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THE PENSIONS READY
Confederate Pension Roll has
increased by 3,425.
Then Are Now in North Carolina 11,860 Pen
sioners for Whom Warran's Have Been
Sent Out.
The State Auditor’s Department has
closed up cits work of sending out the
warrants to the counties for the Confed
erate pensioners and these will reach all
In time for use during the Christmas.
North Carolina spends for its Confed
erate pensions $200,000 and this amount is
divided among these pensions in four
classes. Last year there were on the pen
sion roll 8,435 and the additions during
the year have increased this by 3,125,
making a total of 11.860 for whom war
rants were drawn this year.
The four classes of pensioners are
those: First, those whose wounds ren
der them totally incompetent to perform
manual labor. Second, those who have
lost a leg above the knee or an arm above
the elbow. Third, those who have lost a
foot or leg below the knee, hand, or
arm below T the elbow, or have a leg or
an arm utterly useless by reason of a
'Wound or permanent injury. Fourth, to
those who have lost an eye, to widow who
remains unmarried and to all other sol
diers disabled from any cause to perform
manual labor.
The $200,000 appropriated is on a basis
of the following $72 to first class, S6O to
second, S4B to third and S3O to fourth,
with a specific amount of $l2O to all Con
federates who are totally blind, or who
lost both arms or both feet in the Con
federate service, paid monthly by the
clerks. On this basis each class is paid
as follows:
Grades 1901. 1902.
First class $62.00 $60.00
Second class 50.00 46.n0
Third class 40.00 35.00
Fourth class 20.00 14.50
The decrease in the amount paid each
pensioner is caused by the increase of
3,425 pensioners during the past year.
Speaking of this, Dr. Dixon, the Audi
tor, said yesterday that he was satisfied
that there were in various counties pen
sions being drawn by some not entitled
to do so under the law. He says that
he is determined to have a thorough in
vestigation made as soon as possible, for
while he is glad to see any old Confed
erate receive a pension, if he is entitled
to it, yet those who are not are simply
taking away from the deserving. In these
classes he paid those who able to
do a days work, not being disabled, as
well as these who were deserters. There
should be a general weeding out of these,
he declared, so that the amount to each
should be increased. Along with this
there is an intimation that all whose
property amounts to SSOO or over should
not be on the list.
Tn Wake county $3,315.50 will be paid
in pensions to 199 people as follows.
First class, 1 pensioner, S6O.
Second class. 7 pensioners, $46 each.
Third class. 8 pensioners, $35 each.
Fourth class, 102 pensioners, $14.50
each.
Widows, 81 pensioners, $14.50 each.
The pensioners of this county can get
their warrants by applying to Register of
Deeds Bernard today.
WHO LICKED ILIZABRTB
DECIDED BY THE MAYOR
A Romantic Story of sawyer’s Bottom I hat
Deals in Tragedy ar.d Ends in Convic
tion and Imprisonment.
As the clock in the tower pealed ten,
the stentorian voice of Mayor Powell was
heard, and a death like stillness fell
upon the court room that but a moment
before had been *but a babble of voices.
“Belle Gaston and Angline Wilson!
The culprits heard their names with an
air of bravado that belied the nervous
twitching of their eye-lids and their
shaky, terror stricken voice. “Come into
court!” And the offenders ambled awk
wardly before the throne of justice.
“Eliza Watson, come into court!”
Another dusky damsel made her bow, and
being the plaintiff in the case began to
say her sav.
It was a tale of sorrow that she told.
One to make old eyes water and more
youthful countenances turn pale and call
for fresh water and more air. The
heartrending narrative that the youthful
African related was oue worthy of being
enacted in the deepest jungles of her
native land, and to the more civilized
creatures who heard it in the Mayor’s
court yesterday, it seemed more realistic
as a short story from “Uncle Tom’s
Cabin” than a chapter from the annals
of a civilized country in the enlighten
ment of the Twentieth century.
“You see dat nlger wNiman standing
dare. Well, sir, she am de meanest
crittur, dat ever infested Sawyer’s bot
tom, or drank corn whiskey from a
headache bottle.”
And then Elizabeth, in her pathetic
tone, went on to tell “as how dat Belie
Baston has suaded her outen de house
of anuder cullud woman named Mary
Wall and, divesting her of her outer rai
ment and sandals had proceeded to lay
on the lash with cruel and unflinching
zeal, while dat Angel Wilson, (she’s
anuder mean niger)” had cooly stood by
and held her clothing while the Belle of
the Bottom spared not the rod.
“Well, what did she whip you for?”
asked Mayor Powell.
“What did she whip me for? How do
*T'u #i Their starting suddenly asunder
i ne ourpribe Co/i\ Gives “Waffles” pain and causes wonder.
f Surprise is natural when you see the good lemon filling
■=■=--- -^^-y~==^ == = r ~' made from the magical
Presto
YsJvl/ 1 psac (Better than flour)
\\ / I Kj4*=Sl U\l XL uni»-'-Hr „„„ L Presto does it every time even though the cook h». never
I know. Caze I hain’t never done noth
ing to dat niger in my life.”
“What did you do when she got through
whipping you?”
“What did I do. I just loped right up
town and had a warrant sworn out agin
her.”
At this the Mayor seemed satisfied, and
turning to the defendant said: “Belle,
you are an old offender and I am going
to send you out to the county farm,
where you can work off some of that
superllous strength. I'll give you thirty
days to do it in and if that don’t cure
you of licking little girls, why I’ll give
you thirty more. As for you Angelina, I
am going to let you go this time on ac
count of your age, but remember about
that fellow who got in trouble once over
holding some garments while some one
else was being stoned, and If you come
up here again, your pious panhandle of
a first name, to-wit, Angel-ine won’t
help you a bit.
And Angelina blushed a deep purple
and promised.
TO WRITE DP THE SOUTH
AND IIS POSSIBILITIES
Mr. Oonld Representing Barpers Weekly in
Raleigh in the Interest of a Southern
Number of That Pnblication.
Mr- John N. Gould, of New York, is
in the city in the interest of a special
Southern number to be issued by the
publishers of Harper’s Weekly in a few
weeks.
This special number will contain a
number of signed editorials on the South
and its development, all of which will be
handsomely illustrated. All of the prin
cipal cities of the South are embraced
in Mr. Gould’s tour, and he has already
visited Wilmington, Charlotte. Greens
boro and Durham, in this State.
Mr. Gould will leave today for Dur
ham, where he will attend a meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce of that place
tonight.
MR STREETER SHOT A CRACKER
Mayor Powell Says That E vary body Who Cele
brates Christinas Before Time, Pays for it
Mr. F. W. Streeks paid $7.50 yesterday
morning because he fired off a giant can
non cracker on Wilmington street Satur
day night.
Mayor Powell believes that dire evils
attend the firing crackers and blowing of
horns before Christmas. Among the dan
gers enumerated were frightening women
and men, disturbing slumber, annoying
the inhabitants, scaring horses, causing
runaways, burning up houses and putting
out eyes, and then a city ordinance says:
"Any person who shall shoot off any
gun or other fire arm or shoot any other
fire works or any combination of fire
works or gun powder in any street or
footway within fifty yards of any street
or within 200 yards of any habitation,
within the city, or blow any steam whis
tle unnecessarily shall be fined SSO or
thirty days on the roads.”
And so Mr. Streeks paid $7.50 for two
minutes’ fun and Mayor Powell says that
if anybody else tries that kind of fun it
may cost them even more.
BOBBITT-WYNE DRUO CO
Elect Officers and a Dividend of Ten Per Cent
Teclared-
There was a meeting of lhe stockhold
ers of the Bobbitt-Wynne Drug Company
held last night.
At the meeting the officers for the en
sing year were elected, being: President,
J. S. Wynne; Vice-President, Dr. V. E.
Everett; Secretary and Treasurer, Raw
ley Galloway. The executive committee
elected is composed of the above officers
and Messrs. John H. Andrews, C. J. Hun
ter and I). F. Hamilton.
The business of the company has been
prosperous, and the meeting declared a
dividend of ten per cent.
NOTHING EXTRA FOR RlFc-RSES-
North Statu Lumber Company bankruptcy Case
and Comments on it-
Judge Thomas R. Purnell yesterday ren
dered his judgment in the bankruptcy
case of Frederick H. Dressel and others,
against the North State Lumber Com
pany,and included in this a decisiou which
is of importance to referees.
Thifc company was adjudicated a bank
rupt Jon August 20, 1902, and the cause
referred, W. K. Yates, of Durham, being
the referee. After the adjudication the
parties were before the referee ami the
case is now before this court on the re
port, or what purports to be the re
port, of the referee. This report is de
fective in many particulars, especially in
that the referee does not state his find
ings of facts and conclusions of law, but
certifies the depositions, book of pro
ceedings and papers filed in which the
questions raised on the hearing appear
when pointed out. Possibly the cause
should have been re-referred for a proper
report, but on account of official engage
ment the record was not examined until
counsel had argued the case.
The judgement then enters into a dis
cussion of two contested claims, that
of I. N. E. Allen & Co., for $7,630.60 and
the First National Bank of Durham for
$2,485.92. The first claim, as divided up,
was disallowed and the second allowed by
the referee. The first because Allen was
Dot a creditor, but was a debtor to the
bankrupt and a suit involving the settle
ment of this contention is now pending
in the courts of New York. Taking all
the testimony and documentary evidence
it appears the dealings between the bank
rupt and Allen & Co., was without finan
cial basis, and was what is known in
commercial circles as “kiting.’’
From a careful examination it appears
that Allen & Company were financiering
a bankrupt corporation and adopted a •
THK NEWS AND OBSERVER. WEDNESDAY MORNING! DEC. 17. 1902.
system by which the corporation did not
get ahead of them, but that when the
petition was filed Allen & Company were
indebted to the North State Lumber Com
pany. The referee’s decision is affirmed.
The First National Bank claim was
originally $10,496.42, including two ac
cepted drafts amounting to $8,010.50. The
referee struck these out and the bank
appealed. The referee is affirmed. The
claim of $2,465.92 is allowed, being drafts
paid for the North State Lumber Company
by the bank. The other accepted drafts
not allowed appear to have been as
signed to other parties.
The judgment then discusses the dis
position of certain claims which it holds
the bank was in no way connected with
the payment, or the suits by which pay
ment was claimed, as also an overdraft.
Attention is called in the judgment to
various errors of the referee, but these
being deemed as not affecting any sub
stantial rights it is deemed unnecessary
to remand the cause.
Then the judgment allows the payment
of certain claims for labor and cost of
preserving the estate after the petition
was filed, in addition to the $l5O due by
law to the referee, but sits down liatly
on a request made by consent of attor
neys for a special allowance to the
referee. The court says It can’t be done
oven with the consent of the attorneys,
which “would not justify the court in
reading into the Statute what Congress
failed to put there or in violation of the
provisions of the Act as construed by the
Supreme Court. The order for a special
allowance is refused. Referees are en
titled to the fees allowed in the Bankrupt
Act for services required under the act
and will be allowed none other for such
services.”
Kindness Appreciated.
Capt. W. B. Kendrick’, in talking with
friends yesterday, said that he and his
family deeply appreciated the kindly at
tention and sympathy shown them during
the time of Mrs. Kendrick’s sickness and
death. He spoke in terms of apprecia
tion of the beautiful floral remembrances
and especially of one sent from Athens,
Ga., by Chancellor Walter Hill, of the
State University. The beautiful Rowers
sent came from many places in the South
where the late Mrs. Kendrick had warn,
friends-
Back From the Convention.
Among those who returned yesterday
from Durham where they have been at
tending the Baptist State Convention,
were Mrs. A. J. Ellis, Mrs. T. H. Briggs,
Miss Fannie Heck, Miss Susie Heck, Miss
Lula Briggs, Mrs. N. B. Broughton, Miss
Rosa Broughton, Miss Maude Reid, Rev.
W. D. Hubbard. Rev. T. Neil Johnson,
Rev. A. L. Love and Rev. B. W. Spill
man.
Concert at Peace To-night,
The musical recital and concert at
Peace Institute tonight, the program of
which was published in Sunday’s issue
of this paper, promises to be a delight
ful affair. The program Is varied and
contains some excellent numbers. The
friends of the school are cordially Jin
vited to be present. The concert will
be given in the chapel and begins at
eight o’clock.
Claims the Pin.
Secretary of State J. Bryan Grimes has
received a letter giving the information
that the widow of W. H. Ballard lives
in Greensboro. It is remembered that
Mr. Geo. B. Morse, of Boston, wrote to
Mr. Grimes desiring to return a pin
found on a battlefield in the Civil Was
with the name of W. H. Ballard in
scribed thereon. Mr. Grimes Ims sent
Mr. Ballard’s address to Mr. Morse.
Adandoned His Wife.
Perry Hinton, a negro, was tried before
'Squire Heflin yesterday on the charge of
abandoning his wife and four children.
He was found guilty and sent t« i«il
in default of a SSO bond for his appear
ance at the January term of court.
BANDITS MEET A BAIN OF LEAD-
One Killed. One Desperately Wounded and a
Third Captured
(By the Associated Press.)
Alvord, Texas. Dec. 15.—Three white
men made a daring attempt to hold up
the cashier and rob the First National
Bank of Alvord this afternoon. One of
the would-be robbers, Frank Martin, was
killed; another, John McFall, is desper
ately wounded, and the third, (laude
Golden, is in custody.
The bank officials had been notified by
Constable John Dobbs, of Chico, that an
attempt would be made to rob the bank
today. Deputy Sheriff Prior and Con
stables Yeary and Dobbs took positions
in and around the bank.
Martin. McFall and Golden rode up to
the bank about 3 o’clock and McFall and
Golden entered the bank and demanded
money. They were covered by Yeary
and Dobbs and ordered to surrender.
McFall made a movement as if to fire on
Yeary, when the deputy shot him through
the head. Golden thereupon surrendered
to Dobbs.
Martin, who was holding the horses,
on hearing the firing, mounted and at
tempted to escape. Yeary and Prior
opened fire, killing him instantly.
A memorial tablet to Ensign Joseph
Cabell Breckenridge, of Kentucky, the
“first martyr of the Spanish-Amerlcan
war,” w’as placed in the chapel ot the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., yes
terday. Breckenridge was washed over
board from the torpedo boat Cushing, en
routc to Havana, with dispatches for the
Maine, on February 11, 1898.
PREPARING FOR WAR
Colombia is Now Quietly Get
ting Ready to Invade
Nicaragua.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, I). C., Dec. 15.—Whatever
doubt existed in Nicaragua as to the in
tention of Colombia to carry out her
threat to attack her as soon as her own
revolutionary movement had been quell
ed, has been removed by the receipt of
advices of a semi-official character here
that the Colombian army officers at
Panama and Colon are steadily but quiet
ly making ready for an invasion of
Nicaragua.
It is stated that there is a double rea
son for the attack. In the first place
Colombia wishes to take forcible posses
sion of the Mosquitto strip, which would
give control of both routes available for
an Isthmian canal, and so enable her to
make her own terms, and second, she
must find congenial employment for the
Colombian soldiers.
FEARS YANKEE IMPERIALISM
Italian Deputy Says the Monroe Doctrine has
Been Sent Sky High
(By the Associated Press.)
Rome, Dec. 15.—1 n the Chamber of
Deputies today, Foreign Minister Prinetti,
replying to an interpellation, made a
statement on the subject of Italy’s at
titude towards Venezuelt. He reviewed
the causes leading up to the Anglo-
German action and said:
"Italy, on her side, claims damages for
her citizens who sustained losses during
the insurrection which has disturbed the
Republic since April, the Italian Min
ister at Caracas having exhausted all
efforts to bring about a friendly adjust
ment presented a list of claims reduced
to a minimum of $2,819,256 bolivars.”
Continuing, the Foreign Minister said
as soon as he was informed of the Anglo-
German action he addressed London and
Berlin proposing to participate in the
measures these countries were about to
undertake, to collect similar claims, and
his proposition was favorably received.
The Prime Minister was followed by
Deputy Santini, who expressed confidence
in the government’s policy and urged ac
cord with Germany and Great Britain.
The Deputy warned the Italian govern
ment to “watch the United States, whose
imperialism is a political and commercial
menace to Europe, and especially to
Italy, the weakest of the great powers.”
Deputy Santini declared that the
energetic attitude of Germany and
Great Britain had “sent the Monroe
Doctrine sky high, the United States
understood it was not dealing with poor
Spain.”
Great Britain’s Position.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 15.—During the debate in
the House of Commons today on the
Venezuelan matter. Lord Cranborne,
Under Secretary for the Foreign Office,
said that the United, States took the sen
sible view that Great Britain’s insistence
that Venezuela should meet her engage
ments was no infraction of the Monroe
doctrine. “No country has been more
anxious than Great Britain,” said Lord
Cranborne, "to assist the American gov
ernment in maintaining that doctrine.”
This remark was greeted with cheers.
Lord Cranborne said also that the
blockade would be carried out with every
regard for the interests of neutrals.
Premier Balfour declared there was no
justification for the assumption that the
government was prepared to go to war
for the Venezuelan bondholders. The crux
of tlie matter was a series of outrages by
Venezuelans on British seamen and ship
owners, for which not only had compen
sation been refused, but Great Britain’s
remonstrances had been entirely disre
garded.
Mr. Balfour declared that in so far as
the financial claims were concerned, the
government was prepared to agree to a
tribunal to assess them equitably. The
Premier said he understood that it was
from Venezuela, through the United
States, that the suggestion for arbitra
tion had come.
The Premier said he would say'noth
ing for or against this idea. He added
that Italy w'as sending warships to Vene
zuelan waters, hut that there was no
agreement between Italy and Great Brit
ain as there was between Great Gritain
and Germany.
1 he British Flag Flying
(By the Associated Press.)
London. Dec. 16—Cabling from illem
stad, Curacao, a correspondent of the
Daily Mail says the British flag is now
flying over the fort at Puerto Cabello,
and that President Castro, has granted
amnesty to “El Mocho” Hernandez, Par
ades and other revolutionary leaders.
Events Leading to the Ultimatum.
(By the Associated Pres‘s.)
London, Eng., Dec. 15.—A Parliamen
tary paper giving the correspondence re
lating to Venezuelan affairs, was issued
this afternoon. It begins with a memo
randum which, after recounting the ex
isting causes of complaint against Vene
zuela, including the seizures of British
ships and the protestation against the
Venezuelan consul at Trinidad exacting
improper fees for collecting customs dues
for Venezuela in Trinidad of which “no
notice was taken by Venezuela,” says:
"Besides these specific outrages and
grounds for complaint, there are causes
in which British subjects and companies
htfve large claims against Venezuela.
The correspondence shows that so early
as July 21, Germany tentatively mention
ed the Venezuelan controversies and Sec
retary Lansdowne replied that he would
be quite ready to confer with the view
of joint action. On August S, Lord Lans
downe warned the admiralty to prepare
for putting pressure on Venezuela, de
claring "the German Ambassador Count
Wolff-Metternich, has suggested that the
two powers concerned should partake in
a joint naval demonstration.”
On September 27, Vice-Admiral Doug
las suggested to the admiralty that it
would be necessary in order to bring ef
fective prefuiure on Venezuela, to block
ade the ports of La Guaira, Puerto Ca
bello, and Maracaibo towards the end of
November, and seize all Venezuelan gun
boats, "until the demands are complied
with.”
Lord Lansdowne under date of October
22. says the blockade is '“open to some
objection,” but he endorses the seizure
of the vessels.
In the next communication, dated No
vember 11, Lord Lansdowne notifies
Charge d’Affaires Buchanan, at Berlin,
that Germany is prepared to join Great
Britain in a final warning and that it has
been agreed that the first step should
be thp seizure of Venezuelan vessels.
“As to the joint execution of measures
of coercion,” says Lord Lansdowne. the
German government recognized that there
was a sharp distinction in the character
of the British and German claims, but
that nevertheless the two claims ought
to stand or fall together, and that we
ought to exclude the possibility of a set
tlement between Venezuela and one of
the two powers without an equally sat
isfactory settlement with the other.”
After settling with Germany the mode
of procedure and the instructions to be
cent to the naval commanders. Lord
Lansdowne, on November 27, informed
Mr. Haggard thereof and gave instruc
tions as to his course regarding the pre
sentation of the ultimatum and the min
isters’ departure from Caracas, which
have been since followed out.
ARGUMENT FOB INJUNCTION.
Against Fourteen Bailroads for tiscrimina
tioa in the Matter of Bates
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago, Dec. 15. —Argument for tem
porary injunction restraining fourteen
railroads from cutting rate in violation
of the Sherman and Inter-Statfc Com
merce Acts, was begun in the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals today,
Judge Grosscup, of Chicago, and Judge
Phillips, of Karsas City, sitting en banc.
General Counsel J. M. Dickinson, of the
Illinois Central road, made a long argu
ment on behalf of the roads. The decision
in the Debs case was frequently referred
to by counsel on both sides.
At one point, Judge Grcsseup interrupt
ed the argument by asking: ‘‘lf the ma
jority of shippers along a certain line of
railway are discriminated against and
driven out of business, are not the hun
dreds of farmers along the same line in
jured by having to sell their products
to only one purchaser?”
“That point seems to lie outside this
bill,” replied Mr. Dickinson, ‘‘though I
admit that the wrong is sufficiently set
forth as to grain shippers.”
"But who can assert the right of all
these farmers if not the government un
der
asked Judge Grosscup.
“They can assert it themselves,” was
the reply of Mr. Dickinson. “They can
apply for an injunction against a repeti
tion of a wrong.”
“Is that not the very ground on which
the government interferes? Does not the
Attorney General ask injunctions here so
that all these individuals will not be
compelled to bring separate actions?” in
quired Judge Grosscup.
Mr. Dickinson did not answer this ques
tion directly. “Thas is a question that
will have to a adjudicated,” he said.
District Attorney Bethea for the gov
ernment talked for a short time before
adjournment, answering briefly the points
raised by the railroad attorneys.
La Soufriere Again Snarling.
(By the Associated Press.)
Kingstown, Island of St. Vincent, Dec.
15. —Premonitory symptoms of another
volcanic eruption have been experienced
here. The Soufriere was disturbed yes
terday and there were peculiar electrical
discharges and detonations from that, vol
cano last night. The agitation is appar
ently increasing and extraordinary heat
prevails.
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BODE INTO LIVE WIRE
An Accident That Came Near Proving Serious
to a Boy in Wilmington
(Special to the Nejvs and Observer.)
Wilmington, N- C., Dec. 15. —Yester-
day afternoon as the young son 'of Mr.
J. F. Sellars was riding his wheel he
came in contact with a live telephone
wire which had fallen at the corner of
Swan and Fourth streets. He escaped
with a very severe shock and a bad burn
about the neck.
The wire struck him on the neck and
the terrific shock threw him from his
wheel. In falling he cleared the wire,
and saved his life, for if it had touched
him a few seconds longer the current
would have killed him. The wire was
heavily charged, carrying about 550 volts
or the full vo’tage of the trolley wire,
which it had fallen across.
The boy fell unconscious to the ground.
Parties who eaw the accident realized
immediately what the trouble was and
everybody kept clear of the wire. Young
Sellars was pie.ked up and carried to his
home half a block distanct. At first his
injuries were thought to be very dang«‘i -
ous, but today he is getting along nicely.
Her Brains Dashed Out.
(By the Associated Press.)
Birmingham, Ala-, Dec. 15.—Mrs. A.
Costello, an Italian woman, was found
on the floor in her store house, in Block
ton, this afternoon- with her brains
knocked out and a bloody hatchet by her
side. A negro was seen to run from the
building shortly before the body was
discovered, and as S6OO of Mrs. Costello’s
money is missing it is believed he mur
dered and robbed her. A negro who an
swered the description of the fleeing man,
was captured.
Major Glenn Arraigned.
(By the Associated Press.)
Manila, Dec. 15.—The court martial,
which is to try Major Edwin F. Glenn,
of the Fifth infantry, has decided to sum
mon Generals Chaffee and Smith from
the United States to testify as to orders
given during the conduct of the cam
paign on the Island of Samar and to the
character of the campaign there.
The court martial was organized to
day and Major Glenn arraigned. The
formal charge against the Major is that
he unlawfully and willfully killed seven
prisoners of war to the prejudice of good
order and military discipline and in vio
lation of the Sixty-second article of war.
The Asheville Runaways.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Asheville, N. C.. Dec. 15.—Bonnie
Jones, who recently disappeared from her
home here, is reported to have gone to
Columbia. Mr. Jones has exhausted
every effort to locate his daughter. Offi
cers have not able to learn anything
as to the wherebouts of the Kuykendall
girl.
Parade in Honor of Mitchell.
(By he Associated Press.)
Spring Valley. 111., Dec. 15.—John
Mitchell was given a warm welcome on
his return to his old home today. Spring
Valley observed the day as a general
holiday and business was suspended in
his honor. From nearby towns delega
tions began arriving at an early hour
and joined in the demonstration. It is
estimated that 3,000 unionists and citi
zens took part in the parade, headed by
a miliary band, that escorted the labor
leader from the train through the prin
cipal business streets. The feature of
the afternoon program was the presenta
tion of two sets of resolutions, one by
citizens and labor organizations of Spring
Valley, and the other by the Peru Trades
and I-abor Council. The former wae en
graved on a large silver tray, part of a
set of five pieces presented to President
Mitchell, and felicitated him upon the
success achieved for the miners in the
Pennsylvania field. The latter resolu
tions were embossed on aluminum and
encased in a massive frame.
Roughly treated by Chines© Court.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 16.—A special dispatch
.received here from Pekin, says that on
tin* occasion yesterday, of the return of
the Imperial court from four months’
residence at the summer palace it was
learned that certain foreigners who visit
ed the court on its journey had been ill
treated, arrested, compelled to make
obeisance before the populace, and de
tained until the court had proceeded.
Among the persons arrested were the
members of a party from the American
legation at Pekin, including two women.
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