THE INATJGUKAL FETE
REPARATIONS -ARE
WELL
FOR THE EVENT
UNDER WAY.
. AUGIr is to Be on Grander Settle Than
Ever Before
' Hat Vm-roT a
pinjr Bill's Status.
Washington Correspondence. ;
The Inauguration preparations this
; jrear are well under way, and are on
' -a. grand scale. Pretty nearly every
prominent man In the city is on one
r another of the committees, and
here are to be several novel and in
teresting features, which will make
5e event sucre than usually notewor-
, y.: It Is felt that uncommon elabor
ation Is justified, because It is the first
Ipaugura tlon in the new century, and
It Ss partly due 'also to the great per
sonal popularity of President McKin
fey, and to a feeling which somehow
. aeems to prevail that the beginning of
bis second term will usher in a kind
f new "era of good feeling." Parti
sanship during this session has cer
tainly been reduced te a low ebb, and
fce people's representatives nowadays
seem actuated more by considerations
effecting individual and national -pros-
Bcrity than by old-fashioned political
iiference of opinion.
Tt Is becoming daily more apparent
iat Congress Is determined to avoid
n extra session if It can. The recent
talk about an extra session was started
. 'saainly by the reported wish of the
Administration to have supplementary
legislation about the Philippines and
4bc new Cuban Constitution. But the
test authorities in Congress incline to
fjte opinion that the necessity in the
Philippine case Is not sufficient to de
mand a special session, and now there
is an Increasing doubt as to whether
Congress" has any right to supervise
the Constitution of Cuba. The original
'position of Congress, as promulgated
jjasi before the war with Spain, was
that 'the Cubans "are, and of right
-ngbt to be' free and independent,"
4nd that this eountry disclaims any
disposition or intention to exercise any
Control over the Island except for Its
England will be met with a competi
tion of a more serious meaning than
any she has hitherto suffered at the
hands of the United States. America
intends to compete with us for the su
premacy of the seas. : The whole trend
of later developments is in the dlrec-
If M J m T . A .
Administration loeg j uou 01 au exieusion or American snip-
Extra Sessionsiiip- Ping, ana tne impulse that is now set
ting In will be far-reaching in its ef
fects, ano will -have to be reckoned
with by tbis country."
' AMERICAN COMPETITION. "
It Grave Menace to European Interests
Candidly Eecosrnlzed by Foreigners.
The new century's opening days are
destined to furnish a good many trib
utes to the skill and resources of the
United States in the general business
field. The London Times, having
American competition In view, sounds
a note of warning to England. "It is
useless to disguise the fact that Great
Britain is being outdistanced." it de
clares. "The competition does not
come from the glut caused by miscal
culation as to the home demand. Our
own steel makers . know better, and
are alarmed. The threatened competi
tion in markets hitherto our own
comes from efficiency in production
such as never before has been seen."
"There are only two great countries
from which we have anything serious
ly to fear," says a British industrial
expert, writing a series of articles in
the London Mail, "and these are the !
United States and Germany, and I
place them in their relative order of
importance in this respect."
This Is testimony to the superiority
of the United States in the industrial
field which is significant. It was pre
sumably known to the writers of the
HAS BEEN SIGNED.
One Ccpy Will be Immediately Szzt
to Congress.
AN UNPLEASANT INCIDENT.
Senor Cisne-os Takes Inopportune
Tims to Exhibit Hatred of United
States.
" Havana, By Cable. The Cuban con
stitution, first submitted by the cen
tral committee to the convention at the
public session of January 21, was
signed Thursday. One copy was seat
to Gov. Gen. Wood and th.9 other
placed among the records of the con
vention. The attendance was not
large,
At 5 o'clock the members affixed
their signatures, the president and
rice president leading off, the two
secretaries s gning laet. '
Senor Gisueros created a sensation
by refusing to sign it. He said:
"Cuba is row independent, and I can.
see no reason for sending this con
stitution to the United Starter for ac
ceptance. The' United States govern
ment has no right to pass upon it, f r
iit is a distinctively Cuban document
and was drawn up by this convention
which has assumed (the res-jonsibility
of estabTishirg tbe republic" .
Several delegates argued w'th him,
but he was immovable. As the dele
gates" retired, Senor Tamayo remark
ed: "We , are all Cubans, Senor," and
Senor Cisneros replied: "Yes, wh n
the time comes to fight the Americans
SENATE COURT ORGANIZED.
1
two expressions quoted that the TJnl-j we w'll fight them together." Then he
ted States in 1900 had gone ahead of turned toward the president's tab1 e
the United Kingdom in the aggregate and shaking his fist at tbe Americ n
of its exnnrts of nil sorts. Tt was nn. ! newspaper men. he said: "The.Ameri-
dnuhfPrtiv 1,-nnwn tnn to hnth nf thom ! cans are like the monkey. When the granted elsewhere.
that the PTnnrts of mnnnftiirp of ' morfcey closes 13 paw on a thing it . The substitute prepared by the sub-
never wants to let go." " committee to the bill by Senator Yv ard
Subsequently he sa'd he would sign for the protection of trade and corn-
Prepared to Begin the Impeachment
Trial March 11.
SENATE.
Thirty-seventh Day The Senate vvit
at 10 o'clock, Lieutenant Governor
Turner presiding. Rev. Mr. Weaver
offered prayer. The reading of the
journal was dispensed with.
Resolution pa?sed for a joint com
mittee to accompany 'the remains of
Dr. Kir by to Goldsboro. Speight, Wool
and Aycock were appointed.
Tbe following bills passed thiro
reading:
Senate bill to authorize Mt Airy to
Issue bonds for waterworks.
House bill to authorize Johnston to
work convicts oa public roafs.
House bill to authorize Haywood to
levy a special tax.
House bill to prevent live stock from
running at larga in parts of Bladen.
Senate bill to supplement an act to
prevent live stock from running at
arge in Watauga, Caldwell and Mitch
ell. Senate bill to impose a license tax
of $25 on dealers in deadly weapons
came up. Smith wanted it re-referred
to the finance committee, and it was
so ordered.
Thirty-eighth day The Senate pas
sod more important bills of the State
interest than on any other previous
day of this session. The Senators
worked hard for nearly five hours and
when an adjournment was 'taken un
til 11 o'clock Monday the calendar was
virtually clear.
At 12 o'clock Monday the Senate will
be organized into a court for the pur
pose of trying the Chief Justice and an
Associate Justice of 'the Supreme court
The preliminary ceremonies was. wit
nessed yesterday when the members
of the Houee presemted to the Senate
the articles of impeachment and re
ceived the assurance itihat the same
would be acted on according to law.
A full account of this ceremony is
their attorneys were submitted to the
House and adopted, after some discus-
Ed on caused by objections to them oa
the cart of Republican nuecn.bers.
At exactly 12 o'clock tbe articles
were laid before the House. They
were read and re-read, article by arti
cle. and adopted seriatim.
Immediately after the last article
"haA Hpin nrtorrt,Ad a resolution, was
sent to the Senate informing tbat body
that the House was ready, through its
miajaagers, to exhibit the articles of
Impeachment whenever it should suit
the Senate to receive them.
It suited the Senate to receive them
at once. .
tne clock pointed to the hour or
2:15 the managers, accompanied by
the entire House, .proceeded to the
Senate. .
The Senate received the articles with
great solemnity and fixed 12:30 Mon
day as the hour at which the Senate
will organize as a court of impeach
ment for trial of the judges.
Just before 12 o'clock; Doorkeeper
Howell announced in stentCorlan tones
"Mr. Speaker, the report of the mana
gers of the impeachment."
Then the managers elected by the
House to conduct the impeachment
trial, cantered the Hall. They were
Judge Allen, of Wayne, chairman;
Messrs. Craig, of Buncombe; Graham,
of Granville; Hayes, of Chatham;
Roumtree, of New Hanover; Nicholson
of Beaufort; Seawell, of of Moore, and
Shannonhouse, of Mecklenburg. ixr.
Eipainhour, of Burke, was absent.
Walking up to the speaker's desk in
appropriately ceremonious order, two
by two, with Judge Allen at their
head, they ranged themselves in line
on eitiber side al Judge- Alien., who
that the exports of manufactures of
the United States are growing faster
than those of agricultural products
and the raw material of manufactures.
What makes this circumstance of por
tentous consequence to an old industrial
country iike England is that the gain
pacification. It is now argued by many
Congressmen that this pacification has ; in tbe United States has been greater
teen aeeomplished.and therefore that j i tbe past two or three years than it
re have ho business to interfere fur- , was before. It promises to be still
&er with the Cubans. If this opinion ' greater in 3901. Not only does the ;
Should prevail. It would probably j United States meet the older countries
knock out the extra cession idea alto- ; in the competition for the trade of
fether. j Asia, Africa and South America, but 1
-. Ih considering the pending Shipping , It Is making inroads into their home !
. kill ft should alwavs be remembered . markets. The amount of American j
that tbe greatest benefits flowing from
& will be to the farmers of the United
States. The Secretary of Agriculture,
Mr. Wilson, pointed this out very plain
ly in a recent Interview. Secretary Wil
son said that the most important na
tional problem for us to solve was
What to do with our surplus products,
nd especially our surplus agricul
tural products. vTbis surplus is now
About one-third of the total production,
nd It 'Is constantly Increasing. In
Other words, our farmers and other
agricultural workers now produce one
third ; more than they can use or sell
ta this country, and this vast surplus
piust be disposed of in foreign mar
kets, or, L? It is not,; there will be a
tremendous erash one. of these days.
Jlccess to foreign markets Is now had,
to the mam, only by the employment
$f foreign carriers. The service is
goods sold in England. France, Ger
many and the rest of Europe is con
stantly on the increase, notwithstand
ing the fact that we are discriminated
against in tbe tariffs of the continent
al European nations. Germany is
the expansion in this respect is much
larger by the United States than It is
by any other country.
Until about a dozen years ago Eng
land had virtually no competition in j
Asja and Africa which caused it any j
uneasiness. The writer in the London
Mail who; has been referred to says
that Great Britain exported to South 1
Africa -In 1889 about $65,000,000 worth
of goods, and. while there has been an
increase to oply 75,000,000 since then,
the United States sextupled its exports
to South Africa in the interval, and
now ranks second to England in this
rflow. ncer tain. Irresnilar. costly and trade. It is evident that that British
Snfrieadly. or at least, indifferent. authority believes the day is close at
That we need most of all and at hand when the United States will take
ce, the Secretary said, " Is a large, ! the' lead in the exportation to Asia
Adequate American merchant marine, and Africa which his own country has
for the transportation of our exports had for generations. His words are
and'for the further development of our : echoed by other writers for the great
foreign markets. j papers In London, Liverpool, Man-
If It be unsafe and absurd to rely . Chester and the rest of the British
pon foreigners for our shipping facil- trade centres. While Germany is
fties la time of peace, how much more j making gains in Its foreign trade, as
S 111 time of war I Yet that was what compared with England, it is the Uni
Ve were reduced to In our war with j ted States which is really feared. Not
-Spain. All our transports, colliers, only has the United States a larger
tc, were borrowed from other na- . population and immeasurably greater
-pons, and there' were only a few - natural resources than Germany, but
American ships which were available j jts people, as the British experts tes
as auxiliary cruisers, etc. But these ' tify, are displaying a general versatil
few were of Invaluable assistance, j ity and adaptability in all their great
Commander Driggs, executive officer j industries such as those of no other
f the auxiliary cruiser St. Louis, re- ; country can approach. Here are the
Cently declared that "the actual value reasons why, at the opening of the
f this ship to the navy in the war was new' century, horoscopes of American
more than the total amount of the pro- I industrial advancement in the near
posed subsidy during the whole fifteen future are being cast by British and
.years of its operation. The St Louis other Old World authorities which are
ie one of the crack steamships of the 1 more elowlne than even those which
the copy of the constitution that had
been filed wi'h ihe records of the con
vention, but would wait until the other
bad been sent to Washington.
Senor Capote, presad'snt of the con
vention, delivered the tocuaneut to
Gen. Wood at th3 palace Friday
morning at 9:30. Gen. Wood and his
staff will receive formally the com
miisraion charged with the duty of pre
senting the eonistltuttfon. The lafter
will be translated and a cory in Enr
liph will be sent to Washington wi'lij
the 'original. Probably the translation
will not be ready 'before Monday. Gen.
Woo- semt a personal letter to Se-or
Taayo, cr&imran of tve sp'o'al com
mittee on relations, outlining the sug
gestions received from Secretary Root,;
but pointing out that these were only
expressions of opinion of the execu
tive department a3 to what te people
of Cnba desire to have estibl'shel and
agreed upon between the TTcit'id St tea
and Cuba, and should not be taken as
an official declarat!on of the United
Statrs, it being necet?sary to refer th9
whole matter to Congress.
The speclsl cornmittee on re'atkn3
has not yet decided what renort it will
make. Another meeting has been called
Gov. Gen. Wood will appoint a com
mission consisting of -two Cuban mcr
chamts, two Americans and Collector'
Bliss, as chairman, ' to revtee the
tariffs. A supplememtary revision will
be first made and submitted to me--chants
in Habana and the Unit d
Sf tea for suggstions. The Cubans
tafce kindly to the scheme which will
allow thesn a choice In arranging the
duties.
-American Line, which .was employed
fey our Government for auxiliary serv
ice during the war. Commander
Driggs stated further that the original
intention of the Spaniards was to send
some of their warships to our Atlantic
-coast, hi order tojbombard our cities,
ad that they were deterred from
-tfalng eo enly because they learned of
the .employment of the four swift and
.powerful American , Line steamships
.-rs auxiliary cruisers. They had no
hips able to compete with these four,
. and therefore they gave up the idea
- f the bombardment. ;
The foreign nations, whether friend
ly r mnfriendly, would like nothing
better than to see this Shipping bill
ail. Tbe agents of mest of the lead
Jng German and English steamship
' lines have been busily engaged In this
-country, ever- since the bill was first
broached, lobbying against it. In this
:1a ct resides one of the strongest argu-,
meats for the measure, from the Amer
ican point' of view. Many English
s newspapers and commercial periodi
cals, just received on this side, contain
quite alarmist references to the inat- j
the American prophets have been
framing -St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Promise of Even Better Things.
Thoma3 Lowry. of Minnesota, Is not
one of tne "doubting Thomases" who
think that, under Dingley law protec
tion, industrial prosperity has reached
such a height in this country that
there must come a fall. This is his
opinion; as" expressed in a recent in
terview: '
Blight as was the outlook toward the
close of the year, all the promises and
all the expectations now are of even
better things. The; prosperity of. the
country is exceptionally substantial,
and, to my mind, there Is no doubt of
Its continuance. Everywhere you go
you see 'the signs of the times. The
farmer, tie artisan, the merchant, the
manufacturer, the transportation men
all are. doing well ; all are confident.
Mr. Lowry baa this advantage over
his less optimistic friends the farts
which are be.ng reported from all over
the country give valiant support to the
truthfulness of the statements which
Will Edt "The Smasher."
Topeka, Kas., Special. Mrs. Carrie
Nation is to enter politics and to be
come tha editor of The Smasher's
Mail, a paper to be run in behalf of ne
BToe?. She hao refused tempting offers
of theatre managers and will remain
in Topeka to help elect a "clean man"
for mayor at the spring election. These
matters' were announced by the cm
tad er from her cell in the county jail
tfter the charge against her, of smash
ing the Senate saloon two weeks ago,
bad been dismissed, by Judge McCabe.
She is still being held on the charge
of breaking Into Mossr's cold sitoragt
plant iast Sunday.
Atlanta Suff rs from Serious Fires.
Atlanta, Ga, Special. Fire destroy
ed almost an entire block In the whole
rale district of Atlanta, entailing a
lcea of a half million dollars, on which
there .is insurance amounttug to near y
$450,000.. The burned area is boused
by- Railroad avenue and' Lloyd, Dec-i-tur
and Colllna sire :t. The prlnc!p?a
loosers are: J. J. and J. E. Maddox,
wholesale groaers, $125,000; Gr3mllng
and Spaulding Shoe, company, $70,0);
Draper-OoggiDS Shoe company, $70,
000; Arnold Hat company, $40,000 ; R.
N. i Fickett Paper company, $40 009 ;
McConttell and Christopher, dry goods,
$25,000-. Dinkina auxdl Davidson, haard
ware, $15,000.
ten The Yorkshire Post says that the he makes and to the wisdom of the
pending bill "tbeatens very seriously
ur . own saip-build'ng and carrying
- trades." The London Economist &2
lres that this is "the most important
among national movements adverse
the Interests of British shipping,'
Dd that America will now "begin a
contest with us for the sovereignty of
cbe seas." The London Express tells
Its readers that "to these who ; can
read the. signs of the tlma in America
opinion which he expresses. They tell
a story of continually advancing pros
perity which has few halts in the line
of march. -
, The Cornfetl Pbliosophcr,
"A man,"' laid the Cornfed Philoso
pher. ; "usually realizes at middle age
that he is a good deal of a fool, though
sometimes be needs he assistance of
A Friend to he Negro, . i
Ch&rlestou, Special. -Mrs. Laura
White, who as agent of phllantlhroplc
Philadelphia , Quakers founded, the
Penn Industrial and Educational In
stitute for negroes on St. Helen Is
land, died at her home on the Frog
more plantation,. She came to Beau
fort soott'atfter the war and, has dons
a great work educating bhe negroes.
She was also highly esteemed by th
old southern planters there about.
Hnmp vmmc nprsrm tn oM film In n.
-" - - - - - . o. v M.w Ams f ' t ' U
it Is evlde t that. In the near future lug It oat." Indlauapolls Press.
, Lynched In Louisiana. v
Lake Charles, La., Special. Thotn-s
Tital, cola ed. charge witv a"
a 13-year-old white - girl, was :: takem
from his home near' tenticst oy a 1
and lynched. Samuel Mac'd x, who at
tempted to defend Vital, wsa hot to
death. . Vital had been prev'ously shH
In th eg by the girl. father and w
res'prirg officers when the mo cap
tured him.
merce against coniSipiracies and mono
polies pass-ed without a dissenting
vote. Tbis bill has appeared in tne
News and Observer. It defines what
. trusts and monopolies are, imposes
penalties wblch are to go to the State
and makes it the duty of the Attorney
General to bring suit.
Tbe bill providing a corporation law
for North Carolina which was fully
discussed Friday, passed its third
readeng la the Senate without opposi
tion. Among other imiportainit bills passed
were the new oyster law and restoring
to the Governor the appointment of
--v-cT-g Board of Internal
Improvements; both bills' haveing ori
ginated in the House.
If the State Board of Agriculture
carried out the ishes of the Senate as
expressed yesterday the State will ba
represented at th Buffalo, Charlston
and St. Louis Expositions.
The Governor was given the power
to fill vacancies on the Criminial Cir
cuit Court bench and he will apoint
.the successor of Judge A. M. Moore re-signed.
The contested election case of Ken
nedy against Currie was settled un
animously in Seraator Currie's favor
and the contestant paid $225 for his
expenses.
Senator McNeill introduced his bill
to rerpeal the Cumberland dispensary
according to the wishes of the primary
but since some citizens wished to be
betard before the Committee on Pro
positions and Grievances Monday.
Senator Travis, by request intro
duced a bill to allow in surance com
panties to withdraw under the Craig
act.
Thirty-ninth Day Lieutenant Gov-
ernof Turner called the Seas.ta to crdtr
at 11 o'clock and Rev. Dr. A. A. Mar
shall, of the First Baptist church, cf
rored iprayer.He besought d'rvlrpe bless
ing upon the Senators, whether sitting
In legislative or executive sseIou or
as the highest court of the land, and
that their minds and hearts might be
filled with justice and love from abov?
so that they hight neither harm nor in
jure any ciitizen of this Commonwealth,
but guard the welfare of their State.
At 11:30 the Scutate took up and dis
cussed the rules presented for gowero
ing the imipeaohm'eiit trial.
' At 12:30 the roll call began and the
Senators were sworn in five at a time
by Lieutenant Governor Turner. Each
Senator repeated the oaCh after Presi
dent Turner and signed the same. Sen
ator Alexander being first on the roll
i was the first sworn. AH wetre present
and sworn in except Leak, Speight and
I Webb. Marshall, Republican, bad -con -j
scientfiau3 scruples agalnslt swearing
acid he affirmed. Chief Clerk Maxwell.
Reiading Clerk Ooboaa, Sergeant at
Arms Smith, and Mr. Weldon Smdth as
stenographer, were sworn in.
London introduced a resolution that
the rules adopted by the Senate for
.(he imip-eaohment be adopted by the
court of impeachment. Carried.
. .Lcndon o-Ieied a resoluticn o dnfo m
the managers "of the House that the
court was ready to receive them at its
bur; Adopted.
At 12:45 the managers entered in a
body, wth their counsel, J. H. Pou and
C. M. Busbee, and took seaits on the
left. Roucatree announced that the man-a-gars
'prayed process issue. London
moved to Issue a summons return a bib
at 1:15 today. Carried. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Turner, placed the summons In
tfiie bands of SeTgeant-at-Arms Smith.
The Senate then resumed its ession
and poop adiourned.
Fortieth Day. The Senate passed
the divorce bil1 and d'scussed Alexan
der's road bill, many minor til's
were introduced and a number of local
bills passed.
then said in distinct and incisive
toces:
"Mr. Speaker: The managers elec
ted by the House to conducii; the im
paicbmnt trial of David M. Furches
and Robert M. Douglas have prepared
articles of impeachment, which they
are mow ready to submit to the House
for its consideration and adoption."
And all the while he spoke the clock
was striking twelve.
Mr. Gattis of Orange, then moved
that the report be received, and that
the House reeolve itself into commit
tee Of the whole for the im:m,ediate
consideration thereof. This motion
prevailed, and the Speaker called Mr.
Gatti to the chair.
On moidon of Judge Allen, the arti
cles of impeachment were ordered
read and considered seriatim. Mr.
Winston, of Bertie, at the request of
the committee, then read the five ar
ticles printed below. They were sign
ed by all of the managers, except Air.
Shanaionhouse, who it was explained
by Judge Allen, acquiesced entirely in
the articles, but was at home when
the paper was signed.
The question, then came up on the
adoption, of the committee's report.
Mr. Masten called for the ayes and
noes. Call sustained. Result of vote.
Those votiing for adoption were: Al
len of Wayne, Ardrey, Bannerman,
BBarco, Barnhill, B-easley; Blalock, j
Blount, Bradsher, Brittain, Carraway,
Craig, Curttis, Daniels, of Vajice; Dau
gbitridge, Ellen, Fields, Garrett, Gatr
tis, Graba-m, Harris, Hayes, Jenkins,
Lane, Lawrence, McKithan, Mann,
Mauney, MoCulIoch, Mclver, Morgan,
DEAD IN COAL MINE
Thirty-Six Miners Burned o Death
By Explosion.
AWFUL RESULT OF CARtlDSSNESS.
A Fire In a Coal Mine In Diamond
ville, Wyo., Bur..s to Dealb All the
, Miners in One Suaft With a Single
Exccpt.oa. ,
Cheyeunev Wyo., Special Tho worst
disaster in the ' history of coal min
ing in Wyoming since the Almy hor
or, eight years ago, occurred at Dia
mondville Monday night. : Thirty-six
men are believed to have perish'ed in
a fire which started ia Mine Nol, of
the Diamondville Coal an4 Coke Company-
; '.,'"
The blaze was first discorered short
ly after tho night shift commenced
work. It Is thought to have origina
ted from a earless miner's lamp in
the oil room. Tbe flames made such
progress that taly ono man escaped
from the two entires in which it was
confined His name Is Jno. Alexan
der and he was frightfully burned in
running the gauntlet of the flames. Ha
was suddenly ccnfr6nted by a wall of
fire and 6moke and wrapping his head
in an overcoat he ran in the direction
of the main entrance. He fell uncon
scious, and was carried to the mouth
of the mine- The alarm was sounded
and hundreds of miners at work in
the mines and on the outside rushed
to the rescue of their Imprisoned com
rades. The fire had by tms time made
such progress that it was impossible
to enter the r corns of flames. The en
tire night was spent in confining the
fire to the two entiie6 and this morn
ing it was necessary to seal them up to
prevent the flames from spreading to
other parts of the mine. This step wa3
only decided upon after all hope of
Slaving the lives of the men had been
abandoned. Nothing caruld live five
minutes in the fire, which was in
creasing in fiereeness- every minute.
The plugging of the two entries will
smother the fire, but it may be several
days before the barricades can be re
moved and the chambers explored.
The exact total of men entombed is
not yet known as a nutmber are miss
ing, some on sick leave and oJhers in
the hospital, snffrig from burns re--eel
ved while fighting the flames, so
ths.t an accurate count s at present
inrtpcssible. ,
The scenes at the mout3i of th-ei mine
during-the n'ght and day were heart
rendering. Relatives and friends of the
catcenbed miners rushed to the mine, ,
frantically waving their , hands and
crying io the mine officials and miners
to save their dear 'ones. -Many of the
women and child ea were slightly
injured in the crowd and by falling
" ' T . . 1 t . 1 . ....
Mmnvh-eTw. Nicholson Owiiis of Tvr. , o'ver OLScies m w oaranecs.
I rell, Pcerce, Pearson, Robinson oft Diamondville has been the scene ol
Anson, Rottrock, Rountree, Sea well, a numlber of disastrous fires since the
Sinraus, Smith, Stewart, Taylor, coal mines were opened there, ten
Thompson, Ward of Halifax, White of om. coajiagiuutjira we.o
Jones, Willard, Wilon, Winston and ver attended with serious, loss of
7aha.rv HO i ilf e. i
Those voting no were Baldwin, Ben
bow (Revp.), Blythe (Rep.), Brim
(Rep.).Burlison (Rep), Burned (Rep).
Caloway (Rep.), Carson (P.cip.), Co!e
rmn (Rep.), Connor, Xcan (Rep.),
i Duncan (Pop.), Ebt3 (Rep.), Gaither,
j Hoed, Js3ell (Rep.), Mastin (Rep.),
: MaCrTarlaILd (Re).), Mclntoch (Rep.),
McDeail, Morris, Owea of Sampson
(Pop.), Patterson, Payne (Rep.), Pe
trce (Rep.), Reinhart, Sheets (Rep.),
Stevenson, Watts, Weaver (Rep.),
Whitaker of Guilford, Yarborcugh
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Macon, voting 'aye" paired with
Duls, voting "no."
Thirty-eighth Day Speaker Moore
convened the House at 10 o'clock.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Dan- .
iels.
The customary number of bills were
introduced. The pension bill, after
some discussion, was made a special
order for Tuesday noon. At 2:40 p. m.,
the Honse adjourned.
Fortieth Day. The House held d?y
anl n!ght serious. No general legis
lation was -enacted.
- The mine is owned by, the Oregon
Short Line Railroad. Its otntjput is
about 175,000 tone of coal per year and
upwards of 700 mlnors a?ro employed.
HOUSE.
Thirty-seventh Day. Speaker Moo-c
convened the House ' at 10 o lock
Prayer was offered by Rev.' Mr. Butler.
Petitions were offered aa follows:
"By Winston, to pension J, D. Bar
ham and I W. Phelps. "
By Benbow, to prohibit ; sale ard
manufact'ira of - liquor near Yadkin
Valley ' Institute.
xwirty-t.iSxi.ai day. The articles o
Inxpeachment against Fuches and Don
glas, as prcfpared by the managers and
Telegraph c Briefs.
The National League magnates be-
Kam their annual sorine meefHa? -In th
Fifth Avenue Hotel and will probably ; toped his health, serlousTy affected by
Hor or of Horrors.
Versallites, Ind., special. Ceorgo
James and his four ycung daughters
were burned to deattth ia their farm
house, four miles from Verealliea ear
ly Saturday morolng. A son, 12 years
old, made a desperarJe efibrJL to get his
father and slstera out from the burn--ing
house,' but ' failed. The eon, who
been sleeping with his father, escaped
through a rear door, aad finding it im
possible to get back owing to the rapid
spread of the fire, rushed to a window
of his father's room afid broke the
glass in with his fist. . He begged his
faither and scoters to climb thTOfu-gh the
broken sash, but they made no reply.
In a few minutes the whole etructeure
fell, burying the five Inmate.
Goes to A&lidvi.fe.
Chdcago, Epec4a4 Joh T. MoOatch
ton, the war correspndenft;-artlst,who
was with Admiral Dewey at the battle
of Manila, was taken to-day on a spe
cial car to Ashtvuie, N. C, wtere it is
be in session for a week. A definite
plan of action against the American
League, in crsa of war, the hearing of
demands of the Players' Association,
and the consideration . ami adoption of
a playing schedule far the eeason are
some of the things to come up.
A fire in the poor quarter of Birm
ingham, England, yesterday, resulted
in six men and women beiig burned
to death and four danerou.ly biirwd.
Entombed All -rers.
Tujca'ocsfl, Ala., Special Tbe fate
of the 13 negro miners entombed In- the
Asylum mire by a rush of water from
an abandoned shaft i3 still problema
tical. The rescuers have tean unab' a
to make ary headway In pumping o i
the water, ca tbe mine fills as rapidly
as It is puanprd ovsL A third punn
hos been put te,vo operBitlotu The on!?
hope for the negroes Is that they wrl
burn their ' lamps and in this manner
keep the air in the small space co n
paratlvely pure. .The atr'horitie have
little hooe, however, as t will take
several days to pump oc the water.
HE FELT THE SAME WAT.
Mrs. Henpeque They say when a
tiger has its prey In its power, the vic
tim feels neither fear nor painonly
a dreamy ecstasy. 3
Mr. Henpeque I don't doubt it. The
night you accepted me I felt the same
way. Judge.
malaria cont-aoled in the Philippines,
and an attack of typhoid pneumonia
in Chicago, will be regained.
The Seaboard ,o Knoxville.
Brunswick, G a.. Epwslal. rt is ,re
portod here that w?3cXJotioas are
pending for the puaxjhat. oi t&e Tallu
lah Falls railroad by h Soutira-n Air
Line and eveutuolly rteultiag in a line
from Athens, Ga., to KnoxtIlle, Tenn.
The puiipose of tlhe new lin,v it Is said,
is to bring tn reaoh th undeveloped
rolinaationoionofl -tyJas m omfw m
mineral and bnow ltcatft of North
Georgia, Ncith Carolina and East
Temaessee. George L. Prentiss, of New
York, i who is coo5ideTta a k'idlng
promoter of the undertaking, was here
but would neither decy or affirm the
rumor.
By Wke'nd Oacb.e.
King Leopold, of Eelglum, went to
Nice Saturday nor a lcng siay.
G eneral Rios, who presld ed at the
Epinsh Peace Ccarniieslon meetings
in Paris,-is seriously hi. '
M; Plchon, French Minister to Chi
m; -will pro'babuy be succeeded by. At.
3-eau, chi&L. &t 42ie cabinet of Foreign
Ailnister Delcasse.
A National Anti-Cigarette League
was formed in ' OhicagOi II1. February
28.
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