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VOL, II. NO. 27.
PITTSBORO. N. a, WEDNESDAY JUNE:!, 1903.
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W. A. Ijmbeth, of Thomarvllle. rep
mecilBg Yaaderbllt university, won
th thirteenth annual eoatest of the
southern intercollegiate ratorcal con
test. eonip-ttora were Messrs. H.
D. PfcUps, of Atlanta, Ga, representng
the Curersty of the South; Joaa A.
Shshsian'.aa, of Constantinople. Tur
key, representing Kentucky aaerer&i
ty; J. 1J." Luton, of Ector, Tex., repre
feclllng tte FniTersity of Texas; J. IX
totflnuls, f Meridian, Mis-, repre
senting tbe University of Virginia, and
H."H. Lumps la. of Columbia, . S. C.
representing South Carolina olh?ge.
State Treasasr B. E. Lacy has sent
ly expresa tin issue of fSit.(K0 four
per cent, state bonds, maturing Janu
ary 1. 1915, t the pirrcJjaaiTs In Bali
more. Gowrnor Aycork xad Treas
urer Lary signed eara of the Z2i
is.- rrs
a. u Hulwiuauyua
.$1000 caci and 50 wer $io bonds., TVe
bonds are aandsamely engraved. iV
aldea lb aral of the sia. a worata
hud drBS the outtid-. while a aaif 11
r copy f the samp ji are is on oath
roupo.
A eJesfcmetive haU i nn passed -r
Lxixijrien Monday afternoon. The
lorxa -started by dropping stone al.out
th size of teutons, increaoiai: :n
nua-brns and dirajaabing in six .until
ground was ff-B-.pltiely ewverea.
3t
u was follow.'! by a gofl rain.
kfrk was ry ub: needed. The
tiail oiuit liar done an iBUueni-e
uacnait of daniac to the crops,
Th Routhra "had a aerlou wreck
wear Belmont y terdsy. Ttae i south
tnwuiS train raa irno a detarlied see
t of a frisht 5 rain. The vKae was
thiwn from t trat-k and alaioeit
4ftui()!ished and vbe box -ara baJiy
piinterfd. Enslr.er A. C. Orr of
Ciiarlctte will ue one left at-fl Is oth
erwise injured.
The stat bnri1 of education in
structs Col.W.R. Hodman of Wahlu
son. N. C to cept th offw of IJayiua
(Cade for the Stat' land in Canaret
"ounty at CU u-d;i p-r a;re, and to
lraw the nc-vary papers. The lands
an Cartarct aas now les than 100,0w
acres.
Governor Arcork haji orfivreil a kii.
ilal teruY of tto erfminal aurt to be
ield at Wilsm June- 15, Judse Shaw
prt!d?r. It is probable Citat the l
men indicted hy tbs grand jury for
the assassination of frcy Jones, the
insurant aKait, will wine up at this
aie.
The mayor of Oreensbtiro has the
-veto power, ai 1 he used it very proper
lr for the first time Monday In vetoing
a new ordinance allowing - permanent
awnings arrows the sidewalk in front
of the IJenbow bouse. There has not
been a swinging sign or wooden awn
ing for years across the sidewalk.
The el trentti annual commencement
cf the State Normal at Greensboro be
an Monday. lr. S. M. Smith of Co
lumbia, S. C. preached the baccalau
reate sermon. nd Hon. W, W. Stetson
f Maine delivered the annual ad
dress. Died at Soaxrllle, FajTtte county,
Tennessee, on May 23, 1983. Thomas S.
Calloway, a native of Rockingham
4-ounty, North Carolina, and formerly
4louel of the Twrnty-sei end regiment
North Carolina ttvops.
Chief Justice Walter Clark has ac
cepted the lnvittkn to deliver an ad
dress before the Virginia State liar as
Korlatiou on Aut;uft i'2 at Hot Springs,
Vn. He has not at-lmed his subject aa
yet
The Hank of Llncolnton has been In
rorporated with capital of SlO.OuO. The
Ieiilor & rutteraon Turnpike rompnny
of Lenoir has aUu Ix-en incorporated,
with 200 capital.
Avery H. fapp. a prominent and
wealthy old bachelor of High Point,
committed suicide Monday. No cause
g.ven save weakness of Ms mind.
Durham was visited by a terrlflo wind
iorra Monday night. The park of the
Durham Traction company was injured
to the extent of fSOO.
The first number of the Charlotr
Evenln? Chronicle mado Its appear
ance Monday. It met a hearty recep
tion from the re.idlug public.
Lightning killed two mules standing
by a stable near Knyrtlevilln, burning
" ail ftie hair "off tlinmr but dt(j"ndduni
age to the building. ,
The seventh annual closing exorcises
of the colored A. & M. college at
GreeuuliOro Is on this week. The schclof
Da very prosperous. ' .
Lightning 'Btruca. a house In Salis
bury, noftr-' Livingston college, nniL
rent It in twainbut the family Vere
absent. ,
The Southern railway has built' 'a
new paisKenger depot of Pallida, which
will bo ready far" the summer travel.
Two houses were burned at Spencer
yesterday. Loss principally cover.'! by
itisMiiahi e. '
The Salisbury Rifle guards netted
$400 from their.., street carnival last
week.
Pnvldson College last, week confor-
red the degree of I L, 13:,. on Hon.'
Piatt I). Walker, of the Supremo Court.
The thirtieth annual commencement
at K!on college is from June 5 to 4.
ENGINEER OKR KILLED.
' A' .'
Disastrous Wreck on the Southern
-T- Rajwy Near Belmont.
. Charlotte. Sidal. At 12:15 0"clocU
Tuesday morning a disastrous wre.'k
occurred on the mala line of the Souih
ura railway, about 12 ir.iUs from Char
lotte and only a abort distanoo from
Bulmont station.
Engineer A. C. Orr, a reeidesi jof
Charlotte and a brother uf Mr. W. S.
Orr. was fatally injured and an enfine
and 12 box cars were almost complete
ly demolished.
Soon after the aeddont iwcunvd, Bu
perin tea dent Eaker, left Charlotte with
a fin of bands for the cn of the
wreck. Along with him went Mr. aud
Mrs, W. S. Orr. Dr. R. U Gibbon, toe
road's surgeon, and the wife of tire In
jured f wtnocr.
Tbey arrived at the wivrk alKut 2:10
o'clock and soon thereafter Engineer
Orr was brought bark to Charlotte ar
nving here at 4:30 o'clock.
The injured man was tit en Iniiuedl-tr-ly
to the Presbyterian hospital aad
a more thorough ex&asiaaUon ws
made. It as ascertained that both
It gs were r badly rt-ueln d that auijHi
tatioa would be nece&ary.
The accident was near the south for:
o? the Citss ta rivt.- aad ibcroi io
miles sottih of Belmoat.
The casine of frs4it train. kr.-n
as No. 72. due in Chariot about 11
o'floot, Itecaxne disabled at a po.9t two
miles outh of IlrfjnonL No. Si, the
sou!h bound fast Mail, which was .ote
than aa hour lat. reached Bfinioat
shortly before the SLidnight Iwsr. At
that jioint. ordtrs were recelwj Itr
the iine of No. 33 to proceed to the
p!ae whrre Xa 12 was and aifiettark
the train. Jost tifore No. 35 s ngine
riched the trouble, a twetica of the
frlht train berame detached and tis
It was down gradis the wild t ars relied
off at a high rat of speed. BefY.ro No.
3S njrine. In rlarge of Mr. Orr. could
rewrse, the oar struck the jilot ad
trjwbej into thw engine.
The force of tte colMsioe threw' the
engine fnm tb tiac-k. (he iuonoter
ssed failing wsr on iu
Kngineer Orr, who was at t! thror
tV. went over with his engine and the
fab, roahed to kindling wood, pinned
fciin to the aa.
Mr. Orr diod of 1 i fejurte,! lat
Tuesday ftrnoon, after to gaf
Joring. Fire at Waynes Hie.
Asheville, Special. A uiessage re
pel ved from Waynes vflle Twsay
mornln relatwd the fMt that thai
place had bu the scenn of anothci
rtestnictlve ftre. The RtulcllK Hotel, a
3'Kroom frame building, caught fire
about 4 o'clBi k Tuesday morning, and
a messfige rrtrm there atnntt noon wa3-
to the erfct tbat he building wk still
burninsr some, nut that a large numlkr
of nun had Tonght the Barnes with jlix
activity ant erfeetivens that saved
the building from total loss. There
were not a Kreat manr niet8 in the
building at the tim. av, the summer
gt ason had not opened, and those who
were in the bnflding gat out without a
g'eat deal of difficulty, as -the blase
started near tbe roof, and the alarm
was given very soon thereafter. Thia
fact also marts It possible to save pail
of the ftjrnltBre. Thi? flro started
either from a defective Hue or from an
electric wire. The building, which
was located on Main street, was ownsd
by N. P. Walker, clerk of the court of
Haywood eoanty. The los is partially
-covered by Insurance, It will be re
called that a large boarding house was
cV-atroyed by lire a few days ago in
"Wsynesville. In which a young teie
graph operator and a colored woman
and her child lot their lives.
Burned by Lamp Explosion.
Charlotte. Special. The explosion of
a kerosene oil lamp danger.ously burn
ed Mr. J. R. Brown, a farmer, who
lives a few miles rrom Charlotte, near
tie? lawyers' road, at about 10 oYloclt
Tuesday night. Mr. Drown was sitting
by a table reading when he heard a
faint spluttering that indicated that
something was wrong with the lsn.p.
As he roarhed over to exsmine it',- the
lamp, which was almost full of oil, ex
ploded cloro to his brast. From Ins
chest to his feet Mr. Hrown was satu
rated with the burning oil, and tb
clothing was burned almost off his
body. He received serious burns on his
body and legs. A Charlotte physion
was summoned. It is feared that the
burns wll prove fatal.
State tit ws Notes.
The eltv of Charlotte, has sold Its
Ihfuo of $100,000 worth of-bonds at
103 to a northern investment company.
"Tire "Hrpenrin the puso of . Tames Wil
cox, cliarKfd With the killing of Misa
Nellie Cropsey, which was to have been
beard Inst week, wnsj postponed until
today (Tuosdny). It is'thfl last case on
the Supremo Court docket and there
will da oral argument. ,
r.omethlng that very seldom happens
took-..,, plaeft In Goldriboro - ThurK.iay
evening. William Smith, aged 24 and,
who U supposed to be from Scran ten,
Pa., procured from the register of
deeds of Wayne county license to
marry Anna Wooten, a negro, who has
lived there nil ber life. He failed to get
tny one to tin the knot, nilth ob
tained his license by representing him
self to fco mixed-blood. He is without
doubt a while man. The Woolen wo
man is about 25 years of ngo. When
these facts became known, several
jming men advised liim to leave town.
7thout any unnecessary elelny ho ii:'t.
ed tipsa-t ttHidirIee--siT.-- Sudtli had
been at work in Goldsbora on tlia
streets for quite a while, assisting in J
tho street lmnrovempnta. '
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KILLED BY AN EARTHQUAKE
Me!22?herd, , rmenia, Wiped Out,
2000 Inhabitants Perishing.
WIDESPREAD SERIES OF SHAKES
UakloC KIH Man TrkerTow
Vllaitiripd Out and Olhcr. la I'.uln.
Garrlaoa Art Victim triro
Frrlt th. M.ock Kiehy Mile. Away
rrvlr elite A.k. Aid.
Cemstanilnople, Turkey.-Two tbon
sand fciiicd. a town wiped out and 4'Mi
honws in nei?;blrl!ij: villages grownl
to iMtwdey by an earthquake thnt con
vtilfed the country frolu Ijike Van to
the i:ulan frontier and as far west
a Kbarput oensiitute the awful nory
that reached tbis capital from Meiax
gherd, eighty miles southeast of Krx
erwus, nearly a awntb after the victims
were cold in eV'Sth iil the dust into
vbich to many bnman dw-liiags rerre
resolved had bcn scattered by mexk
luc mountain winds over the tofty
tablelands of Turkish Armenia,
The mighty shock wrenched the
whole valley of the Euphrates 8 if
with the iwJMing grasp of some gisnt
band, raiding the hivtr'n- river in its
churning channel ril! apnareuily about
to inundsv the broad pUttear.s on either
side, swelling the bine lake to a team
ing tbiai wave that threatened to en
gulf ine nurrouiidiijij: i--jiitu..M4d jsbsk
ir.S woods that bad towered titiee Old
Ti-s'amf iit eiay ea.sil5. as if they fcud
Ihh-b jrroves of sa pi ill 5 traasplannsl
frt iu forent nurseries the year In'fore.
!r was felt early n tip utornius of
.Vpril '', and. wbile a ialf miuut was
tte upaee if it deadly duration, the
frisltlfnl effects were cot realized en
ur!y until day after ?ay iiad ti.l its
tale of terror and the tre:ubliug Mii viv
ors raiue to bflie iiey bail hi-irte-d
tba vast verge of aimic cosmie ata
dysrtu. ....
Melaxgjurd as a tdenireec.ne tewn
In Ibe viihiyet of Vaa when tb uion
arer Kllsturbn-e wteed it. but in lets
time tban Is required to grasp the chap
ter f borrow it level wiila the
jdaln and its population of Includ
Ins'ltHlustrious ethephe-rds and husband
Dien and a trousi Turkish gjirrlsot
cetKtnacAed ;y CoKnel Khnlt. Bey
w: reduced I j a few dazed men -and
women, whe jJttiiiibJrd over be ta) pl
iant ma of crackling oil an 1 rrnmb
llng wreeka:je, vainly cnlling os loved
crew's who h:WI'perisii?d i" tiu:.e iliirty
LwaindSOf 4iMiiit.
tint Miiitture. the t.rocperot:K eitl"-m-ent
smiled In the sleain of Asiatic,
tmnsb.itre, the ne?;t it was a wilderness
of -wailing Woe, no moiv.sug.vsiive Of
hnnutn habitation than !f it hart van
i):ed w ith tlKse other storied o!tis of
the ple.fn before the vengeance of J ho--vaa.
..Not. one wall remained to bow
where a humble but happy le.-me I:sd
been. Scarce n score of those uioun:
rin paiijn;en were left alive grope
for safety over the puisinir enift that
entombed their friends and kinsfolk.
It was almost a complete arittiiiilatkti.
Seven hundred Armenluns were
dfflitn; il;e i-lain. Colonel Khalil and
bis family, three other ottvern nr. a
eighty non-eou:iiiisioned officers and
privates were Uli'.eel outright. .Not er.e
of the gnrrison escaped save Ll.v.iien-nnt-Colonel
Tayib Hey. whose family
died with the wife nnd cbiMttii of hi
senior, and he went stark mad as be
lettered about the ruins, see-king those
whose dear affection already bad le
fom a memory. The heroic telegraph
ojK-rator In charge of the station in
Melnxtrherd saw bis wife and siste- go
down to death in the swirl of reding
buildings. tMelity to M trust nlon-J
savin his life, for. realising they were
gone forever, be. dashed to rescue hU
Instruments nnd thus avoided tlm fnll
ofheavy walls- thnt llattetied the spot
on which be had t.too.1 a few momeu's
before. (
It wss only after many effort,
wounded as he was by flying tlloi frnrj
the roofs of the low Oriental dwellings,
that he recovered a key and sounder
nnd sneeeeded liuetaiil;sbinK nn Irreg
ular connection with some of the near,
est points. The wires werp down nil
about tbe stricken '.one. nnd if v.T.s Im
possible to get an answer from n:'y
station more than it few miles away.
The consensu!! of information was
that at lcaxt 4JK dwelling bruises had
been destroyed in various plae-p out
side his home,, and that the homeless
actives 'were digging boles in banks
and hillsides. In which tliey bun-owed
like foxes, rather ihati risk b' p!tt:J
above ground. All the rmnmuuiile
for many miles n round were in a staio
of panic, the majority believing tho
nwful vibration was only the begin
ning of a series that would make the
face ol the entire province one? va-il
blank and mult in . th eviftetieu eU'
the val!e,v's w hole populaliiiuV
Althougli always nwaiv they dwelt
ove n huge mvt of vob.'nivi:'!', the
herdsmen and small farniers amung
the Kuiihrates were. iuna?.il by tiso vie
If nee ef tho earlhunke, 'i't ue, f rout
Infancy they had been tausiht to .'(met
tit intervuls upheavals that blotted out;
existence by wholesuh am! wasted
towns nnd villages. .Most of their
liettKes, like those of .Inpsm. were built
with a view to miiiJmixiu the tlar.gers
of such dlsturliaiices, eo:isirttcted
chiefly of clay and light timbers.
.Some oi'Jliein lived jn eaves, pt nmeh
as n piecjiffilen as from poveiiy. The
nldev grandsires recalled tho construc
tion of 200 houses on Mount Ararat,
ninety miles from Mehixsherd. sixty
threo1 years before, and rtirii.vT.iUl
r).kins of 1sr. which the town of
t- .?. ,
passed through tbe frightful .earth'
Auiicruiiiu iviia iitzca.
A.W. MAGHEN UNDER ARREST
Free Delivery Superintendent Accused
d Accepting Bribes.
ALLEGED BRIBERS ALSO TAKEN
Th. Acruncd Cifllsial la Kra.r.t From
Offlra Ski. Hl Arr.t I. " a Craad-
e
atand riar "-eaiti S'jo.ono nailMora
Kna.atlenal Drlptuitt. Are Kipect
e.1 o Follow Tlie CltarctMU
, W'ashingtca, I. C August W.
Mae-ben, Superintendent of Fre-e Dellv
ery in tbe rostotTiee Departiiient. was
arreted, e-barped with ree-eivin bribes
aumuutins to alKut ?22.sK) from Groff
Brothers, contractors for letter box fas
teners, and was summarily dismissed
from office by Pust master-General
1'ayne. Maeben gave bail in $20,W0.
nnd a hearing in bis ease was set for
June 5. He declared tbat bis ane-t
watt'a jrrand -stand play." nud. through
bis counsel, eienied the e-br.res against
him. The Groff brothers also were
rri nnd re!onsil on tmii. Other
oRielal are under suspicion, and it is
believed that still more startling devel
opments in tbe postal Investigation
will follow.
Postmaster-General Payne, iu sum
marily dismissing Maeben from office,
issue,! tbe follow ins order:
"A. W. Mac-hen Is this day removed
from tbe position of General Superin
tendent of the free delivery service.
His removal.' made by reason of mal
feasance ou bis part in the discharge
J Uie duties of hi omee.
Th? arrest 'of Msrben "trf the clos
ing act of nn examination which was
conducted for three hours by Fourth
Assistant Fostmaster-eicm'ra! Bristow,
lusprctor Fosnes, who relieved Maeben
trs chief of tbe free delivery division,
flinl Inspector Meyer. At the eoueln
bn of t!:e examination Deputy .Mar
shal Springmtm was cslleri into Mr.
Bristow's office and made the arrest.
The evidence of Machen's guMi came
like a thunderclap to the Pestmaster
Genersl. wbei, while be was aware that
the former Superintendent of Fre-e le
II very bad been guilty of irregularities,
liad never swpected actual diishofiesry
on tbe part t" so important an official,
and especially one wim bad been rec
ommended to him as worthy of tbe ut
most consideration.
Consternation reigns in the. depnft
ment. nnd it Is feared that this is enly
the Iwninnimr of most fensctional de
velopments wbbih will reveal ihe exit
Mice of venality of nppalliii'Jt propor
tions and involve oftMitls of impor
tance and trust. - It Is -said thnt close
urvei!!.'incp s now he'lu? kept on an
other otiicial who formerly occupied a
place of trust, and it is mi,n.,ted at the
oflle-e of tbe Fourth Assistant Post-ntnler-Geteral
tbat. fbi et-'d is not
even iu sieht.
Tlio offen.se rhnrcred against Macoen
i shown in detail in ti'.e followlnc
statemn,t issued by Femrth Assistant
IVistrnasier-tieneral Bristow:"
"A. W. Mae-hen, General Superintend
ent Free Iidiverv system, was arret
ed, cbnr.ffed with roeelrinc bribe,
nmountlng in nil to about .2?.ono, in
rouiici'tion witb a contrjiet held by
Groff Brothers, of Washington. L. C.
for a patent fnslener nsed n srert let
ter hexes, known os (be troff fastener.
The T'oslofilee .Dtrparlment hi the l.tt
ten years has nsed nbont SKWl.tKKi
worth of these fnsferners. nnd It Is
shown by ample evidence thnt. for the
last three years at lenst Mr. Maelien
ba been receiving forty rer rent, of
the amounts naid to the GroO. The
transaction of the business was eon
ducieil by Oilier P.. GntfT, who controls
the patent of his brother, Samuel A., a
I'lolleemnn.
Postmaster-Genera! Pavne elves the
frreab'-st credit to t. e work of Mr. Bris
tow and bis Inspectors in ferret inrj out
tlie present rase, pninonnclnc it the
most expert piece of dt'eetive work
which he has ever known.
Maeben, wbile lefus'ns to make an
extended statement for publication,
said:
"This will come out nil rleht. My. ar
rest is merely n grand stand pin v."
If Is understood that civil suits will
be brought to vecover from Maehrn the
amount he Is r alleged to have received
on the cnr.'raeis. -s - tk
' RUSSIAN ARMY PLOT.
Two r'lltrrv OBlrer. ronfe That Ttiy
Intpiii'.cl tn thr-ot einie'al.
St. Petersburg, Russia. Two officers
In the artillery, named Grrgoiieff nnd
Molostroff, rave lieen arrested. ; On thj?
discovery -of incriminating letters (fre
RMiieff confessed that ft had been bis
intention to shoot M. Pobledonostaeff,
Procurator-General of the Holy Synod,
on the occasion of the Interment of M.
Siplaguine, Minister of Ihe Interior,
who was shot nnd killed by Anarchists, J
but hi courage failed wlie'i be saw the
vemrnble nppearai.ee' of Mr. Poliedo
liostzeA '',,,,'
Molostroff ( coft'essed that be liitom!
ed to shoot another high otilcia!. It Is
believed that revolutionary tendencies
are spreadiiig Iu the Russian Armj'.
II mul Jurtie l Ofl" ar f.jm lvn-,
W. C. Clifte.n. murderer of Mr. nn.l
Mrs,..loIm Church, was lynched Vy fi
mob from (iilletto, Wyo. The mob
battered down the jail door at Newcas
tle', boldiuir' up (he Sh TliT and deputy,
and burg Clifton to n bridge west of
the town. Clifton's ho!td was jerked
oti by the fall of forty feet.
Almnt Secretary Keep Sworn In.
Chillies II, Ke?p. the. newly tippoltit
cd Assistant Secretory of the Treasury,
was sworn in and assumed the ejutle.
of his ofllee at Washington.
KINOR EYENTS OF THE WEEK
WASnlNOTOX ITKMR.
The arpointment of Charles Ilnllana
Keep a Assistant Secretary of the
Treasnry. to euewd Milton E. Aiies,
who recently resigned to accept the
Vlr-Presidency of the Rises National
Rank, w as announced at the Treasury
Department.
The Department of Justice Is to re
open proceedings iu tlie Oberlln M. Car
ter ease, with the hope of recovering
part of tbe money alleged to be stolen
from the Government and securing the
extradition of Gaynor and Greene from
Canada.
Count Cassinl. tbe Russian Ambassa
dor, and Secretary Hay received msny
letters criticising them In tbe matter
of the Kishineff and anti-Hebrew out
break. The promotions of over "(m pos'al
clerks were cancelled by Fostmasier
General I'ayhe.
Secretary Hay railed England's nt
tentlou to a claim of tbe heirs of
Chsrk'S Brown to mining lands in
South Africa worth $j.ihi,u. which
!ms leea peuding since be fore tbij BotT
War. ,
on: AnorTED island.
An honorable aevjuittal was civen
CaitUiiu Carl F. Hartniau. of tbe Signal
Corps, at Manila, charged with embei
tling Government property.
A measure safeguarding public
mouoy was passed at Manila. There
are. said to have Imvii elsht serious
eaes ef dishonesty among American
officials in the last year.
Eighteen persons living in a Ssn
.liian. Porto Rleo. boarding bouse and
severnl of tlie staff and patients at the
Maternity Hospitr.l were poisoned by
drlnkinsr milk. .Ul were saved by
aiouiaeU pumps.
DOMESTIC.
Arrefted for the murder of Joseph
Ibibney. ecdored. I. Simnis illed of
fright on the way to Ja'l at Chicago.
Tbe national eemvention of master
plMcber. meeting st San Francisco.
decided lo continue tbe present
system of apprentices.
When Thomas Cboatte, a farmer, re.
fvse.1 to stop abusive language toward
-Kdia Oshani. at Jasper. Teen., Gen
eral W. E. Ponnldson, a friend of
CJrabam. killed Cboatte.
The Wisconsin Ijegislature adjourned
elne die.
For the first time In twenty ! wo years
the convicts at tlw State -Pe'tntentiary,
Jollet, VU ate leether lastoad of la
their cells..
After an exciting battle. Mose Hart,
colored, was killed by cltiteim at Cor
inth. Miss., because of Instating lan
gnav.f he bad used during bis trial be
fore Mayor Vonng.
Diphtheria In light form prevailed at
the naval naming station at- Newport.
It. I., over 1" apprentice- being HI.
In the contempt cases against tnlncrs
Iwfore the Federal Court t Charleston,
ft. C., it wns proposed te compromise
liy Imposing small fines only.
Senator Hnntm Issued si statement
jnmouiicing that lie Is opposed "to a res
olution by the Ohio. State-Convention
indorsing President Roosevelt for nn
rtbrr term snd adding that he is not
and will not le a candidate for th
uominatfnn.
An elevator In a dancing academy at
rtttsburg. Pn.. fell five floors. Four
persons were killed and five or six were
injnred. ,
Tbe shops and roundhouse of tho Sea
fronrd Air Line, at Portsmouth. Vs..
weee destroyed by fire. The company's
loss Is estimated at $750,000.
Great damage was done to farms
around Lacrosse, Wis, by the sudden
rise of the Mississippi River.
A log bouse occupied by lumbermen
nt Campus, W. Vn., wns burned, two
of Ihe occupants being cremated, while
live were badly injured.
Sixty-four reliclous exiles from
France reached New York City on the
steamer Ln Champagne, Torty-slx Of
them bound for Meiueheu, N. j.
The Rev. Henry Storey, n Baptist
minister, was burned to death and his
wife fatally injured In a Ure at their
lionie in Richmond, Ind.
President Roosevelt took psrt In
laying the cornerstone of a monument
to Lewis iiml Clark nt Portland, Ore.
FOSEIGX.
Emperor Francis Joseph refttsr.! tj.
receive the Iialinallnn deputies who
cnlled to nsk him to Interven to prevent
further bloodshed In Crontlu.
Reports at Yokohama couQrmed the
presence of Russian trnopH on the Ko
rean side of the Ynln River.
Klug Edward's private secretary au
thorized the statement that there was
no truth In the reports regarding the
King's ill health.
While watching the inflation of a bal
loon at PaiL?, Louis Efondell was as
phyxiated by escaping hydrogeu git.
The Austrian Government Intends
k asking .Parliament to approve the ex
penditure or iflS.OOO.ooo for the exten
sion and improvement of the harbor
facilities at Trieste.
A great demonstration of labor nnd
Nonconformist partisans iigiilnst the
Education bill was held at Hyde Ptirk,
London, ,'-.-
The nrsen.nl nt snntlncy. fan Do
mingo, was blown up. Ge'tieral Frias
was killed and tweaty-oue men. were
mortally wounded.
General Botha announced that am-.
I sty hul been granted to nil Cape reb
els. Advices from Sottinliland, E:st
Africa, stated the Somali camel c-orps
operating with tiie Brilish e'oiu;iii:S
ngalnst the followers of the Mad Mul
lah, been me mutinous and tvbi'biy
will be d.sl ttiitU"!. '
" tA30H WORLD.
Cu.elnnait Ohio) building laborer
have formed a nnion. '
Porters in tbe down -town stores of
CbUaco have organ I wd a luaon.
Denver CoU tinners have received
an advance from ?:.riO to $3.73 a day. .
The strike of the iron molders at Kt.
Pul, Minn., will be settled by arbitra
tion. Chinese coolie laborers wiM I expen
sively employed in the hemp fields of
Mexico.
A permanent organization of blact
smiihs helpers bns been forme J at To
ledo, Ohio.
In Canada no child, yonnr girl or
wotr.an can lempkyed more than
sixty hours n week.
SuUstautial increases In waTea have
be en granted by the xm blacksmiths
of Brockton, Mass.
India -Mpolis tli.d.) nio'.ders are out.
Their demauds tor a tn per etui. iu
crecse were not granted.
It is said that tbe c-hildren o? labor
e nuacd in tin1 various cHVUjtsiJbma of
the L ulled Stated numler 1.7."i,ta.H.
Several thousand men 4it Aberdeen,
Wash- are interested in the contem
ttlated plan to organize tbe miliuicn.
McmtKrs or ttie reeicration i jiui
cians have been forbidden to play
where Government musicians apiK'ar.
Toronto Canada) e;c?iir..;era aTC
decided to ask for an increase from
twenty-two to tweuty-tive cents ai
hour.
Montreal has row the largest loe-al
labor organisation in Canada inJhe-l'lugsboi-i
uieu's union, with iTWO ineai-lx-rs.
Tbe Trades and Labor Congress of
Canada has been organized thirty
years. It has now become a powerful
national labor body.
The Brotherhood of Loeom wive Fire
men has deckled to build In the vicinity
of Chicago a $23.ms) borne for ligeel and
incapacitated members.
A Solomon at the Torr.stile.
A modern Solomon ratr. to tne
frort the other day in an Ka:t River
ferry house. As ho passeVTInto tho
place a roan was leaning over the di
viding rail quarreling with the ticket
seller. . -
"I tell you the dim is Canadian,,
and they won t take it on the cars..
I haven't any money, and 1 must take
a car on the other eld. You have no
right to pass Canadian money off on
roe."
"Can't help it," said th ticket
seller.. "The money is po o l. A ay
bank will take It. Why don't yon go
. . . . i . . .. . i. 'i
up ine Bireet aim yanjtc- 11 ;
Th man said lie didn't have time,
and they kept up tho argument for
some time. At last it g.t tiresome,
and tho Wise Man who had been lis
tening went over to tha worried trav
eler. "Le me sec tap dime," he said. '
He lookd at the coin for d minute
and then gave tho man a good dime.
"Old you give this man this dime?"
he asked of the ticket seller.
"Yes." replied the other brusquely..
"Well. giv-- me two more ferry
it-l. .,.... ..IJ . T. A C .. 1 ........ . .1 t. ..
Ill hfLS, Lin-; suiu.uu. ailfl uv
lianded the Canadian dime back to tie
discomforted official. New York
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