IflEST REPORTS fill ffl OF 1
Fighting in a Small Way Reported in
Points
NO DECISIVE BATTLES, HOWEVER
Both Sides Seem to Be Playing For
Time In Which to Collect All Their
Forcre.
Tokio, By Cable. The advance
guard of the Japanese army in North
western Korea occupied the town of
Senge Cheng yesterday afternoon
without opposition. Seuge Cheng is
on the Pekin road, 18 miles west of
Cheng-Ju and about forty miles south
of Wiju.
When the Japanese drove the Rus
sians out of Cheng-Ju last Monday
the Russians withdrew In two col
umns, one going over the Koak San
load and the other over the Peking
road. The Japanese advance from
Cheng-Ju was made very rapidly. It
was anticipated that the Russians
would resist this advance, but they
failed to do so, and it is not probable
there will be any further opposition
south of the Yalu river.
Cheng-Ju, because of its superior
natural surroundings, is the strongest
place between Ping Yang and Wiju.
Besides these natural advantages
there is an old Korean fort there
which, had it been defended with
spirit, would have been hard to take.
The Japanese are gratified with the
comparative ease with which they
drove the Russians . from th?s fort.
Russian patrols are reported to be
!n the country east of the Peking
road, but it is not probable that there
is any considerable force of Russians
in that section. The patrols are
withdrawing gradually to the north
ward toward Yalu.
It is reported that the ice on the
Vain is vill hrnl.-pn 1111 anil ill the fll-
iL . , . m I
ture the river must be crossed either i
in' junks or over pontoon bridges.
A dispatch from Tokio to the Asso
ciated Press, dated April 1. said in
formation had been received from a
private lodging the enemy at Cheng
Ju had advanced to the Yong Chun
(about 45 miles west of Cheng-Ju),
from which place they drove the Rus
sians after a brief engagement.- It
is possible that the many different
spellings given to Korean names in I be gent to Kronstadt for eomple
gazeteers and on maps have led to j The orui8era Seemcliug and
conftfsion and that Seng Cheng in
the above message and Yong Chun,
referred to in the dispatch of April
1, shjnld be the same place. The
two towns, however, are quite dis
tinct, being about 25 miles apart.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. The Noyl
Kroi, of Port Arthur, thus describes
the scene on board the cruiser Bayan
during the recent bombardment in
which she distinguished herself:
'Bursting shells bowled over man af
ter man until decks were slippery
with blood. Amidst this hell the cap
tain stood unmoved in the conning
tower calmly telephoning his orders to
the gun captains. His wonderful calm
ness had a marvelous influence upon
all the officers.
"The cockpit was soon crowded, 29
men being there before the fight end
ed; but amidst the crash of the guns,,
the hiss of flying splinters, and the di
rection of the working engines, the
surgeons labored over the sick as at
the hospital operating tables. Although
some of the men suffered frightful
agonies there were few groans, in spite
of the fact that anaesthetics were adr
ministered in only one case. v"
"When the battle ended and the ene
my began to draw off the officers on
the "bridge cheered and the cheering
extended down into the hold, the stok-
f New Trustee.
Nashville Special. Col. W. C. Ta
tom and Commissioner of Agriculture
Ogilvie, trustees of the University of
Tennessee, speaking with reference
to the card of Joshua W. Caldwell,
advocate the featuring of the mechan
ical, technical and agricultural de
partments of the University. Both
prefer a Tennessean and an alumnus
for president.
None But Union Hen.
Washington, Special. National Sec
retary James Duncan, of the Granite
Cutters' National Union, today effec
ted a settlement with the Mt. Airy
Granite Company, of Mt. Airy, N. C,
which provides that hereafter none
hut union granite cutters shall do
their work and that union wages shall
be paid for the customary eight-hour
day of the trade. The settlement
closes a contention which has covered
a period of nine years, and more or
lss effected granite cutting in the
building trades, in practically every
city along the coast from New York
; to Philadelphia. The contention arose
over the company's refusal to recog
nize the union and union conditions.
Residence Burned.
Ottawa. Ont., Special The new wing
-of Rideau Hall, the official residence of
s! uie governor general, was destroyed by
--fii finntlliv SomA aiiTiotv vraa of fire
iejt. lur me sauery 01 u&ay ittintO. WHO
iwas lying In one of the apartments
- with a fractured leg, but her removal
: was accomplished - without (Hfnnltv
vs xuucti nail noo )iutvfiaacu u lilts vice
regal residence 36 years ago and has
; cost about $200,000. The damage by
' fir watt shnnt 50 fWMK
- Negro Candidate For President.
East St. Louis, 111., Special. B. S.
Scott, a negro, has announced that pre
parations have been completed for a
national convention for the nomination
j,cf a negro candidate for" President. A
platform will be adopted which Scott
; says -rwill -calk for government owner
t ship of all transportation facilities and
-a pension list for former slaves. S. P.
Mitchell, of Memphis, Tenn.-is presi
dent of the organization, and I. T.
Walton, of Washington, D. C, vice-
ers and even the wounded joining in
it.
"The captain signaled for full speed
ahead after the retreating Japanese,
but the Bayan had not gone far before
the flagship signaled to return."
St. Petersburg, By Cable. Reports
received by the ministry of the inte
rior indicate that the precautionary
measures taken to prevent anti-Jewish
disturbance during Easter week, when
the ignorant are aroused easily to a
sort of religious frenzy against the
Jews by the dissemination of false sto
ries regarding "blood atonement" will
result in the avoidance of serious
trouble. In spite of the precautions,
however, it is considered possible there
may be attempts at rioting, but the
authorities will suppress these with a
strong hand.
The following private telegram was
received today from Odessa;
"Reports of atuMewfoh disturbances
which always are common at Easier
time, causes more alarm than usual
this year because of the occurrences
last vear. The Jews here are nervous.
! but the authorities have confidence hi
Governor Edhardt. who is an energet
ic and humans man, as well as in
Baron Kaulbars. eoramanderin-chief
o the troops in Russia. Under the cir
cumstances,.' therefore, anything like a
serious disturbance is regarded as im
possible. "The official newspapers have pub
ljfhed strongly-worded warnings and
the city is placarded with notices that
&11 who disturb the peace will be se
verely punished." .
St. Petersburg, Special. A corres
pondent at Yin Kcw says the opinion
prevails there that the Japanese will
not bombard that place becKuse 99 per
cent, of the population' is made up of
Chinese who are not at war with ths
Japanese and because a shell from the
Japanese ships would be sure to strike
the residence of the ITnited States con
sul, who is safeguarding the Japanese
interests. The same correspondent hu
morously describes the speculation
among the British correspondents
there as to whether the victorious Jap-
anese after defeating the Russian army
"cec " . 6
will stop in China or go on the Irkutsk.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. As soon
as the Neva is clear of ice the battle
ship SouvaroiE and Slava, in course e!
construction -at the Baltic Works, the
battleships Jlorodino and Orel, at the
France-Russian Works, and the
cruiser Meleg and the transport Kauit-
chatka. at the new admiralty yard.
Izum'rud anil the battleship Sissoi Ve'ii-
kr and Imperator Alexander III, are
already there and are being prepared
for commission. These ships will form
part of the fleet which is destined to
re-inforce Vice Admiral Makaroff's fleet
next summer.
Important Decisions.
Two decisions have been rendered
by the United States Supreme Court,
says the Springfield Republican, with,
in a few days, both" going to establish
the rule that a person traveling on a
free railroad pass, or his heirs, can
not recover damages in case of acci
dent, where such a cosdiflon is speci
fied in the terms printed upon the
pass. It makes no difference whether
the user of the pass understood the
conditions or not. It might be sup
posed that this would tend to discour
age the demand for and use of passes,
but such will probably not be the
case. So ' strong is the passion in
most persons for getting something
for nothing that almost any amount
of risk would be ventured for the
sake of riding free.
Porto Rican Messengers.
New York, Special. Among the
passengers who arrived on board the
steamer Coarao from Porto Rico were
W". F. Wiiloughby, treasurer; R. Post,
auditor, and Manuel S. Domesech,
member of the House of Delegates,
who came to counsel the Secretary of
the Treasury about placing a loan
for general improvements in Porto
Rico.
May Lose His Official Head.
Carthage SpeciaWE. McDonald,
for a number of years a member of
the county court, is in imminent dan
ger of losing his official head. A bill
has been filed charging McDonald
with speculating in county warrants
while a member of the county court
which issued them. McDonald at
one time represented this county in
the Legislature, and has for a long
time been a prominent figure in the
county court. By his opposition to
all enterprises requiring an appropri
ation he has been christened "the
watchdog of the treasury." He says
that he will be able to exonerate him
self. -
flayer Released.
Telluride, Colo., Special. Charles
H. Moyer, president of the Western
Federation of Miners, who has been
held in jail here since Saturday on a
charge of desecrating the flag, was re
leased by County Judge Waidlaw, on
furnishing a bond for $600, but wa
immediately re-arrested by a squad of
soldiers, acting under orders of Ad
jutant General Sherman. The nature
t the charge on which he is held by
the mililfa has not been made public.
Factory dismantled.
Biaghampton, N. Y., Special. -The
work of dismantling the Binghampton
sugar factory, which is to be removed
to Blafckfoot, Bingham county. Idaho,
will begin within a few days. This
change has been made because it has
been difficult to persuade the farmers
here to raise enough beets to operate
the plant successfully. The Idaho
soil - and climate are well adapted to
beet sugar, and the farmers there arc
eager to contract to raise enough
money to supply the factory. Already
4,000 acres have been contracted for
within a radius of 100 miles from Bin-hampton.
BRlGHTYOUNG Lift ENDED
m. 1. Ertvin Avery; of The Charlotte
Observer; Masses Away.
Charlotte, Special. Isaac Erwin
Avery, city editor of The Observer, died
suddenly in his room in the Southern
Manufactures" Club at 7:20 o"clock
Saturday evening.
Isaac- ICrwin Avery was the fifth child
of his parents. Alphonso (X and Sue"
Morrison Avery, and was about 32
years of age. lie was graduated at
Trinity College, read law under tils
father, judge A. C. A very, and obtained
license. Soon thereafter he went to
Shanghai. China, as vice consul gen
eral under Mr. Thomas R. Jernigan, in
President Cleveland's second adminis
tration, and returned home after a resi
dence of four years in the East. After
a time spent at Morganton and Greens
bor he took the city editorship of The
Observer, in December, 1899; and in
what manlier he has discharged the
duties of this position the public
knows. He was a scholar in the best
sense of the word familiar with the
text-books, but not only so: of wide
reading, of fine literary taste, and of
full and accurate knowledge.
The Conspiracy Case
Mai'eigii, Special. Marked interest
was shown in the hearing of the mo
tions in the case of Finch and McBee
before Judge Brown. They were pres
ent with their attorneys, W. H. Day,
W. W. Clark, T. M. Argo, F. H. Busbee
and W. 8. Maxwell, johd W: Hins
dale and W. S. IJ'B. Robinson rDt fur
ther appearing in the case. Th State
was represented by Attorney General
Gilmer and Solicitor Jones. Attorney
Argo read a letter to the solicitor re
questing a bill of particulars of the
facts t-pon which the State relies to
convict. The solicitor had refused to
grant the request. He asked for an ol
der for such a bill. He also moved to
quash -the indictment, stating his side
did not. wish to lose the effect of that
motion by pleading. He further stated
that the defense would demur to jurist
diction of the court, contending that
e.ccrding to the United States statue it
is, if anything a crime to conspire to
wrongfully influence the Federal Court.
He then added a motion to continue
the case. Solicitor Jones moved that
the motions be passed upon before the
affidavits were read. This was declined.
After hearing all the motions and
arguments. Judge Brown reserved his
decision until Monday;
For Wireless Telegraph Line.
Elizabeth City, Special. James P.
Copeland. who has just completed the
erection of a wireless telegraph station
at aCpe Hatteras. was in the city for
a short while last week. The object of
Mr. Copeland's visit in the tity is to
organize a stock company for the pur
peso of establishing stations !n this
section. The system Vised by Mr. Cope
land is that of Prof. Fessenden. which
has been fuly tested. Copelands' in
tention is to organize a stock coinpany
6f $10,000, which am,ont within itself
is sufficient to establish the wireless
station at Newbern, Hatteras, Roanoke
Island and Norfolk, which places he
has in view. He left the city this af
ternoon for Belvidere, but will return
next week, when he will present his
proposition to the business men and
also bring it up before the chamber of
commerce at its next meeting.
Dangers Frew Electricity.
The danger from electricity, par
ticularly for the fireman directing a
stream of water upon an object car
rying an electric current, was the
subject of an article in a recent is
sue of Energie, of Berlin, recording
the results cf a number of tests. A
man wearing wet shoes and stand
ing on a wet plank flooring threw a
jet of water on an electrified plate.
At 500 volts and an aperture of 0.74
inch in the nozzle, he felt the current
at a distance of 28 feet, and with an
aperture of about 2 inches could not
get nearer than about 3 1-2 feet. Un
der the same conditions, but with al
ternating current, he could not stay
within 9.2 feet, and at 2,500 volts ha
had to remain at a distance of 26 1-2
feet.
Minor Events.
Commissioner AVares recent order
regarding pensions was discussed in
the Senate.
William McKneight. 74 years old, re
ported to be a miser, was horibly tor
tured by masked men at Reading, Pa.
Henry end Walker Griffin, the ne
groes who started the race riot In Ar
kansas, were killed, their deaths
bringing the number of negroes killed
at St. Charles to 13.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, in a letter to
the Grand Rapids Democratic Club,
pleaded for a rigid adherence to the
constitution.
A Chicago lawyer has brought pro
ceedings to prevent Secretary Shaw
from paying any money for the Pan
ama Canal property.
The success of the Morales govern
ment in restoring order in Santo Do
mingo minimizes the probable neces
sity for interference by the United
States.
Baron Monceur, the Belgian minister,
called on Secretary Hay ostensibly re
garding charges of cruelty practiced in
the Congo Free State.
Mr. Gillett, of Massachusetts, spoke
in the House on the negro question, ad
mitting a natural repugnance in the
North toward the blaeks.
In the House Mr. Champ Clark, of
Missouri, delivered a notable speech on
tariff reform.
The McCall committee continued its
inquiry into the charges made against
members of Congress in one of the
postal reports.
The postoffice appropriation hill was i
taen up by the Senate committee on
postoflRees and post roads.
Adjudged Guilty.
Nashville, Special. Constable Tate
killed Berry Fultz at Altamount last
week. Frank Fultz, a son of the
dead man, was adjudged guilty of
an attempt, to commit murder and
given twelve months in the State
prison. Tate bad Frank in custody,
and was preparing to leave with his
prisoner for Tracy City, when he was
approached by . the father, who, it is
said, made an ottempt" to free the
prisoner - by force. Tate fired three
shots, killing Fultz almost instantly.
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NEWS
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Tobacco Record Broken.
Winston-Salem, Special. The tobac
co manufacturers of Winston-Salem
have broken all former records this
month in th? sales AM shipments tit
goods, the figures are 5,598,0431-2
pounds; &ii increase of i,282;562 pounds
over May oil 1900: The' sales that
month were , 2,315,5812-3 pounds.
Stamp Clerk Reynolds tells me that he
has taken in more cash in one month,
but it was when the tobacco tax was
12 cents a pound. His receipts this
time are much larger than any former
month since that tax was reduced to
6 cents. The stamp sales this month
were as follows: Tobacco, $215,882.
61; cigars. $112.50; spirits, $11,396.22.
Total, $277,391.33. Every tobacco firm
are said to be behind with Orders, It
is interesting in this , connection to
state that the leaf sales this month
will be the largest iii the history of the
Winston market. They are expected
to exceed five and a half million
pounds, for which the farmers of this
section will have received a round
$400,000.
Object to Judge Peebles.
Lambprtoil: BpeeiHl Ths . Robeson
county bar, at a meeting called to fix
the calendar for the April term of the
Superior Court, to be held by Judge
Peebles., unanimously declined "to ar
range the cases, and agreed to contin
ue the docket. This action was taken
by reason of the reports received from
other counties in which this judge has
held court, of his discourtesy to coun
sel, unfairness and partiality, a not
able instance being the Haywood case.
The lawyers here are unwilling to ap
pear before him in any capacity. It is
likely the May term will also be con
tinued unless an exchange of judges
is ordered.
Blackburn Nominated,
WfikesborOj Special. T"he Republi
can Congressional Convention for the"
eighth district on Friday nominated B.
Spencer Blackburn for Congress: There
fas a good deal -cf wrarigling during
the preliminary "organization of the
convention, but at the close all seemed
harmonious.
Items of State News.
The grand jury here Wednesday -afternoon
returned a true bill against
K. S. Finch and V. E. McBee for con
spiracy against the State in the ap
pointment Of a receiver for the At
lantic & North Carolina Railway. The
bill as returned has four counts, the
first, charging them with conspiracy to
injure the piopeity of the railway and
obstruct its officers; second, to deprive
its officers of possession of the road;
third, in having a receiver appointed;
fourth, in attempting to force a lease
of the road. Each count recites that
the y ''did unlawfully, fraudulenty, ma
liciously aiid feloniously conspire, com
bine, unite, confederate and agree
among themselves by unlawful and in
direct means and diverse acts, devices
and practices" do the various things
charged. Argo & Shaffer and F. H.
Busbee have been employed to aid the
defense.
The State of Virginia has adopted as
a text-book in its public schools "Ag
riculture for Beginners," which last
year was adopted for the North Caro
lina schools. Virginia is the fifth State
in nine months to adopt this valuable
and well-prepared work. The other
books adopted by Virginia were in
groups and counties were allowed to
select any booka from each group, but
s to the book referred to, no other
w as-named in oennection with it.
Lewis McLecd, of Hamseur, is laid
up at Greensboro with a cut off and
badly crushed foot. He was beating
his way Tuesday night on No. 38, the
train coming in from Ramseur. Fear
ing arrest from the officers at the sta
tion he tried to get oft the moving train
as it approached the station. He made
a failure in his efforts at jumping and
fell under the wheels. One of his feet
unfortunately was pushed from the
rail; the other was ground into a pulp.
Dr. Charles Ij. Scott was immediately
summoned by the railroad authorities,
and pronounced the injury a very seri
ous one, probably necessitating ampu
tation of the foot.
The colored church and eight or
nine negro houses in Rockingham,
were destroyed by lire about 8 o'clock
Tuesday night. The county jail is just
across the street and vhen the flames,
were at their height a prisoner raised
a window and announced to the crowd
below that Owen McLean, a fellow
prisoner, had just died. McLean was
last week committed to jail with A. B.
McDonald as the result of an affair at
Hoffman In which McLean and Mc
Donald attacked a man named Wat
son and the latter inflicted a wound
which cause McLean's death.
A charter has been granted the Dur
ham Union Station Co., capital
$25,000, the purpose being the erec
tion and maintenance of a union de
pot in Durham. A. B. Andrews and
W. H. Miller are the principal incorpor
ators. Stock is to be taken later by
the Southern, Seaboard and Norfolk
& Western Railroad Companies.
Wood & Moring's store in Asheboro
was broken into Tuesday night and a
lot of clothing, jewelry, etc., was taken.
An entrance was gained by removing a
large glass in the front door. The post
office at Aberdeen and the hardware
store at Tryon were also broken to the
guilty parties. Two strange negroes
were seen approaching Asheboro Tues
day night from Montgomery county
and suspicion points to them.
The annual statement of the copy
right office of the Library cf Congress
shows that the copyright business for
1903 was the largest in any one year
in the history of the office. No less
than 100.743 titles were received for
registration, the total fees received
amounting to $70,230.50. The number
in any. previous year, totalling 180,
527. On the entries for the year there
were 14,060 books and pamphlets, 4,
568 booklets, leaflets, circulars and
cards, and 7,641 newspaper and maga
zine articles. This speaks : volumes
for the literary activity of the country.
A charter lias been granted the Au
tomatic Paper Hanging Company, of
Durham, with a capital stock o f$50
CCO, to operate the David McCauless
patent, McCanless, who is frOm Ashe
ville. being the principal stockholder.
The State also authorizes the Penn
sylvania Development Company of
Carthage. Moore county to increase
its capital stock to $200,000. "
Monday night at 3:30 the handsome
mule stables and the residence of the
keeper, on the Biltmore, estate, at
AeheviJle, were destroved hv ;
tailing a loss of $12,000. AH th' ani
mals except one horse and mule were
saved -.It is supposed to be the wort
of an incendiary.. wur"
TOLD
HI
Of Tl
British Rout the Attacking Force of
Natives, Killing 400
TWO DESPERATE ENGAGEMENTS
Native Ciii I Takeii IjJT AatiU--eral
From tapiMl Ask Coiii Ynsf
"1 hut.ban.1 io ijctire; Uttt tatter Kefie8
Itank Aftet Kfirik Wcnted bqn; Com
mander Among Them."
Tuna, British India. News has been
received here of seyerc fightiuK, the
Tibetans having attacked the British
mission, under Colonel Youughusband.
There were two engagements and the
Tibetans were repulsed with heavy
loss. The British captured the Tib
etan camp at Guru.-
While the British advance had beeTt
practically unopposed, the expedition
suffered great hardship from the in
tense cold, and it was sometimes found
impossible to use the Maxim guns and
rifles owing to the congealing 6'f the
oil. The country is of the bleakest,
without a sign of vegeiatiou, and the
expedition had to face piercing winds
and clouds of dust, while there was
a heavy fall of snow dtirinjr the night.
At S o'clock a; to; ii flying column
starled to reconnoitre the Tibetan
oainp at Guru, whereupon a general
from Lhassa with:a quair.t retinue
came to interview Colonel Younghus
baml. The general asked the colonel
to retire with his mission to Yatung
liusbaud replied that negotiations had.
b-jcu proceeding fruitlessly for llfteen
years nud that retirement was now
impossible.
The Tibetan general withdrew and
Colonel Youngbusband ordered his
troops to endeaver to disperse the
Tibetans blocking the road without
firing upon them.
For a time the iatlcs of the British
were successful, hut after a white I he
attitude of the Tibetan leaders con
vinced Colonel Macdonaid of the neces
sity of disarming them; The Tib
etans numbered about l."00 and their
resistance of the effort to disarm
them led to a smart engagement.- The
situation for n few moments was crit
ical, Colonel Macdonaid and Colonel
Youuglmsband being only a few yards
from the advancing Tibetans. Re
volvers and bayonets were tiscd and.
then A rifle fire" was resorted to. The
Tibetans fled, but. not before several
casualties resulted in the British frtrk.
The correspondent Of ths Daily Mail,
with the mission, was severely wound
ed. The Tibetans lost heavily because
of the inferiority of their weapons,
which were matchlock rifles, but they
; displayed the greatest courage, many
of them coining on alter they had
eight or nine bullet wounds in their
bodies. The scene sifter the action was
like a shamble!! The" dead were
heaped on top oi eitch other and a long
trail of dead and vounded extended to
the rear.
After a short halt (ho advance con
i tinned, Hearing the Tibetan eauip at
Guru, where the second action took
place, in which tiic artillery played
the largest part.
Finally the Tibetans retreated over
the hills, with the exception of about
sixty, who obstinately held the village,
which was finally taken by a mouuted
infantry bayonet rush.
Among the Tibetans killed were the
Lhassa general, the military command
ant of Phari and Lata and the repre
sentative of the Golden Monastery, to
vvliosa hinueuco and violent hostility
the existing difficulties, wre largely
The Tibetan losses are believed to
be more than 400, while the British
casualties are about a dozen.
The British force returned to Tuna,
and said that rifles bearing the Rus
sian imperial stamp and Russian am
munition were found on the wounded
Tibetan officers.
KILLED BY TRAIN ROBBERS.
W. J. O'Neill, Express Messenger, Re
fused to Open Sare For Them.
Sacramento, Cat. Three masked
men ln'ld up the Oregon Express,
south bound, on the Southern Pacific
Railroad. at Copley, near Keswick,
killed W. J. O'Neill, the express mes
senger, and carried off the contents
of the express car.
The train stopped at Copley, a small
station, for vater. As it came to a
standstill three men jumped on and
cut the train In two, taking the engine
and express ear down the track a
short distance.
They stopped the engine rud de
manded that Messenger O'Neill open
the express car. He refused, -whereupon
th?y blew it open with dynamite
and deliberately killed O'Neill by
shooting him through the head. The
bandits then robbed the car of its
contents, estimated at 35,000.
After robbing the express car the
men cut the car loose and, getting on
the engine, compelled Engine JJriver
Joesink to go ahead. When near Kes
wiejc the men dropped off the engine
and disappeared in the night with their
plunder. -
?500 Apiece For Three Drinks.
For the sale of three drinks of whis
key to the husband of a protesting
wife, a jury has at Waxahachie,
Texas, adjudged that J. J. Faulkner
must pay to Mrs. Beulah Cassidv the
sum of J81500. or 500 for each drink
sold in spite of her protest.
Jap Guns Threaten 3000 Reindeer.
Concern is felt by Russia lest the
herd of 3000 reindeer, last specimens
now on Askold Island, which is within
range of the Japanese guns, shall be
destroyed. The herd is valued at half
a million dollars. The horns are used
by the Chinese as medicine.
Time on Russia's Side.
London papers, a special cable de
spatch says now admit that time in on
Russia's side, and she Is gaining ever?
day, while Japan Is not following 5
her early successes. s p
Labor World. - "?3v
In Austria a system of facfAi-v
peetion was, created by IaS ? twenS
years, ago, in 1883. twenty
Wages of women workers in Canada
have increased in recent years from
twenty-five to fifty per ceut2SeSS
Wage's of coal miners in Canndi
three to four times as high S in Bel
Jn,. where not more thanVlVoafis
Steps have been taken lookin" to
oSS; ' strong
Canada. el,S' at Montreal.
SL
AU6HTER
BETANS
for the purpose of carrying cu nego
tiations, threatening an attack if the
mission proceeded; Colonel Young-
FATALFACTORY EXPLOSION
A Girl's Carelessness Caused th
Accident
sn Hron Killed tl Seveu rfurt
When VrleelMirr, r.. IntlCll
Scranton, ra.-Scven person were
killed outright and seven others were
seriously injured, several of them fa
tally bv il explosion i th? Dickson
squib factory, at Trieeburg, on the
hdrtberrf outskirts of Seranton, at 11
o'clock a. in. - " . .
One of the score fit employe
in the factory threw into the toe a
tubular crtso filled with gunpowder,
and is used td fh'0 the charge in a
blast. It exploded, was hurled out In
to a pail of liquid sulphur, ri mi 'in
stant later, with a roar wh ch . tfae
heard a mile away, the building
burst into flames. ,
Two of the girls were hurled through
a window as from the mouth of
uon and 6tberS rati from the building
with their clothes blazing and cream
ing with Pii acd. terror.
The dead arc: Lizzie Bray, of Price
burg; George Callahan, of Priceburg;
Teresa Cailahau, of , Priceburg: Ite
becca Lewis, of North Scranton; Lil
lian Mahou, of North Scranton Laura
Matthews, of Oliphant; unidentified
body of a girl.
Those most seriously injured wore
iiimia riilMllon. Lillian Howey, Cas-
sie FauldS; Annie Heffron, Oscar Ay
zer, Lillian Cal?ahftn and Martha Hay
brown. a
Although there were twenty-five
kegs of powder stored in the factory
on the main floor, the second floor was
rented to the Callahan family, who
had been living in fancied security
ovci a rcri tabic magazine.
it is only because of their mother 8
bravery that two of the other Calla
han children were" uot added to the list
of victims. Mn. Callahan whs on the
second floor when the explosion oc
curred. Taking the two yonugest chil
dren in her arm?, she rushed down
stairs and through the flames. Hand
ing her charges to n bystander, the
mother, turned back lo rescue her other
little ones, but it was too late. Flames
were roaring from the floor to the
roof, and aihiost while ihe mother was
bearing two of her children to safety
the others were perishing in the fire.
Into this furnace the mother would
have plunged to certain death If idie
had not been forcibly restrained. By
main force she had to be dragged from
the place, while her piercing cries for
her children could be heard above the
roaring of the flames.
Miss Annie Crier, awealthy young
woman of Priceburg, is being idol
ized as fl heroine because of her brav
ery and presence of mind, which saved
the life of Mamie Gilgalloh, one of the
girls who was hurled through a win
dow by the force of the explosion.
Others of the fleeing girls were saved
from more serious injury by men who
stripped off their coats, with which
they smothered the blazing dresses.
There is no doubt that the accident
was "due to the carelessness of Heckle
Lewi, oue of the girls killed, who
threw' a lighted squib into the stove,
According io the forewoman. Mic JiJ.
gallon, she had been caught doing the
same thing on a previous occasion.
Windows were shattered for many
blocks arounn and buildings were
rocked from their foundations. The
bells of the tsnvn were rung and calls
for aid were sent to'neighboring town?,
but by the lime the firemen arrived
their only work was to carry out the
blackened bodies to the town hall
across the street, which wa turned
into a temporary morgue.
There the victim were laid side by
side, v.l most of them were so badly
burned that it was with difficulty that
any of them were identified.
The factory vwaa operated by Edward
Owen.
NATIONAL AIR ONLY.
No Other Song to Be Played on Naval
Vessels at "Colors."
Washington, D. C By order of the
Secretary of the Navy no other air
than -The Star Spangled Banuer"
may hereafter be played on naval ves
sels at both morning and evening
"colors." This order was the out
growth of a question raised in naval
circles as to whether "Hall Columbia"
was a national air and therefore
proper to be rendered at "colors."
It has been customary on ucarly
every ship of the navy to have the
band play "The Star Spangled Ban
ner" when the national standard in
raised in the morning, and "Hall
Columbia" when it is lowered in the
evening.
" THREE GO OVPK FALLS.
Boat Overturned with a Woman and
Two Men, Who Perish.
Boise, Idaho.Three persons have
plunged 210 feet to their death over
the Shoshone Falls of the Snake
River. They were Miss Marie Willis,
Samuel Graham and a man whose
name is unknown. Miss Willis some
times operated the ferryboat at Ibis
point.
. Miss Willis took the boat across iu
response to a call. On the return
she found the guide rope was not work
ing propery and Dut back. Cnhum
and the other man, seeing from the od
lua "we was trouble,
took their skiff and crossed to the
ferryboat.
They took Miss Willis ofT and started
back to the south bank. As the boat
neared ihe shore it filled and '.vent
down, all three being lost
Sues For False Imprisonment
For alleged fake imprisonment tweu-ty-eight
years ago,. Kphraim J. Jeail.
of Waverly. Iowa, has uod the State
of Iowa for glOQ.ooo. '
Russians Well Provisioned.
fioui St. Petersburg to Manchuria bus
crahr'11 SUpplJes of K and
grain having been accumulated.
No Swayne Impeachment.
The impeachment of Judge
' -- '
.,vw MInor Mention
xrH flfmr 101118 at Mine.ipoli
Minn.. havA Mem.i jjuhj.
t """""w operations.
The Rnroon A -..... ..
that fortyVessers XZoXl
were built in the United Sadt r.
euruary. m
wr it? "8el "early ,w J
""" male wn in
Sr&nV'S? dIed the &
u
Fears are felt in Central Tex,iJ
cause of a recent fmV iZl Ae?a
le-
crop which had been planted ; VT
4 boll weevil. 1 J p 10
GLEANINGS.
AH the flour mills at Mii,WB(rt
Minn'., have resumed operation.
Half the aparagu crop of CaIif0R
waf destroyed by the floods in i,, v"
raraento Valley.
In the recent roliiion tb r,i(
Stales battleship Missouri ,-aiue
fnki'ng the Illinois with nil f)
The lJuTenn of Navigation rc '
that forty vessel, of is.ar ur,Z?
were btiilt in ihe Unit! stm
February.
Aftef starving iUelf f.,r j.nr)r ,
weeks boraus'' its mate wn taJ!
nwny. a large Jlou died at iiK. jr.',,."
St. Louis. Mo.
Fears are felt in Central iXj
caaae of o recent frost for ilw. ,Uf)U
crap, which had been planted vjulv ift
check the boll weevil.
A census of tlx Kmpirc of f U(lla
Just completed. how the popuiaiw,,,
to bo 20L361,or.o of whidi -.'rw.viMv
are in British territory.
Ii rgc fields of pack In r. im,vi,r
in the path of Iranx-Allani;,. li,,,
according to reports received mi .
lantie port from incoming Nionm .'
The tobacco crop of Haiiowr. ;cr.
many, was a failure, and in Hue ihaii
pay the taxes on it the Tanner iia,,.
in most cases waived all claim (. th,.
crop.
Forty aevn promotion. ii.
step in tt general overhauling ,j tM.
Police Department of Chicago, in.. f0
lowing Captain Piper' report. n
inade. The Association for the I'rwectini.
of tha Adirondack Mountain ba. it
sued a statement declaring trillini,
alro camp owner are trrrpnMitig
State lands.
The delivery of UuMiau mails t tit.
frontier and to port Is working far
trclt. Letter reach Vladivostok twcii.
ty-two days after leaving St. Tctrrf.
burg. . m
LABOR WORLP.
In Austria a system of f.idorr tn
speetion was created by law fntT
yran ago. In J8S.1.
A deputation of the Caii.idi:,n or'
der of Railway Clerks ha pfiitionni
for an increase In wage.
A strike of cignrmaker in Vfr.K
threatens to develop into a sriiMui
strike in this trade throughout Italy.
Electrical workers of Wllkclmrr
Pa., have decided to auk for ah litM
hiir work day. beginning Apr!' . ,
Wage of wonipn workers in Can.nl
have increased in recent j-oni! froflj
twenty-five to fifty percent, more Uwu
men.
Wag of coal miners In Canada r.ri
three to four times as high n in '.)
gium, where not more tl an $1 n 'lay i
paid.
Steps hare been taken looKii,s '
the formation of n strong nrg.HiinUM'
of stationary engineers at MuntrMi
Canada.
Chinese laborers in Itritixb Colum
bia canneries havi formed n tinnm
and demand $45 and 0 and board in
stead of W.
The Oakland fCnl.) Ittitcher .rr,;..n
contemplates going into the vrjfd;slf
business, if locked-out mMiiTiei .r
tiot reinstated. . -
William t. Wandl.y. of fen licM.r.
N. V., is backed by 2.fKXM' tu
workers for United Slntox Commit
ioner of Iabor.
In the coal mining industry in Ki.c
laud the average time worked in t'C
was 5.09 days per week, tin i-;rt
proportion since IS!.
Collieries in Lancashire, L'i.;Uiid.
are still on short time. mo.t of jlm
not running more than four.;ul
half to five days a week.
Miners in South Wales have re
solved, to contribute out penny per
member per lunar month toward
parliamentary representation fund
Too Loud in Prayer.
The trustees and other member t
the congregation of United Brother
of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, secured an In
junction restraining Isaac Ttnuni
from worshiping aloud. Tenant M'i
long occupied a front pew T
church, and his loud and rcwmiuiur
"Amen during prayer ami rmw
was more than thr ml or the con
gregation could eland. Th" iro."
talked with Tenant and ;krd him
pray to himself, but in any rvrnt to
omit , the "Amen." Ho ropiM
ho. would not. Hence the rci
law. ::
SOUTHERN
RAILWAY.
THE STANDARD
RAILWAY OP TII2
SOUTH.
DIRECT LINE TO ALL POINTS W
Texas,
California,)
Florida, 7,'
Cuba and
--Porto Rico,
Strictly first-ciass equipment
on all Throug.i and Loev
Trains, and Pullman I'a aco
Sleeping cars on nil kSbi
trains. Fast and safe fcIicU-
ulcs.
Travel by the BOUTHE
end you are assured a bate,
Comfortable and Expedi
tious Journey.
Apply to Ticket Agents for Tlks.
and generol information, cr
s. 11. hard wick; (1. r. a.,
Washington, v.
R. L. VERNOtf, T. P. A..
Charlotte, "
f. fl. WOOD, C. P. T. A.,
Asbevil'e, u
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