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ASHE A FAILURE
Welborn, For That Reason,
Would Punish Drunken
ness Heavily But His
Bill Fails
SLIM ATTENDANCE RESULTS
IN BRIEF SESSMN Tnniv
.
Bill to Create a Historical
Commission-- Proceedings
of the House and Sen
ate Yesterday
Raleigh, N. C. Jan. 31 Senator
rVasley today introduced a bill for a
l.isrorical commission, to be composed
or rive members named by the Gover
nor to serve without pay, and ap
propriating five hundred annually to
)lk'Ct historical date documents.
Welborn, advocating a bill punish
ing public drunkenness heavily. He
declared prohibition in Ashe was a
failure. He said there had been nine
teen serious fights and two killings
from whiskey since prohibition was
established two years ago. The bill
was defeated.
All the important bills were postpon
ed until next week on account of the
slim attendance.
THE SENATE.
The Senate met at 11 o'clock and
Rev. J. P. Goode prayed. Senator Gil
liam's desk was adorned with a beau
tiful bouquet of roces.
Senators Vann, Warren, Richardson,
Hunter, Walker, Bellamy, Holton,
Henderson. Blaw. London and Conlv
were granted leave of absence when
Gov.-Turner remarked. "It is honed
that he" Senators -would-leave a quo
ruin. Numerous temperance petitions
v.era"'6ffered.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Justice: For the relief of R. L. Nich
ols, of McDowell.
Justice: For the relief of Wm. McD.
Burghan, ex-Sheriff ofMcDowell.
Pharr: To regulate :ourt terms in
.Mecklenburg.
Sherrill: To appoint J. P's. for Co
lumbia, Tyrrell county. Baldwin: To
amend the revenue act of 1901. Biaw:
To incorporate the town of Fountain
in Pitt. Conley: To regulate the length
of fences in McDowell. Thayer: To
prohibit the manufacture and sale of
liquor in two miles of Stoney Fort
hureh in Montgomery. Mann: To es
tablish graded schools at Swan in
Marten. Burton :Tn ampnd chantpr
750, Public Laws 1901 in regard to I
amend Chapter 438. Law 1897 regard- ;
ing schools in Rockingham. j
BALDWIN DIVORCE BILL. j
At the expiration of the morning '
hour the Baldwin bill to allow all di- j
von ed persons to re-marry came up on j
its third reading. Mr. Henderson said i
that he was satisfied that all the di
vorces in North Carolina granted for
abandonment were unconstitutional
and void because these legislative acts
provided that divorces could be se
uired for causes that occurred before
thp passage of the act. He believes that
if a proper case was taken to the Su
preme Court that that court would so
declare. He moved to amend the bill j
bv renealine chanter 277 acts 1895 and I
i hapter 211. Laws 1899, which would
take away abandonment as a cause for
divorce. Mr. Baldwin said that he was
(Continued on second page.)
CZAR GIVER STONY
GLARE BJf BULGARIA
Great Sea of Ice Has Arisen
Between Ferdinand and
the Russian Court Over
Curt Refusal
Vienna, Jan. 31. A coolness has
arisen between the Bulgarian and
Kussian courts as the result of the re
fuscii of Prince Ferdinand to comply
with the request of the Czar. The
latter recently requested Ferdinand to
'lismiss the Bulgarian war minister,
i'aperikoff, and give the post to the
Russian general, Dimitrofu.
Ferdinand refused and the Czar tel
egraphed that the refusal was dis
pleasing to the Belgrade and Servian
government, and then ordered 150,000
" alerproof military cloaks and a hun
ircd and fifty batteries for an unex
pected Macedonian campaign.
DEFINITELY DECIDED.
The Highland Park Co. Will Build Its
New Mill Here.
As the News has indicated in several
articles within the past week or ten
uays, me Highland Park Manfo,tm
'I-. "I ... . ""iUlUI IU1
j me umpany will locate its new mill
nt-ai ims city,
j There -was a meeting of prominen
I oiuLnuuiuers or tms corporation held
I yesterday afternoon at which time this
mailer was definitely disposed of.
While other points were exceedingly
an.xjous for the big mill, Charlotte
wanted it and Charlotte got it. This
success usually follows when Charlotte
people unite and go after anything.
the Highland Park Comnanv's nf-
mill will be located on the Wadsworth
, ana iegram tarm, two miles to the
j North of the citv. Bv
.tails of which have been nnl.lisheri in
j the News, the Highland Park Manufac-
uinng company will fall heir to that
present city water shed and the water
jittLe me Dig corporation said it must
nave water if It decided to locatp irs
mm here and water it shall have.
In speaking of the new mill Mr. C
W. Johnston states that the work of
building will begin at once, probably
by the 15th of February. The plant,
wnen reauy to begin operation will re
present an outlay of $450,000 and will
be one cf the most complete in the
country. It will contain 30,000 spindles
land 1,200 looms.
The News learns that the new mill
will manufacture high grade ginghams
it is noped that the nlant will hp.
ready for work by the first of January.
if there is no hitch probably by the
nrst or October
Gold-Plated Axe Gift to Roosevelt.
Washington, Jan. 31 Some friend
I of the President interested in his tree
! cutting experiments has sent him an
j axe. The blade has a razor edge and
i me neaa is goia-piatea. The axe was
made especially for the President, and
is guaranteed to make short work of
any tree. As soon as the President's
injured wrist fully regains its strength
he will try it.
MR.MULLEN WILL
IDT BE DISTURBED
Rpppcc Annnintmpnt Will Rp
nt3UCbb rtHr,U,,,imeni VVm De
Made and irr Meantime He
is Postmaster On
Probation
Postmaster Jonas W. Mullen return
ed today at noon from Washington.
Though the train was late and the
other passengers were disgruntled,
there was no worry depicted on the
postmaster's face. On the other hand
he was as happy as a song bird and it
was, really with some effort he re
strained himself.
The News yesterday afternoon bulle
tined the cause of Mr. Mullen's joy. He
is to retain his position, at least he is
to be placed on a probation plank
While it is a different plank from the
spring, it is none the less a probation
Plank and all kinds of fuses and explo-
sives are said to be underneath.
At any rate, Mr. Mullen is perfectly
willing to roost above this dynamite
an( that is all there is to it.
To the gentlemen who have been
camping on ivir. iuunen s trail it mignt
as well be said now that it is time to
call the dogs off and put down the gun
for, the game has gottan out of reach
at least for the time being.
P. S. Mr. Jake F. Newell is visiting
a very wealthy friend in Philadelphia.
Mr. D. Kirby Pope and a photograph
t tne aiaaison postmaster were seen
together today.
Mr. Edw-ard M. Bell reports freight
traffic on the Seaboard Air Line as
on the increase.
Mr. Geo. B. Hiss is visiting cotton
mill people in New York.
Revere's Picture for $300.
Boston, Jan. 31. The feature in the
library sale at Libbie's today was a
copy of Paul Revere's picture, '"The
Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King
j Street, Boston, on March 5, 1770, by a
party of the Twenty-ninth Regiment,
engraved, printed and sold by Paul
Revere, Boston."
This copy, in a temporary frame,
sold for an even $300. It is the original
colored engraving, the "10 o'clock" is
sue, with good margins outside the
plate mark. The highest price ever paid
for this engraving was $800 for the
French copy, but that was in almost
perfect condition. The May print can
be made a very good copy in the hands
of an expert, but at present a small
portion of the upper left-hand corner
is torn off, a few words of the first
verse have been eaten away, there is
a tear six inches long into the print,
and it is also somewhat stained.
Bad Luck to Guard President?
Washington, Jan. 31. Frank H.
Tyree, one of the Secret-Service men
assigned as the President's bodyguard,
is seriously ill, and may not rscover.
Tyree succeeded William Craig, who
was killed in the accident at Pittsfield,
Mass., last September, in which the
President had a narrow escape, and
Secret-Service men fear that the posi
tion carries with it bad luck. Craig had
taken the place of George Foster, who !
was with President McKinley when he
was shot at Buffalo.
f-HAKLOTTE. N- C
linnnp m r- r-t
nllnbL I HAINhK IS
KILLED BY WOMAN
He Attempted to Force an En
trance to Her Home While
Her Husband Was
Away
PLUCKY WOMAN PUTS
BULLETS IN HIS HEAD
He Had Refused to Heed the
Warnings From Her Hus
band and Received His
Just Deserts
San Antonio. Tex.. Jan. 31. M 7T
alias "Jack" Crawford, a horse train
er and race track attache- was shot
and instantly killed yesterday at the
home of Otto Spruke, in this city.
Crawford was attemntin-a to hrfiak
down the front door of the house, and
after refusing to heed warnings to
leave, Mrs. I. S. Spruke opened thtN
door and fired five shots, two bullets
taking effect in Crawford's head, kill-
ng mm instantly.
It was the second time Crawford
had attempted to seek entrant tn
the house and both times the woman
w as alone in the house.
LITTLE MEN FORM A CLUB.
Deeds of Valor bv Pe rsOns of Small
Stature to be Heralded.
New Haven, Conn.. Jan. 31. The
little men of Yale who have not height,
weight nor strength enough to make a
football team of varsity caliber have
come into- prominence bv forminir a
'Peewee Club" for social purposes, mu
tual admiration and to make the va
lorous deeds of men of small stature.
No student of more than five feet
five inches is eligible to membershop.
The charter members number eight, all
seniors.
It is learned that the subject of dis
cussion at the first session of the
eewees will be traits ancTpeculiarities
of the pigmies of South Africa.
Wall Street Fire Creates AJarm.
New York, Jan. 31. A combustion
of acid gases in a laboratory on Wall
street caused a fire shortly after the
noon hour today which created all
kinds of excitement. Three alarms
were turned in as soon as it was
known that the United States had for-
million dollars of gold and silver
com m the building, though at no
time was the blaze beyond control. The
flames were finally extinguished with
only nominal damage.
Wounded the Major's Feelings.
Washington, Jan. 31. Information
u. "z;1.
has been received at the War Depart-
or Gen. Geo. W. fiavis.
commanding the Division of the
Philippines, has preferred charges
against William C. Rogers of the 27th
infantry for using disrespectful lan
guage to the commanding general of
the Philippines.
M. I. Townsend Critically lil.
Troy, Jan. 31. Hon. Martin I. Town
send, one of Troy's reading citizens and
oldest living member of Renssalaer
county bar. is critically ill with bron
chial pneumonia at his residence in
this city. He is in his ninety-third
year.
fl HITS RADICALS
IN A TENDER SPOT
Congressman From North
Carolina Utters Truth That
Strikes Home -The Staff
Corps Bill Passes
Washington, Jan. 31. The Senate to
day passed without objection the bill
providing for the establishment of a
general staff corps in the army. The
bill has already passed the House.
Credentials of Senators O. H. Platte,
of Connecticut and J. M. Gallinger, of
New Hampshire were received and
placed on file in the United States Sen
ate this morning. The House bill pass
ed providing for the care and improve
ment of Confederate mound in Oak
wood cemetery in Chicago.
Mr. Pou Hits Bull's Eye.
Washington, Jan. 31. When the
House reassembled at noon in legisla
tive session today the postoffice ap
propriation bill wras considered in com
mittee of the whole.
Pou (Dem. N. C.) spoke on the ques
tion of trusts. He said the Republican
party was greatly worried, that it de-
sired to pass trust legislation that
would not hurt the trusts and was
hopeful it would be able to fool the
people."
- SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY
1 A r s i i ii . a . t .
rLJI ATFXT IC
Rich Young Lawyer and Southern!
Beauty Pass Away.
Pittsburg, Jan. 31. A young pair
who eloped from Lineolnton, N. C,
last Christmas died here within a day
of each other. The circumstances are
mysterious and will be Investigated.
The elopers were John Steel and
Miss Maria Hotchkiss.
The young man's father is Col. W.
C. Hotchkiss, a wealthy tobacco plan
ter. Mr. Steel was a member of the bar
of North Carolina and was wealthy.
They had long been friends, and it was
understood that they were to marry
but Col. Hotchkiss insisted that his
daughter was too young. Miss Hotch
kiss was but eighteen and a noted
beauty.
It was on Christmas morning that
they disappeared. Neither left any
word behind. A week later a friend told
their families he had seen them in
Pittsburg, and that they had told him
they had been married. Their deaths
occurred two weeks ago, but the facts
have only just become known.
Carnegie Will Aid Colleges.
Washington, Jan. 31. Andrew Car
negie has broken away from his iron
clad rule to give nothing to public pur
poses except to libraries, and the
amendment has been made in the in
terest of a Georgia institution
He has promised to give half of the
sum necessary for the rebuilding of
Hamilton College, at Hamilton, on
condition that the friends of the insti
tution give the other half. Some time
ago the college building was destroyed
by fire. Representative Adamson. who
is much interested in the institution,
begin correspondence with Mr. Car
negie, asking aid. Several letters pass
ed, the multi-millionaire at first being
indisposed to change his plan of giv
ing. Finally Judge Adamson persuaded
mm that he might make an exception
in cases or college buildings which had
been destroyed by fire. The college
needs $lo,000. Mr. Carnegie will give
?7.500 if the Georgians raise a similar
fund.
Rich Philadelphian Dead.
Fhiiadelphia, Jan. 31. Edward
Richie Strawbndge, head of the big
Philadelphia department store firm of
Strawbndge & Clothier is dead, at
Thomasville, Ga. He was thirty-eight
years old.
Shot and Killed Her Husband.
Hazleton, Jan. 31. Mrs. Adam
Reichert shot and killed her husband
during a drunken quarrel last night.
Jealousy was the cause.
THESE BUfiCLSRS.
PLAYED 1 LUCK
jThey Overhaul Store of W. G.
Shoemaker and Get Away
With Much Money
and Gold Watch
The store of Mr. W. G. Shoemaker on
North Davidson street was entered last
night by burglars and the safe blown
open and robbed. The burglars made
a lucky haul, getting about $250 in cash
and a gold watch worth $25.
Mr. Shoemaker and his two sales
men attsnded the Crittenton meeting
last night and as they returned home
stopped in the store for a while. About
eleven o'clock they left the store and
went to their rooms. Mr. Shoemaker
rooms two or three doors below the
store. C. M. Furr, one of the clerks,
rooms just across the street in front of
the store.
Sometime after he had retired Mr.
Furr was awakened by a muffled,
rumbling noise. He got up and looked
out but saw nothing wrong and went
back to bed. The lights are left burning
in the store every night and these were
burning as usual when Mr. Furr looked
out. He dosn't know what hour it was
but presumes it was about two o'clock
as he thinks he had been asleep some
time when the noise awoke him. A key
had been tried in the front door of the
store and was left in the lock. Not be
ing able to open it in this way they had
prized it open with a chisel. After get
ting into the house they had evidently
opened the windows at the back of the
house as these wrere found open this
morning. This was no doubt done to
give them an easy mode of exit if dis
covered. The usual method of the ex
pert cracksman was used to open the
safe. The entire front was blown off
and books and papers scattered every
where. The sound had been muffled by
spreading an overcoat which Mr. Shoe
maked had left in the store cvat the
safe.
Mr. Shoemaker stated to the News
man this morning that he had not
made a deposit since the 26th inst.,
hence the large amount of money in
the safe. The work is evidently that
of experts.
Mr. Shoemaker states that he had
seen no suspicious characters, no one
that he could in any way associate
with .the robbery, about the store.
Some small change was scattered on
the floor and a few cents were, left ,m
the safe but they practically made a
clean sweep.
Mr. Furr was the first to go to the
store this morning and he at once di
vined that something was wrong. He
went immediately to the safe and saw
that it had been blown open. Mr.
Shoemaker and the police were at
once notified. No arrests have
made up to this time, .;;
1903.
II
Archbishop of Melitine,friend
of Pope, Meets Death By
Falling Down the
Stairs
GREAT ANXIETY FELT FOR
GUNARD LINER LUCANIA
Two Drowned and Several
Missing in Collision Be
tween Warship and a
Torpedo Boat "
Rome Jan. 31. Monsignor Keeker,
Archbishop of Melitine and secretary
of St. Peters, was instantly killed to
day by falling down stairs at his home.
He was seventy-eight years old. The
Pope was greatly shocked when he
heard cf the untimely end of Keeker,
who was a close friend of his holiness.
Rebel to be Hanged.
Capetown. Jan. 31 The punishment
of the Cape rebels for lawlessness dur
ing the war is completed and it is de
cided that a rebel named Visser shall
hang for treason and murder while the
war was in progress.
Sultan in Hard Lines.
Tamgioers, Jan. 31 Pessimisstic
ieports nave reached here regarding
me ngnting between the forces of the
Sultan and pretender at Fez. It is al
so reported that the Sultan's war min
ister has deserted to the pretender.
Fatal Collision.
Corfu, Jan. 31. The British cruiser
Pioneer collided with a torpedo boat
destroyer in the Mediterranian off here
Two sailors were drowned and thirteen
are missing.
Anxiety for Lucania.
Queenstown, Jan. 31. The Cunard
liner Lr.cania, due here yesterdav af
ternoon is not yet sighted and skm'.e
anxiety is felt. The White Star liner
Cymrick arrived yesterday evening and
reports a mild passage and this is caus
ing' uneasiness regarding Lucania as it
indicates that the weather conditions
are not responsible for the delay.
Queenstown, Jan. 31. The Cunarder
Lucania was sighted off Fastnet this
afternoon. '
Germany's Attitude.
Berlin, Jan. 31. Count Lamsdorf.
Russian minister of foreign affairs, has
obtained from the German Chancellor,
Von Buelow, a statement as to what
attitude Germany will take in the
event of tributes in Macedonia in the
spring. Russia has also addressed a
similar inquiry to England and Italy.
but what attitude the countries in
questicn will take is not made public.
France Gets in the Game.
Washington, Jan. 31. Pierre De
Margarie Charge d'Affaires of France,
had a long conference with Secretary
Hay this morning, after which he stat
ed that France would insist that such
portions of her claims against Vene-
uc.a as nave iiul jicl ueeu aujusieu
all be treated upon an equal basis with
those of Germany, Great Britain and
Italy.
PLUMS FOR THE
SENATE T0C0 HFI R M
Teddy Sends in Several Nomi
nations Rep. Rumple of
Iowa Dies in Chicago
Hospital
Washington, Jan. 31. The President
sent the following nomination to the
Senate today:
William H. Bishop, of Connecticut
to be United States Consul at Kenoa,
Italy.
John M. Holzendorf, of Georgia, to
be collector of customs of the District
St. Mary, Ga.
John Rosier, of Virginia, to be col
lector of customs of the District of
Tappahannock, Va.
Charles H. Senseney, of West Vir
ginia, to the suryevor of customs for
the port of Wheeling.
Iowa Representative Dead.
Members of the Iowa delegation in
Congress were notified today of the
death of Representative John Nich
olas William Rumple, of the Second
Iowa district. He died this morning at
St. Luke's Hospital in Chicako, of can
cer. Rumple was serving his first term
and declined a renomination last fall
owing to ill health. He has been suffer-
injr from cancer a lone time and his ill-
HEWS ID
VEIWS
been ness prevented him attending this ses
I sion of Congress.
WANT AMERICAN COLLECTOR.
Venezuelans Oppose Belgium
as
Customs Agent.
Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 31. State
ments in a cablegram published here
that Belgium, through its Carge
d Affaires, will be charged with the ad
ministration of the custom houses
which will be turned over as a guar
anty for the payment of foreign claims
and the collection of the duties, were
not welcomed by foreign merchants
here nor by Venezuelan bankers, im
porters and high German officials.
Several prominent persons declared:
"We would prefer an American bank
to Belgium, as that is not an indivdu
ahty. Moreover, Belgium has claims
against Venezuela just the same as
other nations, and is thus an interest
ed party."
It was added that Belgium had a
tainted claim in connection with the
Caracas waterworks, in which Crespo
and his men were compromised. For
this reason and others an American ad
ministrator of customs is preferred
Spinners Out on Strike.
Danielson, Conn., Jan. 31. The Elm
ville wollen mills of this place closed
Friday because of a strike of spinners.
Because of a misunderstanding by the
discharge of a boy time-keeper and
desire of the spinners for more wages
they went out. Some eighty employees
are out of work as the mill was de
pendant on the spinners.
Coal Miners Homeless.
Tazwell, Va., Jan. 31. At Richland
yesterday twenty dwellings, owned by
the Clinch Valley Coal and Iron Co.,
were burned and one hundred people
are being cared for by the citizens.
Many had household goods insured.
The loss is $20,000.
Ice Gorge Stops Trains.
Williamsport, Jan. 31. There is a
big ice gorge in the Susquehanna river
at Renovo Point and tracks are under
water for five miles. The train service
has been annulled.
YAQUI INDIANS
SLAYAMERICANS
Names of Five of the Victims
of Uprising Are Known and
These Are Only Small
Per Cent.
Phoenix, Ariz.. Jan. 31. Teleeranhic
information from Cananea eives au
thentic details of a bloody Yaoui up
rising in which several Americans
were killed.
J. J. McAllister, Frank Pendleton.
Sam Marshall, Ed. Schultz and Ed.
Cavill were among the American vic
tims, all formerly residents of Arizona.
Several hundred Yaqui Indians at
tacked the town of Sanmar Isle and
waged fierce battle for two or three
hours but finally were driven back with
heavy loss. But the defenders suffer
ed almost as seriously as the advices
received indicate that the Ave Ameri
cans named are only a small percent
age. VENEZUELANS WERE READY.
Expected Lifting of Blockade When
Disagreement Came.
Paris, Jan. 31. A Matin special from
Caracas says:
"M. Citters, the Dutch Charge
(9'Affairpq hat nsei-mprt hi- rfnHco Tho
111 "l1" lhJ
rising of the blockade was expected
hourly when the news was received of
the refusal of the allies to place the
claims of other powers on the same
footing as their own. This again per
turbed Government circles and the
populace of La Guayra. The customs
authorities, however, are continuing to
re-organize the service. The dock la
borers are impatient to resume work.
"Gen. Manuel Hernandez, leader of
the Nationalist party, yesterday un
derwent a surgical operation which was
quite successful."
Crittenton Meeting.
Mr. Crittenton will preach in Tryon
Street Methodist church at 11 a. m.
There will be a men's meeting in the
Academy of Music to be addressed by
Mr. Crittenton and Miss Barrett at 4
p. m.
At 7:30 p. m. Mr. Crittenton will
j speak to men only in Tryon Street
Methodist church and Mrs. Barrett will
address the ladies in the Second Pres
byterian church. The closing service
of the series will be on Monday night
in Tryon Street Methodist church.
Highly Complimented.
The singing of Miss Johnnie Sturdi
vant and Mrs. H. S. Bryan ia the
Sacred Concert Thursday night has
been highly complimented. They
sang, with the"" choir, "The Angels'
Song. Miss Sturdivant also
"From Thy Love as a Father."
sang 1
No Strike in Paw Creek.
Capt. J. F. Wilkes says that it is a
mistake as to there being a strike
at the Capps gold mine. He says that
he had discharged Mr. Griffin, the
News' informant, and that he manu
factured the story out of revenge.
Mr. Boyce Improving.
A 'phone message from Dr. Munroe
this afternoon states that Mr. Boyce
is still improving and that his condi
tion is very satisfactory.
NO,
THE COUNTY ROME
PROPERTY IS SOLD
Tha Highland Park Company
Buys 192 Acres of Land
About Three Miles East
of Charlotte
MAY PLAN TO BUILD
ANOTHER BIG MILL
The Consideration Was $14,-400-HomeWillBe
Built
By The County
Elsewhere
The County Home property to the
east of the city has been sold to the
Highland Park Manufacturing Com
pany. The trade
was made this morning-
Mr. J. H. Weddington represented the
county and Mr. C. W. Johnston, the
Highland Park Company.
The County Home property consists
of 192 acres. The price paid was $75
an acre or 14,400 for the tract.
For some time past it has been , the
desire of the board of county commis
sioners, especially of the chairman, Mr.
J. H .Weddington, that the County
Home property be disposed of and the
county purchase a site where the land
could be secured for a much less rate,
per acre, than the present property
sold for. While no site has been defi
nitely decided on Mr. Weddington
states the county will not find much
trouble in locating the Home in a de
sirable section of the county and that,
too. not far removed from Charlotte.
The question naturally arises:
"What will the Highland Park Com
pany do with 192 acres of land?"
It will be remembered that this com
pany was anxious to start a cotton seed
oil refinery last fall. For several
f easons thiieaierprlse was not started. ;
at the time. A suitable house could '
not be secured and then, too, it was
late In the season and a large quantity
of the seed had already been marketed.
This oil refinery company was capi
talized at $100,000 and it is useless to
add that all of this amount was imme
diately available.
While none of the stockholders of
the Highalnd Park Company would be
interviewed,, it is practically certain
that a big oil refinery will be located
on the County Home property. In oth
er words the Highland Park Company
will, in the near future, expend in
building and equipping new mill3 in
Charlotte, more than $600,000.
It is a fact that Charlotte is very
much indebted to the corporation for
its extensive plant already located here
and with the building of two ether
plants, the Queen City will be thrice
indebted to the Highland Park Manu
facturing Company.
In this connection it might not bs
out of place to state that Mr. C. W.
j Johnston, the very efficient secretary
and treasurer of the Highland Park
Company, is largly responsible for the
splendid success this corporation has
met with. Mr. Johnston is conceded
to be one of the best equinped mill
men in the country and Charlotte is
proud of him.
Clothes on the Rivsr Bank.
New Orleans, Jan. 31. Patrolman
Dunn, of the harbor police, this morn
ing found a bundle of clothing on the
river bank. In it was a note-book, on
the first page of which was written,
"Please direct to George W. Conley,
care of Smith & Co.'. No. 417 Race
street, Philadelphia, Pa."
LONG'SCOWl
Ex-Secretary Subject to De
lirium But There is-Still
Ground For Hope of His
Recovery
Boston, Jan. 31. The following bul
letin was issued at lOOthia morning
at St. Margarets Hospital: "Mr. Lone
passed a comfortable night and took
an adequate amount of nourishment.
His condition; this morning shows no
noticeable change."
Just before leaving for Bingham this
morning Dr. Spooner said that ex
Secretary Long's mental condition was
little changed from what it bad been
during the past ten days. He is subject
to periods of delirium when he fails
to recognize thofce about him, even his
nearest and dearest friendds and then
is more normal and so long as this re
mains true there will continue to be
ground for hope that the patient will
recover.
0-CH IKE
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