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IS SUED
.ropsey-WHcoi Case Takes ltaex-
I Mri aH- Turn
V1LS0N AND DAWSON . PLAINTIFFS
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The flay or and Chief of Police of
( Elizabeth City Each Sue the Clti
j jns' Committee.
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S Suffolk, Special. Mayor J. B. W1I
on and Police Chief W. C. Dawson,
f Elizabeth City N. C, have entered
;uits in $10,001 each against the Crop
ey citizens committee. This was the
Umax of six weeks' of alleged friction
nd an attitude of rivalry and antagon
ira which is said to have existed all
long, but which for reasons suggested
if
L
r: prudence, was concealed from the
blic. The brand which touched off
i
he volcano pf unrest and hostility was
nnlied in the form of a signed state-
i
irient from four committeemen, which
p substance charged the mayor, and
police chief not only with supineness
in solving the Nell Cropsey mystery,
out, to use the committee's words,
They have at all times seriously
handicapped our efforts by their ac
tions and . manner of treatment." The
committee also accused Chief Dawson
of wiring the release of a Cropsey sus
pect -whose identity they were prepar
ing to Investigate. After referring to
the burden of criticism they havf
borne the committee further insenceK
the officials by declaring. "We could
have accomplished better results and
Have saved much time had the chief op
police and mayor recognized that thoy
were public officials paid as public ser
vants and discharged their duties in
accordance with these facts."
According to rumor in Elizabeth
f sired Chief. Dawson's job and they nat-
mrally made exertions to find the body
before the police did and regarded him
as an" agency which should lend its
best endeavors in assisting rather
than directing the committee. Daw-
I son's refusal brought the first ruture.
The committee has among its members
some ofthe wealthiest residents of
Elizabeth City, and a verdict, if ob
tained, would-be worth its face value,
j Though a newspaper reply was ex
pected to the committee's statement,
Maor Wilson and Chief Dawson de
cided that a pfes3 answer to the accu
sations would not appease their feel
'ngs, whose soothing the courts will
be asked to adjust. The best legal tal
ent obtainable, will appear. '
t The intense Interest which first cen
tered in the finding of Miss Cropsey
ind then the fate of IWlcox, her lover
and alleged murderer, has now been
diverted to the legal strife among
those who sought to dispel the uncer
tainty, and unless a compromise be ei
"ected the .bitterness whteh will creep
a will draw a sharp line between thb
wo local factions, both of which have
afluential adherents and the cause of
vhose principals they so adenMy
aidorse. -, '
Locally, the factional bitterness vrill
)vershadow ithe frantic attempts to get
Hate's evidence to convict James Wil
cox, who whiles away his time smo
ng and riding, and ' whose indiffer
ence to it is well nigh impregnible.
I To Aleet in Charleston.
Washington, Special. A 'call ss
n issued for the fourteenth annual
invention of the National Association
f Railway Commissioners, to be lield
t Charleston, Tuesday,- February 11,
Tie principal subjects that will be cen
tered are the classification of opera
ion and construction of steam' and
jectric railways; grade crossing; rail
oad taxes and ascertaining fair valu
tions of railroad property ; uniform
assification and simplification of tar
t sheets ; railroad statistics ; neces
Iry legislation; safety appliances; de
tys in enforcing orders of , railway
ommissioners;. rates and rate-making
rm f or reports of electric railways.
Steamer Ashore.
I Baltimore, j Special. The steamer
Vugusta Bennett, from Norfolk, for
Baltimore; with passengers and mer
it andise, is ashore off Sparrow's Point,
laving' got: ashore during the densi
og. On hoard the steamer were 40
jassengers, who were taken off and
rought to Baltimore by the tug Brit
inula: The tugs, Britannia and Chi
ago will try to pull her off at high
-rater.
MMITTEE
IN SESSION AGAIN.
Congress Gets Down to Work After
The Holiday Recess.
HOUSE.
Nineteenth DayThe debate upon
the Nicaragua , Canal , bill , in the
House developed sentiment ' in ': favor
of giving consideration to the recent
offer of the Panama Company to sell
its franchises and property for $40.-.
000,000 and this sentiments took the
form of advocating the Morris amend
ment to empower the President to
select the latter route if the canal
commission; upon considering the
company's offer, recommends it and
the required concessions can be ob
tained from Colombia. Of 16 mem
bers who spoke today, nine favored
the Morris amendment It was
agreed that,, general debate should
close tomorrow at 2 o'clock, after
which the bill will be open to amend
ment under the five-minute rule. The
final vote probably will be taken to
morrow; The speakers today were
Messrs. Shackleford, of Missouri;
Parker, of New Jersey; Lovering, of
Massachusetts, and Littlefield, of
Maine, in favor of the Morris amend
ment, and Messrs. Burgess, of Texas;
Bell, of Colorado ; Cooney, of Mis
souri; Cummings,- of New York; Gib
son, of Tennessee, and Lacey, of
Iowa,, for the bill in its present
form.
Twentieth Day The day was spent
in further discussion of the eanal
treaty..
Twenty-first Day -The House pass
ed the canal bill, but no selection ol
routes has' yet been -made. There was
much lively discussion during the ses
sion. The House adjourned at 4:30 p.
m.
SENATE.
Eighteenth Day Jhe first notes ol
the contest between the Nicaragua
canal were heard in the Senate. After
an hour had been spent in routine, busi
ness, Mr. Morgan offered and secured
the adoption of a resolutoln which In
dicated his purpose to have the com
mittee on inter-oceanic canals inquire
into the relations alleged to exist be
tween the trans-continental y railroad
companies of the United States and
Canada and the Panama Canal Com
pany.. . : ' ;
Nineteenth Day During the" con
sideration of the Senate of private
pension legislation, in response to an
Inquiry from Senator Bacon, some
important statements were made by
Mr.- Galllnger, chairman of the com
mittee on pensions, in respect to re
gulations adopted by the committee
to govern it in the consideration and
recommendation of private pension
bills. He announced that none but
absolutely meritorious cases would
be presented to the Senate for its con
sideration and that the closest scru
tiny would be given by the Tommittee
to every bill introduced. He said that
no pension exceeding $50 a month
would be recommended by the com
mittee for the widow of a general of
ficer and that pensions for the widows
of other officers would be scaled down
proportionately.
Twentieth Day The session of the
Senate was brief, and mostely devoted
to routine business.
Twenty-first Day The Senate passed
the Philippine tariff bill and then wenl
Into executive session. ;
Schley at Savannah.
Savannah, Ga,, Special. Rear Ad
miral W. S. Schley, accompanied, by
his wife, arrived in this city Friday
afternoon, an hour and a half late.
The depot was thronged" with people,
who waited patiently to greet him. As
he alighted the cheering was deafen
ing. Mayor. Myers and a delegation of
aldermen extended.the admiral a ..or
dial official welcome, and asked his
consent for a formal reception at the
city hall. The admiral; agreed. Carri
ages were then taken for. the residence
of Gen. W. W. Gordon, where Ad
miral and Mrs. Schley will visit for ten
days. General Gordon was a member
of the Porto Rico commission, of
which Admiral Schley was a member.
More Exhibits. i
Monterey, Mex., Special. The State
of Neuve Leon will be represented at
the St. Louis World's Fair, Governor
Neal, in response to an invitation
from the World's Fair management,
hoc rieMripH .to supervise' the prepara
tion of a suitable exhibit of the min
eral and other resources of this State.
The Governors of the States of Chi
huahua, Tamaquas and Sonora, have
likewise received invitations to; send
an exhibit and will , co-operate. Mr.
Enrique Creel will assist in the pre
paration of the exhibit of the State
of Chihuahua. : ' . -
Export and Imports of Gold." J
In 1896 we sent abroad 579,000,000
more of gold than we received; in 1898
we received $104,000,000 more than we
senY; in 1899, $51,000,000 more; last
year the excess of exports was $3,693,-
E7EL - .
ASSAILANT LYNCHED
Colored Man Pays Penalty For Out-
rage On Young Lady
RESCUED BY HER TWO BROTHERS.
A Mob Battered Down the Jail Doors
and Took the Guilty Han Out and
Huns: Hii
Springfield, Ky., Special. Jim May,
a negro charged with assaulting Laila
Jeans, the daughter of Jos. Jeans, one
of the most prominent farmers in the
county, :near . SimmstsOwn; six miles
from here, was taken from jail by a
mob early Sunday and hanged to a tree
in the high
school yard. . The mob
town quietly and after
came into
arousing Jailer Cattlett, demanding the
keys to ti e jail. Their demand was
refused, however, and they immediately
began to ha mmer the ocks on the
jail doors. In a few minutes they ef
fected an e ltrance and found Mays
Bcowerfng in his cell, begging the other
prisoners to pro tect .him.
The leaders of the mob took charge
of the negro and telling the jailer to
watch the .. 'other prisoners, dragged
Mays to the high school yard, where
he was speedily strung up to a tree.
The mob's work was quietly done
and but few! words were spoken by the
leaders whHe they were at the jail.
Citizens knew nothing of the lynching
until Mays' body was found swinging
from the tree, tt Is not known in what
direction th mob departed and none of
the members Is known to the officials.
The negro's body was cut down and an
Inquest hela by the coroner.
The negro was arrested and brought
here Wednesday; It was charged that
the assault
was committed while Miss
Jeans was
neighbor's,
her screams
returning home from a
She fought stubbornly and
brought two of her broth
ers to her rescue.
They;pursUed Mays and succeeded in
capturing him after a long chase. The
brothers beat the negro severely and
were only prevented from killing him
by the arrival of some farmers who
turned the negro over to a constable.
ficKinley Arch.
Washington, Special. The McKin
ley National! Memorial Arch Associa
tion has drafted a bill which will be
Introduced In Congress this week, and
lupported by a petition signed by the
members of! the McKinley " National
Memorial Association, formed to erect
a monument in Canton, to which the
arch association yielded the field of
popular subscription, providing for a
commission jto select a site and secure
plans for a memorial arch in honor of
President McKinley, to be erected in
the District of Columbia. The commis
sion is to report to Congress; An ap
propriation bf $25,000 is made vith
which to pay competing artists furn
ishing plans and models.
The Cotton Supply.
New Orleans, Special. Secretary
Hester's statement of the world's visi
ble supply of cotton, shows the total
Visible to be 4,4 48,462 r bales, against
4,362,723 last week, and '4,087,277 last
vear. Of. this the total of American
coUon is 3,710,462 against 3,88,723 last
week, and 3,335,277 last year, and of
all other kinds including Egypt, Bra
zil, India, etc., 738,000, against 674,000
last week and 752,000 last year. Of' the
world's visible supply of cotton there
13 now afloat and held in Great Britain
and continental Europe 2,227,000 bales,
against 1,925,000 last yearr in Egypt
229,000 against ,175,000 last year; in
India 254,000 against 317,00 last year,
and in the 'United States 1,733,000
against 1,670,000 last year.
A,Revolutlon.
Buenos Ayr es, via Galveston, .Special
The. m mors circulated nere oia rs-
nintfnn to the r eonblic of - - Paraguay
.turn. OUT. to DC wen-iwuiiuu. -7
volt, which! broke out at Assuncion,
the sapitalj was caused by the ques
tion of the -presidential succession, the
term of President A rival expiring in
November of this vear.
Shin on Fire.
Ttouimnri Sneclal. The Merchants
and Miner's steamer Juniata, which
sailed for Boston . Saturday, night re
turned here Sunday morning with car
go in her forward hold' on fire. Aftei
several hours of I hard work, during
which the compartment was complete
ly flooded by the fire department, the
fire was extinguished. ; No estimate " oi
the damage has been made.
CONTRIBUTIONS PAST YE Alt
A Letter of Much Interest to North
Carolinians.-
,The following letter will interest all
North Carolinians and particularly) all
Confederate soldiers and Daughters of
the -Confederacy:
Madam Resident and Ladies of the
.Memorial Literary Society:
My twork this year is not all I would
like to have accomplished, but every
reassuring promises and letters give
m much encouragement for the com
ing year. The U. D. Q. are our faithful
allies. They have given two oil por
traits, one of our beloved war Gov
ernor Zebulon Vance and one of Col
onel Fisher, the latter given by Mrs.
Beale's Children's Chapter.1 I had hop
ed to have received these portraits ere
this, but for some reason unknown to
me they have not yet arrived.. An oil
portrait of Major General W. D. Pender;
has been given by his son, W. D. Pen
der. I hope very soon to have these!
portraits unveiled. Also one of Captain
Frank Shepperd, of .the Confederate
Navy, given by his widow; that, also
has been detained. - s
Mrs. E. H. Davis, of Henderson,' Nj
C.f gives an oil painting of the gravel
of Anne Carter Lee, General Robert BJ
Lee's daughter, who. lies buried in:
Warren county, N. C.
Mrs. Wm. J Parker, of Henderson,
sends a . gavel made of a piece of the
car that bore the remains of President
Davis through the South. -
Through Mrs. Parker, Miss White-;
head, of North Carolina, gives a pray-!
er book found on the body of her broth-1
er, James F. Whitehead, who was kill
ed in a skirmish at Spottsylvania, Ci
H., November 27th, 1864. The body was;
interred by Northern troops, one of
whom preserved the prayer book and
years after the war returned it to the
family. '
Capt. P. C. Carlton, of the Seventh
North Carolina Infantry, gives an ori
ginal poem, written on the 4back of a
$50.00 gTeecback bill, and the reply to
the poem written by Daniel L. W ey
mouth, of Boston, Mass.
From a friend I have received 5.00.
From General Anderson Chapter, U. D.
C.'s $2.00. Sale of Confederate notes
$8.55. . ' ' .j
MRS. JOHN W. GORDON,
Vice' Regent.
I MRS. ARMISTEAD. JONES, ;
Regent for North Carolina.
To Apportion $100,000.
The various Countyl boards1 of Edu
cation in the State at their meetings
will get up InfoYmation upon which
will be based the distribution of the
second $100,000 appropriation to bring
up the weak districts in the State to
the constitutional requirements ' of a
four months school. Blaukaere senl
sometime ago to the county boards in
order to secure this information. th&
soon as the blanks are received the
$100,000 extra apportioned among the
schools that shave not sufficient funds
to comply with the four months consti
tutional requirement. The demands bi
the law making this appropriation are
explicit; and must be (fomplied with in
order that the counties may participate
In the distribution. I
Sale of State Lands.
; Raleigh, Special. Mr. James H. Mc
Rae, of Wilmington,
gineer, spent the day
the State En
in the city, in-
BDectinff mans of the State swamj
lands. He was met here by Rev. Bay
Jus Cade and Mr. J. F. (Noble, of James
county, who were seeking, information
relative to swamp . lands in- Carteret,
Jones and Craven counties. Rev. Bay-,
lus Cade claims an opion on all State
lands in Craven county, which are ovei
100,000 acres in area. Mr. J. F. Noble
represents parties in the North, .who de
sire top urchase parts of this land on
which Rev. Mr. Cade claims an option
State . Engineer McRae has been en
gaged in surveying the State land3 in
Pender.' He says that the survey of th
110,000 acres of State 1 land in Tyrrell
and adjoining counties Is now complete,
but he will change the! plan slightly tc
conform to some recent sales. He sayi
this land is desired for timber.
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: ' Heavy Pension Roll. - v i
Washington, SpeciaLThef pensioi
appropriation bill was; completed bj
the House committee on appropriation?
iHrijiv and reported to the House. II
carries $139,S42,230, exactly the amounl
of the Estimates, as against 10,40,
230 appropriated last year. '
Miss Stone's Release.
Tendon Bv Cable.The release
Miss-Ellen M. Stone by the brigands,
who have held' her in captivity since
September 3, is believed to be only a
question of hours. An j official telegran
received in London Friday afternoon,
which was dispatched jfrom Constanti
nople after midday today, says the re
lease xf Miss Stone is imminent
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FIFTEEN ARE KILLED
Id a Disastrous Wreck in a Itetx
York TunneL
PKJUINR diitm:cc Tiinnrrnn inn
Train Was Crowded With Suburban
Passengers, and the Destructloo
Was Frightful. . '
New York, Special. In the New
York Central Railroad tunnel ' that
burrows, under Park avenue this city,
two local trains collided. Wednesday
Fifteen passengers were killed 1 and
twice that number .were injured. A
dozen of the latter were seriously
hurt, and the roster of the dead may;
be extended.
The dead: Albert M. Perrin, 43
years old, recently from Chicago,
secretary and social vice president
of the Union Bag and Paper Company,
C. Foskett, 40, New Rochelle; A. E,
H . Mills, 25, New Rochelle; E.G.
Hinsdale, 3 New, Rochelle; Mrs. A."
F. Howard 35, New Rochelle; Frank
Washburn, formerly of Chicago, presi
dent of the Union Bag and Paper
Company, residence New Rochelle;
Wm. Leys, 35, New Rochelle, general
manager B. Altman and ' Co., New
York; Theodore Forgardo, 20, New
Rochelle; Wm. Fisher,! or Forbes, 25.
New Rochelle; William Howard, 18,
i'ew Rochelle; Oscar Meyrowitz, 60,
New' Rochelle, optician in New York
and secretary of the New Rochelle
Yacht Club; Franklin Crosby, 35
New Rochelle; Ernest F. Walton, 30,
New Rochelle, broker in New York;
H. G Diamond, New Rochelle, as
sistant general manager of the Amer
ican Bridge Company, this city;
Charles B. Mars, New Rochelle, em
ployed at the new custom house.
A list of the seriously injured fol
lows: Ernest Coffin, 15 years old, New
Rochelle, serious wounn on head,
taken to Woman's Hospital, Fiftieth
street and Lexington avenue; Alfred
Wadley, florist of New York city,
fracture of both legs, shock and scalp
wounds; Albert W. Adams, a carriage
builder, of New York, left leg cut
off below knee; George M. Carter,
New. York, leg fractured; George M.
Fisher, 46, East Port Chester, severe
ly .injured ; , Mabel ' Newman New
Rochelle, contusions of body and hip
fractured ; lamie J. Rice. New Ro
chelle, fractured nose, lacerated ear
and sprained ankle; Sadie Scott, New
Rochelle, left hand and left foot frac
tured; Richard Millineux, New Ro
chelle, compound fracture ' of thigh;
Thomas T. Murphy, New Rochelle,
both legs broken ' and internal in- -Juries,
condition critical; 'Winfield ,
Schult, New Rochelle, fractured legs ,
and burns; E. -McRae, New Rochelle.
leg fractured; Henry Keene, general
manager of the Siegel-Cooper Com
pany, thl3 city, fractured ribs and in
ternal injuries; George W. Winter, .
New Rochelle, compound fracture of
left leg which was amputated ; Wm.
Brooks, Erie, Pa., lacerated face and
possible fracture of skull, taken to
Roosevelt Hospital. ! ; " 4
It was a rear-end collision between
a South Norwalk local train that ran
in over the NewYork, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad and was halt
ed hv block signals 'at the southern
entrance 01 tne tunnel, ana a wnite
Plains local that came by the Harlem,
branch of the New York Central. The
wreck occurred at 7:17 a. m., at
which hour the trains were crowded
by suburbanites. Most of the deaths,
injury and damage were wrought by
the engine of the , White Plains train,
which plunged into the rear car of
the motionless train and " was driven
through to the middle of the car.
"smashing the seats and furnishings
and splitting . the sides as .it moved
-forward. The victims i were , either
mangled in the. mass ; of wreckage
carried at the pilot; ; crushed in the
space between boiler and car sides or
scalded by steam which came hissing
from broken pipes and cylinders. Tha '
engine in its final plunge of forty feet
carried the rear car fomard md eilt
twisted iron, broken timbers arid
splinters 'crashing into the 'coach
ahead. Lights were extinguished and.
from the wreckage arid darkness came
theories of the iniured and, calls for
assistance by those who escaped.'
Judiciary Report Ready;) "
Richmond, Special. -Consideration of
th judiciary report was completed trt
the constitutional convention Wednes
day, except that a motion to reconsider
the ; vote by I which the paragraph was.
adopted providing that judges of the
Supreme Court are to be elected by th
General Assembly, went oyer for acUoai
tomorfowi . , . :
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