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0. c. - air Ml) i t4iii iK'1 :-' II milliillttll - w VOL. I. NO. 7. rriTsnoiio, cm fjudav, January io, vm I I I t & 11 i SUNK- ..IN COLLISION Steamship Wrecked By. a Salfog ' Vessel. ' :.'-' TWENTY mm AUT K1LLCD Accident Occurred in f he Waters of The Pacif c Ocean ,V.u t Havfc Re sulted From Carelessness. San Francisco, Special A eellisi-ra at' sea, early Thursday morning, b teea the steamship Walla Walla aad an unknown sailing vessel, resulted tho sinking of tbe steamship and the probable loss of at least 20 lives. T.e W:!a Wallv, owned by the Pacific Const Steamship Company, aaiied from San Fraufivo. January 1. for Puget Sou ad ports. She carried -S6 first-das passengers. 8 sfttnd-ciassand a rw of SO mm. Wheni off Cape Mendocino, on the California coast, at 4:10 o'clock, Thursday mora'.ng,, an Iron-bark, ba. - Ileved to be French, locn.eJ up la V e. haze and crtsiied lata th Walia Wal la's tow. Thea tbe sib.Il in j Vessel efd off into the darkness and was aoen no more. Ail the passen-eri and crew of the Walla Walla, except the few ca wat'-h, .wore, askep, but were- aroused by the crash. The steerage quarter were In the bow arri It is believed that ni the Et'raye pa3cngcra and rw Wer'f r'erusSca' t a neat:.. -Airs was made In tbe aiearuer's bow and she u2k "In 33 m.aiitw. The officer's and crew maintained strict d'.s-ipline and boats and life rafts, were lower-el. Ui "who wo:.? .Bat killed in the col ifssion got on the boat 'csipt "Cap tain Ha!!., He was picked up. later "tn fnjur!. A choppy sea was running and the snia'l coa rcald not make a Ian 1- ' ing on the shore, a -few roiles distance. They drifted" about 9.1 day. aaa final ly t-3 'peop'e wer? picked up by the teanstr P.s-t-tch. which took th?tn to Eureka. Another beat mior oomnun l -of nnjrinre-r Brow., aft 1 eontain-ng .13 persons, attempted. 5o land -at Trln'did and was swanr-ed. John Wilkinson, quarterViias'cr; V.'m. Maittrt. ftremaa: L. Drahe. pass'-nscr, anl three i n known n.en. were drowatd. Thosq 'in the boat who were eived tere .5n inter Brown, Flrealan ..McClellaa. CoaJ-T'asser Wm. Shina: Tailor O'l.et ry. CVef Cook M-fsha'l -1 P-;-s-n-Krs V.'m. D. Jjrtilth and Wra. Mo:r 'house. When the Wimteh reached Cu seka this irorninf? with the survivors, tucs were laime Uafely seat out VjT m!!!) boats. The tS Kan"!t-r pkk.l Dp one coaufaiiiR fl pa33-agera asl thre of the rrevr. ' The V.'alla Wclla wa valued at bout ??50.W0..Si was formerly os?d h a eul'.ier sris l about inn y.ars' a? was rrsnrertel Into a josseaer vessel at a i-ost vf f 1T5 0';P. The ve?ej was In s- red for abvt fMO.CCO: Ceo:ga.K9 of Kan Francis;1, a ieaber of the rrfw, pave the follawln-i; "aoctttiiit rf the disaster: rit was 4:10 wh"n the Fren-h vfa-'"! !t i(w Walla V.'.-.;it la the bow. ...Ml were J; site p. Tb weithor was ck v. th pea was rolUngr hU?h. All were paak-str!eken..Tbc paaseayers nnhv.d otit of their stat rocirs aaJ the da-k waa erovdcl. Captain Hall wnt d iwn Into the s'tae. end found a family .of seven fastened In a .roam l y Ve f.jroe of the shoek Jamtnlng the dow. Two-boys were plncned benexth fall-n timbers. The girls .were released nad the family ass'sted ot;t of their berths. The csotaih sa'd the vess l w,oul l ink and "all hurriedly prepared to leave. Life boats, and rafls were lowerid; life preserver' were 'put on and paaen pers lowered to the boats. The rollialcn. '" "happr.p'ed 'kt 4:10 -and tba-vessil l!i not Unk until .4:43. pivins? the., cre w and passen-ers 85 ralsut-a ta leaye the steanifr,"". Flsty-thren were lowered "Jnjo the life-s-4v!nsr boars thm be ns flUed. Panic rtbned amor)K the jr .tna!n!nt?.pasencers; wanjen creamed find nien and xyn bnrriily jumped wvrboard. Several did not. leave until tbe vesal.le?an to sink. The officers were, cool and collected, doln-? every thlnK pos-'ble to save the pij-n-e a. No ore Vnows rraetr how end when the collb'on occurred. exeeotinK the second r-fficrr and be Is m'sa'n?. Im mediately after the collls'oa, the French vessel .withdrew and appar antJy m?do no effort to render assiiit ance. " . Parker's Man Located. Elhabeth City. N. C. .Special. A rn raw was afloat, heie that the man. who was met bv'Mr. Parka -between tho Crop8ey fffilJf nce nd Elizabeth City, - has beta locVed. Mr. Parkf-r wan on lihj way bo-rie from Mr. Fletcher's, about 7 it Tea from Iowa, and In jn--Injr tba Ccpyey rcs'tlenee, abent, 11 o'clock on the iil'.;ht of November 2'itli, law a triiS and woman .tandlnsj-t the gate. Verv little fil'T.t'wa whs jivn to tbl ' roude.sn,l Mr. f'arker c'li! 1 " rot fir-'jeflntUdy. who they were, hut afterwards hn met another man. whom . hn iho'oasrfcly ob-?'rve1 and. described. Tbo citlicp"' coraml'fe. since then have boon trint to locate th'i puty. nahe should' bi ablo to throw" llht oa the trajrto death of Nellie Crop cy--' ..'...'.;' .11 1 II -I I - '' Samosoo's Copi'H'on llopel-s. .WaliJh?toh. Special AdmTrsl : Sarapron'i rr alady propircswii slowly but very steadily tprd the eni. Med ', ica-l scleneo carniot cheek It. Symptoms of arterial defeneration have ao"car l.d. jtncaaa.Ja.Jn-f dent Jo. hi; malady, InJ.M-tln!! rreat uncertainty into the a-. Mre--vcr. the patient Is becom lu(f leas trktabltf and rwpos-iva to treatment. - AGCliTLSa STATISTICS. A Report of Circat Value to the Peo - pic t the Stute. Agricultural eUUsTics,' will form 3W of the niost tnterestiiis featurca A .tue' fartbcouilns - tnaual report tlje Commissioner' cf .Labor and Printing. Mr. H. B. Varner.' Advance -sheets, prepared by Cbkf Clerk W. K. Vals6n. plve a i-reat deal of ia lertf.tin'g Jcformatioa rdatiug to -thl Cariiijng ;lases. . The following average tables are -oTBplled from blanks filled out Ijr representative farmers from every rwmty in the State. The farmers tit-ays respond promptly. In this chap ter is alwj published' letters showlns the- needs and condition of farm Li ber. . The returns' "we received during the period frou Jtta 15 to Octo'j?t I, 1901. whliU exi.lsir.s the diifcrraee in the stillins priv.e of cotton and oth er products shown ta table" No, 5. .Table No. 1 shows an increase cf 1! 13 rer.cest. In value of land in twenty-ca-j counties. Scveaty-s'x couiiUes report an thange. Hlghty two ; counties report fertility of land maintained, and fifteen report t;r tiiiy not mainittned. Forty-scvr. foaWcar report tendency to have eiltaller farms, nine larger and tweri- Table1 No. 2 shows that th r.io? X living in ninety rountis is fmprovei. fc'lxrt--three counties report th cost of living increased. Ninety-six evunUes report n:gro labor unreliable, tai cn rt porta no negro ' lalor. Thirty nine counties report employment rn-culsr. . Tatle No. 3 shows the Lisavit wages of nu-n J13.C2. and the lowtsf J'),65. The highest waeea (.1 -wonit-n ia 89.?. and the lowest fv'.IC. The wajf.-rJ of .rfaildren is $.?.. Forty six i o ?n tits fcjiort an Increase 'in waos nnd.-nfiy-f'r.e report no change. Tbe-te fg'ires show an average' increa-ie cf ne'arlv CO per cent over J300. Tahle No, 4 shows that i-ltty s' V'-n rot:nt:es protut'e rotten at a rbvt of W,.0 per ')0-poiind bale. i;i-;htv sis eotmtles- prod-ice wheat fit a cost rf CI tents per bushel. Ninety lix roun tlea prodiM-e corn at a cost f 43 cents per bushel. Nineiv-four counties pro dure fa's a a cost of 21 cenfs' p-r l.'Msnel. F'iftv four counties proiiuco to- df i 't;baco at a cost of 53.43 per 10rt pounds. ; ' Table No, 5 shows the market prSn ;f cctton S r.n'"t p-.r p-emi, wheat f' rptits per buhd. eorn 71 cent per bushel, oata 43 rents v"r bush'-l. to tarco ti.zn per bunlrej. Ths. prbes make thf profit on prod.u'-fs f3.0 per I ae for eottcn, life, ps-r luhel for wheut, 9 exists o:r bubCl for; torn-. 11 Cents per bushel f r ojis. cri l l.T'. per hundred f r tol-arf-o. . Table 'No. 6 Iri-ileates that the :!(( raMonal condifion lfl rood In threr? er'n:i"s. fa'r In fjrtvoni,- poor In flfiv-thr.ee. The'pioral ronill'lun Is pTio-l tn twfntv-rn" -oun'e. fiir In j-evrntv three, nod poor. In three. The f nanrlal ron-lltlon la -good in in. fi?r-In fortr-thrte. nn i poor In fifty- lhre. The question. 'T)o you, favoV a remnulsory school law?" was "an swererl hv 3 rr rent, "Ves," and by 19 per cent. 'No.," " Increased Valuations. .. Th 'Corporation Caa mission has prepared a statement showing the' in creused assessment to be $.10,32.214. ' The Ineresse in real snd persouaj properly. la rdaeelat $21.C22.4.18. 'wblth Is In accordance with the official fg ures from the Stat Auditor's office :m Wished In the News aad Gbsrer Ch'rliirmas day. ''.-........ , .-...v. The figures of, the Corpomtron Commission are based on ror.ple'e re turns from Dl counties: and estlm.ilel figures based on partial returns frrt'vi five counties. Only pne county Is not Included. The News and Observer's figures froiw 90 counties showed -.that the Increase In. real and personal prop erty over last year Is, $20,181,078. The Corporation Comni!islpn"s figures from DC, counties show an Increase of i:i.o;2.4:;s.' , The toal valuations from all sources are J3.19.423.C93 as compared wlh I309.ft97.35t last year and f27.339.2SS In 1S99. This gives and Increase of SCO. 328,2,14, One of the largest source j of Oie Increase, aside from the real and personal property Is the corporate ex cess tax, which Is f :.87.000. Thli Is Iha tax the corporations pay on capir tal stock;" The Department of Insurance makes a gool showing, the Increase In the amount of revenue paid. nta the trca ury last year by that department, be ing $34,471.45. The increase In tax returns In detail are aa followgi . ' Ileal estate ...ii7.3.738.98 !16fi,4 14,333 Personal, prop. 107.81119 93.50C.Ci2 Cor. excesses . . 5.807,000 Prop, Cor. Com " 43.1 1,7Sfl - 43,510.007 15. a.id l.. Ah .. . COt.131 tS Totul's ..." .C'.$339..25.Ma"5.097.2irj The gross Income for 1901. are 11. 829.031.,. yielding a revenue of LlsiSS which la an Inrreasp of $13,129.70 over the amount of revenue received in 1900. The tfross Income for 1900 were $912,013, y leading a revenue of t3.2d. CI. Tlie Increase In revenuo equal3 a valuation of $3.2X2.425. The abova statement Js' compiled frqm reports of Itcglater of Deeds of the various counties of theorise ' md personal propertyvand that part relatr Ing to banks and corporations la from the certificates, of the auditor oMhe SUte.- " BRYAN ON BOERS, M2acs a Viarcos fpcecli Tavoncj ; -Tif Indcpeuicncc . : CLAD CHVKAT WAR COST ENGLAND Four Thcuscnd Pcopls Present and Heartily app'aui the 5nllmcnts of the Speaker. .-, Cleveland. Special, Four thousand people atteaicd a pro-Boor meetns ".n Cray's Armory' Sunday 4t-'rD30a' There wa en;a,us!as:Ic applause for every espressiaa of ryaipatly and en- An unexpected event la the mectinj was the anwafance of Hon. Wm. 3. Rryan, who is in tills city as the' guest cf Ma-or Johnson. When the commit tee in chares of the nt-wtiag k-a.nJ that the Democratic let ier was In the eUy an Invitation was csnt to bim and the p-ayor to attend and address tb gatberlpg. Both gentleuien aecepleJ,. and when, t ards the close of other speeches, Mr.-Tryan and Mr. Johns? i ! entered the tail, the hol audita o I roae ea mass and nj,stedty shout -d i-iiitf! ouL..l:Jiji uiu," uiu'.iu,C I 1 them iib hurrah aad haad-ciapp.ns. The audience was rompofca inoitiy cf ' rfea. although a number' of woascn ( Was pr'tsept. The tri-color of the H ;er repuWie was a prominent feature of the armory's decorator'' and rii'e 1 atreiTera were tied lu the button hos : .of mary of the n:en. 1'poa"lhe fcUe were sevwal native Fovrs who l;a l , In- la 'some. of 'tee early 'conflicts of j their county: ii agalnsf the liHl'si ? aoMJers. They wefe drivi'n from trvir country, and are now residents cf t'aia eity, 7 he tneet'ng roatlnued for faar k hours, the pri :'.::?;); I ad ka. being by t IToa.' Joiio J. I.enti Wfv.- Ai:i-u: Fraai, a Jars. Keformel . . 1itheran clerpyman. also'apo. Wbea the for mal s:.-e:.h-8. of the afttraoon aero CMK5udrd Me s: 9. P.rysn an I Jobasca ; were cslied up.'io to a'idress tbe vast l audience. Mr. P.ryan s Hike for about . five- minutes, during which time he , saH: ' v-Sk-ad- will b that day, fallen will b ! the suir of otjr desUay, If the t iKi ever comes when struggling freea:ea i'feet that tluy cjunot look upnn the people of these states for sympathy. Mr. Rryan sjIJ that he a In en ,ttre sympathy with the intent of the recMin.?", euiolied the fighting South African ' farmers and urged tbeai f eont'.nue'the ?ntpgl. He s aid. tha be was gla J .r&e war haJ-edst Knglar.d so deadly, anl "C at the disastrous. ro.t in .ns'cpey and ' life wonld be 'a mucb- neeled .lesson fur tl.e Kngl'sli govern, mcnt; l.e au?e it wo d,l tc h. aa l h ti aliyady taught lsoa. that will no. be Soon torsotten. Mr, Uryan-siii that be consrtJ"rcd It a compliment that the llotrs looked to the l"nl:cd ftatts for aid and sym pathy In their s'ri'f gle," and that be considered it a disgrace that no offi cial -txpreajtsn' of sympathy bad yet l;en ruade by this government 'r. Bryan believed that Engllajh people are opposed to the continuance of the xar because they, too,- ate suffer'n because of . the unhappy conGlct en I aire the ones that must bear the bur den of the' rest, - Mayor Johnson 'it poke'- briefly nnl said that be was in full sympathy with tbe ln!c nt of the meeting. A reso lution of great' length wa'. propose! and will be .f?rj.t. to .the President of the, Frilled Stafv. It calls the Presi dent's attention to the rontinuancj of the war for "th past two years sn I states that It has been characterised on the part of the British as a con flict of ssvagery by the confls;a'!on or destruction of.fproperty or Inhabi tants and non-combatants lying with in the ron? of war. Attention Is culled to the denuncia tion by President Mclvinley of the system of concentration camps. A question from the MacheUer, (Kngland) Guardian, of September 4. 1901, Is made, which states that a df rree of suffering and. death exists In these camps without a parallel In his tory.' In conclusion, the President 'a aal el to enforce the treaty o Wash ington, May 8. 187-1. denying to Venn -Is operating. under llrititfh authority op rorlDtjity for the angumentation of supplies of war from the Pnlted Slavs. Pnslilent Hocfevelt Is asked to con tinue the efforts of his predecessor to bring to an end the horrors of conren t sat Ion -camps and warfare which by Its "unexampled ferocity and enormocs Veat-ot Ufa and treasivrebas.astoun J-f-d the clvlliied world." TX-s Art'-Trst l ew. -AMfttn. Tex.. SpeclalAntr-tnist -papers-today filed against the Joha 11. Kl by Litmbec company for fi-13 000 worth of penalties charging that raid rorapany was opcra'tWg ln.violafl on of the Texas anti-trust taw. Fomi weeks ago the stilt .waa""fllcd" but v-ai dismissed upon the Bttttement that the comuanv bad not acquired the com panies that it was charged wtth buy ing up. Now, however. It Is claimed that tbe consolidation has been mailc and that the suit Is refl ed. Sulla we e also filed against the Natlonaj Cotton Oil "company; the"TaylorHncoHVAny nd tbe Southern Oil company Tor i.vin OiMi'damiiHeo tot violatins thti Ts'X- . as anti-trust law. THE YEAR'S RECORD flarvclaos Adii?vcnicnl$ Marked lb: Past Twelve Months.' SCIENCE, ART, LITERATURE, WAS, Peace, Commerce, Inventioo Note worthy Progress to All tint la jChronolog.cal Ordr. JANUARY, Cuecn Victoria of. ICagland died - oa ; tbe to tba Cth Ignatius Doaaeily. ' ramous Wiittr ani theorist; oa the iUt j Prcfcisor Ellsha Gray, euer tUo la ivtniora of the telephone, auJ oa the j itt.i Giaseppe Verirl, tamons iuus.kal evnipC'Scr. ; . j la the realm of science perhaps the riio-i important annouueoment was that of Ptoiexsar lhilpin a system of inunc tion to is, which may revoiutioue cauie telephony, j - FEBRUARY. - ' The eenttnuial aaaiversary of tbe lntalatioa of Chief Just:ce ilarsjali waa cciebrated; a; Washington oa the 4th, on wh;a! date ato aecurr4 tiw ,'faeral iaeaot of Qen Victoria ia London. Its d.sjovery ef lh uw a:ar Perseus.'-Iaier inaonnced as a ncoula "likely to resuif la new tvorlds waa'-:i.-cove-ed oa the lath, and a photograph w tavn. v ' MARCH. - . . ' ' On the 2d of March the pop c!e;r.v led his M.U birthday. On the 4th Pir. dent McK.nley and Vice P.cstd.-it Roosevelt were Inaugurated aaJ ih Fhiy.sLsth ronsreia adjourned.. On the 11th there was a milltoa dollar dra in New York end another la HK-hmvnd. Va. Oa the 23rd tbe Filipino taieftAia Auglcaido was captured in bis woua tain (re, eat by Gcn-.-tal F.i d FuuHioa. A trolley car was produced ia 0sr-cis-.-iy which, oa iu ii:st let, i.tuo nearly jiu ii.ilvs an hour. " The obituaries include Ilenjamiu Hair.Bon, tx 3:ii lent ol the t u.t'.' l KUtti, agftl -s. aud Caarlatte hi. Vccge, fijUiJUS aii'Uoi&j, JS, . ; " APF.IU.' . IJariy in April ,t was given Out that taw 'were prospects of Atlantic Iia.-j crowing the ocean ia about 10J boura, tfirough the tnsutlatidn ia fast ttx.-.a . passenger taiuc.r of iu.bine e:ra n.-a, after the Pat sons or Grayr.on pa;.te! J:. I MAY. The 4th cf May was notab'e for great flio in Jacksonville. F!a.; v. lib J-;.? of 115,-OUO.tO i. The tth s n-vt-i-r.oua for the Wall s.reet panic. Ihe day is no icferred to aj '"Dirty Thurs day." On the i'Cth the great Pan Aiun ican expokition at Hut.tlo was f5,n::ie l. The me-:t!h's nec-ology exhibit? ach faaiots tames as Hoaht Toru, Jaoaiicse ctat ;aian. ajass:i:aie i; ex-Uoveru i Hate-a S. Pingiee of M. tutsan, 61; ii '. ward Motan. artist, 72; liir Walt-r Ueaar, novelist. 5. . . It waj ani.ouace-J this moath ; lhr.t Thomas A. i'?l s.n, Aron-icas finvjua Invrntor. had a; last brought t je. fection'the electric:, average battery up on which he had been at work fur any yea s, aad its meSi'ul aopli' a tion cad a iii-.:au of tapil and eoouo.n; raj trans, t. ' JULY, ; On the 2d of July died Jacob1 S. U? era, locomotive manufacturer, aged 67. who Ic.'t a legacy of $."i,frxi,(0) to th? MetropoJitatt.MnEcun of Art. New Yoik city; also Protestor John Fas't, Iwtu .?r and hl.'torian. C9; It. II. Newell (Or phcus C. Kerr), an' old time humorist. 1 C5; Charles Nordhbff, Journalist, 71; Prince Uohenlohe, ex chancellor ol Germany, 81, and Mrs. Ooru Paul Krug cr. Gi. ! On the 12th Santos Dumont ma in o successful aerial yoyag-y ovr Paris. On . the 24th the Schley coi.tt of Inquiry was ordered by thesecietary of IH navy; the 23ih President M. K nl-v ti a claimed free trade between the United it-tates and Po.lo Hico. AUGUST. The Dow-i-er Empress Frederick ot I Germany, eie. daughter of tho. Jit ' Queen Victoria., died on the 4th, ag'i f.l; on the 11th Stgnor Crlnl, Italian j statesman 83, r.nd on the 3 " t It General wiiitatn .'.miiow. u. 8. N.;.aged &o. Genital Kitchener Issued "a nro?la mation of banishment against all Boers I found In arms after fr'ept. 13. Oa oil the most unique of Inventions waj a!-, so announced, conaiating' of electrc printing without Ink. -The greatest clec;rlcal discoverv uc to t hue time was that of trans nlttlrg electric waves through the ground m the water to any desire! point by wh eh It Is claimed that an antomubllo torpedo boat van bo operated three miles dis tant. v SEPTEMBER. The "moat noteworthy as well as nfost tirlble eveut of thfa month wa the shooting of President M K'nlcy by I. con CzolgosK. ail anarchist, at a in ception at the Pan' Ara"i lean expnjd Hon. Mr.- McKIuley died on the Htli on which dale Theo lore tloosevelt toos the oath cf ofllco as president of the Pnlted States. " On the 2Sth occurred the massar of fifty Pnlted States soldlcra by Hit pino bolomenlln the island of Samar. ' OCTOatR. On'- the 29th the ass-isln, Czo'gcsa was electiocuted ftt Auburn. N. T.. foi the murder of President MeKlnlcy. , Aerial navigation bv meaa of the dirigible balloon rereived nn Imoeiiu by the no.ta'ilo trip. of Kant a Damon: ovflr Paris and around tho Eiffel towr, thereby winning the Deutsch prito o $20,000. . ' Early In October the Pan-Amerieat congress met tn the City of Mexico, and another fact of International Impor tance was the negotiation of the Hay Pauneefote- convention, p eden.Jc Uio ircaiy foe Kivlug to tba yullcd Statea a free hand la the bnlldiag ol the Isthmian canal. NOVEMBER. On the tth a French fleet scIsn Turkish porta nil tirougbt the aultah to terms; the city of Colon, Isthmus ot Panama, was captured. by Liberal in surgents, who were subsequently ilflv en out by government troop; fusloc mayor, SHh Iow, waa eloeted In Great er New York. On the 7th Earl U lluuc Chang, the great Chinese statesman died In Peking, ged-79'. and also Ka Greenaway. artist and author. . The world's record for speed of an tomobiles was broken by Henri Fo ? aier. who made a mile in 1-4-5 seooads 06.Ct.tVibuK. If tbe latest Information anent w ire less -telegraphy proves to be correet tbe last month of the year has seen th. greatest acb'evemeat ia the flashi-i,! across the ocean of a "wVelejss tele graph message f ooi Ca:nwa!l. Eng land, to Newfound! a-ad, a distance ot more than 2.2M1 rrf'es. This Is said tt have been cicnu ca Dee 14, after tuu :h preliminary expe; facntlag. The first Monday in December 'wit nessed the open :n of the Fifty-seventh, congress with a b-t rjhiej for ltgis'aUoa. Warfare still coatliaej In Soutb'Afrlea, the Pkllippinea and Colombia, with t '? heiw-nea Ch le and Arsenfi- New Coal Cars. NorYolfc and 1 rtern railway Iran built and bought- maoy hundreds Of nl i.itik it ta still short and lh de cline kevpi up. At tbe, Roanoke m- thlua works here ere now ur-.aer '- tw. enfiosh lo prove adequate for the Immense, vol ume of .business being hsnl'.ed. A'l or der has just been placed with - taf American Car and Foundry company of Hontineton. W. Va., fee 1,090 tcr4 gondolas. Thee-3 will be 6lmi!;ir ta those built here, having steel under framing and a 40-ton caparlty. Belmont the Notii,ee. New VorCV.peeia!. JutticReott, of the Supreroe Ciurt Thu-sLay afternoon hanicd down a d-icitioa, de.-lariag Pe--rKoPelraont to be the regular Demo cratic nomine for ..' Congress In . the seventh N;w Yerk d'rtrict. Colonel Asa llirtJ.Ca-dcer tal led on Can lida'e Beiriout this evening, and a wared h'm of the euppoit cf Taiirjany Hall, f oxe of whose leade:s had o.-es'd . bim. The regular commit! cf .th firt aa ?mb!y district has derided to sipp.ut him as have dcje'itions ,Vcm the ic glor orgnlattoa8"fn.tl:e second and third districts. - - 1 he Cuban f:" ct on. Havana. By Call?.- The In-lb-u tions are that Ihe entire P.ilma lik-.1' will be elected, na I that Thomos Es trnila Palma, the Nationalist tan.il date for the -presidency of Cuba, vil' receive unanimous vote of thr t!ectoal college. The adherrn'a o' General P.arto!o;:ie Moso,' (the pi-no craflo candidate who recently vdUi drew frcro, the crm:ial-.-n not o:ji withdrew their ran ll'lHtea, but . n f-rscd to go to the jiollr.. A rt.wrli ably Ugl t vote was polled through out the iKlati'f. So-ihem 5 ao M-krrs.. Atlanta. Special.-1-' It Is understood that Southern .toap inanufa'-tiirs.-ri, see organising for a consolidation of all plates south of the Ohio rlvefi Edward O Nell, secretary of the' Urg vt soap manufacturing concern In Atlanta, paid that his company had been asked to Join the combination, which Mr. Miles tald. would aflillare M'ith .similar aiiRoclatlbns .in the North and West , The organization will be known as the Snuthiirn 'Soap Manufacturers' Association. 5t-eet Railway Sold. . Now Orleans, Special -S. 11. H. Pear son, of tho Pearson Syndicate of Phil adelphia, gave put the statement that out of the 75.000 shares of commc: stork of the New Orleans C'iy Rait way Company, the syndicate had se cured 00,000 and would, enter !ri-o the lease by January to.' The 'ils,:o lutlon of the-Louisville pool, wh.c'i held 23,083 shares of stock and wouid not sell, is cons'.deerd to have brought about the deal. News By Wlr . William Kinj, of i;aIa. Ind., died from drinking :einonoxtract as a bever age; four others hcive letently tiled Iu t!u community ,'com the sime came. J. Plerpont Morgan h s looght for .$500,000 a famous Madonna by Raphael. Dr. O. Schmidt Ida, German M'.aln ter'to Venezuela.' Is exp"' U'd to reach Caracas January 5 and bcvrln the pro gram for forcing,.! settlement ot ur man claims, i , .... - '- '''. Tho iTnlted States. It 'a reno ted.A:! decided pn a program , which tray -tmnt'Ht o rr"o--g peace In CcuUai and South America, Alabama Mills of Sy'cauet, Ala., prev'ovsly orrarilred wl'b capital Mtock nf ff.OOOO. bns comnlc-r-l InAtallatinn of culpmcdt, and now lias fl't.y knlt- tlnp machines oeratinq on tee tra duction of coi ton hos'oy. J. E. Peat son 14 company's president. Eagle ft Phenix Mills of Columhus Ga.. has ordered another 100 looms of modern' pattern to r. olace the aims number of old looma In the plant Tho remodeling of th eo-rany a water power plant Is proceeding steadily, and will aoon be completed.' . I U .U well to have your fuel before you buy ycur kettle., . , , CANAL OFFERED US Formal Cffer Made to Coiled. Slates . 'Covercaenl. . PRICE, FORTY MIL! UN DOLLARS. Ihe President Will Communicate Offer to Contcess, Wh ch Alono Has Power to Act. . Washington. Special. A formal pro positlca to se.l the Panama canal rro pe.nles to the United States govern ment for $10,000,000 was submitted to the authorities here. It was made by M. Boeufve, rcp'rtssntins the company, to Admiral Walker as chairman of the isthmian canal coaimLsioa. M.. Bo?ufve actedjundcr cable Instructions receiveJ todayifrora the Panama canal ofliciala at Paris, Admiral Walker brought tba proposition to the knowledge of tbe secretary of etate and the president, g o:ng dlrt;t'y to the State department for. that purpose. - The submission of tMs offer carrlea cut a plan with has brcn under con sideration for the last two weeks. Tbe first step was taken whoa M. Hutin rcttrcd fron the presidency of the Pan ama tiuipii. Tii livual. ZC entire change in the management, tbs main feature of the change being that ths3 in authority desired to make at definite offer of the Panama properties to this government for $10,000,000. There baw.bcen nuaicrons meelinga at Paris with this cnl la view but tha on which brought about the final proposi tion was held y-.slerdsy. It bad beca the intention to make tho offer through Edward Lampre. 'secretary general of the company, who is due to arrive at Na.r York ca thefe:ncr Aqtiitain'! to laorrcw', but the "meeting "appears to hav taken a view that the offer should be male without waiting for the ar rival cf M. Laaifre. Accordingly the cabl-s Instruction. were, forwarded, to M. Poeufve. H yeat at once to th-j ol f.ce cf the isthmian cacal commissloa and advised Admiial Walker of what had been the dctcrmlarUoa of the coia pany. In substance the notification to Admiral Walker wra as follows: "The Panama Cjaal company de clares itse'f ready to trans'er .to the government of the Vr.itrd States oa payment of $i0,fl .0 0.0. its properties and concessions', e.-thnated ' at", tlat amount by the ia'.hm'an cahal commis sion, ia conformity with the terms ani ccndltlona of the estimate of aaiJ commission. " Except, to submit the proposition . ! a tho foregoing ta.-m3. tHcre was no dis cussion with Admiral Walker aa t what further atcra wers likely to b taken except to b:lnj tha prooosltlo to the atlentlon of tha secrtury o: sate and the president Admiral Walker r.al'ed at tbe Stata department this r.con and commuat fatAif tn vl.ir-rflrv IT.-v -til- rJT- YVftlf-n . ...... . ... j T . . , . I 1 V.L.I - the canal tomp.ny. Tho nratter toon thereafter was It-ought to-the V en-. . tlon of the president. v i - It can be stated that the prcsiVent will communicate tho p-oposition to ' congress. This course will be pursued . because the administration holds that the canal question is now one for legis lative determlnat'on and th"t as con- y gre.Ha la about to consider tho subject It should, have po&?esalct.of. all facta that have come to I the ?Teeutjys branch. .Tre ofTer as fiade to' Aumii'j Walker and later comjnun'cated to tf I president and secretary of state retl to the estimates, of th Isthmmu c rl- I mlssloa'cr'a report. ThU failure of HI commissioner's, reoort aopeara .un-bt the caption '"Total Value of the Pai ama Canal," and Is as follows: 1 Summing up tho fo;cgo!ng Items, th Panama railroad Btc-ek at par $6i"- 000; maps, drawings and rccocds.V ' 000,000. "' .j "To which add 10 per cent, to cov?r commissions, making the tola! vain ot'on of the Tanama canal $10,000, 000." Coll's'on N ar Atlanta. . Atlanta, Special Aa a result ot head-on collia'.on between two frer tra'.a of the Southern Railway. V r Sunday mo-nlng. near Pe:. G it miles from this plaeo. three t if trains" crews we-e vllrd and a v ' ofvfrelelit eir d-s'rovel hv flrv dead are: Engli""- C. C. lV-illac, t , x hnta: FlaemarrZ. H, Jlarria and Fji I maa PrHthct". i-' j K'Hed By. P' I" Ex-'ston. "xj Parkersburg. V Va, - S-oc'al.-T J f bo ier In the -P.'h Pe.an Oil Cot i 1 pempln? staiion, at Hany ,Uho-' ,f Dodfldge coun'y. t'ew np.'afalillngft death Harry rvholcs, a puncper for t' company; Merrick Ftirk, who ran string ot well denning tools, aad IV Ash. his ass'Btar.t: Ttie men were ai In the boiler bouse warming then' selves when'the explosion oocurre They broke open the door, which h become locked, end escaped to anft" house a mile away. All were ar, so that flesh fell from tl.em on! way. After reaenin? the other house they ccia-s-d, aal la t ; houra were all. J ' - f I i J r 7
Chatham Observer (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Jan. 10, 1902, edition 1
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