North Carolina Newspapers

;- , , -- . j , " V . trsa "IV 1 I ft V-a Guarsntsa CROSS MAK.K S i tkhrlerlistof actual & "' I ..subscribers in Midi- . I i ! son than any other B T t' IJ VUWI U 3 . 'aVj V ) I mrAi' rppoAm anh thf apnprai tipndu niMcnc MAnicnM rmiNTv , VN mt,im -v j VOL. VII. ) MARSHALL; N. C, FRIDAY. MAY J9, 1905. N0.21. TO VISIT THE SOU!!! -REWS TBBCUGC3UT TEE CCUNTIY MUCH IN MONOPOLY IN OPEN MARKETS N0IT1 CAROLINA CROPS 300 MOROS SLAIN T FT - Ts it fa ... aa i VrQillQATl, am v m -- aaisBs am ana ns sm , iiuiipimi - are a a? tea : I I I I I I . 1 UUXIlJttiJ A ' - n President looserelt Expresses Bis Intention WILL COME IN TBE EAELY FALL Chief Executive Will Visit st Least - Two North Carolina Points and Ex- " pacts to Tsks in All the State Ha t Haa Not Hrtherto Visited. Washington, Special. Just before be reached Washington the President Informed the representative of the - three . press associations, who vent ' West with him a his guest, that ha hoped to make his proposed trip to 'Georgia this fall, and that he would also visit Arkansas, Louisiana, Flori da and Alabama, the only States that he haa not traversed In his capacity as Chief Executive of the nation. At the same time Mr. Roosevelt declared that this would positively be the last extended trip he will make while ta the White House. Nan Patterson Free. . ' New York, Special After more than eleven months In prison, and three 'mistrials on the charge of murdering Caesar Young, Nan Patterson walked from the Tombs a free woman. Aa 5 she left the great building which haa .been her home since a few days after Young was found dying in a cab in lower New York, 2,000 people greeted her with cheers, for the news that District Attorney Jerome would move 'for her dismissal from custody had spread throughout the vicinity of the court house. But the accused girl had but a few seconds to see and hear the demonstration before she , was whisked away in a cab with her attorney, Abraham Levy. Detail, of the Wreck. Harrlsburg Special. Nineteen per tons are known to be dead and more than 100 others were injured in the rail road wreck and dynamite explosion which occurred early Thursday on the Pennsylvania Railroad In the south era ' part of this city. That no more per eons were killed la considered remark ably by the Pennsylvania Railroad of ficials, as a full box car of dynamite exploded directly at the middle of the , heavy express train. The list of ffeadTHlIght Treese Company, brokers. In -and Inlured la aa follows The following Is a list of the dead: V. L. Orabbe, Pittsburg. ' Geo. Ziegler, Pittsburg. Jas. R, Phillips, Pittsburg. Paul Bright, Pittsburg. Mr. Shaw, Pittsburg. J. L. Silberman, Philadelphia. Mrs. Robert G. Dougherty, Philadel phia. 1 H. B. Thomas, Parkesburg, Pa., en . gtneer of express train. O. K. Hullman, Altoona, Pa. Norma Martin, 7 months old. Nine unidentified bodies. The Pennsylvania Railroad officials gave out a list containing the names of 98 persons who were Injured and treated at hospitals or eleswhere. The company also gave a list containing the names of 16 persona who were in the : wreck and whose Injuries are not given. Mill Men Adjourn. ' Knoxville, Tenn., 8 pedal. With the Unanimous adoption of a report from , the committee on tbe nomination of , officers for the coming year, the ninth 'annual convention of the American Cotton " Manufacturers' Association came to a close Thursday afternoon. The officers chosen were: - President, R. M. Miller, Jr., Char- ' lotte, N. C; vice president, Arthur H. , Lowe, of Fitch burg, Mass., re-elected; secretary-treasurer, C B. Bryant, of ' Charlotte. N. C. re-elected: chairman of board of governors, R. R. Ray, of vcAdenvuie,- N. C. re-elected; elate governors, R. 8. Relnhardt, of XJncolnton, N. C; F. H. Remey, of Augnsta, Oa.; David Clark, of Cnar- - Iotte, N C.r EL A. smith, of Charlotte, N. C. . :r': V . The next place of meeting was not selected By the convention, nut was . referred to the board of governors, . which will meet within the next sixty days to determine tt New Orleans and Augusta are the favorites. , , t Killed Wtfe and Himself. , ' Valdosta, Ga., Special. John Hew itt, a white man of Adel, shot and kill ed his wife, shot her sister and broth er, wounding them slightly, and when surrounded by a posse of citlsens, shot ' and Instantly killed himself. The cause of the tragedy la unknown, but It la known that Hewitt, who had been In bad health recently, waa once con fined la a sanitarium and for weeks had not lived with hie wife. v Flood In Virginia. Roanoke, Special. A special from Christiansbnrg to the Roanoke Times ays: The heaviest flood In the mem ory of" the oldest Inhabitants visited this section Wednesday, doing incal culable damage to everything along the -rater-courses. Railroad bridges, fen ces, cattle, hogs and fowls were swept away and houses were flooded, which has never been reached before. The great floods of l01 were much lower than Wednesday's. The rain came down In torrenta for two hours, begin ning at noon almost without any warn ing. A special from Pulaski says lightn ing did irreat damage to the telephone aysteai there. Miner Happenings of the Week at Heme and Abroad. . ..; Down In Dixie. President Roosevelt has announced hi Intention of visiting Charlotte and Raleigh, N. C, In the course of his Southern trip in October. Mr. Key BIggers, of Brief, Union county, waa killed while sitting In his porch last Saturday afternoon, by lightning. He was 35 years old, and leaves a wife and several children. Mr. BIggers was a good farmer. The famous Grubb Trial, at Salis bury, N. C, progressed well on Mon day. The witnesses for the defense were examined. " Attorney for Morris Menges, who got a verdict against Gen. Louis Fitzgerald for $1,000,000 tor his services In con nection with the purchase of. Balti more's Interest in the Western Mary land railroad by the Gould Interests, argued against a reversal of the ver dict on an appeal. A special invitation has been ex tended delegates to the International Railway Congress to visit Richmond, Va., at tbe conclusion of the Congress. A reception committee has been ap pointed by the city to arrange details of the visit At the National Capital. Gov. A. B. Cummins, of Iowa, a wit ness before the Senate 'committee, strongly favored rate regulation. Commissioner Garfield says Govern ment agents are investigating the oil situation In three States. Through the North. A break occurred in the ranks of the striking teamsters in Chicago. The Knights of tbe Golden Eagle be gan their annual convention in York, Pa. AnDroxImatelv 100 nersons were kill ed by the ternado which visited Snyder, Okla., and at least ISO were injured. Booker T. .Washington delivered an address at Cheney, near Philadelphia, on the benefits of Industrial education for the colored youth. Receivers were appointed for the Boston and New York, It being alleged la the -New York complaint that the company had closed out customers on fictitious salea. The department stores and express compsnies in Chicago encountered al most no interference In sending out wagons, but the strikers received ac cessions and more are expected today. At least 19 persons were killed and about 76 injured by the Cleveland and Cincinnati express over the Pennsyl vania runnlna- Into a freight train con taining dynamite, which exploded, at South Harrlsburg, Pa. It is reported that President Alex ander, of the Equitable Life- Assurance Society, will be obliged to retire irom office and that a whole new set ot oni cers will be elected. A larse amount of money taken In by the Franklin "get-rich-quick" syndi cate is said to be in a Dank vauii in Hoboken. . There is a strong movement In the Cltlsen's Union of New York looking to the renomlnatlon of Mayor McClel- lan. Foreign Affairs. Chinese merchants held a meeting at Bhanghal and decided to boycott Amer ican goods as a protest against the proposed Chinese exclusion treaty. The Italian Government has Inter ested itself in the case of Mrs. Anna Valentine, under sentence of death for killing Rosa Salxa at Hackensack. n, j. and she will nrobablr be reprieved until her case can be disposed of by the United States Supreme Court. - The vessels of Rojestvehsky and Nebogatoff are believed to have united. The trans-Atlantic steamship com bine, formed to end the rate war. Is In danger of total disruption, several lines having given notices of withdrawal. " The celebration of the Schiller cente nary continued throughout Germany. , Ambassador Choate waa formally called to the Middle Temple In the Inna of Court at London. . ; . . - In the House of Commons Sir Henry CampbellLBannerman moved a vote ot censure of the Government for Its Irish policy, hut the motion failed. Twelve persons were killed and (0 wounded in aa attack oa Jews at Zhltonler, Russia. The city of Vienna has established a phyto-pathological Institute for the study of the disease ox plants. ' ' The Princess Margaret of Connaught, who already . knoWs German, Italian and French, la now studying 8wedlsh, as she is to be married to the Crown Prince of Sweden In the fall. Miscellaneous Matters. - -Admiral Rojestvensky haa aalled from French Indo-Chinese waters, the French admiral there accusing him of violating hia pledge not to return. A young man charged at Kingston, England, with assaulting his father. pleaded as a reason lor tne act taat It waa the first time be had seen hia father sober. Fruit Traffic Thoroofhly (Jader tbe Coatrol of One Orfaaizatloa AIMOUt MAN ADMITS CDAIGES Entire South Atlantic Coast and Parts of th West Are "Exclusive" Terri tory Per the Armours Under Con- , tract With the Railroads. Washington, Special. Before the ' Senate, commute on inter-State com merce, which is Investigating railroad rates. President George R, Robblns, of the Armour Car Lines Company, ad mitted that the company had twenty or thirty exclusive contracts with rail-' roads for fruit transportation business, and acknowledge a monopoly of that traffic in parts of the West and South. Wherever these exclusive contracts ap plied, he admitted, the producers and shippers of fruit had to accept the rates laid down by the Armours. He claimed that his company was a private one, and therefore not subject to the inter State commerce laws. The Armours, he said, had exclusive contracts with all the South Atlantic coast railways, and exclusive contracts in East Tennessee. Fruit producers and shippers on these exclusive lines had to accept the rates of the Armour Company, but Mr. Robblns said they satisfied 80 per cent of the shippers. C. W. Robinson, representing tbe New Orleans board of trade and the Central Yellow Pine Lumber Associa tion, testified that Eastern trunk lines should be restrained from diverting the grain of the Northwest from its natural outlet at New Orleans. He advocated enlarged powers for the Inter-State commerce commission. Mr. Robinson said that the railroads operating in the South had advanced yellow pine lum ber rates, and charged that there were indirect rebates or discriminations by manipulation of rates. He referred to practices of billing lumber to small towns and then re-billing to destina tions, by which a cheaper rate for a long haul is granted. This, he said, is discrimination against shippers. . Statue to General Forest. , . Memphis, Tenn., Special. To the ac companiment of martial music and In the presence of thousands of citizens and visitors, the equestrian bronze statue of Gen. Nathan B. Forrest was unveiled Tuesday afternoon in the park that bears the Confederate gen eral's name. The statue Is the work of the Sculptor Niehus. It was cast In Paris. Little Miss Bradley, a great-granddaughter of the dead hero, pulled the silken cord which exposed to view the handsome monument. The municipal officers declared a half-holiday for the ut. ua tne city was crowded with visitors. In the parade which pre ceded the unveiling, were Capt. Wil liam M. Forrest, son of General For rest. With Captain Forrest was his family, and in other carriages rode Col D. C. Kelly, of. Nashville, a sur viving member of General Forrest's old suit, who surrendered with him st Gainesville, Ala., and several of hia old escort. The ceremonies at Forrest Park be gan with an invocation by the Rt Rev. Thomas F. Gallor, Protestant Episco pal Bishop of Tennessee. Gen. 8. T. Carnes then made a brief speech, giv ing a history of the monument He was followed by Gen. George W .Gor don, who delivered the dedication address. Nsn Patterson Signs Stage Contract Philadelphia, Special The Inquirer says that Nan Patterson was in the city and signed a contract to appear In a New York music hall. It la said she arrived here In the afternoon and returned to Washington Immediately after the negotiations had been clos ed. Charged With Perjury. Covington, Ga, Special. No little ex citement was created Tuesday after noon over the arrest of Chief of Po lice Bradford Bohannon and Policeman P. W. Skelton, on warrants charging them with perjury In connection with the recent sensational gambling raid In this city. They were placed under $100 bonds. Both have been on the police force for a number of rears and taad well In the community. ' Manufacturers Meet. Atlanta, Ga., Special. More than 800 of the X.000 members of the National Association of Manufacturers, accom panied by 100 ladies, assembled Tues day at the opening of the tenth an nual meeting of the association. Rep resentatives from almost every section of the country were present The Im portance of the gathering waa indicat ed by the fact that the membership rep resents a large majority of the III,- eoo.000.000 of invested capital of Atom United States, and by the additional fact that among the questions to be discussed during the three days eee- eioa are Inter-State commerce and re ciprocity. . Snips in d. Materials For tbe Caaa Are to Be Bosfbt NO JOBBERY WILL BE T0LEIATE1 A Howl Is Expected to Follow, But Secretary Taft and the Executive Committee Decide That the Mono) Consideration la Too Great to Bi Ignored. Washington, Special The executive committee of the Isthmian Canal Com mission , has decided to purchase Is the markets ot the world the materia' and supplies necessary for the build Ing the Panama canal. This important decision was reached with some reluctance, because it wai appreciated by Secretary Taft and thi executive committee that there woula surely be a great outcry from twe great interests in this country, thi producers of material and the ehij owners If the purchases were not lim ited to the American products. But II was decided that the money consider ation was so great that It could not be ignored, for it was held that li some cases fully fifty per cent more would be charged for material needed In canal construction than the sam goods could be purchased for in Eu rope. Chief Engineer Wallace, for in stance, showed that two ships, in ad. dition to those running between Ne-i York and Colon, and owned by thf Panama Railroad Company, were ah solutely necessary to carry the food supplies and material needed for thi work. No American ships could bl bought at any reasonable price, and when it came to buying ships, Secre tary Taft said that while he could buj two of 6,000 tons ships in Europe foi 1750,000. it would cost 1,4 00,000 t build shins here. As to material needed for canal con structlon, the committee decided that by reserving to itself the right to pun chase in the world's markets. It would at least oblige American manufactur ers to bid against their foreign compet Itors If they wish to sell goods to th commission. , Governor Glenn to Preside. Wfcstjngton, Special. The Southern industrial Parliament which open! here May 23, will comprise represen tations of ten States In the South. It will be opened with prayer by Rev. A. W. Pltser, of this city. Governoi Robert B. Glenn, ot North Carolina will preside. The programme for die suasion will include the following: Improvements for Southern Ports and Southern Oceanic Transport tlons; Character and Distribution o) Southern Immigration; Tbe Italian at Laborer in the South; Female In dustrial Education; Typography and Climate with Reference to Rice Grow ing, - Horticulture and the Truckinf Industry; Utilization of Water Power; Preservation of Forests; Sanitation and Hygiene; The Growth of th South in Manufactures; Technical Ed ucation for Both Whites and Blacks; the Supplanting of Negro Labor in the Delta; Growing Incapacity of Negro Labor in Industries Requiring Skill; Tendency of the Negro to Leave th Plantations and to Flock to the Cities; The Railway Rate War Between tat Gulf Ports; Tbe Growth of Railway and the Development of the Mining and Lumber Resources of the South; Opportunities for the Progressivs Northern Farmer In the South. Light-ring Injures 18 in Church. Richmond, Va., Special. While the Rev. W. F. Dunaway, of Ashland, was Monday exhorting his hearers In Cool Springs Baptist church, at Lee, Vs., to take Christ aa their leader in times of storm, lightning struck the build ing and Injured some eighteen poeple, several of them seriously, besides splintering a part of the floor, tearing through one of the pews and causing a panle among the congregation. Georgia Association Closes. Atlanta, Ga.. Special With a stir ring address by Daniel J. Sully, of New York, the fifth annual convention of ths Georgia Industrial Association came to a close Monday night Among the fea tures of the convention was an address during the evening by D. A. Tomp kins, ot Charlotte, on "The Tariff and Reciprocity.' Russian Fleets Have United. St Petersburg, By Cable. A naval action, within a few days is regarded as likely la well-informed naval cir cles. Admiral Rojestvensky and Rear Admiral Nobogatoff Joined forces May 10. There Is reason to believe that unit ed fleet will proceed northward Imme diately. No delay was necessary tor ths purpose of coaling or cleaning Nebo gatofTs ships, as his division made a stop for this purpose before entering' the Straits ot Malacca. Upon ths strength of aa untraceable rumor, as evening paper here announcing that a aava battle had commeaced, but ths Admiralty has no coe&nnaUoa of thi report and discredits It Conditions as Given Out by Depart ment of Agriculture. The week ending Monday, May 15, was characterized by very warm, sul try weather, frequent and In places ex cessive rains, and some very severe lo cal thunderstorms with . destructive winds. The mean temperature for the State averaged nearly 76 degrees, or 8 degrees dally above normal, with the highest temperature exceeding 90" on two or three days. Between the show ers there was abundant aunhine and warmth and moisture favored rapid growth of vegetation. Showers were frequent; In the central southern por tion of the State there was "generally altogether too much rain, soaking the soli, keeping the water courses full, and entirely preventing the most nec essary work of the farmer at this time, the cultivation of rapidly grow ing crops. The most severe local storms occurred on the evenings of the 10th and 12th over Wayne county, Har nett Johnston. Wake, Alamance and Guilford, and In the west in Ruther ford, Davie, Alexander. Surry and Ire dell. In these much damage was done to land and crops by washing rains, and high winds blew down many for est and fruit trees, fences and barns. Damaging hall occurred In Wayne county. Over most of the extreme eastern and northern counties the rain fall was moderate and all conditions very favorable. In many counties farm work was en tirely prevented this week, the culti vation of crops, which have become very foul, has been seriously delayed, and also the late planting of corn and cotton. Dry weather is needed. Crops are flourishing, however, growth hav ing been very rapid, though many fields are In danger of being smother ed by the more vigorous development of grass and weeds. Much cotton has still to be planted; the germination of seeds has been very rapid; chopping is under way generally and good stands are assured, but many fields are very grassy, and need work, but the soil Is too wet; as yet very little corn has been planted on bottom lands, cut and bud worms are damaging corn on low lands. Ex cellent progress in transplanting to bacco waa made this week, but in many important counties the land was unready is too wet to be prepared now. while the plants have grown so rapid ly as to be In danger of being ruined before they can be set out Planting peanuts is advancing favorably. Wheat, oats, rye, and spring oats are all heading, and are generally fine, though some damage to wheat is re ported by hesslan fly; rust has appear ed In wheat, caused by warm, damp weather. Grasses and clover are ex ceptionally fine. Irish potatoes are exceptionally line, but the potato beet le has appeared and is damaging the crop in some sections. Sweet potato slips are being transplanted. Truck crops are doing well; shipments ot strawberries are now diminishing in quantity. There will probably be a fair crop of apples, but blight is begin ning to cause some injury to fruit. Tar Heel Topics. It Is announced that Prof. W. C. Rld- dlck, professor of engineering at the Agriclutural and Mechanical college. and seven members of the senior class of the college have been engaged by a Charleston syndicate to survey 300.000 acres of timber and agricultural lands in Jones and Onslow counties, to which they have acquired title under grants Issued by the State more than one hun dred years ago. There will be' three surveying parties, made.un entirely of the faculty and students of tbe Agri cultural and Mechanical college. The work win take about three months. They will live In tents, moving their camp from day to day. Professor Rid dick and seven seniors have left to begin their work, ane eight others from the Junior class will Join the party im mediately after commencement In this way they will earn enough to pay their expenses In the college next year. The North Carolina Department of Labor and Printing la Issuing to all the rural public school libraries In the State bound copies of the last annual report of the department The object Is to get the people Interested more In the work of the department, especially that fea ture pertaining to compulsory educa tion and the child labor problem, and to enlist their co-operation In reach ing better conditions along these lines. A charter has been Issued fof the Winston-Salem Masonic Temple Com pany, capital $125,000 authorised and 815,000 subscribed by M. H. Norfieet ds Co.. 3. H. Phillips, P. H. Hanes. E. W. O'Hanlon, W. C Brown, H. H. Star buck W. H. Watklne. T. U Farrow, W. E. Franklin, a B. Eaton. J. D. Loughenoar. C. A. Jenkins, R. W. Nad- lag. Huntly-HUI-Stockton Company, H. H. Jones, E. B. Kearns ana u m. Thomas Co. Other charters "Irere to the Glenwood Land Company, of Raleigh, capital, 840,000, Jas. H. Poo, W. J. Andrews and A. L. Murray. Incorporators, to develop property In the western suburb of Ra leigh. The J. B. Green Company, ol Raleigh, IIO.OOS capital, to aa a wnoie- sale and retail tcery business. .. Anericaa Troops Get Busy Afaia If Our Eastern Possessions JUTLAF CHIEF FLEES GEN. WOOD Pierce Fighting on the Island of Jole Results in the Rout of Pals, s Noted Slave Trader snd Warrior, the Amen lean Loaves Being 8even Killed and 19 Wounded. Manila, By Cable Fierce fighting has been going on the last two weeks on the Island of Jole between the out law Moro chief Pala, with 600 wellarm ed followers, and troops under the per sonal command of Major General Leanord Wood. Pala's losses thus fat ire S00 killed, while those of General Wood are seven kilted and nineteen wounded. Pala and his remaining fol lowers, in accordance with More tr Jltlon, prefer death to capture. General Wood, with detachments trom the Fourteenth Cavalry, the Sev snteenth, the Twenty-second and the Twenty-third Infantry and Constabu lary Scouts, has driven Pala and his followers into a swamp,, which has been surrounded. Pala was a noted slave trader and warrior when the Americans occupied the islands. Later, he escaped with bis followers to the island of Pula Sekar, near Borneo. One of Pala's leaders deserted and took refuge in (he British settlement at Lahad. Pala, discovering his whereabouts, landed and demanded of the ' British magis trate that he turn the deserter over to him. The demand was not com plied with and Pala ordered a massa- re. Twenty-five persons, including several Britons, were killed. Pala e caped to the Island of Jolo and organ ized the present uprising. It Is reported that the Borneo au thorities requested General Wood to apprehend Pala, dead or -alive, and turn him over to them. Chicago Strikers March. Chicago, Special. Marching with Jraped banners and muffled drums, more than 2,000 union men Sunday fol lowed the body of George S. Pierce, a striking teamster, who was killed by deputy sheriff, frent bis borne to the union station here, whence the body was taken over the Pennsylvania Railroad to Louisville. Ky., for burial. No funeral services were held in Chi cago, but the ' escorting of the body to the station was made the occasion of a labor demonstration in which not only tbe Teamsters' Union, but organ ized labor generally, participated The progress of the procession - wai without incident The men, marching solemnly four abreast, each wore on bis coat lapel a white button with this inscription in black: "We mourn the loss of a murdered brother." Eutawville Lyncher Acquitted. Orangeburg, Special. The "Eutaw ville Case" was ended much earltei than had been expected, and at 6:26 Friday afternoon the Jury came In with a verdict of not guilty. But ten minutes were required to reach this determination. The result of the trial la no surprise to the people of Or angeburg. Many would not have been surprised if the Jury had rendered a verdict without leaving the Jury-box John H. Palmer, 8. A. Eadons, Andrew Martin, Penny Martin and Benny Mar tin will return to Eutawville at once. They were charged with having taken the life of Keltt Bookard on the night ot the 11th of last July. They were arrest ed on October 14th, were placed in th penitentiary for. safe-keeping until the preliminary - exeminatlon before Magistrate A. E. McCoy, on the 9th ol December, when they were committed to the Berkeley Jail to await traU Nc effort to secure ball waa made. As It well known the principal evidence against the men was the testimony ol H. C. Edwards, who waa arrested on the same charge aa the others and mads a confession. GaynerGreens Case Drags. Montreal, Special. The final stages of the Gaynor-Greeue case before II la considered on Its merits by the ex tradition commissioner, were enter ed upon Saturday, when the prosecu tion endeavored to Introduce the ef forts to offset the expert testimony ol witnesses for the defense, who had de clared that the printed -evidence pre sented by the United States was no legal D. Frank Lloyd, assistant United States district attorney at New York, waa called, but the defense ob jected to his evidence. Mr. Tillman Much Better. - Augusta, Oa, Special. Hon. B. & Tillman, United States Senator front South Carolina, who went to Atlanta about two weeks ago to be treated tot aervous trouble, passed through Au gusta on his way back to his home-at Trenton. SV C much improved, ane to all appearances, cured. He will . remain at his home, for the next few reeks In order to recruit Us strength, r !- !