OMEN A Citizen For Kent Ad i Will Rent That . Vacant , - VOL; XXV. NO, 73. ASHEVILLE, N. C- FRHUY MOUSING, JANUARY 1, M PRICE FIVE CENTS. JU MWOiVS HURRY TO THE RELIEF, OF VICTIM OF THE Exit the Old Year SUMMONED FOR!T0 RAISEFUNDS PRISONERS, GIVE; FIRST OBJECT DISASTROUS: EARTHQUAKE STATE EVIDENCE; OF HIGH TARIFF 1 ; . . Six Witnesses, Called For Suggested That Ways and Figures of the. Death Roll PLAN TO BUILD :UP REPUBLICAN No Longer Concern the ; Italian People. V ; &j6t.J '-11..' '-''''' 1 "Night Riders," Suddenly , Means Cummittee Study Turn State 'a Witnesses. its Primary Reasons. ' - J - ...... ' rJp- -y-,. iv: i'i7H FAMINE STARES, ' v ' THEM IN THE FACE Reports'- to the Effect That Subsequ?nt Shocts Have Been Felt! ROME. Dec. il. Estimates of the death roll of the rthquake now cease -to concern the Italian people. it la noimh to know that the cata trothe Is ovorwhclming--flgure vvould add notliipir to the grief, pi in wrics fO nation nor move to greater ef ' forte thiwe upon whom the work, of ...relief and rescue has faUen.v.'i ? .". Every channel open to the frovern- a jnnnt has been utilised to true ena ana 'other nations have been quick to ome t He aiwiatance, even before the.ory for aid went upy Ship loads of fugi tives have been carried lit -fit the stricken' xone to Naples., -Falmermo, Catania and other .points, ami accord- lug to tho minister-of marine, eeue veiMels to tii nuniber of St are, flow centered In the Strait of Messlnss nd 6,000 Boliiiera arei being Jandedi ton thA fvvo coasts. -' ' ' I ' "" , 1J V Mont Important of all now fhe o.iietlon of the living-.' ':; Thousands fof thogB who escaped the falling 'Wiflls end the mveep of the tide are starring and without clothes or shelter, "they can scarcely longer survive their suf ferings, Th flrst thought :ha '.been to carry tfotxl -and "clothing for these helpless peoplif, .and it has now. been decided .by ,th.' government to send a fleet of emigrant steamers to transport tbem to other places. , ' The latest reports received at Rome state that there' have been many In termltten shocks. - following the -first,' to which- th greater part of the de struction Is attributed. The British -warship Minerva, reported by wtt-elesn to . Malta that two severe shocks oc curred, nt : Messina last night Prof, r.lceo, director, of the observatory at . l. i " rtiSns) ,h H J;s u-1 menta ' haver recorded 42 distin&I shocks after the first, but that durtnt the last 14 hours they have been aU mint motlnnleH. ' Aetna and Strom- boll Me now quiet, and he Is certain f : that the earthquake was not or vol canic, but of geographic nature, sim- ' jiar ta that of 1785, American Ambassador Orlscom will leave -here tomorrow for Messina, on - an Italian warship to search for American 1 cltlscns. It has been Im- f Vesible to obtain tidings of the hun yaredS' of foreigners supposed to have .- been In "the sone. about whom In quiries have been made to the gov ' ernment and. to the various embas sies.' ;. f . v A train from this city succeeded In reaching the outskirts of Messina this morning.. During the past night the warships In Messina harbor threw their search lights on the ruins to enable the res ' 'curers on shore to continue their work. The work pf succor is going on feverishly, but the forces are still woefully Inadequate.. The stench from decomposing bodies Is becoming over powering. Death Estimates Vary. 1 The horrors of the situation at Mes slna and Reggio grow with every fregh dispatch. One of the correspond en'te places the death roll throughout the entire territory as high as 300,000. ;. but this appears to be extreme. Oth- er make their estimate 200,000. but the official estimate, as made by the . minister, still holds to 115,000. . Relief expeditions -which havie been making their way to Reggio have encountered tremendous- obstructions all along' the route. They report 18 - provincial villages, beside those al ready. Mentioned In Calabria, as hav 'Ing, been completely ruined. This would indicate that the earthquake did not confine its work of havoc to the coast, v What has become of the In habitants of these villages Is not known. .Those that were left alive af- V doubtless lolned'the great army f irefugees seeking safety, or have fallen y,the wayside. The Calabrian coast for 30o miles as been . torn and twisted. Frotri Sagnara to Reggio, a distana of 25 Allies, the country s half dentolisheit Assistanc has reached but few of the Villages, .and they ar practically with ' Ant supplies of any kind. At Bagnara surgical operations are being-; per formed -with pruning knives, but at Reggio even that la .Impossible- .. (Cetntlnued en pags slK,). SALE OF UQUOR.VffiD OUT m mums&ii DISTRICT, VA. (By Associated Press.)' .'-' DANVILLE, Va.;-'J5ec.vi; Banis ter district. In Halifax county, which comprise? the towns of Booth; Bos ton and Houston, ' located eight 'miles part.' vote "dry?, by a majority .of 1 Jf Irt total iot- ot about cast today in the local option election, r i The election means the abolition of eight saloons la South Boston.; which pay a city tax of Ave hundred dol lars each, and two saloons id Rous- PARTYINSOUTH Plan 'Agreed- on at. Confer enee of Taft, Hammond, and Hitchcock, v C. P. TAFT WITHDREW. I-' ... . FOR PARTY HARMONY But Presidentelect Refused i to Hake Further State- . . . .-. Monts on Action. ' y Atsoclatsd Press.) ; AUOCSTk, Ga., 'Dec. S 1. Beyond th remark that the withdrawal of Charles K-Taft from the senatorial qdntest In Ohio, In favor of Represen tative Theodnre E. Burton, was a move 'in jthe Interest of party har mony. President-elect Taft woiild say nothing on tlie subject It was. he said, a matter regarding which any statement woull naturally coma from his brother ChatleB. . V Another conference- was held today at the Taft cottago on the subject of tne pest; . means to take advantage at the proper time of the reai sentiment In the South, which favored political change. Charles H. Sherrll! of the National ' Business Men's League of New Tork, who reached here today, was one of the conferees, while Messrs. Taft, Hammond, and Hitch cock were the ethers. 1 Thl statement was dictated "by Mr. Taft IP the pres ence of the conferees, and is given to, the public as showing the exact situ ation with reference to the matter to ' !The conference between-Mr! Taft ani Messrs. Hammond. Hltchcodk and Bh"SHILJILfirence to the jii ttotv t with a vlw to the organUa- hc real seniimen in mo puui of a political change-in tnat rexulted satisfactorily In a ed upon-by all 'parties. lok Aid Of Independents. republican organization 'is to tallied in all the states, ana f.fle to Increase the ranks of Vtean party as fully as pos il!ahe purpose, however, of thfsf assistance of those who site to any themselves wun bltoan party as republicans, wish to act independently of ratlc party In national cam- was thought best to -secure Vifif those who would take .f -this Independent movement tate-.With a view to their sud- rganitotlon at a timet when tlcal action would be ppor- mprpsaion which has; gone IB JLhe previous ; conwrence conferees were ,tn faor. of Thi Lk. i the movement t erroneous. nrJljr -Inn" what name cjubsto be a the future should Hear is 1 " It.iH., nt Ami A II - In TOKricl to which "fH:islon was rescht d.'j L Taft-, Is here front tJew 1 1 few days of polf.' The -ct admits that lii I rojh j wlo'years Ins junior, -J a . -,l but In xtiyuig s he Hei Tot-lt prehii er, l.wi bettei! adds f i "Hit 4 uional ! hen iplaylne; wlth :hlnt -s -plays like a ptefes- Thil j-- - 111 ; If atnlly' topf ghl - atte nil ed ; a recepdoJ that tie tfce,CountryC!ub, ulven mlghf li the presi1 of hie fi hberjMOf ttiat organisation an-V opporumKjf to- meet i-elt and tho membere .V'Bobert A. Taft, the eldest sob, a visit r to Tale. I gVUO W llllflllllin-i. Vdays befq-o returning JlWxMtfTr TTflW TO PROMOTE HEALTH LTIMOSBDee. .'St.That; the aat efforts of the leading of the country will be seon- ted, in the effort to- establieir a ,.ial orginlsatton. with regula-J .fl and rulaj of tt$ own,c the con "Vfatloo of paMic health and fc the dehf"tlon "HaSei geneially.i was pa doipu.iruiiQiine pympivitiitt vn lie i health of he American 1Anso H . . ! u . . . ci ciai enci01 his afternoon. . ' O ' 1 ... ... Ti t vtr A V " prHciiuu ui j-i.. , BWi -y of the bureau of chemistry TwThe department .of agriculture, and Dr. wril Horace Fletcher, the distinguished er on- dletles, spoke on vital econ am r s. ig a tax 01 a thousand dol- j - and one brewery and twe Sutim Boston' maJor I ty. .eight, ano? Housbnlxty r tne in- wvrv. . s th. lining out of fliqiW in of im- irfinLa ff Carolina. South Boston . Nae ldc.ir.g 11 'if" man orfer ship- buiines iriiwiproblbltftn terrt- This rk-ct loifc today will likely INSANITY RAN IN THE HAINS FAMILY Such is Evidence Being Pro duced by-the Defense in the Present Trial. 'By Associated Press.) - FLUSHING, N. V., Pec. II. Gen eral Peter C. Halns, IT. s. X, and hm wife, Mrs.'. Virginia I4. Halns, .parents of Thornton J. Halns,, now being trl d before Justice Crane as a principal In the slaying of Wllljain E. Annis, re witnesses In their son's behalf todny, and their testimony- brought out in full detail the relationship -of 'Mm. Claudia Halns and William E. Annis, that caused the estrangement of -rap. tain Hains and his wife. ' Vlenerat Ha his devtsn-A that JD his 1 pruH'c-. M'HI ueiore nis iwo utia, Peter and Thornton Ha his, the cap tains wife. Claudia Hahii. made a full f-onfession : of ' her misconduct. and that subsequently Captain Mains manifested such poignant grief from the 0 '"closures that his mental condi tion became affected. The confession which General Hains declared his son's wife Claudia had signed on the day following Captiln Hainr' return from the West, was read to the Jury. General Hains, made a Strcag Wit ness for his son' and counsel ffor the defense asserted tonight that fhn evi dence was now conclusive that Cap tain Hains was mentally unbalanced when he shot Annis and that; hi act was one of his sole doing. tv i The general will be cross-etamlned again next Monday. 4. ; , ', ; Through Mrs. Geperal Rains, Who wept many times- during her story, the defense drew wut the fact that Captain Hains in bis early life evlnqed physical weakness, which counsel will endeavor to prove through three ex perts, was a predisposing cause ot in- sanity. MOB RULE REIGNS IN KENTUCKY TOWN Judge Has Taken to Woods, SaysVHeWill Not Hold Court Without Protection. "'-?'( By Associated Press.) f- K V JACKSON,; Ky., Uec- llThurtown tonight 1 -scene of terror .between the rtwo ; pitched camps , of ; former Sheriff Ed. Cailahani'aild the friends of Jamcsi' T. Dcatott :jnd "Rush Se bastian,. for sliouUii Whom Callahan Is -to- 1 trled. if - sin e- woods near ."Lost: Creek Is County Judge 8- H Taulbee, declar Ing that he will not return to town to hold court Sin Ue Callahan cane unless '. the geyerrtpr, of fCentucky senda trooi.s to 'pfiteol' hhn from the twi, bands i urme-t men In Jackson Governor1 ili.-'i i absent from the fttate ami J.i n- i j Governor Cox up to thin .um ii in. refused to send troop. t ' , -J n : ARIATOR WEIGHT v FLIES 90 MILES (By Atsoclstetf Press.) LE MANS. Kruose, Dec. 31. Wil bur Wright, the American aeroplanlst, beat all previous jacroplane rej-ords hern this evening -With a magnificent flie-ht that lasted lor two hours and nine minutes. Hevered officially a distance of 7 mls. but as a maUer of fact, counting llie wide curves, he made over 0 ntlles. Mr. Wright's feat was thPmorf remarkable because of the Intense coll. After breakinf the record Mr. n.'.lvht wan. afi.fi inrain With M. tar- thou as a passe - ig Gjen'su rf.auv. WASrilNGTOl Pec. 31. "Aftef- Slttle practice I am criming alVng Bng." Presldef t Roosewlt decfcif d tVlay, afteriltting the bull's ye GOES TO RELIEF OF SURVIVORS OF EARTHQUAKE Siqiply Ship Celtic, Caj-ry-itig Holiday ;Checr to Pleet, on Mission. CARRIES FOOD TO FEED THOUSANDS Will Stop at flihrjiltar'for the"Fornial Orders of - (By Associated Press.) NEW, YORK; Dec. SljMThe United State supply ship Celtli which was to have met the returning battleship fleet ' with, holiday ch"(jer, tailed out of New- ,5 ork harbor this ; afternoon on an entirely different mission, but without changing 'a Single Item of her' cargo. She -will go to Mesulna, after a brief top at Gibraltar,-to give a million, end -m half ot navy rations to the earthquake, sufferers".-- ; ( -The" Idee, ef changing the.Cifltlc Into a relief ship came to her commander. Harry McL. Vi HuS,' last night Red tape was out in a jiffy' and the Celtic, with Christmas trees stilt lashed t the'. mastheads It bad been designed to njake the Celtk the Christmas ship forihe fleet sailed late today. Her supplies will not be. eaten by Ameri can sailors, but by suffering survivors of the t'alabrlan and lcllifl.n dlnuster. Suffever Flrnt. ; in the face of the overwhelmlnK need of the Italians, the deportment Is considering Its own nun secomi; how they will be provided with food Is something that will be .consider, il later. The navy department tnke full reBponalhillty for this sudden fill of proviHlons belonging to the I 'mi- 1 States government to the luiiimix without Warrant of law, and ci.iigre will be only too well pleaxed nt iliH evidence Of American pluck and of the get-there qualities of the Ameri can navy. Just as its ships were the firnt t.i reach, Kingston after th- West Indi.-m earthquake disaster, so the Am-ii' aii naval flag on the Celtic may th" first to bring actual fund suppli--" Messina - from anv country, . i n thought we . are 3,1100 miles a v.i;. Certainly the ship ha.s Ix-en dlspat. tied to sa in record tirru In leas tlinn i . hours after her ruptain conceived In humane Idea. The Celtic has in her ( aro tl'.O, 000 worth of provisions, sufficient food for flfty thousand people for one month; 132.000 worth of clothing; tents enough to accommodate l00 perxons, and a large quantity of med ical and surgical Hiipplies, According to her orders, the Celtic Is to proceed first to ;iliraltar, which port she should reoeh in 12 daj-s. and where she srioujd reeeiw congress' formal authorization. - (FAIR WASHINGTON, P. C; D- 31 Forecast for Jortn! Carolina: Fair and colder Friday; .Saturday Increas ing coldness-., moderate- west ehlftlng to northeast winds,; -w u - CLEAR FIELD NOW' BEFORE MR. BURTON Withdrawal of Taft and Foraker Leaves Him with out, Rival in Race. (Br Associated Press.) COL.UMHl'8, Ohio., Dec, SI. Rfprcsentiitlve Theodore E. Burton, prominent figure In the lower brunch of congress for the pest 20 years, will be named by acclamation for Unit ted States senator as successor to Joseph B. Foraker at ,a republican. caucus called for Saturday afternoon.' Charles p. Taft, . brother of . the president-elect, today t formslty an nounced . his withdrawal ' fro-ni the race. Then Senator: Foraker, learn ing thst -th detegstinn from his home tMt(f" f -tin mtl tour pleitgetf Her'Tafis wotild be turned over to Burton, ad mitted for the first time since the attacks were made upon him during tho presidential campaign, that he could no longer hope for a re-election. Within two hours all of th "favor ite son" anil "dark horses" had been swept out of the field and Mr. Pur tun was left suprTYne. The cam -us of Haturday will be a perfunctory affair. Mr. Burton's elec tion will come on Tuesday, January 12. lie will serve out hlw congres sional term, ending March 4. Today's Hood tjdo of developments marked (he panauge. from public lire of one of the most nolalile of the old leaders nf the senate Joseph Benson Foraker. Friends of the senator de clared today the belief thnt he would .o rehuhilitali- hlmm-lf during the few four years hm to he a formidable can didate for Senator Dick's place In I9IK but others among the state leaders wen- Inclined to Interpret Henator l-'orukcr's stutem.tit of with drawal In the nature of a valedictory. FORTY-NINE BODIES REMOVED FROM MINE 'it;iliti'S 'olliery I'nibaMv of Lick Hraridi Explosion Will lioacli Sixtr. 'By Associated Press.) r,l.i'EKlKU. I'i. 31. loety-nine mile have In re, i.vere) from, the l-fa'.'l l.ick llnineli colliery. In will, li an explosion occurred last Tin -da . and it it not known how man more arc ther.-. It h.im it rnoie iliM.iHtrous explosion than w is at tirnt supposed, the cause .I this being tin- fart that It was not known how many men were at "work in tlv mine at tlie time. There Is -caro-i. any iloiilil but that the dead will reach ,Hixt. j The r.-cords of the mining depart ment how that State Mine Inspector l. I!. Phillip In.pecP'd this mine In August, spending some time there, and his report was to the effect that the entilution Was good and the drainage fair, that there was no dust, no gas. and no dangerous practices on th part of the employes, and that the general Condition and safety of the mlse was good. The findings of the mine inspectors now Investigating the explosion have not been pub-llshed- TO l.VCHKAKB tXINHUMPTIOX. (By Assoelatsd Press.) . NKW ORLKAN8, Dec. 31, In fvr thcrsnce nf the campaign for increas ing the consumption of cotton, it wu announced today that the directorate of the New' Orleans cotton, exchange yesterday adopted strong resolutions, favoring the substitution of cotton for various Imported products nsed In the manufacture of bagging,' twtne. rope etc., and also suggested -c that -the United States department of agricul ture make an Investigation Into the various uses of raw cotton and publish 4 report thereon. y SAY FEHRINOER HAD A RAD REPUTATION Tilt Between Attorney Gen eral and Justice Field Set tled Peaceahly, (By Ateoclsted Press.) ' ' " FNIO.N C1TV Tenn., Dec. Sl.A half dosen wUntwses summoned on behalf of xthe elht wlleged "night rid ers" now on trial were suddenly transformed Into witness Par the xtat,e this evening. These witnesses Included Kev. John R. Williams, Jus tice of Peace Stephen Fields and live others. Each declared that Garrett John son torn a good reputation 'and that Frank Fehrlnger. the confessor,. was a man of bad reputation. But each also declared that ever since night riding began Johnson was' suspected ot being the captain of the band and that while Fehrlnger was known as a "boot-legger" of whiskey, he had a reputatl n for telling the truth. .The attorney general asked Justice Held If he wore not only a sympa thiser with the "night riders," but an actual member of the band. The justice denied the allegation .and a mild sensation was created When At torney Pierce, of tho defense, declar ed that he proposed "to hold the at torney general responsible In court and, qut Of court for Indignities, dis courtesies and insults," whereupon the attorney - general responded that he was willing to be held responsible by Mr, Pierce "either in court or out of it, for anything he had sold or done," The court, admonished the at torneys that unless bickerings "eased the members of the bar would find themselves the enforced guests of the sheriff, . Both men .then disclaimed any save pacific, intentions end thus the Incfdeat cloned, , , '.' ..:..; i When court adjourned for the day S7 witnesses had been examined,., DEAD LIE IN THE STREETS OF MESSINA Food is Hardly Ohtainablo and Water is Now Said to Be at a Premium , (By Asseclstsa Press.) MALTA, Dec. 81.-WlBoless dis patches received from the British war ship at Messina Indicate, that the king's presence there has aided some what in bringing a better condition. The dispatches say: "Although the panic has not sub sided, the bulk of the people are be having well. Martial law was pre- lalmed on Tuesday, at the express wish of King Victor Emmanuel, More han a hundred British and many Maltese tourists were In Messina at he time of the disaster. "Th dead still lie In the streets, horrible and disfigured. The weather very cold, with frequent heavy ruins nnd hall. Food is hardly ob- ulnable and there is no water. The wireless dispatches give it long st Of British subjects, alive or dead. The only American mentioned Is Htuart Lupton. the new vice consul at Messina, and he is safe. WILL FIGHT NO MORE, SAYS J. J. JEFFRIES (By Asaoclsted Prsss.) MELROl'HNE, Dec. tl James J. Jeffries has refused an offer made, by John Wren, of a purse nf 130. "00. for a. tight with Jack Johnson for the world's heavyweight pugilistic cham pionship, win, lose, or draw. Wren desired the fight to take lace here on Melbourne Cup day. In November. In his reply to the tend' r. Jeffries says he will fight no more KXl'UKKKKM HIXiltKT. (By Associates Press ! PITT OK MKXICO. Dec. a I. pres ident Diaz today sent a telegram of condolence to King Victor Kmmunucl. expressing the regret of himself and the Mexican people over the terrible losses" occasioned by the enrihituuke of Monday. A large fund for the relief of the sufferers Is -being collected In this city. KING MUST GIVE $35,000 B0HD BY SATURDAY OR GO TO MIL (By Associated Press.) BOSTON, Dec SI. Ball of 138,000 must be furnished by Saturday noon by Cerdenio King, who was convicted December 29 of larceny. In 27 counts, of- 122,000 from tfostomere who de sired King to buy stocks., the amount being fixed by Judge Bchofleld In, the superior court todayi , Thl Is an In crease of ' (10.000 In the ball which King furnished last June, when te was arrested, and Wl llJ'. C. , EARLY ACTS FOR LIMITED TARIFF, t To Be Removed Wlw?n In fant Industries Were on ' Sound Basis. it BY TAV. (f- el1 rorresportdant of The Cttlieo) , WAHHINOTON, Deo. H1. -While en deavoring to reach a decision on tariff ! revision. It Is being pointed out, the : ways end means eommlttee of con gress might with profit consider tha conditions under which our forefath- , er sttteomen were led, to Impose tho ; first high tariffs. . .!. ' Before the civil war the tariff sys tem had been devised to raise reve nue principally, the protection of do mentic industries from foreign .com petition being only a secondary Issue, "Place a temporary tag on foreign" goods.", had been the plea et the manufacture, "simply to. enable us to get our factories up and business, go ing. Once we are on our feet you may take away the tariff. . We , will then be able to face the world nn even " terms." , "... o the acts -of im, 1121 and 11)1 were pnssed to give American con corns a chance to get on their feet, , When the elvtll war broke nut tar Iff was relied on solely to raise reve nue. The government' expense ran tip to 13,000,000 ft dfty. "and It we found expedient to tag everything atpt everybody, conditions so far -tax atlnn was concerned were very elm liar to those of the day of tnx-rlderi Kn.land after the Napoleonic wars, - when there were "laxea upon everv i article which enters th -mouth, or cover the- back, er I placed" under the foot; taxes upon, everything whlelt a I pleasant Jo see, bear, feel, smell . or ' tnale; taxes upon warmth, light and locomotion i taxes nn verythlng ; that comes front abroad or Is grown Orave liaugur,' Because 'of the- taxes levied during the war . the "' mnnufaotur of, our , country were In real danger of being exterminated, To save then from , i disaster, congress pinned., high tariff on Imported manufactured products,-, practically giving the Amerlran man -factor a monopoly of the home mar ket. These protective tariffs were considered by every one, Including th " manufnetors, to be merely temporary, Tariff was understood to be a purely wnr-tlme legislation n unusual : v meartire to meet en nntisuel enier -gency, s 4 " i '.; Immediately at the close of the wr tax after tax wns repealed, the gov , ernment' heavy expense having dl- -mlnlshed nnd the wnr-tlme tag not being necessary. Logically, the tr , iff thnt had been arranged to enable the mn mi factors to stand these t&xe : should have been also lifted. - 1 But the manufactors ohjectod. ' Ily this time they hiul become very pow erful. Prom- poor, struggling con cerns ot the outset of the war, they had accumulated great wealth, It we under the high protection tariff of the war time the oil trust, the sugar trust and other monopolies; that are still In existence were born. ' ' , "By no means raise thev tariffs," i urged the special Interests. "Free trade means ruin." ,l, The trusts had wlreidy become strong factors In polities, and so the hen that laid the golden eggs wa not killed. Kvcry now and then, however, sonfn statesman, with a personal conviction that the tn riff system ns It remained was not lulr to the consumer, urged a revliiluii General Ourlleld, repub lican, in n speo-h on July 13, 114, said - There must be a rational and) consideriite adjustment of the tariff." president Urant, In a message to con- grens In lix-emlier, 171, declared 'those articles which enter Into -Our manufactures, ami are not produced ut home, should be entered free" i l. n laud levoted an entire mes sage to tariff Tension. The keenest grief In his life was that he woe pre- nteii, by poiitiai chlcannery, from revising the tariff In accordance wlthv' the views of Ids heart. ' . ItllFA' I-7TKO COliONEL.' WAKHINOT'iKl. Dec. 81. I.leutejl nnt l oioiK'l . VV. Koseoler. corps oC engineers, has Is-en ordered to relieve., col. .l. ;. V. Knight temporarily of,, bis duties as chief engineer or the de portments of cast and the gulf- . - as-the result of Investigation mad at the suggestion of the assistant 1-.trk-t attorney,, w he claimed that the , sureties were not worth the full, amount. ' - ' ! Judge Behoneld today Ordered that those furnishing new-boll should 1" held Jointly and sevemlly for tli f' amount. - An lncre.iH. it bail UtTcre f 'pending U'' on lusicd- 4 S .';

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