North Carolina Newspapers

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The party was escorted by -Amor Murphy, of Arizona, ex-liov- eraorMcConl, of the same territory, and president of the mining com- 'ihere was a half mile walk from the ml of "the switchback road to the mouth of, shaft Xo. 3, leading over a dusty mountain rona wiui sreai ruvrivs ijiuj.uu each side. Mr. McKinley seemed to en joy the. walk, dusty as it was, and set a brisk pace for the other member of the nirtv When he reached the shaft, fewever, he resolved not to go down in the car, a stance of about o.JUU ieet. The members of tne camnet ana tne la dies of the party and several, others joade the trip, however, and some ladies wereallowed to hammer some samples of ore from the veins of mineral to be pre wired as souvenirs. While walkinir from the mouth of the shaft to the retort room, situated on an other part of the mining property, the president stepped on a stone and nearly lost his footing. He put out. bis hand to siTe himself and grasped the stalk of a pint cactus. The thorns. wounded his turfs a little, but not seriously, und he tafhed and made light of the accident. lathe smelting room he witnessed, the (melting -of 1200 ounces which contain ed an alloy of gold and was worth abaut flfyjOo. When the process was com pleted he and the members of the party epplnuded and the president shook hands with smelters and other employes. While the president was watching the piwes sof swelting gold, the members of the Cabinet and other members of the party returned from Shaft No. 2 and ited the stamp mill. They examined with great interest the operation of the concent rators and other machinery con- iwted with the mine. To reach the rtanip mill from the shan tne party Talked underground ' for a distance of I quarter of a mile, workmen standing fith lighted canaies at frequent inter m!s alon ethe sides of the passage and i'ffing; their hats respectfully as the Tisitors passed, Durinjr the walk around the mining property the president fre quently, stopped and patiently allowed himself to he photographed, with his fel low travellers standing in the 'back ground. . Mr. McKinley was in high spirits and talked familiarly with those who accom panied him. This was his first visit to a fold mine and he was told that this partieiilar mine had the deepest shaft of any gdd property in the world.' The I'rexi.iont expressed great satisfaction frith his reception by the two or three Inndred peonle assembled at the l'tt'e .ration nt the foot of the mountain, like to see that feature eliminated, be Ih' said he had met with no more cor- "cause I fear no good can come from it in '"'d people anywhere than the citizens of j the long run. Profits which may be Arbim j taken ut of the stock market that way Tim i v . - are lost again, as a rule. Eliminate this iii remark 1ms noon mnilp frpmipntlv . t. i 4. " nni the lnt two or three days by B'irrS of tho partv, tl t president - 'lining this jourr.ey than any man in his tuition over did before. This morning literally touched elbows with people n this rough mining rejrion, for when he "''PP'.'d frrn cnr he maiie his way ''n'Mtgh the smali crowd whichalthough Peetfiil. was enger to see him. He " , I1:'t"-ally jostled a little. Some of lilOsp Willi lliin xmo..t-J U.,4- t,: very Democratic scene, and Mr. 3 -MRh j said he was very glad this v ...... ivUiUIhCU liiul 1111a a Mc- Wfl --.in- nL r.ie w-orkmen about tne '"tie inquired if i Yce-President Roose ou (they called him "Teddy") was of p Pirty. and they were disappointed XPn thoy f0una that he had not come. ,iV snnie -1'iestion was frequntly asked the cowboys and bronco busters: at st?ti.)IIS WhPre tlie trail stopped in w .!,ni( 0 and Arizona. . '; t : VX" af-,r"int of the necessity of walk k over the nionutain road Mrs.x Mc t:,I ? not ,eave the train to vii-it iwt nft' A,tl,on?h the President did fin.u t,ie n,a5n shaft- he talked ' ersmund through a horizontal shaft (n hundred, feet below the summit sh-f?e ni01mtai- At one place in the tC l W? au AmjP"iean flag. "There is is tlio'fi lf'n;,lkf'f1 the President. "This ter'IPf tt',ne I ever snw it a ctinr Mrth a U1':t- l"'low lh surftc f th.2 TrPx-i rai!mnd Nation a little Inter dresx't :t MrKil,ley made a short ad s to the people gathered about. - Fire as an Agument '"diRnanniie ir t m 1.. 'US fi 1. Aiiretr iuyMri-iaii ores, have occurred within the past 24 hours in Nebraska street between New Jersey and East streets, and the colored residents have complained to the police that thewhite people in the vicin ity are trying to burn them vouC On each occasion combustible materials were pile against the houses it was SOUSht to set on fire. ThS" nnmnan tvnfe x- : " i i . . " . . so piainiy jiicenaiary mat it is certain that the fires were not accidental. A number of negroes ; are living in this street and whites are near by. "The former claim that they' have been asked to leave the neighborhood :and threat ened with bodily harm if they refuse to go. . . -. ' . - : . . ., r - , WASHINGTON NOTES Items G ath ered . Mostly -from the Psst Office Department Washington, May 7. Special A new postoffice has been established at Map, Iredell county, with II. H. Leonard as postmaster. , Walter M. Brice, of Shelby,' has been granted a pension of $6. r J. B. Parker has been appointed a ru ral free delivery letter carrier at Smith field. -. These postmasters have been appoint ed: H. V. Spruill, at Columbia, Tyrrell county, vie Maynard Davis, removed; L. L. Stanley, at EastXarcadia, Bladen county, "rice Maynard Davist removed; Keith, at Keyser, Moore county, vice Paul Clark, resigutdT 'r. I. Penny at Lemay, Wake cotmty, vice G. B. Bridg ers, resigned; S. J. Clark at Lowland, Pamlico county, vice R: L Hopkins,-' re signed; C. W. Suggs, at Old Dock, Co lumbus county, vice G. F. Coleman, re signed; II. C. Jackson, at ; Jamesville, Martin county, vice S. II. Spruill, re moved; I?. B. Johnson, at Hyles Land ing, Cumberland county, vice Frank Wade resigned; R. E. Haynes, at Ferry, Rutherford county, ; vice R. R. Ha vuos, resigned; W. T. Keener, at Joe, Madi son county, vice S. J. Yates, remove!. The Merchants' National Bank of Bal timore has been apporved as reserve agent of the First National Bank 'of Weldon. The proposition of A. G.' Brady 10 fit up new premises for the post office and to lease the same for five years from date of occupancy at $500 a year. toJu elude complete eqipment, fuel, .lights an 1 fire and burglar proof safe, etc., has been accepted for Fayetteville. ON SOLID BASIS Wild Speculation the Only Element of Danger . Philadelphia, May 7. patch from New York -A special dis to The North American says: J. J. Hill, the great railway magnate, has expressed his viws on the present boom in stocks. 'The general conditions of the country," he said, "are healthy, and the nation's prosperity is grounded on solid foundations. The only 'danger that I can see. if it can be called that. iss the speculative fever which seems j to have seized upon ho many people. I do not like to see wild speculation on margins, and I am not blind to the possibilities of over-excitement on that account. This may beg one of the ua avoidable features incidental to popular; discovery and appreciation of the great! progress making in tne development or the nation's resources, but 1 would like to see the masses take the situation in a cooler spirit and with sober judg- ment. Continuing, the great railway magnate said: ' "It is not well when the millers in Wisconsin or the blacksmiths and wagon- makers in Iowa or the cattle herders in i Nebraska put the money they have saved and the money they can borrow into stock speculation on margins. It is a business they know nothing about, and their investments cannot be based on an understanding of the properties in which tlior nr nnttim? thpir niotifr T u-nnlH .one ieaiure, ur icums iue eicirmcui lu reasonable limits, and X see nothing what ever in the future to shake confidence or to militate against absolute ; fair in a long continuance of substantial pros perity." . ' - X " - CRAZED BY THE FIRE Fatalities in Jack'sbnville Known to Be at Least Six Jacksonville '.Fla"., May T.ha wile of Judge Archibald, -one of the leading citizens of Jacksonville, has bj'conio i.i sane because of fright and exposure Jur ing the great fire -last Friday. ; Six deaths were caused by A he fire. The victims were Henry Bor.uetheau, real estate agent; Mrs, Cornelia Thomp son, a resident of the home for tli3 aged; Willie Clark, drowned in theraar of his home at the foot of Market strw:;, Mar tha Hogaus, fouudvned near iua door of her Jibme; . two 'unidentified negroes. The river is being'-; searched today for other bodies, and workmen are t:gging among the ruins of houses whose occu pants' are reported missiugX X - Ten car loads of supplies ; arrived from Charleston this noon. Down to date over $70,000 in money has; been received from various sections of the country. An cov erage of six thousand people are being fed daily. The idle aud vicious, without regard to color, havt? been ; wa i-ned to leave the city. Major J. S." .Maxwell has been appointed provost marshal and Captain A. G. Hartridge ; trial - judge. Summary punishment is mexei 0111 i uu.-u" community. oil offenders aeamst ine,,jace ox. iuv n n w I I Piatt Amendment Before the s "X . ;-' Convention PLAIN SAILING NOW Favorablexlmpression Made by the Delegates Who Vis ited Washington Vote of Adoption Expected Soon - Havanar May 7. At a private session of the Constitutional Convention today, the commission that returned from Washington a few days ago gave an account of what had transpired at the American capital'. It is said that the only objection to the course pursued by the commission were made by Senor Giberga, who declared that commission did not go to the United States for sight seeing or to- attend banquets. He added that the commission had made no recommendations. X The members of the commission said that President McKinley told them the United States would not 'intervene in Cuba unless .Cuba was "attacked by an other power or a state of confusion prevailed such as reigned when the Uni ted States intervened against Spain In regard to the coaling stations there would be one at Cape Maysi.' another at Cape San Antonio, and another at some point on the Gulf of Mexico. These could be leased by the Cuban govern ment to the United States. The commis sion also stated that after the Cuban government was established President McKinley would, appoint a commission to confer with a commission to be ap pointed by Cuba- for the purpose of agreeing upon commercial relations be tween the two countries. The Cubans should in . the meantime study -the com mercial situation in all its details, and he, Mr. McKinley, would study; it. from the American side.of the question. - The commanders of , the coaling stations would not interfere with the local gov ernment. It is the general opinion that the convention will accept the Piatt amendment. - XX Senor Villuenda, a Radical delegate, has published, a manifesto to his constit uents in which ne says he . accepts the Piatt amendment. He at first thought that the amendment would be faltered. if .the convention opposed it and that the American people would support the con vention in its opposition. Now, however, he knows that the amendment was not the work of a party, but of the nation. The amendment was written for Europe. The United States proclaimed the Mbn roe doctrine, but England had just de nied it in tae xiay-Pauncefote treaty. Senor Villuenda -adds that the, United States, from being an American power, had 'become a universal power. jThe third clause o- the Piatt amendment is a notification to Europe that the tradi tional Npolicy' of the United States has cnanged. i.ms is tne result; of intervene tion in the Philippines. Between Cuba under the amendment and annexation; which is looming up, he prefers the for mer. '. . : ! "X. The total ; registration; in, Havana for the coming elections is 27,01)4 - against 24,004 last year. THE SULTAN'S DEMAND Foreign Post Offices Objec . tionable to the Porte ' Constnationple, via Philippopolis, May 7. After .the detention and violation of the international mail bags," the porte Sunday sent a note to the various em bassies demanding the "abolition of the foreign post offices, declaring that they had no treaty basis and that the postal service , was a state monopoly. The abolition of the foreign, post offices is a long-standing desire of file porte, and the embassies some time afro promised to consider the question; but the arbi trary action of the government in seiz ing the mail bags has stiffened the'' for eigners, who are now expected to in sist upon the maintenance of the post offices. ; -- . - x RELIEF FOR DISTRESS . . Work' Will Be. Given to AJI Who Are Able Jacksonville, May 7. An employment bureau was established today near the government building. Wock at clearing up the ruins will be given to al Who can handle a pick or shovel. The relief as sociation believes that to be the better way- of aiding those men who are at present, dependent on nubile charitv. Those who will not. work, though able, will be deported at once. -The ladies' committee report great des titution among well nurtured i women who shrink from asking food of thevre lief -association. . ; - -v Mayor Boden hue u .wiito A his dispatch to Abram Hewett of New lork, sayinK that the wealthiest fanwes , . . - - X T X t.A.U.X.I. ."111. 1 I ?t Jxt- are Pauperized. It Is clainiedt .o uul oniy untrue, out calqu-J la ted to injure-the! credit of the city. -Mayor Boden , emphatically asserts that he will not retract k solitary word of u.s dispatch and that ijfc will soon be shown that Jacksonville, is in need of all tiie outside aid she cab get. Between six and seven thousand people were fed from the relief 'stations today. Cases of extortion and theftjj are coming to ught, and summary punishment will be. meted out to the offender!. In one instance it was found that forjj three -trunks left' by a fire sufferer with Ja, negro, fifty cents a piece a day was being askea for 'stor age." .. X. ' : ' I . . RIGID CENSORSHIP ' Cebii Newspapers Make a ' Sensatioijat Protest Manila, May 7.4-The Cebn newspa pers, through a Manila contemporary, protest in a seusatjfonal Spanish way against the militaily censirsb.o wliich they claim is being enforced there. They mention the officer! s nama, which for -obvious reasons eofld not be cabhd. 'They ; claim that the conditions there have not been bettered since the estab lishment of civil lovernment by the Philippine Commissjon. The editors say that before that time they were permit ted to 'indicate whlre censored articles were omitted by folank columns. Now they are prohibited from doinj even that. A delegation of representative rnhabi- tants of the province of Manila has pe titioned the Philippine Commission to amalgamate that province with the prov ince of Morpnga, he inhabitants of which are seeking Jthe enjoyment of peace and the privilege that will come with civil government. 'Lieutenant John jb. Hartman and 03 men of the First cafalry have had three encounters with 250 insurgents iu the Batangas. peninsull. The insurgents were severely punished. The American suffered no casualties. - ..Stock Brokers Fail ' .New: York, May T.f-Lewis A. May & Co., stock brokers, today assigned for the benefit of creditors. The firm is composed of Orrin IBarnum and Lewis A. May. ; Taliaferro & Johns, attorneys for Iewii A. May & Co., estimate the liabilities of the jhouse at : between $:;0,()00 and $40,(KX. and the assets at $15,000 to $20,000. j . VALET JONEiS STARVING He:Jofis,Not Want to Live , and Refuses to Eat . New York, May 7 Charles P. Jones, the ' valet who smthered William M. Rice, the aged TeAis millionaire,; with a napkin soaked in chloroform, is, in a dying condition in he house of deten tion. The district jiattorney fears that he will not live to tell his story in court when Albert T. Patrick, the accused at torney, is placed onkrial for the murder of the wealthy Texnn. Jories-'is 'a victim! of starvation. He has Aaken -no solid j food for five days and today lie is to weak to raise his head from the pillpw. He was kept alive last night by the use of stimulants and the acjaVinistraion of liquid food artificially. He will be moved, if his strength will permit to Bellevue Hospi tal or to some private institution, where he' will have more c'leerful surroundinss and where he can rceive the best possi ble medical attention. . : Jones may not be ! rying to starve him self to death, but j he admits that he does hot care to live, and since his' at tempt at suicide inj the Tombs he has been closely watched and has had no chance to do injur; r to himself except by l-efusing to eat. I ' Assistant District! Attorney Usborne is greatly worried Jones and he will over the illness of ee that the former valet receives the ifest possible medical attention. Dr. Williams, the coroner's physician, visited the house off detention last night at the request of tiie district attorney's office and' nrescrihjsd for Jones. No ante-mortem Statement was taken, though it was admitted that the condi tion of Jones was die. the affidavits, critical. ; Should he hat he has already, against Patrick in made can be used: his trial for murder Who WiH Sucfceed Conger ? Washinston. May IT. There was some discussion at the State Department to- dav as to the probable successor or F! "-fT. Conirer as minister to China. It U now understoodl that Mr. Conger's resignation will be accepted wneu nis sixty days' leave of absence has ex pired.'' ,.'.- j ' , -.'X . At present no one has been slated .for the position, but there are said to be several candidates. Among these are Special Commissioner Rockhill and ex finister Denby. The latter, having served thirteen yeaf-s in, Pekin, - is con sidered well fit tnl for the place. Com missioner Rickhill 51 known to be well posted on Chinese affairs and can speak the language fluently. ; Tool Factory Burned Lowell, Miss., Mify 7. Fire early this morning destroyed the buildings and con tents of the Fifield Tool Company's plant. The p'aht was one of the best in the. United States I for the making of large lathes and employed one hundred workmen, all of whom lost their tool. The fire, extended Ito adjoining houses owned- bj Charles! J. .(Hidden, which were considerably Via m aged. A train of freight cars near hy was enveloped in fiames before it couid be moved. ; rrr. rxirrin et tliolfirf ?s unknown 1 A 1.111 "I .V., ... - " . A. rough estimate of the loss and contents of the, buildiiig is w.ww to ii',uw. IS 19 1 IN . X . -. ' ' ' - . Ttie Vexed Question Comes Up in New Shape" . HOW DID IT HAPPEN Spanish Treaty Claims Com mission Will Have o Take , Evfdence and Reach a Judi cial Decision 7 Washington, May 7 The question of how the : Maine was destroyed in the harbor of Havana and where the respon sibility rests for its destruction will be adjudicated before a legally 'instituted tribunal of judicial character. The Spanish treaty claims commission, hav ing, presented' for its consideration two claims for indemnity growing out of the blowing up of the Maine, the whole question will be opened up before that tribunal. X ' . It was probably not contemplated by any one when Congress passed the act authorizing the commission and defining its powers that this question would be brought before it. 'The filing of these claims for indemnity, however,"" involves the question of responsibility for the dis aster, and evidence upon all phases of the case must be gone into in order that the claims may be passed upon. ,; xEx-Senator ubandler, who is at the head of the commission, said today that it - was strongly 'his impression that the cases were properly before the commis sion and that the whole case would have to be gone into Fn order to determine the question of liability. Mr. Chanuier said that until he read the briefs it had never occurred to him that that particular question was before it. " " As the case of the 'Maine now stands the universal assumption in this country is that the Maine was destroyed through treachery and the calamity is credited to a crime. This conviction was a strong incentive to the war between vthe United States ' and Spain. " By our people a crime ,is laid at. the "door of Spain, though . the report of the " naval board examining the wreck . merely concluded that the explosion was from the outside of the ship and did not attempt to fix re sponsibility, and Spain indignantly repu diated the more or less direct charge uponher national honor. Now the question' will be considered under the rules of evidence by a judi cial tribunal, a decision one' Way or the other being reached- It ; will not neces sarily follow, however, that complicity in a crime, will have to be proven against Spain in order to affirm the Validity of the claims for, indemnity, since respon sibility through lack of proper care in assigning the shin her anchorage, with out any criminality on the part of Span ish officials, might be deemed sufficient to warrant indemnity. A novel feature of the case is that the United States, by the assumption of in demnity claims under the Spanish treaty, becomes the - defendant in these cases, and in the ordinary course of legal pro ceedings would resist the establishment of the responsibility. ' A decision averse to. the claimants in this case, however, would serve as a vindication of Spain and remove one of the popular motives for the war upon that country which has already been concluded disastrously to the Spanish government. '. . COW ON THE TRACK Mixed Train Wrecked and a - Man Killed . Tarboro,"N.rC..' May. 7. Special. To day just . after twelve Vclock there oc curred a very 5rious wreck on the East Carolina railroad a few miles. this side of- Piuetops in which one life was lost and one man was seriously injHred The mixed train with several box and flat care, to which -was attached a passenger coach,' was running at a moderate rate of speed when" the engine is said to have struck a cow. x Seven cars were thrown from the track and badly mashed. On one of the flat cars were George Stick landAa .white man, and ?t colored man namel Jake Banks- Both were thrown off the car. Jake' Banks was mortally wounded in the'stomach and diet, in two hours. ' George Strickland had his leg broken below the-kness and was brought to town this afternoon. . Those in the passenger eoaen were not injured at all. but only sTiakeirup badly. The colored man will be buried here tomorrow. . X , . " ' - A TERRIBLE WEAPON Big Gun Being Manufactured - for the Government Washington, May 7. The War Department- is having completed at the Watervleit arsenal- a new gun "which is said to I the most destructive weapon ever manufactured. The rifle is an ex periment and will weigh 130 tons. - It will be eighteen inches in muzzle diame ter apd over forty-nine feet in length. Captain Wheeler of the ordnance bureau, has been ordered to inspect the comple tion of the gun. The new American 18-Inch rifle will bo the most marvelous weapon ever con structed. It will be used for coast de fence and is capable of throwing a pro jectile weighing 2,370 pounds a distance of 21 miles and will use a charge of 57U pounds of smokeless powder. Thexweapon, when completed, will be sent to the Buffalo Exposition.- If the tests are satisfactory,- th8 government will order forty of them. Of this num ber 1 will be placed in New York liar bor; ten at San Francisco," S at Boston and four at Hampton Roads. TAYLOR FEELS SECURE Ex-Governor of Kentucky Buys a Home in Indianapolis r Indianapolis, May 7. W. S. .Taylor, former Governor ; of Kentucky, who is charged with complicity in the murder of Senator Goebel, has . purchased the residence property at 2121 North. Dela ware street from Former Judge Hack ney, ' of the Supreme Court, and his friends announce that he has received assurances of protection and has deter mined to make this State his future home. : The . assurance that Governor Dnrbin will not honor a requisition for his retui-n to Kentucky is said, to have come indirectly through the executive, but so direct that Mr. Taylor feels that there is no probability of his being sur rendered to the Kentucky authorities and he has invested $9,000 jn a home in one of the most. sightly residence dis tricts in the city. '" Why Boers Surrender , Pretoria, May ,7. Dutch refugees who have, arrived here from Pietersburg say the reason there- have been so many Boer surrenders recently is because Gen eral Botha wishes to get rid of his weak fighters, who, instead of helping him,' are an iucumberance. These .refu gees say that General Botha - recently made an address to the burghsrs. In which he stated that he wished to re tain only, those who are willing to fight -to the finish. The fact remains, how ever, "that the best of the Boer fighters steal away and surrender whenever they have a chance, as they are heartily sick of undergoing hardships without any ob ject in view. .. .v. v SOLD TO LEITER i ' . . .. - 4 .. .. Richmond Locomotive Works Under New Management - s Richmond, May 7. Joseph Leiter of Chicago has purchased the Richmond Locomotive ami Machine Works. The price paid was $3,000,000. X ' The Richmond Locomotive and Ma chine Works has long been, one of the most important enterprises in Richmond, giving employment to from fifteenhun dred to two thousand men at good wages. It has made nearly all the locomotives used during the last quarter of .a cen tury by the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Southern and the old Richmond & Dan ville railroads, and during the past few months has received orders from all parts of the world for engines. The company in one day made Contracts to build 105 locomotives. Engines have been built there for railroads in many foreign coun tries, including Russia. ; The machinery for the battleship TexstJ T?a also bniit at this plant. Joseph Bryan was the president of the works and the largest owner of the stock. It is uuderstobd that Mr. Leiter nronoses to enlarge the Dlaut. increase the stock and carry on tho bf.sinesj upoa a larger scale than before. c5 Fatal Explosion of Powder Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 7. A terrific explosion of powder took place at the head of the Hillman plant, at the Henry colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Com pany this morning. Twenty miners and head men were standing at the top oL the slope and five of these, were fright fully torn and burned and will probably not recover. Several othira .war cul and bruised. - Enormous Bank Clearings New York. Mr.y 7. The New York bank clearings today broke all previous records. There were checks passed through the clearing house for 502, S17.296, compared with the previous high record . of last Thursday of $52.", u,108. The balances today were un usually large, amounting "Jo $21,076,783, compared with the hjgh record of $24, 170,33s March 5th of this year. . - r Wire Working Combine ' Boston, May 7. From reliable sources of information it is learned that an ex tensive consolidation of telephone end telegraph interests is near. ; . X Plans now' being prepared embrace a consolidation of the Western "Union and American Telephone Company (the Behj and probably the Postal Telegraph Com pany. What Is known of the tentative arrangements includes' the Western Union and the Bell and indicates that the Postal also will be inouded, x ' Baby Farming in -Sweden Christiana, May 7. A judicial inquiry In regard t baby-farming sensation has led to a charge being made against three women named Olsen, Johanssen and An dersen, of Jaaving killed twenty-seven children since- last summer., Many of the children were suffocated while others were starved to death. "The mother Ike- long to all classes of Society. Some of them appeared to have known the fato that awaited their, children, x i i t j -- t . x- ! I 1 - . -1 -