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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. l'J03
NO. 35.
CAUCASIAN.
j UIU STATE MATTERS
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Newsy Items Cleaned From 2
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Murphy to ilanteo. S
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Labor Day Proclamation.
Raleigh, Special. Governor Aycock
Issued his Labor Day proclamation
Issued his Labor Hay proclamation last
week. Betting forth that the Legislature
and Congress have set aside the first
Monday In September as Iabor Day
oud general holiday. The proclamation
says: In recognition of said legislative
acts, and with a view to the continu
ance and strengthening of the good
will which exists between all people of
this State, I request all citizens of
North Carolina to observe Monday,
September 7 ,as a holiday, and that in
every way possible employers co-operate
with employes In worthy recogni
tion of the dignity of labor and in a
Incoming observation of Labor Day.
Let there be as far as possible a cessa
tion of labor throughout the State. 1
request that all places of business of
whatever character where labor is em
I'ioyed be dosed to the end that those
f-mployed may enjoy a day or re3t and
thanksgiving. The day ought tr be
one observed by all people in expres
sion of appreciation of those who toil,
lor upon them rests the progess, pros
perity, success and happine3 of the
State. Let harmony exist between all
employers and employes. Let us foster
and strengthen that confidence between
those who employ labor and those who
work, which is essential to the peace
of the State and the best interests of
till people."
A Dangerous Tobacco Disease.
A very destructive tobacco disease
has recently broken out with extreme
violence In certain portions of the
State. It is the desire of the N. C. Ex
periment Station to accumulate all
information concerning the disease
which may lead to a checking of its
ravages. The point now most to be de
sired in to find out how widely the dis
ease Is distributed over the State. To
that end It is requested that all peo
ple interested in tobacco growing, who
are troubled with any disease cf the
tobacco plants will send specimens
consisting of the lower part of the
stem and the root a to the Station. It
is particularly desired that these
specimens if the disease consists of
the wilting of the leaves, accompanied
by a brown color in that portion of the
stem just inside of the bank. It is
urged upon all tobacco growers the im
pcrtancp rf notifying the Station im
mediately after this disease appears
in the neighborhood, so that they may
advise as to the means of preventing
its spread. Two diseased stalks in the
field this year may mean the I033 of
Hie entire crop the next year you put
tobacco on the field.
State Brevities.
W. E. Thompson, a revenue ofTlce:
of Hillsboro. had his buggy and har
ness ut to pieces while he was out
Icoking for blockade stills late Satur
day night. He was In Lebanon town
ship. Orange county, and left his bug
gy and harness at one place but moved
his horse to another while he went to
look for the moonshino plant. When
he returned hU buggy was cut to
pieces, his harness cut and the per
petrators had made good their escape.
This was net his only ill luck, for he
also failed to find the still, as he had
anticipated. It is evident that th6
hlockadcrs were looking for him and
had moved their plant. His buggy wa3
o badly demolished that Mr. Thomp
son purchased a new one.
The commercial travelers are ar
ranging to take ofSclal notice cf the
action of the Hamlet hotel that
served breakfast to Booker Washing
ton and a number cf other negroes
Sunday morning, to the exclusion of
white guests. They resent the action
of the proprietors cf the hotel in per
mitting the negroes to eat in the din
ing room while white persons were
offered improvised tables in the read
ing room.
ine examination of the deposits of
building stones in this State by Messrs
Watson and Lar.ay. the experts, will
be continued. The examination of the
deposits of marble is about completed.
The quality of the building stones in
this State Is found to be high from a
commercial point of view. Much is be
ing done in the way of granite ship
ments, from well-known beds, but some
new oncd have been discovered. The
best deposits of building stone are
liukily located either immediately upon
railway lines or very near them.
Tuesday morning a rreignt wrecu
occurred near Fletcher which delay
ed the passenger train from Asheville
five hours. So far as is known there
were no lives lost and no one injured.
A locomotive and several box cars
jumped the track, and the road bed
was torn up considerably. The wreck
was cleared up in a reasonable time,
and trade resumed.
The case eg3inst W. J. H. Wedding
ton, of Charlotte, to show cause why
a peace bond given by him should not
b forfeited, was tried before 'Squire
D. G. Maxwell in that city Tuesday.
After hearing all the evidence. "Squire
Maxwell ordered that the bond, which
was a Justified one ia the sum cf $250.
he forfeited, zz& that another one be
substituted. From this decision Mr.
Wejdincton took an appeal to the Su
perior Court.
Saturday night trie store of W. J.
Campbell at Newton was broken into
and a few articles are missing. No
cash had been left in the store. The
th'ef left an old straw hat in the
store, and this caused the arrest of a
negro. Lon Cochran, who had worn a
hat just like this one. on Saturday.
It is thought that the contract for
the Southern's new passenger station
at Winston will be awarded In a few
days. It will cost about $35,000. The
Noifolk & Western will use the sta
tion for pass ngtr train,?. Leiu it will
Le a union depot.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
Southern Coal Industry.
Baltimore. Special. Commenting
ipon official figures aa Indicating the
rrowth of the Southern coal trade, Mr.
F. E. Saward. the well known coal au
thority, says in last weeks issue of the
Manufacturers Record:
"The Chesapeake and Ohio for June
this year shows 364.313 tons aa against
190.041 tons in that month last year,
while the Norfolk and Western "shows
315,22"; tons for July, as compared with
5C4.4C8 tons for that month a year ago.
Then there Is the Southern which han
dled during the first five months of
this year 1.6C5.423 tons of coal from the
Alabama and Tcnneasee districts. Last
year the five months supplied 1.505.853
tons. The Alabama district supplied
L155.CS1 tons in 1SKI3, and the Tennes
see field 510,742 tons. During the year
1002 the .I'.uuarai district furnished
the Southern Railway tonnags during
the first five months of 950,333 tons of
ccal and Tennessee 555,454 tons. The
Chesapeake and Ohio report for th
year shows $5,55S.S79 net earnings,
which is a decrease from the previous
year of less than half a million, and
yet there was a long strike at coal and
coke works along its line for a long
period during the fiscal year. The
Norfolk and Western shows $5,891,930,
an increase cf nearly $1,000,000, be
cause were no great trouble at mines
along its line. In a recent interview
Chief Mine Inspector J. W. -Paul re
marked that there is the largest coal
development at the pre3ent time In the
history of West Virginia and especially
along the Kanawha. In that section
there was a great amount of construe
ticn of railroads into the various coal
f:e!ds and the coal development in that
section In the immediate future will
be such that the railroad facilities wilt"
not be able to move vore tha.'i 75 per
cent, of the capacity of the mines.
'About the same beneficial effcls,' says
Mr. Paul, 'have resulted in towns in
the southern portion of the State from
the, coal development as have lesulted
to Clarksburg and Fairmont from the
development ol the coal region."
Referring to the operations of the
Wabash as related to coal development
Mr. Saward says:
"The system will be getting coal out
of the New River district before many
months have waned. The Wabash has
completed an extension of its West
Virginia Central and Pittsburg divis
ion to Bayard. W. Va.. on the outer
edge of the New River field, and will
begin the shipment o? coal from that
field to Baltimore .it once.
"It is stated by :hose familiar with
the situation in Alabama that the pro
duction of coal for the whole year of
1?03 will probably c::ceed the 1902 tcn
r.ace. notwithstanding the loss of a
month's mining operations. It is be
lieved that improvements made about
the mines during the i ileness, and the
new mines which will be ready for op
erations in the next month or so, will
j sd Increase production that before the
j end of the year the less in tonnage
' will be more than made up. and the
I demand is said to be great enough to
absorb all the coal that can be turned
out between cow and Jan. 1st. The
b:irge line of the Southern Railway
wHeh takes esal at Greenville. Miss.,
and ships it down the river to New
0. leans, has resumed operations since
the miners went back to work. Coal
is again being shipped from the Ala
bama fields to Tampico, Mexico,
through the port of Pensaccla to which
it is hauled by the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad. This is a well es
tablished business, but wa3 interrupt
ed by the strike. The men surely acted
wisely in going to work pending the
arbltrr.ticn procee dings. The Seaboard
1 as not quite finished its Alabama ex
tecs'en bur is working hard at it and
expects to have trains running into
rirmingham by .Tan. 1. 1904. In addi
tion to the main lines which reach that
city there are other smaller roads in
the district which handle "a great deal
of coal and ere. The Birmingham belt
which belongs to the Frisco and which
extends around the city in a promi
cxtends around the city is a promi
nent factor in the freight traffic Bir
mingham will soon have a direct route
to Chicago by way of the Illinois Cen
tral." lidustr'al Miscellanv.
The Weather Bureau's weekly sum
mary of crop conditions says: "Cotton
suffered materially from heavy rains
and lack cf sunshine over a large part
of the central and eastern districts of
the cotton region, where, as in the pre
vious week, rapid grovth and, in some
localities too much stalk, excessive
shedding and rust are reported. Th
plant, however, is generally well fruit
ed throughout the belt. In Texas the
boll weevil is doing much damage, ex
cept In the northern counties, and boll
worms are more numerous and de
structive. A little picking has been
done throughout the southern portion
of the belt, but this work is not yet
general. The eendition of tobacco in
Tennessee, Is exceptionally favorable,
and a fair crop is promised in Ken
tucky, where an improvement is indi
cated. A fair to good crop is being
cut in Maryland and , Virginia. In
Pennsylvania, though backward, tobac
co has made fair progress, but
drought has materially lessened its
condition ia Ohio "
The Texas section cf the weather bu
teau has issued a map show ing the boll
wcsvll district cf the Tesas district,
and it is stated th3t the pest is doing
great damage wherever present
The Kudisill gold mine, in the su
burbs of Charlotte, N .C. has been
bought by a wealthy mining company
and operations on a large scale have
been begun. A big smelting plant will
be erected.
The Florence Cotton Mills, at Forest
J.ty, N. C. have suspended for two
eeks in order to install new machin
ery. The Connelly Springs Hotel, in
Burke county, N. C, have been sold.
A railroad from Shelby, N. C. via.
Morganton and through the mountains
to the great coal fields is talked of.
POWERS IS TO HANG
Murderer of Governor Goebel WiU
Pay the Penalty
IS TO BE EXECUTED IN NOVEMBER
Trag'c Ending; of a Tragedy In Ken
tuckyThird Trial Results In Con
vlctlon For flurder.
Georgetown, Ky Special. The third
trial of ex-Secretary of State Caleb
Powers, for complicity in the murder
of Governor Wm. Goebel, ni January,
1000, closed shortly before noon Sat
urday with a verdict imposing the ex
treme penality of hanging for the dis
tinguished prisoner who had been in
the penitentary for three years on a
life sentence. The verdict of the jury:
"Guilty and the punishment of death,"
was reported into court at 11:20
o'clock.
Several hundred people crowded the
court room when the verdict was read
and the most intense silence prevailed.
The jury was polled and each man de
clared the verdict of guilty to be hl3
finding. Powers sat unmoved, while his
attorneys asked for time to make a mo
tion for a new trial. Arthur Goebel,
the brother of the victim, and a promi
nent merchant, at Cincinnati, who has
spent his time and fortune for over
three years in the prosecution of those
accused of beinc in a consniracv to kill !
his brother, broke down from the S
strain upon hearing the verdict. Pow
ers has been convicted twice before,
this being the third trial in which the
jury brought in a verdict of guilty
against him. On -his previous trials he
escaped with a life sentence, as the
evidence was not sufficiently strong
against him to lead the jury to inflict
ing the extreme penalty. AU three of
the trials were held at Georgetown,
and in each of them he had the assist
ance of the most able lawyers who
could be procured. The last trial was
distinguished by the fact that Powers
addressed the jury in his own behalf
and in a long review of the case showed
himself to be a competent attorney,
while his eloquence in pleading for his
life astonished those who had watched
him carefully in the past trials of the
case.
Special Judge Robbins later formal
ly overruled a motion for the grant
ing of a- new trial to Powers. He then
passed the sentence of death upon him.
Alter a declaration of the prisoner "I
am not guilty, judge," the court fixed
November 25 next, as the day for the
execution. The attorneys for the defen
dant secured the granting, of an ap
fpal for the case to the Kentucky
Court of Appeals' Powders was immedi
ately removed to the Scott county jail
io be held there pending the appeal of
caoe.
A R?m2dy Sugg;sted.
Mystic, Conn., Special The Univer
sal Peace Union at its closing session
Saturday adopted a series of resolu
tions or "convictions." The resolutions
set forth that the duty of the hour is
to overcome all conditions that make
v.-ar possible by teaching the principles
cf peace and abitration in schools and
universities, by practicing them in
everyday life and by multiplying
courts of arbitration. The increase of
the army and navy, the building of
battleships for Turkey and other for-
eisn srovernments with all the im-
provements of American genious, tne
farcial and expensive playing of naval
battles on the coast of Maine and the
unrestricted sale of firearms, is viewed
with alarm. Lynching is declared to
be a monstrous peace-breaker and
State and national legislation looking
to its suppression is demanded. Race
hatred and prejudice is pronounced a
menace to peace. "If there be uncon
trollable passions in the depraved in
tended victim of lynching." the reso
lutions say, "there is a remedy which
medical skill may well be called upon
to heal, as it would any other diseased
condition; for the increase of sensual
priminalit.v affecting Bresent morality
and future genration forces the suges. I
tion that this remedy administered
with wisdom and the best surgical
ability would be a protection to society
and a kindness and mercy to the of
fender." Lynchers Convicted.
Danville, 111., Special. The jury in
the case of the eight men on trial fcr
participation in the riots of July 23,
when the jail was' attacked and a ne
gro lynched, brought in a verdict ut
midnight, finding all the accused guil.
ty except Wm. Redwine and Clay Rid
dles. The latter is only 16 years old,
The jury had the cas2 under considera
tion since neon on Friday.
Another Serious Outbreak.
Sofia, By Cable. Despatches re
ceived Sunday from Constantinople.
Salonica. Monastir and Adrianople,
reveal an unsatisfactory condition cf
affairs in Macedonia. From Salonica
come reports of new risings. At Men
astir the insurgents are said to be
masters of the situation. Telegrams
from Adrianople declare that the in
surgent bands are continuing their
ravages. At the moment that the
Porte is asking Belgium to supply of
ficers for the Macedonian geadarmie
the Swedish ambassador at Con
stantinople has notified the Turkish
government that unless thsy receive
their pay immediately, the Swedish
officers now at Uskuh will leave the
country.
i.ooo Killed or Wounded.
Paris, By Cable. A dispatch receiv
ed by the Foreign oSce from Morocco
says that a large imperial force which
was going to the relief of troops com
manded by the Sultan has been sur
prised and almost annihilated by in
surgents. The Temps publishes de
tails of the engagement in Moroco.
showing that the imperial troops num
bered 3.000 men. They were ambush
ed with the result that over 1,000 o
them, including seven natives govem
crs, were ktlkd or wounded.
1ELIANCE WON SECOND RACE,
The Prospect for Bravo 5hamrock
(Jrow Darker With Every Event.
The third $enaine race in the 1303
up series was successfully run on
Tuesday. The race was close as the
following dispatch shows:
Nw York. Special. In a glorious
whole-sail breeze, over a triangular
course ten miles to a leg. vthe fleet-
footed cup defender Reliance again
showed her heels to Sir Thomas Lip
ton's challenger, taking the second
race of the enp ries of 1903 by the
narrow margin of 1 minute and 19 sec
onds. It was as pretty and as hard
fought a contest as has ever been sail
ed off Sanely Hook, and had the wind
not fallen during the last ten minutes,
the record for the course, 3 'hours, 12
minutes and 15 seconds, made by Co
lumbia two years ago. In her memora
ble race against Shamrock IL.wculd
have been broken. As it was Reliance
sailed the 30 miles within 2 minutes
and 39 seconds of the record, which
speaks wonders for her speed in the
wind that was blowing. Ths Reli
ance's victory, narrow as It was. would
have been even smaller had not Cap
tain Wringe, the skipper of the British
ship, bungled at the start, sending his
carft over the line 19 seconds after the
last gun and handicapping her t that
extent. At every point of sailing the
defender's superiority was demcrata-
ted. She gained 1 minute and 5J. sec-
on(Js in windward work, 40 seconds on
the run to the second mark, and 45
seconds on the close reach for home.
Taft Will Succeed Root
Oyster Bay. Special. Secretary Root,
uLder date of August 19, presented his
resignation formally to the President.
The resignation was accepted by the
President with the understanding that
the Secretary continue at least until
January 1. Governor General Villlam
H. Taft, of the Philippines, will suc
ceed Secretary Root, as Secretary of
War. President Roosevelt authorized
the following statement: "The Presi
dent some months ago tendered the
spcretaryship of WTar to Judge Taft and
st that time it w-as arranged that he
would succeed Secretary Root. Secre
tary Root will go out of office some
time in January and Judge Taft will
assume the duties of office shortly af
terward "
Q. A. R. Off c?rs.
San Francisco, Special The Grand
Army of the Republic selected
"
ton as the place in which the en-
campment of 1904 will be held and
elected the following officers: Com-
r,A r-u n tv r r i
manderin-Cheif, Gen. John C. Black,
of Illinois; senior vice commander,
Col. C. Mason Keene, of California;
junior vice commander, Col. Harry
Kesslerrof Montana; surgeon-in-chicf,
George A." Harmon, of Ohio; chaplain
in-chief Winfield Scott, Arizona. Re-
ports ct officers were made. That of
Commander-in-Chief Thomas J. Stew
art advocated a Eervice pension of
$12 a month, and expresses the opin-
j ion that the present Commissioner of
! Pensions is earnestly endeavoring to
; uiscuarge iae canes oi ms omce
honestly, liberally and justly ,but that
j he is net able to satisfy all who
j make complaint,
j
Longshoreman on Strike.
Burnswick, Ga., Special. On account
cf a strike by longshoremen here, the
handling and shipping of lumber is ser
iously crippled. Their demand is for an
increase in wages of 2 cents an hour.
which so far have been granted by one
of the large shipping companies. Some
ships are Leing loaded by imported
non-union labor, but the unions are
rapiaiy increasing tneir ranus irom tne
imporied men. So far nearly 400 long-
shoremen are involved in the strike,
which threatens soon to tie up entirely
the lumber shipping interests here,
Effort to Avoid Fraction.
London, By Cable. Shipping circles
here shev keen interest in the develop
ments of the relations between the
German and British Atlantic steam
ship companies. The lines are making
every effort to avoid friction and De
rector General B3llin, of the Hamburg
American Line, who is in London, said
today that its policy was to maintain
and promote the existing harmony.
A Lyncher Convicted.
Danville, III., Special. Winfield Ba
ker, who formerly lived in the moun
tains of Kentucky, was convicted in
the Circuit Court of assault to murder
Sheriff Whitlock. He was sentenced to
a term of from one to 14 years. This is
the first conviction of a member of a
mob that attacked the Danville jail in
the latter part of July, atter having
lynched the negro James Met calf, and
burned his body. Immediately after the
verdirt today Harmon Magnctt, a pain
ter ho ?as publicly criticising the
ocurt officials, tvas arrested,, charged
with inciting riot.
Certificates Sold.
Washington, Special. Bids were
opened at the Bureau of Insular Af
fairs, War Department, for the pur
chase of $3,000,000 certificates of in
debtedness for the Philippine govern
ment. Harvey Fish & Sons, of New
York, bid for all or any amount at
102.2. This was the only bid for the
Lole amount, and it was accepted.
Among the other bidders was L. W.
Wise, of Richmond. Va,, for $6,000 at
1C0.25.
FAILED ONCE MORE
Fourth lace cf International Cop
Contest Declared Gff on limitation
NEITHER BOAT REACHED THE LINE
The Reliance, However Mod a Long
Lead on the Shamrock, and Came
Near Winning Three Stra ghts.
The series of international cup races
was continued on Thursday, with the
usual result, except that officially it
was no race at all. The sea was calm
and the wind light. o that neither
boat was able to cress the line la the
time limit allowed by the rules. The
series so far stands two falluret and
two straight victories tor the defender.
The Thursday event is given in detail
as follows:
New York, Special. With Reliance
lees than a mile from the finUh and
Shamrock III, hull down on the hori
zon, fully two miles astern of the gal
lant defender, the fourth race of the
present series for the America's cup
was declared off because of the expira
tion of the time limit of five and one
half hours, p.s happened cn Thurs
day iast. It was no race officially. The
defeat administered to the challenger
was so ignomlnous that whatever lin
gering hope remained In the breasts cf
the friends cf Sir Thomas' boat van
ished into thin air. Reliance's victory
wa3 in every way more decisive than
that of last Saturday. Outsailed, out
pointed and outfooted. It was a pro
cession from start to finish.
Tho Herreschoff wonder beat the
Shamrock hopelessly in the 15 miles
of windward work, rounding the outer
mark in 12 minutes and 20 seconds
ahead of her, a gain in actual time of
11 minutes and 20 seconds, and down
the wind she steadily Increased her
lead. The real race of the day was
not against the Shamrock, but it was
seen in the exciting struggle of Re
liance in the last half-hour to reach
the finish line before the regatta com
mittee fired the gun which should an
nounce the expiration of the time limit.
Had the wind freshened 20 minutes
earlier than it did, the cup series would
aave ended with three straight wins
for the defender, and Fife's famous
light weather boat would have saile 1
back to Albion's shores one of the
most disastrously worsted challengers
in the history of the cup contests.
Fully as discouraging as the sail
ing qualities displayed by the chal
lenger was the atrocious manner in
which she was handled. The Yankee
skipper not only outmanoeuvred his
I rival in the spectacular battle for posi-
: tion at the start, as he has done every
time they have met. but worse still for
the downhearted supporters of Sham-
j rock Captain Wringe repeated his
j blunder of Tuesday. Ho crossed the
j line In the wake of Reliance with a
handicap of 61 cf the precious seconds
wWch hd acrificed so much
' in gaid spread for time alowince. Both
boats, it is true, went over after the
handicap gun, but it is only the stern
most craft which actually suffers.
It was not a pleasant day on the
water and the observation fleet which
' Put out to sea to witness the race was
i jLfff an h a! rge f8OIi
; the ocean was as smooth as a floor
i and a light breeze of about four knots
blew out of the southwest. The course
was laid 15 miles dead into the wind
and return.
At the end cf the first hour Sham
rock was beaten and the interest
waned. After rounding, the float for
the run home and setting big balloon
ers. the wind, which had strengthened
to six or seven knots on the beat, died
down and the towering clouds of
canvas was drifted lazily down an
ocean lane, a mile wide, between the
two divisions of the excursion fleet.
Even in the light air It was aston
ishing how the defender slipped
through the placed seas. With the
! gntle breeze distending the surface
of her pure white sails and her stern 1
' crowded with tars to hold her head up.
I she moved along as serenely and
peacefully as if in a dreamless sleep.
, vPt th pan IiPtwn her and th chal-
ienger gteadly widened until two miles
; Beparated them. Half an hour from
home, when the spectators had aban
doned any Idea that the finish line
could be reacned in time, the wind
suddenly freshened and Reliance came
bowling down at a merry clip. But the
wind had come too late and when still
a hundred yards from home the gun
on the tug Navigator boomed arross
the water. The excursion boats held
on until she crossed the line to give
her a rousing welcome and then
tcampered fcr New York. Sir Thomas,
who. heretofore, has always followed
his champion into the II oos. sent his
steam yacht, the Erin, ahead at full
speed as if to drown out the memory
of the inglorious licking he got.
Shot at. But Not K 11-d.
Washington, Special. A decidedly
new turn in the case of the Unite 1
States Vice Consul Wm. G. Mageissei.,
at Beirut, Syria, who was reported to
have been assassinated last Sunday,
developed Friday when it became
known that the report was incorrect
and that although Mr. Magelssen had
been shot at he had not even been In
jured This information came to the
State Department Friday night in a
dispatch from United States Minister
Leishman at Constantinople, who said
the mistake in making the crigiai
azscunemect wis dee to aa error iz
the transmission cf the cipher cispatci
from Co-ru! Raresdai at Beirut in re-
j porting the-incident to the minister.
Tann; on -ire.
Roanoke, Special. A stubborn fire
is raging in Craigen Tunnel, on the
Clinch alley division of the Norfolk Sz
Northwestern Railway, near Virginia
City; Va. The tunnel is lined with
heavy tibers and was discovered on fire
300 feet from the east entrance at an
early hour Thursday. So far it has
been impossible to approach the fire
from the wst end. The officials say it
will proba-bly be three or four clays be
fore the tunnel is clear. Traffic It
blocked.
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters of Oeaeral la Urea t ts
Short Paragrs pbs.
Down la D:le.
Over 2.000 trmti hare ta mad
endtr the new vacraacy U i0 Gor
rla and farmers find difficulty la
f.x.d!cg farm labor.
Cot. Jefferson Davis, of Arkansas,
was knocked off the platform durisg
a political debate at UUmarrk. Ark..
Ly Judge Carroll L. Wood.
Governor Aycock sayg that he M
ccmply with the request of the farm
ers of the State Alliance to ask tb
Governors or Virginia and South Caro
lina to unite with him In orgtnK Pres
ident RooseTelt to enforce any es'-at-it?
laws agalctt the toharro trast, in
otter words, the American Tobacco
Company.
At The National CaplUL
Strte Department official are en
ecu: age 1 by additional advices to Lope
Colombia will nnd a way to are oa
the ranal rroJ?cL
Fcur reaches cf mail rlze.l durinic
the Spanish war are being forwardej
to their destinations
Mexico.
in Cuba and
In a week's operation no friction
has recurred la the army system du?
to the Introduction of the General
Staff Corps.
Democrats in Wa.hlrRtcn are te
cinning to figure oa Ju lre G orge
Gray, of De'awarc, as a Presidential
possibility.
The P.!;ard on Construction of the
Navy approved a plan to install tur
bine engines in the proposal fjut
ships.
Republican leaders say the calling
cf an extra region of Congress on the
eve of an eWticn to take up financial
legislation Is lad politics.
Sixty-five members of the next Unit.
ed States Senate are lawyers, oze Is a
civil engineer, two are doctors an 1 the
others bankers, miners, business men
&nd politician?. The average a?e is 55
Senator Pettus. of Alabama, the oldest
is 82. and Senator Bailey, cf Texas
the voungest. is 40. Twenty-five mem
bers fought ia the cl.il war. Of col-
krv graduates there are fifty-five
Seven members of the Senate were
torn in other counties.
At The North.
NrnA of the restaurants in Chicago
wcrn forced to cloe as a result of th
cocks an 1 waiters' strike, many em
ployes refu' ine to cley the order to
quit work.
S. B. Roath. a Chicago millionaire,
dfviriofj half hl.i wealth, about Jl.
000.C0O. among his relatives at Nor
wich. Conn.
The 51.000.ono Philippine rertifl
cates were awarded to a New York
firm at 102.24.
Tho Democratic State (i nvention of
Ohio, in session at Columbus, nomi
nated Tom L. Johnson for Governor by
acclamation and Indorsed the Kansas
City platform.
From Acros The Sea.
James Lynchbaum. charged with at
tempted murder In Ireland, was. after
twice escaping, tracked to Indianapo
lis. Ind., and arrested.
Details of the conflict at Krusehevo.
Macedonia, show that the city
was
sacked three days by the Turka.
It is now believed that 25 lives were
lost in the fire Monday night in Buda
pest. The report of the British Commis
sion on the South African war states
that the number of British troops en- ,
gaged in the war was 44S.435.
A new- British battleship was chria-
tencd the Dominion by Princess
Louise, at its launching at Barrow.
In the hearing cf the Vhitaker
Wrieht case in London, an examiner
testified as to alleged falsifying of
books by the promoter.
M. von Plehlve. Russian Minister of
v Intprlrr wrnto ltrer to the Con-
gress cf Zionl2ts at Basel. Switzer
land, conditionally promising aid to
the Zionist movement.
Professor Matzen, of Copenhagen,
following Dr. Lardy's example, de
clined the Czar's appointment as. one
of the three arbitrators In the Vene
zuelan difficulty.
Miscellaneous natters.
As a result of the unfavorable Gov
ernment crop report cotton, prices
again went upward in the New York
Exchange.
Judge William H. Taft, Governor cf
the Philippines, will succeed Ellbn
Root as Secretary of War about Jan
uary 1, and Gen. Luke E. Wright will
become Governor of the archipelago.
The army claims victory over the
navy in the war game at Portland.
Maine.
The board of conciliation for the an
thracite region continued its meetings
In New York and settled a number of
question.
Five thousand persons attended a re
union of the Smith family at Peapack,
New Jersey.
John F. Finnerty, president cf the
United Irish League of America. Issued
an address in which he says the land
bill is a prelude to a coming struggle
for an independent Parliament.
Henry Frederick returned to New
York after a tour around the world in
54 days 7 hours end 20 minutes.
A united society of all men who
served in the German army and cai'.cd
the United Kriegertund was crgirliei
at Terra Haute. Ini. and Rdcharl
Mailer, of New York, chosen president.
Kolb's bakery, the largest in Phila
delphia, was burned, at a loss of $150,-
coo.
The Turkish Government called out
a large force of additional troops for
service in Macedonia.
A great fissure opened in the side of
Vesuvius and a stream of lava issued
forth.
The Zionist Congress at Basle. Switz
erland, voted to send a committee to
Last Africa to investigate the British
colonization offer.
Menotti Garibaldi was buried at
Carano. Italy.
JOHNSON WINS OUT
Z:J3Qcrcai's acc Not Presetted ia
fenacralic Ccaicitioi
IS NOMINAUD BY ACCUSUTI01
The Ohio Democrats Oct TVgttber
a Platform aa4 Nominate a Ttvfcal
Harmony Prevailed.
Columbus. O.. Special. The Joan
son prccraxszno was carried out roca-
pletelj Wednesday In the ivmorratlc
Stat convention. Although tho oppasl
tion obstructed lb proreedlns witk
minority report for totae fcou tfea
came cf John L. Zlxsercxav. cf
Springfield. a not rte4 tor tie
gubernatorial nomination and every
Lamination oi the Slate ticket. In
cluding Mayer Tom L. Jobbmm fc
Govtrnor. mas made by acclamation.
After the chairman announced that
iiafnat rf VI s fstfc ar iKa
nly one b:0c i; ccarstl-n for
Governor tbort c. e tone dissenting
Zimmerman votes a .he motion to
make the nomination uaaclmout. tut
Zimmerman suptrtrrs ullaet
after the ttleitioni fur Governor a ud
Senator were made. The fallowing
ticket was nominated: Governor. Tom
L. Johnson, uf Cle eland; Lieutenant
Governor. K. II. Mies, of Tiledo; At
torney General. Frank S. Moncett, of
Washington Court Mouse; Auditor,
Chas. A. K'.oeU. of Waptmekta; Com
mlac loner of Schools. J. E. S-ecrlst. cf
ttawa; number c;f Uard of public
works. W. II. Jones, of luntoa; Su
preme Julre. K. J Iempsey. ol Cin
cinnati. John II. Clarke, cf Cteelan4.
waa endorsed for United Slates Sen
ator. flore Outrages.
Sofia. By Cable. A private telegram
from Dubnltza saja tht a Lumber of
Bulgarian effbrrs. lead. eg a Land of
of 160 Imur rents, recently forced their
hy past the Turkish post at Kekia
and cow cx-cvpy an uaaaaallable posi
tion. Rumors are current here of serious
massacres at Vasillko and Klrk-Kll.s-ack.
Three hundred xerfons are aald to
have been killed. Details and confirma
tion are lacking. An Immense mass
meeting of Macedonians took place
here Wednesday. The proceedings er
most enthusiastic It resolved thai
a memorandum should t x?teented to
the representatives of the great poT
at sofia. urging their government to
take action. The Macedonian roram'.t
iee has issued a black boardered list of
TO villages which have Uen pillaged
and destroyed In the vlllayet of Mon
astir. to which are added Instances of
revolting outrages perpetrated on wo
men. The publication of the sheet has
.rested a sensation. No news Las been
received In official circles today from
the interior of Macedonia. The revolu
tionists at Krusehevo have quick,
firing guni. In a fight which baa Just
ilHCurriu in laai uisirjti iuc iujiiru.i
'defeated and slaughtered an entire at
tachment of bO soldiers.
A Political Fight.
Little Rock. Ark.. Special. Jodga
Carroll L. Wood, of the Arkansas Su
preme Court who Is opposing Governor
'Davis as a candidate for a third term.
knocked Governor Davis off a apeaklcg
Und four feet from the ground, dur-
, tJn , B!iznarck
t 8
.Governor Davis was not turt, and
: friends prevented further trouble.
Jcdfe Wood was immediately
i curs oi
battery.
Governor DarW publicly asked Judge
Wood questions, and before they could
Le fally an: vered. Interrupted with
core questions, which so angered
Judge Wood that he knocked Governor
Davis from the platform. Later tha
matter was adjusted, and Judge Wood
returned to Little Rock.
D.Tel ct Rrporttd.
New Orleans. Special The Norwe
gian ft earner Nicaragua from Bloe
flelds. reports In latitude 24.0$ north,
longitude 81.02 west, passed the dere
lict bark John R. Stanhope. lumber la
den. with sterm gone and cargo aah
lg out. Lover fore and mizzea casta
standing, with yards on foremast.
Bowsprit and jibboom standing, two
houB's on deck badly broken. She la
in the track cf vessels bound to and
from Central American porta.
Seven Drowned.
South Norwalk. Con., Special. The
6cbooner Willie L. S'ewton. of Bangor,
Me., capsized off Norwalk Light daring
the storm last night and the crew, be
lieved to number seven men, were
drowned. One body has been recovered-
The wreck wa sighted by Ca-pt.
Walter Miner, of the ocean-going tug
Ptnce. cf New York, as hi vessel
was towing barges from New York to
Providence. He attached a lne to the
keel and brought the vessel Into Wil
ton's Ccve. The condition of the wreck
Indicates that the head sail! bad been
blcwa away aid that the lower sails
tre being furled a: tiv tse the
ithoner was capajed.
Vestrvtoa la ErvpUoa.
Naplea. By Cable. The people of
Naples and environs witnessed a re
markable spectacle at noon Wednes
day. One thousand feet rxknr the cen
nal cone cf Vesuvius, the volcano
opened like a huge mouth, one of
which belched a fierce stream of lava,
which ran down the aide of tho moon
tain and at first seenved to menace the
observatory. This rMldlng. however, la
protected in the direction cf tho
stream by a mound of lava 200 feet
high, which was thrown oat duri
the eruption of Ittt and
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