North Carolina Newspapers

"V CAUCASIAN. H i j VOL. XXIII. RALEIGH, NWnnAROLINA, THURSDAY, rlULV -7. 1J05. NO. :;' m n tr A n t n n n m 1 r-. . . ill I! Frightful Loss of Life Results From Bursting of a Defective Boiler on Board. si.ARI.V 100 HURT. MANY FATALLY Tr e Were More Than 250 Men . -ard the Vessel at the Time, and ' These 15 Sailors Are Missing i c Accident Occurred in the San U jo. Cat., Harbor Just Before the Vci Was Scheduled to Leave. I'i-K', CaL, Special. Twonty-r;i.-m!)( r of Ui,. , rvw of the ! ,Stafe;i gunboat Denning killed an;i four-score - wnr injured, 21 seriously, at ' " !"-k Thursday forenoon by a r explosion that disabled the ves : in Diego harbor. Fifteen sail :! missing. There were more i .".' men aboard the warship n ' he ;h-( -blent occurred, and many . v.ere hurled or forced to jump in- n sea iy the tonmc explosion, i i h lifted part of the deck and com- ii'.-d Ihe beaching of the ship. The : i.niimton, at the time of the aeci was lying in the stream just m Mie commercial wharf at II street, warship h;id ion ived orders from Navy Department at Washington -ail ibis morning for Tort Hartford us. ' t the monitor Wyoming and ' 'he monitor to Mare Island ' van. San Francisco. explosion terrific. Steun was up .md evcrvlhine was I Ll It'.'iiiHie:-; 'liioi'ten fr the ,!"jart tire of the when th.. st a i board for- wa.-. I'oiler exploded with a terrific :e;-r. The explosion "was torritie. I' i , V ; n, I ins on tdiore saw a huge i lo .;,! t steam rise above the Hen inn?. t- u. Columns of water were leno i high into the air. A dozen or ffft.t-a mea were blown overboard by tii- for. e of the terrific explosion, i'apt. Went worth, who was looking at the I'. smiugton when ihe disaster oc curred, favs lie paw human bodies burled over a hundred feet upward.! i he air was clouded with smoke which enveloped the ship. When the haze "bared away, only a few could be setn en ihe decks, while a number were lioundering in the water. A boat was lowered from the vessel's side and most of the men iu the water were picked up and taken on board. On beard the Hennington were pre sented terrible scenes. The force of the explosion had torn a great hole in the starboard side of the ship, and the vessel was already commencing to list. A section of the upper deck was carried away from stem to stern. ISIoo-,1 aud wreckage was distributed over the entire space, the after cabin and that part of the ship adjacent to the exploded boiler resembling a chamel house. The shock of the ex plosion penetrated every section of ihe ship, blood anil ashes being found as Tar as. the stern of the captain's cabin. Croat damage was done in all pans ef the vessel. The boiler which exploded, it is said, was regarded as unsafe. Commander Young stated that during a recent return from Hon- lulu the steam pressure was kept re duce,; in that particular one. List of the Dead. San Diego. CaL, Special. Saturday night's summary cf casualties aboard the gunboat Renningtfm. in San Diego Hay. gives a total of 60 dead and 50 in jured, six probably fatally. A number of men are still missing, some of these iri.iy be dead, and probably a dozen of the injured will die of their wounds. Fellowing is an official list of known dead, with ages, occupation and place of With or enlistment: Ensign Newton K. Perry, 26, Colum bia. S. C. Wesley M. Taylor, 28, seaman, At lanta, Ga. He:t A. Hughes, 19, seaman, Clarks vilie. Ark. May Hinder Peace Progress. Paris, By Cable. Emperor Nicholas' cruise in the Gulf of Finland to meet Emperor William is the subject of much momrnent in the press. Certain newspapers express the fear that the German Emperor will influence the Russian Emperor over Far Eastern matters and will hinder the carrying out of the peace programme, while other? are of the opinion that Emperor William will seek to estrange Russia rem France. Mine Superintendent Shot by Drunken Man. Pristol, Va; Special. A special from Ttisr stone Can Va.. savs: "This after- noon at Irondale, about five miles ; explosion one Gf the boilers vvas found eriu'endent of Kellv and Irvines mines j maker was sent for to repair the dam Mr Halt i still livine. but the Phi-si- age. Before the latter came the explo- !an savs hp rannot live OUl a ihon while. Abshire was drunk and j . wdv . j Ho CJ.il i. Cl civ- ti. v- - - 1 u-fus-ed and Hall lead him to tne marv oor and let him go. whereup ! r. he shot Superintendent Hall threa , t:nes in the breast. Abshire was ais- t.r-ic-1 hrt n-t arrested. A posse went ' -r;1 !rlt' ! Ivlnw n ri&hend Abshire.' Frank L. Kelley Missing. Richmond, Special. The four broth ers of Frank 1. Kelley, who has been missing since Sunday, are endeavoring, ; l y U1e aid of his dog, to find some trace of the man whom they fear has taken his own life. Soon after his icparture ms wne touna a uunuie ou , L!. c j .. i the knob of the back door containing her husband's watch and purse, as well as a note, which bade farewell to her and their infant child, and said: "I am crazy; sometimes I don't know where I am." D Andrew Karnerer, 25. fireman, Lon donville, O. Joseph. Newcomb, 27,. seaman, Bos ton. Harry Mosher. 2.", fireman, Newark, N. J. Wilbur W. Wright, 32, steward, home unknown. Michael G. Quinn, 31, fireman, Kil kenny, Irelanu. Clyde Haggbloom, 2", Iadville Col. Kirb-y F. Morris, 24, fireman, Owens boro, Ky. Warren Paris. 30, eoal passer, Lan sing. Mich. Wrn. C. Wilson, ID. seaman, German town, CaL Stephen W. Pollock, 24, coal pssser, Honesdale, Pa. Emil Diesdi. 21, seaman, Newark, N. .1. Wm. Staub, 21, fireman. Bridge water S. I). John L. Burns, 20, seaman, Chi cago. Glen Brownlee, 21, seaman, Galves ton. Texas. Win. I. Cherry, 24, blacksmith, Salem, Mont. Walter G. Grant, 23, coal passer, Chi cago. John Goika, IS, seaman, Milwau kee. John McKone, 23, fireman, Leadville, Col. Edwin B. Robinson, 23, seaman, San Francisco. Charles O McKeen, 23, coal passer, Pueblo, Col. Charles J. Kuntz, 20, seaman, St. Louis. Harry F. Saunders, 10 seaman, Springfield. Mo. Jodie W. Kempton, IS, seaman. Loveland. Col. Robert B. Carr, 18, seaman, Den ver. Harry F. Smith, 23, seaman, Harri sonville. Mo. Preston Carpenter, 20, scmian, Ara pahoe, Neb. Robert L. Savage, 23, seaman, Waco, Texas. Leroy B. Archer, 20, seaman, Fowler, Col. Don C. Archer, 10, seaman, San Francisco. Richard T. House. 21, seaman, Colo rado Springs, CoL Albert II. St horegge, 21, seaman, New L'lm. Minn. John C. Barchus, 22, seaman, Clarin da. Iowa. I. J. Guthrics. 2 seaman, New York. Matthew G. Chambers, 23, seaman, Lewiston. Idaho. Frederick M. Brown, 26, machiist, San Francisco. Josiah Ezell, 27, seaman. Waco, Texas. Frederick J. Geiss, 20, coal passer, Cincinnati. Claude II. Stevenson, 23, seasan, San Francisco. Emile C. Hoffman," 2.".. blacksmith, San Antonio. Texas. Joseph Hilscher, 21, fireman, Seattle, Wash. Edward B. Ferguson. 36, chief ma chinist. San Francisco. Elmer V. Brunson, 20. seaman, Chi cago. Four unidentified men of the new draft, who joined the Bennington at San Diego. Seven men. names uncertain, known to be in flooded compartments of the vessel. Thomas Burke, machinist. Joseph Hunt, oiler. George L. Clarke,' chief machinist. C. W. Brockman. gunner. Unidentified number of men still missing. San Diego. CaL, Special. Forty-seven of the gunboat Bennington's dead were buried Sunday in a common grave in the little military cemetery on the crest of the promotory of Loraa, high above the waters of San Diego Bay on the one side, and within sound of the booming surf of the Pacific on the oth er. Without the crash of drum or sound of brass, without pomp or pa rade, yet with simple impressiveness, all honor was paid to the nation's dead. Telegraphic Briefs. Having been acquainted with the recklessness cf certain chaffaurs, an owner of a residence at the corner of two streets in England has pasted upon the outside of his house this placard: "Motor car drivers are re quested to leave this house where it is." President Roosevelt has ordered a full investigation of the affairs of the entire Department of Agriculture. Fireman's Story of the Accident. Fireman E. G. Hopp makes the first statement as to the cause of the acci dent. He says that shortly before the siou occuneu. nvyy saw men all about mm Kiuea omuSui ami . i mi. i x : 4- w ,1 V V5tw sp f was sj' nnea ior a. muiucui. - . . , . , - 1 com-iuu " . oay aueniuuu ai iui- uiima., tion at Point ioma. Services were held at 2 o'clock on the Foijjt. ana iauncnes wm the livins officers and men able to at- tend. ( hange of Management. Raleigh, Special. R. I. Cheatham, assistant general freight agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, with 1 1 ,i.,T.f,-c. in Atlanta will leave oad shortly to tal ve ch arge of the hat . toslq i s h Railway, to cape car auu exienu iiom uuiuau i.v -"" r ---- . niirham. The vviin ueauyiiai -j ; Cape Fear and Northern is owned by the Dukes, of the American Tobacco Company. J. A. Pride, of Columbia, S. C, commercial agent- of the Sea board, will succeed Mr. Cheatham, 1 NORTH CA50LINA C80P BtUElIN Cord.tions For Paat Week a, Given Out by the Department. The North Carolina Motion of The climate and crop nevice of the depart ment of agriculture, issues the follow- ngng offlr-iA bulletin for th" past ! week: From July 17th tn 2orh mMn-.i.-. ! .he weather was generally dry and very warm. The mean temperature for the State at large wa 81 degrees or nearly 4 degree daily above the nor mal maximum temperatures above 0 n' jrrees, and reaching as high as 96 to J degrees occurred at most stations during the middle of the week. This period was quite favorable for farm work and for the progress of crops, al though, coming so eocn after heavv rains, it tended to fire or scald some crops on thin, sandy uplands. On the 21st showers occurred nearly every where, which were heavy in only a few places with minor damage to " crops. The remainder of the week was show ery. Too much rain continues to be received in a few counties, chiefly in the extreme west. On the whole the weather was favorable, and caused considerable Improvement in crop, besides giving farmers an opportunity to finish laying by, which is about com pleted everywhere, except as regards late cotton and some young corn. Thf soil is in good condition, except low lands which are too wet. Cotton continues to do fairly well and looks thrifty, especially on dark lands; plants are making too much weed, which will make the crop Lire; it continues to bloom, but is not fruit ing well in the east, though plants seem to be well loaded with young bolls in western counties; damage to cotton by shedding, rusf, boll worm and lice is reported by comparatively few correspondents. Generally corn is doing well, though the yield will be be low the average; a little old corn on sandy land was fired; young corn is thrifty, except that injured in bottoms by flooding. In some western counties, cm account of excessive moisture, corn is tall and thin, but seems to be earing well; much grass is in the crop in places, especially in the west. Some fodder on old corn is ready for pulling. Tobacco is generally in fair condition, except that portions were injured by rains whicfi caused weedy growth; dry weather caused considerable improve ment in the growing crop, and made curing easier; cutting and curing will be general within a week. Peanuts, sweet potatoes, field peas and gar dens were benefitted by the period of dry weather. Some turnip and rutaba ga seeds have been sown and are com ing up nicely. Oat harvest is nearly over i nthe exereme west. In which sec tion oats and wheat were considerably damaged in shock by wet weather: threshing wheat continues with good yields in only a fow counties. Some hay was cut and cured early in the week, but the season has not generally been favorable for this work, though very favorable for the growth of the crop. Apples and peaches are ripening rapidly, but there is much complaint cf fruit rotting and falling from the trees. Rains reported: Nashville 0.30, Goldsboro 1.12, Lumberton 0.82, New Bern 1.10, Weldon 1.60, Hatteras 0.20, Wilmington 2.00, Pomona 1.00. Mon cure 1.08. Angier 2.00, Raleigh 3.35, Greensboro 2.34, Asheviile 0.50 and Charlotte 0.S0. Rogers Out on Bond. Raleigh. Special Monday afternoon the case of the State vs. Policeman Isaac W. Rogers for shooting Deputy LTnited States Marshal John C. Dok cry came up before Justice Separk. many persons being present. The first motion was made by J. C. L." Harris, of council for Rogers, that he be ad mitted to bail. The second motion was by S. G. Ryan for the State that the warrant under which Rogers had been comitted be amended so as to show se cret assault, which is a graver offense than that with which he would have been charged on account of Dockery's condition being improved. As to the first motion counsel for the State held that a preliminary trial should be gene into in order that the court would know at what amount the bail should fixed. W. B. Jones, representing the State, argued that bail should be $10, 000, as that could show that it was a secret assault and laying in wait. S. G. Ryan, representing the Dockery fami ly, assisting the State, said thst these motions were a surprise to him; that he thought the case would merely be continued and that the State was not ready to go into a preliminary, hearing because of the absence of their most material witness. James H. Pen. He asked for a postponement of the hear ing. Harris said that the preliminary hearing was. not asked for; cnly bai! was warned, and that they could have the preliminary hearing at any time they cared for it. He added thai he hai seen Dockery twice and he seem ed to be out of danger. The cnly wit ness introduced was. Dr. Herbert A. Royster, who said that Dockery was silting up two-thirds of the day and that his temperature and pulse were normal; that one bullet had been locat ed over the shoulder blade and that his condition was good; and I consider him. as far the bullet wounds were concerned, as out of danger, and that what -he said was without consultation with other physicians. At this point counsel for the State and Attorney Ryan called the counsel for defendant aside for consultation. Justice Separk announced that he would allow the warrant to be amend ed to charge secret assault, and he , then fixed the bail at So.oon. He set the time for the preliminary hearin? Tuesdav. August 15, at 11 o'clock. Rog ers quickly gave bond, signed by him self and C. B. Kay Her" E. Litch- ! f fo-d E V. Dentcn.N. B. Brcughtou and ! -Russia is not sincere in her expres r' Mn-ortc i sions of a desire fcr peace. C. B. Edwards Ncrth State News. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. King, and small son, Ralph, were taken violently ill Tuesday after dinner and were pro nounced poisoned by ice cream by the physician called in. Wednesday night the board of cider men of Greensboro entertained a ques tion of requiring the telegraph compa nies to place their wires under ground in the business section of the city. A similar ordinance already exists in re gard to the wires of the telephone com pany, . MllllITTEE IS HEARD Ihe niter of Co;ica Statistics Cose Cver Carefully COVFtS WlfrJ SECBEIAEV WILSON Represe atives of American Ccttan Manufiturers' Association Hold Confere;e with Secrttary Wilson and Assant Secrsta'y Hays, Rala tive to Ic.anxe cf New June Crop Report. - -. . Washington. S.eciL The commit tee of the Aiv.irfia Cotton Manufac turers' Associate had an hour's con ference with Scttaiy Wilson and As sistant Set-ret a- (lays Menaay after noon. After th mill men ha i taken their departrrefrom the pepa: t.r.ent. a statement vvj issued, announcing that the iji.cvtU of bsuins a new re port on acieagv. ns to le taken under consideration h the s'ails:i rl board and that a finalbvlsinr will 1 e reach- ed Wednesday. The statcnif -nfoll. s: "The Depart'tnt of Agriculture has determined tha the statistical board shall meet Wedr-siay, July Itf, to con sider whether nision. of the June cot ton acreage shld be made from ex isting data or oin a new inspection, and to make fblic their findings or estimate at 12 "dock on that date or the earliest covenient date hereaf ter." In addition t President Miller, the ether member! of the committee of manufacturers present at the confer ence were; t. Blythe. president Lin coln Manufat tfers' Association. Phil adelphia; Geo. i. Hiss, president Rhod hiss Mills, Ch?Iotte; J. W. Cannon, president Cannn Manufacturing Com pany, Concord;. IL Tanner, president Henrietta Mil!) Henrietta, and C. B. Bryant. f.errcfrry Manufacturers' Asso ciation. Mr. 1 J. Hickman, of the Grant Mills Mnufacturing Company, of Augusta. Ga ieJcgraphcJ both Sec retary Wilson :nJ President Miller that he was unble to attend .Very im portant was tj' suggestion, advanced by the visiting'ommittee, that the De partment issu? a weekly, in place of the monthly, rport. The committee is unanimous in he opinion that the weekly reportwoulJ tend to prevent violent flustratons in the price of cot ton and would-esult in a steadier mar ket. It was fdnted out that cotton rose 1 cen t r minutes on the .strength of thelast icport, resulting in a situation demoralizing to large pur chasers of spo; cotton. Just how Seretary Wilson and Mr. Hays accepted this suggestion for t he abolition of th monthly reports is not known. Chantian Miller declined to discuss what tok place at the confer ence, and refered the many newspaper men who callechim over the 'phone at his hotel to A$'stant Secretary Hays. The committeasreed. before leaving the Department that Mr. Hays should make public w!at took place. Evident ly Mr. Hays s not impressed with this assigiimen1 as mouth-piece of the conference. H talked rather vaguely about the conf-enee and' only in gen eralities. Theieis good reason for be lieving th-t sqeral matters of much importance to trowers and manufac turers of cot tot alike were considered and that a statrnent reciting in detail these subjects lay be made public la ter. All cf the members of the com mittee had theij lips sealed, and would not even diseusj this phase of the sit uation. The mesbers felt that the task of making pulic such matters as should be giventhe public having been left to Secretary Hays, it would be dis courteous for tiem to discuss what took place. Assistant Sefetary Hays said, In speaking of the" conference: "As I un derstand, the committee came here to ascertain the ficts with reference to the cotton situaion and that the de sires of the mnufacturers are for making the govf nment reports as sta ble as possible; The attitude of the committee witheference to the issu ance of a new report on acreage was neutral. I believe many of the manu facturers are cwner3 of cotton and they are also burers. They did not take sides. They presented no facts bearing on the scandal, and that subject was not considered, j '"The committte's object is to secure an accurate report and one that will establish confidmce. I have no hesi tancy in saying this is what they will get.' Prior to the conference Mr. Miller and the member; of the committee had an interview with Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Grow ers Association. They discussed the cotton situatioi at some length. Telegraphic Briefs. The world's largest dynamite explo sion was set ff Saturday afternoon at Portsmouth, ).. H.. and was fired by the daughter of the superintendent in charge of the work of removing the most dangerois menace to river navi gation on the New England coast. Forty-five tens ot dynamite were used in the explosion. It is rumored that the Czar has sent word to General Linevitch that he will furnish hira any amount of men and" amjiunition he may deem necessary for attaining an ultimate victory. This action indicates that One hundred and seventy Italian la borers an ived at Sewalls Point ready to do the first work en the Jamestown Exposition. Alton Parker Hall, grandson of Judge Alton B. Parker, czn c near losing his life Saturday while swimming in the" Hudson river with his grandfather. The little fellow was on the back of his grandfather when he suddenly became frightened and begr.n choking his grandparent. He lost his hold and fell into the water. He was rescued and brought to shore safely. TEXTILE IB Of INIERFST Notet About Cotton Mtl!a and Other Southern Industries. The Columbia Stat mj: Mr. J. A. Clarkson. of Hopktn. brought to th city some specireeatu of cotton wbbh appear to have ber-n itherd by Hht ning or to have bn alJeJ by lh tsun. But the cause of this blight is the prenee of myriad of n:a!l hite moths which in a week destroyed a patch of five acres llonginie to a ne:ri. The moths were first n'ti:rl on a pokeberry bush which they .tHn !e fcloryed. and from there they gpiesd over the cotton field. Another patch of one acre has aLo been ruined. Mr. Clatkson. being the magistrate of that plate, was appealed to, and he broeeht Kpet-imena of the ruined crtton to he city. Mr. J. W. Bauer, wv-tioa director, upon seeing the cotton fcttlkn, states that the matter should be referred to Dr. Charles E. Chambliss. of Clemsoti College, the State entomologist. Mr. Clarkson will meet at the station any representative of the government or of Clemson College who will make an ex amination. The stockholders of the Lumberton Cotton Mills, of Lumberton. N. C, held their annual meeting last week. They found the reports of the management satisfactory, and ii 2 per cent, quarter ly dividend was declared. The com pany is now preparing the site and building materials for its addition, to be erected. As previously stated, this addition will be one story high, TXxlV.7 feet, to contain L40 spindles, and its cost will be about lioo.doo. Contracts for the machinery have been placed with the leading New England machinery builders. A cotton waste mill is the largest industry planned for Spartanburg and is the outcome of the visit of Messrs. Corr, Ayers and Hoffman, well known Boston and Philadelphia capitalists and mill factors to that city. Th party inspected several available sites for the proposed factory and expresel themselves as being highly pleased with the place. The building of the mill will likely be the result of their visit. The plant will be something new in the cotton mill industry for. this section and the estimated cost is $200,000. Its pioducts are rope, twine and various other articles that can be made from cotton wasto. The Dixie Cotton Mills, Lagrange, Ga., held its annual meeting of direc tors and stockholders last week. The report of the management for the year's business ending June 30 was found to be satisfactory. Besides charging a large part of the earnings to the purchase of machinery installed during the year, an amount was set aside to pay the 3 per cent, semiannual dividend on October 1, and $10,000 was added to the surplus fund. At the annual meeting at Ware Shoals of the stockholders of the Ware Shoals Manufacturing Company, of Laurens, S. C, the following directors were elected: J. O. C. Fleming, N B. Dial, of Laurens, J. T. Johnson, Spar tanburg. Benjamin It. Ricgel, John S. Riegcl, George E. Ricgel, Howard Riegel, E. W. Sparks, New York. Sub sequently the board re-elected Mr. Dial president and Benjamin B. Rie gel treasurer. A charter has been granted the Po mona Manufacturing Company, of Greensboro, capital stock, $250,000, to make yarns, cotton goods, ete., among the stockholders being J. E. Serice. J. E. Southerland and W. p. Southerland, of Greenville, S. C: A. T. Wing, of Palmer, Miss.; Lee H. Battle, Greensboro, and several others from that town. TEXTILE NOTES. (From the Manufacturers' Record.) Tre Hamer (S. C.) Cotton Mils has declared an annual dividend of 3 per cent. Tre Clover (S. C.) Cotton Manufac turing Co. has declared its usual an nual dividend of 10 per cent. It is reported that the Chinnabee Cotton Mills of Talladega, Ala., will double its present equipment of 346S ring spindles. It is reported that Messrs. William H. Kilgour, Charles T. Miller and A. F. Keizer, of Dallas, Texas, will es tablish a silk mill to employ about 100 persons. Their intention is said to be to erect a three-story building 60x150 feet in size, to accommodate the nec essary silk-throwing machinery. The Board of Trade, Pine Bluff, Ark., is corresponding with several Northern capitalists who contemplate building a cotton factory in Pine Bluff. The Malee (N. C.) Knitting MilLs was destroyed by fire during the past week. The company has not decided whether it will or will not rebuild the plant. According to reports the loes was $10,000. Several business men of Anniscn, Ala., have acquired control of the Blue Springs Mill at Oxford, Ala., and this week they put the plant in operation. It is equipped with 2500 ring spindles and 80 looms. L. J. Cochran is super intendent. It is stated that the Fountain Inn Manufacturing Co., of Fountain Inn, S. C, will add 4500 spindles to its present equipment of 5500 spindles, in creasing the total spindles to 10,000. The company will also add 60 72-inch looms. Contracts for the machinery are said to have been awarded. MANY F HEMES IS BIG PAIADE I Grt Paradt an Cvnt ef th Oath ceo ing at Wtnaton-Slm. Wlnatoa tfcJcta. SjocUl.Tfc fir- . tnec' frad hih vj H&e4 by jtbouBda. wu a r&actUSect 4ipUy 'of tfce nrCghltrt rerr- of the Ul4 I North State. The- x-arad forme4 ta ; lfU ml Trade trtet and. wfcen it t.KawoT- i'e0 n i MPrj i Ing about 10 o'ekjek Lc aJ?i t- i that eoclion were bkxke4 v:"' -'-- I I.fti.' j minity . The line of march it sta.m follows: l'p Fifth to Summit. Sura j mit. U - Fourth. down to Main, down Main to Fourth Salefu Square, and back up Main atrci to ...... -i wK. ... It -v.v Fim came three mounted polU-ttnen, followed by Chief Marshal A. S. Hancs with his aides; Wlnaton Cornet Band, Forsyth Riflemen, automobile, in which were offlcers of the riiMria tion. mayors and other ttiitori; dele gates In carriages; Danville band. Then cane the companies in alphabet- leal ordtr, headed by Aahevllle. Win a ton Salem bringing up tne rear. 1 he fire companies marcbel in the follow ing order: Asheviile Iepartimnt The rhicf wagon and hook and ladder truck. Charlotte Department -Chief auto mobile and engine. Concord miartm-nt FIosc waon and hose reel. Durham Department Hose wagon. Elizabeth City Department Engine and hose wagon. Fayettevllle Department Hose wa gon and hose rcvl. Goldsboro Department Two ho- wagons. Henderson Department IIoso wag on. "-"""'" ' rreatlv agitntes! 11 amVii ! ;: wagon and two companies. i Kinston Department Hose wagon. ; an 1 re-!ved into the h-V.jMUn Newbern Department Kngliw. hose j rhurrh by the pat r and "'"n tf wagon, hose reel and rag time band. ! the Kenansville dnnh I rsurs .r Raleigh Iepartrnnt-Chlef s l.uw.offw1 .y Teque l.y V. A .al. two hose wag(ns, hook and ladder (jupJ j a MethodiFt miiiSet r. and Pnt mat r Rocky Mount Department Hose j Jons wagon. cr.gino and hacks. j intercept. I by Salisbury Department How wag.m i l"l"" t Warsaw .a !o y t. Tarboro Department-One hose reel i WriMitslI!e. but i. fun.1 to nr. r fei . Salem Bovs' Band. i T, l rl MmT HHA i r-""-t f fa t Salem Eairle llo. Ciimiwnv No 4 Winston Comnanv No l m gines and one hose wagon. Winston HtKk and Ladder Company Salem Rough and Ready Company two engines, one hose wagon anil one hose reel. Winston Company No. 2, one engine and one hoso wagon. All the visiting companies showed ' up well, as did the local departments, j father about S:3 nYh- k an t weit t which brought up the rear. The pa j the home of one Ei.-t r WllUat.jM. ol rade was a mile or more in length and j ored. about one m!'e away, to rurej was one of the best ercr worn In Hit I hr services ftS a latrer on bin trw city. erry farm tbe next day. At tbi Lou.-w j were two ngr wui n. u rn :ro tnan Drowned in Tar River. Tarboro, Special. Ed. Lewi?, a white man. 55 years of age, was drownel in Tar river, just above the county bridge, Mr. Lewis, who had been work ing on a raft of wood, attempted to swim across the river and is supopsed 1 to have been seized with cramp or i stricken with heart failure when within ! a few feet of the opposite bank. Th j body was not recovered until the after- ; noon. ' Tar Hel Topics. j A suit has been instituted against i the local camp of the Morganton Woodmen of the World for alleged damage to the health of a son of Mr. j W. P. Mabe when he was recently ' being initiated Into the mysteries of j the order. An operation became nec- essary, it seems, on account of inju- ; ries sustained on that occasion and he j is just now beginning to walk about ! after an indisposition lasting over two; months. i In an attempt to save the life of a i friend who was drowning in the surf! at Morehead Sunday afternoon, six , men came near forfeiting their lives, j A line of 25 men was formed from the I shore in order to rescue the man, but the line broke, leaving the six men to j the mercy of the waves. After a hard j straggle one reached the shoal and j showed the others the way in safely. I . ! . r.-i. .i i. stand struck by lightning and two negroes se riously stunned. He was not shocked In the least. Governor Glenn will be tendererd an informal reception and elaborate ban quet upon occasion of his Intended visit to Wilmington the latter part of this week where he goes to review the en campment of State Guards. Time and efforts are being expended freely for the success of the elegant entertain ment. A horse attached to the buggy of Mrs. Alice Fowler, a rural mall carrier from Burlington, became frightened at a passing train and ran away, hurling the occupant of the buggy to the ground with a violent force. The woman was painfully Injured. Mr. Plummer Wiggins, of Shelby, has purchased the entire outfit of The Scot tish Chief., a paper hitherto published by Mr. M. G. McKcnzie. at Maxton. and will In the future assume the man agement of the paper. The purchaser is a newspaper man of wide experi ence and ability. The new boilers provided for the State hospital by an appropriation o the last Legislature have arrived and are being Installed. Prof. A. Currie. of the preparatory i department of Davidson College, tz been granted a faculty scholarship ia Columbia Unlrersity, which carries with It a money valuation of $150. Mr. Currie Is an honored graduate of Da vidson and a teacher of experience. Ed. Colley, who resides near Whit tier, demonstrated his eating ability the other day. when heiate 28 bananas in 15 minutes. He had only a few mo ments before consumed four' in a bet ting contest, thus making 32 eaten in less than 20 minutes, TAR HEEL. AFFAIRS Mae, , H 5tte, ". Crlft Cotlsn L 1 Trr" J J t . .. Ut Central Cotton Market. I (alu.L. ! New driers i Mobile, duil I t a n h i K ixtrt ! ' ' ' ' -hafii-ta. qaii ' V ) i 1 1 n Noifwlk. Hes1 Baltimore, jsomifsat New York. qu'. l . Jliirton, quirt l'h!la,!eiphia. nuu t lIM:t-n. ey Auuita. !r n . . . Me;npt,l. !rdy . . i- 5i !6 ' j i.iiSvir-. firnr j UAN T! Attl M Mit.H. The Murderer cf Rofccrt Kf hi'k Hangtj at Kcransie He Pi teated Ha Innocence to the t tt. Kenarifv llie. S;. la! pfut lv,y al rjerilted tsef r Th it r-!a U;..i I ..!-. in the preiMn f a t'.ir: fcona, iiuludln. ofT, !. r-ur'. wit-ntM-c plo ! ians tntnirtei o' ilso r.ospel and uevn'j'i j r u,-u. i- r murder of nU rt Hlvt ritrW ' . the d-sith warraiit wat lea.f to !.::: t I which be Untene.1 tmiMinivi, alttiotKh hia airtcr. who p.tt i Bn'! arnej,tly p.ji.e.d to mie I a htat'-ment. . The ,,j,!y ri i v oilM tr.J i fay vi;: "I am not guilty, but w.?h tn bccat:n peipl murn I on ro . STORY OF THE CRIME. On the night of W-lnday. March 4. Uu3. near the viilige .f Wall-ve. Rolert Rivenlark left !h I m or hi and child. The evl lcn e Is that IM nbark mad a emtrait with ih two) wonwn and the man To nun'' to Ida place to work for hir.i th fo'lo-vin day. and i-tarte ! a ay In r ar h of other hands. A M-on a" the ibor u doticd and he h.i 1 pro e-de eigl.t or ten Pteps from the Louse i 1 llil was no light visible et.-ept the m""n, which wa shining brightly, the no gnc8 heard the qtii- k. nharp report of a p!fttol, and almost irnrne iia? !y Rt venhark pusbel the i',o r open and fell ; Inside the room sayir.K Le was nhot. f He was followed ahnoft Imrnediatr-ly by Trachey. who sprang upon b!m anl i lKat al kicked h!ni lainjcrclf ully. 1 Wh'n he had finished with Rtwnbark i he u.n.ed to the negn woman. E:oter William, and 1'an tc-ailng Lr over ! the bead with the plMol. whS It a ! uttll tmntllnir In tilu r!"l f lillTld Ji'l1 H. Ftj;k ,n hJs lkf, while thin wan goini: on Rlvenbark. having to p'rne etent regained eonscloun. got out or ! door and started borne. He proceeded I f.ort I'.rt i-arrlM 1on ihe road wlien ,J0 exh'auP,ed. and began ratlins at the top of his vob for help. IP wa heard by Mr. Jim IHxon. a farmer near ior, wno came to hia relief. t- told Dixon that he had been hot by Din Teacbey without cause, and knowing ld live but a very rhort time he wished to make a statement concerning affr to " on h" l " U21 In his right mind Dixon then called Mr. Harvey Booth, who ram to the road, and together with falm heard the rtory of the kining from the Hps of Rlvenbark. who a!d tht when h lft the houije he met In Teacfaey, who F.Md: "By . what In- here' RivenbarK reii.jj. 1 TTJ here to get tbee people in help me work n.r rtrawberrie. Tea' ney tnen ajfj. ; fi )ott. they -an get their II Ing without work and I am goins kill tou." and fired. ith lb rearnlt al-ove mentioned. The t.al! too!: effect in the right side of the abdomen, raus ine de.th two days later, about :00 o'clock Friday afternojn. Mr-h ''th. The rase was bard fought through a' I the court, but his ronv! t on waa at lafct secured, followed by !'.- execu tion. Tar Heel TopUa. Raleigh Post: F'rof. Vernon Howell, of Chapel Hill, i bvre and baa given a contract for rescuing hH automobilo Wednesday afternrxn he took Mr. James F. Royster out for a ride and in Fullen Park, near the pool, the ma chine, weighing pemmk, plunged down a five foot embankment. A con tract has been given to Prof. Cha. Park, of the A. &. M. College, to ex tricate it. Neither of the occupanU -ere hurt. Judge Allen has reduced the sen tence of Raymond D. By aura from IS years' imprisonment to ll years. thU actkn having te?n taken yesterday after eitsest efforts on the part cf tfcs counsel for the defendant. A charter is granted to the V.'isiten Salem Power Company, capital stoc!; $123,000. II. E. Fries. C. B. Watscn. and Clement Manly being the stock' holders. The purpose of the compan In to develop and furnish electric and steam power, heat and light. Mr. George Lindsay, a prominent at torney of Snow Hill. Las been take r into custody on the ground that he H mentally affected. He in subject to at tacks of lunacy, and but for these in known as an able lawyer around Goldsboro, it t! If- s