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VOL. XII. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1902. NO. 44.
1 .
SUNK IN COLLISION
Steamship Wrecked By a Sailng
Vessel.
TWENTY PEOPLE ARE KILLED
Accident Occurred in The Waters of
The Pacific Ocean Mu t Have Re
sulted From Carelessness.
San Francisco, Special. A collision
at sea, early Thursday morning, be
tween the steamship Walla Walla and
aa unknown sailing vessel, resulted in
the sinking of the steamship and the
probable loss of at least 20 lives. The
Walla Walla, owned by the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, sailed from
San Francisco, January 1, for Pugct
Sound ports. She carried 3G first-cla33
passengers, 28 seoond-clas3 and a evew
of 80 men. When off Cape -Mendocino,
on the California coast, at 4:10 o'clock,
Thursday morning, an iron bark, be
lieved, to be French, loomed up in the
haze ajid crashed into the Walla Wal
la's bow. Then the sailing vessel slid
off into the darkness and was seen no
more. All the passengers and crew of
the Walla Walla, except the few on
watch, were asleep, but were aroused
by the crash. The steerage quarters
were in the bow and it is believed that
some of the steerage passengers and
crew were crushed to death. A big hole
was made in the steamer's bow and she
sank in 25 minutes. The officers and
crew maintained strict discipline and
boats and life rafts wore lowered.
All who were not killed in the col
lission got en the boat except Cap
tain Hall. Ho was picked up later un
injured. A choppy sea was running and
the small boats could not make a land
ing on the shore, a few miles distance.
They drifted about all day, and final
ly 65 people were picked up by the
steamer Dispatch, which took them to
Eureka. Another boat under command
of Engineer Brown, and containing 13
persons, attempted to land at Trinidad
and was swamped. John Wilkinson,
quartermaster; Wm. Marti el, fireman;
L. Drub, passenger, and three un
known men, were drowned. Those in
the boat who were saved were En
gineer Brown, Fireman McClcllan,
Coal-Pa.ssor Wm. Shinn; Sailor O'Lea
ry, Chief Cook Marshall and Passen
gers Wm. B. Smith and Wm. Moore
house. When the Dispatch reached Eu
reka this morning with the survivors,
tugs wero immediately sent out for
missing boats. The tug Ranger picked
up one containing 11 passengers and
three of the crew.
The Walla Walla was valued at
about $250,000. She was formerly used
as a collier and about ten years ago
was converted Into a passenger vessel
at a cost of $175,000. The vessel was
insured for abut $200,000. George Ke"r,e
of San Francisco, a member of the
crew, gave the following account of
tho disaster:
"It was 4:10 when the French vessel
hit the Walla Walla in the bow. All
were asleep. The weather was clear,
the sea wa3 rolling high. All were
panic-stricken. The passengers rushed
out of their state rooms and tho deck
was crowded. Captain Hall went down
Into the steerage and found a family
cf seven fastened in a room by the
force of the shock jamming the door.
Two boys were pinoned beneath failon
timbers. The girls were released and
the family assisted out of their berths.
The captain said the vessel would sink
and all hurriedly prepared to leave.'
Life boats and rafts were lowered;
life preservers were put on and passen
gers lowered to the boats. The collision
happened at 4:10 and the vessel did
not sink until 4:45. giving the crew
and passengers 35 minutes to leave the
steamer. Sixty-three were lowered
Into the life-saving boats then being
filled. Panic reignod among the re
maining passengers; women screamed
end men and boys hurriedly jumped
oevrboard. Several did not leave until
the vessel began to sink. The officers
were cool and collected, doing every
thing possible, to save the passengers.
No one knows exactly how and when
the collision occurred, excepting the
second officer and he 13 missing. Im
mediately after the collision, the
French vessel withdrew and appar
antly made no effort to render assist
ance. v Sampson's Condition Hopeless.
Washington, Special. Admiral
Sampson's malady progresses slowly
but very steadily toward the endMed
Sca.l science cannot check 'it. Symptoms
cf arterial degeneration have appear
ed, such a3 is incident to his malady,
injecting great uncertainty into the
rase. Moreover, the patient becom
ing les3 tra-ctable and re3posive to
treatment
THE TREASURY'S STRENGTH.
The Government Begins the Year
With Abundant Cash.
Washington, Special. "The Treas
ury is in a condition of unexampled
strength," said Secretary Gage, when
asked to briefly review the Treasury
situation at the close of the year.
"Only a month ago, m my annual ie
port to Congress, I reviewed those con
ditions. The figures far the last month
have made but little change. For the
calendar year -we show receipts in ex
cess of the ordinary expenditures
amounting roundly to $100,000,000.
Such an excesss might have resulted
in serious embarrassment had not fa
Department been able, by means of
this surplus to reduce the public debt
in large amounts. Since April 1 last
the Treasury has redeemed and cancel
led United States bonds to tho par val
ue of $53,714,700, which have been ap
plied to the sinking fund and the dis
bursement resulting therefrom was
$212,218,645. The available cash on
hand is therefore, about $30,000.00;)
larger than the amount a year ago.
'"Comparing the situation as it is to
day with April 1st, 1S97, the result is
most gratifying. On the latter day the
Treasury held money of all kinds to
tho amount of $25073,000, including
$100,CO0,0C0 as a gold rcscc-ve, leaving
therefore $150,C90,CCO as a cash balance
Today in money of all kinds the Treas
ury holds $29G.650,OJO, and if we deduct
the $15O,OO0,0'0 now held as a gold ce-
cerve the balance stands at $146,000,000
, or $4,000,000 less than it was April 1,
1 1897. It will be seen, therefore, that
Gubstantial equilibrium has been main
tained. "There has been a very material in
crease in the money in circulation since
March 1, 1897, as well as in the amount
per capita. The volume of money on
that date, outside the Treasury, was
$1,675,094,953, and the amount per capi
ta was $23.14. On the 1st of December
last the amount of money cutside the
Treasury was $2,250,256,230, and the
' amount per capita was $23.73. The in
crease in amount, therefore, was $374,
5&1.277, and the increase per capita was
5.59."
Another B. & L Fatlure.
Roanoke, Va., Special. At the suit
of W. W. Gwynn, of Huntington, W.
Va., the Iron Belt Building and Loan
Association has been placed in the
hands of receivers by a decree entered
by Judge Simcnton, United States cir
cuit judge. The bill was filed cn De
cember 27th in the United States Court
at Lynchburg, and the decree was en
tered by Judge Simonton, sitting in
chambers at Charleston, S C, cn the
28th, appointing E. B. Jacobs and
James R. Terry receivers. The passing
of the January dividend on its full paid
stock, because of recent West Vir
ginia decisions, is the chief ground
upon-which the suit is based. The asso
ciation holds extensive properties in
several Southern States and is one 0!
the largest corporations of its kind in
the South. Messrs. Jacobs and Terry,
the receivers, reside at Roanoke.
Schley to Make a Tour.
Washington, D. C, Special. Admi
ral Schley left here Tuesday afternoon
for Baltimore to pay a long-deferred
Visit to his sister. Ho will return on
Thursday to act as honorary pall
bearer at the funeral of the late Rear
Admiral Roe. On January 8, Admiral
Schley will go to Savannah, Ga., for a
ten day's visit to General William W.
Gordon. On the 25th, 2Cth and 27ih of
January he will be the guest of the
Hamilton Club, of Chicago. January
29th and 30th he will visit Louisville
a3 the guest of tho board of trade and
the Knights Templar of that city; Feb
ruary 1, 2 and 3 he will be in Nash
ville as the guest of. the board of
trade and Knights Templar. He will
visit Knoxville on February 5, end 6 as
the guest of tho city. The Memphis trip
ha3 been arranged finally for the last
week of April.
Censorship Withdrawn.
New York, Special. The Commer
cial Cable Company sends out the lol
loping notice: "We are advised thai
the Eastern Telegraph Company ma;;e
the announcement that the American
Government has withdrawn the censor
ship on messages to Manila, but In'
Government claims the right to inspect
the messages to which this measure ap
plies." Wages Increased.
Philadelphia, Special The Presr
says: "An increase cf from I to 12
per cent, in the wages of about 15,000
tli'$f lines owned or operated by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. It
will apply to all the trainmen on ail
the lines own d or operated by tbe
company. The clerical force is not
included in the plan.
THE YEAR'S RECORD
Marvelous Achievements Marked ths
Past Twelve Months.
SCIENCE, ART, LITERATURE, WAR,
Peace, Commerce, Invention Note
worthy Progress in Ail Linus in
Chronological Ord:r.
JANUARY.
Queen Victoria of England died on
the 22d; cn the Gth Ignatius Donnelly,
famous wiit.r and theorist; on the 21st
Professor Llisha Gray, one of the in
ventors of the telephone, and on the
26th Giuseppe Verai, famous musical
composer.
In the realm of science perhaps the
most important announcement was that
of Professor Pulpin's system of induc
tion coils, which may revolutionize
cable telephony.
FEBRUARY.
The centennial anniversary of the
installation of Chief Justice Marshall
was celcbtated at Washington on the
4th, on which date also accurred tho
funeral pageant of Queen Victoria in
London. The discovery cf the new star
Perseus, later announced as a nebula
likely to result in new worlds was dis
covered on the 19th, and a photograph
was taken.
MARCH.
On the 2d of March the popo celebra
ted his E4st birthday. On tho 4th Presi
dent McKinley and Vice President
Roosevelt were inaugurated and ilv
Fiity-sixth congress adjourned. On tho
11th there was a million dollar ilre in
New York and another in Richmond
Va. On the 23rd the Filipino chieftain
Augmaldo was captured in h:.s moun
tain re .1. eat by General Fred Funston
A trolley car was produced in Ger
many which, on its lirst test, made
nearly 100 miles an hour.
The obituaries Include Benjamin
Harrison, ex-president of the United
States, aged 6S, and Charlotte M.
Vonge, famous authoress, 73.
APRIL.
Early in April it was given out that
there were prospects of Atlantic lincxs
crossing the ocean in about 100 hour3,
through the installation in fast sailing
passenger steamers of turbine cngmos,
after the Parsons Dr Graydon pattern.
MAY.
The 4th of May was notable for the
great fire in Jacksonville, Fla., with
loss cf $15,000,OOJ. The Sth was noto
rious for the Wall street panic. The
day is now referred to as "Dirty Thurs
day." On the 20th the great Pan-American
exposition at Bufialo was opened.
JUNE.
The month's necrology exhibits such
famous name3 as Hoshi Toru, Japanese
statesman, assassinated; ex-Governor
Hazea S. Pingree of Michigan, 61; Ed
ward Moran, artist, 72; Sir Walter
Besant, novelist, C5.
It was announced this month that
Thomas A. Edison, America's famous
inventor, had at last brought to in
fection tho electric storage battery up
on which he had been at work for
many years, and its successful app'k-a
tion as a means of rapid and economi
cal transit.
JULY.
On the 2d of July died Jacob S. Rog
ers, locomotive manufacturer, aged G7,
who left a legacy of S5,0v0,MJ to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
city; also Professor John Fisk, lecturer
and historian, 59; R. II. Newell (Or
phcus C. Kerr), an old time humorist,
05; Charles Nordhoff, journalist, 71;
Prince Hohenlohe, ex-chancellor oi
Germany, 81, and Mrs. Oom Paul Krug
cr, 65.
On the 12th Santos-Dumont mado a
successful aerial voyag-3 over Paris. On
the 24th the Schley court of inquiry
was ordered by the secretary of the
navy; the 25th President McKinlov m o
claimed free trade between the United
States and Poito Rico.
AUGUST.
The Dowager Empress Frederick of
Germany, edest daughter of the 1 itc
Queen Victoria, died on the 4th, agt1
61; on the 11th Signor Crispl, Itaiiar.
statesman, 82, and on the 33th General
William Ludlow, U, S. N., aged 50.
General Kitchener issued a procla
mation of banishment against all Boers
found In arms after Sept. 15. On.i of
the most unique of Inventions was al
so announced, consisting of clcrirc
printing without ink.
The greatest electrical discovery ur
to that time was that of transmitting
electric waves through the ground o
the water to any desired point by which
!! is claimed that an automobile torpedo
boat can b operated three miles dis
tant.
SEPTEMBER.
The most noteworthy as well as most
terrible event of this month was th
shooting of President McKinley In
Leon Czolgosz. an anarchist, at a re
ception at the Pan-American expnsi
tion. Mr. McKinley died on the 14th:
on which date Theodore Roosevelt took
the oath of office as president of the
United States.
On the 28th occurred the massacre
of fif'.y United States soldiers by Fili
pino bolmen in the island of Samar.
OCTOBER.
On the 29th the assasin, Czolgosz,
was electrocuted at Auburn, N. Y., for
the murder of President McKinley.
Aerial navigation by means of the
dirigible balloon received an impetus
by the notable trip of Santos-Dumont
over Paris and around the Eiffel tower,
thereby winning the Deutsch prize of
$20,000.
Early in October the Pan-American
congress met in the City of Mexico, and
another fact of international Impor
tance was the negotiation of the Hay
Pauncefote convention, precedent to
the treaty for giving to the Untied
States a free hand in the building of
the isthmian canal.
NOVEMBER.
On the 5th a French fleet seized
Turkish ports and brought the sultan
to terms; the city of Colon, isthmus of
Panama, was captured by Liberal in
surgents, who were subsequently driv
en out by government troops; a fusion
mayor, Seth Low, was elected in Great
er New York. On the 7th Earl Li Hung
Chang, the great Chin: so statesman,
died in Peking, aged 79, and also Kac
Greenaway, artist and author.
The world's record for speed of au
tomobiles was broken by Henri Fo'
nier. who made a mile in 51-4-5 seconds.
, DECEMBER. ,
If the latest information anent wire
less telegraphy proves to be correct,
the last month of the year has seen the
greatest achievement in the flashing
across the ocean of a "wireless tele
graph" message from Cornwall, Eng
land, to Newfoundland, a distance of
more than 2,200 mile3. This is sail to
have been done cn Dec. 14, after much
preliminary experimenting.
The first Monday in December wit
nessed the opening of the Fifty-seventh
congress with a host of new subjects
for legislation. Warfare still continue
in South Africa, the Philippines and
Colombia, with trouble between Chile
and Argentina.
A Jeweler Shoots Five Persons.
Turner's Falls, Mass., Special Louis
Bitzer, a jeweler of this place, shot
five persons, two of whom his clerk,
Miss Ida Columbe and Bitzer's uve-ycar-old
son are dead. The other vic
tims were his wife, Christina, and his
two daughters, Annie, about 16 years
of age, and Carrie, 12 years old. It is
thought they will recover. There i3 evi
dence that it was Bitzer's purpose also
l.o take his own life, but his prompt ar
est apparently prevented him from
arrying out his purpose. He is about
i5 years of age.
Parker's Alan Located.
Elizabeth City, N. C, Special. A ru
mor was afloat here that the man who
was met by Mn Parker between the
Cropsey residence and Elizabeth City,
has "been located. Mr. Parker was cn
his way home from Mr. Fletcher's,
about 7 miles from town, and in pass
in? tho Cropsey residence, about 11
o'clock on the night of November 20th,
saw a man and woman standing at the
gate. Very little attention wa3 givra
to this couple and Mr. Parker cnM
not say definitely who they were, but
afterwards he met another man, whom
he thoroughly observed and described.
The citizens' committee since then
have been trying to locate th's party,
s hn should bp able to throw some
light on the tragic death of Nellie Crop
sey.
Southern Soap Makers.
Atlanta, Special. It is understood
that Southern soap manufacturers,
see organizing for a consolidation of
all places south of the Ohio river.
Edward O'Neil, secretary of the larg
est soap manufacturing concern in
Atlanta, said that his company had
been asked to join the combination,
which Mr. Miles said, would affiliate
with similar associations in the
N'orth and West. The organization
vill be known as the Southern Soap
Manufacturers' Association.
The Cuban E'ect on.
Havana, By Cable. The indica
tions are that the entire Palma tickvl.
vill be elected, and that Thomas Es
trada Palma, the Nationalist ennui
late for the presidency of Cuba, will
eceive unanimous vote of the
electoral college. The adherents of
General Bartolome Maso, (the Demo
ratlc candidate who recently with
lrew from the cr.mpaign) not onlv
.vithdrew their candidates, but re
.'used to go to the polls. A remark
rbly light vote, was polled through
out the island.
CORPORATE WEALTH
Laborers Employed and Amount of
Wages Paid Them.
MONEY AGGREGATE OF BILLIONS.
Of the 2,203 Plants Reported, 174
Were Idle During the Census Year
Valuable Statistics.
Washington Special. Census statis
tics made public on industrial combina
tions show a total authorized capitali
zation on May 31, 1900, for the 183 cor
porations reported of$3,G07,539,200 and
capital "stock issued $3,935,2CO,S6S. Of
this total the authorized capital in
cludes $270,127,250 in bonds; $2,529,510,
900 in preferred stock and $2,077,S71,050
common stock. The capital stock is
sued comprises $216,412,751 in bonds,
$1,0C6,525,9G3 in preferred stock " and
$1,S02,262,14G in common stock. The
total value cf all the products of the
combinations reported is $l,G61,295,3i4
and subtracting the value of - the pro
ducts of the hand trades, ce the me
chanical and neighborhood industries,
which amount to $1,216,165,160, tho pro
ducts of the industrial combinations in
1900 are found equivalent to over 20
per cent, of the total gross products of
the manufacturing industries of the
country as they existed in 1830. Th3 133
corporations employed an average of
399,192 wage earners, receiving $191.
534,715 in wages. Employment also was
given to 24,585 salaried officials, clea-ks,
etc., receiving a total of $32,653,623 in
salaries. Miscellaneous expenses of
these combinations aggregated $151,
851,077. The total cost of material used
was $1,0S5,0S3,828. The gross value of
products, less the value of material pur
chased in partly manufactured, form
gives the net of true value of products
of these combinations as $1,051,931,5SG.
This represents the increase in the val
ue of the raw materials resulting from
the various processes of manufacture.
The 183 corporations reported control
2,029 plant3 that were active during the
census year and 174 reported a3 ?dl
during that period.- The return!
Bhowed an average of 11 active plants
te each corporation.
Of all these industrial combinations,
63 were organized prior to 1S97 and in
the year 1S97, 1893, 1S99 and prior ta
June 30, 1900. there were organized sev
en, twenty, seventy-nine and thirteen
corporations, respectively. Over 50 per
cent, of the total number of such cor
porations were chartered during the IS
months from January 1, 1S99, to June
30, 1900. The statistics of industrial
combinations exclude all corporations,
manufacturing and distributing gai
and electric light and power, it being
impessibie to trace all of the latter, and
they do net generally possess the same
economic significance. The returns
show that the Iron and steel industry
is at the head of the list, with a gross
product of $50S,626,4S2, which is more
than double tha value of the product oi
any other group, except food and kin
dred products, and represents nearly
one-third of tho total gross value of
products of all the industrial combin3
tionscespective:y fol'ow:
Iron and steel and their products,
$341,799,945 and $50S.626,4S2; food and
allied products, $246.G23.633 and $2S2.
40S.081; chemicals and allied products,
S1T5,002,8S7 and $182,191,744; metala
and metal products ether than steel
and iron, $118,519,401 and $1S0.154,703;
liquors and beverages, $113, 484,184 and
$93,432,274; vehicles for land transpor
tation, $85.9G5,6S3 and $35.3S3,533: to
bacco. $16.191,S18 and $74,063,029; tex
tile, $92,46S,G06 and $7183-3,202; leather
and its finished products, $62,734,011
and $45.&84.S29; paper and printing,
$59,271,691 and $44,418,417; c!ay, glass
and stone products, $1G,S73,92S and 23
258, 1S2; lumber and its re-manufactures,
$24,470,281 and $20,273,815; mis
cellaneous industries, $45,4Q3,&69 and
$48,605,873. '
Heavy Rain iu Tennessee,
Chattanooga. Tenn., Special. Heavy
rains over the entire upper basin of the
Tennessee river will produce a flood
tide. The weather bureau predicts that
tho river will pa3s tho danger lino here
by noon and flood warn'.nrs have
been sent out. The crest of the rise can
not be estimated at hi3 time, as rain ia
still falling over tho entire Tenne3se
river 6ystem, according to latest re
ports received.