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Devoted to the Interests of the City, the County and the Distriot. TEEMS $1.00 a Tear, in Advance. business .oi c.. in local O limrf. ten r.r.ta aline. OLLunrv Ncuic s, fivji c uts a Una VOLUME XXXI. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1 1900. NUMBER 4b. - ' i 1 ; - - ; ! ' L - 1 r -J ' The .OlTroo's Storv. Becently the old historic tree that over looked tlio Morris Turnpike on the Bishop Hobart estate at; Summit, N. J., was cut down. Note in tAoruiug paper. N the storm I wavKrr"and bent. Till my form was almost rent. Long bofore old Bishop Hobart Hal beneath my leafy tent. Oh, I flourished by the way-side full two centuries ngo, But the axe has come at last and laid my mossy branches low. Oncet waved my arms on high When I saw the banner fly As bis highness Goneral Washing ton Went riding proudly by , At the bead of all his troopers, who wero trudging tj&rough the snow, Badly battered, Sadly tattered, t But their faces all aglow With a set determination to annihilate the Crown, As thoy marched beneath my branches on the way to Morriatown. Oh, I feel the music still ' r All my spirit madly thrill ' When I think of all those troo'pers v Trudging slowly up the tho hill. And the General beloro them, sitting proud cooooooococooooooooooooooc O f 8 Washington, the goldier. 8 O O o n HIS STRATfGICAL ABILITY MEMORABLY SHOWN. 8 ODOOOOOOOOOOSOOOOOOOOOOOOO 'HE impression has at times prevailed among educated men, including those of: the mili tary profession, that, aa Washing ton had neither the tioops, re sources aud knowledge, nor the broad range of field service which have character ized modern warfare, he lacked some of the material, elements which develop the typical soldier. It is with the view of dispelling that impression that General II. 15. Cavrjnp;tou has written the book entitled "Washington, the Soldier." He contends in his preface 4that, after full allowance has been made for chauges in army and battle formation, tactical actien aud arma ment, as well as for the greater facili ties that now exist for the transporta tion of troops aud army supplies, it remains true that the relative effect of all these chauaes tipon success in war on a grand scale has not been - to alter seriously those principles of military science nhich have shaped battle action aud the general conduct of war from the earliest period of au thentic military history. Among those principles are enumerated strategy, grand tactics and minor tac tics. These are thus defined: Strat egy is the effecting of those combina tions which will insure the highest possible advantage in the employment of military force. The strategical ability of Washington was memorably exhibited id the campaign of York- . town. By grand tactics is meant the 'ability to. handle a military force in the field. An illustratioU of this prin ciple was Washington's achievement "WASHINGTON INSPECTING BRITISH PRISONERS AT PRINCETON. at the battle of Monmouth, when he rallied the Contiueutal army, which he found already in 1 full retreat. When one speaks of minor tactics, one refers to the instruction of the soldier, individually and en masse, ic the details of his military drills, the use of his weapons and the perfection of discipline. As regards this part of a commander's duty, the author of this book points out that Washington never lost sight of the set-up of the individual soldier, looking upon him as the best dependence in the hour of battle. Self-reliance, obedience to orders and confidence in success were enjoined as the conditions of victory. His system of competitive marksman ship, of rifle ranges and burden tests was introduced early iu his career, ; and was enjoined upou the American levies before the battle of Brooklyn, and at other times during the war. jWith regard to the difficulties of I transportation and intercommunica tion iu Washington's day, we are re minded that these were equally ob structive to both parties. The slow mails and travel of revolutionary times affected both armies alike. The British had better communication by ly on his horse. Thinking of the fight at Springfield, smiled triumphantly, of course. .- And I fondly bowed to him, Full of joy in every limb. As I watched bis army fading In the distance blue and dim, - All my branches sang a song: I would like to go along With those fighters, - Who'll be rlghters Of a black and shameful wrong. Oh, I glimmered And I shimmered With a patriotic thought, For I loved the gallant leader And the cause for which he fought; And I wanted to become Sticks to play upon the drum, And the poles to bold the colors In the battle's heat and bum I'd be sticks to call the rolls, And I'd be the happy poles . High to wave the dearold banner When It's torn with bullet-holes; But the soldiers went without me, and I watched them out of sight. With the drums a loudly rolling and theoan for the right wing, where I i muskets shining bright. But I felt I wore the'erown ' .Of perennial renown . When, they marched beneath branches On the way to Morrlstown. my water, but not by land; they. suffered the disadvantage of campaigning through an unknown and intricate country peopled by their enemies. In a chapter on the battle of Mon mouth, the author of this book ex presses the opinion that tho truth of history requires a definite statement with regard to the antecedents of the 'THE TALL COMMAND Elt (WASHINGTON) GUARD OVER HIS once overestimated officer, Charles Lee.' The fact is that, as a subaltern in the British army, he had been uni formly insubordinate, and was in dis credit when he M'as allowed to go abroad and fight under various flags as a military adventurer. He knew nothing of handling a large command or combined command. Before the battle of Monmouth he had never been under fire at the head of American troops. He was just cool enough and brave enough at Monmouth to retreat ,with his division; it was saved chiefly by the self-possession of its officers aud the endurance of the rank and file. He was unequal to the command, even had he desired battle. He did not de sire it, however. To have fought a battle with any chance of being taken prisoner would have exposed him to a double penalty for treason at thei hands of General Howe. He would have placed himself in the attitude of defeating the "plan" for the betrayal of American interests which he had arranged with the British commander,! and of thwarting the very movement which he had advised. An attempt has been made by some recent writers to revive the tradition1 that Washington was guilty of pro fanity at the battle of Monmouth. Our author finds it hard to believe that either Charles Lee or his witnesses would not have testified to profane words had they been spoken, for the sake of vindicating Lee when the-lat;-ter'a commission and honor were in jeopardy, 'As a matter of fact', every witness agreed with Lee as to the terms used; none of these implied profanity. Silence in this respect, it is submitted, should be accepted as strong presumptive evidence in dis proval of the charge. An eminent American historian sought to verify the vague tradition by the following anecdote: "It is related that, when Lafayette visited this country, in 1825, he was the guest of Chief Jastioe Hornblower at Newark, N. J., and that, while seated on the front porch one evening, Lafayette remarked that the only time when he ever heard Washington swear was when he re baked Lee at meeting him on his re treat at Monmouth." The late Justice Bradley, who married a daughter of Chief Justice Hornblower,' thus com mented on this statement: "Nothing of the kind ever occurred. Lafayette did not stay at Mr. Hornblower's, but at the principal public j house of the city. There he was visited; but the subject of the battle of Monmouth was not mentioned." j I The fact is recalled that an insolent letter was written by Lee toWashing- WASHINGTON PLANNING A BATTLE.' ton immediately after the battle. Lee testified that it was Washington's "manner rather than words" that gave him offence. Jefferson said of Washington that "He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with ; the calmest unconcern." This statement is, in deed, very clearly proved by his first engagement, of which General Wash ington gave this description: "I iortunateiv escaoed -without anv stood, was exposed to and received all the enemy's ; fire, and it was the part where many were killed and the rest wounded, j I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." Sometimes, while Washington was at Valley Forgei there was nothing to eat iu the camp but rotten salted' herrings. Men were knou to snatch at the dough of 'half-baked cakes in the kitchens of the farmers' wives.. The contractors and the commissary agents and the Continental Congress had brought twelve thousand men to QltAVELY WALKED UP AND DOWN AS OWN HOUSE." ! ; the verge of starvation, and the blood of Genera'l Wayne ran hot with rage as he looked on his poor fellows weak with hunger. Indeed, there was but one horn ; tumbler and also but one wooden dish for every mess. Wash ington himself dined one day on pota toes and hickory nuts. "My good CHARMED WHISTLE. man," he said to the sentinel in front of his headquarters, pacing up and down in the bitterness of a cold mdrning, "have you had anything to eat?" "No, 8ir," was the reply. "Give me your musket, then, and go inside and get some breakfast," and the tall commander gravely walked np and down as guard . over his own house. i Washington. In early youth he conquered fate by night Of steadfastness to principle; innate Were those fine qualities which made him great A leader in the war of wrong and right. The Cincinnatus of'the West a crown He held as but a symbol of disgrace; He worked for God and for the human .race, And won immortal glory and renown. He was tte first in peace his valor won; The first in war that made a nation free; JThe first In hearts that owed htm lib erty The Father of his country WashlngtonI Henry Coyle, A Solemn Warning. "Georgei'.said the Grandfather of His Country, "I have a good mind to thrash you within an inch of your life!" j , "Just as you please, father," re plied George, sadly but firmly; "but, if you do, I don't believe the American people will ever forgive you I" Puck, BY THE : BULLETS MUST PROTECTION GO? COBDENITES CLAMOR FOR A CHANCE I OF POLICY. Having "Ontllved Its Uaeralneaa," and Being " a Hindrance to the Kxpanaloo of Onr Industrie," Protection Should Be Abandoned, These Wiseacres Think "They Lag Superfluous," is the caption of an article in which a free trade writer on the editorial staff! of the New York j Times pays his re spects to the last -annual meeting of the American Protective Tariff League. The Times man professes to be unable to understand why the League should persist in existing. He is firmly con vinced that protection is doomed ; to extinction as an American fiscal pol icy; that "President McKinley aud the wisest and most influentia' leaders of the Bepublicans are feeling their way along toward free trade," and . "are converting the Republican organiza tion into a low tariff party." j Having argued himself into this frame of mind the Cobdenite hot gos peller: of 4he Times readily reaches the conclusion that "They (the Republican leaders) must abandon the prohibitive jtarifl policy or the ! manufacturers will abandon them. . Protection has had its day, has outlived all the usefulness it ever had, aud is now a hindrance j to the expansion of the industries of the country. It must go. i j "Why doesn't the American Protec: tive Tariff League go? Its vocation i.s gone, its influence is shattered, it is pulling the wrong way. It has $1, 133.22 in its treasury. We advise the League to turn over this unexpended balance to the Society for the Relief of the Aged and Destitute andj then tranquilly disband." . ! j ' On the day that the free trade con victions of the New York Times were recorded as. above quoted, there ap peared in many newspapers of the United States, some of them free trade newspapers, Washington dispatches, date of January 19, 1900, containing statements based upon figures just issued! by the Treasurv Bureau of Statistics to the effeetthat in the year just closed the foreign commerp of the United States, under the full operation of the Dingley Tariff law "a hindrance to the expansion.of the industries of the country," according to the Times amounted to more than $2,000,000,000, and of this enormous sum more than three-fifths was ex ports and less than two-fifths imports. The exact figures are: Imports, $799,834,620; exports, $1, 275,486,641; excess of exports over imports!, $475,652,021. The excess of exports is larger than in any preced ing, year except 1898. j Of the exports, manufactures form a larger proportion than ever before, while of the imports raw materials for use of manufacturers form a larger proportion than ever before. j Of the . exports mora than 30 per sent, are manufactures, against 26 per cent, in the fiscal year 1897, 23 per cent, in 1895, 20 per cent, in 1885, 16 per cent in 1879 and 12 per cent! in I860. , i . . !' Of the imports 33 per cent, are articles in a crnde condition which enter into the various processes of domestic industry, against 26 per centr iri 1895, 24 per cent, in 1892, 23 per cent, in 1889 and 20 per cent in 1885. 1 ! Does this look as though protection is operating as "a hindrance to the expansion of the industries of the country," and therefore "must go?" Does this look as though the lead ers of the Republican party would be compelled to abandon protection, "or the manufacturers will abandon them?" Does 1 this look as though the in dustrial captains of the United States were dissatisfied with the workings of protection and were anxious to see free trade take its place? Doeethis look as though the Ameri can Protective Tariff League had no further reason for existence and ought to disband forthwith? j There are many manufacturers who would like to see protection displaced and free trade installed as the Ameri can policy; but they are not American manufacturers. The manufacturers who hanker for free trade are foreign manufacturers for the most part, with here .and there a "manufacturer" of free trade sentiment like the New York Times. iXo Limit Can Be Set. The industries of Ohio are feeling no let-up from the prosperity which same to them with the passage of the Dingley law. On this point Mr. J. O. Mass, President of the National Bank' of Sandusky, says: "I do not remember when Ohio was in better condition financially and otherwise. The situation could ! not be better, and so far as I can see, the outlook has in it nothing but what is encouraging..., The railroads have been making much money,and I know in the systems in which I am interest ed the Central Ohio, the Midland and the ! Sandusky our busiuess - ia simply limited by our capacity . ... Manufacturers are rushed to fill or- i ders, and there is profitable employ ment for workingmen." The only statement in this which might be questioned is that "the sit uation coiild not be better." That has been said: so many times in the past three years, and yet the industrial situation keep.s right on growing bet ter and better and prosperity con tinues to peconte vmore extensive and . stupendous all the time. He is a dar ing man who would, iu view cf our experience so far, attempt to place any limits! to the prosperity which will ultimately oe reached v.nder the stun alattng influence of protection. How He Lost His lteason. s V "That man looks like a lunatic." "He is crazy became so by trying to prove that free trade was the proper policy, and that under protection this country could not possibly prosper." HUNTING FOR GRIEVANCES. 1 j Detuorrmt Unhappy Beeanse of To ' i Much Prosperity. j The great wave of prosperity that promptly followed the inauguration of a Republican National Administra tion in 1897, in significant contrast with the preceding four jears of in dustrial ant financial depression, pro moted by Democratic legislative and executive follies; a successful, brill iant and popular war. in the interests of humanity, which has immeasurably exalted the prestige of American arms, added to the domain of the Nation some of the fairest and most valuable island areas of the eastern and west ern seas, secured for the Republic a commanding place among the nations of earth, and won respect for its flag wherever it greets the winds; an ad ministration of public affairs so broad and sagacious that it restored broth erhood to the Union on the fields ol war, and in its settlements of peace accomplished in a twelvemonth the industrial and commercial: work of half a century For these gratifying results full credit is assuredly due the Republican party. It was Republican legislation that put in motion our ex isting rusting wheels of industry, thus furnishing employment to millions of idle hands, and while the Democratic rank and file manfully contributed to the successes of our war with Spain, their leaders are now clamoring for a relinquishment of all the fruits of their victories. ! In all these triumphs they refuse to see anything but National peril, and even interpret as an omen of evil the glow of prosperity that rests upon the land like a vast benediction. Their last catalogue jof minor grievances, recited in the House by. Lentz, of Ohio, during the reoent discussion on the currency bill, was a remarkable exposition of party rancor. He is a blatant anti-expausionist, and, en raged at the certainty of coming de feat, recklessly charged the adminis tration with crimes enough to make the angels weep. Like a rattlesnake in the dog days, he was blinded by his own venom, - striking wildly at everything Republican, pointing to every political pain that is' racking the Democratic anatomy, and making the exposure all the more amusing to his opponents because off his inability to devise a remedy for any of them; Could he be goa ded into another in temperate harangue we might be able to find out what is the matter with him and his faction besides the old chronic disorder of State rights. san Francisco Chronicle. : Why More Railroad Were Itnilt. The Railroad Gazette reports that, according to estimates and facts al ready at hand, :.t appears that during the year ending December 31 more than 4500 miles of new railroad have been built in the United States. There have been no figures, like these since before the free trade blight fell upon the country through the elec tion of Grover Cleveland to the Presi dency in 1892.' During the free trade period the ave-age number of miles of new railroad built per year did not reach half this amount. Free trade is as preventive of the further de velopment of the country aud of a greater opening up of its resources as it is destructive to business already established. Every one of those 4500 and more miles of new railroad' was built in response to the demands of some new industry, or to the. in creased demands for transportation facilities made by those industries al ready in existence, and to which new life was given by the enactment of the Dingley law. Altogether, as the Gazette puts it, "the exhibit is a re markable evidence of the widespread prosperity that has at last overtaken the country." .'Something Has Struck Them. The traveling men's Bryau Club had the word "'prosperity" printed with their menus on coarse wrapping paper at the banquet two years ago. This year, however, they didn't have either, but couldn't help sneeringly refer to it in their addresses. Prosperity has evidently struct, iiryan s men. Pierce (Neb.) Call. traveling Very Hostile. Increases inlwageson the part ol business men and corporations are to be taken as positively hostile ' move ments against Colonel Bryan. A can-, didate who depends upon calamity for support, however, has little chance this year. Peoria (til.) Journal. " Why They Are Closed. Four years ago Mr. McKinley said it would be better to open the mills than the mints.! Now the only mills which are closed are those which can not get material to run with. Bur lington Hawk-Eye. No Time For xinsxerinc It is encouraging to note that the man who always has a scheme to put ter' away at the tariff is not conspicu ous at the present session of Congress. The tariff is doing very good work at present, and-it seems to be accepted that this is no 'time for tinkering. Topeka (Kan.) Capital Small gins. . There are three crimes which, no matter what may be the degree of their venality, are regarded by the world as venal. They are lying at poker, smug gling, and understating the age of a 4-year-old child. Where breathes the mottr who, will not fudge a little whenjt comes to the question of pay ing 5 cents for her boy or stealing for him a free jride? If .the boy j be large for his years, her period of men dacity lasts but! a short time, but if he be undersized her equivocation ex tends far into the seventh year. Such a mother never hands more than a nickel to the conductor when she and Tommy travel together; he might keep a dime for the two, or take change out of a quarter. The railroad com panies are beaten out of many thou sands of dollars by the darling mothers, who cannot see more than four years when paying fares. New York Press. Where Ignorance Is Bliss. n Jack "The ingenuity of woman is beyond the comprehension of man." Tom "What's wrong now?" Jack "Young Blank's fiance sent him an elaborately constructed penwiper for a birthday present and he wore it to church thinking it was a new-fangled wavat." MAC ROM TELLS HIS STORT Statement jof ' Leaving: His Reasons Pretoria. For MAIL OPENEO BY. BRITISH CENSOR 1e Sympathised With the Boer. He Says land He Couldn't Sacrifice Ills Self-Ke-spect by Serving; as Brltlih Consul Charges . That the Former : Consul Makes Against British Authorities. Wabhiwotoic, D. C. (Special). Charley E. Macrum, who abandoned the American Consulship at Pretoria under slngularjolr umstances, left -for East Liverpool, O., af ter Riving out for publication, a signed statement in which be explains his course. The statement 13, la part, as follows: : "The situation In Pretoria was such that Orst, as an Official, I eould not remain there while my Qovernmeut at home was apparently In the dark as to the exact con ditions In South Africa. Secondly, as a man and cltieaq -of the Cuited States, I ' could not remain In" Pretoria, sacrificing my own self-respect and that of the people of Pretoria, while the Government at home continued to leave me in the position of a British Consul and not an American Con sul. , . ' "I want to say. right here that there was .not one single request made of me through the Department of State looking to the care of British interests in Pretoria which I did not fulfill and report upon according to my orders. On the other hand, Ameri can interests In South Afrlna were In that condition which demanded that the De partment of State should be cognizant of them. .,. "I issued the 'statement received from the State Department that Americans must remain neutral. In the face of -this. Americans were-continually going to the front and taking up arms in the cause, of the Boers. I also know that many of them. In utter despair at the apparent attitude of our own Government, were taking the oath of allegiance to .the Transvaal Republic. When affairs had ' reached that state that my Vice Consul,- Mr. Van Amerigen, closed up his business, took the oath of alle giance to the republic, and went to the front as a burgher, I thought the time had . come when ! should make a report of these conditions.) V "The malt for the Transvaal had been all stopped at Capei Town by order of the High Commissioner. ! When this mail was finally forwarded to me, after Colonel Stowe, the Consul General at Cape Town, had secured its release, I haJ the humiliation - as the representative of the American Govern ment of sitting in my office In Pretoria and looking upon envelopes bearing the official seal of the American Government opened and officially sealed with a sticker notify ing me that the contents had been read by the censor at' Durban. "The misrepresentations which-had been going on before the' war and. arter It opened were of- such a serious nature and would- require -such detailed explanation that on November 6 I filed cable to the department, in code, stating that I wished leave of absence to visit the States. I re ceived from the , department a . reply ad vising m that my presence at Pretoria wa3 Important to public Interests. "On the 8th I telegraph again; advising the department; that the situation was not critical and that my: presence in. America -was important. No reply was received. I Wired again on the 11th. No reply was re ceived to this. On the 14th I again wired the department. ' On the 18th I again filed a cable. To this I received a reply Immedi ately, which was a reiteration of the reply to my. first cable. "December 4 I received this reply from the department to my cablegram of the 14th: , . . . :; - - ."'You may Come home. Put Atterbury temporarily ln charge. Department will send man from, here.' "I left Pretoria the night ' of December 16, and arrived, In Washington February 5. "On my way to Washington, beliaving that I was -still the Consul in Pretoria, I refused to make any statement that would Involve tho department or .embarrass It. My one object was to lay- information be fore the department , as to the true state of affairs in South Africa. If the department thought thesej facts were of a value suffi cient to warrant the expenses of the trip I had taken I expected to be remunerated and return to Pretoria. "Instead of this, I find Secretary Hay saw fit not to wait until I could present my reasons in person and lias bedn a silent or; conniving partner to discrediting reports ofmyomeial acts. I come home, to find an attempt has been made to tear down my reputation; . . "I wish to state right here that when I accepted my post as Consul I knew noth ing of any secret alliance between America and Great! Britain, and that I had seen nothing in the regulations which made the Consul of jthe American Republic subject to the whlgis and caprice of an English military censor at. Durban. I came to Araerioa with a motive of which I am hot ashamed." i t SHREWD COUNTRY POSTMASTE RS. HqwThey Increase the Showing of Busi ness Done by Them. Washisoton D. C. (Special). Thrifty oountry- postmasters .will be surprised when they learn of the check which tho postal authorities havo designed to put upon them- in future. As is generally known, all postmasters, except the one in New York City, whose salary is fixed by law, have thoar salaries ganged by tho amount of luoriey received during the year from tho sale of postage stasips. It has for years been the custom of coun try postmasters to swell the sales of stamps at their respective offices far in excess of the business of the town or. village, and thus render -themselves eligible for 'in creased pay, by Inducing-New York mer chants and manufacturers who live in suburban towns of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, and who use great quan tltiss of postage stamps in their business, to purchase these stamps from the village or town postmaster. i More than $1,000,000 in stamps bought In country post offices are handled . In New York City alone yearly, and as a result the local authorities get no credit tor the work they have to do with this big mail. Steps have been taken to stpp this scheme to benefit the country postmasters at the expense of those in the large cities. Hereafter al postage stamps delivered to postmasters will bear a Department private ; mark, which, it Is thought, will put a stop to the business: This new rule will go fhto force pretty soon. . Peanut Crop is Targe,. The present crop of peanuts, while not of excellent quality. Is abnormally large. ArrestedFor KIlliiiR His Aged Wife. I William J. Garland, of Philadelphia, who has been running a saloon in Phce'in, Va., for several months, has been; arrested charged with the murder of his wife, whom he married in Camden, N. J six months ago. He Is thirty years old; she was sev enty and rich. When the woman's body was examined; by physicians, a pinhole was found through the heart. Garland denies the crime. . (i j rr : . '. Naral Acaduiy'i, New Commander. Bear-Admiral Nair has been; detached from the command of the Naval Acndemy at Annapolis, Md. Commander P.ichant Walnright succeeds him. . Newy tile tninz Paris "needi 700,000 quarts 'of mils a day.- v I ;.' ; . - '. ' Pirates were reported both numerous, and bold (n China. , There is an increased demand for Ameri can cOat In France aud England. The Peary Arctic Club will send a relief expedition from Brooklyn on the Windward about July 15; , ' , i The 3602 national banks of the United States bold fl,013,122 nickels and cents in their cash reserves. . . The new smokeless powder for sports men introduced by the French Government has many advantages overthe articie for merly .use. FRICK FIGHTS CARNEGIE. He Brings a.: Sensational $uit in Equity, Alleging Fraud- Keveals the Ainaslng fronts Which Art Made by the Carnegie Steel Company. PiTTSBt-RO. Tenn. (Special). The threat ened suit in equity of II. C. Frlclc against Andrew Carnegie was filed Tuesday In tb Court of Common Pleas. Mr. Frlck makei the charge against Mr. Carnegie of roal. evolence, fraud and' personal animosity toward Friek. The suit Is by H.C. Frlck, plaintiff, against the Carnegie Steel Com pany, Limited, and the stockholders, the rule requiring that all, even those In sym pathy with Mr. Frlck, shall be. included in the suit. : ( ' Frlck seeks to restrain Carnegie from forcing him to sell out his Interest in the property except at his own -terras. Frlck declares that the company's profits for 1H99 reached the-staggering sum of 421,000,000, after all expenses bad been paid. . - In November of last year Carnegie esti mated the net profits for 1900 at 10.000.0()0, and Frlck then estimated them at 12,000, 000. : j Frlck claims the credit Tor the firm's enor mous profits, lie thinks Carnegie is now about to assume the management and tliU, he avers, will eventually result j iu great financial loss. He declares that he was forced out of- the company by i personal malice oh the part of Mr. Carnegie. Frlck also declares that his interest In the oompany Is valued at f 16.23,000, but that Carnegie is trying to make: him take 6,000,000. . j Forty partners are named In the bill, which makes thirty-nine pages of printed matter. The main points in it! are that Carnegie valued the entire property at over 250,000;-000, and avowed his ability, in ordinarily prosperous times, to sell it on the London market for 500,000,000. -Frick claims that while he was actively engaged in making the business profitable, - Carnegie lived In New York, passed much of his time abroad, at onetime, for eighteen consecutive months. He did not pretend to manage the current business, 'although ho was consulted as to important' matters. "The business from 1892 to 1900 was enor mously profitable, growing In l'-nps and jumps from year to year until, In! 1899, the ilrm actually made on low-prleed con tracts in net-profits, after paying ail ex penses of all kinds, 21,000,000. In Novem ber, 1899, Carnegie estimated the net prof its for 1900 at $10,000,000, nnd Frick then estimated them at f42,000,000. In M y, 1899,. Carnegie actually received in cash, aud still keeps, f 1,170,000 given him as a mere bonus for his ninety days! option to sell his 68,i per cent. Interest in this steel company for $157,950,000. Frick's six per cent., on that basis, would be worth 16, 287,000. . i - .Frick now alleges that, right at the height of this enormously successful busi ness, whereby, at least, in part,) lie" made for Carnegie these enormous profits and .values, Carnegie suddenly ami with mal evolent Intent towari him, on December 4, 1899,'arbltrarUy demanded of him bis res ignation as chairman and this without any reason except to gratify Carnegie's malice. Frlck, in the interest of harmony, guv his resignation and subsequently, otf Jttnuary 11, 1900, after Carnegie had thus! deprived him of hLs oflloo, he (Carnegie) de manded of Frlck that he (Frlck) should sell to the firm his iuterBt In it at a flgur which would amount to less than oj-hall of wbat;this luterest Is fairly worth, x'rlck refused to sell at that price, but j offered to sell and allow three men to value the in terest sold. Carnegie refused this and left Frlck, threatening him for not yielding to his demand. Frlck now alleges that after his resigna tion and at the time of this last Interview Carnegie was fraudulently uuJ secretly, without Frick's knowledge or consent, at tempting to carry out a scheme wlii r!, II successful, would mable Carnngie, as Car negie hoped, to o-i nliscnte Frick's interest in the firm at pnbably not ljnuch ovn thirty-three peroe'it. or Its real jratui that Is, say not over $6,190,000 for what, on the basis of Carnegie' j opinion, Was wortli $10,233,000. I ' FLOODS IN NEW ENGLAND. Heavy Rains Cause Damage to Property and Long of Ijlfe. j Boston, Mass. (Special). The gales of the equinox have scarooly everj exceeded In force the storm which swept! over New. England, leaving in its wako jiamage by flood that. Is almost incalculable!.' For twenty four hours a hwivy rain, after wiping away what few traces thre were of snow. and Ice, brought to a c!im:ix the most unseasonable winter INew Eng land has known for a great mauy years. Tributary bodies of water, which a Tew weeks ago were so low that the almost un heard of condition of drought in mld-win'-ter was threatened, have been changed in to Jferrents of more threatening volume tjtnn in the usual spring freshets. From drought to flood, with all the damage done at both extremes to the manufacturing, logging and Ice-harvestlug Interests, is now added the oost.of replacing bridges swept away and of repairing rail way and highway beds torn upi Tbo most extensiye damage reported is plong the Merrlmacs and Connecticut Rivers. I At Manchester; N. H., Aimer II. Jacitson, a mlllhand, attomfcjed to jump over a rivu let, but fell into the water and was washed away and drowned. Dispatches from various sections of Ver mont end Maine place the rainfall at over three inches. I In the Champlain Valley rain has lasted nearly five days, so that the after effects are expected to be more serious than now' appears. At North Adams, Mass.j the HoosI: Biver ran stronger and higher than at any time for thirty years, several mills having their lower floors flooded, with damage ex ceeding t 10,000. Along tho Kenneback River lnMaine th-5 Ice Is so weak that it is likely to break up, hnd with the ice go all prospects for a harvest this season. ' From all points In New England come reports of heavy damage to mill property apd the destruction of small bridges by Ice jams. Boys Dead in a Closet. i The bodies of Charles Eeirne, elevon years old, and Martin LoefHer, nirie years old, both of New York City, jhave befin found in a closet In a vacant house near their home, whero they wore smothered. The lads were playmates. Oi- August 3 last they left their homes to take a swim in the North Biver. Since then their late has been a mystery until the decomposed bodies were found by two plumijers.- They must have died a horrible death. White Wan Lynched In Tam James Sweeney, white, wa3 lynched by a mob at Port Arthur, Texas.' Sweeney wa-l a'cottonscrewmnn foreman, ani had killed Charles Crambach, a fellow labjrer, by jamming a bayonet through UU neck. A jury had acquitted him of the charge of murder. Triple Murder in Florida. Mr. Boberts and hi3 two sisters were murdered at their home near Jacksonville, Fla., a few nights ago. Roberts had a safe In his house which often contained much money. AH three persons had been killed with an axe. Prominent People, The late Duke of Westminster had an annual Income of 3,750,000. - General J. C. Bates is one cf the few of ficers who speak the Filipino dialect flu ently. , . Henry Clews, the New York banker, finds his best recreation in working out difficult chess problems. President Eliot, of Harvard, is some thing of a pedestrian, and never rides when time and distance permit him to walk. ; When General Hector MacDonaM re ceived his call to proceed from India to South Africa he wns engaged in writing a monograph on the training of savage iroois. iIEVV THE S EPITOMIZED .Washington Item. Resolutions on the dath of Mr. Cbleker- tng, of Njsw York, were adopted and a committee to attend his funeral was ap pointed, after which tho House adjourned. All Ferrouh Bey, the Turkish Minister, who has been absent from Washington for nearly a vcar, called at the State Depart ment anV renewed bis acquaintance with Secrotarvj Hay, who congratulated him on his returri. A reciprocity arrangement with Italy was signed by Couimlssfonur Kasson and Ambassador Kava. Senator Allison In a speevh for the Cur rency bill declared that all, dollars wero now on a parity with the gold dollar. The House Committee on Military Affairs completed tho Army Appropriation bill. It enrrtes S111,700H. .against ).0JO,lO4dn the bill for the current year. It Is said that ratification of the Hav Pauncetote Canal Treaty Is not to be made a party question iu the Senate. The Navy Department has askej for an appropriation of f71.000.OO0. Congrews Is likely to allow tt tG5,000,000. . ' The Controller of the Treasury, has de rided that the enumerators or the deaf, dumb and bliud are ntttled to receive thn same rates of pay as for .the restricted enumerations, viz., five cenU for each name returned. Consul Hill, at Amsterdam, has trans mitted an appenl for al l of the diamond workers, 8000 of whom are out of work on aocount of the South African war. Former! Consul Mnorum returned to Washington, where it wns said that be Is not the bearer of a message frota Kruger to President McKI-nley. I ' Our Adopted Islands. Governor Leary of Guam wants a library for that Island. Ocneral Ludlow says the ruhlla schools will be opened iu Havana on 'May 1. The civil government will go into effect July 1. Tuerto Klco is taking great luterest In the good roads movement Inaugurated by General Boy 8. Ptoue. Honolulu Is now absolutely free from the plague, j The island of Tutulla, one part of the Samoan group, has beu placed under the control o.f tho Navy Department. Assis tant Secretary'Alleu Is charged with Its ad ministration. General; Wood and Ills party returned to Havana, having completed their tour of the island. j loma!i-. The-House of Bt'resntatlvs at Colum-' bus. Ohio, bv a vote of C5 to .13, passed t ho Safllii-Anti-ConvJct 'Contract Lnlxir bill which is modelled nftir a law of the same kind now in force In New York State, The proposed and inevitable Increase In' the strength (ft the nrmy will demnnd a enrresoudlng increase iu the strength of the corps of cadets at the West Point Mili tary Academy. The. Maryland Legislature voted down resolution of sympathy with the Boers, ex-Mayor iLatrob" saying that greed for gold was jtho cauio of tho war sin South Africa. .'; - Frederick Kalfur, of Brooklyn, will re-; ccive $15,911 from tho Brooklyn Bapid Transit Company, us a result of n decision, of tho Court of Appeals. - Ho sued the com-, pany through his guardian for damages for personal iiijurls . sustained by being run over ty one of its cars, aud won his. case in nil tho courts. Charb'S Moran, alias Boed. was onptured when about to blow open the safe iu the post,o11cn at Nautlcoko, renn. He was taken before United States. Commissioner, Ilahii, in jWllketdMirre, nnd, in default of J2000 bail j committed to Jail. Henry B. and Henry E. Mason, of the . law firm of Maon Brothers, Chicago, were declared bankrupts nnd ndiev-ed of liabil ities aigrvjiat lug i40t,00O. TliHr assets are $7(10,000;, consisting principally of ln cumbered rMl t'stal. The Nif 'York Assembly, at Albany, un-' ccreinonliMi.ly klllod Mr. .Maher!s bill, abolishing capital punishment for murder in the first dcr". Fifty Irish-American nurses, who are go-' lug to South Afrirta to the war, sailed on : tho French lino sl(iimshlp I.a (lascogno for France. -Tlioy nri) uolpg m Bed Cross nurses, but it is said they will make for tho Boc-r side id the battlefields. At I lie Anti-Trust Conforenco in Chicago the Besolutlons Committee ngreed to re port in favor of Oovorumtsut ownership cf railroads!. ; ; Speeches weri uiade by ex Governor; All geld, Mayor Jones, ex-Attor-ney-Gener.al Mohnott, Tom L. Johnson; George Fred Williams und others. Sirs. Grice Brady', widow of the young stock broiter who committed suicide some months ngo, killed herself in New York City.'. Yale, eeii-lors petitioned the faculty to abolish till; sophomore secret societies, de claring they are the "destructive factor of that democratic feeling" which ha-i distin guished Yiilo Life. Siona Martin, twelve years old, was drowned Iu the Nashua Biver at South Fltchbiirg, Ma9., during hir attempt to leave her; home, which rislrg water had surrounded. . Kasimar Adarnowsk i, a special delivery messenger at the Chicago Postoffloe,- U under arrest In Chicago and Mag confessed to the theft Of scores of letters. All Ferrouh Bey, Turkish Minister to the United States, arrived at New York. City aboard the French Line eten nshlp La Gas cogne. He was accompanied by his wife. They wont: to Washington. . Under tho auspices of the United Irish Societies of Chicago thlrty-nlno young soldiers left Chicago bound for Nw York City, whence they will sail' for Lorenzo Marques to act as an ambulance corps lu tho Boer army. f l" Forelrn. The London streets are In a fearful con dition from tho snow and sleet, and many 'pedestrians have sustained fractured limbs -from falling on the icy pavements. - The horses bavo suffered greatiy, many having to be shot after breaking their Ieg3. Sev eral gales havo swept the coast. The British War Office Issued details of a reconnaissance b.i February 12, by Lord D undonald's cavalry, which has been do ing the scouting work for General Buller, aud some skirmishing near Springfield,- iu ' which a lieutenant and six men were cap tured by the Boers. .' ' The entire Australian Infantry, now with the British? forces la South Africa, has been mounted. This was dono because most of thn men were fine horsemen. Only fifteen per cent, of the command ne'ded coaching.) Tho remaining eighty-five per cent were thoroughly at home on a horse. Tho British Indian Office has received a dispatch from Lord Curzon, the Indian Viceroy, In which he says that the (lit tress arising from the famine is steadily lucreas iog and that thofe now In receipt of relief tiuinljjtr 3,j7fcd,0 0. Several 1 hundred relcafed Spanish pris oners have arrived at Barcelona, SpalD, and thoy stated that they owed their free dom to Aguiualdo. Princo Henry of Prussia was welcomed back to Berlin by his brotfrer., Emperor William, and enthusiastic throngs oj clll zons. ; .. j i A large fcumber of Erltons residing In Berlin, under the age of thirty, have re ceived orders calling them home for mili tary service. The last storm In England developed in to a blizzard. It is intensely cold lu Lon don, and reports of severe weather are coming in! from ull paris of' the CclteJ Kingdom.! Telegraphic communication was seriously interrupted. George Wyudhaai announced Injhe Brit ish Parlli(nent that the Government will attempt to democrat lue the nrmy by mak ing it possible for men who are not rlsh to be officers. j British Commissioners Kiddle and Suth erland, who had heen engaged In the de marcation of the Burmo-Chinese boundary, have been murdered In the Monghem Dis trict. Consul Litton was wounded, but escaped; j 1 Heavy anowfalls throughout Germany have greatly Interfered with railway and telegraphic communications. The Boers have takeu Inkandln, a Zulu land magistracy. The Magistrate the night previous exploded the magazine and, with his staff and the police, fvacu ated the place and Droceedeq to Eahowe.
The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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