The Weather To-day: FAIR.
The News and Observer.
VOL. XLVI. NO. 105.
LEADS ILL NORTH GAROUNA MLB 11 NEWS AND CIRC I.JMON.
- A 3* ——————
SORTOFBANQUO'S
GHOST LETTER
Mr. Campbell’s Written and
Oral Testimony at War.
LETTER ASKED LOW RATES
HE NOW DECLARES IT A MIS
TAKE OF STENOGRAPHER
• . i
DISCRIMINATION IN FAVOR OF NORFOLK
Mr. Prouty Said tha lower Freight Rates to
that City Were Obtained T hrough its
Doing a Larger Business
than Charleston.
Washington. July 11.—Tho hearing of
Hit* Charleston rate case was continued
before the Inter-State Commission to
day. Tim Charleston Bureau railed as
witnesses William Campbell, General
Freight Agent of the Chicago and East
ern Illinois Railway, ami T. A. Em
inerson. General Freight Agent of the
Southern Railway lit charge of the
Charleston route. The witnesses of the
defendant carriers wen* H. W. R.
t Hover, of Richmond, Traffic Manager
of the Seaboard Air-Line, and J. M.
Culp, of Washington. Traffic Manager,
of the Southern Railway.
When Mr. Campbell was nsk«*d the at
titude of his mad to the Southern rate
quest,ion. he n*plied that the business
south of the Ohio was so small that it
had not commanded much attention. lie
thought the rates as they stood were
low enough ami he did not see much
use in reducing them.
At this Mr. Bryan produced a letter
written by Mr. Campbell in March, 'l SOS,
to the Charleston Bureau of Freight
and Transportation, in which he char
acterized rate's charged by the roads
south of the Ohio as exorbitant amt
inimical to the business interests of the
South. The letter said in part:
“To my mind the information you
furnish points conclusively to the fact
that the direct roads from this terri
tory are losing business which should
accrue to them. * * *
As a matter of fact I believe you will
agree with me that the rates charged
south of rim riwr as a rule, aiv exliorbi
taiit and act as a barrier to the inter
change of products between the West
mid South. Undoubtedly if the South
ern roads would n]*en up and show the
same spirit to productive industries as
is shown by our road and the roads o 1
the Northwest, the spirit of industry
would lie stimulated ami the Southern
roads in the end would lie lienefitted.
* * * As I stated some months ago.
I will favor the proi>ositioii or reduced
ratio to Charleston and run-the risk
of being charged with grossly discrimi
nating against intermediate and interior
points.”
Mr. Campbell hastened to say that this
letter i-onveyed a wrong impression,
that lie knew nothing about tin* rates
south of tile Ohio, except Through com
plaints that had been made to him
1 his nigh certain -hippers. He did not
know how he came to sign such a let-,
ter as the one produced by Mr. Bryan
except in tin* press of signing a large
mail at the end of a hard day’s work
when In* had- not time to check the er
rors of his stenographer. He said that
lie never heard of such a proposition as
that advanced yesterday by Mr. Ful
ton to pro-rate the through tariff to
southeast coast points and thus reduce
tin* rates. As lie understood the propo
sition it had been to re-adjust the divis
ion of profits between the roads n refill
of the Ohio and those south of it. not to
reduce the rates.
Commissioner Clements examined the
witness with some asperity as to the
difference lmtween his oral testimony
and his letter, lmt Mr. Campbell insis
ted that his only object had been to
get if possible a larger share of the
pro-rated charges for his own road.
General Freight Agent Emnierson, of
the Southern, was questioned by Com
missioner Calhotine to find why his
road moved grain for ocean freight from
the West through Charleston at from
eleven to sixteen mils and at the same
time chargid as high as thirty-two cents
on tin* same grain delivered sis inland
freight at Charleston. Mr. Emmerson
claimed that this foreign grain was
handled nr an actual loss. Tint that the
road used *it ns a Lower hold cargo to
help them make ra.tep in loading cotton
ft r c.vjMirt.
Commissioner Prouty also asked on
wlmt principle wit'iiess justified a twenty
' 'Vi ii cent freight from Kansas City to
Norfolk and charged forty-seven in the
same class to Charleston. Witless vid
thill the rate at Norfolk probably bad
heiii reduced by the greater bulk of
lmsinos ami tin* competition with the
Northern Trunk lines.
Mr. Bryan made tin* point that tin*
Southern, miming through both Norfolk
and Charleston ought to tie able to
«l*v« -t•• rates on the same mileage basis
to eat h.
H. W. B. Glover, of the ’Sonboa ml,
'■lid that tile all-rail rates from tin-
Most \veiv fair enough because tl*e,\
v.eio lower than any competing form ol
bind transi oitatjon. !,n support of this
he .demons '1 rated at some length 1 )iu<t
freight •hauled by wagon from Chicago
to < harleston would cost at least $12.0il
per hundred weight. This', in* said, was
a fair argument. He said that if rates
to Charleston were lowered to the level
of Norfolk, it probably would result
in handling an increased' tonnage at
Charleston, but whether the railroads
would be benefit ted in revenue was
problematic. Natural conditions of
population, wealth and prod in *li von *ss.
he said, prevented railroad rates in fin*
South being as low as those on the
big Northern trunk lines.
Questions liy Mr. Bryan developed that
the Seaboard carried South into the
Carol inns from Norfolk a large amount
of grain and packing house products. In
case through a lowering of rates phis
freight was brought, into Charleston di
rect. the Seaboard would get a very
short haul or none at all on the inland
distribution of this freight.
“And' yet you say,” cowtiiimsl Mr.
Bryan, “that your road lias not interest
in Norfolk.”
“I repeat that wo have no Interest
in Norfolk per se.’ returned Mr. Glover.
"Our interest is to build up the com
munity with which we do businesis.”
Mr. Glover said that he would not
consent to a traffic arrangement with
the* Clyde lone through Charleston be
cause his road coilid net handle ocean
freight brought in there as profitably
as they could through Norfolk.
Mr. Ctilp, of the Southern, followed,
making about the same points as Mr.
Glover against a .lowering of tin* Char
leston rates.
XAYA L M A NOT’ EVR ES.
London. July 11 .—Mobilization of the
naval mnneouvres ‘began today, 11S war
ships and about 2n,00 men taking part
it* the operations. One of tin* principal
objects of tin* maneoiivres is to exhaus
tively study tin* value of torpedo de
stroyers of which o 4 are employed.
A FAMILY DISPUTE
PLAINTIFF’S SUIT AGA'NST HIS SON-IN
LAW FOR PERJURY.
The Father and Daughter Both Swon that their
Signatures Were Forgeries. A Hickory
Young Man Wins College honors.
Hickory, X. C.. July 11. —(Special.)—
The principal topic of interest here for
the last two days lias been the trial of
S. G. Sharp for perjury. Mr. Sharp is
one of the best citizens of Catawba. The
prosecution was instituted by S. B. Wn
eastcr. his son-in-law under the following
circumstances. Waycaster as principal
borrowed money from X. C. Leathernrnn
on a note to which the name of Sharp
appeared as surety in Waycaster’s hand
writing. The name of Waycaster’s wife,
who is Sharp’s daughter, was also on the
note as a witness. ■ Sharp was indicted
for having sworn, when sued on the note,
that he had never authorized Waycaster
to sign for him.
Both Sharp anti his daughter, Mrs.
Waycaster swore that their names were
forged.
The case was heard before A. A.
\oiler and .T. P. Seitz, Justices of tin*
Peace. Three witnesses testified that
Sharp had admitted to them that he
had authorized the signing by Waycas
ter. But when the signatures to the note
were examined under a microscope it
appeared that several of the letters hud
been re-tom lied and the crossing of tin*
t in the signature of tin* witness had
been made with three different strokes of
the pen. These facts were fatal to tin*
contention of tin* State, as Waycaster
testified that In* saw the witness sign and
that she wrote her name without erasure
or alteration. Sharp was discharged and
Waycaster taxed with tin* .costs. Self
and Whitener appeared for the prosecu
tion and Thos. M. Ilufha.m for the de
fence.
I>r. Paul Murrill returned on Friday
morning from Anti) Arltor where lie
recently took the degree of Ph. J>„ at file
University of Michigan. He completed
the course in one year less than tin* usual
time mid fit the age of twenty-four.
HIS SKI LL CRUSHED IN.
The Assassination of Hon. Henry Sin
gletery Near Lacrosse.
Macon, Ga.. July 11.—A special to the
Telegraph from Lacrosse. Sumter conn*
ty. says that the representative of that
county. 11 on. Henry Singietery aged
sixty, was assassinated tonight whiie
going from his store to his home nearby.
The body was found a half hour after
the killing.
1 he head was crushed in as if by a
bludgeon. Dogs have been secured and
searching parties have gone from Ameri
cas and Leesburg.
IMPORT NEGRO MINERS.
Birmingham, Ala., July 11.—Five hun
dred coal miners at the Milidale mines
find the mines of tin* Standard Coal
Company at Brook wood, Tuscaloosa
comity went out on a strike today. They
claim the mines are not paying the wages
schedule agreed upon at the convention
of July 1.
The Robinson Mining Company. lead
ing ore producers of the Birmingham
district who have had a strike at their
‘mines for three weeks, on account of
refusal to advance wages, imported two
hundred negroes from Georgia last night,
and put them to work today without
much embarrassment.
WORK OF THE LIFE SAYERS.
u mdiifigloji, July 1 L—The Life Saving
Bureau has received the following tele
gram from Superintendent Hutchings at
fJalve-lim, Texas, wlm. with a force of
life savers has been operating in the
Hooded districts:
"Have rescind ."Yl2 people. Seven to
fifteen feel of Water over the rot tun
and cam* plantations. Some drowned,
Many narrow eseajies. Have surf
boat and hifrmwcd boat and seven men
operating niw under keepers,”
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 12, 1899.
ONLY ONE LIFE
LOST ON PORTIA
Though those on Board Es
caped With Difficulty.
SHIP STRUCK ON ROCKS
THEN SANK IN THE DEEP
WATER BEYOND.
A LITTLE ASSYRIAN BOY WAS DROWNED
Passengers Saved no Baggage. Halifax Steam
ers Brought Relief to those Shipwreck
ed and to the islanders With
Whom they Took Refuge.
Halifax. N. S.. July 11.—The steamer
Portia which struck on Big Fish Slmal
fifteen miles east of Halifax last night
filled and sank during the night. ,
The only victim of the* wreck was a
twelve-year-old Assyrian lad, known by
the* name of Basha, who was traveling
second-class, from New York to St.
Johns, N. F., where his mother lives.
Tito others on board the steamer in
eludinig seventy passengers and a crew of
thirty-four officers, and men, who were
lauded safely at Sambro Island, were
eared for there during tin?'night and will
he brought here today.
The accident, which happened about 7
o’clock p. til., and which is lielicved to
have been due t- * a dense fog. which
prevailed at the time, probably ends the
career of the Portia which was an iron
vessel of 72:> tons .fifteen years old.
The locality in which she struck is
very dangerous, and even before she
went down it was apparent that she was
badly damaged. It is considered proba
ble. however, that -attempts will be made
to reach parts of her cargo*aml the bag
gage of her passengers.
The accounts of the wreck which have
reacheu here last evening indicated that
the passengers and crew escaped from
the ship with comparative ease, but later
reports show that tin* work was not ac
complished without considerable difficul
ty.
The steamer had mounted tin* rocks
with a shock that was felt in every part
of her hull and all on hoard knew imme
diately what had happened. The next
moment, the heavy southwest swell lift
ed the steamer and forced her forward.
A hurried investigation showed that she
had been broken and was filling, and also
that she was in danger of being forced
across the shoal and thrown into deep
water beyond.
The captain ordered tin* boats to In*
made ready at twice. This was done and
the passengers including about thirty
women, filled them without confusion,
although the dangerous swell added peril
to the people. A hasty search of the
vessel was made for the lust lad. hut the
hoy could not he found. When last seen,
he was sea-sick, and it is thought lie had
crawled into some obscure corner to lie
down and thus escaped observation when
the searchers tried to find him.
The shipwrecked men and women all
were landed on Sambro Island which
was hardly two miles from the place
where the steamer lay. They were car
ed for there during tin* night, although
the accommodations were meagre. The
inhabitants of the island gave up their
homes and the provisions which were
scanty. The steamers A. C. Whitney
and Boyer, were dispatched from here
as soon s possible after the news of the
accident reached here, hearing food for
those at Sambro. The arrival of the
steamers early today bi-ought great relict
to the ship-wrecked men and women as
well as those who live oil the island.
At day break, those who had come on
the Portia were taken on board the two
steamers from Halifax, and they reached
here this morning.
None of the passengers saved their
baggage, and a number reported that
their money and jewels had been lost.
Ca>tnin Farrell, who left the Portia
last night to look after the safe landing
of the passengers, returned to the seem*
a few hours later on a Sambro lobster
steamer. It was found that the Portia
had been carried entirely over tin* slma!
and sunk in nine or ten fathoms of wa
ter. a short distance on the other side,
only tin* topmasts being visible above the
surface.
21 DEATHS FROM FEVER.
Washington. July 11.—Surgeon-Gener
al Sternberg has received two cables
from Maj. O’Reilly. Chief Surgeon at
Havana, regarding the yellow fever sit
uation. In the first he says:
"llnvnrd at Santiago. . telegraphs re
vised list today showing 122 eases with
twenty-four deaths. No eases in camp
in last three days. 11 end quarters order
ed to interior.”
The oilier dispatch reports two addi
tional eases of yellow fever, at Mnn
zanilo five in all.
LABOR HI BEATS CON YEN E.
Old Orchard. Maine, July 11. —A party
id State labor commissioners are i*n
route to Augusta to attend the annual
convention of tin* Association of Labor
Bureaus In the Failed Stale. The cone
oi l -siioici'H of Virginia and North Caro
lina are iooiiilhtx of the | arty.
Os the $1,1100,(1(10 increase in imports
to Mexico in the last eight months the
1 uited States furnished one-hall'.
MOURNING FOR GRAND DUKE.
The Court Will Show Its Sorrow Pub
licly Tin Months.
St. Petersburg. July 11.—Three
months’ court mourning for the death
of the Czarwili h. Grand Duke Georgt*
of Russia, brother of the Czar, who died
yesterday of consumption at Abbas
Tanias in the Caucasus, lias been or
dered.
THE IMPERIAL .MANIFESTO.
'l'lie Official Messenger today publishes
an imperial manifesto worded as fol
lows:
“Our beloved brother and heir to the
throne, the Grand Duke, George Alex
amlroviteli. died at Abbas Tiniinn. June
2N, told style!. The illness which attack
ed him might, it was Imped, field to the
treatment initiated and the influence of
the Southern climate. But. God willed
otherwise. In submitting without a
murmur to the decree of Providence, we
call our faithful subjects to share our
deep sorrow with us and to offer fervent
prayers for the repose of the soul of our
departed brother.
"Henceforward, and so long as it may
not please God to bless us with a son,
the right of succession to the throne de
volves, according to the precise definition
of the law of succession, upon our be
loved brother, the Grand l)nke Michael
A lexandroviteh.
i Signed.) “NICHOLAS.”
ALGER WILL NOT RESIGN.
Washington. July 11.—It may be au
thoritatively stated that reports that Sec
retary Alger has tendered his resignation
are without foundation.
GUNS GO TO TRANSVAAL
ENGLAND STILL SHIPS ARMS AN!) MUM
% TIONSCF WAR.
Mr. Chamberlain Thinks the Frarchise Scheme
Will have no Immediate Effect on the
Status of Outlandirs.
London, July 11.—The Seventy-Third
Battery of Artillery has been ordered
to South Africa, making the fifth bat
tery of field artillery now under orders
for the (’ape. All the gun-carriages o'
these batteries are being painted to
match the local colors.
Thirty machine guns were shipped to
the Transvaal.
EFFECT OF THE FRANCHISE.
London. July 11.—The I’arilanienrary
secretary for tho War Office. Mr. Wynd
lium. replying to a question in tire
House of Commons today said the com
munication published by -tin* London
Times July 7. giving the name of Brit
ish officers detailed to proceed to Smith
Africa to organize tin* forces there, bad
been sent with the knowledge of the
Marquis of Latitsdowne, Secretary of
War.
'Lhe Secretary of State for the Colo
nics, Mr. Chamberlain, in the course of
a reply to Sir Henry Campbell-Banner
man. liberal leader in the House on
the subject of President Kruger’s latest
proposals, said that in tin* absence of
fuller information if was impossible to
he certain as to the practical effect of
the franchise scheme hut. so far as he
was aide to judge, it would have no
immediate effect -on the representation
of the outlamlers in the first Yolksraad.
and In* was not certain the ou t landers
would be able to carry any of the new
seats allotted to them in the Rand
until a very much later date.
BRITISH WARSHIPS ARRIVE.
Lottrenzo, Maritez. Delagoa Bay. July
11.—TIk* British seemm-cliiss cruiser
Doris and the first-class gunboat
Widgeon, with Rear Admiral Sir Robert
ii. Harris in command of the Cape and
West African station on hoard the
cruiser, have arrived here.
OFFER TROOPS TO ENGLAND.
Brisbane. Queensland, July 11. —Tin*
Government of Queensland has cabled
to (lie Secretary of State for tin* Col
onies. Mr. Chamberlain, offering -•"><*
mounted infantry, with a machine gun
for service in South Africa in ease of
hostilities lit ween Great Britbin and tin*
Transvaal.
WHEELER IS EX ROUTE.
He Will Sail for Manila or the Twen
tieth.
Washington, July 11. —Gen. Joseph
Wheeler left Washington tills afternoon
on route to the Philippine Island. He
will sail for Manila on the 20th.” T
have no plans of campaign." he said,
to an Asociated Press reporter today,
and shall not know wlrat I am to do
until I receive my instructions from
General Otis. 1 should like’to have it
understood,” In* continued, that 1
go to tin* Philippines in an entirely sub
ordinate capacity. Net only General
Otis, but Generals Lawton and Mae-
Arthur will rank me, and it is proper
that they should, for while Generals
Lawton and MacAruthr.r were my ju
niors they have been in tin* field while
I have not and deserve to have plain's
superior to any assignment that may be
given me.”
He said hi* would not resign his
seat in the House.
THE OR LEA XI ST INTRIGUES.
Paris. July 11. — At a Cabinet meeting
today the Minister of the Interior con
tinued the authenticity of the Orleanist
intrigues set forth in the report of the
prefect of police, published by the Ga
zette Do France yesterday. An investi
gation will la* made in order to find out
ho,\v R reached the newspapers.
TEACHERS GATHER
AT LOS ANGELES
Cablegram of Congratulation
to Peace Conference,
PRES. LYTE’S ADDRESS
DECLARES WE NEED NO GREAT
STANDING ARMY.
SCHOOL NUnStRkS OF PATRIOTISM
Republic a Higher Form of GovernrfDnt Than
Monarchy--Our Moral Tone Would be
Lowered Were a Standing
Army Nec sstry.
Los Angeles. Cal.. July 11. —The city
is en fete today and music of bands is
heard <»n every hand. The delegates
arriving today will number fully ”,.">OO.
When tin* last special arrived from Chi
cago tomorrow it is estimated that there
will be over 12,000 teachers in the city.
Tho Board of Directors of the X. E. A.,
at their meeting today. ui.ianiuiottsly
passed the following resolution, offered
by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, of New
York:
“Resolved. That the Pry idem of the
National Educational Association, lie re
quested to send the following telegram
of congratulation on behalf of the Asso
ciation to the American delegates to the
Peace Conference now in session at The
Hague:
"Andrew D. White, chairman of the
American Delegation to Peace Confer
ence. The Hague, Holland:
“ *Tlio National Educational Associa
tion in convention assembled, tenders to
the Peace Conference heartiest congrat
ulations on success which lias attended
the lnoble e..< rt in behalf of the principle
of arbitration.' ”
After the orchestra had played
Mozart's overture to “Don Joan” Pres
ident Eliphant Oram Lyte. of Milier
ville. l*a.. delivered his address. Refer
ring to the late war he said:
"Our history has demonstrated that we
have iiio need of ;i great standing army.
It lias demonstrated that in every State
may Ik* found an army ready at a mo
ment's notice to defend our flag against
every foe. And the army is not mar
shalled by military chieftains, but by
educational chieftains. A strong nation
is made, not by barracks for troops, but
by school houses for children; not by re
cruiting officers, but by school masters:
not by rifled cannon and Mauser bullets
and war vessels, but 'by books and news
paper and churches.
“That nation is strong whose citizens
obey the law without seeing a standing
army behind the law. That nation is
strongest whose laws are based mi civil
law and whose citizens obey both divine
and hitman laws, because they are right.
"A child obeys his teacher, who to him
is the law. The child’s law must be
concrete, as the abstract is the result of
a higher form of thought than the con
crete; so a republic is a higher type of
government than a monarchy. We may
need an army to subjugate the Philip
p lies. lit the United States would he
distinctly lowered in .moral tone if it
should ever become necessary to main
tain permanently within the United
States a great stnding army to secure to
its inhabitants the blessings of peace. If
this is true how great is the responsi
bility of the American school teacher.
Patriotism is in the air: it is the normal
condition of living under our flag.”
This evening's session was as largely
attended as had been the one in the
afternoon. Dr. W. T. Harris, U. S.
Commissioner of Education, delivered an
appropriate and interesting address on
“An Educational l’olicv of our New Pos
sessions.” Ileniry S. Townsend, Inspec
tor General of Schools, of Hawaii, made
a thoughtfully conceived address on the
subject "The Educational Problem, in
Hawaii.”
UPRISINGS ARE EXPECTED.
Refugees Ready to Talcc up Arms
Agaiiivt Cabrera.
San Francisco, Cal.. July 11.—Mail ad
vices from Guatemala confirm tin* re
ports of an. approaching crisis in the
Central American republic. That the
dissatisfaction will lead to a revolution
against the administration of President
Cabrera seems hardly likely in view of
the fact that there is no money in the
country to organize anything approach
ing a formidable insurrection. Upris
ings in the cities arc, however, ex
pected, and w hile they may not result
in Cabrera’s downfall, they will cause
great lost, to invested capital.
Ii is by no means luuiikely that for
eign governments especially, the United
States and Germany and possibly Eng
land. may lie called upon to interfere,
if they have not been requested to do
so already.
Numerous tab s of political prisoners
being shot to death by thrir guards, act
ing under his orders are being eircula
tcd. It is said that five thousand refu
gees in Salvador and as many more in
Mexico and Honduras are ready to take
ui» arms against Cabrera.
Le Soir declares that on July 17*. Gen.
Ganmnt. Commander-in-Chief and Yiee-
President of the Supreme Council of
■War. w ill be replaced by General Bru
gere, who was last week appointed Mil
itary Governor of Paris.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CHINESE IN CUBA.
('him isn.l General Fears Govern
n **2 ill Shut Out Emigrants.
J
Havana, July 11.—The Chinese Con
sul-General has filed a strong objection
to the decision, of Governor-Genera!
Brookes that commercial treaties be
tween Spain and other foreign countries
do not apply to Cuba, as was formerly
the ease, and that, future tmat.v ar
ran gen Guts must be made with the
United States in the name of Cuba. The
ground of bis objection is bis fear of
emigration restrictions. Under *h<* 0',.1
regime. Chinamen were admitted ami
immigrations encouraged and they are
now to be found in all parts of the
island, employed principally as house
servants, though many -work on tie.*
plantations and in the sugar mills,where
they have proved excellent In !{>.
HE WILL BE RETIRED.
Washington. July IL Brigadier Asa
B. Carey, Paymaster General of the
:piny will he retired tomorrow, having
f ] tidied the age of sixty-four years. lie /
w ill lie succeeded as Paymaster General
i\y General Alfred E. Bates, mently
Vxlitary atPadie of the United Slates
Embassy at London.
BAPTIST YOPTH'S’ UNION.
Richmond. Yn.. July IL Del 'gates to
the International Convention of lie* Bap
tist Young People’s Union, which meets
hire on Thursday began To arrive to
night. and it is expected that the dele
gations from about half of the Sinus
will have reported by tomorrow after
noon.
CHILD DIES AMID FLAMES
A DPZtN OTHLR PERSONS INJURFD, NONE
OF WHOM VHILDIF.
Burning of a Five-Story Tenement in New
York--Many People Fly in Their
Night Clothes.
New York, July 11.— Fire at o'clock
this' morning in a five-story brick tene
ment house at 101 Monroe street caused
the death of a little girl and injured a
dozen other persons, of whom
lie. Fifteen families livid in tin* house
and the loss i.f life would have been
large but for the heroic efforts of the
firemen. The dead:
RACHEL SII.RER. six years old.
terribly burned.
The most seriously injured:
SAMUEL LFNDOX. badly burned
about the head, hands, arms and body.
MRS. BESSIE BOSSICK, nr, years
old. badly burned about the face and
body.
Ten others were overcome by smoke
or are suffering from burns.
The fire started in the apartment cf
Max Press', on tin* fourth floor, and
when discovered had made strong head
way. The fourth Hoot* families escaped
down the stairway in their night clothes.
Oil tin* fifth fieer lived the Busches and
Silber families, who escaped to the roof
and thence were conveyed to a neighbor
ing house. Little Rachel Si I her was so
badly burned that she died a few hours
later at a hospital.
The people taken down by fie* fire
men were laid on tin* sidewalk and :e
--suscitated according to me "First Aid
to the Injured" rules which Dr. .lane
way helped to teach the firemen some
months ago. When the hospital ambu
lance came the surgeons said that some
of tin* victims would have died lad
net the firemen helped diem in ibis wav.
The financial loss to tenanrs and building
is $2,.11 Ml.
ROAD BUILDERS INSTITUTE.
Charlotte, X. C„ July 11. —At the ses
sion the Road builders Institute in
Charlotte, tonight. M. (). Fldridge of the
Government oliice of Road Enquiry in
Washington, delivered a valuable illus
trated address on the benefits and
methods in modern mad building. Gen
eral Keystone, director of this bureau
will arrive Thursday morning. Tomor
row tin* many delegates in attendance
will examine the macmlam mads being
built by convicts and tomorrow night
will meet and discuss important high
way problems.
ELIAS HATFIELD SURRENDERS.
Chicago. July 11.—A special to the
Record fmm Louisville. Ky.. says:
"Elias Ilattieid, the noted desperado and
sen of "Devil Alls" Hatfield, leader of
the Hatfield-McCoy feud that cost Mi
lives, surrendered to Governor Atkinson,
of West Yirginia. in person to-day at
Gray. Hatfield shot Sheriff Ellis a
week ago and lias been holding off a
posse in the Kentucky mountains. He
sent word that lie would surrender to
Governor Atkinson today.
TO PROSECUTE DRUCE CLAIM.
London. July 11.—The Pall Mall Ga
zette says a syndicate in tin* city has
subscribed 10,000 pounds to prosecirtc
the Druce Claim to tbe Dukedom of
Portland and that arrangements have
been concluded for the subscription of
another 10,000 pounds.
POLICE REPORTS EXAGGERATE
Paris, July 11.—It is believed that lhe
lice reports regarding the Royalist pints
are exaggerated. Comte Bold ile Cas
tellnne Paul Peroulde and Jules Guerin,
the deputy, all deny the sttements of tho
police concerning them. i
Tile Navy Department has dispa
to Admiral Dewey tin* medal
to him bv Act of Congress to
orate tin* battle of Manila Bay. jUBjSm