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M it fH-Jf Hr ft Hit 1FttW A & Hf ) pi vl M i CI a VOL. ill. NO. (j. PIITSBOKO.N. C WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, li)0i. SUOATcir if rl - i i" t J ( ' HEARD MURDEH OVER PHONE Murderer Calls! Up Chum ta listen to Double Tragedy. HEARD SHOTS AND SCREAMS Jaiuro CjirllfM. 5tl4e?ill Eartalr, Siiu.iutiuel ill FrtonJ anil OMert-d Htm to IUuialn at h K-rlrw TThllo II. Killed HI Wif anJ Tbea Cata . Hutted Suicide. Minneapolis, Minn. "Held the line and listen. There Is going to be soute thing doing," telephoned Jauae Gar field, a bartender, from tils flat in the third story of tut Winfield block, eppo site the West Hotel la Fifth street to G. L, Hartsock, a saloonkeeper la Sec ond avenue South. Hartsock listened and beard ever tbe w ire a woman's scream, foUoued by reports of three shots from a revolver." ! He knew Garfield and bis wife quar relied, and conjectured she was being murdered. He quickly notified the r He, and a riot alarm was sent ia. Patrol wagon from Police Headquar ter carried half a down patrolman. No time was last In breaking down tbe door aud entering tbe flat. On the fluor io tbe dining room lay Garfield gulping Ida last He bad placed the uiiiMteof a revolver In his uioutb and pulled the trigger, tbe bullet lodging In bis brain. Iti tb' sitting room bis wife was found dead. Sue had been shot twice. rt! bullets entering her bead. Gar field lived only a few minute. me woman, who wis a auir.uMr actress, vat known on tee srage aa Pearl Guyotte. She had been support ing her husband In Idleness, and ' taunted him with living upon her earn ingw. He had threatened to kill her, and the murder was premeditated. She fought hard for life. The land lady in the ball heard the husband say: "I've had enough of this and you've got t.0 die." He went to the telephone and called for a certain number, and. after tele phones his friend Hartsock to listen, b'ft the receiver hanging. Taking off bia coat he proceeded with bis butchery, first locking the ball door. His terror stricken wire shrieked ana pleaded. He chased her from room to room, revolver In hand, and flnaliy caught bold of her. In their tierce struggle tables and chairs were over turned. He finally succeeded In dragging her near the telephone, evidently wanting bis friend at the other end of the line to hear the report of the revolrcr. The first hot, produced only a scalp wound, but the second entered below the left ear and caused instant death. Garfield shot himself while standing -irfT.reetfy in front of the telephone, his tdy falling across the tbrcishold of the doof of an adjoinicsr rooat TU bnrrifted landlady, as soon as she beard Garfield's threat to kilt, ran down two flights of stairs to the street tui!t;nsr for a policeman. Before she wiid Mid an Ulcer the patrol wajrou arrived. - HaHsock, the saloonkeeper, says: "I thontfht Garfield was jokiasr when lie called me np, but I could bear their voices aa If they were talking loud, the screams, and three shots, one after the other, which sounded as if some one had bcattn a drum that number of Iir.es. "I rpfl!!ed In a moment that murder was bring committed and 'phoned to tbe central police station at once." Pearl Guyotte was known In vnnde viiie resorts throughout the Northwest SEVEN TO TWO FOR GEN. WOOD. Senate Comiultt Votes in Fcvo His Promotion. of The Senate Coiniuiltee on Military rf;tirs, by a vote of seven to two, j greed to rpjNM'l favorably the nomina tion of Brigadier-General Wood to lie a Major-General. .'Messrs. Hawley, I'roc 1 or. ami Hale were absent but Mr. Ifoctor voted by proxy. TltsV-a A-oting in report favorably were MesJ-i War? in, took, yuarles, roraker; Alger, Proctor, OM-kreil and Pettus, mid tlios.in , . rimrEes Mothc voting unfavorably were Mf srs. ScotiliL'1 d J f V. and Blackburn, If Killing Her Daughter. In the executive session he nomlnn tlon was reported to thy Senate, ac comnanied by a report by Senator For aker reviewing tbe testimony beard b the committee during its recent bear mg. j ue report represents tne views't'jnd v.j. neiiaior vraser aione, Qitnougn ia other members of the committee favor lug General Wood's promotion agree with its conclusions. ALLEGED POISOXEK ARHESTED. t Jii l Alleged to Be Jealous of Xurso Ar rested For Ithaca Affair. lihaea, N. Y.Tbe Itlmca. police ar-i rested M1k Margaret Cunningham. , , ... v; " 'VT "rtxiH It was d scovered. It, tJiamberbiin, of Cornell l.'nlverKlts- on tho roars of huvlng aent polmmiMi4uC MUalsalppl For Canal Treaty " "f AV"'",H. t ""'qlU.o Ktale Senate of Mlssisslnpl. by a .kiu mi uuuer aurvviunuce w sevt'l., --.:.-,,, . i,.V,rlM,m1 The Cunnlnghaiu girl, it Is said. V1'" "nt(,r t0 IZmJmZ Infatuated with Dr. Edward Meant H Canal treaty. Th Gournors tues- Physician of good .tandlnghd insl: J V'i'ff ZXoZZ nd SI ia ly Jealous of Mrs. May, a nnrsVjn lllnR ut ,?(HM. , 1 City Hospital, who sh.hfif.tlght wnw 'crvauce of the law. love with Dr. Meany, The polw JH with the conipliiiiciits of Mrs. May. It Is thought Mis Cunningham sent the box with the bleu that when the act be came known Mrs. May would aland disgraced la the eyes of Dr. Meany. , convict shot in paison First Knocked Djwn One Keeper and Wounded Another. After XHperaU Contilrt Ha ta finally Coraarcd by frUaa OmelaU ana latallv 11 art. Trenton. X. J. Charles Brooks, a convict was killed after battering Dep. uiy Keeper William J. Harney, of the State rrUon, Into insensibility with ail Iron pipe and suootiusr Centre Ktep.x John Fitiserald la the back of the shoulder. The buIUt lodged ia tue muscles of ritssgernld's back. Brooks was one of the tnont desper ate convicts ia ibe Institution and im iineasinexc was ovaK)oned wheu be lollowed one of the depuiios into the Centre and peremptorily demanded t we Head Keeper Osborne, who chauced to come to the Centre at the moment. The bead keeper saw tuat ISrooks was very much excited and or dered that be te taken back to bis cell. This order, it appeared, was not obeyed to the letter. Instead of being locked up the prisoner was put at work o!ih iiijr some brigbt work about the win. itrooks watched bis opportunity aud slipped I behind Uepuly Ivceper Har ney, dealt him a blow with an iron itar, feihug him to the floor. Then b seiged Harney's revolver and ran t the Cen tre. He waa confronted by Centre Keeper Kltajrerald. revolver lu baud. As Fitzgerald was making bla way out of the little dek that he occupies. Krooks biased away end the deputy're turned tine tire. An alarm sent in by "trusty," who had seen the attack on Harney, and the sound of the shota brought deputies scurrying from a half dozen wing, and with them Head Keeper Osborne. Half a doaen more shots were fired, and then Brooks tried to end his own life by shooting himself In the head. He Lad appareutly mis counted, the revolver In bis band being a five shooter instead of a six sbooter. When the weapon clicked the depu ties closed la and handcuffed the siruit gllng convict who wa then locked la a dutgeon by order of the uad keeper. It was not known theu that Brooka had been bit and tbe discovery was not made uutil after the wounded depu ties bad beea cared for. Tiien tbe dun geon door was opened and Brooks was fonfid to be at tbe point of death. His purpose to do away with himself was strong to the end, and. with bis bands manacled, be bad attempted to stranpie himself lu the fell by wrapping bis suspenders about his neck. Tbe post mortem siiawed that death was dne to a bullet wound received some time ilur. in the srriHimnge with the deputies. His chance of escaping from the prison by the met bod be wed was so small tuat it looks as If su'cld was what be bad practically settled on. Brooks was last sentenced from Hud son County ia 113 for robbing tbe home of Former fcUcrill John A. Cro nan. After servir.;; three years of a twenty-year sentence be was sent to tbe Morris rial us Asylum, tew which be soon escaped. Then he was convicted of horse steal ing In Itbode Ishind end was brought back here to serve out bis unexpired term. He had been particularly ujly sluee bis return. ADMITS BOND THEFT. City Treasurer nudged Them to Mar gin Stock rurt-basea. Ha verhlil. Mas.Ctty Treasurer Joh'h A. Cllnes was placed under arrest on tbe charge of birceny of bonds valued at SU.tssJ, a part of tbe sinking fund of the city. A few days ago, members of tbe Siuking Fund Commission were in Boston and came upon an entry of. the bonds which were supposed to be in tbe safe in tbe offlce of the City Treasurer la litis city. They had beeu tendered as collateral, it Is alleged, by Mr. Cllnes to margin stock purchases. Treasurer GWnM gave way and be fore the box bad been opened admitted that 'he had taken worth of bond of the city and pledged tbcm aa collateral for other stocks and bonds valued at $:u;,XH. '.he. accused man has been treasurer, of 'Haverhill, tur fourteen years. JlltS. BKC1ITISL INDICTED. With Vtllentown, Pa.-Tbe Grand Jury lu- acted Mrs. catlinrine iiecniei ior iho nurder of ber daughter, Mabel u. echtcl. Three other counts, charging .eiu with being accessories Deiore L - - ... , t alter tue uiuruer, writ ...iin,t tr Ti,.-ti t .! and her two wns, unarms anu joun, auu ur ter, Martha. " - , ' The District Attorney said that the deeper he went into the case tbe more he became convinced that the mother hud a band in the murder, and for that itfnon bo bad her Indicted on the umiw r-hnri'C. h defense wifl attempt to show VYiat Mabel was killed away from her . l.,.w. ...HI. at !... lilJll.s ttlltl Hint tliP -,i,techiels knew uotblng of the murder Gives Mainuil Training School. Bv tbe will of the late Georgo Kykes, of Koi kvlllo, Conn., fWO.Otxi la given in triirft for a manual training school for that town. He also bequeaths f 10,000 to tbe KockylH Public .Library. 1 GORDON Confederate Cero of Many Bailies is Now at Rest HE EXPIRED ON SATURDAY NIGHT Much of His Ufa Since tho Surren der Has Been Spent Trying to Heal the Old Breach. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Lieutenant Ceneral Jofcn B. Gordon died at his winter home near Miami, Fia,, at 10:5 cVkwk Saturday night His fatal 111 r.css, which overtook him last Wt-dnes-tay. was congeatlon of the stomach and liver, following an acute attack ot In digestion, to which he was subjected. General Gordon was born In Upson county. Georgia. July 6. of Soctch ancestry, wblrh had a prominent part la the Kevolntionary war. Young Cordon graduated from tb Georgia State t'nlveralty la IS. J and a few months later waa admitted to the practice of law. Early in IBM ho a IteteJ la the volunteer Confederate ser vice and was elected capta:a of h!a ecmpany. He rose rapidly by p if-motion to lieutenant colonel of the Sixth Alabama Infantry in December. 1861. He participated In the strugfle on. the peninsula and took part in the battle at Malvern Hill, and was commission ed brigadier general, November, 1861 He was in command at Chanceilora ville and in the Pennsylvania cam laign. In an official report to General D. H. HilL General Gordon was char merixed as "the Chevalier Bayard of La Confederacy." Vhn hoLii;tiea were ended, he called his men about him ant advised them to -bear the t rial of defeat, to go home In peace; obey the laws snl re rtiftd the wasted country. He has taken a prominent part In the councils of hla l&rtv la." lrS. He waa a.ccicaieu . and'idate for Governor of Georgia in lhS. and In 1873 and 1879 was ejected. to the t'nited Statea Senate, rergn- Ing that position in 1SS0, be partk'ipat ed actively In building the Georgia Pa ptf Ri!lroad. In 1S!6 and V he was r'ected Governor of Georgia and in ISM entered again into tha 'Totted S:;Hes :nata fnr the full term. Since Inn re .rement from political activity he has devoted much of his time In lecturing prewniing the North as ' Fotith in bis lecture upjn nv f th Cotfcdt'Tacy." ell aa the The Last Sine, tht orennlxation or tne i nca Confederate veterans he una ne.a i-ie posit'on of Its chief rommanoe.-, ana hia frwim't re-election to that c.w!- kin tifo.1 to the warmth of affection Jn which he haa ceea ceia ia the South. n.niral Gordon had wen wncon sciona nearly all dy. The beginatr of the end occurred this afternoon, se rious complications setting in. ana o night his physleiaTis had abandoned ell hope, as his kiuneys reruscu co w-v tm- rolMn was very deciaen. lils death was quite, lie leu pea nui- lv to sleen and all was over. - - . , - lit U'M.lnA." General uoraon urcsm day afternon with acute jnaiseswn. He had suffered frota the sxme trouhte In Mississippi many months ago. At 11 o'clock Thursday morning consultation of physicians was m ia anu v found that be was seriously and cr.t tcallr ill. His son. Major Hugh Gor don, who resides at Miscapnc. was win. him. A telegram was sent to nls daugh ter. Mrs. Burton bmitn. oi calling her ti bla bedside. She was with him when he died. Gen eral Gordon grew stwiuuy worae un til today when he was oasu- most of the time. General and Mrs. uoraon nu u Florida this winter only-three weeks before h! death. His health had bees unusually gnol prior to imatBl s -tack. Ha bad bought a winter home At Biscayne three years ago. end had eSnce been spending a portion of h.s winters there. ,.,? General Gordon's bo-'v will be fh.p- frt.li s home at ftii"""'. Atlanta; tomorrow night, leaving there at 8 o'clock. It will reach Atlanta Mon dav afternoon. ' . ' The remains of Gen. Gordon will be i.u . a. -to in Atlanta and will be Slewed" by bis numerous friend ahJJweev admirers. Far Hastern Situation. London. By Cable. At tho Japan m legation It was said that the far Eastern situation remained unchang ed No new had been received by the legation and It waa believed some days might elapse before anr -dwelr opmenU occurred.- w Japan was still conaidorlng her reply and that no news had boen received at the lega tion concerning the reported dispatch of troops to Cores, Assembly Meeting. gin Juan, Porto Rico, By CaMr. The last cession of the second b.w nl.1V Legislature of Porto Illco will be opened "-Monday. Governor Hunt's message will he read on Tuesday and it la anxiously awaited ub It Is expect ed to Indicate President Roosevelt's policy In the Island. The better clans baa assured the Houae of Representa tives that it will support tho meaauro of a loan of $5,000,000 to the farmers. The Americans la the council are op posing the measure on tho ground tf economy and the Houso threatens retaliation by killing ttll tho American meaaures, Including tho general appropriations. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS j What The Two Houses of Congress Arc Doing. The response of Senator Reed Pmoot. of Utah, to tho charges made against him was presented to tho Sen ate committee Saturday. It was agreed that at the regular meeting of the committee to be held next Saturday the attorney f r Mr. Srooot and ol30 for the petitioners should be heard. They will be expected, to show prece dents and authoritlea and titer they thall have made their presentation the committee Will decide whether te go farther into the matter by calling witnesses or dispose of It on the snow ing which will then have heen tnaae. Mr. Smtoot submits in answer xo charges against him the following: This respondent ia advised ana .... & - . .t,. .VittrvAB avers inai uui iu u v - tnJe aeainst him In said protosta. either directly or by implication, are such as. If true, could legally anccv his right to hold his seat la the Senate. These two charges are: 1. That tbe respondent is a potjg- amiat. -2. That he la bound !y some oam or obligation which is mconbisteni with the oath required oy me conau tutlon. which was administered to him before he took bia seat aa a Senator." Both these charges respondent ae ales. a ir th tharees that, he is a polygaznlst. the respondent says that he was married September 17, to Alpha May Eldridge. She t still his wife and Is the mother of all his children. He has never had any other wife and baa never cohabited wua any other woman. "As to the charge that the respond ent 1 bound by some oath or obliga tion cont-olUng bis duty under his cath as a Senator, the respondent saya that he has never taken such oath, or In any way assumed any sucti obliga tion. He holds himself bound to obey and uphold the constitution and laws of the United Statw. Including tne condition in reference to polygamy, upon which the State of Utah w as ad mitted into the Union. The respondent deniea that be Is one of said alleged self perpetuating bodies of fifteen men, or that there Is any such body of men, or mat tne roi lowers or members of the Chare h of Jesus Christ of Later Day SaitiU, or any of them, accord the rtgnt iu sau alleged body to e;m supreme su V. ftrity, either divinely sanctioned or otherwise, to shape the belief or con trol the conduct of those under thera In all or any matters, civil or tem para!, or that raid church or sue h al leged body or any person or body ex ercises any authority or power to In- . .. ,t i cu'cais cr encourage a uvuei i: iw r practice of polygamy ;racuee or polygamy or eei.-. m praciiee ci polygamous cuunuiw-.vu. . .l.at.tf.tlr.lt or. that cither countenances or tea rtvea at any violation of the laws of the State of Utah or wf the United Stales and this respondent for himself , In particular denies that he la one of said alleged telf-perpetuating body of : fifteen men, r that there la any auch j body, or that said church or any part thereof or 1-ersoa therein inculcates hHif in the nractice or encourages a of polygamy or belief In or practice of . Bluff, Columbus county, with a cap polyg&nioua cohabitation, and this re- ital stock of 150.000; stockholders Ktondent denies that he Is guilty of . Mary D. Powell G. A. Powell and 1..-,,,.- r.,.hal,ittf,.n r that h I nrivi,a-iut nr that ha ver haa been a poiygamlst or that he baa ever practiced polygamous cohabitation." Mr. Smoot denied that he has ever connived at any violation of any law nf Utah cr ttt thn United States, and declares that "since the manifesto of President Wilford Woodruff was is sued In 190, neither a belief in. nor a practice of polygamy or polygamous cohabitation baa either been taught or encouraged." The House was In session but .13 minutes Thursday. Mr. Hemenway, chairman of the committee en appro priations, obtained unanimous consent that that one hour be devoted at tho opening cf Friday's session to the con sideration of a bill amending tbe act appropriating 1500.000 for the.eradica cation wf foot and mouth disease among cattle, so as to make $2E0.000i of that amount available to meet tbe emergency caused by the Mexican bool 11. The bill was favorably report- FJ today. The House adjouned. Dynamite Fx?hn!o. Huntington, W. Va., Special. A dy namite explosion occurred near Cass vlllo, in Wayne county, Saturday. while a number e-f employes on the Norfolk, ft "Western extension were at luncheon. Six men were killed and fourteen were Injured. The dead are: Thomas G. Frailer, Frederick Mar cum, Howard Binggl, Frank Regor. The names of the Injured have not yet been learned. . A training school for philanthrope and social work will open January 12, In Chicago, under the auspices of the University Extension Division of tho iTniv,.rtt of Chicago.' with Prof. Gra ham Taylor aa dllrertor. The lecture course will Include personal, Institu tional and public work for dependents; preoccupying, preventive, public, and tkod. There will be discus- lPirtslntion. Improved tlwel- n,r ond rvnen snares, public school extension, co-operative and benefit h citv's social utilities, bo- cial settlements and ethical and re ligious resources,. 01 Two Woman Killed Gastonia Special. Sarah and Cora Brewer, two colored women, aged about forty and seventeen, were killed by southbound passenger train No. 11 at Hinurick'a crossing, four miles west of Gastonia. at 1.30 o'clock Thurs day afternoon. The negroes were rid ing In a luggy behind a mule, both of which belonged to Mr. Eph Holland, oa whose farm they lived. The mule waa killed and tho buggy completely demolished. Coroner Meek Adams drove to the scene of the accident, but decided that an inquest was unneces sary. The body of one of the women was thrown "3 yards and waa badly mangiod; the body of the other waa merely thrown from the track. The accident waa witnessed by. the section crew, which waa working on the track nearby. The crossing is on a curve and it seems that the engineer did not blow and the victims were pot look ing. The women moved to Mr. Hol land's fara Saturday and were strang ers In the community. The bodies were turned over to a nephew of the older woman and taken to Bessemer City for burial. Frozen to Death. Winston-Saleta. Special. Parties' here from Yadkin reported . that a man, with his two children, traveling in a one-horse wagon, were held on the boat at Conrad a ferry several hours yesterday afternoon, and that the children 'came near freexlng to death. The mush-Ice floating down the river prevented the ferryman from operating the boat after it reached the middle t)f the stream. The man In charge of the ferry found it necessary to get out and wade to the bank. There he secured a rope. Attaching one end of this to a windlass and the other to the boat the man and his children were pulled to the shore. The Yadkin river is unusually .low. In some places It ia not over two feet j jin This is accounted for by all of j the 8aiaier tributary streams being . froz.n Mp. Cylinder Head Blew O'lt. Lexington Special. On account of oie of the cylinder heads blowing out of the engine of the south-bound p&a-'aeea-er train No. 29. near Conrada. a fireman came near losing his life, and five passenger trains were held here , . 0 . t,Pin " U1UU IUUlUt,Ut lt tr fh h .m. steam, Though severely Injured hem ay re witfr. Another encine was sent for to replace the disabled one. which was placed on the siding nere. ana w late hour the track was cleared. Tar Heel Topics. rhrtra were ersnteJ Thursday to tho Powell SuDDly Company, of Fair 1 nhvr- tr onorate tobacco ware- . iriare make turnentine and wooa j lii.irits, etc.: the StsteBville Female College (Incorporated) unoer in j trol of the Central Presbytery of Con j cord. Rev. Dr. Shearer, and othors tnrf.pnr.mtora: the Johnson & Wat son Cofnony. of Greonsnoro, capuai rt--v nnonofl. A. A. Johnson, C. S. Watson and others being the stock holders. 'the purpose being to acquire lands Tor factories for the manufac ture of boots and shoes, and td-operate, Such factories. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction ss.va applications for what ia known as the recond $100 000 of the States annual appropriation for keep ing the public schools open fonr months In the year are coming in quite rapidly and the division of the sum will be made before long. War rants were Issued today for about 20 new rural public school libraries. One or two districts attempted to secure an extra library, whereas the law only allows one to a district Governor Aycock has refused to commute the sentence cf George Mor gan, of Wilson, who was convicted of gambling end who was sentenced to the roads for four months ana nnea $1,000. Morgan ia willing to pay tho fine, but wanted to escapo the roau service. There tloos not appear to be the lenM possibility of any lease of the Atlantic & North Carolina Katiway. North Carolina had only one lynch ing iu 1903. The year previous there were eight lynchings In that State. The hero of the MerrlmaCj 'Rich mond Pcarscn Hobs, will appear in Charlotte on next Monday week. Jan uary 18 and will deliver a lecture on the Star Course of the Y. M. C. A. t Tl chairman of ih Raleigh dlrn snry board announced that tho di pensary will rial?e not less tbim 540, f.ixi m-oflt this year. The city s re ceipts from tho bnr-rooma t:ndcr the old system were aooui aia.ow. By far the flnent Bpeelmcn of rlct:- e! ore ever socurod for tho btate mi Rovm were received b-r Curator Brim t from the W. S. Adnicr nickel mine, in Jackson county. There are 120 pounds of It, which showa metallic nickel imbedded In the ore. Tho qual ity is very high. Tho ;spoinien will go to thi World's Fair, at St. Lcuis. Governor Aycock has set tie day for two hangings. Tie day aet for the execution of two men Is Thurs day, the twenty-fifth day of February. On that day Jabel Register, white, vail be hanged in Whiteville, Colum bus county, and Will Boggan, colored, in Wadesboro. Both for murder. The attorney general of North Car olina has decided that all non-residents w ho bunt in tbe State must take out license at S10, no matter what sort of game is hunted. Mr. Marcus Tuttle, age 83. died suddenly at an early hour Wednesday morning at his borne, eight miles we&t of Lenoir. The deceased is the father f Rev. D. H. Tuttle, pastor of the Methpdlst chnrch at Elisabeth City, and of R. G. Tuttle, pastor of tho Methodist church at Matthews. There was a wreck on the Southern Railway at Glass, six miles north of Concord. Wednesday morning. No. 61 a southbound freight engine No. 257. was run into by the second section of No. 81, engine No. 611. Three cars were derailed, snd the fire In the stove of the caboose ignited the cars which. were quickly consumed. , KEWSY CLEANINGS. The tax value of realty and, person ally in New York State Is $7,500,000,000. Statistics show the business of the country In B03 rivaled that of the rec ord year of 1001. The Voernment receipts for Decern ber were f H'.tJTjCJ; expenditures. $:?2i 000. Tbe French Chamber of Deputies las pa cued a vote of con&dcncein M. Combes' Ministry. t The Atlantic Transport liner Meno minee pnt Into Falmouth, England, re cently, disabled. j New Year's gifts by hanks to em ployes were much smaller than those made a year ago. The, Ice Jam in the "Niagara Rivet was said to be thirty-five feet high and the river was dry in places. Tbe Japanese carry $HS,000.000 of life Insurance. $lC3.OO0,0tO of fire, and $303,000,000 of marine insurances. The neAV fire ordinance of St Louis, Mo., w ill render compulsory a great fire vent over the stage of theatre there. The Lord Mayor of London expressed the grief of that city over tbe Chicago catastrophe In a brief message to Am basBador Choate. The Mormon choir, from the temple. ; Salt Lake. Utah, is preparing to visit the Exposition at St. Louis, Mo.. toWng for the priae. Refunding operations of the United States Treasury have ceased, the three and four per cent, bonds received reaching flo.o.'iO.OOO. Tbe emigration from our Northwest ern States to British Columbia leave n.. still about a million ahead of Can ada In the exchange of citizens. The export of cattle, hogs and sheep for the first eleven months of 1003 were S33,22.00. against $22,000,000 for the corresponding months of last year. . Swiss Chocolate. Swiss chocolate Is exported to al most every coantry In the world, la spite of tbe fact that all the raw ma terials, including sugar, are being Im ported. - - SOUTHERN RAILWAY. THE STANDARD RAILWAY OP TUB SOUTH. DIRECT LINE TO ALL POINTS IS Texas, California, Florida, Cuba and Porto Rico, Strictly first-class equipment on all Through and Local Trains, and Pullman Palace Sleeping cars on all night trains, r ast ana sate schea ules. .... Trttve'p by tho SOUTHERN and yon are assured a Safe, Comfortable and Expedi tious Journey. ' Apply to Ticket Agents for Tables, Rate and general information, or address S. U. HARDWICK, . P. A., Washington, D. C R. L. VERNON, T. P. A.f I ; Charlotte, N. C F, R. DARBY, 0. P. & T, A., i , " Ashvillo, N. t NO TBOCBLZ TO SWEB rfjrTIOKS
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