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CAUCASIAN. 4 1. J A I VOL. XXI. BALEIGK, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6. 1903. NO. .11. A DEADLY ASSAULT, Lady Near Statesville the Victim of a Dangerous Negro. JOW IN THE CHARLOTTE JAIL Circumstantial Evidence Points to a Negro Named Wllford Roseboro as the Culprit. CROWDED BRIDGE COLLAPSES. Statesville, N. C, Special. The In quest was held over the body of Mrs. Dolph Heaver, which was found In the well at her home in Cool Spring! township Thursday night, and the coroner's Jury rendered a verdict to the effect that deceased came to her death from being choked and by 1 blow on the head. They jury also fouii that she was outraged and Wilforti Roseboro, colored, is charged with the crime. The substance of the evidence brought out by the autopsy waa a3 follows: The dead body of Mrs. Iloaver was found in the well about dark Thursday evening by Mr. Beaver and his neighbors atter Mr. Heaver re turned home from Statesville. There was a fracture in her skull five inches long and the brain was exposed; also a gash two Inches long over the eye. Her clothing was badly torn and there waa evidence that she was outraged. A knife was found on the floor of the house, and also several splotches of blood. An evidence that the crime waa committed early In the morning, the milk vessels were on the tabl -and the house had not been put in 'ape for the day, Mrs. Heaver having .een en gaged in this when Mr. Heaver left home early that morning. A pistol was taken from a drawer that Roseboro had tried to buy from Mr. Heaver come time ago. Mr. neaver left home for town about fi.30 o'clock in the morning and saw Roseboro in the road In front of him tieing his shoe. The negro left the road and walked out through the bushes. Hr. Heaver passed the homo of Mary Roseboro, Wilford's mother, and asked her if Wllford was at home, and was told no. In her testimony Mary said that Wilford had gone over the creek on Wednesday night, returned home Thursday morning, was there all day until 8 o'clock last night. Another wit ness testified that Roseboro came to her house a while before day Thurs day, gave orders to be awakened early, untied his shoes and lay down across a bed. The woman awoke him at 6 o'clock and he left, going In the direc tion of Mr. Heaver's. Prom then until 8 o'clock when his mother says he came home his movements are not ac counted for. It is supposed that Mrs. Heaver was murdered between 6 and 8 o'clock. Friday morning about 11 o'clock Roseboro boarded a train at Elm wood for Saluda, Henderson county. A warrant charging him with murder waa issued. He was arrested and taken to Charlotte jail on Sunday evening. Feeling against him is very high. A Drutal Crime. Rocky Mount, N. C, Special. One of the blackest crimes in tl e history of Edgecombe county waa committed about noon Saturday on tho person of Mrs. Pass Lor.g, bv iu unkno?'n ucgro. Mrs. Long was alone at the time, her husband, who, beslie bercc!!, is the sole occupant of the house, being ab sent. The negro struck her a blow (lore Than One Hundred People Thrown Into the River. Portland, Ore., Special. A section of the bridge which spans the William- ette River, at Morrison street, collaps ed Friday afternoon, precipit- more than 100 people tSeV.- 1,3 water. Three people are torn to have been drowned, and it Is feared that the list of dead will be much larger when all are accounted for. Many fell on two small boathouses moored to a pier of the bridge immediately under the spot where it gave wa'y. The known dead are: Minnie Raymond, aged 10; Lottie Cameron, aged 16; unidentified boy, aeed'i. Thousands of peoplee bad galhred on the Morrison and Madison stieet bridges and along the docks to watch Clarence Lutz, an armless man, swim avross the rivere, which is about three-eighths of a mile' wide. As Lutz was climbing out of the water the rowd rushed to the south edge of the bridge in order to get a good view. A section of the walk gave away under the heavy weight, and the crowding, struggling mas3 of people were carried down a distance of forty feet. Hun dreds of the people at the club house of the Portland Rowing Club, men in boats and those on shore, started to the rescue immediately. They soon picked up those struggling in the water while the injured, who were clinging to the boat houses, were taken into the club house and medical aid summoned. Every ambulance in the city, several fire companies and a large force of police arrived within a few minutes and the victims with broken arms and logs were hurried to the hospitals. News of the accident quick ly spread, and with a few minutes thousands of people gathered at either enrl of the bridge, anxiously seeking Information about relatives or friends. The bridge 13 an old wooden struc ture, having been built 16 years ago, and has been conslderd unsafe for FEARFUL EXPLOSION Powder Magazines Bkw Up With Tcr- rible Results MORE THAN TWENTY LIVES LOST Fourteen Houses Blown to.Atoms by the Force of the Explosion flostly Working People. Lowell, Mass., Special. Two email powder magazines situated in the very midst of the humble residences of BO mill operatiTes, exploded Wednesday with a frightful concussion ana the re sultant wave of death cut oft the lives of more than a score of human beings and Injured nearly 50 others. Half a dozen men who were loading kegs of power from one of the magazines were blown to pieces; four boys 200 yards away were killed by the force of the explosion, and 14 frame houses within a radius of 400 yards were blown down as if they had been built of cards. Seven of these houses Immediately caught fire, probably from the kitchen stoves, and were completely destroyed. At least three persons were caught In the ruins and burned to death, while seven or eight others, who were res cued, died subsequently of their inju ries. It is estimated that 70 separate pieces of property, Including those al ready mentioned, were destroyed, while the force of the explosion wrecked windows for five or six milts around, and its thunder could be heard dis tinctly more than 50 miles away. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Alsny Matters of Oeneral Interest la Short Paragraphs, Down In Dixie. The Council of Keyset-. . Vs.. hu fixed the tax rate at 5 cents on the 100. The two factions of the Popnllst party were reunited in a conference at Denver. A company has been chartered to operate a trolley line from Morgan- town to Fairmont, W. Va. CapL B. J. Ewen began his testimony n the Mar cum murder case at Cynth- Iana, Ky. Mrs. Ann A. Davis, widow of Sena- toi Davis, of Minnesota, and Mr. Henry DoIL ol , Krioxrllle, Tenn., were mar ried In Washington. The barn of Mr. L. H. Freeman, of Areola, Va., was destroyed by fire of nnknown origin on Monday nigjit. A- portion of the contents waa saved. The German cruiser Gazelle, which had been at the Newport News ship yard for some time, sailed for Hall fax. Count von Orcola, In command of the vessel, says his ship will go to Montreal from Halifax. The Clinton Coal and Coke Com pany ha3 increased its capital stock to $1,000,000 and will build four miles of railroad at a cost of $100,000 to reach its mines in the Clinton district. LMcnongalla county. West Virginia. Three hundred coke ovens will be in stalled. The company owns 10,000 acres. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Southern Statistics. K02TB CA10LIHA CtOPS The Report For the Past Week by the Department. The characteristic feature of the Baltimore, Special In last week's Issue The Manufacturers' Record pre sents figures of assessed valuation of weather daring the week ending Hon property for each of the Southern day, July 27th was the general defi States in 186t 1SS0. 1890. 1500 and cjfnCy in rainfall and consequent la- 1BA - . . v - l i .1 . k. . tc u.9 lur a tuiu.- mk creased tendency to drought over most th romnlota flmrM rf tha remans nt I oi toe oiaie. in iaci oiwijai .i-j 1900 will show the South possessed lu that year more than $14,000,000,000 worth of property of all kinds, only about $2,000,000,000 lss than thai possessed by the whole country in 1860. These preliminary figures ob tained from official sources enable one to trace the growth of material ail state lira! Newsy ttesss Ols a 4 F Mary by te Has tee tiT.nBTraaemttiiaatttcmrrm prevails oTer a large portion of the central-western section, since alxnotl no rain has occurred In that region for two weks. There were light rains on the 23rd in counties slong the Imme diate coast, which were very beneficial. wealth in the South during the past I but the precipitation did not extend far seme time, although it was not condemned. Another Herder. Boston. Mass., Special. A certificate of organization was filed at the State house by the United States Cotton Manufacturing Company, with a capi tal of $40,000,000 in $100 share3. Henry C. Bacon is president, and M. Shumer Holbrook. treasurer. John P. Rogers U a. director, these three constituting a majority. The charter of $40,000,000 makes It the largest capitalized cor poration In Massachusetts. It is under- ptnnd tht the comnanv is formed to r.rnuirc all or a majority of the cot ton textile plants of the country in one hnsre trust with headquarters in Boston, but details cannot be learned at present. President Bacon declining to discuss the plans of the corporation other than to say that its headquarters would be in Boston. The charter em- 1 owers it to build or buy mills and to carry on a general cotton manufac turing business. Three Killed and a Score Injured. Lynchburg. Va., Special At 2 o'clock Thursday arternoon three per sons were killed and more than a score Injured by lightning at New Hope church, Appomniattox county. The dead are: Paul Gowen, unanes aus- wniie Cotton and Tobacco Conditions. Washington, Special. The weather bureau's weekly summary of crop con ditions affecting cotton and tobacco is as follows: While there has been an Improvement in cotton its advancement Is apparently less decided than in the previous! week, especially In the cen tral portions of the western districts where rain is generally needed. Good growth is reported from nearly all dis tricts, but the plant continues small and Is from two to four weeks late. Boll weevil in Texas are doing little damage. Much of the crop has received final cultivation. Tobacco is needing rain in portions of Virginia. North Carolina and Kentucky but Is mostly Going well elsewhere." Commutes Woman's Sentence. Washington, Special. President Roosevelt has commuted the sentence of Lucy Smith, a white woman, con victed in the western district of Vir ginia, of retailing moonshine whiskey without license. The woman was con victed in May last and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and serve six months in prison. The United States At The National Capital. The officers of the United States na val squadron are being royally enter tained at Lisbon and King Carlos will visit the warships on Saturday. The Secretary of the Treasury has been asked by the Agricultural Depart ment to hold up cargoes of imported rood products uitfil they can be exam ined by an expert under the provisions of the Pure Food law. The State Department is advised that President Castro, of Venezuela, is pur suing a high-handed course toward foreigners. It is said the new Currency bill will provide for the deposit of customs, as well as of internal revenue, receipts in national banks. In a communication Commercial Agent Langhorne shows how Russia is implanting herself to control Chi nese trade at Dalny. Alexander Isvolsky is spoken of as the possible successor to Count Cas sini, Russian Ambabssador at Wash ington. , tin and Aubrey Wingflela, nmnnc the more seriously injured are: Eugene Turner, Nathaniel Morns, lorn attorney recommended commutation of Coleman and Napoleon Patterson, a the 8entence on tne ground that the meeting of tne James iuver woman was the mother of five call rnioHon h-jis in nrozress ana a large number of men took refuge un der an awning near the building when the storm came up. Lightning struck a tree in front of the awning, .causing the disaster and throwing the great crowd on the ground into a panic. At The North. Twelve of the convicts who escaped at Placerville, Cal., were still at large. Though prices were irregular, there was a better feeling in the New York stock market. After sleeping 44 days, Endicott C. Allen, in the Long Branch, N. J., hos pital, is awake. Martin Ebelt is said to have con fessed the murder of his wife, whose body was found in a sewer at Mount Vernon, N. Y. WTheh he attempted to prevent Adolph Schloss, a soldier, from shoot ing bis sweetheart, Patrolman Corne lius Mulvey, of New York, was se riously wounded. A South Dakota divorce was ad was dren, Ignorant of the offense she h'.d judged void under English law by the committed, and that the children were president of the Divorce Court, In Lon- dependent upon her ana were in a aea- dcn A terrific explosion of gunpowder at a Lowell (Mass.) factory killed prob ably 20 persons and wounded a number I of others. The convicts who escaped from the California prison have reached the tituta condition. The sentence communted to expire August 1. A Favorabls Opinion. Chicago, Special. Judge Kavanaugh, in a decision handed down in the ha- 20 years. The Manufacturers' Record says: "These figures show an increase be tween 18C0 and 1SSQ In assessed valua tion averaging about $26,000,000 a year, the actual Increase, of course, having been largely made with the lightening of the reconstruction bur den. Between 1SS0 and 1S90 the as sessed valuation increased from $3, 051.175.098 to $4,659,514,833. or $1, 608,339,735 an average of $160,000.- 000 a year. In the next ten years the Increase was to $5,457,553,031, or but $798,038,198, an average of less than $90,000,000 a -year. But during the next two years, between 1900 and 1902, there was an advance to $5.- 916,960,712, or $459,407.6S1, more than half the advance between 1890 and 1900. The total advance between 1SS0 and 1902 was $2,365,785,614, cr nearly 94 per cent. "Material betterment of the South thus indicated is more clearly shown in comparing the true valuation cf property In the South with that of property in the rest of the country. The increase in true valuation be tween 1860 and 1880 was from $6,286, 214,108 to $7,505,000, or $1,218,7S5,892 equal to only 19 per cent, in the South while in the rest of the country it was from $9873,401,960 to $36,139,000, 000, or $26,263,598,040, equal to 26C per cent. During tne next ten years, with the wonderful industrial, agri cultural and railroad expansion in tho South, the rates of increase in the South and In the rest of the country became about the same. Between 18S0 and 1890 the true valuation increased from $7,505,000,000 to $11,150,532,304, or $3,645,532,304 equal to 48 per cent, in the South and in the rest of the country the Increase was from $36, 137,000,000 to $53,886,558,893, equal to $17,749,558,893, or 49 per cent. "If there was the same rate of In crease between 1S90 and 1900 as be tween 1880 and 1890 the true valua tion of property in the South for 1900 would be $16,787,810,000. If the actual increase was the same the true valua tion would be $14,796,064,608. If the 'same proportion cf assessed valuation t6 true valuation obtained in 1900 as in 1890 tho true valuation for 1900 would be $13,311,104,954. The total in 1900 of farm values, $3,051,631,632, of capital in manufacturing, $1,153,002, 368; of railroads. $2,734,888,000; total $7,839,522,000. The sum 13 36 per cent. greater than the sum of the values of those three leading classes of prop erty in 1890. Inland. As regards the deficiency In precipitation, the week wis unfavor able, crops are beginning to suffer from lack of sufficient moisture, and the land has become dry snd hard. The temperature was moderately sbote nor mal snd favorable, though the nights were a little cool; the mean for the week mas about 80 degree, or 2 de grees above normal. The warmest day was Sunday, 26th. when the maximum exceeded 96 degrees at some pistes. Farm work continued to progress well While crops are clean snd in a good state of cultivation, many of them are just at the period when drought is likely to cause considerable Injury, and the need of rain Is therefore Impera tive. Cotton has contlnu ?d to do well, snd improvement has extended Into the northeast section, where the crop has heretofore been most backward; lay ing by cotton Is nearing completion in tho south portion, but further north the plants are still too small to receive the last plowing; cotton is blooming freely and appears to be boiling well; on light, sandy land In the section where moisture is most deficient the plants are small and are blooming tc the top. Corn continues In fairly good condition, but generally needs rain, especially on uplands where old corn is beginning to fire and turn yellow Good rains are needed to mature the early crop. Tobacco is ripening fast, and cutting and curing continue under favorable conditions; the crop is cur ing well, but a short and light crop It Indicated; Tobacco is also suffering for want of moisture, and in some counties the lower portion of the plants are firing. Gardens are suffering from drought. Minor crops need rain, but continue In good condition, and have largely received last cultivation. Tbi amount of cowp.as seeded both for hay and for the improvement of the land was very large. Wheat threshing is nearly over, and practically all the oats have now ben harvested. Rice If excellent. Some Irish potatoes have been planted for the fail crop. Meloni are late and poor. Apples and peaches arc ripening, also Concord grapes. Spencer Shop t Be Salisbury. Spcll The cft-repofte4 CccbUng of the 5 altera Railway thope at 5pe&cer Is mw very aear at band, affording to a statetaest made b General Manager Arkert. while ire. to s re prr atari cf Tb SalUbury Sun. Mr. Arkert said tast the plans ere. now r,4y anl womld be submitted for bid wtthtn th sett 10 dya. He decta-rJ. In s garel way, that the ahipe cmld be mere than doutle4 la eaparity. Tals raeaas that 00 more tne a will te employed snd the annual pay-rcll tncresjNS by 700"O. TtMw are Indrd gt4idlBta snd it !s to b hoped that there will te no further delsy In this ettrcacly Important natter. To Examine Food Products. r-r- i i i Cental Tho A PTlrill- tura I Department took its first action beaa pus case of four strikers for Greenwood Hills, where the officers A. tho amended cure food act Of a lnnrtlnn eranted to the hPe to 8tarve them out- .vv i a t,m t.,w 1 -ions hv reauesting authority wvr.,. T -n-i a The stock of the Evansville and ...... V..ct' r:.:: Treasury -Department to take Himois uaueauie uuu Terre Haute Railway was transferred BCioua. Airs. Long naa uui yrw "u aui- nmitai annlva a that labor unions nave me rj6u. tn RrvV Tsland Interests. samples anu uin rrr ... ... ., nf rprtnln food nroducts shipped io una Diace pickets sdoux. a point wucic a Tweniv-ttm union miners were ar- country from aDroaa. me peruns" Btrike i3 in progress ana ne aiso ce- rested at Idaho Springs, cold., cnargea asked for has been granted and an w- wnrvmm have the right to with conspiracy, a minehouse having rf tnnca nrn l iris i w--- LCiai examuuuuu "ZZrC milt Ths lurist -.mi be made to determine wneiucr persuauo "w1", i 1 :. ------ Will De niaut iu " .. . I t,ci thut cenrtine men to 1 .lAtMA.imiC TO llM M il. .Y Li I I 111 LllCi LUU1 V7 fcv o arms are cut about the wrists, suppos- lrv a90 will be made to determine jail upon affidavits that they have vio- edly in an attempt of the negro to free Aether their use is prohibited in the lated an injunction is illegal. Judge himself from her grasp. Her head is cn,intrv Qf their origin. In either or. KAvanagn s oecisiuu is unci, asked the 62 cardinals in Home to De battered and there are other marks of ty.Kfy rnntini:encies their entry and sals to decisions rendered m me ounu. re. to enter their cells for con. violence on her person. ln thJs COuntry will be prohibited. I Court. clave by tomorrow. Count Hedervary, tbe premier, was ficlently conscious to give any connect ed statement and does not know whether the fiend accomplished his foul purpose, but her condition would Indicate that he did so. Mrs. Longshows signs of having been choked, while her flahogny Wrappers. Fayettevllle, Special. Samples of to bacco were shown In town last week from the farm of Hon. J. G. Shaw, in Seventy-first township, which were mahogany wrappers all through. Mr. ean. superintendent of Mr. WT. M. Mor gan's plantation, says that such to bacco he sold for 47 cents last year. Messrs. Morgan and Shaw will togeth er cure 50 barns, and it is generally of very fine grade. Young Mr. Eugene M. Morgan has a small crop, rather bet ter even than the others, averaging wrapper A all through. Valuable Literary Feature of a Nortl Carolina Dally. The Raleigh News snd Observer grows ln Interest with every Issue One feature alone Is well worth the price of the paper. Each morning al the head of the editorial column li what the editor designates as ' Morning Tonic." Thli festure ought tc be clipped snd posted by all young peo ple In a scrap-book, and these selec tions taken from the most prominent authors during the year would make s volume of selections that would be worthy a place on the center table ol any parlor, being genuine gems. The news features or tne rvews ana un server are kept up to their well known and recognized standard. The Capita! City of the State, and in fact the whole State may well feel proud of their pro gressive daily. President Insulted. Oyster Bay, Special. Profane and nbuilve language was directed toward rresident Roosevelt and his family Sunday as they were driving up to Christ church here to attend the morn ing service. The offender was a resl- Uphold Booker Washington. Tuskegee, Ala., Special. A resolu tion was adopted here by the Alabama rvinrri nnntist Convention, in fcjl Cl l session in this city, severely condemn Contract Awarded. shouted down In the Hugarian Diet at n nA V. n cittlncr Virrtke lit! in Washington, Special Acting rest- & wMch wm Tesaltf lt was report ed, in several duels. . t. ; . , , f TJrithPrford A solemn requiem mass wr u1U6 tract of Paul Herman, of Rutneriora. celebrated in the Pan- a.auua w " log the attack made upon Principal N. J., to furnish the money order forms tlieon at Rome on the third anniver- dent of Oyster Bay named McCann. He Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee to th. government dnrins tne next four n ; oj I U. at.on was hustled away from the church un ceremoniously by the Secret Service operatives. An Erudite Senator. Senator Knuto Nelson, of Minnesota Is otie of the most accomplished linguists of the Senate. A Norwegian by birth, he speaks that language per fectly. He also tpeaks Swedish, Danish, German and. of course, Eng lish. He has a very good understand ing of French. Senator Nelson from the age of 12 years was brought up in Minnesota, where a mixed population cf Norwegians, Swedish, Danish and German gave him a splendid oppor tunity to acquire their languages, and, being at all times studious, he lost no chance to add to his knowledge. uvrf... - , f v cnT i uarumai muuuua uau a vw Normal and Industrial institute, uu- years, ine urst iuliua lth Cardinal Logue, and many hon- Another Victim Dies. Lowell, Mass., Special. Mrs. Eliza Galloway, one of the victims of Wed nesday's magazine explosion, died Sun day at St. John's hospital. She is the third of this family killed by the ex plosion, her husband and son having lest their lives. A little girl of 9. now plied, under the new contract on tep- Qn &re belng tenaered tne distinguish- in the hospital, is the only survivor of hirh was unanimouslv adopted tember 4. The signature of the final ed American prelate. ty the 300 delegates of the convention, papers ends the fight which the old The Cunard Steamship Cw to "hold Principal Washington and contractors, the Wynkoop. Hallenbeck the family. nill Operative Killed. Washington, N. C, Special. Work ing at her place on an operating tab!e in the knitting mill here, Bessie Ipock. a twelve-year-old girl, had her dress wound around the exposed shaft bar that was revolving swiftly. As soon as the slack of the dress was wound up, tho girl's body was whirled round and round through the air and her head struck the floor with a sickening thud, killing her instantly. - " pledges confidence and endorsement of Dr. Washington as a "conservative, worthy and safe leader, deserving of the respect and confidence of all men." Tobacco Asscciaiion In Session. Newport News. Va. Special. The Tobacco Association of the United States convened in its third annual convention at Old Point. Besides President Carrington, of Richmond, and Secretary-Treasurer Thoma3 Mason, of Louisville. Ky., there were about 75 members in attendance. Ow ing to the failure of a large number of delegates to arrive in time for the opening session, an adjournment was taken-and no business was transacted. To Search Female Passengers. " Washington. Speeial.-Secretary Coj telyou has selected a limited nupber of women from eligible lists furnished bv the Civil Service Commission for raiment as matrons in the immi- service to board, in-commg I-",! ist in the examination o women Vssengers. They wit u.natnr; A three montns tne nit it iur- - . v,a rial of this Plan In the spring of the present year led to its aDanuuuu- and Crawford Company, of New York. have been waging ever since the award sriA tn Herman, a former em- mas ploye of that company. Trouble at Panama Subsided. Washington. Special. The tempo- ....i .t,a 5 o Vi m lie Vian sub rary eDuinuon uu iur sided, according to a cablegram from TTr,urf states Consul General uuager, v""--"- . , i f.rt nt Panama Tuesday He says tnai rvervthing is perfectly quiet and he trounie. .air. offer of $5,000,000 subsidy on the pro posed two new vessels for the line. Miscellaneous natters. A B. Youngson, Grand Chief Engi neer of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers, is dead at Meadvllle, Pa., aged 54 years. The conclave for the election of a new Pope will begin in tne Vatican this evening. Postoffice Robbrd. Salisbury, N. C, Special. The post office at Mocksville was burglarized be tween 2 o'clock and 2:30 Saturday morning by unknown parties, who se cured $590 in stamps and $33 in cash from the safe. The door of the building was opened by the use of a chisel, af ter which the handle of the lock of the safe waa pried off and nitro-glycerlne poured into the cavity thus made. The resulting explosion tore away the out- It was reported that a man named Pudo was at the head of a revolution- I er door, and the inner door was forced anticipates no muie .- i erv movement in tne province oi an- i tty,nt Hiffinitv Thi-o mon r Gudger would like to come nome oa ti U(1 the Rural Guards ana officers on theIr leave of absence, but Acting Secretary were mobilizing there to quell any at- gcted ana omcerS on tnelr Loomis has been obliged to aeny ms tempted reDeuon- request to that effect until conditions on the isthmus are more seiueu. Kinz Edward and Queen Alexandra continued their motor-car trip through the Ccnnemara district and later went to Galway. Mr. Santos Dumont offered his air ship to the French Government for war purposes. Renresentative A. G. Dayton, of Convicts K II Three. Sacramento, CaL. Special. The chief clerk of the Folsom prison has tele phoned that three of the sheriffs posse were killed and tbat two convicts are 1 he Slave Pensions. Washington. N. C, Special. All day I and extending into the night a mftriiiim sized crowd of negroes, led by h9s been in the county court house praying and singing and passing j Virginia,-favors fewer but more I thought to have been wounded. It is a petition to congress io p complete navy yru. I stated that preparations are being na Din muuuuueu - . Marine nospiiai surgeons wcu iuu i AnoA a ti investiration at Vera Cruz. I mace to set nre to me urana vicxoiy Mexico, say the germ of yellow fever is a protozoan parasite carried by mosquitoes. fnr tKo nurnose of pensioning the ex-slave. They have been loud In their lamentations and are led by an elder who is duping them. mine in which the convicts have taken refuge. Hotel Burned. A special diepatch from Nags Head brings the news of the total destruc tion of the summer hotel there by fire. It also says that the wife of the pro prietor of the hotel dropped dead from fright. The betel was packed with guests, if the meagre reports received are to be trusted and these were all thrown out of lodging. Many found places to stay in homes near-by tba hostelry and others were forced to stay out. It was not the day for the boat that runs there to return to Elizabeth City and no back trip was run. This forced the burned out'vlsitors to stay there over twenty-four hours. The Gazette-Messenger also tells of the killlnr of a negro named Daneiel. .at Grifton, Pitt cojinty. by George Dunn, s noliceman. Daniels resisted arrest and stabbed the officer, whereupon he was shot. He died instantly. The coro ner's jury exonerated Dunn. The same paper tells of the completion of two nt Millionaire Marvlns bouses st Blount's creek, and the proposed hrtnrinr of several hundred Immi grants to the place for a colony. Little Hopes For Psilian. At the Department of Justice at Washington little encouragement U given for the re-opening of the case of Lawrence Fulliam. whose appllea tlon for pardon was denied by Presi dnt Roosevelt. The statement Is made that It Is unusual to have a case const iered a second lime unless there Is new evidence of Importance in'ro 4iica. The President's refusal to par- I don Pull lam was not known here until rts publication ln North Carolina, ?. North State Notts. Mr. John Potta. a farmer llvtac sine miles oath of ChsrtMte. in 8tele Creek, hat a family worth brsrclnc on. Mr. Potts, who is h'.mMdf six ft and thre eand s half inches ln height, ess to sons who no him s half inrh better. each ting six fret snd seven Inches high. The sverajee helfht of Mr. Pott and his four sons Is !x feet and forr inches. He hsi an IS-year-old daughter who Is fire fft snd elevra inches b!sh. acd the Is t!il growing- Ihe other chlllrcn have not yet attained any pte- rxu:eal height, but they l!l probb! be beard from later. Mr. Potts is the father of ten children anl he says they have not cot him sn average of $S tfcch In doctors' bill. He hat &t paid a doctor's bill during the pa.it five years. Dud Kelly, a while man about forty years old. was struck by a train near Old Fort Monday morning anl Injured so badly that the dot tore say be may die. When dlacovered Kelly maa very tloody, his fare being tadly cat snd hia arm injured. Iktplte thla he was soon able to walk snd when placed on the train hell fast to one of the two iuya of whiskey which he had when the accident occurred, the other Jug having ln broken. Kelly's acquaintance rld- cule the ides that he rnsy'dle snd cite ihe fact"lhat he recently fell M fee-t oft Swannanoa trestle snd ha been ln nu- mrous diCIcultlca without eerloas re sults. He was tsken to Old Fort. Uutler Chrif topher. who waa recently trlej for snd convicted of keeping a disorderly house, snd sentenced to four xontha lmprlBonmetit. to hm worked on the roads of Gaaton county, escaped from the county Jail Tuesday afternoon. r.ot more than on hour before sn of ficer from Carton county csme to re move him snd other prisoners to the roads. Christopher Is sn old man. snd blng apparently simple-minded, be wss not kept in the cells with th other prisoners. A couple of hundred ysras fiom the jell, going st s briak gate, he yelled to some one paeslng: "I sn going home; I will be back tomorrow. R. L. Nichols, ex "sheriff of McDoeell county, sn absconder, has been cap tured st Msngum. Oklahoma Territory. While in office Nichols miaippropristed eversl thousand dollars, which smounl had to be made good by his bondsmen. He left Marion some six months W, snd since then his wberesbouts hsvs been a mystery. A detective wss put on the case, however, snd he succeeded ln tracking his man to Ma&gum, wber arrested him s day or two ago. Requi sition papers have been forwsrded to -the Governor of Oklahoma and Nichols will be brought here to itsnd trial for embezzlement. A report on the convicts, tnsds If a Bute prison official, shows that thers s re now st work on the railway la Mitchell county ICS. st Dover S4. on the Raleigh ft Cspe Fear Railway &0, st the rsilwsy stone ausrry at Hillsboro 12. on the Wilksboro turnpike W. ot the Stste farm on the Roanoke 400 ana in the penltentlsry 100. making s total of 844. which is about WO leas than the total number of convicts 25 years sgo. The great decrease ln the number of State convicts is or course cue io vim sentencing of prisoners to work on ountv roads. Tuesday night, between 10 sad XI o'clock, during a violent thunderstorm, the Linden Cotton Mills were struck by lightning and a lot of looe cotton n the carding room wss Ignited. The fire was immartlately discovered by the wstchmsn. who cslled for help, snd slthough lt burned flercly for s few minutes, wss soon extinguished. About four hales cf cotton were lost. Tie totsl loss smonnts to shout $300. All day long Wednesday snd extend ing into the night a medium sxe crowd of negroes, led by sn eldr, has been In the county court boose at Washington praying snd singing and passing a petition to Congress to pass Ihe Hanna bill Introduced into the last. Congress for the purpose of pensioning the ex-slave. They have been loud la their lamentation snd are led by an elder who is duping them. The life of a ehlU one yesr oil wss saved st Raleigh recently Ly s piece; of beef. The child wss cm the polt of wallowing this when It fell Into a tab of water and was found there with Its head and body in the water sad wss pulled cut, The piece of beef prevented any water from entering Its throst. The Lily Mill sfid Power Company was organized la Shelby last Wednes day nnder the charter granted by tie Legislature. The principal stockholders are: Messrs. John F. Schenck. Chss. C. Blsnton. II. F. Schenck snd Root L. Ryburn. This company owns the fa mous Slice's Shoal property and will begin at once developing this power. Electric power will be transmitted to Shelby snd sll the cotton mills In this section msy he furnished power. Later on the company wll lalso balld a orttoa milL 1? 1 'I i t i t 4 ,
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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