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THE HARBOR
Another Attempt Oo Port Arthur
'Failed Signally
JAPANESE, MADE BOLD ATTACK
Tba Russian Ouna Repelled the War
Vessel, From the Fort and tha
Harbor Remain Open.
St. Petersburg,!? Cable An official
dispatch from Port Arthur to the Em
peror says that at 1 o'clock Monday
morning the Russian searchlights dls-
- closed four large merchant steamers
making for the entrance to the harbor,
, aupported by six torpedo boata. A
heavy fire was opened on them by the
batteries and some warships.
The torpedo boat Stllnt, commanded
by Lieutenant Krlnlzkl, turned the
merchant vessels from their course by
blowng np the prow of the first and
then boldly attacked the enemy's tor
pedo boata. In the fierce fight which
' followed Chief Engineer Swyereff, of
v the Stilnl, and air marines were killed
and the' commander and twelve men
were wounded.
The Japanese plan to block the en
trance to Port Arthur was frustrated,
however, and the channel is still clear
Vice Admiral Makaroff, command
ing the Russian naval forces at Port
Arthur, has sent the following tele
gram to the Emperor:
"I beg most humbly to report that
at 2 o'clock this morning the enemy
made a second attempt to block the
, -entrance to the Inner roadstead, For
this purpose they dispatched four
' large merchant steamers, convoyed by
six torpedo boats to the entrance. The
enemy's ships were promptly dlscov
. ' red )by the searchlights and were
bombarded by the batteries and by the
Riiardships. Fearing the enemy's
ships might break through Lieut.
Krlnlzkl, commanding the guard tor
pedo boat Stilnl, attacked the enemy
and destroyed the bow of the foremost
- Japanese steamer with a torpedo. This
steamer turned to the right and was
followed by two others, with the result
that the three were stranded to the
right of the entrance. A fourth steam
er went to the right of the enemy's
hlDe and likewise sank to the side
of the airway. The Stilnl then bat
, Ue4 with- the enemy' six torpedo
boats. Engineer Artificer Sweycreff
and six seamen were killed and the
v commander and twelve seamen were
wounded. At daybreak the enemy's
batteship and cruiser squadrons ap
peared .and I proceeded with the fleet
under my charge to meet the enemy.
The second attempt of the Japanese
to block the entrance to Port Arthur
hai failed, thanks to the energetic de
fence by the sea and land forces, who
Acted as they did during the first at
tempt. The harbor remains perfectly
clear." - - ; " ;
The following official dispatch has
i -keen received from Gen. Smirnoff: .
' "Port Arthur, March 27. Last
night, after ' moon-rise, the Japanese
attempted to block the entrance to the
harbor. Four fire ships were sent to
ward the port convoyed by a torpedo
flotilla. Toward 2:15 a. m. the ap
proach of the enemy's ships were per
ceived by the guardshlps and batteries
which simultaneously . opened upon
-t : them heavily. ? The fire ships 'were
preceded by torpedo boats, followed at
a " considerable distance by larger
- ships, which opened on the forts sup
porting the action of the fire ships and
the torpedo boats.' Owing . to the
heaviness of our artillery fire and the
boldness of our torpedo boats, the
fire ships did not reach the entrance
V to the harbor. Two of them grounded
r . on a reef under Golden Hill, another
sank behind the first turn of land,
struck by a torpedo from one of our
- hoats, and the fourth sank, its bows
touching a Japanese steamer sunk in
the previous attempt off Majatchnaja
Qorda.- The entrance to the harbor re-
mains clear. . . '
"A Hptchklss one-Inch calibre quick
firer wius found aboard one of the
. sunken steamers from which a fire
had been kept on our torpedo boats.
'A boat left each of the sunken ships,
carrying their crews. One of these is
believed to have been picked up. To
ward 4 oe'lock a. m. the enemy's tor-'-.
pedo boats retired and the bombard-1
Preached on Mars Hill. ,
Athens, By Cable. Rev. Jphn Potts,
oi Toronto, Ontario, preached on the
, JHill of Mars Sunday to the delegates to
eworld's Sunday school convention..
i he ministers and delegates repeated
St. Paul's address to the Athenians.
All the members of the party, from
the United States are well and will
proceed to Jerusalem, where the meet
lug of the convention will be held. '
'May Last Two Yeara.";
Paris, Special. The Matin's Harbin
correspondent says a rumor is being
circulated there to the effect that the
war will last two yeara and that It will
not really begin before September, the
rains making July and August unfavor
able for military operations. Despite
China' protestlons of neutrality, the
' correspondent continues, "General Ma
Is advancing to Manchuria. If 'this
movement Is combined with the Japa
nese Operations the Russians will be
obliged to act against General Ma, who
continues to move northward. .although
the Pekin government, it Is under
atood. has ordered him to retire."
IS STILL CLEAR
mont ceased. Vice Admiral Makaroff
at once proceeded In a steam launch
to inspect the enemy's sunken steam
era. The enemy's torpedo boata re
appeared at 5 o'clock thla morning.
They were sighted south of Port Ar
thur, and the batterlea re-opened on
them. Toward 6 o'clock the enemy's
squadron appeared on the horizon, and
ours steamed out to meet It At 6:30
the batteries opened fire. The ship's
batteries soon ceased, the Japanese
drawing off to the southeast, evidently
declining an engagement. - At 10
o'clock they, disappeared , below the
horizon."
A further telegram to .the Emperor
from Vice Admiral Makaroff says:
"I respectfully report that the ene
my having withdrawn I returned to
the harbor with the fleet.
"The torpedo boat destroyer Stilnl,
which stranded on the reef In conse
quence of damage caused to her en
gines by one of the enemy's shells,
was floated during the course of the
night and entered the harbor, thanks
to the energies of her crew. Her com
mander. Lieut. Krlnizki, who waa
slightly wounded In the arm, did not
quit his post.
"On the fireshlps were infernal ma
chines, the wires connecting with
which were cut by Lieut. Kedroff and
Ensign Pllsoudsky of the Irregulars
whom I dispatched on the tack. They
boarded one of the steamers as soon
as it stopped, cut the electric wire and
extinguished the Are which would
have lit up the entrance of the harbor
to the enemy In the roadstead.
In the morning a floating mine was
found bearing an infernal machine,
but the latter was successfully remov
ed. "The Inspection made showed that
the steamers utilized as fire Bhlps
were1 not old. They were each of about
2,000 tons and they were armed with
light calibre guns."
The Japanese practically repeated
the tactics of February 24, by sending
In four fire ships, preceded by a tor
pedo boat flotilla, with the exception
that the fire ships this time were arm
ed with Hotchklss guns for the pur
pose of keeping off the Russian tor
pedo boat destroyers. . .
The enemy's attempt was discover
ed by means of the shore searchlights
and a heavy fire was opened from the
batteries and from two gunboats
which were guarding the entrance to
the habor. The Russian torpedo boat
destroyer StilnJ was outside on scout
ing duty, and to the daBh and nerve
of her commander, Lieut Krlnlzkl,
is chiefly due the complete defeat of
the plans of the Japanese. He at
once made straight for the oncoming
ships under a hail of fire from the
Hotchklss guns, and torpedoed the
leading ship, which sheered off, fol
lowed by the others, three of them
being piled' up on the shore under
Golden Hill and one under the light
house. Stilnl then engaged the entire
six torpedoa boats -of the enemy, com
ing out from a terrific fight, wth sev
en killed and her commander and
twelve of her complement wounded,
but on the Japanese Bide only one
boat's crew were saved. In addition,
according to unofficial reports, it is
believed that the Japanese lost two
torpedo boats.
The Japanese cruisers which sup
ported the attack exchanged shots
with the batteries and then drew off,
after which Vice Admiral Makaroff
took a steam launch and examined
the fire ships. An hour later the Jap
anese torpedo flotilla, followed , by
Vice Admiral Togo's fleet, sailed out
to engage the enemy, but after the
ships and batteries had fired a few
long-distance shots, Vice Admiral To
go decided to decline the issue, and
disappeared to the southward.
The conviction continues to grow
here that the Japanese may have con
eluded that It would be inadvisable
to make a direct frontal attack on
Manchuria from Korea against the
whole Russian army, and that it will
be necesary to land a flanking column
in the Gulf jf Llao Tung to divide
the attention of the Russians, and if
possible to seize the railroad and cut
off Port, Arthur The ground above
New Chwang Is perfectly familiar
to the Japanese, who occupied it for
a year during the Chlno-Japanese war
firs. Davis III.
v Atlantic City,; N. j., Special.-Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, widow of the Presi
dent of the Southern Confederacy, who
came here from New York after an Ill
ness, was last night stricken at her
hotel with an attack of acute indiges
tion. Through her remarkable vitality
she rallied and no apprehension is now
expressed for her rapid recovery. -
Somebody Yelled Fire.
New Haven, Conn., Special. A pan
ic occurred at the morning service in
St. Michael's Italian church Sunday, in
which- almost a score of persons were
Injured. Four of the most seriously In
jured, two women and two children,1
were taken to the- Haven Hospital.
Some one in the congregation shouted
,"Flre," during a prayer, and immedi
ately the worshipers arose and rushed
for the door at the rear of the church,
tbe only exit. The police and member
of the church have made an Investiga
tion,- but no, reason; far anyone giving
an alarm of Are has been discovered.
TO LEW WAI TAXES
Japanese Will Arrange to Finance
Long War If Necessary. .
Toklo, SpeclaL The government has
not fully disclosed the proposal con
cerning the war taxes to be submitted
to the special diet, but it now appears
aa though it will not propose any
change la the tariff in sugar, but will
Instead recommend a domestic tax on
the basis previously stated. It now
seems probable that the only change
effected In the customs tariff will bs
an Increased duty on kerosene and
spirits. No discrimination will be made
against Russian kerosene, because that
trade is chiefly In the handa of the
British merchants. It is anticipated
that there will be a serious contention
In the diet over the taxes on sugar and
Bilk and dealers in the former com
modity are strongly agitating for a re
duction in the rate. Party committees
ire meeting dally discussing the tax
proposals and the belief is expressed
that the government will be fdrced to
modify several features of their plans.
- If the tobacco monopoly Is enacted It
Is estimated that it will be ten yeara
before It Is Anally completed, although
the government count upon earnings
from It In 1904 amounting to twenty
tour million yen, gradually ncreaslng
until 1914, when It la estimated they
will amount to forty million yen.
It la estimated that It will cost the
government eight million yen to pur
chase the plants and stock required to
consummate the combine and fully
Bine million yen to compensate the
owners.
Jap Tobacco Monopoly,
St Petersburg, Special. The repre
lentationa of United States minister to
Japan, Mr. Oriscom, concerning Ameri
can interest by the creation of a
Japanese tobacco monopoly, will, The
Novoe Vremya' fays, sharpen American-Japanese
relations. It considers the
tobacco monopoly absolutely necessary
(or Japan In the present condition of
her finances, but says the compensa
tion claimed by the Americans would
more than eat up the income from the
monopoly In the first years, but creat
ing for Japan a situation, the "full
meaning of which it Is probable la
quite appreciated at Washington."? x '
Stock Breeders fleet.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special. The
stock breeders of Georgia and Florida
met here Tuesday In convention' and
tomorrow will organize an association
to be known as the Southeastern Stock
Breeders' Association. The convention
organized by electing State Senator C.
A. Carson, of Florida, aa chairman and
Ralph Edwards, of this city,
as secretary. The feature of the occa
sion was tbe address of Secretary Wil
son. He devoted much of his address
to the adaptability of Georgia and
Florida to cattle raising.
School Boy a Murderer.
Columbus, Ga., Special. A . special
from Cblpley says that a fight occur
red at Whitesville between two 16-year-old
school boys, which resulted In
the death of one, Tom Haralson, son of
T. W. Haralson. Robert Maddox, son
of Hon. T. J. Maddox, was the other
participant. - ifoung Maddox struck
young Haralson with a large stick,
fracturing the skull In two places, from
the effects of which Haralson died a
short time afterward. The cause of the
fight Is not known. The two boys were
intimate friends.
Severe Penalties for Pillaging.
The army organ publishes an order
of the day Issued by Viceroy Alexleff,
threatening the most severe penalties
against soldiers Injuring private prop
erty or officers permitting the same.
"The Ameer Poisoned.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. It Is re
ported here on good authority that the
Ameer of Afbhanistan has been pois
oned. Hablbullah Khan, the Ameer of
Afghanistan, was born In 1872, and
succeeded to the throne on the death
of his father, Abdurrahman Khan, Oc
tober 1, 1901. -' -.'.-.-'.
Port Arthur Bombarded.
London, By Cable A dispatch to
Reutler's Telegram Company from St
Petersburg sas: "Japanese " torpedo
boats appeared off Port Arthur at
midnight of the night of March 21-22
and the shore batteries and guard-
ships shelled them for twenty minutes
The Japanese retreated but reappeared
(our hours later, when they met with
the same reception, when they retired
again." ,
R a. Mill Dead.
Wilmington, Special. Mr. E. G.
Mills, a well-lrno-wn business man of
Whltevllle, and a brother of Messrs. F.
T. and W. H. Mills, of his city, died
at the James Walker Memorial Hos
pital here Tuesday morning and the re
mains were sent to his former home
tor interment. Mr. Mills was brought
to the hospital Saturday for an opera
tion for an abscess upon his lower In
testines. The operation was performed
Sunday afternison but the sick man
never rallied and his death came after
several hour of unconsciousness. His
wife waa la Wilmington when he died,
having accompanied alas, from Whlte
vllle Saturday.
f THE COTTON FIGURES
Full Report for 1903 divan Out By
the Department
'Washington, Special. The final re
port of the census bureau on cotton
pinning, showing tbe total cotton pro
duction for 1903,' gives the following:
, Number of commercial bales, includ
ing llnters, 10,399,658, against 1U75,
106 for 1902.
;The following table distributed the
crop, exclusive of llnters: In the
United States 10,205,073 commercial
bales, 9,869,473 square balea, 770,208
round bales, 75,393 Sea Island bales.
? The total crop reduced to a common
basis aa to size of bales Is an equival
ent of 9,851,129 600-pound bales, as
against 10,630,945 600-pound bales in
1902. Tbe number of bales counting
round as half bales, Including llnters,
waa 10,014,154, against 10,784,743; the
equivalent bales of a 600-pound stand
ard, Including llnters, were 10,405,610,
against 10,287.168 in 1902. The square
bales upland crop reported from gin
neries which aggregated 9,359,472
hows a decrease of 633,193 from 1902;
the round bales, upland crop, reported
from ginneries were 770,208, a de
crease of 211,056; the bales of Sea
Island cotton reported from ginneries
were 75,393, a decrease of 29,560, and
the bales of llnters reported from cot
ton seed oil mills were 194,485, a de
crease of 1,738. These statistics were
collected through a canvass of the in
dividual ginneries of the cotton States
by 631 local special agents, who found
that 30,218 ginneries had been ope
rated for the crop of 1903, compared
with 30,948 for 1902. In the final can
vass for this crop where glnners had
not finished ginning they were re
quested to prepare careful estimates
of the quantity of cotton which re
mained to be ginned at their establish
ments; their estimates, amounting to
75,401 commercial bales, have been
Included In the totala of the above
table.
The distribution of the crop, ex
clusive of llnters, by States and terri
tories, giving the total commercial
bales, follows: Alabama, 1,023,959;
Arkansas, 741,236; Florida. 68,572;
Georgia, 1,329,278; Indian Territory,
312.776; Kansas, 75; Kentucky, 644;
f-'.alBiana, 868,668; Mississippi, 1,489,
294; Missouri, 39,283; North Carolina,
555,530; Oklahoma. 204,957; South
Carolina, 814,351; Tennessee, 250,437;
Texas, 2,562,632; Virginia. 13.681."
The complete annual report of cot
ton ginned will be Issued May 1.
Canal Commission.
Washington Special. Two Impor
tant points has been developed in
connection with the work of the Is
thmian Canal Commission. One Is
that the headquarters of the commit
tee will probably be on the Isthmus
of Panama, instead of Washington, al
though an office probably will be
maintained, and the other, that all of
the time of at least five of the com
missioners will not be devoted to the
canal work. Their private interest
will- demand a part of their time. Leg
islation now pending before Congress
provides for the appointment of a
government of the American zone,
in Panama. Should it be enacted in
to law. It is quite probable that the
President may designate General
Davis as the governor of the canal
strlr. The President has practically
determined that the Panama Canal
Commission shall be atached to the
War Department.
E. 0. Mill Dead.
Wilmington, Special. Mr. E. G.
Mills, a well-known business man of
Whiteville, and a brother of Messrs. F.
T. and W. H. Mills, of this city, died
at the James Walker Memorial Hos
pital here Tuesday morning and the re
mains were sent to his former home
for interment. Mr. Mills was brought
tc the hospital Saturday for an opera
tion for an abscess upon his lower in
testines. The operation was performed
Sunday afternoon but the sick man
never rallied and his death came after
several hours of unconsciousness. His
wife was in Wilmington when he died,
having accompanied him from Whlte
vllle Saturday.
A New riethod Suggested. :
Manila, By Cable. Capt. De Witt,
with a detachment of constabulary and
Lieut Pitney, with a detachment of
scouts, have just encountered MacArlo
Sakay, the so-called president of the
Filipino republic. Sakay, with 15 of
his followers, were killed and the re
mainder of the band was ' captured.
There were no casualties on the part of
the Americana. .
An Expedient,
Washington, Special. A member of
the House committee on' the judiciary
haa prepared a bill looking to a con
solidation of the Northern and South
ern judicial districts of Florida. This
expedient la proposed to legislate Judge
Charles Swayne out of office and avoid
the necessity for Impeaching him.
There Is serious objections to thla plan
among many members of the House.
It 1 stated In opposition to the plan
that even If the district Should be
abolished Judge Swayne would still be
entitled to his salary as judge and
that it would simply work a hard
ship on tbe people of the district and
on the judge for the Southern district
of the Stat .
FINCH BOUND OYER
Results of the Conspiracy Trial At
, Raleigh.
Raleigh, Special. The hearing of tbe
Finch case on the charge of conspiracy
with V, E. McBee in procuring the re
ceivershlp of the Atlantic ft North Car
olina Railway took a new and surpris
ing turn Saturday before a much larger
audience than that of Friday at the
opening. The star witness at tbe Mc
Bee, hearing was Attorney John W.
Hinsdale and today the star witness
was W. H. Day, Introduced by the
State. It became very warm at times.
particularly towards the Governor and
quite so towards his asosciate, ex
Judge W. S. O'B. Robinson. At the con
clusion of the hearing Finch waa bound
over to Wake Superior Court, In a bond
of $2,000, which he gave. '
Tbe first gun of the day waa fired by
Attorney Hinsdale, who asked leave to
make a statement as a witness, saying
that when asked Friday about a letter
from Greenville, a C, from a bank
president to Capt. W. H. Day, he did
not say anything, but that now- he
wished to say that it contained $2,400,
of which $2,250 waa to be paid to Ed
Chambers Smith on account of the note
which K. S. Finch had given Smith for
the letter's shares of stock In the At
lantic ft North Carolina Railway, the
other $150 being paid for V. E. Mc
Bee. The first regular witness waa At
torney Day, who told about the bring
ing of the suit in the receivership mat
ter by Finch and McBee. Speaking of
the check which meant to pay Smith
he said that he would have said yes
terday that' the money came from
Finch and did not know how, but had
heard otherwise. He referred to what
he termed an agreement which had
been made by hla associate counsel, W.
S. O'B. Robinson, with Governor Ay
cock, by which the suit In the Federal
Court for a permanent receiver of the
Atlantic ft North Carolina Railway
was to be dismissed upon tbe condi
tion that McBee and Finch were not to
he punished. Day said that if he had
been present at this conference with
the Governor he would have objected
to the dismissal of the bill, as he be
lieved that the latter would hold. He
learned of an agreement from Robin
Bon, W. W. Clark and Solicitor Arml
stead Jones. He stated that Robinson
had said the Governor had sent for him
and then asked if this foolishness could
not be stopped.
A number of other witnesses were
examined. Finch preferred not to go
on the stand.
Attorney General Gilmer made very
able argument,, saying it was not for
him to determine what was In McBee's
and Finch's hearts when they began
this proceeding. The only question la
whether there was probable cause to
bind Finch over to the Superior Court
Maxwell, in his argument, discussed
the status of the Atlantic ft North
Carolina Railway, saying It was bank
rupt, The Attorney General, replying
to this, said there was nothing in the
bill of complaint to sustain this al
legation and challenged the statement
He traced Finch's connection with the
transaction, saying the least degree of
consent makes him equally guilty with
McBee.- He declared Finch never had
any standing in the Federal Court The
State justly complained of the undue
precipitation with which Finch and Mc
Bee acted. In this lies the very germ
of the charge. Why the haste, no man
could give any reason; why the . ap
pointment of a receiver affected the
lease of the road, or why the man who
had withdrawn his 'bid and by all rules
was disqualified was ' made receiver.
There was a combination to do unlaw
ful things. Finch swore he owned 45
shares of Btock, but really owned .47,
and his counsel said this was done to
conceal the fact that the stock had
been bought from Ed Chambers Smith.
McBee and Finch tried to buy stock
from Carl Duncan, but got none, though
they offered $175,000 for 1,700 shares
that is, offered to give, their note ford
tnis sum, and give tne stocK DacK as
collateral. They got stock from Smith,
but never acquired for one moment
any standing in the Federal Court, aa
the stock had to be transferred on the
company's books, and no request for
this was ever made. McBee was en
deavoring to acquire the stock for the
very purpose of having himself ap
pointed receiver. - Duncan's testimony
so shows. The purpose was to wrest
the control of the road from the .hoard
of directors and put it In McBee's pos
session, so Duncan says. - McBee. said
he was to be appointed receiver, and
proposed to Duncan to have the latter
appointed co-receiver. The burden waa
not to rest on tbe State to prove this
conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt;
It la only necessary to show probable
cause. The law protects citizens and
State alike. This suit was not solely
for tbe purpose of having the Atlantlo
ft North Carolina road leased. There
was a notice of a stockholders' meeting
wben the second order was signed in
Raleigh by Judge Purnell, yet 1.700
shares of stock were here. Carl Dun
can, an honorable man, said he would
not sell his stock for a thousand dol
lars a share unlea his associate con
sented, and that he would be no 'patty
U ullroadJng tha scheme through.
TAR HEEL TOPICS
IN PARAGRAPHS
A Serious Wreck,
. Henderson, Special. The fast vestf
buled train on tbe Seaboard Air Line,
No. 21, known as the Florida Limited,
ran Into an open switch here early,
Thursday morning and . was badly
wrecked. Not one of the fifteen pas-,
sengers on board suffered Injury. En
gineer Tucker, who stuck to his en
gine, waa fatally Injured, both legs and
hnth irmi Kfll n r nruahari (Vkar mom.
bers of the train crew are reported to
have ' sustained injuries. Conductors
Westly waa unhurt The Florida Lim
ited Is due to pass Henderson shortly
after midnight, but does not stop here.
The train entered the town at high
speed and plunged' Into the open switch
colliding with a shifting engine which
was standing on a Bldetrack attached
to a Durham ft Northern freight The
wreck caught Are from the overturned
stoves and two Pullman sleepers and
two box cars were burned. Three box
cars were smashed into splinters and
the two locomotives were entirely
wrecked. Poythress coal chute, which
stood close to the siding, was demolish
ed. Engineer Tucker was removed ta
his home at Portsmouth. , ,
Died on Witness Stand.
Kinston, Special. Mr. Jesse I
Kennedy, a prominent citizen of his
county, while testifying on the witness
stand In his own behalf, fell from th
chair and died In Are minutes. Mr.
Kennedy was being tried for shooting
and disabling for life Mr. Ed Hughes,
of La Grange, who was attending
court here about a year ago. The last
words uttered before It waa noticed ho
Was weakening were that Hughes walk- -
ed up behind him with hla knife and
struck at him; then he (Kennedy),
drew his pistM to protect himself.
Hughes made another pass at him, and
tbe shot was fired. The judge ordered
the jury withdrawn, and' court ad
journed for the day.
Suicide at Slier City.
Siler City, Special. Mr. J. N. Peo
ples, a prominent business man of this
place, committed auicide at his homo
here Thursday morning. He went to
door, drank one ounce of laudanum.
and then shot himself In the right tern-.,
pie. No reason is known to his most
Intimate friends why he would do such
a thing. The entire town Is terribly
shocked. He leaves too' small children.
Killed By Live Wire.
Newbern, Special. Several days ago
an electric light wire was broken by a
team passing through the city, the wire
Is still hanging to the pole and Thurs
day night at 8:30 a young colored man
by the name of Boss Cobb leaned
against the pole, when he came in con
tact with the wire, killing him in
stantly. . , -P
Tar Heel Topics. ;
McKinney, of Lexington, received a
telegram Monday stating that his
son. Ulus McKinney, had been killed
by a shifting engine of the Chesapeake
ft Ohio Railroad at Clifton Forge,' Va. :
It seems that the deceased was on bis
way home, and while waiting to change ;
cars accidentally stepped In front of
the shifting engine, which ran over
him cutting bis body in two and killing -him
instantly. He was working for a
mine In Virginia and was coming to
Lexington to hire hands to work in ,
the mine when the accident occurred.
His body arrived In Lexington Tues- '
day. '
- Sunday night George Harris, a col
ored man of Concord, was killed by
some one near the depot at that place.
He had been stabbed twice In his right
Bide. He walked up the railroad track
towards the depot and sat down near
the track. No. 40 came along and cut .
his coat, and just missed hie body.
Then he fell over dead. Suspicion
points to a party there as the one who
stammed him, but there is no direct , ...
evidence against him. It is thought
that- Harris was going with a woman,
and some one opposed this and this
led to the killing. : He was too weak to
tell who did it when he was found.
Mr. James D. Brown, who has the .
contract for the brick work , on the
septic tanks the city of Charlotte Is
constructing, had a narrow escape front
death Monday morning. When a blast
was Ignited a small stone was thrown ,
a distance of ebout 300 yards, striking
Mr. Brown on the head and knocking
him down. Although the blood .was
flowing from the wound, Mr. Brown
mounted his bicycle and rode into th
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stone struck Mr. Brown an inch lower. .
it would have resulted in death.
A. telegram was received In Sails-
burg Monday morning notifying the
authorities that Ernest Murphy, tha
young burglar who shot two officers
in Salisbury on the night of the 12th
Inst, together with two companions,
believed to be John Mauney and Ike '
O'Neal, two young bad characters of
Salisbury. Officer Torrence left for
Lynchburg on the first train. The city .
offered $100 reward for Murphy's ap
prehension. 4
Two children of Mr. Richard Spar
row, of Aurora, Beaufort county, aged
7 and 4 years, while playing on the
log yard at Mr. J. B. Whitehnrst's mill "
at that place Tuesday afternoon, met
with an accident resulting In the demth
of the younger child. The Iocs rolled
together,. killing the your cUIU in
stantly, and the older ctUJ Is not ex
neHt4 to Uva