CAUCASIAN.
yol.xxiii.
RALEIGH, NOPTII CAROLINA, THURSDAY. .MARCH 2. U05.
SO.
II
HUB
New Orleans Suffers a Five Million Dollar Loss
By Ravaging Flames
TWELVE BLOCKS ARE DESTROYED
A Conflagration Believed to Have Ori
ginated From an Insufficiently Oiled
Car Journal Sweeps a Long Section
cf the River Front Covered With
Modern and Costly Wharves, the
Great Terminals cf the Illinois Cen
tra! ?nd Two Grain Elevators.
N'.-a OiUruis, Special. Fire involving
r: ::i. -n - of dollars los: in physical
j r .; ' . ty nn.-l that strikes a serious, if
::,;."! -;iry, blow at the immense export
!:;'! of New Orleans, swept the river
f: .tit SiMi'lay niu;ht ami wiped out the
va.-t freight terminals of the Illinois
er;t i a I K:ii road, known as the Stuy-e-anl
(i(. hs. Nearly a dozen squares of
no 1 -1 n wharves and frieght sheds, two
in,ii;iiifi' f nt grain elevators, hundreds
of !.;ii( (i cars and vast, quantities of
fr ;:ht, ini !u ling 20,000 bales of cotton,
vii. destroyed, together with a large
n'iml.er of small residences. The fire
was still raging furiously at midnight,
at which time it had almost reached the
ti;Jf,r end of the Illinois Central prop
erly, it has not been destermined
whether there has been any loss of
rf The oc can-going shipping seems to
have f si aprd serious damage. A num- '
h' r of firemen and employe.3) of the
!. ks w re injured. Actual estimates of
the losses are impossible, though they
may exceed $r,0(M.0"0.
TWELVE SQUARES SWEPT.
The Stuyvesant docks extend from
Louisiana avenue almost to Napoleon
avenue, a distance of twelve squares.
The wharves between those two points
were covered with miles of trackage,
and steel and iron sheds ran the whole
distance. The two grain elevators were
of the most modern construction, the
'ipper one having a capacity of a mil
lion bushels. Thousands of bushels of
corn, several hundred thousand pack
ages of sugar, great quantities of cotton-seed
oil and oil cake, lumber and
every conceivable variety of freight fill
ed the warehouses and sheds. Practi
cally all the export business handled by
the Illinois Central was put abaord
ships at these docks. Thedocks and
improvements have been under con
struction for ten years past, elaborate
extensions and immense investments
having been made.
BEGINNING OF THE FIRE.
The fire was discovered shortly after
7 o'clock. I was said to have resulted
from a journal that had not been suffi
ciently oiled. The whole plant was
equipped with gigantic water tanks and
fire-extinguishing apparatus, but the
hiaze. small at the beginning, almost
instantly got beyond control, communi
cating through the conveyers to the
lower elevator and some of the sheds.
The respense of the fire department was
prompt, but because of the fact that
the terminals were inaccessible, owing
to tracks, the engines found difficulty
in reaching the flames. In half an hour
the fire covered two squares and the
lower elevator was practically con
sumed, the fire sweeping up and down
the river. As soon as it became known
that the scene of the fire was the Stuy
vesant docks, harbor tugs hastened
to the wharves, and vessels that were
moored there were pulled out into the
river.
At the same time switch engines were
increase Capital.
Suffolk, Special. An amendment to
the charter of the United Spring MQtor
Corporation was received here increas
ing the capital stock from a maximum
of $30,000 to $500,000. The corporation
which patented a sewing machine de
vice, already has sold several foreign
rights at a high figure.
Twelve Years For Forger.
Newport News, Special Paul O.
Johnson, the negro forger, was sent
enced to 12 years in the penitentiary
in the Corporation Court. He was
given a jury trial on two indictments
if three counts and found guilty of
all allegations. He was sentenced to
two years each for the six offenses.
Johnson has already served two years
in tie penitentiary, having been sent-
j t DvrKurc Tinder the
lultu 1Ium ,7
law five years will be added to ni.
terra for this reason. Johnson feigned
issazity, but it did not serve to miti -
gate the sentence.
North Sea Decision Read.
Paris, By Cable. The decision of
the international commission cf in- j
quirv mto the North Sea incident was
publicly announced at the closing ses
sion of the , commission. The decis
ion lengthly sets forth the circumstan
ces and incidents and gives the opin
ion of the admirals on the various im
portant points Involved. The decis
ion says the delay of the Rusian trans
port Kamsehatka, following the break
down of her machinery, was perhaps
the cause of ha incident,
I
to
rushed to the wharves and hundreds
of box cars loaded with freight were
drawn to points above the upper end
of the terminals before the fire reach
ed them. Many hundreds mote, how
ever, were consumed.
The wind was blowing down the
river and the blaze reread with great
speed in that direction. By 9 o'clock
the lower elevator and sheis and
wharves from Amelia Btieet .o Iuis
ana avenue. a distance of six squares,
had fallen in. Fortunately, Louisiana
avenue is a very broad thoroughfare,
and the further spread of the fire be
yond that point into a residence sec
tion was checked. Between those
points, however, the flames swept to
complete destruction many cottages of
the poorer classes, the occupants in a
great many instances losing all they
possessed. With the wind in a favor
able direction, the river boats,, the
able direction, the river boats, the em
ployes of the road and the fire depart
ment concentrated all their energies
in an effort to save the upper elevator
between Austerlitz and Constantinople
streets and to check the fire at that
point. The fire, however, gradually
worked past the point occupied by the
elevator. Heroically, the forces kept
at work, but ultimately they were
beaten, and the big steel structure,
covered with corrugated iron suddenly
burst into flames at 10:30 and in a half
hour was a complete wreck.
BLAZE OF TERRIFIC FURY.
At midnight more than nine squares
of the terminals had been completely
destroyed, and it seemed unlikely that
the fire would be checked until it
reached Napoleon avenue, which also
is a very broad street. During the fire
a heavy wind blew, and the blaze was
of indescribable fury, carrying brands
to great distances, driving back the
crowds of sight-seers. Immense pieces
of corrugated iron, torn from the sides
of the upper elevator were carried
through the air as if they were feathers,
and, dropping jn every direction, con
stantly endangered the lives of fire
men and spectators.
The weather was bright and warm,
00.000 people visited "the scene during
the progress of the fire. Aside from
the tremendous loss involved in the
destruction of property, the fire is a
calamity to New Orleans in the tem
porary abatement of the immense ex
port .business of the Illinois Central,
partly in the matter of grain ship
ments. Later Estimates.
New Orleans, Special. Complete
figures of the loss involved. In the de
struction of the Stuyvesant docks of
the Illinois Central Railroad, it was
announced by local officers of the com
pany Monday, will not be available
until an inspection of the books of
the docks Is finished. Fortunately all
these were saved. Local Freight Agent
Cousins and his office force went to
work on them, and Mr. Cousins an
nounced that it might be possible by
Tuesday to give the result. The value
of the wharves, sheds, warehouses,
elevators and trackage is known rough
ly, but the number of cars and the
quantity of merchandise destroyed can
not be given until the inspection is
concluded. In the meantime, estimates
of the losses vary between Superinten
dent Dunn's figures of $3,000,000. and
General Agent Perkins' aggregate of
$5,000,000.
Destructive Fire at Hot Springs.
Hot Springs, Ark., Special. Fire
swept the southern portion of this
city early Saturday, doing immense
damage and causing the known death
of three persons. JThe losses are var
iously estimated at from $1,000,000 to
$2,000,000. Sunday was a day of
gloom in Hot Springs. The first esti
mates of the damage done by the great
conflagration were not exaggerated.
More than forty blocks were eaten
away by the flames, and the most con
servative estimates place the loss at a
million and a half dollars, and several
insurance men state that the figures
will reach two million. The three un
known bodies recovered are the only
known fatalities.
Live Items cf News.
Fifty bodies have been recovered
from the Virginia mine in Alabama,
where 160 men were imprisoned by an
explosion.
A special Federal grand jury ve
nire was drawn in Chicago and sub
poenas for 185 employes of the so
called "Beef Trust" were issued, pend
ing an investigation as to whether
the "supposed combine has been violat
ing Judge Grosscup's injunction.
Two additional indictments, making
ten in all, were found in Cleveland
against Mrs. Chadwick.
President Truesdale, of the Dela
ware, Ijackawana and Western Rail
road, says the proposed bil to regu
late railroad rates would be in effect
confiscation of railroad property.
The striking New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad firemen pro
posed a method of arbitration which
the company rejected, on the ground
that it was objectionable to the engi
neers. 1 The Equitable Life Assurance Soci-
, ety tag wQn & guit fa whicb R
j intended to compel the company to
1 divide $3,000,000 among the policy-
holders in Wisconsin.
! Gov. A. J. Montague was one of the
j speakers at the Washington banquet
A train was wrecked on the James
River division of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad by a falling bowlder.
The widow of Jefferson Davis has
published a statement declaring that
she has no recollection of writing a
letter to General Miles thanking him
for his humane treatment of her hus
band, and she calls on the general to
make public a photographic, reproduc
tion of the letter.
NOtlfi STATE LAWMAIEIS
Work That Is Oeing Done By
North Carolina Lawmakers.
the
Passed Pinal Reading.
At Tuesday's session the following
Gills passed their final reading: To
lubrnit to the qualified voters of Bun
combe county the question of issuing
bonds for the improyemeot of public
roads, and the establishment of a
highway commission; to build certain
iron bridges in Henderson county, and
to apply certain funds; to amend the
charter of the town of Brevard; to
ern Pines; to ratify all actnd pro
cedingg relating to the issuing of bonds
of the town of Ixjxlngton; providing
for the time of extension of taxes for
building a new jail at Alexander coun
ty; to prevent the obstruction of Peach
Tree creek, in Cherokee county, by
felling cf trees; to protect game in
Burke county; to prevent felling of
trees in the streams of Ashe county;
to define location of certain cuhrch
es, in Catawba; fobidding sale of li
quor within two miles of a certain
church in Columbus county; relat
ing to the bird laws of Catawba; to
protect waters cf Brush creek, ia Al
leghany township; to incorporate the
Oak Grove Cemetery, in Robeson
county; relating to the hunting of deer
in Hyde county; to regulate the sale
of seed cotton in Mecklenburg; to pre
vent fishing in certain townships in
Haywood; to forbid the building of
barbed wire fences along the public
roads of Yancey county without
boards; to authorize the commission
ers of Mitchell county to relieve an ex
sheriff; to provide fire escapes and
protect human life (the bill amended
by the committee was adopted); a
joint resolution to petition the United
States Senate to pass a law prohibit
ing inter-State commerce in adulterat
ed foods; changing the name of the
Enterprising Banking & Loan Company
to the Waxhaw Banking & Trust Com
pany; a resolution authorizing the ap
pointment of a clerk to the committee
on justices of the peace.
Mr. Vann offered a resolution of
sympathy for Senator Beasley, in the
misfortune which has befallen him in
the mysterious disappearance of his
son. Mr. Scales moved that the vote
adopting the resolution be taken by
rising, and the vote was unanimous.
The president appointed on the com
mittee to investigate the South Dako
ta bond judgment and other bond mat
ters Senators Zoll '.coffer, and Scales,
of Guilford,
In the House.
In the House Tuesday the bill al
lowing new .trials for newly discover
ed evidence, pending an appeal in
criminal cases, came up, the first bill
as unfinished business. Fowler, o
Sampson, led off In a strong speecn
in behalf of the bill, declaring that as
the law now is, a new trial could be
granted in a case invovling the title
to a $3 bull yearling, but not in the
case of a human life or human noer
ty. Laughinghouse, of Pitt, opposed
the bill, saying it was strange to him
how lawyers could lose sight or the
side of public protection of life and
liberty in their terms and sympathize
with criminals. Stewart, of Harnett
in defending the bill, also defended the
legal profession from what he termed
mere asaults from the last speaner
Lauehinehouse stated that he had not
attacked the legal profession, but had
simply presented some plain facts re
garding a good many members of it.
who seemed to keep up in tne ieaa
Other speeches in favor of the bill were
by Murphy, of Buncombe; Robeson
and Winborne. Those speaking against
the bill were Redwine, Gower, Feim
ster and Graham, of Granville. The
previous Question called, the vote was
taken on the bill, and it was defeated
by a vote of 55 to 46. The bill had
been up four different days during the
session. Messrs. Winborne ana itoDer
son had made about four speeches foi
it, and Judge Graham as many against
it! It passed its second reading by a
vote of 46 to 4o about two weeks ago
The following bills passed final read
ine: To amed the stock law in Dup
lin; to amend the charter of Clyde;
to incorporate Pee Dee Valley Rail
wav Company; to incorporate Ashe
ville & Northern Railway Company;
to incorporate Raleigh & Southport
Railway Company; to incorporate
Southport & Northwestern Railroad
Company; to allow Rutherford county
to re-fund 8100,000 of its bonaea aeDi
to protect landlords and tenants in
certain counties; to amed charter oi
Black Mountain; to protect fish in
Yancey; to amend charter of Farmers
Mutuai nre Association; to incorpor
ate Pine Top Banking Company; tc
re-incorporate Chowan Baptist Asso
ciation; to protect game birds In Ma
con county; to prohibit fishing iE
amend" charter of the town of South
North Fork of New River, in Ashe
county.
The Anti-Jug Law.
A bill defining the place of sale oi
liquor, coming up on its third reading,
the following additional counties were
exempted from the operations of the
act: Hyde, Alleghany, Washington.
Nash, Perquimans, Stokes, Pitt and
Tyrrell. There was considerable de
bate between the two members from
Buncombe. Mr. Murphy desired B-.n
combe to remain under the operation
of the McNinch law, and Glenn favor
ed exempting it. The difficulty was
finally adjusted by Mr. Glenn yielding
and stating that he would introduce a
bill to fit the case, so Buncombe was
not exempted. The bill then passed
its final reading, and was ordered sent
to the Senate. The House then ad
journed.
There was but little accomplished
Wednesday in the Senate. A few lo
cal bills were introduced and a few
passed third reading.
At noon the House took up the Sen
ate bill, known as the Vann bill, regu
lating fishing in Albemarle and Pam
lico Sounds, and it passed its fina!
reading.
Winborne Bill Dead.
The bill providing that county com
missioners can upon petition of citi
zens., of, any school district order an
election for snecial school tax for
either race, came up, and Winborne j unfavorably reported. -explained
it, stating that if the old de- Governor Glenn sent in a message
cisions of the North Carolina Supreme ! urging a State bureau of immigration;
Court wero followed, the bill would j a' stronsr law against vagrancy; for
not accomplish the object that was in
tended, but that since the old deci
sions, the United States Supreme
Court bad rendered decision which
made this law now a constitutions
one. He said in at ioernor u;enr
heartily approved cf this bill, and ha
received assurances that tbe State Sa
preme Court considered it contstltu
tional. Winborne ald be had intro
duced the bill to take- the place of hit
Ull amending the Slate constitution
It simply meant either race could sup
pkment its regular pubilr school func
by a vote of its ovn property holder:
for additional tax.it ion. The prevknr
qucMlon wai called en Graham's tan
lion to refer, and Lid wan referrt
to the committee cri education, wbict
means its death.
For Statute to Ransom.
Id the Senate, bills were Introduce
to prohibit public officials from ridlnr
on passes or mileage books. or annuals;
to incorporate the Meftodist Protes
tant College of North Carolina. Bills
passed to allow connvkU to be em
ployed on the public roala in McDow
ell; to provide for the payment of rail
road bonds of Cleveland; to prohibit
the manufacture and sale of liquor at
Yadkinville.
At noon Thursday the bill to punish
barratry came up as the special order.
Mr. Moore, of Gaston, said he had been
compelled to bow his head in Phame
at the practices of disreputable law
yers in his county, this practice being
a d'sqrace to the profession, which had
aroused contempt in the minds of the
people; the State Bar Association mot
having acted against this class of at
torneys.
In the House, Chairman Roberson,
for the committee on appropriations,
reported on the appropriation bills fa
vorably for $3,000 for a statue of Gen
eral Matt Ransom, available after next
November; on the bill relieving the
board of agriculture from paying $10,
000 annually to the Agricultural and
Mechanical College; on $150 for Moore'
Mechanical College; on $150 for
Moore's Creek Battle Ground, and $750
for tablets at the battlefield of Bethel
and Chicamaugua. He reported unfav
orably upon the bill appropriating $25,-
000 for a hospital for epileptics and
idiots; on the bill increasing by $1,000
the appropriation to the Oxford Orphan
Asylum. The committee had agreed on
a special appropriation of $2,500 in ad
dition to the regular one for the Appa
lachian School, at Boone. Bills were
introduced to amend the road law o'.
Lincoln county; to create a board of
pi ison parole; to incorporate Cornelius;
to charter the Appalachian Electric
Ccmpany; to provide? for a turnpike
from North WilLesbcro to Boone; tc
prevent bird dogs from hunting at large
during the nesting season and breedin?
seasons of birds; to regulate challenge?
when a special venire is drav.n from
the jury box; to prevent smuggling of
whiskey and other liquors into Ruther
ford county: to regulate fees of county
officials in Camden; to amend the act
of 1903, regarding the apportionment of
schoc1 v-mds in Mecklenburg.
Tbe special ortVrr. ihc-'3?,V reforma
tory bill, was taken up. the galleries
being filled with ladies. Senator Scales
occupying seat by Representative
Gordon, of Guilford. Graham, of Gran
ville, said there were three reform
atory bills and all three should be
referred to the committee on penal In
stitutions. Mr. Green opposed delay,
but the motion to refer was adopted
by a large majority.
In the Senate Saturday the follow
ing bills passed their third readings:
To ferret the board of public works
of Tarbc.T to issue bonds; for the bet
terment of the public roads of Pitt
county; to form a school, district in
Cumberland -county; to amend the
charter cf the town of Dunn; to au
thorize the commissioners of Granville
county to re-fund the indebtedness of
Oxford Female Academy; to authorize
commissioners of New Hanover coun
ty to levy special tax, to protect the
game of Surry county; to appropriate
and consolidate the annual appropria
tion to the Moore's Creek Battle
ground. The bill was carried without
opposition. Moore, of Pender, author
of the bill, made a splendid speech.
The committee on appropriation at
tached an amendment reducing the ap
propriation to $150 and Moore asked
that the amendment be voted down.
Scales favored the bill carrying $200
with it. A bill passed relating to
Pike's school district, in Robeson and
Cumberland counties; bill to prohibit
manufacture and sale of liquor within
two miles of Spring Hope graded
school district, Nash county; to abol
ish all pilotage laws otjorth Caro
lina relative to the Cape Fear river;
to amend the charter of the city of
Fayetteville; to regulate the sale of
corcentrated feed stuffs; to regulate
the hunting of quail and other game
birds in Edgecombe county; relating
to office of treasurer of Henderson
county; to secure compulsory school
attendance in schools at Raleigh,
Wake county; to regulate the appoint
ment and duties of cotton weighers
at Dunn; to amend public road law
of Scotland; to amend prohibition law
of Cumberland county; to place cer
tain territory in Chatham under stock
law; to incorporate the Methodist
Protestant College; to add to the pres
ent stock law territory in Pitt county;
to provide for turning into the general
fund one-third of the- dispensary prof
its of Pitt county; to define place and
sale of intoxicating liquors in North
Carolina.
In the House a number of new bills
were introduced. Gccd progress was
made in committee of the whole on the
revenue and machinery acts.
Monday's Session.
Bills were introduced in the House
VIcnclay to give pensions to all ex-
confederates worth less than $500: to
;hange the time of the fifth district
-.curls; to incorporate the Yancey ville,
Reidsville & Burlington Railroad; to
pmon.i the Iredell school -lav,: to
nrpv'pnt. vicious does from gofng at
taree.
Wenrepentatives frcm Wake made
statements relating to charges of hav
ing snaaked through the Legislature
a read lawfor Wake containing a se:
ticn affecting profits of the dispen
sary. They denied this.
A favorable report was made in the
House on the bill for a StateImmigra-
tion Denartment. All bills requiring
j inspection of illuminating oils were
- i lessening the number of jury chal-
lenges; for the repeal of all divorce
laws since 1833; to increase uonxea-
. r- --gjQn. to f 300 ooo n
: !
hail of record and U creat the office
of Stat pare ha ice agrnt.
The Satiate pasd bill string the
right of way for a railroad I row Hick-
cry to Catawba Spilno; to amrod the
charter of Hickory Nut Gap, Rutfaer-
fordtou and Abertlle Railroad.
The House took op a a spcial or
der the bill to repeal the anil Jug law,
j except a to Cleveland, Cabarrus.
Ga&ton and Mitchell. A numbvr of
amendments were offered. It wu
stated that the general ami juc law
bill had come over from the House,
and the motion was made that these
be first taken up. Thia was not done.
The amendment was adopt iti that the
Kill ikniild nnf affrw-f twnA Uff stilt
Th tm fh(, atiKw ft4,r -n
. ...d r.ldwelL Yancey. Rutherford
and Madlscn had failed. The anti
jug bill was then taken up. many
counties being excepted. A motion to
strike all these exception w lost
and bill passed. Rowan (exctpi
Spencer and East SpenctrL Stanly,
Davie. Alexander, are aiaong the ex
cepted counties.
The bills passed to prohibit shipping
af liquor into prohibition territory un
ier fictitious names.
$100,000,003 For Navy.
Washington, Feb. 27 Tho Senate
Monday parsed the naval bill, carrying
. ini.il nnnronriation of $100,300,000.!"
TW 1111 n.nu .llsiilenl )V UfiCCTt
German. McCumber, Blackburn, Car
mack. Hale, IxJgo. Martin. Perkins,
and Teller. Mr. Hale again criticized
the too rapid increase of the navy,
and Mr. Lodge defended the policy of
the administration in foreign matters
and in naval increase. Mr. Gorman,
discussing the proposed increase of
appropriation for the Marine Corps,
declared there could be no excuse for
such an increase In times of profound
neace.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
The wolves are killing many yonng"
slock in Western Texas.
A railway bureau will shortly be es
tablished by the Mexican Government.
The religious revival in Wales lias
resulted in a total of nearly 70,000 con
verts.
Pres?rved buttermilk is t new infant
food preparation being offered in Ger
many for the use of both ill and healthy
children.
English army officers say Hint there
Is a plnnt in Nigerin, a bunch or two
of which, hung up iu a tent, banishes
mosquitoes.
Bills for new ean.il, which will cost
nearly ?S0,00Qhh, have been reported
bv the Committee on Ci-nals of the
Prussian Diet.
Until recently the smallest coin In
circulation in Koulli Africa had the
aluo of six cents; now two-cent pieces
(i:vo boon introduced.
France's pit- for animals hr.s been
aroused by the rare work of an un
known sculptor, a gvpup of tramps
feeding a starving dog.
A compilation of the popnlnr vole for
President shows that th? eleven States
of the old Confederacy polled an aggre
gate of less than a million votes for
Parker.
The fruit steamer Admiral Sampson,
while lying near rennsville, N. J.. to
lighten her cargo, cast ore: board ban
anas and coco.inuts worth several thou
sand dollars.
It Is eslimale l ilia t the great London
revival now being condiK-ted at the
Royal Albert Hall by the American
!vaiigelis!?. Dr. Torrey and Mr. Alex
ander, win ccsr ..'.'jou.
In the old churchyard .it Kilkeel.
Ireland, is a tombstone with the fol
lowing inscription: "Here lie the re-
nains of Thomas Nichols, who died in
Philadelphia. March. 17.. Had h
lived, he would have been buried here.'
LABOR WORLD.
The English co-operative societies
own nine ocean tdcanicr.-.
It is estimated that there are over
2,000,000 coal miners iu the world.
There are nearly 2.000.000 members
of labor unions in Great Biitnin.
About 200 miners at the Biroseye
conl mine, Jcllico, Tcnn , went on
strikv.
The onlv co-op?rniirc ftore In the
anthracite region, which was opened In
Wilkesbarre, Pit., last Juno, L.-.s proved
a success.
Over 3200 mo" crnnloyed in the build
ing trades rt Trenton. N. J., obeyed
the order ef Business Agent Smith and
iaid down their tools.
Twenty thousand tin vorkers em
ployed by the American .Sne?t and J :n
Plate Company have rcc-e.ved a ten
per ceut. increase in wr.gc..
The International Carrir.ge and
Wngcn Workers' Union has decided to
move the organization's national ber.d
quartcrs from New York o Chicago.
A bulletin issued by the Commis
sioner of Labor Statistics shows the
ru t
averace per capita earnings oi u:jiu
miners during the past year was
510tl.OO.
There is a plan on foot ?.t San Fran
cisco. Cal.. to abolish the death benefit
assessment with the International As
sociation of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers and create a death benefit
fund locally.
In Germany every description of
child labor is prohibited in such indus
tries as brickmaklng, bridge building,
quarrying, stone breaking, chimney
sweeping and some portions of the car
riers' business.
On account of black smallpox in a
boarding house at Branchclale, Pa.,
County Medical Inspector Daniel
Dechert has had a dozen miners, who
boarded there, removed from the Ootto
colliery and quarantined.
Rejected Insinuation.
A yours lawyer r zz sent from Edia
burgh to. a country north of the Fortt
to act as junior counsel in a licensict
club case. He had to cross-eamin
the certifying' justice, who was verj
diffuse and rather evasive in his an
swers.
"Speak a little more simply and tc
the point, please," said the counsel
mildly, "you are a little ambiguous
you know."
"I am not, sir" replied the witness
indignantly. "I have been strictly tee
total for a yccr'Ran's Horn,
a monument 14 Kanora; it en-c
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Dcttirrcnca ef Int.rt.t In Vartw j
Parts of th fttata. !
Otaflett Cotton Marfctt.
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So wagons:
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Jood middling 5
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New Orleana, Heady
Savannah, quiet ....
Charleston, quiet ....
Norfolk, quiet .....
New York, quiet ....
IWwton. qtilet
Philadelphia, quiet ..
Houston, steady ....
Aususta. uteady ....
Memphis, steady ...
Ivoulevllle, firm
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Rye 1
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Former Tar Heel Suicides.
Baltimore. Special Among the pa
ptrs of Capt. Win. S. Winder, a Con
federate veteran aged 71 year. ho
shot and killed himself in bis h'::
ere Saturday, was found a rli::p'nc tf
the address by Dr. Wm. Osier, cf the
Johns Hopkins University, in whbh
reference was made to the uselensntss
cf men over 0 years of age. Capt.
Winder, who was a bachelor, had led
a retired and lonely life for som
years. His sight had practically failed
and recently hu had suffered from in
somnia. Lexington's Population.
Lexington. Special. The officer ap
pointed to take the census of the town
have completed their returns, and the
figures show that Lexington now con
tains 3.600 inhabitants. This Is about
double the population prior to the re
cent extension of the corporate limlu
Cleveland County Primary.
Shelby. Special. Th election In this
county Saturday for superintendent of
public schools passed off quietly. Quit
a lot of Interest was manifested. The
present incumbent. J. A. Anthony,
was opposed by Prof. B. T. Falls, prin
cipal of the graded school here. Mr.
Falls was victorious by a majority of
about 182.
Building at V. P. I. Burned.
Richmond, Va., Special. Selene
Hall, at the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute, Blacksburg, Va., was totally
destroyed by fire. By heroic effort
the cadet flre'brisade saved "No. 4."
barracks, which were in great dan
ger. The loss is estimated at $75,000;
insurance, $12,000. Very little of the
apparatus in the burned building was
saved. One person was struck on the
head by falling timbers and rendered
unconscious. The origin of the fire is
a mystery, but the theory is spontane
ous combustion.
Gen. Underwood Gets $16,000
New York, Special. The suit of
General John C. Underwood, of Ken
tucky, ' of the Confederate Memorial
Association, for commissions on sums
raised for the Association, was de
cided in the United States Circuit
Court in Brooklyn, by a verdict for
$16,000 for General Underwood. The
Association disputed General Under
wood's claim that he was entitled to
a commission on subscription of $100,
000 obtained from the late Chaxle
Broadway Rouss.
Confederate Seal For Gen. Shipp.
Lynchburg. Special. Mr. John L.
Lee, cf this city, has sent for Mrs. Ed
ward T. Ayers, of Washington, as a
gift, to Gen. Scott Shipp, of the Virgi
nia Military Institute, a reproduction
of the seal of the Confederate States.
The original die was in the possession
of Col. John T. Pickett, of Kentucy,
who had the reproduction made.
Dcrtlsta tiect Officer..
Memphis, Tenn.. Special. Officer
of the ensuing year were elected by
the Southe.-a branch of the National
Dental Association, as follows: Presi
dent, Dr. W. G. Mason, of Tampa, Fla.;
first vice-president. Dr. N. N. Vann,
of Attala. Ala.; second vice-president.
Dr. R. Cowardin. of Richmond; cor
responding secretary, Dr. J. A. Gor
man, of Asbeville; recording secre
tary. Dr. John R. Beach, of Clark
ville, Tenn.; treasurer. Dr. B. D. Brab
son. of Clarkaville, Tenn. A resolu
tion reouesting the national a3ocia-
tion to hold its meeting next year in J
Birmingham, AX, was uramaousiy
adopted.
23 Miners Die.
Bluefield, W. Va,, Special. As a re
sult of an explosion in shaft No. 1,
of the United States Coal and Coke
Company at Wileoe Sunday, 23 min
ers are supposed to have lost their
lives, and it is possible that tbe num
ber will exceed this. Up to 8 p. m.
fifteen dead bodies had been taken
from the shaft A large rescuing par
ty is in the mines. It is barely pessi-
ble, but not likely, that some of the
j remaining entombed miners will be
I rescued alive.
S W A YN E ACQUITTED
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It ?. i Binf fttwt'od to ConHt
To Lorgor Vottt Wr Lastly
Along Party Lint Only 11 Vottt
For Convict ton on th Article Rt
lattng tt U of PMvat Car.
WabinctotJ. Speriai. Tie r'nat
Monday rjBc!uJ4 th Imp hnsl
trial of JuJge Swayne lj arqutltirx
him on ail th chaff- rr.a4 afaiBM
slm la th article tf Imp In etit
irrrnlej by the i:m. The VUn
ht .?ar.r ce bra at 10 1). -
ninutrs after the Senate rttr.f d. 4
xmtlnuHl until 11,1V Thrr
li a S in, and all tb tl.T a ron
utrned In taking the 12 ,i nery
o dtar of -s;h 'f tbe attl Th
li Chest te tt !ora'bimtl
ind the lowest agamt it, 47 Oa tie
;wo artlr ? vharln t';e ti of piitat
all road raia. only It ! mttr rat
'or n. ii.-Mon. Tie arer v .t e;o
jirKdy along party l!te.
Judie Swayne a net !n ibe
dutlns the ndl-all. but In t
Pres'.drnt'a room, luat I k f the
ham Ik r. The r-u!t of eah iU w
enl to hltn by hla attn:r.eva. Kite cT
'.he lloufe manfra at?tn1-i dur'.ng
.be prM--e.ttnr. When th ftf article
was read, charging Jt:!e Swayue with
raking a fals certificate for cij-n-a
while holilug court Ct Waco. Trxf,
he piesldlng c fib er m'd: natcira,
how say ymj, la th re;n'!trt, Charlrf
Swavne, guilty or not auilty aa rharrei
in this article V The rallln of the roll
by the secretary aa then begun. Th
flrft Senator to rtM In riti to tb
-all was Mr. Alcer. who voted "nt
guilty" in clear and distinct ton-. Mr.
Bacon was the rt DemcH-ratle Fvl
tor on the roll, and likewise th firt to
tnswer in the affirmative. Crtlnit Judf
Swayne guilty. The vol thro'ishout
was largely partlaaii. and lo4 13 to
49. The Senatoia who Toted guilty
were: Bacon, Utile jr. Bard. Bate. Ber
ry. Blackburn. Carmack. Clark, of
Montana; Clay, Cockrell. Culbraon.
Daniel, rentier, of lliln; Qoriuan.
KIttredge. Lattlmer. McCreary. Mc
Cumber, McEnery. McLaurin. Mallory,
Martin.. Money. Morgan. Newland".
Cverman. Patterson. Prttua. FIramona,
Stone, Taliaferro and Teller 23. Under
the rule requiring a to-tbirda vote to
ronlct, 55 votes in the affirmative
would have been necessary to convict.
As this vote waa altnoat reveraed. Judge
Swayne was pronounced to be not guil
ty. The chair announced tala to be tbe
result.
The reading and voting upon tbo
other articles followed In rapid suc
cession. The second charge was that
of an excessive charge for ei pen sea
while holding court at Tyler, Teaas.
The proceeding In this case was an ex
act counterpart of that on the flrat
article, and the result waa 32 for con
viction to 50 for acquittal. The third
charge also related to egreaalve ex
pense charges at Tyler. Texas, and tbe
vote was Identical with tbe vote on tbe
second article 22 to 50. The fourth
and fifth articles related to the use of
private cars. There were only 13 votes
of guilty on them, as follows: Ualley,
Berry. Blackburn. Carmack. Cockrell,
Culberson. Daniel. McLaurin. Martin,
Money. Morgan. Newlanda. Pettua. Ad
ams. Sixty-nine Senators voted for ac
quittal. On the sixth charge, that of
non-reuldeoce by Juage wayue in
district, the vote waa 31 to 51. Oa th
seventh article, relating to residence.
the vote waa 19 for conviction to w
against. The affirmative vote waa aa
follows: Bate, Berry, ktiacauurn. ur-
mack. Clark, of Montana; cockrell.
iianlel Dubois. Gibson. Latumer. mo
Creary, -McEnery. McLaurin. Mallory,
Martin, Money, Morgan, i-etioa m
Taliaferro 13. The vote on the eighth,
ninth, tenth and eleventh articles, cov
ering the contempt cases of Davis and
neiuen. waa 31 to 51. Tbe twelfth ar
ticle was the lau. It dealt with the con
duct of Judge Swayne In punishing V.
C. O'Nnl for contempt in assaulting a
trustee in bankruptcy appointed by
bim. On the final vote, the result w
35 for guilty to 47 for not guilty. tb
largest vote grven for conviction.
The result on this vote being an
nounced, and with It the ntlre verdict
ascertained, the chair directed the sec
retary to enter an order of acquittal on
all the articles. This being doco the
long and tedious proceeding came to an
end.
Too Large For Railroads.
Savannah. Ga.. Special. Tbe equestrian-statne
of General Nathan Bed
ford Forrest, the great Confederate
cavalry leader, has not arrived t
Memphis as erroneously stated, but Is
in tbe railway yards, having arrived
last week by steamer from New York,
whence it wa received from Paris,
where It was cast. The atatae was
not sent by rail from New York. It
ir, more than thirteen feet high in its
crate ?nd the railroads wooli not re
ceive it. being unable to transport it
through tonne!- It la said that the
read that received it here may Sad
it impossible to set it under bridges.
, 14 Die In Church.
New York, Special. !ven persons
were killed and upwards of fifty in
jured, some probably fatallv. by th
collapse of tbe flooring of the Fleet
Street African Methodist Episcopal
Church, in Brooklyn. Monday night.
Of those killed, eight were women,
two men and one child. The building
was an ancient ramshackle frame
firuiture, erected CO years ago in the
1 eart of the colored section of Brook
lyn, in Fleet street, near Myrtle T?
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