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The News and Observer.
VOL. XLVII. NO. 88.
mm ILL NORTH CAROLINA iiUES 11 NEWS AMD WKiiitl
MOODY CULLED TO
THE HIGHER LIFE
The Great Evangelist Dies at
East Northfield.
DEATH DUE TO OVERWORK
HIS HEART HAD BEEN WEAK
FOR SOME TIME.
HE BROKE DOWN IN KANSAS CITY. MO.
His Last Words Yesterday, Spoken in Tones of
Deep Joy, Were, “I See Eadh Receding;
Heaven is Opening; God is
Calling Me.”
East Northfield, Mass., Dec. 22.
Dwight Lt. Moody, the evangelist, whose
fame was workl-wide, died at his home
hero at noon today. His family were
gathered at his bedside and the -lying
man’s last moments were spent in com
forting them.
Early in the day Mr. Moody realized
that the end was not far off and talked
with his family at intervals, being con
scious to the last, except for a few faint
ing spells, lie revived, and with won
derful display of strength in his voice,
said in a happy strain:
“What’s the matter? What« going on
here?”
One of the children replied:
“Father, you have not been quite so
well and so we came in to see you.”
A little later Mr. Moody talked quite
freely to his sons, saying:
“I have always been an ambitious
man, not ambitious to lay up wealth,
but to leave you work to do, and you’re
going to continue the work of the school
in Bast Northfield and Mount Herman
and of the 'Chicago Bible Institute.”
As the noon-day hour grew near the
watchers at his bedside noted the ap
proach of death. Several times his lips
moved as if in a prayer, but the articu
lation was so faint that the words could
not ibe heard.
.Tust as death came Mr. Moody awoke
as if from si number and said with much
joyousness:
“I see earth receding: heaven is open
ing; God is calling me,” and a moment
later he expired.
HIS DEATH UNEXPECTED.
It was not expected until yesterday
by the members of Mr. Moody’s family
and immediate circle of friends, that
death would be the result of his illness.
The cause of death was a general break
ing down due to overwork. Mr. Moody’s
heart had been weak for a long time,
and exertions put forth in connection
with meetings in the West last month
•brought ou a collapse, from which he
failed to rally.
The : ejtangeiist broke down in Kansas
City, Mv., where lie was holding ser
vices, about a month ago, and the seri
ousness of his condition was so apparent
to the physicians who were called to at
tend him that they forced him to aban
don bis tour and return to his home
with all possible speed. After he reached
Northfield eminent physicians were con
sulted and everything was done to pro
long life. A bulletin issued last week
communicated the tidings to the public
that Mr. Moody was very ill. but that
a little improvement was noticed. This
week the patient showed a steady gain
until yesterday, when he showed symp
toms of nervousness, accompanied by
weakness which caused the family much
anxiety.
This morning the weakness continued,
and at 8 o’clock Mr. Moody called his
wife ami children, telling them that the
end was not*far off. The family re
mained close by the bedside all the fore
noon. The evangelist was almost free
from pain and occasionally he talked
with apparent ease. About the last
words lie was heard to utter were: “I
have always been an ambitious man, not
to lay up wealth, but to find work to do.”
•lust before 12 o’ lock the watchers
saw that the end was approaching, and
at exactly noon the great preacher pass
ed away.
SKETCH OF MOODY’S LIFE.
Dwight Hyman Moody was born in
Northfield, Mass., February ,Ith, 18.27.
He received a limited education and
worked on a farm until lie was 17 years
old, when he became a clerk in a Bos
ton shoe store*, lie united with a Con
gregational church soon afterward, and
in 1850 went to Chicago, where he en
gaged with enthusiasm in missionary
work among the poor and in less than
a year established a Sunday school with
more than 1,000 pupils.
During the Civil War he was em
ployed by the Christian com
mission and subsequently by the
Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion of Chicago as a lay mis
sionary. A church was built for his
converts, and he became its ordained
pastor. In the fire of 1871 the church
and Mr. Moody's house and furniture
were destroyed, hut a new and much
largely church was then erected.
In 1872. accompanied by Ira 1 D.
San key. he visited Europe and instituted
a series of day religious services in
England. Ireland and Scotland, which
resulted itt great religious awakenings in
the principal cities in those countries.
The evangelists returned to the United
States in 1875, and organized similar
meetings in various parts of the country.
In 1882 they again visited Great Brit
ain ami since that time have been en
gaged in evangelistic work there and in
this country.
Mr. Moody has published "The Second
Coming of Christ,” “The Way and
ilh» Word,” “Secret l’ower, or the Secret
of Success in Christian Life and Work,”
“The Way to God and llow to Find It.”
Os his collected sermons there have been
published "Glad Tidings,” “Great .Toy to
All People,’’ “Best Thoughts and Dis
courses.” with a sketch of his life and
that of Air. Sankey, and “Arrows and
Anecdotes,” with a sketch of his life.
The Molineux Trial.
New York, Dec. 22.—The session of
the Molineux trial 'today wins brief, the
rase going over until Tuesday next, after
about three hours had been spent in
an examination of Henry L. Tolman.
a handwriting expert of Chicago, and
Charles E. Warren, chief clerk of the
Lincoln National Bank, who was called
to the stand to identify the handwriting
of Harry S. Cornish.
Mi*. Tolman wenjt extensively into
the technicalities of ihe handwriting
shown in the various exhibits and de
clared that he had never before seen
such an excellent collection of speci
mens for portraying the most striking
characteristics of the writer, llis testi
mony agreed with that given by experts
Kinsley and Tyrrell regarding many of
the strongest characteristics exhibited in
the writings.
Old Georgetown Canvent Burned.
Wasnington. Dec. 22. —The old build
ing and the dormitories of the George
town Convent were destroyed by fire to
day. How the fire originated has not
yet been discovered. All the inmates
and employes escaped. Loss .810.000.
ASSAULT THE POLICE
A Thousand Negro Desper
adoes Defy the Law,
Attempt to Take a Prisoner From the Officers.
Entire Police Force Called Out to
Quell the Disorder.
Newport News, Ya., Dec. 22.—A mob
of negroes, one thousand strong, at
tempted to take a prisoner away from
two policemen in the negro quarter of
the city to-day. The officers fired on the
negroes, wounding two. The Macks as
saulted the policemen with sticks and
stones and the entire police force was
called out. preventing further trouble.
The trouble grew out of the killing of
a notorious negro burglar last night by
Bam White, Sam Jacobs and Abe Levin,
w hite men.
The police are keeping a close watch
on tb»> negroes tonight.
THE PRESS CENSORSHIP.
Muzzled by Government, the Manila
Democracia Suspends Publication.
Manila, Dec. 22.-10:50 p. m.-Th
newspaper Democracia, the organ of a
coterie of Filipinos, including the Su
preme court judges, favoring American
control in the Philippines, tonight an
nounces that it lias been decide 1 to si is
pend publication. The pap w was star.-
ed at the suggestion and under the pa
tronage of the Philippine advisory com
mission, headed by Professor J. G.
Selinrnian. The Democracia prints a sin
gle page, in big type. In the statement
accompanying the announcement of its
suspension, the editor says he lias been
directed by tlio provost marshal to re
tract certain criticism of the clerical
methods adopted in regard to the man
agement of schools, and adds:
“Recognizing the authority of the pro
vost marshal, we have no recourse ex
cept to comply and have decided to sus
pend publication until the present ex
traordinary conditions regarding press
matters disappear. When we know what
laws rule us. by what mode we are
judged and to whose jurisdiction press
matters are amenable, the Democracia
will re-appear.”
The paper lias generally been a warm
supporter of the administration. The pro
vost marshal recently threatened to sup
press it for publishing an editorial assert
ing that Manila streets were in a worse
condition under the Aiiraciliean than they
had been under Spanish administration.
The Manila Times was also recently
warned, with an intimation of imprison
ment and confiscation for printing an ed
itorial recommending the creation of a
board of charity commissioners to con
trol the charitable institutions, on no*
count of rumors of mismanagement of
charitable funds by tlic church authori
ties.
The newspapers complain bitterly that
the authorities exercise a paternal super
vision, threatening suppression. they
claim, for trifling errors in tin* publica
tion of nows not earaieeted with public
matters. They also say the censorship
handicaps newspaper enterprise by sup
pressing cable dispatches, received from
respectable agencies, whose transmission
is of an exceedingly costly character. The
matter suppressed i rile hides reports of
irovenwuent actions among t in'in being
Philippine anil American occurrences
which might give the Filipinos an un
favorable opinion of the United States.
Fire in the Vulcan’s Hold.
London, Die. 22.—The British steam
er Vulcan, Captain Nailo. which arrived
at Hamburg on December 18th from
Galveston and Norfolk, via Fu.val, where
she’*Vas towed in with the loss of her
propeller, has had a fire in her hold
which has been smouldering, and seventy
bales of cotton have been damaged.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 189».
IT WILL RUIN'THE
SMALL SHIPPERS
Discrimination in Favor of
the Oil Kings.
INCREASE IN THE RATES
ON LESS THAN CAR LOAD LOTS
172 PER CENT.
THAT IS IN SOME CASES, NEVER UNDER 88
Evidence of the Shippers Before the Inter-State
Commission Showing Discrimination
Against Small Shipper, to he
Furnished Attorney General
Washington, Dee. 22. —-The hearing
before the Inter-State Commerce Com
mission called on account of complaint
made by shippers against the proposed
new classification of freight by railroads
operating under the “official classifica
tion,” was resumed today.
By agreement Mr. Frank Harriott,
General Traffic Manager of the Erie
Railroad and a number of the “official ;
classification commit tee,” went on the '
witness stand to testify as to the new j
classification. He reiterated Mr. Gill’s
statement of yesterday that the new j
classification was adopted because the I
railroads absolutely needed the increased :
revenues.
If developed that at a ineetmg of the 1
shippers and those representing their in
terest*. former Attorney General of
Ohio F. S. Monuett, Hon. J. 11. Brom- j
wel and Mr. Mortiner Matthew's, of Cin- i
einnati, have been appointed to present
to the commission the action of the ship
pers.
Mr. Monnctt presented a set of reso
lutions adopted by the commercial in
terests directing attention to testimony
adduced at the present hearing showing,
it was maintained, discriminations by
the railroads against the small shippers
in favor of the large shippers, and
ro the fact that the railroads had de
clined to extend the time for the new
/classification -*r*» into effect. Those
resolutions were supplemented by a pe
tition, by a large majority of the ship
pers in attendance upon flic hearing ask
ing that the commission lay the testi
mony before the Attorney General of
the United States with a view to have
him bring action under the Slier man
Anti-Trust Law against tin* railroads to
prevent the new classification from be
coming effective on January Ist, 190»».
For some time the attorneys of the
shippers argued in favor of the com
mission taking the suggested action,
Chairman Knapp, of the commission,
maintaining that the commission bail no
more ‘authority to make recommenda
tions to the Attorney General than had
representatives of the shippers. The
commission finally agreed to furnish a
transcript of the evidence to the Attor
ney General.
The shippers then offered some testi
mony and B. IV. Brown, representing
Schofield, Slierner and Seagle. of Cleve
land, Ohio, was sworn. lie said, the
new classification on petroleum would
be absolutely ruinous to small shippers.
On less than car load lots the increase
above the rates on ear load lots was
in some instances as much as 272 per
cent and in no ease was it less than 88
per cent.
Mr. G. 11. DeGolyor, a carriage man
ufacturer of Cincinnati, testified that
the proposed increase in the classifica
tion of vehicles would limit Ohio and
Mississippi Valley carriage manufactur
ers to territory adjacent to their fac
tories.
This closed the testimony and tlu
hcaring was adjourned.
TO PAY TEE DEPOSITORS IN FULL
Gen. Thomas Will Advance Money to
Produce Exchange Trust.
New York, Dec. 22.—Tin* following
statement was given out after a inciting
of rl|* trustees of the Produce Exchange
Trust Company today:
“At the mooting of the Board of Trus
tees of tln* Produce Exchange Trust
Company, a proposition was made by
General Samuel Thomas to advance -the
money necessary to pay the depositors in
id] provided,that, upon an examination
of its affairs by bis representatives these
should Ik* ‘“isml by him to be in-such a
i-oiidit ion as v justify him in assuming
the n spous'd,.n'ty. it was understood
that ii» the event stated General Thomas
would accept flic I’residency of the com
pany and that such changes of officers
aud trustees should be made as he should
deteirmine. The board thcreupou ad
journed until Wednesday next to await
the result o.f such examination.
“’Pile special committee in charge has
in contemplation a making of a dividend
to depositors at an early date.”
May be a River and Harbor Bill.
Washington, Doe. 22.—Representative
Berry, of Kentucky, a member of the
River and Harbor'Committee, said today
that he did not agree with the view of
Chairman Burton, of the commit ten’, that
there would he no River and Harbor
Bill this year. Mr. Berry thinks it most
desirable that the bill should be framed
at the present long session, and he is of
the opinion, that the committee will take
I this view.
FEARS NOW FELT
FOR LADYSMITH
Her Reported Abili y to Hold
Out Unconfirmed,
IT MAY BE A BOER TRICK
A REPORT STARTED TO AID
TIIEIR DESIGNS.
WINSTON CHURCHILL AT DELAGOA BAY
An Unrecorded Sortie at Ladysmith on the
Eighteenth in Which the English Lost
Seven Men Killed and Four
teen Wounded.
Loudon. Dee. 22. —(4.15 a. m. —Satur-
day.)—Related South African dispatches
throw no light upon the present situa
tion at the seat of w ar. There is no con
firmation of the report that Ladysmith
could hold out several weeks longer and
•it is feared that this was circulated by
tlie Boers for their own purposes.
The Daily Telegraph has a special from
Chievdey. dated ‘December ltitih, which
tells how Lieutenant Robertson fell at
Tiigelii River. It says:
“The horses of the Fourteenth and
sixteenth batteries had been killed and
Lieutenant Robertson, Captain Schofield
and Captain Congreve, of the Rifles, at
tempted with gunner volunteers to drag
out the guns. Captain 'Schofield succeed
ed, helped by a corporal and some men.
Lieutenant Robert>< i. was hat by a shell.
Captain Congreve was struck anil wound
ed slightly. After a while Captain Con
greve, Captain Foster and Major Baptie
brought Lieutenant. Robertson from the
open to a little ravine where lie lay hid
den from the enemy’s terrible fire. Four
teen gunners. 14 men of the Devonshire
regiment and men were with Colo
nel Bullock. When the retirement was
ordered these men with isolated parties
of Devon shin's and Scots Fusiliers, to
gether with some of the Queens’ were
i cut off and captured. Many fought un
til late in the afternoon. A party of
' du-rmen run into the gauntlet of Boer
Mausers from hiding places along the
river bank.
“At 5 p. m. forty ‘Boers approached tin*
abandoned guns. On espying Colonel
Bullock Captain Gongreve and the oth
ers in the ravine they called upon tin*
British to surrender. Colonel Bullock de
elined and threatened to shoot although
his party had only t 4 rilles. 'ldle Boers
j retired from the gtms and a parley en-
I sued. Tin n a hundred Boers rode up to
| within a few yards of the party, hot
Colonel Bullock swore he would not be
made a prisoner, whereupon a Boer
knocked him down with a rifle butt.
“Afterward the enemy gave our
wounded water and cordials.
“Then, having taken all their arms, a n't
munition and field glasses they let them
return by our ambulances. Colonel Bul
lock, Colonel Hunt. Major Walter and
Captain. Goodwyn were taken* prisoners.
The Scots Fusiliers lost nearly two com
j panics captured.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
j Chieveley dated: December 17th. esti
mates the casualties in General Bailor's
repulse as 1,150. including 332 missing.
It: announces that “a portion of the
British troopa have returned to Frere.”
A correspondent of the Associated
Press at Madder River, under date of
December 17th. describing the changes in
the art of warfare, says:
“It would be almost impossible to take
such a position as Magcrsifontein by as
sault. The modern 'battle, ow ing to the
length of rifle range will last six days,
where formerly it would only have lasted
a few hours.”
STONEWALL JACKSON’S WAY.
London, Dec. 22. —(4:45 a. m.—Satur
j day)—The Daily News sees immense sig
i nificauce in the fact that Lord Roberts
i has appointed oil his staff Lieutenant Ool
! < in 1 'Henderson, author of a life of Gcn
i oral iSPonewall Jackson, the Confederate
leader aiwl a man who has closely studied
the history of the American Civil War.
especially a« be Ims not served under
Lord Roberts before and is but little
known to him personally. The appoint
ment is regarded 'by the Daily News as
proving Lord Roberts’ belief that what
| is 'wanted in the war in South Africa
| is a strict application of Jackson's prin
ciples. It also connects the appointment
’with the rumors that General Joutyert
served under General Stonew all Jackson.
AN UNRECORDED SORTIE.
Seven Men Killed at Ladysmith.
Churchill at Delagoa Bay.
London, Dec. 22.—A War Office dis
patch from Pietermaritzburg, Natal,
gives a list of casualties Monday, De
cember 18th. of seven men killed anil
fourteen wounded, all non-commissioned
officers and men. The names of the reg
iments concerned indicate an unrecorded
sortie from Ladysmith on that date.
THE POLICY OF METHUEN.
London. Dec. 22. A dispatch from
Cape Town, dated Sunday, December
17th, says that General Methuen’s pri
mary object in crossing the Modder
River appears to have been to establish
searchlight communication with Kimber
ley, which is believed to be still on
full rations. The water in the mines is
plentiful, On the other hand, in spite
of their usual tactics, it is considered i
possible that the Boers have been com
pelled to assume the offensive, the com- I
■minder having arranged for the disposi
tion of the forces and anticipating dif
ficulty in maintaining food supplies in
the present positions. Moreover it is
said there is a growing desire among
the Free Staters to return home, which
is testified to on manjj sides and may
tend to precipitate an action on the
part of the Boer commands.
In spite of tlie delay of General Me
thuen in advancing, he is regarded as
largely the master of the situation, and
his entrenched position is believed to
lie unassailable. In the event of the
Boers’ attacking Kimberley General Me
thuen would be enabled to make a
counter move with his artillery and cav
alry. Consequently, such a movement
on the part of the Boers, it is said,
is not contemplated. It is apparent,
therefore, that to make baste slowly is
the truest policy at present. In acord
anee with Gdheral Methuen’s dictum,
the army should not advance faster than
rhe slowest ox-wagons.
CAM I* SHIFTED TO CHIEVELEY.
Chieveley Camp. Natal, Sunday, Dec.
17. —The camp, which was pitched to the
left of the position taken up by tlie
Union brigade, was shifted from that
point this morning to Chieveley.
The wounded are being entrained for
Pietermaritzburg.
CHURCHILL AT DELAGOO BAY.
London. Dee. 22.—Lady Randolph
Churchill has received a cablegram from
her son. Winston Churchill, who was
captured by the Boers in Natal anil
taken to Pretoria and whose escape
from there was auonunced December
14th, saying he had arrived safely at
Delagoo Bay.
DEATH UNDER THE ICE
Forty Children Drowned at
Frelinghem in Belgium,
The Little Ones Were Playing on the Frezen
River When Suddenly the Ice Gave
V'ay Beneath Them.
Brussels, Dec. 22. —Upwards of forty
school children were drowned today in
an ice accident ht Froliughim. near the
French frontier. The children of- the
district had been given a holiday with
permission to. play on the frozen river
Lys. When the merriment was at. full
height the ice broke suddenly and the
cli ildre n d isa ppea ml.
A few were rescued half dead, but the
majority were drowned. Already six
bodies have been recovered, but others
are st ill missing. The catastrophe spread
consternation through the town where
nearly every family suffered loss*.
URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL.
$48,000,000 Asked For War and
Navy Departments.
i Washington, Dec. 22. —The urgent de
i ficiency appropriation) bill, the first of the
important supply bills for Government
expenses, is practically made up, and
the total will amount to about $51,000,-
000. The items already have been sent
in by the several departments, and these
are being put together so that the appro
priations committee xvill be able to sub
mit the bill to th<‘ House soon after it
.assembles*. Os this amount 845.157,871
is asked for the War Department and
$3,143,740 for the Navy Department.
Some iff the deficiency items required
for tlie War Department are very large,
(that for the transportation, troopships,
etc., being $20,000,1 N»0, substance $3,000,-
000, pay. etc., for the army $15,188,832;
quartermaster’s supplies $1,500,000.
Other amounts are:
Temporary employes War Department
$150,000; Signal Service for apparatus,
war baloons, etc.. $105,000; balloon house
at Fort Myer. Ya., $18,500: horses for
cavalry and artillery $250,000: barracks
and quarters $1,000,000: clothing, camp
anil garrison equipage $1,000,000: bring
ing home the remains of officers anil sol
diers who die abroad $100,000; manufac
ture of arms, $200,000; ordnance sup
plies $330,000; medical and hospital de
partment $500,000; deep waterway com
mission. for surveys for waterways be
tween Great. Lakes and Atlantic, $20,000.
The $15,188,832 already enumerated
fm*\ pay account inclmlis items of $3.-
107.140 for pay of enlisted men; $4,000,-
000 travel allowance to enlisted men on
discharge: $1, 300.000 for clot mu g allow
ance on discharge; and $4,524,715 addi
tional twenty per cent on pay of enlist
ed men.
The main Navy Department items are
as follows:
Ordnance $230,000; coal and other
equipment $370,000: preservation and
completion of vessels on the stocks, etc..
$2,500,000: Naval Academy electric light
plant $43,740.
The other Departments and bureaus
also have urgent deficiency items as fol
lows:
Treasury Department, $1,740,000; In
terior Department $100,317: Library of
Congress $47,054: observation of total
eclipse of stni SB,OOO.
Mr. H. B. Newbern Dead.
Richmond, Ya., Dee. 22.—Air. M. B.
Newbern. member of tlie House of Dele
gates from Norfolk county, who was
taken sick here several days ago, died
tonight.
Duke of Westminster Dead.
London, Dee. 22.- The Duke of West
minster is dead.
PRICE pw NTS
GROUND OUT ALL
LMDS PATH
Stupendous Rock Rushes
Roaring Into the Sea.
LOSS OF LIFE UNKNOWN
FOUR VESSELS CRUSHED. THEIR
CIIEWS DEST ROY ED.
TWO HOTtLS AND A MONASTERY ARE NOT
Several Villas Also Were Swept Into the Sea.
The Population of Am.lfi, Where tie
Disaster Occurred in a State
of Terror.
Rome, Dec. 22.—A terrible disaster
took place this afternoon at Amalfi, the
popular tourist resort on the Gulf of
Salerno. About two o’clock an enor
mous rock, upon 'which stood the Uap
plied hi Hotel, slid bodily auto the sea
with a deafening roar and without a
moment's warning, carrying with it the
'hotel, the old Capuchin monastery below,
tin* Hotel Santa Calerina and several
villa#.
Many persons were buried in the debris,
which crushed four vessels to the bottom
of the sea, destroying their crews. The
mass of earth which slipped was about
50,000 cubic yards.
The population, is in a state of terror,
fearing fresh calamities. Troops have
arrived upon the scene and begun rescue
work. /
It is believed that the loss of life is
heavy, including a number of monks and
tiie occupants of the hotel. As yet, it is
impossible ito ascertain; the exact num
ber.
Amalfi is a small but lively 0 wn of
7,00t> inhabitants situated at the en
trance of a deep ravine surrounded by
imposing mountains and rocks of the
| most picturesque forms. The Capuchin
i Monastery was founded iu 1212 by Car
-1 dinfal Pietro Caquano for the Cistercians,
but came into possession of the Capuchins
in 1583.
The building which stood in the hol
low of tin* great rock that rose abruptly
from the sea to a height of 230 feet, con
tained fine cloisters.
BECAUSE REED HATED WHEELER
Council’s Plea For a Bill. He Says
the Czar Defeated.
Huntsville, Ala., Dec. 22.—President
\V. 11. Council, of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college for negroes at the
Normal, this State, has issued a circular
letter to friends asking them to lend all
possible aid to the passage of a bill in
troduced in the Senate of tlie Fifty-fifth
Congress by Senator Petrus granting
25.000 acres ol' land each to the Normal
college at. Florence and the college at
Normal.
President Council recites that the bill
passed the Senate without opposition,
was unanimously endorsed by the prop
er committee of tlie House, and would
have passed hut for Speaker Reed's
hatred for General Wheeler, threc
-1 fourths of the members of the House
having pledged themselves* to support it.
I
The Mount Airy and Eastern.
Charlotte, N. C., Dee. 22.—Work s
actively progressing on the Mount, Airy
anil Eastern Railroad which will extend
from Mount Airy. N. (’.. to the Dan
River. Trains are runu'ing on portions
of the road. The road opens up a rich
undeveloped section of the State includ
ing a virgin forest of 20,000 acres ol' >
hard wood. The officers of the road are:
President, T. E. Houston, of Chester,
Pa.; Vice-president, W. H. Tunis, of
Baltimore; Secretary and Treasurer, W.
W. Whyte, of West Virginia.
Woodbury Cotton Duck Companv.
Baltimore, Mil., Dee. 22. —A first in
come mortgage from the Mount Vernon*
W oodbury Cotton Duck Company, to the
International Trust Company of Mary
land was recorded today. Tlie mortgage
is to secure the first income mortgage 5
per cent gold bonds of the company to the
amount of $(5,000,000.
The property of the company conveyed
by the mortgage includes a number of
mills in Maryland and some of the shares
of the Columbia, S. <’., and Tallahassee
Falls Mills, of Alabama.
Lawton laid in Paco Cemetery.
Manila, Dei*. 22. —12:30 p. in. —Genera!
j Lawton's remains were placed in the
chapel in the Paco Cemetery this morn
ing. Private services were held a I <*he
residence ami tin* body was carried to
the cemetery by members of (the Gem r
i ni's staff, and escorted by troop I. cf tlie
Fourth Oavalrj.
Public services will be held later.
No Berths For Negroes
Atlanta. Ga., Dec. 22.—Governor Can
dler has signed the bill prohibiting sleep
ing car companies operating in the State
/from furnishing berths to negro passen
gers except in coaches used especially for
the accommodation of negroes. The
measure is now a law.