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THE CAUCASIAN. v " -" - - -- - - . .. - . - VOL. XXI. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1903. NO, 13. 5 Nlll ME MATTERS V Newsv Item Oleanad From Murphy to flanteo. Alililiiiki3iIifilililtililifciMMlik)( Th- Balfour Quarry Company, of Asheville. N. C. have Just completed a leal whcrchy they mcrpi' their already extc-tini v- (;mrry hii-dri-sn with that of the North Carolina Pink Granite Com Iariy. e,f S:i!:-titiry, N. (,'. The acquisi tion of th;H ;: operty by the Balfour Q't u;y Co: ipany is the n.suli of ne-go-tlViori .t rilling ovt four inontus. Wliil" tt.' !' ntity of the old company i.- lost in lb" iH-w, tin.- management V. C. !l liinii' F. M.i; practically the same. v .jtkI Mr. Samuel Miller !'( omin;; ;i'tive nr rnb"r of th'1 1 lal fo.ir (quarry Company, the nam! under which the m-rs-'cl company will he conduct- .). "har! !l; inv bee-n issued &t fol lows: 'lic I'fpplf'H Cut l ami let? Company, of Winrtfm. to manufacture Jirnl sell i c, ,-,pi;al $5,00. .1. G. Krn r tiuil others, ,sto khoidiTH. The I'ti- Ion Supply )u.d Cotton Company o? j .rprny. iC'--k i n vharri lomty. caital Jx, i, (;()(! with -iufho; ity to in'Teas" In jr.U'i.tKKi; Mof! liol lers. H. F. Mebane, W. It. W'llb r, and .1. S. I'at'- rsoiw Tin- Ymk-cv I'.Hd" Company, capital fii'). t- !!:ild a tow bridge over to; Hiver, in Mi" lit 11 and Yancey. An in i rea.-e i:; :, .i I hord Z''d f)f the ca)ital Kioi k i I lie L. Shuford M t nu lac t.ur- inir, Conipan; 55 ' ! t !ii w hii h makes cotton i ry. from .!.!. ..Odft to ' ,vi. ii i. i HII-.1IWII i- i.-.- i.t . or f i - chill' TV, fer '"(l strr i to pu -(diascj ma- Auoth' r divorcf was granted in the liirii:iiu court Thurs'iay niornin.!;, making threi for the week. Another v. 'ell. I have been era n ted but there? was .o:iie cr'cr In the fileadin and the rise was continued. The divorce granted v,;. t(, Mrs. Ellen Pruitt from j her hi' and Garrett Pruitt. Cruelty j was ali. lo d and In the pleading it was stated iiuit the husband knocked his wit'f ilown a lliht of steps while shu had in her arms a small infant and that in the fall her shoulder was broke ii. This occurred while th'." family was living in Goldsboro and since then the husband has deserted his wife, beiti,; now in Chicago. Munrlars entered the house of Mr. M. II. Sbfimonds nt South Church ;-'.ieot in Charlotte, Wednesday night and stoic a trunk containing marly $lo0 worth of j;ods beloninK to Mrs. .1. II. MriHin. Vv'u) lives with Mrs. SimmofMls. The trunk was in a room in the rear of the house when taken. The huiKli'i entered the room by bivukin.;: the lock. After the entrance v, us cfftc'n.i t.h-y ransacked several other trunks end boxes in the room, scattering the contents tm the lloor and finally took Mrs. Mason's trunk away. The trunk contained uncut dress Roods, lace, embroidery and other fancy needlework. In the Superior Court in Durham Thursday morning H. D. Kerr was given a verdict of $1,000 against the Durham Traction Company. He sued for $l.rnO alleging that he was per manently injured last summer by a street car running into his wagon. The vehicle vas badly broken and his horse hurt. The jury was given the ease Thursday morning after a trial that covered most of two days. In a short while the jury returned a ver dict giving him the amount named. The ease will be appealed to the Su preme Court. Paul Cameron, the 12-year-old son of J. E. Cameron, of ltaleigh, while riding out on the west-bound train on the Atlantic & North Carolina Rail road Thursday evening, jumped off and was dragged under the wheels jmd his right leg terribly mangled just below the knee. The little fellow deplored greatly the loss of his leg, but otherwise he showed great cour age. ' Four doctors amputated and dressed the leg and did not consider the injuries necessarily fatal. Mr. T. C. Guthrie, of Charlotte, left Saturday night for Washington to represent the Charlotte Shippers' Association In the freight rate case against the Southern and Seaboard and other railways, which came up for argument yesterday before the Inter state Commerce Commission. W. C. Honaker, a salesman of the Reynolds Tobacco Company, of Win ston, was held up Thursday by two white men in a deep cut on the Nor folk & Western Railroad, between Keystone and Burke, W. Va.. and rob bed of ali his money and other valu ables. He resisted and was slashed t oss the chest with a knife. His clnthins was cut over his heart. The highwaymen escaped. There is no due. Secretary of State Grimes received a letter from William J. Bryan as editor of The Commoner, asking if the Leg islature of thl3 State had adopted a resolution favoring the election of Senators by the people. Mr. Bryan was informe.1 that a resolution to that ef fect had been introduced but had been tabled in the Senate, on motion of Sen ator Beasley. Will Boggan, the slayer of Mr. John 'Sullivan, was Saturday given a pre liminary trial before Esquire Mc Gregor of Wadesboro. and was re committed to jail without the privi lege of ball. Mr. II. H. McLendon ap pealed for the defendant while Ben nett & Bennett and Lockhart & Son prosecuted. A charter is granted the Burlington Printing and Publishing Company, with $50,000 capital. C. A. Anderson and others, stockholders. Another charter to the Victor Brick Company, of Lex ington, capital $40,000. Victor Hum phrey and others stockholders. An other charter to the Catawba County News Publishing Company of Newton, M. McCorkle and others stockhold ers. The trial of Ernest Haywood, who Hilled Ludlow Skinner in Raleigh, has been postponed to the next term of Vakc Superior Court. THREE Bl'ENED IN a WKECt j A Fatal Railroad Wreck Occur Near i san Antonio. i passengers were burned to death and j 13 persons were Injur"! In a rear-end collision, at Costs station. 20 miles we-st of here, on th? Southern Pacific Railroad.at 10 o'clock Friday night. The dead are: Guadalupe Cantee, Mon terey, Mexico; Antonio Ariisepe Sabl nas, Mexico; Manuel Trevino, Sanobi naa, Mcsl'o. The injured an-: Nabor I'lores. Mont'-rey; W. P. Morrow, traveling passenger agent Louisville . Nashville Railroad, Kan Antonio, two rihH broken; Mr. J. Foster, Houston, Texas, hip dislocate d; Hoh'-rt llarna han , brakeman, S;n Antonio, arm broken; Mi-ri A. Kissler, Great Bend, Pn.; ',Vw. i' browalskl, San Antonio; i W. E. Hess, V. R. A Hospital Corps. I . u-iiiuKiou, ii. jonn uuinn, en Kirieer, hnns'-d and crushed; J. T. ! Flov.-ern. Nc.v York, hack wrenched; J Inaac T. Mnnn, Hrovnell. W. Va., : hruiseu; K. Hor.eynian, Hrcman, shoul der dislocated; Margaret Fisher, New Orleans, bruised; Mm. James Fisher, ! cw Orenns, hn:i:,cH about head; H. I PlIeJ flfltlinH Moviffl hrn'anrl. tiro May Mam.h(,ste,. u.u ';.-,: on wristn; Tho.-j. Harper, Chicaco. head hurt, Ik bruised; F. M. Coins, St. Paul. 1 r.ead hurt; Michael Creston, Fort Worth, arms broken. The limited crashed into the Ea,sle Pass express, which was running as the fin;t section of the former train. The Pullman sbepine car and the ori- Vat" car of GollcraI f:fmn!mr Traninn rniiiff.f .,.r.. .i,.. ta nif,n nf tha atrtia nf v,.,.i Ifiyipn were .splintered and three kinsmen of General Trevino wei-j burned to death before they could be extricated from the burning ears, which wrre ignited by escaping oil from the tender of the limited engine. General Trevino is a son-in-law of the late General Ord, V. S.. and was en route to San Antonio with a sick son. - - .... ' I TI12 Lowell Strike. Lowell, Mass., Special. Acting un der the law, the State board of arbi tration and conciliation formally re quested the mill agents and the Tex tile Council of this city to submit the question of a wage increase in the cot ion mills in the city to arbitration, tc avoid a strike next Monday. Both sides have the request under consider ation. Very slight hope, however, is entertained by the citizens of Lowell that the State board's request will be granted. The mill agents repeatedly have expressed their opinions that a wage increase is impossible and the textile council having in view last years' result of a civic board of arbi tration has said since receiving the re quest that it did not care to be trap ped as they say they were last year, when after a strike was declared off nothing was done to advance their in terests. flay Be Hanged. Roanoke, Va., Special. A special from Bluefield to The Times says: "Harvey Williams, a burly negro, to day outraged Mary Jones, the 13-year-old daughter of a respectable white miner and left her for dead on the mountain between Pocahontas. Va., and Cooper, V. Va. After regaining consciousness, the child managed to reach her home, where she told what had happened. The story spread rap idly and posses went in search of Wil liams. He was located near Pocahon tas and taken to Bramwell, where he was lodged in jail. The jail is being heavily guarded tonight, but informa tion from Bramwell points to a lynch ing and probably a burning before daylight. Williams' victim will die." Prltchard For the Bench. Washington, Special. Chief Justice Bingham, of the District of Columbia Supreme Court, retired Friday, his resignation to take effect April 30th. Associate Justice Henry H. Clabaugh was promoted to be Chief Justice and ex-Senator J. C. Pritchard was ap pointed Associate Justice, the appoint ment to become effective with Justice Bingham's retirement. The salary of Justice Pritchard is $6,000 a year for life. He will qualify May 1st. The ap pointment was urged by Senators, Representatives and leading lawyers and citizens of the District and gives universal satisfaction. First Rcf ponse From Richmond. Washington, Special. The first re sponse to the offer of the Secretary of the Treasury to refund 3 and 4 per cent, bonds in 2 pr cent, consols, was received Friday. Two national banks i? Richmond, Va., announced their teadlness to exchange $330,000 under the Secretary's offer. N:ws By Wire. Mrs. Alice Burdick, widow of Edwin L. Burdick, testified at the the inquest in Buffalo that she had no knowledge as to who killed her husband. The trial of Ernest Haywood, at Ral eigh, N. C, was postponed to July 13 after he had made a sensational affi davit. A sale of the late Anthony J. Ante lo's art collection began in Philadelr phia. The testimony was concluded and argument begun in the casa of Elmer Collins, charged with wife murder, at Georgetown, Delaware. A $15,000,000 meat packing combine was formed In Chicago. An order was issued against 20 In dian coal concerns, restraining them from combining to regulate price and production. Gen. Hector MacDonald, commander of the British forces in Ceylon, will be tried by court-martial on charges of immorality. At Port of Spain, Trindad, 14 per sons were killed and 40 wounded in the riots 1n which the Government build ings were burned and the Governor of Trindad was forced to take refuge on the crateer Pallas. TREATY ISWTIFIED The Cuban Senate Accb Without Argument, ADOPTED WITHOUT CONDITIONS. Approved By the Senate By a Vota of 12 to 9 -The Question of a Time Limit Dispensed With. Havana, By Cable. The. reciprocity betwcea Cuba treaty of and the Lnite! States as amended by the Sen ate of the? United States, was ap proved at 8 o'c lc 1: Saturday night, in tin? Cuban Senate, bv a vote of 12 to approval not hampered by any conditions, the limit having been j questionable, tinit dispensed with the cahle m Hay, in whic h through the receipts ssaR' irom Secretary it vas pijsitivciy de clared that President Roosevelt would .ill a special session of Congress. 1 he purport of this assurance was i transmitted to the Senate by Pre.d- 1 (b-nt I ilma and read at the beginning session, an undorstandinji hav- the int"; been reached previously with Senators Iiustamente. Capote and Doiz. comnosin-r the maioritv of the fo'ei.sn relations committee with he objectionable condition in the report b. :ng eliminated. This was done by the offering of amendments by other ocrninistration Senators substituting the unconditional adoption of the amendments to the treat v by the Sen ate. The final action was delayed for a i u;ng lime uy tne discussion or an intendment offered by Senators San iiil!y, Tainayo and Iteeio, requiring the public to pass upon the treaty. This was voted down, 5 to 15. An amendment to substitute for the committee's report was then offered by Senators Frias, Monteagudo and Retaiicourt. This approved and rati fied all the amendments cf the Senate at "Washington and recommended that the Cuban executive take action conducive to obtaining effective re ciprocity as soon as possible. To this substitute waa added the following: "This recommendation must not be taken as an amendment or a modifi-cati-on of the treaty." Senator Bustamente announced their satisfaction at the outcome. The chief contention of the committee was the action of the American Con gress. Senator Sanguilly, in a long and impassioned speech against the rati fication of the treaty, impressively pictured the gradual absorption of Cuba by the United State, in which he said the present action was one step. He argued that it was disgrace ful for Cuba to be a party to such a scheme. Senator Bustamente, in a brief and able final speech, cited various incidents of history to show that neither weak or wicked nations n ake commercial treaties, and pre dicted with certainty the results in this case. The vote was taken separ ately in each section of the substi tute report. The vote on the uncon ditional ratification of the treaty was 12 to 9; on the recommendation to the. executive it was 11 to 9. The present session of the Senate then adjourned. The ratification will be exchanged by cable. Strlks Fatalities. St. Petersburg, By Cable. A great strike riot, accompanied by much bloodshed has occurred at the town of Slatousk. in the government of Oodfa. Twenty-eight persons were killed and 50 others were wounded. Tiie strike started in the State Iron Works, where 500 men walked out, demanding the release of three of their comrades who had been ar rested. The governor of the province, who went to inquire into the affair, was mobbed as he was entering the house of the manager of the works. The rioters stormed the house and smashed in the doors and windows. The mayor, with a force of gendar mes and a detachment of troop3. then arrived on the scene and ordered the rioters to disperse. The latter, how ever, stood their ground and the mayor was wounded by a revolver shot. The gendarmes and troops im mediately replied with firing volleys at the mob and killed or wounded 78 urea. te kodws atwcrK. Gibson, Special. Safe-blowers visit- ed the town of McColl, Marlboro coun ty, S. C. Saturday night, entered the postcflice and with nitro-glycerlne b'ew open the safe and obtained $850. A portion of the money belonged to several local depositors, but tne ma jority was postoffice funds. There is no clue, but oflicers with bloodhounds sre pt:rsuins different traiis. News In Paragraphs. The Kaiserin Augusta Victoria while out riding with her husband and son, Prince Adelbert, was thrown from her horse and her arm was broken. The Conservative majority in the Chertzy division of Surrey at a by election was cut about half and the re sult was considered a blow to the Gov ernment. Peace has been ratified and proclaim ed in Uruguay. The text of the Irish Land bill was given out. John W. Gates, John Skelton Wil liams and others testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission in New York concerning the Louisville and Nashville deal and other matters. News In Briefs. Guantahamo, Cuba, will be the prin cipal United States naval station in the West Indies. The message of President-Palma on the amended reciprocity treaty was debated in the Cuban Senate. Emperor Wrilham of Germany in vited the North Atlantic squadron to visit Kiel during the regatta,. The in vitation has been declined. Gen. Cip.-iino Castro withdrew his resignation as President of Vene- THE ftARKBTS. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. Coff' The market elod quiet, with quotations on the basis of EVic for No. 7 Rio. Mild Coffres steady at the quotations: Saatoa, "ViS"4e. per pound; Maracalbo 'jQ 12v; Java. IS 023c: Mocha. 181!k. In New York" future closed barely steady, as follows: Sale3 were 45,OuO bags. Receipts at Rio for two days were 15.000 bags; stock. t&C.OQO bag; ex change 12 l-32d.; market was dull. Re ceipts at Santos for two days were 20,000 bags; stock. 1,033.000 bags; mar ket dull. At Hivre futures closed steady at dec line. Sales were 44. 00 ba's. Ron.-; ted Coffee. The market waa i-t- a ly at quotations as follows: E. L. C. in cases. ll&H l-".c. per pound. In cans aa;i bags, pure Java S.l'i.f; 33 .; pure Maracibo, 2323Uc; Santos. 10Va20c; Java and Mocha blend, 27r28c. Reined Sugars. This market was dull ?t unchanged prices. The quota tions wire as follows: Per pour.d, C;:t Loaf, ".; Uc; Powdered. G.l'-c; Stan dard Granulated, fi.U'P.je.; Fine Gran ulated. r.tji;Ac.; Crystal A. r.-OGW.; Columbia A, 4.ViVc; Yellow. 4.22 4.52'2C COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter There was no change in the Butter markft. With a continued scarcity of choice grades prk-es were firm and healthy, but the movement was quiet. The quotations were as fol lows: Creamery Separator Creamery Gathered Cream Creamery Imitation lov.a Northwestern Ladle . Western Store Packed Creamery Prints (1-lb) ... Creamery Prints (li-lb) .. Md. Va. and Pa. Prints Creamery Blocks (2-lb) ... Small jobbing lots sold .. (o 31 .. '':) .. 22) 23 .. &21 .. lTfilb" .. 31 1132 .. 31132 . . 30 ft 31 .. 31&32 1c to 2c. higher than the wholesale quotations. Cheese There wa3 a steady inquiry for Cheese and prices were firm. The quotations were: Per pound. New York full cream, GO pounds. 1414v4c; flat 36 pounds, 14!14?ic; picnic, 14 15c. Eggs The undertone was easy and it was said that prices were largely maintained at the existing basis by the purchase of stock to go into cold stor-. age. This market is now about on a level with other centers and, therefore, no outlet in that direction can be found for the surplus stock here. Quotations at. the close were as follows: For choice Maryland and Pennsylvania, 14c; Virginia and Western, 14c; West Virginia, He; Southern, 13V2C.; Duck Eggs, 2325c These prices are for strictly wholesale lots; jobbing lots sell at lc. higher. Live Poultry With a continued scarcity of Chickens, both young and old, prices were very strong, with the demand by no means satisfied. Ducks were also wanted and were bought at full prices. Turkeys were scarce and in slow demand. The quotations were as follows: Chickens, Hens, per pound, 14c; ;old Roosters, each, 303rc. young large Chickens, per pound, 15 lGc; medium size, 1820c; small winter Chickens. 2225c; sprinj Chickens, 30c; young stags, 1415c .; Ducks, puddle, 15lGc; Muscovy and Mongrel. 14loc; white Pekins, per pound, 16c. Geese, Western and South ern, each GO 80c; Turkeys, choice Hens, 18c; young Gobblers, 16c; old and mixed, 1415c; Dressed Capons, large, 2023c; small, 1819c; slips, lG17c Dressed Hogs -The warm weather checked the receipts and the demand. The market, therefore, was quiet, with prices barely steady. The quotations were as fellows: Choice lightweight. per pound, 78c; medium, 7i 7c; heavy, G7c; Sows, 66V2c.: Boars and Stags, 45c, according to quality. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Prices were steady, but the under tone showed an easier tendency for Southern Vegetables, the supply com ing in quite freely. The quotations were as follows: Potatoes, per bushel. G5 0c; Sweet, per barrel, $1.502.25; Yams, $1.502. Beets, per box. 25 30c; do. Southern, per barrel. $1-25 1.50. Cabbage, per ton, $78; Florida, fancy green Cabbage, $1.502 per crate; white, poor, 75c.Sl per crate. Celery, native, per bunch, 45c. Cu cumbers, Florida, per box or basket, S25T4. Esenlants. Florida ner hox or basket, $1.502.25. Kale, native, per box, lOvcxloc; Norfolk, per barrel, 40 45c. Lettuce, Southern, per basket. 51.502.50. Spinach. native, per bushel box, 3550c; Norfolk, per bar rel, 75c.$l. Turnips, native, per bushel box, 1520c. Tomatoes. Florida, per carrier. $1.50i2.uO. Apples, per barrel, fctrawueiries. Florida, per quart, la(g30c Green Beans, Southern, per box, $2.o03. Green Peas, Florida per basset, $2.2a2.50. Onions, pe: bushel, SO 40c. Asparagus, Southern, per bunch, 2040c. DAILY" COTTON MARKET. Galveston, steady 9 lo-lb Norfolk, steady V Baltimore, nominal 10 va Wilmington, firm . . 9 Philadelphia, firm 10 49 Savannah, steady 9 New Orleans, quiet 9 13-1G Mobile, nominal vi& Memphis, steady 9 Augusta, quiet 10 Charleston, firm SVi Cincinnati, steady 0Vs Louisville, firm IV? Louisville, firm 93fe St. Lo-ois, easy 9 13-H- Houstoa, quiet 9 is New Yfork, quiet 10.05 A man in New York told of alleged threats by A. R. Pennell to kill E. L. Burdict Three Mexicans were killed in a col; lision between the "Sunset Limited" and another train near San Antonio, Tex. A break of tire's miles wide in the levee at Greenville, Miss., is flooding the great Yozo 4elta. A b -ar raid was made on New York Central, perns jlvania. St. Paul and other railroad tfocts on the New York Exchange. AN IRISH LAND BILL A Musere Introduced That Will It of Vast Benefit P 10 POSES A LAEGE MONEY GRAM. The Irish Secretary Introduces the Government Land Bill Into PrilUh House of Commons. London. Uy Cable Th Irish S ro tary. Mr. Wyndham. introdu..-d the government'-s long-antic! pat -d IrUh land bill in the House of Commons Wednesday afternoon. It proposes a grant of JGO.OOO.GOO for the puriosa of the bill. Tenants ar to pay 3 pr cent, interest on loans from tb gov ernment. Mr. WynJham taij he thought the scheme would not involve over $300,000,000. but that $730.00) ('0 could be safely advanced on Irish lan I. Advances to tenants are limited to $2.- 500 in the congested districts and $5.- 000 elsewhere. The bill also provides i that untenanted farms and grazing land shall be sold to neighboring ten ants and that thiee commissioners to be known as estate commissioners thall supervise the sales. The name of tte three commissiontrs are Michael Fin aune, secretary to the government's Bengal general and statistical depart ment; Frederick S. French, one of the Irish land commissioners, and William F. Bailey, one of the assistant-commis sioners on the Irish land commission. They will be under the general control of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. They will become effective November 1st. The keen interest felt in this new legislation, which it is hoped will pro mote peace and contentment in Ire land, was shown by the crowded House. The peers gallery and the distinguish ed strangers' gallery were filled and there has been no such gathering of members of Parliament since the open ing of the session. In the diplomatic gallery sat United States Secretary Henry White, an interested spectator, while almost every Irish peer listened to Mr. WTyndham's exposition of the bill. From an early hour this morning, the stone benches from the Honse of Commons entrance to the doors of the lobby, were packed with impatient irisnmen, among whom were many presidents. Most of there went away without even seeing the inside of the legislative chamber, the galleries of which were crowded as has not been the case for many a day. Michael Davitt, the "father" of the Land League, celebrated his 57th birthday by re-entering the House for the first time since he ceased to be a member, in or der to hear the Chief Secretary for Ire land unfold his plans. For the most, part the Liberal mem bers sat glum, the applause coming from the Irish benches. A hush of ex pectation fell on the assembly as Joha Redmond, the Irish leader, rose to speak. If he refused to countenance the bill, its death and perhaps even the government'3 downfall, was de creed. When the galleries of the House found him sympathetic and non-committal, a feeling of relief pervaded all sides. What Sir Henry Campbell Banncrman, the Liberal leader, and the others said had little effect. T. W. Russell, who with others criticised the details and various omissions In Mr. Wyandham's plan, wound up with a guttural and reluctant admission that "it is a great bill." The passage of the first reading of the bill was followed by the rush td the lobby, where ensued scenes that might well make the ghost of farnell turn in his grave. The tall form of Lord Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ire land, could be seen amidst a crowd of Nationalists, who scarcely a year ago would rather have suffered anything than discussed with the official head of the Irish party any question. Beside Lord Dudley stood the grizzled little Sir Anthony McDonnell, the First Na tional Assistant Irish Secretary. Mr. Wyandham, who was heartily cheered when he arose to speak in the House, announced at the outset that the government thought cash aid was necessary for the fulfillment of the pro posed scheme, but it attached greater importance to the credit operation than to the cash operation. He then unfolded the scheme, which provides for advances of money for the pur chase of land by the tenants. The ad vances will be in the shape of cash and not of stock, but in order to enable the cash to be raised a new stock is to be floated. It will be called "guaran teed" 2 per cent, stock and will be redeemable for 30 years. Mr. Wynd ham doubted if $300,000,000 of the stock would be needed. It will be issued at the rate of $25,000,000 yearly for the first three years and afterwards possi bly in larger sums. In addition to this the government proposed a free grant of $60,000,000 to be saised by additions to the stock, the interest and sinking fund which will be borne by the Treasury, and the maximum annual charge of which will not exceed $1, 950,000. Against this charge on the British Treasury the Irish government proposes rortnwitn to commence re- j ductions in the cost of administration amounting to $1,250,000 per annum for ever. Wsnts Heavy Damages. Winchester, Special. In the Circuit Court, in session In this city, S. H. Braithwaite was given $1,200 damages against Charles E. Mcllwee for aliena tion of his wife's affections. Mr. Braiithwaite asked for $5,000 damages, claiming that Mcllwee had not only alienated his wife's affections, but ha1 also caused her to desert him and his five children. All the parties concern ed ar nrominent residents of the rrmntv. Some sensational evidence was introduced during the triaL LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Maay Matters of Oearral Interest la Sbort Paragraph. Ihe Sunny 5outn. The ronvt-ttUoa of th Nstioxtal ,Vt nin s SufTrafie Autioa cam, to a rlor Wtxlnt-.JT nlrtt St N bans Th Drit t.trutun t-e h' ;j in Wa!n&ctoc A Charleston. W. Vs. ';i:. h mj "The cranj Juy'a rr;..rt cn in ta:t r' riot rtoorratrs th I d'UJ deputy marshal. Th rrport iTft:t i ne tiewnraj-r. It U a lengthy 1 wnt. a- 0. inn to f r.-: k V:t . .r.Kt: n it I re ntcd thai rin-K wiil 1-4' put t.it in 2.',Mt vr nmn e itr.!. id th- New Rur fiII. m W-t Vitm a it i !! jH.FbiMe to urc a! . fill Inn .ortallon f prod'u is. ( oramasder Erwin j attvhe of the lir.f.ii.i! hjer. t.aa! German ni- ra-sy. In Vah!nl-.n. haj !- n ord. r 1 to New p', :t New. Va.. to mrane for the decking of the German warsatp Gazelle, which will arrie thrr tn a fi vv days from V tier uH an atrs. It is announced that th Southern Railway U I i r.s'.v ely enlarge It t-hops at NahMllf. T.nn.. aires ly T! of the lart.-t railroad hop in th South. The enlargement is presumably for th" purpo.-e of b'l.h'injc I w-omoiUf for use on the Sou: hern. No d-t:itte plans have l n ci n out othrtal!) A! ut l.Oou nu n are -mp!oyed in the hhops. Jew Barrett mil Herman Miller, li.ht-wf ights. both of Baltimore, went on before the Savannah Athletic Clu' Wednesday night V-: twenty rounds fr a decision under straight Qu-ens-hu'-y rules. In the fourth round Bar rett fell to tho tlKr in apparent cp'my anl claimed a foul. The referee re fm;"d to allow it. and counted him out Physicians examined Barrett and declared he found no evidence of r foal blow. At The National Capital. Secretary Hay has delivered to Slg nor Mayor Desplanez. the Italian am bassador, an order on the United States Treasury for $3.0OO. the sum aiipropriated by Congress as Indem nity to the heirs if Giovanni and Vin cenzo Serio. Italian subjects who were killed at Erwin. Miss.. July 11. P.-'l. and to Salvatore Liberto. who was in jured at the same time. The Treasury Department gave no tice that on Mondays an-1 Thursdays until further notice offers would ! received at the bnrean of the mint for the sale to tho government of silver bullion to be used In mining peeos under the Phillippine coinage art ap proved March 2. 1903. -Ny offers of less than 5.000 ounces will be eotertalnod. The Department will purchase $2,000. ooo worth of silver bullion for xjin age into pesos. At The North. St. Joseph. Mo, Special. Tho heav iest snow storm of the year begun here Sunday and railway traffic Is greatly impeded. Telegraph and tel- phone wires are crippled. The tem perature has been falling slowly. The snow covers the northern part of the State to a depth of from to 12 Inches. The American Tobacco Company has declared tho rgular quarterly div idend of 2 per tent, on preferred and a dividend of 3 pr cent, on ila com mon stock. This is an incrcano of 1-2 per cent, on the latter Issue. From Across The Sa The secord court of the sea-un was held at Buckingham Palce, lAolon. TLe anniversary of Louis Kowitfs death was marked by students' riot in Budapest. Senators who will vote oa tho rati fication of the canal treaty wore elect ed in Colombia. The North German Gatte. of Ber lin, says the Reichstag elections will take place Jane 16. Joseph Chamberlain, rwelvlng an addttss from the city of Ixmdon spofce of the Boers ia a conciliatory manner. The Toronto. Ont.. opera house was burned Wednesday. The ross is $150e 000. The fire ia supposed to have ori ginated from electric wires In the box office. Sullivan. Harris Woods lwt all their scenery anel tustoms. They place their loss at $10.i0 to llZ.C iO. Miscellaneous flatters. New evidence is being unearthd in the Burdick murder case to ?irt the crime on the late Arthur It. Pecneli In a collision between the Fall Rivers steamers Plymouth and City of Taunton on Lome Island uuad six persons were killed. Ex-Attorney-General Johr XV. Griggs 1 argued for the Northern Scuritie Company la the anti-merger case ia St. Louis. Harrison Wrotten testified at tlje trial of Elmer Collins, at Lanrel. D:L. that he heard a man in Collins hoir-.e threaten murder the night before tLe crime was committed. The monitor F rld. ba! n nccs f ji trial trip, exceeding her speed re quirement of 11 12 knots an boar. New breaks in the levees are re ported from the lower part of the Mis sissippi river. George B. White, vice-pre;-!'', nt the Sauth Pennsylvania National Bank, of Hyndman. Pa. was arrested in Philadelphia, .charged with con spiracy to wreck the bank. " .. Senor ()"esada. the Cuban m!nlHtr, has notified .President Palma that Secretary Hay will consent to the use cf the cable to expedite the exchange of ratifications of the treaty if it shall bo adopted by the Cuban Senate as emended, and notification reached Washington March 31. that the docu ments are placed In the mail for traas ralssicn by that time. YICK LOSES HIS JOB Dr. Pcrwa Scacrd. t vu iUt. . C. Fcst&ftkc COLOUD POSTIASUt GOES CLT; lb kk Ca Mas Attracted MskIi Attention la Atl Stio J thm Country. WS:riKtoti, SrrUl tst l r tarJeJ at it .;.. vx a t '.a :'"S''f lr:ti-hard'a ht sa.&t li. !' arc at .! Ji.'lnru' at trj iv i ty rt 2 U!er Vh i. of Y ;!..&. tie I', of t. f cjm o!T'..'!ats t Ar us-fjwt la Norlii Cfi!ina ti-k ; 1 j T . ..ar. l.m Ci Pr'4--ii tuarj !r U T. lVrson to jfd th iVfei -I- lal. Thf VKk at :ti te-4 atWM'.ra. arnoac all North t'jioi.rUr as o. t as I'ritchsrd asked for th n-cro's r ti.oal. fyr the rrajoii that .t a (''. itf-i that it was a cut on l i!a tho Senator. rrpter nt.og the " LSy whStrs." on th one banl. tn 1 th trm ele ment of the lt-;HidUo JJirtf ca tho .thr. but It .oa cm-v1 tu I-- a Stat flair, and t -W cn a actional ti;wt. rtend u: for jr In all -art of th couttry were 'n fcrt af!r ery dttV.I of the nntt an t it -era-d that Senator PntrharJ ;.! the f.eht of his life .n tin l. a the I':.i1nt had In other S:at- .i;i;3r r.tl y 0r;:;n ontupare l w.th the !ai th r I t white, and national le-air-rn k.f t U party were id line w!th Vl. k. Irlt. h ard. however. ti.l his pn.un 1. an 1 the re-moral c f VKk H a eiini'.n t lory for hi polic y. it 1 n ahfe 1 thai he ma the flKbt upon the nero p t mater primarily le ause he Ma. k. The cl arees Lr-JiijcLt ai?aiiit Vl W a party fidelity wre mere cU a,je a compard with tha ft thnt h la a nejcro. The appointment of Vr. Ivraoa would doubtless hare been ma le aomo eekji ago b.it for the fat that It was ehariseel that he waa not a bona 04o resident of Wllnon. It was. however, established to the satisfaction of tho Postoffire Department that ho had not moved bi residence at the time he waa said tc be living In another locality and hi appointment followed. Women Suffrajrltts. New Orleans. Facial. Th mornltiC session of tho woman auff racial eotu- prised a work conference behind clos ed doors, in which the deiegat's anl members only participated. At tbo af ternoon session reports wero prewentel by Kat M Gordon, correspond! nc sec retary; Harriet Taylor Ci-ton. treas urer, and I-aura Clay and Mra. J. Cork shall, auditors. Tbe reports iIIkuim-I the need for more finance and a larco membership. Th treasurer's re;xrt showed that f r the flrt time tbero was a aurpltifl in the tre asury that j.- 00 had been put mt at Interest, and the foundation laid for a memetlai fund. Slisan B. Anthmy pTrdd at the nlfrht session. arah City Bennett of Kentucky, spoke on the authority of women to preach the Gope. Gall Laughlin of Maine, and Fram-is Oritur of Alabama and Rachael Foster An-ry deliver! addrcea. Heavy Loss By 111th Water. Charleston. S. C. Special. A special to the News and Courier from iVtieca. S. C. isiya: The n has Jit been, received hTe that the lcra a'.tuatel on tbs Seneca river, at Calbonn. Oco nee county, was washed away by hlfh. water on Monday evening. It waa own ed by th Beaedict Love Company. It Ls said there were over 4.000 losa that escaped and there will be a Iwss to tho rrrmpany amounting to about $13,000. Many bridRe on the stream were de stroyed, wnlrh will cet th countie of Pickena and Oconee many dollars to replace. When the boom broke about 50 men on the Iors were compelled to jump and wim for thdr lives. Thrc were no Uvea lost, but ameraJ narrow escapes. riarrlajre of fir. Vsnderbilt. Newport. It. I.. FpeHa!. Forma! an nouncement of the di of the wedding of Miss Cathleen NfllM-n. daughter of Mrs. FredrUJt Ni!s n. to Reginald VanJ?rbllt. was mads laat Friday. In all probability the event will bo solronired In Ft, Joseph's Catholle charcn. at which Mrs. Nellstn Las ten an at-nJ-nt for many years. Six Men Drowned. Memphis. Ttnn.. Fpceiai J. 5?. HoM returned from the fljod dUtrlrt of Arkansas aid reports that at Garvin, a station on the Trisco Railroad. Saturday afternoon a skiff containing four drummers and two n-gro oars men was swept under the track of tho railroad Ja a stiff current. The boat was ove-tarced and all six occupants were drowned. Mr. Hood doea not know tho names of the traveling men. but sas they ti employed the ne groes to row them across the submerge. d territory to Mound City. Ark-, where they Intended to take a steam. boat for Meraihia. More Fighting Reported. San Domingo. Republic of Santa Do mingo. By Cable. The ichahltasta of this city were ar?in thrown Into. a state cf alarm this aftersojn by the fact thet further flrhtiog ls taking place at San Olos. near here. A cota mteslon has If ft San Domingo for Azu and Barahona .on the wanshlp Inde pn,JncSa in or!cr to Irias about tho surrender cf tho plans. The warship Colon has left here for Saa Pedro de Mueor!s !n order to. otnrri that towa ts turrvadtr.