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01 COLLI!
RAINS ON S, A, L,
LET
SOUTH OF HAM
fast rasseiigci naui iiu, uu ana
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Collide ith Fearful Results.
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Engineers, riremen, bonduc'
tors and Baggage -Master Killed
CHARLOTTE, N C, TUESDAYNEVENING, JANUARY 30, 1906.
FR1CE:3CENTS
ENGLANL NORS CHRISTIAN.
Windsor Cast.c Bell Will Be Tolled
87 Times Representing the Years of
the Father of England's Queen.
By Associated Press.
London, Jan. 30. King Edward ar
rived here this afternoon and Queen
Alexandria proceeded to Sandring
nam, where she will remain until she
goes to Copenhagen to attend the fun
eral of her father, King Christian.
King Edward will open, parliament in
person, but the Queen will not be pres
ent and the state pageantry will prob
ably be curtailed. The bell in the tower
of Windsor Castle on the day : of
the funeral will be tolled 87 times,
representing the years of King Chris
tian's life.
FREDERICK I IS
GOV. GLENN INVITED.
r issued for Home for Dis
abled and Aged Railroad Men.
V, T. Rodman to Succeed Cap
tain Handy. Committee of Bar
Association in Session.
Sn(yi;l1 to Hit' -NCWS.
Raleigh, Jan. 30. Meager informa
tion has been received ot tne head-on
lision between Hamlet and Colum
bia of the Seaboard Air Line's fast
passenger train Xo. 66, northbound,
and a southbound local freight. The
endneers. nremen ana conductors on
toth trains were killed also the ex
press messenger and the baggage mas
ter of the passenger train and several
passengers were injured. The passen
ger train was in charge of Engineer
John Robinson, of Raleigh, and Con
ductor Vv'hitehurst of Richmond.
A charter has just been issued by the
secretary of state for the Home for
;ne Disabled and Aged Road Men, an
institution which it is proposed to es
tablish at Greensboro for disabled and
aged railroad men. There is no capi
tal stock, the company being author
ized to raise money by subscription
for the purchase of lands, erection of
necessary buildings and for mainten
ance. The incorporators are J. B.
White, J. G. May and R. E. Davis.
The resignation of Capt. A. P. Adrian
o! Wilmington, as inspector of small
arms practice for the second regiment
to received in the office of the ad
jutant general today. A commission is
issued to Y. T. Rodman as captain of
Company G, second regiment, "Wash
ington, to succeed Capt. Handy, reamed.
The executive committee of the
North Carolina Bar Association was in
session here several hours last night
considering the question of the time
and the place for the annual session
;o be held during the next summer.
Secretary J. Crawford Biggs gave out
ii statement that no announcement
o: the place selected would be made
mil satisfactory special rates, hotel
and railroad have been secured for
aembers attending. The members of
tie committee in attendance were Ed.
Chambers Smith, Clement Manly, T. T.
Hicks. ex-Judge W. S. O.B. Robinson
ad Crawford Biggs.
There has just been issued from the
press of the Star's printers, the report
of W. B. Rodman as agent for the sale
of the State swamp lands, it being
made in the State board of education.
I' reviews the origin of the title of the
State board to these lands lying in
eastern counties, namely: Dare, "Wash
ington, Hyde, Pamlico, Craven, Car
terett, Jones.. Onslow, Pender, Bruns
wick, Columbus, Xew Hanover, Bladen,
beson and Richmond. As the lands
a the last six of the report says !
There were larce tracts of swamp
fends in all of these counties" but it has
impossible . so far to get any ac
hate information as to them or the
title. We have made several contracts
to have them investigated but so far
j without success. There is the Anglo
lands of 50,000 acres in Pender
wanty; the Allison-Vedder lands 200,-
acres in Pender countv. the Allison-
Vedder lands 200,000 acres in Jones
m"iiy: the Allisnn-Vedder lands
500,000 acres in Jones county: large
fly, ctcreaEffi unknown, in OnslOW,
Gther counties aie mentioneed
as containing State Lands.
Rodman has been unable to have
Jwm definitely located. The principal
Mings in Hyden county, 125,000 acres
Jas sold several years ago to the Real
Jate Improvement Co., of "Wilmmg-
cl- Rodman rennrts sales during the
M two years aarzreeatins $14,345. In
inclusion ho rwnmmsnHc thnt'ihfire
. ii'.. 1 V 1,11 II 1111 Vjll.JU "
.i.v, iiaia lion lJ ha. uiuio -'-'
aml' the title of the state board to the
dS it Claims
Committee From Manufacturers' Club
of High. Point Invite Hlin.x
Special to The News.
Raleigh, X. C, Jan. 30. Col. West
oott Roberson, C. F. Tomlinson, J. H.
Harris are here today from Hierh Point
.ffs a delegation from the Manufactur
ers' Club. The Club of that place ex
tend to Governor Glenn and his per
sonal staff an invitation to be guests
of honor at the anual banquet of the
club February 14. The Governor ac
cepts and will be the principal-speaker.
MOB FREES PRISONERS.
TODAY PROC
LAIMED
KING
OF
DENMARK
Mantle of Denmark's Beloved Old
King. Falls Upon the Shoulders
of his Eldest Son,' who is Pro
claimed as Frederick the
Eie-hth. '
Shoot Down Sentries, Break Open
Cells and Liberate all Political Pris
oners. By Associated Pres. -
Riga, Livonia, Jam 30. A mob at
tacked the jail here today, shot down
the .sentries, broke open the cells and
liberated all the political prisoners.
Half a company of soldiers are located
in the building, but. so rapid and unex
pected was the action of the mob that
their purpose was successfully carried
cut. .
WATER IS POISON.
Lady at the Age of 74 Says That for
Forty-eight "Years She Hasn't Drunk
It.
Kansas City, Jan. 30. "Water
make's me sick; sometimes the mere
sight of it nauseates me."
That is the reason Mrs. Sarah Millis,
aged seventy-four, of Ogden, Utah,
gives for not having drunk water for
forty-eight years. Mrs. Millis 'is visit
ing her daughter Mrs. J. F. Rawlins.
"My abstinence from water is not a
matter of rule," Mrs. Millis said to
day. "I simply don't care for water as
a beverage, .and after having gone
without it for a few months and suf
fering no ill effects I got so that I
never thought of drinking it any more
than I would think of taking poison.
And it is a sort of poison to my sys
tem. "When I was a little girl I remem
ber that often a glass of water would
inake me deathly sick."
"What do you drink as a substitute
for water?" was akked of Mrs. Millis.
"Tea, coffee, lemonade and, in the
summer I drink beer, but even of these
I drink sparingly. When I am not feel
ing well I can go hours and hours with
out drinking anything. I cannot state
the scientific reason for my loathing
for water. Some people have suggest
ed that it is all imagination. That isn't
true. "Water seems to poison my whole
system."
Premier from Balcony of Palace
Announces Death oi King Chris-
! tian and Accession of the Son.
Frederick Speaks While 50000
Cheer the Fatherland.
By Associated Press.
. Copenhagen, Jan. 30. Frederic the
Eighth, was proclaimed King of Den
mark, at noon today, in Amalienborg
Square in front of the palace. The cere
mony lasted only a few moments. Pre
mier M. Christensen appeared on the
balcony of the Palace and announced
to the fifty thousand persons below the
death of King Christian the Ninth and
the accession; of his oldest sin.
The premier then called for cheers
for King Frederick-the Eighth.
The new ruler then joined th pre
mier and in a short speech declared
that he would rule according to the ex
ample set by his father and trusted
that the same accord that existed be
tween the old kind and the people,
would continue. His Majesty concluded
by calling for cheers for the fatherland.
Frederick received a warm greeting
and cheers mingled with the national
anthem.
FATE OF DISPENSARY.
Committee Appointed by Legislature
..to Investigate Dispensary Meets To
morrow. Special to The News. -;
Columbia, S. C. Jan.. 30. The com
mittee from the legislature to investi
gate the state dispensary will hold a
meeting tomorrow and some sensation
al developments are expected. This
committee was apponted at the session
last January arid held' several meet
ings during the recess. It was found,
however, that they did not have the
power to surHmon witnesses and they
decided to a&2 the general asembly for
this pcAver. It is regarded as signifi
cant that when the committee asked
for this power both the dispensary
people and the anti-dispensary peo
ple voted to give it to them, only five
votes being cast against it and these
were from the friends of those who
might be injured by the investigation.
On the action of this committee
hangs the fate of the dispensary.
Should the revelations prove damaging
while the general assembly is in ses
sion ithat body may kill the institution
and give the counties the right to de
clare outright prohibition.
The first two or three days of the
committee work will be taken up with
the examination of witnesses from the
upper part of the statie. Already the
committee has brought out that cor
ruption exists among tne retail dispen
sers and additional evrflence will only
verify this. The peopla generally are
anxious to know what (evidence there
is against the state boird oi directors
where all of the graft 'is supposed to
exist and if much of this is brought
out there is little doubt but that the
South Carolina dispensary will be killed.
PRESIDENT
J
HOTLY ARRAIGNS
DIRECTOR
NORTH
President Jordan in Statement to
day Severely Arraigned North
of Census Bureau for Failing
to Give Out all Information
Secured.
Says Average Weight of Bales
Ginned ar.d Estimated Amount
4
to be Ginned was Withheld.
North Says Weights Will be
Given Soon.
PLAYED HAVOC WITH WIRES.
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Was a Great Sufferer.
The recent storm played havoc with
the toll lines and local stations of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company.
Mr. James Northey, manager of the
local exchange made the statements
this morning that more than 400 sta
tions were put out of business and
every toll line operating into Charlotte
was prostrated.- He furtther stated
that the number of stations in Char
lotte that came to grief by falling wires
would have been increased to at least'
1,000 arid perhaps more but for the un
derground wires.
The greatest amount of damage to
the ; Southern Bell lines was in the
vicinity of Charlotte, Raleigh,- and
Goldsboro. Mr. Northey is doing every
thing possible to get the lines around
Charlotte in working order and says
that he hopes to have all lines repair
ed during the next few days. He is ex
periencing no little difficulty in secur
ing labor. A force of linemen was dis
patched here from points South? but
there are not sufficient as the wires
are down in every direction. Mr. North
ey has found it impossible to secure
colored labor.
HARROVlflG
TALES
0 F B RUTALITV
' Oil ISLAND CAMPS
Commissioner of Licenses Listen
ed Yesterday to the Thrilling
Accounts of Brutality on Is
land Camp Connected with
Construction of Railway.
DETAILS OF WRECK.
A. L.
GENERA
JEWISH
L
' CONFERENCE MET
Consider State ot Jews in Russia.
Representatives, from all Coun
tries Present. May Establish
International Committee for
Jew'sh Welfare.
By Assocrated Press,
Brussels, Jan. 30. The general Jew
ish conference on the state of the Jews
in Russia opened here today. Presi
dent Wolff sohn : urged the establish
ment of an international' committee to
watch the interests of the Russian
Jews.
The speakers declared that the Jews
have no hopes of improvement from
revolution or government reforms; the
only solution will be the foundation of
the Jewish fatherland. The eventual
emigration of all Jews from Russia is
inevitable. r
' Emigration to th;e United States or
Great Britain should be stopped on ac
count of the laws against aliens in
force in those countries.
Delegates were present' from Ger
many, Hungary, England, Ttussia,
France, Italy, Denmark and Argentina.
The representation from the United
States has not arrived.
The Names of the Dead in the S
Railroad Wreck.
By Associated Piess.
Norfolk, "Va., ; Jan. 30. The disas
trous wreck on the Seaboard Air Line
between Hamlet, N. C, andColumbia,
S. C, early today, by which four
deaths occurred is the official report,
and two more according to current re
port. The wreck was between North
bound, passenger and the extra freight
South-bound. Engineer A. Smock and
Fireman Andy White and two railway
mail clerks, names unknown, are
dead. Rumor says Engineer John
Robertson, of Robertson, of Raleigh,
and negro Fireman John Douglass
were also killed. The official report
says the wreck was caused by . the
freight crew overlooking the passen
ger train.
TWO PASSENGER
TRAINS COLLIDE
Head-on Collision on G'eat North
ern Central Near Columbia
Falls. Poor Lives Known to
be Lost so far. Engines Over
By Associated Press.
Spokane, Wash., Jan.
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Jan. 30. President Harvie
Jordan of the Southern Cotton Associ
ation, in a statement today, severely
arraigns Director North of the Census
Bureau in failing to give out all the in
formation secured from the ginners on
January 16 concerning the condition
of the cotton crop at that date.
He says the total number Oi bales
ginned to that time was published,
but the average weight of the bales
ginned so far and the estimated
amount remaining to be ginned was
withheld. Jordan yesterday wired
North asking that theinformation be
given out, as the public had a right to
know. In reply, he received from North
the information that the weights would
be given out as soon as they -could be
compiled.
The 'estimated amount to be ginned
obtained for the information of the de
partment onlr, to enable the Census
office to determine what counties must
be canvassed again for a final report
Such information will be published if
Congress directs and a resolution to
that effect was introduced today. Pres-4
ident Jordan insists that the crop of
1905 win be less than 10,000,000 bales
EXPECTS 15-CENT COTTON.
Col. Bob Wallace Has Stored Away
100 Bales.
Col. Bob Wallace is perhaps one of
the staunchest and most loyal of cot
ton farmers. He says he is in sympathy
with his fellow farmers and says he is
going to be mightily fooled if he does
not get 15 cents for 100 or more bales
of his own raising, part of which is
in one of the local warehouses and the
remaindeer stored away under sheds
on his plantation at Eastfield. He says
that the cotton mills have used up all
the cotton that has been marketed
and there is very little more to be had
On account of this he believes the
price is sure to go up. He says they
have got it and they cannot get out of
paying 15 cents.
TALK OF CLEVELAND.
n t- i and that there is no reason for the
rxn-nn-nn . . . lUA At it I '
Central Railroad collided head-on a
few miles west of Columbia Falls,
Mont., last night. It lis known that
f cue., lives are lost. Rest locomotives
were overturned. Further details have
riot yet been received.
St. Paul, Jan. 30. The Great North
ern Oriental Limited West-bound col
lided with the East-bound passenger
train near Columbia Falls, Mont., late
last night. Two firemen and one ex
press messenger were kiled. No pas
sengers were hurt and with the excep
tion of the engines and express cars,
no serious damage was done.
A long distance message from Co
lumbia this afternoon states that a
horrible wreck occurred on the Sea
board Air Line this iriorning, at a point
about 15 miles from Columbia. The
trains that went together were No. 66,
the southbound fast mail and a local
freight.
A wrecking crew went out from Co
lumbia with several physicians on
board.
While no definite facts can fie learn
ed it is stated that the engineers and
firemen ,of both trains were killed and
that several mail clerks were injured.
Both engines were torn to pieces and
the mail, baggage and first and second
class cars of the passenger train were
jbady damaged.
DECLARED OPEN SHOP.
CHINESE COMMISSION.
Visit Government Printing Office Go
to Fort Myer Will Go . to New
York.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 30. Several mem
bers of the Chinese Imperial Commis
sion . today visited the Government
Printing Office. The entire Commis
sion go to Fort Myer this, afternoon,
where a special cavalry drill will be
given for them.- The Commissioners
leave Thursday for New York.
CONDOLENCE OF PRESIDENT.
MRS. LATTA INJURED.
5 Was Serinuclw Ininrprl Ev a Fall
j . . . j-. j
On the Slinnerv Streets.
Hirknrv T oa T-i rf T V.
"'j, Jan. 1 lie wnc ui
ta, inventor of the Latta pump, was
mm here by a fall on the streets.
'Oft (TOtoirir i- - -i olid
l a Dlace where the street wds slip-
a dog ran against her, throwing
ft k that her whole weight fell on
"e base of the spine. She was carried
,e hehiless. Her condition is not
ESUSSURE ON TRIAL.
15 Prom Smith r-r.i: i ni TViaI
By... . ror nazing.
T ,1 T OA T1.A AMirt.
Blani ,' "" '1'1 JttU. dV. illB LJii-
tw , at e Naval Academy opened
'hom chares of hazina: are
hazing- Dy seven specifications. Tne
last j a!lf;gf!d to have been done in
GAYNOR-GREEN CASE.
Defense Objects to Documentary ' Evi
dence. Objection Overruled.
Savannah, Jan. 30 The; defense in
the Greene-Gaynor case in the United
States Court today entered objections
to the documentary -evidence offered
yesterday by Attorney Erwin, for the
government and the .objections were
overruled by the court Further vouch
ers and documents were offered by the
government today and the pusual ob
jections filed by the defense.
AUTO BOAT RACES.
ih 1 '"-"luer, wnue Desussure, .wuu
tliei-1 Was c'mpelled to lose part of
es.
on account of deficiency in
prospects Good For Fine Sport Twen
ty Boats Entered.
Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 130. Ideal
weather marked the" first day of the
auto boat races on Lake Worth, with
20 racing boats entered and three
races scheduled for the day. The
prospects are fine for good sport.
Octogenerian Kills Himself. :
Wisted, Conn., Jan. 30.-John Dem
ing, nearly ninety years old a con
stable of Riverton, was unable to, en
dure sufferings from- cancer, and he
"hot himself through the -heart las.
night His wife discovered his body in
bed this morning.
In Spite of Strike Augusta Chronicle
Issued This Morning.
Iconpiafpd Press.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 30 The Augusta
Chronicle issued a paper as usual this
morning,, passing successfully the first
night of the fight against the Typo
graphical Union. Every union printer,
16 in number walked out last night. In
making the new contract with the
Union, the paper abolished the piece
scale, 'made a reduction of 40 cents in
the time scale and established a dead
lock arid declared open shop. -
VACCINATION FOR CANCER.
Dr. Jacobs' Conclusion announced
. At Brussels Assembly.
' New' York, Jan. 30 The Sttn prints
the following special cable dispatch
from' Brussels :
"At a public assembly of the Acad--Tnv
nf Medicine the result of the work
of rr Jacobs in cancer research was
announced by Professor Van Ermeng-
hem, who declared tnat cancer naa
now"' been proved conclusively. to be of
bacterial origin. Dr. Jacobs concludes
that the treatment must be vaccina
tion. He declares that the treatment of
the disease has ceased to be blind ex:
periment and has entered the ssien
tfflc" domain and Ts becoming positive.
"He asserts that by a long series of
experiments on' the composition of
blood he found the laws governing the
aaministration of cancer serum, 1 which
ia derived from the : .cancer microbe
itself. The serum must never be ap
plied except by the most expert
hands.
President Sends Message of Condol
ence on Death of King Christian.'
By Associated Press.
Copenhagen, Jan. 30. The Ameri
can Minister, : Thomas J. O'Brien, has
already acted on cable instructions
from the State Department as follows:
"Convey through the appropriate chan
nels the condolence of the President
and your country on the death of his
majesty, King Christian."
"Signed, "ROOT."
resent depression in price.
Ho'.is? Corr.TMttee on Census.
Washington, Jan. 30. After hear
ing j a Taylor, President of the Na
tional Ginners Association, and direct
or North of the Census Bureau today,
the House Committee on Census made
a favorable report on the Sims reso
lution. The resolution as slightly
changed by the committee requests
the Secretary of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, if not incompat
ible with' the public interest, to direct
the Director of the Census Bureau to
compile and transmit to the House the
ginners' estimate of cotton remaining
to be ginned, which was collected in
connection with the semi-monthly can
vass of January 16 last.
North assured the committee that
he was entirely willing to give the
information which was in his poses
sion, although never made public, but
wanted the public to understand that
he was no responsible for furnishing
the information nor for any effect pub
lication might have on the prices.
President Taylor said the estimate
of the unginned cotton would vary
from 100,000 to 1.000,000 bales. The
discrepancy is annoying and if the
Government will, publish the figures,
the annoyance will be overcome and
the true amount actually shown.
Los Angeles People Hear That the ex-
President Contemplates Residing
There.
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 30. Letters
from the East say that ex-President
Cleveland contemplates making his
home in California, at least during a nearly thirty years.
Sabbia Charged with Giving Faise
Information to Applicants for
Work. Workmen Brutally
Treated. Were Arrested when
They Escaped.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 30. John M. Bogart.
Commissioner of 'Licenses, listened
yesterday to .the harrowing tales of
brutality on Island Camp, connected
with the construction of the work of
the Florida East Coast Railway ex
tension to Key West.
The information was brought out in
the hearing of the case against Fran
cisco Sabbia, proprietor of the employ
ment bureau, who is charged with giv
ing false information to applicants
for work that the alleged applicants
were promised larger wages than they
received and. were charged wor board,
which was promised them free. They
were brutally treated and when es
caped, were arrested and sentenced to
90 days in the chaingang on the charge
of vagrancy.
ISO YEARS TO DIG.
part of each year. Los Angeles news
papers are now urging that he do so,
and suggesting that commercial bodies
make the welcome formal.
It is said that Mr. Cleveland favors
the Los Angeles neighborhood. Local
bodies will in a few days take formal
action, declaring that he will be wel
come, , not only by the Los . Angeles
people but by those of the entire
State. -
It is believed that if the ex-President
were to make his home here more rec
ognition would be given to this country
!by those tourists who now go abroad
for sightseeing.
Engineer Says DiKKtng of Cnnal Will
Take a Century and a Half.
Kinston, Island of Jamaica, Jan. 30.
"It will take a hundred and fifty years
to finish the Panama Canal if things
go on as they are going on now," re
marked an engineer who has been stop
ping here a few days on his way home
from the Isthmus, where he has spent
HUNTERSVILLE NEWS.
R II S S I A
STRUGGLES
HOUSE TAKES UP
R, R, RATE BILL
According tdSpecial Order, House
Considers Representative Hep
burn's Rate Bill. A Week's
; Debate is Expected. Williams
Opposes Limitation of Debate.
By Associated Pres. ' "
Washington, Jan. 30. According to
a special order, the House today took
up the Hepburn Railroad Rate Bill.
The debate promises to continue all
week and the efforts to limit the de
bate, brought a protest, from ' Mr. Wil
liams, the minority leader, and the
question remained undetermined. On
opening the debate,. ' Townsend of
Michigan, addressed the House for
more than an hour, touching on practi
cally every phase of the ratemaking
problem and describing -'monutely. the
terms of the Hepburn bill. Regarding
the ' question oneAof the most impor
tant ever before a House, Townsend
advocated a bill as a remedy for ex
isting evils and predicted that in spite
of the protestations of the roads
greater prosperity would come to
them under its provisions.
Enjoyable Birthday Party. Many
Guests Present. Contest For Prizes,
Special to The News. - ,
Huntersville, Jan. 30. A most enjoy
able event among the younger social
set' of Huntersville, was a birthday,
party given by Grace Frazier Saturday
afternoon the hours being from five
to nine-thirty.
At five o'clock the guests began to
arrive and by the skill of their little
hostess a fitting program was arranged
including games and contests of va
rious descriptions.
One of the main features was an ani-
inal contest in which Mary Barnett was
the successful contestant. At eight
o'clock each" guest "was given " a fancy
cap and retired to the . dining room,
where the table was beautifully decor
ated for supper. The entire ' light" of
the room being inade by fourteen little
candles arranged so as to clearly
bring forth the age of their little hos
tess. Supper was now served by Misses
Verdie Frazier, Nan Orr and : Bess
Alexander.
The invited guests were Mary Bar
nett, Mary andj Eunice Alexander,
Grace and Annie Sample, Willie Choat,
Annie Kate Blythe, Ethel Holbrook,
Nellie Morris, Katie Cashion, Lois
Steele, Ethel, Arlene and Verdie Mil
ler, Grace Frazier and Bryce Orr of
Charlotte.
The hostess was the recipient ' of
m any nice presents and at -nine-thirty
as eachy. guest departed they - gave
every expression of having enjoyed the
occasion to its fullest extent.
Honor Lincoln and Davis.'
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 30 To erect
statues in- honor of Abraham -Lincoln
and Jefferson Davis as two of Ken
tucky's greatest sons in the purpose of
a movement that has been inaugurated
by H. FT Fanny, the artist, and a
number 'of .'prominent. Kentuckiaris,
who' have interested themselves in
the product. -
It is their desire to place the memo
rials in Statuary Hall at Washington.
The preliminary steps have been taken
toward organizing as association"
with this object in view. '
WITH HER FINANCE
Strain on Savings Banks Dictates
New Imperial Order. Interest
Rate of Government Savings
Banks Increased to Four Per
Gent. Favorable Effect.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 30. The impor
tant financial measure dictated by the
drain On the savings banks conse
quent upon revolutionary agitation and
the impossibility of competining with
the rates of private banks has been an
nounced. An imperial order his in
creased the interest rate of govern
ment savings banks from 3.6 to 4 per
cent. The government hopes this will
have a favorable ; effect on redisposit-
ing, which has already commenced.
The rates of exchange are steadily
soaring. Drafts on America through
private banks cost 201 roubles for a
hundred dollars.
He seems to be convinced that the
authorities at Washington will be com
pelled to take the work of excavating
out of the hands of the Commission
and let it in sections to private con
tractors. N '
The laborers from Jamaica employed
on the canal this engineer calls lazy
which is a flattering estimate and says
it is necessary to swear roundly at
them before they will do any appreia
ble amount of wGt&?-r:-'
Yet the chief engineer of the canal
seems to value Jamaica labor, for a
short time since he sent two of his
ablest assistants here to hire men.
The visiting American says there are
as many laborers on the Isthmus now.
as the Commission can provide work
for, and those who go at this juncture
are likely to have a hard time, for ac
commodations leave much to be desired
and necessaries are so dear it is almost
impossible for a laborer to save any
money.
COLORADO AIi SO.
STOCK GROWERS MEET.
National Live -Stock Association and
American Stock Growers' Association
Meet in Joint Session.
By Associated Press.
Denver, Jan. 30. With the avowed
purpose of re-uniting the forces and
making a vigorous campaign for 'the
Federal legislation desired by the Live
Stock interests the ninth annual con
vention" of the National Live Stock As
sociation and the second annual ses
sion of the American Stock Growers'
Association met here today m joint
session.
Important addresses setting . forth
existing conditions and the require
ments of stockmen were delivered by
Frank Hagenbarth, president of the
National Association and by President
McKensie of the American Associa
tion. The delegates formulated plans
for the consolidation of the two organ
izations. '
County Jail.
McRae, Ga., Jan. 29. About 7:30
o'clock tonight the Telfair County jail
was discovered on fire. Five prisoners
in the structure were badly burned, the
injuries of some of whom may perhaps
prove fatal.
'Among the prisoners who were badly
burned was Jack McLeod, one of the
murderers of Joe Studstill. The origin
of the fire is unknown, but it is sup
posed to have been the work of the
prisoners, who hoped to effect their
escape in the confusion and excite-
jment caused by the fire.
It Insurance Department MakCN De
' mand for Information from Life Com
panies. New York, Jan. 30. That the hand
of Nylics at the annual feast of Lake
wood at the expense of the policy hold
ers of the New York Life were, prema
ture in gleefully singing "Hurrah! Hur
rah! Our troubles are o'er!" was demon
strated yesterday when each of the life
insurance companies in this city receiv
ed a communication' from "Alfred
Bent, head of the Insurance Depart
ment of Colorado, demanding informa
tion. Replies are requested to four
teen questions to these among others:
What salaries were paid in 1905 to the
officers and directors; have these been
increased or reduced; have any officers
received any additional compensation
or participated In commissions or in
syndicate profits; have any company
funds been loaned to officers or trus
tees except onpolicies?
Does your company control any
banks, trust companies, &c?
Have expenditures been made for po
litical purposes, or to promote or op
pose legistlation?
Wisconsin and Ohio are soon to be
gin legislative investigations of the
life insurance companies, and other
States are considering the advisability
of taking the same action. .
GEMS FOUND IN STREET.
Late -Miss -MacGregor's Satchel Dis
appears Strangely From Home.
Now York. Jan. 30. Mrs. Joseph
Weir, Jr., of West New Brighton, found
an old leather satchel on the sidewalk
on Post avenue, Port Richmond, Sta
ten Island, yesterday. It contained four
diamond rings, two diamond stick pins
and $50 in bills and silver. She took it
to the West Brighton police station,
where later it was claimed by Mrs.
MacGregor, of Castleton Corners, who
said the valuables were the property of
her ; daughter, Helen MacGregor, the
actress, who died recently in Boston
while playing the leading part in "At
Ye Sow."
The satchel had been in Miss Mac
Gregor's trunk at her parents' homo
since the actress's death and how it
was taken out nd lost on the street is
a. mystery. The diamonds are valued at
$1,200.
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Congressman Hil! to Quit.
Washington, Jan. 30. Representa
tive Robert R. Hitt, of Illinois, chair
man of the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee has notified his constituents
that he will not be a candidate for
re-election, but will retire to private
life at the end of his present term.
Mr. Hitt is 68 years old. His health
has not been good for some time. He
has represented the Thirteenth Illinois
district in the House for 26 years.
Prior to that time he was in the dip
lomatic service and was assistant sec
retary of state. '
' Miss Margaret Thurmond has re
turned to the city after several weeks
absence in the West. She is the guest
of her sister Mrs. Paul Chatham on
South' Tryon street.
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