as $8,*29,777, and for
1899 at $4,522 103. The Increase in
Importation from the United States
alone showed sn Increase of 503 per
cent or f69,236. The greatest amount
of the cotton manufactures came from
the United KlngCom. about >4,000,000
a Ith Spain second at 11,313.162.
i• ■ f
Law Put Through.
Paris, By Cable.—The Premier. M
Waldeck-Rouaaeau, has carried ii«
most important project of his minis
try. the law of associations bill, which
aow oaly awaits the signature of Pre
sldeat Loubet tb become law. The
Chamber of Deputies toalght la a
single session, definitely adopted the
bill, as Maended by the Senate, by 313
to 849 rotes. Several attempts were
made by the Opposition aad Socialists
to again amend the bill, but the cham
ber In ever cans supported the minis'
-ary.
Cotton Stitlfttlcs.
Liverpool, Special.—Following arc
the weekly cotton statistics; Total
■ales of ah kiads 47,000 bales, total
sales American 41,000 bales, Kngllsb
spinners taking 48.000 bates, total ex
port 3,000 bales. Imports of all klndc
49,000 bales. Impart American 31,006
bales, stock of all kinds 682,000 bales,
stock American 550.000 bales. Quan
tlty afloat .American 19,000, total sales
oa speculation 1,300 bales, total aatet
to export tro §9O -
♦ True to Oursrltxm, Our Neighbor*, Onr Country and Our God.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C„ FRIDAY, JULY 5.1901.
i KILLED IN A WRECK
I fWrteei Peopte Lwe Tfcdr Lives ii a
1 Railroad AccMcil
A WABISI FLYER GOES DOWN
i r
Pluagts Throagh a Trestle WMIa M
U IRuaaleg at Hlgta Speed, With
Disastrous Results.
Pern, lad., Special.—Thirteen par
tons were killed aad shout 60 aert
ously Injured in a wreck of Trala No.
3, the west-boaad Wabash limited,
alas miles west of this city at 11:30
a. a).. Wednesday. The dead are all
Italian emigrants aa route to Colors
do, whose names are unknown.
Two section* of train No. 8, pas
coming from Detroit and the other
from Toledo, were consolidated In
this city Into a trala of 11 cara, mak
ing up the ilver for Its Journey to
St Louis. It consisted of s combina
tion baggags snd express, cotnblna
tlon baggage and smoker, day coach,
emigrant coach, three chair cars,
three sleepers and ths private car of
General Superintendent Cotter, of
the Iron Mountain Railway,
Having left this city one hour late
the train was speeding westward at
• high rate, when, at a ponlt nine
miles west, the engine plunged thro
ugh s trestle which bsd been under
mined by the recent hesvy rains. The
embankment on both tldet of the
little ttream dropped at s tharp de
gree a dlstanec of forty feet. Owing
to the momentum of the train the en
glne appeared to leap across the
abyst, plunged into the toft earth on
the oppoatte tide and fell back to
ths bottom. Eitglneor Butler and
Fireman Adams were thrown from
the cab, but not terloutly hurt. The
express car and the flrtt chair car
were teletcoped. Ths emigrant car
followed by two chair csrs went
down on the left side of ths track
and .the first sleeper pitched forward
upon the mass of debris. Its win
dows apd trucks were broken, but
none of the occupants wsi'e Injured.
The remaining csrs also left their
trucks, but watt not badly damaged.
It was In the emigrant and day coach
es that most of the desths snd in
juries occurred.
There wss sbsoluteiy no means by
which ths saglne crew could see the
Impending danger. la fsct the en
glne ran upon the trestle before the
strncture gave away. The night was
latensely dark. For a few minutes
after th efatal plunge and dreadful
roar of crashing timbers, a deathlike
stillness prerslled which was only
broken by the cries of the Injured.
Trslnmen csught up their Isnterns
snd rushed to the neighboring farm
houiet for aatlttance. The farmers
with their wires snd children bear
ing torches hastened to the teens and
all efforts were bent to give first aid
to ths Injurea. Telephone' messages
wer* despatched to this city and er
ety physician was hurriedly taken on
a special train which carried them
to the tcene. The Injured were placed
abosrd the cart snd brought to ths
gsnsral hospital In this city, where
ererytblng possible was done to ame
liorate their condition. For a time
aftsr the rescuers reached the scene
of the wreck little could be done In
the wsy of remoring the dead. Hun
dreds of tons of twisted Iron aad
broken tlmßers retted upon the car
where ths unfortunate emigrant!
were crushed. But by meant ol
wrecking derrlckt the matt was gra
dually opened and by daylight near
ly all the dead had been remored to
this city.
Among the dead are the following
named: Mrs Kitty Krutt, of New
York; Miss Fsnnle Munlotc .titter of
John Munlotc;- Lulgl Benlnt, New
York; fire Itsllsn men, nsmes un
known; two Italian women, names un
known; thrss Italian bablet.
Morgan aires Harvard sr,ooo, 000.
Cahrldge, Matt., Special.-President
Eliot snnounctd st tho Harvard alum
ni dinner that John Plerpont Morgan
had given more than 11,000,000 lor the
erection of three of the fivt buildings
planned for the Harvard Medleal
school In Boston. The gift It (or the
prosecution of "applied biological re
search." The buildings will be a me
tnorlsl to Junlnt Spencer Morgsn, for
msny yesrt a Boston merchant.
Non-Union Miners Fired Upon.
Matowas, W. Va., Special—Wednes
day morning when the Bon-unlon men
again attempted to go to work st tlis
Maritime coal mines they were fired
upon by strikers at a distance. Ths
non-union men deemed It best to with
draw snd did so, before sny of ths
number fell Victim to ths desdly bul
lets. Another battle Is Imminent be
tween the strikers and Federal mar
shals. Brer since they left the mine
the men bsre been preparing for ao
emergency and Msrshals Hufford an.l
Tsilto. and Superintendent Lambert,
of the Maritime mlnet, are expected to
arrlre here from Charleston. 11t it
said that they are hearlly re enforced
and ready to put an end to all th
disturbance In thl« lection.
Telegraphic Briefi.
The trustee! of the Unlrerslty ol
Alabama elected Dr. Williams 8. Wy,
man t# tucceed Dr. Jsmes K. Powers
as president. Dr. Wymon has been
professor of Latin at the Unlrerslty
since 1871. He Is a aatlve Alabamlan.
Mrs. P. -D. Vroom, wlfs of Col.
Vroom, 0., 8. A., inspector general of
the Department of the Baat, stationed
at Governor's Islsnd, N. Y., died In
3an Antonla, Texas. She wss the
daughter of Major P. O. Wood, of the
Twelfth Infantry. '
Cayt Hobso« In Richmond.
Richmond, Special.—'The Kappa A!>
phas did nothing of public Interest in
their usiness session. Capt. Richmond
P. Hobson arrived Wednesday after
noon aad attended a reception that was
gives at the gubernatorial mansion to
the visiting members. At night he
was satertslned at a banquet ond pre
sented with a pin of the frattCMty,
studded with diamonds.
FOUR DROWNED AT NEWttRNE.
Wlltlaai E. Clark aad His Thoaa Chll*
drea Oo bowa,
Ntwbern, N. C., June 28.—Wm. B.
Clark, his two dsughters. Mary 8..
sgsd 12, and ftaacls D., sged 8, and
Osorgs B. Bryan, the 10-yesr-old son of
Orssh Bryan, wars drowned here to
night. I%e patty waa out rowing opp>
sits the water-works when the boat
w*s swamped by the wares. Mr.
Clark's little soa, Wm. 8., Jr., was the
only bne of the party tared, he cling
ing to the boat until rescued. Ths
bodies of the two young hare
beea raoorersd. Mr. Clsrk wss a Ke
publleaa aad had at different timet
bssa Stats Ssnstor, Representative,
dspaty collector of customs aad post
mater of Kawhsra.
William B. Clark waa born la Ral
eigh on March I, 1830. Hs was graduat
ed from Chapel Hill with honors,
studied law and rote to prominence In
the profeaalda. He lerved aa Auditor ot
the State, was s captain In the Twelfth
United Statea Regiment In the Mexican
war, and for brarery wat brevete!
major. During ths clrll war he wat
colonel ot the Twenty-fourth North
Carolina Rsglment for the entire
term of hostilities snd at the cloae was
acting as brigadier general, lie waa
wounded at Drury't Bluff. After the
civil war hs took up hit residence Id
Raltlgh, removing to some 13
yesrt ago. H.e was appointed a Crimi
nal Court Judge by Oorernor Holden,
which position he hsld for.three yeara
He waa a staunch Republican^
State Bar Anociadon.
The State Bar Aaaoclatlon closed lit
meeting on Friday.
The following offlcera were elected
for the eneulng year: Prealdent. Chat.
M. Buabee. of Ralelab. who la a very
ablt lawyer, a cflnrtioua and urbina
gentleman; rice president, A. O. (lay
lord, of W. A. Dunn, of
Scotland Neck; I). 8. Ward, of Naw
bera; Donnell Gilliam, of Taroboro;
Qeo. Roaatree, of Wilmington; F. A.
Daniel, of Ooldtboro; H. McD. Hob n
ton, of Fayetterllle; J. D. Shaw, Jr., ol
lAurlnburg; A. A. Hlcka, of Oxford; Z.
V. Walter, of Lexington; H. R. Scott,
of Reldsrllle; A. O. Mongum, Qastonla;
W. C. Newland, of Lenoir; 8. Oallert,
of Rutherfordton, and J. M. Moody, of
Waynoarlils; tecretary and treasurer,
J. C. Biggs, of Durham.
New members on tb« exeititlve com
mittees J. D. Murphy, of Asherllle, an I
Fred A. Woodsrd, of Wilson.
The association roted thanks for
rourtealea shown by the Carolina Club,
the Klkt of Wilmington and the 8»n
--thore Hotel-management. Tho meetx
lng waa adjourned sine die on motioj
of Mr. 8. H. Clement.
To Build Textile School.
The committee of the board of agri
culture which haa In charge the matter
of erecting ths textile school at the
Agricultural and Mechanical Collogo
here met and opened the bids. There
were four of these, mado by Zachary
4 Zachary, W. T. Harrow, the North
Carolina Builder ami Supply Company,
anil M. A. Moaer, and they range
from a little over 818,000 to a little
under $22,000. Moser wat awardod
the contract, and the formal letting
will occur Saturday. The building
Will greatly rbsemble a high type of
cotton mill. It Is said by Prof. Wilson,
who tt to be In chsrge of It, as profet
tor of textile Industry, that about $28,-
000 worth of textile and eloetrloal ma
clilney has already been presented by
manufacturers, mainly In Nevfr En
gland, for use In the schoool. Tho
bid of W. A. Moser to build the tex
tile school at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, whlchjs accepted,
is $18,360.
Aason Confederate Monument.
Wadeaboro. Special—The Daughters
of the Confederacy have decided to
erect a monument here to the Confed
erate soldiers of Anson county. The
monument Is to be surmounted by s
bronis statue of a Confederate soldier
and It to cost not less than $2,600. A
committee haa been appointed with
Capt. Jno. C. Mclaughlin at chairman
to atlect a design. No place has been
definitely settled upon for tho monu
ment Subscriptions will be solicited
at once to Increaae the funda already
on hand.
Daad oa the Track.
A High Folat special, 27th, to Hal
elfrb Newa and Observer ssyt: Kd.
Thomst, son of Mr. Ped C. Thomas, of
Thomasrllle, was found desd on th«
railroad track two mllss south of here.
Beside him lay a gallon jug of whls
t key, a pistol, an empty beer bottle
and opener. In his pocket was also
an opened knife. His body wss badly
mangled by the traln» !t Is learnn]
that the circumstances surrounding
the aflslr are auspicious, and that mur
der may hare canted hia death, and
the body afterwards left on the track
for the train to run orer ao as to corcr
np the crime. A coroner'! Inquest had
not been held at thlt writing. Tht
father of the dead man It an ox mem.
bar of tha Legltlature.
A Good Idea.
Labor Commiaaloner Varner is
making a new departure by asking
factory employera and employee and
all editora whether they favor compul
aory education since the adoption of
the conatltutlonal amendment. He
aays msny replies are coming In from
the eastern section from men who say
they oppose It, becauae It takea In
the negro- He aaya replies to Inquir
ies regarding farms abow that there
ta a general moremeat for reduction
of acreage.
r, TELEGRAPHIC TERSmeS.
The State charter* thd Boreat City
Telephone CompaUy/Wlth a capital of
slo,ooo.
The gorernment haa offered a re
ward of SIOO for tha apprehension and
conrlctlon of the party or parties who
on the night ol February 6, last, set
fire to snd burned tha residence of
O. L Martin near the city of Green
villa, together with th* houashoid ef
fects. ..s \ .
MANY WALK OUT.
51,1100 Steel Workers Leave Thek
Employers.
MANY COMPANIES ARE AFFECTED
The Fight Will Be a Desperate One
Unlets the Partlei Are Brought t«
An Agreement, j
a v
Pittsburg, Special—President T. J,
Shaffer, of the Amalglmated Associa
V.on of Iron, Steel aud Tin Workers,
Monday Issued an order filing out
•11 union employrs of the various mil's
of the American Steel Hoop Company,
known as the hoop trust. It Is estima
ted that 15,000 men will be subject to
the call, which, in connection with the
big strike of the American Sheet
Steel Company ordered by President
ShafTcr on Saturday, will affect 50,-
000 men. Pre lilent Shaffer said:
Impression that only the mills of the
American Sheet Steel Company "are
affected by the decision of Saturday
Is a mistake. The workmen of ail
mills In the American Steel Hoop
Company are Interested and will-Jjo
officially notified that the scale ha\
not been signed and that they will-quit
work. To the well organized rnilW
this notice will be necessary as tho
men w;il havo watched the sltuatlun
carefully, but what Is known as open
mills, where union men have been al
lowed to work side by side with thj
non-union, Is where we have to'mova.
ITnlon men must walk out of tlieje
open mills In the hoop trust. .
"The open mlila to be notified are
ono In Hollldaysburg, I'a., thiee at
Pittsburg and oiio at Monessen. The
organization mills Jh'hlrh will clrse on
our call "are the uppey and lpwer
mills at Youngstown, Ohio; Pomeroy,
Ohio; Sharon, Pa.; Glrard, Pa.; War
ren, Pa. This. I believe, will brlns
the number of men affected up to 5J,-
000.
"It Is a matter of regret that the Is
sue has been forced, but It now looks
is though It would be a tight to - the
death. The Amalgamated Association
Is «ot unprepared for it. We have
not had a general strike many
years and In that time wo have
been Idle. We have funds and will
use them. Right here* I want to cor
rect an Impression wh'ch has been
given out that no benefits will he paH
strikers until two months ha*p# elap
sed. The Amalgamated Association
will begin at once to taljo'carn of ita
people."
Mr. Shaffer concluded by saying; "I '
will say now what 1 said to Mr. Smith,'
'general manager of the Sheet Steel |
Company, In[the conference: I said if
It Is to be a strike we will make It osie
to bo remcmberesl. Tho officials now |
dealing with us have but little Idea of .
tho extreme to which this itrlke will •
go once It Is 9n."
Youngstown, 0., Special—Jn order
to take Inventory the mills in .Youngs
town l ls on the> Mahoning val-'
ley of the Republic- Iron anJ j
Steel Company will close for
two weeks. The mills hernj
and "St other points In thr» Mahoning,
and Shenango valleys ,whreh^firo-tfn-'
od by the American Steel Hoop Com
pany will remain idle pending a set
tlement >f the scale question.
An official said: "The company was
willing to sign the scale agreed upon
by the Republic Iron and Steel Com- j
psny and for., the same mills for,
which they signed last year, but-the:
Amalgamated men Insisted that theyj
must also sign for certain Pittsburg •
mills and others which tho company j
owns In the Kast and this the. com
pany declined to do, and thus the mat'
Ur stands." ,
i
A Col'lsion at Sej. ;
Boston, Special.— I The six-masted
steamer George W. Wells, of /Taunton,
Captain Crowley, which t-ailed from
here Sunday afernoon fo jr Newport
News In ballast, camo back into port
under tow, with a great hole In her
side cut down to within three foot of
the water line. Some time during the
night she was run lnt£ by the six
masted schooner Eleanor A. Percy,
Captain Jewett, in the fog, squavo
amidships on the port side. The col
lision occurred somewhere oil Capo
Cod. The Percy was loaded with conl
from Newport News for Boston. Sho
came up to Highland Light with her
bowsprit and jlbboa tiarrled away.
Baltimore Tunnel Caves In
Baltimore, Special.—The roof of tho
onion railroad tunnel In the eastern
section of the city, used and controll
ed by the Pennsylvania Rail road,caved
in shortly before 2 o'clock Sunday
morning. It Is supposed that a defect
In the arch of the tunnel caused the
accident. A narrow escape from death
or serious Injury was experienced by
the passengers and crew of an express
train, which was caught by the fall
ing debris in the tunnel.
A Swllt Boat
Rotaswy, Firth of Clude, By Caßle.
The Shamrock II and Shamrock I had
their first trial Friday afternoon sin..
the former was- wrecked, They had a
fair racing trial and the Challenger
dropped the older boat lb a fashion
■he has nevSp- before been able to ac
complish. The result of the day's ea'l-
Ing Is regarded by yachtsmen here as.
Indicating thit the challenger is a con
siderably Improved boat.
NORTH CAROLINA CROPS.
f '
I he Improvement In ths Condition Is
Noted.
The reports of crop correspondent!
•Indicate that the past week has gener
ally been probably the most favorab's
bo far this season. The week wa*
diaraoterlxed by greater warmth,
abundant sunshine, and only local
rains, although In some sections hesvy
amounts occurred on ono or two days
with hall, resulting in damage to cropi
over a few counties. Over the entlie
eastern halt of .the state much Im
provoijj*Ht Tu KiiArth was reported;
and-farmrea have nearly succeeded la
subduing the weeds and grass; but
over a large portion of the central
weatern dlstnlcts the rains have been
too Trequent to permit work, and crops
are still In very bad condition. This
Is truo chiefly In Mecklenburg, Mc-
Dowell, Rutherford, Cleveland, Surry,
Cabarrus and Anson counties. The
local heavy rains on June 26th greatiy
damaged hillsides and washed away
some wheat in Guilford,' Randolph,
Forsyth and Alamance. The midday
Ttmperflufee during the week werei
generally above 90 dekrecs. but the
dally mean, only averaged about 2 d>--
rcrees above the normal. Showors
would be beneficial In th« northeast
portion of tho State.
Cotton made considerable lmjrtMve.
ment, Is small but anjl h be.
ginning to put on squares mOTe freely;
tho lateness of the crop Is indicated by
tho fact that generally at this season
blooms are abundant but so far blooms
have been reported by only two corre
spondents; In Jones and Anson coun
ties. Many fields of cotton are still ex
tremely gra. c «y, and some farmers a: c
plowing up and planting peas. Corn
on uplands Is. generally under good
cultivation and growing nicely; lay
ing by old corn is progressing rapidly;
corn Is coming' Into silk and tasiell;
some of It rather small. Chinch 'bu.H
are doing much damage to corn In sev
eral coun'ttes. Laying by tobacco Is
also underway; where well cultivated
tobacco I* growing well, but In grassy
fields it has made little progress. Ha- -
vivjllng wheat Is Hearing completion,
Some has been housed, and threshing
haj begun; complaints of damage ti
wheat lnshock are very numerous frcm
central and western connOes. Cut
ting oats continues with prosp-cts for
a very fine yield. June peaches and
apples are In market, and appear lnfe
| rlor in quality; dewberries and hlac.k
--j lierHcs are quite abundant; grapes In
| some localities are rotting. Clovrr
I and meadow grass are very fine, and ;o
soon as harvesting is over farm n
will probably be able to secure an ex
cellent orop of hay.
Government Report,
Tho government crop report snys ns
to cotton In this state that up to to
night It haH mado considerable Im
provement, Is small but vigorous, and
Ih beginning to put on squares move
freely. Its lateness Is Indicated by the
| fact that blooms so fnr have been re
ported by only two correspondents--
in Jones nnd Anson. Many tlelda arc
' still extremely grnssy. Some farmers
I are plowing, up and planting peas. At
' to other c rops the report says corn on
• uplands Is generally under good culti
vation and growing nicely. Laying by
old corn is progressnlg rapidly.
Chinch bugs are going much damage
| In several counties. Laying by tobac
jco Is also tinder way. Where well
clutlvated It la growing nicely but In
' grassy fields It has mado little pro
j gress. Harvesting wheat Is nearlng
j completion. Some lins been boused
and threshing has begun. Complaints
I of daitrSge to wheat In shock are very
' numerous from the central and wes
tern counties. Cutting oats continues,
r with prospects for very fine yield.
--Peaches and apples are Inferior In
' quality; grapes In some localities rot-
I ting. Melons are late. Clover and
meadow grass Is very fine.
Burlington Burglary.
Burlington, Special.—There wss a
very bold burglary hero Sunday night.
I N. S. Caldwell found a negro In his
I room rifling his pockets. -The negro
ran out and Caldwell shot at him from
| -Ills window three times without effect.
C. Robertson, who boarded at tha
satpj? house, found that 85.75 had been
abstracted from his pockets, supposed
ly by the same negro. There Is ns
clue to the negro'a whereabouts.
Onion Me lie,
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RAMS' HORN BUSTS j
y —— ~ r ~ vJ
x f, f"T*\ HE flower* of
I honor bloom In the
X-- toll of humility.
r/~~) A£)||S oo'y h# uat to
' The dwarfs of
/'IJNsK earth may be the
i j/ytr wUr\ glanta of heavsn.
iuMnvWLM Some flowers
JtfiHl W'T*' mu,t f * de ,lltt
>eed * n,,ir |
The true pastor
• ' • • Is erer longing for
l«ad who can bo led.
It Ukd a great man to preach a
good sermon to a small congregation.
A good shepherd does not stir up
the mud of speculation In the still
waters.
One pickle may make many peasl- "
mists.
The living do not need the pleasures
of the dead.
If we may rejoice In having we may
In hope.
Our Interests determine the level
of our lives.
Flattery it never more than a loan.
The peace of God In the heart brings
the peace of victory In the life.
When a man weaits his piety in his
watch chain you may know it Is past?.
Sympathy is the secret of sight. *
The man who Is afraid of his skin
will never save his soul.
All men have equal rights but not
equal resolution to reach them.
Every church ought to have a cor.
ral for the kicker to air bis heels.
The sermon prepared for the head ■
never reaches the heart.
The best friends of the devil Is ths
man who proclaims his disease.
He who talks of his neighbor's mots
dpes it to hide his own beam.
God will demand an accounting for
ecclesiastical millinery and pyrotech
nics.
He who has no treasure In heaven
will be but a poor beggar when he gets
there.
The people who talk most about
their citizenship In heaven are oftea
those who pay no taxes there.
Men who deny a personal devil con*
rludo that there are a good many per
sons who are devils when they corns
light organized sin.
Postoftlce Washed Awav.
Waahlngton, 1). G.. Special.—Off'c'ai
advices to the PoMo!flc« Deparimoit
shows that the break on tfio Vlig'n x
anil Ohio division of the Norfolk &
Western Railroad caused by th« ilo>ds
extends for a distance of r.O mllei, frjm
Williamson to Ennis. except In up as.
The branch line running from CoidwlH
to Bramwell Is prac'.lcnlly rntlre|y
washed away. Chief Clerk*. Onodl e.
from WasMflfrton. and Sales, frara
Lynchburg >w£*he ,rallroa I mall sr
vice, have gone to the florl d str>t to
make a report" on tlje stuat'on a'lit
ncods In a postal way.
Bank Kcrialns Closed.
Buffalo. Special.—The City Na'i Inil
Ilnnk, whkh wns placed in thl handj
of a receiver en Saturday by Cjmp
troller of the Currency Daives, did net
opens iti doors Monday morning. Ml).
Lynch. chief of the division of insolv
ent banks, nnd Special Hank Examiner
W. A. Mason took chnrne of the b.ink
pending the arrival of Mr. Haughtoti,
the temporarry reclved. Not mors
Ihr\ri SO people were at the
o'clock, the usual opening hour, and
a few minutes later most of th*S7 ha! }
left
Will Not Be Appealed.
New " York, Special.—Thomas O.
Barker's friends definitely decided at
a meeting held at Arlington, N. J..,
not to take an appeal from the verdict
of tiw jury. It was the sense cV tbo
meeting that the energies and friends
of those who had Interested them
selves in the rase would bo devoted
to caring for Mrs. Barker and prevent
ing her from want and In securing n
rebate of a part at least cf his live
year scntencf.'" which means that h»
mufit serve lour years aa l flvo days
if his conductirecord le erfcct It U
expected the request will be for his
parole c.t tha end of a year.