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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31. 1904.
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tin? stops of h
piaz.a, buttoiiint;
lur jaekft as she
v. ont. l'atsy, ln'i"
lit tit? fox terrier,
hcrirui the luini?
of the front door,
rti6hed around
Uie -urnT r tlit? house to Join his iit
!le iuistref and tosjetlu-r they ran to
i lie eorcer of the avenue.
"No tv. Iat.-y. dear, you must go
hack. You ought to be thankful that
fou ean bark, instead of having
to sit in a stuffy old schoolroom all
morning, when it's so beautiful out
doors. Co, thai a good doggie!" And
I'atsy turned back obediently, if a
iittle reluctantly. j-t ;-.tl was soon dash
ing aluua the wn I.iwn with out.- of
Margery"- dd rwbliers for a playfil-
dargi,ry ui ni ski; pir.g on to selioul
rejoicing in the .-:it icing hoaufy of the
April p.;. .niieg. It st-emed o lur that
il'.e grass a!ul the bursting leaflnids
lb.' shni'ijifry fairly l.iuglied as she
passed ihvia. ;ioI as fur tin? rohbins
HHvl llu! birds, ihey were aetually hi!
sirious in .!ulr joy hat siriiig nad
coiiif. Ti:i' people she met seemed un
usually pieasant looking until sl-e
eiime to where Central alley met the
street. Just as she reached it three
boys rushed out, almost colliding with
her as they ran. and looking over their
shoulders as if they expeeted seine one
Were fiaiowiug. Margery cheeked her
self to avoid them and then looked in
the direction Irom which they had
come. "They've been teasing old Mrs.
Laney." she thought, and sure enough,
the id woman stood in her door shak
ing her list at the receding boys. "While
Margtvy paused the dirty, disheveled
old creature stooped and picked up a
battered tin can in which a sickly ger
anium had been growing. With tremb
ling lingers she tried to straighten the
plant, and it fell over the edge of the
pail again, and Margery could s;ee that
the main stem had been broken off
near the root. Then she went on, but
some way the joyousuess of the morn
ing seemed dimmed, and if the birds
in the maple trees above her sang as
gayly as ever she did not hear them.
She was thinking of the tumbled old
gray head bending over the broken
plant.
.In the school room the girls were
gathered in a corner discussing a plan
which Margery herself had set on foot,
the buying of a palm for their Sunday
school teacher by the six girls of the
class to be presented on Easter ruorn-
ing. Several of the girls had brought
money and tendered it to Margery,
whom they called chairman of the com
mittee. To their surprise, she rf usp;1
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SWEET J HSU, the Uli sen cf
the mountains invokes Thee, ;
Lord of the cterr.al snows ar.d
Sovereign cf the 1 fry pc..ks.
Thine ryes tovjrds thes white
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have the Licences cf Thy robe,
spot'ess and snowy ! Dt;gn, O Lord, to
soften the horror for mortal i who go through
the frozen ways ; lead them, protect t'r.cra in
the dangerous paths; a;;d if any should f..'.l
by the wjy and die, receive him r.to Thy
pitiful arms. Softly spread over l.'.m the
gentle cold shroud ; and as soon as his soul
abandons his earthly body, may he ascend to
G5d's throne. O Biescxd One, hear rr.y
prayer! Look Thoa on ail the deeds cf h:s
life; find out the noble thoughts that have
sprung from his heart, and scatter them like
fragrant mountain flowers before th; feet cf
God, that, when his spirit reaches ihe face cf
the Lord, the Lord may in His ipf.rite incrcy
welcome l.:m. And may the f.o!den liht
that crowns the Alps, which is rn emana
tion of the Divine light, enfold him :n
glorious peace for ever ! Arntn.
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to take it. urging her friend. May
Cnrdner, to take it in her place.
'Tint why don't you take it, Margery?
You started the plan." Margery was
silent for a moment trying to gather
courage to fa-e the gins' surprise and
displeasure.
''; .-cause." she said at last, not very
bravely. "T can't give anything toward
th . palm, and i; wouldn't be fair for
me to choose it."
The gills were silent for a moment.
Then one of them said, meaningly:
"It's a queer way to do. I think, to talk
up a plan and get people interested
and then back out when it comes to
paying your snare.
Margerv blushed and the quick
an-
CHRIST IN- GETHSEMANE."
gry tears came into her eyes. May
Gardner slipped her arm around her
friend's waist, which gave her courage
to answer: "It does look that way. I
know, but we agreed to spend only our
own money for the palm, and, and I
have thought of another way to spend
mine."
The girl who had spoken first turned
away. "Miss Andrews will be' flat
tered when she hears that," she said.
Once more the tears started in Marg
ery's eyes. The bell rang and the
group broke up, but May waited to
give her friend a sympathetic squeeze
and to whisper: "Never mind, Marge,
I know you're all right."
On Ler way to school in the after
noon Margery ventured into the alley
and peeped through the haif-open door
of the shanty. The old woman lay
asleep on a cot. On the floor beside
her was a half emptied bottle, and on
the window sill stood the poor geran
ium tied with a piece of string to a
stick to keep it upright. The stem had
been carefully bandaged, but the leaves
had wilted and hung limp and dying.
The school children had become fa-
mi'lur wit!, the sight of Mr. Laney
ir.toxl.-atM and r'Ut. but It if
d eihtftd if tLy had ever thought of
hT a MargT .ivv her now. a friend-
; b - M w n, Lr jwor old b!j worn
j v, s?L Jf.r.g rur- f hard, inct-saot La
I lr and h r minW weakened bj tor-
r)- and !r-? and most of all by tbf
liquor "he Lad taken to make her for-
! get her bar.! lot. At Margery went to
!;. I her pirit ro. Sho wa Kay.
iiig t her, if : I'm glad I thought cf
it. Th- v,r t wa telling the girls
. i d that' over. Now, I am going to
enjoy the rest.''
Mrs. Lamr wa- -tiil asleep on Kas
t r iiiornin when Margery peeked
through the little window, but she
had not thought it necessary to lock
th door. and. opening it softly, the
little girl set inside a beautiful white
hyacinth In a prettily decorated poL
Then sh1 elosc-d the door and ran out of
the alley as fast as she could go.
AYhat the old woman did when, on
waking, she saw the lovely plant Mar
gery never knew, but she was quite
atisned that her sacrifice had not
been in vain, when next morning she
discovered .Mrs. Laney seated in her
doorway holding the pot In her lap and
every now and then bending her rough
gray head to inhale Its fragrance.
NYheu at last the waxen bells began
to fade the old plant mysteriously dis
appeared, and in its place .the bewil
dered woman found another just a
fresh and fragrant, but this time pink.
Again the pink one faded and a pur
ple tlower tool: its place, until the col
ors were exhausted, and Margery was
substituting a nourishing geranium
in place of the last one, when she was
startled to hear a shrill voice behind
her call out: '"Thanks to heaven, I've
found je at last! And to thitik the
only friend I have do be one o' thim
school childer I be cursin' this many
year!"
The geranium thrived, but Mrs. Lan
ey did not, and before another Easter
came round her hard life was over. To
her little friend she had confided hc
horror of being buried by the town,
and, after consulting with her mother,
Margery was able to promise 1 er that
she need not dread a pauper's funeral.
Y'hen Miss Andrews' Easter present
was under discussion that year Marg
t ry m ule haste to ..and her share over
the chairman, saying, with a smile as
she did so. "That's- so; I won't change
my mind this time, girls; there might
be another temptation." Alice D.
liaukhatfe.
Jay For the Children.
Easter is a bright day for the little
ones at the fireside of our own nation.
The President of the United States
! monies out on Easter Monday and op
ens the gate to his big yard, and the
happy children take possession and
play egg rolling on the beautiful lawns.
The Marino Band plays and many peo
ple come to look on at the children's
pleasure, among whom are often grave
and wise Senators, who, taking a
short recess from the arduous exercises
of national legislation, eome to bestow
their Easter smiles on the little sover
eigns of the Republic.
THE HARBOR IS
Another Attempt Oa Fort Arthur
Failed Sigsatiy
JAPANESE MADE EOLD ATTACK
The Russian Guns Repelled ib .War
Vessels From the Fori and the
Harbor Remains Op-n.
St. Peter&burg.By Cable An official
dispatch from Port Arthur to the Em
peror says that at 1 o'clock Monday
morning the Russian searchlights dis
closed four large merchant steamers
raaklng for the entrance to the harbor,
supported by tlx torpedo boats. A
heavy fire was opened on them by the
batteries and some warships.
The torpedo boat Stilni, commanded
by Lieutenant Krinizki, turned the
merchant vessels from their course by
blowng up the prow of the first and
then boldly attacked the enemy's tor
pedo boats. In the fierce fight which
followed Chisf Engineer Swyereff. cf
the Stilni, and six marines were killed
and the commander and twelve men
were wounded.
The Japanese plan to block the en
trance to Port Arthur was frustrated,
however, and the channel is still clear
Vice Admiral Makaroff. command
ing the Russian naval forces at Pert
Arthur, ha3 sent the following tel-
gram to the Emperor:
"I beg most humbly to report that
at 2 o'clock this morning the enemy
made a second attempt to block the
entrance to the inner roadstead. For
this purpose they dispatched four
large merchant steamers, convoyed by
six torpedo boats to the entrance. Tne
enemy's ships were promptly discov
ered by the searchlights and were
bombarded by the batteries and by the
guardshlps. Fearing the enemy's
ships might break through Lieut.
Krinizki, commanding the guard tor
pedo boat Stilni, attacked the enemy
and destroyed the bow of the foremost
Japanese steamer with a torpedo. This
steamer turned to the right and was
followed by two others, with the result
that the three were stranded to the
right of the entrance. A fourth steam
er went to the right of the enemy's
ships and likewise Eank to the side
of tlie fairway. The Stilui then bat
tled with the enemy's six torpedo
beat?. Engineer Artificer Sweyereff
and six seamen were killed and the
commander and twelve seamen were
wounded. At daybreak the enemy's
; batteship and cruiser squadrons ap
; peared ,and I proceeded with the fleet
, under my charge to meet the enemy,
i Tho eecond attempt of the Japanese
1 to block the entrauce to Port Arthur
has failed, thanks to the energetic de
fence by the sea and land forces, who
scted as they did during the first at
tempt. The harbor remains perfectly
dear."
The following official dispatch has
been received from Gen. Smirnoff:
"Port Arthur, March 2?. La3t
night, after moon-rise, the Japanese
attempted to block tho entrance to the
harbor. Four fire ships were sent to
ward the port convoyed by a torpedo
flotilla. Toward 2:15 a. m. the ap
proach of the enemy's ships were per
ceived by tho guardships and batteries
which simultaneously opened upon
them heavily. The fire ships were
preceded by torpedo boats, followed at
a considerable distance by larger
ships, which opened on tho forts sup
porting the action of tho fire ships and
tho torpedo boats. Owirg to the
heaviness of our artillery fire and the
boldness of our torpedo boats, the
fir ships did not reach the entrance
to the harbor. Two of them grounded
on a reef under Golden Hill, another
sank behind the first turn of land,
struck by a torpedo from one of our
beats, and the fourth sank, its bows
touching a Japanese steamer sunk in
the previous attempt off Majatehnaja
Gorda. The entrance to the harbor re
mains clear.
"A Hotehkiss one-inch calibre quick
firer was found aboard one of the
sunken steamers from which a fire
had been kept on our torpedo boats.
A boat left each of the sunken ships,
carrying their crews. One of these Is
believed to have been picked up. To
ward 4 oc'Ioek a. m. the enemy's tor
pedo beats retired and the bombard-.
Preached on Mars Hill.
Athens, By Cable. Rev. John Fotts,
oi Toronto, Ontario, preached on the
Hill of Mars Sunday to the delegates to
the world's Sunday school convention.
The ministers and delegates repeated
St. Paul's address to the Athenians.
All the members of the party from
the United States are well and will
proceed to Jerusalem, where the meet
ing of the convention will be held.
May Last Two Years.
Paris, Special. The Matin's Harbin
correspondent says a rumor is being
circulated there to the effect that the
war will last two years and that it will
not really begin before September, the
rains making July and August unfavor
able for military operations. Despite
China's protestions cf neutrality, the
correspondent continues, "General Ma
is advancing to Manchuria. If this
movement is combined with the Japa
nese operations the Russians will be
obliged to act against General Ma, who
continues to move northward, although
the Pekin government, it Is under
stood, has ordered him to retire."
Rumor Unfounded.
Tien Tsin, By Cable. It is learned
upon reliable official ' authority that
the rumors of disaffection and mutiny
amongst the Chinese Imperial troops
on the border, which have been cur
rent for several days, are absolutely
unfounded. Col. Mucnthe, of Viceroy
Yuan Chi Kai's staff, who was sent to
Port Arthur ten days ago to remove
the Chinese from that city, returned
to Tien Tsin Saturday, having satis
factorily terminated his refuge mission.
STILL CLEAR
ment ceawd. Vice Admiral Makaroff
at one proceeded la a tem launch
to Inspect the ti?3iys sunken t earn
er. The enemy's torpedo bot Tt
appeared at S o'clock this taorntnit.
They were sighted south cf Port Ar
thur, and the batteries re-opr.l ou
them. Toward 6 o'clock the enemy's
iMjuadroa appeared on th? fcoriton. aad
ours steamei out to meet it. At 6:39
the batteries opened fire. Tho ship's
latteries soon ceased, the Japanese
drawing oTl to the suuthcat. evt ienily
declining an engagement. At 10
o'clock Uiey disappeared below the
horizon."
A farther telegram to the Emperor
from Vice Admiral Makaroff nays:
"I respectfully report that the ene
my having withdrawn I returned io
the harbor with the fleet.
"The torpedo boat destroyer Stilni.
which stranded on the reef In conse
quence of damage caused to her en
gines by one of the enemy's shells,
was Coated during the course of the
night and entered the harbor, thanks
to the energies of her ciew. Her com
mander, Lieut. Krinizki. who at
slightly wounded In the arm, did not
quit his post.
"On the flreshlp8 were infernal ma
chines, the wires connecting with
which were cut by Lieut, lvedroff and
Ensign PilFoudsky of the irregular
whom I dispatched on the tack. They
boarded one of the steamers as soon
as it stopped, cut the electric wire and
extinguished the fire which would
have lit up the entrance of the harbor
to the enemy in the roadstead.
"In the morning a floating mine was
found bearing an Infernal machine,
but the latter was successfully remov
ed. "The inspection made i-howed that
the steamers utilized as fire ship3
wer not old. They were each of about
2.005 tons and they were armed with
light calibre guns."
The Japanese practically repeated
the tactics cf February 24. by sending
in four lire ships, preceded by a tor
pedo boat flotilla, with tho exception
that the Are ships this time were arm
ed with Hotchkiss guns for the pur
pose of keeping off the Russian tor
pedo beat destroyers.
The enemy's attempt was discover
ed by means of the shore searchlights
and a heavy fire was opened from the
batteries and from two gunboats
which were guarding the entrance to
the habor. The Russian torpedo beat
destroyer Stilni was outside on scout
ing duty, r.nd to tho dash and nerve
of her commander, Lieut. Krinizki,
is chiefly due the complete defeat of
the plans cf the Japanese. He at
once made straight for the oncoming
ships under a hail of fire from the
Hotchkiss guns, and torpedoed the
leading ship, which sheered off, fol
lowed by the others, three of them
being piled up on the shore under
Golden Hill and one under the light
house. Stilni then engaged the entire
six torpedoa boats of the enemy, com
ing out from a terrific fight, with sev
en killed and her commander and
twelve of her complement wounded,
but on the Japanese side only one
boat's crew were saved. In addition,
according to unofficial reports, it 13
believed that the Japanese lost two
torpedo boats.
The Japanese cruisers which sup
ported the attack exchanged shots
with the batteries and then drew off,
after which Vice Admiral Makaroff
took a steam launch and examined
the fire ships. An hour later tho Jap
anese torpedo flotilla, followed by
Vice Admiral Togo's fleet, sailed out
to engage the enemy, but after the
ships and batteries had tired a few
long-distance shots. Vice Admiral To
go decided to decline the is&ue, and
disappeared to the southward.
The conviction continues to grow
here that the Japanese may have con
cluded that it would be inadvisable
to make a direct frontal attack on
Manchuria from Korea against the
whole Russian army, and that it will
be necesary to land a flanking column
in the Gulf of Liao Tung to divide
tho attention of the Russians, and if
possible to seize the railroad and cut
off Port Arthur. The ground above
New Chwang is perfectly familiar
to tho Japanese, who occupied it for
a year during the Chlno-Japanese war
Hrs. Davis HI.
Atlantic City, N. J.; Special. Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, widow of the Presi
dent of the Southern Confederacy, who
came here from New York after an ill
ness, was last night stricken at her
hotel with an attack of acute Indiges
tion. Through her remarkable vitality
she rallied and no apprehension is now
expressed for her rapid recovery.
Son.tbody Yelled Fire.
New Haven, Conn., Special. A pan
ic occurred at the morning service in
St. Michael's Italian church Sunday, in
which almost a score of persons were
injured. Four of the most seriously in
jured, two women and two children,
were taken to the Haven Hospital.
Some one in the congregation shouted
'"Fire," during a prayer, and immedi
ately the worshipers arose and rushed
for the door at the rear of the church,
the only exit. The police and members
cf the church have made an investiga
tion, but no reason far anyone giving
an alarm of fire has been discovered.
Cut His Throat.
Buchanan, Ga., Special. Immediate
ly after telling his twelve-year-old
daughter to leave the room, S. J. Bry
ant killed himself at the house of S.
I,. Land here Sunday by cutting his
throat from ear to ear with a razor
he had just sharpened for the purpose.
depression over bad health Is ' the
cause assigned for the deed. His
daughter, is the only child and his wife
is dead.
rnCIBODDOVEl
ftrvalts et th Capircy TrtaJ At
Ralrfc. ?pecUL The trfcrtcj of
Tinea raj4 oa the chrct cf wapitrj
h V. II, MfiVo la pcTi.1ti the r
r!trrh!p of the Atlantic ft Nc rth Car-
Ulna Railway took a tow and rur?ri
tng turn Sa'urday bfonr a rn jrh tanrr
audjfiu than that of Friday at tfe
rpeclnr- Th atar wito- at the 34c
Le hear.ee a Attorney John W.
Hitfilale and today th alar Hnea
V. If. Iy. latnx!ucNi tjr tfe
iJtate. it be, am- rry warm at time,
particularly toward th Governor aci
Quite so toward b'.a aoclate. ex-
Jude W. 8. O II. RoblDftoa. At the con.
elusion cf the hearing Finch wna Uu&4
over to Wake Superior Court, in a bra 4
of j:.0. which he gave.
The first gun of th day waa fired by
Attorney Hinsiale. who aakel leare u
make a statement as a wltnetji. saying
that when asked Friday about a letter
from Greenville. S- C, from a bank
president to Capt. V. II. Day. he did
not eay anything, but tbit now he
wished to fay that it contained $2.4X
of which $2 250 waa to N pnid to EI
Chambers Smith on account of the note
which K. S. Finch had given Smith for
the latter'g shares of tock in the At
lantic ft North Carolina Railway, the
other 1150 blng paid for V. 11 Mc
Lce. The first regular w1tns war At
torney Ihiy. who to! J about th ting
ing of th n!t in the receivership mat
ter by Finch and McHee. Fpaking of
the ihf-k which infant to pay Smith
he said that he would have said )et
tfrday that the money came fiom
Finch and did not know how, but had
heard otherwise. He referred to what
he termed an agreement which had
been made by his associate counsel. V.
S. O il. Robinson, with Governor Ay
cok, by which the suit in the Federal
Court for a permanent receiver of the
Atlantic & North Carolina Railway
was to be dismissed upon the condi
tion that McBr-e and Finch were not to
be punished. Day said that if he had
been presrnt at this conference with
the Governor ho would have objected
to the dismissal of the bill, as he be
lieved that the latter would hold. He
learned of an agreement from Robin
son, W. W. Clark and Solicitor Arm!
stead Jones. He stated that Robinson
had sai l the Governor had stnt for him
and then asked If thlu foolUhnwa rru!J
not be stepped.
A number of other witnesses wera
examined. Finch preferred not to go
on the fctand.
Attorney General Gilmer La&de very
able argument, aylng it waa not for
him to determine what was in McBee'i
and Finch's hearts when they began
thi3 proceeding. The only question it
whether there was probable cause to
biiyl Finch over to the Superior Court.
Maxwell, in his argument, discussed
the status of the Atlantic & North
Carolina Railway, saying It was bank
rupt. The Attorney General, replying
to this, said there was nothing in the
bill of complaint to sustain this al
legation and challenged the statement.
He traced Finch's connection with the
franKar-tion, saying the least degree of
consent makes him equally guilty with
McBee. He declared Finch never had
any standing In the Federal Court. Th
State justly complain of the undu
nrecipitaticn with which Finch and Mc
Bee acted. In this lies the very germ
of the charge. Why the haste, no man
could give any reason; why the ap
pointment of a receiver affected the
lease of the road, or why the man whe
thai withdrawn his bid and by all rules
was disqualified was made receiver.
There was a combination to do unlaw
ful things. Finch swore he owned 4$
shares of stock, but really owned 47,
and his counsel said this waa done to
conceal the fact that the stock had
been bought from Ed Chambers Smith.
McBre and Finch tried to buy stock
from Carl Duuean. but got none, though
they offered $173,000 for 1.700 bhares
that is, offered to give their note for
this sum, and give the stock back ac
collateral. They rot stock from Smith.
sut never acquired for one moment
my standing in the Federal Court, ai
the stock had to be transferred on th
company's booTcs. Pnd no request for
this was ever mde. McBee was en
deavoring to acquire the stock for the
very purpose of having himself ap
pointed receiver. Duncan's testimony
so shows. The purpose was tn Test
the control of the road from the board
of directors and put It In MeBee's pos
session, go Duncan says. .McBee said
he was to be appointed receiver, and
proposed to Duncan to have the latter
appointed co-receiver. The burden wai
net to rest on the State to prove this
conspiracy beyond a reasonable donbt;
It is onlv necessary to show probable
cause. The law protects citizens and
?tate alike. This suit was not solely
for the purpose of having the Atlantic
& North Carolina road leased. There
was a notice of a stockholders' meeting
when the second-order was signed In
Raleigh by Jndge Purnell. yet 1.700
shares of stock were here. Carl Dun
can, an honorable man. said he would
not sell his stock for a thousand dol
lars a shre unles his associate con
sented, and that he would be no party
to railroading the scheme through.
News No e.
the funeral of his cousin, the Duke of
Cambridge, who was buried at Kensal
Green Cemetery, near London.
Steps were taken yesterday to dis
solve the Northern Securities Company
and return the stock held by the mer
ger company.
A missionary in Southwest Africa
wrote the Reischbote that the Herero
rebellion had been caused by German
cruelty.
TAR HEEL TOPICS
IN PARAGRAPHS
A $rta Wretic
Hetifroa. ?pt!aL Tfc fat m?U
tae.4 tr; ca t&e $raVr4 Air
No. 21. known a th f1nU Uta4.
ra Ifcto an cpa witch. V rtf
Thartday tsarxdsc aal V4tf
wrecked. Net un cf the 6Ra
are j era oa board ar4 It jury,
Clneer Ttl.e. who Uk' feu en
gine, waa fatally isjjre-l. t-: ant
both artnc ticg crushed tnbr r&rts
brs cf the train rv are iM t
fears auataiced InjarUa C.n4vtt;ra
Wetty w t unhurt. Tt Usui US'
it4 la 4 to pM lttodrta ttvorilr
after midnight, bat 4 cot atop het.
The train entere4 the town at h!?
po-J and i4usgrd into the epn awHch
colliding tth shifting engta waitli
was atan4ing on a sidetrack attache t
to a Durham .S-rtbni freight. Th
wreck caught fir frea tb orturr.ed
tove and two Pullman alrprra asd
two hoi cara were burned Thrre Nn
ears were aruarrd Into apl'tlera an t
the two loconiftlie were r!'.riy
wrecked. Ioytbrea al chute. hih
Hood cloae te tb tiding, wa d-nolth-ed.
FngtRerr Turkrr was rtmruJ la
his home at lortmoutb.
Died on Witnea Stand.
Klr.tton. ftrefLal Mr. Jr U,
Kennedy, a prominent citlxrn of fcta
county, while ttftttffing a the wltne
Mani In hi own behalf, fell from the
chair and die4 tn five minute Mr.
Kennedy waa being tried for ahootlns
and dibllng for life Mr. IM Hunhep.
of IjX Grange, who was attending
court hera about a 5 ear ago. The !at
words uttered bffor It waa notke.1 h
was weakening were that llughet walk
ed up behind him with hla knife h1
Uruck at htm; then he (Kenned
drew hla pistol to protect htmelf.
Hughes made another pa at him. and
the bhot was fired. The Judge ordered
the Jury withdrawn, and court ad
journed for the day.
Su c df at Slier City.
Slier City, racial. Mr. J. N. Peo
ples, a prominent buinesa man of thl
pla'-c, committed aulride at hla horn
htre Thuraday morning. 11 went ti
door, drank on ounce tit laudanum.
i and then ebot himself In the right fm-
ple. No reason l known to hla mrt
intimate friends why he would do j"h
a thing. Th entire town Is terribly
hocked. II leaves too mali children.
Killed By Live Wire.
Newbern. Special. Several day ago
an electric light wlie waa broken by a
team passing through the city, the wlr
la atill hanging to the pole and Thurs
day night at S:30 a young colored man
by the name of Boat Cobb leaned
acalnst the pole, when b came In con
tact with tbS'Wlr. killing him io
Untly. Tar tire I Top'c.
McKinney, of Lexington, received a
telegram Monday stating tat his
son. riua McKinney. had b n killed
by a shirting ena'ne of the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railroad at Clift rj Forge. Va,
It seems that the deceMd was on hla
vay home, and v.-'dle waiting to change
cars accidentally stamped In front of
the ahlfting engine, which ran ener
him cutting bis body In two and killing
him Instantly. He was working for a
mine In Virginia and was coming to
Lexington to h'i! handa to work la
the mine whe" the accident occurred.
His body arrived in Ijrxlagton Tues
day. Sunday night George HarrJ. a col
ored man of Concord, was killed by
some one near the depot at that place.
He had been KtabLed twice In hla right
side. He walked up the railroad track
towards the depot and sat dowro nar
the track. No. 40 came along and cut
his coat, and Just missed hla body.
Then he fell over dead. Suspicion
points to a party there as the one who
stammel him. but there U no direct
evidence against htm. It Is thought
that Harris was eoine with a woman.
'and some erne opposed this and this
led to the killing. He was too weak to
tell who did it when he was found.
Mr. James D. lirown. who has th
contract for the brick work on the
septic tanks the city of Charlotte la
constructing, had a narrow escape from
death Monday mcrnlng. When a blast
was Ignited a small stone was throwa
a distance of about 300 yards, striking
Mr. Brown on the head and knocking
him down. Although the blood was
flowing from tha wound, Mr. Crown
mounted his blcycla and rode into tho
city for medical treatment. Had tha
stona strcck Mr. Brown an Inch lower,
it would have resulted In death.
A telegram was recelTed In Salis
burg Monday morning notifying th
authorities that Ernest Murphy, the
young burglar who shot two officers
In Salisbury on the night of the 12th
Innt.. together with two companions,
believed to be John Mauney and Ike
O'Neal, tvn young bad character a o!
Salisbury. Officer Torrence IfJt tor
Lmchburg on the first train. The city
offered 1100 reward for Murphy's ap
prehension. Two children of Mr. Richard Spar
row, of Aurora, Baufort county, age)
7 and 4 years, while playing on the
log yard at Mr. J. B. Whitehurst's mill
at that places Tuesday afternoon, met
with an accident resulting In the death
of the younger child. The logs roiled
together, killing the younger child In
stantly, an the oldar chili Is not ex
ported to live.
The Slate charters tne v,'eitmun
Chair Company, of Forsyth coutty.
with a capital stock of 125.000. a num
ber of companies having Joined to form
!L It also charters the Asherille
Steam Laundry Company, capital stock
$35,000.
Mr. J. A. Oumm, Sr.. of Murfrecs
boro. Tfnn.. died suddenly Monday
morning at 11:15 o'clock of heart dis
ease at the home of his daughter. Mrs.
r V Flnlayson, In Dilwortb. Char
'otte. He had been in declining health
for more than a year, but hia condi
tion was not considered serious.
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