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A. n 1 1 -SL03 ATta VOL. I. NO. 17. P1TTSBORO, K.'avERIDAY, MARCH 21, 1902 Atr i III 11 i its ni i c in 1 hi i in A MARCH BLIZZARD Sweeps Down Co lhe Western States Brinfinj Deep Snow . RAILROAD BUSINESS PAR U.YZED. Telegraph AVIres Down and Train Unable to Plough Throogb Drifts of Snow. St. Paul. Special. North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest have ex perienced the worst Bnow storm In ' many years and railroad traffic is practically paralyzed. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern have not moved a wheel for nearly 35 hours In the bliard-strtcken i district, and have abandoned all efforts to do go until the fury of the storm shall abate. The high winds has piled the snow In the mountains, and packed It In solid masses, many (Jeep cuts being entirely filled. The temperature has been gradually falling and Is now at or below the zero mark. Not a trans continental train has arrived at St Paul since- Friday, and none Is ex pected for several days. The North I'lc'r"." rJ"". ii; Tcctt:'4 J CC -! trains which left St. Paul Saturday morning, tied up at Fargo, the road beyond there being blocked. Every effort Is being made by, the road to keep Its passengers who are now bound warm and well fed, and for this reason trains are being held at stations where the accommodations are good, rather than attempt to JST them through with a possibility ofM- - In tied up between -station;-- The valley division' of the Northern Pa cific between Frankfort and Winni peg is entirely abandoned. No trains have attmiptel to run ulnce Friday night and exact. 'conditions on this til-, vision an; not Known by the general . officers here, us the telegraph wires have been carri. d down by the bur- den of sleet that prtteeuca tne neavy -snowfall. . . . T!ie Mtuation.03 the Great North ern i equally as had. The line l" tie 1 up entirely between 'Oraad Porks and Williston, N. .D, a distance of about 25 miles, and all wire have hein lot beyond Fargo, AH. communication with western .Dakota and Montana joints has bocrf lost. So fierce has been tbe storm that it has been inad visable to aU'empt to retica the 'read until It abates. Its ports received -at the general offices indicate that tK- gale has rnmewhat subsided, but that I th- snow still continues to fall. The branch of the Great Northern runn ing to Winnipeg is also tied up. Np "trains have been iitasted horthwaid since Friday nit;ht, and those that were caught cut on the road by the . utorm have been held at the stations near the border. Winnipeg Is reported to be entirely rut off from railroad communication with the outside world. The Canadian Pacific transcontinental trains are snow bound somewhere west of there, and no prospect-of relUf is yet in '. eight. ' . ''' ,.'-". The storm started on Friday, being WSM&-VW 8ht rainfall and ac- ', companied by high winds. The rain soon turned to sleet and then to snow and this has fallen without cessation for more than' 36 hours.' Tho lerrlflc gsJe drifted the snow badly and It Is , next to Impossible, to wade through . the streets. Ilusiness of all kinds has been at a standstill, since Friday night. So far as known there has becrr no1 lopgT)f-tlf?rttnr owTngno the demoralized condition of the .wires late news has not been received from the remote districts. Tho farmers hail the advent of the snow with delight, as the ground has been very dry, axd this abundance of moisture will put .... it In excellent shape for the spring need. v A Oeorgla Cyclone. Macon, Ga., Special. A b wept across the corner of ry clone Monroe, I'pson and Crawford counties Sunday r.nd a messenger who came '- frtcn there reports that Cicero Tharpe'n hendsome residence was blown down and scattered about the plantation and ono of the negro tenants was killed outright and a number of uegro families rendered homeless. The track of tho storm was by Moran's Mill to Montpelier Springs, and the same re port i to the effect that Montpelier "'Spidngsr nn 7iPcileR9 "set tlemenl. 'was destroyed, two big brick houses and a frame dwelling being demolish ed and the families occupying them tendered homeless. " - Flood Warnings.. ' KnoxvIU'o, Tenn., Special. Flood warnings Issued hero predict a rise in the Tennessee, river of from 12 to 15 feet Monday. Tho warnings, were of tho Tennessee river, which is con trolled by the United States Weather Bureau, Tho system has been casfab llshed only recently and it Is thought will save thousands of dollar to property-owners. " ' southern industrial New Enterprises That Are Enriching Our Favored Section. The South' Iron Interest. Manufactrer's'Recor4. The consumption of iron, which is aow "running at about the rate of IS, )OO.OOO tons a year, is so ' staggering that it is difficult to fully grasp the !act that this growth is permanent. It la altogether probable that we shall aealn see much lower prices in Iron than at present. aB it would not b natural to expect an unbroken record of the phenomenal activity which qow pervades the iron and steel ia iustry; but we have probably reached 1 period wnere we consumyiwu ol' iron and steel will expand as rapiily1, j as the productive cauac ty of the country.- We i.:ay have temporary 1 dullness, as in the past, but the in- 1 ts; chag PvOJp of vicksburg; Clyde creasing uses of iron in fireproof toa- j Scotti oI Yicksburg, cotton seed buyer: structlon, which must come about in j N A i a prominent phy the better class of dwellings, as in J slc-an' aQd J)la)Qter of the paimyra office buildings; the vast extension nelghbornooa; 17 colored roustabouts -now a necessity in the "terminal : dM,k passenger8 wh03e names have faculties of the railroads of the coun i rt, try. and in the improvement or roau- j bed and rolling stoc k to meet the j heavier traffic, are all factors In.aug- , menting the consumption of Iron even ; beyond the 18.000.000 tons which we, 1 have reached, in the iighi .- now in position, by provemeuts which have been made and the new capital which has been xtrnA rfurlncfhe last few years, to .reap the benefit ofa .very aetive and sound extension 01 us iron inmw. 'Th txperiaic-ntland .to a lartje ex ti-nt 'speculative, condition whic h long prevailed in the Southern iron trad, to the great detriment ot il legitimate .iJvaneenw-nt, ha3 i . away. One by one the I .Clin; iro;i companies of ihc S.iiith hav beer. putlii8 their plants in a hih state '. eilicicw v: enlarging their furnac-s. improving their facilities for r.i.u t.k ore ,an,i f.0al and making coke, an j thus getting on a basis tor if-,i r .- of production. Wliicn, v neu luflei prhes come, will enable them to con tinue in profitable operation without the troubles whUh hamix.red so many of them in tir,s m pant. With all of it.-i advantages for. iron -making, the South rs-ade tomparatiiSlv little projfres:- in that indui-try l. LAtx n l0O and 1 !'.'. This was due in part to lack of ade quate, capital and experience, and in part to many cases of thoroughly bal. i.evon if -jno.t- Knowingly coi ruin, iui:t tnanagetneDt,' tno evu innuenc ,r which directly and Indirectly ' injured the iron trado of the whole South. It Is filnie aliout 10() that the South" Iron interests have been getting intc lu-tter i-hai-p.. and henceforth the de velopmcnt of this industry promises to. b more nearly commensurate with the advantages of this section than; has been the case in the past. The', outlook is altogether cheering. ; t ' A $300,000 Additional f'.rll. A dispatch from Spartanburg, S., C. anno!iu-es an extensive addition to b ' made by the D. E. Converse Co. ol , Clendaie, S. C. It states that the direc- j tors definitely decided at a meeting in . Spartanburg on March 1 to erect a No i 2 mill, which will have an equipment ' of 15,232 spindles and 404 looms. The! production will be high-grade cloths j htruc-are-to accommodate me um- tno chlncror wl be lopiino feet m bim IK SS!" it U chtneror win w. luuxisu teei in dent and treasurer. Erecting Weaving Addition. Mention was made recently of an In crease of capital stock from $50,000 tc $200,000 by the Anchor Mills of Hun tersville, N. C. It has been ascertained now that-extensive improvements hv been commenced by the company pre paratory to adding weaving to Its opt eratlons. An addition two stories high 70x200 feet, is being erected, and In it will be Installed the looms necesvr (probably 140) to consume the product of the company's 4100 spindles, Possi. bly other betterments will also b nade Textile Notes. Jonesville (S, C.) Cotton Mills has In creased capital stock from $20,000 tc $50,000, Tucapan (S. C.) Mills Co. has added seventy-four looms, Increasing its tota to 839; plant has 28,000 spindles. . .1. F. Williams of Shelby. N. C, hat admitted E.' A, Welman to a half-Interest In his hosiery mill, and the plant will be enlarged. . Gonmloa (Texas) Cotton Mill wil Increase capital from $12.r.,0(!0 to $l,"i'i.- 000.-Th5"Tompiiny"r:"t.otT-fiptTidiiV"atir 100-looM mill waa completJ.j-eci;'ntly W. M. llagood of Easley. S.-C.'l or gani.lng a company, w'th, capita) stock of $20O.V0. to build cotton fac-, tory. About $110,000 has been subscrilv e. - ' r; V " u: It la rejKuted that Sumpter Cogswell of Pell. City. Ala., has completed ar rangements for the erection of a $1. 000.000 cotton mill by New England and local capltallttts. Messrs.-W.;R. Lloyd. T. J. Hojjuv John Idoyd and W. E. .Lindsay ol Chapel Hill, N. C. have Incorporated Blanche Hosiery Mills Co., with capi tal t-ork of $r.02, and privilege of in-, crease to $l3.ooo. v growing power 01 mm ' i c,orfjc proportion came out of the west,- ana. moved to strike out tno appro- j w, "u dence about 25 yards to the right of la of more than sectional interest , once broadside en. priatSon ;of $142,728 for e .nec.al ; eye turned to gaze upon the prisoner. . ; Iookl;g to the river. Th. ho PEOPLE DROWNED Terrible Disaster on a River Boat. Cniy Nine Persons Escaped WHILE THE LITTLE STEAMER WAS Entering Lake Palmyra a Sudden Squnll Struck Her, Almost Lilted "Her Out f the Wnt-T and Turned !. Her Bottom Upward , Vlckeburg, Miss., Special. The stern er Provident e, plying between this port and Lake Palmyra, was overturned at t rt'olnr-lr Wfl.in r1n v ninmin; bv a Blld- en ,,,,-1 at lone landing and 2(1 of her passengers and crew were drownea The dead: Cant. Caesedy'. of Vkks- .. . t n 1 - h rPeuiar trip, carrying miscellaneous cargo of freight . w . nasK(.nIrrr8. . t :aatheBtfir, xl i. .... 4.. (,v.i,. i, rr.,mn.,.br i,t inrn-, blown away and her hull t,urped bottom side un in 40 feet of water. The victims were drowned like fata in a trap. Only j nine of the entire-boat's company were aved. The property loss will amount '; ,)Cr " ' the commerce eomm'-ttee, to 'several thousand dollars. Messrs. ! u' r.-iorted .the bill, made a vig- "Cassidy," Scott.' Roup and lan 'asrf rto'roiis argument In oproiition- to-it.-wrrc rdl mtrricd nun and leave larie ; He charged that it would foster. trwts famine, A stumer carying' casket. ! --1 Sdy to" and divers V-ft here for the scena im- ; Mor;..jn nn;j his assodnus were ffiu mediately and will attempt to recover 1 n9l,A svndlcate for the control of tlie all the bodies. Those rescued were J. B. Johnson, pilot; Walter Kain, clerk; J. M. -Wilkinson, mate; eight negjw'ft.-The - vivors reached here late this afternoon cociiffg overland, a distance of about 4-V relies.' The Providence was b.nflt at l.yo.iis, la., in 18-Sfi. and had been la the trade here for some' -years. She w about 120 tons burden and was cnM ercl one of the -fustf ct stern-whle'rs on the lower river. The Belle of the Bends is .overdue from Greenville, but other boats moved on tune,. '"',' . : . Kx-Oovernor Attgeld Dead. Jollet. ill'., Fperlal Former Govern- or John P. Altgold died in room 53, Hotel Munroe, Wednesday morning at f:0ff o'clock. He had been unconscious since midnight. $50,ooo,too In Bonds: Philadelphia. Special: The hoard of directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad at a meetinir authorized the issiKTof faO.OOO.OOO of convertible l-J-yr-ar-' 3 1-2 percent, debentures. The resolution adopted was In part as follows: "Re- solved, That for the purpose, first, for! Hanna suggested that the ship own-.,-,,..M-Mii -ni.,,'ni -n I ers ought to have something to say the purchase of 19,000 additional u0-., K,,M,wtt it wm.hi not be ton stcd crs.and 200 locomotives re- quired, as stated In the annual report, j th ,ncreaw,, trafflc of the oonipany, at -tlmated cost of $24,00000. and ,h lnrrpH,, traffic of the comnanv-. at second, for the construction of the tun neb extension of the company's system into the city of New York and the pur- 1 cnase 01 tne real estate riiuirtti iur 1110 passenger station, the expenditures for 1. !t v. K..V-) . .nn,-, rrrre The twnds-referred ttriire an issnenDf $50,000,000 gold bonds of the company of-the denomination of $1,000 and $500 respectively, bearing date November 1. 1902, running for ten years therefrom with Interest at the rato of 3 1-2 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, free of taxes. - , Col. Lowery President New York, Special. At the quarter ly meeting of the Western Union Tele graph Company, Gen. Thomas T. Eck ert was elected chairman of the board of directors and Col. R. C. Clowry. now vice president and general superintend ent of the Western division at Chicago, was elected president and general man ager of the company. Telegraphic Briefs. ' Tfio tnaTg a m ate d. A ssocl a lIoriT"in theWhecling district will iTot mike any new demand' on the bar iron wage scale. - . '-. - . ' . ' . ' " .Attorney General Sheets, Of Ohio, begun'th prosecution" of, tho Eastern Consolidated Oil .Coinrtany, of Maine, tind'ir the ForelgV Corporation act. It.wna learne-1 Thursday that C. W. White, a prominent attorney and father of C. W. White, of St. Inils. wes cremated in the debris of th-r Southern Pacific, wreck near Sanderson last week: White wns an a-jed man, on his way from Mobile to Washing ton Stata and his name did not appear ou the casualty list. IN CONGRESS. Detailed Doings of Our National Law , makers. HOUSE. 47th' day-. The House closed the de bate upon the pottofflee appropriation bill and completed consideration of twelve of the twenty -seven pages. No amendments were adopted. The prin cipal portion of the general debate was devoted to the discussion of the appropriation for special ma.il faci li lies. Mr. Crumpaeker. of Indiana, -jpened the debate on thU .topic. The Southern Railway, which received the subsidy between Washington and S'ew Orleans, he said, now received jC6! per mile in rtgular mail pay ! against $335 when the subsidy was Inaugurated in He contended that the road could not afford to with draw its fast train if the subsidy was withdrawn. Mr. Underwood, of Ala bama defended the subsHy to the i Southern Kail way on the ground that a. . .k.int,.)!! nnrr,ica r .r t irivH i t "Z7u n,ek rn.il' facilities.- The;meDt t0 Jud l ?D M r,,nh. , he Baid. waa -'benefit - by the extra train run in return for thlfrapnrej'priation dgy. The House passed the ,th ! postofflce appropriation bill. The on- j !' amendmet of importance was one ; to incorporate in the bill the. pro- ZliS SENATE.. 74th day The Senate resumed con- sideration .of the ship subsidy m?as ,iiv, nr,i Mr llnrrv if Kansas a mem-' shipping on the Atlantic. In this con nection, he became involved in a col loquy 'with Mr. Manna, of Ohio, who 'maintained that th.; t-liips secured by Mr. Morgan from foreign countriea ! could not participate in the subsidies provided by the pending measure, -Mr.- Perkins, of California, another member of the .commerce committee'.- rea.d a carefully -prepared sin-ech in support t-f the bill maintaining that'll i?.uW add to. the prosperity of ihc entire .ountrv. day. Throughout the -session S. r.ate, the .chip subsidy bill of the was under consideration, uru was dicused by Mr. lhe mr-as- EVra'ke.if, (if! Ohio: Mr. Mcl.aurin, of Miy.sisaipi'i. ' and Mr. Harris.- of Kansas'. , -Mr. For a-.:tr 6upr,ort.:?d the bill, althojigh he admitted that he v.uv.'.d have p.- lerred to iruua up tne Araeritan mer chant marine by the levying of dia criminating duties., lie was willing; however. To defer to the judgment 01 the majority that the pending meas ure embodied tho better plan. While i Mr. For'akCT was discussing the ma;l , routes jto be established uuder th.? j pendiiiK""ldll, Mr. Bacon, of Georgia. ; Hi. that the measure should spec-; by what routes should be-established, ! that no such important question ! 1 should be left to the Postmaster Gen j eral. Mr. Foraker " stated that 15 j would prefer such a course, but Mr. jm to ,,rovide routes that could riot j. bo operated at a profit. ' Mn Foraker I asserted ption C i asserted that tho International Xavi-' lompany the American lin;v had made no money by carrying the mails, under the postal subsidy act. and did not' care for a renewal of Its contract. Mr. McLaurln. of Mississippi, fol lowed Mr. Foraker. He was opposed j : 11 1 it nnlv to the hill he lint to I the nrlnelnleH It renresented. He sa d -had been no decadence in- ship . )llH(lln(r , - ,-.,,, siaWinr re-T" j porU ten(nng to show that that Indus-! try is now experiencing a boom such ! 1. 1 . t I Frt I 1 , tacked tho tirooosed . Fnited States Shln-niilldinc Com nan v. and called it a combination formed for the purpose of employing labor as economically as possible. Methodist Missionary Wo k. Chattanooga, Special. The confer ence of missionary workers of the M. E. Church, South, closed Thursdey. The conference today decided to raise suf ficient funds to support ftve additional missionaries in Corea. It' was stated that $5,500 annually will be required and $3,050 of this was pledged. A pom nimee consistim 01 i-rs. imuuui. Pritchett and Reid, was appointed to raise tha lldttltlonal $l,4!;0. Centenary church. Chattanoog?tvn.will support one ..nil. r - . , v. of tlienw mln-iiiniarlea. . The Boston Stride KndtfJ. Boston; Special. Through the ef forts of the representatives of tho great mercantile bodies of the, cities., seconded by the chief executive of cities and State, in vo'nferenve with the recognized leaders pf organized l,bot the great strike of freight handler and kindred trades represented In tha al lied freight transporatlon 'council was broken. Fully 20,000 men who have been idle for four days will' go to work In the morning. This result was attain ed at a conference this evening at the office of Governor Crauo, WILCOX ARRAIGNED, The Grand Jury Finds a True Bill and Be Stands For Trial : ' FOR THE MURDER OF MISS CROPSEY - - Prisoner Pleads Not tlullty ' Venire of 250 Jurors Drawn "Another Chapter in Famous Case. A Tuesday. special to. the Charlotte Observer from Elizabeth City," N. C says: "The" grand jury has found a true bill ; against James Wilcox. The report was j made at 12:15 o'clock Tuesday after- noon. The jurors came into the court j ; ro.ira esconea uy an uincer buu - c" ' . '."VI ! 1 ncrailnn tnrneit nver the bill of indlct- - iing the i t to U10 Judge tne xorenian the foreman a&il. 'Th a !u what wo flnrt " ' " .'" , ice court oroerea . we . pribouer , j brought into court after donner at 2 o'clock, so that he might be arraigned j The order was obeyed and at the hour et Jame, WIlcox, accompanied by his Sheriff Reed i-vU '.ztz the har. The c-;-t Hrt,,. !,h!s size, and his head ic large and is, the most striking part of his person. It is bulky, square and heavy. His hair was. neatly trimmed and his face clean'-: c- 'i von U!a'irnrgi gnnoipanKD.aiu-iit the face 13 that of a courageous, . deter-. mined, bull .di'iK. He did not. as much as ; allow the mr.s:'!es of his face to relax while frt 1 he court hdnse. In fai-t he ap peared to be troubled and the k-:ist bit ! restless, lb- was carefully, but plainly I dr.essed. H's hair was parted- in the ; ' middle and a flat, smooth curl lay on j ' his- forehead just beneath the "part.'' ; ! The solicitor. George W. Ward, ask-: fd Wilcox to stand and lift his rkftt hand. He obeyed promptly and .the plea j of "not gullly" was entered -by his lead- j ! Itig attorney!- E. F.'Adylett, The bill cf ; ! indictment reads as follows: I "The.Stnte of North Oa'rol'ha. Pas-j : ouotank .Count v Superior t .ourt M-yM i Term. 1502. The jurors for the Slate unon their oaths present that Janus Wilcox, late .of the said county ... nn 1 State, on tho 20th day of November, H0l, wiih force and arms in the coun ty of Pasquotank, in said State, felcn io:;slv. wilfully and with malice afoie- thought, did k!l and murder Ella M. Cropsy, against the statute in such cases made arid provided, and against the peace and ditmitv Of the bt3T.- 1 Signed -"GEO. W. WARD. " "Solicitor." After the plea of not guilty v-as niado Mr.- A'dylett said that Ala client would he tried by his God and his country. The State asked that a special venire of 200 be drawn. The defense instet-vlf nn 250. which wet drawn from the , "boxes by a boy, William Young, under ten years old. This rase promises a lively contest. rho prosecution and the defense : are ' alert and will fight every inch of ground. Aydc-tt asked the judg to make a note to the effect that the de fense abjocted to the box from which the jurors were drawn, claiming that it had not been revised within the iast two vears as the law provides. The f-VPnire was m;u-0 returnable Thursday afternoon, at- 2 o'clock, when the trial ,0fi!n When the venire was drawn Wilcox was returned to Jail. News In Paragraphs. A' Philadelphia dispatch says: 'Rear .'Admiral W. S. Schley, accompanied by ! his wife, arrived here Monday after s' noon from Washington and he was ! tendered a reception by the Pennsyl ! vanla Club." i The caneellatlon of King Edward's j visit to Ireland is believed to mean that j many arrests forjpoliflcal offenses are 1 to be made. A I,ondon dispatch says: "One hun dred and fifty bales of cotton and 100 balee of cotton sect", meal In the carg.- of the British steamer Mora, Cart. Harris, which arrived from Savannah,, at Bretban, for Hamburg, were badly :,,.nmKoli hv f-ro an,t water." j li,nm'.'4 . j '" 1 ; "'. Prinze Henrv Sails Home !. New York. Special 1 - tew 1 oriv. cy.- ..,-.. --sailed .for Germany op board the - Ham - !burg-Americn liner Peutscniana tues-" day afternoon. His last day in America was spent entirely tm board the IVuch land. but it was Well filled with pleas ing Incidents. The Prince's apartments on the IVutschlad Include the captain's cabinet nni three adjoining rooms, es pecially prepared for the use of HW Royal Highness. The social ball on the Deutschland was beautifully decorated with flowers and there was a profu sion of them in the Prince'B suit of rooms. The company had also tasteful ly decorated the pier. ... ... .11 . I. A., AW I KILLED BY A BLOW. Coroner Testifies in the Cropsey Case. , Elizabeth City, Special to Charlotte j Observer. The Wilcox trial Is wel! under way. The jurors hare been se- - jtected and the witnesses are being ; beard. The defense has done welUn : : choosing the Jurymen. Nina of tae twelve are intelligent-looking 'young : j men. Several of them seem to be of the ; same Rjci;! nosition as the prisoner. The nejrroes two of them, are of Jbe ante-lKllum type, each being between r0 and Wyenrs old. "They are honest, grob'd-ljdkins. full-blooded Africans. PendMon Pripht, the twc!f;h Juror, dos not appear to be a man of much inteHijrenc-e. Heia yaiingand isna-irnt-lookir?. The jury is in eharge of Dep uty Sheriff L. J.-Prltehard.- ' . The court house was we'd filled at an eariv hour Thursday. Many-women th xhe cr0wd was Koo-I humored. Dr. I. Fearing, coroner H id: "I am a graduate ot t 11 i'iiiiiitv. nas 1 aj ' - nut ' . ; of nyMzn and Surgeon. iof Baltimore. Have been coroner iurrw . .t . . art . .,, avo hf, f .. . nOBt.mortem examinations. One was hew on me body of-Mlss Nellie, C sey just after Christman day, on the of Decem ber. "I found the 'body in Pasquotank river fiO varas iroin Cue tiuimci ......... . Wood. O. McMullan , mVB'lf he-,j the autopsy. It was be- , pun af"er the body had been out of the t water an hour. The two doctors, myself i un:! six iurors were present. We first examined the clothing to see if ..hero were iny markfrof violrnerThe sSUt vast of d-irk eoods -and the waist red. She wore a slipner on on.? foot. ihcJ rlifht. and ncthin-; but a c;oc's!n.x on the other. I found the clothln?.jn fair condition. -Thefce were no torn,.A' The fingers wf re. partially drawn and the limbs were limp. I did not examine the (inser nails. While In the water the lees hunz lottsoly. They were net stiff at all. We removed all the clothing from the body except th? stockings. We first cut the body from the pit of the stomach to below the. naval. We examined tho vaginal organs and found "(hem to be those of a virgin. The womb was normal. The condition of the, K men and the 'womb indicated that'she; was a pure woman. We found the in testines and stomach normal. The heart ...... l,ni,0trtr,ci V'.'n nut riff n V(1S t'llll'lj I'll ...- w. ... piece of the right lungand found thay on -being sum -1 It emitted a smay amount 01 iroiny mucous, .uuiius w lasK tccpt' I the eoj notlcf . 1 on tl found in tho pleura. "The neck was all right except mark or depression caused by the lar. We examined the head and that it was a little niore swollen left than on the right side. We quitf there, but after going up town and se? inc the solicitor we went back and bfb an autopsy of the head. ThcrTfe mad'i en Incision around the head, beg'.nnlnd on the right side, and remove! the s a!n- The skull was left bare. As w nit through the left temple we saw a swelling or contusion. We'fotind in thf swollen place, which was about 2x inches In size, a table'spoonful of clot ted blood. The membrane oVertdie bont- was colored dark tilue. lhe conclltior there was brought a'bout by a blow. The defense objected to the questio that brought out the last assertion &D the court ruled that it was competent that the vyltness was a medical expert The defense entered an exception bu the court stood firm and the examirw tion continued. -.: "'j The witness Continued: "The bl was given by some round padded he strutnent. 'Such a blow wcuihi prolitA unconsciousness which would Iikel last half an hour. The absence of water In the 3tom , arh. hints and the pleural cavitie would indicate that death was no caused by -draw nine;, Jf Miss Cropse had got in the wafer alive and con scious and drowned, the water won! have been in thes. Along with th Water would have been digested or un digested food In the stomach and bloo and froth in the lungs. If I had fonn these conditions I would have said tha she went in the water conscious." Death of General David Stanley. Washington, Special.--- Major Of eral David S. Stanley, U. S. A-VreTJ,. a notable figure In many campaign and a corps commander, died at hi residence here, ased 73 years, of chroij ic-nrights disease. He was president q I the Society of the Arms, of the Cun berland for four years was command, of the National Soldiers' Home, In th eltyi'v- ' ten-us Report on Tobacco, v " Was 'h I tig fa n. Spccia I . T he" Censi' 1 Bureau ...Jaa.conipletd the prelimina tatoes snowing tae acreage, prauucti' and value cf tobaee.i' grown In j the North Atlantic and Western Stafj In the pine North Atlantic States the-; were' 17, $72 farms reporting ; tobaci They cultivated in 1S99 53.783 acres tobacco and re.iised a total of 179,27 234 pounds of a value ot $8,233.051.. the eleven Western States there wef only 113 farms growing tobacco, wlthl total acreago of 02. producing CI, pounds ot a value $5, TIG. t
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