WILCOX ARRAIGNED.
Tie Grutf JaryFisdsa Tree Bill ud
le Studs Nr TriaL
NiTK AUIMK MFIISS CtOPSEY
to tho Charlotte
both City, N. C,
pad ...
“The grand Jury has found a true bin
agitaet Jiao Wilcox. Tho report was
■ado at 13: U o'clock Taooday after
soon. Tho Jurors came Into the court
loom escort** tar so officer end with
all tho dignity and aolematty do# the
I turned over the MU 0< Indict
to lodge Jones. In banding the
■ to tho Jndga, the foreman
This la what wa And.'"
The court ordered the prisoner
brought Into court after doaner at 3
o'clock, no that be might be arraigned.
The order wee obeyed and at the hoar
net James WUeox, accompanied by hie
tether And Deputy Sheris Reed
marched Into the her. The court house
waa well fined with people and every
•ye turned to gaze upon the prison ft.
WUeox Is a very ordinary-looking,
compactly-built man of about 38 years.
9s shoulders are broad for a man of
his stso, and his head Is lira* and Is
tho most striking part of his person, it
Is bulky, sonars and heavy. His. balr
was neatly trimmed and bis face clean
tfkavea. His general appearance about
the face is that of a courageous, deter
mined, buU dog. He did not as much as
allow the muscles of his fees to relax
while la the eonrt house. Ia fact he ap
peared to bo troubled and the least bit
reatlsas. Be was carefully, but plainly
•milt Hie hair was parted In the
middle and a flat, smooth curl lay on
bis forehead Just beneath the “part.*
The solicitor, George W. Ward, ask
ed Wilcox to stand and lift his right
hand. He obeyed promptly and the plea
of “not guilty” was entered by his lead
ing attorney. B. P. Adylett. The MU ol
Indictment reads aa follows:
“The State of North Carolina, «>es
OUOtsak County Superior Court, March
nra, IMS. The Jaroru for the Btau
ippB tMr proMBt that ItpH
WUeox, Into of the said county and
State, on tho 88th day of November,
1881. with three sad aims la tho coun
ty at Pasquotank, la said Statu, felon
Musty, wilfully, and with msllre efere
dld MU and murder Pdla M.
the statute la curb
and provided, end ageiast
ead dtgalty of the But*.
. “OBO. W. WA&D.
After the plea of aot guilty waa Mill
Mr. Adylett said that hla elleet would
ha triad hr hla God aad hla country.
Tho State ashed that a special resVre
of St he draws. Tho defease insisted
oa M, which ware draws thm the
boxes hr a boy, William Youngs, under
tea years old.
This case promisee a Ilraty cjutcsL
Tho proeeratios aad tho defense arc
alert aad win Sght every laeh of
SNBad. Aydett ashed tho judge to
■aha a note to tho effect (hat the de
foam objected to the box from which
No Jurors worn draws. cUlmlag (hat
It had aot baas revised with la the last
two roars aa tho law provides. The
Sleds returnable Thursday
St t o'clock, when the trial
•W hegta. Whoa the realm was draws
WOeox waa maimed to jalL
Mavra la Paragraphs
A Philadelphia dispatch says: "Hear
Admiral W. B. Schley, aeeomnaaled by
Ms wtth arrived hare Monday aftvr
Washlngton aad he waa
> reception by the Pennwyl
of Klag Mdward's
visit to Ireland Is believed to am that
amay arrests for political offsaaea are
■ bemads. •
A Loadoa dispatch says: “One han
dled aad Afty halm of cotton aad IN
halm af cotton seed mdal tn the cargo
of tho BrMloh etearner Mora, Copt
which arrtvod from as van nab.
Nr Bamharg, were badly
KILLED IT A BLOW.
CMWW TmOHm In the Crepeey
KHuahoth City, Special to Charlotte
Observer.—'The Wilcox trial la well
under way. The Jurors have been se
lected and the witnesses are bains
heard. The detunes haa done well la
choosing the Jurymen. Niue of the
twelve ere Intelligent-looking young
men. Several of them seem to be of the
same social position as the prisoner.
The negroes, two of them, are of the
ante-bellum type, each being between
10 and <0 yean oM. They are honest,
gnod-looklag, full-blooded Africans
Pendleton Bright, the twelfth Juror,
does not appear to he a man of much
Intelligence. He la young aad lnnooent
tooktag. The Jury is In charge of Dep
uty Sheriff U J. Pritchard.
The court house was well filled at an
early hour Thursday. Many women
were within the bar. The crowd was
good humored. Dr. I. Peering, coroner
of the county, waa the first witness
called. He said: “1 am a graduate of
the Colloge of Physicians and Burgeons
of Baltimore. Hava been coroner three
years and have held two post-mortem
examinations One waa held on the
body of Idas Nellie Cropeey Just after
Christman day, on the 17th ol Decem
ber.
“I found the body In Pasquotank
river M yards from the Cropeey resi
dence, about IS yards to the right of
the house, looking to the river. The
body had been tied down by Mr. Still
man, the fisherman who found It. It
waa carried to a little outhouse near
the river. Drs. J. B. Wood, O. McMullen
aad myself held the autopsy. It waa be
gun after the body had been out of the
water an hour. The two doctors, myself
and six Jurora srere present. We first
examined the clothing to see If there
were any marks of violence. The skirt
was of dark goods and the waist red.
She wore U slipper on one foot, the
right, and nothing bnt a stocking on
the other. I found the clothing In fair
condition. There srere no torn place*.
The fingers were partially drawn and
the llmbe were limp. I did not examine
the finger nails. While In the water the
legs hung loosely. They were not stiff
at all. We removed all the clothing
from the body except the stocking*.
We first cut the body from the pit of
the stomach to below the naval. We
exaaalned the vaglaal organs and found
them to be those of a virgin. The womb
waa normal. The condition of the hy
men and the womb Indicated that she
waa a pare sromaa. We found the In
! tantlnee aad stomach normal. The heart
vn« empty on both sides. We cut off a
place of the right lung aad found that
on being aqueesed It emitted a small
amount of frothy mucous Nothing waa
found la the pleura.
mark or deprwloa caused by tke col
lar. We examined the head end noticed
that It was a little more swollen on the
left than on tke right aide We quit
there, but after going tip town and see
ing the solicitor we went beck aad held
aa aatopay of tke head. Then we made
aa Incision around the head, beginning
on the right aide, and removed the
•ealp. Tke skull waa left bare. Aa wa
ent through tke left temple we saw a
•waning or contusion. Wo found la tke
•woUea place, which waa about SxS
Inches la alas, a tablespoonful of clot
tad bhjod. The membrane over the bone
was colored dark bine. The condition
there waa brought about by a Mow."
The defense objected to the question
that brought out the last assertion and
the court ruled that It waa competent;
that tke witness was a medical expert.
Tke defease entered an exception but
tke court stood Arm aad the examine
Uon continued.
The witness eon tinned: “The blow
vaa given by eome round, padded la
etrument. lech a blow would produce
uaooeactouenees which would likely
last half aa hour.
“Tke absence of water la tke stom
ach. Inace aad the pleural cavities
would Indicate that death waa not
eased by drowning. If Wee Crops*?
had got la the water alive aad cou
•doue aad drowned, tke water would
have been la these. Along with the
water would have been digested or an
food to the stomach end Mood
and froth to tke lunge. If l bad found
these conditions I would have said that
•he went to the water conscious."
Death of Ommt«I Dcvld Stanley
Waahlagtoa. Special.—Major Oen
•ral Darid & SUnley. U. 8. A., retired,
a notable Scare la ani ounpilpt
aad a corps eoamadar. died at bis
**•* 7* mn. of ebroa
^**aea Re was president of
tbs Soriaty of tta A nay of tke Cam
barlaad for fosr yooro waa eoaaaader
of tbo Watloaal Self ten- Home. In thl.
city.
c—w* Report so Tobacco.
WodhSM, SpaeUI.—Tke Oeaasa
Bsraas boo coaptetod tbo preliminary
tshlao ahowtag tbo arraga, production
aa* raise of toboooo grows la IW la
tbs Worth Atlastle aad Weaten States,
la tha ptea Worth AOaatte States there
srara 17J7I farm rapertlag tobacco
Tbor aid rated la 1SW U.Ttt aaraa of
I raateod a total of 17M7S.
of a rate# of fUUJtt. la
Woatora Statoa than wart
aaly 1U farm grswlag tabaaao. with a
tafal arraaga of O. ptwdsetag tlAia
iwsh af a rates af W-Tld.
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20 PEOPLE DROWNED
Terrible Disaster on a liter Boat.
Oily Niae Persoas Escaped
WIILE TIE LITTLE STEAMEt WAS
Entering Lake Palmyra n S«Mn
Squall S track Mar, Almost Lifted
Iter Ont of the Water and Turaed
Her Bottom Upward.
Vicksburg, Mias.. Special.—The stem.'
ar Providence, plying between this port
and Lake Palmyra, was orartarned at
t o’clock Wadnmday morning by a sud
den squall at Iona landtag and SO ot bar
passengers end crew were drowned;
The dead: Cape Caeeedy. ot Vlcka
borg; Chan. Roup, of Vicksburg; Clyde
Scott, of Vicksburg, cotton seed buyer;
Dr. N. A. Lancaster, a prominent phy
sician sad planter of the Palmyra
neighborhood; 17 colored roustabouts
and deck passengers whose names bare
not been reported.
the Ul-fated boat left here at noon
Tuesday on her regular trip, carrying
a large miscellaneous cargo ot freight
and a number of paaecegera. At Z
•'clock, as the steamer wee entering
Take Palmyra, a sudden storm of cy
clonic proportion came out of the west,
catching the Providence broadside on.
The little vessel wee lifted almost en
tirely out of the water, her upper works
blown away end her hull turned bottom
side up In 40 feet of water. The victims
were drowned like rets In a trap. Only
alas of the satire boat’s company were
saved. The property loea will amount
to several thousand dollars. Messrs.
Cassidy. Scott, Roup end Lancaster
ware ell married men and leave large
families A steamer csrylng caskets
and divers left here for the ecene im
mediately and will attempt to recover
all tfcie bodice.
Those rescued were J. B. Johnson,
pilot; Walter Kaln. clerk; J. M. Wil
kinson, mete: eight negroes. The sur
vivors reached here late this afternoon
coming overland, a distance of about
40 miles. The Providence was built at
Lyons Is. In ISM, and bad been In
the trade here for some years She was
about ISO tons burden and waa consid
ered one of the fastest stern-wheelers
on the lower river.
The Belle of the Benda la overdue
from Greenville, bat other hosts moved
on tlms
Ex •Governor Altgsld Dssd.
Jollst, 111, Special.—Former Govern
or JvAa'VT Altgsld iT/tefrfijfoom' So,
Hotel M unroe, Wednesday oin^a at
7:09 o’clock. He bad been ui^oaecloui
since midnight
$90,000,000 ta Bonds.
Philadelphia. Special.—The board o1
directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad
at a masting authorised the Issue of
*50,000,000 or convertible 10-year 91-1
per cant debentures. The resolution
adopted was In part as follows: "Re
solved, That for the purpose, first, for
the purchase of 1*,000 additional 50
ton steel ears and *60 locomotives re
quired, as stated in tha annual report,
tha Increase! traffic of the company, at
an estimated coat of $*4,000,000. and,
second, for the construction of the tan
net extension of tha company’s system
Into the city of New Tork and tha pur
chase at Urn real estate required for ths
paaeeager motion, the expenditure* for
which purpose tfr the years 1*01 and
1*03 are estimated at 9*0^00400."
The bonds referred to are an leans of
990,900,009 gold bonds of the company
of tha denomination of 91,000 and 9(00
respectively, bearing date November l.
1*0*. running for tan years therefrom
with Interest at tha rale of 9 1-* per
east, per annum, payable aeml-annoal.
>7, tree of taxes.
Cnl, Lowery President.
. New Tork, Special.—At the quarter.
*T meeting of the Western Union Tele
graph Company, Gen. .Thomas T. Kek
ert was elected chairman of the board
of directors and Col. R. 0. dowry, now
▼lea president and general superintend
ent of the Western division at Chicago,
was elected president and general man
ager at the eompany.
BMSBnpBK BelMie
Tha Amalgamated AesocUUon la
tha Wheeling district wOl not auks
tay now demand on tha bar Iron wage
seals.
Attorney General Sheets, of Ohio,
basaa the proeecndoa of tha Bnstern
Ooaaolldated Oil Company, pt Maine,
aader tha Foreign Corporattoa act
It waa tea reed Tharaday that C. W.
White, a prominent attorney aad
**h#rof C. W. White, afSt Louts,
wn« erdmatsd la the debate of the
laat VMh.r*TOftorwMaaarmMMbm!
•a his wap tram MohOa to Waahlng
toa State sad hla name did aot appear
m the eaanalty list
Martial law |p thraateaad la Mam
hdk, Ta, bees see at tha treat ear
BHha Aad the aaloeae kere been
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
New Enterprises That Are Enriching
Our Pavo'ed Section.
The South’s Iron Interest.
Manufactrer’s Record.
The consumption of Iron, which Is
bow running at about the rata of 18.
000.000 tons a year, la so staggering
that It is difficult to folly grssp the
fact that this growth 1s permanent
It 1s altogether probable that we shall
again see much lower prlcee In Iron
than at present, as It would not be
natural to aspect an unbroken record
of tho phenomenal activity which
bow pervades the Iron and steel in
dustry; but vra have probably reached
a period where the consumption oi
Iron and steel will expand as rapidly
as the productive capacity of the
country. We may have temporary
dullness, as In the past, but the In
creasing usss of Iron In fireproof con
struction. which must come about In
the better class of dwellings, as In
office buildings; the vast extension
—now a necessity—In the terminal
facilities of the railroads of the coun
try, and In the Improvement of road
bed and rolling stock to meet the
heavier traffic, are all factors in aug
menting the consumption of Iron even
beyond the 18,000,000 tons which we
have reached. In the light of the
growing power of Iron and steel. It
Is of more than sectional Interest
that the South has psssed the apecu
latlve period In this Industry, and Is
now In position, by virtue of the Im
provements which have been made
and the new capital which has been
secured during the last few years, to
reap the benefit of a very active and
sound extension of Its Iron interests
The experimental, and to a large ex
tent speculative, condition which sc
long prevailed In tbe Southern Iron
trade, to the great detriment of lu
legitimate advancement, has passed
away. One by one the leading lroo
companies of the South have been
putting their plants In a high state ol
efficiency, enlarging their furnaces
Improving their facilities for mining
ore and coal and making coke, and
thus getting on a basis for lower coal
of production, which, when lower
prices come, will enable them to con
tinue In profitable operation without
the troubles which hampered so man)
of them In times past. With all of Its
advantages for Iron-making, the South
made comparatively little progress In
that Industry between 1890 and 1900
This was due In part to lack of ado
quite capital and experience, and tr
part to many cases of thoroughly bad
even If not knowingly corrupt, mis
management, the evil Influence ol
which directly and Indirectly Injured
the Iron trade of the whole South. It
la since about 1900 that the South’!
iron Interests have been getting InU
better shape, and henceforth the de
velopment of this Industry promises
to be more nearly commensurate will
the advantages of this section than
has been the cane In the past. Th«
outlook is altogether cheering.
A >300,000 Additional Mllt
A dispatch from Spartanburg. S. O.
annonncas an extenstva addition to lx
made by the D. E. Convert* Co. 01
Clmdale, 8. C. It its tea that tha direc
tors definitely decided at a meeting li
Spartanburg on March 1 to erect a No
1 mill, which will bare an equipment
of 18.888 spindles and 484 looms. Thi
production will be high-grade clotha
Structure to accommodate the mi
chlnery will be 100x180 feet In else
The capitalisation of tha No. 8 plant
will be >800.000. A. H. Twichell la pres
dant and treasurer.
Erecting Weaving Addition.
Mention was made recently of an In
crease of capital stock from >80,000 U
>800,000 by ths Anchor Mills of Hun
tersville, N. C. It has been ascertained
now that extensive Improvements hen
been commenced by tbs company pro
paratory to adding weaving to Its op
erations. An addition two stories high
780800 feet la being erected, and la M
will ba Installed the looms nscesstn
(probably 140) to oonsume the product
of the company's 4100 spindles. Possi
bly otl er Betterments will also lx
mads
Textile Notea
Joncevllle (8. C.) Cotton Mills be* In
creased capital stock from $16,000 u
$$0,000.
Tucapaa (8. C.) Mills Co. has added
seventy-four looms. Increasing Its tote
to $$•; plant has 28.000 sptndien
3. r. Williams of Shelby. N. C.. hat
admitted B. A. Welmsn to a half-lntsr
•et In bis hosiery mill, sad the plant
will be enlarged.
Ooaaales (Texas) Cotton Mills wl|
Increase capital from $128,000 to $180.
000. The company's 800-sp1ndla an<
100-loom mill was completed recently
W. M. Hagood of Easier, & C.. Is or
gaols! eg a oompany, with capita'
stock of $$00,000. to balid cotton fac
tory. About $$0,000 has been subscrlb
•d. 1
It is reported that Sumpter Cogswell
of Pell City, Ala., has com plated nr
rsagsmeeU for the srectioa of a $1..
ooo.ooo cotton mill by Now Bngland
and local capltallsta
W, B. Lloyd, T. J. Hogan
John Lloyd and W. B. Lindsay of
Chnpsl Hill, N. C., have Incorporated
Blanche Hosiery Mile Co., with cepl
tai ntoek of $8100. and privilege of In
crease to $18,000.
Tenallle (On) Cotton Mills' stochhel
will moot March 10 to aoasidoi
plane tor putting the plant la opera
floa. It to n new mitt ef 400 spindles
ooea$«ted recently, hat capital lor om
•ration to lacking. Possibly the bond
holders win tabs charge.
It to reported at Uadele, On, that
the Maeenehoeetta Mills la Oeorgto
wW double Its plant of $1,204 sptadiss
aad 1728 looms. An enlargement ef thli
MlOPt woetd pro Whir require the ra
pes dttera of sheet MOOMO; however,
ao aethorltatlv* etotoment has been
ausds concerning the Improvement.
A MARCH BLIZZARD
Sweeps Down On (be Western States
Brinjinj Deep Saow
RAILROAD BUSINESS PARALYZED.
Telegraph Wires Down lad Train*
Unable to Plough Through Drift*
of Snow.
8t_ Paul. Special—North Dakota
and the Canadian Northwest have ex
perienced the worst snow storm tn
many year* and railroad traffic 1*
practically paralysed. The Northern
Pacific and Qreat Northern have not
moved a wheel for nearly 16 hours In
the bUiaard-atrtcken district, and
have abandoned all efforts to do ao
until the fury of the storm shall
abate. The high wtnds has piled the
snow In the mountains, and packod It
In solid masses, many deep cuts being
entirely filled. The temperature has
been gradually falling and is now at
or below the aero mark. Not a trans
continental train has arrived at St.
Paul since Friday, and nona la ex
pected for several days. The North
ern Pacific reports Its westbound coaat
trains which left 8t Paul Saturday
morning, tied up at Fargo, the road
beyond there being blocked.
Every effort la being made by the
road to keep Its passengers who are
•now-bound warm and well fed, and
for this reason trains are being held
at stations where the accommodation*
are good, rather than attempt to get
them through with a possibility of be
ing tied up between autlona. The
valley division of the Northern Pa
cific between Frankfort and Wlnnl
pog la entirely abandoned. No trains
have attempted to run since Friday
night and exact condition* on this di
vision ar# not known by the genera]
officers here, as the telegraph wires
hare been carried down by the bur
den of sleet that proceded the heavy
snowfall.
* a« uiutaon on me ureal North
ern li equally aa bad. The line la tied
up entirely between Grand F-orka and
Wllllston, N. -D, a distance of about
35 miles, and all wires bare been loet
beyond Fargo. All communication
with western Dakota and Montana
points has been lost So fierce has
been the storm that It has been tnad
rleable to attempt to re-open the road
nnttl It abates. Reports received at
the general offices Indicate that the
gale has somewhat sobsided, bnt that
the snow still continues to fall. The
branch of the Oreat Northern runn
ing to Winnipeg Is also tied up. No
trains hare been started northward
since Friday night, and those that
were caught out on the road by the
storm hare been held at the stations
near the border.
Winnipeg is reported to be entirely
cat off from railroad communication
with the outside world. The Canadian
Pacific trans-continental trains are
anow-bonnd somewhere west of there,
and no prospect of relief la yet In
sight
The storm started on Friday, being
preceded by a light rainfall and ac
companied by high winds. The rain
soon turned to sleet and then to snow
and this has fallen without cessation
for more than II boors. The terrific
gale drifted the snow badly and It Is
nsxt to Impossible to wade through
the streets. Business of all kinds bus
been at a standstill since Friday
night So far as known there has
been no loss of life, but owing to the
demoralised condition of the wires
late news baa not been received from
the remote districts. The farmers ball
the advent of the snow with delight,
as the ground has been very dry, and
this abundssce of moisture will put
It In excellent shape for the spring
seed.
'Flood Warnings.
Knoxville, Tenn., Bpeclal.—Flood
warnings Issued barn predict a ris<
In the Tennessee river of from 12
to IS feet Monday. The warnings wars
of tha Tennessee river, which la con
trolled by the United States Weather
Bnrean. The system has been eaatah
Ilshed only recently and It la thought
will save thousands of dollars to
property-owners.
A Georgia Cyclone.
Macon, O*., Special—A cyclone
swept across tho corner of Monroe.
Upson and Crawford counties Sunday
and a messenger who came from
there reports that Cicero Tharps'*
handsome residence was blown down
and scattered about the plantation
aad one of the aegro tenant* was
killed outright aad a number of negro
families rendered homeless. The track
of the storm was by Moraa’s Mill to
Moutpellsr Springs, and the same re
port la to the effect that Montpelier
Springe, an old college settlement,
was destroyed, two big brick bonnes
and a frame dwelling being demolish
ed aad the families occupying them
rendered homeless.
A Sunday Halt Fight.
■t Paso, Ten., Special.—Ten thou
sand people, most of them Americans,
witnessed a bloody bull Sght at
Jaaree, Mem. last across tha rlrer
from this city, Sunday, In which two
of Sonia’s moat noted matadors—
Fnsates aad Mssriatlal—took a lead
ing part Sts bans wore dispatched
by the gwoad aad tvs harem were
death. Fneateo aad Maesarv
i have boom touring Mexico,
bare to Sputa, for a series uf
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Masy Matter* ol Qeneral Interest la
Abort Paragraphs,
The Sunoy South.
Great tracts of valuable timber are
burning near Marble Falls. Tex.
For murder done last April, Luke
Bandera was hanged at Marlon, Ala.
A long stretch of river bank at Au
gusta. Qa., caved In, carrying with it
*00 f*et of Charleston A Western Car
olina railroad track.
While trying to force sleep with
chloroform. Dr. Richard Ferguson, Jr.,
fell forward into a saturated handker
chief at Columbia, a C., and was «uf
located.
Roberts boat Rdmond Houp and bla
wife, of Harrodaburg, Ky.. Into Insen
sibility.
Trolley car* in Norfolk. Va., are be
ing guns riled from strikers by pollen
and militia.
The resignation of Dr. William 8
Lyman, president ol the University of
Alabama, baa been tendered because of
old age.
A *1.000,000 sale of his oil lands In
West Virginia was made by J. B. ltub
Inaon, a pioneer driller.
At The National Capital.
Representative O. H. P. Belmont.
Ill with pneumonia at Washington D.
C.. Is Improving.
The United States cruloer Cincinnati.
Commander T. C. McLean, Is In New
port harbor for a supply of torpedoes,
with which to destroy derelicts. Tbo
ship will sail on a crulee along the cost
and over the regular routes followed by
ocean llnor* and destroy such Hosting
wrecks as may be found.
No hearings on the Isthmian Cauat
will be held after this week by the Sen
ate Committee.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
returned to the capital from a Western
speechmaking tour.
At The North.
The deserted village of Halberton. N
J.. la to be pot up for axle at auction.
During an election riot at Hamilton.
O.. on Saturday. George Lafayette via
fatally shot by Officer Henry Laurence.
After killing Mre. Sarah A. Thill
man, for whom he had a fondness, An
thony Perry at Detroit, Mich., commit
ted suicide on Saturday.
Gold shipments of *2.500,000 from
New York to Europe are arranged for
next week.
A Referendum League has been form
ed In Chicago, 111., to further that
feature of municipal rule all over the
United State*.
A *6,000,000 Candy Trust Is endeav
oring to secure an option on the lead
ing factories In 8t. Louis.
Five men were drowned by the up
setting of a small boat In the Sacra
mento River, California, on Bunday.
Bafehlowers secured *1,200 In stamps
a*d *xeo in money from the Weetvllle,
Ohio, postoffice.
The centennial of the Incorporation
of Cincinnati was celebrated by the
municipal authorities.
Congressman Chester I. Long ha*
been renomlnatod by the Republican
convention of the Seventh Kansas dis
trict.
A number of persons are reported
drowned In the flood* In West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and New York and the
property damage In Maryland amount*
to many thousands of dollars.
At the annual dinner of th# Ohio
Society of New York Senator M. A.
Hanna made a plea In behalf of labor.
Brneet Seton-Thompeon bids fare
well 40 the lecture platform on Satur
day and will enter upon newspaper
work In Philadelphia.
On* body haa bent found In th*
ruins ot the collapsed baking powder
building, at Cleveland, O.
A Philadelphia dispatch say*: “Tbo
schooner Maggie a Hart from Apala
chicola. reports that 00 February 6. SO
mile# north by northwest of Perry'*
Island, passed an upright spar extend
ing about 10 feet out of th* water with
other am*H wreckage fast but floating
about, probably attached to a sub
merged vesaei,"
Opposition to the Wax Paper Trust
Is th* purpose ot a new *5,000,000 :om
peny formed at Chicago, 111.
From Across The Sea.
Whs New York Herald quotes rr
Preeldeat Cleveland as Instating on
generous tariff concessions to Cuba.
A minion franca gold was received at
New York from Faria en route to Cuba.
German police are pushing a crusade
against quacks of all claims.
Fears of an outbreak among lha
Vamlab Indiana, of Idaho, are reported.
MleceTtaesom Mattera.
The victor Hugo centennial in Paris
ended la a series of elaborate fetaa end
and his residence was presented to the
city ae a museum.
Application has bean made la Otta
wa for a charter from the Canadian
Government for the Northern Securi
ties Company
Mr. Whttelaw Reid, the Americas
envoy, la said to have paid It*,*00 for
a hones In London for ala weeks during
the coronatloo.
Sir Albert F. Jonas, president of ths
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and
a distinguished party of British bull
osas mss are Invest!gatlag conditions
In Jamaica.
Reports prepared wader Government
cwperlvlsloa show there are shoot 1M^
in square miles of eoal lands In ths
United States.'
am Service Com ad eel oner Fowlke
any* the whole of political contribu
tions Ilea la eoerdoa both to secure
and to forbid subscriptions.
A namber of trot asd second army
lieutenants are agitating to revive ths
relative rash question.
Ths transport Hancock sails from
Saa Frsadeeo March 1* for Manila
with ths First Battalion of ths Tenth
Iran try.