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CAUCASIAN. OB . 7. . 9 2 VOL. XXII. RALEIGK, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21. 1904. NO. 3. HIl STATE MATTERS ! 5 j Nevrsy Item Gleaned From Murphy to fUateo. kftXnreftftMuuxiJaiiui The Jug Law. Durham, Special. At a night ses sion of the Superior Court, which last ed until well into Thursday night, Judge Charles M. Cooke, who presided over court here this week, decided that chapter 349, of the new laws, the anti jug law, applied only to the counties named in the caption of the act Cleve. land, Cabarrus, Mitchell and Gaston r Dunties. The matter that caused this decision were two cases against John (i. Patterson, of Roxboro, who was ar rested and carried before the court under the charge of selling whiskey in Durham since prohibition wa9 declared. The State contended that chapter 349 made tho place of delivery the place of sale in prohibition and dispensary ter ritory. When the matter was called an agreed verdict was renderd by the jury, Mr. Patctrson . having admitted the facts in the case. The question of con struction of law was then taken up before the court, and after much argu ment the court decided that the act did not apply to the State at large, and that, so far a.g the law is concerned, a persnn has the right to ship whiskey into prohibition towns and counties. r . wm North State Cullings. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany has obtained an order from Judge Simonton, of the United States Cir-i-uit Court, temporarily restraining State Treasurer Lacy end the Corpo ration Commission from collecting the license, or privilege tax, of 25 cents on each mile of the company's wires in operation in North Carolina. The Treasurer had notified the company a few days ago that unless this tax was paid by tomorrow he would place the matter in Attorney General Gilmer's hands. The tax would amount to $4,377 on the company's 17,508 miles of wire. The restraining order will be heard be fore Judge Purnell, January 29, at Charleston. Treasurer Lacy says he does not know why the Corporation Commissioners are included in the suit, as they have nothing whatever to do with the privileges of license taxes. The Western Union Company claims that the tax in question is in violation rf the inter-State commerce law; that i be company pays a very full tax on : d valorem values, and that it cannot 1 e taxed for the privilege of doing inter-State business. A serious utabbing affair occurred ftj the Aurora Cotton Mills in eastern Burlington, Monday afternoon. Two op. (ratives of tho mil,' named Floyd Johnson and Jesse Cook, each about IS years of age, had some dispute on Sunday, and bad blood existed between them. At the dinner hour Monday Cook sent for Johnson and asked him to apologize for the language used. This Johnson refused to do, and, strik ing Cook In the face, as Cook alleges, turned to run. Cook then made four terrible gashes with a pocket knife in Johnson's back, head and neck. One gash in the back was eight inches long, and each of the others was of a serious nature. Johnson lies in a critical con dition, and grave doubts of his recov - cry are entertained. Tuesday Mrs. Parschall Long, of Edgecombe county, went to Raleigh with her husband and Sheriff Bullock to identify Joe Battle, a 22-year-old negro, who is charged with having feloniously assaulted her in August last. Mrs. Long said: "Battle would net turn his face; he showed all signs of guilt. I will swear he is the right man. He is much lighter in color. That Is because he has been In pris on." Battle was taken to Raleigh to prevent lynching. He will be kept in jail there until his trial at Tarboro the first week in March. A band of three Italians with two bears was run into by south-bound passenger train No. 14, near Saluda at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. One bear was killed and one of the men fatally Injured. The wounded man was car ried to Saluda, where he will be taken, care of until he dies or recovers. Mr. Aldrich Tuesday introduced a bill in the Senate for the erection of a statue of Gen. Nathaniel Greene on the- battlefield of Guilford Court House. In the erection of the statue and in making preparation for the site $25,000 is appropriated, the Bite to be selected by the Secretary of War. The condition to rendering the sum available is that the site so selected shall be conveyer free of cost to the United States. It Is believed that this bill will pass. The Supreme Court has granted a new trial to Cassel and Gardner, the employes of the Rltter Lumber Com pany, who were convicted at Morgan ton last summer of murder In the second degree for , killing Dockery and Fortner. The decision eliminates much of the evidence on which the State relies, and will give the prosecu tion up-hill work at the next trisd, which will be held at the April term. : Mr. H. P. Cranf ord, of Woodleaf , Rowan county, was painfully injured at Barber's Junction Saturday. He was struck by a freight car and knock ed down. Mr. Cranford was taken to the. hospital In Winston, and it was feared at first that his injuries were serious. ' The penitentiary arranged today tc furnish 100 convicts to grade the Ral eigh & Pamlico Sound Railway, be ginning at Raleigh, January 20th, also to furnish 100 to Guilford county for-, the public roads for one year. Seventy-five convicts, now at Hills- boro getting ballast for the Southern Railway, will be taken there. in unanowe inursaay night a miuinal assault was attempted by an unknown white man upon the person of a young wnite girl Irom the school V. Belmont, who was attempting p t each the home vt her sister. CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS, What the House and Senate Are Talking About More Smoot Testimony. The Senate committee on elections and privileges met for the purpose of hearing the representation of the attorneys on both sides of the case involving the right of Senator Smoot of Utah to occupy his seat. Former Representative Taylor of Ohio, ap peared for Eome of the prote6tants and T. P. Stephenson for those who are represented by the Nationl Reform Association. S. A. Worthington and Waldemar Van Cott were present in behalf of Senator Smoot, who also was in attendance. The first presen tation was made by Mr. Taylor, "whd began his argument by saying that he did not know that any proof would be presented in support of the charge that Mr. Smoot was a polygamist. Mr. Taylor said the protestants expected to prove the following charges: "That the Mormon priesthood as sumes to exercise supreme authority In all things, temporal and spiritual, civil and political; that they promul gate the doctrine of polygamy without reservation; that the president of the Mormon Church and a majority of the twelve apostles now practice poly gamy and polygamous co-habitation and some of them have taken poly gamous wives since the manifesto of 1890; plural marirage ceremonies have been performed by the Church and Mormons have taken plural wives since that time." Mr. Worthington in reply laid down the general proposition that the Sen ate was without jurisdiction of offen ses which may have been committed before a member in connection with his election. "Do you mean,'' asked Senator Pet- tus, a member of the committee, "that this body Is not permitted to inquire as to any moral quality of one of its members with a view to his expulsion; that, no matter what he did or said before his election the election puri fied him?" Mr. Worthington replied that such was his meaning. In reply to a ques tion from Senator Hopkins as to what would be the effect if the offenses should be of a continuing character. Mr. Worthington admitted that the Senate would have jurisdiction. Mr. Van Cott made a statement in Senator Smoot's behalf. He invited the fullest inquiry into Senator Smoot's life. "We throw down the bars," he said, "and invite you to in vestigate his entire career." Seaboard Train Held Up. McClenny, Fla., Special Pessenger ferain No. 76, east-bound on the Sea board Air Line, was held up one mile east of Sanderson, at 7:45 Saturday night, by four white men. The door of the baggage car was blown open with dynamite, the robbers mistaking this car for the express car. The engine was stopped by a vol ley of shots fired into the cab. The fireman and engineer were taken off the engine and escorted to the second class coach, and the robbers ran the train ahead about a half mile, when they blew open the baggage car. The train conductor went forward, but was fired on and driven back to the coa ches. Conductor L. S. Speck was dead-heading over the line, called for fire-arms and volunteers. N. H. Har rison, claim agent of the road; B. B. McCall, traveling auditor and J. C. Williamson, traveling freight agent, responded, and the four went forward, opesed fire and drove the robbers off. Conductor Peck took the throt tle and ran the train four miles down the road. The robbers secured! no booty and made no attempt to rob the passengers, but there was great excitement in the passenger coach. The sheiffs of Duval and Baker coun ties went in pursuit with blood hounds. - i Missing Boy flurdered. Charleston, S. C, Special. The body of young Howell, who disappeared from his home in Columbia on Christ mas day, and for whom such exten sive searches have been made, was dis covered by hunters this afternoon. He was murdered and the axe with which the deed was committed was found nearby. Howell had been struck from the rear on the crown of his head, which was crushed. Howell went out with a negro to cut holly bushes. The negro, who has since disappeared, returned to the city without him and reported, that Howell had gone to his home. Freedmen's Aid Society. At a meeting of the board of man agers of the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educational Society, held in Cincinnati it was decided to rebuild Walden University at Nashville. Tenn., which, was recently destroyed by fire. Plans will be formulated soon for the raising of funds for rebuilding pur poses. Officials to Attend. The South Carolina Legislature convened at noon Tuesday, and aftei the reading of Gov. Heyward's first an nual message, the step taken was th passage of a concurrent resolution designating the Governor, the Chiel Justice of the Supreme Court, thret members of the Senate and five c the House to attend the funeral o' Gen. Gordon as representatives of th. Stat of Georgia, Gen. Gordon if grateful remembered in South Care Una for his cooperation with Gen Wade Hampton fax 1876. TO MEET IN ST. LOUIS. Selection for the Meetioj Place of the Democratic Convention- COMMITTEE SPRINGS SURPRISE, It Was Oenerally Conceded Thet Chicago Would Be Chosen, But St. Louis Won the Victory. Washington, Special The Demo, cratic national committee furnished a surprise, selecting St. Louis as the place for tho national convention of 1904. The date fixed for the conven tion was Wednesday, July 6, at 12 o'clock. Previous to the meeting of the committee is seemed a foregone conclusion that Chicago would be the selceted place of meeting, but politi cal extingencles entered into the sit uation and a majority of the commit tee voted for St. Louis. For some hours previous to the meeting there was talk in the corrodors and among Democratic leaders that the conven tion in Chicago might be subject to the Influence of a strong movement and a strong newspaper influence in favor of some particular candidate. .Mr.Knapp, of the St. Louis Republic, hinted at this in a speech by saying that the convention, if held at St. Louis, would be welcomed by an ab solutely fair press. The committee meeting caused con siderable discussion of politics and the claims of various candidates were advocated by their partisians, but nothing favoring any candidate ap peared in the committee proceedings. William J. Bryan, when the commit tee had concluded its labors, appeared but hi3 visit was without any appar ent political significance. He did not come to the hotel until after the com mittee had about concluded its busi ness. He was warmly greeted by the members of the committee and invit ed a number of times by members to call on them at their hotels The committee was called to order by Chairman James K. Jones, of Ark ansas, promptly at 12 o'clock. As the members took their seats they faced a raised platform back of which was an elaborate festoon of flags, surroun ding a large portrait of Andrew Jack son. The sessions were executive. Rolla Wells presented the claims of St. Louis. A written proposal was offered to the committee with a guarantee of 140.000 and the use of the Coilseum, a fire-proof building with a seating capacityy of 12,000. The Business Men's League guaranteed hotel ac comodations. There were two rolls to select the city. On the first St. Louis receivec1 23 votes, Chicago 20 and New York 6. On the second ballot St. Louis re ceived 23 and Chicago 21. The date was fixed as July 6th, on motion of Col. J. M. Guffey, of Pittsburg. Russian Troops "loving. ; Pekin, By Cable. Authentic infor mation has reached the legations here that two divisions of Russian troops are coming by the Caribbean Railroad. A Russian force has occupied the term inus of the new branch of the Shan Hai Kwan-New Chang Railroad. The terminus is twelve miles northwest of New Chwang and will be an important stragetic point in the event of war. The foreigners at New Chwang, fear ing the town may become the scene of hostlitles in case of war, on account of the presence there of a Russian gar rison, are urging the officials to main tain the neutrality of New Chwang, asserting that business will be serious ly impaired and adding that as the Russian occupation is not recognized by China or by the Powers, the gov ernments have ground for action. The Japanese mail steamer leaving Ching Wan Tao Tuesday carried the fam ilies of many Japanese ministers of New Chwang. Congressman Srat to Jail. New York, Special. Con gasman Edmund Driggs, of Brooklyn, was sentenced Tuesday to imprisonment of one day in Raymond street jail and to pay a flue of $10,000. Driggs was convicted of accepting money while a Congressman-elect for securing a gov ernment contract for the purpose of automatic fasteners of the Brandt Dent Company, tor the Pcstoffice De partment. There will be no appeal. To Divide School Funds. Augusta, Ga., Special. State Repre sentative Kelly, of Glascock county, today announced to the Herald his intention of Introducing at the next session of the State Legislature a bill providing for the caling of a State constitutional convention, for the pur pose of dividing the school tax so that the white population of the State pro vide only for the education of whites, putting the negro on his own -.resources as far as education, is con cerned. IThe convention will also be requested to revise pension laws so as to eliminate frauds. Weyman Received. City of Mexico, Special. Surgeon General Weyman, of the marine hos pital service, was received here Mon day by" President Diaz. General Wey man is here to 'confer with the su perior board of health relative to the establishment of a permanent code of laws and regulations, whereby Mexico may be bound herafter to maintain and enforce for the interest and protec tion of both nations such rules, wheth er quarantine or otherwise, as will pro tect the health conditions of bota countries. POINTS AT ISSUE. Russia and Japan Cannot Agree Oo Terns STATUS OF FAR EASTERN QUESTION Russia Refuses to Accept Dictation From Japan and An Erabrogllo Imminent. London, By Cable. In what it claims is an authoritative statement, The Daily raphic Monday morning an nounces that the negotiations have sr. rived at a stage leaving two points upon which neither Rusisa nor apan is inclined to yield, and as to which no means of a compromise have yet been found. Both these points concern Man chpria and their acceptance would not in the slightest modify the legal status quo or change the administrative sit uation in Manchuria, but apan insists "that they be embodied in a treaty be tween apan and Russia, while Russia, as a matter of amour propre, refuses to accept such dictation at the hands of Japan. Much, however, is still hoped from the Czar's influence. The state ment adds: "Of course any attempt of Rusisa to increase very largely her naval forces in the far East by moving her Black Sea or Baltic fleets, would make war a question of only a few hours." This statement seems to be borne out by the Associated Press dispatch from Tokio yesterday that Japan had re ceived Russia' scommunication, saying that Russia would extend the rights and privileges already acquired by the powers in Manchuria under the exist ing treaties with China, except in the case of the establishment of foreign settlements, which shows that negotia tions are continuing on the question of Manchuria. The Daily Mail's Tokio corespon dent says that M Payloff, the Russian minister at Seoul, has notified the Corean government that Corean troops have crossed the Chinese boundary re peatedly and committed excesses on the inhabitants. Th Russian customs officials oh the extreme northeastern border report similar occurrences and assert that the Coreans are burning villages and Miling people. Minister Pavloff warned the authorities that such proceedings will necessitate se vere measures. The correspondent says that riots have broken out at Chyung Chyongdo, in the province of Pyongan, Corea. 1 The Daily Mail's Seoul correspon dent, cabling yesterday, makes no mention of these disturbances, but ac cording to The Daily Telegraph's Tokio correspondent the Seoul corre spondent of The Jiji Shimpo learns that a general rising is imminent at Phong Yang and that Corean soldiers are co-operating with the rebels. Phong Yang was the scene of the ris ing which led to the war between Japan and China. The Daily Mail's Seoul correspon dent says that an armored train with quick-firing guns from the ships is ready at a moment's notice. The cor respondent says that the Japanese here secured control of the Corean er-ui t u?d that the Emperor has wired Pekin an l Tokio advising a triple offensive and defensive alliance, and promising not to leave Seoul. According to the correspondent, Mc Leavy Brown, supervisor, of Corean customs, secured possession of Corean field guns on the pretense that they needed repairs, and locked them in the customs house. The Daily Mail's Port Arthur corre spondent estimates that the total num ber of Russian troops now in Man churia is 200,000, half of whom are guarding the railway. The corre spondent says: "China's firm stand since the re occupation of Mukden has complicated the Russian arrangements in Man churia for defense and doubled" the dif ficulties of guarding the long line of communication along the boundaries and the coast line. The council of war is sitting daily. The Port of New Chwang and ports on the Yiu river are ice bound. firs. Hobson Desd. Boulder, Col., Special. The mother of Capt. Richmond P. Hobson died at. the home of Shirley Davis Sunday, after a long illness. Her son was with her when she died and will leave with the remains tomorrow for Greensboro, I Ala., where they will be Interred. Mrs. Hobson came to Boulder last summer for her health. She was 70 years of age. Suit Comprom'sed Pensacola, Fla., Special The suit of Judge W. A. Milikan, of New York, against Martin H. Sullivan, of this city, for $100,000, claimed as com mission for the sale of a large body of land to Russell A. Alger and others, was settled, Sullivan depositing a check $55,000, subject to the order of the United States Court. The sale was made several y&ars ago, and since that time several judgements have ,een rendered in favor of Judge Mili ken, the most recent one by the Sup reme Court of the United States, aoout two weeks ago. The result of the com promise. A $110,000 Fire. Scranton, Pa., Special. The Oly phant breaker and washery of the Del aware & Hudson Company at Olyphant was totaly destroyed byfire Sunday. A hot journal is supposed to have started the blaze. The breaker was one of the largest and most modern in the State, having a capacity of 2,200 tons a day. It prepared coal for six open ings. Upwards of 2,500 hands will be thrown idle for two months or n?.ore. Loss estimated at $110,000. LAID TO HIS REST No Alarm of War Now Disturb Geo. John 5. Gordon THE FUNERAL SERVICES THURSDAY The dreat Chicftiaa Laid to tils Rest Amid the flourning of South ern Prople His Funeral. Atlanta, Special. Thursday was a day of mourning throughout Georgia and all people of the State Joined in paying te last ributes of respect and honor to the memory of Lieutenant General John B. Gordon, whose mortal remains were laid in their final resting place. In every part of the Southland business was laid aside and tens of thousands gathered in memorial meetings in honor of the man who was loved as much for his personal worth as for his record in public life. An honored leader in the civil war, twice Governor of Georgia, three times rep resenting the State in the United States Senate and since the war lead ing the struggle back to prosperity, his memory is revered as that of no other In all the South within the last decade. Few men have been borne to their last resting place amid such surround ings and with such concourse from every rank as was the body of General Gordon in Atlanta. The body had laid in state In the rotunda of the State capitol from early Wednesday morning till the hour of the final services at noon Thursday. During those hours 50,000 veterans and citizens gazed on the features that were familiar to so many. Men, women and children of loth races have joined in the tribute of respect, and the demise of the Con federate leader has been the occasion of the gathering of more old soldiers from every part of the South than has been seen at any but the amial meet. Ihgs of the United Confederate Veter ahs, of which General Gordon was the first and only commander since its or ganization, thirteen years ago. Everywhere were seen the signs of mourning. On all public buildings flags have flown at half-mast, from 8 o'clock in the morning till 4 in the afternoon guns have been fired at half-hour in tervals, making seventeen guns, the lieutenant colonel's salute. During the hours of the funeral business generally was suspended, and during the day bells on the city buildings and the churches were tolled at minute inter vals. The streets were thronged with citizens and visitors from a dozen dif ferent States. The first exercises were held in the hall of Representatives at 10 o'clock, over which Governor J. M. Terrell, of Georgia, presided. The great hall was crowded to its limit and in the audi ence and on the speakers' stand were many of the leading men from all parts of the South. Addresses were made during the two hours by Gov ernor Terrell, General 9L D. Lee, who succeeded General Gordon as crief commander of the United Confederate Veterans; General Clement A. Evans, commander of the Department of Ten nessee of the same organization; judge Thomas G. Jones, of Alabama, who was a member of General Gordon's staff in the civil war; Governor Heyward, of South Carolina; Chaplain William Jones, of the Confederate Veterans; General Bennett H. Young, of Ken tucky; John Temple Graves, of Atlan ta; Governor W. S. Jennings, of Flor ida, and Albert H. Cox, of Atlanta, The burden of these addresses was the worth of General Gordon as a private citizen and as a leader in civil life and In public endeavor. At the conclusion of these exercises the body was taken from the capitol to the Central Presby terian church, across the street from capitol, where the religious ceremonies of the day were held. The capacity of the church, 1,500, necessarily limited the number of the attendance and after the family, the near friends and the noted visitors from other States had been admitted, the remaining space, by request of Mrs. Gordon, was given to veterans and the doors were closed and guarded by police. The casket was laid on a bier covered with a profusion of flowers sent from all parts of the South. Among these contributions was a magnificent wreath ordered by the ex-Confederate members of the present Congress. A double quartette sang, "Lead, Kindly Light," "Just As I Am" and other selections that were favorites with General Gordon. The services were conducted by Rev. Orme Flinn. Prayer was offered by Rev. W. J. Trobridge, and brief ad dresses were delivered by Rev. Chas. R. Nlsbet and Rev. Theron Rice, pastor of the church. The more personal char acter of these services, which were at tended largely by those who had had personal acquaintance with the aeaa general, were pathetic in the extreme. The benediction was pronounced by Chaplain Jones and the procession to Oak wood Cemetery was begun. The order of the procession Included military and civil organizations, be sides hundreds of private citizens. The long line was headed by a detachment of mounted police, which was followed by numerous other bodies. These' were the Sixteeth United States Infantry band; Sixteenth United States Infan try, under Colonel Butler D. Price; State militia, led by the Fifth Georgia Infantry, with, regimental bands; com panies from 'Brunswick, ' Macon and other cities of Georgia. The honorary escort followed the hearse. Following these were the Confederate veteran camps from Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and other Southern States; veterans from the Soldiers' Home, nnnc tprs of the American Revolution, posts of the Grand Army of the Repub lic and the Drocession was ended with a long line o private, citizens. Among the veterans were seen some wno m eicteri n loinlne the march, though their progress was slow and crutfhes were needed; old men broken with the weight of years rtc from lc die tancee to Join tfceolr tribute frUh ob ers to the deid commander. The li.rsg that watxhel the procession cuntx-res" nearly 23.003 and Included Urarger frota distent cities and States. The ceremonies at the grr e?v simple. As the body was lowered ! to the eirth a squad from the Fifth Georgia Infantry fired thrw volleys and taps was sounded. Prayer s of fered by Rev. W. G. Woodbridge. pas tor of General Gordon's church at Kirk wood his suburban bonr.e Tho hymn. "Near. My God. to Tt.ee," u played by the Fifth Regiment band an! this was followed by prayer by Chap Uin Jones. TEN FELL FIOM .th FLOOR. Eight Kilted' sod Two Injured By Accident. St Louis. Special. A crowd of em ployes proving against the elevator gate on the sixth floor of the Brown Shoe Company building, at Seventh street and' Washington Avenue, caus ed the gate to give way, and tea per sons were plunged down the shaft. Six were taken out dead snJ the other four, seriously Injured, were harried to the city hospital. Two died short ly after reaching the hospital. One of the injured died soon after reach ing the hospital, without regaining consciousness. The employes had as sembled at the close cf work in the corridors on the different floors, wait ing for the elevator to take them down. The elevator was at the seventh floor receiving pasengers when those on the sixth floor, eager to get near the door and be first into the cage, began to push toward the gate. Sud denly the gate gave way. Just as the elevator started to descend, and ten of the employes plunged head first down the shaft. The dead are: Joseph Provazcnlk. George Rothmann, Frank Weinberger (died at hospital) Antonio Giacoia, and three unidentified. James John son, the elevator operator, was taken into custody by the police, pending an investigation. Johnson said the eleva tor gate did not break, but that it had been raised by employes while wait ing for the car to descend to the floor, and suddenly employes in the roar ot the crowd began pushing, precipi tating them down the shaft. Super intendent Fray corroborated John son's story. Gen. Gordon Li-s In Sate. Atlanta, Special. Banked in masses of flowers, the offerings of loving friends, and covered with the Con federate flag, the body of Gen. John II. Gordon lay in state from early Wed nesday morning until a late hour at night in the capitol of the State he loved. . Through the long hours un ending lines of veterans, citizens, men, women and even children, trooped past the casket, catching a fleeting glimpse of the dead commander, if one would know the love and venera tion and grief of Georgia's citizens. he had but to watch these people. Sad faces were wet with teara. Old men who remembered the towering form in the prime of life, and on the field of battle, grasped hands in silent sympathy, for words were powerless to express the feeling of loss that per vades the South tonight Stationed as a guard of honor about the remains of the body, details from the State militia stood immovable and yet the discipline of the soldier did not prevent these stern men Involun tarily from brushing aside unbidden tears as they witnessed some of the expressions of grief. The body arriv ed at Atlanta this morning from Mia mi, where his last struggle ended Sat urday night At the State line of Georgia it was received from the hands of Florida's citizens and sol diers by an escort from the friends in his own State. At the station here it was received by a. military escort and, despite the cold of a Georgia win ter day and the early hour, hundreds bad gathered to receive the remains. The body was taken at once to the rotunda of the State capitol, where a place of honor had been provided near the picture of the dead general, placed on the walls of the capitol when he was Governor of the State, which looked down from its draping of black. Quickly the guard was stationed and even at the early hour, when these arangements had been completed, be gan the procession which has been unbroken for 15 hours. No Truth in Rumor. New York Special. A statement was telegiaphed from New Orleans Wednesday afternoon to the effect that price, on the cotton exchange were affected near the close by a statement that the Associated Press had Issued a war bulletin. As mem bers of the Associated Press are aware, no such bulletin was Issued by the As sociated Press during the day, and if the name of the Association was used under such circumstances any such statement vrzz false, and any action of this character was reprehensible. Editors Endorse Roosf v-l. St. Joseph, Mo., Special. The Repub lican editors of Missouri, in convention here, adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That the president of this association be Instructed to telegraph President Roosevelt its congratulations upon his patriotic, consistent attitude in connection with the Republic of Panama, and inform him that the Re publican pre C3 of Missouri Is a unit for his recomlnaticn at Chicago next June. United States Exports. It Is estimated by the Treasury De partment that the exports of the United States for the current year will reach the great total of $ 1,500,000. C00. Railway Mileage, Europe has 4.4 miles of railway tor 10,000 people; the United States 15 miles. SAFES BLOWN OPEN EcU BergUrs Get b Week b Ctotkitt. m OF TBEM SDOOT OFFICII K Daring Pkxe of Work la tfce BsU BessCra're of Pcrulous CJty Ne Arrests Made. Charlotte, N. C. SciL At o early hour Thursday caoraiog profesv ioml rracismtn tried to mttrder Fo Ufetarn ShieiJ. and blew opr the of Cooper A Davis, Trotter's Har ctts Shop, and in tat store of J. I. sd J. C. Long, ail on1 North CoSegw itreet They alo brokVto jpiecsrf the cytth drawer in J. P. sod J. C. Leaf, sad are suppoMsi to. have committed ether rotberks and damafe. At tale hour. 5 o'clock, the police are guAralag thf buIMScin. hoping that the robbers have not escaped, It was 3:15 o'clock whrr Pol!fmen Shl:(! and M. M. Earnhardt heard the round of a r.crr.rner Inside the store of Ixng Brothers. The officers atop l vi. and thtn si? some one !ti$de the store make a li5ht. Arur finding that tie front doors of the stnrv wn Ir.Tked. they hurriedly ran to tfce rear of the plarc. The location f the buildings In the rar of the !xr store !. unique. On the northern part of the block is the building of the South ern Pants Compasy: on the southern s'de of the building of the batting Hide is the big building of the batf ng there Is a small structure about ten ftft h!ph. end through this there Is a door which Is almoat directly In the rear of the Long store. When Shields -.aire to the rear of the small structure, h!ch may be termed a gateway, a man arose, faced him. and without stying a word fired on ShUIds with a revolver. The officer Uere bade and did not recover himself at once. The man ran through the little aperture, com ing 'ut on the side next to the Long store, narnhardt ran to Sh!Hds res cue, and after an examination It was found that Shields was not hurt seri ously. The bullet had struck one of the big metal buttons on his dreea coat, Jutt above the heart, and had glanced through his heavy outer coat, through a hiovy Inner coat, and pene trated almost to the skin. There was no abrasion, though the shock sick ened the oiTIcer for a little while. Keeling ture that the thief for tb man was only suspected to be a com mon thief at this time had not es caped, but was either between the Ijong store and the two buildings in the rear, Shields left Earnhardt to watch 8t the mouth of the small build ing connecting the batting building and the pants factory, and hurried to the rollce station, which is only a block away, for assistance. While four or five policemen watch ed In front. Sergeant Farrtngton. Po liceman Crowell and one or two other officers proceeded to examine the buildings from the rear. Before the officers had been Inside the enclosure two minutes. Sergeant Farrlngton yelled: "Why, three stores ere open, and the mischief is to pay!" Other policemen came, and all were certain that the robbers for it was evident now that more than one man was In the thieving party mnst be concealed inside pne of the three stores. While more lanterns were brought and hurled preparations were mode to enter the buildings that had been opened, Policeman McCall, who wis keeping watch on the we3t side of the tirret, discovered that the front door of the Cooper & Davis furnKure store was open. McCall and Policeman Hsr pett at once entered this, but after a hurried investigation comfortM them selves with the belief that the rear doors of the building were unopened and that the robbers could not have gotten out through the front door of the furniture store. After battling with poor light for a few minutes a larre lamp In the store was found and lighted, and It wu only when this was held up that the full cbaracter of the early morning depre dations became known. "Professionals!" gssped McCall, sad the glance of an instant showed that the cleverest cracksmen had been suc cessfully at work. The safe in the furniture store was llown to pieces. It lay on Its back, with wide open month. The com ri na tion had been knocked off, and tbefW was plain evidence that nitroglycerine in a large quantity had been poured in this and used to such terrific effect tr-at the entire inside of the safe was fchattered. All the cash drawers lsy oo the floor empty. A little distance away lay papers, mortgages, deeds and the like, which bad evidently not been touched. Stamps were lying around in large quantities yet a hurried era mi ca t ion made it plain that everything of value had been taken from th The Intelligence of the -ensatIonal discovery in the furniture store led to excitement among the officers, but they were grimly certain of their prey uctll McCall found that a tmsll back door at the rear of the store was cpea. Then the officers became dishearten ed, for it was apparent that while Shields and Earnhardt had left on ruarded the west side of the street, or College street, and bad gone in the i ear of the building, the same man who fired at Shields end his confeder ates would have bad ample time to have made their escape by running the Itegth of the furniture store and oing out the front door, which had beea catered or opened with a key. Contest Case Came Up. Washington SpedaL House elec tions committee No. 1 took up the Moody-Gudger contested election esse from the teeth district of North Caro lina. Mr. Moody irdead, bet the Re publican leaders in that district want the seat declared vacant on the ground that there were so many fraudulent ballots cast in Buncombe county that the correct result could not be ascertained. J
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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