The
Elevator.
ELM CITY, N. C., NOVEMBEK 21, 1902
^O. 15
jOjaK WINTI-IROP’S DEFEAT.
JEAN KATE LUOLUM
ICoraiQBX, BonxBx »3xs*k'b feosg^ iggs.j
' n«K«-* ■ - ■ ■ . -
De sweet \rliii lier sweet bcarh You
don t know liow much you are to l>e
congratulated. Lelantl. iu havln-
socured Bess to yourself."
"Oh. but I dou’t feel at all secure,”
said Lane Leland, laugblns. “Xo ou«
eve* could feel seoiU'c id relfLtloa tc
Bess, Sirs. Graham, But you are
looking well* aad it is good to hnTe
yoO back again. Of com-se you had a
good time abroad?”
“Of course tUey did!” retorted Bess,
scomfuZIy. “Don’t ask sticb common
place qoestidhs. Lane. Everybody
goes dbrbad nowadays., and evei’ybody
has a good time~ though they woiildnl
tell you so for worUls. It is gacll a
horrid fashion to be too languid to en
joy anything. 1 simply cannot be:
fashionable to that extent, and I’ll not
try to. As tnoogh fashion shall tell
me what I shall like and what I shall
set aside! It’s aosurd. I am able to
think for my own self, and approve of
myself, and like what I want to. Nev-
ertheless yon did have a lovely time,
girls, and Paris was the same old
dear, and the shops made your hearts
ache—if you have any hearts left—
and you have come back" to the Surf
to rest and get yourselves comforta
bly Americani:;ed before next winter.
It is so nice to have you—every one
of you! As for Cora, why, I shall get
jealous of her right away, because
she has already begun to flirt with
Lane, having no one better. You
heartless coquette! Weren’t you wick
ed enough before you went- to Paris,
that you must come back crammed
full of side glances and sly smiles and
wicked, wicked dimples? As though
anybody could‘help falling inextrica
bly in love with you without them I
Of course, you lost your heart to one
of those horrid foreign creatures! It
would be just like you to do it, only I
won’t acknowledge you if you did.
That’s run down to the ground so low
that I am almost ashamed to accuse
you of it, you poor dear!'’
She paused for breath, laughing
with them at her own volubility, but
so happy that, like a pleased child,
she must vent hep feelings in many
words and innumerable little loving
pats asd dimpling smiles and flashes
from under her curled black lashes.
For Miss Bess Catherwood was as
wicked as of old, with her pretty, be
witching ways, that won bep friends
la spite of their profefsaed scorn of
her frlvoilty.
“Then pray don't accuse me of it,
Bess,” said Cora, easily, a atrango
deepening of iier color and drooping
of the silken lashes, “for I ccme back
to you with just as whole a heart as I
went away. I could not do anything
else, you know, being patriotic, though
I must confess that dear, lovely, gay
Paris almost won me over. We had
two such winters there, Bess Cather
wood I”
“And Corienne had so many admir-
crsl” added Beatrice, laughing. “It
CHAPTER XIIL
(Continued.)
“Oh, come now, Dick, dear, don’t be
Jealous .'ind fly into a passion In a
l.ieaili- ' said the girl, laughing, as
she clasped her hands upon bl« arm
and lifted her face nearer his. “Just
Ijpcauso I happen to speak of a man,
loo! You ueedn’t be jealous of him,
1 assuie yon- You wouldn’t be, either,
you iiuew. I told you once» but
iuru aro so forgetful. Beatrice!” She
»iuneil aside for a moment, touching
»lie aim of a girl near h1er. “Don’t tell
Alecia—it would only annoy her—but
behind you, down toward th« end
01* the platform. John Winthrop him-
t-'H: Just suppose they go on our
tu'OuicrV What will we do?”
I lit'atrice Field, with the old flash in
jior I'vos aud new color in her cheeks,
Bue.vcil Kathryn’s direction. A curve
ef .«(.‘oni came upon her lips. She drew
iiirsolf up haughtily, answering her
ll-jeuil.
• The IV is no doubt of its being John
:\Viutiii-op,'’ she said cdldly. “One
tculil not easily forget him, Kathryn—
ispcfially with our reason for remem*
brame. If lie goes on our steamer—
veil, if lie goes on our steamer—I may
tie wicked, but 1 cannot help iti-I
Lope that the boat will sink in mid-
oooan. even though we sink too! There!
\ou look horrified, Mr. Chester, but I
cauiiot help it. That man over there
isu’t lit to live! He killed Alecia’s hus-
i'auil jU!?t as truly as though he had
Viscti pistol or knife! Can you blame
M'- for hating him? To think of the
sonov,' she has endured because of
him:’’
"Who is he?” persisted Kathryn’s
It'.or iu an undertone, as Beatrice
ViuutMj away to hide from them the
lassiiia of her face.
.'.ml the woman listening bent near
er Mill, holding her breath lest she
fail to liear, clutching about her shiv-
tiius form, the folds of her long, dis-
;aii>iinrr mantle. The eyes behind the
iliii.k veil were glowing, and her lips
v.tio yarted, the white teeth set close
'•■\Vbo is he?” repeated Kathryn, in
nocent of any wrong intention. In her
stron? words to her friend, lifting hep
iHliaiiant eye» to bis. He bad drawn
ki- back to his side, and they were'
alone In tlio midst of the crowd.
■Have you forgotten bo soon, Dick.
’car; Before I marry you you must
Isarti to be patriotic and defend my
trii'nds, you know. Who is Le?
’iVh.T," she turned her head as though
s!ie feared some breath of wind might
tp;ifad the news to the oars of the man
jfi the distance, her bright face peep-
Jng out beside her lover’s shoulder
I'llie a flower, “he is the John Win-
^hicp in the Palmer Earle case against
Alecia's husband. He just th'ft same
as Eiiudered him. you know!”
‘Oh; ’ said her lover, his face dark-
eniu" as though reflecting the girl’s in-;
cignation. “Yes, I remember. Kate^
l^euce take him! If I come across him
IJl remind him of that, tool”
' But who of them all noticed the
^oman who stood alnu>st touching
shivering in her heavy mantle as i
liionsh she were very cold or strlcksn
t.v Eonie violent disease?
CHAPTER XIV.
ox THE “zINGABA” AGAIK.
Tbo Babylou stage rumbled out of
■File Island avenue upon the dock and
paused for the passengers to alight,
'iiio Zingaia lifted and fell upon the!
vvaves at the pier. The horse car waSi
limrying down to meet the boat, and'
tboso passengers from the stage made
liasto to board the little steamer and
choose their seats.
Miss Be.s.s Catherwood, yet boarding
Tt tho Surf Hotel, came across upon
I'ip steamer to meet the friends, who.
le'arniug from Europe some three
■'veoks previously, had also engaged'
^Joai'd at tho Surf, because Alecia
desirous to bo near the sen
•'iwl auiong the old scenes of her hap-
I'ine.ss. Miss Catherwood v/as so im-
I'atient for the steamer to reach the
'‘Oek that Lane Leland, beside her. of
course, declared that it was all he
touid do to prevent her from jump-
5^.? overboard and attempting to swim
land. But then Mr. Leland took
«;fcasioa Ic tease Miss Catherwood.
■'vlienever opportunity offered, to re
pay her for her many cruelties to him,
tli(“ most unkind of all these being her
wtpr di.srogard of his happiness by re-
fi'.sing to marry him before the next
uiijor.
■There they are!” cried Miss Cath-
t'i'Vood, excitedly, clasping her bands
v.-as quite wicked to tear her away.
There was a regular mob down at tho
station to see us away—to see her
away. Even the Parisian beauties
; had to acliuowledge that an Ameri-
i can can have eyes and lips and color.
I Oh, I heard lots of little stage whis-
' pers and by-plays, you know! I al-
' ways do. It’s my vocation. I think.
I But Paris was delightful, of course.”
“And even the sea-sickness couldn't
alarm you!” added Cora, wickedly.
Beatrice laughed. Her eyes were
brilliantly black now. glancing along
the water toward the island in the
distance. Her thoughts traveled more
svriftly than the steamer, knowing
who woidd meet lier there.
“Yes.” she said, “even tho ocean
sickcns Cora, though I was ill but one
day. Lots of the passengers were in
clined to be homesick. I can tell you.
aud wish that they had never been
temnted away from land. Poop
things! It was pathetic. Especially
.tfter Kathryn’s cruelty, to Dick Ches
ter! He tried so patiently to win her
over to remaining in Home, you know.:
But even the sea-sickness wouldn’t
daunt her. She wouhl be married inj
America, she said, or nowhere; so, o\
course, poor Dick chose the least off
these evils.”
“\nd Marioitis to be married in Oc-.
tober!” said Bess, reflectively. Speak-;
in-^ rather shyly, because she stood,
considerably in awe of Marion's calm.,
i mmovable nature and ironical speech..
• And Althea came home with* her
l-e.-irt, tqoL and B^ and Frances I-,
am so glad to know that not ouc oi;
Toa sold your hearts for a coronet or,
\ jev,-el in tho hair. I snould so have
mound her lover's arm with the tin- \ despised you, though I
i'st. most delicious pressure, and then j W. have told you so. Lane * ‘
’■'•aehius forward to drag Alecia rp rlways telliug ‘
but I only say the truth, and if that s-
W! d('(rk, her pivtiy face glowing with
“Oil. Mrs.. (jiaham! You
dear, dailirig thing! How well
you look—hut then you always are
■«'oli: You doa’i: hnov.- how I h^irc
E;mpiy livpf] f.r. vjvr (Oiier.'! TIh'v
'svere so dellsl-Ju;’. I I--a ;beni ail-
r-:-, 1:Z-: iyCn^
} •- f i .rcu: 1 iinow he l3 ^Beamed cf it
' '’‘‘solf. but he would not acknowl-
‘•'w th:)! if yon dragged him about
ro tho htels of wild horses, as
’ horrid men in the old times used
IJut I don’t believe I could
'I'(-‘ lived without your letters, you
i can scarcely credit that
“‘'■'a, smiling
said
upon th\
„ brightly
'iiall chatterbox with the warm heart,
'Micu yog eagijy forget our com-
t of calling me just simple Alecia.
“lit ‘Just Little Me’ could not fail to
raean. I don’t make it so.
Alecia smiled kindly upon the pret-;
ir. brightly colored face beside hei^;
laying her hand over tho small hand
ea tho railing.
Alecia wis e.'cnuIsItGly beautiful in!
her dovo-?r.iv dr££s tad delicate bon
net, of lace. E-erything abuot her:
seemed infused with her
and becamo parts of
friends sometimes said that thmgs.
turned to perfect womanliness from,
mere contact with her. But Alecia.
always smilfd at this lavish praisj
from her friends. Her sunny hair,
under the dainty bonnet was touched
to spun^goKf as the sunlight fell upon
it from at^ss the water, but be^* eye^
were still of their old c^en violet blue
The smilo upon her ^ace
the old smile, for an Instant dazzimg
her friends. Even strnngers upon tht
boat watched her with faseination.
“Ana little Bess is to be married ifl
November,” said Alecia, eoftly, ‘‘t
was hot far amiss when t read th6
Bwei^ jiettrt under the naughty eyed
that bid Summer. Three years JigOi
little Bess—think of It! That is a long
time to keep your lover waiting.”
I'he lovely color mounted evell t§
the glrl’8 dark hair, arid Ibuched tii«
soft lace at iier- throat. The wide,
black eyes were shy, now lifted to her
friend. They spoke each to the other,
and no one else heard,
“But I Wanted to be Very, Very
sure,’^ Said the pretty. chnd-woman
shyjj', “that I really did care only for
him. Alecia, and he for me; because,’*
who could resist those sweet) t»leadintf
eyes or the trembling red mouth or
that hint of tt dimple about the lips,
■‘everybody said I was too thoughtless.
yoU'ltnow. to care for any one tot
long, and I wouldn’t for anything
marry Lane if 1 wouldn't ioVe him al*
ways, for it would make me so unhap>.
py, thinking that I may have kept him
from loving some one else. An then,
too,” tbe liffht in Alecia’s eyes Wa4
very tender~now, “I couldn't beaFTd
think of being mai’rieil witliout you to
tell me you were glad, you dear, sweet
thing! And so I just told Lane how 1
felt, and when I came to you, he said
that he was willing to wait for that as
well as I. So you see We do truly love
you, Mrs. Graham. 1 could not help
loving you, you know.” a flutter along
the tender words, a flicker of intense
light in the sweet, wide lifted eyes,
“after your kind T^ords to just little
me the day you went away, when you
ought not to even have thought of me
in your own terrible trouble. But you
don’t know how I love you for it, dear
Mrs. Graham—you don’t know!”
“If I helped you at all, Bess, dear.”
said Alecia. gently, the light in her
eyes that her friends cared to see. “it
makes me happy to know it. The
warm heart under your naughty
woi-ds made me fear a heartache later
unless it were allowed to come to tho
sunlight. Sunshine as well as tears,
dear. And you are sure now that you
do love Lane, and will not keep him
from loving some one else, by and
by;”
The wide, black eyes searching the
tender face found only love in the
Questioning, and gave frank answer,
as Bess Catherwood must always giv«
Alecia Graham,
"I am 80 sure.” she said, simply and
sweetly, a new note in the pretty
yoicc. as there was a new touch upon
her face, “that I would go right oq
loving iiim always, Mrs. Graham,
tiiQugl) I should never see him agalq
in all the world!”
A fin^b as of pain struck across Ale*
cla’s faco, but It was gone so swiftly
that the tender eyes uplifted dared
not think that it had been there as eI«
Icnce fell between them.
And Lane Leland, laughing and chat
ting with the rest of the party—for
the old summer party was there, with
tho addition of the Fields—saw this
vanishing flash on the beautiful wom
an's face, aud for an in.stabt the
laughter died uiion his lips at the in
tensity of its pain.
“Aro all our old friends at the Surf,
Mr. Leland?” Althea was questioning,
■with .gi'eat assumed indifference. She
knew that George Priestly was there^
but why should slie betray her heart?
“Ail of the old party.” Lane an-
sv.-crejl. smiling, a gleam of laughter
ileepeiiing iu his eyes, "excepting Miss
Armitage. Miss Armitage that was, I
ancan. of coui'se, for slie is married,
you know. She was married the day
that .Graham died. Strange, wasn't
•ii'! Oh. yes; and the Grants aro not
oat, oither! Little Miss Grant is an-
oiher that's gone ofiC into matrimony!
Slie married Palmer Earle’s nephew,
Harry Earle. A good, solid felloAV.
too’ Got plenty of 'spot cash’ be
sides, which makes him irresistible.
Miss Anita was a niec little thing,
though. They are happy the story
says—regular home bodies, j'ou know,
and entertain only their friends. But
Miss Bradley and her sister are there,
o; -oursc. Evidently. Miss Clara de
cided to bi-ave the thunder rather
ihna Uncle Hallett’s wrath! We’ve
li.id some pretty tou^h showers, too,
by tho way, but nothing as bad .is
that one three years ago. That was
horrible, wasn't it? And j^ou ought
to hear them talk about Graham!
They say tGat he acted the perfect
hero down on the shore.” •
••'i'hat was like Harold.” said Fran
ces. softly. “He could not have helped
being brave;^
“You know I w/isn't with them,”
added Lane, a slight smile chasing the
shadow from his face, remembering
ivicked Miss , Catherwood's cutting
speech upon the stairs. “But you
ought to hear the fellows tell about It.
It’s as good as a play. Palmer Eai.a
came mighty near going under, too,
ihat time. He can thank his luc'^y
star for getting off v,'ith a whole skin.
I wouldn't care to run so neai- the
, Black River. ’
* "Did Harold save him, too;” asked
Beatrice, bitterly. “It would have
been his way to do even that. I
haven't forgiven that hateful man yc ,
Mr. Leland. ’
“I thin’ri vre ail feel rather squeam-
• isb toward him. Miss Baati-ice,” said
I Lane, gravely. ’ Of course, he fol-
! owed a perfectly justifiable code of
iction, but we all expected him to
yield a little for the sake of the man
with whom he was dealing. He was
the only one so hard. But he brags
3f having no soft spot in his heart,
and perhaps that is the cause.”
“And Hai-old didn’t save him, then?”
persisted Beatrice, with strange per
tinacity.
"I have always half believed that he
id. It \rould be so like him!”
(Tobeconjirued.) r- '
MITCHELL ON STAND
President cf Mine ^criceiS Stood a
Ifot Tire of Questions
TAR HEEL TOPICS.
fUttersofJVlomentin the Oood Old
North State.
The Moravian Synod.
Winston-Salem, Special —The Synod
UE SHEWED OF WEARINfSS southern Moravian Church met
, In the first of its seven sessions in the
* • Home church. Salem, at 10 o’clock
Attorneys ForOwne.'s Attempted lo Tuesday morning. Bishop Rondthaler
£how Thst Union Couid Not Malce In the chair. As secretary of the Synod
L?gal Contracts. j t^ev. C. D. Crouch was chosen with Mr
L- B. Brlckenstein as assistant. The
„ . „ „ . . Beats on the nlatform were occupied by
Scranton. Pa., Special,^Mr. Mitch- | Rondthaler. Rev. James E. Hall
ell. for the fourth sBcceBliVc day oc- governing board, and Bishop
cupied the witness stand daring the Cheshire, of the Epi«»pal Church,
two sessions of the strike commission | 35
and waa cross examined by three at-'Southern Moravian
torneys for as many coil companies, church was represented in the opening
Whi e a considerable amount Of infor- ' gg^vice. The remaining congregations
maticn for the enlightenment of the represented before Synod
commissioners was brought out, the •
Greetings were read froin the Mora
vian church in Hernhutt, Germany.
This paper was communicated by .Rev.
James E. Hall. The communication
from the British Province wasjread by
Mr. John Fries. Personal salutations
day was a rather quiet one. compared |
I with those which have preceded It. The '
arbitrators ftre growiut restless in con- I
i sequence of the long cross-examina- j
I tion, which apparently does not bring 1
; out the facts as fully as the commis- i
Sion would like them presented. Sev-J
I era! times during the course of the ,yere extended by Bishop Cheshire,
day s session Chiarman Gray reminded L
the attorneys of the -alue cf time and I
suggested that cross examination be Pleasure to be with you. 1 am not here
limited to new features of these ques- j by.accident but postponed my depart-
tions that already have been gone ' ure from Winston-Salem in order to at-
over. The lawyers assured the com-
mission that they, too. were anxious
to expedite matters and would do ; anything but harmony between your
everything pcssibie to hurry matters ChurPh and mine. In earliest Colonial
along without injuring th€ir own ! days, when the Episcopal Church was
C&1180 I
Mr.' Mitchell has been on the stand 1 Moravian Church
since last Friday morning and is show- 1 cordially and officially recognized
ing signs of weariness from the strain , pursuod its work unhindered. It
of four days of cross-examination. ' ^^s been particularly interested in the
Thus far these attorneys, S. C. S. ' “issioa work of the Moravian Church.
Darrow and David Wilcox, for the I We both hold the missionary obliga-
Delaware & Hudscn; Wayne Me- to the bindinsL upon every mem-
Veagh for the Erie; Francis Wowan. ! Church 3f lesus Christ. In
for the Lehigh Valley, and W. W. 1 “thalf of the Protestant BpisCopal
Ross, for the Delaware. Lackawanna ! Church of the diocese of North Caro-
& Western Company, have examined ^ extend your Synod most cordial
the miners’ president. The commis- .
sioners for the first time today en- j
tered into the discneeion with the
lawyers and the witness ove.* disputed
, points which acrose from time to
time. 1 . J, -
Mr. MacVeagh. who began his cross- ; home in the Soutnern
examination cf Mr. Mitchell on Satur- 1 ° Church,
day, concluded at 11 o’clock Tuesday. Th.e Synod extended its salutations to
The distinguished lawyer centered tp®se two distingdished visitors by
most of his energies Ip trying to 1 a body,
break down the miners’ reasons for I ^ the afternoon s session reports
asking for a yearly agreement with niade from the various^corgrega-
the companies on hours of labor. Sunday schools in the prov-
wages and other eepditicns which, if 1“ ^ decidedly orediteole
made, would be recognition of tho 1 ®
union. Mr. MacVeagh’s principal aim ' « ^ '"'*5 tendered the
throughout his qwestioniag of Mr.
Mitchell was to show that tbo Mine i h u 11 *
Worker-*- Union, because of alleged I
acts of intimidation, violence and the ®J*
use of the boycott by its members, Berkenhag»-n,
proved Itself unfit to be a party to a W«Jop-elect of Central American m{«.
contract. Mr. Mitchell would not even | " *
; assume for the sake of illustrating I „ ^ ,
points that a reign of terror existed I Board Makes Final Report,
in the anthracite coal fields during'the j Raleigh, Special.—The board of ex*
last six months -The recognition of _ amlners of State Institutions filed its
the union is looked upon as the most ,
Important question before the commis- ' Governor Tuesday.
Sion and It is quite evident from the j The total appropriations to these by
trend of the proceedings thus far, that the last Legislature were 1715 000 but
the oppose it to their . the boai*d recommends only isM.OOd,
! Mr^Gowan^and Mr. Ross questioned 1 ^«'^>'ease of |115,000. The reduction is
Mr. Mitchell principally regarding made in the amount for permanent Im-
conditions existing at the collieries of ' prcvements. very few of which the
the companies they represent. These j board recommends, the total being
questions were more or less technical. ' ®
greetings.”
Bishop-elect Berkenhagen, of Central
America, spoke briefly. He quoted the
words of the apostle, “Though I am
unknown, yet 1 am well known,” and
with this sentiment in his heart he felt
Mr. Mitchell's answers as a rule dif- j
fered very little from the reasons
given in his preliminary statement to
the commission for improved condi
tions for the mine workers. Interest in
the proceedings is not waning. The
large crowds which have been wedged
in the court room during the preced
ing days of the bearing were in evi
dence. Neither is there a falling off ia
the attendance cf the attorneys, of
whom there are almost two score
present at each session.
Before proceeding to the examina
tion John T. Lenahan, of Wilkea-
barre, one of the attorneys for the
non-union men who want the commis
sion to take up their case, handed to
the commission a list of 2,000 names^of
non-union men as his authority for ap
pearing before the arbitrators. He did
not wish the commission to make the
canes nublic at this time, but as
Chairman ■ Gray said evenrthing filed
v/ith the commission is pnblic matter,
the names were unofflcially handed in
and were not given out for publica
tion. He also filed a statement of the
ncn-unicn demands. Mr. MacVeagh
read a statement regarding the right
to strike as belonging to the personal
freedom of workingmen. He also took
the view that In exercising that free
dom those who cease to work must not
interfere with the liberty cf others
who wish to work.
“We do not want anarchy,” said Mr.
Mitchell, “and that is anarchy pure
and simple—the right of e'very man
to do'absolutely as he pleases regard
less of its effect on society.”
“This is the language of a very care
fully disguised anarchy,” Mr. Mac-
Vcagh declared, “because It is the lan
guage of Archbishop Ireland. Arch
bishop Ireland never expected it to be
used in that sense. I might say Arch
bishop Ireland is a member, of a com
mittee of which I am also a member,
which has declared for a trade union
idea.”
Answering a further question. Mr.
Mitchell declared that It Archbishop
Ireland’s statement meant that men
have no right to picket he disagreed
with him. Mr. Mitchell added that he
did not know' that the archbishop was
regarded as a supreme court on trade
union matters.
rir. Wu Departs.
Washington, Special.—Minister Wu,
who fof more than five yean has rep
resented the Chinese government in
diplomatic capacity at Washington,
left here Tuesday for S&n Francisco.
Mr. Wu came to Washington , as minis
ter May 1. 1897. and now goes back to
China to take up the new duties w>
which his government has assigned
him. Mme. Wu will remain in Wash,
ington for about two weeks and ex
pects to sail for China from San Fran
cisco about December 1.
der $75,000. Of this amount ovor half,
or 140,000, being for new buildings at
the Agricultural arid Mechanical Col*
lege to replace Watauga Hal!, which
was burned. The Council of State haJ
ftuthOrizod the borrowing of money id
Tieet this work. The board recoinmend.s
e new water supply and sewerage. l l;e
board also recommends $75,0C0 for per
manent improvements at the State
Normal and Industrial CoHe?e at
Greensboro, and a small sum for im
provements at the State Hospital rt
Morganton. The purchase of moro land
for the farm at tiie I he Central tftiaiie
Asylum hers i« Tecdmmtttded; also
new waterworks and sewerage system
for it. The board earnestly favored ccn-
fiolidating some of the etven negro r.o"^
mai schools. Th^ report is very favo
rable to these Institutions, showing ex-
eellent management.
Mobile to Have Modern Depot.
Mobile, Ala., Special.—The Mobile
Railway Terminal Compaiiy was or-
ganifecd herfe With damuel Spencer, A.
h Andrews, W. W. Finley. E. L. Rus
sell and others of tho Southern Rail-
way, as directors, E.. L. Russell being
elected president. The inientioa is to
build a modern style depot with ter-
ntinal tracks, yards, etc., estimated to
otet $500,000. _
Fatal Boiler Explostoh.
Monroe, Special.—As the result of &
bcner explosion in the county Tuesday
one man was literally torn te pieced,
another hurled through the roof of a
house, and a third badly scalded. Mr.
J. T. Tadlock. a well-to-do farmer of
Lane’s Creek township, operates a gin-
-ning and milling establishment. Tues
day morning two of his sons and a ne
gro hand were at work. The oldest
son was standing just in front of the
boiler, the Iwo other men near by,
w hen the explosion occurred. The un
fortunate man in front of the boiler
was torn to pieces. His broker was
thrown through the roof of the engine
house and his leg broken, and the col
ored man was scalded. The fragments
of the boiler were strewn huEd:cd3
yards.
North Carolina Blrdsi
Washington, Special.—The twelfth
annual Congress of the American Or
nithologists’ Union has re-elected all
the present ofliCers. Tuesday’s session
were devoted to the reading cf a num
ber of technical papers. T. Gilbert
Pearson, of Greensboro, N. C., pictured
the summer bird life of eastern North
t!arolina and pointed out that the
sounds and lakes along the North Car
olina coast furnished 3,000 jnileu Ql
feeding grounds for shoal birds.
FEDERATION AT WAR
Charfes Anocf Labor Leaders Briof
Go a Crisis.
SHAFFER OR GOMPERS MUST GO
A Warm Time Mariced the Opening
Session of tlie American Federa
tion of Labor.
New Orleans, Special.—^Either Theo
dore Shaffer, president of the Amalga
mated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers, or Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the American Federation of La
bor. seems destine^ to pass under a
cloud. It is a fight to the finish and at
present the odds favor Gompers. The
trouble which suddenly came to a
point In the convention of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor Monday morn
ing, was the echo of the great strike
against the United States Stee) Com
pany, which was fought and lost last
year by the Amalgamated Association
under the leadership of Shaffer. After
his association had defeated him.
President Shaffer did not hesitate to
utter charges of a serious nature
against President Gompers, as well as
against John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine Workers, and Frank Sar
gent, of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen. He asserted that the or
ganizations over which these men pre
sided had, w’hile listening to the ad
vice of their leaders, refused to lend a
helping hand to the Amalgamated As
sociation and had even fought it in the
dark.
Charges followed against Mr.
Gompers. President Gompers last fall
made a reply denying that he had
acted in bad faith toward the Amalga
mated Association. There the matter
slumbered until this morning, when
Delegate J. P. Sheri.lan, of tbe Amal
gamated Association, a colleague of
Mr. Shaffer, rose and offered a resolu
tion relating to charges against Presi
dent Gompers, Delegate Wilson, of the
Mine Workers, took the gavel and
Delegate Sheridan read his resolution
as follows:
Whereas, President Shaffer, of the
Amalgamated Association of Iipn.
Steel and Tin W^orkers. at their last
convention held in Wheeling, W. Va..
made charges against Mr. Gompers, of
the American Federation ^f Labor,
which impeached his fidelity to the
principles of the union, therefore be it.
Resolved. That the Federation ap^
point a committee to investigate said
charges and report the finding to the
convention, in order that the truth
may be known.”
Objections were offered to the ad»
mlMion of the rsiolntion. but both
President Gompers and President
Shaffer demanded tbe fullest lo^esti'
gatlon of the charges. It was finally de
cided that the convention should name
a committee of* five members, Mr.
Oompers, to name tvo. Mr. Shaffer
two. and these four to name a fifth.
Mr. Gompers named as his representa
tives. John A. Molfitt. of the United
Hatters, and Edger A. Agard, of tho
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association. Mr.
Shaffer named J. M. Slaton, of the
Carpenters and Joiners, and W. H.
Haskins, of the United Mine Workers
Of Ohio. The fifth member, is noi
known.
When the committee met in the
evening but three members were pres
ent and after waiting for some time it
was decided not to appoint the fiftn
member or attempt any work until to
morrow. General opinion among the
delegates is that Mr. Shaffer is net in
an advantageous position. "1 only
knew an hour before the assembling
of the convention that the resolution
would be introduced,” said Mr. Shaf
fer. "It looks to me as though Mr.
Sheridan and Mr. Gompers were in
collusion and both forcing me to bring
charges, which they think I cannot
substantiate, to discredit me before
the members of the Amalgamated As
sociation, so that I cannot be re-^
elected to the head of that organiza
tion.”
Mr. Gompers said: "The charges
eahflot be upheld, because there Is no
truth in them. The best years of my
life have been given to the cause cf
brgailizcd labor and I have never had
a thought Or perfdrlned an action
Which was not intended for its advan
cement. I welcome ady investigation.
There has beeh no collusion between
Mr. Sheridan and iflyself. I knew It
was coming and so did Mr. Schaffer.
My hope is that the special committee
will act promptly and that its report
may folIoW closely upon the chargcs.’’
Mr. Sheridan declined to discuss the
resolution at length, saying that it
spoke for itself. “I w’ish to deny,
however,” he said, “that I am acting
with Mr. Gompers. I am not an ad
mirer of him myself, and if, when we
elect a president, his is the only name
toetttioaed, t Will not vote for him.”
Train Robbers Tried.
KnOx¥ilife, T§rttt:, gpecial.—Hand-
:uffed to two deputy United States ma^
shals, and surrounded by guards. Har
vey Logan, alias Kid Curry, the alleged
train robber, whose gang held up and
lObbed a Great Northern Express train
in Montana of $40,000, was marched
from jail to the Federal Court Monday
where he appeared for trial beforr
Judge Clarke. Logan's attorneys en
tered a plea in abatement in which they
held that owing to the illegal empanel-
ment Of the jury which drew the
indictment against Logan the indict
ments should be quashed. The United
States entered a replication to the plea
and court adjourned until today wher
Judge Clarke will announce his decis-
ion.
Street Car Accident,
Augusta, Ga., Special.—A Charleston
& Western Carolina^Railroad freight
train and an Augusta Railway and
Electric Company street car were in
collision in the central portion of the
city, where their tracks intersect. The
street car was thrown from the track
and C. O. Smith, a passenger, who was
eUnding on the Tear platform of the
street car, was thrown un^r the
}'reight train locomotive and ‘cut to
))ieee8.
ASHEVILLE TO RUTUrRFORDTON
Arrangements Under Way to Opefl
Up, New Railway Connection.
Asheville Gazette. 16th.
The Gazette is able to say that the
prospects for the building of a rail
road connecting this city with Ruth-
erfordton have recently taken the mosr
promising shape. This week the fol
lowing petition will. be circulated
among the citizens of Asheville:
“We, the understigned. agree trpay
on demand the several amounts set op
posite our names for the following pur
poses, to-wit: To make the preliminary
surveys, investigation, etc., incident to
the building of a railroad from Rntlier-
fordton. Rutherford county, N. C., to
the city of Asherttte, county of Bun
combe, N. C. If after said surveys, in
vestigations, etc., it is found practical
to build said railroad each subscriber
will receive stock In said railroad com
pany to the amount of his subscription ‘
as set forth herein. The subscriptions
here to be made payable to and placed
in the hands of Mr. J. E. Rankin,
cashier of the Battery Park Bank. Dr.
George H. Lumbert is to undertake the
investigations and surveys under a
competwit engineer.
“It is estimated the amount necessa
ry to be raised for said investigation
and surveys will amount to $2,000.”
Dr. George H. Lumbers, who is the
chief mover in this endeavor to piis'a
to a successful termination this long
mooted proposition to give Asheville a
competmg railroad outlet, a few days
ago secured a six months’ option on the
existing franchise for the Rutherford-
ton. Hickory Nut Gap and Asheville
Railroad. He made a trip North dur
ing the latter part of October to intcr-
«t Northern capitalists in the enter- '
prise and has met with sufficicut en-
;ouragement to impel him .to go for-
v.ard with the plans for the establish
ment and construction of the road.
This ccmpcting raiiroad, with the
important connections with the East
and South that it would have at Ruth-
erfordton, would be a tremendous fid-
vantage to Asheville, and It is thought
that no difficulty will be found in
promptly interesting the people of the
city to the extent set forth In the
above petition, '
The proposed railroad will be about
40 miles long .from Butberfordtoa-*
where there src important railroad
terminals—to Asheville by way Of
Hickory Nut Sap,
■nje road from Butherf^rdtoo tO
AsnWille, It is believed, will of itfel|
te a profitable investment, and this be.
lief on the part of these Inter^ted iq
the undertaking Is based on several
months’ careful Invcstifation, Pr,
Lambert himself has been busily eo*
gaged for two or three months in col
lecting data that would be of service In
the promotion of the enterprise.
Many of the most prominent business
men of this city have for years looked
with expectant interest to the buildlni;
of this competing line, regarding it as
the most feasible route over which to
secure to Asheville a second railroad
connection with tbe outside world, and
these men have assured Dr. Lambert
of their confidence and cordial support
in his undertaking.
Commifsion Reports.
The State board ofexaminers of pnb
lic institutions place its first report in
Governor Aycock’s hands. It is expec
ted that it will makeja pamphlet of 150
pages. The board began work August
22, but was several times called off for
periods of from a week to ten days so
that it really worked a little over 90
days. It examined 40 institutions
which rcccive State aid. These are as
follows: Agricultural Societies. North
Carolina, Raleigh, Forsyth, Winston,
Central Carolina, Grcenaboro, Ala
mance. Burlington, Cumberland, Fay
etteville, Oriental, Newbem; North
Carolina Industrial, Raleigh; Albe
marle Agricultural and Fish. Eliza
beth City; board of pnblic . charities,
Raleigh; colorcd normal schools at
Fayetteville. Winston, Franklinton.
Gold&boro, Elizabeth City. Salisbury,
Pljrmouth; Croatan Indian Normal
School. Agricultural and Mechanical
Colleges, white at Raleigh, colored at
Greensboro; Cullowhee High School.
Guilford Battle-Ground Association,
penitentiary, dangerous insane depart
ment of penitentiary. State board of
health. Raleigh; State Schoool for the
white Blind and that for negro deaf
mutes and blind. both at Raleigh;
Schcol for Deaf Mutes at Morganton;
State Hospitals for the Insane at Ital-
eigh.Morganton and Goldsboro State
geological survey. State University, or-.
phan asylums at Oxford, one for white.*
tlie other for negroes; State Firemen’s
Associations, white and colored.
Shot Himself.
Macon, Ga., Special.—The Tele
graph’s special from Dawson say?
that. Lavoisier Lamar, a merchant of
that place ,aged 27, and related to the
Lamar family of Georgia, committed
suicide Sundey night by shootinc him
self with a pistol, on |j|^e track of the
Central of Georgia Ha.huaJ, am •«.-
lowing the train to run over his body.
Dift-ing the evening he had entered tu?
M*»thod;st church and bade the pastor
good-bye. telling him that he hoped no
one would be permitted to speak ill of
him. His action alarmed bis friends.
They went to his store and fo::ni Z
2cte diie?tiag the di8>os:tloa of lT:s
property.
Death of Hash Price Hushes.
London, By Cable.—Rev. Hugh Price
Hughes. the celebrated Wesleyan
preacher, died suddenly in this city
Monday night. Mr. Hughes was one of
the leading spirits of the social purity
movement and Anti-Gambling L^gue
in England. He was president of the
Wesleyan Conference during 18S8-1899,
rnd pest president of the Nation
Bvangelica? Fr«e C^qrcluii;