)
,,-r - MOIIGANTON. n Tnrmamw x,,, . .... n7i ,. HH n.n - : 1
ISM
,m ft-: ite Ccastrnctioa cf the
Th South.
Oa Of th run I. v. ......
Jd defend of ChVfeaJosC V har
bor during U civil waT haT bn
lo t that city.
ilORGANTON
IN WORSE MUODLE
rjTOr AY TJ TWO ROUTES,
....
I Treat? Vfl Agreement Also Ea
pj ai j w ith Costa Rica.
von
New
prize
York
Baltimore fox banter. '
1 rer CanaHajaa w .v.'
Horse Show.
The later renorta fw.. v- .V.
tw or Tuaww, Ml:
number of death to 81.
KcBonstnbce ot Allies a Treaeodoos
. Farce.
Increase the
Cardinal Gibbon will tM..
MAM . - V
mo.. lor isew Orleans
J.7
Baia-
i. n. i... special. secre- I annual visit tr m. -,v .
t T -., WUU
..f KjtrrDoicni or ina i - w.vwu.
At Huntington, w.
CHINESE AIE REALLY 1 BE VICTORS
Tha Allies Represented By a Mm
With Coo Much nouth. Who Did
Nothing but Talk.
N. C CENSUS.
The Popn'aUon By Counties A dood
Percentage of Increase.
Washington, D. a. SpedaL. Th
population of North Carolina, as offi
cially announced. Is 1.893,810, egzlaU
1,17,$47 In 1890. This Is an Increase
Since l890of 175 . nr IT O nmr rait
The population In 1S89 was 1,299,750,
snowing a nlncrea of 818,197. or 13.5
per cent, from ISSO to 1890. The pop-
Qlatlon by counties is as follows:
1900.
Sen or Core, th
.r;.-:r for his qwn gav
juVd a treaty where
- jumrcent concedes to
r .: cf the United State
', .ghis and privilege
v "Jai for the construe
N -irruan CanaL This
-r. ia cntlcipatlOa of cos
: .1 oa the pendng Nlea
"il the Hay-raunafote
. rg tte submission of th
;!. Senate, which body
3rre?njnt. ha tenna
r.:--!e-pablie. It k under
that generaJIy, Nlca-
tj the United Ststee
:? exclcsire rigl to coo-..-
rate the canal between
racLSc acroaa Nlca,
: z.s tee rree tue of the
a-i ct Lake Managua,
wair course. Nlcara.
rid herself of aay out-a::t-s
that would tend la
It' 19 the privileges to
tie United State. It la
i'.-. that NIcarsgua cosw
raited Sutes authority
f-.- caml. Nicaragua la to
r. ioxpnitSoa a ceKmJa
i srcuntlea of the cana
ronpany and although
:ct possible to learn tbe
-- in te treatr. It 1a be-
r?roxUn.t-ly 8j.0OO.0OO.
' l iTartnrcct has already
o an agreement n aim liar
rh republic of Carta Rica.
. i "mx Coita, Rtax has ea
a. jv a c!2!i to the right bank of
J-.in river, which must of ne-
Va.. George
JS? '.U5l-f,,ily la ChUcse ertta. c.pre:
London. By Cable. The SiM"ittr
In a ttrtklnr rtir h ., '
" ""U(, tilU I HQ
c tUi r.plnlon
p.---
s c-
nr: c:
1 ? r - :
seoona drr fn. vim.
EUnton, his partner.
: Tho North.
.Geceral Theodore F. Rrawn v..
been recteaced at Chlcsjto. a
months' Imprisonment for violation of
tho Penalou Isw. -
iom cnarred remalca ; of Sander
axon, a fanner, aged TJ years, were
found Saturtaj. In the rufna of his
burned home, near-Elroy. Wla.
PrraWeat MttchelL of th . t'! I Great Britain may not Le wfllin?
i vi sins, uvmivu lnw inTanriM
Alamance .
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson ...
Ashe .. ..
Beaufort ..
Bertie .. .
Bladen ..'
Brunswick
Buncombe
Brke
that ths moil i -cent drelo.-)uionta at
ream lorestaiow a Chine a V.ctory
orer the alliea, --The auarrfl h
been brought to the test of force." It Cabarrus' .".
. iwitt ua ut cmiixed side I 'a well
as proved insufKc'eat This result s
mainly due to the attitude o! Russia
sad the United - 9:atei. If China e
capes with the payment of a small in
demnity and many promltej on paper,
seems not onl kaly, slncj Germany
aa.i!
-5 ranal. tbould the Nlca.
c s'lectrd and be con
tj i:na which will be
. I ir .t Walker Com ml ii ion.
-z'--Kzr.l'.nz Ho has been ar.
a: t -. the United SUtea of Oo
? t.j -'; tie same rixbts and
t-- tte Panama route as ara
; ! - N': srsfna and Costa KJea
fi te Nicaragua route. So
rtmeat haa cow cleared
? 3S : - :ca action as Cooarreas
lira : -! In the cas of either
fj- f -'.' 'rjt-s which hive bee
tr.---iz
-.
r-"-'-si':'
'.ZZt' 1
Zt : "i
to order out m In ere la Hopkins coun
ty. Ky.. ia addition to the 1.600 now on
strike there,
A call haa been lsaued for a meet
in at the Chamber of Commerce ia
New York, at which an effort will he
made to unite the forces engaged In
Cxhtlng vice in that city.
Goorge Phillips, of Chicago, who
haa cornered the corn market, ex
presses confidence that he can carry
through the deal.
The loxUotmenta against Rev. Dr.
II. hf. Wharton were quashed by the
county court at Freehold. N. J.
Jame C Cawley. clad onlr In hii
a'gbtgown. chased a burglar for a
square throuxh Boston streets and
caeghthlm.
At Eldorado. Ksjl. a jury has been
secured to try Jess e Morjlton on th
charga of killing Mrs. G. Olln CasUe,
bride of her former admirer.
Charles Neartng shot and killed his
wife and himself at Milwaukee. Th;
tragedy followed an attempt by Near
ang to kill his three children.
Mrs. William Hoey. No, 104 East
Eighty-fifth street. New-York, hired
a 'servant and mUsei her aad $1,009
worth of jewelry an hour loter.
The Lake View Woman's Club will
give a dinner to the female prisoners
in the county Jail at Chicago. The
dub women will serve as waitresses.
The Reubeotown House. Waterville,
N. Y which cost $73,000. and his a
clock tower aad chimes, sold for 83.1C0,
with two and one-half acres of la a J
end three bams.
Ford ga
it is feared In 9C Petersburg that
the Czar a condRioa Is boles - con
cealed and that his illness will prove
to Incur the excendltsre and rlak in
volved In penliUng In their demand.
It will be eaulvalect to &
Chlna. for nothing has occurred whlci
wm convince the Chinese thai their
mfghty Empress has teen de.'eatel cr
that Europe can avenge any further
massacre."
The Shapghtl correspondent of The
Morning Post, wiring, sajs: "Be pile
the cordial reception given Admiral
Seymour, the situation Is unchanged.
The Hankow viceroy refuses to ste
eaaing supplies to the coart, cnlcjs
the Nankin viceroy will also refu3
snd the latter, although he under
take to send no more arms, rays he
uua. cvuudqs veaaitg suppius so
lorg as the Emperor requires them.
Ia fset, all our remonstrances
amount to a miserable farce. We hae
no courage to do more than to talk, li
the Chinese theatre here the allies sr
represented by a soldier with an enor
mous mouth, who does noth!ng but
talk, until his career Is ended by de
capitation."
Camden .. .
Carteret .. .
Caswell
Catawba .. .
Chathrm .. ,
Cherokee ..
Chowan .. .
Cliy
Cleveland ..
Columbus ..
Crarea .. ..
Cumberland
Currituck ..
Dare
Davidson ..
Davie
. 5.665
, 10.930
. 7.759
. 21.870
. 19.581
26.404
20S33
. 17.677
1257
44!3
17.63J
22.458
15.694
: 5.174
, 11.811
15.02J
2-M33
23.913
11.C8)
.10.238
4.532
23.C71
21.874
14J60
23.219
6.529
4.757
23 403
12.115
Duplin 22 405
26.223
24.591
33 161
.25.111
27.901
Any fteoOrgaaizatlMT. :
TTri-.-tn. D. C. Special. The
r' i ary affairs committee ex
' - the bill for the reorgan
ise srmy perrectd. at an
:r. ! It probably will bepre
House in a few days.
' i ' featvea of Secretary
:: U understood, will be
coaraJttee. The pro
i Ferretarya bill, which
tie President to appoint
Z
isr ;
f-'rl
Ki;
is. :
r: t;:reius. It Vs said, will
::r.ln:d. The Democratic
ie r-en coasultlng about
to te assumed -by them
rropced pertcaaeat.reor
'.n of the army end a caucus
r. i'l : I for Monday srfternoon.
- -.eu5 of cpir.ion tcrai to fa
'zcn of the prerent pro--r;-
3 a substitute for a
:z-r'iir?. At the meeting
: K-prt-entatlve Hay. of
cf the prominent Darao
. ' - ts cf the milkary corn.
: r c-hslrmaa of the Demo
: will offer a bill extend-
; rcviiicTs of the preeent law
re.v-5. is a subxX&Me for the
fsrz.znicn bill
Ca I Back by a Warablp
z -T-on. D. C. Special. The
L-i.--nt has - sent Inatrua-'-'zi'.-,
Vr-Lfii Sutsa Consul Gosn---
Tir -j. Morocco, to pro
'1 -- rzzm of that couEtry as
- - ;-:-.:Me on a United State
to present afresh the
'-vs.' xi" i-n:tad ocatea for lndenv
'-- a-.ount of the murder of
ho was killed In June,
rshp, which probably
: Kentucky, recalled from
tiat purpoee, . will carry
f.orj Tangier to Maxagaa,
i : neorect port to Fex, the
Morocco.
2 :
v
... i
Vl '..i
'- -'S
f-e-nor Jchnstn Retires.
" '-' -ry. Alx, PpecIaL At noon
f :
I.
y. .
flr-.-ernor Jo. F. Johnatan
"v. the executive office. Ow-
?s. the new Governor, W.
1 vm unable to come to
-y tor his Insuguration. He
The foreicn envoya at Pekln hare
agreed upon the term of a preliminary
treaty wKh China.
Turkey objects to allowing Germany
the use of Far San Island, in the Red
Sea, for a coaling station.
The Centrist party, in Germany, da
manda the creation of an imperial su
preme court.
'President Krwger arrived ia Paris
aad exchanged -Tistts with President
LoubeL
-A rumor of the Cxar death was
circulated from Pari, hut It 1 de
clared to be unfounded.
Gen. Sir Redvor Buller. speaking
in London, defended the British army
In South Africa agaxx charge of
barbarity.
Failure of the foreign envoya at
Pekla to agree vpoo terms of peace
with China t now considered probr
ahka
Sir ArQmr Sullivan, famous as a
composer of comic opera, died in London-Emperor
William has conferred
epos King -Albert of Psjcony the rank
of Field Marshal oa the general staff
of the Germs army.
The Thuriagian State of the Ger
man Empire have forbidden the hold
ir g of religion service In the PolUb
and Bohemiaa languagea.
The arrival In London of Sir Henry
Howard, British - Minister at The
tr.-n la onelallr explained as a
holiday, hut It ia not altogether un
connected with the approaching ar
rival of Kroger at the capital of Hol
Mlsccnarteoaa.
" The bastleahj Kentucky haa ar
rived at Smyrna and It Is expected-
that the Sultan will now grant an
exequatur to Consul Norton
It as beJlered that many of the vic-
tUa of the wreck of a-eamtsr w.
OUf, off beveo elands. In St. Lawrence
Mver, perisSied la anow.
Treasury Oold.
Waslngtcn, D. C., Special. The
largest stock of gold coin and bullion
ever held In the United State I now
accumulated In the Treasury and It
branches. The total ha been rising
steadily during the whole of the pres
ent year, and the amount Is now
8474.108.336, or about 976.000.000 great
r than at the close of 1899. The In
crease up to June 30 was about $23.
000. but since that time lias been about
$l.C00.COO for July. $6.000.0C0for Au
gust. $10,000,000 for September, $13.-
OCKkCOO for October, and $17,000,000
thu far In November. The gold Is not
all the direct property of the United
States, but Is held against outstanding
gold certificate. The amount of thces.
lea the amount In the Trcaiury and
It breanche, was $239,755,809 Wed
eeeday.AU the remaining- gold,
amounting to about $243,000,000, be
longs to the Treescry as a part of the
reserve fund of $110,000,000 or th
free fund of $93,000,000 In the generaj
caah.
Big Sales of P Int Cloth.
Fall River, Mass, Special. The
sake in the print cloth market during
the week amounted to about 250.000
pieces, ;all odd. Xo regulars were die
posed cf during that time. For the
first time la months the sales of the
week exceeded the regular production.
a promising sign of the prosperous
business condition which are confi
dently expected by manufacturers.
Manufacturer here say the manner in
which printers and converter are
talking ha convinced them that there
Is a good trade la the South and west,
and that the nextthree weeks will see
a large Increase in the sale. Buyers
will, by that time, be compelled to re
new their stocks, which have of late
been depleted by the converter. The
Increase In tho price of cotton haa
given renewed strength to the print
cloth market and the production 1
held on a bei of SV4 eents for alL
Durham
Edgecombe . ,
Forsyth ,. .
Franklin ..
Gastcn .. ..
Gates
Gr.hr m .. ..
Granville .. .
Greens . ..
Guilford .. ..
Halif-x .. ..
Hsraett .. ..
Haywood .. .
Henderson ..
Hertford .. ,
Hyde
Iredell. . ..
Ja kron .. ..
Johnston .. .
Jones
Lenoir .. ..
Lincoln ..
McDowell .. .
Mscoa .. ..
Msdl.'on .. ..
Mart'n .. ..
Meck'cnburg
Mitchell .. .
Montgomery ,
Moore .. .. .
Neah . . v
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow .. ..
Orange .. ..
Pamlico .. ..
Pasquotank .
Pender . . ..
Perquimans .
Person .. .. .
Pitt
Tolk
Randolph .. ..
Richmond ..
Robe: on .. ..
Rockingham .
Rowan . . .. .
Rutherford ..
Sampson .. ..
Stanly
Stoke..
Surry "
6 WV at
TransylTanla .
Tyrrell .. ..
Union .. .. .
Vanee
Wake
Warren ... .
Washington ..
Wauuga 13.417
Wayne
Wllkea
-is:o
18.271
3.430
6.25'
20.0.T
15.C1
21.C7I
19 1TC
16 76
IV- 0D
33,t
i;.-.u'
18. H?
i2,:ts
5.5
10.S9 16.0C8
18.613
23.413
3,Tb
9.IC7
4.197
23.334
17.956
20.518
t
3 7
317 2
11,621
18.633
25.0C0
24.111
rs.(3i
21.0?0
17 751
SENATOR DAVIS DEAD
MINISTER'S APPOINTMENTS.
TteEad Came Peacefully Tuesday
Nijht. - ;
WAS A PROMINENT STATESMAN.
ne Was Unconscious For Several
Days -HI Life And Important-Pub
lic Services.
10.413 JJ.r.2
4.343 3.31?
23.263
12.023
39.074
3793
1?938
16.222
14.101
11.294
9.278
21.06 1
11.33-'.
32.153
8.S2S
13.619
15.493
12.567
12.101
20.644
15.3S.1
65 261 47.00
IS 221 12.&07
21.434
103
28.C52
23.9 D8
13.70
13.1:6
12. W
is.s:i
8.903
33.4.2
9JS2
n.w
7.4 8
14.87
12.536
10.03
Ki
15 221
St. Paul. Special. United State
Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis,
chairman of the committee on foreign
relation of the Senate, died at his
home In thl city at 8:48 o'clock Tues
day evening, after an lllnes of two
months. He had suffered greatly du
ring his sickness and gradually sank
away, being unconscious for several
hcur before death and' so far 'a
known, suffering no pain. Monday,
realizing ue approach of the end. Mrs.
Davis sent for the Tenerabl T. H. H.
ViUlera Appleby, area-deacon of the
Protestant Episcopal dioces of Minne
sota, and Rev. Theodore Sedgwick,
rector of the Church of St, John the
Evangel, An attempt had been made
to eecore the attendance of Blshoj
Whipple, but that venerable prelate
was in Florida. Upon, the arrival of
Arcn-Deacon Appleby and Mr. Sedg
wick. Senator Davis was for a time
sufficiently rational to discuss hi
grateful appreciation of their minis
trations.
Since November 18 the Senator haa
been subject to. delirious epells. In hi
delirium he raved of his congressional
work. He would declare In vigorous
phrase fragment of the nation for.
eign poucy. mere was of course no
coherance a sentence about the Phil
Ippines, would be followed by a com
tnent upon the Monroe doctrine, or a
suggestion of an Impending war with
Spain. But always, in his diseased
mind, hi patriotic and official dutie
were with him.
F.
14.197
23.622
23 478
23.785
21.153
11.943
14 690
S.C45
11.650
13.381.
19091
16.685
30.889
7.004
23.232
25,408
43.371
33.163
21.066
25.101 :
26.383
8C6
25.515
8.401
.620
4.980
27.156
16.G34
54.626
19.151
10.608
11.2SD
20.47.1
:o.7in
2I.J2'
21.242
13.3,3
14.91
7141
'12.0J0
12 514
9.233
15.151
25.579
5.932
25.1?5
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
Estimated.
814 3
25.dS3
24.123
1S.770
25 011
12.1.16
17.139 i
19.2S1
6.577
5.881
4.125
21.25)
17.5S1
49.207
19.3G9
10.205
10.611
31.33 28.000
26.872 22.671
11.591 22.f.03
14.083 13.790
11,464 9.1.'0
Seaboard Agent Short.
Atlanta, Ga.. Special. A special to
The Journal from Portsmouth, Va..
aye: "Vice President E. 8L John, of
the Seaboard Air Line, state that R.
D. LukenbUI, former agent of the Sea
board at Fernandlna, Fla., waa short
in his accounts $50,000." The Journal
says: "The news cent out over the
Associated Press wires from New York
Mondsy night to the effect that a clerk
of the Seaboard Air Line had been ar
rested at Fernandlna, Fla., for the em
bezzlement of a large sum of moner,
was confirmed in Atlanta by an offi
cial of the road. The officer stated
that the agent had been arrested at
Fernandlna three weeks ago, but that
the matter had been kept a secret. He
refused to give the name of the agent,
but stated that he had been In jail
since hi arrest. The official did not
state what the amount of the sum wa
but acknowledged that it waa large."
A cpeclal from Fernandlna, Fla., says:
"E. D. Lukenbill, who resigned the
position of agent here of the Seaboard
lr Line, some days ago. ia believed
by railroad people to be short, in hi
arronnt with the road. Experts are
checking over his books. Railroad of
ficials aay they have not the least idea
of tie amount short. Lukenbt- ana his
friends say they will make terms with
the railroad when it - 1 ascertained
what amount Is short."
The Nevsda Christened.
Bath, Me.. Special. The United
State monitor Nevada. In tonnage
the largest government veeeel ever
built by the Bath Iron' t.oras. was
launched Saturday. The vessel was
released and started down the ways in
a morel manner by Mies Anni n.
Boutelle, youngest daughter of Con
gressman Charles A. Boutene, who
christened her. The hull, held in place
till the last momea. by a carefut ad
justment of the shoring and strong
cable, wa set free by severing the
rope at the proper moment. Mls
Boutelle used a silver hatchet provid
ed by the builders. AS the monuor
BtAr 4aA An'mrn ti m .r Ur.a Y)m.
tne People in. I dashed a hattl of imrln rha
on the mail carriers ror tneir mau win pagne acrcav the bow and christened
g t their mail at their homes instead I tte vessel Nevada.
cf at a postoince.
Note.
The Shelby postmaster Is now pre
paring for a rural free delivery, ami
will soon have the papers through and
MMntr Kaiser Wllhelm der
i,w eroDeller blade on the I of the disaster. Twelve
way over and grounded in loww New I jiy been recovered- Forty
III la a HopIta'.
Chicago. Special. Finlay Tetfr
Dunne, the author of the "Docrky'
papers and for many years rn sc'lvx
newspaper man of Cci-ago. Ii da-g r
onsly 111 with pneumonia, a; St, Iu :e"
HospltalL Mr. Dunne was taken 111
la his sppartrcents In the VIrIn "s
Ho'el. hut wa? removed to th? ho
pltal by the advice of his physic bus
Platform Gave Way.
Ban Francisco. Special. During a
game of football here the roof of a
building adjacent to the grounds on
which more than fifty persons were
gathered watchln the progress of th
am suddenly collapeed. carrying down
with It a mas of trugslin, shrieking
humanity to injury axvf death. It Is
tnapoaslble yet to learn the fall eitent
bodies have
people
:h cf office two days ago
l. and Governor Johnrton
' h office to.T. D. Sanv
n ctf the Governor, ana c-e
Itob.oa Sent to the Hospital.
York. Special. Ueetenant
r.i Pearson Hobson. U. S. N.,
V i:;rday afternoon take a from
- .V ' y a:i f4Ty club to the Pres
:Lz jlos.-iital. He i threatened
St'.d fever. LieuVeaant Hob-r-
1 t taken ill la Washington
ys ago. He Immediately cam
York bay.
'The Ce-Jeu Bureau ha givea out
these figure oa Stat population:
Maryland. L190.050.' Virginia. 1.8 54.-
1S4: Kanaevs, l,47o.. u.
42J4S-
Cubaaa e-ttana to proUat agsUast
MmsiTnar tta-rren a Bishop of Havana.
Daring the last -e- Twar were
wr 30028 pes-Woca IV ed ia voiontary
baohrupacy.
Tb -Rational Execetlv Board of
th United M1& Workers ha ordered
that th aaaasameat of 15 ent a
month for tha support of strikers
- m wtth tha tree sot Donth.
Th Pntsalaa government is srsoUng
- r.ty and put up at th Army
S.w ciuh. At nUht he became I .,,An tn Rarlin far Dusie and art
- .. . S . - VIA 411
.1 a physician who wss caiiea I hooU and an p-""",'""'
cost la t- s?rrs" e-.'""
are reoorted Injured. After the col
lapse of the roof the building burst
Into fame. It Is reported that two
charred adles have jeea taken tron
th rola.
Dubious About Kruger
Berlin, By Cable. The semi-official
statement that Mr. Kruger is coming
hereJa discussed cautiously. Nt is re
garded as premature to predict that
Emperor William will receive him.
There la no appreciable sigh of a pub-
lie demonetration and some of tha pa-
per warn the public Co bewore of a
policy of sentiment, pointing out that
Germany is ont in a portion to cnange
the fate of the Transvaal and depred
ating manlfestaolD where likely to
claim with the government' policy. .
f --a;-.! with him all night. It was
' u.e him to the hospital.
Contract Signed Up.
-,-.a. D. C Special. "The
: -rlzh the Bethlehem Steel
. of Ptnasylvanla. for armor
r Lxrsi re sels. was signed at
y Ii.partment Saturday, thu
K the armor plat contract.
:y, a th eontraca wjv
. Company was signed
Bthlehem Company's
j t-actly similar to thatot
it: 1S.S32 tons of armor for
The Relief Fund.
Austin, Tex., SpsciaL InformaUoo
reached Governor Sayers from Bra-
that
Plater fianghainitta, a Buddhist noa.
haa arrived at San ' Fr" m
umln to proselytlsa her faith.
Th revenu cutter MeCullough hss sorla and Galves-.oa connti
arrived at Bean in iron- aim, i mere wm mum
news that Nome is now comiicu wv- i which Ue nooa sue
Uted by lea.
Prlne Munstsr Von Dornaburf, Oer--nan
Ambaaaadof - at Pari, ha re
signed owing to age-
Tha typhus epidemic al Copnhagea
fa asuming serious toportiona.
Addison a Harrl. United State
UWr to - AustrtarHnagary. sailad
frost Krsr Tertc for hi post.
Iilnt of the way
erers fund was
being handled bj, the various commit
tees. It Is said that some sections
have not received any relief. Gover
nor Sayers gave notice that he would
set allow any of the dUtrte s any mors
money out of the Tund now In his
hands until further and accurate re
port haa been male to him by all the
relief tomcittee.
While Rev. P. I Terrell, was attend,
isg conference at Greensboro his par
soncge and nearly all Its contents were
burned t Olln. Hi family wa at
home but all escaped. The conferencs
made up one hundred dollars and
gave It to him to partly restore his
icssea.
6lr Thomas Upton has been gazetted
as honorary colonel cf the Second Vol
cnteer Battalion of th Highland
Light Infantry.
Jonathan Brldsree. one of Terrell
county's beat farmers, tells cf the fall-It-
cf a star In the yard of his home at
an early hour on Wednesday evening
of last week. Uls son, Dennis, was out
in the yard, snd noticed the glare of a
light snd on turning around saw a ball
of fire coming to tha round hear him.
As soon a it fell It went out and he
went and picked up the mineral for
mation, which waa too warm for him
to cirry in hia hand. He managed to
get it Into the house, however, ard
gave it to hia mother, who now keep
It aa a treasure.
Secretary Root Returns.
Wssbtngton, D. C, Spsdal. Secre
tary Root returned from Cuba at 1:50
Tuesday. He had expected to reach
Washington in time for the cabinet
meeting, but aiandslide on the railway
south of Waahlngton delayed the train
fie tours. .Mr. Root said his trip to
Cuba had been quite satisfactory. He
had confined his inspection to the east
end of the Island, where he said affairs
were In very favorable shape. His an
nual report. Mr. Root said, would be
ready ror th President about th tla
Congrea aoet. -
The R ce Trust
New York, Special. It ha been an
nounced at Newark, N. J., that at the
annual meeting of the National Rice
Milling Company, known as the "rice
trust," to be held at Newark on Decem
ber 11, an effort will be made to rcduc-e
the capital stock from $5,0)0,00') .to
$1,500,0C0. Edwin A. Day, -one of the
company counsel, said that so far as
heard from no opposition would be
Nao Thompson, superintendent, and I rresented to a plan of reduction and
. I1 1 9 V I
two wora-men were uk vj- rcurgnuiMiiuu.
tiala in the Slosa mine, near Bessemer,
41a
Boys Killed by xploalon.
. Wheeling. W. V., Special. At Lsa
lervllle. W. Va.. 20 mile frorn.Wbetl
Ing, cn the Ohio river, a crowd of JO
boys had built a fire on the river bank
from drlftwoou and were watching the
-Isicg waters. In a yt ot wood one of
the boys threw on the fire was a can
partially filled with nitro-glycerine.
f !m-dlatelr there was a terrific explo
sion and three boys were killed and 14
owunded, of whom three may die. As
a result of the explosion an lniaut
ehild of Mrs. Durig died a few minute
afterward.
Furnaces Being Repaired.
Birmingham Ala., Special. The
Sloss-Sbefleld Steel and Iron Compmy
hsa com Dieted repairs oa one Enaly
furnace at Sheffield and ha! ordered ths
eroad Ensley farnao at uiat piice ri-
oalred. One cf these furnaces wm pro
bably be fired within the next two
veeki. The Jenifer furnace, at Jenifer.
Ala., will also be put ia repair at onre.
The Wood stoca iron company i
Annlston hss determined to repair Its
ihrea furnaces there. Wben the e fur-
aaces are in operation tney win in
tease the dslly product of pig Iron in
Alarama by at lewt 1,000 tons.
Rood lo West Virginia.
Charleston, W. Va. Special. The
tontinuou rainfall of the past 48
hours hss caused a rapid rise in all
ttretma of this section of the . State.
The Kanawha ha almost reached tae
danger line, and people in the lowlands
are already moving out. The Kana
wha at 9:30 o'clock Monday night waa
25.4. and rising half a foot as hour. At
Kanawha Faltt, 36 miles above, th j
river la 23.6 feet and stationary. At
least four more feet . were expected.
The Elk is oat of its banks with 15
feet and stationary at Clay, five miles
aboe. The rainfall here for 24 hours
ending at 8 o'clock was X.1 inches.
. Notes. ,
George SuUor, a New York Central
freight conductor, was kll';1 in a
wreck at Depe. N. Y., Saturday
Bight.
At Akron, Ohio, Edward Eppjey was
found gulKy of the unlawful pocses
eson of dynamite. This is the Kith
conviction growing out of the riots in
August, when the City Building was
blown ap and burned. .
The Bishop Announces Them For tha
,: ; Neat Year.'
The Western Nor h Carolina Annual
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
cnurcn, south, which was held in
Greena-boro, adjourned on Monday
night at 9 o'clock, after Bishop H. C.
Morrison had announced the following
appointments: v
ASHEVILLE DISTRICT R. H. PAR-
.. KER.P. E.
Aahevllle: Central J.- H. Weaver,
North Ashevllle E. K. MoLarty.
Haywood Street E. L. Bain.
Bethel C. C. Thompson.
Weaverville Circuit R. M. Taylor.
Swannanoa Circluit G. W. Crutch.
field.
Cane Creek Circuit W. S. Cherry.
Saluda Circuit J. D. Gibson.
Hendersonville Station W. M. Cur
Iss. -Old
Fort Circuit M. D. Giles.
Burns vllle Circuit J. W. Moore.
Bald Creek Circuit J. W. Bradley.
Hot Springs Circuit J. B. Craven.
. Marshall Circuit L. H. Ttiplett.
Ivey Circuit AI W. Jacobs.
President Weaverville . College G.
F. Klrby.
Principal Bald Creek High School
L. B. Abernethy.
Sunday scnooi Editor J. Atnns.
CHARLOTTE - DISTRICT J. C
ROWE, P. E. t
Charlotte:. Tryon . Street H:
Chreitzberg.
Trinity F. Sllen -.
Brevard Street Parker Holmes.
Calvary D. M. Litafcer.
Hosklna T. A. -Slkes.. .
Dllworth R. G. Tuttle. .
-Gpworth and Seversyille O.
Ader.
Ansonville Circuit J. H. Brendle.
Clear Creek Circuit Supplied by R
F. Fincher.
Derita Circuit W. L. Nicholson.
Lllesville Circuit S. 8. Gaflqu.
Matthews Station J. J. Eads.
Monroe Station W. M. Bagby.
Monroe Circuit A. R. Surratt
Plnevllle Circuit H O. Sprinkle.
Polkton Circuit W. V, Honeycutt
Weddlngton Circuit D. F. Carver.
Wadeeboro Station F. H. Weod. .
Waxhaw Circuit M. T. Steele.
Morven Circuit E. Stacey.
Principal Union eademy A. A,
Crater. . - '
FRANKLIN DISTRICT J. A. COOK
P. E.
Franklin Station Ira Erwiu.
Franklin Circuit R. S. Howie.
Macon Circuit J. H- Moore.
Webster Circuit J. S. Ragaa. -Bryaon
City and Dlllsboro titatioa
T. P. Bonner. -
Whittler Circuit and, Cherokee Mis
sion E. Meyer.
Buehnell Mission Supplied by A. P
Foster.
Robbinsvllle Mission Supplied by
Z. V. Cordell.
Andrews Circuit J. W. CampbelL
Murpny Station R L. Owenby. .
Hiawaaasee Mission J. A. J. Far-
rington.
HaTsville Circuit E. N. Crowder.
Aquone Mission Supplied by C. E
Steadman.
Glenville Mission Supplied by J; J.
Edwarda -
GREENSBORO DISTRICT J. R.
SCROGGS, P. E. I
West Market Street S. B. Turrta
tine.
Centenary H. K. Boyer.
Proximity J. W. Strider. .
Spring Garden L. W. Crawford.
Greensboro Circuit R. S. Webb.
Reidsvill Station J. R. Brooka
Ware's Chapel Supplied by J. F.
Bute.
JWentworth Circuit E. J. Poe.
Ruffln Circuit C .A. Wood-
Pleasant Garden Circuit W. Leg-
gette; P. L. Groome, supply.
Ramseur Circuit T. S. Ellington.
LIberiy Circuit-E.' Eaves.
Randleman - .
St. Paul J. B. Tabor. -Naomi
S. D. Stamey. "
Asheboro Station A. W. Plyler.
Uwharrle Circuit W. S. Hales.
Jackson's Hill Circuit J. P." Davia.
Randolph Circuit J. M. Price.
High Point Station J. SL' Gay aaj
O.- H. Crowell, Jr. - -
Asheboro Circuit Supplied by J, F
Allred. . ,. .-.
Corresponding Missionary Secretary
W. L. Grissom.
W. Randolph Circuit J. P. Lannlng.
Editor North Carolina Christian Ad
vooate L. W. Crawford.
Professor In Greensboro Female
College T. A. Smith.
MORG ANTON DISTRICT C. G. LIT
TLE. P. E.
Morganton Station T. E. WaWgg.
Morgan ton Circuit J. W. Jones.
Table Rock Circuit A. E. Wiley.
Marion Station R. D. Sberrill.
Henrietta and Caroleen Statloas-
H. H. Jordan
McDowell Circuit C. H. Caviness.
Rutherfordton Olraalt J. E. Ahar
nethy. '
Broad River Circuit G. J. Owen
Green River Circuit T. F. Gibson.
BakersvUle Circuit J. D. Carpen
ter. -
Elk -Park Circuit L. E. Peeler.
Estaoe Circuit Supplied, by R- H.
Penland.
Connelly Spring Circuit J. A- CJark.
Silver Creek ircuitO J. H. Bennett,
upoly. - - - - -
Forest City aad Thermal city eta-
tlons L..L. Smith. . .
East Rutherford Circuit J. B. Car
penter.
MT. AIRY DISTRICT J. J. RENN,
Mt Airy SUtion . Paris!
ML Airy Circuit V. L. Manh.
Pllot Mountain CircuK 8trppliad by
A. L. Cobura.
Stokes Circuit W. L. Dawson. .
East Bend Circuit A. J. Burrua
Elkln Station W. H.- Lelth.
Wilkesboro Circuit J. P. Rodgert..
North Wilkesboro Circuit L P.
Bogle.
Rockford Circuit Seymour Taylor.
Sparta-. Circuit Supplied by A. H.
Gentry. .
Laurel Springs Circuit W. B. Scar
borough. '
Heai.rg Springs . Circuit Supplied
by C. K. Poole. . .
- Jefferson Circuit W. MRobblM.
. Watauga Circuit A. S.' Raper. , ,
Roooe Circuit A . Stanford. '
Creston Circuit T. B. Johnson.
Jonesvllle Circuit J. D. Buie.
SALIS3URY DISTRICT W." W,
BAYS. P. E. -Salisbury;
First Church H. L." At
kins. Main Street A- H. Whisner.
- East Salisbury R. G. Barrett
Spencer Station R. C. Craven. "
. Salisbury Crrcuit D. F. Carpenter.
Concord: Central J. A, B. Fry.
Forest Hill J. N. Hugglns.
Epworth J." H. Barnhardt.
Concord Circuit T. W. Smith.
Mt, Pleasant Circuit L. T. Cordell
China Grove Circuit E. G.' Pusey.
Norwood ClrcultJ, O. Shslley.'
Albemarle 6tattea G.' T. Row.
- -taAWi C VuCMk'w4y -VM.M. x- v.i j m
Gold HIH11 Circuit J. S. Nelson.
Lin wood Circuit and Bast Lexing
ton Mission D. P.. Tate- -V-
Lexington Station and West Lexing
ton Mission J. D. Arnold. 1
Salem Circuit W. Y. Seales. -:
SHELBY DIbTRICT W. R. WARE,
'P.-E-' ..-..-I'
Shelby Station H M. Blair.
Shelby Circuit W. F." Womble. - I
King" - Mountain Station G.- D.
HHerman. : .
Gastonia: Main Street G. .H. Det
wiler. . , (
West End aad Ozark J. A. Bald
win. - - --'J
McAdenvill Station R. M. Court
ney. . . , -'.. . . - i - - . i
Stanley CekVCircult J." H. West
Lowell Circuit S. T. Barber. . r
Mountain v Island Station J. H.
Bradley. ; - : " : -
Lincolnton Station T. T. Sayler.
Lowes vllle Circuit J.. J. Gray.
Cherry vllle Circuit J. .W. Clegg.
South Fork Circuit A. Sherrill.
Belwood Circuit-J. E. Weosley.
Polkville Circuit R. M. Hoyle.
Rpck Springs Circuit B. A. York.
Bessemer City. Station J. .. T. Er-
wln. ....
North Cleveland Circuit W. H. L.
MoLaurin. ; ' - -'. -- -.; - - (
El Bethel Circuit F. W. Bradley.!
Professor In .Trinity College P. T.
Durham. - v - . . j '
STATES VI LLE DISTRICT J. . E.
THOMPSON. P. E.
Statesrille Station M. A.. Smith: J.
Wilson, supply. ,
West End S. P. Douglas.
Maiden Circuit J. W.. Ingle.
Turnersville Circuit W. F. Elliott
IredslI Circuit P. L. Terrell.
Caldwell Circuit J. T. Stover.
Lenoir Circuit G. W. Ivey.
Moorerrill"SUtion--W. P. McGhee.
. Woodleaf Circuit J. J.. Brooks. I
Mt Zion Station C. M. Campbell.
Mooresvill Circuit J. F. Triplett
Graait Fails Station G. W. Calla
han. ,
Troutman Circuit J. J. Havener!
Stoney Point Circuit R, T. N. bte-
phenson. ; " .
Catawba Circuit J. W. Bowman.
Hickory Station T. A. Boone.
Alexander Circuit J. C. Postell.
States ville Clreult--Rr B. Shelton. .
Newton Circuit C.F. SherrllL I
Lenoir Station N. R. Richardson.
Davenport Female Collegej-C. 1L
Piekens. " ' - i -l
WAYNESVILLE DISTRICT---F. L. .
.. TOWN8END, P. E...
Waynesvllle Station T. J. Redgers.
Haywood Circuit J. F. England. I.
West Haywood. Circuit T. F.: Glenn.
J2O.0OO DAMAGES.
iury's Award In The Famous Gattls
. ; Kllgo Case.
Oxford, Special.-The great $100,000
damage suit of Rev. T. J. Gattia
a.gainst Dr. J. C. Kilgo. W. R. Odell
and B. N. Duke, came to an -nd
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by tho
Jury answering every issue In favor of
the plaintiff and giving him a verdict
for $20,000 damages.
The jury retired w-th the ease at 11
o'clock, went to dinner at 12:20 .and
announced . their " verdict at 2. It la
leditied that what held the Jury to
gether waa the amount of damages.
some wanting to give $25,000, and
so2W $20,000. The issues submitted
to the jury follow: ; -' -
"l. Did the defendants' publish of
and concerning the plaintiff the worda .
set forth : In section 4 of tha com
plaint? :-. "."-. '- '' '
"2. Were the words false?
"3. Were the words .malicious?
"4. What damage haa the plaintiff:
sustained by reason of such wrong
and Injury?" -
The first three issues were answered
:Ye.7 ::-v:-V..'.-"-j-:-:'-':' '?':. -The
charge of Judge Hoke consum
ed about two hours and was . very
clear He first gave the contention of .
both sides and reviewed the eviaenee
of the case. He then held as a matter
of law that the publication of, the
worda were qualifledly privilege- and
that the burden of proving their fal-
sity and malice waa on the piaintiff.
That" they would not unswer the
fourth issue unless- they found that
the words were both false and malici
ous. .. . .
. The court then defined malice id be
any wrongful act done from wrongful
and indirect ; motive. If the Jury be
lieved that the defendants published ....
the words in good faith and for tha
protection of the college and in reply
to attacks made upon lis president In
the public press then they would an
swer the third i3SU9 "No." He said
that in order for an act to be msliclous
it was necessary, for them to find that
the defendants were actuated by bad
motive or evil purpose against the
plaintiff. But that the jury might in
fer malice if they found that the de-
Canton Circuit I M. B rower,
Clyde Circuit J. D. Rankin. ; f
Sulphur Springs Circuit W. G. Mai.
lonee.
Leicester Circuit W. M. Boring.
Brevard -Station G. G Harley.
Spring Creek Circuit C- P. Goode.
French ' Broad Circuit Supplied
J. M- Rowland. ; .
Transylvania Circuit J. . Keever
Mills. River Circuit J. A- Scronce.
WINSTON- DISTRICT D. ATKINS
P. E. . - .-.-.
Winston: Centenary T. F. Marr,
Burkhead H. Turner. "
Graoc W. H. Willis.
South Side To be supplied.
Winston Circuit J. C. Mock.
Forsyh Circuit Jti F. Brrartt
KernersviUe Circuit D. H. Comann.
. Madison Circuit J. A. Bowlas.
Danbury Circuit W. H. Perry.
Davidson Circuit M. H. Hoyle.
Summerfleld Circuit P. E. Parker.
Mocksville Station W. L Sherrill;
f. M. Downum, Jr. " 1
Mockaville Circuit W. C. Wilkon.
Farmington Circuit M. H. Vestal.
. Walkerton Station P. J. CarraWay
Jamestown Circuit T. ft. Pegram.
Thomssville Station L. A. Falls.
Transferred J. F. Blvina. . to I ih
North Carolina Conferee c i; W. T.
Merrill, b the Missouri Conference; T.
E Weaver to the Holaton Confarence.
tier Clever Schema -
'Why, how do you do? Charming
day, is it not? How are all the folks
at home?' . The woman rattled! this
off rapidly, sweetly, and with such
warmth that the victim she" had se
lected In the crowded street ,Lcar
thought she meant It He folded his
paper, 'tipped his hat rose, offered the
woman his seat and began to stam
mer something. , : . - I
"Really, I beg your pardon; but I
thought you were Mr. Brown; of
Steenth street Stupid of me, but
you do so look like him"; Then she
settled herself in . her seat and ' the
man blushed and looked very cheap.
. He was simply the vlctinTof a bunko
game that some of the city school
teachers and perhaps ' other women,
now use whn they want a seat and
find no man In a crowded car ready
to offer . them one. New York Times.
fendants published the words in reck
less and wanton disregard of plain
tiff's rights. . That they might Infer
malice from the fact that the . defen
dants published the words because
they were made with plaintiff. If they
DT should find such to be the fact that
if the defendants published the words
without reasonable probable grounds
for believing them true and in wanton
and reckless disregard of tha rights of
the plaintiff, this was evidence of mal
ice. The court then charged the Jury
on the fourth - issue as to damages
telling them: that they could allow
only coiapensatory damages for iu
jury to his character, his calling, his
business and his feelings, unless they
should find that the defendants were
actuated by personal illjwill and mal
iee toward the plain'tfff, In which lak
ter event they could give punitive oi
exemplary damages by way of punish
ment , The charge was very compre
hensive and fair to both sides.
Immediately after the announcement
of the verdict the attorneys for the de
fendants moved to set it aside on er
ror. This was overruled. When they
moved to set it aside on account of ex
cctelve damages. This was also over
ruled. -Then they moved a new trial
and this was refused. They then gave
.notice of an appeal ' to the Supreme
court and a bond of $25,000 was signed
to stay execution. ? :
North State Note. 1
The Cooleemee cotton mill has be
gun operations, at Salisbury with 2,000
spindles in place. - It is to , have a
spindleage of 20,000. - . " .
Durham is to have a dime ssvlngs
bank that will be owned and operated
by colored people. ; ; - ,
Rev. B. W. Spiilman, . the Baptist
mission and Sunday school worker in
North Carolina, declines a call to the
pastorate of a church in Baltimore.
The many friends of .Mrs. J. M.
Tiernan (Christian Reid) will be sorry
to learn that she Is quite sick. Mrs.
Tiernan has been confined to her. room
lor some time. Salisbury Sun.
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