w ILLUSTRATIONS BMRIHUHT. WILLI AM5tT
synopsis.
Ths storv opens In a Confederate tent
ai a critical (lag or ine civil war. uen.
u Impart! to Capt. Wayne an Importan
meaaace to Lomtstrast. Accompanied br
Serge Craig, an old army acout. Wsyns
sians on nil mission. They get witnin
the lines of the enemy and In the dark
neas Wayne Is taken for a Federal of
ficer and a youns lady on horseback Is
alven In his rhsrea. She Is a northern
Ctrl and attempts to escape. One of the
horses succumbs and CralK iroea through
witn ths dispatches, while Warns and My
i-aay or the North are left alone. They
seek shelter In a hut and entering It In
the dark a hues maatllT attacks Wsyns
ns (in snoots the bruts Just In time.
The owner of ths hut. Jed Bunsay. and
his wife appear and soon a party of
norsemen approach. They are led by a
man claiming to be Red Lowris, but who
proves to be Mai. Bronnan, a Federal
ornoer whom the Union jrlrl recognises.
Ha orders the arreat of Wayne aa a spy
and he Is brought before Bherldan. who
threatens him with death unless he re
Jals the secret message. Wayne believes
guun nrennan to ns tns wire or Ma J.
orennan. Me la rescued by Jed Bungay,
who starts to reach Gen. Lee. while
wayna in disguise penetrates to ths ball
ropm. beneath which he had been Im
prisoned. He Is Introduced to a Miss
ni l nor ana barely escapes being unmask
ed. Edith Brennan recognising Wayne.
fVS she will save him. Securing a pass
through the lines, they are confronted by
i.j wno la anocKen senseless. Then,
bidding Edith adieu. Wayne makes a
dash for liberty. He encounters Bungay:
" ii. r,,a,rl the I,ee camp and are sent
witn reinforcements to Join Earlv. In the
battle of Shenandoah the regiment Is
overwhelmed, and Wayne, while In the
hospital, Is visited by Edith Brennan.
wayne and Bungay are sent on a scout
ing detail, and arriving at the Minor
place, Wayne meets Miss Minor snd Mrs.
"J'ngay. and later Edith appears.
myn " tachment Is besieged by guer.
J?- Brnnan and his men arrive and
aid In repelling the Invaders.
CHAPTER XXXI. Continued.
"A mere waste of powder, I fear."
waa my reply, given thoughtlessly.
"When the rush finally comes we are
likely to be without sufficient ammu
nition to repel It I hardly expect
laose ieuows out there will ever
leave without a determined effort to
carry the house by storm. I have no
doubt they are simply drawing all this
Ore In the hope that our ammunition
will thus be uselessly expended. It
Is an old army trick, and one I am sur
prised to see so experienced an officer
as Major Brennan yteld to. In my
Judgment they will make an effort to
rush us as soon as there Is sufficient
light"
"But why not warn him?"
"Major Brennan would scarcely wel
come any interference on my part"
"But aurely, as a soldier, he must
value the advice of another soldier?"
"Possibly you forget." I explained,
striving to speak as lightly of It as
might be. "that there la a lack of
friendship between Major Brennan
and myself."
"Still?" she asked. "Truly I thought
that might all be over. Even If it sur
vived until now, this noble act of
yours in coming to our defense should
have earned you his gratitude. H
Wl
uas never once mentioned your
name to me since that night."
"Not even when I came here with
my troop. I believer
'No; yet I did not connect that
fact with the other. I supposed it a
mere oversight, or that be believed
the mention of your name would not
greatly Interest me. Surely, Captain
wayne, you are not keeping open this
unhappy wound?"
"On my word, no; but I regret to
confess it Is very far from being
closed."
"He Major Brennan does not know,
then, that you are here now with me?"
She evidently hesitated to ask this
question.
"Certainly not," In surprise at her
apparent innocence. "You cannot have
supposed I had been sent here by
him to talk with you?"
"I I did not know. I do not think
I realized," she stammered, vainly
seeking for words with which to make
clear her bewilderment. "I Imagined
you might have come at his sugges
tion to see that we were amply pro
tected. This is all so very strange.
He does not even know you are here
with us?"
"No." I admitted reluctantly. "Per
haps I have no excuse even for being
here at all. My duty as a soldier is
certainly elsewhere, but I could not
rest content until I knew you were in
a position of safety. Believe me, Mrs.
Brennan, I have Intended no Indiscre
tion, but I was informed by a soldier
that you were being held here under
fire."
Her hand touched mine Impulsively,
and it waa warm and throbbing.
"I can merely thank you with all
, my heart. Captain Wayne, and assure
you I both understand and appreciate
your purpose. But truly I do not wish
any trouble to occur again you will
go back to your post, will you not?
You can serve me best In that way,
and retain the gratitude and admira
tion I have ever felt for you."
"At once, Mrs. Brennan," 1 returned
earnestly. "I realise I have done
wrong In ever coming here aa I have.
It Is my first act of disobedience to
orders in all my military life. But
tell me first that I have forfeited
4 neither your confidence nor your
friendship r
She paused a moment, then added
quickly, as though In sudden rush of
feeling: "No friend stands higher In
my esteem than you now please go.
Captain Wayne."
As I crept bak through the dark
ness, passing bwieatn the piano into
the front room, which was filled with
the choking f nines of powder. . my
mind was a ch&ta of emqtlons Impos
sible to analyse. The very depth of
love which drew me to her operated
now in restraint God alone knows
the struggle In the darkness as I con
tinued to move slowly away from her
and toward the door. So deep was my
agitation, so Intense my thought, that
I scarcely realized I was creeping
alor t"re!y beneath the dead line of
It sounded then which recalled my
attention.
"Mapes," he said, with the sharp
tone of wearied command, "take a
crack at that fellow over yonder by
the big tree; be must be In range.
You men, I verily believe, shut your
eyes when you shoot for there hasn't
a man dropped out there In the last
half hour."
I had reached the door by this time,
but paused now, determined to ven
ture one word of expostulation at his
recklessness.
"Major Brennan," I said, speaking
sufficiently loud to be audible above
the uproar, "do you not think they will
attempt to charge the house?"
Not while we keep up this fire." he
returned coldly, evidently recognizing
my voice.
I grant that, at least while dark
ness lasts. But you have just com
plained that your men were doing but
small execution, and Is there not' dan
ger of exhausting our stock of ammu
nition by such a useless fusillade?"
"It will last until our fellows get
here that Is, If your man was ever
really sent for aid, as you say."
There was a thinly veiled sneer in
the words as be spoke them, but 1
curbed my temper.
Well, In my Judgment, sir and I
tell It you because I deem It a duty"
I retorted plainly, "you are making a
grave mUtake which you may realize
when it becomes too late to rectify It.
Possibly I have no right to criticise
one who Is technically In command,
yet I am serving as a volunteer, and
the conditions are peculiar. I not
only remember the scene witnessed by
me In the lines yonder, but also recall
tne iact that we are here to fulfil a
sacred duty the defense of helpless
women from outrage. A fatal mis
take upon our part would be horri
ble." "Very well, sir" and his tone was
rough and overbearing "then kindly
recall your soldierly Instincts to an
other little matter. I chance to com
mand here by authority of rank, and
bold myself responsible 'or the proper
defense of this portion of the house.
I believe you have already been as
signed your duties; if you will attend
to them I shall be greatly obliged, and
whenever I may desire your valuable
advice I shall take pleasure In sending
for you."
I turned away In silence and strode
back to my post, white with anger.
The ' dining-room remained as I had
left It, and when I lay down In my
old position and peered out through
the broken blind I could mark no
change in the appearance of our be- j
siegers.
night had badly splintered an upper
panel of the door. Halfway down the
broad hallway, and partially obscured
by the turn of the stairs, a door stood
slightly ajar upon the right hand.
Conjecturing this might be where the
defenders of the eastern exposure
were lying. I peered within. The
blinds were tightly drawn and I was
able to perceive little of Its Interior,
excepting that the walla were lined
with books.
"Ebers," 1 called, thinking he must
be there, "are you in charge here?"
"I vos, captain," came the Instant re
ply, and he at once emerged from the
darkness.'
"Have the enemy kept you busy?"
"Der vos some shooting, und Hadley
he got hurt bad, but der fellers Is all
gone. '
'Bring your men fit for duty out
here In the hall, and have them Join
my party. How manythave you?"
"Der Is four, captain."
He drew back, and as he disap
peared some one came hastily toward
us along the hallway from the rear.
"What Is It. Caton?" I asked anx
iously, as I recognized blm.
"They are forming to rush me, I
think," he answered. "I need a few
more men If I can get them."
"They are preparing to assault front
and rear at the same time," I an
swered. "They are massing now, and
in my judgment Brennan will have to
face the brunt of It. The front of this
house Is greatly exposed, and will
prove extremely difficult to defend If
Inspired by lust, yet guided by rude
discipline. .
I knew little of detail; faces were
blurred, unrecognisable; mill I seemed
to note clearly was that solid, brutal,
heartless, blasphemous line of desper
ate men sweeping toward us 'with a re
lentless fury our puny bullet could
not check. Reckless ferocity was in
that mad rush; they pressed on more
like demons than human beings.
saw men fall; I saw the living atumble
over the dead. 1 heard cries of agony.
shouts, curses, but there waa no pause,
I could mark their faces now, cruel,
angry, revengeful; the bands that
grasped the veranda railings; the leap
ing bodies; the rifle butts uplifted to
batter down our frail defenses.
As trapped tigers w fought, hurling
them back from the windows, alashtng,
clubbing, striking with fist and ateel.
Two lay dead across the sill before
me, cloven to the very chin, but their
bleeding bodies were burled remorse
lessly aside, while others clambered
forward, mad from lust of blood,
crated with liquor. With clubbed
guna w cleared It again and again.
battering mercilessly at every head
that fronted us. Then a great giant
of a fellow dead or alive, I know
not waa hurled head-long through the
opening, an Inert, limp weight, that
bore the two soldiers beside me to the
floor beneath his body With wide
sweep of my gun I struck him, shat
tering the stock Into fragments, and
swung back to meet the others, the
hot barrel falling to right and left like
a flail. They were through and on
me! Wild as any sea-rover of the
north I fought, crazed with blood, un
conscious of Injury, animated solely
by desire to strike and slay! Back I
had to go; back I trod on dead
bodies, on wounded shrieking in pain,
yet no man who came within sweep of
ibat iron bar lived. I loved to hear
the thud of ,It, aud I fronted those
glaring eyes, my blood afire, my arms
like steel. Through the red mist I be
held Caton for an Instant as twenty
brutal hands uplifted, and then hurled
him Into the ruck beneath their feet
Whether I fought alone I knew not
cared not Then some one pressed
CHAPTER XXXII.
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Hand to Hand.
The faint gray light of early dawn
rested upon the outside world, and
through the fleeting shadows of the
mist I waa able to distinguish much
which before had been shrouded by
the black curtain. In front of the
window where I rested, the grass
covered lawn sloped gradually down
ward until It terminated at a low
picket fence, thickly covered with
vines. A great variety of shrubs,
which during the night had doubtless
afforded shelter for sharpshooters,
dotted this grass plot, while beyond
the fence boundary stood a double row
of large trees. To the far left of our
position the burnt stable yet smol
dered dully, occasionally sending up a
shower of sparks as a draught of air
fanned the embers, but there were few
signs of life visible. For the moment
I even hoped our enemies might have
grown discouraged and withdrawn.
What haa become of the guerillas?"
I asked In wonderment turning as I
spoke to face the Federal corporal
who lay on the other side of me. "Is
it possible they have given up?"
"I think not, captain," he replied re
spectfully, saluting as he would one of
his own officers. "They were there
just before the light came, and I aaw
a dozen or more atealing along behind
the fence not five minutes ago. See,
there Is a squad of them now huddled
together back of where- the stable
stood."
"Screw your eye close to the cor
ner of the pane," I ordered hurriedly,
"and see what you make out toward
the front of the house."
"There's men out there sure, plenty
of 'em," he reported slowly. - "It looks
to me mighty like the end of line of
battle, right there by that big mag
nolia tree.' Anyhow, there must be all
of twenty fellows lying close together
between there and where the corner
of the house shuts off my view. I don't
see none this side anywhere, unless
it's a shooter or two hiding along the
fence where the vines are thick."
"That's It,1 my lad." 1 exclaimed,
heartily, getting upon my feet as I
spoke. . "We can stand up now, there's
no danger here, but there will be mu
sic for all of us presently. Those fel
lows are getting ready to charge us
front and rear." v
; There were five In the room. I
could see them only Indistinctly, as
the morning light waa not yet suffi
ciently strong to penetrate clearly to
Where we were, but I was able to note
those present the corporal and his
wounded companion, with Hollia and
Call of my troop.
"Let the wounded man remain and
guard those windows." I commanded.
"He would prove of small value In a
band-to-hand struggle, but can proba
bly do some shooting. - The rest come
with me." ...
I led them forth Into the wide hall
way, which extended the full length
of the bouse, with a broad flight of
stairs Just forward of the center,
gradually curving and leading to the
second story. The suspended light
was yet burning as we came out but j
f" ' red wSidly as If in a strong
:' . '.t of air, snd I noticed that the
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they come against It with any force.
How many men do you absolutely re
quire to bold your position? Remem
ber, the women' are all In the front
part of the house, and we must pro
tect them at all hazards; come with
me. There are times when a higher
law than that of military ' despotism
should control our actions. I am go
ing there, ordera or no orders. Ebers
can command your detachment and ac
complish all the service you possibly
could. Your rightful place la between
these ruffians and the woman you
love. How many additional men will
be required to make the back of the
house secure?"
"I feel like a new man, Wayne," he
said thankfully, "and I know you are
right Four more would be sufficient
besides the one In command."
"Good! Ebers." I said, as my portly
aergeant again emerged from out the
darkness, "take your four men back
to the kitchen and assume command.
The guerillas are preparing to make
a rush there, and you must drive them
back by a rapid fire. Hurry along
now." '
The little group had barely van
ished beyond the glow of the light
when from without our ear were sud
denly assailed by a wild, exulting yell
that bespoke the charge.
"There they are!" I cried. "Now,
lads, come with me!"
- The dull, gray, chilling ' dawn re
vealed a room In utmost disorder, the
windows shattered, the blinds cut and
splintered, the walla scarred with bul
lets and disfigured wlthv stains of
blood, the furniture overturned and
broken. A dead soldier In gray uni
form lay in the center of the floor, his
life-blood a dark stain upon the rich
carpet; a man with coat off, and blue
shirt ripped wide open, waa leaning
against the further wall vainly endeav
oring to staunch a wound in bis chest
Brennan waa upon one knee near the
central window, a smoking gun In bis
hand, a red welt showing ghastly
across bis cheek. AU this I saw In a
single glance, and then, with the leap
of a panther I was beside him, gazing
out Into the morning mist, and firing
as fast as I could handle my gun.
Through the shifting smoke clouds
we could aee them advancing on a
run an ngly, motley line,' part blue,
part gray, part everything yelling
as they swept forward like a pack of
Infuriated wolves, their fierce faces
scowling savagely behind the rifles.
It was half war, half riot he reckless
onslaught of outcasts bent on plunder.
next to me. facing as I did, wielding a
sword like a madman. We had our
backs against the piano, our shoul
ders touched; before us that mob
swayed, checked for the moment, held
fast by sudden overpowering dread.
I glanced aside. My companion was
Brennan, batless, his deep-set eyes
aflame, his coat torn off, his sblrt
ripped' open to the waist his bare
breast red with blood.
"No shootln', damn ye!" shouted a
voice, hoarsely. "No shootln'; I want
that Reb alive!" , -
Through the swirling smoke I rec
ognized the malicious face of Red
Lowrle as he pushed his way to the
front To me It was like a personal
challenge to combat
"Rush them!" I muttered Into Bren
nan a ear. "Hurl tbem back a bit and
dodge under Into the next room.'
I never waited to aacertaln If be
heard me With one fierce spring
struck their stunned line, and my
Iron bar swept a clear space aa
crashed remorselessly Into tbem. The
next Instant Lowrle and 1 were seem'
Ingly alone and fronting each other.
A wild cat enraged -by pain looks as
be did when he leaped to meet me.
Hate, deadly, relentless, glared In bla
eyes, and with a yell of exultation be
swung up bla long rifle and struck
savagely at my head with the stock,
1 caught It partially on my barrel,
breaking Its full force, and even as It
descended . upon my shoulder, Jabbed
the muzzle hard Into bla leering face
With a snarl of pain he dropped his
gun and grappled with me, but as
his fingers closed about my throat.
something swirled down through the
maze, and the maddened brute stag
gered back, hla arms uplifted, bis red
beard cloven In twain.
Now for It, Wayne!" abouted Bren
nan. "Back with you!"
With a dive I went under the piano.
I beard the sliding doors shut behind
us, and almost with the sound was
again upon my feet
To the stairs!" I panted. "Bren-
nan, take the women to tbe stairs;
those fellows are not In the hallway
yet, and we can hold tbem there
while."
In our terrible need for baste, and
amid the thick, swirling smoke fill
ing that Inner room almost to suffo
cation, I grasped (he woman chancing
to be nearest me, without knowing
at that moment who she waa. Al
ready the rifle-butts were splintering
tbe light wood behind us Into staves,
and I hastily dragged my dazed com
panion forward. Tbe others were in
sdvance, and we groped our way like
blind persons out Into the hall. By
rare good fortune tt was yet unoc
cupied, and aa we look the few hur
ried steps toward the foot of the
stairs I found my arm was encircling
Cella Minor. Tbe depth of despair
within her dark eyes and the speech
less anguish of her white face, iwept
for an Instant the fierce rage of battle
from my brain.
At that moment the mob, discover
Ing our direction of escape, Jammed
both doorways and surged forth bowl
ing Into the ball.
"lTp!" I cried, forcing h.r forward.
"Up with you; quick!"
I paused a scant second to pluck a
saber from beside a dead soldier on
the floor,, and then with a spring up
the Intervening steps, faced about at
Brennan's side on tbe first landing,
"We ought Jo leave our mark on
those Incarnate devils here," he said
grimly, wiping bis red blade on tbe
caroet.
Unless they reach the aecond story
from without, and take us In the
rear," I answered, "we ought to bold
dbck me wnoie cowardly crew, so
long as they refuse to fire."
It waa a acene to abide long with a
man a horrible nightmare, never to
be forgotten. Above us, protected
somewhat by the abrupt curve of the
wide staircase, crouched tbe women.
Two were sobbing, their beada buried
In their hands, but Maria and Mrs
Brennan sat white of face and dry-
eyed. I caught one quick glance at
the fair face 1 loved my aweet lady
or the North thinking. Indeed.
might prove the last on earth, and
knew her eyes were upon me. Then,
stronger or heart than ever for tbe
coming atruggle, I fronted that acene
below. ,
Through the rising haze of smoke
I looked down Into angry faces, un
kempt beards, and branlabed weapona.
Tbe baffled rascals poured out upon
us from both doors, crowding Into the
narrow space, cursing, threatening,
thirsting for revenge. Yet they were
seemingly leaderleas, and the boldeat
among them paused at the foot of the
stairs. ' They had already felt our
arms, had tested our steel, and knew
well that grim death awaited their
advance.
But they could not pause there long
the ever Increasing rush of those
behind pressed the earlier arrivals
steadily forward. Grim necessity fur
nished a courage naturally lacking.
and suddenly, giving vent to a fierce
shout, they were burled upward, seek
ing to crush us at whatever sacrifice,
by sheer force of numbers. We met
them with the point In tbe good old
Roman way, thrusting home remorse
lessly, fighting with silent contempt
for tbem which must have been mad
dening. I even heard Brennan laugh,
aa be pierced a huge ruffian through
tbe shoulder and burled him back
ward; but at that moment t aaw Craig
knock aside a levelled gun and preas
bis way to the front of the seething
mass to assume control. His face was
Inflamed, bis eyes bloodshot; drink had
changed him Into a very demon.
(TO BE CONTINUED.) -
ROBFfiT L TAYLOR
HAS PASSED AWAY
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
, i'-i .
Latest General News That Haa Bssri
Collected From Many Towns and
Counties of the State.
Kinston. County Superintendent of
Education Klnsey reports lucreased
Interest In the boys' corn clubs In
this county, although the number of
contestants Is not so large at this,
time as be bad hoped.
on Mr. W. B. Turner's place, five miles
AN ADVOCATE OF GOOD ROADS southwest of Shelby has panned out
well so far. Several thousand dol-
THE END CAME TO THE TENNES
SEE SENATOR JUST AFTER AN
OPERATION.
Known As "Fiddling Bob" Taylor
Hs Was a National Character
Twice Governor of His 8tatt Was
In the Houae For Six Years.
It Was "Delightful Poison"
Pretty Legend of the Origin of Wins
in Persia. Where It First
Was Made.
The making of wins Is said to have
originated with ths Persians, who dis
covered the process quits by accident
One of their earliest kings. Jensheed.
who. It Is said, waa only five or slxl
generations from Noah, was the dl
coverer, or rather a woman of his
household was.
"He waa Immoderately fond of
grapes." aays ths narrative, which la
found In Sir John Malcolm's "History
of Perala," "and desired to preserve
some, which were placed In a large
vessel and lodged in a rault for future
use. When the vessel was opened
the grapes had fermented and their
Jules In thla state waa so acid that
the king believed It must bs poison
ous. . . - - :
'He had soms vessels filled with It
and 'Poison' written upon each. These
were placed In hla room. It happened
that one of bis favorite ladies waa af
fected with nervous headache; the
pain distracted her so much that sbe
desired death. Observing a vessel
with 'Poison' written on It she took
It snd swallowed Its contents. The
wine, for such It had become, over
powered the lady, wbo fell down Into
sound sleep and awoke much re
freshed.
Delighted with this remedy, she re
peated tbe doses so often that tbe
monarch's poison was all drunk. He
soon discovered t! is and forced ths
lady to confess What she had done. A
quantity of wine waa made, and Jen
sheed and all bla court drank of the
new beverage, which from the circum
stance that led to Ita discovery Is to
this day knows In Persia by ths name
of Zeher-s-khooah, or 'the delightful
poison.' " .. . , . .
Color In Precious 8tones.
The color of gem stones, although
of grestest Importance commercially.
Is of little or no value In determining
their particular Identity. Carta!
stones show their characteristic
shadea of color. It Is true, but It is
only after various tests have bees
applied that color can bs considered
at all aa evidence of value. All min
erals in their pure stats ars purs
white, and the color shown Is due to
mineral pigment in many cases.
May Bs Overdone.
Bishop Wlllard P. Mallalleu. at
dinner, defended the laws against Sun
day breaking. Indecent literature, etc.
"But these taws," objected a sociolo
gist "undermine! our freedom." "Free
dom," said Bishop Mallalleu, "Is a good
thing, but let us not make too much
of it In Pennsylvania, for Instanra
a man la free to marry bis mother-In
law, but noman ever does."
The average married man has about
as much to do with managing bio
home as a mouse has with managing
the family cat
Washington. Robert Love Taylor,
aenlor United States Senator from
Tennessee "Fiddling Bob" to all the
South, died here, unable to withstand
the shock of an operation for gall
stones.
Tbe 8enator began to fall to re
spond to stimulants Mrs. Taylor, worn
out by a day and night vigil, had gone
to her apartments. Ths Senator be
gan to sink so rapidly that she was
sent for. She waa at bis side when
the end came.
"Fiddling Bob" Taylor, ao known
because he played his way Into the
hearts of hia audiences, carrying his
violin wherever he campaigned, was
61 yeara old. He was born at Happy
Valley, In eastern Tennessee, but spent
most of his life at Nashville, practic
ing law. He belonged to an office-
holding family. Hla father waa a Rep
resentative In Congress and Commis
sioner of Indian Affairs and an uncle
waa In ths Confederate Senate.
Once pension agent at Knoxvllle,
thrice Govenor of Tennessee from 1887
to 1891 and 1897 to 1899, Senator Tay
lor forged hla way to the national
House of Representatlvea from the
same congressional district that had
previously sent his father to Congress
and later hia brother, Alfred A. Tay
lor, whom hs subsequently defeated
for Governor.
Senator Taylor was a .- Cleveland
Democrat He had aerved In the Sen
ate since January, 1907, hla principal
activity being in behalf of a compre
hensive system of good roads and tbe
lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterway pro
ject. Hla last speech In the Senate
was made last July In advicacy of a
Confederate monument bill. His last
appearance in the Senate chamber
was a fortnight ago.
Measags From Captain Scott.
Wellington, New Zealand. Capt.
Robert F. Scott's vessel Terra Nova,
which carried the British expendition
to the Antarctic haa arrived at Aka-
roa, a harbor In Banks Peninsula, New
Zealand, but has not brought back
Captain Scott or the members of his
expedition. Tbe commander of tbe
Terra Nova brought instead tbe fol
lowing brief message from Scott:
am remaining in the Antarctic for an
other winter In order to continue and
complete my work." . . -
Some Changea In ths Senate.
Washington. Four Senatora from
the two new states of Arizona and
New Mexico will enlarge ths mem
bership of the upper, branch of Con
gress to 96. The new men are law
yers, are Marcus Anrellus Smith ol
Tucson and Henry F. Ashurst ol
Prescott, Ariz., Democrats, who will
be sworn in at the bar of the Senate
and Thomas Benton Catron of Sante
Fee and Albert Bacon Fall of Thret
Rivers. N. M., Republicans.
i Safe Blowers Ars at Work,
Chattanooga, Tenn. The sate in tbe
postofflce at St Elmo, a auburb at the because of exposure while working
lars worth" of gems have been taken
out aomo of which sell for $100 a
carat.
Wadeaboro. Mr. J. J. Little, one of
the best known residents of this city
died after an Illness of several
months, without having been told of
ths catastrophe which deprived Elm
of two grown daughters when ths Par
sons' drug store collapsed here.
Greenville. Fire completely de
stroyed the large store and stock of
C. T. Munford and did considerable
damage to adjacent buildings, causing'
an aggregate loss of about $75,000.
Ths amount of Insurance has not yet
been learned, but It Is probably two
thirds of the loss. '
Fayettevllls. Nathan Ray, a negro.
waa struck and killed by a north
bound train on the Raleigh, Charlotte
and Routharn railroad, while aaleen
on the track. Ray had been at work
all ths night before on some railroad
wreckage and waiting for a friend to
go noma wuu mm, sai uuwu uu mo
track and fell asleep.
Raleigh. At Warrenton Paul Bur
ton, a popular young man of the town
and member of a prominent family
waa Instantly killed by electricity. Hs
was on a telephone pole at the time
hia body came In contact with a lire
wire and when the body fell a consid
erable distance, life wa extinct.
Death waa purely accidental.
Cblna Grove. A serious accident
occurred at Bardie when Jay Bostian
while trying to get on the engine of
train No. 61, a local freight fell un
der tbe wheela and had both of lis
feet cut off. Hia bead waa aeverely
bruised and hla condition la moat se
rious. Hs waa rushed to ths Salis
bury Sanatorium in an automobile.
Elkln. Between twenty and thirty
young 'men have gone from this seo
linn tn the Wast within tha nest
month and there are several mora
making arrangements to go this
spring. It is a great pity that ao
many of our young men are leaving .
the Old North State. There la no bet
ter place or people in the world than
here.
New Bern. Charlie Cook, Leo Cog-
dell and Richard Fulcher, charged
with burglary, and Frank Bryant, Qua
Holly and Matthew Williams, govern
ment prisoners (all. negroes), . who
were con lined In Craven county' Jail,
picked the lock, of their cell door with
a fork, crawled through a hole In the
celling, opened a trap door opening on
the roof of the Jal!, and, with ths aid
of a rops made from blankets, de
scended to the ground.
Winston-Salem. Sheriff Flynt
brought here Solomon Perry of Ker
neravllle and lodged him in the coun
ty Jail, charged with shooting Carl La
mar, also of Kernersville, In the left -arm.
Perry, who waa employed as s
special officer to' keep order about the
Southern railway station, Imbibed
some whiskey and ran amuck on the
streets of Kernersville flourishing a
pistol and making threats about
shooting up the town.
Greensboro. A summons in a civil
action which promises to rival the re
cent trip-hammer case has just been
aerved against tbe Southern Railway
ths complaint of the action which Is
instituted by E. L. Haley, alleging that
foot of Lookout mountain, was blown
with nitroglycerine. The thieves es
caped with over $1,000. ' mostly tq
stamps. Doga were taken to the scene
but tailed to take up the trail. There
Is no clue to the Identity of the safe
blowers. Thla la the second suburban
postofflce robbed within twenty-four
hours,' probably by the same gang,
Ohio River Very High at Cairo, III.
Washington. The Ohio river v at
Cairo, III., la reported higher than It
haa been' sines the big flood of Febru
ary 27, 1883. It stands at 62.5 feet
and 53.5 la predicted during the neai
future. .
Grace Will Be Operated On.
Atlanta, Ga. Eugene H. Grace prob
ably will be operated on for the re
moval of the bullet which has sever
ed htr spinal cord and now lies em
bedded in the spinal column. This de
cision waa reached by Grace's physi
cians, Doctors Turner and Bailey ol
Newnan, Ga. Grace, haa not fully de
cided whether he will undergo the
operation. Several days ago he Insist
ed on such a proceeding, but his Im
proved condition changed- his opinion
and he now is considering taking a
chance on getting well without It
Two Bandits Still At Largs.
Hlllsvllle, Va.-The cordon of the
law la tightening about the two court
house assassins who remain at large
Empty-handed but close on the (rail,
the posse returned to town for a abort
time and then went off Jn the moun
tains again, confident that with every
exit guardod. It Is only s matter of
hours when Sidna Allen and Wesley
Edwards will be taken. Of the eight
outlawa who shot up Carroll court
house and murdered five people, they
are the only ones not now in Jal)
awaiting trial.
Another Battle Expected Soon.
Laredo, Tex. A battle between the
rebels and tbe Federals will be fought
at Torreon In the near future. This
is the Information conveyed In a dis
patch from Montrey. According to a
further report from the same source
the rebels In the vicinity of Torreon
number 7.000 jnen, while the Federals
number 3,600, General Heurata com
manding 2.000 soldiers and General
Aubert 1,600. Tbe Federal foi In
the Torreon district are said to bt
fell supplied with arms, ammunition
for the Southern he contracted a bad
cold, which went into rheumatism.
Haley asks for $3,000 damages.
Winston-Salem. Twenty million
pounds of leaf tobacco will be! the
figures for sales in Winston ware
houses this season according to pres. '
ent indications, for already nearly 19.
000,000 pounds have been sold. This
Is considered excellent In view of the
fact that tbe crop was considerably
shorter In the piedmont section on ao-;
count of the drought last year, and
predictions at that time were that the
Winston market would not be able to
sell more than 1,006,000 pounds.
Kinston, The. cornerstone of the
Stats School for the Feeble-Mnded
work- on three buildings of which is
being rushed, will bs laid on , data
tn April,; not yet determined. . It Is '
expected that the institution will be
ready to 'receive inmates by the first
of November. ;'" .-.-' : , '...
Durham. The hearing In the first
of a number of cases agalnat the city
of Durham was begun In court These,
cases ars by people who live where
the sewerage from tbe city enters In- ,.
to Ellerbee creek. They aak for dam
ages ranging In amounts from a few
hundred to several thousand dollada. -
Charlotte. "We are going to build
the- Gaatonla-Asbevills electric rail-.
road from the Falls House to Battery
Park," said R. B. Babblngton, ons of
the members of the board of directors
of ths company, of Gastonla, who Is
In ths city conferring with associates.
Concord. The board of county
commissioners held a special meeting
for the purpose of making plana for
repairing the damage to the county
roads and bridges by the recent rains. ,
Ths beard spent a busy session going
over the various reports of theism- '
age reported from every section of
the county. '
Plttsboro. The Perry ft , Johnson
roller mill at Silkhope, 8 miles north "
of 8IIer City, was. destroyed by fire.
Loss estimated at $8,000, with $4,700
insurance. Origin of the fire is yet
unknown. This was one of Chatham's .
most prosperous mills and belonged
to Mr. George Perry of Silkhope and
Register of Deeds John W. Johnson
of Plttsboro. , '
Monroe. A new public road baa
been established from Wlngate to the
T. S. P.oss place on the Marshville
and Gri.T.n Mill road. Thbi is a road
that haa long been needeil and la a
distance of four miles well utllixad.
and artillery.