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Before tha offlctra comld be . rcaca4 tha fire reached iha aft mac aatae, which expkMSed, blowing . a ' , hole la 'tha port aide of tha veaael below tha water ' Uaa aad' canalog ' tha ahlp to alnk. ' Aa larrf Ijstloa . la belag bold.1 ' .; la tha battle af the Sea at Japaa the Mikaaa waa the haavleat loaw of t u ,-. all Japaaeaa ahlpa, harlng M killed aad ... wounded. ' She approached ' ! hearer . to the RusMtana than any ; other battleahlp. . .The Mlknaaj waa 5 alao the flagship of Togo, After the great natal battle fought off Port Arthur oa August 10, 1004, on which ' , occasion the Japanese flagship alao Gauffered most, but continued In the ' h fighting line, j, On. that occasion, the v x Hlkas had four officers and 89 men . ,.; killed, atx officers and 30 men ae e verely and four officers and ISO men 1 , " slightly wounded. " v . ' ;; ? J " ' f V : aMaaiasi-M-aMwaM ' 1 AIKEN FLEES THE STATE. ' , His Father Helps Him to Escape' the ; - v ' , .Iiaw, for Hla Rash Deeds of . . . . ' " - f 'Friday. .' Vr : " f ; , ' 1 Deputy 8herllL8tell went down In - t , - the southern end of the county yes ' - . terday to search for John Aiken, the r -f young lightning rod agent, who rah - amuck,' and attacked several of his v ' companions ' Wllburn Saturday, , ' ' but the man had left the State; ,The l . ' man's father had carried him to Clayton, -where he took the train ; kl" i ' upposedij' for South Carolina.. ,v - HAD FRIENDS ON THE SPOT.: The Sheriff of Rowan County IsEx f, empted From the Provisions of ; the Machinery Act Reduc . Ing Per Centum for the , ' ' ,' Collection of Taxes. . ; " " The machinery act of the last leg . islature reduced the commissions for the collection of taxes of all sheriffs : in the State who collected more than 150,000, and this seriously decreases the .Incomes of f the sheriffs of the larger counties, aa the commissions - remain the same as formerly up to 150,000, which is S per cent, but all In excess of this amount only 2 M per cent is allowed. . t There is one sheriff, however, the sheriff of llowan county, who had his friends on hand, and a sepclal law was paBsed and ratified two days before the ntachlnery act, which ex empts him from, this decrease, " - This'act li 'entitled an act, to re duce the fcommlsslons of the sheriff of Rowan county for the collection of county taxes, and reads as follows: ' Section 1. That the sheriff of Rowan county shall receive as com pensation for the collection'of county, school, road, bonds and all other license and privilege taxes for county ; purposes, three per cent of the amount collected by him. v " - 1 Sec. 2. That this act shall In no way apply to of eituot the present heriff of Rowan county, rjid shall : not affect the porcentum for the col lection of Slate tax ' ' Sec. 3. That all laws in conflict with Ula act are karky mato4. 4. Ttiat tbU act ahaU be Is fores from aad afiar tie raU&cailua. Aa ihU art waa ratified twa dsrs bafare the Baacblavry act waa paaatt. aad tkla act appliaa ta all, Ike roa Usa, aad repaaJa all laws la eoafllct thareto, a tiaUoa arises whether this special act waa not repealed by ths matklnsry act, aad tha sheriff of Rowan county abide by the regular act. aad bare ala Income decreased aa wall aa tae oikera. , OOXFEftfiKD HIS GUILT. Aad Admits That Aa laaoeewt Man Was llaaged for the Crime. . Mlnot, N. a. Bept. ll."Whea ray llfeleaa body la found, notify my mother, Mr. Catherine Hertlg. of Glrard, O. The enclosed letter will reveal my Identity ' and tha awful secret of my wretched life.. I can endure lt.no longer," The foregoing note waa found, by frank Byer, .who lives ou a claim near Hldlewood, this county. . It was written by one of Ms harvest bands called Frank, who has disappeared. In the letter, the writer, who slcas himself Charles Hertlg, . says: "Dear Mr. Byer: H "la tka- early. seventies "Charlie Sterling, a supposed tramp, was tried for tha murder of Little Grombacker, a beautiful young, woman, residing near Toun'gstown, in Mshonlng coun ty, 0. He was convicted on clrcunf stanyal evidence and. was hanged for the crime la - the county ' jair at TbungttowiL;l.- r ''i ' "'": 1 ''Charles Sterling was an Innocent man. I am guilty of the murder of that young girl. ; : ; ; . ; r ' '"CKARtESiHkkZia." ;; Byer and his neighbors, hate, made a search without success for the -body of Hertlg. V v '. ' (' ' ''-. ' Inlttrance Investigation. (By tha Associated fresa.) , ' New York, Sept.- II. The Inquiry into the methods pursued by life In surance companies has been resumed. The 'question of syndicate, operations was taken up and Edmund .D.,; Ran dolph, treasurer of . the' New: York Ufa Insurance Co., offered evidence to show that for, ten years his com pany had made no syndicate transac tions, which resulted in a loss,' the ttet profits having been nearly two and one-half millions of. dollars. , Vv: New Bank Organised. j Wilmington, Sept. U. The South ern National Bank was organized here yesterday with a Jnost flattering outlook for. the beginning of business next Monday. ' The' officers and di erctors elected are: . President, Matt J. Heyer; first vice president. Hugh McRa'e; Second vice president, D. I Qore; cashier, Chas. N. Evabs; di rectors, Hugh McRae, D. L.' Ar ring dale,. J. - A. Taylor L' Hanson, E. Aherena,' John H. Rehder, Isadora Bear, Matt J. Heyer and Z. Wl White head, all of this City: D. D. McColl, BennetUvllle, S. C; S. O. Mlddleton, Hallsvllle, N. C. H. C. Brldger, Bla denboro, N,' C. C C.' Pridgenr Tar boro, N. C , . Capt, Charles Price Very 111. n Salisbury, Sept. 12. Capt. Charles Price, a lawyer, r, whose fame Is na tional, ,1s. very.ucrltlcallyi lll vat his home on Fulton; street, There la but the .smallesi, hope ' for a change' and hi 'best, friend.8 feaT that he cannot live, more than ft short while..;',, Ca.pt. Price has been In 111 health for set eral: years, buhas not abandoned hla work with whlgh he has been overwhelmed for ft long time.. Espe cially for the last three mooths has he been feeble and the past ten days a decline that is alarming. . V APPOINTED DISTRICT DEPUTY. Mr. P. . D., Gold, Jr., of Greensboro, .' Highly Honored by the Klkft." s (Special to The Evening Times.) ' Greensboro, N. C, Sept.- 12. -An order was recently issued dividing the State of North Carolina Into two jurisdictions' of the Elks, and . Mr. Itkt M !J W taatJUtod kl tkkl ' I :ea liru IM pnril afi-:n trtka Mr Cl m ) , kt Oraad tui'.M IUU fcWV JT. raw a. at UtliH'l, f. Tl M ra fiuirirt to (OKw( of tW Fik i UtCtm el t.ttlifc City, w-'nalkg-loa. Drim. ViltbiM. kafc. Ouidkttfjr. K!uaua. NW (Ur 4 K UMt. Hf. GaU 1 ft V rmr U Creakbre Lf aad aa ' ol ia kMt popular Bo bera, M klM r(KliBMt U KM tf tl kofe l ftlM, Vut AlaO ! CfMKWl' Ut. la pmiMvwtWy CWfxawa t Mardrr. Itenabary. BpC II. fetharlff Jal laa. ka kas maraad from the tut Peaitratlary at Ratoisk, wkara k took Elmore pklllipa. eotemd. a Btara koy, raporu a rmarkkto cootaaalua. I ke mtVa negro waa tadlrlad at Iha rareat term of eoart for tke murder of ala ates-father WIU MrlUthaa. Tke boy waa but It years aid. ywt be tsardered lb old negro man aklle ae slept. thooUag kla with a shot gun aad then dragging tke old fellow off by hitching a bom to hla beoL McKathaa waa found a day later ta a uncaai. luereryxuini poiai . io of Dr wh,w to ,.ert themarlves guilt of the boy. Tot be told a PUtt- ' to me etmoat la a war .(rain.t the Ible atory and lmpral tke lawyers roo,aut0. n u felt by ine autbori wlth hla deverweaa. - He protested ao, l0 4 mft,r of olf hla Innocenea and. by tnordtaata b-u-n(.uty to ,ump out f,v lf ,n, maalty, won a. reeommendaUoa to jpeopie will lulthfully follow the la mercy. His lawyers- pleaded the !,ITUCUona, now that the malignant aecona aegree or muraer ror aim aaa ha went to prison for I yeara. .On ....... m.u..k Dkniin. tha way ta Raleigh, Phllllpa conf ed, without regret, tha Whole crime and pleaded revenge aa his motive. McKathan had atrnck Phillips' mother with a club and the boy laid for. htm until ba slept, then blew bis head off. ;' . y , , ' . t Guilford Planter Company Buys Ce- : moNt Rualneea. - " Greensboro, tiept, 11. Mr. Bldaey N.. Peters has resigned his position as manager of tha cement department of the Odell Hardware Company 40 devote his entire time to the manage ment of the Guilford Plaster Com pany,, ol which ha la vice president and treasurer. The1 wholesale ce ment business Of the Odell Hardware Company has ..been bought . by the Guilford ' Plaster. Company, which concern will Handle cement by whole sale, In addition to its output. !,: '' - "' ' -' ' , ' , , ' Cholera Vlctlma. Berlin, Sept. 12. Eight new cakes of cholera and three, deaths Is the record for, the. 14 hours ending at noon to-day, making a total of 166 cases and ,61 deaths. ' . Job Printers Strike. .;v (,By the'X Associaled Press.) J Syracuse, N.-; T.,' Sept. 12. Job printers here bave. refused to go to work, the TXpotheta. having refused a demand tor ah 8-hour day. Nine teen, offices are affected. Blood-Thirsty Tartars Massacre Ar i menlans Without Any Dlstluc Uoq of Sex or Age, and the Few Survivors Forced . . to , Embrace IblamiRm. (By the Associated Press.) ' . St, Petersburg, Sept.- 12. A holy war -has been proclaimed in the Caucasion districts of Zangezur and Jebrlal, where the Tartars are mas sacreing Armenians without distinct (ion of set or age. At the cillage Of Minkend ! S00 - Armenians wef slaughtered Dispatches ' say mutK lated children "were thrown ' to the dogs.rand that the few -C survivors were forced to embrace 'islamlsm In order' to save their lives.4.. "l J, : i. .. Preacher Visit the JaB.," ; ! Rev: vDrt -A. 'H. Moment and Ret. R. J. Bateman; accompanied bv a party of Ihe Christian ladles of the city visited the Jail to-day and talked with many of the prisoners. v Will -Adam?,' the negro who is con demned to be bung on Thursday was spoken with, but he Btill stuck to the story tbat he Was Innocent of, the charge against him. . - " i Several ministers and ladies o( the city visit, the Jail every Tuesday and talk and pray with the prisoners, : Ol'ITO Na Dalhs Prcra Yellow Fcver In New Orleans Tcs(erd:iy II mi CUICIDE WILL BE USED FOR wmim Itirt Acroaal W the K.ttmror m r la llaadltag M, lr . W htir i. TfcwtwaurHly Kduralias Hi r orrea .la lla i (Br Iha AM-wlaif,! I t. - i New Orleana, Sept 1 1 The (art that there were ao dvathr In tbv pre- ft, L ft.-- k.. .. pwted they will riKnd to ike ap- , character of the dlcae haa dlaap- L.., Anneals continue to come P,rwJ- Appeals continue to come . to tha Governor and the State Board ) of Health from tho country for as- slstanre. Control of the Situation. New Orleans, Sept. It. The offi cial report of the yellow fever situa tion la this city to six o'clock Monday afternoon' was as follows: New cases, 31: total to date. 2,327. Deaths, nonej total,' 118. New foci. 18. Cases under, treatment, 800. Cases discharged 1,711. The report of no deathsyesterday, the first-time since the announcement of the' presence of the fever here on July 21 when contrasted with the record Of 1878, presents quite a co incidence, because So;tember 11, J 878, was the record, day for deaths during the epidemic, nfnety being recorded. Algiers reported seven of the new cases yesterday.. Of the new foci only two are above Canal street. Four are In Algiers, t, I Dr, White last sight gave out the parts of the hew culclde, which will be used hereafter Jin fumigation, the discovery of which was announced Saturday. 'It is composed of equal parts of crystal." carbolic acid and gum camphor, and three ounces will be sufficient thoroughly tok fumigate 1,000 cubic feet of space. He ad vises against Its -use by citizens gen erally, on account Of danger in hand ling it, and is havlhg his forces thor oughly educated In Its use before they will be entrusted with it. Cossacks Fired ' Volley' After Volley ' Into the Raging Mass of Infu- - -. Hated People;" Killing 30 J'.' . 5 ; and Wounding 70 - ! ' Others. ' (By the Associated Press.X TifHs, Sept. '12. Two thousand Social Democrats forced ah entrance into the town hall, which was closed, owing to the celebration of a relig ious holiday the beheading of John the Baptist. ; Revolutionary speeches were' 'made and the chief; of .police ordered-; the meeting to (disperse. Some Obeyed, but the remainder re fused and revolvers were flred.v A large force of Cossacks, -flrawn up outside the building, fired a vol, ley Into rthe- icrowd time and time again, killing 30 and wounding p wards Of 70.; In-tha ensuing panic, many persons fell and were trampled to death by. their comrades and. the pursuing Cossacks. , i" - 1 v.. l- ABJECT CREATURES.' i Marion Woods and Ida "Sheppavd;; of ' Holly, Springs, In Jail Again. ' ; Warfon Woods and , tda Sheppard, a white cbuple,, living near Holly Springs, were'brbught her last n'ght and placed In Jail by Deputy Sheriff Stell, on a capias Issued by the Judge JEW ll! PIC rJS.1:: ta M sard af k ! ' aaa ka4 tka gat aad 14 ' M lLm take taa inm a4 Lra ibet riuabaa Ike te oatd o M tk acaia at teas bad ta ooum to BkUtik kkl g et a aJaa aatd Mmf tmr a fk vurui waa I bra tnmd kr f traaiiaao klre JaUw '.vr aaaadera aad the erttoe ntM4. Vat la the trial H 4rtt4 that the Baa aad womaa rt linug togetbar aa Ml a4 atfe aalaatal If. tke saaltvr kowatt aa 4rt-4 aa tkay prowilaad to get sarrl4 al oaea. bat at ike Uet term of nHirt tka graad Jury imrgtKl tbrni aad kasww their arm) ty or4ir of tba eoart. Tke ssaa aad wow id prriwni a pletare af tke aaoat ab)wt potrrtr It caa hardly be raallaod that vltbla the coaflaaa of Wake couaty ther live people of aurh a low moral plana Tkelr fare kata the look of huntod. - t. ' . .. . v .....v hi.; iit riku w.m . Hw . u.i w ui Huuiuuf wka nothing to oat but ears of corn. But made. The fugitive waa a atrlke wltk all tkelr Unoranfe and abject- breaker from St. Lou la, who entered new there still lingers la the heart the company'a employ als months of the womaa that natural affection , while a atrlke was la progreaa. for her child. Whoa the waa la Jail ! Pourtern of the Injured are atlll la before, aha would not be aeparated ,tne hoapitala, three ao badly Injured from bar Utile boy, who la about Bta make their recovery doubtful. oM tna ne w" C"'1 to Jail They claim to have been married, and lf thla la so, the Solicitor will no ! doubt nol pros the Indictment. s " i A MALICIOUS PROSECITIOV. f Police Justlre Tlila Moraine lased a i Negro Womaa With the Coat for ' I Malicious Prosecution. , f Judge Badger bad. a small, docket mis morning, mere being only two cases before his honor, one of. which ne dismissed. Nick Chambers, a negro driver. was fined 14.35 for driving over a paved street faster than a walk. There was a charge of being drunk and disorderly against Lucy Farrar and Randall. Johnson, two negroes, but Ihe judgment of the court was not' guilty as. It appeared that one Florence Spike, another begrot swore but the warrant to get even with her enemies. Florence was made to pay 14.8 5 for seal in prosecutina the offenders. Holiday in Baltimore. Baltimore, Md.,T Sept 12. To-dav Is being celebrated as a legal holiday tnroughout the state in honor of the battle of North -Point, fcnitfit tn 1814, in which the State mllitlk de feated the. British and saved Balti more from capture. The Stock Ex change, Chamber of Commerce and municipal buildings are closed and the anniversary is generally ob- served. ! : 'l Shot by a Burglar. (By the Associated Press.) Greenwich; Conn.,, Sept. 12. Mrs. C. W. Morell, daughter of E. C. Con verse, -of New York, ah officer of the United flutes Steel . Company, was shot by a burglar. The bullet shat tered her. jawbone and Imbedded itself in her shoulder. CHIEF JUSTICE SIMMONS DEAD. Was Head of the Supreme Court of ,'-.! ,. Georgia. (By the Associated Press.) ; Atlanta,. Ga., Sept. 12. Chief Jus tice Simmons, of the Supreme Court of Georgia, Is dead of a complication of troubles. He was 65 years of age. V V Negro Giant Dead. ' (By the Assoc fated Press.) . Nashville, . Tenn., Sept. 12 "Bud" Rogan, ; a Tennessee negro giant, is dead at Gallatin. ' ' He was 8 feet 9 inches tall. HIS hand was IS' inches in length and his feet were 16 nncHos, long. - Burned to Death. ! ' (By the' Associated Press.) ' , Centre -Ossipee; N. H., Sept. 12. William Thompson and Mrs. Lydla Thurston were burned to' death in a fire which destroy . Thompson's sum mer home. ' . . t - ; Kills Wife, Then, Himself. K'V By the Associated Press.) ' v ' Cambridge Mass., Sept, 12; John Reeves' murdered his wife and, then odmmttted Suicide o Reeves was 30 and his wife 46 yeare old. He had not been living with his wife for some time. ' . ' ' ' 1 " ' 1 For tfcc Fcjitlvc Molor- mm Responsible for the Awful Wreck SEVERAL OF THOSE INJURED MAY DIE loartrra .f thr In tats of IIm I ail ArrMtl Arr M lUdty lajard Thai TWir Irih la K prTlrd al A ay Tlaw. ( B) lh Auclatl Prraa ) Ni York. 8pt II Pollcaraeo ,K . , . . ,Thby are William Engle. whoae right ileg was amuuUted: Ellsa Mlnar. of i N'acK 'boee skull waa fractured nd e amputated, and William T. Nlebuhr, who suffered a fractured skull. Several others are suffering I'rom "r,ou "Jurl and their con- dltion might at any moment become critical. Seymour Koe, who bad a fracture of the skull is One of these. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT. la the Carolinae the Col to a SltaaUoa Is Not Materially Changed. , (By the Associated Presa.) ' Washington, Sept. 12. The-5 Weather Bureau's crop report says: In the Carolina the cotton situation Is not materially changed. In South 1 Carolina 'a Blight Improvement Is in dicated In, some' localities and a de terioration, In others, the plant hav ing stopped growing on sandy lands, but, continued green and Is fruiting on clay soils. A slight Improvement is reported from Alabama and por tions of Louisiana and Texas, but In Florida, Georgia,, Tennessee, Mis souri,, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Arkansas and ' the greater part of Texas there has been more or less deterioration, with a. slight Improve ment over scattered local areas. Boll weevils and other pests are increas ing 1h portions of Texas. Generally the weather conditions have been highly favorable for picking, which work has been actively carried on. Cutting and housing of tobacco is about halt finished in Kentucky and nearly completed . In Maryland, Vir ginia and Tennessee, and Is com pleted In North Carolina. DEATH At ELON COLLEGE. Mr. J. C. Colley, Who Died Last Sun day, Was , Greatly Esteemed. Elon Colege,, Setp. 12. Mr, J. C. Colleyi of Truett, Ala., a ministerial student in Elon College, died here Sunday evening at 5 o'clock of acute bowel trouble. He left his home the first of last Week and arrived here Wednesday morning very sick, and continued to grow worse, until his dealh.' Three physicians attended him and a trained nurse was with him in the final hourrs. The remains were taken home this morning. Prof. W. C. Wicker and Mr. E. M. Carter, a com rade and fellow ministerial student from Alabama, accompanied the body. Mr. Colley was a young man of great promise and ' was , highly s teemed for nobility of character and exemplary life and his death bringB grief to a large circle of friends and relatives and1 to the entire Alabama Christian Conference, of h which he was a member.,' He, was . 24 years old and was a member of the Junior class. i . t Advance Price of Oil. v ' (By the Associated Press.) Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 12. The, Standard Oil Company has advanced, the price of Pennsylvania oil 3 cents a barrel, and other grades 2 cents. , Chicago Wheat and Corn. ) t. 1 (By the Associated Press.) , ; . Chicago, Sept. 12. Clear weather sent December wheat to 83 Kc. De cember torn, ' on liberal receipts, eased off to 48 c. ' '
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