A ROYAL SCANDAL
Probably Divorce Proceedings Will
. . . Be instituted . . -
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European 'High Fly ersTNot Exempt
Ffoni the Same Troubles That Af
flict Common Folks. '
pressdea. Saxony, By Cable. King.
'George-; and the Crown Prjrice Freder
ick know where the Crown Princess
Louise- has sought refuge, but - they
have decided to accept the , estrange
ment:of the Princess and her husband ;
as irreparable. They have .. made the
cabinet privy to the circumstances of
the Princess' 'flight, as they see them,
snd a decree of divorce is" talked of as
a pecjessary sequence to the Princess'
decision to leaye the court forever. This
determination? the Princess announced.
to her husband early' in November, af-
ter one of their frequent viojent scenes. .
She also confided her intention to
separate herself utterly V f rom , the
court and "all its wretchedness: to two
or three of her intimate friends and
dikssed.with them "the. impossibility
of
her longer, enduring the artificial et
iquette or the court and the "forced
eoxnpntonship of. a jxian who was
loathsome to her." '
The Princess wrote to her mother at
the end of November 'that- it was her
purpose to leave, the Crown Prince and
; give up the prospect of the queenship,
which, 2 instead of being' attractive, the
Princess frequently said, was detesta
ble to her She f or jp ally told members
of her. entourage tLat she was going to
visit her parents at Salzburg. The let-'
ter cf the Princess to her mother
brought the Archduchess immediately ;
to Dresden, She implored her daughter
to reconsider' her determination and
make the best of an unpleasant situa
tion for the sake of her children, and
see as littleof the Crown Prince as per
missible. The Princess replied, accord
ing to one of her confidants, that she
" w u . u acc uuiuiug ui - iliac ucaat,
that I tutelage of her children was
largely talsen out of her hands and that
sLc could not bear to see them petted
by "the hypocricies of the court."
What she complained of in the Prince
was his intemperance, his' infidelities
and as her partisans affirm, his cruelty
of disposition. They affirm that he has
had for years a liason with an actress
named Baste, and it is creditably re
ported that at a review of troops at
Grimma, a couple of years ago, the
Prince fell from his hor.se, intoxicated,
in frqat of his regiment. However, true
taesa incidents 'may. he, the court and
-i Dresden' knew that a chasm sepa-.
rated the affections of the Crown Prin
ts from the Crown Prince. Though
fce seemingly had genuine admiration
for his wife, the Prince did his share
Quarreling, and often tried to im-
. Eose-ihis Wiil upon her, but he always I
Ppd that she would in the end hum- J
.c aerself. His attitude recently, until
had actually gone, appears to ,havo
h that of disdainful indifference and
dbelief that she really intended to
C2r7 out her threats. - v- rl
The Crown Princess' days at Salz
tary were spent in controversy with
'tor father and mother who did not ex
cuse her for a moment in her mad de
sire to leave her positiorivand family.
, Her brother, -Archduke Leopold" FerdK
nana took her part. The circumstances
of the Princess' flight are still pbscure
fere and no further reliable news is
available. The only fact that seems
clear is that the Crown Prince I knew
bere she is land was' in communica
Hon with her but it is learned that she
is absolutely intractable. . f '
Dresden is absorbed by the sensa
tion. The theory that the Crown
Princess is suffering from mental aber-;
ration is now . only feebly propagated
ky the Saxon court and the Crown (
Prince's adherents intimate that an il
iicit love affair Is tlie cause of the Prln-
cess' desertion. ' '
Killed By Young Woman.
Jackson, Tenn., Special. Wednesday
at Toone Station; a village ;near this";
city, BJiss Lizzie Hillhouse. a promi
nent young woman in the locality, shot
and - fatally wounded a young man
named Marsh. She called 'Marsh from
the breakfast table, seized him by the
arm and with her disengaged hand
fired six shots frbm a revolver into his
body. Marsh was to have been married
seen. , ' ' .. ' -
NEGRO AND WI FE LYNCHED.
Brutal Murder of a Farmer Avenged
r In a Summary Planner. : " v.
Charlestern, S. C., Special.-A spe-L
ciai to, me Mews and Courier from
Greenwoods S. C savs : "W: TC. .Tav
. . ' . - - : . - r
,uuu-iarffler 01 ine Ary
secuon 01; this county, was foully mur
uci cu ui ms own yara oy a. negro,
Oliver Wideman, or his wife, both of
them livingr on the place. Both of the
negroes were lynched by Jay's in
furiated .neighbors. Mr. r jay; . on re
turning home bn Friday ; afternoon,
'heard Wideman abusing, or fighting
his (Wideman's) wife. He' went to ithe
jjxuiu uuq oruerea tne negroes to be
quiet Immediately afterwards Mrs;
Jay . heard the report of a gun and
saw the two negroes ; running away.
Qalling for her husband, she had : no
answer and - on looking over the yard
found him dead in a pool of his own
blood.' Xlmost his entire ; head had
been blown off. - " S '; ': '.
"The alarm was given and parties
were soon scouring the country in pur
suit, of the negroesThey were cap
tured? Before the coroner both" ac
knowledged the deed, but the man
said the woman did it, and the woman
aceused the man. They never chanced
rom this but died, accusing each
ouier 01 uie crime, w nile in tne cus
tody of a constable on the way to jail
they were stopped at the Winterseat
bridge by a crowd- of infuriated
friends and neighbors of Jay and both
negroes- were; lynched. The lynching
took place about -midday,- seven hours
after: the inquest W. K. Jay was a
good citizen and prominent Mason,
having been a high ofiicial : of - the
grand , lodge of South Carolina."
Method of the Arbitration.
Washington, Special. There is now
In progress an active exchange . of
notes between ' the allied powers,
zuela and the United States, respect
ing the method of submitting to arbi
tration the issues' which have arisen
between Venezuela and the allies.
Questions are being put and are being
answered, but it is said the negotia
tions are in such shape that it would
be extremely injurious and indis
creet to make each phase public it
there really existed a desire to reach
a satisfactory settlement. It Is ex
plained at the State Department that
the part of the United States govern
ment just now is that of - a "good
friend" to all parties; that it is not
undertaking to draw up protocols or
impose limitations upon the parties,
but is confining its offices to getting
thein together and keeping them so. In
this view it will not be necessary for
our government to prescribe how the
Monroe - doctrine shall or shall . not
figure in the protocols; it will judge
for itself by results how our Interests
are affected and will not indulge 'in
premature or uncalled-for protests.
As for the term of the arbitration
agreement: it is stated that theyaro
in a fair way to be speedily adjusted,
but nothing can be said of the 'de
tails. It is presumed that the allies
will agree to terminate the blockade,
though no stipulation; has yet been en
tered into on that point: Nothing has
been heard recently of the part to be
taken by United States' Minister Bow
en in the final settlement and.. it be
gins to appear that after, all, Vene
zuela will probably be represented by
one of her own people. " ...
28 Killed In a Wreck.
London, ! Ont, , SpeciaU--Tlie- most
frightful ; railroad accident in the an
nals of the : past decade happened a
short distance from the' little station
I of Wanstead, . on the Sarnax branch of
the Grand k Trunk Railroad, Friday
nigjit. - The trains in cbllision were the
Pacific vExpres3 and a freight. The
express was running ttearly' two hours
late and was making fast tim,e,7 The
freight was endeavoring to. make c-. a
siding to get clear of the express, but
failed by a minute or two. 'There was
a dreadful crash, the locomotives
reared up and fell over in a ditch, the
baggage car of the express telescoped
the smoker and in an instant the
shrieks and cries of the wounded - and
the dying filled the air. .The loss of
life is 28. i .The injured wijl number
considerably more, and. many of these
may die. i i i
, The Cold Wave. - ;v , -
Kansas City, Mo.. Special; Advices
received- here indicate severe weather,
throughout Kansas 7 and Missouri,
TXntnYiinknr, Kan.. reDorted the coldest
weather in years," the thermometer at
that point registering 5 neiow zero. At
Atchinsori 5 below is fecorded. At Mex
ico, Mo., a. oal famine confronts the
rPnnl p. Th ere is (no more coal ; for-saw
,.T.rio oi o tpmnerature was
K.t Cl-liJ J Ci -t.o ; . . -
at zero Friday night. , - '.;:r'-t ,
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
To Manufacture Sea .Island Cotton.
4 E- S.-J Matthews of tarke, - Fla
writes to the Manufacturers', Record
desiring detailed information regard
ing the. best means of utilizing in
manufacturing Sea Island , Cotton.- He
says: - - .J '
"The Sea, Island c6tton growers of
this -county are seriously discussing
the . establishment of a! mill for the
manufacture; of the product of their
fields; i and ; I have been requested to
ascertain as nearly as possible the: cost
01 a tactory mat would; work up the
crop of the county. Thirty-six huu-1
for the ,r cojihty, thodgh neighboring
counties could , be depended upon to
materially increase this number if the
factory was large enough . to accom
mq4ate them. A factory, here would,
of course, have to be for the manufac
ture of such articles as are produced
frefm long-staple Sea Island XJotton,
ana mere is a. lack of information as
to what particular line of manufac-
ture could; lie most profitably engaged
in.
:
A ..$350,000 Addition.
Several: veeks ago announcement
was made that the directors of I the
Gainesville (Ga.) Cotton Mills had
called a meeting for January 10 to
vote on increasing capital stock from
$500,000 to
$850,000. It is now known
that arrangements . for the increase of
$350,000 hate bee a definitely decided
and the meeting 'vill be mere routine'
action. The? increase is iaijbef- expend
ed npon .th erection of an additional
mill, details as ,to equipment for which
are now under, consideration. Plans for
the buildings required have been
agreed 'upon. The company's present
equipment 2.20Qu spindles atifi 7 10
'lOOmS. n -.;. f .C
Adding 3500 Spindles.
i Reference was made last week to
the Great FaUs Manufacturing Co. of
nucKJUguaui, i. , as "" uaviug, in-
creased capital from $100,000 to $150.
000. This increase will be invested in
new machinery, to consist mainly of
3500' additional spindles. The present
building can accommodate this ma-
chinery. It now has 4524 ring spindles :
and 145 looms in position. About fif
teen tenement cottages will be erect
ed to house the additional operatives
that will be required; Contract for
furnishing the machinery has been
awarded tor the - Howard & Bullough
American Machine Co. of ; Boston,
Mass.
A $100,000 Silk Mill. j
The Newport News Chamber of
Commerce bas closed negotiations en
suring the , establishment of 7a j silk
mill at Newport News,' Va. This plant
'will be erected by the Liberty Silk
Co. of 546 West - 57th street New,
York city,xand over $100,000 will be in
vested. Local . investors have j sub-
scribed to ithis amount of preferred
stock. Further details will .probably
be announced in the near future. The
Liberty corporation is - capitalized- at
$600000, - and operates several large
plants for manuf acturin
11 too JJ J
: 77.
Textile Notes;
it is rumored mat 7j. a: aomervme i
of Staunton, Va., proposes forming
company to build cotton factory. It is
said it is 'jcontemplated to manufac
ture tienims for the overall 'trade. .
Durham Cotton L Manufacturing Co.
East Durham; N. C, has installed -300
new looms lepmcmg .H any cr0ps in Florida. WLUe a tempera
Further additions are to be made "r - i
arn- ' TViv AmnaTiw Vtoef- Kaon nnora t.
ing 23,500 spindles and 692 looms.
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It is reported that North and' Southv
Carolina and Northern .s capitalists
have purchased iGreen River - Shoals,
near Saluda, S. ,C. Their purpose is
said to be the development of the
water-power of the property and the
erection of. a large cotton factory.
Messrs. Thomas G. McAllister of
Fitzgerald N. C; B. K. Terry - of
Spray, N. C, and J. Worth McAllister,
of Charlotte. N. C. have incorporated
the Imperial Company, with capital
Stock- of $60,000. Company's purpqse
are to manufacture textile, deal in
merchandise, - etc.
The Columbus (Ga.) Manufacturing
Cos" increa.se of capital from $400,000
to $500,000, reported last week, is
made, to payfor the full equipment of
machinery " already installed, and is
not v to make any additions 7 to the
Dlant. Plant as present has 26,000
.spindles and 800 looms. - 7
Saxon-Mills, Spartanburg, S. C.
has
declared a semi-annual dividend" of T
per cent.' Company, . is capita,lized - at
$200,000.." " , , -
Carlisle KnitUng Mill of Carlisle,
S". C, has been incorporated to estab
lish plant by Messrs. D. Fant Gilliam,
J ohn A. Fant, J. S. Welch and W. H. '
Gist. The capital stock is $30,000j The
company will build the plant recently
announced as projected by Fant Gil
liam of Union, S. C.,- who is to be
present, v . . !
The Proximity Manufacturing Co.
of Greensboro, N. C, has announced'
that after January 1 the hours of labor
in its mill will be reduced from eleven
to ten hours daily. This (action is
adopted as preferable' to continuing
the present time with; an increase! of
10 per cent, in wages.' There are i8
auu ring spindles and 1000 'looms in
tne Plant- -' 4
Cotton Seed Oil Notes:.. i
The new cotton seed oil mill of the:
ouUSuIa & Manufacturing Co
at
Shubuta, Miss., began operations on
the 19th. and will run day and night
auring ine season. '
,-
The large oil mill of the. Itta Bena
Cotton Oil Co. at ltta Bena:Miss., be
gan operations on the 18th inst. i This
mill has a capacity of. 60 tons a; day.
ine otneers of v the comnanv arp P.
Cohen, president;: J. l; Haley, vice
president, and J. M. Phillips, senral
The Dunn Oil Mills Co. at' Dunn N.
C, has installed its machinery,-and is
now" crushing seed and making! oil.
The company has a large stock j of
seed on hand, and its plant is one of
the most modern in all its appliances.
Anderson (S. C.) i Cotton
Mills
is
.changing its machinery to produce a
finer grade of goods than It has here
tofore manufactured. Four-yard sheet
ing 56x60 'has been the output, at is
rumored that in connection with the
improvements there .will be added
7500 spindles. The output wilt I be
100,000 -yards of finished cloth after
betterments have been completed,
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L,umwcr rire, ,.
Norfolk, Special.--A fire which start
ed at 8 o'clock Wednesday night in Ithe
large lumber mills of the John Ll Re
per Lumber. Company, at Gilmoore,
six miles from Norfolk, on the fibiith-
cii uioutu yi. iue juiwauciu nvci uau,
up'to 11:30 o'clock destroyed eight im-
mense dry kilns and over 2,000,000 feet
or lumber. At mianight it was burning
with renewed fursand' had noU been
in the least gotten under control,: as
there is no, great amount of fire fight-
tag. apparatus on, the scene except ithe
volunteer and bucket bridges. At mid
night it was considered that there was
little chance of saving any of the kilns
and lumber. -President, John L. Roper
stated that he was unable to estimate
the loss, but it will be very consider
able. ' 7 V1': ":-:t::: - '- i-
Change to Be Made.
Washington Special. It is learner
at the' State Department that leaye; of
absence has. been granted to J.j B.
Crossland, I United States minister presi
dent, and consul eeneral to Liberdab and
that upon his return to this country!1 he
will tender hl3 resignaton. y ' M;ni$te
Crossland was appointed to his , post
from Missouri in January, last and jhis
conduct hs; been under investigation
owing to a personal encouhterbet ween
himself and 'one of the ofilscials of the
MonrOvian legation. There, appeared ti
be a state of affairs in' existence
at
to
Monrovia that was not acceptable
"the State Department and therefore a
change in the mission will be made.
Value of Frost Warnings, l j
"Jacksonville Fla.i Speciali-VThe i cold
has done no material damage to
1 fur rf from 27 to 30 desrrees a)Pe
zero 'was experienced at some sectipna
just below the freezing line on .the
west coast- last night: frost warnings
had been sent out in ample ii me, and
practically all the vegetable growers
who could be affected b ad prepared -for
it.
The cold was not severe enough,
.nor was it or sumciem aunu on
to
damage the citrus cfrrJt trees br
fruit. ' " ' .. . 1
the
; Two Boyi Dro.wned.
Detroit, Special. A, Tribune special
from Grand Rapids, Mich,, says: Al
bert Hultgreen, -aged 16, and Henry
Faulkerson, were drowned in sal
Moon lake. Hultgreen "broke through
thr ice "while skating ; and FaufWson
got in ' while attmepting to aid! ibis
companion. A third ladhonaas Dejvm,
also broke in while trying ' to avej the
- boys; but managed to "pull hi-msslf i'out
-of the wat-sr. -. S . :
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HE CUT HIS THROAT
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Fearful Ending of a Young Man' Out
- , of Employment . N
SOUGHT DEATH AT HIS OWN HAND,
Young Bruce Boole, Thoroughly Dis
appointed In Life, Seeks Solace in
Death. -
Norfolk, Va., Special.-Penniless,
out of employment and without a
home for himself and young wife,
Bruce -Booie, formerly of Wilmington, -N.
C, at a late hour Saturday night
cut his throat with , a razor; nearly
severing his jugular vein. v He 'linaY,
however, recover. Booie is 30 year:?f
age and, according to a statenent
from his wife to the police, was mar-
ried three weeks ago in Newark, N.
J. They came to this city some time -' .
ago and, being , strangers, boarded at
ft house on Cove street. Being without " "
funds the landlady gave Mrs. Booie
a position as housekeeper and she and
her husband occupied a room on the
second floor. Saturday night Mrs.
Booie and the landlady had soma
words and the latter ordered Mrs.
Booie out of the house. v Bobie,' -who
was ill and worried, when informed
of 'the circumstances by his wife, grab
bed a razor and, with the 'exclainiav
tion, "Before I would see you suffer?!
any more hardships, I willkiir my- -self,'.'
brought the keen blade; dAp
into his throat. His wife snatched th&
razor and screamed while het husfrand
sank to the floor in a pool of his own 1
blood. He; was taken to St. Vin cent's
Hospital, where Vit was ..iBaldtheto,
were even chances for life and "tleath'7"'
vThe young wife isbeing cared, tor by ?
friends, with temporary,-quarters. at'r
the Union Mission. .-,''' ,
Charlotte, N. C, Special.VrBooie re
sided in Charlotte some year agoanxt
was among the first conductors on the
electric cars , when the present street
railway system was established. He
will also be remembered in j- Charlotte -as
the man who sent, up paperv bal- 7
loons at the park on Saturday . after
noofls for the entertainment of tha
children. 7 - '
A Day of Suicides.
New York, Special. Eight persons
met violent deaths in Greater New
York Sunday. Three, were clear cases
of suicide and resulted from a variety -of
causes. Mrs, Mary Clarke, aged
45, wife of the chief officer of the :
steamer Beverly, died from the result
of gas poisoning, ; self -administered.
George Simon, 46, and Jacob Sch
wartz, 35 years of age, died after
drinking carbolic acid. Mary Stack,
aged 24, was. found dead in a 7 hotel. :
L Escaping gas was given as the cause.
An -unidentified, man was found in his
room 'unconscious. Mary Searles, aged
38, drank wo6d alcohol and died in a
hospital. Henry Bunkey, aged 27, was
found on , the sidewalk with a f rac- .
tured skull and died later! - Two .men -are
dead as' the result of falls, one in
the power house, of a street railway
company and
the other in a lodging
house. An 18
year-old girl unsuccess-
fully attempted suicide by swallowing
carbolic acid and a woman 32 years
old hanged -herself in the police sta
tion, but was cut down in time to save
her life. Mrs. Hugh Mooney drank
carbolic acid, and died before a physi
cian could attend her. Her, husband
said she had tried to commit suicide
twelve times before. -
Death of Tlrs. Fremont.
Los Angeles, Cat, Special. Mrs.
Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of Gen
eral Fremont, who died Sunday night.
at her home in this city, was 78 years
of age. Mrs. Fremont was taken ill
on Christmas morning. She grew ra
pidly worse and soon lapsed into un
consciousness from.-which she never
raillied. For the past three years the
aged wdow of thft "Pathfinder" ' had
been extremely feeble as, a result of. a
fall n which she suffered a dislocation.
of the hip which had since prevented
her from walking. Mrs. Fremont was A
ihe daughter tf Thomas ,H. Benton, f or ,
30 years a United States Senator.,
nt. Pelee Again In Eruption.
St Thomas, D. W. I., By Cable.-rThe : "
cableship Newington, which arrived at.
St. Loca, B. W. : I., reportod having;' '
passed Mont Pelee, Island of Martini -"
que, at 10 : 30 in the, morning. - The
volcano was then in violent, eruption.
Derfse cLouds of . gray smoke and 'dust
Vere pouring out of the crator and as
cending to an enormous height. Other .
advices say that the cone was luminous
, during the night.-. .
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