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Cljc Chatham Becorb. H. A, LONPON, Editor and Proprietor Urms of subscription, 1.50 Per Year. Strictly in Advance. ELEVEN MEN DROWN Naval Launch Goes Down and All on Board Are Lost A SEVERE BLOW TO THE NAVY Launch From the Battleship Minne sota Containing Six Enlisted Men and Six Middies Goes Down in Hampton Roads With All on Board. "Washington, Special. A telegram received at the Nevy Department Tuesday from Rear Admiral Evans at XorfolK, Ya., says: "Minnesota steam launch after go ing to exposition is still missing and grave fears are entertained that she was run down and sunk. She had a crew of five men and as passengers Midshipmen Field, Stevenson, Hold en, Ulrieh, Murfin and Holcomb. Search has been made, but without success." The Navy Department has ie eeived a dispatch from Rear Admiral Evans in command of the United States fleet in Hampton Roads, which savs : "A ditty-box belonging to fireman of the Minnesota 's missing launch has been picked up .afloat "near berth 27 and I am forced to conclude that launch with all on board is lost. Have ordered board of investigation. Steamer last seen at Exposition piei about midnight last night." The loss at one time of five bright young midshipmen fresh from '.he Academy at Annapolis, a young ma rine officer very recently appointed, and a coxswain and four other en listed men attached to the big bat tleship Minnesota eleven men alto gether as reported briefly to the Navy Department, was one of the most severe blows that has fallen upon the personnel of the jiavy sin?e the Spanish war in the estimation of the officials. The Dead. Acting Secretary of the Navy New berry sent telegrams to the relatives of the victims of the accident, noti fying them of the disappearance of the Minnesota's launch. Record of Victims. Philip Henry Field, was born in Albemarle county, Virginia. William Hollister Stevenson, of Xewberne, N. C. Franklin Porteous Holcomb, was born at Newcastle, Deleware. Herbert Leander Holden, son of Susan A. Holton, of Portage, "Wis. Henry Clay Murfin, Jr., son of Henry Clay Murfin, 01 Jackson, Ohio. Walter Karl UlrieS, the son of Carl Ulrieh, Milwaukee, Mis. The Missing Blue Jackets. Sailors all attached to the Minne sota: Robert H. Dodson, next of kin, fa ther, E. F. Dodson, 158 West S4th fctreet, New York City. Jesse Conn, next of kin, father, J. C. Conn, 2S34 Cleveland avenue. Louisville, Ky. Frank R. Plumber, next of kin. mother, Edna Kitchen Mabton, Washington. Hailey L. Vandorne, next of kin. father, C. L. Vandorne, 318 Sixth avenue, West Cedar Rapids, la. George W. Westphal, next of kin, sister, Mrs. C. B. Harding of Meenah Wis. Was Run Down By Steamer. Norfolk, Va.,Special. Itwas stated anthoritively here that the naval of tibials have absolute knowledge of the identity of a steamer which ran down the launch of the battleship Minne sota in Hampton Roads and that the arrest of the crew of the steamer is expected to follow. Finals at Roanoke College. Roanoke, Va., Special. At Roan i ke College, Salem, Va., Tuesday evening the address before the Liter rry Soeieites was delivered by Hon. Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the irier-State-commerce commission. A brie audience heard the address. The commencement exercises close Wed l fday when the largest class in the history of the college will graduate. rational Electric Light Association Officers Elected. Washington, Special. The Nat ional Electric Light Association elect ed Dudley Farrand, of Newark, N. J. resident; Alex. Dow, of Detroit, Mich., first vice president ; W. C. Lcg hn, of Philadelphia, second vice presi dent, and M. W. Freeman, of Brook lyn, secretary and treasurer, George II. Harrison, of this city was elected member of the executive cimmjttae in place of W. F. White. Tbo rest pf the committee was reelected, . Hsa and Wife Found Bsad, Cincinnati, O., Special. The bodies or Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baumgart-t-er were found in their apartment. Both had bullet wounds in the head, whether the husband or wife did the sb noting is unknown. From his fath- Bumgartner recently inherited -V4.o00 since which time he and his wife had quarreled repeatedly oyer the disposition of the money. .1 i ji-rrrrii M"M"",aMaBit"i im n1 Uvwlt- Ivy -W A IW. P A M Mil 1 - r - -- -, T.- ,-- VOL, XXIX, PITTSBORCL CHATHAM SUNKEN LAUNCH LOCATED Several Bodies Found, But on Ac count of Sonflned Space , Their Number Could Not Be Counted. Newport News, Va.', Special. With canopy frame crushed, but canvass still tightly fastened down the missiug launch of the battleship Minnesota was located in 27 feet of water, about 1,400 yards west by south of Fort Wool Friday afternoon about 5 o'clock. Across the little craft a tell tale piece of towing line served to convince the naval .officers that they are right in - their theory that , the launch was run down by a float of some kind in tow of a tug. The diver who went down to examine the launch reported that the heads "and arms of three men were protruding from be neath the canvass covering; the men having made a desparate. fiht for life when they were carried down like rats in a trap. . It is believed that certainly nine of the bodies will be under the canopy, but the fact" that uniform capes of Midshipmen Ulrich and Stevenson were picked up in the roads indicates that these two mustMiavc succeeded in getting free frcm the boat before they were drowned. Aboard the battleship Indiana Captain Mahau confirmed for life As sociated Press the report of the find ing of the launch. He said that all the facts had been wired to Washing ton and that an official report would be given out later. Searchlights frcm all the American battleships ar-i placing upon the spot around whieh two flea Ling derricks, the naval tug Potomac and half a dozen launches and .cutters are anchored. A diver is at the bottom of the placing the cables with which the derricks will raise the launch. Officers and men on board the Atlan tie fleet are waiting anxiously for the raising of i he beat. The ill-fated boat was found b' he launches of the battleship Ohio and Icwva. . Orchard's Story UpheR. Boise, Special. The prosecution in the Steunenberg murder trial Friday entering in earnest on the corrobora tion of Harry Orchard's testimony, showed a continuous thread of evi dence connecting George Pettibone's store in Denver with Orchard at San Fr?nci?o while engaged on the Brad ley minder plot, partly developed au-ihe.- direct line by which it is hope! to shew that Haywood engaged and paid Steve Adams for the same des perate woik, and added special touch es of confirmation to Orchard's gen ersl story. Officers of the postofiiee at San Francisco and Denver produc ed original records showing that in August, 1004, a registered letter was sent under the name of "J. Wolf" from the address of Pettibone's store in Denver -to "J. Dempsey," at the Golden West Hotel in San Francisco. Orchard swore that he stayed "at the Golden West Hotel under an alias that was either "Demspey" or "Ho gan," that Pettibone used the aliases of "Wolfe" .and "Pat Bone" and that under the name of "Wolff," Pettibone in the month mentioned sent him a registered letter containing $100 to pay his expenses while at tempting to kill Bradley. Three Women Died in Flames. Cincinatti, O., Special. Three wo men were burned to death and two men were seriously injured in a fire that destroyed the four principal buildings of the Shaker settlement at Whitewater village, near Harrison, Ohio. Mrs. Kuele Dear) Kathrine Sterr and Mary Middletown, three asred women who occupied quarters in the main building, were the victims. They were burned to death before any one could arouse, them. Charles Sterr and Andrew Bass were seriously in jured in making their escape from the burning building. Acquitted of Peonage Charge. Macon, Ga., Special. Paul E. Wlianlor a former rf Putnam flfmnt.V was tried -here in the United States commissioner's court on a charge cf peonage. It was claimed that Wheel er returned and held unlawfully, one Henry Smith. After hearing the evi dence, Commissioner W. E. Martin re leased the accused man. Memphis Firemen Stop a Very Bad Blaze. Memphis. Special. By one of the most remarkable fights ever made Iry the Memphis fire department a dis astrous conflagration was prevented and a loss that might have reached into the hundreds of thousands was limited to about $10,000, when the fire fighters subdued in an incredibly short time the conflagration in the Hill cotton shed Madison avenue and Wellington street. The blaze was one of the most spectacular ever witness ed in Memphis and drew a large crowd, . . A T crrtfflo Kail Btsra. " 'Mitten, Ga., Special, A terriffla bail ' ttnm, the path of which was four ri'.es wide ccd 10 miles lo.i2, brs viou"ht havce with !rrowii" crops in 'Jenkins county. The 10 hcrse farm of E. Daniel was com pletely destroyed and a seven-horse farm "of the Daniel Son and Palmer The l aii stones killed grown chickensthen sailed for Oyster Bay. ihe ctnl- in many places and went entirely through watermelons, SEN. MORGAN DEAD Famous Southern Statesman Passes Away WAS AN OLD TIME GENTLEMAN Distingished Alabamian, for Thirty Years a . Member of the Upper House of Congress, and Prominent in the Affairs of the Nation, Passes Away at the Ripe Old Age of 83. Washington, D. C, Special. United States Senator John Tyler -Morgan, of Alabama, for 30 years a member of the upper house of Congress, chair man of the Senate committee. on inter oceanic canals and prominent as ? a Brig. General in the Confederate army, died at his home here Tuesday night; Senator Morgan had been id bad health for a number of years, but had more or less regularly attended the sessions of Congress. He suf fered from angina pectoris, which was the cause of death. He passed away at 11:45 o'clock. At the bedside were his daughters, Miss Mary Mor gan and Miss Cornelia Morgan, both of this city, and his secretary, J. O. Jones. Mr. Morgan was a Democrat and was born in Athens, Tenn., June L0, 1824. iFIis home in Alabama was at Selma, where the funeral will take plaee. Morgan Funeral Committee . Washington, Special. The commit tee appointed by Vice President ;Fau banks to represent the Senate at The funeral of the late Senator John T. Morgan at Selma, Ala., is as follows: Senators Pettus, Allison, Frye, Cullom, Daniel, Simmons, Mtljaur in, Culberson, Perkins, Bacon, McCreary, Elkins, Tillman, Fraziei, Gallinger, Rayner, Mallory, McEnery, Clarke of Arkansas; Nelson, Stone, Proctor, White, Taliaferro, Overman, Foraker, Crane and Scott. The following were named to rep resent the House of Representatives at the funeral: The entire Alabama delegation: Bartlett, Georgia; Livingstone, Geor gia; Gillespie, Texas, and Brownlow, Tennessee. No funeral services will be held at the Washington home. State Mourns Late Senator. Montgomery, Ala., Special. The State ceased business Wednesday to mourn the death of Senator Morgan. The flag on the Capitol is at half mast and "the Governor has issued a proclamation reciting the Senator's virtues, his service to the State and long public career. The death of the Senator was reported to the Gover nor by Senator Pettus, his colleague. By primary least summer ex-Congressman J. H. Bankhead "was nomi nated for any vacancy that might dc cur by death or incapacity of either of the. Senators. The endorsement is for appointment to an unexpired term and does not apply to an election, as the platform of the primary stipulat ed such appointment would be only to the next regular or adjourned term of the Legislature. Convict Chief Witness. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. On the third day of the investigation of the charge of contempt of the United States Supreme Court by Sheriff Shipp, Arthur Waller, a convict, now, doing time for manslaughter, was the principal witness. He testified as to a conversation with the day jailer en the day of the lynching which it is charged should have been prevented. Two other witnesses were called, their evidence being unimportant. At Washington and Lee. Lexington, Va., Special. Corn, mencement day exercises at Wash- on and Lee University were held in Liee memorial napei, presiaeu over bv President Denny. Degrees were conferred on 66 graduates, of which 28 were in the law course. Hamilton Wright Mable , of New York, delivered the annual address before the Literary Societies. The law class oration was delivered by David Scott MacDonald, of Keyser, W. Va., and the valedictory address by Carl Converse Crockett, of Wil more, Ky. Dispatch From Secretary Metcalf. Washington, Special. A dispatch was received at the Navy Department at 2:15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from Secretary Metcalf, It was dat ed at Fortress Monroe and made some inquiry about departmental matters. The" officials here are now satisfied "tfiat the Secretary and. party, whose yess'fl, the fender ' Maple', was long delayed in returning from a to.; Jnrnestown Island, Is al rigjit, Eacgetsit children' en tb Sylph. Now Haven, Conn. Special Tbo president's yatah Sylph was in. this harbor over-night and during fhe morning Masters Quentin and Kermit and Miss Ethel Roosevelt, with a gov evness. came here from Farmington and were taken aboard. , The Syiph dren Ijad been on a. yjsjt to -Mrs. Cowles their auntt nottlf Y C THURSDAY. JUNE 20, 1907 STICKS TO HIS TESTIMONY Harry Orchard, Confessed Murderer, Sticks Boldly to All His Statements and Continues to Talk Cooly of His Horrible Crimes. Boise, Idaho, Special. In minute detail Harry Orchard on cross-examination described the attempt he made to poison "Fred" Bradley and his family in San Francisco. He told how. he got acquainted with, the ser vants in the house, took the cook to a theatre and learned that Mr. Brad ley ate breakfast early in the morn ing. He procured the strychnine and lay on the a roof until he saw the milkman deliver the milk on the porch and then deliberately put the contents of the small bottle he carried into the milk. Attorney . Richardson made the most of the attempted poisoning, presum ably for the effect it would have on the jury. He spoke of the little baby in the family, and the innocent wife; of how the witness took the cook tu the theatre and then tried to poison her. . Orchord remained unmoved. He said he never gave the other members f the family a thought, and did not care whether he killed them or not, as he was there to kill Bradley and had no instructions about the meth ods to be used. The defense began by making it clear that as far as Orchard knew, Heywood, Moyer and Pettibone had nothing to do with the inspiration, planning and execution of the Vindi cator explosion, and that Heywood and Moyer ha.1 nothing to do with the planning of the' murder of Datec tive Gregory. , . Passing then to the dynamiting of the Independence station - the first crime with which the testimony ot Orchard directly connects Heywood, Moyer and Pettibone, they endeavor ed to show that Orchard in spring ing the mine had purposely sought to spare the oncoming train and the non union men who were exjeeted to en train, and that the whole plot was en gineered by agents of miueowners and railway managers, who wanted a com paratively harmless "outrage to in jure the union miners who were on strike." Leaving the Independence station crime, which was followed by the flight of Orchard into Wyoming and then by his "unexpected return to Den ver, the defense sought to discredit the story that Heywood directed Or chard to kill Andy Mayberry by show ing that Heywood and Mayberry were old and intimate friends. The readiness with which Orchard answers questions himself continues to puzzle the defense. He told cf burning the cheese factory in Canada and collecting $S00 insurance on it. "Was that the first crime, you committed?" asked Richardson. "It was the first crime of that kind." ".Well, I want to know what your first crime was?" "It was in selling short-weight cheese, if you consider that a crime." ' ' Well,do you consider it a crime ? ' ' "I do now; yes, sir. It was such dishonest methods that first started me out in a criminal career." The witness went over the Inde pendence outrage again, and said that the reason the powder was fired when the train was some distance away was because he did not want to kill 'he trainmen. He said that Sherman Parker told him not to injure the rail way employes, as the engineer had proved a good witness for the de fense in the trainwrecking episode. After fleeing from Colorado, after the Independence explosion, the wit ness stuck to his storytold on dir-sct examination, that Pat Moran, a saloonkeeper, that journeyed to Den ver and carried back a letter from Pettibone with $500 for him. He told that he lost the money in a gambling house in Cody and borrowed $50 from the keeper of the place to take him back to Denver. As to the Independence Depot af fair Orchard said it was to blow up the depot before the arrival of the train. This was arranged to save the trainmen. "And you didn't ii.tend to blow up anybody, but just this depot, which, was simplj' a stopping place without an agent or anybody there?" "Yes, sir; we intended blowing up the nonunion men who took the train there." "Why did you want to save the trainmen1?" asked Richardson, with h significant inflection. "Sherman Parker said that one o'f the men on the train had been a good v itness for him in the trials and ha did not want him hurt." "But this was the same train you felt sore about not being selected to wreck?"" "Yes, sir." Orchard denied that he had talked to Railroad Detective Scott about the plans to blow 'up the depot ai4 save the train. He also denied that it was on Scott's account he Agreed. iq save tba trejn. "You epected to Mil 50 men tW nighH" "I didn't know how many." "You thought the more the merries, didn't you?" "I-wasn't thinking about it." "You didn't care whether it was one or one hundred, did you?" "I wasn't thinking about it," -e- peated the witness, somewhat sullenly. i f A iillRDtR Sensational Killing Wherein a V Motive Does Not Appear FAMILY TROUBLE IS ALLEGED Killing Grows. Out of Domestic Diffi culty About Which There is Con siderable Mystery The Slayer an the Slain Brother-in-Law, China Grove, Special. Edward Ashby shot and killed Dan Overeash near Kannapolis, just over the Ca barrus line and made good his es cape. A possce with bloodhounds are in pursuit of the slayer, but a I a late hour at noght no word' has come from the pursurers. Overeash and Ashby were broUh-ers-in-law and the tradegy grew out of a domestic diffiiculty about which there is considerable mystery. Per sons who have arrived here from the neighborhood' where the crime was committed tell the story of the crime and these details are given for what they are worth. ' - ' Ashby went to the house of Reee Pethel Sunday and accused Pethel's wife of improper conduct with Over eash, declaring that "if Pethel would go with him to the woods he would produce proof of his charges. Peth el accompanied Ashby to the woods but, it is said, Ashby was unable to show the husband proof of the wife's misconduct. Pethel declared then that the best way to settle the matter was to interview Overeash, and Pethel and his wife went to Ash by 's home after him. Ashby ac companied the Pethels willingly, but instead of stopping at Pethel's home where it had been agreed the con- ference was to be held, the Pethe's took him beyond into a thicket, where Ashby was secreted. Ashby stepped out from his hiding place as Overcarsh approached and shot him dead, immediately taking flight. There is considerable mystery be hind the crime and it will require much investigation to bring to light the truth. Ashby, it is said, had threatened Sunday morning some hours prior to the tragedy to kill Overeash on sight. Suspicion rests upon Pethel and his wife for com plicity in a plot to kill Overeash and it is presumed that they will be ar rested on- that charge. Sheriff Crowder of Rowan county was informed of the crime Sunday afternoon and with a posse and bloodhounds undertook the search for Ashby but thus far without suc cess. Ashby has the reputation of be ong a desperate character. Abmit four years ago he killed his father Jim Ashby a noted whiskey trans porter, because" the father had bru tally whipped his daugther, Edward Ashby 's sister. The elder Ashby was known to have possessed a violent temper on this gimind chiefly acquitted the son. It is said that the gun which Ashby used Sunday morning is the same weapon with Avhich he killed his father. - Funeral of Senator Morgan. Selma, Ala., Special. With every business house closed, with the in dustrial plants stopped and their portals draped in mourning, in the presence of 5,000 citizens, 500 of them from other parts of the State and nation, all that was mortal of John Tyler Morgan, Alabama's Sen ator for more than- 30 years, . was laid to rest here Sunday. As the casket was-lowered into the earth, the strains of "Lead Kindly Light" floated on the air and tears sprang unbidden from a thousand ejTes. Secretary Taft at St. Paul. Sioux City, S. D., Special. Secre tary of War Taft arrived here from St. Paul Sunday. He said he had entirely recovered from his indispo sition. Several hundred people call ed to pay respects. He attended church and at 1 o'clock left for Fort Meade with Senators Gamble and Kittridge and Governor Qrawford. Will Pay Visit to China. Gainsville, Special. Mr. and Mrs. John Carter and Mrs. J. T. Telford, left Wednesday for the far-off China where they will spend two months with Mr. and Mrs. Carter's children Mrs. S. E. Stephens and Mrs. E. L. Morgan, who are missionaries in that land. : Mr. and Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Telford .go to China via Seattle, Wash., from which port they take steamer. Mr. and Carter have given two of their daughters to missionary worl? in Chips, . Vissouni Aski t fee &et&!!e& Tokio, By Cab!e.-Tha ?.loehi gays that Vicount Aoki, Japanese ambas sador to America will probably ba recalled and that he wfll likely be succeeded by Baron Kancko. . Washington, Special. - Baron Kaneko, whom The Tpkio Hoehi as serts will probably succeed Viscount Aoki as ambassador from Japan &i ths capital, is a former minister of. justice in the Tokio Cabinet, NO. 45 NORTH STATE NEWS '.;;' Items of Interest Gleaned From Various Sections FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE tliivor Occurrences of the Week of Interest to Tar Heels Told in Para graphs. ; . ; . ' Many New Pharmacists, . . Lake Toxaway, Special. The North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association convened here in the hall of the Tox away Inn, with its president C. A. Raysor of Asheville in the chair. The address of welcome was made by Mr. J. L. Alexander of Toxaway: Inn, and was responded , to by Mr. C. R. :Thom as, of Thomasville. , . At the, session the the reports of the officers and com mittees 'were made and '14 new mem bers received. -The' North Carolina Board of Pharmacy passed out of a class of 43 the . following successful applicants:' J. G. Aberthany, Lenoir; J. T. Abernathy, Gostonia; Charles M. Andrews, Chapel Hill; D. G. At kins, Durham; D. S. Chapman, Green ville A. D. Currie, Jr., Salisbury; I. I. Davis, Jr., Morganton; A. G. El liott, Durham; C. T." EIdridge,Greeus boro; T.' L. Farrow, - Jr., Winston Salem; Jqhn ;W. Fuller, . (Goiored) Salisbury; H. P. Kennedy, .Jr., (Col ored), Greensboro; R. E.'Kibler, Moi ganton; H. C. Lutz, Granite Falls; W. A. LaneNewbern; J. E. Marian Elkin ; Earl, Morrow, Gastonia,R E. Moody," Charlotte ; J. II. Patterson, Jr (Colored) ' Durham ; "R. R. Palmer, Warrenton; J. L. Robinson, Lowell j J. LRanson, Charotte; A. M. Sec rest, Monroe; E. L. Webb, Roxboroj J. B. Whitington, East Bend. Horrible Self -Destruction. Lumber-ton, Special. A most hor rible tragedy occurred two miles east of here in which Mrs. Francis Phil lips aged 70 years was the vistim. Her mind had been unbalanced for some time and she had repeatedly threatened to take her life. Two weeks ago she attempted to drink con centarted ,lye. . At another time she was taken from the railroad track just" before an approaching train. Arrangements had been made to take her to the asylum and when Deputy Higley and Mr. E. D. McNeill went for her. she had disappeared Search ing they found her a- short distance beyond the house lying dead in -the road, with her clothing burned off her. A box of matches was lying near by. The inference is all too plain that she took her life. Doctors Hold Final Session. 'Morehead City, Special. The North Carolina Medical Association met in its final sessiom Papers were read by Drs. Jones, of Newbern; Headen of Morehead. The report' of the house of delegates was received and resolutions of thanks to the local committee and the Atlantic Hotel and Col. Frank P. Morton, the genial pro prietor for the courtesises shown the society, were; passed: Dr. Howell Way the new president was then in troduced to the society which ad journed to meet in Winston-Salem, the date to be fixed later. The meet ing was up to the average ' scientifi cally, but numerically it was not. Cleve Richardson Arrested. Monroe, Special. ! Cleve Richard son the negro who . shot and almnst fatally wounded Bob Brewer in a-fight over a woman here last November and then escaped was arrested at Chester, ,S. C. last Monday just after finishing a term on the chain gang there, lie has been brought to Monroe and will have a preliminary hearing in the re corder's court, this week. ' The F.cwlard Cc-e. Raleigh, Special. Although the chemists have ieported that no evi dence of pciscning have been found against Dr. Rowland, the cases against him will be tried in court. His friends now believe hihi innocent of the grave charges, but that, he is a victim of circumstances. Tar Heel Nctes. ' N A special order issued from the of fice of the Adjuntant General accepts the Beaufort division of naval mili tia aud also a.companv of infantry of the First regiment at Shelby. Anoth er order disbands Company M of the 3d regiment at- Sanford upon recom mendation of the inspector general," who found in April that the company did not meet the requirements of thc law. .' State Auditor Dixon says that great numbers of 'corooration reports are now coming in. The entire time of one of his clerks is devoted to cor poration matters, la a few days there is to bo a vote on the r.ew county of whioh Jonas boro8ftford will ba the county mt It is ssid that only threa votes will bs cast against it. Both the North Carolina Senators and Congressmen E. Y. Webb were appointed to attend the funeral of Senator Morgan, of Alabama. At Federal Court at Charlotte, Franc F. Jones plead guilty of em bezzlement. He returned $5,000 tf the stolen money to the bank, --- r - -n .11 tl)c .djatljam Record.: RATES OF ADVERTISING, - One qurat on iutrttoa , 91.09 On square, two insertion 1.50 On square, one month For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be made. Late JVetaj In 'Brief MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST Governor. Higgins signed the Pablie Utilities bill. The prosecution in the Schmitz trial rested its case. A reign of terror- again prevails at Lodz, Russian Poland. The Virginia Federation of Labor adjourned, at Norfolk. Three prisoners escaped from the -Loudoun County jail. ' ' President Castro sent a message to the' Venezuelan Congress. A Norfolk 'and Western express train was wrecked at Lynchburg. . . ; ; William Jenings Bryan, in an inter-j view discussed the issues of the next campaign. , . Judge Showalter, of Parkersburg, W. "Va., entencedll persons to tha penitentiary. ; The Pennsylvania Republican State Convention declared for Senator 1 Knox for President. United States Senator John Tyler; Morgan, of Alabama, died Tuesdiy., night at 11 :15 o 'clock. ' . ? Contracts for 6,000 steel cars have, been placed by the United States ; Steel Corporation. Capt. J. M. Little, of Wadesboro, t N. C, who attended the Confederate f reunion in Richmond is missing. Howard Gould appeared in court to have some of the charges in his wife's bill for partial divorce stricken out. American Society of Red Cross women, entertained delegates to the ( international conference in London. t The strike of the winegrowers iri'J France has begun and the Govern-: ' ment views the situation with mjch,. apprehension. Harry Orchard testifies that in try-:, ing to poison Fred Bradley he was indifferent to the fate of the rest of ' the household. A determined fight is being made . against the merger of the New York New Haven and Hartford and Boston and Maine roads. John Henley Smith leaves to the Library of Congress his large collec tion of manuscripts and letters of the . early Presidents. It was decided in the suit against Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy to appoint a master and have her examined as to her mental competency. The navy yeomen who sued for damages after being barred from a Newport dance hall, because of hia uniform, was awarded 25 cents. Elder Bringham H. Roberts, of the Mormon Church, in an address de clared his adherence to polygamy, re gardless of all prohibitive laws. The retrenchment committee of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com pany cut salaries of other officers and . fixed things so their own would be increased. President Roosevelt has appointed a special commission to inquire into the course of instruction of the mid shipmen at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis. Harry Orchard continued his con fession of plottings on the7 witness stand in the Heywood case and told of the murder of Governor Steunen berg. The Council of the Progessives m Tokio adopted a resolution calling ; upon the Government to demand rep- , aration and assurances of future good behavior from the United States. An important conference was held at -the White House last week to determine the policy of the Gov ernment in regard to prosecution of the trusts and railroads, especially the Harriman lines. : : . - Stuvvesant Fish, talking to Colum- I bia College men, expressed the opin ion that ratehxing by 1 ederal au thority would- tend to arrest the ex tension of railroads into undevelop ed country. The Federal grand jury at Char leston, W. Va.,brought in more in dictments (against the Ritter Lumber Company, of Wyoming county, and its officials -on the charge of hold? ing laborers in peouage. . , , At Selma,- Ala.J the charred body of Will Skinner was found in the ruins, of his store near Sardis. It is said shots were heard just before the fire which gives rise to the theory of mur der and arson for the purpose of rob bery. President Roosevelt attended thi opening of the Georgia Building tX Jamestown where he made an address and also made an address before the National Editorial Association. Public opinion in Japan in very jingoistic, but has not yet reached the point of appealing for a hostile: demonstration against the Upited, States. The examination of Major Fonroso in command of tho negro troopa eta tined at Brownsville, Tex,, on Aujut 13th when that town was "hot upM and Captain Mackliu, of Company C, Twenty-fifth' Infantry, consumsd nearly the entire time of the Senate committee on military affairs Tuesday. They denied several important state ments of witnesses tending to fix the blame of the shooting up of the town upon the negro soldiers. Major Pen rose reasserted his belief that the sol diers did not do the shooting. .j