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row M J f erf VOL. XXI. I RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, IU03 NO. 43. C Ml MTU ctitc .innrno nun n o n l mn no 5 T Newsy Items Cleaned From 3 Murphy to flanteo. 5 Impurtant Church Meeting. Salisbury, Special.- The Potomac "Synod of the He-formed Church was convened In annual Kession Thursday night In Faith Uefcrmvd church, this city 120 delegate?.; being present. All the territory LelonRing to the Synod wan well represented. This comprises :outh central Pennsylvania. Maryland, western West Virginia, the Shenan doah. Valle-y of Virginia and North Carolina. The Synod has 177 minis ters and 307 congregations. It has 4ft, '088 conflrmd members and 20,411 im confirmed, lu last meeting In this State wa;i at Newton, 20 years ago. The (lfI'Kate are being hospitably ntertained In Salisbury homes and "x press thfmselvj's as much pleased wita the city. They are uch guests as it Is a pleasure to welcome. The ge neral public Interest In the sessions tf the Synod Is ntrongly evidenced by ifhe large number of members of other denominations, ministers Included, who ar- prison L The retiring presi dent. Hev. Dr. J. M. Schick, of Wash ington. President ltoo.evelt's pastor, called the body to order and delivered tin. oprn'ng sermon from II Corin thians. :,A',: "All things are of God, who hath rrccnciled U3 to himself by Jesus Chii:;t. and hath given to u.s the ministry of reconciliation." Dr. Schick 'as eloquent, and pleasing. IH3 key noto was this: The efforts of the Christian ministry to lead men in such spheres of life as personal morals or theologies 1 dogmatic statement of truth pre to ho looked upon as re versing thi order of God's ordering. Tin; ministry of re-eoniliatior has to do. fi:.f. all mil last of ail, with placing rnon in the risht dilation to God. cn!M-nt that thes. other mat ters will follow in pvopet order as the fruit of tr.i regeuerato life. Conference Appotntmfn'g. Winsto'-.-.-'nlem. Kpet ial. The annu al session nine Uidse Conference, of the Nou' irn Methodist I'piscoual Church, c i .:ed Monday ar Glass. The fcllowint; ue th appointments made: Hakri-MVille district. W. A. Patton, pirsldin.'. 'M't; Hakersvllle, E. J. Kinkier; Hoone. W. K. Ulackwelder; Caldwell. D. A. Lnnler; Creston, to be supplied; Jefferson, L. R. Huddlestone; Montezr.ma. V. C. liaiton; Trap Hill, J. N. S. Do, b; WilUsboro. J. II. Pat terson: Vaik!:i, J. M. Heath. Clyde strict. W. C. Matney, presid ing elier; Abbeville. .1. II. Gillespie; Culhf rs?ir. to be supplied: Clyde. J. F. Matney; l.'-j.-oster. W. A. Hullew: Ir vin. ;i:inie .1. Mrvthev; Marion. J. B. Tucker: I'i.h, .1. I,. Stephenson; Syl va. D. ?.!. Mathcson; Unaka, M. A. L'Mlu 'sou. Stat:villr district. C. W. Smith, pre siding rider; Chmdler. J. C. Richard son; Dah-ey. C. I'. Cassteven3; Gasto nia, W. S. Fitch; Gladstone. J. L. Den n's; Gla.-s. F. A. L. Clark; Greensboro, N. M. Ccuprr; Harmony. C. M. War den; lle-jrv. D. J. filler; King's Moun tain, L. .1. Penly; Troy. W. S. Moore; Zion. 11. I). Cbrisrenbury. A. I.. Johnson and J. L. A. Bumgar ner are left without appointments to Btt'end EcJicol. C. W. Smith was elected ministerial and .7. M. Long lay delegate to Gen eral Conference, to be held at Los An geles, Cal. ia May, 1004. 5tate N-vs. The StMe F-ir which closed last Friday in Raleigh was one of the best and most largely attended one in the history of the institution. Many special features were Introduced, the exhibits were superb and the meetings of Con federate Veterans and othrs were high ly interesting. The Merklenburg Fair is in ses sion in Charlotte this week and the number of visitors is remarkably large. The fair Is a great credit to the county. State auditor Dixon has been busy making educational speeches for a number of weeks. The Ada Cotton Mills of Charlotte, which have been closed down for tome months, fired up last Friday. The Photographers held a big con vention in Greensboro last week. A War Rumor. Honolulu. By Cable. The steamer Nippon Maru, which sailed from here Friday for Yokohama, will stop at Midway Island for orders through fear of capture, caused by the circulation of a report here that the Japanese consulate at Honolulu had received a cipher cablegram that war with Rus sia had been declared. The passengers on the- steamer were very much alarmed. Two Hurt. Huntington. W. Va., Special. Rev. O. R. Williams, of Guyandotte, a min ister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife were both prob ably fatally injured in a runaway ac? cldent near Bealington. The horse ran for half a mile before the buggy was dashed against a tree, throwing the occupants over an embankment. Their little baby was also in the vehicle, and when neighbors reached the scene of the accident both the min ister and his wife were unconscious, but the little tot was playing near by without having sustained the slightest injury. Heavy Lois. Chicago. Special. President J. B. Forgan of the First National Bank, said'that according to the committee's estimate the assets of the Acme Har vester compnny are worth between $200,000 and $300,000 more than the lia bilities of the concern. The-liabilitits, he said, were in round numbers $2,000.. 000. As soon cs the claims are all satis fied. Mr. Morgan said, the business will be turned over again to the old management. TRAGEDY AT NEWBERSE. flan Kills Another flan's Wifs Who Run Away With Him. Newbern, Special. Sunday morning '.he people of Newbern were awakened to the sad news that a diatardly and .-owardly murder was committed be tecn D o'clock Saturday night and Sunday morning, on the railroad, be tween the Atlantic and North Carolina Lailroad shops and National avenue, in the city limits, when Chas. Meadows was murdered. The supposed murderer was Will Phillips, who some time in the past ran away with Mr. Meadow's wife. Saturday night they both were in company at Mr. S. B. Habicbt's bar room. Witnesses testified before the coroner's jury tonight, that they had a quarrel In said barroom, about said Meadows' wife. Meadows promising Phillips a weekly bonus, to give him his wife back, but Phillips refused. They both left the bar together, and were seen together until 10 o'clock Sat urday night. Meadows was found dead Sunday , morning, about 7 o'clock' in the same place with scars on his thror.t as if choked to death. Phillips is un der arrest. Many witnesses examined, und intens-j feeling manifested. Dr. J. F. Rhem, the coroner, retired the jury ft 8:15 o'clock and they returned a verdict at 8:50 that the said Meadows came to his death at the hands of Phillips. He (Phillips), was bound over to the November term of the criminal court. JaPed for Abc?uction. Wilmington, Special. A man eivinz his name as Raymon Jose, a follower of the Layton Carnival Company, but not employed by that organization, was taken from aboard the show train as it was about to depart for Monroe a 3 o'clock Monday morning and landed v? the police station, where he wst charged with abducting pretty 13-year-old Margaret McCabe, daughter of a well known ship carpenter here. Jose had stowed the girl in a box car con taining show tents and other parapbe nalia and she was discovered there by the carnival managers, who promptly turned him over to the police. The mn bad promised the girl a- position with the carnival to sell confetti and met her by appointment early in the ni?ht is she was on her way to church. Jose was given a preliminary trial in the police court and held for the Supreme Court In default of $200 justified bond. He says his home is near Richmond, Va.. end that he had no criminal in tentions toward the child. Terry Asks a Change of Venu. Wilmington, Special. Counsel for defense In the case of S. H. Terry, charged with the murder of hl3 son in law, George T. Bland, at his home in this city, fifteen days ago, made a motion fcr change of venue to an ad joining county in the Superior Court here this afternoon. Affidavits by de fendant and eight citizens cf Wil mington and the county, tending to show that the defendant could not get a fair and impartial trial in this county on account of local prejudice, were submitted, and Judge Brown gave the prosecution until tomorrow to present argument and affidavits in rebuttal. Head of Navy at Norfolk. Newport News, Special Secretary of the Navy Moody arrived in Hamp ton Roads Thursday night on the dis patch boat Dolphin, which dropped an chor off Old Point Comfort. This morn ing the naval tug Mohawk went to Old Point for the Secretary, who was re ceived with much form and ceremony at the Norfolk navy yard, which he had never before visited. Admiral Har rington, in charge of the naval station, and the other officers of the yard were out in full dress, and a marine guard also appeared, headed by the naval post band. Secretary Mcody is on an inspection trip, principally, however, for the purpose of examining and re commending one of three sites for the new and commodious marine barracks soon to be erected at the Norfolk navy yard. Admiral Harrington this after noon entertained the Secretary and Admiral Bowles at dinner. Secrcftury Moody returnes to Washington Sunday. Wilson's Big Fire. Raleigh, Special. A special from Wilson says: "The S. W. Venable To bacco Company's factory, owned by the Branch Banking Company, and used for the storage of leal, was burned at 10 o'clock Monday night. The Carter & Whitehead company, ftdioinine. had their stock badly dam aged by smoke and water. The Venable Company's loss is estimated at $50,000, that of Carter & Whitehead at $5,030, The cause of the fire is unknown. State Ntws Notes. The corporation commission will go to Charlotte on the 5th of November in hoar thrt romnlaint. etc.. in the freight rate cases. It had first named November 4th as the date, duc nnas that the circus will be at Charlotte that day. The State chartered the Bank cf Mcrven Anson county, to do a com mercial and savings business, capital stock $10,000, G. A. Martin and others stockholders. There are now 150 State private and savings banks. The Legis lature at Its last session chartered 17, and then enacted a law giving the Secretary of State the power to char ter, and the corporation commission the power to authorize to do business. Since that date the commission has chartered 17 banks. , Damage Cla'ms. It is estimated that claims for dam ages caused by the heavy rains and overflowing of sewers will reach $500, 000 in the borough of Brooklyn a.one. U the office of Controller Grout it is said today that it woiild not be sur prising if in the neghborhood of be tween 2,000 and 3,000 claims are pre sented. The policy of the city will be to resist payment on the ground that the city cannot be held liable for dam pgts due to causes over which the city ha no control. BROKE THE RECORD. Heavy Cotton Sales Monday On Exchange. ESTIMATED AT NEARLY 1,500,000. Mor or Less General Frosts Reported From the Cotton Belt Bulled the Market. New York, Special. There was gTeat excitement and activity at the open ing cf the cotton market Monday. More or less general frosts had been report ed in the cotton belt for Saturday and Sunday, and with Liverpool Monday raornins exhibiting great firmness, there was a scare cf shorts here that started prices some 20 to 43 points higher. October closing Saturday at 9.96. sold up to 10.40 on the call, while December 10.20, and May, 10.20. This enormous gain naturally attracted heavy jealizing, and after the call prices were depressed several points cn the more active positions. The ac tivity continued all morning, and fluc fantlons were irreg-ilar and violent. Generally speaking, the tone was firm. From the highest point early there was a reaction before mid-day of 25 points on October to 11 to 17 points on the other positions. Notwithstanding the heavy estimates for tomorrow's re ceipts, short covering continued in volume, and the market regained most of its losses with prices in the early afternoon 25 to 35 points higher thaa Saturday. There was some diminution cf the activity during the afternoon, pnd the transactions for the day broke all previous records, nearly a million and a half bales, according to estimate. Th.p market was finally steady, 26 to 34 points net higher, this representing a reaction from the best of 18 points on October, and cf 1 to 7 points on later positions. All the months later than January sold at new high prices for the season. Polish Countess on Trial. Berlin, By Cable. The trial of Countess Isabella Wesierska Kwil- tckl, belonging to a rich and aristo cratic Polish family, on the charge of pretending to have borne a son over six years ago and presenting him as the heir to an estate at Wroblew, province of Posen, consisting of 10, 000 acres, and having a yearly rent roll totalling $15,000, began here Mon day. Count Kwilecki appears at the trial, charged with bein an accessory to the crime. The countess was arrested January 22 of the present year, and the count was taken into custody August 5. Ono midwife and two women servants were also placed in a box as acces sories. Countess Kwilecki is defended by seven leading Polish lawyers. Very great interest is manifested in the case here, as the accused countess and count are well known in the higher aristocratic circles of Berlin. She was hern in March, 184G, married the count in 1864, and bore him three; chil dren, the last in 1S79. Then, the coun tess counsel claim, the latter gave birth to the son who is the cause ior the present proceedings. This son Is said to have been born January 27, 1S97. The prosecution claims that the latter la the son of a peasant girl of Parcj;e m Austrian Si lesia, who is present a.3 a witness and as a claimant for the child. Mrs. Brvan to Testify. New Haven, Conn., Special.---In con nection with the hearine of tba will of ! the late Chas. D. Bennett, which was resumed Monaay, it is understood that Mrs. Bryan, wife of Wm. Jennin?s Bryan, one of the new executors, will come to this city to testify aa to what part she took in the drawi ig of the will ,and also as to what o :curred at the time. Mrs. Bryan, it has been brought out at the hearing, drew upon a typewriter the will whiefc. Mr. Ben nett addressed to his wife, instructing her concerning the $50,000 bequest to Mr. Bryan. Conference of Bishops. Washington. Special. The bishops of dioceses in the Southern States, who have been attending the Pan-American Conference of Bishops of the Episcopal Church, conferred with a delegation of negro rectors and laymen regarding the question of a negro bishop in the United States. Bishop Dudley, formerly of Richmond, Va., who ' has devoted much time to the race question, pre sided. The negroes earnestly urged the proposition for a bishop. The meeting was executive and no statement was given cut, one bishop stating, however, that the solution of the question "is a long way off." Thirteen Ecaoe. "Washington, Special. Thirteen pris oners, confined in the jail here, es caped before daylight Sunday by cut ting their way through tne brick waL in the rear cf the building. Among those who escaped was James White a negro, Indicted for murder. Eight ether prisoners were left in the jail. There is strong evidence that friends on the outside furnished the prisoners with a key to unlock the cell. None have yet been recaptured. Dl"d of Yellow Feve-. Cuero, Texas, Special. Robert Ben nett, a prominent young ranchman who returned from Mexico two weeks ago died at his home, eleven mile3 from here. State Health Officer Tabor pronounced the case one of yellow fever. One other case was found on the ranch, and It was discovered that Mrs. Bennett had just recorered " from an attack of the disease. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matter of General Interest la Short Paragraphs, Down la Dixie. Many towns in North Carolina art suffering for want of labor. Snow fell in considerable quantities In North Carolina last week. One thousand negro longshoremen struck for higher wages at Mobile. Ala., Saturday. It is reported in Norfolk that a shooaer has been drlren ashore on the beach at Dam Neck Mills, In a storm. The, Western Union closed its of fice in South Carolina towns last week on account of excessive local taxa tion. - The Tennessee Iron and Metal Com pany filed a petition In -anVrnptcy Saturday In Chattanoogaf In which Its liabilities are scheduled at $39,316, and its assets at IS. A. N. Bentley, a master mechanic of the Livingston division of the Louis ville & Nashville, shot and killed B. N. Roller, master of trains. The shooting occurred in front of the court house. The gun-boat Newport has been or dered to visit Savannah, Ga., between the 4th and Fth proximo to participate in the fall fef tival and fair given under the auspices of the residents of that city. The Secretary of the Navy Moody and Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles visited the Newport News ship Build ing Company's shipyard. The Secretary was taken aboard of the battleship Missouri, which is tied up at one of the ship yard piers, and expressed pleas ure at the ship's fine performance on her official trial. - At The National Capital. President Roosevelt addressed an audience of 7,000 people on Sunday His theme was "efficiency." The All-American Conference of Protestant Episcopal Bishops beggan in Washington. President Roosevelt formally called 4 he Fifty-eighth Congress to meet in extraordinary session beginning Nov ember 9. Leopold J. Stern, of Baltimore, was arraigned in Washington, charged with false pretenses in filling a Post office Department contract. After promoting 40 clerks Pension Commissioner Ware announced that merit alone is the stepping-stone to advancement in his bureau. The Alaskan boundary award was officially signed by a majority of the commission in London, the Canadian members refusing to sign it. At The Nortb. Four people were drowned at Port land, Ore., Sunday. The Dowieites had a auiet dav In New York Sunday. Prince Alert clipped a quarter of a second from the world's pacing record ior a hair mile at the Narrangansett park. The time was 5.77t seconds. F. O. Reinhart, of Princeton, won the individual championship of the Inter- Collegiate Golf Association, defeating W. C. Chick, of Harvard, by four un and three to play. From Across The Sea. The French National Assembly re sumed its sittings. Joseph Chamberlain made an ad Iress at Newcastle, England, the first since his recent attack of gout. Premier Giuseppi Zanardelli, of Italy, wir :d the resignations of the entire Cabinet to King Victor Em manuel. American residents at Puerto Prin cipe have telegraphed United States Minister Squires regarding the alleged murder of an American named Mur ray, who kept a hotel In that city, which was reported by the local papers as having taken place in Sunday. Ac cording to the papers, Murray was found dead in a cell "at police headquar ters. In the same cell was confined a negro who had in his possession a knife and who was reported to be mad. Miscellaneous natters. The negro question was discussed in addresses before the American Mis sionary Association at Cleveland. In the hearing before Referee Stan ley W. Dexter, witnesses testified to the manner of fixing the value of se curities on which Dresser & Co. secured a big lean. Sir Frederick Pollock, who is en a visit to this country, is corpus profes sor of jurisprudence at Oxford Univer sity, and occupies a distinguished posi tion In the English legal profession. He has ben examiner of law at Cam bridge, and has written many text books, among them volumes on torts, -contracts, partnerships and jurispru lence and ethics. He also has written i life of Sprinoza. Sir Frederick was lorn in 1845 "and was educated at Eton ihd at Trinity College, Cambridge, and tvas called to the Bar of Lincoln's Inn. lis grandfather was chief baron of the Jourt of 12xcheqer. Sir Frederick ha rtslted the United States several times. Charles A. Conant. a former Wash ngton newspaper correspondent, was ;ent to the' Philippines by the Secre itj of the Treasury two years ago to tudy the currency needs of the islands, nd on his recommendation a distinct oinage system was created for the 'hilippines Jby Congress. The first hipment of the coins sent to the is ands was Immediately called Conants. They are even referred to by the Ma illla newspapers as Conants without rhe use of the quotation marks. In Hong Kong and other nearby trading porta the coin is called Conant SCOT DOWN BEFOIE HAY0L Tragic Scene Enacted In City of Savannah, Oa. Savannah. Ga, Special. Policeman Charles A. Collins was shot down In the ma?ora office In the city hall Fri day afternoon by Henry C. Crt, aa art dealer. The nhootlnc occurrtsl in the presenc eof Mayor Myers, the su perintendent of police, the recorder, the chairman of the council, several aldermen and a number of citizens. Collins was ehot through the breaat. and will probably die. Policeman Collins was under inves tigation by the mayor on charges brought by Green. A week or ten days ago, Collins arrested Green on the streets aa a suspicious character. As a matter of fact. Green is well-k-.nwn lu the city, having betn connected with the postofflce for a number of years. There had been several robberies and burglaries reported to the police. Col lins saw a man standing or loitering on the sidewalk In the neighborhood of where the burglaries occurred, a be; at 2 o'clock In the morning, and arrested him. The man proved to be Green, who explained that he was only waiting for a friend. The policeman refused to ac cept the explanation, and Tocked-Grfen up, without giving him an opportunity to see his friends or arrange for bail. The next morning the recorder impos ed a fine on Green, who appealed to the mayor and lodged complaint against Collins. This complaint was under investigation Fr'day afternoon. Green had testified, and Collins was cross-questioning him. Collins asked a question which reflected on Green's morality. Quick as a flash. Green pulle 1 a pistol and fired. Collins arose, and attempted to get his pistol out of the holster, bt't was caught by the chief of police and restrained. Collins was taken to a hospital, and Green was locked up at the county jail. Bie Industrial Collapse. Butte, Mont., Special. By the gen eral shut down of the Amalgamated Copper Company properties, 13,000 to 15,000 men are directly thrown out of employment and others will be Indi rectly affected within a week so that the grand total will reach 20.000. The Great Northern will lay off a portion of the crews heretofore hauling ore from Butte to the Boston and Montana Smelter at Great Falls. The Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway will lay fcff fralght crews between Butte and Anaconda. In addition to these, num erous other enterprises, large end small, which relied, upon the Amalga mated as thlr chief customer, will be obliged to curtail. In Montana alone approximately $1,000,000 a week is cut oft the pay rolls. Butte stre!ts are filled today with 7,000 miners thrown out last nleht. Boarding house keepers, storekeepers, etc, whom the miners owe besieged the justices' court seeking garnishee orders. The constables cannot serve the papers fast enoush and the justices clerks are working overtime filling them out. F. Augustus Heinze of the Montana Ore Purchasing Company, today pub lished a statement giving hi3 side of the shut down. He a.iid it was a move on the part of the Wall street specu latohs (among them H. H. Rogers, president of the Amalgamated Copper Company,) to control stock manipu lation and was not directly caused by the injunction issued yesterday by Judge Clancey. He also said that Judge Clancev'a decision yesterday was In line with the Northern Securities de cision. Mr. Seallon. of the Anaconda Coprer Company, said that there was no truth in the statement that Mrj Kogers. pres ident of the Amalgamated Copper Com pany, ordered the shut down to affect the stock market. Sa:Ir at n Fire. Norfolk, Special. The five-story building of the Old Dominion Paper Company, on Commercial Place, was gutted Friday nignt and it was only by superhuman efforts the flames were kept within the four walls of the struc ture. A high northeast wind threw blazing brands for squares and seri ously endangered the heart of the wholesale section. The fire originated in the fifth floor and had gained great headway before it wa3 discovered. About 100 sailors from the navy yard aided the firemen and one sailor fell from th top of a forty-foot ladder into the outstretched arms of three of his companions who saw him coming and braced themselves to catch him. He was uninjured. What portions of the building escaped the flames were ruined by water and the immense stock is a total loss. The damage is estimat ed at from $50,000 to $60,000. Wants flerry With Justice. Norfolk, Special In considering sev eral cases of Chinamen charged with living here in violation of the Gary Exclusion act. Judge Edmund Wad dill, of the Federal Court said that he believes Jung Twong. an aged China man, who has been living in this coun try for 30 years, should not he deport ed. He said that in going back to China the aged man would be deported to die In misery or be starved to death. He believes the Federal law does not con template either alternative, and con tinued the case until November 3. pending a discesslon of the case with tie department in Washington (lets Back Pay. Bristol, SpecIaLIn the case of George M. Seeley against the New River Mining Company, of Pulasgl county, Virginia, a jury in the Federal Court "at Abington gave Seeley Judg ment for $16,000. Seeley sued for this amount, which he claimed was due hinraa back pay for managing the company's affairs. The company sought to offset the clalma with a counter-charge. M.X0S ON Ml STAM. Prttldrst of 5h pbtUldlag Conns Tcl'a Mow It Was Wrecked N'w York. Special Lewla Nixon ho. from naval costtmctor, became tuIUer of warship aai ih irrMrat of the United Statr Shibullllaj Company, was the principal !tas at th continuation cf the brartst rwfort Examiner liccry D. Ollptaat aa to tb effalrs of the drtenct corpora t let named. He dli po; AzUh t r tal bat In the three hour that he s oa the Hand he meat over nu:h of tb history of tb eorporat'on anl th acta of the men prominent in ita hit tory. He aaid Max Pirn cO':nd fn Charles M. fchmab. had aerated number of the directors for the h!p bullding combination, and si 1 thu the propored expenditure f t2.Ml X for Improvements at th frtMehev Steel Worka had been app;oe4 by thi dtrectora over hia protect and warnlni that the action might, in th end. iev the main corpo.-aUca with ..at f un i and wreck It. itr. NUv ;it l iar titt-r tnsa epeaiif.!v wn ar;roci he made several attempta to f-ire a meeting of the dr: .or md th i. )lr Schwab had fina!;y told bir.t that u had instructed th? directors t) mnaln away from a me .'tins. n effort waa n? to thjx tijt the directors el v-i at the .i;;r,tin ef Mr. Pam had no: bet.n f toiU;!drr but like the youn urn of the O-r. poratlon Trust C'i?iir"Uy. of Ww Jer sey, who served Iv tV arly lm ! the combination. h 1 bxn f1v.n hz:n enough to quality, but Mr. Nixon nai no personal knowbd-; of the transac tion. Mr. Nixon testLKd tl.st by r r:lu. tlon of the director.-'. p.is.?nl in l)..vev br last. Mr. Pam vj given a Hilary of $18,000 a year, whh was dated bac?: to the preceding Se.i:v.l lb: a!s-. testified that beside his ton -is aj -n underwriter, and the sunn paid fr tHf Bethlehem property. Mr. S.'Swab re ceived a shsre of the promotion money, part of which he gnv to Ch.rlti Gates, of the brokerage firm cf Har ris. Gates &. Co. Samuel Untermeyer. for the bond holders, endeavored tj prov by th? witness that during bs oe?oti.itio:i for the purchase of tt constituent plants no one looked after the Inter ests of the shipbuilding compat-.W-s. I ut tbat the figures and reporM of .Torn WT. Young, the promoter, were a ;ce pl ed. Mr. Nixon paid that no Indepen dent appraisement or Invest I eat had been made, and db'liirnc 1 all p r scnal responsibility for th ng-rtin-tion3 and financial part tf the combi nation plan. It was brought out In the testimony of Mr. Nixcn that tb :ateir.rnts a to the personnel of the di"ctorate had been made fn the rrcsr.ccturi issued in June, 1898, and that Young had taken the ODtions in his natn. According tj Mr. Nixon, secrecy was obssrvtd In paying the vendors only b?caup Pro moter Young did not wane them to know what was being paid for each pla-nt. There has ben mucn mystery over the cutting of the check nlcn to the vendors, and it is possible that the explanation of Mr. Nlxun ulll dea lt away. Charles Cauda was the onfy o.hcr witness of the day. taking the stand be fore Nixon was called. He testlfiel that the C3r.da Manufacturing Com pany, for which $1,100X00 in cash and securities was pid. had a plant at Carteret. N. J., built for the manufac ture of car whee!s. but that at the time of its purchase it was turning out some experimental work in motor car riages. It had made about 100 n.a chines. and employed about 40 men. He said that plant would have been use ful In connection with some of the op erations of the ship-building combina tion. Charles M. Schwab and Max Pam'at tended the hearing yesterday. They came to be sw-orn. but remained in:er estfd listeners to all the testimony. They will testify later in the week. Cotton Grorvers at Raleigh. Raleigh. Special. A largely attend ed meeting of North Carolina cotton growers Is being held here. E. L. Daughtridge. of Edgecombe; T. B. Parker, secretary. State Chemist KI1 gore made a talk covering his observa tions of cotton during his recent trip through the South. There were reso lriions Introduced providing that dis cussion should be solely on the mat ter of marketing cotton. Excellent speeches were made on this resolution by S. B. Alexander. W. R. Cox Currie. of Cumberland; T. B. Parker. John W. Atwater, Ashler Home and others. ' Home, several months ago. Issued a circular letter In regard to cotton. showing that reports and estimated statu tics were excessive and that the crop was not nearly as large as they stated It to be. This letter was large ly published in North Carolina and South Carolina and gave the growers great encouragement One South Car olina grower said it was worth half a million dollars to that State alone. It was shown by reports that the crop is not nearlv so large as stated. A committee of ten was ordered to be appointed to confer with Harvie Jor dan In regard to securing such abso lute concert of action as to secure a price of not less than 10 cents. Such a course had the absolute approval of the meeting. The committee will be named later. San Antonio Quarantined. Houston, Texas. Special The city of Houston and tue counties of De- witt. Victoria. Fayette. Anuces, Bee. Comal and Hays. Inaugurated quaran tine against tho city of San Antonio. This followed the cflclal report from the State health officers that there had been three deaths from the fever at San Antonio. It Is stated that Fort Sam Houston, the military post out side the limits of San Antonio, has !rs ween put under quarantine. TEN LIVES ARE LOST. Mcst Dtustrm AccUeit b ChUry TUN ML WALLS AND 100F UMAX 5ttperfateient a4 Fare ana strnctloa Me 14 la fio.ao i lUliaa'a L Cwt Off te rtln Frea tWcOder. New York. 8?ial. Ten Uvea loat by tb rat-ta of tat roof aai alla of the subway tufBl at Oa Hundred and .Matty-Flfta strC 11 urday nlcht. anl tour persoa were Ladly Injured. All of the dead sad In jured were workmen aai moat of taeni Italian. Following la a list of taelr names: Timothy Sullivan, femaaa; Wm. Fchutte. elect rid aa; Calarppa Barone. Staation Bran. lile Tlp pl; fU unidentified Italian laborerm. Injured: Juno !jule. lutaat Vcdactio. Alpboos ArmatcHo. Juao D. Makl. The accident was th roost diaaat rou that taa oocurrej ta the coo l mo tion of the a.iU-way. At the potat where the care-In orcurred a race of twenty men ii at work In the taa ml. which ia about 110 feet t)ow ta aurface. Hufua Chutt. general anprtntendeai of the tucntl ork. Mid that two roa vorplnc acam had appealed la tb roof of the tunnrl dcrlng the day-work oa funday. The prcence of thea sama. however, waa njt believed to Indicate any more dangeroua character of tba rock than previously had bn encoun tered, although It wae thought nr eary to prop the roof with a number of uptight timber brace. The tunnel wae being bored by open ing a perpendicular embrasure In Ihm fare of the bore, and Matting the aldea to the right and left of this embras ure. Three blasts were arranged by tba drillers, the hclcs Mug charged well towafd the roof. The drillers the withdre w and the three blaats were acl off in rapid awcreaclon by electricity, loosening large quantities of earth an rock. The drillers aay that about ten minutes laired t? allow the smoke to clear away before Timothy Falltvaa. the foreman, and Electrician Scnnetle approached, the latter to ttrlng wlrea and hang lamps to light the way. Tbey were followed by sixteen workman. The vanguard of tb gang had reached the stone when a rumbling sound waa heard. Tbo In the rear had juat tlm to turn about and run when, with a dcaffnlng crash, bnndreda of tone of rock fell on the men at the face of the boring. When tho roar had ceased the ctiea oi Injured workmen echoed through the tunnel. Two aefTOea. In charge of a tram car. rained to th o pec ins: at two Hundredth street and ttlepl jned an alarm to police head quatters. Bcscrtea were Immediately ordered to the scene, while ambulances were sent from several hospital a. Army Appropriation. - Washington. Special Tba annual report of Gen. c;illeple. chief of en gineer. United Statn army, for tba t-ar cndd June 20. 1S01. dealing wlta fcrtlfleatiuns and river and harbor wotk. has been made pubMc. Geo. Gillespie says that projects for de fense cf 31 localities have been ap proved and in addition defenaea of the Oreat Lakes and St. Lawrence river are under consideration. He adds: It is believed that the time has coma when it would be no longer possible to ignore the questiem of Insular de fenses. The Navy Department ia prop erly Insistent that all Ita Important coaling station should receive proper defensive protection to keep off pre datory attacks from possible boetlla fleets. "The teUroast defense of th United States are now somewhat more than JO per cenL completed. Twenty-five of the principal harbors cf the United States have a aufflcieat number cf heavy guns and mortar mounted to permit an effectlv de fenae agalmt naval attack, and dar ing the past three yeara conalderabl prtjrre?s has been made In tne la ftallatlon of an adequate rapid nra armament now the matter of first Im portance.'" Consul Skinner Mart a. Marseilles. By Cable Robert P. Skinner, United Statea consul general here, who is going to Abyssinia to es tablish diplomatic relations with that country, and to invite Emperor Mene llk to visit the St. Louis Expedition, left here Sunday morning, accompanied ly Mr. Wales, his secretary, and Dr. Pease on board the steamer Balkan for Naples, where he will be Joined on tba 27th Inst, by Capt. O. C. Thorpe. VnlU ed Statea Marine Corps, who goes wit him. From Napks the Machlaa will proceed at once for Abyssinia, " la r-MrteA here from Abyssinia that r.mneror Menellk feels very much flat tered at this visit from Mr. Skinner. . 5'stdent Dlea af Fever. Lexington. Va- Special. Percy 8. White, of Bonham. Texas, a student of Washington and Lee University, died Saturday of typhoid fever. His body will be taken borne Monday for burial. The fever aitna tlon remains taa same, and no new cases have develop- , ed alnce October H. Assistant Sur geons Perry and Anderson, of tba United State Marine Hospital ser vice, are here making an Investiga tion of the tanse of the fever. $15,000 Fire. Hampton Beach K. H-. BpeciaL Fire that originated In tne Waahiagton house Sunday destroyed the hotel, a summer boarding boose, com bins tlon studio and cafe and two small store. The buildings were all of wood.-boll t Inexpensively for summer occvpancy oxly, and the total lots will sot aacbv exceed 118,000. f . i f 1 t I -a
