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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^