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THE CAUCASIAN. rJ-ti - . VOL. XXI. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8. J903 NO. i0. E II y Newsy Items Gleaned Frtm Murphy to flanteo. The Haywood Trial. Italeigh, Special. The trial of Ern est Haywood for the killing of Ludlow Skinner was began on Thursday of last work. The Jury was selected with out much difficulty. Twenty-five wlt ri'!.ws were examined Friday. With the exception of two wltnesesa none testified to having seen anything of the killing until they were attracted hy tho sound of a pUtol shot and saw Haywood standing on the sidewalk near tho FOuth end of the postoffice, with his smoking pistol levelled at Skinner, who was moving rapidly serosa the street. As he came near to the center of it the second shot came :h .Skinner slightly turned, and then ho rinded till he fell to the ground on Ma face, dying almost at once. The evideneo for the State was not con cluded Friday. Fire at High Point High Point, Special. The machin ery room of tho High Point Mantel .'lt d Table Company's plant was de stroyed hy flro Thursday night about 1 2: 30 o'clock. The fire started in the drying houses close to the machlnpiy lmililing, which were also destroyed. Prompt work on the part of the local lire. nen saved further destruction. Th lf.SH outside insurance is estimated ot about ? 10.000. Enough factory prop, ert.y in close proximity was saved by the firemen, which otherwise would have burned, to pay for the water works :;cvrral times over. The burned dihw t will be rebuilt at once. North State New. Internal revenue agents Wednesday at Milton. Casewcll county, made the largest k izure of liquor known In the Mstory of the bureau In North Caro lina. Six thousand gallons, valued at $!t.i)ui were irized by Deputy Collec tor St.irbiick, Just as the barrels were heltiK loaded on the train for ship ment. Tho 11" barrels were all prop erly f tnniped, being seized for viola tion of tho revenue law. Officers de elino to give the particulars. The whiskey will be stored In government Avnrehouses in Greensboro, unless the owner gives bond. The distillery be longed to T..M. Angle, of Milton, It being tho most extensive government til'jry In that district. Knowles, the trusted night-watchman for tho Hardin Manufacturing Company, was taken to Dallas Wed nesday and placed In Jail by Deputy SherifT Robert Rhyne, for breaking Into tho company's store. The com pany had been missing money and cheeks for some time, and set a trap to catch the thief, allowing two per rons to stay In the store. About 10 o'clock the watchman entered and went to the money drawer, where he was standing when the lights were turned on. Knowles then acknowl edged to the theft. At a meeting Wednesday afternoon of natives of North Carolina who are residents of Uichmod, Va steps were taken toward the formation of what is to bo known a3 the North Carolina Society of Richmond, and a committee was appointed to represent the society at tho gathering of the North Caro lina "dispersed abroad," to be held at Greensboro; October 12. Rev. Dr. W. W. Moore, at the Union Theological Seminary, was chosen to be the spokesman of this delegation. Appointments to University schol arships aC Columbia were received Tuesday. They are for postgraduate study and are valued at $150 each. They are awarded for excellence in study and general merit. Among the recipients is Leonidas Wakefield Crawford, Jr.. of Greensboro, course in English literature. He is an A. M. of Trinity College, of Durham, and A. M. of Columbia University, 1903. Tho grand jury at the Charlotte court house Tuesday afternoon found a true bill against John Kirk, col ored, for the murder of Will Smith, also colored, near Ebenezer, in Sahron, about two weeks ago. The defendant has not yet been apprehended. Woman Defaulter. New York, Special. Marie Layton Johnson, aged 29 years, the wife of Albert M. Johnson, a dentist of Lareh- mont, N. Y., with an office in this city, waa arrested Friday night on a war rant specifically charging her with the grand larceny of $2,000. The total amount of her defalcations, howevar, may, it is said, amount to $50,000. Loss By Fire. Messrs I. S. Phipps and John M. Andrews, of Greensboro, lost their tobacco barns by fire Tuesday night Mr. Phipps finished curing his to bacco and the fires were drawn, tak ing the precaution of putting water on the embers, but on Sunday afternoon In some wf.y the barn caught fire, de stroying all of the tobacco and several vehicles which were under the shed of the barn. Mr. Andrews was kill ing out his barn of tobacco when It caught fire and was destroyed. An education is not a short cut to a soft snap. S. & W. to Be Extended. Jphnson City, Tenn., Special. Georgt L. Carter, president of the road announces that the South & Western Railroad, formerly the Ohio River &, Charleston, is to be at once extended from Johnson City to the West Vir ginia coal fields and from its North Carolina terminus to the Atlantic coast. The extensions will aggregate several hundred miles. The road was originally projected from Charleston to Chicago via Cincinnati. 51 I NORTH STATE CROP BULLETIN Conditions for Past Week as Reported By the Department. The past week was very favorabie for all kinds of week. Practically no precipitation occurred anywhere dur ing the week, except on the Immediate coast, and the complete absence of moisture was somewhat detrimental to late crops, especially turnips, crimson clover and grass recently seeded. The. temperature was nearly normal, but the nights were generally cool, espe cially on the 22d, 25th and 2Sth; mod erate temperatures during the day made conditions very pleasant for out door work, which progressed rapidiy. The soil la apparently In good condi tion, and fall plowing for wheat and oats is well underway. The amount of sunshine waa above normal fcr the week. Cutting oid corn was continued dur ing the week; some late corn has also been cut and shocked, though much of it is still too green In several wosteru counties; the bulk of the corn crop has matured sufficiently to be safe from frost, and will give a large yield. Fodder pulling Is nearly over. Late cotton has been somewhat injured by cool nights, and generally the dry, cool weather has tended to hasten the ma turity of the crop; it is opening rapidly everywhere, and picking is general; some correspondents report that half the crop has been gathered; indica tions are still for a short crop. In some sections in the northern portion of the State late tobacco is reported as the best crop for some years, probably on account of the excellence of late cures; the work of housing tobacco is nearly complete, though there is &ome in the fields which might be damaged by an early frost Making hay, pick ing peas, digging peanuts and sweet potatoes and harvesting rice progress ed favorably during the week. Turning and fall Irish potatoes need rain; many turnip seeds have failed to sprout. Some farmers are sowing crim son clover, grass seeds and some ad vance is reported in the seeding of winter wheat. Early sown rye is be ing injured a little by insects. The next Weekly Crop Bulletin will be the last issue for the present season. Government Crop Report. Washington, Special. The weather bureau's weekly summary of crop con ditions says: "The principal corn States have ex perienced weather conditions excep tionally favorable for maturing late corn, and while frosts have been quite general in the central and eastern por tions of the corn belt, no material damage ii indicated. "With generally seasonable tempera tures and practically no rain over the entire cotton belt, cotton has open ed rapidly and picking has been active ly carried on, a Hrge part of the crop having been gathered. Cool nights and the general prevalence of drought in the central and western districts have been detrimental, and rust and shed ding continue to be extensively report ed, although rust is somewhat less prevalent In Georgia. On the whole the crop has suffered deterioration, espe cially in tfce central and western por tions of the belt. Little or no top crop is promised. In Texas the plant has al most entirely ceased fruiting and in some central counties is dying. In North Carolina the conditions have favored the maturity of late cotton, In South Carolina premature opening has been checked. News of the Day. Robert P. Skinner, the American Consul-General at Marseilles, will penetrate the wilds o,f Abyssinia, guarded by ft detachment of American marines from the European Squadron, to negotiate a commercial treaty with the King of Abyssinia. The Rappahannock Fair began at Fredericksburg. Lilburn Bales, aged 14 years, is said to have fired 38 shots into the body of John Taylor, of Russell county, Vir ginia. The orders for a restriction of the anthracite coal output has affected nearly all the collieries in the Wilkes barre region. H. H. Rand, formerly confidential clerk to the Postmaster-General, and lately assistant superintendent of the Salary and Allowance Division, has been dropped from the rolls after in definite leave without pay. In an address to the grand jury Chief Justice Lore, of Delaware, took occasion to severely denounce lynch ing. Leader Murphy, of Tammany Hall, proposes to indorse Edward M. Grant and Charles V. Fornes, nominees on the fusion ticket. James W. Erwin, one of the in dicated postal inspectors, continued .his testimony before the United States Commissioner in San Francisco. Armed detectives were on guard at W. G. Rockefeller's Adirondack cot tage and around his estate. Fourteen culprits were severely whipped in the Newcastle County (Del.) Jail yard and a large crowd, including women, witnessed the bloody work. Gov. A. B. Cummings, of Iowa, opened his campaign for re-election at Des .Moines. The Sheffield Scientific School will make test on 20 members of the army hospital crops with a view to fixing the minimum amount of proteid neces sary to maintain normal life. Snow has fallen on the Balkan mountains, greatly increasing the hardships of the Macedonian refu gees. Gen. Ian Hamilton thrived on the Lucania from England and will visit Southern battlefields. THE TILLMAN TRIAL. End of First Week Case. ia a Famous STATE RESTED ON SATURDAY. fluch Testimony Given By Wltneases-The Defense's Witness. 5tate First Fourth Day. The fourth day of the trial of Jans H. Tillman, charged with the murder of Editor Gonzales, which was cloat 1 with the adjournment of court was taken up almost wholly with the read ing of editorils fiom The State tils which were placed in evidence Tues day. It was not anticipated when the Trading was begun that one-half the time would be consumed that was taken, and even then there are about two columns yet to be read. It is esti mated that some 30 columns were read during the day. The papers from which the editorials were read ran from the first of April to the end of February. 1902. Twice during the day Judge Gary suspended court momen tarily because of the strain on the jur ors, who listened intently throughout. C. J. Terrell, the editor of a news paper at Johnston, S. C, was among the first witnesses Friday. "Mr. Terrell, I wish you would state to the jury whether you ever heard James H. Tillman make any threat against Gonzales," said Solicitor Thur mond. After stating that he had, and in answer to a qur.-tion saying it was on the streets of Edgefield, just before the beginning of the campaign of last sum mer, witness was asked to state what he said, w-ben he made the first state ment. "We were walking along, and I spoke to him about his health and his im provement from his trip, and as we neared the office door and we had been discussing some printing he wanted done, he made the remark that he was going to run for Governor and was go ing to bo elected, and if tbat , referring to Mr. Gonzales, with several pretty sever oaths, attacked him like he had been doing that he was going down and kill him like a dog-. I remonstrated with him about that. I told him I thought it would be wrong in principle and every way, and the best thing he could do, if he had given him any insult or cause for any thing like that, was to go down there and tackle him man and man and give him what he thought was needed. He. said no, that he was going down there and give him no more show than he would a mad dog." "Did you at any other time hear him make a threat?" the solicitor askeC "Yes, sir," witness replied. He thes. said, in answer to questions, that it was on a train going to Columbia, and that 0. D. Black was present. In answer to an inquiry from the solic itor, the witness said: "Black and I were talking, and Colonel Tillman came up, and I introduced them. I said. 'Colonel this is Mr. Black, do you know?' He said, 'Oh, yes, I know Black,' and slapped him on the shoul der or leg, slapped him that way (in dicating) and from that the conversa tion went on on general topics until presently he referred to what he called the 'Gonzales matter.' I want it dis tinctly understood, I am not trying to quote verbatim what was said, but I am just giving an idea of my recollec tion of the words that were used. He said, 'Black, old boy, I am going to S what I said about that old fellow. I am going to put an end to his way of abus ing me, slandering me, etc., like that. I am going to put a stop to it, some thing like that; I don't remember the exact words." Asked as to any other statements the witness said, "On the day they were canvassing the returns in Colum bia. I went to Columbia to make a trial for advertising. I was standing in front of the Attorney General's of fice, talking at the time to Attorney General Gunter and Secretary of State Gantt and Watson I think his initials are F. J. Mr. Watson, of The State E. J., I think are his initials. All four of us were talking, and just as Tillman came up Gantt and Gunter walked off and Colonel Tillman, addressing Wat son, made some statements. He said that scoundred with some oaths before it in that building yonder had attacked him. He went on to ay about his attacking him and being unjust to him, and made seme threat, I don't re member the nature of it, but he said he had had as much of it as he was going to have, and made some demon strative threat and told Watson: 'You can tell him that if you want.' Watson declined to do it. He said: 'I wish you would do it. I made it with the inten tion of it going to him,' in a demon strative way. that way (indicating), and Watson declined to do it." The testimony of Dr. Adams was to the effect that Tillman, in a interview had said he "would snuff his (Gonza le's) life out with this," referring to pistol. Several other witnesses were put on the stand for the Stale. The first week of the . Tillman trial closed with Saturday. The State practically exhausted its evidence, of which most was only in ccrrober tion of that already given. The de fense opened with its first witness. The defendant's witnesses heard Saturday was Mary J. Roper, who was fnrmerlv from Elefild. but is now living in New York. During the year 1902 she had charge, she said, of an in firmarv at Spartanburg, and nursed Captain Raphael Elliott, an uncle of N. G. Gonzales. Mr. Gonzales, she said, visited his uncle at tne mnrm ary there, and when asked if she had heard Mr. Gonzales make any refer ence to Mr. Tillman in his conversa tions with Capt. Elliott, she replied in the affirmative, stating what she testified he said concerning Mr. Till man. In hr direct examination the witness made this further statement: "He asked me if I considered Col. Tillman a brave man; I told him I certainly did; he said he did not; that he had made Mr. Tillman show the white feather twice; that Col. Tillman had challenged him to two duels which he did not acknowledge and that Cel. Tillman had no more resentment than to come to him in the hotel lobby and offer him a cigar, which was declined." "Was It one or more occasions that you heard him speak of Mr. Tillman in this derogatory manner?" "On several occasions, the few days he was in the hospital," repiled the witness. She said she had known Lieut. Got. Tillman's family all her life and that the families are connected by mar riage. Miss Roper said she had never heard Lieut. Gov. Tillman make any threats towards Mr. Gonzaloa. After this the trial was adjourned to Tuesday, Monday being assigned to the conskiera4n of othr business. NEWSY CLEANINGS. 'A poor potato crop is reported from Minnesota. The Car-Wheel Trust wa organized recently with SO.OOO.lKX) e-tipital. Railway earnings are a million dol lars a week greater thin year than last. Surgeon-General Rixey has decided to urge on Congress the enlargement of the General Naval Hospital at Ports mouth, Va. German coal is gaining a hold in t'ie Frenr-h markets, and the French State railways have ordered S(X tons at $ i.fiO a ton. The Corset Manufacturers' Associa tion at Berlin has agreed to raise prices five per cent, because of the increased cost of cotton. Land estimated to contain upward of P,r000.000 feet of standing timber on Coquiiumo River, Oregon, was sold re cently for $.ir0,()00. A plague of fleas has infested Chi cago and the physicians and Health Department are unable to cope effect ively with the insects. Over 10.00V)00 pieces of -mail were received in the year ending June 30 by tho Dead Letter Office. $iS,G31 in money being found in them. Frederick Marriott, who sued Trux ton Beale and T. H. Williams for $100, 000 damages for shooting him, was awarded $10,780 against Williams. Detroit, Mich., is turning out from sixty-five to seventy-five complete au tomobiles daily, wiih a likelihood of producing 100 or more each day next season. James Keffer. murderer of William Warren, was banged in the jail vard at Lander. Wyo., after a last night spent in singing, dancing and telling stories to the death watch. A receiver was appointed in the Uni ted States District Court in Connecti cut for the Consolidated Lake Superior Company, and an injunction was is sued restraining a forced sale of the property. SPORTING BREVITIES. Kent cricketers defeated the Phila delphia team by seven wickets. Golf "has reached a fixed and d efinite place among our national sports. Quarterback kicking is to be a feat ure of this season's football games. Buffalo is a bit sore because Jersey City won the Eastern League pennant. Pitcher Charley Chech, of the St. Paul Club, won twenty-two out of twenty -five games pitched. Harvard's football team will have a heavy rush line. Her centre trio this fall will average more than 200 pounds. Lajoie claims that the Clevelands would have won the American League pennant easily if Bernhardt had not been injured. According to reports of sportsmen the hunting season will be a failure in Pennsylvania if rabbits are taken into consideration. Hugh Duffy, once the captain of the Boston National League Club, has been engaged to manage the Philadelphia National League nine for l'JOl. Captain Hunt, of Cornell, although he has played guard heretofore, has developed into a great drop kicker, and recently has been playing full back. Major Taylor, the colored bicycle rid er, has returned to Worcester, after a campaign of ten months in Australia, India and France. He said it was his last trip. The Chicago Baseball Club is pretty well satisfied with the distinction of being the only one that has defeated the champion Pittsburg's in the sea son's series. Jimmy Michael will return to Amer ica this fall and take up cycle racing. The midget will remain for next sea son, riding probably under the man agement of James C. Kennedy. The $5000 stake for three-year-old trotters was the feature of the opening of the grand circuit trots at Cincin nati, and was won in three straight heats by Ethel's Pride, best time 2.15 THE WAY TO THEIR HEARTS. Boisterous Lads Proved Themselves Not Wholly Bad. There was notairg lacking in the way of rowdyism on the homeward bound car from Bath Beach. All the "boys" were on it, and made it perfect ly apparent to other passengers that the conductor had nothing to do but collect fares, and that the motorman, big as he was, had little concern in what was going on behind him. In the next to the front seat sat a little, bent old woman, her white hair plastered smooth beneath one of those curious little black silk bonnets that are never seen in the shops, but which old women seem to know where to find. She wrapped her shawl closer I srnnrH Yi pr frail fimiro r e tYtn rr-rvAiaz ! became roiser and reared at the con ductor when he made a f ?eble effort to step them. Finally they started to sing a shameless scng. A man who was riding home with his wife and two children stood up in the car and man aged to secure a moment's attention. "Oh, come, lads," he pleaded; "not before mother!" The shot struck home. There was order on that car until the little old woman got off near the Brooklyn en trence Times. to the bridge. tfew York German women use the word "club" to designate a school organization, but not annlv it to. assrvMations or unfcms of working women. They pro- nounce it "kloob." GONZALES' DYING STATEMENT State Oilos a Point Cy Admlssoa ol Dead Mao' Account of Tragedy. Lexington. S. C. Special. The thirj day of the famous Tillman trial result ed In the Introduction of the dying statement of the deceased. The point waa hotly contested. Mr. Jas. A. Hoyt. Jr.. testified cn this point, and was closely cross-examined by the defence. Dr. C. W. Barron, of Columbia, waa at the hospital when Mr. Gonzales waa brought there from The State office. He said he asked Mr. Gonzales wiihin ten or fifteen minutes after he had been carried Into the hospital: "N. G., do you understand your con dition?" "I do." the doctor aid Gonial re plied, when witness said he asked him the further question: "Do you undezstand. N. G.. that you will probably die?'' The reply being, witness testified, "I do." The doctor sa!d Mr. Gonzales had no hope of recovery. He considered Gon zales in extremis. Witness 6ald Gon zales made a statement at the hospital which the witness said Gonzales sa! 1 was a death statement. Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent qt the State Insane Hopsital, saw Gon zales as be lay on the floor In The State office. He described the location of the bullet wounds, and gave the opinion that it was indicated that the body of a man receiving such wounds was on the point of turning. Dr. Bab cock also saw Gonzales at the hospital just after he was received there. Gon zales, he said, made a statement to him which he said he took down in long hand notes. Reading from his. notes he said the following were the words of Gonzales, as near as he could take it down: "He had one man with him who was a particular friend of him, Tal Bird; another man wfcose face I did not ob serve. I started for the State House as usual. As I got to the corner of Gervais street I recognized Tillman. I knew if I kept on I would collide with him as they were three abreast, both cn the outside. I cut diagonally across to the left, intending to turn the cor ner into Gervais street, which 1 could have done without touching the Inside nun. As I got on the turn, two or three feet from the exact corner, Till man pulled a pistol he had in bis sleeve and fired and made some ex pression. The shock threw me around nr-niriRt the nillar on Main street. I faced him. He pointed the pistol; 1 called him coward. He said: 'I took your advice,' or something to that ef fect; he put his pistol in his pocket and sauntered into the street. I never sent him a message. He said, I have taken you at your word.' I suppose he re ferred to something I said in an edi torial in the campaign. He said this after he fired. I had no id?a of meet ing him. I had seen him two days be fore in the lobby of the House. The thing was finished as far as I was con, cerned." August Kohn, a well known news paper man, testified that Gonzales said he had sent no message to Tillman. Killed By Cave-In. Columbus, Ga, While making measurements in a deep trench in a public street here Wednesday after noon, Superintendent of Public Works Robert L. Johnson and a negro workman. Brad Smith, wfe killed by r. mass of dirt caving in on them. The alarm was given immediately and a force of workmen was sent to rescue the men. While this force was at work, a second cave-in followed, bury ing seven or eight men. Mayor Chap pell ordered the hook and ladder ruek of the fire department to the scene with several firemen to help in the work. Quick work saved the lives of five workmen, who were dug out of the trnech. but two or them are fatal ly hurt. The bodies of Johnson and the negro Smith, were recovered. The injured men were sent to their homes and physicians are giving tnem meai cal attention. Superintendent Johuson was one of the best ksown civil and municipal engineers in the South. He was formerly engaged in government work. He leaves a wife and four ehila en. Not Coming South. Pine Bluff. Ark., Special. In re sponse to an invitation to visit tha Branch Normal College, colored, here In the event of a Southern tour by him, former President Grover Cleve land has written as follows to Prof. Isaac Fisher, principal of the eolleg?. "The reports in the pres3. indicating that I intend soon to pay a visit ti the South are entirely without founda tion. I have had no such intention, though I know that I would enjoy such a trip. If it were true that I were to make such a tour and come to the State of Arkansas, I do not know of anything that I would like better then to pay a visit to your school." A natch Rece. Memphis. Special. Secretary Murry Howe, or the Memphis Driving Park Association, announced that arrange ments have been concluded whereby rrince Alert. 1:57. and Dan Patch, 1:53. will meet in a match race on the opening day of the grand circuit meet ing, which begins October 20. On the second day Lou Dillon, the trotting qufen, and Major Delmar, recently purchased by E. E. Smathers, will tret a specially arranged race. Bryan to Speak. Columbus. O., Special. It Is an nounced that Hon. Wm. J. Bryan will be in Ohio on October 5 to lend as sistance to the Democratic cause. He will speak at Napoleon and Oak Har bor during the day, and in Sandusky at night. He had promised to give three days to the Ohio committee. Tml j preparations for his European trip re duced this ccm to one. FAVORS AN ElGuT-EOUt DAY. Ttat Committee ol Org aatird Labor Walla a the Prti4cat. Wajhlftttoa. Speclal-The .ireutite council of the American rVJrratJeo of Labor hat ImltJ an a4irea to orgaa lied labor. h!ca advocate the elstt hour day. oppe abut? by the rvurt of the writ of Injunction aoi tUcccly S asarta the principle of the utsloa shop. The addrrvu describe tne rrreti conference with PrealJeat UcoeIt. quoting the President at favoring the eight-hour bill. In the conference, tijt the address, the "open sho Ide aa carefully considered. The aJJrens con tinue: "Replying to statements on the sub- j Jct. President Hoorrlt set forth that In his decision he had nothing in mlnj but a strict compliant with Federal, including clvlj service law. and that he recognized a difference b-t-en em ployment by the government clrcum tcribel by those laws and nay other form of employment, and that !i!s de cision In the Miller casj hjul 1 net be understood to have any otht-r en-t or Influence than affecting diia employ ment by the government in 4Ci-ird.in c therewith. He furthermore male pisju that In any form of employment ex cepting th.it so rlrcunnrrUrfM. he be lieved the full employment of union men was preferable either to nun union or "open hhop." "In view of the publicity given thl subject, the executive mi.nul of the American Federation of I.a!or likes this opportunity to say th.it the trade union movement stands for strhtly union shop, experience having proxel that where the 'open .shop' system has been tried, reduction in wases : nd profits have ensued, with r-neral dis aster to the Industry practicing th.t. system, and therefore declares that tiie best interests of the labor movfj&ent calls for the employment of union workers and dlscourag'-? in every way. shape and form the deteriorating ef forts which fedlow reo:;nitior of the "open shop.' " The address argues thui the sure. of agreements with employe-rs d in I3 on the complete organizaf:on of labor, for only an organize ! )n j e an carry Into execution such an agreement. Condition of the Treasury. Washington. Special. Mr. Roberts. Treasurer of the United State, has submitted to Secretary Shaw his re port en the condition of the Treasury, June 30. and its operations during the past fiscal year. .The total net reve nues for the year were loC0,?.idS,H. an increase of $38.9S,439 over the year preceding, and the total expendi tures $506,099,007. an Increase of $13. 782.034. The surplus was $34.297.CC7. as compared with $91,287,373 in 1902. In the receipts there was in increase pf upwards of $30,000,000 from cus toms, and a falling off of over $41,000, 000 from internal revenue, the latter being the result of legislation enacted with that object. On the side of ex penditures there was an Increase in every important account, except pen sions and Interest, in which there were slight savings. The expenditures for the two military departments, whlcn together amounted to $191,237,554. forming by far the heaviest outlay for any single purpose, were upward of $21,000,000 greater than the year be fore. Treasurer Roberts places the mone tary stock of the country on June 30. 1903, Including gold and sliver. Uni ted States notes. Treasury notes and national bank notes, but not certifi cates, at $2,688,149,621. an Increase of $124,882,963 for the year. The Increase in gold was $60,137,401. and in na tional bank notes $56,998,559. The total estimated stock of gold was $1, 252.371.990; constituting nearly 47 per cent, cf the whole. The cold in the Treasury amounted to $631,420,789. after a gain of $71,220,480 In twelve months. Of the receipts from customs at the port of New York, constituting 67 per cent, of the whole 88 per cent, were In gold. The increase of the monev in circulation during the year was $121,740,252. of which $59,997,700 wa3 in gold certificates and $54,520. 193 in national bank notes. The share of money for each person Increased 9 cents and the proportion of gold to the whole rose to 42 per cent, the highest ratio ever "recorded. There haa been a continual increase In the pro portions of paper currency of the de nominations of $10. and under in cir culation, but the growth hardly keeps pace with the demand. The supply can be increased if Congress will authorize the issue of gold certificates for $10. and remove the restriction on the la sue of $5 notes by national banks. Twelve Persons Drownee. Mariette, Wis., Special. The pas senger steamer Erie T. Hackley of Fish Creek, foundeded in Green Bay Saturday night, during a hard aquall. and twelve persons were drowned and seven rescued. The dead: Joseph Vo- rous, captain; Tfuchly, cook, of the Hackley. Passengers: Freeman Thorpe, Fish Creek; Edna Barrlnger, Fish Creek; Lawrence Barrlnger. brother of Edna Barringer. Fish Creek: Francis Vincent. Egg Harbor; Vincent, sister of Francis. Egg Harbor; George LeClalr. Jr.. Jaefcson port; N. Fitxsimmons. Jacksonport; Henry Rabbiter, Fish Creek; Carl Kel ly, Fish Creek; Nels Nelon. Sturztoa Bay. A flitch Rrc-. j Howe, of the Memphla Driving Park Association, announced that arrange ments have been concluded wherety Prince Alert. 1:57, and Dan Patch. 1:59, will meet in a match race on the opening day of the grand circuit mecl- :cg. which begins October 20. On the ccond day Lou Dillon, the trotting V-ieen. and Major Delmar. recently purchased by E. E. Snialbia. will tret a specially arranged race. DECISION IS FINAL FfCStfCfit lOOSCUll GitCS lltiaitCQ ia Miller Cut MET TEE lARO lEPIESESTATIYTS Tne I'retlarat I tha bole Per' l Unable to Recognita the IWraanda of Any Creed or Organlcatloo. Washington. Fial An Important conJcrrnc took rtaro at the WLlte ii. ouimp Tuesday fcigbt Mwn Irrsl- tint Roosevelt and e tambrrs cf tbr eieciitltf council tb American Toleration tf Ulmr. including Presi dent Gompra and John Mitchell, ttol of the Miners' Union, du'leg wbUh the case cf Foreman W. A. MtJlr. cf ! the gote-rntxtrnt rrlntlcg rUte. ta tho prtneit! topic cf d!scuslon. The et tfeifiic granted at th rrqut cf th labor leaders. The Miller caj as very fully frrcalrd by the raera lers tf the exeruUv council, at the dose cf which the President male a statement in which Le announce! that his decision not to dismiss Miller ai final and that the quetkn of fcU per sonal fitne must L settled In the ngular routine of adminlUatin. The statement says: "As regards the Miller . I bate lit t "10 to add to what I t.ate alnaty Kiid. In dealing tth It 1 ak uu to le-uie-mtfT that 1 am dealing jurely wtth the relation if the gowrnronl te Its employe-. I rnut grne-rn ray action by the laws ejf tbe lar.d. whla I am sworn to administer, and wtleh differentiate any case la which the government ef the United States U a party from all other cases what-er. Theso lawg are enact pd for the bene fit of the whole iwople. and cannot anj must not 1m? e ontru- l as j i:r.lPl:.g discrimination against some ef th people. I atn President cf all the j--ple cf the United States, without re gard to creed. odor. Mrth place. r cupathm or Kexlal condition. My altn is to do equal and exact justice as among them a'l. In the em;loymnt and dismissal cf men In the govern ment service I can no more reeopr.lze the fact that a man el- er dt s not belong to a union aa being for or agalnt him than I can reccgnlze tho fact that be is a Protetttiit -r a Catholic, a Jew tr a Gentile, as being for or against him. "In the communications rent me by various labeir eirganlzations pretesting agalnt the re-tc-utkm of Miller in th government i rintlng office the grt-uada alleged axe twofold: 1. "That he is a non union man. 2. That he Is not prnonally fit. Tht question of hi personal fitness Is chi to be settled In the routine of admin istrative detail, and cannot le allowed to conflict with or to complicate the large question cf governmental dis crimination for or against him or any other man because he It or Is not a member cf a union. This is the only question now before tne for decision; and aa to this decUlon Is final. Die Rise In Cotton. A New York ppecial to the Chariot". N. C. Observer of Wednesday says: With September cotton at an advanc of 145 pointa for the day and tr,np than 200 In two day and likely to g 1 higher, and with news of quirk ' teg menta 100 pointa higher, the .v York cotton exchange Tues lay eav the culmination cf the moi: sure-,,, fully carried out corner In cotton ! the history of this market .a c :n--whlrh has made for W. P. Urown. '! New Orleans, the leader, at the Jeit calculation between $7.000.0o0 and $:. 000.000 ia September option abir.e. Tuesday In one hour cottcn rose nort than $5 a bale, because the men wh had a theory that the corner would o! hold and sold by the thousands bales were not able to find It to buy 1 1 make the deliveries they had contract ed to make tomorrow, and had to i - It of the men who had previously ao! l it. In order to prevent the rsarh rising to absolutely rulnou many of these have made 'ttlemrr within the last two days with suri a cent a pound above the market rat. Troop Withdrawn. Burgsa. Bulgaria. By Cable. Dis patrhes from the Insurgent chief. Gerl Jlkoff, who haa teen conducting oper ations In the Klrkllca district, cr. nounce that the Turkish trooja hs 4 been withdrawn from Zabernovo. Kar lovo and Graiaticoco. three points 01 the Turkish frontier. It la understoot that this movement waa In accordant with the request of the Bulgarian gov ernment that Turkey withdraw he" troops from the frontier aa a sign tZ the rcerlty of ter pacific declara tions. The positions vacated by the Turk are now occupied by Insurgents. Gets a Scholarship. New York. Special. Appointment to University scholarships at Colombia, were received Tuesday. They are for pot-grsduate study' and are valued at $150 each. They are awarded for ex-c I tenee In study acd general merit. Among the receipts In Leonldaa Wak'- field Crawford. Jr.. of Greensboro. N. C. course in English literature. He !tf en A. M. of Trinity College. Durban., N. C, A. M. of Columbia Univcraity, 1903. Flotilla Goes to .Man la. Norfolk. Special. The first trpej boat flotilla, consisting of the !.- tur. Dale, Bainbridge. Chauncey. c Barry, la preparing for-a voyage Manila, and will be ready to sad. it expected, about hx first of Noveml The flotilla wflL under the com ma 1 J of Lieutenant L. 1L Chandler, and w B be conveyed by the cruiser Baltinioiff. en - -" .
