TO GET OUT OF SADDLE. THE ODD FELLOWS. EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA. RURAL FREE DELIVERY. DOING A SHAKY. BUSINESS. SALT LAKE::PHENOMENON. Federal Office Holders Must Step Down and Out. . ' : Asheville, N. C, April, 1. Special. Politicians hereabouts were very much In terested in the intelligei.ee , convty ed in a Washington special to the Morning Post today to the effect that Federal office hold ers must either relinquish their positions or sever their connection with the executive committees in the various southern states. Republican State. Chairman Rollins said this afternoon that he had heard nothing of this report, whioh is said to have come from the White Hou9e, although he is Inclined to give credence to it.; ,:7 " -Mr. Rollins called-attentiou to the fact that in this state only five of. the sixteen members of the state executive committee are holding offices, and therefore, said Mr. Rollins, no one is likely to contend that the federal office holders dominate party affaire. The national administration has noted this fact, and while inquiry has been male re garding the situation la a number of south ern states, the chairman of the national committee has not concerned himself about matters in this state. It is not considered unlikely, however, that the few office h ld ders identified with the management of the party machinery will retire from active service iu this Hue of duty, to the end that they may avoid every appearance of 'pernicious activity." 7 . ' RUSSIAN GENERALS OLD. Do Their Advanced Years Account for the D ef eats i n M an ch u ri a? iWashington Post, I An officer of the United States Navy writes The Post that he sees in the extreme age of some of the Russian'genetals a pos sible explanation of their failure to resis he Japanese successfully. He cites the jpasesof General Kaulbars, who is about Beventy-six, and of General Gripenberg, Dearly eighty. J t The latter was criticised by General Ku ropatkin for the loss of the battle of Hai- koutai, preceeding Mukden, and returned St. Petersburg, protesting that be had ot been properly supported on the critical foy by the commander-in-chief. Their quarrel is being investigated. Kuropatkin, though only fifty-seven, has, liter a long series of re verses,, been super seded by Iivenwilch, said to be about sixty foe. So Russia is ignoring the Osier theo ry in trying to find a man who can rally ner shattered forces and win a victory? I Kuropatkin was certainly mre success ful when a young man. He entered the Russian army at seventeen, and during the Russo Turkish war made a brilliant record at the age of twenty-nines- V Soldiers have become famous at varying ages: Our own. General, Winfield Scott, in he Mexican war, and . the famous Voir Moltl- in t.hVrnrn Hfnsaian war. Rcored . i ' ri ucii greawei inuiupus wueu ocveuwy. . r ei jingtou and Napoleon were only forty-five ft Waterloo. HURLED INTO ETERNITY. r" ;V:;;V anitor of Capital Meets Horrible Death From an Explosion. Ralfigh, April 4. In a boiler explosiou Y saw mill two miles from Raleigh this aiming, Ed Ferrell was instantly killed wl J. T. Moore seriously injured. Fer ell held the position' of Janitor in charge f the state capitol building' and had gone 0 the mill with a new man employed . to Un the engine. -V" , -' ' ' At the time of the explosion Ferrell was i tending by the engine, when the crown heet of the boiler gave way with a ierrifflc mh- The engine was thrown thirty feet rm its foundation. Ferrell was hurled feet and was evidtuiilv HIIpH inattntlv. ore was badly cut bv flvine metal, but Mil recover. The cause of the explosion fwtoo keavy a head of steam for the old Ner. ' SEND IT TO HOT PLACE. Wage of a Pious Old Man to Whiskey Dealer. A11 Prohibition ( fcular letters describing the virtues --"wujr-s orand of fine old rye, or IQ whiskey, and Monrnn i nn pxoflrv mn nrw . i . - - 'OQ tathe rule. Some of t.hft pinrns a to .take much pleasure in sending irohikui e.rtlsements to well-known brwaprta i T ts' the name no &oubt beine "warded by local parties for the fun Koharl06!11 aclive prohibitionist, Ws hniwhl3key worse an the devil Wttiwa?r' lately received some, U SlJ all of which he remailed to We Jfni1Ser- Yet another -letter fa'SSetiii up by. 8ayln ''PleaSe i.TIu.1. lnstructiona where -and Hist Th.u tetter the prohibi- f y Dart T ,?us: "Please shlpall -3d ?ell" he's a.r&ly. uu man tnn T i Splendid Growth of the Order tor This Fiscal Year. The grand lodge of Odd Fellows of North Carolina, will meet in the city of Raleigh, May 9th. Grand Secretary B. H. Woodell is now busy preparing his report to be sub mitted to this ; meeting. The figures in corporated in the grand - secretary's report show thai the order is in a most flourishing condition. There are now .68 lodges, a net gain of 15 over last year: The mem bership Jannary 1st, 1904, was 9,400,' while the approximate membership now is 10,700. The receipts in the grand secretary's of fice during the year have been: ' For or phans home $6,037.40, for home for the aged $2,195.03, general fund 7,832.13, total $16,064.56. This is an increase of nearly $3,000 over last year. In this connection it is intere 3ting r to note that twenty years ago . when Mr. Woodell became grand secretary the total receipts were only $1,531.37, less than; the net gains this year and less than ten per cent, of the total receipts during the pres ent year.: This is a splendid compliment to the work of Mr. Woodell TEACHERS'ASSEMBLY MEETING Pr. VY. W. Stetson, State Superin tend e nt of M aine to be Present. Interest continues te increase in the great meeting of the' North" Carolina Teachers' Assembly which will be held in Greensboro, June 13-16. The executive committee Is making extensive preparation for the oc casion, y " . The city of Greensboro never does things by halves, and when it was decided that the assembly should meet in an inland city, Greensboro decided that the meeting should be held there, and that it should be the greatest educational gathering ever held in the state. She put one thousand dollars in to the treasury of the assembly for the meeting, and thus enabled the executive committee to begin the large plans which are under way. - - " The program 'that is being prepared guarantees a most significant meeting, a meeting that will certainly mean a vast deal to the educational progress of the state. Several men and women from out side the state, who are known throughout the entire nation, will be present to take part in the work. : Prominent among these will be Dr.' W, W. Stetson, "state superin tendent of Maine, who will be present dur ing the entire meeting. Dr. Stetson will work' with the department of county su perintendents in all of . their sessions and will address the entire assembly once or twice. He is a wise man, has a most at tractive personality, and is an able speaker. He has done great things in his work in his own state. . In his letter to President Foust, accept ing the invitation to come to the meeting of the assembly, he says: 'I wiU come when you want me, and speak upon the subjects that you name, if I can. The committee is very fortunate in securing such a man. They have been equally for tunule in securing other speakers whose names will be announced within a few days. V: - " An address in regard to the meeting has been mailed to five thousand teachers in North Carolina, and Secretary W. D. Car michael, of Durham, says that he is-receiving uumerous responses on every mail from teachers saying that they expect to attend the raeetiug. - . Flirting With Death. The follQwing is from The New York Sun: '-, uTo see flirting with sudden : death one has only to watch a gang of track repairers at work on. the elevated.. The third rail is unprotected and the men, in the course of their duties, have to. step ; over it many hundred times a day. Last Tuesday some of them were employed near the Grand street station of the Third avenue line. One man let fall a crowbar so that it .touched the charged rail and also one of 'the track rails. There was a report, a flash of, flame and a cloud of yellow smoke. When it had all cleared away the man was seen to tear off his burning overalls and throw them in to the streets. The re&tleaoed i.gaiost the guard rail and laughed. , The crowbar look ed like a badly damaged cork-screw ' New Presidential Timber. Th a New York Post says; "Ex-Mayor Van Wyck, manager of tha riAmno.ratia Club's J etierson iay dinner, announced to-day that he bad hopes of securing: Governor oik as au attraction. It was also said that if Gov-; ernor Folk consents to speak, he will be damocratio candi- date for president. . Joseph L. Will et, of Alabama, will speak on "The Young Men of the Democratic Farty " - ana no will formally launch the i oik : presi dentlal boom If Mr. Folk is on hand,' The Severest Shocks That H aye Occurred in a Generation" . Lahore, April 5.Shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday morning the sharpest earthquake shocks within the memory of living inhabi tants were felt here, and most ot the peo ple left their swaying and creaking houses to seek safety ifi the open. The- damage" was extensive. . It is feared that there was considerable loss of life in the city where many picturesque, tall, old houses collapsed and parts of lofty bulldiugs crashed on small adjacent buildings. The towers of the golden mosque are reported to haves fallenr and . Waizir Khan's s&osque was badly cracked. Severe shocks are reported from other places, with damage to build ings aud loss of bfe. - - - - Lahore, British India, April 5 Reports coming in from Hill Station constantly in crease the list of casualties and figures as to the amount of damage done by the earth quake, which was felt over a wide4 territory yesterday. While exact figures are not ob tainable, it is known, that the number of killed will be large. Lack of food at Dalhi and Simla, as well as other cities, is result ing in much suffering. ; Great havoc was wrought at Dharmela, where the - native quarter was entirely ' obliterated and al most the entire population was burried in the iuins. v ; ' DON'T KNOW WHERE FLEET IS, St. Petersburg, Apri I 6. At the Ger man embassy the statement thai it bad ad vised the foreigu office that it regarded an early conclusion of peace as probable was denied. ' The embassy, it was nointed out simply reported the prevalent' talk about peace in St. Petersburg. The embassy now shares the opiuion expressed in these dispatches that the efforts made in the di rection of peace failed and that for the mo ment nothing is being done. The general feeling exists Iu diplomat io circles, how ever, that peace has been brought appre ciably nearer. - ; v'--,. The Admiralty professes ignorance of the exact whereabouts of Vice Admiral Rojestvenskj s squadron and has no infor mation showing that the three vessels sighted by the steamer Mar moramo. which arrived at Colombo, Ceylon, yesterday). 350 miles southeasLof Ceylon, April 4, be longed to the Kussian sqhadron: Never theless, the belief prevails in naval circles that the squadron ; will go through the Straits of Malacca, but that Admiral Togo's heavy division will not be encountered until Rojestvensky reaches the Eastern Sea. Tokio, April 6, 1 p.' in. Imperial, army headquarters, repoi ting to-day, says: ."Part of our Kaiyuan force engaged ia driving the enemy occupied Kuyushu, three miles northeast of Mienhuachieh, on the after noon 61 April 4. - ; " , : : ; : "On the afternoon of April 3, the enemy with mounted artillery and machine guns, advanced outh from the direction of Tawo. on the Ffnghua road, and on ihe mo'ining of 'April 4 opened a bombardment on Chincheatun. Simultaneously a large force of infantry advanced from the vicini ty of the-main roa5, iwo ether columns de touiing to cover both our flanks.; They approached within 400 metres of our posi tion, but at 6 o'clock in the evening we en tirely repulsed them. ; y 7 t ' 'Our cavalry casualties were 27 (men wounded. The enemy's loss is uncertain, but it is estimated at over 200 -killed and wounded." Chicago, April 6. A special to The Daily News from Catavia, Java, say6: "Togo's fleet was sighted this morning south of the Island - of - Mindauaoa, the southermost of the Philippine group, r , Pointed , Paragraphs. " Ignorant people are born critics. After the storm look for a rainbow or a policeman-. - f Ships deteriorate with age with the ex ception of hardships. : He who loves without reason is apt . to reason without love. ; - : Wise is the orator who knows' when to cut a long story short. ; Fw men are able to achieve , greatness without advertising the fact. Some women are unable to play on any instrument except tie eardrum. . - Faint heart ne'er won fair lady unless the lair lady happened to be a widow. . A boarding-house patron who doesn't r.omDlain is either satisfied or subdued. ; . : A woman writes a letter because she either has something to say or nothing else to do. When vou bear a . man praising his neigh bors it's doughtnuts to fudge ' he wants , to sell his lumse.- NothiDff gives a woman's religion nuch a jolt as the- suggestion that she got the r hus- hand heaven really intended tor ner. , : : Now the summer girl will soon begin to freeze on to the reckless youth who has .a mania for squandering his , com for ice cream. Exchange. . . - . - Rapid Extension of This Branch, of the Service. WashiugtonAgril 7. Over five thous- sand new rural routes 'were established in the various states and territories during the ten months ending April 1, last, . and over one thousand additional routes -were au thorized and will be but into dperati j within Mtbe next sixty days, according to -a bulletin made; public today by . Fourth Assistant Post-master General DeGraw. At this bvc it "wiHle but a comparatively brief timt until every rural community, in the- coutt ry,sufflciently populated to justify the service will have rural deliverv. Postmaster General Cortelyou said to day that .the policy of extension .would be continuetC' and; that there" would be no change save that an effort toward economy would bo ,'uadc wherever possible without curtailing Hhe service, ' un April li there were 29,996 rural routes in ypcration as . against 24,568 June 30, 1901.:, Petitions for additional routes to the ti umber of 4,521 are pending, and of these 1,016 have beed authorized and will be starteu within sixty days. ; The rurl service has not as yet been ex tended io jhe insular possessions of the United States. - : Governor Appoints Justices. Governor Glenn yesterday, on recom- mendatioa of Mr. M. L, Shipman, chair man oi the. democratic committee of Hen derson county, made the following appoint ments of in agist rates for that county to take the place of legislative appointees who bad failed to qualify, ' : C S. Crpeuing, in the stead of J. L. AIL n; T. E. Ilughstou in the place of C. J. Heatberly; G. O. Love, in the place of T. Pi Rogere; W. W. Capps to take the place of T. J. Shipman. Raleigh Post. NEXT TO THE EATING HABIT. Colossal Clientele in Number and Cosmopolitan in" Character Enjoyed by Newspapers. The newspaper reading habit proba bly stands next hr Universality to the eating habit. The newspapers reach and are read by practically the whole pec-t pie, not only those on wbese doorsteps or in whose postoffice boxes they are laid every day, but also the shifting, transient, elements of the community who have no doorsteps: nor postoffice boxes and yet must buy something to eat or wear or . otherwise use in daily life. .:;"-;: A: :'V,V r'-. -: - . -A;. No other agency on earth speaks to a clientele so colossal in numbers and cos mopolitan in character. No other has such unfailing access to the ear of the people or is so promptly and universally turned to when information is desired. In this, as in all human affairs, what the newspaper prints is of value, as re gards those for whom and those to whom it speaks precisely fn proportion to the high character it maintains. The enormous value of advertising, if it were attested in no other way, would be demonstrated by the host of imita tors and would be rivals it has tempted. Even the monthly magazines have not been above, the temptation' though ob servant men know their unfitness even as for telegraphic intelligence, while the daily newspaper, speaking thirty times as often, speaks to many hundred times more hearers." r . A HAPPY HOME. "Hello, Sweetheart.'1 An Evidence Of Brightness and Contentment, : We were' riding on a trolley. car, as. vwe some-times do, for recreation and pleasure and to see the growth and expansion of Durham. , . It was near the noon hour when the car slowed up near a vine-clad cottage' and the motorman's wife ran but with a basket of dinner for her husband. As she approach ed the car the motorman greeted her with "Hello sweethearti Her pleasure was evidenced by a smile and a hastily thorwn kiss over her shoulder as she tripped? back to the porch; The sunshine of the Incident pervaded the whole car, and- even- the rtaidest passengers smiled their approval . We venture the J prophecy, there is a happy home, and that " motormau . has the choicest bits that can be prepared by dainty hands. We can almost hear the httle wife's heart singing for joy alfday long just for that cheery 'Hello, Sweetheart!" 1 But,- you say, what has all this to do with new ideas? . , Oh; we don't know. We have seen and heard so much of the other kind of greeting that the practice of this method might be a new idea to some of us. Mav all of us who have - wives try the V'Hello, Sweetheart' method and see if the world our world, at least is not the brighter for it. Durham Sun. ' Bank Closed by Order of Corpora- - tion Commissioner. - ' . ? Raleigh, April 7. The corporation commissioner has directed State Bank Examiner John W. Ellington to take charge of the bank of Benson,, at Ben son, Jonnson county and hold the as sets until the' commission names a re ceiver i. to wind up the affairs of the bani. .. . r This action is taken on the . strength of the report of Examiner Aycock that the institution is insolvent and conduct ing business in an unsafe and unauthor ized manner, jeopardizing the interests of its depositors. J. D. Parish is presi dent of the bank which opened in 1900. Its capital is $10,000, assets 32,000, due depositors $18,000, according to the last report. - Chicago Still Democratic ' St. Louis, April 6. Complete returns give Mayor Wells, Democrat, for "reele ction, a plurality of 1,425 over Judge Tally, Republican. Other candidates either ran slightly ahead or behind the party lead ers and the Democrats and Republicans about equally divided for offices other than that of Mayor. . .:-.: ' The proposition for an increase in the bonded indebtedness Of $9,000,000 for pub lic improvements was overwhelmingly de feated. :;- yV :-.-A.--.'-, . The new house of delegates will be com posed of 19 Democrats and nine Republi cans. The new city council has seven Re publicans and six Democrats NO SUMMER SCHOOL The University of N. C. Will Have Law Session Only. . There will be no summer school for teachers at the University of North Carolina this summer. This was the determination reached Saturday by the executive com mittee of the board of trustees held at noon in the executive office of Governor- Glennr However, the summer school of law will be held as usual. , : There was a general discussion oh the proposition on the part of Mr. Andrew Carnegie to give $50,000 for the erection of a $50,000 library building provided the friends and alumui of the University would contribute an additional $50,000. A reso lution was adopted accepting the propo sition and the work of raising the $50,000 for endowment will begin at once. There is already in hand a considerable sum that will form a nucleus for this fund. J The members of the executive committee ex press confidence that little , trouble - will be experienced in getting.together the amount necessary (50,000) to secure' the gift ' from Mr. Carnegie for the library building. The meeting was attended by Col A. B. Andrews, Mr. F. H. Busbee. Hon. R?; H. Battle, Mr. Josephus Daniels, Mr. Claudi us Dockery, Col. Thomas S. .Kenan, Dr. R. H. Batfle. - BUCKET SHOPS MUST GO. The State Wins in First Round - Appeal TaHen. . - - ' ... ' . '--"4 Raleigh April l.Judge Neal in Wake Superior Court this asternoon, made "an order for entry of guilty" in tha noted bucket shop case, to test the constitution ality of the anti-bucket shop act by the recent legislature, of State, vs. McGinnis, who is the agent of Ware and Leland, wM main tain office here. " An appeal was taken '-to the Supreme Court on the grounds, as stated by counsel for the bucket shop, that the act is in vio lation of the fourteenth amendment of the Federal constitution in' that it restricts inter-state commerce, and of article 7, section 2, of 7 the constitution in that it grants , special - privileges by exempting manufacturers and wholesale dealers: The fate of the exchanges all over the state hangs on this test case, " . Witnesses to Be. Respected. Judge Walter H. Neal called down a prominent attorney last week: in Wake county Superior court for. abusing an Innocent, helpless witness. This is ex actly right. " There . are , entirely to many lawyers; who, it seems, do not know how to respect witnesses in court and think because they ' are.' employ ed on the opposite side of the case that it is their business and privilege, to abuse and try to break down the character of these witnesses. : Lawyers have rights and they should be, and are, respected. It is the duty of the presiding judge to call down an attorney when he Is so lit tle and "narrow - minded that' he 1 feels compelled to go outside of his case - and abuse; and vilify innocent witnesses, who are compelled by law to testify ' in a court of justice. T. The rights of people must be protected. - Its Waters are Gradually Becoming Sweetened. Are the waters of the Great Salt Lake becoming freshened through the construe tion of the great Ogden-Lucen cut-off of the Southern Pacific? " . - . ' ' A Engineers of the raihroad are much puz zled oyer the matter, writes the Salt Lake correspondent of The Chicago Tribune It is declared that the waters north of the cut-off, which in times beyond the memory of man have been bitterest brine, are grad ually becoming sweetened. Experts are unable to account for the phenomenon. The freak Is the subject of much discus sion around Union Pacific headquarters 'in Denver. So far none of the local officials have been able, to explain iu One theory is that the Bear Spring nver,- flows.into the great salt sea near Ogden, is forcing the briny water beyond the cut-off. This stream is about 300 feel wide and is of the sweetest in 'Utah; v It pours an im mense volume of water into the lake daily.1 It is argued that the embankments and piles of the cut-off check the flow of the saltwater Thus, the sweet water of the river in flowing into the northern -end of the lake is kept sweet and pure. . ' Japs, Demand $800,000,000 ' Paris, April 1. Although official in--formation Is lacking, it is asserted; in well informed quarters that Japan has permitted Russia to learn that peace ; conditions will, be severely rigorous and not be responsive t the recent, plea to Japan's magnanimity i In par--tlcular, it is said that Japan's indemni- -ty figure is $800,000,000 and that this1 stupendous sum has proved so stagger- : ing to Russian diplomacy that it is the chief cause why the peace preliminaries do not advance to a decesive stage. ' This Editor Had Been There Some of our exchanges speak of this pa- -per as a farmer's paper. Well, we must y acknowledge we have a leaning towards. ; the farmer in fact, the editor is a farmer. " W have followed the plow and a pair of ... brindle mules to turn over many acres of " black alluvial soil and bumble bees' nests. Wo have chopped off and set out hund reds of shocks of corn when the frost was -on the pumpkin. , ' We have waltzed after the scjthe and ' cradle to tie up acres and acres of golden -grain in days gone by We have tunnelled into the notato hill and brought out bushels of the . rich, lus- r.ioua fruit. . with -thfl" boo And th rlrw.- bandle. . . .. ... . .. : 'v v We have turned the grindstone for hours and hours in the bright summer's sun, until the world all seemed a hollow mockery. . We have chopped down the Jimgon weed ". in all its glory, and saw it fall a withered mass of ruins to the earth. . r We have cut stove wood with a dull axe " in the bright July , suri until we felt , like running away from home and becoming a-'' tram robber. - 7 : ' ' We have played hide and seek: with the razor-back sow in the corn field tor hours - and hours,- when the. mud was qn , bur,' breeches and the water in our socks. We have chased the cow with crumpled . horn out of the wheat field, and watched the wobble-legged calf hang "on,1 the teat r like the politician to a fat ofilce. K In fact, we have done everything that is J raKe to fighting over a line fence.' and have - raised everything that can be. raised on a: farm from an umbrella to a deed of . trust and why shoaldn't we have a fellow -feel- fng for the farmer? Exchange.- ' " ' ' COMING BACK HOME. Return' of Southern Flags. to Their All the southern states are" receiving the flags which were captured during the Civil ' War. The government has returned thirty ten nf thoao flacra tn "North Parnlino . anf .. iney nave-oeen piacea in we xiau 01 His- ' tqry at Raleigh. -That is where they should be kept. ' " ' . 7 - .-"J, ' , Mr. Cleveland was the r first : man: who' pruyubeu w f eiuru m uags. 10 meir ' re spective states. Senator ' Foraker was iit terly opposed to such an act, taking the view that to send the flags back would re viye. much of the j feeling- which existed during and soon after the war. After Mr." Cleveland's suggestion met .withfso much - j a a . - . upuaiuuu ih was fcuuugm uuh hue cuances of ever returning the old .war- flags , were ' vlved during the last session of congress , and it was decided . Xq return them, t It is ent;"rely proper tha.the flags should be " given ':bMk.tb'th0 Our people are Very glad to receive them, but It U rift- harincr thft pffftp.t.. that QneiAr. Foraker j predicted. - The southern people . simply look on it as the government doing its duty.-TJharlotte News. '

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