VOL. XXV.
RALEIGH, NOPT1I CAROLINA. THURSDAY. .MAY 9. 11)07.
NO. 18.
NORTH JITATE NEWS
Kerns of Interest Gleaned From
Various Sections
FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE
JI:;r Occurrences of the Week of
Ii.t rest to Tar Heels Told in Par.
Tar Heel Notes.
; was another negro shooting
in Statesville Tuesday night
a result Tom Ferguson a hatk
i- dangerously wounded.
iiis are granted the Clarkt.m
Mill Company, Capital stoek
O. L. Clark principal stoek
Another charter is granted
l;'h Point Machine Company,
i -dock Cf2r,0,()00, which is :o
-.vcr the High Point Machine
and the Dixie Motor Company
YaiiHrunt and II. A. Meagraw
r
y ;
j:. u
ii
......... mi. v:ui'-l Muriv-
The company will mnk-t
iri nri flirt 1.
i, am :t.s. of articles, including bicycle?
'!'!. King Whiskey Distilling Coin
H ' Salisbury, has changed its name
t .'ii" Jf. ,7. Hummers Company.
A Hinder "is grnnfed the Montreal
iiM'1 arid Biiildinf Com nan v. i.
r- ' -
i' .'!:' blocks, brick and tiles, capital
'-"!.. "O,0()0 ; Fleming Ramseur, f
:.lUy and others stockholders. An
: ; i- Hiarter is granted to the Newton
I'aiilJe Lumber Company, Elizabeth
;t, 10,000; F. A. . Addingtoir of
V. :,(. and other .stockholders.
Tin- county superintendent samp
son informs the State Superintend
' i i of Public Instruction that c-on-li.i'ts
liave been Jet for seven new
j.H,y schools and that four local tax
'i -'tioiis in school districts will be
l-Hd in a few days and that a i'avor
'!'! rcult is sure. When the board
neks next Monday three more pcti--M-
is for such elections will be prc
- I A first-class county high
--liool is to be established at Salem-ln;r-
nnil besides this more rural
-!". -Is are to he built.
C. Beck with of the State board
"I internal improvements sold the
Siatf arsenal in the corner of capita!
square hy order of the Legislature for
H , The building is 90 years old.
Tin- penitentiary authorities an
'in that John Bailey, a mulatto,
;tu'd 22, sentenced form Mecklenburg
i.i : December for 25 years for mur
!'i". escaped from the convict camp
' ar Godwin. A reward of $25 and
a!i lu-eessary expenses is offered."
A new company of the national
iMinrd has been organized at Shelby
to take the place of the one disband
ed last week for failure to appear
1' r inspection. It seems that the fail
ure to appear is owing to some local
t rouble. In a few days the new com
pany will be mustered in and will
i.-iao the old place in the regiment.
state Superintendent Joyner is no
mi" 1 by Superintendent Giles of Mc-Pov,i-li
that local tax elections wore
.!!iicd in two school districts in that
nn'v and that another is pending
v iili good prospects.
I i agricultural department is
TnaM'1": very complete arrangements
' i" its summer series of county insti-t:;?-s
for- farmers. These will cover
:!: than two-thirds of the State,
and very great care is to be taken
us making up a strong corps of field
v.:kers to conduct them. The de
ivi tnicnt is very much gratified by the
that from year to year interest
!- and attendance at these institutes
increased. The work of arrange-I:"-!it
is entrusted to State Yeterin
:"i;i!! Butler.
Two lives were lost on the Seaboard
Air Line at Norlina, Engineer N. S.
i:
! n drove his fast freight train
northbound into the tender and somc-
'is lifting engine in the yards a
i!i:u!- r of a mile the other side of
' a station. The engineer and his
t': n an B. F. Johnson were instanly
i and their engine utterly wrek-
Strange to sav the engineer and
l:i-.'jsn on the shifter were unhurt.
George Fox Kills Fred Muse.
:vneer, Special. Fred Muse, Col-
was shot and killed here early
fii'M-day morning by George Fox, a
! ''.v laborer at the Southern Rail
way cinder pit on the Spencer yards,
It
learned that Fox, who worked
i!e night shift went to sleep on
' and that Muse attempted To
kcii him by holding a lighted rag
his nose. This enraged Fox
a ijuarrel followed, which was
' ' id at intervals during the night.
A Big Eeal Estate DeaL
"ilkesboro. Special. One of the
i2e.-t real estate sales took place
J:e-e that has ever been made bv anv
ic.ividual in this section of the State
oer Company over 10,000 aces
- in. t i i m nur lanna iniw ihi u us i
VtrV fV-!Q YttIiJ-a stnV viAVMlloi find
" uic uuic van
litstnut on it and lies at the looti
a&d in the coves of the Blue Ridgg
" vt vvmvi3m ivf
NORTH CAROLINA CROPS
Condition. of North Carolina Crops
for tbe Past Wck as Given Out by
, the Departmeat Conditions, for
Week Ending Monday, May 6.
The weather was very favorable
during the past wek in most rt
pects. The temperature was slight
ly above normal, and the rainfall was
aUj somewhat above normal but was
unevenly distributed. Tuesday and
Wednesday were fair.
On Thursday and Friday heavy
rains fell in the eastern half of the
State and moderate rains in the west
ern half. These rains were in gener
al beneficial, but some correspondents
reiort too much rain, the effect be
ing to delay farming operations.
Some hail fell but no damage result
ed. The remainder of the week was
fair.
The temperature was highest on the
first two days of the week, and the
highest temperature rejorted was 90
degrees on May 1st in Lenoir County,
during the remainder of the week,
the temperature was moderate except
on Friday when the lowest tempera
ture was generally reported. A. II.
Tl issen, Section Director,
Greensboro Female College Com
mencement. Greensboro, Special. Folowing h
the programme of the exercises t the
commencement of the Greensboro Fe
male College:
Sunday evening, May 30. Sermon
before Y. W. C. A., bv the Key. W.
A. Lambeth.
Monday evening. May 20. Recital
by expression students.
Tuesday, May 21, at li a. nv-Bac
calaureate sermon by thfe Uev. W. J.
Young, I). I)., Richmond, Va.
Tuesday, 4 p. m. Alumnae even
ing. Tuesday, 8 p. in. Piano recital,
under the auspices of the alumnae
association, by Claude Hobcrson.
Wednesday morning. May 22, at
o'clock. Graduating exercises;
reading of theses; conferring certifi
cates, diplomas, Bibles, etc.
Literary address at 11 a. m., by Dr.
C. Alphonso Smith, University of
North Carolina.
Wednesday, 8:30 p. m. Annual
concert.
A most cordial invtt"
t?n !ed 10 ihe public, especially former
students, to attend these exercises.
Officers Seize 50-Gallen Still.
Fayctteville, Special. Saturday
iiijht Sheriff Watson with Deputy
Sheriff Culbreth seized one of the big
gest 'moonshiner" outfits ever cap
ti.rcu in this county, eoiaposin r a 50-g-i.'.'on
still and l,;sj0 g;'Ions of beer,
s'Lii-ted at ihe head of an iiuinense
.A.i berry s.v.,.-i iv. ih: i'det part
of Kocktish township. The blocka
ders were evidently resting at home,
but every thing was ready for the
ui.Jit work of turning ber into
whiskey.
Fatally Stabbed.
Wilmington, Special Sunday night
in the northern part of the city Geor
ge Brown and Robert Walker, an
adopted son of Maj. Andrew Walker,
an ollicer of the colored troops m
the Spanish-Americri war from this
State, became involved in a difliciuliy
v.iih the result that Walker stabbed
Brown to death, a long knife having
penetrated the 'breast between the
ribs in the region of the heart. BrownJ
ran a block and fell dead in the street
Walker, who is but 15 years of ags,
made his escape. Brown was 19. The
'oroner held an inquest at the city
hall and fixed the responsibility of
the killing on alker.
. North State Items.
A charter has been granted the In
vestment Company of Wilmington
Hugh McKae being the principa
stockholder, the capital stock bein
$200,000,
Corporation Commissioner Rogers
has gone to investigate complaints
made by persons at several points on
the line of the Transylvania Railway,
between Toxaway and liendersonvule
The Greensboro High School Ath
letic Association has decided that no
member of tbe high school baseball
or football teams will be allowed to
play until he has signed a pledge
stating that he will not under any cir
cumstances take a drink of whiskey
while he is away on a tri to play or
while the team is together for prac
tice.
State Veterinarian Butler has gone
to Tryon to investigate the cause or.
"danders existing there. It is a very
dangerous and deadly disease, and is
communicated io human beings. It
is the first case reported in oorth
Carolina in almost a year. This
State is remarkably free from it.
Huetand Held For the Murder of
Hi8 Wife.
Durham, N. C, Special. Laid out
for burial with ft photograph . of her-
Gutbrie colored; wai "found .in
I D6Q
i . , i l.Jl
snowea taai sue uau
Her husband. 4 Major' Guthrie, has
I npen RllVPlCU BUU vwmii
MARVIN BOY FOUND
His Dead Body Discovered By
His Father
ASSUREDLY HE WAS MURDERED
rheory Advance That Child Was
Murdered and Placed Where Pound
as the Marsh Had Eeen Burned Off
and Cleared Four Weeks Ago, and
Child's Clothing Ecre no Evidence
of Fire.
Dover, Del., Special. The body of
ittle Horace Marvin, wb c'isappear-
from the farm of his father at
tvitts Hammock, near her, March 4,
as found Saturday afternoon in a
marsh in a fair state of preservation.
lie spot where the body was found is
about a half mile cast of the farm
house toward the Delaware river. Kitts
lammoek is between seven and ei -lit
niles from here and is without com-
nunication with any place. From in-
ormation brought by a horseman it
s learned that the clothes on Ihe child
were the same as he wore on tho dnv
ie disappeared. The body was found
ying face downward.
Dr. Marvin at the moment the body
was found 'was not ready to say
whether the body of his child was
olaced where it was found or whether
ie believes the child wandered into
he marsh and lost his life. The
narsh was frozen over the day the
oy disappeared-.
lhere is a theory that the child
vas murdered and his body placed in
he marsh as the long rass where
the body was found was burned and
feared four weeks ago. It is said
ihe body lay under a pile of grass
ind that the clothing showed no evi-
ence of having
been touched by
ire.
Hunter Discovers Body.
The body was found by Ollie Pleas-
uton, a neighbor, who was gunning
i uucus uii me marso. lie liatl
be body bonie to the house and cov
ered with a sheet . Pleasanton has
igured in the case since Horace was
ost, having first reported that he had
een the two strange men who ap-
)graphy of the country three days be-1
. I
ore me disappearance.
When Oihe Pleasanton came upon
he child's body he found the cloth
ing intact. His tiny woolen reefer
Aas buttoned up securely about the
body and not an article of clothing
which he had on when he disappear
ed was missing. His knit cap was
pulled oyer his face and his mittens
vvere on his hands.
Dr. Marvin says he searched over
the same marsh nearly every cV.v
iinee the disappearance and with da-
tectiveg burned the grass of the place
four weeks Ago but gaw no signs of
lL . Jf . 1 'il 1
he body. -
The thenrv thai. bA nhild hna TPin
recently placed where he was found
is supported bv the fact that Dr. Mar-
vin as wjel! asdetcctives who stood on
fio crnf timir uaA thn. (n
sa"-e oras? from it Fm-tliPr than
this the marsh ' has been trampled
ver time and again within the past
veek by the neighbors and no sign
of the child was seen.
Dr. Marvin went on a run to the
place described by Pleasanton and
?ently picked up the little form, pull- ach $100,000 and the amount qi m
imr his caD from the face to make surance is not known at this time. The
sure that it was his boy. Being sat-
sfied that it was his son. the doctor
wrapped the remains in a sheet and
carried them to the house, where he
notified the familv
Mfit Wit rni Pi air
. . .
ur. jviarvin is convinced tuat his
son met with foul play. Shortly af
ter the body was found he said:
"Though 1 am unable to .examine
Horace closely until the coroner -ar
rives, I am certain he was murdered
his body brought ock and left ly-
mg in tne marsn io give uie impres-
?ion that he wandered out there and
iied. The clothing shoxved no signs
f being burned, as would undoubt-
edly been the case had the body lain
there when the fire swept over the
marsh."
Fonr Small Children Cremated.
West Branch, Mich., Special. Four
small children were burned vto death
m the home off Martin Campbell,
eight miles from here. Mr. and Mrs.
Campbell had gone to a dance a mile
away from their home, leaving their
six little ones locked in the house
Thev left a big fire in the stove and
in some manner this ignited the
bouse, which was destroyed. The
children were awakened by the
Sanies and the two oldest, aged S and
10 years, managed to escape. The
four smaller ones perished.
Double' Sentence For Wrecking
Church. - '
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Special, Peter
Savage and Joseph Chonowsky were
sentenced to three years imprison
ment in the Eastern penitentiary at
Philadelphia and to pay a fine of
$500 and costs "for wrecking - vith
dynamite the Welsh Congregational
church Edwardsville, near here, two
jears ago. Savageo confessed to. the
crime in court on Wednesday and im-.
lpUt4 Chonowiky,
FULLAM IN CHARGE
AmcricanOfficcr Takes Hand
in Affairs
OF SOUTH AMERICAN PROVINCE
Commander of United Stales Gunboat
Marietta at Puerto Cortez Orden
Arrest cf Chief of Police and Pat
rolman, Nicaraguan Officers and
Soldiers Fcllo-jring Brutal Assault
on Negro.
Puerto Cortex. "General" Davis,
coloredi was brutally assaulted at Pu
firto Cortez, April V?, by Kicaragauh
Soldier, and may die.
Commander Fullam, of the United
States gunboat Marietta, ordered 'th
arrest of Nicaraugan officers and sol
diers and if the man dies they will
be tried for murder. Fullam has as
sumed charge. Davis is not an officer.
His name is "General" and his home
is at Boye Station, Louisiana.
Commander Fullam 's order wCrc
shaxp, and decisive. "Arrest the chief
of police, and the policemen engaged
in the assault, put them in irons, and
sfehd them aboard ship. Arrest the
Nicaraugan officers au4 men engaged
in the assault and hold them for or
ders."
It was thought possible that an at
tempt would be made to release the
soldiers and . police captured by the
bluejackets, so men were landed from
theN Padueah to occupy Laguna and
additional men were landed from the
Marietta;
The Parucah moved to "a position
fronting the Nicaraguan cuartels
whilte the Marietta covered the cu.ir
tels in the port.
Captain Fullam, finding that the
civil authorities were incapable of
maintaining order, that the govern
ment of Tegucigalpa was a mere pro
visional agreement of certain leaders
and that so far gave no evidence of
stability, decided to ignore the au
thorities nnd recognize 1 he only or
ganized and disciplined force here iiri
der General Estrada, coniiniindiilg the:
Nicaraguan forces who had in the
meantime returned from ah outing.
The Nicaraugan officers and men
arrested were delivered by Captain
Fullam 's orders to General Estrada,
whn was auviV'i v- , t
held responsible. Notice was served
upon the Honduran and Nicharangau
authorities that reparation would be
demanded and punishment must be in
flicted on all of the perpetrators of
the outrage.
Hotel Carr-olina Burned.
Durham, N. C, Special The
Carr-olina, Durham's principal
hotel, was entirely destroy
destroyed by fire of unknown ori'
gin which was discovered in one of
be rooms in tbe nortb wing ftt 11:15
... vu, ,?Vf Ti,ar6 .orfl
"uta iuuiouoj mgui. -
between 50 and 75 guests in the hotel
and all escaped'without injury so far
as can be ascertained, though nearly
i i . i i.i i re i
t t"em lost tneir personal enecib.
For a time the entire block was
threatened and assistance was asked
of the Raleigh department, but the
local firemen mastered the situation
before this aid could arrive. The ho
tel was the property of Col. Julian S.
Carr and was under the management
of Mr. Alphonso Cobb. The loss will
hotel is located near the union de-
pot in the centre or tne town, n is
authoritively stated that no one was
injured tnougn there were several
narrow escapes. The hotel was erect-
ed in at a cost or ju,uuu. it
was insured for $40,000. The cause
of the fire cannot be learned.
Third Planting of Cotton in Louisiana
New Orleans, Special. A third
plantin? of cotton will be necessary
in Lincoln parish, Louisiana, on ae
eount of the unseasonable weatner.
Overflows caused by heavy rains are
the cause of the latest disaster to ihe
cron. The farmers' one ray of hope
jn the situation is jfiat the wet weath-
er has in some measure drowned out
the boll weevil.
Vails of Dam Give Way.
San Antonio, Tex.s, Special. A
special from Chinhnahua, Mex., says:
Without an instant's warning the
o-rpat wal's of the Chivnscar dam eave
way engulfing nearly 40 men under
in - - -- -
the enormous weight of masonry and
water, between 15 and 20 of whom
are dead, 13 injured and others un
accounted for. Some of the injured
will die. The disaster is only the last
of a large number which have recently
claimed nearly 200 victims in this
State, and mostly in the neighbor
hood of Chihuahua.
- George Fox Ki'Ja Fred. Muse,
Spencer, Specia' Fred Muse, col
ored. was shot sld killed" here early
Thursday morniug by George Fox, a
fellow laborer, at the Southern Hail
way cinder pit on the Spencer yards.
T i learned that Fox, who worked
9 tight shift, went to sleep while
on Auty and that Muse attempted to
awaken him by, holding a lighted rag
under his nose. This enraged Fox
and ft onarrel followed which was re
newed ftt intervals duXitjn tfef fcig&t,
. , fcr kit. --"'
A FATAL EXPLOSION
Death foTo vs In the Wake of
Fire Damp
BODIES OF THREE RECOVERED
Foot Other Men Entombed, Believ
ed Dead and Four Severely Burn
ed Disaster Occurred at WhippU
Minea in Leap Cretk District of
Wst Virginia in Shaft 450 Tcct
Deep.
Charleston, W. Va., SpciaL Three
men were kilkd, four were overtly
burned and four ethers are entombed
and probably dead as a icsuU of a
mine explosion at the Whipple Mines
in the Ieap Creek district Wednes
day afternooH. The tine dead m-.n
whose bodies have been recovered aic:
Hudson Heroes, niotrman.
L'rastus Wiley, sprinkler.
Ira Kelk'Y, driver.
The men missing who are suppos
ed to be dead are:
Iiobett Armstrong. Kateidi Tiuk r,
Charles Bergess and William Wilton,
nero.
Four injured men, who were taken
to the State Miners' II nital at M
veudree were: Henry Milton, whi'o.
stable bossi and three unknown
white men.
The mine where the explosion oc
curred is a shaft 450 feet deep. It has
two oenin;s and belongs to the Dix-s-n
interests, who also own ihe Stu
art Mine, where an explosion occur
red last January, that killed Sti :tv i:.
Ins explosion Wednesday after
noon occurred at about 3:.U o'clock
in the main return headi-,.- aoist
,200 feet from the foot of the shaft.
Many Women Hurt in Fire.
Chicago, Special. More than 100
arsons were penned in a burning
milding at 255 Wabash avenue, and
narrowly escaped with their lies.
' ully half of these icrsons were in
jured in the panic to escape, but none
is expected to die. Many of thoe
who were only slightly hurt made off
in tne contusion without assistance,
Several received their injuries whi!
assisting women from the building.
The buildinsr is a four-storv structure.
the first floor of which was occupied
nd the second flnJr L,
Lunch Club. The iSJuv Xmu
were unoccupied. The injured were
either patrons or employes of the
lunch club. The inside of the build
ing was burned out, causing a loss of
$50,000.
Capt. Bason Dead.
Charlotte, N. C, Special. Capt.
George F. Bason, well and favorably
known throughout this section died
at his home m Gastoma Wednesday
at 11 o'clock. At the time of his
death and for a number of years
Capt. Bason has been counsel for the
Southern Railway. He was 63 years
of age, served with bravery and dis
tinction in the Confederate army, wjs
a man of deep learning and great
popularity.
By Telegraph.
The Italian bark Orienta is ashore
and her crew is missing.
Atlantic City was "dry" and many
visitors were disgusted.
Stuyvesant Fish says the trouble
with Wall street is dyspepsia.
The Census Bureau will give Nash
ville her due3 in the matter of popu
lation. Mayor McCellan, of New York, has
made peace with Tammany.
News of the signing of a peac
compact between Salvador and Nica
raugua was received in Washington.
Name Camels After Roosevelt.
Washington, Special. W. W. new
ell and E. S. Truesdale, of Broome
county, New York, who have recently
been traveling in Europe and Africa
and elsewhere, .were among the Presi
dent's visitors. They told, the Presi
dent that he was the best known man
in theVorld and that. in Egypt they
found at least 10,000 camels named
after him.
Commission Rejects Report.
Richmond, Va., Special. In an
opinion nanded aown eneuu
the State corporation commission dis
disapproved and rejected the rejKsit
of a New York consulting actu
ary to the State insurance commis
sioner, at whose instance an investi
gation of the Life Insurance Com
pany of Virginia was conducted. The
cemmission has ordered that the re
cords of the hearing before the com
mission shall be kept as the only
true statement of the condition r
the affairs of the company to date.
May Pay Passes Quietly.
New York, Special. As has be?r.
expected May Day passed in New
York with little evidences of friction
between employes and employers.
There were some "small strikes in the
city and vicinity, but none of them
was of serious proportions of impos
sible of early settlement. Of thuie
the most important was directed
aginst the navigation companies op
erating coastwise steamers. "
A TEXASJflKTfitDO
Sweeps Several SmaQ Towns
Out of Existence
SOME LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED
Wind Assumes Prcpcrtlea of Tor
nado in Some Actions and Ettultt
in Deaths of Two ar.d Injury to
Many Other Fcrsona, Besides Grtat
Damage to Cattle.
Fort Worth, Tex., Sjcial A ttMa
wind and raia ubich was grura
throughout a eniderabl aira in
northern Texas, aud vhich at wm
jlacc a."Uind tb prvirtion ff a
tornado, avwrdiitjr to rcagre rrpuit
receited hr ha resulted iu lht h
of at lcat two Hcs tli injury if
many other ero!i, atul grfat ir.
a.'e ti projfrty and np. Sctitl
illafs arc viprd out, but b"C3 u
of the ptotratiou if Imth trlp!ione
and triumph wire, dclniis ate al
most :invible to obtain.
At Depont, one of he In;et vil
lacs in lamar-couiity, 20 milt from
I'aii", th loim paM-d uu1heatf
cutting a path aIout 1(H) yard wide
in the residence Hrtion on th fat
ide. The Baptit paniiape Kit
Mown to pieces, its timbers and the
furniture i-attercd over the ground.
K. 11. Brynoii'a residence was denud
ished and several other ieideiie
dama-ed. As far nn can Lc rcr
tained, no one was hurt at thi place.
Crops are badly damaged and many
fences and bat lis wre blow n aw ay.
It is lejHjrted that at Palebof,
in Red River county, the wife and
child of Andre Bell were hurt. A
teritlic wind pushed over Sulphur
Springs about '1 o'clock.
The damage iii Sulphur Spiinr wxa
t rival, but west of there the projtor
tioiis of a tornado, carrying death
and ureat pntci'ty damage in its
wake, were assumed. A passenger
train on the Cotton Belt was held en
by the train crew until the ntoiin
passed. The telephone and telegraph
wires in this section are down and
details of the torm arc almost im
possible to obtain.
At Antioch, or Pleasant (trove, &
it is also called, the whole village
was practically destroyed. Antioch
is about seven miles north of Sulphur
Springs. This is the tornado belt and
most of the homes arc provided with
"J!.1! rl'.n.rs' . -
was completely destroyed, 'entailing a
loss of about $10,000. Three barns on
the place were also destroyed and
many head of live stock killed. A
tenant on the place named Brazil,
with his family, consisting of his
wife and seven children, saw the
storm coming and made a run for a
cellar. Brazil was caught by the
wind and crushed by flying debris.
Five of the children reached the cel
lar in safety, but Mrs. Brazil and
two of the children were fearfully
hurt and fears are entertained for
their recovery.
The home of Joseph Feguson wns
destroyed and Mrs. rercruson was
damrerouel.V hurt by flying debri
Beu Pogues and his wife were blown
down, but it is thought they may re
cover.
Mrs. Sid lackey as hurt and wiU
probably die.
The village of Byid Wright was
entirely destroyed and it is known
tlaut at least one death occurred
there, although more may have been
fatally hurt. Crawford Martin and
Jap Conner were seriously wounded
and may die. ByTd ngnt is a vu
lae of. between 300 and 400 persons
and it is said to have been utterly
obliterated, with the exception of the
business section. Many of the towns
people were in that pail of tbe vil
lage and thus escaped deitb.
The Transport Logan Sails.
San Francisco. Special.The Unit
pd States transport Logan sailed
Monday afternoon for the Phili
pines, Honolulu and Guam, carrying
the Ninth Cavalry, (colored), with
the members of the families of the
married enlisted men, 250 members of
the Twenty-seventh Battery Field
Artillery, 200 recruits for Honolulu
and a few seamen for Guam.
Watson to be Given Hearing.
Washington, Special. Immigration
Commissioner Watson, of South Caro
lina will be given a hearing by the
national immigration commission in
Washington on Friday of this week.
Mr. Watson has been abroad a num
ber of times in efforts to interest a
desirable class of immigrants in the
opportunities afforded for work in
the southern Dart of the country and
tth nmmLssion is anxious to hear
from him. Six members of the im
migration commission are to sail for
Europe on May IS to pursue their iu-
veti?atkm into tne immigraiion
question.
Investigating Alleged Fertilizer Trust
Montgomery, Ala,, Special. Alleg
ing that there exists a fertilizer trut,
iniquitous in its operations in Alaba
ma, a legislative committer began
work Monday to investigate it. The
committee is headad by Senator M.
L.' Leith, who asserted in the Senate
some weeks ago that fertilizers of the
game grade and excellence made at
Florence, Ala., cost the Alabama-farmer
as much as that made at Baltimore.
Late JVcbus
In "Brief A
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I Hwoa mum or wmuT t
N'tftb Ta i?"t"l vfrlj fv3
ft trk!k n U'day affrrti.
ral tt twn- i ay,
Hv. Dr. J4 Wat- "Un VI
IjiTTn'!, &d at HH nr-i,
!. a, '( b'd i4nfci; ;., tiuu;
I from tRtUitt. tn Mi! fciflMI.
lt;trrrtsn dcj n r b'l
at the NatWi) TWfrsiUj itwrtui
iu Wabiejrlon city.
Tb trial William D. IIajwmJ,
the r leader, for tmm!r. n b
jrtiu m M twlay at lwt, 14 I .
Near MuUin, Sa ( en Monday a
Ccirta attrnipttsi rriuat sl oH er
on a vcni: eitl. He w t
death by a that t try in;
arret hmu
Srriou rioting ha l.ad 'o be tup-
prec in lUwabodi. lunjab.
Semi tf the ctew of the o tank
tean5r SiherJip weir ktHcd bv e-
hHu of KitUi0 aiMtu! nnd tb
other were teMel bv a painy
esMl.
Not than l.Hi eeentin hae
taken i A;,cr ui l'ti"ia a a teult of
dniinlond eui it -mart ial.
Tl: new trratv Wtween tb Fiiit-
ed State and Santo l,unn?t
ratified by the Ikmiuiciwi Senate.
The esplofcit.ii r-f a inwder map-
r.ine in Canton, China, killed num
ber of jenoiis and did imt&u
iamagr.
Ribcrt S. DirkMUi. aertifced of ab
ducting Madeline Deinpwy, datichtrr
of W. L. ImM, f Krederirk-
burg, left town after furnishing bail.
and a Washington detective wa un
able io loeate him.
Hollywood Memorial Aeialiou
electcl otHcer and made arrattg-
ment for Memorial Day obM-rvawa
in RieLmoud on June 3.
An oflical of the Independent
Watch Iralcrs Association brought
tire high tariff law home to Mr. Rooic-
velt iu a i.tiikii)g way.
A Kentucky thoroughbred and an
Arabian horse will take part in an
udurance test aeros the continent.
The text of the new German-A men-
can tariff agreement w-as laade public.
Ix'tteis fnun Re. J. C Conka. who
is accuseil of leaving Iiem1ead, I. I.,
with a 17-year-old girl, ire aaid to
on the verge of it grealet political
contest." Hughes and bi policies
forming the lonc of contentis.
F.dward Gibson, coIoismI, la a trial
lasting 17 myiutea, waa aantamaM i
12 years in prison and m rasaaia !
jail until the payment of 5,000 fine
practically a life sentence lor i-
tempting assault on a .ew wcrsey
girl. '
The reports of the auditors of tbe
Ilarrisburg capitol show tbst Sander
son & Co. made profits of 1,000 per
cent, and more on some of the fur
nishings they supplied.
On the pica of wishing to protect
the Italian immigrants on board. ,he
Italian Commissioner forced the bur
ial of an American woman at w who
had died of cancer.
A quarrel among labor union baa
caused a building tie-up in Philadel
phia which may throw 30,000 men
out of work.
An Austrian count was killed by a
pose in California in mistake for a
desjerado.
The Steuiunberg murder trial is ex
pected to begin at Boise City, Idaho,
next Thursday.
Railroads centering iu th Pitts
burg district have announced a con
siderable advance in freight rales east
of the Mississippi, effective June 1.
All records at Ellis Island were
broken more than 20,000 immigrants
landing in 24 hours.
Sir Geonre Gould Arbnthnot. bead ,
of Arbutbnot & Co., of Madras, India,
whose London house failed for a large
sum, has been arrested.
in the Imperial Conference by hold
ing out for freedom to put up tanu
barriers arinst British gwtfs u
deemed cxje:icnt.
Three cases involving freight rates
on cotton piece poods and cottn
- 4J t I.
waste from pomis iu me n.min .
New York and other Eastern joiuU
were argued before the inter-State
commerce commission. Tbe " eaea
were those of the Warren Maunfaet
uring Company and others f War
renville, 8. C- against tbe Soatbern
Railwav : James L. Quimby, of Lang
'v. S.'C against the Qyde Lw
Steamship Company and tbe River
side Mills, of Augusta, Ga against
tbe Southern Railway. Briefs were
filed and tbe eases wlil be taken into
consideration at an early date.
King Edward and President Fal
liers, of France met.
Directors of the Cotton Belt Rail
way in Texas held a meeting. J. W.
Maxwell, general superintendent, was
elected vice president and director,
vice W, E. Greene, resigned. Direc
tors elected are F. E- Britton, IL E.
Jarrell, St. Louis? W. C. Connor, Dal
las, Tex.; A. Cooper, T. J. Joiner,
Sherman, Tex.; James Garritty, Cor
eieana, Tex. - r
According to report J. Edward Ad
dict, is to finance the double-track
i ing cf the Siberian railroad, : i
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