SnOCESSOR TO THE ROCKIIGM1 BOCSET.
Old Series, Vol. XVII, 2fo. SI
Sew Bene, Vol II Mo. 38.
KOCKINGIIAM, N. C, THURSDAY; JANUARY 24 I9CI.
Ji.0 ia m 11 on 10 utete
QUEEN VICTORIA'S
DECLINING DAYS
Pathetio Picture -i of Her Pi-,
, nal Hours.
llONTHS A MENTAL WEECK
The Rnd Hastened by the Horrors of
the South African War and Death of :
Relatives Her Majesty a 31ental
Wreck For Month. . ;
New York, Jan. 21. A dispatch to -The
World from London says:
Your correspondent has obtained from v
a sooroe within court circles the first
eomprehensive and actual account of the
queen's illness that has been given out.
- QT7KX VICTORIA.
These ''facts have placed the illness of
the queen in a startling and pathetio '
f i rim . . Z - f
ugnc xney snow tnat ner mind has
been failing for months, even before her
visit to Ireland. She had been a men.
tal wreck for months. Whenever it
was officially announced that she made
felicitous responses to speeches at publio
functions it is a matter of cold face that
the poor old queen was - in such a daze
that all she could sav to her companions
was: "Where am I?'
Several times when she has appeared
in public during the past six or eight
months she has fallen asleep. Had it
been anyone else but the queen of Eng
land it would Have been plain long ago
that the malady was senile decay. And
that truthfully is what aftiicts Victoria.
But for her physical breaking up of
the past week, an attack of paralysis in
the left side, it would have been possi
ble for the court and ' the roTal house
hold to have kept from the Britidh1-people
knowledge of her mental decay for
an indefinite period. For the queen had
lapses of intellectual vigor, but -these
were more interesting to her than her
periods of mental density! .
Horrors of War. f. ,
When her brain was elear she imme
diately reverted to the horrors of the
war in South Africa.
Agowi and again she harped upon the
war. . This war, which she strove with
all her power to avert, made the last
hours of England's queen, who reigned
happily longer than most men live, most
wretched and miserable. - In her lucid
intervals it haunted hur incessantly.
The queen's strong constitution man
ifested the first symptoms of serious
decay during the stay of the court at
Windsor in November and December,
1899, when evil tidings of the South Af
rican war, which began the previous
October, began to arrive in rapid suc
tion. ' .
The queen did not look for any serious
disaster to her army. She expected
nothing but a series of quick, easy vic
tories. Instead, disaster followed disas
ter every few days. - -.a, :. ,::
(general Boiler, before leaving Eng
land for, the South African campaign,
assured the queen that the war would
be "difficult, but not dangerous.' In
consequence of news of the many re
verses which came to her With added
severity, she felt that she had been de
ceived, and never forgave Buller. When
his name was submitted to' her for &
visit to Windsor 'after his return from
South Africa, she stroked it through
with her pen. - :
, It was at this time that the queen had
fits of crying in an aggravated form,
which immediately preceded her present
critical illness.
The assassination of the king of Italy
last July shocked her deeply. The news
of the illness of her eldest child, Empress
Frederick, added greatly to her distress,
and the faot that she was physically un
able to visit the empress and see her be
fore either died made her nervous and
excitable. -
Later came the death of her second
son, the Duke of Saxe-Ooburg-Gotha
(Edinburg), which in a few weeks was
followed by the death of her grandson.
Prince Christian Victor, son - of her
daughter Helena, wife of Prince Chris
tian of Schl eswig- Holstein. ;
The prospect of an indefinite prolonga
tion of the war was a trial under which
her health again began to sink in No
vember last. Iler spirit remained un
daunted, and when it was reported that
President Kroger had said the war
would claim her as one of its victims,
the queen declared: I may die, but
Mr. Kruger won't kill int."
Sleepless Mights.
While the queen has been sleepless at
night, she has long had strange fits of
drowsiness in the daytime. When her
mind has been clear the queen has tried
valiantly to combat this failing. " The
court officials have also worked hard to
keep her from sleeping at the wrong
time. ,
The last time she drove outside the
rrounds of Osborne the viilagers of East
Oowes were astounded to hear the clear
treble of the son of the Prince of Batten
berg trilling out popular songs from the
royal carriage.
The boy was singing . to keep his
grandmother awake, in obedience to her
wishes. Now and again she dozed,
waking to tell the boy to continue his
chant, which to the uninitiated onlook
er contained a world of pathos.
' The queen drove about in her donkey
chaise within the grounds of Osborne
ttonse for the last time on Tuesday;
Ane Duchess of Edinburg, or Saxe-Co-ourg-
Gotha, was her companion. On
ner return to the oastle the queen was
T?' i. Ia that condition she was car
mer bed never to rise again.
ua Thursday the queen had a stroke
orp&ralyaa Since then she has been
in a comatose condition.
( -fo wm i
CINCINNATI, ; CAPITALISTS
To Make as , Intensive Tar of the
, Southern States. -
CBisLorrz If. C Jan. 19. Soma
time ago the Commercial club of Cin
dnnati invited Mr. D. A. Tompkins of
Charlotte to make an address to the oln
on Southern Industrial . Development.
After this address the subject of organ
izing in Cincinnati a party to make an
industrial tour front that city through
the Piedmont region to the bouta AX
lantio coast and return to Cincinnati
was discussed. . Mr. Samuel Spencer,"
president of the - Southern railway
promptly agreed to furuiih. a train for -the
use of a representative party.
The party will consist of 20 to 80 of ;
the most representative citizens of Cin-
einnati and the Ohio valley. The places
to be visited are not yet determined :
Upon, nor is the route definitely fixed,
but it is contemplated lea vi tig Cincin-.
nati the night of Feb. ft, thence proba
bly to Knoxville, Asheville, Charlotte.
Columbia, Charleston, Savannah, At-
lanta, Chattanooga and Cincinnati.
The purpose of the tour is to promote ;
commercial relations between the south
era manufacturing districts and the
South Atlantic ports, on : the one side,
and Cincinnati and Ohio valley and the
northwest on the other.'
TO REDUCE YARN OUTPUT
Action of the Southern Tarp Spinners' .
AMoctavtloo. t -.
, Charlotte, N. O,. Jan.; 19. At a
meeting of the Southern Hosiery Yarn
Spinners' association here yesterday af
ternoon a resolution, was passed : that
product of soft yarns should be cur
tailed as touch as possible. i
About 150.000 spindles engaged in the
manufacture of soft yarns used for hos
iery were represented by personal owners-
or proxy. President Adamson of
Cedartown, Ga, stated after the meet
ing last night that he expected that the
order passed by the association will
nave tne enect ox stopping air mgns -work
in the mills represented.
The former schedule of prices was or-
dered vacated, for the reason,, it was -stated,
that the members of the associa -ation
expected higher prices as a result -I
of the agreement to curtail production, j
; This association . numbers among its
membership about 95 , per cent of the !
spindles of the south engaged In the j
manufacture of soft yarns, and it is ex- J
pected that the action taken at the meet-
ing will have an immediate effect upon j
the output of the hosiery yarn product, j
North Carolina's Textile Industries. !
Raleioi, Jan. -19 The- state labor
commissioner's' annual report shows
that on June 20 last there were in ope- ,
ration in North Carolina 185 cotton
mills, SO knitting and 11 woolen. Today
he finished a supplemental report, show
ing the mills which began operations
between June SO and the first of the
present month. There were 19 of these,
and they have 184,000 spindles and 3,600
looms, bringing the total np to 1,481,771
spindles and 33,289 looms. There are
18 mills In cou:e of construction.. Some
of these are very large and their total of
spindles wili probably exceed 200,000.
Boy Burned to Death.
Durham, N. C, Jan. 21. Saturday
afternoon, Barney, the 4-year-old child
of Mr. and;Mra. M. Haskell, who reside
on Pino etreet, was burned to death. It
is supposed that he and his brother
were trying to make a fire, as an oil can
was near by where the ohtldren were.
A neighbor -taw smoke coming from the
room and ran in and seeio? the child on
fire made au effort . to . extinguish the
flames, which he finally succeeded in
doing, but not until the child was
burned fataL'y. '
Niece of Late Gov. Brown aiarrled.
'r, f Green vrxxi, S, " 0.',t Jan. 1 9. Pro
fessor John r. West of Pelzer and Miss
Martha Eloise Brown were ' married at
Belton at the residence of the bride's
mother, Mrs. A. B. Byrd, yesterday. ;A
large number of prominent people of
this State and Georgia witnessed the
ceremony.- The bride is a niece of, the
late Senator Joseph E. Brown, of Geor
gia. , . She is a very handsome and bril
liant woman and has a large circle of
friends in this and other States. . '
Woods FulTof Moonshiners. v
Greexvtlle, S. CL, Jan. 19. Deputy
Marshals Carson and Phillips have re
turned from a raid in the dark corner,
bringing Ji;Luther Thomas, caught in j
a moonshine still near Brettell, a post- f
office in the Dark Corner." The mar-
shals wexi followed and fired on from f
ambush riiy frienda of the prisoner at '
several : points, but were not hit. They f
report the woods full of stills all through '
the mountains, probably because, there
have been no raids recently.
Stonewall Jackson's Widow.
Charlotte, N. a Jan. 2L Interest
ing services, commemorative of Lee's
birthday, were held at the Presbyterian
Female college here oh Saturday, the
principal feature of which was the pro-
sentation of crosses of honor to confed
erate veterans. Mrs Anna Jackson,
widow of the illustrious Stonewall Jack
son, pinned the crosses on the coats of
the veterans.
I Prlceof Bale of Cotton, f t :
Newtos, N. : CL, 1 Jan. 2 i. Mr. John
R . Setzer killed a hog -: the other day
which so far breaks the -record in this
county. It weighed : CSS Bounds. It
was sold to the . Maiden cotton wills
store at 8 cents a' pound. This was
147.04. about the value of a bale of cot
ton or ft common work horse. ;
Terrible Accident.
Thohasvtixe. N. CL, Jan. 21. A ter
rible accident happened at the veneer
works Saturday afternoon. Hve work
men, all negroes, fejl into the (teaming
tank. Tance, ; who was scalded the
worst, died last night. - The others will
rrover . if . the proper .care is taken of
. them. ' ,: '- . .
A Charleston Failure :
' Charleston, Jan. 2L A petition in
"voluntary bankruptcy has been filed in
the, United States district court here for
Follin Bros., wholesale 'and retail toO
bacco dv5ft!era. The liabilities of 'the
firm ara ' 40,000, with assets amounting
t3S-ooo, , . j
THE QUEEN IS DEAD!
LONG LIVE THE KING!
. I
A Noble and Uo3t HliistrioTX3
Life Ended, ;
E2TD CAHE THIS EVENING
Surrounded by iler Children and
Graodchl lre, tlieQ.ieen of Jreet
Dritaln ud Juipres of td' i alm
ly and Peacefully Pftet A way.
Osbok5k Huuss, Isle of Wight, Jan.
226:45 P. Iler majesty tie qaeen
breathed her last at 60 n n., rcir
ronuded by her children and grandchil
dren. : (Signed) James Beid, R. Dong
lass Powell, Thoinas Barlow.
LosDO.v, Jan. 237)7 P. M. The
text of the Prince of Wales' message to
the lord mayor is as follows: . -:
Osbobkx, 6:45 P. M. My beloved
mother has just passed away, surround
ed bv her children and grandchildren.
(Signed) -, , Albert Edward.
Co wes, Jan. 23. The queen is said to
have bade farewell in a feeble monosyl
lable to her family, assembled at her
bedside at midday. She first recognized
the Prince of Wales, to whom she spoke
a few words of great' moment. Empe-
ror William, with the others present,
filed past and heard ' a whispered good
bye. All those in the bedroom were in
tears. . '
VICTORIA'S LAST HOURS.
Scenes
and Iiicl1fits In and Around
the Death Chamber.
L0SD05. Jan. 22.-1:40 P. M The
gloomy faces of the crowds incessantly
approaching the bulletin board at the
Mansion Hpuse indicate how little the
public hope to receive ' better news of
the condition of the queen. All. ages
and conditions of women and even chil
dren are content to spend a long time in
waiting their turn to get within reading
X As the throng moves slowly past the
notice board those who are unable to
get there personally are sending mes
senger boys with notebooks and pencils
to bring the text of everything posted. .
The grief of all is evident . .Never were
there so many black ties in the city be
fore the actual arrival of a time of gen
1
eral mourning, and nobody mingling
with the crowds can doubt for a mo
ment that everybody in them has a keen,
personal interest in the queen's condi
tion. ..,i-. . r:
Mr. Balfour, the first lord of the treas-
ury, and the children of the Duchess of
Connausht have - started for Osborne,
Mr. Balfour, it is said, goes as the rep
resentative of the premier, Lord Salis
bury. The summoning of Mr. Balfour
and the Connaught children is regarded
as indicating th At the end of Queen
Victoria iafast approaching.
. X Preparing For Eventualities.
- The arrangements are already prac
tically complete" for-meetings I of the
privy council - and ' parliament, the
statutes providing that they shall as
semble immediately on the death of a
sovereign, r The privy councillors could
gather together within a fewj hours.
The ministers wiil attend,, give up their
seats of office, bo resworn, receive the
proclamation of the new king, pass
votes of condolence and congratulation,
and adjourned. .
After giving up their seals, the min
isters will receive them back from the
new ruler. The privy : council lors will
also be sworn afresh, and parliament
will assemble within 24 hours of the
death of the queen, in accordance ' wit b.
precedent in tee ; course of lleorge
ui peror William's yacht Hohenzol
lern has been ordered to leave Kiel im
mediately. She is expected torrive at
Cow es Friday, . No arrangements have
been made for I Emperor William's re
turn to Germany, which ia dependent
upon even tualitlea. - 0- i
Remarkable Scene. ,
There was a remarkable scene outside
of the Mansion House early this alter
noon. - On the receipt of the alarming
reports something resembling a groan
was uttered by the hundreds of people
assembled, and then some one started
to sing the national anthem. All heads i
were tiered, and in a moment the crowds
were singing "God Save the Queen"
with sv fervor proving how earnestly
they wish for " her recovery. The pas
sengers in passing carriages, cabs and
omnibuses joined in the singing, the
drivers reverently, doffing their hats.
BeRuK, Jan. 21- 2. -30 P. ZL The cor
respondent of tho Associated Press here
learns from an official source that Queen
Victoria recognized Emperor William
when the latter went to her bedsides
yesterday by giving a sign of joy. She
was unable to converse with hinx It is
not known how long the emperor will
stav in Eneland. '
CowEs;Isleof Wight, Jan. 22 4P.M-:
The end is very near. The Prince of
Wales has not left the vicinity of the
queen's bedroom since 9 a. m. Empe
ror wuuam ana au tne royal Iaijilr is
. . i a - .
near nar majesiy a oeasiae. j
" Loxdox, Jan. 23 IJJ5 P. M. A bul
letin posted at the Mansion House reads
'as follows: ''Xx'XX-.r'X
- Osborxe, Jan. 22 4 P. M. My pain
ful duty obliges me to inform you that
the life of our beloved queen is in the
greatest danger. . t
(Signed) ; Albert Edward.
Oowxs, Jan. 22 Noont News from
. Osborne house confirms the belief of
every one that the death of her majesty
is imminent, and its announcement at
any moment would not Ije a surprise.
The weather is cold and rainy. Beyond
the newspaper correspondents" few per
sons are about the gate of the royal resi
dence. Mounted messengers': from O-"
' borno ride through Cowes at intervAl .
at breakneck speed, sending off! -the
latest tidings to officials and foreign
eourts. The rector , cf . Widpiriupbam
i ehorch remained, at Osborne thruuh
j'out the morning. - None of .4e royal
personages has gone driving r walking.
Iti ;iu srtood that Enperor WiULua
of Gi ttc.xrkf wiU not leave today. ; .
II. r m tjesry has recofjiiiKxl several
memuLXA r the royal family whe are
there. The queen is now sleeping.
I The papers devote columns of space
I to historical and personal remixusenoes
, and the. scenes and incidents of the
eueen's Ufa. Emphasis is laid on the
I
fact that her majesty is now paying the
penalty tor ner - devotion to enatrs ox
state. It is generally recognised that
until a few dayi ago there was no hard
er worker in the kingdom. Soughly es
timated, aha signed 50,000 document
yearly.
5. . Jti o dispatch of any gravity was ever
Issued from the cre:ga office until seen
by the queos, aud some idea of the work
thus entailed U fathered from the fact
tiiu.t the foreign office handles consider
ably over 1,000 dispatches weekly. ;
. ""'A Hard Worker.
; After erery ' sitting of the .house of
commons the : government secretary in
the house was in the naMf of f award
ing to the queen an abscrJ?c of the busi-
I ness none, see personal! v atsenaea - so
j these and frequently returned , them
i with marginal notes asking explana
tions. , J - . - .
hJLen Terry's appearance at Sandring-'
ham before the queen is recalled as be
ing the only occasion when her. majesty
ever prompted an actress. -The queen
gave her toe cue, vury softly. As Miss
Terry did not 'take the' cue, the queen
repeated it more loudly, and the actress.
suppressing her , merriment, accepted
t the cue and proceeded with her part,
! , - Patbetio Incident. : . ' '
Of path iti': interest now is the inscrip
tion on the lai wreath from the queen
which was placed on the bishop of Lon
don's coffin ThurUy last. It does not
bear her o wn siuature, and this is the
first instance on record of such a hap
pening. It was regarded at the time by
the court officials of serious import.
Lord Clarendon, the new lord cham
berlain, with Prince Christian of Scales
wig-Holstein and the: Duke of Argyll,
arrived at Osborne this afternoon. It
i the lord chamberlain, who, with the
Bishop of Canterbury, announces to a
now monarch his accession to the throne.
Maxsio House, f Loitboy, Jan. 15'
j 4:47 P
; Wales'
m. In reply to the Prince of
message, the lord mayor, Mr.
Frank Greene, dispatched the following:
I have received your royal nighness'
sad intimation; with profound grief,
which is shared by the citizens of Lon
don, who still pray that, -under divine
Providence, the irreparable loss to her
majesty's devoted family and loyal sub
jects throughout the empire may still
be averted. Will your royal highness
; be pleased to accept tnis beartfelt ex
' pression of my demand sincere Tsympa
i:thy." ? I -X,'XX
SEABOARD AIR LINE WORK.
! Efforts Being Made to Improve' School.
houses and Yards.
Jacksonville, FlaL,fJan 22T-wMrs.
E. G. McCabe, general director of school
work for the Seaboard Air Line Indus
trial association; has just issued: two
circular letters to the , people along the
line of the Seaboard Air line,' between
Richmond and Florida. The first onp
asks for the opinion' of the resident;'
along the line as to the work and tol
suggestions that will aid in beau tif vim
theschoolhouses. In the first letter -sht-explains
that where scheolhouses .havt'
been painted and renovated she wiL
send cards, which. will induce childrett
to plant flowers, etc., around the build
ing. :--.:-vX yXi "XZ
The second letter is one of more im
portance, and Vis worthy of production
for the benefit of ; readers along the linf
of the railroad, aa it contains a reqnes
for the names of white schools along the
line of the road or within 10 miles o
the railway station.' --'''f ,XX t- Wr
This means much v for the country
schools, where a library is an unknown
quantity, and wnere there is always so
much room for improvement.
The dav set apart for the planting o:
trees at the tchoolhouses along the line
of the Seaboard Air line is set for
March 20, and - will be known as Sea board
Air Line Arbor Day.' There wilt
also be a flag day with a . celebration,
July 4. -
Escaped Prisoner Beeap tared.
Seattle. Wash. Jan. C2. Five out
of eight prisoners who escaped from the
United States transports at Hong Kong
have been recaptured, according to thi
Shanghai Mercury copies of which havf
reached this city.
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i GUILTY OF nURDEfi
IN-SECOND DEGREE
Verdict Against Three of Jen
nie Bosschieter's Slayers.
BBIS01TEIIS WILL APPEAL
2ly Darling "Jennie Is Aveaged at
Lastl" ExeUlraed the Mother of tat
Murdered Girl The State Attorney
; EatUfled With the Kesnlt. "I ::
FaTX&sov, N. J., Jan, 19. Walter O.
llcAUiiter, Andrew J. Gainpbell and
WUliarn A. Death; three of the four
persons indicted for the death of Jennie
Bosscheiter, a mill girl,, who was mur
dered on the sight of Oct. 18 last, were
last night adjudged guilty of murder in
the second degree. According to the
New; Jersey; law, the maximum penally
for the prisoners is SO years imprisen
ment. X''X :':i,Xi:- -4 V-'X
The mother of the murdered girl tali,
weeping: ' -
"My darling Jennie is avenged at last.
The killing was not so earn. Da I but
oh it was awful. awfuL 4 We hoped
they would receive the &ntnt late as
they gave to Jennie, bat that could net
bring her back."- . ' .r . r
v Prosecuting Attorney E" ley said:
- "The state is content, because Che
state and its represent:..- ves have 4ce
their full duty. - Persottll there never
has been vindictiveness in my heart." ?
: One of the counsel for the prisoners
said he considered the verdiot a Viotory
for the defense. -'
' Michael Dunn, counsel for Campbell
and Death, said that the case would be
appealed on error. It may be It months
before the final adjudication of the case.
Prosecutor Emley said after the rer
diet that Kerr would be tried some time
during the present : term, but he could
not at present fix the date.
PUZZLELVTHE RAILROAD MEN
Two-Headed Woman Wasted to Rldt
' , - on Single Ticket. "V
. Atlanta, Jan. 22. Tho question as
to what railroad fare' shall be charged
a two-headed woman has arisen to ag4
tate the minds of railroad officials.
President Wickersham of the Atlanta
and. West Point received the following
message from the company! agent it
Selma, Ala. i ' - . . .
"What shall I do about fare in case
of Millie Christine, the two-headed, two
bodied woman? -She elaims that hith
erto she has been traveling for one fare
Shall I charge her one or, two fares?
Please rush answer."
This r was a puzzler : for the railroad
officials, and they did not know what to
answer. After due consideration, Mr.
Joseph Higgins 'of the Atlanta and West
Point sent the following answer to the
agent:
If Millie Christine is one and the
same woman charge her one fare; It
she is two women under, one attire
charge her two fares.!! ' -
The company has not received the re
port of the agent as to how many faref
ha collected.
INDUSTRIES IN THE
SOUTH
-r-v-;."- '..r.. r"r
Developments Reported During
the Past Week. . -
Chattasoooa. Jan 21. Among the
more important of the new industries
reported by Tbe Tradesman for the
week ended Jan 19 are brickworks at
Decatur, Ala., and j Augusta, Ga.j coal
mining company at Birmingham, Ala.;
a $100,000 cotton mill at Statesville, N.
C, distilleries at Medoc, X. O. ; a tSO.
000 company to manufacture druggists'
specialties at Chattanooga; an electric
light plant at Red Springs, N. O.; a
foundry at Hickory, N. C; a $7),000
gas company at Atlanta, Ga.; a $40,003
grain elevator at Montgomery, Ala.: an
ice factory at Dawson, Ga.; a $200,000
land company at Raleigh, N. OL; a laun
dry at Red Springe, N. a a light- and
water company at Marion, If . C; a $40.
000 lumber company at . Jacksonville,
Fla. , and Lexington, N. OL ; a paint fac
tory at Wilmington, N. O.; a planing
mill let Athens, Ga.; a sash and doos
factory at Jonesboro, N. C; sawmills at
Silver Spring and Tallaha?st.e, Fla.'
ybUNO TARHEEL CRIMINALS
Horth Carolina Legislature Asked t
' ': " Establish Reformatory.
Raleigh, Jan. 22. There was a hear
ing yesterday before the committees'os
penal institutions of the two houses oa
a bill establishing a state reformatory
for young criminals. Many prominent
persons were present. It was stated
that every judge had for ten years urged
the establishment of a reformatory. . -.
The' chairman of the. state peniten
tiary board said he had Investigated the
records and found that during the past
five .years only five white boys and ho
white girls under 18 bad been admitted,
while 101 negro boys and 12 girls had
been admitted. " -7 ' .
: 1res!dent and Mrs McIClaley. .
"Washtxotox, Jan. 2 L President Mo
Kinley has almost completely ruoovered
from hie' recent illness and was . in his
office at the usual time"this morning
His work for tbe present, however will
be confined t such as requires immedi
ate attention, and he will receive-only
such callers as have urgent business
with him. Mrs. MrKlnlwy'a health is
.quite good. ' - - - ',.-.,"' .,t,,
T.- Can't Take 3few Company in.
Atlaxta, Jan. 22. Although Amsri
cus boasts of a new military company,
the new organization will not fce ad
mitted into the state militia. There is
no room for the company, end as a re
wilt it will be necessary for ue Ooys to
wait' until there is a vacancy, so de
clares the adjutant general. .
Ko Segroes and No Indians. . '.
' Raixxob; Jan. 21, -In the house yes
tday MrCarwn (Iep.)trcdud a
bill to amend the constitution so as tc
eliminate negroes and Indian e In mak
ing appointments for coo gressional and
judicial districts.
1 SOMEWHAT TOO PREVIOUS
fnator Tillman's Election Was ss
et Aheaa or lima.
(Xxpttli.Jx CL; Jan. IS. A 7aaa
tngtonVpedtal aaysi - '.
"So anxious Is the lesiaUture of Semtk
Carolina to have me re maid la the sea
ats that they have actually electa ra
tweek ahead of the time appointad by
w for them to ack1.- i- :. . -
This la the way Senator Tillman eora-
mented. good naturedly, mpoa the pre
mature action of the state Isgislature la
passing upon his election last Tuesday,
when, according to law, the fcmaltty
should net hart taken place until next
' Tuesday. '.'. '
; "I suppose, added Senator TiUmaa,
our state legislature, which is natu
rally Democratic was so eager to carry
out the verdict of the people, expressed
- In the primaries last sassmer, that tht
- lawyers of that body negler q d to con
sult the ceastitution, which provides
' that the election of senators shall ee
held on the second Tuesday alter the
. legislature meets and orrauls. It met
: and organized the rs.t TuetOiV of tkU
.month. It should have allowed aatther
Tuesday to Intervene before proceeding
with the senatorial election. The result
; is they will have to have another alee-,
tion next Tuesday to make my election
valid. 1 1 suppose that the ' raeraben of
- the legislature were afraid that some
thing might happen to prevent them
from carrying out the desires of the
people of the state, so they decided Co
give me my commission for another
term a week ahead of time."
THE PORT ROYAL DRY DOCK
H- . . ' --it- - j i
Coagressmaa Elliots Objeeta te Its
- , t Removal to Charlestea. -CnARLESTo.
S. C, Jan. 19,-Oon-
: gressman William Elliott, represesta.
tive in congress from the First district,
according to advices from Washington,
1 is leading a fight against the removal of
the drydeck from Port Royal to Charles
ton. There is now a delegation la
;. Washington from Port Royal endeavor
ing to enlist the services of Senator Mo
Laurin and the senators and represen
tatives from Oeorgia in an effort to pre
vent the carrying out of the recommen
dations of Admiral Rogers board.
It is not believed that the. com
bined efforts of Congressman . Elliott
and the Port Royal committee Will de
feat the plans of the navy department,
for the matter has gene too far for re
. call. Seoretary Long has already or.
dered the site to be purchased, and steps,
I- it is understood, will soon be taken to
carry out the orders of the secretary,
who, by an act of oongres is vested
with the power to begin work witnoui
further action by congress. -
Mayor Smyth expressed ooafldsnce to
day in Senator, TUlaan being able to
control the situation at Washington.
The mayor expressed his Satisfaction at
Senator MoLaurin's refusal to enter the
fight against. Charleston. "
HE BLEW HIS DRAINS OUT
Shocking Sutoide of an Afflicted South
.; , " -; .- Carolinian. '. '-V .
Gbeextuxe, 8. 0., Jan. ' 18. E. P.
"Wyatt, a well-to-do citizen of Greers,
killed himself at noon today; Three years
ago : Mr." Wyatt was paralysed. Sine
then he has suffered greatly, although
able to walk about Recently he has
been in low spirits, but no suspieioo
was entertained that he would take his
life. He was W years old, unmarried
t and lived with his mother. . .
I At noon today he took his shotgun
and went to his stable, a short distance
from the residence. , He entered the
building, shut the door and in a few
seconds his nother, who was Standing
on the piazza watching him, heard the
report of a gun. She ran to the stable
'and found him In the last agonies of
death. - i:'-:"-.. re:
He had evidently placed tht muxzlo
, of the gun just under his right ear, as
all the upper and back part of his hee
was torn off. leaving only a part in
front " of hs eara w Hie brains were
splashed around on the walls and floor
of the stabl and death must have been
almost instantaneous. " - i
LOAD ENTERED HIS : HEAD
Prominent Yoana Colombia Man Ae
- - : clden telly KUs Mmlf.
CoLtncBia. a a Jan. 19. William O.
Flenniken, general manager of the Co
lumbia Land and Improvement compa
ny, was found dead in his room yester
. daj. , -.-i , - "ti-''-" -? - r:
His mother who was In the house did
not bear the report of the gun and was
not aware of the tragedy until the blood
dripped through the - ceiling Into the
room." v : X:' -:X-. XX '.::
Flenniken was a prosperous yeunjr
business man and was the leader of aU
society germane. He led the state ball
last November. . - -m-
X An Affrav In Anderson.
i wnfCBAI fk. 1.. Jjin. . 10 .A Mf4RS T
shooting scrape occurred: near Dearer,
in this county, on Sunday afternoon, in
which Jim Clark was seriously wound- 1
A fev Railev Davia Clark is still alive. I
i "but in a dangerous oeuditlon. A family '
I . , -.. a -.e, a
feud if said to nave oeen toe ongin 01 ,
the trovblo. Clark had old man Davis
down, slashing hint with a knife, when
Bailey interfered.- Clark then threw
Bailey to the ground . and was beating ;
nim, waea vstu mcu. uuw; mtu
has been arrested. ,
1 - 11 i.vrimr -j.11.11 iiuwijwMU. ' ' .' -v
The Lew Farce. -' "
Colocbia, S. CL, Jan. 19 Represen
tative Thomas of this.city has introduced
.inthebotLjeabmtorfpealthsiiicoiastax
law. A bill of this character passed tht .
house last session, but was killed in the
senate. The law is a farce, Mr. Thomas
says, as but $1.571.1 1 was collected front
"this source last jeuxSn-:'
Lived la Three Centuries,
: GsEZJrsBOSO, N. C Jin. 1L Gold-
boro has three negro citizens who have !
lived in three centuries and bask in the
sunshine yet of the present one. They
are Nellie Smith, aged 11$ years; Boh
Lane, aged 109 years, and Oecrgs Petti-
john, aged 103 years. ? r
Flre at Westminster.
X Wzsranxffmv S CL. -Jan. 191 Fire
hrote out this xsornlaj in tht grocery
J. store of P. a. Jenkins, burning it and
two adjoining buildings one occupied
try F. A-: Davis as general store; tht
other by Pitts Sj Gray.
PUZZLED THE RAILROAD MEfJ
Two-needed Woman Wanted to KM
- ea a Single Ticket.
Atlaxta. Jan. 1 The question as
i to what railroad fare shall be charged
a two-headed woman has arisen to ti
taft tht minds cf railroad cEdal.
- President Wicks rb am of the Atlanta
and West Point received the following
message from the company's agent at
Selma, Ala.: . -'
What shall X do abost fore la cas
of Millie Christine, the two-headed, two
bodied woman? She claims thst hith
erto she baa been traveling for one fare.
at e a . 4
rvnnii a rnnrm nrr aaoxu uat ta aaA tt a-
Please rush answer.! ,
This was a puzzler for the rsilrcAl
oScials, and they did not know what to
answer. After due consideration, Mr.
Joseph niggins of the Atlanta and West
Point sent the following answer to the
agentt
"If Millie Christine is one and tbs
suae woman chiirge her one fare; ii
she is two wooica untlcr cne attin
charge her two f ares, 7
; The company has not received the re
port of the agent as to how many feres
be collected.
; Xtmgtr Goes to Ulreeht,
' has started for Utrecht, where he will
f anma wmIl: He wu creeted br a
crowd at the railroad station and said
he felt very well on coming cut fcr tht
first tin since his recent illness.
v Xrroes Protest. .
TTxcnxrai, San., Jan. 23. At a meet.
lag or eoo negroes nere jasi nigns, reso
lutions wsrs adopted condemning tht
recent burning of tht negro at Alexan
der and calling for the legislature t
: punish the perperrators, '
1 A KING'8 ERROR. 7
DeWes Deslrees ef Flndlog Sirs'
,. and lie Peeaa Them. . ' - .
-V - lOopriUW, 1900, tr C B. Uwia
One day the king of rersla ahd ruler
i of the earth took It Into bis - head to
J wander out Into tbe country alone and
have a chat with some of bis honest
I tobjectSi Coming across a peasant at
work inj his field, the king baited to
say:. :.--J,:-v;:,'-:;;:;';.. ::
' "I haveyheard a traveler say that In
the fields where th grais Is thick and
tall there dwelt a sptcles of bird which
made and stored tip honey. Hath seeu
a flock of such birds around here T
, "I don't think I Lave, nplloil tho
peasant. ! he tale of a traveler may
i bo true, but the birds are evidently coy
and my,:-?" XX :X XX, tX X-:
' . "lie described them as about the sire
of my thumb.", 1 ;
HaTen't seen any..
- Wlth yellow lines across their backs
and many feet," a '
"Haven't heard 'em sieging around
here XXX -'. XrX X : ; ; ;"' , ,-' -. -
"But they sin ret b not" protested tbe
king. "Instead of n song tbey make a
nplse as of ,tip-m-i2-i! "
"And do they eametlinee Hsbt down
on a log?" v-Jti'.'v"",;;.," .;:'
.rrruly they do." '
' "And tbe man who sits down on ont
imagines he has a bradawl for a cush
ion r , - .
- "Now yon are hitting It Even so did
tho traveler relste. Let me see those
birds at once."
, a "You'll find a nest of them over by
that gooseberry bush." said the peasant
as a grin spread over his face, "but
Td leave a few young ones for seed If I
was you. .A nest of 'envmskes the
place seems homelike, you know, and
their bites keep the boys from getting
lazy." j ;:: t.- 'X
The ' king climbed tbe fence and
waded through the grass to the tpit,
and his yells and antics soon proved
that ho had found the birds. ; After
J:"- X x- X X m - -v ; v .. '
. tM
- . . Tff tsr.m.
gknoplng three tines around the mead
ow and rolling over ft once be got rid
of their company, and, limping cp to
the peasant be said:
"Tlath a name for those birds 7"
. "They are called bcmbU U-.
, "And how long srt (belr lerthr
" "About tbe length of a crowbar."
"And, knowing this, you still let your
king place bis life In peril! Caitiff, the
ax of my executioner awaits thee?
"I let thee go forward, O king, not
knowing that thou wcrt king, but In
stead of deserving the ax thon sbouldst
reward me with a frag of gold."
"SMeatb! But bow sor . ' '
"Becaosc, O'klng, thou tat never
had a circus wltMu thy realm, thoush
often longing for one. Here Is no
ready made. Let thy suit of a bnndreJj
follow ibee ' out here tomorrow ana
when all are assembled send tbem Into
the meadow to find the nestling."
"Cgosh'lf I don't do Itr exclaimed
the king as his frown disappeared and
a balmy smile stole over b!s face, and
next day tbe performance came off, as
advertised and was reported as an un
precedented success. M. Qvaxk