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Vol XII
RALEIGH. N". C, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1903
No. 40
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XIII
si
SI
rlis Mind Was Clear at the
Fatal Moment Cardinals
Surround His Couch
and Received
His Parting
Blessing .
K-rr.e. u :u -v.-.i. u..uc.v - -
ten.oo.i. according to the official an-j
notiiu en.Mit. Pop? Leo XIII. "s long,
:r;:rc . with tieatn. came o 113 inevil-
er.d. So many premature report
i..,. ..ir-.iM.,i frnm
a., otlu ial source earlier in the day. ! ,:4ve anJ wa "Sain unconscious. Half
th.a the lln-t news was hardly credit-an hour ,atcr !l the cardinals assum
ed. A half hozen times within a fort-! nt bedside. At 1:30 it was
nigM his physicians and attendants
beat-vet! that the fcital hour had come,
but rath time his i.uiexible will ton -
fiuerct physical tiisabiiiiy for the titne,
until thert- almost urew up in Home
cfr.riderue in his power to defy tnetwem 10 me attcan at three o clock i
grent destroyer. - and remained for seme time with Dr.
To;;iKht Catholic and non-religious j Lrfipponi and Pio Centra, the pope's
Rome alike unite in respect for the , alet, the cardinals retiring to the ante
l-rave and devoted spirit of the grand ; chamber. At 2:30 o'clock there was
old mm. 1IU end was pcuefu'.. un-I another rtruggle for breath end Car
dlimiunl by delirium, an end. in fact, 'dinal Oreg'.ia was called. Ten minutes
such ai I.e de.-dred. The clouds that ' later his holiness quietly expired, re
erllpsed hi. mental faculties yesterday taining consciosisness until the last
drifted away. and he bade a calm fare- ! moment. After drawing up the death
well to those about him. with full i certificate the doctors retired, and a de
knowledge thnt his last hour had come, tachment of the noble guard took
It was 11 o'clock when the final Chnret nt thA hndv
ch.'ne indicated Its approach. The
I.-pe signif:el to Mgr. Angeli. his fa
vorite secretary, that he desired to
rr-Mk. Mgr. Angeli leaned over him.
b it u.i? unable to hear the faint words
that the pope uttered. The second time
the dying man endeavored to make
hlirueif understood, but failed. His
ryes became anxious, but with an evi
dent effort his third whisper into his
tier. Inn's ear was comprehended. Se
nor De Aguera, the Spanish ambassa
dor to the Vatican, who was on the
other side of the couch, asked what
th ppe said. Mgr. Angrll. Instead of
reply, shook his head and dropped on
his knees at the bedside in prayer, the
-xpression in the dying pontiiT's face
ho-. inc that his request had been com
rhenled.
A fcr.v minutes later the pope's
t: bathing became most difUcult. Dr.
I-ipIni administered pure oxygen, but
it had r.o effect. Signs of life sudden-
;!.!rm. .exclaimed: "Doctor, what is it?i
I he dead?
Dr. Lapponl evidently believed so.
for h went to the door of the anter
rn-T.. ulWre the cardinals and pre
lates Are ayyfuibk'l. His face was so
full of grief that, although he did not
:.ik. those assembled believed that
lh end had com: and crowded Into the
in and the reiort spread through-
vt the Vatican that ,the popt was
u id.
Cardinal Vannutelll was among those
v. no entered. He began to repeat the
r r..y rr for the dying, the others whis
I : .n; the responses. Iresently the
PI stirred again, his puis re-beat
;;d brvathed faintly but easily.
NV.trly all tln-.-e In the room stole out
t:t. (,y ar.tl me pope cpenea iiis cjts,
.1.. ... r
red a wish to see the,.
j i. the rrm. and the pope whispered
A:i hur before the end an ivory
i iu irlx was placed in the pope's hand,
wh.-r it i!l remains.
1 h- on the municipal buildings
wr p..'d at half-mast when the
. 5 f th pope's death was received.
T .uert5 and other celebnitlons in
h -no;- of V.ie iiager queen's birthday
v.cre .it onro cancelled.
TIi Vmpm PrBHDCtd Bond.
Rome. July 2 4 p. m. It was four
' : k when the bronze gates of the
at iran were closed to signify that the
,pi was dead. But it Is learned that
11 a tually died an hour earlier.
Vatican officers say of the last scene
1 ; the pope was in a deep coma all
r. Life simply faded away without
r.Jly or incident. About an hour
. : : r Ir. Iij;oni pronounced life ex
t cardinal Oreglia entered the
, . :1 chamber to perform the solemn
r-M!-ony of officially verifying his
i He lifted the cloth from the
,- rf tlie d?ad pope, and in an im
r ive voice, called three times:
answer."
Then In an Impressive voice. he de
clared: "The pope (s Indeed dead."
The old ceremony of striking the
forehead of the dead pontiff three times
v. ith a silver hammer was not perform
ed, nor was it when Pope Plus IX. ex
Ptrvd. Th great space In front of the Vatl
rapidly filled "with a great silent
throng, vho uncovered their heads
h"n the ceath of his holiness was an
nounced. . ,
Cardinal Oreglia is now In sole con
trol f.f the Vatican functions. The au
thority of Cardinal Rampolla, papal
secretary of state, and the other execu
tive o:!icrs M the church ceased v.dth
the dath of the pope. More than
twenty cardinals were admitted to the
dath chamber this afternoon. A Ht-
t: Ut-r the' hotly was given over to I
the err.bilrrern. -The fisherman's ring, j
the pepe's Insignia of office, was re-!
xcoved from the dead pontiffs hand J
Passes
Over
file
Silent t
by Mgr. Biskiti and was handed to
Cardinal Oreglia, in whose custody it
will remain until it Is produced at the
conclave.
P.-rans .nfnml Un Ptareral
Hoire. July "0. Soon after eleven
oYIoik it bocamc evident that the end
w:s at hand. Cardinal Vnrmuelli. .vho
was nt tlm bedside, recited the pravr?
for th dying and Mrr. Pifr.ser admin
istered final absolution in the presence
of Cardinals Oreglia and Satolll.
mano the !X)p(? regained consciousness
tiurjngr j, jnst j,0 -rr, and recognizing
that his erd was nenr, .ommended the
ui wiumi iu "-"iu'uji
t, orerlla.
wui noon nis inimess nnn a re-
About
found that he was dying as all the air
r-xsaes were mieci. ins nepnews au-
!vancetl and took his hand. The pope
j aain became conscious and recogntzed
J and blessed his relatives. Dr. Mazzoni
Vhen the death of the pope was offi-
cially announced most of the shops In
the Vatican quarter closed their doors,
but business continued almost as usual
in other parts of the city.
Those present at the death of his
holiness were Cardinal Vannutelll, Sa
cristan PifTser, Count Camille PeccI,
Dr. Lapponl and Pio Centra,
Two companies of grenadiers arrived
in front of the Vatican shortly after
fix, o'clock. Their services were en
tirely unnecessary. The spectators were
bilent and decorous. The bells of St.
Peters were then ringing for vespers
as usual.
The Dylns ln tttT peak
Rome, July TO. When during the
alarming crisis, about noon, the pope
was lying on his bed, perfectly mo
tionless, while around him knelt th-j
cardinals and other members of the
whether the pope was not already
dead, without any preliminary rest
lessness the pope opened his eyes,
which fell on Cardinal Oreglia, who
was at his side, and he said, solemnly:
"To your eminence, who will so soon
seize the r,.ts of supreme power, I
confide the church in these difficult
times."
Then Mgr. BIslet, the master of the
chamber, asked for the por3 bene
diction for the court, which the pontiff
grantci", adding:
"Be this iny last greeting."
Then the pontiff gave his hand to
the cardinals present.
The silence of the sick room was oc
casionally broken by a hacking cough.
due to the gathering of phlegm in
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, A
causing him to open his eyes and
revive slightly.
While the doctors were examining
I uit-ir I'.tutfin 1111s morning, oejievin
nrnn to oe in a stupor, his holiness sud
denly fixed his eyes. . even , then bright
and by no means llfeles., on them, say
ing: "This time, doctors, you will not win
in your brave fight with death,"
"It is your holiness who is brave," re
plied Dr. Lapponl; but before the re
mark was uttered the pope was again
unable to understand what was said.
The pope continued now and then
to mutter phrases, although uncon
scious. Ills mind evidently returned. to
the events which impressed him most
before his illness began. At one mo
ment he was eeling about with his
hands and moving his head from side
to side, trying to lift himself, while he
murmured:
"What crowds, what devotion, my
dear people."
Then, falling back Inertly, he sighed
and said:
"Oh. the weight of these robes; can
I hold out until the end?'!
In one fit of delirium he spoke three
languages Italian, French and Latin.
His words, which seemed to be ad
dressed to Bavarian pilgrims, closed
with the sentence, spoken in Italian,
"We ar" happy."
This was followed by scraps of La
tin' verses and prayers, and then came
an Interval of silence., which was brok
en by another access of energy. In
which the pope exclaimed:
"The consistory Is over. They can
reproach me no longer. How many
faces of all kinds! How many foreign
ers! The church is triumphing." And
ro on, over and over again.
HnrlBg th Departed Pontiff
Rome, July 20. When It was realized
that the last breath had been drawn
Dr. Lapponl closed the pope's eyes and
folded his hands upon his breast. Car
dinal Vannutelll knelt at the bedside
ami Intoned the prayers for the dead,
those present Joining in the responses
in broken voices, and some of them
weeping After the relatives, cardln-
to
lafority
als, diplomats and other had filed past
the body, each hissing the popes hand
except the nephews of his Iiolinecs, Dr. t
Papponi. Centra, the valet, the major-
domo and two members of the noble
guard. Tno major-domo covered ; tne
puii; s iatu nun u line wr.iie 11u1.11 u,.u
stcopod to ki?s the dead hand, weeping
uncontrollably meanwhile.
Immediately Cardir.al Oreglia took up
ofiice the Swiss guards rendered him
sovereign, honors, accompanying him in
stntf tri hii .inartnipnts. SuhnoniiPTit1v
when he went to the papal apartments
to verify the d-aih of the pope he was
accompanied by Vice Camerlengo Pas-
serini and the eiei-rv of Cup nnostolic
jchamber, all wearing violet vestments
as a sign of mourning. They were ac
companied by the noble guard. Par
ties of the Swiss guard headed land
closed the profession. Upon arriving
at the entrance to the papal apart
ments the party were met by dig-
nitarle3 of the pontifical court and tne
master of ceromonicrs. After entering
the chamber the door was closed jana
! formed. i
Afterwards the body wa3 robed
the usual vestments, a white cassock,
a crimson vclict carr.ait, and white, ca
lote and sash, in the presence of Mgr.
Passerini, Dr. Lapponl, a notary of, the
apostolic chamber and the pontifical
master of ceremonies. It was then
laid upon a bed Vov cred with a j red
damask cloth. The bed was then lifted
by eight servants and, preceded and
followed by torch bearers, noble guards
nu , ,u y
master of ceremonies. It was borne to
the room where Pius IX. lay in state.
Four lighted candles were placed at
each corner of the bed. Two noble
guards, with swerds reversed, then
took up the watch. They will bej re
lieved from time to time by others.
The windows of the room were cur
tained and the chamber, which is
nung with dark red tapestries, was
only lighted with candles. Wreaths
are forbidden in accordance with pon
tifical ceremony. j
Doctors Mazzcnl and Lapponl will
superintend the embalming of the body
after which it will be exposed In! the
hall of the noble guard for three days,
during which the members of the j pa
pal court, relatives and a few privileg
ed persons will be allowed to see it. It
(Continued on second page.)
FOILED IN ATTEMPT
Midnight Visitor Fled, but
Was Captured
Asheville, N. C, July 20. Special,
For many people in the northern sec- I i,e hp. 1 communicated with District ' inaries incident to the sale. It is pro
tlon of Buncombo county the Sabbath Attorney Young, offering to produce i posed tornake the property, Avhicli con
oroved a dav of excitement and unrest. ; lr. Beavers before a United States ; Fi:;ls of 100.CO0 acres of land, the home
Saturday nic-ht John Rirnptt. n n pcto
c, - -
attempted to commit a criminal assault
on the 17-year-o!d daughter of Rev. care to accept that offer. The state
Willis Ballard. a Free Will Baptist ment characterizes the course of the
minister. Sheriff Reed and others district attorney as irresrular and un
who live in or near Asheville, have
been dudHs of Mr. Ballard, and the
family is well known. The Ballard
home is on Big Ivy During the night
the negro entered the house by raising
a window and began to tear the cover
ing from Mis3 Ballard's bed before
she was awakened. Terror-stricken
the young woman then screamed,
which brought other occupants of the
house to her door. Mr. Ballard was
not at home that night, but the negro
evidently did not know that. Only
two or three women, palsied v.ith fear,
were there. Leaping through the win
dow Barnett fled to the woods.
Barnett was arrested yesterday and
was immediately brought to Asheville
by Deputy Sheriff Ilensley, who feared
the fellow would be lyrwched if he were
allowed to remain in that section. The
negro will be given a hearing before
Justice Dillingham on the 22nd,-in Big
Ivy township, if it is considered safe
to take him back there. If not Justice
Dillingham will be asked to come to
Asheville to conduct the trial. Justice
Dillingham has written to Solictlor
Brown to give the case his personal
attention.
GASSINI IN PARIS
Russian Ambassador Denies!
Reported Arrangements
With Secretary Hay j
Paris. July 0. Count Cassini, the
Russian ambassador to the United
States, who Is here with his daughter
spending part of his leave of absence
in Paris, said in an interview today:
"It is not correct, as .cabled, that I
arranged with Secretary Hay before !
my departure the question of open ,of Cumberland county, where funeral
ports in Manchuria. It is true that ! services were held, Robert and Law
Mr. Hay called on me June 28, but it ence Williams, negroes, appeared, one
was a friendly visit and entirely un- with a breech loader and the other with
official. The Manchurian ports were !a
mentioned during our conversation.-lthe
but no definite arrangement was rom- I
pleted. The conversation was quite
cordial, courteous and friendly, but It
did not go 'beyond that. I expect, how
ever, that a mutually satisfactory un
derstanding regarding Maachurian
questions will eventually be reached
between, the two governments. But,
i i . . . .
I repeat, no such arrangement has been
made by me. What has been done by
the charge d'affaires since my depart
ure, fotirteep days ago, I do not know.
"Regarding; the Israelite petition,
the United States government already
"knew that such petition would be re-
ceived. No such petition would be re
ceived by any indenendent state. The
i TTnitPf, state. firRf. nf Q
' nsen"t to foreign interference in
Eeyond this I do
not know .inrthinc ahnnt th matter.
jMy relations with the United States
haye alw been pleasant and cordial
mv ,nntr c.v . wWn-tnn..
Suing the Government
New Bern, N. O., July 20. Special.
The testimony in thn suit of Mrs. Jane
! F. Dougherty of Bachelor Creek, a few
Vuiles west of Bern' was taKfn
ay before Justice S. R. Street for
a vlaim of property destroyed by the
! federal forces during the civil war of
i 1SC1. The suit is pending before the
court of claims at Washington, to
j which it was referred by a resolution
of Congress The claim is for a royalty
due Mr. Dougherty which is prosecuted
' hy Mr. Edward Weatherington, as ex
; ccutor of the estate. Mr. Chas. F.
. Kincholoe pf Washington represents
, the government and Mr. R. A. Nunn
, of New Born represents the claimant.
: BURNING AND BRIBERY
Kentucky Feud Cases to Be
Tried Before Judge Redwine
Jackson, Ky., July 20 Circuit court
convened here touay in special session
for the investigation of the burning ol
the Ewen hotel and the attempted
bribery of Captain B. J. Ewen, . prin
. . A, 4 v.,
cipal witness for the prosecution in the
assassination cases of Curtis Jett and
Tom White. Judge Redwine refused to
vacate the bench and empanneled the
grand jury which is charged to investi
gate, not only the burning of Ewen's
hotel and the alleged attempt to bribe
him, but a'so the assassination of Dr.
B. K. Cox; which occurred in April,
; 1902.
T'l-.a -tui-ir tt-i a to Iron fmm tno l-Ofi. IAr I
ju pane selected V the Jury com-
Illlpiuiit;i 0, viuu 1 aic xxais3 vuiuuii
ents, and this is causing dissatisfac
tion. BEAVERS HIDING OUT
His Counsel Offers to Produce
Him for a Hearing
New York, July 20. Counsel for Geo.
W. Beavers, former superintendent or
the bureau of salaries and a'iowanrcs Joubert and Senator Butler have re
of the pos-office department, against ! cently returned from Mexico, where
whom two.indictments hava hn found j with General. De Wet, they spent seve
by the federal grand 'jury in Brooklyn, ! ral months .in . inspecting the land iri
made a statement today saying that
i,a,r.
1 .I11J1II100111C1 1U1 cv pi t iiinu:ii j '--
ins. but that Colonel Young did not
fair, inasmuch as it denies Beavers
the opportunity of a preliminary hear- j
ing and precludes him from ascert-ain-
! i,g anything of the nature of the j
charge against him to the date of his!
trial.
It continues: "For some weeks past
our client had resided in the borough
of Manhattan, attending to private
business matters, and at the time the
indictments were found against him in
Brooklyn Mr. Beavers was in the bo
rough of Manhattan. This circum
stances entitled him to a preliminary
hearing before the commissioner in this
district. We may add that the reports
repeatedly circulated in the press that
Mr. Beavers has at any time offered
to turn state's evidence are absolutely
false. As counsel for Mr. Beavers we
have advised him not to make any
statement in reference to this matter.
At the proper time he will take such
action as may be necessary to demon
strate in proving his innocence."
Working Day and Night
Salisbury, N. C, July 20. Special.
The employees of the Spencer shops
ana or tnis division of the Southern forces and the revolutionists occupy
Railway were paid off today. Several j . ' . , T 15
dPrtmn.!. nf thp h . T ing Ciudad Bolivar began, in two dif-
1 v, ,3 ti.
inns . " mem. in uraer 10
meet the demands made for the repairs
of "cars and
engines. The fragments
of the engines wrecked at Rock'fish,
Va., July 8th, where more than twen
ty lives were lost, have been brought
to the Spencer shops, but it is thought
that these will hardly be .worth repair
ing. Fracas at a Funeral
Fayetteville, N. C, July 20. Special.
Testerday afternoon at a negro church
near Manchester, in the western part
musket, and had a quarrel. When J
women got the guns away Lem :
Elliott encaeed in the ouarrel ahd was !
stabbed . by Robert Williams
in
the
hack and was. badly wounded, where-
upon Elliott drew a revolver and shot of the-artillery of the revolutionists,
Williams in the leg. A stray bullet j which seemed formidable. It was an
also wounded a negro named Farmer , swered vigorously by the government
who was brought to the hospital for troops. , -for
treatment. - At 2-o'clock in the afternoon a
' im Customs Service
North Carolina Shares in: the
Soft Snaps Real Estate'
Deals on a Big Scale.
Justice Pritchard's
Judicial Duties
nyTicouAi jr. fkrcb
Washington, July 20. Special. The
annual report of the auditor , for the I
treasury has made some remarkable
disclosures as to the salaries of col
lectors and surveyors at our jiaval ports.
It illustrates the fact that there are
sinecures in fne customs service which
Congress authorizes year after year,
and North Carolina shares in this
"rake off." For instance, the average
receipts of the Albemarle customs of
fice for the last five years has been
jl.80 a year, while the collector of the
port receives an annual salary of $1,000
for his trouble in . collecting this sum.
Besides this the collector receives fees
of $208 a year for services to American
vessels, making his total compensation
f 1,208 a year. He has one employe in
his office and the total cost of the two
men to the government is $1,691 a year
for collecting $1.80 in customs dues.
At Beaufort also the collections are
absurdly small. The average receipts
for five vears have been $46.30. The
collector has received fees to the extent
of $409.61 which makes his salary $1,
409.61. He has two deputies and the
expense of collection of revenues for
1902 was $1,655.
The average receipts of the Pamlico
office for. five years have been $901.80.
Salary and fees of the collector aver
age $1,931.46. The number ot persons
employed was five and the cost of col
lection was $5,190.77.
Wilmington, the state's largest port,
little more than paid for its customs
wHU. th. average receipts per
The collector has averaged in salaries
and fees for five years $2,083.36. There
were four employes in the' office last
year.
Ex-Eenator Clarion Butler, who has
been in Washington, has gone to New
York, where he Is conducting negotia-j
tions for the sale of a large tract" of
kind in ' Mexico,, as the representative
of '.Mexican Real Estate and Mining
Company, with-General Piet Joubert,
one of the Boer leaders in the late
f war 'with England, and General Da
; Wet, also of Boer war fame. General
! question and an an.rmg the prehm-
! of the self exiled isoers. vvmie nere
ex-Sena tor Butler stated that the com
pany which he represents recently, con- j
tracted for the purchase of 1,000,000
n rT-oa nf Innri in A.T PTiVn mhih is In-
cated in Tamauli as near Monterey. It,0 year in American history which
the Boers are satisfied with the project JPPJ.ed the figures of 1903 wa,
itinn nt th,t npr- '1SS2. Then this country had very lax
1 - 4. V- 1,
i 0 0,Wtf acr7s will bV sold to
f. of nhnnt npr flPr(1
them at about $3 per acre.
Justice Pritchard, who has been pre-
Venezuelar! Troops Give
Baffle to--Revolutionists
Heavy Fighting at Break of
Day Sunday Ciudad Bo
livar Fjercely Attack
ed aficStputly I
Defended
Noledaa, Venezuela, Sunday, July 19.
p m At 5 o'clock this morning an
gagement
between the
government
fprent directions.
The revolutionists
. - - . c iv
opened tne oaiiie. u "
! smoke over Ciudad Bolivar was so
thick that it was impossible to. see
the city. At 7 o'clock the government
troops, after a terrible fight, in which
they lost more than 100 men, captured
the cemetery. At. 8 o'clock the Vene
zuelan fleet, consisting of five men of
war, shelled the government building
at Ciudad Bolivar.
At 10 o'clock the revolutionists' flag
had disappeared from the government
building, and at U a. hi. all the streets
near the building were captured by the
government forces and a charge of all
the government soldiers on the city
wa ordered.
The wounded were then beginning to
arrive at the government headquar-
ters from all directions and the fight
was general; dui tne wuv.u.
not De lonowea irom jiic i
. - rf 1 -v - tf Y C
quence or tne smoxe tauu .tuc.J"G
siding over the criminal court No. 3
since his appointment as a district
judge, held circuit court for the first
time today! and tried several equity
cases. He Is relieving Judge Anderson
who takes a vacation. It Is Judge
Pritchard's intention to take his vaca
tion in August, when he will go to his
old home in Marshall, N. C. Next week
he will have before blm" for argument
the "cases of August W. Machen and
other alleged post ofllce swindlers, who
propose to file demurrers to the bills of
indictment. Counse for Machen in
formed Judge Pritchard today that the
demurrer would probably be filed Sat
urday. North Carolina Elks flocked into
Washington today on their way to Bal
timore. Nearly all of them spent the
day here. Tomorrow morning a special
train filled with Charlotte Elks will ar
rive via the Seaboard. It Is claimed
thai there will be 400 North Carolina
Elks in Baltimore tomorrow.- Among
those who spent the day here were
Walter Murphy, W. C. Lindsay, R. L
Crawford and C. R. Smith of Salisbury,
E. G. Porter, R. H. Griffin and E. B.
Borden of Goldsboro, G. L. Patterson
of Durham, W. J. Bellamy, J. P. Tay
lor, C. W. Polvogt, I. Bear, C. T. liar-1
per, T. H. Wright, Benjamin Bell, Jos,
F. Woolvin and L. Stein of Wllmlnc-
j ton,
Dr. Aaron of Mount" Olive, Tom
Dariiels and Harry Marks of New
Bern. 1
Tie post officer department has ac
cepted a proposal from Robert Korne-
j gay to lease quarters for the post office
at fMount Olive, Including furniture,
heat and light.
Rural route No. 1 from Thomfts l.le,
Davidson county, established to com
mence September 1, covers eighteen
square miles, is twenty-one in length,
serves population 630, and includes 110
houses. "
A MILLION A YEAR
Forecast of Immigration Sta
tistics by the Head of
it thp. "Riirfiaii .
1 mw , mm mm m t v mm -
Washington; July 20. One million
immigrants to the shores of the United
States inv 1904. These are the figures,
absolutely without exaggeration
: alarming as they may be 'that are
j forecasted by the statistics for the fls-
ca
year 1903, just - made public by
iraU P. Sargent, commissioner gen-
era
of immigration.
In! 1902 the number of Immigrants
was bs.iio. ror T.ne nscai year ito,
ered June 30, the number had leaped
to ' fio7,046. . This is an increase In 12
months of 208,571, or 32 per cent.
If this, rate be maintained, the total
for the next fiscal year will be above
1,000.000. Even should the rate fall to
an average of 23 per cent, the 1,000.000
mark in the flood of aliens to these
shores . will be passed.
Referring to past records, the only
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es went to '
'786,992. That remained the high-water
mark until the last fiscal year.
block of houses opposite the govern
ment building was captured by storm.
The revolutionists seemed to be resist
ing desperately.
The correspondent will follow the ad
vance with General Rivas. - The latter
is waiting for a signal from General
Gomez, the Venezuelan commander-in-chief,
who conducted the uttack from
Miraflars, to enter Ciudad Bolivar. with
all his resources and fourteen guns.
The spectacle in the streets of Ciudad
Bolivar when the smoke ; cleared away
was heartrendering. There were over
two hundred dead revolutionists in the
streets, not counting wounded.
ONLY WHITE MEN
Telephone Company Respects
Madison County Sentiment
Asheville, N. C, July 20. Special.
That is a most remarkable sltuatior
which obtains In Madison count?
where citizens have decreed that ne
groes shall not be employed by the con
struction corps of the American Bel
Telephone Company. It was state
this morning that Sheriff F. R- Reio
had been approached with a statement
from an unofficial source that he might
be called upon to assist in guarding
the men while at work and that the
Bell people would build the line with
their present help, it it meant trouble
and an expenditure of six million dol
lars. Later, however, the information
was vouchsafed from a more advised
source that the Bell people would re- j
spect the unwritten law of natives of
,Steel Creek and would employ only v
white men on the long distance line
until the Tennessee nountainj were
reached. - '