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fts-r- J Ids I IS I si I VOL. il. NO. j. P1TTSBOUO. N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER :H, .1902. A- LAURA B1GGAR AGQliiTTED Dr. K er.iric'.; and Justice Stantan Are Found Guiity. JURY'S 'HEMAFKABLE VERDICT II f ' r r I II t Ihe Two Hn Cslred 10 tlrt the fortune f Heurf ML lleniii-it, . I'-il Thai ihe Woman ldn't "tt'elid JKir!:t ! Mir," Na Jnrort .Convicted Mm Ifoiie For a r Trll. ( 1'i-e-euo'.'!. N. J-Jiy cii odd' turn of Now ,lr!f,v jij.-'tiep Laura Biggjr. tl.e ki-t i-ess, J5,a-'l freedom and n fortune in i!u ) ".v."t?:;2'li.- of ' au . Dr. P. llviidrn U df.,1 former Justice of the Pviie K.ipiocl S'anioo. who were ac- t !!'! w. .,1 t ;i ; -r of cjiispinng to ffaml- j ;;.."a tbc i-nt !!' ii;! i' t!i' cry f. B!)ii'ti. iiy itw!iritiie v. fiyi ns.irrii'il to lli !; -1 ir.il afSil .th.nt a jmKihui.nnii ' liili! n:. vicfv Jivj't'ii ilociiirf'.i p'.lilty. ' late ; I!..-! .-J-l! J W!S 1.. M-trttifrs tii Jury. wL;iit n-k'l .ifipy !(;: to ac)uit Miss Iticcnr y.'t ii(-icu'-' thi :vvo fmn irai.lty, jhr.-'s'l yhoiiJ'i-.atii !iiL "F);.n wnsuan'ti 'Ht!l!"il tti till 2i-' 11 We I'll vvhn; was riv;tit lv her., ttlilt'ii iiu -Xioriiil fnrthiT a t.i th'-ir pr.wi'i" -? of rPuuifllns t!o Juror r-'fiiK-'il to :in- ufi. Thi-y atmply lifir-d thi'ir yp- hi'nws. shrugKPil thiir ulionhlirti anJ looiil-ii wiiU'. ri.' vprtlicl will tie a popoinr on' tit i Ni'iv JiTf f." naiil oiip of the junr.'x. 'ivoy tird.it that give? a woman lipr j jut ilups sop in Npw JorM-y, aul ! thai fl.t thprf in to Jt. l! tiil.-u k ami Stanton will apjioj'.! ! fhfii' '.J-aa- to i ho Supri iue Court of I Th'p Mra mrr s-ahl l wa ta PI health Now Jprvpy. Thi-y wiy tlu-re will W". niul Kins ,,. t'uu-as.t. IU ankd no .lifl'f-nl-y in ttPtlinc al.Jo thp vcr. al)OI)t j.r j:f0 Btu ,,jan ami toi.U h-r lh".. l ao.- Ulifpar rat m vpr he trieil I nt l :.ir..- ami sn'A lie wouM a if a n o:i t!n rhargp. ami slip a kIp- j WTjj,, !U;,i !i.r if h. arrived in Ciii will !"!jvp no tfip liiiluri'od to hi'lp !tliMit ml-itmn MciKlr.i U :ml Stanton out of tln-ir tr.nV"! tin- a- I'.y thp vi'r!!''' ai 'i'iiU'tin her l 1ft in tl:i position: ' Sui- i !! i hief 1. a Tec umliT the will t.i'i m.iii 15 'tin st ami will ft. It it ami will ft. It I hi heiliif .ivailat.'.? weahli ! ;.'ii.ii-il. n Vni t sii v p- r 'ni. of of ";i. o!d man aft-r ail dc!;'s are p.t She i for tiv. vf.l ( S'!,' Vi vp a I! '.ffore. i'Mt v- '(tie dl r. e'ive SloOii f ; ( -us the t utile by a sj'i-j i.il pri.vi-'.o'.i of lmi( i'i,'' the HI. Ife.-i.t.-i. IV ii.d St'inuvi i .ok tit- v.-r-ii did M ; H' vi-Tir bit--rt ".11 V Mr li-'il:riel,. Hi. (I it!- I -. i"!!j . ;ii K-JM i lll"er v,,!.'..-.t I . i i V t V and faint, i! Slie was ca.-rii-l to atl ;liie;,i....iin. w iicre iie le- alio-later wan taken to a hotel ;- :'' T.' cf terins a i-afviave Mrs. lien lili. i, ashed '.f't'l tnis'-ioti to se,. her l.'ls band, and end Meed hiui affeetlomitely. Mis Riiranr 'wan sntatly litfi eted at the "sitiiit of th-,"Wivti'axi' atrif f,- and did "idt sie. cmrid To iMtnfo'l her. In r.K't the former actress neeiued more coil hi tu-. 1 at tie fate of the oilier two 1 ! i tidaiitH than lie was pleased nf'her ii releime. 'The future i absolutely blai k for in said Miss IMiru'iir, before 1-avitiJ the i a.irfroiiin with her counsel. "1 li.Mf no plans whatexcr. and prnbahlv will remain inih linitelv in the hotel here where- I am tdayins. In Ltct I havi- no other place to to and my life Is broi.etl." The jury, it I niiilertiooif. was nine to ilitee for (he Hfijull ml of the woman from the first ballot to the time it was decided to ask the court for instructions-, Thin, il i niiiil, the ohsllnatp three a arced to aeipllt hrr. provldinit t'ie other two e.itihl be convii ti'd. 'The .lei?:- ro rnh'd. ami 1iiti the verdict was r turned. HcROES OF THE "POISON SQ'JAD." j A Vale Athlete Anions the fiiernnieur free Hoarder.. Wahintrtiin,' I. C.-The riitu.es of lr, Wth'' 'pnlKtiii mpiad" have at Insf been made public. "It ! a roll of honor," declared Pr. Wiley, "and fu ture sreneratious will rise up Ami de clare these men blessed when the truo vtihie of their nervb-es are, known. " Included anmmi the oilleial boarder are I!. .1. Teasihile, win' the famous loo-,.ird runner of Yale. The other are Jol.ti-1. Lhlrlde, known anions b! rollrtiirm us the '-fat man," and I'd',- John:" P. U. Pudlcy, of North Carolina, (he "lliin private;" lititretie K MeCarthy. of IVnrsylvanhi: .1. S. Clirtonl. of New York: W. .1. .lord.in. .1 I.. N' I (HIO'l Pllhtils, P. Norton, T. d Messrs. l''re P. SniKh, mtiti and r6pBRS' AIDED B f POLICEMAN. r in ( iiili teti-it of I'al lii limlluK in lull I'leifniao tn Ihe Crimp. C! i etiro, -- T'oliceiiiuu I'm rick Maho '.my wi lotiiidsuiliy mid Daniel Cur-i-:,iii.- c;Mh'fetldlllit, Hot itllilty of bmx lar.v by a Jury. Hagvrmanii's .lewcjry dore was robbed of kodi1. worth Sl'o. tnKi. James Clark and tin aoen;tiplice were conv.ieted of the crime find nerved terms in the penitentiary. t'poii hi "eli'iise Clark told a story to r () State's Attorney which leMiHcd In Hip arrest of Currait. it RalootikeepHf, ami M ,i honey, a policeman, well known and ri'f,ecb tl iimonij Ms fellow. Clark testified that Mithoiiey In full uniform Ktornl yruard while the. Jewelry store. "viis.licinx looled. Rttle KyleK Out We. ThoiiKfliid of cuttle are atarvliij; on the tH litre in. Northwestern Colorado. It I impossible to (ret feed to (hetn, and equally Impossible to drive them Jr" iiii(able Winter quarter. A KIND ACT REWARDED Cirl Baokkespcr Cats $40,003 From. Slranjer Sha Befriended. h feer 1I1 Anv Idea That the Flaitiljr llrvurJ. Kiderl Man on a Tralv V unlit Send Her -Morcr. V : Milwaukee, Wis For ;ri not of Vlntl. dp performed three year s go Miss j Anna Marion Yutikers. bookkeeper at J ihe White Swan Laundry, iu this city. ! has Midtbrily la-come tit !'. A draft for I 540,000 rom to her a few day ego j from Charles W. Jpiius.o", of Chicago. , whom the Kir! ha wen only once In j Lor lift", when she took i i 111 tor a poor man ami was kirn! 10 him. ' So liulc doe. ''i Yotiker know of her benefactor that shf doe not know hi busies or fani'ly roiifeolvin. She usiTThstit. Shi' h.-' ri ' iv oiily thr' ! h'ttovs liolii h'.!' ; the lueiJi'iH i wl.Jli rvu!r;''.' in ilic cis'i. j It a in J'alv, l'-Hh "hi'e :t ''' to Savsunnh. III., to vi.it )! I'nmH.v .f i.'tiasli-x Js-.isi il. that M YiiUi-t- '. In;3ni i! n ! ill dt .;!!'!'-. V hril thi j tr'.'un !,'! ii-if S'nnhi.U'V. Wis., fho r.i j tiii'd an iMfiiy insii, Ir-""l ilfiitl.r. i nViinnt th ,if r.iy. VU;i ' I).- !i;t t'l- th ihn f tin- roach sii' i. wiw tit.it li nrri-'il. In ii'MMrm to h'i ; Jlifl, ii i .Mi. ami rt.j.i.tmi at uml i.u. I ll(r tilMj J.i- Wilt liol Will. Hp p;-v;;iTil for a Rii'iiit'ut n ihoupii hp wa aiiout lo f .-I iut. Miss Yonki'i. who s'ni -inly a fpw fi'pf ilisiaiit, raa to hw siilp n;iii offt'rpi! assist Hni. Slip hilpt-il him to til" douhlp Mtit wh-ri' tihp ha! Int'11 Kitting, ami plaiiM hi j.,.; fl( nMt lhi'r etui of t!ii then !ip wi-iit to th rar Uil lironaht 1:1m a yhiM of water an-l In many waya inailp I)''iu comfort a hi". Atti-r a time the man M.'tind t.( jret tin-r t-ilknl tioim"r. nod Six t"ti li her he wrote in tcr nnf i rn or three other pa-ii !..Uviti llii-m. Shortly ' a let- ll'.'terSI rt!y hi fit re the rer'i;iit of th" cut. ho we l it. Min Yonfcer iveeiv.-d a i,im . oiiveveil t M.;silt (.siie.-i a urpi-i ioiai e.iro innii tiie now that i;p isi'. She thmichl liltle of it. -ttowpv er. s'lthnutrh Woi'ih'T int: what it meant. When f-he reeeiv ? il:e draft lie oitild lmr.iiy realize i he tntth of it. HOWS ClVEN TO WAEONS. AV. 1 , I iuin M,k i.niio.ooii t;wi Tor , Tliflr Okphun iutilr, ' PJnridrtiKT.i:- x sr r irri-t ttrnn t fftor : tlv Man'ii.V fraternity William I.. Ill : tuil-.iilReeil Iii IntettlieM to est.-shi : li-ii a home for the crpiiati dam; hi . of M:!s- The iriff. which is espceto,) to :m:out'.t to Sl.iKMi.awi, i the larcest ccr made so any frarcn.al Tap!r liott !n the W'tritl, .Hid the In? .Iinlioti. ' wiili !i Mr. I'.ikms pi',n ascs to found rami eiiilow; wilt be wtthtiTit a cmtntef' , pari anywhere. i Aui-oimeemiMi! of Mr. Klkitis's pli,n was tmide ni the Miisoiiie Home of ; I'entisylv aula. North Kroad street, by , tlctier.d Louis Waciief. a Past tlrnm! f;ii r of Pennsylvania. .Tic oecioii was ihe annual dinner to the residents : of the home. Opera! Yv"lis.'n.,"r 'presided i at the meeting. Whh h w.it hel l In the 1 chum I. ' . ' ' j The phttis pt'.vid '.I for a Central Ad- miiiisirntion Hni'.ilin:r. three stone hb.'h. and dormitories to the north ami, s'outh, eontiiMied by wimr with the eeiitrill bltihlill.'.', The contr.K'bu's vi' ill hccin work by April 1. Y.HV ' . A resoluiloa wai prfsed by the Board of Mannirers acecptins Mr. F.lkins'K jjlft, and cttpressiiic a wish that he mi!. lit sonii recover from his Illness. FOUR BURNED TO .DEATH, i. - Kill. tiilnt I'hiblren of Jntlii. Kins at rterrelleld, N. V. "'" Malone, N. Y.- Pour person were burned to death in the house of Julius Kin p. at Plcroeileld. a prominent pulp and paper mannfaelurin town In the Adirondack a few mile Fouth of Tup cr Lake., The tire had Rained such headway before it was discovered that Mm. M. J. Mctiovcrn, Klna'a eldest daughter, ami her three children, who were idceilne on the lower floor, were not able to cet out, and all wore hurtled to death. One of the children, whone bndv was found close to a window, evidently had made an effort to escape. Kinr ami his. wife, with a few hoarders on nn upper (lour. ps.iao"d by Jumping out of the window. It la .ot.Uiowii how (lie lire started. ' . FARMER MURDERED AT NICHT.. Hirtimir tii Hl 1 ltn'' Vln.t Hhiinnd I'P'.' I envlne Nn lnif. Lancaster, Pa.- Christian C. l'aiti-U. need ' i wetii v (Ave year, a furiin'r. re- siilins with hi father, Bctiln ir.ii j ltat'ek, near I'iirai'ise, tins cotinly. y,;as murdered. A he v as vetiirtiinc lT'"'i Ihe hennery to 'the house he moleed '!m cellar door if tl'.e liouse iv'as open. 1L fdooped to elo-e lr, and- as he" did s i saw a man in the cellar. Without, n word the' stranger hit him in the nbdotnen with a revolver and the.n fled, ltauck fell, bill, re ov crltiji himself, stasrsiProiLint.o the house, whore'lils f d mother lay dytnir from aiionlexy. Two hours later he died, The murderer left jio Hue to Ida ii'cn-' tliv. Snow had tiblReiatcd hi lioi. prints by (he time pursuit beiran. (iale Nwer. Krllluli Coattl. ' A severe (tale nwept (he north coast of the Pulled Kingdom, and caused considerable damage to shipping aud water front property on the Clydo and the Tyn , i -lAGGEPT m WMmS i ' ' I- I President Roosevelt Not to Arbitrate ; I the Venezuelan Con trovers v. WE WILL NOT GUARANTEE AWARD Th rrelluiinarjr I'rtcnl Wltl KaJne tlia Blurka-J anit Eeitore the Caufuri'rt ' ta Cwlro, and the Woioi VI. emti Will Ttien I5e Arraneed T!i Tablnet Urelden to T'l.ank th Poorer. V;i,ii!liHii. it. (-J5y svPf!Jient of a?! 'h', iar:("i inU-vtwd th Vr-noRtJ''- Inn odU'm iTiy 1 to l.'c MiiiiohtiMi tu j Tho Mi'-'vi" irilmnnl xv i'tti"'ti)!ir. i Tliiis f'!-' 1i'n:t I;ooki'V,4i Jj'i os Ji"l j tho frtainly thiinfc't'M. auI TwsH.iy i tjil .'ir;-::inj: t.is!-:'.if Hi iiitntior, . Win!.' ;.f asivfiiicnt of !. I ; Pw."ra nio! -of Venezuela to have the v::ia- ' lo The 1 Lrjlip i-onrt ii iiriie. j tk'uliy iittttl. it is i'ii',er..?ii.!il ili;ii ;or m.'u.'y. nt- i :txt. demand-- a sn':ll !.;' , liiiiitiary payment froui Vturzut-Ja. ntid ; i iiexu-da. on the wilier liaml., ask i thru .hefm-e nrhii rat 'on shall bejrin tho ; lili.rii.-iile Khali he iT.ised ami the Veni- ' zuehiii yur.lHi.'ttti restored to her. If I the-'e ooutltiiuiJK sltall he insisted npmi ! i Impu tj tiitto mn! lli.'ii thev will hp ; iin t. and that sppedy and final nrhitra , tion will PllUe. I The prim-ipal rtltfV-ulty that had to hp overcome ley thin tioverinr.eiit in Indue : luir thp allied Powr's to enhiuSt the j matter to Tbe Haiue court instead of j to I'reRidpiit lloospvplt wajt due to the ! Inistpnt Intimntlnti by the allies that 11 ; they should ni-eei t arhiiraiiou at om j reiiipt wp oticht to u'taraiitee that t Iit ; Vpnezmdan :overiiment should meet : Ipt ol)li(!.niO!j. ai('ordii)(j to the dec! i.xiott of The. ll;iii:e court. Thin (he i T"ntted Siates ban teadiiy declined to! do, thouch It ho offered to use its jjood j j omccd hi tar as ponsmie to lmiuce !-Vet'ir.nela to meet the award. In thpj j end thU tlovernnieiir has carried its point, and it will have the KatNfai tjon : : of seeing thp matter .'rrhltrated at The ; ' Ilaette without utandlntf a iMi'idxtiian ! ' or itaraator for the South Ano-ri'-.-m ; i liele.l .lie. j S'-crcti'T T'liv reecired lievvit '' : from ;-o:ti r.riiain. tlerniriny ami Itnlv ! MViH' tii. it thi-v woiiiil aceeot Ihe arid- ' . tra'iotrof 'i"m Hairi'e court if an auree ; ll.t'Stt ill. I be reached With Ye;e1 hi ' ri jt.-r-'ii):.' i he prellm'.imi-'-.. There i- Jiitle dim!.: that this etiti In- done. 'er. j e?,tc!:i wii! have lo initUe fov.w s-ivt ( ' ; ro.d.cry to tjevmany for the Instill to ! . the Ceri'inn Leiiatimi. and v, IM have re ' make a "ti!:i!l moitev payteem, and l flu 11 t'c e-.!(.ired A'elM'Ziielaii siii,.s .; will, be J Hal lli.tr. 5 v,..'i . : be raised -This will be agreed .upeii i-i '; a p-i lliiiiimry protoeii).. Wh. u it si ni! have been carried into effect, a se, iinl : r.rotiieo) 'oi,tat;intf the terms and enm i dtf intis of itrbitratiot'. and a m.idus vi-, i vendl fo last until ai't-'f tiie n rbiri'.it 5 t j ! liVi-r mill tile n ward settled, ivill be ; i s'ueil by rppreM'iiiativrs . of till tin-' J, I'otvers concprned, Thus, f iirijiji- hos-; i Ulltlm are pre veti ted mid a peiKjpftil t J settH'!iu'iU.i iis.'ttreil as the result of , t!w peaeeniaklntr i'lTorls of tins Covei-p. i i lllellt. j The State I icpat I "lent fakes th"' j. srroiiud thlir tiie details if t-li" a'.'rei- : nient Hiiisi be made public, if at all. bv j the Powers cone rued: licit l eotlld ' ' not publish them "without discou-b--;. ' J sinee ph;s (lover'mncn; Is not coticei-ji. d ; i iii.llie iiitiiter save us a channel 'of j j commit! ie.ti ioM. I'm It Is intimated; j that care- has been taken to prevent ' I lie lecio-oou Ot tlie .vir.tiroo (b'Ciritle III the matter, to be arbliraied. This I (iiivcrtitsiciit is iitiwil'iuj; to have JhU ; fanjo-is Aincrienn illc- .indued, evi-p ; Incidentally, by a cutut largely com j posed of representatives of monarch! , en! powers, find It is satisfied that in ? the arbitration The llnjno court wii) ; have no oppomtnily to nilcstioii or k i render an cpinioti re sard inc.- that die ' trine . , In their I'oti'S, whTeh were lail be i fore the Cnbine meetinz by Secretary j Hay. the allied Powers are umlerstoo j to have repeated that they'wotdd rath- j ef havp President Ibtosevclt act r ar , ! biirptoi' but added thai they wi f. j wclHnc to accept the arbitration o J j The Hijjue court if he were disinclim : to accept. Seerclttry Hay Is prenai lnc I n note expressiri; ihe uratiilcatioii o( ' this ii'overiinient over the fact that tin matte:- will iv to The 1 T:i .ru '. ! CRAVE.RQ33ERS' PLOT. It In Said The Intemh il to ite: f:,.,i. ; ernl If iirrlsnn Pn,l. Laliniinpidis., ltid,H'hete has been siory afloat here .iha't ihe i-rav m'i. ' be- now noder arrest wt,. :n a e.c ! siMi-tev to. steal foi'ti'pY Pri"-i'eet 1'ar 1 lis, -n's b'vfv the -vX'iiu aft ',- h" M-a ; blivivd, . The idiii i f was to hoM - (hi j bndy lo- a reward. ? 'ci'i'ta! Havrisoii left n rei'inest th'O'i Ids :,'t'l!V be sealed, 1 icy olid (hi' pisssi j bilily o! itesee'raiioir. He had In tv.im i tip steaiitu' or ms own tat tic-'s tiuJv which he afterward fop ml in ii ( ltt''!ll' 'ivas iipII taeiie'al col ! ",'(. ' llisviivn-, a simi" pin h or at h covered with ton weight. SAVACES K'LL ATKINSON. A r.ntnh Sea )laln SaerlHi'iel to Kupet. .. otltlon. ' ' Victoria. B. C.Ca plain llenry As mo Atkinsoil. of the British rceriiii'!i'! m hooiier Lily, was killed by native (n' Mallicolo Island, In thp New Hebrides. Thp schooner was (akin;; boiite na tives, who had been employed In New Caledonia by French planters. One hound to Mallicolo died When neat there, arid Captain Atkinson decided to bury the body ashore. When he landed he was killed, nml two of .hi crew were wounded. '"" The superstitious Jtntlves belicvpil thpy must kill the whites to prevent furl her deaths. WitlBISOTON 1TKM. InlTnal rtvnuf i-ollt-ctlon.s for No reinhrr wer' $l.25T.7. a dwjw from th? previous yrar of $3.SW,iV.r!. Thp OovprnniPtit atvvjitMl the thirty knot torpedo hoat Wilkrs ttuilt In Sef York City. Prwidpnt T?o!tprtlt rfvivpI thf iiol penteu aitondine' thp liipimln) ronrn tion of the Sieuia Alpha Kpsilan Tra ti rnity. la sossion at Washliig'on. It van nnnoiinopd at thp War Do partniput that Opppral Chuff, p will he roine Lieutenant-Oners! of thp Army WtipQ Goneral young retires. Tht fniiprnl of 'Mm V. S.?Ht)t t plaep in WHRhUu'ton, atifnrtpl hv '" I'vi'i'.iliMir a'i'l a larp numhyr of u(S ort) APOPTflilSI AVPS. Thp rppption of Vilniirfl ti.V'V e his Arrival a Sun Jo'iu. I'. I?.. wa a trPmeitd'if i''cps. Tiie narade wliieh hp led will) ihe'n;;v:d ofiii ers va a:i Iinpos-r'c ie-ieje. There w-j an '.m rren.te rrowA .'speota'ori'. The !ov p-iine :ia ve a bii 'I In honor of the Admiral- Tf Is stated that 'he province of fa- rite Ttarxnirn am! Ta vahae m the 1 t iniiities- will be il:i't mid'"'., military co-itrol t.H-a!o of the dit'h'ul'ie I HI" l X I il ' " ' I - "' " A drones. Narivea of the Island o? Panay. P. I . have raKcd funds to send tu liostou tu aid iu the prosecution of the ease of Father Auguntin, killed by the water cure. ' . J . DOMESTIC. The fiiv"ed.-) boat destroyer Wurden. now at Norfolk Navy Yard, was or derod iu commission. Robbers relieved th" State r.an"k'at W'ehhi eaped. Kan,, of.?l.W) cafh and es- Oneral Greene, the new Police Com missioner of New York City, has re tained the present deputies. While t-eikinc food or shelter Joseph Ilarlton. an tiffed pri-peetor. perished In the storm near Isle. .Col. While play-ins Santa Clans. Forest Cale. a fifteen year-old boy. was fa tally burned in thp Salvation Army br.rra. ks at Hamilton. O. ' Ha v ins: forced Fd Ony. of Mai hews, fin . to foree onen I Is safe a t nnknowi: mairh'llh'il him am look .12'M m caub with wlii -h he esenped. leavinu no clue. Daniel C. Mi'.yiiiliai!. former carta In of police,' was c i.u'tKd at Now York Citv liy a Jury of a charge f ae.'optlnjr bribps. . . While Mr. ami Mrs. A. W.. WjUii!m ' Wi - re d ! n tit ;t "K t Hi,; West m j nier Tin tel. Los Anirelcs, Cal.. fhievs took .". to wortlt ri jewelry from their rnom. James Kihire, nsed 102 yi'.avs. and su.niosed to httve been ihe oldest resi dent of Illinois, died at Danville. III. Two hundred passengers, nn tut ire tvaiiiload. were Injured in a wreck in Illinois,, None were killed. . Nate Sulphury, controllitte partner In Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, died at Lciiii Branch. N. J. Charged Willi cmbezzHu,' ?10.lot as receiver of the Lion Model laundry Company. C L. Shaw was arrested at Cleveland. Ohio: Fire Chief Crokcr was ullViaiiy de clared out of the New York Fire De partment and Charles D. I'avroy in stalled In the ollii'p. The body of Mrs. I'lysses S. Cram WHS. laid 111 .1 W.rcopliaptia beside 1h,lt of her husband in the tomb at Biver side Park, New York City. "- .Pour masked men who attempted to dyuamite the safe in the bank at White Hivpr, I ml., were scared away before acj'mdpllshiiiK theitj purpose. The Congressional seat held by J. J, Bi?ler. Twelfth Missouri District, will be contested by Ceoree D. Beynolds. At a dinner of battkers in Chlenso Secretsry Shaw made a speech advo eatiiii; a credit currency, protected by j n tax on the clrctilation issued by: hanks. , fURKIGN. The Bed Cross Society at ?L Peters b;irg is sending relief to the earthquake mift'ever at Audijun. Minister Boweii, at" Caracnsi Yene jttiola. was snubbed bv the grand dames ;f ;hc Yon Pilgrim-B.llia'zi set. Ti e Bed D Line steamer Caracas , en Vrcd tiie port of La Citayi.:, Yepo v.t"'!rt, ai'ier slivltf oppc.sit ion, Frank K!nibos'uii;h. an Ainericau riis;. died ia Louden t'r I'i piieiiuionia. Ti:e -earihiiuahe roocks nt Audijan. '': ; stau, -oiit:tit,-!. Bailway trr.ilL v, as piiernu ted and daieagi' i stiiir.rcd nt t:iii!ii:'Hs doi;c. A heat, rte-e- heiwi'eii Mass;:eiusetis and ' the crews of the . Alii ha tti a, at for a purse of Fort of Sjia-!). Trii idad. M1 i. rcsaitc 1 tu h tic. I 'hr's.inn in Kti.laud was nnirUed by a rcitiva of the sp'-.it. oi fesiiiiiy and hovi-ttalliy wl'.!"h wd been Imiiiitj; dtii'itr:.' the l'ocr war. Secretary ami Mrs. Charoi.crUiiii ar rival at Durban.' Small AfritM, ami were rcci ived w'tii cut husiasai. Mr. Chamberlain' speeches were notably, for their strong tone of conciliation. Premier Balfour was confined to his l id at his Scotch home with itu attack of JillilH U'.U. Tin? Pails police -seised the papers of .U'.ni de La Mavre, the explorer and manager of a Klondike ininiug coqi puny, which 1 capitalised at about $S (XHUHH). De La Marre is suspected of irregular proceedings. It is reported that Hadda Mullah, who frequeaily made trouble for Lu land In Afchanlstan. died aud was bur led. The Mullah Safl Sahib succeeded biiu. I c. DEAD Archbishop ; Cantorourv II 111 for Same iirne. Ill IJp ! Kin.' l:..u:ti.V C'urot tloo a Warniuu of U. I iol Chii-f 1-IIH ol Hl LilV. Ioutlon. Till' Mom l;-. v I'l'ih-rhlc Ti iiipli', Ari'hi.'iii"p of t'ni!M-riity mini Primate of " fiihunl, who iifi.j !.fi-o ill for soiiic iiiu-. i .The Archhihoji pa.-iin'i.l n .tjiy p: ,h-'! .lie in lb Jil'CHCIlr,. of III, "'TN'.o iV,i M.iI'W His ilfsilh was ?i i-twl fur Kwy.o i;;iy.-'. Tlx- I'rim.'Ufilii'd o!" o'.'i ;!". ' Tin' pa. thulh.' "fiic in "i i iiit'i -'i r Alil.ii-y ;it Ihv coroiiiition di Kin,; JMwaril v.ii o!j.' of the -fiini. r i;iri':,riiii --s o hi l'ailiu siri'lu:!!!. Tin!) i-.i!i;i. tiii' ARfCMBISHof op C-aMTCRBURt lapw in the House of Lords at Hie end of a viixm ous sju'e. it in siippurt p tii Lil neat ion bill. He had not left his bed since. He will be buried at Can terbury. The Bishop of Wincjiesier is considered likvlv to lie his Mieocssor. Tin- Most lb v. and Kiglti Il.mr.ib)p Prederii-k Teiiiph'.. was born in JSJl. 1'c was educated in thp grammar 'sfhotd at Tiverton and at l'.aiiiol Col lese, Ovferd. taking his decree of II. A. in lSil', In isoti Mr. ;ia.Iiou,. nom inated him to lie Bishop of lixefer. a position to which he was elected i'csett nppwjition.' f'.l lSv'i he was :iipoi:itcd Bishop of London, and ill is'.it; whs made Prima I e of nil Knu land. In IS.i; Ir, Temple mnrri-d Beatrice. I.iiseelles. lie had two sons, riideriek Charles, twi nty-Uiree years - old, and old. Tin- Afchbish, tirsl of the s, vieti's." whieli In pif. I he i)i ill li'dl puidisiicd I he veil "i:-sas and 1b'--.1 il I ma. h. eomtiietit. "publiiJM'd 'Sermons I'ri a-hed in BiUy-Chapel, Ps.ii-ii." EARTi-QUAKE DISASTER CROWS. I fr 'I hut sue of Aiulijan, liuUii Tur--tun, Muv Suli.lilf. Ashkafiad. Unssian Turkestan. Tiie worst of tin. earlier reports of the re eetii eai'lluiiiake disaster ni Amli.j.in yiideresiiiiiate the loss of life. A tele jTiim from the seene'of the catastrophe puis ihe number of victims in the na tive ibartei- 'of Hie town at 1mi. The Stale Treasury, cotitalijiiii; .",()(in.. oiki Mihles. in the ruins, ami eSeava tions il ti't tiie money are carried on tinder the supervision of a strong cordon of police. The water in the wells has disappeared mid a ftieral subsidence of the site of the town iri feared. ' The shocks continue with iiicreasim; violence. The ' liiissinu population.', i campitii; at the railroad Hint ion. where 5hi cars arc placed at the disposal of the populace. The local government officials are quartered in cars, fsheds for the destitute tile beillif built. Pre,, .soup kitchens have been started, and oflleials ii re aiding the departure of the inhabitants by distributing food, money and free railroad tickets. j . HOME-COMINC BROTHER SHOT. j He Wm Taken l'or'a lliirclar and Killed i ' by Urofhern. j Brantford. tint. Wesley Watson, of j, Detroit, was shot and instantly killed j by his brother Samuel at Middleporl. J about twelve miles from this city. Sam del and James Wai son t an the j farm near Middleport, ahd the (bird j brother, Wesley, lived in Detroit. 'The i latter came home unexpectedly, at j lliglll. It is sutmosed to spend flip j Christmas holidays. His brothers, i both mi ll over tiiirtv years .old, heard him ' approaching the Iiousp. They ! were TccenUy attacked by burglars. and -feared thai -t'ac.v were ahum to Veiieat (he experience. They ran up. stairs, am..' ieiiiiig out of a window, cent to ihe l.e.e.isv m" a neighbor, 'where t.llev siieti'l ; lie night. They vetiirr.ed in (he morning armed with a 'shotgun. Ws.v bad gone into the house and 'imiliii-Jw no owe there, went to bed. When 'his brothers oiii'iied the ijimr he raised !iitiislf in the lied. They aimed the shotgun, ami the con tent lodged iu Wesley' face, killing liitn instantly, ATTEMPT TO WRECK CATHEDRAL. rri-I roii Pomb I xploilr I t Kntr.nnie, of St. l'eter'a, tteueva. . Ceneva. Swilferlaud. A dynamite bomb wii's fxuloilcd at the entrance of St. Peter's Cathedral, ' The doorway was damaged, but uot seriously. The outrage I supposed to have beeu per petrated by au Anarchist. The bomb was tilled with scrap lrou. The clumsy manner in which t lie bomb was placed saved the Cathedral from serious damage. Windows of neijU boriuit houses were shattered, aud an inmate of an adjacent bouse was thrown out of bed. ENGLAND'S Pn IMA" Iff If If IP n mi m tll C Til . M V Newsy Items (Heaoed From Murphy to flaateo. CiiVeinor Ayeoek Sat'ir'riay 'gave d the foMuwinK pardons ami th reasol then. for: M. A. Kufasaa. of Ala pi ie county, lan eny. six months the public l oads, I lin k Hi'i'ha, .miii tieu (otuny, niat.s t.i'iguier, get years in pcaitectlary; Spencer Adai of Ucnvan county. as.s:iuit wtta in j to kill. It tnontliB on the county raa. Arthur McDowell, id Cherokee wkii hiphway rohbe'ry. 10 y-r.- ia thw pi tnitiary: .Jo! t' Sweitney. of Swat county, loirglary in the second dug i Jive years on the eoiiaty roads; Itlio I Js'"3fsot). SwHin county, burglary to ; s.Ceoni ceuree, five yens cn the Cwtl' ' ii'aJ.-; Kd. fiiily. if Vwtyne, COKE I drunk and disorderly. Thirty days i the toutit.vN roads; (- N. Tinder. , Wilki!. cmtivty. attempt at r:e, y-in the .'Njiite:!ary: Zark Fra ' o Vuson i txtHt) a-ssaalt with dca-v.-capon: "' The Oak il 1! alt. Henry Jol.n 'tipper mitiesi have just been sohVT . former pi-operty has a vein ttc-vfu Ti wide, eoutainitig i h-aieopyriteB, horn ; and cove-lite, with au averaj;! of 1- . ei T1!!. i-eiop i.a ri-l iiniiii i (ently hem opened and In more th i i'u feet deep, showin? a four-foot V , Both have an abundant-? of water. 1i ' Oak Hill borders the Southern Kaihv ! and the Henry Johnson tract U ct ; two by the same road. The Old Hoi i mine, in Waxhaw. Pnion county, N. j is receiving a new outfit for a 100-tj ; cyanide plant. The owner has alao mil j S3,00.()(H) out of another free s,ct! mi by the application of the cyanide p cess, for whieh the North Carolina g i quartz, holding free gold, is admlra t suited The pension warrants for I mil county have been received by Regis of Deed;; M. C. Willianfa and a niim1 of them have already been liptnbut The to'all hiimher of pensions Is 1 IIS of whieh are soldiers, one of wh i-t first class; :( second class; 9 tb class and lu.i 'fourth elasj. AH of i widow's pendens. "4 in number, are the fourth cij?s. Mr. Ed. l.ashmit and ;i man nan Iiab hur of W inston-Saletn, were gn lint; tip a tree on the farm of I)r, V. Thompson Friday rmrtitng wii Matcher ackb ma!!;,- struck Lasht with a mattock 'on the buck of t head, tnllietiii'' a .serious wotmtl. 7 two men are ioo 1 friends and no siciiis to remi t the a.-, i.p-nt more Mr. Hat-fur. James: Thomas, colored, was arr I tPd ,.t WiitiiiiiRton upon the urri i of the Carolina Ctntral train Frh ; on a telegram ' from Clarkton, chfl I inn that ho stole a large amour t- li'one.v from a citizen of that to' i When searched at the police st'i'ion, i 1'itJ $S2.2."i and a razor on his oers1 J The negro was returned to Clark ! today. , l The hoard of aldermen of I nilngton have granted licensea to 6' j loons t eoiitintie business after J i tiary 1st, when the present lieenata I nlre. The. number of licensea In Vh : minptuii exceeds that of any clly in State and is said to be the larRest Molding tu population of any city the South. i It is decided 'to change the date i the summer normal school the J rieiiltural mid Mechanical College , Kiileljih, so 4 hat instead of beglunl j June 15th it will begin July 1st. It M ; continue all that month. Thus it i not conflict with the Bummjr school the State-Fniversity. Senator Pritchard's health la ag as-sumlntf a serious ura. TnesJay underwent an operation, and Washli ton dispatches say that he will tl all official business, under advice of phvsiicians. and enter a lo:al haapil for treatment for a week or ten da A young man in, Asheville named K. Northern who owns a candy souvenir store on Patton avenue suddenly fallen heir to $60,000. It heiiueatlieil to him. says the Gaicl bv a rich uncle, P. E. Northern, H recently died at Marion, Ark. An unsuccessful attempt was m one uiitht last week to burn the W KtilttiiiK Mill. A pile of dry wood the cnelne room was saturated w oil and sef, on (ire. Saturday warrants wer? sent out each of the companies nnd laval di ions lr. the State Guard lor the ye allowance, $"50. and for $100 to e of the regimental and naval brig headquarters. A charter Is granted to thu Aril Bios. Company, of Elizabeth C which will do a general nweUani business, wholesale and retail, cap J5L20O. (Ira nsboro ri'iiorts many accldc Chvistnrtu dav. - Th roof is being put on the IV memorial building at the Asricia' and Mechanical College ut .Haicifh. A freight train was '.wrecked below Moor?svllli S.Uarday.a.litii Several :cavs were derailed )it uo was hurt. Willed to Charity. Umisvllle, SpecialThe will of H, en C. Whayue, the heavlly-iiw business man w ho was found dead Wednesday, was probated. The te tor named his wife a executrix trustee, but she declined to serve. th i-'tilelitv Trust Company w ntntpit nt her reouest. r'!;i,etes't i left the bulk of his estate- tc bia wui and children and get" aau' o.wv local charities.
Chatham Observer (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 31, 1902, edition 1
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