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r last j:t-:: . 1 ALL TILC Li Lcuuj all Nortli Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. TI J E E AliEIfilii; EYE VOLUHE27, RALEIGH, N. C.j TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1907 o Ccrvlee of t1. 3 'Associated Prccs. ,x MING'tlMES. r, A o-jEILL IN. THE SENATE . : V'.TO FIMJ3IBIT FREEGHT; 'V . , . ... f The Full Text cf fcscrtot 4Iease by Senator Eux- ; . ton Intrc-uccd JTcday V s couriTiES l:ust CARE. FOR HEED O illFIRM Senator Burton's, Bill to Compel All ; ... Counties to Care for , Indigent , Daniel Bill to Reduce Jfambor of f ; Challenges Allowed in Both Crlnr -i Inal and Civil Cases- JLaw to Ver min Secret Societies to Hold in Trust, the purchase and Soil Heal Estate, ECc, 1b Strengthened by Bill Passed Senate Today Elec tion of United States Senator by Separate Ballot Today Speeches of Senators Drewry and Mitchell Ornate and Ileautlful Tho Day's I'reswdlngs la Detail. : w -The lieutenant governor r, called the ' Vi- Btato senate to' order this morning at . U o'clock and the da y's session was orened with the customary invocation, spoken by Rev. JR. T. ; Vann of tho t Baptist Church, president Baptist Col - lege for Women at Raleigh, ' Tho Journal of Monday was approv- ed on the ccrtlflcatlon of Its "correct 1 jioss by tho committee on the Journal, v A number ef the. standing eommit - , - tees reported back bills 1 which i had been referred to them and they " wore placed upon the calendar and disposed . of ns reported further on in this ac-i . i . count of the day's proceedings. t"1 ., . New Bills lntoluced. - - ' In the regular orde$ th following 7';r birtS"verii lntrMlfoed? ' " ."7r By'5fw Beawell Td regulate and fix r.tlme fbr. transportation of-'frcight and ' ptovidlng. forfeitures. Commltteo on ' Kallrosda. - '".'.. - ii By Mr. Burton To provide for the , - aged and' indigent and Infirm wards of j the state. . public Health. By Mr. Burton To prohibit the sale 1 of toy pistols, fire crackers, ete. Prop- - osltions and Grievances, u By Mr. Thorne Potition from board i ! L.iinn.n,,r Mmi m r rseard to the license tax on liquors, etc. Finance, ' r i i By Mr. Brocso To prevent Intoxi' " , cited persons tram traveling pn rall v v road trains, -steamboats,. etc and for the better protection of the traveling "public. Committee on Railroads, .. t : By Mr. Breeso To change the boun ; ';, dary line of a graded school district in V Swain county. Committee -on Educa ' Hon. - "k . ' By Mr. Bellamy To confine and en ,; ' l.rge powers of the Southern Mutual Home Insurance Company. Comn'iit . tee on Insurance. " 7 By Mr. Burton To provide for bet- V 'ter care for the Indlffont, aged and in - firm, of the Btate. 1 - ' . 'r , l''or the Belief of Indigent Aged and ' . . ' Infirm. , , ' . The bill of Senator Burton, Intro i. duccd today, provides that all coun ." .tics 'I'shall within twelve months at ter "(iti ,ratiflratloni purchase, rvrt less A' than twenty-five acres of land for a . county farm, ' 1 ' That name shall be cultivated, etc., and suitable building r.nd care for tho indigent, aged and infirm, v .. . . :." . v. - That if, the revenue receipts. of any ' county Ui-lnsuffVlliit for thjy purpose, county iy issue coupoa- oona -not exceeding 110.000 and ot exceeding '( :flvo tcr 'ent Interest, to be sold by 4-'County coy&mlsionerH 'etc., to run not longer1 than twlntf -Vears.-r't i.. .1 Mr. Buxton'a height Rate Bill.! ? - By Mr. Buxton A bill to be entitled . - on act to prevent discrimination In (.j-jfrelght' rates by ' railroads' against, "ii points in Ts'orth Caro'lna the full text i of which Is as follows: . '-.'. . The General Assembly of North Caro- Una do en?ct: . , ? ' , ;:,;: Section t. .That no railroad company ' shall charge or reoeive for the trans portation of freight to any station, on - its road, a greater sum' than is at the time ohurged or received for the trans- portation of the like kind and quantity of felsht from the same m-iglnal point of departure to a station at a greater distance on its road in tho same direc tion,. Two or more railroad companies ifhose roads connect shall not charge or receive for- the transportation . of ' freight to any station on the road of , either of them, a greater - sum than Is at the time charged or received for the transportation of the like kind and 1 quantity of freight from the. same original point of departure to a station at a greater distance on the road of "either of them In the same direction, i In the .construction' of this act tha sum charged or received for the trans portation of -freight shall include all i tormlnnl charges; and the road of a company shall Include all tho road In use by It, whether owned by it or op- ernted uwler a contract or leaee. ' 2. Every railroad company which "I violates any provision of this act shall ha HaKlA all nmtima mtimialnmiA tiv reason of such Violation,, and shall ts guilty of a misdemeanor and fined at Ahe discretion of tho court. S. . This act shall be In force, from and after its raliflnatlnn. : ',.: By MiC Daniel -To reduce .the num ber of challenges in both olvU and criminal cases, Judiciary committee. By Mr. Rhoinhardt To appoint -W. H. Ixwe a. Justice of the peace in lyln oola county. Committee jort Justice of Peace, iy - -v , . J Tightening Itelnspn Renters, V , By Mr. 1MltcHell-To? make It unlaw ful for a tenant to leave his landlord until all debts are paid and to. make It unlawful for other landlords to eon tract with tenants who have not com- plied with this proposed law, etc. (This bill tightens the reins on rent ersi especially tenants on farms, "and it apparently does not help the ."one gall us boys," whom Senator . Masorf last weak, declared It was time this legislature was helping: when a- more rigid summary proceedings bill was killed In short order.) , By Jlr. Wood To protocf deer in McDowell county. Committee on Came Laws. . ' by Mr. Drowry To regulate the re tirement of capital stock in certain cases., Commltteo on Corporations. . By Mr. Dickey To give certain Jur isdiction to Justice of peace in Clay, Macon and Graham county. -.Commit tee on Judiciary. - - By -Mr. Harrington To; appoint ,T. A. Harrington and J. B.: V. Stewart Justices of tho peace in Harnett coun ( Continued on second page. ) - SOUTHERN RY. Gccfl 6 Practically illMs iB: Hie '"South ;: RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS rA..t.. x-ii tj..i. ; Conductors Aotifled to Accept Books of , Other Roads tor Mileage t Traveling Men Have Been Work' tug for- Interchangeable Mileage for a Number of Years, , Conductors on the Southern Rail- Way were Instructed today that : the company had made arrangements by which mileage hooks sold by -that company would bo good on practi cally all of the roads operating In tho south and tho books of tbe other roads wilj be good on the Southern. ' This is ' something the traveling men, have been - working.- for for a number of years.' ' Some of the rdads have Issued such ' books for several years past but the. Southern hereto fore would not come to the terms of the traveling men.- Any one wno stops for a moment to' consider tbe matter- will appreciate what it moans to the traveling man. .S The general public of course, will reap some benefit but nothing compared to the salesman who 'is on the road ail. of . hta- u . , me dft g trawllng 0B ivt '.(t w ..,, t . several " roads. ' To be able to - use mileage on all of those roads instead of having to buy a now-. ticket each time a change la made makes quite a difference. -.... . , The roads the Interchangeable books -will be .good on are, the Sea board Ah- Line, Atlantic Coast Line, Virginia and Carolina Coast, West ern and " Atlantic, Western Railway of Alabama, Alabama and : Great Southern, Queen and - Crescent, . At lanta and West Point, Atlanta; Bir mingham and' Atlantic Norfolk ft Southern, Baltimore Steamship Packet Company, Central of GeorBlft, Charleston ft Western, Carolina, C. K. ft L., Georgia Railway, Chesapeake Steamship CompanyGeorgia. South ern and Florida, Louisville ft Nash ville, Nashville,' Chattanooga ft St. Louis, Richmond, Frederlckphurg ft Potomac, -. ' ' SENATOR BROWN'S -. KILLING TAKEN UP. i tV.y thf Associated Press.) . "Washington, Jan. , 22. Investigation was begun today by the grand Jury Into the alleged murder of the late Senator Brown of Utah, by Mrs. An na M. Bradley of Salt Lake City. The Ishootlntr of Senator Brown occurred at the Raleigh Hotel here a few weeks MILEAGE BOOKS agq and Mrs, Bradley since has been confined to Jail -without ball. -It Is -not expected that the grand. Jury -will en ter into the conditions which led op to the crime, but will confine its inqhlrjea tq local witnesses who have knowledge of j .'the . incidents immediately ; f sur rounding the hooting. The probabil ity is that the grand jury will nor make a. return Ob the case before next Friday. . i . ' . -r, i- - - ', ROADS CNSCSTAIJlED. ' By the: Associated Precs.') Denver, Col., Jan. 22. At a hear ing before the interstate commerce commission here, today In investiga tion Of Complaint against score of railroads for alleged dlscrlmtttatlon in freight rales ' against this city .and state,. Commissioner Prouty said he did not believe the commission would hold that Jn general the rates were too high, nor would any court hold that the .fates in -general were too high..' The only ground on whleh tho case should be heard was that the rates are unreasonable to Denver. If that IS what you are trying to show!-' said Mr,; Prouty, "you havei very little evidence. So far you have shown hothlng except that the rates on cotton piece goods are excessive. Tbo commission can-make no order on any 'commodity not mentioned In the allegation.',' . MrJ Prouty Said he had no author ity to fule on .the competency of the complaint, or perhaps to allow an amendment to the complaint, but hp would allow an amendment, and the whole commission coujd take up the matter. ' .. ' p '' . :.. NO VOTE IN TEXAS FOR : SENATOR YET, '(By the Associated Press.) Austin, Tex.!, Jan. ' 22. Neither houso of the Texas legislature has recorded a vote for senator. Both houses are listening to nominating speeches.;? A vote will hot he reached until iato, this afternoon or 'tonight.' Senator Batlev and -his friends are confident he will, be re-elected. ' An effort was made in the house to pass a resolution demanding that conditional upon his election now by a legislative vote- Senator Bailey should re-tsubmtt the merits of ; the-;. present-charges against htfi to the reopl In A special state Drtmari'. election, and ( la tne remVrtKnt"'tt,"lren'e suce" agBftiot' he. Would resign the Benatorshlp. . This resolution was by a vote of 69 to '61. refused a second reading, thus preclud ing Its further, consideration today. CULLOM IS SENT . BACK TO SENATE. (By the Aseoclated Press.) L ' Springfield, Ills., Jan. 12-Sheiby M. Cullom, who has been United States senator from , Illinois - continuously since 18S3, was today re-elected by a unanimous vote of the 132 republican members of the legislature. This is the fifth time Mr.' Cullom has been elected to -the senate. ' ' . 0 St. Paul, Minn.; Jalfc -22. Both houses Of the : Minnesota legislature voted separately to returw Knute Nel-.! son to the United States senate. Four democratic senators voted for Senator Nelson. s - . STEAM TURNED ON MAN IN A BOILER. (Special to The Evening Times.) New. Bern, N. C, Jan. 22. G. W. Williams, employed by- John L. Roper Lumber Company here,, met with a horrible accident : this morning, . He was at work in a "dead." boiler, and Ui4 fireman, not : knowing , Williams was In It, turned , the steam from . a live boiler Into the place -where th$ man was, literally -parboiling , him. He managed to got bis head through the man hole and waa taken out. with out ' much difficulty and .conveyed to a hospital.; The man was conscious through all the Buffering, but there are no hopes of ' hit4 recovery. SHOT DAUGHTER J OVER ARGUMENT. ' (By ihe-Asoclatd Prwss.) ;, V, RocheUor, M.f ., Jan. 22. Excited by a breakfast table discussion today Ed win Dabell aged .15 drew a revolver and : shot - his daughter; Miss Emma Dabell and Mies M. C. Taber. Mies Da bell sustained merely a scalp wound while Wins Taber was shot in the back, her injury being serious.. , , IN A DEADLOCK ON , . , THE SENATORSHIP. (By the Associated Press.) v '. Providence, R. 1 ' Jan, ' 22. The Rhode Island legislature remains : in deadlock on the United States sena- torsblp. ColonelGoddard still leads with forty-one votes. Colonel Colt re-, eelved. thirty-eight; Senator Wetmore thlrty-onei f 1 - VACTjT OF THE BANK . " BLOWN BY DrNAMITK. (By the Associated Press.) ' Crittenden. Ky., Jan, 22. Tho 'vault of the Tobacco Growers Depoeit Bank mrmm HvnftmlfPfl tiwlatf Ktf mKlwkrn ThSt men imuitd only t")00. leaving 24,000 in tho vault. ' V ' BiIeson ijUCi'IOND bEACil! PASSES HOUSE v -"rr. ' A !' " ' ' Baffin Vtjaner of One f ivelPrevent; Fraud Id Sales of tttlSELYI TAKES OTHER Wagner. - Wlu Hud li.it.-i-ed for- the Onuoud Rates, lb-ported to Bo on Eve of SaiOng for France He Is Threatened With Suspension From tho Itacing-' Asbocinl Ion. ;- ' ' (By the Associated Press.) Ormond, Fla.f Jan. 22. The real rac ing ir tho fir h annu:U international automobile ten ininnu-nt began today with -the four rvents scheduled. They were: ;.Fivemies fi-cnn ntanding start open to all -weights a.-ul powers; , five miles tor the world's championship from Jlylng stfrt, open to all weights and powers r jne mile championship, open to all Wcfchts and powers, and a special. hhlf tiHle slow race on hlg'.i' gear, :i. After cfbssing tho lino of start in the ; last event the highspeed gear must be In, and neither tie,goar nor the Clutch- pedal shall be touched un til after 'the finish. A stop dlsqua'i fies a , cat? ;''.( $:. The -beach it in splendid condition. and the weather, though slightly cooler than yelfterdayi is fairly pleasant. Unofficial information having reach ed the officials here to the effect that Louis Waffner,?Wlnnor of the Vander bilt cup-race arid who had formally en tered for event here, intended sailing ei, Thursday with his car for France, notice was senl through Jefferson De moot , Thompson, chairman Of the American ; Automobile Association racing board, that unless Wagner and his ono hundred horse power ,racer appeared ho would be suspended; both here and abroad, if possible, from fur ther racing,; suspension., to continue j tor an Indefinite period.' , No reply has been' received, u. mt,-Ai. t ,iv. Kf.m.iiiu I tiartT was won'br Blakelv l a seven- start was won'hr Blakely In a seven ty-horse .power gasolene oar. His time Was lour -minutes, twenty-five seconds. There .was no previous standing start record for this distance.: . The . five milo v,ent. flying start, -open to all weight and powers was wort by Marriott , a thirty-horse power -etoam car in three minutes, fortyJfour and four-fifth seconds, which Is one minute slower than the record. '' '' The five mile match race between a thirty horse power steamer and a sev enty horse jiower gasoline car was won by W. R. Files in the steamer in three minutes, Dl 4-r seconds, The even mile touring cars was won by Durbln in a steam car in 03 2-5. A ARE FAMISHING Now York, Jan.? 22. The American Bible SocIeU bus Just received the fol lowing cablegram from tho Ilov. John R,: Hykes, 1). 1).,-theagent for the society for China: ; -'"Notify all boards-Shanghai mission ary-association 274 members represent ing nineteen bodies, urges appeal fam ine relief through ajl churches. Million and quarter starving. 4 Refugees' already flocked cities. In district three million destitute. Many ;,( millions affected. Many deaths already though five months suffering only, begun. General relief committee representing all Inter ests in this part east unite In placing work v relief entirely ' in responsible bands of missionaries, .;. Opportunity dontury impress Chfcia.- .; ..:.'. (Signed) "Hykesv president." THREE DEAD IN '- , COAST LINE WRECK. . . XBy the Associated Press.) , .. Charleston, S. C.. Jan. 22. A the result of tbe wrecking of the Atlantic Coast Line vestibilled train last night near Temasse, three are known to be deadt two are mltslng and seven In jured. Among the missing and sup posed to have beeq burned to death Is an unknown Cuban 'who was a pas senger; Ten box-cars and two Pull mans were destroyed by flre.- A HUNDRED THOUSAND . y DEMAND HIGHER WAGES. Chicago, an. 22.--Tralnmen . and con ductors on-every railroad west of Chi- mm .HMt .- demandlnjr. an. advance in 1 (Svsges, whltfh..lf granted, Will increase 1 u.e, pay,... i. . Th. ih.n iflrt nnn employee and are now bekig discussed jby committees reprenerrtlng tlfc general managers, and the labor organisations.! OVER IILLION 'Stocks In Bulk i EXAMINE INSURANCE '.-.rf-'-; Resolution to Ascertain Value of State's Stock, in N. C. and A. N; C. Railroads DlvorcWlTby Kiteliin Klection of Senator 8 Votes for Brltt. Tho house was called to order at 10:30 this morning by Speaker Jus tice. Thero was no prayer, as no clergyman was in the hall. Mr. Stickley of Cabarrus sent up a petition from traveling men of the state asking that travelers be allowed as much as 200 pounds of baggage. Bills Introduced. Joint resolution to ascortain value of state's stock in North Carolina and Atiantic & North Carolina railroads. By Gallert of Rutherford. Joint resolution to provide for In- vestigation and examination of all in surance companies doing business in North Carolina and pay expenses thereof. Gallert. , ' Bill to make landlord and tenant act apply to Rowan and Rutherford counties. Murphy. Establish dispensary in Windsor, Bertie county. Gilliam. Establish Windsor graded school; district; In Bertie. Gilliam. Incorporate town of Zebulon In Wake. Harris. . Appoint cotton weighers for Ben- aon in jonnston county . guuea ui Johnston. - UiJPf event making false w pretended title to real praperiyii uanuier. Make ten years absolute separa tion cause for divorce. Kltchin. Amend divorce law. Douglass (by request). i For relief oi sheriff and tax col lector of Hyde.' Davis of Hyde. Promote oyster interests in North Carolina. Davis of Hyde. j To elect county board of education and superintendent of Instruction in Macon. Burnett. j For working of public roads in Macon. Burnett. Amend charter of South & Western Railroad Company. Weaver. Relative to liability of common carriers to employes. Bolton (by re quest). Authorize state to condemn prop erty for use of penal and charitable institutions of the state. Wlnborne. Relative to trials of real actions In Hertford, where records are de stroyed. Wlnborne. Guard against and prevent ob structing passage of fish In Albemarle sound. Wlnborne. Authorize corporation commission to require tallroads to establish depots less than five miles apart in certain cases. Wlnborne.;, . . , Create state board of arbitration for settling cases against counties, cities and towns. Wlnborne. Amend act providing for payment of special veniremen in Columbus and Onslow counties. , McRackan. Increase appropriation for indigent Confederate soldiers and widows. Price of Rockingham. Appoint Claud- R. McAuley a jus tice of peace in; Alatnance,. Pickett. Amend , law . against v hunting on lands of another in Robeson. John. Regarding payment of : witnesses before grand Jury, special veniremen end road o verseers in Wayne, Hol- lowell, . i Amend law defining place of sale of liquor '. Hanklna.'."- Place Herriott Holloway on pension list, Davis of Cherokee (by request). Incorporate town ot Roper In Washington. Blount. ." Repeal act providing dispensary for Creswell : In '.Washington. Blount (with petitions). Regulate : hunting lit Henderson. Rector. 1 Protect game In Henderson. Rec tor.': &!'' ." .' - .:' " Amend act defining place ot sale of liquor. 'Watts of Alexander. - v. Prohibit sale, and manufacture of liquor . in Madison county. ," Bailey. ; Prescribing pay of Jurors In Ruth-; erford. Gallert. r,.inti .,nw,j i. 8tate and pre8eribe rates for trans- portation of passengor.v Gallert ' . . incorporate Marlborough graded school dfetrlct la Rasdolph,- Wood. . Amena myr ns w, penalty , ter, lau ure to transport freight in reasonable time, and limit amount of penalty. Wood (by request). Amend Revisal relative to exten sion of time to commute and settl6 the public debt v Wood. . y - Amend act enlarging boundaries Of Highlands In Catawba. Tount. " Amend act relative to assessment of real estate of railroads In stock- law territory In Wayne. Ed gerton. The Merchants Bill. Immediately upon the expiration of the morning hour, the special order of the day, the bill introduced by Mr. Doughton to regulate the sale; of goods in bulk and to prevent frfcud in such sales, was taken up, and again there was somV'lltHe ; discus sion over it, a number of amendments Mr. Doughton made a strong plea f(Jr the bill, showing that most of the states, and especially tkbae borderinx &lofi North Carolina, had this law. All amendments jrere voted upon oxcept two, one by Mr. Kitchin of Halifax and the other by Mr. Yount of Catawba. The former struck from the provision that no manufacturer or Jobber should have a Hen on any merchandise an exemption as tttu goods sold and delivered by such manufac turer or jobber. Mr. Yount's amend ment made the bill apply to -"the major portion" of a stock of mer chandise instead of "any portion." The last provision of the bill is an amendment formerly offered by Mr. Wlnborne of Hertford; Tho bill' passed second and third readings without division. Election of Senator. The noon hour arrived just after the passage of the merchants' bill, and the house proceeded to ballot for a United States senator. . The nomi nation of Senator F. M. Simmons was (Continued on Second Page.) T LEADS TO FlfTY AlESTS Discharged Jepro . Soldier Creates the Tumult IN A PITCHED BATTLE One Man Killed and Several Wound edFighting Was So Pierce That AH the Officers of Lawton Were Called Toon to Quell it and Make , Arrests. (By tho Associated Press.) Lawton, Okla., Jan. 22. A negro riot, created by Lane Dixon, colored, roputed to be a discharged soldier from the 25th infantry at Fort Reno last night resulted in the death of Nat Marshall, colored, the wounding of Dixon, and several other negroes and the urrest of fifty negroes. Marshall, owner of the gambling resort in which the negroes had con gregated and Dixon, engaged in a quarrel oyer a crap' game. Their fight drew others in and' a pitched battle resulted. The fight was so desperate that all the officers of Lawton were called upon to 'put a stop to it and make the arrests. PIER AND VESSEL -. ARE LOST BY FIRE. (By1 'the Associated Press.) Baltimore, Md., Jan. 22. A large new coal pier of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Canton and the four masted schooner Cohassett of Boat were burned today The men at work on the ' pier and the crew of the schooner got away in safe ty.; The loss on the pier was placed at $30,0OCO, fully Insured. Very little coal was in the pier at the time.. 1. The schooner Cohussctt was about one-third loaded with coal. She was built In 1903 and was owned by John S. Emedy Company of Boston. WANT IMMIGRANTS IN EAST CAROLINA. The department of agriculture has received application from farme-rs in Northampton county who desire twenty Immigrants as tenants. They prefer Scotch. The applications were received by Mr. Bruner this morning and he will make an effort at once to get the desired renters. Very few Immigrants come to North Carolina at the present time but steps will propably be taken at the 'present legislature to change matters la this respect as much as .possible, and en deavor to turn a jiart of the Immigrants this way, . . . ; Approved By President. v ; . .. (By the Associated Press.) . . Washington, Jan, .22. The proBldqnt has approved the joint resolution au 'thertztng temporary leaves f absence for homestead settlers, ' Illl! COTTON HILL ; HOUSE Fire at the Pi!:t Cc:::aL:i Early Bis i:cr3 j; tOSSIiACEDATHClJ Ten Out of Sixteen Houses in What Is 'T Known , ;a the fforth Bow Burned Only Part of the Oecw pants . Were Able.- to Save Their Furniture, Ten houses were destroyed by fire at the Pilot Cotton Mill, this morning, the loss being In the - piegbborhood ' of 1-4,000, but it is Well covered by Insur ance. As a result of the flre, eleven families are homeless but ' are v being cared' for by the owners of the mill, temporary homes having been provid ed and the families looked after la other ways. The furniture In the house where the flre started waa de stroyed and such waa the case In aey- I eral of the adjoining houses, ' but farther off the occupants had time fu save nearly all of their belongings. The flre burned .-very rapidly and within an hour and a half after tbe flames burst out from the roof of house No. 38, occupied by Mr. D. P. Pearson, the ten . houses . had been burned. There Is a volunteer nre company at the mill and they are sup- , plied with flre 4 fighting .; apparatus. They got to work In a. very few min utes after the flre was . discovered. If aura Ma Xft rjuiht nn fln, hut It wan - put out before the house was entirety burned and it waa well that such wi the case, as- there were six more houses in the rovf In that direction. When the fire had been got under con trol in this direction the wind caused house Ho.' 37 to catch on Are and that entire end of the row was burned ten houses in all,. W - Mr... Pearson discovered the, flre, his attention having been attracted by smoke in his Toonv He got Up to see where it came from, and upon open ing a closet door the flames burst into the room. He and his family, barely had time to escape from the house before it was in a mass of flames. The fire burned with great rapidity and . several of the adjoining houses were in flames In a few minutes. The houses destroyed w re those occupied by the employes of the mill and were from three to six-room houses. They were among the best at the mill. No . : casualties occurred. '. -,. - Soon after the flre was discovered the chief of the fire department was called up and asked to bring one of the hose wagrms out. It being out of the city limits he-refused to respond . without the mayor giving orders to do so. Mayor Johnson, was then, called up and told of the fire and he In turn called up Chief Mangum of the flre department and told him It would be all right to carry one of 'the - hose wagons to the mill. ' The hose company responded as -quickly as possible after ' getting orders but the flre was under control by the time, they arrived..: No insurance It Is understood, was car ried on the furniture burned. - The Associated Charities, through the general committee, sent . shoes and clothing this morning to persona who lost all of their belongings in the fire. Several famlltes lost everything : they possessed except the scant : apparel -they wore. - , i t RESIGNATION OF , COL. T. C. JA!.:ES Adjutant General T. R. Robertson to-; day received the resignation of Lleuten ant colonel Thomas c James, or tne Second regiment. Colonel James has been ! connected . with the state guard almost continuously since 1878 and was a most competent man. . The news that he has sent in his resignation will be learned with much regret by the entire : state guard. He rendered efficient sei vice in Wilmington during the riot in 1898, having been captain of the Reserve . corps, which was on active duty. His home is at Wilmington... . ) The successor of Colonel James, , will be elected at a. meeting of ,h.,offlcer ot the Second regiment, to be called at . such time as s deemed practicable; future i;e;s - -B-y the Associated Press.! -' Waehlngtoiw Jan,,; 22.-t-Seuator Cut- berson; has introduced A bill prohibiting the sending, of any information regard ing dealing ia cotton futures either over Interstate telograjVh or through the mails, 1 . )
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