12 GENERAL NEWS The Lesser Events of Last Week. ; John Sharp Williams declared that Democrats would stand by President Roosevelt in railroad legislation. The -Russian government has promised the strikers concessions by shortening the hours of a day's labor. At Mukden, the Russians have at tacked tho Japanese and fighting is going, on, with temperature below zero. The Southern Bankers, in session at Hew Orleans, expressed confi dence in being able to finance the holding of. the surplus cotton crop. Senator Bacon declared that Pres ident Roosevelt exceeded his author ity in going ahead with the San Do mingo protectorate without asking consent of the Senate. According to a decision of the Su preme Court of Virginia, Frank J. Gould can go ahead and secure char ters for his railroad schemes, with Richmond as the beginning point. A protocol has been signed by which the United States guarantees the complete integrity of San Do mingo and will take charge of the custom houses and pay the- Repub lic's debts. Tho British War Secretary ex presses sympathy for the Russian people, and the press and govern- ment believe a change in lorm oi government is impending in the Czar's empire. "T TT1 n -C-n confexen wi th th a l "Ptp 1 d ati in a 1 - 1 a iroaucea a diu creating a new .inter state Commerce Commission with power to fix rates, with a Commerce Court to hear appeals. Additional advices from through out the Florida orange belt show that of five hundred thousand boxes of orange and grape fruit remaining on the trees, about 75 per cent have been frozen and made unsaleable. Former Mayor McCue, of Char lottesville,. Va., is doomed to the gallows, February 10, as the Vir ginia Supreme Court of Appeals de nies his supplementary appeal. When informed the wife murderer gave way to incontrollable grief. The census bureau issued a pre liminary report on cotton ginning in 215 counties Out of 812, showing cotton ginned to January 16, report 3,092,476 running bales this year, against 2,349,176 in same counties at the same date last year. The United States government, through the endeavors of Secretary of State John Ilay, has won another great victory in its fight to preserve tho "administrative entity"'' of the Chinese empire. Solemn' pledges have just been received by the State Department, in reply to a recent note of Secretary Hay, from all the powers signatory to the Chinese agreement of 1900, that no attempt will be made by them at the conclu sion of the Far Eastern War or be fore to acquire any part of Chinese territory. STATE NEWS - - v - " J- . State News' Notes. . - Harry Tranthum, a graduate of Wake Forest College, has been awarded the Cecil Rhodes scholar ship in Oxford University. England, for North Carolina he being the sec ond. The first from this State was J. Horner Winston, of. Durham; a University man. . The river and harbor bill, framed by , the House . Committee, gives North Carolina's water interests a total appronriation of $590,250. Of this sum $290,000 is to be made avail able in cash- as soon as the bill be comes operative, while $300,000 is au thorized under continuing contracts. W. R. Murray, who a few months ago shot and killed his uncle, J. S. Murray, at Durham, was last week, found guilty of manslaughter. Judge Peebles over-ruled a motion for a new trial and sentenced Murray to two years on the chain-gang. The defendant appealed and was re leased on a bond of $2,500. Rev. G. A. Oglesby, a leading min ister of the M. E. Church, and pas tor of the Aberdeen circuit, and whose home was at Mt. Gilead, Mont gomery County, was killed by a pas senger car overturning at Troy Tues day, caused by a spreading of the rails. Several other passengers were hurt and had narrows escapes. State Superintendent Joyner says applications for the secorid hundred thousand dollars of public funds, for use in keeping the schools open four months in the year, are coming -iii-inpnnyuu-iTiat-in; nas no-nouTjr all will be called for. He says that in no other way than this can all the schools be kept open for the consti tutional period. The Committee on Agriculture reported unanimously in favor of the sub-committee bill, providing two grades of cotton-seed meal, the 72 per cent grade to be branded as standard, and the 8 per cent grade as high-grade goods. Also bills re lieving the Agricultural Department from contributing $10,000 to the cur rent expenses of the Agricultural and Mechanical College. Governor Glenn, under the pro visions of the new bill, has appointed his personal staff, all having the rank of colonel, as follows: F. G. James, Greenville; Charles E. John son, Raleigh; John S. Cunningham, Person; Wescot Robeson, High Point; John L. 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