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a 1 , ,11 inllUr -' . l :: 1 I I : j;j.;f;;?' LUMBERTON, N. C.j OCTOBER 2, 1902? VOL. III. NO. 9. WHOLE NO. 19. 1; 1 EMILElZOllDK Famous French Novelist Asphyxiated - in His Room WAS NO SUSPICION OF SUICIDE Poisonous Gasses From the Author's Stove Did the Deadly Work His Wife Was Made Unconscious. eL- - ' .''.'.- ; Paris, , By Cable. Emile f Zola, the novelist, who gained additional promi nence in recent years -because of his defense of the Jews and of former Cap tain Dreyfus, was found " deadin his Paris home Tuesday moraing. Asphyx iation, resulting from gas from a stove in the bedrooni, is given asxthe cause of death. - s . j " M. Zola and his wife retired at 10 o'clock Monday night. . Madame Zola was seriously ill when the room . was broken into, this morning. At about noon she was removed to a private hos pital, where she recovered; conscious ness for a short time and ! was able briefly to explain to a magistrate what Lad happened. Mj and Mme. Zola re turned to Paris from their country house at Medan. Owing tq a sudden spell of cold weather the heating stove in their bedroom was: ordered to be iighted- The stove burned Jbadly and the pipes of, the stove are skid to have been out of order. To the i magistrate Mme. Zola explained that she awoke eai-ly this morning with a. splitting lieadache. She awakened her husband and asked him to open a window. She saw him rise and attempt to move to ward, a window, but he staggered and fell to the floor unconscious. Mme. Zola fainted at the same moment and was, therefore, unable toi give the alarm. Mme. Zola does not yet know cf ler husband's death, and lit is feared shd may suffer a relapse when inform ed of it. It is thought tonight, how ever, that she will recover, i The death of M. Zola, which only be came generally known late Monday afternocn, caused a great sensation in Paris and there was a constant stream of callers at the Zola residence. Mr. Zola's body lies upon a divan in the-ce-nter of the spacious drawing room of . his home under a canopy of rare and ancient hanging. The body is cov ered iwith a sheet and - electric lamps throw their vivid light upon the wax like features of the dead. The servants of the Zola; household, not hearing any movement, in their master's apartment this morning, en tered the bedroom at half past 9 o'clock and found M. Zola lying with his head and shoulders on the floor and his legs on the bed. Doctors were- j summoned but they failed to reasuscitate him. Mme. Zola was unconscious, but after prolongod efforts on the part of the physicians she showed signs of life, but it was some time before she became conscious. 1 It was reported here during the day that there were evidences of suicide in the death of M. Zola. Nothing has so far developed' to -substantiate this theory and the statement made by Mme. Zola to the magistrate seems to disprove it. M. Zola retired with a good appetite and the servants of the housed hold ate of the same dishes. No un usual sound was heard from the bed room during the night. Two little dogs belonging to the Zolas passed the night in their nfaster's bedroom. They were alive this morning. . It is believed they owe, their lives to; the fact" that one slept cn the bed ' and the! other on a chair, thus escaping the heavy , car bonic gas, which settled near the floor. A druggist, who was the first to ar rive at the house to attend M. Zola and wife said: "When I entered the bedroom, M. Zola was lying on the floor. No special odor likely- to cause asphyxiation was noticeable. M. and Mme. Zola did not, present conclusive symptoms of asphyxiation. The faces were contorted and. their lips were bloodless but not violently colored. I think the accient was probably caused by the Zola's inhaling heavy corbonic gas which lay mainly below the level of the high bed. This would account for Mme. Zola's escape. They were not suffocated on the bed. Mr. Zola was awakened by. the effects of the gas and tried to rise, but he wasr seized with vomiting, and fainting, fell to the floor, where he was suffocated. I Mme. Zola . wasnlso overcome by the !gas, but to a less degree than her husband.' ; The commissary of police was sum moneds to the Zola ! residence and said in his' report to the prefect of Paris; "The heating stove was not lighted an4 there was no odor of gas. It is believe that M. Zola's death was due to acci dental poisoning by drugs. Two Vle dogs found in the bedroom are alive." In a second report the commissary of police endorsed the - medical opinion that M. Zola's death v was accidental and due to asphyxiation, j - - Two Firemen Scalded to Death. Roanoke; Va., : Special.! Two men 1 were killed and another? was serious ly injured in a freight wreck" on the Norfolk & Western Railway at Alle ghany Tank, 30 miles west of Roanoke Monday. The deacl : S. r D. Jarrett, fireman, Bristol, Tenn.; jj. C. Perling, ' fireman, Roanoke. Injurea : TV' F. Keis ter, engineer, Rpanoke "Va. There was a coal train standing in the block at Alleghany and, it is alleged, the tele graph operator at Houchins misread a train order, and- let another coal train go in, and a rear; end cellision resulted. The engine" of; the second train -was overturned and; the caboose and six v "battleship"; bok cars, of rthe nrst - train wese reaucea to Kinaung wood. Firemen " Jarrett and . Perling: were caught under the overturned en gine and scalded j to death by steam Severe Earthquake. Mobile. Ala.. Special. The g steamer Managua, which has arrived here from Central American ..ports,; reports seri ous earthquakes on September 23,. ex tending from Puerto Bafrios to Santo Tomas, Guatemala, and? from- Little river to Belize, British. Honduras. The shocks lasted three minutes; and were simultaneous all along the; coast. From ths seismic; movement it" lis, S believed Guatemala City was- in ithe centre of the" disturbance? The wires are down - between Guatemala City iaacT the coast.- NORTH CAROLINA CROPS, Gathering Progressing Rapidly --Coa-' dltions Have Been Favorable. , : The past Week; has been a decidedly favorable one in almost every . . re spect; -outdoor ""work was advanced rapidly early in ' the week, and bene ficial rains the latter portion caused much improvement in the condition of late crops . The temperature was con tinuously above normal 'during - the week, the mean averaging nearly 7 degrees daily in excess; the last few days especially "we're very warm. Fine rains occurred on the 25th and 26th which appear to have been nearly general over the . State but were heaviest" in the "central, east : portion.' The rainfall was very ; beneficial : to turnips, late -Irish .potatoes,, and pastures,- and was generally- sufficient to place soil in good condition for plow ing, though for the latter purpose more rain would not be harmful. Picking' cotton has .progressed .quite rapidly -under favorable conditions r practically; about three-fourths of the open cotton has been picked out; the warm weather has caused very rapid opening of the remaining bolls and a few correspondents state that much of the cotton just opening falls out badly. In some "localities the yield oj cotton I3 better than anticipated, But as a whole previous reports of a short crop - seem amply justified. Gathering old corn is underway; late bottom land : corn is about matured, and will give a .fine, yield. Fodder has all been placed in shock. The cutting of tobacco in northern counties where much remains in the. fields is ; being pushed, and the crop continues to cure well. Turnips are doing nicely. The crop of peas Is short, but a fine yield of hay is being cut and cured under favorable conditions. Rice is about all' out on, the lower Cape Fear river and is an exceptionally fine crop. Fall plowing, and sowing winter wheat and oats are under, way; some oats have come up nicely.' Diamonds Found at Greensboro. The Greensboro correspondent of the Charlotte Observer says: Mr. Charles, Tate has begun the development of a mineral spring of rare medicinal quali ties located at the terminus of the car line on Asheboro street, and near this place Mr. Roger Scarboro discovered what he thinks is a diamond deposit, bringing to the city about a quart of very suspicious looking quartz. The chemist who is at work on . It cannot be found, as he is hid somewhere to prevent being disturbed by excited and eager inquisitors. If it is - diamonds, there will be a flash of ! news from Greensboro pretty soon that will burn the wires, startle Klmberley and make the gold-brick road-builders green with envy,v for the alleged diamonds came from near the scene of the gold brick battle-field. With a talc mine on one of-the principal streets, all healing mineral waters spouting .from another, pure gold on its noithern and spark ling diamonds on its southern extremi ty, j Greensboro will trulyib3ve a splen did -prestige, and if they should all -prove true, which it really now seems .probable there will be a boom here whose reverberations will reach nearly to the battlements of heaven. Brutal Assault. Lincolnton, Special. -Late Satur day evening a negro, afterwards iden tified as Calvin Elliott, apparently about 20 years old, entered the resi dence of Caleb .Brown, a white man, about three miles southeast of Lin colnton, and knocked Brown and his wife down but did not seriously injure either. He told .them if!' they made a noise he would kill them and proceed- !ed to drag Mrs. Brown Unto a back room, although; she continued to scream,' for which she received a lick under thet right eye and was choked and bitten on the right lip, 'Where blue spots still can be seen. The brute, hearing help coming, escaped through a barred door, the only one . in the house, having come in at the window. He left the woman in a precarious condition. She is a . very delicate look ing woman, with a child about 6 l-z weeks old. - v I Death of Gen. Carter. Washington, SpeciaL--Acting Adju tant General Carter is informed that Lieutenant Colonel L. G. Torsyth, re tired, died at the Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Va., after a. long illness. Col onel Forsyth was- born; in Michigan and Was appointed" to the , army from the District of; Columbia. Strange Accident. Newbern; Sp'ecial. Bert Stanly, a younc colored man met with a peculiar accident-Saturday afternoon. He was riding on the .handle bars of a "bicycle which was propelled by another man! They met" a dray to which a cow. was facto "In nassins between the wagon and the cow-, Stanley became confused and fearing an accident jump er!' t-rnm tho MvTft and landed sauare- ly. on his stomach on the wheel of the dray. He was put in a transfer and taken to a physician's office, where it was found that he was severely injur- bled profusely. He lingered In terrible agony until, his death, which occurred sunaay, morning. " -; .'''; . : . News Briefs. v' J" The- advocacy of -tariff. . revision ; by Eugene M. Foss as a candidate for Con gress caused other Massachusetts Re publicans to follow his lead. ; : ;- It ist said that'the absorption of the Anglo-American .Company; by Swift & Co., "will be completed October 1, the; consideration being given as $5,yuo,ooo. ' Several important changes in the dip lomatic service abroad were announced. ;V-Tfce President signed the " order, for 'the taking of a Philippine census. ; , MR. WILLIAMS TALKS President of Swboard?AiSljoii sues Statement. CONCERNING f MORGAN'S MERGER. fir. Williams Says the Seaboard Has All the Business It Can Handle and Wyi Not Be Effected. , New York, Special. President John Skelton Williams of the Seaboard Air Linevrailwan response to inquiries as to the effect" , .which the proposed purcharse of-the Louisville and Nash- vill railroad by the Atlantic Coast Line would have on the Southern rail way situation and. - especially on the Seaboard Air Line, said: "Whether the purchase of a control ling interest in the Louisville and Nashville by the Atslantic Coast Line will prove a profitable and valuable acquisiton, or whether it will prove un fortunate for both, will depend entirely upon the new owners. If the lines of the Nashville are held open for the inter change of business on a fair and recip rocal basis with all connections, with out unfriendly x discriminations, the union of these two important systems may be made advantageous to both, but if an attempt is made to interfere with the free Interchange1 of business between tho Louisville and Nashville and its present' connections, such a policy will be 'followed in due course by the construction of new railroads into the Louisville and Nashville ter ritory and the building of . such addi tional mileage throughout the South. Such additional mileage can undoubt edly be built for less than one-half the cost per mile of the Louisville and Nashville, figuring on the basis, which it is stated has been paid for its stocks. I essume. however, that the friendly relations which have heretofore exis ted between the Louisville and Nash ville raiJroad and its several connec tions wil not be Interrupted. It is cer tainly the desire of the Seaboard Alx Line to maintain cordial relations with both allies and competitors. I do not know what arrangements wwe made on behalf of the Southern, rail way with the owners of the Atlantic Coast Line in connection with tho saie of the Louisville and Nashville to tve Coast Line; nor do I know whether there ie any truth in the report which has reached me to the effect that a secret offensive and "defensive alliance has been entered Into between tho Southern railway and the Atlantic Coast Line covering a period of year3. "It is certain, however, tha. nothing has ben done and nothing -w. ill be done which will affect adversely the earn ings and business of Ihe Seaboard Air Line system. The lines of this system now ramify seven Southern States, ex tending from Baltinvre in the North to the Souhtrn limits of Florida in the South and to Montgomery and , Bir mingham, Ala., in the Southwest. 'The business of ihe system at the present time is limited only by its capacity to move the freight which is offered to it and these conditions will not be inter fered wth by any action of connecting lines."- Surprised ft Williams. New York. Special. A meff.be' of the fiim of J. P. Morgan & Company expressed surprised at the tone of Mr. Williams' statement with regard to the sUitude of the Seaboard Air Line In the matter of L. & N. and Atlantic C ast Line negotiations. No action of course hostile to the Seaboard Air Line was contemplated, ho ??id though the Loaboard was not con.siclorei a factor in Tho present nee:tin :ocs. Kaiilifr than this, however, the firm of Morgan & Company was not prepared now to make -any statement in the matter. The member of the firm interviewed said he was unable to find any expla nation at the time of Mr. Williams' at- .titude. Died at the Stake. Corinth, Miss., Special. Writhing in the flames of fagots piled Iiigh by hun dreds of citizens, Tom Clark, alias Will Gibson, a young negro, was burned at the stake here at a late hour Sunday. Clark had confessed to one of the most atrocious assaults and murders in the history of Mississippi, and said that he deserved his awful fate. On August 19th last Mrs. Carrie Whitfield, the wife of a well-known citizen, was found dead in her home. Investigation show ed that the lady had been assaulted. Her head was practically severed from her body. Both Whitfield and his wife were related to several of . the most prominent families in the South and the indignation of the people knew no bounds. Wotnan-Ilurdered . Mobile, Ala., Special. While defend--ing her fifteen-year-old niece, Helen Robertson, from an attempted criminal assault, Mrs. Helen Dicksonwho lives in a suburb south of this city, was murdered in her home early Sunday by some unknown assailant. Miss Rob ertson, Miss Dickson and a three-year-old son of .Mrs. Dickson were In the room when the murder wos committed. Mrs. Dickson's niece was aroused by some unknown person who had enter ed the room 'and who attempted to as sault, her. Her cries for help aroused Mrs. Dicksoa, who-was sleeping by her, and in the struggle that followed. Mrs. Dickson was choked to death. There is no clue to the murderer. ; : News in Brief. From 100 to 400 persons are believed to have been killed by a cyclone in Pietro Mascagni. the noted musician, will sail from Cherbourg for New York todayv . ' ' Turkish troops-have been sent into the interiorrof Macedonia. " " r ' Commandant Leroy Ladurie was dis missed from the French Army. for. re fusing to obey: orders in. closing; re'isi nns schools. u : ov;;-;., -, ',-:. tlVEflTEMSiOlNEWl Rlany Matters of General Interest la Short-Paragraphs. - The Sunny South. ' The Democratic executive committee of the first congressional ; -district of Tennessee has nominated Cy. Lyle to oppose Congressman Brownlow (Re publi ean) for re-election. Robert Bur row, who was nominated in convention recently, declined to make the race. . Capt. J. M. Falkner, chairman Of the building committed of Camp Falkner, United Confederate Veterans, of Mont gomery has received from Uzal Dodge Post, G. A. R.v of Orange, N. J., a con tribution of $100 for the building fund of the .home for indigent Confederate soldiers, at public. Accompanying the gift from the Henry E. Day, of the Florida railroad. A detail of 31 marines from the Pen-, sacola navy , yard, under command of Sergeant Burke, is under orders to pro ceed to Norfolk, where they will join other marines and sail on the cruiser Prairie, for Colon, Panama, to protect American interests. The -combined forces will be under command "of a col onel of the marines. A State convention of pension com-" mishloners has been called, to meet at Jack&on, Miss., February 10, . to see what can be done to settle the pension problen . Confederate pensions in Mis sissippi M-e paid pro rata, a gross sum being voted by the Legislature. Last year the pro rata became so Ismail that most of the veterans got only a frac tion more than $2 a month. The Legis lature, at its meeting in January, in creased the appropriation 33 per cent., but the new roll of pensioners shows a similar increase, and the veterans will again get only $2 apiece. ( Washington, 1J. C, Special Those in a-position to know say they never saw oysters scarcer than they are this sea Bon". The beds are being rapidly thin ned out along the cast and well in formed persons say it will be only a few years until the luscious , bivalve will will be a luxury to be enjoyed only by the wealthy. Packers also say they never saw a season when "September mullets" were scarcer. The few that are coming to market however are commanding the highest prices. Chattanoogar Tenn., Special. At Tuesday morning's session of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, C. A. Wilson was elected first . vice grand master and T. -Shea, of New Jersey, second vice grand master. Grand Secretary and Treasurer Wer nold stated today that the convention will probably be in session all day, but that on Thursday morning it will ad journ and thet delegates will leave for their homes. The place of the next meeting may not be decided until to morrow. The principal cities bidding for it are Birmingham, Milwaukee, Buffalo, St. Louis and Washington. At The National Capital. . President Roosevelt, In a speech in Cincinnati, said that changes in the tariff would not remedy the trust evil. Secretary Shaw, in a speech at Chicago, offered reciprocity as the remedy for tariff troubles. Senator W. E. Mason has a bill to end the coal strike, and wants the President to call Congress in special session to pass it. Representative Joseph W. Babcock, of Wisconsin, chairman of the Republi can Congressional Camnaien Commit tee, will be a candidate "for the Speak ership of the next House of Represen tatives. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has ordered an investigation into the dis crepancies between the department's crop reports and commercial esti mates. Ten experts will be sent to the South to gather data regarding the cotton crop. At The North. A note received by the New York police states that William Hooper Young, who is suspected of murdering Mrs. Pulitzer, is a suicide. For the first time since 1899 the New York Clearing House banks show a deficit, amounting to $1,642, 050. ; " "" Because her skirt was wet and made a dbntact with the electric third rail at the Curtis street crossing In .New Britain, Conn., 2r5.00 volts of electricity passed through the body of Mrs. Frank Brown, aged 35, burning her badly, but not fatally.; Her two-year-old son, John, carried in her. arms," was killed instantly. . V v Cutting his son off with $50,000, W. S. Stratton, of Colorado, left most of his fortune of $14,000,000 to found. a home for the poor. . From Across The Sea. United States marines guarded the arms of Colombian soldiers', permitted to travel dn a Panalna train. President Castro is advancing with 6,000 men to attack the -Venezuelan rebels. . - . Israel Zangwill applauds Secretary Hay for his defense of the Roumanian Jews. - . ' - There are many signs of mourning in Belgium for .'.Queen Marie Hen rietta' - ' - ' . u ' ' 5 Miscellaneous Matters. ' The announcement that the Rev. Dr. Francis L. Patten will accept the presi dency of the -Princeton -Theologica'i Seminary marks the beginning, jso it U thought, of an era of extraordinary prosperity for that institution. The at tendance, ; untU -this fall has been; de creasing,, but with the opening of the new year there has-been" an increase of m5re than 50 iii the enrollment. A be quest which will pivoaWy amount" to BILL ARKS LETTER Ke Gets Communjication from a Faf . Away Admirer WfiO ENJOYS BIS PHILOSOPHY Bill Then Proceeds to Moralize on a Number of Things That Strike His - Fancy. ';; - ..V. 'jv't . V: "Keokuk, Iowa, ; Special. Major Charles H. - Smith, Cartersville, Ga. Dear Sir : For several ' years past I have been reading your letters. I like very much your writings about the home lifei the. everyday . events "and the many little incidents of your ex perience, looking backward over a long and busy career. . . "Although a stranger, of opposite politics and with many different views of life, still your words have interest ed me and have so many times touch ed my heart that I want to write to you my appreciation. I wish you could visit Iowa go over it from the Mis sissippi to the Missouri : Tiver and meet the people of a republican state. You would, no doubt, soften your writings about the 'northerners.' You would' fln as warmhearted and gen erous a people as you have in Geor gia. - .:; "You would find a people; that aver age in intelligence with any-people on earth.. If you. could interview th fathers, mothers, brothers sisters or wives of those who had fallen-in the war of the rebellion, you ' would not find bitter resentment; you would, not find that these' men, who had given their lives, had done so with any hatred toward their southern brethren, but you wou.ld find that the great rea son for their sacrifice was in the cause of the union of all parts of this great country and liberty for all hu manity. This is northern sentiment, and "God, who ..rules wisely, ordered that the result should be as it 4s. . "It is certainly a great; curse to have so many illiterate, low-lived ne groes in your state; but how true it" says 'the, sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the children unto the third and fourth generations.'. To my mind, the forefathers' of Georgia sinned in purchasing and owning slaves, and now their children's -children suffer the consequences. - "I trust you will receive these words as they are meant' with the greatest kindness and good will, and I wish you many more years of hap piness with your good wife, children and grandchildren, and further hope that 'Bill Arp's Letter' will continue to . visit us for very many years to come." ' That is a good letter. A 'good-mao wrote it. I could neighbor, with him and his folks and never say a word to give them offense. But I would teach them something they do hot know- teach them gently line f upon line, precept upon precept here a little and there a little. Now, here-is a gen tleman of. more than ordinary intelli gence and education ,who; does not know that the sin of slavery began in New England among his forefathers not ours and from there was gradu ally crowded southward juntil it got to Georgia, and that Georgia was the first state to prohibit their importa tion. See Appleton's Cyclopedia (Sla very and the -Slave Trade). He does not know that long after New Eng land and New York had abolished sla very their merchantmen continued to trade with Africa and sold their car goes secretly along the 1 coast and never did but one reach Georgia and that one, "The - Wanderer," was seized and confiscated and its offi cers arrested. ""The Wanderer" was built at Eastport, in Maine, was equipped as a slaver in New York and officered there and a crew employed. He does not know that Judge Story chief justiee of the United States su preme court, when presiding in Bos ton in 1834, charged the grand jury that although Massachusetts had freed their slaves, yet the slave trade with Africa was still going on and Boston merchants and Boston Chris tians' were -steeped to their eyebrows in its infamy. He does not know that when our national existence began the feeling against slavery was stronger in the southern states than in the northern. Georgia was the. first, to pro hibit it, but later on the; prohibition was repealed. New England carried on the tnffic until 184.5 and Is. doing it yet if they can find a market, and can get the rum to pay for -them. The last record of a slaver caught in the. act was In 1861 off the coast of Mada gascar; and it was an Eastport ves sel. The slave trade with Africa was for more than a century a favorite and popular venture with our English ancestors. King James II - and 'King Charles II and Queen Elizabeth all had stock in it and though Wilber f orce and others had vlaws passed to suppress it, they could not do it. New England and old England :- secretly carried it on (see Applefbn) long af ter slavery was abolished in the col onies. They could afford f to lose half their vessels and still mike money. No, no, my friend. If slavery! was a sin at all, which I deny; it was not our sin, nor that of our fathers, nor were we cursed with so many illiterate, low-lived negroes as you suppose1. Onr slaves were not educated in books as they were in manners and morals and industry, and, mark you, there was not a heinous crime committed by them from the Potomac to the Rio -Grande. We did not have a chalngang nor a convict in all of the land and now there are 4,400 in the state of Georgia. Who is responsible for -that? General Henry R. Jackson said in the great address he delivered in?, Atlanta m in 1881: "During the four years or War, when our men were fan away from home and -their wives nd- daughters had no i protectors but . their j slaves, there was not an . outrage committed in all the southland. Where does his tory . present . a like . development of loyalty? Does it "not speak volumes for the humanity -of the master and the devotion of the slave? If I had psrwer to indulge my ; emotional J; nature I would erect somewhere In the center, of this southland a shaft which should rise above alt monuments l and strike the 'stars witlb its sublime - head ; and on it-1 would inscribe.To the, loyalty of the slaves of the Confederate Stafj during the years M, '63 and 64.'," " ." But this will do for tie first lesson to my friend. It may take some time weeks or : months for us to ", har monize, and we will not until we get the facts straight; bu I know that he is a gentleman and ? I think more of Iowa and her people since I received his letter. - . - - - - But my frind is . lamentably - ig norant about the condition, of our ne groes before the war and their condi tion now. I must resent any slanders upon our slaves. They were not low lived. They wet e"'; affectionate and loyal I v believe that ' onr family" ser vants would have - died for my wife or for me or ur children. They, were born "hers and expected to die hers; Tip was - my . tcusted servant during the war and was twice captured and twice ; escaped; the last time swim ming the Coosa river in the night, But I have dqn for this time, for I am not well and , the doctor says I must not strain my mind. Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution. ' - ' The Davie Poplar. , Chapel Hill, Special. The Davie poplar, which, during the summer, was reported as : being blown down in a storm, is still standing. It is, how ever, badly mutilated; the top - part was blown completely off, leaving a large hollow showing one-third of the way. down the ' .trunk. Only three boughs now remain on it, but it still stands proudly erect, -The Davie pop- ;iar is" always, one. of Jhe first things pointed out on the campus and there are many who will ' regret .. its un fortunate mishap. 300 Japanese Drowned. . Yokohoma," Japan, Special. During a typhoon a . tidal' wave swept the Odawara district, near here, and over whelmed many houses. Five hundred persons are reported to have been drowned. The Japanese battleship Shikishima is ashore at Yokohoma, 15 miles from Yokohoma. It is expected that she will be refloated with slight damage. Several steamers were driven ashore here. Some of them have been refloated. It is feared "that there have been many fatalities among the fish ermen.; " Well Digger Strikes Gold. Greensboro, Special. A well-digger found a suspicious-looking cnunk of metal on the farm of Mrs. Harrison Fields, three miles north of Greens boro, and, bringing it to the city, had a chemist to examine it, who pro nounced it a nugget of pure gold, 18 karats fine. The lump is about the size of one's thumb and the gold runs entirely through jt. The man who found it will not tell exactly at what place on the farm.' he found it. He seems to think he hrs a good thing and wants to share in it. Postmaster Absconds. sktefitpn. Special. Chief Post- office Inspector ,Co7aiT53i?olMfld.:.a dispatch announcing that Postmastgf' S. Nutty, of Timber Ridge, Va., has absconded. Timber Ridge is a fourth- class office. The disappearance of" the postmaster followed a visit of the postoffice inspector, who wires that the stamp accounts have been manipu lated. N. S. Wood has been designat ed acting postmaster. Items of Interest. Four per cent of $1,000,000 is the sum Charles M. Schwab, the steel king, is to pay annually for an' unfur nished apartment of 17 rooms on the sixteenth floor of the Ansonia, Broad way and 72d street, New York, with private elevator service. Only a few years ago this, would have, been v a startling rental for anyone to pay. The Chinese are a. very thrifty peo ple. The Rev. M. Sears, a Baptist missionary to thina, in a letter to friends in Mexico, Mo., relates that the body of the heSd of a family'of his acquaintance was kept by his economical children until their mo ther died, so that both could be bur ied together, j In' this way the needless . expense of providing two graves was avoided. - S. A. L. Freight-Wrecked. ' Raleigh, N. C, Special. Sixteen freight cars were derailed near Merry Oaks, on the Raleigh & Augusta di vision of the Seaboard Air Line. The wreck blocked traffic nearly 24 hours. Nobody was injured by the accident. The cause of the wreck was the break ing of the front axle of a loaded coal car. Great quantities of merchandise were damaged or destroy ed, and the loss of cars-and goods is heavy. The world's premiums are worth the cost of the coupons. neve wear made - to ay . z ' - k r ret? fr- llTV Strauss Bros. "America's Leading C h tea . - Good clothfta rWrtitrihn-ti" ness. ,lfou gain the point made garments. Tney are fa vour MKKt mfti tailors in' clean, sanitary shops. Every detail' from first to last given the : minutest attention, the '. result being garments distinctly above the ordil am and absolutely satisfactory. : hoit can be done at the low prices quoted. Call and see our line of 500 samples of choicest now woolens. ,; to;ioiiispii " - - "i -t-V .r-W -Kr----- i ' - - 'v'' ' TROUBLE EXPECTED loMlwiill Reign of IerrorprcugliSiciIyi; : The Country Swept BY A DISASTROUS CYC1.0NE, rouowea oy a naai wave violent ; ; Marine Agitations Noted A Hun-? S I dred Dead Bodies Founl at flodlca. -: The Disaster Believed to Have Been Due to a Waterspout at Sea. " ' London, By Cable. A dispatch frota Rome RnflOlinrPH thai a aaxra-ra nwlnna jhas swept over Catania, a city on the coast of Sicily. The railroads have suf fered seriously,' The cyclone also was ; sever at other places and many were ' killed..' Mount Etna - shows- further, signs of . activity and the volcano of Stromb&li is still active. Syracuse, Sicily, By Cable. Fo 24 hours before the cyclone burst over the ; island, a violent storm raged on the -eastern coast of Sicily.. The path of. the cyclone was 124 miles long, -and . everything : in the .line of. the storm h was destroyed. The sea swept inland for seveal kilmoters, doing enormous damage, while there were-violent sub marine agitations between Sicily and the mainland. Along the railroad from Catania to Palermo, the force of the cyclone was such that rails were torn up and huled to great distance. It is -reported from Modica 32 miles south west from" Syracuse),. that a hundred, bodies have already been found, but that the number of dead bodies swept away by the torrent is unknown. '. The newspaper Fracassaa expresses the belief that some 400 people have been -killedd. The torrent - destroyed everything on "the ground floors in 'houses' .oft-the'lower portions of Modi ca, 1 Bridges and roads have disappear 'ed and damage amounting to many million lire hasbeen done .- (A lire is worth about twenty cents.) The sur vivors of -the catastrophe have taken refuge in the hills. Arelief committee and search parties have been organi zed at Modica. The disaster is euppos-, ed to have been due to a marine water-' spout. The German steamer Capera was wrecked at Catania after a terrible, struggle with the waves. , ' Census of Philippines.- Washington, - Special. President Roosevelt has signed the order pro viding for the. taking of a census of the Philippines, in accordance with the terms of the Philippine actTpassed at the last session of Congress and upon the 'certificate of the Philippine corn? mission that the insurrection has been suppressed. The commission's certifi cate excepts the Lake Lanao district t j t ti jt i i M' iMjndanao whefeMops are arms a? nb'i Wining wiuiin . tif'Sl' of the Philippine act, the Moros hav ing never taken part in the Philippine insurrection proper. The order of the President is dated September 25. It recites the provision of the Philippine act, which provides that when; com- plete peace shall have been estab lished and the fact certified to the President, the census shall . be ; or dered, which shall make inquiries re lating to the population and ascertain as far as possible all facts such aS taken in a census of this country. In his discretion the President may .em ploy . the present Census Bureau , in promulgating the . statiscal informa- tion. The Cotton Crop. Washington. Special. A number ot -special agents of the Department -of : Agriculture have left Washington for , the South and others will follow for -the purpose of investigating certain features of the cotton vmovement. Stsv tlstician ' Hyde's - estimate of tha , amount of. cotton, actually grown dur-. ing the year 1901-'02 and the Census : Bureau as' to the amount ginned ?dur ing the year both differ considerably.-; from the amount marketed, according, to the .commercial reports. .The De partment believes the difference " is made up largely of cotton carried over s from preceding years and of linters ' and re-packs. No expense will be spared, it is said, in an investigation as to what the .commercial crop really" ; .amounted to and what it consisted of, ' and a full statement of "the" result will be made ipublic. " You can't have your cake ana eat it, but you can , eat ' your .own cake and swipe the other 'fellow's. - Germany, cow surpassesiFrance In the exporticf kid gloves. ' ! For theit Millionaire Feeling aarments - order : : : Tailor8,".i a o mnnli ia lift-nni- in Strauss Bros.'; , made Baentificaliy ; hv liiorhlir cVIIIaJ ' Ion will wonder-' EFFECT4 in ?'-"'i-vSSir - X '1 . - " o'... ' Jr 4 mora tban t&oo.QGQ nas peeu receiveu. csS' ix -vy,';;'fe;;;;'
The Lumberton Argus (Lumberton, N.C.)
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