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iU t V VOL. XXIII. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 30, I'JOd. NO. 18. CAUCASIAN. I i i i f i A A A A A A BRITONS WILL COME Assurances of English Exhib its at Jamestown ' TWO CHURCHES MAY ALSO MEET resident Tucker Obtains Assurance on London Visit That British Got- eminent Will Be Represented by Impressive Military and Naval Con tingents. I,Mli.:!. By Cable. "We hit' now f.::v ;).:n-l liiat Great Britain Avill hi'.i- representative military ami E-Vl.i! i-oiitimreiit at Jame-town in l!Mi7," Harry St. George Tucker. prfiil !ii of the .Jamestown ( Va ) Kx p,itin ''m j :i u V, to the Associated p:ev. The British government, ihrt 1 1 'i Korei-rji Secretary Lans-j.iiwi'-. the Admiralty and the War oft'f. lias jjiven me a most cordial f!ci.ii:c ami has promised to assist in u rv way towards the success of ib- cjitioii. "The day had been already pre- K pared lor me ly our amlKissaMor, Mr. n l I V... Af.....: I 1 flp'ii, .inn u .udi i iiiii-i lsiuami, me British ambassador at AVashii.gton, tno has been urging tlie claims of the Mpositiou and as a result Lord Lans Jottiie sent the following telegram to jlnihassaslor Duraud early this month: "'His majesty's government de sires to co-operate in every way that cay (M.'idtice to the success of the ex position at Jamestown, which cannot fail to excite much interest in this niiiMtiy. Mr. Tucker will be received with pleasure and his majesty's gov ernment will be glad to learn from film the precise nature of the co-oj-ration which the I'nited States gov rmment desires.' '"Lord Lanshwne showed that lie was in earnest by receiving me in a B't cordial manner ami sending a representative with me to the Admir !y and the War Oilice where in out line of the pnH)sed displays were fiseussed the heads of those depart fcnts taking keenest interest in the matter. The details have not yet be'n I'iked out. but it is generally uudcr Hd that Great Britain will be rep rinted by a battleship squadron inil a military contingent, the latter binding every arm of the service. Special attention will be paid to the "Stent improvements n the instru ct of mil it aw and naval Avar are." Mr. Tucker will spend a day with a? archbishop of Canterbury, Avho invited him to discuss the yro Jfsal for a joint meeting of the Epis tud churches of England and Ihe f Tnited States at Jamestown during: 'he exj)os!tion. On Wednesday he will meet heads of the Admiralty and the War Office to further discuss the details of the displays. Armed with Great Britain's ac-eej.tan.-e. Mr. Tucker expects that his f v'i:ts to other foreign capitals will be "i'""ij micccssiui. Mother and 5 Children Slain. Independence. Iowa, Special. Mrs. William McYVilliams and her five chil dren, ranging from ." to IS years in were slain at their farm home toil Ihe husband and father was ar Jted in Iudependenee charged with Jillinir the members of his family. He Wared himself to be innocent. Each Jin had been killed with a ham fr blow on the head. Mrs. McWil isms was atrociously beaten, and a for knife thrusts had been inflicted the crushed body. Big Timber Deal. Nashville, Tenn., Special. A Bris tol. Tenn.. dispatch says: J. "W. "Wil kinson, of Bristol, has closed a deal Ior seventeen million feet of lumber 33(1 timber in North Carolina. The and lies along: the Southern Railroad ar Asheville. The amount reported be involved in the deal is half a "illion dollars. Arrested for Burglary. Anderson, Special. Herman Parr, 'negro boy about 14 years old. has i arrested by the police and is now "ig held in confinement pending- an instigation on the charge of bur-Daring- the past month about ' dozen stores have been entered at ?iit and small sums of money and Merchandise stolen. The boy' is a n firmed criminal, having been cou nted of stealing frequently. He ems to have been the chief of a Jn? of small boys who have been ptematieally engaged in the burg r'V business. Gov. Bell Won't .Interfere. clden Vermont. Snecial - Ttnvor. !aor Charles J. Bell, when informed the decision of the Supreme Court J the United States m the case of rs. Mary Rogers, stated that he r ?1 on the same ground that be has unnamed heretofore in this case. A htiaii not interfere m any way, Said, "with the Tponilnr nrranre- wu me aaie set, uecemDer 15. ' MRS. WIGGINS SUES Action Against Saloon Keeper For Heavy Damages. Abbeville, Special. Mi. Kate Wig jiiiH of the Salvation Army, has in itituted suit for $10.(100 damages against. A. A. Keatheiston, a liquor lealer of this city, who kicked her from his saloon several weeks ago. The complaint has not yet been tiled, but it is known that the amount nam ?d will demanded for the assault and battery and for injuries alleged to have been sustained. The criminal action against Featherston has been continued until the next term of Su eiior Court by order of Judge Mc Neill and will be heard in February. Volunteers to be Paid. Asheville, Sjwcial. Sneed Adams, of this city, a lieutenant in Company II, Second Regiment. North Carolina volunteers during the Spanish-American war, has received the muster roll of Company H. raised here, and also information that the 103 men of the co.npany are entitled to. and will re ceive pay for the time from their en rollment here to the niusteriug-in at Raleigh. The men will draw back pay and subsistence for the days in tervening between enrollment and muster-in, amounting to about $1 a day for each man. The men of the company will draw from the govern ment pay for from seven to twenty daysk according to the date of en rollment. Woman Burned to Death. Mrs. flribble, a widow Avhose home is not very far west of Pomona, met a fearful death last Monday, the facts of which have just been made known She lived alone, a colored woman coming to her home every morning to wait upon her Last Tuesday morning the colored woman went there as usual and finding the doors locked, sum moned assistance and opened a win dow, finding Mrs. dibble lying on the floor in front of the tireplace witb all of her clothing burned off and her body in a crisp. The coroner deemed an inquest unnecessary There Avas no fira in the tireplace when the body was discovered and it it not known at what time she met her death. Her husband Avas a miner and Avas killed in a mine a number of vears ago. Incorporations. The Wilson Wood and Lumber Com pany tiled a certificate with the Sec retary of State, changing the location of the principal otTice to Elizabeth City The Lion Stone Company, of Reids ville, with .25,000 authorized and $5, 000 subscribed capital stock Avas char tered. The incorporators are: T. Davis and Lucile Harrison, of Reids ville, and S. Rue, of Xew York City. The II. J. Moore Company of 'Wal nut, Madison county. Avith $1,000 cap ital stock, Avas chartered to do a mer cantile business. The principal incor porator is II. J. Moore. Tar Heel Topics. Capt. W. B. Ryder, a vell known railroad man and prominent financier of Charlotte died in a sanitorium at Battle Creek, Mich., on Monday night. Morehead City has been selected as a permanent camp site for the North Carolina soldiers. Guilty of Criminal Assalut. Wilmington, Special. At Kenans A'ille in Duplin county Superior Court Will Carter a negro youth. aa;is found guilty of criminal assault upon a six-year-old daughter of Howard James, of Wallace, N. C. about six Aveeks ago, and lie wan sentenced to be hang ed at Kenansville, December 20th. A Child Mangled. Asheville, Special. One of the most horrible and 'distressing acci dents that ever occurred on the Ashe ville yards of the Southern Railway happened at S o'clock Friday morning: when Paul "Redmond, the eigh-year-old son of J. S. Redmond, of ihis city, was knocked down and run OA-er by an engine and terribly jnjured. Both legs Ave re severed from the body just below the knee, and his right arm Avas cut off at the elboAV. The boy was hastily removed to Biltmore hospital, Avherehe died in the afternoon. North Carolinian Suicides. JamestoAvn, N. Y.. Special. A man giAing his name as Rogers E. Britt, about 25 years old, committed suicide in his room in the Y. M. C. A. build ing here some time during the night. He left a note saying that he intend ed to commit suicide and requesting that no effort be made to find his friends. Letters found indicate that he Aias the son of R. B. Britt, of Enfield, N. C. MORE JIVK LOST Another Fatal Railway Wreck Leaves Death in its Wake 15 DIE IN CRASH OR BY FIRE Massachusetts' Worst Train Disaster in Many Years Occurs When Sun day Ni&lic Express From Boston on Boston & Maine Crashes Into Rear cf a Local Lincoln, Mass., Special. The most disastrous railroad wreck in this State for many yean occurred at 8:15 o'clock Sunday night at Kaker's Bridge station, a mile jnd a half west of Lincoln, on the main line of the Fitchburg division of the Boston & Maine Railroad. .The regular Sunday express, Avhich left Boston at 7.45 o'clock for Montreal ia the Rutland system, crashed into the rear of a lo cal train which started from Boston at 7.15 for points on the main line and the Marlboro branch. At least 15 persons were killed out right burned to death or suffocated, and 30 or more Avere seriously injured Many passengers sustained minorcuts, bruises and burns The wreck Avas primarily due to thick Aveather, which apparently ob scured signals set by the forward train, Avhich, at the "time of the dis aster, was standing in front of Bak er's Bridge station. The Montrlea train, drawn by two locomotives and consisting also of nine cars crashed into the rear of the Marlboro branch local, demolishing the tvc rear cars. All of the passengers killed and seriously injured Ave re in these. The passengers lived in Concord, West Ac ton, Maynard, Hudson, Marlboro and several smaller towns in the Asabet Valley. None of the passengers on the Montreal train were seriously hurt but the engineer and fireman of the leading locomotive Avere killed. The Avreckage '.'aught fire and some of the passengers were inca-rcerated. Ftw persons live in the vicinity of Baker's Bridsre station and no fire de partment was available, so that the flames practically burned themselves out. Uninjured passengers and an um ber of train hands, assisted by villae" ers, went to the aid of the injured and many persons were rescued. A special train with doctors Avas sent from Boston at 0.3-5 o'clock, and reached here in half an hour. Many doctors from Waltham and other places in this section were sent to the scene in carriage and by other trains. Bank Clearings for the Week. NeAv York, Special. The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, slums the bank clearings at a number of the principal cities for the Aveek ended Nov. 24, Avith the percentage of in crease and decrease as compared with the corresponding Aveek last year. Seventy-tAvo other cities are included in the totals: Ncav York $2,024,787,173, increase 15.9: Chigcao $21S.71 0.490, increase 33; Boston $153.960.899, increase 21.0; Philadelphia $150,6S9,0G0, in crease 3G.7; New Orleans $26,840,940, increase 37.7; Louisville $12,559,200, increase31.6; Memphis $7,838,792, in crease 25.5; Richmond $5,412,955, de- crease crease 5.4 Atlanta $4. 057.161, in Nashville $3,081,370, in Norfolk $2,457,426, in Aucusta, Ga., $2,5S9,G22, 16.9 crease 38.3 ; crease 29.5 increase 71.9; Knoxville $1,421,811, increase 26.0; Charleston, S. C, $1, 702,436. increase 40.7: Chattanooga $1.315.S95, increase 75.1; Jackson ville, Fla.. $1,297,089, increase 76.7; Macon $647,443, increase 72.5; Sav vannah $7,059,950, increase 67.1. Total 'United States-$3,091,638,741, increase 20.5; outside Nev York $1, 066.851 ,56S, increase 30.0. Heresy Trial cf Dr. Bradley. Newman, Ga., Special. At the meeting of the North Georgia Con ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, here Bishop W. W. Duncan appointed a committee to in vestigate charges of heresy against Rev.4 "ii. S. Bradley. D. D.. of Atlanta. These charges were preferred by Rca J. N. Snow, of Atlanta. The commit tee appointed by Bishop Duncan is composed of Dr. C. W. Byrd, of Au gusta, Ga. ; Dr. Luke G. Johnson, of Rome, and Rev. J. A. Sharp, of Dah lonegra. Gross Bocdle Case. Little Rock, Ark., Special. -The legislative boodle eases were brought to trial here. The case of Senator A. T. Gross is the first one on the calendar. Both the tSate and defend ants have accumulated a monumental mass of evidence for the fight, which is expected to be one of the bitterest legislative battles eer waged in the State. Big Lumber Deal. Nashville, Special. A Bristol, ixm.f dispatch says: J. W Wilkin son of Bristol has closed a deal for 17,000,000 feet of lumber and timber in North Carolina. The land lies along the Southern railroad near Asheville. The amount reported to be involved in the deal is ahalf mil lion dollars. MAY GETS 100,000 Proposition That May Meaa a Great Deal to the A. & M. College. The Agricultural end Mechanical Collie nuy bf the recipient of a ;ift of $100,000. This i a piece of very 'in teresting news. A jieutltr.an connect ed with a very great educational movement hays that the inotiey can easily be secured if the college, that is the State, will accept the building and maintain them. It is understood that the gift wilt be in the line of marked development of this now not able and rapidly growing institution, which is so much in need of more of what may be termed house-room, and of course in need of ?qeial biiildiug.t for the development both of its agri cultural and its mechanical departments. A Comparative Statement. State Auditor Dixon wrote to every auditor of Southern States, asking the amount paid Confederate pension ers and the number of such pension ers. The replies in round numbers are as follows: Texas, $500,000, 7.000 pensioners; Tennessee, $275,000, 3.0(H) pensioners; Ixuisiana, $150,000, 2.000 pensioners; Arkansas. $203,000, 7.000 pensioners; Georgia, $790,000, 16,000 pensioners; Flmrida, $288,000. 3,000 pensioners; South Carolina, $050,000, 15,000 pensioners; Virginia, $,300,000 14,000 pensioners; North , Carolina's appropriation is $275,000 and there are 14,000 pensioners. Auditor Dixon said: "In proportion to the number of pensioners, North Carolina pays her Confedenrate A-eterans less than any other Southern State. It pains me deeply to have to say this, but it is the truth. I did not know it until now. Three Years for a Slayer. Spencer, Special. Whitman Hardy was tried in Rowan Superior court here and convicted of the murder ot Zeke Young, colored, in East Spencer. September 3. Judge Peebles senten ced the prisoned to three years in t lie State Penitentiary for the crime. Two young white men, Stirwalt and Butier by name, Ave re sentenced by Judtre Peebles to three years each in the State Prison for assaulting and beat ing Mrs. Lizzie Upright, a well known character of the northern section of Rowan county, in a frightful manner a month ago. Ed Light, another young man of the same neighborhood, was also given two years for assisting in the assault upon the Avoman. The Southern Double Tracking. Salisbury, Special. In order to pro vide for the demands of heavy t radio upon its lines the Southern Railway Company is double tracking at a num ber of points in this section of the State. At the present time a double track is being constructed between Cleveland and Barber rs Junction, on the Western branch. This is a vit al point in the handling of freight not only on the Asheville division, but also on the line between Winston Salem and Charlotte. Lines have recently been staked out for a doul.ic track on the main line of the South ern north of Spencer, Avhere there is a congestion of traffic. It U learned the work of laying the track will be gin at an early date. Corporations. The FinlaA'son Manufacturing com pany -of Charlotte, with $5,000,000 total orthorized and $50,000 subscri bed capital stock, Avas chartered last week. The object of the concern is to manufacture cotton, woolen and silk goods. The incorporators are: E. V. Finlayson. Paul Chatham and W. A. Ebert. The Hendersonville Mercan tile Company, Avith $11,000 capital stock, Avas chartered. The incorpora tors are : C. M. Pace and M. C. Tamps, of Hendersonville, and others. Jury's Verdict Set Aside. Oxford, Special. In the suit of Prof. R. G. Kittrell against the board of trustees of he Oxford graded school the jury rendered a verdict in favor nf Prnfpcsnr Tittrel, which .vvjwl, however, Avas set aside by Judge Ward on the grounds that the Avcight of facts did not justify the verdict The case Avill come up before a nev jury at the next tenn of court. Back Organized at Graham. Graham, Special. The stockholders of the Citizens' Bank here met tccor ding to call and elected as directors J. A. Long. McBrideHolt. A. M. Hart ley, A. J. Thompson J. S. Cook, J. H. McCracken, Dr. Geo. W. Lous', J. C. Simmons. W. J. Nick. Heenan Hjrrhes, W. F. Blaekmon, W. H. Holt, W. S. Vestal, J. L. S. Patterson, AT. AY. Garrett. The directors elected Jaeob A. . Long, ..president ; McBride Holt vice-president; and Chas. C. Thomp son, cashier. A committee wts ap pointed to procure a location, t safe and tlie necessary supplies for I in ning business. Rcvfaue Officer Indicted. Wilmington, Special. The grand jury in Duplin Superior Court return ed in a body a true bill for murder against J. C. Stancil and D. C. Drown ing, revenue officers of prominence in this section. Tt is alleged that Down ing and Stancil shot and killed Wat son Jernigan, a wihte man, while searching for a blockade still in the county several weeks ago 1 KILLED 5JJIMD ResuSt of Collision on Pennsyl vania Railroad 25 FREIGHT CARS DEMOLISHED Two West-Betad Freifkts Wert Wrecked cn Pennsylvania Railroad Near Harrisbnrg. by Rear Ead Col lision. narrisburg, Pa., Special. One man killed, five injnied and twenty-live freight cars, two ostal cars, one ba jage car aud one Pullman car totally wrecked as the result of rear end collision of two west bound freights, and the subsequent collision of a pas senger train into a wreck ou the Pennsylvania Kail road at Thompson town. D. (J. Huntsbee, brakeman ot Hai risbunr, is the man who was ki'led Branch Died From Blows. Annapoli?, Md., Special- The pro secution used its heavy artillery iu the line of medical testimony during Thursday's session of the court mar tial which is trying Midshipman Mer iwether for manslaughter in connec tion with the death of Midshipman Branch. Important witnesses beinir Dr. J. M. T. Finney, chief surgeon of the John's Hopkins University, of Baltimore; Dr. Henry M. Thomas, neurologist of the same institution and J. C. Byrnes, the chief medical officer attached to the Naval Acade my. The operation ujKin Midshipman Branch, consisting of lifting and fold ing over a portion of the skull in ordei to remov;! such blood clot? as might be formed, Avas performed by Dr. Fin ney, and Dr. Thomas, the specialist in that line, came to AnuaKlis at Dr. Finney's request in order to locate from the symptoms the proper place for the operation. Er. Brynes Avas called in consultation with Dr. Stone shortly after Branch had been brought to the hospital. Much evidence of a deeply interest ing, though sometimes technical char acter, was given by tlie medical men. One point of interest brought out in explanation of the fact that the skul! was opened on the right side that the nerves controlling one side of the bolv cross from the opposite of the brain, Avhile the nerves controlling the facial musles do not. It was further brought out that the injury, though on the right side, was occasioned by the successive fist blows on the left side of the head. The injury was of the na ture blows to the skull on one side of the head having the effect of forc ing the brains against the Avails of the skull and causing compression in that way. All the medical officers gave it a their A-ery positi-e conviction that Branch died from the effect of the medically known as "contre cop,"' the blows he had received in his fight with Meriwether. Big Fire in Cotton. Augusta, Ga., Special. Augusta was visited by a fire which destroyed or damaged one thousand bales of cotton, and also damaged the ware house in Avhich the staple was stored. There is no possibls explanation of the cause of the fire, ns the compart ment in which is originated had not been opened for two days, and there were no signs of fire before the blaze burst forth. The warehouse is owned by Nixon and Danjforth and the building and contents were fully cov ered by insurance. The loss is esti mated to be in the neighborhood $40,000. The fire is now undej- con trol. Fire at in-nanapolfr. Indiannn5 Isid:- Special Fire cause"' lan3aoe to tne stock of the rwdger Furniture Company to the amount of $75,000 and injured the tAvo seven-story buildings on AVash ington street occupied by the company to the extent of $10,000. The Colum bia National Bank which occupied an adjoining building was damaged by water. During the progress of the fire securities to the amount of $600,00C were removed from the bank foi safety. Tragedy Follows Marriage. Anniston, Ala., Special J. E. Phillips, a well known farmer, was shot and instantly killed near Hilk by Creek bridge, a few miles froa Obel postoffiee, by AVill Cline, an other farmer. The son of Phillips Avitnesscd the shooting. Cline made his escape- Phillips' son ray awa) recently with the daughter of Cline and they were married here. Lynched for Killing a Man. Coahoma, Miss., Special. Dare Sims, the negro who shot and killtd R. F. Jones (white), at his home ow) county on Minaay nigni, iju by an armed mob at the scene oi nis crime. Sims was captured Friday and immediately brought to this place. The negro is said to have made a full confession. I NEWSY GI.EAXIXOH. ilucnc I clS !y ervc2 in tUe t.sri f LtoJ. Cal, hatr tai.ru Uud'.y to tt tunr badeJ Uibi;. The tsxfMjer f Kattero lunaltfa are con't a.uiiij Utterly of lb njor t ;reM plan arc l-inc UM in Ka;'atu! J to mil.-- t jruog lura of that gocl t.Z too?. The cot of OrtmpiCtins th eUrat,4 ratlrcKi.l iu Tokio ntll b liuludfj is the tirxt Japauc btulgrt. Mii e. Maxim? GorkT orotffrU asatnt the "tory to often told of htr LuobJuJ that be vn Uru ia tavTty. The blueberry canning factory at lhud Point, Vt.. us Jutt but liowu af!r canning joo.ouO gallou of pro duct. 'Hi Italian Government offer a prize of $: for the plan of a Um ril ing bent suited to the climatic condt tion of Italy. Tifty thousand aerea ot alfalfa wcr raised in the Greeley Uintrict of Cotor ado this year, three crop being cut during tbe eaon. Percy T. Prathcr, f Clarprlnr. Md., who died a few day ngo. provid ed in bn vriH that his c-omu should '.t cot over fOO and his tombstone but At the conference of naphthi pro ducer at St. IVternburs "he lo of property at Baku during the recent revolution was estimated at S'-J.uju. Ouo. Capt?in Finipkins, of the sloop John A. Warner, c-ausht with ninety-one bufbels of unculled oyttera n loard. was lined at Annapolis. Md., $STi.4y. iu eluding costs. Austen Ieigb. an authority on nil matters pertaining to Kton. ha liiH-ov-ered that Tbouia Lynch, one of the signers of the Declaration of Indepen dence, was an Etonian. Seven More Days Given. Richmond, Special. The board ol visitors of the A'irginia Military In stitute Avas in session here, consider ing the matter of the refract ivcnes of certain cadets at the West Point of the South. It rejected the com promise, pa km pivpared under tin Cjovernorr 's auspices, and gave tin recalcitrant students seven more dav in which to comply with the reirula tions of the institute or le dismis-ed After the Drag Stores. ashmgton, Seeial. Drug store that sell anv of the well-known al- choiic tonics which though advertised as medicines for diseases are compos ed cluelly of distilled spirits, must take out federal license as retails rum sellers alter April 1st, 190i. Such was a decision of the Commissioner of Internal Kevnue who also gave no tice that manufacturers would be re quired to lake out license after the first of the year. New York Teamsters Strike. New A'ork. Special. A general strike of truck drivers Avas begun in New A'ork city Monday. .TJ0 union teamsters quitting work. The strike is against the Team Owner's Asso ciation, which employs several thous and drivers and does most of the heavy trucking iu wholesale district and about the steamship piers. 1' resulted from a resolution of ,p. Trnciflr' Ciimn fill ill" A .11 vtiiL nnli'.e flu owners irr ,.edialeiv forced their non-union ph '' join the union. t.- Orient Mfg. runipany Sold. Charlotte. l-eial.--TIie entire plant of th' Drient Manuafctnrins Company tt'"ts s"'' 411 auction at the courthouse to the Ca I vine Manufac turing Com1"'- the purchase prb- l)Cllr' -iv),(l()(K The sale was made bv .T-'''f" Armistead Bnnvell for AV i,-. Twitty, reeeier, by iitne of a de cree of the Sujerior Court of Meek lenburjr county in an action cut it lee J. 0. dul'iison vs. the Orient Manufac turing Compajiy. Breaking the Ground. Ralehrh, Special. Work was begun on the new St. Acnes ho5pital at St. Augustine school last week when the first around was broken. This will Ik; one of the most complete negro insti tutons of the kini in he South, and the buildin" alo::e will cost .?1.!,000. The building Aviil be completed Ik fore the next school year. The work on the building will be done principally bv the young men j-tudT.ts of St. Augustine School, and many of them will lie enabled by money earned thus to finish heir eollere course. Rev. AV. R. Bradshaw preached the sermon at the dedication of the Bap tist church at AVilkesboro on Sunday. The Chronicle said it was a magnifi cent sermon and a great crowd was present. Rev. J. G. Garth of Murfreesboro, Tenn., has been called to the pastor ate of the Nen Bern Presbyterian church. He is a strong man, young and of popular addrerss. Anyway, a woman knows better than to advise a man about how he can make shaving easy. Keeps Typewriter for Himseh. There is a new Idea to protect type writers from being tampered with. A New York man bas had made a key- board on which there are no letter printed on a celluloid card, which he llaces in front of him as on does a rtece of music . As long as he keeps hf diagram in front of Idra he can wrte. AATben he removes It, neither he W any one fiso can operate the BxacUoa accurate!. II Items of I nl crest Gleaned from Various Sections FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE lliror Occorreacc of tU Week of Icxcrttt to Tar Uacla ?M ia Pava- Cbxxiottt Cotton MxrtcU Tt'C. cutlon mallet linn. Huddling lw tfcidd!iii. . Strict low middling.. Middling ..! ..11 .AVm (JohJ middling General Cotton Uuktt Albuia, t'srm. . (ialveUn, linn .u n it; . .n V . 1 1 iti ..II 1 .11 IM.A .11 Id .11 Mti . . U 1 -H ..11 -J .. ii.;:. New Oilean. lirrn Mobile, firm. . . . Savannah, Meady.. . Charleston, linn . . . . Wilmington, Meady.. Norfolk, firm Bait itiMirer, nominal. New A'oik, tcaJy.. lioMton, Meady.. .. Philadelphia, tinn. . . Houston, Meady. . . . AuguMa, firm, . . . Memphis, firm .... St. lxuis, steady. . Ixjuisxille, Jinn. . . . u.; i. , ..ni- ..ii : iu ....n vs ....u ih 11 :x i 25 New PLarmiciiU. The State tmard of phannsry an nounces that 2"t of the applicant l-r liceMMM! to practice in thi Stat Im stood the examination recently in Ital eigh were meocjtful and is failed. Two of thote suerefu! were n-j;i e The list follow: H. M. IU II, YViudxoit; Warren II. Bigg. Wtlliamt:i ; M. N. Bogart, Wahinjrton ; Walter liuih mann, (Ireem-boro; .?. K. iMituit, Hi?h Point; K. S. C.n.ke, f ;..MW; S. P. Fletcher, lUrrUbunr. Va.; J. S. Hall, Fayetteville; II. 1. llaij-r, Khhmond; A. K. Hardee, Benson; . A. Jetton, Davidson; Dr. A. A. Kent, Ienoir; T. O. Ixviter, If alri-jh ; i. V. MefJee, (ireenslxn: J. M. Morrau, Sanford; E. t Midlim. Charlotte; I,. it. O'Brien, WtiiMon-Salem; j. Y. Pflrker, Durham; C. A. H'vv;, Ili.di Point; If. B. Sugr Belmoi.t; J. N. Thomas Warretiton; I' L Wiiite Me bane; J. H. Eaton (colored I Wi nioti; AV. F. McNair (colored) (Jicei, its 1 A Youth Miesinx. New Bern, Sjiecial. Willie Rober tson, the 17-year old iwn of Capt. Hw crson, of thi city, i mipjnhuI to bo drowned, AVillie was served o deck hanl on the Meam . KdmotnV Parks. While the t wa hing al the wharf of nm, the Blade Lumber CW, Cap!. Paikin eall ed to A"4,e wan on a flat which was irfow resjKiue -a hai.. jn ,n vest igat ion was made, and notli could b-j wen of the Ixiy, but bin hat wa found flouting on the water. A rejiort was made to the eonijMiiy which immediately notified hi father. A diligent nearch ha been going on all day, but up to this time he has not been found. Arrested For Tiring Barn. Charlotte, Sjecial. Roy Monrcev colored, wa lodged in tho county jail charged with the burning of Mr. J. S. Reid's barn with nix head of bona. The fire occurred ten day ago. Tl.o negro ha admitted causing the flre but says it was entirely unintentional ; that he was in the act of lighting a, pipe and carelessly threw the match in a pile of hay that was near the1 building. Farmers Signing Pledfe. Tarboro, Special. Mr. K. V. Mt Rae, of Maxton, sj-ccial representative of the Southern Cotton Aveiat3nn. wa here to put in ojeration a plan to secure phd-rc fn.rn farmer to ho!d cotton for 1" ecu's. Mr. McRa is making .i tour of the t-otton belt of the State and says pledge are betns signed very promptly. Dashed Into a Street Car. AVinton-"Salem, Special. George AA'hite, colored, aged about thirty-five years, and the horse Le wa riding were killed by a street car oa North Liberty -street. The negro was riding i down the street, and upon meeting tho, car the animal became frightened an."; dashed in front of the car, mant.ig, his bead into tlie headlight. The rar, ran on both horse and rider, and it required an hour or more to ctt it ,T" them. White and the animal were , bauIy mangled. The accident is the worst that has ever befell the fctreet railway company. State News Notes. We learn that big forest fires were raging last -week fa Elk and Lcwij" Fork township. Large areas cf the mountain section were burnt over. It is estimated that the fire spread over four miles one day last week. It i reported that the BairLardt Lumbei Company lost about 150,000 feet of lumber in the fire. NADTU CTATP MPMC III k3IH.IL l!Lt?i3 i t 1 V
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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Nov. 30, 1905, edition 1
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