li u 11 a $uk a a VOL. II. ASHEBORO. N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1907. NO. 44. WEALTH Of STATE Unimaeined Resources That North Carolina Possesses - FIGURES THAT ARE SURPRISING Has a Greter Diversity of Resources mi a.,., fitif, c!tf in the un- ion A Greater Variety oi ouui- ate-Its Timber Kemrct. Truck Farms L- Psnrs and its ing 5atercs,ts Her vast 5to-.-.5 Tfot Exploited of Railroads The State's Remarka ble Frogressiveiicss. The Tradesman. The statement tiiat Norm l arei-na has a giean-:- diversity "i rer-oiuves than a:Ty oih.r i'l liil'nlted ta!" may teem f:;a.;:.cr::t.-.. tX s; ruination of its auu I'lva.- bears out this asset tiou. It skuaw be remombcied thai hxrMvd a rt is the dividing line between the tt-r.:p.-r- ate a ml siii-t rii'U-ai rega duct's vegetation natural zones. it beth Cuuitaisitur jn.iiOi.i 'a-iv i: l:'.l.S 1" i-.-i- than 1 its area, it is i-on.-idt-i-a the State oi New i graphy includes mo-a plains ana swamp h resources of guvi v a survey of 1 1 . -' St: line, atn-nii-':: is at !i .: tat..-, plateau and. whirl, yieltt aim-. Bcgiunimr ate at all coast i;t tailed to the extent of it these at prose:. t hsat-i leS. ate eiu:t !.; vaiae ii ihe cin- billed iudustiy ia S"iiti: l aroaua, Georgia and ihuida, and are amon the most impoiuiat iu the United States. The ra-:: rev-nite at pres ent seemed I'r.an il;-;;: r mounts to nearly $2.;i.it annually and they rive enti'l.'yt'a-t.t to no than 15, 000 men. 'il:i is j a:;!y due to the natural advantages pr the industry as the easietn se.-ti e.-.i i.f Nrth Caro lina include- tht' tl.tvi . sounds Famiieo, Aile-marie. .-:..,! Currituck. Pamlico sound is an imand sea in dimeu-:..:;, being no 1 -ss than SO miles in length with a s ...;.imum width of thiity. Alheiuai i-.- is 00 miles hr.g and Cttrrituek 50 miles, the total area of these natural fish ing ponds aggregating ver 3.000 square mile-. Bordering the sounds is a territory which ai present has bci :i but little developed except in se-:;rin the literal wealth of timber ylicli it contains. In this terriiorv 1 is .1- as u . .. is yp;ess, and al- : i i'.g industry in las attained verv i.!."iih the Jin;: ISonh C-.irolina ar.-e port: ous. but a comparative ly small p:oj onion of the hard wood has lit-ea tuns far secured, the nrin- :-1 j -at in. .isary hung confined to the lot. af pine which originally cov O M! i-fstiare miles of the State. Timber and Truck Farming. 'l:.e timber product from the low !y;:!:' territory adjacent to the sound is largely transported by water for the it-p son that the mileage of rail roa i hues is extremely small. In la'-!, the only railroad of importance 'steading parallel with the coast in tin- far eastern section is that be tween Wilmington ami Newbern leavi'is; a very large area of the northeastern part of the State with i'.o railroad mileage whatever. For this reason, much land especially suitable for agriculture is as yet un occupied, this section f the State containing a very smai! population in contrast with the central and even the western portions. That this land is especially adapted to certain kinds of farm products is indicated by' the remarkable development to the growing of fruit and vegetables, which is to be noted further south, especially in the vicinity of Wilming ton. This industry has literally progressed by leaps and bounds with in the last few years and contributes no small portion to the wealth of Xoith Carolina. As an iilus-, tration of the extent and pro-; fit of truck-raising it may he stated that one farm containing about 3,000, acres in the vicinity of Newbern has ; yielded a net revenue of $30,000 in a single year after deducting all ex penses, including taaas and interest on the original investment made in the land. The results obtained from operations on a Entailer scale have been equally as profitable in this part of the State, for, by reason of the climate and soil, the locality is es pecially adapted for the growing of winter vegetables. This is one of the reasons why North Carolina ranks among the most important States in the cultivation of sweet po tatoes. The extent of this branch of agriculture is such that during the shipping season entire train loads of vegetables and small fruits are sent to the Northern market, while the coast-wise stemers plying from New bern and other towns depend largely upon it for freight. The natural con ditions in eastern North Carolina are somewhat similar to those in south ern Florida. Investigations by en gineers shows that much of the land at present under water can lie read ily drained, while its richness is such that it will produce abundantly with out fertilization of pny kind. The Manufactories. Few States have been as natural ly favored for manufacturing ft JNorth Carolina on account oi its to pography and the number of larg rivers flowing across it into the sea. In this respect it equals SoutM Caro lina or any other southern Common-vT-::h!i. A recent survey of the vari ous water power available for the de velopment shows that in the aggre gate they represent over 3,500,000 horse-power. Some of the single site", at the present time develop ii)':.:-00 horse-power utilized directly factory purpose or for general current to ce cmpssf ed m iiiumiiiBuoii at will M '"'ays. This is 5 .t'aniiina eoa- ei)tum mills. il ia tiii.s re ;;ago i(f small ;-; a proiit is s:e noeuiCiss to t nam's onga"- - . o -N;;l ' a Carolina 1: textile won; in ll to if not gri';: 41 ' titan in the st:Kc '''l .uassa-.-nuseits. ;!.ute the 1-cno.i oi uuic m wWh 11ia iml.is try has been carried on ia New Fin land. As m South Carolina a num ber ot communities are notable as bc ,ng important centeis of the indus try, lor example, over '2',) mills are situated within a short distance f ;;.e cn or i narioite. ,!.-!, Ikw f. tained its eputatien ts being one of cities in flip the most progressive t-outii principally for this reason In C.a-lon county in the extreme soulh- wesi tern section of the State are rrob- .;e more industries of this kind'than i:i any States. other county in the United it is an in; restino- f;-.(.t tlmt acihties for the production of varn and eioi h .or ,.,n a, !i his a tnat manv or !,, p.-.,....-;., ivi i. r ill ouutry as well as ave been com.Iueted and eaniiv,-d largely by the mill hands themselves. in other words the co-operative svs- LU i-.uneu out more ex tensively in this State than elsewhere on a successful U-i-. While of late ;he tendency has been to build plants ot much larger capacity than former ly, there is n0 question but What the abundant water-power in addition to the proximity of the raw material has enabled the small mills to he op era ted possibly with greater success niau in other parts of tiie South. The opportunity for obtaining 50,000 ar more horse-power from a single site, however, lias caused the invest ment of a larger amount of capital, ho Hi Southern and Northern, at sev eral points in the State within the last lew years. One of the most notable of these projects is at Greens boro, where advantage has been tak en of the power afforded to invest a large amount of New York capital. Such are some of the reasons why the value of manufactured cotton to the State doubled in the period be tween and lOiiO. while at vn-es- loll l1Jin : i r s ent it represents nearly 40 per cent of the combined value of North Car olina's industrial output, but as al ready slated, only a portion of the power available has been utilized and the possibilities for not only the tex tile, but other forms of manufactur ing are practically limitless. As it is, cotton mills have a consumption equal to a!! of the staple which is srrown in the State and take a con siderable quantity from outside. Agriculture. The various branches of agricul ture further indicate the diversified resources of this Commonwealth. While about 50 per cent of the farm area is devoted to corn, the cultiva tion of tobacco has increased so rap idly that at the present time the acre age is moie than double the territo ry which was planted even fifteen years ago, placing North Carolina next to Kentucky in the importance end value of tin's crop. At such mar kets as Henderson and Durham, to bacco of such a iiiade is raised in the vicinity that it is sold in the ware- nouses oirectlv to the representatives of the manufacturers at prices rang ing as high as 00 cents to the pound and over. There is no question but what this asset is one of the most important in connection with the wealth of the State and that it can he grently expanded as more terri tory is l uien up by the tobacco grower and more economical methods adopted in the cultivation. Reference has already been- made to the importance of lumbering, es pecially in the estern part of the State, but including the hardwood forests in the western section this form of activity has made literally phenominal progress. In 1S90, the census records show the entire value of the output, was but $,000,000. In ten years this had increased to near ly $1,000,000. a gain of 250 per cent, while cousei vative estimate of the quantity of hardwood and pine pro ducts which now come from the sev eral plants throughout the State, place the yearly value Mi fullv $20. 0000,000. As in ih,- e:sN.:!1 section, the western part of th,. State tii' contains very large ira.-ts of hard wood timber which remain untouched partly for the reason ;h;. t they are in accessible, for lack of transportation facilities, witn the . additional railroad Yv. try promises to ex; a. future even more raid expanded in the questionably the . railroad promotion ai ire still very great h; At the present line' -.; Joes not exceed -1,0. r l ed principally in Seaboard Air l.iae ,,. Coast Line systems, jects, however, are : which promise to crease the transport One of these is the , railroad which will : oust ruction of the indus- ' in the near '!v than it has decade. rn i it unity for ,i con-tructi-tn ' th Carolina. ' total mileage h'-mg eombin- Siuihei-n. the d the Atlantic Several pro '' Voider way usiderabiv in 'i"i! facilities. hie! ion of a ki't the coast. iriving the eastern p,!tin 0f lne State direct connection with Norfolk. The Norfolk & Southern )as passed itdo the hands of a syndicate which will extend it to a connection with the Wilmington and Newbern line at the latter city. This extension will jomprise 75 miles and reach a large area of territory, including several ottnties which depend entirely upon ressels for communication, with th-i ocal and Northern markets. Gold and Other Minerals. The need of additional railways in the western portion of the State has llso caused several plans to be con sidered for reaching not only the timber but mineral territory. As vet the mineral resources of North Caro- ins hav eeea dot mtio xpWted, si. ;Vi2vigh they m beta esteailvt ata wild, For MMRjfli, tha dflposife disiriuutu n in v:.n:v.i one ivas.u why Xoii talus so ina.iy siiall No r State .!;.; si-c.-t and tue perce i;, lS ! -ci '-I.: operated e:y ! l;o!!e. 1: lVt.xy -:;y that the limn -v iron ore are of much importance, al though as yet the annual output is an insignificant tonnage as compared with Alabama or Georgia, North Car olina contains some of the finest granite in America, and what is prac tically an inexhoustible supply, hid its quarrying industry is still of very small proportions. In the vicinity of Charloite gold has been secured for a period of years, but most of the mining is performed with antiquated machinery and by such crude meth ods that the revenue does not justi fy the development of the industry on a more extensive scale. The remarkable progressiveness of the State is perhaps best shown by statistics relative to its banks. As in the ease of Virginia, North Caro lina suffered heavily as a result of the civil war and recovered much more slowly. This is indicated by the fact that as recently as 1S00 the number of banks of all kinds within the limits of North Carolina repre sented but a nominal figure. In fact, the people were nearly destitute of such facilities. Since that time, how ever, institutions doing business un der State charters as well as private banks and saving banks have been organized to such an extent that the present time North Carolina contains over 175, having a total capital of nearly $S,000.000. Their success is best shown by the figures of the com bined surplus which amounts to near ly $2,000,000. Their deposit avera.e $25,000,000 annually, with loans of ihe same amount. Here is a record of which the people of North Carol ina may well be proud, for it rep resents a business which has literal ly been created within the-last rifteeu years. One notable feature of ihe linancial activity in banking has been the establishment of savings banks. The State contains nearly twenty of these institutions. These have been of much benefit especially in the factory towns, where their patrons are large , Iv mill oueratives. Watts' Official Railway Guide For March, 1907, beginning the 22nd year of its publication, is just out. It contains a volume of rail way schedules, miscellaneous informa tion and Hotel Directory and is one of the most up-to-date and unique periodicals of the South. Its time tables, distances and connections are compiled monthly and the occasional traveler can readily encompass any journey through the South with an air of a "veteran knight of the road," by its use. Congratulations are due Manager J. R. Walts for the success attained in giving the South a handy, ready reference of interest to the general public, now so neces sary in the rapid growth and pros perity of this section. No library, of fice, or traveling bag is complete with out the Guide, and will be found well worth the price, 25 cents per copy, Posse Still Searching For Members cf Secret Society. Muskogee, I. T., Special. Excite ment over the killing of three negroes by United States Marshal Ledbetter and his posse in a street fight here, has quieted down. Jaokson and Brown, two of the wounded negroes, and John Cofield, the white police man, are not expected Jo live. The marshal's posse is hunting for other members of the "United Socialists," the secret society that led to the trouble. Savannah Merchant Files Voluntary Petition in Bankruptcy. Savannah,. Ga., Special. P. T Foye, conducting a retail dry goods and department store, filed a volun tary petition in bankruptcy with lia biiities of $111.72:; and assets $113, 301.40, the Citizens and Southern Bank, Savannah, being named as a preferred creditor to the amount of $.'0,401. George W. Owens was nam ed as temporary receiver. PROMINENT PEOPLE. John D. Rockefeller is the latest convert to Federal regulation of rail roads. Sir Edward Elgar, the most noted of English musicians, is again in this country. William Dean Howells, poet and novelist, celebrated his sevent oth birthday. President Eliot, of Harvard, cele brated his seventy-third birthday on shipboard, bound to Bermuda for a holiday. Crown Prince Gustavus of Sweden has had his private stables cut off to correct a deficit of 5125,000 in his private budget. The late Thomas Bailey Aldrich was described by Edmund Clarence Stedman as "the most pointed and exquisite of our lyrical craftsmen." Robert S. Patterson, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, has decided to retire and will probably spend the remainder of his days in Washington. The Prince of Monaco is again afloat on science bent. This time he has sailed to Spitzbergen, to prose cute his investigations as to the cur rents of the upper air. Former President Cleveland is con vinced that there must be Govern mental supervision of railroads and corporations, "but it should be planned in a quiet hour, not in one of angry excitement. Justice llarlatt, of the United States Supreme Court, seventy, gi gantic and healthy as a country boy, doesn't believe in cold baths. "I never put cold water on my warm skin in my life," he says. General E. P. Alexander, with whom the only living ex-President shoots ducks down in South Carolina, distinguished himself at West Point and in 18 65 Appomattox yeav was Genera! Robert E. Lee's chief of en gineers. FORCE OF HABIT. Caesar had thrice refused the crown. "I was always trained as a child, to refuse the third piece of cake," he explained. TJjui we iff Sow great babiti ITIiW. IHfW lALLLU Required to Testify Before the Lunacy Commission JURORS ASK FOR BETTER PAY Being Met by a Process-Server When She Visited the Tombs She Ex pressed Much Surprise on Learn ing the Nature of the Papar Was Not Satisfied When Told That Eer Presence Was Desided Merely as a Matter of Routine. New York, Special. When Sirs. Evelyn Thaw made her daily isit to her husband in the Tombs Mondav she was met by a process server, who handed her a subpeona directing her to appear before the h nacy eomruie sioii. Mrs. Thaw apparently had not anticipated this move, and she appeared very much disturbed when the nature of the paper was made known to her. "Do they expect me to testify against my husband?'' site asked.. She was told that her presence probably was desired mere ly as a matter oi routine, but this did not seem to reassure her. Dis trict Attorney Jerome declined to make known bis purpose . calling Mrs. Thaw before ihe comniisjon. it was said later at the district attorney's ollice that the reason for having Mis. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw served, with a subpoena was that it might be necessary U call her be fore the commission iu lunacy mid that the district attorney decided that in that event it would "be better to have her on hand. it is juobabla ;hat the Thaw luna cy commission will report Thursday morning. The ens a was adjourned last week until Monday, and when the jury was called before the court Justice Fitzgerald a Ijourned again the trial until Thursday morning it KlaiO o'clock. The lunacy commis sion will meet and it is expected that they will be ready to report Thurs day. In case the commission finds that Thaw is insane within the meaning of ihe law the trial will be stopped, bul if they find that he is capable of going on the tiial will be resumed at once, it is donbtefu! if the defence will call any other witnesses. The members of the Thaw jury have drawn up a petition to Justice Fi'izgeraid a-king him to allow them ft a day lor jury services instead of. the customary allowance of $2 a day. Their action is based on an instance in which the court made a similar increase in ihe jury's allowance after the case had been extended to an un usual leiii'tb. To Increase Freight Rates. Washington. Special. In accord ance with their intention, expressed some time ago. the railroads consti tuting the Western trunk lines, the Central Triaiiie Association and the Eastern Trunk lines, have filed with the inter-State commerce commissi an tariff's increasing their rates on east bound grain and grain products, to become effective about April 1. This action of the carriers was taken, it is understood, because of the enactment by Legislatures; of some of the West ern t Sates of laws regarded as ini mical to their interests. The particu lar law to which the railroads took exception was the two-cent fare act of the Legislature of Nebraska. White House Quaratine Raised. Washinton. Special. All danger of infection having passed, the quar- inline placed upon the room in the White House occupied by Archie Roosevelt during his illness from dip theria. was raised. Archie has so far progressed that he was taken out for a drive. ITarro-w Escape From Accident. Berlin, By Cable. Crown Prince Frederick William and the Crown Princess had a narrow escape from accident Monday while driving home in a dog cart i'ni a visit to Prince Eitel Frederick. The horses took fright at an automobile -and bolted. For siime distance the animals rati madly, but '-villi the assistance of a passerby the Crown Prince finally gained control near the Brandenburg gate in the city. Neither of the oe earants of the dog cart was hurt. Siz Trainmen Die in Wreck. Fort Worth, Tex., Special. Six trainmen were killed in a head-on collision between two freight trains on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, six miles south of here. Eire broke out immediately and two brakemen were caught in the debris am! cremated before assistance could reach them. More than 300 head of cattle were burned. President Will Not Go. Washington, Special. President Roosevelt lias decided not to accept the invitation of the Illinois Manu facturers' Association to deliver a speech at Springfield, 111., on the rail road, situation. He addressed a let ter to C. II. Smith, president of the association, stating that it would be imi!i s-i'tle for him to accept, their in vitation, extended last week, because he did not fee! that he had anything to sa at this time ia a special ad-4:(s-, T! this special subject. Eody Literally Filled With Shot. Live Oak, Fla.. Special. W. H. Starling- a prominent merchant and postmaster at McAlpin, was shot Thursday evening and it is probable that lie will die. His body is literally filled with shot,' Officers are on the tpii - H a'Saini &4 PWb biiilioa ave that they will b aptr il AlUM Wtt S86. I FIRE LOSS Great Destruction of property and Damage to Tobacco Industry Danville, Va., Special. For the second time during the past 12 mouths the town of South Boston, located .i'J miles north of Danville, was visited by a disastrous tire Thursday after noon and night. At 9:30 o'cioi the lire was reported to be under control, but only after entailing a loss that is estimated at between $800,000 an $1, "00,000. Almost the entire tobacco section of the town and a consider able portion of the business section was devastated by the flames. The heaviest losers from the fire will prob ably be the Reynolds Tobacco Com pany, in whose plant it originated. Fire broke out at 2:39 o'clock in the steam tobacco factory of the Reynolds company and was caused by some mishap to one of the drying machines. In a short time the building, a four story brick structure, was in flames. The loss from the building and ma ehinery is estimated at between $23, 000 and $30,000. The fire then ex tended to the storage warehouse of the Reynolds company, a three-story building, in which was stored hundreds of hogsheads of tobacco, valued at about $100,000 or more. The building was worth $3,000. From the Reynolds factories the fire then burned the storage houses of the H. A. Thomas Lumber Company, then to the factory of George A. Lea & Co., of Danville, and to the stor age warehouse of T. B. Johnson, a tobacconist, who was a very heavy loser in the fire last summer. The building occupied by Lea & Co., was valued at about $10,000, and the stock of the tobacco btivjeen $15,000 and $20,000. In the Johnson factory was stored tobacco valued at fully .$50,000. The following other buildings and most of their contents were destroyed. Stebbins, Spraggins & Lawsou, wholesale grocers; Easley Grocery Company-, wholesale grocers; Easley 's tobacco warehouse; Virginia Bottling Company; D. B. Patterson's saloon; Turner's saloon ; Griffins Harness fac tory; Bank of South Boston, in which building the telephone exchange was located and burned: Johnson & Lloyds dry goods establishment: Perry Gro cery Company; Flags warehouse; Star warehouse; J. W. Elliott, groceries; J. L. Neal, dry goods; J. G. Patter son's saloon; Collins livery stables; Gtiill & Moselev, tobacco prizery. In addition to the above, a large number of small houses, including cottages in the negro settlement in the vicinity of (he tobacco district burn ed. Childress Acquitted of Kidnapping. Richmond, Special. James Chil dress was acpuitted of the charge or kidnanping Clarance Jarrett, the !! year old son of P. H. Jarrett. Child ress declared that the boy took up with him of his own accord while on the way to school and that he was at liberty to return home when he want ed. Childress also said that he was afraid to go home, because he thought his fahter was going to whip him. Y. M. G. A. For Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg. Special. A confer ence of those interested iu the organi zation of a Young Men 's Christian Association here was held here last wek with State Secretary L. A. Coul ter, of Richmond. The matter was fully discussed, and it was decided to undertake to laise about $1(5,000 for the erection of a building. A cam paign for the money will be started a little later. Secretary Coulter will re turn here to direct the campaign. No Court For Colleton. Charleston, Special. Judge Watts isued an order lat week calling off the term of court at Walterboro, Col leton countyr, on account of the juries not having been drawn at the proper time. A special term of court may be held later. Alleged Deserter Arrested. Spartanburg, Special. Fred Jack son of this city was arrested here last week, charged with deserting the United States cavalry stationed in Texas. It is alleged that he deserted two weeks ago. He was arrested by R. Manus of Gaffney, who has been on his track for a week. Charged With Forgery. Greenville, Special. R. C. Newell, a young white man of Anderson, was arrested here on the charge of forg ery. It is claimed that he passed a check on a local hotel man for $25 which bore bis father's signature. The check was on the People's Bank of Anderson, Newell is also wanted in Anderson for breach of trust. Ha is a son of ex-Dispensary Constable Newell and conies of a good family. By Wire and Cable. The London Ladies' Pictorial says lint e'garetle smoking has gone out ge.ierallv among ibese girls and vo m ;i who sdept al the "smart" little !n.k .;!' ihf. day. Charged in a Lciuion court with em bezzling his employer's money, ft young man .leaded that he was driven to it by the expense of courting three girls at one time. A large new barn belonging to John R. Miley, at Wbrdensville, Va., was destroyed by fire Tuesday with all its contents, entailing a loss of $3,000, partly insured. The London Westminster Gazette remarks: "Justice Fitzgerald, before whom the sensational Thaw case be gins today in New York, is one of roany Irishmen who have found their way to the Supreme Bench of the United States. A new office has been created ia Berlin by the British Government to provide for a regular scientific inves tigation of the conditions of the Ber lin wovldnsr elssseft, with a view of obtaining; idsaa for tiie iprovmit of ilmilar cktiei in E&gUnd. OIL MILLS BURNED Destructive Fire Visits Pitts bcro. ADJOINING FRGFERTY SUFFERS The Total Loss Will Reach Over $40,000, Only Partially Covered by Insurance Fire Presumed to nave Started in Eciler Room Valu able Enilaings and Products Near by Saved by Heroic Work on tba Part of Citizens. Pittsboro, N. C, Special The cot ton seed oil mills at this place was burned down Sunday morning at 3 3 'clock. The fire lasted until 7. The loss of ihe mills will be $30,000, with $15,000 insurance. The guano warehouse of W. L. London & Son, A. J. Bynum & Son, F. C. Poe and L. N. Wonible were burned together with about fifteen hundred sacks of guano, phosphate, and cotton seed meal. W. L. London & Sons' loss will be about $1,000; F. C. Poe, $1,000; L. N. Womble, $S00, and A. J. Bynum & Sons, $300. By heroic efforts the Pittsboro coach was saved, it having been pulled by men up the track. The outhouses of Capt. J. F. Alston, just across the track, were burned, and only by con tinual application of water was his dwelling saved. A box ear of hulls en the siding was burned, but the two iron tanks containing- 2,700 gallons of oil, were saved. The night superintendent says he ran the mill until 12 o'clock and when he shut down had only forty pounds of steam. It is supposed the fire caught in the boiler room. Mr. Arthur London, the president of the mill, says that he had unloaded Sat urday 1,000 bushels of seed and load a car of oil, valued at $2,700, which was pushed down the track and sav ed. The mill gave employment to twenty-five men and was a great help to the community. The fire is a dis tinct loss to the town. Eon. Galusha Grow Dead. Binghamtcu, N. Y., Special. For mer Congressman Galusha A. Grow died at his home in Glen wood, Pa.. Sunday afternoon as a result of the general breakdown, attributed to old age. Mr. Grow was elected to Con gress from 'the Wilmot district of Pennsylvania as the youngest mem ber of that body in 1S51, and after retirement from public life for nearly 40 years lie re-entered the House of Representative; ts Congressman-at-large from Pennsylvania 14 years ago. When he retired four years ago, his public service in the House exntending over the longest period, although not continuous service, of any man who ever sat in that body. Car of Explosives Ignited. Cumberland, Md., Special. A car loaded with railroad torpedoes and iron containing carbonic acid gas, connected near the middle of a rapid ly moving eastbound Baltimore & Ohio freight train, was blown up while passing Patterson's creek, eight miles east of here. The car was de molished, the connecting cars smash ed, two steel hopper cars on an ad joining track were blown over, the track was torn up for some distanee and telegraph poles and wires de stroyed. The noise of the explosion was deafening and thousands of ex ploded torpedoes rained on house roofs many yards away. No one was injured. Passenger trains wer delay ed for a time. Chile Wants Ambassador. Washington, Special. Chile's fail ure to send a minister to Washington t replace Mr. Walker-Martinez, who did not return here after the Pan American conference at Rio Janeiro last summer, has caused much com ment. The neglect of the Chilean Congress to appoint sufficient money to maintain the legation has been given as a reason for leaving the American mission in charge of Alberto Yoacham, Seereetary to the Legaton. But it has just become known that the real cause was hid den deep in Latin-American politics. "Wire-Tappers" Caught. Cleveland, Q., Special. In the a rest here Sunday of three men and a woman giving the names of Ed ward Weiss and Max Morris, of New York, and Charles Drucker and Claudius Carldon, of this city, the po lice say they have caught a clique of clever "wire-tappers" wanted in sev eral cities. Mob Violence Feared. Bristol, Tenn., Special. During Satrday afternoon rumors were circu lated of intended mob violence against Ack Hale, held in the Bristol, Va.. jail, charged with the killing of Lillie Davis in East Hill Cemetery Wednesday night. It is thought that the hundreds "of mountaineers here for Saturday's trading started the movement. In order to prevent a raid sherifTff and deputies secretly hurried the prisoner across the line and lodged him in Blountville, Tenn. Four Killed at Crossing. Kansas City, Md., Special Four persons in a buggy were killed Sun day afternoon at the Fifteenth street crossing of the Chicago & Alton Rail road by a passenger train. Th horses escaped injury. The dead: George Henry and wife j D. P. Moih B8V Rttd wife, The vfign vera sates S&sa far local serfi$H . POPULATION REPORT She Census Bureau Gives Out Some Interesting Figures INCREASE A MILLION A YEAR On Basis of Eestimate of Census Bu reau Density of Fcpulaticn of Con tinental United States in 1903 Was 28 Persons Per Spuare Mile Against 26 in 1800 Estimated Population ' in Five Leading Cities: New York 4,113,043; Chicago, 2,019,1S5; Phil adelphia 1,441,755; St. Louis, 645, 320; Boston, 602,273 Eapid Grow th of Urban populaticu Noteworthy Increase cf 16.3 Per Cent Shown in o3 Cities Having Eostimated Population og 50,600. Washington, Special. There are now nearly 8,000,000 more people in Coiitieu.tal United States than there were six years ago. The above estimate is based upon figures compiled by the Census Bu reau in a special report issued today. According to its estimates the popu lation of Conteincntal United States in 1900 was S3,94.L,510, this being an increase over 1000 of 7,0 i(j,933. The population of the United States, ia. elush-C of Alaska and the insular pos sessions, ia J!)(K3, was 9:5,182;240. The growth in population in Continental United States from 1905 to 'OOO was 1,307,315. Coaipulted on the basi of the esti mate, the density population of Continental United States in 190(5 was 28 persons per square mile, as com pared with 2(5 in 1900. The live leading cities and their es timated population in 190(5 are as fol lows: New York, 4,113.043; Chicago, 2.049.18-3; Philadelphia, 1,441,735; St. 735 inl Sp ner shrdl shrdlnshrdluu Louis, 649.320, and Boston, 602,278. The States which took a census in 1905 are Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Mas sachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Dekota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dekota, Wiscon sin and Wyoming. In Michigan the census is taken in the years ending with a "4." The population returns for the States was 2(5,263,877, an in crease since 1900 of 1,901,572, or 7.S per cent. For th remaining States and Territories the population for 1905, as determined by the method of es timating adopted bv the Bureau of the Census, was 50.2S3.059, an in crease over 1900 of 4,374,040, or 8.4 per cent. The population of the 14 States making an enumeration if esti mated in the same manner would ba 26,204,762, a difference of only 0.2 per cent, from the actual returns. The population of Continental Unit ed States in 1905, as obtained by ad ding to the returns of the States which took a census in that year the estimated population of th remairjr States and Territories, is 82.574.195, an increase over 1900 of 6,579,620, or 8.7 per cent. The rapid growth of urban popula tion is notewarthy. The SS cities with an intimated population of 50,000 or more in 1900 had a total estimated population of 19.771.167, an i-.r-rease on 2.766.863, or 16.3 per cent., over that reported at th" 12th census. NEWBERRY FIRE SWEPT. $200,000 Less Sustained by South Carolina Town. Columbia, S. C. Special. Fire at Newberry, a thriving little city of (5.000 population, Friday destroyed 22 residences. 10 stores and two churches, entailing a loss esfimated at between $150,000 to $200,000, which insurance of about $35,000. Prominent Methodist Minister Dead. Roanoke, Ya., Special. Rev. Dr. J. H. Boyd, prominent minister in the Baltimore Methodist Conference for more than 30 years, died here Thurs day, after an extended illness. At th time of his death he was pastor of St. James M. E. church, this city. H was for several years editor of Tht Baltimore Methodist, the church paper, published at Baltimore. H had filled pulpits in many of the lead ing churches in the Conference . Two Killed by Derailment of a Pas senger Train. linden, AJa., Special. Engiaei Fitzgerald was killed and Baggag Master Gait and one passeger vrert injured in the derailment of a west bound Louisville & Nashville passen ger train half a wile west of Thom aston. It is alleged that iron piled on the track caused the entire train to leave the track. Investigating Common Mosquitos. New Orleans, Special. The eity board of health began an investiga tion of common ir.osquitos, not th" kind which transmit yellow fever, with a view to exterminating them. These mosquitos are a source of dis comfort in New Orleans nearly the year round. The extermination of the fever mosquitoes was begun abcittwc months ago. Veteran of Two Wars Dead. Colorado Springs, Col., Special. Hamlin F. Lee, a veteran of the Mex ican and civil wars, and a nephew ol Ceu. Robert E. L-ee, died here Thurs day of heart failure, aged 87 years. Although closely related to the South. -,T- - i v ; -.1. c::i oncra! and a lrginian uy umu. Lee fought with the Union army. t-.i e m,: 70 's Mr. Lee went to Lead. j i!e e-.a.'i v.;;? th? OUcoveret o th Late Jfetvs In Brief MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST $ Gen. Lawrason Riggs was elected a vice president of the National Guard Association. Lillie Davis, 20 years old, shot and fatally wounded herself m a cemetery at Bristol. Fiuhtino- continues in Moldavia, though the Government has announced reforms. Ann-lo-Snvnn m-elntes nresented 0 - - . i i their claims for consideration to thi Pope. Germany holds that at present the Moroccan situation is France's af fair. Another Pennsylvania train was re railed by wreckers. Andrew Carnegie was a guest of the President at luncheon. Princeton men gave a loving cup to ex-President Cleveland. Secretary Taft's Presidential boom was launched in Cincinnati. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion issued a long list of new rulings. Elizabeth City, N. C, suffered dam age amounting to nearly $450,000 by fire. A strike of trainmen on 40 West ern railroads seems more imminent than before. The New York stock market rallied when the action of Secretary Cortel you was announced. President Roosevelt accepted the in vitation to open the Jamestown Exoo sition on April 20. Secretary Cortclyou came to the re lief of the money market with about $10,000,000 in cash. Ambassador James Bryce told the New York Chamber of Commerce in .1 speech that trade makes for peace. Bonilla's Government is reported to be at an end iu Honduras and tha termination of the war is looked for. Senator Foraker demands that Ohio Republicans, by primary vote, express their choice for Senator and Presi dent. The Virginia Supreme Court refus ed a new trial to Thomas, convicted in Alexandria county of criminal as sault. More revelations of graft in con nection with the Pennsylvania Capi tol were brought out. Lieut. George C. Lawrason gave his version of the Brownsville affray to the Senate committee. James Henry Smith, one of New York's wealthiest men, died in Japan while on his wedding tour around the world. Observers believe there will be a fight to a finish between the Foraker and Taft factions in the Ohio pri maries. The New York Central Railroad was indicted for manslaughter in the second degree as a result of the Har lem wreck. The New- York common carriers are making a great effort to emasculate Governor Hughes' Public Utilities Regulation bill. The body of Thomas De Loateh was found in the chimney of a vacant house near his home in Southamp ton county, Virginia. The general Education Board an nounced awards to universities and colleges aggregating $025,000 from th : big Rockefeller fund. A Norfolk Banker has filed charges against A. L. Sutton, chief of exploi tation, Jamestown Exposition, which are being investigated. Capt. William Swift is on trial be fore a court-martial for allowing the battleship Connecticut to strike a rock while off Culcbra, Cuba. Troops guard the courthouse at Alexandria, where George Midgets, colored, is being tried on a charge of murdering Charles T. Smith. The Baltimore Conference, Metho dist Episcopal Church South, is hold ing its one hundred and twenty-third annual session at Staunton, Va. Former Justice Morgan J. O'Brien declined to serve on the Thaw lunacy commission, and David MeOlue, a prominent lawyer was appointed. Doctor and Mrs. S. D. Kennedy, of Warrenton, announce the engagement of their daughter, Agnes Gray, to Dr. William Beverly Mason, of Washing ton. Justice Fitzgerald appointed for mer Judge Morgan J. O'Brien, Peter Olney and Dr. Leopold Putzel a com mission in lunacy to pass upon the mental condition of Harry K. Thaw. The Tuna Glass Company, of Fair mont, W.'Va., will establish a plant at Clarksburg, W. Va., for the manu facture of window glass, annual cap acity to be 200,000 boxes. About $75, 000 will be invested in the buildings and equipment. Seated by "Ack" Hale in a ceme tary at Bristol, Va., Lillie Davis, 20 years old, sent a bullet into her beast. The girl was still conscious when found and was able to tell the officers that she shot herself with suicidal in tent after having told Hale of her intention. Hale was arrested. Tha presumption is that he and the gir!, who had gone to the cemetery early in the evening, and quarreled. The at tending physician says the girl .can not recover. Hon. T. C. Pilcher, whose announce ment as a candidate for the Stale Senate from the counties of Loudoun and Fauquier was made public re cently, will be opposed by G. Latham Fletcher, of Warrenton. An unknown white man was burned to death in a fire which destroyed the stable of G. W. King, a farmer, near Danville, Va, It is supposed the man was a tramp and set fire to the stable. while snaking- in ihe loft, where e Quantity oil dry iced was Eterwd.