North Carolina Newspapers

v. ...Hi,- ..'1 V7 VOL. XXI. RALEIGF, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 1903 NO. CAUCASIAN. CABINET TROUBLES. 1 Count Hedervary Was Audience With Emperor Francis Joseph, THE HUNGARIAN CRISIS IMINENT A Total of Four Vacant Cabinet Posi tions and One Secretaryshly Now at the Disposal ef fir. Balfour. Vienna, Special. Count Hedervary, who placed his resignation as Hunga rian Premier in the hands of Emperor Francin Joseph, some time ago, had audiencies with the Emperor, which, it i.s reported, have led to the solution of the Hungarian cabinet crisis, and a ministry will be formed either by Count Julius Audrassy or M. Kolomna S. Zell. Should this news be con firmed it will be due to the correct and patriotic attitude of Francis Kos suth and his party. Kossuth declared resolutely against anything in the (shape of a resolution and even for bade any street demonstration on the nnniversary of. his father's birthday. It Is understood that the official com munication explaining away the unfa vorable construction placed in Hun gary on the array order issued by the Hinperor, September 17, will be is sued in the form of an imperial auto graph rescript addressed to Count Hedervary and this proof that the Em peror did not desire to ruffle Hun garian susceptibilities will be jn phased by another Imperial visit to Buda-IYsth as an indication of his continued confidence and good will. London, Special. Lord Balfour, of Ilurlcljrh, Secretary for Scotland, and Arthur Halph Douglass Elliott, Finan cial Secretary to the Treasury, have resigned and their resignations have been accepted by the King. Mr. El liott was not in the cabinet. These two resignations make a total of four va cant cabinet positions and one secre taryship at Mr. Balfour s disposition. With the resignation of Lord Balfour and Financial Secretary Ellict, both f-trong free traders, it is understood that the ministerial resignations are completed and apparently the DuKe of Devonshire ha3 decided to remain in the cabinet. It is practically cer tain that Austen Chamberlain, Lord Milner and Mr. Brodrick will take the Exchequer, Colonies and India port folios, respectively, and the only sur prise In the new appointments is like ly to be the nomination of a strong man to the War Office to determine how far the recommendations of the South African war commission can be carried out. Home Secretary Ackers-Douglass started for Balmoral and he probably will be Involved in the reconstruction changes. The Sultan Explains. Constantinople, By Cable. In an au dience with M. Zlnovieff, the Russian ambassador, Friday, the Sultan ex preyed his regret at the excesses com mitted by the Turkish troops in the villayets of Monastlr and Adrianople. He said that orders had been sent to the authorities concerned to preveut their repetition and he gave the Rus sian ambassador to understand that t-hc guilty parties would be punished. The German ambassador. Baron Mars chall Von Bieberstein, also had an au dience with the Sultan, who showed himself most optimistic. The latter declared that the insurrection was drawing to a close. In fact, it had al ready been suppressed In some dis-trie-is and the Porte, therefore, imme diately would issue proclamations an nouncing the resumption of the appli cation of the reform scheme. After the grantiug of these audience an extra ordinary council of ministers was held at the Yiosk, and the deliberations were continue on Saturday. Official dispatches from the villayets of Sp lenica, Monastir and Adrianople report numerous encounters which resulted in favor of the Turks. Arrest of State Senator. Binghamton, N. Y.. Special. An ar rest which has been expected for some time occurred when Fostollice Inspec tor Mayer, of Chicago, and Deputy United States Marshal Black of this city, arrested State Senator Geo. R. Green, at the office of his attorneys, Roberts, Tuthill & Rogers. Green was arraigned before United States Com missioner Hall and entered a plea of not guilty and his bail was fixed at $5,000. Robert Emmett's Tlartyrdom. New York, Special. The Academy of Music was filled to overflowing Sun day night by a meeting held under the auspices of the Clan-Gael, to com memorate the centenary of the martyr dom of Robert Emmet. The auditori um was draped with American and Irish flags and the Irish, national spirit found expression In continuous ap plause as the speakers dwelt upon Ire land's wrongs and the hopes of Ire land's sons. Resolutions were . passed declaring the only proper settlement of the differences between Ireland and England to be the abolition of English rule in Ir'elarid and pledged the Clangs na-Gael to wcjk for the establishment of an Irish republic. Fire in Baltimore. Baltimore, Special. Fire Saturday night practically destroyed the five story building of the Koch Importing Company, wholesale dealers in toys and fireworks, at 322-326 West Balti more street. Warner & Company, hat store. House Hempstone & Company, wholesale notions, and S. M. Rauneck er & Company, wholesale clothing dealers, who occupied part of the building, were also damaged by fire, smoke and "water. The total loss u sCm-ated at from $200,000 to $)&0,000. "R.bletraGEdv. Youn Man Shot to Death for the Crime of Seduction. Salisbury, Special. A homicide with peculiar tragic circumstances occurred a-t 7 o'clock Thursday morning at Mt. L'lla, a station In Rowan county on the Mooresville-Wlnston Railroad, about seven miles from Mooresville and 16 miles through the country from Salisbury, Russell Sherrill, a young man of prominent family, being shot and killed by Thomas J. and Chalmers L. White, of Concord, in an altercation growing out of the seduction by Sher rill of Misa Annie White, the orphan niece of the two slayers. All those in volved In the affair are of prominent family and of high personal standing. Immediately after the shooting the White brothers set out for Salisbury, driving at high speed, with the inten tion of surrendering themselves to the sheriff. County Commissioner Josenh Hall and several other citizens of the vicinity started out in pursuit, but learning the purpose of the brothers on coming within signaling distance, they accompanied them to the end of their journey. Senator Lee S. Overman, Congressman Theo. F. Kluttz and Judge W. J. Montgomery were retained as counsel. Judge Montgomery arriv ing from Concord by the 11:25 train in response to a telegram. After consul tation with their attorneys, the Messrs. White expressed their willingness to go to jail without a commitment. While showing the concern natural to quiet citizens finding themselves for the first time in collision with the law, they gave no Indications of a sense of guilt and boldly declared themselves abundantly justified in what they had done. In the Superior Court this af ternoon their counsel gave notice of a motion to set a date for a hearing on the question of bail. Judge Brown stated that he would notify Solicitor W. C. Hammer, whose home is at Ashe- boro, and after his arrival, which is1 expected, appointed the date for the hearing. The following statement was made ceived a letter from Mrs. Samuel Archer, whose first husband was their brother, James White, the father of the young lady in the case, the letter read ing, Annie is ruined. My God! What shall I do? Please come at once." These gentlemen, being the uncles and near est male protectors of Miss White, their dead brother's daughter, hired a team in Concord and drove to the home of Mrs. Archer, where they spent the night. They found Mrs. Archer and Miss White in great distress. This morning, shortly after 6 o'clock, they went to the home of Mr. Sherrill, who had seduced their niece under promise of marriage, and afterwards refused to marry her, and conversed with him on the porch. They asked him to keep his promise of marriage" and he answered that he would die first. They still in sisted that he marry her, and he started towards Mr. Chalmers White in a threatening attitude. Both the broth ers retreated to the end of the porch and told him to sit down and reason about the matter; that all they asked was that he marry Miss White. Sher rill continued to advance in striking attitude and both the brothers fired." River Steamer Burned. Jacksonville. Special The new steamer Eunola was burned in the Ap palachicola river at Chattahoochee, last Monday. She had just landed with a cargo of naval stores and spirits of turpentine, all of which was a total loss. Several of the crew had to jump In the river and swim ashore. The en gineer was badly bruised about the hands and arms. The mate in attempt ing to jump had his leg broken. The wires are still down to the west and the first through train arrived last night. Fresh From the Wires. A New York dispatches says: 'At a meeting of the board of directors of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company here Saturday, CJhas. S. Mellen, was elected a direc tor to fill the vacancy caused by the ieath of Carlos French. Richard A. McCurdy, of New York, president of :he Mutual Life Insurance Company, vvas also elected a director in place of Joseph Parks, deceased." A dispatch from Luxora, Ark., says: 'Negroes overpowered the sheriff here, cok out a negro named Hellom and ranged him to a water tank, where his body was left dangling until this aiorning. Hellom was charged with assaulting two negro girls, aged 5 and 10 years." Judge John M. Lea, of Nashville, iied at midnight at Monteagle, Tens., Saturday night. He was in his S5th year and was one Qf the wealthiest and oest known citizens of Tennessee. Debates continued in the Socialist congress at Dresden. Cardinal Gibbons arrived at Cher bourg -on bis way home. The Feast of the. Cross passed at Eeirut without disturbance. Congressman VfiScent Boreing died at his home, London, Ky. Non-suit was refused at Beaver, Pa., ia the suit of Thomas Robinson, former Superintendent of State Print ing for Pennsylvania, vs. 'Job Wana maker. Early frost did considerable damage to the corn crop in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and the Dakotas. President Roosevelt has pastloned Geo. D. Cosby and B. F. Cosby, of Ala bama, -who were convicted of . violat ing the peonage law. PRESIDENT SPEAKS. iis Speech Delivered Doriaf a fieavy Downpour of Raifl. 4NTE1TAM MONUMENT UNVEILED. Qov. flurphy Accepts the ilonumeat for the State and the President Accepts It on Behalf of the Federal Government. Sharpsburg, Md., Special. Under lowering skies, the magnificent monu ment erected on the historic battle field of Antietam by the grateful State of New Jersey to its men who fell in the great engagement, was dedicated Thursday. The occasion was ren dered particularly notable by the par ticipation in the ceremonies of the President of the United States and of Governor Murphy, the Chief Execu tive of the State which was honoring its heroes. The monument is in the form of an ornate Corinthian column of granite. 40 feet high, sui mounted by a heroic agure in bronze of an officer with up raised sword leading his men in a charge. Governor Murpfcy, of New Jersey, accepted the monument in an address. President Roosevelt, as he arose to accept the monument on behalf of the Federal government, was accorded an ovation. He spoke in part as follows: Governor Murphy; and you. Veterans of New Jersey; and you, men of the Grand Army, and all others here. 1 greet you: 1 thank you of New Jersey for the monument to the troops of New Jer sey who fought at Antietam, and on behalf of the nation I accept the gift. We meet upon one of the great battle fields of the civil war. No other bat tle of the civil war lasting but one day shows as great a percentage of loss as that which occurred here upon the day on which Antietam was fought. Moreover, in its ultimate ef fects this battle was of momentous and even decisive importance, for when it had ended and Lee had retreated south of the Potomac, Lin coln forthwith published that immor tal paper, the preliminary declara tion or emancipation; the paper which decided that the civil war, be sides being a war for the preserva tion of the Union, should be a wa for the emancipation of the slave, so that from that time onward the cause of Union and of freedom, of national greatness and individual liberty, were one and the same. - Men of New Jersey, I congratulate your State because she has the right to claim her full share in the honor and glory of that memorable day; and I congratulate you, Governor Mur phy, because on that day you had the high good fortune to serve as a lad with credit and honor in one of the five regiments which your State sent to the battle. Four of those regi ments, by the way, served in the di vision commanded by that gallant sol dier, Henry W. Slocum, whom we of New York can claim as our own. The other regiment, that in which Gover nor Murphy served, although practi cally an entirely new regiment, did work as good as that of any veteran organization upon the field, and suf fered a proportionate loss. This regi ment was at one time ordered to the support of a division commanded by another New York soldier, the gallant General Greene, whose son himself served as a major-general in the war with Spain and who is now as police commissioner of New York, rendering as signal service in civil life as he had already rendered in military life. If the issue of Antietam had been other than it was, it is probable that at least two great European powers would have recognized the indepen dence of the Confederacy; so that you who fought here forty-one years ago have the profound satisfaction of feel ing that you played well your part in one of those crises big with the fate of all mankind. You men of the Grand Army by your victory not only ren dered all Americans your debtors for evermore, but you rendered all hu manity your debtors. If the Union had been dissolved, if the great edifice built with blood and sweat and tears by mighty Washington and his com peers had gone down in wreck and ruin, the result would have been an incalculable calamity, not only for our people and most of all for those who, in such event would have seem ingly triumphed but for all mankind. The great American republic would have become a memory of derision; and the failure of the experiment of self-government by a gTeat people on a great scale would have delighted the heart of every foe of republican institutions. Our country, now sc great and so wonderful, would have been split into little jangling rival nationalities, each with a history both bloody and contemptible. It was be cause you, the men who wear the but ton of the Grand Army, triumphed in those dark years that every American now holds his head high, proud in the knowledge that he belongs to a na tion whose glorious past and great present will be succeeded by an even mightier future; whereas had you failed we would all of us. North and South, East and West, be now treated by other nations at the best with con temptuous tolerance; at the worst with overbearing insolence. The presidht then argued that the need of the world's liberty and pro gress demanded that the federal armies should win the fight. He spoke of the great gallantry of both armies. His audience listened with, good at tention although a drenching ram was falling. Washouts and Wrecks. St. Paul, Minn., Special. With losses amounting to $250,000 a day for three days, several fatal wrecks, numerous derailments, more than 100 washouts, telegraph wires down, a soaking rain in nrogress over sever il States and snow plows working on the Western Mnes, Northwestern railways are taxea to the utmost limit of their ability to maintain anything like regular service onr) tn ttrcprve the safety of t&eir passengers. It has been years since there was a situation so serious. live items of news. Many Matters cf General Interest la Short Paragraph Do wo in Dix.e. Furnlfold G. Simmons, the ared father of United States Senator F. M. Simmons, was murdered near Pol ice' svllle, N. C. At least nine lives were lost in the Florida hurricane, many vessels were wrecked and the property loss may reach millions of dollars. Rev. Mr. Ellenborg. leader of the Holiness sect in Annlston. Ala., was arrested for refusing medical aid to his little daughter. The report of army engineer officers i3 said to estimate the cost of a Inland water route from New Tork to Beau fort Inlet, N. C, to be $15,000,000. Dr. Len. G. Broughion, pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle, of Atlanta, and formerly of Raleigh, and Roanoke, Va., has been called to the pastorate of the Clarendon Street Baptist church, the largest church in Boston, and the presidency of Gordon Missionary Training School, in that city. At Tli- National Capital. President Roosevelt explains fiat the Lipton dinner Incident arose from his disinclination to attend a semi-public-dinner, and that ho had no ob jection to meeting Sir Thomas. Secretary Hitchcock announced the removal of John A. Sterrett, of Ohio, as townsite commissioner for the Cherokee Indian Nation, in Indian Ter ritory, and the appointment of Dwight Tuttle, of Connecticut, as his suc cessor. At The North. Robert S. Hatcher, who was well known in Washington, committed sui cide in St. Louis. President Roosevelt and wife were caught in a storm Wednesday and their yacht came near foundering. The National Association of Rural Letter-Carriers elected F. H. Cun ningham, of Nebraska, president. District Attorney Jerome, of New York, is said to have declared Mayor Low cannot be re-elected. Although martial law cannot be de clared, militia officers at Cripple Creek, Col., say they will ignore the civil authorities. Save in New York city, where mis givings are not strong, however, there seems to be a general confidence in the continuance of prosperity. In a speech at Chicago Representa tive Joseph G. Canon said: "Our cur. rency is better than any currency n the world and we will keep it good " A New York dispatch says that an additional chapter ia the history of the world will be published there and London, by the Frederick A. Stokes Company. It consists of the corre spondence between Bismarck and Wil liam I. and other letters from and to statesmen. From Across The Sea, The insurgents decided to adopt guerrilla tactics in Eastern Macedonia. Order continues at Beirut, Syria, and the recall of the American squadron i3 expected soon. A large number of recent crimes in Armenia are blamed on ;i secret or ganization resembling the Mafia. Great Britain and Japan decided to protest separately to China against ac cepting the latest Russian demands in regard to Manchuria. An expedition which went to Co coa Island, in the Pacific, in search of buried treasure returned empty handed. Joseph Chamberlain was hissed by worklngmen before a meeting of the Cabinet in London. Chancellor of the Exchequer Ritchie is expected to re sign, owing to his differences from Mr. Chamberlain. Miscellaneous natters. A fear that the gulf storm would in jure the crop caused a rise of 30 points in September cotton in New York. The second anniversary of the death of President McKinley was observed in different sections of the country, a heroic statue being unveiled at Tole do. Ohio. Senator Ball, of Delaware, declares he protected to Postmaster-General Payne against the removal, one of whom was Miss Hulda Todd, of Greenwood. The United States Realty and Con struction Company underwriting syn dicate was dissolve in New York at a heavy loss. Alleged irregularities in the cigar department of the Eastern Peni tentiary at Philadelphia are being in vestigated by Internal Revenue of ficers. At a colored conference In Newark, N. J., a negro preacher defended lynch ing. Rural free-delivery carriers have formed a national organization with a view to securing certain reforms. President Castro, of Venezuela, is massing troops along the Colombian frontier and there is talk of war. Quiet continues at Beirut, but the Christian refugees encamped in the mountains refuse to return. Premier Combes, who made a speech at the unveiling of a memorial to Ernest Rpnan at Treguier, Brit tany, was hissed and the troops were called to suppress disorder. , Prince Ching, head of the - Peking Foreign Offi.ce, is inclined to accept tae new Russian propositions for tie evacuation 'of Mancnnna. Arbitrators at Caracas decided that Venezuela must pay $2,000,000 to the Felgian Company owning the Caracas water works. A number of lives were lost la a heavy gale which swept England. It is officially coaSrmed that Russia has added new conditions to those im posed on China for the evacuation cf Manchuria. Senator A. S. Clay, of Georgia, in an interview for The Sun. said Mr. Got- n an is popular in the South and W. J. Bryan's threats of bolting should be Ignored. (CONVICTS PARDONED The Peonifc Cases Settled By Release From Prison. ALABAMA PRISONERS SIT FREE. Reasons for Executive Clemency Given The President Acts In the Interest of Mercy. Washington. Special. The Presi dent has granted full and uncondi tional pardon to Geo. Davis and Barancas F. Cosby," convicted at Mont gomery, Ala., of violation of the peon age law. These men were Indicted for holding Pike Swanson In a condi tion of peerage, pleaded guilty on June 30. 1903, and on the same day were sentenced to Imprisonment for a year and a day in the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Go. They have been imprisoned ever since, and were released on telegraphic instruc tions from the Department of Justice. During the month of June more than eighty indictments against a number of individuals, for violation of the peonage law, were returned by the grand jury at Montgomery, and sev eral convictions were secured, the sentences Imposed ranging from the minimum, one year, to the maximum, five years. The President granted the pardons in the above cases upon the earnest recommendation of Judge Jones, who sentenced the prisoners. In his letter to the President, Judge Jones says: "The favorable recommendation now made proceeds on no Idea that the sentences were unjust, but solely from the conviction that the punish ment already undergone by the prison ers has accomplished all the real ends of the law in these cases. "The prisoners have undergone the humiliation of imprisonment in the penitentiary, the sting of condemna tion by their neighbors and associates and the wide publicity of their offense. They have been separated from their families, and have worn stripes. There is no ground for believing that they will ever again, under any circum stances, whatever, engage In like practices. They attempted no de fense, but pleaded guilty at the earl iest opportunity. They were contrite and admitted that they justly de served punishment. The reform of offenders themselves, so far a3 the law contemplates that has been com pletely effected by the punishment. "The question of pardon may, there fore, be properly considered now sole ly as regards its effect upon the ad ministration of justice and the public welfare. The law has been thorough ly vindicated, and the evil against which it w-as directed, In these com munities, has been completely crushed. Connivance with the abuses of corrupt magistrates in that locality in the exercise of power to hire out of fenders for payment of fine and costs on conviction for small and often sham offenses, in order to reap profit for the hirer, has been thoroughly ex posed and broken up. It ha3 met the hearty reprobation cf the great mass cf the people in all walks of life. The example has been all sufficient to deter others from like offenses In the future. "The press, the pulpit, the bar and the people at large, as well as those in Tallapoosa county, have been out spoken in their gratification that the evil has been broken up and have heartily commended the course of the authorities in dealing with it. This spirit, as ycu will see by the accom panying petitions, actuates the peo ple of that county, who. In numerous meetings have asked the pardon of the prisoner. Among the signers of pe titions for pardon are many negroes. They feel safe from any repetition of like offense, and join with their white neighbors in these petitions for clemency, believing, in this instance, that it will redound to the public good, and smooth the relations be tween the races. The great body of the people of Tallapoosa county have, in effect, became sponsors for the good behavior of the prisoners, and the loyal observance of the law in this respect by all others la the future. A public opinion, stronger even man tne power of the law, has been aroused to stand up In the future for justice and fair play to the weak. Granting the prayer of these petitioners would recognize and strengthen these moral Influences, which, at last, are the only enduring foundations of a reign of law. I cannot doubt that good would come from granting the prayer of the petitioners. After much reflection and consideration of the matter, I unhesi tatingly recommend an immediate and unconditional pardon." Cyclone at Atlantic City. Atlantic City, N. J., Special. The storm which struck the New Jersey coast early Wednesday morning wa3 one of the severest experienced for a long time. The wind blew with hur ricane force and while it lasted kept ud a speed of 70 miles an hour. The storm was terrifying to a degree, but ' the damage was not a3 great as was at first believed. A conservative guess places the entire damage at $25,000 or $30,000. The telegraph and telephone lines leading out of the city are down and the fact that the city was cut off from connection with the outside world started wild rumoTs that the great resort bad been entirely swept away. Postal Inspector Arrested. San Francisco, Special. Postal In spector James E. Erwin, indicted by the Federal grand jury at Washington, D. C, for alleged conspiracy to de fraud the government, was arrested Wednesday afternoon by the United States marshal. Ball has been fixed at $3,000, which was promptly furnished. Thos. Richard, chairman of the Eerk ley town trustees, and C. R." Witter qualified on Erwin's bond. NORTH CAROLINA CROPS Conditions For Past Week As Given Out ry the Department. Fair. warm, dry ai runny weather during the pAtt week was very favor able for farm work, and fanners made good progress In gathering cxwpa. There wer showers In the central region, which were very beceflclal. except that a few severe local stoma with hail and wind caused some damage to crop In Caswell and Alamance counties; eie where the entire week was rather dry. The temperature atersged nearly 2 de grees dally above normal, but. though the weather waa wrrm. there wtre dc extreme, and cool nights are b tin ning to prevail, especially In the more elevated western sections. More rain is needed for fall crop, csjwclally tux- n.'ps and late corn; an J rain Is ncedej I to soften the sell for plowing. whlca Is progressing rather slowly. The dry weather has been beneficial ly to cotton where the weed waa get ting to be too large, but In many sec tions It is thought that premature rip ening is resulting frcta the deficiency of moisture; rust and shedding are still reported in many sections; cottcn is now opening quite rapidly in most counties, and picking Is well under way; the crop Is being rushed to the gins and marketed as rapidly as pos sible; the lint appears to be fine and heavy. Gathering old corn is now un derway; late corn promises a very good yield; gathering fodder is practi cally over In the South and east, and if just fully underway in the north and western portions of the State. Cut ting and firing tobacco is progressing well in Alamance. Guilford. Person. Surry, Forsyth and Caswell, and the cures are reported to be very good. Digging peanuts has commenced, crop fair. Sweet notatoes arc excellent: a good crop of field peas is being gather ed; rice Is ripening and the harvest be gun. During the past week a fine crop or late hay was cured and safety cov ered. Including both meadow and pea- vine hay. Turnips where, up arc grow ing well, but the dry weather has pre vented the sowing of winter turnips In many sections. Clover needs rain. Breaking land for wheal Is progressing as rapidly as the dry condition of the soil will permit, and sowing winter oats and rye Is underway. Scupper nong grapes are ripe; the season for other fruit Is about over; late or win ter apples are reported as dropping ex cessively, and the crop will be very short. Union Depot for Durham. Raleigh, Special. Before the corpor atlon commlssicn there was held what might be called a final conference with the representatives of the Southern, Seaboard Air Line and Norfolk & Wes tern Railways about the building of the union passenger station at Durham. All hands finally got together, the Hon and the lamb laying down tide by side. The very beautiful design submitted by the Southern Railway is the one ac cepted .and Durham people will cer tainly have every reason to be proud of their station. There were two or three "hitches," the first being due to a de mand by the Seaboard as to running freight trains through the station. Another was au objection by the Nor folk &, Western Railway to paying a third of the cost of the station. The lawyers made It a "game of fence" all the way through, and their Ironical compliments were really delightful. The S. A. L. was represented by Vice President and General Manager Barr and General Counsel Leigh R. Watts; the Southern by Vice President An drews and Attorney F. H. Busbee; the Norfolk & Western by Vice President Johnson and Attorney W. A. Guthrie; the city of Durham by Victor S. Bry ant and Howard A. Foushee. All papers were duly signed by representatives of the three railway in Interest, the Southern. Seaboard Air Line and Nor folk & Western. The commission or dered that the Seaboard pay one-third of the cost of the building and neces sarv eround: that the Norfolk Sc. Wes- tern pay one-third of the cost of the building and that the Southern pay the remainder of the cost of the building and ground. The total cost will approx imate $50,000. The Ltncolnton Postofflc: The matter of the appointment of the Lincolnton postmaster has cre ated some interest on account of the prominence of Mrs. Shlpp, one cf the applicants. A Washington special to the Charlotte Observer says: The Lincolnton postoOce contest has reached the point that requires action by the authorities here, and as soon as the President returns from Oyster Bay, two weeks hence. It l probable that an appointment will be made. 1 The Republican Sate chairman and the national committeemen from tne State have made different recommen dations, though this Is not to be taken ss an Indication that there is any fric tion between the two. The recommen dations are In a nature personal. Chairman Rollins has requested the -ppcintment cf F. A. Barclay, while cx-Judge Robblnson. the national committeeman, favors tie appoint. aett of Mrs. Silpp- Brief Mention. A Charleston, W. Va., dispatch says: "The dead body of a young white man was found la a freight car loaded with watermelons In the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad years here. 'His skull was fractured and the pockets of his cloth ing turned wrong side out, indicating thai murder with robbery was the mo- the." o . t,M.M- - low Severe storms In lor Ida last week dll serious damage at' many points. I STATE m E p Newsy turns G Waned Mmrpbj I riaate. The Market. COTTON MARKET. Tht figures represent prices paid ta wagon: SepL 17. Good middling X&V Strict midJUng .. KS Middling 10 Market aty. PRODUCE MAHKRT. Colon $ W u :s Chicken eprlog lin per head Mimiwax Turkeys Ct-rn . . . Ducks r:s Wheat IV Lest- --ed. 1 C i 1 00 9 19 OkU R;r Sites Skint ealf I?iu dry salt Tallow ufl rendered North State Notes. IUle!;h. Special. Karly Sunday morning there was aaother fatal e--l- Uslon of trains vn the Seaboard A!r Lice, a mile this side f Headron. This time It was a rrar end collision 1 freight trains. No. 22 wa at taw ceal hute when No. 12 ran Into lu The ratoose ef No. 22 was nearly destroy esi and waa set on fire an! iKiroed. caiudng the lot of two lUes. The bones of en? ef the two men who were In thm taboote were qulrkly founi. He was W. E. Brown, a bridce foreman. Only i few fragment of hi remain m left. His home waa at Rich Square, anfl tt- had been with the road three years. Charge bae Uen filed with tb Post office Iepartment against Post- master J. D. ManM i f Smlthfield. a-J an Inspector has Leen u nt to makf am investigation. Grot Immoral conduct Is the charge made ajcatnFl the pott mater. Representative1 Pou has taken the matter up. and ba akej for lha removal of Maguey for the good of tb l.?tal set vie e. The charge wcr filed by citizens etf Smithfleid. though the tiame-5 of tl.ce preferring them could not be learned at the Potn21co I)f partment. The Hot.l Richmond, at Rocking ham, was burned Friday mornlcg. en tailing a loss f f IC.oOO. The Supreme Court allows the peti tion for a new trial in the aa of Mc Neill against the Seaboard Air Uo Railway, this being the ae In whir the court at last term held that a man who was riding free could not sue a railway for nefligenre. The cafe : omea up from Moore e-ounty. and will be argued among the seventh district ippe&l'- Governor Aycoek I notified by the United States Department of State? that the German hlp of war PaDther will 6oon vi!t Wilmington. The Gov ernor is absent, and Private Secretary Pearsall notified the commandant of Fort Caswell, the mayor of Wilming ton and the commanding officer of th Wilmington naval reservea. Salem Female College now has 400 ietuJent. The number of boarding pu pils is the largest In the history of this well-known institution. The principal has found It necessary to rent two ad ditional buildings In order to take rare of the two new "room companies' which were formed. Proposals are called for what Is known a the sesson wagon service be tween the poetoCTre and the depot at abfiut SO places In this State. The In struction call for an absolutely new equipment, and have also the require ments that bidders can only vm per sons living on the roots or contiguous thereto. The officials think this a very good provision. While all the sheriffs, save one, de faulted, have made full settlement with the State Treaaurer. the commlss'.cners I or zz counties nave lauea io aeiu wn - . . m .... f . . the Auditor. This year's taxes are prob ably $40,000 more than last year's. Ftre destroyed the livery stables cf J. J. Little at Wadesboro Friday nigh. The city of Raleigh Is engaged In 1 red hot dispensary fight. A charter is granted the Lumbermen. Improvement Company, of Lumber ton, capital $125,000. Immense damage was done try a storm along the upper Atlantic Coast. Fingers Cut Off. Hendersonvllle. Special. Robert Reel, a young man who works In Ur. J. W. Smathers' blacksmith and wood working shop here, met with an ac cident late Wednesday afternoon . ia which he sustained a palafal injury. He was working at a planing machine, and by some means or other he al lowed his fingers to get caught la the knives, and the end of bis little finger and fore-finger cn hi left hand wu cut off l'ow the frit jolzt News of the Dsy. Sir Thomas Lipton. who ta til la Chicago. Is now officially declared to te suffering from catarrhal appendi citis. The Spanish Gen. Ordonex has In vented a new field gun which Is said to be the most formidable weapon known. The new gun will fire a pro- jtlle of &00 poonda over a distance cf seven and a half miles. At a dls- tance of one mile a shot went through &u mOT pUte u tnick- xucm. .-