r; -sural 'r.j c; r ' ii.ir.3 r fcf rva. , HaL.lIi, ITay. is Herce tt 'iv bis Ken 3 c a tie last two wesson tlj I '."J af Jcls be fWe"3 tLi ctta I'-ro cLief I la, wihfoD -Is J I llcveij. t'jd tr; " s v '?t the f crsonal . com- , ...--1 T -J i -. j c I I jor ueueia Vl.- 1 la's loMea thus far are ZOi ki" 1, wLlla t' ase of General '7c Jaissevett killed ari ulae Uea wounded. Pala audx his re s"nai ""i fjlpwers, In acc&rdance J vli'j I o- tradition, prefer death to crture. "". - , ' . C ral Wood, wi.th detach- ru" i trr. . 1 i up r'lini lcc iilu . v airy, t. 2 Teventh, the Twentyt second 1 Twenythird Jnlantry arl Cc Ubulary , Scouts, has f drive J rA into a swamp, vwhich 4 ba3 been surrounded. , , -sPala was a noted slave trader and warrior when the Americans '- occupied the Islands. . Later ' he , escaped with his followers to the - Island of Pula Sekar, near Borneo. One of Pala's Waders 'deserted and took refuge in the , British settle- - ment at Lahad. Pala, discovering " his whereabouts, ; landed and . de-s mandedof the British magistrate rhat he turn the deserter, over to him. -The demand was not.'com- v pnea wnu uu ' sacre. Twenty five persons, includ ing several Britons, , were killed. Plft planed to the island of " Jdlo and organized the - present uprls- :':;ingr, -. .. -'' ' " " It is reported that the - Borneo authorities , - requested ' General Wood to apprehend Pala'; dead or 'alive, and turn him over to. them. : vice-pres;:ent'.s ixxfcTAND. Design Col'i and , Cui Cla'ss., that VSill Cost About $500. ,, t ;T '. Washington, May 11 Vice V terday selected the Inkstand which .desk.-- According to established rbustonj. it will become-the prop erty of ' Mr.' . Fairbanks, when " he retires from- omce. I ui we yea the Vice" Presidential inkstands ' have tT increased in elaborateness and' incidentally in price, " as the designers have vied with each oth er introducing 6tantfs that will make beautiful and lasting;, sou-. 'venirs. A dozen jewelers submitted de signs for Mr. Fairbanks in'tstand, and he and his wife had a vebpice : collection from which to make a selection wnen iucy uwim " terday afthe office of the Secretary of the Senatewnere the beautiful wares wete set forth for inspection? - A lovely creation ot suver, gom f"i cut-glass. raade by Tiffatiy, Cil'SCl I'XII UUtJ UU'l nm v c tie Vi:c Frident's desk when In --stLe C-vite to ordtr next ( ' iu ' i':l. t Tl ? rrver 13 a clevet f t' - J : cf the Cfap J ".ci . i of the pret u -'r iJ 500. IIILII POINT, GUII vcurra v:i::te vc:.ian TO CERVi OliE YEAR. ' Noifolk,Va.,Mfcy n.A young whiter woman K by the oame of Beatrice I,anghofne was yesterday convicted of robbing IlughTbomp son chief gunner's ma'te. of the monitor Florida of $230 and was sentenced to one year in the Vir ginia penitentiaryV - It was developed that the Xang hotne woman b'as, a history. On the witness stand yesterday after noon she started to tell something of her pasf life beginning with the declaration that she is now; smog her father a ' wealthy tobacconist for her one-hird interest in an es tate leit by her 'mother, but' this was not considered pertient to-the trial and the woman 'did not tell her whole storyl ' '" Xt -now lappears- that' .there, is nothing that can""save-hef from a1 term in' he Virginia ' penitentiary where she must eerve-at least six mouths in prison stripes." DROVNED AT GHEENSCCRO, V William" ALfndley)' for some time an employe of the Revolution Cotton MHls, wasfound' drowned Thursday afternoon in North Buff alo Creek leading - from tb.mill, about fifty -feet below the. street car: trestle spanning"! the, creek.. County - --"Coroner : Turner ' was phoned .for, and, finding it unnecv essary to summon a jury, permitted the body to be turned over to rel atives, and itwas buriedlast night. Ur. Lindley was about 40 years of age, and had been living with his -tnother and younger brother at the mills. '.. lie is bpoken - of as- a man of finished education, excel lent character and habits and sof attractive;; disposition. -. He was unmarried, He had been mildly deranged for a month; -, . . ' t, v Monday mominsr; after rhaving spent a restless night; part of the tug o Dcmg ( uc voica .1 10 visiis no people in the settlement to whom he' be wailed his condition, he left rhis mother saying he was going to pay a visit, to a sister ; who lived in Reidsville. She thought it would benefit him, and made no' -object tion. : He was never seen or heard of agata until his swollen blacken ed . features were hookedLap . f,rom the muddy waters' at 6 o'clock yes terday afternoon v rf ' It is supposed 'that theVunfprtu nate man took the street car track to walk'to thestation at, Greens boro, and in the early light of the morning slipped throgh the high trestle of the , car, track to 1 the stream below und was ; drowned, the, heavy rains and flood of water moving body to .where it was fpundy " , ' - , . ' ' There were no bruises or. wounds on the bo3y 'indicating foul play or accident from the car's, nor was there aqy where on the sandy banks of the stream footprints' or signs denoting self destruction. , Lindley was- raised in Burlington and his father is now an inmate of the in sane asylum at Raleigh, Greens boro Jle"ratn. ' " V ATLANTA DEdT;,, v An event of unusual importance e:: l interest to the public,', 'espec i ' C railway world is the r cf tie new Union rassen ' 1 at Atlanta, G&.t on I r is tht most 1 1 -on tl r V. :r tl 'i z ' ...... era .a; co:.ie:neru: Charlbtte May 12. It is report ed on good authority that five of the biffgest cottonr mills in this sec tion are to form a combine. The mills interested are ' the Ior ise Hoskins, Chadwick, and Chad vick of Charlotte; and' the Dover -Yarn Mills, of Pineville. The combined capital of the mills mentioned in connection with the consolidation is $,040,000 and the total equip ment embraces 68,500 spindles and 1 ,468 looms. vlt . is possible .that the capital under the new arrange ment ;may be larger than the' total of the individual mills and that the output will be increased consider- aoiy. . .1 ne interested parties, ae dine to talk for publication..; sg,fi WILL OF ilR. DUKE. Durham, May 11.' The. wilt of the late Washington Duke was ad mitted to ; probate "here tbit after noon, "TMr. vFrank Ii. Fuller,' t torney W-thel estate, tells ythe Journal t correspondeiit" that ''the .value'of the estate is estimated , at 235,006, 1 'A good portion of this is 'in real estate, and the1 rest is -in stocks and' bonds of North .Caro lina, corporations Messrs. -J;VB. and B.N. Duke, sons of the de ceased, were name as, executors of the. estate and they qualified to day ,v ; f. ' y "Thelfollbwing beneficiaries nam ed are as follows :Home place, with all furniture and fixtures, to J.iB. ' puke. .T"o the thildren of W.flt Duke, Fannie I,yon,', Iaura Price, Sarah Garraid, JM. Duke, Xyda A. Angler; Lillian , Duke,' M. - ;L. Duke, Marrie Taylor, Martba A. Moore, Maud Karnes, John D ke; and to the ebijdren of James Lake, Sqsan A; Smithy W h. Stagg; J. B, Stagg, Fannie Roney and Al phonsus Duke, $it 000 y, TO CBUKCHBS AND JtNSTJT0T6jrS. ki Tothe North Carolina , Method dist v Episcopal church South, for miantenance of. aged preachers, $5,00$; , likewise' to tht, Western North ' ' Carolina Conference " for home missions; $ 5,06b; Watts Hos pital, $3,000; Oxford Orphanage Asylum,; $3,000; Kittrell Institu tiou, $5,600? .'Raleigh vMethodist Orphanage,, $3,ooe"North Caro Ifna " Cqnierence ' African ' Meth odist church sand "Western Con ference same," $5,500 each." -He created a considuary. clause: cbn trary o ,all of the balance ;bf the estate,' and providedjhat l30 per cent, shall be deeoted as follows; j' B. Duke and . K.'Duke, 30 per cent. ; Brodie L. Duke and child ren,';" 28 per cent.; Mrs.' Mary Stagg) Geo. L. Xyon and Buchan an Lyon,' 12 per cept.; to be held lnr;rasIillSM , GREEN HAS SKIPPELV This little bit tf news from the Raleigh Times will be interesting to many ; ewspapers in North Car olina: j ; - ' ' '' V VOo May othk Green McAdoo made- his escape from the State farm Jn Halifax county. For his recapture the State will pay a re ward of $25.00 .and all necessary "Green McAdoo i3 agingercake colore 1 ne?ro. 5 . s old. K feet 8 i weighs 160 ,. He 1 -j . 1 c. 'y I r i cf 3j 1 ' f r t - ? :nced from i ..just, 190 U ' r murder." 3givenr:: 3 than st j ' allkerecrrJ. tr TY, N.rc, WEDNESDAY, : tttt- MR. TILLMAN MUCH BETTER. South Carolina Senator KeturnsHome i r Apparently Cured of Nervous W ,;'s.'Trouble."' 'f,, C , Augusta, Ga."May 14. Hon B. R. Tillman; United States Pen ator from-1 South' Carolina, wbo went to Atlanta about (wo weeks ego. to-be treated for" nervous trouble,-passed through' Augusta today, on his way back to his home at Trentod, SI Cf., much im proved1 and to ' all. appearances, cured- He-wilK remain at his home for the next few. weeks in order to recruit his strength."' . . , Xl. DISEASE KNOCKS OUT JEFFRIES. Chicago, May y 14. -James J Jeffries,' champion heavy-weight pugilist of the - world, i has ' been J knocked out. Disease accomplished what no . human being. swaa ever able to do. A combination t of rheu matism and mal aria; has : put the pugilist Out-of the fighting game, for alL- time, according io Jeffries,-' who cancelling all . en gagements, to-night started for Los Angeles to try ,to regain "his health. In the future it is Jeffries' jintention to devote his time to sev eral mining claims"wh(oh he jWnd a brother possess is Arizbna. ; : KILLED TWO AND SUICIDED. , ' MemphisvTenn , , May M.--A triple tragedy occured ; here last night, . when Thomas McCall, ' u night watchman for the Illinois Central Railroad, shot and killed Edith Furgeson, and Hal William son, The murderer; &p hour later turned the weapon 'Upon, himself, -firing-a bttllerlntoliis headrTbe shootine occured :. on XJalhoune street, in the eoutaerflV8" of the city. . ( k s -j , v Edith Furgeson, it is, claimed, was'well knowifinNew York city. She came here in February last. Jealousy is given as (because of the "tragedy. - KILLED AT JVION- . , Hickory, : May -'i i;Postmaster C F.' Blalock'receiyed a telegram Monday morning to the effect chat his brother, VUlianl, wm . killed on' Sunday. Vour correspondent has not had any' particulars Fnce Mr. Blalock and his father left on Monday for Montezuma.'; a It was ftlonday night hefore Montezuma could be reached. ' '' ' ; A, . . , ON THE OPEN SEA. 1 Paris." Mav 10. A dispatch from Sgigon to the petic Journal f'Nebo'gatoff's squadron appear ed at daybreak ot May: 9 twenty miles off Cape St,' James, prepar ing to ascend the river to Saigon, where the commander: expected to find the necessary orders for effect? vng a junction , with Rejesvensky and revictualing his fleet. He was hailed at sea by a scout belonging to the Russian Second Pacific squadron, which communicated to him France's desire ' that the junc tion of the .Russian squadrons ehould occur oat sid, of Indo Chinese waters. - Nbogatoff then disappeared on the oppn sea, sailing- toward the second squadron, t liich dor.btless 's waiting .off the . cnam coast. : 1. nic::.1.:::::! to cuild. Dti E E. Richardson, of Leaks? . "Is, was in city Saturday, and j understand has v decided to 'M a niceV two story house qn :le StreetValmost in front oi . L' Pickett's residence. , ' coAr.D cf ALc:r.::.:x , An adjourned meeting 6f the rd of Ahlcnnen. wis' held last t at tLe I'ayor's ollce. The "Iters r ': l'r:r reports I tireti -cf t1 si ceti"j 3 1 upi:it" :i 10ft' - IT , ' 1 '. . " . tlei y S"- MAY. 17; 1905. UNIQUE INVITATipN. The following unique invitation, in two colors, has been sent out to the Red Men of the city? " v "To all' Chiefs "of ? Chickasaw Tribe, TNo, 32,and ..visiting broth ers, greeting: j- "f J'You afe requested toassemble at the Wigwam on the 19th .Sleep of Flower Moon, G.; S. 414; at the 3th' run and 30th breath, where we will follow the hunt and serve the meat pf the' captured buffalo and deer, after which the calumet will be smoked.. The. trophies of the hunt will grace he walls of the wigwam., . ,. , ' ... l -v ,- ; , W- L. STAMEY, Sachem. J.'M. HARRELL, C, of R. , , I ALMOST $5,000 AJ MONTH. '- Mc John Av 'Liudsey informs the Enterprise that the collections oh the 15th day of each month for the PeoplesV Building & Loan Association . amounts! to $4,500. It will , not' take long to bnHd a town with our buijding & Loan Associations putting' down on the ground -in , permanent - improve ments $60,000 to $75,000 a year.'" MR COX'S REPLY As Appeared in the Charlotte Chronicle of Yesterday The following editorial appeared m the livening cnronicie. or tne uHxi "? ' VOneof the most perfectly, hon est .men in the country is Mr. J . Elwood Cox, of High Point, and he is a member of the Friends com- munity. It was no surprise that in -.his testimony before the r inter- State commerce committee in Wash ingr he should have given the Southern Railway . Company exact justice, lie said that altheugh the Southern"' had no competitor, '--'It treated him and Mother shippers fairly.",. There may be discrimin ation iir some cases, but, it may be set down as a fact thatthere is none against tiign roinu To the Editor of the Chronicle: I desire to thank you for the kindly reference to me editorially in your issue of 11 th. ; Ii do not know your opinion in regard to this question of railroad rates' now so prominently before theTpublic but you at least give a man "credit for 1 being honest in his ooinion. ; Ouite different from the, editor of a daily paper in another North Carolina city, m his issue ot May,. 13th; He appare'nt(y gives no man credit for being, possessed of . common honesty who does not agree with him. ,. . Theeditofot me jvews ana uo server reters toaaym a siumug w&v. to m v appearance before the senatorial committee in JWashigg- ton and says, -"It is probable that Mr, Roosevelt and Mr. Taft know as much about the -needs of the fcountrv as Mr. Cox."., .Tbete- are few men in public life today whom 1 : aamire 'vmore-..: uiau ricsmcui Roosevelt and Secretary Taft and. to tise a common expression ''they have forgotten moe than I know," yet it is barely : possible that Thave lhad as much experience in manu facturing and shipping as either ot them. -y V ' - - -; . For twenty-five years I have been engaged in business of this kind . ana siatea in my lesumuuy ..wiwe the senatorial committee that I had had 'grievances about ratesj : but that when I clearly presented to the railroad officials my case they either granted my requests; or con? vinced me that I was wrong, ' I wish to. say, too, that my business h as not been confined entirely to the SoutfieVn Railway Co. v as, one would thiuk f rom , reading i. the News and ; Observe r, ; but I have dealtand now have business inter ests on the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, Cotton Belt, Illinois Central and Atlantic .Coast Line, The officials of all 'these roads have treated me courteously and today I would rather take ' my chances with ; any of them to get an equit able rate adjustment than to go to some " government official, who is perhaps ignorant of the conditions pertainic to t!;e business and who l j bound to c-rry out Lis u.terpre t. '" i cf t! e lrv. , I L;vi.aa son 3 exr.ncnce 1.1 No. 13 'dealing with' government 'officials and my opinion is, that,' if the gov ernment takes hold of this matter passing laws regulating ' rates that they will be ; inflexible 1 and iron clad; there is absolutely no sentiment in building up any com munity or, section of Jbe country, a rate once.established, if either too high or too low, it would take " an indifirfte period to get it changed.; Again,"', the government as a' rule does. not,pay as good salaries ; as first class railroads, consequent ly they will be . liable td get incomv petent men, to say nothing of the possibility of getting the question ; into politics. ' ' If rates were established so much1' per ton per mile, the South being ' sparsely settled and by reason of ' lack of representation would suffer -more than any part of the country.1 High . Point would lose her trade On the Pacific coast, with Oklaho ma and Texas. : In my testimony before the com mittee, I stated that ' the railway officials were; closer to: tiS than any government commission could ever be. I also stated that Wivh; had heyer received a single rebate, or special privilege we have simp lyatt ended to our business and, have built up a town within ten or ' fifteen years from two thousand to not have done this but for the good will and fair treatment , of the ; Southern Railway. ' I have talked to a number, of uiauuiawiuieia uuu snippers on tzUS question and very few I have found here or elsewhere - who had not rather undertake to sret' satisfac tion from experienced railroad offi-: cials than from a government com--' mission. ,Y - My views have never chansredon this subject, - , The flaming headlines in The News apd Observer to-day asks,? ' "Why Are - They for Higher Rates?' No man or manufacturer : here is " for hiefier" rates and so1 far as I know, ,no one appearing before the Senate committee . has -advocated higher rates. The use ' of such headlines is simply to prej-' qaice .ine jiuoiic, or at least create . a false impresion. ' I would be glad if the editor of The News and Ohsrcpr toM low ' aside his. prejudice long enough to , ' carefully read and study the evt. worth , of England : he clearly states and shows that the railroad rates in England are three times as high on an average as they are in the United .States, and that govern ment interference in railroad rate making has reen a positive detri ment to the public . business " throughout the British Empire.' ' 1 : Any raaicai cnange m our pres ent system would tend to demoral- V" ize business, in fact no shipper ? would. know, what to depend upon." Kiet our present railroad com mission' " stop rebates and unjust discriminations, but leave the rate- making - to the shipper and '"the ' proper railroad officials, who" are educated to the business. .".,-,v , -Yours truly, , . - - -t. KT.wonn env- ' - High Point, May x 2. , ALL WILL PROBABLY; RECOVER Harrisburg, Pa., May it,-The thirty-five victims of the ' South Harrisburg. railroad disaster n6w at the 'Harnsbure Hospital, are doings nicely and all are expected two, S. W. Anderson; of Pittsburg, " anajosepn liDene, ew JTork, 13 regarded as serious. 1 - . Twenty-two persons were either killed outright or have since died trom taeir injuries. 5 Among 4he missing is E. D. Edson, ' a New Yofk lawyer,- whose body is be lieved s to have, been ? consumed in the burning of the wreckage. ' v ine nve unidentihed victims were buried in a plot in the Pax- tang Cemetery today with impres sive ceremonies. k The Pennsyl vania Railroad Company will erect handsome monuments to mark the : -graves' The coroner will hold e , inquest on Tuesday, n' v, r Frank WAnderson, of Titts burg, died at midnight tonigl t 1 the hospital.' This makes twc. 1, -three deaths from the colilr.fon. iz When an -ena'-enent i:; r nounced -in a i nall tovn t1 s ' of the inhabits: ts tcH 1 t-y C which of the t . o cc tics is goirT to t the vc: t Chic? ro Nev. 3. -:. ,