North Carolina Newspapers

tho Chief thoTeooh i tho ooh whJch tho *t day of oat fcraaf U ochool U apeoch. poto Aadl 10 aaditor 0 Iadlaa u la watt 1 lately bo K ha tho tarwot tt p^TtSt it tho fo od the as id ehatra i ao tiM to opook. •rsis ho throne Important tho (root ooM: i to who— ■olato on 0 of lefty IStlU. both 1 of thooo I win, no it geaorn. a which history of ad. daL—Tho of tho station at MlptSr of visitors i tho groat la Ocooa ROOT SUCCEED* HAY. OWEIH Rut Dwflnlt. Oenoimiiwint Indicate* HI. gsl.sU on. Mur Torts. Special.—It can bo ded RMr MM that PreaMcat BoaMnH hao offered the poet tlon of Secretary of Rtete to BUha Boot and that Mr. Boot Onto Ray, u L, special.—White no' affMal «nflratUoi la obtehwbte here of tha ap*n—rnanent that Mha Root ha* acceptOd President Rooearalfe fa*der of tha Brar.taryshlp of State & once flop to John Bay, It can ba flats that tho Prraldrat win aathovlae • Ecliawt to bo i*a<te regarding tha waiter. Tbo proebw nature of tbi state* aaent U not know*. Mr. Root board.1 the Prwtdrafg aocctel train at jersey Ctty. just before . g lad ter Oterntead. at (:4S o’clock White tho (Makers of tha Praal aaasTe cabinet rad rad to their apart want* c* tho train at a* early boar Tneodey night, the Praal drat aad Mr. dMt resatesd 1* conference lor save**! Wan. The* it was that tho PiaaHaat broached tho enhject of Mr. Root’s r* t*nr to tbo cabinet. All phrase of the aRRaHo* wore tonsHlirsif carcMUy. o*r • • • -- - of tha prof tea a ana few Torts la bettered RaJte'Wl aavatte* at a0 IIP CASHES KWEY GUILTY MMtor Who TMk All a Bank's Money Beta Five Years. HfJ noa la tha hot July tempera ture, the jury la the ease of Then W. Daway, accused of embessllng 9100.000 trims the Merchants* aad Farmers’ bank here, brought in a verdict of guilty Saturday afternooa at 4:90. Tha thought that they would hang on till tha Mat mlaste aad than causa a mis trial. Thera waa ao esnestlmsl nor emo tional tsature*. Dewey took the ver dict aa if ha had expected It. aad show ed no signs of disappointment. Judge Jonas then made a brief speech, la which ha laid It was the saddest duty of his oOca which he had to perform, but that tha jury had rendered a ver dict according to tha evidence aad It became a meet unpleasant task to him to make the sentence, but In accord ance with evidence and the verdict he felt that a severe'sentence waa nec essary. He therefore Sentenced Dewey to six years In prison. Notice of agpeul waa given and Dewey was put umder 940,000 bond, which he fur ftltfctde John Patterson, the negro who baa bean on trial tor burning hta wife, waa found guilty of murder in the second degree Saturday aad aenteaoed to tha penlntetlaiy tor twenty-nine years. Mutual crime was moat brutal. Ha want to tha room where the woman wae sleeping, saturated her clothing with oU and set the hod on fire. The woman ran out In a blase and was burned to a crisp. The crime waa com mitted mi nabar 4th. Newborn. Special.—The trial of Thomas W. Dewey, ax-cashier of the Farm era’ aad Merchaats* Bank, began hern Wednesday. Bx-Oov. Ayoock made a last effort to obtain a continu ance, which waa overruled by Judge Janas. The defense claimed a lack of material evidence from Pelletier, aa assn riata of Deway, aad that they were enable to procure hta affidavit, ha be ing outside the State’s jurisdiction. The work at eStoctlsg a jury required I about 49 adnatea. D. W. Roberta, i bookkeeper tor the hank, tdantlded the < handwriting at various entries in the books as Dewey’s and showed by a comparison of the day book aad tha ledger, the amount of Dewey's defal cations to be 1110.090. these having keys made by mesne of falsifying en tries a the day book. Witnesses Bor den. at Goldsboro, aad Dyer, at Nor folk. testilled to the defendant’s or-, dan to forward amounts to a Naw York bask. A Geological Survey. The United States Geological Sur vey la North Carolina will be con tinued. Mr. Arthur Keith will con tinue areal and economic surreys In the western part at the State. He win complete geological surreys of th« Rosa Mountain and Morgantown quadrangles and in cooperation with th* Stats of North Caroline, will make aa economic surrey of Highland Stores*, assisted by Mr. D. B. BterrstL The' ■Chsrlott* and Matthews quad rangles will be topographically **r rsyed under th* direction of Mr. V. H. Manning, assisted by Mr. T. H. Moocnre. Primary control will be extended in this locality by Mr. C. B. Kendall. The Cowee quadrangle will be surveyed by a party of which Mr. Duncan Hanaegan will bar* charge. Mr. Robert Co* win bare charge of a party that will do topographic work la the Gatesvflle, Smith field. Wlatoa and Clinton quadrangles. The Saluda and Yorhrllle quadrangles will be nmreyed by Mr. W. U Miller* party. The general supervision of all topographic work la this Stats la un der Mr. V. H. Manning. Th* stream* at North Carolina will be measured by Mr. R. H. Han. assisted by Mr. B. B. Draaa sad others. Vefesselsro Pto w^w BmarprlNSt A charter I* gras ted the Griffin Man aCaeturtng Company, at Ortfln, Pitt Oouaty, to manufacture buggies, wag oas, farming Implemeots. lumbar, etc., M4 to gfc% cotton, capital stock »». la an taterrlew wtth Clerk Wilson, at the State Department, who tea charge at th* corporation matters, he ante ttetthere waa ylt* anotabls te pared wtth at lone showed Gone hold ever until Jans' MUTINY NOW OVER Tke Uat Act It Trafedy of tvsstaa Rebel Worship BLOOD-STAINED SUP IS OCCUPIED Russian [Admiral Arrives With Hts Fleet end Takes Over ths Rissse sion of ths Knlac Rstemklne From the Rotinmanlan Authorttlea KustwnJI. Roumanla. By Cabla—Ad miral Kruger boarded and toek pos session of the Russian battleship Knlaa Potemkina. King Charles of Roumanla having sent instructions to the commander of ths Roumanian squadron that ths vessel be delivered to ths Russian authorities without raising difficulties. The torpedo host which acoompan led thn Knlaa Potemklne, however, left tor Odessa without surrendering, declaring that she had not mutinied, but that the Knlaa Potemklne had forced her to follow. Admiral Kruger arrived with his squadron Sunday morning, and after ex chancing ths customary* salutes, in timated that ke had come to arrange for ths transfer of ths Knlaa Potem kins. Admiral Kolinsky, commander of ths Roe manias squadron, hoarded the Russian battleship T chasms and informed Admiral Krugsr that .Charles had ordered him to turn ths vessel ovsr to ths Russian admiral. Ths formalities of the'transfer were complete this afternoon, and Admiral Kruger boarded the Knlas Potemkina The pmea representative inspected ths Knlaa Potemklne after the with drawal of the Roumanian guard. De spite the efforts of the Roumanians to get things in shipshape, everything aboard the battleship was still In a state of wildest disorder. The officers' esbfaa wore stripped of everythin* of any value, and blood etafne were ev arywbera. There was sufficient am munition aboard the Knlas Potemklne to have enabled the mutineers to make a desperate resistance. It Is said that daring ths last few days the vessel was navigated by two engineers and an officer with revolvers at their heads. All at the sailors wished to turren der with the exception of Matoacben ko. the leader of the mutiny, who re sisted for some time, and wanted to blow np the ship. Seven officers were prisoners aboard the Knlas Potemklne. They were In a pitiable condition from ill treatment. They declare that Matoschenko him self killed tan officers of the battle ship. All the papers and books belonging to the vessel were destroyed. It appears that the decision to sur render the Knlas Potemklne was made when It became evident that no other vessels would loin In the mutiny. The crew of the battleship Beamed to be unaware of the surrender of the Oeorgt Pobledooosets and expected that aha also wee coming to KustenJI to capitulate to Ron man la. Twenty married sailors from the Knlas Potemklne have applied to the Russian consul here to be sent back to Roasts. The crew of torpedo boat No. 268 were given half aa hour In which to surrender or leave port. A considerable number of the crew of the Knlas Potemkina surrendered to the Rusaian squadron, alleging that they had acted under compulsion. The coal supply of the mutinous bat tleship was nearly exhausted, but there was plenty of food‘on board. A Russian priest, after the transfer, held a service of purification on board the Knlas Potemklne, sprinkling the vessel and her flags with holy water. Admiral Kruger’s squadron, which brought a crew for the Knlas Potem klne, sailed with her for Russia. Cleveland Not to Retire. Mew York, Special.—In relation to a report that Grover Cleveland waa con templating retiring from the trustee ship of the Bqultable life Assurance Society. Mr. Cleveland authorises the following statement: ’Nothing has occurred thus far to dissatisfy me t> the least sad the idea of retiring frrua the treetemtilp has sever entered my Rao* Rtat In Nnr Yarfc. Haw York, kpaetal.—Two paraon* war* aaot, oaa probably fatally, la a l(kt batwaaa woba at wbltaa and i» from ta Waal bUUaatb atraat Sua day. Tba bwMa bagaa wbaa Hman Kart a eotorad mam, was attaflkad la tba atraat by a D«a bar at wkit* boya. Wfc* acaaaad Ua at tatarfarlag adtb a H NORTHCAROLINA hl"y Newsy Items Gathered From all lections. Charlotte Cotton Market. ■'less figures represent prices paid ii” wagons: 8trlct good middling . 11 6-16 Good middling . 10 1-4 Strict middling. 10 1-4 MMdltag . 10 1-1 Tinges . 6 1-6 to » 6-4 Stains.7 1-2 to 6.00 General Cotton Market. Middling. Galveston, firm . 10 7-6 New Orleans, firm . 10 6-4 Savannah, quiet.10 1-6 Norfolk, steady . 10 3-4 Baltimore, nominal .11.00 New York, quiet . 11.10 Boston, qnlet. 11.10 Philadelphia, steady .i. 11.35 Houston, steady. 10 3-4 Augusta, firm . 10 6-1 Meaephls, firm.10 11-15 St. Louis, firm . 10 3-4 Louisville, firm .. 10 1-4 Yh# Convention at Gaetonla. Gastonia.—At the opening session of the convention of the Young Peo ple of the Association Reformed Pres byterian church. Rev. Dr. J. Knox Montgomery, of New Concord, Ohio, conducted the devotional exercises, which were followed by the opening address, delivered by Rev. William Duncan of Charlotte, on “A Revival of Religion." The nomination committee recom mended the following officers, all of wham were elected. President. Rev. A. C. Rogers, of Rock HIU. 8. O.; vice-president, J. A. Russell, of Charlotte; secretary. Mrs. Wlilts Douglass, of Due West, S. C.; press secretary, Julian 8. Miller, of Charlotte; railroad secretary. Major W. W. Boyce, of Rock HIU, 8. C.; treasurer, J. T. McGill, of Gastonia, N. C. The address of the morning was deUvered by Rev. R. J. Idler, of Pittsburg. Pa., editor of the Christian Union Hsarald, and organ of the Uni ted Presbyterian church. He talked on “Our Heritage.” Lawyers Held Memorial Cxerclse*. Lake Toxaway Special.—The meet ing of the State Bar Association hare la sow la full swtng. the attendance being the largest In Its history and the Interest In the proceedings being all that the most sanguine could de slre. Among the principal events of the day were; The strong, logical and elaborate discussion by Judge Pritch ard on the relation of the State and the federal courts, in the course of which he advocated a federal divorce law; and deeply impressive memorial services which were bald In honor cf members of the association who had parsed away since the last annual meeoog. As address In memory of CoL H. C. Jones was delivered by CoL Tillett, one Is honor of Charles F. Warren was spoken by B. 8. Simmons. A tribute was paid to the life end char acter of Hon. W. A. Dunn by Judge McRae, while Messrs L. 8. Overman. 8. H. bier, C. B. Watson. P. H. Bus bee. W. 8. O'B. Robinson and others followed Col. Tillett in his address on CoL Jones. Memorial apeachee were delivered by Ool. Davidson, Hope El lis and others on Mr. Warren and by Hon. John E. Woodward and Lleu tenaatOovernor Winston on Mr. Dunn. Farmers Institute*. . The following schedules of farmers’ Institutes, for the mountain regions. Is announced by the board of agricul ture: Henderson county, Wednesday, August 22, at Hendersonville; Transyl vania, Thursday. *4. at Brevard; Polk, Friday, IS, at Columbus; Haywood, Saturday, 86; Macon, Monday, 28, at Franklin; Jackson. Tuesday. 88, at Webster; Swain, Wednesday, 80, at Bryson City; Graham. Thursday, SI, at Bobbin svllle; Cherokee. Friday, September 1; Clay, Saturday, 8, at HayasvUle; Madison, Monday, 4, at Marshall; Buncombe, Tuesday, 8, at WeaverevUla; Yancey. Wednesday, 8, at Bakersvllle; Watauga. Saturday, 8, at Boons; Ashe. Tuesday, 18, at Lau rel Springs; Alleghany, Wednesday, 12, at Sparta. New Enterprise*. The bank ot Rich lea da, Onslow county was chartered. The amount of authorised capital stock tf $14,000, of which $4,000 has boon paid la. The Incorporators ars: C. T. Lawrence, R. O. Shaw, C. 0. Thomas, sod B. A. Johnson, all of Durham. A charter la graated the A. w. vick ory Company, of Oreeasboro, to maa afaetsre handles, hubs and other hard wood products, capital stock 9W.000. The new directory of Durham, pub lished by the Hill Directory Company, placed the populatloa of Durham at it.Mt, this being quite aa Increase ouur the population of two years ago. This populatloa la for Durham pro por. It la stated with authority that the Standard Oil Company la tha recent purchaser and prsseat owner of the Norfolk Sad Southern railroad. „ Th# board of aldermen of Marlon have raised the license on the saloons operating la the cky from WOO to Attempts arc being made to anile the opposing political factious la Vlr Triday af the penalty I oa Awry's i ■ EUEVB TIFFANY HUNT HOPS LBM. Dealers Paint Out That No Big gtonss Recently Stolen Have Reappeared. Diamond brokers. Importers, lapi daries and Jewellers In their trade centre. Maiden lane, continue to dls cusa the extraordinary features of the great Tiffany diamond robbery. A new eloment entered Into their dis cussions yesterday—almost absolute certainty In their minds that the gems will never be recovered by the own ers. It was pointed out that no Important diamonds which have been stolen by professional diamond thieves within the last half dosen years have been recovered by the owners, the resmon being that a band of expert diamond cutters cut up tbs stones and chango their weights and appearance, so that when they are offered for sale they are no longer recognisable. Tiffany A Co.'a reluctance to give out Information about the robbery It In line with the well-known policy of that firm. It was said, and the story became known only in spite of the ut most efforts of that concern, which al ways pockets Its losses from thefts In Its shops, which are very Infre quent. it Is known that no complaint was mads to the police until the story had come out, and that the Pinker tons, who are usually employed In del Icato Investigation* of this sort ^y Jewelers, were not called In, In spile of the erroneous report to the con trary. “It is. almost certain.” said a lead ing lapidary, “that Tiffany's will never see the stolen gems again. The Iren oral public Is Ignorant of the compara tive ease with which an expert may change the appearance of a diamond. It Is known that for several years a band of expert diamond cutters has been operating here and abroad. I am Inclined to think that their den is somewhere on the other side. '"The diamond cutting business Is a dose corporation. All of the opera tives in ibis country are imported from one. place. They all know one another and get big wages. While the vast majority of these men are honest, there are several scalawags among them, and it Is understood that these men are engaged In disguising diamonds. "when ■ valuable atone has been secure J by substitution, or in any man ner, It la patted to the dishonest lapi daries, who proceed to cut the big stones up into smaller ones and to re shape the smaller ones. Ordinary un set stones at small size are absolutely unidentifiable and are aa negotiable as bullion. While the diamond Is the hardest substance In the world, it is split with remarkable ease. "The thief embeds the diamond *.o bs spilt In u piece of hard wax. pla-es a razor blade carefully on the line of cleavage, hits the ateel a tap w tb a piece of wood, and the diamond splits like e piece of lee. This Is called 'cleaving.' "Next, two diamonds are rubbed to gether by the cutter, who bolds one In each hand, the edges being ground away until the rough shape desired is attained. Then the polisher comes In. He polishes the stone on the wheel and brings the facets to the brilliant polish of commerce. “8o you see that there Is little chance of recognising the Tiffany dia monds if they get into the hands of these gentlemen. The thieves have bnt to grind away the longer end of the pear-shaped diamonds to produce regulation round diamonds, which may be safely sold."—New York Herald. An Inttreatlng Expy-tanc*. The Star reporter half beard of a good one on Chasaahowltaka raosqnl loe^ Col. I-lrlngiton was not the au thor. but heard It from the lips of a Citrus countjrlte. Mr. Oerow, and In ef fect It Is this: "Two men went hunting In the Chasaahowluka swamps. One of the hunters was bitten by a snake, and It was evidently n poisonous rep tile, as the man’s leg began to swell, and finally so badly that his trouser leg had to be cut to save the cloth from bursting. The unharmed hunter placed hts friend- on n big cypress log and started for dry land and n physi cian. expecting to find hla friend dead on hla rat urn. Btlt Judge of hla sur prise to sea him off the log and wad ing around la the water, apparently as well as ever, \tbea asked for an ex planation of bla wonderful recovery he took hla frland and the doctor to the place he sat on the log, and on the ground was a pile of dead mosquitoes that would have filled a bushel basket These peats are so numerous In these swamps that It Is all n man’s life la worth to remain In them. In thla case they attacked the snake-bitten man. lit on the bite and sucked all the pois on out of the wound, with the result above chronicled. The man. In esti mating the bite, thought the mos quitoes were to much worse, having been cured, he was hunting another snake-bite so that for a few moments be could rest from their persecutions. —Ocala (Fla.) Star. Absent Minded. A writer whose mind was occupied with a knotty problem left the Loire eleb In New York to drive through Central Park In the hope that the open nlr would clear the cobwebs from bis brain. ‘‘Uptown,’* he said to the cabby. The driver heeded northward for four miles, natll be reecbed t^e :;ar lem river. Thee be thought It time to make laqrnlrles. “Beg pardon. Mr.* he aeld to his (am. "what Areet do you wantf’ "Whet streets have your’ asked the writer absentlyBverybodys Mag Httb COTTON LEAK FOUND TgrniiatJoi of a Great Scaadal it tiie Agricultural De^art«ent - BOW A FEW BSOKEBS GOT NEWS Secretary Wilson Make* Public an Official Report Stating That Edward S> Holmes Communicated Advance Information Through L. C. Van 4 Riper to Theodore H. Price and Other New York Operators. Washington. Special—Aa the result ot the Investigation by secret service agents Into the charges made by Rich ard Cheatham, secretary of the Cotton Planters' Association, that Information had been given to cotton brokers In New York by some person or persons In the Bufean of Statistics of the De partment ot Agriculture, Secretary Wil son made public an official report In which he statue that Edwin S. Holmes, the assistant statistical!, has been guil ty of "Juggling" the official report The report says It has beea found that Mr. Holmes communicated advance infor mation to L. C. Riper, a New York broker, and that a Mr. Hast, of New York, who, Mr. Van Riper said, acted aa a go-btween in conveying Information from Holmes to other New York brokers, including Theodore Price. Steps have been taken by Secretary Wilson to prevent any further leakage of the Department figures, and an en tire re-organlsatlon ot the Bureau of Statistics and manner of preparing monthly crop reports hit been outlined by him. The papers in connection with the Investigation ware referred to the United States attorney for the District of Columbia and be has reported that. In bis opinion, a criminal prosecution will not lie against Holmes. Holmes has been dismissed from the service of the Department. BROKER VAN RIPER WITNESS. According to the report, Wilson Judd, ot New York, formerly In the employ of L. C. Van Riper, induced the latter to tell of hla connections with Holmes and then communicated the Informa tion to Mr. Cheatham. Van Riper became the principal wit nsae In the Investigation conducted by the iscret service and said be was in duced to communicate the fact that ad vanced Information was being given out by Holmee because he bad heard that Holmes and hla associates had Intended to try to manipulate the June cotton report Having this Information as a foundation, the secret service agents interviewed numerous persons who had meen mentioned by Judd and Van Riper, as well as gathering a mass of correspondence. Including many letters written by Holmee to Van Riper and others. The report made to Secretary Wilson and the Secretary's comments, together with the details ot ths new plsn of conducting the Bureau of Sta tistics. makes more than four thousand words It reviews the^ entire Investi gation, beginning with the charges (hat were laid before Secretary Wilson by Mr. Cheatham several weeks ago. Just That Way. If an editor makes a mistake, says the Factotum, he has to apologise for It, but if the doctor mages one for It. but if tbe doctor makee one there is a law suit, swearing and the amelt of sulphur, bftt tha doctor makes one there la a funeral, cot Sowers and a small of varnish. The doctor can use a word a yard long without knowing wbat It means, but if ths editor uses it he has to spell It If the doctor goes to see another man's wife he charges for the visit but if the editor goes to see another man> wife he gets a charge of buck shot When a doctor gets drank It la a case of “overcome by beat" and If be dies It la heart failure. When an editor gets drunk It Is a case of too much boose, and if he dies it la a case of delirium tremens. Any old medical eollege can make a docto^ You can't make an editor. He has to oe bora.—Ex. Newa of the Day. The body of Secretary Hv waa In terred at Cleveland with simple cere monies, the President being one of those present. The Rablnlcal convention contlnaed Its sessions at Clereland. Interesting addresses ware dellrered before several departments of the Na tional Educational convention at As burjr park. Two Illinois bantu, of which C. 3. Devlin, the Topeka (Kan.) capitalist, waa president, bare dosed. Re fugs as Seeing from the yellow fever aconrge on the Isthmus of Pana ma arrived at New York, and palat conditions la the Canal Zone very dark er. A man who registered as a son of August Belmont was arrested la Color ado Springs for allegad forgery. In New York he waa declared an Impostor. The Kalas Po**mklas, with her crew of mwtlneera on board, has arrived at Theodosia, Crimea, sad raised' the standard of re belli». She la reported to have been s-ea m sevaral other places. Slaty of the mutineers of the PoMe dowoeeta have been Imprisoned, and It la thong-1 all will be shot. Russia how seems anxious to corn dude peace and particularly eager to conclude an armistice, fearing that another bed defeat would threaten the safety of the Empire. Coamcks tred eg workmen at the Potllog works sad wounded a number of them. gs nr Iocs In memory of Secretary Hay were held at St. Paul's Cathedral, In London. The dlgaltartea sent to receive the body of Peal Jones were dtaed by Pre mier and Mate. Ron vise.