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i CAUCASIAN. H VOL. XXIII. RALEIGH, NOPTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH 23. Ii0.i, & . . -. ms n The More Conservative Said to Favor RETREAT TO HARBIN IS ON AGAIN Russian Ministers Argue That Noth ing Could be Lost and Sympathy Would be Gained if Japan Should frovc Unreasonable Minister of War Says Fair Terms Would be to Japan's Advantage by Giving Her 3 Good Neighbor Linevitch Can E Given an Army of 400,000 Men W ithout a New Moblization. I'.-tfTsburg, JJy Cable. While ror Nicholas, whose word is fin i: al. ii!l declines to abandon the prose f .? .'-n df the war, and the government i ;,i;ni;iiiiK its ability to continue the !,(!; t, it ran be authoritatively that powerful influences, in i i i'liriK several of the Emperor's own in.iiisu ;s, are now strongly urging tiiat the time has come to indicate to Japan Russia's e'esire for peace up on a reasonable basis. Should Japan th ii attempt to impose too onerous conditions, these influences argue that i!i view of the universal wish to see !! bloody conflict ended, Russia's position will be strengthened abroad y the alienation of sympathy from J.i pan. ami the situation improved at 1 in.- when the nation is made to un derstand that the Emperor's pacific proposals have been met with im possible terms. The Minister of War .-ays: "Russia has a hard task, fighting tfio war against such adversaries, 'mh miles from home, and I contend that she can make a dignified peace, without glory, but not without honor. As the victor on land and sea, Japan can afford to remember, as Bismarck did at the conclusion of the Austro I'russian war, that two countries which must live through the long fu ture as neighbors may need each other's friendship. Japan may con sider the time propitious, on account of the situation in European Russia, to try and crush us. Suppose, for the uke of argument, she succeeded in finally forcing a humiliating peace, it would not be more than an aimed truce. Russia is too big and power ful to retire permanently from the field. The clouds at home eventually will roll away. With the army and navy reorganized, in five, ten or fifteen years, there will come inevitably our revenge. No permanent peace is pos sible now or later unless JapanN is established. To the suggestion of the possibility of an alliance between Russia and Japan, the Minister said: "A reasonable peace must first be established. "Broadly speaking, Russia's renun ciation of her entire Manchurian poli cy should satisfy Japan's claim. She could have her protectorate over Ko rea, such privileges on the Kowontong IVninsula and at Port Arthur as the powers would not oppose, and the Chi nese Eastern Railway be placed under international control, Russia maintain ing her rights to a railway line through northern Manchuria to Vladi vostock." Has Handed Over Command. St. Petersburg, By Cable. A tele pram from General Kuropatkin to Em peror Nicholas, dated March 17, says: "In accordance with the orders of your majecty received March 16, I handed over to General Linveitch to day the command of the land and sea forces operating against the Japan ese." General Linevitch, in a telegram to the Emperor under the same date, says: "In pursuance of the orders of your majesty of March 16, I assumed com mand of all our forces, miiltary and naval, operating against the Japan ese.' Adams Ousted. Denver, Col., Special. James H. Pea body won his contest for ice office of Governor of Colorado, from which he retired on January 10, after serving a term of two years, but his victory i was achieved only after ne had given his pledge to resign and surrender the chair to Lieutenant Governor Jesse F. McDonald, Republican. The News of the Day. The Marquis of Anglesey, who was known as the "Clothes and Jewel Man iac" died at Monte Carlo, aged 30 years. A new intrigue forced three of the Sultan's trusted to flee from the pal ace at Constantinople. The Russian defeat at Mukden was a great disaster, but St. Petersburg states the "war will gS on to the bit ter end.' Walter Hums Long has been appoint ed to succeed George Wyndham as Chief Secretary for Ireland. A heavy gale prevails along the British coast. Gen. Gonvalez Valencia has renounc ed the Vice-Presidency of Columbia. The illness of Grand Duke Vladimir cf Russia has taken a turn for the v'Or?.e. American Ambassador - to Russia George Von L. Meyer, has leased -the famcjus Klein-Michel Palace, in St. I'ctersburg, Guests and attendants at the Hotel AtoT, New YorK, became- involved ! &. tight, as a rc-HiiH t?f which a (lozeo means nuired, thg attention el two. ' of the Russian Ministers Making Terms A couple of brief messages from General Kuropatkin dated March 16 says: "The rear guard of our army was engaged March la on a ridge south east of Tie Pass. At night the rear guard fell back to a position at the bend of the Liao river, near the vil lage of Kamluitza, without beinj pressed by the enemy. "On March 16 our r .-my continued their march. On Maih 15 the town of Fokoman. (2.1 miL-s northeast of Mukden) was occupied by Chinese ban-, dits. On To Harbin. Tokio, By Cable. Beyond the seneral retirement of the Russian along the railway northward, little is known here of the details of the past three clays' events in Manchuria. Various reports of the number of additional Russian pris oners captured are in circulation. One estimate i3 20,000. It is impossible to confirm the reports. There is much speculation over the extent of the Russian retirement. Har bin is regarded as a logical base, but it is suggested that they may attempt to hold that Kirin line. The country be tween Kiayaun and Sungari is inhospi table. Formerly the conservative element in high councils of Japan favored setting a limit to the Manchurian advance. It opopsed advancing to Harbin, but the results of the victory at Mukden are removing opposite and the bulk of opposition and conservative judg ment now favors pressing advantages and carrying the war to the utmost lim its possible. Tokio Celebrates Victory. Tokio, By Cable. Thirty thousand persons went to Mibiya Pass to attend exercises commemorative of the Jap anese victory at Mukden. Members of the cabinet, the elder statesmen, many officers of the army and navy and members of the Diet were present. Mayor Ozaiki read a congratulatory telegram to be sent Field Marshal Oyama, on behalf of the municipality, the crowd cheering its approval. Lieutenant General Terauchi, Minis ter of War, and Admiral Yamamoto, Minister of the Navy, spoke on behalf of. the army and navy, respectively, thanking the people for the support they had given the government during the war. Battery Officers Negligent. St. Petersburg, By Cable. The ver dict of the court-martial which tried the officers and men of several bat teries of artillery, from one cf which a shell was fired during the blessing of the waters of the Neva on Janu ary 19, scattering jnissles in the vici nity of the Imperial Palace, was an nounced by Captain Davidoff and sub Lieutenant Kurzeiff, of the Seventh Battery, First Regiment, Horse Ar tillery of the Guard, were found guil ty of neglect of duty and sentence! to be dismissed from the army and to imprisonment in a fortress: Davidoff to one year and a half and Kurzeiff to a year and five months. Sub-Lieutenant Roth, Jr., was sentenced to imprisonment to a year and four months; Lieutenant Roth. Sr., to de tention in quarters for three months, and two gunners to detention with disciplinary batallions for two years. The court found there was no con nection on the part of any of those on trial with a plot to assassinate the Emperor. Kuropatkin at Tie Pass. Tokio, By Cable. A dispatch from the headquarters of the Japanese ar mies in the field dated Sunday says: "According to statements made by prisoners, the force of the enemy re sisting us south of Tie Pass Wed nesday, March 15, consisted of three divisions. General Kuropatkin per sonally commanded during the battle in the neighborhood of Tie Pass, Tuesday, March 14." Cracksman Get Good Haul. Petersburg, Tenn., March 16. The vault in the bank of Petersburg was blown open and all the casn taken. The amount stolen is reported to be $4,000. The bank of Petersburg is a state institution. The o3kiaIn say the thieves secured S7,(XK). The. steel vault was blown witn nitro glycerine and the strong box emplteu'. The burglars escaped. Spoke Men Meet. Nashville. Tenn.. Special. The As sociation of Spoke and Hub Manu facturers' of the South met here Thurs day.' Peter" Lesh, of Memphis, a pres ident. Thc: object of the meeting Ui to combine all spoke manufacturers of finished and slub-head spokes in th? tcuth and Southwest, and establish a system- of uniform grade and nrle, and- to amalgamate with the Northern association. Telegraphic Brisfs. Mr. T. P. DavIey. senior counsel, for Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, criticised the verdict and said there were too many farmers on the jury. -Roy Hilderbrand, 14 years old, of Pittsburg, sent-a letter to his parent; stating he is held for ransom in West Virginia. The Senate maintains a dignified, firm opposition to the Administration. Charles F. Booker, of Connecticut, has been selected for the active chair manship of the Republican National j Committee. ." 'Richmond Daughters of the Confed ! erai-v have rteeided to return to Mas!' chueetts the capture Jsttlf fi of th? Eighteenth MwiKhusetti Regime&t. '50VEIN02 LOOKING AFTER BONDS Wade Trip to New York to See About Bond Matter. Raleigh, Special. Governor R. L "Jlenn and Attorney General R. V. 3ilmer hare returned from Ne fork, where they have been to :onfer with Wheeler Y. Beckham, a "ew York attorney who represents South Dakota in the bond suit, in shich South Dakota holds judgment igainst North Carolina for $27,000. The Governor's mission was to bring ilout the best possible settlement cn he part of North Carolina. Nothing definite as to the success of he mission in given out, the Governor nercly saying -that they had an inter view with Beckham, and he is confi lent that a satisfactory settlement of ill differences will be reached. It Is jnderstood that the Governor has nade a preposition for a settlement hat he and the Council of State would consider fair, and they are verv hope 'ul that South Dakota will accept it. Ex-Moonshiner With a Concience. Greensboro. Special. A Federal j official here received a letter Monday ; morning something out of the ordi nary. rlhe writer signed his full name ind postoffice address, and asked for j n immediate answer. He lives in an ; idjoining county, and is well known, j The man atated that about ten yearn j lpo he "frauded" the government out i Df a lot of whiskey and a still, an 1 ! deserved to be in the penitentiary. A j blockade outfit and some whiskey had . been captured and placed in the de ! pot for shipment, and that night he broke in the depot and stole the whole outfit, selling the whiskey and usins iVlrt ctill , . 1 , . 1 . i rri I ow j inane muic uiocKatie. inai, i svhile the original blockader was sus ! pected of doing this bold deed ifd re-captured his own, the writer was i the man who did it. The man stated that he had got religion, and desired ' to know if the government would permit him to make restitution by pay ing the value of the goods "frauded." He said he would do this or if the government demanded it, he would come to Greensboro any day named, and give himself up. Some of the old ; revenue officers here, being question ed as to the facts of the narration concerning the breaking in of the , depot ten years ago. say that they re , member it well and the matter wa.s always a most mysterious one, and . that the party confessing had never been suspected, it being generally le lieved. as he stated, that the person from whom the whiskey and still worm : was siezed had a hand in the rob bery. Farmer's Neck Broken. Asheville, Special. News was receiv ed here Monday of the tragic death of j H. L. Hice .Saturday night, near Bethel church, in the Hominy section of Bun combe county. Mr. Hice, in company with his son, had been to Asheville, driving a team of mules. Returning in the afternoon the father and son stop j ped at a store in West Asheville, where several purchases were made and near 1 dusk the start for their home on Pol 3 ' Creek was made. Reaching a point on the road near Bethel church, the mules became frightened and started to run. jVhe elder Hice, who held the reins, was j unable to check the animals and a turn ! in the road he was thrown from the J r3gon on his head. The fall was of suf- ficient force to break the neck and Mr. . Hice was killed instantly. Mr. Hice was : a prosperous farmer on Pole Creek, in I Buncombe county, and had many J friends who will be shocked to leavn of j his untimely and tragic going. He was ' about 54 years of age and a native of this section. Farmer Killed by Train. The Southern train, westbound from Goldsboro to Raleigh, Monday after noon killed Thomas Mitchell, an es teemed deaf and dumb farmer rear Pine Level, the body being horribly mangled. He was walking on the track with his back to the approaching train so that it was impossible to catch his attention and warn him of his danger. Th- engineer applied the emergency brakes, but the train could not be stopped until the engine and all but. ose car had passed over the body, which was rolled in a ball and every bone crushed. He was the second hus band of the widow he leaves and it is a remarkable fact that the first hus band, a Mr. Wilkins, was stabbed to death on nearly the same spot at which the train ran over the second hus ba ad. North State News. Raleigh, Special. The Corporation Commissioners have returned from their inspection trip over the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad. They re port that they found large forces of laborers putting in new cross ties, heavier rails and making other im provements in the road bed. There may be some order later for the im provement of the depot facilities at some of the smaller stations. The directors of the Raleigh-Durham Power and Passenger Co. announce thit they will accept the amended franchise granted them by the Raleigh Board of Aldermen and say that they will immediately put in the field two surveying crops, one to survey a line from Raleigh to Durham via Leesvill-s. and the other via Cary, the purpose being to adopt the best of the two. They announce that they will get con struction forces to work with the least possible delay and hope to have elec tric cars running between tne two cities within the year. Mr. W- J. Nelms, of New Port News, is one of the princi pal promoters of the enterprise. An error in liquor legislation by the recent General Assembly appears in an act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicants within two miles of the churches and graded schools of Spring Hope, really prescribing pro hibition for the town. The word "not" is erroneously left out of one of the provisions, so that it reads: "That this act shall be constructed to prohibit the l)y finiegtets on prescriptions from physicians for patients under their treatment, NORTH STATE NOTES Many Newsy Items Gathered From ll Sections. Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: ". Strict good middling, 7 7-8 Good middling , 7 3-4 Strict "middling 7 5-8 iltddling . 7 5-8 Tini r : 6 3 4 to 7 1-4 Stains 5 1-4 to 6 1-4 General Cotton1 Market. Middling. Galveston, easy 7 7-8 New Orleans, easy 7 11-16 Mobile, steady . ...T 7 3.4 Savannah, quiet 7 11-16 Charleston, quiet 7 3-4 Wilmington, steady 7 5-8 Norfolk, steady -. 8 Baltimore, nominal 8 1-8 New York, quiet 8.15 Philadelphia, quiet 8.40 Houston, steady 7 13-16 Augusta, firm 7 7-8 Memphis, quiet 7 11-16 St. Loui3. steady 7 3-4 Louisville, firm 7 15-16 Monument Unveiling. Greensboro, Special. A Jforco of twenty or thirty men will have the Nash and Davidson monument at Guil ford Battle Ground ready for unveiling on the Fourth of July, on which date the greatest celebration in the history of the battle ground company will be held. The monuments, which will cost $5,000 each, have been described and they will be an ornament to the his toric battle field. Another monument will be ready for unveiling by the Fourth. - It Is being built to the mem ory of the late Maj. Robt. Mebane by his relatives. More Rural Libraries. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction says a great number of inquiries are coming in from all parts of the State regarding the changes that were made in the school by the recent Legislature and that he hopes to Issue in a few days a sort of official sum mary of the charges in the law. He says more than thirty applications have come in for blanks on which to make out the applications for State aid .in the establishment of rural school li braries under the reenacted law. $40,000 Episcopal Church. Work is to be resumed next week on the Church of the Good Shepherd. The walls, which are of granite, aie more than two-thirds up now. The church is to be completed next fall uni will cost $40,000. The foundation was laid seven years ago. The corner stone is a stone broupht from the Holy Land by Dr. Pittinger, .he recioiv and has been in position for six years. The climatic change seems to have the ef fect of cracking it.' So heavy plato glass has been put over both exposed surfaces. Big Junior Meeting. State Treasurer B. R. Lacy, State Auditor B. F. Dixon, National Coun cilor W. E. Faison and some of the local members of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics went to Garner and participated in a big jollification meeting, Mr. Lacy, Dr. Dixon and National Councilor Faison being the principal speaKerr.. The Garner Lodge was installed last December with 25 members and now has over 60. There are six councils in the county, the membership being 500. Trying to Settle Judgment. Governor Glenn and Attorney Gen eral Gilmer are negotiating with the representatives of South Dakota for the settlement of the bond judgment which that state holds against No;th Carolina. They are demanding the payment of the full amount of thj judgment, and an effort is being tnado to effect a settlement more advantage ous to the state. For Pure Food Stuffs. Commissioner of Agriculture S. L. Patterson says that during the paf.t year over five hundred samples of feed otuffs were gathered in various parts of the State and subjected to micro scopic investigation, with the result that the sale of a large number of a L Iterated foods wa3 3toppcd. He sa;:s the adulteration has been stopped to a very large extent Boy Forges Check. Rev. J. T. Edmundson. a well known Baptist evangelist of Raleigh, has re reived advices from New York to the effect that his son, a youth of 18 years, has been arrested there on the charge of forging the name of Chas. E. John ton, of Raleigh, to a check and then forging the endorsement of the Ameri can Tobacco Co. to that and attempting to car.h it i a New York bank. The amount of he check was $175. The father says his son's mind has been un balanced for a numebr of years, being Cue to carbunkle cn the back of his head. The boy was thought to be with relatives in Baltimore until the news came cf his arrest in New York. An ef fort will be made to get the boy in a reformatory. Railroad Extensions. Work is to begin at once on the ex tension of the Raleigh and Cape Fear railroad from Lillington. in Barnctt county, to Fayetteville, so that it is expected by President and General Manager J. A. Mills that trains will te running through from Raleigh to Fayetteville within" a year. The con tract was let last nifiht for the con struction of a fine .iron bridge across the Cape Fear river at Lillington. $12,500 FOR LIVINGSTONE c This Institution of Colored People at Salisbury Receives a Large Gift Salisbury N. C. Special Friends of the institution here have received a telegram from Dr. W. ,H. Guler, president of Livingston College, stat ins that Mr. Andrew Carnegie bad do nted $12,500 to tbe college for the wtablUhmeot cl a library 11 Is pre turned that the ftift $C9T$nisESh RESCUERS BLOWN UP Triflitfiil Loss of life ia a West Vir. gisii Coal Mine DEATH LIST NOW TENTYF0UI Second Explosion Causes the Death of ths Entire Party Which Was En deavoring to Recover the Blacken ed Remains of the Victims of the First Naked Flame in Contact With Gas the Cause of the Ong nal Tragedy Heavens Lighted For Miles by the Flames From the Drift Mouths. Charleston, W. Va., Special. As the result of horrible explosions In the Rush Run and Red Ash mines, near Thurmond. Saturday night. 24 men now lie stark in death in the two mines. Ten j of these were killed in the explosion Saturday night; the other 14 were a ' rescuing party who went into the mine Sunday morning to recover tb black ened remains of their fellow-workmen, and were killed by a second explosion. The first explosion seemed to shake the foundations of the mountains, and the angry twin flash from the two neigh boring drift mouths lighted up the heavens for miles around. Soon, from the mining villages for several miles up and down the river, hundreds of peo ple rushed to the scene of the dreadful disaster. The first explosion was caused by a "naked" flame coming in contact with the gas. The flames leaped from the drift mouth and set fire to everything in reach that was nut blown from harm's way by the force of the ex plosion. The great drum by which the loaded cars are run from the drift mouth down the incline to the tipple and the empties drawn up, was blown from its moorhigs and down the moun tain side 600 feet, while the drum caught fire and was totally consumed. The cars that stood at the mouth of the mine were blown far down towards the tipple, and much of the track of the incline was destroyed. The rails were twisted and the cross-ties whip ped from their beds in the ballest and sent scorched and charred many yards away. The big fan that furnished air in the mine was so damaged that it was several hours before it could be started again. After considerable time, the great fan was repaired and the power turned on, and it began drawing 100,000 cubic feet of air through the charnel house each minute. A rescue party was form ed and about 20 men entered the mine in search of the bodies of those who had perished at the first explosion, the men explored the mines for three hours, putting up brattices so that pure air should follow them where ever they went. Finally some of them came out and reported that the others were too careless in going forward faster than the good air was being supplied and carrying at the same time a "naked" light. At 3:45 another aw ful explosion, occurred, caused by the gas coming in contact with the "naked" flame of a miner's lamp, and fourteen more souls were launched into eter nity. Mine Inspector Edward Pinckney ar rived on the ground Sunday and took charge of the rescue work. The names of the band who. lost their lives in the attempt to get pos session of the bodies of those who per ished in the first explosion are: Crockett Hutchinson, Boyd county, Ky., machinist; Peter Hutchison, miner, Boyd ' county, Ky.; Norman Hutchinson, miner, Boyd county, Ky.; Thomas Bannister, fire boss and an officer of the National Mine Workers' Union, Fayette county, W. Va.: Chas. Winn, miner, Fayette counuty, W. Va.; Jomes. Winn, miner. Fayette county, W. Va.; Bratt Jackson, mine boss, Louisa. Ky.; George Hopkins, track boss, Maiden, W. Va.; Henderson Mab ry, Amerherst, Va.; E. W Hinsman, tracksman. Amerherst. Va. No Clash Expected. Birmingham, Ala., Special. A dis patch reaching this city early. Sunday morning by long distance telephone of a clash between union and non union miners at Adamsville. was dis proved by sheriffs who went there. The rumor started from the accidental shooting cf Will Nicholson, a white miner. Nothing resembling serious trouble was had at the Murry mines. Bu'lding Trades Convention. New York, Special. A call has been issued for a general convention of em ployers and employes in the building trades to be held here. One hundred and eighty delegates will be present, 90 em ployers and 90 representatives, of me chanics. The 90 employers will repre sent more than a thousand b,uilde:s, and the 90 representatives lot the uo:ons will represent a constituency of about 100.000 workers. The onfy ques tions which will come up relate strictly to the arbitration which was adopted in 1903 and which it is now proposed to amend. Concessions to Mad Mullah. j Rome, By Cable. In concluding peace with Great Britain through the mediation of Italy, the Mad Mullah has obtained permission to occupy definitely Illig, a village on Italian Territory, 160 miles from Obbia, which was the base of operations in the last campaign led by General Man ning. Coast rights are granted the Mullah, quaiifteu' by 8 prohibition cf trade, 3 irraafsaieuts $31 fclave&i PISIING IA1U0AD StIVtY Two Squads of Hands te B Erwpleytd on Surveys. WiB!oa-Sltn. perial.--To r eys mill rcad bfor tb U df finitely drd4 xspm for lb Jtst&. bound Ha! iron J. Tb flrt one M b from GiUon. bflow Hirclft Ti Wth Point, to WlDftoD-Salem add the wr ond from WsdsUiro tl Islington U this dtj. Two corps of surveyor1 lll b ployetl to do this work. One has tea organised nd tbe other llt te cured within a few day. Captain O. H. V. Cornell will he at th hd of Corp No. 1, hlrh th bKin ork nrt Monday. Ttw-y will start at Gibson and unry this way. No. 2 Corp will boftln work at Wadcjsboro. Th distance of the two lines is as follow: from Winston Salem to Wadfeboro. 93 niili; tweea Hamlet and this ifty 110 wile. Col. Fries made this state. urnt: "As I s.itd in my perch at the mRt mer-tlng yesterday afternon. the Southbound Raihoad will bf teoilt, pro vided thai the ronlitW;ns Import by the projectors aie complied with." Y. M. C. A. CONVENTION CLOSES. Dr. Scherer's Address Last Night De fore the Asheville Convention Wat the Closing Part of the Interesting Programme. Asheville, Special. Th addros of D. J. A. H. Schearer. ot Newberry College, closed the fout days convention or the -Inter Stat Y. M. C. A. last week. The ronven Hons have been largely attended, and It is believed that much Rood ba been accomplished through the com ing together of such a conm,r,ratel and active band of Christian workers The general secretaries were enter tained at dinner Wednesday by the interstate committee, which was very much enjoyed. The convention next year will likelj be held at Charleston. S. C. although no definite arrangements have l--n made to that effect, nor so f;ir has any official announcement been made pub lie. Conductor in Jail. Durham, Special. L. J. Glasgow, late yard conductor on the Southern road, who was brought here from Virginia last week and waived Xixaminaiion en the charge of stealing from a friesht car. Is still In jail. He was locked up last night in default of bond in the sum of $500, and up to late thla after noon had been unable to arrange the bond. The erring conductor came here several years ago from Virginia and since that time has shown himself to be a good railroad man. He married a Durham girl of good family and has a wife and two children. He worked h!s way up in the employ of the Southern road and for s"me time had been yard master on a salary of $900 or $1,000. His fall was a great surprise to all who knew him. For some time the South ern has been checking up shortage in freight that was transferred here for other points. It was a hard matter t'j trace the thefts, as the officials were looking for the criminal in some on lower in the employ. Finally the theft of two cases of whiskey, Intended for the Henderson dispensary, W38 traced to Capt. Glascow. Then he was faced with the charge, and after denying it then admitted that he was guilty. Body Torn to Pieces. Spencer, Special. Fred Fdmtinl., colored, an emploee of the Southern Railway Company at this place, wis run over and instantly killed here by the shop train "while en route from Salisbury to Spencer with a load of mechanics at the shops. It is stated that Edmunds attempted to board the train, which was moving at a high rate cf speed, when near the yard limits, bJt by some means Flipped and fell under the wheels. His body was practically torn to pieces and death was instan taneous. Another report has it that IM munds was pushed under the train by a companion with whom he bad a disa greement last night and who Is said to have threatened the life of his victim at the earliest opportunity. The body of the dead man has been turned over to the coroner. North State News. The building committee of the A. & M. College has decided to have no In terruption in the work on the Agricul tural building. The contract had only been let for the exterior work but re cently a further contract was given for the turnkey job. the building to be ready by early summer eo that it can be equipped ready for the opening of the fall term. A special from Goldsboro to the Charlotte News says: A small " nejro boy was lodged in the Kinstort jail last week for safe-keeping. He attempted to outrage a IS-yesr-old white school girl near Falling Cree's Monday cvea ins while she was teturnins from school alone ani passing through a office and fired three times at him. one dense wood aboct a n!!M:om her bcn JnflIetl , rioW d d home. Tbe youthful brute did net ee- " ' camplish bis Ccniiah pur pot e owing t i the others slightly wounding the Gov the desperate courage of tie glA who j ernor'a legs. The Governor's clerk and fought tirr. natil her elothins was secretary were unable to stop the nearly all torn eff ber. The lrl :s or i,,.k ... .t,n rMt4 one ne of the best families of Bicifcs- berry and the zzaV.er wss kept qciet until tte cezt day. Tbe nesro was tiiej before a magistrate and toafmfed. Plans brve bee perfected for the remodeling cf the Fir.?! Baptist Church of .Raleigh at a reft of f 'J.OCT. The enlarged sTtJStcriurr! will te r.ne of the handsomest in tc State. The church is at the ncrthwfst corte cf Capitcl Square. r0-nnr.ea rf riiaitilnticn were iv sued by the Secretary cf State for the Carolina SpoXe and Handle Co.. of Greensboro. J. Edward go. president: and the Geo, B. HUa Oil and Supply Co, vt Charlotte. Both SCORES ARE KILLED &ci!,r la 5be facta hr!Jcs ni ft recks Ivl&int DEATH LIST A UIY LAfiGE ONE or Bor apld4. 8fcrRfct! irq Up ThrewfH the Bwii'tftf and Causing corVa cf Deaths Through Instantaneous Fire in tM Wreckage. Hro-ktoo. Mass.. Kprrtal TM citr te tn ncurt.!tg f r al le; lhr--!tf'J. thew lire er Mttr4 nt early Mnodsr by the rrliMUa t toiJer In lar ho tnn'i.'t urine etabHfcraetit m th Carapotwllrt 4! irirt. nndurtH hj tte H it Grmrr Company The cj losl.n an tnmvltatel f,. lowed by n f!ah cf f!ara. hlrh cumtl the factory, a hte, fmir stwry fctrutture. as If U rrr a bouo of ctrd. and lc!ectatd an unknown number of men ani women, who crr unable to ettricau. tk"-lui from a mass of tangiel wreckage formed by the terrific upheaval In the UtTirr room. More than half a hunlrrd of the emjdoyef en- malrnd. burned or bruUed by jb time the; rvarhd af giouud. Sitne had Umpd from tba roof, Mme from windows, and othrra tad leen inj'tred !a ihw mad ruh to escape from the doorix-d factory, which from HI parts eml'trd the in tenne. awful heat of an Inferno, drtttaff bark th? band of henrir rrurs h In a few brief momenta had irfrrae4 gallant service. The fire extended from tb fartory to seven others bulldins In tr vicin ity and destroyed them. One of theu buildings was a threostory wooden block, owned bv Charles K. Dahlborg. the others being cottages of mal val ue and a blacksmith shop. Two wtd en dwelllnicK near the ettglnn roni wero practically demolished by tho flying boiler, but none of the cm co pants was Mrioiily Injured. The to tal financial Joss f tiroated at a quarter of million doPam, $200,000 of which falls on the R. i. Grover Company. The monetary looses aro nearly offset by Insurance. It may never be known Just how many persons perUhed In the wreck age. No one knows exactly how many I-ersons were In the factory. Tho numler has been estimated at 400. but Treasurer Chrles O. Emerson said h doubted whether thern wc-ro ho uiany at work. Two hundred and fifty survivors have been accounted for, and at midnight the remains of 50 bodies had been recovered from tho ruins, the search being continued all night. Fragments of human frame, which might belong to bod leu other than those enumerated, have also j been found. Few of the remains hare been Identified. The head In nearly every case is missing, and, except In rare instances. It was lmposiiibl? even to distinguish the tx. Chief of Police I Joy den at a 1st hour expressed tbe opinion that somo ff the employes had not reached tb factory e.t the time of the explosion, and that undoubtedly a number of j those living In nearby places were In j jured. and had gone home without reporting their Injuries. He thought nni iiiaujr ui uiofto noi accounted for, upwards of 100 In number, wero among thoe. An lnspectio& of the wrecked holler by the State boiler Innrw-ctor khnwci j that there was a sufficient aupply of water m it. me cause of the explo sion is at present a mystery. The dis aster will be further Investigated by the State authorities. Inspector to Investigate. Iloston.' Special. Chief Shaw, of the State polite, has detailed Inspector Kazer to proceed to ascertain the causa of the accident. "If criminal negligence Is shown, I shall take Immediate steps," said the chief tonight. The boiler was Intared by the Hert ford Steam Boiler Inspection and In surance Company, of this city. In th sum of 1 10.000. C. F. Roberts, tbe local manager, sent two of the inspectors t; the scene immediately upon receipt of the news of the catastrophy. New to Succeed Cortelyou. Washington. Special. Chairman Cortelyou has announced thst he had appointed Mr. New, vice chairman of the Republican national committee, and that by reason of this appointment Mr. New would become acting chairman on Cortelyou's retirement, which will take place In a very few days. Mr. New' appointment. It Is said. Is entirely satis factory to Republican leaders through out the country. Provincial Governor Shot. Viborg, European Russia. Ry Cab?. Governor MJasorodoff was shot and seriously wounded by a boy whoso identity has not been ascertained. Tbe assassin, who is about 15 years of age, obtained an entrance to the Governor's i ' ' " sireei. waere. However, nc was a rr ear ed without a struggle. The Governor's condition is critical. CHICAGO NOTABLES INJURED. Wife of Democratic nominee for May or is Painfully Hurt. Chicago, Special. Mrs. Ed wart F. Dunne, wife of the Democratic nom inee f&r mayor, has been painfully in ! jured and Judge Dunn slightly bruise j when a team of runaway horses dash, ed into the brougham in which the wertf riding, The brougham we$ wrecked and one of the runaway! wan, to badly !jrfttd that t pollctmaT) 11 p e i ft ' t I 1 L-