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RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1900
No 28
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0 WEEKS TO REST
egress Adjourns Until the
Third of January
LOSING SCENES DULL
snffleH for the Senate to
. Adjourn wai.oi
lh Bereavement of Its Presiding
Dfllcer-The Reuse Sends a Commlt
. ! Attend the Funeral of Hepre
.catlve Wise
-...n?ton. Dec. 21. Congress ad-
ivrntd today for the holiday recess to
IL'l January 3. 1901. The Sen
v was iu session hardly five minutes.
officer, Senator Fry, .whose
Chaplain Mil-
i3n in his prayer invoked thuycompas
Juate consideration of the Almighty
l"ilie bereaved husband. ' After the
.-aouiu t aicnt had been made that Mr.
Vr had .kvigna ted . Fairbanks to act
mv-M'U pi-oerupore the Senate ad-
"'
' IV li.'Ue adjourned at 12:23 as a
tark oi respect to the memory of Ilich-
Wis.', late representative from
v::-! . crbo died at his home in Wil
iai.iiurjr, Va. this ruurniug.
Ttf morning in the lluuse was dulL
Xbt- :;i':d session scenes -were lacking.
ull.tiO the only representatives on the
tj..r v.-L-iv Messrs. Livingston, Lanhaui.
i;-.au jT Pennsylvania, .Sutherland,
TmU u. Bowersoek, Dloyd, McLain,
Sb-I.'i-a-s. Lisuraneureui, euepnara una
iJu:l-'v .;' Texas. .
YIu.-: the House wa calkd to order
tie chaplain offered the . following
' -AI j iility and most merciful God in
tLoji u'.i our - longings, hopes, and us
i .;t-;;:uii are centeied, till us, wc b.s?ei.h.
Th ': the spirit of Christianity and
wi'. tint we may join' our voices
torn oar heart to that angelic chorus
iii-a ba been sounding down the ag:s
lisj-e tV lirvt Christmas morning 'Gloiy
;,; i the highest and on earth, peace,
l-A will to men So let that vharu
I jn l oa nmil all peoples of ail dimes
mil bear it and . add their voices o
t!,sr it fhall reign supreme in 'Hwtven
o inli r.nud the joys and festivities
3i this season of the year. . t
"A tiov.J cf sorrow Has come over-onr
rojressioaal f:tmily. One of onr ctn
iivt-s Lave met with a serious accident.
JJ'e iray Thee, that hr may Jj,. hled
Tn:n p;' ii( nce to bear "his suiIermg. Ahl
fce saj ti ling comes to us of the death
af ono the inembers of this IIoue.
We rrav Th&p comfort cTre bereaved
aad hart-bToken. Ami again the sad
r.ews is before us that the president
jTO-tempore of the Senate , has betn
;ri kt'n by tho loss ef his. companion.
0. I.r.l sfivnsrthen him to bar his sor-?-.t-
and quicken ns all with love and
f .irh ar.'l hone and constancy in Tliee.
th:t when the hour conies when we shall
V. "alld upon to pass, over the river of
4pari we may go hence w i thorn t fear,
-.'kins to Thee, the .mas tor. buiMtr of
all. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Whfn the jonrnal had been approved,
Mr. I'arne ake1 nnanimous consent
that 1 ,."( additional copies of the re
Krt on the apportionment bill presented
to the House yesterday te printed. It
as a?reed to.
Mr. Tt-rry called np a bill providing
( rhe hoidipg of the circuit court of the
astern district of Arkansas, at Bates
T;!Ie, Ark., and it was passed.
Mr. Lacey called up his bill to permit
ce?in Indians in the Indian Territory
to d;sK)se of their lands, with the con
wtt of the secretary of. the interior.
Mr. Sims demanded the regular order,
which the speaker announced wasw,Jiri
Ttte pension bills. Mr. Sims then ak
ti unanimom consent that th first Frl
iay in January be et aside for the con
sideration of bills on the private calen
ir. yir. Payne objected.
Mr. Jones of Virginia announced the
ath of h;9 cdlleiigxie. Itepreenrative
Wise at his home at Williamsburg, Va.
th morning. Mr. Jones sent to th3
ckrk's desk the usual resolutions. The
leaker. In pursuance of the resolution?,
xrh
K'H-jn? as the committee on th part of
xne a
Qnar!e. Lloyd and Gaines.
Mr Jones then moved that the Hous
's a farther mk t respect adjourn. It
ss ?o oTdered, and the House thrn
ttcoi adjourned until noon January 3.
iCTORIA'S II K ALT 1 1 DECLINING
tUnd'e Qneen Said to Be on the
Verge of a ColUpie
London, Dec. s21. Serious reports
riceraing rhu health of Queen Victoria
re ia circulation today." - The queen's
condition is such that it is feared her
iroect-ed trip to Ciuiirz-on-iu..-ltiesterij,
iuih was planned- for 31arch, will
to be abandoned. Victoria is .said
t have grown steadily weaker s.nte
e loss ot her favorite, grandson in th
uth African war. "
While England's sovereign has shown
to usual remarkable vigor in bearing
JP umler the misfortunes which have
Utfiy overtaken her,-her ag has pre
tented a pieedy recovery fi-om the nec
tary shock. . -
The most disconraging feature is that
majesty V up petite,, which-has al
been excellent, is reported to have
a"frd recently and there are, other d
nrce s'ns approaching weakness,
though reports of this.c-haracter have
frequently circulated and contra
Jctl. the rumors now current cohcern
Vir toria's condition come from those
fr h;-h station -with, exceptional facili
JPs for knowing what is going on at
. ndsor and at , Osborne House. These
Iforts cannot be regarded as mere go?
and all f those who repeat them
tl!-ss extreme solicitude of th; Queen's
tilth. ., ;; .-: . . .
Although it is officially stated that the
yyreten is in her usual vigorous con
fnon. ennsidertng her years, andf that
j!fr Journey to 'he Iliviera will proba-
re taken m March, it is believed that
cen the time, comes' she will not be
ouse to attend the (funeral: Messrs.
J?. Aldrich. Kah:i, Roberts, Miner,
able to irndergo the necessary hardships
of travel and the trip will be aban
doned. It is also stated that the unfavorable
news from South Africa, has had a de
pressing influence upon the quten, anf
that ehe finds it difficult-to rally from,
thie discouraging effect of English re
verses. 1 ...
Tliere are many in London who would
not be at nil surprised to hear . of Vio
tiria'8 collapse, at any time, although
views of that character will undoubtedly
be kept from the public as long as pos
sible. .
TWO BOSTON BOATS
A Wooden Cehtrr-board Yacbt Will lie
JBnllt for a Cup Defeoder
Boston, Dtc. 21.lt -was announced
here today that Boston will have two
America's cup defenders instead of one,
iie sec-oua to ie oi -purely American
type. C. C. Hanley, of 'the Hanley Con
struction Compauy, of Quincy,- is now
forming a syndicate to build a wooden
centre board yacht to compete in ttie
trial races. Mr. Hanley arknits that
the syndicate is under way and that tha
yacht will probably be: built by him nt
Town -.Hirer. Quincy Point: The yacht
wili be a regulation centre board, with,
no outside lead, nd wiM cost entire, to
the end of the racing season, not more
than $75,000. - "
Mr... Hanley said: "The entire cost
o; 'the boat wiU not ex mrd $75,000. By
this I mean thai the amount -will cover
tbe cost of- construction,, the 'wages of
the crew, ami all expenses to the end
of the cup races. ,
"This is in marked contrast to the
bronze keel boats which cost from a
t:uartr to half -a million dohars, accord
ing to how many extras are purchased.
Since the tipte .of the Vigilant, . Ameri
can and English designers have been
trying to defeat keel yachts: with, ktel
yach"ts. Our candidate for the trial
races will be of wood throughout. We
lelieve that a wooden centra-board boat
will le jus't as fast for all practical
purposes as she-would be were she built
of bronze and steel. She will have a
wooden frame arid double planking.
RACES AT NEW. ORLEANS
.Washington, Dec. 21. Results at New
Orleans:
First race, ' selling, le mile Domadge
7 to 1, TJhlers 4 to 1, Miss Loretta
0 to 1. Time, 1:48 a.'
Second race, ' mile-Fleetwing 2 to 3,
Algie M. 3 to 1; Sogsweil -8 to 1. Time,
1:221.. ' ... v
Thirdrace, 1 miles, selling Phidias
4 to 1, Indian 0 to 5, False Leadx2 to 1.
Timer 2:02.
Fourth race, 1 mile, . handicap Chorus
Boy 5 to 1, Moroni 5 to 2, Glen Lake
3 to 1. Time, 1:47. -
Fifth race, selling. mile Emigre 4
to J, Reducer 3 to 1 Judge Magee 4
to 1. Time, 1:32.
Sixth race. :;4 mile, selling Delayed.
Entries for Today
First race, selling, 'mile Sara gamp
'Vnnitri raniinfir!iMG
ValdezlOS, Porer B. 105, Merriman
107, Shu tup 100. - - - -
Second race, selling 1 1-16 miles
Hachmeister S7, Star Cotton 89, Randy
JH, Tom Gilmore U3, Eugenia S. 00,
Brown Veil IK), Gieufcllow 00, Colonel
Cassidy SHi," Bright Night .99, Samover
00. Santauta J)I), Red Pirate 99-
Thh-d race, steeplechase, short course
0 Coley 132. Chartba 133, Governor
John 138, Isben liS, Uarve B. 139,
Terry lianger 145. .
. Fourth race, Crescent City handicap,
value $2,000, lmiles-Isabel 09, Dona
Seay 9.X Linden Ella 91, Wootrice 90,
Aloha II. 97. Sir Gatian 90, Strangest
100. Knight ' Banneret 10S, 1 Imp.
M'Ts'uce 113, McK. Wayman 114. .
Fifth race, .selling,. mile1 Tourney
104. Tenalene KM, Locust Blossom 109,
Uterp 109 Jim Conway 109, Uncle Bill
109, Rosy Morn 109, Island Prince 112.
Sixth race, selling, 1 1-10 miles Little
Boy Blue 03,? Hood's Brigade 93, Sun
locks 98, Silver Coin 99, W. B. Gates
99, LilHan Reed 101, Helen Paxton 101,
Sauber 103, Petit Maitre J07, Chorus
Boy 110. , , ,.. . ,
JlIlS. FUYG DICS SUDDENLY
Wife of tUe' Senator from Maine ISx
plrea AInivat Without Warning
Washington, Dec. .21. Caroline France
Star lYye, wife of the senior Senator
tronx Maine and president pro-tem
pore of the .United States Senate
William Pierce Fry e,. died suddenly this
morning at 9 :15 o'clock at her apart
ments in the Ham Li ton, Fourteen ta and
K streets from heart' failure.
4ilrs.' lYyehas been suftering from
acute indigestion jaud last Tuesday,
while, out for a enniage drive her con
dition became . suddenly .worse. She,
however, soon recovered from this at
tack and the senator did not for a mo
ment entertain any iears &s to her final
complete recovery,- 1
.Mrs. Frye jspeat an, exceedingly good
night, and on awakeuihg this morning
conversed with her husband freely, and
cheerfully spoke of the approaching
Christmas tide and of the arrangements
for th"e distribu'tion of Chri'stmas ' gii'ts
to the various, hospitals and charitable
institutions, in Whose wieifare 'Mrs. Frye
has always taken a lively interest.
Senator Frye whs in another room
partaking of his breakfast-when he was
suddenly called to the bedside of, his
wife who had expired peacefully. 'By
her when jSh end came, wce the nurse
und Walface H. White, Senator Frye's
grandson. , . , .' .
The remains were taken Jo Lewiston, ,
Me., this afternoon. :
Death of Representative Wise
Williamsburg, Va., Dec. -21. Richard
Alsop Wise, representative in Congress
from the Second district of Virginia,
died -at his home in this city - shortly
after 1 o'clock this morning. . His death
was 'not unexpected,- Mr. Wise's health
having - been poor " for nearly a year.
Members of his. family: were with him
when the end came. Arrangements for
the funeral are under consideration, but
have not . been completed. '.
Clerer to tta'e TJngllsb , .
London, Dee: 21. The Financial
Times says it understands that
1,000,000 is Tickers. Sons & Maxim's
proportion ' of the Cramp deal, payment
being entirely in shares. It thinks the
Ensriish company! have everything to
gain and nothing to lose, and though it!
does not suggest philanthropy on the
part of the Cramp Shipbuilding Com-
pany, it declares it is not often that
Americans offer such, a good bargain to
an r English concern,, r: l T . T't
NO FIGHT IN BOOZ
Cadets Tell About the Affair
with Keller '.
TURNED TAIL AND RAN
lie Faced the'Ittueie Until He Got a Cat
on tbe Kye and Then Would Fight
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No More -In tbe Second Round Xfe
Lar Down in tbe fling He Wae Be
low the -Standard of Ills Grade In
ITIathematice
West Point, Dec. 21. The -taking 'of
testimony as to the alleged ill-treatment
of the late Oscar I. Booz while a cadet
at the United States Military, Academy
was resumed today, by the court of in
quiry, of which Maj.-Gen. J. R.' Brooke
is the president. v y - v.
The first witness called was William
I. Guthrie of Missouri, a cadet . of the
first class. When asked if he knew
Booz he replied:. s
"I knew him just as any upper-class
man would know a lower-class man,"-.
He was not at the fight, but saw 3ooz
shortly after it,- and - noticed that one
of his eyes was . blackened. He also
knew Cadet Breth, who was , his class
mate, and was positive that Breth had
never been placed in a straight-jacket J
Such a thing would be so very uuusuaH
that if it were done to any one on the
post the witness would certainly have
known it. - ' - ' .
He knew of men being dragged in a
blanket from their tents to the company
streets. Personal viclence -has never
been used in' "bracing."- ' ' -
Cadet Lewis. Brown, Jr., of Rhode
Island, who was one of Keller s seconds'
in his fight with Booz at Fort Putnam,
August 0. 1898, was the next ; witness.
He was directed by the court to tell all
about the fight.' ... -.
"I was one of Keller's seconds," said
he. "Cadet Barnes was the other. I
cannot remember the names of the re f
eive or timekeeper, but the latter was
of the class of '99. There were Booz
and his two seconds, and we had three
sentinels. Cadets Hayden, DeYoung and
Spalding, all of the now first-clas The
contestants stripped to the walsls and
met in the center at the call of time'
by the referee.
"There were a few exchanges, and
then Booz turned his back to Keller and
ran around the ring. Keller followed
and in consequence Booz got hit several
times on his back. In the second round
Keller lauded a blow -n- Booz' s- . eye;
cnttincr it slightly. 'This was "the hard
est blow of th .fight Before the sec
ond round was half over, Booz lay .down
without having received a blow immedi
ately before doing so. He would not
get up." - . . . r
To General Clous: "The reason .we
posted sentinels was that in - case - an
ofticcr should appear they could give the
irlarm so that we might get away."
"Then you knew you were violating
the rules and regulations of the Military
Academy?" . ..
"Yes, sir."- '. .
"You say the men were stripped to the
waist?" ,
"Yes, sir." .
"Did you see any marks on Booz!s
body?" ' . - -
"He had a black eye."
"Any other marks? Was Ije 1 hit on
the mouth or was he Weeding from the
nose?" asked General Clous.
"No, sir." -
"What were the relative proportions
of the two men?" - - - -"Booz
was the taller and heavier'
"Whom did you think would win?" ,
"From the looks of- the men, ! bad
my doubts of Keller's being able' to
win," was the reply.
The witness was then asked :a num
ber of questions regarding hazing 4n
general, but nothing new was elicited..
Cadet William G. Capels of. Missouri,
who was examined last evening, was re
called. - v ' -He
was asked if he had ever given.
hot sauce to any or tne caaets of a
lower class, and he sai he had given
it to several, but not more than "four or
five drops to any one. . '
Lieut. Frank W. Cooe, instructor in
mathematics at the. Military Academy,
testified that Cadet Booz was deficient
in his mathematics.' He was next to last
in his section. He never could have
passed his examination. He was men
tally far below, the standard .required
by the Militaif. Academy. . . . .
'Cadet Frank Keller,3 who had the fight
with Boozr in reply to General Clous,
sail: - . r' .
"I- was chosen by a committee of my
class to 'call out' Cadet Booz because-he
disobeyed the orders of the corporal Lpf
the guard- and made insolent remarks
to an upper-class man. I wasitokL to
weigh in, and I turned 150 pounds. Booz
was 152 pounds. He was taller than I
and had a longer - reach v than VI - had.
We went to Fort Putnam Saturday
afternoon, August 0, 1S9S. The referee
was Cadet J.-B. Wray. f
"We stripped to the wadst," continued
the witness, "and my seconds told me
I had a tough xcustomer to meet, and
they told me to do my best. For the
first thirty seconds after the ; call ' of
time Boz showed a little fight, as he
struck me a couple of times about 'the
shoulders. I struck him under the left
eye, cutting it slightly. After this I
found great difficulty in getting iq him,
as he turned his back and keptr running
away. I frequently told him - to face
me or I would hit him in : the back". I
did hit him a couple- of blows under
the right-arm. He kept running and
did not want to stand up and fight.' ;
Two Companies Chartered . -
Two charters were issued by 'the Sect
retary of State yesterday. They wene
the Hickory Milling Company . with a
capital of $10,OtK). and the Rosemary
Manufacturing Company of- Chatham
county, the. capital of which is $25,tX)
The Hickory Milling Company pro
poses to do a general roller milling busir
itess at Hickory, N. C, and the purpose
of the Rosemary Company is in the lan
guage of the articles of agreement, the
manufacture and sale of all the various
products made from both animal and
vegetable fibres als6 the s&pplying of
electric current, hydraulic and feteara
,ojver, etc ' ' v
DEVET WINS LAURELS
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Bold; Movement Most Bril-
liaritly'ExecutecJ
KNOXCOMPLETELYFOILED
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file Position at One Time Considered
Deaperate, but Ills Seeape Was (Iade
" in m irianner Creditable to nia Dash
- and Barlns'Blaeulfieent Snectaclo
" Made by Ilia Army as They Broke
Through tbe British Lines '
1 Bloemfontein,. Thursday, Dec. 20. The
details of GeneraLDe Wet's escape from
encircling British, columns show that it
was one of the boldest incidents of the
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war. - . ., .. - .-
When Haasbroek's command joined
DeWet. December 12, some .fifteen miles
east of Thaba Nchu' General Knox was
only about an hour distant, and the
Boer situation appeared desperate. But
DWeV was equal to the occasion. "Dis
patchihg Haasbroek westward to make
afeint vat Victoria Nek, DeWet -prepared
'to brealr through the British col
umns' at Sprihgha'au " Nek Pass, about
four inileji jof broad,: flat, : unbroken
ground. '. - , . . -
At the entrance were two fortified
Posts, while artillery was nosted east-
magnificent spectacle was presented. The
Boefs first tried the eastward route, but,
encountering artillery, they diverged
and- galloped- to the front of the hill to
th. westward, "where the fire of only a
single post, was effective. .
5 . The. yhole manoeuvre was a piece of
magriificentr daring' and its success was
coniplete in spite of the loss of a fifteen
pounder and twenty-five - prisoners.
The' British-force attacked after Haas
broek. came in" contact with bis1 com
mando ,'atiiightf all. The burghers were
scattered kand the Welsh Yeomanry gal
loped mong the. retreating Boers, using
their, revolvers and the butt ends of their
rifled with great effect. An incident of
the! fight was the gallop of a British am
munition jvagon right through- the scat
tered Boers, the gunners using their re-
T volrers freely. -
JVew laurels nave been won . oy tno
indomitable DeWet in' the last four
weeks operations in Oranee River Col
ony which,, according to "the latest Lon- j
don views, were designed to cloak an
ihvasion or Cape Colony, and have am-!
d!v ' succeeded
. Knox having been lured
away from the border, while part of the
lioerSj piungea .across xne vrange river
and are juow spreading dismay, in that
section
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' DeWets "moTement r beganNovember
21, when he ; attached uev etsaorp,
southeast Of Bloemfontein. Three daysi
later the British garrison of 4o0 men
surrendered.' As DeWet moved south
ward with-' prisoners and loot, his rear
guard was struck near Helvetia by Gen
eral Knox's pursuing army-' Fighting
lasted two hours, the Boers ultimately
abandoning two wagons and 300 horses.
VnvpmhArrta fnvthpr fihtinsr -took nlaat
south of Smithfield, and on December 2 j
Knox's mounted men were engaged near j
Wi lauHihv with nnrt of UeVVet s force,
apparently, making for Odendale. This
. a 1 il 1 1 . 1
force retired northward, but the next
day Knox again encountered a force in
the same neighborhood. The Boers were
driven from all positions and a tv seemed
as if they had been driven northward.
Two days later, however (December
5)," DeWet crossed the Caledon river and
made a dash southward. His intention
was apparently - to cross the Orange
river at Odendale, but the stream was
too swollen. An attempt to rush Coo
masi bridge to the east failed, and, still
hounded by Knox, he. turned northeast
ward. . Sharp fighting ' followed along
the: border, Knox being at Ronxville
December 8. Then came the. maneu
vering while encircled by the British
armv, and the final daring escape at
Springhaan -Nek Pass, followed - by the
sudden march southward to Cape Colony.
Boers Around Johannesburg
: Pretoria, Dec. 21. :50 p. m It is j
reported that a body of Boers have been
hovering around Johannesburg. Opper
man's commando has made several half
hearted attempts to catch the outposts
between Zuurf ontein and Kaalfontein
unawares.- -Sniping byx,the Boers was
active last night. -
Tho general situation is not wholly
Satisfactory, There is great niilitary
activity in an effort to repress the la-rge
Boer . commandos. After (this has been
done the guerrillas will be run down.
RetnrArcrmeat for Kltr.bener .
London, Dec. 21 The War Office an
nounces that in view of the situation in
South Africa it has decided to reinforce
General Kitchener . as follows :
U "Eight hundred mounted infantry will
start next-week and: two regiments of
cavalry as -soon as transports are ready.
Detachments of mounted men for l0,0O()
colonial police, who are being enrolled
iri 'Great Britain, wiil start as soon
as they are formed; Further cavalry
drafts vwill - be dispatched immediately.
The government has invited Australia
and New Zealand to send more mounted
troops. "An extra three thousand horses
in addition, to the usual monthly supply
has been arranged for. The War Office
also gives notice that special compensa
tion will be given to the yeomanry, and
militia volunteers whose year of service
has been exceeded owing to the prolongar
tion of the war." -
- A Boer Force Defeated V .
: Johannesbung, Dec. 21. JGen. French
on -Wednesday last attacked a Boer
force ; numbering 2500 with five guns.
They-: are believed to have been ' the
burghers who defeated the British at
Nopitgedacht a few days 4igo. The en
gagement took place sixteen miles north
west of Krugersdorp. More than -forty
Boers- were killed and the , remainder
were routed. The British lost fourteen
wounded. . - ' ;"
- Trading Town to Be Established
London, Dec 21; A dispatch: from
Shanghai of today's date says that
Ph-nnsr T.l Tnr vinornv nt "Wn fhn-nr.
has Tjotified the consuls at Hankow j eral . Francis mton Greene of New
that he has received an imperial edict, I York, to be 'chief marshal of the inaugu
authorizing him to select aeectionof the'ral parade V: " " '
liver . bank, within three miles of the
north gate of Wu Chang, which he is to
open to foreign -trade, --It will be named
a self-opened port, arid - will be the site
tor the future terminus of . the Canton
and Hankow railway ,
FOR III VISR f XIPltOVBAIBNT
Items In Appropriation BUI for North
Carolina and ller Neighbors
Washington, Dee 21. iSpecial. The
-River and Harbor bill as completed to
day makes t'hes& cash . appropriations
for the next fiscal year (for the States
named:;"'::- :, v-;.----'v-'-,,:
VirginiaAppomattox driver, ; $7,500;
James riveivy$250,000; Pamunkey (river,
3,000; Rappahannock river,' $25,000;
Ui'bana creek, i$3,000; Lower Machodoc
creek, $2,100. -
North jGarolina 'Northeast, (Cape Fear)
river,. $2,000; Cape, Fear river above
Wilmington, $10,000; iCape Fear river at
or "belbw Wilmington, $140,000; Content
inea creek, ' $2,500; Neuse river,' $15,000;
'Pamlico and Tar rivers. $25,000; Trent
river,' $5,000; Black-river. $2,000; Fish
ing creek, $2,000; - Inland, water route
from (Norfolk, Va., to Albemarle Sound,
North . Carolina, .through' . Currituck
Sound, $13,400 ; ' Town' creek, Brunswick
county, $1,000; Seuppernong river, $10,
OOOr ' -:: ' ' :
South .Carolina Great Peedee river,
$10,000; (Sabtee- river, $20,000; Wacca
maw .rivcr,-"iNorth Carolina and South
Carolina,'; $9,500; Wappocut $8,000;
Wrateree river, $3,500; Congaree river,
$3,500; Little 'Pee Dee river, $1,000;
Beaufort river,' $2,000; " Ashley . river,
$25,000; Great Pee 'Dee - river, upper
portion, $12,000. ' ' .-.
Senator Pritchard and Mr. Thomas
Jeft for home today.- Messrs. Atwater,
Linney, Bellamy, Kluttz and Kitchin left
yesterday. Mr. Small- will leave tomor
row. - ;-- y -. v 'v '
Pensions granted: John T. Lincoln,
New Bern," $8; ' ZiUiah' Bradley, Sugar
Hill, $8
A new postoffice- has been established
at Baltic, Duplin county, with Deber
niere 'Faison' as postmaster. -
Postmasters appointed in North Car
olina: F.'B; Jones' at 'Berlin, A??he coun
ty, vice James Eller, removed; C. B.
Vick at Margate ttesville, Northampton
county, vice E. J. Newsome, aesigned;
S. G. Doub at-; Tobaccoville, Forsyth
county, vice J. A; Long, removed.
l,VNCJIKI THB WRONG MAN
Fury of a ItlississlppI ITlob Vented on
an Innocent Negro
New Orleans, Dec. 21. The mob at
Gulfport, IMs., which lynched a negro
yesterday, discovered today that" it made
a mistake and lynched , the wrong man.
It statted after Alvin Lewis, his son
Joe and Henry - Lewis,- who is said to
be a 'Cousin.. Several negroes were
jrounded-up; among them Alvin, Joe and
young negro said to be ilenry. It
i was the- latter who was; promptly shot
to deatn . by . the mob as the murderer of
arsnai mcaarason. t it nas now aevei-
oped - that the lynched . negro was not
Henry Lewis, - and ; that the latter has
succeeded, m :. making good his escape,
and It
ia upon Henry that the guilt 'of
the-murder-has been fixed. The - fatfecr
Alvin, over ' whose arrest the trouble
arose, has disappeared. When, he was
tasen to tne Ajuirporc., jaai .tne moo de
manded that he be lynched,; and nothing
but the firmness and, courage of the deii
uty sheriff prevented .this. .... The mob
came back a second time to .lynch him,
and it was jdeemed prudent to carry the
prisoner out of town, lie has completely
disappeared from sight. it was reported
that he was confined in the Meridian jail
for safe-keepings butthis is shown to be
a misiaKe.ju neiaer ue as connneu some
where ele or the. mob got hold of him
and lynched him' remains m doubt.
- The Baptist Church was burned be
cause Alvin Lewis, who was somewhat
of a preacher,, occasionally preached
there,, and because some of the clothing
of the refugees . was found there after
the assassination -of Richardson, show
ing that the ; negroes had v. made the
church their headquarters. v
CliUB TO KIDNAPPERS
Reporters , IiOcats the House Where
-IToung CudabyWas Confined
Omaha, 'Neb.,-(Dec. 21. lit is now cer
tain that Edward Cu da by, Jr., was kiid
Dapped .and $25,000 ransom paid for his
liberation: . This afternoon the place
where he- was helda prisoner was if ound
and his story " thoroughly corroborated.
To local newspaper men belong the
credit of the find and sufficient clues
havo been found to locate the crooks'
eventually. In fact tonight the police of
every western City have been wired to
look out for Pat Crewe . formerly of
Omaha,, now ofChdcago,. Where he has a
brother in .tfiesalooh business. The Jn
dicationsare "'that- Cr6$fe was chif of
the bandit gang.; 'He.is a desperate
character and "h:as a lorfg line of daring
criminal acts to his , credit.
Two reiporters this afternoon located
the house' in which Eddy Oudahy was
prisoner at 3C04 G rover street, a .point
about four, .miles .southwest of the city.
Absolute evidorice was to the identity
of thehQusfefls tjrined and further
corroborated.b'y : EddievCudaby who ap
peared - durifig the time the reporters
were making'the' observations. The house
is an isolatedstrtfcture,. situated on a
promontory, commanding a full view of
the surrounding "country for miles about.
It is a -.two . story- concern and has the
rickety:- stairway : and .other features de
scribed "by- the kidnapped boy. On the
second floor -was found a xnew well
bucket containing -water from which the
millionaire'asohvhad,4ueaiched his thirst.
About therooms were found hundreds
oif cigar srunips and Tburnt. anatches and
a small quantity of sugar and coffee.
" Roers Destroy a Railroad
Cape Town, Dec1. t was reported
that Boers .or rebels have destroyed the.
railway north of DeiAar. In the fighting,
that followei with. a "British force he
marauders' weredefeated. - '
" The Times says' it believes that the
forces at the-dispdsal of the military au
thorities - are sufficient to enable them to
deal iri the most complete manner with
the renewed violations of colonial soil by
the Boers: It hails ;the .extension of
martial Uaw-with the liveliest satisfac
tion, helievin g that Boers invaded Cape
Colony inrrespxrase'torenel "overtures. It
declares that the condition of the colonx
demands remorseless . firmness on the
p3rt" oi the constitnted ; authority. .
Can. Greeuuto Ro Chief Marshal
Washington, Dec 21.:-Senator -Hanna.
has announced "theappointment of ben-
IN TRADE CIRCLES
Business as It Appears a
Week Before Christmas
GOOD ON . THE WHOLE
Holiday Activity Widespread Corn
r parlsons with Previous Tears Favor
able at Itlost ISarkets Gross Railway
Earnings in Excess of Int H ear's
' Receipts Few Changes Shown ' lsi
Prices of Staples
New York, Dec. 21. Bradstrefet's to
morrow: will say: , ' . -
Seasonable conditions rule in. trade att
fVresent, Holiday trade activity is wide- '
spread, : and comparisons with previous
years are favorable at most markets,
with the possible exception of some parts?
of the Northwest,; where the spring
wheat shortage and unseasonable weath--er
have checked distribution. Notably
cheerful reports come, too, from West
ern jobbers, who have been called on
for reassorting orders and who report
collections good. Quietness in . wholesale
lines is as usual at this .period, but ' it
is to be noted that' specially good ad
vices come from the iron and steel,
hardware, groceries, fancy goods toys'
and confectioners , trades, while a dis
tinctly cheerful tone is found, in shoes,
leather -and lumber, although Eastern
shipments of 'the first named are still
considerably smaller than last' year. In
dustrial lines are fairly well employed
and strikes are few and far between. -
Current gross railway ; earnings are
running weel up to or in excess of last
year though some decrease might natu
rally have been looked for. Net earn
ings of the. railroads,, as a 'whole, are
smaller than last year, because the de-'
creases due to the coal, strike are now
in evidence. .Bank clearings are.littl.
below those of. last year, which j.ifi'Will
be recalled were the heaviest of - any
week in 1899, because of th&sw-ellmgof
bank operations by the short-livedDecember
panic of last yearJ: ; ' i
Prices show few change, most staples
being steady, but it might' e noted that
most farm products ar' l-JghHy higher
than last week and well ubove 1899.
Cotton, following the reasoning - as to
a large 'supply being needed to. satisfy
even a much reduced consumption, few
signs of which are -yet presented and
favored by smaller receipts,is slightly
higher on the week, and quotations ate
now about where they were before the
late break. Gray - 'cottons have given
slightlyf but the price 'is still abo re pa ri'
ty with finished products? .'"7" : "
Business -failures f Or the r week num
ber 200, as ' against ' 247: list '-week, 111
in this weeJc a year ;ago, i 212 in 1898,
and 280 in -lS97. ;
Dun's Trade Review
Dun's review tomorrow "will say:
Better weather conditians .on the At-,
lantic seaboard-and pronounced activity
iu distributioii,of ail staple lines of inbr
chandise at Southern citie have kapart-v
ed a slightly anorv aggressive . tone to
cpnpTfll hnsinfMjs. Rut ; for 1'ho.. hfsitfl-
i tion always seen in the largest cities in
the holiday season the gain 'would have
been quite pronounced, but' as it -wag,
New York bank clearings lost only 1 per
cent, compared with the same, week of
1899, while they show a -gain of 41.2
per cenr. over 1898.. ;v, , ?
'Distinctive holiday, business, which at
this period of 'the season means retail
distribution,, has . shown further im
provement, and no complaint is Sheard;
from any quarter,, while, the jewelry
trade is much more active than for. sev
eral years past.
A reflection of the rncreasing , confi
dence in business since, the. election is .
found an the lai-ge calls- upori, the banks
at most, of the leading cities for funds' ,
to finance ne wenterprises all over the
ccmntrj', but particularly in the sou h.
Railroad '" earnings la Tihe. first half
of December were 7.H-per qent. larger
than last year and 19.5 per" cent, over
189S.. : . . : ..' ... . - r
. Unchanged . conditions in the leading
manufacturing industries during . . the
last week 'before the-'hoilidays mean ,
much. At this time in .ordinary years
furnaces close down in large numbers
and dullness 'is general'; at mills and
horys where iron and stevl aTe handled.
Instead of reduction of working sforce
or concessions in price this'' year, how
ever, reports from t lie principal' cities
indicate the existence of contracts that
will take months to fill, " titid new sales
are made atN the 'former ' level, despite
much talk of chiaier ore next year, la
s.tead of holiday quiet in the: wool mar
ket the last week's figures of galea at
the three chief eastern markets amount
to 5,238,000 pounds against 0.785,800 In
the preceding week and 5,207,344 J two
weeks ago, -while a year ago - the- aggre
gate had fallen to 7,312,500- pound from
an average of over eleven million pounds
in the two previous weeks. , , .
Cotton is firmly held, -despite arrivals
at southern ports far in excess of last
year, and little encouragement, received
from spinnei-s. Crop andicatiori point
to a yield about equal to Olr. Ellison' -estimate
ot requirements. Wheat da
quiet. Cora 4idvanced again to about"
seven cents abqve last year's leveJ, with
out important news.- - - ' - ;
The ability of the' 3banks to . contract
their loans -with little inconvenience 'to
regular clients -has surprised Wail etret,
which finds imnch money offered by in
stitutions in other cities. ' This week' tho
situation . has improved ' somewhat
through government payments of inter
est due January, 1st and: greater pension
disbursements,' while se vena 1' largo cor
porations . have completed .thei-r annual"
fcettlemjents. There is .confidence in
abundance of money for all 'legitimate
purposes early next year. .,:..
Kecord breaking activity an stoeka con
tinues, but with a slight change. in the
character of dealings inu'that ther sro
imore by professional operators and for
account of heavy financial interests
which have Important deals rin progress
mong tho railroads. iRailroaa stocks
made new records . duc -maustrjais were "
slow pending fulfillment of : dividend
promises. "- - ; -. -; - -" " ' - -
Failures of the week "were 293 in the
United States against 220 last year, and
13 in Canada against iJ3 last year
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