North Carolina Newspapers

T H VOL. XXI. RAI IGH, NORTH CAKOUN A, THURSDAY, MARCH 2G. W.. No. r.v "T CAUCASIAN. f- I 4 I ? LI iiunin oiui ma m o . Newsv Item (ileancd From Murphy to n.ntco. A ).') rt-r was Friday granN- ! the Asheillc Lurnl, r Comr.any. of Ash vill. aj.irni $.'.-,.0;o. J. w. Rithr font ittiJ otli'T'i !oe K!.oldiH. Mr. Phillip H;.ru, who was kicked In the ahflon:' n ,y a f o!t In bin barn lot at Moekavllb- Tuesday ftft-noon, dl'd at his l.oin.' in that place at 12 oVlork Thu.T..;.iy night a a re-milt of hi.- i ii J 1 1 ri ;: . An irn ' inli.iry 'In- Friday night de Mroyed ! . 'n:; r !-tation and freight wan hou.-i- (,f the Seaboard Air l.ln at Vaugh.-in in Wain-n county. A ron.-ddcrnhlo fjirmtity of freight wan burned. Ah yet no tiit' im nt can ho H'-curc-d n to whether th" Haywood murder t unc will or will rsot. Ix- 1 1 rl in edgh thin inontli. The term of court is only tn dnvs away. I!.th th; prose cution, and the dT n -' art; keeping very qniH, I m t it i-; known that the nc-aiTh for witnesses hf . nfvi ceased. J. S. Wynne, Kecivtary and treas urer of the Raleigh Cotton Mills, of Itahdgh, is authority for the state merit that a new Fid on merger will be formed by the al l of New York capi tali : . t h , an 1 that the consolidation is cxp cted to I.e clTectei early in April. The Raleigh mills will enter the com hination. The one hundredth annual conven tion of th Kvangoilcnl Luthern Synod and Ministcrium of North Carolina will he held in St. John's church. Salisbury, Rev. J. II. Wilson, pastor. hegiliniii; April the 2Mb, l!)iK5, at 11 o'clock a. mi.; embracing the centen nial celebration t the Synod, which tak H jihif e- on the second day of May. The printing fnm of Joseph J. Stone & Co.. of ()r -dishorn, which has ju.st liecn inc(ji p:n sited with an authorized capital cf $loi), eon, has elected the following n.Ticers: Joseph J. Stone, In Md nt ; Charley (;. Harrison, secre tary an 1 treasurer. Tlu capital has been IimiiiuciI and the facilities will be considerably enlarged. Later on a lifhofvaphliiK plant will be added. A 'hoiu! message from the country to Uiii Point. Friday evening said that Willi im Holt, who lived near High I'oi it, r.nd a tK.'fii'n man nut a liorrible death together. Mr. Holt and the negro v.Tit! engaged in cutting f 'ed on a steam niter when the fly wheen burst, cutting off both of Mr. Holt's U -s and killing the negro in Mnntly. Mr. Holt lingered an hour or ingre, Ivane Morgan shot and instantly killed John IUchardtion n(ar Candor, Moiitoii:( ry county, Saturday. The two men were at the home of Marshal itni:wi, whose wife Is Richardson's :i:te; Morgan drew a revolver and crying: You killed my brother and I'll kill you." shot Kichardson dead A few months previous Richardson had killer a half brother of Morgan. Frank S. Eldridge, whose home in In Creensbcro, has been missing for the past three weeks and it is feared that be is dead. lie went to Philadel phia soul.' time ago to visit relatives nnd wrote his wife from there that ho vonld stop over in Richmond on bis return. Investigation showed he had not been in Richmond. It was later ascertain -d that the train on which Mr. Hldrldge was believed to have left Phila-Jf dphin was wrecked and two men Mlb d, and it Is feared he was one cf thc.il. A. L. Giiaune. the Chicago attorney for the goll brick trio, Howard, Haw ley and Haley, captured at Greens boro two years ago and sentenced to the penitentiary, writes that he is making an effort to have their case, which has been carried to the Su premo Court of the United States, ad vanced so ps to give an early hearing tiilmore desires the influence of Judge Royd in this matter, but it is hardly probable that his wish will be grati fied. It is understood that cne of the contentions upon which the case will rest before the Supreme Court will be that, the trial judge erred in sentenc ing the gold brick men to the peniten tiary instead of to the roads. Policeman Frank George, one of the most courageous officers on the police force of Wilmington, w;-. ; violently assaulted by a desperate negro, whom he had nrrerted in a colored eating house Saturday evening. The officer's scalp was laid open to the hone for a distance of about two inches the result of a. blow from a pair of metal knucks and his shoulder was severely contused by being thrown violently to the brick sidewalk after he had been stricken and rendered unconscious from the blow with knucks. The ne gro made his escape but was cap tured two and a half miles from the city Saturday midnight. Mr. L. L. Lowrance, a foreman em ployed by the South Atlantic Con struction Company, engaged in the company work on Wilson's creek in Caldwell county, was instantly killed Friday in making a blast. From ac counts received, it sems that a blast of six charges, using seven kegs of powder anl thirteen sticks of dyna mite, were pet off. Five of the chaigc-3 exploded. Thinking' them all fired, Mr. Lowrance was leading the force of hands to the cut in which they were working, find when within ten or fif teen feet of the blast, the sixth charge exploded, killing him instantly. No one else was sr-iiously hurt. The body wa3 taken to Maiden, the home of Mr. Lowrance. Strange to say. the Southern Rail way won a suit in court Friday morn ing. C. H. Jones, colored, of Winston, brought ,uit for $200 as damages to hit, horsr and dray, caused by a train running inlo them on one of the yard crossings. The plaintiff claimed that one cf tie employes of the Southern told Jones' driver to cross the track p.nd that In attempting to cross a shifting train rai? into the dray and horse rcn -.ienng toih unfit for service, The Jury viecldtxl that the company vfts poi, rcnponiibUa tor the accdfit. A TERRIBLE CRIME. A tSitto Shoots a Jim and a Young ! Lndy. J Ht I Lville. Sff- ial. On of th! j darkPt rrlrnt-H In th'4 ann-.'.H of Rark- Injrhim county was con.niiMerj in th- I Carri;fl nation, about flv,- rriU-H from Rei l.ville Thins !ay night. John Rro.-.i-rnx. a negro boy abjiit 1ft years oil. kill"! Mr. Sidnf-y Blair, a niofct estim able cifiz'-n of that M'tion. an' wounded Mian Sillie Walker, who was a school teacher and houekre;f r for Mr. Rlalr. MIkh Walker wan Hhot ia three different placi h. HKTAILS OF THE ( RIME. About dark, whil" Mr. Iilair and hife niece. Mis Walker, were nt supper, the negro. John Rro.K'nax, enf-rrj the hoi:e. and engaged in a conversation with Mr. Rlalr. Without warning he; d;ew his pistol and hied upon t'.i'in. Mr. Blair was killed almost instantly, two hails taking effect. On c ntfrc l at the collar bone Rnd the otlu'i pierce 1 the bowels. He fell heavily to the floor. Miss Walker was wounded at three different places, one ball taking -fleet jiiHt under the skin of the neck, another went through Jhc muscle of the arm, while stil another grazed the ihe arm, while sull another grazed the realizing that the pistol chamber waa empty Miss Walker rushed on the nero ana pusned him through the door, barring it, and placed a quilt un derneath the prostrate fo.m cf her uncle, removed her shoes and left the building to notify the neighbors, who rushed to the scene. When they arrived at the scene of the crime the negro was found in the kitchen in the act of pillaging the room. He was ordered to surrender and he did without resisting. He was taken unawares, as he had thought both his victims had died from their wounds. When they arrived his pistol was found to have been re-loaded, and but for the prompt action of the gentleman who rushed in on him and thereby excit ing him he could and probably would have made his escape. iuc eB oi me norriDie crime i quicKiy spread to the adjoining farm and within a short time the premises were crowded with people. The negro made a full confession and stated that he was told by another party to com mit the deed and that it was lm in tention to search the premises for money and valuables. He thought he n a u succeeded in killing both of the ! tes of the home, and was sair- ! Inmates prised when he had time to realize that ' he waa in the hands of the people who would not permit him to leave About the time Deputy Sheriff John ! increas- of 10 per cent, on their earn C. Faucette arrived there was tniir , ln&s between November 1, 1902, and among those who had gathered, which i indicated that there was danger of the negro being murdered. Two or three suggested that the evi dence was conclusive that the nego's confession made doubt iiapo&uble: that there was a chance of hls-cape, but mey were promptly told would not do. "I know your faces," said Deputy Sheriff Faucette. "If you harm him or permit him to be harmed I will have you everyone arrested," he added. This quieted those who were in the crovd. Mr. J. D. Glass was summoned to help take the prisoner to jail and he and Deputy Faucette had placed him be hind the prison bars before midnight. Mr. Blair was perhaps a'uout sixty years old. He was a native of Pittsyl vania county, Va.. and had only men a resident of this county about ten years. His niece. Miss Sillie Walker. was his housekeeper, and taught school in the neighborhood. She was abou- 25 years old, and was devoted to her aged uncle. Her remarkable nerve and pres ence of mind have been the subject of general commnt on the streets and elsewhere. The home of Mr. Blair was robbed of about $G0 recently, and officers have been trying to locate the perpetua'or of that crime. Broadnax passed through Reidsville and several people assert that he had a number of watches, new clothes and two or three valises. He left the Carmel section, wh'ere he had been working as a farm laborer for some time about the time the money was missed from Mi. Blair's home. It is almost certain that he got the money at that time and returned to get what jewelry and other valu ables he could find on the places A message has been received from Governor Aycock stating that he has ordered a special term of Rockingham Superir Court to try Broadnax. Dr. Baker Surrenders. Tarboro, Special.Dr. J. M. Baker sur rendered himself last week upon his return to town. A few hours later he was before Judge Brown on a bench warrant charging him with felonious killing. The evidence in brief was that Monday morning Dr. Baker passed Bass at the postoflice door and on com ing out he was seized by Bass, who be san striking him with his fist over the head. Baker broke away and as he re treated endeavored to draw a pistol, pursued closely by Bass, who was at tempting to seize the pistol. He caught Baker by the back of the coat, which was pulled off. Baker retreating rapid ly and reaching for his weapon as Bass closed on him. Outsiders closed on Bass. By this time Baker's pistol was out. Bass seized it, and as it was dis charged the bail wa? deflected. Bass then was pulled back and the pistol in Baker's hand was thrust into his ab domen and fired. The testimony offered by the prose cution and the defense varies but little. The prosecution claims that as Bass wa.3 held, Baker advanced and shot; the defense that Baker all the time wa3 attempting to escape. The prosecution to show malice, produced the declara tion of Baker immediately after the shooting, that he "had put two into him." As the matter before the judge was solely the question of bail, the case was not gone fully into. The prosecu tion did not Insist upon murder in the first degree. This was left the Judge to simply determine its amount, which- was fixed at $10,000 which was prompt iy given. According to all the wit raises and ttie antf-morK-m ftatement of Dr. Bam not a word was Epoksn by A REP0R1: IS MADE. Findings Cn Investifatioa of the Coa! Strike SHORTER HCIRS AND BETTER PAY A Lengthy Document In Which the L'n on I Not Recognized The Text f the Report. Washington. Special. The renort of ;the comniisHicn appointed by the pres ident la.st October tu investigate the anthracite coal ntrfke, was made paJ Hc Saturday. Tile report is dat" 1 M...th IS, and is signed by al! the members cf the commission. In brief the commission recommend an in- ua:-i of wags amounting in mont in-f-tam-i h Ij 10 per cent.; some decrease (J tim;-; the (settlement of all disputes by arbitration, fixes a minimum wage and a sliding scale, provides against cls. rimination of persons by either the mine owne.s. or the miners on account of membership or non-rnembership in a labor nnbnn, and provides that the awards malt- shall continue in force until W. To some extent the matter cf recognition or non-recognition' of the miners union is touched on, but the commission declined to make any award on this matter. Following is the commission's own summary of the awards made; 1. That an increase of 10 per cent, over and above the rates paid in the month of April, 1902. be paid to all contract miners for cutting coal, vard age, and other work for which stand ard rates or allowances existed at that time from and after November 1, 1902, and during the life of this award. The amount of increase under the award due for work done between November 1, 1902, and April. 1, 1903, to be paid on or before June 1, 1903. 2. That engineers who are employed in hoisting water shall have an in crease cf 10 per cent, on their earnings between November 1, 1902, and April 1. 1903, to be paid on or before June 1, 1903; and on and after April 1, 1903, and during the life of the award, they shall have 8-hour shifts, with the same pay which was effective in April, 1902; and where they are now work ing eight-hour shifts, the eight-hour shifts shall be continued and these en gineers shall be continued and these engineers shall have an increase of 10 per cent, on the wages which were ef fective in the several positions, April 1- 1992- Hoisting engineers and other ensmeers and pumpmen, olher than those emPloyed in positions which are manned continuously, Bhall have an April 1- 1903- to be Daid on or before June 1, 1903, and from and after April 1 1, 1903. and during the life of the I award, they shall have an increase of ! f per cent, on the rates of wages which ! were effective in the several positions in April, 1902: and in addition they that ' this shall be relieved from duty on Sun i days, without loss of pay by a man provided by the employer to relieve them during the hours of the day shift. Firemen shall have an increase of 10 per cent, on their earnings be tween November 1, 1902, and April 1, 1903. to be paid on or before June 1, 1903; and from and after April 1, 1903; and during the life of the award, they shall have eight-hour shifts, with the same wages per day, week or month as were paid in each position in April, 1902. All employes or company men, other than those for whom the com- : mission makes special awards, shall be ! liaitl an increase of 10 per cent, on i thpir earnings between November 1, ! 10(10 Qtirl Anvil 1 IQfl'J n Via noil nry rf before June 1, 1903, and from and after April 1, 1903, and during the life of this award, they shall be paid on the basis of a 9-hour day, receiving there for the same wages as were paid in April, 1902, for a 10-hour day. Over time in excess of 9 hours in any day to be paid at a .proportional rate per hour. 3. During the life of this award, the present methods of payment for coal mined shall be adhered to, unless changed by mutual agreement. In all of the above awards it is provided that allowances like those made shall be paid to the legal representatives of such employes as may have died since November 1, 1902. 4. Any difficulty or disagreemer-' arising under this award as to its in terpretation or application, or in any way growing out cf the relations of the employers and employed, which cannot be settled or adjusted by con sultation between the superintendent or manager of the mine or mines and the miner or miners directly interested or i.3 of a scope too large to be so set tled or adjusted shall be referred to a permanent joint committee to be call ed a board of conciliation, to consist of six persons, appointed as hereinaf ter provided. That is to say. if there shall be a division of the whole region Into three districts, in each of which there shall exist an organization rep resenting a majority of the mine work ers of such district, one of board of conciliation shall be appointed by each of said organizations and three other persons shall be appointed by the ope rators, the operators in each of said districts appointing one person. The board of conciliation thus constituted, shall take up and consider any ques tion referred to it as aforesaid, tear ing both parties to the controversy, and such evidence as may z laid be 'ore it by either party; and any award made by a majority cf such board of conciliation, shall bo f.nal and binding on all parties, if, however, the sa-d board is unable to decide any question submitted, or point related thereto, that question or point shall be refer; rj to an umpire, to be appointed at the request of said board, by one of the circuit judges of the thiid judicial cir cuit of the United State?, whose decis ion shall be final and binding in the premises. The membership of said board shall at all times be kept com plete, either the operators or miners organizations having the rinht at any time when the controversy is not pend ing to change their representation thereon. At all hearings before said beard the parties may bo represented by euoh person or person as tbey may respectively select. Kg auipcnsicn of work ibftll takf plsr, by lockout or trik. rmin th a !r: !:ctlcn of any matter o taVc-n up f.-r adjustment. 5. Whenever rqustcd by a niajsrlty of those contract minora of any com pany .check r, ;!.nin or chK-k dock ing M-' -. or !oth. fhall L enployd. Th" wag'3 ef r-ai 1 rh?: welghrnna anl rhfk docking bote's shall fix ed, rcllf t"d. and pall by th riin-rs In su'h manner as th" .v.U miner shall by majority veto, dc.-t .mi whn rqn'-sU-d by r majority of ii l min a the check vrSeher and d Jiutions mar'- pronn-t innate ly from ih rarn !n?s the sai l miners ' ti sn h t. ::"s i.-s i'k- a jorsty of sold in!r r sn.il! v. crn- inf. c Miners .hall b" distributed mrr-tue niiu' r?. t? are at work, as uniformly and aa suitably a. passible, an l there shall be tia concerted effort on th- part of the miners or mine workers of any colliery oi coIbTlo. I j limit the output of the mines, ur to detract from the quality of the wurk performed, unless such limitaii n cf output !? in con formity to a.i agreement between aa operator or operators and an organiza tion repr suiting a majority of said miners in bis or their employ. In all Ciscs where miners are paid by the car, th increase awarded to the contract miners is based upon the cars in use, the topping required and the rates paid per car which were in force on April 1, 1902. Any increase in the size of car. or In the topping required, f-hall be accompanied by a p-oportion-ate increase in the rate paid p"r car. 8. The following sliding scale of wages shall become effective ' April 1, 1903, and shall affect all miners and mine workers included in the award cf th commission: The wages fixed in the awards shall be- te basis of. and th? minimum under, the sliding scale. I'or increase cf 5 cents in the average price cf white ash coal or sizes above pr-a coal, sold at or near New York be tween Perth Amboy and Edgewater and reported to the bureau of anthra cite coal statistics, above $i.0 p"r ton f. o. b. the employes shall have an in crease cf 1 per cent, in their compensa tion which shall continue until change in the average price of said coal works a reduction or on increase in said ad ditional compensation hereunder; but the rate of compensation shall in no case be lesa than that fixed in the award. That is, when the price of said coal reaches $1.5. per ton, the compen sation will be increased 1 per cent., to continue until the price falls below $1.35 per ton. when the 1 per cent, in crease will cease, or until the prices reaches $1.60 per ton, when an addi tional 1 per cent, will lie added, and so on. These average price3 shall be computed monthly, by an accountant or commissioner, named by one of tht circuit judges of the third judicial cir cuit of the United State3, and paid by the coal operators, such compensation as the appointing judge may fix, which compensation shall be distributed among the operators in proportion to the tonnage of each mine. In order to secure the successful working of the sliding scale provided herein, it is also adjudged and awarded: That all coal operating companies file at once with the United States Commissioner of La bar, a certified statement of the rates of compensation paid in each occupa tion known in their employment, as they existed April 1. 1902. 9. Xo person shall be refused em ployment, or in any way discriminated against, on account of membership or non-membership in any labor or ganization, and there shall be no dis criminating against, or interference with, any employe who is not a mem ber of any labor organization by mem bers of such organization. 10. All contract, miners shall be re quired to furnish within a reasonable time before each pay day, a statement of the amount of money due from them before each nay dc.y. a statement on the amount of money due from them to their laborers, and such sums shall be deducted from the amount due the contract miner, and paid directly to each laborer by the company. All em ployes when paid shall be furnished with an itemized statement of account. 11. The awards herein made shall continue in force until March 31, 190G; and any employe, or group of employes violaiirg any cf the provisions thereof, shall be subject to reasonable discip line by the employer; and, further, that the violation of any provision of these awards, either by employer or employes shall not invalidate any of the provisions thereof. The commission also made a number cf recommendations which may be summarized as follows: The discontin uance of the system of employing "the coal and iron police," because this force is believed to have had an irrita ting effect, and a resort to the regular ly constituted peace authorities in case of necessity; a stricter enforcement of the laws in relation to the employment of children: that the State and Federal governments should provide machin ery for the making of a compulsory investigation of difficulties, similar to the investigation which this commis si: n has made. The commission expresses the opin ion that with a few modifications tr Federal act of October, 1888, authoriz ing a commiss'on to settle controver pics between railroad corporations and ether common carriers could be made the bashi of a law for arbitration in the anthracite coal mining Jmsiness, The commission, however, takes a de cided position against compulsory ar bitration. On the subject of the recognition of the Mine Workers' union, the commis sion says it eloes not consider that thi3 subject is within the scope of jurisdic tion conferred on it. It does say, how ever, that "the suggestion of a work ing agreement between employers and employes embodying the doctrine of. collective bargaining, is one which the commission believes contains ..many hopeful elements for the adjustment of relations in the mining region." Further on it says: "The present constitution of the United Mine Work ers' of America dees not present the most inviting inducements to the oper ators to enter into contractual rela tions with it." A VICTORY FOR THE MINERS, SAYS MITCHELL. Detroit, Special. "The decision of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission is on the whole a victory for the min ers, and I am pleased with it," said President John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of America, in an inter view with an Associated Press repre sentative. "The anthracite miners of Penasylvenia have reason to be much pieced with toe coffittissiona' Awurdt Had ftm tun tut tb m," U M, LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Mn Matters of Ornrral latrrrst la Short Paragraphs. Th- Sunny Touth. Flood conditions ttHl riu- ereat apprehension an J mu h dangrr Jn the Wtt. James It Kernf. though ait. contin ual bis b:it:l with the liarriman in terests for South rn Pai iflc control. Plaquomin 1-a.. Spc!al. Th rlvr at this point rose four-t-nths during the pa-t 21 hour. The gaujte this evening read. 33 The La. k water on P.ay.u p.aiuemlnv anl Iiwer Grand riv-r is higher at this time than in 197. A number of urrrsu hate been made by the levee liispctors of parties rbiln: on the levevs. The levers are In splendid condition. At Tii; National Capital. The office of Director of the Cenaua has been offered to Mr. S. N. I). North. of Boston. The State Department Is lplos of any fruits coming from the projKise-d Alaska boundary arbitration. A verdb t of acquittal was found in the ease of Knsign Ward K. Wortman Jn connection with the explosion on the battleship Massachusetts. J. Pierpont Morgan conferred with President Roosevelt at the White House. Mr. Jeorge Uhler, president of the Marine Engineers' Association of the United States, will succeed Gen. Jas. A. Duir.ont, chief of the steamboat in spection service. At The North. A $3,000,000 oyster combine was or ganized at Providence, R. I. Dr. R. C. Flower was arrested in New York em a warrant charging him with grand larceny. Clovernook, the home of Alice and Phoebe Gary, near College Hill, Ohio, has been sold. The Fire Department of Lafayette, Ind.. turned a stream of water on riotous students of Purdue University. Miss Maude Mullock, of Washington, D. C, was hurt in a railroad wreck near Mahoriingtcwn. Pa. In a suit against the executor of the estate of C. B. Rouss, in New ork, the mother of the plaintiff. Miss Edna Weller McClellan, told of an alleged ettlement of $33 a week on her daugh ter. From Across The Sea. The Czar of Russia issued a decree granting religious freedom throughout his domains and ordering other re forms. Lord Granville Gordon received a letter from his wife, who is in France. The debate on religious orders was opened in the French Chamber of Dep uties.. Lord Minto opened the Canadian Parliament. An effort will be made to get the Pope's consent to allow his jubilee gifts to be exhibited at the St. Louis Exposition. John Redmond was the principal speaker at a St. Patrick's Day banquet in Lonuon. The Reichstag budget committee vot ed in favor of appropriating J750.00C for Germany's exhibit at the St Louia fair. Sir Robert Reid urged in the House of Commons that international action be taken to limit naval armaments. King George of Saxony wrote an open letter to his people blaming Prin cess Louise entirely for the recent court scandal. Russia and France favor granting China's request to have the Chinese :ariff dues collected in gold. A revolution has broke out In Uru guay. Miscellaneous flatters. Another day's testimony in the Bur dick inquest at Buffalo threw much light on the facts sur-rounding the murder, but failed to disclose the gurlty person. Levees and railway embankments are breaking along the Mississippi and flood conditions are very grave. The Wabash injunction suit wa3 taken up by Judge Adams at St. Loui3 and the day consumed in reading affi davits. C. W. Schwab, president of the Steel Trust, and Mr. D. H. Francis, president of the St. Louis Exposition, arrived in New York on the Kronprinz Wilnelm. The police of Philadelphia are in vestigating four new charges against George Hcsjfey, the negro herb doetor. suspected of poisoning. Ex-President Grover Cleveland an nounced that he would take a trip West and be at the opening of the St. Louis Exposition. Death of Cotton mil Man. Griffin, Ga., Special. Major A. Ran dall, one of the best known cotton mill men throughout the South, and promi nently connected with cotton milling events in several States, died hera Thursday, from the effects of a paral ytic stroke. He served aa superintend ent of ttoa mills in Canada, New yprk. HUaola, Alabama ana Georita. lie waa born in ProYttenca, IV. I,, la mi, southern industrial TO MAKE CANE SRYUP. An Opportunity In tK Sowtn for Ma chinery Dealtra. la a Uttr to the Maoufar turrr' Unord Mr. D. ii. I'uriw, chairman it th romuiltt-- t.f arr incr ructt for the Interstate Sugar Cane Grown' C t utlcn. LWh l t tfcet at Va-.n. Ga . on May 0 an l t otinue in Hun for tbrf dv. annun - t:.t ample irotluu will lr made to bring manufacturer ; a; rap and ugar ra e h;n-ry Into t ! tou h there with dli-gate t the tnv-nuon front South Carolina. isU. n-r!da. Ala Lama. MUNiM-it.;!. I ji.iai.a. Triu au l Arka!ia a Mr ' In South Carolina. Grsngu an I Florida the ui owing of .unarmn anl n mnuiatiure uas a;r air tt a iiej point wh-r crudi- mtthotl mutt ttt- way te mor- rmj'. ! r.i' hint r . but the evolution ia nt rea 1 t. an t may not L- fer s- ral atn. for the ry heavy inn liiin-iy now lu ! In tri.l Iy suar lua'iufai tunro; so tUin An the ar i.t, p'.Htitc i imrtae from a r plot to ten. tt nty fie an I fifty a n ana upward, as u icoin on n thn.ugU th-te three State. xi,k- tally th pr M-nt n aMii. w ill compel the p-.irrhase f mm h new mn Mnt-ry. and the o a ;i n w ill afford an um-i ll 1 opportunity for adaptii the n-w ma hincry exactly to the need of the i-itualioii. I ho;e thU opot tunlty will b freely availed of bv th manufac tirer eif syrup an 1 sugar ma bl;i ry throughout the country convenient of ace t ss t the Mivar e ane In It. "The dildon of hcmi.try of the Department cf Agriculture wi'l noon be in the market for the- full qulp- nunt of a cane mill and tsyrup fae tory at Waycro. Ga." iteierring to trie xanie bul jeet in a letter t: th" Manufacturers' Ri-eord. President I. L. Martin of the Cham ber of Commerce ef Mae-on write that the gove mors eif all the cane grow Jng States have appointed five delegate from cae h county, and that It is ex pected that between l.ouo anl 1. delegate s will be pre-M nt. a half fare rate having been granted from all points cast of the Misidstdppl and south of th- Potomac river. Pmddent Martin also notes the opportunities at the convi ntion for manufac turers if mae hinery. A $50,000 Addition. It is announced that the IVe Dee Manufacturing Co.. Rockingham. N G., will expend abemt $."o,ooo to ex tend its plant. A twe-stery addition will be ore ted to mill' No. 2 and edulp ped with 2.."o t swindles and Ju looms. J. A. Wil'.iJi.;.; if Hamlet. No. C. has contract to en--t the addition. Th company now ha.s 12.74 spindles and t;2 looms, manufacturing plaid dt- mcts and hickory shirting. Lumber Notes. Among trio snipiio nts last weej a i - a rrom l'ensae-ola were .5.isn.ooo super ficial feet of lumber. 1..VJ7.G10 super ficial feu of r.awn timber and 1,73V cubic feet of hewn timber. The Asheviile Lumber Co. of A-:he villo. N. C.. with a capital stejek of 523.000, has be-on r bartered. The in corporators are T. J. Perkiuson. J. W Rutherford and J. E. Diokerson. The Mingo Land V Lumber Co. of Greenville. Mo., has been Incerporat ed. with a capital stock of $3Mhhi. The iueorpoiators are; John D. Fllley, L. J. Jones, Henry P. Murray and others. The present logging tide in the Ton nossee river is said to bo the tost that lumbermen have tnjoyed for tnw time, it is estimated that over 3.o(0.- foo rot ef oH wre floated in last '.vek for Chattanooga mills. The J. O. utsscn Lumber Go. cf Memphis, Tenn., has been incorporat ed, with a capital srock of $20,000. The incorporators are Walter S. Denning. Marsha Long. George .Mcrtle. J. F. Peters and others. The wholesale grocery business of J. S. Giddings & Co. of Tampa. Ha- has been purchased by the Consoli dated Naval Stores Go. of Jackson ville. Fla. It will operate it though the Consolidated Grocery Co. . The Julius Seidel Lumber Co. of St c-'-i?. Mo. has Le'n inoejrporated. witn a capital stock of 123.000. The in are Julius Scldel, Frank Soidel, John A. Michel. Otto Moser and William E. Beckraan. Textile Notes. It is proposed to build a knitting mill at Kingston. Tenn., and J. M. Allen Is interested. Endeavors are being made to estab lish a knitting mill at Aberdeen, Mis3.. to be capitalized at 540,000. The inten tion is to manufacture men's half-hose and ladies' and misses stockings. Charles H. Welch i3 said to be inter ested. B. F. Mauldin of Anderson. S. C, proposes organizing McCormick Mills, with capital of $200,000, to build a cotton mill. The plant Is to be located at McCormick. S. C. and have 10.0O spindles. Over $100,000 have been sub scribed. Trenton Cotton Mills. Gastonia, N. C, will install additional machinery. Contract has been awared for 2000 spindles and other equipment to in crease and improve the plant. Prob ably about S40.C00 will be expended on the improvements. It Is rumored that Valentine & Bentley Silk Co., Newtca. N. J.. will establish a branch silk mill at Clarks burg. W. Va. Rumors say that the plant will cost about $150,000. Tuckaseege Manufacturing Co., Mt. Hoily. N. C, will build a No. 2 mill, to contain probably 7000 spindles. Details have not been decided, but are now being given consideration. Ozark Cotton Mills. Gastonia. N. C. has pur eha?ed 1000 additional spindles, and this machinery -a ill soon arrive. This increases equipment to 10.000 ppindles. J. E. Mu&che, Kingston. Tenn., con- teaplatfi e&tahllihlag plant to knit and dvt hoiitry. He wanta to coitm- 1 coad with m&Keri ot boaltry u4 TREATY IS RATIFIED Ue Citai tcc'rciit) Centre Cell Ttoeffe al Us!. THE SENATE APJ0US SIM li .Nrrly th t:tirc llog Day W a p nt It llarcutU 5m - Tt final llallot. . . Wh njton. S.-s j! Vftr ti,f. in tUe Cu'.aa re. '.:r .: trrt ih S ae !.ut n J .r.r .. Th it ! at I'- m.nut- j iul.t ti ;! Cif entire Jr .t.n 1 ;. J ,to In rutle . .n c r th t ! rn .lroi.l to !!.' t a! ' -a f th Cul-an treaty. Srfi f !. if aJ- la iiio-.it .n to t'.r ttt ta in farwr . f t. ,-i I tttn ) rt';i! at the agrtej hour. 1 o . W .! nt l'an. Hull rail -t ha 1 n a sum ler of amendment aevi the ?t j lt"'.f ji male the ut; ft . ' a a anl ry ote. The motion t.i rat f a-i.-jt d I y a I !!'! .f .". . f- f ix- hit m fe tlia. a thtee -fmitlh tote !.; r a, only a t thlr.-'. tot- trMt ary to m- ure a ratm-at-n 1 he ie ta.led tute of the .-' l.-te Yan-AS-lrb h. AU'.r, AilJ-n n.- fcy. lUrou. BjII. Wt.rl !-. H'a.lv- t'lrn. Ilirnhani. Hu:ion, Murt.n. Clark, of Wtornii.c. (oktll. Cul- lom. Ijfew-, Ditrl.. Ikillitrr. Drjr den. i:ikln. KaJrlunV. Fo'akr. K. tr. f WanhltiKt n : Frte. Fultor.. t;l- liriK'-r. tJaiubb . Gorn.an. litnna lUti Irough. Iletburn. Iloj.kins Ke'n. I.at Irr.er. leili;-, I:ig. V'C4:ti.". M -Creary, M Cuml r. N l5n. titeruian. IVnrohe. iVrkln.. Slmnx-na. Sme.o?, Spejoner. Stewart. Stne. Warren. V-l-nioie; total Nays liaM y, IlarJ. Bate, Brry. Carmack. Clark, of Montana. I ..'. Foster, of IyOuU:.inv M!nry. V.al- l ry. Martin. Money. Mnrttan. Sew- laii-.li-. Pettug. Taliaferro: total li In making the pah, two S natora were pair-I f.ir the traty with n agairt it. The tialr l.t w jt x fol lows: Kein- and Hale with ;;l,.on; Wil- lard an 1 PrK tr with Clark, of Arkan u: S. tt ar;1 tuy vith Ml-aiii!n. I.!i:ii-hjrii a:. I 'i..j i aUL T.IUuan. Klttredge an l ll.:t. if N-.v York, witii Pattern in; I'l.itt. of C -ime ti ut. anl Hawhy w ith Telhr: Mite Is II and Clay with Utiboa;, (Jurbh wit'i l"ull-in. Mr. Hoar was absent and unpaired Hiss Kousevclt ' broaJ. San Juan, P. It.. By Cable.--Mb a Alic e Itoofc velt ;iiid d here Thursday from the nteimei fa tun. tr::i N York. She was m t l.y Get. trior Hunt and Mr family n l i Crivn to tb palace, where nhc afterward h 1 1 au informal public- reception. ? it: !tov- vtlt will receive the c Itici: connill le in public t-.n.o.-iov. ax! v. HI al ien 1 the cliizenn' t c ;t :n at the the-atie- the Harr. v-s nr.. when there w.! be a dlftdav of f.-r-worlia aud a de monstration iu Ik r honor. Many Inf lations have been l?in-. by th" Gov ernor for an en!ertatiim-nt on Sttur- dav. On Wedn'nlay Mln Ko4vdt will have San Juan n an Inland trip. during which nhe . Ill vin'l the prin cipal j lmtatlon and lt't. Vcs'ibH Wretk-rJ ChaiP.toTi. S C Ppecial The S'Hithern Railway t':'-'i1' train N 31. due at Camden at lLi'i a. tii.. t wrecked at a switeh S mil north of that point Sunday. T: front trr ka under thp baggajte car Jiiuiiw-I the mala track and threw th" train ln the nlde track, all eir being cm- I pl tcly derailed exc ept th Pullman which had one n'-t f whela cX man, an unknown trmp. n ippD--dly as'.e p on the Fi ling, waa I1i.a2r.tly kill ed, and Jim Reed. cPred. 'a paan grr. had one leg broken. !?wi Ciy lum and Mir. M. C Taylor eucapel with slight injuries. In Conference. New York. Special. iTeaident Schwab and several of the legal rep resentatives of the United S'atca Corporation wers in conferepc-; here The object of tac meeting eould rot be Uarned. U . t:nlcr:ood that hs forthcoming annual report i th or l;oraiion will c-mboly a compreh n.v statement cf opcratioim fcr the jan year, and will deal fapce'.slly with tt catter of production. ".organ at th? Jirctlr.jr. New York. Spec ia!.- The Ore tors of the New Y.;rk. NVw Havn & lUrt- ford Kailio.id Ii-H here to j'.:- up h einployi" giWtan.ej pr el to Pirs:dnt HtU. Amoa? the directors pies' nt was J. Picr;or.t Motj i. It was known after t.1e mstla; that the direetors had nothing to ray to th public today, but it was l.arnel frost W. D. Bishop, one cf th rilrf tors. t?i3t a decision had been icarbed. ani that It would be forwardeJ to the men at t.Mf. He would net give any -ntlaa-t:on aa to whether anv connt'lous iad Uf.i read, or any ,-h r fa t:-: & cenlng th de Jnion. I'residrnt Wllllsrns Summoned. Richmond. Spf rial. United Stares Marshal Morgan Treat. M-rtrtd on Johu Sktlton Williams. rrtiiJent of the Seaboard Air Line, a fummons to ap pear before tb United Stale IbUr-. irate Commune Coaxaifilon. at New York. Friday ws to testify in th Vrxtt&tog 0? ta Keatocky rallra4 cctccistion asaictt lit AtllflU: Lies acd oUcrt. ii