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Sensation at Fayetteville.
Favettm illo. Special. S. M. Grant
teacher in the State Colored
negro
irmal s'uool. which is located in
or
citv. was dismissed from service
lis
coiicealoti weapon. Grant was ar-
sted. a Pl having been found
j his person, and in the mayor's
.art ttss bound over to the coming
fiffiinal court. Being unable to fur-
ih bail, he was placed in jail. The
rectors of the normal school were
tified of the affair and after a
B reful i:ve-tigation, including a
atement from Grant himself, de-
ded that his dismissal was neces-
Hazers Have to Withdraw.
Raleigh. Special. The senior class
the Agricultural and Mechanical
Llleee reports that two men have
en req'.'.iri'l to withdraw from the
liege because they were implicated
the recent sensational hazing af
r. and two others are on probation
nding the result of further inves
:ation. They appeal to the people
the State that all have been done
at could possibly be done in the
alter, and express the belief that
ere is now a sentiment among the
udents of the college that wTill make
impossible for the occurrence of
v more severe or brutal hazing.
Negro Killed Near Wilson.
Wilson. Special. Wednesday night
;ont S o'cK-J-. on H. II. Walston's
rm. better kr.i v. n as the Lane place,
rated abru s;ven miles from Wil-
3, Davis Hasan was severely cut by
arrer. Ward. Both men were drink-
: when the fiaht occurred. Hagan
;d at 1 o'clock Thursday' morning,
;er bleeding profusely for five
urs. Both were negroes about 25
ars old. As soon as Ward did the
rting he skipped, going east from !
ratcga. The sheriff and deputies
tt f n- Saratoga, but the negro could !
t be fraud in that vicinity and is
II at larae.
- Tragedy in Marshall.
Asheville. Sn3c-ial. A telephone '
essage fium Marshall, Madison '
unty. is to the effect that a fire at j
o'clock Thursdav morning in the
rton mill di-irirt at that place de- '
itoyed a lariie double house and that '
Miss Blazer. 14 years of age, was
.reed to death. The girl was a
vmber of one of the famalies becu-
ins the li'vise. The other members
the two families occupying the
use barfly escaped with their lives,
e girl's head, legs and arms were
med off.
New Charters Granted.
Raleigh. Special. The followins
w charters v. cre granted Thursday :
Cronley Brick Company, Wilminsr-
a- The capital is $10,000. with $25,-
'J authorized : G. T. Flynn, W..J.
ynn, J. H. Hooper and others, in-
roprators.
Amendment to Independent Ice
offipany. Wilmington, increasing the
Pital from $100,000 to $200,000.
The David Dosvn Comnanv. Besse-
er City, with rnntt.il nf sfcin.OflO;
hert Knu.-klov. of Rp.wpmpr Titv.
fl Tlavwl 1 - - -r-v C
iu xvm ueorge jjevvyn, ol
fl-arlotte, are the incornornt.nrs.
No Interruption of Publication.
Kalelgh, Special. In the Surjerior
Rrt, with the consent of all parties
pcerned the temporary receivership
xne hveninsr Times was mndn ner-
anent and Receiver Paee's bond in
?ased to $5,000. There will be no
prruption in the regular publica- j
" m ine limes pending the ad- ,
l5tment of the paper's financial ob-j
A Generous Offer.
Asheville. Special. George W.
anderbiii iyi ,,ore t v ti nnn
ttonal tax on nronertv in south
iltmore for r, ,..': ;f
6 other property owners will tax.
selves another thousand, the
'OUtlt IjOnv nPr.OceoT-ir rfnh"cti
High school with thro ioaohp-r and
11iei5ht"K0:jths' term- The matter
1 . a UIOOO UlCtlXllf5
JJ is practically certain that the
X n be voted. It is probable that
pulsory bCl100i attendance in
m Biltmore will also be voted. ..
Southern Cuts Wages in Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. A reduction
10 per cenf i waoaa vP nil
Wes of the Southern 'Railway,
pt contract labor, such as engi-
' ' toeien, etc., effective March
' "d announced. A previous cut
1 ru per cent t,ffoMaA n onor.ai
'Chi1:! Py- e general
rafl p'jucy aaoptea ny me
w ttvea as a reason for the cut.
VOL. XXX.
f TATt HEEL TOTICS
Hems Gathered From All Sections of the State W
Jonesboro Mills Assign.
Raleigh, Special. The Clark Man
ufacturing Company and the Eugenia
Manufacturing Company, the only
two cotton mills at Jonesboro, in Lee
county, were placed in the hands of a
receiver, ex-Judge A. W. Graham, of
Oxford being named by Judge Biggs,
now holding court in Raleigh, as the
receiver. The mills were in charge of
David Clark, the capital stock being
$53,900 with 3,800 spindles and 101
looms. The financial depression
caused the application for a receiver
ship. Tragedy Prevented.
Concord, Special. A tragedy al
most equalling that at Fayetteville
Sunday, was prevented by the cool
ness of our Chief of Police Booker,
w'hen one Johnson, usually a quiet
citizen, tanked up on the. "red-eye"
and defied arrest. He had the chief
covered until Policeman Sides came
on the scene, when his attention was
drawn to him. The chief took ad
vantage, and before Johnson knew
what he was about he was on the way
to the guard house.
Burns May Prove Fatal.
Gastonia, Special. Mrs. Rhoda
Mauney, aged 35, wife of William
Mauney, an employe of the Gastonia
Manufacturing Companj7, was so bad
ly burned that she will probably die.
Mrs. Mauney was doing some washing
in the yard at her home at the old
mill and her dress caught from the
fire under the washpot. Just one year
ago their 4-year-old son met death in
a similar manner.
Debtors Idle, Couldn't Pay.
Tarboro, Special. Execution was
served on M. P. .Williams, a grocer
of this city, judgment having been ob
tained by R. B. Peters Grocery Com
pany for $19S.S6. The store is elosed
while the inventory is being taken.
Mr. Williams, says the cause of his
embarrassment was poor collections of
debts due by those who are idle on
account of being thrown out of work.
Girl Commits Suicide.
Kinston, Special. Miss Nellie
Fields, the 15-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Fields, committed
suicide about 10 o'clock by shooting
herself with a pistol at their home
on Peyton avenue. Several weeks ago
the young girl contracted the grip
and had an unusually severe attack
having been confined to her bed ever
since. For several days she had been
despondent and depressed, but no
one suspected that she was contem
plating self-destruction.
Working Up Water Power.
Greenville, Special. A promoter
whose name is so far withheld, is in
the city working up the organization
of a power company which is to be
capitalized at $5,000,000 and whose
intention is to furnish power for the
mills of Greenville and vicinity. The
ones promoting the enterprise have
talked with mill men and a well
known mill architect. Nothing defi
nite has been given out.
Surveys for Consideration of Inland
Waterways.
Beaufort, Special Mr. Alfred She
ney, of Kinston, is here, where he
has his headquarters while engaged
in surveying and preparing maps, etc.,
of the waters in this section to be
used by the government in the con
sideration of the proposed inland
waterway.
Greenville Bonds are Sold.
Greenville, Special The city of
Greenville disposed of $18,000 in re
funding school bonds, at 103. The en
tire issue was taken by.Thackston; &
Son, brokers of this city. . The pre
mium paid for the isue was $52o
The Thackston bid was nearly $20U
above the next highest offer, made by
a Cincinnati firm. Several bond bro
kers were here when the bids were
opened. The bonds bear 5 per cent
interest and under the present un
satisfactory conditions of the market
the sale is considered very advanta
geous to the city.
News of the Day.
Carl Von Veitheim, who is aid to
have married seven jomen Regally,
was sentenced in London to 20 years
penal servitude for blacionaol.
Sufferagists who raided the . Brit
ish Hotse of Common? jtfused to pay
finest saying they preferred jail.
A Mexican miners' plot to blow up
all the Americans in camp at Sonora
was frustrated. - -
PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY. MARCH
COST OF CONTROVERSY
What the Eailway Rate Dispute Cost
the State Interesting Figures
From the Books of the State Audi
tor. Raleigh Special to The Charlotte
Chronicle:
An examination of the State
Auditor's books reveals the fol
lowing figures of expense in connec
tion with the cost of the controversy
between the State and Rairoad com
panies in the railway rate litigation.
Total litigation expens, to State
$13,829.
Paid to lawyers:
F. A. Woodard.. $3,936
E. J. Justice 3.750
J. E. Shepperd 1,301
Aycock & Daniels 3,150
Winston & Bryant 1,517
Merriman & Merriman 835
S. G. Ryan 250
Other items:
Stenographer and auditing ser- .
vices 3.0S6
United States Court costs 753
Attorney General and assistant 36
Printing 185
The cost of the extra session of the
Legislature is yet to be - Ided, which
will fully double the amount, bring
ing up the total expense to the State
to .$33,000 or more, into which the
$17,500 the railways offered and the
Governor accepted is to be thrown
and this will bring the aetual ex
penses to the State to less than
$20,000.
Friday's Charters.
Raleigh, Special. Among ihe hew
charters issued Friday is one for
the Buckstone Lodge Association,
Manchester, Cumberland county, with
a capital of $50,000. The incorpora
tors are . J. H. Alexander, of Eliza
beth, New Jersey; Henry D. Spears,
New York; W. Strotker Jones, Red
Bank, N. J.; James F. Jordan,
Greensboro.
The Bradshaw Electric Company,
Charlotte, amends its charter, chang
ing its name to "The Ideal Eleetric
Company."
The Hamilton Drug Company, of
Oxford, is also chartered.
: MAIN BUILDING BURNED.
$1,000 Fire Loss Sustained By Indus
trial Union Training School at
Southern Pines.
Raleigh, N. " C, Special.
The main building of the Industrial
Union Training School and Orphan
age was destroyed by fire early this
morning, the total loss amounting to
about $4,000. The building, pipe or
gan, furniture, etc., were a total loss.
This school is for the industrial
training of colored youth and is un
der the supervision of Rev. J. M.
Henderson, president. The institu
tion had the endorsement of Grover
Cleveland and other eminent men.
News and Observer, Raleigh, N. C.
The Building of the Southbound.
Winston-Salem, Special The
building of the Southbound Railroad
from Winston-Salem to Wadesboro is
now being agitated all along the line.
The people look upon it as a "good
thing" for every section through
which it would pass. It is reported
that Lane Bros., railroad contractors,
who double-tracked for the Southern,
are now engaged in preparing a bid
for construction work on the South
bound. Looking Into Immigration.
Ealeigh, Special. Agents of the
United States Immigration Commis
sion from Washington, Messrs. Kel
lett, Ball and Bacon, are in Raleigh
on official business. While in jft'orth
Carolina they will also visijt Wilming
ton Charlotte, Winston, Fayetteville
and some other points. They say they
find out people favor a restricted im
migration, limited to desirable classes.
Bond Secured For Men Charged With
Murder.
Chester, Special Messrs. S. E.
MeFadden and A. L. Gaston, attor
neys for W. G. Dye and Henry Gib
son, two of the young men charged
with killing Reuben Douglas, colore,
a few days ago near Richburg while
attempting to arrest one of his sons,
appeared before Judge R. C. Watts at
Winnsboro and secured bond for their
clients in the sum of $500 each, the
motion not being resisted by the soli
citor. . The bond was readily furnish
ed, and the young men are again at
liberty.
The News in Paragraphs.
Queen Wilbelminia of .Holland and
her-'busband escaped injury when a
trolley car hit their carnage.
The czar "told a delegation from the
Douma" property rights must be in
yiolate. Japanese are said to be back of. a
reported revolt in India and Ceylon.
An arraignment of anarchists was
made in the funeral sermon over
Fafher Leo Hiwriebs in Denver.
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BRADLEY FS ELECTED
Kentucky Chooses Republican
United States Senator
FOUR DEMOCRATS FOR HIM
Republicans Vot Solidly For Brad
ley and With the Assistance of
Four Democrats Succeed in Land
ing the Former Governor in the
Senatorship, With Only Four Votes
to the Good.
Frankfort, Ky., Special. Amid
scenes of wildest excitement, former
Governor William O'Connell Brad
ley, Republican, was elected ' United
States Senator to succeed James B.
McCreary. Bradley's term of six
years will begin March 4th, 1909. He
received 64 votes, four of which were
cast by Democrats opposed to for
mer Governor Beckham, leading
Democratic candidate for . senator,
who was endorsed for the office at
the State primary.
The four Democrats were surround
ed by party friends and urged to
withdraw their support from Bradley
and re-elect Senator James McCreary
or any Democrat they might name
but the four men declared that the
proposal came too late. The Demo
cratic leaders even promised a caucus
to select a candidate, to which the
name of Bcckliam would not be pre
sented.
.The ballot as recast resulted as
follows :
Bradley G4; Beckham 15: James
15; McCreary 10; Mayo 5; Allen 2;
Ellison 1; Stanley 1; Blackburn 1;
cantrell l ; Ellis 1 : Cammack 1 :
Sullivan 1; McElroy 1; Hunt 1.
in a speech accepting his election
Bradley promised to use everv effort
as senator to procure the reDeal of
tne o-cent tax on tobacco.
.Representative Lillard was the only
one of the four Democrats to explain
his vote for Bradley. He said he
thought the time had come to 'throw
oE party shackles and to break up
the machine." and, although he did
support the Democratic ticket for 40
years, he believed his vote for Brad
ley "was the btst Democratic vote
he ever cast."
The Republicans voted solidly for
Bradley, the caucus nominee. It had
been held from the beginning of the
contest (over six weeks ago) that a
majority of a quorum was sufficient
for an election, and with 126 mem
bers present it reuired 64 votes to
elect. The votes of the four Demo
crats who have steadily refused to
vote for former Governor Beckham
were transfered to Bradley from the
various Democratic opponents of
Beckham.
Winner by Four Votes.
Bradley received 64 votes to 60 for
Beckhaml 1 for Allen and 1 for
Blackburn. The Democrats left the
hal in an attempt to break the vote,
but later returned and the vote was
ordered ratified.
Senators McNutt and Chariton and
Representative Meuller, of Louis
ville, and Representative LillaTd, of
Boyle, were the Democrats who
voted with , the Republicans for
Bradley.
A scene of the wildest excitement
prevailed before the result was an
nounced, the Democrats demanding a
recapitulation. Beckham came on
the floor and reelased the Democrats
from their primary nomination
pledge. Many Democrats sought to
change their votes the majority
going to Congressman James.
,; Many Hurt in Wreck in Texas.
; Laredo, Tex., Special. Four per
sons were seriously injured .and 25
others hurt early Tuesday when
Charles G. Gates' Mexican touring
train was ditched 12 miles north of
here. Most of the passengers were
from Toledo, O., and the middle West.
The wreck was caused by the engine's
axle breaking. Nine coaches of . the
train were ditched. ' -
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Big Bank Consolidation.
Chicago, , .Special. The announce
ment made of the practical comple
tion of arrangements for the consoli
dation of the American Trust and
Savings Bank and the Hibernian
Banking Association, with a deposit
account 'of forty-three millions and
a capital of four millions five hun
dred thousand startled financial cir
cles here. Negotiations were taken
up last fall, but were interrupted by
the panic.
Bomb Thrown at the Shah.
Washington, SpeciaLA cable dis
patch received here from Teheren by
the State Department states that an
attempt to assassinate the Shahl
Persia was made, but his majesty
escaped. A bomb was thrown at the
roval carriage and killed several per
sons, but the Shah entirely escaped
injury. The cablegram does not -con
tain minute details.
THREE ARE ARRESTED
In Connection With Frauds in
the Patent Office
ONE HIGH OFFICIAL IMPLICATED
Arrests of Third Assistant Examiner
Barton, Henry W. Everding, a Pat
ent Attorney and, John A. Heany,
an Inventor, Bring to Light a
Scandal in the Patent Office.
Washington,' Special. Three ar
rests here Thursday brought to light
a scandal in the patent office which
has been under investigation since
early in February, and which re
volves around an invention valued at
more than $5,000,000. The parties ar
rested are Ned W. Barton, third as
sistant examiner of the patent of
fice, Henry W. Everding, a patent at
torney of Pbiladpehia, and John A.
Heany, an inventor of York, Pa.
They had been indicted by the Unit
ed States grand jury for conspiracy
to defraud the government and for
destroying public records.
Heany's Leads to Arrest.
The indietment charges - that the
three men, "with an intent to steal
and destroy," carried away from the
patent office certain letters," specifi
cations and amendments relating to
patents and unlawfully and wilfully
destroyed them. The investigation
was made upon information that as
a result of a conspiracy John A.
Heany had been given a patent on
an invention for manufacturing
filaments, and electrodes for electric
incandescent lamps.
The facts disclosed by the investi
gation were of such a character that
they were presented to the grand
jury. it is alleged tnat tnrougn
connivance with New W. Barton,
Heany and Barton outrivaled more
than 20 of the largest electrical con
cerns in the country, striving to get
the same patent. All of these con
cerns had filed applications for a
patent, but from time to time, Bar
ton, it is charged, would "see the
specifications and employ whatever
he desired for perfecting Heany's
invention. To be successful in this
plan it was necessary to destroy cer
tain records, and file substitutes
therefor.
Nabbed in Court House.
Secretary Garfield, after a confer
ence with Commissioner Moore, call
ed upon District Attorney Baker last
Friday and the latter immediately
presented the case to the grand jury.
Subpoenas were issued Monday, di
recting Barton, Heany and Everding
to appear before the grand jury, and
at 3:50 Thursday afternoon the in
dictments were returned before Jus
tice Stafford in criminal court, and
bench warrants were at once issued
for the arrest of the accused men.
Under some pretext the three men
had been kept in the court house and
Deputy Marshals Stutler, Hawkins
and Reid served the warrants im
mediately. Assistant District At
torney Jesse A. Adkins and Hugh
Taggart, who have worked up the
case for the government, consulted
Justice Stafford who fixed bail for
the defendants at $10,000. Later
they were still ,making, efforts to pro
cure bondsmen.
- The accused men said they cared
to make no statement other than
the fact of their innocence would be
proven.
Freshet Closes Mills in Pennsylvania.
: Philadjelphi4 Pa., Special. More
than six thousand mill employes are
out of work and every mill along the
Schuylkill river at Manayuk and
Schyulkill Falls, is closed as the re
sult of a freshet in the river. Fami
lies occupying cottages along the riv
er have also been forced to flee. The
money loss is heavy.
Captain Brotherton Dead.
-Atlanta, Ga,, Special. Captain
William H. Brotherton, a Confeder
ate veteran, and a leader for many
years in the political and business
life of Atlanta, died at his home hers
Thursday night; Captain Brotherton
was born near . Benton, Tenn., 69
years ago. At the outbreak of the
civil war he entered into the service
as -second lieutenant of the Thirty
ninth Georgia Regiment and was lat
er promoted to the rank of Captain.
Since the war he has made his home
in this city.
By Wire aid Cable.
' The British army and navy esti
mates show an increase of $3,'00.Q,00G
over last year.-
" Thousands of sightseers visited th
American' warships at Callao.
The new Educational bill was in
troduced in the House of Commons,
T?n!lwflv envnloves had afl
unfruitful conference with officials!
over the threatened wage induction, j
4. 1908. NO. 30.
ROADS TO COMPLY
Agree to Adopt the Nine-Hour
System Without Delay
CLAIM IT WILL WORK DADLY
New Order of Affairs Will Mean the
'Employment of Thousands of Ad
ditional Operators, the Closing of
a 7 arge Number of Small Stations,
and General Inconvenience to the
Traveling and Shipping Public.
Washington, Special. American
railways have made arrangements to
comply with the provisions of the
"nine-hour law." The operation of
the law will mean the employment
by railroad companies - of several
thousand additional operators and
the closing of a large number jof
small stations on the 4th of March.
The discontinuance of railway ser
vice at many points, it is realized,
will induce at least temporary incon
venience to the traveling and ship
ping public, but, in order to reduce
operating expenses which now seems
necessary, the operating officials of
the railways believe that this is the
only way they possible can meet the
situation Avith which they are con
fronted. ,
Astonishing Statements.
; During the hearing of appUcation3
for an extension of the nine-hour law
by the inter-State commerce commis
sion some astonishing statements
were made by the operating officials
of important railways. A good many
lines, owing to a reduction in their
revenues, and to their inability' to
command the cash necessary to meet
their pay rolls, have been forced,
during the past four months, almost
to the point of asking for -receivers.
In the opinion of railway officials ex
pressed at the hearing under oath
and in private conversation this con
dition does not seem to have been
due to the enforcement of legislative
laws or to the incapacity of railway
management. Most of the railroad
officials attribute the difficulty to the
unfortunate banking situation which
developed last September. The rail
ways did not feel the stringency in
money until about the 1st of Novem
ber. In fact, the month of October
was one of the best in the history of
the business of American railroading.
One railway official ventured the
statement that in the country to-day
there were 300,000 idle freight cars,
and one line which -he instanced was
declared to be hauling empty cars
backward and forward because it
had not yard room or sidings to ac
commodate them. -
Note of Confidence.
Not a single official of a single
railway line who appeared before the
commission, however, expressed the
belief that the present industrial de
pression would be lasting. In the
testimony of nearly every witness be
fore the commision there was a note
of confidence because all of them
practically believed that the string
ency in the money market from
which the country has suffered is not
due to fundamental causes. They
point out that- the crops last year
were good; that prices were excel
lent; that industrial enterprises
throughout the country were flour
ishing. It was merely the inability
to command ready cash and the
hoarding of money by panic-stricken
individuals .which produced so" sud
denly the remarkable depression
from which .all have suffered. They
practically uniformly express confi
dence that the return of prosperity
will be almost as sudden as was the
coming of adversity and in their ar
guments as to the enforcement of the
nine-hour law they pointed out to the
commission that such a return of
prosperity might seriously embarrass
them in complying with the law, be
couse it would render it difficult to
command- the services of competent
operators in sufficient numbers to
meet the needs of prosperous condi
tions. Falls Through Trestle and is Drown
ed. Gaffney, S. ' C, Special. Coroner
Vinsett was notified that a negro had
been drowned Saturday night in Buf
falo creek, about four miles north of
Gaffney. Accompanied by Dr. J. N.
Nesbitt, the county physician, he re
paired to the scene and learned that
While two " 'drunken negroes were
crossing the trestle over Buffalo creek
(a large and deep stream) one of
them fell through.
Promfcoent Alabama Railroad Han
Dead.
Selma, Ala., . Special. Andrew J.
Niel.,70 years pjd, died at his resi
donee in Selma. Mr. Niel has bera
associatsdwith ths Southern Railway
and"its predecessors 36 years. He
was the father of Edward A. Niel. of
Buffalo, N. Y., traffic manager of the
Buffalo & Susquehanna" Railroad.
For Larger Advertise
ments Liberal Contracts
Will be made. ,
FIRE WRECKS TAMPA
' ; " """"" .
Severest Conflagration in the
City's History
EIGHTEEN BLOCKS BURNED OUT
Three Hundred and Eight Buildings
Destroyed, Embracing Five Cigar
Factories, With a Total Loss Esti
mated at $600,000.
Tampa, Fla., Special. The entire
extreme northeast ren section of the
city proper was destroyed by fire,
which raged until interrupted from
9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Sunday. The area
burned covered 55 acres or eighteen
and one-half city blocks and three
hundred and eight buildings were de
stroyed, with a total loss estimated at .
$600,000.
; The burned section included four
large and one smaller cigar factories,
numerous restaurants, saloons, board
ing houses and over 200 dwellings oc
cupied by cigarmakers. The fac
tories burned were, M. Stachelberg &
Co., loss $100,000; M. Perez & Co.,
loss $50,000; Gonzales, Fisher & Co.,
branch of Stachelberg, loss $40,000;
Fernandez & Bro., loss $20,000.
Cigar Factories Suffer.
. All factories carried large stocks .
of tobacco and cigars. The area
swept by fire embraced all that por
tion of the city between 12th and
Michigan avenues and Sixteenth and
Twentieth Streets. It originated in
the boarding house of Antonio Diaz,
174" Twelfth avenue, and fanned by a
strong wind, spread out, fan-shaped,
defying the efforts of the entire city '
fire department jyhieh wras crippled
by very weak water pressure, owing
to the smallness of the mains in that
section. Occupants of over two
hundred dwelling houses, thrown in
to a - panic,- rushed out, attempting
to save but little of their belongings.
One fatality is reported, a Cuban wo
man in a delicate condition, , who .
dropped dead .from the shock,, her
body being rescued from the burning
house with difficulty. In the big
factories it was possible only to save
the most valuable of records, books,
etc., and the valuable stocks of leaf
tobacco and manufactured cigars,
ready for shipment, were left to the
mercy of the flames.
Fire Chief Overcome.
Fire Chief Savage was overcome by
heat and smoke early in the fire, but
recovered later. Citizens volunteered
assistance to the hard working fire
men, but .the spread of the flames
Avas so rapid that little effectual Avork
could be done."
Among the buildings, other than
factories destroyed, were the hotels
and cafes of Perez and Castro and
Maximo Caras, six saloons, 12 restau
rants and 10 boarding houses. The
car barns of the Tampa Electric Com
pany, containing 20 cars, were en
dangered, and owing to the destruc
tion of trolly wires cars could not
be moved. The big Seirenberg
branch factory of the Havanna-American
Cigar Company was also reached
by the flames, but was saved and St.
Joseph's Catholic Convent and Acad
emy barely escaped. The fire finally
burned itself out at the extreme
northeastern corner of the city.
Fully half the people rendered
homeless were out of work, owing to
the dull" season in the factories, and
also practically out of funds and
their shelter became an immediate
problem.
Prominent West Virginian Dead.
Morganton, W. Ta., Special. Dr.
Eli Marsh Tucker, formerly president
of West Virginia University, died
suddenly Sunday of appoplexy. He
had apparently been in the best of
health and last e-ening consented to
take the nomination for mayor on the
Citizens party ticket.
Chinese to Surrender Japanese
Steamer.
Pekin, By Cable. It is announced
the Chinese government will surren
der the Japanese steamer Tatsu
Maru, which was seized on February
7th by the Chinese customs cruiser
outside of Maeao while . unloading a
large consignment of rifles and am
munition, the rifles numbering several
thousand. It was originally charged
that an attempt Avas being made to
bring war supplies into China for
revolutionists.
- News in Brief.
Two bombs were thrown at the
Shah of Persia, one killing three out
riders, but the Shah escaped.
A bomb was thrown at the carriage
of President Aprta., of Argentina,
at Buenos Ayres, but ' failed to ex
plode. The Women's Enfranchisement bill
--r??d it fvt tea dir.? in th-Hv.se
1 of Cooimcrs and Avrs tLen shelved foi
the rest of the session.