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Cent ra rmcr. ELIZABETH CITY N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1900. ONE DOLLAR Vct Year, in Advance.) The Official Paper of Pasquotank and Camden Counties. (Established 1886, CITY DIRECTORY. Major. T. D. Wilson. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. F. B. Flora, M. N. Sawyer, J. C. Commander, J. L. Sawyer, B. F. Spence, W. H. Weatherly Bryant Freeman. POLICEMEN. W. C. Dawson, Chief, A. C. Bell, P. H. Ives. Health Officer, Dr. U. T Aydlett. COUNTY OFFICERS. COMMISSIONERS. G. M. Scott, S. N. Moigan, Chairman, Elisha Lister SHERIFF. N. G. Grandy. C. S. C. W. H. Jennings. REGISTER OP DEEDS. vV. B. Culpepper. TREASURE. W. A. Foster IVorlolk Ac Joutl era I li. 'ivazj --vs r, H; --" - V. -' In effect Sept. 24H1 , 1900. TRAIN SERVICE. NORTHBOUND .v. Eiiz. 'it' daily (ex. Sun) 2:45, P"5 Ar. Norfolk, " " 4.25, p. 111 Lv. Eli.. City, Tue.Thur.&Sat 9:30, a. m Ar. Norfolk " " 44 11:00, a in I GUTHOUND Lv. KHz. City daily (ex. Sun) it 40. a.m Ar. Eden ton 4 4 4 1 12:40, p m Ar. Belhaven 4 4 4 4 5:20, p.m Lv. Eliz. City Tue Thu & Sat. 5:55, p.m Ar. Edenton 6:55 p.m lfTrains stop at all intermediate stations. STEAMBOAT SERVICE. Steamers leave Edeuton daily (.x cept Sunday) 12:45 p. m. for Plymouth. Jamcsville, Williauistou ind Wind so . Leave Edeuton Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 12:45 p. m. for Chowan 1! ivrr landings; and Friday for Scup pei ni n R i ver. Steamers leave Elizabeth Citv foi Roanoke Island, Oriental and Ntw Ileruc, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur day 6:00 p in : connect with A & N.C. R. 'it and W. & V. R R. lor Golusboro a. d Wilmington, See. For Scuppernong River Monday and Wednesday 12:00 nooa and Friday for Pasquotank River landings 12:30 p.m. Steamers leave Belhaven daily (ex cept Sunday for Washington, N.C, and 5 a. m., Tuesday Thursday and Satur day for Aurora' south Creek Maklev ville etc. For further information apply to M. H. Snowden, Agent, Elizabeth City, or to the General Office of the N & S. R. R. Co.. Norfolk, Va. Id .K.KING, H . C. H U DG I NS. Cen. M'g'r. Gen Ft.&Pass.Agt EDENTON. David Myers, who lias been 011 a visit here to triends, has returned to his home in Kinston. Harry Lucas description of Galveston storm Tuesday night at Rea's Opera honse. under the auspices of the Methodist church. was very good. A large crowd was present and a a neat sum was realized. The funeral services of little Miss Jessie May Hedrick took place at the home of her parents on church street last Friday af ternoon, at 3 o'clock Rev. Mr. Alderman omciatirg. Hon. Win. Bond visited Eliza beth City one day last week. Our lawyers have relumed from Dare court, which convened at Manteo last week. Miss Aim'e Walker, of Cres well, was a guest at Hotel White oae day last week. Drs. Capehart and Hathaway, of Avoca, were visitors here last week. The remains of Mrs James Cromey Weie interred in Paul's Cemetery last VVedned ly, Rev. Dr. brane officiating. J. W. Branning h s rem 11 n from Philadelphia, accompanied bv Judge Westcott and wife, oi Camden, N J . who aie his guests. C. P. Bailey was called to Norfolk last week owing to the d ath of his grandfather. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cure billiousness, constipation and headache. They are e;sy to take and pleasant in eff l ct. For sale by Dr. J. E. Wood, PRESIDENT'S CABINET. PREftlftF.XT AXXIOM TIIAT TUB FRMKXT CABINET REM A 1 31 WitU Him Daring the Fnnr Years of III Coming Administration III Wtahet Mnde Known In an Ex leaded and Forceful Speech at the Cabinet Meeting t the White House The President WkiiIr Hia Ofllefnl rion- hol.l to Nhare the Success of Ills Administration. Washington, November VT- President HcKinley to-clay announced clearly md forcibly to the members of his cabinet his desire that they should all maln with him during the four years u his coming administration- Ills wishes were made known in an ex ended speech at the Cabinet meeting n the White House to-day. Responses rere made by all of the members pres et, and while there were no definite pledges from any of them that they eould accept the portfolio thus tender ed afresh, there was on the other hand 10 definite declination. To-day's proceedings set forth the Irishes of the President In the matter ind relieves the members of the Cabl let of the customary obligation of ten dering their resignations at the end of :he term unless they have made an rrevocable decision that it will be im soBsible for them to continue in office, it also sets at rest all speculation and date-making of the country's political prophets, for It ia understood gener illy that there is but one doubtful fac :or in the homogeniety of the present Cabinet. That factor is Attorney-Gen-iral Griggs, as he holds his present Dositlon at a great nnanclal sacrifice. Still, Mr. Griggs replied in terms of jvarm appreciation to the compli nentary remarks of the President and voiced no intention of retiring from his jresent position. This is not the first time that the President has expressed to the mem ers of the Cabinet his pleasure at the mpport they had given him. He said is much In a general way at the last Cabinet meeting, when the members, leveral of whom had been scattered y the political campaign, got together for the first time and congratulated lim upon the outcome of the election. To-day the President evidently had prepared for the occasion, and in his j address reviewed the work of the ad ministration in the past four years four of the most exciting years the country has known in three decades, ft was rather a surprise even to the Cabinet members themselves to note low accurately the President had fixed in his memory the sequence of events and how calmly he relinquished the personal credit for succes&ful strokes of policy or prudence, and attributed the honor to the members of his official family, in whose immediate depart ment the matter in question had arisen. He said that if the result of the re cent election was an endorsement of his administration, it was no less an indorsement of the men who had stood oy him in the time of stress and neces sity. The credit for success, he said, ay with the heads of his various de partments, and he should shrink from entering upon another four years of sfflce unless he couid be assured that fie would have with him a majority at east of the men who formed his pres ent official household. He said he knew that in asking them to remain with him there was scarcely one who could do so without some sacrifice sither of money, leisure or personal in clination. At the same time he said he should feel happier if all of them could gratify hia wish. Secretary Hay was the first to re spond. He said that for his part he deeply appreciated the complimentary references made by bis Chief, and that tie thought there was not a member of the Cabinet who would sever 6uch pleasant official relations without re gret, and even then only in case of the most urgent reasons for retire ment. Secretaries Gage, Long, Hitchcock, Wilson, Attorney-General Griggs and Postmaster-General Smith each spoke in turn, and in much the same vein. Secretary Root was the only absent member from the meeting, having left for Cuba to look over military affairs there and at the same time to try to recuperate from his long and serious illness. The list of responses therefore was all but complete. It is known that Secretary Root is in much the same position as Attorney-General Griggs, holding his position at considerable sacrifice, but willing at the same time to sacrifice a good deal to comply with the expressed wish of the President. The meeting, which had developed Into a real love feast, then returned to the more common-piace affairs of rou tine business and the discussion of the lalient features of the President's com ing message to Coiigiess, after which :he members4eft with renewed expres sions of regard. The meeting stands is one of the most lemarkable Cabinet sessions on recoid. Each of the men hers furnished a forecast of his annual report, but none 3f the reports was in shape for formal presentation It was practically de cided that the recommendation in the message on the subject of the war rev enue taxes will advocate a small re duction, scaling down the total reve nue about $15,000,000. Just where this decrease will be made lias not been de termined. Considerable attention will be devoted to the Nicaraguan canal in the message, out the President's recom mendations are not yet clearly formic lated. mm THE MONTICEL.LO DISASTER. Yarmouth, N. S.. November 13. Ul to 6 o'clock this evening twenty-foul bodies of victims of the City of Monti cello disaster had been recovered and Identified and those belonging out 04 town forwarded to their homes for In terment. The bodies of the twelvt other pertons are still missing. A some of them went down with the Mon ticello in deep water their remains maj never be found. A SEPARATION GRANTED. London, November 13. The World. ol this citv, 6ays a judicial separation between Prince and Princess Aribert of Anhalt, is an accomplished fact. Th paper adds that the deeds were signed and the other formalities completed fluting the stay in Berlin of Prlnc Christian of Sehieswig-Holstein, fathei of the Princess, There will not be. an3 divorce. Prince Aribert not objectlnj to the course, proposed by his wife, BI. FOOTBALL flASIl Seorg-elown and Virginia Preparing for a Bffi SI ruse le. Charlottesville, Va., November K. In anticipation of the game to be play ed with Georgetown next Saturday, Virginia has for the past week put forth extraordinary efforts at practice. The coaching corps has been materially strengthened by the arrival of Saunders Taylor, the famous quarter back of the team of 1SS4. This valuable acquisition has given Virginia a quartet of coaches, Hoxton, Cocke, Taylor and Moore. The men realize that they will have to fight hard to win from Georgetown, as the fierce struggle of last year, which re sulted in a score of 0 to 0, has not yet been forgotten. Confidence has been greatly increased by the fine showing made under the "new line-up" in the game last Satur day with Gallaudet College. Virginia put up as fine a game as was ever wit nessed in Charlottesville, while Gallau det played hard and steady, and died fighting bravely. Several marked improvements were oticeable during Saturday's game. Virginia has improved greatly in her team and individual work, due to the steady practicing of the prist week. Several positions on the team have been hotly contested for, and even up to this late date the management is In a dilemma as to who ara the beat men for some of the place?. Walker's new position as full Lack Is assured. He kicks well and is looked upon by the men as a sure ground gainer. He bids fair to become the star of the team. Dabney is doing excenent work at left half, and bis position la alse secure. Ha is one of the stars of this year's team, and his presence is we.l-nigh Indispen sable. There is a lively rivalry for the position of right half back on the regu lar team. Coleman is, of course, in the lead, but the splendid playing of John son has made a strong inrpresion. Car roll also is up In tht bur.ch, and his fine work has also bec-n favorably com mented upon. MARRIED SAM JONES' WIFE. The notable Sam Jones, of Georgia, was caught in the barber's chair a while ago while attending one of the Chautauqua Assemblies in the North west. The loquacious barber, never having seen the veritable Sam, started in cautiously: "Going to hear Sam Jones?" "Yes, sir," answered the victim, through the lather. "Ever heard him before?" "Oh, yes," replied Sam. "I suppose," resumed the barber, af ter a pause, "he will get off his old jokes on the preachers, and people in general. "I guess so," responded Jones. "Wonder how much he gets for one of his lectures?" "Oh, I suppose as much as you take in in a month," was the reply. "Well, sir, I wish I was bright enough or foolish enough to make people laugh by telling stories. Some people say Sam Jones is fine, and others say he is a humbug; what do you think, sir?" "Well," answered Brother Jones, Slowly, "when people go to see a ghost, they generally see it; when they go and let that old fool Sam Jones walk Dnto their toes and corns, it don't hurt Tones at all. Now, I know him pretty veil: am a Southerner myself; and with all his faults I like him. I mar ked Sam Jones' wife." And the tall, lean Southerner threw iown his dime, and, with a smile with Irew. The barber is recovering. THE ALVORD CASE. New York, November 13. The hearing In the case of Cornelius L. Atvord, Jr., ate note teller in the First National Bank, who is charged with having embezzled 690.000 from the institution where he was employed, was continued to-day. Morton V. Moore, settling clerk at the First Na tional Bank, said that he made up the Clearing House proof sheet on Octobei loth, but that the first two figures of th total were not his own. The total for that day, the witness said, was J78O.705, but 8 four and seven had been written over th figures seven and eight and one added, making the total appear to be $1,470,705, s difference of $690,000. Bater on. Moore said, the figure one was scratched ovei the figures seven and eigrht restored IE another handwriting. At this point As sistant United States District Attorney Baldwin declared the case for the gov ernment closed and the examination wac further adjourned to Friday next. THE SOUTHERN SURGICAL AS SOCIATION. Atlanta, Ga., November 13. The Southern Surgical Gynecological Asso :iation meCin its thirteenth annual ses sion here to-day. While the associa tion is association in name it has a membership restricted to 125 from alt parts of the United States. Prominent ; physicians from New York, Chicago, j Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and many Southern cities are in attend ance. BOTH OFFICERS CENSURED. Washington, November 13. The navatf ?ourt of inquiry which investigated the collision on October 16th near Newport Df the torpedo boat Dahlgren and Craven, has made its report, recom mending that Lieutenant F. H. Brown, of the Craven, be tried by court-martial and that Lieutenant William G. Miller, of the Dahlgren. be censured. On the recommendation of the Judge Advocate-General. Secretary Long dis pensed with the court-martial and ad ministered censure in both cases. THE STOCKTONS SPEED TRIAL TESTS. Annapolis. Md.. November 13. Naval rvinstructor William O. Groesbeck. U. 9 V.. and Engineer George R. Townsend. oi he William R. Trigs Shipbuilding Com pany, of Richmond. Va., arrived here to aight to witness the speed trial tests ol :he gunboat Stockton, recently completed jy the Trigg Company. The tests will take ;iace on the Barren Island course off th4 Patuxent river. Twenty-six knots is th jontract requirement. The commission in jharge of the trial is composed of Admiral Rodgers, Capt;.in Robley D. Evans, and Chief Engineer Roelker. FOR THE EXILED BOERS. London, November 14. Holtend has ex pressed a willingness, says the Berlin ooe respondent of the Daily Express, "to pun chase on behalf of Mr. Kruger. for th4 exiled Boers, a portion of Oerman SouUk it Africa." ' . THE FREEDMAN'S AID A9D SOI TIirnV FOrCATIOXAL SO CIETY MAKE APPROPRIATIONS For IVhlfe and Colored Academies An Interesting Srbale on (he IHs franehhienient of the Xegro In the Month Kerne of the Npeakera Conn ael Moderation and Adroeate Ktrentheulngr the lands that are Iaolding i'tif orlh and Konth To If other. New York. Novemler IS. The Freed -man's Aid and Southern Educational Society met at Newark, N. J., to-day with Bishop Edward . Andrews pre siding. The following appropriations for academies for colored people were made: Central Alabama Academy, Huntsvitle, Ala.. 53C0; Cookruan Acad emy, Jacksonville, Fla.. $2100; Gilbert Academy, Winsted. La., $1:000; Havan Academy, Wynesboro, Ga., $f00; Merid ian Academy, Meridian, Miss., $700; Morrlstown Academy, Morristown, Tenn., $3000; Samuel Houston Academy, Austin, Tex., $900; West Tennessee Academy, Mason, Term., $75. There was a long; discussion preced ing tiie ccn-fideration cf the appropria tion for the academies for white peo ple. It was explained thct the field 01 academies was among the poor whites and they wee Coing fine work both in instruction provided by the schools themselves and a.s ferJ.Ts for the Fort Worth and U. ?. Grant Universities. Bihop MallaMeu, in talking on the subject, spoke of the eifeet on the aim6 of the srcleiip cf the disfranchisement arts in the South, ne i&aid: "I hope to see the day when the flag shall protect all Americans on American soil." This s'arted a debate on disfranchise ment, the speakers connecting with it the question under consideration by the idea that the work amwij the whites in the States which had passed "dis franchisement" laws should be in creased rather than diminished. Levi Gilbert, editor of the Western Chris tian Advocate, eoum-ellc-d moderation. He said the Southern people made no pretense of disguising the objects of these measures, but that so far as the actual language of the statutes went, there was no discrimination stt forth in so many words. He believed in strengthening the bonds that were holding the North and South together. Bishop Fowler had criticised Booker T. Washington for trading the rights of the colored man for peace, but for his part he was not sure but that Wash ington was right. He thought that ed ucation was the surest ground work for the maintenance of rights, and If the colored man v ent . to work on that the enjoy ii ei-t of hrs rights would fol low. He said he- hoped to see the day. North and South, when no ignorant man wculd he a!;owcd to vote. Secretary ),;, c n r.!so said that he be lieved in pieservinp; good feeling be tween the fs'ort' r: 1 South, but if in establishing tliac .mod feeling the North ar.d cu:h planned to leave the colored nan out he could foretell that there would be trouble. He paid a tribute to Bcolr.ci V. Washington, say ing that any man who had done what he had was a great man, white or black. Nevertl.-e'ess, he did not believe with Boofcei T. Washington that edu cation should i':.,o first and rights af terwards. If a mail gave up his rights In this country, he said, he was very unlikely ever to get them back again. Bishop Di A. Gocdsell said Booker T. Washington did tot ues.rve credit for originating the i-.'ea of industrial edu cation in the South, for the whole so ciety had dc-r.e that thirty years ago, but the Sjftai.tr was inclined to think that his educate nol hiea was right. He said thai he believed that anv com munity of t!- white race in the North that was luled by another race by a majority of r.umi ers would resist to the point of rev. :;:':;.' v.. The Bishop recall ed a nun:! . c i indiy acts on the part cf Southern whites, some of whom had opened their churches to the colored man when he fta; holding conferences amo.ig th m. "I will tell the colored men," he said, "that every v ore of war they speak now will make the elevation of their race mc ;e difficult in the end." The white acadc-mies were then given appropi iaeiens. THE RESULT IN KENTUCKY. Frankfort, Ky., November 13. The State Election Boaid will meet De cember 3d to canvass the returns and officially declare the result of the elec tion in this State. While the Republi cans have formally cc-nceded the elec tion of Beckham as Governor and an nounced that there would be no contest, both Republicans ami Democrats will be represented by counsel at the can vass of the vote. Every phase of the election w ill 1 e clocely watched by both sides, as matters may arise which will have a bea: ;ng on the contests for Con gressmen in two districts, the Third and the Ninth. Governor Beckham will he inaugu rated Decern':-er 11th. It is said that yr.e of the fi:.-?t fficia! papers Governor elect Durbin, cf Ir.ciar.a. will have tG consider wh.cn he takes office will be a requisition fr rn Governor Beckham for the return cf Governor Taylor and ex-Secretary of Rate Finley to this State for trial. Le: dir.g Republican claim to haw- assurance fr m India:.;: Republican leaders that Mr. Durbii: will follow the precedent established b Governor Mount in thete ca;es and will refuse to honor the 1 equisition. THE COTTON MILL LOCK-OUT. Greensboro, N. C, November 13. The cotton mill trouble in Alamance coun ty, where sevt ral thousand operatives are locked out on account of their re fusal to abandon the textile workers' union, is practically unchanged. For over a month eighteen tr twenty mills have either been standing idle or run nir.g with rt-duoed forces. The unior operatives are vacating the factor hou?es as raridly ae possible, in ac cordance with orders issued some days ago. Those who have been unable tc secure empl yment elsewhere are tem porarily livirg in tents furnished by thi national textile union. TO DISFRANCHISE THE KEGRO Atlanta. Ga., November 13. A bill t disfranchise the negro was introduced In the lower branch of the Georgia Legislature to-day by Representative Hardwick. of Washington county. A bill similar in character was introduced at the last session, but was defeated. Til 15 Rid Annual Bepnrt of .i ncrnl Huperiti tuat Kimball. Washington, November 13. 3. I. Kimball, general superintendent oi the life-having eervice, in his annual re- port to Secretary Gage, says that the number of d:.ci-ters to documented vessels within the field of operations of the service dur.rg the year waa S4. There were on board these vessels 256 persons, of whom iCCl were savei and ' forty-eight lest. Six hundred and seventy-three shipwrecked persons re ceived eue cor at the .tations, to whom 1447 days' lelief in th? aggregate was j afforded. The estimate in the vaJue of the vessels involved in di.atcr was ! $3,342, 6i0, making a total value of prop erty Imperiled $tU70.1?0. Of this amount $7.234,S:0 was saved and $2,235. 500 lost. The number of vessels totally lost was sixty-one. The investigation made Into the de tails of every shipwreck involving loss of life and into the conduct of the life saving crews shows that no life was lost through lack of prompt and faith ful efforts on the part cf the life saving men. :'ore than one-half of those that w ere lost perished by reason of their unwise attempts to roach the ?hore in their own boats, while if thy had remained on boa:J the wrecks they would all have been saved, t were their shipmates who refusec1 to take to the boats. TIIE CHIXfiSE 91MII.E. AddHlonnl INiiitM t be Areetl I'pon by the Powers at I'vUJjj a a llnttii of Settlement. Washington, November It. In addi tion te the points raid to De agreed upon at Pekin as a basis for settlement with China, as announced in cable dis patches, it is understood that several other points are li-kely to receive atten tion when the matter Is taken up with the Chinese envoys. One of these Is as to making the city of Pekir an "open port," for while it is not or the sea coast the purpose Is to extend it to that freedom of commerce and inter course with foreigners which now ap plies only to those ports designated by treaties with China. The suggestion that this action be taken has been made in high Chinese quarters and its advisability is urged because Pekin, as the capital of the Chinese empire, is the centre of influence throughout the country. Another point which may be proposed is that capital punishment, by beheading or otherwise, shall not occur In future by imperial edict alone, but only after a trial such as Is given in civilized countries, the accused having an opportunity to be heard. This does not apply to the executions made necessary by the Boxer movement. Official dispatches have been received here from the Viceroys of the southern provinces cf China, who thus far have been most friendly to foreigners, stating that they were shocked by the execu tion of the acting viceroy of Chi Li, and also stating that they feared this would have a serious effect in those lo calities hitherto favorably disposed. BOERS ANNOY THE BRITISH. London, November Under date of Johannesburg, November 12th, Loitd Roberts telegraphs to the War Office as follows: "Rundle. reports skirmishes with small parties of Boers in the Harri smtth, Reitz and Vredo districts re cently. The commandoes appear to be acting independently and with no ob ject except to give as much annoyance as possible to the British. Our casual ties in these skirmishes were two killed and seven wounded. "Douglas arrived at Ventersdorp No vember 11th from Zeerust, capturing during the march twenty-one prisoners and a quantity of cattle and sheep. Ventei sdorp, which has been a depot of supplies for the Boers, will now be cleared out." THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Birmingham, Ala. .November 13. Two conventions, both claiming to be the general assembly of the Knights of La bor of the United States and Canada, are in session in this city, as the out come of the split which has occurred In the ranks of the order. The Parsons wing of the order, headed by John M. Parsons, of New York, a grand master workman, arrived here at noon and was met by Andrew O'Keefe, of this city, a member of the National Execu tive Board. The faction headed by John W. Hayes, arrived yesterday and this morning the convention composed of delegates of this faction was called to order in Magnolia Hall by Grand master Workman Chamberlain, of Colorado, who delivered his annual ad dress. Preliminary organization was . effected, after which the convention settled down to work. The Parsons fac- ! tion met this afternoon in Engineer i Hall and was called to order by Grand- i master Workman Parsons, who also de- j livered his annual address. Committees ) were appointed and an adjournment ; taken until to-morrow morning. There j s much bitterness between the two ! 'actions and the convention may be ' Drolonged. STRUC. BY A MASKED Bl'RGLAR, Chicago. Noven.i r in. The home of Or--in W. Potter, at 120 Lake Shore Drive. r.-."s entered by a masked burglar early :o-day. Mq?. Fotttr was awakened as the burglar with a cloth saturated with , ;Moroform was bending over her, and ' 5c reamed for help, but before the othel members of the household, aroused by tr cries, oouli come to her assistance, :he burglar struck her with a pair ol ; ;rass knuckles, air est i-ntlr-r.'ng her un conscious, and escaped. The blow cut a Jeep gash in Mrs. Potter's l.t.;d, and foi 1 time it w; f.a:.d th: t this and th 1 nervous shri k would result eetiously, bul firm. Potter is reported as r. -tlng com ' rtctl-ly. l.as: April the Pcittr residence ias entered by oorch climbers A'ho secui rd S1S.C0O in dicr. cruld and jewelry an4 reaped without le;-e ; g a elu . Tbis timj j r.cwtvtr, nothing was obtained. New York. November 13. The Anchor Line, which maintains two steamship services from the port of New York, 1 jnc to Glasgow, via Moville. the other to Genoa, Naple3 and other Mediter ranean ports, has now In course of con struction an addition of five new amers to their large fleet, which now v r.sists of about twenty-five steamers SV'ith these five new strainers and on recently completed, an addition of 74, 100 tons will be added to the: lines' ton- j a age-. . PROPOAKO EAPPOITIOHMCHT4 rirslnln, Mnlne, Kansas and Arfcaa. a Way Earn I, on- a rnnrrmmaa. Washington. November 13. Direetor Pf the Census lierrlatn, was at the White House to-day. He called atten tion of the President to ths fact that the figures on the population of the United States, the total of which has been announced. &r in ttuoh shape that they will be at the disposal of Con pre?s when ft meets for anv anion !t may desire to take in the direction of a reapportionment bill. The reapportion ment following the count of the twe!f:h rensQs will become operative by law in 1903. There probably will be a consider able Increase both in the ratio and the total number of representatives under the new apportionment. Starting with a ratio of one tn every thirty thousand inhabitants there were sixty-five rep resentatives In the first Congress. This ratio under the tenth census reached 151.911, giving the H.u?e of Repre sentatives 32f members. Th levenfh census In 190 gave a population of C2. 522.2F.O. or an Increase of 11.5 fl 000. With this the ratio was increased to 173, '.'1 people to each representative, and at this ratio the House numbered S'6 members, an increase of twenty-one. The ratio under the new census proba bly will rench 206.000. With an increase of 13.L'2r..4H4 shown 1 y the present cen sus ai d h tting majority fractions of the apportionment count for an addi tional number, as has !en the custom, this would make an Increase of eighteen memb rs in the next House, Reapportionment on this bacois would leave but four States that would losf representatives. They are Maine and Virginia In the '-is: and Kansas and Arkansas in the West. They would lone r)i:f- member each. Any ratio smaller than 200, 0f0 whl h would save th-m their full rept escntation would. It i thought, make an unwieldy addition to the membership nf the House. H AUK A.V tSSKJVniM. rbe Failure r Grant ltrotlt'i-.. Siorh Brat hers. Made the Baals ol n Lot of ItitiuorM. New York, November 13. The firm 5f Grant Bros., stock brokers, made an assignment to-day to E. C. Btedman. md the assignment was made the baste Df a lot of rumors whic h In substance were ma-de to the efTwt that the stop page of the linn's business was due to a defalcation. The amount of th- de falcation was placed at fnmi $150,000 to $175,000. but up to the presenl no one connected with the firm will admit or deny the rumors that are (lying around and just where they Btarted is not known- The firm won piH.minatit ..m the Stock Exchange some years ago, bu; of late has been inactive. Mr. Sted man f.tys the liabilities will be below S10G0, and probably less than half that Bum, and that of late the Grants has be&n winding up their affairs. Mr. Stedman when Keen at his resi dence to-night was asked Sor a state ment concerning the firm, lnasmu h cs tiie afternoon papers had published e I urnns of the affair ar.d had made er fiiii imputations concerning certain pei sons. He said: "1 shall not make any report until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, and then I will give this re port to all the newspapers at my lib e. I know that certain imputations have been made against certain persons, but I advise all to be careful and i si in this matter. I shall be very ratef :l myself. It is impossi! le for me to make any statement to-night. I care not what statements have been made or published, these do not affed in any way my purpose to give out the state ment of the firm's condition to-in row." Asked if it was true that he called Captain McCluskey, of the Detfctiv Bureau, at police headquarters in cn nection with the case, Mr. Stedmar aid: "I did not call on Captain " Cluskey or any other member of th. police department in connection with this case, and I do not think 1 will ! so. That is all 1 care to tay about I; to-night." Charles F. Grant said when he :r questioned that he would not ns whether five cents or 1500,000 was tak n "I have sat up nights enough over 1: now, and it is the assignee's busine from this time on, not mine." A man familiar with the firm's busi ness when asked aiout the rumor ' misappropriation eafd that he i t. ally could not say that it existed. IJ had heen informed to that effect rtn-i the information was i f a nature which led him to credit it. 1U JiU.Ult lllf. HAKUNESa VU. KETTELEIt. New York, November 13. A special cn ble from Kerlin says: "The Ki Isor ha Just given further evidence of his regan for Baron Von Ketteler. who was a sassinated In China. by Inviting the lal ter's American widow to conic to (', r many in order that he may express I her his keen sense no: only t h-r hi band's services, but also of the count? and gallantry which she h is. if display throughout the terrible v. of the Icgn tkns. It is expected the Kafer, beside Investing the widowed baroness with tie Order of Ioulse, ,, which the Bmpres Is grand mistress, will ,r:' r :. pension a:i create her a countess in h' r own iU-M It is probable that the haroiM -.- also nl! be offered the title of lady-in-waiting t the Empress, and e I ;. certain to b. overwhelmed bv ...urt. government, so dety and the people with tokena of klndl? sympathy and r-L.tr.V DISAPPEARED BUT RETURNED. New York, November 13. Mrs. Han cook, wife of Captain Hancock, 1" B A., now etationed at Manila, myster iously disappeared yesterday aft rnoon in this city. Mrs. Hanco k wore jewel ry when she disappeared and also car ried a considerable sum f m aey. lfr- home was at Fort Monroe, wh re hei sister, Mrs. William Marrye, wife ' C.lnnl "K.'MHom 'r.r-Trt c.mi ittniliifit ' ol the fort also livs. Mrs. Hancock was last seen in a Fixth avenue department store. Captain Hanc k tiad written his wife tc Join him in Mar.ila. Staterooms were secured on the transport Kilpat rick, which was st beduled t. sail to day at 2 o'clock f.-,ni the navy yard. Mrs. Hancock returned to the Grand Central H tel tiiis afternoon. Hhe said fche hal teen in Philadelphia visiting friends. Newport News, A" a., November 13. Rob Fitzeimm ns. who hs here wfth his theatriea! company to-night, expressed himself oji the subject of Champion Jeffries' pr- posltb n to take him on for another fight Imr - I lately or at the close of the theatric season. He says Jeffries is playing for a boost for his show, and that he simply spurns his offer. A FEARFUL TRAGEDY. TWELVE TIlOrftAXB DIXIBI ATRLT DBOSTSEB. Slniln ilmai Isnpasalble an Ae count of Dm4 Badle Knmnke r Ins; the ftlvsr-A Nleaaser Flans; Her Way Tat-ana-h a Yang tod and Man;id Maaw mf ornssa Laahed TngethtT by Their l.oas; Mslr A Srrn. that !'.r.Kr- Drkrrlsllas. lxmdon. November 11 -The this afternoon publish-; a letter frown a Heir Ian gentleman who has been travelling t I'rkln via the trna Sibe rian railroad. He describes under date f September th what be eaw in the Amur river. His account Burpasst s in horror those previously published. "The scenes T havs :"ned during the three days since my steanwr left Blagovetchenak," he says, "arc horrible beyond the powers f descHptlon. It is the closing tableaux of fearful human tragedy. Two thousand wvre deliber ately drowned at aforxo 2eC0 at Kabe ind MOO nn und BIsgovetchensk, a total if 12.000 eorpsee encumbering th rier. unong which were thousands of women ind children. Navigation wm all but Impossible. Inst week e. boat had to slough b r way through n tanked and mangk 6 mass ( corpses lahrd to gether by tbetr long hair The banks were literally coveted With oi-ih- In the curves of the sir am wen- dark, putrid-smelling rr... of human flesh uid bone, surging and swaying In the KeamrM wake and trash Th captain rainly ordered full speed abend. The light find smell will be ewr With "s ' From Blagoveu benak la Algun, forty-five kilometers, numerous villages lned the bank, with a thriving, Indus trious population of ov r 100. 0t0 TLat f Algun was 20,000. No one will -ver know the number of these who per shed by shot, sword and stream No! l village is left. The sll- nee of death sas around us, the lulr.s of Algun on the right, with broken d'wn, crumbling alls and scattered, root'-- hounn " DEATH OF CAPTAIN JHN IV 1IAKT. rhllndelphls. November IS. Captain fehn I. Hart, of Cuba filibustering 'time, died t-day of apoplexy. Cap) mu Hart bad been In poor health lately and made his home In Atlantic City. Y terilay he came hre and whs stricken rn the atreet. He was ui'-n ho pltal, where he died without rt-gainlrg consciousness. Captain Hart'a )lf wag practically spent in shipping Ctrvlea. From an able seaman he becatas a buc tsh'uI ship owner and engaged I" the fruit trade with th. Weal ludl.ts. Dur :g the year 1S' Iwo of bin vvm41s, tiie Bermuda and !aurada, mads frequent trips to Cubs with aritit utid ninmuni tion for the Cubans Captain Utir: onvhtrd in December, 1M. wf r ttcipatlng In a filibustering sxpeditl n ind was sentenced ts two yan' Im prisonment, in February. lSl'S. the atn tence was put Into sxecutlr.n snd m fune of th.- same tr Csptsln Hatt was pardoned by President IfcKlnley. Captain Hart waH bom in A ceo mac ;ounly, Va., forty-one years uko. A BCOW WRECKED. Havana, Noy-n r A rHy scavenger scow wa wrv luj to-day off Cabanas and four Cubans wets drown- sd. The captain and engineer of the owbosU Teresa, both Spaniards, hve 5on arrested n the charge f Ineffi ciency, neglect ami rowerdlee, ond'.ip. :ain Young, csptsln of th l"rt. h;ts kshr-; tint thy be indicted for nitui lis ughtrr. The Tr-re ?,.;! tv. o s- iws n tow. One of them, with fifteen m'-n u board, parted her hawser. Ths 'thi r was towtd lr.;o Havana by toe reresa. When Captain Young was In 'ormed from M rro thai the other scow a as in a daneeroua js!tloti he ordered the Teresa to r 1 lit. The bos a as heavy. The Teresa started, but turned b.-ok! Captain Toung, In sn open launch, then went to the rescue, but .. s nearly 'uamp-1 , f f Mono. Tie st-nv. went ,ij the rocks. Lieutenants Palka and m', with soldiers of the Second Artillery, saved eleven men. THE STORY DOUBTED. Mexh City, Novemlx r iort of the arrest in .N' I'resa ajid Manhiohl. c,1 laving smuggled Into the t iianvmda and other Jew Lo Emperor Maxim. inn's i Empress Carlotta, exeltrd -st here. It is not belie- jewels Were part o the r 11. The r n York ol a i ged w 1 1 h nite l Bt a Is belonging : own and to much hater ed that th w:.lia of ttiH former vi reign of Mexb u peiislists considei it qui) thai su-h valuable dian . and old lm e Impoaslbls lorids eouhl have fal! u Into the band larties. r if pti at ELECTED MR BRYAN PRESIDENT. Atlanta. 'ia . N vember II. The Tieorgia Legislature being unable ! .. -i-.uiii November tth.vnanimousl) cl t ed Hon. William J. Bryan President of the United .States Mr. Brym n.is tc knowledged th compllm :.t and let ter from him was read In the Senate to-day by order of President How IL Mr. Bryan says: ' While the return rhow lhal the de rision rendered In my favor in Georgia! has been overruled iu t.. higher court, which includes the entire nation, yet I beg to express my appreciation for the confidence and good will expressed oy the members of the Ge Legisla ture. Yours truly, "WILLIAM J BRYAN. Washington. November iX-lAeuten-ant-Colonel Bunnell B. "arrison. Inspector-General, V. B. V.. has been honorably discharged from the s.-t v. e Of the United States to take effect LX -.ember 1st next. bU servi.es being no longer required. Colonel Hsrrlson is a on of ex -President Ilarribon. DECLARED C.OVIWNOR-TBLBCT. Montgorrry.Ala., Novetn r 13.-The Legislature cf A a. ama met In annual aension at noon u -day. A joint session of tne two r.ousfs v.b vtmm . after verifying the election returns, j Famfoitl w- declared tb Govemor ieei All t: U as rn unusual proceed ing for the- brst d-y i f the stvsion. but owing to tv- rhy ml condition of the fv,!n,.- I rgunlantl n w: I pusfi ei throtrgb u pi event any cAmpwcn tlcns nbich m.cht arite from hia death and to insure a reguiar succes sion in such event. - 'r
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