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lumberxon. a, October' so, 1902. VOL. III. NO. 11. WHOLE NO. mi. -1 TO BEGIN THURSDAY -7T - Time Set For Coal Miners to Resume Operations ; ORDER OF THE COAL STRIKE BOARD The First Stages of the Investigation ' Will Be the Examination of Wit nesses. ! Washington, Special. The Anthra cite Coal Strikej Commission Monday in the hearing rbom of the Interstate Commerce Commission, held its first conference with sthe parties1 to the con troversy in the anthracite regions. There was a full representation - of both operators and miners, and mem bers of the press and a number of other interested parties were present. The commission! occupied the elevated seats generally filled by members of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, Judge Gray, as president, occupying the centre seat j and Messrs. Wright, Watkins and Clark the seats to the right of him incite order named, while General Wilson; Bishop -Spalding and Mr. "Parker sat! on the left in the or der of their names. The proceedings covered about jtwo hours' time, and were given up entirely to a discussion of the time andj method of proceeding with the proposed investigation. The commission decided to begin its work Thursday 'mornjng at 9 o'clock, the first days of the investigation being devoted to examination of witnesses at the homes of i miners, starting in the vicinity of Scrknton. The entire an Ihracite field will be covered. There was considerable discussion over a proposition-made by the com mission 0 have expert accountants appointed to audit statements of wages .and classification of miners to be made by the operators, for use by the commission, but no result was reached on this point beyond the announce ment by the chairman of the com mission in case his services should be found necessary. " During the pro gress of the meeting,. Mr, Mitchell, as representative ' of the miners, pre sented a statement as the basis of the demands of the miners. These de mands are: First, for' an increase of 20 per cent, in Wages, of those not en gaged by the day ; second, a reduction of 20 per cent.) in working hours of those engaged iby the day; third, the payment for cqal mined by weight at a minimum of 60 cents per ton of 2 240 pounds; fourth of a wage 'agreement between the operators and the miners for an adjustment of wages. Mr. Baer, on the part of the coal operators, took exception to Mr. Mitchell's appearance before the com mission as a representative of the mine workers, but said that he had no objection td his presence as a representative of the strikers as such in their individual capacity. The com mission made no attempt to settle the controversy, but it was made ap parent that the recognition of the Miners' Union i will be an important and knotty prpblem for the arbitra tors. !' ' The coal carrying roads were repre sented as follows: President Baer, of the Philadelphia & Reading; E. R. Thomas, chairman "of the board of the Erie; Alfred Walter, president of the Lehigh . Valley; W. K. Truesdale, president of the Delaware & Hudson; John B. Herr, vice president of the Scranton Coal Company; J. H. Torrey, attorney for the Delaware & Hudson, and Francis I. Gowan, attorney for the Lehigh Valley. The miners were repre sented by President Mitchell District President Fahey and Walter E. Weyl. Preceding' the opening of the books to the experts, iMr. Baer made a point of saying that j the case of each com pany would be dealt with separately. He would contend for the sliding scale In the regulation of wages and urge the adoption of a profit-sharing plan. Mr. Thomas said he noticed that the word "arbitration'' had been applied to the commission's work, while he wanted it considered as an investiga tion. Julge Gray said the President's instruction settled that it was arbitra tion. A suggestion: that both sides appoint experts to examine the books of the companies was made "by Judge Gray, the chairman, after expressing his dis clination to accept this - suggestion, said that his company would submit their pay-rolls S under oath of their ac countant. President Mitchell said that it would facilitate the work of the com mission if it would accept a general statement on those issues that affect all the companies and the mine work ers alike, for instance,' the question of shorter hours, i Mr. Truesdale said that his- com j)any had a plan by which it was . hoped to speedily adjust the differ ences between his company and the men. This plan was for the miners to appoint a committee to meet a com mittee of his company and discuss their grievances, and if there were any such that could not be settled, then those issues should go before the commission for final arbitration. Dr. Weyl, for the miners, said that if the suggestions of the chairman were accepted, Mr. Mitchell and him self would not present' the statistics mey naci preparea. r m President Baer, however, thought that , these statistics would be a check on the company's pay-rolls and should be presented. Mr. Mitchell responded that he would not be insistent on the subject, and, ! turning to Mr.": Baer, said : "If we i are able to agree as to what rates shall be paid for different classes of workmen, their monthly and annual earnings, would form a basis of any agreement that might be made on either side." i-. ? Judge Gray expressed the opinion that it would be a criminal waste of time to dispute over facts 'that could oe verified accurately- . without dis pute. "When! once ascertained,", saia he, "their interpretation is ' another wing." , , J-. President- aer said that' the men would know i whether j, the company s bay-rolls were rlsht and that no issue; would arise on that subject. ' "Will your statement give the dif ferences of workmen?" Inquired Mr. Mitchell. " -v "Undoubtedly" said " Mr. Baer. After further controversy between the commission and the mine repre sentatives and coal ; presidents, Judge Gray modified his suggestion, thi3 time "presenting it, in the shape of a proposition that only one expert ac countant' be appointed, who should analyze the statement made, by both sides, and verify the facts for the con sideration of. the ' commission. Mr. Baer promptly accepted this sugges tion, and Mr, f Mitchell followed suit after a brief explanation on his part. ILLITERACY AMONG ; CHILDREN, Nearly AH the Native White Children of Foreign-Born Parents Can Read and Write, the Percentage Being 99. i. Washington, Special.-Tbe Census Office has issued a compilation of fig ures ' regarding illiteracy among chil dren of immigrants and children of natives! The statement it: Confining the comparison to children between the ages of 10 and 14 years in. the 'United States as a whole, 95.6 per cent, of the native white children of native parents and 99.1 -per cent, of the native white children of foreign born parents are able to read and write. This surprising difference in favor of the children of the foreign born population is due lar gely to the fact that the children born of immigrants live mainly in the Northern and Western States, where the public school systems have reached a high degree of efficiency," while great numbers of native white j children of native parents live in tlie Southern States and in that region about 10(per cent, of such children are alliterate. When the comparison is carried out by georgraphic deductions, the differ ence of the two classes in each part of the United States except the South At lantic States, is found to be much less than in the whole country. Yet these figure's indicate that in every region except the North Atlantic States the il literate children of immigrant whites are a larger per cent, of : the whole number of such children than the liter ate children of native whites are of all children of native whites. This is partly explained by the clustering of immi-J grants and their children mainly ir the cities and towns whlie the white chil dren of native parents live more gener ally in the rural districts.' Thus, in the North Atlantic division, there 996,985 native white children 1.0 to 14 years of age and born of white parents of whgm 32 pr cent, live in cities having at least 25,000 inhabitants. On the other hand, among the 713,170 native white chil dren 10 to 14 years of age and born of foreign born parents who live in the same group-of States, 62 per cent live in similar cities. There is no reason to Infer from the census figures that the children of illiterate immigrants are constituting a permanent illiter ate class in the population. It will be noticed, however, that the foregoing figures relate exclusively to immi grants who have been in the country iong enough for their i children born here to have reached the age of 10 years. Whether among the children oJ immigrants who . have arrived since 1S90 there is the same eagerness ta acquire at least an elementary educa tion it is still too early to determine from census figures. Brunswick Flooded. Brunswick, Ga., Special. As a result of continued heavy rains for the past 48 hours, five blocks in the center of the city are under water, and consider able damage has been ipone. From Monk to Mansfield on ; New Castlo street," one of the principal blocks in the city, the water has rushed into the stores and is from 10 to 15 inches deep. The city fire department is under wa ter, the jails are both flooded, and from Bay to Union street, a distance of a. quarter of a mile, traffic-is impossible. - The Brunswick Electrical Supply Com pany has been put entirely out of busi ness by water and not a lightf furnish ed by that concern is burning. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Dead. New York, Special. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Staton died Sunday afternoon at the age of 87, after a short illness, at her home in this city. Old age was given as the cause'of death. She wad conscious almost to the last. About a week; ago Mrs. Stanton began to fail rapidly. This became more noticeable last week and then it was Tinown that her death was only a question of days or hours. - The children, with- the ad vocate of woman suff erage when she ied, were Mrs M. F. Lawrence and Mr3. Stanton Blatch, of New York; Henry and Robert I, of New York: Theodore, of ..Paris, and G. Smith, a real estate broker at, : Warden Cliff, Long I3land. . Two.Killed. New York,' Special. Two men were killed and another fatally injured Sun day by the collapse of a swinging scaf fold on the tall chimney of the Ameri can Sugar Refining Company In Wil liamsburg. The dead are John Mul roy and John Williamsi, of Newark, N J.; and the injured is Henry Cooper, ot Newark. ' The' chimney on which the scaffold was is 275 feet high.' The men, were replacing bricks. They, had fas tened the scaffold insecurely and it slipped, throwing Mulroy and Williams to the ground, and killing them. Coop er was hurled; 70 feet to the roof and badly hurt. ;. ' ; A Long Raage' Nose. An elephants sense of - smell is" bo delicate that -the animal can scent a human geing at a ; distance 'of one thousand' yards. Indianapolis ; News. A DARING BOLD UP. A Bold Robber Terrorizes Train Crew . and Passengers. KILLS ENGINEER AND ROBS CARS. While Slowing Down on Signal the Engineer Saw the Robber Crawling Towards Him. v Missoula, Mont.; Special. An east bound passenger train on the Northern Pacific was held up Thursday night near" Drummond, Mont., 45 miles from this clty,- and Engineer Dan O'Neill was killed. The train, which included mali baggage and express cars and nine coaches, arrived at Missoula at 10:20 p. m., and preceded eastward after a short 'delay at this station. It arrived after midnight at a place 2 miles west of Drummond. Here the train was sig naled to stop and the engineer slowed up. While" doing so, he saw a man creeping toward him over the tender. The man, who was armed, called to O'Neill to stop, the train, instantly The engineer took in the situation at once and pulled open the throttle tried to start the train at full speed. The robber divined his purpose and fired at him. The shot took instant effect and the en gineer fell dead at his post. The robber then proceeded to rifle the express and mail cars. He plundered the regular mail and blew open the safe in the ex press car, which "was wrecked by the explosion. The amount of plunder which he secured is not known at pres ent, but it is supposed to be large. The excitement on the train was in tense. The sudden stoppage of the train followed soon by the explosion spread 'alarm among the train hands and the passengers. The darkness of the night and the loneliness of the place added to the general scenes of terror. Word of. th.e attack wag sent to Drummond, whence it was telegraphed to Deer liOdge. about 50 miles away. Blood hounds were sent out at once and steps were taken to keep vigilant watch for the robbers. It was assumed that at least eight men were engaged in the hold-up, but the latest advices are that one man alone perpetrated the murder and robbery. Dan O'Neill, the dead engineer, lived in this city and had a wife and five children. He had been In the service of the Northern Pacific longer than any engineer. The robber boasted that he was the man who took part In the hold up of the Southern Pacific train near Portland, Ore., about one year ago. He made this boast to the train hands to terrorize them, while he employed them to run the train 4 miles to a point 2 miles east of Drummond. He declared t that he would be hard to catch, as he had a horse in the timber. The North ern Pacific has offered a reward of $5, 000 for delivery, dead or alive, of the train robber who killed O'Neill. The mask worn by the bandit was found on a mountain trail, 2 miles from the scene of the hold-up and after giving the hounds the scent of the mask, the animals immediately took up the trail, which was then about 8 hours old. Cockrell Acquitted. Compton, Ky., Special. The jury in the case of Tom Cockrill, charged with the murder of Ben. Hargis, re turned a verdict of not guilty. In the fight in which Hargis lost his life, Cockrill was severely wounded. The killing with, which Cockrill was charged was one of many that have occurred as a result of a bitter feud between the Cockrill and Hargis fac tions in Breathitt county, Ky. The last casulty in the feud was the as sasination of Jim Cockrill, Tom Cock rill's brother, from the court house at Jackson, for which no arrest has ever been made. Section ilaster Killed. Sanford, N. C, Special. Wednesday afternoon there was an accident near Colon, on the Seaboard Air Line, which has since resulted in the death of one man. The section crew with their hand car were hastening to Col on n order to be out of the way of No. 41, then almost due, when a pick on the front end of the car fell off, caus ing the car to jump the track. Section Master M. F. Brown was thrown vio lently and his skull fractured. He was brought to Sanford for treatment, but died yesterday morning. Two of the other, men on the car were injured al so; though not fatally. Telegraphic Briefs. Of unusual length, but of more-than ordinary Interest is the annual report to the Secretary of the Navy of. the engineer-in-chief, Melville. He says with the greatest frankness, that the per sonnel act has proven to be a failure as it is administered; and he declared that - one-half of the officers of the navy have yet to be convinced of the benefits of the amalgamation, The trial of B..B. Evans for the mur der of CapL John J. Griffin began at Columbia, S. C., Friday after several continuances. The killing occurred -early last year in Evans' room. The defendant claims that Griffin shot him self while handling a pistol. Rev. Dr. Sheldon Munson Griswold, rector of Christ church at Hudson, N. Y., in the diocese of Albany, was Fri da elected missionary bishop of Sali na, the western district of Kansas, by the; House of Bishops at Philadelphia. A Chicago dispatch says: "James G. Darden has abandoned his candidacy for Congress in the ninth district. The probabilities" are that Col. J. Hamilton Lewis, formerly a member of .Congress from the State of Washington, will be nominated in his place." Fulton Bag and Cotton, Mills of At lanta,' Ga., has filed amendments to its charter, permitting . increase , of canital stock-from $250,000 to, $500, 000., It is probable the company, has some enlargements m viw, juu&ius from this action. The mill has an equipment at - present of 45.000 ring spindles and 1,500 looms, producing sheeting, bags,- etc. , Northern capitalists . visited Bae ford, N. C.r last; week with a view to arranging to locate a cotton factory tiiere. Ample watsr-power is . avail able, .and -efforts' will be - made tc secure the enterprise. - GRAY ELECTED PRESIDENT First Meeting of the Anthracite Mine Commission. " Washington, Special. The Presi dent sent the. following to the commis sion Friday., - . , "White . H6use . ? - , "Washington, Oct., 23, 1902. J- kj uic auuiiotikc uuai oil live vuulu mission; . "At the request of both the opera tors and of the miners I have ap pointed you a commission to inquire into, consider and pass upon the ques tions ' in controversy in - connection with the strike in - the , anthracite region and the causes out of which the controversy .; arose. ; By the action you recommend, which the parties, in in terest have in advance consented to abide by, you will endeavor to es tablish the relations between the em ployers and the wage earners in the anthracite fields on a just and perma nent basis and as fast as possible to do away with any causes for the re currence of such difficulties as those which you have been called ' upon to settle. I submit to you herewith the published statement of the operators following which I named you as the members of the commission. Mf. Wrjght being named as recorder; also the letter from Mr. Mitchell. I appoint Mr, Moseley and Mr. Neill as as sistants to the recorder. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." With the instructions were the statements of the operators. The commissioners went to the of fice of Commissioner Wright to or ganize and prepare for their work. The commission went into executive ses sion at 11 o'clock. Judge Gray was chbsen chairman, and will be'known as j the president of the commission Among the questions considered were those explaining to the meeting the order in which witnessed shall be called, whether the sessions shall be open to the press, whether counsel for the parties at . interest shall be per mitted to be present, etc. The commission adjourned at 12:45 o'clock, to' meet again next Monday, at 2 o'clock. After the adjournment, the announcement was made that only two conclusions had been reached. The first of these was to admit the public to all formal meetings of the commis sion, and the second, to notify the par- ties to the controversy to be present at the meeting on Monday for the pur pose of arranging a time for hearings wrhirh wrmlri hp pnnvpniftTit. for all Con cerned. Notices were accordingly sent to " the mine operators and to Mr. Mitchell, president of the United ,Mine Workers, asking them to be in atten dance Monday. It was stated that most of today's meeting was taken up with, a discussion of the question as to the time when the hearings shall be held, the result of which was the conclusion to call in the people in terested before reaching a decision. The commission has already adopted an official name and has had its print ine nreDared. designating it as the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission Edward A. Mosely, who becomes an assistant to Recorder Wright by direc tion of the President is secretary of the Inter-State Commerce Commis sion. Dr. Nefll, the other assistant re corder, is professor of political . econ omy at the Catholic University, lo cated near Washington. The commis sion took lunch with the President. No Date Set. Harrisburg, Fa., Special. "The troops will be kept in the coal region just as long as there is any necessity for it," said Governor Stone tonight when asked when the Pennsylvania National Guard will be recalled from the coal strike territory. The Gov ernor said he could not fix any arbi- tary date for the recall of the troops and that the .generals who are on the ground will be the best judges of when it may be safe to begin the movement of troops homeward. He also said that the troops will not all be recalled at the same time, but that the withdrawal will be gradual. Oppose Organized Labor. Chicago, Special. The Record-Her ald says: MThe National Association of Manufacturers of America, through a circular letter being mailed to every manufacturer in this country declares for war on two bills now before Con gress and for which union-labor is re sponsible. "Particular stress is laid up on the efforts of labor to secure tne passage 6f an eight-hour dar law, which Is called "vicious." Recipients, of thesje letters are asked to becoma members of the association. Cotton nills rierged. Huntsville, Ala., Special. Authori tative announcement has -been made that the Southern Textile - . Company, better known as the Fries mill merger, Avill become effective December 1st. A committee assigned to the duty 'of fixing the. valuation of the seventy mills in the merger -will meet in Ral eigh, N. C, October 23rd, The stock of the plants combined will, it is esti mated, exceed $30,000,000. - ' T. W. Pratt, of the valuation, com mittee, states that a great many other mills in the South . have applied for membership and their applications will be acted on in' due time. To Bulla, Torpedo Boats. K i London, By Cables The British ad miralty has given out contracts for the construction of thrde si warships de scribed as "scouts." They will have a speed of 25 1-4 knots when in fighting trim, their, engines will1 be of 17,000 horse-power and- their sea-going qualities will be superior to those ,o the torpedo boat defense. v . , I News in Notes. . - Mrs, Maude KiehJ, aged 18, of Cort land county", New York, is to jail sus pected of poisoning : her husband and his brother.' ' - I - John "Evans, colored, was hanged at LawrencevHle.Wa., for -wife murder The drop fell at exactly 12:30 and the man was pronounced dead by the jail physician in-16 -minutes. His neck wa broken. - He mounted the scaffold unsupported. - His crime -was a most cold-blooded one. -- ' J ' ' SOUTflERWDUSTRIAL ' Southern Railways. s AS'T"-t"jbf the work done by great railroad; systems ' in. developing the South k in strengthening their positions there- and extending . their facilities. The Manufacturers' Record n this week's issue summarizes the i expen ditures for extensions, etc., of several typical lines as follows; "The Illinois Central Railroad, for instance, notes the disbursement 1 of . ' $8,097,646 for betterments during thei year; Nearly 200; additional ; miles . of second main track were . put in service, making a total of 533 miles of second and third track now in use on the system which since last yeaT"has added- 61 miles to its extent, making a total of 4,283 mileage. The Southern Railway Com pany expended in the same period for maintenance of way and structures, improvements and extensions, $6,630, 721, the improvements including the reductions of curves and. grades on the St. Louis division, the building of new shops at Sheffield, Ala., the making ot an extension from Littleton, , Ala., to the Sloss-Shefileld Steel and Iron Com pany's mines and the purchase of real estate at Birmingham, Louisville and other points. The Norfolk & Western Railway also spent largely, and re ports a total of $2,899,457 "for new branches and extensions, for. improv ing bridges and trestles, for second track and for additional rolling stock. The Chesapeake & Ohio was not far behind its neighbor, having paid out $2,823,505 for betterments, incluring the station at Richmond. It has be gun several projects for the current year which will entail an expenditure of more than $4,000,000," and is also continuing its work of substituting" heavy steel bridges or masonary and permanent embankments for light Iron bridges and wooden trestles. Another liberal spender is the Nashville, Chat tanooga & St. Louis Railway, which put the sum of $2,083,901 in better ments in purchasing new equipment, erecting new bridges and buildings, filling in trestles, etc. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas i Railway has also put out $423,731 for betterments, and the Central of Georgia, $259,390 for im provements, including the filling in of 86 trestles. These seven railroad companies report a combined total of $23,218,301 spent last year for Im provements and extensions and it is particularly gratifying that much o this large distribution of "money was made out of the earnings of the prop erties " i r These expenditures made largely in the South are but a part of the work for the South done by3 these roads, a majority of which have for several years exerted themselves particularly in building up industries and attract ing settlers to their respective terri tories. The effects of their exertions are marked especially in the portion of the South east of the Mississippi. Now ten o twelve railroad systems operating in the territory west of the Mississippi which has come to be known as the great Southwest, have united in a plan for systematic settle ment of new lands. Commenting upon this project a special correspondent at St. Louis of The Manufacturers' Record, says: "The Northwest became famous for the wheat fields developed and the cattle raised there. Now Kansas and Oklahoma wheat beats anything in the world, and wheat-growing in all the Southwest is on the increase. The Southwest is full of cattle, horses, hogs, sheep and goats. Cotton ia grown almost as far North as the Kansas line and the cotton crop of the South west is already nearly one-half of the entire product of the United States. The rice fields of Louisiana and Texas have revolutionized the rice culture of the United States and have made fortunes for the Northern' men who largely own them, whije rice lands have increased in price from 25 cents an acre to $35 and $60. There is almost nothing that grows that will not thrive in the Southwest. "In horticulture hardly a beginning has been made and yet. Missouri and Arkansas and Oklahoma, apples now lead the world: Peaches ; of wonderful coloring and flavor are also raised in Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory and Oklahoma, and pears and plums and strawberries and grapes and all the small fruits -grow to perfection all over the Southwest. Truck farming 13 makings many farmers rich. : Of the vast forests of hardwood and pine, of the zinc, lead and other valuable ores, of the natural "gas and the great quan tities of splendid coal, of the oil and all that, the f world probably . knows something. But no Idea of their enor mous value in the development of an Industrial, ' as iwell as an agricultural section, can be formed ' without a careful and exhaustive ; examination on the ground." Textile Noes Work' Is proceeding with the de velopments, of i the Ware Shoals Manu facturing Co. I at Ware Shoals', near Laurens, S. C. The water-power will, it is now estimated, give a minimum horse-power of 3,000, with 5,000 prac tically available at all times. Work men are now engaged on 'the construc tion of. the dam, canal and power house. This dam will , be twenty-four feet broad at Its base and twenty-six feet in; height, equipped with gates. The canal leading to the; power-house, where the electric dynamos will be placed,, will be half a mile long and eightpflve "feet wide. The coUon mill that is to be located after the power is ready will be, as previously -an nounced, a 25.000 swindle plant. rrn, MArfnlV fVn Y SWr Mill Co. has Dut in oneration some additional looms ,x tu..ii4 jf w. WlUt, it ev,cuwjr iuD.u This gives the plant over 300 looms;, al together, and' more will "be put- - in operation soon. - . Y ' T.? C. Djincan, president of Union Cotton Mills, Union, S, C. and his as sociates "expect to build a; mill at. Mur phy's Mill shoals,1. They have not, however,- decided upon any definite nlanj - for the ' .development : - of the I water-power,' but are considering, the contemplated .enteral me- .... , , THE MILL MERGER Progress of the Movement to torn bine Aiming Interests. Raleigh," Special. The ; committee haying in hand the valuation and ac ceptance of cotton mills , under - the Fries merger plan", closed their session in Raleigh Monday night and adjourn1-" ed to meet- in Charlotte, at some date yet to be determined. The committee worked " with rapidly, considering the number of mills it examined and the careful consideration given to- the de tails of each mill. On Saturday night the committee de cided to. accept" 40 -mills,' carrying 400, 000 spindles. Tonight this number of mills was doubled, the committee stat ing that they had valued and accepted over 80 mills, j carrying over 750.000 spindles. The final organization of the mills under the Fries- plan will be com pleted in Charlotte. Mr; Fries says he will not give out the names of any of th,e mills accepted until the full list is Made. That the merger." .will be effected lst no longer doubtful. Of the 140 mills offering to go in, over 80 have been ac- ce'pted. The committee and Mr. Fries appear to be gratified with their work. Killed By an Engine. - Durham, Special. Monday afternoon a young'man, Landis Walker," a brake man on the yard crew of the Southern road, was run over by the tender of the shifting engine and died within two or three minutes. Walker was. about 27 years of age, and lived in West Dur ham. He had been at work for the road about ten days. Walker turned the switch to allow the shifting engine to pass to the sidetrack. . The engine was backing and he attempted to step on the rear step, but missed and was knocked down by the tender. The wheels did not pass over him but he was broken up in the chest, death fol lowing instantly. Electric Company. Greensboro, Special. The High Point, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem Electrc Company is getting ready for business. On Saturday night -the cor poration made a- large deposit of cash with the High Point board of aldermen to perpetuate and guarantee its charter and the secretary and treasurer, Mr. L. D. Steele, went up -to Winston-Salem today to make deposits of cash for cer tain enterprises now under consider ation connected with the railway pro ject. This corporation is founded up on solid flanclal backing; it is a great and magnificent undertaking, and will be productive of the most rapid de velopment of this whole section. Order to Minister Wu. Washington, Special Wu Tingrfang. the Chinese minister, has been recalled to his country by a special edict, which was received by him Monday. He is ordered to return by the most, direct route to Shanghai and will leave as soon as he can pack up his effects, probably within two weeks. He will become Minister of Commerce and also be a member of: the joint commission to negotiate commercial treaties. Had Narrow Escape. London, By Cable. The Boer com manders, Kritzinger, Fouche and Jou bert, after addressing a meeting at Cambridge, had a narrow escape from the angry crowd of people that had lis tened to their speeches. Kritzinger was obliged to scale a wall to get away, while the others were escorted to their hotel by the police. - By Wire and Cable. It is stated that E. H. Easterling, general manager and Southern repre sentative of the-Warehausen & Dink man Company of Rockport,,IlI., has purchased the plant of the Tallahalla Lumber Co. of Ellisville, Miss., th the consideration being close on $30, 000. The purchasers will increase the mill's capacity to 150,000 ' feet daily, and will put on day and night crews. ThaFischer-JeffersoiL Lumber Co. has been chartered at Lake Providence, La., for the purpose of carrying' on a general cypress lumber. and .shingle business. The capital stock of the company is fixed at $100,000. The in corporators, are Joseph L. Fischer, William Jefferson and John A. Mont gomery. The company will build sev eral miles of logging road to bring its timber to the mills. Pennsylvania troops In the anthra cite region were ordered home, and will be gradually withdrawn.,' Single-handed, a robber held up a Northern Pacific train near Drum mond, Mont., killing the engineer and rifling the express and mailcars. , Baltimore is represented by Daniel C. Gllman and President Ira Remsen at the inauguration of Dr. '.Woodrow Wilson as president of Princeton Uni versity. , " A Parisian woman nas .Deen com pelled by the police to break up her happy home, consisting of 20 hens, 50 cocks, 30 pigeons, a goat, 4, cats, 8 dogs, a parrot and a-dozen small birds. Her neighbors Objected to being kept awake all night by the cats and doga and to being aroused up at an un earthly hour" by the crowing .of the cocks. . Dr. Sheldon M. Griswold, of-Hudson; N. Y., was elected Protestant Episco pal Bishop of fSalina, Kan. . Emma Miller, a Newark clerk; testi fied in New York that Roland B. Mol ineux was not the man to whom she sold the silver bottle holder in which poison' was sent..- : : Love letters written in invisible ink were developed in a New York divorce court. " , - Earl Cadogan, in a speech "to his ten ants, denied that the Irish members- of Parliament represent the people. j woewoo the rlirM tn France ' reserves the right to-send troops. bfck to Shanghai if other na tions do so. ' ' ' t - l" ' ' .' ' Ttiilearla notified the powers that un less there' are reforms In Macedonia she will be unable to hold in check the pro-Macedonian movement. - ' Miehael Stavreff, alias Hal ju, was sentenced-to death at Sofia,- Bulgaria, for tjie murder of ex-rremier &i im buloff. ' ' Premier Combes' is seeking to madi IS FAMOUS TRIAL Molineox Case Again Being Reviewed . fiy New York Court.1 DR. POTTER THE -FIRSti; WITNESS. Present as An Expert For the Prose cution OsboaBe-cures Admis sion of Letters: New York, SpeciaL Dr. Ef S. Potter was first witness at Wednesdfay'B ees- .' sion .of the Molineux trial.- The -wit- ness admitted that. he was present as v; an expert for the prosecution and ha received up to. this time $1,960. Asked by former Governor "-Black if these . facts had any thing to do with the losa of his notes since the last trial and his ? ability to remember what 'was -said by Mrs. Rogers and Cornish. Dr. Potter said he could not account for the loss of his notes.. After Police Captain George MeCluskey had identified ex-; hibits of handwriting and told of his hubmitting them to experts, Jos. J. Koch, the keeper of the . letter abox . place, said that in June of 1898, he re ceived a letter signed Roland B. Molin eux, asking the oost ot a private letter box. He" sent a circular containing his rules and terms to Molineux in New ark. Later a young man came to his . place of business and hired - a- letter r box. The man gave him. the name of H. Cornish. Cornish, who was In the body of he court room, stood up. Is that the man who hired the let- - ter box?" asked Mr. Osborne. "It is not." "Did this defendant here hire a let ter-box from you?" ex-Governor Black asked. "No." Charlea D. Allen, a chemist in the color house of H. Constant & Co., wa , called to tfill of his association with Molineux in Morris, Herman & Com pany's "color house, in Newark.- He said Molineux had use of the labora tory. " "Did you; write this letter?" asked Mr. Osborne, showing witness a paper ' and envelope. "I did. I wrote.it and signed it and 3 mailed it at Mr. Mollneux's request. My initials appear under his name. The letter was offered in evidence af ter Mr. Osborne had explained that it was the letter Koch received asking , for the magazine, "Stddio," and to : which he replied by enclosing his cir cular, giving among other .things the terms for private letter boxes. Ex Governor Black objected to the admis- 3ion of the letter, but Justice Lambert reserved his decisioa. Wm. J. Kinsley, the handwriting ex pert, identified some of Mollneux'a writing and then declared that the so called Harpster letter, -written to Fred' Stearns & Co., in Detroit, was written by the same hand. Mr. Osborne offer- o ed the letter in evidence and ex-Gov- ernor Black objected on the ground that it is incompatible under the ruling of the Court of Appeals and that it tends to connect and accuse the de fendant of a crime other than that for v which he is on trial. Justice Lambert overruled the objection and the letter was read to the jury; Kinsley testified that in his opinion Molineux wrote that letter and also ,. three others, 'giving the address, 1,620 Broadway, signed "H. Cornish," and asking for samples, of patent medi- - cines. All were admitted In evidence . despite the objection of counsel. - 1 - . , Among tne letters identified by Kins ley were several of he so-called Bar-7 net letters. Justice Lambert admitted - them as "standard of handwriting. - Rudolph Heiles testified that at the request of Molineux he wrote to' Fred erick Stearns & Oo of Detroit, .asking ; about Harpster. ',. Did Molineux say Co you, 'Harpster is tne same iow-downA vile- kind as tarnish ?j "Yes, sir.' Honored Georgians. -J Atlanta, " Special; The "commission appointed by Governor Candler to .de- signate'two of Georgia's prominent clt- zens whose statutes shall be placed im the Statuary Hall in the national cap- . itol at Washington, agreed upon. Alex- i. ander H. Stephens as one of the two to s represent this State.." At? a-- former meeting of the commission, Dr. Craw-ford-H. Long, the discoverer of anaes-' f thesia, was chosen as one of Geori.''s representatives. - -, ' . Five flurders' Jn Succession. -BristoL TeniL i SpeciaL The- little mining' town of Dorchester, Va.f has recently been the scene of five r murders, occurring one immediately, after the other. John Slayers-killed1 Mark Bos-J ton, -with whom it is said he had dif- ferences over a young lady. The slayer ftas about to escape when he was shot and killed by '" James . Boston,: Mar brother, who- then fled to the moun tains.' A; negro "woman killed her. man; putting two' Winchester bullets into his pody. A pistol duel was fought between two white meti sne of. whOfaJell dead. Their names are not known. ' . -,. : " ; ' , No Lack of Coal. Washington, Special. With - refer ence to a recently published statement "5, that the freight traffic of the Seaboard. Air Line is almost crippled by the scar-.- city of coal, Vic President Barr of the Seaboard,-said: -"Ahere is no truth In the statement. ' There have - been nt , trains ahnualled no failure to -.move-: freight, nor, any loss of time on anyl freight: or. passenger train on this ac- ?4 count.'' All necessary, - arrangements have been made' to. prevent any short .. age.'-' ' C'Xl '.f'.- . " - Z '- ' " T " ' . 3t - -. :v y , ate In the Fench coal strike. . . , ; j -a 4' ... ,
The Lumberton Argus (Lumberton, N.C.)
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Oct. 30, 1902, edition 1
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