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T7 T CAUCASIAN. 'J- r VOL. XVIII. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1900. NO. 21. DOUBLE SALARIES. The Cuban Officers Who Have Been Drawing Them. SECRETARY ROOT'S EXPLANATION. !!c I'urnlsli' the Information Asked Tor by the Senate-Officers Who Havclkcn Supplied With Hxtra funds. Wftrfliinton, T). C, Special. Secre tary Jiofit has Kent to the Senate hU reply to the resolution as to whether ni va t,t the firmy in Cuba or Porto Itko have received any compensation for tli ir h rviccs there other than the t ;nip.Ti!;;itlon to which they were en titlfd by 1IW t receive a3 salary and iiMowances; and, if "so, names and rank .f the officers and the amounts received by them. The reply is as follows: 'Tiir.-ua.nt to the orders of the Secre tary (if War, dated respectively March 1. I Mil), April 19, 1S'.!0, and May 9, 1899, copies of which are annexed hereto, al lowances have lecn paid four officers f the army, who have been required to live in the city of Havana and to per form Important civil functions in con nection with the administration of the government of Cuba, as follows: "To the military governor of Cuba, at the rate or $7,r00 per year; to the military governor of Havana, ut the rate or $-,.im)o per year; to the collec tor of nii-'t ;i,m for the island of Cuba, :it tin- rate (.r $i,soo per year; to the tre.isiirer of the island of Cuba, at the rate (,f $ 1 ,S'H) per year, "These payments were In addition to the try ami allowances which tho mi id oflh eis as mich were entitled to receive out or the Treasury of the Uni ted stiiti s. I am not aware of any oth er payment:1, dt tho character described In the resolution to any officers in Cu ba. I auiu x hereto a report received onie months since from the headquar ter,; division in Cuba, . showing that rani" other have been made. The pay ment; have been made monthly from the dates stated in said order until t he present time. "The precise dates of payment will appear in tin itemized statement of receipt.-; ;md expenditures now in the course: of preparation under a previous resolution of the Senate. Payments to the governor of Havana will cease with the termination of that office on M;iy I. lam). 'I he names and rank of the officers receiving the payment were, as .military Rovernor of Cuba, .Major General John It. Brooke, until the Kith of December, 1899, and Major .f-ncrnl Leonard Wood, U. S. V., since that time; as military governor ot Havana, Ilriyadier General Wm. Lud low; n; collector of customs for Cuba, Maj. linker M. Illiss; as treasurer of the island of Cuba, Maj. Z. F. Ladd, LT. S. V. ""No allowances have been made to any officer in Porto Rico other than the statutory salary and allowances out of the Treasury of the United States. "The payments specified were out of the revenues of the island of Cuba, on account of Rovernment relief, and they were made on that account for the reason that it was impossible for the -aid officers to properly perform the necessary duties pertaining to their positions without the expendi ture of the full amount of sucih allow ance in addition to their statutory salaries anil allowances out cf the Treasury of the United States. '"I he apsrepate of the payments thus mailt- prior to the first day of the present, mouth was $17,411. The totil receipts of the island of Cuba, col lected by said officers during the period covered by the aforesaid expen ditures therefrom amounted to $21, iC(;..",7, and the total disbursements under their direction amounted to $ i :.2No,r, 1 2. "Similar allowances to officers of the army performing civil functions l' Mexico and California were approved by Congress by the act of March 3, INI 9. nnd the act of January 3, 1833.' (A. oy of the section of said first mentioned act is annexed hereto.) "The said payment were authorized by the President upon the oral advice rf the Attorney General, that tho Bamo wore in all respects lawful. "Very respectfully. "KLIIIU ROOT, "Secretary of War." Asked to Boycott the Southern. Atlanta, Ga., Special. At a meeting cf the Atlanta Federation of Trades a resolution of sympathy was passed for the striking telegraphers of the South ern Railway, and a committee was ap pointed to visit tne merchants of the . -ivy-and &$ him Lr' l)y witn,lra Jwfh strikers r ;Vv-anl aUv him to boycott the South- Irawing their patronage. maintain their canfl- 'lfAice in the outcon ltcome of the difficulty. railroad official Kjing no inconvcnl lals Kay they are suf- ilence. By Telegraph. ffhe Czar has issued a rescript da le celebration of Holy Week in Mos- iw. The big steel bridge of the Quebec rntral railway over the Etchemin riv- at Anselme, Que., has been carried ay by Ice. James Little, 60 years old, is in Jail ft Fredericton, N. B., charged with iiui vii iu(j uunatu -(A: t i .uv. i l tj. Viwrenco and three children. til William Weaver, Ed. Holligan and fill! am Van Vaeseler, all married ere blown up in the packing house of AJax Dynamite mills, at Kawkaw Mich. in Natal tne Boers nave resumed Irressive tactics. 1 Killed on a Telephone Pole. olumbus, Ga., Special. Claucte rsey, of Atlanta, 21 years old, was oeked to death here, 20 feet from 'o ground. While up on a telephone le his foot slipped and he came in Intact with a live electric light wire. the same time, his head struck In ,-oric or teiepnone wires, a circuit stabllshed and 1,040 volts went gh his body, killing him Instant ly GEN. RUNDLE MARKING TIME. He Found More Boers Than He Ex pected. London, by Cable. All attention is centered on the Interesting though complicated situation in the southeast ern portion In the Orange Fre State, from which developments of the ut most Importance must ensue hi the near future. General Rundle, it would seem, has found the Boera confronting him at Dewet's dorp in stronger force than toe cares to engage, and so he i3 marking time, pending the arrival of supports. While General Rundle is preparing to strike Dewet's dorp, Gen erals Brabant and Hart are pushing along the frontier of Basutoland, where they will be able to frustrate any attack on General Rundie's right and Generals French and Pole-Carew are hastening from Bloemfontein to Barthe, the Boer line of retreat north wards. Meanwhile the Burghers' forces occupying Thaba N'Chua are in a position to fight a delaying action giving the Boers at Dewet's dorp and Wepener time to retire in case of de feat, and it seems as though General French must dispose cf this Thaba N'Chu before he can reach the rear of the Boer force? opposing Generals Rundle and Brabanut, otherwi.se his flank will be open to assault. The Bo ers driven out of Leeuw kop will prob ably rally at Thaba N'Chu, where a stiff fight may be expected. Should the British fall in thi3 attempt to bring about another Paardeberg, It must af fect immensely the larger issues of the war, as it will undoubtedly lead to a persistent repetition of the guerilla tactics which have been largely respon sible for the penning up of Lord Rob erts at Bloemfonteht for so many weeks. During the course of General Alderscn's advance on Leeuw kop, the Canadians found themselves in a tight corner Sunday, near Donkers poort. The Canuadian mounted in fantry sent to reconnoitre the Boer po sition approached within three hundred yards of a farm, flying a hospital flag, under cover of which the Boers opened such a hot fire on the Canadians that t'aey verc unable to attempt to retire until another force of the rr- adians covered the'r retreat by crrreatening the e. of Boer positioi: Our 3 New Battlsshfps. Washington, D. C, Special. The naval board of construction to-day finally approved the plans for the three battleships authorized by the last Congress, and gave instructions have the specifications prepared once, preliminary to calling for bids from the ship-builders. The board has settled upon a design very similar to that originally proposed. The ships will be enlarged Iowas 'in type, with the rectangular superstructure and the two turrets, bow and stern on the main deck. The turret guns will be 12-inch calibre, like the Iowa's guns; there will be a turret at each corner of the supersiructure carrying two 8-inch guns and twelve --inch rapid-firers, w be dispersed along the sides of the central citadel. A Display of Nerve. Richmond, Va., Special. Mecklen burg county narrowly escaped having a lynching Tuesday. A negro named Steven Baptist was arrested by Consta ble Talley, charged with the murder on Sunday, odf Mr. Peter Jones, and Talley was ordered ' by the county judges to take him to Petersburg for safe keeping. While the constable was on his way to the depot a mob demand ed the prisoner, but TaJley held the crowd at bay at the point of a pistol declaring that he would dsfend Baptist to the last extermity and keep his oath of office at any cost. His determination awed the mob, and he reached Peters burg with his prisoner late this even in?. Prays an Appeal. Frankfort,' Ky., Special. Ex-Governor W. O. Bradley, representing the Republican' minor State officials Tues day prayed an appeal U the Court of Appeals from the judgment cf ouster rendered by " Circuit Judge Cantrill, last week. The appeal was prayed as to all cases except that of Breckin ridge against Pratt. Mr. Pratt, the Republican contestant for Attorney General, did not ask an appeal. Brought To Terms. Washington, D. C, Special. It can be stated on authority that the nego tiations respecting the missionary claims are progressing in the most satisfactory manner in the view of the government. The department has received from Mr. Griscolm, the Unit ed States charge d' affairs, a cable gram, announcing that, the Porte has undertaken to meet all of the engage ments made with the United States minister respecting the payment of the claims set up on account of the destruction of the American mission property in Turkey. Bryan Still for Free Silver. Chicago, Special. A special from Wichita, Kan., to The Times-Herald says: "Neither Editor Morris nor any one else can succeed in getting me to abandon free silver. I favor it as much as I did in 1896. While free sil ver will not be the leading issue in this campaign1, it will be one of the is sues." Wm. J. Bryan made this fiat footed statement during an interview here. Asked what would be the lead ing issues Mr. Bryan said: "Trusts and imperialism will be paramount." By Telegraph. ' The scandal in connection with the discoveries that army officers in, Cuba were drawing double salaries besides "allowances" of the most extravagant liberality has greatly embarrassed the administration and was the subject ol a lively debate in the Senate. The Senate has appointed a new conference on the Hawaiian govern ment bill. Senator Allison scowls upon any at tempt to talk to him about th Vice Presidency, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. The South. General Joseph Wheeler will run for Congress from the Eighth Alabama district Hon. Chas. M. Busbee, past grand sire, of North Carolina, delivered the anniversary address to the Odd Fel-! lows of Atlanta Thursday night. - ' What is supposed to be a vtvy strange suicide occurred near Lin colnton, N. C, Sunday. Tobe Kiser a mill operative, got on the track fac ing a swiftly moving train. The en gineer blew the whistle, supposing the man would step off the track. Kiser continued on the track and was struck and killed. He remarked to a friend a few minutes before: "I will be dead in twenty minutes." The indictment against W. S. Tay lor, Republican Governor of Kentucky.' will be held up until after the argu ment before the Supreme Court of the case involving the governorship. The Roanoke, Va., Board of Trade has gone to work in dead earnest to attempt to have a big carnival in the Magic City during the week of June 18. Committees have been appointed and they are actively at work raising the necessary subscription. P. A. Cnmmey, an old Confederate soldier, of Macon, Ga., who planned to kill Admiral Dewey, will be sent to the State Insane Asylum. The Supreme Court of the United States refused to grant a writ of cer tiorari in the case of Oberlin M. Car ter, convicted by court martial for irregularities while in charge of en gineer works in Georgia. The canning industry on ihe Mary land Peninsula is constantly growing. Wallace Roberts, of Baltimore, who is prominently identified with the busi ness reports that the output this year is likely to exceed 50,000,000 cans. This means that the Peninsula puts up more than one-twentieth of all the canned goods put up in the United States. The value of the Maryland canned goods is only a little short of $5,000,000 a year. Over 20,000 persons! are employed in the industry. The North. Over half the job printing offices at Detroit, Mich., are tied up by a press men's strike. Because workmen from other towns were employed, 150 men and womeu struck at the Russell County Com pany's shoe factory, at Woburn, Mass. The President has nominated Com mander James Haxton, United States navy, to be captain. Forest fires raging in Manitoba have entrapped, it is estimated, about 500 settlers and lumbermen, whose lives are in danger. Floods are a' atii in the South, but 'Struct1' property continues. Trj rg to "avoid arrest young Fred Hedwick, or nion City, Ind., was shot .dead by Marshal Wait. Archbishop Keane announced that he had received $50,000 from Michael Cudahy as a gift to the Catholic Uni versity at Washington. St. John the Evanelist's Protestant Episcopal Church, cf St. Paul, Minn., has extended a call to Rev. Dr. Sedg wick, cf Williamstown, Mass. The City Council of Des Moines, Iowa has adopted a resolution of con sent for the reopening of the saloons in that city, and they will all be doing business aagin immediately. The striking spinners at the James town (N. H.) Worsted Mills have been joined by 75 men from the combing department, and the mills have shut down, throwing 1,000 hand3 oat of em ployment. A report filed with the State Audi tor by expert accountants charges J. S. Anderson, former secretary of the Union Life Insurance Company, of Indianapolis, Ind., with a shortage ot $25,116.31. Congressman Noonan, of Chicago, 111. has announced that he will intro duce a resolution in the House calling for an investigation into the cause of the closing down of the mills of the American Steel and Wire Company. Twenty Croton Dam strikers were held in $2,000 each at White Plains, N. Y., Sunday. The International Navigation Com pany, at Duluth, Minn., will build fout light-draught steamers for Atlantic service. ! The Biennial Conclave of the Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity, at Columbus, O., selected Pittsburg, Pa., for the meeting in 1902. ; The walls of the old Town House at Milford, Mass., fell Monday killing George L. Browning and seriously inV juring Dennis Burns. Fore?sn. Several hundred more boiomen were killed in fights at Luzon, with practi cally no loss to the Americans. Cubans have informed General Wood that the whole country opposes the proposed divorce laws. Orangemen in Belfast are angry be cause Queen Victoria confines her Irish visit to Dublin. Playwright David Belasco says he has no fear of the suppression of his "Zaza" in London. General Wood teas offered the secre taryship of agriculture, industry and commerce in Cuba to Senor Perfecto Lacoste. Funds must be raised before the hos pital ship Maine, due at Southampton can return to South Africa. Britis'h troops have accomplished the relief of 'Wepener, in the Orange Free State, and the beseiging Boers have escaped. Miscellaneous. Lieutenant Herbert Whipple, Sev enth Cavalry while dining at New York, found a pearl in an oyster patty which, before cooking, had been worth $20,000.. During the past week 378 Filipinos were killed, 256 captured and a great number wounded by General ocis army. - Gen. Plo del Pilar and a band of 300 Filipinos were repulsed in an attack on San Miguel. Members of General Wood's Cabinet are considering whether to resign and agitate for the independence of Cuba. Low water in the Chicago (111 ) River has tied up 40 vessels, loaded with 2:000,000 bushels of grain. The late Samuel 'Howard, of Mil waukee, Wis. left his fortune of $200, 000 for the maintenance of orphans. SWEPT BY FIRE News of. the Great Canadian aster. Dis- J.800 BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. ! m ! A Belt of Flames Fully Four Miles Fully Four Miles in Length and Half a Mile Wide Af fords a Terrible Spectacle. . States, J. H. Apgar of New Jersey, and Toronto, Special.-Dispatches from Ot- j the Grand Chancellor G. L. Appleg.-te tawa summarize the situation at Ot- j of New Jersey- tawa and Hull as follows: Ottawa. The following officers were elected buildings destroyed, 2,000; Hull, buil- f for the ensuing year: dings destroyed, 1,800; total loss, both j Grand Regent, I L., Greenwald cf cities, $20,000,000; Uvea lost as far aT j "Wilmington, Grand Vice-Regent. V. known, four. F. Rountree New Bern, Grand Orator, A special to the Montreal Star from j D. M. Miller Salisbury, Grand Past Re Ottawa says: "The greatest fire in his- ; gent, A. M. Scales of Greensboro. tory of Canada was that which visited Hull and the western district of Otta wa Thursday. The loss is roughly es timated at from $16,000,000 to $17,000,--000. Over 3,000 families have been ren dered homeless. The major part ot Hull, with its immense industrial es tablishments and the home of their op- I eratives, was swept clean, as well as' Victoria and Dalihousie wards, in Ot- I tawa. The loss on lumber alone caul not be less than $3,000,000. The fire) broke out in the center of Hull, earlyj in the forenoon. That is a common; occurrence there, and attracted little' attention. Before neon it had devas tated a great part of Hull, and spread towards the river, fanned by a strong wind; ultimately destroying five mill3. "Nothing more grand could be imag ined as a spectacle. Considered as to1 its consequences no greater calamity has visited Canada in years. There was a belt of flame fully four miles in length and at least half a; mile wide. Dark clouds of smoke streamed southwestward from the bur ning district all day, while beneath It was a long line of flame, fierce and ir repressible. All night long the city was lit up by the glare. Tihe Dominion government is among the Sieavy losers, the Chaudiere bridge having toppled into the river from the warping effects of the heat. Fireman John Watkins, of No. 1 sta tion, was smothered in a house in Queen street, west; Mrs. Bessie Gook; an invalid, was suffocated in her bed before aielp arrived; a man unknown was found dead on the Canadian Pa cific railroad track in Rochester ville; Joihn Navan a builder, was taken to St. Luke's Hospital, badly burned and hurt; aa unknown man was round in j Broad street, charred beyond recogni- j tion; John Matthews is reported dead; James Merryfield was seriously in jur ed by a. falling building; Daoust, a watchman, is reported dead; John Temple, a fireman of Hull, is missing, and Engineer Peter Hamilton, of Hull, is also missing. The Export Lumber Company had all its big stock destroyed and it i3 es timated that their less will foot up nearly $1,000,000, covered by insurance. It is estimated that 250,000,000 feet of lumber has been burned in Hull and Ottawa. Half a dozen churches and schools have been burned; the Eddy Company's paper and pulp mills and match factory, and E. B. Eddy's resi dence have been destroyed. Bronzons and Weston's mill, the Hull Lumber Company's Mill, one of Booth's mills, and the McKay Company's premises, one of the power houses of the Ottawa Electric Company, the Hull water works and the Hull court house and jail, the postoffice, the convent, almost every business place, and about 1,000 dwellings and shops have been de stroyed. Indeed, practically nothing of Hull is left but a church and a few houses beyond it. The steel suspension bridge which connected the city of Ot tawa with Hull was also destroyed. On the Ottawa side many fine residences were destroyed. Men Thrown Out of Work. Columbus, Ohio, Special. The local plant of the National Steel Company has been closed under orders from the general offices, the reason assigned be ing "to make extensive repairs." Be tween 300 and 400 men are thrown out of work. Two weeks is given as th duration of the shut down. The local officials deny that the shut down H due to the condition of markets. Another War Cloud. Constantinople, By Cable. The American note, handed to the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tewfik Pasha, on Tuesday, is couched in per emptory terms, demanding immediate payment -of the indemnity several times promised to Minister Straus bj the Sultan. The note does not fix a time limit for an answer, but its tenoi is not far from the character cf an ul timatum. It has produced a great im pression upon the Porte, which, how ever, shows no disposition, to modifj the attitude hitherto maintained namely, repudiating the responsibill. ty and seeking to diminisk the im portance of the matter. Chadwick Must Explain. Washington, D. C., Special. It is re ported in naval circles that Oaptaiu French Chadwick, who commanded the flagsnip New York, and who was Rear-Admiral Sampson's chief of staC in the war with Spain, has been askec to explain whether he W was cor recti j quoted in an interview in the Brook lyn Eagle of April 22, in which ihe is made to say, in effect, that Rear Ad miral Schley had disgraced the navj and other severe taints about the com mander of the flying cquadron. Driven From Israelspoort. London, by Cable. The War Office publishes the following dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein, April 26th: "General Hamilton yes terday drove the enemy off a strong" position at Israelspoort by a well con ceived turning movement which was admirably carried out by General Rid ley, commander of the second infantry brigade and General Smith-Darrien, commanding the eighteenth brigade. These troops are today advancing to ward Thaba N'Chu." OFFICERS ELECTED. Royal Arcanum In Salisbury K. of Ps. in Durham. The Grand Council of the Royal Ar canum for the State of North Carolina which was in session in SaliRhnrv last week past, adjourned Thursday night. The Council was presided over by I. Greenwald, of Wilmington, with J. T. i gates present. Addresses were made by the Supreme Regent for the United Grand Secaxtary, J. Howell Way of Waynes vil3e, Grand Treasurer, A. M. Powell of Raleigh, Grand Chaplain, P. M. Briggs of Durham, Grand Guide, W. P. Wooten of Wilson, Grand War den W. M. Jones of Asheville, Grand Secretary, J. A. Brady of Statesville, Grand Medical Examiner, W. II. II. Cobb, Goldsboro; Grand Trustees, N. Jacobie of Wilmington, P. C. Carlton of Statesville, T. W. Branch of Ashe ville; Finance Committee, J. L. Hart sell of Concord, H. D. Stanley of Kinston, H. T. Rogers of Asheville. Representative to the Supreme Council for the United States, which meets at Chicago, E. L. Harris, of Ral eigh, and H. B. Adams, of Munroe, al ternate. The closing exercises of the Grand Council took place in the opera house where an appropriate address of wel come was made the council by E. C. Gregory, Esq., which was happily re sponded to by Hon. John E. Woodard, of Wilson. The Grand Lodge Knights of Py thias, which had been in session in Durham since Tuesday night, adjourn ed Thursday. The next meeting will be held in Greensboro, beginning on the fourth Tuesday in April of next year. A short stession of the lodge was held Thursday, during which the fol lowing newly elected grand officers were installed: Grand Chancellor. G. W. Monteastle, Lexington; Grand Vice Chancellor L. P. McCloud, Ashe ville; Grand Prelate Rev. E. D. Brown, Kinston; Grand Keeper of Re cords and Seals W. T. Hollowell, Goldsboro; Grand Master Exchequer John Ward, Raleigh; Grand Master at Arms J. L. Scott, Jr., Graham; Grand Irxer Guard John L. Arrfngton, Rocky Mount; Grand Outer Guard B. Noe, Jr., Pittsboro. The meeting was a most harmonious and pleasant one. Thieves Get $i,ooo. Winston-Salem, Special. 'Robbers broke into the postoffice at Moores ville Wednesday night, blew open the safe and stole one thousand dollars in money and stamps. A hole the size of a lead pencil was drilled in the safe before the powder was applied. The explosion broke several glasses in the windows and the safe was turned over. Parties near the postoffice heard the expdlosinhtidshrdlu mbfwy vbgk qfdw explosion, but paid no attention to it. Dies From Poison. Charlotte, Special. Ulysses B. Wil liams, who came here from Wake county, slowly died Thursday morn ing from the effects of a drug taken witBout the knowledge of his family. His wife sat up with Williams until 10 o'clock and then went to sleep. She woke at 2 in the morning and found her husband struggling for breath. It is supposed that Williams took the drug in- order to end his life. Death of an Inventor. San Francisco, Special. A. S. Hall die, builder and inventor of the first cable car system in the United States, died at his home from heart disease. He was president of the California Wire Works and a regent of the Uni versity of California. He was a na tive ot Scotland, aged 73 years. Tar Heel Notes. Thomas Tyndall, aged 17 years, of Lenoir county, was killed by lightning, Thursday morning. A horse he was riding was also killed. Thus far in 1900 twenty-two cotton and knitting mills have been charter ed in North Carolina, with -an aggre gate subscribed capital of $2,563,000. Judge Moore has -decided in favor of the corporation commission and against the railroads in the case in volving a reduction of the freight rate on fertilizers that is making ten ton3 the minimum car load. The railroads will, of course, appeal. This decision applies to all the roads save the Caro lina Central, which has its case in the federal court. From what we can learn now about planting time the cotton acreage will be considerably increased this year in this section. Some farmers will al most entirely abandon tobacco cul ture, while others will Teduce the acreage in that crop, putting the dif ference in cctton. If they are going to make a big cotton crop and want anything for it, they should be es pecially interested in helping to estab lish cotton mills. Greenville Reflec tor. John Lucky, colored, came here from Salisbury to-day to have the mad stone applied to a wound on his leg, made by the bite of a dog, sup posed' to be mad. Lucky came to Charlotte to have the mad stone ap plied, but when he got here he found that the stone, unlike the gospel, is not free to all, an application costing $5. He phoned to Salisbury for the money, and as soon as it comes will have the stone applied. Charlotte News . . COPPERMINE OPENED. ft Was Worked Before the War andU Very Rich. Sparta, Special. Somewnere be tween 1&50 and 1SG0 this country, though sparsely settled. fciTlted Into Its border some capitalists to develop Its timber and mining resources. Be fore this we had no enterprise in our country to enliven the people and en courage them In lines of Industry. At that period a copper mine waa discov ered near Elk Creek postofflce and af terwards known as Peach Bottom Cop per Mines. They were almost out of reach of any railroads being about fifty miles from the Norfolk and West ern on the north and about one hun dred miles from what is now the Southern on the soutn, but they work ed constantly for many years, when they concluded that the inconvenience to shipping points rendered It Impos sible to work the mines with any pro fit, and it was closed eighteen years ago. For several years since the mine and the property around haj been mi tigation in the case of Maxwell vs. Long. This case was carried from the Superior court to the Federal court, and from there to the Court of Ap peals, where it was decided In favor cf Maxwell. Large sums 2iave been offered for the property but no sale waa consum mated till last fall, when under the supervision of Mr. Geo. Sshley, from New York, the property was pur chased at a large sum and Is now known as the Carolina Mining Com pany. The old shafts have been cleaned out and work will probably begin next month. The directors will meet at Grand Rapids, Mich., at an early date to discuss the working of the mine and the reduction and con centration methods. Over one hun dred hands will be given employment. The mine is 150 feet deep showing a nine foot vein of ore and can pro duce from 100 to 200 tens per day as soon as hoisting machinery is plac ed. The ore and water are now be ing hoisted by horse-power, but later on a pump will be used for water and ore will be raised by steam and cages. Compressed air drills will also pure chalcopyrite. When concentrat ed, it will run approximately, 31 por cent, copper, 31 per cent, sulphur and 35 per cent, iron the admixture beinjr a very small amount of lead. The Injurious ingredients, tuch as arsenh-, antimony, and zinc are only found In traces, which enhances the value of the ore. WTien concentration has lm gun it will be reduced from 15 tons to one. Gold and silver are also found in small quantities from two to four dollars per ton. It Is said that the ore contains a vlousdy tried, and also leading only producing a sulphate of copper. It U large percentace cf nickel. Onfi t have been taken about four miles ou this vein and it looks as if the coun try would soon be In fine shaDe. Th company is also interested in timber They own about 740 acres of land 200 cf which is fine timber land. They have recently prospected on graphilo mines near here and own several oth er mines, but the work and develop ment of these will be discussed at the meeting cf the directors. It will be Interesting to note that the copper in the cannon used by General Page during the civil war came from this mine. The State geologist will bo furnish ed with a report and man of the mln later on. Mr. George Schley, uncle whose supervision the mine Is bein- worked, and who 13 vice-president ol the company. Is a native born south ernerwas raised In Georgia, and Is in full sympathy with the South. He fhas had much experience in mining having been in the busings over twenty years. Completing his course in Germany jhe came back to Ameri ca at twenty-one years of age and has worked In various of the United States and Mexico. The people amonj? whom he has como think the com pany could not have entrusted Its work to a better man, and they also Admire him because e is a cousin tc Admiral Schley. We have a fine coun try here and only need capital to dn velop It. News Items. Judge Simonton has made permanent the appointment of Mr. P. S. Hill of New York, as receiver of Black well's Durham Tobacco Company of Dur ham. The son of Lord Chancellor Ash bourne, of Ireland, favors a return tc kilts the Green Isle's original unl. form for the new Irish Guards. Additional concessions have been given the United States at the Pari Exposition. The Sublime Porte is reported from Constantinople to have made certaia promises with relation to the claims of this government, but fhey have not been received at the State Depart ment. Attendance at the Paris Exposition continues large. The Senate committee on appropria tions has completed consideration cl the fortification appropriation bill. The total appropriation is $7,733,623. Th additions include an item of $133,000 for the building sites on Sullivan's Island, Charleston harbor. Advices from London say that th Sublime Porte considers its offer to rebuild American missions will close the question. The Sultan believes that Russia would oppose any attempt on the part of Americans to enforce a payment Ex-United States Minister Terrell, In an interview, defended the Sultan and declared him a much ma ligned and an honest man. Representative Stokes, cf South Car. olina, proposes the collection and pres ervation, at Government expense, of the public records of the States and Territories. Admiral Henderson, of the British navy, visited and Inspected the Naval Academy at Annapoli3, Md., Friday. Dr. E. J. Gwynn cf Pemfield, N. Y-, has been elected to the presidency of Sclo College, at Stenbenville. O. Only two leading Presbyterian min favor a revision of the Westminster Confession. The Liberal Congress of Religion, In sixth annual session at Boston. Mass.; has dropped the word "Liberal" from its name. , A German Sugar Trust is ready for launching. WILL CONSOLIDATE.! Plans for the Combininjt; of All tne Seaboard's Lines. STORMS AND FLOODS IN TEXAS. The City of Waco Swept by a Furious Tornado, Leaving Death and De atructlon In Its Wake. Petersburg. Va.. Special A m-ctlns cf the itockholder of the Seaboard Air Lino rati ioad waa hold hre Siturday for the purpose of electing the facer and directors for the ensuing year. The Seaboard Air Une Railway rrpre-. tents the consolidation uf about twen-. ty railroad companies, snie 20 mllca of track from Washing:on to the guif, and Is now an accomplL-hd fact. The officers elected were: Mr. John Saercod Secretary, anl John II. Sharp Treasurer, wl:h the fol lowing board cf directors: Messrs. 3. Davies Warfield (President of the Con tinental Trust Company, Baltimore.) Robert C. DavIJ&en (Ire! lent cf Bal timore Trust and GuarantoeCompanyi, John Skeltoa Williams. Jas. H. Dool?y, Richmond. Va.; Wm. A. M-arburjr. Bal timore. Wm. F. Cochran New York. J. William Middledorf Baltimore, and C. Sidney Shepherd, New Haven. N. Y. These gentlemen also compose the managing committee of the Greater Seaboard Air Line organization nudr the agreement of Januiry 5th, 190J, and worked ut t:ie details cf tlie cja tolidation, fhey are also the voting trustees of the stock for ariod of tea years. There will 1 a meeting of th new board during the coming week at which other officers of the company will be eleoteJ. Judge 11 J. D. Cross, cf the fiim of Cowun. Cross & Bond. Baltimore, the attorneys ftr the man aging committee and of counsel for the new road, was present at the meet ing of the stockholders. The mort gage f secure the isue of the tW.UOn, 000 bonds of the roaj waa filed April 17. the Continent Trust Company. Bal timore, being trustee under Ihe same. The bonds are now being engraved as are also the certificates for the $2r.. 000,000 preferred and the $27.50.fO0 common ftock cf the new corporation represented by voting tru-t certincatcs. In the riood's (Irapp. Galveston, Tex., Special. Many streets here arc flooded from curb to curb owing to the tr-niendo:u rnlus Friday night. A hail n orm lacr shat tered many windows and wrecwed greenhouses. The whcle State Is water-soaked. Three boys were caught in Thursday night's storm, wjile row ing la Galve-:f-jn bay and are believed to have been dro ned. Another torm to last two days is at noon predicted by the government weather bureau. The water at Sealey Is now up lo the highest point reported in the great flood of las: July. Dallas, Tex., Special. The flols show no signs of receding. On th contrary, mcst of t'ae Texas rivers are rlsfn. At Fcrt Worth telegram at 10 a. m. said the Trinity river had over flowed, ding much damige. The peo ple are alarmed for the safety cf the water works. which are seriously threatened. -A nlae-f.ot rise Is hweep Ing down frrm the head waters of th Trinity. This will cause a big merflo' in the vicinity of Dallas and Fort Worth. A bulletin from Win .-it 10:30 o'clock said the list or dend t'jere would reach ten to fifteen persons. The property damage in Wao will ex ceed IITiO.OOO. The telegriph llnea of both companies are g;ne su'h of Wa co, ljolatisg more than one-half of the State. Railroad movements are sus pended south of Dallas on almost every line in the State. The los by flood and hurricane since Friday morning Is estimated to reach three to five mil lion dollars, including damage to rail roads In Immense In Hill. Mclennan. Williamson, Bell. Colorado, Bastrop and adjoining cDuntle.s. The telegraph companies have large forces of linemen out trying to make repairs. The few reports received for the southern and central Texas state that great destruc tion Las occurred. Prisoners Dying Rapidly. London, By Cable. A dispatch to the Daily News from Pretoria dated Monday, says that forty-seven British prisoner have died In six weeks. Two hundred of them are sick with fever and dysentery at Waterval. The dis patches add that Erasmus De Klerk has been sentenced to two years' Im prisonment at hard labor for guiding the British at Petrusburg and Blaem fontein. Naval Orders. Wash 'a goon, D. C, Sp'rcial. Orders were sent Saturday by cable tj the Mzchlas at San Juan. Porto Rico, to proceed to Chlriqul Bay and Port Ll racn. She is to take the place In car ing for American interest In that sec tion of the cmUer Detroit, which tail ed Thursday for Key West The Phil adelphia on the west coast of Central America., has dropped down to Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, close ta the Co lumbian boundary so that on the whole there is now ample maval protection for the American inteseats in Colum bia, so far as concerned the revolu tionary movement In the north cf that country. Departmental Deficiency. Washington, D. C, Special The es timate for the general deficiencies in the public services, which will be In cluded in the general deficiency appro priation bill, were transmitted to the House Saturday. They are Included under the following beads: State De partment, $57,006; Treasury Depart ment. $543,258; District of Columbia, $77,332; War Department. $38,000; Navy Department. $6,306; Interior De partment, $3,461; Department of Jus tice. $151,168; Postoffice Department, $2,560,763. Capt. Carter la Prison. Leavenworth, Kan.. Special Ober n M. Carter, late captain in the United States army, arrived at the Federal prison here Friday night un der guard of JJeutenant Thomas Hark er, Hfteenth Infantry, a corporal and three aoldiera. By special orders Is sued from the Department of Justice newspaper men were not permitted to interview the prisoner, who was im mediately dressed In the prison garb and assigned- to a celL His prisoner number Is 294. and e is the occu pant of cell Na 425. Ul MCOID miVL. The tlottss Passes ot Private Peaslo IUIU at Oac Sessloa. SKS1TB. Ooe llacdml aaj Korih Day After a brief drbat the Sna! arrr4 to the confewtjc repc.rt on the IUwiU&b civ il government bill, tie protUkaa rela ting to the r'.cM cf frasrhUe atd Im prisonment for drM fcatlec t-rea amen ded to conform to th- IJeaa of th Sa ate. The agricultural appropriation bill waa rd. carrjin a lull over $3,000,000. It around no d.ruloo cf consequence. althouci th roe.iaHte amendment' reduitlvn t,f tb amounts appropriated for farmer' bulletin and or the dUtrtbu'Joa f mts mtr dla axreed to. The re latlon declaring Nathan 11. Scott to be rn'.itird to his cat as a Senator frm Wrt Virginia waa dlsraf-e4 t y Mr. M-Cotna. of Ma ryland, but Its c-mldrratt in as not concluJed. The AUrkiu clll givrn ment bill vn under Tnl!rraMta for an hour, but n- :zrr tnal. At the roncluklnn f lotttlne lu.ne Mr. Cullom preMti:.I ti.e r-r. f-r-nc report on the l!atl,n bill II ex plained that the principal rhasge were the eliminate n tf the rroi tin requiring the piymrtst f brfor registration to vu.e. anj lrcpr.aontncnt for debt for nnp i) mem f uiea. One Hundred an I P.fth Day Al most the entire dsv mat devoted to the consideration t the r!j:h! f Na than II. Scott, of Weft Vlrglnli. to re tain bis eeat In the S-na?e. r. pet tus. Alabama, who ak,i:e ,f the mem bers of the comrr.lttee on pr! lieges and elections La oj.4 h to the claim cf Mr. Scott to a fat. ria le an elabor ate argument to nmti n hi Uew. Mr. Morgan. Alabama. oke In favor cf his collearue' ci.trrt.ort. Mr. MiCo. maa. Maryland. Mr. Tuil-y. TVnue(ee, Mr. Chandler. N w HaMpiTjlrr, Mr. Teller. Odorodo. and Mr. Allen. Ne braska, addressed the S-n.ite la sup port of the resjlutljn deilarlng Mr. Scott entitled to his eat. The ca went over without a tl n. A resolution l:nxt- d by Mr. Per kins. California. ul!lr.K on the Secre tary of the Treasury to wnd to th Senate the import. by m-.tithi ar.d tho rates cf duty um!r the riirora! agreement that went Into ftYct la was adopted. One Hundred and Sixth Day. 'jda Senate voted upon the resolution de claring Nathan II. J-Yott to le mlltled to bis seat In the Senate from YV. Virginia. The bumb.-r of vote in tho negative mas only 3. Mr. Chandler gave notice thkt be would rail up tha case of SnatT Clark, of Montaua, ou Wednesday of i:-t wm k, but inil matcd that Le would not pres con sideration until the Senators roull have time tu reaa the ttlmony in tb case. Mr. Mon y. cf MUfb:!j-pl. ty unanimous row nt, called up a bill l amend an act to provide for the col lection cf ab;tn!omd proiw-rty uui thi prevention of fraud In Insum tlon ary districts il'.:!n tLe t"uited State. One huTwlrellh and seventh day. The following bills were p;w.ed: Fur the ettabllt-hnicnt, control, oj ration and maintenance f the northern branch cf the National Home for IMs abled Vol'inte.-r S.Mlcm at Ilcl Springs In South Dkuia. and appro prlatirg $l1.0m for the purpja. K.vi.:i!rlng that the dam uc.xt.4 Rainy I-ike liter. Minnesota, be mrncud vlthln tbr! ear ab1 com pleted within five jears from Mjy, 4, IMS. Appropriating $2.4''0 to be paid cer tain person for Improvements relin quished f Ihe l"ni- 1 States for tat use cf N'ei Perce Indiar n. To Euthf.rite Commander J. M. Mil ler, Tnited Sute Navy; Surga O. Il Norton. I 'nlted SUV-s Navy; and VA win V. Morgan, formerly -TeLary cl the Savoau commUfloa and jv sec retfxy cf the I'-gatio? cf the United States at Seoul. Corca, t' a'-ept pres ents tendered them by the Kmperor cl Germany. uousu One Hundred and Forth Day Without preliminary buaineas the Houee resumed coafcideration of th postoffice appropriation bill. The Item appropriating $725,000 for pneumatic tube service, an Increase of $So0,0 over the appropriation for the current year was the subject of two hours de bate unfler the arrangement previous ly made. Mr. Little, cf Arkansas, opposed the pneumatic t service, wbl'b be he ld was ucnect&Hary and the charges for service in New York. Le BaJd. wer outrageously exorbitant. The govern ment was paying $37.00 a mile rental for 6-Inch Iron pipe beside the cost cf operating tbe mar Lines. After mature deliberation the House refused to pats the b.ll. One Hundred and Fifth Iv After four days of dlsrusslcn the Houe com pleted the conUderstlcn cf the Postof fice appropriation bill and paad IL Tbe attempt t strike out the $16.000. for special mail facilities from New York to New Orleans and from Kan sas City to Newton. Kansas, met the fate It hag tvtr since tbe appropria tion was placed in the bill in 193. No one demanded a separate vote upon the amendment strik!cg cut the pneumat ic tube pre. If Ion, and the Hou-te by a large majority, atood by the amend ment to give extra compensation to letter carriers for work In ex cm cf forty-eight hours a week, al; hough the carriers were said by Mr. Cummlog. New York, to be opposed to It. Tfc bill to Increase the salary of tbe Direc tor cf the Census to $7,500 aad the sal aries of supervisors of census by two per cent, of the amount received by their enumerators was passed. TLe final conference report on the Hawa iian government bill was presented, but not acted upon, owing to the ab sence cf a quorum. One Hundred and i UJh Itoj.Tu: House broke all records by paaauag tl private pension bills. Among . them waa one granting $40 a month tr th? widow of the late CoL Jhoa M. Stat zenberg. off the Firtt Nebraska, ho was killed In the Philippines, lie con ference report ca the Hawaiian rov eminent bill was adopted. 118 to 11 f. and the bin now goes to the Presi dent. Saturday. May 19. was oct atlde for receiving the statute cf U. S. Grant, presented to the government. One hundred and seventh day. Th House broke all recor&i by passing 91 private pension bIlLf.Am.ong them was one granting $40 a month to the wid ow of the late Colonel Jdhn VL Stote en3erg. of the First Nebraska, who waa killed, in Che Phlliplne a year ago- The conference report on the Hawaiian Government Dill was adop ted 138 to T54. and the bill now goe to the President. Saturday May 19th. was set aside for receiving the statue of General U. S. -Grant, presented by the 0. A. R.