VOL. II. ELM CITY, iSr. D®dEMBEB 12, im NO. 18. ouglibrpd farm- giiliieai. j»» i and domestic n t Angn- boit bre- !•» t>f hoo' rpd fox cnb». etc A««H:iailon .ElrksTl roar cru«*irt ae bi cure for ;ie. lie W.U iLi -»VaUpr>». nioaial- „ ]0 cents. He fuse ail olhers- rou. The.r ar» lie. J^cnn 10 .. W.4I/1’E« A FIRE IN ATLANTA Destroys a Whole Block, Doifl|f Mucb Damafe MANY BUSINESS PEOPLE LOSBRS A Section of Old Buildings in the Business District Completely Burn ed Out. EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta, Special.—Fire in the heai-t of the down-town section of Atlanta ^’iped out almost a block of business liouses, causing a loss estimated be tween $400,000 and $500,000. The fire originated in the furnitarc store of Snook & Austin, on the White hall street viadict and was first dis covered about 4 o’clock in the morn ing. It spread with great rapidity to the Norcross building, a structure on the corner of Peachtree and Marietta streets, whose six stories were largely taken up with the offices of physi cians, dentists and attorneys. The Nor- 'Cross building and the Snook building ere entirely consumed, only portions of the walls remair\ing. The building occupied by the Jacobs Pharmacy Company, adjoining the Norcross building, on Marietta street, was com pletely gutted and the Jacobs Com pany and the Snook Company sus tained the heaviest individual losses ■of the fire. Water did considerable damage to several stores adjoining and across the street. The Williams Hotel a small hotel located on the upper Jloor of the Jacobs Pharmacy build ing, contained about 65 lodgers, and for some time rumors prevailed that loss of life had occurred among the guests of the hotel, but Fire Chief Joiner declared tonight that all the gue'ats had escaped unharmed. The entire street car service of the city was suspended for a period of about four hours, during the fiercest progress of the fire. The burned build ings were most of them old and their material value was not great. The Nor- cross building, the most valuable of those destroyed, was to have been de molished within a year to make way tor a modern ofiSce structure. It was built at a cost of about $50,000. The heaviest monetary loss falls upon the merchants in the various board build ings -who lost their stock and fixtures. There was considerable apprehension early in the morning that the flames would spread to other buildings. Fierce Cold Up North. New York, Special.—^New York and New England have experienced dur ing the past 24 hours the coldes weather of many years. In this city it was the coldest December 9 in 26 years, the thermometer registering as It did in that year 8 above zero. The severity of the cold was intensified by the fact that the people were not pre pared for it, the cold wave having descended suddenly and without warning. Then, too, the scarcity of coal caused much suffering among the poorer classes and even those able to afford the luxury of a ton of anthracite had to use it sparingly for feav that the cold snap would last a?id they would be unable to get a fresh supply. Every effort is being put forth to alle viate the suffering, charitable organ izations having taken steps to supply the poor and the board of «ldermefi having voted $1(1,000 to help along the good cause. The cold in the city was mild, com pared with that prevailing in the northern sections of the State and in New England. At Albany, the mer cury fell to 10 below zero and in some nearby districts it went down to 20. The river is frozen over at Albany, putting an end to navigation. Balston reported 12 below, the lowest regis tration since 1861, and Saratoga felt the grasp of weather 30 belbw. The cold wave struck New York also. Nor walk, Conn., reported 23 below zero, the coldest in years. Murder at Charlotte, N. C. Charlotte. N. C., Special.—Arthui L Bishop, a well-known traveling salesman, who represents a shoe manufacturing company ot Lynch burg, Va., shot and killed Tuesday night, Mr. Tom Wilson, an overseer on the public roads of this county. The shooting occurred at Wilson’s residence, at 208 Oak street, at 10:30 o’clock. Bishop fied immediately af ter he fired the fatal shot and has not yet been apprehended, though the police are watching every b*ain and making diligent effort to arrest the criminal. Session at Wiltnington Adjourm— The Appointments. The North Carolina annual confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal church South, closed Monday, the following appointments for the coming year be ing announced: APPOINTMENTS. RALEIGH DISTRICT—W. H. MOORE. P. E. Raleigh, Edenton Street, G. F. Smith. Central, G. F. Adams, J. O. Guthrie. Brooklyn and Macedonia, M. M. Mc Farland. Epworth, J. M. Culbreth. Cary, G. B. Starling. Clayton, G. W. Fisher. Smithfield, N. E. Coltrone. k'enly, to be Bupi’-tal isy-R.' H. Whlt- acker. . . ■ Millbrook, N. L. Seabolt. Yonflgsville, G. R. Rood. Franklinton. J. H. Shore. Loaisburg, M. T. Plyer. Tar River, A. L. Ormond. Granville. W. II. Puckett. Oxford station, A. McCullen. Oxford ciicn'it, J. D. Pegrain. Editor Raleigh Christian J.a. T. N. IV3.V. A.^cnt of Methodist Orphanage, J. B. Hurley. Superintendent of Methodist Orphan- J. W. Jenkins. DrnHATI DISTRICT—J. T. GIBBS, P. E. Durham, Trinity, R. C. Beaman. Main Street, \y. L. Cunningbam. Car chiuch and Ercnson, F. B. Mc- C.all. Durham City mission. B. B. Culbreth. Durham circuit, J. B. Thompson. West Durham and Cunningham, C. P. Jerome. Chapel Hill, N. M. Watson. Hillsboro, Rufus Bradley. * Mt. Tirzah circuit, M. D. Giles. Leasburg, R. F. Taylor. Eoxboro, K. D. Holmes.- "VVooilsdale, to be supplied by B. E. Stanfield. Milton, J. A Daily. Yanceville, J. H. McCracken. Burlington station, D. N. Caviness. Burlington circuit, L, M. Brower. East Burlington. Graham and Haw River, to be supplied by W. R. Green. Alamance, N. C- Yearley. President Trinity College, J. C. Kil- go- Lectureship in Trinity College, E. A. Yates. Head master Trinity High. School, J. F. Bivins. FAYETTEVILLE DIS'^HILT-B. R. HALL. P. 'T. Fayetteville, Hay Street, T. A. Smoot. Cumberland. E. C. Sell. Ccl:esbur>% L. H. Joyner. Sampson, B. B. Holder. Buekhcrn, J. W. Wallace. Dunn, E. M. Snipes. Newton Grove, R. A. Bruton. Pittsborc, J. H. Frizolle. Haw River, R. W. Bailey. Goldston. J. C. Hr.mble. Siler City, J. Sandford. Carthage, R. H. Broom. Sanford, S. T. Moyle. Jonesboro, B. C. Allred. Lillington, A. D. BettS. Elise, L. S. Etheridge. ROCKINGHAM DISTRICT—W. S. BONE. P. E. Rockinghafn statiou, J. H. Hall. Rockingham circuit, supplied by J. W. Gurganus. Richmond, S. E. Mercer. Mt. Gilead, M. D. Hix. Pekin, supplied by J. W. Hoyle, Montgomery, H. G. Stamey. Aberdeen, G. A. Oglesby. St. John and Gibson, G. B. Perry. Laurinburg, L. S. Massey. Hamlet, C. O. Du Rant. Maxton and Caledonia, N. H. D. Wil son. Red Springs, Z. T. Harrison. Lumberton. J. P. Pate. Robeson, J. N. Asbury. R. W. Town send, supernumerai’y. Rowland. J. W. Bradley^ NEWBERN DISTRICT—F. D. SWIN DELL, P. E. Newbem, Centenary, R. F. Bumpass. Goldsboro, St. Paul, M. Bradshaw. St. John, J. E. Thompson. Goldsboro circuit, H. E. Tripp. Mount Olive circuit, supplied by J. M. Jiilount Olive anil Faison, G. D. Langston. " La Grange, H. B. Anderson. Snow Hill, E. Pope. Kinston, E. H. Davis. Grifton, J. M. Lowder. Craven, W. H. Townsend. Jones, D. C. Gieddie. Pamlico. W. H. Kirton, Oriental, supplied by F. S. Beeton. Cartaret. J. H. M. Giles. Morehead City, H. M. North. Beaufort, J. A. Hornaday. Core Sound, supplied by L. E. Saw- S. Letters, su- H. Robbersonville, to be supplied bj W. B. Humble. South Edgecombe, J. H. Buflaloe. Rocky Mount, L. L. Nash. South Rocky Mount and Marion, P. D. Woodall. Nashville, J. M. Benson. Spring Hope, C. A. Watkina. Wilson, A. P. Tyer. Fireemont, D. L. Earnhardt. V/ilson circait, J. L. Rumley. Ccracoke and Portmouth, R. R. Grant. Bath circnit, to be supplied by D. A. Jutrcll. WARRENTON DISTRICT — R. A. WILLIS, P. B, ■ Warrenlon. C. W. Robinson. Warren, L. M. Chaffin. Ridgeway. J. AvJ^ee. Henderson. J. D. 'Bundy, J. E. Bill* owe. Littleton, H. A. Humble, W. E. Nich olson. Weldon, W. W. Rose. Roanoke Rapids, E. R. Welch. Roanoke, supplied by R. B. Clark. Enfield and Halifax, S. A. Cotton. Battleboro and Whitaker’s, J. Q. Johnson. Scotland Neck, T. P. Bonner. Hobgood, D. B. Parker. Williamston and Hamilton, T. Sutton. Gerysburg, E. W. Fox. Northampton, E. E. Rose. Rich Square, J. T. Stanford. Conway, W. C. Merritt. Murfreesboro, F. L. Church. Harrellsville, B. C. Thompson. Beitie, R. L. Davis. President Littleton Female College, J. M. Rhodes. ELIZABETH CITY DISTRIC" -J. E. UNDERWOOD, P. E. Elizabeth City, First church, D. H. Tuttle. City Road. R. H. Willis. Pasquotank, W. F. Jones. Camden, W. C. Hocutt. Haycock, J. Y. Old. Currituck, W. A. Piland. North Gates, H. M. Jackson. Gates, T, J. Daily. Perquimans, G. W. Starling. Hertford, M. H. Tuttle. Edenton, C. L. Reade. Piyniouth, W. H. Brown. Roper, W. F. Craven. Pantego and Bellhaven, W. E. Brown. Dare, William Towe, Roanoke Island, A. J. Parker. C. R. Taylor, sapernumerary. Kitty Hawk, to be supplied. Kennekeet. J. E. Sanders. Hatteras, to be supplied by L. B. Jones. Columbia. W. P. Constable. Student in Vanderbilt University, R. E. Porter. Secretary Correspondence School, J. L. Cunninseim. Transferred: J. A. Rood to the Bal timore Conference; J. C. Jones to the Denver Conference. t.REED Ex-Speaker Tbos. B. Reed Suddenly Passed Away DEATH FROM BRlGil1*S BiSEASE. nr. Reed Was One of th« Best Known ^ff Modern Poiltldana and a Noted Parliamentarian. Washlnfton, II'C. Special.—Hqn. Thomas B. Re'ea'' ex-Speaker of the national house of representative and a well known Maine statesman, died hsre at his hotel Saturday night of Bright’s disease. The remains left here Sunday after noon for Portland, Maine, his former home, where the interment will take place on Tuesday afternoon. They were placed aboard a special train leaving Washington at 4:50 o’clock, scheduled to arrive at Portland tomor row. Accompanying the body were Mrs. Reed, the widow; Miss Catherine Heed, the former Speaker’s daughter; Hon. Amos L. Allen, Mr. Reed’s suc cessor in the House of Representaf- tives; Mr. Asher C. Hinds, Mr. Reed’s parliamentary cierk, and Mr. August G. Payne, a life-long friend. At Mrs. Reed’s request there were no cere monies of any kind here, and at Port land, they will be ot a simple charoc- DEATH OF Mt. BUCK Siddei Delrise Aaericn Mliister to Jifu. DUE TO PARUYSIS OF TK KART He Fell Wkile Rc-Settlac • Not and i>lcd WItlMiit a Word or m Qro— rira. Bode to Leave Witk tiio Body on the 34th. Took the Oath. Washington, Special—The new Asso ciate Justice of the United States Su preme Court, Hon. Oliver t^endell Holmes, of Massachusetts, Monday took the oath of office and immediately en tered upon the discharge of his du ties. The oath was administered by the clerk of the court, James fi. McKen ney, and the ceremony was witnessed by as large a concourse of people as could find admission to the court room. Saw Fh-st Train. Santiago de Cuba, By Cable.—Two thousand persons, among them the American representatives of the Cuba company, witnessed the departure of the first regular train to Havana with one hundredi and fifty through passen gers. The crowd gave the train an en thusiastic send off. The Cuba Company publishes liberal freight and passenger rates, and it is anticipated that the opening of the railroad will lead to the rapid development of the interior of the island. 1H0XA8 B. BKE9, ter. During the entire day there was a stream of sympathetic callers at the Arlington Hotel, wheie the body of Mr. Reed lay awaiting removaL They included President and Mrs. Roosevelt, who also sent a handsome floral offer ing; members of the cabinet, the Sen ate and House of Representatives and of the diplomatic corps. The body was enclosed in a casket with heavy, oxydized extension handles, and on the Washington, Special.—A few deUils of the untimely death ot Miniiter Back are furnished in the following cable gram received at the State Department from Mr. Quzon, the United States charge de affaires: “Tokio. Dec. 6.—Minister Bock’s death was caused by paralysis of the heart It occurred on an imperial hilt- ing preserve near Tokio. The funeral will take place here on the 8th, and full official honors will be extended by the Japanese government, as in the case of Minister Swift. The widow will probably leave Yokohoma on the 24th with the body for bnrial at Arlington, i respectfully recommend that the mil itary attache be granted authority bv telegraph to accompany the remains to Washington and to return as soon possible to his post. No action has been taken on the last request. Yokohoma, Special.—Paralysis of the heart caused the death of United States Minister Alfred B. Buck, which occur red Thursday. The end was tragically sudden. Mr. Buck was the guest of the Emperor in a duck hont on the Shin- hama preserves. A bird had been netted and the minister, with a Jocu lar, remark, started to reset the net. Suddenly he fell and without a word or groan expired instantly. He had snffer ed from a weak heart for some time Mrs. Buck was not with the party., Mr. Buck was held in high esteem in Japan and the flags on government buildings have been placed at halt mast. The funeral has been set for Monday. Secretary J. M. Ferguson is in charge of the legation. Washington, Special.—When the President comes to take np the ques tion ot the succession to the racancy caused by the death of Minister Back, at Tokio. It is understood he will name John Barrett, ot Oregon, at present commissioner general of the St. Louis Exposition to Asia and Anstralii^ to be minister. Mr. Barrett is now somewhat in the neighborhood ot the St^ts Settle ments. He has been working to secure a good Asiatic representation at the SL Louis BzpesttlCm'vnd Mb riltorts have been attended with success, for he has induced both China and Japan to embark upon large governmental exhibits when they had decided not to be represented in that way. He is now bound tor Australia, where it la his hope to change the mind ot the Premi ers in Australia and New Zealand, and cause them to reconsider their parpnse to allow the exposition to go on with out exhibits from their colonies. NMB or %m. (SVEN FINAL TERMS Col. Phelps Dead. Aiken, S. C., Special.—Colonel Shef field Phelps died here Tuesday morning and his remains will be taken to his home in New Jersey for interment. He was a son of the late William Walter Pheips and was at one time editor of the Jersey City Journal. A l^w years ago he built a winter cottage here and has spent each season here since. He alBo ov/ned a game preserve of 2.000 acres. pernumerary. Dover, B. H. Black. „ „ WILMINGTON DISTRICT — R. B. JOHN, P. B. Wilmington, Grace church, J. N. Cole. Fifth Street. F. M. Shamburge. Bladen Street, G. B. Webster. . Market Street, J. W. Potter. Scott’s Hill, Y. E. Wright. Onslow, W. A. Jenkins. Jacksonville and Richlands, supplied by V. A. Royall. Magnolia, J. W. Martin. Kenansville, W. D. Sagger. Burgaw, C. C. Brothers. Clinton, J. T. Draper. Bladen, A. J. Groves. Elizabeth, G. T. Simmons. ViThitevilie, A. S. Barnes, C. W. Smith, supernumerary. Carver’s Creek, J. J. Porter. Waccamaw, T. J. Browning. Shallotte, N. H. Guvton. ^ ^ Town Creek, supplied by W. R. Roy- all. Southport, E. McQuirter. New River, supplied by J. M. Mar lowe. WASHINGTON DISTRICT — F. A. BISHOP. P. E. Washington, L. E. Thompson. Aurora, P. Grennlng. Swan Quarter, W. Y. Everton. Matamuskett, to be supplied by H. A. Jones. Fairficxd ,J. E. Holden . Greenville, H. M. Bure. Farmville, to be supplied by T. H. Bain. Grimesland and Vanceboro, supplied by F. P’. Sure. Bethel. J. J. Barker. Tarboro, A. B. H^ltom. Lt Johnsoa, suDernumerary, Killed By Blast. Nashville, Special.—Two men killed outright, three others fatally In jured and seven painfully hurt Mon day afternoon by a delayed explosion of a blast at Baker’s hill, 13 miles north of here on the Evansville & St. Louis division of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. The victims were Italians and were at work in a cut which was being constructed by the Louisville & Nashville road. The spot is remote from telegraph or telephone commu nication and details are meagre. The ivames of the victims are not known. Becker Acquitted. New York, Special.—Wm. Becker, who was arrested several weeks ago in the postoffice, charged with sending blackmailing letters to merchants In this city, demanding, on pain of death at the hands of Nihilists, was acquitted Judge Newburger taking the .case from the Jury and ordering his dis- discharge. The prisoner convinced the court that he was not guilty of send ing the letters and had received them at the postolBce for another man. Trestle Washed Away. Savannah, Ga., Special.—The long trestle on the Atlantic & Birmingham Railroad, over the Satilla rivier, was washed away and destroyed Thursday night by the flood. The Satilla is high, er than has even before been recorded. Orders were issued today annulling all Atlantic & Birmingham trains ovei the division affected until repairs can be made. Many country roads in Ware county are impassable from waterCind fallen trees. Concerning Sleep. The scholar and professional man, like the anxious housewife, is apt to carry his cares to bed. and insomnia becomes a curse. Men and women who are busied in getting and gaining, the merchant, the banker, all alike, fail to secure that self-control which, can manage the mfnd as well asleep as awake. Normal sleep should be purely physiological repose similar to the rest of animals who go to pleep with the darkness and awake with the light. Some one has said that sleep is like hunger and thirst, representing diminution of energy throughout the entire body. I hardly think this can be true, but in my Judgment sleep rather suggests the diminution of the energy of the brain, and he Is a wise man who takes the hint when brain fas sets in of an evening, and goes comfortably and properly to bed.—The Pilgrim, Death In Hotel Rre. Chicago, Special.—Fourteen persons top was a silver plate on which had j l)een engraved the following simple in scription: Thomas Brackett Reed, October 18, 1839,. December 7th, 1902. Those at the railroad station when the train departed were Senator and Mrs. Lodge; Justice McKenna*, of the Supreme Court; General Draper, of Massachusetts, and Representatives Hitt and Uttlefield. The arangements for the obsequies at Portland have been left in the hands of Hon. Joseph W. Symonds and John C. Small, an old neighbor of Mr. Reed. As far as tentatively arranged here, the funeral will take place some time Tuesday afternoon, from the First Parish Unitarian church, of which the Rev.. John Carroll Perkins is pastor. The interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery. M«day*« Chartotte ObeeArer eon- tafais the foUowiac aad atory trtm Its Oreenaboro correepdndevt: Five hundred doUara In greenhaeka and the honsehold and kitdien tart- tore destroyed, describee the work at a at his homo lieve flatnrday night The name.oC party ia Joe Mitchell and the' aite«cy reapoMlbla for tto d^ ia own whMkay t amount of driahi, abMt two- thirda of a pint, tee la a havi work- Ins man, belac mont Table Company. PCr aereral years he has labored hard and had managed to accumulate out of hia earnings about |600. which he kept in the tray of hia trunk, and which he had counted and recounted from the first, as the pile grew larger, thinking of happier days when this i would buy him a lot and build a little house thereon- tor lie and hia wife, where they would live tree trom rents and visitations trom landlords. But these happy dreams are ot the past, tor Joe, in a moment of delirium, de stroyed the money. Saturday night about 12 o’clock Mr. W. O. Brown, who Uvea next door to Mitchell, was alrakened by a noise a» it some one was tearing a down. Standing it as long as he could and becoming alarmed for .the in mates ot his neighbor’s house as well as tor his own tangly, he hastened up street to get OfRcer Lovelace who, in company with Mr. Brown, went to the scene ot action. They found tumitnre broken into splinters, carpets torn up, cooking and other utensails scattered in every directloilT-pictures, trunks and bedding thrown into the fire and' the madman with aze in hand, continuing his work of deatruction. The house had caught flro and with dilBculty warn ex tinguished. A trunk that had been broken np and in which was themoney had already been burned when help arrived. After arresting the man attention was turned towards his wife, who had fortunately escaped to a comer in one of the rear rooms. She waa scared al most to death. The man was taken to the guard house about 1 o’clock where he remained until trial this afternoon hetbre Mayor Cox. it his olBce. Mltch^ says he cannot account tor the deed, that he doesn’t know a thing tiiat occurred. He waa very repentant and says if he had hnrt hia wife that he would have cat his own throat. The whiskey was evidently drnscod. for those examining it say it had an un usual smeii and undoubtedly was the meanest Aijuor ever muiufactured. It is thought that the Uquor affected Mitchell’s brain, producing temporary insanity, for in a twinkling of an eye he became unmanageable trom no ap parent cause whatever, for Just before he was in the best ot humor and had been playing with a brother ot his wife. Owing to the good character heretofore ot the man and beUeting that he was not rea^nsible for him self on this night and also through sympathy tor his loss and hia wife Mayor Cox let the prisoner off with tEe costs. ForOrMter AslMvUle. Asheville. SpeciaL—In accordance with instructions of the iward of al dermen. City Attorney Bourne haa presented to that Iwdy a bill to the State Legislature, the object of which were penned In the death trap and ; ig to change the boundaries of Ariie- suffocated or burned to death. Some yjUe lo as to make of this city a died in their rooms, some chanced all Greater Asheville. The suburban towns in Jumping and last, others were found I to be incorporated in the greater city in the hallway where they had expired > are Ramoth. Kenilworth, Victoria and with their fingers dug into the cracks i Monttord, thus making the corporate Ccrauy u mntM to He IffgUkfTVeiezieta. , AFFAIIS NOW XOftlItt TO aiSIS M the Refly la Not Satlafactary, tka Lincoln hotel at 176 Itadlson street met death shortly before 6 o’clock this morning in a-flre which will pass into local history as one of the most hor rible Chicago has ever experienced. Death came suddenly to a few. but with awful slowness to others who Wreck a Hatteras. Hatteras. N. C., Special.—The ob server of the Weather Bureau reports that a four-masted schooner. Wesley M. Oler, went ashore at Hatteras Inlet life-saving station, early Friday morn ing during the storm. She was pound ing in the surf about a mile off shore until afternoon, when the four masts went to pieces. The life-saving crew could do nothing to save the crew. No bodies have been washed ashore. Zones Established. Manila. By Cable.—Preparatory to an aggressive campaign against the Ladrones in the Rizal, province of Luzon, Governor Taft has established zones of concentration. The land will be tilled uduring the day time and the people will retire within the zones at night. A strong force of constabulary will be used i^ainst the bandits. Suicide of Col. Lamb. London. By Cable.—While the Cun- ard Line steamer Eltruria was ascend ing the Mersey. Saturday morning, Colonel Lamb, a member of the Eng lish rifle team, returned from the in ternational competition in Canada, committed suicide, ending b's life with a rifle bullet. of the floor. All the bodies were re covered as the hotel was not de stroyed. The identifled dead are: M. M. Handy. Janesville. Wis. Edward Toner, Milwaukee. H. K. Wood, Lebanon, Ind. B. P. Bc^well, Chicago. Samuel It. Yocum. Davenport. Ia. J. C. Yocum. Davenport. Ta. F. L. Erwing, Marietta. O. A. B. Coon. Waconda, IlL T. V. Slocum. Waconda. 111. Ward Lowe, Minneapolia. C. P. Cowen, St. Louis. F. W. Carey. Bucyrus, O. Two others, including one who died on the way to the hospital, have not been IdenUfled. New Trial ForPowera. Frankfort, Ky., Bpecial.—The Ap pellate Court awarded a new trial to Caleb Powers, who waa convicted in the Qobel mui^er conspiracy and sen tenced to life imprisonment. The opin ion by Judge 0’Rear,'grantlng Powers a new trial is based mainly upon the refusal of Judge Cantrill to vacate the bench on affldavits flled by the de fence, charging the court with being prejudiced against the defendant. The three Democratic Judges dissented. King to Visit Irebwd. London. By Cable.—The Lord Mayer ot Belfast announced that the Bari of Dunby had informed him that King EMward would probably pay a visit to Ireland, in 1903. This intimation com ing through the lord lieutenant of Ire land is regarded as practically an offi cial announoement ol His Majesty’s decision. ^aise In Wa;;es. Scranton. Pa.. Special.—The Dela ware. Lackawanna Western Rail road purposes a substantial increase in rates of pay to employes in the various departments. The officials are now at work on a general plan of readjustment atf*’: equalization to be come effective at an early date, prob ably from December 1. All brandies of the service and practically all the employes will be atfected by the com- pany’a voluntary action. limits of Asheville some five miles from north to sooth and three east to west. The ordinance was discussed briefly and the board decided to leave the mattor open tor further diacus- sion. The bill when brought up in the Legislature will be bitterly fought by the people residing in Vietoria and Ramouth, and it ia said that every re source will be exhausted in order to de feat the measure. In Victoria especially, where not only Mr. Vanderbilt, but other wealthy gentlemen own a large amount ot valuable property, the in creased taxes accnrring to Aahevilie would be enormoua. In the boundaries ot the proposed limits is aitnated the handsome Kenilworth Inn. LoadaaL. By Cahte, PrwHr »al- four announced in the House of Com- mons Monday that an ultimatum had been s«it to Venesuela, and that la the event of a satisfactory reply not being received, the Briti^ and Ctor- man governments would take meas ures to enforce their claims agatnat that country. Mr. Balfour, when ques tioned on the Venesuuelan attnatlon by the Liberal leader. Star Hmry Camiribell-Bannermui, said: "For the paat two yean we have had grave Cauae for complaint on various oo- cM^ns ot unjnstillablie interference by the Venesuelan government with the liberty and property nf British subjects.' No efforts have bem spared by the British government to tfMain an amicable settlement ot these caaea, hat In none of than have satiatactory ei^lanatlons been forthcoming. Lat' terljr, the represratationa at the Brt> tish minister have been practically unnoticed. There are alao cases in wiiich British subjects and companies have faunge claims. We have been act ing' in conjunction with the Geeman government, which haa large claims andnst Venesnela. A final communi cation has been made to the Vrae- sotelan government by the British min- Istar and th« German charge d* af- talrea. If no satisfactory reply Is re cced, the government have decided to take stch measures as may be necessary to enforce thehr claima.’* Replying to a supplementary ques tion, Mr. Balfonr said h^ understood the communication to Venesnela was nelthv Joint nor identic. The nltimatnma to Venesnela will be foltowed by the seisure of the cus toms unless a satisfactory settlement Is forthcoming within a brief period. The ultimatums have a time limit but the exact date cannot be aac«r- talned here. The oreign OlBee states, with r^sard to the time limit: "It Is a reaaonahle time in which Venesnela can satisfy the powers. Both the notes are practically of although the claima differ. The notea merely reiterate the con tinued diar^ard by the Venesuelan government of all our representatioas. specify our claims, and demand Im* mediate action on the part of Presi dent Castro’s government in connec tion therewith." The British govemmott’s is prac- Ucally identical with the statements made U previous 'dispatdies from London, in which it waa llrst an nounced the present action was contemplated. Should the Britiah ulti matum meM with a hostile receptkm. the British minister, W. H. D. Hag gard, haa been Instructed to go abroad a Brttish warship or, if that is im practicable to go into the neighboring British colony. The Foreign OlBce, however, does not appear to antte^ pftte wrh ft coutiugfisicf, DOT ind6w does It look torwai^ to any startling d^talopment within the nest few days. Firemier Balftnir’s announcement in the Hoaae of Commona Monday ia re garded aa merely the obvkras cnhni- to the situation which daily has be» becoming more critical tor. the paat three months. The Ultimatum Preaented. Beilin, By Cable.—The Oerman- British ultimatum to Venesnela was presented at 3 o’ctock Monday after- OM^. at Caracas. The nltimatnma are identify in siririt, but not in form. embodies the respective claima of the two counoles and is conae- qucntly different. Some announce ment on the subject would have been by the government to the Reich stag had the House been in sessitm. A stntement will be made either orally; by %anceUor Von Buktw, or read by Prudent Von Bailestrom. Me B«n- already has been informaa ti»»» the Foreign Oillce is unwilling to dlaekiae the text of Germany’s nlti- ■Mitiim, aa sudi a step woifld be againat all precedenta and b«cauae also be discourteous to Vene ra^ to publish the text b«>re giving that country an on^rtunity to reply. Business iWan Kills Hfmaelf Pbiladelphia. Special.—Howard T. Goodwin, aged 32. treaaurer of the banking and brokerage firm of Cas satt * Company, committed suicide by shooting himself. He waa found dead in the firm’s office in the Arcade build ing. No cause is known. Carnegie 5aila. London. Spedid.^lfr. and Mra. An drew Carnegie left Limdm4hia morn ing to embark on the ateamer Ocea^, which saila for New Toek. Ifr. 6u>- negi who ahowed tvaaea of h^ re cent nineas. was aec0^pante4 1^ his physician. Death of Dr. Norvaa. Rev. W. C. Norman, D. D., one ot the most prominent and powerful preach ers ot the North Carolina Conterenee, M. E. church, Soutt, died at Wilming ton Saturday night while attending the annual conference. Dr. NormaA has served most of the lesding chargee in the State. He was Interred Tuesday St Lexington. Spain's New Cabinet. MaMd, By Cable.—Among the new cabinet officers. General Llnarea, l|ln- ister ot. War, ia v«ry popular with ^ army and in the country la credited with extensive plnns for the reor ganization of the army and the na- ticmal dtfences. Minister of Marine Toca. ia regarded as an even more thorough advocate at the strengthen ing and reorganising at the navy and the naval dtfences In every direction. Senor Maun. Miniater of the Interior, also favors the reatoratloa of Spain's naval power, and altogether the new government 1a conaidered a'strouK, an^ popular one. Mra Nation at Homo. TopelA Kan.. SpednL—Mrs. Carrie Nation is in Jail ob the charge of Ito- turbing the peace. She waa forcibly ejected from several drug stores and one of the most prominent hotels in the dty. Some snkwns let her wilk in ■fi«i as she waa cloaly watdied attempted no smaahing. Towarda^the last a hooting mob followed her and other ‘druggists and Joints their dapn-in her fae& Ss Day Race. New York, Spedal.—The expiration the first 24 Kburs of the six-day bi- cycia mee in Madison Square Garden aaw only U the original teams tHW on the track and a few minutes later Gougolts and Kaser announced their retirement owing to injuries sus tained by the latter early in the ia». The aeven teama in the lead had 494 milM, « Ups to their credit. ' ** J TeiegrapMe Brief*. A cold wave bore down, upon CW- ea«o Snnday and reached its climax with a temperature nt the lero mark. Abont three inchea of snow hu Five tataUties from caaaea di- reetly attribuUble to the weather have been reported to the authoritiea and nnnMroua caaea of destitution incident to 'Che sudden drop mn afforded re lief during the nighL W. M. Savage, of Minnenpolis, haa heo^t Ban Patch, the tamoua nnbeat- en pncer of .M. K. Stnigis, of New Y«*rt, ter |M,000. U. K. McHeniy, wto hsa driven the horse many a fast mile and scored 1:» 1-4 ^th him, has rigmrf a eontract with Savage to han^ the horse tor the racing seaeona ot Males Pmr Smrntk Africa. Memphla. SpedaL—Major B. F. Bek' mOf. at the Britiah army, paaaed thimigh Memphis tor Lathrop, Me.. mhtf the BriUah government haa eon- evtrated iOO,fOO mulsa and heraes which ha^ hesn purdiaaed to re-eieck Ikrma In tranavaaL The shlpmit ef tfce animals will begin am Janm »• MaSor Bdceraly says it is the fo- mntlaa ot the novemment to make a saeond P9«ha»e of e;urt jjse whw th^