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Vol. XI
RALEIGH. N. C.. SUNDAY; MARCH 15, 1903-SIXTEEN PAGES.
No. &
Morning-
Post
Coroner Begins the
Burdick Murder Inquest
Dr. Hiwlmd Gives His Ob-
sirvations Family Anx
ious ti Adopt Suicidt
Thtory The Dt
tective's Sttry
r"
F-, rirvh II. The inquest Into
r. :ri-r uf Kdwln L. Uurdick was
The court room
limited numbr
" . and only a
i., appear were iirs. .
T. Vn. MIs Barrett, the ten-r
: o b-rd with Mm. Fame.l wrdd a. Important, as It wou d
r. ,;. . ' jIirtth.r w-Ptlr , th tend to nullify the statements made to
, v A. ' r,.. . another boarder tn- a..n.v hv officers Merer
. J) A V
Only one wit-
fitted Into tho
... I tv r un!.
... t . v as admitted
7 r jt began with the calling
r . - .
fc-..f. tn r.rsi wne.
,p w r.ri -
Dr. How-
' y . -i-1 tit juie Aiurpny me re-
'
ih rredlcai eiammer on me
( R-rlick. wmcn etaiea ine
j- th i-iw we are compenea to
:i ! ir. ri.":. said Judge Murphy.
r- .u'w r.i one with this crime.
r-rps- f i. invwuwuon is lJ
r ciin,.. If Possible, at the '07 the malis. He found some let-
Y."ii:Zi was examined by TlJ? ' n JSnrin
... J.- r-,..MV II. iid The trousers, he said, were lying on
..-t Att-rn-5 rMtorh; ,"eur" ; the couch ahd looked as If they had
.Ml tti nnnonMtothe nurIlci, th?re carefullj. and folded
l ,:inn:nf,n S' WJ rt'Lt !oTr. Two (jf the letters found In Bur
tnwrj r.. shortly after 8 clock., Jim M frnm Mr. Cl.ve-
- w. II. Mr-y met him at the door
r! t: h.m th-it something had ben
rc r thr?. and that Mr. Burdlck
tvt I not sure, contmuea
!!i;rd. "hut I think he told me
t h mj pot certain whether It was
V -.t't or suicide. He asked me to
-.ute U ut as a case of suicide, it
.t. p there had been a good deal
tr"".!p In "he neighborhood respect
c t. reUtlsns existing between Mr.
-t Mr. IMrdlck." The witness said
tin enm-ned the body and told
r Mirer That It was Impossible to
-ru!n the suicide theory for a mo-
Akd as to what rurtner con-
:n he h.id with Dr. Marey. the
l-?tr5 said the former told him ox
.lirorre proceedings in the Burdlck
.T.i'T. Dr. HowKind repeated the con-
- tad with Mrs. Hull as to
fni!ng ..f the body of Burdlck.
r-X-s of a air.dcw open, the fact that
pt tv-r no tracks in the snow out
i' th n'.nbr, and the finding of
( :-"'ri'v -r. Another thing the
. Dr. Marcy told him was
h found th window curtains in
i .iraTi and. being unable to
'. tw.m. na I to tear them down.
M- i!-r toll me tht a quilt had
'-. -rripp-d three times about the
it th- mcrdered man. said Dr.
vivr.l. mi that he had found a
f t .!o.i o;i the floor.
it-. .3ts worth brought out the fact
: F.urJI.-k body had been moved
- fh- rr.ur-lTer after the crime had
-: .r-.r.lV.e-I. Dr. Howland de
l th r!-thing In the room, the
ire of the luncheon, a half ounre
:'s tt;Ie containing whiskey,
i a t 'o kt-!I glass. He could not say
f:h r th class had been used. He
I Dt-tlve Holmlund take a
r fr-Mu Burc-Ick's pocket- "I heard
5! r. - nr." continued the wt--th.it
:.Ir. null was subject to
- ftiiur. While Mrs. Hull was
''. z -r -tttrrent she occasionally
- and at such times Dr. Marcy
.Greensboro Moving
for Carnegie Library
5l wro. v. C. March 14. Special.
-th-:ntir and larptly attended
; tinr in the Interest of the
T 1 .irn-?ie library was held in
'ir.ti.'i Orri House last night. The
" !: v presided over by Mr.
- A. Grimsley. who was one of
- -J--h:.s promoters of the present
"thriirr. In calling the meeting
""i-r. Mr. ;rimsley gave some In-
' tariicsi rclatln? to the cs
' M.t f th library and its suc-
!:. -irvi! nddr?s of the evening
j- hy rr. Charles D. Mclver.
I r. .-;.f th claims of the rro-
s-nrv in ;. very forceTui man- -Jiappy ana eloquent speecn or. accep
y.r. rr.ac has offered to give tance. The portrait, which is a beau
' r - i-v of Or-i-boro SJO.OrtO for tlfu piece of art, waa executed by
- !! tulping a library, pro- North Carolina's well known artist,
! ,Jtv v ijj appropriate as Mr. W. G. Randall. .. ..
h p ? a year for the support After the mass meeting adjourned a
r t: -tuutirtri, and Ir. Mclver con- -took reception was held in the pub
1 th.- th city could not afford 11c library rooms.
t!.i. pronosltlon. Dr. Mclver
4 '
5 th-.t i careful Investigation t
' ... , . . . ... . .
. i--. naa rnown mat u wouia
' .n a'Mitiotval tax of C cents
' ' ; ft Yit!u.-ttkn of property In'
...sr. ;n support th library tin
'c rr. of .Mr. Carnegie's prof-o-
-n a'llitiorval tax of C cents
gie'a prot-o-
M-lv. Mdress was followed by
froTl th rAltnarlncr rntl.
r. .-,! ,4f Mhn endorwed the Carne-:
rfii mt heartily: Super-jciet
It'dhurst. of the city
c. II. Ireland. P.
J. i -rtland. R. u. Doug
W. r.v. T J Murphy. E. I.
asd lUv. 1 W. CrawfonL
"7 rt nrd nrpropriate speech
' r-l,rtKn, president of
"-m rnH Colleiro. prevented i
J.-uc li'.nry tnh the -Cavalkr.
Witness saw no weapons In the room.
-What wns sour conclusion as to
! whether Burdick was killed In the
dent" he was asked.
"I think he wa.
"Do you think he waa killed on the
couch?- .
"I thlnv he was on the couch.
"When he was killed was he' lying
on the couch In the position In which
you found the-body?"
"Judging .from the . location of the
wounds he must have been lying in
some other position at the time he was
struck.
Dr. Howlar.d said he found a tuft
of hair on the couch. 'He was of the
opinion that It was longer than Bur-
dlcks hair. From the condition or tne
f Kw sm wua nf th nitlnlnn that Bur
"
" .7 -IS
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and RHd rerrdlng the "lone worn
I" reply to another question, an
flrmatlre answer to which would hare
shown that a woman had been In the
room, the doctor rave a negative reply,
llenlvlnr to a question by one of the
r. nllnr tne Burdlck
" .. 7. ' w ..
f. mllv tha ltnM!l MA Id his OPlntOn
' " ' " " . Z j,,
-a that th MimH found On the door
- - - nmmA
in commlttlnr the murder.
Detective John W. Holmlund. who
followed Dr. Howlnnd on the stand.
rfciwrOiMi the sceno In the, den and
nnaiinn had with
dick's pockets were from Mr. Cleve
land of Cleveland. He gave tnem to
Superintendent Bull. The witness had
attalk with Dr. Marcy. The doctor, he
said, rave him the Impression that he
wanted the matter kept quiet. He did
not want the affair made any more
public 4V necessary.
At noon a tecesa was taken until 2
o'clock.
Mrs. Hull waa a picturesque person
ality, small and slight, clad all In black,
with a face almost ashen gray, -silvery
hair, her feautres sharp and of vice
like firmness. Her keen eyes watched
the district attorney through gold-rimmed
glasses, and now and then she
miffed at her bottle of smelling salts.
There were times when her memory
failed her. and other times when she
said she did not know or would not i
telL "Without warning, one after an
other the district attorney placed in
her hands photographs of the room in
which ""Burd&k's body-"was found.' One
showed the smoking room,' or den. as
it was when the discovery was made.
The bther was taken after the pillows
and rugs had been removed leaving
the body of Burdlck as it was found,
prone In death and horrible. She took
them In her hands and looked at them
without a sign except to lean back
In her chnlr. She then looked Coats
wqrth In the eye arid handed back th
nMnMi f-rh Wt the witness stand
' X. V M I - - -w -
Swithout having given an Inkling of any
inS V;2tZZm
lht have as to the identity
I4a she m
of the murderer or as tothe theory of
the method of the crime.
So well prepared were the authorities
for the Inques that the witnesses
came and went like actors, and In five
hours four of the most important were
examined. They were John D. How
land, the deputy medical examiner:
Detective Holmlund. the first police
man to visit the house after the mur
der; Mrs. Hull and Miss Maggie Mur
ray, the cook.
a beautiful oil painting by Miss Heav
In of Ontario. Miss Heavln. whose
ancfitors were natives of Guilford
county, painted the picture In painting
in Paris especially for the library. The
gift w as accepted Vy Rev. I .
Crawford.
The most happy and graceful event
of the entire evening waa the presen
tation of a life size oil portrait of
Greensboro's oldest citizen, trie vener
able and beloved Robert M. Slaon. The
gift was made to the city by 100 citi-
zens. the presentation speecn
being
made bv Jlev. Dr. Tl. W. Smith. Mr.
. G. Wright excelled himself in bis
During the past few weeks different
citizens and organizations of the city
nave oonaira u. wrrr numuer oi ks
- m
and quite a neat sum of money to the
library. An Idea or tne interest tne
DeoDle of Greensboro . take In the 11-
brary can be gained from the state
ment that books have been donated by
every secret nal fraternal organiza-
1nn In thj rltV. bv ail the book Clubs
and nearly all the various church ao-
lea. The Hterar societies of the
. public schools and of the two female
eol!irei ha.ve !o mad donations.
E. C. Hackney's Will
Durham. S'.' C March 14. SpectaL
The will of the late JZ. C Hackney
was admitted to . probate before the
clerk of court today. Br the provls-
'
ions of the will -there is no way of find
ing out the value of the estate he left,
as everything Is given to his wife, Mrs.
Una A. Hackney. After expressing
the wish that his body be given a de
cent burial and directing that all of
his Just accounts be paid, he -then dis
poses of his estate as follows: "I give,
devise, bequeath unto my beloved wife
all of my property, both real and per
sonal, wherever the same may be sit
uated or found, absolutely, to be used
by her as she may, In her Judgment
think proper, having entire confidence
in her Judgment and her affection for
our children. The will also provided
for an executor In case of his wife's
death before his own. The Citizens
Savings Bank was named as executor
of the estate arid guardian of the chil
dren until the youngest child become
21 years of age. It is supposed that
his entire estate is worth somewhere
in the neighborhood of $40,000.
Book-Ketpers Changed
Durham. N. C. March 14. Mr. "J. VT.
Zachary, who has been read bookkeep
er for the Erwin cotton mill at West
Durham for some thne, has1 been trans
ferred to Cooleemee, where he will
take a similar position. His place will
be filled by Mr. It. H. 'Lewis, now of
the East Durham mill, but who came
from Raleigh.
Death at Reidsviiie
Reldsville. N. C, March 14. Special.
George W. Terry a popular and weU
known citizen, died at 4 o'clock today.
The burial will take place tomorrow af
ternoon. , .
The remains of Mrs. Brooks were
brought from Greensboro, and will be
buried at Greenview cemetery tomorrow.
Ships Ordered to Honduras
Washington. March 14. The Carib
bean squadron, under command of Ad
miral Coghlan. haa been ordered to
Honduras, where the revolution is as
suming serious proportions, to protect
American interests. The acting sec
retary of the navy cabled instruction
to Admiral Coghlan at San Juan today
to proceed with the squadron. -
Made An Inspector
Greensboro, N. C. March 14. Special.
R. -W. Hodgln, distributing clerk in
tlve Greensboro post of flee, was today
-t--A nnet nfflr inspector. He
will enter upon the duties of the post
Byvinicu jw. . - . "
tion soon as he files a bond.
t fa mil v of IT. S. Eldrldge, who
has been missing three weeks, received
no additional information today.
American Trade Affected
Washington. March 14. By a new
treaty made between Russia and Per
sia, which went into effect February
13 last, all trade between the United
States and ersia will be affected, .ac
cording to a report to the tate depart
ment from United States Minister
Tl-.nmn at Constantinople. Russia
a similar treaty in 162 by. which
, twi:i -were
all eports and imports in Persia were
to pay 5 per cent duty and other na
tions were placed on the favored na
tion footing, so that they naw are
subject to the specific duties in the
new treaty.
Death of Mrs. Brooks .
Greensboro. N C, March 14. Special.
Mrs. A. Lt. Brooks, who had been crit
ically ill for two or three months, and
whose death had been expected for
weeks, passed away at her home in
this city at 2 o'clock this momlngv The
remains were carried to Reldsville to
day and will be interred tomorrow.
Mrs. Brooks was the wife of Mr. A.
L. Brooks, solicitor of this judicial dis
trict, and was a lovable and popular
woman. She waa a daughter of Mr.
Robert Harris, a wealthy tobacco man
ufacturer of Reldsville. In 'addition to
her husband and father, she is sur
vived by a young son and several
brothers. ' .
Carolina 6 ; Bingham 0
Chanel Hill. N. C March" 14. Spe
cial. The initial game of the season
was claved here today when the uni
versity boys defeated Mebane 6 to 0.
While the score indicates a some
what closer game than was expected,
yet the University team made a good
showing. The fielding of tne team
was good, but batting records were not
made. Holt for Carolina played a
strong game, knocking two doubles.
The batteries were: Bingham Chan
dler and Weatherly. Carolina oreea
and Noble. Umpire, Cox.
Final score stood, Carolina 6 runs, 7
hits. 2 errors. Bingham, no runs, 2
hits, 4 errors.
.
Mill Merger Plan Unchanged
Winston-Salem, N. C. March 14. Spe.
clal. Mr. J. W. Fries says there is no
truth In the Associated Press, report
pent out from Raleigh to the effect
"that a new Fries merger will be form
ed by the aid of New York capitalists,
and that the consolidation is expected
to be effected early In April." Mr.
Fries says there has been no change
In the plans and he Is of the opinion
that the proposed merger of a number
of cotton mills in the south will bt- con
summated "at an early date, probably
next month. '
Congressman W. W. Kltchin wil de
liver an address at the closing exercises
of the Winston rraded schools, May 23.
GERMANY JEALOUS
iOF RECIPROCITY
Demands for Equal Privileges
to Be Made on United -States
and Cuba -
Berlin, March lir-Usermany. a ssoon
as the reciprocity treaty between Cuba
and the United States is ratified, will
ask both the Cuban and United States
governments" for identical privileges, it
is perceived, from the ful Ireports sent
here from Washington and Havana,
that German traders will be placed at
a disadvantage and the specialists in
the foreign office who manage Ger
many's cases in negotiations for new
commercial treaties have talked over
the Cuban treaty with representatives
of the embassies of the continental
powers, with the result that intima
tions have been made that other gov
ernments intend also to request the
same treatment.
While annoyed atithe prospect of the
United States trade' having lower tar
iffs ICuba than that of Germany, no
one supposes "that even a collective pro
test on thep art- of the continental
countries would cause either the Uni
ted States or' Cuba to recede. But
Germany's position is to be defined
clearly, so that the United States may
not complain wh-en Germany gives oth
er nations preference. The principle
which the German- foreign office lays
down in entering upon correspondence
concerning new commercial treaties is
"give and take." The most favored
nation theory Is. really abandoned. Spe
citl conventions are to . be drawn up
to fit different situations. This prin
ciple seems to be accepted by Russia,
Austrit and Italy, and the trade poli
cies are to rest upon the reciprocity
Idea.
"What is a subject of some concern
here is that should the Cuban treaty
be accepted ' and found to work well
similar treaties may' be arranged by
the United States wjth Meico, Brazil
and Argentina, 'ultlmately resulting in
the United States obtaining a monopoly
of all the SoutB and Central Ameri
can markets. Vi, i r ?
BIG CHANCE
FOR SETTLERS
4- Ixs Angeles. Cal.,i March 14 The
United States, through vtne federal iana
office at iJoa Angeles, will open to' set
tlers within the next thirty days about
1.000.000 acres of land " In California.
This land is situated between the
Needles and Mojcve, and borders the
Colorado river. Much of it Is valu-
i - . . ana - ..J.lit..A
; able -for agriculture, ine prospetmc
throwing open of this vast tract to
rD'.tlement is .he result of a recent de
cision of the United States supreme
court jwith respect A& the famous grant
madetto the Atlantic and Pacific rall-
'road by act .f,July, 1S68.
In, the territory whicn emDraces mis
great tract the Southern Pacific has
selection privileges. Authority for the
reserving of entry applications for the
1,000.000 acres in question has been,
received from Washington by the offi
cials of the United States land office
at Los Angeles.
MOTHER AND BARE
Heartless Husband Sent About
His Business
Charlotte, N. C, March 14. Special.
A sad story was brought to' light by
Charlotte police this morning when
Mrs. W. H. Stutts asked the local au
thorities to locate and arrest her tru
ant husband. The couple have been
working In a cotton mill at Pineville.
Recently the husband decided to go
back to the farm, and, after selling out
all their household effects and pock
eting the proceeds, he brought his wife
and baby to Charlotte last night, stop
ping over here with relatives. Before
daylight this morning a carriage drove
fho hniifu Stutts seized the baby.
VI J W v -
i Jumped into the hack and ordered the
driver to hurry, as ne wisnea to cawm
the- train
When the wife discovered that her
husband was missing she applied to the
police. X little later Chief Irwin lo
cated the recreant nusoana ana cnua
iat Mount Mourne, in Iredell county,
telegraphed for his arrest and this af
ternoon the babe was restored to its
mother's arms. The scene at this
touching reunion made strong men
'weep. The husband was allowed to
'go his way, as the wife would have
naught to do with him.
WHITeIAp" OUTRAGES
Murder and Other Crimes'
Laid to Their Door
Wynne, Ark.. March 14. Cross coun
tjr is in a reign of terror over the mid
night rioting of a band of white caps.
All negroes have been warned to leave
and more than 200 families have left
their homes and fled.
Detectives from Memphis, Louis
ville and Cincinnati have been employ
ed by wealthy planters. The first real
fight occurred on the fourth night they
were on guard. Secreted in and around
an Id iegro cabfn, the only one left,
were the detectives, in charge of Capt.
John H.-Brown of Memphis, who was
to give a ' signal whistle when all was
ready to resist the expected attack.
A band of mounted white caps rode
out of the swamp and fired a volley,
at the house, then turned and rode
back into the dense copse. It was found
thirty minutes later that Captain
Brown had , been killed, receiving a
charge of buckshot full in the face.
Eleven men are under arrest here,
heavily guarded, pending the verdict
of the coroner's Jury. The jury has
been in session three days and scores
of witnesses are being summoned. The
Jury is in secret session and nothing
is given out. A large crowd of sympa
thisers with the white caps is assem
bled here and it is feared an attempt
will be made to rescue them when they
are conveyed to the county jail " at
Vandale. The white caps are called
kuklux here because of the nature of
their, operations, i but the band has
adopted the name of Smith's Chapel
Band. It is likely that a verdict will
be reached tonight.
STAWSERRIES
a
Something About the Crop in
the Carolinas
! Wilmington, N. C. March 14. Special.
The strawberry and vegetable acreage
in the two Carolinas is on the Increase.
In strawberries the acreage increase
this year wMll be nearly fifteen per
cent over 1002. The acreage on the
"Atlantic Coast Line in North Carolina
and South Carolina is 6,474 acres. This
comprises the greater portion of the
strawberry belt in the two states. The
number of growers is estimated at
2,486. Many of these growers employ
from fifty to a hundred hands during
the picking ssason, and it is safe to
estimate that 50.0CO people are em
ployed during the shipping season, says
the East Carolina Fruit and Truck
i Growers' Journal. The Journal says it
is thus easily o be seen what an enor
mous amount of. money is paid out in
this section every year that goes into
daily circulation. Add to this the sum
total of the amount returned to this
section from the berries and vegeta
bles sold, and the wonder is that the
people of the trucking district are not
the most prosperous ana maepenaem
on the globe. The figures are astound
ing. HAY APPLAUDED
Rejection of Caivo Ooctrine
Approved in Ebrope
Paris.' March 14. The" Temps In a
leader today applauds the action of
Secretary of State Hay in repudiating
the Calvo "doctrine" brought forward by
Dr. Drago, the minister of foreign af
fairs of 'the Argentine Republic. This
doctrine, as is well known, is condemn
natory of the policy of strong, powers
collecting debts from weaker nations
by force. The Temps says the Monroe
doctrine will possibly become the pivot
'of the destinies of a hemisphere with
which European statesmen will be com
pelled to reckon. Even the kaiser,
with his world policy,- collided with this
doctrine. The Temps ridicules Argen
i Una's naivette ; in supposing that the
United States would Consent to com
promise its financial-credit and moral
authority by bolstering up American
bankrupt 6tates in e'ehange for their
adhesion to the Monroe doctrine to
which ultimately, willy nilly, they will
be compelled to ubmit. Thes Temps
concludes: "Mr. Hay is too sharp to
entertain this curious deal."
Post Office Robbed
Rutherfordton, N. C, March 14.
Professional safe crackers blew open
the safe in the post office here this
I morning at 2 o'clcck, . securing $100 in
; stamps- and money, and made good
! their escape. One year ago cracksmen
entered the post office here and did the
same work, but got about $500. It Is
believed to be the work of men In this
county. A post office inspector was
! wired for and is expected tonight.
A Newspaper Man's Luck
Washington, March 14. The post of
consul general at Guayaquil has been
tendered to Dr. William Shaw Bowen,
a newspaper and magazine writer. He
has been selected to take thep lace
of the consul at Valencia, but the post
at Guayaquil is worth nearly UOOO
more. ,
Schroder's New Berth
Washington, March 14. Commander
Seaton Schroder, United States navy,
former governor of the Island of Guam,
has been selected to succeed Captain
Charles D. Figsbee as chief naval in
telligence officer. The change will be
effected about May 1, when Captain
Sigsbee will succeed Rear Admiral
James H. Sands as commander of the
League Island navy yard. In the
meantime Commander Schroeder will
... oc a m.mh.r of the-eeneral board
!of the navy. He reported at the navy
i department yesterday.
Baltimore. March 14. Arthur P. Gor-
Jr.. son of . United States Senator
Gorman, who is now a candidate for
the state Senate from Howard coun
! ty, said today that the pubished story
to' the effect that his father will op
Ipose his candidacy is not true. 'The
j statement is ridiculous, said he, "the
' very contrary being the truth." ,
Rains Add to
of Mississippi Floods
Levees; Still Hold Though Ihe
Danger Is Increasing.
1 ShotgunTatrol to be
Maintained Along
the River
New Orleans. -March 14. The high
water situation here was greatly ag
gravated today by a violent rain storm,
which at, times reached the dignity of
a cloudburst. Several inches of rain
fell in an hour ond most of the streets
in the? business section of .the city
were overflowed by the rainfall.' The
Mississippi ; ose to " nineteen feet and
three-tenths, tn'y three-tenths of a
foot below the maximum of 1837. The
levee was topped with" sacks of sand
at Canal, Jackson, Washington and
other streets. The river is higher ma
terially at New Orleans and Memphis
than at any other points. This is due
at -New Orleans to the gulf: winds
which are keeping the water back, at
Memphis to the completion of the St.
Francis levee in Arkansas, which has
kept all the water banked.
In consequence of the gulf winds the
river is pouring over the levees in the
lower portion of . f la'quemine parish
near its moatfi. There is but' little
land under cultivation there 'and but
little damage Was done. The river is
also flowing 'over the levees along the
lower La Fourche.
It is now determined that the Fal
gout crevasse a t Bayou . La Fourche
was due to the fact that the levee was
cut by people from the other side . of
the bayou who wanted torelieve the
pressure on their levees elsewhere.
The situation is regarded as good,
although threatening. The Arlington
levee at Baton Rouge, which it was
thought would break yesterday, Is still
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A,rtM tk Urfii "'1'decfc-for'' the"-British payment th'
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Washington, March -14. Venezuela's
initial Installment of the -S340,ow,
pledged to Germany in satisfaction of
I that country's claims of honor, has not
: been paid as provided for in the peace
protocol. The German minister. Baron
Hadenhausen, will not reach Caracas
until Monday, and as the Berlin gov-
ernment at present has no accredited
representative there Germany has al
lowed Castro two additional days of
grace. In the event, how ever, that this
payment, amounting to about 170,000,
is not forthcoming -as soon as Baron
Hadenhausen applies for it, Belgium
will be asked to aid President Castro
In the administration of his customs
business, as provided in the protocol,
i By the protocols, which were signed
1 at midnight February 13, Great Britain
received a cash payment . or ,ow,
FAIRRANK'S ROOM
FAIRBANKS ORGANS
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Twisted News Reaches us by
Way of Richmond
Richmond.. Va., March 14. There is
reason to believe that Senator Fair
banks will launch his presidential boom
in a few days. Like all presidential
candidates, he is first turning his at
tention to the south and will use news
papers as his most forcible fighting en
gines. There are very few- in the south,
but Senator Fairbanks will establish
them where they will do the most good.
He will in a short time have a paper
in Raleigh, N. C. He has secured the
North Carolinian, published at Eliza
beth City, and will remove it to Ral
eigh, where it will be published twice
a week as a Fairbanks organ.
In addition to two or three Other
Fairbanks papers to be started in North
Carolina, one is to be established at
Greenville, Tenn., and one'at Birming
ham, Ala. It is said that Roscoe Mitch
ell, now editor of the Elizabeth City
North Carolinian, which is to be mov
ed to Raleigh, is to have charge of the
Tennessee organ. Mr. Mitchell- is a
picturesque writer. He recently attack
ed Mr. Roosevelt's administration so
bitterly In the editorial columns of his
paper that the postmaster at Eliza
beth City felt it his duty to go to
Washington and explain that he was
not responsible for the opinions of the
editor of the paper. Parties have been
in Richmond examining the prospects
of a penny morning paper, and this in
connection with the report from Wash
ington that Senator Fairbanks will
have an organ here, makes it likely
that a new paper will be established
here as a Fairbanks organ.
It is well assured that a fight is to
the Peril
holding. Along the Taaoo front " lq
Mississippi the levees have still a mar
gin of six or tiprht feet and no over
flow Is expected. In Vlckaburg tho
tracks of the Yazoo" and Mississippi
Valley and the Alabama and Vlcks
burg railroads rre Imperilled by th
rletng water.
The water-works plant. twoomy
presses and several oil mills, ara- alsoi
in danger, and a rise of one foot nor
will force them to suspend.
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Washington. March H. Theweatbe?
bureau has issued the following sptt
cial river bulletin: ,
The lower Mississippi river oottdl
tion, as anticipated, is somewhat mora
serious this morning. The rise has been
more rapid than for some days past,,
and the rain that Is now falling, al-j
though as yet slight, tends to lncreatV
the gravity of the situation.
The stage at Cairo this morning 1
50.5 feet, a rise of 0.3 foot since Fit'
day morning; at Memphis 6&.S feet, a!
rise of 07 foot at Vlcksburg 48.2 feet.'
a rise of 0.4 foot at New Orleaos 19.J
feet, a rise of 0.4 foot.
The Ohio and Arkansas are gener'
ally falling, except the former riva' -at
Cincinnati is still rising 'slowly andj
is slightly above the danger line thW;
afternoon. .
tfia Pair) . ,
Vlcksburg, Miss., March 14. CapUtrfi
J.;T. McClellan announced today that
beginning tonight a shotgun patrotj
will be established on the 240 miles oj
the northern Louisiana fvee undent)
his charge. Armed men will be placed;
every three miles with instructions Xa
keep every person away from the
vee and to "shoot if necessary. Rumor ,
are rife that people In the lowlands Ti
the opposite side of the river hope to)'
relieve the flood on their side Uy cub
ting Into the levee. j
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".Germany was promised an advance,
payment of S40.000 in five monthly in-;
the date. o the signing of th w.
I toonths from that date. Minister ,
Itaw. the nrttlah arbasaadOr
I arranged that Germany and Italy
should receive theirs at Caracas. What
steps President Castro has taxen to
meet these obligations is not known
here. ' '
Some concern Is felt here at th
silence of the allied powers regarding .
the draft of The Hague protocol, which
was mailed to them some weeks ago,
and the absence of any representation
on the subject' may mean that a plan
Is under consideration looking to tha
settlement at Caracas of the preferen
tial question by President Castro an"X
the representatives of the allied pow
ers there. Although there is no Indi
cation that tne Venezuelan president
would accept such a compromise, lt U
believed here that he will be asked ,
to da so. Minister Bowen Is opposed
to permitting the allied powers to es
cape from appearance at The Hagu.
but inasmuch as the cost of a case at
the tribunal would probably exceed the;
amount involved. European powers pre
fer the other mode of Fcttiement.
be mad in Virginia to secure Fair,
banks delegates. Colonel J. S. Brown
ing of Tazewell county, who has been
In Washington several days, had
long conference with Senator Fairbanks
yesterday. He Is an enthusiastic Fair
banks man. Colonel frowning says
he is going home and begin work for
Fairbanks.
GUNNING FOR SHARPS
Silidia. Colo.. March 14. Krnplojr
of the First National and the Sala
State Bank of this city, armed wim
rifles are searching the country around
Salidia for two men who successfully
defrauded the banks by means of forg
ed checks, securing $MM lrivcah'
checks for $2,000 and $1,300. rtng th
names and endorsements of 1.
ness men, were presented to the bank,
and on telephonic identification wer
Pait 'develops that a confederate of ths
men who presented the ch-cks at th
banks had answered the calls on the
telephone. When the fraud, -"recovered
a posse of citizens "d bank
clerks, headed by the cashier, of th
two banks, heavily aVe T
ed, started in pursuit of the men.
Tbe President's Doctor
Washington. March
A. Lung of the navy, who has
as attending $L
dent and family for pe;" h ft
past, will shortly be 1
duty and ordered to rh lad e phi for
duty at the naval hospital in that city.
Rear Admiral P. M. WT. "wn .iSS!
eral of the navy, who s President
McKinley's family physician, win serv
in a similar capacity for JJoSJ
Roosevelt and family, and ;
pany the president on -
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