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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
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" 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. Cobb, Lincolnton;
and xiaval aides, W. D. Pollock, Kin
ston; D. L. Ward,, of New Bern.
Major W. Hopkinson Smith, Salis
bury, is appointed assistant chief
of ordnance. .
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Mrs. Alice Webb-Duke, wife of
Brodie L. Duke, was arrested at an
office in Broad Street, New York,
last week on requisition papers, is
sued by the Texas authorities. Mrs.
Duke had been indicted by t the grand
jury at Nacogodches, Texas, on the
charge that she and Chas. L. Taylor,
of Chicago, had made. false state
ments in an instrument, on the
strength of which a stockholder in
one of the National banks in that
place wa3 induced to endorse their
notes for $20,000.
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